A52282	----	Sir, I do most earnestly desire you to assist me in removing the neglect of wearing the university habits at solemn meetings according to the statutes: ... University of Oxford. Vice-chancellor (1677-1679 : Nicholas) 1678 Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A52282 Wing N1082A ESTC R214360 99826545 99826545 30948 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A52282) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30948) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1766:7) Sir, I do most earnestly desire you to assist me in removing the neglect of wearing the university habits at solemn meetings according to the statutes: ... University of Oxford. Vice-chancellor (1677-1679 : Nicholas) Nicholas, John, d. 1712. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Oxford : 1678] Title from first lines of text. Signed at end: Joh. Nicholas Vice-Can. Imprint from Wing. The vice-chancellor's earnest appeal to Heads of Houses to co-operate with him in 'removing the neglect of wearing the university habits' at statutable times, especially at sermons and in the matter of wearing hoods by B.A.'s and M.A.'s at St. Mary's. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng University of Oxford -- History -- Early works to 1800. 2007-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion For M r Principall SIR , I do most earnestly desire you to assist me in removing the neglect of wearing the Vniversity Habits at Solemn meetings according to the Statutes : which is generally complained of Especially the neglect of Hoods at St. Maries at Latine Sermons and Sunday mornings in the Term time . And 1. That you would now bring your whole House to the Latine Sermon on the first day of this next Term , and require of the Batchelors of Divinity , and Masters , to appear then in their Hoods : Giving them notice of it some time before hand , that they may not excuse it by want of warning . And let them be admonished to come to St. Maries on the Sunday mornings in Term afterwards in Habits required : Which is according to the Oath at the time of their first taking their Degrees . 2. That you would admonish all Batchelors of Arts to wear their Hoods at the same times at St. Maries , under the Penalties of the Statute . And let them know that the Gallery keepers shall have express orders to admit none into the Gallery without their Hoods . And further that I shall desire the Proctors and Pro-Proctors to exact penalties of such as after this warning shall neglect to appear in their Hoods and Caps at such times . JOH . NICHOLAS Vice-Can . 
A37876	----	Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that the boursers and treasurers of the colledges in Oxforde shall retaine and keepe such monyes as they have received England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A37876 of text R42000 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E1745). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 1 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A37876 Wing E1745 ESTC R42000 23196451 ocm 23196451 109483 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A37876) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 109483) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1700:18) Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that the boursers and treasurers of the colledges in Oxforde shall retaine and keepe such monyes as they have received England and Wales. Parliament. 1 broadside. s.n., [London? : 1648] At head of sheet: Die Veneris, 21 April, 1648. Signed: Hen. Elsyng, Cler. Parl. Dom. Com. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng University of Oxford. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. A37876 R42000 (Wing E1745). civilwar no Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that the boursers and treasurers of the colledges in Oxforde shall retaine and kee England and Wales. Parliament 1648 189 3 0 0 0 0 0 159 F The rate of 159 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-10 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Die Veneris , 21 April , 1648. ORdered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , that the Boursers and Treasurers of the Colledges in Oxforde shall retaine and keepe such monyes as they have received , without making any divident untill they shall receive order from the Commitee of Lords ●nd Commons for the reformation of the Universitie of Oxon. And that from henceforth , all Tenants , and such ●thers as are to pay money or other dutyes to any Col●●dge in the Universitie of Oxford , shall pay the same to the heads of houses appointed by authority of Parliament , respectively , or to those whom they shall appoint to receive the same : and to no other . And that the Acquittance , or Acquittances , of such Heads of houses , or of such as they shall appoint to receive the same , shall be a sufficient warrant and discharge , to the severall Tenants for the payment thereof accordingly : notwithstanding any condition in their Leases to the contrary . Hen. Elsyng , Cler. Parl. Dom. Com. 
A26622	----	To the Reverend and Honourable, the Vice-Chancelour and the body of the Convocation in the University of Oxford Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A26622 of text R215707 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A871A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A26622 Wing A871A ESTC R215707 99827490 99827490 31910 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A26622) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 31910) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1922:2) To the Reverend and Honourable, the Vice-Chancelour and the body of the Convocation in the University of Oxford Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Oxford? : 1660] Signed: G. Monke. Imprint from Wing. To solicit the votes of Convocation to elect William Lenthall a University Burgess. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Lenthall, William, 1591-1662 -- Early works to 1800. University of Oxford -- History -- Early works to 1800. A26622 R215707 (Wing A871A). civilwar no To the Reverend and Honourable, the Vice-Chancelour and the body of the Convocation in the University of Oxford. Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of 1660 302 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-10 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion TO THE REVEREND AND HONOURABLE , THE VICE-CHANCELOUR And the Body of the CONVOCATION In the UNIVERSITY of OXFORD . HONOVR'D SIRS , THough I am Confident I need not to refresh my former desires for the Election of the Master of the Rolls for one of the University Burgesses in the insuing Parliament , yet understanding the severe opposition against him , I must needs take leave to tell you , that I had never desired that favour either for my Selfe or any Other , had I not apprehended you as ready to grant it , as I was free and cheerefull to aske it : And I have reason yet to believe , that I could not so much mistake those Worthy persons , that gave Me a Tender herein , as to imagine a greater favour to my selfe , then they or you intended Mee . Gentlemen , it is really the desire of my Heart , to be an instrument in the hand of God , to doe good in my best Services , both to your Selves , and the whole Nation , and had I known any Person more able and ready to assist in that Great Work , I had certainly with the same freedome proposed him : But you must give me leave to say , it was not Favour but Choyce , and that in order to the best Ends , that fixt and determined my Thoughts upon that Worthy Person ; And therefore notwithstanding his Modesty , and selfe-deniall herein to mee , I take the freedome still to insist upon my first desires ; your Condescention whereunto will oblige him to continue his Regards to You and the Whole Church , and much gratify GENTLEMEN Your very humble Servant G. Monke . 
A53794	----	Doctors in all faculty's appointed to meet the King University of Oxford. 1687 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53794 Wing O874 ESTC R7833 13724742 ocm 13724742 101575 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53794) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 101575) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 846:21) Doctors in all faculty's appointed to meet the King University of Oxford. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Oxford : 1687] Place and date of publication from Wing. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng University of Oxford -- Faculty. Broadsides -- England -- Oxford (Oxfordshire) -- 17th century 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Doct●●● in all Faculty's appointed to meet the KING Dr. Harsnett ex Aed . Ch. Dr. Breach ex Aed . Ch. Dr. Beale C. C. C. Sr. Tho. Clayton Dr. Say Dr. Broughton è Coll. Om. An. Dr. Pudsey e Coll. Magd. Dr. Halton Dr. Mill ex Aul. Edm. Dr. Levett ex Aul. Magd. Dr. Beeston Dr. Bourchier Dr. Gould e Coll. Wadh. Dr. Levinz Dr. Rudston Coll. D. Joh. Dr. Fry e Coll. Trinit . Dr. Venn Dr. Bury Dr. Edwards Dr. Meer Dr. Hall Dr. Eaton Dr. Luffe Dr. Bayley ex Aul. N. Hosp . Masters of Arts appointed to meet the KING . Mr. Finch Warden of All-Souls Mr. Clerke e Coll. Om. An. Mr. Atterbury ex Aede Christi Mr. Taylor e C. C. C. Mr. Edwards e Coll. Merton Mr. Kinsey e Coll. Oriel Mr. Walker M aster of Univ. Coll. Mr. Bateman of Univ. Coll. Mr. Hyde e Coll. Magd. Mr. Halton e Coll. Reg. Mr. Mundy e Coll. Novo Mr. Dunster e Coll. Wadh. Mr. Delanne e Coll. D. Joh. Mr. Howe e Coll. Trinit . Mr. White e Coll. Baliol Mr. Jenkins e Coll. Jesu Mr. Hopkins e Coll. Linc. Mr. Entwisle e Coll. Aen. N. Mr. Cowcher e Coll. Pembr Ordered by the Delegates of the Convocation for His Majesties Reception . AT the ringing of St. Maries great Bell ( at a time appointed by Mr. Vice-chancellor ) the Doctors and Masters above written shall repair to Wadham College-Gate and from thence together with Mr. Vice-chancellor shall ride two and two to meet the King according to their Seniority in the University , every Doctor riding upon a foot-cloth and wearing a scarlett Gowne . Both the Proctors to ride upon foot-cloths wearing their usuall Habitts . And every Master of Arts upon a foot-cloth and wearing a wide sleeved Gowne and silk hood ( which Gownes and Habitts they shall wear as often as they shall appear upon any publick account in the University ) the three Esq Bedells shall also ride before Mr. Vice-chancellor in their formality's upon foot-cloths bearing their Staves . Aug. 26. 1687. Ben. Cooper Reg st . Universitatis Oxon. 
A41040	----	The privileges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation cleerly evidenced by letter to an honourable personage : together with the university's answer to the summons of the visitors. Fell, John, 1625-1686. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A41040 of text R29816 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing F619A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 21 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 6 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A41040 Wing F619A ESTC R29816 11209451 ocm 11209451 46792 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A41040) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 46792) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1441:63) The privileges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation cleerly evidenced by letter to an honourable personage : together with the university's answer to the summons of the visitors. Fell, John, 1625-1686. Waring, Robert, 1614-1658. Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681. Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658. 9 p. s.n.], [London : MDCXLVII [1647] Authorship of this work has been claimed by Robert Waring and variously attributed to John Fell, Richard Allestree and Gerard Langbaine -- cf. Madan, Falconer. Oxford books, v. 2, p. 459. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng University of Oxford. A41040 R29816 (Wing F619A). civilwar no The privileges of the University of Oxford, in point of visitation: cleerly evidenced by letter to an honourable personage. Together with th Fell, John 1647 3203 65 0 0 0 0 0 203 F The rate of 203 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2000-00 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2001-11 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-02 TCP Staff (Oxford) Sampled and proofread 2002-02 TCP Staff (Oxford) Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-03 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE PRIVILEGES OF THE University of OXFORD , In point of VISITATION : Cleerly evidenced by LETTER To an Honourable Personage . TOGETHER WITH The Vniversities ANSWER to the Summons of the Visitors . ANNO MDCXLVII . THE PRIVILEGES OF The University of OXFORD , In point of Visitation , &c. Honoured Sir , HOw violently active the resentments of Liberty and Freedome are in the minds of men there needs no other evidence then this late War , wherein the most earthy soules , with earnest zeale , have sacrificed their blood unto the name and empty shadow of it . And if the bare shape , and apparition could actuate those Icie spirits ; I cannot but wonder you should thinke , that the more Free and Aeriall ones , whose industry , endeavours , to restore the Soul to its native Priviledge and Birthright , should be senselesse of their just interest , especially where Religion adds his Title unto Right ; and private Liberty , built upon publick Priviledge , in its fall engages his Foundation , and renders the neglect of a single safety , a desertion to the Generall , and Treason to Succession . But since you take no knowledge of these so high engagements ; and seeme pre-possest with the specious designe of reforming of Errours , and the Authoritative name of a Visitation : I shall endeavour to Demonstrate the proposition I glanced upon in my last Letter , and you so much startle at , that the right of Visiting the University of Oxford is onely in the Kings Majesty : and that it is exempt from all other jurisdiction , both by reason of its foundation , in regard that all Societies whereof the King or his Predecessors were Founders , are onely Visitable by the King , by the Common Law of this Realme . a) And secondly , by reason of severall grants of Exemption : b) First , That the University of Oxford wholly refers to the King as its Original and Founder , is cleere , in that almost 800. yeers since King Alured founded not only Publique Schooles of Arts and Lectures , but their Privileges and Immunities , having got them confirmed by the then Pope , * and although the bounty of inferiour Benefactors added to the bulk and magnifience of the Foundation , yet the King stil assumed the Title , as being the totall founder of the Designe ; and his immunities deriving and communicating themselves to the whole ; and those more particular founders were also in a lower ranck acknowleged by the University , who ever both submitted and sheltred themselves under the title of the Kings Foundation , c) and as yet doe ; ( the power of the Chancellour being immediately , and only derived from the (d) King ) and are obliged to doe so ; unlesse that Logick whick makes Protection and Subjection Relatives , dispute us out of submission to the Kings onely jurisdiction , because He is disabled from the maintenance of our Privileges ; and will not let Him be our Visitor , because He cannot be our Defender . And here you may please to consider , that the Foundation of the University , being the Kings and His Predecessors Personal act , His interest lies not within the reach of that beaten evasion of a publique or politique capacity . And as this right and title of Visiting is the Kings Prerogative as Founder , so the privilege of being by him onely Visited , is our lawfull inheritance , which we claim by prescription , (e) allowed and confirm'd by Charters from several Kings , both by themselves and in (e) Parliaments ; and whatsoever free Royall grant was before the Reformation , confirm'd unto us by the Pope , ( that being then thought necessary ) was ( after that the Royal Authority had asserted to its Prerogative the Ecclesiastical Iurisdiction ) by the succeeding Princes in the (e) same words establish't : Nor did the practise of Visitations dissent , for all those that happen'd in the remainder of Hen. 8 time , (f) Ed : 6. Q. Mary , Q. Eliz. were held by the respective Princes Authority , and the Persons Visiting were onely their Representatives , and whosoever sate , the King Visited . I have thus farre as much as may be expected from one , not us'd to such encounters , nor advantag'd by any of the Vniversity writings and muniments , ( they having been of late (g) withheld from us ) discover'd our Privileges in point of Visitation ; being put to this unequal Combate , to engage with persons arm'd with power and our own weapons too , onely shielded by naked Truth . But should I wave the former debate of Interest , and onely look upon the tye of Honour , I cannot but with wonder and just scorn resent the mean opinion we are now faln into , who for almost 800 years the care and strife of (h) Princes , are made now the prize and spoil of our fellow-subjects ; and what speakes more dishonour submitted to the strict Tribunal of our own members , who having * sworn the observation of our Statutes , liberties , and customes , cannot appear as Iudges over us , without a violation of their oaths so often and solemnly taken ; nor yet without a manifest opposition of Nature , where parts judge the whole ; and the Lawes of justice too ; especially if we consider the Interests and ingagements , nay often professions of the most active instruments of this work . But to go a step farther , and rest satisfied both in the Visitation and Visitors , it is evident that neither the one or the other can concern us , till by some Legal way their Power is manifested . It is true , about three months since , a Citation was publiquely set up to summon our appearance , but the force of that being lapst , we are to expect a new one , not onely by the common rules of Iustice , but their own also , who conceiv'd a Citation at first necessary , and know the former to have been voyded by their own default . Now let the world be Iudge , what obligation can lie on any man to leave his occasions and affairs , to appear , and that under the penalty of imprisonment , before those men he knows not , or at least is not Legally suppos'd to know , to have any Authority over him ? But should we be willing to sacrifice our Honour to a more Christian virtue of humility , and our freedome unto patient sufferance ( as in most cases we may lawfully recede from our strict rights : ) Yet would there a greater stop to our desires then any yet mentioned interpose it selfe , the severe law of Conscience ; from whose commands neither hope may lead , nor danger force us . We are all engag'd by solemn prostestation before Almighty God to defend and maintain our Lawful Rights and privileges , ( in the number of which I am confident I have shew'd our exemption from this Visitation to be : ) and hereby our adversaries are themselves bound to protect and defend us in whatsoever we shal do , in pursuance of them : But if this be not of force to us , as it is not conceived to be by them , we have yet a more strict and particular obligation , being sworn by our respective statutes , to allow or submit to no Visitation , but from those who are nominated by our founders , and enabled by the Kings grant and Patent , confirmed by Act of Parliament , and so enlivened to the strength of Lawes . Thus farre briefly of Privilege and Exemption , I am now to clear a part yet untoucht , but of no lesse concernment ; that is , the necessity and want of Visitation . It being given out by the Out-cries and clamours of our Adversaries , that we are wholly corrupt and lost , and not to be redeemed to any thing that 's good and virtuous , but by extirpation & ruine . To the malice of which imputations , how uncharitable soever , I can observe no return but prayers and silence , finding in the general , breasts neither conscious of the crimes they are accused of , nor revengeful ones towards the persons of their Accusers , but cheerfully receiving their many injuries ( having for whole years together , been publiquely slandered to their faces : ) and burying in silence those dark Arts , and strangely false suggestions which have been used to procure this Visitation , commit themselves to the protection of providence : assured either by clearing all Accusations , or by a Christian suffering of whatsoever shall be unjustly inflicted , to evidence to the world , they are not those monsters that their Enemies Character would speak them : Nor yet men altogether unworthy their Education , or their founders munificence . For my particular , next to the testimony of Conscience , Ambition cannot name unto me a higher note of Innocence , then to be acknowledged as Sir , Your most humble Servant . POST-SCRIPT . SIR , AS I was Sealing , there came to my hands , the Answer of the Vniversity , to the Visitors Summons , which I here present to your view ; and doubt not but the Candour and Reason , backt by the Authority of so great a Name , will adde something of weight and moment to what hath been already said . To the Right VVorshipfull , Sir Nathaniel Brent , and the rest of the Commissioners , sitting at Merton-Colledge . WHereas by severall Citations , subscribed , Guiliel . New-house Reg. Com. the Vice-chancellour and Proctors ( being the Magistrates and publick Officers of this University ) have been required respectively to appear before the said Commissioners , sitting in Merton College . They having imparted the same to us , the Delegates of the University , upon due Consideration and deliberate Examination of the Premises ; We the said Delegates , together with the Vice-chancellour and Proctors , do in the name of the University , with all humble Reverence to the two Honorable Houses of Parliament ; and all due respects to the Persons , and places of those that are imployed by them , Humbly Conceive , we cannot acknowlege any Visitor but the King , or such as are immediately sent by His Majesty ; it being one of His Majesties undoubted Rights ( all which we are bound to defend , as by many legall obligations , so by our late Protestation ) and one of the chiefe Privileges of the University , ( all which we are obliged by divers Statutes , and Oathes , to maintaine also ) That His Majestie , and without Him , none other is to Visit this University . And therefore we cannot ( as we conceive ) without the manifest danger of incurring multiplyed Perjuries , submit to this Visitation , or acknowledge , those now sent by the Honourable Houses of Parliament to Visit us , to be our Visitors . And as we are perswaded , That if the weighty Affaires of the Kingdome , would have permitted the Two Honourable Houses to have taken this Obligation of ours into Consideration , they would not have thought fit to reduce us to this extremity , either of displeasing them , or doing violence to our owne Consciences ; so we beleeve , and hope , that if it shall please those that are imployed by them , candidly and charitably to represent to them , this our Answer , with the Reasons thereof , ( which we most earnestly desire them to doe ) the Honourable Houses will be pleased to admit of this our Answer , and suffer us in the meane while to enjoy what by the Law of the Land ( which is the Birth-right of the Subject ) as well as by the Privileges of the University is due unto us ; untill we shall be proved to have made a Legall forfeiture of it , before such as are our proper and competent Judges : Before whom we shall be alwaies ready to appeare , and to Answer whatsoever crimes or misdemeanours shall be laid to our charge . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A41040e-100 a) 6 Hen. 7. fo. 14. 2 Hen. 5. b) Malmesbur . de Antiq. Glaston . Auth. Annal. de Monast. de Hide , ●o : Rossus de Regibus . Literae Hen. 4. ●d Papam Johannem : ex fund . Regis . * Martin . 2. c) Instrum . Univer. Ox●n . ad Ric. ●cundum : Vestrae Fundationis & Patronatus . Hare memor . Univer. Oxon. ●ol . 92. Vetus Epistolarum Lib. pag. 51. & 56. Ad Regem Hen. 6. pag. 90. & ●08 . Antiqu. Oxon. Lib. 2. à pag. 182. ad pag. 202. (d) Edvar . Potestatē r●●giam per no● & progenitores nostros i● concess●m . Hare , memo● Univ. Oxo●● in Edvar . 3. fo. 65. The v●●olation of h●● Privileges , i● particular that of not obeying his Citation , is called , Laesio Coronae , &c. ex Ro● claus●de an. 34. reg. Edv. ● . in dors . memb. 27. Tur. Lond. Rot. patent . de an. 3● parte 2. memb. 44. in dors . in Tur. Lond. Rot. patent . de an. 18. parte 2. memb● 31. Tur. Lond. (e) Indult . Dom. Papae Bonif. 8. confirm . privile● Regal . ipsamque Vniversitatē eximens ab omni Iurisd. Archiep. Episcop . &c. & à Vi●●●tatione : adding , that they had had these privileges à tempore cujus contrarii mem●●riâ non existit : Hare , li . de Priv. Vniv. Ox. Lib. Vet. Statut. Ox. p. 95. Lib. Vet. Se●nior . procur . p. 4. the same ratified and confirm'd by Sixtus 4. Lib. Epist. Vniv. Ox● in Hen. 3. Act of Parl. 25 H. 8. c. 21. fo. 556. all power of Visitation is given onel● to such as shal have immediate authority by the Kings Commission under the Great Seale of England , in places formerly exempted , as Colleges , &c. A● Letters Patents heretofore made by the Kings Progenitours , in behalf of the Universities , are confirmed by Act of Parliament , 13. Elizab. And in 19. El●●zab . part 12. in dors . rot. the Privileges of the University are confirm'd in the v●●ry words of Bonif. 8. acknowledged they had them by Prescription : the imm●●diate subjection of the University to the authority & jurisdiction of the Princ● and all their other exemptions ratified ; and these acknowleged to be swo●● to , in the Oath taken by every Graduate , ad observ. Statut. privil. . Co●●suet , &c. (e) Indult . Dom. Papae Bonif. 8. confirm . privile● Regal . ipsamque Vniversitatē eximens ab omni Iurisd. Archiep. Episcop . &c. & à Vi●●●tatione : adding , that they had had these privileges à tempore cujus contrarii mem●●riâ non existit : Hare , li . de Priv. Vniv. Ox. Lib. Vet. Statut. Ox. p. 95. Lib. Vet. Se●nior . procur . p. 4. the same ratified and confirm'd by Sixtus 4. Lib. Epist. Vniv. Ox● in Hen. 3. Act of Parl. 25 H. 8. c. 21. fo. 556. all power of Visitation is given onel● to such as shal have immediate authority by the Kings Commission under the Great Seale of England , in places formerly exempted , as Colleges , &c. A● Letters Patents heretofore made by the Kings Progenitours , in behalf of the Universities , are confirmed by Act of Parliament , 13. Elizab. And in 19. El●●zab . part 12. in dors . rot. the Privileges of the University are confirm'd in the v●●ry words of Bonif. 8. acknowledged they had them by Prescription : the imm●●diate subjection of the University to the authority & jurisdiction of the Princ● and all their other exemptions ratified ; and these acknowleged to be swo●● to , in the Oath taken by every Graduate , ad observ. Statut. privil. . Co●●suet , &c. (e) Indult . Dom. Papae Bonif. 8. confirm . privile● Regal . ipsamque Vniversitatē eximens ab omni Iurisd. Archiep. Episcop . &c. & à Vi●●●tatione : adding , that they had had these privileges à tempore cujus contrarii mem●●riâ non existit : Hare , li . de Priv. Vniv. Ox. Lib. Vet. Statut. Ox. p. 95. Lib. Vet. Se●nior . procur . p. 4. the same ratified and confirm'd by Sixtus 4. Lib. Epist. Vniv. Ox● in Hen. 3. Act of Parl. 25 H. 8. c. 21. fo. 556. all power of Visitation is given onel● to such as shal have immediate authority by the Kings Commission under the Great Seale of England , in places formerly exempted , as Colleges , &c. A● Letters Patents heretofore made by the Kings Progenitours , in behalf of the Universities , are confirmed by Act of Parliament , 13. Elizab. And in 19. El●●zab . part 12. in dors . rot. the Privileges of the University are confirm'd in the v●●ry words of Bonif. 8. acknowledged they had them by Prescription : the imm●●diate subjection of the University to the authority & jurisdiction of the Princ● and all their other exemptions ratified ; and these acknowleged to be swo●● to , in the Oath taken by every Graduate , ad observ. Statut. privil. . Co●●suet , &c. (f) Foure Visitations since the Reformation , all by the Kings Commission , except in Q. Maries time , when the Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction was again returned to the Pope , then Cardinall Pool visited , as Legatus à latere , which is Equivalent . Citat . Cardin . Poli. ad Vnivers. (g) At the beginning of this Parl. the University Writings were required , and ever since are detained . (h) Alured●imself visits ●n . 886. Ex Asser. Me●eu . Epis. Reg. Alured . Scrib . Ex edit. Cambd. Edvar . 3. & Rich. 2. themselves decided controversies , that a●ose in the University . The late Visitations performed by Commissioners , the ●hief Nobility of the Kingdome : and His Majesty that now is , visited Christ-Church personally with 8. Lords of the Counsell . * Iur. in admis . ad gradus . Protest . M● 5. 1641. 
A53781	----	By order from Mr. Vice-Chancellor. VVhereas Thomas Dye and John Fosset, have without licence from mee, and in contempt of the Chancellor, Masters and scholars of this University (to whom the ordering and governing of all carriers of what king soever, trading to or with the University and City of Oxford, doth of right belong) ... By order from Mr. Vice-Chancellour. University of Oxford. 1672 Approx. 1 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53781 Wing O863G ESTC R214686 99826775 99826775 31181 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . 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A53816	----	Ordered by the lord chancellour and visitours of this university, that no fellow, demy, scholler, chaplaine, clerke, chorister, officer, servant or member of Magdalen Colledge shall enjoy any benefit of their respective places or any of them, untill they give satisfaction to the visitours of this university University of Oxford. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A53816 of text R41595 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing O903C). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A53816 Wing O903C ESTC R41595 31355645 ocm 31355645 110572 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53816) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110572) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1751:24) Ordered by the lord chancellour and visitours of this university, that no fellow, demy, scholler, chaplaine, clerke, chorister, officer, servant or member of Magdalen Colledge shall enjoy any benefit of their respective places or any of them, untill they give satisfaction to the visitours of this university University of Oxford. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [S.l. : 1647] Text in English and Latin. At head of sheet: April 13, 1647. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Magdalen College (University of Oxford) University of Oxford -- History -- 17th century. Broadsides -- Oxford (England) -- 17th century. A53816 R41595 (Wing O903C). civilwar no Ordered by the lord chancellour and visitours of this university, that no fellow, demy, scholler, chaplaine, clerke, chorister, officer, ser University of Oxford 1647 298 0 10 0 0 0 0 336 F The rate of 336 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion APRIL 13. 1647. ORdered by the Lord Chancellour and Visitours of this Vniversity , That no Fellow , Demy , Scholler , Chaplaine , Clerke , Chorister , Officer , Servant or Member of Magdalen Colledge shall enjoy any benefit of their respective places or any of them , untill they give satisfaction to the Visitours of this Vniversity . ETsi forsan , ut in votis meis , ita in votis vestris jamjam sit Academici ut Cancellarius noster ( cujus est Academiae , almae matri nostrae leges , & statuta tradere ) sit caelebs , quasi vitam Deo consecratam , & gratam degens ; tamen Marcio Harfordiae vir pietate nulli , nisi Regi secundus , & inter nobiles doctrinâ primus , leges , & statuta tradere , & gubernamentum habere non sine votis nostris dignus fuit , & alteri non caelibi , scilicet Pembrochiae Comiti hujus munere & gubernamento , ut ex auditu habui , secundum statuta antiqua non digno quoniam linguas , vel saltem Linguam Latinam non satis callet vota justa & voluntaria injustè traderé , vel voluntariè omittere coacti erimus ? Absit , sit nobis animus constans & {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} ( i ) {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} longanimus , tardus scilicet ad irascendum , etsi non ad certandum argumentis saltem non frigidis . Annon fidei articulis , & religionis iterum & saepius subscripsimus ? Annon de agnoscendâ supremà Regiae majestatis potestate , & de observandis statutis hujus Universitatis juramentum non semel suscepimus ? Et quis , vel quid fidem Ecclesiae , Regi , vel Academiae datam violare cogat ? An Indoctus Cancellarius officio defunctus , Nobilis , Doctores , Procuratores , Presbyteri , Magistri regentes , vel non regentes , Dux , Miles , arma , vincula , vel milites . 
A48034	----	A letter from a scholar in Oxford to his friend in the country shewing what progresse the visitors have made in the reformation of that university, and what it is that obstructs it. Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A48034 of text R34524 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L1435). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A48034) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 102423) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1063:8) A letter from a scholar in Oxford to his friend in the country shewing what progresse the visitors have made in the reformation of that university, and what it is that obstructs it. Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673. [2], 5 p. s.n.], [S.l. : 1647. Attributed to Richard Braithwaite in the Wrenn catalogue--NUC pre-1956 imprints. Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. eng University of Oxford -- History. A48034 R34524 (Wing L1435). civilwar no A letter from a scholar in Oxford, to his friend in the countrey: shewing what progresse the visitors have made in the reformation of that u Brathwait, Richard 1647 1645 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 C The rate of 24 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2003-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-03 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-04 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2003-04 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-06 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A LETTER From a Scholar in OXFORD , To his Friend in the Countrey : SHEWING What progresse the Visitors have made in the Reformation of that Vniversity , and what it is that obstructs it . ACADEMIA · OXONIENSIS · SAPIENTIA ET FELICITATE Printed in the Yeare , 1647. A Letter from a Scholar in OXFORD , to his friend in the Countrey . Sir , I Writ to you yesterday by your good friend Master P. but in such haste , and so abruptly , that it cannot in any measure answer either your expectation or my desires of satisfying you . I know you must needs long to heare what Progresse is made in our Visitation : Truly so little , that I cannot well tell whether it be begun . Friday Iune 4. was designed for the day ; and the Visitors from London had peremptorily resolved to be here , and were as confidently expected . But they were diverted by the unexpected newes of the Armies rebelling against the two Houses , together with a high Mutiny of the Garrison here ( two dayes before the Visitors should have come downe ) who not only refused to disband , but detained the 3500. l. which was sent downe to pay them upon their disbanding . The Parliament , while the money was upon the way hither , being informed that they meant not to disband , sent Post after the money , to have it brought back : but their menssenger was too slow ; for it was got into Oxford before he overtooke it : and the Garrison notwithstanding the Parliaments command , were resolved not to part with it . Whereupon the Convoy of Dragoones , who had guarded it from London hither , attempting to have it back againe , the Garrison-Souldiers fell upon them in the high street ( the money standing loaden betwixt them ) wounded many of them , and quickly beat them out of the Towne , leaving their money and their waggon & teeme of horses behind them . This , with the high demands of the Army ( which fell out very opportunely at the same time ) made Sir Nathaniel Brent , and those other gentlemen which should have accompanied him hither , begin to look about them , and to be think themselves whether it were not better to keep in London then to adventure themselves at Oxford amongst a company of Malignant Scholars , and an Independent Garrison that had already put such an affront upon the Parliament especially there being a great party of Horse then lying quartered about Ox. sent from the Army to secure the Traine of Artillery here , upon an information that there was a designe to seize upon it , and remove it to London . The result was , that ( though on the Thursday following , Iune 3. Merton Colledge great gates were set wide open to receive them and great preparations made for their entertainment there ; and the poore Scholars generally quaking at the approach of their Doomesday , the rather in regard they had declared but three days before against the Covenant , yet ) the Gentlemen came not . Onely a Packet of letters was brought from them to the Ministers here , to let them know that they should not expect them till the long Vacation . Hereupon we conceived ( and we thought we had some reason for it ) that the Visitation would be adjourned till that time : never imagining that the Ministers ( especially considering the present Posture of Affaires ) would have had the courage to undertake it themselves . Though by the way let me tell you , that had the rest all of them come , yet the University had before-hand resolved not to appear or submit to their Visitation , otherwise then with a [ Salvis nobis & Academiae omnibus juribus , privilegiis , immunitatibus , &c. ] to be delivered to them in writing by the Proctors and Heads of Houses . Nay it was put to the question ( but waved ) whether we should appeare at all : upon this supposed ground that they had no lawfull authority to visit us . But the next morning , contrary to every bodies expectation , we understood that the * Ministers ( forsooth ) assisted by one Master Dunce of Pizzy , Master Draper ( a new-made justice , and a Committee-man for this County ) and another of the Wilkinsons , which three were come to towne for that purpose , supposing the rest would have done the like ( and indeed some others there were in Towne ; one , I am certaine ▪ but he thought it more prudence not to be seene among them ) intended to proceed in the businesse . To be short ( for I perceive I am already become tedious in my Relation ) the bell rung out for the Visitation-Sermon ; M. Harris preached it ; the greatest part of the University were present . Sermon ended ( but it was very long first ; for which we doe freely forgive him ) we hasted away ( the Visitors following after more gravely & leisurely ) to the Schooles : where the Vicechancellour , the Doctors and Proctors , with diverse other members of the University had attended ( according to the Citation ) from nine of the clock . No sooner were we come thither but the clock struck eleven : and I can assure you there was no foul play in it ; for to prevent all cavill , the Vicechancellour , when he perceived it to draw towards eleven sent a command to the Sexton that he should be carefull to observe the Sun , and see that his clock kept pace with it exactly . This faire advantage being thus unexpectedly offered us ( for which we have none to thank but the Preacher , one of themselves ) we thought we had no reason but to embrace it : and therefore , upon the striking of the clock , we enter'd immediately into the Convocation-House , and there declared ( by the mouth of the Proctor ; whereunto we have the attestation of a Publike Notary ) that whereas by vertue of an Ordinance of the two Houses we had beene cited to appeare there this day between the houres of nine and eleven in the forenoone , we had obeyed : and because the time limited was now expired , we held our selves not obliged to any further attendance . Whereupon the Vicechancellour gave command that we should every man forthwith repaire home to our severall Colledges . In our returne ( the Vicechancellour and Doctors marching in a full body , with the Bedells before them ) we met the Visitors just in the Proscholium ; where the passage ( you know ) being somewhat narrow , one of the Bedells called to them [ roome for M. Vicechancellour ] whereupon they were pleased to deny Selfe , and gave the way . The Vicechancellour ( very civilly ) moved his cap to them , saying [ good morrow gentlemen ; t is past eleven a clock ] and so passed on without taking any further notice of them . Upon this , there followed a great Humme , and so we parted ; they ●●lding on to their Visitation-House , and we home to dinner . They sate about an houre that day ( looking one upon another ) and have met severall times since ( M. Principall Roger● being Chair-man : ) but what they doe when they are togther , or how they put off the time ▪ I am not able to informe you : for , to tell you the plaine truth , we never heed them . This carriage of ours they take very ill , and looke upon it as a high contempt . We , on the other side , thinke we are very well able to justifie what we have done ; and are of opinion that they are quite out , and must begin again , if they mean to doe any thing : conceiving that we are not bound to make any further appearance , unlesse we have a new Citation ; the former being rendered null through their default . Sir , let me crave your Opinion of the Case , and your favourable acceptance of this impertinent Paper , that presumes thus to break in upon you , and disturb your thoughts , which ( doubtlesse ) are now fixed upon a businesse of much greater concernment , the present contestation between the two Houses and the Army . However , I doe not at all doubt but you will pardon this injury , when you shall finde that it is done you by Your very affectionate Friend . Oxford . Iune 25. 1647. POST-SCRIPT . YEsterday Doctor Shelden and Doctor Hammond ( two of His Majesties Chaplaines ) went from hence towards Saint Albans , upon a command sent them to come and attend their Master : a favour which he had long begged of the two Houses , and hath now ( it seemes ) obtained it of the Army . Whereat Master Cheynell here is very angry , and stormes extremely , if any body cared for it . The poore man , God helpe him , hath utterly lost his patience , and ( truly I am afraid ) something else . THE END . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A48034e-120 * M. Rogers . M. Harris . M. Reynolds . M. Wilkinson . M. Cheynell . 
A37874	----	Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parsliament [sic], that in regard of the late contempt of fellows, officers, and members of colledges in Oxford to the authority of Parliament, the Visitors do send a new summons England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A37874 of text R41999 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E1741). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A37874) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 109482) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1700:17) Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parsliament [sic], that in regard of the late contempt of fellows, officers, and members of colledges in Oxford to the authority of Parliament, the Visitors do send a new summons England and Wales. Parliament. 1 broadside. s.n., [London? : 1648] At head of sheet: Die Veneris 21. April. 1648. Signed: Ioh. Browne, Cleric. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng University of Oxford. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. A37874 R41999 (Wing E1741). civilwar no Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parsliament [sic], that in regard of the late contempt of fellows, officers, and members of co England and Wales. Parliament 1648 388 18 0 0 0 0 0 464 F The rate of 464 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Die Veneris 21. April . 1648. ORdered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parsliament , That in regard of the late contempt of Fellows , Officers , and Members of Colledges in Oxford to the authority of Parliament , The Visitors do send a new Summons for all Fellows , Officers , ●●d Members of the severall Colledges and Halls , and if they do not ●●peare , or appearing shall not submit to the authority of Parliament the Visitation : That then the Visitors shall have power to suspend ●●r the present , And to certifie the same to the Committee of Lords ●●d Commons for Reformation of the Vniversitie of Oxford , who ●pon the certificate thereof shall have power to remove , and deprive ●●em from their places in their respective Colledges and Halls : and to ●●pell them from the Vniversitie : And upon certificate thereof from the ●●id Committee , the Heads of Houses in their respective Colledges , ●nd Halls , with the Visitours , shall put others in their places . Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , That the Order above written be forthwith printed : And that the Vi●●tours of the Vniversitie of Oxford do publish the same in the Vniver●●tie of Oxford . Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , That the Bursers and Treasurers of the Colledges in Oxford shall re●aine and keepe such monies as they have received without making ●ny dividend , untill they shall receive Order from the Committee of ●ords and Commons for Reformation of the Vniversitie of Oxford : ●●d that from henceforth all Tenants , and such others as are to pay 〈◊〉 money , or other duties to any Colledge in the Vniversitie of Ox●●rd , shall pay the same to the Heads of Houses appointed by authority of Parliament respectively , or to those whom they shall appoint ●o receive the same , and to no other . And that the Acquittance or Acquitances of such Heads of Houses , or of such as they shall appoint to receive the same , shall be a sufficient warrant and discharge to the severall Tenants for the payment thereof accordingly : Notwithstanding any condition in their Leases to the contrary . 〈…〉 
A53776	----	At a meeting of the Vice-Chancellor of the heads of colleges and halls of the University of Oxford on the 25. day of November in the year of our Lord 1695 University of Oxford. 1695 Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53776 Wing O862 ESTC R218664 99830236 99830236 34686 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53776) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 34686) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1873:9) At a meeting of the Vice-Chancellor of the heads of colleges and halls of the University of Oxford on the 25. day of November in the year of our Lord 1695 University of Oxford. 1 sheet s.n., [Oxford : 1695] Signed: Ben. Cooper notarie publick and register of the University of Oxon. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Christ Church Library, Oxfo. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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WHEREAS in a Sermon lately preached before the University of Oxford in the Church of St. Peter in the East on the Feast of S S. Simon and Jude last past , these Words , amongst others , were delivered and asserted . viz. [ There are Three Infinite distinct Minds and Substances in the Trinity . ] Item [ That the Three Persons in the Trinity are Three Distinct Infinite Minds or Spirits , and Three Individual Substances . ] Which gave just cause of Offence and Scandal to many Persons : The Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Colleges and Halls , at their generall Meeting this Day assembled , do judge and declare the said Words to be False , Impious , and Hereticall ; Contrary to the Doctrine of the Catholick Church , and particularly to the received Doctrine of the Church of England : And do therefore strictly forbid all manner of Persons , under their Care and Charge , to Preach or publish any such Doctrine for the future . By Order of Mr. Vice-Chancellor and the Heads of Houses . Ben. Cooper Notarie publick and Register of the University of Oxon. 
A53777	----	By the vice-chancellour and heads of houses whereas by the rude carriage of severall schollars in this university ... severall tumultuous disorders have been lately committed ... / signed in the name, and by the consent of the heads of houses, by Dan. Greenwood, vice-can. University of Oxford. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A53777 of text R41303 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing O863B). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A53777 Wing O863B ESTC R41303 31354880 ocm 31354880 110279 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53777) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110279) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1751:17) By the vice-chancellour and heads of houses whereas by the rude carriage of severall schollars in this university ... severall tumultuous disorders have been lately committed ... / signed in the name, and by the consent of the heads of houses, by Dan. Greenwood, vice-can. University of Oxford. Greenwood, Daniel. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Leonard Lichfield, printer to the University, Oxford : [1651] At head of title: March 22, 1651. Other title information from first lines of text. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng University of Oxford -- History -- 17th century. Broadsides -- Oxford (England) -- 17th century. A53777 R41303 (Wing O863B). civilwar no By the vice-chancellour and heads of houses whereas by the rude carriage of severall schollars in this university ... severall tumultuous di University of Oxford 1651 220 0 5 0 0 0 0 227 F The rate of 227 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion ACADE . MIA . OXONI . ENSIS . {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} . March 22. 1651. By the Vice-Chancellour and Heads of Houses . WHEREAS by the rude carriage of severall Schollars in this University , both in the publique Schooles , under the notion of Coursing , and also in the Streets , severall tumultuous disorders have been lately committed , to the disturbance of the publique Peace , and great scandall of the University : for preventing the like for the time to come , and the dangerous consequents which may ensue thereof , the Vice-chancellour and Heads of Houses doe hereby straightly require and enjoyne all and every persons under the jurisdiction of the University , that they forbeare for the future all such disorders upon paine of Expulsion , according to the Statutes of the University in that behalfe provided . And all Tutors are hereby required to have a more vigilant eye over such Schollars as are under their respective charges , in regard that any miscarriage of theirs will have a deep reflection upon those that have the oversight of them . Signed in the name , and by the consent of the Heads of Houses , by DAN. GREENWOOD Vice-Can : Oxford Printed by Leonard Lichfield Printer to the University . 
A53778	----	By order from Mr. Vice-Chancellour. These are to give notice that whereas Thomas Dye and John Fosset hath without licence from mee, and in contempt of the Chancellor, Masters and scholars of this University (to whom the ordering and governing of all carriers of what kind soever tradeing to or with the University and City of Oxford doth of right belong) ... University of Oxford. 1671 Approx. 1 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53778 Wing O863D ESTC R214682 99826773 99826773 31179 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . 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Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO. 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University of Oxford -- History -- Sources -- Early works to 1800. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion By Order from Mr Vice-Chancellour . THese are to give notice that whereas Thomas Dye and John Fosset hath without Licence from Mee , and in contempt of the Chancellor , Masters and Scholars of this Vniversity ( to whom the Ordering and Governing of all Carriers of what kind soever Tradeing to or with the Vniversity and City of Oxford doth of Right belong ) presumed to set up a Flying Coach to travaile from hence to London : These are to require all Scholars , Priviledged Person and Members of this Vniversity , not to Travaile in the said Flying-Coach set up by Thomas Dye and John Fosset , nor to send Letters or any Goods whatsoever by the Flying Coach aforesaid . PETER MEWS Vice-Chancel : Oxford April 27. 1671. 
A53819	----	Orders for the reception of the most illustrious James, Duke of Ormond, &c. and chancellor of the University of Oxford agreed upon by the vice-chancellor and delegates to be communicated to the heads of houses, and by them to their respective companies. University of Oxford. 1677 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53819 Wing O903F ESTC R41791 31360689 ocm 31360689 110771 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53819) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110771) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1751:27) Orders for the reception of the most illustrious James, Duke of Ormond, &c. and chancellor of the University of Oxford agreed upon by the vice-chancellor and delegates to be communicated to the heads of houses, and by them to their respective companies. University of Oxford. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Oxford? : 1677] Imperfect: creased, with loss of text. Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.) Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Agreed upon by the Vice-Chancellor and Delegates to be communicated to the Heads of Houses , and by them their respective Companies . I. THAT they admonish all such as are under their Charge that they appear no where abroad , during the Chancellors abode in the University , without their Caps and Gowns suitable to their Degree and Condition ; and that their Apparel be such as the Statutes require . II. That no Scholar of what Condition soever shall presume to go out to meet the Chancellor either on Foot or on Horseback ; or to be at , or upon , the way where the Chancellor is to come , but shall attend in that place and posture in which he shall be required to be , upon notice from his Superiors . III. That at the ringing of S. Maries great Bell , all Persons , Graduates ; or others , forthwith repair to S. Maries , ( the Doctors in their Scarlet Gowns , and all Graduates in their respective Formalities ) and from thence stand in order according to their seniority of Degrees or Conditions ( as they shall be directed by the Delegates , and those who have Procuratorial power ) along the high Street by Carfax towards Christ-Church West-Gate , ( the Noblemen and Doctors standing next to S. Maries South-Porch ) and as soon as the Chancellor and his Retinue are past , every one immediatly depart to his respective Colledge and Hall , except they shall receive other directions from the Vice-Chancellor or the Delegates . IV. That upon the day when the Chancellor shall visit the Schools , all Persons obey such orders as they shall receive from their respective Heads of Houses by order of the Delegates . V. That during the Convocation all Persons keep their Seats . VI. That the same Masters that had Procuratorial power at the time of the Act ; have also the like power during the Chancellors stay in the University . It is strictly required that during the time of this Solemnity all Persons observe the aforesaid Orders , and comport themselves with that sobriety and modesty as may tend to the Reputation and Honor of the University , upon pain of being entred into the black Book , and otherwise proceeded against , as the exigence of their fault shall require . 
A67881	----	Two speeches spoken by Sir Simonds D'Ewes the first touching the Antiquity of Cambridge lately published by Iohn Thomas, with many ignorant and foolish mistakes which are here rectified : the other concerning the priviledge of Parliament in causes civill and criminall. Speeches. Selections D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A67881 of text R13948 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing D1256). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A67881 Wing D1256 ESTC R13948 13023436 ocm 13023436 96648 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A67881) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 96648) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 259:E196, no 24 or 259:E196, no 25) Two speeches spoken by Sir Simonds D'Ewes the first touching the Antiquity of Cambridge lately published by Iohn Thomas, with many ignorant and foolish mistakes which are here rectified : the other concerning the priviledge of Parliament in causes civill and criminall. Speeches. Selections D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650. [2], 6 p. Printed for Thomas Paybody ..., London : 1642. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng University of Cambridge -- History -- Early works to 1800. University of Oxford -- History -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Jurisdiction. A67881 R13948 (Wing D1256). civilwar no Two speeches spoken by Sir Simonds D'Ewes. The first touching the antiquity of Cambridge, lately published by Iohn Thomas, with many ignoran D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir 1642 974 5 0 0 0 0 0 51 D The rate of 51 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2000-00 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2001-12 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-01 TCP Staff (Michigan) Sampled and proofread 2002-01 TCP Staff (Michigan) Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A Speech spoken by Sir Simonds D'Ewes , ( so neare as it could be collected together ) touching the priviledge of Parliament in causes criminall and civill . At a Committee of the House of Commons in the Guild-Hall in London on the sixt day of Ianuary 1641. SIR ; I Perceive that the maine doubt upon the late questioning of some of the Members of the House of Commons as whither or no there be any priviledge of Parliament in matter of * Treason or other capitall offences , in which I cannot deny but that there is a common saying ( and yet not more common then erroneous ) That priviledge of Parliament doth not extend to Felony and Treason ; For there is a double priviledge of Parliament , the one finall , and the other temporarie . Our finall priviledge extends to all civill causes and Suites in Law , and that continues during the Parliament . The other priviledge that is temporary extends to all Capitall causes , as Treason or the like , in which the persons and goods of the members of both Houses are freed from seizure till the said Houses be first satisfied of their crimes , and so doe deliver their bodies up to be committed to safe custody ; and the reason of it is evident because their crime must either be committed , within the same houses or without them ; as for example if any member of the House of Commons be accused for treasonable actions or words committed or spoken within the walls of the same house then there is a necessitie that not only the matter of fact , but the matter of crime also , must bee adjudged by that house ; for it can appeare to no other Court what was there done in respect that it were the highest treachery and breach of priviledge for any Member of that House , to witnes or reueale what was there done or spoken without the leave and direction of the same House . And if it be for treason committed out of the House , yet still the House must bee fi●st satisfied with the matter of fact ; before they part with their members , for else all priviledge of Parliament must of necessitie bee destroyed , and by the same reason that they accuse one of the said Members they may accuse fortie , or fiftie , upon imaginary and false Treasons , and so commit them to custody and deprive the house of their Members ; whereas on the contra●y side the House of Commons hath ever beene so just as to part with such Members when they have beene discovered . As in the Parliament de Anno 27. of Queene Elizabeth . Doctor Parry being a Member of the House of Commons , had no Articles of Treason preferred against him till the House had discomposed him from being one of their members , and that the chiefe heads and branches of his said Treason had beene made knowne unto the House partly by his owne confession , and partly by other proofes ; and yet if ever Treason required a speedy tryall that did , for it concerned no lesse then the murder and assassination of the Queene her selfe , [ See the origininall Journall booke of the House of Commons , de Anno 27. Regin . Eliz. pag. 85 & pag. 103. ] And so likewise in Master Copleys case in the Parliament in the last yeare of Queene Mary , who spake very dangerous words against the said Queene ; yet it was tried in the House of Commons as apeeares in the originall Journall booke of the same House , and the said Queene at their intreaty did afterwards remit it . But for the case of these Gentlemen that are now in question it doth not yet appeare to us whether it bee for a crime done within the Walles of the House of Commons or without , so as for ought wee know the whole judicature thereof must first passe with us , for the LORDS did make an Act Declaratory in the Parliament , Roll de An. 4. E. 3. Num. 6. that the judgments of Peeres only did properly belong to them , so as I hold it somewhat cleere , that these Gentlemen cannot bee condemned but by such a judgement onely as wherein the Lords may joyne with the Commons , and that must bee by Bill ; and the same priviledge is to the members of the Lords House , for wee must not thinke that if a private person should come there and accuse any of them of Treason that they will at all part with that member , or commit him to safe custody till the matter of fact be first proved before them . T is true indeed that upon the empeachment of the House of Commons for Treason or other capitall crimes , they doe Immediately commit their members to safe custody , because it is first admitted that we accuse not till wee are satisfied in the matter of fact , and secondly , it is also supposed in Law that such an aggregate body as the House of Commons is will doe nothing , ex livore , vel ex odio , seeing they are entrusted by the whole Commons of England with their estates and fortunes . So as upon the whole matter , I conclude that the proceedings against these five Gentlemen have beene hitherto illegall and against the priviledge of Parliament . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A67881e-30 * Vide Rot. ●ar . de An ●1 . & 32. ● . 6. n. 27. 
A42532	----	Epulæ Oxonienses. Or a jocular relation of a banquet presented to the best of Kings, by the best of prelates, in the year 1636, in the mathematick library at St. John Baptists Colledge. Gayton, Edmund, 1608-1666. 1661 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-07 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A42532 Wing G411 ESTC R218311 99829918 99829918 34365 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A42532) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 34365) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2029:27) Epulæ Oxonienses. Or a jocular relation of a banquet presented to the best of Kings, by the best of prelates, in the year 1636, in the mathematick library at St. John Baptists Colledge. Gayton, Edmund, 1608-1666. 3, [1] p. : music by W. Hall, [Oxford : ca. 1661] Caption title; the first page contains verses signed: Ed. Gayton. Imprint from Wing. Verses written upon the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to Oxford University in 1636. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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The Song . I. IT was ( my Staff upon 't ) in Thirty Six , Before the Notes were wrote on Great Don Quix That this huge Feast was made by that High Priest , Who did Caress the Royalist of Guests . Oves and Boves , yes and Aves too Pisces , and what the whole Creation knew . II. For every Creature there was Richly drest , As numerous as was great Nevils Feast , Here we crave leave only to make you smile ( For in the Terme we must be grave a while ) At the Exhibit of a Banquet brought Where all our Gown-men , were in Marchpane wrought . III. The Ladies waterd ( 'bout the Mouth ) to see And tast so sweet an Universitie . In mighty Chargers of most Formal Past A Convocation on the Board was plac't : In Capp and Hood and Narrow-sleeved Gown Just as you see them now about the Town : IV. With this Conceited Difference alone , The Scholars now do Walk but then did Run There might you see in Honour of his place Mr. Vice-Chancellor with every Mace. The greater Staffs in Thumping Marchpane made In smaller , the small Stick of the small Blade . V. And after these , as if my Brethrens Call Had fetch 't them up , ( Sol , Hal , & stout Wil : Ball ) In humble postures of a Bowing Leg , Appear'd the Doctors , Masters , Reg. non Reg. Then in a Mass a sort of Various Capps , ( But could not Hum , for sealed were their Chaps ) VI. Crouded the Senate , as if they 'd mind to heare Some speech , or fall upon Themselves the Cheare , It put their Majesties unto the Laugh , To see the Bedels resigne up every Staff , And were eat up , not as it us'd to be Returned by his Gracious Majestie . VII . I think that Ieffry waiting on the Q●een . Devoured at one Champ the Verger clean . But then ( O rude ! ) as at a Proctors Choice In run the Masters , just like little Boyes . So did the Ladies , and their Servants fall , Upon the Marchpane-shew , Doctors and all . VIII . The Noble Men like to Clarissimos , Grandees of Venice , did adorne these shews In Velvet round Caps some , and some in Square , ( A spectacle most excellent and rare ) But their good Ladyships most curteously Simperd , and eat the Soft Nobilitie . IX . Never was Oxford in such woful Case , Unless when Pembroke did expound the place : Here lay a Doctors Scarlet , there a Hood Trod under foot , which others snatch'd for Food Capp , Gowns , and all Formalities were Rent , As if the shew had been i th' Schools at Lent. CHORUS . If in the Trojan Horse inclosed were Men of the Helmet , Target , Sword and Speare , If by Ingenious Pencil ere was cut The Learned Homers Illiads in a Nut , Why in a Bisk or Marchpane Oleo Might not a Convocation be a shew . Where for to please the Beauteous Ladies Bellies , Masters were set in past , Scholers in Iellies . Ed. Gayton . It was ( my Staff upon 't ) in Thirty Six , Before the Notes were wrote on Great Don Quix That this huge Feast was made by that High Priest , who did caress the Royalist of Guests , Oves and Boves , yes and Aves too , Pisces , and what the who le Creation knew . 3. Voc. The Chorus at last . If in the Trojan Horse inclosed were , Men of the Helmet , Target , If by In — genious Pencil ere was cut , The Learned Homers Illiads If in the Trojan Horse inclosed were , Men of the Helmet , Target If by In — genious Pencil ere was cut , The Learned Homers Illiads If in the Trojan Horse inclosed were , Men of the Helmet , Target , If by In — genious Pencil ere was cut , The Learned Homers Illiads Sword and Speare : Why in a Bisk of Marchpane Oleo in a Nut. Sword and Speare . Why in a Bisk of Marchpane Oleo in a Nut. Sword and Speare : Why in a Bisk of Marchpane Oleo in a Nut. Might not a Convocation be a shew , Where for to please the beauteous Might not a Convocation be a shew , Where for to please the beauteous Might not a Convocation be a shew , Where for to please the beauteous Ladies Bellies , Masters were set in Past , Scholars in Jellies . Ladies Bellies , Masters were set in Past , Scholers in Jellies . Ladies Bellies , Masters were set in Past , Scholers in Jellies . 
A30982	----	Pegasus, or, The flying horse from Oxford bringing the proceedings of the visitours and other Bedlamites there, by command of the Earle of Mongomery. Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A30982 of text R41624 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B838). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 38 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 11 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A30982 Wing B838 ESTC R41624 31355687 ocm 31355687 110601 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A30982) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110601) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1734:24) Pegasus, or, The flying horse from Oxford bringing the proceedings of the visitours and other Bedlamites there, by command of the Earle of Mongomery. Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691. Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. Letter from Oxford. [2], 6, 12 p. Printed, at Montgomery, heretofore called Oxford, [London] : [1648] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Second part, "A letter from Oxford", signed Basilius Philomusus, p. 1-12 at end, has been attributed to Thomas Pierce. Cf. Madan, Falconer, Oxford books. Oxford, 1895-1931, v.2, p. 468, no. 1988. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Pembroke, Philip Herbert, -- Earl of, 1584-1650. University of Oxford -- History. A30982 R41624 (Wing B838). civilwar no Pegasus, or The flying horse from Oxford. Bringing the proceedings of the visitours and other Bedlamites there, by command of the Earle of M Barlow, Thomas 1648 6920 3 10 0 0 0 0 19 C The rate of 19 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2003-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-07 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-08 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2003-08 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion PEGASUS , OR THE FLYING HORSE from Oxford . Bringing the Proceedings of the Visitours and other Bedlamites there , by Command of the Earle of Mongomery . ACADEMIA OXONIENSIS SAPIENTIA ET FELICITATE PRINTED , At Mongomery , heretofore called Oxford . TUESDAY Aprill the eleventh , The long-Legg'd peece of impertinency which they miscall Chancellor ) was to bee brought with State into Oxon : To this end , these few inconsiderable , and ill fac'd Saints hired all the Hackneyes in Towne ( which were basely bad , yet good enough for them ) Out they went and met the Hoghen Moghen I told you of ; What Courtship passed between them at meeting , how hee swore at them , and they said grace at him ; how many zealous faces and ill leggs they made , and at what distance , I know not ; a long time they were about it . At last they come , and the Governor and his Regiment meetes them at Friar-Bacons study , where you might have seene the Presbyterian and Independent agreed against the poore Christians of Oxon : In the meane time Tho. Smith of Magdalen Colledge had an excellent Designe ; Hee would ride in with them too , and that hee might have suteable accomodation , would needs borrow an Asse , nay an Asse hee would have , and ride in next before the Chancellor , and when they told him it was a mad trick , hee told them noe , for hee knew there would bee many Asses besides his . Now they come , they come ! And indeede it was such a miserable Pageant as I never saw . Had you seene tall Pembroke in the midd'st of those little inspired Levites , you would have sworne you had seene Saul , once more amongst the Prophets . Along they come without any respect from those in the Streets ( which were not many ) not a Cap or Knee from them , but frownes and curses ; and 't was a wonder ( but that the Souldiers guarded them ) if they had not welcom'd them with old Eggs and Apples . Aaron Rogers , Langley , and squint eyed Greenwood , were the chiefe men ( what the worst were when these were best , you may judge ) and with them about some ten or twelve Schollars more , freshmen and all , only they were interlarded with some few Countrey Parsons who brought their sonnes for Fellowships , and so worshipped the Beast for their profit . All that saw these Dragooners in Divinity , upon those miserable Hackneyes , with suteable lookes and gestures , imagined that some ill-fac'd Major of some beggerly Towne had beene brought in by the mechanicall Clownes of the place . They are now almost at Merton Colledge gate , where Master Cheynel begins an Oration in English ( they cannot speake Latine by the Spirit ) delivers him , in the name of the University ( a lying Levite , whom the University sent not ) First , a Key of the Convocation . Secondly a Seale ( a counterfeit one , for the true ones are safe enough . ) Thirdly , a Bible ; and when hee came to that , hee was inspired and spoke fast , and much of it ; and you may easily beleeve that hee would not quickly have done with the Bible , who will hold out three houres on one poore Text . Hee sadly complained to his Lordship , of all sorts of People , especially the Beedles , for neglecting their duty , that they came not and bowed their knee to Baal , nor worshipped the Calfe which they had set up . Hee told his Lordship that they were very Malignant , and their staves stained with a double Guilt ( witty Master Cheynel I ) Well , thinke what you will , I am sure that was intended for a jeast . Dixit , Master Chaynel has done ; my Lord bowes his body , but wisely said nothing . Then downe comes my Lord , goes into the Colledge ; at the entrance their designed Proctor Button makes a Latine speech to his Lordship , which hee understood as much , as his horse Master Cheynels English one . This done my Lord for his Chamber , and those Levites who on Hackneyes man'd him down the streete ride back againe through the highstreete , where they were hissed and houted at . Next morning they are for Execution , and to Christchurch they goe ; the Visitors and Chancellor ( falsly so called ) enter the Hall , call for the Buttery-booke , dash out the Deane and all the Cannons , put in their owne new nam'd things , and subscribe their names to the fact ; then Mistresse Fell ( a gallant woman ) her children and servants are turned out , and the possession given to Reynolds . Afternoone a Convocation is called by a ( fellow they call Beedle , hee came into our Colledge , with his hands in his pockets ( staffe hee had none ) in the middle of the Quadrangle , pulls out a paper , puts on his spectacles , and read the forme in Latine , ( though 't is certaine hee understands noe good English ( Langley was the man , a Taylor ) and instead of per sidem , per sidem , per sidem ; call'd it provided ; provided , provided . Afternoone they advance towards the Schooles , there marched before his Lordship , foure fellowes in gownes , ill-fac'd , heads bare , hands in their pockets , these went for Beedles , after these my Lord and the rabble ; to the Convocation they come , where there appeared not above thirteene or fourteene who had votes ( Doctor Pellam , and Master VVilliamson were two , Zouch and Paul Hood have appeared too , ) yet the House was full of people , Batchelours , Freshmen , Townesmen , Servingmen , all came in , and sat where once gallant men did . Never such a Conventicle ( or Confusion rather ) carried the name of a Convocation , there they make Reynolds Vice-Chancellor , Button and Crosse Proctors , Reynolds , Harris , Rogers , Corbet ( who as Vniversity Orator made a Speech to the Chancellor in the passage by the Divinity-Schooles ) Garbrand of New-Iun , Palmer ( the designed Warden of All-Soules ) are Created Doctors , Langley , Cornish , Cheynel . Batchelors , of Divinity , and Masters , and Batchelors , God knowes how many ! The most that was spoken there was English , and all that was done was irregular capa pe pe no Statute observed , or regarded , Thursday Aprill the thirteenth , my Lord and the Visitors and a great guard of Musquetiers ( where ever they went , even at Convocation , they had a great guard still ) are for Magdalens , they had before summoned all the fellowes , &c. to meet them in the Hall , but none did heede or obey , ( only Master Dayle Junior was there ) there they sate , and by and by bonny Thom. Smith comes into the Hall up to my Lord , confidently asked him , by what Authoritie hee sate there ? My Lord was troubled at this , till Cheynell told my Lord , that the man was madde , ( Clodius accusat Maechos ) but Smith heard him , and told him that hee was no so madde as hee — &c. Then they call for the Buttery-booke , dash out Doctor Oliver , put in Iohn Wilkinson , goe to the Lodgings , violently breake open the doores , imprison Doctor Oliver's man , give Doctor Iohn and Kate possession ; Shee presently layes in a Barrell of Beere , and the Doctor sends to the Cooke and commands him to dresse no Supper , but hee obeyes not but dresses Supper , and some very honest men eate it in their owne defence . After dinner my Lord ( now grown skilfull at breaking open doores ) marches to All-soules , and all the rabble with him ; they had summoned the Fellowes to meete them in the Hall but not one man would appeare ; there they fret , but to no purpose , send for Doctor Sheldon ( the honor of our Towne , and his Coate ) hee quietly asked by what authority they summoned him ; the Authority was shewn , and read ; Doctor Sheldon told them it concernd not him at all , for it was Dated March the eighth ( or thereabouts ) and gave the Chancellor and Visitors power to give possession to those which were Voted into the places of those then removed , but Doctor Sheldon told them hee was not then questioned , nor voted out till March the thirtith so that it was manifest they had by that no power to meddle with him . This puzzeld them all , nor was there any answer , my Lord askes Pryn ( who was there ) what hee said to it , but ( at present ) William said nothing . The Doctor leaves them , they consult almost an houre ; Pryn confesses they had no power by their Commission to doe it , but the Parliament must not bee baffled , and that they might doe many things exofficio , agreeable to the minde of the Parliament ; though not in their Commission . Oraculous William ! Well to it againe they goe , breake open his doores ; enter , give Master Palmer possession , write a mittimus to send Doctor Sheldon to prison ; in which they used base , aggravative language against him , the Doctor desired my Lord to reade it , telling him , that his Lordship was pleased two or three times to say that his answer and carriage were very civill , and desired to know whether that language was fit to be given to one who had so demean'd himselfe . My Lord said , they were hard words , and when they told him that the Lawyers drew it ( Pryn and Cheynel were the men ) my Lord replyed who ever drew it , it had very hard language in it ; In the carriage and debate of the businesse , my Lord asked Doctor Sheldon pardon three or foure times , and told him openly , that what hee had done in breaking open doores hee knew not , let the Lawyers looke to that , so Doctor Sheldon is for prison , and they for Wadam where they summoned the Fellowes , none appeare , goe to the Buttery booke , put out the Warden , put Willkins of Magdalen-Hall ( the Prince Electors Chaplaine ) in his place ; then to Trinity , breake open all , put old Harris in possession . Then for Saint Iohns and because there were little children had Agues they give him time to remove , who never will remove till compeld by violence . Then to Brasen-Nose summon the fellowes , none appeare , call for the Buttery booke , raise out the Principalls name , put in Greenwood . Friday morning to Christ-Church again , for they heard the new Deane , and Cannons names were torne out , they put them in again . They have sorely whip't a mad woman for calling them Roundheads , and Rebells , ( should all mad men bee whip't it would goe hard with some ) and Thom. Smith of Magdalens is last night carried to Bridewell , and Master VVebbirly too ; farewell , remember me to all my friends , honest T. T. D. S. the Gentleman with the sword , Mr. F. Mr. LL. Mr. L. & excuse me to Mrs. Ba. I am in her debt for many things besides a letter , pray for us , not that wee may keepe our places , but our courage and conscience ; If this world goe on , 't will bee a shame to bee out of prison , or in a Felloship . What I have writ is true whether sense or no , I know not , what ever it bee , accept of my willingnesse to serve thee , and pardon the faults , of Oxford April . 18 1648. Thine &c. A LETTER from Oxford . SIR , I Have beene unjsut to you , That I have so long deferred to give you an account of this last Act of the Tragedy here in Oxford : I shall now labour to expiate my fault by some kinde of restitution , and hasten to tell you , that the first entrance was on this manner . Some few weekes before Easter , the Visitation , which had beene for some time the sleeping Lion , began to rouze it selfe up againe , and as the passion weeke grew on , designed this Vniversitie to that honour of Conformity with the Image of our Saviour ( I meane in suffering . ) And first let me tell you . that if there were any difference among them , betwixt Legal and Illegal , betwixt Valid and Null ; this Rallying of the Visitors after so long an intermission , and that without so much as formality of Adjourning de die in diem ( as their Commission , and the manner of all Courts requires ) were sufficient , according to their owne Principles , to pronounce all Null which they have done since this last Session of theirs : But such nicities you will not expect they should consider ; though that they , which live by no other Law but that of Ordinance , should despise even that by which they subsist , is a pretty degree of unkindnesse and ingratitude in them ; and such as the Jews would not bee guilty of ; but at the time when they were Crucifying of Christ would not yet enter into the Praetorium , lest they should be defiled by the heathen Souldiers there , and so bee made uncapable by Moses's Lawe , of receiving the Passover approaching ; It being most unreasonable and inconsistent with their Principles to Crucifie the true Lawe of Heaven , on pretence it was contrary to their Ordinances by which they Acted , and at the same time to despise those very Ordinances , whose Advocates they undertooke to bee so zealously . But these are men who are to make Lawes for others , and not to bee ruled by any themselves : And therefore I doe not expect you should at all stand still and gaze or wonder at this , though in all reason it have a great influence on all that followes , which can have no greater validitie in it , then what this null foundation can helpe it to . But it is in vaine to wound a Carcase , and to take paines to let out life from the Trunke that never had the honour to have any : And therefore let that passe . When they came down to this new and strange work , the Persons which entred were five in appearance , though the truth is , but one Soule to animate them all ; that Spirit that was once in Chaynes at Salisbury ( you know whose Periphrasis that is . ) The first of the five was Sir Nat. Brent , that known old visitor , that tooke such care in my Lord of Canterburies dayes to have the Ceremonies observed , the Table rayled in , &c. and now can lye in curtaynes fetcht out of his Colledge-Chappell formerly thought fit to adorn the East end of that , but now found more commodious for his bed-chamber . The second was Dr. Iohn Wilkinson , that illiterate , testy old Creature , that for fourty yeeres together hath beene the sport of the Boyes , most constantly yoaked with ●●ctor Kettle ) which in this age of Idolizing of Sermons , is sufficiently known never to have preach't above once in fourty yeeres , and having now outlived all the little learning hee had , and his every thing but Sugar'd drinke , and Possets ; is thought fit to bee Sir Nathaniel's Second , in being revenged on learning which hath brought them so much reproach . The third is Master Rogers of New-Inn , famous for Adam the Protolaspus , when many yeeres since hee ventured to bee a Preacher , and attempted to imitate that sound ( which hee might often have heard ) of {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , which 't is supposed he thought compounded of the Greeke {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , ( if hee ever knew so much of that Language ) and the Latine Lapsus , which yet hee was not so much Master of , as to give it a more perfect sound then that of Protolaspus which I mentioned . The fourth man was Master Harris , good man , that hath but the possession of so many Benefices ( Hanwell , his old Love , one hundred and sixty pounds per annum , beside grazing , &c. Bishopsgate toward foure hundred pounds . Hanborough , toward three hundred pounds . Beriton and Petersfield , in Hampshire , not above five hundred or six hundred pounds more ; beside the foure shillings a day for the Assembly Membership ; and ten shillings for Apostleship in Oxford ) but assured us in his late Visitation-Sermon , last Iune ; that hee had not the Pro-fits of them ( quite contrary to Master Greenewood the new Principall of Brasen-nose , who being accused of the like Plurality , profest that he had not the Livings but only the Profits of them . ) And in the fift and last place Master Chayn●el , I shall but name him Caetera fama dabit . Well , of the foure and twenty Visitors , any five of which ( none being of the Quorum ) may by the Ordinance make a Court ; These five met together at Merton Colledge , and , for ought any man can take cognizance , three fives or sixes more might bee a sitting in three other places of this Towne , and Decreeing the quite contrary ( varied in three severall shapes ) to what these five did in that one place . And so if nullities in their Proceedings would doe any good , sure there were a sound one in that Commission ; which , by putting none in the Quorum , makes no provision agaisnt this strange absurdity . But beside this , if Acts even of this Parliament are worth heeding , or any thing but the Will and Force of resolved Men , then sure that Act that made Clergy men uncapable of any place of Judicature , would make foure of these five uncapable . For though as wee see them foure , and Master Reynolds , and Master Corbet , &c. named in the Ordinance , wee could not say there were any Divines ( contrary to the Act ) invested with power of Oier and Terminer , because those names might signifie some other non-Divines , which wee knew not ; yet when wee see them sitting at Merton Colledge in Gownes , wee cannot mistake , or distrust our eyes , but are forced to resolve that either Presbyterian-Divines are no Divines , or that these foure are excluded by Act of Parliament ; and then Sir Nathaniel , and Brem , and Warden of Merton , and Vicar-Generall , and Iudge of the Praerogative must make up the five ( and some of them if not Divines , are Ecelesiastick Persons also ) or else wee cannot possibly reare a Committee . And againe if there bee any sence in that old Maxime , that Parties must not be Judges , and that 't is only the Hangmans fee to have the dead man's cloths to weare after him ( and it hath not beene often seene that the Judge hath seized upon them for his owne body , and appeared in them all the rest of his Circuit ) then sure these five will not bee able to make up one tolerable Commissioner , or piece of a legall-Judge , for this one Cause , if there were no other nullity in it ; for 't is notorious that old Wilkinson was then Voted , and now thrust into Doctor Olivers Presidentship of Magdalens ; old Rogers into Doctor Gardners Prebendary of Christchurch ; Harris into Doctor Potters Presidentship of Trinity , and one living more , that of Gazington annexed to that place ; Chaynel into Doctor Raylies of Saint Iohns ; And Sir Nat's sonne Corbet ( the old Gentleman being full and uncapable of more Spirituall Preferment ) into Doctor Hammonds Prebendary of Christchurch , and Oratorship of the Vniversitie , which are both very reconcileable with Hasely , of toward foure hundred pounds per annum , which he deprived Doctor Soame of , a yeere and halfe since ; poore modest Gentleman , how the wealth of the world crowds in upon him , and hee cannot looke any man in the face hee is so bashfull at it . These five men have had the honour of going through all the last part of the worke , as farre as it was acted here . Their first busines was to summon Dr. Sheldon , and Dr. Hammond , which had not before come into their fanges , and all the other Heads who had any way escaped the former impression of their malice ; Their questions to them were the same Engine that the Praesidents of old made use of to dismount Daniel , knowing that they had no crime to lay to their charge , nor other occasion but only that they would not perjure themselves in doing any thing contrary to their allegiance to the King , or the Priviledges of the Vniversity ; And therefore their common Question to them both , and all others was , whether they would submlt to this visitation , and did own the power of Parliament therein . Dr. Sheldon's Answer was , that he was not satisfyed that he ought to submit to this visitation . Dr. Hammond had two other questions added to that , viz. If he were not one of the Delegates of this Vniversity , and helpt not to frame and passe those Reasons presented in Convocation , Iune 1 , against the power of Parliament to visit ? Then whether he as Subdeane of Christ Church had published the Orders sent by the Committee of Lords and Commons to remove some of that Society , according to the said Orders : His answer was that hee did not conceive that hee was obleiged to answere those questions thus proposed to him ; I am told by some that have talkt with that Dr. that the reason of his giving his answer in those wary restreined termes , was to make it impossible for them , proceeding ( as he expected ) according to their own principles , to charge any thing upon him ; For this answer being made to those three questions together , would be justifyed , if any part of any of the three were such , as to which he was not obliged to give answer . And sure many parts there were in the questions confestly of this nature . For not to mention an exception to the first . That sure no man is bound to accuse himselfe , or to answer any question which may bee to his own prejudice ; as 't was cleare it would bee , if hee answered that hee could not submit to their visitation , which his Oathes bound him to answer , ( if hee answered at all ) if hee tooke the Parliament in their sence for the two houses ( and this was the very thing for which the Oathes ex Officio were by them formerly so complained of as unlawfull ) to omit that first question , or rather snare . I say ; the second contein'd in it an absolute falsity , which hee must have granted a truth , if hee had answered to it either affirmatively or negatively . For there was never any such thing in the world , as is there pretended , viz. Reasons presented Iune the first against the power of the two houses , or Parliament to visit , with those reasons which were then presented , is sufficiently knowne in the publishing of them ; namely the scruples of rationall men against the taking of the Covenant and Negative Oath , and submission to the Ordinance for the directory ; and what is this I pray to any bodies power of visiting ? especially when now 't is confest by these men that they doe not meane in their visitation to presse the Covenant . The truth is these reasons have not beene answered by any , though insteed of answering them , there was by an anonymas ( Master Cheynell the spirit bespeakes the Author ) a promise made long since , that it should be taken in peices , & the theologicall part answered by the Assembly , the Law part by able Lawyers , and the prudentiall part by prudent men , but now it seemes by this question , that the farre easier course is to put the honest Christian in a wild beasts skinne , and then to teare him to peices ; I meane to entitle these reasons a new , Reasons against the power of Parliament to visit , and then to turne out all who had to doe in the composing them ; and that should bee full as profitable to those who meant to succeede them in their places , as if they had answered all their scruples . Meane while this makes it not only unreasonable , but impossible for the Doctor to give any positive Answer to that question , which was fallacia plurimum interogationum ; and so , sure , he was not oblieged to answer it being thus proposed . For the third hee was able to make this Dilemma to himselfe , If hee should answer that hee had not published those orders against his brethren , he had confest himself guilty of a Contempt of those who made those Orders ; if that hee had publish'd it , hee had confest himselfe the accuser ( and as much as in him lay , the executioner ) of his brethren : The Accuser of them if they did not obey upon his publishing of them : The Executioner if they did . And sure hee was not bound either to acknowledge himself a foole , or a divill ; A foole by confessing those omissions , which must bee his rume under such Judges ; a devill in having acted under such bloody censors . Well to hold you no longer in these discourses ( when reasons is become so uselesse a solicitor ) the answers of those two , and some other the like , being given on Monday before Easter , made such haste from hence to London , to the obedient Committee there , and from thence with such full speede came back again , that they brought downe that very weeke from London against Doctor Sheldon , Doctor Hammond , Doctor Wall , and Doctor Payne votes of removing them from their places , upon pretence of high contempt of authority of Parliament . Was there ever such a conclusion from such praemisses ? But this will not much amaze you , if you consider the moderne practices , and that , as once there was a law somewhere , that no crime should be punishable but treason , but then by the malice of interpretation care taken , that every thing that any man did , should bee improved into Treason ; So now among us the contempt of authority of Parliament is the only mortall Crime , but then the giving a wary answer or such as Master Cheynell himselfe could pick no hole in , must bee the contempt of that authority ; which I confesse it was in one of those Doctors in some sence ; The Committee having long since voted that one Master Palmer of the house of Commons should succeede in the Wardenship of All-soules , when hee should bee guilty of contempt ; whereupon his not throwing himselfe into that crime , which they decreed hee should bee guilty of , was an affront to the voters , a denyall of their Prophetique faculty , and sure a contempt of their authority , who had so absolutely decreed , ante lapsum , that hee should contemn , & perish for it . Well the fury of these impatient teazers was such , that they could not celebrate Christs Resurrection in any Charity , till they had Executed their joyous sentence upon some of these Doctors & therfore the next minuit after the arrivall of the Carryer , and the votes on Easter Eve , they ran presently to Christ-Church Hall with a full guard of Musquetiers , send their mandatary and souldier for Doctor Hammond ; and would heare no reason but hee must upon utmost perrill come to the hall to them and heare himselfe pronounced neither Orator nor Praebend before Easter ; that so if it were possible hee might want Charity to fit him for the next dayes Dutyes ; but the honest Doctor had better learned and taught the duties of the fifth of Matthew , then to bee in the power of such provokers . The same sentence was soone after on Easter Munday affixt on Doctor Sheldons walls , and his subwarden required to bee his Executioner , and woe bee to him that hee hath not thought that act of parricide his duty . But ; Sir , all these have beene yet but umbratiles pugnae , the reall fury of the impression is reserved for nobler hands . The Earle of Pembroke must bee fetcht from Ramsbury to breake open the doores and to that purpose , according to an Order procured in the Lords hosue , March the eighth , Master Cheynel , which knew the way perfectly into those parts towards Salisbury posts presently to his Lordship to Ramsbury , obteynes a promise that the weeke after Easter weeke hee would serve them . Then all care is taken to get in Beedles Staves , and the in●●gnia of the Vniversity , to prepare for his Lordships comming , the Deane of Christ-Church the Vice-Chauncellor his doores are broken open by assistance of Souldiers , but nothing found there , the Presidents of Corpus-Christi the pro-Vice-Chancellor his in like manner , but nothing there : At last when the Earle comes most pitifully fetcht in with a few visitors and a sorty Company of expectant Boyes , Master Cheynell entertaynes him with an English speech , and tells him that the Beedles staves had a double guilt , ( the wit of the new University ) and therefore could not bee had to attend him : only exhorts him to believe and to bee confident , that the more vigerous hee should bee in that designed execution , the more acceptable it would bee in the sight of God , and if hee would not take his word for it , hee should take Gods word , and so presents to him a great Bible without Liturgy or Apocrypha , which was to supply the place of the Beedles staves to conduct him to his lodging . The imployment that now they set this Earle , when they had him amongst them , 't would even grieve you to thinke of ; That honourable office of a petty Constable generall from Colledge to Colledge is bestowed on him , first to break open the hall-doore of Christ-Church , Then to carry out Mistrisse Fell and all her children and family ( some fourteene , women and children ) in chayres and set them in the Quadrangle , that Master Reynolds might have quiet possession of that lodging ; which assuredly hee will never injoy one quiet houre , as long as hee lives , if he were in earnest when hee wrote the sinfullnesse of sin ; and believe any of the aggravations of sin , which hee laboured there to teach others . Then Magdalens hath the next part of the impression , the Presidents lodgings are broken open , the Servants sent to the Jayle for not betraying their Master , Doctor Iohn bid to be president and he presently commands the whole society to bee sterved , that is , commands no more Commons to be drest for his new family , who must bee brought up now , like Scholasticus his horse , to live without eating . Then up to All-Soules , and Doctor Sheldon being in his garden and refusing to give up the keyes of his house , and pleading that the vote for his ejection was twenty two dayes after that Order of the Lords , that the Earle &c. should execute their ( then past but not future ) Votes , his doores were used as the rest of his friends ; but himselfe farre worse , for that crime of urging reason for himselfe , least , as some of them confest , they should bee affronted , or baffled by him . Pray Sir warne your friends to brware of this dangerous thing , called speaking of sense , or as the Earle stiles it , being Schollars , or witty men : for it is a fault can never bee allowed impunity . That worthy Doctor is committed to the Marshall for that onely crime , and there like to continue , till hee lose or allay the reputation of being rationall or honest , by delivering up the keyes and bookes , which is , to bee perjur'd ; and that the only condition yet talkt of to make him capable of release . In his place is admitted the aforesaid Member Master Palmer , and all required to submit to him as Warden , though neither chosen by the Colledge , nor entred by taking any oath to bee true to it , or to govern by Statute ; any of which omissions make it direct prejury for any Fellow to acknowledge or submit to him , as it doth also in all the other Colledges , where these invaders are placed : the whole body of legall rights of Governours and Corporations being by this una litura abolished , and turned into most perfect arbitrary Government , under a Mufty Vice-Chancellor , and two Janizary proctors in the Vniversity ; ( which therefore walke with swords and pistolls instead of civill hoods ) and a Bashaw in every colledge ; A signification of the new modell for the whole Kingdome . From All-Soules they run with full speede to Wadam-Colledge and there the Warden's doores are by his Lordship fore't again , and one Wilkins the writer of the man in the Moon dropt thence into his place . Then Trinity Colledge is laid open , by the same noble violence , to Master Harris ; and Saint Iohns to Master Cheynel , though there they acknowledged some civility , and for a reward of not putting the Constable to doe his duty , the Praesident is permitted to live in his lodgings for a moneth longer . The same fate befell the old Principall of Brazen-Nose , and Master Greenwood that well lookt Gentleman can swallow the Profits of that also : and so now well nigh all the godly are possest of the good things of this life , and presently mistake possession for propriety , and so Master Cheynel can pray very confidently at Saint Maryes , that every man may injoy his own . What was done in the Convocation house would bee too long to relate particularly , many speeches addrest by the new Orator , Proctor , Vice-Chancellor , to theire golden Idoll , and upon his giving to the Library the great Bible lately printed in France , the whole fabrick new christned by Master Corbet , from Bodleiana to Pembrokiana , upon the same depth of reason , that their mock Proctor , goody Buttons sonne , had told him , that hee was literatissimus omnium qui Accademiam unquam intrarunt . Then to Creating of Doctors and Bachelours of Divinity , and for three dayes together all degrees most liberally distributed among themselves , and their clients , there being no way imaginable to get a sufficient number to make a convocation or an University hereafter , when the subsidiary Country Parsons are gone home again , unlesse such creations purè ex nihilo were thus allowed them , for wee heare but of three complyers present in their Convocation in the whole Vniversity , old Rouse the Rimmonist , as hee hath named himselfe , old Williamson that hath dranke out all but his telling of lyes and love of monyes to provide for more drinke , and Pelham the mock-speakers brother , which confesseth hee can doe any thing but deny the Trinity , rather then loose a fellowship ; and some add Doctor Zouch also , who , they say , is told by the Earle , that it is too late ; his place being otherwise designed already ; and so 't is certayne that Doctor Wall having made some civill motions towards complyance , was as civilly treated ; only his Prebendary voted from him and Cornish one of the Apostles put into it , who will not bee put out again by such a trick , I warrant you . Thus having erected a strange Chimaera called the new Modell of the Vniversitie , and removed as many heads of Colledges as was thought necessary for their present businesse , the Earle hath an honourable Exit , and is dismissed from his Constables Office under Justice Cheynel , untill the stubbornnesse of some Pretenders to thense of reasonable Souls ( who shall thereupon refuse to throw their doores open to the spoylers ) require him to bee recalled to the execution of his Office againe . Meane while wee have not yet discovered the reason , , why the execution of his God-sonne Doctor Hammond , and his old acquaintance Doctor Morley , and the rest of the Prebends of Christchurch is deferred , so farre as belongs to the possession of their lodgings ; for they say their names are struck out of the Buttery-booke , and Successours put in instead of seaven of them , and only Doctor Sanderson respited by occasion of his not being in towne at the sending the last summons for him : But if they have any man so ventrous as to dare to approach a Divinity-Chayre and Latine hee is sure enough to survive a very little time . And so farewell Honesty , Civility , Learning , Piety , Christianity ; and welcome Bedlam , and Barbarisme , and oppression , and Hell , the only Jewells wee are to receive in Exchange for a flourishing Vniversity . These things are too sad to bee enlarged on , but will appeare rarely in a full History of the times . And this is all the revenge which is meditated here against these men , and of that they are sure enough by the peculiarity of their condition who are the sufferers in the Tragedy . And so this Earle's Posterity will be able to see their Ancestour set out in a full immortall shape , his Memory as sure not to die , as Erestrarus's was , that burnt a Temple , on purpose to perpetuate it . And when that Picture is drawne at length , you neede not feare but his Encourager and Director Olsworth , will finde some roome ( though it bee but as a Negro , or Zany , or Sancho ) in the Table . Oxford April . 17. Your Mournfull but Christian Servant . BASILIUS PHILOMUSUS . Fiat voluntas Domini . 
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Visits of state -- England -- Oxford -- Early works to 1800. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO MEA blazon of Oxford University Advertisements from the Delegates of Convocation for his Majesties Reception , for the Heads of Houses to deliver with great charge unto their Companies . 1. THAT they Admonish all such as are under their Charge , that they appear no where during the Kings abode in the University , without their Caps and Gowns suitable to their Degree and condition . 2. That no Scholar of what condition soever , shall presume to go out to meet the King , either on foot or on Horseback , or to be at , or upon the way where the King is to come ; but shall attend in that place and posture wherein he shall be required to be , upon notice from his Superiors . 3. That on Saturday Morning Novemb. the 9th . immediately upon the ringing of St. Maries great Bell , all Persons , Graduats and others , ( that do not ride out with Mr. Vice-Chancellor ) forthwith repair to the Schools Quadrangle , there to remain till they have further orders , where to dispose of themselves for the more convenient and better reception of his Majesty . 4. That at what time his Majesty shall be pleased to accept of a Banquet in the Theater , the Masters , who have Procuratorial power , repair unto the Apodyterium , to assist the Curators in providing that all things may be performed with decency and order . 5. That during his Majesty's stay in the Theater , the Area will be the place for his Majesty and his Retinue ; and that no Person whatever presume to press or go into the said Area , but such Persons only as are of his Majesties Retinue , or otherwise appointed . It is strictly required , that during the time of this Solemnity , all Persons observe the aforesaid orders , and comport themselves with that sobriety and modesty , as may tend to the Honour and Reputation of the University . Doctors in all Faculties appointed to meet the KING . Dr. Fitzherbert Adams Vice-Can . Dr. Finch è Coll. Omn. An. Dr. Mill ex Aula S. Edm. Dr. Edwards è Coll. Jesu . Dr. Meare è Coll. Aen. Nasi . Dr. Pudsey è Coll. Magd. Dr. Mander è Coll. Baliol. Dr. Sykes Marg. Prof. Dr. Dunster è Coll. Wadh. Dr. Charlett è Coll. Univers . Dr. Painter è Coll. Exon. Dr. Royse è Coll. Oriel . Dr. Luffe R. P. Med. Dr. King è , Coll. Mert. Dr. Bouchier R. P. Jur. Civil . Dr. Irish è Coll. Om. An. Dr. Aldworth è Coll. D. J. Bapt. Dr. Gibbs è Coll. Om. An. Dr. Traffles è Coll. Nov. Dr. Martin è Coll. Mert. Dr. Hanns ex Aede Christi . Dr. Hellier è C. C. C. Dr. Creed è C. C. C. Dr. Aldworth Hist . Camd. Prof. Masters of Arts appointed to meet the KING . Proctors . Mr. Bagwell Mr. Waugh Mr. Codrington è Coll. Om. An. Mr. Almont è Coll. Trin. Mr. Bertie è Coll. Univers . Mr. Bourne ex Aede Christi . Mr. Watkins ex Aede Christi . Mr. Walker è Coll. Oriel . Mr. White è Coll. Bal. Mr. Holland è Coll Merton . Mr. Whiting è Coll. Wadh. Mr. Wase è C. C. C. Mr. Greenway è Coll. Nov. Mr. Bisse è Coll. Nov. Mr. Bernard è Coll. D. J. Bapt. Mr. Bartholomew è Coll. Linc. Mr. Brown è Coll. Aen. Nas . Mr. Tho. Holt. è Coll. Magd. Mr. Sam. Adams è Coll. Magd. Mr. Davies è Coll. Jesu . Mr. Sloper è Coll. Pemb. Mr. Whitehall ex Aula B. M. V. The Names of the Masters of Arts that have a Procuratorial Power given them during his MAJESTY's abode in the University . Mr. Freind ex Aede Christi . Mr. Wells ex Aede Christi . Mr. Kenton è Coll. Mag. Mr. Bagshaw è Coll. Mag. Mr. Barker è Coll. Nov. Mr. Creech è Coll. Om. An. Mr. Offley è Coll. Om. An. Mr. Tisser è Coll. Mert. Mr. Buckeridge è C C. C. Mr. Smith è Coll. D. J. Bapt. Mr. Norris è Coll. Aen. Nasi . Mr. Allen è Coll. Univers . Mr. Wise è Coll. Exon. Mr. Atkinson è Coll. Reg. Mr. Fifeild è Coll. Trin. Mr. Theed è Coll. Lincoln . Mr. Gerard è Coll. Wadh. Mr. Baron è Coll. Baliol Mr. Winne è Coll. Jesu . Mr. Goddard è Coll. Pembr . Mr. Randall ex Aula Magd. Mr. Martin ex Aula Cerv. Fitzherbert Adams Vice-Can . OXFORD , Printed at the THEATER , M. DC . XCV . publish'd Nov. 8 1695 
A53775	----	At a meeting of the heads of houses. Mar. 22. 1688. Whereas the gowns, capps, and habits of all members of this University, are by the statutes of the same to be made and fashioned with all exactness possible, ... University of Oxford. 1688 Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53775 Wing O861 ESTC R214681 99826772 99826772 31178 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53775) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 31178) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1769:13) At a meeting of the heads of houses. Mar. 22. 1688. Whereas the gowns, capps, and habits of all members of this University, are by the statutes of the same to be made and fashioned with all exactness possible, ... University of Oxford. Cooper, Benjamin, 1622 or 3-1701. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Oxford : 1688] Title from heading and first lines of text. Place of publication from Wing. Signed at end: Ben. Cooper Register of the University of Oxon. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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WHereas the Gowns , Capps , and Habits of all Members of this University , are by the Statutes of the same to be made and fashioned with all exactness possible , according to certain Models and Patterns in that behalf already provided , and approved of by the Heads of Houses , and the Convocation . And whereas a general Complaint hath been made of these following irregularities in Scholastical Habits , viz. 1. That many Graduats and other younger Scholars wear Mourning-Gowns without a Cause approved by their respective Governor and allowed by Mr. Vicechancellor and the Proctors . 2. That many Gentlemen-Commoners and others wear Square-Capps with Tufts that have not performed any Exercise in the Theater to entitle them thereunto . 3. That divers Under-Graduats upon pretence of being Students in the Civil Law presume to wear a half-sleeved-Gown and a Square-Capp that are not four years Standing in the University and duely enter'd upon the Law-Line . 4. That the use of wearing Hatts ( nay even of Hatts button'd up ) in publique , and Crevatt-Bands unaccustomed to be worn , hath of late prevailed much in the University , to the great Scandal of it . Whereupon , after mature deliberation had of the praemisses , and of the ill effects and consequences such irregularities in Habits may produce , if not timely prevented , it was unanimously agreed upon , that the particular Governors should take care to redress the wearing of such unstatuteable Habits in their respective Society's , and signify the Names of those that will not be reclaimed by their Admonition to Mr. Vicechancellor that they may be punished as the Statutes of the University in that case direct . BEN. COOPER Register of the University of Oxon. 
A53779	----	By order from Mr. Vice-Chancellor. VVhereas complaint has been brought to me of several disorders committed in and about the new tenis-court, where His Royall Highness the Duke of York's servants now act; ... University of Oxford. 1671 Approx. 1 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53779 Wing O863E ESTC R214683 99826774 99826774 31180 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53779) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 31180) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1769:15) By order from Mr. Vice-Chancellor. VVhereas complaint has been brought to me of several disorders committed in and about the new tenis-court, where His Royall Highness the Duke of York's servants now act; ... University of Oxford. Mews, Peter, 1619-1706. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n.], [Oxford : 1671. Title from heading and first lines of text. Signed and dated at end: July 10. 1671. P. Mews Vice-Cancel. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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VVHereas complaint has been brought to Me of several disorders committed in and about the New Tenis-Court , where His Royall Highness the Duke of York's Servants now Act ; These are therefore to require all Persons whatsoever , not to give them any disturbance , during the time assigned them for their stay in the University , upon pain of being proceeded against as disturbers of the Publick Peace , and the good Orders and Discipline of this place . July 10. 1671. P. MEWS Vice-Cancel . 
A53815	----	The vice-chancellour and heads of houses, with the rest of the delegates, reflecting upon, and taking into consideration the disturbances, disorderly carriages, and incivilities of many younger scholars of this university in publike meetings ... University of Oxford. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A53815 of text R41808 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing O903B). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A53815 Wing O903B ESTC R41808 31363609 ocm 31363609 110790 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53815) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110790) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1751:23) The vice-chancellour and heads of houses, with the rest of the delegates, reflecting upon, and taking into consideration the disturbances, disorderly carriages, and incivilities of many younger scholars of this university in publike meetings ... University of Oxford. Greenwood, Daniel. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed by Leonard Lichfield, Printer to the University, Oxford : A.D. 1652. At head of sheet: Oxon. Iuly 5th. 1652. Signed: Dan. Greenwood Vice-Can. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng University of Oxford -- History -- 17th century. Broadsides -- Oxford (England) -- 17th century. A53815 R41808 (Wing O903B). civilwar no The vice-chancellour and heads of houses, with the rest of the delegates, reflecting upon, and taking into consideration the disturbances, d University of Oxford 1652 261 1 5 0 0 0 0 230 F The rate of 230 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion ACADE ▪ MIA . OXONI . ENSIS . {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} . OXON. Iuly 5th . 1652. THE Vice-Chancellour and Heads of Houses , with the rest of the Deligates , reflecting upon , and taking into Consideration the Disturbances , Disorderly carryages , and Incivilities , of many younger Scholars of this University in Publike meetings , and especially , at the publike Solemnities of the ACT , partly by Hummings and other clamorous noyses , on purpose raised and made ; and partly by preoccupying , and intruding into the Seates and Places belonging to Superiours and Strangers ; Doe hereby strictly require and forewarne , all Scholars and Others to forbeare the making any such Disturbance by the Hummings and Clamours before mentioned . And all Under-Graduats and Juniors , not to presume to take up the Places belonging to their Superiours or Strangers ; And in case any shall be taken notice of to offend in the kinds aforesaid ( for discovery of whom the Proctors with their Deputies , and all Masters of Arts are hereby desired to be assisting ) they shall be proceeded against and brought to condigne punishment , by Suspension from their Degrees , or the Undergoing of such other Penalties , as the Statutes of the University in these or the like cases provide to be inflicted . DAN. GREENWOOD vice-can. . Oxford Printed by Leonard Lichfield Printer to the University A. D.. 1652. Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A53815e-30 Tit. 7. Sec. 2. §7 . & Tit. 15. §1 . 
A53818	----	Orders concerning the rates and demands of carriers and their porters, for goods brought and conveyed betwixt the University of Oxford, and city of London University of Oxford. 1666 Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2006-06 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53818 Wing O903E ESTC R41598 31355650 ocm 31355650 110575 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53818) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110575) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1751:26) Orders concerning the rates and demands of carriers and their porters, for goods brought and conveyed betwixt the University of Oxford, and city of London University of Oxford. Fell, John, 1625-1686. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [Oxford? : 1666] Signed: Iohn Fell, Vice-Can. Given the I. day of September, An. Dom. 1666. Place of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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WHereas the Carriers between the Vniversity of OXON : and the City of LONDON , to the great prejudice of the Members of the said Vniversity , & others have for these late years , contrary to the Charters , and ancient Practice of the said University exacted what rates they pleased for the Carriage of Goods , and Letters ; For the prevention of the like Abuse for the future , It is therefore now ordered by mee JOHN FELL D r of Divinity , and ViceChancellour of the said University , That henceforth They , their Servants , and Porters shall demand , or receive no other rates then 1 Imprimis , For the carriage of one hundred weight in the time between the two Feasts of All-Saints , and the Annuntiation of the Blessed Virgin Mary three shillings foure pence , and for the rest of the yeare three shillings . 2 Item , for the carriage of the greatest parcell ( all being to be esteemed parcels under a quarter of an hundred weight ) ten-pence , and so ratably for those that are lesse . 3 Item , For the carriage of any burthen , not exceeding one hundred weight , nor lesse then a quarter of an hundred weight , from the Shop or Ware-house , where the Goods were unladed unto the owners Habitation or Shop , three-pence , and for a parcell one penny . 4 Item , That all Letters directed to Schollars shall be left at the Butteries of their respective Colleges or Halls , and for the delivery of every such Letter onely one half-penny loafe , as was accustomed , but if any carriage comes with a letter , nothing shall be paid for the bringing of the said letter . Given the 1. day of September An. Dom. 1666. IOHN FELL ViceCan . 
A50441	----	A brief answer unto the Cambridge moddel which is to go to the two universities to be read by all the doctors and students, vice-chancellor, and fellows, as they will answer it to God : and likewise this is to go to all those they call gentlemen to the countreys to whom this moddel is directed, from the doctors, for money to maintaine the students : and is to go amongst all the priests that are, and have been heretofore made ministers by the same doctors of colledges, now planted themselves in the countreys, and this is to go amongst all the country-men, that they may see the fruits of the learning from the doctors, which fruits is persecution ... / by E.M. E. M. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A50441 of text R22561 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing M15). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 36 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 9 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A50441 Wing M15 ESTC R22561 12743408 ocm 12743408 93174 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. 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A50441) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 93174) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 696:23) A brief answer unto the Cambridge moddel which is to go to the two universities to be read by all the doctors and students, vice-chancellor, and fellows, as they will answer it to God : and likewise this is to go to all those they call gentlemen to the countreys to whom this moddel is directed, from the doctors, for money to maintaine the students : and is to go amongst all the priests that are, and have been heretofore made ministers by the same doctors of colledges, now planted themselves in the countreys, and this is to go amongst all the country-men, that they may see the fruits of the learning from the doctors, which fruits is persecution ... / by E.M. E. M. Worthington, John, 1618-1671. [2], 14 p. Printed for Thomas Simmons ..., London : 1658. Addressed to John Worthington and others. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. eng Church of England -- Controversial literature. University of Cambridge. University of Oxford. A50441 R22561 (Wing M15). civilwar no A brief ansvver unto the Cambridge moddel. VVhich is to go to the two universities to be read by all the doctors and students, vice-chancell E. M 1658 7221 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 B The rate of 8 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2004-08 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2004-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2004-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2004-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A BRIEF ANSWER UNTO THE CAMBRIDGE MODDEL . VVhich is to go to the two Universities to be read by all the Doctors and Students , Vice-Chancellor , and Fellows , as they will answer it to GOD . And likewise this is to go to all those they call Gentlemen of the Countreys to whom this Moddel is directed , from the DOCTORS , for money to maintaine the STUDENTS . And is to go amongst all the Priests that are , and have been heretofore made Ministers by the same Doctors of Colledges , now planted themselves in the Countreys . And this is to go amongst all the Country-men , that they may see the fruits of the Learning from these Doctors , which Fruits is PERSECUTION . And also that they and all people might come to learn of Christ the Prophet , which is raised up , which doth enlighten every man which comes into the world , high and low , rich and poor , Bond and free , Male and Female , that all through him might believe , who is the Covenant of God , the leader of the people , whom they should hear , who reconciles in one , things in heaven , and things on earth , who brings into Unity , which is in the light which every man which comes into the world is lightned withal , which is Christ , that Abraham and the Prophets , and Moses spake of , he being enjoyed , the end is seen . By E. M. LONDON , Printed for Thomas Simmons , at the Bull and Mouth neer Aldersgate , 1658. John Worthington , John Arrowsmith , Anthony Tuckney , Benjamin Wichcot , Ralph Cudworth , William Dillingham , Priest Baxter , and Matthew Poole . Some of their Principles , as followeth in a Moddel for the maintaining of Students , for the making of Ministers , and is presented to the Gentlemen of the Countrey , whereby these Ministers when they are made , may be sent out into Ireland and Wales , and into the dark places of England . OH shame ! Cover your faces , you chief Doctors and Teachers ; was this the work of the Apostles ? and is this the end of your so many thousands of pounds a a year you have out of the Nation ? and hundred pounds a year stipends ? Doth not your gold and silver begin to burn in your flesh and your bones ? Hath it not cankered your flesh yet ? Is it not rusted in your flesh yet ? Will you make Ministers and young Students for money ? Did the Apostles go begging up and down to Gentlemen ( as you call them ) for money to make Students , to make Ministers ? Did Christ set forth such a way ? Now this is the way to make Ministers of the Letter , who are persecutors of the Ministers of the Spirit , for maintenance , & the people of God : and you are more for the maintenance , and they both , when you have made them , then for the glory of God ; and you are quite out of the steps of them that Christ sent forth , that what was set before them they might eat : And the foundation of your work lyes in your naturall parts , and in your abilities , buying and selling Parishes , and begging Parishes , and changing one from another . Nay , I know you Priests , Black-coats , and Doctors , would eat up one another , who are the worst of men , and the worst of flesh , which is become as the carrion , fit for nothing but the wilde Beasts , and wilde Creatures , and Fowls , and your fruits in all the Gaols in the Nation , of the Ministers you have made , declares it , in prisoning , and the Courts suing and prisoning them , you do no work for ; a shamelesse company of men , they are so ill bred at Oxford and Cambridge , such a place of ill breeding , that you bring a Nation and People into confusion : But praised be the Lord God you are all measured , and comprehended , unlike the Ministers of the Gospel , unlike the Church ; but your hearts ( appears ) are seared with a hot iron , when you have made your Ministers , both maker , and made destroy people for dishonest gain , who pretend to people that you are Ministers of Christ , and be not , which comes out of the two drosse houses , Oxford and Cambridge , and sends forth your Ministers you have made , makes a trade of the Scriptures , and sells their preaching and praying by the hour-glasse , and tells the people when the glasse is run , the time is spent . Doth not all the sober people in the Nation behold here your folly ? and you sing Davids quaking , and Prayers , and Praises , and prophecies for money ? For what Priest will come in the Steeple-house , and sing without money ? Away with your abominations , is this your Moddell for money ? Come sing freely , and praise the Lord freely , yea all Nations to the free God of heaven and earth : and preach freely , if yee have received freely . But then scrubs the Priest , and saith , It hath cost me money , and murmurs ; Come pray freely without money for the people to the Lord , then he will hear your prayers without your wrath , for your polluted hands is so full of blood and persecution for your bellies , as your Courts and Gaols may witnesse , and houses of Correction , and stocks , and whipping posts , for the servants of the Lord God : But I will arise and be eased of mine adversaries saith the Lord . And you are far off the Mount and Sions Hill , who are thus choaked up with Stipends and Augmentations , Gleab Lands , Midsomer dues , and Easter reckonings , and tythe Pigs and Geese , &c. gifts and rewards , and hands so full of blood , persecution , wrath and doubting of ever overcoming sin and imperfection . For what good ( when you have made them Ministers by money , and send them forth to preach for money ) what good do they do for it ? you tell your hearers they shall never be made free from the body of sin , nor imperfection , they shall always carry the body of sin about them , while they are upon earth , and that they can never be perfect , so denies the new Covenant that blots out sin and transgression , in which men have peace with God . You deny the blood of Jesus Christ which cleanseth from all sinne . You deny the one offering Christ Jesus , who hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified : And so in this state you deny Christ that died at Jerusalem , and so you are in a worse state then the first Priest hood , which the comers to it was not made perfect , and the first Covenant , and so you are such as are crept into houses , and have the forme of godlinesse , but denies the power , and keeps people alwayes learning , laden with sin and divers lusts , never able to come to the knowledge of truth , like unto Jannes and Jambres , that would have kept the children of Israel in temporal AEgypt , and so you keep them in spirituall AEgypt , Sodome and Gomorrah , where Christ is crucified , though it be in the Land of Canaan , and you voluptuous Professors and Teachers , and called Ministers , and makers of them , consider this , for the fire of the jealousie of the Almighty is entring into your bones , and your flesh , and the dread of the Lord God Almighty will finde you out . Take counsel never so much together against the Lords annointed , & the just , he will break you to pieces like potters vessells : And light will break forth , though you be in never such great houses of darknesse , though you swell like the Sea , and rage like the waves , and yell like the Lyons , who want their prey , and roar like the Bear bereaved of her whelps , and raven like Wolves , and carry the Lambs and Sheep into houses of Correction for your prey , because you cannot get meat of them , whom the Lord is their Shepherd , who follows Christ , and hears his voyce ; who hath put his sheep forth from you to whom he hath given eternall life . Though you roar in your Pulpits , and make the ignorant people like a raging sea , all of a fire against the Lambs and little ones , the Lord will still the waves and lay the tempests , and hath put the hook in the jaws of the great Leviathan in the Sea . Come ye Babes and little ones , and rejoyce over them in the Lord , who is causing light to break forth out of darkness . The two places , Oxford and Cambridge , which makes Ministers : the things which is seen concerning them is , they are like two Woods , full of black trees , which are blackned with smoke , and a few leaves hangs dropping on the Tops of them , like unto trees at the fall of the leaf , and they stand as it were in a quagmire , which is made up with the fat of the Nation , and the exacting of poor people , and wringing of them , like a great heap of myery soft earth , and when the wind blows the quagmire puffs at the bottom of it , and there is but little mosse growes on the trees , because of the smoke , and these trees bears no fruit , but a few dropping leaves as it were in the end of Summer , so they stand as the shaking off with a great winde , whose leaf fades , and so as they are carried out of that quagmire and wood and banke , undressed , they are planted in the Countries like starved trees in the Forest , beaten with windes and weathers , dried with bark on , and some Mosse on them , and scarce leaves . Now these be the fuel for the fire , which cumbers the ground , fruitlesse trees , and the Nations and the earth hath layen like a Wildernesse , and these trees have not born fruit , and their leaves fades and falls ; And the fruitfull trees of the field begins to clap their hands who beares the fruit , whose leaf never fades nor falls , that is by the River , and the smoak of these two woods before mentioned hath almost smoaked off the barks of them , for they have scarcely the outside of them nor leaves , but they are droping down continually , and they must all drop off and appear bare , for they have not any to cover them , and all your works and the intent of your Moddel , is to get money that you might make Ministers , are you like the Apostles in this ? have you thrust out Christ , and denyed the faith , will you let Christ have no Room , but in your mouths to talk of him ? had ever Christ any place but in the manger amongst the Professors , & them that lived in lip service , their hearts far off from God ? had not the great professors Hebrew , Greek and Latin in the dayes of old , the great Talkers of Christ ? and he had no place amongst them but in the manger in the stable , are not you making Ministers , and begging money of the Gentry , and frighting their evil consciences if they will not give it you ? and the highest when you have made them is but Hebrew , Greek and Latin ; which is but natural , and so is but a natural man , and the natural man receives not the things of God though he hath Hebrew , Greek and Latin , though he can talk of all Scripture in those languages , and will put Christ in the stable and in the manger , and let him have no Room in the Synagogues as the Jewes would not , but was all full of wrath , and rose up against him , and put him out of the Synagogue ; and do not you & your Ministers put him out of your Synagogues , and put him in prison ? is not this the fruits of your Ministers , and your makers of them ? sure people will be wise , and not spend their money for that which is not bread ; where was there such degrees amongst the Apostles as is amongst you and the Papists , Batchelors and Masters of Arts , and so forth ? and where did the Apostle chuse boyes , out of Schools , and send them to a place to learn Hebrew , Greek and Latine 7 or 8 years , and that such should be made Ministers , is not this by men and of men ? doth not all this come out of your own names ? let the wise in heart judge ; so if one come in his own name , the world receives him , but who comes in the name of the Lord the world will not receive him . And whereas you say some have been but four yeares at the University , they are through poverty forced to go away , to enter into the Ministry while they are raw , which should have stayed four years more , having been provided for . Are you not ashamed , doth money make your Ministers ? was it not money that made all the false Prophets and the selfish ends ? how are you like Ravens , and the Lilies , and the grasse , are you not all comprehended here amongst the Heathen ? and your rawness both Ministers and Makers hath sufficiently appeared , and declared it selfe to the whole Nation , and when you have made them at 8 yeares standing and 7 and 4 , and has gotten all his learning , Hebrew , Greek and Latine , and other Languages which the Gentry of the Country must maintain them , and poor people besides , when he hath gotten all his carnal weapons , and armed himself with them , and got up into his steeple-house , one of them , the poor dispised people , a woman , a lad , or a girle , come and but look this Priest in the face , as he is in his pulpit with all his Goliahs weapons , carnal languages , he falls before them , him or her the said Quaker , and cryes take them away , they disturb me , to the house of correction with them , to the Prison ; and thus the Student and Minister shames both Count●y and Gentry , and they are ashamed of him ; have wee given our money , cry they , and hath he had fifteen pounds and 20l . and 30l . a year for 7. or 8. yeares together , and now there comes a poor simple Quaker , and bids him fear God , and his mouth is stopped ; he would have them prisoned , surely cryes the Gentry and the Country , these fellows minde nothing but their bellies , and have made a prey of us , and it is true what Quakers sayes , we have spent our money for that which is not bread , and we will even turn to Christ who is that bread which comes down from above , and know the Ministers that are made by his will , which he and the Father sends forth , for these are all below , and are made by men , and by learning , and serve Apprentiships like Prentise ▪ boys , and we have given our money to them , and now they are not able to stand before such as cannot read letters , but will have them to be prisoned , and we have been partakers with them , and so uphold the Priest , which some have smarted for , Let others take warning . And you say , your aime is to bring up Schollers with parts and learning to supply the Church with choice Ministers , that they may be pillars of the Church . Was ever they made pillars of the Church that came in their own names ? are not the Heathen and Papists and Jesuites your example in this , and will they not over-wit you in this ? were not they the first Authors of it of making Ministers by their learning ? and did ever that in all ages do good , to make a Minister of Christ Jesus , to give him the spirit , to give him the gift of God ? was not all the earth of one language before Babel ? and did not Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord , who came out of cursed Cams stock , begin to build Babel whom God did confound into many languages ? and is not that the confounded language your Original ? was not all this from the spirit , did God confound his spirit ? and had not Pilate which crucified Christ Hebrew , Greek and Latine ? did not he set this up a top of Christ when he crucified him ? so Babel is the beginning of it , a top of Christ it stands , Pilate set it a top of Him , a top of life , a top of Truth , and could Pilate open the scripture or the Jews that had Hebrew Greek and Latine , and not the life ? did not they prison and persecute and kill as you do , and could not open scripture ? no more cannot you without the life of Christ : did not the false Prophets , Antichrist inwardly ravening , who got the sheeps cloathing , that Christ said should come , Mat. 7. and 24. which John said was come , in his first Epistle , Chap. 2. & Chap. 4. which went forth from them , which in the Revelations , All that dwelt upon the earth went after them . Which after a while they killed the Saints that kept the testimony of Jesus the spirit of prophecy . They inwardly ravened from the spirit of God : and when they had killed the Saints , power was given unto them , the Beast and false Prophet over all Kindreds , Tongues , & Nations . Now hath the Beast power over Tongues ? what , the Orthodox men ? what , Tongues which is the original ? as you may read , Rev. 13. And must these open Christs words the Beast hath power over ? Is that the Originall which the Beast hath power over ? Are those the Orthodox men the Beast hath power over , which hath got the Tongues ? Oh shame ! you may deceive the Nations , but you cannot the Elect : And the whore which inwardly ravened from the spirit of God , all Nations have drunk the cup of fornication , before they could come to Christ the husband ; And she hath corrupted the earth , and made the Inhabitants of it drunk : and the Kings of the earth hath committed fornication with her , who hath ravened from the spirit of God : So the Kings of the earth hath made the Nations to bend before ever they could come to the husband , and here Nations have had the form from her which ravened from the spirit of God , before ever they could come to the power , with that they have been drunk , and so the whore sits upon the Nations , and Multitudes , and People , and Tongues , and these are waters on whom the whore sits . Now what is the whore , or the Original , and Orthodox men ? and is the Original waters ? and the Orthodox men waters ? and Schools ? Is the whore on them ? Read the Scriptures , Rev. 18. 17. ch. And can these waters which are Tongues , which the whore is upon , which drinks the blood of the Saints , can these open the Scriptures that are waters ? is the Orthodox men waters ? and is the originall waters ? Now if these could have opened Scripture , how chance they are no better then waters ? These tongues John calls them waters , and saith , The beast hath power over them , and Pilato sets them on top of Christ , and Babel is the beginning of them . Are you pillars of the Church , or of Antichrist ? of the Beast , of the Whore , and Babylon , and members of fallen Babylon ? here begins your originall ; and when they crucified Christ , they set your Original a top of Him which the Beast and Whore hath power over that sits upon them , and John calls them waters . And you will go make pillars of waters for the Church , and you call that the Originall , for tongues are waters : oh shamelesse Babylon ! who are setting your Tongues a top of Christ like Pilate , and denyes the light ; for the light is risen , and hath discovered you all , and Christ is risen , which was before Babell was , which Pilate set the many Languages over him , when he crucified him : He is risen over that which was set over him , and over them that set it over him ; and you that have ravened from the spirit of God which sets up your Tongues to be the originall , and by it your Orthodox men made at your Schools and Colledges , came up by the Papists since the dayes of the Apostles , which tongues the beasts power was given unto him over , and the whore sits upon them , which John in the Revelation calls them waters , and these are them which hath established your Church , and the Pope which hath been your pillar , which he calls waters : so you and the Papists , which be your . Tongues and Originall , have set up your false Church , and kild the life , and set up your Tongues over it , as Pilate did , and so have drunk the blood of the Martyrs , and the Prophets , and the Saints , which are made by the will of God , and then sets your many Languages and Original over them amongst the ignorant and simple people : but the life is risen , Christ Jesus the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world over you and your Original , who will be avenged of you all his enemies , who is the foundation of God , and the originall himselfe , and he will stain your pride , and deface your glory and beauty ; You have had a glory , and a beauty , and a pride , the naturall Tongues which John calls waters , which you call your original ; for the life is risen , which was before Babel was , and remains when Pilate is not , and when Babylon is not neither , who is risen to confound it : He who had your Originall set over him which makes your Orthodox men , which have killed the Prophets & Saints which had the originall , that you might reign with your false conceptions ; but the Prophets , and the Saints , and the Lamb now reigns over you , and it is in vain now for you to set up your waters , to make pillars of your Church , for Tongues are waters , saith John , that had the Original , and was in it , and so all that be in the Original , sees you , & is a top of your waters and Tongues , and is come to the Rock , and tramples upon all your Buildings and Tongues , which at the best makes men but naturall men ; for tongues are natural , and not spiritual : and your sending out your Lads , after admitted in writing , to Wales and Ireland , and other places . This is like unto them that Jeremiah cries out against , that run when the Lord never sent them , that are using their tongues , and speak when the Lord never spoke to them , and these are them that runs from you Waters ; And them that be friends of Christ and of the Gospel , and love their Countrey , the souls and good of people , will see that you have not the bread to feed the hungry , and you do not bind up , but you make rents , and you do not visit in prison , but you cast into prison them that will not put into your mouths ; and you do not bring people from under the law , but bring people under the law into Courts , and Sessions , and Assizes , and you cast them into prison for tythes , and tenths , and so you are unlike the Ministers of the Gospel , which brought people out of ninths and tenths both , redeemed out of the earth up to God , but you are gone amongst the Papists , inwardly ravenous , into the earth , and there sets up tenths , and keeps people in the ninths of the earth , unlike the Ministers of the Gospel , which is the power of God , which opens the hearts of the people , whereby they come out of the ninths and tenths both , to Christ , who redeems out of the earth to God , whereby they come to reign upon the earth . Doth the tenths serve all the widows , fatherlesse , and strangers , and the Priest ? Doth it give them all enough ? Now man transgressing , and being drove from God into the earth , Abraham before the Law paid the tenths of the spoile to Melchisedech King of Righteousness , in the Law of the Lord , required the tenths of the earth , and he made these tenths to serve widows , fatherlesse , strangers , and Levi , that there might not be a beggar amongst them . Now Christ the end of the Law , and of Wars , the Redeemer and the Saviour out of the earth , brings from out of the ninths and tenths , and so comes to reign upon the earth , and these are of the royal Priesthood , and the family of the faithful , which was of Abraham , of which Christ came according to the flesh , which lives out of ninths and tenths both of the earth up to God , whose the earth is . Now apostatized Papists and sects since the dayes of the Apostles , & false Prophets , and Antichrist that had the sheeps cloathing , that ravened from the spirit of God into the earth , drew the world after them , set up ninths and tenths : so they get tenths of the earth , and keep people in the ninths of it . Oh! how unlike the Ministers of the Gospel are you , that brought people out of the ninth and tenth both to God to reign a top of it , glory to the highest : And such brought back that which was driven away ; but you that keeps in the ninths and tenths , keeps people under the curse , there to labour for you in the sweat of their brows , toyling and tugging for you in the transgression : But some are redeemed from you , and cannot put into your mouths , and such you have your dens for , you that be in the transgression , that be under the curse , and keep people under the curse with ninths and tenths of the earth , which now many is coming out of : and woe will be your portion and misery , and all them that be come into the life of the Prophets of Christ . Now it is not their work to put in the mouths of the false Prophets , but they that did so was the ignorant and foolish people , and foolish Gentry of the countrey , which they were deceived by ; and the Saints know that the love of the false Prophets was all after money , and themselves and such blinds the eye of the mind of many both great and small , and they are them that cries give , give , and they that will not put into their mouths , they prepare war against them : And you wrest many Scriptures which is spoken of for giving to the poor , for your own ends , which poor it is manifest you do not regard , therefore is there so many widows and fatherlesse begging abroad in your streets , and at your Steeple-houses , and at your doors , and cast so many widows and poor men into prison that have many children , because they cannot give you tythes , and put into your mouths . And whereas you say in the ninth page , He is likest to God that doth good , you shew your selves the most unlike to God , as the Courts , Gaols , Prisons , and houses of Correction witnesse , and death , persecuting till death ; so shews you your selves are reprobate concerning the faith , and the Ministers of Christ , and hath not learned the lesson of Christ , to learn mercy and not sacrifice , for your sacrifice is Cains , for you kill and murther , and are in envying your brethren , and so you have forgotten to do good , and so lost the blessing , and lost the savour of rest where the mercy is , which is to shew mercy ; but you will give people Sermons , and pray , and sing to them , and tell them letter is light , and Matthew , Marke , Luke , & John is the Gospel , and Hebrew , Greek , and Latine is the Originall , and Letter is the Word , and it is the ground of mens faith , and the old Mass-house , with the crosse at the end of it is the Church ; stop into your mouths , you will give them as much talk as you can speak by the glasse , till the glasse be run , then time is past Neighbours . If a Quaker comes and look at you , he disturbs me , take him away . Now the Scripture sayes , The power of God is the Gospel , and the power of God the crosse of Christ , and Christ is the Author of Faith , who is the Original , and the Scriptures of truth are the words of God , and Christ is the Word , before the Scriptures was given forth , who comes to fulfill the words , in whom they end . Christ , the Word , and the Church is in God , and your old Mass-houses and Sacraments , the Papists was the Author of them , and they gave to them their names , and your Schools , as Trinity Colledge , and Christs Colledge , and Jesus , and Emanuel , &c. And St. Pauls , and St. Peters , & St. Johns , and All ▪ souls , and St. Gregory , and St. Austins the old Monk . What Jesuits are wiser men then you , fain to name your houses for you ? Here is popes marks and names , and most of the old Masse-houses of England , there stands the Crosse on the end of them , or hath been , which is the Popes mark , who sets up all your tythes , and Easter reckonings , Midsommer dues , and gleab lands , and your bells and glasses , and your naming Saints dayes , your Christmas , and Candlemas , and Michaelmas . Now if you did not love Popery , and hold up Popery , you would deny his authority , and deny his Doctrine . Alack for you poor striplings , Catterpillars , crawling Frogs ; talk of souldiers of Christ ! it is nothing but your Bellies you fight for ; for you are casting into prison , you have not Christs souldiers weapons , you are made by men ; and so you must acknowledge the Pope hath more wit then you , that cannot name your Houses and Colledges , and days , and sets you out your Tythes , Easter reckonings , and Midsomer dues ▪ and so you are them that destroy the pure understanding of the people , and stops the way whereby the souls of the people might come up , & so are destroyers of the true Ministers , and keeping people from the true foundation Christ Jesus the Prophet , which is to be heard . It is not your Languages that feeds souls , and keep people from being seduced , nor makes people witty in the things of the spirit of God , as you simple Doctors think in the tenth page . your Ministry would wear out If you should loose your Tongues and Sciences : And when do we see a Priest dare to venture upon a Papist Priest without a carnall sword , and confound him , and stop his mouth ; but your and the Papists Original , are your Languages , so easie to be confounded by them that be in the spirit of God , before Tongues was . So you who are killing and prisoning one another about your sacrifices , piety is lost and charity amongst you , and you are unfurnished with spiritual weapons ; and the Quakers who are of the royal elect seed of God , before the foundation of the world was , hath sounded you allarm , and all your fore-fathers the Papists , which your fathers since the days of the Apostles , the Allarm is gone out , that all the Sects and Apostates , and Heathen which know not God , upon the earth : And the Trumpet sounds out of the holy Mountain , that you and all the Inhabitants of the earth should tremble ; and you , and all you who be in the ninths and tenths of the earth , and the Trumpet sounds out to you all , Allarm , that you may come to the battel of the great God of heaven and earth . And the Lambs war is begun , who will kill with the sword , and slay with the sword , which is the word of his mouth ; and the Devill , and Beast , and false Prophet shall be taken and cast alive into the lake of fire . He that worships the Beast shall be tormented day and night ; And the Lamb and the Saints shall reigne , and the everlasting Gospell shall be preached to all Kindreds , Tongues , and Nations , which is the power of God . And you and the Papists have been made up by the Hereticks , which went forth from the Apostles , as you may read in Timothy , in Jude , and Peter , and John , and the rest of the Epistles : and you all dry , drossie , dark Doctors , who are training up your poor silly ignorant sottish Students ; which when they come out from you , will speak a few words for a cock of Barley , tythe Eggs and pigs . Away you poor young Students , lay aside all your pretences , and turn to the Lord God from your old Doctors , for they are never able to make you Ministers : For that which they do is but for money , and you are but plain Naturalists when they have done the utmost to you , and then you go forth and teach for money , when as you had been better to have kept Flocks and Herds , and turned Husbandmen , that would bring more honour to God . You see the people are prophane , and you do them no good , and you see that you begin to be a shame to the Nation ; and what uncharitable lives they have , and hard hearts , and seared consciences , and will cast men into prison , and bring them before Courts , and prison them for speaking to them ; and yet you have been learning seven and eight years at Oxford and Cambridge , and one that hath never been there shall confound 20 of them in the things of God ; and how unlike the Apostles are they which was in the power of God , whereby their hearers sold all , and laid at the Apostles feet . Now you see the Apostles would not cumber themselves with it , they might have set up great benefits . And again you may see how you Priests and Ministers destroy the true Church amongst you , and the true Authority and comforter & edification and limit the holy one , & dispiseth prophesy , and quencheth the spirit , if any thing be revealed to another that sits by , let the first hold his peace : And this practice you get a law against , take him away he disturbes me ; and so you are the crucifiers in the world , and the world that crucifies , and are not them that are crucified from the world with Christ . And the Lord hath given many both rich and poor , an unspeakable happiness and freely of his grace , that stands for the glory of his Church , which Christ is in the midst of , and is the head who are come into the lively faith and the fervent love to the brethren that are persecuted by you , and evilly entreated , and their bodies are offered up sacrifices to the Lord , and many have been sacrificed in your prisons , and there died , to whom the love of God hath flowed and abounded , and carried through all their sufferings , with joy unspeakable and love unfaigned , whose Souls are in their rest , ( Christ ) whose comfort is in Christ the hope , the mystery , whose Crown of glory fades not , whose love is to the world , whether they will receive it for no ; now you Teachers and called Ministers have impoverished many in the Nation , whom you do no work for , many families , many fatherlesse , many widows , many you keep in prison to this day , many hath died in prison ; you have kept till death ; is it not blood their you drink ? will nothing serve you , but the Saints blood , there bodies , and their lives ? you have taken and caused to be taken the very bibs and the childrens clothes , and plough-gear and Oxen and Horses that men should till their ground with , you have taken the beds away from people , and left them none to lye on ; taken away their corn , sheep and hay , and threshed their corn in their Barnes , and carried it away by loads , as witness Thomas Aldam ; you drive away their fat Beasts , provided for their own families against Winter ; you take away the Cows from the poor people that have half a dozen children to give them milk , and take the men from their wives , and cast them into prison , that they shall not maintain their familes , Oh! lamentable cryes is entred into the Lord of the Sabbath of rest for his people ; and you are speaking of learning , and defending of the Truth , and building up the Church of Christ by your Languages ; you six Doctors , Alas , did not Pilate with his Learning & Languages turne against Christ and the Church , and the Greek , and the Hebrew , and the Latine both ? And so Mahomet and the Infidels fruits could not be worse then yours , who will not suffer the Saints to live upon the Earth , except they live in the ninths to give you the tenths , and bury the seed of God in their ninths , that part pertains to shadows that holds the ninths , that is a mystery , and they that hold you up cannot honour Christ ▪ The priests name is Cain , the first birth , and that sacrificer offered of the earth , and wrestled with the flesh and blood of Abel , and killed him , which did not Abel , he wrestled not with the flesh and blood of Cain the Priests , and the blood of Abel cries for vengeance upon Cain . THE END ▪ 
A53817	----	Orders agreed upon by the heads of houses for the preventing and quenching of fire University of Oxford. 1671 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53817 Wing O903D ESTC R41597 31355647 ocm 31355647 110574 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53817) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110574) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1751:25) Orders agreed upon by the heads of houses for the preventing and quenching of fire University of Oxford. Mews, Peter, 1619-1706. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n, [Oxford : 1671] Signed: P. Mews, Vice-Cancell. Octob. 23. 1671. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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THAT Fifty pounds be forthwith rais'd by the University , and the respective Colledges , ( of which summe the University is to pay Ten pounds , ) for providing Engines , Ladders , &c. That the Governors of the respective Colledges , do deal effectualy with their Tenants , within the University , that with all Convenient speed , both their dwelling houses , and out houses be Slatted or Tyled ; and that no Lease be hereafter renew'd to any such Tenant , who shall refuse or neglect to Slat or Tyle their said houses accordingly . That every Colledge and Hall , provide a convenient number of Buckets and Ladders ; and signifie what provision they have made unto the Vice-Chancellor , within one Month after the Publication of these Orders ; and as often as any of them shall be lost or decay'd , that the same number be immediately compleated , and made up again . That the Governors of the respective Colledges and Halls , doe engage all Bakers , Brewers , Cooks , Chandlers and others with whom they have any dealing , forthwith to remove their Wood-piles , and Fewel of all forts , a convenient distance from the City , or otherwise to provide houses Slatted or tyl'd to secure their Fewel , Hay , Straw &c. ( as much as is possible ) from all danger of Fire . And that the Chandlers be also engag'd to remove their melting houses , to places where they may not annoy nor endanger their Neighbours . And in case they or any of the foresaid persons shall refuse or neglect to doe accordingly , that then the Heads of Houses shall forbid all trading and dealing with them , for their respective Colledges and Halls . That all Governours of Colledges and Halls , take effectuall care , that all sorts of Fewel , Hay &c. within the precincts of their respective Houses be covered as aforesayd , or else so placed that they may not endanger any Buildings . That diligent care be likewise taken that all Chimneys be swept yearly before the Feast of All Saints , and that no Fire be carryed about either from the Kitchin , or from Chamber to Chamber in open shovells , but only in cover'd pans or any Candles caryed into Wood-houses , or Places where any kind of fewel lies , except in Lanthorns , and that a severe penalty be inflicted by order of the respective Governours , upon all who shall presume to offend in these particulars . And furthermore , that all Scholars be frequently admonish'd to take care , that at night the fire in their Chambers be quench'd or securely cover'd , and that they place not their Candles at their Beds-heads : and to that end the respective Governours are desir'd to command some Officer of the House , to visit all Chambers and cause all Boards , which are placed for that purpose at any Beds-head , to be remov'd and taken away , and likewise strictly to prohibit the use of hanging Candlesticks . That when any new Buildings are erected , care be taken that no Timber be layd under the hearths of the Chimneys . That when any Fire shall happen in any Colledge , or in the City , the respective Governours cause their Buckets and Ladders , to be brought with all speed , to some place nere the Fire , where they may be ready for use , and appoint some discreet person to see them dispos'd off . That when any Fire shal happen abroad , the respective Governors take care to restrain the Scholars under their commands from going out , excepting such who will be assistant in quenching the Fire ; and because at such times many wicked Persons , take an opportunity , to break open Chambers , and commit other villanies ; that the Colledge Gates be kept shut ( especially if the Fire happen in the night ) and none admitted but such who are well known to the Porter , or such persons as the Governour of the House shall appoint to assist him . That no Scholars presume upon any occasion to let off Rockets or any other kindes of Fire-works . That these Orders be hung up in a Frame in the Halls of the respective Houses , that so all Persons concern'd may from time to time take notice of them . P. MEWS Vice-Cancell . Octob. 23 , 1671. 
A53821	----	Orders to be observed while His Majestie, or the two Houses of Parliament continue in Oxford agreed upon by the vice-chancellor and delegates, to be communicated to the heads of houses, and by them to their respective companies. University of Oxford. 1681 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53821 Wing O903H ESTC R41599 31355651 ocm 31355651 110576 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A53821) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110576) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1751:29) Orders to be observed while His Majestie, or the two Houses of Parliament continue in Oxford agreed upon by the vice-chancellor and delegates, to be communicated to the heads of houses, and by them to their respective companies. University of Oxford. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [Oxford? : 1681] Manuscript note: "These ord's were printed 7. March (Munday) 1680. & forthwith sent to the colleges & halls, to be posted up." Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Broadsides -- Oxford (England) -- 17th century. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion ACADEMIA OXONIENSIS SAPIENTIAE ET FELICITATIS . blazon of Oxford University Orders to be observed while his MAJESTIE or the Two Houses of Parliament continue in OXFORD , agreed upon by the Vice-Chancellor and Delegates , to be communicated to the Heads of Houses , and by them to their respective companies . I. THAT they admonish all such as are under their charge , that they appear no where abroad , without their Caps and Gowns suitable to their Degree and Condition ; and that their Apparel be such as the Statutes require . II. That no Scholar , of what Condition soever , shall presume to go out to meet the KING , either on Foot , or Horsback ; or to be at , or upon the way , where the KING is to come . III. That no Scholar do disturb the Court , or come nigh the Places where the Two Houses of Parliament , and their several Committees do meet . IV. That the Seats in St. Maries , where formerly the Doctors and Masters did sit , be reserved for the Members of the Two Houses of Parliament : and that none other whatsoever , do presume to intrude . V. That the Vice-Chancellor , and Proctors keep their Seats as formerly . VI. That the several Doctors , together with other Heads of Houses , Canons of Christ Church , and Noble-men ( who are actually Members of the University ) sit in the Middle Gallary ; and the Masters of Arts in the two Side Gallaries . It is strictly required That the whole time , all persons observe the aforesaid Orders , and abstain from going to Taverns , Coffee-houses , and other Publick houses , and comport themselves with that Sobriety and Modesty as may tend to the Reputation and Honor of the University ; upon pain of being enter'd into the Black-book and otherwise proceeded against as the Crime shall require . The Names of the Masters of Arts that have a Procuratorial Power given them , during His MAJESTIES abode in the Vniversity . Mr. Isham ex Aede Christi . Mr. Sparke ex Aede Christi . Mr. Elwood è C. C. C. Mr. Massey è Coll. Mert. Mr. Harvey è Coll , Oriel . Mr. Aldworth è Coll. Magd. Mr. Masters è Coll , Novo . Mr. Balche è Coll Wadh. Mr. Burrington è Coll. Exon. Mr. Fry è Coll , Trin. Mr. Meers è Coll. Aen. Nasi . Mr. Adams jun. è Coll. Linc. Mr. Orlebar è Coll. Om. Au. These ords were printed 7. march ( munday ) 1680. & forthwith sent to the Colleges & Halls , to be poshed up . 
A62567	----	Great news from Oxford, or, An exact account of the several transactions of my Lord Lovelace in a letter to a friend H. T. 1688 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A62567 Wing T12 ESTC R29060 10804861 ocm 10804861 45977 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A62567) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 45977) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1390:22) Great news from Oxford, or, An exact account of the several transactions of my Lord Lovelace in a letter to a friend H. T. 1 broadside. Published by Richard Janeway, [London] : 1688. Signed: H.T. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Lovelace, John Lovelace, -- Baron, 1638?-1693. University of Oxford. English letters. 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Great News from OXFORD , Or an Exact ACCOUNT , Of the several Transactions of My Lord Lovelace , In a Letter to a Friend . Loving Friend , IN my last I acquainted you that one Thorp at the Mitre-Inn in Oxon , was taken up for saying these words , That he hoped by Christmas day to see Oxon laid in Ashes , and that if it lay in his power be would wash his hands in the Earl of Abbington's blood , or words to that effect : And now I shall let you know that the Mayor took Bail , one Kimber , and one Harding , two Papists ; when the Rabble knew who was his Bail , there rose about three hundred all with Clubs and Staves , crying out , No Popery ; and thenwent to all the Papists houses in the Town , and broke their windows , but especially Thorps , and his two Bail : That night these three went to London , and it 's thought , to make complaint . Yesterday being Wednesday , the 5th of December , there came in about eighty Horse , stout Men , well Armed , commanded by Captain Winch and Captain Flyer , going , as 't is reported , into the West , but Lodged at the Angel-Inn that night , who came out of Herefordshire . About four of the Clock in the Afternoon came in my Lord Lovelace , with about five hundren Horse , the greatest part Gentlemen , and at the East-gate there met him the Mayor and his Brethren all in their Formalities ; the Recorder made a Speech to him , and marched up the Street in order as thus : First went my Lord's Sumpter Horses at a good distance , then went the Mayor with the Mace , and his Brethren all a-foot , just before my Lord , and next to his Lordship there were four Priests or Jesuits , which he brought from Gloucester , all pinioned , and the rest rode in order six a-breast up to my Lord's Quarters , which was the Cross-Inn , with a multitude of Spectators ; but about Eight of the Clock at night there came News that at a place called Benson , and at Wallingford there was about 1500 Dragoons , and both places not above ten Miles from Oxon ; so the Mayor raised all the Trained-Bands that live in this place , but I suppose it was by order of my Lord , and so ordered about twenty to be upon Magdalen Bridge , and blockt up the said Bridge with Waggons and Carts ; and it is reported , this day being Thursday , they will pull up part of the Bridge . That night they pulled up a Bridge called Osney , likewise kept a mighty strong Guard all the night , but all was in safety as yet . This day being Friday , about two of the Clock in the night the Trumpets sounded , and there was cryed , Arms , Arms ; my Lord Riding up and down the Street , encouraged all people to Arms , which I think there could not be less in number than four hundred Musketeers , and about three hundred of the Rabble with Clubs and Staves . At the same time Magdalen Bridge was broken down , and besides , the Waggons and Carts still remain upon the Bridge , and about ten in the morning my Lord dismissed all the Foot , to be ready at the beat of Drum. I should have told you that upon Thursday the Prince of Orange's Manifesto was proclaimed at Carfax by one Mr. Mordant , my Lord Mordant's Brother . This day being Saturday , Counsellor Pudsey brought into this place about twenty Men with Horse and Arms , and in the Afternoon there came in thirty Gentlemen with their Sumpter Horses , supposed to come from the Prince , but I cannot learn who they are : And in the Afternoon the Lord Lovelace caused the Horse and Foot to be drawn up , and the foresaid Mr. Mordant proclaimed and her Declaration , for all Papists to lay down their Arm , and the like . This day being Sunday , the 9th of December , nothing happened as yet ; but I am willing to let you know , I am yours , H. T. Published by Richard Janeway in Queens Head Alley in Pater-Noster Row. 1688. 
A74094	----	London, anno Dom. 1647. The subscriptions of the trustees themselves for the better encouragement of this work. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A74094 of text R210752 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.11[117]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A74094 Thomason 669.f.11[117] ESTC R210752 99869510 99869510 162768 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A74094) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162768) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f11[117]) London, anno Dom. 1647. The subscriptions of the trustees themselves for the better encouragement of this work. Wollaston, John, Sir. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [S.l. : 1647] Imprint date from accompanying item. Cf. Madan. A form of subscription to the trust for maintaining poor scholars at the Universities -- Cf. Thomason Catalogue and note to Madan, Oxford books 2, 1919. Annotation on Thomason copy: "presented to ye Common Councell January 1647". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng University of Cambridge -- Early works to 1800. University of Oxford -- Early works to 1800. A74094 R210752 (Thomason 669.f.11[117]). civilwar no London, anno Dom. 1647. Forasmuch as the Right Worshipful Sir John Wollaston Kt. ... Wollaston, John, Sir 1647 618 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 C The rate of 32 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-08 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion LONDON , Anno Dom. 1647. FORASMUCH as the Right Worshipful Sir John Wollaston Kt. Tho. Adams , John Warner , John Langham , James Bunce , Tho. Foot , John Kendrick , John Byde , George Witham , and Thomas Vyner , Aldermen of the City of London ; Mr. Step. Marshal , Mr. Edm. Calamy , Mr. Jer. Whitaker , Mr. Obad. Sedgwick , Mr. Sim. Ash , Mr. Tho. Case , Mr. Laz. Seaman , Mr. Sam. Clark , Mr. Fran. Roberts , and Mr. William Jenkin , Ministers of the Gospel within the Cities of London and Westminster ; Colonel Fran. West Lieuten. of the Tower , Mr. Rich. Turner sen . Deputy , Mr. Christopher Pack Dep. Mr. Walter Boothby Dep. Mr. Tho. Arnold Dep. Colonel Rob. Manwaring , Col. Edw. Hooker , Col. John Bellamy , Lieu. col . Lawr. Broomfield , Mr. Alexander Jones , Mr. Andrew Kendrick , Captain Rich. Vennour , Major L●●●● . Vanghan , Mr. Stephen White , Master James Martin , Mr. William Kendal , Mr. Dan. Andrews , Mr. Tho. Bewley , Mr. Tempest Milner , and Mr. Lawrence Brinley , Citizens of LONDON : Have accepted the Trust of Receiving and Distributing such Summes of money as Well-affected persons shall be pleased to give towards the maintaining of hopefull young STUDENTS at both the Universities , whose Parents and Friends are not able to maintain them there ; For the more speedy replenishing of the Church of GOD in this Kingdome , with Godly , Able , and Orthodox MINISTERS . We whose names are under-written , greatly approving the said pious and commendable work , and being well satisfied with the forenamed Trustees ; Doe , to the said end , voluntarily subscribe these severall Summes of money , Yearly to be continued during pleasure , and to be paid by equall portions every Quarter , to such Treasurers as they shall from time to time nominate and appoint , or to such Collector or Collectors as the said Treasurers shall imploy , ( Receipts for all such Payments being given under the Treasurers hands ; ) The first Payment to begin the next Quarter-day after every of our severall and respective Subscriptions , as followeth . The Subscriptions of the Trustees themselves for the better encouragement of this work . Sir Jo. Wollaston Alder . — li. Thomas Adams Alder . — li. John Warner Alder . — li. John Langham Alder . — li. James Bunce Alder . — li. Thomas Foote Alder . — li. John Kendrick Alder . — li. John Byde Alder . — li. George Witham Alder . — li. Tho. 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A83764	----	Die Veneris, 21 April. 1648. An order of the Commons assembled in Parliament, enabling the visitors of Oxford to displace, and other officers and members of colledges, as shall contemn the authority of Parliament. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83764 of text R210747 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.12[12]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A83764 Wing E2647 Thomason 669.f.12[12] ESTC R210747 99869505 99869505 162805 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83764) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162805) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f12[12]) Die Veneris, 21 April. 1648. An order of the Commons assembled in Parliament, enabling the visitors of Oxford to displace, and other officers and members of colledges, as shall contemn the authority of Parliament. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the Honorable House of Commons, London : April 24. 1648. Signed: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng University of Oxford -- History -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A83764 R210747 (Thomason 669.f.12[12]). civilwar no Die Veneris, 21 April. 1648. An order of the Commons assembled in Parliament, enabling the visitors of Oxford to displace such fellows, and England and Wales. Parliament. 1648 297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Die Veneris , 21 April . 1648. AN ORDER OF The COMMONS assembled in Parliament , Enabling the Visitors of OXFORD To displace such Fellows , and other Officers and Members of Colledges ; as shall contemn the Authority of Parliament . ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That in regard of the late Contempt of Fellows , Officers and Members of Colledges in Oxford to the Authority of Parliament , The Visitors do send a new Summons for all Fellows , Officers and Members of the several Colledges and Halls ; And if they do not appear , or appearing shall not submit to the Authority of Parliament in the Visitation , That then the Visitors shall have power to suspend for the present , and to certifie the same to the Committee of Lords and Commons for Reformation of the University of Oxon ; who upon the Certificate thereof , shall have power to remove and deprive them from their places in the respective Colledges and Halls , and to expel them from the University ; And upon Certificate thereof from this Committee , the Heads of Houses in their respective Colledges and Halls , with the Visitors , shall put others in their places . Ordered , That this Order be forthwith printed ; And that the Visitors of the University of Oxon , do forthwith publish the said Order in the said University of Oxford . H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That this Order be forthwith Printed and Published . H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. London , Printed for Edward Husband , Printer to the Honorable House of Commons . April 24. 1648. 
A08253	----	Oxfords triumph in the royall entertainement of his moste Excellent Maiestie, the Queene, and the Prince: the 27. of August last, 1605. With the Kings oration deliuered to the Vniuersitie, and the incorporating of diuers noble-men, Maisters of Arte. Nixon, Anthony. 1605 Approx. 37 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 23 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2004-08 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A08253 STC 18589 ESTC S120953 99856144 99856144 21670 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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With The Kinges Oration deliuered to the Vniuersitie , and the incorporating of diuers Noble-men , Maisters of Arte. LONDON Printed by Ed. Allde , and are to bee solde in Paules Church-yard by Iohn Hodgets . 1605. TO THE RIGHT VVORshipfull , and worthy Louer of learning & vertue , Sr. Thomas Middleton Knight , one of the Aldermen of the Honorable Cittie of London , A. N. wisheth encrease of all Honorable vertues . SVch ( Right Worshipfull ) as from tim to time , haue imployed their pennes in publishing the praise of good letters , haue likewise for the most part selected such patrons , ( as well strangers as of acquaintance ) as haue bene knowne , and reputed to be learned , well minded , and well discended : imitating which custome , and prescription ( aduenturing the pardon of your discretion ) I haue imboldned my selfe ( vppon good notice taken of your true generous disposition ) to present vnto your fauourable acceptance this little Booke , being a true discourse of the Kings entertainment at Oxford . I humbly intreate your Worshippe will bee pleased to vouch of my labour , and fauour a Schollers penne , with your gratious acceptation , who answers in affection , what he wants in eloquence . So shall I rest deuoted vnto you , and bestowe my future studies to effect matter of better deseruing . Euer remaining : Yours Worshippes moste humbly affectionate . Anth : Nixon . Oxfords Triumph : In the Royall Entertaynment of his most excellent MAIESTIE , the QVEENE & the PRINCE . The 27. of August last : 1605. POrphyrius recordeth in a Treatise of his De vita Plotini that when Plotinus ( a famous PHILOSOPHER in Rome ) entred into his Schoole to performe his accustomed vse of reading ; casting his eyes aside , he presently espyed Origen prepared to be his hearer , At whose aspect rubore suffusus blushing , Plotinus ceased to speake : which Origen perceauing , requested him to proceed : but the Philosopher replyed , that it was time for a professor to holde his peace , when his Auditours before hand knew what he intented to teach . I make no doubt but the verie Title and inscription of this little Treatise giues good notise & inckling what shal be the subsequents , wherin I might very well hold my peace with Plotinus being an eye witnesse of so many learned Philosophers & others in place , that could both ornatius dicere , & concinius agere , a matter of such worth then my selfe . But as in causis vniuocis est semper verum , that nemo dat quod non habet : So in officious performances where there wants abilitie , the next degree to well doing is to bee faithfully willing , and desirous to doe well . For Bona pars est probitatis , toto pectore velle fieri probum . Therefore hauing bene a member of that famous Vniuersitie , and fortunate Mother of all learning , that from her fruitefull wombe , hath sent foorth so many sufficient Schollers to supporte her owne reputation , and to supply the defects and imperfections of others : I among the rest , ( though the vnworthyest of all ) in gratefull remembrance of some former benefits receiued from her , haue taken so vppon me to set downe the true Ioye which she expressed by externall actions , as voice and gestures ( the signes of eternall loue and passion . ) Through the windowes whereof a man might easily passe with the sight of his vnderstanding , and discouer the secret affection and gladnesse conceited by the approach of his most excellent Majesty , the Queene , & young Prince , vnto that their worthie Cittie of Oxford . For vpon Tuesday the 27. of August laste , his Maiestie comming from VVoodstocke to Oxford , the Earle of Dorset Lord Chauncelor , accompained with the Vice-Chauncelor , the Doctors , Proctors & certaine Senior Masters , rode foorth vpon their foote-cloath Horses , verie richlye furnished to meete the King , whome they expected about Aristotles Well , where hauing intention that the Vice-Chauncelor should first salute his Majestie with a speech , Maister Maior with his company passed by without regard to them , purposing indeed that his Orator should first speak , which when the Lord Chauncelor perceiued , he presently sent to the Maior , and charged him to surcease his purpose till the Vice-Chauncelor had finished his Oration to the King : with which message the Maior was little pleased , yet his mends were small , for hee retired with speede , and had no better excuse for himselfe , then to say hee did not see them , notwithstanding they were hard by him , and all in their Scarlet Gownes . After this , his Maiestie drawing neere , the Lord Treasorer and the Vice-chauncelor repayred vnto him , who stayed his course , and rayned his Horsse of State whereon he rode : the Vice-chauncellor presenting him-selfe with his speech vnto his Highnes , surrendring vp the Keyes of the Vniuersitye , and the Beadles deposing their Staues , and laying them downe at his Majesties feet : Further deliuering vnto him the New Testament in Greeke , very fairely bound , and richly guilded : vnto the Queene a Purse , & to the young Prince a paire of gloues . With which Oration at his first meeting , and the seuerall guiftes presented vnto them , the King , Queene and Prince , were so well pleased and delighted , that the whole Vniuersitie receiued much content & comfort . After the Lord Chauncelors , and the Vniuersites salutation , Maister Maior addressed himselfe towards the King : and by the mouth of the Townes Orator , he & his bretherē pronounced an English speech to his Majestie , and presented three seuerall Cuppes : the one to the King , another to the Queene and another to the Prince . Maister Maior rendring vp his Mace , striued with himselfe to doe all duetifull obeysance that might be accepted , which the King discouering , verie graciously encouraged , and gaue him great and heartye thankes for his good will and louing duetie towards him . This finished , his Majestie passed along till hee came before Saint Iohns Colledge , where three little Boyes comming foorth of a Castle , made all of Iuie , drest like three Nimphes , ( the conceipt wherof the King did very much applaude ) and deliuered three Orations : first in Latine to the King , then in english to the Queene and young Prince ; which beeing ended , his Majestie proceeded towards the East gate of the Citie , where the Townes-men againe deliuered vnto him another speech in english . That speech ended , the King with all his traine of Noble men and others , entred the Cittie , where in the after noone about one of the clocke , by the ringing of a Bell at Saint Maries Church , the Schollers in their formalities according to their seuerall degrees , were gathered together and repaired towards Christe-Church gates , where they began to be placed and rancked . They stood all of one side of the streete without any intermixion eyther of strangers , Townes-men , or any others that were not Schollers of the Vniuersitie , and were of the left hand of the King as he passed by . Next to the gates of Christ Church ( where his Majestie was receiued ) stood the Doctors of Diuinity in their Scarlet : next thē the Doctors of Phisick , & then the Doctors of Lawe : next them the Batchelers of Diuinitie , and the Senior Maisters of Arte in their silke hoodes : then the Batchelers of Law , and the Regent Masters in their Miniuer Hoods , and then the Batchelers of Arte. All which graduates , reached from Christes Church to aboue Carefex . Next to those Graduates , stood the vnder Graduates , whose rancke thus placed in this seemely decorum , reached to St. Giles . His Maiestie still passing along into the Cittie by the Easte gate of it , where ( as is before remembred ) the Townes-men deliuered a speech and the Schollers gaue him a viuat . From the Easte gate , his Majestie marched along till he came to Carefex , where Doctor Perin was placed in a Pue , and saluted him with a Greeke Oration , which while hee was pronouncing , the Queene asked the King once or twise what hee said ? and he answered her , that he spake verie well and learnedly . From Carefex , the King with the Queene on his left hand , & the young Prince next before them ( all on their seueral great horses ) marched downe the streete , till they came to Christ-Church , where at the gates , the Vniuersityes Orator made an Oration vnto him . After the speech was ended , the Deane and the Prebends with all the Students of Christ-Church , were ready at the Gates in their Surplesses and Hoodes to receiue his Majestie : and carrying a Canapie ouer him , they first conducted him to the Church , at the entring whereof there was an Oration deliuered vnto him : and in the Church the Deane himselfe made another Oration , and so went to Prayers , After which his Majestie accompained with the Queene and the Prince , and a troope of Lordes and Noblemen , was brought vnto his lodging . The Prince hauing accompained the Kings Majestie vnto the Chamber of Presence , departed : and betaking himselfe to his Coach , went straight to Magdalen Colledge , where the President standing in the Gates , receiued him with all joyfull reuerence and duety , and passing into the Chappell , he had an Oration pronounced vnto him . After which , the Prince going vnto his lodging , heard disputations , that were made before him by certaine Noblemens Sonnes , which at this time are Students in Magdalen Colledge , with the which he outwardly shewed , how inwardly hee was delighted . After Supper his Majestie , the Queene , and Prince , with the Noblemen , had a Comedie played before them in Latine in Christ-Church Hall , which continued the space of three houres and more . VPon Wednesday in the morning , being the 28. of August , betwixt nine and ten of the clock , his Majestie came into St. Maries Church to heare the exercise : where first the Kinges professor in Diuinitie , created the Deane of Salisbury Doctor of Diuinity before his Majestie , which being finished , they addressed them-selues to Diuinitie disputations . The Questions being : VVhether the Saints and Angels doe know the thoughts of our hearts ? VVhether in the time of Pestilence the pastors of the Church are tyed to visit the infected ? The Moderator . Doctor Abbat Deane of VVinchester . The Answerer . Doctor Aglionbye . The Opponents . Doctor Gordon , Deane of Salisbury . Doctor Holland the Kings professor in diuinitie . Doctor Tomson Deane of VVindsor . Doctor Feild . Doctor Riues . Doctor Harding . Doctor Ayrie . Wherof the Prior opponent , first proposed the questions vnto the Answerer , then the answerer after repetition made of the questions , made also a short speech consisting of a briefe preface vnto the King , and a shorte explycation of the questions , and so entred into disputations , which continued the space of two houres and more : all which time the King was verie attentiue , and much delighted and pleased . The Proctors in the meane time , as in all other disputations following , sat according to their accustomed manner in their formalities , and in their Pue , vsed the same forme of speaking , as they did in all other vsuall actes . On Wednesday after dinner , Law disputations were had before his Majestie in Saint Maries Church . The Questions being . 1. VVhether the Iudge be bound to followe the lawfull proofes , or euidence produced in iudgement , against the truth priuately knowne to himselfe ? 2. VVhether a truce or league is to bee considered according to good meaning , or according to the strictnes of Lawe ? The Moderator . Doctor Gentilis . The Answerer . Doctor Blincowe . The Opponents . Doctor Weston . Doctor Bird. Doctor Martin . Doctor Husey . Doctor Budden . Doctor Lloide . In these questions , his Majestie ( as chiefe Moderator ) did speake some sixe or seauen times in verie good Latine , and to verie good purpose , and so sufficiently satisfied the standers by of his learning & wisdome , that they highly applauded the same with exceeding admiration : for at euery time his Majestie spake , all the people clapt their hands , and cryed viuat Rex Iacobus . These disputations continued from two , till fiue of the clocke in the after noone , which Doctor Gentilis as Moderator , concluded with a speech . Where obserue by the way , that Doctor Martin ( one of the Opponents ) after that he had giuen ouer disputing , and an other had vrged his Argument , Doctor Gentilis being forward to speake , and taking vppon him , otherwise then was accustomed by other Moderators to interpose his sentence , and to answere to Arguments which were vrged ; Doctor Martin ( I say ) not liking well of Doctor Gentilis his answere which hee made to his Argumēt , did vpon a sudden rise vp , & began to dispute againe , saying that he might as well dispute out of order , as Doctor Gentilis might moderate out of order . Wherwith the King was wonderfully mooued to laughter . Vpon Wednesday at night after supper , there was a Tragedie set out by Magdalen Colledge men , acted before his Majestie in Christ-Church Hall , which was verie long , for it continued from nine till one of the clocke , The subiect whereof was of Aiax and Vlisses , But the deuice was so costly and curious in setting the same foorth , that it was not thought teadious , but the King shewed himselfe verie well pleased , and content with it . VPon Thursday in the morning , being the 29. of August , betwixt nine and ten of the clocke , Phisicke disputations were had before the King in Saint Maries Church . The Questions being . Whether the manners and disposition of the Nurse is taken by the Infant in sucking her milke ? VVhether the often taking of Tobacco bee wholesome for such as are sound and in health ? The Moderator . Doctor VVarner . The Answerer . Doctor Paddy Knight . The Opponents . Doctor Aileworth . Doctor Bust. Doctor Guinne . Doctor Gifford . Doctor Ashworth . Doctor Chennell . In one of these questions , Doctor Paddy being answerer , held against Tobacco , being a great drinker of Tobacco himselfe . Heere his Majesty was exceeding merrie & pleasant , for there were many jestes which ministred laughter . For one in his speech did bring forth a Tobacco Pipe , & vrged the manner of the Phisitions in India , which was that they should be drunke with Tobacco , & so goe to their Patients : whereat the King laughing heartily , said that our Phisitions should goe to the Indians to be drunke , that so they might minister Phisick . These disputations were cōcluded by Doctor VVarner , who made a learned , judicious and well approued speech before the King , which his Majestie did very much applaud , and commend . After Phisicke disputations were ended , the Kinges Maiestie , the Queene , and the Prince , with all the Noblemen , rode to New-Colledge to Dinner , being inuited thither , by the Right Honorable the Lord Treasorer , Lord Chauncelor of the Vniuersity : who of his Noble minde , and loue to learning and her professors , the same day sent to euerie Colledge a Bucke , and twenty shillings a peece to be bestowed in Wine , wherewith the Schollers did so thankefully frolicke it , that by exterior meanes they manifested their interior mindes and gratitude for so great fauour frō so worthy and Honorable a personage : for as virtus laudata crescit : Soe doe Schollers then moste striue to prooue absolute , when they finde the Nobilitie , to supporte their studies , and to cherish their indeauors , as did Virgil by the liberalitie extended by Mecoenas . And what made Alexander by learned pennes so eternized to succeeding ages , but his bountie in giuing giftes , and bestowing benefits ? and his magnificent deportmēt in powring foorh his treasures to the encouragement of learning ? This wonne him incomparable Loue of all that dealt with him , and of the learned professors of his time . For the dignitie of any principle , enchaunceth the effect . As a meane worke proceeding from an excellent workeman , winneth in regard of the Authour , farre more credit , and reputation , then if it had proceeded from an Artificer of lesser account . So in like manner a smal guift comming from the hands of a great person , carieth euer a sent of a certaine greatnesse , and relisheth great power to produce great effects in the receiuer , and stirres him vp to a continuing desire of deeper and further deseruing . Well , I will not be nimis curiosus in aliena Republica , but returne to what proceeded in the after noone . After dinner , his Majestie , together with the Queene , made greate haste to Saint Maries , where first of all , Naturall Philosophie disputations were acted . The Questions being . Whether Golde may be made by Arte ? Whether Imagination may produce reall effects ? The Moderator . Maister Porter . The Answerer . Maister Andrewes . The Opponents . Maister Lapworth . Maister Baskeruile . Maister Clayton . Maister Mocket . Maister Pinke . Maister Boulton . To these questions , his Majestie gaue great heede , & many times interposed his opinion of the Arguments , which were proposed very learnedlye and Philosophically , especially of this one question , which was : An Ars Chimica possit producere aurum ? Concerning this , he made a long discourse in Latine , which did so fill the Auditors with wonder , and admiration , that they generally concluded , and pronounced our Countrie to be that Common-wealth , which Plato affirmed , to be happie and blessed , vnder the gouernment & protection of a King so learned , wise , and vertuous : and euerie man prayed that the poysonfull heartes of his enemies , might no more preuaile against his might , nor no more impaire his greatnes , then an Emetts blaste the mountaines of Hircan , or Caucasua . After Naturall Philosophie disputations were concluded by the Moderator , disputations begunne in Morrall Philosophy . The Questions being . VVhether it be more to defend , or enlarge the boundes of an Empire or Kingdome ? VVhether that is iust and vniust , consisteth vpon Lawe onely , and not vpon Nature . The Moderator . Maister Fitz Harber Senior Proctor . The Answerer . Maister Ballowe . The Opponents . Maister Barkham . Maister Langton . Maister King. Maister Winniffe . Maister Iuckes . Maister Thorneton . In this also the King did speake with such learning , as Apollo , if his Tripos were vp againe , would pronounce him his Socrates , especially in that question . An melius sit fines Imperij propagare , quam tueri ? Wherein hee many times vrged contrarieties to finde out the certaintie , indeauouring in knowledge to winne a full and compleate perfection . And it seemeth that hee had much accustomed himselfe to study and disputations to attaine that inward comfort : Quod nemo nouit nisi qui accipit . For as vse had bred in him facilitie , and facilitie confirmed Nature ; So his nature seemes stronglye inclined to vertue , and that can hardly be diuerted from her common course , but followeth still her vertuous determination . Therefore greate hope ( to a generall comfort ) is to bee conceiued of happinesse to the people , where the King both by nature and custome hath wrought in himselfe a perfection of vnderstanding , which once purchased is not easily supplanted : Whereunto agreeth that vulgar Axiome of Philosophers : Omnis habitus est difficile separabilis a subiecto . But these Disputations , by reason of the shortnesse of the time , were verie compendious and briefe , For least his Majestie should bee wearied with teadiousnesse or prolixities , The Proctors did cut off the Opponents verye suddainelye , insomuch that before all the Opponents had disputed , they spoke to the Moderator that he should conclude : which the King perceiuing , and that there was one left out , which had not disputed , his Majestie gaue commaundement that hee should dispute also , so desirous hee was of hearing . After that , the Senior Proctor , which was Moderator in the Morrall Disputations , made conclusion of all . The which being ended , and that being the last of the disputations & exercises , his Maiestie did as heere followeth make a moste gracious and pitthy speech in Latine to the Vniuersitie , which did so glad the hearts of the hearers , that euerie man went away , and parted sorrowfull for the Kinges so short tarryance and so sudden departure . Which for that nothing is so curious , and thirstye after the knowledge of vnknowne matters , then the nature of Man , ( for so saith Chrysostome , Homil : 9. ln 1. ad Thessa ) Nihil it a curiosum est , et auidum ad rerum incognitarum cognitionem , vt humana Natura . I haue for the satisfaction of such as vnderstand not the Latine , truely set downe the same afterwards in English . ORATIO Regis in Comitiis Oxoniensibus . NOn potestis à me comptam , & politam orationem expectare , neque enim vnquam otium habui colloquendi cum Doctis & disertis viris , & Oratoribus , Ideóque disertus & literatus esse non possum , Hoc verò expectare potestis , quod vt sum , & semper fui , ita ero literarum , & literatorum omnium Mecaenas ornatissimus . Quod verò ad illustrem vestram Academiam attinet , hoc certo certius vobis persuadere potestis , quod ei semper futurus sum propitius . Vos verò debetis purū Dei verbum retinere , Romanas superstitiones fugere , & fugare & schismata , ac nouellas opiniones remouere , respuere , & aduersari , Inartibus autem vestris , & disciplinis , ( vt heri quidam ex ornatis vestris Theologis dixit ) nō oportet vos gradum sistere , sed progressus semper facere , & praxim cum Theoretica coniungere , vt vita vestra cùm professione vestra maneat recōciliata : Sic , & eo modo viuendi , Dei gloriam promouebitis , expectationem meam implebitis ; meque Regem vestrum gaudio replebitis , & vobis ipsis fructum vberem facietis , et locupletem . The Kinges Oration Englished . YOu may not looke from me for any polished or refined Oration , for I haue not had leysure at any time to conferre with learned men , or eloquent Orators , Therefore I my selfe cannot be eloquent , and ●●arned . But this you may expect at my ●●nds , that as I am and alwayes haue beene , 〈◊〉 will euer remaine a worthy , and faithfull ●●●caenas to learning , and the professors therof . And as concerning this your famous Vniuersitie , you may certainely be assured that I wil alwaies be a fauourer vnto it . Then you for your partes must be carefull to maintaine the pure worde of God : to flye and put to flight all Romish superstitions , and to remooue , forsake and abolish , all scismaticall , & new opinions . And in your Artes , and Disciplines ( as one of your learned Diuines taught you but yesterday ) you ought not to stande at a staye , but alwaies to goe forwarde , and to ioyne practise with your Contemplation , that in your life and profession there may a sympathy and coherence . So shall you aduaunce the Glorie of God , satisfie my expectation , make me a ioyfull king , and reape vnto your selues a most plentifull haruest , and a moste worthy commendation . With this speech thus concluded , his maiestie arose , and gaue vnto the Doctors and the rest , manie thanks , for their paines that they had taken : and vnto all he shewed himselfe so gracious , and with so louing a countenance , that by his outward appearaunce might be well discouered , how inwardlie he was satisfied , and pleased , with their learned answeares vnto the seuerall questions : and so returned backe againe to Christchurch . Where vppon Thursdaie at nighte after supper there was a Comedie plaied by saint Iohns men before his Maiestie . The subiect whereof was the foure Complexions . This comedie was so richlie set foorth and beautified , with such curious and quaint conceipts and deuises , as that it made his Maiestie pronounce himselfe as muche delighted therewith , as with anie sight ( of the like nature ) at anie time heretofore presented vnto him . The next morrowe , beeing Fridaie , the thirtieth daie of August , was the daie of his Maiesties departure from Oxforde , and as soone as the Sunne had vailed the curtaine of the night , he got vp , carrieng the opinion of Caesar. Lucan . lib. 2. in fine . Nil actum credens , cum quid superesset agendum . That he had done nothing , when any thinge was left vndone : and mounted himself with diuers of his Nobles to see the Vniuersities Librarie , which is in length all ouer the Diuinity Schoole . The scituation whereof is so pleasant , that the grounde whereon it is seated is Diapred with Floraes riches , yet is it farre more glorious , hauing placed within her circumference so famous a Monument of such worke , and workemanshippe . Round about , in forme of an Amphitheater , are placed Colledges , and in the forefrōt thereof , in the place of Oakes , Elmes , and Pine-trees , all which are comfortable trees to defende her from the furious wrathe of winde and weather , are planted the Schools of the seauen liberall Sciences , to adorn and beautifie her with the inward plenty of their wisedome and treasure . As for the Lybrarie it selfe , it hath a verie long , large , and spacious walke , ouer the schoole of Diuinitie , inter-seamed on both sides , from the one ende vnto the other , very thicke with seuerall Partitions , with certaine seates and Deskes before them to sitte downe vpon and reade . These partitions are in euerie place filled full of shelues , and vnto the shelues are there many Bookes fastened with chaines of Jron : euerie volume bearing his name and title , written on paper or parchment , in faire Roman letters , and euerie partition hath an Jnscription of the Faculties , As whether her bookes bee either of Theologie , Philosophie , Astronomie , Geometry , or any other Art , &c. The Bookes that are conteined within this Lybrarie , are verie rare straunge and scarce , seldome or not at all to be heard of or seene in any place but there . All of them verie richlie guilded , and manye of them bossed either with Siluer or Golde . All these are so fairelie kept and maintaind , as if the Goddesse of wisdome hadde selected and reserued it a Paradice to entertaine the Muses : Therefore J conclude of it thus , that Dignitatem eius , difficile est vt homo explicet sermone . This obiect being presented vnto the sight of his Maiestie , did so sensiblie discouer his delight therewith , that he reported it a most admirable ornament to the Vniuersitie : and gratiouslie promised himselfe , a royal friend and Patron for euer . Whilst his Maiestie was thus busied in taking of this suruey of the librarie ; the queen and Prince were in the meane space , as much delighted with an English Comedie , presented and plaide before them in Christ-church hall , by certaine Schollers : which was as rich lie set forth and perfourmed , as with as great applause , and commendation as any of the rest that had beene before since the Kinges comming to Oxford . Jn the meane time also diuers of the Noble men went to Saint Maries in their hoodes , and formalities , and were presented , and incorproated Maisters of Arts. As The Duke of Lennox . The Earle of Northumberland . The Earle of Suffolke . The Earle of Salisburie . The Earle of Pembroke . The Earle of arundell . The Earle of Oxford . The Earle of Essex . The Earle of Montgomerie . The Earle of Rutland . The Lord mounteagle . The Lord Howard Baron of Effingham . The Lord Howard Baron of Waldon . The Lord Vicount Cranburne . with diuers others , of the Noblemen and Knights , that came in so confusedly that as yet there is not a perfect register gathered of their names . After his sighte of the Vniuersities Lybraries , he betooke himselfe towards Magdalen Colledge , to see that also : accompanied with diuers of the Nobility , wheras the president and diuers the rest of the fellowes , stoode readye to receiue him , also at the Chappell doore he was Royally entertained and at his entrance , there was a Latine oration pronounced vnto him . Which being ended , hee stoode a prettie while reading the verses that were written in Latine by certaine Noblemens sonnes students in the same Colledges , and set thicke on both sides of the chappell gate , as there was also diuers others placed rounde aboute the courts of other Schollers writings . Thus when his Maiestie had viewed the Chappell , he was forth with conducted into the Cloysters , and from thence into the squadrant Court within the Cloysters , wherehe staied a good space , taking a thorow view of all such seuerall Pictures as were there set vp round about , and now against this entertain were newly trimmed and painted , which caused his Maiestie to demande the meaning of them , wherein the President and others fully resolued him . From thence he returned backe to Christ church againe vnto the Queene and younge Prince , and in the waie ( as is credibly reported ) he woulde needes be guided to Brazen Nose Colledge gate , that he might be made an eie-witnesse of that , of which he hadde so often heard , and that whereof the Colledge carrieth the name . And both as he passed forth of Magdalen Colledge gates , and so vpwardes all along , the Schollers cried Viuat uiuat , &c. and the others of the multitude , with a loude voice , God saue king Iames , &c. Much about twelue of the clocke the same day he tooke his leave , and left the Vniuersitie , addressing his course towardes Windsore Castle . And a little on this side Whayt ley , some fiue or sixe miles from Oxford , his Maiestie and the Queene parted , the King purposing that night to lie at the Ladie Russels a little from Maiden-head , & the Queen at Sir Francis Stoners , a little from Henly vpon Thames . Thus was Oxford left a mournefull place for the suddaine departure of her most dread Soueraigne . Crying , Oh istos ( Augustae ) dies , oh profer in annos , & lustrum ex annis , elustris soecula surgant , E soeclis aeuum , nullo numerabile motu , Vt nostros dudum quot quot risere dolores Gaudia iam numerent , intabescantque vicendo . Oh Emperor draw forth these dais to years , Yeares to an Age , Age to eternitie : That such as lately ioyed to see vs grieue , May sorrow now to see our perfect ioyes . But all in vaine , For as Titan appeares not from the East , to make one place only gorgeous with his Sunne-beames . So his Maiestie is nowe departed from thence , to make other places also hapie and ioyfull at his royall presence , and to present suche with the brightnesse of his fauours , as haue muche languished for his long absence . Thus as his entrance into the Cittye , filled euerie parte of it with great ioy and admiration , so likewise his departure lefte the Vniuersitie thus lamenting his short continuance and tarrying amongst them . Oh think ( Augustus ) how the Muses moorn , Which ioyde of late to see thy soueraigntie : think how at this retire they wring their hāds , Distilling from their eies salt shewers of tears To bring in Winter with their sad lament ? and to this purpose play their seuerall parts , For how can Sōmer staie , when sun departs ? Think how Syluanus sadly sits , and grieues , to see that Autumn with his withered wings , wil bring in tempest , now thy beams are gon Leaves , and fill each Colledg-groue with wind-faln That did but lately flourish with green trees think how at this ech colledg feels hir smarts For how can Sumer stay when Sun departs ? Thinke how thy learned graue Collegians which at thy entrāce shew`d their inward ioyes And smooth`d the waie , and strew`de it with sweet flowers , Now if they durst , would stop it with greene boughes , least by thine absence the yeares pride decay , Such griefe conceit thy scholers ( mē of Arts ) To see how summer slides , when Sun departs . Thy students weep , and Colledges mourne in blacke , Birds cease to sing , and euery creature wailes , to see the season alter with this change , And how thy going workes a suddaine woe , Turning our mirths to sable sad lament , our ioyes are now turn`d al to mournful parts , To see how Summer slides when sun departs . Returne then soone , oh soone return againe , For Summers parting is thy peoples paine . Oh come again , thou art thou art our worlds bright ey , Whose presence so adornd our Academy , Thou art our Sun , then bring againe thy light , Els doth thine absence make eternall night . Well : hope is a sweet stringe to harpe on , which sends a second comfort to cure all discontent , for his Maiesties most Royall fauor and countenance considered , giues the whol Vniuersity hopefull perswasion that hee will alwaies remain her faithfull remembrancer . Which God grant he may doe , and that he may continue manye and most happie yeares , to fauour and foster her , and all others which doe truely loue , and honour him . FINIS . 
A90306	----	An account of the decree of the University of Oxford, against some heretical tenets At a meeting of Mr. Vice-Chancellour, and the heads of colledges and halls, in the University of Oxford, the 25th of November, 1695. University of Oxford. 1695 Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A90306 Wing O858A ESTC R231420 99896818 99896818 137155 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90306) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 137155) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2447:11) An account of the decree of the University of Oxford, against some heretical tenets At a meeting of Mr. Vice-Chancellour, and the heads of colledges and halls, in the University of Oxford, the 25th of November, 1695. University of Oxford. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Sold by J. Whitlock, near Stationers-Hall, [London] : [1695] Place and date of publication from Wing CD-ROM, 1996. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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UPon occasion of a Sermon lately Preached before the Vniversity of Oxford , in the Church of St. Peter's in the East , on the Feast of St. Simon and Jude last past , these words amongst others , were publickly spoken and asserted , viz. [ There are Three Infinite distinct Minds and Substances in the Trinity , ] Item [ That the Three Persons in the Trinity are Three distinct Infinite Minds or Spirits , and Three Individual Substances , ] which words gave many Persons just cause of offence and scandal . Mr. Vice-Chancellour , and the Heads of Colledges and Halls , being now met together in their General Meeting , Judge , Declare , and Decree , that the foresaid words are false , Impious , and Heretical ; disagreeing and contrary to the Doctrine of the Catholick Church , and especially to the Doctrine of the Church of England , publickly received . Wherefore they order , and strictly enjoin , all , and several of the Persons committed to their Trust and Care , that for the future they do not maintain any such Positions in their Sermons , or elsewhere . By the Decree of Mr. Vice-Chancellour , and the Heads of Houses . Ben. Cooper , Notary Publick , and Register to the Vniversity of Oxford . It may be noted , That the Propositions above-mentioned , are Dr. S — k's , in his Discourse of the Trinity , and the Defenders of it ; and wrote against by the Animadverter , &c. Sold by J. Whitlock , near Stationers-Hall . 
A90316	----	Univers. Oxon. The price of provision, appointed by the Reverend Timothy Halton, Doctor of Divinity Provost of Queens-Colledge, and Vice-Chancellor to the most illustrious James Duke of Ormond, &c. Chancellor of the University, His Majesties clerk of this market. VVhich prices all sellers are required not to exceed. University of Oxford. 1681 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A90316 Wing O939 ESTC R232112 99897663 99897663 133356 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90316) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 133356) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2517:6) Univers. Oxon. The price of provision, appointed by the Reverend Timothy Halton, Doctor of Divinity Provost of Queens-Colledge, and Vice-Chancellor to the most illustrious James Duke of Ormond, &c. Chancellor of the University, His Majesties clerk of this market. VVhich prices all sellers are required not to exceed. University of Oxford. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Oxford : 1681?] Manuscript note: "Stuck up in all public places 13. March 1680". With additional manuscript notations of prices. Imprint from Wing CD-ROM, 1996. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Broadsides -- England -- Oxford 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Univers . Oxon. The Prices of Provision , appointed by the Reverend Timothy Halton Doctor of Divinity , Provost of Queens-Colledge , and Vice-Chancellor to the Most Illustrious James Duke of Ormond , &c. Chancellor of this University , His Majesties Clerk of this Market . VVhich Prices all Sellers are required not to exceed . IMprimis a pound of Butter sweet and new the best in the Market Item a pound of second Butter sweet and new Item a pound of the best Cheese Item a pound of second Cheese Item Eggs for Item a Couple of Capons the best in the Market Item a Couple of second Capons in the Market Item a Couple of Chickens the best in the Market Item a Couple of second Chickens in the Market Item a Couple of fat Pullets Item a Dozen of Pigeons the best in the Market Item a Couple of fat Green Geese the best in the Market Item a Couple of Rabbets the best in the Market Item a Couple of second Rabbets Item a fat Pigg the best in the Market Item a second Pigg in the Market Item a Stone of the best Beef at the Butchers , weighing Eight pound Avoyrdupois ▪ Item a Stone of the second Beef at the Butchers Item a Quarter of the best Weather Mutton at the Butchers by the pound Item a Quarter of the second Weather Mutton at the Butchers by the pound Item a Quarter of the best Lamb at the Butchers by the pound Item a Quarter of the best Veal at the Butchers by the pound Item a Quarter of the second Veal at the Butchers by the pound Item a whole Flitch of Bacon by the pound Item Rib-Bacon by the pound Item a pound of Tallow Candles made of Wick Item a pound of Cotton or Watching Candles Item Hay and Litter day and night for one Horse within every Inn , and Livery Stable Item a Bushel of the best Oats within every Inn Item a Bushel of the best Beans within every Inn 
A90318	----	Qvæstiones in sacra theologia discutiendæ Oxonii in vesperiis nono die Julii an. Dom. 1653 University of Oxford. 1653 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A90318 Wing O944A ESTC R181082 99895901 99895901 153463 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90318) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 153463) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2366:10) Qvæstiones in sacra theologia discutiendæ Oxonii in vesperiis nono die Julii an. Dom. 1653 University of Oxford. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Excudebat Leonardus Lichfield, Academiæ Typographus, Oxoniæ : an. Dom. 1653. Includes "Quæstiones in philosophia discutiendæ in vesperiis". Identified as Wing O944A, reel 2366, of the UMI microfilm set "Early English books 1641-1700". Cf. Wing O944A which has a different imprint. Printed in two columns. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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An Dies Dominicus sit jure Divino Sanctificandus ? Aff. An Quilibet Dics sit instar Sabbati ? Neg. An Quae fiunt Corporis recreandi gratiâ , sint licitè exercenda in Dic Dominico ? Neg. QVAESTIONES IN JURE CIVILI DISCVTIENDA ▪ IN VESPERIIS . Quaest . Incept . TIM . BALDWYN è Coll. Om. Anim. An Bonae fidei possessor percipiendo fructus , suos faciat ? Aff. An Creditor qui rem deterioratam recepit ▪ aestimationem damni petere possit ? Aff. An Si damnatus ad crucem ducat meretricem causâ evadendi mortem , valeat matrimonium ? Aff. QVAESTIONES IN MEDICINA DISCVTIENDAE IN VESPERIIS . Quaest . Incept . TIM . CLARKE , è Coll. Ball. An Sanguificatio sit in Hepate , liene , aut in venis ? Neg. An Anasarca sit ex Hepate , aut liene refrigerato ? Neg. An In Variolis erumpentibus , aut jam eruptis , liceat emeticum exhibere Aff. Quaest . Incept . THOMAE WALDRON , è Coll. Ball. An Orificium Stomachi sit sedes Animae ? Aff. An Cathartica humores electivè attrahant ? Neg. An Verum illud , Lac habet , ergò peperit vel concepit ? Neg. Quaest . Incept . GUIL . PAGE è Coll. Divi Joan. An Dentur Spiritus à Sanguine distincti ? Neg. An Omnia animalia oriantur ex Ovo ? Aff. An Embryo sugat in utero materno ? Aff. Quaest . Incept . GVIL . CONYERS è Coll. Divi Joan. An Causa morborum sit minera ab humoribus distincta . Aff. An Detur curatio per sympathiam ? Aff. An Hysterica passio ab utero oriatur ? Aff. Quaest . Incept . THO. CUMMINS . è Coll. Wad . An Vinum competat febricitantibus ? Aff. An Liceat sanguinem mittere ante annum aetatis decimum quartum ? Aff. An Medicamentorum vis narcotica proveniat a solâ frigiditate ? Neg. QVAESTIONES IN PHILOSOPHIA DISCVTIEND●… IN VESPERIIS . An Licitum sit carnibusesci ? Aff. An Institutio Academiam sit utilis in Republica ? Aff. An Ingenium pendeat ▪ humoribus corporis ? Aff. Resp . PHIL. HNRY , ex Aede Christi . QVAESTIONES ●N S. THEOLOGIA DISCVTIENDAE Oxonii IN COMITIIS Undecimo Die Jlii An. Dom. 1653. An Ministris Ecclesiae legitimè vocatis , Potestatem spiritualem , à Civilidistinctam , Christus delegaverit ? Aff. An Imperia potestatis supremae , legi Dei positivae , aut naturali contrariasint obligatoria ? Neg. An Ecclesiam Pontifician , Judicem , Regulámve fidei infallibilem nullan habere , ex ipsorum principiis demonstrari possit ? Aff. Resp . THOM. BARLOW , è Coll. Regin . QVAESTIONES IN JURE CIVILI DISCVTIENDAE IN COMITIIS . An Rem ab hoste captam recuperare liceat in amici territorio ? Aff. An Qui ( bello repentè exorto ) intra fines hosticos repertus est , belli incommodis sit obnoxius ? Neg. An Medico Salarium debeatur , si sanatus in morbum reinciderit ? Neg. Resp . THOM. JONES , è Coll. Mert. QVAESTIONES IN MEDICINA DISCVTIENDAE IN COMITIIS An Calor sit de essentia febris ? Neg ▪ An Sanguis nutriat ? Neg. An Dies & Hora mortis possint ab Astrologis praedici ? Neg. Resp . ARTH. A●LAND , è Coll. Oriel . QVAESTIONES IN PHILOSOPHIA DISCVTIENDAE IN COMITIIS . An Errores naturae faciant ad ornatum Universi ? Neg. An Criticorum labor sit occupatissima vanitas ? Neg. An Lux sit ignis ? Neg. Resp . SAM . CONANT , è Coll. Exon. OXONIAE , Excudebat Leonardus Lichfield , Academiae Typographus . An. Dom. 1653. 
A90323	----	Quæstiones in sacra theologia discutiendæ Oxonii in vesperiis, octavo die mensis Julii, Anno Dom. 1671 University of Oxford. 1671 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A90323 Wing O947 ESTC R181260 43078105 ocm 43078105 151627 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90323) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 151627) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2268:4) Quæstiones in sacra theologia discutiendæ Oxonii in vesperiis, octavo die mensis Julii, Anno Dom. 1671 University of Oxford. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Ex officina Leonardi Lichfield Academia Typographi, Oxoniæ : Anno Dom. 1671. Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Corp. Christi . An Liceat praescriptâ formulâ orare ? Aff. An Sacra celebranda sint sermone vernaculo ? Aff. An Liceat Ministris Ecclesiae Stipendia accipere ? Aff. Quaestiones Inceptoris ADAMI LITTLETON ex Aede Christi . An S. S. Scripturae Auctoritas pendeat à Traditione Ecclesiasticâ ? Neg. An Dogmata Fidei rationis humanae examini subjici fas sit ? Neg. An Magistratus habeat potestatem in Adiaphoris ? Aff. Quaestiones Inceptoris NARCISSI MARSH è Coll. Exon. An Bona opera sint ad vitam aeternam necessaria ? Aff. An Lex naturae sit dispensabilis ? Neg. An Liceat Clericis Matrimonium contrahere ? Aff. QVAESTIONES IN JVRE CIVILI DISCVTIENDAE IN VESPERIIS . Quaestiones Incep . JOHANNIS HARISON è Coll. Novo . An In Jure deterior sit conditio Faeminarum quàm Masculorum ? Aff. An Delinquens ultra id quod cogitavit de eventu teneatur ? Aff. An Pro ratione Legis ejus Sententia sit extendenda & restringenda ? Aff. QUAESTIONES IN MEDICINA DISCVTIENDAE IN VESPERIIS . Quaestiones Inceptoris THOMAE ALVET è Coll. Merton . An Febres sedes suas habeant in Corde ? Aff. An Materia ex quâ Lac conficitur sit Sanguis ? Neg. An Similitudo foetûs respectu Parentis fiat ab imaginatione ? Aff. QUAESTIONES IN PHILOSOPHIA DISCVTIENDAE IN VESPERIIS . An Plures sint Mundi ? Neg. An Terra sit mobilis ? Neg. An Animae fiant sapientiores quiescendo ? Neg. Resp . THO. MIDDLETON Incept . è Coll. Novo . QUAESTIONES IN S. THEOLOGIA DISCUTIENDAE OXONII IN COMITIIS , Decimo die Mensis Julii , Anno Dom. 1671. An Patres sub Veteri Testamento habuerint Promissiones tantùm temporales ? Neg. An Sancti sint invocandi ? Neg. An Christus solus sit Mediator ? Aff. Resp . ALEX. PUDSEY , S. Theol. Bac. è Coll. Magd. QUAESTIONES IN JURE CIVILI DISCVTIENDAE IN COMITIIS . An Statuta recipiant interpretationem à Jure communi ? Aff. An Gesta per eum qui per errorem Magistratu functus est , rata sint habenda ? Aff. An Reus Actori instrumenta edere teneatur ? Neg. Resp . ROB. PLOTT ex Aula Magd. QUAESTIONES IN MEDICINA DISCUTIENDAE IN COMITIIS . An Variolae & Morbilli sint morbi maligni ? Neg. An In Variolis & Morbillis regimen frigidum sit prosicuum ? Aff. An Bilis sit excrementum corporis inutile ? Neg. Resp . DAVIDE THOMAS , M. D. è Coll. Novo . QUAESTIONES IN PHILOSOPHIA DISCVTIENDAE IN COMITIIS . An Signatura Corporis sit certus animi index ? Aff. An Ex falsis possit inferri Verum ? Aff. An Imaginatio producat effectus reales ad extra ? Neg. Resp . FRAN. SMITH . A. M. è Coll. Magd. OXONII , Ex Officina LEONARDI LICHFIELD , Academiae Typographi , Anno Dom. 1671. 
B02972	----	At the Committee of Lords and Commons for reformation of the University of Oxford England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B02972 of text R175069 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E1244C). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 B02972 Wing E1244C ESTC R175069 52612409 ocm 52612409 179437 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02972) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179437) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2789:4) At the Committee of Lords and Commons for reformation of the University of Oxford England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1648] Caption title. Imprint from Wing. First article signed: Francis Rous; second signed: H. Elsing Cler. Parl. D. Com. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. With: Die Jovis 21. Septemb. 1648. Whereas by an ordinance of Parliament of the 21 of Aprill 1648. It is ordered that the bursers and treasurers of the colledges in Oxford shall keep such monies as they have received... eng University of Oxford -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. B02972 R175069 (Wing E1244C). civilwar no May 22. 1648. At the Committee of Lords and Commons for reformation of the University of Oxford. Resolved, that the monies received by the b England and Wales. Parliament 1648 267 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion May 22. 1648. At the Committee of Lords and Commons for Reformation of the University of OXFORD . Rosolved , THat the monies received by the Bursers of such Colledges wherein the Parliament hath placed new Heads , shall be delivered to such Heads , or such , whom they shall appoint to receive it . Francis Rous. Die Jovis 21. Septemb. 1648. WHereas by an Ordinance of Parliament of the 21 of Aprill 1648. It is Ordered that the Bursers and Treasurers of the Colledges in Oxford shall keep such monies as they have received , without making any divident , untill they shall receive Order from the Committee of Lords and Commons for Reformation of the University of Oxon ; and that from henceforth , all Tenants and such others as are to pay any money or other duties to any Colledge in the University of Oxford , shall pay the same to the Heads of Houses appointed by authority of Parliament respectively , or to those whom they shall appoint to receive the same , and to no other . It is Ordered , that the Committee sitting at Haberdashers Hall for advance of moneys , be assisting to the said Heads of Houses placed by authority of Parliament in the severall Colledges and Halls in the said University of Oxford , for the putting that Ordinance and every clause thereof in execution , and for the procuring effectuall payment to be made of the said Rents and duties accordingly . H. Elsing Cler. Earl . D. Com. 
A79478	----	The svvorne confederacy between the Convocation at Oxford, and the Tower of London. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79478 of text R201548 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E391_4). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 16 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 7 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A79478 Wing C3817 Thomason E391_4 ESTC R201548 99862047 99862047 114196 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79478) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 114196) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 62:E391[4]) The svvorne confederacy between the Convocation at Oxford, and the Tower of London. Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665. [2], 10 p. [s.n.], London : Printed in the yeare, 1647. June the 5th [1647] Sometimes attributed to Francis Cheynell; Madan gives reasons to doubt Cheynell's authorship. Annotation on Thomason copy: "By Fran: Chenilie". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng University of Oxford -- History -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A79478 R201548 (Thomason E391_4). civilwar no The svvorne confederacy between the Convocation at Oxford, and the Tower of London.: Cheynell, Francis 1647 2701 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 C The rate of 11 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-04 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE Svvorne Confederacy Between The Convocation at OXFORD , And the Tower of LONDON . LONDON , Printed in the Yeare , 1647. JUNE the 5th The sworne Confederacy between the Convocation at Oxford , and the Tower of LONDON . My Lords and Gentlemen ; YOu are desired to heare what 's the best Newes in the middle Region . I had lately the honour to meet with one of the Secretaries of Art and Nature , who assured mee that there was pretty sport at Oxford . There are some Right Worthy Doctors who are sick of the Kings-Evill , but dare not goe to Holdenby to bee cured ; for though they say the Kings hand works more Miracles since this Truce , then it did all the time of the warres ; yet he cures none but such as are willing to be cured . It is observed by some , that there is most spirituall wickednesse in All-Soules at Oxford . Upon the 26. of May , divers subtlle Doctors had a meeting very late at night at Dr. Sheldens Lodging , to try whether they could out-plot those , whom they could not out-pray upon the 26. of May , being our Monethly Fast . On Thursday the 27. they met at Dr. Fell's house the pretended Vice-Chancellor , or Deputy of Marquesse Hertford ; and on Friday the 28. of May , being the last Friday of the moneth , the Malignants common Fasting-day , ( a day strictly observed as I hear at Christ-Church in Oxford , by the Dean , Sub-Deane , and Canons ) they called a Vestrie , that they might choose out some bold Delegates to oppose the Visitors ( who are to meet Iune the 4th . ) and hinder a Reformation . But it seemes they could not worke Miracles upon that Fasting-day ; and therefore they adjourned to the 31. of May , an happy season , for then they unanimously agreed to call a Convocation , which they did upon the first of Iune ; and being assembled , Dr. Fell made a Speech without Feare or Wit , in which hee called those that took the Covenant , perfidious persons & Traitors . Upon a sad debate it was agreed , that certaine Reasons , ( called just Scruples ) should bee tendred to justifie such as refuse to take the Nationall Covenant , and the Negative Oath . These Reasons were not communicated then , for they were not so much as read in the Convocation House ; but they were received with an implicite faith ; and if any man would question the fidelity or wisedome of Dr. Shelden , and the rest , he was to have satisfaction in his private College ; and yet ( as I am informed ) in their private Colleges the heads doe onely use it for the strengthning and arming of their owne party against the Covenant , & corrupting of some Youths , that are not able to distinguish between Pretences and Arguments ; For at Trinity College , Mr. Vnet Fellow of the House could not obtaine a sight of the reasons . Haniball ( P. ) was not so great an enemy to Rome , as to divulge the secrets of the Conclave to Mr. Vnet , a knowne friend to the Parliament . The grand Designe is to unite the whole University in a body that they may joyne together as one man , to oppose a Reformation , and then they hope all to escape by a generall mutiny , The Ring-leaders as well as their Followers : but if the Parliament allow them the benefit of their Clergy , the Law of Decimation may behead some Colleges , and make a perfect cure . The Mysterie of Iniquitie . workes highest in Dr. Shelden , who is the eldest Son of Prince Lucifer , and who holds correspondence with honest Judge Ienkins ( in the Tower ) who lent him money , when he run away into Wales in the yeare 1642 , for feare of Pursevants , as Mr. Iones observed ; the Scouts to convey Letters or Intimations are Dr. Morley , who lyes Lieger at London ( as some whisper here in the City ) Dr. Stutville , who pretends to be in France ; ● . the Printer is suspected also , and so is our good friend and neighbour Lambert Osbolston , ( the Malignant Earewig to the Nobles ) who playes falt and loose , elects Schollars at Westminster , as if he were a friend to the Parl. intercedes for Malignants , and carries Messages in stead of Letters for feare of being searched , whereby it is evident that he is an enemy to the Parl. and therefore it is fit that he should bee sent once more beyond Canterbury . You may take notice that the first scruple ( in the New Scruple-House erected at Oxford , Iune 1 ) is this , Whether the House of Commons should be owned and acknowledged as a Parliamentary House ? the reason whispered is , because there are so many new Members chosen in by vertue of the new Great-Seale without his Majesties coment. This designe is smoothly carried , yet sufficiently discovered , and almost confessed by that deliberate and advised omission in their Preface to their other Just Scruples ; the words run thus . Whereas by an Ordinance of the Lords assembled in Parliament for the Visitation and Reformation of the University of Oxford lately published , Power is given to certaine Persons therein named , to inquire concerning those of the said University , that neglect to take the Solemne League and Covenant , and the Negative Oath , being tendred unto them , and likewise concerning those that oppose the execution of the Ordinances of Parliament concerning the Discipline and Directory , or shall not promote or cause the same to be put in execution according to their severall places and callings . Wee the Masters , Schollars , and other Officers of the said University ( not to judge the Consciences of others , but ) to cleare our selves before God and the World , from all suspition of obstinacy , whilest we discharge our owne , present to consideration the true reasons of our present judgement concerning the said Covenant , Oath and Ordinances , expecting so much Justice , and hoping for so much Charity , as either not to bee pressed to conforme to what is required in any of the premisses , farther then our present Judgement will warrant us , or not condemned for the refusing so to doe , without cleare and reall satisfaction given to our Iust Scruples . This is just Judge Ienkins , the House of Commons must not bee acknowledged for one of the Houses of Parliament , so that the learned Dr. Shelden and Judge Ienkins are entred into a Confederacy against the House of Commons , the Directory , and the Discipline established by Both Houses of Parliament ; and therefore it is a Confederacy against the Lords also . They insist not much upon the Introductory Preface to the Covenant ; they pretend that they are not able to say , that the rage , power , and presumption of the Enemies of God ( in the sense therein intended ) is at this time increased , whereas their present confederacy against the House of Commons makes it most cleare and evident : never did the Enemies of God rage more furiously in Oxford , then now they doe . Nay , they are so high and gallant , that they professe that they will not bee satisfied , although the Covenant should not be imposed upon them at all , for if it be but onely recommended to them and then left to their choice , yet being subjects they cannot of their owne Free-will enter into any Covenant wherein his Majesty is concern'd without his consent , it being in his power by the equity of the Law , Nugmb . 30. to anull such a League as soon as he pleaseth . Besides , it is contrary to the Proclamation the 9 of October 19 Caroll , and they are obliged by their naturall Allegiance to obey all commands of his Majestie , which are not in their apprehensions repugnant to the will of God , or the positive Lawes of the Kingdome : From whence it will follow , that one Proclamation of the Kings is ground susficient for them to oppose all Orders and Ordinances of Parliament ; whereas I was such a foole to conceive , that upon the surrender of Oxford they did agree to submit to all Orders and Ordinances of Parliament , or leave the Kingdome within 6 moneths : they may be fully assured that the Parliament will not permit them to stay here , only to Rebell . Concerning the first Article of the Covenant . THey are not satisfied how they can in judgement sweare to indeavour to preserve the Religion of another Kingdome . 1. Whereof they have little knowledge . 2. A Religion in respect of Worship , Discipline , and Government , much worse , and in Doctrine not at all better ( say they ) then our owne , which we are in the next passage of the Article required to reforme . 3. Wherin they do already finde something to their thinking tending towards Superstition and Schisme ( viz. in accounting Bishops Antichristian , and indifferent Ceremonies unlawfull ) that it seems to us more reasonable that we should call upon them to reform the same , then that they should call upon us to preserve it , considering that they make their Discipline and Government ( as they that are most Prelaticall esteem Prelacy ) a marke of the true Church , and the setting up thereof the erecting of the Throne of Christ . Finally they all doe tacitely accuse Both Houses of Parliament of indeavoring to violate the Oath of Supremacy : the whole pover of spirituall jurisdiction for the Visitation and Reformation of the Ecclesiasticall state , and persons , belonging to the Kings Highnesse the onely Supreme Governour of this Realm . Concerning the second Article . THey are much offended , that it should be so much as intimated , that Prelacy is contrary to sound Doctrine , and the power of godlinesse : And therefore they have invented this Mock Article , intended as a Libell against the Citie of London and the Government thereof , their words are these : Wee desire it may be considered , in case a Covenant of the like Forme should be tendred to the Citizens of London , wherein they should be required to sweare , they would sincerely , really , and constantly , without respect of persons , endeavour the extirpation of Treason , the Citie-Government by a Lord Major , Alderm●n , Sheriffs , Common . Councell , and other Officers depending thereon , Murther , Adultery , Theft , Cozenage , and whatsoever shall be contrary to sound Doctrine and the power of godlinesse , lest they should partake in other mens sinnes : whether such a tendry could be looked upon by any Citizen that had the least spirit of freedome in him , as an Act of Iustice , Meekenesse , and Reason ? They thinke that they have reason to believe , That Prelacy ( they must understand it of such a Prelacy as wee would have rooted out of England ) was established in the Churches by the Apostles according to the mind , and after the example of their Master Jesus Christ ; and that by vertue of their ordinary Power ( and Authoritie derived from him ) as deputed by him Governours of his Church . Or at least , That Episcopall Aristocracy hath a fairer pretension , and may lay a juster title and claime to a Divine Institution , then any of the other Formes of Church-Government can doe , all which yet doe pretend thereunto , viz. that of the Papall Monarchy , that of the Presbyterian Democracy ( Aristrocracy they should have said ) and that of the Independents by particular Congregations , or gathered Churches . Moreover , They are assured by the undoubted testimony of ancient Records and latter Histories , that Prelacy hath been continued with such an Universall , Uninterrupted , Unquestioned Succession of all the Churches of God , and in all Kingdomes that have beene called Christian throughout the whole world for 1500 yeares together , that there never was any considerable opposition made there against . What they may prove by latter Histories I know not , but sure I am , it is a folly to cite late Histories , to prove what was done 1500 yeares agoe , and I am most sure , that all the Prelates and their adherents in England , can never prove , that such a Prelacy as we desire to extirpate , hath been for 1500 yeares established in all the Churches of Christ . But their truest reason and saddest scruple , is this that followes : Wee doe ( say they ) Some of us hold our liveli-hood , either in whole or in part , by those Titles of Deanes , Deanes and Chapters , &c. mentioned in the Articles , being members of some Collegiate and Cathedrall Churches . If they had put this formost I should have been sooner satisfied , but I must break off being called to other service ; you may have more hereafter if opportunitie permit : In the meane time , take notice how much the House of Commons is slighted , as if not worthy to be named , in their Preface : 2. How grossely they abuse the Church of Scotland , and Citie of London : 3. How they combine against all Presbyterians and Independents , that is , against all the friends of the Parliament : 4. How they declare all that have taken the Covenant , Lords and Commons , to be perjured persons , men that have shaken off their Allegiance , and renownced the Kings Supremacy : 5. ( They say ) what I cannot omit ; That if wee receive not prelacy upon the grounds they offer , the judgement and practice of the vniversall Church , we shall be at a losse in sundry points both of faith and manners at this day firmely beleeved , and securely practised by us , when by the Socinians , Anabaptists and other Sectaries , we are called upon for our proofes : as namely , sundry Orthodoxall Explications concerning the Trinitie and Co-equalitie of the persons in the Godhead , against the Ari●ns and other Heretiques , the number , use , and efficacy of Sacraments , the Baptizing of Infants , Nationall Churches , the observation of the Lords Day , and even the Canon of Scripture it selfe . But stay , may not the Scripture be sufficiently known by its own majestie , light and glory , by the testimony of the Spirit , speaking in the Word to our hearts and conferences ? And are not the Scriptures perfect , and therefore sufficient for reproofe and correction without Ecclesiasticall Traditions ? And are not all those Reverend Divines , and other Learned men who have taken the Covenant , able to refute Socinians , Papists , Arminians , Anabaptists , without the helpe of the Prelaticall partie ? If they be not , wee will send to Doctor Shelden and Judge Ienkin for their assistance . So much for the Oxonian Ienkinisme . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A79478e-100 Observe that have a no mention of the Commons . 
A67907	----	The foundation of the Universitie of Oxford, with a catalogue of the principall founders and speciall benefactors of all the colledges, and total number of students, magistrates and officers therein being. And how the revenews thereof are and have been increased from time to time, and by whom, with buildings, books and revenues as no universitie in the world can in all points parallel: these are the nurseries of religion, and seminaries of good literature. Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A67907 of text R202711 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L370). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. 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A67907) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 115087) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 96:E628[14]) The foundation of the Universitie of Oxford, with a catalogue of the principall founders and speciall benefactors of all the colledges, and total number of students, magistrates and officers therein being. And how the revenews thereof are and have been increased from time to time, and by whom, with buildings, books and revenues as no universitie in the world can in all points parallel: these are the nurseries of religion, and seminaries of good literature. Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658. [2], 17, [1] p. Printed by M.S. for Thomas Jenner, and are to be sold at his shop, at the South-entrance of the Royal-Exchange, London : 1651. Attributed to Gerard Langbaine. The title page is mostly in the same setting, and the foreword the same text, mutatis mutandis, as Wing L368. Annotation on Thomason copy: "may 14". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng University of Oxford -- History -- Early works to 1800. A67907 R202711 (Wing L370). civilwar no The foundation of the Universitie of Oxford, with a catalogue of the principall founders and speciall benefactors of all the colledges, and Langbaine, Gerard 1651 6352 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 B The rate of 3 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2000-00 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2001-12 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-01 TCP Staff (Michigan) Sampled and proofread 2002-01 TCP Staff (Michigan) Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion The Foundation OF THE UNIVERSITIE OF OXFORD , & With a Catalogue of the principall Founders and speciall Benefactors of all the Colledges , and total number of Students , Magistrates and Officers therein being . And how the Revenews thereof are and have been increased from time to time , and by whom , with Buildings , Books and Revenues as no Universitie in the world can in all points parallel : These are the Nurseries of Religion , and Seminaries of good Literature . Ito & fac similiter . LONDON , Printed by M. S. for Thomas Jenner , and are to be sold at his Shop , at the South entrance of the Royal-Exchange . 1651. ABout the time of the foundation of the Universitie of Oxford , the ancient Historians have diversly written : some affirmed that it was founded when the most ancient Britains first inhabited this Island , and that from Greeklade , a Town in Wilt-shire ; this Academy was translated to Oxford , which some will have called Ouseford , from the River of Ouse ( by the Latins called Isis ) which giveth name to the next adjoyning Island , called Ousney . Others say it was founded when the City of Oxford was first builded , many years before the Incarnation of our Saviour Christ . Others say it was builded , or at least restored , by King Vortiger : But the chiefest conclude and agree , that Elfred , of some called Alured , King of the West Saxons , about the year 872 , was the chief and Principall Founder thereof : And that ( besides the ancient Hostles for Scholars , which is evident were there remaining after many overthrows of warres ) he caused to be erected therein three Colledges or publick Schools , for the teaching of Grammer ; Philosophy , and Divinitie , sending thither his owne son Ethelward . Since which time , by reason of divers incursions and continuall wars which were daily in this land , between the Britains , Romans , Saxons , Kings of this Heptarchie , Danes and Normans , the light and glory of this Academy was not onely of old eclipsed ; but even since the Conquest ( in the Barons wars ) also obscured and defaced . And it is most certaine , as the destructions were many , so the restaurations thereof shortly ensued by one Prince or other : so that at length recovering the fame and dignity which it holdeth amongst other Christian Academies of Europe , it is now worthily reputed one of the most famous Universities in the world ; the ancient and noble Family of the Veres having been long Earls thereof , and so still remain . And howsoever the Hostles , Hals , Innes , Schools , and religious Houses , whereof this University since the Conquest did consist , and which now are wholly defaced , or in part converted into some of the present Colledges , were for their number , and for the number of Students in them , much above all that now are extant , viz. Divi Fridswidi Prior . S. Mariae Aula , Divi Jacobi Aula Divi Gregorii Aula . D. Johan . Baptist . Aula , D. Thomae Aula , Portlat . Aula , Sacerdotiss . Aula , Peckwateri Aula , Phiswici Diversorium , Magnae Academiae Aula , S. Margaretae Aula , Regis Aula , Reginae Aula , Pittantii Aula , Green-Aula , Corbetti Au'a , Parvae Academiae Aula , Stapul . Aula , and many others ; yet at this present there are eighteen goodly Colledges and houses erected , maintained with the lands and revenews of their founders ; and seven Hals that Students live in at their own charge , not having endowment of land to maintain them . Besides there are publick Schools and a Library , whose Fabrick by the bounty of many royal , noble , and religious persons , was of late years finished , which no Universitie in the world can in all points paralel . These are the nurseries of Gods true religion , and Seminaries of good literature . I. University Colledge , founded 872. ALfred or Alured King of the West Saxons , being addicted to Religion and good literature , for the increase and study of Divinity , Philosophie and other arts , in the second year of his reigne founded this Colledge , by the name of the Great Hal , or Universitie Colledge ; from the foundation whereof the students were maintained out of the Kings Exchequer , until King William the Conqueror did take the same from them : by which means both the Colledge wanted repairing , and the students also were for many years enforced to live by the devotion of religious people . Afterwards William Arch-deacon of Durham , about the year , 1217 repaired and endowed the same with new possessions , establishing therein a Master , two Fellows , a Bible Clark , which is the Porter . Since by the bounty of Walter Skirlow Doctor of Law , Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry , after of Bath and Wels , and lastly of Durham , who gave three Fellowships , Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland , who gave other three ; and by the gift of Robert Dudley late Earl of Leicester , Iohn Friston , Esquire , Mast. Gunsley Rector of Tytesley in Surrey , Mistris Pain , Mast. Aston , S. Simon Bennet , who hath bequeathed good lands to increase the number of Fellows and Scholars ( after the decease of his Lady ) Master Charles Greenwood , sometimes fellow of this Colledge , and Proctor of this University , who gave 1000 pounds towards the new building of this Colledge , and some other benefactors ; the company and revenues of this Colledge is much increased , so as there is at this present in the same a Master , eight Fellows , one Bible-Clerk , with officers and servants of the Foundation , besides other students ; the whole number being 73. II. Baliol Colledge founded 1262. IOhn Ba'iol , born at Bernards Castle in the Bishoprick of Durham ( a worthy warriour to King Henry the third in his civil wars against his Barons ) with his wife Dervorgilla , a Lady of honorable Parentage ( being in her right Earl of Galloway , and Lord high Constable of Scotland ) parents of Iohn Baliol King of Scots , founded this Colledge , giving thereunto both lands and revenews , for the maintenance of a Master , 10 Fellows , 11 Scholars , which is recorded to be the first , and most anciently endowed Colledge in this University , as some late Historians constantly affirme . But by the reason of the Scottish wars in the reigne of King Edward the first , the students could not peaceably enjoy the same . This Colledge hath since , by the liberality of Philip Somervil , and Margaret his wife , the Lady Ella Longspee Countesse of Salisbury , Richard de Hofinger , VVilliam Lord Felton , Hugh de Vrenna Knight , VVilliam Hamon of Gilford Esquire , Doctor Bell Bishop of VVorcester , Peter Blundel Esquire , the Lady Elizabeth Perian , sister to the honorable Sir Francis Bacon late Lord Chancelour , Mary Dunch , and Iohn Browne , with divers other benefactors , been much increased with buildings , and other ornaments . In which the number of fellows are uncertaine , and at the discretion of the Visitour , Master , and three seniour Fellows , as the revenews thereof do increase or decrease . There are in the same at this present a Master , 11 Fellows , 11 Schollers , four exhibitioners , besides officers and servants of the foundation , the whole number being 138. III. Merton Colledge , founded 1274. WAlter de Merton sometimes L. Chancellour of England , Counsellour to King Henry the third , and Edward the first , Bishop of Rochester , founded this Colledge by the name of Merton Colledge , endowing it in effect with all the lands and revenews which at this present are belonging thereunto , ordaining in the same a Warden , and no definitive number of Fellows , Since by the liberality of Iohn Williot Doctor of Divinity , Chancellour of Excester ( formerly Fellow of this Colledge , who gave maintenance for twelve Schollers , whereof nine should serve the nine seniour Fellows , and are by them to be chosen , upon which they were called Postmasters , the other three should serve all the Fellows , and they are chosen by one who is yearly elected to be principall of the Postmasters ) Thomas Leech , S. Thomas Bodeley Knight , a memorable benefactor to this University , Doctor Wilson , Mast. Iohn Chambers , sometimes a Fellow of Eton , Canon of Winsor ( who made them 14. & gave 1000 pounds that two Fellows should be elected out of Eton School to this Colledge successively ) Doctor Jervice , Doctor Jesop , and the late worthy Warden , S. Henry Savil Knight , Provost of Eton , ( who founded two mathematick lectures in the Universiry , which he in his person read publickly for two terms , by whose procurement and care this Colledge hath been much beautified and enlarged with fair buildings , books , and ornaments ) it is much enriched . In this Colledge at this present is a Warden , 21 Fellows , 14. Schollers , besides officers and servants of the foundation , with other students the whole number being 80. IV. Excester Colledge founded 1316. VVAlter Stapuldon , being descended of noble parentage ( for his wisedome , gravity , and learning was often employed in Embassages for King Edward the 2. who made him Bishop of Excester , Lord Trea surer of England , and one of his Privy Councel ) founded this Colledge by the name of Stapuldon Hall ; which he endowed with lands and revenews , for the maintenance of one Rector , & 12 Fellows , out of which number one should beyearly chosen to govern the rest . After in anno , 1404. Edmund Stafford Bishop of Excester ( brother to Ralph Earl Stafford ) Lord Chancellor of England , gave two Fellowships , reformed the statutes , altered the name thereof , and called Excester Colledge . To this Colledge since , Sir Willam Peter Knight , principall Secretary to King Henry the 8th , K. Edward the 6th . Q. Mary , and Q. Elizabeth , gave eight fellowships , and augmented the wages of the Fellows of the first foundation , to make them equall with his . Sir Iohn Periam Esq. gave 560 pounds , which was expended in building ; Sir Iohn Aelan Knight , gave 800 pounds , which was bestowed in building of a fair and spacious Hall , and George Hakewell Doct. of Divinity , Archdeacon of Surrey ( yet living ) sometimes Fellow of this House , founded , erected and finished the new Chappell , all three Devonshire men . In which Colledge at this present is one Rector . 22 Fellows , two Pensioners , and one Bible-clark , besides officers and servants of the Foundation with other students to the number of 230. V. Oriall Colledge , founded 1337. KIng Edward the second ( called Edward of Canarvan ) began the foundation of this Colledge , by the procurement of Adam Brown Clerk , Almner to the said King , dedicating the same to the honour of the blessed Virgin Mary , calling it the House or Hall of S. Mary the Virgin ( Vulgo , Oriall Colledge ) which he endowed with lands and revenews for the maintenance of one Provost , and 10 Fellows . But afterwards by the liberality of Iohn Frank , who gave allowance for four Fellowships , Iohn Carpenter Bishop of Worcester ; who gave one Fellowship , William Smith Bishop of Lincolne , who gave one Fellowship ; the aforenamed Adam Brown , who was first Provost , being also a great benefactor ; King Edward the third , who gave the Hospitall of S. Bartholmew near Oxford ; Anthony Blincow D. of Law , late Provost , who bestowed 1200 pounds in building the forefront , and Rich. Dudley , who gave maintenance for two Fellows , and 6. exhibitioners , other six being of a more ancient foundation , besides divers other benefactors , this Colledge is much encreased . Moreover our late Soveraigne L. King Iames , being informed that the title of the foundation thereof with the lands thereunto belonging were in question , and subject to eviction , hath confirmed by Letters Pattents a sure estate of the same : wherein at this present is one Provost , 18. Fellows , 12. Pensioners or exhibitioners , one Bible-Clark , besides officers and servants of the foundation , with other students , the whole number being 106. VI . Queens Colledge , founded 1340. RObert Eglesfield Batchelor of Divinity , Chaplain to Queen Philippa , wife to King Edward the third , founded this Colledge in his own ground , by the name of Queens Colledge ( commending the patronage thereof to his Lady the Queen and to the Queens of England successively ) which he endowed with lands and revenews for the maintenance of a Provost , and 12 Fellows which were to be augmented as the revenews increased . But since by the bounty of King Edward the third , who gave the Hospitall of S. Julians in Southampton , commonly called Gods House ; King Edward the fourth , who gave the Priory of Sherborn in Hamshire , Robert Langton , Thomas Langton Provost , Bishop of Winchester . Edm. Grindall , Archbishop of Canterbury , Christopher Bambridge Provost , Archbishop of Yorke , William Fettiplace Esquire , Henry Robinson Provost , Bishop of Carlile , D. Ayrie late Provost . and divers other late good benefactors ; the number of students are much increased . Moreover , our late Soveraign Lady Q. Elizabeth in the 3 year of her raign , being informed that the title of the foundation thereof , with the lands thereunto belonging were in question , and subject to eviction ; by Act of Parliament confirmed a sure estate of the same . Likewise of late , for the better encouragement of the Fellows , who are all bound by statute to professe Divinity ; King CHARLS , by the intercession of Q MARY , Patronesse of this Colledge , to bestow upon the same the perpetuall patronage of certaine Benefices in the County of Southampton . In it at this present is a Provost , Fourteen Fellows , Seven Scholars , Two Chaplaines , and fourteen other students Under-graduats , called by the Founder , Servientes ad mensam , or Sociorum ministri ; besides officers and servants of the foundation , with other students , to the number of 160. VII . New Colledge , founded , 1375. VVIlliam Wickam , alias Perot , Rector of S. Martins le grande , and after Dean there , Archdeacon of Lincolne , Northampton , and Buckingham , Provost of Wels , Prebend of twelve severall places , principall Secretary to King Edward the third , Keeper of the Privy Seal , Bishop of Winchester , L. high Treasurer , and Chancellor of England , founded this Colledge , dedicating the same to God the Father , and the blessed Virgin Mary ; which he endowed with lands and revenues for the maintenance of a Warden , Seventy Fellows , and Schollars , Ten Chaplains , three Clarks , one Organist , Sixteen Choristers , besides officers and servants : and before he builded the same , he gave exhibition to Fifty Scholars , for the space of ten years , in this university . He also founded a Colledge at Winchester , wherein he established one Warden , ten Fellows , two School-masters , and seventy schollars , with officers and servants , which are all maintained at his charge ; out of which School he ordained should be chosen the best scholars alwayes to supply the vacant places of the Fellows of this Colledge . Since by the bounty of Master Rawlins , Sir Richard Read Knight , Doctor Newman , Doctor Reeve late Warden , Doctor Martin , Robert Bell , Doctor Smith , and others ; this Colledge is much enriched with plate , books , and other ornaments : in which at this present is a Warden , Seventy Fellows and Scholars , ten Chaplains , three Clarks , one Organist , sixteen Choristers besides officers and servants of the foundation , with other students , being in all 135. VIII . Lincolne Colledge , founded , 1420. RIchard Fleming born in Yorkeshire , Doctor of Divinity , Bishop of Lincolne , in the eight yeare of the reigne of King Henry the Fifth , founded this Colledge by the name of Lincolne Colledge , which he endowed with lands and revenews for the maintenance of one Rectour , six Fellows , and two Chaplains . After , Robert Fleming Deane of Lincolne , Edward Derbie Arch Deacon of Stow , endowed the same Colledge with lands , for the maintenance of three Fellows , superadded to the number of the foundation ; Iohn Forrest Deane of Wels , Thomas Beckington Bishop of Bath and Wels , John Southam Arch Deacon of Oxford , William Fyndern , Esquire , Henry Beauford Cardinal , Bishop of Winchester , Iohn Bucktott and Iohn Crosbie augmented the same . In anno 1479 Thomas Scot , alias Rotheram , borne in Yorkeshire , Fellow of Kings Colledge , Chaplaine and Lord Privy Seal to King Edward the Fourth , Provost of Beverley , Bishop of Rochester , after of Lincolne ( and then chosen Master of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge ) Arch-Bishop of Yorke , Lord Chancellour of England , Chancellour of the University of Cambridge , Secretary to foure Kings , when he was Bishop of Lincolne did much enlarge , and finally perfect the buildings of the same , adding to the former number five fellowships . Since Walter Bates , William Dagvill , William Atwater Bishop of Lincolne , Edmund Audley , Robert Traps , Richard Kelbie late Rector , Iohn Randal ; the Right Honorable and Right Reverend Father in God , Iohn Lord Bishop of Lincolne , &c. ( who at his great charge erected a faire Chappel ) and divers other Benefactors , have much increased the same : wherein at this present is one Rector , fifteen Fellows , two Chaplains , and foure Scholars , besides officers and servants of the foundation , with other students being in all one hundred and nine . IX . All-Soulnes Colledge , 1437. HEnry Chichely Doctor of the Civil Law , Chancellour of Salisbury , Bishop of Saint Davids , Arch-Bishop of Canterbury , in the fifteenth year of the reigne of King Henry the Sixth , founded this Colledge by the name of All Soulne Colledge , ( procuring the said King Henry to give thereunto foure Priories Alians , namely Alberbury , Rumney , Weeden , Pinkeney , and Languenith ) the building whereof the perfected in such forme as it still remaineth , endowing the same with lands and revenews , for the maintenance of one Warden , forty Fellows , whereof twenty foure should be Divines , and the rest students of the Civill Law , appointing by statute that the number of Fellows should never be augmented nor empaired ; and that once in every year all places ( by death , or otherwise void ) should be supplyed . He also gave lands and revenews for the maintenance of Chaplains , Clarks and Choristers , sans number . Since Reginald Pool Cardinall , and Arch-Bishop of Canterbury , Sir William Peter sometime Fellow of this Colledge , Privy Counsellor to Henry the eight , King Edward Queene Mary , and Queen Elizabeth , have been benefactors to the same . And the late Queen Elizabeth of famous memory , confirmed by letters Pattents to this Colledge , the Parsonage of Stanton Harecourt . In this at this present is one Warden , forty Fellows , two Chaplains , three Clarks , six Choristers , besides officers and servants of the foundation , with other students , the whole number being 70. X. Magdalene Colledge , founded , 1459. VVIlliam Pattin commonly called Wainfleet , from the place of his birth , having been Provost of Eton , juxta Winsor , after Bishop of Winchester , and Lord Chancellor of England , about the thirty seaventh yeare of the reigne of King Henry the sixth , founded first Magdalene Hall ; after that this Colledge ( where S. Iohns Hospitall had formerly been situated ) dedicating the same to the honour of S. Mary Magdalene , endowing it with lands and revenews for the maintenance of one President , forty Fellows , thirty Demies , or Scholars , four Chaplaines , eight Clarks , and sixteen Ghovisters . Since King Henry the seventh , Thomas Ingledue , Chaplaine to the Founder , VVilliam Fitzallen Earle of Arundel , Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter , who married Jane daughter of Richard Nevil Earle of Salsbury , from whom is lineally descended the Right Honorable , and my singular good Lord Thomas now Earle of Arundel and Surrey , Earle Marshall of England , ut supra ; Iohn Forman , D. Higden President Iohn Clamond President , Robert Morewent , Iohn Mullins Arch-Deacon of London , Iohn VVarner D. of Divinity , Deane of Litchfield , with some others , have been liberal benefactors ; but the number of Fellows and Scholars neither hath been , nor may be increased . In which at this present is a President , forty Fellowes , thirty Demies , or Scholars , four Chaplains , eight Clarks , sixteen Choristers , School-Master , and an Usher , three Readers of Divinity , naturall and morall Philosophy , besides divers officers and servants of the Foundation , with other students , being in all two hundred and twenty . XI . Brazen Nose Colledge , founded 1515. VVIlliam Smith , borne at Farmoutb , sometimes Fellow of Pembroke Hall in the University of Cambridge , Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield , translated to Lincolne , first Lord President of VVales , and that for many years , five yeares Chancellor of the University of Oxford , in the first year of the reigne of King Henry the eight , founded this Colledge by the name of Kings Hall , and Colledge of Brasen-Nose ( but he lived not to finish the same as he intended ) in a place where heretofore divers Hals have been situated ( some whereof still remaine ) namely Parva Aula Vniversitatis & AEnaei-Nasi , or Little Vniversity and Brazen-Nose Hal , otherwise called the Kings Hall , with many more . After whose death Richard Sutton Esquire , tooke upon him to perfect the same , which he accomplished ; wherein he established a Principall , and twelve Fellows , maintained partly by the charges of the Founder , and partly by his owne charge . But since by the liberality of William Clifton , William Porter , Iohn Elton , alias Baler Humfrey Ogle , Edward Derbie , Iohn Clamond , Iohn Williamson , Brian Higden , Alexander Noel Dean of Saint Pauls in London , Joyce Frankland , Richard Harper Justice of the Common pleas , Sir Iohn Port Knight , Iohn Lord Mordant , Doctor Barnston , George Palin , and other good benefactors , this Colledge is much beautified with buildings and other ornaments , for the perfecting whereof there hath been expended great summes of money , within these few years past : and at this present there are in the same , a Principall , twenty Fellows , besides Sholars , officers and servants of the foundation ; the whole number being 186. XII . Corpus Christi Colledge , founded 1516. RIichard Fox Doct. of Law , Agent in France for King Henry the seventh , Lord Keeper of his Privy Seal , principall Secretary , and one of his Privy Counsel , Embassador into Scotland , Bishop of Excester , Bath and Wels , Durham and Winchester , Godfather to King Henry the eight , and then chosen Master of Pembroke Hal in the University of Cambridge , 1507. founded this Colledge by the name of Corpus Christi Colledge , in Anno 1516. which he endowed with lands and revenews for the maintenance of a President ; nineteen Fellows , twenty Scholars , two Chaplains , 2 Clarks , and two Choristers . To this Colledge Hugh Oldham Bishop of Excester , sometimes of Queens Colledge in Cambridge , Chaplaine to the Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmond and Darbie , &c. contributed so bountifully , that the next after the Founder , he is entituled the principall benefactor . Since by the liberality of Iohn Claymond first President thereof , Master Mordent , William Frost , Mistris Moor , Doctor Reynolds , Sir George St. Paul Knight , and other good benefactors , this Colledge is much beautified and adorned , so as there is at this present in the same , a President , twenty Fellows , twenty Scholars , two Chaplains , two Clerks , and two Choristers , besides officers and servants of the foundation , with other students , the whole number being seventy . XIII . Christ-Church Colledge , founded , 1546. THomas VVolsey Cardinall , Archbishop of Yorke , &c. growing toward the height of his honour , laid the foundation of a Colledge , which from the name of his dignity , was to be called the Cardinals ; & this was done upon the site of ground , where formerly had stood the ancient Priory of St. Friswid ; while the Cardinal was raising this building he was pulled downe himselfe , and falling within the statute of Praemunire , his designe for the Colledge failed with the Founder ; whereupon Henry the eight , King of England , France and Ireland , &c. having in his hands that which remained of the Cardinals intentions , added thereunto Canterbury Colledge and Vine Hall , otherwise called Peckwater Inne . And having translated the Episcopal sea from Osney , he placed it here , calling this his new foundation , The Cathedrall Church of Christs Church in Oxford : which being endowed by him with a fair and ample revenew , he established therein a Dean , 8 Canons , 3 publick Professors of Divinity , Hebrew and Greek , 60 students , eight Chaplains , eight Singing men , an Organist , eight Choristers , twenty four Almsmen , and a Free-School for Scholars ; the revenews whereof , by a visitation in Queen Maries time , were converted to the maintenance of forty students more , to make up the full number of a hundred , as now it is . Since that time Otho Nicholson one of the examiners of the Chancery , hath in building and furnishing of a fair Library expended the summe of eight hundred pounds . In which at this present are students of all sorts , with officers and servants of the foundation , to the number of 223. XIV . Trinity Colledge , founded 1556. SIr Thomas Pope Knight , founded this Colledge , in the fourth yeare of the reigne of King Phillip and Queen Mary , dedicating the same to the holy and individuall Trinity , where about the year 1350. Thomas Hatfield , Secretary to King Edward the third , afterwards Bishop of Durham , had formerly builded a Colledge called Durham Colledg , which was endowed with certaine lands by the gift of the founder , and Robert VValworth Prior of Durham , for the Maintenance of eight Monks , and seven Clarks , such as should be thought fit to come thereunto from Durham : which old Colledge being by continuance of time exceedingly decayed and ruinated , the said Sir Thomas Pope Knight obtained to erect his new Colledge thereon , endowing the same with Lands and possessions for the maintenance of a President , twelve Fellows , and twelve Scholars . Since by the liberality of the late Lady Elizabeth Powlet , and many other worthy and well affected benefactors , the same is much beautified with buildings , books , and other ornaments ; for the perfecting whereof there hath been expended great summes of money ; wherein there is at this present a President , twelve Fellows , twelve Scholars , besides officers and servants of the foundation , with many other students , the whole number being a hundred thirty three . XV . St. John's Colledge , founded 1557. HEnry Chicheley Doctor of the Civil Law , Chancellor of Salisbury , Bishop of Saint Davids , Archbishop of Canterbury , &c. among other buildings laid the foundation of this Fabrick , and called it Saint Bernards Colledge . After its suppression by King Henry the eight , it was in a dreame ( ut tradunt ) shewed unto Sir Thomas VVhite Knight , Merchant Taylor of the City of London , & thereupon by him new built to the honour of S. Iohn Baptist ; who endowed it with a maintenance for a President , fifty Fellows and Scholars , a Chaplaine , a Clarke , six Choristers , and foure Singing men . The company of Merchant Taylors in generall , and divers of them in particular have been also very beneficiall ; more especially Sir VVilliam Craven Knight , Sir VVilliam Paddie Knight Doctor of Phisick , sometimes Commoner of this Colledge , hath given towards the building of the Library , and not onely furnished it with a hundred books , but also purchased perpetuall patronages , of Greek three hundred pounds , and of Bagley a hundred pounds , erected a faire paire of Organs in the Chappel , gave twenty pounds per annum for the maintenance of the Organist , &c. And as this Colledge was first begun by Henry Archbishop of Canterbury , so it is now enlarged with a fair and spacious back-Court embattled , by VVilliam Archbishop of Canterbury : in which at this present is a President , fifty Fellows and Scholars , a Chaplain , a Clarke , besides servants , Commoners , and other students , being in all 110. XVI . Jesus Colledge , founded 1572. HVgh Price Doctor of the Civill Law , treasurer of Saint Davids , procured the foundation of this Colledge on the ground where White Hall had formerly been situated , which was given with the edifices and gardens thereunto belonging by Queen Elizabeth , who is the true Foundresse thereof , being so stiled in the mortmain , by her confirmed 27 Junii Anno regni sui 13. Collegium Jesu , infra Civitatem & Vniversitatem Oxon. ex fundatione Reginae Elizabethae ; wherein she established a Principall , eight Fellows , eight Scholars ; and Hugh Price is onely stiled a benefactor , who builded one part thereof . Since by the bounty of Herbert Westfalling Bishop of Hereford , Henry Rowland Bishop of Bangor , Griffith Loyd Dr. of Law , Griffith Powel , and Iohn Williams Doctor of Divinity , late Principall , Sir Eubule Thelwel Knight , late Principall of the same , who hath made a Court in a manner four-square , builded and wainscotted the Hall , perfected the Chappell with a curious and costly roof , seats , glasse , and all other things necessary for so sacred a place , and many other goodly ornaments ; Mistris ●●ne Wood widow of Owen Wood Deane of Armagh in the Kingdome of Ireland , with other good benefactors , it is much increased with students , and hath at this present in the same a Principall , sixteen Fellows , sixteen Scholars , besides officers and servants of the foundation , with other students , being 109. XVII . Wadham Colledge , founded , 1613. NIcholas VVadham of Merefield , in the County of Sommerset Esquire , in the seventh year of the reigne of King Iames deceased ; and bequeathed four hundred pounds per annum , and left in ready mony six thousand pounds to purchase more Lands for the endowing of a Colledge in Oxford , and gave order for raising of five thousand pounds more upon his lands for the building of it , and before his death gave directions to Dorothy his wife ( sister to Iohn Lord Peter ) for the erecting of the same ; who in testimony of her love to her husband , hath since erected and perfected in such fair and ample manner , as no Colledge in Oxford ( for the quantity ) doth exceed the same , expending between eleven and twelve thousand pounds in the building thereof : and hath endowed and setled a perpetual estate of her owne and her husbands of near eight hundred pounds per annum in present , for the maintenance of a Warden , fifteen Fellows , fifteen Scholers , two Chaplains , two Clarks , furnishing them wth serviceable officers , and other necessary ornaments fit for such a society . To which Colledge since Philip Bisse Doctor of Divinity , Canon of VVels , & Archdeacon of Taunton , gave 1849 books for their Library , valued at 1200 pounds : Wherein at this present is a Warden , fifteen Fellows , fifteen Scholars , two Chaplains , two Clarks , besides officers and servants of the foundation , with many other students , the whole number being 129. XVIII . Pembrook Colledge founded 1620. THomas Tisdal of Glimpton in the County of Oxford Esquire , bequeathed five thousand pounds to George Abbot then Bishop of London , John Bennet Knight , and Henry Airay Doctor in Divinity , to purchase lands for the maintenance of 7 Fellows , and 6 Scholars ; with which mony lands were purchased to the valew of two hundred and fifty pounds per anuum for the said use . And Richard VVightwick Batchelor in Divinity , Rector of East-Isley in comitat . Berk. gave lands to the value of a hundred pounds per annum for the maintenance of three Fellows , and four Scholars , whereupon Petition being made to King Iames , he granted a Charter for the foundation of a Colledge by the name of Pembroke Colledge with mortmain of seven hundred pounds per annum : which Colledge was founded at Broadgates Hall , an ancient house for Scholars , but not endowed , having onely a Principall , and voluntary students therein . This Colledge was called Pembroke Colledge in respect to VVilliam Earl of Pembroke , then Chancellor of the Uniuersity of Oxon. and Visitor of Broadgate Hall , to which King CHARLES gave the Patronage of the Church adjoyning to it , viz. Saint Aldats , for ever . This Colledge consisteth of a Master , ten Fellows , and ten Scholars , with other students and officers , to the number of 169. THere be also in this University seven Hals , in which there are many students living at their owne Charges , viz. Glocester Hall , which was first built by Iohn Lord Grifford of Brimsfield for five Monks of Glocester to study in : afterwards it was augmented by the Monastery of the order of Saint Benedict , for their Benedictine Monks , and lastly converted to a House for Scholars , by Sir Thomas VVhite Knight , ut prius : and nine students . Edmund Hall was builded by S. Edmund Archbishop of Canterbury , wherein is a Principall , and ninety three students . Saint Albon Hall was builded by the Abbot of Saint Albons , for their Monks to study in ; wherein is a Principall , and ninety nine students . Hart Hall was builded by Walter Stapuldon Bishop of Excester , for students : wherein is a Principall , and a hundred and four students . N●w Inn was in the Tenure of New Colledg , heretofore called Turlocks Inne ; wherein is a Principal , and 140 students . Saint Mary Hall was founded by King Edward the second ; wherein is a Principall , and a hundred students . Magdalene Hall was founded by William Waithfleet Bishop of Winchester , wherein is a Principall , and two hundred and twenty students . The totall number of Students of all Degrees in this Vniversity , that had names in every particular Colledge , with the Magistrates and daily officers thereunto belonging , besides divers young Scholars that were relieved therein , which had no names in any of the Colledges aforesaid , were in Anno 1622 2850. And at this present there are in the same 3247. FINIS . 
A64191	----	Oxford besiedged surprised, taken, and pittifully entred on Munday the second of Iune last, 1645. by the valiant forces of the London and Westminster Parliament. Written, by a trusty wellwisher of theirs, who sted-fastly hopes, and heartily prayes, they may have the like prosperous successe in all their future undertakings. The writers name and surname begins with the 9th letter of the Greeke alphabet, io-ta. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64191 of text R222419 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T494). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. 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A64191) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 38075) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2179:4) Oxford besiedged surprised, taken, and pittifully entred on Munday the second of Iune last, 1645. by the valiant forces of the London and Westminster Parliament. Written, by a trusty wellwisher of theirs, who sted-fastly hopes, and heartily prayes, they may have the like prosperous successe in all their future undertakings. The writers name and surname begins with the 9th letter of the Greeke alphabet, io-ta. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. [1], 7 p. by L. Lichfield], [Oxford : Printed in the last year of the Parliament's raigne, 1645. "A trusty wellwisher" = John Taylor. Place of publication and printer from Wing. A humorous account of a pretended capture of Oxford on June 2, the same day the Royalists made a successful sortie at Headington Hill. Some print show-through. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng University of Oxford -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Royalists -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Peace -- Controversial literature -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. A64191 R222419 (Wing T494). civilwar no Oxford besiedged, surprised, taken, and pittifully entred on Munday the second of Iune last, 1645. by the valiant forces of the London and W Taylor, John 1645 2913 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 C The rate of 17 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-08 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2002-08 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion OXFORD BESIEDGED , Surprised , Taken , and Pittifully Entred on Munday the second of Iune last , 1645. by the Valiant Forces of the London and Westminster Parliament . WRITTEN , By a Trusty wellwisher of theirs , who stedfastly hopes , and heartily prayes , they may have the like prosperous successe in all their future undertakings . The Writers name and Surname begins with the 9th letter of the Greeke Alphabet , Io-Ta . Printed in the last year of the Parliament's Raigne . 1645. OXFORD BESIEDGED , Surprized , Taken , and Pittifully Entred , on Munday the second of Iune last , 1645. by the Valiant Forces of the London and Westminster Parliament . LOndon and Westminster , ( though neither of you are my Native or Naturall Mother , yet ) I was borne in Glocester , a City that hath stood to it in our Loyall and obedient Warres against the King , not much inferiour for Parliamentall obedience or Publique Faith and Confidence to you , as hath been obstinately manifested . But leaving Glocester , with her Massy zeale and valour , I returne my loving Remembrance to London , who hath been , and is the inexhaustible Magazine for Men , Mony , and Maintenance , for the supportation of those durable , famous and lasting Warres against the King , ( which the Cavaliering and Malignant Party calls Rebellion ) and which we have causes to call , entitle , nominate , and acknowledge to be the Holy Cause . And as our Armies have with unexpected successe , been Horrible , Terrible , Dreadfull , Fearefull , Victorious , and Invincible , and have forraged through England , Wales , Scotland , Ireland , Coventry , and Canterbury , yet that stiffeneck'd Generation and People of Oxford , have ( till now ) stood out in Rebellious opposition against us ; for that Academy and City , have ever since these distracted and disturbant times , been the Treasury of Refractory obstinacy , and the Store-house of our Mischiefes ; whom to suppresse and bring into order and conformity , our Almighty Parliament hath sought by all favourable meanes , and by most perswasive Exhortations from the Presse and Pulpits , there hath been nothing by us neglected , that might reforme them . But finding their obduracy immoveable , their inveteracy implacable , and their reducancy impossible ; we ( out of a Christian care of the future prosperity of that Renowned well-spring and Fountaine of Learning ) much against our pious Inclinations , were inforced to surround it with our Potent and unresistible Forces of hostility , twice in two severall yeares . In two monthes of May , we have given them two gentle and friendly Visitations ( viz. 1644 , and 1645. ) and we alwaies used the most submissive way of Summoning His Majesty and that stubborne City to our obedience . What a faire warning we gave them the first yeare , is not unknowne , and how fairly we came of and on , we have cause to remember , for two great Generalls and Armies did onely face them , as an Instruction for them to avoyd their further desolation and calamity . But seeing that gentle and mollifying Cataplasmes and Pultisses would not serve to soften the Corrodency of their Apostumated Inveteracy , we have now ( about the latter end of this last May ) in the Whitsun week , vouchsafed to lance her Malignant maladies , and by incision and occission , to let out her malevolent and contagious Corruptions . To which end and purpose , our ( potent , powerfull , perpetuall and pittifull ) Parliament , begirt and swathed that contumatious City with a strong Swaddle band of Warre , with foure severall Armies , which being conjoyned into one , with a Quadrapliciticall Vnity , under the conduction of such a Messe ( or Murnivall ) of Martiall Commanders , that the like ( or braver ) Heroes , never issued from the Loynes of Mars & Belona , amongst whom the most Excellent , Expert , Exact , and Exquisite Souldier , Sir Thomasius Fairfax , was Commander in chiefe , being the admired Agamemnon of our Host , and the only chosen , pick'd , or cul●'d man amongst men most worthy to be a Generall Generalissimo . Secondly , the Couragious and Treshault Treshnoble Cromwell , shew'd himselfe like a blazing fiery Commet , full of combustible Valour , and Subitory Expedition . Thirdly , that Impe of Prowesse , the Magazine and Arcenall of Armes and Military discipline , the never daunted and dreadfull Skippon , appear'd like the Magnanimous Achilles , with his most unmatchable multitude of Mirmidons . Fourthly and lastly , ( but neither last or least in worth ) was the Illustrious Bold Browne , in whose Braine , the Art of Armes is Pyled , and in whose Breast , Honour is Billited , he most Terribly , Fearfully , drew his Trenchant Sword , wherewith he chop'd in sunder the Faggot-Bond of his fury , insomuch that his flaming Valour ( like a burning Bavin ) appear'd most Refulgently perspicuous to the besiedged Oxonians . These foure Generalls ( drawne in their particulars ) were Quarter'd in the Villages that doe Verge , Fringe , or Girdle the City , namely Kennington , South Hinkesey , West Hinkesey , Botley , Witeham , Wolvercot , Marson , Hedington , Sampford , Ifley , &c. By which meanes it was so strongly Block'd up , that the Garrisons Forces and Inhabitants began to look thin upon the matter , for they were so unprovided , and unprepared to endure a Siedge , that within five dayes we brought them to such a hard strait , that Wheat was mounted to the price of 4s . the Bushell , Butter and Cheese at 6d and 3d the pound , Milke at a penny the quart , but 9 or ten Egges a groat , Radishes a halfe penny the bunch , a Iugge of Beere 2d , Beefe and other Flesh so scarce , that none was to be had amongst them ( without credit or ready mony . ) In this extremity , we perceived they were unable to hold out long , therefore our Valiant Commanders , ( like the foure Windes ) assaulted them at their foure severall Portes , His Excellency , play'd the part of Boreas , and Blustred Impetuously at the North ; Browne with his Brave Bold Boyes Blew Boystrously like Auster at the South ; Cromwell Acted the part of Eurus with untireable Snuffing , Puffing , and Huffing at the East ; and Skippon ( like a second Scipio ) Rag'd most Tempestilentially ( like Zephyrus ) on the West . Thus on all sides , Parts and Portes was Oxford Beleaguerd , without and within every House , Lane , and Street , was full of Horror , Terror , Trembling like Hills . There you might behold a Woman quaking like a Custard before an Alderman , and in another place another shaking like an Oven ; there was carelesse security in sundry and severall shapes and noyses , some halfe , and some whole drunk , some piping and whiffing , some Riming and singing , some watching and guarding , ( not at all regarding either us or any thing that we could doe to them ) as may appeare by a mad fellow that wrote these Verses in a jeering Contempt of us and our Forces . For Browne , for Skippon , Cromwell , and for Fairfax , Wee have a well string'd Instrument at Cairfax , And that if they doe but their Worke by halves , The Parliament would Hang em up like Calves . Some of them said , that our Armies should not offend the Parliament so farre , as to doe their worke by halves , or to doe halfe the worke they were sent about ; thus continued this hotch potch , mingle mangle galleymawfrey of variable opinions and humourous expressions , for the space of seven daies and nine nights , with an afternoone or two ; Our Cannons with perpetuall Battry having disgorg'd 6789 shot , our Horse , Carbines , and our innumerable Foot environ'd them round , with groves , thickets , and woods of Pikes , our Mu●kets , Petronells , and Pistolls , breathing flames , and spitting death and destruction . Amongst and amidst these Rough Robustious salutations , and Mortall Monumentall mortuary greetings , one of our Cannons ( being ) discharged or fired at Random , from his Excellencies Quarter at Marson , flew by chance over Saint Iohns Colledge , and most strangely wheel'd about on the left hand , hard by the Crosse and weathercock on Saint Maries Steeple ; and passing in post hast to Christ-Church , it broke a corner of a window in the great Quadrangle , and from thence it mounted , and took the great Lanthorne on the top of the Hall , which never fell to ground till it drop'd into Abington market place ; just in the same Pavement whereon the Idolatrous Crosse stood , that was Piously overthrowne on the 31 of May , 1644. ( much about the month , day , and time of the yeare as the aforesaid shot fell into Christ-Church ) by the most Victorious and Vanquish'd , the Renowned and Nobly slighted , the Conquer'd Conqueror , Sir William Waller ; the aforesaid Lanthorne , being now in the tuition of the Valiant Colonell Browne , who hath it as a Reward of his Noble services , and is determined to keep it till he dyes , and afterwards it is to be hang'd up ( as a Trophey ) over his Tombe , for a Monumentall Remembrance to Posterity , of his Valour and Victories . But to returne to the Siege againe ; The Reader must understand , that our Parliament are so happy to have such Generalls and Commanders as are in their Valours , not only invincible , but invisible also . The Canoneers and Gunners had the Art to discharge many hundreds of their Ordnance , and no fire or Bullet to be seen , nor Report of any Gun heard . For of all the great numbers of shot ( before specified ) there were very few of them came to the knowledge of the Besieged ; insomuch that they were uncapable of perceiving any danger they were in . This Rare hidden Art was first invented by an Italian , whom they called Doctor Iackaneico , he was an Aegyptian witch , ( or a cunning man ) in the Raigne of Ptolomy Evergetes King of Aegypt . By the Command of Sir Tom ( his Excellency I meane ) there was an Artificiall Naturall Geometricall Bridge , made over the River Charwell , about a mile from Oxford ( North East and by Westward ) what good service that Bridge did it is impertinent , and not much materiall to speak of ; But this is certaine , that the month of May , ending on the 31 , which being Saturday , fell out luckily to be the latter end of the week , the Sunday following proved to be the first day of Iune , so that ( by consequence ) Monday was the next day after ; on which Monday morning , we had the happinesse to gaine a glorious Victory . On that day , ( that memorable , remarkable , honourable , dainty delicate day ) our Forces ascended to the top ( or altitude ) of Mount Hedinton ( vulgarly called Hedinton Hill ) but for that day , and on that Hill ( to which Hill , Pinda , Ossa , Olympus , Parnassus , Gadds Hill , Shotover , and Shuters Hill , shall hereafter strike saile ) our prosperous Parliamentonyans , inclosed , encompassed , environ'd , enwrapped , envelloped ( or what the Reader meanes to tearme it ) the whole Body , or Bodies of the Malignants , we fought Valiantly , they fell Violently , some dead , some kill'd , some slaine , some hurt , some wounded , some fled , some ran away , some escap'd , some taken Prisoners , some put into Bondage , some thrust into Thraldom , and some carried into Captivity , so that in lesse time then halfe an howre , the mutability of fickle fortune was apparent , by a suddain turne of her foure square-Round wheele , for beyond all expectation , when the Enemy was singing scurvy Songs , & jeering with intollerable abusive Language and gesture , at the Sacred Persons and Honours of those whom they have formerly sworne to obey with Allegiance and Loyalty . Then at that Time , even then , betwixt the howres of two and three in the morning , we fell upon them Pell mell , Helter skelter , where in a moment 40 or 50 fell , to seek their habitation in another world , many were sore wounded ; and having thus won the Field , we presently won Oxford , we entred without Resistants at the East , by Saint Clements , we Conquer'd Maudlin ( or Magdalen Colledge ) with a bare Summons , we march'd Triumphantly to Cairfax , ( and leaving the Gallowse on our right hand ) we with force or perforce entred and surpriz'd the Castle , we staid in the Castle three dayes , in all which time our Generalls were so Nobly pittifull , and our other Commanders , Officers , and Souldiers so mercifully mannerly , that we neither did the Towne any harme , or Plunder'd the people of anything ( except Victualls ) but whatsoever we had was freely given to us , nor did any of us so much as give the Oxford folke so much as a hard word , nor troubled them to lye in any of their Beds or foule sheets , or any linnen ; and was not this a mercifull Victory ? All this was done by lesse then 150 Parliament Souldiers , in so small or little a time , that it must ever be with Thankfulnesse remembred , and it is not to be doubted , but London and Westminster will expresse their joyfull gratitude , with Bells , Bonefires , and an holy publique Thankesgiving . To conclude , I have an humble desire ( on Request ) to all Valiant men of our Parliament Armies , which is , That they will stoutly , stiffely , and desperately stand and persevere in the Cause , you know that many of us , could never have gotten such Estates by our Trades , as we have purchased by this Trade of Warre ; it is not Loyalty and Allegiance , that will preferre a Tinker to the Estate of a Commander , it is not that beggerly Thing call'd Honesty , nor that despised fancy of Learning , will bring a man to Promotion , Conscience is a Toye , it will never make a Cobler a Preacher , or a Wood-monger a Sergeant Major Generall , or Colonell ; we are now Grammar'd in our Noble Actions , and a Peace would put very many of us back againe to our Horne-bookes ; a just and lawfull Peace would cause the King to have His Owne againe , and every man to have his Right ; a Peace would restore the Protestant Religion to it's Pristine Purity ; and then what will become of our Zealous new Directorie , for a Peace will bring in againe , the contemned Booke of Common Prayer ; and finally a Peace would make Thousands of us to surrender so much Pillage and Plunder to the Right owners , that we should be like ( Aesops Crow ) poore naked Rogues , when every Bird had his fether from us ; Let our Conquests encourage us , let our hopes spurre us forward , let our surprize of Oxford , fill our Vei●●● with Valour , and let the 24 Tinkers of Banbury , be our Presidents , who ( for joy of our Oxonian Victory ) have newly Brac'd their Kettle Drummes for the Entertainment of the Lord Say thither , which they will Seale with their Blood● . Let our Preachers Revile , let our Pamphlet writers Raile , let Mercurius Britannicus Jeere and flourish , let Booker , Ny● , and Lyly , lye on , let us Fight for wealth , and Run away for advantage , wee have a Parliament to protect us , and there 's an end . POSTCRIPT , or an old said saw of the Malignants . Wise men Labour , Good men Grieve , Knaves invent , and Fooles believe , Then helpe us Lord , and stand unto us , Or Knaves and Fooles will quite undoe us . FINIS . 
A90694	----	A third and fourth part of Pegasus: taught by Bankes his ghost to dance in the Dorick moode, to the tune of Lachrymæ. In two letters from Oxford, July 1. 1648. Pegasus. Part 3-4. Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A90694 of text R205283 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E451_32). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 19 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A90694 Wing P2205 Thomason E451_32 ESTC R205283 99864699 99864699 116931 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90694) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 116931) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 71:E451[32]) A third and fourth part of Pegasus: taught by Bankes his ghost to dance in the Dorick moode, to the tune of Lachrymæ. In two letters from Oxford, July 1. 1648. Pegasus. Part 3-4. Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. [2], 6 p. for R. Royston], [London : Printed in the yeare, 1648. Signed p.6: Basilius Philomusus (i.e. Thomas Pierce).--Cf. Madan 1988. Place of publication and bookseller from Madan. Annotation on Thomason copy: "July 8th". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng University of Oxford -- History. A90694 R205283 (Thomason E451_32). civilwar no A third and fourth part of Pegasus:: taught by Bankes his ghost to dance in the Dorick moode, to the tune of Lachrymæ. Pierce, Thomas 1648 3039 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 B The rate of 7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-04 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A Third and Fourth Part OF PEGASUS : Taught by BANKES his Ghost to dance in the Dorick Moode , To the Tune of LACHRYMAE . Jn two Letters from Oxford , July 1. 1648. ACADEMIA OXONIENSIS printer's or publisher's device Printed in the Yeare , 1648. A Third and Fourth part of Pegasus : In two Letters from Oxford . 1 July , 1648. Sir , I Have afforded you some time of Breathing for a while an intermission of those sad entertainments which I formerly sent you from this place . When that huddle of violences was over upon the Earle of Pembroke's comming hither , the Visitors sate still a while to see how that would be digested through the Kingdome , and what incouragement they should find to seize upon that Prey , which that weeks Nimrod-hunting had laid before them . And the truth is , the Action was of so high an ill savour , and by themselves so apprehended to be so , that the modester of them thought fit to depart the Scene ; Master Reynolds was call'd home by his Wife , and admonisht , as Pilate by his , to have no more to doe with the blood of these just persons , not to touch one peny of the Revenues of Christ-church , nor to lye in the lodgings any longer , lest the Fury that scourged young Jerome for being not so much Christian as he should , ( and made him cry out , Christianus ego , non Ciceronianus ) should use him thus , for taking upon him to have more of the Christianus then belonged to him . The same Conscience ( I shall not say of the crime , but shame ) wrought the like effect on Sir Nat. and his son Corbet , who ( though M. Reynolds hath now put it over ) never thought fit to see this Place , since that Exit and Plaudite after the Pembroke-Tragico-puppet-play of The beginning of the World , or The new Creation . Where , by one slip of the wheele of the Engine , there was this Miscarriage , That instead of fetching an Vniversity out of Chaos , all was returned to Chaos againe . The unsuccessefulnesse of that week , and the Devils being ( though an industrious , rampant ; yet withall , like the creature , that he most commonly transformes himself into ) an hare-hearted cowardly devill , gave us some kinde of Truce for eleven weeks more , save only that now and then we should hear of a Head dropping off upon a crack of Thunder , a Vote of the Committee . Or that about a month agoe , the Prebends of Christ-church were seized on by the State-pursevants for that great crime of not hanging themselves , as soon as ever they were condemn'd by Judge Pembroke & Sergeant Cheynell in their bloody Circuit : For which cause the Sub-Deane , Doctor Hammond was to be dispatcht to Wallingf . Castle ( though by a suddain accident that Castle is chang'd into confinement at Oxford ) Doctor Payne hurryed up to London , for the crime of being Treasurer as well as Prebend . But I meant not to mention these and the like Passages which will be no newes to you , and which I acknowledge to be absolutely necessary in order to their first great end of Reforming the Wealth , and their second , of Regulating the Learning of this Vniversity , which upon their late Confederation with the Independents of the Garrison , they have promised to levell absolutely ; And by putting themselves into the Head-ships , to shew them a New-modell of Divinity and Latine , that never an Independent Butten-maker in the Army , the most zealous for parity of parts or Learning , shall except against . The only thing that I meant to afflict you with at this time , is the Table of Proscription , which this Morning ( Saturday the first of July ) was pasted , in the Retaile on severall Colleges , and now altogether in the Grosse , on S. Maries Door ; To banish out of the Town no lesse then the great Climactericall of sixty three , made up ( of all sorts some ) of fellowes , Scholars , Chaplaines , Graduates , Vndergraduates , and a taste of a Clark , a Quirister , a Steward , a Cook , ( but never an unprofitable Commoner I warrant you ) to execute the whole Body of the Vniversity in its effigies or Representative ; And to give assurance what shall become of the Collective Body , when they have , by this tryall of our Patience found cut , that it may be safe for them to set on that Rounder Enterprize . The particular Names in the Catalogue I shall not here insert , but only tell you that they are chosen and cull'd out from the rest that lay with them in the same Masse of Non-submission , by no kinde of rule or measure , made the objects of as absolute an irrespective Reprobation ( without any Intuition of ill workes , or of any thing which according to their owne Rules might discriminate them from other men ) as ever their Friends , Sub-or Supra lapsarians have fastned upon God in their bloodiest scheme . If it be possible to observe anything of order or constancy in their Councells ; 'T was sure , in every place to shew an example on some of the most eminent for Learning , or Regularity of behaviour . Thus in St. Johns Colledge , M. Cheynells Reformation ( preparatory to this about a fortnight since ) began with two or more of the greatest Eminence for both : And the like instance might be made of some in most other Colleges . 'T is true indeed , some others are joyn'd with them , of whom this cannot be affirm'd ; and some of eminent Deserts have Polyphemus his kindnesse shew'd them , to remaine behinde for their later Bit. But this is remarkable , that of the whole number proscribed at this time ; There is not above one scandalously ill , to the great number of Eminently Learned . And that one , hath received a greater mark of Favour from them , then any whom they have spar'd ( except only the most scandalous Atheist that ever this Town had , who is pick't out by M. Cheynell to be placed in his own Bosome , and that Scar-crow Pelham , Kate's first Suter , whom the old Cornuto of Maudlins hath set next to his beloved selfe in the Government of the College ; ) For he hath the Honour to goe out hansomely in that very good Company ; nor to have any thing laid to his charge but the Not-submitting to these Visitors , and so to have his Drunkennesse not only not punish't , but rewarded with the favour of suffering only for not being Perjur'd . So unwilling is the Devill to discourage Vice , that whensoever he is forc't to sentence any of his Servants , it shall be put off till they have done some one good thing , that that may bring the just Vengeance upon him . And so the New-model'd Vniversity may be drunk securely , having examples of the most speciall marks of Favour conferr'd upon the most enormous in the Vniversity , and but that one little discouragement from the Punishing of the one drunken Royalist , which is excused to them by this assurance , that 't was not the Drunkard which was punish't , but the Royalist . I need not use any Rhetorick to aggravate this , but doe wish you were able to passe Judgement upon the same knowledg that I can , by viewing & comparing the eminence of fourty , and the little blame of threescore of this number ; I shall not say with those many constant persons that yet remaine ; for they are sure to follow ( when ever these mens fresh appetites call for them ) to the same shambles : But rather with the small number of their chosen ( not flock of sheep , but ) Herd of Swine . And then I pray tell me , if ever there were Actions avow'd by any which more own'd that old saying that Campian rak't Hell for , to fasten upon Luther , [ Quantò sceleratior es , tantò vicinior Gratiae ] which is now , cum Privilegio , english't thus , [ The prophanest wretch in the Vniversity is a much lesse dangerous person , and so more capable of the Visitours Favour , then any that is owner of the most eminent parts and acquisitions , both of Morall and Christian Vertues . And he that hath this one qualification of being ill enough , shall have no danger wrought him , unlesse he be too Nice at last , and not swallow Perjury as glibly , as his other Sins . This Sir , is too happy a scheme to enlarge upon . 'T would make your heart bleed to have my present Prospect before your Eyes . A Multitude of pretious ▪ young Men , which have no designe against any Party or Garrison , but the strong holds of Sin and Satan ; uninteressed in any plot , but only that one against Ignorance and Perjury , against Darknesse , and the Prince of it ; I say , A Multitude of hopefull Young ones thrown out of the Nest , like the Callow Ravens by the cruell Step-mother , for no other pretence of Reason , but that they are not as black as shee . And unlesse God , that feeds the young Ravens which call upon him , will be pleased to take them into his Almes-house , the Gradation of the punishment is sure to be this ; whom the Sword turnes out of their Studies , the Famine must next seize on in the Field . The same sentence condemnes them to two punishments ; as among the Romans , to Scourging and Crucifying , so among our new Christian-Heathen , to Banishment and sterving . Some of them being Orphans , others the children of sequester'd and undone Parents : And with them , The Ingenuity ( I am sure the Learning ) of the next Age , is voted to the same Ruine and Vastation . The Lord have mercy upon their Persecuters . Give me leave to weep out the rest in private , and not send you my Inke and my Tears , my Gall and my Brine in the same Packet . Your mournfull Friend , whom you know by the Title of Basilius Philo-Musus . Oxf. 1 July , 1648. Another Letter from the same hand . SIR , YOur friend here presents his service to you , and will needs annex to this Relation the notice of these few circumstances . 1. That the destruction which is now wrought , is by the hands of five Divines onely , men whose calling excludes them from all Judicature , did not their being Presbyterians give them title to it . O the mercy of the Lord Bishops in the High-Commission , which , though they had the power of Queen Elizabeth , and King James , and King Charles among them , the Canons to direct and authorize them , and many of the ablest Counsellours and Civilians to assist and joyne with them , did never , in all their reigne , so horribly declamed at for tyranny , censure to utter ruine so many guilty irregulars , as these five Musimans or Turkish Presbyters have proscribed sober , innocent regulars in one morning ! O what a crime it was in the Star-chamber to crop three mens eares for sedition at one Session , ( and never another such in the whole age ) a thing that was never pardon'd that Court , or those that sate in it , till those Stars were fetcht downe from heaven , and laid in the dust , and the chiefe actor my Lord of Canterbury pursued by one of those Blood-hounds , till he was permitted to lap in full streames of his heart-blood in exchange , and by way of retaliation for the droppings of his eares ? But now the Civil murther of 63. in a morning , the capitis mulctatio , the cutting them off from their people , the throwing them out into the high-wayes and hedges , leaving them none but their Father in heaven , of whom they may beg their daily bread . This is an essay and taste of the more moderate , refined Government , that we have swum to , through such a red sea , or mare mortuum , the huge clemencie , and mercy of these Presbyters . 2. That of all the Lay-men that were of the Committee , there is not one barbarous enough to joyne in this act , or so hard-hearted as to be present at it . You remember how the Bishops were not permitted to remaine in the House at my Lord of Straffords sentence , they must not be within the scent of blood , though 't were onely to give a stop to the effusion of it : But now none but Divines ( but remember againe Divines of what denomination , Presbyterians I warrant you ) are thought fit to be , the Butchers of this Jury : No , the parties , accusers , witnesses , and , after all that , the Judges on this Bench , to pronounce this bloody sentence ; For his third note , is , 3. That the five men are M. Reynolds , Dr. Wilkinson , M. Rogers , M. Cheynell , and M. Wilkinson , ( you know the characters of each ) men voted into , and now well-nigh possest of three of the greatest Colledges , and five of the fairest preferments in the towne , onely this slaughter was necessary to be wrought , to smooth the passage , and facilitate the admission of these Mufti 's into their Seraglio's . And wanting Janizaries to serve , and to be pandars to their lust and rage , they are turned the assassinats themselves , and must first lay waste the Province , before they can dare think of ruling in it ; O fo● an Eliah now to these Ahabs , with his [ Hast thou kill'd , and also taken possession ? ] But when they are left to their desart-governments , Conscience I doubt not will be a thousand Prophets to them , and present each of them daily , as that Tyrants phansie did him with the gaping dismall head of Symmachus , &c. with the spectacle of a young gasping Scholar sprawling at his feet , and howling in his ears this not over-cheerfull Anthem , Thus saith the Lord , in the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth , shall dogs lick thy blood , even thine . 4. That every of these bloody men is so stricken already with the guilt and shame of their facts , that each of them single disclaimes ( to all that come to expostulate it ) the having any thing to doe in it , when yet the number of five is the least that can make a Committee , and so nothing can be done , if any one dissents ; and then All of them together lay it upon the Committee at London , tying the upper linke of this fatall chaine to Jupiter Rouse's Chaire , which makes your friend take boldnesse to aske you these two questions : First , Whether the Committee at London are all so tame Cheynell or Wilkinson-trodden creatures as to commit all this fury upon their bare instance and directions , and then to give them leave to cast all the odium of it upon them : If a couple of tall raving Presbyters can thus inspire and possesse them all , as perfectly as they did their fellow-may-pole-Pembroke here , then I must more pitty them , then I have done the proscribed Scholars ; these being plunder'd of their Lively-hoods only , but those of their Soules ; the Scholars only fitted for Suttons hospitall , but they for Bethlem . His second Question is , if that Committee having only power from the Houses to regulate the Vniversity at first , and since to provide effectuall remedies , &c. have so far exceeded their Commission , as to vote the Answers of these men ; High contempts of Authority of Parliament , when no one did any more , then to professe it against his Oathes and Conscience to submit to this visitation ; and most only profest themselves to want satisfaction , and therefore desired farther time to consider , before they were forced to give Answer . His question , I say , is , Whether there be never an House of Lords and Commons to call this Committee in question , for exceeding their Commission , and to repeale these enormous acts of Arbitrary power , and returne the Scholars to their Books again , before the rest of the foure hundred ( sevenscore more already , they say , pickt out of their next Breakefast ) be sent a grazing after them . If you have accesse to any Member of either House , I hope you will let this ring in their eares , or else you have put off your just kindnesse to July the 1. 1648. Basilius Philomusus . FINIS . 
A66946	----	A vindication of the historiographer of the University of Oxford, and his works from the reproaches of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, in his letter to the Lord Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield, concerning a book lately published, called, A specimen of some errors and defects in the history of the reformation of the Church of England, by Anthony Hurmer, written by E.D. ; to which is added the historiographer's answer to certain animadversions made in the before-mention'd History of the Reformation, to that part of Histroia & antiquitates Universitatis Oxon, which treats of the divorce of Queen Catherine from King Henry the Eighth. Wood, Thomas, 1661-1722. 1693 Approx. 41 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 16 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). 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A66946) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 93167) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 994:23) A vindication of the historiographer of the University of Oxford, and his works from the reproaches of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, in his letter to the Lord Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield, concerning a book lately published, called, A specimen of some errors and defects in the history of the reformation of the Church of England, by Anthony Hurmer, written by E.D. ; to which is added the historiographer's answer to certain animadversions made in the before-mention'd History of the Reformation, to that part of Histroia & antiquitates Universitatis Oxon, which treats of the divorce of Queen Catherine from King Henry the Eighth. Wood, Thomas, 1661-1722. E. D. [2], 5-30 p. Printed, and sold by Randal Taylor, London : 1693. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Anthony Harmer is a pseudonym for Henry Wharton. 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Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. -- History of the reformation of the Church of England. Wharton, Henry, 1664-1695. -- Specimen of some errors and defects in The history of the reformation of the Church of England. University of Oxford. Church of England -- History. 2006-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-10 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion 814 WOOD ( Anthony à ) : D. ( E. ) A VINDICATION OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD , and his Works , from the Reproaches of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury in his Letter to the Lord Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield , concerning a Book lately Published , called , A Specimen of some Errors and Defects in the History of the Reformation of the Church of England , by Anthony Hurmer . To which is added the Historiographers Answer to certain Animadvertions made in the before-mention'd History of the Reformation to that part of Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxon , which treats of the Divorce of Queen Catherine from King Henry the Eighth . Sm. 4to , 30 pp. , cobb boards , FINE COPY , RARE . £4 10 0 Randal Taylor : London 1693 ⁂ This rare tract is an answer to one of the many attacks on Anthony à Wood ▪ the famous author of the Athenae Oxoniensis . His works are fully described and many of his statements justified by reference to the original authorities . It was probably written by Thomas Wood , his nephew , the lawyer , who appeared for him in his suit against Lord Clarendon . A VINDICATION OF THE Historiographer OF THE UNIVERSITY of OXFORD , AND HIS WORKS , FROM The Reproaches of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury , in his LETTER to the Lord Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield , concerning a Book lately Published , called , A Specimen of some Errors and Defects in the History of the Reformation of the Church of England , by Anthony Hurmer . Written by E. D. To which is added the Historiographer's Answer to certain Animadversions made in the before-mention'd History of the Reformation , to that part of Historia & Antiquitates Vniversitatis Oxon , which Treats of the Divorce of Queen Catherine from King Henry the Eighth . London , Printed , and Sold by Randal Taylor , MDCXCIII . A VINDICATION OF THE Historiographer OF The University of OXFORD , And his Works , &c. THE Prefacer to the First Volume of Athenae Oxonienses , ( now an Eminent Proficient in the Common Law , ) saith , First , It is well known , that the Author of that Work hath through the whole course of his Life declined the pursuit of any private interest , or advantage , and hath only , according to his Abilities , endeavoured to promote the Honour and Glory of that Nation wherein he had been Born , and more especially of that University wherein he was Educated . His Early Application , or as some call it , his Natural Propensity to Histories and Antiquities , made him more fit to serve his Country in that , than in any other Study ; and that part of Antiquity which was most useful in it self , and which yet lay most neglected , became the immediate object of his Care , as that which not only deserved , but required and wanted the greatest Industry . The First product of his Labours and generous Studies was , The History and Antiquities of the Vniversity of Oxford , which being by him wrote in English in his Juvenile Years , it pleased the Chief Heads of the said University to have it put into Latin , that the Learned World might know and be acquainted with the Antiquity , Honour and Glory thereof : Which , had it been done by a Scribler , or poor Writer , as his Lordship of Salisbury is pleased to Characterize the Author in his Letter , p. 9. they would not in the least have taken notice of it ; nor would a certain * Writer of Note have stiled it Four Years before it was Published , Liber aureolus plurimo labore nec minori judicio confignatus , &c. It was a Book of Eight Years Labour , and all , or most part of it , was Extracted from the very Bowels of Antiquity , as the many Quotations from Records and Manuscripts in every Page thereof do shew . It hath afforded matter for many Eminent Writers , whether Domestick , or Foreign , who have made Honourable mention of it , and its Author , as those who are Bookish Men ( who have frequently stiled it , A Choice Treasure of Antiquities , ) do know very well . After it was finished , the Curators of the Sheldonian Press , namely , Sir Leoline Jenkins , Sir Joseph Williamson , Dr. John Fell , ( afterwards Bishop of Oxon , ) and Dr. Tomas Yate , did Dedicate it to His Majesty King Charles the Second , to whom being presented at Windsor in July , 1674 , by Dr. Richard Allestry Provost of Eaton College , His Majesty was graciously pleased to accept of it , turn over several parts thereof , and hold some Conference about it with that Learned Doctor , as the Author of it was by his Letters informed . Soon after the Heads of the University of Oxon , agreed , that as many Copies that Cost Eighty Pounds should be presented to the great Persons of the Royal Court , of the Clergy , and of the Law. And afterwards it was presented , in the Name of the said University , ( 1. ) To the most illustrious Prince John William Prince of Neoburg , when he was Entertained by the Members thereof in the beginning of June , 1675. See in the Fasti of the Second Volume of Athenae Oxon. p. 871. ( 2. ) To the most illustrious Prince Cosmo de Medicis , the great Duke of Tuscany ; to whom the said Hist . & Antiq. was sent by the Decree of the Venerable Convocation of the Doctors and Masters , held on the Seventh of October , 1675 , and with it a Latin Letter Pen'd by the Publick Orator , wherein a Just and Laudable Character was given of the said Book , as it appears in the Register of the Acts of that Convocation . The said Duke had been entertained by the University of Oxon , when he came to see it , and its Glories , in the beginning of May , 1669. ( 3. ) To Charles Maurice le Tellier Archbishop and Duke of Rheimes , when he and other French Nobility visited the University . It was presented by the Hands of Doctor Fell Bishop of Oxon , the 8th of May , 1677. ( 4. ) To his Royal Highness James Duke of York , when he was Entertained by the University in the Month of May , 1683. See in the said Fasti , p. 893 , &c. To omit others , must not be forgotten the most Illustrious and Excellent Ld. Peter Sparr Fzee , Baron of Croneberg , &c. General of the Army of Foot belonging to the King of Sweedland , and Extraordinary Embassador to the King of Great Britain , from the said King of Sweedland , who had a Copy presented to him by the Heads , tho' not quite finished at the Press , when he was Entertained in Oxon , in the Month of June , 1674. These Memoirs are purposely set down , that the Reader might understand what value the chief Members of the most Famous University of Oxon had for that Book , which they deemed a fit Present for a Prince , and other great Persons , and that he might see that the Author thereof was not a poor Writer , or Scribler , or one who had no Reputation of lose , as his Lordship of Salisbury in his Letter before mention'd tells you , p. 9 , 10. The said Book , wherein is maintained , by several valid Arguments , the Antiquity of the University of Oxon , against that of Cambridg , remains as yet unanswer'd : Nor is any part of it Animadverted upon , but a Minute part , by Doctor Gilbert Burnet in the first part of The History of the Reformation of the Church of England , Printed at London , 1679 , wherein , p. 85 , 86. the Author speaking of the Divorce of Queen Catherine from King Henry the Eighth , makes these Animadversions following on the said part in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib 1. p. 256. a. The Collector of the Antiquities of Oxford , informs us of the uneasiness of this matter , ( the Divorce , ) and of the several Messages the King sent before that Instrument , ( meaning the Act , or Decree of the Vniversity , in order to the Divorce , ) could be procured . So that from the 12th of February , to the 8th of April , the matter was in Agitation , the Masters of Arts generally opposing it , tho' the Doctors and Heads were ( for the greatest part ) for it . But after he has set down the Instrument , he gives some Reasons ( upon what design I cannot easily imagine ) to shew that this was extorted by force ; and being done without the consent of the Masters of Arts , was of its self void and of no force . And , as if it had been an ill thing , he takes pains to purge the University of it , and lay it upon the Fears and Corruptions of some Aspiring Men of the University : And without any proof gives Credit to a Lying Story set down by Sanders , of an Assembly called by Night , in which the Seal of the University was set to the Determination ; but it appears that he had never seen , or considered the other Instrument to which the University set their Seal , that was agreed on in Convocation of all the Doctors and Masters , as well Regents as Non-Regents ; giving power to these Doctors and Bachelors of Divinity to determine the matter , and to set the Seal of the University to their conclusion . The Original whereof the Lord Herbert saw , upon which the Persons so deputed had full Authority to set the University's Seal to that conclusion ; perhaps that Instrument was not so carefully preserved among their Records , or was in Queen Mary's Days taken away , which might occasion these Mistakes in their Historian . There seems also another Mistake in the Relation he gives , for he says , those of Paris had determined in this matter before it was agreed to at Oxon. The Printed Decision of the Sorbone contradicts this , for it bears Date the Second of July , whereas this was done the Ninth of April , 1530 , &c. Thus the Church Historian , soon after the Author , or Collector of the Antiquities of Oxford , Examining the said Animadversions on that little part of his Book before mention'd , he divided them into several pieces , and made Answer to each , but were not then Printed . The Contents of which , and the Answers follow . — But after he hath set down the Instrument , he gives some Reasons , &c. The Two first Reasons ( if they may be so called ) were put in by another hand , and the other were taken by the Author from these Three Books following , viz. ( 1. ) From A Treatise of Marriage , &c. written by Doctor Nicholas Harpesfield , which is a Folio Manuscript , written either in the time of Queen MARY , or in the beginning of Queen ELIZABETH , and 't is by him quoted in the place excepted against . ( 2. ) From The Life of Queen Catherine , written by William Forest in the Reign of Queen Mary , and Dedicated to Her. 'T is also a Manuscript , and written in a fair Character on Parchment . ( 3. ) From An Apology for the Government of the Vniversity of Oxon against King Henry the Eighth , &c. written by a Master of Arts in the time of Queen Elizabeth . 'T is a Manuscript also , and hath all the Kings Letters therein , written to the University about the Question of Marriage and Divorce , with several passages relating to Convocations and Congregations , concerning the said Question . So now you may see , that he did not frame , or give those Reasons from his own Invention , but from Authors of Credit in the time they Lived . — ( Vpon what design I cannot easily imagin . ) There was no design at all in the matter , but only for Truth 's sake , which very few in these Days will deliver . — And , as if it were an ill thing , he takes pains to purge the Vniversity of it , &c. It was a very ill thing ( as he thought ) for a King by his Letters to frighten Persons out of their Consciences and Opinions , and to endeavour to force them ( as 't were ) to say and do what must please him : But forasmuch as the Masters would not be frightned , and therefore they were laid aside ▪ and the matter discussed and determined by a few Old Doctors , and Bachelors of Divinity , who would act and say any thing to please the King , lest danger should follow , they ought to be commended for keeping their Consciences sound , and standing up for that which they thought was Equity . — And without any Proof gives Credit to a Lying Story set down by Sanders , of an Assembly called by Night , &c. Sanders is not his Author , for he says no such thing in his Book De Schismate , of an Assembly called by Night . His Author , for it is the Apology before-mention'd , which adds , That when a Regent of Balliol-College ( whom the Scholars called King Henry ) heard that the Commissary ( or Vice-Chancellour ) and his Company were going to dispatch this Night-work , denied the Seal with his Breeches about his Shoulders for want of a Hood . See in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 1. p. 256. a. The Truth is , the Meeting was unseasonable , and all their Actions Clancular , as having been protested against by , and done without the consent of the Regents . And as for Sanders , tho' he cannot defend him , yet many things in his Book De Schismate , especially those relating to the University of Oxon , he finds , from other places , to be true . — But it appears , that he had never seen and considered the other Instrument , to which the Vniversity set their Seal , &c. The grand Collection , or Farrago , which Mr. Thomas Master , of New-College , drew up by the Lord Herbert's appointment , in order to write the Life of King Henry the Eighth , he had seen and perused , but could not with all his diligence find that Instrument , Act , or Decree of Convocation , neither in the Three great Folio's written by another Hand , containing Materials at large for the writing the said Life , neither in any of the Registers , Records , or Papers , belonging to the University : So that for those Reasons , and because that the Lord Herbert says , that it was blurred , and not intended for the King , and that also it was not under Seal ( you say 't was ) neither passed in the Majority of Votes , therefore did he omit it , as not Authentick . Truly he had good ground to think , that it was only drawn up , and not proposed ; for if it had been proposed , it would have been Registred , there being nothing proposed either in Convocation , or Congregation , but is Registred , whether denied or not : And the Register of that time is most exactly kept , and nothing , as he could perceive , hath been tore out . — There seems to be another Mistake in the Relation he gives , for he says , those of Paris had determined in this matter , &c. He says it not , for it was said by M. Warham Archbishop of Canterbury , then Chancellour of the University , in his Letters thereunto , To make what Expedition they could to give in their Answer to the King's Question , forasmuch as Paris and Cambridge had done it already . For this matter he Quotes the Book of Epistles sent from , and to the University of Oxon , which is a Manuscript in the Archieves of Bodley's Library , Epist . 197. Yet he believes the Archbishop said those things to hasten the Members of the Convocation of the University of Oxon the more , tho' probably it was not so . However he was not bound to take notice of that , but to follow Record as he had found it : And that he doth follow Record throughout his Book , there is not one ( as he presumes ) of the Venerable Senate of Antiquaries , or Historiographers , can deny it , &c. Thus far the Answer to the Animadversions of the Church Historian , made on a little part of Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. Now forasmuc has the said Church-Historian doth often quote and make use of several Manuscripts and Records in the Cottonian Library , it would be well worth the Curiosity of some Persons , to Enquire why he did not make use of a certain Volume in that Library , under Faustina , c. 7. containing Letters sent from , and Copies of Charters , Privileges , &c. of the University of Oxon : In which Letters are several Matters relating to the Reformation of the said University by certain Commissioners appointed by King Henry the Eighth , Anno 1535. To which may be Answered , that there being many Vile things in the said Letters , which tend rather to the Deformation of the said University , ( a Nursery to supply the Church ) they would have spoiled the smooth Current of his History of Reformation : And if so , as several Curious Persons have supposed , it doth , under favour , Argue much Partiality ; and he that is Partial , is not fit to be an Historian . One passage , among the rest , I shall here set down , written by Nicholas Layton , or Leighton , one of the Commissioners ; his Letter Dated the Twelfth of September , 1535 , and directed to Thomas Cromwell Secretary of State , ( wherein is mention made of some of the mad work they had done relating to the Works of the Famous Joh. Duns Scotus , ) tells you thus , We have set Dunce in Boccardo , ( meaning a Prison in Oxon so called , ) and have utterly Banished him Oxford for ever , with all his blind Glosses , and is now made a common Servant to every Man , fast Nailed up upon Posts in all Common Houses of Easement , Id quod oculis meis vidi . And the Second time we came to New-College , after we had declared their Injunctions , we found all the great Quadrant-Court full of the Leaves of Dunce , the Winds blowing them into every Corner , and there we found one Mr. Greenfeld , of Buckingham-shire , gathering part of the said Book-Leaves ( as he said ) therewith to make him Scuels , or Blaunsheers , to keep the Deer within the Wood , thereby to have the better Cry with his Hounds , &c. Thus , Thomas Layton : Which things were mostly done by Dr. John London , another Commissioner , at that time Warden of New-College , who spared not to Abuse his Founder , College , University , and his Conscience , to gain Favour from great Persons , and Wealth into his Purse . If so be the said Commissioners had such disrespect for that most famous Author J. Duns , who was so much admired by our Predecessors , and so difficult to be understood , that the Doctors of those times , namely Dr. William Roper , Dr. John Kynton , Dr. William Mowse , &c. professed , that in Twenty Eight Years Study , they could not understand him rightly , ( as John Bale , an inveterate Enemy to that Author , and Romanists , * reports , ) what then had they for others of inferiour Note ? Truly , I have very good reason to think , that the said Commissioners made sad Havock in the University at that time , and were not wanting , upon all occasions , to give an ill Report of Learning , and Learned Men. So it was , that what the Wisdom of former times did Advance , and Cry up , the Peevish and Base Humour of these ( 1535 ) did decry and run down , such is the World's Career . But now let 's proceed , It has been a Wonder , that among all the Members of the most Famous University of Oxon , who have signaliz'd their Learning and Industry in all Professions , and almost upon all Subjects , never have undertaken the History of the Writers thereof , and of Learning , till our Historiographer wrote the Athenae and Fasti Oxon , the First Volume of which coming out in 1691 , doth make the Second Volume which he has written . It was partly collected from Records , and Registers , and some of it from the Works of Authors who are therein mention'd . Another part from Books written pro and con , and what concerns the Death and Burial of Authors , is taken from Epitaphs , Parochial and other Registers , or from the Will , or Heralds-Office at London . And lastly , what is said of such Roman Catholick-Writers , either in that , or the Second Volume , who to enjoy their Religion in Peace and Safety , have fled their Native-Country , is partly taken from the Registers of those Colleges and Houses of Religion beyond the Seas , wherein they have settled , and spent their time , or from the Epitaphs , or Inscriptions on their Graves . All which hath been communicated to the Author by Letters from Persons mostly unknown to him . Now whereas the Bishop of Salisbury saith in his Letter , p. 9. That he hath been visibly made a Tool by some of the Church of Rome , to Reproach all the greatest Men of our Church ; is , under favour , not true , as he himself hath several times protested , and with Zealous Imprecations declared his Innocency of such a matter , so much , that he is ready to make Oath in any Court of Judicature , that he hath not in the least , either by Letter from , or Discourse with , any Roman Catholick , whether Religious , or Laick , been desired , persuaded , or provoked to speak any one thing of , or against , a Writer , or Bishop , or any Person else , of the Protestant Persuasion . His Lordship , in that Character of the Historiographer's being made a Tool , hath seemed much to incline to the vain Reports of some Men , and hath received things too much upon trust : For had he enquired of several Persons in Oxon of known Worth and Truth , he would have found him not to be so . But it seems those just Truths which he hath given of Trimmers and Temporizers relishes not with many Men of this Age. Furthermore also , whereas his Lordship doth alledg , That he hath laid together all that the Malice of Missionaries could furnish him with , to Blemish the Work of one of the greatest Men of our Church , Bishop Jewell ; is , under favour , a mistake , for he laid them not , but R Parsons the Jesuit , whom he Quotes for what he says : And if any thing be ill said of that Bishop , those of Parsons his Party are to Answer for it , while in the mean time the Author of the Athenae Oxon is so far from speaking ill of that Worthy and Learned Bishop , that he tells you in that Book , That he was one of the greatest Lights that the Reformed Church of England hath produced ; that for his great Learning and Sufferings he was made Bishop of Salisbury by Queen Elizabeth ; and adds , with Cambden , ( who was no Missionary ) That he was a wonderful , great , and deep Divine , a most stout and earnest Maintainer of our Reformed Religion , against the Adversaries of his Learned Books : That he was a Man of singular Ingeny , of exquifit Erudition in Theologicals , and of great Piety , &c. what more can be said ? If this is not enough , after an excellent Book written of his Life by the Learned Dr. Lawrence Humphrey , I know not what is . The Truth is , which may be easily observed by any ordinary Reader ( not prejudiced ) that the Author of Athenae Oxon. hath written * very impartially , and has related whatsoever he knows , whether good or bad , of those whose Lives he writes . The Roman Catholicks are not better used by him , than those of the Church of England , as may be seen in the Lives of many of them in the First Volume , among which are those of John Bekinson , William Chiadsey , Edm. Bonner , Thomas Harding , Henry Cole , Edm. Campian , John Nicholls , Robert Parsons , and others , whose great Mutability in Religion , ( which the Author of The works of the Learned calls Hyprocrisie ) he sets down . The Second Volume of the Athenae Oxon , which makes the Third Volume that the Author hath Published , was collected as the First , viz. From Records , Registers , &c. In it you 'll find a great deal of the Mystery of Iniquity Acted in that dismal Rebellion which was commenced by the Puritans , and other Factious People , Anno 1642 , opened and displayed . It shews how those Brethren were common Preachers up of Treason and Rebellion , and how their Pulpits were Esteemed by Observing Men , the Chairs of Juglers : That Blasphemies , Profanations , Absurdities , &c. were by them vented every Day in their Extemporary Prayers and Sermons , to the great blinding and misleading of the People . It shews how the Men of those times did turn themselves , and overturn all things , meerly for private Interest and Gain . It shews also the Instability of others , who then Swore and Forswore for their own Ends , made Religion a Stalking-Horse , and of Sacred Oaths , no more than common Knights of the Post . Therein you 'll find many passages relating to the Life and Actions of that Blessed Martyr King Charles the First , especially for the Two last Years of his Reign , which were never before Published , and the Intriegues of many of the Leading Men on the Rebels side , that were carried on , in bringing that Pious Prince to the Block . Therein you 'll find great and generous Sense of Loyalty in the Author , and from his Pen Just and Impartial Characters of the True and Suffering Sons of the Church of England ; as also the Impartial Relations of such as were not so , mostly taken from their own Books and Sermons , or Pamphlets written by the Brethren , or Royal Party . You 'll also find therein the Just Characters of many of the Nobility and Gentry that adhered to the said King when he was at Oxon , and what not of History that relates to that most Wicked and Barbarous Rebellion before-mention'd ? You 'll also find therein many bold and undeniable Truths , which treading too close on the heels of Time , several Persons ( whose Relations had been Actors in , or submitters to the Men in the said unparallel'd Rebellion , ) have endeavoured to make them Abuses and Libels , thereby to bring the Author into trouble . Both the Volumes of the Athenae and Fasti Oxon , ( which his Lordship of Salisbury calls a despicable Book ) are most exactly written according to time ; and the Author has been so punctual , that the very Day , and sometimes the Hour of a thing done , or of the Death of a Writer , or Bishop , is set down ; and all compacted in so good and exact a Method , that nothing of that Nature can possibly be done better : And therefore why his Lordship of Salisbury should say , That he has thrown together a Tumultuary mixture of Stuff and Tattle , none in Oxon can imagin it , or in the least judge where that Stuff and Tattle should be lodged . Both the said Volumes will , without doubt , be of great use to all Persons of Literature , but particularly to such as apply themselves to History , or Politicks , whom it concerns every Moment to know what kind of Men were the Authors of those Books they Read. Neither is that knowledg unnecessary to all that Study ; for as the Writing of Authors may be said to be the Picture of the Mind , so to know their Life , Religion , and most remarkable Actions , must needs be a great help towards judging rightly of their Sentiments . This being an infallible Truth , it has been a wonder to many , why his Lordship of Salisbury , who hath written many Lives ( and many more ) of Eminent Men , and seems to have a peculiar Genius that way , should now endeavour to run down the Athenae and Fasti Oxon , which consists all , or most , of Lives and Characters , and make it a despicable Book , and the Author a Scribler , &c. As for that passage in Mr. W. Fulman , in the Second Volume of Athenae , p. 625 , that his Corrections of , and Observations on , the First part of The History of the Reformation of the Church of England , were some omitted , and others curtail'd , &c. The Author had from Mr. Fulman himself , who related it several times with reluctancy before him , and some of his Collegiats of Christ-Church-College , and seemed to Condole his Misfortune , that his Labours and Lucubrations could not stand according to his Mind , desiring withal , that as the said Author had done * him right , as to the Collecting of the Works of King Charles the First , and obtaining Materials for the Writing of that King's Life ( the Glory of which , Dr. Richard Perinchief carried away , ) so he would be pleased to do him right in the Work ( Athenae Oxon ) that he was then Meditating , to let the World know of the omitting and curtailing of many of the said Observations . All which , he according to a promise then made , hath performed , and thereby done right to the Memory of his deceased Friend : Which being Just and Equitable , and not unbecoming an Historian , his Lordship of Salisbury needed not to expect to see a Writer of his ( Anthony Harmer ' s ) Rank descend so low to Cite such a Scribler , especially upon such an occasion , &c. Had it not been for Mr. Harmer's reference to a passage in the Second Volume of the Athenae Oxon. the Character of a Scribler , and other most terrible things of the Historiographer , would not have been mention'd ; but something must be said , let it be never so unjust , lest an Answer should be deficient , Et hinc Lachrymae . I cannot but reflect on that sort of Creature , who when for their Snarling and Barking , a Stone or a Stick is thrown at them , they turn Tail to him that threw it , and fall with Teeth , and Grins upon the poor Instrument of Correction . With Reverence be it spoken , there is a great likeness in the present Case . Mr. Harmer being a little offended with the Noise made by the Writer of The History of Reformation , thought fit to cast at him a passage out of Athenae Oxon. Vol. 2. p. 625. Upon this the Author of that History turns away from the Objecter , and falls upon the Book so Objected to him , with so much Fury , that if the Book had been burned , it had been better used . But pray where 's the Ingenuity of this Method of Defence ? Would any Court of Equity allow , that when a Person stands Convicted of a Crime by this or that Evidence , he shall not insist upon disproof of the Testimony , but fall upon the Witness , and call him Fool and Knave , because he dared to prove him guilty ? If the Writer of this Vindication had treated Mr. Harmer with some Scorn and Contempt , it had not affrighted him , nor deterr'd him from enquiring further into the truth * of things . And therefore it seems when he foresaw his Scorn and Contempt would be thrown away upon the said Mr. Harmer , he was resolv'd to cast it all upon the By-stander , the Author of Athenae Oxen. And it was wisely done , not to provoke the Man that wore the Sword , but to turn the Affront upon the Naked Passenger . And he has effectually done it upon one , who can digest a Rude thing , and equally neglect Greatness and Passion . The next matter that his Lordship of Salisbury takes notice of , is , His Barbarous attacking the Memory of his Predecessor Bishop Ward , who was in so many respects one of the greatest Men of his Age , &c. What his Lordship means by Barbarous attacking , is , no doubt , in his sense Abusing , or Reporting False things of him . If so , then let the Reader know that what is said , being taken from Register and Observation , is as clear as the Sun at Noon : But I see Truth must not be spoke at all times . Had his Lordship known Dr. Ward before His Majesties Restauration , he would have been of another Mind ; but his knowledg of him , was not , I presume , till after he was a Bishop , when then , and to the time of his Death , he was esteemed a Good and Excellent Man. The Truth is , he was a Man of Parts , and a great Royalist for a time ; but when he saw that King Charles the First was beheaded , and Monarchy never in a possibility of returning again , then did he change his Orthodox Principles , submit to the Men then in power , and Eat the Bread of Two Royalists , ( that had been Ejected , ) successively . And tho' his Friends say , that he never took the Oath cal●ed the Engagement , yet it appears that he did so in the Register belonging to the Committee for the Reformation of the University of Oxon , as I was many Years since informed by the Clerk belonging to that Committee . What his Life and Conversation was , while he Lived in Oxon , the poor Remnant of the Royalists that then remained there , would have told you , who usually said , That had not Dr. Ward degenerated from their Principles of Loyalty , he would not have lashed out into several Immoralities , &c. for the doing of which , he also lost the Opinion that the then Saints in the University had of him . And now to conclude , I shall leave with you the Character of the Author of the Athenae Oxon. which is at the end of the Epistle to the Reader , ( of which but few were Printed , ) set before the First Volume of the said Athenae running thus , The Reader is desired to know , that this Herculean Labour had been more proper for a Head , or Fellow of a College , or for a Publick Professor , or Officer of the most Noble University of Oxon , to have undertaken , than the Author , who never enjoyed any Place or Office therein , or can justly say , that he hath Eaten the Bread of any Founder . Also , that it had been a great deal more fit for one who pretends to be a Virtuoso , and to know all Men , and all things that are Transacted : Or for one who frequents much Society , where the Characters of Men and their Works are frequently discussed ; but the Author , alas , is so far from frequenting such Company , that he is as 't were Dead to the World , and utterly unknown in Person to the generality of Scholars in Oxon. He is likewise so great an Admirer of a Solitary and Retired Life , that he frequents no Assemblies of the said University , hath no Companion in Bed , or at Board , in his Studies , Walks , or Journeys , nor holds Communication with any , unless with some , and those very few , of Generous and Noble Spirits , that have in some measure been promoters and encouragers of this Work : And indeed all things considered , he is but a degree different from an Ascetick , as spending all or most of his time , whether by Day or Night , in Reading , Writing , or Divine Contemplation . However , he presumes , that the less his Company and Acquaintance is , the more Impartial his Endeavours will appear to the Ingenious and Learned , to whose Judgments only he submits them , and himself . To which I shall add what I know besides of the same Author , viz. That he did never in heat and forwardness meddle with a Subject , to which he was not prepar'd by Education , and a due Method of Studies : That he never Wrote to oblige a Rising Party , or to insinuate into the disposers of Preferment ; but has been content with his Station , and aimed at no end but Truth : That he never took up with the Transcript of Records , where the Originals might be consulted : Nor made use of others Eyes , when his own could serve : That he never Wrote in Post with his Body and his Thoughts in a hurry , but in a fix'd Abode , and with a deliberate Pen : That he never conceal'd an Ungrateful Truth , nor flourish'd over a Weak Place , but in sincerity of Meaning and Expression has thought an Historian should be a Man of Conscience : That he has never had a Patron to oblige , or forget , but has been a free and independent Writer : And in a Word , that he confesses there may be some Mistakes in Modern Things and Persons , when he could have no Evidence but from the information of living Friends , or perhaps Enemies : But he is confident , that where Records are cited , and where Authentick Evidence could possibly be had , there he has been Punctual and Exact . And therefore he defies Anth. Harmer to Write any one Specimen of Errours and Defects in his History ; or if he can find out Eighty Nine , or One Hundred , gross Mistakes , yet he should not value his Threats of further Exposing him , and his Writings . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A66946-e280 * Nich. Lloydius in Dictionario Historico , Geograph . Poet. &c. Edit . Oxon. in fol. 1670. p. 593. col . 2. in Voce Oxon. * In his Mystery of Iniquity , &c. Printed at Geneva , in Octavo , Anno 1545 , Fol. vel Pag. 26. * So in The Works of the Learned , &c. London , 1691. qu. p. 5. * See Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 243. See also in Athenae Oxon , Vol. 2. p. 625. * Preface to the Specimen of Errours , &c. p. 7. 
A94141	----	Reasons of the present judgement of the Vniversity of Oxford, concerning [brace] The Solemne League and Covenant. The Negative Oath. The Ordinances concerning discipline and vvorship. Approved by generall consent in a full convocation, 1. Jun. 1647. and presented to consideration. University of Oxford. Convocation. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A94141 of text R18621 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E391_15). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). 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A94141) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 112560) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 62:E391[15]) Reasons of the present judgement of the Vniversity of Oxford, concerning [brace] The Solemne League and Covenant. The Negative Oath. The Ordinances concerning discipline and vvorship. Approved by generall consent in a full convocation, 1. Jun. 1647. and presented to consideration. University of Oxford. Convocation. Zouch, Richard, 1590-1661. Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. [8], 35, [1] p. s.n.], [London : Printed in the yeare, 1647. "Stated by Wood to have been drawn up by Dr. Robert Sanderson in what referred to reason and conscience, and by Dr. Richard Zouche in the legal part, with the help of certain delegates [including Gerard Langbaine.]"--Madan 1926. Place of publication from Wing. The words "The Solemne .. vvorship." are bracketed together on title page. With errata on F2r. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 9th". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng University of Oxford -- Early works to 1800. Solemn League and Covenant (1643). -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A94141 R18621 (Thomason E391_15). civilwar no Reasons of the present judgement of the Vniversity of Oxford,: concerning [brace] The Solemne League and Covenant. The Negative Oath. The O University of Oxford. Convocation 1647 15556 54 5 0 0 0 0 38 D The rate of 38 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-02 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-03 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-03 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion REASONS Of the present judgement of the Vniversity of OXFORD , CONCERNING The Solemne League and Covenant . The Negative Oath . The Ordinances concerning Discipline and VVorship . Approved by generall consent in a full Convocation , 1. Jun. 1647. AND Presented to Consideration . ACADEMIA . OXONIENSIS . Printed in the Yeare , 1647. A Solemn League and Covenant , for Reformation , and defence of Religion , the honour and happinesse of the King , and the Peace and Safety of the three Kingdomes , England , Scotland , and Jreland . WE Noblemen , Barons , Knights , Gentlemen , Citizens , Burgesses , Ministers of the Gospell , and Commons of all sorts in the Kingdoms of England , Scotland , and Ireland , by the Providence of God living under one King , and being of one Reformed Religion , having before our eyes the glory of God , and the advancement of the Kingdome of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , the honour and happinesse of the Kings Majestie , and His Posterity , and the true publick Lybertie , Safetie , and Peace of the Kingdoms wherein every ones private condition is included , and calling to mind the treacherous and bloudy plots , Conspiracies , Attempts , and practices of the Enemies of God against the true Religion , and Professors thereof in all places , especially in these three Kingdomes , ever since the Reformation of Religion , and how much their rage , power , and presumption are of late , and at this time increased and exercised ; whereof the deplorable estate of the Church and Kingdom of Ireland , the distressed estate of the Church and Kingdome of England , and the dangerous estate of the Church and Kingdome of Scotland , are present and publick Testimonies ; We have now at last , ( after other meanes of supplication , Remonstrance , Protestations , and Sufferings ) for the preservation of our selves and our Religion from utter ruine and destruction , according to the commendable practice of these Kingdomes in former times , and the Example of Gods People in other Nations ; after mature deliberation resolved and determined to enter into a mutuall and solemne League and Covenant , wherein we all subscribe , and each one of us for himselfe with our hands lifted up to the most High God , do swear : I. THat we shall sincerely , really , and constantly , through the Grace of God , endeavour in our severall places and callings , the preservation of the Reformed Religion in the Church of Scotland , in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government , against our common Enemies ; The Reformation of Religion in the Kingdoms of England and Ireland in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government , according to the Word of God , and the example of the best reformed Churches : And shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three Kingdomes , to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in Religion , Confession of Faith , Form of C●urch Government , Directory for Worship and Catechizing ; That we and our posterity after us may as Brethren live in Faith and Love , and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us . II. That we shall in like manner , without respect of persons , endeavour the extirpation of Popery , Prelacy , ( that is , Church Government by Archbishops , Bishops , their Chancellours and Commissaries , Deans , Deans and Chapters , Archdeacons , and all other Ecclesiasticall Officers depending on that Hierarchy ) Superstition , Heresie , Schisme , Profanenesse , and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound Doctrine , and the power of Godlinesse ; lest we partake in other mens sinnes , and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues , and that the Lord may be one , and his Name one in the three Kingdomes . III. We shall with the same sincerity , reallity and constancy , in our severall Vocations , endeavour with our estates and lives , mutually to preserve the Rights and Privileges of the Parliaments , and the Liberties of the Kingdomes , and to preserve and defend the Kings Majesties person and authority , in the preservation and defence of the true Religion , and Liberties of the Kingdomes , that the world may bear witnesse with our consciences of our Loyaltie , and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish His Majesties just power and greatness : IIII. We shall also with all faithfullnesse endeavour the discovery of all such as have been , or shall be Incendiaries , Malignants , or evill Instruments , by hindring the Reformation of Religion , dividing the King from his people , or one of the Kingdomes from another , or making any faction or parties amongst the people , contrary to this League and Covenant , that they may be brought to publick triall , and receive condigne punishment , as the degree of their offences shall require or deserve , or the supream Judicatories of both Kingdomes respectively , or others having power from them for that effect , shall judge convenient . V. And whereas the happinesse of a blessed Peace between these Kingdomes , denied in former times to our progenitours , is by the good providence of God granted unto us , and hath been lately concluded , and setled by both Parliaments , we shall each one of us , according to our place and interest endeavour that they may remain conjoyned in a firm Peace and Union to all posterity ; And that Justice may be done upon the wilfull opposers thereof , in manner expressed in the precedent Articles . VI . We shall also according to our places and callings in this common cause of Religion , Liberty and Peace of the Kingdomes , assist and defend all those that enter into this League and Covenant ▪ in the maintaining and pursuing thereof , and shall not suffer our selves directly or indirectly by whatsoever combination , perswasion or terrour to be divided and withdrawn from this blessed Union and Conjunction , whether to make defection to the contrary part , or to give our selves to a detestable indifferencie or neutrality i● this caus● , which so much concerneth the glory of God , the good of the Kingdoms and the honour of the King ; but shall all the dayes of our lives zealously and constantly continue therei● , against all opposition & promote th esame according to our power , against all lets and impediments whatsoever ; and what we are not able our selves to suppress or overcome , we shall reveal ▪ & make known , that it may be timely prevented or removed ; All which we shall do as in the sight of God . And because these Kingdoms are guilty of many sinnes and provocations against God , and his Son Jesus Christ , as is too manifest by our present distresses and dangers the fruits thereof ; We professe and declare before God and the world , our unfained desire to be humbled for our owne sins , and for the sins of these Kingdoms , especially that we have not as we ought , valued the inestimable benefit of the Gospel , that we have not laboured for the puritie and power thereof , and that we have not endeavoured to receive Christ in our hearts , nor to walke worthy of him in our lives , which are the causes of other sinnes and transgressions so much abounding amongst us ; And our true and unfained purpose , desire , and endeavour for our selves , and all others under our power and charge , both in publick and in private , in all duties we owe to God and man , to amend our lives , and each one to goe before another in the example of a reall Reformation , that the Lord may turn away his wrath and heavy indignation , and establish these Churches and Kingdoms in truth and peace . And this Covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God the searcher of all hearts , with a true intention to perform the same , as we shall answer at that great day , when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed . Most humbly beseeching the Lord to strengthen us by his holy Spirit for this end , and to blesse our desires and proceedings with such successe , as may be deliverance and safety to his people , and encouragement to other Christian Churches groaning under , or in danger of the yoke of Antichristian tyrannie ; to joyn in the same , or like Association and Covenant , to the glory of God , the enlargement of the Kingdome of Jesus Christ , and the peace and tranquility of Christian Kingdoms and Common-wealths . The Negative Oath . I A. B. Doe sweare from my heart , that J will not directly , nor indirectly , adhere unto , or willingly assist the King in this War ▪ or in this Cause , against the Parliament , nor any Forces raised without the consent of the two Houses of Parliament , in this Cause or Warre : And J doe likewise sweare , that my comming and submitting my selfe under the Power and Protection of the Parliament , is without any manner of Designe whatsoever , to the prejudice of the proceedings of this present Parliament , and without the direction , privity , or advice of the King , or any of his Councell , or Officers , other then what J have now made knowne . So helpe me God , and the contents of this Booke . Reasons why the Vniversity of Oxford cannot submit to the Covenant , the Negative Oath , the Ordinance concerning Discipline and Directory mentioned in the late Ordinance of Parliament for the Visitation of that place . WHereas by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , for the Visitation and Reformation of the University of Oxford lately published , power is given to certain persons therein named as Visitors , to enquire concerning those of the said University that neglect to take the Solemne League and Covenant , and the Negative Oath being tendred unto them , and likewise concerning those that oppose the execution of the Ordinances of Parliament concerning the Discipline and Directory , or shall not promote or cause the same to be put in execution according to their severall places and callings , We the Masters , Scholars , and other Officers and Members of the said University , not to judge the Consciences of others , but to cleare our selves before God and the world from all suspicion of Obstinacie , whilst we discharge our own , present to consideration the true reasons of our present judgment concerning the said Covenant , Oath , and Ordinances : Expecting so much Justice , and hoping for so much Charity , as either not to be pressed to conforme to what is required in any the premisses , further then our present judgements will warrant us ; or not condemned for the refusing so to doe , without cleare and reall satisfaction given to our just scruples . §. I. Of the Pr●fac● to the Coven●●t . THe Exceptions against the Introductory Preface to the Covenant although we insist not much upon , because it may be said to be no part of the Covenant : yet among the things therein contained , the acknowledgment whereof is implicitely required of every Covenanter , 1. We are not able to say , that the rage , power , and presumption of the enemies of God ( in the sense there intended ) is at this time increased . 2. Nor can truly affirme that we had used , or given consent to any Supplication or Remonstrance to the purposes therein expressed . 3. Nor doe conceive the entring into such a mutuall League and Covenant to be a lawfull , proper and probable meanes to preserve our selves and our Religion from ruine and destruction . 4. Nor can believe the same to be according to the commendable practice of these Kingdomes , or the example of Gods people in other Nations . When we find not the least foot-step in our Histories of a sworne Covenant ever entred into by the people of this Kingdome upon any occasion whatsoever ; nor can readily remember any commendable example of the like done in any other Nation : but are rather told by the defenders of this Covenant , that a the world never saw the like before . §. II. Of the Covenant in grosse . FIrst , we are not satisfied , how we can submit to the taking thereof , as it is now imposed under a penalty . 1. Such imposition ( to our seeming ) being repugnant to the nature of a Covenant : which being a Contract implyeth a a voluntary mutuall consent of the Contractors ; whereunto men are to be induced by perswasions , not compelled by power . In so much that the very words of this Covenant in the Preface , conclusion , and whole frame thereof runne in such a forme throughout , as import a consent rather grounded upon prudentiall motives , then extorted by Rigour . 2. Without betraying the Liberty , which by our protestation we are bound , and in the third Article of this Covenant must sweare , with our lives and fortunes to preserve . To which Liberty the imposition of a new Oath , other then is established by Act of Parliament , is expressed in the b Petition of Right , and by the Lords and Commons in their c Declarations acknowledged to be contrary . 3. Without acknowledging in the Imposers , a greater Power then , for ought that appeareth to us , hath been in former time challenged ; Or can consist with our former Protestation ( if we rightly understand it ) in sundry the most materiall branches thereof . Neither , secondly , are we satisfied ; although the Covenant should not be imposed upon us at all , but only recommended to us , and then left to our choice ; 1. How we should in wisedome and duty ( being Subjects ) of our own accord and free will enter into a Covenant , wherein He , whose Subjects we are , is in any wise concerned , without his consent , either expressed or reasonably presumed . It being in his power ( as we conceive ) by the equity of the Law , Numb. 30. to annull and make void the same at his pleasure . 2. How we can ( now that His Majesty hath by His publique d Interdict sufficiently made known His pleasure in that behalfe ) enter into a Covenant , the taking whereof he hath expresly forbidden ; without forfeiting that Obedience , which ( as we are perswaded ) by our naturall Allegiance and former Oathes we owe unto all such His Majesties Commands , as are not in our apprehensions repugnant to the will of God , or the positive Laws of this Kingdome . § III. Of the first Article of the Covenant . WHerein , first , we are not satisfied , how we can with judgement sweare to endeavour to preserve the Religion of another Kingdome ; 1. Whereof , as it doth not concerne us to have very much , so we professe to have very little understanding . 2. Which ( so far as the occurrents of these unhappy times have brought it to our knowledge , and we are able to judge ) is in three of the foure specified particulars , viz. Worship , Discipline , and Government , much worse ; and in the fourth ( that of Doctrine ) not at all better then our own ; which we are in the next passage of the Article required to reforme . 3. Wherein if hereafter we shall find any thing ( as upon farther understanding thereof it is not impossible we may ) that may seem to us favouring of Popery , Superstition , Heresie , or Schisme , or contrary to sound doctrine , or the power of godlinesse ; we shall be bound by the next Article to endeavour the extirpation , after we have bound our selves by this first Article to the preservation thereof . 4. Wherein we already find some things ( to our thinking ) so far tending towards ( a ) Superstition and b Schisme , that it seemeth to us more reasonable that we should call upon them to reforme the same , then that they should call upon us to preserue it . Secondly , we are not satisfied in the next branch , concerning the Reformation of Religion in our own Kingdome , in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government ; How we can sweare to endeavour the same , ( which without making a change therein cannot be done , ) 1. Without manifest scandall to the Papist and Separatist , 1. By yeelding the cause , which our godly Bishops and Martyrs , and all our learned Divines ever since the Reformation have both by their writings and sufferings maintained ; who have justified , against them both , the Religion established in the Church of England to be agreeable to the Word of God . 2. By justifying the Papists in the reproaches and scorne by them cast upon our Religion , whose usuall objection it hath been and is , that we know not what our Religion is ; that since we left them , we cannot tell where to stay ; and that our Religion is a c Parliamentary Religion . 3. By a tacite acknowledgement that there is something both in the doctrine and worship , whereunto their conformity hath been required , not agreeable to the Word of God ; and consequently justifying them both , the one in his Recusancy , the other in his Separation . 4. By an implied Confession , that the Lawes formerly made against Papists in this Kingdome , and all punishments by virtue thereof inflicted upon them , were unjust ; in punishing them for refusing to joyne with us in that forme of Worship , which our selves ( as well as they ) doe not approve of . 2. Without manifest wrong unto our selves , our Consciences , Reputation and Estates ; in bearing false witnesse against our selves , and sundry other wayes : by swearing to endeavour to reforme that , as corrupt and vicious ▪ 1. Which we have formerly by our Personall Subscriptions approved , as agreeable to Gods Word : and have not been since either condemned by our own hearts for so doing ▪ or convinced in our judgements by any of our Brethren that therein we did amisse . 2. Which in our Consciences we are perswaded ▪ not to be in any of the foure specified particulars ( as it standeth by Law established ) much lesse in the whole foure , against the Word of God . 3. Which we verily believe ( and , as we think upon good grounds ) to be in sundry respects much better , and more agreeable to the Word of God , & the practice of the Catholique Church , then that which we should by the former words of this Article sweare to preserve . 4. Whereunto the d Lawes yet in force require of all such Clerks as shall be admitted to any Benefi●e , the signification of their hearty assent , to be attested openly in the time of Divine Service before the whole congregation there present , within a limited time , and that under pain ( upon default made ) of the losse of every such Benefice . 3. Without manifest danger of Perjury : This branch of the Article ( to our best understandings ) seeming directly contrary 1. To our former solemne Protestation , which we have bound our selves neither for hope , feare , or other respect ever to relinquish . Wherein the Doctrine which we have vowed to maintaine , by the name of the true Protestant Religion expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England , we take to be the ●ame which now we are required to endeavour to reform and alter . 2. To the Oath of Supremacy , by us also taken , according to the Lawes of the Realme , and the Statutes of our University in that behalfe . Wherein having first testified and declared in our Consciences , that the Kings Highnesse is the only supreme Governour of this Realme , we doe after swear to our power to assist and d●fend all Jurisdictions , Privileges , Preheminences , and Authorities granted or belonging to the Kings Highnesse , His Heires , and Successors , or united and annexed to the Imperia●● Crow●● of this Realm● . One of the which Privileges and Preheminences , by an expresse Statute so annexed , and that even , in termi●● , in the selfe-same words in a manner with those used in the Oath , is the whole power of Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall Jurisdiction , for the correction and reformation of all manner of errors and abuses in matters Ecclesiasticall : as by the e words of the said Statute more at large appeareth . The Oath affording the Proposition , and the Statute the Assumption , we find no way how to avoyd the Conclusion . §. IV. Of the Second Article of the Covenant . FIrst , it cannot but affect us with some griefe and Amazement , to see that antient forme of Church-Government , which we heartily ( and , as we hope , worthily ) honour ; as under which our Religion was at first so orderly , without violence or tumuk , and so happily , reformed ; and hath since so long flourished with Truth and Peace , to the honour and happinesse of our owne , and the envy and admiration of other Nations , not only 1. Endeavoured to be extirpated ; without any reason offered to our understandings , for which it should be thought necessary , or but so much as expedient so to doe . But also 2. Ranked with Popery , Superstition , Heresie , Schisme and Prophanesse ; which we unfainedly professe our selves to detest as much as any others whatsoever . 3. And that with some intimation also , as if that Government were some way or other so contrary to sound doctrine , or the power of godlinesse , that whosoever should not endeavour the extirpation thereof must of necesssity partake in other mens sins , which we cannot yet be perswaded to believe . 4. And we desire it may be considered , in case a Covenant of like forme should be tender'd to the Citizens of London , wherein they should be required to sweare , they would sincerely , really and constantly without respect of persons , endeavour the extirpation of Treason , the City Government ( by a Lord Major , Aldermen , Sheriffes , Common-Councel and other officers depending thereon ) Murther , Adultery , Theft , Cosenage , and whatsoever shall be , — &c. lest they should partake in other mens sinnes ; whether such a tendry could be looked upon by any Citizen that had the least spirit of freedome in him as an act of Justice , Meeknesse and Reason ? Secondly , for Episcopall Government ; we are not satisfied how we can with a good Conscience sweare to endeavour the extirpation thereof , 1. in respect of the thing it selfe . Concerning which government we thinke we have reason to believe , 1. That it is ( if not Jure divino in the strictest sense , that is to say , expressely commanded by God in his Word , yet ) of Apostolicall ▪ institution , that is to say , was established in the Churches by the Apostles , according to the mind and after the example of their Master Jesus Christ , and that by virtue of their ordinary power and authority derived from him , as deputed by him Governors of his Church . 2. Or at least , that Episcopall Aristocracy hath a fairer pretension , and may lay a juster title and claime to a Divine institution then any of the other formes of Church-Government can doe ; all which yet do pretend thereunto , viz. that of the Papall Monarchy , that of the Presbyterian Democracy , and that of the Independents by Particular Congregations , or Gathered Churches . 2. But we are assured by the undoubted testimony of Antient Records and later Histories , that this forme of Government hath beene continued with such an universall , uninterrupted , unquestioned succession in all the Churches of God , and in all Kingdomes that have beene called Christian throughout the whole world for fifteen hundred yeers together ; that there never was in all that time any considerable opposition made there against . That of Aërius was the greatest , wherein yet there was little of consideration , beside these two things : that it grew at the first but out of discontent ; and gained him at the last but the reputation of an Heretique . From which antiquity and continuance , we have just cause to fear , that to endeavour the extirpation thereof , 1. Would give such advantage to the Papists , who usually object against us , and our Religion , the contempt of antiquity , and the love of novelty ; that we should not be able to wipe off the aspersion . 2. Would so diminish the just authority due to the consentient judgement and practice of the universall Church ( the best interpreter of Scripture in things not clearly exprest ; for Lex currit cum praxi : ) that without it we should be at a losse in sundry points both of Faith and Manners , at this day firmely believed and securely practiced by us ; when by the Socinians , Anabaptists , and other Sectaries we should be called upon for our proofes . As namely sundry Orthodoxall explications concerning the Trinity and Co-equality of the Persons in the God-head , against the Arians and other Heretiques ; the number , use and efficacy of Sacraments ; the Baptising of Infants ; Nationall Churches ; the observation of the Lords-Day ; and even the Canon of Scripture it self . Thirdly , in respect of our selves ; we are not satisfied , how it can stand with the principles of Justice , Ingenuity , and Humanity , to require the extirpation of Episcopall Government ( unlesse it had been first cleerly demonstrated to be unlawful ) to be sincerely and really endeavoured , by us , 1. Who have all of us , who have taken any Degree by subscribing the 39. Articles , testified our approbation of that Government : one of those a Articles affirming the very Book containing the form of their Consecration to contain in it nothing contrary to the Word of God . 2. Who have most of us ( viz. as many as have entred into the Ministery ) received Orders from their hands : whom we should very ill requite for laying their hands upon us , if we should now lay to our hands to root them up , and cannot tell for what . 3. Who have sundry of us , since the beginning of this Parliament , subscribed our names to Petitions exhibited or intended to be exhibited to that High Court , for the continuance of that Government . Which as we then did sincerely and really , so we should with like sincerity and reality , still ( not having met with any thing since to shew us our errour ) be ready to doe the same again , if we had the same hopes we then had of the reception of such Petitions . 4. Who hold some of us our livelyhood , either in whole or in part , by those titles of Deanes , Deanes and Chapters , &c. mentioned in the Articles ; being members of some Collegiate or Cathedrall Churches . And our memories will not readily serve us with any example in this kind since the world began ; wherein any state or profession of men , though convicted ( as we are not ) of a crime that might deserve deprivation , were required to bind themselves by oath , sincerely and really to endeavour the rooting out of that ( in it selfe not unlawfull ) together wherewith they must also root out themselves , their estates and livelyhoods . 5. Especially it being usuall in most of the said Churches , that such persons as are admitted members thereof , have a personall Oath administred unto them , to maintain the honour ▪ Immunities , Libertyes , and profits of the same ; and whilst they live to seeke the good , and not to doe any thing to the hurt , hindrance , or prejudice thereof ; or in other words to the like effect . Fourthly , in respect of the Church of England : we are not satisfied how we can swear to endeavour the extirpation of the established Government ▪ no necessity or just Cause for so doing , either offering it selfe , or being offered to our understandings . 1. Since all change of Government unavoidably bringeth with it , besides those that are present and evident , sundry other ●●●onveniences , which no wit of man can possibly fore-see to provide against , till late experience discover them : We cannot be sure , that the evils which may ensue upon the change of this Government , ( which hath been of so long continuance in this Kingdome , is so deeply roo●ed in the Lawes thereof , and hath so neere a conjunction with , and so strong an influence upon the Civill State and Government , as that the change thereof must infer the necessity of a great alteration to be made in the other also ; ) may not be greater then the supposed evils whatsoever they are , which by this change are sought to be remedied . For there are not yet any come to our knowledge of that desperate nature , as not to be capable of other remedy , then the utter extirpation of the whole Government it selfe . 2. Whereas the House of Commons have b remonstrated , that it was far from their purpose or desire to abolish the Church-Government , but rather that all the members of the Church of England should be regulated by such Rules of Order and Discipline as are established by Parl●ament , and that it was Malignancie to infuse into the people that they had any other meaning : We are loth by consenting to the second Article to become guilty of such Infusion , as may bring us within the compasse and danger of the fourth Article of this Covenant . 3. Since it hath been declared by sundry c Acts of Parliament , That the holy Church of England was founded in the state of Prelacy within the Realm of England : We dare not by endeavouring the extirpation of Prelacy , strike at the very foundation , and thereby ( as much as in us lyeth ) cooperate towards the ●●ine of this famous Church ; which in all conscience and d●ty we are bound with out utmost lawfull power to uphold . Lastly , in respect of our Obligations to His Majesty by our Duty and oathes : we are not satisfied how we can swear to endeavour the extirpation of the Church-Government by Law established , without forfeiture of those Obligations . 1. Having in the Oath of Supremacie acknowledged the King to be the onely Supreme Governour in all Ecclesiasticall Causes and over all Ecclesiasticall Persons ; and having bound our selves both in that Oath , and by our Protestation , To maintain the Kings Honour , Estate , Jurisdictions , and all manner of Rights : it is cleare to our understandings , that we cannot without disloyalty and injury to Him , and double Perjury to our selves , take upon us without his consent to make any alteration in the Ecclesiasticall Lawes or Government , much lesse to endeavour the extirpation thereof : Unlesse the imposers of this Covenant had a power and meaning ( which they have openly d disclaimed ) to absolve us of that Obedience , which under God we owe unto His Majesty , whom they know to be intrusted with the Ecclesiasticall Law . 2. We cannot sincerely and really endeavour the extirpation of this Government , without a sincere desire and reall endeavour , that His Majesty would grant His Royall Assent to such extirpation . Which we are so far from desiring and endeavouring , that we hold it our bounden duty by our daily prayers to beg at the hands of Almighty God , that he would not for our sins suffer the King to doe an act so prejudiciall to his honour and conscience , as to consent to the rooting out of that estate , which by so many branches of his e Coronation Oath , he hath in such a solemne manner sworn by the assistance of God to his power to maintain and preserve . 3. By the Lawes of this Land , f the Collation of Bishopricks and g Deanries ; the h fruits and profits of their Lands and Revenues during their vacancies ; the i first fruits and yearly tenths out of all Ecclesiasticall Promotions ; and sundry other Privileges , Profits , and Emoluments , arising out of the State Ecclesiasticall , are established in the Crown , and are a considerable part of the Revenues thereof ; which , by the extirpation of Prelacy , as it is in the Article expounded , or by subsequent practice evidenced , will be severed and cut off from the Crown , to the great prejudice and damage thereof . Whereunto , as we ought not in common reason , and in order to our Allegiance as Subjects , yeeld our consent ; so having sworn expresly to maintain the Kings honour and estate , and to our power to assist and defend all Jurisdictions , &c. belonging to His Highnesse , or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crown of the Realm , we cannot without manifest Perjury ( as we conceive ) consent thereunto . 4. The Government of this Realm being confessedly an Empire or k Monarchy , and that of a most excellent temper and constitution : we understand not how it can become us to desire or endeavour the extirpation of that Government in the Church , which we conceive to be incomparably of all other the most agreeable , and no way prejudiciall to the state of so well a constituted Monarchy . In so much as King JAMES would often say , what his long experience had taught him , No Bishop , no King . Which Aphorisme , though we find in sundry Pamphlets of late yeares to have been exploded with much confidence and scorn ; yet we must professe to have met with very little in the proceedings of the late times , to weaken our belief of it . And we hope we shall be the lesse blamed for our unwillingnesse to have any actuall concurrence in the extirpating of Episcopall Government : seeing of such extirpation there is ▪ no other use imaginable , but either the alienation of their Revenues and Inheritances , ( which how it can be severed from Sacrilege and Injustice we leave others to find out ) or to make way for the introducing of some other form of Church-Government : which whatsoever it shall be , will ( as we think ) prove either destructive of , and inconsistent with Monarchicall Government , or at least-wise more prejudiciall to the peaceable , orderly , and effectuall exercise thereof , then a well-regulated Episcopacy can possibly be . §. V. Of the other parts of the Covenant . HAving insisted the more upon the two first Articles , that concern Religion and the Church , and wherein our selves have a more proper concernment : We shall need to insist the lesse upon those that follow , contenting our selves with a few ( the most obvious ) of those many great , and ( as we conceive ) just exceptions , that lye there against . In the third Article , we are not satisfied that our endeavour to preserve and defend the Kings Majesties Person and Authority is so limited , as there it is , by that addition , In the Preservation and defence of the true Religion , and Libertyes of the Kingdome . Forasmuch as 1. No such limitation of our duty in that behalf is to be found , either in the Oathes of Supremacy and Alleagiance , ( which no Papist would refuse to take with such a limitation ) nor in the Protestation , nor in the Word of God . 2. Our endeavour to preserve the Rights and Privileges of Parliaments , and the Libertyes of the Kingdomes , is required to be sworn of us in the same Article without the like or any other limitation added thereunto . 3. Such limitation leaveth the duty of the Subject , at so much loosenesse , and the safety of the King at so great uncertainty ; that whensoever the People shall have a mind to withdraw their obedience , they cannot want a pretence , from the same for so doing . 4. After we should , by the very last thing we did ( viz. swea●ing with such a limitation ) have made our selves guilty of an actuall and reall dimi●●tion ( as we conceive ) of His Majesties just power and greatnesse : the obtestation would seem very unseasonable ( at the least ) with the same breath to call the world to bear witnesse with our Consciences , that we had no thoughts or intentions to diminish the same . 5. The swearing with such a limitation is a Testimony of the Subjects Loyaltie ( to our seeming ) of a very strange nature : which , the Principles of their severall Religions salved , the Conscience of a most resolute Papist or Sectary may securely swallow , and the Conscience of a good Protestant cannot but str●in at . In the fourth Article , 1. We desire it may be considered , whether the imposing of the Covenant in this Article do not lay a necessity upon the Son , of accusing his own Father , and pursuing him to destruction ; in case he should be an Incendiary , Malignant , or other evill Instrument , such as in the Article is described . A course , which we conceive to be ▪ contrary to Religion , Nature and Humanity . 2. Whether the swearing according to this Article , doth not rather open a ready way , to Children that are sick of the Father , Husbands that are weary of their Wives , &c. by appealing such , as stand between them and their desires , of Malignancy , the better to effectuate their unlawfull intentions and designes . 3. Our selves having solemnly protested to maintain the Liberty of the Subject , and the House of Commons having publiquely declared against the exercise of an Arbitrary Power , with Order that their said Declaration should be printed and published in all the Parish-Churches and Chappells of the Kindome , there to stand and remaine as a testimony of the cle●rnesse of their intentions ; whether the subjecting of our selves and brethren by Oath , unto such punishments as shall be inflicted upon us ( without Law or Merit ) at the sole pleasure of such uncertaine Judges as shall be upon any particular occasion deputed for that effect , of what mean quality or abilities soever they be , even to the taking away of our lives , if they shall think it convenient so to doe , though the degree of our offences shall not require or deserve the same ; be not the betraying of our Liberty in the lowest , and the setting up of an Arbitrary Power in the highest degree , that can be imagined . The substance of the fift Article , being the settling and continuance of a firm peace and union between the three Kingdomes , since it is our bounden duty to desire , and according to our severall places and interests by all lawfull meanes to endeavour the same : we should make no scruple at all to enter into a Covenant to that purpose , were it not 1. That we doe not see , nor therefore can acknowledge the happinesse of such a blessed Peace between the three Kingdomes ( for we hope Ireland is not forgotten ) as in the Article is mentioned : So long as Ireland is at War within it self , and both the other Kingdomes engaged in that War . 2. That since no peace can be firme and well-grounded that is not bottom'd upon Justice , the most proper and adequate act whereof is , Jus suum cuique , to let every one have that which of right belongeth unto him ; we cannot conceive how a firm and lasting Peace can be established in these Kingdomes , unlesse the respective Authority , Power , and Liberty of King , Parliament , and Subject , as well every one as other , be preserved full and entire , according to the known Lawes and continued unquestioned customes of the severall Kingdomes in former times , and before the beginning of these sad distractions . In the sixth Article we are altogether unsatisfied . 1. The whole Article being grounded upon a supposition , which hath not yet been evidenced to us , viz. that this Cause , meaning thereby ( or else we understand it not ) the joyning in this Covenant of mutuall defence for the prosecution of the late War , was the cause of Religion , Liberty , and Peace of the Kingdomes ; and that it so much concerned the Glory of God , and the good of the Kingdomes , and the Honour of the King . 2. If all the Premisses were so cleare , that we durst yeeld our free assent thereunto , yet were they not sufficient to warrant to our consciences what in this Article is required to be sworn of us ; unlesse we were as clearly satisfied concerning the lawfulnesse of the means to be used for the supporting of such a Cause . For since evill may not be done , that good may come thereof ; we cannot yet be perswaded , that the Cause of Religion , Liberty , and Peace , may be supported ; or the Glory of God , the Good of the Kingdomes , and the Honour of the King sought to be advanced , by such means , as ( to our best understandings ) are both improper for those Ends , and destitute of all warrant from the Lawes , either of God , or of this Realm . Lastly , in the conclusion , our hearts tremble to think , that we should be required to pray that other Christian Churches might be encouraged by our example to joyn in the like Association and Covenant , to free themselves from the Antichristian yoke , &c. Wherein 1. To omit that we doe not know any Antichristian yoke under which we were held in these Kingdomes , and from which we owe to this either War or Covenant our freedome : unlesse by the Antichristian yoke be meant Episcopall Government , which we hope no man that pretendeth to Truth and Charity will affirm . 2. We doe not yet see in the fruits of this Association or Covenant among our selves , any thing so lovely asto invite us to desire ( much lesse to pray ) that other Christian Churches should follow our example herein . 3. To pray to the purpose in the conclusion of the Covenant expressed , seemeth to us all one in effect , as to beseech Almighty God , the God of Love and Peace , 1. To take all Love and Peace out of the hearts of Christians , and to set the whole Christian world in a combustion . 2. To render the Reformed Religion , and all Protestants odious to all the world . 3. To provoke the Princes of Europe to use more severity towards those of the Reformed Religion : if not ( for their own security ) to root them quite out of their severall Dominions . 4. The tyrannie and yoke of Antichrist , if laid upon the necks of Subjects by their lawfull Soveraigns , is to be thrown off by Christian boldnes in confessing the Truth , and Patient suffering for it ; not by taking up Arms , or violent resistance of the Higher Powers . §. VI . Some Considerations concerning the meaning of the Covenant . OUr aforesaid scruples are much strengthned by these ensuing Considerations . First that whereas no Oath , which is contradictory to it selfe , can be taken without Perjury ; because the one part of every contradiction must needs be false : this Covenant either indeed containeth , or at leastwise ( which to the point of conscience is not much lesse effectuall ) seemeth to us to contain sundry Contradictions : as namely , amongst others , these : 1. To preserve as it is , without change , and yet to reforme and alter , and not to preserve , one and the same Reformed Religion . 2. Absolutely and without exception to preserve ; and yet upon supposition to extirpate the self-same thing , viz. the present Religion of the Church of Scotland . 3. To reform Church-Government established in England and Ireland , according to the Word of God : and yet to extirpate that Government which we are perswaded to be according thereunto , for the introducing of another whereof we are not so perswaded . 4. To endeavour really the extirpation of Heresies , Schismes and Profanenesse ; and yet withall to extirpate that Government in the Church , the want of the due exercise whereof we conceive to have been one chief cause of the growth of the said evils ; and doe beleeve the restoring and continuance thereof would be the most proper and effectuall remedy . 5. To preserve with our estates and lives , the liberties of the Kingdome ; that is , ( as in the Protestation is explained ) of the Subject ; and yet contrary to these liberties , to submit to the imposition of this Covenant , and of the Negative Oath not yet established by Law : and to put our lives and estates under the arbitrary power of such as may take away both from us when they please , not onely without , but even against Law , if they shall judge it convenient so to doe . Secondly , we find in the Covenant , sundry expressions of dark or doubtfull construction : Whereunto we cannot sweare in judgement , till their sense be cleared and agreed upon . As , Who are the Common Enemies ? and which be the best Reformed Churches ? mentioned in the first Article . Who ( in the fourth Article ) are to be accounted Malignants ? How far that phrase of hindring Reformation may be extended ? What is meant by the supreme Judicatory of both Kingdomes ? and sundry other . Thirdly , by the use that hath been made of this Covenant , ( sometimes to purposes of dangerous consequence ) we are brought into some fears and jealousies , lest by taking the same we should cast our selves into more snares then we are yet aware of . For in the first Article , 1. Whereas we are to endeavour the Reformation of Religion in this Kingdome , in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline , and Government , according to the Word of God , and the example of the best Reformed Churches : 1. The Reformation in Worship ( whereby we could not suppose any more was intended ( according to their former a Declaration ) then a review of the Service-book , that the translations might be in some places amended , some alterations made in the Offices and Rubricks ; or at most some of the Ceremonies laid aside for the reasons of expediency and condescension ) hath produced an utter abolition of the whole form established : without substituting any other certain form in the room thereof . 2. The Reformation in point of Discipline and Government intended ( so far as by the overtures hitherto made we are able to judge ) is such , as we conceive not to be according to the Word of God , nor ( for any thing we know ) according to the example of any Church that ever was in the world ( best or worst ) since the Creation . 2. In the second Article , our griefe and fears had been lesse , if we could have observed the extirpation of Popery , Heresie , Schisme , and Profanenesse , to have been as really intended , and set on with as much speed and animosity , as the extirpation of Prelacy , and that which some call Superstition . But when we see , under the notions of rooting out Prelacy and Superstition , so much quicknesse used to fetch in the Revenues of the Church , and the sacred Utensils , ( no otherwise guilty of Superstition , for ought we know , then that they are worth something ) and on the other side , so little yet done toward the extirpation of Heresie , Schisme , and Profanenesse , ( as things of lesse temporall advantage . ) We cannot dissemble our suspicion , that the designers of this Covenant might have something else before their eyes besides what in the begining of the Introduction is expressed ; and that there is something meant in this Article , that looketh so like Sacrilege , that we are afraid to venture thereon . 3. In the third Article 1. Although we should not otherwise have apprehended any matter of danger or moment in the ordering of the particulars , in the Article mentioned : yet since M. Challoner in his Speech , and others have made advantage thereof to infer from that very order , that the defence of the Kings Person and Authority ought to be with subordination to the preservation of the Rights and Privileges of Parliaments , and the Liberties of the Kingdome , which are in the first place , and before it to be endeavoured ; We hope we shall be excused , if we dare not take the Covenant in this sense ; especially , considering that if the Argument be of any force , it will bind us at least , as strongly to endeavour the maintenance of the Kings Person , Honour and Estate in the first place , and the rest but subordinately thereunto ; because they are so ordered in the Protestation : And then , that Protestation having the advantage of preceding , it will bind us more strongly , as being the first obligation . 2. Whereas some have been the rather induced to take the Covenant in this particular by being told , that that limitation , in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdomes was not to be understood exclusively : yet when we finde that the House of Commons in their answer to the Scottish Papers , doe d often presse that limitation , as without which the endeavouring to preserve the Kings Majesties Person and Authority ought not to be mentioned ; it cannot but deter us from taking the Covenant in this particular so understood . 3. Especially being told in a late pamphlet , that the King not having preserved the Liberties of the Kingdome , &c. as of duty he ought , is thereby become a Tyrant , and so ceaseth to be a King , and consequently that his subjects cease to be Subjects , and owe him no longer subjection . Which assertion , since we heartily detest , as false and scandalous in the supposition , and in the inference seditious and divelish ; we dare not by subscribing this Article seeme to give the least countenance thereunto . 4. But it striketh us with horror to think what use hath been made of this fourth Article ; concerning the punishment of Malignants , &c. as by others otherwayes ; so especially by the Corrector of a speech without dores , written in the defence of M. Challoners Speech : Who is so bold as to tell the Parliament , that they are bound by their Covenant ▪ ( for the bringing of evill instruments to condigne punishment ) to destroy the King and his Posterity ; and that they cannot justifie the taking away of Straffords and Canterburies lives for Delinquency , whilst they suffer the cheif Delinquent to goe unpunished . §. VII . Of the Salvo's . THe Salvo's that we have usually met withall , for the avoyding of the aforesaid scruples , either concerning the whole Covenant , or some particulars therein of speciall importance : We find upon examination to be no way satisfactory to our Consciences . The first is that we may take the Covenant in our own sense : but this ( in a matter of this nature , viz. an imposed promisory Oath , in the performance whereof others also are presumed to be concerned ) seemeth to be 1. Contrary to the Nature and end of an Oath , which unlesse it be full of simplicity , cannot be Sworn in Truth and Righteousnesse , nor serve to the ending of controversies and contradictions , which was the use for which it was instituted , Heb. 6. 2. Contrary to the end of Speech : God having given us the use of Speech for this end , that it might be the interpreter of the minde ; it behoveth us as in all other our dealings and contracts , so especially where there is the intervention of an Oath , so to speak as that they , whom it concerneth , may clearly understand our meaning by our words . 3. Contrary to the end of the Covenant it self . Which being the confirmation of a firm union among the Covenanters , that by taking thereof they might have mutuall assurance of mutuall assistance & defence : If one may be allowed to take it in one sense , & another in a contrary ; the Covenanters shall have no more assurance of mutuall assistance each from other after the taking of the Covenant , then they had before . 4. Contrary to the Solemne profession made by each Covevanter ( in expresse termes in the conclusion thereof ) in the presence of Almighty God , the searcher of all hearts , that he taketh it with a true intention to perform the same , as he shall answer it at the great day . 2 This will bring a scandall upon our Religion , 1. That we practice that our selves , which we condemne in the Papist , viz. Swearing with Jesuiticall equivocations and mentall reservations . 2. That we take the glorious and dreadfull Name of God in vaine ; and play fast and loose with Oathes : in as much as what we swear to day in one sense , we may swear the direct contrary to morrow in another . And 3. It will give strength to that charge which is layd to the Presbyterian party , in speciall , both a by Jesuites and b Sectaries ; that there is no faith to be given to Protestants , whatever they swear ; because they may swear one thing in their Words , and in their own sense mean another . The second way is , to take the Covenant with these or the like generall Salvo's express●d , viz. So far as lawfully I may ; So far as it is agreeable to the Word of God , and the Lawes of the Land ; Saving all Oathes by me formerly taken , &c. But 1. We beleeve this mocking of God would be so far from freeing us from the guilt of Perjury , that thereby we should rather contract a new guilt of most vile and abominable Hypocrisie . 2 It seemeth all one unto us ( the thing being otherwise supposed unlawfull ) as if we should swear to kill , steal , commit adultery , or forswear our selves , so far as lawfully we may . 3. If this would satisfie the Conscience , we might with a good Conscience not only take the present Covenant , but even subscribe to the Councell of Trent also ; yea , and to the Turkish Alcoran ; and swear to maintain and defend either of them , viz. so far as lawfully we may , or as they are agreable to the Word of God . Thirdly , for the second Article in particular , in the branch concerning the extirpation of Church-Government , we are told that it is to be understood of the whole Government , taken collectively and in sensu composito , so as if we doe endeavour but the taking away of Apparitors only , or of any other one kind of inferiour officers belonging to the Ecclesiastcall Hierarchy , we shall have sufficiently discharged our whole promise in that particular without any prejudice done to Episcopacy . But 1. Neither the composers of the Covenant by their words , nor the imposers of it by their Actions , have given us the least signification that they meant no more . 2. Yea rather , if we may judge either by the cause or the effects , we may well think there was a meaning to extirpate the whole government , and every part thereof in the Article expressed . For 1. The Covenant being ( as we have no cause to doubt ) framed at the instance of the Scots and for the easier procuring of their assistance in the late War , was therefore in all reason so to be framed and understood as to give them satisfaction , & ( considering what themselves have c declared ) against Episcopacy , we have little reason to beleeve the taking away Apparitors , or any thing , lesse then the rooting out of Episcopacy it self , would have satisfied them . 2. The proceedings also since the entring of this Covenant in endeavouring by Ordinance of Parliament to take away the Name , Power , and Revenues of Bishops doe sadly give us to understand , what was their meaning therein . Fourthly , as to the scruples that arise from the Soveraignty of the King , and the duty of Allegiance as Subjects ; we find two severall wayes of answering , but little satisfaction in either . 1. The former , by saying ( which seemeth to us a piece of unreasonable and strange Divinity ) that Protection and Subjection standing in relation either to other , the King being now disabled to give us protection , we are thereby freed from our bond of subjection . Whereas 1. The Subjects obligation ( Jus subjectionis ) doth not spring from , nor relate unto the actuall exercise of Kingly protection ; but from and unto the Princes obligation to protect ( Jus Protectionis . ) Which obligation lying upon him as a duty which he is bound in conscience to performe , when it is in his power so to doe ; the relative obligation thereunto lyeth upon us as a duty which we are bound in conscience to performe , when it is in our power so to doe . His inability therefore to performe his duty doth not discharge us from the necessity of performing ours , so long as we are able to doe it . 2. If the King should not protect us , but neglect his part , though having power and ability to perform it ; his voluntary neglect ought not to free us from the faithfull performance of what is to be done on our part . How much lesse then ought we to think our selves dis-obliged from our subjection , when the Non-protection on his part is not from the want of will , but of power ? 2. The later ( wherein yet some have triumphed ) by saying that the Parliament being the supreme Judicatory of the Kingdome , the King , wheresoever in person , is ever present there in his power , as in all other Courts of Justice : and that therefore whatsoever is done by them , is not done without the King , but by him . But craving pardon first , if in things without our proper sphere we hap to speak unproperly or amisse ; We must next crave leave to be still of the same mind we were , till it shall be made evident to our understandings , that the King is there in his power , as it is evident to our senses that he is not there in his Person : Which so far as our naturall reason and small experience will serve us to judge , all that hath been said to that purpose can never doe . For , first , to the point of presence : 1. We have been brought up in a beliefe that for the making of Lawes the actuall d Royall assent was simply necessary , and not onely a virtuall assent supposed to be included in the Votes of the two Houses : otherwise , what use can be made of his Negative voice ? or what need to e desire his Royall assent , to that which may be done as well without it ? 2. The f Statute , providing that the Kings assent to any Bill signified under his great Seal shall be to all intents of Law as valid & effectual , as if he were personally present , doth clearly import that as to the effect of making a Law , the Kings Power is not otherwise really present with the two Houses , then it appeareth either in his Person or under his Seal : Any other real presence is to us a riddle , not much unlike to that of Transubstantiation : an imaginary thing , rather devised to serve turnes , then believed by those that are content to make use of it . 3. Such presence of the King there , when it shall be made appeare to us either from the writs , whereby the Members of both Houses are called together , or by the standing Lawes of the Land , or by the acknowledged judgement , and continued practice of former and later ages , or by any expresse from the King himself , clearly declaring his minde to that purpose , we shall then as becometh us , acknowledge the same , and willingly submit thereunto . And as for the Argument drawn from the Analogie of other Courts , wherein the Kings Power is alwayes supposed to be virtually present , under submission we conceive it is of no consequence . 1. The Arguments à minore and ȧ majore are subject to many fallacies ; and unlesse there be a parity of reason in every requisite respect between the things compared , will not hold good : A Pety Constable ( they say ) may doe something which a Justice of Peace cannot doe : And the Steward of a pety Mannour hath power to adminster an Oath , which ( as we are told ) the House of Commons it self hath no power to doe . 2. That the high Court of Parliament is the supream Judicatory , we have been told it is by vertue of the Kings right of presiding there , he being g the Supream Judge , and the Members of both Houses his Councell : Which being so , the reason of difference is plaine between that and other Judicatories in sundry respects . 1. The Judges in other Courts are deputed by him , and doe all in his name , and by his authority ; and therefore the presence of his power in those Courts of ministeriall Jurisdiction is sufficient , his personall presence not necessary , neither hath he any personall vote therein at all . But in the high Court of Parliament , where the King himself is the Supreme Judge , judging in his own name and by his own authority , his Power cannot be presumed to be really present without either the actuall presence of his person , or some virtuall representation thereof signified under his great Seal . 2. The Judges in inferiour Courts , because they are to act all in his name , and by his Authority , doe therefore take Oathes of fidelity for the right exercising of Judicature in their severall places ; sitting there , not by any proper interest of their owne , but only in right of the King , whose Judges they are , and therefore they are called the Kings Judges and his Ministers . But in the high Court of Parliament , the Lords and Commons sit there in Councell with the King as Supreme Judge for the good of the whole Realm ; and therefore they are not called the Kings Judges , but the Kings Councell : and they have their severall proper rights and interests peculiar and distinct both between themselves , & from that of the Kings ; by reason whereof they become distinct h Orders , or , as of late times they have been stiled ( in this sense as we conceive ) i three distinct Estates . Each of which being supposed to be the best Conservators of their own proper interest ; if the power of any one Estate should be presumed to be virtually present in the other two , that Estate must needs be in inevitably liable to suffer in the proper Interests thereof . Which might quickly prove destructive to the whole Kingdome : The safety and prosperity of the whole consisting in the conservation of the just rights and proper interests of the maine parts , viz. The King , Lords , and Commons , inviolate and entire . 3. The Judges of other Courts , for as much as their power is but ministeriall and meerly Judiciall ▪ are bounded by the present Lawes , and limited also by their owne Acts : so as they may neither swerve from the Laws , in giving Judgement , nor reverse their owne Judgements after they are given . But the High Court of Parliament , having ( by reason of the Kings Supreme Power presiding therein ) a Power Legislative as well as Judiciall , are not so limited by any earthly Power , but that they may change and over-rule the Lawes , and their own Acts at their pleasure . The Kings Personall assent therefore is not needfull in those other Courts , which are bounded by those Lawes whereunto the King hath already given his personall assent : but unto any Act of Power beside , beyond , above , or against the Lawes already established , we have been informed , and it seems to us very agreeable to reason , that the Kings Personall Assent should be absolutely necessary : Forasmuch as every such Act is the exercise of a Legislative rather then of a Judiciall power ; and no Act of Legislative power in any Community ( by consent of all Nations ) can be valid , unlesse it be confirmed by such person or persons as the Soveraignty of that Community resideth in . Which Soveraignty , with us , so undoubtedly resideth in the person of the King , that his ordinary style runneth , — Our k Soveraign Lord the King : And he is in the Oath of Supremacie expresly acknowledged to be the onely Supreme Governour within his Realmes . And we leave it to the wisdome of others to consider , what misery and mischief might come to the Kingdome , if the power of any of these three Estates should be swallowed up by any one or both the other , and if then under the name of a Judiciall there should be yee really exercised a Legislative power . 4. Since all Judiciall Power is radically and originally in the King , ( who is for that cause styled by the Lawes l The Fountaine of Justice ) and not in any other Person or Persons , but by derivation from him : it seemeth to us evident , that neither the Judges of inferiour Courts of ministeriall Justice , nor the Lords and Commons assembled in the High Court of Parliament , may of right exercise any other power over the Subjects of this Realm , then such as by their respective Patents and Writs issued from the King , or by the known established Laws of the Land formerly assented unto by the Kings of this Realm doth appear to have been from him derived unto them . Which Lawes , Patents and Writs being the exact boundary of their severall Powers , it hath not yet been made appeare to our understandings , either from the Lawes of the Realme , or from the tenour of those Writs by which the Parliament is called , that the two Houses of Parliament have any power without the King to order , command , or transact ; but with him m to treat , consult , and advise concerning the great affairs of the Kingdome . In which respect they have sundry times in their Declarations to His Majesty called themselves by the name of His great Councell . And those Lawes and Writs are ( as we conceive ) the proper Topick , from which the just power of the Honourable Houses can be convincingly deduced : and not such fraile Collections as the wits of men may raise from seeming Analogies and Proportions . § VIII . Of the Negative Oath . WE are not satisfied , how we can submit to the taking of the Negative Oath , 1. Without forfeiture of that liberty , which we have sworne and are bound to preserve . With which liberty we conceive it to be inconsistent , that any obligation should be laid upon the Subject , by an oath not established by Act of Parliament . 2 , Without abjuring our a naturall Allegiance , and violating the Oathes of Supremacy and Allegiance by us formerly taken . By all which being bound to our power to assist the King , we are by this Negative Oath required to swear , from our heart , not to assist him . 3. Without diminution of His Majesties just Power and greatnesse , contrary to the third Article of the Covenant ; by acknowledging a power in the two Houses of Parliament , in opposition to the Kings Power . Whereas we professe our selves unable to understand , how there can be any lawfull power exercised within this Realme , which is not subordinate to the power of the King . §. IX . Of the Ordinances conc●rning the Discipline and Directory . FIrst , concerning them all together ; we are not satisfied how we can submit to such Ordinances of the two Houses of Parliament not having the Royall Assent , 1. As are ▪ contrary to the established Lawes of this Realm contained in such Acts of Parliament as were made by the joynt consent of King , Lords , and Commons . 2. Nor so onely , but also pretend by repeal to abrogate such Act or Acts . For , since Ejusdem est potestati● destruere cujus est constituere , it will not sink with us , that a lesser power can have a just right to cancell and annull the Act of a greater . 3. Especially the whole power of ordering all matters Ecclesiasticall being by the Lawes in expresse words for ever annexed to the Imperiall Crown of this Realm . And upon what head that Crown ought to stand , none can be ignorant . As to the particular Ordinances : those that concern the Discipline , first . 1. If under that title be comprehended the Government also : we cannot submit thereunto ▪ without consenting to the eradication of a Government of reverend Antiquity in the Church . Which ( notwithstanding the severall changes of Religion within this Realm ) hath yet from time to time been continued and confirmed ●y the Pu●lique Laws and Great Charters of the Kingdome : then which there cannot be a more ample testimony that it was ever held agreeable to the Civill Government and the Su●jects liberty . Which also the successive Kings of this Realme at their severall Coronations have solemnly sworn to preserve . And the continuance whereof for sundry reasons before ( upon the second Article of the Covenant ) specified , we heartily wish and desire . 2. But if the word Discipline be taken ( as it is in the first Article of the Covenant ) as contradistinguished unto the Government : there is something even in that also , wherein we are not fully satisfied , viz. the leaving of so much power in so many persons , and those , many of them of meane quality , for the keeping back of thousands of well-meaning Christians from the benefit and comfort of the blessed Sacrament . An Austerity , for which there appeareth not to us any probable warrant from the Word of God : B●● which seemeth rather repugnant , as to the generall principles of Christian prudence and charity , so to the directions and practice of S. Paul in particular ; who in a Church abounding with sundry errors and corruptions both in faith and manners , ( having first given order for the excommunicating of one onely person that by shamelesse continuance in a notorious sinne had brought a foule scandall upon the Gospell ) sufficing himself then with a generall proposall of the great danger of unworthy communicating , remitteth every other particular person to a selfe-examination ; without any order either to Ministers or Lay-Elders to exclude any from the holy Communion upon their Examination . As to the Ordinance concerning the Directory in particular : we cannot without regret of Conscience , ( during our present judgement , and the continuance of the present Lawes ) consent to the taking away of the Book of Common-Prayer . 1. Which by our Subscriptions most of us have approved : with a solemne promise therewithall ▪ in the publique Service to use the forme prescribed therein , and no other . 2. Which , according to our said Subscription and Promise , and our bounden duty according to the Statute in that case provided , we have hitherto used in our Churches , Chappels , and other Oratories , to the great benefit and comfort of our soules . 3. Which we verily beleeve not to contain any thing which ( with such favourable construction as of right ought to be allowed to all manner of Writings ) is not justly defensible ; which hath not been by learned and godly men sufficiently maintained against such exceptions as haue been heretofore taken thereat ; and which we are not confident ( by the Assistance of Almighty God ) we shall be able to justifi● ( as occasion shall be offered ) against all Papists , and other oppugners or depravers thereof whatsoever . 4. Which is established by an Act of Parliament , made ( in peaceable times ) by as good and full authority as any under heaven can have over us . Which doth so weigh with us , that as it freeth us from the necessity of giving in any particular exceptions against the Directory or any thing therein contained : so it layeth an inevitable necessity upon us of continuing the forme of Prayer therein enjoyned , & of not admitting any Directory or other forme to the prejudice thereof , till the said Act shall by the like good and full authority be repealed . In which Statute there is not onely an expresse Command given to all Ministers for the using of the same ; but there are also sanctions of severe punishments to be inflicted upon such of them as shall refuse so to doe ; or shall preach , declare or speak any thing to the derogation or depraving of the Book of Common Prayer , or of any thing therein contained , or of any part thereof : with punishments also to be inflicted upon every other person whatsoever ( the Lords of the Parliament not excepted ) that shall in like manner declare or speak against the said Book ; or shall by deed or threatning compell or otherwise procure or maintain any Minister to say open Prayer , or to minister any Sacrament in any other manner or forme then is mentioned in the said Book ; or shall interrupt or hinder any Minister in the use of the said formes , as by the words of the said Statute more at large may appeare . Which Statute also hath had such an universall powerfull influence into the succeeding times , that in all such * Statutes as have been since made against Popish Recusants , the refusing to be present at Common-Prayer , or to receive the Sacrament according to the formes and rites mentioned in that Book , is expressed as the most proper legall character , whereby to distinguish a Popish Recusant from a true Protestant . In so much that use hath been made of that very Character in sundry Acts , since the beginning of this present Parliament for the taxing of double payments upon Recusants . THus have we clearly and freely represented our present judgement concerning the said Covenant , Negative Oath , and Ordinances ; which upon better information in any particular , we shall be ready to rectifie . Onely we desire it may be considered , that if any one single scruple or reason in any the premisses remaine unsatisfied , ( though we should receive full satisfaction in all the rest ) the Conscience would also remain still unsatisfied . And in that case , it can neither be reasonable for them that cannot satisfie us to presse us , nor lawfull for us that cannot be satisfied to submit to the said Covenant , Oath and Ordinances . QUINTIL . Quis damnaverit eum , qui duabus potentissimis rebus defenditur , Jure & mente ? ROM. 14. 22. Happy is he that condemneth not himselfe in that which he alloweth . THE END . ERRATA . Page 23. marg. read Haeretici . pag. 24. l. 12. read Ecclesiasticall . p. 24. l. 27. r. declared against Episcopacie ) p. 26. l ▪ ult. marg. r. Hen. 3. p. 28. l. 24. r. be inevitably . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A94141e-530 a Such an Oath , as for Matter , Persons , and other Circumstances , the like hath not been in any Age or Oath we read of in sacred or humane stories . M. Nye , Covenant with Narrative , pag. 12. a Pactum est duorum pluri●mv● in idem placitū consensus . L. 1. ff. de Pactis . b Whereas many of them have had an oath administred unto them not warrantable by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme , They doe humbly pray that no man hereafter be compelled to take such an oath — All which they most humbly pray — as their rights and liberties according to the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme . Petit. of Right , 3. c It is declared 16 Jan. 1642. That the King cannot compell men to be sworne without an act of Parliament . Exact Collect. pag. 859 , 860. d Proclam . of 9. Octob. 19. Car. ( viz. ) In accounting Bishops Antichristian , and indifferent Ceremonies unlawfull . b viz. In making their discipline and government a mark of the true Church , and the setting up thereof the erecting of the throne of Christ . c Let us not be blamed if we call it Parliament Religion , Parliament Gospel , Parliament Faith . Harding confut . of Apology , part 6. Chap. 2. d Stat. 13. Eliz. 12. e Such jurisdictions , privileges , superiorities and preheminences spirituall and ecclesiasticall , as by any , &c. for the Visitation of the Ecclesiasticall State and Persons , and for reformation , order and correction of the same , and of all manner errors , heresies , schismes , abuses , offences , contempts and enormities , shall for ever by authority of this present Parliament be united and annexed to the Imperiall Crown of this Realme . An Act restoring to the Crowne the antient Jurisdiction , &c. 1 Elizab. 1. a Art. 36. b — give advantage to this Malignant party to traduce our Proceedings . They infuse into the people that we mean to abolish all Church-Government — Remonst . 15. Dec. 1641. Exact Collect. pag. 19. The Lords and Commons doe declare , That they intend a due and necessary Reformation of the Government and Liturgie of the Church ; and to take away nothing in the one or in the other , but what shall be evill , and justly offensive , or at least unnecessary and burthensome . Declar. 9. Apr. 1642. Exact Coll. p. 135. c Statut. of Carlile 25. E. 1. recited 25. E. 3. d They infuse into the people , that we mean — to leave every man to his own fancie — absolving him of that Obedience which he owes under God unto His Majesty , whom we know to be entrusted with the Ecclesiasticall Law , as well as with the Temporall . Exact Collect. ubi sup . p. 19. e That he will grant , keep and confirm the Laws , Customes , and Franchises , granted to the Clergie by the glorious King S. Edward . And that he will grant and preserve unto the Bishops , and to the Churches committed to their charge , all Canonicall Privileges and due Law and Justice ; and that he will protect and defend them , as every good King in his Kingdome ought to be Protector and Defender of the Bishops and the Churches under their Government . Vide Exact Coll. p. 290 , 291. f See Stat. 25. H. 8. 20. & 1. E. 6. 2. g See Stat. 39. Eliz. 8. h Stat. 14. E. 3. 4. & 5. & 17. E. 3. 14 i Stat. 26. H. 8. 3. & 1. Eliz. 4. k — Supremam potestatem & merū imperium apud nos habet Rex . Cambd. Whereas by sundry divers old authentique Histories & Chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed , that this Realm of England is an Empire , and so hath been accepted in the w●rld , governed by one Supream Head and King , having the dignity and royall estate of the Imperiall Crown of the same . Stat. 24. H. 8. 12. See also 1 Elizab. 3. a The Lords & Commons doe declare , That they intend a due and necessary Reformation of the Liturgie of the Church ; and to take away nothing therein but what shall be evill , and justly offensive , or at least unnecessary and burthensome . Declarat . 9. Apr. 1642. Exact Coll. pag. 135. ( c ) From whence it is most evident , that the Rights and Privileges of the Parliaments and Liberties of the Kingdom are in the first place to be preserved . Answ . to Scotish Papers , 18. Nov. 1646. page 21. d We observe you mention the defence of the King twice from the Covenant , yet in both places leave out In the preservation and , &c. pag. 39. & 46. a maine clause , without which the other part ought never to be mentioned . pag. 56. a Haeretia nec Deo , nec hominibus ser●●●t fidem . — Speciatim h●● addo , Calvinistas in hac re deteriores esse qu●m Lutheranos . Nam Calvinistae nullam servant fidem : Jura , perjura . — Lutherani moderatiores sunt . Becan . 5. Manual . Controv. 14. n. 4. & 6. b Invent Oathes and Covenants for the Kingdome , dispence with them when he pleaseth , sweare and forsweare as the wind turneth , like a godly Presbyter . Arraig . of Persec . in Epist. Ded. c By the Covenant , both Houses of Parliament , & many thousands of other His Majesties Subjects of England and Ireland stand bound as well as we to hinder the setting up of the Church-Government by Bishops in the Kingdome of Scotland : And that we as well as they stand bound to endeavour the extirpation thereof in England and Ireland . Scots Declar. to the States of the United Provinces , 5. Aug. 1645. recited in Answer to the Scots Papers , pag. 23. d The old formes of Acts of Parliam . were , The King willeth , provideth , ordaineth , establisheth , granteth , &c. by the assent of Parliament , &c. See Statutes till 1 H. 4. After that , The King , of the assent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall , and at the speciall instance and request of the Commons of this Realm , hath ordained , &c. See Statutes 1 H. 4. till 1 H. 7. A forme of such Petition of the Commons , see 1 R. 3. 6. Prayen the Commons in this present Parliament assembled , that where , &c. Please it therefore your Highnesse , by the advice and assent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall in this your present Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , to ordaine , &c. No Bill is an Act of Parliament , Ordinance , or Edict of Law , although both the Houses agree unanimously in it , till it hath the Royall Assent . Ancient Customes , pag. 54. Assemblee de ceux troys Estats est appellee un Act de Parliament : car sans touts troys nest ascun Act de Parl. Finch Nomotech . fol. 21. We admit that no Acts of Parliament are complete , or formally binding without the Kings assent . H. P. Answer to David Jenkins , pag. 6. e — Which if your Majesty shall be pleased to adorne with your Majesties Royall assent , ( without which it can neither be complete and perfect , nor — ) Stat. 1. Jac. 1. f Stat. 33. H. 1. 21. g Dominus Rex habet ordinariam jurisdictionem , dignitatem & potestatem super omnes qui in regno suo sunt . — Ea quae jurisdictionis sunt & pacis — ad nullum pertinent nisi ad coronam & dignitatem Regians , nec à coronâ separari possunt . Bracton cited by Stamford , lib. 2. cap. 2. h For in our Lawes , the Clergie , Nobility , & Communalty are the 3. Estates . — We your said most loving , faithfull , and obedient Subjects , ( viz. the Lords Spirituall and Temporall , and the Commons ) representing your Three Estates of your Realme of England , 1 Eliz. 3. — the State of the Clergie being one of the greatest States of this Realme . 8 Eliz. 1. i See Finch supra ad lit. [ d ] . k The Crown of England hath been so free at all times , that it hath been in no earthly subjection , but immediately to God in all things touching the Regality of the said Crowne . — 16 R. 2. 5. Omnis sub eo est , & ipse sub nullo , nisi tantùm sub Deo. Parem autem non habet Rex in regno suo , quia — Item nec multò fortiùs superiorem aut potentiorem habere debet , quia sic esset inferior suis subjectis . Bracton . conten . 1. Rubr. 36. — Cui {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , legibus ipsis legum vim imponendi potestatem Deus dedit . Finch Nomotech . in Epist. Dedic. to K. James . l Fon● Justitiae . Bracton . By War to intend the alteration of the Lawes in any part of them , is to levy War against the King , and consequently Treason by the Statute of 25 E. 3. — because they are the Kings Lawes . He is the fountaine from whence in their severall channels they are derived to the Subject . Master Saint John's Speech concerning the Earle of Strafford , page 12. m — Et ibidem vobiscum colloquium habere , tractare super dictis negotiis tract : vestrumque consilium impensur : Writ to the Lords . a Every Subject by the duty of his Allegiance is bounden to serve and assist his Prince and Sov●raigne Lord at all seasons when need shall require . 11 H. 7. 18. Stat. 1. El. 1. 1 Cor. 5. 1. &c. 1 Cor. 11. 28. &c. 1 Eliz. * Stat. 23. Eliz. 1. & 29 Eliz. 6. & 35 El. 1. & 2. & 3 Jac. 4. & 5. 
A62025	----	Reasons of the present judgement of the Vniversity of Oxford concerning The Solemne League and Covenant, The Negative Oath, The Ordinances concerning discipline and vvorship : approved by generall consent in a full convocation, 1, Jun. 1647, and presented to consideration. Judicium Universitatis Oxoniensis. English Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A62025 of text R183228 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S624). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). 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A62025) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 64210) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 702:8) Reasons of the present judgement of the Vniversity of Oxford concerning The Solemne League and Covenant, The Negative Oath, The Ordinances concerning discipline and vvorship : approved by generall consent in a full convocation, 1, Jun. 1647, and presented to consideration. Judicium Universitatis Oxoniensis. English Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Zouch, Richard, 1590-1661. Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658. University of Oxford. [8], 35 p. s.n.], [London : 1647. "Stated by Wood to have been drawn up by Dr. Robert Sanderson in what referred to reason and conscience, and by Dr. Richard Zouche in the legal part, with the help of certain [other] delegates [including Gerard Langbaine.]"--cf. Madan 1926. Translation of: Judicium Universitatis Oxoniensis. First edition. Reprinted as an appendix to Walton's Life of Sanderson. Errata: p. 35. Reproduction of original in Duke University Library. Includes bibliographical references. eng University of Oxford -- Early works to 1800. Solemn League and Covenant (1643) Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. A62025 R183228 (Wing S624). civilwar no Reasons of the present judgement of the Vniversity of Oxford, concerning The solemne league and covenant. The negative oath. The ordinances Sanderson, Robert 1647 15539 13 5 0 0 0 0 12 C The rate of 12 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-12 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-01 John Latta Sampled and proofread 2003-01 John Latta Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion REASONS Of the present judgement of the Vniversity of OXFORD , CONCERNING The Solemne League and Covenant . The Negative Oath . The Ordinances concerning Discipline and VVorship . Approved by generall consent in a full Convocation , 1. Iun. 1647. AND Presented to Consideration . Printed in the Yeare , 1647. A Solemn League and Covenant , for Reformation , and defence of Religion , the honour and happinesse of the King , and the Peace and Safety of the three Kingdomes , England , Scotland , and Ireland . WE Noblemen , Barons , Knights , Gentlemen , Citizens , Burgesses , Ministers of the Gospell , and Commons of all sorts in the Kingdoms of England , Scotland , and Ireland , by the Providence of God living under one King , and being of one Reformed Religion , having before our eyes the glory of God , and the advancement of the Kingdome of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ , the honour and happinesse of the Kings Majestie , and His Posterity , and the true publick Lybertie , Safetie , and Peace of the Kingdoms wherein every ones private condition is included , and calling to mind the treacherous and bloudy plots , Conspiracies , Attempts , and practices of the Enemies of God against the true Religion , and Professors thereof in all places , especially in these three Kingdomes , ever since the Reformation of Religion , and how much their rage , power , and presumption are of late , and at this time increased and exercised ; whereof the deplorable estate of the Church and Kingdom of Ireland , the distressed estate of the Church and Kingdome of England , and the dangerous estate of the Church and Kingdome of Scotland , are present and publick Testimonies ; We have now at last , ( after other meanes of supplication , Remonstrance , Protestations , and Sufferings ) for the preservation of our selves and our Religion from utter ruine and destruction , according to the commendable practice of these Kingdomes in former times , and the Example of Gods People in other Nations ; after mature deliberation resolved and determined to enter into a mutuall and solemne League and Covenant , wherein we all subscribe , and each one of us for himselfe with our hands lifted up to the most High God , do swear : I. THat we shall sincerely , really , and constantly , through the Grace of God , endeavour in our severall places and callings , the preservation of the Reformed Religion in the Church of Scotland , in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government , against our common Enemies ; The Reformation of Religion in the Kingdoms of England and Ireland in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government , according to the Word of God , and the example of the best reformed Churches : And shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three Kingdomes , to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in Religion , Confession of Faith , Form of Church Government , Directory for Worship and Catechizing ; That we and our posterity after us may as Brethren live in Faith and Love , and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us . II. That we shall in like manner , without respect of persons , endeavour the extirpation of Popery , Prelacy , ( that is , Church Government by Archbishops , Bishops , their Chancellours and Commissaries , Deans , Deans and Chapters , Archdeacons , and all other Ecclesiasticall Officers depending on that Hierarchy ) Superstition , Heresie , Schisme , Profanenesse , and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound Doctrine , and the power of Godlinesse ; lest we partake in other mens sinnes , and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues , and that the Lord may be one , and his Name one in the three Kingdomes . III. We shall with the same sincerity , reallity and constancy , in our severall Vocations , endeavour with our estates and lives , mutually to preserve the Rights and Privileges of the Parliaments , and the Liberties of the Kingdomes , and to preserve and defend the Kings Majesties person and authority , in the preservation and defence of the true Religion , and Liberties of the Kingdomes , that the world may bear witnesse with our consciences of our Loyaltie , and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish His Majesties just power and greatness : IIII. We shall also with all faithfullnesse endeavour the discovery of all such as have been , or shall be Incendiaries , Malignants , or evill Instruments , by hindring the Reformation of Religion , dividing the King from his people , or one of the Kingdomes from another , or making any faction or parties amongst the people , contrary to this League and Covenant , that they may be brought to publick triall , and receive condigne punishment , as the degree of their offences shall require or deserve , or the supream Judicatories of both Kingdomes respectively , or others having power from them for that effect , shall judge convenient . V. And whereas the happinesse of a blessed Peace between these Kingdomes , denied in former times to our progenitours , is by the good providence of God granted unto us , and hath been lately concluded , and setled by both Parliaments , we shall each one of us , according to our place and interest endeavour that they may remain conjoyned in a firm Peace and Union to all posterity ; And that Justice may be done upon the wilfull opposers thereof , in manner expressed in the precedent Articles . VI . We shall also according to our places and callings in this common cause of Religion , Liberty and Peace of the Kingdomes , assist and defend all those that enter into this League and Covenant , in the maintaining and pursuing thereof , and shall not suffer our selves directly or indirectly by whatsoever combination , perswasion or terrour to be divided and withdrawn from this bles●ed Union and Conjunction , whether to make defection to the contrary part , or to give our selves to a detestable indifferencie or neutrality in this cause , which so much concerneth the glory of God , the good of the Kingdoms and the honour of the King ; but shall all the dayes of our lives zealously and constantly continue therein , against all opposition , & promote the same according to our power , against all lets and impediments whatsoever ; and what we are not able our selves to suppress or overcome , we shall reveal & make known , that it may be timely prevented or removed ; All which we shall do as in the sight of God . And because these Kingdoms are guilty of many sinnes and provocations against God , and his Son Iesus Christ , as is too manifest by our present distresses and dangers the fruits thereof ; We professe and declare before God and the world , our unfained desire to be humbled for our owne sins , and for the sins of these Kingdoms , especially that we have not as we ought , valued the inestimable benefit of the Gospel , that we have not laboured for the puritie and power thereof , and that we have not endeavoured to receive Christ in our hearts , nor to walke worthy of him in our lives , which are the causes of other sinnes and transgressions so much abounding amongst us ; And our true and unfained purpose , desire , and endeavour for our selves , and all others under our power and charge , both in publick and in private , in all duties we owe to God and man , to amend our lives , and each one to goe before another in the example of a reall Reformation , that the Lord may turn away his wrath and heavy indignation , and establish these Churches and Kingdoms in truth and peace . And this Covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God the searcher of all hearts , with a true intention to perform the same , as we shall answer at that great day , when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed . Most humbly beseeching the Lord to strengthen us by his holy Spirit for this end , and to blesse our desires and proceedings with such successe , as may be deliverance and safety to his people , and encouragement to other Christian Churches groaning under , or in danger of the yoke of Antichristian tyrannie ; to joyn in the same , or like Association and Covenant , to the glory of God , the enlargement of the Kingdome of Iesus Christ , and the peace and tranquility of Christian Kingdoms and Common-wealths . The Negative Oath . I A. B. Doe sweare from my heart , that I will not directly , nor indirectly , adhere unto , or willingly assist the King in this War , or in this Cause , against the Parliament , nor any Forces raised without the consent of the two Houses of Parliament , in this Cause or Warre : And I doe likewise sweare , that my comming and submitting my selfe under the Power and Protection of the Parliament , is without any manner of Designe whatsoever , to the prejudice of the proceedings of this present Parliament , and without the direction , privity , or advice of the King , or any of his Councell , or Officers , other then what I have now made knowne . So helpe me God , and the contents of this Booke . Reasons why the Vniversity of Oxford cannot submit to the Covenant , the Negative Oath , the Ordinance concerning Discipline and Directory mentioned in the late Ordinance of Parliament for the Visitation of that place . WHereas by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , for the Visitation and Reformation of the University of Oxford lately published , power is given to certain persons therein named as Visitors , to enquire concerning those of the said University that neglect to take the Solemne League and Covenant , and the Negative Oath being tendred unto them , and likewise concerning those that oppose the execution of the Ordinances of Parliament concerning the Discipline and Directory , or shall not promote or cause the same to be put in execution according to their severall places and callings , We the Masters , Scholars , and other Officers and Members of the said University , not to judge the Consciences of others , but to cleare our selves before God and the world from all suspicion of Obstinacie , whilst we discharge our own , present to consideration the true reasons of our present judgment concerning the said Covenant , Oath , and Ordinances : Expecting so much Justice , and hoping for so much Charity , as either not to be pressed to conforme to what is required in any the premisses , further then our present judgements will warrant us ; or not condemned for the refusing so to doe , without cleare and reall satisfaction given to our just scruples . §. I. Of the Preface to the Covenant . THe Exceptions against the Introductory Preface to the Covenant although we insist not much upon , because it may be said to be no part of the Covenant : yet among the things therein contained , the acknowledgment whereof is implicitely required of every Covenanter , 1. We are not able to say , that the rage , power , and presumption of the enemies of God ( in the sense there intended ) is at this time increased . 2. Nor can truly affirme that we had used , or given consent to any Supplication or Remonstrance to the purposes therein expressed . 3. Nor doe conceive the entring into such a mutuall League and Covenant to be a lawfull , proper and probable meanes to preserve our selves and our Religion from ruine and destruction . 4. Nor can believe the same to be according to the commendable practice of these Kingdomes , or the example of Gods people in other Nations . When we find not the least foot-step in our Histories of a sworne Covenant ever entred into by the people of this Kingdome upon any occasion whatsoever ; nor can readily remember any commendable example of the like done in any other Nation : but are rather told by the defenders of this Covenant , that a the world never saw the like before §. II. Of the Covenant in grosse . FIrst , we are not satisfied , how we can submit to the taking thereof , as it is now imposed under a penalty . 1. Such imposition ( to our seeming ) being repugnant to the nature of a Covenant : which being a Contract implyeth a a voluntary mutuall consent of the Contractors ; whereunto men are to be induced by perswasions , not compelled by power . In so much that the very words of this Covenant in the Preface , conclusion , and whole frame thereof runne in such a forme throughout , as import a consent rather grounded upon prudentiall motives , then extorted by Rigour . 2. Without betraying the Liberty , which by our protestation we are bound , and in the third Article of this Covenant must sweare , with our lives and fortunes to preserve . To which Liberty the imposition of a new Oath , other then is established by Act of Parliament , is expressed in the b Petition of Right , and by the Lords and Commons in their c Declarations acknowledged to be contrary . 3. Without acknowledging in the Imposers , a greater Power then , for ought that appeareth to us , hath been in former time challenged ; Or can consist with our former Protestation ( if we rightly understand it ) in sundry the most materiall branches thereof . Neither , secondly , are we satisfied ; ( although the Covenant should not be imposed upon us at all , but only recommended to us , and then left to our choice ; ) 1. How we should in wisedome and duty ( being Subjects ) of our own accord and free will enter into a Covenant , wherein He , whose Subjects we are , is in any wise concerned , without his consent , either expressed or reasonably presumed . It being in his power ( as we conceive ) by the equity of the Law , Numb. 30. to annull and make void the same at his pleasure . 2. How we can ( now that His Majesty hath by His publique d Interdict sufficiently made known His pleasure in that behalfe ) enter into a Covenant , the taking whereof he hath expresly forbidden ; without forfeiting that Obedience , which ( as we are perswaded ) by our naturall Allegiance and former Oathes we owe unto all such His Majesties Commands , as are not in our apprehensions repugnant to the will of God , or the positive Laws of this Kingdome . § III. Of the first Article of the Covenant . WHerein , first , we are not satisfied , how we can with judgement sweare to endeavour to preserve the Religion of another Kingdome ; 1. Whereof as it doth not concerne us to have very much , so we professe to have very little understanding . 2. Which ( so far as the occurrents of these unhappy times have brought it to our knowledge , and we are able to judge ) is in three of the foure specified particulars , viz. Worship , Discipline , and Government , much worse ; and in the fourth ( that of Doctrine ) not at all better then our own ; which we are in the next passage of the Article required to reforme . 3. Wherein if hereafter we shall find any thing ( as upon farther understanding thereof it is not impossible we may ) that may seem to us savouring of Popery , Superstition , Heresie , or Schisme , or contrary to sound doctrine , or the power of godlinesse ; we shall be bound by the next Article to endeavour the extirpation , after we have bound our selves by this first Article to the preservation thereof . 4. Wherein we already find some things ( to our thinking ) so far tending towards a Superstition and b Schisme , that it seemeth to us more reasonable that we should call upon them to reforme the same , then that they should call upon us to preserue it . Secondly , we are not satisfied in the next branch , concerning the Reformation of Religion in our own Kingdome , in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government ; How we can sweare to endeavour the same , ( which without making a change therein cannot be done , ) 1. Without manifest scandall to the Papist and Separatist , 1. By yeelding the cause , which our godly Bishops and Martyrs , and all our learned Divines ever since the Reformation have both by their writings and sufferings maintained ; who have justified , against them both , the Religion established in the Church of England to be agreeable to the Word of God . 2. By justifying the Papists in the reproaches and scorne by them cast upon our Religion , whose usuall objection it hath been and is , that we know not what our Religion is ; that since we left them , we cannot tell where to stay ; and that our Religion is a c Parliamentary Religion . 3. By a tacite acknowledgement that there is something both in the doctrine and worship , whereunto their conformity hath been required , not agreeable to the Word of God ; and consequently justifying them both , the one in his Recusancy , the other in his Separation . 4. By an implied Confession , that the Lawes formerly made against Papists in this Kingdome , and all punishments by virtue thereof inflicted upon them , were unjust ; in punishing them for refusing to joyne with us in that forme of Worship , which our selves ( as well as they ) doe not approve of . 2. Without manifest wrong unto our selves , our Consciences , Reputation and Estates ; in bearing false witnesse against our selves , and sundry other wayes : by swearing to endeavour to reforme that , as corrupt and vicious ▪ 1. Which we have formerly by our Personall Subscriptions approved , as agreeable to Gods Word : and have not been since either condemned by our own hearts for so doing , or convinced in our judgements by any of our Brethren that therein we did amisse . 2. Which in our Consciences we are perswaded , not to be in any of the foure specified particulars ( as it standeth by Law established ) much lesse in the whole foure , against the Word of God . 3. Which we verily believe ( and , as we think upon good grounds ) to be in sundry respects much better , and more agreeable to the Word of God , & the practice of the Catholique Church , then that which we should by the former words of this Article sweare to preserve . 4. Whereunto the d Lawes yet in force require of all such Clerks as shall be admitted to any Benefice , the signification of their hearty assent , to be attested openly in the time of Divine Service before the whole congregation there present , within a limited time , and that under pain ( upon default made ) of the losse of every such Benefice . 3. Without manifest danger of Perjury : This branch of the Article ( to our best understandings ) seeming directly contrary 1. To our former solemne Protestation , which we have bound our selves neither for hope , feare , or other respect ever to relinquish . Wherein the Doctrine which we have vowed to maintaine , by the name of the true Protestant Religion expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England , we take to be the same which now we are required to endeavour to reform and alter . 2. To the Oath of Supremacy , by us also taken , according to the Lawes of the Realme , and the Statutes of our University in that behalfe . Wherein having first testified and declared in our Consciences , that the Kings Highnesse is the only supreme Governour of this Realme , we doe after swear to our power to assist and defend all Iurisdictions , Privileges , Preheminences , and Authorities granted or belonging to the Kings Highnesse , His Heires , and Successors , or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of this Realme . One of the which privileges and Preheminences , by an expresse Statute so annexed , and that even , in terminis , in the selfe-same words in a manner with those used in the Oath , is the whole power of Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall Jurisdiction , for the correction and reformation of all manner of errors and abuses in matters Ecclesiasticall : as by the e words of the said Statute more at large appeareth . The Oath affording the Proposition , and the Statute the Assumption , we find no way how to avoyd the Conclusion . §. IV. of the Second Article of the Covenant . FIrst , it cannot but affect us with some griefe and Amazement , to see that antient forme of Church-Government , which we heartily ( and , as we hope , worthily ) honour ; as under which our Religion was at first so orderly , without violence or tumult , and so happily , reformed ; and hath since so long flourished with Truth and Peace , to the honour and happinesse of our owne , and the envy and admiration of other Nations , not only 1. Endeavoured to be extirpated ; without any reason offered to our understandings , for which it should be thought necessary , or but so much as expedient so to doe . But also 2. Ranked with Popery , Superstition , Heresie , Schisme and Prophanesse ; which we unfainedly professe our selves to detest as much as any others whatsoever . 3. And that with some intimation also , as if that Government were some way or other so contrary to sound doctrine , or the power of godlinesse , that whosoever should not endeavour the extirpation thereof must of necessity partake in other mens sins , which we cannot yet be perswaded to believe . 4. And we desire it may be considered , in case a Covenant of like forme should be tender'd to the Citizens of London , wherein they should be required to sweare , they would sincerely , really and constantly without respect of persons , endeavour the extirpation of Treason , the City Government ( by a Lord Major , Aldermen , Sheriffes , Common-Councel and other officers depending thereon ) Murther , Adultery , Theft , Cosenage , and whatsoever shall be , — &c. lest they should partake in other mens sinnes ; whether such a tendry could be looked upon by any Citizen that had the least spirit of freedome in him as an act of Justice , Meeknesse and Reason ? Secondly , for Episcopall Government ; we are not satisfied how we can with a good Conscience sweare to endeavour the extirpation thereof , 1. in respect of the thing it selfe . Concerning which government we thinke we have reason to believe , 1. That it is ( if not Iure divino in the strictest sense , that is to say , expressely commanded by God in his Word , yet ) of Apostolicall institution , that is to say , was established in the Churches by the Apostles , according to the mind and after the example of their Master Iesus Christ , and that by virtue of their ordinary power and authority derived from him , as deputed by him Governors of his Church . 2. Or at least , that Episcopall Aristocracy hath a fairer pretension , and may lay a juster title and claime to a Divine institution then any of the other formes of Church-Government can doe ; all which yet do pretend thereunto , viz. that of the Papall Monarchy , that of the Presbyterian Democracy , and that of the Independents by Particular Congregations , or Gathered Churches . 2. But we are assured by the undoubted testimony of Antient Records and later Histories , that this forme of Government hath beene continued with such an universall , uninterrupted , unquestioned succession in all the Churches of God , and in all Kingdomes that have beene called Christian throughout the whole world ▪ for fifteen hundred yeers together ; that there never was in all that time any considerable opposition made there against . That of Aërius was the greatest , wherein yet there was little of consideration , beside these two things : that it grew at the first but out of discontent ; and gained him at the last but the reputation of an Heretique . From which antiquity and continuance ▪ we have just cause to fear , that to endeavour the extirpation thereof , 1. Would give such advantage to the Papists , who usually object against us , and our Religion , the contempt of antiquity , and the love of novelty ; that we should not be able to wipe off the aspersion . 2. Would so diminish the just authority due to the consentient judgement and practice of the universall Church ( the best interpreter of Scripture in things not clearly exprest ; for Lex currit cum praxi : ) that without it we should be at a losse in sundry points both of Faith and Manners , at this day firmely believed and securely practiced by us ; when by the Socinians , Anabaptists , and other Sectaries we should be called upon for our proofes . As namely sundry Orthodoxall explications concerning the Trinity and Co-equality of the Persons in the God-head , against the Arians and other Heretiques ; the number , use and efficacy of Sacraments ; the Baptising of Infants ; Nationall Churches ; the observation of the Lords-Day ; and even the Canon of Scripture it self . Thirdly , in respect of our selves ; we are not satisfied , how it can stand with the principles of Iustice , Ingenuity , and Humanity , to require the extirpation of Episcopall Government ( unlesse it had been first cleerly demonstrated to be unlawful ) to be sincerely and really endeavoured , by us , 1. Who have all of us , who have taken any Degree by subscribing the 39. Articles , testified our approbation of that Government : one of those a Articles affirming the very Book containing the form of their Consecration to contain in it nothing contrary to the Word of God . 2. Who have most of us ( viz. as many as have entred into the Ministery ) received Orders from their hands : whom we should very ill requite for laying their hands upon us , if we should now lay to our hands to root them up , and cannot tell for what . 3. Who have sundry of us , since the beginning of this Parliament , subscribed our names to Petitions exhibited or intended to be exhibited to that High Court , for the continuance of that Government . Which as we then did sincerely and really , so we should with like sincerity and reality , still ( not having met with any thing since to shew us our errour ) be ready to doe the same again , if we had the same hopes we then had of the reception of such Petitions . 4. Who hold some of us our livelyhood , either in whole or in part , by those titles of Deanes , Deanes and Chapters , &c. mentioned in the Articles ; being members of some Collegiate or Cathedrall Churches . And our memories will not readily serve us with any example in this kind since the world began ; wherein any state or profession of men , though convicted ( as we are not ) of a crime that might deserve deprivation , were required to bind themselves by oath , sincerely and really to endeavour the rooting out of that ( in it selfe not unlawfull ) together wherewith they must also root out themselves , their estates and livelyhoods . 5. Especially it being usuall in most of the said Churches , that such persons as are admitted members thereof , have a personall Oath administred unto them , to maintain the honour , Immunities , Libertyes , and profits of the same ; and whilst they live to seeke the good , and not to doe any thing to the hurt , hindrance , or prejudice thereof ; or in other words to the like effect . Fourthly , in respect of the Church of England : we are not satisfied how we can swear to endeavour the extirpation of the established Government , no necessity or just Cause for so doing , either offering it selfe , or being offered to our understandings . 1. Since all change of Government unavoidably bringeth with it , besides those that are present and evident , sundry other inconveniences , which no wit of man can possibly fore-see to provide against , till late experience discover them : We cannot be sure , that the evils which may ensue upon the change of this Government , ( which hath been of so long continuance in this Kingdome , is so deeply rooted in the Lawes thereof , and hath so neere a conjunction with , and so strong an influence upon the Civill State and Government , as that the change thereof must infer the necessity of a great alteration to be made in the other also ; ) may not be greater then the supposed evils whatsoever they are , which by this change are sought to be remedied . For there are not yet any come to our knowledge of that desperate nature , as not to be capable of other remedy , then the utter extirpation of the whole Government it selfe . 2. Whereas the House of Commons have b remonstrated , that it was far from their purpose or desire to abolish the Church-Government , but rather that all the members of the Church of England should be regulated by such Rules of Order and Discipline as are established by Parliament , and that it was Malignancie to infuse into the people that they had any other meaning : We are loth by consenting to the second Article to become guilty of such Infusion , as may bring us within the compasse and danger of the fourth Article of this Covenant . 3. Since it hath been declared by sundry c Acts of Parliament , That the holy Church of England was founded in the state of Prelacy within the Realm of England : We dare not by endeavouring the extirpation of Prelacy , strike at the very foundation , and thereby ( as much as in us lyeth ) cooperate towards the ruine of this famous Church ; which in all conscience and duty we are bound with our utmost lawfull power to uphold . Lastly , in respect of our Obligations to His Majesty by our Duty and oathes : we are not satisfied how we can swear to endeavour the extirpation of the Church-Government by Law established , without forfeiture of those Obligations . 1. Having in the Oath of Supremacie acknowledged the King to be the onely Supreme Governour in all Ecclesiasticall Causes and over all Ecclesiasticall Persons ; and having bound our selves both in that Oath , and by our Protestation , To maintain the Kings Honour , Estate , Iurisdictions , and all manner of Rights : it is cleare to our understandings , that we cannot without disloyalty and injury to Him , and double Perjury to our selves , take upon us without his consent to make any alteration in the Ecclesiasticall Lawes or Government , much lesse to endeavour the extirpation thereof : Unlesse the imposers of this Covenant had a power and meaning ( which they have openly d disclaimed ) to absolve us of that Obedience , which under God we owe unto His Majesty , whom they know to be intrusted with the Ecclesiasticall Law . 2. We cannot sincerely and really endeavour the extirpation of this Government , without a sincere desire and reall endeavour , that His Majesty would grant His Royall Assent to such extirpation . Which we are so far from desiring and endeavouring , that we hold it our bounden duty by our daily prayers to beg at the hands of Almighty God , that he would not for our sins suffer the King to doe an act so prejudiciall to his honour and conscience , as to consent to the rooting out of that estate , which by so many branches of his e Coronation Oath , he hath in such a solemne manner sworn by the assistance of God to his power to maintain and preserve . 3. By the Lawes of this Land , f the Collation of Bishopricks and g Deanries ; the h fruits and profits of their Lands and Revenues during their vacancies ; the i first fruits and yearly tenths out of all Ecclesiasticall Promotions ; and sundry other Privileges , Profits , and Emoluments , arising out of the State Ecclesiasticall , are established in the Crown , and are a considerable part of the Revenues thereof ; which , by the extirpation of Prelacy , as it is in the Article expounded , or by subsequent practice evidenced , will be severed and cut off from the Crown , to the great prejudice and damage thereof . Whereunto , as we ought not in common reason , and in order to our Allegiance as Subjects , yeeld our consent ; so having sworn expresly to maintain the Kings honour and estate , and to our power to assist and defend all Jurisdictions , &c. belonging to His Highnesse , or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crown of the Realm , we cannot without manifest Perjury ( as we conceive ) consent thereunto . 4. The Government of this Realm being confessedly an Empire or k Monarchy , and that of a most excellent temper and constitution : we understand not how it can become us to desire or endeavour the extirpation of that Government in the Church , which we conceive to be incomparably of all other the most agreeable , and no way prejudiciall to the state of so well a constituted Monarchy . In so much as King JAMES would often say , what his long experience had taught him , No Bishop , no King . Which Aphorisme , though we find in sundry Pamphlets of late yeares to have been exploded with much confidence and scorn ; yet we must professe to have met with very little in the proceedings of the late times , to weaken our belief of it . And we hope we shall be the lesse blamed for our unwillingnesse to have any actuall concurrence in the extirpating of Episcopall Government : seeing of such extirpation there is no other use imaginable , but either the alienation of their Revenues and Inheritances , ( which how it can be severed from Sacrilege and Injustice we leave others to find out ) or to make way for the introducing of some other form of Church-Government : which whatsoever it shall be , will ( as we think ) prove either destructive of , and inconsistent with Monarchicall Government , or at least-wise more prejudiciall to the peaceable , orderly , and effectuall exercise thereof , then a well-regulated Episcopacy can possibly be . §. V. Of the other parts of the Covenant . HAving insisted the more upon the two first Articles , that concern Religion and the Church , and wherein our selves have a more proper concernment : We shall need to insist the lesse upon those that follow , contenting our selves with a few ( the most obvious ) of those many great , and ( as we conceive ) just exceptions , that lye there against . In the third Article , we are not satisfied that our endeavour to preserve and defend the Kings Majesties Person and Authority is so limited , as there it is , by that addition , In the Preservation and defence of the true Religion , and Libertyes of the Kingdome . Forasmuch as 1. No such limitation of our duty in that behalf is to be found , either in the Oathes ▪ of Supremacy and Alleagiance , ( which no Papist would refuse to take with such a limitation ) nor in the Protestation , nor in the Word of God . 2. Our endeavour to preserve the Rights and Privileges of Parliaments , and the Libertyes of the Kingdome , is required to be sworn of us in the same Article without the like or any other limitation added thereunto . 3. Such limitation leaveth the duty of the Subject , at so much loosenesse , and the safety of the King at so great uncertainty ; that whensoever the People shall have a mind to withdraw their obedience , they cannot want a pretence , from the same for so doing . 4. After we should , by the very last thing we did ( viz. swearing with such a limitation ) have made our selves guilty of an actuall and reall diminution ( as we conceive ) of His Majesties just power and greatnesse : the obtestation would seem very unseasonable ( at the least ) with the same breath to call the world to bear witnesse with our Consciences , that we had no thoughts or intentions to diminish the same . 5. The swearing with such a limitation is a Testimony of the Subjects Loyaltie ( to our seeming ) of a very strange nature : which , the Principles of their severall Religions salved , the Conscience of a most resolure Papist or Sectary may securely swallow , and the Conscience of a good Protestant cannot but strein at . In the fourth Article , 1. We desire it may be considered , whether the imposing of the Covenant in this Article do not lay a necessity upon the Son , of accusing his own Father , and pursuing him to destruction ; in case he should be an Incendiary , Malignant , or other evill Instrument , such as in the Article is described . A course , which we conceive to be contrary to Religion , Nature and Humanity . 2. Whether the swearing according to this Article , doth not rather open a ready way , to Children that are sick of the Father , Husbands that are weary of their Wives , &c. by appealing such , as stand between them and their desires , of Malignancy , the better to effectuate their unlawfull intentions and designes . 3. Our selves having solemnly protested to maintain the Liberty of the Subject , and the House of Commons having publiquely declared against the exercise of an Arbitrary Power , with Order that their said Declaration should be printed and published in all the Parish-Churches and Chappells of the Kindome , there to stand and remaine as a testimony of the clearnesse of their intentions ; whether the subjecting of our selves and brethren by Oath , unto such punishments as shall be inflicted upon us ( without Law or Merit ) at the sole pleasure of such uncertaine Judges as shall be upon any particular occasion deputed for that effect , of what mean quality or abilities soever they be , even to the taking away of our lives , if they shall think it convenient so to doe , though the degree of our offences shall not require or deserve the same ; be not the betraying of our Liberty in the lowest , and the setting up of an Arbitrary Power in the highest degree , that can be imagined . The substance of the fift Article , being the settling and continuance of a firm peace and union between the three Kingdomes , since it is our bounden duty to desire , and according to our severall places and interests by all lawfull meanes to endeavour the same : we should make no scruple at all to enter into a Covenant to that purpose , were it not 1. That we doe not see , nor therefore can acknowledge the happinesse of such a blessed Peace between the three Kingdomes ( for we hope Ireland is not forgotten ) as in the Article is mentioned : So long as Ireland is at War within it self , and both the other Kingdomes engaged in that War . 2. That since no peace can be firme and well-grounded that is not bottom'd upon Justice , the most proper and adequate act whereof is , Ius suum cuique , to let every one have that which of right belongeth unto him ; we cannot conceive how a firm and lasting Peace can be established in these Kingdomes , unlesse the respective Authority , Power , and Liberty of King , Parliament , and Subject , as well every one as other , be preserved full and entire , according to the known Lawes and continued unquestioned customes of the severall Kingdomes in former times , and before the beginning of these sad distractions . In the sixth Article we are altogether unsatisfied . 1. The whole Article being grounded upon a supposition , which hath not yet been evidenced to us , viz. that this Cause , meaning thereby ( or else we understand it not ) the joyning in this Covenant of mutuall defence for the prosecuon of the late War , was the cause of Religion , Liberty , and Peace of the Kingdomes ; and that it so much concerned the Glory of God , and the good of the Kingdomes , and the Honour of the King . 2. If all the Premisses were so cleare , that we durst yeeld our free assent thereunto , yet were they not sufficient to warrant to our consciences what in this Article is required to be sworn of us ; unlesse we were as clearly satisfied concerning the lawfulnesse of the means to be used for the supporting of such a Cause . For since evill may not be done , that good may come thereof ; we cannot yet be perswaded , that the Cause of Religion , Liberty , and Peace , may be supported ; or the Glory of God , the Good of the Kingdomes , and the Honour of the King sought to be advanced , by such means , as ( to our best understandings ) are both improper for those Ends , and destitute of all warrant from the Lawes , either of God , or of this Realm . Lastly , in the conclusion , our hearts tremble to think , that we should be required to pray that other Christian Churches might be encouraged by our example to joyn in the like Association and Covenant , to free themselves from the Antichristian yoke , &c. Wherein 1. To omit that we doe not know any Antichristian yoke under which we were held in these Kingdomes , and from which we owe to this either War or Covenant our freedome : unlesse by the Antichristian yoke be meant Episcopall Government , which we hope no man that pretendeth to Truth and Charity will affirm . 2. We doe not yet see in the fruits of this Association or Covenant among our selves , any thing so lovely as to invite us to desire ( much lesse to pray ) that other Christian Churches should follow our example herein . 3. To pray to the purpose in the conclusion of the Covenant expressed , seemeth to us all one in effect , as to beseech Almighty God , the God of Love and Peace , 1. To take all Love and Peace out of the hearts of Christians , and to set the whole Christian world in a combustion . 2. To render the Reformed Religion , and all Protestants odious to all the world . 3. To provoke the Princes of Europe to use more severity towards those of the Reformed Religion : if not ( for their own security ) to root them quite out of their severall Dominions . 4. The tyrannie and yoke of Antichrist , if laid upon the necks of Subjects by their lawfull Soveraigns , is to be thrown off by Christian boldnes in confessing the Truth , and Patient suffering for it ; not by taking up Arms , or violent resistance of the Higher Powers . §. VI . Some Considerations concerning the meaning of the Covenant . OUr aforesaid scruples are much strengthned by these ensuing Considerations . First , that whereas no Oath , which is contradictory to it selfe , can be taken without Perjury ; because the one part of every contradiction must needs be false : this Covenant either indeed containeth , or at leastwise ( which to the point of conscience is not much lesse effectuall ) seemeth to us to contain sundry Contradictions : as namely , amongst others , these : 1. To preserve as it is , without change , and yet to reforme and alter , and not to preserve , one and the same Reformed Religion . 2. Absolutely and without exception to preserve ; and yet upon supposition to extirpate the self-same thing , viz. the present Religion of the Church of Scotland . 3. To reform Church-Government established in England and Ireland , according to the Word of God : and yet to extirpate that Government which we are perswaded to be according thereunto , for the introducing of another whereof we are not so perswaded . 4. To endeavour really the extirpation of Heresies , Schismes and Profanenesse ; and yet withall to extirpate that Government in the Church , the want of the due exercise whereof we conceive to have been one chief cause of the growth of the said evils ; and doe beleeve the restoring and continuance thereof would be the most proper and effectuall remedy . 5. To preserve with our estates and lives , the liberties of the Kingdome ; that is , ( as in the Protestation is explained ) of the Subject ; and yet contrary to these liberties , to submit to the imposition of this Covenant , and of the Negative Oath not yet established by Law : and to put our lives and estates under the arbitrary power of such as may take away both from us when they please , not onely without , but even against Law , if they shall judge it convenient so to doe . Secondly , we find in the Covenant , sundry expressions of dark or doubtfull construction : Whereunto we cannot sweare in judgement , till their sense be cleared and agreed upon . As , Who are the Common Enemies ? and which be the best Reformed Churches ? mentioned in the first Article . Who ( in the fourth Article ) are to be accounted Malignants ? How far that phrase of hindring Reformation may be extended ? What is meant by the supreme Iudicatory of both Kingdomes ? and sundry other . Thirdly , by the use that hath been made of this Covenant , ( sometimes to purposes of dangerous consequence ) we are brought into some fears and jealousies , lest by taking the same we should cast our selves into more snares then we are yet aware of . For in the first Article , 1. Whereas we are to endeavour the Reformation of Religion in this Kingdome , in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline , and Government , according to the Word of God , and the example of the best Reformed Churches : 1. The Reformation in Worship ( whereby we could not suppose any more was intended ( according to their former a Declaration ) then a review of the Service-book , that the translations might be in some places amended , some alterations made in the Offices and Rubricks ; or at most some of the Ceremonies laid aside for the reasons of expediency and condescension ) hath produced an utter abolition of the whole form established : without substituting any other certain form in the room thereof . 2. The Reformation in point of Discipline and Government intended ( so far as by the overtures hitherto made we are able to judge ) is such , as we conceive not to be according to the Word of God , nor ( for any thing we know ) according to the example of any Church that ever was in the world ( best or worst ) since the Creation . 2. In the second Article , our griefe and fears had been lesse , if we could have observed the extirpation of Popery , Heresie , Schisme , and Profanenesse , to have been as really intended , and set on with as much speed and animosity , as the extirpation of Prelacy , and that which some call Superstition . But when we see , under the notions of rooting out Prelacy and Superstition , so much quicknesse used to fetch in the Revenues of the Church , and the sacred Utensils , ( no otherwise guilty of Superstition , for ought we know , then that they are worth something ) and on the other side , so little yet done toward the extirpation of Heresie , Schisme , and Profanenesse , ( as things of lesse temporall advantage . ) We cannot dissemble our suspicion , that the designers of this Covenant might have something else before their eyes besides what in the begining of the Introduction is expressed ; and that there is something meant in this Article , that looketh so like Sacrilege , that we are afraid to venture thereon . 3. In the third Article 1. Although we should not otherwise have apprehended any matter of danger or moment in the ordering of the particulars , in the Article mentioned : yet since M. Challoner in his Speech , and others have made advantage thereof to infer from that very order , that the defence of the Kings Person and Authority ought to be with subordination to the preservation of the Rights and Privileges of Parliaments , and the Liberties of the Kingdomes , which are in the first place , c and before it to be endeavoured ; We hope we shall be excused , if we dare not take the Covenant in this sense ; especially , considering that if the Argument be of any force it will bind us at least , as strongly to endeavour the maintenance of the Kings Person , Honour and Estate in the first place , and the rest but subordinately thereunto ; because they are so ordered in the Protestation : And then , that Protestation having the advantage of preceding , it will bind us more strongly , as being the first obligation . 2. Whereas some have been the rather induced to take the Covenant in this particular by being told , that that limitation , in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdomes was not to be understood exclusively : yet when we finde that the House of Commons in their answer to the Scottish Papers , doe d often presse that limitation , as without which the endeavouring to preserve the Kings Majesties Person and Authority ought not to be mentioned ; it cannot but deter us from taking the Covenant in this particular so understood . 3. Especially being told in a late pamphlet , that the King not having preserved the Liberties of the Kingdome , &c. as of duty he ought , is thereby become a Tyrant , and so ceaseth to be a King , and consequently that his subjects cease to be Subjects , and owe him no longer subjection . Which assertion , since we heartily detest , as false and scandalous in the supposition , and in the inference seditious and divelish ; we dare not by subscribing this Article seeme to give the least countenance thereunto . 4. But it striketh us with horror to think what use hath been made of this fourth Article ; concerning the punishment of Malignants , &c. as by others otherwayes ; so especially by the Corrector of a speech without dores , written in the defence of M. Challoners Speech : Who is so bold as to tell the Parliament , that they are bound by their Covenant● ( for the bringing of evill instruments to condigne punishment ) to destroy the King and his Posterity ; and that they cannot justifie the taking away of Straffords and Canterburies lives for Delinquency , whilst they suffer the cheif Delinquent to goe unpunished . §. VII . Of the Salvo's . THe Salvo's that we have usually met withall , for the avoyding of the aforesaid scruples , either concerning the whole Covenant , or some particulars therein of speciall importance : We find upon examination to be no way satisfactory to our Conscience . The first is that we may take the Covenant in our own sense : but this ( in a matter of this nature , viz. an imposed promisory Oath , in the performance whereof others also are presumed to be concerned ) seemeth to be 1. Contrary to the Nature and end of an Oath , which unlesse it be full of simplicity , cannot be Sworn in Truth and Righteousnesse , nor serve to the ending of controversies and contradictions , which was the use for which it was instituted , Heb. 6. 2. Contrary to the end of Speech : God having given us the use of Speech for this end , that it might be the interpreter of the minde ; it behoveth us as in all other our dealings and contracts , so especially where there is the intervention of an Oath , so to speak as that they , whom it concerneth , may clearly understand our meaning by our words . 3. Contrary to the end of the Covenant it self . Which being the confirmation of a firm union among the Covenanters , that by taking thereof they might have mutuall assurance of mutuall assistance & defence : If one may be allowed to take it in one sense , & another in a contrary ; the Covenanters shall have no more assurance of mutuall assistance each from other after the taking of the Covenant , then they had before . 4. Contrary to the Solemne profession made by each Covevanter ( in expresse termes in the conclusion thereof ) in the presence of Almighty God , the searcher of all hearts , that he taketh it with a true intention to perform the same , as he shall answer it at the great day . 2 This will bring a scandall upon our Religion , 1. That we practice that our selves , which we condemne in the Papist , viz. Swearing with Jesuiticall equivocations and mentall reservations . 2. That we take the glorious and dreadfull Name of God in vaine ; and play fast and loose with Oathes : in as much as what we swear to day in one sense , we may swear the direct contrary to morrow in another . And 3. It will give strength to that charge which is layd to the Presbyterian party , in speciall , both a by Iesuites and b Sectaries ; that there is no faith to be given to Protestants , whatever they swear ; because they may swear one thing in their Words , and in their own sense mean another . The second way is , to take the Covenant with these or the like generall Salvo's exp●essed , viz. So far as lawfully I may ; So far as it is agreeable to the Word of God , and the Lawes of the Land ; Saving all Oathes by me formerly taken , &c. But . 1. We beleeve this mocking of God would be so far from freeing us from the guilt of Perjury , that thereby we should rather contract a new guilt of most vile and abominable Hypocrisie . 2. It seemeth all one unto us ( the thing being otherwise supposed unlawfull ) as if we should swear to kill , steal , commit adultery , or forswear our selves , so far as lawfully we may . 3. If this would satisfie the Conscience , we might with a good Conscience not only take the present Covenant , but even subscribe to the Councell of Trent also ; yea and to the Turkish Alcoran ; and swear to maintain and defend either of them , viz. so far as lawfully we may , or as they are agreable to the Word of God . Thirdly , for the second Article in particular , in the branch concerning the extirpation of Church-Government , we are told that it is to be understood of the whole Government , taken collectively and in sensu composito , so as if we doe endeavour but the taking away of Apparitors only , or of any other one kind of inferiour officers belonging to the Ecclesiastcall Hierarchy , we shall have sufficiently discharged our whole promise in that particular without any prejudice done to Episcopacy . But 1. Neither the composers of the Covenant by their words , nor the imposers of it by their Actions , have given us the least signification that they meant no more . 2. Yea rather , if we may judge either by the cause or the effects , we may well think there was a meaning to extirpate the whole government , and every part thereof in the Article expressed . For 1. The Covenant being ( as we have no cause to doubt ) framed at the instance of the Scots and for the easier procuring of their assistance in the late War , was therefore in all reason so to be framed and understood as to give them satisfaction , & ( considering what themselves have c declared ) against Episcopacy , we have little reason to beleeve the taking away Apparitors , or any thing , lesse then the rooting out of Episcopacy it self , would have satisfied them . 2. The proceedings also since the entring of this Covenant in endeavouring by Ordinance of Parliament to take away the Name , Power , and Revenues of Bishops doe sadly give us to understand , what was their meaning therein . Fourthly , as to the scruples that arise from the Soveraignty of the King , and the duty of Allegiance as Subjects ; we find two severall wayes of answering , but little satisfaction in either . 1. The former , by saying ( which seemeth to us a piece of unreasonable and strange Divinity ) that Protection and Subjection standing in relation either to other , the King being now disabled to give us protection , we are thereby freed from our bond of subjection . Whereas 1. The Subjects obligation ( Ius subjectionis ) doth not spring from , nor relate unto the actuall exercise of Kingly protection ; but from and unto the Princes obligation to protect ( Ius Protectionis . ) Which obligation lying upon him as a duty which he is bound in conscience to performe , when it is in his power so to doe ; the relative obligation thereunto lyeth upon us as a duty which we are bound in conscience to performe , when it is in our power so to doe . His inability therefore to performe his duty doth not discharge us from the necessity of performing ours , so long as we are able to doe it . 2. If the King should not protect us , but neglect his part , though having power and ability to perform it ; his voluntary neglect ought not to free us from the faithfull performance of what is to be done on our part . How much lesse then ought we to think our selves dis-obliged from our subjection , when the Non-protection on his part is not from the want of will , but of power ? 2. The later ( wherein yet some have triumphed ) by saying that the Parliament being the supreme Judicatory of the Kingdome , the King , wheresoever in person , is ever present there in his power , as in all other Courts of Justice : and that therefore whatsoever is done by them , is not done without the King , but by him . But craving pardon first , if in things without our proper sphere we hap to speak unproperly or amisse ; We mustnext crave leave to be still of the same mind we were , till it shall be made evident to our understandings , that the King is there in his power , as it is evident to our senses that he is not there in his Person : Which so far as our naturall reason and small experience will serve us to judge , all that hath been said to that purpose can never doe . For , first , to the point of presence : 1. We have been brought up in a beliefe that for the making of Lawes the actuall d Royall assent was simply necessary , and not onely a virtuall assent supposed to be included in the Votes of the two Houses : otherwise , what use can be made of his Negative voice ? or what need to e desire his Royall assent , to that which may be done as well without it ? 2. The f Statute , providing that the Kings assent to any Bill signified under his great Seal shall be to all intents of Law as valid & effectual , as if he were personally present , doth clearly import that as to the effect of making a Law , the Kings Power is not otherwise really present with the two Houses , then it appeareth either in his Person or under his Seal : Any other real presence is to us a riddle , not much unlike to that of Transubstantiation : an imaginary thing , rather devised to serve turnes , then believed by those that are content to make use of it . 3. Such presence of the King there , when it shall be made appeare to us either from the writs , whereby the Members of both Houses are called together , or by the standing Lawes of the Land , or by the acknowledged judgement , and continued practice of former and later ages , or by any expresse from the King himself , clearly declaring his minde to that purpose , we shall then as becometh us , acknowledge the same , and willingly submit thereunto . And as for the Argument drawn from the Analogie of other Courts , wherein the Kings Power is alwayes supposed to be virtually present , under submission we conceive it is of no consequence . 1. The Arguments à minore and à majore are subject to many fallacies ; and unlesse there be a parity of reason in every requisite respect between the things compared , will not hold good : A Pety Constable ( they say ) may doe something which a Justice of Peace cannot doe : And the Steward of a pety Mannour hath power to adminster an Oath , which ( as we are told ) the House of Commons it self hath no power to doe . 2. That the high Court of Parliament is the supream Judicatory , we have been told it is by vertue of the Kings right of presiding there , he being g the Supream Iudge , and the Members of both House his Councell : Which being so , the reason of difference is plaine between that and other Judicatories in sundry respects . 1. The Judges in other Courts are deputed by him , and doe all in his name , and by his authority ; and therefore the presence of his power in those Courts of ministeriall Jurisdiction is sufficient , his personall presence not necessary , neither hath he any personall vote therein at all . But in the high Court of Parliament , where the King himself is the Supreme Judge , judging in his own name and by his own authority , his Power cannot be presumed to be really present without either the actuall presence of his person , or some virtuall representation thereof signified under his great Seal . 2. The Judges in inferiour Courts , because they are to act all in his name , and by his Authority , doe therefore take Oathes of fidelity for the right exercising of Judicature in their severall places ; sitting there , not by any proper interest of their owne , but only in right of the King , whose Judges they are , and therefore they are called the Kings Judges and his Ministers . But in the high Court of Parliament , the Lords and Commons sit there in Councell with the King as Supreme Judge for the good of the whole Realm ; and therefore they are not called the Kings Judges , but the Kings Councell : and they have their severall proper rights and interests peculiar and distinct both between themselves , & from that of the Kings ; by reason whereof they become distinct h Orders , or , as of late times they have been stiled ( in this sense as we conceive ) i three distinct Estates . Each of which being supposed to be the best Conservators of their own proper interest ; if the power of any one Estate should be presumed to be virtually present in the other two , that Estate must needs be in inevitably liable to suffer in the proper Interests thereof . Which might quickly prove destructive to the whole Kingdome : The safety and prosperity of the whole consisting in the conservation of the just rights and proper interests of the maine parts , viz. The King , Lords , and Commons , inviolate and entire . 3. The Judges of other Courts , for as much as their power is but ministeriall and meerly Judiciall , are bounded by the present Lawes , and limited also by their owne Acts : so as they may neither swerve from the Laws , in giving Judgement , nor reverse their owne Judgements after they are given . But the High Court of Parliament , having ( by reason of the Kings Supreme Power presiding therein ) a Power Legislative as well as Judiciall , are not so limited by any earthly Power , but that they may change and over-rule the Lawes , and their own Acts at their pleasure . The Kings Personall assent therefore is not needfull in those other Courts , which are bounded by those Lawes whereunto the King hath already given his personall assent : but unto any Act of Power beside , beyond , above , or against the Lawes already established , we have been informed , and it seems to us very agreeable to reason , that the Kings Personall Assent should be absolutely necessary : Forasmuch as every such Act is the exercise of a Legislative rather then of a Judiciall power ; and no Act of Legislative power in any Community ( by consent of all Nations ) can be valid , unlesse it be confirmed by such person or persons as the Soveraignty of that Community resideth in . Which Soveraignty , with us , so undoubtedly resideth in the person of the King , that his ordinary style runneth , — Our k Soveraign Lord the King : And he is in the Oath of Supremacie expresly acknowledged to be the onely Supreme Governour within his Realmes . And we leave it to the wisdome of others to consider , what misery and mischief might come to the Kingdome , if the power of any of these three Estates should be swallowed up by any one or both the other , and if then under the name of a Judiciall there should be yet really exercised a Legislative power . 4. Since all Judiciall Power is radically and originally in the King , ( who is for that cause styled by the Lawes l The Fountaine of Iustice ) and not in any other Person or Persons , but by derivation from him : it seemeth to us evident , that neither the Judges of inferiour Courts of ministeriall Justice , nor the Lords and Commons assembled in the High Court of Parliament , may of right exercise any other power over the Subjects of this Realm , then such as by their respective Patents and Writs issued from the King , or by the known established Laws of the Land formerly assented unto by the Kings of this Realm doth appear to have been from him derived unto them . Which Lawes , Patents and Writs being the exact boundary of their severall Powers it hath not yet been made appeare to our understandings , either from the Lawes of the Realme , or from the tenour of those Writs by which the Parliament is called , that the two Houses of Parliament have any power without the King to order , command , or transact ; but with him m to treat , consult , and advise concerning the great affairs of the Kingdome . In which respect they have sundry times in their Declarations to His Majesty called themselves by the name of His great Councell . And those Lawes and Writs are ( as we conceive ) the proper Topick , from which the just power of the Honourable Houses can be convincingly deduced : and not such fraile Colletions as the wits of men may raise from seeming Analogies and Proportions . § ▪ VIII . Of the Negative Oath . WE are not satisfied , how we can submit to the taking of the Negative Oath , 1. Without forfeiture of that liberty , which we have sworne and are bound to preserve . With which liberty we conceive it to be inconsistent , that any obligation should be laid upon the Subject , by an oath not established by Act of Parliament . 2 , Without abjuring our a naturall Allegiance , and violating the Oathes of Supremacy and Allegiance by us formerly taken . By all which being bound to our power to assit the King , we are by this Negative Oath required to swear , from our heart , not to assist him . 3. Without diminution of His Majesties just Power and greatnesse , contrary to the third Article of the Covenant ; by acknowledging a power in the two Houses of Parliament , in opposition to the Kings Power . Whereas we professe our selves unable to understand , how there can be any lawfull power exercised within this Realme , which is not subordinate to the power of the King . §. IX . Of the Ordinances concerning the Discipline and Directory . FIrst , concerning them all together ; we are not satisfied how we can submit to such Ordinances of the two Houses of Parliament not having the Royall Assent , 1. As are contrary to the established Lawes of this Realm contained in such Acts of Parliament as were made by the joynt consent of King , Lords , and Commons . 2. Nor so onely , but also pretend by repeal to abrogat such Act or Acts. For , since Ejusdem est potestatis destruere cujus est constituere , it will not sink with us , that a lesser power can have a just right to cancell and annull the Act of a greater . 3. Especially the whole power of ordering all matters Ecclesiasticall being by the Lawes in expresse words for ever annexed to the Imperiall Crown of this Realm . And upon what head that Crown ought to stand , none can be ignorant . As to the particular Ordinances : those that concern the Discipline , first . 1. If under that title be comprehended the Government also : we cannot submit thereunto , without consenting to the eradication of a Government of reverend Antiquity in the Church . Which ( notwithstanding the severall changes of Religion within this Realm ) hath yet from time to time been continued and confirmed by the Publique Laws and Great Charters of the Kingdome : then which there cannot be a more ample testimony that it was ever held agreeable to the Civill Government and the Subjects liberty . Which also the successive Kings of this Realme at their severall Coronations have solemnly sworn to preserve . And the continuance whereof for sundry reasons before ( upon the second Article of the Covenant ) specified , we heartily with and desire . 2. But if the word Discipline be taken ( as it is in the first Article of the Covenant ) as contradistinguished unto the Government : there is something even in that also , wherein we are not fully satisfied , viz. the leaving of so much power in so many persons , and those , many of them of meane quality , for the keeping back of thousands of well-meaning Christians from the benefit and comfort of the blessed Sacrament . An Austerity , for which there appeareth not to us any probable warrant from the World of God : But which seemeth rather repugnant , as to the generall principles of Christian prudence and charity , so to the directions and practice of S. Paul in particular ; who in a Church abounding with sundry errors and corruptions both in faith and manners , ( having first given order for the excommunicating of one onely person that by shamelesse continuance in a notorious sinne had brought a foule scandall upon the Gospell ) sufficing himself then with a generall proposall of the great danger of unworthy communicating , remitteth every other particular person to a selfe-examination ; without any order either to Ministers or Lay-Elders to exclude any from the holy Communion upon their Examination . As to the Ordinance concerning the Directory in particular : we cannot without regret of Conscience , ( during our present judgement , and the continuance of the present Lawes ) consent to the taking away of the Book of Common-Prayer . 1. Which by our Subscriptions most of us have approved : with a solemne promise therewithall , in the publique Service to use the forme prescribed therein , and no other . 2. Which , according to our said Subscription and Promise , and our bounden duty according to the Statute in that case provided , we have hitherto used in our Churches , Chapples , and other Oratories , to the great benefit and comfort of our soules . 3. Which we verily beleeve not to contain any thing which ( with such favourable construction as of right ought to be allowed to all manner of Writings ) is not justly defensible ; which hath not been by learned and godly men sufficiently maintained against such exceptions as haue been heretofore taken thereat ; and which we are not confident ( by the Assistance of Almighty God ) we shall be able to justifie ( as occasion shall be offered ) against all Papists , and other oppugners or depravers thereof whatsoever . 4. Which is established by an Act of Parliament , made ( in peaceable times ) by as good and full authority as any under heaven can have over us . Which doth so weigh with us , that as it freeth us from the necessity of giving in any particular exceptions against the Directory or any thing therein contained : so it layeth an inevitable necessity upon us of contunuing the forme of Prayer therein enjoyned , & of not admitting any Directory or other forme to the prejudice thereof , till the said Act shall by the like good and full authority be repealed . In which Statute there is not onely an expresse Command given to all Ministers for the using of the same ; but there are also sanctions of severe punishments to be inflicted upon such of them as shall refuse so to doe ; or shall preach , declare or speak any thing to the derogation or depraving of the Book of Common Prayer , or of any thing therein contained , or of any part thereof : with punishments also to be inflicted upon every other person whatsoever ( the Lords of the Parliament not excepted that shall in like manner declare or speak against the said Book ; or shall by deed or threatning compell or otherwise procure or maintain any Minister to say open Prayer , or to minister any Sacrament in any other manner or forme then is mentioned in the said Book ; or shall interrupt or hinder any Minister in the use of the said formes , as by the words of the said Statute more at large may appeare . Which Statute also hath had such an universall powerfull influence into the succeeding times , that in all such * Statutes as have been since made against Popish Recusants , the refusing to be present at Common-Prayer , or to receive the Sacrament according to the formes and rites mentioned in that Book , is expressed as the most proper legall character , whereby to distinguish a Popish Recusant from a true Protestant . In so much that use hath been made of that very Character in sundry Acts , since the beginning of this present Parliament for the taxing of double payments upon Recusants . THus have we clearly and freely represented our present judgement concerning the said Covenant , Negative Oath , and Ordinances ; which upon better information in any particular , we shall be ready to rectifie . Onely we desire it may be considered , that if any one single scruple or reason in any the premisses remaine unsatisfied , ( though we should receive full satisfaction in all the rest ) the Conscience would also remain still unsatisfied . And in that case , it can neither be reasonable for them that cannot satisfie us to presse us , nor lawfull for us that cannot be satisfied to submit to the said Covenant , Oath and Ordinances . QUINTIL . Quis damnaverit eum , qui duabus potentissimis rebus defenditur . Iure & mente ? ROM. 14. 22. Happy is he that condemneth not himselfe in that which he alloweth . THE END . ERRATA . Page 23. marg. read Haeretici . pag. 24. l. 12. read Ecclesiasticall . p. 24. l. 27. r. declared against Episcopacie ) p. 26. l. ult. marg. r. Hen. 3. p. 28. 1. 24. r. be inevitably . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A62025e-480 a Such an Oath , as for Matter , Persons , and other Circumstances , the like hath not been in any Age or Oath we read of in sacred or humane stories . M. Nye , Covenant with Narrative , pag. 12. a Pactum est duorum pluriúmve in idem placitū consensus . L. 1. ff. de Pactis . b Whereas many of them have had an oath administred unto them not warrantable by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme ▪ They doe humbly pray that no man hereafter be compelled to take such an oath . — All which they most humbly pray — as their rights and liberties according to the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme . Petit. of Right , 3. c It is declared 16 Ian. 1642. That the King cannot compell men to be sworne without an act of Parliament . Exact Collect. pag. 859 , 860. d Proclam . of 9. Octob. 19. Car. a ( viz. ) In accounting Bishops Antichristian , and indifferent Ceremonies unlawfull . b viz. In making their discipline and government a mark of the true Church , and the setting up thereof the erecting of the throne of Christ . c Let us not be blamed if we call it Parliament Religion , Parliament Gospel , Parliament Faith . Harding confut . of Apology , part 6. Chap. 2. d Stat. 13. Eliz. 12. e Such jurisdictions , privileges , superiorities and preheminences spirituall and ecclesiasticall , as by any , &c. for the Visitation of the Ecclesiasticall State and Persons , and for reformation order and correction of the same , and of all manner errors , heresies , schismes , abuses , offences , contempts and enormities , shall for ever by authority of this present Parliament be united and annexed to the Imperiall Crown of this Realme . An Act restoring to the Crowne the antient Jurisdiction , &c. 1 Elizab. I. a Art. 36. b — give advantage to this Malignant party to traduce our Proceedings . They infuse into the people that we mean to abolish all Church-Government — Remonst . 15. Dec. 1641. Exact Collect. pag. 19. The Lords and Commons doe declare , That they intend a due and necessary Reformation of the Government and Liturgie of the Church ; and to take away nothing in the one or in the other , but what shall be evill , and justly offensive , or at least unnecessary and burthensome . Declar. 9. Apr. 1642. Exact Coll. p. 135. c Statut. of Carlile 25. E. 1. recited 25. E. 3. d They infuse into the people , that we mean — to leave every man to his own fancie — absolving him of that Obedience which he owes under God unto His Majesty , whom we know to be entrusted with the Ecclesiasticall Law , as well as with the Temporall . Exact Collect. ubi sup . p. 19. e That he will grant , keep and confirm the Laws , Customes , and Franchises , granted to the Clergie by the glorious King S. Edward . And that he will grant and preserve unto the Bishops , and to the Churches committed to their charge , all Canonicall Privileges and due Law and Iustice ; and that he will protect and defend them , as every good King in his Kingdome ought to be Protector and Defender of the Bishops and the Churches under their Government . Vide Exact Coll. p. 290 , 291. f See Stat. 25. H. 8. 20. & 1. E. 6. 2 g See Stat. 39. Eliz. 8. h Stat. 14. E. 3. 4. & 5. & 17. E. 3. 14 i Stat. 26. H. 8. 3. & 1. Eliz. 4. k — Supremam potestatem & merū imperium apud nos habet Rex . Cambd. Whereas by sundry divers old authentique Histories & Chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed , that this Realm of England is an Empire , and so hath been accepted in the world , governed by one Supream Head and King , having the dignity and royall estate of the Imperiall Crown of the same . Stat. 24. H. 8. 12. See also 1 Elizab. 3. a The Lords & Commons doe declare , That they intend a due and necessary Reformation of the Liturgie of the Church ; and to take away nothing therein but what shall be evill , and justly offensive , or at least unnecessary and burthensome . Declarat . 9. Apr. 1642. Exact Coll. pag. 135. c From whence it is most evident , that the Rights and Privileges of the Parliaments and Liberties of the Kingdom are in the first place to be preserved . Answ. to Scotish Papers , 18. Nov. 1646. page 21. d We observe you mention the defence of the King twice from the Covenant , yet in both places leave out In the preservation and , &c. pag. 39. & 46. a maine clause , without which the other part ought never to be mentioned . pag. 56. a Haeretici nec Deo , nec hominibus servant fidem . — Speciatim hec addo , Calvinistas in hac re deteriores esse quàm Lutheranos . Nam Calvinistae nullam servant fi●em : Iura , perjura . — Lutherani moderatiores sunt . Becan . 5. Manual . Controv. 14. 2. 4. &c. b Invent Oathes and Covenants for the Kingdome , dispence with them when he pleaseth , sweare and forsweare as the wind turneth , like a godly Presbyter . Arraig . of Perfec . in Epist. Ded. c By the Covenant , both Houses of Parliament , & many thousands of other His Majesties Subjects of England and Ireland stand bound as well as we to hinder the setting up of the Church-Government by Bishops in the Kingdome of Scotland : And that we as well as they stand bound to endeavour the extirpation thereof in England and Ireland . Scots Declar. to the States of the United Provinces , 5. Aug. 1645. recited in Answer to the Scots Papers , pag. 23. d The old formes of Acts of Parliam ▪ were , The King willeth , provideth , ordaineth , establisheth , granteth , &c. by the assent of Parliament , &c. See Statutes till 1 H. 4. After that , The King , of the assent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall , and at the speciall instance and request of the Commons of this Realm , hath ordained , &c. See Statutes 1 H. 4. till 1 H. 7. A forme of such Petition of the Commons , see 1 R. 3. 6. Prayen the Commons in this present Parliament assembled , that where , &c. Please it therefore your Highnesse , by the advice and assent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall in this your present Parliament assembled , and by the authori●y of the same , to ordaince , &c. No Bill is an Act of Parliament , Ordinance , or Edict of Law , although both the Houses agree unanimously in it , till it hath the Royall Assent . Ancient Customes , pag. 54. Assemblee de ceux troys Estats est appellee un Act de Parliament : car sans touts troys nest ascun Act de Parl. Finch Nomotech . fol. 21. We admit that no Acts of Parliament are complete , or formally binding without the Kings assent . H. P. Answer to David Ienkins , pag. 6. e — Which if your Majesty shall be pleased to adorne with your Majesties Royall assent , ( without which it can neither be complete and perfect , nor — ) Stat. 1. Jac. 1. f Stat. 33. H. 1. 21. g Dominus Rex habet ordinariam jurisdictionem , dignitatem & potestatem super omnes qui in regno suo sunt . — Ea quae jurisdictionis sunt & pacis — ad nullum pertinent nisi and coronam & dignitatem Regiam , nec à coronâ separari possunt . Bracton cited by Stamford , lib. 2. cap. 2. h For in our Lawes , the Clergie , Nobility , & Communalty are the 3. Estates . — We your said most loving , faithfull , and obedient Subjects , ( viz. the Lords Spirituall and Temporall , and the Commons ) representing your Three Estates of your Realme of England , 1 Eliz. 3. — the State of the Clergie being one of the greatest States of this Realme . 8 Eliz. 1. i See Fin●h supra ad lit. [ d ] . k The Crown of England hath been so free at all times , that it hath been in no earthly subjection , but immediately to God in all things touching the Regality of the said Crowne . — 16 R. 2. 5. Omnis sub eo est , & ipse sub nullo , nisi tantùm sub Deo. Parem autem non habet Rex in regno suo , quia — Item nec multò fortiùs superiorem aut potentiorem habere debet , quia sic esset inferior suis subjectis . Bracton . conten . 1. Rubr. 36. — Cui {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , legibus ipsis legum vim imponendi potestatem Deus dedit . Finch Nomotech . in Epist. Dedic. to K. Iames . l Fons Iustitiae . Bracton . By War to intend the alteration of the Lawes in any part of them , is to levy War against the King , and consequently Treason by the Statute of 25 E. 3. — because they are the Kings Lawes . He is the fountaine from whence in their severall channels they are derived to the Subject . Master Saint John's Speech concerning the Earle of Strafford , page 12. m — Et ibidem vobiscum colloquium habere , tractare super dictis negotiis tract : vestrumque consilium impensur : Writ to the Lords . a Every Subject by the duty of his Allegiance is bounden to serve and assist his Prince and Soveraigne Lord at all seasons when need shall require 11 H. 7. 18. Stat. 1. El. 1. 1 Cor. 5. 1. &c. 1 Cor. 11. 28. &c. * Stat. 23. Eliz. 1. & 29. Eliz. 6. & 35 El. 1. & 2. & 3 Iac. 4. & 5. 
A56225	----	The Vniversity of Oxfords plea refuted, or, A full answer to a late printed paper intituled, The priviledges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation together with the universities answer to the summons of the visitors ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ... Prynne, William, 1600-1669. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A56225 of text R5306 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P4121). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A56225) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 60652) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 223:14) The Vniversity of Oxfords plea refuted, or, A full answer to a late printed paper intituled, The priviledges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation together with the universities answer to the summons of the visitors ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ... Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681. Fell, John, 1625-1686. Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658. Waring, Robert, 1614-1658. [2], 64 p. Printed by T.B. for Michael Spark ..., London : 1647. The authorship of The priviledges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation has been variously attributed to Richard Allestree, John Fell, and Gerard Langbaine. Robert Waring claimed the authorship himself. Cf. Madan. Errata: p. 64. Reproduction of original in Yale University Library. eng University of Oxford. Priviledges of the University of Oxford in point of visitation. A56225 R5306 (Wing P4121). civilwar no The Vniversity of Oxfords plea refuted. Or, A full answer to a late printed paper, intituled, The priviledges of the Vniversity of Oxford in Prynne, William 1647 24389 286 0 0 0 0 0 117 F The rate of 117 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2002-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-05 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-06 Kirk Davis Sampled and proofread 2002-06 Kirk Davis Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-07 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE Vniversity of OXFORDS Plea refuted . OR , A full ANSWER to a late printed Paper , Intituled , The Priviledges of the Vniversity of Oxford in point of Visitation : Together with , the Vniversities Answer to the Summons of the Visitors . Manifesting the Vanity and Falsity of this pretended Vniversity Priviledge and Plea to the Visitors Jurisdiction ; That the right of Visiting the Vniversity of Oxford is onely in the Kings Majestie , and that it is exempt from all other Iurisdiction by its Foundation , Prescription , and severall Grants of Exemption . And insufficiency of all the Allegations and Authorities produced to support it . Published for the information of the Iudgements , and satisfaction of the consciences of all ingenuous Members of that Vniversitie , who onely out of Ignorance or Error , not Obstinacy or Malignity , have demurred to the Iurisdiction of the Visitors thereof , though appointed , authorized by Ordinance of Parliament , and Commission under the Great Seal of England . By William Prynne , Esq one of the said Visitors Prov. 19. 20. Heare Counsell , and receive Instruction , that thou maist he wise in in thy latter end . London , Printed by T. B. for Michael Spark , 1647. ROBERT : DAVIES of ILannerch● Denbighshire● The Vniversity of OXFORDS Plea refuted . THE ingenuous Answer of some of the Doctors , and both the Proctors of my Mother-University of Oxford , to the honourable standing Committee of Lords and Commons for its regulation , on the 16. of this instant November , ( before whom they were then personally convented , for demurring to the jurisdiction of the Visitors appointed them by both houses of Parliament ) to this effect : That they did in their former papers presented by the Proctors , October 8. by way of petition , onely represent their sense of their own priviledges , and their Obligations ( as they conceived ) by divers oaths for the maintaining of them , without circumscribing or limiting , much lesse denying or contemning the authority of the Lords and Commons , but purposely avoyding ( as still they did desire to avoyd ) all questions of so high and transcendent a nature ; it being possible that they might be in an errour , and yet to be obliged in conscience , not to do otherwise then they have done , till they are convinced of that errour . And therefore humbly d●sired convenient time to advise with councell , more fully to inform themselves , in a case so extraordinary , and of so great concernment , not onely to themselves , but to the whole Vniversity in present , and in future , &c. enduced me , not onely then to move this honourable Committee , that the University and they might be fully heard by their Counsel on a convenient day , to alledge whatever they could , both in maintainance of their respective Answers delivered in under their hands to some of the Visitors , and then by them there acknowledged , which was accordingly ordered in their favour ; But likewise to borrow some time from my other employments , to examine and refute all those pretended University priviledges , and false allegations to support them , in a Letter lately printed at Oxford ( by the Universities approbation , if I am not misinformed ) entituled , The Priviledges of the Vniversity of OXFORD in point of Visitation , &c. ( which hath seduced many to dispute and disobey the Visitors power ; ) wherein the substance of all their Objections against the Visitors jurisdiction in point of law or conscience , are comprised ; that so I might in a University way , by strength of argument and evidence , not by power and force , inform the misguided judgments , and satisfie the erronious consciences of all such members of this University , liable to our visitation , whose obstinacy or malignity shall not render them altogether incapable of better instruction , and consequently of any hopes of commiseration or pardon for their contumacy . I● is not my design in this summary Discourse , to enter into any large debate of the Sovereign power of both houses of Parliament , whose supream jurisdiction to visit , punish ; reform all abuses and corruptions in the Kings own Court , in the highest Courts of Justice , the greatest Officers of State , and in all Corporations and Societies of men whatsoever , within this Realm , I have largely vindicated in a other Treatises , seeing the University it self , and the parties convented , do willingly wave this dangerous Dispute , as fatall and destructive to them , if positively insisted on ; but onely to demonstrate to them the vanity and falsity of this their pretended Priviledge they peremptorily assert , and principally rely on , as their lawfull Inheritance and Birth-right , which they are obliged by oath and duty to maintain . That the right of visiting the Vniversity of Oxford is onely in the Kings Majesty , and that it is exempt from all other jurisdiction , both by foundation , prescription , and severall grants of exemption . This their claim and assertion , I shall irrefragably falsifie and refute by Histories and Records , which cleerly evidence ; First , That the University of Oxford was anciently of right for many ages , under the jurisdiction , if not visitation of the Bishop of Lincoln , as he was their Diocesan . Secondly , that it was anciently of right , and so continued till this Parliament , under the visitation & jurisdiction of the Archbishops of Canterbury as Metropolitanes ( who have frequently visited this University and Cambridge too ) as being within their Province , and have been acknowledged and adjudged by King Richard the second , King Henry the fourth , and an whole Parliament in his reign , and by King Charles himself , upon solemn debate , to be lawfull Visitors of it , de jure . And that these three Kings , and the Parliament of 13. H. 4. have by their Charters and Votes absolutely disclaimed the King's sole right of visiting the Universities , and alwayes resolved the contrary , when the Universities for their own ends have set it on foot , and laid claim unto it : no King of England before Henry the eight , ever visiting either of the Universities , for ought appears by any authentick Records . Thirdly , That the Pope by his Legat hath visited both Universities , without resistance , or any Plea put in to his jurisdiction , no longer since then Q. Maries reign ; and that the Universities are subject to their Chancellours jurisdiction and visitation too , by their own conffessions . Fourthly , That most particular Colledges and Hals in both Universities , as Colledges , Hals and Members of the University● have their particular Visitors appointed by the founders , to whose visitation and jurisdiction they are subject , and not to the King's alone . Fiftly , That their pretended grants of exemption were procured onely from Popes , not from the Kings of England ; that our Kings themselves & one Parliament , have damned them , as derogatory to the King's Prerogative , even in times of Popery , and the Vniversity it self disclaimed and renounced , them both before the King , and in full Convocation , as a grievance , not a priviledge , obtained against their wils , and without their privity , to their prejudice . When I have made good these positions , the whole University and their Delegates ( if not stupendiously obstinate ) must necessarily retract this their Plea as false and nugatory , and disclaim their imaginary Priviledge . For the first of these , it is as cleer as the noon● day Sun , that the University of Oxford was under the jurisdiction , if not visitation of the Bishops of Lincoln , as being their Diocesans : First , by the very Buls of Pope a Boniface the eight , and b Sixtus the fourth , cited in the third page of the Priviledges of the Vniversity of Oxford in poynt of Visitation ; in expresse termes exempting the University , ab omni jurisdictione Episcopali & a Visitatione : which needed no such exemption by two successive Popes , from the Bishops jurisdiction and visitation , if the University ( founded many hundred yeers before these Buls were granted ) had never been subject to , but exempted from it by foundation and prescription too , as is pretended ; it being then a meer superfluity for these Popes to grant , or the University to embrace , as a special priviledge and indulged favor . Next , by these ensuing cleer Historical passages : c Matthew Paris in anno dom . 1257. pag. 915 , 916. writes thus concerning the Bishop of Lincolns and University of Oxford's contest then happening between them about his jurisdiction and the Universities priviledges , which he endeavoured to infringe in the generall , without specifying the particulars , which difference was referred to the Parliament then at hand to determine . Eodem tempore , videlicet septimo idus Martii , venerunt ad sanctum Albanum quidam Magistri Oxoniae , circitèr novem Artistle , q●i querula voce coram Rege , in Capella Sancti Oswini reposuerunt querimoniam de Episcopo Lincolniensi , qui contra Statuta Universitatis antiqua & approbaca , nitebatur libertates Scholarium eneruare : & statutus est dies responsionis ad instans magnum Parliamentum , ut auditis partium rationibus , pacificarentur , &c. a Henry Lexinton was then Bishop of Lincoln . What the Parliament ( here made the proper Judge of the Universities priviledges by the Kings own referēce ) determined in this cōtroversie , or what the priviledges cōtroverted were , I find not in any Historian or Record : but certain it is , they determined nought against the Bishops jurisdiction over the University of Oxford , who had the better cause and right ; as appears by this passage of Matthew Parker , in his b Antiqu. Ecclesiae Brit. p. 204. in the life of Iohn Peckam , anno 1287. Hoc etiam tempore lis quaedam inter . Lincolniensem Episcopum & Universitat●m Oxon , aliquot innis de jurisdictione Episcopi in Scholares Universitatis agitata est . In qua Joannis Cantuariensis , cum SCHOLARIVM CAVSAM VACILLARE , NEC IVRA STARE POSSE intellexerat , Scholaribus rescripsit ; si in Jure contenderent , VINCI EOS ET SVPERARI NECESSE ESSE ; praesertim cùm his quibus uterentur Privilegiis A IURISDICTIONE EPISCOPALI IVRE COMMVNI STABILITA , EXIMI NEQVAQVAM POTVISSENT : c Oliver Sutton was then Bishop of Lincoln . Upon this advice , it seems the University submitted to the Bishop of Lincoln's jurisdiction , as their Diocesan , so far as to present their Chancellour to him for his approbation and confirmation ; as is evident by this History , recorded in Antiq. Eccles. Brit. p. 268. Anno 1350. Oxoniensis Universitatis Scholares Cancellarium suum , quendam Willihelmum de Palmorna elegerunt : Qui cùm ad Lincolniensem Episcopum , in cujus Diocaesi tunc ste●i● Oxonium confirmandus venisset , crebris procrastinationibus in aliud temporis ab Episcopo rejectus est : Id tàm Universitas Oxonien●is quàm ipse Cancella●ius electus indignè tulit . Qui facti querela coram A●●chiepiscopo ( Simone Islippe ) declarata , ab eo opem & remedium ad tam diutinam & voluntariam sine causa tollendam moram , petierunt . Archiepiscopus edicto Lincolniensi praecepit , Ut Cancellarium electum die quodam statuto confirmaret , aut coràm se compareret , dicturus causam , cur admitti & confirmari non debeat . Interea Archiepiscopus causam Johanni Coulton Cancellario suo , & Ecclesiae Cathedralis Wellensis Decano commisit . Die statuto aderant Cancellarius electus , & Oxoniensis Universitatis procuratores , qui confirmationem & consecrationem instanter petierunt ; Lincolniensis autem Episcopus non comparuit : in cujus absentis contumaciam Cantuariensis Cancellarius in negotio electionis legitimè procedens , eam legitimè ritèque celebratam , ac canonicam esse pronunciavit . Quo facto Archiepiscopus Cancellarium confirmavit , & eundem ad Universitatem Oxoniensem regendam admisit ; gregique Scholarium scripsit , ut ei jam admisso juxta Universitatis jura ac statuta obtemperent atque pareant . Ab hac admissione Lincolniensis Episcopus privilegie suo antedictó ( ut se suosque papali privilegio , quod Avinione à Papa Clemente magnis muneribus impetravit , ab hujus Archiepiscopi jurisdictione defenderet ) fretus , ad Papam appellavit . Archiepiscopus antem rejecta appellatione , eum ut suae jurisdictionis & Archiepiscopalis authoritatis contemptorem , ad sui tribunal vocavit , & non accedentis proterviam interdictis Ecclesiasticis in ejus terras praediaque latis mulc●avit : multa deinceps in hac lite coram Papa agitanda controversa sunt , in quibus Lincolniensis revocato suo privilegio a Cantuariensi victus succubuit . This great Contest happened in the time of Iohn Synwell Bishop of Lincoln , as d Godwin ( who relates it too ) informs us ; adding , That the Pope also granted at the same time unto the University , that the Chancellour should be onely elected by the Schollers themselves , and so presently authorized to govern them , without the admission of any other . But this I conceive is a cleer mistake ; for Matthew Parker ( out of whom he relates it ) records , That this exemption of the University of Oxford from the Bishop of Lincoln's jurisdiction , was procured by the intercession of William Wittlesey Archbishop of Canterbury , about the yeer 1375. ( and that from another Pope , not Clement but Vrban , some 25. yeers after this contestation ) which he thus expresseth , Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. p. 283. Hujus Archiepiscopi intercessione atque gratia Oxoniensis Academia à jurisdictione Lincolniensis Episcopi , per Urbanum Papam quintum EXEMPTAEST : & tàm libera potestas Cancellarium suum eligendi ●acta Scholaribus ut Cancellarius sine admissione quacunque simulatque electus sit magistratum inire atque gerere possit . An undeniable evidence , that till this Papall exemption procured , the University and Chancellour of Oxford were under the Bishops of Lincol●ns jurisdiction , as their Diocesans . After this , Thomas Hyndeman Chancellour of the University of Oxford , and Nicholas Faux his Commissary , procuring another exemption from the Pope [ BONIFACE the eighth , as some affirm ] of this University and the Schollers in it , both from Archiepiscopal and EPISCOPAL JURISDICTION ; the Schollers , and Doctors of Oxford complained of it to Archbishop Arundel , and the whole Convocation at London in the yeer 1396. and there openly renounced it , as non mod● in Metropolitani & ORDINARII , sed & ipsius Vniversitatis praejudicium atque gravamen : Whereupon it was damned by the whole Convocation ( as you may read at large in Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. p. 304 ) and likewise by King Richard the second , in the twentieth , and by Henry the fourth , and the Lords and Commons in Parliament in the 13th yeer of his reign : ( of which more anon : ) whereby the Bishop of Lincoln's jurisdiction over the University of Oxford was not onely acknowledged and revived , but likewise submitted to by the whole University of Oxford ; and this exemption from it by Popes Buls onely , declared to be a prejudice and grievance to the University it self , and the Bishop too : whose jurisdiction thus revived , was never afterwards impeached or abrogated by any subsequent Buls or Patents I can meet with , but continued its vigor till the erection of the Bishoprick of Oxford out of Lincoln by Act of Parliament , and Letters Patents of King Henry the eighth , in the yeer 1541. which abolished the Bishop of Lincoln's power , and translated this part of his Diocesse to the Bishop of Oxford , as the Patents of 33. & 37. H. 8 to the Bishop of Oxford demonstrate . In fine , Richard Flemming Bishop of Lincoln , in the yeer 1430 founded Lincoln Colledge in Oxford , and William Smith Bishop of Lincoln , anno 1513. founded Brasenose Colledge in Oxford ; of both which Colledges ( though members of the University ) and of some others , he and his Successors continued Visitors till this present Parliament . By all these evidences , I humbly conceive I have sufficiently fortified my first position , That the University of Oxford was subject to the jurisdiction , if not visitation of the Bishops of Lincoln ( as the University of Cambridge was to the Bishops of Ely , which I can fully evidence , were it pertinent ) and refuted the Universities and their Delegates false plea , That the right of visiting the Vniversity of Oxford is onely in the King's Majesty , and that it is exempt from all other jurisdiction , by its foundation , prescription , and severall grants of exemption . I shall now proceed to the proof of my second position , touching the Archbishops of Canterburies right & jurisdiction to visit the University of Oxford ( and Cambridge too ) as Metropolitans , being scituated within their province , by History , Records , and our Kings avowing of this their right , and disclaiming their own ONELY OR SOLE RIGHT TO VISIT THE UNIVERSITIES ; wherein I shall make use of non● bu● punctuall authorities . Godwin in his Catalogue of English Bishops p. 74. writes thus of Robert Kilwardly Archbishop of Canterbury ; That ( in the yeer 1278. ) he visited all his Province , and BOTH THE VNIVERSITIES ; in which he disputed excellently , and shewed himself in divers kinds of exercise . And Matthew Parker in his Ant. Eccles. Brit. p. 198. records of him , Totam Cantuar. Provinciam visitationis jure peragravit ; In hac VISITATIONE ACADEMIAS IPSAS METROPOLITICA AVTHORITATE INGRESSVS EST ; ( and that without any opposition or demurrer to his jurisdiction , for ought appeareth : ) & Oxonii in Scholis , non modò de Theologia , sed de Philosophia atque Logica argutè disp●tavit . In quibus artibus multas Oxoniensium opiniones & sententias tanquam minus probabiles reprehendit atque refellit . His next Successor Iohn Peckam , anno 1288. visited the University of Oxford by his Metropolitical right , without any resistance or dispute , Antiqu. Ecclef . Brit. p. 204. Ipseque perlustrata reliqua Provincia OXONIENSEM ACADEMIAM IURE METROPOLITICO VISIT ATVRVS ADLIT : In qua visitatione , quasdam philosophicas opiniones , quos errores , & a Roberto Kylwarby ante reprehens●s docuit , tanquam Haereses & à fide Christianâ abhorrentes è suggestu Latinè refellit . Simon Islippe Archbishop of Canterbury anno 1350. received an Appeal from the Chancellour-elect and Proctors of Oxford against the Bishop of Lincoln , who refused to admit and conform William Palmorin , whom they had elected and presented to him for their Chancellour ; upon whose default , he admitted and approved of his election , confirmed him in his Office , and wrote to the Schollers of the Vniversity to submit unto and obey him , according to the lawes and statutes of the Vniversity , as Antiq. Eccles. Brit. p. 258. and Godwin in his Catalogue of Bishops , p. 95. affirm , and * I have formerly manifested more at large : A pregnant evidence of his Metropolitical jurisdiction both over the Chancellour and University . Anno 1390. William Courtney Archbishop of Canterbury ( as Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. p. 302. informe us ) Visitationem totius Provinciae suscepit : and being strongly opposed by the Bishops of Exeter and Sarisbury , whom he enforced to cry peccavi , and to submit to his visitation at last ; reliquas tunc Diocaeses sine molestia visitavit : In Lincolniensi solummodo a visitatione quorundam Monachorum , gratia & intercessione Abbatis Albanensis , OXONII cessavit : ( visiting all the rest of the University . ) Ita visitatione peracta aliquantulum cessavit . And in the Register of Archbishop Arundel , fol. 46. the Doctors , Batchelours and Schollers of the University of Oxford , in their Articles exhibited against their Chancellour and Vice-chancellour , to Archbishop Arundel and the Convocation of the Clergy , recite and make this honourable mention of this Archbishop Courtney's visitation of the University ( where he was joyfully received without the least oppositiō , though forcibly resisted in other places ) Quod dictus Archiepiscopus IPSAM VNIVERSITATEM TAM IN CAPITE QVAM IN MEMBRIS , plura gravamina revocando , crimina corrigendo , excessus reformando , diversas personas ab act : scholasticis suspendendo , AVTHORITATE SVA METROPOLITICA VISITAVIT . These three Archbishops having visited the University of Oxford ( and Cambridge too ) in their Metropolitical visitations without the least contest or opposition ; Thomas Hyndeman their Chancellour , and Nicholas Faux his Commissary , without the Universities and Schollers consents , procured a Bull from the Pope , to exempt themselves , together with the University , Colledges and Schollers in it , from all Archiepiscopal and Episcopal jurisdiction and visitation : Whereupon Thomas Arundel Archbishop of Canterbury , intending to visit the University ( as his Predecessors had done ) in the yeer of our Lord 1396. was opposed by the Chancellour and Vice-Chancellour , who pleaded the self same plea against this Archbishops visitation , as the Universities Delegates and Doctors do now against the Visitors appointed by Ordinance of Parliament , and Commission under the great Seal ; namely , That the visitation of the Vniversity of Oxford , as a Vniversity , belonged onely and solely to the King , and not to the Archbishop , or any other : and that the Vniversity and Schollers in it , were by the Popes own Bull exempted from the Archbishops and Bishops jurisdiction and visitation . Whereupon the Doctors , Proctors and Schollers of the University complained to Archbishop Arundel and the Convocation against the Chancellour and Vice-Chancellour for procuring this Bull , which they renounced , and the Convocation then damned ; and the whole matter comming afterwards before King Richard the second , he disclaimed any such Priviledge and Prerogative of sole visiting the University , as they would fasten on him , acknowledged and ratified the Archbishops and Ordinaries jurisdiction over them , and nulled the Popes Bull of exemption . This is apparent by Archbishop Arundels Register , fol. 46 , 91 , 92. by Archbishop Parkers Register fol. 269. and these ensuing passages in Antiq. Eccles. Brit. transcribed out of it , pag. 304. Anno 1397. Januarii 19. Cleri Synodus Londini convenit . In hac Synodo Scholares Oxonienses quaerelam contra Thomam Hyndeman Universitatis Cancellarium , & Nicholaum Faux ejus Commissarium proposuerunt ; Quod exemptionis jura , quibus ab Archiepiscopali & Episcopali jurisdictione Universitas fiat immunis a Papa impetrassent , non modo in METROPOLITANI & Ordinarii , SED IN IPSIVS VNIVERSITATIS PRAEIVDICIVM ATQVE GRAVAMEN : Quod privilegium SERVITVTIS POTIVS QVAM LIBERTATIS INSTAR ESSE DOCEBANT . Cùm enim anteà si iniquis Cancellarii aut Procancellarii imperiis opprimerentur , aut injuriis afficerentur , appellationibus & Archiepiscopali aequitate subventum eis suit , nunc in unius potestatem redacti , a quo nec permissa esset provocatio , nec superioris jurisdictione possit coerceri , quasi perpetuae servituti subjacerent . Itaque ab Archiepiscopo petierunt , ut QVONIAM SVAM IN EOS IURISDICTIONEM AGNOSCERENT , & antecessoris sui Willielmi Courtney moderationem atque prudentiam CVM ACADEMIAM OXONIENSEM TAM IN CAPITE QVAM IN MEMBRIS VISIT ARET , experti essent , VT EA a Cancellario ejusque Commissario procurata PRIVILEGIA RESCINDRET ; QVIBVS IPSI , interposito ad id Michaele Sergeaux juris utriusque Doctore legitimo procuratore , EXPRESSE ATQVE PUBLICE IN SYNODO RENVNCIARVNT . Eam RENVNCIATIONEM Archiepiscopus RATAM HABVIT , ET EXEMPTIONIS OXONIENSIS PRIVILEGIA IRRITAET IN ANIA IVDICAVIT . Tum Cancellarius quasi furore actus petulanter ac immodestè se abdicavit Magistratu , Synodoque sine venia discessit ; sed Archiepiscopus eum edicto revocavir , ejusque proterviam atque audaciam repressit . In eadem Synodo DOCTORES OXONIENSES quosdam Joannis Wicly●●i opiniones exposuerunt , quas Synodus condemnavit . And pag. 309. anno 1413. Legatis autem ad concilium generale Pisis emissis , ARCHEPISCOPVS in ea Synodo Jura quaedam QUIBVS TAM CANTABRIGIENSIS QVAM OXONIENSIS ACADEMIAE TENERENTVR , condidit ; quoe in publicis constitutionibus continentur ; Nam & RICHARDUS REX , Thomae Arundel Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo , antequàm in exilium iret VTRASQVE ACADEMIAS , ETSI EXEMPTIONEM CLAM A PAPA OBTINVISSENT , SVBIECIT , ET OBTENTA PRIVILEGIA non minus ARCHIEPISCOPALI QVAM REGIAE AVTHORITATI PRAEIVDICIALIA , IDEOQVE RESCINDENDA , DECREVIT . This will yet more evidently and undeniably appear by the Patent of King Richard the second himself , recorded in the Patent-Rols , De anno Vicessimo Richardi secundi , parte 3. Memb. 9. and entred in the Registers of Archbishop Warham , fol. 111. and Archbishop Parker , fol. 269 , which for fuller satisfaction , I shall at large transcribe . Rex omnibus ad quos , &c. falutem . Sciatis quod cum quaedam dissentiones , lites & debatae nuper motae fuerunt & subortae inter Venerabilem Patrem Thomam Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem ex parte una , & Cancellarium Universitatis Oxoniensis , & QUOSDAM ALIOS ( not the whole body or major part ) ejusdem Universitatis ex altera , super ●su & exercitio jurisdictionis & VISITATIONIS dictae UNIVERSITATIS , clamante videlicet prae●ato Archiepiscopo & VENDICANTE JURISDICTIONEM ET VISITATIONEM HUJUSMODI AD IPSUM ET SUCCESSORES SUOS , AC ECCLESIAM SUAM PERTINERE , AC PERTINERE DEBERE , Praedecessoresque suos hujusmodi jurisdictionem ET VISITATIONEM IN UNIVERSITATE PRAEDICTA HABUISSE ET EXERCUISSE . Allegantibusque praefato Cancellario & aliis praedictis ( the very plea in terminis alledged by the Vniversity and their Delegates now ) Visitationem dictae Universitatis ut Universitatis , AD NOS SOLUM ET IN SOLIDUM PERTINERE , ET PERTINERE DEBERE ( the very first time that any such pretence or priviledge was insisted on without any authority or presidēt to back it ; ) Nos volentes hujusmodi dissentiones , lites & debatas , prout Regiae convenit Majestati ( attentis damnis & periculis quae inde verosimiliter evenire possint ) sedare & pacificare , ac pacem , quietem & tranquilitatem inter partes praedictas pro viribus con●overe ; ac considerantes , QUOD VISITATIO HUJUSMODI AD PRAEFATUM ARCHIEPISCOPUM ET SUCCESSORES SUOS , AC ECCLESIAM SUAM PRAEDICTAM DE JURE COMMUNI PERTINET , AC PERTINERE DEBET ; QUODQUE NOS AUT PROGENITORES NOSTRI CANCELLARIUM AC UNIVERSITATEM PRAEDICTAM RETROACTIS TEMPORIBUS MINIME VISITARE CONSUEVIMUS , ( a cleer evidence and fatall judgment against this pretended priviledge and feigned plea , which this King himself in terminis disclaimed , when first invented and alledged : ) Volumus & EX CERTA SCIENTIA DECLARAMUS , Quod VISITATIO Cancellarii & Procuratorum dictae UNIVERSITATIS qui pro tempore fuerint , necnon OMNIUM DOCTORUM , MAGISTRORUM REGENTIUM ET NON REGENTIUM , AC SCOLARIUM EJVSDEM VNIVERSITATIS , QVORVMCVNQVE eorum servientium , aliarum personarum QVARVMCVNQVE cujuscunque status vel conditionis extiterint , libertatibus ant privilegiis dictae Universitatis utentium● se● illis gaudere volentium ; NECNON VNIVERSITATIS PRAEDICTAE ETIAM UT VNIVERSITATIS , AD PRAEFATVM ARCHIEPISCOPVM , SVCCESSORES SVOS , AC ECCLESIAM SVAM PERTINET , ET PERTINERE DEBET , AC PERPETVIS FVTVRIS TEMPORIBVS PERTINEBIT . Salvis Nobis & Haeredibus Nostris omnibus aliis quibus in Vniversitate praedicta Nos & Progenitores Nostri uti consuevimus temporibus retroactis . In cujus , &c. Teste Rege apud Westm. primo die Iunii : Per ipsum Regem . An ancient royal Declaration and judgment in the present Controversie , so full and diametrally opposite against the Vniversities and Delegates present Plea and pretences , that nothing can be replyed thereunto . This Declaration and Resolution of King Richard the 2d , was afterward more fully recited , approved and ratified by King Henry the fourth , and the Lords and Commons in Parliament , as I shall presently manifest in its proper place . Not long after this Declaration and Patent , this Archbishop Thomas Arundel , in the yeer of our Lord 1407. visited the Vniversity of Cambridge , and the Colledges therein , thus summarily expressed by Matthew Parker in his Antiq. Eccles. Brit. p. 308 , 309. Post haec Archiepiscopus Cantabrigiensem Academiam JVRE METROPOLITICO VISITAVIT , multaque Collegiorum statuta ordinavit , pravas consuetudines delevit , facinora Scholarium castigavit , & cum visitationem remisit , omnia quae sibi in visitatione detecta fuerunt , causasque de quibus cognoscere ac inquirere caepit , suae jurisdictioni reservavit . The relaxation of this Metropolitical Visitation was not till Octob. 15. 1404. so as it depended three whole yeers or more , as is apparent by the Register of Arundel , 1. pars , f. 388 wherein the whole forme of his visitation of Cambridge Vniversity and Colledges , being at large recorded , fol. 491 , 492 , 493. it will neither be impertinent nor unprofitable to give you this account thereof , in the words of the Register , fol. 492 , &c. which may serve for a pattern of direction now . Item decimo septimo die mensis Septembris anno domini 1401. idem reverendissimus Pater Archiepiscopus supradictus , visitavit Cancellarium & Vniversitatem Cantabrigiae in domo Congregationis ejusdem Vniversitatis , comparentibus tunc ibidem coram eo Cancellario , a● omnibus & singulis Doctoribus & Magistris regentibus & aliis personis quibuscunque dictae Vniversitatis qui hujusmodi visitationi interesse tenebantur , & deberent de consuetudine vel de jure : & facta deinde collatione , ac proposito verbo Dei , & causis suae visitationis hujusmodi seriosè expositis ; Cancellarius Vniversitatis praedictae certificatorium de & super executione mandati . Sibi pro ipsa visitatione alias directi , coram eodem Reverendissimo Patre tunc ibidem exhibuit , sub eo qui sequitur verborum tenore . Reverendissimo in Christo patri ac Domino , Domino Thomae Dei gratia Cantuariensis Archiepiscopo , totius Angliae primati & Apostolici sedis Legato , ejusve Commissariis quibuscunque , suus humilis & devotus filius Cancellarius Vniversitatis Cantabrigiae , Eliensis Diocaesis , tàm debitam quàm devotam , obedientiam cum omni reverentia & honore debitis tanto Patri mandatum vestrum reverendum nuper recepi , tenorem continens subsequentem . Thomas permissione , &c. Dilecto filio Cancellario Vniversitatis Cantabrigiae , Eliensis Diocaesis , nostrae Provinciae Cantuariensis , salutem , &c. Quia nos in progressu visitationis nostrae Metropoliticae in dicta Diocaesi exercenda , vos & dictam Vniversitatem adjuvante Domino proponimus visitare ; vos tenore praesentium peremptorie Citamus & per vos omnes & singulos Doctores & Magistros regentes , & alias personas quascunque praedictae Vniversitatis qui nostri visitationi hujusmodi interesse tenentur de consuetudine vel de jure , citari volumus & mandamus , quod compareatis & compareant coram nobis in domo Congregationis Vniversitatis praedictae decimoseptimo die mensis Septembris proxime futuri , cum continuatione & prorogatione dierum tunc sequentium , visitationem nostram hujusmodi juxta juris exigentiam subituri , facturique ulterius & recepturi quod Canonicis conveni● institutis : & quid f●ceritis in praemissis nobis dictis die & loco debitè certificetis per literas vestras patentes , hunc tenorem , una cum nominibus & cognominibus omnium & singulorum per vos in hac parte Citatorum in schedula eisdem literis vest is annectenda descriptis habent●s , sigillo vestro consignata : Datum in Manerio nostro de Lambeth 18. die mensis Augusti , anno domini millesimo quadringentesimo primo , & nostrae translationis anno quinto . Cujus auctoritate mandati omnes & singulos doctores & magistros regentes & alias personas quascunque praedictae Vniversitatis tempore receptionis dicti mandati vestri , & nunc in dicta Vniversitate existentes , qui dictae visitationi vestrae hujusmodi interesse tenentur de consuetudine vel de jure personaliter inventos , peremptoriè Citavi , quod compareant coram vobis aut vesti is Commissariis dictis die & loco cum continuatione & prorogatione praedictis visitationem vestram hujusmodi juxta juris exigentiam subituri , facturique ulterius & recepturi quod in ea parte canonicis convenit institutis . Quantum verò ad personam meam , dictis die & loco cum continuatione & prorogatione consimili coram vobis seu vestris Commissariis annuente domino personaliter comparebo facturus humiliter & recepturus quod dictum mandatum vestrum exigit & requirit . Nomina vero & cognomina omnium & singulorum doctorum & magistrorum regentium , & aliarum personarum dictae Vniversitatis quarumcunque per me citatorum in schedula praesentibus annexa continentur : In cujus reitestimonium Sigillum officii mei praesentibus apposui ; Dat. Cantebrigiae quoad sigillationem praesentium . Idib . Septembris anno Domini supradicto . Quo certificatorio tunc ibidem incontinenti perlecto , idem reverendissimus Pater Archiepiscopus supradictus ab eisdem Cancellario , ac Doctoribus , magistris regentibus & personis aliis supradictis , & a singularibus personis eorundem obedientiam recepit canonicam . Et deinde examinavit dictum Cancellarium singulariter ac secret● & sub silentio dictis doctoribus & magistris regentibus & aliis personis supradictis seorsim separatis , super i●●is particulis , videlicet . An statuta & laudabiles consuetu●lines Vniversitatis abamnibus observentur ? Item , an sint aliqui scholares in dicta Vniversitate mandatis & monitionibus dicti Cancellarii obtemperare nolentes ? Item , an sint aliqui pacem & Vnitatem in dicta Vniversitate perturbantes ? Item , an communes cistae & pecuniae ac claves earundem fideliter conserventur ? Item , an Magistri , Doctores Bacchalaurei & scholares debi●è & fideliter perficiant formas suas , & meritis & scientia exigentibus ascendant gradus suos ? Item , an sint aliquae personae & suspectae de Lollardia vel de haeretica pravitate ? Item , si Doctores reputant & disputent publicè in scholis , & quotiens & quando ? Item , si sit numerus sociorum completus in Aulis sive Collegiis dictae Vniversitatis juxta ordinationem & voluntatem fundatorum ? Item , an sint aliqui scholares aliquo notorio crimine irretiti seu infamati , vel non proficientes in studio , aut impedientes alios quo minus proficiant ? Item , qualiter regitur eadem● Vniversitas , videlicet in victualibus & aliis necessariis ? &c. Et examinatus ●uit idem Cancellarius super aliis Articulis etiam in hujusmodi visitatione de jure requisitis . Aliis insuper Doctoribus , Magistris & personis aliis supradictis secundum quod de jure debuerunt secretè , & singulariter examinatis , & eorum dictis & depositis conscriptis in registro , idem reverendissimus Pater singula tunc ibidem successivè exercuit quae in hujusmodi visitatione de jure quomodolibet fuerunt requisita . Item , eodem die reverendissimus Pater per certos Commissarios suos visitavit Collegium sanctae Trinitatis Cantebrigiae , in capella ejusdem Collegii , comparentibus coram eisdem commissariis Gardiano sive custode , unà cum singulis suis consociis & scholaribus ejusdem collegii ; quibus singulariter & secretè examinatis super statu & regimine ipsius collegii , & aliis articulis in hujusmodi visitatione de jure requisitis , & eorum dictis & depositis conscriptis in Registro , ab eisdem & eorum singulis , vice & auctoritate dicti reverendissimi Patris , obedientiam receperunt canonicam , & singula exercuerunt ibidem quae de consuetudine vel de jure ulterius quomodolibet fuerint requisita ; & exhibitum suit certificatorum pro visitatione hujusmodi per Gardianum sive custodem supradictum continens hunc tenorem . Reverendissimo in Christo patri ac Domino suo Domino Thomae , &c. ejusve Commissariis quibuscunque suus humilis & devotus ●ilius Gardianus sive custos Collegii Sanctae Trinit●●is Cantebrigiae , Eliensis Diocaesis , tam debitam quam devotam obedientiam , cum omni roverentia & honore debito tanto Patri , mandatum vestrum reverendissimum nuper recepi , tenorem continens subsequentem . Thomas &c. dilecto in Christo filio Gardiano sive custodi Collegii Sanctae Trinitatis Cantebrigiae , Eliensis Diocaesis , nostraeque Cantuariensis provinciae salutem , &c. Quia nos in progressu visitationis nostrae Metropoliticae praedictae Diocaesis vos & Collegium vestrum in personis & rebus annuente Domino , visitare intendimus , tenore praesentium peremptoriè vos citamus , & per vos omnes & singulos consocios & scholares praedicti Collegii citare volumus & mandamus , quod compareatis & compareant coram nobis & Commissariis nostris in capella sive domo capitulari praedicti Collegii decimo septimo die mensis Septembris proxime futuri , cum continuatione & prorogatione dierum tunc sequentium , visitationem hujusmodi juxta juris exigentiam subituri , ulteriusque facturi & recepturi quod canonicis convenit institutis , & quid feceritis in praemissis nos aut Commissarios hujusmodi dictis die & loco debitè certificetis per literas vestras patentes , hunc tenorem , una cum nominibus & cognominibus omnium & singulorum sociorum & scholarium per vos in hac parte citatorum in schedula eisdem literis annectenda descriptis habentes . Dat. in manerio nostro de Lambeth 18. die mensis Augusti anno domini Millesimo quadringentesimo primo , & nostrae translationis anno quinto . Cujus auctoritate mandati omnes & singulos consocios & scholares praedicti collegii in eodem collegio tunc praesentes personaliter invētos , peremptoriè citavi , aliis vero tunc absentibus , infra tamen provinciam vestram existentibus , dictum mandatum vestrum & visitationem hujusmodi intimari et notificari , eosque praemuniri feci , quod dictis die et loco cum continuatione et prorogatione praedictis coram vobis seu vestris Commissariis compareant , visitationem vestram hujusmodi juxta juris exigentiam recepturi , facturique ulterius & recepturi quicquid dictum mandatum vestrum exigit & requirit ; caeteros autem consocios et scholares dicti Collegii ab eodem Collegio tunc et nunc absentes , & in diversis remotis partibus etiam extra dictam provinciam agentes , non citavi nec praemunivi prout nec pot●i quovismodo : Quantum ad personam meam , praedictis die & loco cum continuatione & prorogatione praedictis , coram vobis s●u Commissariis vestris , Dante Domino , personaliter comparebo , fecturasque humiliter & recepturus quod dictum , &c. In cujus rei testimonium Sigill●m commone dicti Collegii duxi praesentibus apponendum . Datum Cantebrigiae in dicto Collegio quoad consignationem praesentium 2● Id. Septembris , Anno Domini supradicto . Visitatio Collegii de Clara , Collegii beatae Mariae , Procratus Alborum Canonicorum Item , eodem die eisdem modo & forma idem Reverendissimus Pater visitavit per Commissarios suos Collegium de Clare Hall Cantebrigiae in capella ejusdem Collegii : Et Collegium Annunciacionis beatae Mariae Cantebrigiae in capella ejusdem Collegii ; ac Prioratum Alborum Canonicorum Cantebrigiae in ecclesia ejusdem Prioratus , recepta obedientia Canonica , & singulis aliis exercitis in et circa loca praemissa quae in visitationibus hujusmodi de jure fuerint quomodolibet requisita . Item decimo nono die dicti mensis Septembris idem reverendissimus Pater Archiepiscopus supradictus per certos Commissarios , quos ad hoc sufficienter deputavit , visitavit domum sive Prioratum Monialium Sanctae Radegundis Cantebrigiae , Priorissam , ac singulas consorores et commoniales suas in dicta domo capitulari ejusdem prioratus , recepta ab eisdem et earum singulis obedientia Canonica , et ipsis secretè et singulariter examinatis , earumque dictis et depositis conscriptis in registro ; similiterque aliis exercitis quae in hac parte de jure fuerint requisita , ac sub modo & forma in aliis locis hujusmodi superius observatis seu r●citatis . Item , eodem die modo et forma in aliis Collegiis superius observ●tis , Dominus visitavit per Commissarios suos Collegium Sancti Michaelis Cantebrigiae in capella ejusdem Collegii ; et eodem die per Commissarios hujusmodi visitatum suit Hospitale sive domus Sancti Iohannis Cantebrigioe in Ecclesia ejusdem Hospitalis ; & Collegium Sancti Petri in capella ejusdem Collegii ; ac Collegium de Pembroke Hall Cantebrigioe in capella ejusdem Collegii : et eodem die idem reverendissimus Pater iter ar●ip●it versus Ecclesiam Cathedralem Eliensem , pro sua visitatione hujusmodi inibi exercenda ; ubi eodem die a venerabili patre Domino Iohanne , Dei gratia Eliensi Episcopo , ad suum palatium Eliense cum se et suis honorificè fuit receptus . This Archbishop having thus peaceably without any resistance , visited the University , Colledges and Schollers of Cambridge by his meer Metropoliticall right , as being within the Diocesse of Ely , and part of his Province ( though in regard of their foundation and Buls of exemption from several Popes , they might have pleaded as ful an exemption from Archiepiscopal and Episcopal jurisdiction and visitation as the University of Oxford , which I could demonstrate , if material ) After this , in the yeer of our Lord 1411. he determined to visit the University of Oxford in the twelft yeer of King Henry the fourth his reign ; but comming thither to visit , was repulsed by the Chancellour Richard Courtney , Benedic●● Brent and Iohn B●rch Proctors , and some Schollers of their faction , which Thomas Walsingham in his Historia Angliae , and ●podigma Neust●iae too ( Anno Dom. 1411. thus relates : Dominus Cantuariensis dum ni●itur visitare Vniversitatem Oxoniarum , repulsam passus est . Whereupon the Archbishop complaining to the King of that affront , both parties referred themselves to his royall determination of this Controversie ; who after a full h●a●ing of both parties , the seventeenth day of December , in the twel●t yeer of his reign , by deliberate advice of his Councel , confirmed the Order ●ormerly made by King Richard the second , over-ruled the Chancellours and Proctors pretences , ( now revived and insisted on ) That the Vniversity was exempt from all Archiepiscopall and Epi●copall visitation by the Bull of Pope Boniface the eight ( which he d●clared null & prejudiciall to his crown , and they then renounced the second time ) and that the King was the onely and sole Visitor of the Vniversity as a Vniversity : which he then likewise disclaimed , and adjudged , That the Archbishops of Canterbury should and ought for ever after to visit the Vniversity , Chancellour , Proctors , and all Doctors , Schollers and Members of the Vniversity whatsoever ; and that if the Archbishops were hereafter disturbed in their Visitations of the Vniversity , all its Franchises , Liberties and Priviledges should be seised into the King's hands till their submission thereunto ; and they should likewise pay a thousand pound fine to the King for such their disturbance . Which resolution and proceedings before the King in this cause being drawn up in writing and presented to the King , Lords and Commons in the Parliament of 13. Henry 4. and there read before them , were they all ratified and confirmed by them , and enacted to be of as great vigor and effect , as if they had been done and made in Parliament ; which is evident by the Parliament Roll it self , An. 13. H. 4. num . 15. and by Archbishop Parkers Register , fol. 269. a true transcript whereof ( for the full conviction and satisfaction of all our present Opposers ) I shall here insert Memorandum , quod venerabilis in Christo Pater Thomas Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis in praesenti Parliamento nostro exhibuit quandam petitionem , una cum quadam schedula eidem annexa in haec verba . A Tressovereigne Sr. Nostre Sr. Le Roy Supplie humblement vostre humble chapellein Thomas Archevesque de Canterbiis , Que pleise a vous Tressovereign Sr. par assent de Signeurs Esperit aelx & Temporells , & les Comes in cest present Parlement , de graunteir approver , ratifier & confirmer tout cest quest compris en un cedul● , a cest bille annexe , & que meisme ceste cedule puisse se e●tre enrollee & enacte in cest presente Parlement selo●e la fourme & effecte de mesme le cedule , & que mesme la cedule & tout ceo quest compris e● icelle soient de taunt de force effecte & authorite , & mesme les force effecte & auctoritee eient & teignent , come ils ussent estre faict●● en ceste Parlement & per auctoritee de mesme le Parlement . Memorandum , Quod cum Richardus secundus , nuper Rex Angliae , propter diversas dissentiones , lites et discordias quondam habitas in Vniversitate Oxoniensi super jure & titulo visitationis dictae Vniversitatis , ac de quadam Bulla exemptionis praetensa ad excludendum Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem tunc existentem & Successores ●uos , ac quoscunque ali●s Ordinarios infra Vniversitatem praedictam , ac quoscunque fundatores dictae Vniversitatis ac Collegiorum ejusdem Vniversitatis a visitatione dictae Vniversitatis , & ab omni jurisdictione Ordinaria , per eosdem Archiepiscopum Ordinarium & fundator●s & suos successores ac commissarios suos in eadem Vniversitate fa●iond . & ex●rcend . Per breve su●m venire fecerit in Cancellaria sua apud Westmonasterium Bullam Praedictam ; & Cancellarius et Procuratores dictae Universitatis tunc existentes sufficiens Warrentum sigillo commune Universitatis praedictae ●igil . latum pro se et Universitate praedicta habentes , et secum in Cancellaria praedicta deferentes , ad exhibendum , publicandum ostendendum et praesentandum coram dicto nuper Rege in Cancellaria praedicta Bullam praedictam ; necnon ad respondendum ibidem , et ulterius faciendum et recipiendum quod per eundem nuper Regem & consilium suum ord●natum fuisset & definitum , prout de recordo in eadem Cancellaria plenius liquet : ac postmodum iidem Cancellarii , et Procuratores pro se & to●a Vniversitate praedicta submiserunt se de materiis praedictis Ordinationi et di●finitioni dicti nuper Regis : Q●i quidem nuper Rex , habita inde matura & pleniori deliberatione cum consilio suo , ac clarè considerans , Eullam praedictam fore impetratam in praejudicium ●o●onae suae , ac legum & con●uetudinum Regni sui enervationem , & in Haereticorum & Lollardorum , ac homicidiarum & aliorum male factorum favorem , & audaciam , dictaeque Vniversitatis verisimil●m destructionem ; Ordinavit , & per breve suum praecepit & inhibuit dicto Cancellario , Magistris , Doctoribus et Scholaribus Universitatis praedictae , in fide , Legeancia & dilectione quibus sibi tenebantur , ac sub poena amissionis privilegiorum Vniversitatis praedictae , & sub forisfactura omnium aliorum que sibi forisfacere poterant , ne dictam Bullam in aliqua sui part● exiqui , seu exercere , sue beneficium aliquod exemp●ionis per Bullam illam aliqualiter repor●are seu reciper● praesume●ent , sed omnibus exemptionibus & privilegiis in ea parte contentis , coram tune dil●cto clerico suo notorio Richardo Renhalle , quem ad eos ex causa praedicta destinavit , palam & publicè , pro imperpotuò renunciarent , ac super renunciationem hujusmodi quandam certificationem sibi sub sigillo dictae Universitatis , ac publica instrumenta fieri , er sibi per eundem Clericum suum transmitti facerent , sub poenis supradictis . Postmodum allegantur praefato Cancellario et aliis sibi adhaerentibus nomine Universitatis praedictae VISITATIONEN PRAE●DICTAM AD DICTUM RICHARDUM NUPER REGEM SOLUM ET INSOLIDUM PERTINERE ; consideransque , quod visitatio Vniversitatis praedictae ad praefatum Archiepiscopum & successores suos , ● ac ad eccles●am su●m Cantuarien●em PERTINUIT ET PERTINERE DEBUIT ; QUOD QUE IPSE AUT PROGENITORES SUI CANCELLARIUM AC UNIVERSITATEM PRAEDICTAM RETROACTIS TEMPORIBUS MINIME VISITARE CONSUEVERUNT . Voluit & ex certa scientia sua declaravit , quod visitatio Cancellarii ac Procuratorum dictae Vniversitatis qui pro tempore fuerint , necnon omnium Doctorum , Magistrorum Regentium & non Regentium , ac Schola●ium ejusdem Vniversitatis quorumcunque , eorumque servientum , aliarumque personarum cujuscunque status vel conditionis exstiteriat libertatibus aut privilegiis dictae Vniversitatis utentium seu illis gaudere valentium , NECNON UNIVERSITATIS PRAEDICTAE ETIAM UT UNIVERSITATIS , ad praefa●um Archiepiscopum & Successores suos , ac ecclesiam suam praedictam PERTINUIT ET PERTINERE DEBUIT , AC FUTURIS TEMPORIBUS PERTINERET . Postmodumque praedictus ●uper Rex per diversa Brevia sua Cancellario , Procuratoribus , cunctis Doctoribus & Scholaribus Vniversitatis praedictae praeceperat , quod ipsi Archiepiscopo praedicto & successoribus suis in visitatione sua praedicta in eadem Universitate facienda in omnibus sub poenis praedictis parerent et obedirent ; Postmodumque sicut datum fuit intelligi Domino nostro Regi Henrico quarto post conquestuw quod visitante Thoma Archiepiscopo Cantuari●nsi jure suo Metropolitico Diocaesi Lincoln . Anno Regni dicti Henrici Regis duodecimo , venit ad praedictam Vniversitatem Oxonii ad exequendam in forma juris ecclesiastici ibidem visitationem suam , Richardus Courtnay ad ●unc Cancellarius Universitatis praedictae , ac Benedictus Brent & Johannes Birch ad tunc Procuratores dictae Vniversitatis , ac quamplures alii eis adherentes , in eadem Vniversitate dictum Archiepiscopum de visitatione sua praedicta & jurisdictione ejusdem Archiepiscopi manuforti injuste impedierunt , et ei absque causa rationabili resistebant : super quo diversae lites dissentiones & discordiae inter ●r fatum Thomam Archiepiscopum & eosdem Cancellarium & Procuratores ac alios Scholares Universitatis praedictae eorumque fautores , de & super jure & impedimento visitationis , & jurisdictionis praedictarum , mot●● fuerint & exortae in Vniversitate praedictae , & super hoc praesente Thoma Comite Arundel , & aliis personis honorabilibus secum existentibus in Vniversitate praedicta , tam Praefatus Archiepiscopus pro se & Ecclesia sua praedicta quam praefatus Richardus Courtnay Cancellarius Vniversitatis praedictae & Benedictus Brent & Johannes Birch Procuratores ejusdem Vniversitatis , pro se et eorum adhaerentibus in m●teriis praedictis ac pro Vniversitate praedicta per assensum eorundem adhaerentium se submisserunt & concesserunt stare arbitrio judicio & ordinatione ac decreto illustrissimi Principis & Domini dicti Domini nostri Regis Henrici de & super jure & impedimento visitationis & jurisdictionis praedictarum per dictos Magistrum Richardum Cancellarium & sibi adhaerentes praestito● ac dissentionibus , Litibus & discordiis praedictis , & earum dependentiis , & super hoc dictus Dominus noster Rex Henric●s dictum Magistrum Richardum Courtney Cancellarium ac dictos Benedictum Brent & Iohannem Birch venire fecit coram eo in propria persona apud Lambeth in crastino Nativitatis beatae Mariae dicto anno Regni sui duodecimo , ad faciendum & recipiendum quod per cundem dictum Regem de advisamento Consilii sui foret consideratum in materiis praedictis ; & praedictus Archiepiscopus ibidem coram praefato Domino Rege comparuit , & tàm praefatus Archiepiscopus quam iidem Cancellarius & Procuratores ad tunc & ibidem coram dicto Domino Rege submissionem praedictam in omnibus ( ut praedictum est ) fore factum in forma praedicta recognoverunt , & ibidem concesserunt stare arbitrio , judicio & ordinacioni ejusdem Domini nostri Regis de & super jure & impedimento visitationis & jurisdictionis praedictorum ae aliis mate●iis & omnibus dependentiis earundem : Qui quidem Dominus Rex postea 17. die mensis Septembris dicto anno duode●imo apud Lambeth praedictū , auditis & intellectis tam allegationibus quam responsionibus partium praedictarum , & etiam habens considerationem ad dictam submissionem factam tempore dicti Regis RICHARDI , ac ordinationem judicium & determinationem super eandem submissionem , tangentem visitationem & jurisdictionem praedict. ac clare consid●rans , QVOD VISITATIO VNIVERSITATIS pra●dictae etiam us Vniversitatis , ET OMNIVM IN VNIVERSITATE PRAEDICTA COMMORANTIVM AD DICTVM ARCHIEPISCOPVM ET SVCCESSORES SVOS VT DE IVRE ECCLESIAE PRAEDICTAE PERTINET ET DE IVRE PERTINERE DEBERET , et quod iidem Cancellarius et Procuratores ac alii ●is in hac parte adhaerens●s ●undem Archiepiscopum de visitatione et jurisdictione praedictis INIVSTE & ABSQVE TITVLO SEV RATIONABILI CAVSA MANVFORTI IMPEDIERVNT , dictum judicium , ordina●ionem & determinationem praedicti Richardi nuper Regis ratificavit , approbavit , & confirmavit PRO IMPERPETVO duratura ; & ulterius tam authoritate sua Regia quàm virtute submissionis praedictae sibi factae ad ●uncibidem arbitratus fuit , ordinavit , consideravit , decrevit & adjudicavit , QVOD PRAEDICVS ARCHIEPISCOPVS ET SVCCESSORES SVI IMPERPETVVM HA●EANT VISITATI●NEM ET IVRISDICTIONEM IN VNIVERSITATE PRAEDICTATAM CANCELLARII● COMMISSARII , quàm Procurat●rum EIVSDEM VNIVERSITATIS QVI PRO TEMPORE FVERINT ; NECNON OMNIVM DOCTORVM , MAGISTRORVM RE●ENTIVM & non Regentium ac Scholarium ejusdem Universitatis quorumcunque , eorum servientium , aliarumque personarum cujuscunque status v●l conditioni● ex●iterint , ET ETIAM EIVSDEM VNIVERSITATIS VT VNIVERSITATIS ; & quod Cancellariu● , Commissarius , et Procuratores Universitatis praedic●ae qui pro tempore fuerint , eorum Successores , et omnes alii in dicta Universitate pro tempore commorantes , futuris temporibus eidem Archiepiscopo et Successoribus suis in visitatione et jurisdictione● Universitatis praedictae etiam ●t Universitatie , in omnibus pareant et obedi●nt ; et quod ne● aliqui● aliu● in Universitate praedicta● aliquod privilegium se●beneficium examptionis ad ex●ludendum praesatum Archiepiscopum seu . Success●res suo● de-visitatione et jurisdictione praedictis in Universitate praedicta colore alicujus Bullae seu alterius tituli cujuscunque erga praedictum Archiepiscopum seu Successores ●uos clameant , habeant seu vendicent ullo modo in futuro : et quod quotiens Cancellarius , Commissari●s vel locum tenens ipsorum , vel alicujus ipsorum , vel Procuratores di●tae Universit●tis , qui pro tempore fuerint , vel eorum Successores ; ●ive aliquis eorum impedierint , vel impedierit praefatum Archiepiscopum vel Successores suos aut ecclesiam suam praedictam , aut ipsorum vel alicujus ipsorum Commissarium vel Cōmissarios de hujusmodi visitatione seu jurisdictione dictae● Universitatis , vel in aliquo contravenerint dictis arbitrio , ordinationi ●ive judicio per praetatum Richardam nuper Regem factum , sive arbitrio , judicio , decreto , considerationi vel ordinationi ipsius Domini nostri Regis Hen●i●i in ●ac casu 〈…〉 aliquis dictae Universitatis in fut●●● impedierit dictum Archiepiscopum vel Successores suos , aut Ecclesiam suam praedictam , aut ipsorum vel alicujus ipsorum Commissarios vel Commissarium , de visitatione sua aut jurisdictione antedictis , vel in aliquo contravenerit d●cto arbicrio five judicio per praefatum Richardum nuper Regem in forma praedicta facto , vel arbitrio , judicio , decreto considerationi seu ordinationi ipsius Domini nostri Regis Henrici ; & quod Cancellarius , Commissarius Procuratores Universitatis praedictae tunc non fe●erint diligentiam & posse eorum ad adjuvandum dictum Archiepilcopum vel Successores suos aut Ecclesiam praedictam , seu Commissarium vel Commissario● de visitatione aut jurisdictione antedictis , vel in aliquo cōtravenerint dictis arbit●io ordinationi ●ive judicio per praefatum Richardum nuper Regem in forma praedicta factis , vel arbitrio , judicio , decre●o , considerationi seu ordinationi ipsius Domini nostri Regis Henr●● ; & quod Cancellarius , Commissarius & Procuratores Universitatis praedictae tunc non fecerint diligentiam & posse ●orum ad adjuvandum dictum Archiepiscopum & Successores suos aut Ecclesiam suam praedictam , seu Commissarium vel Commiss●●os suos in hujusmodi Casu , ac etiam ad puniendum hujusmodi impedientes & resistentes ; Quod to●iens omnes Franches●●e , lib●rta●es , ac omnia privilegia ejusdem Universitatis in manu● Domini Regis vel haeredum suorum seisiantur , in eisdem manibus ipsorum Domini Regis vel haeredum suorum remansura quo usque praedictus Archiepiscopus vel Successores sui pacificam visitationem ac jurisdictionem in forma praedicta in dicta Universitate habuerit vel habuerint , & etiam totiens Cancellarius , Commissarius , & Procuratores ejusdem Universitatis quo pro tempore fuerint & eorum Successores , ac Universitas praedicta solvant & teneantur , solvere ipso Domino nostro Regi Henrico & haeredibus suis mille libras legalis monetae Angliae : Quae quidem cedula visa ac cum matura & diligenti deliberatione examinata & intellecta , dictus Dominus Rex in pleno Parliamento asseruit & declaravit , omnia & singula in eadem schedula contenta per ipsum secundum quod in eadem continetur facta , arbitrata , ordinata , considerata , decreta & adjudicata in omnibus esse & ex●itisse : & sic de assensu Dominorum Spiritualium & Temporalium necnon Communitatis in eodem Parliamento existentium qui super eisdem pleniorem deliberationem similiter habuerunt & eisdem decreto & judicio plenariè consenserunt & agreaverunt , eandem cedulam & omnia & singula in eadem contenta concessit approbavit , ratificavit & confirmavit : Quodque eadem schedula in Rotulo parliamenti secundum formam & effectum ejusdem irrotularetur & inactaretur , ac etiam quod eadem schedula & omnia in ea contenta sunt tanti et talis valoris effectus et authoritatis , et eosdem valorem effectum et authoritatem habeant et teneant ac si in praesenti Parliamento , ac per auctoritatem ejusdem Parliamenti facta exti●issent . Et puis apres sur diverses matieres moeney par entre le dit Erceve●que et Lercevesque Deverwyke sur certaines privileges pretenses par le dit Ercevesque Deverwike pour le College appellee Queen-hall , en la Vniversity Oxenford , le dit Erchevesque de Canterbiis en presence du Roy et des Signeurs en le dit Parlement provist , que se le dit Erchevesque Deverwyck purroit sufficientment monstrer ascum privilege ●u especialtee de recorde perount le dit Er●evesque de Canterbiis ne deust user ne exercer s● visitation du dit College , il se vorroit eut abstinier ; Sauvant a Luj touteffois la visitation de les Escoliers demourantez en le dit College solone les juggementx & decrees faictz & donnez par le dit Roy Richard , & par nostre Signeur le Roy Henry prest come en le recorde eut fuit plus ple nement est declarez . This Act is likewise recorded even by Robert Hare himself , in his Collectio Libertatum & Privilegiorum Vniversitatis Oxon. Lo here a full and punctuall resolution of two successive Kings , Richard the second and Henry the fourth , and of the Lords and Commons in Parliament against the present pretended Priviledge and Plea of the University of Oxford and their Delegates , which subverts all the grounds of their feigned exemption from all other Visitors but the King , either by foundation , prescription or papall Buls and Grants . This Archbishop Arundel not onely visited the University of Oxford , but likewise held a Provinciall Councell therein Anno Dom. 1408. in which he made a constitution concerning the Heads and Wardens of the University , thus entituled , Gardiani principales & Praepositi Universitatis Oxoniensis , semel in singulis mensibus inquirant de moribus & Doctrina suorum Scholarium ( and that under pain of deprivation , in case of wilfull neglect ) which Constitution is recorded at large by Iohannis de Aton , Constitutiones Legit . fol. 154. Yea , * Phillip Repingdon Bishop of Lincoln sent forth his Citations for a visitation to the University of Oxford , as their Diocaesan , intended to be held by him in St Maries Church in Oxford , dated , apud Leicest . 12. Feb. Anno Dom. 1415. ( being the first yeer of Henry the fift his reign ) to which the University , as to some particulars readily submitted , as is evident by their answer to him , viz. That they intended to make PERSONAL APPEARANCE to his Summons at the time and place appointed , Recepturi quae ad Officium inquisitionis haereticae pravitatis duntaxat pertinere noscumtur . Sub hac tamen protestatione , quod per illam personalent comparitionem non intendimus in vos consentire SVPER QVIBVSCVNQVE ARTICVLIS . ( haereticae pravitatis duntaxat exceptis ) &c. Datum apud Oxon. 4● mensis Martii Anno Dom. 1413. A cleer evidence , that by the repeal of the Popes Buls of exemption in Parliament , 13. H. 4. not onely the Archbishops of Canterbury , but likewise the Bishops of Lincoln's jurisdiction over , and visitation of the University of Oxford as their Diocesan , was revived and submitted to , at least in cases of Heresie . And in this very yeer 1413. this Archb. Arundel made certain Statutes for the government of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge , as Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. relates , p. 309. the greatest badge of his jurisdiction over them . Anno Dom. 1417. Henry Chirbley Archbishop of Canterbury upon the frequent and grievous complaints of divers in both Vniversities , made a Constitution and Ordinance in full convocation , to endure for ten yeers , touching the promotion of Graduates in the Vniversities of Oxford and Cambridge , enrolled in his Register , fol. 13 , & 14. Iohn Morton Archbishop of Canterbury , in the yeer of our Lord 1490. visited divers Diocesses within his Province , and among others the Diocesse of Lincoln , wherein the Vniversity of Oxford then was , Antiq. Eccles. Brit. p. 342 , 343. in which visitation it is probable he visited the Vniversity , as part of that Diocesse , though I find no expresse mention of it . Anno Dom. 1557. Reginald Poole Archbishop of Canterbury , visited the Vniversities of Oxford and Cambridge by his Delegates , the History where of its recorded at large in Master Fox his Acts and Monuments , Vol. 3. Edit. 1640. p. 762. to 780. and epitomized in Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. p. 422. which Visitation some say he kept onely as Popes Legat , not in his Metropolitical right , though I conceive he visited in both those capacities ; altering and reforming the Statutes of both Vniversities , and making new ones of his own for them to observe , yet extant among their Records . An. 19. of Queen Elizabeths reign , Edmund Grindall Archbishop of Canterbury and his Commissary , received an Appeal from William Wylson elected Rector of Lincoln-colledge in Oxford , whom the Bishop of Lincoln and his Delegates ( Visitors of that Colledge ) refused to admit , and thereupon granted an Inhibition to the Bishop and his Visitors , and summoned them to appear before him to determine this election , as appears by the Queens Commission to examine this businesse , dated 23. Apr. 19. Eliz. endorsed on the Rolls of that yeer . In the twelft yeer of King CHARLES William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury intending to visit both Universities by his Metropolitical Right , the Universities revived this Plea against his jurisdictiō , which had rested in peace without any controversie from K. Henry the 4th his resolution , Anno 1612. till that very yeer 1635. The Universities alleaged , that the King onely was and ought to be their sole Visitor , and that they were exempt from all . Archiepiscopal and Episcopal visitation by foundation , prescription , papall Buls , royall Charters and expresse Statutes ; & the Vice-Chancellour , and Heads of the University of Cambridge , on the 24. of December 1635. presented this ensuing Paper to the Archbishop , against his Metropoliticall power to visit them ( comprizing in it whatever the University of Oxford hath alleaged , or can colorably object against their present visitation ) the Originall whereof I have in my custody , endorsed with the Archbishop's own hand . A Summary Brief or Extract of the REASONS wherefore the University of CAMBRIDGE is exempt both from Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Jurisdiction and VISITATION . IT being laid for a ground , that the Chancellour of the University as Ordinarius , hath , and of ancient time had ordinary jurisdiction within the Vniversity , as may appear , as well by the Letters patents of King Richard the second , under the great Seal of England , of a grant to the Chancellour , to make a significavit into the Chancery of his excommunications , as Bishops used to do ; whereupon the Writ of De excommunicato capiendo was to issue ; as also , by a multitude of presidents , of the exercise of spirituall Censures and Jurisdictions ; amongst which it doth appear , that in the time of King Edward the first , the Chancellour of the Vniversity did excommunicate the Builiffs of Cambridge for infringing the Priviledges of the Vniversity : and in the time of King Henry the eighth , Iohn Edmunds then Master of Peter-house , and Vice-Chancellour of the University did excommunicate Dr Cliffe , Chancellour to the Bishop of Ely , for excommunicating a priviledged man , and the matter comming before Cardinal Woolsey the Popes Legate , it was ordered for the University ; and Doctor Cliffe submitted to the said Vice Chancellour , and was absolved by him publikely in the Vniversity . In the first place , The Vniversity of Cambridge is Studium generale , and Communitas Clericorum ; and it is f one of the royall Prerogatives of the Kings of England , that where they are founders of Monasteries , Colleges , or other Religious places , such Religious places , so founded are eo ipso exempt from Episcopall and Archiepiscopall Iurisdiction , and are onely to be visited by persons delegated by the King's Majesty , by Commission under the great Seal of England . That the University is of the royall foundation of the King's Progenitors or Predecessors , it appears not onely by authentick Historians , but also by a Petition exhibited by the Chancellour and Schollers of the University , 5. R. 2. to the King in Parliament , concerning the Townsmen of Cambridge burning their Charters and other Writings and Muniments , &c. And the reason of the Petition is given , Cum dicta Vniversitas Cantebrigiae sit ex . ordinatione & fundatione illustrium Progenitorum vestrorum , propter honorem Dei & Sanctae Ecclesiae . which Petition was accepted , and a Decree thereupon made in Parliament against the Townsmen . 2. The Popes of Rome untill 26. H. 8. did usurp upon the Imperial Crown of the Realm , and did assume to themselves a superiority and supremacy in all matters of Ecclesiastical government , and in very g ancient times there were Grants , Rescripts or Buls to free the Vniversity from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of the Diocesse , and of the Archbishop . Pope Iohn the two and twentieth , in the eleveneh yeer of the reign of King Edward the second , and at his request , doth confirm to this Vniversity ( which he called Studium generale ) all manner of Priviledges and Indulgences before that time granted to it by any of his Predecessors , or any Kings of this Realm . The Prior of Barnwell also , Anno Dom. 1430. as delegate to Pope Martin the fift , by vertue of that power committed to him , confirmeth the jurisdiction and exemption of the Vniversity by an authentick instrument under the seal of the said Pryor and his Covent , called , Processus Barnwellensis , the Original whereof is still in Archivis Academia . Pope Eugenius Anno Dom. 1433. being 12. H. 6. reciting the Buls of Pope Honorius & Sergius primus ( the which were n seven hundred yeers before that time ) for the freeing of the Vniversity from the jurisdiction of the Bishop and Archbishop , and reciting the processe of Barnwell , doth confirm the same , and supplies all defects , as appeares by the Original in Parchment in Archivis Vniversitatis . 3. There is a o constant custome and prescription for the freeing of the Vniversity from the jurisdiction of the Bishop and Archbishop ; And a Prescription and Custome will prevail in this case , as well upon the canon Law , as it will upon the municipal and fundamental Lawes of the Kingdom : and the rather , because the canon Law had his force in this Realm by usage and custom : And to prove , that this Custome and Prescription was ancient in the time of Henry the sixt ; it appears by the foresaid instrument under the seal of the Prior of Barnwell , termed Processus Barnwellensis , that the Masters , Doctors and Schollers of the University , for the preserving of their immunities and exemptions from the Bishop and Archbishop ( their Charters and Buls from the Popes being lost or burnt ) did addresse themselves by Petition to Pope Martin the fift , who did make a Commission Delegate to the Prior of Barnwell and Iohn Deeping , and to either of them to enquire , &c. The Prior takes upon him the execution of the Commission ; the University in the Regent house make a Proctor under the common Seal : There are seven Witnesses examined who speak for the time of their memory , some of them for sixty yeers , that ( by all that time ) the Chancellour of the Vniversity had exercised Ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the University , and names Richard Scroop , and eleven other Chancellours of the Vniversity , and p that no Archbishop or Bishop did interpose ; and doth instance Doctor Fordham Bishop of Ely , comming to Cambridge with an intention to visit the University , when he understood of the Priviledge of the Vniversity , he did supersede . Sithence that Processe , being above two hundred yeers ago , . there have been fourteen Archbishops of Canterbury , and sixteen Bishops of Ely , and none of them have visited the Vniversity of Cambridge , notwithstanding they have visited their Diocesse and Province . 4. Not insisting on sundry p ancient Charters of former Kings ; King Edward the second , An. 11. of his reign , writes to Pope Iohn the two and twentieth for confirming the ancient Priviledges which the Vniversity then used , with augmentation of new ; the which is in the Tower of London , and was under the great Seal of England . And 22. Maii 36. Edw. 3. that King directeth Letter Patents to the Archbishops , Bishops and Ecclesiasticall persons by way of Prohibition , that Schollers should not be cited into Ecclesiasticall Courts out of the Vniversity : And 6. Hen. 5. when a Commission was granted for the enquiring and correcting of Hereticks , according to the Statute of 2. Hen. 5. there is this clause ; Nolumus tamen quod aliquis vestrum de aliquo praemissorum quae per privilegia & libertates Vniversitatis per Cancellarium ejusdem Vniversitatis solummodo corrigi & terminari debent , colore praesentis commissionis nostrae in aliquo intromittatis . In the Letters Patents of King Iames of blessed memory , in March 20. of his reign , he first declares his intention to confirm the Priviledges and Customes used in the Vniversity : Secondly , he doth in expresse terms confirm the jurisdiction as well spirituall as temporall , the Priviledges , Quietances and Exemptions , not onely by the Grants of his Progenitors , vel aliarum personarum quarumcunque , but also praetextu aliquarum Chartarum , donationum , consuetudinis , praescriptionis , &c. And thirdly , Grants that the Chancellour , and ( in his absence ) the Vice-chancellour shall visit Colledges which have no speciall Visitor , which Charter is also exmero motu & certa scientia . 5. It appears by the Statute of 25. H. 8. cap. 19. & 21. that albeit the supremacy in causes Ecclesiastical be resumed to the Crown from the Pope , yet no part of that power which the Pope or Archbishop of Canterbury ( as his Legat ) in any wise ever had , is invested In the Archbishop ; but it is q especicially provided , That in the case of Monasteries , Colleges , &c. exempt from Episcopall power , and immediately subjected to the Pope , the Visitation shall not be by the Archbishop , but by Commissioners to be nominated by the King by his commission under the great Seal . It is true , that by the Statute of 31. H. 8. in a proviso therein contained , there the Bishop and Archbishop have a power given unto them over Monasteries , Colledges , &c. which before were immediately subjected to the Pope ; but that enlarging of the power of the Archbishop doth extend onely to Religious houses dissolved ; it doth not extend to the Vniversity : and the Statute of 1. Phil. & Mary cap. 8. repealing the Statutes made against the Pope's Supremacy , and giving power to the Archbishop , &c. to visit in places exempt , hath a speciall proviso thereby , not to diminish the Priviledges of the Vniversities of Oxford and Cambridge , nor the Priviledges granted to the church of Westminster , Windsore , and the Tower . There is no new power given to the Archbishop by the Statute of 1. Elizabethae , and this appears evidently in the proviso therein touching the Visitation , for ( if he will visit ) he must be having jurisdiction , and he must visit onely within his jurisdiction , and the power is also given to Ordinaries within their jurisdictions . 6. i Presidents and examples in the very poynt ; wherein not to insist upon the president of any Archbishop before the time of 26. H. 8. in as much as the Pope then being reputed the Supream head of the church , and the Archbishop of Canterbury having a Legatine power , his acts then are not to be ensampled to the succeeding Archbishops , who have not any power in the poynt in question touching visitation , from the Pope ; but what hath been done sithence is most materiall , and that time hath taken up above an hundred yeers , which by the Canon Law is accounted not onely tempus antiquum , but tempus antiquissimum . The first Visitation of the University , sithence that time was 27. H. 8. when the Lord Cromwel was Chancellour of this University , and the same was by * commission under the great Seal of England ( to the Lord Cromwel Chancellour , and others ) according to the foresaid Statute of 25. H. 8. The second visitation was k 3. Edw. 6. and as it doth appear by the Letter of the Duke of Somerset the then Chancellour of the University , that visitatio Regia was , by reason that he was moved by the Letters of the University to send Visitors : he being then Protector was not in Commission . In the third and fourth yeer of the reign of Phillip and Mary ( the Pope being restored to his usurped power ) Cardinal Poole did visit the University ; but it appears in the processe , that it was as Legatus , by Commission from the Pope , cui Papa commisit visitationem & reformationem studiorum generalium : which clause , together with the proviso in the said Statute 1 , & 2. Phil. & Mary , proveth , that this Visitation was not authoritate Metropolitica . And lastly , there was a Royall Visitation 1. Eliz. by m Commission under the great Seal , to Sir William Cecill , then the Chancellour of the University , and to others : The Queens Letter before the said Visitation , to Sir William Cecill , is , Because the chief order and governance of Our Vniversity of Cambridge appertaineth to you , being the chancellour of the same , &c. Wee thought meet to will you in Our name to give signification , that We mean very shortly , with your advice , to visit the same by some discreet and meet persons . Yet notwithstanding all these reasons , presented by the Vniver . of Camb. & others of like nature sent from Oxf. amplified by councell , upon a full & deliberate hearing of both parties before the King himself & the Lords of the privy Counsel at Hampton court , the King and Lords resolved against the Universities claims and reasons , and confirmed the ancient Declarations and Resolutions of King Richard the second , and Henry the fourth , disclaiming this new revived Monopoly , of the King's sole right of visiting the Vniversities , they would attribute to him as his Royall Prerogative , and their grand Priviledge and Birthright ( which they are bound by oath and duty to maintain ) as this ensuing Charter of King Charles himself will demonstrate , to their eternall refutation . Anno duodecimo CAROLI , pars sexta Novemb 2. Commis. visitat . Archiepiscopo Cant. REX omnibus ad quos , &c. Suborta nuper lite & controversia inter Reverendissimum in Christo Patrem Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem , & Vniversitates nostras Oxonii & Cantebrigiae super jure & titulo visitationis Metropoliticae Universitatum praedictarum , praefato Archiepiscopo jus visitandi praedictas Universitates sibi & Ecclesiae suae Metropoliticae Christi Cantuariensi vendicante ; praefatisque Universitatibus se a visitatione praedicta exemptas esse pretendentibus ; liteque & controversia praedictis , ad Nos & judicium & sententiam nostram Regiam delatis , Nos ad stabiliendam pacem inter partes praedictas & ad tollendam in perpetuum bujusmodi controversiae materiam , Reverendissimum in Christo Patrem praedictum & perquàm fidelem Consiliarium nostrum Willielmum , providentia divina Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem totius Angliae Primatum & Metropolitanum , & Vniversitatis Oxonii Cancellarium , Necnon perdilectum & perquàm fidelem consanguineum & Censiliarium nostrum Henricum Comitem Holland , Vniversitatis Cantebrigiae Cancellarium , aliosque nonnullos a praedictis Universitatibus mandata sufficientia habentes , venire fecimus coram Nobis & Consiliariis Nostris in Aula Nostra apud honorem Nostrum de Hampton Court vicessimo primo die mensis Junii , Anno Regni Nostri duodecimo ; ibidemque auditis & intellectis quae per partes praedictas hinc inde dici & allegari potuerunt , habitaque cum praefatis Consiliariis Nostris deliberatione matura , ad definiendam & dejudicandam litem & controversiam praedictam processimus in modum fequentem . Primò & ante omnia per probationes legitimas & per confessionem utriusque partis , Nobs constabat , Nos jure Coronae nostrae Regni Angliae habuisse & habere potestatem visitandi Universitates praedictas quoties & quandocunque Nobis & Successoribus nostris visum ● fuerit : praefatumque Archiepiscopum jure Ecclesiae suae Metrop●●●ticae Christi Cantuariensis habuisse , & habere potestatem visitandi totam Provinciam suam Cantuariensem , in qua Universitates praedictae positae sunt . Cum verò ex parte Universitatum propositum esset , Universitates praedictas per quasdam Chartas nostras & Praedecessorum nostrorum , & Bullas Papales fuisse exemptas & immunes ab omni visitatione & jurisdictione Archiepiscopi praedicti , eandemque immunitatem ligitima temporis usu fuisse praescriptam ; ex parte praefati Archiepiscopi coram Nobis ostensum & probatum fuit , tres Praedecessores suos Archiepiscopos Cantuarienses actualiter visitasse Universitates praedictas jure Ecclesiae suae Metropoliticae Christi Cantuariensis , & non per potestatem legitimam ; ortaque olim lite inter Archiepiscopum Canturiensem & Universitatem Oxon. super jure visitationis praedictae tempore Richardi secundi Praedecessoris Nostri , Regis Angliae , eundem Praedecessorem Nostrum plenè auditis quae per partes utrinque proponi potuerint , pro Archiepiscopo & jure visitationis suae judicasse ; eademque controversia itorum emergente inter Archiepiscopum Cantuariensem & Universitatem Oxon. tempore Henrici quarti Praedecessoris Nostri Regis Angliae , eundem Praedecessorem Nostrum similiter pro Archiepiscopo praedicto & JURE VISITATIONIS SUAE PRAEDICTAE PRONUNCIASSE ET DETERMINASSE , EASDEMQUE SENTENTIAS ET DETERMINATIONES PER ACTUM PARLIAMENTI Anno tertiodecimo Henrici quarti fuisse ratificatas & confirmatas . Quinetiam Nobis constabat , praedictas exemptiones & immunitates a visitatione Metropolitica Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis , vel earum aliquam , per aliquam Chartam Nostram vel Praedecessorum Nostrorum non fuisse concessas , easdemque per Bullas Papales concedi non potuisse , nec per cursum temporis citra actuales visitationes Archiepiscoporum praedictorum fuisse legitimè praescriptas , nec de jure Nostro Ecclesiastico potuisse praescribi : praefatus●● Archiepiscopus coram Nobis protulit schedulam subscriptam manibus Magistrorum Collegiorum Universitatis Cantebrigiensts in qua Magistri pro se & Universitate sua , privilegiis & immuntatibus Papalibus Universitati praedictae concessis , renunciabant . Quibus omnibus per Nos consideratis , habitaque deliberatione cum praefatis consiliariis Nostris , JUDICAVIMUS ET DETERMINAVIMUS JUS VISITANDI CANCELLARIOS , MAGISTROS ET SCHOLARES UNIVERSITATUM PRAEDICTARUM , SUCCESSORUM SUORUM , EORVMQUE SERVIENTIUM , ALIARUMQUE PERSONARUM PRO TEMPORE EXISTENTIUM LIBERTATI ET PRIVILEGIIS UNIVERSITATUM PREFAT. UTENTIVM , NECNON UNIVERSITATUM PRAEDICTARVM VT VNIVERSITATES , SPECTARE ET PERTINERE ad praefatum Archiepiscopum & SVCCESSORES SVOS & Ecclesiam Metropoliticam praedictam , PER SE , COMMISSARIVM SEV COMMISSARIOS SVOS EXERCENDVM : Et quod praefati Cancellarii , Magistri , Scholares , & reliquae personae Privilegiis Vni . versitatum utentes , eorumque Successores , PERPETVIS FVTVRIS TEMPORIBVS EIDEM ARCHIEPISCCPO ET SVOCESSORIBVS SVIS , EORVMVE COMMISSARIIS IN VISITATIONE ET JVRISDICTIONE VNIVERSITATVM PRAEDICTARVM IN OMNIBVS PAREANT ET OBEDIANT . Cum vero coram Nobis praeterea proponeretur non satis constare quoties & visitatio praedictarum Vnivesitartum exerceri debeat , ad amputandas similes controversias in futuro , Ordinavimus , quod licebit praefato Archiepiscopo & Successoril us suis VISITARE VNIVERSITATES PRAEDICTAS NON TANTVM SEMEL IN VITA , sicut in reliquis partibus Provinciae Cātuariensis nuper visitat . suit , verii ETIAM QUOD LICEBIT IIS EORUMQUE SINGULIS POST PRIMAM VISITATIONEM METROPOLITICAM FINITAM PRAEDICTAS VNIVERSITATES PER SE VEL COMMISSARIOS SVOS VISITARE QVOTIESCVNQVE ILLVD NECESSARIVM PRAEFATIS ARCHIEPISCOPIS VISVM FVERIT EX CAVSA RATIONABILI ET LEGITIMA PER NOS ET SVCCESSORES NOSTRO SP RIMITVS APPROBANDA . Cumque praeterea coram Nobis proponeretur , ex parte Cancellarii praedicti , futurum valdè incommodum sibi & successoribus suis pro dignitate personarum suarum , si in visitationibus praedictis personaliter debeant comparere ; declaravimus , jure satis consultum esse eorum incommodis in hac parte , cum possint in visitationibus praedictis per Procuratores suos comparere . Denique per praefatum Archiepiscopum a Nobis humiliter petitum fuit , hoc Nostrum judicium & declaratio potestatis visitandi Vniversitates praedictas sibi & successoribus suis jure Ecclesiae Metropoliticae Christi Cantuariensis , competent . non possint in futuro extendi ad EPISCOPOS ET ARCHIDIACONOS LOCORVM IN QUIBUS VNIVERSITATES PRAEDICT. POSITAE SVNT : Et ut praefatae Vniversitates per praefatos Episcopos & Archidiaconos IMPOSTERVM NON POSSINT VISITARI : Et ut hoc nostrum judicium , ordinationem & determinationem sub magno sigillo Angliae concedere confirmari dignaremus : cujus petitioni annuentes , declaravimus , QVOD VNIVERSITATES PRAEDICTAE PER EPISCOPOS ET ARCHIDIACONOS PRAEDICTOS IMPOSTERVM NON VISITENTVR . Et hoc Nostrum judicium , ordinationem & declarationem sub magno sigillo Angliae communiri , & confirmari jussimus . Mandantes praefatis Cancellariis Magistris & Scholaribus Vniversitatum praedictarum ut VISITATIONI PRAEFATI ARCHIEPISCOPI ET SVCCESSORVM SVORVM SE SVBMITTANT , ET VT NVLLAM EXEMPTIONEM SEV IMMVNITATEM ADVERSVS VISITATIONEM PRAEDICTAM SIBI VENDICARE PRAESVMANT . In cujus rei , &c. T. R. apud Westm. tricessimo die Januarii , Anno Regni Caroli Regis Angl. &c. duodecimo . Per breve de privato Sigillo . By all these recited Histories and Records it is unquestionably apparent , both in point of fact and right too , That the Archbishops of Canterbury have from time to time visited the Universities both of Oxford and Cambridge , the severall Colledges and Hals in them , by their meer Metropolitical right . That this right of theirs , and jurisdiction over the Universities , was never opposed , nor this Plea or Priviledge of the King's sole right , ever pretended or insisted on till 20. R. 2. and that only by a factious party in the University of Ozford . That this King himself , on whom that Prerogative was first fixed , did by an expresse Charter and Decree absolutely disclaim , and adjudge it for the Archbishops , against the University of Oxford , upon a solemn reference of the whole businesse to him . That when the Vniversity of Oxford renewed it again , King Henry the fourth , to whose determination the Vniversity and Archbishop submitted the descision thereof , adjudged it for the Archbishops against the Vniversity , and disclaimed this pretended Prerogative of his sole visiting she Vniversities : which determination of his was ratified by the Lords and Commons in Parliament , as a binding Decree against the Vniversity , and their Successors : That the Archbishops of Canterbury enjoyed the Privilege of visiting the Vniversities without dispute , till 12. Caroli , who upon full hearing of both Vniversities and the Archbishop , before himself and his Councell , by his Letters Patents under the great Seal , confirmed the descisions of Richard the second , and Henry the fourth , and the Archbishops Metropolitical right of visiting the Vniversities , notwithstanding all Pleas , Buls and Charters alledged for their exemprion ; and likewise disavowed his own pretended right of sole visiting the Vniversities as Vniversities ; That the Popes Buls now insisted on for exempting the Vniversities from Episcopal and Archiepiscopal jurisdiction and visitation , have been renounced by the Vniversities themselves , and declared null and void by these three Kings , and the Parliament of 13. H. 4. and no bar at all to the Archbishops right then , much lesse to the Parliaments now : That no Kings of England ever visited the Vniversities till King Henry the eighth , and that neither his visitation of the Vniversity by his Commissioners ( if reall ) nor K. Edward the sixt by his , nor the Statutes of 26. H. 8. c. 1. 25 H. 8. c. 19 , 31. nor 1 & 2 Phil. & Mary c. 8. nor 1 Eliz. c. 1. did deprive the Archbishops of Canterbury of this jurisdiction , nor yet the Bishop of the Diocesse , whose jurisdiction continued till the twelft yeer of King Charles , as this clause in his Letters Patens , Declaramus quod Vniversitates praedictae per Episcopos & Archidiaconos IN POSTERVM NON VISITENTVR , intimates : which fully makes good my second , and fift position too , in every particuler branch . I shall be briefe in proof of my third . That Cardinal Poole Archbishop of Canterbury , in the third and fourth yeer of Queen Maries Reigne , as Popes Legat , visited both Vniversities , is thus related by Matthew Parker his immediate successor , Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. p. 422. Reginaldus Polus in LEGATIONE ADMINISTRANDA , quia ●um in vivis vix aliqui Evangelici quas flammis extingueret noti essent , in mortuos saevire decrevit . Ac primum Cantuariensem Diocaesim VISITAVIT ; deinde CANTEBRIGIENSEM ET OXONIENSEM ACADEMIAS , Johanni Christophersono Cicestrensi , & Cutberto Scoto Cestrensi Episcopis , necnon Colo , & maximè Ormaneto ( quem omnit us rebus praefecit ) LVSTRANDAS , & ad Pontificiam ●mussim atque normam reducendas commisit . Hi c●●m in collegi●s omnia perturbassent , novisque duris legibus multorum juvenum praeclar●s indoles a studiis prorsus alienassent , ne quid crudelitatis omitterent , mort●orum sepulchra violarunt , &c. The whole form and proceedings of their visitation of the Vniversity and Colledges of Cambridge , is at large recorded by Master Fox in his Acts and Monuments , Edit. 1640. Vol. 3. p. 762 , to 780. where those who please may read them at their leisure ; both the Vniversities submitting to his Visitors visitation of them , not onely as Archbishop , but Popes Legat too : cui Papa commisii visitationem & reformationem Studiorum generalium ; as he expressed in his Processe : This Cardinal altered the old , and made new Statutes for the Vniversities , rejecting those made by King Edward the sixt his authority , which Statutes of his are yet remaining among the Records of both Vniversities . That the Chancellours of both Universities have anciently , and at this day claimed a power of jurisdiction and visitation too ( in some cases ) over them , is confessed and argued by the University of Cambridge , in the Summary Brief of their Reasons , forecited , p. 29 , 32. they alledging this as one principall reason , why they should be exempt from all Episcopall and Archiepiscopall jurisdiction and visitation too , in some cases : and the University of Oxford , ( as is apparent by the words of the Commission of Queen Elizabeth , 23. Aprilis , 19 Eliz. ) made the se●● same Plea and suggestion against Archbishop Grinda●s jurisdiction in receiving an Appeal from William Wilson ( Rector elect of Lincoln-colledge in Oxford ) against the Bishop of Lincoln and his Visitors , who refused to admit him Rector of chat Colledge , That the Chancell●ur of the Vniversity of OXFORD , time out of mind , had been in quiet possession of this Priviledge among others : Quod Doctores , Magistri & Scholares omnes & singuli dictae & Academiae , ab omni jurisdictione , Dominio vel potestate quorumcunque Archiepiscoporum , etiam Legatorum natorum , necnon Episcoporum , aliorum Ordinariorum , & judicum quorumcunque quoad omnes Contractiones , vel quasi initos infra praedictam Vniversitatem , & quoad OMNIA CRIMINA , vel quasi & PVNITIONEM corundem ( exceptis prae-exceptis , mahemia , & felonia , & Assisis , & placitis de libero tenemento ) & quoad OMNES ACTVS SCHOLASTICOS , quamdi● degerint in e●dem Vniversitate , sunt exempti & totalitèr liberati , & praedicto CANCELLARIO SUBJECTI . Et quod CANCELLARIUS praedictae Vniversitatis OMNEM ET OMNIMODAM JURISDICTIONEM ECCLESIASTICAM ET SPIRITUALEM IN PRADICTOS SCHOLARES ET ALIAS PERSONAS EXERCERE LIBERE ET LICITE POSSIT ET VALEAT . The reality of which pretended exemption , priviledges and infringment of them by Wilson's Appeal , the Queen referred to the examination and determination of the Bishops of London and Rochester , Christopher Wray chief Baron of the Exchequer , Sir William Cordell Master of the Rols , Thomas Wilson Doctor of Law , one of the Masters of Request● , Iohn Gibbons , Doctor of Law , and one of the Masters of the Chancery , and Iohn Griffeth Doctor of Law , or any seven , six , five , four , three or two of them ; but what they did or determined therein is uncertain . If then the Popes Legats and the Chancellours of both Universities , have exercised , and time out of minde enjoyed such jurisdiction over the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ; their pretence , of being subject onely to the King's visitation and jurisdiction , must necessarily be disclaimed , being directly contrary to their own expresse claims , in relation to their Chancellours . My fourth position , That the particular Colledges , Hals and Members of the Vniversity have their particular Visitors appointed by their founders and private Statutes , to whose visitation and jurisdiction they are subject , not to the King's alone ; is such a known truth , that I need not prove it , having given some touches upon it * already in Lincoln-colledge and Brasennose . The rather , because the author of the Priviledges of the University of Oxford , p. 6. makes this Argument against the Visitors present jurisdiction , We have yet a more strict and particular Obligation , being sworn by our respective Statutes , to allow and submit to no visitation but from those who are nominated by our Founders . And the common and Statute Law of England allows the Founders of any Colledge , Abbey , Hospital , Free-school or Free-Chappel , without cure of souls , to visit or nominate those who shall visit the same , as is evident by 8 Ass. 29. 8. E. 369. 13 Ass. 2. 11 H 4 12. 84. 27 E. 3 84. 6 H. 714. Fitz. Nat. Bre. 42. a. b. 50. 〈…〉 . Brook Praemunire 1. 5. H. 5. c. 1. 25 H. 8 c. 21. 43 Eliz. c. 4. Now of all the Colledges or Hals in the University of Oxford , as Doctor Fell ( the pretended Vice Chancellour alledged before the Committee of Lords and Commons for regulating the University ) there is none but Christ . Church onely , of which the King is immediate Visitor , ( and that originally founded by Cardinal Woolsey , not the Kings Progenitors ) and no more but it and * Orial colledge , and St. Mary-Hall ( founded by K. Edward the 2d ) and Iesus-colledge ( founded by Qu. Elizabeth ) whereof the King and his Progenitors have been Founders ; which three later have their particular Visitors appointed by their Founders Statutes : and no Colledge in the University of Cambridge but Kings-colledge , Trinity-colledge any Christs-colledge , whereof the King's Ancestors are immediate Founders ; how then the King can truly and really be stiled , the sole Founder or Visitor of both or either our Universities ( there being but three Colledges in Oxford , and three in Cambridge of his foundation , and but one of his visitation ) I desire the University at leisure to resolve , since this their Plea , We have yet a more strict & particular obligation , being sworn by our respective Statutes , to allow and submit TO NO VISITATION but from those who are appointed by our Founders , quite subverts their grand pretended Priviledge , and strongest Plea in Bar ( which the Author of The Priviledges of the Vniversity of Oxford undertakes to make good ) That the right of visiting the Vniversity of Oxford , is onely in the King's Majesty , and that it is exempt from all other jurisdiction , by its Foundation , Prescription and grants of Exemption ; when as I have proved it to be anciently and legally subject both to the jurisdiction and visitation of the Bishops of Lincoln , of the Archbishops of Canterbury , the Popes Legats , the Chancellour ; and the Colledges and Hals as Members of it , to sundry particular Visitors , appointed by their respective Statutes and Founders ; the two last whereof themselves acknowledge and urge too . Which fully refutes the King's pretended royall Monopoly of sole visiting the University , which himself and his Progenitors have severall times disclaimed and resolved against in expresse terms , as I have manifested . My fift position is * already substantially proved in every syllable , in the evidence for probat of the second ; which I shall not repeat , but only conclude , the Author of the Vniversities Priviledges was very ill advised to plead Popes exploded , illegal , antichristiā Buls in Bar against the jurisdiction of both houses , and the Visitors deputed by them , in these Anti-papal times of Reformation , which might justly induce them to suspect , that the Heads and Members of the University have a higher and more reverent esteem of the Popes usurped , abandoned authority , and illegal Buls , then of both houses rightfull Power and Ordinances , which they would have these voyd Papall Buls ( no better then the white Bull in Osny Tower ) controll , though the very Letter of them extends onely to exempt themselves from Archiepiscopal and Episcopal , not Parliamentary jurisdiction and visitation , no more then Regall . These five positions being all confirmed , and the Universities pretended grand Priviledge and false Plea thereby sufficiently refuted , I shall next examine and refeil the false grounds and impertinent Evidences produced by their advocate to make them good , and so leave them without excuse . The first ground in maintainance of this exemption is , That the Vniversity of Oxford wholly refers to the King , as its Originall & Founder ; That almest 800. yeers since , King Alured not onely founded publick Schools of Arts & Lectures , but their Priviledges & Immunities , having gotten them confirmed by the then Pope ; That the Vniversity ever submitted and she●●●red themselves under the title of the Kings Foundation & yet do . For which some Instruments of the University to K. Richard the 2d , and others , wherein they recite they are Vestrae fundationis & Patronqtus , are cited in the Margin : Now all Societies whereof the King or his Predecessors were Founders , are ONELY VISITABLE BY THE KING , by the common Law of this Realm 6 H. 7 f. 14. 2 H. 5 ( I suppose he intends the Statute of 2 H. 5 c 1. since there is nothing in the yeer book to that purpose . ) To this I answer , first , That the originall Founder of the University of Oxford is not certainly known : Secondly , That King Alured was not the first Founder of this Vniversity , or of Schools and Lectures in it , ( which had been time out of mind before , as Master Cambden in his Britiania , p. 378. proves out of Ass●r ) but onely the Restorer and Repairer of them , recalling the long banished Muses unto their own sacred cels , it being a Vniversity above three hundred yeers before at lest ; its Orders and Ordinances for Lectures , &c. being made and established by Gildas , Melkin , Ninnius , Kentigerne , and other godly and learned men , which Saint German wondrous well allowed of ● which the old Schoolmen of the Vniversity proved by the undoubted testimony of old Chronicles before King Alured , in their contest with Grimbald their Divinity Professor there : And it is one thing to be a Founder , another a Repairer or enlarger ; else every Founder of a new Colledge or School in the Vniversity , or Repairer of an old one , should be the Founder of the University and Colledge it self . Thirdly , That this King conferred any Priviledges or Immunities on this Vniversity , & got them confirmed by the Pope ; I find no satisfactory evidence : but admit he did , this makes him no more a Founder of the Vniversity , then Edward the 3d , Richard the 2d , King Henry the 8th , Queen Elizabeth , King Iames , or King Charles , who confirmed and allowed the Vniversities ancient priviledges . Fourthly , there are only three Colledges and one Hall in Oxford now remaining of the King's and his Predecessors foundation , and one of them Christ-church , was really founded by Cardinal Wool●ey as a Colledge , and by the * King onely as a Deanary and Cathedral ; all other Colledges and Hals , with the publike Schools and Library had other Founders ; therfore the King and his Progenitors cannot be properly stiled , the sole Founder of the whole Vniversity , and so the onely Visitors by the common Law . Fiftly , the Parliament it self ( to speak properly ) is the true reall Founder and establisher of both Vniversities , they being incorporated and made capable to sue , purchase and enjoy all their Priviledges and Lands without controversie , onely by an act of Parliament in the 13. yeer of Queen Elizabeth , rot. 36. the title whereof is onely mentioned in the printed Acts ; therefore the Parliament being the true Founders of it , have best right to visit it by the common Law , by us their Commissioners , as this Objection proves . Sixtly , this plea , That the Vniversity is of the King's foundation only , ( as the Objector grants ) is but the Vniversities own device , who anciently did , and yet do shelter themselves under the title of it , against their lawfull Visitors , and are very ill advised to fly to this false shelter now , since three Kings and one Parliament have severall times driven them from it , as the premises evidence . Seventhly , admit the antecedent true , that the King and his Predecessors were sole Founders of the Vniversity , yet the sequell is unfound : Ergo they only are the Visitors of it , and none others , seeing I have proved , that others have of right visited and had jurisdiction in and over it as a Vniversity from time to time , besides our Kings , and that of right , by our Kings and Parliaments resolutions , notwithstanding this pretext of being sole Founders . Eightly , the King and his progenitors by their Charters are as much Founders of every Corporation , every Company of Merchants and other Tradesmen in London and other Cities , as of the Vniversities ; will it therefore follow , Ergo , none must visit or regulate them but the King , and the houses of Parliament , the Committees for Trades , Complaints , Grievances , Clothiers , Weavers , &c. may not regulate nor reform them , much lesse the Lord Major and Court of Aldermen , as they have usually done . Ninthly , the Book of 6 H. 7 14. is no resolution , but a private opinion ; It only speaks of the Kings free Chappels without cure , which he or his Chancellours shall visit , not the Bishop , but by Commission ; not of Vniversities or Colledges , the thing in question ; nor yet of Monasteries , Churches and Chappels with cure of souls , which the Archbishop and Bishop of the Diocesse shall visit , though built , founded and endowed by the King himself , as this very Law-book [ 6 H. 7 14. ] grants ; whence most ancient Abbies founded by our Kings , were exempted from archiepiscopal and Episcopal visitation and jurisdiction by special Charters confirmed in * Parliament , and Popes Buls , the King's meer foundation and Charters alone being no legall exemption from their power by the common or Canon Law . As for the Statute of 2 H. 5 c. 1. it speaks only of Hospitals of the King's foundation , that the Ordinaries shall visit them by his Commission , not of Colledges or Vniversities ; without the words and intention of the act . Tenthly , this and other Law-books onely say , that the Bishop shall not visit Hospitals and Free-Chappels of the King's foundation ; but no Book avers , the Houses of Parliament may not visit them nor their Delegates : and to argue , the Bishop of the Diocesse may not visit the King's Free-Chappels or Hospitals ; Ergo , the Parliament may not do it ; is no better Logick then ; The Ordinary cannot visit nor reform the greatest Officers of State , the Cours of Justice at Westminster , the Kings own Court ; nor any civil abuses , and publike grievances : Ergo , the Houses of Parliament cannot do it . Yea , all our Books agree , that the Bishop by Commission , under the great Seal , may lawfully visit the Kings Freechappels & Foundations , and the stat . of 2. H. ● . c. 1. enacts as much : But we have such a Commission to visit the University , therefore we may lawfully do it . These answers , I suppose , have sufficiently shaken the sandy foundation of the Universities Exemption , the Kings Foundation of it , whereon they most rely . Yea , but the Objector learnedly replys , p. 3. Here you may please to consider , that the Foundation of the Vniversity being the Kings personal act , his interest lies not within the reach of that Beaten evasion , of a publike and politique Capacity . I answer , I understand not wel what he means by the Kings personal act : Unless the act of the King in his natural Capacity , as a Man , not in his Politick , as a King . If so , then it follows : 1. That the King and his Progenitors , as Kings in their publike and politick Capacities , were not founders of the University , but only in their natural , as private men ; which subverts his own assertion and foundation . 2. That this priviledg of a Founder is not annexed to the Kings publike and politick , but natural and personal Capacity , and so not descendible nor hereditary ; since personal actions , acts and priviledges , by the rules of the Law , * die with the person . If he mean by the Kings personal act ; that the King in person , laid the very first Foundation stone of the University with his own hands ; or writ and sealed the Patent or Charter that first founded it , himself , and not by any Substitutes or Officers : This wil b● hard for him to prove ; and the sequel wil be ; That the King only in his own Royal person , must visit the Vniversity now ; but net by any Commissioners or Delegates ; and so all his other Foundations , contrary to all former presidents , Statutes and Law-books , that he may visit them by Commissioners , which the Un●versities Answer acknowledgeth , and himself to● The next * Ground of Exemption urged , is pre-scription and Bulls of Popes ; both which being abandantly refuted in the premised positions , and no plea at all against both Houses of Parliament , or any power derived from them , ( not mentioned , nor included in , nor yet confinable by these Bulls ) though they might hold good against any ordinary or inferior Jurisdiction , if true , I shall here therefore pretermi● without further Answer . The 3d , ground of Exemption alleaged , it * grants of Exemption by Popes , allowed and confirmed by Charters from several Kings , both by themselves and in Parliaments ; to prove which , there are quoted in the Margin some Popes Buls , out of H●re , the old book of Oxford Statutes , and the Senior Proctors Book , with this addition , 25. H. 8. c. 21. All power of Visitation is given only to such , as shall have immediate Authority by the Kings Commission , under the great Seal of England , in places formerly exempted ; as COLLEDGES &c. All Letters , Patents heretofore made by the Kings Progenitors , in behalf of the Vniversities , are confirm'd by act of Parliament . 13. Eliz. & 19. Eliz. part . 13. in Dorso ; The Priviledges of the Vniversity are confirm'd in the very words of Boniface , 8. acknowledged they had them by prescription ; the immediate subjection of the Vniversity to the Authority and Iurisdiction of the Prince , and all their other Exemptions ratified ; and those acknowledged to be sworn to , in the Oath taken by every Graduate . These are all the evidences of moment produced to make good this ground . I answer . 1. That all these Popes Bulls of Exemption now insist●●●on , were so farr from being allowed and confirmed by Charters from several Kings , both by themselves and in Parliaments ; that King Richard the 2. and King Henry the 4. by both their Charters , and in Parliament , upon solemn debate , disallowed , ●ulled and declared them meerly void , and the University it self , absolutely renounced them as nullities and prejudicial , in both their Raigns : King Charles himself by his Charter , ratifying and approving their resolutions herein , as I have proved . Therefore this allegation is a most palpable falshood , there being no one Charter , nor Act of Parliament that ever allowed or confirmed them before or since these Kings Declarations of their nullity . And admit these Bulls so confirmed , yet they ex end only to exempt the University from Archiepiscopal , or Ordinaries Visitations and Jurisdictions , not from the Kings or Parliaments , not mentioned nor intended in them . I shall close up this with Matthew Parkers Authority , the first Arch Bishop of Canterbury , in Queen Elizabeths Raign . De Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. p. 35 , ( before the Arch-Bishops lives ) where thus he writes of the Jurisdiction of the Arch Bishop of Canterbury , even in this Queens Raign , & of these Popes Buls nullity . Episcopatus et Diocaeses suae Provinciae quandocunque , et quocunque ordine sibi videbitur expedire , visitat &c. Tamque latè patent hujus Archiepiscopatus privilegia , ut in loca firmissimi● septa ac munita privilegijs se insinuent . Multa onim loca quae a Metropolitica et Ordinaria Iurisdictione se eximi procurassent , ab hujus tamen Authoritate immunia ac tuta esse non poterant . Inter quae ILLAE CELEBRES CANTABRIGIENSIS ET OXONIENSIS in Anglia ACADEMIAE , quanquam peculiaria jura , et exemptionis privilegia sibi quondam á Papa concedi procurassent , illis tamen authoritate posteá Regia irriti● ac rescissis , IN CANTVARIENSIS ARCHIEPISCOPI AVTHORITATEM SESE REDDIDERVNT , et tam VISITATIONES SVAS SVBIRE COGVNTVR , quàm ad Synodalia sua concilia per Cancellarios acceduxt : In Cantabrigiae Collegio S. Petri , cujus Eleensts Episcopus est patronus , sede vacante , tàm Praefectum quàm socios admittit , et uni scholarium cui gratificare voluerit , vacantsem societatem confert . OXONII , Collegiorum omnium animarum , et Mertoniensis est Patronus , ac in utrisque Ordinariam et OMNIMODAM JVRISDICTIONEM EXERCET . So that he reputed this Jurisdiction of visiting the Vniversities , a Right belonging to the Arch-Bishops of Canterbury , notwithstanding any pretended exemptions , Charters or Statutes to the contrary , then in being ; or the Bulls of Pope Boniface the 8 , which Ioannes Cajus : De AntiqueCantabrig . Academiae , p. 71. confesseth to be abolished , by the Le●ters Patents of K. Richard the 2. made to Arch-Bishop Arundel , in the 20. year of his Raign , and after confirmed by King Henry the fourth , and an act of Parliament , in the 13 year of his Raign ; as the Premises at large demonstrate . 2. I answer , that the objected clause of the Act of Parliament 25. H. 8. c. 21. extends not at all to the Vniversity of Oxford , or any Colledges in it , as is most evident by the express words of the proviso , which I shal here transcribe . Provided always , that the said Arch-Bishop of Canterbury , or any other person or persons , shal have no power or authority , by reason of this act , to visit or vex any Monasteries , Abbies , Priories , Colledges , Hospitall , houses , or other places Religious . Which be or were exempt , before the making of this act , any thing in this act to the contrary thereof notwithstanding . But that Redress , Visitation and Confirmation shall be had by the Kings highness , his heires and successors , by Commission under the Great Seal , to be directed to such persons as shal be requisite for the same , in such Monaster●●s Colledges , Hospitals , Priories , houses and places Religious , exempt . So that no Visitation nor Confirmation shal from henceforth be had or made in , or at any such Monasteries , Colledges , Hospitals , Priories , houses and places Religious Exempt , by the said Bishop of Rome ; nor by any of his authority , nor by any out of the Kings Dominions ; nor that any person Religious , or other resiant in any the Kings Dominions , shal from henceforth depart out of the Kings Dominions , to or for any Visitation , Congregation , or assembly for Religion . But that all such Visitations , Congregations , and Assemblies shal be within the Kings Dominions . By this it is apparant . First , that this act extends only to such * Colledges , is were Religious Houses , consisting of Menks and Friors , not to Colledges of Schollars in the University , as the coupling it with Monasteries , Abbies , Priories , and other Places RELIGIOVS , and the last clause : Nor that ANY PERSON RELIGIOVS , depart out of the Kings D●minions , to or for any Visitation or Assembly FOR RELIGION , manifests : 2. That it excludes only the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury , his Commissaries , and under-Officers , formerly mentioned in the body of the Act ( the any other person or persons , intended in this clause ) from visiting these exempted Colledges and Religious Houses : and that not simply , but BY REASON OF THIS ACT : Not the Houses of Parliament , or any V●sitors of their appointment , 3. It extends only to Colledges , not to Vniversities , not once named or intended in this Law : And a Colledg ( especially of Monks and Religious persons as here ) is one thing , a Vniversity another , by the Objectors own concession . p. 6. 4. It reacheth only to such Colledges and Places Religious , as were exempt from Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Vis●●ation , AT , & BEFORE THE MAKING OF THIS ACT ; Therefore , not to the Universities and Colledges of Oxford and Cambridg , which at and before its making were not exempt , but subject both to the Arch-Bishops and Bishops Visitation and Jurisdiction , as I have largely proved , 5. Such exempt Colledges as are within this Act , are to be visited , not by the King in person , or such persons as he shall personally nominate , as the Objector dreams ( no such words being in this Act ) but , BY COMMISSION UNDER THE GREAT SEAL , TO SUCH PERSONS AS SHAL BE APPOINTED , and requisite for the same ; & that either by both houses of Parliament , or by the Keepers of the Great Seal , who usually nominate and appoint all Commissioners of the Peace , Sewers , Oyer and Terminer , for Visitations , Inquiries , and the like , not the King in person . And the present Visitors of Oxford , being thus appointed by Ordinance of both Houses , and by commission under the Great Seal ; are sufficiently authorized to visit the Vniversity and Colledges in it , admit them places exempt within this proviso , as they are not . 6. Admit all that can be ; it is clear , that both H●uses of Parliament by this Law conferred the Power of visiting Monasteries , Abbies , Priories , Colledges , Hospitals , houses , and other places Religious , exempt before this act , from Archiepiscopal and Ordinary Visitation , on the King , his heires and successors ; who could not confer it on themselves . Ergo , by the self-same reason , both Houses may now by Ordinance and Commission , lawfully conferre the like power of visiting the University , though formerly exempted , on the Visitors now appointed by them ; they being the supream Visitors and Reformers of all corruptions and abuses , both in Church and State , and appointing who shal be Visitors , and what person or person shal be visited , and what things inquired of in Visitations , in sundry other Acts of Parliament , as 31. E. 1. Rastal 304. 2 H. 5. c. 1. 25. H. 8. c. 21. 26. H. 8. c. 21. 26. H. 8. c. 1. 28. H. 8. c. 10. 31. H. 8. c. 13. 14. 2. E. 6. c. 1. 5. E. 6. c. 3. 1. & 2. Phil. & Mary , c. 1. 8. 1. Eliz. c. 1. 2. 14. Eliz. c. 5. 3. I answer , it is true , That the ancient Priviledges , Liberties and Franchises of the respective Vniversities of Oxford and Cambridge , heretofore granted , ratified and confirmed by the Queens Highness , and her most noble Progenitors , for the better increase of learning , and further suppressing of Vice , are confirmed by Act of Parliament , An 13. Eliz. rot . 36. which incorporates both Vniversities ; but it neither confirmed the Popes Bulls of exemption , nor gave them any Immunity from Archiepiscopal or Episcopal Jurisdiction and Visitation , it being no ancient Libertie , Priviledg , or Franchise , ratified or confirmed to them by the Queen , or any of her noble Progenitors , nor yet once mentioned or intended in the Large Patent of Priviledges , of King Henry the 8. bearing date the 10 , of April . in the 14 , year of his R●ign , made and granted to the Chancellor , and Schollars of Oxford , nor in Queen Elizabeths Patent to the Chancellor , Masters and Schollars of the University of Cambridge , bearing date the 26 , of April , in the 3 , years of her Raign , particularly confirmed by this Act. Therefore this Act makes nothing at all to purpose . 4. The Objected Commission in 19 , Eliz , part . 12. in dors● , pretends no exemption of the Vniversity and Colledges from Archiepiscopoll and Episcopall Visitation and Jurisdiction simply ; the thing not then in question ; neither doth it acknowledg or confirm the Vniversities Priviledges , and all other Exemptions , in the very words of Boniface the 8. and acknowledg they had them by prescription &c. as is untruly surmised . But first , it mentions divers priviledges then claimed by the Chancellor , Doctors and Schollars of the Vniversity , and some exemptions in causes wholly belonging to the Chancellors conusance ; and next it only complains of William Wilsons infringing these Priviledges and Exemptions contrary to his Oath , in complaining to the Deane of the Arches of Canterbury , and to Arch-Bishop Grindal , against the Bishop of Lincoln , and his Visitors of Lincoln Colledg in Oxford , for refusing to admit him to the Rectorship thereof to which he falsly pretended he was really and lawfully elected and presented ; and for sending Inhabitions and Citations thence to the Bishop and his Visitors ( who were Members of the Vniversity ) to appear in the Arches , and with taking the final Examination and Determination of this election unto themselves , which of right belonged to the Chancellor and University . Upon which bare suggestion and complaint , the Queen granted a Commission to two Bishops and six others , in a summary way ; without any noise or formal proceedings , according to the truth and meer equity of the cause , by the best and most effectual means they could ; De et super VERITATE PRAEMISSORVM et PRIVILEGIORVM et EXEMPTIONVM DICTAE VNIVERSITATIS , ac in causa et causis praedictis &c. procedere , et fine debito , omni appellatione et querela nuillitatis , et supplicatione quacunque remotis , terminare ; statutis , Canonibus , et consuetudinibus in contrarium editis , litisve pendentibus , in aliquo non obstante . So as this Commission doth no ways confirm the priviledges , nor ratifie the exemptions therein claimed by the Chancellor and Vniversity , by Charter , statutes and prescription ; for then it would have remitted this cause of Election from the Deane of the Arches , and Arch Bishops Delegates to the Chancellor and Vniversity ( to whom by ancient Priviledg they alleaged it did belong ) but only refers the Examination of the truth of the Premises , Priviledges , Exemptions , and Determination of this cause and controversy about this Election to certain Commissioners , thus summarily to determine , any Statutes , Canons , Customes , or suits depending to the contrary , notwithstanding , and so rather doubts of , and questions the truth of there alleaged Vniversity Priviledges and Exemptions , then confirms them , though procured by the Chancellors and Universities means , and drawn up by their own directions . But admit this Commission ratified and confirmed the Priviledges and Exemptions claimed in it by the Vniversity ; yet the substance of them is no more then this : That * all personal contracts , suits , controversies , and offences of Schollars and Priviledged persons arising within the precincts of the Vniversity ( except maihmes and fellonies ) are to be tried and determined in the Vniversity before the Chancellor only , not before any Arch-Bishops , Legates , Bishops , or Ordinary Judges , out of the Vniversity . Will it therefore follow ; Therefore the Vniversity cannot without multiplied perjury , acknowledg any Visitor but the King , and such as are immediately sent by him ; and is totally exempted , not only from all Archiepiscopal and Episcopal , but likewise from the Parliaments , and their Delegates Visitation ? No doubtless ; the rather , because King Charles himself , and his Couns●● resolved , that neither this Commission , nor * any other Charter of Priviledges or Exemptions , did free the Universities from the Arch-Bishop of Canterburies Metropolitical Visitation , much less then from both Houses Delegates , authorized by Ordinances and Commission for to visit it . The 4th . ground and argument urged for the Universities Exemption from our Visitation , is this . * That all visitations of the Vniversities ( except in Queen Maries Raign , by Cardinal Pool , as Popes Legat ) were held by the respective Princes authority , and the persons visiting were immediatly sent by them , only as their Representatives , and who ever sate , the King visited ; For which one Visitation , by K. Henry the 8. another by King Edward the 6. a third by Queen Elizabeths Visitors & Commissions are cited : therefore the Universities are exempt from all other Visitors , and those now appointed by both Houses , but not immediatly by the King . To this I answer : First , That no King of England before Henry the ● , did either in Person or by Commission visit the Universities ; and his once meer Visitation of them by Commissioners ( if true , since I find no such Commission extant after much inquiry ) was no exemption of them , in point of Law , from their former Visitors , no more then of the particular Colledges ( which they likewise visited ) from the Visitors designed them by their Founders . Secondly , King Edward the 6. his Commission , and Commissioners , for their Visitation , were made by the advice of the Lord Protector , and others of his privy Councel , ( He being then an infant but of 11. years of age ) & not made nor nominated personally and immediately by himself , as the Commissions themselves attest : And for any Commission under the great Seal of Queen Eliz. for the Vniversities Visitation , it is to me a meer non liquet , which I cannot find upon search after it . Thirdly , King Charl● himself and his Counsel resolved upon f●l d●bate● that those Royal Visitations of his Predecessors did not exempt them from the Archbishops Visitation by his metropolitical right . Therefore they can much less priviledg them against the present Visitors , commissioned under the great Seal and armed with both Houses right , from whom our Kings derived their power of Visitation at first . The 5. and principal Plea in point of conscience , most inculcated , is this : * That the Heads and Members of the Vniversity are sworn by their respective Statutes , to allow or submit to no Visitation , but fr●● those who are nominated by their Founder●● Therefore they cannot , without multiplied perjury , submit to the present Visitors . I answ : First , That this Oath obligeth them not as Members of the University , but only as fellows of particular Colledges or Hals : Therfore it cannot be pleaded against our visiting the University in general , but such particular Colledges only who are obliged by such an Oath . Secondly , This Oath was never made not prescribed with any intention to exempt those particular Colledges that take is from the Kings or his Commissioners Visitations , as the Objectors ( I presume ) wil grant , not yet from the Archbishops , ( which I have formerly proved ) though not appointed Visitors by the Founders , to both which these Colledges have submitted , without any perjury or violation of their Oath ; the end whereof was only to exclude all wrongful intrusions of co-ordinate or inferior visitors and persons , upon the Founders right , by way of usurpation , not any superior lawful Jurisdiction or Authority , which the Founders had neither power nor right to ab●idg . This is evident in the common case of Hospital ; which though bound by Oath and Sta●utes to admit no other Visitors but such as their Founders appoint ; yet the Ordinaries both by Statute , Common and Canon Law , 〈◊〉 and ought to visit them notwithstanding , as is evident by 2 H. 5. c. ● by vertue of their superintendent power . Thirdly , This Oath is like the Oath of Homage at the common Law , having an implied ●avi●g●● it , as that hath an express : I become your man from this day forwards of life and limb and of earthly worship , and unto you shal be true and faithful , and bear you faith for the Tenement that I claim to hold of you ; saving the faith that I ow unto our Soveraign Lord the King . O● , salva●fide Deo & terrae Principi . The reason of which Saving is , because the King is the Soveraign Land-lord & Paramount the Mean-lord . Which Oath of Homage . * Walter Bishop of Exon giving to his Tenants in Cornwal , nulla facta mentione de Homagio & Fidelitate Domino Regidebitis : thereupon one Michael de North exhibited an Information against , them in 6. E. 〈…〉 to the Kings Crown , ●i ad damnum & ded●cus ipsius Domino Regis , And upon the same ground it is , that if a man hold 〈◊〉 Ho●●ge of divers Lords , he 〈◊〉 say in the end of his Homage done savings he faith which I ow to our Lord the King ; 〈…〉 other Lord● . If a man should make ● solemn Vow ( having been overtaken with wine ) never to drink wine more ; 〈◊〉 one addicted to swearing , vow never to swear any more : yet these Vows would not extend to exclude him from drinking wine at the Lords Supper : or taking an oath upon summons or just occasion in any Court of Justice , or before a lawful Magistrate . So if a servant swear , not to bewray his masters secrets ; or a fellow of a Colledg , not to discover the secrets of the Ho●se , or a Grand-Ju●or , not to discover his fellows secrets ; yet these Oa●●● binde them not when they are called to discover them in a legal way , upon a just cause before a lawful Magistrate , upon any Action of Account , B●ls of discovery or trial ; it being not within the intention of these Oaths , nor in the power of those who prescribed them to restrain such legal discoveries , or abridg the superior Magistrates power to the obstructing of publick justice : upon which gro●nd , the Lords and others of the privy Councel heretofore , and this very Pa●l●ament in the case of the Earl of Strafford , when summoned as witness●● , have without pe●jury , or breach of trust discovered their Fellow-Councellors evil counsel & secret advice to his Majesty , contrary to the Letter of their Oaths . Fourthly , It is the Apostles express command , Col. 3. 20 , 22 , Children obey your Parents in all things , for this is wel-pleasing unto the Lord . Servants obey your Masters in all things according to the flesh : Yet all Divines , * Canonists , and Casuists , resolve : That if Parents and Masters command one thing ; and Kings , Magistrates or God himself command another thing ; Children and Servants in such a case ought rather to obey the Magistrates , King and God himself , then either their Parents or Masters ; notwithstanding these universal precepts of obeying them in all things ; which , have this implyed qu●lification involved in them , to wit , in all lawful things not contrary to the superior just commands of the King , Magistrate or God himself , which being the superior powers , ought principally to be obeyed before natural Parents and Masters . Hence is that known resolution of Augustine subscribed by * Gratian , and all Canonists . Quiresistit potestati De●●rdinations resistit . Sed quid 〈◊〉 Iubentur 〈◊〉 quod non , debe●● facere ? hic sanè conte●●● potestate● . 〈…〉 Legum grad●s adverte verte : Si aliquid ●uss●rit curator , faciendum est ; non tamen s● contra Proconsul jubeat . Non utique contemnis potestatem sed eligis majori servire ; nec hic debet minor irasci si maior pr●elatus est . Rursus , si ipse Consul aliquid jubeat , & aliud jubeat Imperator ; vel si aliud jubeat Imperator , et aliud Deus , quid i●dicatis ? Maior potestas De●s : da veniam ô Imperator : Tu carcerem , ille gehen●am mi●atur . Hic jam tibi assu●●nd● est ●ides tua tanqu●m scutum , in quo possis om●ia ignea iacula inimici oxtinguere . This resolve of his , wil dissolve the present Objection ; that these Oaths and Statutes of particular Colledges , wil exclude all other Visitors appointed by an equal or inferior , but not by a superior Authority , as the present V●sitors are . Fifthly , I find an express president in point . When * Cardinal Pool by his D●legates v●si●●d the Vniversity of Cambridg in Queen Maries days , Robert Brassy Master of Kings Colledg , ( aworthy old man both for his wisdom and hoar hairs ) hearing his own nam●●ecited next after the Vice-Chancellors , said . He was there present as all the other were ; neverthelesse for as much as the Reformation of his House was WHOLY RESERVED to the discretion of the Bishop of Lincoln , not only by the Kings Letters Pattents , but also by grant of confirmation of the Bishop of Rome himself , under a penalty , if he should suffer any stranger to intermed●e , he openly pro●essed in discharge of his duty , that ●nlesse their , Commission gave them Authority and Iurisdiction upon , the Colledg , either by * expresse words or manifest sense , he utterly exempted himself from being present . This his exception they took all in greas displeasure , alledging , that they were fully authorized for the order of the matter by the Cardinal , out of whose Iurisdiction no place nor person was exempted : wherefore he had done evil , to cal in question their Authority , so wel known to all men . The next day the Delegates going to visit this Colledg , Mr. Brassy the Master excusing himself , made the same exception to them then he had before . To which the Bishop of Chester , with a frowning look and angry coun●enance , said ; He needed not to repeat the things he had protested before , nor they to make answer any more to those things wherein they had sufficiently informed him before . He rather feared that their quarrel was not good , that they made such a do about it , and s●ught such starting ●ol●● . For so were diseased persons oft times wont to do , whe● for the pain and grief they are not able to abide a stronger medicine : As though that any ever were able to grant so strong a priviledg , as to withstand the Popes authority . As for the Popes Letters , they must needs make on his side and those that were with him , ( and could not in any wise be alledged against him . Therefore he admonished him to desist from his ●nprofitable altercation , and to conform himself and his to such things as were then in doing . Whereupon the Master and Schollers submitted to their Visitation , and were at sworn and examined to such interroga●●ries as were propounded them ; but some of them swore conditionally , so as their faith formerly given to the Colledg were not impeached thereby ; Which submission and president in print , in case of the Pope and his Legates Visitors should induce all these Oxonians whom it concerns , in like manner to submit to both Houses Visitors , ( having express power by Ordinance and Commission to visit all Colledges &c. ) notwithstanding these objected Oaths and Statutes . Having ( as I conceive ) satisfactorily answered all Objections against the Jurisdiction and Power of the Oxford Visitors , I shal briefly answer some allegations against their persons and proceedings . Their exceptions to all their persons in general ( and * that with wonder and just scorn ) is ; That they are their fellow-subjects ; When as for almost 800 years before they have been the care and stri●e of Princes . King Alured himself visits , An. 806. Edw. ● . & Rich. 2. descided Controversies in the Vniversity . The late Visitations performed by Commissioners , were by the chief Nobility of the Kingdom ; And his Maiesty that now is visited Christ Church personally , with 8 Lord● of the Councel . To others of them in particular ; That they 〈◊〉 their own members , who having sworn the observation of their Statutes , Liberties and Customs , cannot appear as Iudges over them without a violation of their Oaths , nor yet without a manifest opposition of Nature , where * part Iudg the whole ; and the Laws of Iustice too , especially if they consider the Interests and Engagements may often professions of the most active instruments of this work . To the fifth I answer ; First , that if these Objections were of moment , they might all be made against all proceedings of Justices of Ass●● , Justices of Peace , and Juries , at Assi●es and Sessions ; yea , against Magna Chart● , and the fundamental Laws of the Realm , which enact ; That no man shal be condemned or proceeded against , but by the Lawfull Iudgment of his PEERS , not of Kings and Nobles , of his Superior● ; And against all proceedings in the University it self , either in Congregation , Convocation or the Vice-Chancellors Court , where Schollars and others are judged and ordered by fellow-subjects , and the whole University , by some particular Members of it , without any guilt of perjury or violence offered , either to nature or common justice . 2. I answer , that though the Visitors nominated by the Houses , are but their fellow-subjects , and neither Kings nor Nobles , yet many of them are persons of quality and reputation , meet for such an imployment . Two of them are dignified with the honorable order of Knighthood , by the King himself ; * and one of them formerly in visiting as Vicar General to the late Arch-Bishop of Canterbury ( Chancellor of the University of Oxford ) who thought him worthy to visit the whole Province of Canterbury , and therefore fit and meet to visit the Vniversity . Others of them are Esqui●es by birth , place , or profession ; others dignified with the highest . Titles the Vniversitie could bestow upon them , where they have been ancient . Governors , and the meanest of them are sufficiently eminent both for piety and learning : Therefore , not to be slighted with wonder and just scorn , especially by their equals , or inferiors in all respects , as most in the University are 3. That King Alured himself visited the Vniversity in person , or any other of our Kings after him ; it is untrue ; as for King Charles and his Nobles visiting of Christ Church personally , otherwise then by resorting to it , to behold a Play , or Pastorall heretofore , or to lodg in it in these times of War ; I never heard of it til now : That King Alured , Edward the 1 , Richard the 2 , ( yea Henry the 4 , and King Charles too ) did themselves decide Controversies between the University and others about their Priviledges , and concerning the Arch-Bishops Metropoliticall Right to visit them , is true ; the distempers of the University requiring it , who would rest satisfied with no meaner parties decision ; yet no● her of them visited it in Person or by Commission . Thirdly in the Visitation of the Universities by the Kings Commissions , the Visitors named , were not all Princes and Nobles , as is suggested . There are but two such Commissions extant on record ; the one in 2 Ed. 6. pars . 3. in Dorso , for visiting the University of Cambridg ; wherein Sir William Paget , Contributor of the Kings houshold , Thomas Smith the Kings Secretary , Iohn Cheek the Kings Tutor●William Mayor Doctor of Law ; one of the Master of Requests , and Dean of Pauls , and Thomas W●●die the Kings Physitian , or any 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. or one of them were the sole Visitors , not one of them a Peer , much less of the chief Nobility . The other in 3 Edward 6. pars . 2. for visiting the University of Oxford ; wherein Iohn Earle of Warwick , high Chamberlain , Henry Bishop of Lincoln , and Richard Bishop of Rochester , William Paget , Controulor of the houshold , William Peter Knight , the Kings Secretary , Richard Fox the Kings Almoner and Tutor , Simon Heynes Dean of Ex●ter , Christopher Nevense Doctor of Law , and Richard Morison . Esquire , or any 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. or one of them were nominated Visitors ; the meanest of them only doing the work , without any exceptions to their inferior quality . What Delegates Cardinal ●●ole appointed to visit both Vniversities you have heard already ; and that our Arch-Bishops and Bishops have usually appointed as mean persons as any nominated by the Parliament , to visit their P●ovi●ces and Diocesses is wel known to all . In fine , the Visitors now appointed have no absolute definitive power in all things , but are subordinate to the Honorable Committee of Lords and Commons for regulating the University , to whom they are to certifie all their proceedings , & to whom there is liberty of appealing granted to any that deem themselves injured : so as this Honorable Committee , and both Houses are in truth , the real Visitors , the others but their Substitutes . Therefore these scorns against their persons ( which must reflect upon the Parliaments wisdom and judgment ) might have wel bin spared . As for any of their interests , engagements and professions , I shall beleeve they are all publike and syncere , til the contrary be demonstrated . The next exception is to their proceedings ; * That their power was not manifested by some legal way &c. I answer ; That this is untrue , ●or it was first manifested by a printed Ordinanos of both Houses , wherein their names and power were comprised . 2. In a publike Citation , subscribed by most of them , of which all the University , Colledges and Halls had legal notice . 3. By an additional Ordinance of both Houses , and a Commission under the Great Seal of England , of which they had a copy delivered to them upon their own request , by the Visitors that sate . The last Objection is , * That there is now no necessity nor want of a Visitation &c. I answer ; That this is to question the wisdom of both Houses , who deem a Visitation necessary ; and to prejudge the Visitors , who may find more enormities in the persons to be visited , then they can yet discern in themselves , who * are no competent Iudges in their own cause . However , if their Innocency be such as to evidence to the world , they are not those Monsters , that their Enemies Charactor would speak them ; Nor yet are altogether unworthy their Education , or their Founders Magnificance ; as the Objector blasons them ; they have then the lesse cause to refuse or decline the Visitors test , and wil come off with greater honor to themselves , and shame to their unjust Accusers , if they appear such after stricktest S●rutiny , then if they had not at all been brought to such a publike Tryal . I have now made good all my Positions , and answered all the Universities allegations in point of Law or Conscience against their present Visitors Jurisdiction ; not out of any design to diminish or infringe the Universities just Priviledges ( which I have been formerly sworn to maintain ) in the least title , but out of a real affection to the Universityes welfare , and a desire to rectifie the erronious Judgments , and satisfy the scrupelous Consciences of all present Opposers of the Visitors power , to prevent those tragicall effects which their Obstinacy and Contumacy in this high contest are like inevitably to produce , to their own and the Vniversities prejudice , if persisted in . I shal ever endeavour to my power , that the University may enjoy all her just Rights and Priviledges , with Subordination to both Houses superior Authority , and flourish more abundantly now then ever in piety , vertue , and all sorts of learning , which they cannot take unkindly at my hands . I shal only add : That as the Vniversity of Cambridg submitted to the Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament , made for its regulation , dated 22. Jan. 1643. which enabled the Honorable Ea●le of Manchester alone , to appoint a Committee under him , who should have full power to call before them all Provosts , Masters and Fellows of Colledges , Students and Members of that Vniversity , who were scandalous in their lives , or ill affected to the Parliament , or fomentors of these unnatural wars , or wilful refusers to obey the Ordinances of Parliament , or deserters of their places of residence and to send for witnesses , and examine any complaint or testimony against them upon Oath , and to certify their names with the Charge and proofs against them to the said Earle , who had power thereby given him to sequester and elect them . and put others in their places ; which he accordingly executed without any such publike opposition as we now find at Oxford : So I hope the Vniversity of Oxford wil receive so good satisfaction of their scruples , from the premises , as shal enduce them to a like submission to their present Visitors , authorized by both Houses Ordinances , and a Commission under the great Seal , without any further plea or demurrer , or else leave them without excuse to both Houses severest justice , for their wilful contempt of their Soveraign power , against which they have publikely ( in words ) disavowed the least opposi●ion or dispute , and yet strenuously oppose it in reallity , by this contest against their Visitors , upon meer groundles Pretences so frequently over-ruled against them heretofore , that it can be b●t meer obstinacy in them to insist upon them any longer now . The Statutes of 9. H. 5. c. 8. 1. H. 6. c. 3. 2. H. 6. c. 8. 14. H. 8. c. 2. 5. 21. H. c. ●6 . 1. E. 6. c. 14. 7. E. 6. c. 5. 1. Phil. & Mar. c. 3. 1. & 2. Phil. & Mar , c. 7. 8. 2. & 3. Phil. & Mar. c. 15. 1. El. c. 4. 5. El. c. 8. 13. El. c. 10. 12. 18. El. c. 6. 20. 3. Iac. c. 4. make mention of the Vniversities , and give them some priviledges , but no exemption from Visitations , and prescribe Laws unto them . ERRATA . P. 18. l. 9. read facturusque p. 20. l. 10 they were p. 23. l. 12. Ordinationi l. 31. pradictarum p. 25. l. 13. factis p. 31. l. 5. Academiae l. 38. university p. 38. l. 4. primitus . p. 40. l. 17. quos P. 27. l. 3 in the margin , Episo . p. 31. l. 18. 1407. FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A56225e-440 a The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes , Part 1 , 2. and the Appendix at the end of the fourth part . a About Anno 1300. b Anno 1475. c Tiguri 1589. a Godwin's Catalog●e of Bishops , p. 241 242. who likewise recites this controversie . b Londini 1572. c Godwins Catalog●e o● Bishops , p. 242. d Catalogue of Bishops , p 95 , 245. Godwin's Catalogue of Bishops , p. 246. * Pag. 5 , 6. * Ex memorand . Phillip Repingdon , Epist. Lincol . f. 196. f Note this , the very first Plea of our Oxonians now . g The same with the Oxenians second Plea , in words and substance . n I doubt these pr●●ended Bu●s were mcc● forgeries and bais indeed . o The xouians third Plea in words and substance . p This was direct perjury , since Archbishop Arunde● visited that University , & all Colledges in it An. 1477 not 30. yeers before , p. 3. 54. &c. p The Oxonians fourth Plea in substance and words . q Alledged by the Oxonians too . i The Oxonians Argument too . * There is no such Commission to be found . k This Commission is extant . m There is no such Commission extant in the Rols . * Pag. 7. * Speed's History , p. 1066 , 1085 , &c. * P. 9 , 10 , 11 , 21 , 36 , 38. Object . The Unversities Priviledge , p 2 , 3. Answ. * Godwins Catalogue of Bishops , p. 404. * Spelman Concil. Tom. 1. p. 631. to 635. Ioan. S●ldeni No●ae ad Eadmerum p. 165. * Actio personalis moritur cum persona . Object . 2. Object . 3. * Page 2. 3. 4. Answer . * See Speeds Catalogue of Religious houses , Colledges and Hospitals . * See the Charter of 36 E , 3 , pars . 1 , mem. 5 Rot , Claus. 9. R. 2 & 15 R 2 mem 17. in Tur. London . to this effect , & p 41 * Here p 36 Object . 4. * Page . 4. Answer . Object 5. * Page 6. Answ. Littleton l. 2. chap. 1● co●ks 1 Instit , f. 65 〈…〉 * See Gratian Caus. 11 , qu. 3 * Caus. 11. q. 3 * Fox Acts and Monuments Vol. 3. p. 765 , 766. * Our Ordinances and C●mmissions do so in express words . Obiect . 6. * Page 4 , 5. * Do not the King and Parliament , let parts judg the whole ? Answer . * Sir Natha . Brent . Object . 7. * Page . 5. Answer . Objection . * Page . 6. Answer . * unusquisque sui ipsius iniquus Iudex . 
A67467	----	The life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln written by Izaak Walton ; to which is added, some short tracts or cases of conscience written by the said Bishop. Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. 1678 Approx. 425 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 271 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A67467 Wing W667 ESTC R8226 11981472 ocm 11981472 51860 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A67467) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 51860) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 522:16) The life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln written by Izaak Walton ; to which is added, some short tracts or cases of conscience written by the said Bishop. Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judgment concerning submission to usurpers. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Pax ecclesiae. Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600. Sermon of Richard Hooker, author of those learned books of Ecclesiastical politie. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judgment in one view for the settlement of the church. Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judicium Universitatis Oxoniensis. English. [239], 276 p. : ill. Printed for Richard Marriot, London : 1678. First edition. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Bishop Sanderson's judgment concerning submission to usurpers --Pax ecclesiae / by the Right Reverend ... 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To which is added , Some short Tracts or Cases of Conscience , written by the said Bishop . ECCLES . 3. Mysteries are revealed to the meek . LONDON , Printed for Richard Marriott . 1678. TO THE RIGHT REVEREND , AND HONOURABLE , GEORGE Lord Bishop of Winchester , PRELATE of the GARTER , And one of His Majesties Privy Council . My Lord , IF I should undertake to enumerate the many favours and advantages I have had by my very long acquaintance with your Lordship , I should enter upon an Imployment , that might prove as tedious , as the Collecting of the Materials for this poor Monument , which I have erected , and do dedicate to the Memory of your beloved Friend Dr. Sanderson : But though I will not venture to do that ; yet I do remember with pleasure , and remonstrate with gratitude , that your Lordship made me known to him , Mr. Chilingworth , and Dr. Hammond , men , whose Merits ought never to be forgotten . My Friendship with the first was begun almost Forty years past , when I was as far from a thought , as a desire to out-live him ; and farther from an intention to write his life : But the wise Disposer of all mens lives and actions hath prolong'd the first , and now permitted the last ; which is here dedicated to your Lordship ( and as it ought to be ) with all humility , and a desire that it may remain as a publick Testimony of my Gratitude , My Lord , Your most affectionate Old Friend , and most humble Servant , Izaak Walton THE PREFACE . I Dare neither think , nor assure the Reader , that I have committed no Mistakes in this Relation of the Life of Dr. Sanderson ; but am sure , there is none that are either wilful , or very material . I confess , it was worthy the imployment of some person of more Learning and greater Abilities than I can pretend to ; and I have not a little wondred that none have yet been so grateful to him and Posterity , as to undertake it . For it may be noted , That our Saviour hath had such care , that for Mary Magdalens kindness to him , her Name should never be forgotten : And doubtless , Dr. Sanderson's meek and innocent Life , his great and useful Learning , might therefore challenge the like indeavours to preserve his Memory : And 't is to me a wonder , that it has been already fifteen years neglected . But , in saying this , my meaning is not to upbraid others ( I am far from that ) but excuse my self , or beg pardon for daring to attempt it . This being premis'd , I desire to tell the Reader , that in this Relation I have been so bold , as to paraphrase and say what I think he ( whom I had the happiness to know well ) would have said upon the same occasions ; and , if I have err'd in this kind , and cannot now beg pardon of him that lov'd me ; yet I do of my Reader , from whom I desire the same favour . And , though my Age might have procur'd me a Writ of Ease , and that secur'd me from all further trouble in this kind ; yet I met with such perswasions to begin , and so many willing Informers since , and from them and others , such helps and incouragements to proceed , that when I found my self faint , and weary of the burthen with which I had loaden my self , and ready to lay it down ; yet time and new strength hath at last brought it to be what it now is , and presented to the Reader , and with it this desire ; That he will take notice , that Dr. Sanderson did in his Will or last Sickness advertise , that after his death nothing of his might be printed ; because that might be said to be his , which indeed was not ; and also for that he might have chang'd his opinion since be first writ it . And though these Reasons ought to be regarded , yet regarded so , as he resolves in that Case of Conscience concerning rash Vows , that there may appear very good second Reasons , why we may forbear to perform them . However , for his said Reasons , they ought to be read as we do Apocriphal Scripture ; to explain , but not oblige us to so firm a belief of what is here presented as his . And I have this to say more , That as in my Queries for writing Dr. Sanderson's Life , I met with these little Tracts annex'd ; so in my former Queries for my Information to write the Life of venerable Mr. Hooker , I met with a Sermon , which I also believe was really his , and here presented as his to the Reader . It is affirm'd ( and I have met with reason to believe it ) that there be some Artists , that do certainly know an Original Picture from a Copy ; and in what Age of the World , and by whom drawn : And if so , then I hope it may be as safely affirmed , that what is here presented for theirs , is so like their temper of mind , their other writings , the times when , and the occasions upon which they were writ , that all Readers may safely conclude , they could be writ by none but venerable Mr. Hooker , and the humble and learned Dr. Sanderson . And lastly , I am now glad that have collected these Memoirs , which lay scatter'd , and contracted them into a narrower compass ; and , if I have by the pleasant toyl of doing so , either pleas'd or profited any man , I have attain'd what I design'd when I first undertook it : But I seriously wish , both for the Readers , and Dr. Sanderson's sake , that Posterity had known his great Learning and Vertue by a better Pen ; by such a Pen , as could have made his Life as immortal as his Learning and Merits ought to be . I. W. May the 7th . 1678. LEt the Life of Dr. Sanderson , late Bishop of Lincoln , with the Letters and Tracts at the end thereof , and Mr. Hooker's Sermon , be printed . WILL IANE , Chaplain to the Right Reverend Father in God , Henry Lord Bishop of London . THE LIFE OF Dr. Robert Sanderson , LATE Lord Bishop of Lincoln . DOctor Robert Sanderson , the late learned Bishop of Lincoln , whose Life I intend to write with all truth and equal plainness , was born the nineteenth day of September , in the year of our Redemption 1587. The place of his birth was Rotheram in the County of York ; a Town of good note , and the more for that Thomas Rotheram , sometime Archbishop of that Sea was born in it ; a man , whose great wisdom , and bounty , and sanctity of life , have made it the more memorable ; as indeed it ought also to be , for being the birth place of our Robert Sanderson . And the Reader will be of my belief , if this humble Relation of his Life can hold any proportion with his great Piety , his useful Learning , and his many other extraordinary endowments . He was the second and youngest Son of Robert Sanderson of Gilthwait-hall in the said Parish and County , Esq by Elizabeth one of the Daughters of Richard Carr of Buterthwate-hall , in the Parish of Ecclesfield in the said County of York , Gentleman . This Robert Sanderson the Father , was descended from a numerous , ancient , and honourable Family of his own Name : for the search of which truth , I refer my Reader , that inclines to it , to Dr. Thoriton's History of the Antiquities of Nottinghamshire , and other Records ; not thinking it necessary here to ingage him into a search for bare Titles , which are noted to have in them nothing of reality : For Titles not acquir'd , but deriv'd only , do but shew us who of our Ancestors have , and how they have atchiev'd that honour which their Descendants claim , and may not be worthy to enjoy . For if those Titles descend to persons that degenerate into Vice , and break off the continued line of Learning , or Valour , or that Vertue that acquir'd them , they destroy the very foundation upon which that Honour was built ; and all the Rubbish of their Vices ought to fall heavy on such dishonourable Heads ; ought to fall so heavy , as to degrade them of their Titles , and blast their Memories with reproach and shame . But our Robert Sanderson lived worthy of his Name and Family : Of which one testimony may be , That Gilbert , call'd the Great Earl of Shrewsbury , thought him not unworthy to be joyn'd with him as a God-father to Gilbert Sheldon , the late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury ; to whose Merits and Memory Posterity ( the Clergy especially ) ought to pay a Reverence . But I return to my intended Relation of Robert the Son , who began in his Youth to make the Laws of God , and Obedience to his Parents , the rules of his life ; seeming even then to dedicate himself , and all his Studies , to Piety and Vertue . And , as he was inclin'd to this by that native goodness , with which the wise Disposer of all hearts had endow'd his : So this calm , this quiet and happy temper of mind ( his being mild , and averse to oppositions ) made the whole course of his life easie and grateful both to himself and others : And this blessed temper , was maintain'd and improv'd by his prudent Fathers good Example , and by frequent conversing with him ; and scattering short Apothegms and little pleasant Stories , and making useful applications of them , his Son was in his Infancy taught to abhor Vanity and Vice as Monsters , and to discern the loveliness of Wisdom and Vertue ; and by these means , and God's concurring Grace , his knowledge was so augmented , and his native goodness so confirm'd , that all became so habitual , as 't was not easie to determine whether Nature or Education were his Teachers . And here let me tell the Reader , That these early beginnings of Vertue were by God's assisting grace blest with what St. Paul seem'd to beg for his Philippians , namely , That he that had begun a good work in them , would finish it . And Almighty God did : For his whole life was so regular and innocent , that he might have said at his death ( and with truth and comfort ) what the same St. Paul said after to the same Philippians , when he advis'd them to walk as they had him for an Example . And this goodness , of which I have spoken , seem'd to increase as his years did ; and with his goodness his learning , the foundation of which was laid in the Grammer School of Rotheram ( that being one of those three that were founded and liberally endow'd by the said great and good Bishop of that Name . ) And in this time of his being a Scholar there , he was observ'd to use an unwearied diligence to attain learning , and to have a seriousness beyond his age , and with it a more than common modesty ; and to be of so calm and obliging a behaviour , that the Master and whole number of Scholars lov'd him , as one man. And in this love and amity he continued at that School till about the thirteenth year of his age ; at which time his Father design'd to improve his Grammer learning , by removing him from Rotheram to one of the more noted Schools of Eaton or Westminster : and after a years stay there , then to remove him thence to Oxford . But , as he went with him , he call'd on an old Friend , a Minister of noted learning , and told him his intentions ; and he , after many questions with his Son , receiv'd such Answers from him , that he assur'd his Father , his Son was so perfect a Grammarian , that he had laid a good foundation to build any , or all the Arts upon ; and therefore advis'd him to shorten his journey , and leave him at Oxford . And his Father did so . His father left him there to the sole care and manage of Dr. Kilbie , who was then Rector of Lincoln Colledge : And he , after some time and trial of his manners and learning , thought fit to enter him of that Colledge , and after to matriculate him in the University , which he did the first of Iuly 1603. but he was not chosen Fellow till the third of May 1606. at which time he had taken his Degree of Batchelor of Arts ; at the taking of which Degree , his Tutor told the Rector , That his Pupil Sanderson had a metaphysical brain , and a matchless memory : and that he thought he had improv'd , or made the last so by an Art of his own invention . And all the future imployments of his life prov'd that his Tutor was not mistaken . I must here stop my Reader , and tell him , that this Dr. Kilbie was a man of so great learning and wisdom , and so excellent a Critick in the Hebrew Tongue , that he was made Professor of it in this University ; and was also so perfect a Grecian , that he was by King Iames appointed to be one of the Translators of the Bible : And that this Doctor and Mr. Sanderson had frequent Discourses , and lov'd as Father and Son. The Doctor was to ride a Journey into Darbyshire , and took Mr. Sanderson to bear him company : and they going together on a Sunday with the Doctor 's Friend to that Parish Church where they then were , found the young Preacher to have no more discretion , than to waste a great part of the hour allotted for his Sermon in exceptions against the late Translation of several words ( not expecting such a hearer as Dr. Kilbie ) and shew'd three Reasons why a particular word should have been otherwise translated . When Evening Prayer was ended , the Preacher was invited to the Doctor 's Friends house ; where , after some other Conference , the Doctor told him , He might have preach'd more useful Doctrine , and not fill'd his Auditors ears with needless Exceptions against the late Translation ; and for that word , for which he offered to that poor Congregation three Reasons , why it ought to have been translated , as he said ; he and others had considered all them , and found thirteen more considerable Reasons , why it was translated as now printed : and told him , If his Friend , then attending him , should prove guilty of such indiscretion , he should forfeit his favour . To which Mr. Sanderson said , He hop'd he should not . And the Preacher was so ingenious as to say , He would not justifie himself . And so I return to Oxford . In the year 1608. ( Iuly the 11 th . ) Mr. Sanderson was compleated Master of Arts. I am not ignorant , that for the attaining these Dignities , the time was shorter than was then , or is now required ; but either his birth , or the well performance of some extraordinary exercise , or some other merit , made him so : and the Reader is requested to believe that 't was the last ; and requested to believe also , that , if I be mistaken in the time , the Colledge Records have mis-informed me : But I hope they have not . In that year of 1608. he was ( November the 7 th . ) by his Colledge chosen Reader of Logick in the House , which he performed so well , that he was chosen again the sixth of November , 1609. In the year 1613. he was chosen Sub-rector of the Colledge , and the like for the year 1614. and chose again to the same Dignity and Trust for the year 1616. In all which time and imployments , his abilities and behaviour were such , as procur'd him both love and reverence from the whole Society ; there being no exception against him for any faults , but a sorrow for the infirmities of his being too timorous and bashful ; both which were , God knows , so connatural , as they never left him . And I know not whether his lovers ought to wish they had ; for they prov'd so like the Radical moisture in man's body , that they preserv'd the life of Vertue in his Soul , which by God's assisting grace never left him , till this life put on immortality . Of which happy infirmities ( if they may be so call'd ) more hereafter . In the year 1614. he stood to be elected one of the Proctors for the University . And 't was not to satisfie any ambition of his own , but to comply with the desire of the Rector and whole Society , of which he was a Member ; who had not had a Proctor chosen out of their Colledge for the space of sixty years ( namely , not from the year 1554. unto his standing ; ) and they perswaded him , that if he would but stand for Proctor , his merits were so generally known , and he so well beloved , that 't was but appearing , and he would infallibly carry it against any Opposers ; and told him , That he would by that means recover a right or reputation that was seemingly dead to his Colledge . By these and other like perswasions he yielded up his own reason to theirs , and appear'd to stand for Proctor . But that Election was carried on by so sudden and secret , and by so powerful a Faction , that he mist it . Which when he understood , he profest seriously to his Friends , That if he were troubled at the disappointment , 't was for theirs , and not for his own sake : For he was far from any desire of such an Imployment , as must be managed with charge and trouble , and was too usually rewarded with hard censures , or hatred , or both . In the year following he was earnestly perswaded by Dr. Kilbie and others , to renew the Logick Lectures which he had read some years past in his Colledge : and that done , to methodize and print them , for the ease and publick good of Posterity . But though he had an aversness to appear publickly in print ; yet after many serious solicitations , and some second thoughts of his own , he laid aside his modesty , and promised he would ; and he did so in that year of 1615. And the Book prov'd , as his Friends seem'd to prophecy , that is , of great and general use , whether we respect the Art or the Author . For Logick may be said to be an Art of right reasoning : an Art that undeceives men who take falshood for truth ; enables men to pass a true Judgment , and detect those fallacies which in some mens Understandings usurp the place of right reason . And how great a Master our Author was in this Art , will quickly appear from that clearness of method , argument , and demonstration , which is so conspicuous in all his other Writings . He who had attained to so great a dexterity in the use of reason himself , was best qualified to prescribe rules and directions for the instruction of others . And I am the more satisfied of the excellency and usefulness of this his first publick Undertaking , by hearing that most Tutors in both Universities teach Dr. Sanderson's Logick to their Pupils , as a Foundation upon which they are to build their future Studies in Philosophy . And for a further confirmation of my belief , the Reader may note , That since his Book of Logick was first printed , there has not been less than ten thousand sold : And that 't is like to continue both to discover truth , and to clear and confirm the reason of the unborn World. It will easily be believed that his former standing for a Proctors place , and being disappointed , must prove much displeasing to a man of his great wisdom and modesty , and create in him an aversness to run a second hazard of his credit and content ; and yet he was assured by Dr. Kilbie , and the Fellows of his own Colledge , and most of those that had oppos'd him in the former Election , that his Book of Logick had purchas'd for him such a belief of his Learning and Prudence , and his behaviour at the former Election had got for him so great and so general a love , that all his former Opposers repented what they had done ; and therefore perswaded him to venture to stand a second time . And upon these and other like incouragements , he did again , but not without an inward unwillingness , yield up his own reason to theirs , and promis'd to stand . And he did so ; and was the tenth of April , 1616. chosen Senior Proctor for the year following , Mr. Charles Crooke of Christ-Church being then chosen the Junior . In this year of his being Proctor there happened many memorable accidents ; namely , Dr. Robert Abbot , Master of Balial Colledge , and Regius Professor of Divinity ( who being elected or consecrated Bishop of Sarum some months before ) was solemnly conducted out of Oxford towards his Diocese , by the Heads of all Houses , and the chief of all the University . And Dr. Pridiaux succeeded him in the Professorship , in which he continued till the year 1642. ( being then elected Bishop of Worcester ) and then our now Proctor Mr. Sanderson succeeded him in the Regius Professorship . And in this year Dr. Arthur Lake ( then Warden of New Colledge ) was advanced to the Bishoprick of Bath and Wells : A man of whom I take my self bound in Justice to say , That he made the great trust committed to him , the chief care and whole business of his life . And one testimony of this truth may be , That he sate usually with his Chancellor in his Consistory , and at least advis'd , if not assisted in most sentences for the punishing of such Offenders as deserved Church Censures . And it may be noted , That after a Sentence for Penance was pronounced , he did very warily or never allow of any Commutation for the Offence , but did usually see the Sentence for Penance executed ; and then as usually preach'd a Sermon of Mortification and Repentance , and so apply them to the Offenders , that then stood before him , as begot in them then a devout contrition , and at least resolutions to amend their lives ; and having done that , he would take them ( though never so poor ) to dinner with him , and use them friendly , and dismiss them with his blessing , and perswasions to a vertuous life , and beg them to believe him : And his Humility , and Charity , and other Christian Excellencies were all like this . Of all which the Reader may inform himself in his Life , truly writ and printed before his Sermons . And in this year also , the very prudent and very wise Lord Elsmere , who was so very long Lord Chancellor of England , and then of Oxford , resigning up the last , the right Honourable , and as magnificent , William Herbert Earl of Pembroke , was chose to succeed him . And in this year our late King Charles the First ( then Prince of Wales ) came honourably attended to Oxford ; and having deliberately visited the University , the Schools , Colledges , and Libraries , He and his Attendants were entertained with Ceremonies and Feasting sutable to their Dignity and Merirs . And this year King Iames sent Letters to the University for the regulating their Studies ; especially of the young Divines : Advising they should not rely on modern Sums and Systemes , but study the Fathers and Councils , and the more Primitive Learning . And this advice was occasioned by the indiscreet inferences made by very many Preachers out of Mr. Calvin's Doctrine concerning Predestination , Vniversal Redemption , the Irresistibility of God's Grace , and of some other knotty Points depending upon these ; Points which many think were not , but by Interpreters forc'd to be Mr. Calvin's meaning ; of the truth or falshood of which , I pretend not to have an ability to judge ; my meaning in this Relation being only to acquaint the Reader with the occasion of the King's Letter . It may be observed , that the various accidents of this year did afford our Proctor large and laudable matter to relate and discourse upon : And , that though his Office seem'd , according to Statute and Custome , to require him to do so at his leaving it ; yet he chose rather to pass them over with some very short Observations , and present the Governours , and his other Hearers , with rules to keep up Discipline and Order in the University ; which at that time was either by defective Statutes , or want of the due execution of those that were good , grown to be extreamly irregular . And in this year also , the Magisterial part of the Proctor requir'd more diligence , and was more difficult to be managed than formerly , by reason of a multiplicity of new Statutes , which begot much confusion ; some of which Statutes were then , and others suddenly after , put into a useful execution . And though these Statutes were not then made so perfectly useful , as they were design'd , till Archbishop Laud's time ( who assisted in the forming and promoting them ; ) yet our present Proctor made them as effectual as discretion and diligence could do : Of which one Example may seem worthy the noting ; namely , That if in his Night-walk he met with irregular Scholars absent from their Colledges at University hours , or disordered by drink , or in scandalous company , he did not use his power of punishing to an extremity ; but did usually take their names , and a promise to appear before him unsent for next morning : And when they did , convinced them with such obligingness , and reason added to it , that they parted from him with such resolutions as the man after God's own heart was possess'd with , when he said , There is mercy with thee , and therefore thou shalt be feared . And by this , and a like behaviour to all men , he was so happy as to lay down this dangerous imployment , as but very few , if any have done , even without an Enemy . After his Speech was ended , and he retir'd with a Friend into a convenient privacy ; he look'd upon his Friend with a more than common chearfulness , and spake to him to this purpose . I look back upon my late imployment with some content to my self , and a great thankfulness to Almighty God , that he hath made me of a temper not apt to provoke the meanest of mankind , but rather to pass by infirmities , if noted ; and in this Imployment I have had ( God knows ) many occasions to do both . And when I consider how many of a contrary temper , are by sudden and small occasions transported and hurried by Anger to commit such Errors , as they in that passion could not foresee , and will in their more calm and deliberate thoughts upbraid , and require repentance : And Consider , that though Repentance secures us from the punishment of any sin , yet how much more comfortable it is to be innocent , than need pardon : And consider , that Errors against men , though pardon'd both by God and them , do yet leave such anxious and upbraiding impressions in the memory , as abates of the Offender's content : When I consider all this , and that God hath of his goodness given me a temper that hath prevented me from running into such enormities , I remember my temper with joy and thankfulness . And though I cannot say with David ( I wish I could ) that therefore his praise shall always be in my mouth ; yet I hope , that by his grace , and that grace seconded by my endeavours , it shall never be blotted out of my memory ; and I now beseech Almighty God that it never may . And here I must look back , and mention one passage more in his Proctorship , which is ; That Gilbert Sheldon , the late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury , was this year sent to Trinity Colledge in that University ; and not long after his entrance there , a Letter was sent after him from his Godfather ( the Father of our Proctor ) to let his Son know it , and commend his God-son to his acquaintance , and to more than a common care of his behaviour ; which prov'd a pleasing injunction to our Proctor , who was so gladly obedient to his Fathers desire , that he some few days after sent his Servitor to intreat Mr. Sheldon to his Chamber next morning . But it seems Mr. Sheldon having ( like a young man as he was ) run into some such irregularity as made him cautious he had transgress'd his Statutes , did therefore apprehend the Proctor's invitation as an introduction to punishment ; the fear of which made his Bed restless that night ; but at their meeting the next morning , that fear vanished immediately by the Proctor's chearful countenance , and the freedom of their discourse of Friends . And let me tell my Reader , that this first meeting prov'd the beginning of as spirituala friendship as human nature is capable of ; of a friendship free from all self ends : and it continued to be so , till death forc'd a separation of it on earth ; but 't is now reunited in heaven . And now , having given this account of his behaviour , and the considerable accidents in his Proctorship , I proceed to tell my Reader , that this busie imployment being ended , he preach'd his Sermon for his degree of Batchelor in Divinity , in as eligant Latin , and as remarkable for the matter , as hath been preach'd in that University since that day . And having well perform'd his other Exercises for that degree , he took it the nine and twentieth of May following , having been ordain'd Deacon and Priest in the year 1611. by Iohn King , then Bishop of London , who had not long before been Dean of Christ-Church , and then knew him so well , that he became his most affectionate Friend . And in this year , being then about the 29th . of his Age , he took from the University a Licence to preach . In the year 1618. he was by Sir Nicholas Sanderson , Lord Viscount Castleton , presented to the Rectory of Wibberton , not far from Boston , in the County of Lincoln , a Living of very good value ; but it lay in so low and wet a part of that Countrey , as was inconsistent with his health . And health being ( next to a good Conscience ) the greatest of God's blessings in this life , and requiring therefore of every man a care and diligence to preserve it , he , apprehending a danger of losing it if he continued at Wibberton a second Winter , did therefore resign it back into the hands of his worthy Kinsman and Patron , about one year after his donation of it to him . And about this time of his resignation he was presented to the Rectory of Boothby Pannel in the same County of Lincoln ; a Town which has been made famous , and must continue to be famous , because Dr. Sanderson , the humble and learned Dr. Sanderson , was more than 40 years Parson of Boothby Pannel , and from thence dated all , or most of his matchless Writings . To this Living ( which was of less value , but a purer Air than Wibberton ) he was presented by Thomas Harrington of the same County and Parish , Esq who was a Gentleman of a very ancient Family , and of great use and esteem in his Countrey during his whole life . And in this Boothby Pannel the meek and charitable Dr. Sanderson and his Patron liv'd with an endearing , mutual , and comfortable friendship , till the death of the last put a period to it . About the time that he was made Parson of Boothby Pannel , he resign'd his Fellowship of Lincoln Colledge unto the then Rector and Fellows : And his resignation is recorded in these words : Ego Robertus Sanderson per , &c. I Robert Sanderson , Fellow of the Colledge of St. Maries and All-Saints , commonly call'd Lincoln Colledge , in the University of Oxford , do freely and willingly resign into the hands of the Rector and fellows , all the Right and Title that I have in the said Colledge , wishing to them and their Successors , all peace , and piety , and happiness , in the Name of the Father , and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost . Amen . May 6. 1619 Robert Sanderson . And not long after this resignation , he was by the then Bishop of York , or the King , Sede vacante , made Prebend of the Collegiate Church of Southwell in that Diocese ; and shortly after of Lincoln by the Bishop of that See. And being now resolv'd to set down his rest in a quiet privacy at Boothby Pannel , and looking back with some sadness upon his removal from his general Acquaintance left in Oxford , and the peculiar pleasures of a University life ; he could not but think the want of Society would render this of a Countrey Parson the more uncomfortable , by reason of that want of conversation ; and therefore he did put on some saint purposes to marry . For he had considered , that though marriage be cumbred with more worldly care than a single life ; yet a complying and prudent Wife changes those very cares into so mutual a content , as makes them become like the Sufferings of St. Paul , which he would not have wanted , because they occasioned his rejoycing in them . And he having well considered this , and observ'd the secret unutterable joys that Children beget in Parents , and the mutual pleasures and contented trouble of their daily care and constant endeavours to bring up those little Images of themselves so , as to make them as happy as all those cares and endeavours can make them : He having considered all this , the hopes of such happiness turn'd his faint purpose into a positive resolution to marry . And he was so happy as to obtain Anne , the daughter of Henry Nelson Batchelor in Divinity , then Rector of Haugham in the County of Lincoln ( a man of noted worth and learning . ) And the Giver of all good things was so good to him , as to give him such a Wife as was sutable to his own desires ; a Wife , that made his life happy by being always content when he was chearful ; that divided her joys with him , and abated of his sorrow , by bearing a part of that burthen ; a Wife , that demonstrated her affection by a chearful obedience to all his desires , during the whole course of his life ; and at his death too , for she out-liv'd him . And in this Boothby Pannel he either found or made his Parishioners peaceable , and complying with him in the decent and regular service of God. And thus his Parish , his Patron , and he liv'd together in a religious love , and a contented quietness . He not troubling their thoughts by preaching high and useless notions , but such plain truths as were necessary to be known , believed , and practised , in order to their salvation . And their assent to what he taught was testified by such a conformity to his Doctrine , as declared they believ'd and lov'd him . For he would often say , That without the last , the most evident truths ( heard as from an enemy , or an evil liver ) either are not , or are at least the less effectual ; and do usually rather harden , than convince the hearer . And this excellent man did not think his duty discharged by only reading the Church Prayers , Catechizing , Preaching , and administring the Sacraments seasonably ; but thought ( if the Law or the Canons may seem to injoyn no more , yet ) that God would require more than the defective Laws of man's making , can or does injoyn ; the performance of that inward Law , which Almighty God hath imprinted in the Conscience of all good Christians , and inclines those whom he loves to perform . He considering this , did therefore become a law to himself , practicing what his Conscience told him was his duty , in reconciling differences , and preventing Law-suits , both in his Parish and in the Neighbourhood . To which may be added his often visiting sick and disconsolate Families , perswading them to patience , and raising them from dejection and his advice and chearful discourse , and by adding his own Alms , if there were any so poor as to need it ; considering how acceptable it is to Almighty God , when we do as we are advis'd by St. Paul , help to bear one anothers burthen , either of sorrow or want : and what a comfort it will be , when the Searcher of all hearts shall call us to a strict account for that evil we have done , and the good we have omitted , to remember we have comforted and been helpful to a dejected or distressed Family . And that his practice was to do good , one Example may be , That he met with a poor dejected Neighbour that complain'd he had taken a Meadow , the Rent of which was 9 l. a year ; and when the Hay was made ready to be carried into his Barn , several days constant rain had so raised the water , that a sudden Flood carried all away , and his rich Landlord would bate him no rent ; and that unless he had half abated , he and seven children were utterly undone . It may be noted , That in this Age there are a sort of people so unlike the God of mercy , so void of the bowels of pity , that they love only themselves and children ; love them so , as not to be concern'd , whether the rest of mankind waste their days in sorrow or shame ; People that are curst with riches , and a mistake that nothing but riches can make them and theirs happy . But 't was not so with Dr. Sanderson ; for he was concern'd , and spoke comfortably to the poor dejected man ; bade him go home and pray , and not load himself with sorrow , for he would go to his Landlord next morning , and if his Landlord would not abate what he desired , he and a Friend would pay it for him . To the Landlord he went the next day ; and in a conference , the Doctor presented to him the sad condition of his poor dejected Tenant ; telling him how much God is pleas'd when men compassionate the poor : and told him , That though God loves Sacrifice , yet he loves Mercy so much better , that he is pleas'd when call'd the God of mercy . And told him , the riches he was possest of were given him by that God of mercy , who would not be pleas'd , if he that had so much given , yea , and forgiven him too , should prove like the rich Steward in the Gospel , that took his fellow servant by the throat to make him pay the utmost farthing . This he told him . And told him , That the Law of this Nation ( by which Law he claims his Rent ) does not undertake to make men honest or merciful ; but does what it can to restrain men from being dishonest or unmerciful , and yet was defective in both : and that taking any Rent from his poor Tenant , for what God suffered him not to enjoy , though the Law allowed him to do so , yet if he did so , he was too like that rich Steward which he had mentioned to him ; and told him that riches so gotten , and added to his great Estate , would , as Iob says , prove like gravel in his teeth , would in time so corrode his Conscience , or become so nauseous when he lay upon his Death-bed , that he would then labour to vomit it up , and not be able : and therefore advis'd him , being very rich , to make Friends of his unrighteous Mammon , before that evil day come upon him : But however , neither for his own sake , nor for God's sake , to take any Rent of his poor dejected sad Tenant , for that were to gain a temporal , and lose his eternal happiness . These and other such reasons , were urg'd with so grave and so compassionate an earnestness , that the Landlord forgave his Tenant the whole Rent . The Reader will easily believe that Dr. Sanderson , who was himself so meek & merciful , did suddenly and gladly carry this comfortable news to the dejected Tenant ; and will believe , that at the telling of it there was a mutual rejoycing . 'T was one of Iob's boasts , That he had seen none perish for want of clothing : and that he had often made the heart of the widow to rejoyce . And doubtless Dr. Sanderson might have made the same religious boast of this , and very many like occasions . But since he did not , I rejoyce that I have this just occasion to do it for him ; and that I can tell the Reader , I might tire my self and him in telling how like the whole course of Dr. Sanderson's life was to this which I have now related . Thus he went on in an obscure and quiet privacy , doing good daily both by word and by deed , as often as any occasion offer'd it self ; yet not so obscurely , but that his very great learning , prudence , and piety were much noted and valued by the Bishop of his Diocese , and by most of the Nobility and Gentrey of that Country . By the first of which he was often summon'd to preach many Visitation Sermons , and by the latter at many Assizes . Which Sermons , though they were much esteemed by them that procur'd and were fit to judge them ; yet they were the less valued , because he read them , which he was forc'd to do ; for though he had an extraordinary memory ( even the Art of it ) yet he had such an inmate , invincible fear and bashfulness , that his memory was wholly useless , as to the repetition of his Sermons as he had writ them , which gave occasion to say , when they were first printed and expos'd to censure ( which was in the year 1632 ) That the best Sermons that were ever read , were never preach'd . In this contented obscurity he continued , till the learned and good Archbishop Laud , who knew him well in Oxford ( for he was his contemporary there told the King ( 't was the knowing and conscientious King Charles the I. ) that there was one Mr. Sanderson , an obscure Countrey Minister , that was of such sincerity , and so excellent in all Casuistical learning , that he desir'd his Majesty would make him his Chaplain . The King granted it most willingly , & gave the Bishop charge to hasten it , for he long'd , to discourse with a man that had dedicated his Studies to that useful part of learning . The Bishop forgot not the King's desire , and Mr. Sanderson was made his Chaplain in Ordinary in November following , 1631. And when they became known to each other , the King did put many Cases of Conscience to him , and receiv'd from him such deliberate , safe , and clear solutions , as gave him great content in conversing with him : so that at the end of his months attendance , the King told him , He should long for the next November ; for he resolv'd to have a more inward acquaintance with him , when that month and he return'd . And when the month and he did return , the good King was never absent from his Sermons , and would usually say , I carry my ears to hear other Preachers , but I carry my conscience to hear Mr. Sanderson , and to act accordingly . And this ought not to be conceal'd from Posterity , That the King thought what he spake : For he took him to be his Adviser in that quiet part of his life , and he prov'd to be his Comforter in those days of his affliction , when he apprehended himself to be in danger of Death or Deposing . Of which more hereafter . In the first Parliament of this good King ( which was 1625. ) he was chosen to be a Clerk of the Convocation for the Diocese of Lincoln , which I here mention , because about that time did arise many disputes about Predestination , and the many Critical Points that depend upon , or are interwoven in it ; occasioned , as was said , by a disquisition of new Principles of Mr. Calvin's ( though others say they were before his time . ) But of these Dr. Sanderson then drew up for his own satisfaction such a Scheme ( he call'd it Pax Ecclesia ) as then gave himself , and hath since given others such satisfaction , that it still remains to be of great estimation among the most learned . He was also chosen Clerk of all the Convocations during that good Kings reign . Which I here tell my Reader , because I shall hereafter have occasion to mention that Convocation in 1640. the unhappy long Parliament , and some debates of the Predestination Points , as they have been since charitably handled betwixt him , the learned Dr. Hammond , and Dr. Pierce , the now reverend Dean of Salisbury . In the year 1636. his Majesty then in his Progress took a fair occasion to visit Oxford , and to take an entertainment for two days for himself and honourable Attendants , which the Reader ought to believe was sutable to their dignities : But this is mentioned , because at the King 's coming thither Dr. Sanderson did attend him , and was then ( the 31 of August ) created Doctor of Divinity ; which honour had an addition to it , by having many of the Nobility of this Nation then made Doctors and Masters of Art with him : Some of whose names shall be recorded and live with his ( and none shall out-live it . ) First Dr. Curle and Dr. Wren , who were then Bishops of Winton and of Norwich ( and had formerly taken their degrees in Cambridge ) were with him created Doctors of Divinity in his University . So was Merick the Son of the learned Izaak Causabon ; and Prince Rupert ( who still lives ) the then Duke of Lenox , Earl of Hereford , Earl of Essex , of Barkshire , and very many others of noble birth ( too many to be named ) were then created Masters of Arts. Some years before the unhappy long Parliament , this Nation being then happy and in peace ( though inwardly sick of being well ) namely in the year 1639. a discontented party of the Scots Church were zealously restless for another Reformation of their Kirk Government ; and to that end created a new Covenant , for the general taking of which they pretended to petition the King for his assent , and that he would injoyn the taking of it by all of that Nation : but this Petition was not to be presenred to him by a Committee of eight or ten men of their Fraternity , but by so many thousands , and they so arm'd , as seem'd to force an assent to what they seem'd to request ; so that though forbidden by the King , yet they entred England , and in their heat of Zeal took and plunder'd New-Castle , where the King was forc'd to meet them with an Army ; but upon a Treaty and some concessions , he sent them back ( though not so rich as they intended , yet ) for that time without blood-shed : But oh , this Peace and this Covenant were but the forerunners of War and the many miseries that followed : For in the year following there were so many chosen into the long Parliament , that were of a conjunct Council with these very zealous , and as factious Reformes , as begot such a confusion by the several desires and designs in many of the Members of that Parliament , and at last in the very common people of this Nation , that they were so lost by contrary designs , fears and confusions , as to believe the Scots and their Covenant would restore them to their former tranquillity . And to that end the Presbyterian party of this Nation did again , in the year 1643. invite the Scotch Covenanters back into England : and hither they came marching with it gloriously upon their Pikes , and in their Hats , with this Motto , For the Crown and Covenant of both Kingdoms . This I saw , and suffer'd by it . But when I look back upon the ruine of Families , the bloodshed , the decay of common honesty , and how the former piety and plain dealing of this now sinful Nation is turned into cruelty and cunning , I praise God that he prevented me from being of that party which help'd to bring in this Covenant , and those sad Confusions that have follow'd it , And I have been the bolder to say this of my self , because in a sad discourse with Dr. Sanderson I heard him make the like grateful acknowledgement . This digression is intended for the better information of the Reader in what will follow concerning Dr. Sanderson . And first , That the Covenanters of this Nation , and their party in Parliament , made many Exceptions against the Common Prayer and Ceremonies of the Church , and seem'd restless for a Reformation : And though their desires seem'd not reasonable to the King and the learned Dr. Laud , then Archbishop of Canterbury ; yet to quiet their Consciences , and prevent future confusion , they did in the year 1641. desire Dr. Sanderson to call two more of the Convocation to advise with him , and that he would then draw up some such safe alterations as he thought fit in the Service Book , and abate some of the Ceremonies that were least material , for satisfying their consciences ; and to this end they did meet together privately twice a week at the Dean of Westminster's House ( for the space of 3 months or more . ) But not long after that time , when Dr. Sanderson had made the Reformation ready for a view , the Church and State were both fall'n into such a confusion , that Dr. Sanderson's Model for Reformation became then useless . Nevertheless , his Reputation was such , that he was in the year 1642. propos'd by both Houses of Parliament to the King then in Oxford , to be one of their Trustees for the settling of Church affairs , and was allowed of by the King to be so ; but that Treaty came to nothing . In the year 1643. the 2 Houses of Parliament took upon them to make an Ordinance , and call an Assembly of Divines , to debate and settle some Church controversies ( of which many were very unfit to judges : ) in which Dr. Sanderson was also named ; but did not appear , I suppose for the same reason that many other worthy and learned men did forbear , the Summons wanting the King's Authority . And here I must look back and tell the Reader , that in the year 1642. he was ( Iuly 21. ) named by a more undoubted Authority to a more noble imployment , which was to be Professor Regius of Divinity in Oxford ; but though knowledge be said to puff up , yet his modesty and too mean an opinion of his great Abilities , and some other real or pretended reasons ( exprest in his Speech , when he first appeared in the Chair , and since printed ) kept him from entring into it till Octobor 1646. He did for about a years time continue to read his matchless Lectures , which were first de Iuramento , a Point very difficult , and at that time very dangerous to be handled as it ought to be . But this learned man , as he was eminently furnished with Abilities to satisfie the consciences of men upon that important Subject ; so he wanted not courage to assert the true obligation of Oaths in a degenerate Age , when men had made perjury a main part of their Religion . How much the learned world stands obliged to him for these and his following Lectures de Conscientia , I shall not attempt to declare , as being very sensible , that the best Pens must needs fall short in the commendation of them : So that I shall only add , That they continue to this day , and will do for ever , as a compleat standard for the resolution of the most material doubts in Casuistical Divinity . And therefore I proceed to tell the Reader , That about the time of his reading those Lectures ( the King being then Prisoner in the Isle of Wight ) the Parliament had sent the Covenant , the Negative Oath , and I know not what more , to be taken by the Doctor of the Chair , and all Heads of Houses : and all other inferiour Scholars of what degree soever , were all to take these Oaths by a sixed day , and those that did not , to abandon their Colledge and the University too , within 24 hours after the beating of a Drum ; for if they remain'd longer , they were to be proceeded against as Spies . Dr. Laud then Archbishop of Canterbury , the Earl of Strafford , and many others , had been formerly murthered by this wicked Parliament , but the King yet was not ; and the University had yet some faint hopes that in a Treaty then in being , or pretended to be suddenly , there might be such an Agreement made between King and Parliament , that the dissenters in the University might both preserve their Consciences and Subsistance which they then enjoyed by their Colledges . And being possess'd of this mistaken hope , That the Parliament were not yet grown so merciless as not to allow manifest reason for their not submitting to the enjoyn'd Oaths , the University appointed twenty Delegates to meet , consider , and draw up a Manifesto to the Parliament , why they could not take those Oaths but by violation of their Consciences : And of these Delegates Dr. Sheldon ( late Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Hammond , Dr. Sanderson , Dr. Morley ( now Bishop of Winchester ) and that most honest , and as judicious Civil Lawyer , Dr. Zouch , were a part , the rest I cannot now name ; but the whole number of the Delegates requested Dr. Zouch to draw up the Law part , and give it to Dr. Sanderson , and he was requested to methodize and add what referr'd to reason and conscience , and put it into form : He yielded to their desires , and did so . And then after they had been read in a full Convocation , and allow'd of , they were printed in Latin , that the Parliaments proceedings and the Universities sufferings might he manifested to all Nations ; and the Imposers of these Oaths might repent , or answer them : But they were past the first ; and for the latter , I might swear they neither can , nor ever will. And these reasons were also suddenly turn'd into English by Dr. Sanderson , that those of these three Kingdoms might the better judge of the Loyal Parties sufferings . About this time the Independants ( who were then grown to be the most powerful part of the Army ) had taken the King from a close to a more large imprisonment , and by their own pretences to liberty of Conscience , were obliged to allow somewhat of that to the King , who had in the year 1646. sent for Dr. Sanderson Dr. Hammond , Dr. Sheldon ( the late Archbishop of Canterbury ) and Dr. Morley ( the now Bishop of Winchester ) to attend him , in order to advise with them , how far he might with a good Conscience comply with the Proposals of the Parliament for a Peace in Church and State ; but these having been then denied him by the Presbyterian Parliament , were now allow'd him by those in present power . And as those other Divines , so Dr. Sanderson gave his attendance on his Majesty also in the Isle of Wight , preach'd there before him , and had in that attendance many , both publick and private Conferences with him , to his Majesties great satisfaction . At which time he desir'd Dr. Sanderson , that being the Parliament had propos'd to him the abolishing of Episcopal Government in the Church , as inconsistent with Monarchy , that he would consider of it , and declare his judgment : He undertook to do so , and did it ; but it might not be printed till our King 's happy Restoration , and then it was . And at Dr. Sanderson's taking his leave of his Majesty in this last attendance on him , the King requested him to betake himself to the writing Cases of Conscience for the good of Posterity . To which his answer was , That he was now grown old , and unfit to write Cases of Conscience . But the King was so bold with him , as to say , It was the simplest answer be ever heard from Dr. Sanderson ; for no young man was fit to be a Judge , or write Cases of Conscience . And let me here take occasion to tell the Reader this truth , not commonly known , that in one of these Conferences this conscientious King told Dr. Sanderson , or one of them that then waited with him , That the remembrance of two Erro●● did much afflict him , which were , his assent to the Earl of Strafford's death , and the abolishing Episcopacy in Scotland ; and that if God ever restored him to be in a peaceable possession of his Crown , he would demonstrate his Repentance by a publick Confession and a voluntary Penance ( I think barefoot ) from the Tower of London , or Whitehall , to St. Paul's Church , and desire the people to intercede with God for his pardon . I am sure one of them told it me , lives still , and will witness it . And it ought to be observ'd , that Dr. Sanderson's Lectures de Juramento were so approv'd and valu'd by the King , that in this time of his imprisonment and solitude , he translated them into exact English , desiring Dr. Iuxson ( then Bishop of London ) Dr. Hammond , and Sir Thomas Herbert ( who then attended him ) to compare them with the Original . The last still lives , and has declared it , with some other of that King's excellencies , in a Letter under his own hand , which was lately shew'd me by Sir William Dugdale , King at Arms. The Book was design'd to be put into the King's Library at St Iames's , but I doubt not now to be found there . I thought the honour of the Author and the Translator to be both so much concern'd in this Relation , that it ought not to be conceal'd from the Reader , and 't is therefore here inserted . I now return to Dr. Sanderson in the Chair in Oxford , where they that comply'd not in taking the Covenant , Negative Oath , and Parliament Ordinance for Church Discipline and Worship , were under a sad and daily apprehension of Expulsion ; for the Visiters were daily expected , and both City and University full of Souldiers , and a party of Presbyterian Divines , that were as greedy and ready to possess , as the ignorant and ill-natur'd Visiters were to eject the dissenters out of their Colledges and Livelyhoods : But notwithstanding Dr. Sanderson did still continue to read his Lecture , and did to the very faces of those Presbyterian Divines and Souldiers , read with so much reason , and with a calm fortitude make such applications , as if they were not , they ought to have been asham'd , and beg'd pardon of God and him , and forborn to do what follow'd . But these thriving sinners were hardned ; and as the Visiters expel'd the Orthodox , they , without scruple or shame , possest themselves of their Colledges ; so that with the rest , Dr. Sanderson was ( in Iune 1648. ) forc'd to pack up and be gone , and thank God he was not imprison'd , as Dr. Sheldon , Dr. Hammond , and others then were . I must now again look back to Oxford , and tell my Reader , that the year before this expulsion , when the University had deny'd this Subscription , & apprehended the danger of that Visitation which followed , they sent Dr. Morley , then Canon of Christ-Church ( now Lord Bishop of Winchester ) and others , to petition the Parliament for recalling the Injunction , or a mitigation of it , or accept of their Reasons why they could not take the Oaths injoyn'd them ; and the Petition was by Parliament referr'd to a Committee to hear and report the Reasons to the House , and a day set for hearing them . This done , Dr. Morley and the rest went to inform and fee Counsel , to plead their Cause on the day appointed : but there had been so many committed for pleading , that none durst undertake it ; for at this time the Priviledges of that Parliament were become a Noli me tangere , as sacred and useful to them , as Traditions ever were , or are now to the Church of Rome , their number must never be known , and therefore not without danger to be meddled with . For which Reason Dr. Morley was forc'd , for want of Counsel , to plead the Universities Reasons for not complyance with the Parliaments injunctions ; and though this was done with great reason , and a boldness equal to the Justice of his Cause ; yet the effect of it was , but that he and the rest appearing with him were so fortunate , as to return to Oxford without commitment . This was some few days before the Visiters and more Soldiers were sent down to drive the Dissenters out of the University . And one that was at this time of Dr. Morley's pleading a powerful man in the Parliament , and of that Committee , observing Dr. Morley's behaviour and reason , and inquiring of him , and hearing a good report of his Morals , was therefore willing to afford him a peculiar favour ; and that he might express it , sent for me that relate this Story , and knew Dr. Morley well , and told me , He had such a love for Dr. Morley , that knowing he would not take the Oaths , and must therefore be ejected his Colledge , and leave Oxford , he desired I would therefore write to him to ride out of Oxford when the Visiters came into it , and not return till they left it , and he should be sure then to return in safety ; and that he should without taking any Oath or other molestation , enjoy his Canons place in his Colledge . I did receive this intended kindness with a sudden gladness , because I was sure the party had a power , and as sure he meant to perform it , and did therefore write the Doctor word ; and his Answer was , That I must not fail to return my Friend ( who still lives ) his humble and undissembled thanks , though he could not accept of his intended kindness ; for when the Dean , Dr. Gardner , Dr. Paine , Dr. Hammond , Dr. Sanderson , and all the rest of the Colledge , were turn'd out , except Dr. Wall , he should take it to be , if not a sin , yet a shame to be left behind with him only . Dr. Wall I knew , and will speak nothing of him , for he is dead . It may be easily imagined , with what a joyful willingness these self-loving Reformers took possession of all vacant preferments , and with what reluctance others parted with their beloved Colledges and Subsistance : but their Consciences were dearer than their Subsistance , and out they went ; the Reformers possessing them without shame or scruple , where I will leave these Scruple-mongers , and make an account of the then present affairs of London , to be the next imployment of my Readers patience . And in London all the Bishops Houses were turn'd to be Prisons , and they fill'd with Divines , that would not take the Covenant , or forbear reading Common Prayer , or that were accus'd for some faults like these . For it may be noted , That about this time the Parliament set out a Proclamation to incourage all Lay-men that had occasion to complain of their Ministers for being troublesome or scandalous , or that conformed not to Orders of Parliament , to make their complaint to a Committee for that purpose ; and the Minister , though 100 miles from London , should appear there and give satisfaction , or be sequestred ; ( and you may be sure no Parish could want a covetous , or malicious , or cross-grain'd complainant : ) by which means all Prisons in London , and in some other places , became the sad habitations of Conforming Divines . And about this time the Bishop of Canterbury having been by an unknown Law condemned to die , and the execution suspended for some days , many of the malicious Citizens fearing his pardon , shut up their Shops , professing not to open them till Justice was executed . This malice and madness is scarce credible , but I saw it . The Bishops had been voted out of the House of Parliament , & some upon that occasion sent to the Tower , which made many Covenanters rejoyce , and believe Mr. Brightman ( who probably was a a good and well meaning man ) to be inspir'd in this Comment on the Apocalyps , an Abridgment of which was now printed , and cal'd Mr. Brightman 's Revelation of the Revelation . And though he was grosly mistaken in other things , yet ; because he had made the Churches of Geneva and Scotland , which had no Bishops , to be Philadelphia in the Apocalyps , the Angel that God loved ; and the power of Prelacy to be Antichrist , the evil Angel , which the House of Commons had now so spued up , as never to recover their dignity : Therefore did those Covenanters approve and applaud Mr. Brightman for discovering and foretelling the Bishops downfall ; so that they both rail'd at them , and rejoyc'd to buy good pennyworths of their Land , which their Friends of the House of Commons , did afford them as a reward of their diligent assistance to pull them down . And the Bishops power being now vacated , the common people were made so happy , as every Parish might choose their own Minister , and tell him when he did , and when he did not preach true Doctrine : and by this and like means several Churches had several Teachers , that pray'd and preach'd for and against one another ; and ingag'd their hearers to contend furiously for truths which they understood not ; some of which I shall mention in the discourse that follows . I have heard of two men that in their discourse undertook to give a character of a third person ; and one concluded he was a very honest man , for he was beholding to him ; and the other that he was not , for he was not beholden to him . And something like this was in the designs both of the Covenanters and Independants ( the last of which were now grown both as numerous and as powerful as the former : ) for though they differed much in many Principles , and preach'd against each other , one making it a sign of being in the state of grace , if we were but zealous for the Covenant : and the other , that we ought to buy and sell by a Measure , and to allow the same liberty of Conscience to others , which we by Scripture claim to our selves ; and therefore not to force any to swear the Covenant contrary to their Consciences , and loose both their Livings and Liberties too . Though these differed thus in their conclusions , yet they both agreed in their practice to preach down Common Prayer , and get into the best sequestred Livings ; and whatever became of the true Owners , their Wives and Children , yet to continue in them without the least scruple of Conscience . They also made other strange Observations of Election , Reprobation , and Free-will , and the other Points dependent upon these ; such as the wisest of the common people were not fit to judge of : I am sure I am not ; though I must mention some of them historically in a more proper place , when I have brought my Reader with me to Dr. Sanderson at Boothby Pannel . And in the way thither I must tell him , That a very Covenanter and a Scot too , that came into England with this unhappy Covenant , was got into a good sequestred Living by the help of a Presbyterian Parish , which had got the true Owner out . And this Scotch Presbyterian being well settled in this good Living , began to reform the Church-yard , by cutting down a large Ewe Tree , and some other Trees that were an ornament to the place , and very often a shelter to the Parishioners ; who excepting against him for so doing , were answered , That the Trees were his , and 't was lawful for every man to use his own as he , and not as they thought fit . I have hear'd ( but do not affirm it ) That no Action lies against him that is so wicked as to steal the winding sheet of a dead body after 't is buried ; and have heard the reason to be , because none were supposed to be so void of humanity , and that such a Law would vilifie that Nation that would but suppose so vile a man to be born in it : nor would one suppose any man to do what this Covenanter did . And whether there were any Law against , him I know not ; but pity the Parish the less for turning out their legal Minister . We have now overtaken Dr. Sanderson at Boothby Parish , where he hop'd to have enjoy'd himself , though in a poor , yet in a quiet and desir'd privacy ; but it prov'd otherwise : For all corners of the Nation were fill'd with Covenanters , Confusion , Comittee-men and Soldiers , serving each other to their several ends , of revenge , or power , or profit ; and these Committee-men and Soldiers were most of them so possest with this Covenant , that they became like those that were infected with that dreadful Plague of Athens ; the Plague of which Plague was , that they by it became maliciously restless to get into company , and to joy ( so the Historian * saith ) when they had infected others , even those of their most beloved or nearest Friends or Relations ; and though there might be some of these Covenanters that were beguil'd , and meant well ; yet such were the generality of them , and temper of the times , that you may be sure Dr. Sanderson , who though quiet and harmless , yet an eminent dissenter from them , could not live peaceably ; nor did he : For the Soldiers would appear , and visibly disturb him in the Church when he read Prayers , pretending to advise him how God was to be serv'd most acceptably : which he not approving , but continuing to observe order and decent behaviour in reading the Church Service , they forc'd his Book from him , and tore it , expecting extemporary Prayers . At this time he was advis'd by a Parliament man of power and note , that lov'd and valued him much , not to be strict in reading all the Common Prayer , but make some little variation , especially if the Soldiers came to watch him ; for then it might not be in the power of him and his other Friends to secure him from taking the Covenant , or Sequestration : for which Reasons he did vary somewhat from the strict Rules of the Rubrick . I will set down the very words of Confession which he us'd , as I have it under his own hand ; and tell the Reader that all his other variations were as little , & much like to this . His Confession . O Almighty God and merciful Father , we thy unworthy Servants do with shame and sorrow confess , that we have all our life long gone astray out of thy ways like lost sheep ; and that by following too much the vain devices and desires of our own hearts , we have grievously offended against thy holy Laws both in thought , word and deed ; we have many times left undone those good duties , which we might and ought to have done ; and we have many times done those evils , when we might have avoided them , which we ought not to have done . We confess , O Lord , that there is no health at all , nor help in any Creature to relieve us ; but all our hope is in thy mercy , whose justice we have by our sins so far provoked : Have mercy therefore upon us , O Lord , have mercy upon us miserable offenders : spare us good God , who confess our faults , that we perish not ; but according to thy gracious promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesus our Lord , restore us upon our true Repentance into thy grace and favour . And grant , O most merciful Father , for his sake , that we henceforth study to serve and please thee by leading a godly , righteous , and a sober life , to the glory of thy holy Name , and the eternal comfort of our own souls , through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen . In these disturbances of tearing his Service Book , a Neighbour came on a Sunday , after the Evening Service was ended , to visit and condole with him for the affront offered by the Soldiers . To whom he spake with a composed patience , and said ; God hath restored me to my desir'd privacy , with my wife and children , where I hop'd to have met with quietness , and it proves not so ; but I will labour to be pleas'd , because God , on whom I depend , sees 't is not fit for me to be quiet . I praise him , that he hath by his grace prevented me from making shipwrack of a good Conscience to maintain me in a place of great reputation and profit : and though my condition be such , that I need the last ; yet I submit , for God did not send me into this world to do my own , but suffer his will , and I will obey it . Thus by a sublime depending on his wise , and powerful , and pitiful Creator , he did chearfully submit to what God had appointed , justifying the truth of that Doctrine which he had preach'd . About this time that excellent Book of the King's Meditations in his Solitude was printed , and made publick : and Dr. Sanderson was such a lover of the Author , and so desirous that the whole world should see the character of him in that Book , and something of the cause for which they suffer'd , that he design'd to turn it into Latin : but when he had done half of it most excellently , his Friend Dr. Earle prevented him , by appearing to have done the whole very well before him . About this time his dear and most intimate Friend , the learned Dr. Hammond , came to enjoy a conversation and rest with him for some days , and did so . And having formerly perswaded him to trust his excellent memory , and not read , but try to speak a Sermon as he had writ it . Dr. Sanderson became so complyant as to promise he would . And to that end they two went early the Sunday following to a Neighbour Minister , and requested to exchange a Sermon ; and they did so . And at Dr. Sanderson's going into the Pulpit , he gave his Sermon ( which was a very short one ) into the hand of Dr. Hammond , intending to preach it as 't was writ ; but before he had preach'd a third part , Dr. Hammond ( looking on his Sermon as written ) observed him to be out , and so lost as to the matter , that he also became afraid for him ; for 't was discernable to many of the plain Auditory : But when he had ended this short Sermon , as they two walk'd homeward , Dr. Sanderson said with much earnestness , Good Doctor give me my Sermon , and know , that neither you , nor any man living shall ever perswade me to preach again without my Books . To which the reply was , Good Doctor be not angry ; for if I ever perswade you to preach again without Book , I will give you leave to burn all those that I am Master of . Part of the occasion of Dr. Hammond's visit was at this time , to discourse Dr. Sanderson about some Opinions , in which , if they did not then , they had doubtless differed formerly ; 't was about those knotty Points , which are by the Learned call'd the Quinquarticular Controversie ; of which I shall proceed , not to give any Judgment ( I pretend not to that ) but some short Historical account which shall follow . There had been , since the unhappy Covenant was brought , and so generally taken in England , a liberty given or taken by many Preachers ( those of London especially ) to preach and be too positive in the Points of Vniversal Redemption , Predestination , and those other depending upon these . Some of which preach'd , That all men were , before they came into this world , so predestinated to salvation or damnation , that 't was not in their power to sin so , as to lose the first , nor by their most diligent endeavour to avoid the latter . Others , That 't was not so ; because then God could not be said to grieve for the death of a sinner , when he himself had made him so by an inevitable decree , before he had so much as a being in this world ; affirming therefore , that man had some power left him to do the will of God , because he was advised to work out his salvation with fear and trembling ; maintaining , that 't is most certain , every man can do what he can to be saved ; and that he that does what he can to be saved , shall never be damned : And yet many that affirmed this , would confess , That that grace , which is but a perswasive offer , and left to us to receive or refuse , is not that grace which shall bring men to heaven . Which truths , or untruths , or both , be they which they will , did upon these or the like occasions come to be searched into , and charitably debated betwixt Dr. Sanderson , Dr. Hammond , and Dr. Pierce ( the now Reverend Dean of Salisbury ) of which I shall proceed to give some account , but briefly . In the year 1648. the 52 London Ministers ( then a Fraternity of Ston Colledge in that City ) had in a printed Declaration aspers'd Dr. Hammond most heinously , for that he had in his Practical Catechism affirm'd , That our Saviour died for the sins of all mankind . To jnstifie which truth , he presently makes a charitable Reply ( as 't is now printed in his Works . ) After which there were many Letters past betwixt the said Dr. Hammond , Dr. Sanderson , and Dr. Pierce , concerning God's grace and decrees . Dr. Sanderson was with much unwillingness drawn into this Debate ; for he declared it would prove uneasie to him , who in his judgment of God's decrees differ'd with Dr. Hammond ( whom he reverenced and loved dearly ) and would not therefore ingage him into a Controversie , of which he could never hope to see an end : but they did all enter into a charitable disquisition of these said Points in several Letters , to the full satisfaction of the Learned ; those betwixt Dr. Sanderson and Dr. Hammond being printed in his Works ; and for what past betwixt him and the Learned Dr. Pierce , I refer my Reader to a Letter annext to the end of this Relation . I think the Judgment of Dr. Sanderson was by these Debates altered from what it was at his entrance into them ; for in the year 1632. when his excellent Sermons were first printed in 4o. the Reader may on the Margent find some accusation of Arminius for false Doctrine ; and find , that upon a review and reprinting those Sermons in folio in the year 1657. that accusation of Arminius is omitted . And the change of his judgment seems more fully to appear in his said Letter to Dr. Pierce . And let me now tell the Reader , which may seem to be perplex'd with these several affirmations of God's decrees before mentioned , that Dr. Hammond , in a Postscript to the last Letter of Dr. Sanderson's , says , God can reconcile his own contradictions , and therefore advises all men , as the Apostle does , to study mortification , and be wise to sobriety . And let me add further , that if these 52 Ministers of Sion Colledge were the occasion of the Debates in these Letters ; they have , I think , been the occasion of giving an end to the Quinquarticular Controversie , for none have since undertaken to say more ; but seem to be so wise , as to be content to be ignorant of the rest , till they come to that place , where the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open . And let me here tell the Reader also , that if the rest of mankind would , as Dr. Sanderson , not conceal their alteration of Judgment , but confess it to the honour of God and themselves , then our Nation would become freer from pertinacious Disputes , and fuller of Recantations . I cannot lead my Reader to Dr. Hammond and Dr. Sanderson where we left them at Boothby Pannel , till I have look'd back to the long Parliament , the Society of Covenanters in Sion Colledge , and those others scattered up and down in London , and given some account of their proceedings and usage of the late learned Dr. Laud , then Archbishop of Canterbury . And though I will forbear to mention the injustice of his death , and the barbarous usage of him , both then and before it ; yet my desire is , that what follows may be noted , because it does now , or may hereafter concern us , namely , That in his last sad Sermon on the Scaffold at his death , he having freely pardoned all his Enemies , and humbly begg'd of God to Pardon them , and besought those present to pardon and pray for him ; yet he seem'd to accuse the Magistrates of the City , for suffering a sort of wretched people , that could not known why he was condemned , to go visibly up and down to gather hands to a Petition , That the Parliament would hasten his Execution . And having declar'd how unjustly he thought himself to be condemned , and accus'd for endeavouring to bring in Popery ( for that was one of the Accusations for which he died ) he declar'd with sadness , That the several Sects and Divisions then in England ( which he had laboured to prevent ) were like to bring the Pope a far greater harvest , than he could ever have expected without them . And said , these Sects and Divisions introduce prophaneness under the cloak of an imaginary Religion ; and that we have lost the substance of Religion by changing it into Opinion ; and that by these means this Church , which all the Iesuits machinations could not ruine , was fall'n into apparent danger by those which were his Accusers . To this purpose he spoke at his death : for this , & more of which , the Reader may view his last sad Sermon on the Scaffold . And 't is here mentioned , because his dear Friend Dr. Sanderson seems to demonstrate the same in his two large and remarkable Prefaces before his two Volumes of Sermons ; and seems also with much sorrow to say the same again in his last Will , made when he apprehended himself to be very near his death . And these Covenanters ought to take notice of it , and to remember , that by the late wicked War began by them , Dr. Sanderson was ejected out of the Professors Chair in Oxford ; and that if he had continued in it ( for he lived 14 years after ) both the Learned of this and other Nations , had been made happy by many remarkable Cases of Conscience , so rationally stated , and so briefly , so clearly , and so convincingly determin'd , that Posterity might have joyed and boasted , that Dr. Sanderson was born in this Nation , for the ease and benefit of all the Learned that shall be born after him : But this benefit is so like time past , that they are both irrecoverably lost . I should now return to Boothby Pannel where we left Dr. Hammond and Dr. Sanderson together , but neither can be found there . For the first was in his Journey to London , and the second seiz'd upon the day after his Friends departure , and carried Prisoner to Lincoln , then a Garison of the Parliaments . For the pretended reason of which Commitment , I shall give this following account . There was one Mr. Clarke , the Minister of Alington , a Town not many miles from Boothby Pannel , who was an active man for the Parliament and Covenant ; one that , when Belvoire Castle ( then a Garison for the Parliament ) was taken by a party of the King's Soldiers , was taken in it , & made a Prisoner of War in Newark , then a Garison of the Kings ; a man so active and useful for his party , that they became so much concern'd for his inlargement , that the Committee of Lincoln sent a Troop of Horse to seize and bring Dr. Sanderson a Prisoner to that Garison ; and they did so . And there he had the happiness to meet with many , that knew him so well as to treat him kindly ; but told him , He must continue their Prisoner , till he should purchase his own inlargement by procuring an Exchange for Mr. Clarke then Prisoner in the King's Garison of Newark . There were many Reasons given by the Doctor of the Injustice of his Imprisonment , and the Inequality of the Exchange , but all were uneffectual : For done it must be , or he continue a Prisoner . And in time done it was upon the following Conditions . First , that Dr. Sanderson and Mr. Clarke being Exchanged , should live undisturb'd at their own Parishes ; and of either were injur'd by the Soldiers of the contrary party , the other having notice of it , should procure him a Redress , by having satisfaction made for his loss , or for any other injury ; or if not , he to be us'd in the same kind by the other party . Nevertheless , Dr. Sanderson could neither live safe , nor quietly , being several times plundered , and once wounded in three places ; but he , apprehending the remedy might turn to a more intolerable burthen by impatience or complying , forbore both ; and possess'd his Soul in a contented quietness , without the least repining . But though he could not enjoy the safety he expected by this Exchange , yet by his Providence that can bring good out of evil , it turn'd so much to his advantage , that whereas his Living had been sequestred from the year 1644. and continued to be so till this time of his Imprisonment , he , by the Articles of War in this Exchange for Mr. Clarke , procur'd his Sequestration to be recall'd , and by that means injoy'd a poor but contented subsistence for himself , wife , and children , till the happy Restoration of our King and Church . In this time of his poor , but contented privacy of life , his Casuistical learning , peaceful moderation and sincerity , became so remarkable , that there were many that apply'd themselves to him for Resolution in Cases of Conscience ; some known to him , many not ; some requiring satisfaction by Conference , others by Letters ; so many , that his life became almost as restless as their minds ; yet he denied no man : And if it be a truth which holy Mr. Herbert says , That all worldly joys seem less , when compared with shewing mercy or doing kindnesses ; then doubtless Dr. Sanderson might have boasted for relieving so many restless and wounded Consciences ; which , as Solomon says , are a burthen that none can bear , though their fortitude may sustain their other Infirmities : and if words cannot express the joy of a Conscience relieved from such restless Agonies ; then Dr. Sanderson might rejoyce , that so many were by him so clearly and conscientiously satisfied ; for he denied none , and would often praise God for that ability , and as often for the occasion , and that God had inclin'd his heart to do it , to the meanest of any of those poor , but precious Souls , for which his Saviour vouchsafed to be crucified . Some of those very many Cases that were resolved by Letters , have been preserv'd and printed for the benefit of Posterity ; as namely , 1. Of the Sabbath . 2. Marrying with a Recusant . 3. Of unlawful Love. 4. Of a Military life . 5. Of Scandal . 6. Of a Bond taken in the King's Name . 7. Of the Ingagement . 8. Of a rash Vow . But many more remain in private hands , of which one is of Symony ; and I wish the World might see it , that it might undeceive some Patrons , who think they have discharg'd that great and dangerous trust , both to God and man , if they take no money for a Living , though it may be parted with for other ends less justifiable . And in this time of his retirement , when the common people were amaz'd & grown giddy by the many falshoods and misapplications of Truths frequently vented in Sermons ; when they wrested the Scripture by challenging God to be of their party , and call'd upon him in their prayers to patronize their Sacriledge & zealous Frenzies , in this time he did so compassionate the generality of this misled Nation , that though the times threatned danger , yet he then hazarded his safety by writing the large and bold Preface now extant before his last 20 Sermons ( first printed in the year 1655. ) In which there was such strength of reason , with so powerful and clear convincing applications made to the Non-conformists , as being read by one of those dissenting Brethren , who was possess'd with such a spirit of contradiction , as being neither able to defend his error , nor yield to truth manifest ( his Conscience having slept long and quietly in a good sequestred Living ) was yet at the reading of it so awakened , that after a conflict with the reason he had met , and the dammage he was to sustain if he consented to it ( and being still unwilling to be so convinced , as to lose by being over-reason'd ) he went in haste to the Bookseller of whom 't was bought , threatned him , and told him in anger , he had sold a Book in which there was false Divinity ; and that the Preface had upbraided the Parliament , and many godly Ministers of that party for unjust dealing . To which his Reply was ( 't was Tim. Garthwaite ) That 't was not his Trade to judge of true or false Divinity , but to print and sell Books ; and yet if he , or any friend of his would write an Answer to it , and own it by setting his Name to it , he would print the Answer , and promote the selling of it . About the time of his printing this excellent Preface , I met him accidentally in London in sad-coloured clothes , and God knows , far from being costly : the place of our meeting was near to little Britain , where he had been to buy a Book , which he then had in his hand ; we had no inclination to part presently ; and therefore turn'd to stand in a corner under a Penthouse ( for it began to rain ) and immediately the wind rose , and the rain increased so much , that both became so inconvenient , as to force us into a cleanly house , where we had Bread , Cheese , Ale , & a Fire for our money . This rain and wind were so obliging to me , as to force our stay there for at least an hour , to my great content and advantage ; for in that time he made to me many useful observations with much clearness and conscientious freedom . I shall relate a part of them , in hope they may also turn to the advantage of my Reader . He seem'd to lament , that the Parliament had taken upon them to abolish our Liturgy , to the scandal of so many devout and learned men , and the disgrace of those many Martyrs , who had seal'd the truth and use of it with their blood : and that no Minister was now thought godly that did not decry it ; and , at least , pretend to make better Prayers ex tempore : and that they , and only they that could do so , prayed by the Spirit , and were godly ; though in their Sermons they disputed , and evidently contradicted each other in their Prayers . And as he did dislike this , so he did most highly commend the Common Prayer of the Church , saying , The Collects were the most passionate , proper , and most elegant expressions that any language ever afforded ; and that there was in them such piety , and that so interwoven with instructions , that they taught us to know the power , the wisdom , the majesty , and mercy of God , and much of our duty both to him and our Neighbour ; and that a Congregation behaving hemselves reverently , & putting up to God these joynt and known desires for pardon of sins , and praises for mercies receiv'd , could not but be more pleasing to God , than those raw unpremeditated expressions , to which many of the hearers could not say Amen . And he then commended to me the frequent use of the Psalter or Psalms of David ; speaking to this purpose , That they were the Treasury of Christian Comfort , fitted for all persons and all necessities ; able to raise the soul from dejection by the frequent mention of God's mercies to repentant sinners ; to stir up holy desires ; to increase joy ; to moderate sorrow ; to nourish hope , and teach us patience , by waiting God's leasure ; to beget a trust in the mercy , power , & providence of our Creator ; & to cause a resignation of our selves to his will ; & then ( and not till then ) to believe our selves happy . This he said the Liturgy and Psalms taught us ; and that by the frequent use of the last they would not only prove to be our souls comfort , but would become so habitual , as to transform them into the image of his soul that composed them . After this manner he express'd himself concerning the Liturgy & Psalms ; & seem'd to lament that this , which was the Devotion of the more Primitive times , should in common Pulpits be turn'd into needless debates about Free-will , Election , and Reprobation , of which , and many like Questions , we may be safely ignorant , because Almighty God intends not to lead us to Heaven by hard Questions , but by meekness and charity , and a frequent practice of Devotion . And he seem'd to lament very much , that by the means of irregular and indiscreet preaching , the generality of the Nation were possess'd with such dangerous mistakes , as to think , They might be religious first , and then just and merciful ; that they might sell their Consciences , and yet have something left that was worth keeping ; that they might be sure they were elected , though their lives were visibly scandalous ; that to be cunning was to be wise ; that to be rich was to be happy , though their wealth was got without justice or mercy ; that to be busie in things they understood not , was no sin . These , and the like mistakes he lamented much , and besought God to remove them , and restore us to that humility , sincerity , and singleheartedness , with which this Nation was blest , before the unhappy Covenant was brought into the Nation , and every man preach'd and pray'd what seem'd best in his own eyes . And he then said to me , That the way to restore this Nation to a more meek and Christian temper , was to have the Body of Divinity ( or so much of it as was needful to be known ) to be put into 52 Homilies or Sermons , of such a length as not to exceed a third or fourth part of an hours reading ; and these needful Points to be made so clear and plain , that those of a mean capacity might know what was necessary to be believed , and what God requires to be done ; and then some applications of trial and conviction : and these to be read every Sunday of the year , as infallibly as the blood circulates the body ; and then as certainly begun again , and continued the year following : and that this being done , it might probably abate the inordinate desire of knowing what we need not , and practising what we know , and ought to do . This was the earnest desire of this prudent man. And , O that Dr. Sanderson had undertaken it ! for then in all probability it would have prov'd effectual . At this happy time of injoying his company and this discourse , he express'd a sorrow by saying to me , O that I had gone Chaplain to that excellently accomplish'd Gentleman , your Friend , Sir Henry Wootton ! which was once intended , when he first went Ambassador to the State of Venice : for by that imployment I had been forc'd into a necessity of conversing , not with him only , but with several men of several Nations ; and might thereby have kept my self from my unmanly bashfulness , which has prov'd very troublesome , and not less inconvenient to me ; and which I now fear is become so habitual as never to leave me : and by that means I might also have known , or at least have had the satisfaction of seeing one of the late miracles of general learning , prudence , and modesty , Sir Henry Woottons dear Friend , Padre Paulo , who , the Author of his life says , was born with a bashfulness as invincible , as I have found my own to be : A man whose fame must never die , till vertue and learning shall become so useless as not to be regarded . This was a part of the benefit I then had by that hours conversation : and I gladly remember and mention it , as an Argument of my happiness , and his great humility and condescention . I had also a like advantage by another happy conference with him , which I am desirous to impart in this place to the Reader . He lamented much , that in many Parishes , where the maintenance was not great , there was no Minister to officiate ; and that many of the best sequestred Livings were possess'd with such rigid Covenanters as denied the Sacrament to their Parishioners , unless upon such conditions , and in such a manner as they could not take it . This he mentioned with much sorrow , saying , The blessed Sacrament did , by way of preparation for it , give occasion to all conscientious Receivers to examine the performance of their Vows , since they received their last seal for the pardon of their sins past ; and to examine and research their hearts , and make penitent reflexions on their failings ; and that done , to bewail them , and then make new vows or resolutions to obey all God's Commands , and beg his grace to perform them . And this done , the Sacrament repairs the decays of grace , helps us to conquer infirmities , gives us grace to beg God's grace , and then gives us what we beg ; makes us still hunger and thirst after his righteousness , which we then receive , and being assisted with our endeavours , will still so dwell in us , as to become our satisfaction in this life , and our comfort on our last Sick-beds . The want of this blessed benefit he lamented much , and pitied their condition that desired , but could not obtain it . I hope I shall not disoblige my Reader , if I here inlarge into a further Character of his person and temper . As first , That he was moderately tall ; his behaviour had in it much of a plain comliness , and very little ( yet enough ) of ceremony or courtship ; his looks and motion manifested affability and mildness , and yet he had with these a calm , but so matchless a fortitude , as secur'd him from complying with any of those many Parliament injunctions , that interfer'd with a doubtful conscience . His Learning was methodical and exact ; his wisdome useful ; his integrity visible ; and his whole life so unspotted , that all ought to be preserved as Copies for Posterity to write after ; the Clergy especially , who with impure hands ought not to offer Sacrifice to that God , whose pure eyes abhorr iniquity . There was in his Sermons no improper Rhetorick , nor such perplex'd divisions , as may be said to be like too much light , that so dazles the eyes that the sight becomes less perfect : But there was therein no want of useful matter , nor waste of words ; and yet such clear distinctions as dispel'd all confus'd Notions , and made his hearers depart both wiser , and more confirm'd in vertuous resolutions . His memory was so matchless and firm , as 't was only overcome by his bashfulness ; for he alone , or to a friend , could repeat all the Odes of Horace , all Tully's Offices , and much of Iuvenal and Persius without Book ; and would say , The repetition of one of the Odes of Horace to himself was to him such musick , as a Lesson on the Viol was to others , when they play'd it to themselves or friends . And though he was blest with a clearer Judgment than other men ; yet he was so distrustful of it , that he did over-consider of consequences , and would so delay and reconsider what to determine , that though none ever determin'd better , yet , when the Bell toll'd for him to appear and read his Divinity Lectures in Oxford , and all the Scholars attended to hear him , he had not then , or not till then , resolv'd and writ what he meant to determine ; so that that appear'd to be a truth , which his old dear Friend Dr. Sheldon would often say , namely , That his judgment was so much superiour to his phancy , that whatsoever this suggested , that dislik'd and controul'd ; still considering and reconsidering , till his time was so wasted , that he was forc'd to write , not ( probably ) what was best , but what he thought last . And yet what he did then read , appear'd to all hearers to be so useful , clear , and satisfactory , as none ever determin'd with greater applause . These tiring and perplexing thoughts begot in him an aversness to enter into the toyl of considering and determining all Casuistical Points ; because during that time , they neither gave rest to his body or mind . But though he would not be always loden with these knotty Points and Distinctions ; yet the study of old Records , Genealogies , and Heraldry , were a recreation , and so pleasing , that he would say they gave rest to his mind . Of the last of which I have seen two remarkable Volumes ; and the Reader needs neither to doubt their truth or exactness . And this humble man had so conquer'd all repining and ambitious thoughts , and with them all other unruly passions , that , if the accidents of the day prov'd to his danger or dammage , yet he both began and ended it with an even and undisturbed quietness : always praising God that he had not withdrawn food and raiment from him and his poor Family ; nor suffered him to violate his Conscience for his safety , or to support himself or them in a more splendid or plentiful condition ; and that he therefore resolv'd with David , That his praise should be always in his mouth . I have taken a content in giving my Reader this Character of his person , his temper , and some of the accidents of his life past ; and more might be added of all : But I will with sorrow look forward to the sad days , in which so many good men suffered , about the year 1658. at which time Dr. Sanderson was in a very low condition as to his Estate : And in that time Mr. Robert Boyle ( a Gentleman of a very Noble Birth , and more eminent for his Liberality , Learning , and Vertue , and of whom I would say much more , but that he still lives ) having casually met with , and read his Lectures de Iuramento , to his great satisfaction , and being informed of Dr. Sanderson's great innocence and sincerity , and that he and his Family were brought into a low condition by his not complying with the Parliaments injunctions , sent him by his dear Friend Dr. Barlow ( the now learned Bishop of Lincoln ) 50 l. and with it a request and promise : The request was , That he would review the Lectures de Conscientia , which he had read when he was Doctor of the Chair in Oxford , and print them for the good of Posterity ; ( and this Dr. Sanderson did in the year 1659. ) And the Promise was , That he would pay him that , or a greater sum if desir'd , during his Life , to inable him to pay an Amanuensis , to ease him from the trouble of writing what he should conceive or dictate . For the more particular account of which , I refer my Reader to a Letter writ by the said Dr. Barlow , which I have annexed to the end of this Relation . Towards the end of this year 1659. when the many mixt Sects , and their Creators and merciless Protectors , had led or driven each other into a Whirl-pool of Confusion : when amazement and fear had seiz'd them , and their accusing Consciences gave them an inward and fearful intelligence , that the God which they had long serv'd , was now ready to pay them such wages as he does always reward Witches with for their obeying him : When these wretches were come to foresee an end of their cruel reign , by our King's return ; and such Sufferers as Dr. Sanderson ( and with him many of the oppressed Clergy and others ) could foresee the cloud of their afflictions would be dispers'd by it : Then , in the beginning of the year following , the King was by God restored to us , and we to our known Laws and Liberties ; and a general joy and peace seem'd to breath through the 3 Nations . Then were the suffering Clergy freed from their Sequestration , restor'd to their Revenues , and to a liberty to adore , praise , and pray to God in such order as their Consciences and Oaths had formerly obliged them . And the Reader will easily believe that Dr. Sanderson and his dejected Family rejoyc'd to see this day , and be of this number . It ought to be considered ( which I have often heard or read ) that in the Primitive times men of learning and vertue were usually sought for , and sollicited to accept of Episcopal Government , and often refus'd it . For they conscientiously considered , that the Office of a Bishop was made up of labour and care : that they were trusted to be God's Almoners of the Churches Revenue , and double their care for the poor : to live strictly themselves , and use all diligence to see that their Familie , Officers , and Clergy did so : and that the account of that Stewardship must at the last dreadful day be made to the Searcher of all hearts : and that in the primitive times they were therefore timorous to undertake it . It may not be said that Dr. Sanderson was accomplish'd with these , and all the other requisites requir'd in a Bishop , so as to be able to answer them exactly ; but it may be affirm'd , as a good preparation , that he had at the Age of 73 years ( for he was so old at the King's return ) fewer faults to be pardon'd by God or man , than are apparent in others in these days , in which ( God knows ) we fall so short of that visible sanctity and zeal to God's glory , which was apparent in the days of primitive Christianity . This is mentioned by way of preparation to what I shall say more of Dr. Sanderson ; and namely , That at the King's return Dr. Sheldon , the late prudent Bishop of Canterbury ( than whom none knew , valued , or lov'd Dr. Sanderson more or better ) was by his Majesty made a chief Trustee to commend to him fit men to supply the then vacant Bishopricks . And Dr. Sheldon knew none fitter than Dr. Sanderson , and therefore humbly desired the King that he would nominate him : and that done , he did as humbly desire Dr. Sanderson that he would for Gods and the Churches sake , take that charge and care upon him . Dr. Sanderson had , if not an unwillingness , certainly no forwardness to undertake it , and would often say , He had not led himself , but his Friend would now lead him into a temptation , which he had daily pray'd against ; and besought God , if he did undertake it , so to assist him with his grace , that the example of his life , his cares and endeavours , might promote his glory , and help forward the salvation of others . This I have mentioned as a happy preparation to his Bishoprick , and am next to tell that he was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln at Westminster the 28 th of October , 1660. There was about this time a Christian care taken , that those whose Consciences were ( as they said ) tender , and could not comply with the Service and Ceremonies of the Church , might have satisfaction given by a friendly debate betwixt a select number of them , and some like number of those that had been Sufferers for the Church Service and Ceremonies , and now restor'd to liberty ; of which last some were then preferr'd to power and dignity in the Church . And of these Bishop Sanderson was one , and then chose to be a Moderator in that debate : and he perform'd his trust with much mildness , patience , and reason , but all prov'd uneffectual : For there be some propositions like jealousies , which ( though causless , yet ) cannot be remov'd by reasons as apparent as demonstration can make any truth . The place appointed for this debate was the Savoy in the Strand : and the Points debated were , I think , many ; some affirmed to be truth and reason , some denied to be either ; and these debates being then in words , proved to be so loose and perplex'd , as satisfied neither party . For sometime that which had been affirmed was immediately forgot or deny'd , and so no satisfaction given to either party . But that the debate might become more useful , it was therefore resolv'd that the day following the desires and reasons of the Non-conformists should be given in writing , and they in writing receive Answers from the conforming party . And though I neither now can , nor need to mention all the Points debated , nor the names of the dissenting Brethren : yet I am sure Mr. Baxter was one , and am sure what shall now follow , was one of the Points debated . Concerning a Command of lawful Superiours , what was sufficient to its being a lawful Command ; this Proposition was brought by the confirming Party . That Command which commands an act in it self lawful , and no other act or circumstance unlawful , is not sinful . Mr. Baxter denied it for two Reasons , which he gave in with his own hand in writing thus : One was , Because that may be a sin per accidens , which is not so in it self , and may be unlawfully commanded , though that accident be not in the command . Another was , That it may be commanded under an unjust penalty . Again , this Proposition being brought by the Conformists , That Command which commandeth an act in it self lawful , and no other act whereby any unjust penalty is injoyned , nor any circumstance whence per accidens any sin is consequent which the Commander ought to provide against , is not sinful . Mr. Baxter denied it for this reason then given in with his own hand in writing , thus : Because the first act commanded may be per accidens unlawful , and be commanded by an unjust penalty , though no other act or circumstance commanded be such . Again , this Proposition being brought by the Conformists , That Command which commandeth an act in it self lawful , and no other Act whereby any unjust penalty is injoyned , nor any circumtance whence directly or per accidens any sin is consequent , which the Commander ought to provide against , hath in it all things requisite to the lawfulness of a Command , and particularly cannot be guilty of commanding an act per accidens unlawful , nor of commanding an act under an unjust penalty . Mr. Baxter denied it upon the same Reasons . Peter Gunning . Iohn Pearson . These were then two of the Disputants , still live , and will attest this ; one being now Lord Bishop of Ely , and the other of Chester . And the last of them told me very lately , that one of the Dissenters ( which I could , but forbear to name ) appear'd to Dr. Sanderson to be so bold , so troublesome , and so illogical in the dispute , as forc'd patient Dr. Sanderson ( who was then Bishop of Lincoln , and a Moderator with other Bishops ) to say with an unusual earnestness , That he had never met with a man of more pertinacious confidence , and less abilities in all his conversation . But though this debate at the Savoy was ended without any great satisfaction to either party , yet both parties knew the desires , and understood the abilities of the other much better than before it : and the late distressed Clergy , that were now restor'd to their former rights and power , did at their next meeting in Convocation contrive to give the dissenting party satisfaction by alteration , explanation , and addition to some part both of the Rubrick and Common Prayer , as also by adding some new necessary Collects , and a particular Collect of Thanksgiving . How many of those new Collects were worded by Dr. Sanderson , I cannot say ; but am sure the whole Convocation valued him so much , that he never undertook to speak to any Point in question , but he was heard with great willingness and attention ; and when any Point in question was determin'd , the Convocation did usually desire him to word their intentions , and as usually approve & thank him . At this Convocation the Common Prayer was made more compleat , by adding 3 new necessary Offices ; which were , A form of Humiliation for the murther of King Charles the Martyr ; a Thanksgiving for the Restoration of his Son our King ; and for the baptizing of persons of riper age . I cannot say Dr. Sanderson did form or word them all , but doubtless more than any single man of the Convocation ; and he did also , by desire of the Convocation , alter & add to the forms of Prayers to be used at Sea ( now taken into the Service Book ) And it may be noted , That William , the now right Reverend Bishop of Canterbury , was in these imployments diligently useful , especially in helping to rectifie the Kalendar and Rubrick . And lastly it may be noted , That for the satisfying all the dissenting Brethren and others , the Convocations Reasons for the alterations and additions to the Liturgy , were by them desir'd to be drawn up by Dr. Sanderson ; which being done by him , and approv'd by them , was appointed to be printed before the Liturgy , and may be known by this Title , — The Preface : and begins thus — It hath been the wisdom of the Church — . I shall now follow him to his Bishoprick , and declare a part of his behaviour in that busie and weighty imployment . And first , That it was with such condescention and obligingness to the meanest of his Clergy , as to know and be known to them . And indeed he practis'd the like to all men of what degree soever , especially to his old Neighbours or Parishioners of Boothby Pannel ; for there was all joy at his Table when they came to visit him : then they pray'd for him , and he for them with an unfeigned affection . I think it will not be deny'd but that the care and toyl required of a Bishop , may justly challenge the riches & revenue with which their Predecessors had lawfully endow'd them ; and yet he sought not that so much , as doing good both to the present Age and Posterity ; and he made this appear by what follows . The Bishops chief House at Buckden , in the County of Huntington , the usual Residence of his Predecessors ( for it stands about the midst of his Diocese ) having been at his Consecration a great part of it demolish'd , and what was left standing under a visible decay , was by him undertaken to be erected and repair'd ; and it was perform'd with great speed , care , and charge . And to this may be added , That the King having by an Injunction commended to the care of the Bishops , Deans , and Prebends of all Cathedral Churches , the repair of them , their Houses , and augmentation of small Vicarages ; He , when he was repairing Bugden , did also augment the last , as fast as Fines were paid for renewing Leases : so fast , that a Friend taking notice of his bounty , was so bold as to advise him to remember , he was under his first fruits , and that he was old , and had a wife and children yet but meanly provided for , especially if his dignity were considered . To whom he made a mild and thankful answer , saying , It would not become a Christian Bishop to suffer those houses built by his Predecessors , to be ruin'd for want of repair ; and less justifiable to suffer any of those that were call'd to so high a calling as to sacrifice at God's Altar , to eat the bread of sorrow constantly , when he had a power by a small augmentation to turn it into the bread of chearfulness : and wish ' d , that as this was , so it were also in his power to make all mankind happy , for he desired nothing more . And for his wife and children , he hop'd to leave them a competence ; and in the hands of a God , that would provide for all that kept innocence , and trusted his providence and protection , which he had always found enough to make and keep him happy . There was in his Diocese a Minister of almost his Age , that had been of Lincoln Colledge when he left it , who visited him often , and always welcome , because he was a man of innocence and open-heartedness : This Minister asked the Bishop what Books he studied most , when he laid the foundation of his great and clear Learning ? To which his Answer was , That he declin'd reading many ; but what he did read , were well chosen , and read so often , that he became very familiar with them ; and said they were chiefly three , Aristotle's Rhetorick , Aquinas's Secunda Secundae , and Tully , but chiefly his Offices , which he had not read over less than 20 times , and could at this Age say without Book . And told him also , the learned Civilian Doctor Zouch ( who died lately ) had writ Elementa jurisprudentiae , which was a Book that he could also say without Book ; and that no wise man could read it too often , or love , or commend too much ; and told him these had been his toyl : But for himself , he always had a natural love to Genealogies and Heraldry ; and that when his thoughts were harassed with any perplext Studies , he left off , and turned to them as a recreation ; and that his very recreation had made him so perfect in them , that he could in a very short time give an account of the Descent , Arms , & Antiquity of any Family of the Nobility or Gentry of this Nation . Before I give an account of Dr. Sanderson's last sickness , I desire to tell the Reader that he was of a healthful constitution , chearful and mild , of an even temper , very moderate in his diet , and had had little sickness , till some few years before his death ; but was then every Winter punish'd with a Diarrhea , which left him not till warm weather return'd and remov'd it : And this distemper did , as he grew elder , seize him oftner , and continue longer with him . But though it weakned him , yet it made him rather indispos'd than sick , and did no way disable him from studying ( indeed too much . ) In this decay of his strength , but not of his memory or reason ( for this distemper works not upon the understanding ) he made his last Will , of which I shall give some account for confirmation of what hath been said , and what I think convenient to be known , before I declare his death and burial . He did in his last Will give an account of his Faith and Perswasion in point of Religion and Church Government , in these very words : I Robert Sanderson Dr. of Divinity , an unworthy Minister of Iesus Christ , and by the providence of God Bishop of Lincoln , being by the long continuance of an habitual distemper brought to a great bodily weakness and faintness of spirits , but ( by the great mercy of God ) without any bodily pain otherwise , or decay of understanding , do make this my Will and Testament ( written all with my own hand ) revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made , if any such shall be found . First , I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God , as of a faithful Creator , which I humbly beseech him mercifully to accept , looking upon it , not as it is in it self ( infinitely polluted with sin ) but as it is redeemed and purged with the precious blood of his only beloved Son , and my most sweet Saviour Iesus Christ , in confidence of whose merits and mediation alone it is , that I cast my self upon the mercy of God for the pardon of my sins , and the hopes of eternal life . And here I do profess , that as I have lived , so I desire , and ( by the grace of God ) resolve to dye in the Communion of the Catholick Church of Christ , and a true Son of the Church of England ; which , as it stands by Law established , to be both in Doctrine and Worship agreeable to the Word of God , and in the most , and most material Points of both , conformable to the faith and practice of the godly Churches of Christ in the primitive and purer times , I do firmly believe : led so to do , not so much from the force of custom and education ( to which the greatest part of mankind owe their particular different perswasions in point of Religion ) as upon the clear evidence of truth and reason , after a serious and unpartial examination of the grounds , as well of Popery as Puritanism , according to that measure of understanding , and those opportunities which God hath afforded me : and herein I am abundantly satisfied , that the Schism which the Papists on the one hand , and the Superstition which the Puritan on the other hand , lay to our charge , are very justly chargeable upon themselves respectively . Wherefore I humbly beseech Almighty God , the Father of Mercies , to preserve the Church by his power and providence , in peace , truth , and godliness , evermore to the worlds end : which doubtless he will do , if the wickedness and security of a sinful people ( and particularly those sins that are so rise , and seem daily to increase among us , of Unthankfulness , Riot , and Sacriledge ) do not tempt his patience to the contrary . And I also farther humbly beseech him , that it would please him to give unto our gracious Sovereign , the Reverend Bishops , and the Parliament , timely to consider the great danger that visibly threatens this Church in point of Religion by the late great increase of Popery , and in point of Revenue by sacrilegious enclosures ; and to provide such wholesome and effectual remedies as may prevent the same before it be too late . And for a further manifestation of his humble thoughts and desires , they may appear to the Reader , by another part of his Will which follows . As for my corruptible Body , I bequeath it to the Earth whence it was taken , to be decently buried in the Parish Church of Bugden , towards the upper end of the Chancel , upon the second , or ( at the farthest ) the third day after my decease ; and that with as little noise , pomp , and charge as may be , without the invitation of any person how near soever related unto me , other than the Inhabitants of Bugden ; without the unnecessary expence of Escocheons , Gloves , Ribons , &c. and without any Blacks to be hung any where in or about the House or Church , other than a Pulpit Cloth , a Hearse Cloth , and a Mourning Gown for the Preacher ; whereof the former ( after my Body shall be interred ) to be given to the Preacher of the Funeral Sermon , and the latter to the Curat of the Parish for the time being . And my will further is , That the Funeral Sermon be preached by my own Houshold Chaplain , containing some wholesome discourse concerning Mortality , the Resurrection of the Dead , and the last Iudgment ; and that he shall have for his pains 5 l. upon condition , that he speak nothing at all concerning my person , either good or ill , other than I my self shall direct ; only signifying to the Auditory that it was my express will to have it so . And it is my will , that no costly Monument be erected for my memory , but only a fair flot Marble stone to be laid over me , with this Inscription in legible Roman Characters , Depositum Roberti Sanderson nuper Lin●●lniencis Episcopi , qui obiit Anno Domini MDCLXII . & aetatis suae septuagesimo sexto , Hic requiescit in spe beatae resurrectionis . This manner of burial , although I cannot but foresee it will prove unsatisfactory to sundry my nearest Friends and Relations , and be apt to be censured by others , as an evidence of my too much parsimony and narrowness of mind , as being altogether unusual , and not according to the mode of these times ; yet it is agreeable to the sense of my heart , and I do very much desire my Will may be carefully observed herein , hoping it may become exemplary to some or other : at least howsoever testifying at my death ( what I have so often and earnestly professed in my life time ) my utter dislike of the flatteries commonly used in Funeral Sermons , and of the vast Expences otherwise laid out in Funeral Solemnities and Entertainments , with very little benefit to any , which ( if bestowed in pious and charitable works ) might redound to the publick or private benefit of many persons . I am next to tell , that he died the 29 th of Ianuary , 1662. and that his Body was buried in Bugden the third day after his death ; and for the manner , that 't was as far from ostentation as he desir'd it ; and all the rest of his Will was as punctually performed . And when I have ( to his just praise ) told this truth , That he died far from being rich , I shall return back to visit , and give a further account of him on his last Sick-bed . His last Will ( of which I have mentioned a part ) was made about three weeks before his death , about which time finding his strength to decay by reason of his constant infirmity , and a consumptive cough added to it , he retir'd to his Chamber , expressing a desire to enjoy his last thoughts to himself in private , without disturbance or care , especially of what might concern this world . And that none of his Clergy ( which are more numerous than any other Bishops ) might suffer by his retirement , he did by Commission impower his Chaplain , Mr. Pullin , with Episcopal Power to give Institutions to all Livings or Church Preferments , during this his disability to do it himself . In this time of his retirement he long'd for his Dissolution ; and when some that lov'd him pray'd for his recovery , if he at any time found any amendment , he seem'd to be displeas'd , by saying , His Friends said their Prayers backward for him : and that 't was not his desire to live a useless life , and by filling up a place keep another out of it , that might do God and his Church service . He would often with much joy and thankfulness mention , That during his being a House-keeper ( which was more than 40 years ) there had not been one buried out of his Family , and that he was now like to be the first . He would also often mention with thankfulness , That till he was threescore years of Age , he had never spent 5s . in Law , nor ( upon himself ) so much in Wine : and rejoyc'd much that he had so liv'd , as never to cause an hours sorrow to his good Father ; and hop'd he should die without an Enemy . He in this retirement had the Church Prayers read in his Chamber twice every day ; and at nine at night some Prayers read to him and a part of his Family out of the Whole Duty of Man. As he was remarkably punctual and regular in all his studies and actions ; so he us'd himself to be for his Meals . And his dinner being appointed to be constantly ready at the ending of Prayers , and he expectcting and calling for it , was answered , It would be ready in a quarter of an hour . To which his reply was , A quarter of an hour ? Is a quarter of an hour nothing to a man that probably has not many hours to live . And though he did live many hours after this , yet he liv'd not many days ; for the day after ( which was three days before his death ) he was become so weak and weary of either motion or sitting , that he was content , or forc'd to keep his bed . In which I desire he may rest , till I have given some account of his behaviour there , and immediately before it . The day before he took his bed ( which was three days before his death ) he , that he might receive a new assurance for the pardon of his sins past , and be strengthned in his way to the new Ierusalem , took the blessed Sacrament of the Body and Blood of his , and our blessed Iesus , from the hands of his Chaplain Mr. Pullin , accompanied with his Wife , Children , and a Friend , in as awful , humble , and ardent a manner , as outward reverence could express . After the praise and thanksgiving for it was ended , he spake to this purpose ; Thou , O God , took'st me out of my mothers womb , and hast been the powerful Protector of me to this present moment of my life ; thou hast neither forsaken me now I am become grey-headed , nor suffered me to forsake thee in the late days of temptation , and sacrifice my Conscience for the preservation of my liberty or estate . 'T was by grace that I have stood , when others have fallen under my trials : and these mercies I now remember with joy and thankfulness ; and my hope and desire is , that I may die praising thee . The frequent repetition of the Psalms of David hath been noted to be a great part of the Devotion of the Primitive Christians : The Psalms having in them not only Prayers and holy Instructions , but such Commemorations of God's Mercies , as may preserve comfort , and confirm our dependance on the power , and providence , and mercy of our Creator . And this is mention'd in order to telling , that as the holy Psalmist said , that his eyes should prevent both the dawning of the day and the night watches , by meditating on God's word : so 't was Dr. Sanderson's constant practice every morning to entertain his first waking thoughts with a repetition of those very Psalms , that the Church hath appointed to be constantly read in the daily Morning Service ; and having at night laid him in his bed , he as constantly clos'd his eyes with a repetition of those appointed for the Service of the Evening , remembring & repeating the very Psalms appointed for every day ; and as the month had formerly ended and began again , so did this Exercise of his Devotion . And if his first waking thoughts were of the World , or what concern'd it , he would arraign and condemn himself for it . Thus he began that work on earth , which is now his imployment in heaven . After his taking his Bed , and about a day before his death , he desir'd his Chaplain , Mr. Pullin , to give him Absolution : And at his performing that Office , he pull'd off his Cap , that Mr. Pullin might lay his hand upon his bare head . After this desire of his was satisfied , his Body seem'd to be at more ease , and his mind more chearful ; and he said , Lord , forsake me not now my strength faileth me , but continue thy mercy , and let my mouth be filled with thy praise . He continued the remaining night and day very patient , and thankful for any of the little Offices that were perform'd for his ease and refreshment ; and during that time , did often say the 103 Psalm to himself , and very often these words , My heart is fixed , O God , my heart is fixed where true joy is to be found . His thought sseem'd now to be wholly of death , for which he was so prepar'd , that that King of Terrors could not surprise him as a thief in the night ; for he had often said , he was prepar'd , and long'd for it . And as this desire seem'd to come from Heaven ; so it left him not , till his Soul ascended to that Region of blessed Spirits , whose Imployments are to joyn in consort with him , and sing praise and glory to that God , who hath brought them to that place , into which sin and sorrow cannot enter . Thus this pattern of meekness and primitive innocence chang'd this for a better life . 'T is now too late to wish that my life may be like his ; for I am in the eighty fifth year of my Age ; but I humbly beseech Almighty God , that my death may ; and do as earnestly beg of every Reader to say Amen . Blessed is the man in whose Spirit there is no guile . Postscript . IF I had had time to have review'd this Relation , as I intended , before it went to the Press , I could have contracted some , and altered other parts of it ; but 't was hastned from me , and now too late for this impression . If there be a second ( which the Printer hopes for ) I shall both do that , and upon information , mend any mistake , or supply what may seem wanting . I. W. Dr. PIERCE's LETTER . Good Mr. Walton , AT my return to this place , I made a yet stricter search after the Letters long ago sent me from our most excellent Dr. Sanderson before the happy Restoration of the King and Church of England to their several Rights ; in one of which Letters more especially , he was pleas'd to give me a Narrative both of the rise , and the progress , and reasons also , as well of his younger , as of his last and riper Judgment , touching the famous Points controverted between the Calvinians and the Arminians , as they are commonly ( though unjustly & unskilfully ) miscalled on either side . The whole Letter I allude to does consist of several sheets , whereof a good part has been made publick long ago by the most learned , most judicious , most pious Dr. Hammond ( to whom I sent it both for his private , and for the publick satisfaction , if he thought fit ) in his excellent Book , intituled [ A Pacifick Discourse of God's Grace and Decrees , in full accordance with Dr. Sanderson : ] To which Discourse I referr you for an account of Dr. Sanderson , and the History of his Thoughts in his own hand-writing , wherein I sent it to Westwood , as I receiv'd it from Boothby Pannel . And although the whole Book ( printed in the year 1660. and reprinted since with his other Tracts in Folio ) is very worthy of your perusal ; yet for the Work you are about , you shall not have need to read more at present , than from the 8 th to the 23 th page , and as far as the end of § . 33. There you will find in what year the excellent man , whose life you write , became a Master of Arts. How his first reading of learned Hooker had been occasioned by certain Puritanical Pamphlets ; and how good a preparative he found it for his reading of Calvin's Institutions , the honour of whose name ( at that time especially ) gave such credit to his Errors . How he erred with Mr. Calvin ( whilst he took things upon trust ) in the sublapsarian way . How being chosen to be a Clerk of the Convocation for the Diocese of Lincol , 1625. He reduced the Quinquarticular Controversie into five Schemes or Tables ; and thereupon discerned a necessity of quitting the Sublapsarian way ( of which he had before a better liking ) as well as the Supralapsarian , which he could never phancy . There you will meet with his two weighty Reasons against them both ; and find his happy change of Iudgment to have been ever since the year 1625 , even 34 years before the World either knew , or ( at least ) took notice of it . And more particularly his Reasons for rejecting Dr. Twiss ( or the way He walks in ) although his acute , and very learned and ancient Friend . * I now proceed to let you know from Dr. Sanderson's own hand , which was never printed ( and which you can hardly know from any , unless from his Son , or from my self ) That , when that Parliament was broken up , and the Convocation therewith dissolved , a Gentleman of his Acquaintance , by occasion of some discourse about these Points , told him of a Book not long before published at Paris ( A. D. 1623. ) by a † Spanish Bishop , who had undertaken to clear the Differences in the great Controversie De Concordiâ Gratiae & Liberi Arbitrij . And because his Friend perceived he was greedily desirous to see the Book ; he sent him one of them , containing the four first Books of twelve which he intended then to publish . When I had read ( says Dr. Sanderson in the following words of the same Letter ) his Epistle Dedicatory to the Pope ( Greg. 15. ) he spake so highly of his own Invention , that I then began rather to suspect him for a Mountebank , than to hope I should find satisfaction from his performances . I found much confidence , and great pomp of words , but little matter as to the main Knot of the Business , other than had been said an hundred times before , to wit , of the coexistence of all things past , present , and future in mente divinâ realiter ab aeterno , which is the subject of his whole third Book ; only he interpreteth the word realiter so , as to import not only praesentialitatem objectivam ( as others held before him ) but propriam & actualem existentiam . Yet confesseth 't is hard to make this intelligible . In his fourth Book he endeavours to declare a twofold manner of God's working ad extra ; the one sub ordine Praedestinationis , of which Eternity is the proper measure ; the other sub ordine Gratiae , whereof Time is the measure . And that God worketh fortiter in the one ( though not irresistibiliter ) as well as suaviter in the other , wherein the Freewill hath his proper working also . From the Result of his whole performance I was confirmed in this Opinion , That we must acknowledge the work of both ( Grace and Free-will ) in the conversion of a sinner . And so likewise in all other events , the Consistency of the Infallibility of God's foreknowledge at least ( though not with any absolute , but conditional Predestination ) with the liberty of man's will , and the contingency of inferiour causes and effects . These , I say , we must acknowledge for the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : But for the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , I thought it bootless for me to think of comprehending it . And so came the two Acta Synodalia Dordrectana to stand in my Study , only to fill up a room to this day . And yet see the restless curiosity of man. Not many years after , to wit A.D. 1632. out cometh Dr. Twiss his Vindiciae Gratiae ; a large Volume purposely writ against Arminius . And then notwithstanding my former resolution , I must needs be medling again . The respect I bore to his person and great learning , and the long acquaintance I had had with him in Oxford , drew me to the reading of that whole Book . But from the reading of it ( for I read it through to a syllable ) I went away with many and great dissatisfactions . Sundry things in that Book I took notice of , which brought me into a greater dislike of his Opinion than I had before . But especially these three : First , that he bottometh very much of his Discourse upon a very erroneous Principle , which yet he seemeth to be so deeply in love with , that he hath repeated it ( I verily believe ) some hundreds of times in that work : to wit this , [ That whatsoever is first in the intention is last in execution , and è converso . ] Which is an Error of that magnitude , that I cannot but wonder , how a person of such acuteness and subtilty of wit could possibly be deceived with it . All Logicians know , there is no such universal Maxim as he buildeth upon . The true Maxim is but this , Finis qui primus est in Intentione , est ultimus in Executione . In the order of final Causes , and the Means used for that end , the Rule holdeth perpetually : But in other things it holdeth not at all , or but by chance ; or not as a Rule , and necessarily . Secondly , that , foreseeing such Consequences would naturally and necessarily follow from his Opinion , as would offend the ear of a sober Christian at the very first sound , he would yet rather choose not only to admit the said harsh Consequences , but professedly indeavour also to maintain them , and plead hard for them in large Digressions , than to recede in the least from that opinion which he had undertaken to defend . Thirdly , that seeing ( out of the sharpness of his wit ) a necessity of forsaking the ordinary Sublapsarian way , and the Supralapsarian too , as it had diversly been declared by all that had gone before him ( for the shunning of those Rocks , which either of those ways must unavoidably cast him upon ) he was forced to seek out an untroden Path , and to frame out of his own brain a new way ( like a Spider's web wrought out of her own bowels ) hoping by that device to salve all Absurdities could be objected ; to wit , by making the glory of God ( as it is indeed the chiefest , so ) the only end of all other his Decrees , and then making all those other Decrees to be but one entire coordinate Medium conducing to that one end , and so the whole subordinate to it , but not any one part thereof subordinate to any other of the same . Dr. Twiss should have done well to have been more sparing in imputing the studium Partium to others , wherewith his own eyes ( though of eminent perspicacity ) were so strangely blindfolded , that he could not discern , how this his new Device , and his old dearly beloved Principle ( like the Cadmean Sparti ) do mutually destroy the one the other . This Relation of my pass'd thoughts having spun out to a far greater length than I intended , I shall give a shorter accompt of what they now are concerning these points . For which account I referr you to the following parts of Dr. Hammonds Book aforesaid , where you may find them already printed . And for another account at large of Bishop Sanderson's last Judgment concerning God's Concurrence or Non-concurrence with the Actions of men , and the positive entity of sins of commission , I referr you to his Letters already printed by his consent , in my large Appendix to my Impartial inquiry into the Nature of Sin. §. 68 . p. 193. as far as p. 200. Sir , I have rather made it my choice to transcribe all above out of the Letters of Dr. Sanderson which lie before me , than venture the loss of my Originals by Post or Carrier , which ( though not often , yet ) sometimes fail . Make use of as much , or as little as you please , of what I send you from himself ( because from his own Letters to me ) in the penning of his life , as your own Prudence shall direct you ; using my name for your warranty in the account given of him , as much or as little as you please too . You have a performance of my promise , and an obedience to your desires from North-Tidworth , March 5. 1677 / 8 ; Your affectionate humble Servant , Tho. Pierce . THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN'S LETTER . My worthy Friend Mr. Walton , I Am heartily glad , that you have undertaken to write the Life of that excellent person , and ( both for learning and piety ) eminent Prelate , Dr. Sanderson , late Bishop of Lincoln ; because I know your ability to know , and integrity to write truth : and sure I am , that the life and actions of that pious and learned Prelate will afford you matter enough for his commendation , and the imitation of Posterity . In order to the carrying on your intended good work , you desire my assistance , that I would communicate to you such particular passages of his life , as were certainly known to me . I confess I had the happiness to be particularly known to him for about the space of 20 years , and ( in Oxon ) to injoy his conversation , and his learned and pious Instructions while he was Regius Professor of Divinity there . Afterwards , when ( in the time of our late unhappy confusions ) he left Oxon , and was retir'd into the Countrey , I had the benefit of his Letters ; wherein ( with great candor and kindness ) he answered those doubts I propos'd and gave me that satisfaction , which I neither had , nor expected from some others of greater confidence , but less judgment and humility . Having ( in a Letter ) named two or three Books writ ( ex professo ) against the being of any original sin ; and that Adam ( by his fall ) transmitted some calamity only , but no Crime to his Posterity ; The good old man was exceedingly troubled , and bewailed the misery of those licentious times , and seem'd to wonder ( save that the times were such ) that any should write , or be permitted to publish any Error so contradictory to truth , and the Doctrine of the Church of England , established ( as he truly said ) by clear evidence of Scripture , and the just and supreme power of this Nation , both Sacred and Civil . I name not the Books , nor their Authors , which are not unknown to learned men ( and I wish they had never been known ) because both the Doctrine , and the unadvis'd Abettors of it are ( and shall be ) to me Apocryphal . Another little story I must not pass in silence , being an Argument of Dr. Sanderson's Piety , great Ability and Judgment as a Casuist . Discoursing with an † honourable Person ( whose Piety I value more than his Nobility and Learning , though both be great ) about a Case of Conscience concerning Oaths and Vows , their Nature and Obligation ; in which ( for some particular Reasons ) he then desired more fully to be inform'd ; I commended to him Dr. Sanderson's Book De Iuramento : which having read ( with great satisfaction ) he as'kd me , if I thought the Doctor could be induced to write Cases of Conscience , if he might have an honorary Pension allow'd him , to furnish him with Books for that purpose ? I told him I believ'd he would : and ( in a Letter to the Doctor ) told him what great satisfaction that Honourable Person ( and many more ) had reaped by reading his Book De Iuramento ; and ask'd him , whether he would be pleased ( for the benefit of the Church ) to write some Tract of Cases of Conscience ? He reply'd , That he was glad that any had received any benefit by his Books : and added further , That if any future Tract of his could bring such benefit to any , as we seem'd to say his former had done , he would willingly ( though without any Pension ) set about that work . Having receiv'd this Answer , that honourable Person ( before mention'd ) did ( by my hands ) return 50 l. to the good Doctor ( whose condition then ( as most good mens at that time were ) was but low ) and he presently revised , finished , and published that excellent Book De Conscientiâ . A Book little in bulk ; but not so if we consider the benefit an intelligent Reader may receive by it . For there are so many general Propositions concerning Conscience , the Nature and Obligation of it , explained and proved with such firm consequence and evidence of Reason , that he who reads , remembers and can ( with prudence ) pertinently apply them Hic & nunc to particular Cases , may ( by their light and help ) rationally resolve a thousand particular doubts and scruples of Conscience . Here you may see the charity of that Honourable Person in promoting , and the Piety and Industry of the good Doctor in performing that excellent work . And here I shall add the Judgment of that learned and pious Prelate concerning a passage very pertinent to our present purpose . When he was in Oxon , and read his publick Lectures in the Schools as Regius Professor of Divinity , and by the truth of his Positions , and evidences of his Proofs , gave great content and satisfaction to all his hearers ; especially in his clear Resolutions of all difficult Cases which occurr'd in the Explication of the subject matter of his Lectures ; a Person of Quality ( yet alive ) privately asked him , What course a young Divine should take in his Studies to inable him to be a good Casuist ? His answer was , That a convenient understanding of the Learned Languages ( at least of Hebrew , Greek and Latin ) and a sufficient knowledge of Arts and Sciences presuppos'd ; There were two things in humane Literature , a comprehension of which would be of very great use , to inable a man to be a rational and able Casuist , which otherwise was very difficult , if not impossible . 1. A convenient knowledge of Moral Philosophy ; especially that part of it which treats of the Nature of Humane Actions : To know , quid sit actus humanus ( spontaneus , invitus , mixtus ) unde habent bonitatem & malitiam moralem ? an ex genere & objecto , vel ex circumstantiis ? How the variety of Circumstances varies the goodness or evil of humane Actions ? How far knowledge and ignorance may aggravate or excuse , increase or diminish the goodness or evil of our Actions ? For every Case of Conscience being only this — Is this action good or bad ? May I do it , or may I not ? He who ( in these ) knows not how and whence humane Actions become morally good and evil , never can ( in Hypothesi ) rationally and certainly determine , whether this or that particular Action be so . 2. The second thing , which ( he said ) would be a great help and advantage to a Casuist , was a convenient knowledge of the Nature and Obligation of Laws in general : To know what a Law is ; what a Natural and a Positive Law ; what 's required to the Latio , dispensatio , derogatio , vel abrogatio legis ; what promulgation is antecedently required to the Obligation of any Positive Law ; what ignorance takes off the Obligation of a Law , or does excuse , diminish or aggravate the transgression : For every Case of Conscience being only this — Is this lawful for me , or is it not ? and the Law the only Rule and Measure , by which I must judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of any Action : It evidently follows , that he , who ( in these ) knows not the Nature and Obligation of Laws , never can be a good Casuist , or rationally assure himself ( or others ) of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of Actions in particular . This was the Judgment and good counsel of that learned and pious Prelate ; and having ( by long experience ) found the truth and benefit of it , I conceive , I could not without ingratitude to him , and want of charity to others , conceal it . — Pray pardon this rude , and ( I fear ) impertinent Scrible , which ( if nothing else ) may signifie thus much , that I am willing to obey your Desires , and am indeed London , May 10. 1678 Your affectionate Friend , Thomas Lincoln . ERRATA . In the Preface , Page the last , after that read I. In the Life , P. 20. l. 5. for renew , r. review . p. 26. l. 16. for warily , r. rarely . p. 30. l. 13. for relate , r. dilate . p. 37. l. 11. for cautious , r conscious . p. 58. l. 10 for inmate , r. innate . p. 63. l. 5. for predestination , r. predestinarian . p. 126. l. 4. for complying , r. complaining . p. 161. l. 1. for propositions , r. prepossessions . Bishop Sanderson's JUDGMENT Concerning SUBMISSION TO Usurpers . LONDON , Printed for Richard Marriott , MDCLXXVIII . Bishop Sanderson's JUDGMENT Concerning SUBMISSION TO USURPERS . SIR , WHEREAS you desire to know what my judgment and practice is concerning the using or forbearing the establish'd Liturgy ( either in whole , or in part ) in the publick Service of God , and Office of the Church : If it be any satisfaction to your Friend , I shall fully acquaint you what my practice is ( whereunto if my own Judgment be not conform , I am , without all excuse , my own condemner ) and upon what considerations I have , according to the variation of the times , varied from my self therein . So long as my Congregation continued unmixt with Souldiers , as well after as before the Promulgation of the Ordinance of the two Houses for the abolishing of the Common Prayer , I continued the use of it , as I had ever formerly done in the most peaceable and orderly times , not omitting those very Prayers , the silencing whereof I could not but know to have been chiefly aim'd at in the Ordinance ( viz. ) three for the King and Queen and Bishops ; and so I did also though some Souldiers were casually present , till such time as a whole Troop coming to Quarter in the Town ( with a purpose to continue a kind of Garison or Head-quarter among us ) were so enrag'd at my reading of it the first Sunday after they came , that immediately after Morning Service ended , they seiz'd upon the Book , and tore it all in pieces . Thence-forward during their continuance there for full six months and upwards ( viz. ) from the beginning of November till they were call'd away to Naseby Fight in May following , besides that for want of a Book of necessity I must , I saw that it also behoov'd me , for the preventing of farther Outrages , to wave the use of the Book for the time , at least in the Ordinary Service ; only I read the Confession , the Lord's Prayer , all the Versicles , and the Psalms for the day . Then after the first Lesson in the Forenoon Benedictus or Iubilate ; and in the Afternoons Cantate . After the second Lesson also , sometimes the Creed , sometimes the Ten Commandements , and sometimes neither , but only sang a Psalm , and so to Sermon . But in all that while , in the Administration of the Sacraments , the Solemnization of Matrimony , Burial of Dead , and Churching of Women , I constantly used the ancient Forms and Rites to every of them respectively belonging , according to the appointment in the Book ; only I was careful in all the rest to make choice of such times and opportunities as I might do them with most secresie , and without disturbance of the Souldier . But at the Celebration of the Eucharist I was the more secure to do it publickly , because I was assur'd none of the Souldiers would be present . After their departure I took the liberty to use either the whole Liturgy , or but some part of it , omitting sometimes more , sometimes less upon occasion , as I judg'd it most expedient in reference to the Auditory , especially if any Souldiers , or other unknown persons hapned to be present . But all this while the substance of what I omitted I contriv'd into my Prayer before Sermon , the phrase and order only varied , which yet I endeavour'd to temper in such sort , that any person of ordinary capacity might easily perceivve what my meaning was , and yet the words left as little liable to exception or cavil as might be . About two years ago I was advertis'd ( but in a friendly manner ) by a Parliament man of note in these parts , that at a publick Meeting at Grantham , great complaint was made by some Ministers of the Presbyterian Gang , as I afterwards found , of my refractoriness to obey the Parliaments Order in that behalf . The Gentleman told me withal , That although they knew what my judgment and practice was , yet they were not forward to take notice of it before complaint made , which being now done in so publick a manner , if they should not take notice of it , the blame would lie upon them . He therefore advised me to consider well what I had to do , for I must resolve either to adventure the loss of my Living , or to lay aside Common Prayer ; which if I should continue after complaint and admonition , it would not be in his power , nor in the power of any Friend I had to preserve me . The effect of my then Answer was , That if the case were so , the deliberation was not hard : I having long ago considered of the case , and resolved what I might do with a good Conscience , and what was fittest for me in prudence to do , if I should ever be put to it ( viz. ) to forbear the use of the Common Prayer Book so far as might satisfie the letter of the Ordinance , rather than forsake my Station . My next business then was to be-think my self of such a course to be thenceforth held in the publick work in my own Parish , as might be believed neither to bring danger to my self by the use , nor to give scandal to my Brethren by the disuse of the establish'd Liturgy . And the course was this , to which I have held me ever since . I begin the Service with a Preface , and an Exhortation infer'd to make Confession of Sins ; which Exhortation I have fram'd out of the Exhortation and Absolution in the Book , contracted and put together , and exprest for the most part in the same words and phrases , but purposely here and there transplac'd , that it might appear not to be , and yet to be the very same . Then follows the Confession it self in the same Order ; it was enlarg'd only with the addition of some words , whereby it is rather explain'd than alter'd . The whole frame whereof , both for the fuller satisfaction in that particular , and that you may conjecture what manner of addition and change I have made proportionably hereunto ( yet none so large ) in other parts of the holy Office , I have here under-written . O Almighty God and merciful Father , we thy unworthy Servants do with shame and sorrow confess , that we have all our life long gone astray out of thy ways like lost sheep ; and that by following too much the vain devices and desires of our own hearts , we have grievously offended against thy holy laws both in thought , word , and deed . We have many times left undone those good duties which we might and ought to have done , and we have many times done those evils , when we might have avoided them , which we ought not to have done . We confess , O Lord , that there is no health at all , nor help in any Creature to relieve us ; but all our hope is in thy mercy , whose justice we have by our sins so far provoked . Have mercy upon us therefore , O Lord , have mercy upon us miserable Offenders : Spare us good Lord who confess our faults , that we perish not , but according to thy gracious promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord , restore us upon our true Repentance into thy grace and favour . And grant , O most merciful Father , for his sake , that we henceforth study to serve and please thee by leading a godly , righteous , and sobèr life , to the glory of thy holy Name , and the eternal comfort of our own Souls , through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen . After the Confession the Lord's Prayer with the Versicles , and Gloria Patri , and then Psalms for the Day , and the first Lesson : After which in the Forenoon , sometimes Te Deum , ( but then only when I think the Auditory will bear it ) and sometimes an Hymn of mine own , gathered out of the Psalms and Church Collects , as a general Form of Thanksgiving ( which I did the rather , because I have noted the want of such a Form as the only thing wherein the Liturgy seem'd to be defective ) . And in the Afternoon , after the first Lesson the 98 th . Psalm , or the 67 th . then the second Lesson , with Benedictus or Iubilate ; after it in the Forenoon and Afternoon a singing Psalm . Then followeth the Creed , with Dominus Vobiscum ; and sometimes the Versicles in the end of our Letany [ From our Enemies defend us ] if I lik'd my Auditory , otherwise I omit the Versicles . After the Creed , and instead of the Letany and the other Prayers appointed in the Book , I have taken the substance of the Prayer I was wont to make before Sermon , and dispos'd it into several Collects or Prayers , some longer and some shorter , but new modell'd into the language of the Common Prayer Book much more than it was before . And in the Pulpit , before Sermon I use only a short Prayer in reference to the hearing of the Word , and no more . So that upon the matter , in these Prayers I do but the same thing I did before , save only that what before I spake without Book , and in a continued Form in the Pulpit , I now read out of a written Book broken into parcels , and in the reading Desk or Pue . Between which Prayers and the singing Psalms before the Sermon , I do also daily use one other Collect , of which sort I have for the purpose compos'd sundry , made up also ( as the former ) for the most part out of the Church Collects , with some little enlargement or variation ; as namely , the Collects Adventual , Quadragesimal , Paschal , or Pentecostal , for their proper seasons ; and at other times Collects of a more general nature , as for Pardon , Repentance , Grace , &c. And after one or more of them in the Forenoon , I usually repeat the Ten Commandements , with a short Collect after them for Grace to enable us to keep them . This hath been my practice , and is like still to be , unless some happy Change of Affairs restore us the liberty of using the old way again , or it be made appear to my Understanding by some able charitable Friend , That I therein have done otherwise then I ought to have done : For I may say , that I have not yet met with any thing in Discourse , either with my own Reason or others , of sufficient strength to convince me that I have done any thing , but what may stand with the Principles as well of Christian Simplicity as Prudence . There are but three things , that I know of , that are of any consideration oppos'd , viz. 1. The Obligation of the Laws . 2. The Scandal of the Example . 3. The unseemly symbolizing at least with Schismaticks , if not partaking with them in the Schism . The first and strongest Objection ( which I shall therefore propose to the most advantage of the Objector ) is that which is grounded upon the Laws , and their Obligation : For it may be Objected , That every humane Law rightly establish'd , so long as it continueth a Law , obligeth the Subject ( and that for Conscience sake ) to the observation thereof in such manner and form as in the same Law is prescribed , and according to the true meaning and intention of the Law-giver therein . That a Law is then understood to be rightly establish'd , when it containeth nothing but what is honest and lawful , and is enacted by such person or persons as have full and sufficient authority to make Laws . That a Law so establish'd continues a Law , and is so in force , till it be either Repealed by as good and lawful Authority , as that by which it was made , or else antiquated by a long continued uninforc'd disuse with the tacit or presumed consent of the Law-giver . That the Act printed before the Common Prayer Book , and entituled ( An Act for the Uniformity ) was such a Law , being it was established in a full and free Parliament in peaceable times , and ratified by the Royal Assent , That it still continues in force , and being not yet Repealed , but by such persons as ( at least in the Opinion of those that maintain the Dispute ) for want of the Royal Assent , have not a sufficient right or authority to do such an Act , nor disused but of late times , and that by enforcement , and as is presum'd , much against the mind of the Law-giver . That therefore it still retains the power of obliging in part of Conscience ; that power being so essential and intrinsecal to every Law , quatenus a Law , that it can in no wise be sever'd from it . And that therefore no Minister publickly officiating in the Church , can with a good Conscience either omit any part of that which is commanded by the aforesaid Law , or use any other Form than what is contained in the foresaid Book , but must either use the Form prescribed in the Book , or else forbear to officiate . The Answer to this Objection ( granting all in the Premisses besides ) dependeth upon the right understanding of that which is affirmed concering the Obligation of the Laws according to the intention of the Law-giver ; which if it should be understood precisely of that particular , actual , and immediate intention which the Law-giver had declared by the words of the Law ( in which sense only the Objection proceedeth ) will not hold true in all cases . But there is suppos'd besides that , in Law-giver , a more general , habitual , & ultimate intention of a more excellent and transcendent nature that the former , which is to have an influence into , and over-ruling power over all particular Laws ( viz. ) an intention by the Laws to procure and promote the publick good . The former intention binds , when it is subservient to the latter , or consistent with it , and consequently bindeth in ordinary cases , and in orderly times , or else the Law is not a wholesome Law. But when the observation of the Law , by reason of the conjuncture of circumstances , or the iniquity of the times ( contingencies which no Lawgiver could either certainly foresee , or if foreseen , sufficiently provide against ) would rather be prejudicial than advantageous to the Publick ; or is manifestly attended with such inconveniencies and sad consequents to the Observers , as all the imaginable good that can redound to the Publick thereby , cannot in any reasonable measure countervail : In such case the Law obligeth not , but according to the latter and more general intention only ; even as in the operations of nature , particular Agents do ordinarily move according to their proper and particular inclinations ; yet upon some occasions , and to serve the ends and intentions of universal nature ( for the avoiding of some things which nature abhors ) they are sometimes carried with motions quite contrary to their particular natures ; as the Air to descend , and the Water to ascend for the avoiding of vacuity , &c. The common received Maxim ( which hath been sufficiently misapplied , and that sometimes to very ill purposes since the beginning of these unhappy divisions ) in the true meaning of it looketh this way , Salus populi suprema Lex : the equity of which Maxim , as it leaveth in the Law-giver a power of dispensing with the Law ( which is a suspending the Obligation thereof for the time in respect of the proper and particular intention ) so he shall see it expedient in order to the publick good ; so it leaveth in the Subject a liberty upon just occasions ( as in cases of great exigency , and for the preventing of such hazards and inconveniencies as might prove of noysome consequence to the Publick ) to do otherwise than the Law requireth . And neither is the exercise of that power in the Lawgiver to be thought an unreasonable Prerogative , nor the use of this liberty in the Subject an unreasonable presumption ; inasmuch as the power of dispensing with particular Laws is such a Prerogative , as without which no Commonwealth can be well govern'd , but Justice would be turn'd into Gall and Wormwood : Nor can the Supream Governour , without forfeiture of that faithfulness which he oweth to the Publick Weal , devest himself thereof . And he that presumeth of the Law-givers consent to dispense with him for the Observation of the Law in such needful cases ( where he hath not the opportunity to consult his pleasure therein ) presumeth no more than he hath reason to do . For it may well be presum'd that the Law-giver , who is bound in all his Laws to intend the safety of the Publick , and of every member thereof in his due proportion , hath no intention by the strict observation of any particular Law , to oblige any person , who is a Member of the Publick , to his destruction or ruin , when the common good is not answerably promoted thereby : Upon which ground it is generally resolv'd by Casuists , That no Constitution ( meerly humane ) can lay such Obligation upon the Conscience of the Subject , but that we may ( according to the exigency of circumstances ) do otherwise than the Constitution requireth , provided it be done extra casum scandali & contemptûs , i.e. without either bewraying in himself any contempt of the Authority of the Law-giver by his carriage , or giving any just occasion of scandal to others by his example in so doing . I have been somewhat the longer in explaining this point , not only for the better clearing of the present doubt , but also in respect of the usefulness of this consideration for the preventing and removing of many scruples that may happen to conscientious men in such times as these , wherein so many things are ( and are like to be ) commanded and forbidden contrary to the establish'd Laws , and those ( as they are perswaded ) yet standing in force . The best rule that I know to guide men in their deliberations and actions in such emergent cases ( according to what hath been already delivered ) is advisedly and impartially to weigh the benefit & inconveniencies , as well on the one side , as on the other , as they stand in relation unto the Publick Good : and if after such examination and comparison made , it shall then evidently ( or but in the judgment of probability ) appear , that the Observation of the Law , according to the proper intention of the Law-giver therein , though with hazard of Estate , Liberty , or even life it self , hath a greater tendency to the Publick Good , and the preservation of church or Commonwealth in safety , peace , and order , than the preventing of the foresaid hazards , or other evil consequents , by doing otherwise than the Law requireth , can have ; or ( which cometh to one ) if the violating of the Law shall then to be more prejudicial to the publick Good , than the preservation of the Subject's Estate , Liberty , or Life can be beneficial hereunto : In such case the Subject is bound to hazard all he hath , and undergo whatsoever inconveniencies and calamities can ensue thereupon , rather than violate the Law with contempt of that Authority to which he oweth subjection . But if it shall ( after such comparison made ) evidently ( or but more probably than the contrary ) appear , That that preservation of such a persons Life , Liberty , Estate , would more benefit the Church or Commonwealth , than the punctual observation of the Law at that time , and with those circumstances , would do ; it were an unseasonable , unreasonable , and pernicious scrupulosity for such a person to think himself in such a case obliged for the observing of the Law ( perhaps but once or twice ) with little or no benefit to the Publick , to ruin himself , whereby to render himself unuseful and unserviceable to the Publick for ever hereafter . To bring this Discourse home , and to apply it to the business now under dispute . Suppose we ten , twenty , or One hundred godly Ministers , well affected to the establish'd Liturgy , and actually possess'd of Benefices , with the Charge of Souls thereto belonging , should , thinking themselves in Conscience obliged to the use of the whole Form of the Book , as is by the Act appointed , without any addition , omission , or alteration whatsoever ( notwithstanding the present conjuncture of Affairs ) resolve to use the same accordingly , it would be well considered what the effects and consequents thereof would be . Besides other evils , these three are visible , which must all unavoidably follow one upon another , if any body shall be found ( as doubtless within short time there will be found one or other ) to inform and prosecute against them . 1. The utter undoing of so many worthy persons , fit to do God and his Church good service , together with all those persons that depend upon them for their livelyhood , by putting the fruits of their Benefices , wherewith they should buy themselves bread , under Sequestration . 2. The depriving of those persons of the opportunity of discharging the duties that belong unto them in their Ministerial Calling , in not permitting them , after such Sequestration , to teach or instruct the people belonging to their Charge , or to exercise any thing of their Function publickly in the Church . 3. The delivering over the Sheep of Christ , that lately were under the hands of the faithful Shepherds , into the Custody of ravenous Wolves , when such Guides shall be set over the several Congregations , as will be sure to mis-teach them one way or other ( viz. ) either by instilling into them Puritanical and Superstitious Principles , that they may the more securely exercise their Presbyterian Tyranny over their Judgments , Consciences , Persons , and Estates , or else by setting up new Lights before them , to lead them into a maze of Anabaptistical confusion and frenzy . These consequents are so heavy to the Sufferers , so certain to ensue upon the use of Common Prayer , and so much without the power of the Law-givers ( in this state of Affairs ) either to prevent or remedy , that it is beyond the wit of man what benefit to the Publick can accrue by the strict observation of the Act , that may in any proportion countervail these mischiefs . In which case , that man must needs suppose a strange austerity in the Law-giver , that dares not presume of his consent to disoblige him ( for the time ) from observing the same . It would be also well considered , Whether he that by his own over-nice scrupulosity runs all these hazards , be not ( in some measure ) guilty of his own undoing , of deserting his station , and of betraying his flock , and do not thereby lose much of that comfort which a Christian Confessor may take in his sufferings , when they are laid upon him by the Hand of God , and not pull'd upon himself by his own hands . And more I shall not need to say as to that first Objection . The next thing objected is , The danger of the Scandal that others might be ready to take at the Example , who seeing the Law so little regarded by such men ( men that have Cure of Souls , and perhaps also of some eminency and esteem in the Church , and whose Example will be much look'd upon ) will be easily encourag'd by this Example to set light by all Authority , and to take the liberty to obey and disobey the Laws of their Soveraign at their pleasure . But this Objection , after we are once satisfied concerning the former , need not much trouble us . For , 1. It seemeth an unreasonable thing in cases of great Exigence ( such as we now suppose ) that the fear of scandalizing our weak Brethren ( which is but Debitum charitatis only ) should lay upon us a peremptory necessity of observing the Law punctually , whatsoever inconveniencies and mischiefs may ensue thereupon : when the duty of Obedience to our known Governours ( which is Debitum justitiae also , and therefore more Obligatory than the other ) doth not impose that necessity upon us ; as hath been already shewn . 2. Besides , Arguments drawn from scandal in things neither unlawful nor ( setting the reason of Scandal aside ) inexpedient , as they are subject to sundry frailties otherwise , so they are manifestly of no weight at all , when they are counterpois'd with the apparent danger of evil consequents on the other side . For in such cases there is commonly equal danger ( if not rather something more ) of Scandal to be taken from the Example the quite contrary way . We may see it in debating the point now in hand : It is alledged on the one side , That by laying aside the use of the Common Prayer , men that are over scrupulous will be encourag'd to take a greater liberty in dispensing with the Laws ( to the despising both of Laws and Governours ) than they ought . And why may it not , by the same reason , be as well alleg'd on the other side , That by holding up a necessity of using the Common Prayer , men that have tender Consciences may be induc'd to entertain scruples ( to their utter undoing , and to the destruction of their people ) when they need not ? 3. But that in the third place , which cometh up home to the business , and taketh off the Objection clearly , is this , That in judging Cases of scandal , we are not so much to look to the event , what it is , or may be , as to the cause , whence it cometh . For sometimes there is given just cause of Scandal ; and yet no Scandal followeth , because it is not taken : Sometimes scandal is taken , and yet no just cause given : and sometimes there is both cause of Scandal given , and Scandal taken thereat . But no man is concern'd at any Scandal that happeneth to another by occasion of any thing done by him , neither is chargeable with it farther than he is guilty of having given it . If then we give Scandal to others , and they take it not , the whole guilt is ours , and they are faultless . If we give it , and they take it , we are to bear a share in the blame as they , and that a deep share ; ( Vae homini , Wo to the man by whome the offence cometh , Matth. 18.7 . ) But if they take offence when we give none , it is a thing we cannot help , and therefore the whole blame must lie upon them . Wherefore , if at any time any doubt shall arise in that case of Scandal , How far forth the danger thereof may obligue us to the doing or not doing of any thing propos'd ; The Resolution will come on much the easier , if we shall but rightly understand what it is to give Scandal , or how many ways a man may become guilty of scandalizing another by his Example . The ways ( as I conceive ) are but these four . 1. When a man doth something before another , which is in it self evil , unlawful , and sinful . In which case , neither the intension of him that doth it , nor the event as to him that seeth it done , is of any consideration : For it matters not whether the doer hath an intention to draw the other into sin , or not ; the very matter and substance of the action being evil , and done before others , is sufficient to render the doer guilty of having given Scandal , though neither he had intention himself so to do , nor was any other person actually scandaliz'd thereby : because whatsoever is in its own nature evil , is of it self , and in its own nature scandalous , and of ill Example . Thus did Hophni and Phineas , the Sons of Eli , give Scandal by their wretched prophaneness and greediness about the Sacrifices of the Lord , and their shameless abusing the Women . And so did David also give great Scandal in the matter of Vriah , 2 Sam. 12. 14. Here the Rule is , Do nothing that is evil , for fear of giving Scandal . 2. The second way is , when a man doth something before another with a direct intention and formal purpose of drawing him thereby to commit sin . In which case neither the matter of the action , nor the event is of any consideration : For it makes no difference as to the sin of giving Scandal , whether any man be effectually entic'd to commit sin or not thereby ; neither doth it make any difference , whether the thing done were in it self unlawful , or not , so as it had an appearance of evil , and from thence an aptitude to draw another by the doing of that ( by imitation ) which should be really and intrinsecally evil . The wicked intention alone ( whatsoever the effect should be , or what means soever should be us'd to promote it ) sufficeth to induce the guilt of giving Scandal upon the doer . This was Ieroboam's sin , in setting up the Calvos , with a formal purpose and intention thereby ( for his own secular and ambitious ends ) to corrupt the purity of Religion , and to draw the people unto Idolatrous Worship . For which cause he is so often stigmatiz'd with it , as a note of Infamy , to stick by him whilst the World lasteth , being scarce ever-mention'd in the Scripture , but with this addition , Jeroboam the son of Nebat , which made Israel to sin . Here the Rule is , Do nothing , a good or evil , with an intention to give Scandal . 3. The third way is when a man doth something before another , which in it self is not evil , but indifferent , and so according to the Rule of Christian Liberty , lawful for him to do , or not to do , as he shall see cause ( yea , and perhaps otherwise commodious and convenient for him to do ) yet whereas he probably foreseeth that others will take Scandal , and be occasioned thereby to do evil . In such a case , if the thing to be done be not in some degree prudentially necessary for him to do , but that he might , without very great inconvenience or prejudice to himself or any third person , leave it undone : He is bound in Charity to his Brother's Soul ( for whom Christ died ) and for the avoiding of Scandal , to abridge himself in the exercise of his Christian Liberty for that time , so far as rather to suffer some inconvenience himself by the not doing of it , than by the doing of it to cause his Brother to offend . The very Case which is so often , so largely , and so earnestly insisted upon by St. Paul. See Rom. 14.13,21 . Rom. 15.1 , 3. 1 Cor. 87 , 13. 1 Cor. 9.12 , 15 , 19 , 22. 1 Cor. 10.23.33 . Here the Rule is , Do nothing that may be reasonably forborn , whereat Scandal will be taken . 4. The last way is , when a man doth somthing before another , which is not only lawful , but ( according to the exigencies of present Circumstances ) pro hic & nunc very behoofful , and even prudentially necessary for him to do , but foreseeth that the other will be like to make an ill use of it , and take encouragement thereby to commit sin , if he be not withal careful , as much as possibly in him lieth , to prevent the Scandal that may be taken thereat : For , Qui non prohibet peccare , cum potest , jubet . In such case the bare neglect of his Brother , and not using his utmost endeavour to prevent the evil that might ensue , maketh him guilty . Upon which consideration standeth the Equity of the Judicial Law given to the Jews , which ordered , That in case a man dig a Pit for the use of his Family , and looking no farther than his own convenience , put no cover upon it , and leave it open , whereby it hapneth his Neighbours Beast to fall thereinto and perish , the owner of the Pit is to make it good , inasmuch as he was the occasioner of that loss to his Neighbour , which he might and ought to have prevented . Here the Rule is Order the doing of that , which may not be well left undone , in such sort that no Scandal ( so far as you can help it ) may be taken thereat . To apply this . The thing under debate , viz. the Action propos'd to present enquiry is , The laying aside the Common Prayer , being enjoyn'd by Law , and using instead thereof some other Form of Church Service of our own devising . And the Enquiry concerning it is , Whether it may be done with a good Conscience in regard of the Scandal that is given , or at least may be taken thereat , Yea or No ? Now forasmuch as in this Enquiry we take it for granted , That the thing to be done is not in its own nature simply evil , but rather in this state of affairs prudentially necessary ; and that they who make scruple at it upon the point of Scandal , have not the least intention of drawing other of the Laws into contempt , or their Brethren into sin by their Example . It is manifest that three of the now mention'd Cases , with the Rules to each of them appending , are not pertinent to the present Enquiry . But since the last of the four only proveth to be our Case , we have therefore no more to do for the setling of our Judgments , and quieting of our Consciences , and the regulating of our Practice in this Affair , than to consider well what the Rule in this Case given obligeth us unto ; which is not to leave the Action undone for the danger of Scandal , which ( besides the Inconveniencies formerly mention'd ) would but start new Questions , and those beget more to the multiplying unnecessary Scruples in infinitum : But to order the doing of it so , that ( if it were possible ) no Scandal at all might ensue thereupon , or at least wise not by our default , through our careless or undiscreet managery thereof . Even as the Jew that stood in need to sink a Pit for the service of his House or Ground , was not ( for fear his Neighbours Beast should fall into it , and be drown'd ) bound by the Law to forbear the making of it , but only to provide a sufficient cover for it , where he had made it . The thing then in this Case is not to be left undone , when it so much behoveth us to do it ; but the Action to be carried on ( for the manner of doing , and in all respects and circumstances thereunto belonging ) with so much chariness and tenderness , moderation and wisdom ( to our best understanding ) that the necessity of our so doing , with the true cause thereof , may appear to the World , to the satisfaction of those that are willing to take notice of it ; and that such persons as would be willing to make use of our Ensample to do the same thing , where there is not the same necessity , may do it upon their own score , and not be able to vouch our practice for their excuse ; which how it may be best done for particular directions , every charitable and conscientious man must ask his own discretion . Some general helps thereunto I shall lay down in answering the next Objection , where they would fall in again not improperly , and so stop two Gaps with one Bush. The last Objection is that of Shism . The Objectors hold all such persons as have oppos'd either Liturgy or Church Government , as they were by Law establish'd within this Realm , for no better than Schismaticks ; and truly I shall not much gain-say it . But then they argue , That for them to do the same thing in the publick worship of God that Schismaticks do ( and for doing whereof especially it is that they avow them Schismaticks ) would ( as they conceive ) involve them in the Schism also , as partakers thereof in some degree with the other : And their Consciences also would , from Rom. 14.22 . condemn them either of hypocrisie , in allowing that in themselves , and in their own practice , which they condemn in others ; or of uncharitableness , in judging others as Schismaticks for doing but the same thing which they can allow themselves to practise . For all that such persons , as they call Schismaticks , do in this matter of the Church Service , is but to leave out the Churches Prayers , and to put in their own . Or say , this should not make them really guilty of the Schism they so much detest , yet would such their symbolizing with them seem at least a kind of unworthy compliance with them , more than could well become the simplicity of a Christian , much less of a Minister of the Gospel , whose duty it is to shun even the least appearance of evil . Besides , that by so doing they should but confirm such men in their Schismatical Principles and Practice . This Objection hath 3 Branches . To the first whereof I oppose the old saying , Duo cum faciunt idem , non est idem ; which , although spoken quite to another purpose , yet is very capable of such a sense which will very well fit our present purpose also . I Answer therefore in short . To do the same thing that Schismaticks do ( especially in time of Confusion , and till things can be reduc'd unto better Order , and when men are necessitated thereunto to prevent greater mischiefs ) doth not necessarily infer a partaking with them in Schism , no , nor so much as probably , unless it may appear upon probable presumption otherwise , that it is done out of the same Schismatical Spirit , and upon such Schismatical Principles as theirs are . The other two Branches ( viz. That of seeming compliance with Schismaticks , and That of the ill use they make of it to confirm them in their Schism ) do upon the matter fall in upon the aforesaid point of Scandal , and are in effect but the same Objection , only put into a new dress , and so have receiv'd their Answer already . And the only remedy against both these Fears ( as well that of Scandal , as this of Schism ) is the same which was there prescrib'd , Even to give assurance to all men , by our carriage and behaviour therein , that we do not lay aside Common Prayer of our own accord , or out of any dislike thereof , neither in contempt of our rightful Governours , or of the Laws , nor out of any base compliance with the Times , or unworthy Secular own ends , nor out of any Schismatical principles , seditious designs , or innovating humour ; but meerly enforc'd thereunto by such a necessity , as we cannot otherwise avoid in order to the Glory of God , and the Publick Good , for the preservation of our Families , our Flocks , and our Functions : And that with the good leave and allowance ( as we have great reason to believe ) of such as have power to dispense with us and the Laws in that behalf . This if we shall do bonâ fide , and with our utmost endeavours , in singleness of heart , and with godly discretion , perhaps it will not be enough to prevail with either the censure of inconsiderate and inconsiderable persons , or the ill use that may be made of our Example , through the ignorance or negligence of some ( scandalum pusillorum ) or through the perversness and malice of others ( scandalum pharisaeorum ) as the Schools term them : But assuredly it will be sufficient in the sight of God , and the witness of our own hearts , and to the Consciences of charitable and considering men , to acquit us clear of all guilt , either of Scandal or Schism in the least degree . Which we may probably do by observing these ensuing , or such other like general Directions ( The liberty of using such meet accommodations , as the circumstances in particular Cases shall require , evermore allowed and reserved ) . viz. 1. If we shall decline the company and society of known Schismaticks , not conversing frequently or familiarly with them , or more than the necessary affairs of life , and the rules of Neighbourhood and common civility will require ; especially not to give countenance unto their Church Assemblies , by our presence among them , if we can avoid it . 2. If we shall retain , as well in common discourse , as in our Sermons and holy Offices of the Church , the old Theological and Ecclesiastical terms and forms of Speech , which have been generally received and used in the Churches of Christ , which the people are well acquainted with , and are wholsome and significant , and not follow our new Masters in that uncouth affected garb of Speech , or Canting Language rather ( if I may so call it ) which they have of late taken up , as the signal distinction and characteristical note of that , which in that their new Language they call The Godly Party , or Communion of Saints . 3. If in officiating we repeat not only the Lord's Prayer , the Creed , the ten Commandements , and such other passages in the Common Prayer Book , as ( being the very words of Scripture ) no man can except against ; but so much of the old Liturgy besides , in the very words and syllables of the Book , as we think the Ministers of State in those parts wherein we live will suffer , and the Auditory , before whom we officiate , will bear ; sith the Officers in all parts of the Land are not alike strict , nor the people in all Parishes alike disaffected in this respect . 4. If , where we must of necessity vary from the words , we yet follow the Order of the Book in the main parts of the holy Offices , retaining the substance of the Prayers , and embellishing those of our own making , which we substitute into the place of those we leave out , with phrases and passages taken out of the Book in other places . 5. If , where we cannot safely mention the Particulars mentioned in the Book ( as namely in praying for the King , the Queen , the Royal Progeny , and the Bishops ) we shall yet use in our Prayers some such general terms , and other intimations devised for that purpose , as may sufficiently convey to the understanding of the people what our intentions are therein , and yet not be sufficient to fetch us within the compass of the Ordinance . 6. If we shall in our Sermons take occasion now and then , where it may be pertinent , either to discover the weakness of the Puritan Principles and Tenets to the people ; or to shew out of some passages and expressions in the Common Prayer , the consonancy of those Observations we have raised from the Text , with the Judgment of the Church of England : or to justifie such particular passages in the Letany , Collects , and other parts of our Liturgy as have been unjustly quarell'd at by Presbyterians , Independents , Anabaptists , or other ( by what Name or Title soever they are called ) Puritan Sectaries . Thus have I freely acquainted you both with my practice and judgment in the Point propos'd in your Friend's Letter . How I shall be able to satisfie his or your judgment in what I have written , I know not ; however , I have satisfied both your desire and his in writing , and shall rest Your Brother and Servant in the Lord , Rob. Sanderson . PAX Ecclesiae . BY THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER in GOD ROBERT SANDERSON , LATE Lord Bishop of Lincoln . LONDON , Printed for Richard Marriott 1678. PAX ECCLESIAE . ALL the Decrees of God are eternal , and his Counsels therein unsearchable . In Eternals there is neither prius , nor posterius ; and ergo considered in themselves , and as they are in God , all the Decrees of God concerning the whole course of man's salvation , are simul & semel ; and because eternal , ergo also coeternal . Yet considered either in regard of their Objects , or respectively to our apprehensions , there must some order be conceived among them , whereby one may be said to be before or after another ordine naturae , & ordine intelligendi . For as in order of nature the intention of the end is before the deliberation concerning the means , the causes before the effect , the subject before the properties and accidents , &c. so we are not able to conceive of the Decrees of God , unless we rank them in some such order , as seemeth most agreeable to the condition of their proper objects ; as ex . gr . those wherein the end , or cause , or subject is decreed , to be ordine intelligendi before these , wherein are decreed the means , effects , or accidents . But because the Counsels of God herein are incomprehensible and unsearchable to our weak and finite understandings , it hence cometh to pass , 1. That they who have the greatest serenity of natural understanding , and the largest measure of Divine Revelation withal , must yet confess the unfathomed depth of the judgments and ways of God , which are abyssus multa , rather to be admired than searched into ; so as they are not to hope or look after such a way of opening these Mysteries , as shall be quietativa intellectus , so totally and absolutely , but that some difficulties will still remain , to make us cry out with St. Paul , O altitudo ! Otherwise these great and hidden Mysteries of God should be no Mysteries . 2. That men , who cannot content themselves to be wise according to sobriety , whilst they have thought by searching into the Counsels of God , to bring the Mysteries of Faith within the comprehension of Reason , have become vain in their imaginations , and enwrapped themselves unawares in perplexed and inextricable difficulties : for the unwinding themselvs where-from , they have been afterwards sometimes driven to devise and maintain strange Opinions , of very perillous and noysome consequence , which hatch been the original of most Heresies and Schisms in the Church . 3. That men also of sober Understandings , & keeping within the due Bounds of their Gifts and Callings , yet by reason of the great difficulties of the things themselves , have much differed , and still will do in their Judgments and Opinions one from another , in the ordering of God's Decrees concerning man's Salvation , each man abounding in his own sense , and following that way which seemeth to him clogged with the least and fewest difficulties , according as he apprehendeth them ; although perhaps in rei veritate , or at the least in the apprehension of another man , those very difficulties may be more and greater . Hence the many differences among the Protestants , between Lutherans and Calvinists ; among the Romanists between the Iesuites and Dominicans and each of these again subdivided ; concerning Predestination and Reprobation ; the power of man's Free-will ; the necessity , efficacy , and extent of Divine Grace ; the concurrence of Grace with Free-will ; the universality and application of Christ's Death , and some other Points of like nature . The Premisses considered , that amid , and notwithstanding all this variety of Opinions , there may yet be preserved in the Church the unity both of Faith and Charity , these few things seem to me to be of profitable and important consideration . 1. That particular Churchs would be as tender as may be in giving their definitions and derminations in such Points as these ; not astricting those that live therein determinately either to the affirmative or negative , especially where there may be admitted a latitude of dissenting without any prejudice done either to the Substance of the Catholick Faith , or to the Tranquillity of the Church , or to the Salvation of the Dissenter . In which respect the moderation of the Church of England is much to be commended , and to be preferred , not only before the Roman Church , which with unsufferable tyranny bindeth all her Children , upon pain of Damnation , to all her Determinarions , even in those Points , which are no way necessary to Salvation ; but also before sundry other Reformed Churches , who have proceeded further this way than our Church hath done . 2. When by reason of the important contentions and wranglings of Learned men in particular Churches , about Points yet undetermined therein , differences shall be so far prosecuted , as to come to open sideings , and part-takings , and factions ( as it happened in the Netherland Churches between the Remonstrantes , & Contra-Remonstrantes ) so as for the composing of the differences , and the maintenance of the publick Peace and Tranquillity of the Church , it shall be needful for those Churches Synodically to determine something in those Points ; that yet they would then also proceed no farther in their determinations , than the present necessity should enforce them ; not requiring men ( specially in points of lesser consequence ) to give , and by Oath , subscription , or other like means , to witness their express positive assent to such determinations ; but permitting them to enjoy their own private Opinions in their own private Bosoms , so long as they keep them to themselves , and do not by venting them unseasonably , disquiet the peace of the Church therewithal . 3. That Catechisms , for so much as they are intended for the instruction of Children and ignorant persons in the first Principles of Christian Religion , should not be farced with School-points and private Tenets ; but contain only clear and undoubted Truths , and such as are necessary unto Christian Edification either in Faith or Life : The rest either altogether omitted , or but occasionally and sparingly touched at , and not positively , and doctrinally , and conclusively delivered before the Church have agreed upon them . 4. That private men would endeavour for so much ingenuity , as 1. To other mens speeches and writings ( especially where they intend to discourse but exotericè and popularly , not accurately and dogmaticè ) to afford a favourable construction , without taking advantage at some excesses in modo loquendi , or exceptions at some improprieties and acyrologies , so long as they are Orthodox in the main Substance of their Discourse . 2. Not to obtrude any Tenet , as the received Doctrine of any particular Church , which either is not expresly contained in the publick Confession of that Church , or doth not apparently result thence by direct and immediate consequence ; though the wit of man make it seem at length , and by continuance of discourse to be probably deduced therefrom . 3. In their own Writings to observe formam sanorum verborum , and to abstain not only from suspected Opinions , but as much as may be also from phrases and speeches obnoxious to ill construction . For first it is not enough , much less a thing to be gloried in , for a man to be able by subtilty of wit to find loop-holes how to evade , and by colourable pretences to make that , which through heat of passion , or violence of opposition hath fallen from him unadvisedly , to seem howsoever defensible : but he should have a care to suffer nothing to pass from him , whereat an ingenuous and dispassionate Adversary , though dissenting from him in Opinion , should yet have cause to take distaste or exception . And besides , it were a thing of very dangerous consequence in the Church , if every man should be suffered freely to publish whatsoever might by some strain of Wit be made capable of a good construction , if of it self it sounded ill and suspiciously : For so Notions of Popish , or Puritanical , or other Heretical , Schismatical Opinions might unawares be conveyed into the minds , and impressions thereof insensibly wrought in the hearts of men , to the great damage of the Church , and prejudice to the Truth . 4. To acknowledge freely , and readily to revoke whatsoever either errour in re , or misprision in testimonio , or exorbitancy in modo loquendi , hath passed from their Pen , when it shall be fairly shewed them , and their Judgments convinced thereof , rather than to seek to relieve themselves by excuses , colours , or evasions . 5. That private men in particular Churches , who dissent in points yet undetermined by the Church , should not uncharitably entercharge each other with Heresie or Schism , or any such like imputation for so dissenting , so long as they both consent to the whole Doctrine and Discipline in the said Church maintained and established . As ex . gr . in the Points now so much debated among the Divines of the Church of England between the Calvinists and Arminians ( for I must take liberty for distinctions sake to express them by those names they usually bestow the one upon the other ) Why should either those men on the one side be branded with Popery , who misliking Calvin's Opinion , rather chuse to follow the Arminian ; or those on the other side with Puritanism , who finding less satisfaction in the way of Arminius , rather adhere to Calvin ? so long as both the one and the other do entirely , and freely , and ex animo subscribe to the Articles of the Common Prayer Book , and that of Consecration , and do not rent the Unity , or disturb the Peace of the Church by those differences . II. Periculum Schismatis . Forasmuch as here in England the differences , which before were but private concerning the Points of Arminianism , have been of late so far brought upon the publick Stage , by occasion of the passages betwixt Mr. Mountague and his Opposers , as that a dangerous Schism is like to ensue thereupon , unless by the goodness of God , and the Wisdome of the Church and State , it be speedily prevented : Those general Directions now already laid down for the preservation of the Churches Peace , will not reach home for the securing of our peace , and preventing farther evils , as the case now standeth with us ; but it is needful the Church should interpose herein , both by farther Explanation of her Doctrine in the points questioned , and by the Exercise of her Discipline upon such persons as will not rest in her determinations . And this necessity will the more appear , if we consider upon what advantages the Arminian party hath , and yet doth gain strength to it self , viz. 1. The weakness of sundry of those Exceptions , which were taken at Mr. Mountague's Answer to the Gagge , by those that first openly ingaged themselves for that business ; which hath not only brought prejudice to their persons , but also given disadvantages to the Cause , even in those Exceptions which were just and material . 2. The publishing of Mr. Mountague's Appeal with Allowance , which both hath given confidence to sundry , who before were Arminians , but in secret , now to walk unmasked , and to profess their Opinions publickly in all Companies , and that with some disdain of opposition ; and doth also incourage sundry others to shew an inclination to that side , which they see to be countenanced in such publick sort . 3. The plausibleness of Arminianism , and the congruity it hath in sundry Points with the Principles of corrupt Nature , and of carnal Reason . For it is a wonderful tickling to flesh and blood , to have the powers of Nature magnified , and to hear it self flattered , as if she carried the greatest stroke in the work of Salvation ; especially , when these soothings are conveyed under the pretence of vindicating the dispensations of God's Providence from the Imputation of Injustice . 4. The harshness of that Opinion which Calvin and Beza are said to have held , and many Learned men in our Church are said to have followed , concerning the Decrees of Reprobation and Election , without respect had to Adam in the one , or to Christ in the other ; whereas the inconveniencies , which either do ensue , or seem to ensue upon the Opinion , may be fairly waved another way , and yet without Arminianism . 5. The manifold cunning of the Arminians to advance their own party , as viz. 1. In pleading for a liberty for every man to abound in his own sense in things undetermined by the Church , that so they may spread their own Tenets the more freely ; whereas yet it is too apparent by their writings and speeches , that their intent and indeavour is to take the benefit of this liberty themselves , but not to allow it to those that dissent from them . 2. In bragging out some of their private Tenets , as if they were the received established Doctrine of the Church of England , by forcing the words of the Articles or Common Prayer Book to a sense , which appeareth not to have been intended therein , as Mr. Mountague hath done in the Point of falling from grace . Whereas the contrary Tenet , viz. of the final perseverance of the righteous in grace and faith , may be by as strong evidence every way , and by as natural deducement collected out of the said Books , as shall be easily proved , if it be required . 3. In seeking to derive envy upon the opposite Opinions , by delivering them in terms odious , and of ill and suspicious sound ; as viz. irresistibility of grace , irrespective decree , &c. whereas the soberer Divines of the opposite party ordinarily do not use those terms , nor yet well approve of them , unless understood cum grano salis . But themselves rather are so exorbitant in their phrases and terms , as it were well if a good quantity of Salt could so correct some of them , as to render them , if not wholesome , at least savoury . 4. Which is the most unjust and uncharitable course of all the rest , and whereby yet I verily think they have prevailed more than by all the rest , in seeking to draw the persons of those that dissent from them into dislike with the Sate , as if they were Puritans , or Disciplinarians , or at least that way affected . Whereas 1. The Questions in debate are such , as no way touch upon Puritanism , either off or on . 2. Many of the Dissenters have as freely and clearly declared their Judgments , by preaching and writing against all Puritanism , and Puritanical Principles , both before and since they were interessed in these Controversies , as the stoutest Arminian in England hath done . I am not able to pronounce absolutely neither of other men ; but so far as hath occurred to my observation , I dare say it , I find more written against the Puritans , and their Opinions , and with more real satisfaction , and upon no less solid grounds , by those that have , and do dissent from the Arminian Tenets , than by those that have or do maintain them . Could that blessed Arch-bishop Whitgift , or the modest and learned Hooker have ever thought , so much as by dream , that men concurring , with them in Opinion , should for some of these very Opinions be called Puritans ? III. Series Decretorum Dei. Sithence most of the differences now in question do arise from the different conceits which men have concerning the Decrees of God about man's Salvation , and the execution of those Decrees ; it could not but be a work of singular use for the composing of present , and the preventing of farther differences , if some learned and moderate men ( all prejudice and partiality laid aside ) would travel with faithfulness and sobriety in this Argument , viz. to order those Decrees consonantly to the tenor of Scripture , and the Doctrine of the ancient Church , as to avoid those inconveniencies into which the extreme Opinions on both hands run . For , considering often with my self , that the abettors of either extreme are confirmed in their Opinions , not so much from the assurance of their own grounds , as from the inconveniencies that attend the opposite extreme : I have ever thought that a middle way between both might be fairer and safer to pitch upon , than either extreme . What therefore upon some agitation of these Points , both in Argument with others upon occasion , and in my private and serious thoughts , I have conceived concerning the ordering of God's Decrees , desiring ever to keep my self within the bands of Christian sobriety and modesty , I have at the request of some Friends here distinctly laid down , not intending hereby to prescribe unto other men , nor yet to tie my self to mine own present Judgment , if I shall see cause to alter it ; but only to present to the abler Judgments of some learned Friends that way , which hath hitherto given me better satisfaction than any other , and which I have not yet observed to be subject to so great difficulties and inconveniencies , neither in the substance of the matter , nor in the manner of explication , as the ways , which either the rigid Calvinists , or the Arminians have taken . Quaere then , whether or no the Eternal Decrees of God concerning man's Salvation may not be conveniently conceived in this order , viz. That he decreed 1. To make himself glorious by communicating his goodness in producing powerfully , and ex nihilo , a world of Creatures , and among the chiefest of them Man , endued with a reasonable soul , and organical body , as a vessel and subject capable of grace and glory . 2. To enter into a Covenant with this reasonable Creature ( commonly called the first Covenant of Works ) to bestow upon him life and glory , if he should continue in his obedience ; but if otherwise , then not only to be deprived of the blessedness covenanted , but also and instead thereof to be punished with actual misery and eternal death . 3. After this Covenant made , to leave man in manu consilij sui , by the free choice of his own will , to lay hold either on life by obedience , or by transgression on death . 4. To permit man thus left to himself to fall into sin , and so to cast himself out of that Covenant into a state of misery , and corruption , and damnation ; with a purpose in that permission to serve himself of mans fall , as a fit occasion whereby to magnifie himself , and his own glory yet farther , in the manifestation of his infinite both justice and mercy . 5. That the whole Species of so noble a Creature might not perish everlastingly , and without all remedy , to provide for mankind ( pro genere humano ) a most wise , sufficient , and convenient means of reparation , and redemption , and salvation , by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God , Jesus Christ , God blessed for ever . 6. In this Jesus , as the Mediator , to enter into a second Covenant with Mankind ( commonly called the New Covenant , or the Covenant of Grace ) that whosoever should lay hold on him by a true and steadfast Faith , should attain remission of sins , and eternal life ; but he that should not believe , should perish everlastingly in his sins . 7. Lest this Covenant should yet be ineffectual , and Christ die in vain , because left to themselves , especially in this wretched state of corruption , none of the Sons of Adam could de facto have repented and believed in Christ , for the glory of his grace , to elect and cull a certain number of particular persons out of the corrupted lump of mankind , to be advanced into this Covenant , and thereby entitled unto Salvation ; and that without any cause or motive at all in themselves , but meerly ex beneplacito voluntatis , of his own free grace and good pleasure in Jesus Christ , pretermitting and passing by the rest to perish justly in their sins . 8. To confer in due season upon the persons so elected , all fit and effectual means and graces needful for them unto Salvation , proportionably to their personal capacities and conditions ; as namely , 1. Upon Infants that die before the use of Reason , the Sacrament of Christian Baptism , administred and received in the Name and Faith of the Chuch , with Sacramental grace to such persons , as for the want of the use of Reason never come to be capable of the habitual or actual graces of Faith , Repentance , &c. we are to judge to be sufficient for their Salvation . 2. Upon men that come to the use of Reason sooner or later , such a measure of Faith in the Son of God , of repentance from dead works , of new and holy obedience to God's Commandments ( together with final perseverance in all these ) as in his excellent wisdom he seeth meet , wrought and preserved in them outwardly by the Word and Sacraments , and inwardly by the operation of his holy Spirit shed in their hearts , whereby sweetly and without constraint , but yet effectually , their understandings , wills and affections are subdued to the acknowledgment and obedience of the Gospel ; and both these are done ordinarily , and by ordinary means . 3. Into some men it may be , and extraordinarily ( especially in the want of ordinary means ) God may infuse Faith , and other Graces accompanying Salvation , as also ( modo nobis incognito ) make supply unto Infants unbaptized some other way , by the immediate work of his Holy and Almighty Spirit , without the use of the outward means of the Word and Sacraments . Of which extraordinary work we cannot pronounce too sparingly ; the special use whereto it serveth us , being the suspending of our Censures , not rashly to pass the Sentence of Damnation upon those Infants , or Men , that want the ordinary outward means , since we are not able to say , How God in his infinite power can , and how in his rich mercy he hath , doth , or will deal with them . 9. Thus much concerning the salvation of those whom God hath of his free grace elected thereunto . But with the Reprobates , whom he hath in his justice appointed to destruction , he dealeth in another fashion ; as concerning whom he hath decreed either 1. To afford them neither the extraordinary , nor so much as but the outward and ordinary means of Faith : Or else 2. In the presence of the outward means of the Word and Sacraments to withhold the inward concurrence of his enlightning and renewing Spirit to work with those means , for want whereof they become ineffectual to them for their good , working upon them either malignantly , so as their hearts are the more hardened thereby in sin and unbelief , or infirmly , so as not to work in them a perfect Conversion , but to produce instead of the gracious habits of Sanctification , as Faith , Repentance , Charity , Humility , &c. some weak and infirm shadows of those Graces , which for their formal semblance sake do sometimes bear the name of those Graces they resemble , but were never in the mean time the very true Graces themselves , and in the end are discovered to have been false , by the want of perseverance . IV. Vtilitas hujus Seriei . This way of ordering the Decrees of God , besides that it seemeth to be according to the mind of the Scriptures , and to hold correspondency more than any other , as well with the writings of the ancient Doctors of the Church , especially of St. Augustine and those that followed him , as with the present Doctrine contained in the Articles and Liturgy of the Church of England : It hath also three notable commodities , viz. 1. Hereby are fairly avoided the most and greatest of those inconveniences into which both extremes run , or at the least which either extreme presseth sore upon the opposite extreme . The Arminian accusing the rigid Calvinist as a betrayer of the justice of God , for placing the Decree of Reprobation before that of Adam's fall ; and being again accused by him as an Enemy to the grace of God , for making the efficacy thereof to depend upon man's free will. Whereas both the glory of the justice of God , and the efficacy of the grace of God , are preserved entire by following this middle way . For , 1. There can lie no imputation upon the justice of God , though he have reprobated some , and elected others , who were both equal in the sinful mass of corrupt nature ; rather his mercy is to be magnified , in that he hath not reprobated all : Which if he had done , his justice must yet have stood clear , though examined but even at the Bar of Humane Reason , for so much as all had deserved to be Reprobates , and that most justly for their sin in Adam . They that make the Decree of Reprobation to precede all respect to the fall , are put to many difficulties how to express themselves so as to avoid cavil ; and much ado they have to assert the Decrees of God from being howsoever unjust , being enforced to succour the justice of God , by flying to that absolute right and power he hath in and over the Creature : whereas this way cutteth off an hundred of those Cavils the Arminians commonly use , and justifieth the proceedings of our most righteous God in all respects so clearly , that his justice , both in the Decrees themselves , and in the execution thereof , is not only apparent , but also illustrious and glorious . 2. No impeachment is done to grace by magnifying nature , or to the efficacy of grace , by enlarging the powers of Free-will . For whereas in very truth the Arminians cannot , with all their subtil distinctions , and nice modifications escape it ; but , when they have done and said what they can , they must stand guilty of symbolizing with the Pelagians both in their Principles and Conclusions , in giving man's will ( and not God's grace ) the chiefest stroke , and the deciding , and last determinating , and casting power in the work of conversion : by this way the will of man is so freed from all coactive necessity in the coversion of a sinner , as that yet the effect it self dependeth not upon the determination of the will , as the immediate and prime cause , but upon the efficacy of grace powerfully enclining the will thereunto . 2. Sundry passages in the Scriptures , and in the writings of the Fathers , which have in them some appearance of contradiction , may by following this way be easily reconciled , and the sense of those passages oftentimes preserved even to the letter , which by those that take the extreme ways , cannot be done so handsomly , nor without imposing upon the words a more remote and improper , if not sometimes a strained and enforced sense ; as viz. 1. Those places that speak of election , as in , and by , and through Christ , making him the foundation of that also , as of every other grace , with those that speak of it , as issuing from the meer free pleasure and absolute will of God. 2. Those places that extend the fruit of Christ's death , and the benefit of the new Covenant to the whole world of mankind , with those that restrain them to the Elect only . 3. Those places that ascribe the whole course of man's salvation , from his first calling unto grace , untill his final consummation in glory , to the sole effectual working of the Holy Ghost , with those that attribute something or other therein , more or less , to the power and exercise of man's Free-will . 4. Those places that speak of the acts of justification and sanctification , or of the habits of faith , and love , and other inherent graces , as peculiar to the Elect only , with those that speak of them as common to the Elect with Cast-aways . 5. Those places that speak of the said gracious habits as permanent , as neither subject to a total intercision , nor possible to be finally lost , with those that speak of them as casual , and such as may be lost , either finally or totally , or both . 6. Those places that speak of obduration , occecation , &c. so as if the blindness that is in the minds , and hardness that is in the hearts of wicked men were from God , with those that impute such blindness and hardness in men unto the wilfulness of their own corrupt hearts . 3. Hence may be received good light for the cutting off of some , the moderating of other some , and the resolving of the rest of those questions which are now most in agitation , not only in the Church of England , but in many foreign Churches also , both Popish and Reformed , as viz. amongst others , these ; 1. Whether Christ was ordained a Mediator in the intention of God for mankind indefinitely , or universally for all mankind , or only for the Elect ? 2. Whether all mankind have title to the second Covenant , and to the Promises and Conditions therein proposed , or the Elect only ? 3. Whether the wicked , who are both disobedient and unbelievers , come under the sentence of Condemnation formally , for their disobedience unto God in the breach of the first Covenant , or for their unbelief , in not resting upon Christ and the Promises of the new Covenant ? 4. In what comprehension man is to be considered as the Object of Predestination ? 5. Whether or no God did elect men unto Salvation in a certain and determinate number . 6. Whether or no in electing men unto salvation God had respect unto Christ ? 7. Whether in electing some , and rejecting others , God was moved to decree as he did , from the faith or infidelity of the persons , or from any other thing whatsoever foreseen in them ? 8. Whether the decrees of Election Reprobation be absolute and peremptory , and inalterable , by Gods determination of them to a certain effect ; or so conditional and indeterminate , as that the performance , or non-performance of something required on our part , may either establish or annull them ? Quod est quaerere , Whether an elect person , by disobedience and unbelief , can cut off himself from the Covenant of Grace , as to be damned ; or a Reprobate by faith and repentance , so lay hold on the Covenant , as to be saved ? 9. Whether a man by the power of his Free-will can lay hold on Christ by faith , and convert himself from sin by Repentance and new Obedience , without the grace of special illumination from the holy Spirit of God ? 10. Whether the right use of naturals be any cause to induce God to confer upon any man sufficient Grace for his Conversion ? 11. Whether the same grace of spiritual illumination , which is sufficient and effectual for the conversion of one man , can in the same measure be effectual to another for his conversion ? 12. Whether the efficacy of the grace of conversion depend upon the determination of man's Free-will , so as by resisting to make it ineffectual ? 13. Whether justification and sanctification be proper to the Elect only ? 14. What measure of assurance we have concerning the justification of Infants born of Christian Parents , and rightly baptized , before they come to the use of Reason to commit actual sin ? 15. What measure of assurance we have concerning the salvation of such Infants , so baptized , if they die before they come to the use of Reason ? 16. Whether a person once truly justified by his own actual faith , and sanctified with the Spirit of holiness , can fall wholly from the state of grace , into the state of sin , in a total loss of faith , and other habitual graces ? 17. Whether a person so justified and sanctified , can at the last fall away finally , and be damned ? Concerning all which , and sundry other Questions of like nature and use , albeit it would require a large Treatise to give them but a right stating , much more a just discussion , yet the due consideration of the nine Points premised in the former Section , concerning the order of God's Decrees , may give us some light into them all ; if not so far ( especially in some of them ) as to settle our judgments in a certain and infallible resolution , yet so far at least , as to keep our understandings within some competent bounds of sobriety and truth , that we neither lose our selves in curious Enquiries to little purpose , nor suffer our judgments to be envenomed with the Poison either of rank Pelagian heresie , or Semi-Pelagian popery , or quarter - Pelagian and Arminian novelty . Bishop Sanderson's JUDGMENT IN ONE VIEW FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CHURCH . LONDON , Printed for Richard Marriott . 1678. Bishop Sanderson's JUDGMENT IN ONE VIEW . Quest. HOW far we may indulge good and godly men of tender Consciences dissenting from us in liberty of Conscience . Answ. First , besides that all parties pretend to godliness , Papists , Anabaptists , and what not ? ( even the late sprung up generation of Levellers , whose principles are so destructive of all that order and justice by which publick societies are supported , do yet style themselves , as by a kind of peculiarity , The Godly : ) And that secondly , it is the easiest thing in the world , and nothing more common , than for men to pretend conscience when they are not minded to obey . I do not believe thirdly ( though I am well perswaded of the godliness of many of them otherwise ) that the refusal of indifferent Ceremonies enjoyned by lawful authority , is any part of their godliness ; or any good fruit , evidence , or sign thereof . But certain it is fourthly , that the godliest men are men , and know but in part ; and by the power of godliness in their hearts , are no more secured from the possibility of falling into errour through ignorance , than from the possibility of falling into sin through infirmity . And as for tenderness of Conscience fifthly , a most gracious blessed fruit of the holy Spirit of God , where it is really , and not in pretence only , nor mistaken , ( for sure it is no very tender Conscience , though sometimes called so , that straineth at a Gnat , and swalloweth a Camel : ) it is with it , as with other tender things , very subject to receive harm , and soon put out of order . Through the cunning of Satan , it dangerously exposeth men to temptations on the right hand ; and through its own aptitude to entertain and to cherish unnecessary scruples , it strongly disposeth them to listen thereunto so long , till at the last they are overcome thereof . Needful it is therefore , that in the publick teaching the errours should be sometimes refuted , and the temptations discovered : And this ever to be done seasonably , soberly , discreetly , and convincingly ; and when we are to deal with men whose Consciences are ( so far as we can discern ) truly tender , with the spirit of meekness and compassion . For tender things must be tenderly dealt withal , or they are lost . I know it is not always so done ; nor can we expect it should . All preachers are neither so charitable , nor so prudent , nor so conscientious as they should be : And they that are such in a good measure are men still ; and may be transported now and then through passion and infirmity , beyond the just bounds of moderation . Quest. Whether good men should be suspended from the exercise of their ministry , and deprived of their livelyhood for Ceremonies , which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent : and indeed in comparison to the work of the ministry are but trifles , however some men dote on them ? Answ. Let Ceremonies ( secondly ) be as very trifles , as any man can imagine them to be ; yet obedience sure is no trifle . They mis-state the Question , when they talk of pressing Ceremonies . It is obedience ( formally ) that is required : Ceremonies not otherwise pressed , than as the matter wherein that obedience is to be exercised . If a master appoint his servant to do some small matter that he thinketh fit to have done , though in it self of no great moment ; yet he will expect to be obeyed : and it is great reason he should . If in such case the servant should refuse to do the thing appointed , because he hath no mind thereunto ; and should receive a check or correction for such refusal : could he either sufficiently excuse his own fault , or reasonably complain of his master for dealing hardly with him , by saying the thing was but a trifle ? Is it not evident , that the thing which made the master angry , and the servant an offender in that case , was not ( precisely and formally ) the leaving of the thing undone , ( which , had it not been commanded , might have been left undone without any fault or blame at all ; ) but the refusing to do it , when he that had a right to his service commanded him ? Wherefore thirdly , that which is said of some mens doting so extremely on Ceremonies , might have been well enough spared . I know no true Son of the Church of England , that doteth upon any Ceremony , whatsoever opinion he may have of the decency or expediency of some of them . If any do , let him answer for himself . Among wise men , he will hardly pass for a wise man , that doteth upon any . Nor will he , I doubt , prove a much wiser man , that runs into the contrary extreme , and abhorreth all . It is true fourthly , that there have been long and unkind quarrels about these things ; More is the pity ! but where is the fault ? To whom is the beginning , and to whom the continuance of a quarrel rather imputable ? to him that demandeth his right ? or to him that withholdeth it from him ? For this is the plain Case in short ; The Bishops ( under the King ) require obedience to the Laws Ecclesiastical ; these men refuse to give it . So began the quarrel at first , and upon the same terms it continued . If the Obedience challenged were indeed due to these Laws , then did our Brethren both begin the quarrel , and hold it on : if it were not , then must the whole blame lie upon them that claimed it unjustly , and not upon them . So that in the winding up of the business , the whole Controversie will devolve upon this point , Whether to the Laws Ecclesiastical obedience be due or not ? For the right determining whereof ( for so much as it is confest on all hands , that Obedience is due to lawful autority commanding lawful things ) two other points are to be resolved ; the one cocerning the authority by which the Constitutions were made ; the other concerning the lawfulness of the things therein required : The Presbyterians of the Kirk flatly and directly deny both : Ours , less forward to declare their opinion in the former point , have chosen rather to stand upon the latter only . And so the point in issue is briefly this , Whether the things commanded ( and particularly the Ceremonies ) be lawful , yea or no. When for decency , order , or uniformities sake any Constitutions are made concerning Ceremonies , there is the same necessity of obeying such Constitutions , as there is of obeying other laws made for the good of the Commonwealth , concerning any other indifferent things . That such necessity , either in the one or the other , ariseth not properly from the authority of the immediate lawgiver ; but from the Ordinance of God , who hath commanded us to obey the Ordinance of men for his sake . That such necessity of obedience , notwithstanding the things remain in the same indifferency as before ; every way , in respect of their nature and quoad rem ( it being not in the power of accidental relations to change the natures of things ) and even in respect of their use , and quoad nos , thus far , that there is a liberty left for men , upon extraordinary and other just occasions , sometimes to do otherwise than the Constitution requireth , extra casum scandali & contemptûs : A liberty which we dare not either take our selves , or allow to others , in things properly and absolutely necessary : Upon which very account ( I mean the consideration of the indifferency of the things in themselves ) and upon which account alone it is , that many of the Episcopal ( that is to say , the true English Protestant ) Divines , who sadly resent the voting down of the Liturgy , Festivals , and Ceremonies of the Church by so many former Laws established , heartily desired heretofore the continuance , and as heartily still wish the restitution , and are ( by God's help ) ready with their Tongues , Pens , and Sufferings to maintain and justifie the lawful use of the same ; do yet so far yield to the sway of the times , and are perswaded they may with a good Conscience so do , as to forbear the use thereof in the publick worship , till it shall seem good to those that are in place of Authority , either to restore them to their former state ( as it is well hoped , when they shall have duly considered the evil consequents of that Vote , they will ) or at leastwise , and in the mean time to leave them arbitrary , for men , according to their several different judgments , to use or not to use , which seemeth but reasonable , the like favour and liberty in other kinds having been long allowed to almost all other sorts of men , though of never so distant perswasions one from another . Lastly , That all Laws made concerning Ceremonies or other indifferent things , whether Civil or Ecclesiastical , are mutable : and as they were at first made by humane authority , so may they from time to time be by humane authority abrogated and repealed . And then and thenceforth they lose their obligation , whereby the necessity of yielding obedience thereunto wholly ceaseth and determineth ; and the things thereby commanded or prohibited return to their primitive and natural indifferency , even in their use also , and in respect of us . But in the Case of our Church now it is far otherwise : Cap , Surplice , Cross , Ring , and other Ceremonies , which are the matter of our differences , though they be things indifferent for their nature , and in themselves ; yet are not so for their use , and unto us . If the Church had been silent , if Authority had prescribed nothing herein , these Ceremonies had then remained for their use , as they are for their nature , indifferent , Lawful , and such as might be used without sin ; and yet Arbitrary , and such as might be also forborn without sin . But men must grant ( though they be unwilling , if yet they will be reasonable ) that every particular Church hath power for decency and orders sake , to ordain and constitute Ceremonies : which being once ordained , and by publick Authority enjoyned , cease to be indifferent for their use , though they remain still so for their nature ; and of indifferent become so necessary , that neither may a man without sin refuse them , where Authority requireth , nor use them , where Authority restraineth the use . Neither is this accession of necessity any impeachment to Christian Liberty , or insnaring of mens Consciences , as some have objected : For then do we ensnare mens Consciences by humane constitutions , where we thrust them upon men as if they were Divine , and bind mens Consciences to them immediately , as if they were immediate parts of God's worship , or of absolute necessity unto Salvation . This Tyranny and Vsurpation over mens Consciences the Pharisees of old did , and the Church of Rome at this day doth exercise , and we justly hate in her , equalling , if not preferring her Constitutions to the Laws of God. But our Church ( God be thanked ) is far from any such impious presumption ; and hath sufficiently declared her self by sosolemn protestation , enough to satisfie any ingenuous impartial judgment , that by requiring obedience to these ceremonial constitutions , she hath no other purpose , than to reduce all her children to an orderly conformity in the outward worship of God ; so far is she from seeking to draw any opinion , either of divine necessity upon the constitution , or of effectual holiness upon the ceremony . And as for the prejudice which seemeth to be hereby given to Christian liberty , it is so slender a conceit , that it seemeth to bewray in the objectors a desire , not so much of satisfaction , as cavil . For first , the liberty of a Christian to all indifferent things is in the mind and conscience , and is then infringed , when the conscience is bound and strained , by imposing upon it an opinion of doctrinal necessity . But it is no wrong to the Liberty of a Christian man's conscience , to bind him to outward observation for orders sake , and to impose upon him a necessity of Obedience . Which one distinction of Doctrinal and Obediential necessity well weighed , and rightly applied , is of it self sufficient to clear all doubts in this point . For , to make all restraint of the outward man in matters indifferent an impeachment of Christian liberty , what were it else , but even to bring flat Anabaptism and Anarchy into the Church ? and to overthrow all bond to subjection and obedience to lawful authority ? I beseech you consider , wherein can the immediate power and authority of Fathers , Masters , and other Rulers over their inferiours consist , or the due obedience of inferiours be shewn towards them , if not in these indifferent and arbitrary things ? For , things absolutely necessary , as commanded by God , we are bound to do , whether human Authority require them or no : and things absolutely unlawful , as prohibited by God , we are bound not to do , whether humane Authority forbid them or no. There are none other things left then , wherein to express properly the Obedience due to superiour Authority , than these indifferent things . And if a Father or Master have power to prescribe to his child or servant in indifferent things , and such restraint be no way prejudicial to Christian liberty in them , why should any man , either deny the like power to Church Governours , to make Ecclesiastical constitutions concerning indifferent things ? or interpret that power to the prejudice of Christian liberty ? And again , secondly , Men must understand , that it is an errour to think Ceremonies and Constitutions to be things meerly indifferent ; I mean in the general . For howsoever every particular Ceremony be indifferent , and every particular constitution arbitrary and alterable ; yet that there should be some Ceremonies , it is necessary necessitate absoluta , inasmuch as no outward work can be performed without ceremonial circumstances , some or other : and that there should be some constitutions concerning them , it is also necessary ( though not simply and absolutely , as the former , yet ex hypothesi , and ) necessitate convenientiae : Otherwise , since some Ceremonies must needs be used , every Parish , may every man would have his own fashion by himself , as his humour led him , whereof what other could be the issue , but infinite distraction and unorderly confusion in the Church ? And again , thirdly , to return their weapon upon themselves , if every restraint in indifferent things be injurious to Christian liberty , then themselves are injurious , no less by their negative restraint from some Ceremonies , Wear not , Cross not , Kneel not , &c. than they would have the world believe our Church is by her positive restraint unto these Ceremonies of wearing , and crossing , and kneeling , &c. Let indifferent men judge , nay let themselves that are parties judge , whether is more injurious to Christian Liberty , publick Authority by mature advice commanding what might be forborn , or private spirits , through humorous dislikes , forbidding what may be used ; the whole Church imposing the use , or a few Brethren requiring the forbearance of such things as are otherwise and in themselves equally indifferent for use , for forbearance . But they say , our Church makes greater matters of ceremonies than thus , and preferreth them even before the most necessary duties of preaching and administring the Sacraments ; inasmuch as they are imposed upon Ministers under pain of Suspension and Deprivation from their Ministerial Functions and Charges . First , for actual Deprivation , I take it , unconforming Ministers have no great cause to complain . Our Church , it is well known , hath not always used that rigour she might have done . Where she hath been forced to proceed as far as Deprivation , she hath ordinarily by her fair , and slow , and compassionate proceeding therein , sufficiently manifessed her unwillingness thereto : and declare her self a Mother everyway indulgent enough to such ill-nurtured Children as will not be ruled by her . Secondly , those that are suspended or deprived , suffer it but justly for their obstinacy and contempt : For , howsoever they would bear the world in hand , that they are the only persecuted ones , and that they suffer for their consciences ; yet in truth they do but abuse the credulity of the simple therein ; and herein ( as in many other things ) jump with the Papists , whom they would seem above all others most abhorrent from . For as Seminary Priests and Iesuits give it out that they suffer for Religion , when the very truth is , they are justlty executed for their prodigious Treasons , and felonious or treacherous practices against lawful Princes and Estates : So the Brethren pretend they are persecuted for their consciences , when they are indeed but justly censured for thier obstinate and pertinacious contempt of lawful authority . For it is not the refusal of these Ceremonies they are deprived for , otherwise than as the matter wherein they shew their contempt : It is the contempt it self , which formerly and properly subjecteth them to just Ecclesiastical censure of Suspension or Deprivation . And contempt of authority , though in the smallest matter , deserveth no small punishment ; all authority having been ever solicitous ( as it hath good reason ) above all things to vindicate and preserve it self from contempt , by inflicting sharp punishments upon contemptuous persons in the smallest matters , above all other sorts of offenders in any degree whatsoever . Thus have we shewed and cleared the first and main difference betwixt the case of my Text , and the case of our Church , in regard of the matter ; the things whereabout they differed , being every way indifferent , ours not so . The determination of Superiours may and ought to restrain us in the outward exercise of our Christian liberty . We must submit our selves to every Ordinance of man , saith St. Peter , 1 Pet. 2. 13. and it is necessary we should do so ; for so is the will of God , ver . 15. Neither is it against Christian liberty if we do so ; for we are still as free as before : rather if we do not so , we abuse our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness , as it followeth there , ver . 16. And St. Paul telleth us we must needs be subject , not only for fear , because the Magistrate carrieth not the Sword in vain ; but also for conscience sake , because the powers that are , are ordained of God. This duty , so fully pressed and so uniformly by these two grand Apostles , is most apparent in private societies . In a family , the Master , or pater familias , who is a kind of petty Monarch there , hath authority to prescribe to his children and servants in the use of those indifferent things whereto yet they , as Christians , have as much liberty as he . The servant , though he be the Lord's free-man , yet is limited in his diet , lodging , livery , and many other things by his Master ; and he is to submit himself to his Master's appointment in these things , though perhaps in his private affection he had rather his Master had appointed otherwise : and perhaps withal in his private judgment , doth verily think it fitter his Master should appoint otherwise . If any man , under colour of Christian liberty , shall teach otherwise , and exempt servants from the obedience of their Masters in such things ; St. Paul in a holy indignation inveigheth against such a man , not without some bitterness , in the last Chapter of his Epistle , as one that is proud , and knoweth nothing , as he should do , but doteth about questions and strife of words , &c. ver . 3 , 5. Now look what power the Master hath over his Servants for the ordering of his family , no doubt the same at the least , if not much more , hath the supreme Magistrate over his Subjects , for the peace of the Commonwealth , the Magistrate being pater patriae , as the Master is pater familias . Whosoever then shall interpret the determinations of Magistrates in the use of the Creatures to be contrary to the liberty of a Christian ; or under that colour shall exempt inferiours from their obedience to such determinations ; he must blame St. Paul , nay , he must blame the holy Ghost , and not us , if he hear from us that he is proud , and knoweth nothing , and doteth about unprofitable Questions . Surely , but that experience sheweth us it hath been so , and the Scriptures have foretold us that it should be so , that there should be differences , and sidings , and part-takings in the Church : A man would wonder how it should ever sink into the hearts and heads of sober understanding men , to deny either the power in Superiours to ordain , or the necessity in Inferiours to obey Laws and Constitutions , so restraining us in the use of the Ceratures . Neither let any man cherish his ignorance herein , by conceiting , as if there were some difference to be made between Civil and Ecclesiastical Things , and Laws and Persons in this behalf . The truth is , our liberty is equal in both ; the power of Superiours for restraint equal in both , and the necessity of obedience in Inferiours equal to both . No man hath yet been able to shew , nor I think ever shall be , a real and substantial difference indeed between them to make an inequality : But that still , as Civil Magistrates have sometimes , for just politick respects , prohibited some Trades , and Manufactures , and Commodities , and enjoyned other some , and done well in both ; so Church Governours may upon good considerations ( say it be but for order and uniformities sake ) prescribe the times , places , vestments , gestures , and other ceremonial circumstances to be used in Ecclesiastical Offices and Assemblies : As the Apostles in the first Council holden at Ierusalem , in Acts 15. laid upon the Churches of the Gentiles for a time a restraint from the eating of blood , and things sacrificed to Idols , and strangled . Thus we see our Christian liberty unto the Creatures may without prejudice admit of some restraints in the outward exercise of it , and namely from the three respects , of Christian Sobriety , of Christian Charity , and of Christian Duty and Obedience . But now in the comparing of these together , when there seemeth to be a repugnancy between one and another of them , there may be some difficulty : and the greatest difficulty , and which hath bred most trouble , is in comparing the cases of scandal and disobedience together , when there seemeth to be a repugnancy between Charity and Duty . As for example ; Suppose in a thing which simply and in it self we may lawfully , according to the Liberty we have in Christ , either use or forbear ; Charity seemeth to lay restraint upon us one way , our weak brother expecting we should forbear , and Duty a quite contrary way , Authority requiring the use : in such a case what are we to do ? It is against charity to offend a brother ; and it is against Duty to disobey a superiour . And yet something must be done ; either we must use , or not use ; forbear , or not forbear . For the untying of this knot ( which , if we will but lay things rightly together , hath not in it so much hardness as it seemeth to have ) let this be our seventh Position . In the use of the Creatures , and all indifferent things , we ought to bear a greater regard to our publick Governours , than to our private Brethren ; and be more careful to obey them , than to satisfie these , if the same course will not in some mediocrity satisfie both . Alas , that our Brethren , who are contrary minded , would but with the spirit of sobriety admit common Reason to be umpire in this case : Alas , that they would but consider what a world of contradictions would follow upon the contrary opinion , and what a world of confusions upon the contrary practice . Say what can be said in the behalf of a brother , all the same , and more may be said for a Governour : For a Governour is a Brother too , and something more ; and Duty is Charity too , and something more . If then I may not offend my Brother , then certainly not my Governour ; because he is my brother too , being a man , And a christian , as well as the other is . And the same charity that bindeth me to satisfie another Brother , equally bindeth me to satisfie this . So that , if we go no farther , but even to the common bond of charity , and relation of brotherhood , that maketh them equal at the least ; and therefore no reason , why I should satisfie one that is but a private brother , rather than the publick magistrate , who ( that publick respect set aside ) is my brother also . When the Scales hang thus even , shall not the accession of magistracy to common brotherhood in him , and of Duty to common charity in me , be enough to cast it clear for the magistrate ? Shall a servant in a Family , rather than offend his fellow-servant , disobey his Master ? And is not a double scandal against charity and duty both ( for duty implieth charity ) greater than a single scandal against charity alone ? If private men will be offended at our obedience to publick Governours , we can but be sorry for it : We may not redeem their offence by our disobedience . He that taketh offence where none is given , sustaineth a double person , and must answer for it , both as the giver and the taker . If offence be taken at us , there is no wo to us for it , if it do not come by us ; Wo to the man by whom the offence cometh : And it doth not come by us , if we do but what is our duty to do . The Rule is certain and equitable ; The respect of private scandal ceaseth , where lawful authority determineth our liberty ; and that restraint which proceedeth from special duty , is of superiour reason to that which proceedeth but from common charity . Quest. Whether the King and Parliament ought to impose any more upon us in matters of Religion , than is imposed in the Scripture ? or whether every one ought not to be left to serve God according to his best apprehensions out of the Scripture ? Answ. The Opinion is , that to do any thing at all without direction from the Scripture is unlawful and sinful . Which if they would understand only of the substantials of Gods worship , and of the exercises of Spiritual and supernatural graces , the assertion were true and sound ; but as they extend it to all the actions of common life whatsoever , whether natural or civil , even so far as to the taking up of a straw , so it is altogether false and indefensible . I marvel what warrant they that so teach have from the Scripture for that very Doctrine ; or where they are commanded so to believe or teach . One of their chiefest refuges is the Text we now have in hand ; but I shall anon drive them from this shelter . The other places usually alledged speak only , either of divine and supernatural truths to be believed , or else of works of grace or worship to be performed , as of necessity unto salvation ; which is not to the point in issue . For it is freely conscised , that in things of such nature the holy Scripture is , and so we are to account it , a most absolute sufficient direction . Upon which ground we heartily reject all humane traditions , devised and intended as supplements to the doctrine of faith contained in the Bible , and annexed as Codicils to the holy Testament of Christ , for to supply the defects thereof . The question is wholly about things in their nature indifferent ; such as are the use of our food , raiment , and the like , about which the common actions of life are chiefly conversant : Whether in the choice and use of such things , we may not be sometimes sufficiently guided by the light of reason and the common rules of discretion ; but that we must be able ( and are so bound to do , or else we sin ) for every thing we do in such matters , to deduce our warrant from some place or other of Scripture . Before the Scriptures were writ ten , it pleased God by visions , and dreams , and other like revelations , immediately to make known his good pleasure to the Patriarchs and Prophets , and by them unto the People : which kind of revelations served them to all the same intents and purposes , whereto the sacred Scriptures now do us , viz. to instruct them what they should believe and do for his better service , and the furtherance of their own salvations . Now as it were unreasonable for any man to think , that they either had or did expect an immediate revelation from God every time they eat , or drank , or bought , or sold , or did any other of the common actions of life , for the warranting of each of those particular actions to their Consciences ; no less unreasonable it is to think , that we should now expect the like warrant from the Scriptures for the doing of the like actions . Without all doubt the law of nature , and the light of reason , was the rule whereby they were guided for the most part in such matters , which the wisdome of God would never have left in them or us , as a principal relick of his decayed image in us , if he had not meant that we should make use of it for the direction of our lives and actions thereby . Certainly God never infused any power into any creature , whereof he intended not some use . Else , what shall we say of the Indies and other barbarous Nations , to whom God never vouchsafed the lively Oracles of his written word ? Must we think that they were left a lawless people , without any Rule at all whereby to order their actions ? How then come they to be guilty of transgression ? For where there is no law , there can be no transgression . Or how cometh it about that their consciences should at any time , or in any case , either accuse them , or excuse them , if they had no guide nor rule to walk by ? But if we must grant they had a Rule ( and there is no way , you see , but grant it we must ; ) then we must also of necessity grant , that there is some other Rule for humane actions besides the written word ; for that we presupposed these Nations to have wanted . Which Rule , what other could it be than the Law of Nature , and of right reason , imprinted in their hearts ? Which is as truly the Law and Word of God , as is that which is printed in our Bibles . So long as our actions are warranted either by the one or the other , we cannot be said to want the warrant of God's Word : Nec differet Scriptura an ratione consistat , saith Tertullian ; it mattereth not much from whether of both we have our direction , so long as we have it from either . You see then those men are in a great errour , who make the holy Scriptures the sole rule of all humane actions whatsoever . For the maintenance whereof , there was never yet produced any piece of an argument , either from reason , or from authority of holy writ , or from the testimony either of the ancient Fathers , or of other classical Divines of later times ; which may not be clearly and abundantly answered , to the satisfaction of any rational man not extremely fore-possessed with prejudice . They who think to salve the matter by this mitigation , that at leastwise our actions ought to be framed according to those general rules of the law of Nature , which are here and there in the Scriptures dispersedly contained ( as viz. That we should do , as we would be done to ; That all things be done decently and orderly , and unto edification ; That nothing be done against conscience , and the like ) speak somewhat indeed to the truth , but little to the purpose . For they consider not , First , that these general rules are but occasionally and incidentally mentioned in Scripture , rather to manifest unto us a former , than to lay upon us a new obligation . Secondly , that those rules had been of force for the ordering of mens actions , though the Scripture had never expressed them ; and were of such force before those Scriptures were written , wherein they are now expressed . For they bind not originally qua scripta , but qua justa ; becuase they are righteous , not because they are written . Thirdly , that an action conformable to these general Rules might not be condemned as sinful , although the doer thereof should look at those rules meerly as they are the dictates of the law of nature ; and should not be able to vouch his warrant for it from any place of Scripture , neither should have at the time of the doing thereof any present thought or consideration of any such place . The contrary whereunto , I permit to any man's reasonable judgment , if it be not desperately rash and uncharitable to affirm . Lastly , that if mens actions done agreeably to those Rules are said to be of faith , precisely for this reason , because those rules are contained in the word : then it will follow , that before those particular Scriptures were written , wherein any of those Rules are first delivered , every action done according to those rules had been done without faith ( there being as yet no Scripture for it ) and consequently had been a sin . So that by this Doctrine it had been a sin ( before the witing of S. Matthew's Gospel ) for any man to have done to others , as he would they should do to him ; and it had been a sin ( before the writing of the former Epistle to the Corinthians ) for any man to have done any thing decently and orderly ; supposing these two Rules to be in those two places first mentioned : because ( this supposed ) there could then have been no warrant brought from the Scriptures for so doing . Well then , we see the former Opinion will by no means hold , neither in the rigour of it , nor yet in the mitigation . We are therefore to beware of it , and that so much the more heedfully , because of the evil consequents and effects that issue from it ; to wit , a world of superstitions , uncharitable censures , bitter contentions , contempt of superiours , perplexities of conscience . First , it filleth mens heads with many superstitious conceits , making them to cast impurity upon sundry things , which yet are lawful to as many as use them lawfully . For the taking away of the indifferency of any thing that is indifferent , is in truth superstition , whether either of the two ways it be done ; either by requiring it as necessary , or by forbidding it as unlawful . He that condemneth a thing as utterly unlawful , which yet indeed is indifferent , and so lawful , is guilty of superstition , as well as he that enjoyneth a thing as absolutely necessary , which yet indeed is but indifferent , and so arbitrary . They of the Church of Rome , and some in our Church , as they go upon quite contrary grounds , yet both false ; so they run into quite contrary errours , and both superstitious . They decline too much on the left hand , denying to holy Scripture that perfection which of right it ought to have ; of containing all appertaining to that supernatural doctrine of faith and holiness , which God hath revealed to his Church for the attainment of everlasting salvation ; whereupon they would impose upon Christian people , & that with an opinion of necessity , many things which the Scriptures require not ; and that is a superstition . These wry too much on the right hand , ascribing to the holy Scripture such a kind of perfection as it cannot have ; of being the sole directour of all humane actions whatsoever : whereupon they forbid unto Christian people , and that under the name of sin , sundry things which the holy Scripture condemneth not ; and that is a superstition too . From which superstition proceedeth , in the second place , uncharitable censuring ; as evermore they that are the most superstitious , are the most supercilious . No such severe censurers of our blessed Saviour's person and actions , as the superstitious Scribes and Phariseees were . In this Chapter , the special fault , which the Apostle blameth in the weak ones ( who were somewhat superstitiously affected ) was their rash and uncharitable judging of their brethren . And common and daily experience among our selves sheweth how freely some men spend their censures upon so many of their brethren , as without scruple do any of those things , which they upon false grounds have superstitiously condemned as utterly unlawful . And then thirdly , as unjust censures are commonly entertained with scorn and contumely ; they that so liberally condemn their brethren of prophaneness , are by them again as freely slouted for their preciseness : and so whiles both parties please themselves in their own ways , they cease not mutually to provoke and scandalize and exasperate one the other , pursuing their private spleens so far , till they break out into open contentions and oppositions . Thus it stood in the Roman Church , when this Epistle was written . They judged one another , and despised one another , to the great disturbance of the Churches peace , which gave occasion to our Apostles whole discourse in this Chapter . And how far the like censurings and despisings have embittered the spirits , and whetted both the tongues and pens of learned men one against another in our own Church ; the stirs that have been long since raised , and are still upheld by the factious opposers against our Ecclesiastical constitutions , government , and ceremonies , will not suffer us to be ignorant . Most of which stirs , I verily perswade my self , had been long ere this either wholly buried in silence , or at leastwise prettily well quieted , if the weakness and danger of the errour whereof we now speak , had been more timely discovered , and more fully and frequently made known to the world than it hath been . Fourthly , Let that Doctrine be once admitted , and all humane authority will soon be despised . The commands of Parents , Masters , and Princes , which many times require both secrecy and expedition , shall be taken into slow deliberation , and the equity of them sifted by those that are bound to obey , though they know no cause why , so long as they know no cause to the contrary . Delicata est obedientia , quae transit in causam deliberativam . It is a nice obedience in St. Bernard's judgment , yea rather troublesome and odious , that is over-curious in discussing the commands of superiours , boggling at every thing that is enjoyned , requiring a why for every wherefore , and unwilling to stir until the lawfulness and expediency of the thing commanded shall be demonstrated by some manifest reason or undoubted authority from the Scriptures . Lastly , The admitting of this Doctrine would cast such a snare upon men of weak judgments , but tender consciences , as they should never be able to unwind themselves again . Mens daily occasions for themselves or friends , and the necessities of common life , require the doing of a thousand things within the compass of a few days , for which it would puzzle the best Textman that liveth , readily to bethink himself of a sentence in the Bible , clear enough to satisfie a scrupulous conscience of the lawfulness and expediency of what he is about to do ; for which , by hearkening to the rules of reason and discretion , he might receive easie and speedy resolution . In which cases if he should be bound to suspend his resolution , & delay to do that which his own reason would tell him were presently needful to be done , until he could haply call to mind some precept or example of Scipture for his warrant , what stops would it make in the course of his whole life ? what languishings in the duties of his calling ? how would it fill him with doubts and irresolutions , lead him into a maze of uncertainties , entangle him in a world of woful perplexities , and ( without the great mercy of God , and better instruction ) plunge him irrecoverably into the gulph of despair ? Since the chief end of the publication of the Gospel is to comfort the hearts , and to revive and refresh the spirits of God's people , with the glad tidings of liberty from the spirit of bondage and fear , and of gracious acceptance with their God ; to anoint them with the oyl of gladness , giving them beauty for ashes , and instead of sackcloth girding them with joy : we may well suspect that Doctrine not to be Evangelical , which thus setteth the Consciences of men upon the rack , tortureth them with continual fears and perplexities , and prepareth them thereby unto hellish despair . Quest. What are the dreadful consequences of scrupling some indifferent things ? Answ. Although difference of judgment should not alienate our affections one from another , yet daily experience sheweth it doth . By reason of that self-love , and envy , and other corruptions that abound in us , it is rarely seen that those men are of one heart , that are of two minds . St. Paul found it so with the Romans in his time : whilst some condemned that as unlawful , which others practised as lawful ; they judged one another , and despised one another , perpetually . And I doubt not , but any of us , that is any-whit-like acquainted with the wretched deceitfulness of man's heart , may easily conclude how hard a thing it is ( if at all possible ) not to think somewhat hardly of those men , that take the liberty to do such things as we judge unlawful . As for example ; If we shall judge all walking into the fields , discoursing occasionally on the occurrences of the times , dressing of meat for dinner or supper , or even moderate recreations on the Lord's day , to be grievous prophanations of the Sabbath ; how can we chuse but judge those men that use them to be grievous prophaners of God's Sabbath ? And if such our judgment concerning these things should after prove to be erroneous ; then can it not be avoided , but that such our judgment also concerning the persons must needs be uncharitable . Secondly , This mis-judging of things filleth the world with endless niceties and disputes , to the great disturbance of the Churches peace , which to every good man ought to be precious . The multiplying of Books and writings Pro and Con , and pursuing of arguments with heat and opposition , doth rather lengthen than decide Controversies ; and instead of destroying the old , begetteth new ones : whiles they that are in the wrong out of obstinacy will not , and they that stand for the truth out of Conscience dare not , may not yield ; and so still the war goeth on . And as to the publick peace of the Church , so is there also , thirdly , by this means great prejudice done to the peace and tranquillity of private mens Consciences ; when by the peremptory Doctrines of some strict and rigid masters the Souls of many a well-meaning man are miserably disquieted with a thousand unnecessary scruples , and driven sometimes into very woful perplexities . Surely it can be no light matter thus to lay heavy burdens upon other mens shoulders , and to cast a snare upon their Consciences , by making the narrow way to Heaven narrower than ever God meant it . Fourthly , Hereby Christian Governours come to be robbed of a great part of that honour that is due unto them from their people , both in their affections and subjection . For when they shall see cause to exercise over us that power that God hath left them in indifferent things , by commanding such or such thing to be done , as namely , wearing of a Surplice , kneeling at the Communion , and the like : if now we in our own thoughts have already prejudged any of the things so commanded to be unlawful , it cannot be . Quest. If these things be so , how comes it to pass that so many godly men should incline so much to this way ? Answ. But you will say , if these things were so , how should it then come to pass that so many men pretending to godliness ( and thousands of them doubtless such as they pretend ; for it were an uncharitable thing to charge them all with hypocrisie ) should so often and so grievously offend this way ? To omit those two more universal causes ; Almighty God's permission first , whose good pleasure it is for sundry wise and gracious ends , to exercise his Church , during her warfare here , with heresies and scandals : And then the wiliness of Satan , who cunningly observeth whether way our hearts incline most , to loosness , or to strictness , and then frameth his temptations thereafter : So he can but put us out of the way , it is no great matter to him on whether hand it be ; he hath his end howsoever . Nor to insist upon sundry more particular causes ; as namely , a natural proneness in all men to superstition ; in many an affectation of singularity , to go beyond the ordinary sort of people in something or other ; the difficulty of shunning one without running into the contrary extreme ; the great force of education and custome ; besides manifold abuses , offences , and provocations arising from the carriage of others , and the rest ; I shall note but these two only , as the two great fountains of Errour ( to which also most of the other may be reduced ) Ignorance and Partiality ; from neither of which God 's dearest Servants and Children are in this life wholly exempted . Ignorance first is a fruitful Mother of Errours ; Ye err not knowing the Scriptures , Matth. 22. Yet not so much gross ignorance neither ; I mean not that . For your meer Ignaro's , what they err , they err for company ; they judge not at all , neither according to the appearance , nor yet righteous judgment : They only run on with the herd , and follow as they are led , be it right or wrong , and never trouble themselves farther . But by Ignorance I mean weakness of judgment , which consisteth in a disproportion between the affections and the understanding ; when a man is very earnest , but withal very shallow ; readeth much , and heareth much , and thinketh that he knoweth much , but hath not the judgment to sever truth from falshood , nor to discern between a sound argument and a captious fallacy . And so for want of ability to examine the soundness and strength of those principles from whence he fetcheth his conclusions , he is easily carried away , as our Apostle elsewhere speaketh , with vain words and empty arguments . As St. Augustine said of Donatus , Rationes arripuit , he catcheth hold of some reasons ( as wranglers will catch at a small thing , rather than yield from their opinions ) quas considerantes , verisimiles esse potius quam veras invenimus , which saith he , we found to have more shew of probability at the first appearance , than substance of truth after they were well considered of . And I dare say , whosoever shall peruse with a judicious and unpartial eye most of those Pamphlets , that in this daring Age have been thrust into the world against the Ceremonies of the Church , against Episcopal Government ( to pass by things of lesser regard and usefulness , and more open to exception and abuse , yet , so far as I can understand , unjustly condemned as things utterly unlawful ; such as are lusorious lots , dancing , Stage-plays , and some other things of like nature ) when he shall have drained out the bitter invectives , unmannerly jeers , petulant girding at those that are in authority , impertinent digressions , but above all those most bold and perverse wrestings of holy Scripture , wherewith such Books are infinitely stuffed , he shall find that little poor remainder that is left behind to contain nothing but vain words and empty arguments . For when these great Undertakers have snatch'd up the Bucklers , as if they would make it good against all comers , that such and such things are utterly unlawful , and therefore ought in all reason and conscience to bring such proofs as will come up to that conclusion , Quid dignum tanto ? very seldome shall you hear from them any other Arguments , than such as will conclude but an inexpediency at the most . As , that they are apt to give scandal ; that they carry with them an appearance of evil ; that they are often occasions of sin ; that they are not commanded in the Word , and such like . Which Objections , even where they are just , are not of force ( no not taken altogether , much less any of them singly ) to prove a thing to be utterly unlawful . And yet are they glad many times , rather than sit out , to play very small Game , and to make use of Arguments yet weaker than these , and such as will not reach so far as to prove a bare inexpediency : As , that they were invented by Heathens ; that they have been abused in Popery , and other such like : which , to my understanding , is a very strong presumption , that they have taken a very weak cause in hand , and such as is wholly destitute of sound proof . Quest. Whether what the King and Parliament have determined may be altered to satisfie private men ? Answ. While things are in agitation , private men may , if any thing seem to them inexpedient , modestly tender their thoughts , together with the reason thereof , to the consideration of those that are in authority , to whose care and wisdom it belongeth , in prescribing any thing concerning indifferent things , to proceed with all just advisedness and moderation , that so the Subject may be encouraged to perform that obedience with chearfulness , which of necessity he must perform howsoever . It concerneth Superiours therefore to look well to the expediency and inexpediency of what they enjoyn in indifferent things ; wherein if there be a fault , it must lie upon their account ; the necessity of obedience is to us a sufficient discharge in that behalf . Only it were good we did remember , that they are to give up that account to God only , and not to us . But after that things are once concluded and established by publick Authority , Acts passed , and Constitutions made concerning the same , and the will and pleasure of the higher powers sufficiently made known thererein ; then for private men to put in their vie , and with unseasonable diligence to call in question the decency or expediency of the things so established , yea with intolerable pride to refuse obedience thereunto meerly upon this pretension , that they are undecent or inexpedient , is it self the most indecent and inexpedient thing that can be imagined . For that the fear of offending a private brother , is a thing not considerable in comparison of the duty of obedience to a publick Governour , might be shown so apparently by sundry arguments , if we had time to enlarge and illustrate them , as might sufficiently convince the judgment of any man not wilfully obstinate in that point . I shall only crave leave briefly to touch at some of them . First then , when Governours shall have appointed what seemed to them expedient , and private men shall refuse to observe the same , pretending it to be inexpedient , who shall judge thereof ? Either they themselves that take the exceptions must be judges , which is both unreasonable and preposterous ; or else every man must be his own judge , which were to overthrow all Government , and to bring in a confusion , every man to do what is good in his own eyes ; or else the known Governours must judge , and then you know what will follow , even to submit and obey . Secondly , To allow men , under the pretence of inexpediency , and because of some offence that may be taken thereat , to disobey Laws and Constitutions made by those that are in Authority , were the next way to cut the sinews of all Authority , and to bring both Magistrates and Laws into contempt . For what Law ever was made , or can be made so just and so reasonable , but some man or other either did , or might take offence thereat : And what man that is disposed to disobey , but may pretend one inexpediency or other , wherewith to countenance out such his disobedience ? Thirdly , It is agreed by consent of all that handle the matter of Scandal , that we may not commit any sin whatsoever , be it never so small , for the avoiding of any scandal , be it never so great : But to disobey lawful Authority in lawful things , is a sin against the fifth Commandment . Therefore we may not redeem a scandal by such our disobedience , nor refuse to do the thing commanded by such Authority , whosoever should take offence thereat . Fourthly , Though lawfulness and unlawfulness be not , yet expediency and inexpediency are ( as we heard ) capable of the degrees of more and less ; and then in all reason , of two inexpedient things we are to do that which is less inexpedient , for the avoiding of that which is more inexpedient . Say then there be an inexpediency in doing the thing commanded by Authority , when a brother is thereby offended ; is there not a greater inexpediency in not doing it , when the Magistrate is thereby disobeyed ? Is it not more expedient and conducing to the common good , that a publick Magistrate should be obeyed in a just command , than that a private person should be gratified in a causless scruple ? Fifthly , When by refusing obedience to the lawful commands of our Superiours , we think to shun the offending of one or two weak brethren , we do in truth incur thereby a far more grievous scandal , by giving offence to hundreds of others , whose Consciences by our disobedience will be emboldned to that , whereto corrupt nature is but too too prone , to affront the Magistrate , and despise the Authority . Lastly , Where we are not able to discharge both , debts of justice are to be payed before debts of charity . Now the duty of obedience is debitum justitiae , and a matter of right ; my Superiour may challenge it at my hands as his due , and I do him wrong if I withhold it from him . But the care of not giving offence is but debitum charitatis , and a matter but of courtesie . I am to perform it to my brother in love , when I see cause , but he cannot challenge it from me as his right ; nor can justly say I do him wrong if I neglect it . It is therefore no more lawful for me to disobey the lawful command of a Superiour , to prevent thereby the offence of one or a few brethren , than it is lawful for me to do one man wrong , to do another man a courtesie withal ; or than it is lawful for me to rob the Exchequer to relieve an Hospital . I see not yet how any of these six Reasons can be fairly avoided ; and yet ( which would be considered ) if but any one of them hold good , it is enough to carry the cause ; and therefore I hope there need be no more said in this matter . To conclude then , for the point of practice ( which is the main thing I aimed at in the choice of this Text , and my whole Meditations thereon ) we may take our direction in these three Rules , easie to be understood and remembred , and not hard to be observed in our practice , if we will but bring our good wills thereunto . First , If God command we must submit without any more ado , and not trouble our selves about the expediency , or so much as about the unlawfulness : for both , Abraham never disputed whether it were expedient for him , nor yet whether it were lawful for him to sacrifice his Son or no , when once it appeared to him that God would have it so . Secondly , If our Superiours , endued with lawful Authority thereunto , command us any thing , we may , and ( where we have just cause of doubt ) we ought to enquire into the unlawfulness thereof ; yet notwith such anxious curiosity , as if we desired to find out some loop-hole whereby to evade , but with such modest ingenuity , as may witness to God and the World the unfeigned sincerity of our desires , both to fear God , and to honour those that he hath set over us . And if having used ordinary moral diligence , bonâ fide , to inform our selves the best we can , there appear no unlawfulness in it , we are then also to submit and obey without any more ado , never troubling our selves farther to enquire whether it be expedient , yea or no. Let them that command us look to that ; for it is they must answer for it , and not we . But then thirdly , where Authority hath left us free , no command , either of God , or of those that are set ever us under God , having prescribed any thing to us in that behalf , there it is at our own liberty , and choice to do as we shall think good . Yet are we not left so loose , as that we may do what we list , so as the thing be but lawful ( for that were licenciousness , and not liberty ; ) but we must ever do that , which according to the exigence of present circumstances ( so far as all the wisdome and charity we have will serve us to judge ) shall seem to us most expedient and profitable to mutual edification . This is the way ; God give us all grace to walk in it : so shall we bring glory to him , and to our selves comfort : so shall we further his work onward , and our own account at the last . Quest. Whether they that have taken the Covenant may Renounce it ? Answ. Thirdly , Beware of engaging thy self to sin . It is a fearful thing when sin hath got a tie upon a man. Then is one properly in the snare of the Devil , when he hath him as it were in a string , and may lead him captive to what measure of presumption he will. And sundry ways may a man thus entangle himself ; by a Verbal , by a Real , by a sinful Engagement . He shall do best to keep himself out of all these snares : but if once he be in , there is no way out again but one , even this , To loose his pledge , to break in sunder the bonds wherein he is tied , as Sampson did the green wit hs , and to cast a way those cords from him . A man hath bound himself rashly by some promise , vow , or covenant , to do something he may not do , or not to do something he ought to do , he is now engaged in a sin ; the Devil hath got this tie upon him : And though his Conscience tell him he cannot proceed without sin , yet because of his Vow , or his Oath , he is wilful , and must on . It was Herod's Case for taking off the Baptist's head ; it was against his Conscience to do it , for he knew he had not deserved it ; yea , and it was against his mind too to do it ; for the Text faith , he was exceeding sorry that his Neece should put him upon it . But yet , saith the story withal , for his Oath sake , and because the great ones about him should not say but the King would be as big as his word , he resolved it should be done , and gave commandment accordingly to have it done . This I call a Verbal Engagement . Quest. Whether we English men may think our selves bound by the Solemn League and Covenant ? Answ. Without betraying the Liberty , which by our Protestation we are bound , and in the third Article of this Covenant must swear , with our lives and fortunes to preserve . To which Liberty the imposition of a new Oath , other than is established by Act of Parliament , is expressed in the Petition of Right , and by the Lords and Commons in their Declarations acknowledged to be contrary . 3. Without acknowledging in the imposers a greater power than , for ought that appeareth to us , hath been in former times challenged ; or can consist with our former Protestation ( if we rightly understand it ) is sundry the most material branches thereof . Neither , secondly , are we satisfied , although the Covenant should not be imposed on us at all , but only recommended to us , and then left to our choice . 1. How we should in wisdom and duty ( being Subjects ) of our own accord and free will , enter into a Covenant , wherein he , whose Subjects we are , is in any wise concerned , without his consent , either expressed or reasonably presumed . It being in his power ( as we conceive ) by the equity of the Law , Numb . 30. to annul and make void the same at his pleasure . 2. How we can ( now that his Majesty hath by his publick Interdict sufficiently made known his pleasure in that behalf ) enter into a Covenant , the taking whereof he hath expresly forbidden , without forfeiting that Obedience , which ( as we are perswaded ) by our natural Allegiance and former Oaths we owe unto all such his Majesties Commands , as are not in our apprehensions repugnant to the will of God , or the positive Laws of this Kingdom . Quest. What shall a man do , that scruples in Conscience what Authority enjoyns as unlawful . Answ. But then thirdly , if the liberty of the agent be determined by the command of some superiour power to whom he oweth obedience , so as he is not now sui juris ad hoc , to do or not to do at his own choice , but to do what he is commanded : this one circumstance quite altereth the whole case , and now he is bound in Conscience to do the thing commanded ; his doubtfulness of mind , whether that thing be lawful or no , notwithstanding . To do that whereof he doubteth , where he hath free liberty to leave it undone , bringeth upon him ( as we have already shewn ) the guilt of wilful transgression ; but not so , where he is not left to his own liberty . And where lawful authority prescribeth in alterutram partem , there the liberty ad utramque partem contradictionis is taken away , from so many as are under that Authority . If they that are over them have determined it one way , it is not thenceforth any more at their choice , whether they will take that way or the contrary : but they must go the way that is appointed them , without gainsaying or grudging . And if in the deed done at the command of one that is endued with lawful Authority there be a sin , it must go on his score that requireth it wrongfully , not on his that doth but his duty in obeying . A Prince commandeth his Subjects to serve in his Wars ; it may be the quarrel is unjust , it may be there may appear to the understanding of the Subject great likely hoods of such injustice , yet may the Subject for all that fight in that quarrel ; yea , he is bound in Conscience so to do : nay , he is deep in disloyalty and treason if he refuse the service , whatsoever pretentions he may make of Conscience for such refusal . Neither need that fear trouble him , left he should bring upon himself the guilt of innocent blood ; for the blood that is unrighteously shed in that quarrel , he must answer for that set him on work , not he that spilt it . And truly it is a great wonder to me , that any man endued with understanding , and that is able in any measure to weigh the force of those precepts and reasons which bind inferiours to yield obedience to their superiours , should be otherwise minded in cases of like nature . Whatsoever is commanded us by those whom God hath set over us , either in Church , Commonwealth , or Family ( Quod tamen non sit certum displicere Deo , saith St. Bernard ) which is not evidently contrary to the Law and will of God , ought to be of us received and obeyed no otherwise , than as if God himself had commanded it , because God himself hath commanded us to obey the higher powers , and to submit our selves to their ordinances . Say it be not well done of them to command it , Sed enim quid hoc refert tuâ ? saith he , What is that to thee ? Let them look to that whom it concerneth : Tolle quod tuum est , & vade . Do thou what is thine own part faithfully , and never trouble thy self further . Ipsum , quem pro Deo habemus , tanquam Deum in his quae apertè non sunt contra Deum audire debemus ; Bernard still . God's Vicegerents must be heard and obeyed in all things that are not manifestly contrary to the revealed will of God. But the thing required is against my conscience , may some say , & I may not go against my conscience for any mans pleasure . Judge I pray you what perversness is this , when the B. Apostle commandeth thee to obey for Conscience sake , that thou shouldst disobey , and that for Conscience sake too : He chargeth thee upon thy Conscience to be subject , and thou pretendest thy Conscience to free thee from subjection . This by the way ; now to the point . Thou sayest it is against thy Conscience ; I say again , that ( in the case whereof we now speak , the case of doubtfulness ) it is not against thy Conscience : For doubting properly is motus indifferens in utramque partem contradictionis , when the mind is held in suspence between two ways , uncertain whether of both to take to ; when the Scales hang even ( as I said before ) and in aequilibrio , without any notable propension or inclination to the one side more than to the other . And surely where things hang thus even , if the weight of Authority will not cast the Scale either way , we may well suppose that either the Authority is made very light , or else there is a great fault in the beam . Know ( Brethren ) the gainsaying Conscience is one thing , and the doubting Conscience another . That which is done repugnante conscientiâ , the Conscience of the doer flatly gainsaying it , that is indeed against a man's Conscience , the Conscience having already passed a definitive sentence the one way , and no respect or circumstance whatsoever can free it from sin . But that which is done dubitante conscientiâ , the Conscience of the doer only doubting of it , and no more ; that is in truth no more against a man's Conscience than with it ( the Conscience as yet not having passed a definitive sentence either way ; ) and such an action may either be a sin , or no sin , according to those qualifications which it may receive from other respects and circumstances . If the Conscience have already passed a judgment upon a thing , and condemned it as simply unlawful ; in that case it is true , that a man ought not by any means to do that thing , no not at the command of any Magistrate ; no , not although his Conscience have pronounced a wrong sentence , and erred in that judgment ; for then he should do it repugnante conscientiâ , he should go directly against his own Conscience , which he ought not to do whatsoever come of it . In such a case certainiy he may not obey the Magistrate ; yet let him know thus much withal , that he sinneth too in disobeying the Magistate ; from which sin the following of the judgment of his own Conscience cannot acquit him . And this is that fearful perplexity whereof I spake , whereunto many a man casteth himself by his own errour and obstinacy , that he can neither go with his Conscience , nor against it , but he shall sin . And who can help it , if a man will needs cherish an errour , and persist in it ? But now if the Conscience be only doubtful , whether a thing be lawful or no , but have not as yet passed a peremptory judgment against it ( yea , although it rather incline to think it unlawful ) in that case if the Magistrate shall command it to be done , the Subject with a good Conscience may do it ; nay , he cannot with a good Conscience refuse to do it , though it be dubitante conscientiâ . But you will yet say , that in doubtful cases the safer part is to be chosen . So say I too ; and am content that rule should decide this question ; only let it be rightly applied . Thou thinkest it safer , where thou doubtest of the unlawfulness , to forbear than to do : As for example , if thou doubtest whether it be lawful to kneel at the Communion , it is safest in thy opinion therefore for thee not to kneel . So should I think too , if thou wert left meerly to thine own liberty . But thou dost not consider how thou art caught in thine own net , and how the edge of thine own weapon may be turned upon thee point-blank , not to be avoided , thus . If Authority command thee to kneel , which whether it be lawful for thee to do , or not , thou doubtest ; it cannot choose but thou must needs doubt also , whether thou mayest lawfully disobey , or not . Now then here apply thine own Rule , In dubiis pars tutior , and see what will come of it . Judge , since thou canst not but doubt in both cases , whether it be not the safer of the two , to obey doubtingly , than to disobey doubtingly . Tene certum , demitte incertum , is St. Gregory his rule , where there is a certainty , and an uncertainty , let the uncertainty go , and hold to that which is certain . Now the general is certain , that thou art to obey the Magistrate in all things not contrary to the will of God ; but the particular is uncertain , whether the thing now commanded thee by the Magistrate be contrary to the will of God ; ( I say uncertain to thee , because thou doubtest of it . ) Deal safely therefore , and hold thee to that which is certain , and obey . But thou wilt yet alledge , that the Apostle here condemneth the doing of any thing , not only with a gainsaying , but even with a doubting Conscience , because doubting also is contrary to faith ; and he that doubteth is even for that condemned , if he eat . O beware of misapplying Scripture ! it is a thing easily done , but not so easily answered . I know not any one Gap that hath let in more , and more dangerous Errours into the Church , than this , That men take the word of the sacred Text , fitted to particular occasions , and to the condition of the times wherein they were written , and then apply them to themselves , and others , as they find them , without due respect had to the differences that may be between those times and cases , and the present . Sundry things spoken of in Scripture agreeably to that infancy of the Church , would sort very ill with the Church in her fulness of strength and stature ; and sundry directions very expedient in times of persecution , and when Believers lived mingled with Infidels , would be very unseasonably urged , where the Church is in a peaceable and flourishing estate , enjoying the favour , and living under the protection of gracious and religious Princes . Thus the Constitutions that the Apostles made concerning Deacons and Widows in those primitive times , are with much importunity , but very importunely withal , urged by the Disciplinarians : And sundry other like things I might instance of this kind , worthy the discovery , but that I fear to grow tedious . Briefly then , the Apostles whole Discourse in this Chapter , and so wheresoever else he toucheth upon the point of Scandals , is to be understood only in that case where men are left to their own liberty in the use of indifferent things : The Romans , Corinthians , and others to whom St. Paul wrote about these matters , being not limited any way in the exercise of their liberty therein by any over-ruling Authority . But where the Magistrates have interposed , and thought good upon mature advice to impose Laws upon those that are under them , whereby their liberty is ( not infringed , as some unjustly complain , in the inward judgment , but only ) limited in the outward exercise of it ; there the Apostolical directions will not hold in the same absolute manner , as they were delivered to those whom they then concerned ; but only in the equity of them , so far forth as the cases are alike , and with such meet qualifications and mitigations , as the difference of the cases otherwise doth require . So that a man ought not , out of private fancy , or meerly because he would not be observed for not doing as others do , or for any the like weak respects , to do that thing , of the lawfulness whereof he is not competently perswaded , where it is free for him to do otherwise ; which was the case of these weak ones among the Romans , for whose sakes principally the Apostle gave these directions . But the Authority of the Magistrates intervening so , alters the case , that such a forbearance as to them was necessary , is to as many of us as are commanded to do this or that , altogether unlawful , in regard they were free , and we are bound , for the Reasons already shewn , which I now rehearse not . But you will yet say ( for in point of obedience men are very loath to yield , so long as they can find any thing to plead ) those that lay these burdens upon us , at leastwise should do well to satisfie our doubts , and to inform our Consciences concerning the lawfulness of what they enjoyn , that so we might render them obedience with better chearfulness . How willing are we sinful men to leave the blame of our miscarriages any where , rather than upon our selves ! But how is it not incongruous the while , that those men should prescribe rules to their Governours , who can scarcely brook their Governours should prescribe Laws to them ? It were good we should first learn how to obey , ere we take upon us to teach our betters how to govern . However , what Governours are bound to do , or what is fit for them to do in the point of information , that is not now the question . If they fail in any part of their bounden duty , they shall be sure to reckon for it one day ; but their Iailing cannot , in the mean time , excuse thy disobedience . Although I think it would prove a hard task for whosoever should undertake it , to shew that Superiours are always bound to inform the Consciences of their Inferiours concerning the lawfulness of every thing they shall command . If sometimes they do it , where they see it expedient or needful ; sometimes again ( and that perhaps oftner ) it may be thought more expedient for them , and more conducible for the publick peace and safety , only to make known to the people what their pleasures are , reserving to themselves the Reasons thereof . I am sure , in the point of Ecclesiastical Ceremonies and Constitutions ( in which case the aforesaid Allegations are usually most stood upon ) this hath been abundantly done in our Church , not only in the learned writings of sundry private men , but by the publick declaration also of Authority , as is to be seen at large in the Preface commonly printed before the Book of Common Prayer , concerning that Argument , enough to satisfie those that are peaceable , and not disposed to stretch their wits to cavil at things established . And thus much of the second Question , touching a doubting Conscience ; whereon I have insisted the longer , because it is a point both so proper to the Text , and whereat so many have stumbled . There remaineth but one other Question , and that of far smaller difficulty ; What is to be done when the Conscience is scrupulous ? I call that a scruple , when a man is reasonably well perswaded of the lawfulness of a thing , yet hath withal some jealousies and fears , lest perhaps it should prove unlawful . Such scruples are most incident to men of melancholy dispositions , or of timorous Spirits , especially if they be tender conscienced withal ; and they are much encreased by the false suggestions of Satan , by reading the Books , or hearing the Sermons , or frequenting the company of men more strict , precise , and austere in sundry points , than they need or ought to be ; and by sundry other means which I now mention not . Of which scruples it behooveth every man , first , to be wary that he doth not at all admit them , if he can choose : Or if he cannot wholly avoid them , that , secondly , he endeavour , so far as may be , to eject them speedily out of his thoughts , as Satan's snares , and things that may breed him worfer inconveniencies : Or , if he cannot be so rid of them , that then , thirdly , he resolve to go on according to the more profitable perswasion of his mind , and despise those scruples . And this he may do with a good Conscience , not only in things commanded him by lawful Authority , but even in things indifferent and arbitrary , and wherein he is left to his own liberty . REASONS Of the present JUDGMENT OF THE University of OXFORD , Concerning The Solemn League and Covenant . The Negative Oath . The Ordinances concerning Discipline and Worship . Approved by general consent in a full Convocation , Iune 1. 1647. And presented to Consideration . LONDON , Printed for Richard Marriott . 1678. A Solemn League and Covenant for Reformation and Defence of Religion , the honour and happiness of the King , and the Peace and Safety of the three Kingdoms , England , Scotland , and Ireland . WE Noblemen , Barons , Knights , Gentlemen , Citizens , Burgesses , Ministers of the Gospel , and Commmons of all sorts in the Kingdoms of England , Scotland , and Ireland , by the Providence of God living under one King , and being of one Reformed Religion , having before our eyes the glory of God , and the advancement of the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ , the honour and happiness of the King's Majesty , and his Posterity , and the true publick Liberty , Safety , and Peace of the Kingdoms wherein every ones private Devotion is included ; and calling to mind the treacherous and bloody Plots , Conspiracies , Attempts , and Practices of the Enemies of God against the true Religion , and how much their rage , power , and presumption are of late , and at this time increased and exercised ; whereof the deplorable estate of the Church and Kingdom of Ireland , the distressed estate of the Church and Kingdom of England , and the dangerous estate of the Church and Kingdom of Scotland , are present and publick Testimonies ; We have now at last ( after other means of Supplication , Remonstrance , Protestations , and Sufferings ) for the preservation of our selves and our Religion from utter ruine and destruction , according to the commendable practice of these Kingdoms in former times , and the Example of God's People in other Nations ; after mature deliberation resolved and determined to enter into a mutual and solemn League and Covenant , wherein we all subscribe , and each one of us for himself , with our hands lifted up to the most high God , do swear : I. THat we shall sincerely , really , and constantly , through the Grace of God , endeavour in our several places and callings , the preservation of the Reformed Religion in the Church of Scotland , in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government , against our common Enemies ; The Reformation of Religion in the Kingdoms of England and Ireland in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government , according to the Word of God , and the example of the best Reformed Churches : And shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three Kingdoms , to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in Religion , Confession of Faith , Form of Church Government , Directory for Worship and Catechizing ; That we and our Posterity after us may , as Brethren , live in Faith and Love , and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us . II. That we shall in like manner , without respect of persons , endeavour the extirpation of Popery , Prelacy ( that is , Church Government by Archbishops , Bishops , their Chancellours and Commissaries , Deans , Deans and Chapters , Archdeacons , and all other Ecclesiastical Officers depending on that Hierarchy ) Superstition , Heresie , Schism , Profaneness , and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound Doctrine , and the power of Godliness , lest we partake in other mens sins , and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues , and that the Lord may be one , and his Name one in the three Kingdoms . III. We shall with the same sincerity , reality and constancy , in our several Vocations , endeavour with our Estates and Lives , mutually to preserve the Rights and Priviledges of the Parliaments , and the Liberties of the Kingdoms , and to preserve and defend the King's Majesties person and authority , in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdoms , that the world may bear witness with our Consciences of our Loyalty , and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish his Majestie 's just power and greatness . IV. We shall also with all faithfulness endeavour the discovery of all such as have been , or shall be Incendiaries , Malignants , or evil Instruments , by hindring the Reformation of Religion , dividing the King from his people , or one of the Kingdoms from another , or making any faction or parties amongst the people , contrary to this League and Covenant , that they may be brought to publick Trial , and receive condign punishment , as the degree of their offences shall require or deserve , or the Supream Judicatories of both Kingdoms respectively , or others having power from them for that effect , shall judge convenient . V. And whereas the happiness of a blessed Peace between these Kingdoms , denied in former times to our Progenitours , is by the good Providence of God granted unto us , and hath been lately concluded and settled by both Parliaments , we shall each one of us , according to our place and interest , endeavour that they may remain conjoyned in a firm Peace and union to all Posterity ; And that Justice may be done upon the wilfull opposers thereof , in manner expressed in the precedent Articles . VI. We shall also according to our places and callings in this common cause of Religion , Liberty , and Peace of the Kingdoms , assist and defend all those that enter into this League and Covenant , in the maintaining and pursuing thereof , and shall not suffer our selves , directly or indirectly , by whatsoever combination , perswasion or terrour , to be divided and withdrawn from this blessed Union and Conjunction , whether to make defection to the contrary part , or to give our selves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause , which so much concerneth the glory of God , the good of the Kingdoms , and the honour of the King ; but shall all the days of our lives zealously and constantly continue therein against all opposition , and promote the same according to our power , against all lets and impediments whatsoever ; and what we are not able our selves to suppress or overcome , we shall reveal and make known , that it may be timely prevented or removed ; All which we shall do as in the sight of God. And because these Kingdoms are guilty of many sins and provocations against God , and his Son Iesus Christ , as is too manifest by our present distresses and dangers , the fruits thereof ; We profess and declare before God and the world , our unfeigned desire to be humbled for our own sins , and for the sins of these Kingdoms , especially that we have not as we ought , valued the inestimable benefit of the Gospel , that we have not laboured for the purity and power thereof , and that we have not endeavoured to receive Christ in our hearts , nor to walk worthy of him in our lives ; which are the causes of our sins and transgressions so much abounding amongst us ; And our true and unfeigned purpose , desire , and endeavour for our selves , and all others under our power and charge , both in publick and in private , in all duties we owe to God and man , to amend our lives , and each one to go before another in the example of a real Reformation , that the Lord may turn away his wrath and heavy indignation , and establish these Churches and Kingdoms in truth and peace . And this Covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God the searcher of all hearts , with a true intention to perform the same , as we shall answer at that great day , when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed ; most humbly beseeching the Lord to strengthen us by his holy Spirit for this end , and to bless our desires and proceedings with such success , as may be deliverance and safety to his people , and encouragement to other Christian Churches groaning under , or in danger of the yoke of Antichristian tyranny , to joyn in the same or like Association and Covenant , to the glory of God , the enlargement of the Kingdom of Iesus Christ , and the peace and tranquillity of Christian Kingdoms and Commonwealths . The Negatie Oath . I A. B. do swear from my heart , That I will not , directly nor indirectly , adhere unto , or willingly assist the King in this War , or in this Cause , against the Parliament , nor any Forces raised without the consent of the two Houses of Parliament , in this Cause or War. And I do likewise swear , That my coming and submitting my self under the Power and Protection of the Parliament , is without any manner of Design whatsoever , to the prejudice of the proceedings of this present Parliament , and without the direction , privity , or advice of the King , or any of his Council or Officers , other than what I have now made known . So help me God , and the Contents of this Book . Reasons why the Vniversity of Oxford cannot submit to the Covenant , the Negative Oath , the Ordinance concerning Discipline and Directory mentioned in the late Ordinance of Parliament for the Visitation of that place . WHereas by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , for the Visitation and Reformation of the University of Oxford lately published , power is given to certain persons therein named as Visitors , to enquire concerning those of the said University that neglect to take the Solemn League and Covenant , and the Negative Oath being tendred unto them , and likewise concerning those that oppose the execution of the Ordinances of Parliament concerning the Discipline and Directory , or shall not promote or cause the same to be put in execution , according to their several places and callings , We the Masters , Scholars , and other Officers and Members of the said University , not to judge the Consciences of others , but to clear our selves before God and the world from all suspicion of Obstinacy , whilst we discharge our own , present to consideration the true reasons of our present Judgment concerning the said Covenant , Oath , and Ordinances ; expecting so much Justice , and hoping for so much Charity , as either not to be pressed to conform to what is required in any the Premisses , further than our present Judgments will warrant us ; or not condemned for the refusing so to do , without clear and real satisfaction given to our just Scruples . §. I. Of the Preface to the Covenant . THE Exceptions against the Introductory Preface to the Covenant , although we insist not much upon , because it may be said to be no part of the Covenant ; yet among the things therein contained , the acknowledgment whereof is implicitely required of every Covenanter , 1. We are not able to say , That the rage , power , and presumption of the enemies of God ( in the sense there intended ) is at this time increased . 2. Nor can truly affirm that we had used , or given consent to any Supplication or Remonstrance to the purposes therein expresse●● 3. Nor do conceive the entring into such a mutual League and Covenant to be a lawful , proper , and probable means to preserve our selves and our Religion from ruine and destruction . 4. Nor can believe the same to be according to the commendable practice of these Kingdoms , or the example of God's people in other Nations . When we find not the least foot-step in our Histories of a sworn Covenant ever entred into by the people of this Kingdom upon any occasion whatsoever ; nor can readily remember any commendable Example of the like done in any other Nation ; but are rather told by the defenders of this Covenant , that * the World never saw the like before . §. II. Of the Covenant in gross . FIrst , we are not satisfied how we can submit to the taking thereof , as it is now imposed under a penalty . 1. Such imposition ( to our seeming ) being repugnant to the nature of a Covenant , which being a Contract , implieth a † voluntary mutual consent of the Contractors ; whereunto men are to be induced by perswasions , not compelled by power . Insomuch that the very words of this Covenant in the Preface , Conclusion , and whole Frame thereof run in such a form throughout , as import a consent rather grounded upon prudential motives , than extorted by Rigour . 2. Without betraying the Liberty , which by our protestation we are bound , and in the third Article of this Covenant must swear , with our lives and fortunes to preserve . To which Liberty the imposition of a new Oath , other than is established by Act of Parliament , is expressed in the * Petition of Right , and by the Lords and Commons in their † Declarations acknowledged to be contrary . 3. Without acknowledging in the Imposers a greater power than , for ought that appeareth to us , hath been in former time challenged ; Or can consist with our former Protestation ( if we rightly understand it ) in sundry the most material branches thereof . Neither , secondly , are we satisfied , although the Covenant should not be imposed upon us at all , but only recommended to us , and then left to our choice ; 1. How we should in wisdom and duty ( being Subjects ) of our own accord and free will enter into a Covenant , wherein He , whose Subjects we are , is in any wise concerned , without his consent , either expressed or reasonably presumed . It being in his power ( as we conceive ) by the equity of the Law , Numb . 30. to annul and make void the same at his pleasure . 2. How we can ( now that his Majesty hath by His publick * Interdict sufficiently made known His pleasure in that behalf ) enter into a Covenant , the taking whereof he hath expresly forbidden , without forfeiting that Obedience , which ( as we are perswaded ) by our natural Allegiance and former Oaths we owe unto all such His Majesties Commands , as are not in our apprehensions repugnant to the will of God , or the positive Laws of this Kingdom . §. III. Of the first Article of the Covenant . WHerein , first , we are not satisfied , how we can with judgment swear to endeavour to preserve the Religion of another Kingdom ; 1. Whereof , as it doth not concern us to have very much , so we profess to have very little understanding . 2. Which ( so far as the occurrents of these unhappy times have brought it to our knowledge , and we are able to judge ) is in three of the four specified particulars , viz. Worship , Discipline and Government , much worse ; and in the fourth ( that of Doctrine ) not at all better than our own ; which we are in the next passage of the Article required to reform . 3. Wherein if hereafter we shall find any thing ( as upon farther understanding thereof it is not impossible we may ) that may seem to us savouring of Popery , Superstition , Heresie , or Schism , or contrary to sound Doctrine , or the power of godliness ; we shall be bound by the next Article to endeavour the extirpation , after we have bound our selves by this first Article to the preservation thereof . 4. Wherein we already find some things ( to our thinking ) so far tending towards † Superstition and * Schism , that it seemeth to us more reasonable that we should call upon them to reform the same , than that they should call upon us to preserve it . Secondly , we are not satisfied in the next branch , concerning the Reformation of Religion in our own Kingdom , in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline and Government ; How we can swear to endeavour the same ( which without making a change therein cannot be done , ) 1. Without manifest scandal to the Papist and Separatist , 1. By yielding the Cause , which our godly Bishops and Martyrs , and all our learned Divines ever since the Reformation , have both by their writings and sufferings maintained ; who have justified , against them both , the Religion established in the Church of England to be agreeable to the Word of God. 2. By justifying the Papists in the reproaches and scorn by them cast upon our Religion , whose usual Objection it hath been and is , That we know not what our Religion is ; that since we lest them , we cannot tell where to stay ; and that our Religion is a † Parliamentary Religion . 3. By a tacite acknowledgment that there is something both in the Doctrine and Worship , whereunto their conformity hath been required , not agreeable to the Word of God , and consequently justifying them both , the one in his Recusancy , the other in his Separation . 4. By an implied Confession , That the Laws formerly made against Papists in this Kingdom , and all punishments by virtue thereof inflicted upon them , were unjust ; in punishing them for refusing to joyn with us in that form of Worship , which our selves ( as well as they ) do not approve of . 2. Without manifest wrong unto our selves , our Consciences , Reputation and Estates ; in bearing false witness against our selves , and sundry other ways : by swearing to endeavour to reform that , as corrupt and vicious , 1. Which we have formerly by our Personal Subscriptions approved , as agreeable to God's Word ; and have not been since either condemned by our own hearts for so doing , or convinced in our Judgements by any of our Brethren that therein we did amiss . 2. Which in our Consciences we are perswaded , not to be in any of the four specified Particulars ( as it standeth by Law established ) much less in the whole four , against the Word of God. 3. Which we verily believe ( and , as we think , upon good grounds ) to be in sundry respects much better , and more agreeable to the Word of God , and the practice of the Catholick Church , than that which we should by the former words of this Article swear to preserve . 4. Whereunto the † Laws yet in force require of all such Clerks as shall be admitted to any Benefice , the signification of their hearty assent , to be attested openly in the time of Divine Service before the whole Congregation there present , within a limited time , and that un-under pain ( upon default made ) of the loss of every such Benefice . 3. Without manifest danger of Perjury : This branch of the Article ( to our best understandings ) seeming directly contrary , 1. To our former solemn Protestation , which we have bound our selves , neither for hope , fear , or other respect ever to relinquish . Wherein the Doctrine which we have vowed to maintain , by the name of the true Protestant Religion expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England , we take to be the same which now we are required to endeavour to reform and alter . 2. To the Oath of Supremacy , by us also taken , according to the Laws of the Realm , and the Statutes of our University in that behalf . Wherein having first testified and declared in our Consciences , That the King's Highness is the only Supreme Governour of this Realm , we do after swear to our power to assist and defend all Iurisdictions , Priviledges , Preheminences , and Authorities granted or belonging to the King's Highness , his Heirs and Successors , or united and annexed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm . One of the which Priviledges and Preheminences , by an express Statute so annexed , and that even , interminis , in the self-same words in a manner with those used in the Oath , is the whole power of Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction , for the correction and reformation of all manner of errors and abuses in matters Ecclesiastical : as by the * words of the said Statute more at large appeareth . The Oath affording the Proposition , and the Statute the Assumption , we find no way how to avoid the Conclusion . § IV. Of the second Article of the Covenant . FIrst , It cannot but affect us with some grief and amazement , to see that ancient form of Church Government , which we heartily ( and , as we hope , worthily ) honour ; as under which our Religion was at first so orderly , without violence or tumult , and so happily reformed , and hath since so long flourished with Truth and Peace , to the honour and happiness of our own , and the envy and admiration of other Nations , not only 1. Endeavoured to be extirpated ; without any reason offered to our Understandings , for which it should be thought necessary , or but so much as expedient so to do . But also 2. Ranked with Popery , Superstion , Heresie , Schism , and Prophaneness ; which we unfeignedly profess our selves to detest as much as any others whatsoever . 3. And that with some intimation also , as if that Government were some way or other so contrary to sound Doctrine , or the power of godliness , that whosoever should not endeavour the extirpation thereof must of necessity partake in other mens sins , which we cannot yet be perswaded to believe . 4. And we desire it may be considered , in case a Covenant of like form should be tender'd to the Citizens of London , wherein they should be required to swear , they would sincerely , really and constantly , without respect of persons , endeavour the extirpation of Treason , the City Government ( by a Lord Mayor , Aldermen , Sheriffs , Common Council , and other Officers depending thereon ) Murther , Adultery , Theft , Cosenage , and whatsoever shall be — &c. lest they should partake in other mens sins ; whether such a tendry could be looked upon by any Citizen that had the least spirit of freedome in him as an act of Justice , Meekness , and Reason . Secondly , for Episcopal Government ; we are not satisfied how we can with a good Conscience swear to endeavour the extirpation thereof , 1. In respect of the thing it self . Concerning which Government we think we have reason to believe , 1. That it is ( if not Iure Divino in the strictest sense , that is to say , expresly commanded by God in his Word , yet ) of Apostolical Institution ; that is to say , was established in the Churches by the Apostles , according to the mind , and after the Example of their Master Iesus Christ , and that by virtue of their ordinary Power and Authority derived from him , as deputed by him Governours of his Church . 2. Or at least , that Episcopal Aristocracy hath a fairer pretension , and may lay a juster title and claim to a Divine Institution than any of the other Forms of Church Government can do , all which yet do pretend thereunto , viz. that of the Papal Monarchy , that of the Presbyterian Democracy , and that of the Independents by particular Congregations , or gathered Churches . 2. But we are assured by the undoubted Testimony of ancient Records and later Histories , that this Form of Government hath been continued with such an universal , uninterrupted , unquestioned succession in all the Churches of God , and in all Kingdoms that have been called Christian throughout the whole world for fifteen hundred years together ; that there never was in all that time any considerable opposition made there against . That of Aerius was the greatest , wherein yet there was little of consideration , beside these two things : That it grew at the first but out of discontent ; and gained him at the last but the reputation of an Heretick . From which antiquity and continuance we have just cause to fear , that to endeavour the extirpation thereof , 1. Would give such advantage to the Papists , who usually object against us , and our Religion , the contempt of Antiquity , and the love of Novelty ; that we should not be able to wipe off the aspersion . 2. Would so diminish the just Authority due to the consentient judgment and practice of the Universal Church ( the best Interpreter of Scripture in things not clearly exprest ; for Lex currit cum praxi : ) that without it we should be at a loss in sundry points both of Faith and Manners , at this day firmly believed and securely practiced by us ; when by the Socinians , Anabaptists , and other Sectaries , we should be called upon for our proofs : As namely , sundry Orthodoxal Explications concerning the Trinity and Co-equality of the Persons in the Godhead , against the Arians and other Hereticks ; the number , use and efficacy of Sacraments ; the Baptizing of Infants ; National Churches ; the observation of the Lord's Day ; and even the Canon of Scripture it self . Thirdly , In respect of our selves ; we are not satisfied , how it can stand with the Principles of Iustice , Ingenuity , and Humanity , to require the extirpation of Episcopal Government ( unless it had been first clearly demonstrated to be unlawful ) to be sincerely and really endeavoured by us , 1. Who have all of us , who have taken any Degree by subscribing the 39 Articles , testified our approbation of that Government : one of those † Articles affirming the very Book , containing the Form of their Consecration , to contain in it nothing contrary to the Word of God. 2. Who have most of us ( viz. as many as have entred into the Ministery ) received Orders from their hands , whom we should very ill requite for laying their hands upon us , if we should now lay to our hands to root them up , and cannot tell for what . 3. Who have sundry of us , since the beginning of this Parliament , subscribed our Names to Petitions exhibited , or intended to be exhibited , to that High Court , for the continuance of that Government : which as we then did sincerely and really , so we should with like sincerity and reality , still ( not having met with any thing since to shew us our errour ) be ready to do the same again , if we had the same hopes we then had the reception of such Petitions . 4. Who hold some of us our livelyhood , either in whole or part , by those Titles of Deans , Deans and Chapters , &c. mentioned in the Articles ; being Members of some Collegiate or Cathedral Churches . And our memories will not readily serve us with any Example in this kind since the world began ; wherein any state or profession of men , though convicted ( as we are not ) of a Crime that might deserve Deprivation , were required to bind themselves by Oath , sincerely and really to endeavour the rooting out of that ( in it self not unlawful ) together wherewith they must also root out themselves , their Estates and Livelyhoods . 5. Especially it being usual in most of the said Churches , that such persons as are admitted Members thereof , have a personal Oath administred unto them , to maintain the Honour , Immunities , Liberties , and Profits of the same ; and whilst they live to seek the good , and not to do any thing to the hurt , hindrance , or prejudice thereof ; or in other words to the like effect . Fourthly , In respect of the Church of England ; we are not satisfied how we can swear to endeavour the extirpation of the established Government , no necessity or just cause for so doing , either offering it self , or being offered to our Understandings . 1. Since all Change of Government unavoidably bringeth with it , besides those that are present and evident , sundry other inconveniences , which no wit of man can possibly foresee to provide against , till late experience discover them : We cannot be sure , that the evils which may ensue upon the Change of this Government ( which hath been of so long continuance in this Kingdom , is so deeply rooted in the Laws thereof , and hath so near a conjunction with , and so strong an influence upon the Civil Sate and Government , as that the Change thereof must infer the necessity of a great alteration to be made in the other also ; ) may not be greater than the supposed evils whatsoever they are , which by this Change are sought to be remedied . For there are not yet any come to our knowledge of that desperate nature , as not to be capable of other remedy , than the utter extirpation of the whole Government it self . 2. Whereas the House of Commons have * remonstrated , That it was far from their purpose or desire to abolish the Church Government , but rather that all the Members of the Church of England should be regulated by such Rules of Order and Discipline as are established by Parliament ; and that it was Malignancy to infuse into the people that they had any oother meaning : We are loth , by consenting to the second Article , to become guilty of such Infusion , as may bring us within the compass and danger of the fourth Article of this Covenant . 3. Since it hath been declared by sundry † Acts of Parliament , That the holy Church of England was founded in the state of Prelacy within the Realm of England ; we dare not , by endeavouring the extirpation of Prelacy , strike at the very foundation , and thereby ( as much as in us lieth ) co-operate towards the ruine of this famous Church , which in all conscience and duty we are bound with our utmost lawful power to uphold . Lastly , In respect of our Obligations to his Majesty by our Duty and Oaths ; we are not satisfied how we can swear to endeavour the extirpation of the Church Government by Law established , without forfeiture of those Obligations . 1. Having in the Oath of Supremacy acknowledged the King to be the only Supreme Governour in all Ecclesiastical Causes , and over all Ecclesiastical Persons ; & having bound our selves both in that Oath , and by our Protestation , To maintain the King's Honour , Estate , Iurisdictions , and all manner of Rights : it is clear to our Understandings , that we cannot without disloyalty and injury to him , and double Perjury to our selves , take upon us , without his consent , to make any alteration in the Ecclesiastical Laws or Government , much less to endeavour the extirpation thereof ; unless the imposers of this Covenant had a power and meaning ( which they have openly † disclaimed ) to absolve us of that Obedience , which under God we owe unto his Majesty , whom they know to be intrusted with the Ecclesiastical Law. 2. We cannot sincerely and really endeavour the extirpation of this Government , without a sincere desire and real endeavour , that his Majesty would grant his Royal Assent to such extirpation . Which we are so far from desiring and endeavouring , that we hold it our bounden duty by our daily prayers to beg at the hands of Almighty God , that he would not for our sins suffer the King to do an act so prejudicial to his Honour and Conscience , as to consent to the rooting out of that estate , which by so many branches of his * Coronation Oath he hath in such a solemn manner sworn by the assistance of God to his power to maintain and preserve . 3. By the Laws of this Land , † the Collation of Bishopricks and ‖ Deanaries ; the * fruits and profits of their Lands and Revenues during their vacancies ; the † first fruits and yearly tenths out of all Ecclesiastical Promotions ; and sundry other Priviledges , Profits , and Emoluments , arising out of the State Ecclesiastical , are established in the Crown , and are a considerable part of the Revenues thereof ; which , by the extirpation of Prelacy , as it is in the Article expounded , or by subsequent practice evidenced , will be fevered and cut off from the Crown , to the great prejudice and damage thereof . Whereunto as we ought not in common reason , and in order to our Allegiance as Subjects , yield our consent ; so having sworn expressly to maintain the King's Honour and Estate , and to our power to assist and defend all Jurisdictions , &c. belonging to his Highness , or united and annexed to the Imperial Crown of the Realm , we cannot without manifest Perjury ( as we conceive ) consent thereunto . 4. The Government of this Realm being confessedly an Empire or * Monarchy , and that of a most excellent temper and constitution ; we understand not how it can become us to desire or endeavour the extirpation of that Government in the Church , which we conceive to be incomparably of all other the most agreeable , and no way prejudicial to the state of so well a constituted Monarchy : Insomuch as King Iames would often say , what his long Experience had taught him , No Bishop , no King. Which Aphorism , though we find in sundry Pamphlets of late years to have been exploded with much confidence and scorn ; yet we must profess to have met with very little in the proceedings of the late times , to weaken our belief of it . And we hope we shall be the less blamed for our unwillingness to have any actual concurrence in the extirpating of Episcopal Government ; seeing of such extirpation there is no other use imaginable , but either the alienation of their Revenues and Inheritances ( which how it can be severed from Sacriledge and Injustice , we leave others to find out ) or to make way for the introducing of some other form of Church Government : which whatsoever it shall be , will ( as we think ) prove either destructive of , and inconsistent with Monarchical Government , or at leastwise more prejudicial to the peaceable , orderly , and effectual exercise thereof , than a well-regulated Episcopacy can possibly be . §. V. Of the other parts of the Covenant . HAving insisted the more upon the two first Articles , that concern Religion and the Church , and wherein our selves have a more proper concernment ; we shall need to insist the less upon those that follow , contenting our selves with a few ( the most obvious ) of those many great , and ( as we conceive ) just exceptions that lie there against . In the third Article , we are not satisfied that our endeavour to preserve and defend the Kings Majestie 's Person and Authority is so limited , as there it is , by that addition , In the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdom . Forasmuch as 1. No such limitation of our duty in that behalf is to be found , either in the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance ( which no Papist would refuse to take with such a limitation ) nor in the Protestation , nor in the Word of God. 2. Our endeavour to preserve the Rights and Priviledges of Parliaments , and the Liberties of the Kingdoms , is required to be sworn of us in the same Article without the like or any other limitation added thereunto . 3. Such limitation leaveth the duty of the Subject at so much loosness , and the safety of the King at so great uncertainty ; that whensoever the people shall have a mind to withdraw their obedience , they cannot want a pretence from the same for so doing . 4. After we should , by the very last thing we did ( viz. swearing with such a limitation ) have made our selves guilty of an actual and real diminution ( as we conceive ) of his Majesties just power and greatness : the obtestation would seem very unseasonable ( at the least ) with the same breath to call the world to bear witness with our Consciences , that we had no thoughts or intentions to diminish the same . 5. The swearing with such a limitation is a Testimony of the Subjects Loyalty ( to our seeming ) of a very strange nature ; which , the Principles of their several Religions salved , the Conscience of a most resolute Papist or Sectary may securely swallow , and the Conscience of a good Protestant cannot but strain at . In the fourth Article , 1. We desire it may be considered , whether the imposing of the Covenant in this Article do not lay a necessity upon the Son , of accusing his own Father , and pursuing him to destruction , in case he should be an Incendiary , Malignant , or other evil Instrument , such as in the Article is described . A course which we conceive to be contrary to Religion , Nature , and Humanity . 2. Whether the swearing according to this Article , doth not rather open a ready way to Children that are sick of the Father , Husbands that are weary of their Wives , &c. by appealing such as stand between them and their desires , of Malignancy , the better to effectuate their unlawful intentions and designs . 3. Our selves having solemnly protested to maintain the Liberty of the Subject , and the House of Commons having publickly declared against the exercise of an Arbitrary Power , with Order that their said Declaration should be printed and published in all the Parish Churches and Chappels of the Kingdom , there to stand and remain as a testimony of the clearness of their intentions ; whether the subjecting of our selves and brethren by Oath unto such punishments , as shall be inflicted upon us ( without Law of Merit ) at the sole pleasure of such uncertain Judges as shall be upon any particular occasion deputed for that effect , of what mean quality or abilities soever they be , even to the taking away of our lives , if they shall think it convenient so to do , though the degree of our offences shall not require or deserve the same ; be not the betraying of our Liberty in the lowest , and the setting up of an Arbitrary Power in the highest degree that can be imagined . The Substance of the fifth Article , being the settling and continuance of a firm peace and union between the three Kingdoms , since it is our bounden duty to desire , and according to our several places and interests by all lawful means to endeavour the same : we should make no scruple at all to enter into a Covenant to that purpose , were it not 1. That we do not see , nor therefore can acknowledge the happiness of such a blessed Peace between the three Kingdoms ( for we hope Ireland is not forgotten ) as in the Article is mentioned ; so long as Ireland is at War within it self , and both the other Kingdoms engaged in that War. 2. That since no peace can be firm and well-grounded that is not bottom'd upon Justice , the most proper and adequate act whereof is , Ius suum cuique , to let every one have that which of right belongeth unto him ; we cannot conceive how a firm and lasting Peace can be established in these Kingdoms , unless the respective Authority , Power , and Liberty of King , Parliament , and Subject , as well every one as other , be preserved full and entire , according to the known Laws and continued unquestioned customes of the several Kingdoms in former times , and before the beginning of these sad distractions . In the sixth Article we are altogether unsatisfied . 1. The whole Article being grounded upon a supposition , which hath not yet been evidenced to us , viz. that this Cause , meaning thereby ( or else we understand it not ) the joyning in this Covenant of mutual defence for the prosecution of the late War , was the Cause of Religion , Liberty , and Peace of the Kingdoms ; and that it so much concerned the glory of God , and the good of the Kingdoms , and the honour of the King. 2. If all the Premisses were so clear , that we durst yield our free assent thereunto , yet were they not sufficient to warrant to our Consciences what in this Article is required to be sworn of us ; unless we were as clearly satisfied concerning the lawfulness of the means to be used for the supporting of such a Cause . For since evil may not be done , that good may come thereof ; we cannot yet be perswaded , That the Cause of Religion , Liberty , and Peace , may be supported ; or the Glory of God , the Good of the Kingdoms , and the Honour of the King sought to be advanced , by such means , as ( to our best understandings ) are both improper for those Ends , and destitute of all warrant from the Laws , either of God , or of this Realm . Lastly , in the Conclusion , our hearts tremble to think that we should be required to pray , that other Christian Churches might be encouraged by our example to joyn in the like Association and Covenant , to free themselves from the Antichristian yoke , &c. Wherein 1. To omit that we do not know any Antichristian yoke under which we were held in these Kingdoms , and from which we owe to this either War or Covenant our freedom ; unless by the Antichristian yoke be meant Episcopal Government , which we hope no man that pretendeth to Truth and Charity will affirm . 2. We do not yet see in the fruits of this Association or Covenant among our selves any thing so lovely , as to invite us to desire ( much less to pray ) that other Christian Churches should follow our example herein . 3. To pray to the purpose in the conclusion of the Covenant expressed , seemeth to us all one in effect as to beseech Almighty God , the God of Love and Peace , 1. To take all love and peace out of the hearts of Christians , and to set the whole Christian world in a combustion . 2. To render the Reformed Religion , and all Protestants odious to all the world . 3. To provoke the Princes of Europe to use more severity towards those of the Reformed Religion ; if not ( for their own security ) to root them quite out of their several Dominions . 4. The tyranny and yoke of Antichrist , if laid upon the nooks of Subjects by their lawful Sovereigns , is to be thrown off by Christian boldness in confessing the Truth , and patient suffering for it ; not by taking up Arms , or violent resisting of the Higher Powers . §. VI. Some considerations concerning the meaning of the Covenant . OUR aforesaid Scruples are much strengthened by these ensuing Considerations . First , That whereas no Oath , which is contradictory to it self , can be taken without Perjury ; because the one part of every contradiction must needs be false : this Covenant either indeed containeth , or at leastwise ( which to the point of Conscience is not much less effectual ) seemeth to us to contain sundry Contradictions ; as namely , amongst others , these . 1. To preserve as it is , without change , and yet to reform and alter , and not to preserve , one and the same Reformed Religion 2. Absolutely and without exception to preserve ; and yet upon supposition to extirpate the self-same thing , viz the present Religion of the Church of Scotland . 3. To reform Church Government established in England and Ireland , according to the Word of God ; and yet to extirpate that Government which we are perswaded to be according thereunto , for the introducing of another whereof we are not so perswaded . 4. To endeavour really the extirpation of Heresies , Schisms , and Prophaneness ; and yet withal to extirpate that Government in the Church , the want of the due exercise whereof we conceive to have been one chief cause of the growth of the said evils ; and do believe the restoring and continuance thereof would be the most proper and effectual remedy . 5. To preserve with our estates and lives the liberties of the Kingdom ; that is ( as in the Protestation is explained ) of the Subject ; and yet contrary to these liberties , to submit to the imposition of this Covenant , and of the Negative Oath , not yet established by Laws ; and to put our lives and estates under the arbitrary power of such as may take away both from us when they please , not only without , but even against Law , if they shall judge it convenient so to do . Secondly , We find in the Covenant sundry expressions of dark or doubtful construction , whereunto we cannot swear in judgment till their sense be cleared and agreed upon . As , Who are the Common Enemies ? and which be the best Reformed Churches ? mentioned in the first Article . Who ( in the fourth Article ) are to be accounted Malignants ? How far that phrase of hindring Reformation may be extended ? What is meant by the supreme Iudicatory of both the Kingdoms ? and sundry other . Thirdly , By the use that hath been made of this Covenant ( sometimes to purposes of dangerous consequence ) we are brought into some fears and jealousies , lest by taking the same we should cast our selves into more snares than we are yet aware of . For in the first Article , 1. Whereas we are to endeavour the Reformation of Religion in this Kingdom in Doctrine , Worship , Discipline , and Government , according to the Word of God , and the example of the best Reformed Churches : 1. The Reformation in Worship ( whereby we could not suppose any more was intended ( according to their former † Declaration ) than a review of the Service-book , that the translations might be in some places amended , some alterations made in the Offices and Rubricks ; or at most some of the Ceremonies laid aside for the reasons of expediency and condescension ) hath produced an utter abolition of the whole form established ; without substituting any other certain form in the room thereof . 2. The Reformation in point of Discipline and Government intended ( so far as by the overtures hitherto made we are able to judge ) is such , as we conceive not to be according to the Word of God , nor ( for any thing we know ) according to the example of any Church that ever was in the World ( best or worst ) since the Creation . 2. In the second Article , our grief and fears had been less , if we could have observed the extirpation of Popery , Heresie , Schism , and Prophaneness , to have been as really intended , and set on with as much speed and animosity , as the extirpation of Prelacy , and that which some call Superstition . But when we see , under the notions of rooting out Prelacy and Superstition , so much quickness used to fetch in the Revenues of the Church , and the sacred Utensils ( no otherwise guilty of Superstition , for ought we know , than that they are worth something ; ) and on the other side , so little yet done toward the extirpation of Heresie , Schism , and Profaneness ( as things of less temporal advantage ; ) We cannot dissemble our suspicion , that the Designers of this Covenant might have something else before their eyes , besides what in the beginning of the Introduction is expressed ; and that there is something meant in this Article that looketh so like Sacriledge , that we are afraid to venture thereon 3. In the third Article , 1. Although we should not otherwise have apprehended any matter of danger or moment in the ordering of the particulars in the Article mentioned ; yet since M. Challoner in his Speech , and others have made advantage thereof to infer from that very order , that the defence of the King's Person and Authority ought to be with subordination to the preservation of the Rights and Priviledges of Parliaments , and the Liberties of the Kingdom , which are * in the first place , and before it to be endeavoured ; We hope we shall be excused , if we dare not take the Covenant in this sense ; especially , considering that if the Argument be of any force , it will bind us at least as strongly to endeavour the maintenance of the King's Person , Honour , and Estate in the first place , and the rest but subordinately thereunto ; because they are so ordered in the Protestation : And then , that Protestation having the advantage of preceding , it will bind us more strongly , as being the first Obligation . 2. Whereas some have been the rather induced to take the Covenant in this particular by being told , That that limitation , in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdoms , was not to be understood exclusively : yet when we find that the House of Commons in their Answer to the Scotish Papers , do † often press that limitation , as without which the endeavouring to preserve the King's Majestie 's Person and Authority ought not to be mentioned ; it cannot but deterr us from taking the Covenant in this particular so understood . 3. Especially being told in a late Pamphlet , That the King not having preserved the Liberties of the Kingdom , &c. as of duty he ought , is thereby become a Tyrant , and so ceaseth to be a King , and consequently that his Subjects cease to be Subjects , and owe him no longer subjection . Which assertion , since we heartily detest as false and scandalous in the supposition , and in the inference seditious and divellish ; we dare not by subscribing this Article , seem to give the least countenance thereunto . 4. But it striketh us with horrour to think what use hath been made of this fourth Article , concerning the punishment of Malignants , &c. as by others otherways , so especial-by the Corrector of a Speech without doors , written in the defence of M. Challoner's Speech ; who is so bold as to tell the Parliament , That they are bound by their Covenant ( for the bringing of evil Instruments to condign punishment ) to destroy the King and his Posterity ; and that they cannot justifie the taking away of Strafford's and Canterbury's lives for Delinquency , whilst they suffer the chief Delinquent to go unpunished . §. VII . Of the Salvo's . THE Salvo's that we have usually met withal , for the avoiding of the aforesaid Scruples , either concerning the whole Covenant , or some particulars therein of special importance ; we find upon examination to be no way satisfactory to our Consciences . The first is , that we may take the the Covenant in our own sense : but this ( in a matter of this nature , viz. an imposed promissory Oath , in the performance whereof others also are presumed to be concerned ) seemeth to be . 1. Contrary to the nature and end of an Oath , which unless it be full of simplicity , cannot be sworn in Truth and Righteousness , nor serve to the ending of Controversies and Contradictions , which was the use for which it was instituted , Heb. 6. 2. Contrary to the end of Speech ; God having given us the use of Speech for this end , that it might be the Interpreter of the mind ; it behoveth us as in all other our dealings and contracts , so especially where there is the intervention of an Oath , so to speak , as that they whom it concerneth , may clearly understand our meaning by our words . 3. Contrary to the end of the Covenant it self : which being the confirmation of a firm union among the Covenanters , that by taking thereof they might have mutual assurance of mutual assistance and defence : If one may be allowed to take it in one sense , and another in a contrary , the Covenanters shall have no more assurance of mutual assistance each from other after the taking of the Covenant , than they had before . 4. Contrary to the Solemn profession made by each Covenanter ( in express tearms in the conclusion thereof ) in the presence of Almighty God , the searcher of all hearts , that he taketh it with a true intention to perform the same , as he shall answer it at the great day . 2. This will bring a scandal upon our Religion , 1. That we practice that our selves , which we condemn in the Papist , viz. Swearing with Jesuitical equivocations and mental reservations . 2. That we take the glorious and dreadful Name of God in vain ; and play fast and loose with Oaths : inasmuch as what we swear to day in one sense , we may swear the direct contrary to morrow in another . And 3. It will give strength to that charge which is laid to the Presbyterian party in special , both * by Iesuites and † Sectaries ; that there is no faith to be given to Protestants , whatever they swear ; because they may swear one thing in their words , and in their own sense mean another . 2. The second way is , to take the Covenant with these or the like general Salvo's expressed , viz. So far as lawfully I may ; So far as it is agreeable to the Word of God , and the Laws of the Land ; Saving all Oaths by me formerly taken , &c. But 1. We believe this mocking of God would be so far from freeing us from the guilt of Perjury , that thereby we should rather contract a new guilt of most vile and abominable Hypocrisie . 2. It seemeth all one unto us ( the thing being otherwise supposed unlawful ) as if we should swear to kill , steal , commit adultery , or forswear our selves , so far as lawfully we may . 3. If this would satisfie the Conscience , we might with a good Conscience not only take the present Covenant , but even subscribe to the Council of Trent also ; yea , and to the Turkish Alcoran ; and swear to maintain and defend either of them , viz. so far as lawfully we may , or as they are agreeable to the Word of God. Thirdly , For the second Article in particular , in the branch concerning the extirpation of Church Government , we are told that it is to be understood of the whole Government , taken collectively , and in sensu composito , so as if we do endeavour but the taking away of Apparitors only , or of any other one kind of inferious Officers belonging to the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy , we shall have sufficiently discharged our whole promise in that particular , without any prejudice done to Episcopacy . But 1. Neither the Composers of the Covenant by their words , nor the Imposers of it by their actions , have given us the least signification that they meant no more . 2. Yea rather , if we may judge either by the cause or the effects , we may well think there was a meaning to extirpate the whole Government , and every part thereof , in the Article expressed . For 1. The Covenant being ( as we have no cause to doubt ) framed at the instance of the Scots , and for the easier procuring of their assistance in the late War , was therefore in all reason so to be framed and understood as to give them satisfaction , and ( considering what themselves have * declared against Episcopacy ) we have little reason to believe the taking away Apparitors , or any thing less than the rooting out of Episcopacy it self , would have satisfied them . 2. The proceedings also since the entring of this Covenant in endeavouring by Ordinance of Parliament to take away the Name , Power , and Revenues of Bishops do sadly give us to understand what was their meaning therein . Fourthly , As to the Scruples that arise from the Sovereignty of the King , and the Duty of Allegiance as Subjects , we find two several ways of answering , but little satisfaction in either . 1. The former , by saying ( which seemeth to us a piece of unreasonable and strange Divinity ) that Protection and Subjection standing in relation either to other , the King being now disabled to give us protection , we are thereby freed from our bond of Subjection . Whereas 1. The Subjects Obligation ( Ius subjectionis ) doth not spring from , nor relate unto the actual exercise of Kingly protection ; but from and unto the Prince's obligation to protect ( Ius protectionis ) . Which obligation lying upon him as a duty which he is bound in Conscience to perform , when it is in his power so to do ; the relative Obligation thereunto lieth upon us as a duty which we are bound in Conscience to perform , when it is in our power so to do . His inability therefore to perform his duty doth not discharge us from the necessity of performing ours , so long as we are able to do it . 2. If the King should not protect us , but neglect his part , though having power and ability to perform it ; his voluntary neglect ought not to free us from the faithful performance of what is to be done on our part . How much less then ought we to think our selves disobliged from our subjection , when the Non-protection on his part is not from the want of will , but of power ? 2. The later ( wherein yet some have triumphed ) by saying that the Parliament being the Supreme Judicatory of the Kingdom , the King , wheresoever in person , is ever present there in his power , as in all other Courts of Justice : and that therefore whatsoever is done by them , is not done without the King , but by him . But craving pardon first , if in things without our proper sphere we hap to speak unproperly or amiss ; We must next crave leave to be still of the same mind we were , till it shall be made evident to our understandings , that the King is there in his power , as it is evident to our senses , that he is not there in his Person : Which so far as our natural reason and small experience will serve us to judge , all that hath been said to that purpose can never do . For , first , to the point of presence : 1. We have been brought up in a belief that for the making of Laws the actual † Royal assent was simply necessary , and not only a virtual assent supposed to be included in the Votes of the two Houses : otherwise , what use can be made of his Negative voice ? or what need to * desire his Royal assent to that which may be done as well without it ? 2. The † Statute providing that the King's assent to any Bill signified under his Great Seal shall be to all intents of Law as valid and effectual , as if he were personally present , doth clearly import that as to the effect of making a Law , the Kings Power is not otherwise really present with the two Houses , than it appeareth either in his Person or under his Seal : Any other real presence is to us a riddle , not much unlike to that of Transubstantion : an imaginary thing , rather devised to serve turns , than believed by those that are content to make use of it . 3. Such presence of the King there , when it shall be made appear to us either from the Writs , whereby the Members of both Houses are called together , or by the standing Laws of the Land , or by the acknowledged judgment and continued practice of former and later Ages , or by any express from the King himself , clearly declaring his mind to that purpose , we shall then as becometh us , acknowledge the same , and willingly submit thereunto . And as for the Argument drawn from the Analogy of other Courts , wherein the King's Power is always supposed to be virtually present , under submission we conceive it is of no consequence . 1. The Arguments à minore and à majore are subject to many fallacies ; and , unless there be a parity of reason in every requisite respect between the things compared , will not hold good : A petty Constable ( they say ) may do something which a Justice of Peace cannot do : And the Steward of a petty Mannor hath power to administer an Oath , which ( as we are told ) the House of Commons it self hath no power to do . 2. That the High Court of Parliament is the Supream Judicatory , we have been told it is by virtue of the King 's right of presiding there , he being * the Supream Iudge , and the Members of both Houses his Council : which being so , the reason of difference is plain between that and other Judicatories in sundry respects . 1. The Judges in other Courts are deputed by him , and do all in his Name , and by his Authority ; and therefore the presence of his power in those Courts of Ministerial Jurisdiction is sufficient , his Personal presence not necessary , neither hath he any Personal vote therein at all . But in the high Court of Parliament , where the King himself is the Supream Judge , judging in his own Name and by his own Authority , his Power cannot be presumed to be really present without either the actual presence of his person , or some virtual representation thereof signified under his Great Seal . 2. The Judges in Inferiour Courts , because they are to act all in his Name , and by his Authority , do therefore take Oaths of fidelity for the right exercising of Judicature in their several places ; sitting there , not by any proper interest of their own , but only in right of the King , whose Judges they are , and therefore they are called the King's Judges and his Ministers . But in the high Court of Parliament , the Lords and Commons sit there in Council with the King as Supream Judge for the good of the whole Realm ; and therefore they are not called the King's Judges , but the King's Council : and they have their several proper rights and interests peculiar and distinct both between themselves , and from that of the Kings ; by reason whereof they become distinct * Orders , or , as of late times they have been styled ( in this sense we conceive ) † three distinct Estates . Each of which being supposed to be the best Conservators of their own proper interest ; if the power of any one Estate should be presumed to be virtually present in the other two , that Estate must needs be inevitably liable to suffer in the proper interests thereof : which might quickly prove destructive to the whole Kingdom ; the safety and prospetity of the whole consisting in the conservation of the just rights and proper interests of the main parts , viz. The King , Lords , and Commons inviolate and entire . 3. The Judges of other Courts , forasmuch as their power is but Ministerial and meerly Judicial , are bounded by the present Laws , and limited also by their own Acts ; so as they may neither swerve from the Laws in giving Judgment , nor reverse their own Judgments after they are given . But the high Court of Parliament , having ( by reason of the King 's Supream Power presiding therein ) a Power Legislative as well as Judicial , are not so limited by any earthly Power , but that they may change and over-rule the Laws and their own Acts at their pleasure . The King 's Personal assent therefore is not needful in those other Courts , which are bounded by those Laws whereunto the King hath already given his personal assent ; but unto any Act of Power beside , beyond , above , or against the Laws already established , we have been informed , & it seems to us very agreeable to reason , that the King 's Personal Assent should be absolutely necessary : Forasmuch as every such Act is the exercise of a Legislative , rather than of a Judicial power ; and no Act of Legislative power in any Community ( by consent of all Nations ) can be valid , unless it be confirmed by such person or persons as the Sovereignty of that Community resideth in . Which Sovereignty , with us , so undoubtedly resideth in the person of the King , that his ordinary style runneth , — Our † Sovereign Lord the King : And he is in the Oath of Supremacy expresly acknowledged to be the only Supream Governour within his Realms . And we leave it to the wisdom of others to consider what misery and mischief might come to the Kingdom , if the power of any of these three Estates should be swallowed up by any one , or both the other , and if then under the name of a Judicial , there should be yet really exercised a Legislative power . 4. Since all Judicial Power is radically and originally in the King ( who is for that cause styled by the Laws * The Fountain of Iustice ) and not in any other Person or Persons , but by derivation from him : it seemeth to us evident , that neither the Judges of Inferiour Courts of Ministerial Justice , nor the Lords and Commons assembled in the High Court of Parliament , may of right exercise any other Power over the Subjects of this Realm , than such as by their respective Patents and Writs issued from the King , or by the known established Laws of the Land formerly assented unto by the Kings of this Realm , doth appear to have been from him derived unto them . Which Laws , Patents , and Writs being the exact boundary of their several Powers , it hath not yet been made appear to our understandings , either from the Laws of the Realm , or from the tenour of those Writs by which the Parliament is called , that the two Houses of Parliament have any power without the King to order , command , or transact ; but with him * to treat , consult , and advise concerning the great affairs of the Kingdom . In which respect they have sundry times in their Declarations to his Majesty called themselves by the Name of his Great Council . And those Laws and Writs are ( as we conceive ) the proper Topick , from which the just power of the Honourable Houses can be convincingly deduced ; and not such frail Collections , as the wits of men may raise from seeming Analogies and Proportions . §. VIII . Of the Negative Oath . WE are not satisfied how we can submit to the taking of the Negative Oath , 1. Without forseiture of that liberty which we have sworn , and are bound to preserve . With which liberty we conceive it to be inconsistent , that any Obligation should be laid upon the Subject by an Oath not established by Act of Parliament . 2. Without abjuring our † natural Allegiance , and violating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance by us formerly taken . By all which being bound to our power to assist the King , we are by this Negative Oath required to swear , from our heart , not to assist him . 3. Without diminution of his Majesties just Power and Greatness , contrary to the third Article of the Covenant ; by acknowledging a Power in the two Houses of Parliament , in opposition to the King's Power . Whereas we profess our selves unable to understand , how there can be any lawful power exercised within this Realm , which is not subordinate to the power of the King. §. IX . Of the Ordinances concerning the Discipline and Directory . 1. First , Concerning them altogether ; we are not satisfied how we can submit to such Ordinances of the two Houses of Parliament not having the Royal Assent , 1. As are contrary to the established Laws of this Realm , contained in such Acts of Parliament as were made by the joint consent of King , Lords , and Commons . 2. Nor so only , but also pretend by Repeal to abrogate such Act of Acts. For , since Ejusdem est potestatis destruere , cujus est constituere , it will not sink with us , that a letter power can have a just right to cancel and annul the Act of a greater . 3. Especially the whole power of ordering all matters Ecclesiastical , being by the Laws in express words for ever annexed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm . And upon what head that Crown ought to stand , none can be ignorant . As to the particular Ordinances , those that concern the Discipline first , 1. If under that Title be comprehended the Government also ; we cannot submit thereunto , without consenting to the eradiction of a Government of reverend Antiquity in the Church . Which ( notwithstanding the several changes of Religion within this Realm ) hath yet from time to time been continued and confirmed by the publick Laws and great Charters of the Kingdom : than which there cannot be a more ample testimony that it was ever held agreeable to the Civil Government and the Subjects Liberty : Which also the successive Kings of this Realm at their several Coronations have solemnly sworn to preserve : And the continuance whereof for sundry Reasons before ( upon the second Article of the Covenant ) specified , we heartily wish and desire . 2. But if the word Discipline be taken ( as it is in the first Article of the Covenant ) as contra-distinguished unto the Government : there is something even in that also , wherein we are not fully satisfied , viz. the leaving of so much power in so many Persons , and those , many of them of mean quality , for the keeping back of thousands of well-meaning Christians from the benefit and comfort of the blessed Sacrament : an Austerity , for which there appeareth not to us any probable warrant from the Word of God ; but which seemeth rather repugnant , as to the general Principles of Christian Prudence and Charity , so to the directions and practice of St. Paul in particular ; who in a Church abounding with sundry errours and corruptions both in Faith and Manners ( having first given order for the Excommunicating of one only person , that by shameless continuance in a notorious sin had brought a foul scandal upon the Gospel ) sufficing himself then with a general proposal of the great danger of unworthy communicating , remitteth every other particular person to a Self-examination ; without any order either to Ministers or Lay-Elders to exclude any from the holy Communion upon their Examination . As to the Ordinance concerning the Directory in particular ; we cannot without regret of Conscience ( during our present Judgment , and the continuance of the present Laws ) consent to the taking away of the Book of Common Prayer . 1. Which by our Subscriptions most of us have approved ; with a solemn promise therewithal , in the Publick Service to use the form prescribed therein , and no other . 2. Which according to our said Subscription and Promise , and our bounden duty according to the Statute in that case provided , we have hitherto used in our Churches , Chappels , and other Oratories , to the great benefit and comfort of our souls . 3. Which we verily believe not to contain any thing which ( with such favourable construction as of right ought to be allowed to all manner of Writings ) is not justly defensible ; which hath not been by learned and godly men sufficiently maintained against such Exceptions as have been heretofore taken thereat ; and which we are confident ( by the Assistance of Almighty God ) we shall be able to justifie ( as occasion shall be offered ) against all Papists , and other Oppugners or depravers thereof whatsoever . 4. Which is established by an Act of Parliament made ( in peaceable times ) by as good and full authority as any under Heaven can have over us . which doth so weigh with us , that as it freeth us from the necessity of giving in any particular Exceptions against the Directory , or any thing therein contained : so it layeth an inevitable necessity upon us of continuing the form of Prayer therein enjoyned , and of not admitting any Directory or other Form to the prejudice thereof , till the said Act shall by the like good and full Authority be repealed . In which Statute there is not only an express Command given to all Ministers for the using of the same ; but there are also sanctions of severe punishments to be inflicted upon such of them as shall refuse so to do ; or shall preach , declare or speak any thing to the derogation or depraving of the Book of Common Prayer , or of any thing therein contained , or of any part thereof ; with punishments also to be inflicted upon every other person whatsoever ( the Lords of the Parliament not excepted ) that shall in like manner declare or speak against the said Book ; or shall by deed or threatning compel , or otherwise procure or maintain any Minister to say open Prayer , or to minister any Sacrament in any other manner or form than is mentioned in the said Book ; or shall interrupt or hinder any Minister in the use of the said forms , as by the words of the said Statute more at large may appear . Which Statute also hath had such universal powerful influence into the succeeding times , that in all such * Statutes as have been since made against Popish Recusants , the refusing to be present at Common Prayer , or to receive the Sacrament according to the forms and rites mentioned in that Book , is expressed as the most proper legal character , whereby to distinguish a Popish Recusant from a true Protestant . Insomuch that use hath been made of that very Character in sundry Acts , since the beginning of this present Parliament , for the taxing of double payments upon Recusants . THus have we clearly and freely represented our present Judgment concerning the said Covenant , Negative Oath , and Ordinances , which upon better information in any particular , we shall be ready to rectifie . Only we desire it may be considered , That if any one single scruple or reason in any the Premisses remain unsatisfied ( though we should receive full satisfaction in all the rest ) the Conscience would also remain still unsatisfied . And in that case , it can neither be reasonable for them that cannot satisfie us to press us , nor lawful for us that cannot be satisfied to submit to the said Covenant , Oath , and Ordinances . QUINTIL . Quis damnaverit eum , qui duabus potentissimis rebus defenditur , jure & mente ? ROM . XIV . 22. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth . A SERMON OF RICHARD HOOKER Author of those LEARNED BOOKS OF Ecclesiastical Politie , Found in the Study of the late Learned Bishop Andrews . LONDON , Printed for Richard Marriott . 1678. A SERMON OF Richard Hooker , &c. MATTH . VII . 7. Ask , and it shall be given you ; seek , and you shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you . For whosoever asketh , &c. AS all the Creatures of God , which attain their highest perfection by process of time , are in their first beginning raw ; so man in the end of his race the perfectest , is at his entrance thereunto the weakest , and thereby longer enforced to continue a subject for other mens compassions to work upon voluntarily , without any other perswader , besides their own secret Inclination , moving them to repay to the common Stock of Humanity such help , as they know that themselves before must needs have borrowed ; the state and condition of all slesh being herein alike . It cometh hereby to pass , that although there be in us , when we enter into this present world , no conceit or apprehension of our own misery , and for a long time after no ability , as much as to crave help or succour at other mens hands ; yet through his most good and gracious Providence , which feedeth the young , even of feathered Fowls and Ravens ( whose natural significations of their necessities are therefore termed in Scripture Prayers and Invocations which God doth hear ) we , amongst them , whom he values at a far higher rate than millions of brute Creatures , do find by perpetual experience , daily occasions given unto every of us , religiously to acknowledge with the Prophet David , Thou , O Lord , from our birth hast been merciful unto us , we have tasted thy goodness hanging even at our Mothers Breasts . That God , which during Infancy preserveth us without our knowledge , teacheth us at years of discretion how to use our own Abilities for procurement of our own good . Ask , and it shall be given you ; seek , and you shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you . For whosoever doth ask , shall receive ; whosoever doth seek , shall find ; the door unto every one which knocks shall be opened . In which words we are first commanded to ask , seek , and knock : secondly , promised grace answerable unto every of these endeavours ; asking , we shall have ; seeking , we shall find ; knocking , it shall be opened unto us : thirdly , this grace is particularly warranted , because it is generally here averred , That no man asking , seeking , and knocking shall fail of that whereunto his serious desire tendeth . 1. Of asking or praying I shall not need to tell you , either at whose hands we must seek our aid , or to put you in mind that our hearts are those golden Censers from which the Fume of this Sacred Incense must ascend . For concerning the one , you know who it is which hath said , Call upon me ; and of the other , we may very well think , that if any where , surely first and most of all in our Prayers , God doth make his continual Claim , Fili , da mihi cor tuum , Son , let me never fail in this duty to have thy heart . Against invocation of any other than God alone , if all Arguments else should fail , the number whereof is both great and forcible , yet this very barr and single challenge might suffice ; That whereas God hath in Scripture delivered us so many patterns for imitation when we pray , yea , framed ready to our hands in a manner all , for suits and supplications , which our condition of life on earth may at any time need , there is not one , no not one to be found directed unto Angels , Saints , or any , saving God alone . So that , if in such cases as this we hold it safest to be led by the best Examples that have gone before , when we see what Noah , what Abraham , what Moses , what David , what Daniel and the rest did ; what form of Prayer Christ himself likewise taught his Church ; and what his blessed Apostles did practice , who can doubt but the way for us to pray so as we may undoubtedly be accepted , is by conforming our Prayers to theirs , whose Supplications we know were acceptable ? Whoso cometh unto God with a gift , must bring with him a chearful heart , because he loveth hilarem datorem , a liberal and frank affection in giving . Devotion and fervency addeth unto prayers the same that alacrity doth unto gifts ; it putteth vigour and life in them . Prayer proceedeth from want , which being seriously laid to heart , maketh Suppliants always importunate ; which importunity our Saviour Christ did not only tolerate in the woman of Canaan , Matth. 15. but also invite and exhort thereunto , as the Parable of the wicked Judge sheweth , Luke 13. Our fervency sheweth us sincerely affected towards that we crave : but that which must make us capable thereof , is an humble spirit ; for God doth load with his grace the lowly , when the proud he sendeth empty away : and therefore to the end that all generations of the world might know how much it standeth them upon to beware of all lofty and vain conceits when we offer up our Supplications before him , he hath in the Gospel both delivered this Caveat , and left it by a special chosen parable exemplified . The Pharisee and Publican having presented themselves in one and the same place , the Temple of God , for performance of one and the same duty , the duty of Prayer , did notwithstanding in that respect only so far differ the one from the other , that our Lords own verdict of them remaineth as ( you know ) on record , They departed home , the sinful Publican , through humility of prayer , just ; the just Pharisee , through pride , sinful . So much better doth he accept of a contrite peccavi , than of an arrogant Deo gratias . Asking is very easie , if that were all God did require : but because there were means which his Providence hath appointed for our attainment unto that which we have from him , and those means now and then intricated , such as require deliberation , study , and intention of wit ; therefore he which imboldeneth to ask , doth after invocation exact inquisition ; a work of difficulty . The baits of sin every where open , ready always to offer themselves ; whereas that which is precious , being hid , is not had but by being sought . Praemia non ad magna praevenitur nisi per magnos labores , Bernard : straitness and roughness are qualities incident unto every good and perfect way . What booteth it to others that we wish them well , and do nothing for them ? As little our selves it must needs avail , if we pray and seek not . To trust to labour without prayer , it argueth impiety and prophaneness ; it maketh light of the Providence of God : and although it be not the intent of a religious mind ; yet it is the fault of those men whose Religion wanteth light of mature Judgment to direct it , when we joyn with our prayer slothfulness & neglect of convenient labour . He which hath said , If any man lack wisdom , let him ask — hath in like sort commanded also to seek wisdom , to search for understanding as for treasure . To them which did only crave a seat in the Kingdom of Christ , his answer , as you know , in the Gospel was this , To sit at my right hand and left hand in the Seat of Glory is not a matter of common gratuity , but of Divine assignment from God. He liked better of him which enquired , Lord , what shall I do that I may be saved ? and therefore him he directeth the right and ready way , Keep the Commandments . I noted before unto you certain special qualities belonging unto you that ask : In them that seek there are the like : which we may observe it is with many as with them of whom the Apostle speaketh , 2 Tim. 3.7 . They are alway learning , and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth . Ex amore non quaerunt , saith Bernard ; they seek because they are curious to know , and not as men desirous to obey . It was distress and perplexity of mind which made them inquisitive , of whom St. Luke in the Acts reporteth , that sought counsel and advice with urgent solicitation : Men and Brethren , sith God hath blessed you with the spirit of Understanding above others , hide not from miserable persons that which may do them good ; give your counsel to them that need and crave it at your hands , unless we be utterly forlorn : shew us , teach us , what we may do and live . That which our Saviour doth say of Prayer in the open streets , of causing Trumpets to be blown before us when we give our Alms , and of making our Service of God a means to purchase the praise of men , must here be applied to you , who never seek what they ought , but only when they may be sure to have store of lookers on . On my bed , saith the Canticles , there did I seek whom my soul doth love . When therefore thou resolvest they self to seek , go not out of thy chamber into the streets , but shun that frequency which distracteth ; single thy self from thy self , if such sequestration may be attained . When though seekest , let the love of obedience , the sense and feeling of thy necessity , the eye of singleness and sincere meaning guide thy footsteps , and thou canst not slide . You see what it is to ask and seek ; the next is Knock. There is always in every good thing which we ask , and which we seek , some main wall , some barr'd gate , some strong impediment or other objecting it self in the way between us and home ; for removal whereof , the help of stronger hands than our own is necessary . As therefore asking hath relation to the want of good things desired , and seeking to the natural ordinary means of attainment thereunto ; so knocking is required in regard of hindrances , lets , or impediments , which are doors shut up against us , till such time as it please the goodness of Almighty God to set them open . In the mean while our duty here required is to knock . Many are well contented to ask , and not unwilling to undertake some pains in seeking ; but when once they see impediments which flesh and blood doth judge invincible , their hearts are broken . Israel in Egypt subject to miseries of intolerable servitude , craved with sighs and tears deliverance from that estate , which then they were fully perswaded they could not possibly change , but it must needs be for the better . Being set at liberty to seek the Land which God hath promised unto their Fathers , did not seem tedious or irksome unto them : This labour and travel they undertook with great alacrity , never troubled with any doubt , nor dismayed with any fear , till at the length they came to knock at those brazen gates , the barrs whereof , as they have no means , so they had no hopes to break asunder . Mountains on this hand , and the roaring Sea before their faces ; then all the forces that Egypt could make , coming with as much rage and fury as could possess the heart of a proud , potent , and cruel Tyrant : In these straits , at this instant , Oh that we had been so happy as to die where before we lived a life , though toylsom , yet free from such extremities as now we are fallen into ! Is this the milk and honey that hath been so spoken of ? Is this the Paradise , in description whereof so much glosing and deceiving eloquence hath been spent ? have we after four hundred and thirty years left Egypt to come to this ? While they are in the midst of their mutinous cogitations , Moses with all instancy beateth , and God with the hand of his Omnipotency casteth open the gates before them , maugre even their own both infidelity and despair . It was not strange then , nor that they afterward stood in like repining terms ; for till they came to the very brink of the River Iordan , the least cross accident , which lay at any time in their way , was evermore unto them a cause of present recidivation and relapse . They having the Land in their possession , being seated in the heart thereof , and all their hardest encounters past , Ioshua and the better sort of their Governours , who saw the wonders which God had wrought for the good of that people , had no sooner ended their days , but first one Tribe , than another , in the end all delighted in ease ; fearful to hazard themselves in following the conduct of God , weary of passing so many strait and narrow gates , condescended to ignominious conditions of peace , joyned hands with Infidels , forsook him which had been always the Rock of their Salvation , and so had none to open unto them , although their occasions of knocking were great afterward , moe and greater than before . Concerning Issachar , the words of Iacob , the Father of all the Patriarchs , were these ; Issachar , though bonny and strong enough unto any labour , doth couch notwithstanding as an Ass under all burthens ; He shall think with himself that rest is good , and the Land pleasant , he shall in these considerations rather endure the burthen and yoke of tribute , than cast himself into hazard of war , Gen. 49. We are for the most part all of Issachar's disposition , we account ease cheap , howsoever we buy it . And although we can happily frame our selves sometimes to ask , or endure for a while to seek ; yet loth we are to follow a course of life , which shall too often hem us about with those perplexities , the dangers whereof are manifestly great . But of the Duties here prescribed of asking , seeking , knocking , thus much may suffice . The Promises follow which God hath made . 2. Ask and receive , seek and find , knock and it shall be opened unto you . Promises are made of good things to come ; and such , while they are in expectation , have a kind of painfulness with them ; but when the time of performance and of present fruition cometh , it bringeth joy . Abraham did somewhat rejoyce in that which he saw would come , although knowing that many Ages & Generations must first pass : Their exultation far greater , who beheld with their eys , and imbraced in their arms him which had been before the hope of the whole world . We have found that Messias , have seen the salvation ; Behold here the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world . These are speeches of men not comforted with the hope of that they desire , but rap'd with admiration at the view of enjoyed bliss . As oft therefore as our case is the same with the Prophet Davids ; or that experience of God's abundant mercy towards us doth wrest from our mouths the same acknowledgments which it did from his , I called on the Name of the Lord , and he hath rescued his servant : I was in misery and he saved me : Thou Lord hast delivered my soul from death , mine eyes from tears , and my feet from falling : I have ask'd and received , sought and found , knock'd and it hath been oopened unto me : Can there less be expected at our hands , than to take the Cup of Salvation , and bless , magnifie , and extoll the mercies heaped upon the heads of the sons of men ? Ps. 116. Are we in the case of them , who as yet do any ask and have not received ? It is but attendance a small time , we shall rejoyce then ; but how ? we shall find , but where ? it shall be opened , but with what hand ? To all which demands I must Answer , Use the words of our Saviour Christ , quid hoc ad te , what are these things unto us ? Is it for us to be made acquainted with the way he hath to bring his counsel & purposes about ? God will not have great things brought to pass , either altogether without means , or by those means altogether which are to our seeming probable and likely . Not without means , lest under colour of repose in God we should nourish at any time in in our selves idleness : not by the meer hability of means gathered together through our own providence , lest prevailing by helps which the common course of nature yieldeth , we should offer the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving for whatsoever prey we take to the Nets which our singers did weave ; than which there cannot be to him more intolerable injury offered Vere & absque dubio , saith St. Bernard , hoc quisque est pessimus quo optimus , si hoc ipsum quo est optimus ascribat sibi ; the more blest , the more curst , if we make his graces our own glory , without imputation of all to him ; whatsoever we have we steal , and the multiplication of Gods favours doth but aggravate the crime of our Sacriledge : He knowing how prone we are to unthankfulness in this kind , tempereth accordingly the means , whereby it is his pleasure to do us good . This is the reason , why God would neither have Gideon to conquer without any Army , nor yet to be furnish'd with too great an host . This is the cause why , as none of the promises of God do fail , so the most are in such sort brought to pass , that , if we after consider the circuit , wherein the steps of his Providence have gone , the due consideration thereof cannot choose but draw from us the very self same words of astonishment , which the blessed Apostle hath ; O the depth of the riches of the wisdom of God! How unsearchable are his counsels , and his ways past finding out ! Let it therefore content us always to have his word for an absolute warrant ; we shall receive and find in the end ; it shall at length be opened unto you : however , or by what means , leave it to God. 3. Now our Lord groundeth every mans particular assurance touching this point upon the general Rule and Axiom of his Providence , which hath ordained these effects to flow and issue out of these causes ; gifts of suits , finding out of seeking , help out of knocking ; a principle so generally true , that on his part it never faileth . For why ? it is the glory of God to give ; his very nature delighteth in it ; his mercies in the current , through which they would pass , may be dried up , but at the head they never fail . Men are soon weary both of granting and of hearing suits , because our own insufficiency maketh us still affraid , lest by benefiting of others we impoverish our selves . We read of large and great proffers , which Princes in their fond and vainglorious moods have poured forth : as that of Herod ; and the like of Ahasuerus in the Book of Hester . Ask what thou wilt , though it reach to the half of my Kingdom , I will give it thee : which very words of profusion do argue , that the ocean of no estate in this world doth so flow , but it may be emptied . He that promiseth half of his Kingdom , foreseeth how that being gone , the remainder is but a a moiety of that which was . What we give we leave ; but what God bestoweth benefiteth us , and from him it taketh nothing : wherefore in his propositions there are no such fearful restraints ; his terms are general in regard of making , Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my Name ; and general also in respect of persons , whosoever asketh , whosoever seeketh . It is true , St. Iames saith , Ye ask , and yet ye receive not , because you ask amiss ; ye crave to the end ye might have to spend upon your own lusts . The rich man sought Heaven , but it was then , when he felt Hell. The Virgins knocked in vain , because they overslipped their opportunity ; and when the time was to knock , they slept : But quaerite Dominum dum inveniri potest , perform these duties in their due time and due sort . Let there , on our part , be no stop , and the bounty of God we know is such , that he granteth over and above our desires . Saul sought an Ass , and found a Kingdom . Solomon named wisdom , and God gave Solomon wealth also , by way of surpassing . Thou hast prevented thy servant with blessings , saith the Prophet David . He asked life , and thou gavest him long life , even for ever and ever . God a giver ; He giveth liberally , and upbraideth none in any wise : And therefore he better knoweth than we the best times , and the best means , and the best things , wherein the good of our Souls consisteth . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A67467-e710 Phil. 1.6 . Chap. 3.17 . Psal. 34.11 Psal. 1 30. Colos. 1.24 . Ga. 6.2 . Iob 31. * Theucidides . Psal. 119. 147. Psal. 32.2 . Notes for div A67467-e8530 * Sir , I pray note , That all that follows in the Italian Character , are Dr. Sanderson's own words , excellently worthy , but no where else extant ; and commend him as much , as any thing you can say of him . T.P. † Arriba . Notes for div A67467-e9470 † Rob. Boyle , Esq. Notes for div A67467-e10110 1. Law. Object . 1. Answ. Object . 2. Scandal . 1 Sam. 2. 17.22 . Exod. 21. 33 , 34. Object . 3. Schism . 1 Thess. 5. Notes for div A67467-e29030 * Such an Oath , as for Matter , Persons , and other Circumstances , the like hath not been in any Age or Oath we read of in sacred or humane stories . M. Nye , Covenant with Narrative , pag. 12. † Pactum est duorum pluriúmvs in . idem placitum consensus . L. 1. ff . de Pactis . * Whereas many of them have had an Oath administered unto them not warrantable by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm ; They do humbly pray that no man hereafter be compelled to take such an Oath — All which they most humbly pray — as their Rights and Liberties according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm Petit. of Right , 3. Carol. † It is declared , 16 Jan. 1642. That the King cannot compell men to be sworn without an Act of Parliament . Exact . Collect. pag. 859 , 860. * Proclam . of 9. Octob. 19 Car. † ( Viz. ) In accounting Bishops Antichristian , and indifferent Ceremonies unlawful . * ( Viz. ) In making their Discipline and Government a mark of the true Church , and the setting up thereof the erecting of the Throne of Christ. † Let us not be blamed if we call it Parliament Religion , Parliament Gospel , Parliament Faith , Warding , confut . of Apology , Part 6. Chap. 2 , † Stat. 13. Eliz. 12. * Such Iurisdictions , Priviledges , Superiorities and Preheminences Spiritual and Ecclesiastical , as by any , &c. for the Visitation of the Ecclesiastical State and Persons , and for Reformation , Order and Correction of the same , and of all manner of Errours , Heresies , Schisms , Abuses , Offences , contempts and Enormities , shall for ever by Authority of this present Parliament be united and annexed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm . An Act restoring to the Crown the ancient Jurisdiction , &c. 1 Eliz. 1. † Art. 36. * — give advantage to this Malignant party to traduce our Proceedings . They infuse into the people that we mean to abolish all Church Government — — Remonst . 15 Dec. 1641. Exact Collect. p. 19. The Lords and Commons do delare , That they intend a due and necessary Reformation of the Government and Liturgy of the Church , and to take away nothing in the one or in the other , but what shall be evil , and justly offensive , or at least unnecessary and barthensome : Declar. 9 Apr. 1642. Exact . Coll. p. 135. † Statute of Carlisle 25 E. 1. recited 25 E. 3. † They infuse into the people , that we mean — to leave every man to his own fancy — absolving him of that Obedience which he owes under God unto his Majesty , whom we know to be entrusted with the Ecclesiastical Law , as well as with the Temporal . Exact . Collect. ubi supra , pag. 19. * That he will grant , keep , and confirm the Laws , Customs , and Franchises , granted to the Clergy by the glorious King S. Edward . And that he will grant and preserve unto the Bishops , and to the Churches committed to their charge , all Canonical Priviledges and due Law and Iustices ; and that he will protect and defend them , as every good King in his Kingdom ought to be Protector and Defender of the Bishops and the Churches under their Government . Vide Exact . Col. Pag. 290 , 291. † See Stat. 25 H. 8.20 . & 1 E. 6.2 . ‖ See Stat. 39 Eliz. 8. * Stat. 14 E. 3.4 . & 5. & 17 E. 3.14 . † Stat. 26 H. 8.3 . & 1 Eliz. 4. * — Supremam potestatem & merum imperium apud nos habet Rex , Cambden . Whereas by sundry divers old authentick Histories and Chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed , that this Realm of England is an Empire , and so hath been accepted in the world , governed by one Supream Head and King , having the Dignity and Royal Estate of the Imperial Crown of the same . Stat. 24 H. 8.12 . See also 1 Eliz. 3. † The Lords and Commons do declare , That they intend a due and necessary Reformation of the Liturgy of the Church ; and to take away nothing therein but what shall be evil and justly often five , or at least unnecessary & burthensom . Dec. 9 Apr. 1642. Exact . Col. p. 135. * From whence it is most evident , That the Rights and Privileges of Parliaments and Liberties of the Kingdom are in the first place to be preserved . Answer to Scotish Papers , 18 Nov. 1546 , pag. 21 . † We observe you mention the defence of the King twice from the Covenant , yet in both places leave out In the preservation and , &c. p. 39 & 46. a main clause without which the other part ought never to be mentioned . p. 56. * Heretici nec Deo , nec hominibus servant fidem — Speciatim hoc addo , Calvinistas in hac re deteriores esse quá Lutheranos . Num Calviniste nullem servant fidem : Iura perjura . — Lutherani moderationes sunt . Becan . 5. Manual . Controv. 14. n. 4. & 6. † Invent Oaeths and Covenants for the Kingdom , dispense with them when he pleaseth , swear and forsweae as the wind turneth , like a godly Presbyter . Arraign . of Persec . in Epist. Ded. * By the Covenant both Houses of Parliament , and many thousands of other his Majesties Subjects of England and Ireland , stand bound as well as we to hinder the setting up of the Church Government by Bishops in the Kingdom of Scotland ; And that we as well as they stand bound to endeavour the extirpation thereof in England and Ireland . Scots Declaration to the States of the United Provinces , 5 Aug 1645. recited in Answer to the Scot's Papers , pag. 23 . † The old forms of Acts of Parliament were The King willeth , provideth , ordaineth , establisheth , granteth , &c. by the assent of Parliament , &c. See Statutes till 1 H. 4. After that , The King , of the assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and at the special instance and request of the Commons of this Realm , hath ordained , &c. See Statutes 1 H. 4. till 1 H. 7. A form of such Petition of the Commons , see 1 R. 3. 6. Prayen the Commons in this present Parliament assembled , that where , &c. Please it therefore your Highness , by the advice and assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in this your present Parliament assembled , and by the Authority of the same , to ordain , &c. No Bill is an Act of Parliament , Ordinance , or Edict of Law , although both the Houses agree unanimously in it , till it hath the Royal Assent . Ancient Customes , pag. 54. Assemblee de ceux troys Estats est appellee un Act de Parliament : car sans touts troys n'est ascun Act de Parl. Finch Nomotech . sol . 21. We admit that no Acts of Parliament are compleat , or formally binding , without the King's assent . H. P. Answer to David Ienkins , pag. 6. * — which if your Majesty shall be pleased to adorn with your Majesties Royal assent ( without which it can neither be compleat and perfect , nor — ) Stat. 1 Jac. 1. † Stat. 33 H. 3. 21. * Dominus Rex habet ordinariam jurisdictionem , dignitatem & potestatem super omnes qui in regno suo sunt . — Ea quae jurisdictionis sunt & paecis — ad nullum pertinent nisi ad coronam & dignitatem Regiam , nec à corona sebarari possunt . Bracton cited by Stamford , lib. 2. cap. 2. * For in our Laws , the Clergy , Nobility , and Commonalty are the three Estates . — we your said most loving , faithful , and obedient Subjects ( viz. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and the Commons ) representing your three Estates of your Realm of England , 1 Eliz. 3. — the State of the Clergy being one of the greatest States of this Realm . 8 Eliz. 1. † See Finch supra ad lit . [ d ] . † The Crown of England hath been so free at all times , that it hath been in no earthly subjection , but immediately to God in all things touching the Regality of the said Crown . — 16 R. 2. 5. Omnis sub so est , & ipsi sub nallo , nisi tantum sub Deo. Parem autem non habet Rex in Regno suo , quia — Item nec multo fortius superiorem aut potentiorem habere dibet , quia sic esset inferior suis subjectis . Bracton . conten . 1. Rubr. 36. — Cui 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 legibus ipsis legum vim imponendi potestatem Deus dedit . Finch Nomotech . in Epist. Dedic . to King Iames. * Fons Iustitiae . Bracton . By War to intend the alteration of the Laws in any part of them , is to levy war against the King , and consequently Treason by the Statute of 25 E. 3. — because they are the King's Laws . He is the Fountain from whence in their several Channels they are derived to the Subject Master Saint Iohn's Speech concerning the Earl of Strafford pag. 12. * — Et ibidem vobiscum colloquium habere , tractare super dictia negotiis tract . vestrumque consilium impensur . Writ to the Lords . † Every Subject by the duty of his Allegiance is bounden to serve and assist his Prince and Sovereign Lord at all seasons when need shall re quire . 11 H. 7. 18. St. 1 El. 1. 1 Cor. 5.1 , &c. 1 Cor. 11. 28 , &c. 1 Eliz. * Stat. 23. Eliz. 1. & 29 Eliz. 6. & 35 El. 1. & 2. & 3 Iac. 4. & 5. 
A71276	----	Athenæ Oxonienses. Vol. 1. an exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the most ancient and famous University of Oxford, from the fifteenth year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the end of the year 1690 representing the birth, fortune, preferment, and death of all those authors and prelates, the great accidents of their lives, and the fate and character of their writings : to which are added, the Fasti, or, Annals, of the said university, for the same time ... Wood, Anthony à, 1632-1695. 1691 Approx. 4967 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 233 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2005-12 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A71276 Wing W3382 ESTC R200957 12202663 ocm 12202663 56137 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng University of Oxford -- Bio-bibliography. 2005-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-05 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-06 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2005-06 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2005-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Athenae Oxonienses . An Exact HISTORY OF ALL THE Writers and Bishops Who have had their EDUCATION in The most ancient and famous University OF OXFORD , FROM The Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh , Dom. 1500 , to the End of the Year 1690. REPRESENTING The Birth , Fortune , Preferment , and Death of all those AUTHORS and PRELATES , the great Accidents of their LIVES , and the Fate and Character of their WRITINGS . To which are added , The FASTI or Annals , of the said University , For the same time . The First VOLUME , Extending to the 16 th . Year of King Charles I. Dom. 1640. — Antiquam exquirite Matrem . Virgil. LONDON : Printed for THO. BENNET at the Half-Moon in S. Pauls Churchyard . MDCXCI . TO THE Most High , Mighty , and Illustrious PRINCE JAMES Duke , Marquess , and Earl of Ormonde , Earl of Brecknock and Ossory , &c. Gentleman of the Bedchamber to His Majesty , Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter , and Chancellour of the Famous University of OXFORD . TO THE Right Worshipful JONATHAN EDWARDS Doctor of Divinity , and Principal of Jesus College , his Worthy Vice-chancellour . AND To the Worshipful The Doctors , the Proctors , and Masters , Members of the venerable Convocation of the said University . The Author doth humbly dedicate these his ATHENAE and FASTI OXONIENSES . The PREFACE IT is well known , that the Author of this Work hath through the whole course of his life , declin'd the pursuit of any private interest or advantage , and hath only , according to his abilities , endeavour'd to promote the honour and glory of that Nation where he had been born ; and more especially of that Vniversity wherein he was educated . His early application , or as some call it , his natural propensity to Histories and Antiquities made him more fit to serve his Country in that , than in any other St●●y ; and that part of Antiquity , which was most useful in its self , and which yet lay most neglected became the immediate object of his care , as that which not only deserv'd , but requir'd and wanted the greatest industry . The Vniversity of Oxford had now flourish'd for many Centuries , its Members had been great and famous ; their works wanted neither value nor number , and therefore nothing seem'd more necessary for the increase of its glory , and for the true knowledge of its strength than a Register of its Heroes and an exact survey of its powers : It was requisite then , not only that the Writers of this Vniversity , and the Characters of their works shou'd be perpetuated to posterity , but that a History of all Cardinals , Archbishops , and Bishops , as well in this Nation as beyond the Seas ; all of them formerly Members of this Vniversity , should at the same time and by the same hand be attempted , and carried on ; and that lastly the account of any remarkable Persons , that would not fall under those heads , might be reserv'd to , and digested under the Fasti , or Annals of the Vniversity . So that upon the whole , not only the lives of the Authors , and the fate of their Writings , but the succession of all eminent Men in Oxford , the decay and growth , the rise and progress of learning , might at one view in due order of time distinctly appear . It is a wonder indeed that among all the members of that Body ▪ who have signaliz'd their learning and industry in all professions , and almost upon all subjects ; the intire glory of this Work should be left to this Author , and that no part of literature should be left wholly uncultivated in that famous Society ; but the Memoires of the Vniversity it self , and the History of Learning therein . Somewhat indeed in defence of the antiquity of the place had before , by Mr. Twyne and others been successfully undertaken and performed ; but it was a far more easie and less useful enquiry to look into the Original of this Society , than to record the Acts of its Members , to discover the head of this Fountain , than to trace all its Channels : Since therefore this Work seem'd for the most part new , and as yet untouch'd , it was once the Authors design to Commence with the time of K. Alfred , and from thence to have brought down the concurrent History of the Vniversity and Learning together . But afterwards when he had consider'd not only that the famous Antiquary Jo. Leland , and his followers Bale , Pits , and Dr. Fran. Godwin , had in a great measure anticipated the former part of his design , but that the Records and Registers themselves , upon which his Relations are chiefly founded , were in those times either wholly lost , or at least dark and imperfect ; He thought fit to begin with the 15th Century , and to ascend no higher than his Records would lead him . However , since a great and noble part of the History of Learning , would upon so late a date of this Work be wholly omitted , it was esteemed requisite that a short and full relation of all Authors and Works , which before that time had been publish'd in this Island should supply that loss , and render the work it self more perfect and entire . This Introduction the Reader may expect before the 2d . Vol. At present nothing more remains for the subject of this Preface , than to give a short account of the design of this work , of the management and language of it , and to add somewhat concerning the Author . As to the design , it must be own'd that since an intire Collection of all passages relating to eminent Authors was intended ; some circumstances have a place here which at first view may seem trivial and immaterial . It ought therefore to be consider'd , that those little accidents however mean in themselves , yet in respect of the Persons and of the works which they attend , oftentimes become considerable . In a common repert●ry any redundance or superfluity of matter , however too severely blam●d by nice palats , is such a fault as is not far remov'd from an excellence . The work is fitted for all Men in all faculties , and therefore those of one profession should not be displeased , if somewhat be inserted , which however useless to them , may be chosen and admir'd by others . In all Commentaries and Journals which afford Materials for History , there ought not only to be somewhat rude and naked , which may afterwards be polish'd ; somewhat rough and plain , that may be beautify'd and improv'd ; but somewhat at least little , and seemingly immaterial than may upon occasion judiciously be chosen , or sometimes perhaps with no less prudence , rejected . Such general collections are read by most Men with different designs ; and therefore however easie it may be for any Man to discover an omission ; it is very hard for any one Reader to pronounce one single passage in them wholly superfluous . 'T is true indeed , that Men who after a great search and enquiry into Records , have found but somewhat that might as well have been spared , naturally choose rather to trespass on the Reader , than to pass sentence on their own disc●veries ; and this , if any blemish , is so common to this Author with all other famous Antiquaries , from Plutarch , and Athenaeus down to Selden , and Dugdale ; that his Title to that name might well be disputed if he should be without it . 2ly . The management of such a Work as this must necessarily depend as upon a search into ancient Records , so upon a Commerce with those Relations and Friends of the deceased Authors which had survived them . Those of the Ch. of Rome , to which this Author applyed himself , have been communicative and industrious in furnishing Materials for this Work ; and therefore if any thing more largely be said of the Members of that Communion than may be thought necessary , it ought to be imputed to the ready concurrence of that party towards a Work of this nature , rather than to any propensity of the Author to that Religion . The Nonconform●sts , who bear some s●are in this Work , have been as usually , so little Friends to the carrying on of a publick design , and to that free intercourse , which ought to be maintain●d between all learned Men , that very few , and those unsatisfactory relations could be obtain'd from them ; and therefore a true , but no very large nor favourable account of their Writings ought to be expected from him . And lastly , as to those of the Church of England , they have generally behaved themselves so well , that they have no need to desire flattery no● have any reason h●●e to complain of Calumny . It is to be hoped therefore , since this Author hath endeavoured to shew himself just and indifferent to Men of all professions ; his love of impartiality will not be mistaken for want of Religion . All good Antiquaries , Men of enlarged Souls , and of an even temper ; however of divers professions , have always been of the same Principle : They all equally sacrificed to Truth and Learning ; and suffered not their private Opinions to put a biass on their History . And whoever will compare the Cento's of Bale , and Pits , with the excellent Works of Leland and Camden , must necessarily discern , how near an Alliance there is between Zeal and Ignorance , and between Learning and Moderation . 3. As to the Language , the Reader may expect such Words as are suitable to the character of the Work , and of the Person . It is impossible to think that men who always converse with old Authors , should not learn the dialect of their Acquaintance . An old Word is retain'd by an Antiquary with as much Religion as a Relick ; and few are by him receiv'd as English , but such as have been naturaliz'd by Speneer . Language is the dress of the Thoughts as well as Cloaths of the Person ; and therefore the Expressions of an Antiquary ought to be priviledg'd , as well as his Garb. Words are neither good nor bad if abstracted from Things ; and therefore they , as all Ornaments , have no beauty in themselves , but receive it by accidents as gracefully suited , and apply'd to the Subject . Originals are best express'd , as found , without Alteration ; and it is not only a mispent , but ridiculous labour , to change the old Expressions of a Deed ; and to put a new Stamp upon a Medal . Thus much hath in short been said of the Book , and somewhat that may prevent Objections may without suspicion of Vanity be added concerning the Author of it . When this Work some years since was first undertaken , he not only consulted all the Registers relating to the Vniversity , but all other Writings and Records , MS. and printed , whether in the Bodleian , Norfolk , or Cottonian Libraries , whether in the Tower , Exchequer , Paper Office , or elsewhere , that could give him any notice of these Authors , or let him into the true knowledge of their Lives , Preferments , and Writings . The Registers of the ancient Churches and Cathedrals were diligently consulted ; the Wills of the deceas'd persons were at the Prerogative Office examin'd ; the Windows of Churches , Epitaphs and Inscriptions , have been search'd ; the Genealogy of the Authors at the Heralds Office hath been nquir'd into ; and no method hath been unattempted which could contribute to a true History of these Writers , or ascertain the least date and circumstance of their Lives . This extraordinary care and unwearied industry , was undertaken without any other motive than a love to Truth , and without any other prospect , than the benefit of Posterity . The Author never enjoy'd any Preferment , nor pursu'd any ; he liv'd as a Recluse from the World , so independent of it ; and therefore it is not to be wonder'd if he takes such a liberty of Speech as most other Authors , out of Prudence , Cunning , or Design , have usually declin'd . It might be fit perhaps that some harsh Expressions might be allay'd ; that a few severe Reflections might be softned , and that some Passages at last , which seem too hardly charg'd on men otherwise creditable , might be wholly omitted : but at the same time it is not to be denied , That Faults ought no more to be conceal'd than Virtues , and that whatever it may be in a Painter , it is no excellence in an Historian to throw a veil on Deformities . If lastly , There should be any defect or failure ; if Truth , which is often too strictly pursued , should in one single instance , or some little circumstance , be mistaken ; it is at least , certainly a just Request , that in so great and tedious a Work , which oftentimes and almost every where deserves praise , any small Errors may be entitled to Pardon . A farther discourse of the nature of these Books in general , and of the use of this in particular , is reserv'd to the second Volume ; in the mean time all judicious men must be satisfied that the History of Learning , which hath hitherto been so much wanting in England , is now at last so far advanced ; and that the Materials at least of so great and so useful a Work are ready , and prepar'd . In other Countries , particularly in France , Italy , and the Northern Nations , now above fifty years , the most famous Writers have employ'd their care in the account of Authors and Books , and have thought it more necessary to number and marshal than to increase the Forces of the Commonwealth of Learning . In England in the mean time an Account of Learning was more defective even than our Civil History : Our Authors had been as famous as our Heroes ; our Writings were as successful as our Battels ; and yet the Annals of both were so imperfect , that either generally we had no representation of them at all , or such an one as traduc'd the Original . As to our Heroes indeed , Tho an universal History to the discredit of this Nation , be yet to be desired , and in all probability will be long expected , yet some independent Relations that give account of one great Action , or perhaps of one particular Reign , may with honour be remembred ; but as to our Author's , after the ancient Discoveries of Boston and Leland , there hath been nothing attempted but some rude and disproportionable draughts of mean and ignorant Designers . However now at last it must be own'd , That if this Essay may not be just and compleat , yet the first Lineaments are so faithfully and exactly drawn , that the finishing strokes may without difficulty be added , and perhaps without loss expected ; and that so regular a design is here presented to your view , as may encourage at least the future industry of the best Artist , if not supersede it . ERRATA . By the Absence of the Author from the Press , many Faults have been committed in the printing this Book ; most of which , especially those that are notorious , follow . Pag Line . Error . Correction . 2 7 from the top Puritanorum aliorum Puritanorum sive aliorum ibid. 9 from top citation relation 3 13 from top The case of shewing case shewing 14 36 from bot . ●erdinandus Ferdinandus 16 20 from top Will. Coley Hen. Coley . 28 24 from bot . 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Ecclesiam Ecclesiarum 455 17 from top Turnball Turnbull 456 42 from top Balstrode Balstrode 464 13 from top care eare 470 11 from bot . Vniversam Vniversum 477 39 from top carle curle 480 4 from top of learnedest of the learnedest 518 34 from top addition addiction 525 32 from bot . Victa Vecta ib. 30 from bot . preficium perficiam 528 34 from top 1633 1636 ib. 33 from bot . Sunnilbank Sunnibank 531 35 from bot . Reipub. Repub. 536 in marg . 163 — 4 1639 — 40 538 31 from bot . Burlow Barlow 554 20 from top Kicomaing Kilcomaing 566 27 from top Bostou Boston 591 9 from top Gheest Gheast 614 30 from top Thorp-Thales Thorp-Thules 640 15 from bot . Ma●●ore Marmore 644 39 from bot . Hutcon Hutton 681 32 from top Prebendary Prebendship . ib. 44 from top Budlyngham Bullyngham 698 22 from top Roch. Harford Rich. Harford 706 36 from top Turnball Turnbull 764 37 from top Boughton Mountague 782 22 from top Belcher Belchier 788 22 from top Giles Thorne Will. Thorne 825 26 from bot . Sea-blood Sea of blood In pag. 579. lin . 2. from the bottom , is this gross mistake — Within the Parish Church of S. James in Longdon he bequeathed , &c. which is to be read thus — Within the Parish Church ef S. James in Longdon before mention'd . For the use of which Chappel and the Parishioners of Longdon he bequeathed , &c. Also in pag. 816. is this mistake , Doct. of Phys . June 21. Dan. Price of Ex. Coll. June 21. Lew. Bayly of Ex. Coll. Which is to be read thus , Doct. of Phys . Mar. ult . Tob. Venner of S. Alb. Hall , who accumulated the degrees in Physick . Doct. of Div. June 21. Dan. Price of Ex. Coll. &c. June 21. Lew. Bayly of Ex. Coll. &c. ATHENAE OXONIENSES The History of the Writers of the University of Oxford , from the Year of our Lord 1500 , to the end of 1640. Vol. I. UNIVERSITY of OXFORD the most noble Theatre and Emporium of all good Sciences , the very Source and most clear Spring of good Literature and Wisdom ; from whence Religion , Civility , and Learning , have spread most plentifully through all Parts thereof , and beyond the Seas ; hath these things following , going under her name as Author . Epistolae ad Magnates & alios ; in two Volumes in Folio . The first written on Parchment , begins in 20. Hen. 5. Dom. 1422. and ends in 18. Hen. 7. Dom. 1503 , which is two Years and more beyond the time wherein I begin this work . This Book endorsed with the Letter F , was chiefly written by the Hand of one John Farley , the publick Scribe or Registrary of the University of Oxon. and is at this time kept in the School-Tower , among the Books and Records of the said University . The second Vol. which is written on Paper , begins about the latter end of the 24. Hen. 7. Dom. 1508 , and is continued to 1597 , and hath added to it certain Epistles of a later date . This Book endorsed with the Letters F F , was borrowed from the School-Tower by Dr. Tho. James , the first Keeper of the Bodleian Library ; who afterwards putting it into the Archives thereof , did enter it , as a Manuscript belonging thereunto , into the Bodleian Catalogue of Books , Printed in 4to . An. 1620. The continuation of the University Epistles ( mostly Penn'd by the publick Orator ) are remitted into the Books of Acts of Convocation that follow F F. To pass by the Sentence or Opinion of the University of Oxon. concerning the divorce between King Henry 8. and Queen Catherine , dated 8. Apr. 1530 , and their Sentence in order to the expelling or ejecting the Popes Authority from England dat . 24. July 1534. ( both which contain but little more matter than two Programma's ) I shall set down other things going under her name of a laterdate , as , An answer to the humble Petition of the Ministers of England , desiring Reformation of certain Ceremonies and abuses in the Church . Oxon. 1603. and 1604. in four or five Sheets in Quarto . Decretum ●amnans propositiones Neotericorum , sive Jesuitarum , sive Puritanorum , aliorum cujuscunque generis Scriptorum — dat . 6. Jun. 1622. Oxon. 1622. in one Sheet in 4to . see the full Citation of the said Decree and Propositions in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 327. Epistola ad reverendiss . in Christo patrem D. Gul. Archipras . Cantuar. dat . 10. Nov. 1640. It was Printed at the end of the said Archb. Letter , which he sent with divers MSS. to the University of Oxon. Humble Petition to the Parliament in behalf of Episcopacy and Cathedrals . — dat . 24. Apr. 1641. Oxon. 1641. Printed in one Sheet in 4to . as also on a broad side of a Sheet . It was answer'd by a certain Anonymus , but very sillily . Epistola ad ampliss . & reverendiss . D. Gul. Archipraes . Cant. dat . 6. Jul. 1641. It was Printed at the end of the said Archbishop's Letter , by which he resign'd his Office of Chancellor of the University of Oxon. This Epistle was published by command of the Chief Members of the said University , upon occasion of a base Libel and Forgery that was Printed by Anon. under the said title . Oxon. 1641. in one Sheet and half . Reasons of their present judgment concerning ( 1 ) The Solemn League and Covenant . ( 2 ) The Negative Oath , and ( 3 ) The Ordinances concerning Discipline and Worship , approved by general consent in a full Convocation , on the first of June 1647. Oxon. 1647. in five Sheets and half in 4to . These Reasons ( which were for the most part drawn up by the Profound and Learned Dr. Rob. Sanderson of Linc. Coll. ) were afterwards translated into several Languages and published . Answer to the Petition , Articles of grievance , and Reasons of the City of Oxon , presented to the Committee for regulating the University of Oxford , 24. July 1649. Oxon. 1649. and 1678. 4to . This Answer was drawn up by Dr. Gerard Langbaine of Queens Coll. but published in the Name of the University of Oxon. The said Petition of the City of Oxon ( the general part of which , were then Presbyterians , or at least very Factious ) was for the diminishing , and taking away , several of the Liberties and Privileges of the University . Judgment and Decree past in the Convocation 21. July 1683. against certain pernicious Books and damnable Doctrins , destructive to the Sacred Persons of Princes , their State and Government , and of all Humane Society — Printed at the Theatre in Oxon. in Latin and English in three Sheets in Folio . 1683. Humble Address and Recognition Presented to His Sacred Majesty James 2. King of England , &c. according to an Act of Convocation , bearing date 21. Feb. 1684 — 'T is Printed in Latin and English ; and was set before the Verses , made by several Members of the University on the said Kings coming to the Crown of Great Britain , Fol. The Case of shewing , that the City of Oxford is not concern'd to oppose the Confirmation of their Charters by Parliament ; presented to the Honourable House of Commons , 24 Jan. 1689. Oxon. 1690. in 2 Sheets in Fol. and in two and an half in 4 to . drawn up by Ja. Harrington M. A. of Christ Church . Judicium & decretum latum in Convocatione habita Aug. 19. an . 1690. contra propositiones quasdam impias & haereticas , exscriptas & citatas ex libello quodam infami haud ita pridem intra dictam Academiam perfidè typis mandato , ac divulgato , eui tit . est , The naked Gospel . Quae praecipua fidei nostrae mysteria in Ecclesia Catholica , ac speciatim Anglicana , semper retenta & conservata , impugnant ac labefactant . Oxon. 1690. in two Sheets in Fol. This Book called The Naked Gospel was written by Arth. Bury D. D. Rector of Exeter Coll. and by him was first made publick in the beginning ( in Apr. ) of the same Year : And tho it is said in the Title Page to be Printed at London , yet it was really Printed at Oxon , by virtue of his Authority , as being then Pro-Vice-Chancellor . But before Twenty Copies of it had been dispersed , the Author , by the persuasion of some of his Friends , made certain alterations for the best , as he thought , in one or more Sheets in the middle of the said Book ; and thereupon several Copies so altered were exposed to sale ; yet in the Month of May following , the remaining Copies of the Impression not alter'd were dispersed abroad . The said Book was publickly Burnt in the School-quadrangle , just after the said Decree had passed : Whereupon about three dayes after , the Author of it dispersed in Manuscript , his Apology for writing the said Book called The Naked Gospel ; the beginning of which is this : The design of the Book and the occasion of it were as followeth ; when the King had called a Convocation to reconcile , as it was hoped , to the Church of England the several Sects , &c. In which Apology , the Author saith , that certain Persons to him unknown , got a Copy of the said Book unaltered , and Printed it at London . As for the several Books of Verses , which were published on various occasions , under the Name of the University of Oxon , are not to be remembred here , because the Names of all , or at least most of , the Persons that had composed Copies of Verses , have their Names set at the end of them . WILLIAM BEETH , a Person Famous for his great knowledge in the Theological faculty , was Educated from his Youth among the Dominicans , commonly called Black-friers , then noted in England and elsewhere , for their Religion and Learning ; and in the prime of his Years , obtained much of his Learning in the College or Convent belonging to that Order , in the South Suburb of Oxon. In his middle Age , he being then accounted by those of his Society , a Person of great Discretion and Prudence , as well as of Learning ; he was Elected by them their Provincial Minister ; that is the chief Governor or Master of them and their Order in England ; which laudable Office he executed for some Years with great approbation . He hath written according to Anton. a Senensis . Comment . sup . 4. libros sententiarum . Tract . de unitate formarum . Lecturae Scholasticae , and other things which I have not yet seen . This William Beeth was in great renown among Learned Men , especially among those of his Order , in the Reign of K. H. 7. of England , but when he died it appears not . JOHN PERCEVALL discovered even in his Childhood an early affection to Learning , and when at the Age of about Twenty , he diligently applied his Muse to Philosophical Learning in the Universities of England , especially in this of Oxon ; wherein he obtained a considerable competency in humane and Divine Learning . At riper Years , he , upon mature consideration , entred b into the most Holy Order of the Carthusians ; and soon after by a severe and strict life among them , mostly by fasting and a continual and religious contemplation ; his divine Soul was at length totally refin'd and fitted for the Society of the Saints in Heaven . He hath transmitted to Posterity , Compendium divini amoris . Par. 1530. in Oct. This Book was Printed elsewhere before that time . Epistolae ad solitarios ; besides other things as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen : Theodor. Petreius in his Bibliotheca c Cartusiana , tells us , that this John Percevall was Prior of the Carthusians at Paris , in the Year 1550 , but my Author ( Jo. Baleus ) before quoted , mentions no such matter , only that he was a bare Carthusian ; and that he was in great esteem among Men for his Piety and Learning Fifty Years before that time . The Reader is now to know that contemporary with the former , lived another John Percevall Doctor of Divinity of Oxon , and by order a Franciscan or Grey Frier ; who being a Person of great note among his Brethren , or among those of his Society , was elected the Seven and Fortieth Provincial Minister of them ; but what relation there was between this and the former , it appears not . This John Percevall the Franciscan died at London , and was buried in the Church of the Franciscans , now commonly called Christ-Church within Newgate ; whereupon Hen. Standish D. D. ( whom I shall mention elsewhere ) succeeded him in the Provincialship . It is also farther to be noted , that whereas a Learned d Author tells us , that this John Percevall succeeded in that honourable Office , one Will. Goddard a Doctor of Divinity of Oxon , it is a great mistake , for that Will. Goddard whom he sets down to have been Provincial Minister , was only Warden or Guardian e of the House or College of Franciscans at London before-mention'd , ( to which he was a Benefactor ) who dying 26. f Sept. 1485. was Buried in the Chappel of the Apostles , joyning to the Church of the said House . As for the famous Dr. Will. Goddard , who was the g Provincial Minister of the Franciscans , he h died 30 Octob. 1437. and was buried in the said Church , on the right side of the Tomb of Sir John Hastyngs : So that I believe two , three , or more were Provincials between this last Dr. Goddards death , and the time when Dr. John Percevall took the Provincialship upon him . ROBERT BALE called by some Robert Bale Junior , because there was another of both his Names , a Lawyer of London , and before him in time , was born in the County of Norfolk , entred , when Young , among the Carmes or Carmelites , commonly called White-Friers , in the City of Norwych ; spent some time for the sake of Study , among those of his Order , living in the North Suburb of Oxon , where he improv'd himself much in the faculty of Theology ; as , I presume , he did partly at Cambridge among those of his Society there . Afterwards he became Prior of the Carmes at Burnham in his own Country , where he was had in veneration by them and others for his great love towards Learning and Learned Men. All the time that he could procure , he greedily spent in his beloved Study of Divinity , and Histories both Divine and Profane ; and having to his great expence obtained a considerable Library of Books , they , at length , came after his Death to that of the Carmes at Burnham . He hath written , Annales perbreves Ordinis Carmelitarum . The beginning of which is , Anno Mundi 3042. Helias Thesb . &c. Historia Heliae Prophetae . The beginning of which is , Ecce ego mitto , &c. Officium Simonis Angli . The beginning of which is , Simon pater inclytus , &c. This famous Simon was Simon Stock , the most noted and religious Brother of the Carmes that ever was ; the first of all his Order that took a degree in this University , as I have told i you elsewhere ; and the same , who many Years after his death was Canoniz'd . Besides the said Books , he the said Rob. Bale composed Several . Sermons , which went from hand to hand , as one k of his Order will farther tell you , who addeth , year 1503 that he giving way to fate in Fifteen hundred and three which was about the 18th . Year of K. Hen. 7. was buried in his Monastery of Burnham before-mentioned . RICHARD BARDNEY was born at , or near to , Bardney in Lincolnshire ; became when Young , a Monk of the Order of St. Benedict in his own Country , received his Learning in the supreme faculty among those of his Society in Oxon , and afterwards retiring to his Monastery , wrot in Verse , Vita Roberti Grostest quondam Episcopi Lincolniensis . 'T is as yet in Manuscript , and was finished by the Author in 1503. he being then Bachelaur of Divinity , and by him dedicated to Will. Smythe Bishop of Lincoln . The beginning of this Book is Lincolniensis apex presul sacrate Wilelme , &c. Many fabulous things are inserted therein , not at all agreeable to so profound and subtile a Philosopher as Grostest was ; who in his Life and Actions did very humbly l imitate , or at least endeavoured so to do , St. Austin Archbishop of Canterbury . The said Author Bardney tells us , that Grestest was Born at Stow in Lincolnshire , which no Author besides himself , hath in the least mentioned , and other matters of him which are false , tho some are true , and fit to be mention'd in History . What else our Author Bardney hath written , I know not as yet , nor any thing else of him ; only , that he was in good esteem for some parts of Learning , especially by those of his Society , during the time that King Henry 7. lived ; but when he died it appears not . DONALD O-FIHELY , a Person much valued among his Country-men , for his unwearied industry in matters relating to History and Antiquity ; was Born of an Antient Family in the County of Cork in Ireland : whence in his Youthful Years being sent to Oxon , improved himself much in Academical Learning ; but whether he took a Degree , we have no Register that testifies it . Afterwards receeding to his Native Country , he wrot in his own Language . The Annals of Ireland — drawn down with great care and labour to his time , and by him Dedicated to his Patron , and Favourer of his Muse Florence Mac Mahoun . This Book , which doth as yet , as I conceive , continue in MS , was in the Custody of one Flor. Mac Carty in 1626 , as the Antiquary m of Ireland attesteth ; who adds , that this our Author O Fihely did write the said Annals about the latter end of the last , or in the beginning of this Century , which we are now upon : So that I presume , that he was living in Fifteen hundred and five , and that he wrot , as 't is probable , other things , but lost . In this Mans time , I find many noted Persons of Ireland to have studied in this University ; who , as it seems , have either been Writers , Bishops , or Statesmen in that Kingdom ; but most of their Christian Names being deficient , I cannot justly particularize them , or say that this was afterwards a Writer , or that a Bishop , &c. STEPHEN HAWES , or Hawys originally descended , as it seems , from the Hawes of Hawes in the Bushes in the County of Suffolk ; was instructed in all such Literature as this University could at that time afford , but whether he took a Degree , we have no Register to shew it . Afterwards in his Travels through England , Scotland , and France ; visiting the receptacles of good Letters , did much advance the Foundation of Literature that he had laid in this place ; so that after his return , he being esteemed a compleat Gentleman , a Master of several Languages , especially of the French , and above all , for his most excellent vein in Poetry ; he was received into the Court of King Henry 7. who being a great encourager of Learning , and a judicious understander of Men , was by him made n at length one of the Grooms of his Chamber , and highly esteemed by him for his facetions discourse , and prodigious memory ; which last did evidently appear in this , that he could repeat by heart most of our English Poets ; especially Jo. Lydgate a Monk of Bury , whom he made equal in some respects , with Geff. Chaucer . He hath transmitted to Posterity several Books in English , some of which are in Verse , and somein Prose , as , The pastime of pleasure ; or , the History of Graund Amour , and la bel Pucell , containing the knowledge of the seven Sciences , and the course of Man's Life in this World. Lond. 1555. quart . Written in English Verse , and finished by the Author 21. Henry 7. Dom. 150 5 / 6. About which time it was first of all , I suppose , made publick . It is adorned with Wooden Cuts to make the Reader understand the Story the better , and Printed in an old English Character . But such is the fate of Poetry , that this Book which in the time of Henry 7. and 8. was taken into the Hands of all ingenious Men , is now thought but Worthy of a Ballad-mongers Stall . He hath also written ( 1 ) The Exemplar of Vertue . ( 2 ) Delight of the Soul. ( 3 ) Consolation of Lovers . ( 4 ) The Chrystalline Temple , &c. one or more of which were written in Latin. This Author was in great value among ingenious Men , in the latter end of Henry 7. but when he died I know not as yet . WILLIAM GALEON a Norfolk Man Born , did in his Manly Years , take upon him the Habit of the Friers of the Order of St. Austin the Hermit at Lynn Regis in his own Country ; Studied several Years in this University among the Brethren of that Order in their College there , proceeded o Doctor of Divinity at Oxon , and at length was made Provincial of his Order , that is the chief Governor of the said Brethren , living in the Province of England ; he being then accounted a most eminent Person for Literature and Piety , and the prime example among those of his Society for all kind of Virtue and Learning . He hath written and left to Posterity , Lectiones in Theologia . Disputationes Variae . Course of Sermons for the whole Year , Preached to the People . — Besides other things which I have not yet seen . He paid his last debt to Nature at Lynn before-mentioned in Fifteen hundred and seven , year 1507 ( 22. and 23. of Hen 7. ) and was buried in the Church there belonging to the Friers of St. Austin . Joseph . Pamphilus Bishop of Segni saith p that he died in 1500 , Aged 90 Years , but falsly , for all Authors , except himself , say otherwise . JOHN SOWLE , a Carme of London , was for some time a Student in the Sacred Faculty among those of his Order in Oxon , took one , if not both the Degrees , in the said Faculty in this University , in the Reign , as I conceive , of Henry 7. being then a very famous Preacher , and not only followed by the Secular Priests , but by many of the Religious Orders . He was a great admirer , and a Preacher up of the Doctrine of S. Paul , and endeavoured to his utmost , to frame his life according to it , and to make others do the like , and therefore much honored and valued by Dr. John Colet , the learned and religious Dean of S. Paul's Cathedral . He hath Written according to Baleus q these things following , Sermones ex D ▪ Paulo . Divisiones Thematum . A course of Sermons for the year — Besides other matters relating to Divinity . year 1508 He departed this mortal life in Fifteen hundred and eight , which was the last year of King Henry 7. and was buried among the Carmes , commonly called the White Friers in their Convent near Fleetstreet , in the Suburb of London , leaving then the Character behind him of a most Pious and Religious Father . EDMUND DUDLEY , Son of John Dudley Esquire , Second Son of John Lord Dudley , of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire , became a Student in this University about 1478. went afterwards , as it seems , to Greys-Inn in Holborn near London , where he in a short time became so noted a Proficient in the Municipal Law ; that King Henry 7. taking notice of him , did r for his singular prudence and faithfulness , make choice of him to be one of his Privy Council in the first year of his Reign , Dom. 1486. Dudley being then but twenty four years of age . Soon after , he discerning the King to be of a frugal disposition , did , to gain his favour the more , project the taking advantage against such as had transgressed the Penal Laws , by exacting from them the Forfeitures according to those Statutes . In which employment he had for his assistant one Sir Richard Emson , another Lawyer , Son of a Sieve-maker of Tocester in Northamptonshire . Both which being constituted by the said King his Judices fiscales , as one s is pleased to stile them , ( Dudley being then t a person that could put hateful business into good language ) they became so extremely hated of all people , that they were forced many times to go guarded in the Streets . In the 19. of Henry 7. he being Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament , should have been made Sergeant at Law on the 13. of November the same year , but ( for what reason it appears not ) he did petition that he might be discharged from assuming that Degree , which was accordingly done to his desire , and in the 22. of the said Kings Reign , he u obtained the Stewardship of the Rape of Hastings in Sussex . He hath written w a Book Entit . Arbor Reipublicae , &c. It is penned in a Juridic Stile , and is now , or at least lately was , reserved , as a choice Monument , in the Cottonian Library . Whether ever Printed , I cannot tell . At length after King Henry 7. ( who favoured his actions because he brought Grist to his Mill ) being dead , his Successor King Henry 8. did , for the Peoples satisfaction , issue out his special Precept for the Execution of the said Dudley , then a Prisoner in the Tower of London . Whereupon he had his Head smitten off on Tower-Hill , 28. Aug. 2. Henry 8. being the year of our Lord fifteen hundred and ten , year 1510 leaving then behind him several Sons , the eldest of which was John , afterwards Duke of Northumberland , Father to Ambrose Dudley , Earl of Warwick , and to Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester . JOHN HOLTE , called by some Holtigena , was born in the County of Sussex , and from being Usher of the School joyning to the common gate of S. Mary Magdalen College , and Bachelaur of Arts , was elected Probationer of the said College in 1490. and within the compass of an year following was admitted true and perpetual Fellow thereof . Afterwards he took the Degree of Master of Arts , and carried on the profession of Pedagogy so zealous , that by his admirable way of teaching the Faculty of Grammar , many from his School were transplanted to several Colleges and Halls in this University , that were afterwards eminent in the Nation . Since which time , and that of King Henry 7. hath been a singular care of Royal Authority , and of worthy learned men to lay a solid Foundation of all kind of Learning , by producing a right Grammar-Institution . For tho before the said King's time a great part of our English men had little leisure , and less care of good Arts , yet when the Houses of York and Lancaster were united by the Counsel of Dr. John Moreton , Bishon of Ely , and the times thereupon became more peaceable , our Author Holte made a Grammar , Entit . Lac Puerorum , &c. Printed about the year 1497. and Dedicated to the said Moreton , then Archbishop of Canterbury . Which Grammar ( Printed also with the Works of John Stanbridge ) being the first of note , or most fit for use , that was ever Printed in England , was much used and taken into the hands of all sorts of Scholars . Afterwards the said Stanbridge , and his Scholar Robert Whittington , with others , did put forth divers Treaties of Grammar , but more especially Dr. John Colet , the learned Dean of S. Paul's Cathedral , who compiled the Eight parts of Speech , and William Lilye , the first Master of S. Paul's School , an English Syntax : whereunto Cardinal Thomas Wolsey did afterwards prefix an Epistle , and directions for teaching the eight Classes or Forms in Ipswich School . The learned Erasmus also , intreated a by Dr. Colet , to revise Lilyes Syntax , made a new Latin Syntax , in 1513. upon which Henry Pryme , a School-Master in a certain Monastery , and Leonard Cox of Carleon in Monmouthshire Commented ; the former in 1539. and the other in 1540. But these things being spoken by the by , I shall only say that our Author Holte being esteemed the most eminent Grammarian of his time , there is no doubt but that he did Compose other things belonging to Grammar , which perhaps are now quite lost , and past recovery , as the time of his death , and place of burial is . One Holte , who was Master to Sir Thomas More , Lord Chancellor of England , did publish an Accedence and Grammar about the same time that Lac Puerorum was made extant . Which Holte is in the * Auction Catalogue of Mr. Richard Smith , sometimes Secondary of the Poultry Compter , written Nich. Holt. Qu. whether not mistaken for John. NICHOLAS MAGWIRE , was born in Idron within the Kingdom of Ireland , Educated b among the Oxonians , and took one or more Degrees . Afterwards returning to his Country , he was made Prebendary of Hillard , in the Diocess of Laighlin , being then , and after , accounted famous among his Country-men for his great Learning , and constant Preaching among them . In 1490. he was , by provision from the Pope , promoted to the Bishoprick of Laighlin , aged about thirty one years . Where being settled , he began to write several Books , but being untimely snatch'd away by death , finished only these following . Chronicon Hiberniae , ( of which Thaddeus Dowling made use , when he Composed his Annales Hiberniae ) and , Vita Milonis de Rupe Episc . quondan Laighliensis . This our Author Magwire , year 1512 died in fifteen hundred and twelve , ( 4. Hen. 8. ) and was buried , as it seems , in his own Church of Laighlin . In his Bishoprick succeeded one Thomas Halsey Doctor of both the Laws , whom I shall remember in his proper place , among the Bishops , that have received their Education in Oxon. MAURITIUS de PORTU , otherwise called O-Fihely , who , in his time , was , for his great Learning and Virtue , called and written by many The Flower of the World , was born c in the County of Cork near to a celebrated Port called Baltimore in Ireland , where the antient Seat of the O-Fihely's was placed , instructed for some time in Grammaticals and Trivials in this Universi●● , and not unlikely in other Learning ( after he had taken upon him the Habit of S. Francis ) in the Convent of the Brethren of that Order situated in the South Suburb of Oxon , wherein the person that he admired beyond all the World ( John Duns Scotus ) had spent some years in Religion and Learning , and in the Library of which place many of his Books had been Religiously preserved . From Oxon he Travelled into Italy , and setling in the University of Padöua or Padua , then flourishing in Learning , made very great proficiency in Philosophy in the Monastery of the Franciscans called S. Antony , and at riper years applied himself severely to the study of Metaphysicks , School-Divinity , and above all to the Doctrin of John Duns , whom he had in so great veneration , that he was in a manner besotted with his Subtilities . After he had taken the Degree of Doctor of Divinity ( in which Faculty he for some time Read with great applause among the Brethren ) he became known to , and much respected by , Pope Julius 2. who , for a reward of his Learning and Vertues , conferred on him the Archbishoprick of Tuam in Ireland in the year 1506. In 1512. he was present at the two first Sessions of the Council of Lateran , and in the year following , minding to return to his Native Country , he obtained a Faculty from the Pope , of granting Indulgences to all such that should retire to Tuam to hear the first Mass that he should Celebrate there : but at his arrival at Galloway , being overtaken with a deadly Disease , died before he could Celebrate it . His Works , which have been much admired , and taken into the Hands of all Catholicks , are mostly these . Expositio ( sive lectura ) accuratiss , in questiones dialecticas Divi Johan . Scoti in Isagogen Porphyrii . Ferrar. 1499. Ven. 1512. &c. fol. Commentaria Doctoris Subtilis Johan . Scoti in xii . lib. Metaphysicae Aristotelis Emendata , & Quotationibus , Concordantiis , atque Annotationibus decorata . Venet. 1507. fol. These Comments were made to the new Translation of , and the many Additions made to , the said twelve Books , by that most famous Disciple of Duns Scotus , named Antonius Andreas , a Franciscan of the Province of Aragon . Epithomata in insigne formalitatum opus de mente Doctoris Subtilis , &c. Ven. 1514. fol. Dictionarium Sacrae Scripturae universis conoionatoribus apprimè utile & necessarium . Venet. 1603. fol. This Dictionary reaches but to the latter end of the Letter E. to the Word Exnitguere . Enchiridion fidei . Printed in 1509. Epistolae diversae ad Jo. Camersium , with several other things , besides his postillizing the whole Doctrine of Duns Scotus , and his subtile Comments on his Vniversals , as Ant. Possevinus in his Apparatus Sacer , will farther tell you . He gave way to fate at Galloway , before he could reach to Tuam ( as it is already told you ) to the great reluctancy of all learned Men , especially those of his own Country , and of Padöua , on the eighth of the Cal. of June , in Fifteen hundred and thirteen ; year 1513 whereupon his body was buried in the Church of the Franciscans , commonly called the Grey Friers , at Galloway . In the See of Tuam succeeded one Thomas O-Mullaly , commonly called Laly ; which Sirname occurring often in our Registers and Records , there is no doubt but that he had received some knowledge of good Letters among us . HENRY BRADSHAW was born in the antient Town of West-Chester , commonly called the City of Chester , and being much addicted to Religion and Learning , when a Youth , was received among the Benedictine Monks of S. Werbergs Monastery in the said City . Thence at riper years he was sent to Gloucester College , in the Suburb of Oxon , where after he had passed his course in Theology among the Novices of his Order , he returned to his Cell at S. Werberg , and in his elder years wrote , De antiquitate & magnificentia Urbis Cestriae . Chronicon , &c. and translated from Latin into English , a Book which he thus entituled . The life of the glorious Virgin S. Werberg : Also many Miracles that God hath shewed for her . Lond. 1521. qu. He died in Fifteen hundred and thirteen ( 5. Henry 8 ) and was buried in his Monastery , year 1513 leaving then behind him other matters to posterity , but the subject of which they Treat , I know not . JOHN HARLEY , of the Order of the Preaching or Dominican , commonly called Black , Friers , did also pass his course in the supream Faculty among those of his Order in the College pertaining to them , sometimes situated and being in the South Suburb of Oxon ; where making great proficiency in his Profession , was at length honored with the Degree of Doctor of Divinity , being then accounted one of the prime Theologists of his Order , not only for Learning , but for conspicuous Vertue , sanctimony of Life , and acuteness in all Subtilities , and Scholastical Disputations . He hath written according to Anton. e Senensis , a Brother of the said Order . Bina Commentaria super 4. libros Sententiarum . Tract . de Praedestinatione Dei. Quodlibeta varia . The time when he left this vain and transitory life my Author Anton. Senen . tells me not , only that his name sounded high , and was in great renown for his erudition , and most refined sanctity of life , in Fifteen hundred and fifteen , which was the seventh year of King Henry 8. of England . THOMAS FICH was an Irish Man born , and a Student for some time in Oxon , as certain imperfect Notes shew , but what Degree he took , I find not . Afterwards upon his return into his Country , being then , if not some years before , a Canon Regular , he became Subprior of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Dublin , and in his elder years wrote , De rebus Ecclesiae Cath. SS . Trinit . Dublin , lib. 1. It is in MS. and was sometimes in the Library of Sir James Ware , who saith it was usually called The White Book , and takes it to be the same f with the Obital Book of that Church , for in his time it was written , as by the Character it appears , being at this day reserved as a great rarity in the Library of Trinity College near Dublin . This person , Tho. Fich , who is supposed to have written other things , gave way to fare on the sixteenth of the Cal. of Febr. in Fifteen hundred and seventeen , year 1517 which was the ninth year of King Henry 8. and was buried in the aforesaid Cathedral Church . GEORGE COGLEY another Irish Man , but later in time than the former , did spend some time in the study of the Civil Law among the Oxonians , and after his return to his own Country , became a Publick Notary , and Registrary to the Bishops Court at Meath ; where having opportunity , time , and place to peruse the Registers of that Church , wrote and commended to Posterity , Catalogus Episcoporum Midensium , MS. Sometimes in the Library of Sir James Ware , Knight . This Catalogue commences with Simon Rochfort , ( or de Rupe forti ) who was the first of English Men that obtained the Bishoprick of Meath , in 1194. or thereabouts , and reaches down to Hugh Ynge , who became Bishop in 1511. A Copy of this Cataloge , if not the Original , was sometimes in the hands of the famous Dr. Usher , Bishop of the said place , who communicated it to Sir James Ware , when he was composing his two Books De Script Hibern . JOHN COLET , the eldest Son of Sir Henry Colet , sometimes twice Lord Mayor of London , ( by Christiana his Chast and faithful Wife ) Son of Robert Colet of Wendover in Buckinghamshire , was born in London , ( in the Parish of S. Antholin as it seems ) in the year 1466. was Educated in Grammaticals , partly in London or Westminster , and being fitted for greater Learning , was sent to the Habitation of the Muses , the University of Oxon , about 1483. ( at which time one or more of his Sirname were of S. Mary Magdalen College ) where , after he had spent seven years in Logicals and Philosophicals , was Licensed to proceed in Arts , being about that time so exquisitely Learned , that all Tullies Works were as familiar to him , as his Epistles . He was also no stranger to Plato and Plotinus , whom he not only read , but conferred and paralleled , perusing the one , as a Commentary on the other . And as for the Mathematicks , there was scarce any part thereof , wherein he was not seen above his years . Having thus obtained a most admirable competency in Learning at home , he Travelled into Foreign Countries to improve it by seeing the variety of Learning : As first into France , where at Paris he advanced himself much in Divinity , and in Italy he prosecuted his Studies therein so effectually , that there were none of his time went beyond him either in that Faculty , or for the Reading of the Antients , particularly Dionysius Areopagita , Origen , S. Cyprian , S. Ambrose , S. Hierome , S. Austin , &c. But as for Thomas Aquinas , Jo. Duns Scotus , and other Schoolmen , he seemed not to delight in . After his return from Italy , he retired again to his Mother the University of Oxon , where he publickly and freely without stipend or reward , Expounded all S. Paul's Epistles , about 1497. 98. 99. &c. in which years , Erasmus Rot. studied ( perhaps our Author Colet too ) in the College of S. Mary the Virgin , a Nursery for the Canon Regulars of the Order of S. Austin . Which most learned person did make this report of Colet , that there was neither Doctor , Abbat , or Master in the whole University , who frequented not , and ( which was more ) took Notes of his Lectures . In 1493. he was , upon the resignation of Christoph . Urswyke , admitted by proxie ( being then absent ) Prebendary of Botevant in the Church of York , in 1502 he became Preb. of Durnesford in the Church of Salisbury , on the resignation of Rich. Rauson , and about the year 1504. being then Doctor of Divinity , he was by King Henry 7. made Dean of S. Paul's Cathedral in the place of Rob. Sherebourne , promoted to the See of S. David . After his settlement in Pauls , he according to the blessed example of S. Paul , became a free and constant Preacher of the Gospel , by Preaching every Holyday in the Cathedral , ( not customary in those times ) besides his Sermons at Court , ( which made him be loved of the King ) and in many other Churches in the City . In his own Church he Expounded the Scriptures , not by retail but wholesale , running over sometimes a whole Epistle : which , with his Sermons elsewhere , were much frequented by Courtiers and Citizens , and more especially for this cause , that the strickt disciplinee of his Life , did regularly corespond with the integrity of his Doctrine . In 1512. ( 4. Hen. 8. ) he was at the charge of 4500 l. for the Founding a Free-School in the East part of S. Paul's Church-Yard for three hundred fifty and three poor Mens Children , to be taught free in the School , appointing a Master , Usher , and a Chaplain , with sufficient stipends to endure for ever , and committed the oversight of it to the Mercers of London , whom he endowed with an hundred and twenty pounds yearly for the maîntenance thereof . He also at the same time gave Orders for the Scholars , whereby also the School-Masters themselves should be directed . As for the Rents , they being much increased since , more comes to the School-Master than the whole endowment . The first Master was William Lilye , the famous Grammarian , who before had privately taught Grammar elsewhere ( 2 ) John Retwise , 1522. ( 3. ) Richard Jones , 1532. ( 4. ) Thomas Freeman , 1549. ( 5. ) John Cook , 1559. ( 6. ) Will. Malyn , 1573. ( 7. ) William Harrison , 1581. ( 8. ) Rich. Mulcaster , 1596. ( 9. ) Alexander Gill , senior , 1608. ( 10. ) Alexander Gill , jun. 1635. ( 11. ) John Largley , 1640. ( 12. ) Sam. Crumbleholme , of C. C. C. Ox. 1657. ( 13. ) Thomas Gale of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge . Our Author Colet was accounted one of the lights of Learning of his time , and therefore entirely beloved of Erasmus , who g wrote his Life ( which I have seen , and in some things follow ) Thomas Lynacre , Sir Thomas Mere , Richard Paice his successor in the Deanry of S. Paul's , William Latymer , William Grocyn and others . As for the things that he wrote , they are many , which being found in his Study after his death , few understood them , because written only for his own understanding with intentions , if life had been spared , that they should have been all fairly transcribed and published . The most part follow . Orationes duae ad Clerum in Convocatione , An 1511. &c. Lond. in oct . One of them was also Printed in three Sheets in quarto by Rich. Pynson . Comment . in Ecclesiasticam D. Dionysiii Hierarchiam , MS. Comment . in Proverbia Salomonis . Comment . in Evang. S. Matthei . Comment . in Epistolas D. Pauli . The said Com. on the Epistles of S. Paul , are said to be in MS. in the Library of Bennet Coll. in Cambridge . Com. in Precationem Dominic . Symbolum fidei . The first of these two last is translated into English . Breviloquium dictorum Christi . De Reformidatione Christi . Conciones Ordinariae . Extraordinariae . Some of these , I think , are published . Epistolae ad Erasmum . Some of these , if not all , are published in the Epistles of Erasmus . De Moribus componendis . Grammatices rudimenta . Lond. 1539. oct . This , I think , is called Paul's Accidence , &c. E●●●olae ad Thom. Taylerum . Daily Devotions : or , the Christians Morning and Evening Sacrifice , &c. Printed at London several times in twelves and sixteens . Before one Impression , if not more , of this Book , is Dr. Colet's Life , t●●ely and imperfectly written by Thomas Fuller of Waltham in Essex , being mostly the same with that in his Abel Redivivus . Monition to a godly life . London 1534. 1563. &c. oct . This without doubt is the same with A right fruitful admonition concerning the order of a good Christian . Mans life , &c. London 1577. oct . Sermon of Conforming and Reforming , made to the Convocation in S. Paul 's Church , on Rom. 12. 2. An. 1511. This was also published at Cambridge , in 1661. in octavo , by Thomas Smith of Christs Coll. there , with Notes , of his making , put to it , and the Particulars of his Life in English , framed from some of the Epistles of Erasmus . Responsio ad argumenta Erasmiana de taedio & pavore Christi . This is mentioned in the thirty first Book of the Epistles of Erasmus , ep . 46. The Titles of other Books written by Dr. Colet , you may see in John Bale's Book De Script . Maj. Britan. Cent. 8 nu . 63. At length our learned Author discovering the sweating Sickness to grow upon him , he retired to his Lodgings that he had built in the Monastery of the Carthusians at Sheen near to Richmond in Surrey : where spending the little remainder of his days in Devotion , surrendred up at length his last breath to him that first gave it , year 1519 on the 16. of September in Fifteen hundred and nineteen . Afterwards his body was carried to London , and by the care of his old decrepid Mother , it was buried in the Cathedral Church of S. Paul , nigh to the Image of S. W●gefort . Soon after was a comly Monument set over his Grave , near to the little one which he had set up in his life time , between the Choire and the South Isle : which Monument remaining whole and entire till 1666. was then consumed in the dreadful Conflagration that happened in the City of London . But before that time it was carefully preserved in Effigie by the industrious Pen of Mr. ( since Sir ) William Dugdale in his History of S. Paul's Cathedral . Printed at London in fol. 1658. In the last b Will and Testament of the said Dr. Colet , dated 22. Aug. and proved the 5. of October , in 1519. I find this passage — Item , The New Testament , and other of my making , written in Parchment , as Comments of Paul's Epistles , and Abbreviations , with many such other , I Will shall be disposed at the disposition of my Executors , &c. His body which was closed up in a leaden Coffin of six feet and two Inches long , and of three feet and two inches broad , was laid up and inclosed in the Wall , near to the place where his Monument was afterwards put . In 1680. or thereabouts , when the Wall was taken down , the said Coffin was discovered ( for it laid in the said Wall about two feet and an half above the surface of the floor ) whereon was a plate of Lead fastned , with an Inscription ingraven thereon , shewing the name of the person thee deposited , his Fathers name , his Dignity , Obit , benefaction , &c. Some of the Royal Society , who out of curiosity went to see it , did thrust a probe or little stick into a chink of the Cossin , which bringing out some moisture with it , found it of an ironish tast , and fancied that the body felt soft and pappy like Brawn . JOHN CONSTABLE , Son of Roger Constable by Isabel his Wife , was born in London , Educated in Grammaticals under William Lilye , in Academicals in an antient Hostle sometimes called Byham , afterwards corruptly Bohem , Hall , opposite to Merton Coll. Church , under the tuition , as I conceive , of Mr. John Plaisted the chief Moderator thereof . About the time that he had taken the Degree of Master of Arts , which was in 1515. ( 7. Hen. 8 ) he left the University , being then accounted an excellent Poet and Rhetorician , and had some preferment conferred upon him , but what , I know not . He hath written and published . Querela Veritatis . The beginning of which is Destinavimus tibi hunc nostrum , &c. Joh. Bradford , the Protestant Martyr , wrote a Book Entit . The complaint of Verity , &c. Lond. 1559. in oct . Whether in imitation of the former , I know not . Epigrammata . Lond. 1520. qu. which Book of Epigrams I have seen in the Bodleian Library , given thereunto by that curious collector of Books , Democritus Junior . Other things , as I conceive he hath written , but of what Subject I cannot yet tell ; nor can I say any more of John Constable , only this , that one of both his Names , who was Doctor of Decrees , fourth Son of Sir● Rob. Constable of Flamburgh in Yorkshire Knight , and Residentiary of the Church of Lincoln , became Dean of the said Church , in the Year 1514. who dying 15. Jul. 1528. recommended his Body to be buried in the Cathedral Church of our Lady of Lincoln , near to the Corps of George Fitz-Hugh sometimes Dean thereof , who was buried in the Body of the said Church : What relation our Author Jo. Constable the Poet ( who was in great renown among learned Men in Fifteen hundred and twenty ) had to John Constable the Dean , I cannot yet find . In the Reign of Queen Elizabeth , lived one Henry Constable . a noted English Poet , not unfitly ranked with Sir Edw. Dyer Chancellor of the most noble Order of the Garter , a poetical Writer , and of good esteem in the said Queens time , as living in the 39 Year of her Reign . The said Henry Constable , who had spent some time among the Oxonian Muses , was a great Master of the English Tongue ; and there was no Gentleman of our Nation , had a more pure , quick , and higher delivery of conceit than he ; witness among all others , that Sonnet of his before the poetical Translation called The Furies , made by King James the First of England , while he was King of the Scots . He hath also several Sonnets extant , written to Sir Phil. Sidney ; some of which are set before the Apology for Poetry , written by the said Knight . THOMAS BRYNKNELL , a Person of great Literature , and a most skilful interpreter of the sacred Writ , had most of his Education in Lincoln Coll. whence being taken to govern the Free-School joyning to that of S. Mary Magd. did exercise such an admirable way of teaching there , that many were by him fitted for the University . In 1507. he proceeded in Divinity , and being afterwards a commoner for some time of University Coll. became so much known to , and respected by , Cardinal Wolsey , ( who if I mistake not conferr'd some dignity on him ) that he was represented to the King as one of those most fit Persons in the University to encounter Mart. Luther ▪ Whereupon in the Year 1521. he being then Reader of the Cardinals Divinity Lecture , which was by him founded in the University 3 or 4 Years before , he wrot a Learned piece , entit . Tractatus contra doctrinam Martini Lutheri . Whether Printed I know not ; sure I am , that 't is commended for a good Book in one of our publick f Registers . What other Books he wrot , I cannot tell , nor when he died , or where buried . WILLIAM GROCYN , a most singular light of learning in his time , received his first breath in the City of Bristol in Somersetshire , was educated in Grammaticals in Wykehams School near Winchester , made true and perpetual fellow of New Coll. after he had served two Years of probation , in 1467 , and in 1479 , being then M. of A. he was presented by the Warden and Society of that House to the Rectory of Newton Longvill in Bucks . But his Residence being mostly in Oxon. the Society of Magd. Coll. made choice of him to be their Divinity Reade● , about the beginning of the Reign of King Rich. 3. which King coming soon after to Oxon , and taking up his lodging in that College ; he was pleased to hear our Author Grocyn , and some others of that House dispute : And being much delighted with their disputations , especially with those of Grocyn , which were in Divinity , he did most graciously g reward them . But Grocyn leaving his Readers place in Magd. Coll. in the beginning of the Year 1488 , being then accounted excellent in the Latin and Greek Tongues according to the then knowledge of them , he did , for the farther accomplishment of himself in those critical studies , take a Journey into Italy ; where by the helps of Demetrius Calchondile and Politian , he obtained his design . So that returning into his own Country , and at length to Oxon , he became h a Sojournor in Exeter Coll. in the Year 1491. or thereabouts , took a Degree in Divinity at it i seems , taught and read the Greek Tongue to the Oxonians after that way , which had not before , I suppose , been taught in their University , became a familiar Friend of , or rather Tutor to , Erasmus , and a Person in eminent renown for his learning — Recens tunc ex Italiâ venerat Grocinus ( saith k Stapleton ) qui primus eâ aetate Graecas literas in Angliam invexerat , Oxoniique publicè professus fuerat , à cujus sodali Thoma Lynacro , ( Morus ) Graecas literas Oxonii didicit . In 1504 or thereabouts , he resign'd his rectory of Newton Longvill , being about that time made Master of the College of Allhallowes at Maidston in Kent , yet continued mostly in Oxon , for several Years after . He hath written , Tract . contra hostiolum Jo. Wyclevi . Epistolae ad Erasmum & alios . Grammatica . Vulgaria Puerorum . Epigrammata , with other things which are mentioned by Leland and Bale . While Dr. Colet was Dean of St. Pauls , our Author Grocyn did read in his open Lecture in that Cathedral the Book of Dionysius Areopagita , commonly called Hierarchia Ecclesiastica , ( for the reading of the Holy Scripture , in the said Cathedral was not in use ) and in the very first entry of his Preface , cried out with great vehemency against them whosoever they were , which either denied or stood in doubt of the Authority of that Book ; in the number of whom he noted Laur ▪ Valla , and divers other of like judgment . But afterwards the said Grocyn , when he had continued a few Weeks in his reading thereof , and had farther considered of the matter , he utterly alter'd and recanted his former sentence ; protesting openly , that the said Book , in his judgment , was never written by that Author , whom we read in the Acts of the Apostles to be called Dionysius Areopagita . He the said Grocyn died at Maidstone beforementioned , in the beginning of the Year Fifteen hundred twenty and two , year 1522 aged 80 or more . Whereupon his Body was Buried at the Stall-end , in the high Choir of the Coll. of Allhallows before-mentioned . Thomas Lynacre the Famous Physician was his Executor , to whom he left considerable Legacies ; and William Lilye the Grammarian , who was his God-son , had a little Memorial bequeathed to him in his last Will which I have l seen . To , and with , this Grocyn , and other eminent Scholars of England , who were of his time , was well known , and familiar , Andreas Ammonius a Clerk of Luca in Italy , Son of Elizab. de Harena , or Arena , a grave Matron of that place ; which Andrew , who was an Apostolick Prothonotary , Collector for the Pope in England , Latin Secretary to King Henry 8. and a Learned Man , did , as I have just reason to conceive , spend some time in Oxon for the sake of Study , while Grocyn , or at least Erasmus were conversant there : But being not certain of the matter , I shall only say , that Ammonius dying in Septemb. 1517. ( 9. Henry 8. ) being then Prebendary of Fordington and Writhlington in the Church of Salisbury , ( which Dignity was conferr'd upon him , on the Death of Gendesalvus Ferdinandus 17 Jul. 1513. ) was Buried in the King's Chappel of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Stephen , situate and being within the Palace of Westminster ; leaving then a considerable part of his Wealth , to his Executor Mr. Peter de Vannes an Italian , his Sisters Son , whom I shall mention elsewhere . WILLIAM LILYE was born at Odyham in Hampshire , Elected one of the Demies or Semi-commoners of St. Mary Magd. Coll. in 1486. Aged 18 Years , took , as it seems , one Degree in Arts ; and then giving a farewel to the University , went for Religion sake to Jerusalem ; where , after he had paid his Vows , put in at his return at the Isle of Rhodes , and making some stay there , he learned the Latin and Greek Tongues exactly : which matter hath seemed strange to some , forasmuch as Rhodes was not Rhodes in that Age , except some great Critick was casually there . Thence he went to Rome , where he heard Joh. Sulpitius and Pomponius Sabinus , great Masters of Latin in those days Read and Teach . After his return he settled in London , and taught Grammar , Poetry , and Rhetorick with good success . At length Dr. John Colet Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral , made him the First Master of the School , which he had Founded in the Yard , belonging to the said Cathedral , in the Year 1512. where teaching about Ten Years , many issued thence , who were afterwards serviceable in the Church and State. He hath written many things in English and Latin , and in Verse and Prose ; among which are these . An Introduction to the Eight Parts of Speech — This is generally said to be written by Lilye ; yet some there are , that stick not to tell us , that the said Introduction was written by Dr. Colet or Dav. Tolley . The Construction of the Eight Parts of Speech , — This also goes under the Name of Lilye . Monita Paedagogica , seu Carmen de moribus , ad suos discipulos . The beginning of which is , Qui mihi discipulus , &c. Brevissima Institutio , seu ratio Grammatices cognoscendae , ad omnium puerorum utilitatem praescripta , &c. This contains the four Parts of Grammar , viz. ( 1 ) Orthographia . ( 2 ) Etymologia , ( 3 ) Syntaxis , and fourthly Prosodia . In which Book or Books ( very many times Printed ) that part in Verse , called Propria quae Maribus , &c. and another called , As in praesenti , &c. were afterwards published by John Ritwise ( Lilye's Successor in Colet's School ) with an Interpretation of the words in them , about the Year 1530. ( 22. Hen. 8. ) Omnium nominum in regulis contentorum , tum Heteroclitorum ac Verborum , interpretatio aliqua . All these beforementioned were published at London 1513 , and afterwards in 1520 , and had additions and annotations put to them by Ritwise before mentioned , Tho. Robertson , &c. Tho the rules in them were excellent in that Age ; yet they have been much meliorated , and more compendiously methodized by very many since , even to these our days . In aenigmatica Antibossicon Primum , Secundum , Tertium , ad Guliel . Hormannum . Lond. 1521. qu. The said three Antibossicons are witrily written in an elegant Stile , and neat Verse , not only against the said Horman , but also against Rob. Whittington a Laureat Grammarian & Rhetorician : The beginning of them is Non Hormanne latet , &c. In which Antibossicons , the said Whitting●on had , under the feigned name of Bossus , much provoked Lilye with scoffs and biting Verses . Poemata varia . Printed with the said Antibossicons . De laudibus Deiparae Virginis . Apologia ad John Skeltonum . Rob. Whittington . Besides these , he hath written other things , as Baleus and Pitseus will tell you , and hath made several translations from Greek into Latin , and from Italian into English . At length this Learned Author being infected with the Plauge , died of it to the great grief of Learned Men , on the fifth of the Cal. of Mar. in Fifteen hundred twenty and two , and was buried in the North-yard , belonging to the Cath. Church of St. Paul ; leaving then behind him a Son named George ( begotten on the body of his Wife Agnes ) whom I shall hereafter mention , and Peter a Dignitarie , as it seems , in the Church of Canterbury , Father of another Peter Lilye D. D. sometimes Fellow of Jesus Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards a Brother of the Hospital , called the Savoy in the Strand near London , Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral , and of the Church of Sarum , Archdeacon of Taunton , and a Writer of certain Books , as ( 1 ) Conciones duae , una inscripta Pax Liliana , in Act. 15 39. Altera Columba Ecclesiae , in John 19. 9. 10. — Lond. 1619. qu. published by his Widow Dorothy ( 2 ) Two Sermons , 1. A preparative Lilie to cure Souls , on Mark 16. 6. and the other , How to seek and find Christ on Luke 24. 5. Both Printed at Lond. in 1619. qu. published by his said Widow Dorothy , whose Daughter Mary hath Verses before , in commendation of , them . This Dr. Peter Lilye gave way to fate in the latter end of 1614 ( 12. Jac. 1. ) and was buried in the Church belonging to the Savoy beforementioned . Will. Lilye the Grammarian had a Daughter named Dionysia , who was married to his Usher John Ritwise or Rightwyse , afterwards Master of St. Paul's School , on the Death of his Father-in Law ; and a most eminent Grammarian in his Generation . This Person by the way I must tell you , was born at Sawl in Norfolk , educated in Eaton School near Windsor , elected into Kings Coll. in Cambridge an . 1507. made the Tragedy of Dido out of Virgil ; and acted the same with the Scholars of his School before Cardinal Wolsey with great applause . One Rich. Jones Succeeded him in the Government of St. Paul's School , 1532. ( 24. Hen. 8. ) in which Year Ritwise perhaps died . Afterwards his Widow Dionysia took to her second Husband James Jacob , who was one of the Masters of the said School , by whom he had a Son called Polydore Jacob. In the next Centery after the Death of our Famous Will. Lilye , appeared as a Comet to the Vulgar from Leicestershire , one of both his Names , a great pretender to Astrology and Physick , and in ●uch considering his Education , which was without the help of an Academy , he was eminent . He began to write , much about the time when the grand Rebellion commenc'd , wrot in favour of the Long Parliament and their proceedings , and many notorious matters against the Royal Family ; which being highly resented by the generous Loyalist , he was aimed at upon His Majesties Restauration in 1660. to be brought to condign punishment : But upon the Intercession of George Wharton ( to whom Lilye had been civil in the times of Usurpation ) and others , he escaped , and continued in writing his Ephemerides to the time of his Death . This Person who pretended much to Prophecy ( of which he hath published several , Pamphlets , especially in his said Ephemerides ) and had exercised the trade of Conjuration among ignorant People , died at Walton upon Thames in Surrey ( where he had purchased a fair Estate , with the Moneys he had got , by imposing on the Vulgar with his Juggles ) on the 9th day of June , an . 1681. Aged near 80 Years , and was buried in the middle of the Church there , towards the North Wall. Soon after , was a black Marble Stone , with an Inscription thereon , laid over his Grave by his Friend Elias Ashmole Esq . A little before his Death , he did adopt for his Son by the Name of Merlin Junior , one Will. Coley a Taylor by Trade , and a Native of Magd. Parish in the North Suburb of Oxon , and at the same time gave him the Impression of his Ephemeris , after it had been Printed for 36 Years , which Coley continues to this day . The Writings of this Lilly being too many to be here inserted , I shall only give you the canting and amusing Titles of some , as ( 1 ) Englands Prophetical Merlin , ( 2 ) English Merlin revived , &c. ( 3 ) Storry Messenger ; or an interpretation of the strange Apparition of three Suns , ( 4 ) A Collection of Ancient and Modern Prophecies , &c. ( 5 ) Astrological Prediction of the occurrences in England ( 6 ) The Worlds Catastrophy ( 7 ) Monarchy and no Monarchy , &c. ( 8 ) Annus tenebrosus , or the dark Year , &c. ( 9 ) Christian Astrology , &c. JOHN STANBRIDGE another noted Grammarian of his time , was born at Heyford in Northamptonshire , educated in Trivials in Whykehams School near Winchester , admitted , after two Years of probation , true and perpetual Fellow of New College , in the Year 1481 , left it Five Years after , and being naturally delighted in the faculty of Grammar ( tho then Bac. of Arts ) he was made first Usher of the Free-School joyning to Magd. Coll. ( for so he occurs in the Year 1488. ) and after the Death of Job . Anwykyll , chief Master thereof ; in which employment , he continued , if I mistake not , to the time of his Death , and became so happy in the practice of his profession , that many Persons , who proved afterwards eminent , acknowledged to have received instruction from him . Among such Rob. Whittington was one , by whose endeavours , as also those of Stanbridge , Will. Horman , and Will. Lilye , ( all Oxford Students ) the Latin tongue was much refin'd and amended . This Jo. Stanbridge was a right worthy Lover of his faculty , and an indefatigable Man in teaching and writing , as it may appear by those things that he hath published , very grateful to the Muses and publick concerns . The last of which he consulted more than his own private interest ; and when in his old Age , he should have withdrawn himself from his profession ( which is esteem'd by the generality a drudgery ) and have lived upon what he had gotten in his younger Years , he refused it , lived poor and bare to his last , yet with a juvenile and cheerful Spirit . He hath written , Embryon relimatum , sive Vocabularium Metricum . This I have seen Printed in an old English Character , about 1522. in qu. In the title of which , is the Authors Picture ( Printed from a Wooden Cut ) sitting in a Chair with his Gown on , and a Hood on his Shoulders , but no Cap on his Head , only a close one , like to a Curlot . This Book was view'd and corrected in Qu. Elizabeth's time by Thomas Newton of Cheshire , who hath an m Encomium upon it : Afterwards enlarged , and made to run in compleat Verse , by that noted Grammarian John Brinsley , sometimes a Schoolmaster and Minister in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk , an . 1636. I mean the same Brinsley , who married the Sister of Dr. Jos . Hall Bishop of Norwich , and wrot and published several Books of Divinity and Grammar besides translations . Stanbridge also wrot , Parvulorum Institutiones . De ordine constructionum . Vulgaria . With other things which I have not yet seen . He lived beyond the Year Fifteen hundred twenty and two , but when he died , or where he was buried , ( unless in Magd. Coll. Chap. or Yard belonging thereunto ) I know not . One Thomas Stanbridge , his Kinsman I think , took the Degree of Master of Arts in this University an . 1518. being then a noted Schoolmaster of Benbury in Oxfordshire , who dying 1522 , left several Books to the Coll. of which he had been Fellow ; which , if I mistake not , was Magd. College . NICHOLAS VAUX , Son of Sir Will. Vaux of Harwedon in Northamptonshire by Catherine his Wife * Daughter of Gregory Penystone of Curtesels in Piemont , a Province of Italy , was born in that County ( Northamptonshire ) and in his juvenile Years , was sent to Oxon , where by reading Humane and Romantick , rather than Philosophical , Authors , advanced his Genie very much in Poetry and History . In his riper Years he followed the Camp , did King Hen. 7. noted service in the Battel of Stoke ( near Newark ) in the second Year of his Reign , and thereupon he received the Honor of Knighthood . In the 17th Year of that Kings Reign , he appeared like a Star at the Marriage of Prince Arthur , for the Gown of Purple Velvet which he then wore , was valued at a Thousand pounds , besides a Collar of SS about his Neck , which weighed Eight hundred pounds in Nobles . In the 1. Hen. 8. he was made Lieutenant of the Castle of Guisnes in Picardy , and in the 5th of that Kings Reign , he was at the Seige of Turwyn . In the 10th , he was one of the Ambassadors then sent into France , for confirming the Articles of Peace , between King Hen. 8. and the French ; and in the 11th , was one of the Commissioners appointed to make preparation for that famous interview near Guisnes , between King Hen. 8. and the King of France . After which he grew into such high esteem at Court , that in the 15. Hen. 8. he was advanced n to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm , by the Name and Title of Nicholas Lord Vaux of Harwedon . It is reported by a certain o Author , that his fancy laid chiefly in the facility of his meeter , and the aptness of his descriptions , such as he takes upon him to make ; namely , in sundry of his Songs , wherein he sheweth the counterfeit action very lively and pleasantly . His Book , or Books of Poetry I have not yet seen , only many of his Copies of Verses , in a Book Intit . The Paradise of dainty devises , &c. Printed at Lond. 1578. in qu. Among them I find some , which have these Titles set to them , ( 1 ) A Copy made In his extream sickness , which is the eighth Copy in that Book ( 2 ) His desire to exchange life , numb . 17. ( 3 ) Of sufferance cometh ease . numb . 41. ( 4 ) No pleasure without some pain . fol. 36. b. ( 5 ) A lover disdained complaineth , fol. 51. a. ( 6 ) Of a contented mind . ( 7 ) Trie before you trust . ( 8 ) He renounceth all the effects of love . ( 9 ) Bethinking himself of his end , he writeth thus , &c. There goes a doleful dutty also under his Name beginning thus , I loath that I did love , &c. which was thought by some to be made upon his Death bed . At length after this learned and valiant Lord had enjoyed his Honor but a very little time ; he gave way to fate in May or June , in Fiveteen hundred twenty and three ; year 1523 whereupon his Body was buried , as it seems , at Harwedon before-mention'd , ( where he founded a Chantry for one Priest to sing Mass for his Soul , in the Parish Church there ; ) or else in the Church of the Black Friers at London . THOMAS LYNACRE born , as 't is said , p at Canterbury , but descended from the Lynacre's of Lynacre Hall in the Parish of Chesterfield in Derbyshire , ( which may be the reason why Holinshed , and others that follow him , say , that he was born in the Town of Derby ) was chosen Fellow of Allsouls Coll. in 1484 where by his close retirement , he improved himself very much in Literature , and in few Years after , much more by his Travels into Italy , where taking , I suppose , the Degree of Doctor of Physick , became intimate with Persons famous for learning there . The chief Cities of his residence were at Rome and Florence ; at the last of which places , being countenane'd by Laurence Medices Duke thereof , had for his instructors Demetrius and Politian ; and at Rome he became familiar with the learned Hermolaus Barbarus , who directed him very freely in his Studies . After his return into his own Country , he was incorporated Doctor of Physick in this University , read a shagling Lecture in that faculty , became Tutor to Prince Arthur , and to his Princess Catherine for the Italian Tongue , Physician to King Hen. 7. ( as some say ) afterwards to King Hen. 8 , one of the chief Founders of the Coll. of Physicians in Knightridersstreet in London , ( of which he was the first President ) and at length in Holy Orders , and a Priest . In 1519. Apr. 29. he was admitted q Chauntor of the Church of York , in the place of Joh. Perot , who died in Febr. going before ; but Lynacre resigning that place in Nov. following , was succeeded therein by Rich. Wyatt . D. D. who was admitted thereunto 13. of the same Month. At the same time our Author Lynacre had other Dignities in the Church , but at what place I cannot justly say . He was great with , and highly admired by , Sir Tho. More , ( whom formerly he had taught Greek ) Erasmus , Grocyn , Latimer , Tonstall , and who not . He was one of the first English Men that brought polite learning into our Nation , and it hath been justly question'd by some of the Goliahs of learning , whether he was a better Latinist or Grecian , or a better Grammarian or Physician . Sure it is that he being a general Scholar of his time , and esteemed the Honor of the Nation , was much reverenc'd by the Oxonians ; especially upon reading his Medicinal Lectures among them gratus , and generally by all Persons of Honor , and others for his happy practice among them . He hath written , The Rudiments of Grammar . Lond. in aedib . Pynsonianis . Turn'd into Latin by George Buchanan a Scot — Par. 1533. and 50. in oct . Which Book hath ever since been the Cynosura for many of our best Grammarians . Compendious Regiment , or a Dietarie of health , used at Mountpillour . Lond. by Rob. Wyer , in 8vo . De Emendatâ Structurâ Latini sermonis , libri sex . Several times Printed , as at Paris 1532. 43. 50 , &c. Col. Agrip. 1555 , &c. all in 8vo . recognised and amended by Joachim Camerarius — Lips . 1591. oct . The said 6 Books were originally made for the use of the Lady Mary the Kings Daughter , the same , I think , who was afterwards Queen , and are much commended by Jo. * Leland . He also translated from Greek into Latin several of the works of Claud. Galen , among which were those De temperamentis & de inaequali temperie . lib. 3. Venet. 1498. Which Latin Translation , as 't is said , speaks better than the Original . He also translated into the said Language Procli Diadochi Sphaera . Venet. 1500 fol. Dedicated to Prince Arthur by a large Epist . or Praef. dat . at Lond. 6. cal . Sept. with other things , which you may see in Baleus and Pitseus . This Dr. Lynacre died 20. Octob. year 1524 in Fiveteen hundred twenty and four , and was buried in the Cathedral of St. Paul within the City of London , before the Rood of the North Door , between the long Form and the Wall , directly against the said Rood . Over his Grave was afterwards a comely Monument , erected at the charge of that eminent Physcian and Antiquary Dr. John Cay of Cambridge ; out of the Epitaph of which I am instructed in these matters concerning Lynacre , viz. That he was a most skilful Critick in the Greek and Latin , and an excellent Physician besides , ( being Physician to King Hen. 8. ) who in his Generation did many miraculous Cures , and restored several to life when help was past , and even at the very point of death He translated Galen's works out of Greek into Latin with singular perspicuity and clearness . He also compil'd a most excellent piece for the rectifying of the frame , and module of the Latin Tongue . He gave two Lectures to the University of Oxon , and one to Cambridge . — He was a perfect hater of all indirect , or fraudulent dealings , being sincerely faithful to his Friends , and well belov'd of all ranks and degrees of Men , &c. As for the two Physick Lectures , which he gave to the University of Oxon , I have largely mentioned r elsewhere , and upon what account they came to be settled in Merton Coll. and how the Readers , whether Superior or Inferior , are to read in the common Hall there to any of the University that will bestow the pains to be Auditors . Those that have read the Superior Lecture , who are called the Superior Readers , and have received 12 l. per an . for their pains , have been these , ( 1 ) Rob. Barons or Barnes Fellow of Mert. Coll. and a Learned Physician , who was appointed ( after several others had read it by the nomination of the Feoffees of Tho. Lynacre ) by the Society of Merton Coll. with the consent of Cuhbert Tonstall the last surviving Feoffee , an . 1558. He the said Dr. Barnes died the 26. Oct. 1604. ( 2 ) Tho. Dotchen Med. D. of Magd. Coll. was elected by the Warden and Society of that of Merton Coll. 4. Nov. 1604. He died 29. Jan. following ( 3 ) Henry Bust M. D. of Magd. Coll. Elected 15. Feb. 1604. ( 4 ) Bartholomew Warner M. D. of St. Johns Coll. 12. Apr. 1617. Buried in Magd. Parish Church in the North Suburb of Oxon. 26. Jan. 1618. by the Body of Anne Dobson his sometimes Wife . ( 5 ) Edw. Lapworth M. D. of Magd. Coll. originally of St. Albans Hall , 9. Aug. 1619. He died at Bathe about the 23. May 1636. and was buried in the Church of St. Peter and Paul there , having before resign'd this Lecture . ( 6 ) John Bainbridge M. D. 25. May 1635. ( 7 ) Edw. Greaves M. D. of Allsouls Coll. 14. Nov. 1643. ( 8 ) Dan. Whistler M. D. of Merton Coll. 1. Aug. 1650. ( 9 ) Rich. Lydall M. A. of Mert. Coll. and Student in Phys . 1. Aug. 1653. ( 10 ) Edm. Dickinson Med. D. of Mert. Coll. succeeded Dr. Lydall , and after him hath been two or three , or more . THOMAS NIGHTINGALE , who writes himself Philomelus , was born in London , and educated , if I mistake not , under Will. Lilye , before he taught in Pauls School , by whose endeavors he became excellent for the Latin Tongue and Poetry . Afterwards being sent to this University , he made proficiency in Logicals , Philosophicals , and the Civil Law. Which last being the faculty he was noted for , was admitted Bachelaur thereof in January 1515. Hence , he retired to his Native place , where for his wit and innocent mirth he was held in admiration by his contemporaries , especially for the things he published , as De obitu Johannis Colet Carmen . In mortem Gulielmi Lilii Elegiae . With other matters of the like nature , which I have not yet seen . He was in great esteem among Men , in the sixteenth Year of King Hen. 8. but when he died , I know not . JOHAN . de COLORIBUS , by Birth an Outlander , by Profession a Black Frier , was a Reader of Divinity in this University several Years , in the Reign of K. Hen. 8. and proceeded in Divinity 1517. Afterwards he became a favourite of Cardinal Wolsey , by whose power he was appointed one of the learned Doctors of the University to write against Luther , and in 1525. he was by him promoted to be a Member of his new erected Coll. at Oxon , but in what capacity I know not . He hath written , Tract . contra doctrinam M. Lutheri , an . 1521 ; with other things which I have not yet seen , written when he was in great esteem among the Oxonians in Fifteen hundred twenty and five , ( 17. of Hen. 8. ) and after . WILLIAM de MELTON was a Yorkshire Man born , as it seems , had part of his Education among the Oxonians , and at length being fam'd for his great knowledge in Philosophy , Divinity , and for his admirable way of Preaching , became Chancellor of the Cathedral Church at York , on the resignation of William Langton D. D. in the Month of January 1495 , to which Office the Prebendary of Laghton in the said Church being annex'd , he was admitted thereunto by the Name of Will. Multon 15. Jul. 1498. This Person whom some call k Gul. Melitona , report withal , that he was Chancellor of Paris , and by Order a Dominican , but how true it is ( seeing that Baleus l mentions no such thing ) I cannot yet discern . His writings are , Postilla in XII . Prophetas . MS. in the Library of the Dominicans at Bononia in Italy . Comment . in Epist . ad Hebraeos . MS. in the said Library ; the beginning of which is Narrabo nomen tuum , &c. Sermons in Evangelia . Com. in Pentateuchum , with other things mentioned by * Baleus . He concluded his last day in the latter end of the Year Fifteen hundred twenty and eight , year 1528 and was buried either in the Cathedral Church at York , or in the Church of Acklam ( in which Town he made his Will 20. Aug. 1528. ) whereupon his Chancellorship was bestowed on Hen. Trafford a Licentiat in Divinity , in Feb. the same Year . JOHN SKELTON the eminent Poet of his time , was originally , if not nearly , descended from the Skeltons of Cumberland ; and having been educated in this University , as Job . Baleus n attests , who stiles him Oxonii Poeta laureatus , became highly renowned among Men for his Poetry and Philology . Afterwards taking holy Orders , he was made Rector of Dysse in Norfolk , where , and in the Diocess , he was esteemed more fit for the Stage , than the Pew or Pulpit . The Reader is now to know that one John Skelton was made o Vicar of Dultyng in the Diocess of Bath and Wells an . 1512 , upon the promotion of Hugh Ynge to the See of Meath in Ireland ; where having continued some Years without a degree , ( as some Chancellors , Archdeacons , nay Priors , Abbats , and Deans , have so done in their respective times and places ) did retire to Oxon , study there with leave from his Diocesan , and in July 1518. ( 10. Hen. 8. ) was p admitted to the extraordinary reading of any Book of the Decretals , that is to the degree of Bach. of Decrees , which some call the Canon Law. The next Year I q find him to be made Rector of Westquamtoked in the said Diocess , by the Name and Title of John Skelton Bach. of Decrees , and in 1525. Rector r of Clotwortley there . But this Joh. Skelton I cannot take to be the same with him that was the Poet and Rector of Dysse ; who having been guilty of certain crimes , ( as most Poets are ) at least not agreeable to his coat , fell under the heavy censure of Rich. Nykke Bishop of Norwich his Diocesan ; especially for his scoffs and ill language against the Monks and Dominicans in his Writings . In which also , reflecting on the actions of Cardinal Wolsey , he was so closely pursued by his Officers , that he was forced to take Sanctuary at Westminster , where he was kindly entertained by John Islipp the Abbat , and continued there to the time of his Death . Erasmus in an Epistle to King Hen. 8. doth stile this Poet Britannicarum Literarum lumen & decus , and of the like opinion were many of his time ; yet the generality said , that his witty discourses were biting , his laughter opprobrious and scornful , and his jokes commonly sharp and reflecting . He hath written , besides translations , 50 several things upon various Subjects , as well in Prose as Verse , among which are these . A Comedy of Virtue . A Comedy of good Order . Meditation on St. Anne . On the Virgin of Kent . Sonners on Dame Anne . Elynor Rummin ( or Elynour of Rummyng ) the famous Ale-Wife of England — This was several times Printed , and one Impression , which was the last I think , was made at London 1624. in 2 Sheets and an half in 4to . In the Title Page is the Picture of an old ill-favour'd Woman , holding in her hand a black Pot of Ale , and underneath her these Verses are written , When Skelton wore the Lawrel Crown , My Ale put all the Ale-Wives down . This Book is the same , I conceive , which some Authors call The tunning of Elynor Rumpkin . He hath also written , The Peregrination of humane Life . Solitary Sonnets . The art of Dying well . The art of Speaking eloquently . Manners and fashions of the Court. Reasons why he goeth not to the Court. Invective against Will. Lilye the Grammarian — This being written in Verse and very carping , was returned in its kind by the Grammarian , Epitaphs on several Kings , Princes , and Nobles — Two or more of which you may see in a Book intit . Reges , Reginae , Nobiles & alii in Eccl. collegiata B. Petri Westmonast . sepulti , usque ad an . 1600. published by Will. Camden — Lond. 1600. qu. See more in Will. Baldewyn among these Writers under the Year 1564. I have seen another Book of Skelton bearing this title . Here after followeth a little Boke called Colyn-Clout , compiled by Master Skelton Poet Laureate — Printed in an old Engl. Char. at London in 8vo without date , by Abraham Veale , much about the time , as I conceive , of the Authors death . The beginning of it is , What can it avayle To drive forth a snayle Or to make a Sayle , &c. Poetical Fancies and Satyrs . Lond. 1512. oct . Verses on the creation of Arthur Pr. of Wales — and other things which are slightly and unsatisfactorily set down by Baleus and his follower Pitseus . At length , our Poet dying in his Sanctuary , was buried in the Chancel of the Church of St. Margaret within the City of Westminster , in Fifteen hundred twenty and nine . year 1529 ( 21. Hen. 8. ) Over his Grave was this Inscription soon after put . Johannes Skeltonus Vates pierius hic situs est . Animam egit ( ejicit ) XXI Junii an . Dom. MDXXIX . Near to his Body was afterwards buried an old Court-Poet called Tho. Churchyard , and not in the Church Porch , as certain old Rhimes tell you , beginning thus . Come Alecto , and lend me thy torch , To find a Church-yard in a Church-porch . I find another Joh. Skelton , who lived in the time of King Hen. 4 but he was a D. of D. and a Dominican ( as I n have elsewhere told you ) and therefore I conceive it the reason why Baleus stileth o this Poet Dr. of Divinity , which no other Author beside himself doth . Another Job . Skelton I find , who was confirmed Abbat of Whitby in Yorkshire ( upon the Death of Tho. Bolton ) by the Archb. of York , 6. Nov. 1413. THOMAS SPENSER Son of Leonard Spenser of the City of Norwich , having from his Youth been much addicted to learning and piety , especially the last , became afterwards a Carthusian in the Monastery of that Order at Henton in Somersetshire ; whence for a time he receeded to Oxon , ( as several of his Order did ) to improve himself , or to pass a course , in Theology . After his return he obtained so much leisure from his divine exercise , as to p write several matters relating to his faculty ; among which were , Comment , in Epist . D. Pauli ad Galatas . Trialogue between Tho. Bilney , Hugh Latimer , and W. Repps — Which Book was written partly to shew the great complaints of Bilney and Latimer two Protestants , had against the said Repps a Roman Catholick , the same Person , I presume , who became Bishop of Norwich , in 1536. As for our Author Spenser , he gave up the ghost ( after he had spent most of his time in the severities belonging to his Order ) year 1529 in Fifteen hundred twenty and nine , and was buried in his Monastery of Henton before-mention'd , leaving behind him a most rare example of Piety . ROBERT WHITYNTON or Whittington was born in the City of Lichfield , educated partly in Grammaticals under John Stanbridge in the School joining to the common gate of Magd. Coll. and afterwards made a considerable progress in Logicals and Philosophicals , but in what Coll. or Hall , it appears not . However his delight being much in the teaching of Youth , he became so excellent in that way , that it was thought , especially by those that favour'd him , that he surpassed W. Lilye . In the beginning of the Year 1513. ( 5. Hen. 8. ) he q supplicated the venerable Congregation of Regents , under the name and title of Rob. Whytingdon a secular Chaplain , and a Scholar of the Art of Rhetorick , that whereas he had spent 14 Years in the study of the said Art , and 12 Years in the informing of Boys , it might be sufficient for him that he might be laureated . This supplicat being granted , he was ( after he had composed 100 Verses , which were stuck up in publick places , especially on the door or doors of St. Maries Church ) very solemnly crowned , or his temples adornd , with a wreath of Lawrel , that is doctorated in the Arts of Grammar and Rhetorick 4 July the same Year . At the same time also he was admitted to the reading of any of the Logical Books of Aristotle , that is to the degree of Bach. of Arts , which was then esteemed equal with the degree of Doctor of Grammar , or Rhetorick . From that time he always wrot himself in several of his works Protovates Angliae , which was much stomach'd by Will. Horman and W. Lilye , and scorn'd by others of his profession , who knew him to be conceited , and to set an high value upon himself , more than he should have done . He was then notwithstanding esteemed by many for his great skill he had in the Greek and Latin tongues , for his lepid and jocular discourse also , but much blamed by Scholars for the biting and sharp reflections used in it , and in his Books against several noted Persons of his Age. His writings were many , of which some were against W. Lilye , Rob. Aldridge , and Will. Horman , who esteemed him a Man of great vanities , a Catalogue of some of which follow . De difficultate justitiae servandae , in reipublicae administratione , MS. in 4to . written in verse to and in praise of , Cardinal Tho. Wolsey . The beginning of which is , Quae res in terris , &c. Before it is an Epigram , and an Epistle in Prose , written on , and to , the said Cardinal by our Author Whitynton . De quatuor virtutibus Cardineis . MS. written to the said Cardinal in prose : The beginning is , Cum tuas multifarias virtutes , &c. These two bound together , are in Bodlies Library . Vulgaria , & de institutione Grammaticulorum opusculum , libello suo de concinnitate Grammatices accommodatum , & in quatuor partes digestum . Printed at Lond. by Wynand de Worde , 1524 in Lat. and Engl. having been printed several times before . 'T is the same , if I mistake not , with his Grammar printed at Lond. 1500. qu. Secunda pars Grammatices , de syllaba & ejus quantitate . Lond. 1516 qu. With which is bound up this following . Whittintoni editio cum interpretamento Francisci Nigri Diomedes de accentu in pedestri oratione potius quam soluta observando . Printed there the same Year . De nominum appellativorum , Deorum , Dearum , Heroum , Heroinarum , locorumque synonimis . Lond. ( 1514 ) qu. De Epithetis Deorum , Dearum , Heroum , Heroin . clar . virorum , & Animalium . De variandi formulis tam pedestri , quam soluto sermone . Experientiae de virtutis immortalitate . De veterum Romanorum Magistratibus . These four last were printed with his De nominum appellativorum , &c. De octo partibus orationis . Lond. 1513. 23. &c. qu. De nominum generibus . Lond. 1521. 24 &c. qu. De preteritis & supinis . Lond. 1524. qu. De nominum declinatione . Lond. 1522. qu. De Heteroclitis . Lond. 1524. qu. Syntaxis . Lond. 1524. qu. Epistola ad Gul. Hormannum . Lond. 1521. qu. Responsiva contra Gul. Hormanni invectivas literas . Lond. 1521. qu. in long and short verses ; with other things , which may be seen in Baleus , who tells us , that he was in great renown for his learning in Fifteen hundred and thirty , ( 22. Hen. 8. ) but when he died , or where he was buried , I cannot yet find . See more of him in W. Lilye , and Will. Horman . ROBERT SHIRWODE received his first breath in the City of Coventry , whence being translated to the University of Oxon , made a considerable progress in Logicals , but more by far in the Hebrew and Greek Languages . Thence , in his mature Years , he went to Lovaine in Brabant , where about the Year 1519. he a succeeded Rob. Wakfeld an English Man in the reading the Hebrew Lecture to the Academians of that place . But he reading there only for a Month , went to other Universities , and had a Book of his composition published bearing this title . Liber Hebraeorum Concionatoris , seu Ecclesiasticen , nuper ad veritatem Hebraicam recognitus , cum nonnullis annotationibus Chaldaicis , & quorundam Rabbinorum sententiis , textus obscuros aliquos litteraliter explanantibus . Antw. 1523. qu. Dedicated to one Joh. Webe ( whom he calls Monachorum decus ) Prior of the Monastery of the Benedictins at Coventry . In the title of which Booke he is not stiled Doctor , and therefore I presume he had that degree conferr'd on him after that , time but in what University , I cannot yet tell . Job . b Baleus and his follower c Pitseus do stile him Doctor Oxoniensis , but the truth is , in all my researches , I cannot find that he took that degree there , unless under another name . He the said Dr. Shirewood hath also various Sermons extant , as those Authors report , who also tell us that he was in high esteem among learned Men in Fifteen hundred and thirty , but when he died , or where he was buried , I am altogether as yet ignorant . JOHN SKUISH a Cornish Man born , was conversant for a time among the Oxonian Muses , either in Exeter Coll. or in Hart Hall , but whether he took a degree , it appears not . However by the help of an happy Genie , accompanied with industry , prudence , and dexterity , he obtained a Name among Men , and was held in great esteem by several of the Nobility for his proficiency in various sorts of Learning . At length being received into the Family of the great Cardinal Thomas Wolsey , was by him entrusted with many matters of consequence . All which he performing with singular fidelity , was made one of his Cabinet Council , and by him promoted to places of trust . At leisure times he improved his natural Genie by the reading of Histories , as well Ancient as Modern ; which at length being made easie to him by the help of a good memory composed d several little Books , as , Chronicorum Epitome , in one Book . De bello Trojano , lib. 1. and , as 't is probable , other things in the time of Hen. 8 , and before and after the said Cardinal's fall . The time when he surrendred up his last breath is yet unknown , as also the place of his Sepul●ure . SIMON FISH , a zealous Man for the Reformation of abuses in the Church , was born in Kent , and after he had been instructed in Academical Learning , he retired to Greys Inn in Holbourn to obtain knowledge in the municipal Law. About which time one Mr. Roo or Roe , having composed a Play , wherein one part deeply reflected on Cardinal Wolsey , he undertook , when divers refused , to act it : For which being soon after forced to leave the Nation , he found out Will. Tyndale in Germany , with whom for a time he sorted himself . In 1527 , or thereabouts , he made a little Book entit . The supplication of Beggars — The beginning of which is , Most lamentably complaineth their woful misery , &c. It containeth a great deal of bitter stuff against Bishops , Abbats , Priors , Monks , Fryers , &c. and indeed against the generality of the Clergy . In 1528 , a Copy of it was sent to the Lady Anne Bulleyne ; which , after perusal , she gave it to the King , who did not dislike it , and soon after were divers Copies scattered in London streets , which was complained of by the Cardinal to the said King. Afterwards the Cardinal being out of favor , the Author Fish was sent for home , and graciously countenanced by the King for what he had done . About which time he translated from Dutch into English , The summ of the Scriptures , which was also published and well approved . At length being overtaken by the Pest , year 1531 died of it in Fifteen hundred thirty and one , and was buried in the Church of St. Dunstan ( in the West . ) Afterwards James Baynham , Son of Sir Alex. Baynham of Glocestershire Knight , Married his Widow ; which James being a zealous Protestant , suffer'd death soon after in the Flames , as you may see in the Acts and Mon. of the Church , written by Jo. Fox . JOHN BATMANSON , a Person most noted while living , for his great Piety and Learning , did , after he had been instructed in Sophistry , enter into the most holy Order of the Carthusians , abiding in the House commonly called the Charter-house near to London . In his elder Years he became the Head or Prior of that House , and about that time , or rather before , was conversant in the Theological faculty with us , but whether he took a degree therein , ( tho supplicate he did to oppose in Divinity ) it appears not . This Person being intimate with Dr. Edw. Lee , afterwards Archbish . of York , did , at his intreaty , write , Animadversiones in annotat . Erasmi in Nov. Testam . Which animadversions he retracted in another piece . Tract . contra a Doctrinam M. Lutheri . This also he retracted in another Book . Comment . in Contica Canticorum . Proverbia Salomonis . Institutions for Novices . Of the contempt of the World. De Christo duodeni , a Homily . — Other things he hath written which Jo. e Baleus and Theod. f Petreius do mention ; the last of which saith that he died 16. Nov. in Fifteen hundred thirty and one , year 1531 and that he was buried in the Chappel belonging to the Charter-house . John Houghton Prior of Beauvale in Nottinghamshire , sometimes a Carthusian of the said House , was elected Prior in his place , and about 4 Years after suffered death by hanging for denying the Kings Supremacy . RICHARD KEDERMYSTER , a Worcestershire Man born , taking his Sirname , as I conceive , from a Mercat Town so called in that County , was at 15 Years of Age received into the Monastery of Benedictines at Winchcombe in Glocestershire , and at 19 sent to Glocester Coll. in the N. W. suburb of Oxon. to obtain Theological and other Learning , ( in which College was an appartment belonging to the said Monastery , called Winchcombe Lodgings ) where spending three Years and an half , was sent for home , at which time being about 22 Years of Age ; he was by the favour of his Patron and fautor of his Studies John Twynnyng Lord Abbat , and by the Decree of the Chapter , of the said Monastery of Winchcombe , made Scholar or Pastor thereof . In the 3. of Hen. 7. Dom. 1487. he was elected Lord Abbat on the Death of the said Twynnyng , and how he made it flourish like to a little University , you may see elsewhere g In the Year 1500 , being then D. D. he travelled to Rome , where tarrying more than a Year , did improve himself much in learning and experience . Afterwards he became a frequent Preacher , and a great Man in the Court of King Hen. 8. In the seventh Year of that King , Dom. 1515. he Preached a Sermon at Paul's cross , while the Parliament sate , in maintenance of the exemption of the Clergy from temporal Judges : At which time were great agitations between the Clergy and Seculars concerning divers ecclesiastical liberties : whereupon h arising a great dispute between those Parties , one Dr. Hen. Standish Guardian of the Convent of the Franciscans in London , did , in an Assembly of Bishops , Judges , and others , maintain the contrary . Soon after there was a grand Committee of Bishops and Judges in the House of the Black-Fryers in London assembled , to discuss that matter ; which being ended , Articles were exhibited against the said Standish for being a promoter of all evils . Many other things may be said of our Author Kedermyster , as they were noted by himself in his Life , written in the History or Catalogue of the Abbats of Winchcombe ; ( which History I shall anon mention ) but that Book being burnt , and when I saw it , I did not in the least dream that I should write these Athenae Oxonienses , they are therefore here omitted . The Books that he wrot are these . Tractatus contra doctrinam M. Lutheri . Finished in the Year 1521. See in Hist . & Ant. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 247 , and lib. 2. p. 35. a. wherein is mention made of his Book De veniis , which , I presume , is the same with that against Luther . I have also seen a register sometime belonging to Winchcombe Abbey , which was totally composed by our Author , an . 1523 , containing first , Historia fundationis Manasterii de Winchcomb , in com . Glouc. The beginning of the Preface to which is , Quoniam antiqua testimonia de prima nostri Winchelcombensis caenobii institutione , &c. Which Preface , with part of the History , you may see in the first Vol. of Monasticon Anglicanum . p. 188. And secondly , Catalogus , vel Historia Abbatum Monast . de Winchcomb in com . Glouc. This Cat. or History commences from one German , who was appointed Abbat of Winchcombe by S. Oswald Bishop of Worcester , in the 7 Year of K. Edgar , an . Dom. 988. and reaches down to the Author Rich. Kedermyster . In the said Register also ( which contains these matters ) lib. 1. fol. XI . is set down at large the story of the Life of St. Patrick , and of the antiquity of Glastenbury Abbey , which you may see in Monast . Anglic. vol. 1. p. 11. Also Renovatio privilegiorum , chartarum , ac aliorum munimentorum Monasterii de Winchcomb , &c. This Register of Winchcombe , ( in which these things are ) containing at least , 5 Books , or Parts , came after the dissolution of the Abbey there , into obscure hands . At length it being produced by an ordinary Farmer at an Assize held at Glocester , for the proof of some matter then in question , at which Sir Will. Morton Lord of the site of Winchcombe Abbey was present ; he , by some device got it out of the Farmers hands , as belonging more properly to him , and kept it sometimes in his House at Kidlingtom in Oxfordshire , and sometimes in his Lodgings at Serjeants Inn in Fleetstreet London . But so it was , that the said Sir William , ( who was one of the Justices of the Kings Bench ) being in his Norfolk Circuit at what time the dreadful conflagration of London hap'ned ( which was Sept. 2. 3. &c. 1666. ) the said Book , with other of his goods , and the Inn it self was totally consumed to ashes . Whether there be any other Copy left , I am not certain : sure it is , that Dr. Sam. Fell of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. had a Copy of it ( written either in Vellum or Parchment ) about 1630 , as by some notes taken thence ( as then remaining in his custody ) which I have seen , doth manifestly appear ; but from whence he had it , or to whom it did afterwards return ( for I think he borrowed it ) I know not . Sir Will. Moreton also shew'd to me in his House at Kidlington several extracts made from that Copy which was sometimes in his hands , written by one of his Clerks , but , in many material things , false . Which extracts , I presume , are in the hands of his Son Sir James Moreton . As for our learned and curious Author Rich. Kedermyster , he gave way to fate , to the great reluctancy of all that knew the virtue and piety of the Man , year 1531 in Fifteen hundred thirty and one , or thereabouts ; and was buried in his own Church of Winchcombe Abbey : On which Church , he had before done great cost , and inclosed i the Abbey it self towards the Town with a main stone Wall , ex quadrato saxo . RICHARD PAICE Pace or Pacey , so many ways I find him written , was one of the lights of learning in his time , and therefore commended k by Erasmus , ( who among several things that he saith of him is , that he was utriusque literaturae callentissimus ) and all other Heroes of learning in that Age. When he was a Boy he became à manu Minister ( as he himself l saith ) to Tho. Langton Bishop of Winchester , and was trained up at School , with others , at his charge : Which Bishop also perceiving him to profit in Musick above his Years ( for those under his patronage did learn , if capable , that faculty also ) did often express to his Attendants about him , that seeing he did overcome Musick easily , his Genie therefore was born to greater Studies . In short time after , he sent him to Padöua in Italy ( which was then most flourishing in literature ) to obtain , or rather advance himself in , good letters , and allowed him an yearly Pension to defray his Charges . While he was conversant with the Muses there , he was much instructed in his Studies by Cuthb . Tonstall , and Will. Latymer , whom he calls his Praeceptores ; and whether he took a Degree there , I find not . After his return into England , he retired to Oxon ( where , as I conceive , he had studied for some time before he travelled ) and settled for a time , as 't is supposed , in Queens Coll. ( of which his Patron T. Langton had been Provost ) and soon after was received into the service of Dr. ( afterward Cardinal ) Christopher Bambridge , who succeeded his said Patron in that Provostship , as I have elsewhere m told you . From the service of the said Cardinal , he was received into the Royal Court , where his parts being soon discovered , and his accomplishments made known to the King , was by him made Secretary of State , and employed in matters of high concern . In the beginning of 1514 , he was admitted Prebendary of Bugthorpe in the Church of York , in the place of Thom. Wolsey , consecrated Bishop of Linc. and on the 20. of May the same Year , he was made Archdeacon of Dorset , upon the resignation of Dr. Rob. Langton sometimes of Queens Coll. in this University . Afterwards he was sent in one or more Embassies by the King , which he performed with very great honor to himself and the English Nation . In 1519 , he became Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral within the City of London , on the Death of Dr. Joh. Colet , and about that time Dean of Exeter ; but whether he was ever Dean of Salisbury it appeareth not . 'T is true that Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury doth say in the Life and Reign of King Hen. 8. n under the Year 1536. that Pet. Vannes then Archdeacon of Worcester , was not long before that time made co-adjutor to Rich. Pace Dean of Salisbury , being then thought commonly distracted and out of his Wits . But how that can be , I cannot find , for ( 1 ) it doth evidently appear from the Registers of that Church , that one Raymund Pade had that Deanery conferr'd upon him 19. Jan. 1522. ( 2 ) That in the said Registers no mention at all is made of R. Pace as Dean , and thirdly , that Pet. Vannes beforementioned became Dean of the said Church by virtue of the King's Letters , on 3. Feb. 1539. in the place , as 't is supposed , of the said Pade , at which time R. Pace had been dead 7 Years . In 1521 , he being made Prebendary of Combe and Harnham in the said Church of Sarum , he shewed himself * serviceable to the University of Oxon ; the Members of which , would then have had him to adorn their Lycaeum with a degree , if certain customs belonging thereunto did not hinder him . Afterwards our Author Paice , who was then esteemed by all ripe in wit , learning , and eloquence , and very expert in Foreign Languages , was sent in the Kings Affairs Ambassador to Venice : which function there he so discharged , that it is hard to say , whether he procured more commendation or admiration among the Venetians , both for dexterity of his wit , and especially for the singular promptness in the Italian tongue , wherein he seemed nothing inferior , neither to Pet. Vannes here in England , the Kings Secretary for the Italian tongue , nor yet to any other , which were the best for that tongue in all Venice . For opinion and fame of learning he was so generally accepted , not only here in England with Lynacre , Grocin , Sir Tho. More and others , but also known and reported abroad in such manner , that in the great Volume of Erasmus his Epistles , he wrot almost to none so many , as he wrot to this our Author Paice . It must be now noted , that while he continued at Venice he grew much out of favour with Cardinal Wolsey , first for shewing his readiness to assist Charles Duke of Burbon with Money , while the said Cardinal ( who had little or no affection for that Duke ) did under hand keep back a vast summ of Money , which K. Hen. 8. had sent to the said Duke to carry on his War near Pavia , against Francis 1. K. of France , and secondly for his negligence in advancing the said Cardinals designs to succeed in the Papacy P. Adrian the 6. who died 1523. I say for these two reasons especially , he was so much inflamed against Paice , that he forthwith took such causes , that for the space almost of two Years , he had neither writing from the King or Council how he should proceed in his Affairs at Venice , nor any allowance for his diet , notwithstanding he had sent Letters for the same to England very often . Upon this , and especially upon some private intimation from his Friends at home , he took such an inward thought and conceit that his wits began to fail him . It is n reported that the Venetian Ambassador residing in London repaired to the Cardinal , and desired to know of him , whether he would command any thing to the English Ambassador at Venice : Whereupon he made answer Paceus decepit Regem . Which words coming to Paice's knowledge , so deeply pierc'd his stomach , that he in a manner fell quite besides himself . Soon after his frensie , and the reason thereof , being made known to the King , he was forthwith sent for home , and by the Kings command he was so carefully attended by his Physicians , that in short time he came to his wits again , and began to study the Hebrew Language with Rob. Wakfeld . About that time the Cardinal being absent , Paice's Friends found such means , that he was brought to the King then residing at Richmond , where they had private discourse for two hours or more , not without great rejoycing to His Majesty , to see him so well amended in his senses . Afterwards the Cardinal hearing what had passed , and suspecting that he had disclosed somewhat to the King , which he would not have known , as also doubting the King would take Paice into favour again , began in short time after to quarrel , and to pick up matters to lay to Paice's charge ; whereas he should have rather cleared himself of those things , which Paice laid unto him before the King , and then to have proceeded accordingly . But so it was , that when the King had willed the Cardinal to purge himself of those things , which Paice had rightly charged him withal , he sitting in judgment with the Duke of Norfolk , and other States of the Realm , not as a Defendant , but as a Judge in his own cause , did so bear out himself , and weighed down Paice , that he was forthwith commanded to the Tower of London as Prisoner ; where he continuing for the space of two Years or thereabouts , was at length by the Kings command discharged . While he was in his disconsolate condition , he was so deeply sensible of his case , that he was more distracted in his wits than before , and so continued to his dying day , tho now and then , which was rarely , he would discourse very rationally . Some time before his Death , he resign'd up his Deaneries , viz. that of St. Paul , and that of Exeter , in the first of which succeeded , if I am not mistaken , Dr. Rich. Sampson , who was afterwards B. of Lichfield and Coventry , and in the other Reginald Pole. The Books which this our eminent Author hath written and translated are many , some of which , not all , follow . De fructu qui ex doctrina percipitur liber . Basil . 1517. qu. dedicated to Dr. Jo. Colet Dean of Pauls . It was written by the Author at Constance , while he remained Ambassador in Helvetia . But therein inveighing much ( as 't is observed by o some ) against drunkenness , as a great obstacle to the obtaining of knowledge , the Drunkards of Constance were so sensible of it , that they made a sharp answer to his Book , apologizing for themselves , and their customs in drinking . Oratio de pace nuperrime composita & faedore percusso , inter Henricum Angliae regem , & Francorum reg . Christianiss . in aede Pauli Lond. habita . Lond. 1518. qu. Epistolae ad Edw. Leeum Ep. ad Erasmum Rot. Lond. 1520. qu. These Epistles are in a Book entit . Epistolae aliquot eruditorum virorum , &c. mentioned in Edw. Lee under the Year 1544. Praefatio in Ecclesiasticen recognitum ad Hebraicam veritatem , & collatum cum translatione lxx Interpretum & manifesta explicatione causarum erroris ubicunque incidit . where printed or when , 't is not expressed . In the writing of this piece , which is printed in quarto , he was assisted by Rob. Wakfeld . Exemplum literarum ad Regem Hen. 8. an . 1526. See in the said Wakfelds Book entit . Syntagma de Hebraeorum codicum incorruptione . He also wrot a Book against the unlawfulness of the Kings Marriage with Catherine , the Wife of his Brother Prince Arthur , in 1527. in which Book he was also assisted by Wakfeld . Other things are mention'd by Baleus and Pitseus very tritely , and with little satisfaction to the Reader , ( as they do all or most of the titles of Books belonging to the Writers , that they set down in their respective works ) but such I have not yet seen . He hath also made several translations , among which is that from English into Latin of the Sermon of John Fisher B. of Rochester , which he Preached at London , on that day when the Writings of Martin Luther were publickly burnt , on Joh. 15. 26. — Printed , at Cambr. in Feb. 1521. qu. Before which is a large Epistle to the Reader , written by one Nich. Wilson of the University of Cambridge . He also made a translation from Greek into Latin of Plutarch's work De commodo ex inimicis capiendo ; dedicated to Card. Bainbridge . At length this most excellent Person , who was admirably well vers'd in the Greek and Hebrew Tongues , in all kind of polite literature , and in civil Affairs , retiring to Stepney near London for healths sake , concluded his last day there , to the great reluctancy of all learned Men , year 1532 in Fifteen hundred thirty and two , being then scarce 50 Years of Age : Whereupon his body was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , near to the great Altar , and had soon after an Epitaph put over his Grave , consisting of 12 Verses , which for brevity sake , I shall now pass by , as also that admirable and just encomium p which Jo. Leland his Friend made on his return from Venice . I find one John Pace , who , from Eaton School , was elected Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge . 1539. or thereabouts , went away Fellow , became Jester to K. Hen. 8. for a time , and afterwards to the Duke of Norfolk , but what relation he had to Rich. Paice our learned Author , who , if I mistake not , was born at , or near , Winchester , I know not . THOMAS LUPSET Son of Will. Lupset Citizen and Goldsmith of London , by Alice his Wife , was born in London , particularly in the Parish of St. Mildrid in Breadstreet , ( where the Father lived when Thomas was born , but lived in his last days , and died in 1522 , in the Parish of St. Vedastus in Cheep ) taken into the care and protection of Dr. Joh. Colet , and educated in Grammar learning under Will. Lilye ; which is the reason why the said Doctor calls him in his last Will , his Scholar . But whether from W. Lilyes School he went to this University , or to that of Cambridge , is doubtful . Dr. Jo. Cay the r Antiquary doth tell you that he was educated in Pembroke Hall there , ( tho Bale and Pits are silent in it ) but what his Authority is for that report , he tells us not . Howsoever it is , sure I am , and shall be , till I am convinc'd to the contrary , that he took the Degree of Bac. of Arts at Paris , and soon after coming into England , he fixed in the University of Oxon , particularly in Corp. Chr. Coll. about the Year 1519 , and soon after he succeeded Jo. Clement in the Rhetorick Lecture of Card. Wolsey . To which Cardinal , the University having had occasion to write , make this mention of our Author Lupset in an s Epistle dated 7. Id. May , 1521 — Nam immortalis beneficii loco accepimus , quod benignissima tua beneficentia in communem rei literariae usum dignata sit Lupsetum ad nos remittere , quem etsi semper habuimus charissimum , nunc tamen quia à tuâ majestate tam amanter commendatum , multò arctiùs amplectimur . Illud autem supra quam credi potest nos omnes exhileraverit , quòd prudentissima tua authoritas ex omnium animis abstulerit scrupulos quibus anxiè alligabimur ordinariis lectionibus , quas jam prorsus extraordinarias utinam tua prudentia vel penitus ab omni ordine abigeret , vel in meliorem redigeret , &c. Sir Tho. More also in an Epist , to Erasmus , doth make t honourable mention of him , and his reading in both the Tongues at Oxon. But Lupset's desire being bent to proceed in Arts , he supplicated u the venerable Regents met in Congregation 2. June 1521. that whereas he had spent four Years in Study at Paris and in Oxon , it might be sufficient for him that he might be admitted to proceed in the faculty of Arts. Which supplication of his being granted , he was licensed to proceed on the 19. of the same Month , and on the 9. July following , he did really stand in the Act then celebrated . Afterwards he became famous in this University , and other places of Literature , ( especially after he had performed the Office of Secretary to Rich. Paice , when he was Ambassador to the Venetian ) and by his conversation with eminent Men , did make great progress in Sciences : He hath written , A Treatise of charity . An exhortation to young Men , persuading them to walk honestly . A Treatise teaching how to dye well — These three little Books were printed at London , 1546. and 1560. in 8vo . He hath also translated into English , ( 1 ) St. Chrysostomes Sermon ( or Homely ) teaching that no Man is hurt but by himself . ( 2 ) Sermon of St. Cyprian of the mortality of Man. ( 3 ) Picus Earl of Mirandula his rules of a godly life . ( 4 ) The gathered Councils of Isidore . Which four translations were printed at Lond. 1560. in 8vo . He hath also written . Epistolae variae ad Edw. Leium , Nisenum & Paynellum . Written from C. C. C. in Oxon , as by their dates it appears . Those to Edw. Lee ( Archb. of York ) were written in behalf of Erasmus , ( between whom and the said Lee were learned bickerings ) and are printed in a Book entit . Epistolae aliquot eruditorum virorum , ex quibus perspicuum , quanta sit Edwardi Lei virulentia . Basil . 1520. qu. Which virulence was against Erasmus . In Ciceronis philippicas . Sermones ad Clerum : Preached mostly at Calais . See the titles of other of his labours in Pitseus . This Tho. Lupset submitted to the stroke of Death 27. Decemb. in Fifteen hundred thirty and two , year 1532 aged 36 or thereabouts , ( having two Years before been admitted Prebendary of Roscombe in the Church of Salisbury , on the Death of John Fox Archdeacon of Winchester ) and was buried in the Church of St. Alphaghe or Elphaghe within Cripplegate in London . ( which Church was translated afterwards , to the Church now called St. Alphaghe by Sion Coll. ) Over his Grave , tho there be no memory of him by Inscription , yet Joh. Leland celebrates him in his Encomia , Trophaea , &c. Near to his Grave was the body of Alice Lupset his Widow , buried in 1545. JOHN BOURCHIER Lord Berners , Son of Humph. Bourchier , eldest Son of Sir Joh. Bourchier Knight , Lord Berners of Hertfordshire , the fourth Son of William Earl of Ewe , by Anne his Wife , Daughter of Tho. de Wodestock Duke of Glocester , the sixth Son of K. Edw. 3. was instructed in several sorts of learning in this University in the latter end of K. Edw. 4 ; in whose Reign and before , were the Sons of divers of the English Nobility , educated in Academical literature in Balliol Coll. wherein , as 't is probable , this our Author was instructed also . After he had left the University , he travelled into divers Countries , and returned a Master of several Languages and a compleat Gentleman . But that which made him first known to the World , was his valour shew'd in quelling the fury of the Rebels in Cornwall and Devon , under the conduct of Michael Joseph a Blacksmith , about 1495 , whereby he greatly gained the favor of K. Hen. 7. In the 6. Hen. 8. he was made * Chancellor of the Kings Exchecquer for life , and about that time attended the Lady Mary , ( the Kings Sister ) into France , in order to her Marriage with K. Lewis 12. Afterwards being made Lieutenant of Calais , and the Marches adjoyning , in France , spent most of his time there , and wrot , Of the duties of the Inhabitants of Calais . Comedie called Ite in vineam meam . Usually acted in the great Church at Calais after vespers . He also translated into English ( 1 ) The life of Sir Arthur an Armorican Knight ( 2 ) The famous exploits of Hugh of Bordeaux . ( 3 ) The castle of Love , a Romance : And besides something of Marc. Aur. Ant. must not be forgotten that noted translation of his , which he performed at the command of K. Hen. 8. viz. The Chronicles of France and England , composed originally in the French Tongue by Sir Joh. Frossard Canon and Treasurer of Chinay , Clerk and Servant to K. Edw. 3. as also to Queen Philippa . These Chronicles have been more than once , if I mistake not , printed in English , in an English Letter , in fol. This worthy Lord Sir Joh. Bourchier died a at Calais beforemention'd 16 March in Fifteen hundred thirty and two , aged 63 or thereabouts . Whereupon his body was buried in the Parish Church of our Lady there ; where was , if not still , a comely Mon. over his Grave . JOHN FRYTH , Son of Rich. Fryth an Inholder of Sevenoake in Kent was born there , ( some say * at Westram in the said County ) and educated in Kings Coll. in Cambridge till he was Bachelaur of Arts. Afterwards being incited to go to Oxon for preferment , was for his towardly parts made one of the junior Canons of Cardinal Wolsey's College , and soon after , viz. in Dec. 1525. he was with other Cantabrigians incorporated in the same degree of Bachelaur . But before that time falling into the acquaintance of Will. Tyndale a zealous Lutheran , they conferred together privately about the abuses in Religion : So that in short time after he being by him converted to his opinion , Fryth made a publick profession of it . Whereupon being seized and examined by the Commissary of the University , he was imprisoned within the limits of the said College . At length being freed thence , in 1528 , or thereabouts , he went beyond the Seas , where improving himself much in his religious opinions , returned into England about two Years after , leaving his Wife behind . But then again finding few Friends there that favoured his opinions , he wandred to and fro ; and in fine , was taken for a Vagabond at Reading in Berks. set in the Stocks , and endured misery for want of relief . At that time his condition being made known to Leonard Cox the Schoolmaster of that Town , who presently understood the merits of the Person by his discourse , procured his releasment , refreshed his hungry stomack , and gave him money . Afterwards he went to London , where endeavouring to gain Proselytes , he was by the care of Sir Tho. More Lord Chancellor , seized and sent Prisoner to the Tower , where he had several disputes with Sir Tho. and others . At length being examined by the Bishops sitting in St. Pauls Cath. who persuaded him to recant his opinions but in vain , they condemned him to be burnt . So that being delivered to the L. Mayor and Sheriffs , was committed to Newgate , where he remained in the Dungeon till he was conveyed thence to be burnt . His works are , Treatise of Purgatory . Answer to Joh. Rastal's Dialogues of Purgatory — This Jo. Rastal was Son in-Law to Sir Tho. More . Answer to Sir Tho. More 's Dialogue concerning Heresies . Answer to Joh. Fisher B. of Rochester . The Subsidie or Bulwark to his first Book against Jo. Rastal . His judgment upon Will. Tracy of Todington in Glocestershire his Testament , an . 1531. Letter unto the faithful followers of Christ's Gospell — Written from his Prison in the Tower , 1532. A Mirror , or Glass to know thy self — Written in the Tower , 1532. Mirror or Looking-glass , wherein you may behold the Sacrament of Baptisme — Written 1533. An Antithesis between Christ and the Pope . Of the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ , in answer to Sir Thom. More 's letter , which he wrot against the first little treatise of Fryth , made concerning the Sacrament &c. an . 1533. Lond. 1548. oct . Articles , wherefore he dyed — Written in Newgate Prison 23. June 1533. All which treatises , were reprinted at London in fol. an . 1573. He also translated into English Patricks places written by Patr. Hamilton . At length after he had remained in the said Prison about a Fortnight or more , he was carried thence to Smithfield on the 4. year 1533 July in Fifteen hundred thirty and three , where he suffer'd Death by burning . See more of him in Jo. Fox his Book of Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. under the Year 1533 , and in Rob. Persons his animadversions on Fox's words concerning Fryth in The third part of a treatise entit . Of three conversions of England . Chapt. 11. p. 45. 46 , &c. as also in Joh. Gwynneth among these Writers under the Year 1557. JOHN ROPER born in Berks. in the Dioc. of Sarum , was first a Semicommoner or Demy of Magd. Coll. and afterwards being M. of A. was admitted perpetual Fellow of that House , in 1483. When he was some Years standing in that degree , he was made Reader of Philosophy , and when Bach. of Divinity , Reader of the Sentences , or Divinity , in the said College . In 1502 , he was confirmed Margaret Professor by the Found●ess of that Lecture , was afterwards Vicar of St. Maries Church in Oxon , Principal of Salesurry , and George Hall in that Parish , Doctor of Divinity , Canon of the Coll. founded by K. Hen. 8. ( now Ch. Ch. ) in Oxon , to which he was admitted 1532 , and Rector of Witney Church in Oxfordshire . This Person who was esteemed one of the eminent Theologists of this University , was appointed by the King in 1521. to write , Tract . contra Doctrinam Mart. Lutheri . Which , whether ever printed , I know not . He was a zealous Enemy against the Kings divorce from Queen Catherine , in the Year 1530 , but did not dare to write openly , or publish any thing against it , tho Preach he did . This learned Person died in the Month of May , year 1534 in Fifteen hundred thirty and four , and was , as I conceive , buried in Magd. Coll. Chappel . JOHN ALLEN had his first Academical Education in this University , whence going to Cambridge , was there made M. of Arts , as 't is said , tho I rather think Bach. of the Laws . Afterwards he was sent to the Pope at Rome , by Dr. Warham Archb. of Canterbury , about certain matters relating to the Church , where remaining about 9 Years , was in that time created Doctor of the Laws , either there , or in an University in Italy . After his return he became Chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey , who knew him , as I conceive , while he was in Oxon , was Judge of his Court as he was Legat à latere , ( but in that Office he was thought to be a perjur'd and wicked Person ) and assisted him in visiting first , and afterwards in that great matter of dissolving , 40 little Monasteries at least , for the erection of his Coll at Oxon , and that at Ipswych . In the latter end of the Year 1525 , he was incorporated LL. Dr. of this University , on the 13. March 1528. he was consecrated Archb. of Dublin , and about that time was made Chancellor of Ireland . He hath Written , Epistola de Pallii significatione activa & passiva . Penn'd by him when he received the Pall to be Archbishop . De consuetudinibus ac statutis in tuitoriis causis observandis . Besides other things concerning the Church . At length being taken in a time of rebellion by Tho. Fitz-Gerard or Gerald , eldest Son to the Earl of Kildare , was by his command most cruelly b murder'd , by being brain'd like an Ox , at Tartaine in Ireland , 28. Jul. in Fifteen hundred thirty and four , year 1534 aged 58. The whole story of which , several of the Irish Chronicles will tell you . See more among the Bishops under the Year 1534. WILLIAM HORMAN was born within the City of Salisbury , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , made true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1477. which place he resigning in 1485 , ( being then M. of A. ) he became Schoolmaster and Fellow of Eaton Coll. near Windsor , and at length Vice provost of the same College . In which place spending many Years in pleasant retirement , became one of the most general Scholars of his time , as may appear by the diffusiveness of his Learning , and Books written in all faculties . All the Academical Education that he received was in the University of Oxon , where he also took the Degrees in Divinity : So that whereas Joh. c Baleus and Jo. d Pitseus say that he was of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , is false , being led , I presume , into that error , from one Godfrey Harman a Cantabrigian ; who , from being a Junior Canon of Cardinal Coll. in Oxon , was made Fellow of Eaton Coll. beforemention'd , where he died and was buried in 1533. As for our Author Will. Horman he hath written many things , of which I can only give you an account of some , as they follow . Antibossicon ad Gul. Lilium . Lond. 1521. qu. Apologeticon contra Rob. Whittintoni Protovatis Angliae incivilem indoctanque criminationem . Lond. 1521. qu. part . 2. Before the said Books is printed from a Wooden Cut the Picture of a Bear baited by six Dogs , and at the end is some of Whittington's poety taken in pieces by Horman , and by him severely answer'd . Vulgaria puerorum , &c. They are elegant sentences written in English and Latin , and dedicated to Will Atwater Bishop of Lincolne . Compendium Hist . Gul. Malmsburiensis . Epitome Historiae Joh. Pici com . Mirandulae . Elegiae in mort . Gul. Lilii . Anatomia membrorum hominis . In one Book . Anatomia corporis humani . In two Books . The titles of the rest you may see in Jo. e Baleus ; and therefore , I can say no more of our Author Horman , than this , that he paid his last debt to nature on the 12. year 1535 Apr. in Fifteen hundred thirty and five , and was buried in the Chappel of Eaton Coll. beforemention'd . Over his Grave are certain Verses engraven on a brass plate , the two first of which run thus . Hâc Hormannus humo requiescit amice viator , Pene annos numerant lustra vicena suos . The rest you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 135. THOMAS MORE one of the greatest prodigies of Wit and Learning that this Nation ever before his time produced , Son of Sir Joh. More Knight , one of the Justices of the Kings Bench , was born in Milk-street within the City of London , an . 1480. trained up in Grammar learning in St. Anthonies School there , and afterwards received into the Family of Card. Joh. Moreton Archb. of Canterbury , merely for the towardliness of his Person , and the great hopes that the pregnancy of his parts then promised . About the Year 1497. 't is said by some late Authors f that that worthy Cardinal did send him to Canterbury College in Oxon , to obtain Academical Learning , but upon what grounds they report so , it appears not . Miles Windsore ( whom I shall mention among these Writers under the Year 1624. ) who came to the University of Oxon , in the time of Queen Mary , doth g tell us more than once that he had his Chamber , and studied in the Hall of St. Mary the Virgin , and constant tradition doth say the like , and 't was never reported to the contrary , before those two Authors here cited ( Tho. More and J. H. ) published their respective Books . What continuance Sir Tho. made in Oxon , or whether he took a Degree , it appears not , neither can we find means to resolve us , because the University Registers of that Age are deficient . However , this is certain , that at what time our Author studied in this University , Grocynus read publickly the Greek Tongue there ; whom , he constantly hearing , became a great proficient in that Language , and other sorts of Learning by the helps of Lynacre his Tutor ; then , if I mistake not , Fellow of Allsouls Coll. From Oxon he removed to an Inn of Chancery at London called New Inn , where continuing for a time according to the manner and custom of those that intended to make a proficiency in the municipal Laws , translated himself to Lincolns Inn , where easily conquering those Studies , was at length called to the Bar. Afterwards growing into great favour with K. Hen. 8. who highly valued him for his Learning , Wisdom , Experience , and extraordinary gifts of nature that he was endowed with , conferr'd these honors and employments successively upon him , viz. the Mastership of the Request , the intrusting him in several Embrassies , the honor of Knighthood , the Treasureship of the Exchecquer , Chancellorship of the Dutchy of Lancaster , the Embassage to the Emperor and French King , and at length upon the removal of Cardinal Wolsey , had the great Seal delivered to him 25. Oct. 21. Hen. 8. and then also declared High Chancellor of England ; in which last office no Person ever before did carry himself more uprightly , or with greater liking to the generality of People , than he . On the 16. May 24. Hen. 8. he delivered up the great Seal to the King at his Mannour House called York-place near Westminster , in the presence of Thomas Duke of Norfolk , upon the foresight of some evil matters that were like to come to pass , and on the 20. of the same Month the said Seal was delivered by the King , in his Mannour of Pleasaunce , otherwise called East-Greenwych to Sir Thomas Audley Knight . After this , Sir Thomas retired to his House h at Chelsey near London , where continuing for a time in the enjoyment of his Muse , not without severe devotion , was at length , for not acknowledging the King's Supermacy over the Church of England , committed Prisoner to the Tower of London ; where remaining several Months very close , to the endangering of his health , his Daughter Margaret , Wife of William Roper of Tenham and Eltham in Kent , wrot a Letter to Thomas Cromwell chief Secretary of State , ( the contents of which I have i seen ) intreating him to be good to her Father in Prison , kept so close that his health is utterly decayed . Another also I have seen from Dame Alice More his Wife to the aforesaid Cromwell , beseeching him to be good to her poor old Husband , whose close keeping , destroys his body . Also the be good to her and hers , considering their necessity — For my good Master ( saith she ) as I would be saved before our Lord , I am driven to that point , that I am fain to make sale of certain imployments and old stuff to find Mr. More , and me , and my poor houshold with , &c. with other like matters written by that whining Woman , which I shall now for brevity omit , and only at present tell the Reader that no Man was more patient , pious , and severe in the course of his life than he . He was also very meek , humble , charitable , and a despiser of the things of this World , and nothing was wanting in him to make a compleat Christian . His parts were great and profound , his skill in Divinity , municipal Laws , the Latin and Greek Languages , in Poesie , Mathematicks and what not , was excellent and without compare . All which endowments made him not only beloved of Kings and Nobles , but of the lights of Learning of his time , as Erasmus , Colet , Tonstal B. of Durham , Fisher B. of Rochester , Grocyn , Lynacre , Liyle , Paice , Elyot , Lupset , Leland , &c. most of which , especially Foreign Writers , have celebrated his Memory in their respective Works , and all ingenious Scholars at this time bear a great respect to his Name and Lucubrations . He hath written in English . A merry jest how a Sergeant would learn to play a Fryer . — Written in Verse . Verses on a hanging of a painted Cloth in his Fathers House . — Containing 9 Pagiants , and Verses in each . Lamentation on the Death of Elizabeth Wife of King Hen. 7. An. 1503. Verses on the Book of Fortune . These four beforegoing , being written in his Youth , are not numbred among his Works . History of K. Rich. 3. — This , which was never quite finished , is the same , I presume , that is intituled The tragical History of K. Rich. 3. printed under Sir Thom. More 's Name at London 1651. in 8vo . His Great Grandson k saith , that he did not only write elegantly the Life of Rich. 3. in English , ( which is abroad in print tho corrupted and vitiated ) but in Latin also , not yet printed . Memorare novissima . Dialogue concerning Heresies and matters of Religion . Supplication of Souls , made against the supplication of Beggars . — This is sometimes called The supplication of Purgatory , written against that of Beggars , made by Sim. Fish of Greys Inn Gent. The confutation of Tyndale's Answer of Sir Th. More 's Dialogues . The second part of the confutation — Written 1533. Answer to Joh. Fryth's Book made against the Blessed Sacrament — Written the same Year . An Apology — This was written against a Book intit . A Treatise of the division between the spirituality and temporality . Against which Apology , was published a Book called Salem & Bizance , written Dialogue-wise . Lond. 1533. oct . The debellacyon of Salem and Bizance . Lond. 1533. oct Answer to the first part of the poysoned Book , which a nameless Heretick hath named , The Supper of our Lord. Treatise upon the passion of Christ . A Godly instruction . Godly meditation . Devout Prayer . Letter to his Lady his Wife . Certain Letters written by him , after he had given over the Office of Lord Chancellor . Certain Letters written by him while he was Prisoner in the Tower. — All which treatises were collected and printed in one Vol. at London , an . 1557. fol. Among them are , A godly instruction — written in Lat. His Epitaph — In Lat. See the Copy of it in Joh. Weevers Book intituled , Ancient funeral Monuments . p. 522 , 523 , and in the beginning of Maur. Channy or Chawney his Historia aliquot nostri saeculi martyrum . printed 1550. in qu. He hath also translated into English ( 1 ) The life of Joh. Picus Earl of Mirandula . ( 2 ) An exposition of a part . of the possion of Christ . His Latin Works , besides those two little things before-mentioned are these . De optimo repub . statu , deque nova insula Utopia , libellus aureus , &c. Basil . 1518. there again 1563 , both in qu. and at Oxon 1663. in oct . Translated into English , with notes added to it in the Margin , by Ralph Robinson of C. C. C. — Lond. 1557. oct . Published also at the same place 1639. in oct . by one Bernard Alsop , who dedicates it to Cressacre More of More-place in Northmimes in Hertfordshire Esq . one of the posterity , and next in blood to our Author Sir Tho. More . The said Utopia also was published in Italian , at Venice 1548. Epigrammata . Bas . 1518. 1563. oct . Lond. 1638 , &c. Progimnasmata . Bas . 1563. Responsio ad convitia Martint Lutheri . written in the Year 1523. This I take to be the same with Vindicatio Henrici 8. Regis Angliae & Galliae , à calumniis Lutheri . Lond. 1523. qu. published under the name of Gul. Rosseus . Quod pro fide mors fugienda non est . Written in the Tower of London , 1534. Precationes ex Psalmis . Collected there the same Year . Imploratio divini auxilii contra tentationem , cum insultatione contra Demones , ex spe & fiducia in Deum . Lugd. 1572. He also translated from Greek into Lat. Dialogi Luciani , with other matters of that Author — Bas . 1563. All which ( except Precationes ex psalmis , beforemention'd ) together with his History of K. Rich. 3. and his Expositio passionis Domini , were printed at Lovaine , 1566. Epistolae . Bas . Lond. 1642. Epistola ad Acad. Oxon , an . 1519. Ox. 1633. qu. See in Tho. James under the Year 1638. History of the pitiful life , and unfortunate death of Edward 5. and the then Duke of York his Brother . Lond. 1651. oct . This last being in English , and published the last of all his Works ; I do therefore put it here . At length this our worthy Author being brought to his trial in Westminster-hall , was there for Treason ( for denying the King's Supremacy ) condemned to be hang'd , drawn , and quarter'd . But that Sentence being mitigated by the K. he only lost his Head on Tower-hill 6. July , in Fifteen hundred thirty and five . year 1535 Soon after his Body was buried in the Chappel belonging to the Tower called St. Peter ad Vincula , by the care of his Daughter Margaret , to which place , as 't is said , she afterwards removed the Body of John Fisher B. of Rochester , who being beheaded for the same matter on 22. June going before , was buried in the Church-yard of Allhallows Barkin . But More 's Body continuing not long in that Chappel , was by the said Margaret removed to Chelsey Church near London , and there deposited on the South side of the Choire or Chancel . Over it is a large Epitaph made by himself , after he had given up his Chancellorship , which is printed in several Books and by several Authors . As for his head , it was set upon a pole on London-bridge , where abiding about 14 days , was then privily bought by the said Margaret , and by her for a time carefully preserved in a leaden Box , but afterwards with great devotion , 't was put into a Vault ( the burying place of the Ropers ) under a Chappel joyning to St. Dunstans Church in Canterbury , ] where it doth yet remain , standing in the said Box on the Coffin of Margaret his Daughter buried there . Much more , as 't is probable , I could say of his Death and Burial , could I see a Book intit . Expositio fidelis de morte Thomae Mori . Printed in 8 vo . in the Year 1536. but the Book is very scarce , and I could never see no more of it than the bare title . One More of Hertfordshire ( descended from him ) had one of his Chaps , and was by his among other rarities carefully preserved till the Rebellion broke out in 1642. Jasper and Ellis Heywood , Jesuits , Sons of Joh. Heywood the noted Poet in the time of Hen. 8 had one of the teeth of the said Sir Tho. More , but they being loth to part with their right to each other , the tooth l fell asunder and divided of it self . The said Sir Thomas had issue by his first Wife Jane , the Daughter of John Cowlt of Cowlts Hall in Essex three Daughters , and one Son named John , who being little better than an Ideot , ( as 't is said ) took to Wife in his Fathers life time Anne , Daughter and sole Heir of Edward Cressacre of Baronburgh in Yorkshire , by whom he had issue ( 1 ) Thomas , ( right Heir of his Father and Grandfather ) who had 13 Children , of which Five were Sons . The four eldest lived in voluntary contempt , and loathed the World , before the World fawned on them . The first was Thomas , born anew , and baptized on that day of the Year ( 6. July ) on which Sir Thomas suffered death . This Thomas having the Estate come to him , married , * and had several Children , but being a most zealous Catholick , and constantly affected to the French Nation and Crown , did at his own cost and charge , with unwearied industry , assemble all the English Persons of note that were then in and about Rome to supplicate his Holiness for a dispatch of a contract between the K. of England and Henrietta Maria of France an . 1624-25 . which being done , the said Thomas , who was the Mouth or Speaker for the said English Persons , died XI . April ( according to the accompt followed at Rome ) an . 1625. aged 59. and was buried in the middle almost of the Church of St. Lewis in Rome , leaving then behind him the life of his Gr. Grandfather Sir Tho. More 's , incomparably well written , published ( at London I think ) in 4to , about 1627 and dedicated to Henrietta Maria beforementioned . Over the said Tho. Mores Grave , was soon after laid a monumental Stone at the charge of the English Clergy at Rome , and an Epitaph engraven thereon , a Copy of which was sent to me by I know not whom , ( as several things of that nature are , from other places ) running thus . D. O. M. S. Thomae Moro dioc . Ebor. Anglo , magni illius Thomae Mori Angliae Cancellarii & Martyris pronepoti atque haeredi , viro probitate & pietate insigni ; qui , raro admodum , apud Britannos exemplo , in fratrem natu minorem , amplum transcripsit patrimonium , & presbyter Romae factus , inde fuisse sedis Apostolicae in patriam profectus , plusculos annos , strenuam fidei propagandae navavit operam : postea cleri Anglicani negotia septem annos Romae , & 5 in Hispaniâ P. P. Paulo 5to , & Gregorio 15 summa cum integritate & industria suisque sumptibus procuravit . Tandem de subrogando Anglis Episcopo ad Urbanum 8 missus negotio feliciter confecto laborum mercedem recepturus , ex hac vita migravit , XI . Apr. An. 1625. aet . suae 59. Clerus Anglicanus moestus P. — The second Son of the said Joh. More ( Son of Sir Thomas ) was Augustine , who dyed unmarried . The third was Thomas the second , or Thomas junior , born at Chelsey 8. Aug. 23. Hen. 8. who , when he came to mans Estate , m degenerated from the Catholick Religion , and lived and died a professed Minister , leaving Issue several Children , of whom the eldest Cressacre More ( who was born at Baronburgh in Yorkshire 3. July 1572. ) lived afterwards n in no commendable fashion . The fourth was Edward , o born after Sir Thomas his death , and having not his blessing as Thomas ( the first ) and Augustin in bad , degenerated from the Catholick Religion . The fifth was Bartholomew , who died young of the Plague in London . The Pictures of most of these Mores , mention'd here by me , viz. of Sir Joh. More the Father , and his Lady , Sir Thomas the Son , and his Lady , John the Grandson , Margaret , Elizabeth , and Cicely , the Grand Daughters , &c. were most admirably well depicted by the curious hand of Hans Holbin , well known to , and acquainted with , Sir Thomas More . Which piece , being an original , remaineth to this day ( 1689 ) in the House ●f the Lenthals at Besills-Lee near to Abendon in Berks. Round which is an Inscription , shewing the names and matches of those that are there depicted , but now scarce legible . To conclude , if any curious Person is desirous to know more of this noted Author Sir Tho. More , who hath been , and yet is , wonderfully celebrated throughout the learned World , let him consult ( 1 ) His life p written by Will. Roper before-mention'd . ( 2 ) Dr. Tho. Stapleton his Book q entit . De tribus Thomis , mostly as to this Sir Tho. More , taken from that written by Roper . ( 3 ) His life written by Thom. More before-mention'd , much of which is taken from the former two . ( 4 ) His life r written by J. H. ( Haddesdon I think ) collected from Stapleton and More , especially the last , which was , and is scarce to be had . ( 5 ) A Book written by Maur. Channey or Chawney , sometimes a Carthusian near London , intit . Historia aliquot nostri saeculi , &c. which Book , and its Author , I shall mention elsewhere . ( 6 ) His life intit . The mirror of virtue in worldly greatness . Paris 1616. in oct . ( 7 ) A MS. of his life ( whether a Copy of that MS. written by Roper I know not ) in the Library of the Free-School at Colchester . The Reader is now to know that Will. Roper before-mentioned who married Margaret More , was born in Kent , and educated for a time in one of the Universities . Afterwards he succeeded his Father John Roper in the Office of Prothonotary of the Kings Bench ; which , after he had kept and faithfully performed 54 Years , he resign'd it to his Son Thom. Roper . The said William was very bountiful both at home and abroad , merciful , meek , and a Staff to such that were poor , oppressed , and imprison'd . At length after he had lived a Widower 33 Years , and 82 in this vain World , he submitted to fate 4. Januar. 1577. Whereupon his body was buried next to that of Margaret his Wife , in a Vault under a Chappel joining to the Chancel belonging to the Church of St. Dunstan in Canterbury . The life of Sir Tho. More before-mentioned , written by this Will. Roper , I have several times perused , the beginning of which is , Forasmuch as Sir Tho. More Knight , &c. HENRY STANDISH descended from a right Ancient Family of his Name in Lancashire , became , when young , a Franciscan or Greyfrier , but in what convent , I know not as yet , studied for some time in the convent of his Order at Oxon , and partly at Cambridge , proceeded D. of D. of this University , as a certain Register a belonging to his Order tells us , made Guardian of the Franciscan convent in London , Provincial of his Order , and in 1519. being nominated Bishop of St. Asaph , received consecration thereunto in the conventual Church of the Franciscans at Oxon before-mention'd , on the eleventh of July the same Year . In 1526 , he , with Sir John Baker were sent Ambassadors to Denmark , and in 1530 , he was one of the Bishops that assisted and directed Qu. Catherine in the sute concerning her divorce from K. Hen. 8. He was esteemed a learned Man of his time , and a most zealous favourer and assertor of the Catholick Religion ; for which , had he lived longer , he would have suffer'd much . He hath written , Several Sermons preached to the People . Treatise against Erasmus his translation of the New Testament . — With other things , as 't is probable . He gave up the Ghost at London , in the beginning of August in Fifteen hundred thirty and five : year 1535 Whereupon his body was buried in the Church of the Franciscans , commonly called Greyfriers in the said City , now known by the name of Christ-Church . Over his Grave was soon after a Tomb erected with the 13 l. 6. s. 8 d. which he bequeathed for that purpose . He gave b 40 l. to pave the Choir of the Cath of St. Asaph , and for other necessaries ; five marks to the Franciscans of Oxon to be prayed for ; ten marks also for the reparation of their Church , and for the building of an Isle joining to the said Church forty pounds . For exhibition of Scholars in Oxon forty pounds , besides legacies to Ralph Standish Lord of Standish in Lancashire his near Kinsman , to Agnes Worthington his Sister , and Will. Standish his natural Brother . See more of this H. Standish in Rich. Kedermyster , under the Year 1531. JOHN KYNTON was by rule or order a Minorite or Greyfrier , and being a Man of parts , and noted for his proficiency in Divinity , the Society of Magd. Coll. made choice of him to be their Reader of that faculty within their House . Which Office he performing with great honour for several Years , the Doctors and Bach. of Div. of the University , elected him Margaret Professor in the place of Joh. Roper , being then D. of D. and a Person of great note in the University . He wrot at the command of the King , an . 1521. Tract . contra doctrinam Mart. Lutheri . Whether this , or any thing else that he did write , were ever printed , I know not . He died in Fifteen hundred thirty and five , and was , as I conceive , buried in the Chappel of Durham , now Trinitie , College in Oxon. for on a little Grave-stone there , yet remaining , is written this . Obiit Johannes Kynton Frater minor , sacrae Theologiae professor , 20. Januar. 1535. WILLIAM TYNDALE , otherwise called Hitchins , was born on the borders of . Wales , brought up from a Child in Grammar , Logick , and Philosophy in this University , particularly for the most part in St. Mary Magdalens Hall ; where , having sucked in the Doctrine of Luther , read it privatly to certain Students , and to some of the Junior Fellows of Magd. Coll. adjoining . Whether he took a Degree , either by the name of Tyndale or Hitchins , it doth not appear in our Registers , and whether he was one of the Junior Canons of Cardinal Wolseys Coll. as some think , there is no ground or footstep left to perswade us to it . From Oxon he went to Cambridge , where being well ripened in Gods word , he was entertained by one Sir Joh. Welch a Knight of Glocestershire , and by him made Tutor to his Children . While he continued there , he shewed himself so much a friend to Luther , and foe to the Pope , before several Abbats , Doctors , and other Men of the Clergy living in the neighbourhood , that he was forced merely for the security of his Person to leave that place . So that journying to London , he endeavoured to get into the Family of Cuthb . Tonstall Bishop thereof ; but being frustrated of his design , he was desirous for the good of his Country to translate the New Testament into English , but finding no place to do it in England , he left his native Country and went into Germany , where setting on the work , he finished it in the Year 1527 , which was the first translation of it made into English . Afterwards going on with the Old Test . He finished the five Books of Moses with sundry prologues before every one of them , besides other treatises written there . Which being sent into England , did , as esteemed by the then Clergy thereof , prove very mischievous to the whole Nation : Insomuch , that the King was forced to put out a Proclamation , prohibiting the buying and reading the said translation or translations . Afterwards the King and Council , finding that he would do much harm if not removed out of the way , they sent to the Emperors Attorney at Bruxels to have him seized : Whereupon our Author who was then at Antwerp , being snap'd by two Catchpoles , appointed by one Hen. Philipps an English Man , sent thither on purpose to find him out , was , after examination , sent to Prison in the Castle of Filford 18 Miles distant from Antwerp , where continuing for some time , did at length suffer death , ( notwithstanding great intercessions were made for him by the English Merchants abiding in that Country ) as I shall tell you anon . He hath written , Protestation touching the Resurrection of the Bodies , and the State of Souls after this life . Preface to the five Books of Moses called Genesis — Written in the Year 1530. Jan. 17. Prologue shewing the use of the Scripture . Prologues to the five Books of Moses . Certain hard words expounded in the first , second , and fourth , Book of Moses . Prologue upon the Prophet Jonas , the four Evangelists , upon the Epistles of St. Paul , the Epistles of St. Peter , and the 3 Epistles of St. John. The Parable of the wicked Mammon — Published 1527. May 8. The obedience of a Christian Man , and how Christian Rulers ought to govern — Published 1528. Oct. 2. and 1561. in oct . An Exposition on the 5. 6. and 7 Chapters of St. Matthews Gospel . Answer to Sir Tho. Mores Dialogues . — An. 1530. The practice of papistical Prelates . — An. 1530. 'T is about the divorce of K. H. 8. A path way into the Holy Scriptures . Exposition of the first Epistle of St. John — Published in Sept. 1531. in oct . Exposition on Mr. Will. Tracies Will. Noremberg . 1546. oct . Fruitful treatise upon Signes and Sacraments . Two Letters to Joh. Fryth Prisoner in the Tower. All which were printed in one Vol. in fol. 1573. He is also supposed to be Author of , The Supper of the Lord , after the true meaning of the 6th of John , and the eleventh of the 1. of Cor. And incidently in the exposition of the Supper is confuted , the Letter of Sir Tho. More against Jo. Fryth — Written Apr. 5. an . 1533. This Person Will. Tyndale was first strangled by the hands of the common Hangman , and then burnt near to Filford Castle before-mentioned , in Fifteen hundred thirty and six . year 1536 See his Story at large in Joh. Fox his Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. and in Rob. Persons his answer thereunto in The third part of a Treatise intit . of three conversions of England , &c. Printed 1604 chap. 14 p. 170. 171. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS , a great and wonderful light of Learning , and therefore invited and drawn by Kings and Princes into Germany , Italy , England , and other Regions of Europe , was born at Roterdam in Holland 28. of Oct. 1467. This Person tho educated in all kind of Learning beyond the Seas , yet he must have a place in these Athenae , because he had studied in this University , particularly in St. Maries Coll. a place for Canon Regulars of the Order of St. Austin ( whose great Gate is almost opposite to that of New Inn ) in the Years 1497. 98 , and part , if not all of 1499. and as some think in the Year 1518 or 19. when Card. Wolsey founded his Lectures in this University , at which time Erasmus read c certain Lectures in the publick refectory of Corp. Ch. Coll. The reason of his continuance and studying here , I have told d you elsewhere , and therefore all that I shall now say of him is , that his works are printed in 9 Volumes , in which are his dissertation De taedio & pavore Christi , and certain Epistles , which he wrot in the said Coll. of St. Mary , and that dying at Basil in Germany , year 1536 on the 12 of July in Fifteen hundred thirty and six , was buried in the Cathedral Church there : Soon after was a conspicuous Monument , with an Inscription , put over his Grave , the contents of which , I shall now for brevity sake omit . His life is twice , or more , written in Latin , tho not so well as it should be , and once or more in English , which is the reason that I have spoken but briefly of him in this place . JOHN RASTALL was a Londoner born , and educated for a time in Grammaticals and Philosophicals in this University . Afterwards returning to his native place , he set up the Trade of Printing , being then esteemed a profession fit for any Scholar or ingenious Man. This Person being noted for his Piety and Learning , became intimate with Sir Tho. More , whose Sister Elizabeth he took to Wife , and by dayly conference with that most learned Knight , he improved his knowledge in various sorts of Learning , besides what knowledge he before had gotten in the Mathematicks . He was a zealous Man for the Catholick cause , and a great hater of the proceedings of King Hen. 8. as to his divorce , and for his ejecting the Popes power from the Nation . His Writings are , Natura naturata . 'T is a large and ingenious Comedy containing a description of three parts of the World , viz. Asia , Africa , and Europe , adorn'd with Figures and Cuts . Canones Astrologici . Dialogues concerning Purgatory , in 3. Books . Apology written against Joh. Fryth . — Which two last , were in vindication of Joh. Fisher B. of Rochester , and Sir Thom. More . The rules of a good life . Anglorum Regum Chronicon . with others ; but as for the Book of Law terms , said by e Bale to be written by this Author , is false ; for they were written by his Son William , as I shall tell you under the Year 1565. This Joh. Rastall died at London , year 1536 in Fifteen hundred thirty and six , leaving behind him Issue Will. Rastall before mentioned , and John Rastall a Justice of Peace , who had Issue a Daughter named Elizabeth , the Wife of Rob. Lougher L L. D. Chancellor of the Dioc. of Exeter . JOHN RYCKS being much addicted in his Youth to Piety and Learning was entred into the Order of the Minorites or Grey friers , and among them in Oxon he did spend some time in good Letters . At length in his last days , ( being then esteemed a placid old Man ) when he saw the Pope and his Religion begin to decline in England , he became a zealous Protestant , and wrot in the English Tongue , The image of divine Love. Against the blasphemies of the Papists . — And translated into English , Prognosticon of Otho of Brunfeild , which he dedicated to Thomas Cromwell . Other things he wrot as my † Author saith , who adds that he died at London in Fifteen hundred thirty and six , year 1536 which was the eight and twentieth Year of K. Hen. 8. FRANCIS BYGOD a Yorkshire Man born , spent some time among the Oxonian Muses , but whether he took a Degree , it doth not appear . Afterwards he received the honour of Knighthood from the King , and wrot , A Treatise concerning impropriations of Benefices — The Epistle before which , dedicated to K. Hen. 8. is printed ( or reprinted ) at the latter end of Sir Hen. Spelman's Larger work of Tithes , by the care of Jerem. Stephens , an . 1647. The said Treatise seems to have been written after the breach which K. Hen. 8. made with the Pope , his Marriage with Anna Bolein , and the Birth of Q. Elizabeth , as 't is conjectured by circumstances . The Author's purpose was chiefly bent against the Monasteries , who had unjustly gotten very many Parsonages into their possession , as it had been complained of long before his time , especially be Dr. Tho. * Gascoigne a Yorkshire Man born . The said Bygod translated also certain Latin Books into English , which I have not yet seen . At length being found very active in the commotions in Yorkshire called The holy pilgrimage , an . 1536 , ( at which time he with his party endeavoured to surprise Hull ) was thereupon apprehended , imprison'd , and at length executed at Tyburn near to London , with other Knights and Esquires , in the Month of June in Fifteen hundred thirty and seven , year 1537 which was the nine and twentieth Year of K. Hen. 8. ROBERT WAKFELD , a Northern Man born , and the greatest Linguist of his time , was as he saith , a ex fidelibus natus fidelis , ex Christianis Christianus , and afterwards being fitted for the University , he was sent to Cambridge , where he took one or more degrees in Arts. But his desire being solely bent to improve his natural Genie in the Tongues , he went to travel , and in short time attained to a very considerable knowledge in the Greek , Hebrew , Chaldaic , and Syriac Tongues . About that time he read and taught the said Tongues at Tubing in Germany , at Paris , and in 1519 , I find b him to be Hebr. Professor at Lovaine in Brabant , in the place of one Matthew Adrian : But continuing there only 4 Months , he returned into England , where being made known to the King by his great friend and admirer Rich. Paice Dean of St. Pauls , he was made one of his Chaplams , took the Degree of Bach. of Divinity , was beloved of many , and patroniz'd in his studies by Thom. Bulleyn Earl of Wilts . When the unlawfulness of Matrimony between the King and Catherine of Spayne , Widow of his Brother Prince Arthur was called into question , he began to defend the Queens cause , and therefore gained the love of many , b●t being afterwards courted by fair promises to change his mind , and the rather because of his great skill in the Tongues and Divinity , and therefore able to say more than another Man , he came over to the Kings Party , whereby he gained the hatred of many . I have seen c a Letter written by him to the King , dated from Sion in Middlesex , 1527. wherein he tells him , that he will defend his cause or question in all the Universities in Christendome , &c. and afterwards tells him , that , if the People should know that he , who began to defend the Queens cause , not knowing that she was carnally know of Pr. Arthur his Brother , should now write against it , surely he should be stoned of them to death , or else have such a slander and obloquy raised upon him , that he would rather dye a thousand times than suffer it , &c. Afterwards upon the intreaty of the University of Oxon made to the King , Wakfeld was sent thither about 1530. and at his first coming he made a publick Speech in the Hall of the Coll. of K. Hen. 8. ( since called Ch. Church ) before the University , and afterwards read publickly the Hebrew Lecture there , as his Brother Tho. Wakfeld did at Cambridge by the Kings Authority , beginning to read there in 1540. In 1532 , he was made by the King the twelfth or junior Canon of his College at Oxon , founded on the site of that of the Cardinal , and in the same Year , he was incorporated B. of Divinity . So that continuing there some Years after , and-instructing many in the Tongues , I have therefore put him among the Oxford Writers . In 1536 , when he saw the King make havock of Religious Houses , he carefully preserved divers Books of Greek and Hebrew , especially those in the Library of Ramsey abbey , which were partly composed by Laur. Holbeach a Monk of that place , in the Reign of Hen. 4. among which was his Hebrew Dictionary . As for the works of Wakfeld they are mostly these that follow . Oratio de laudibus & utilitate trium Linguarum , Arabicae , Chaldaicae , & Hebraicae , atque idiomatibus hebraicis quae in utroque testamento inveniuntur . Printed by Winand Worde in qu. Paraphrasis in librum Koheleth ( quem vulgo Ecclesiasten vocant ) succincta , clara atque fidelis . Printed in a black char . in qu. Kotser codicis , quo praeter ecclesiae sacrosanctae decretum , probatur conjugium cum fratria carnaliter cognita , illicitum omnino , inhibitum , interdictumque esse tum naturae jure , tum jure divino , legeque evangelica atque consuetudine catholica ecclesiae orthodoxae . Printed at Lond. ( 1528 ) in qu. This is the same with his Book entit . by Bale and Pits , De non ducenda Fratria . Syntagma de hebraeorum codicum incorruptione . Printed in qu. In which Book are several things against Joh. Fisher B. of Rochester concerning Matrimony , and the unlawfulness of the Kings Marrying with his Brothers Wife . Oratio Oxonii habita in Coll. Regio . Printed with the former in qu. De Laudibus Agriculturae . Epistolae ad D. Th. Bulleyn comitem Wilts . Joh. Fisherum Ep. Roff. Rich. Paceum , &c. Besides other things mentioned c elsewhere , which I have not yet seen . He died at London on the eighth day of Octob. year 1537 in Fifteen hundred thirty and seven , leaving Thomas his Brother his Heir , but where he was buried I cannot yet tell . Jo. Leland in one d of his Books gives him the name of Polypus , noting thereby , he way of contumely , that he was a crafty man for craftily conveying away the Hebrew Dictionary before-mention'd . Rich. Paice Dean of Pauls , in a Letter e to K. H. 8. dat . at Sion 1527. saith that Rob. Wakfeld is a Person of excellent learning as well in Divinity , as in wonderful knowledge of many and divers Languages . The University of Oxon in an f Epistle to the said King , doth also say , that besides his various accomplishments , he gives place to none for his admirable knowledge in the Hebrew , Syriac and Arabick Tongues . JOHN CLAYMOND , who used to write himself Eucharistiae servus , because he frequently received the blessed Sacrament , and in the latter part of his life took it every day , was the Son of Joh. Claymond and Alice his Wife , sufficient Inhabitants of Frampton in Lincolnshire , in which Town this our Author Joh. Claymond received his first breath . From thence , when he was a Boy , he was sent to Oxon , where , after he had compleated his Grammar learning in the School near to Magd. Coll. great Gate , ( being then within , and not without , the said Gate , ) he was made Demie first , and in 1488 , perpetual Fellow of that College . About that time entring into holy Orders , and becoming famous for his great learning , piety , and gravity , was constituted President of the said College , about 1504 , took the Degree of Bach. of Divinity three Years after , and within three more after that time , supplicated the venerable Congregation of Regents , that he might be licensed to proceed in that faculty , but whether he was admitted it appears not . About that time several Dignities , and Ecclesiastical Benefices a were bestowed on him , among which were the Rectory of West-mongton in Somersetshire , ( which he obtained by the resignation of the Honourable Rich. Grey , from Richard the Abbat , and the Convent of Glastenbury in the Month of July 1506. ) the Prebendship of Whitchurch in the Cathedral Church of Wells , ( to which belongs the Church of Beningar in Somersetshire ) and the vicaridge of the Collegiate Church of Norton in the Dioc. of Durham , which he resign'd in 1518 , reserving to himself any yearly pension from it of 20 Marks , to be paid by the Abbat and Convent of Selby ( of the Order of St. Bennet ) in Yorkshire . At length upon the desire of Rich. Fox . Bishop of Winchester , he left his Presidentship of Magd. Coll. and was by him made President of that of C. C. when founded by him , an . 1516. Which place being of less value than the former , the said Bishop did in recompence , give him the rich Rectory of Clyve ( called by some Bishops Clyve ) in Glocestershire , which he kept to his dying day . He was a Person of great gravity , of most exact example in his life and conversation , very charitable and devout , and had nothing wanting in him to compleat a Theologist . And as he was esteemed a learned Divine by some , so a better Philosopher by others , as it appears by his Book intit . Notae & observationes in Plinii naturalem historiam . In 4. Volumes in MS. in C. C. Coll. Library . Of which Book and its Author hear what Mich. Neander b saith — de quo nobis retulit aliquando Operinus noster , quòd in totum Plinii opus eruditos commentarios scripserit , & ad se excudendos jam pridem miserit , cur autem non fuerint excusi ab Operino , puto sumptus ad tantum optis imprimendum defuisse , &c. Dr. Jo. Cay the Antiquary of Cambridge doth c speak something to the same purpose , who stiles them Scholia eruditiss . viri Johan . Claymondi in omnes Caii Plinii Naturalis Historiae libros , &c. but adds that the Scholia on the two first Books were lost after his death . He ( Claymond ) also wrot , In MS. and not , as I conceive , printed . Comment . in Aulii Gellii Noctes Atticas . Com. in Plautum . Epistolae ad Simon . Grinaeum . A Treatise of repentance — This is in MS. written with his own hand , in 4 sheets in fol. which I have in my Library of MSS. The beginning of it is , It is the property and condition of every wise Man , &c. At length arriving to a good old Age , paid his last debt to nature , 19. Nov. year 1537 in Fifteen hundred thirty and seven , and was buried in the choire of C. C. Coll. under that very place where the Rectors of the choire sing the Psalm , intit . Venite exultemus . Over his Grave was soon after a Marble stone laid , with an Inscription thereon , provided and made by himself , with void spaces left for the day and year when he died , to be filled up by his Executor , or Overseer of his Will , but were never performed . The Copy of the Inscription , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 244. b. his Character and Encomium in Jo. * Leland , and his benefactions to Magdalen , Corp. Christi , and Brasenose , Colleges in the aforesaid Hist . & Antiq. JOHN HELYAR a Hampshire Man born , was admitted Probationer Fellow of Corpus Ch. Coll. 1. June 1522. and Bach. of Arts in Jul. 1524. But instead of having that degree compleated by Determination in the Lent following in the publick Schools , he had the Degree of M. of A. conferr'd upon him , being then taken into the patronage of the magnificent and generous Cardinal Tho. Wolsey , who held him in high value for his extraordinary sufficiencies in the Lat. Greek and Hebrew Tongues . In all which , especially in Poetry , and Humanity , he was so well vers'd , that he exceeded most , if not all Persons of his time . Whether the said Cardinal did afterwards promote him to a Canonry or Readers place in his new Coll. at Oxon , I know not . Sure I am that after his fall , our Author supplicated to be admitted to the reading of the sentences , and about the same time wrot , Comment . in Ciceronem pro M. Marcello . Scholia in Sophoclem . Com. in Epistolas Ovidii . Epitaphium D. Erasmi Roterodami . Written in Gr. and Lat. with other things , besides his translation from Greek into Lat. St. Chrysostom's Tract . De providentia & fato , &c. This our Author Helyar , who had acquaintance with the said Erasmus , was held in admiration by all the Vertuosi , in the 29. Hen. 8. JOHN FOREST or Forest , whose sirname had , several Years before he was born , lived within the City of Oxon , ( but whether of his Family I cannot yet tell ) was from his Childhood educated in Piety and Learning . Afterwards when he attained to the 17th Year of his Age , he took upon him the habit of St. Francis at Greenwich in Kent as it seems , and at about 26 Years of Age , was instructed in Theological Studies for a time , among the Brethren of that Order living without Watergate in the South Suburb of Oxon. What Degrees he took here , it appears not ; yet sure I am that in order for the taking of the Degree of Bach. Div. he supplicated the Ven. Regents that he might be admitted to oppose in that faculty , but whether he was admitted , it appears not , and so consequently that he was not Bachelaur , much less Doctor , as some report , unless in another University beyond the Seas , for at Cambridge he had not that Degree conferr'd upon him , if the Tables at the end of Antiquitates Britannicae are right . Afterwards he was taken into the Service of Queen Catherine the Consort of King Hen. 8. whose love being great towards virtue and learning , she made him her Confessor . About that time he was constituted the one and fortieth Provincial Minister of his Order , as an eminent d Brother thereof , doth really suppose from certain Writings relating to the quarrels between the Order and Card. Wolsey . Which Provincialship had before been enjoyed by Steph. Baron Confessor to K. Hen. 8. and sometimes a frequent Preacher in the University of Cambridge . Soon after , when that good Queen was to be divorced from the said King , this our Author Forest shew'd himself a zealous Enemy against it , and in few Years after , when the King was intent to eject the Pope and his power from England , he , out of a passionate zeal which he had for the Catholick Religion , did in secret confession declare to many of the King's Subjects , that the King was not Supreme Head of the Church , whereas before he had been sworn to the said Supremacy . These matters coming to the knowledg of the King's Council , he was examined by certain Persons appointed by them , to whom he made answer , that he took the Oath with his outward man , but his inward man never consented thereunto . Afterwards , being further accused of divers heretical Opinions , ( as they were then called ) he submitted himself to the punishment of the Church : So that his abjuration being sent to him to be read , he utterly refused it . Whereupon his confinement in the Prison called Newgate , being made more close , these Verses were wrot on him by a Protestant . Forest the Fryer that obstinate Lyer , That willfully will be dead , Incontinently , the Gospel doth denye , The King to be Supreme Heade . About the same time he took a great deal of pains in writing a Book ( whether in English or Latin I know not ) entit . by Latin Writers , De autoritate Ecclesiae & Pontificis Maximi . The beginning of which is this , Nemo sibi sumat honorem , nisi fuerit vocatus à Deo tanquam Aaron , &c. In which Book he inveighed e much against the pride and impiety of the King , because that without any call he did not scruple to intitle himself , The Head of the Church of England , and to take upon him that , which he was not capable of , whereas if he had thought himself a true Member of the Cath. Church , he should have given God thanks that he was so , and to have rested therein without endeavouring to tear it to pieces , &c. The contents of this Book ( which was ready for the Press , but whether ever printed in England I cannot tell ) coming to the knowledge of certain inquisitors , and at length to the Kings ear , he was forthwith condemned to dye , and having some days allowed him to make his peace with God and all Men , he wrot , Several Letters . — Some of which I have seen printed in Latin , as first , His Answer to the Letter which Qu. Catherine sent to him . ( 2 ) An answer to the Letter written to him by Elizab. Hammon Maid ( of honour ) to the said Queen . ( 3 ) Answer to the Letter of Tho. Abell , who was executed two Years after for denying the King's Supremacy , with several others , which he wrot to comfort the afflicted Catholicks . At length being drawn upon a Sledge from his Prison to Smithfield , where a pair of Gallows was set up to receive him , he was hanged thereon by the middle and arm-pits quick ; and under the Gallows a Fire being made , he was burnt , and utterly consum'd to ashes , year 1538 May in Fifteen hundred thirty and eight , aged 60 , and in the 43 Year of his professed and religious estate . At the time he was to suffer , and before he went up the Ladder , Hugh Latymer B. of Worcester did from a Pulpit set up there , near to the Gallows , Preach a Sermon purposely to move him to repentance , but all availed nothing . He had then several discourses with that Bishop , which were verbatim taken by some of the Brethren of his order . In conclusion Latymer asked him what state he would die in . Whereupon Forest with a loud voice answered f if an Angel should come down from heaven to teach him any other Doctrine than he had received , and believed from his Youth , be would not now believe him ; and that if his body should be cut joint after joint , or member after member , burnt , hanged , or what pain soever might be done to his body , he would never turn from his old profession , &c. and added , that seven years past , he ( Latymer ) durst not have made such a Sermon for his life . This being said , he was conducted from the place where he stood , which was erected above the People , to the Gallows and there suffered . ANTHONY FITZHERBERT whose great Learning in the Wisdom of the Law , both the judicial Court of Pleas , wherein he sate Justice a long time , and also those exact Books of our Common Law by him exquisitely penn'd and publish'd , do sufficiently Witness , was born of , ( being the Son of Ralph Fitzherbert , Esq . ) and descended from , a right Ancient Family living at Norbury in Derbyshire , laid a Foundation of Learning in this University , on which he built a firm structure in after times , but in what House here , or in what Inn of Court afterwards , it appears not . Sure it is that having made a most fruitful progress in his Studies , he was constituted Serjeant at Law 18. Nov. 2. Hen. 8. Dom. 1510 , one of the Kings Serjeants six Years after , ( being about that time made a Knight ) and in 1522. one of the Justices of the Common-pleas , and not of the Kings-bench , as one g doth falsely report . In which place , carrying himself with great prudence , justice , and knowledge , became at length the Oracle of the Law , and was admired by all for his profundity in it . His works are , Grand abridgment of the common Law contained in the Year Books , and other Books of Law , Readings , and Records . Lond. 1516. 1565. fol. afterwards in qu. divided into several parts or vol. From which abridgment and others , Rich Bellew of Lincolns Inn , did collect cases adjudged in the time of K. Rich. 2. A Calender or Index . — See in Will. Rast all . Magna charta , cum diversis aliis statut is . Lond. 1519. in 12. Office and authority of Justices of Peace . Lond. 1547. and 63. qu. enlarged by Rich. Crompton Esq : — Lond. 1583. qu. &c. Office of Sheriffs , Bayliffs , Escheators , Constables , Coroners , &c. — Printed several times with the former . Of the diversity of courts . — Compiled 21. H. 8. So Sir Edw. Coke in his Reports Vol. 10. in the Proem . Natura Brevium Novel . Printed at Lond. 26. Hen. 8. and afterwards several times in oct . and qu. corrected and revised , with a Table added , by Will. Rastall . Printed also several times in French in oct . &c. The same is also translated into English , and hath added thereunto the authorities in Law , and some other Cases and Notes , &c. See more in Will. Rastall , under the Year 1565. This Natura Brevium is esteemed an exact work , excellently well penn'd , and hath been much admired by the noted Men in the common Law. Of the surveving of Lands . Lond. 1567. The Book of Husbandry very profitable and necessary for all Persons — Printed in the Reign of Queen Mary , and in the beginning of Queen Eliz. This Book I have seen more than once , under Anth. Fitzherberts name , yet there are not wanting some who say 't was penn'd by his Brother Job . Fitzherbert . This famous Lawyer Ant. Fitzherbert , who had been an enemy to Card. Wolsey , paid his last debt to nature in the Summer time ( before August ) in Fifteen hundred thirty and eight , year 1538 ( 30. Hen. 8. ) whereupon his body was buried in the Church of Norbury before-mention'd . Soon after was a blew Marble-stone laid over his Grave , with an Inscription thereon , which is now remaining . His name and posterity are yet , as I conceive , living at Norbury , Tissington and Somersal in Derbyshire , and elsewhere . JOHN HILSEY or Hildesley ( was of the same Family with those of Beneham in Berks. and they originally of the Hildesleys of Hildesley in the same County ) who being much addicted from his Childhood to Learning and Religion , nothing was wanting in his sufficient Parents to advance them . Whereupon falling under the tuition of a Dominican , or Preaching , or Black , Frier , was entred in his manly Years among the Brethren of that Order at Bristow , and thence for a time was removed to the House of the Dominicans in the S. Suburb of Oxon , purposely to initiate him in the supreme faculty , and in some smattering of Philosophical Learning . In the Month of May 1527 , he supplicated to be admitted to the reading of the sentences , but whether he was admitted it does not appear ( through neglect ) in the publick Register , and in Nov. 1532. he by the name and title of Pater Johannes Hylsey de ordine praedicatorum & Bac. SS . Theol. supplicated to proceed in Divinity : Which being granted , he was admitted , but did not stand in the Act following to compleat that Degree . So that how it comes to pass , that a certain h Author of note should say , that he was Doctor of Divinity of Cambridge , I cannot perceive , seeing that his name doth not occur in the Catalogue of the Doctors of all faculties , who proceeded at Cambridge from 1500 to 1571. Printed at the end of the first Edition of Antiquitates Britannicae Ecclesiae . This Doctor Hilsey being elected Bishop of Rochester after the decollation of John Fisher , had restitution i made to him of the temporalities of that See , 4. Oct. 27. Hen. 8. Dom. 1535 , where being settled he wrot , A Manual of Prayers ( or Primer ) with the Epistles and Gospels . — Which Book being dedicated to Thomas Lord Cromwell , was at his command published at Lond. 1539. in 8. He also wrot , De veri corporis esu in Sacramento . Ded. also to the said Cromwell . Of which Book and its Author , see in a piece of Lat. Poetry intit . Diacosio-Martyrion k , written by Job . White Warden of the College near Winchester , afterwards successively B. of Linc. and Winchester . As for our Author Dr. Hilsey , I know not yet to the contrary , but that he hath written other things , having always been accounted a Learned Man , but what the titles of them are , I cannot tell ; nor do I know any thing else of him , only that he dying towards the latter end of the Year Fifteen hundred thirty and eight , was , year 1538 I presume , buried in the Cathedral of Rochester . In the said See succeeded Nicholas Heath , as I shall tell you elsewhere among the Bishops . JOHN MAJOR was born at Haddington , within the Province of Lothaine in Scotland , and trained up from his Youth in the Study of good Letters . For some time he heard Philosophy taught in the Universities of England , and in Cambridge by his own a confession he studied for three Months space in Christ's College , but upon what account he continued there no longer , he tell us not . In a certain note b under the hand-writing of our Antiquary Brian Twyne , it doth appear that he was conversant among the Oxonian Muses for a time , but in what House ; unless in the Abbey of Osney , whose melodious ring of Bells he doth familiarly c commend , I cannot tell . After he had satisfied himself with the curiosities of both the Universities , he retired to that of Paris , settled in the College of Montacute , passed his course there , became Doctor of the Arts , and of the holy Writ , a most Scholastical Doctor of the Sorbon , and in Scholastical Divinity , Philosophy and Sophistry , equal with any of his time . His works are , Liber fallaciarum , part . 2. Par. 1516. fol. The matter of this Book , which by certain Authors is called Sophisticalia Parisiensia , and by others his Opera Logicalia , was read and discussed in publick in the Coll. of Montacute before-mention'd . In quartum sententiarum quaestiones utilissimae , Par. 1516. and 19. fol. dedicated to Gawin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld and Rob. Cockbourne B. of Ross . Comment . in Mathaeum . When printed I know not . De auctoritate concilii supra Pontificem Maximum . Par. 1518. Excerpted from his comments on Matthew , and was reprinted in the first part of Job . Gersons works at Paris 1606. fol. In primum sententiarum . Par. 1519. fol. Dedicated to George Hepbourne Abbat of Arbroth , and of the Privy Council to the King of Scots . Historia Majoris Britanniae , tam Angliae quam Scotiae , lib. 6. Par. 1521. qu. Written in a Sorbonick and barbarotis stile , yet very truly and with great liberty of spirit , not sparing the Usurpation of Rome , and taxing in divers places d the laziness and superfuity of the Clergy . In quatuor Evangelia expositiones luculentae , & disquisitiones & disputationes contra a Hereticos plurimae . Par. 1529. fol. He hath also written Placita Theologica , and Sermones per an . which I have not seen , and hath translated Will. Caxton's Chronicle , but whether into the Scotch or English Language I know not . At length after , or about , the Year 1530. he retired into his own Country , and professed Theology in the Coll. of S. Salvator at S. Andrews , whereof he was made Provost , and died there being of good Age , but when , I cannot yet find . George Buchanan was his Scholar and bestoweth e on him this Charater , in studio Theologiae , magnum nomen me puero habuit , yet in his Epigrams f he speaks slightly of him and his works . Besides this Job . Major I find two of both his names , one was Author of In Psalmos Davidis Regis & Prophetae , paraphrasis heroicis versibus expressa . Witeberg . 1574. oct . and another who was a Licentiat in Grammar of this University , an . 1452 , but whether he hath written any thing in his faculty I know not . HENRY PARKER Son of Sir Will. Parker Knight , ( living sometimes at Halingbery morley in the Diocess of London ) by Alice his Wife Daugh. of Will. Lovell Esq by Alienour his Wife Daugh. and Heir of Rob. Lord Morley , was with several other Nobles of his time , educated in most kinds of Literature in this University . Afterwards retireing to his Estate in Northamptonshire , became so much in favour with K. Hen. 8. that he had n summons to Parliament in the 21. Year of that King's Reign , by the title of Lord Morley , and in the 22. of the said Reign , Dom. 1530. being one of the Peers at that time sitting in Parliament , subscribed that Declaration then sent to P. Clement 7. whereby intimation was given to his Holiness , that unless he would comply with K. Henry , in the cause of his divorce from Qu. Catherine , the farther acknowledgement of his Supremacy in this Realm would be in danger ; and in the 25. of the said King was judgment given on his behalf for taking place before the Lord Dcres of Gilsland . His younger Years were adorned with all kind of superficial Learning , especially with Drammatick Poetry , and his elder with that which was divine , and therefore worthily characterized o to be vir liter is clarus , ac genere nobilitate conspicus . His writings have been , Several Comedies and Tragedies . Declaration of the Psalm 94. Deus ultionum Dominus . Lond. 1539. oct . Lives of Sectaries . — With other things which I have not yet seen . He was living an Ancient Man , and in esteem among the Nobility in the latter end of Henry 8. The Reader is now to know that there was another Hen. Parker , who wrot a Book intit . Dives & pauper . A compendious treatise ( an exposition ) upon the ten Commandments . Lond. 1496. fol. There again in 1538 , and 1586. oct . Which Henry being a Carme of Doncaster in Yorkshire , and D. of D. of Cambridge , in the time of Ed. 4. must not be taken to be the same with the former . EDWARD POWELL was born of British blood within the Principality of Wales , educated in Grammaticals , Logicals , and Philosophicals in Oxon , and was afterwards , if I mistake not , Fellow of Oriel Coll. for one of both his names occurs Fellow of that House in 1495. After he had taken the Degrees in Arts , he gave himselfe solely up to Divinity and in that faculty he became a noted Disputant . On the 2. of Nov. 1501. he was admitted to the rectory of Bledon in the of Wells on the death of Mr. Micb. Clyffe , and afterwards took the Degrees in Divinity . In 1508. he , by the favour of Edm. Audley B. of Sarum , was collated to the Prebendship of Bedmyster and Redclyve , having a little before been admitted Preb. of Lyme and Halstock , in the said Church . This E. Powell was the Person , who for his great learning and undaunted courage , was entertained as an Advocate by Qu. Catherine , when K. Hen. 8. sought cause for a divorce from her ; and the same , who before had shewed himself very zealous in disputing and writing against M. Luther , his Disciples , and Doctrine , for which the University of Oxon did not only congratulate p him for his pains , but also in an Epistle q to the said Bishop Audley they thus honorably speak of him — res ea Oxoniensium quorundam ingeniis discutienda permittitur , inter quos eximius ille Edoardus Powell , Theologiae condidatus , tuae Sarisburiensis Ecclesiae ( ut vocant ) Canonicus , connumeratus est . Is enim ex quo res primum in Literarium certamen venit , tam assiduus semper fuit , tantum operae ac diligentiae impendit , tam denique eruditè adversus eas hereses invectus est , ut ex suis immensis laboribus , vigilantissimisque studiis nostrae Academiae nonnihil attribui laudis facile auguramur , &c. Farther also when the University wrot to K. Hen. 8. to certifie him of certain Doctors of Divinity of their own Body , that had lately written each of them a Book against M. Luther , they make this especial mention r of our Author Powell and his Book — Editionem tamen Doctoris Poveli , tanquam praecipuam , & lucidam quendam gemmam visum est nobis seligere ; is siquidem ut est vir summâ gravitate & eruditione , praeter immensos labores , frequentiaque ejus itinera , tantam in hâc re exhibuit vigilantiam , ut nisi eum eximiâ efferemus laude , videamur plane injurii aut potius inbumani . Hanc suam editionem in duos potissimum digessit libellos , quorum prior de summo extat pontifice Eucharistiaeque Sacramento . Posterior de reliquis sex Sacramentis . Hunc tuae celsitudini sic commendamus virum , ut quamvis eum habeas perquam gratum , habeas ( quaesumus ) nostrâ tamen commendatione gratiorem , &c. As for the title of the said Book it runs thus . Propugnaculum summi sacerdotii Evangelici ac septenari● sacramentorum , adversus Mart. Lutherum fratrem fumosum & Wiclefistum insignem . lib. 3. Lond. 1523. qu. Another Book of his making is intit . Tract . de non dissolvendo Henrici Regis cum Catherinâ matrimonio . lib. 1. and other matters , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . At length for his denial of the King's Supremacy over the Church of England ( whereby he despleased him far more , than before he pleas'd him by writing against Luther ) he was committed to Prison , and having received sentence to dye , was on the 30. July in Fifteen hundred and forty , hang'd , year 1542 drawn , and quarter'd in Smithfield near London , with Tho. Abel whom I am about to name , and Rich. Fetherston , guilty of the same crime . This Dr. Edw. Powell s bestowed at least 30 l. about the time when he was licensed to proceed , for the making of a double roof with painting , gilded knots , and lead for the Congregation house , house , which is now the upper room in St. Maries Church-yard , joining on the North side to the Chancel of St. Mari●● Church 22. Hen. 7. Dom. 15 6 / 7. THOMAS ABEL or Able took the Degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1516 , but what Degrees in Divinity I cannot find . He was afterwards a Servant to Qu. Catherine the Consort of K. Hen. 8. and is said by a certain t Author to be vir longe doctissimus , qui Reginae aliquando in Musicorum tacta & inguis , operam suam navaret . In 1529. and 30 , he shewed himself a zealous Advocate against the divorce of the said Queen , and a passionate enemy against the unlawful doings of the King. At which time he wrot , Tract . de non dissolvendo Henrici & Catherinae matrimonio . In 1534 , he by the name of Tho. Able Priest , was attainted of Misprision , for taking part with , and being active in the matter of , Elizabeth Barton the holy Maid of Kent . Afterwards denying the King's Supremacy over the Church , was hang'd , drawn , and quarter'd in Smithfield , year 1540 30. Jul. in Fifteen hundred and and forty , having before , as 't is thought , written other things , but lost . I find another Tho. Able , who hath written against the Gangraena of Tho. Edwards , but he being a hundred Years later than the former , ( for he lived in 1646. ) he must not be taken to be the same Person . CHRISTOPHER SEINTGERMAN called by some Senyarmayn or Seyngerman , Son of Sir Hen. Seintgerman Knight , by Anne his Wife , Daughter of Tho. Tindale Esq was born , as I conceive , in Warwickshire , particularly at Shilton near to the City of Coventry , in the Chappel or Church of which place , his Father and Mother * received Sepulture . In his juvenile Years he was educated in Grammatical and Philosophical Learning among the Oxonians , from whom , by the advice of his Parents , he was taken away and sent to the Inner Temple , where , by the benefit of his Academical Learning , certain instructors in the municipal Laws , and by his forward Genie , and industry , he became a Barrester and a Counsellor of note , being then esteemed eminent not only in the Common , but also in the Civil , Law ; by which afterwards , he obtained immortal fame among the Citizens of London . Besides this his profound knowledge , he was admirably well read in Philosophy , and the liberal Sciences , which made his company desired by Scholars and Clergy . He lived always a single Man , was an adorer of Chastity and chast Men , and shew'd himself generous in his profession to those that stood in need of it , for very seldom or never did he take a fee. What he got , and what he could spare out of his paternal estate , he expended in purchasing Books . So that several Years before he died , his Library exceeded any one or two , that belonged to a Person or Persons of his profession . Every night after his business was past , he read a Chapter in the Bible to those that belonged to him , and the Substance thereof he expounded to them . By the doing of which , and his interposing himself in matters relating to Religion and the Clergy , some R. Catholicks have thought that he halted in his Opinion , that is , that he was inclined to the way of Hereticks . His Writings are many , partly written in Latin and partly in English , the titles of some of which are these . Dialogus de fundamentis Legum Angliae & de conscientia . Lond. 1528. 1598. 1604. 1613 , &c. oct . This is the Book which is commonly called Doctor and Student , being a Dialogue between a Doctor of Div. and a Student in the common Laws of England . With the edition of the said Book 1528. I have seen this Book following bound with several Copies of it . Principia five maximae Legum Angliae , à Gallico illo ( ut fertur ) sermone collecta , & sic in Latinum translata , non solum generosis studentibus , verum etiam terrarum dominis & possessoribus summè necessaria . — Printted by Rich Lant 24. Dec. 38. Hen. 8. Dom. 1546. in oct . Whether this Book , which is printed in an English Character as the Dialogue is , was compiled by Seintgerman I know not : certain I am , that the English Copy of Dialogus , &c. called , Doctor and Student , &c. Printed at Lond. in oct . an . 1604. contains two Books of Dialogues , the first of which hath 32 Chapters ( whereas the Latin impression of 1528 , and 1604. contains but 24 , and the second 55 Chapters . Among other things that the said Seintgerman hath written are , Of the power of the Clergy according to the Law. Treatise shewing that the Clergy cannot make Laws . Treatise of the Church and the meaning thereof . Treatise of the Sacraments thereof . Apologie written to Sir Tho. More . Dialogue concerning the power which belongs to the Clergy , and the power which belongs to the People — With several other things which are † mention'd in another place . At length this worthy Person dying in Sept. ( the 28 day saith Baleus ‡ who falsely adds 1539. ) in Fifteen hundred and forty , year 1540 was buried , not far from the Grave of Tho. Lupset , in the Church of St. Alphage within Cripplegate , in the City of London . Which Church was afterwards translated to that Church now called St. Alphage near Sion College . In the last will * and Testament of the said Seintgerman , dated 10. July , 32. Hen. 8. Dom. 1540 , and proved 30. May 1541. it appears that he was not only a Benefactor to the Church of Shilton before-mention'd , but also to that at Laleford ( Lawford ) in Warwickshire , and to the Church at Cathorp in Leicestershire , at which Towns , 't is probable , he had Lands and Inheritances . JOHN PALSGRAVF was born in London , and educated in Grammar learning there , studied Logic and Philosophy at Cambridge till he was Bach. of Arts. Afterwards he went to Paris , where spending several Years also in Philosophical and other learning , took the Degree of Master of the said faculty , and became so excellent in the French tongue , that he was thought fit to be Tutor to the Daughter of K. Hen. 7. called the Lady Mary , when she was about to be married to Lewis the 12. K. of France . But that King dying soon after , the said Palsgrave came with her into England , taught the French Language to divers of our young Nobility , and became well benefic'd In 1531. he settled in Oxon for a time , and the next Year being incorporated Master of the faculty of Arts , was in few days after admitted to the reading of the Sentences , that is to the Degree of Bach. of Divinity , he being then Chaplain to K. Hen. 8. and esteemed the first Author of our Nation , or of the French Men , that had reduced the French tongue under certain rules , and the first in that kind of exercise that did begin to labour , as it plainly appears by his most laborious piece intit . Lesclarcissement de la Language Francois . Lond. 1530. in three Books in a thick fol. Before which the Author hath a large Introduction in English ; after which follows , ( 1 ) A table of Substantives . ( 2 ) A table of Adjectives . ( 3 ) The Pronoun . ( 4 ) The Numerals , &c. I never yet saw but one Copy of this Book , which being fill'd with Marginal Notes ( by whom I know not ) in a scribling hand , was bought by the learned Selden , and in his Library at Oxon. I perus'd it . The said Joh. Palsgrave hath also written Several Epistles , and published a translation of a Book intit . Ecphrastes Anglica in comoediam Acolasti . Or , the Comedy of Acolastus translated into our English tongue , after such a manner as Children are taught in the Grammar School ; first word by word as the Latin lyeth , and afterwards according to the sense and meaning of the Latin sentences , &c. Lond. 1540. in qu. The said Comedy was made by one Will. Fullonius Hagiensis , an . 1529 , and was living when it was put into English by Palsgrave , who was in great renown among Men for his Learning , in Fifteen hundred and forty , which was the two and thirtieth Year of King Hen. 8. LEONARD COX , second Son of Laurence Cox ( by Elizab. his Wife Daugh. of — Willey ) Son of Job . Cox of Monmouth , was born in Monmouthshire , educated in Cambridge till he was Bach. of Arts , went to Oxon in 1528. where making some stay for the sake of study , was incorporated in the same Degree in the Year following , and intending to make a longer stay , he supplicated for the Degree of Master of Arts , but whether admitted it appears not . About the same time he was a Schoolmaster at Reading in Berks. and was there in much esteem when Joh. Fryth the Martyr was taken for a Vagabond , and set in the Stocks ; to whom , for his learning and nothing else , he shewed singular courtesies , as I have already told you in John Fryth . Afterwards he travelled into France , Germany , Poland , and Hungary , taught there the Tongues , and became more eminent in Foreign Countries than at home ; which Joh. Leland the Antiquarian-Poet seems to intimate in these Verses u written to him . Inclyta Sarmaticae Cracovia gloria gentis , Virtutes novit , Coxe diserte tuas . Novit & eloquii Phaenix utriusque Melancthon , Quam te Phaebus amet , pieriusque chorus . Parga tuas cecinit , cecinitque Lutetia Laudes , Urbs ergo doctos officiosa viros . Talia cum constent , &c. In the Year 1540. ( 32. Hen. 8. ) I find that he was living at Carleon in his native Country , where I think he taught School , and the same Year to publish , Commentaries on Will. Lily's construction of the eight parts of Speech . — Besides which , he had before in the said Year , translated from Greek into Latin , Marcus Eremita de Lege & Spiritu , and from Lat. into English , The paraphrase of St. Paul's Epistle to Titus , written by Erasmus Roterod. with whom he was well w acquainted . Baleus tells x us that the said Cox was from his Youth instructed in all liberal arts , that he was a Grammarian , Rhetorician , Poet , Divine , and a Preacher of God's word . Also that he had written against those , who in his time wrot of Justification by works , and that he was in high esteem among learned Men in Fifteen hundred and forty . All which works , besides Verses of divers kinds , and Epistles , were by him written before the end of that Year ; as also Latin Verses occasionally set before Books that were published , particularly before John Palsgrave's Lesclarcissement , an . 1530. He was living in the Reign of Ed. 6. but when , or where , he died , I cannot yet tell . He left behind him a Son named Francis Cox , who proceeded D. of D. as a Member of New Coll. in the Year 1594 , and he a Son named William , who was a Divine of Chichester in Sussex . THOMAS WYATT the delight of the Muses and of Mankind , Son of Henr. Wyatt of Allington Castle in Kent Knight and Banneret , by Anne his Wife Daughter of Joh. Skinner of Surrey , was born of an ancient and gentile Family in the said County of Kent , sent to Cambridge to be initiated in Academical Learning , transplanted thence to Oxon purposely to advance himselfe in knowledge by the hearing of the Cardinals Lectures , then lately settled there ; but whether he took a Degree with us , or at Cambridge , I find not as yet . Afterwards he being sent to travel , he return'd an accomplish'd Gentleman , and was esteemed by all those that knew him to be a Person adorn'd with the endowments as well of body and mind , as of fortune . By the dayly and unwearied practice of the two former , while he was in his travels , and after his return , he became not only well skill'd in military matters , but also in several Arts and Tongues : And as esteemed strong and valiant in body , so powerful in mind and counsel . At length he with Hen. Haward or Howard Earl of Surrey , ( who also had travel'd into Italy , and there tasted the sweet and stately measures and style of the Italian Poesie ) being esteemed to be the first refiners of the English Tongue , Wyatt was introduced into the Court , was beloved of K. Hen. 8. who honored him with the Degree of Knighthood , and sent him in several Embassies beyond the Seas , which he very prudently performed with great trust to the honor of his Master . But that which is here to be in a special manner marked , was his admirable skill in Poetry , which in his first Years of reason he expressed in several amorous Songs and Poems : With which , as also his witty jests , the King himself being in an high manner delighted , they were so much admired by the Men of that , and the next Age , ( tho I persume they are now lost ) that some have not stuck to report , that as Mecaenas , Ovid , Tibullus , &c. have been among the Latins most famous for Elegie ; So Sir Tho. Wyatt the elder , Henry Haward Earl of Surrey , Sir Franc. Brian of the Privy Chamber to K. Hen. 8. ( and a Traveller in 1528 ) Sir Phil. Sydney , George Gascoigne Esq &c. have among the English been most passionate to bemoan the perplexities of Love. For his translation also of David's Psalms into English meeter , and other of his Poetry , Leland the Antiquarian — Poet a forbears not to compare him to Dant and Petrarch thus . Bellum suo merrito , &c. translated by another hand as followeth . Let Florence fair her Dante 's justly boast , And royal Rome her Petrarchs numbred feet ; In English Wyatt both of them doth coast In whom all grateful eloquence doth meet . In his younger Years , as I have told youbefore , he composed . Several Songs and Poems — Many of which are in the b Songs and Sonnets of Hen. Haward Earl of Surrey , Son of that victorious Prince , the Duke of Norfolk , and Father of that learned Howard ( sometimes his most lively Image ) Henry Earl of Northampton . Which incomparable Earl of Surrey ( who entirely loved our Author Sir Tho. Wyatt ) hath among other things translated Virgils Aeneids ; the first and second Book whereof , he hath admirably rendred almost line for line . Sir Th. Wyatt also in his elder Years translated into English meeter , ( 1 ) The penitential Psalms , in one Book . ( 2 ) The whole Psaltery of David : in praise of which last , is an Encomium in the Songs c and Sonnets of the Earl of Surrey before-mention'd . At length our Author Wyatt being sent by the King towards Falmouth in Cornwall , to conduct Montmorantius sirnamed à Courriers thence to London , ( for he came from Spain in an Embassie ) did , by endeavouring and labouring to please the King , rather than to consult his own health , make more hast than good speed : For by too much riding ( which was not necessarily requir'd ) in a very hot season , he fell into a violent Feaver . Whereupon putting in at a Mercate Town call'd Shirebourn in Dorsetshire , was within few days after cut off from among the living in the 38 Year of his Age to the great reluctancy of the King , Kingdome , his Friends , and all that knew the great worth and virtues of the Person . He was buried in the great Church there , year 1541 in Summer time , in Fifteen hundred forty and one , and the next Year was a little Book of Verses , published on his death by his great admirer John Leland , entit . Naenia . Before the first page of which , is Sir Thomas's face , with a long curl'd beard ( like to a Man of 80 Years of Age ) printed from a wooden cut , engrav'd from his face , which was painted by a Dutchman commonly call'd Hans Holbin . At the same time was an Epitaph made on him by the d Earl of Surrey , as it seems , another also by Sir Tho. e Chaloner in long and short Verses , and a third , which was a large one in Prose , by his entire Friend Sir Joh. Mason ( Chancellor of this University 1553. ) a Copy of which I have seen , and in some things do follow it in my aforesaid discourse . This Sir Tho. Wyatt left behind him a Son of both his names , begotten on the body of his Wife Elizabeth , Daughter of Thom. Brook Lord Cobham , who being a Commotioner in the Reign of Qu. Mary , lost his Head , and left issue by Jane his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Will. Hawte of Bourn Kt. a Son named Geor. Wyatt of Boxley in Kent Esq restored 13. Elizab. I find another Tho. Wyatt to have been a Student in Cambridge 1587 , in which Year he had a Copy of Verses put into Acadedemiae Cantabrigiensis Lachrymae , tumulo D. Philippi Sydneii sacratae . Published by Alex. Nevill . RICHARD TURPIN was descended from an ancient Family of his name living at Knaptoft in Leicestershire ( extracted from that of the Turpins of Whitchester in Northumberland ) and educated for a time in Grammatical and Academical Learning in this University . Whence being taken before he was honored with a Degree , spent afterwards his chief time in Military Affairs at Calice in France , under King Hen. 8. He hath written , A Chronicle — containing matters only of his time ; and dying at Calice before mention'd in Fifteen hundred forty and one ( 33. Hen. 8. ) was buried in the Church of St. Nicholas there , leaving then behind him the Character of a Worthy Gentleman . RICHARD WHYTFORDE , who in his Writings stiles himself the Wretch of Sion was educated for a time among the Oxonians , but whether he took a Degree , we have no record that shews it . Afterwards he was received into the Family of Rich. Foxe Bishop of Winchester , and by him was made his Chaplain about the latter end of Hen. 7. at which time he became acquainted with Sir Tho. More , then a Young Man , between whom was great amity . Afterwards Whytforde being minded to leave the World and all hopes of preferment , entred himself a Monk of the Order of St. Brigit in the Monastry called Sion near to Brentford in Middlesex . About which time being known to Scholars for his divine learning ( for in Philosophy he was but little vers'd ) and most sincere holiness , he became acquainted with that great light of learning Erasmus , who sometimes mentions him in his Epistles , and advises him thus , Cura at valeas teque tua Philosophia oblectes , &c. But such was his ill fortune , that he lived to see himself turn'd out of his Cell , and the Cell it self converted to a profane use . Whereupon one Will. Mountjoy descended of a noble race , received him into his Family , and made him his Confessor , which is all that I know of him at present , only that he wrot and translated these things following . Work of preparation unto the Communion , and also for Housholders to govern their Families . Lond. in oct . When printed I know not ; for the Copy that I saw was imperfect . A Boke called the Pype or Tonne of the life of perfection . A work of the three Vows of Religion , contrary to the great Hereticks the Lutherans . Lond. 1532. qu. The reason of the title is this . The Author compares the life of perfection to precious Wine kept in a Pype or Tonne , made as it were of three plain boords , viz. the three Vows of Obedience , wilful poverty and chastity ; which are bound together , as with hoops , by their rules , as of St. Austine , Benedict , Francis , Basil . Which hoops are knit , as with wykers , with the holy ceremonies of Religion , contained in the Statutes , Constitutions , Injunctions , and Customs of every Monastery . This allegory he seems to prosecute throughout the whole work . His main aim is to commend and defend the religious Orders , and those three monastick Vows , against the objections of the Lutherans . Treatise of patience . Also a work of divers impediments and lets of perfection . Lond. 1541. qu. The Martiriloge after the use of the Church of Salisbury , and as it is read in Sion , with additions . Lond. in qu. Solitary Meditations . Psaltery of Jesus — Printed several times in Engl. and French. He also translated from Latin into English . ( 1 ) St. Austin's rule . Lond. 1525. qu. to which also he put notes . This was done before by another hand , but being not well understood by the Nuns of Sion , they desired him to do it better , which he accordingly did , and dedicated it to them . ( 2 ) St. Bonaventure his lessons entituled Alphabetum Religiosorum . Lond. 1532. qu. with other things , as 't is probable . The Reader is now to know that there was another Richard Whytforde , a wealthy Clerk , possessed of Lands in Hope , Hopedale , and Whytforde in Flintshire ; as also of Lands in Farnworth and Widdous in Lancashire , who in his last days entring himself a Brother into the Monastery of Sion before-mention'd , died and was buried there 3. Hen. 8. Dom. 1511. But this R. Whytforde , who seems to have been born in Flintshire , was no writer , only Unkle to Rich. Whytforde before mention'd ; who upon his Unkles account , and because of his benefaction to Sion , was entred a Brother there , being originally , as I suppose , of Whytforde in Flintshire . JOHN SHEPREVE or Shepery was born in , or near to , the f Parish of Radley , about a mile or two distant from Abendon in Berks ; admitted Probationer-Fellow of Corpus Ch. Coll. in the Year 1528. aged 19 or thereabouts , took the Degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1533 , about which time he was Greek Reader in the said College , and afterwards Hebrew Professor of the University , in the place of Rob. Wakfeld , about 1538. Three Years after , he did , with leave from the chief Members of the University , begin to expound in the publick Schools the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Language , and would have gone forward with the Books that follow , had not death prevented him . He was one of the skilfullest Linguists ( his Age being considered ) that ever was in Oxon before his time , and was thought to surpass Origen in Memory . So excellent a Poet also he was , that his equal scarce could be found , it having been an ordinary matter with him to compose 100 very good Verses every day at vacant hours , some of which are extant . Several Authors have celebrated his Memory in their respective Books of Poems , particularly John Leland in his g Encomia illustrium & eruditorum in Angliâ virorum , &c. and in his b Cygnia Cantio ; in the last of which he stiles him Decus atriusque linguae : Also Dr. Joh. White in his i Diacosio-Martyrion , who entitles him trium Linguarum peritissimus , and others . Among the Books that he hath written , these only I have seen , viz. Summa & synopsis Novi Testamenti disticis ducentis sexaginta comprehensa . First of all published by John Parkhurst at Strasburgh about 1556. in oct . with some of his Serious Epigrams at the end , taken from his Ludicra or Epigram . Juvenilia , which I shall hereafter mention under him the said Parkhurst . Afterwards the said Summa & synopsis were printed at Lond. 1560. and at Oxon. 1586. in oct . which last edition was reviewed and corrected by Dr. Laur. Humphrey . They are also printed , if I mistake not , in a Book called Gemma Fabri . Lond. 1598. and were by the Author composed to no other end but to assist the memories of Novices and Candidates in Divinity . Hyppolitus Ovidianae Phaedrae respondens . Before which , our Author hath a Preface to the Epistle of Hyppolitus to Phaedra , contained in about 350 long and short Verses , written to one Mr. Guade a pious Priest and Chaplain to K. Hen. 8. This Preface with the Book it self , all in the like Verse , was published at Oxon. about 1584. in oct . by George Etheridge a Physician , sometimes Pupil to the said Joh. Shepery . Vita & Epicedion Johannis Claymondi Praesidis Coll. Corp. Chr. MS. in C. C. C. Library : The beginning of which is , Tristia quisquis ades , &c. written in long and short Verses . He also translated from Greek into Latin several Books , as Euripides his Hecuba , and Seneca's Hercules furens , something of Basil , &c. besides compositions in Poetry and Prose , which after the Author's death came into the hands of George Etheridge before-mention'd ; who promised in the Year 1584. to make them publick , but what hindred him , unless death , I know not . As for our Author Sheperey he gave way to fate k at Agmundesham commonly called Amersham in Bucks . in the Month of July in fifteen hundred forty and two , year 1542 and was buried , I persume , in the Church there . Soon after , his death being known in Oxon , divers ingenious and learned Men made Verses to his memory in Greek and Latin , and caused them to be stuck up on St. Mary's Church doors , to be read by the Academians as they passed by . Some Persons , whether for the sake of his memory , or for Poetry I know not , got copies of them very greedily , and gathered all they could get , to the end that with the help of Etheridge they might be published . At length being put into the hands of Herman Evans a Stationer , for that purpose , he kept them till he could get more to be added to them , but what hindered their birth I know not . WILLIAM THYNNE , otherwise Botevill , was , as it seems , a Solopian born , and educated among the Oxonians for a time . Afterwards retiring to the Court , became through several petite employments , chief Clerk of the Kitchin to K. Hen. 8. and is stiled by Erasmus l Thynnus Aulicus . This Person who was poetically given from his Youth , did make a search after all the works of Jeffery Chaucer the Prince of our English Poets , many of which were then in MS. At length having collected all the ancient Copies of that Author , he took great pains to correct and amend them . Which being so done , he put notes and explanations on , and printed them altogether in one Volume in Folio , ( not in double columns as they have been since ) and dedicated them to K. Hen. 8. an . 1542 , having been partly and imperfectly done several Years before by Will. Caxton . Afterwards Joh. Stow the Chronologer did correct , increase and publish , them with divers ample notes collected out of several records and monuments . All which he delivering to his Friend Tho. Speght a Cantabrigian , he drew them into good form and method , mixed them with his own , and published them 1597. See more in Franc. Thynne , under the Year 1611 , who was , as it seems , descended from him . Whether this Will. Thynne , whom I have mentioned before , be the same with Will. Thynne Esq one of the Clerks of the Green-Cloth , and master of the Houshold of K. Hen. 8. ( the same Will. Thynne , I mean , who died 10. Aug. 1546. and was buried in the Church of Allhallowes Barkin in London ) I am yet to learn. I find another Will. Thynne Esq Brother to Sir John Thynne Knight , who after he had travell'd through most parts of Europe , return'd an accomplish'd Gentleman , and in the 1. Edw. 6. Dom. 1547. went into Scotland under the command of Edward Duke of Somerset , ( to which Duke , his Brother Sir John , was Secretary ) where as an Eques catafractus ( that is a Chevalier arm'd cap a pee ) he performed excellent service in the Battel at Muscelborough against the Scots . This Person I take to be the same , to whom K. Hen. 8. by his Letters Pat. dat . 8. May 38. of his Reign , Dom. 1546. gave the office of general Receiver of two Counties in the Marches of Wales , commonly call'd The Earl of Marches Lands . At length when the infirmities of Age came upon him , he gave himself solely up to devotion , and was a daily Auditor of divine service in the Abbey Church at Westminster . He surrendred up his Soul to him that gave it , 14. March 1584 , and was buried in the said Church opposite to the door leading into the Cloister . Over his Grave was soon after erected a Monument of Alabaster , and 100 Years after , was another stately Monument erected near to it Westward , for one descended from Sir Joh. Thynne beformention'd , namely for Tho. Thynne of Langleat in Wilts . Esq sometimes a Gent. Com. of Ch. Ch. who was barbarously murder'd in the Pall-mall by a German , Sweed , and Pole , on Sunday in the Evening 12. Feb. 1681. For whom was a large inscription made , to be engraved on the said Monument , but for certain passages therein , reflecting on Justice and I know not what , was not suffer'd to be put thereon . JOHN HOKER was first Demie or Semicommoner , afterwards Fellow of St. Mary Magd. College , and in 1535. Master of Arts , being then accounted excellently well read in Greek and Latin Authors , a good Rhetorician and Poet , and much commended for his facete fancy . Leland is pleased to mention him in one of his works , and to stile m him , not without desert , Nitor artium bonarum . He hath written , Piscator , or , the Fisher caught , a Comedy . An Introduction to Rhetorick . Poema de vero crucifixo . Epigrammata varia . and other things , which I have not yet seen . He was living in Magd. Coll. in Fifteen hundred forty and three , ( being then Bach. of Divinity of three Years standing ) as it appears in the Bursars accompts of that House . I presume he died shortly after , and not in 1541 , as Bale and Pits do tell you . EDWARD LEE Son of Rich. Lee of Lee-magna in Kent Esq Son of Sir Rich. Lee Knight , sometimes twice Lord Mayor of the City of London , was born in Kent , particularly ( as I suppose ) at Lee before-mentioned , sent to St. Mary Magd. Coll. about 1499 , and took , as 't is said , one Degree in Arts , but whether true , I cannot justly affirm , because the Register of that time and other writings , are imperfect . In the Year 1523 , one Ed. Lee was admitted Bachelaur of Arts , but him I take to be too late for this Edw. Lee , whom we are further to mention . Afterwards he went to Cambridge , as one n reports , being probably driven hence by Pests that frequently then hap'ned in Oxon. Yet the Reader is to know , that he is not reckoned among the Archbishops and Bishops , which have been educated in that University , by Dr. Matthew Parker , in his Catalogue of them , at the end of his Cat. of Chancellors , Proctors , &c. thereof , in his Edition of Antiquitates Britannicae , &c. Printed an . 157 2-3 . Howsoever it is , I shall not dispute it , only say , that afterwards he was made Chaplain to K. Hen. 8. and his Almoner , being then a violent Antagonist of Erasmus , but whether greater in Learning than he , or his equal , was then doubtful ; yet there be not wanting some that say , that tho he was a learned Man , yet he was not a fit match for that polite Person . Not long after , the K. employed him in several Embassies , particularly in that to the Emperor with Sir Franc. Pointz , and in another with the Lord Morley , and Sir Will. Hussey into Germany to Don Ferdinando Duke of Austria , with the Order of the Garter , an . 1523 , and a third with Stokesley B. of London , and Thom. Earl of Wilts . to the Pope at Bononie , about the intricate matter of Marriage with Qu. Catherine , an . 1529. In which Year , in the beginning of Febr. he became Chancellor of the Church of Salisbury by the resignation of Thom. Winter , and was succeeded in that dignity by Edw. Farmer , in Decemb. 1531. After his return from the last Embassie , he was made Archbishop of York an . 1531. was incorporated D. of D. of this University in the latter end of October ( which Degree he had received in a transmarine University , while he was an Embassador , by actual creation ) and on the 5. of Dec. following , in the same Year , he had o restitution made to him of the temporalities belonging to that See. He was a great Divine , and very well seen in all kind of Learning , famous as well for his Wisdom as virtue , and holiness of life , a continual Preacher of the Gospel , a Man very liberal to the poor , and exceedingly beloved of all sorts of Men , who greatly miss'd and bemoan'd the want of him , when dead . He hath written , Comment . in universum in Pentateuchum Mosys . MS. See in Rog. Aschams Epistles , lib. 2. in an Epist , Cuidam amico Eborac . Apologia contra quorundam columnias . Lovan . 1520. in quarto . Index annotationum prioris libri . Printed there the same Year . Epistola nuncupatoria ad Desid . Erasmum . There the same Year . Annotationum libri duo , alter in annotationes prioris editionis Novi Testam . D. Erasmi ; alter in annotat . posterior is editionis ejusdem . Pr. there the same Year . Epistola Apologetica , quâ respondet D. Erasmi Epistolas . There the same Year . In which Year also ( 1520. ) was published a Book in qu. at Basil entit . Epistolae aliquot eruditorum virorum , ex quibus perspicuum sit Edwardi Lei virulentia . They were written to shew the great anger and spleen , that the said Lee bore against Erasmus and some of his Writings , mostly by Sir Tho. More , Tho. Lupset , Rich. Paice , Ulricus Huttenus Esq and Jo. Sapidus . Epistolae Sexcentae . Epicedia clarorum virorum , besides other things which I have not yet seen . This Dr. Lee Archb. of York died 13. Sept. year 1544 in Fifteen hundred forty and four , aged 62. and was buried in the middle of the South Isle , above the Choir of the Cath Church there . Over his Grave , as there is a little Inscription to continue his memory at that place , so in the Windows of the Founders Chamber at Magd. College ( over the great Gate leading into the quadrangle ) are these two Verses set up under his Arms ( impaled by those of the See of York ) by Dr. Laur. Humphrey , an . 1556. Unus erat Leyus velut inter sydera Phaebus , Sic vicit socios temporis ipse sui . In the said Windows , Dr. Humphrey caused to be put up the Arms of all such Bishops that had been educated in Magd. Coll. even to his time , an . 1566. I have seen several Letters written by this Dr. Lee to K. H. 8. and in one he wonders , that the Popes Supremacy should be a cause for Martyrdom , and that Fisher Bishop of Rochester should dye in defence of it , when in other matters of faith , and errors against the same , he hath dissembled , and hath not been content with such as have written against them for the favor he bare to the Party , in whose Books they are found , &c. JOHAN . LUDOVIC VIVES was born at Valenza in Spain , educated in Grammar learning there , but in Logic at Paris , at which time all good Arts were banished thence , and the Students totally bent on Sophistical Cavils . Soon after being taken off from those vain bablings , he applied himself to the Study of Humanity , and became ( his Age consider'd ) noted for it . Afterwards he went to the University of Lovaine , where he seriously applied himself to Lat. and Gr. learning , and sought out all ways to be acquainted with polite and learned Men , being then , by that time , so polite himself , that in detestation of his former errors in following vain sophistry , he wrot a Book Contra Pseudo-Dialecticos . At riper Years he applied himself to the study of the Civil Law and of Divinity , and to the searching of the Writings of all the learned Doctors of the Church by the advice of Des . Erasmus , who had a particular respect for him for mending and correcting some of his Writings , and collecting his Adagies . On the 4. July 1517. he was made ( being then at Lovaine ) one of the first Fellows of Corp. Chr. Coll. in Oxon. by the Founder therof . By which time his fame being spread over England , and the more for this reason that Catherine of Spain , the first Wife of K. Hen. 8. had a peculiar respect for him , and cherished his Muse , he was invited into England by Cardinal Wolsey ( as it seems ) in the Year 1523 , and coming to Oxon in Aug. or Sept did p read the said Cardinals lecture of Humanity in the Hall of the said College , and that ( as 't is said ) of the Civil Law before the Members of the University . Farther also to add grace and honor to him , it pleased K. Hen. 8. Qu. Catherine , and the prime Persons of their Courts to be ( as q some report ) his Auditors about the latter end of the aforsaid Year , he having been solemnly incorporated Doctor of the Civil Law before , as he had stood in another University . While he remained here he wrot his Books De ratione studii puerilis , and De consultatione , and became so much admired by the Academians , for his great learning and eloquence , ( and the more for this reason , that their studies were then wholly bent towards Humanity ) that they revived the Degrees of Grammar , Rhetorick , and Poetry , which had been before much neglected . Afterwards he retired to Bruges in Flanders from whence he came , where , about that time he took to him a Wife , but the next Year , viz. in March 152 4-5 he was at Oxon again , as it appears from an Epistle to K. Hen. 8. dated then thence , at which time , if I mistake not , he continued his Lectures either in Humanity or the Civil Law , and was constituted Tutor for the Latin tongue to the Young Lady Mary Dau. of King Hen. 8. His Writings are many , being mostly printed in two Tomes at Basil 1555 , but least I should break the Method that I have hitherto followed , I shall make a recital of some . Jesu Christi triumphans . Wrot at Paris in Apr. 1514. De initiis , sectis , & laudibus philosophiae lib. 1. De tempore quo natus est Christus . Virginis Deiparae Oratio . Fabula de homine . Written and finished at Lovaine . 1518. Pompeius fugiens . Liber in Pseudo-Dialectios . Veritas sucata , seu in triumphum prae lectio . Written at Lovaine . 1519. Praelectio in somnium Scipionis apud Ciceronem . Written at Lovaine 1520. Declamationes septem . Finished at Bruges . In Suetonium quaedam . Finished at Lovaine . 1521. De consultatione . Fin. at Oxon. 1523. De institutione feminae Christianae . lib. 3. Written to Catherine Qu. of England from Bruges 1523. De ratione studii puerilis . Dedicated by his Epist . dat . at Oxon. non . Oct. an . 1523 to Catherine Qu. of England his only Patroness . Introductio ad sapientiam . Written at Bruges , 1524. Satellitium animi , vel symbola . Ded. to Princess Mary Dau. of K. Hen. 8. from Bruges 1524. Epist . ad Hen. 8. dat . Ox. 12. Mar. 1525. De concordia & discordia . lib. 4 De subventione pauperum . Written at Bruges 1526. De passione Christi meditatio . De sudore Jesu Christi , sacrum diurnum . At Bruges 1529. De corruptis artibus . Tom. 3. De disputatione . lib. 1. At Burges 1531. De ratione dicendi . lib. 3. At Brug . 1532. De communione rerum ad Germanos inferiores : At Bruges 1535. Exercitationes animi in Deum . At Antw. Aug. 1535. Preces & meditationes diurnae . At Bruges 1535. Exercitatio linguae latinae . Written at Breda 1538. De anima & vita . lib. 3. At Bruges : 1538. With many other things , which for brevity sake I shall now omit . He also translated into Latin , Isocrates his Nicocles , dedicated to Card. Wolsey , by his Epist . dat . at Oxon 15. Dec. 1523. with other translations which I also shall omit . As to the time of this worthy Authors death , many Writers differ , and the just day or year is yet uncertain . Anton. Postevin saith he died at Bruges in Flanders 1536. or therebouts , having left off writing in 1535. Ludovic . Guicciard in his description of Bruges reports it , an . 1540. Thuanus who saith he was a Professor at Lovaine , tells us that he died there 1541 , and Job . Whyte in his Diacosio-Martyrion printed 1553 , would have it at Bruxels 1545. Which last Author being before all the former in time , and perhaps may know , or remmeber Vives , ought therefore to be believed before the rest . But these matters notwithstanding being uncertain , I shall venture to put his death under Fifteen hundred forty and four , year 1544 which being at Bruges , was buried in the Church of St. Donantius there . See more of him in a Book intit . Bibliotheca Hispanica . Printed at Rome in two Tomes in fol. 1672. Tom. 1. p. 552 , 553 , &c. Both which Tomes were written by Nicholaus Antonius Hispalensis , J. C. Kt. of the Order of St. James . ROBERT SHYNGLETON descended from a good Family of his name living in Lancashire , was always esteemed an ingenious Man while he resided in the University , but whether he was honored with a Degree , it appears not . Afterwards being a Priest and a Requent Preacher , he took occasion to reflect on the times , and certain Persons , in his Sermons . For which being called to an account and committed , was forced , with two other Persons , to make his Palinodie before a Convention of certain Bishops at London , an . 1543. ( 35. H. 8. ) His works are these . Treatise Of the seven Churches . Of the Holy Ghost . Comment on , or explanation of , certain Prophecies — The two first were formerly , ( perhaps still ) in the King's Library at Westminster . The last giving high offence , as containing many treasonable matters , and most severe reflections , the Author was * hanged for it at London in Fifteen hundred forty and four . year 1544 Anton. Possevinus stiles † him a Martyr for the Rom. Cath. Cause , and John Pitseus omits ‖ him as being an Heretick , or at least for the honorable mention made of him by Jo. Bale . WILLIAM LATYMER became Fellow of Allsouls Coll. in 1489 , whence , after he had spent some Years in Logicals and Philosophicals , he travelled into Italy , and settling at Padöua for a time , did much advance his learning , especially in the Greek tongue . After his return , he was incorporated M. of A. as it seems , became most eminent , and was worthily numbered among the lights of learning in his time by Jo. Leland , as I have elsewhere r told you . About the beginning of Hen. 8. he was Master or Tutor to Reynold Pole ( afterwards Cardinal , and Archb. of Canterbury ) by whose endeavours he had some preferment in the Church confer'd upon him . He was learned in all sacred and profane Letters , and , as Erasmus saith , was verè Thologus integritate vitae conspicuus . 'T is said also that he hath written several things , but what they are except , Epistolae ad Erasmum ; I know not . However he with Lynacre and Grocin did undertake the translation of all Aristotles works into Latin , but the latter being taken away by death before they were half finished , Latymer desisted and would not go any farther , as being perhaps terrified with the immense labour to be taken therein . He died very aged at his Rectory of Seyntbury near to Camden in Glocestershire , ( which he kept with that of Wotton under Edge , and a Prebendship in the Church of Salisbury ) about the Month of Sept. year 1545 in Fifteen hundred forty and five , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , dedicated to St. Nicholas . Over his Grave was a Marble-stone soon after laid , with a large Inscription on a brass plate , fastned thereunto , which hath been long since taken away and defaced . I have seen a Copy s of his Will , whereby he gave ( with certain conditions ) all his Greek and Lat. Books to Allsouls , and Corp. Chr. Coll. in Oxon. yet whether they received them it appears not . I find one Will. Latymer D. D. to have been Dean of Peterborough ( in the place of Job . Boxhall ejected , an . 1560 ) and Archdeacon of Westminster , who dying in the Summer time ( after 29. July ) 1583 , was buried in the Choire of the Cath. Ch. of Peterborough beneath the Pulpit ; but of what kin he was to the former I know not . He was succeeded in the said Deanery by Rich. Fletcher D. D. of Bennet Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards B. of London . THOMAS SOLME , called by some Sulmo , Sowlman , and Solimont , was born in the Isle of Gernsey , educated for a time in this University , and was afterwards Secretary of the French tongue to King Hen. 8. This Person who was much conversant in English History , wrot , The acts and ghests of St. Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury . Select antiquities relating to Britain . — And dying in fifteen t hundred forty and five , year 1545 was buried in the Monastery of the Carmes or Carmelites at London , leaving behind him the Character u of a learned Man. I find one Tho. Solme to be Author of a Treatise entit . The Lords Flaile ; being an exposition on the commandments . Printed at Basil in oct . but when , ( unless in the time of Qu. Mary ) the beginning or end of the Book shews not . One Tho. Somus a Preacher in the time of Ed. 6. hath English Verses at the end of Will. Turners Book entit . A preservative or Triacle , printed in oct . an . 1551. Whether these two last be one and the same Person I know not ; nor can I be positive in it , whether Tho. Solme Author of the Lords Flaile , be the same with Thom. Solme the Historian . THOMAS LANKET or Lanquet , whose place of nativity , or Hall or Coll. wherein he studied , being yet uncertain , I shall only say that he being a studious Young Man and curious searcher into ancient History , laid the Foundation of a great work , I mean a Chronicle consisting of two parts , reaching from the beginning of the World to the time of our Saviour , and was proceeding with a third part , but death preventing the compleating thereof , Thom. Croper of Magd. Coll. finished and entituled it , Lanquets Chronicle — See more in Tho. Cooper under the Year 1594. Lanquet also wrot , Treatise of the Conquest of Bulloigne — When , or where printed I know not , nor any thing else of the Author , year 1545 only that he w died at London in Fifteen hundred forty and Five ; which was the seven and thirtieth Year of K. H. 8. but in what Church or Yard he was buried , I cannot tell . THOMAS ELYOT was born ( as 't is said ) of a Knightly Family in Suffolk , and educated x in Academical learning in the Hall of St. Mary the Virgin , where he obtained a considerable proficiency in Logick and Philosophy . The Year when he first began to salute the Muses , it cannot , through the deficiency of record , be well known , unless it should be about the Year 1514 , for four Years after , an . 1518 , I find y one Tho. Elyot to be admitted ad lecturam alicujus libri facultatis artium Logices Aristotelis , which is the admission to the Degree of Bach. of Arts , and in the time of Lent the same Year , he did compleat that Degree by Determination in School-street . It doth also z appear that the said Tho. Elyot was in the beginning of Aug. an . 1524. admitted ad lecturam alicujus libri Institutionem , that is to the Degree of Bach. of the Civil Law. Now if we could find , that Sir Tho. Elyot was about 50 Years of Age when he died , then we may certainly conclude that Elyot the Bac. of Arts and of the Civil Law , might be the same with him , otherwise we cannot well do it . After he had left the University , he travelled beyond the Seas , and upon his return was introduced into the Court : Whereupon being made known to the King , ( a lover of Scholars ) who found him to be a Person of good parts , conferr'd on him the honor of Knighthood , and employed him in certain Embassies bejond the Seas , particularly to the Emperor Charles the 5th . at what time his great Friend and Crony Sir Tho. More was beheaded . He was a very good Grammarian , Gracian , Poet , Philosopher , Physician , and what not to compleat a Gentleman . He was admired by , and beloved of , Scholars , and his memory was celebrated by them in their respective works , particularly by * Leland his contemporary . The truth is , his Learning in all kind of knowledge , brought much honor to all the Gentry and Nobility of England . He hath transmitted to posterity , The Castle of health . Lond. 1541. 1572. 80. 95 , &c. in oct . The Governor , in 3 Books . Lond. 1544 47. 80. &c. in oct . Of the Education of Children . Lond. in qu. Banquet of sapience . Lond. in oct . Preservative against the fear of death . De rebus memorabilibus Angliae . For the compleating of which , he had read and perused many old Monuments of England . See in Rog. Ascham's Treatise of Archery , in two Books . p. 28. A Defence , or Apologie for good Women . Bibliotheca Eliotae . Elyots Library , or Dictionary . Lond. 1541. &c. fol. Which work , Thom. Cooper augmented , and enriched with 33000 words and phrases , besides a fuller account of the true signification of words . Sir Tho. Elyot also translated from Greek into English , The Image of Governance , compiled of the Arts and Sciences by Emperor Alexander Severus . Lond. 1556 , 1594 , &c. oct . and from Lat. into Engl. ( 1 ) St. Cypreans Sermon of the mortality of Man. Lond. 1534 in oct . ( 2 ) The rule of a Christian life , written by Picus Earl of Mirandula . Printed there the same Year in oct . See more among the translations of Tho. Lupset . numb . 38. This worthy Knight ( who was a servant to the King ) was buried in the Church of Carleton in Cambridgshire ( of which County he had been Sheriff ) 25. March in Fifteen hundred forty and six , year 1546 and had soon after a Monument put over his Grave . Besides several Mannors that he had in Cambridgshire , he had one or more in Hampshire . JOHN LONGLAND received his first breath in a Mercat Town called Henley in Oxfordshire , was first made a Semicommoner or Demie , and afterwards Fellow , of Magdalen College : About which time being Master of Arts and in Orders , he addicted himself very severely to study and devotion , and became famous for his exemplary life and conversation . In 1505 , he was made Principal of Magd. Hall , in 1510 ( 2. Hen. 8. ) he was admitted to the reading of the sentences , and in the Year after he proceeded in Divinity . In Decemb. an . 1514 , he succeeded Dr. Will. Atwater in the Deanery of Salisbury , and in 1519 , he was made Canon of Windsore : At which time he being in great favour with the King for his excellent way of Preaching , he did not only make him his Confessor , but also , upon the death of Atwater , Bishop of Lincoln , and about that time Lord Almoner . To the same See therefore he being consecrated 5. May 1521 had restitution a made to him of the temporalities belonging thereunto 26. June following . In 1528. or thereabouts , he was the first Man of account that mention'd a divorce to the King , to be between him and his Qu. Catherine ; for which afterwards , when it was known , he was much blamed , and the more , because he took all occasions to forward , and not in the least to contradict , it . In 1532 , he was elected Chancellor of the University of Oxen , which office he keeping to his dying day , shew'd himself a special Friend thereunto in maintaining it privileges , and in exhibiting ( as he had done before ) to the wants of certain Scholars , and in solely maintaining others . I have seen divers Epistles written to him from the venerable House of Regents and Non-Regents , wherein they , in an high manner , do proclaim his Religion and Doctrin , and do not stick to compare b him to Joseph the Patriarch . His writings are these . Declamatio ( five concio ) coram reverendiss . in Ch. patribus . Domino , D. Thomâ Rom. Ecclesiae Presbytero Cardinali , Ebor. Archiep. &c. & laurentio Cardinali , sedis Apost . de latere quoque Legato , principio visitationis Ordinis S. Benedicti apud Westmonasterium initae , 10. Jan. 1519. in Gen. 18. Descendam & videbo , &c. Concio babita coram eruditiff . Oxoniae Academiae auditorio in jaciendo collegii Cardinalis fundamento , an . 1525. in Prov. 9. Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum . Concio habita coram celeberrimo conventu , tum Archiepiscoporum , cum Episcoporum , caeteraeque multitudinis in occidentalis caenobii ( Westminster ) Sanctuario , 27 Nov. 1527. in Psal . 101. Tu exurgens Domine misereberis Sion . These three Latin Sermons before-mentioned , were printed at London in fol. by Rich. Pynsen the King's Printer , and dedicated by the Author of them to Dr. Warham Archbishop of Canterbury . Quinque sermones sextis Quadragesimae feriis , habiti coram R. Hen. 8. an . 1517. Prima in Ezeck . 18. Anima quae peccaverit , ipsa morietur . Reliquae in Matth. 21. Regnum Dei dabitur genti facienti fructus ejus . — Printed by Rich. Pynson before-mention'd , and by their Author dedicated to Rich. Kedermyster Abbat of Winchcomb . All the said Sermons are on one volume in fol. but not said when printed . Expositio concionalis Psalmi sexti : an . 1518. Expositio conc . 2di . Psalmi paenitentialis , coram Regia Majestate . an . 1519. This is Psal . 31. Conciones expositativae in tertium Psalmum paenitent . coram R. Maj. an . 1520. This is Psal 37. Conciones expos . in 50 Psal . paenitent . coram Rege ; an . 1521 , & 1522. All which Expositions and Sermons , were , except the first , printed at London in fol. by Rob. Redman 1532. But the Reader is to note , that all the Latin Sermons and Expositions that I have mention'd under this Author Longland , having been all or most preached in the English tongue , were translated into Lat. by Thom. Key of Allsouls Coll. as I shall tell you when I come to him . Sermon before the King on Good Friday , on Heb. 13. 10. 11. 12. 13. Lond. 1538. qu. A Copy of which , or at least part , you may see in J. Fox's Book of the Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. This Dr. Longland departed this mortal life on the 7. of May in Fifteen hundred forty and seven : year 1547 Whereupon his body being opened , his bowels were taken out and buried in the Church of Wooburne in Bedfordshire , ( where he died ) his heart in the Cathedral of Lincolne , under the blessed Sacrament of the high Altar , and his body in the Chappel of Eaton Coll. near Windsore , of which probably he had been Fellow . Over his Grave was a Marble-stone soon after laid , with an Inscription thereon , a Copy of which is printed in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 193. b. 194. a. In the Cath. Church at Lincoln , near to the South door , ( but somewhat Westward ) was a fair Tomb of Marble , in the form of an Altar , built in an arch in the Wall for the said B Longland . On the Freeze above the same , is this Inscription , Longa terra mensura ejus , Dominus dedit . On the South side thereof is a beautiful Chappel , wherein hath been a Chantry for the said Bishop , as some think . He gave divers Books to Magd. Coll. Library , some to that of Oriel , and others to the Students of Durham ( now Trinity ) Coll. in Oxon. He gave also the second Bell at Wooburne of fine mettal silver found , which was always afterwards called Bishop Longlands . Bell. He built an Alms house at the place of his nativity ( Henley ) Southward of the Chancel , but for how many poor People , or with what revenue he endowed it , ( having been originally large ) I know not . Sure I am that now seven Persons live therein , and have weekly but six pence a piece for their allowance , and is govern'd by the Corporation there . ARTHUR KELTON seems to have been born of a gentile Family in Shorpshire , though said to be a Welsh Man ; and , after he had made a considerable progress in Arts , applied his mind mostly to the reading of the Histories of Britain , wherein he much excelled in his riper Years . But being withal very poetically given , he must forsooth write and publish his Lucubrations in verse ; whereby for rhime sake , many material matters , and the due timing of them , are omitted , and so consquently rejected by Historians and Antiquaries , as his Chronicle of the Brutes . Lond. 1547 in oct . Printed in an old English Character . The Preface of which , being also written in Verse , is by the Author directed to K. Ed. 6. At the end of the said Chronicle is , A Genealogy of the Brutes — This is drawn from Ofiris the first King of Egypt down to K. Ed. 6. of England , and contains but about 32 Generations , which shews that the Author was ignorant in Genealogies . He hath also written another Book of Poetry in praise of the Welsh Men , dedicated to Sir Will. Herbert , but this I have not yet seen , nor other ( if any ) of his things in Prose . He was living at Shrewsbury in the time of King Ed. 6. and , for ought I know to the contrary died also , and was buried , there . ANDREW BORDE , who writes himself Andreas Perforatus , was born , as it seems , at Pevensey commonly called Pensey in Sussex , and not unlikely educated in Wykehams School near to Winchester , brought up at Oxford , ( as c he saith ) but in what house , unless in Hart. Hall I know not . Before he had taken a Degree , he entred himself a Brother of the Carthusian Order at , or near to , London ; where continuing till he was wearied out with the seventy of that Order , he left it , and for a time applyed his Muse to the Study of Physick in this University . Soon after , having a rambling head , and an unconstant mind , he travelled through most parts of Eurepe ( thorough and round about Christendom , and out of Christendom , as he d saith ) and into some parts of Africa . At length upon his return , he settled at Winchester , where he practised his faculty , and was much celebrated for his good success therein . In 1541. and 42 , I find him living at Mountpelier in France , at which time , I persume , he took the Degree of Doctor of Physick , and soon after being incorporated in the same Degree at Oxon , lived for a time at Pevensey in Sussex , and afterwards at his beloved City of Winchester ; where , as at other places , it was his custom to drink water three days in a week , to wear constantly a shirt of hair , and every night to hang his shroud and socking or burial-sheet at his beds feet , according as he had done , as I conceive , while he was a Carthusian . He always professed Celibacy , and did zealously write against such Monks , Priests , and Friers , that violated their Vow by Marriage , as many did when their respective Houses were dissolv'd by King Hen. 8. But that matter being irksom to many in those days , was the reason , I think , why a Calvinstical e Bishop , ( who was then , as it seems , married , ) fell foul upon him by reporting f openly that under colour of virginity and strictness of life , he kept three Whores at once in his Chamber at Winchester , to serve not only himself , but also to help the Virgin Priests , &c. about 1547. How true this is I cannot say , ( though the matter as the Bishop reports , was examined before several Justices of Peace ) because the Book here quoted , contains a great deal of passion , and but little better language , than that of Foul-mouth'd Bale , not only against him ( And. Borde ) but also against Dr. Joh. Storie , Dr. Th. Martin , &c. The first of whom , he saith , kept a Wench called Magd. Bowyer living in Grandpoole in the Suburbs of Oxon , and the other , another call'd Alice Lambe , living at the Christopher Inn in the said City . But letting these matters pass , ( notwithstanding I have read elsewhere , that the said three Whores , as the Bishop calls them , were only Patients , that occasionally recurred to his house ) I cannot otherwise but say , that our Author Borde , was esteemed a noted Poet , a witty and ingenious Person , and an excellent Physician of his time ; and that he is reported by some to have been , not only Physician to K. Hen. 8. but also a Member of the College of Physicians at London , to whom he dedicated his Breviarie of Health . He hath written , A Boke of the introduction of knowledge , the whych doth teach a Man to speak part of all manner of Languages , and to know the usage and fashion of all manner of Counties , and for to know the most part of all manner of coins of money . Lond. 1542. qu. Dedicated to the Lady Mary Daughter of K. Hen. 8. by an Epist . dat . at Mountpelyer 3. May 1542. This Book is partly written in Verse , and partly in Prose , contain'd in 39 Chapters ; every one of which hath in its beginning the Picture of a Man , sometimes two or three , Printed from a wooden cut . Before the first Chapter , which treateth of the natural disposition of an English man , is the picture of a naked Man with a piece of cloath lying on his right arm , and a pair of Scissers in his left hand , with a Copy of Verses Printed under him , the two first of which are these , I am an English Man , and naked I stand here , Musing in my mind , what rayment I shall were . Before the seventh Chapter is the picture of our Author Borde standing in a Pew , with a Canopy over it , having a Gown on , with sleeves a little wider than an ordinary coat , a Laurel on his Head , and a Book before him on a desk , with this title of the said Chapter under him . The VII . Chapyter sheweth how the auctor of this Boke had dwelt in Scotland , and other Ilands , and did go thorow and round about Christendom and out of Christendom , declaring the properties of all the Regions , Countries , and Provinces the which he did travel thorow . He hath also written , The Breviary of health , wherein are remedies for all manner of sicknesses and diseases , which may be in Man or Woman , expressing the obscure terms of Greek , Lat. Barbary and English , concerning Physick and Chirurgery . Lond. 1547. 48. 57. 87 , &c. in qu. in four Books . Dietary of health . Lond. 1576. oct . Sec. Edition . The merry tales of the mad Men of Gotham — Printed at London in the time of K. Hen. 8. in whose Reign and after , it was accounted a Book full of wit and mirth by Scholars ; and Gentlemen . Afterwards , being often printed , is now sold only on the stalls of Ballad-singers . A right pleasant and merry history of the Mylner of Abington , with his Wife and his fair Daughter , and of two poor Scholars of Cambridge — Pr. at Lond. by Rich. Jones in qu. Andr. Bords name is not to it , but the Copy of the Book which I saw , did belong to Th. Newton of Cheshire , whom I shall hereafter mention , and by him 't is written in the title that Dr. Borde was the Author . He hath also written a Book of Prognosticks , another of Urines , and a third of Every Region , Country , and Province , which shews the Miles , Leeges , distance from City to City , and from Town to Town , with the noted things in the said Cities and Towns. This last , the Author lent to Thom. Cromwell of Bishops-Waltham near to Winchester , written fairly with his own hand , but he afterwards being taken up with State-affairs , and matters of high concern , lost the Book to the great grief of the Author , otherwise he would have published it . At length after many rambles to and fro in this World , he was made g Prisoner in the close wards of the Fleet in London , ( the reason why , I cannot justly say ) where dying in the Month of Apr. in Fifteen hundred forty and nine , year 1549 was buried , as I conceive , in the Church or Yard of St. Bride , otherwise St. Bridget , for in that Parish is the Prison called the Fleet situated . In his Will b dated the eleventh of Apr. an . 1549. and proved the 25. of the same Month and in the same Year , he did constitute one Ric. Mathew , ( without the addition of Nephew , Kinsman , or natural Son ) his Heir , left him his two tenements in the Sooke in the Town of Lynne in Norfolk , his tenements with appurtenances which he had by the death of his Brother , in Pevens●y , and his House and Chattels in and near Winchester . Joh. Bale in the very ill Language that he gives of Dr. Borde , saith * that the Brothelhouse which he kept for his Brother-Virgins being discovered , took physical poyson to hasten his death , which was , as he saith , ( but false ) in 1548. This is the language of one who had been a Bishop in Ireland . WILLIAM HUGH a Yorkshire Man ‡ born , was educated in Logick and PhilosophY in C. Chr. Coll. but whether in the condition of a Chorister , Clerk , or Chaplain , I know not . In the Year 1543 , he took the Degree of M. of Arts , being about that time compell'd to bestow in a manner all his time in teaching Young Scholars . Afterwards he was favour'd in his studies by the Lady Denny living at Court , to whom , I suppose , he was Chaplain . He hath written , The troubled Mans Medicine , wherein we may learn patiently to suffer all kind of adversity . In two parts . Lond. 1567. oct . the 2. or 3. edit . He also translated into English , a Book intit . by him thus . A Boke of Bertram the Priest intreating of the body and blood of Christ , written to Charles the Great 700 Years ago . Lond. 1548. oct . This Book was reviewed and corrected by Tho. Wilcocks a Minister in Lond. printed at Lond. 1582. oct . published again with some alterations , refinements , and corrections from the errors of the former translation , with an addition of Two short discourses against purgatory and invocation of Saints . By S. D. — Lond. 1686. oct . To which is prefix'd the large Preface of Sir Humph. Lynd. and a dedicatory epistle of S. D. to Sir S. B. But these translations being esteemed by many not to be well done , Will. Hopkins Bac. of Div. and Prebendary of Worcester ( sometimes of Trin. Coll. in Oxon ) made and published another the same Year . See more in Humph. Lynd under the Year 1636. Our Author Hugh hath written , and translated , as 't is said , other things , but such I have not yet seen , nor know I any thing more of him , than this , that he died by a rupture of a vein in Corpus Chr. Coll. before i the Feast of St. Michael in Fifteen hundred forty and nine . year 1549 So that I presume he was buried in the Chappel or Cloyster belonging to the said House , if the Author saith true that he died therein . THOMAS STERNHOLD was in all likelihood k born in Hampshire , but whether educated in Wykeham's School near Winchester , is as yet doubtful . Sure it is , that he having spent some time in this University , left it without the honor of a Degree , and retiring to the Court of K. Hen. 8. was made Groome of the Robes to him , and when that King died he left him in his Will 100 Marks . Afterwards he continued in that office under K. Ed. 6. at which time he was in some esteem in the Royal Court for his grave vein in Poetry , and other trivial Learning . But being a most zealous Reformer ; and a very strict liver , he became so scandaliz'd the amorous and obscene Songs used in the Court , that he forsooth turn'd into English meeter 51 of Davids Psalms , and caused musical notes to be set to them , thinking thereby that the Courtiers would sing them instead of their sonnets , but did not , only some few excepted . However the Poetry and Musick being admirable , and the best that was made and composed in those times , they were thought fit afterwards to be sung in all Parochial Churches , as they do yet continue . All those Psalmes which he put into rhime , have the Letters T. S. set before , to distinguish , them from others . What other Poetry , or what Prose this our Poet Sternhold hath composed , and left behind , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died in London or Westminster , year 1549 in Fifteen hundred forty and nine . By his last Will and l Testament dat . 22. Aug. and proved 12. of Sept. an . 1549 , wherein he is stiled Groome of the Kings Majesties Robes , it appears that he died seized of Lands in Slacksted in Hampshire , of the Farmes of Conynger , Willersley , and Holgreaves in the same County , and of Lands in the Parish of Bodmin and elsewhere in Cornwall . Contemporary with Sternhold was Joh. Hopkyns , who is stiled to be m Britanicarum Poetarum sui temporis non infimus , as indeed by the generality living in the Reign of Ed. 6. he was so , if not more , esteemed . He turn'd into Meeter 58 of David's Psalms , which are to this day sung in Churches ; and in all editions , of the said Psalms , his ( which he translated ) hath set before them the two Letters J. H. Whether this Poet , who was living in the 3. and 4. of Phil. and Mary , Dom. 1556 , and after , was of this University of Oxon , I dare not yet affirm . However the Reader is to know that one Joh. Hopkyns was admitted Bach. of Arts thereof 36. Hen. 8. Dom. 1544. which he compleated the same Year by Determination . I find also one Job . Hopkyns of Waldingfeild in Suffolk Clerk , who dying in Octob. 1570 , was buried in the Church-yard there , leaving then behind him a Son to be brought n up in learning . Besides these two , I find others to have had hands in making the said Psalms to run in meeter , as ( 1 ) Will. Whittyngham afterwards the unworthy Dean of Durbam , whom I shall hereafter mention ; and ( 2 ) Tho. Norton of Sharpenhaule or Sharpenhoe in Bedfordshire a forward and busie Calvinist in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth's Reign , who then was accounted eminent for his Poetry and making of Tragedies , as I shall tell you in Tho. Sakvile under the Year 1608. This T. Norton , who seems to have been a Barrester , made 27 of the said Psalms of David to run in rhime , but whether he was educated in this University , is to me as yet uncertain . As for other works of his that are published , which are now in a manner lost , are these ( 1 ) An Epistle to the Queens poor deceived Subjects of the North Country , drawn into Rebellion by the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland . Lond. 1569. oct . ( 2 ) A warning against the dangerous practices of the Papists , &c. ( 2 ) A Bull granted by the Pope to Dr. Harding , &c. and others , by reconcilement , and assoiling of English Papists to undermine faith and allegiance to the Queen ; with a true declaration of the intention , &c. ( 4 ) A disclosing of the great Ball , and certain calves that he hath gotten , and especially the monster Bull that roared at my Lord Bishops gate . ( 5 ) An addition declaratory to the Bulls , with a searching of the maze . All which five pieces , were printed at Lond. in oct . an . 1569. He also translated from Lat. into English . ( 1 ) Epistle to Edw. Duke of Somerset . Lond. 1550. oct . written by Pet. Martyr . ( 2 ) Institutions of Christian Religion . Lond. 1587. qu. written by Jo. Calvin . ( 3 ) The larger Catechisme . Lond. 1571. qu. written by Alex. Nowell , besides other things which I have not yet seen . JOHN HERON a Kentish Man born , near of kin to Sir Jo. Heron Kt. Master of the Jewel-house to K. Hen. 8. and of the same Family with those of Barmyng in Kent , was elected Fellow of Allsouls Coll. in 1538 , took the Degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1544 ; at which time he was in great esteem for his singular skill in the Latin Tongue , for in that Language Baleus tells o us , that he wrot several things , which he had not seen , and had translated others from the English into the Latin Tongue ; one of which was Explicatio petititoria adversus expilatores plebis ; written originally by Rob. Crowley , as I shall tell you when I come to him . I find one Joh. Heron of Chiselhurst in Kent to have been tampering much with Necromancy , to the great affrightment of his Neighbors . Whereupon being complained of to the higher Powers , he was bound in a p Bond of an 100 Marks an . 1540 , not to practice again Necromancy , Astronomy , Calculations , and other experiments , &c. Whether this Jo. Heron be the same with the former , I know not . Sure I am that this Heron the Conjuror was not unknown to Job . Waller and Will. Cobbie two young Fellows of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , who studied and were conversant in the Black art , in the Reign of Ed. 6. RICHARD SHERREY or Shirrie became a Demie or Semi-commoner of Magd. Coll. about the Year 1522 , took the Degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1531. About which time he was either Usher or Master of the School joyning to the said College ; but whether ever Fellow thereof , I find not . He was a Person elegantly learned , as * Bale saith , and hath written , A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes . Lond. 1550. ( oct . ) gathered out of the best Grammarians and Orators . He hath also translated from Lat. into English . ( 1 ) A declamation shewing that Children should from their Infancy be gently brought up in learning . Lond. 1550. ( oct . ) ( 2 ) Homilies on the sixth of St. John. Lond. 1550. in oct . Written by John Brentius . ( 3 ) The Letter of St. Basil the Great to Gregory Nazianzen , shewing that many hundred years ago , certain godly Men used the life commonly called monastical . Lond. in oct . This our Author Shirrie hath written and translated other things , which made him to be much esteem'd by learned Men in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. JOHN GRIFFIN or Griffith a Welsh Man born , and a Monk of the Order of Cistercians in the Monastery of Hales Owen in Worcestershire , was educated among those of his Order in the College of St. Bernard in the North Suburb of Oxon , but what degree he took I cannot yet find . Several of both his names , and of his time have taken Degrees in the Canon Law and Divinity , but which of them is this that I am now upon , I cannot say . He is reported to have been a pious and learned Man , but being unacquainted with the dealings of the World had like to have been drawn over to the Reformed Religion , but was in due time m fastned in his faith again to the great joy of the Rom. Catholicks , who held him to be a most excellent Preacher , whether in the Lat. or English tongue . He hath published , Conciones aestuales . Conciones hyemales . With other things which I have not yet seen . As for the time of his death and place of burial , I cannot yet find , he having been several Years thrust out of his Monastery at the dissolution of Religious Houses . He was living in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. and perhaps in that of Qu. Mary . NICHOLAS KRACH , or Karche , or Chracher , Kratcher , or Kratzer , ( so many ways I find him written ) was born at Munchen in Bavaria , and educated in the Universities of Colen and Wyttenberg till he was Bach. of Arts : Afterwards coming into England ; and at length to the knowledge of Fox Bishop of Winchester , was made by him Fellow of his College called Corpus Christi , and admitted thereunto on the fourth of July 1517. About that time he reading Astronomy in the University by the command of K. Hen. 8. was soon after made by Cardinal Wolsey his Mathematick Reader when he first settled his Lectures there . In Feb. 1522. he was incorporated Bach. of Arts , as he had stood at Colen and Wyttenberg , and in the same Month was licensed to proceed in Arts ; which Degree he compleated in an Act celebrated 23. March following , being then esteemed — ita n bonus & probus , ut majore quam Mathematicorum fortuna sit dignus , & ita suae Artis peritus , ut solus isthic artifex habere debeat . He wrot at the desire of Will. Tyler one of the Grooms of K. Hen. 8. his Belchamber . Canones Horopti . MS. This Book which is dedicated to K. Hen. 8. in Corp. Chr. Coll. Library ; and no doubt there is , but that other Copies of it are in other places . De Compositione Horologeorum . MS. in the said Library . This is generally said to be his , as the Annotation at the end , may in part prove it . He made the old Dial , which is at this day in C. C. C. Garden , and that standing on a Pillar in St. Maries South Church-yard in the High Streat of the City of Oxon. On which , soon after , was hung up the Universities condemnation of the Doctrin of Luther . This famous Mathematician of his time , was living in the Year 1550. ( 4 Ed. 6. ) and after his death , ( which I think soon followed ) many of his Books came into the hands of that eminent Mathematician Dr. John Dee , and some into those of Dr. Rich. Forster a noted Physician , and Mathematician also . See more of this Nich. Kratzer , in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 247. b. lib. 2. p. 35. b. DAVID CLAPHAM the eldest Son and Heir of Job . Claph . and he the fourth Son of Tho. Claph . of Beamesley in Yorkshire Esq ; was born , as I conceive , in that County , and after he had spent some time in Trivials , did solely addict his mind to the study of the Civil Law , but whether he took a Degree in that faculty in doth not appear . Afterwards he retired to Doctors Commons , became a noted Proctor in the Arches , and for his ingenuity and good natural parts was beloved of Sir Will. Cecill Secretary of State to K. Ed. 6. and other noted Men of that time — praeter Legis peritiam , in qua plurimum excellebat ( as one o who knew him well tell us ) in diversis scientiis eruditus fuit . He hath translated from Latin into English . ( 1 ) A Treatise of Nobility . ( 2 ) The excellency of Women●kind . Both Printed at Lond. 1542. in oct . and written originally by Corn. Agrippa . ( 3 ) The praise of Matrimony . Lond. in oct . written by the said Agrippa and Erasmus . What other things he hath translated , or what he hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that , after by his endeavors he had obtained a considerable Estate , he concluded his last day in his House near to Doct. Com. year 1551 on the 14 of July in Fifteen hundred fifty and one . Whereupon his body was buried in the then now Church of St. Faith under part of the Cath. Church of St. Paul within the City of London , leaving behind him several Children which he had by Joan his Wife ; the eldest of which was Thomas , whose posterity did lately remain at Helpeston in Northamptonshire . ANTHONY COPE * Son of Will. Cope or Coope of Banbury in Oxfordshire Esq ; sometimes Cofferer to K. Hen. 7. by Joan his second Wife , Daughter and Heir of John Spencer of Hodnell ( in Warwickshire ) was educated in this University , but in what Coll. unless in Oriel , wherein studied several of his Sirname in the time of K. Hen. 8. and K. Ed. 6. I know not . Afterwards he went into France , Germany , Italy , and elsewhere ; in which places visiting the Universities , and joyning his company to the most learned Men of them , became an accomplished Gentleman , wrot several things beyond the Seas , as well as at home , as it appears from certain Authors , and from an Epigram made in his praise by Joh. Bapt. Mantuan . Among them is only this o known to Authors . Godly meditations on 20 select Psalms , necessary for them that desire to have the dark words of the Prophet declared . Also for those that delight in the contemplation of the spiritual meaning of them . Lond. 1547. qu. The twenty Psalms that the meditations are on , are the 1. 6. 12. 13. 23. 32. 49. 51. 73. 84. 90. 102. 103. 104. 116. 121. 130. 138. 139. 146. Afterwards he received the honor of Knighthood , and dying in Summer time in Fifteen hundred fifty and one , year 1551 was buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Hanwell near to Banbury in Oxfordshire , leaving then behind him a Son named Edward . As for Will. Cope or Coope Cofferer to K. Hen. 7. before-mentioned , he purchased an Estate in , and near to , Banbury , and dying 7. Apr. 1513. was buried in the Church at Banbury , I find one Michael Cope to have been a zealous Calvinist at Geneva and other places , a frequent Preacher in the French Tongue and Author in the French Language of ( 1 ) A faithful and familiar exposition on Ecclesiastes , an . 1557. Which edition being amended and corrected , was published again at Geneva , 1563. in qu. ( 2 ) A godly and learned exposition upon the Proverbs of Sol●m●n . When this last was first Printed , I know not . Sure 't is , that being translated into English by one Marcelline Outred for the benefit of his Country-men , was Printed at London in 1580. in a thick qu. Whether this Mich. Cope was of the same Family with that of Sir Anthony's before-mentioned , or was educated in Oxon. I cannot yet tell . JOHN REDMAN or Redmayne , descended from those of his name in Yorkshire , was near allied to Cuthb . Tonstall Bishop of Durham , by whose counsel and advice he became conversant from his Childhood in the Study of Learning . At the first Foundation of Corp. Ch. Coll. he was a Student p there for some time under the care and government of Mr. J. Claymond the first President : Thence he went to Paris , where he improved his Studies till he was 21 Years of Age. Afterwards returning to his native Country of England , he settled in St. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , where by his and Joh. Cheeks example of excellency in learning , of godliness in living , of diligence in studying , of counsel in exhorting by good order in all things , were bred up so many learned Men in that one Coll. as 't was thought by * one , the whole University of Lovaine in many Years was never able to afford . In 1537 , he commenced Doctor of Divinity , and about that time was made Orator of that University , and afterwards the first Master or Head of Trinity Coll. and a Dignitary in the Church . But that which is most observable , is that when he came first to that University , being then very well vers'd in the Greek and Lat. tongues , and adorn'd with knowledge by the diligent reading of Cicero , it so fell out , that Joh. Cheek and Tho. Smyth ( being at that time young Men , but afterwards Knights ) were stirred up with a kind of emulation of his parts , and the honor that was daily done unto him . Whereupon being very desirous to follow that which he had gained , and then did profess and teach ; they threw aside their sordid barbarisms , and applied themselves to the Eloquence of Plato , Aristotle , and Cicero . The truth is , by Redman's profound knowledge in the Tongues , Humanity and Divinity , he obtained many admirers , and thereby gained Proselytes to the great advantage of the refinement of the Gr. and Lat. Tongues in the University of Cambridge . He hath written , Opus de justificatione . Antw. 1555. qu. Hymnus in quo peccator justificationem quaerens , rudi imagine describitur . Printed with the former work . The complaint of Grace ; containing in it much godly learning , and verity of matter . Lond. 1556. in oct . published by Tho. Smith Servant to Qu. Mary . This , I suppose , is the same Book with that which Bale and Pits intitle De gratia , lib. 1. translated into English by Joh. Young of Cambridge . This Dr. Redman also took pains in compiling the first edition of the Liturgie , or Common-prayer , in the Year 1549. and dying in the College of Westminster ( of which he was Prebendary ) was buried in the North Isle of the Abby-Church there dedicated to St. Peter , about the latter end of Nov. year 1551 in Fifteen hundred fifty and one , aged 52. See more of him in Lelands q Encomia , and in the Epistles r of Roger Ascham his sometimes friend and crony , as also in Joh. Fox his Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. where you 'll find s his conference or communication had with Rich. Wilks , 2. Nov. 1551 the Doctor being then sick at Westminster ; and another conference with Mr. Alex. Nowell then Schoolmaster in Westminster and certain others , with notes of his censure and judgment touching certain points of Christ's Religion ; which was made when the Doctor laid on his Death-bed . Whether this John Redmayne was Archdeacon of Taunton , and Preb. of Mylverton in the Church of Wells , in the time of Ed. 6. I cannot justly say , because he died in 1551 , and that those Dignities were not fill'd up till May 1554. when then John Fitz-James was collated to them per mortem Johannis Redmayne See more in the Fasti , an . 1508. 1524. and 1543. DAVID TOLLEY or Talley called by Leland the Antiquary Tavelegus , and by himself Taulaeus , was born at a Mercate Town call'd Kingsbridge in Devonshire , became a Student of this University about 1517. ( 9. H. 8. ) took the Degrees of Arts , as a Member of the Hall of St. Mary the Virgin , that of Master being compleated 1527. About that time he applyed his Genie to the faculty of Medicine , took the Degree of Bachelaur , and in 1534. and before , he was dispens'd with by the venerable Regents to proceed in the said faculty ; but whether he was admitted or proceeded , it doth not appear . Sure I am , that he was then noted to be very able for the practice therein in this University , accounted also a good Latinist and Grecian , and to be a Person * praeclari ingenii , atque optimarum artium cognitione locupletus . He hath written , Progymnasmata Grammaticae Graecae . Written for the use of Prince Ed. and to him dedicated by the Author , with an Epistle before it beginning thus , Octavus jam agitur annus , &c. Grammatica Regia . Themata Homeri . With other matters pertaining to Grammar . In 1547. or thereabouts , I find this Dav. Tolley to be made one of the senior Students of Ch. Ch. by the name of David Towle , ( being then 41 Years of Age ) after K. Hen. 8. had settled the Cathedral there ; at which time and before , he taught Grammar to young Students of this University . When he died I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that his name occurs among the senior Students that were Theologists of that house , in the Years 1551. and 52. Joh. Baleus in his Manuscript † De Scriptoribus Anglicis stiles this Dav. Tolley , Angliae Papistarum Malleus , being probably then ( temp . Ed. 6. ) so accounted , but in his Printed Book published at Basil 1559 , he mentioneth no such matter , which makes me think that Tolley conform'd in the time of Qu. Mary . if he was then living . JOHN MORWEN or Morenus as he writes himself , was a Devonian born , admitted Scholar of Corp. Chr. Coll. 23. Feb. 1535. and afterwards Fellow , and Master of Arts. About which time entring into holy Orders , he became noted soon after for his profoundness in Divinity , and his great knowledge in the Greek tongue , being in the latter end of King Hen. 8. Reader thereof in his College , and a private instructer of John Jewell , though afterwards a hater of his Opinions . In 1551 , he was admitted Bach. of Divin . and about the same time studied Physick , as having no good wishes for reformation , which tended to the ruin , ( as he thought ) of the Church . He is stiled by a learned * Author , not of his opinion , to be homo Graecè doctus , sed idem Graecorum more leviculus & bibaculus , &c. Afterwards he was patronized in his studies by Will. Roper Esq ; whose Daughter , by Margaret his Wife , ( Daughter of Sir Thomas More ) he instructed in the Latin and Greek tongues . He hath written several things , but whether extant , I know not . Among them are , Epistolae ad D. Will. Roperum . Epitaphia diversa . Opuscula Graece & Latinè . Written with his own hand , and said ( ‖ to be ( tho I cannot yet in all my searches find them ) in the Bodleian Library . He also translated into English several of the Greek and Latin Orations , made by the said Daughter of Will. Roper , as by his Epistles in appears . What became of this Joh. Morwen when Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown ( if he lived to that time ) I cannot tell , unless he was received into the Family of the said Roper a great lover of learning , and a reliever and comforter of distressed Catholicks . JOHN LELAND or Leyland , that singular light and ornament of Great Britain , was born in London , but in what Parish , or Year , it appears not , howbeit the day of his Birth , he himself is pleased to tell s us . In his younger Years being depriv'd of his relations , he was taken into the protection of one Tho. Myles a great favourer of learning , who not only exhibited to his wants , but also took care to have him instructed in Grammar , and other juvenile learning , under the famous Will. Lilye . From his School he was sent to Cambridge , where , as he himself saith , he received the first seeds of Academical Learning in Christ's College , and from thence , as in another place he tells us , he went to Oxon , but to what College or Hall therein , he adds not . Howbeit by sure tradition from Thom. Key of Allsouls College to Thom. Allen of Glocest . Hall , it appears that he spent several Years in study in the said Coll. of Allsouls , which is also noted by Will. Burton the Antiquary of Leicestershire in the Collorary of some part of Leland's Life before the first tome of his Collections . After he had spent some time there , he journied to Paris , where he profited himself much by the reading and learning of Budaeus , Faber , Paulus Aemilius , and Ruellus . Returning thence he entred into Holy Orders , became Chaplain to K. Hen. 8. and Rector of Poppeling ( sometimes written Popering and Pepling ) in the Marches of Calais . Afterwards he became Library-keeper to that King , and had a Commission from him under the broad Seal , an . reg . 25. Dom. 1533. whereby he was impowered to make a search after England's Antiquities , and peruse the Libraries of all Cathedrals , Abbies , Priories , Colleges , &c. as also all places wherein Records , Writings , and secrets of Antiquity were reposed . Whereupon , in few Years after , obtaining a special t dispensation 12. Jul. 28. Hen. 8. to keep a Curate at Poppeling , and make his residence in England , or elsewhere at his own liberty , he spent more than six Years in rambling to and fro in this Nation , and in making researches into the bowels of antiquity , undertaking so immense a task , that the very thoughts of compleating it , did , as 't is said , distract him . At the time of the dissolution of Monasteries , he saw with very great pity what havock was made of ancient Monuments of learning , and if no remedy should be taken , they would all perish . Whereupon , for prevention sake , he wrot a Letter u to Cromwell the prime Secretary , dat . 16. July , wherein he intreats him to give him aid and assistance in bringing to light many ancient Authors , and in sending them to the King's Library ; who , he knew well , had no little esteem for them , and adds that — it would be a great profit to Students , and honour to this Realm ; whereas now the Germanes perceiving our deridiousness and negligence , do senddayly young Scholars hither , that spoileth them , and cutteth them out of Libraries , returning home and putting them abroad as Monuments of their own Country , &c. On the 3. of Apr. 33. Hen. 8. Dom. 1542. he was w presented to the Rectory of Hasely near to , and in the County of , Oxon ; and in the beginning of the said Month 1543 , the King x gave to him by the name of Job . Leland Scholar , and the King's Chaplain a Canonry or Prebendship of Kings College ( now Ch. Ch. ) in Oxon ; and about that time the Prebendship of East-Knoll and W. Knoll near to Salisbury in Wiltshire ; but the Canonry of Ch. Ch. he lost in 1545 , upon the surrender of that College to the King , and in lieu thereof had no pension allow'd him as other Canons had , but preferment elsewhere . At length having made a grand collection of antiquities , he retired to his habitation in the Parish of St. Michael in le Querne in London , where spending about six Years more in composing such Books that he had promised to the King , did at length ( upon a foresight that he was not able to perform his promise , or as the Roman Catholicks say , that he had degenerated from the ancient Religion ) fall distracted and lost his sense , being but a little before esteemed a Person of a clear judgment and of great insight to discern between substantial and superficial learning . This his distemper being made known to the King and his Council , His Majesty by Letters Pattent y dat . 21. March 5. Ed. 6. Dom. 1550. did grant the custody of him by the name of John Laylond Junior , of St. Michaels Parish in le Querne , London , Clerk , to his Brother John Laylond senior , and for his maintenance to receive the profits of Hasely , Popplyng , E. Knoll , and W. Knoll before-mentioned . He was esteemed by the generality of Scholars of his time an excellent Orator and Poet , learned in the Greek , Latin , French , Italian , Spanish , British , Saxon , Welsh , and Scotish Tongues , a most diligent searcher into antiquity , and a favourer and lover of all those that bent their minds that way . His enemies , or such that cared not for him , as Pol. Virgil , Dr. Jo. Cay , &c. did use to say that he was a vain glorious Person , and that he promised more than ever he was able to perform , and others , that his Poetical wit made him so conceited , that it was the chief reason of his frensie . He hath written , Naenia in mortem Thomae Viati equitis incomparabilis . Lond. 1542. 'T is a Lat. Poem in one sheet and an half in qu. Genethliacom illustriss . Eadverdi principis Cambriae , Ducis Coriniae & Comitis Palatini , &c. Printed 1543. A Lat. Poem in 4. sheets in qu. Syllabus & interpretatio antiquarum dictionum , quae passim per libellum ( praedictum ) lectore occurrunt . Printed with the former , an . 1543. Assertio inclytiss . Arturii regis Britanniae . Lond. 1544. qu. Elenchus antiquarum nominum . Printed with the Assertio inc . Cygnea Cantio . Lond. 1545. 'T is a Lat. Poem in about 5 sheet in qu. There again 1658. in oct . Commentarii in Cyg . cantionem indices Britannicae antiquitatis locupletissimi . Printed with the two said Editions of Cyg . Cant. Laudatio pacis . Lond. 1546. A Lat Poem in 2 sh . in qu. A New-years-gift to K. Hen. 8. ( 37 Year of his Reign ) concerning his laborious journey and search for Englands antiquities . Lond. 1549. Oct. Published with annotations thereon by Joh. Bale , who hath added thereunto of his own . A register of the names of English Writers , whom the second part of his work , De Scriptorib . Britanniae , shall comprehend . Principum ac illustrium aliquot & eruditorum in Angliâ virorum , Encomia , Trophaea , Genethliaca , & Epithalamia , &c. Lond. 1589. qu. Published by Tho. Newton of Cheshire . These are all the Books composed by him , that are published . Those that he left behind him in MS. are these following . Collectaneorum volumen primum . Collections from various Authors , viz. from Chronologies , ancient Charters , Leiger-Books , Histories , Annals , publick and private Writings , &c. — Written with Lelands own hand ( mostly in Latin ) in folio , containing 913 pages , and all collected from MSS. and nothing from Authors that were then Printed . There are in this Book many needless additions and illustrations put in by Will. Burton of Lindley , whom I shall anon mention , who hath written some part of the life of Leland before , and has made a useful index to , it . Collect. vol. 2. Collections from various Authors in MS. viz. Chronologies , Annals , &c. in fol. containing 382. pages . Collect. vol. 3. Containing the Catalogues of MSS. in the Libraries of several religious Houses , Cathedrals , Colleges , &c. Collections also from Monkish Authors concerning the foundations , restaurations , &c. of religious places , and other matters of considerable moment . In p. 117 , is part of an Itinerary through Devonshire , and p. 127 , &c. is something of Kent . In p. 149 , &c. is something of Herefordshire , and p. 204 , of Lincolnshire . Afterwards follow the meaning and original of words from several old Dictionaries . This vol. contains in writing under Lelands hand 287 pages in fol. and hath at the end his New-years-gift to K. Hen. 8. Collect. vol. 4. Containing the lives and characters of most of the eminent Writers of England ; written in Latin with Leland's own hand , an . 1546. and containeth 354 pages in fol. One or more Copies of this Book , are in private hands . An Itinerary throughout most parts of England . — In five volumes in qu. This Iter was began about 38. H. 8. Dom. 1538 , and the volumes were written with his own hand ; but by the negligence of those , who have had the custody of them , after the Authors death , most of them have taken wet and are not legible . About the Year 1631. Will. Burton before-mentioned caused all the said five volumes to be transcribed into one folio ; which , with the originals , were , by him soon after , given to the publick Library of Oxon. Collections concerning English Families and their originals , of relations of matters of antiquity from divers Persons , of Towns and religious Houses , ( which he accidentally found in record , or by tradition ) of Rivers in several Counties , and also collections from various MSS. &c. — All which , are contained in two quartoes under Leland's hand writing , and go under the names of the sixth and seventh volumes of his Itineraries , and stand and are mix'd with the other five , in the Archives of the publick Library . Collectiones ex antiquissimis authoribus desumptae , quae ad Britanniam spectant . MS. in Cotton ' s Library under Julius C. 6. Codrus sive liber contra Polydorum Virgilium de erroribus in scriptis suis . MS. An exemplar of which I have seen . Naenia in mort . Hen. Duddelegi ( Dudley ) Equitis . MS. in qu. Bononia Gallo-Mastix , in laudem victoris feliciss . Hen. 8. Anglici , Francici , Scottici , &c. MS. in qu. With other things , which you may see in Balcus and Pitseus . All which MSS. and collections , with many other matters of moment , were , after Leland's death , taken ( by command from Ed. 6 ) into the custody of Sir John Cheek Tutor to the said King ; who not long after gave the four tomes or vol. of his collections before-mention'd to Humph. Purefoy Esq ; ( afterwards of the Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth in the North parts of England ) whose Son Tho. Purefoy of Barwell in Leicestershire , giving them to Will. Burt●n of Lyndley in the same County , in the Year 1612 , came many Years after by his gift ( when he had made use of them in compiling his Description of Leicestershire ) to the Bodlcian or pub . Library at Oxon , together with the Itinerary in five ( with the other two ) quartoes , where they yet ( in the Archives of that Library ) remain . As for some other of his Collections , they came after the death of Sir John Cheek into the hands of Will. Lord Pagit , and Sir Will. Cecyll , but to whom , from them , I find not . Perhaps among the said Collect. were those that came afterwards into Sir Rob. Cotton's hands , and the Itinerary into those of Will. Burton before-mention'd . Howsoever it is , sure I am , that several eminent Antiquaries have made use of them , especially Joh. Bale in his second edition of British Writer , but not in the same words that Leland wrot . For as he delivered things impartially and in smooth language , so Bale quite contrary , and full * of scurrilities . Camden also , though now and then he doth mention his Author Leland , yet he made † considerable use of his Collections in the composing of his Britannia . Sir Will. Dugdale hath perused them several times , and made great use of them in his Antiquities of Warwickshire , and in his volumes called , The Baronage of England , but withal quotes him honestly for every thing that he hath taken from them . To conclude , this great Antiquary J. Leland dying on the 18 day of April in Fifteen hundred fifty and two , year 1552 was buried in the Church of St. Michaels in le Querne , in London . Which Church having been situated near to the old cross in West-cheap , and not far from the East part of St. Paul's Cathedral , was totally burnt down in the grand conflagration , an . 1666. So that soon after its Parish being united to another , the foundation of the said Church was level'd , and pitched with Stones , as the rest of the street adjoining was ; and at the East-end where stood the Altar , or thereabouts , was erected a Conduit of stone to serve the inhabitants of the neighbourhood with water . JOHN CLERKE , who is reported by a learned a Author to be descended from famous and noble lineage , was educated in Grammaticals , Logicals , and Philosophicals among the Oxonians for a time , but in what House , I cannot as yet tell . Afterwards he travell'd into several Countries , fell into the company and acquaintance of Rich. Paice , ( mention'd under the Year 1532. ) studied together in Italy , and contracted between them such a faithful and constant friendship , that the like could not be read in any Author . All things were in a manner common between them , and what was by either read or observed , was forthwith communicated to each others great advantage . After his return to his native Country , he was highly esteemed for his accomplishments , especially for his exact knowledge in the Latin , French , and Italian , Tongues : Whereupon being taken into the service of Thomas the great and mighty Duke of Norfolk , was by him made his Secretary , ( a place of credit and considerable profit ) and introduced into the acquaintance of most of the Nobility that frequented the Court. He hath transmitted to posterity , Opusculum plano divinum de mortuorum resurrectione & extremo judicio , in quatuor linguis succinctè conscriptum ( viz. Lat. Angl. Ital. Gall. ) — Lond. 1545. and 47. in qu. Declaration of certain Articles , with a recital of the capital errours against the same . Lond. 1546. in oct . Meditations on death . declinatione verborum . De Italica De Gallica He hath also translated from French into English , A treatise of Nobility , with other things written and translated , which I have not yet seen . At length being clap'd up Prisoner within the Tower of London ( whether for matters of Religion , or any other thing I know not ) did to avoid publick shame , ( as 't is thought ) hang himself in his Chamber with his girdle , on the tenth of May in Fifteen hundred fifty and two ; year 1552 leaving this character behind him by a Calvinistical ‖ Author , that he was an open Enemy to the Gospel and all godly Preachers . The Reader is to note that several of both his names occur in records , as first Joh. Clerke a Berkshire Man born , who became Fellow of Magd. Coll. 1482. ( 2 ) Joh. Clerke , of the same Coll. as it seems , who proceeded M. of A. 1516. ( 3 ) Joh. Clerke a Cambridge Man , afterwards Bishop of B. and Wells , whom I shall elsewhere mention . ( 4 ) Joh. Clerke , who was originally of Cambridge , afterwards of Cardinal College in Oxon , and incorporated M. of A. 1525 , but ejected the said Coll. soon after for Lutherisme . ( 5 ) Joh. Clerke a Benedictine Monk , incorporated Bach. of Divinity 13. July 1538 , as he before had stood at Cambridge , proceeded in that faculty at Oxon within few days after , and stood in an Act to compleat that Degree 29. of the same Month in the said Year . But of all the said Joh. Clerks , not one , as I conceive is Joh. Clerke the writer , except you 'll say the second . ALEXANDER de BARKLAY , who seems to have been born at , or near , a Town so called in Somersetshire , was for a time educated in this University ; particularly , as it seems , in Oriel Coll. of which his great Patron and Favourer of his studies , Tho. Cornish Bishop of Tyne was then Provost . Afterwards he travel'd beyond the Seas , and at his return became , by the said Bishops endeavours ( to whom he was Chaplain ) one of the Priests of the College of St. Mary at Otery in Devonshire , founded by Joh. Grandison B. of Exeter . But his Patron dying soon after , he entred into the Order of St. Benedict or into that of St. Francis ( as one , ‡ who gives him an ill report because he lived and died a single Man , tells us ) but at what place I know not . Sure 't is that living to see his Monastery dissolv'd , he being about that time Doctor of Divinity , became Vicar of Much Badew in Essex , and in 1546 Vicar of the Church of St. Mathew the Apostle at Wokey in Somersetshire on the death of Mr. Rich. Eryngton , which I think was all the preferment that he had to the time of his death . In his younger days he was esteemed a good Poet and Orator , as several specimens of his composition in those faculties shewed , but when Years came on , he spent his time mostly in pious matters and in reading the Histories of Saints . His works are , The figure of our Mother Holy Church , oppressed by the French King — Printed at London by Rich. Pynson in qu. The miseries , or miserable lives of Courtiers — Besides his answer to Job . Skelton the Poet and other things , which I have not yet seen . He translated from Lat. into English , The lives of St. Margaret , St. Catherine , St. Etheldreda , St. George , &c. Several things also of Jo. Bapt. Fiera Mantuam , and other matters as Baleus b tells you . But above all must not be forgotten his translation out of Latin , French , and Dutch into the English Language , a Book intit . The Ship of Fools , an . 1508. Printed at Lond. by Pich . Pynson , 1509. fol. and dedicated by the translator to the said Tho. Cornish B. of Tyne and suffragan Bishop of Wells . This translation is adorned with great variety of Pictures printed from wooden cuts , which could not be but very delightful to the Reader in those days . The original Author of that Book was one Sebastian Brantius , much famed in his time for his excellent works . As for his translator Dr. Barklay who also translated from French into English The Castle of Labour , lived to be an aged Man , and dying at a Mercat Town called Croyden in Surrey before the 10. of June ( for on that day his c will was prov'd ) in Fifteen hundred fifty and two , was buried in the Church there , year 1552 leaving then behind him among some the character of a good Scholar . EDWARD SEYMOURE , Son of Sir Joh. Seymoure of Wolfhall in Wilts . Knight , was educated in trivials , and partly in quadrivials for some time in this University , and whether he afterwards studied in Cambridge ( of which he was Chancellour in the Reign of Edw. 6. ) I cannot say . If so , 't is very strange that one that had conversed with the Muses of both Universities , should be so unlearned ( as one * who was an enemy to his memory reports ) that he could scarce write or read . Afterwards K. Hen. 8. marrying his Sister Jane , he ascended to , and obtained great , honours and places in the Realm of England , as all Histories will tell you . While he was Lord Protector , there went under his name , Epistola Exhortatoria ad pacem , missa ad nobilitatem ac plebem , universumque populum regni Scotiae . Lond. 1548. qu. In which Year also came out his Expedition into Scotland , written by another hand . After he was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London for divers miscarriages in his Government , he made very great shew of sanctity , and seemed not to omit any opportunity , whereby he might employ his time religiously , as it well appears by a Book that he then wrot entituled , A spiritual and most precious Pearl , teaching all Men to love and embrace the cross as a most sweet and necessary thing , &c. Lond , 1550 oct . At that time , before , and after , he was much courted by John Calvin and Peter Martyr , as being the chief Person that carried on the reformation . The former wrot to him the said Protector , An Epistle of godly consolation , 22. Oct. 1549. Writ before the time and knowledge of his trouble . Which Epistle being delivered to him in the time of his trouble , was translated by him from French into English . — Printed at Lond. 1550. oct . The other ( P. Martyr ) wrot an Epistle to him about the same time in the Lat. tongue ; which being much pleasing to him , was by his desire translated into English by that noted Zealot Thom. Norton . — Printed 1550. in oct . From which Epistles it doth plainly appear what great respects they ( Calvin and Martyr ) and their Parties had for him , and what solemn wishes and prayers they continually sent forth for his welfare and blessed proceedings in the Reformation then in hand . This great Person , who was also Duke of Somerset , died on Tower-hill near London , by the stroke of the ax , 22. January , in Fifteen hundred fifty and two , which was the sixth Year of K. Ed. 6. but where he was buried , I cannot yet tell . NICHOLAS UDALL whom Leland d stiles Odovallus , was born in Hampshire , and descended from those of his name , living sometimes at Wykeham in the said County , was admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. in June 1520. aged 15 or more , Probationer Fellow in Sept. 1524. being then Bach. of Arts , and two Years after supplicated for the Degree of Master , but took it not at that time , being , as 't is probable , denied , because he was much addicted to the opinions of Luther . Afterwards he obtained the Mastership of Eaton School near Windsor , and proceeded in Arts 1534 , but in 1540-41 had like to have lost that place as being suspected to be conscious to a robbery committed by two Scholars of his School , who having stole images , plate , and other matters belonging to the College of Eaton , were with Udall examined e by His Majesties Council , in the beginning of March that Year . What became of the matter I know not ; sure 't is , that our Author Udall was made Canon of Windsor , in the beginning of Edw. 6. and is stiled by a certain f Author to be Elegantissimus omnium bonarum literarum magister & earum felicissimus interpres . He hath written , Flowers for Latin speaking , selected and gathered out of Terence , and the same translated into English , together with the exposition , &c. newly corrected — When this was first Printed I cannot tell . That Edit . which I have seen , was Printed at Lond. 1568. in oct . Which Book being esteemed good in its time , and very useful for young Scholars Joh. g Leland and Tho. h Newton wrot Verses in commendation of it , not only set before the Book , but Printed in their respective Encomia's , &c. Commentary on the Apothegms of Erasmus . Epistolae & Carmina ad Gul. Hormannum . Joh. Lelandum . Comedies , Epistles , and divers Verses . — He also translated into English at the request of Qu. Cather . Parr ( 1 ) Paraphrase on the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles . Lond. 1551. fol. written by Erasmus . ( 2 ) Pet. Martyrs Treatise , wherein he openly in the Univ. of Oxon. declared his whole and determinate judgment concerning the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . Lond. in qu. and ( 3ly . ) The Tragedy of Popery , and other things , as Bale will tell you . When this our Author Udall died , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that his Memory is celebrated by polite Verses , written by Joh. I Leland , Joh. k Parkhurst , and Tho. l Newton of Chestire , to which I refer to the Reader . I have seen m the Copy of a commission granted in the beginning of the Year 1572 , to one Catherine Yerbury , otherwise Udall , Daugh. of Nich. Udall of Fenne in Somersetshire , giving her power to administer the goods , debts , and chattels , of him the said Nich. Udall lately deceased : Whether this Nic. Udall be the same with him that was the Writer , the Reader is to judge . RALPH RADCLIFF was born of , and descended from , an ancient Family of his name in Cheshire , received part of his Academical Education in this University , particularly , as I conceive , in Brasenose Coll. about the time of its first foundation , but whether he took a Degree it appears not . The genie of this Person being strangely addicted to the instruction of Youth , he obtained part of the Carme's House at Huchin or Hitchin in Hertfordshire , an . 1538. being about that time dissolved , wherein he not only opened a School , but framed out a lower room into a Stage for his Scholars to act Latin and English Comedies , to the end that they might be emboldened for speaking and pronuntiation . Which practice being used by them several Years , his School was in great renown , he grew rich and was had in much veneration in the neighbourhood . He had many Tragedies , Comedies , Epistles , Orations , &c. laying by him in the time of K. Ed. 6. which , as he would often tell his Friends , he would never publish till they had remained by him 9 Years : And whether they were ever published , I cannot yet learn. The titles of some of his labours were these . Dives and Lazarus , a Comedy . Patient Greseld , Com. Friendship of Titus and Gisippus , Com. Chaucers Melibie , Com. Job's afflictions , Trag. Delivery of Susanna from the Elders . The burning of Sodom . Pugna nominis & verbi . De pueroum institutione . Epistolae ad Tyrones . Epigrammata , &c. — With other things which may be seen in n Baleus , who further tells us , that he was in great renown at Huchin in Fifteen hundred fifty and three , He lived several Years after , died and was buried there , but when , I cannot yet learn. One or more of his descendants , ( for he was married and had issue ) were Knights , particularly Sir Edw. Radcliff of Hitchin , living in the time of K. James 1. JOHN RHESE or ap Rise , or Prise , or Priseus , so many ways I find him written by Authors , was born of a gentile and ancient Family in Wales , but in what County , is yet uncertain , or in what House in Oxon educated , unless in the ancient hostle called Broadgates ( now Pembroke Coll. ) wherein several of both his names and time have studied . Among them was John Prise Bac. of the Civil Law , who in the Year 1530. supplicated for the Degree of Bac. of Can. Law , and two Years after John ap Rice a secular Chaplain , was admitted to the same Degree , which probably may be the same with Joh. Price Bach. of the Civil Law. Farther also I find , that in 1523. one John Prise of Allsouls Coll. was admitted Bach. of the Civil Law , and that he died 1554 And in 1534. occurs another Joh. Price ( of Broadgates Hall I think ) who was admitted Bach. of the Civil Law without any title added to it , which perhaps may be the Author , that I am further to mention ; who being encouraged in his studies by William Earl of Pembroke , made great advances therein , especially as to the Histories and Antiquities of his own Country . In 1546. March 2. he , with many others , received the honor of Knighthood from the hands of Edward Lord Protector of England . About which time our Author observing the great and manifold errors , which were made by Pol. Virgil in his Historiae Anglicae Libri 27 , wherein many things redounded to the dishonor of the British Nation , he thereupon published , Fides Historiae Britannicae . Defensio Regis Arthuri . And wrot about the Year 1553. ( 1. Mar. ) a Book intit . Historiae Britannicae defensio . But the Author dying before he could have it published , was at length , in the Year 1573. put out in qu. under the name of Joh. Priseus , by his Son Rich. Prise D. D. He the said Sir John did also write , A description of Cambria , now called Wales . — Augmented and made perfect by Humph. Lloyd , and set before the History of Cambria : which was translated into English by the said Lloyd , and augmented , corrected , and published by Dav. Powell , an . 1584. The said Description of Cambria was Printed again at Oxon. 1663. in two sheets and an half in qu. under the title of A description of Wales , but it doth so much differ in words from the former , that many Readers are apt to take it for another thing . Tractatus de Eucharistia . This I have not yet seen , only a bare mention of it by Baleus o Nor do I know any thing else of the Author , only that he died in Qu. Maries days . But where , or the particular Day , Month , or Year , when , I know not . WILLIAM THOMAS , a Welsh Man born , or at least of Welsh extract , was educated in all kind of learning fit for a Gentleman , but what Degree he took I know not . One of both his names was admitted Bach. of the Canon Law , in the beginning of Dec. 1529. but whether the same , I dare not yet affirm . In 1544 , he was constrained by some misfortune to abandon the place of his nativity , and in Feb. 1546. when the news of the death of King Hen. 8. came into Italy , he was at Bologna la Grassa , where being in the company of several Gentlemen , he entred into discourse in defence of the said King , whose honor there had been wrongfully touched . Which discourse he afterwards drew up by way of Dialogue , directing it to Pietro Aretino the well known Thuscan Poet , as famous for his Satyrical wit , as infamous for his life and death . Afterwards , if not before , he lived at Padöua , where he gathered many materials for his Italian Dictionary and Grammar , and in 1549 , I meet with him returned to London , where he wrot his short , but methodical History of Italy . About that time his name being highly fam'd for his travels through France and Italy , his knowledge in several of the modern tongues , and in other sorts of learning , he was made Clerk of the Council to K. Ed. 6. but upon his death , falling into the displeasure of Qu. Mary , and so consequently depriv'd of his place , and all hopes of other employment in the Court , he thereupon designed her murther , ( one saith p that the design was against Steph. Gardiner Bishop of Winchester ) for which he was sent Prisoner to the Tower of London , on the 20. Feb. 1553. in the company of Will. Winter , and Sir Nich. Throckmorton committed to that place also . On the 26. of the same Month , being much conscious to himself that he should suffer a shameful death , he endeavour'd to make away with himself , by thrusting a knife into his body under his paps , but the wound did not prove mortal . On the 9. of May 1554. he was arraigned and condemned at the Guild hall in Lond. and on the 18. of the same Month , he was drawn from the Tower to Tyburn ; where after he had made a Speech in defence of himself , he told the company that he died for his Country . He was a Man of a hot fiery spirit , had suck'd in damnable principles , by his frequent conversation with Christoph . Goodman , that violent enemy to the rule of Women , and one of more misguided zeal , than true Religion and Wisdom . This Will. Thomas hath written , The History of Italy ; a Book exceeding profitable to be read , because it intreateth of the estate of many and divers Common-wealths , how they have been , and now be governed , Lond. 1561. qu. Dedic . to John Earl of Warwick , by an Epistle dated 20. Sept. 1549. Principle rules of the Italian Grammar , with a Dictionary for the better understanding of Boccace , Petrarcha , and Dante . Lond. 1550. 1567. qu. Le peregrynne — written at Bologn la Grassa . 'T is a MS. in Bod. Lib. qu. D. 23. Th. fol. 71. The beginning of it is , Constrained by misfortune to habandon the place of my nativity , &c. In the title page are these Verses . He that dyeth with honor , lyveth for ever . And the defamed dead , recovereth never . This Book called Le perigrynne is about to be translated into Lat. with a design to be remitted in the third Tome of Fasciculus , collected by Edw. Brown of Christ's College in Cambridge . Common place of state — Written for the use of King Ed. 6. wherein 't is discoursed whether it be expedient to vary with the time ; with some others writings , which I once saw in the Cottonian Library under Vespasians head D. 18 The title of this Book with other matters relating to Will. Thomas , I did formerly communicate to H. Foulis when he was gathering materials for an History of the Romish treasons , not dreaming then that I should afterwards make use of them as I have done now . I am verily perswaded , that there are in being other Books of this W. Thomas , either publick , or in MS. in private hands , which time , may hereafter produce . So that now I shall only say , that he suffer'd death at Tybourne before-mentioned by hanging , drawing , and quartering , 18. May in Fifteen hundred fifty and four , year 1554 leaving then behind him the character by some , of a Person of good parts . What became of his quarters I know not . THOMAS SWINERTON was descended from an ancient Family of his name living in Staffordshire , but whether born in that County , I cannot tell , and educated partly in Cambridge , but mostly in Oxon in all good arts , and in the tongues . Afterwards taking holy Orders , he began to see the light of the Gospel , while Sir Tho. More was Lord Chancellour of England , in whose time many Hereticks , as they were then called , were imprison'd and brought into trouble . Whereupon being resolved , to gain what Proselytes he could to his Religion , he changed his name to Joh. Roberts , and under that name , he not only taught God's word in several places , chiefly at Ipswych in Suffolk , and Sandwych in Kent , but also published and translated several things , as , A muster of Schismatick Bishops , otherwise naming themselves Popes . — Printed in oct . The Plots of Papists — entituled by a certain * Author De Papiculorum susurris . And translated into English The History of the life of Hildebrand called Gregory the 7. written in Latin by Beno a Cardinal , and also The life of Hen 4. Emperour of Rome and Almaine . Which Henry was imprison'd and deposed by the said Pope . Both these translations were Printed in oct . and much valued in the time when they were made extant . When Qu. Mary came to the Crown , and Religion thereupon altered , our Author Thom. Swinerton fled beyond the Seas , but being overtaken with a certain distemper at Emden in East Frisland in Fifteen hundred fifty and four , year 1554 died , and was there buried the same Year , to the great reluctancy of all those exiles that were there and in those parts . JOHN HOPER or Hooper , noted to posterity for his manful and painful suffering of death for the Protestant Cause , received his first breath in Somersetshire , and his Academical Education in Oxon , but in what House there , unless in that of Merton , I cannot yet tell . He had an Unkle or near Kinsman of both his names , who was born in the Dioc. of Wells , made Master-Fellow of that House in the Year 1513 , and this Joh. Hoper , whom we are further to mention , being sent to the University the Year following , might probably be put under his tuition in the said Coll. or at least in St. Albans Hall , of which he was then ( notwithstanding Fellow of Mert●n Coll. ) Principal . But these matters remaining yet uncertain , I shall proceed to what is extant on record . In the latter end therefore of 1518. he was admitted Bach. of Arts , which was the highest Degree he took in this University , and about the same time compleated it by Determination . What became of him afterwards I cannot justly say . Howbeit there is not wanting an Author q who reports that he was of the number of Cistercians commonly called White Monks , and had so continued for some Years . Which report , I presume is true , because in all my searches , I cannot find him a Curat , Vicar , or Parson . But so it was that he being weary of that Order , he left it , and repairing to Oxon , was , as the R. Catholicks say , infected with Lutherisme by Books brought from Germany ; and in short time became a thorow-pac'd Protestant , if not worse as they further add . In the Year 1539 or thereabouts , at which time the Statute of six articles came forth , he left what he had , and got himself into the service of Sir John Arundel a very Catholick Knight , ( afterwards put to death with the Protector , by the Duke of Northumberland in K. Edwards days ) and was his Chaplain and Steward of his House . But being discovered by him to be a Protestant , he was forced to leave that harbour , and to go into France : where staying for some time in dislike of many matters there , he returned into England , and lived with a Gentleman called Seintlow . But at length his living with him being known , he was sought after to be apprehended . Whereupon he put on a Mariners habit , made himself Master of a Boat and went into Ireland , and from thence took a larger journey into Zuitzerland , where he became acquainted with Bullinger , Scholar and Successor of Zuinglius's Chair , first at Basill , and afterward at Zurich , where also r by his Council and Doctrine , be married a Wife , which was a Burgundian , and applyed very studiously the Hebrew tongue . When K. Ed. 6. came to the Crown , he returned soon after into England , and settling for a time in London , Preached to the People there very frequently , and sometimes against pluralities . In 1549. he became an accuser of Bishop Bonner , when he was to be deprived of his Bishoprick , which made him fare the worse when Qu. Mary came to the Crown . In 1550. he , by the help of his former Master Sir Joh. Arundel , who could do all at that time with the Earl of Warwick , ( afterwards Duke of Northumberland ) was nominated and elected Bishop of Glocester , but when he should come to be consecrated or invested by Dr. Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury , and Rydley B. of London , ( who maligned him for his worse than Calvinistical Principles ) they would not do it , except he would conform himself in all points to them , both in apparel and opinions , but he obstinately refusing a Rochet , was thereupon * confin'd to custody . At length by the Earl of Warwick's intercession to Cranmer , and the King's Letters to dispense with those matters and ceremonies ( which J. Fox usually calls trifles and superstitions ) he was consecrated Bishop of the said See , 8. March 1550. At which time ( as 't is said ) Hoper , after much hanging off , did take s the Oath of Supremacy , and afterwards when he Preacher at Court , he did once for formality sake appear in a Shymar , with a white linnen rochet under it , but much ashamed at the strangeness thereof , as Fox saith . Being settled in the See of Glocester , which was looked upon as a poor pittance for so great a Clerk , who had suffered so much for the Cause , the Earl of Warwick got for him another Bishoprick much better than the former , called Worcester ; of which place being t declared Bishop , 20. May 6. Ed. 6. Dom. 1552. ( the Bishop thereof N. Heath being then a Prisoner in the Fleet ) had liberty then given to him to keep it in Commendam with Glocester . While he was Bishop he Preached often , visited his Diocesses , kept good hospitality for the poorer sort of People , and was beloved by many . But when Qu. Mary began to Reign , which was in July 1553 , he was pursevanted up to London , in the latter end of August , and on the first of Sept. following , was committed Prisoner to the Fleet ; where remaining some Months , was at length examined several times , and required to recant his opinions . But standing constant and resolute to them , was condemned first to be burnt , in Januar. 1554 , and then in Feb following was degraded . The next day he was conducted towards Glocester , where being arrived , he suffered death soon after with great courage . He was a Person of good parts , well vers'd in the Greek and Hebrew tongues , a tolerable Philosopher , but a better Theologist , had not his Principles been too rigid and dissenting from the English Church , as appointed by King Edw. 6. His Writings are mostly these . Answer to the Lord Winchester's Book , entit . A detection of the Devils Sophestry , wherewith he robbeth the unlearned of the true belief in the Sacrament of the aultar , Zurich 1547. qu. A declaration of Christ and his office . Zur . 1547. oct . Dedicated to Edw. Duke of Somerset . 8. Dec. 1547. Afterwards corrected by Christoph . Rosdell , and reprinted in twelves . Lesson of the Incarnation of Christ . Lond. 1549. oct . Sermons on Jonas . Lond. 1550. oct . A godly confession and protestation of the Christian Faith , wherein is declared what a Christian Man is bound to believe of God , his King , his Neighbour , and himself . Lond. 1550. oct . Homelie to be read in the time of the pestilence , and a most present remedy for the same . — Print . 1553. qu. Various Letters written in Prison — See in Joh. Fox's Book of The Acts and Monuments of the Church under the Year 1555. Epistola ad Episcopos , Decanos , Archidiaconos , & caet . Cleri ordines in Synodo Londinensi congregatos , an . 1554. The beginning is Non vos latet , &c. Printed by Ja. Fox at the end of the Book of Acts and Mon. Exhortation to patience , sent to his Wife Anne — See there in Fox under the Year . ( 1555. ) Certain sentences written in Prison . Lond. 1559. oct . Speech at his death . An apologie against the untrue and slanderous report made of him , that he should be a maintainer and encourager of such that cursed the Queens Highness , that then was , Queen Mary , &c. Lond. 1562. oct . To which are added two or three of his Letters written in Prison . Comfortable expositions on the 23 , 62 , 73 , and 77 Psalmes . Lond. 1580. qu. Annotations on the 13 Ch. to the Romans . Lond. 1583. Twelve Lectures upon the Creed . Lond. 1581. oct . Confession of the Christian Faith , containing 100 Articles , according to the order of the Creed of the Apostles . Lond. 1581. oct . 1584. qu. Annexed to John Baker's Lectures on the Creed . These 100 Articles were before Printed , viz. an . 1550. in oct . Declaration of the 10 holy Commandments of Almighty God. Lond. 1550. and 88. oct . With other things which I have not yet seen , the trite or slender titles of which , you may see in * Baleus . He also translated from Lat. into English , Turtullians second Book to his Wife , concerning the choice of a Husband or Wife . Lond. 1550. oct . and perhaps other things . At length he suffered death in the flames near to the College of Priests in the City of Glocester , on Saturday the ninth of Febr. in Fifteen hundred fifty and four , ( 1. and 2. of Philip and Mary ) being then near sixty Years of Age , and much lamented by those that pretended to Reformation . EDWARD WOTTON , Son of Rich. Wotton . superior Beadle of Divinity of this University of Oxon , by Margaret his Wife , was born within the City of Oxon. particularly , as I conceive , in the Parish of St. Mary the Virgin , wherein his Father lived and had Houses in Cat-street . After he had been educated in the Grammar School joining to Magd. Coll. he was first made Semicommoner or Demie of that House , and after he had taken the Degree of Bach. of Arts ( which was 1513. ) he was , as I conceive , made Fellow . At length upon the desire of John Claymond , and Rob. Morwent , who knew the singular virtues and learning of the Person , he left that Coll. and by the favour of that most worthy Person Bishop Fox , Founder of that of Corp. Christi , was made socius compar thereof , with leave to travel into Italy for three Years , an . 1520. So that after he had read the Greek Lecture there for some time , he journied into Italy , studied Physick , and took the Degree of Doctor in that faculty at Padöua . After his return he was settled Greek Reader of his Coll. was incorporated in the same Degree in the latter end of 1525 , was made Physician to K. Hen. 8. and not only became famous for his happy practice in that faculty in these parts , and afterwards in London ( for he was one of the College of Physicians there ) but also for his great knowledge in Philosophy and things natural . He hath transmitted to posterity , De differentiis Animalium , lib. 10. Par. 1552. fol. By the publishing of which he obtained a famous name among learned Men , especially with Mich. Neander , who † saith that no Author hath written of Animals more learned and elegant than Wottonus . See more in Thom Mouffet under the Year 1590. What other things the said Wotton hath published , I know not , nor anything else of him , or his , only ( 1 ) That he dying 5. Octob. year 1555 in Fifteen hundred fifty and five , in the climacterical Year of his Age , ( 63 ) was buried in St. Albans Church in Woodstreet , in the City of London ( 2 ) That Catherine his Widow dying 4 Dec. 1558. was buried by him , and both had a stone , with an inscription thereon , laid over their Graves . But that part of it which remained an 100 Years after , was totally consumed in the grand conflagration of London , an . 1666. ( 3 ) That he is much celebrated by the Antiquarian Poet John Leland a under the name of Eadverdus Ododunus . ( 4 ) That among the Children he left behind him , ( for he had a numerous issue ) Brian Wotton LL. Bach. and Fellow of New Coll. was one , who bequeathed his Body to be buried in the yard belonging to St. Albans Church before-mention'd . Another was called Hen. Wotton , first a Student of Ch. Ch. and afterwards Proctor of the University , Greek Reader and Fellow of Corp. Chr. Coll. who proceeding in the faculty of Physick an . 1567. became afterwards famous for the practice thereof . NICHOLAS RYDLEY was born of an ancient and gentile Family at Willymondswyke in Northumberland , educated in Grammatical Learning at Newcastle upon Tyne , in Academical at Cambridge , till he was Bach. of Arts. Afterwards going to Oxon , he was b elected into one of Walt. Skyrlaw's Fellowship of University Coll. 13. Apr. 1521. Which place he keeping but a little while ( and therefore the Members of that House can hardly lay claim to him ) he returned to Cambridge , where he became D. of D. and Master of Pembroke Hall. Afterwards he was made Chaplain to K. Ed. 6. and at length through Rochester ( the temporalities of which See were c restored to him 27. Sept. 1547. ) became Bishop of London 1549. He was a Person small in stature , but great in learning , and profoundly read in Divinity — quo viro ( as d one who knew him saith ) nihil integrius , & omnibus egregiis dotibus ornatius Anglia nostra multis hisce retro saeculis habuit , &c. Among several things that he wrot , were these . Treatise concerning images , not to be set up , nor worshipped , in Churches . — Written in the time of K. Ed. 6. Brief declaration of the Lords Supper — Printed 1555. and 1586. oct . Written by him while he was a Prisoner in Oxon. It was translated into Lat. by Will. Whittyngham , bearing this title : Assertio de coena Dominica . Genev. 1556. Answered by another Book entit . Confutatio Catholica Nich. Rydley de Eucharistia . Par. 1556. qu. Written by Alban Langdale D. D. of St. John's College in Cambridge . Certain godly and comfortable conferences between him and Mr. Hugh Latymer , during the time of their imprisonment . Lond. 1555. 56. and 74 in oct . A friendly farewell , written during his imprisonment at Oxford , unto all his true Lovers , a little before his death . Lond. 1559. oct . A piteous lamentation of the miserable state of the Church of England , in the time of the late revolt from the Gospel . Lond. in oct . A comparison between the comfortable Doctrine of the Gospel and the traditions of Popish Religion . — Print . with the former . An account of a disputation at Oxford , an . 1554 Oxon. 1688. qu. Written in Latin , and published from the Original MS : by Gilb. Ironside D. D. Warden of Wadham Col. and then Vicehanc . of the Univ. of Oxon. Treatise of the blessed Sacrament — The beginning of which is Many things confound the real memory , &c. published with the former , by the aforesaid Person , from an original MS. to which he added , A Letter written by Mr. Jo. Bradford the Martyr , never before Printed . Letter of reconciliation written to Bishop Hooper . Lond. 1689. qu. published by Sam. Johnson , Author of the Short account of the life of Julian the Apostate . Lond. 1682. oct . He the said Dr. Rydley had a hand also in the compiling of the Common Prayer-Book , now in use among us , has also disputations , arguings , communications , and conferences about matters of Religion , in the Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , written by John Fox . In which Book under the Years 1554. and 55. you may see a full account of his sufferings , and afterwards of his burning near to Balliol College in Oxon. year 1555 on the 16. of Oct in Fifteen hundred fifty and five , which was the second and third Years of K. Philip and Qu. Mary . JOHN PHILPOT , Son of Sir Pet. Philpot Knight of the Bath , and twice Sheriff of Hampshire , was born at Compton in that County , educated in Grammaticals in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in the Year 1534 , had a Civilians place there , and took ( as 't is said ) the Degree of Bach. of the Lawes , but whether in this University , it appears not in the registers thereof . However , he was then esteemed a good Civilian , and admirably well skill'd in the Greek and Hebrew tongues . In 1541 , his Fellowship became void because of absence , being then ( I presume ) in his travels in Italy . After his return , retiring to Winchester , he read Lectures in the Cathedral there on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans : Which , tho they were done gratis , were not acceptable to the Catholick Clergy or Citizens of that place . In the time of Edw. 6. he became Archdeacon of Winchester in the place of one Will. Bolen , who succeeded Rich. Pates upon his resignation an . 1529. In 1553 , he let drop certain passages in a convocation of the Clergy savouring of Heresie , as 't was then ( temp . Mariae ) accounted . Whereupon being imprison'd , he was after an Year and a half confinement , examined in points of faith by the Bishop of London , and his assistants ; who finding him obstinate in his opinions , and past all recantation , was by them condemned to be burn'd . He hath written , Epistolae Hebraicae . lib. 1. De proprietate Linguarum . lib. 1. An apology for spitting upon an Arrian , with an invective against the Arrians , and an admonition to all that be faithful in Christ to beware of them , and of other late sprung Heresies . — Printed at London in 3 Sheets in oct . at the end of The examinations of John Philpot , &c. which examinations were afterwards remitted by John Fox into the Book of Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. but not the Apology . Supplication to K. Philip and Qu. Mary . Letters to the Lady Vane . Letters to the Christian congregation . Exhortation to his Sister . See the said Book of John Fox , under the Year 1555. Oration — The beginning of which is , 'T is a lamentable thing to behold at this present in England the faithless departing , &c. This is in MS. in Bodly's Library qu. D. 23. Th. bound with John Bradford's ( the Martyr ) Treatise of predestination , with an answer to certain enormities calumniously gathered of one to slander Gods truth . MS. The said Joh. Philpot hath also translated into English . ( 1 ) Calvinus Homelies . ( 2 ) Chrysostome against Heresies ; with other things which I have not yet seen . He suffered death in Smithfield by burning , year 1555 on the 18. Decemb. in Fifteen hundred fifty and five . See his story in Joh. Fox before mentioned , under the Year 1555. and Rob. Parsons his answer to it in The third part of a treatise intit . of three conversions of England , , &c. Printed 1604. chap. 16. p. 286. 287 , &c. and elsewhere . In the Archdeaconry of Winchester , succeeded Mr. Philpot one Steph. Cheston LL. Bach. Prebendary of the same place , who dying 1571. Dr. Joh. Ebden Preb. of the said Church of Winton also succeeded . ROBERT ALDRICH , or Aldrisius as some call him , was born at Burnham in Bucks . educated in Grammar learning in Eaton School , elected Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge in the Year 1507 , where he took the Degrees in Arts , and about that time was stiled by Erasmus in a certain Epistle , blandae eloquentiae juvenis . Afterwards he became Proctor of the said University , Schoolmaster of Eaton , Fellow of the College there , and at length Provost . In 1529 , he retired to Oxon , where he was incorporated Bach. of Div. as he had stood at Cambridge , and soon after performing his exercise for the Degree of Doctor in that faculty , he was licensed to proceed in April 1530. Which Degree being compleated by standing in the Act , which was shortly after celebrated , is the reason why I put him in these Athenae Oxon. About the same time he was made Archdeacon of Colchester , and in 1534. May 7. he was installed Canon of Windsore , and in the same Year constituted Registrary of the most noble order of the Garter . In 1537 , Jul. 18. he was † consecrated Bishop of Carlile , in the place of Joh. Kyte deceased , from which time to that of his death , though there were many changes in the Church and State , yet he ran through all , and so consequently complied with them . His works are many , but all that I have seen , are only these . Epistola ad Gul. Hormannum . — The beginning of which is Suscipies Hormanne tue , &c. 'T is written in Lat. Verse , and is remitted into the Book called Antibossicon , mention'd in Will , Horman among these Writers , under the Year 1535. Epigrammata varia , And certain matters against Rob. Whittington . He gave way to fate at Horncastle in Lincolnshire ( where was then an house belonging to the Bishop of Carlile ) on the fifth day of March , in Fifteen hundred fifty and five , and was , as I suppose , buried there . John Leland the Antiquarian Poet was his familiar acquaintance , and therefore having had experience of his most admirable parts and learning , did , not without just desert , commend them to posterity in his Encomia ( * ) Trophaea , &c. illustrium aliquot & eruditorum in Anglia virorum , &c. to which I refer the Reader . JOHN PROCTOR , a Somersetshire Man born , was elected Scholar of Corpus Christi Coll. in Jan. 1536 , and when Bach. of Arts , Fellow of Allsouls , with Joh. Watson , was was afterwards Bishop of VVinchester . This Person who was Master of Arts in 1544 , I take to be the same John Proctor that was soon after School Master of Tunbridge in Kent , who wrote and published . The Fall of the late Arrian , Lond. 1549. oct . History of Wyats Rebellion , and Conference with the degenerate and seditious , for the search and cause of their great disorder . Lond. 1554. 55. tw . In the beginning of the first Vol. of Rap. Holinsheds Chronicle , are the names of such Authors from whence he chiefly compiled that Chron. and among them is William Proctor's Book called the History of Wyat's Rebellion . Which should have been Joh. Proctor . JOHN STANDISH was born of , and descended from , an ancient and gentile family of his name living in Lancashire , and at about 17 Years of Age , in 1524 , he was by the care of his Unkle Dr. Henry Standish Bishop of St. Asaph sent to Brasenose College , where making great proficiency in Logick , was elected Scholar of that of Corp. Chr. in Januar. 1528. partly by the endeavours made in his behalf of one Mr. Edw. Standish Fellow of Brasenose ( who was either his Brother or Unkle ) and partly by the said Doctor . After he was settled in that Coll. he went through the usual classes of Logick and Philosophy with unwearied industry , became a most noted Disputant , took the Degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and drudging much in the faculty of Divinity , proceeded Doctor therein , an . 1542. at which time he was one of the Fellows of Whyttingdon Coll. in London ; and having a Chamber in Brasenose , took Commons there when he receeded to the University for conversation sake with Men and Books . In the time of K. Edw. 6. he seemed to be a zealous Reformer , was then , if not before , made Rector of Wygan in his own Country , and took to him a Wife , who lived not long with him , for when Qu. Mary came to the Crown they were separated . In 1550. Aug. 2. he was installed the second Canon of the eighth Canonry of the Church of Worcester in the place of Rog. Stanford deceased . When Qu. Mary ruled the Scepter , he wheeled about , and seeing what great mischief was like to follow upon the translation of the Bible into the English tongue in the time of K. Ed. 6. and before , bestirred himself so much about it , that he found means to have the matter proposed in Parliament , in the beginning of Queen Mary , that all such Bibles that were in the English tongue should be prohibited and burn'd . This being very displeasing to many , he was hated of them , and therefore one e after his usual manner calls him Morio and Scurra , and another f as foul'mouth'd as he , Dr. Inkpot and a blenking Coxcomb , who married against his conscience , ( as he saith ) more fit to make a riding fool , than Chaplain for a King. — This being the language of two zealous reformers , incited one g of another opinion , who was after them in time , to characterize our Author Standish to be Vir doctrina , pietate , fide , & divinae gloriae zelo conspicu●s . His works are , A little treatise against the protestation of Rob. Barnes at the time of his death . Lond. 1540. oct . Which R. Barnes was burn'd in Smithfield 3. Jul. 32. Hen. 8. Dom. 1540. Soon after came out a confutation of the said little treatise , in oct . Treatise of the Union of the Church . Lond. 1556. Written to Card. Pole. Treatise against the translation of the Bible in the vulgar Language — with other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . He paid his last debt to nature about the beginning of the Year Fifteen hundred fifty and six , year 1556 but whether buried at Worcester or Wygan , I know not . In his Canonry succeeded one Leonard Pollard Bach. of Div. and Chaplain to Dr. Pates Bishop of Worcester , who having written Five Sermons , were , after they had been revised by Dr. Bonner B. of Lond. printed there 1556 in qu. This Pollard who was not of the University of Oxon , that I can find , died about the beginning of March the same Year , ( 1556 ) having enjoyed his Canonry but few Months . Of the same Family of Standish , I find another very active Person of his time named Rich. Standish LL. D. and Parson of Standish in Lancashire , ( but his education had been in Cambridge , ) who dying at London in his Lodging in , or near to , Pater-noster-row , in the Winter time 1552 , was , as 't is probable , buried in the Church of St. Faith under the Cathedral of St. Paul. JOHN BYRDE received his first breath within the City of Coventrie , descended , if I mistake not , from the ancient Family of his name in Cheshire , educated in Theologicals in the House or Coll. of the Carmes ( he being one of that order ) in the University of Oxon. where making considerable proficiency in his studies , was admitted to oppose in Divinity in the publick School of that faculty , in the beginning of May 1510 , and in June following was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . In 1513 , he proceeded in the said faculty , and three Years after was made Provincial of his Order throughout England . But he enjoying that office only three Years , was succeeded therein by one Rob. Lesbury , who keeping it till 1522 , Byrde came in again and continued Provincial till the dissolution of Monasteries . When the Pope was like to lose his Power in England , be became a zealous Preacher for the King's Supremacy ; for which , being rewarded with a Bishoprick in Ireland , as Baleus saith , ( who calls it h Episcopatus Penricensis , tho Waraeus remembers no such place ) was translated thence to Bangor an . 1539 , The temporalities of which See , he i received by the title of the King's Chaplain only , without that of Episc . Penricensis , on the 9. Sept. the same Year . In 1541 , he was translated to Chester , made the first Bishop thereof , and paid his obedience to the Archb. of York 13. Apr. 1542 , where he continued till the Reign of Qu. Mary . He wrot and published , Lectures on St. Paul. De fide justificante . lib. 1. Learned homelies — With an Epicede on one Edmund in Prose . At length when Queen Mary came to the Crown , he was ( notwithstanding he complyed with that time ) deprived of his Bishoprick for being married , and living at Chester with his Wife , year 1556 till Fifteen hundred fifty and six , then died but in an obscure condition . Whereupon his Body was buried in the Cathedral Church there . In the said See succeeded Dr. George Cootes , as I shall tell you when I come to speak of the Bishops , under the Year 1555. RICHARD MORYSINE or Morison was born in Oxfordshire as 't is k reported ; spent several Years in this University in Logicals and Philosophicals , took a Degree in Arts , afterwards travelled , and making great improvement in the Latin and Greek tongues , became an accomplish'd Gentleman , and well known among the great Men of his time . In 1537 , Jul. 17. he being newly return'd from Padöua , was made Prebendary of Yatminster secunda in the Church of Salisbury , on the promotion of Reginald Pole : Which Dignity he keeping till 1539. Hen. Cole of New Coll. succeeded . At length being commended for a Person of worth and parts to K. Hen 8. was by him sent Ambassador to the Emperor Charles the 5. as he was l afterwards by K. Ed. 6. In whose Reign being a Person zealous for reformation , was by him appointed one of the number of such that were to reform this University of Oxon , an . 1549. At which time he shew'd himself a great friend to , and a Protector of , Pet. Martyr , when he encountred the Trimviri in a solemn disputation in the Divinity School . Afterwards having the honor of Knighthood conferr'd upon him , being then esteemed a great learned Man , he went into Italy , and in his return died in Germany , as I shall anon tell you . His works are partly these . Apomaxis calumniarum convitiorumque , quibus Johan . Coclaeus homo Theologus , exiguus artium professor , &c. Henrici 8. nomen obscurare , rerum gestarum gloriam faedare , nuper edita , non tam ad regem , quam in regis invidiam , epistola studuit . Lond. 1537. qu. Dedicated to Tho. Cromwell Secretary of State. An exhortation to stir all English Men to the defence of their Country . Lond. 1539. oct . Invective against the great and detestable vice , treason , &c. Lond. 1539. oct . Comfortable consolation for the birth of Prince Edward , rather than sorrow for the death of Qu. Jane . — with other things which Baleus m mentions . He also wrot several Verses , which were sent by him to the Oxonians : Of which , and his published Books , ( much esteemed by K. Hen. 8 ) John Leland hath exercis'd his Muse in his Encomia . The said Sir Rich. Morysine hath also translated into English . ( 1 ) The Epist . of Joh. Sturmius to the Cardinals and Bishops that were chosen by the Bishop of Rome to search out the abuses of the Church . Lond. 1538. oct . ( 2 ) The Symboles of Lud. Vives , much about the same time ; with other matters which I have not yet seen . He gave way to fate at Strasburgh ( being then there in voluntary exile for the Protestant Religion which he professed ) on the 17. March , in Fifteen hundred fifty and six , but whether buried there , I know not . He left behind him a Son named Charles , begotten on the body of his Wife Dame Bridget , and a natural Son named Marcellus Morysine , besides two Daughters , begotten on the body of one , or more Concubines . Joh. Hales a noted Scholar of that time ( to whom he gave his Books ) was one of his Executors , as having always been an entire friend to him . Bernardine Ochine also , with his Wife and Children , did tast sufficiently of his liberality : The same Bernard , I mean , who was Author of the Dialogue of the unjust usurped primacy of the Bishop of Rome , translated from Latin by John Ponet , ( afterwards B. of Winchester ) Lond. 1549. qu. The said Sir R. Morysine had a fair n estate , most of which was obtained by his own endeavours , as the Mannour of Whitesbury or Whichbury with all its appurtenances in Wilts . and Hampshire , the Mannour of East-Chinnock in Somersetshire , the Mannour of Cashiobury in Hertfordshire ( where he had began to build a stately House , ) &c. All which descended to his Posterity . JOHN HUNTINGTON was educated for sometime in good arts , but whether he took a Degree here , it appears not , only that while he continued in this University he was noted among his contemporaries for a tolerable Poet. His works are , Epitaphium Ricardi Pacaei . car . 1. The beginning of which is , Noscitur omnis homo , &c. Humanae vitae deploratio . car . 1. The beginning is , Nunc ubi magnanimi , &c. The Genealogie of Heresies . De lapsu philosophiae , besides several Sermons . In 1553. Decemb. 3. he was brought before her Majesties Council , for composing a rhime against Dr. Stokes and the Sacrament , but making a recantation , and an humble submission for what he had done , with a promise to amend , as well in Doctrin , ( for he was a godly Preacher ) as in way of living , was suffer'd to depart . Afterwards he left the Nation , and lived mostly in Germany with Joh. Bale , who calls him his beloved Son in Christ . RICHARD TRACY , Son of Will. Son of Hen. Tracy , was born of , and descended from , an ancient and gentile Family living at Todyngton in Glocestershire , ( the body of which William was taken out of the grave , and burn'd in the time of Hen. 8. for a Will that he made , then savouring of Heresie . ) was conversant among the Muses for a time , took a Degree in Arts , and became noted for his pregnant parts . Afterwards his learning being much improved in his elder years by reading and experience , he became noted for it , an enemy to the Roman Church , and a zealous Reformer , as it may partly appear by his Writings , the titles of which follow . Of the preparation to the cross and to death , and of the comfort under the cross and death ; in two Books . Lond. 1540. in oct . Dedic . to Thom. Lord Cromwell . Which Book , wrap'd up in canvase , being found in the belly of a Cod , when brought from Lin-Regis in Norfolk to Cambridge Mercat to be sold on Midsummer Eve 1626 , it was reprinted soon after , ( as 't is said ) under the name of Joh. Frythe . The profe and declaration of this proposition , Faith only justifyeth — Not said when or where Printed . 'T is in oct . and ded . to K. Hen. 8. Treatise of the errours and blindness of the Popish Clergy . Declaration of the Sacrament . Lond. 1548 oct . Confutation of the articles of Papisme . — With other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen , only know that some of them were prohibited to be read by the Proclamation of K. Hen. 8. The Author was living in an absconded condition in Fifteen hundred fifty and six , ( which was the 3. and 4. of Philip and Marie ) and perhaps was in being several years after . JOHN GWYNNETH was a Welsh Man born , and tho of very poor parentage , yet of most excellent natural parts , and exceeding apt to embrace any kind of juvenile learning . But so it was , that he having little or nothing to maintain him in his studies at Oxon , he was exhibited to by an Ecclesiastical Mecaenas , who well knew that his abilities were such , that in future time he might be an Ornament to the Cath. Church by writing against the Hereticks , as they were then called . The younger years of this Gwynneth were adorned with all kind of polite literature , and his elder , with the reading of the Scriptures , and conversation with Books , written by , and against the Lutherans and Zwinglians . At length perceiving full well what ground their Doctrine had gotten , he wrot , Declaration of the state , wherein Hereticks do lead their lives . Lond. in qu. Detection of that part of Fryths Book which he termeth His foundation . Lond. 1554. oct . Printed also , if I mistake not , before that time . Against Joh. Fryth , on the Sacrament of the Altar . Lond. 1557. qu. Printed also , I think before that time . Declaration of the notable victory given of God to Qu. Mary , shewed in the Church of Luton o 22. July in the first Year of her Reign . Lond. ( 1554 ) oct . with other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . This Joh. Gwynneth , I take to be the same with Jo. Gwynneth a Secular Priest , who for his great proficiency , and works performed , in the faculty of Musick , had the Degree of Doctor of the said faculty conferr'd upon him by the Members of this University , an . 1531. See more in the Fasti under that Year . WILLIAM PYE , a Suffolk Man born , was elected Fellow of Oriel Coll. in 1529 , and after he had continued in the Degree of Master some years , he studied Physick , became thrice Proctor of the University , and , as it seems , D. of D. On the 7. of Oct. 1545. he became Archdeacon of Berkshire , upon the resignation of Dr. Jo. Crayford , and in the Reign of Ed. 6. a pretender to reformation ; but when Qu. Mary succeeded , he changed his mind , was in the beginning of her Reign , not only made Dean of Chichester , in the place , if I mistake not , of Barthelm . Traheron , but also p Prebendary of Lytton in the Church of Wells , upon the deprivation of Will. Wrythiosley , and Rector of Chedsey in Somersetshire , on the deprivation also of Mr. Nich. Mason . All that I have seen of his labours , are only these following . Oratio coram patribus & clero habita , &c. in Oct. 1553. Lond. 1553. in tw . Disputation with Archb. Cranmer and B. Latymer at Oxon — part of which you may see in the Book of Acts and Mon. by Joh. Fox , under the Year 1554. When this learned Person and celebrated Preacher died , unless in Fifteen hundred fifty and seven , year 1557 I know not , not any thing else , only an Epigram written upon him by a Poet * of his time and acquaintance , which shall serve for his Epitaph . Cum pia vita siet , pia cum doceasque popellum , Jure videre mihi nomine , reque pius . In his Archdeaconry succeeded Tho. Whyte LL. D. of New Coll. 24. Sept. 1557 , but who in his Deanery , I cannot justly tell . WILLIAM PERYN of the same Family , as I conceive , with those of Brockton in Shropshire , who * are descended from a gentile Family of that name in Derbyshire , did spend some time , when he was young , among the Brethren of the Order of St. Dominick , commonly called Black Fryers in their Coll. at Oxon , of which Order he was a most zealous member . Afterwards retiring to the House of that Order in London , lived there , and became a violent Preacher against such that were called Hereticks , especially about the time when K. Hen. 8. renounced the Popes power in England ; for which his zeal , he was forced to leave the Nation for some Years . In the beginning of 1543 , he supplicated to be admitted to the reading of the Sentences ; whose desire being granted , as it seems , he was about that time admitted Bach. of Divinity . In the Reign of Ed. 6. he either absconded , or retired beyond the Seas , but when Qu. Mary came to rule the Scepter , he appeared openly , was then ( if not happily before ) made Prior of the Black Fryers of Great St. Barthelmew in Smithfield so I find it mention'd , where he lived in great repute during her Reign . He hath written and published , Three godly and most learned Sermons of the most honorable and blessed Sacrament of the Altar , Preached in the Hospital of S. Anthony in London , on Hoc est corpus meum , &c. Lond. 1546. 48. oct . dedic . to his special good Lord and Master Edm. Bonner B. of London . Spiritual exercises and Goostly meditations , and a near way to come to perfection and life contemplative , &c. Lond. 1557 , and at Caen in Normandie 1598. oct . dedicated by the Author to the devout and religious Sisters Catherine Palmer of the Order of St. Briget in Dermount , and to Dorothy Clement of the Order of St. Clare in Lovayne . He published also a Book in defence , and for the frequent celebrating , of the Mass ; but that I have not yet seen . At length when Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown ( at which time he is said to be living ) he was put to more trouble , and not unlikely did retire beyond the Sea again . ROBERT RECORD received his first breath among the Cambrians , but in what County I cannot in all my searches find , notwithstanding he was descended from a gentile Family . About 1525 , he first saluted the Oxonian Muses , and in 1531 , he was elected Fellow of Allsouls Col. being then Bach. of Arts , but whether he took the Magisterial Degree in that faculty , the publick Registers shew not . Sure I am that making Physick his Profession , he went to Cambridge , where he was honored with the Degree of Doctor in that faculty , an . 1545. and honored of all that knew him for his great knowledge in several Arts and Sciences . 'T is said that while he was of Allsouls Coll. and afterwards when he retired from Cambr. to this University , he publickly taught Arithmetick , and the grounds of Mathematicks , with the art of true accompting . All which he rendred so clear and obvious to capacities , that none ever did the like before him in the memory of Man. The truth is , he was endowed with rare knowledge in Arithmetical and Geometrical proportions touching the statute of coynage , and the standard thereof ; and for natural Philosophy , Astrology , Cosmography , &c. and other polite and unusual learning of that time , most Authors give him great commendations . He hath written , The grounds of Arts , teaching the perfect work and practice in Arithmetick in whole numbers and in fractions . — When this was first published I know not : Sure it is , that this Book coming into the hands of the famous Mathematician Dr. John Dee , he did correct and augment it . Afterwards it was augmented ( 1 ) By John Mellis a School-master . — Lond. 1590. oct . ( 2 ) By Rob Norton . ( 3 ) By Rob. Hartwell practitioner in Mathematicks in London , and ( 4 ) by R. C. &c. All which augmentations or additions were printed together at Lond. in a thick oct . an . 1623. He also published the second part of Arithmetick intituled The Whetstone of witte , containing the extraction of roots , the cossick practice , with the rules of equation and works of surde numbers . Lond. 1557. qu. &c. The path way to knowledge , containing the first Principles of Geometry , as they may be most aptly applyed unto practice , both for the use of instruments Geometrical , and Astronomical , and also for projection of platts in every kind . Lond. 1551. qu. The castle of knowledge , containing the explication of the Sphere , both celestial and material , and divers other things incident thereunto , &c. Lond. 1556. fol. and 1596. qu. The urinall of physick , of the judiciall of Urines — Repr . at Lond. 1582. &c. oct . Many other things he hath written as Baleus and Pitseus will tell you , as ( 1 ) Of the Eucharist . ( 2 ) Of auricular confession . ( 3 ) The image of a true Common-wealth . ( 4 ) Of Anatomie ; with several other , but such I have not yet seen , and therefore cannot give you the true titles , or time when they ( if ever ) were printed . All that I can say of him more , is , that he concluded his last day in the Prison called the Kings-bench ( being there I presume , detained for debt ) in the beginning of the Year Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , but where he was buried , unless in the Church or Yard of St. George in Southwark , ( wherein , I conceive the said Prison then was situated ) I know not . RICHARD CROKE , or Crocus as he writes himself , was a Londoner born , admitted Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge 4. Apr. 1506. went thence , during the time of his Scholarship , to Oxon , was a Scholar or Student in the Greek tongue under famous Will Grocyn , and other Oxford Men ; in which Language excelling , he went beyond the Seas , and became publick Reader thereof at Lipsick in Germany , being the first of all , as 't is said , that taught the Greek tongue there . Afterwards , having first spent some time in other places , he was invited home , and by recommendations made to the King of his great sufficiencies in the Greek and Latin tongue , and in Oratory , he became great in favour with him and most of the Nobility that were learned . Afterwards upon the intreaties of Jo. Fisher B. of Rochester he returned to Cambridge , where he was made Orator about 1522 , and Greek Professor next after Erasmus . So that in time , by his diligent teaching and instructing , the knowledge of the Greek tongue , or the true and genuine Greek was there , with much ado , planted . In 1524 , he commenced D. of D. at Cambridge , being then , or about that time , Tutor to the Duke of Richmond , and beneficed , if not dignified in the Church . Afterwards , he was employed by the King to go to several places in Italy , especially to the University of Padôua , to agitate about the matter of the unlawfulness of the Kings Marriage with his Brothers Widow . After his return , the University of Oxford ( as a certain * Writer tells you ) by great means and favourable friends and fair promises of large allowance , invited him thither to be their Reader . The time when he came to Oxon , was in the beginning of 1532 , in which Year K. Hen. 8. by his Charter dated 18. Jul. did convert Cardinal Wolsey's College into that of King's Coll. or that founded by King Hen. 8. In which Year he was not only incorporated D. of D. as he had stood at Cambridge , but was made the third Canon of the twelve of the said foundation , but whether he was a Reader I cannot in all my searches find . In the latter end of the same Year the new Dean Dr. Jo. Hygden died , and thereupon the Canons wrot to Tho. Cromwell Secretary of State , that he would interceed with the King that Dr. Croke might succeed him , but for what reason it was , that he was put aside , I cannot justly say . Sure I am , that Dr. Croke continued Canon of the said College , till it was about to be converted into a Cathedral , an . 1545 , and then having an yearly pension of six and twenty pounds thirteen shillings and four pence , allowed to him in recompence of his Canonry , he retired to Exeter Coll. where he lived in the condition of a Sojournour many years , and was not at all made a Canon of the Cathedral founded by K. H. 8. He hath written , Oratio de Graecarum disciplinarum laudibus . Dedicated to Nicholas Bishop of Ely by an Epist . before it dated cal . Jul. 1519. 'T is Printed in qu. but where , or when , I cannot tell . Oratio qua Cantabrigienses est hortatus , ne Graecarum literarum desertores essent . Printed with the former oration . Before , and at the end of the said two Orations , Gilb. Ducher hath an Epistle in praise of Croke and his learning . Introductiones ad linguam Graecam . Elementa Gram. Graecae . De verborum c●●structione , besides translations made from Greek into Latin from Theod. Gaza and Elysius Calentinus . As for those things he wrot against Leland while he continued in Oxon as a certain Author tells us , are no more , as I suppose , than scoffs in Verse , or repartees made on him for changing his Religion , and thereupon dyed distracted , whereas Dr. Croke made no change , as 't is said , but dyed in that Faith , which he in the beginning had received , year 1558 in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight . A Copy of his last Will and Testament † which I have seen , dated 21 , Aug. and proved 29. of the same Month , an . 1558. I find that he was Parson of Long Buckby in Northamptonshire , but cannot find the Church or Yard wherein he would have his body to be buried , only that he died in London , leaving behind him a Brother named Rob. Croke of Water-Horton in Warwickshire . JOHN ROBYNS a Staffordshire Man born , became a Student in this University , an . 1516 , or thereabouts , was elected Fellow of Allsouls Coll. 1520. and afterwards took the Degrees in Arts and holy Orders . But such was his vigorous genie , that by the force thereof being conducted to the pleasant studies of Mathematicks and Astrology , he made so great a progress in them , that he became the ablest Person in his time for those studies , not excepted his friend Record , whose learning was more general . At length taking the Degree of Bach. of Divinity in 1531 , he was the Year following made by K. Hen. 8. ( to whom he was Chaplain ) one of the Canons of his College in Oxon , and in Decemb. 1543 Canon of Windsore , ( upon the death of Dr. Rich. Rawson , who was also Archdeacon of Essex ) and in fine Chaplain to Qu. Mary , who had him in great veneration for his learning . Among several things that he hath written relating to Astrology , I find these following . De culminatione fixarum stellarum , &c. De ortu & occasu stellarum fixarum , &c. Annotationes Astrologicae , &c. lib. 3. Annotationes de Edwardo VI. Tractatus de prognosticatione per Ecclipsin . All which Books , that are in MS. were sometimes in the choice Library of Mr. Tho. Allen of Glocester Hall. After his death , they coming into the hands of Sir Ken. Digby , were by him given to the Bodleian Library , where they yet remain . 'T is said also , that he the said Robyns hath written a Book intit . De portentosis cometis , but such a thing I have not yet seen , nor do I know any thing else of the Author , only that paying his last debt to nature 25. Aug. in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , year 1558 was buried in the Chappel of St. George at Windsore . Over his Grave was soon after a Marble-stone laid , with a large inscription thereon , part of which you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 178. b. WILLIAM STAUNFORD Son of Will. Staunford of London Mercer , * ( by Margaret his Wife , Daugh. and Heir of — Gedney of London ) Son of Rob. Staunford of Rowley in Staffordshire , was born in the County of Middlesex 22. Aug. 1509. ( 1. Hen. 8. ) received so much literature among the Oxonians that enabled him sooner than another Person to conquer the rudiments of the municipal Law in Greys-Inn near London . In the 36. of Hen. 8. he was elected Autumn Reader of that House , but did not read because of the pestilence then in those parts , yet in the Lent following he did perform that office with great credit and honor . In the 5. Ed. 6. he was Double-Reader of that Inn in the time of Lent , and the next Year was called by writ to be Serjeant at Law. In 1553 , ( 1 o Mariae ) he was made the Queens Serjeant , and the next Year was not only constituted one of the Justices of the Common-pleas ( some say of the Common-bench ) but also dubb'd a Knight , being then in high esteem for his great abilities in his profession , especially for the Books that he about that time composed , taken then , especially in after Ages , into the hands of the most learned in the Law , which have ever since made him famous among them and others . The titles are , Pleas of the Crown , divided into several titles and common places . Lond. 1557. qu. &c. In some impressions , they are divided into two Volumes . Exposition of the King's Prerogative , collected out of the abridgment of Anth. Fitzherbert , and other old Writers of the Laws of England . Lond. 1567. 68. &c. qu. Besides other Books which have not been yet Printed . This noted Lawyer , who was a zealous R. Cath. departed this mortal life on the 28. year 1558 Aug. in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight . Whereupon his body was buried in the Church of Hadley in Middlesex . I have seen a Copy of his a Will , wherein the stiles himself one of the Justices of the Common-pleas under the King and Queen , and desires that his Body may be buried in the Parish Church of Islyngdon , Hadley or Houndsworth . His posterity remaineth in Staffordshire , Warwickshire , and elsewhere , to this day . ROBERT TALBOT was very much esteemed in his time , and after , for his singular knowledge in the antiquities of England , and for his care in preserving and collecting antient Books and Monuments decayed by time . His cronie John Leland is full b of his praises ; and not a little are Joh. c Baleus , Joh. d Cajus , Abr. e Ortelius , Camden and others ; the last of which stiles f him Vir antiquitatis bene peritus , & in hac Angliae parte ( meaning in the Iceni , i. e. Norfolk , Suffolk , &c. ) versatissimus . He the said Talbot was born at Thorpe in Northamptonshire , but whether at Thorpe Mandevil or Thorpe Longa. I know not , and seems to be of the same Family with the Talbots of Grafton . He was educated in Grammaticals in Wykeham's School near to Winchester , in Logicals and Philosophicals in New Coll. of which he became Fellow ( after he had served two Years of probation ) an . 1523. and left it 5 Years after , being then only Bach. of Arts , supplicated for the Degree of Master 1529 , but not admitted , as I can find in the Register of that time . However , that he was written Master and Doctor afterwards , it doth manifestly appear in various writings , so that I presume he took those Degrees elsewhere . On the 23. Jun. 1541 he was admitted to a Prebendship in the Church of Wells , called Wedmer secunda , and on the 9. Apr. 1. Ed. 6. Dom. 1547. the Dean and Chapter of Norwych did by their Letters Pat. confer a Prebendship , or office of Treasurer of their Church on him , void by the death of one Will. Herydans . On the 27. Aug. 5. and 6. of Phil. and Mary , Dom. 1558. he gave to John Harpesfeild Dean , and to the said Chapter of the Cath. of Norwych three Acres of Land in Lakenham , and soon after died , as I shall tell you afterwards . But that which is chiefly to be noted is , that during his abode at Norwych , he wrot a Book thus intit . Roberti Talboti Annotationes in eam partem Itinerarii Antonini quae ad Britanniam pertinent . The beginning of which is , Itinera hic sunt in Britanniâ numero xv . &c. It endeth at the word Luguvallo , at the end of the fifth Itinerary , and goeth no farther . Which Book the learned Camden in his Britannia , and Will. Burton in his Commentary on Antoninus his Itinerary , and others , did much use . It is not Printed , but remains in MS. in obscure places : And for ought I know there are but three Copies of it in being , viz. one in the Library of Bennet Coll. in Cambridge , another in that of Sir Joh. Cotton at Westminster ( which , if I mistake not , did sometimes belong to Mr. Tho. Allen of Glouc. Hall , got out of his hands by Rich. James of C. C. C. for the said Library ) and a third in Bodlyes Vatican . Our Author Talbot hath also written a Book called , Aurum ex stercore , vel de Aenigmaticis & propheticis . MS collected from old Books of verses and rimes , that have been long since lost . The beginning of which is , Certe non est rarum , &c. In this Book are verses called Magistrates , every one of which was worth an ordinary Groat . Mr. Allen before mention'd , had a Copy of , valued , it much and would often repeat verses thence at times of refection , but where that Copy is now , I know not . Sure I am , that one written in qu. in the archives of C. C. C. bound with the observations from humanity Authors made by John Twyne , was given thereunto by Brian his Grandson . Our Author Talbot hath also made choice Collections De Chartis quibusdam Regum Britannorum . MS. in the Library of Bennet Coll. in Cambridge . What else he hath written I know not , nor any thing more of him , only that he took his last farewell of this World a little after the 27. year 1558 Aug. in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , and was buried in the Cathedral Church there , as I have been instructed from the researches of Mr. ( afterwards Dr. ) Hump. Prideaux Prebendary of that Church , made from several Registers and Charters belonging thereunto . By Rob. Talbot's g Will dated 20. Aug. 1558 , which is almost three Months before Qu. Mary died , he left the best and rerest of his MSS. to New Coll. in Oxon. Which MSS. did then lye at Thorpe and Cranesley ; and maintenance also for an Anniversary to be kept at Thorpe for himself , Father , Mother , his Brother John , and for his Unkle Sir Rich. Whitryns . Which Anniversary was to be performed for the present by Sir Christopher his Priest at Thorpe before-mention'd . But this last , I presume , was never performed . The Reader is to know , now I am got into the name of Talbot , that after Rob. Talbots time lived one Tho. Talbot commonly called Limping Talbot , from a lameness in one of his legs , Son of John Talbot of Salebury in Lancashire Esq ; ( who died 30. Aug. 1551. ) which Thomas heing promoted to the Clerkship of the Records in the Tower of London , did at length , by the help of a good memory , become a most excellent Genealogist , and a Man of singular skill in our antiquities . Camden in his Britannia h doth acknowledg his help in the succession of the Earls of each County since the Norman conquest , and Tho. Abingdon the sometimes Antiquary of Worcestershire , in his MS. History of the Bishops of Worcester saith thus of him , — But these first ( meaning the first Bishops of Worcester ) I had out of the Collections of an excellent Antiquary Mr. Thomas Talbot , who gathered the same out of a Leiger of the Priory of Worcester , which I think is now perished . He left choice Collections behind him , some of which coming into the hands of Sir Rob. Cotton , he put them into his i Library as choice Monuments , and being bound in one Volume in fol are thus intit . by a k late hand . Analecta quamplurima diversi generis , viz. ex quibusdam chronicis , cartis , aliisque autenticis registris . Epitaphia , Gencalogiae & alia ad rem historicam spectantia , besides several Collections of Antiquities in Yorkshire . I have seen also in the Sheldonian l Library , now reposed in the Heralds Office , divers of his Collections , viz. among them is a thin fol. intit . Escaetorum inquisitiones de tempore Reg. Ed. 4. &c. Now whether this Tho. Talbot , who was living , an . 1580 , and for ought that I know , was living ten Years after , was of kin to Robert before-mentioned , I know not , nor can I safely believe that he is the same Thomas Talbot , who was admitted Bach. of Arts of Oxon. in July 1533. I find another Tho. Talbot to have been born in the said County of Lancaster , and entred into the Society of Jesus an . 1598. aged 26. who , after he had wrot several Books , died in 1652 , but this Person was not , as I can yet learn , originally bred among us . HENRY Lord STAFFORD the only Son of Edward Duke of Bucks . ( attained , and executed for treason in 1521. ) was one of the most accomplished Persons of his time , and tho not the inheritor of his Fathers honours , yet he was a Man of great virtue , learning , and piety . In his younger years he received his education in both the Universities , especially in that of Cambridge , to which his Father had been a benefactor ; where by the care of good Tutors he attained to a considerable knowledge in the Latin tongue ; and in that language he wrot several things , as 't is said , as well in verse as prose , but such I have not yet seen . He translated into English a Book intit . De vera differentia regiae potestatis & ecclesiasticae , & quae sit ipsa veritas ac virtus utriusque &c. Written by Edward Fox Bishop of Hereford . This translation was printed in oct . but when , it appears not in the Book . He also translated Erasmus his Two Epistles , wherein is declared the brainsick headiness of the Lutherans , &c. Lond. 1553. oct . and other things which I have not yet seen . This noble Lord gave way to fate * in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , but where buried I cannot yet tell , nor in what County born , unless in Staffordshire , wherein he was possessor of many Lands . ROBERT BROKE or Brook Son of Thom. Broke of Claverley in Shropshire , year 5121 by Margaret his Wife , Daughter of Hugh Grosvenor of Farmot in the said County , was born , as I conceive , at Claverley , laid a foundation of Literature at Oxon ; which was a great advantage to him when he studied the municipal Laws in the Middle Temple , where he became the compleatest Lawyer of his time . In 1542 , he was elected Autumn or Summer Reader of that House , and in the latter end of the Year ( in Lent ) 1550 , he was elected Double-Reader . In 1552 , he was by writ called to be Serjeant at Law , and in 1553 , being the first Year of Qu. Mary , he was made Lord Chief Justice of the Common pleas ( and not of the Common-bench as some say ) and about that time received the honor of Knighthood from that Queen : In whose Reign , and after , he was held in high value for his profound knowledge in the Law , and for his just and upright dealing in all matters relating to the profession thereof . He hath written , An abridgment , containing an abstract of the Year — Bookes till the time of Qu. Marie . Lond. 1573. fol. 76 , 86 , &c. qu. Certain cases adjudged in the time of K. Hen. 8. Ed. 6. and Qu. Marie , from 6. Hen. 8. to the 4. of Qu. Marie - Lond. 1578. 1604. 25. &c. in oct . The original title of this Book is in French Ascuns novel cases , &c. Reading on the Statute of limitations 32. H. 8. c. 2. Lond. 1647. oct . Printed I think before that time . This Sir Rob. Broke , who was a zealous Cathol . died , as it seems , in Aug. or Sept. year 1558 in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , but where buried I cannot yet tell . In his Will m proved . 12. Oct. the same Year , he several times remembers the Church and Poor of Putney near London . I find another of both his names , who is written Esquire , Serjeant at Law and Recorder of London , under whose name was published , Reading upon the statute of Magna Charta , chap. 16. Lond. 1641. qu. before which time the Author was dead . Whether the same with Rob. Brook of Brasenose , who was admitted Master of Arts 1584. I think not . As for Sir Rob. Broke the Judge , he obtained a fair estate by his endeavours , which he left to his posterity , remaining at Madeley in Shropshire , and at one or two places in Suffolk . PAUL BUSH was born of honest and sufficient Parents , became a Student in this University about the Year 1513 , and five years after took the Degree of Bach. of Arts , being then numbred among the celebrated Poets of the University . Afterwards he applied his mind to the supreme faculty , entred into the Order of the Bonhom's , studied among the Fryers of the Order of St. Austin ( now Wadham Coll. ) in the North suburb of Oxon , and at length became Provincial of his Order , that is of Bonhoms . This Person being noted in his time for his great learning in Divinity and Physicks , was by K. Hen. 8. made the first Bishop of Bristow , after he had placed an Episcopal See there , an . 1542 , and by the name and title of Paulus Bush capellan●s Regis & S. Theologiae Bacalaureus had restitution s made to him of the Temporalities belonging to that See , 16. June in the same Year . But he taking to him a Wife ( whom one t calls a Concubine ) in the days of K. Ed. 6. was depriv'd of his Bishoprick by Qu. Mary , an . 1553 , whereupon he spent the remaining part of his days at Bristow . He hath written several things in Divinity and Medicine , as well in verse as prose , of which number these are some . An exhortation to Margaret Burges , Wife to Jo. Burges Clothier of Kingswood in the County of Wilts . Lond. temp . Ed. 6. in oct . Notes on the Psalm , beginning with Miserere mei Deus , &c. Treatise in praise of the Cross . Dialogues between Christ and the Virgin Mary . Treatise of salves and curing remedies , — besides Poems of divers kinds , which I have not yet seen . At length taking his last farewell of this World on the eleventh of Octob. year 1558 in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , aged 68 years , was buried on the North side of the choire ( near to the entrance leading into the North Isle ) of the Cath. Church at Bristow . Over his grave was soon after erected a low altar tomb , and on it was fastned his statue in his Episcopal Robes lying on his back . On the 4 corners of the Tomb , were erected four small Pillars , bearing a Canopy ; about which is this written . Hic jacet D. Paulus Bush primus hujus Ecclesiae Episcopus , qui obut undec . die Octob. an . Dom. 1558. aetatisque suae 68 cujus animae propitietur Christus . About the tomb , beneath the statue , are certain verses engraven on three sides thereof , ( the fourth joyning to the Wall ) some of which follow . Agnus qui primam nostrum sua tempora miram Indueret , jacet hic Bristoliense decus . A patre Bush dictus , Paulum baptisma vocavit , Virtus implevit nomen uterque Pari. Paulus , &c. Ille animos verbis , impensos pavit egenos , Hinc fructum arbusto portulit ille suo . Ut madidos , arbusta tegunt , sic foedere rupto Inter discordes pacificator erat . This Monument was erected near to the stone , under which his sometimes Wife called Edyth Ashley was buried , who died 8. Oct. 1553. ROBERT WARDE , a native of the Dioc. of Durham , was elected Probationer-Fellow of Merton College in 1536 , he being then Masters standing or more , and three years after proceeded in Arts. About that time he became a shagling Lecturer in Philosophy before the University in the publick Schools , a profound Disputant in Philosophical matters , and homo semper nimium Metaphysicus , as one o doth deservedly stile him . He was the chief man that disputed with Bishop Rydley in the Divinity School , an . 1554. as I have elsewhere told * you . And Joh. Fox who hath a full relation p of the said disputation , saith of this our Author thus . Mr. Ward amplified so largely his words , and so high he climed into the Heavens with Duns his Ladder , and not with the Scriptures , that it is to be marvelled how he could come down again without falling , &c. But what Fox hath ironically said concerning this matter , is fully answered by one q of Wards perswasion . As for the works that this our Author hath written , I never saw any , and therefore cannot give you the titles , only say with our old , and later , Catalogue or Register of Fellows of Merton Coll. that he wrot , Dialectica & Philosophica quaedam , &c. — Joh. Fo● before-mention'd hath published , His disputation with B. Nich. Rydley in the Divinity-School at Oxon. — Which you may see in the Book of Acts and Mon. of the Church , under the Year 1554. A little before Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown , Mr. Warde ( who seems to have been then Bach. of Div. ) travelled to Rome , where paying his last debt to nature on the 14. Oct. in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , year 1558 was there buried ; but in what Church or Chappel I know not . Whereupon the report of it coming to Oxon his exequies were celebrated r by the Society of Merton College 17. Novemb. following , according to our accompt . Of the same Family ( tho remote ) was Will. Warde , alias Walker , alias Slaughter , Son of Mr. Rob. Warde of the County of Cumberland , who having spent 7 years in studying the Arts in Brasnose Coll. travelled into Spayne with one Mr. Dutton a R. Cath. and there became one of his opinion . Afterwards he returned into England to settle his concerns , went beyond Sea again , and upon a Commission received , he returned into his own Country a second time to convert Persons to his profession ; but being taken after he had been a Priest 24 years , was imprison'd in Newgate . Soon after being tried for his life , he was executed at Tybourne on Munday 26. July 1641. JOHN HOLYMAN , a most stout Champion of his time in his Preachings and Writings against the Lutherans , was born at Codyngton near to Hadenham in Buckinghamshire , educated in Wykeham's School near Winchester , made perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1512 , took a Degree in the Canon Law , afterwards that of M. of A. left the Coll. about 1526. being then Bach. of Divinity and beneficed . But being desirous of the conversation of learned Men and Books , entred † himself in the condition of a Sojournour in Exeter Coll. where he continued for some time . At length he became a Monk of St. Maries Abbey at Reading in Berks , and in 1530 proceeded in Divinity , at which time Hugh Abbat of the said Monastery , wrot to the University in ‡ Epistle , wherein our Author is thus charactarized — Dominus Holymannus , non vitâ minus quàm eruditione Theologus insignis , Londini nuper è suggesto Paulino cencionatus est : tam frequenti hominum conventu , tantâ admiratione , tam magnâ apud omnes gratiâ , ut jamdudum nemo , qui christum sincerè praedicat , majorem ab illo populo , vel laudem vel amorem consequutus est , &c. The said Epistle was written , as I have * elsewhere told you , in the Year 1530. to the end that the University would be pleased to dispense with him from Preaching at Oxon for the Degree of D. of Divinity , and that instead thereof he might Preach at London , upon pretence that the City was much polluted with Luther's Doctrine . In 1535 , he was ejected from his Abbey , because of the dissolution thereof for a profane use , and lived afterwards partly at Hanborough near to Woodstock in Oxfordshire ( of which place he seems to have been Rector ) and partly in Exeter Coll. in 1554 , he was promoted to the See of Bristow , upon the deprivation of Paul Bush the first Bishop thereof ; the Temporalities of which See being given ‖ to him 28. Nov. the same Year , sate there to the time of his death in good repute . He hath written , Tract . contra doctrinam M. Lutheri . Defensio matrimonii Reginae Catherinae cum Rege Henrico octavo , lib. 1. with other things which I have not yet seen . This Person who was a most zealous Catholick , gave way to fate either in , or near to , Oxon , much about the time , when his Predicessor P. Bush died , and was according to his will , as I presume , buried in the Chancel of the Church of Hanborough before-mentioned , in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight . year 1558 Mr. Alexand. Belsire sometimes Fellow of New College , afterwards the first President of that of St. John Bapt. who was his great Friend and Overseer of his last Will , was buried near to him , in 1567 , being , while living , seldom from him . The said Bishop Holyman in his last a Will and Testament dated 4 June 1558 , and proved 16. Feb. following , did give to the College near to Winchester the works of St. Augustine , St. Jerome , St. Cyprian , St. Cecill , Tertullian , Ireneus , &c. Which afterwards were chained in the Library there . RICHARD TURNER , a Staffordshire Man born , was educated in Magd. College ; of which house he became afterwards Fellow , and esteemed in the University , especially by the reformed party , a right godly and learned Man , and a good Preacher . Afterwards he belonged to the Church at Windsore , where he helped Jo. Merbeck in making the Concordance of the Bible . But when Qu. Mary came to the Crown he fled beyond Seas , and setling at Basil in Germany , was a frequent Preacher among the English exiles , for whose sake he composed , An Exposition on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians . Hebrews . Expos . on the Gen. Epist . of St. James . — These expositions which were read at Basil , were fit for the Press in 1558 , but whether they were ever afterwards Printed ; I know not . In the said Year , Baleus tells b us , that he was living at Basil , and Joh. Fox doth further c inform us that he died in Exile . So I presume , that he concluded his last day between the beginning of Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , year 1558 and the Month of Novemb. the same year ; in which Month Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown of England , and soon after the exiles return'd to their Country . REYNOLD POLE whose piety , learning , and integrity of life did make him more illustrious than the splendor of his royal blood , was a younger Son of Sir Ric. Pole Knight of the Garter ( Cosin german to K. Hen. 7. ) by Margaret his Wife , Daughter of George Duke of Clarence , younger Brother to K. Ed. 4. The birth of this most noble Person , was , as a learned u Author reports , at Stoverton Castle in Staffordshire , or as another w who was a Forreigner tells us , ( but false , as I presume ) at London in the Month of March 1500. His education in Grammatical learning was partly in the Carmes House ( commonly called White Friers ) in the North suburb of Oxon , and his Academical in the Coll. of St. Mary Magdalen , where continuing for some time , he was admitted to the reading of any of the Logical Books of Aristotle , that is to the Degree of Bach. of Arts , an . 1515. In which year he supplicated the venerable Congregation of Regents , that he might wear panni pretiosi and pellurae pretiosae , and be admitted to enter into the Library . How long he tarried in that Coll. after he had taken his Degree , or whether he took the Degree of Master of Arts , or a Degree in any other faculty , it appears not in our Registers . In the Year 1517. March 19. he was made Prebendary of Roscombe in the Church of Salisbury , in 1519. Apr. 10. Preb. of Yatminster secunda in the said Church , and on the 14 of Feb. 1523 , he was admitted Fellow of Corp. Chr. College by command from the founder : Which place , I presume , he never enjoyed , being then absent , if not happily Dean of Winbourne Minster in Dorsetshire , from whence he was promoted to be Dean of Exeter . Afterwards , his life being chiefly spent in Italy , he became by the favour of the Pope , Cardinal of St. Nereus and Achilleus , afterwards of St. Mary in Cosmedin , and at length of St. Prisca , was employed also by him in several Embassies to the French King , and to the Emperor , and lastly after the said Popes death ( Paul 3. ) he was in the Conclave of Cardinals chose twice by them to succeed him , an . 1549. But he , upon some account , refusing both the elections , craved license to depart unto a certain Monastery in the Territory of Verona , there to spend the remainder of his days . To which place afterwards retiring , he exercis'd himself for some years , in great devotion and retiredness . At length the news of K. Edw. death being brought of him , and that Qu. Mary had obtained the Crown , he procured of P. Julius 3. license to be sent his Legat into England , to reconcile that Nation to the Romish See , and the rather for this cause , that being x not in holy orders , ( tho a Cardinal ) he might be in a capacity ( being one of the three that were named ) to marry the Queen . Soon after coming into England ( the Queen being then married ) he was elected Chancellour of this University , and was made Archb. of Canterbury in the place of Cranmer ; to which he was consecrated 22. March 1555. ( being about that time y invested with the Temporalities of that See ) and kept it to his dying day . He was a Person of great learning , eloquence and judgment , of singular piety , charity , and exemplary life , as several Writers tell us , who add also , that he was an excellent Canonist , and well read in the Laws of ecclesiastical polity , as may partly be seen in the Books written by him , which are these . Pro unitate ecclesiastica , ad Hen. 8. Rom. in fol. Oratio ad Imperatorem , contra Evangelicos , cum Scholiis Athanasii . Print . 1554. in qu. Oration of Speech in the Parliament House , 27. Nov. 1554. — The contents of which you may see in John Fox his Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. under that year . Letter to P. Julius 3. touching the restoring of the Realm of England — dated on the last of Nov. 1554. See there again under the same year . Unitatis Ecclesiasticae defensio , &c. lib. 4. Argent . 1555. fol. Ingolst . 1587. oct . Oratio in materia de pace . Ven. 1558. qu. Reformatio Angliae ex decretis Reg. poli , an . 1556. Rom. 1562. qu. Lov. 1569. oct . De concilio , lib. 1. Rom. 1562. qu. Lov. 1567. fol. & 69. oct . &c. This is printed in Canones & Decreta concilii Tridentini , published by Philip Labbe — Par. 1667. fol. De Baptismo Constantini Imperatoris . Printed with the former Book . De summi pontificis officio & potestate . Lov. 1569. oct . A Treatise of Justification . Lov. 1569. qu. in two Books . This was found among the Writings of Card. Pole , remaining in the custody of Mr. Hen. Pyning , Chamberlain and receiver general to the said Cardinal , then lately deceased at Lovaine . With it were Printed and bound certain translations touching the said matter of justification , viz. ( 1 ) The sixth Session of the generall Councel of Trent , which is of justification , with the Canons of the same Session . ( 2 ) A Treatise of St. Augustin that famous Doctor , by him intit . Of faith and works , &c. — Which translations were made by the Cardinal , who sate several times in the said Council . ( 3 ) A Sermon of St. Chrysostome , of praying unto God. ( 4 ) A Serm. of St. Basil of Fasting . ( 5 ) Certain Sermons of St. Leo the great , of the same argument . ( 6 ) A notable Sermon of St. Cyprian of Almesdeeds . He also ( Card. Pole ) had been several years gathering and obtaining from divers learned Persons , the various readings , emendations , castigations , &c. of Cicero's works , with intentions to have published a compleat Copy of them , but death seizing on him unexpectedly , that good work was stopp'd , and what are become of the papers of corrections , I know not . This great Person who was in an high manner venerated by all Men ( tho extremely hated by K. Hen. 8. ) yielded to nature 18. Nov. early in the morning , ( being the very next day that Qu. Mary died ) in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , aged 58. years : Whereupon his body being carried to Canterbury in the latter end of Decemb. year 1558 following , was buried with solemnity in the Cathedral there , within the Chappel of St. Thomas the Martyr , being , as yet ( 1689. ) the last Archb. of that See that hath been there buried . See more of him in his life written in the Italian tongue by Ludov. Bacatellus sometimes Domestick to this great Cardinal , and afterwards advanced to the Archbishoprick of Rhaguse for his rare piety and learning ; translated into Latin by Andr. Duditius S●ordellatus Episc . Tininiensis — Ven. 1563. qu. Who afterwards left his Religion and became a Protestant and Socinian . HUGH WESTON was a Leycestershire Man born , entred a Student in Balliol Coll. about 1526 , took the Degree of Bach. of Arts 1530 , about which time being chose Fellow of Lincoln Coll. ( I mean into one of those Fellowships founded by Edw. Darby ) he proceeded in his Faculty , studied Physick , and was afterwards one of the Proctors of the University . In 1538 , he was elected Rector of the said College , was admitted the year after to the reading of the sentences , and in 1540. he proceeded in Divinity . About which time he was made Margaret Professor , Archdeacon of Colchester , and Rector of Cliff in Kent . In the first of Qu. Mary he had the Deanery of Westminster bestowed on him , in the place of Dr. Ric. Coxe , was made prolecutor of the convocation of the whole Clergy of the Diocess of Canterbury ; where in speaking and acting he behaved himself with great commendation . The same year being forced to leave the said Deanery to make room for Dr. Joh. Fekenham the former Abbat of Westminster and the Monks , had that of Wind●ore bestowed upon him , an . 1556. But being taken in adultery ( as some say ) was deprived of the said Deanery by Card. Pole Archb. of Canterbury , in 1557. Whereupon looking on himself as much abused , did appeal to an higher Power . So that being about to take a journey to Rome to complain to his holiness , was seized , and clapt up Prisoner within the Tower of London , where as I conceive he died . Jo. Leland a gives him the character of a noted Preacher and Orator of his time , and seems to intimate that he had written several Books . Jo. Bale , who speaks well of few Men , saith b that he had been sore bytten with a Winchester gose , and was not as yet ( 1554 ) healed thereof : And tells us of his old familiar Mary Huckvale of Oxford and of his provider Goodwife Person , and Chrystian Thompson the Widow , and I know not what . Another c equal with Bale in scurrilities , saith that Hugh Weston is a drunken burnt tail man , a baudy beast , a leacherous locust , a companion with curtezans of Coleman hedge — more meet to be coupled with his old play-fellow and pack-borse Goodwife Hugfaile at Oxon , at the tayle of a Cart , than to be reverenced and reputed a Mayden Preist in good Queen Maries Court. But to let pass this brutish language , more fit to be spoken at Billingsgate than by a Person that made Divinity his delight , I must tell you that there goes under this Dr. Weston's name , Oratio coram patribus & clero habita 16. Oct. 1553. The beginning of which is Cum Demosthenes totius Graeciae lumen , &c. Lond. 1553. oct . Disputations with Cranmer , Ridley and Latimer in the Divnity School at Oxon. an . 1554. — At which time he was Moderator in the disputations of several Doctors had with them , as you may see at large in Joh. Fox his Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. wherein are also several conferences , and discourses of the said H. Weston had with other Persons . At length he giving way to fate within the Tower of London , ( as it seems ) in the Month of Decemb. year 1558 in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , was buried before the image of the Crucifix , in the middle of the Church belonging to the Hospital of the Savoy , situated in the Strand near to London . In his will dat . 26. Nov. 1558 , made within the Tower of London , he bestowed most of his wealth on pious and publick uses , took a great deal of care about the ceremoney to be performed at his burial , and for the praying for his Soul by several Persons in several places , as moneys for a Dirige and Mass to be performed ( 1 ) By the Master and Fellows of Balliol Coll. ( 2 ) By the Rector and Fellows of Lincoln Coll. ( 3 ) By the Chapl. or Priest of the University of Oxon. ( 4 ) By the Priest at Islip near Oxon. of which perhaps he had been Rector ( 5 ) By the Priest of Burton Novery in Leycestershire , at which place ( if I mistake not ) he had received his first breath , because his Brethren lived there , &c. with many other things therein , which not only shew'd him to be a zealous Catholick , but also a Person of a publick spirit . WILLIAM FORREST was related to John Forrest before-mentioned , but where born , I cannot justly say , spent several years in study among the Oxonians , and was there a Student , when the question was discussed among the Doctors and Masters concerning the divorce of King Hen. 8. from his Royal Consort Qu. Catherine in 1530 , as in the life of the said Queen ( which I shall anon mention ) appeareth . He was a Priest , and had preferment in the Church , was well skill'd in Musick and Poetry , had a collection of the choicest compositions in Musick that were then in use : Which coming after his death into the hands of Dr. Heather founder of the Musical Praxis in this University , he gave them to the publick School thereof , where they yet continue , and are kept only as matters of antiquity . Among them are the compositions of Joh. Taverner of Boston , sometimes Organist of Cardinal Coll. in Oxon ; of Joh. Merbeck Org. of Windsore , Rob. Fairfax a Doctor of Musick of Cambridge , Dr. Christ . Tye , Joh. Sheppard , John Norman , &c. All the Books that our Author Forrest hath composed ( which have as yet come to my view ) were written in English Poetry , such as was commonly used in the Reigns of Hen. 8. and Ed. 6. The titles of which follow . A true and most notable History of a right noble and famous Lady , produced in Spayne , entituled the second Gresield , practised not long out of this tyme , in much part tragedous , as delectable both to hearers and readers — This is a MS. containing the life of Queen Catherine , the first Wife of K. Hen. 8. and is by the Author dedicated to Qu. Mary , he being then Chaplain to her . T is a broad thin Folio , written very fairly on Vellam , and seems to be the very same ( it being now my proper Book ) that the Author presented to the said Queen . There be many things in it , that are very zealously written against the Hereticks of those times , as he calls them , which plainly shews him to be entirely devoted to the Church of Rome . And tho there be no great streins in it , yet the historical part of it is good , ( if not too much partiality therein ) and I have discovered from the said Book , many things relating to the Affairs of Oxon , acted during the time of the said divorce , which I could never see elsewhere . The beginning of the prologue to Qu. Mary is this , As nature hath no inclination , &c. and of the work it self , Wryters have many endeavoured their pains , &c. Throughout the whole History , the Author makes use of the name of Grysild the second for Qu. Catherine , and the name of Walter for K. Hen. 8. At the end of it ( contained in 20 Chapters ) is this written , Here endethe the Historye of Grysilde the seconde , dulie meanyng Qu. Catharine , Mother to our most dread Soveraigne Lady Qu. Mary , fynysched the 25. day of June , the Yeare of owre Lorde . 1558. by the symple and unlearned Syr Wyllyam Forrest Preeiste , propria manus . — At the end of the said Historie , is written in verse also , An Oration consolatory to Queen Mary — 'T is contained in six leaves , and hath this beginning , Among much inward profound perpending , &c. This Book richly bound in laced Sattin , hath on every brass boss at each corner , this sentence embossed in an English Character , Ave Maria , Gratia plena . Our Author Forrest hath also written in old English verse , The tragedious Troubles of the most chast and innocent Joseph , Son to the holy Patriarch Jacob — MS. in two vol. in fol. dedicated to Thom. Haward Duke of Norfolk , written curiously on Vellam , and sometime in the Library of Joh. Theyer of Coopershill near to the City of Glocester , Gent. Which , with the rest of the MSS belonging to that person , coming by sale into the hands of Rob. Scot of London , Bookseller , he sold them for the use of the Kings Library at S. James . Robert Earl of Alesbury had a Copie of the said History of Joseph , but whether it was the very same that belonged to Mr. Theyer , I cannot justly say . He had also these following MSS written by the said Will. Forrest , viz. Poems upon several Occasions — MS. fol. Certain meditations and Prayers necessary of a Christian — MS. fol. in prose and verse . Treatise of Hereticks and their properties . Of faith , works , and justification . Glass of charity on the seven penitential Psalmes . Consolation against temptation . Of Pennance . Against desperation of the last judgment . A Mirrour of Christianity . That Hereticks are not to be disputed withal . Several Tracts in defence of the Articles of the Church of Rome . MS. in two vol. in fol. What other Books he hath written , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was in great esteem among the Rom. Catholicks in Fifteen hundred fifty and eight , which was part of the last Year of Queen Mary , and part of the first of Qu. Elizabeth . JOHN FEILD a Londoner born , was , as it seems , educated in this University , because I find several of both his names and of his time to have taken one degree or more therein , and one John Feild to have supplicated for a degree in Arts in the month of July 1519. Afterterwards leaving the University , he went to another , as 't is probable , and at length retiring to his native place wrote and published , Ephemeris pro an . 1557. To which is prefixed a Learned Epistle written by Dr. Jo. Dee . Fphemerides trium annorum , an . 1558 , 59. & 60 , &c. ex Erasmi Reìnholdi tabulis accuratissimè ad meridianum Civitatis Londinensis , supputatae . Lond. 1558. Octob. 28. in qu. Canon Ascensionum obliquarum cujusvis stellae non excedentis 8 gradus Latitudinis confectus . Printed with the Ephemerides . Tabula stellarum fixarum insigniorum , qua & ortus , occasus , ac utriusque caete meditationes earum ad ooulum patebant , &c. Printed with the said Ephemerides also . What else he hath published I find not , nor any thing memorable of him besides , only that he was much in renown for his learning in the Reigne of Q. Mary , and beginning of Queen Elizabeth . I find another John Field or Feld , who was a Citizen of London , a zealous Protestant and a great enemy to Sir Thomas More , John Fisher Bishop of Rochester , and John Rastal ; who having published certain matters , is numbred among the English writers by John Bale , * who tells us that he died at London , an . 1546. See another John Field under the year 1587. JOHN PLOUGH Son of Christopher Plough of the Borough of Nottingham , and Nephew to John Plough Rector of St. Peters Church in the said Town , was born there , spent several years in obtaining Academical learning in this University , supplicated in the latter end of 1543. for the degree of Bach. of the Civil-Law , but whether he was ever admitted it appears not . At that time , if I mistake not , he was Rector of the said Church , the advouson of which for one turne , his Uncle bought for him of Thomas Hobson the Prior , and Convent , of Lenton , before the year 1538 , for in that year the Uncle died . Afterwards our Author John Plough became a zealous Minister of Gods word in the time of King Edward VI. but flying beyond the Sea in Queen Maries Reigne , wrote one or more of the Books following at Basil , where he mostly resided . An Apology for the Protestants — Written in answer to a Book against the English Protestants that was pen'd and published by one Miles Hogeard of London Hosier , the first Trader of Mechanick that appeared in Print for the Catholick cause , I mean one that had not received any Monastical or Academical breeding . Beside our Author Plough , wrote against him one William Keth an Exile at Frankford in the Reigne of Queen Mary , and Robert Crowley . The said Plough also wrote , Treatise against the mitred men in the Popish Kingdom . The sound of the doleful Trumpet — When or where , either of these three was printed , I cannot tell , for I have not yet seen them . He was living at Basil in great esteem among the Exil'd Protestants in the latter end of Queen Mary , and whether he lived to return when Queen Elizabeth succeeded , I cannot yet find . GEORGE LILYE Son of William Lilye the famous Grammarian , whom I have before mention'd , was born , as I conceive , near to S. Pauls Cathedral within the City of London , educated for a time , as it seems , in Magdalen Coll. which house was seldom or never without a Lilye ( understand me not that it bears Three Lilyes for its Arms ) from the first foundation thereof to the latter end of Queen Elizabeth . After he had left the University without a degree , he travelled to Rome , where he was received with all humanity into the protection of Cardinal Pole , and became noted there for his singular parts in various sorts of Learning . Some time after his return he was made Canon of S. Pauls Cathedral , and afterwards Prebendary of Canterbury ; which last dignity , he had , I suppose , by the gift of the said Cardinal when he was Archbishop of that place . While he was Canon of S. Paul he set up a Monument to the memory of his learned Father , in the Inscription of which , this George is stiled Canon of that Church . His writings are , Anglorum Regum Chronices Epitome . Ven. 1548. Francof . 1565. qu. Bas . 1577. &c. Lancastrii & Eboracensis de regno contentiones . Regum Angliae Genealogia . Both Printed with the former Book . Elogia Virorum illustrium . Cat. sive Series Pontificum & Caesarum Romanorum , besides a Table or Mapp of Britaine , with other things which I have not yet seen . At length taking his last farewell of this world in the beginning of the year , fifteen hundred fifty and nine , year 1559 ( which was the first year of Queen Elizabeth ) was buried , as I suppose , near the body of his Father . CUTHBERT TONSTALL a singular ornament to his native Country , and a person ( notwithstanding the baseness of his birth , being begotten a by one Tonstall , upon a Daughter of the Commers , as Leland saith ) of great learning and judgment , received his first breath at Hatchford in Richmondshire , in the year 1476. or thereabouts , became a Student in the University of Oxon. about 1491 , particulary , as some b will have it , in Balliol College , and whether he took a degree , or degrees , we have no Register of that time to shew it . Afterwards , as 't is farther added , he was forc'd to leave Oxon. because of a Plague that hapned in his time , and went to Cambridge , but making no long stay there , he travelled to the University of Padoüa in Italy , then most flourishing in Literature ; where he became noted to all ingenious men for his forward and pregnant parts . After his return , being then , as it seems , Doctor of the Lawes , but not of Cambridge , he had divers dignities and places of trust confer'd upon him successively : Among which I find the Archdeaconry of Chester to be one , a Prebendship in the Church of York another , the Vicarship General to Dr. Warham Archbishop of Canterbury a third . Afterwards he was Master of the Rolles , keeper of the Privy Seal ; was employed in one or more Embasies , made Dean of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Joh. Longland , in the Month of June 1521 , and at length Bishop of London , to which See he was consecrated 19. Octob. 1522. Whereupon his Deanery was bestowed on one Reymund Pade , in January following . Two years after , he , with Sir Rich. Wingfield Knight of the Garter and Chancellour of the Duchy of Lanc. were sent Embassadors into Spayne , and in 1530. he was translated to Durham . From which See being ejected for his Religion in the time of K. Ed. 6. was restored by Queen Mary in the beginning of her Reign , but thrust out thence again in 1559. when Qu. Elizabeth was settled in her Throne . He was a Man passing well seen in all kind of more polished literature , a Person very rare and admirable , and in whom , no Man in his time did reprehend any thing , but his Religion , except foul-mouth'd Bale , who calls him d Melancholicus & Saturninus somniator atque excogitator omnium malorum , and another e as bad as he , who run's upon the same strain — a still dreaming Saturn — a plotter of Mischief , and I know not what . There was scarce any kind of good literature , in which he was not excellent . He was a very good Grecian and Ebritian , an eloquent Rhetorician , a skilful Mathematician , a noted Civilian and Canonist , and a profound Divine . But that which maketh for his greatest commendation , is , that Erasmus was his friend , and he a fast friend to Erasmus , in an Epistle to whom from Sir Thom. More , I find this character of Tonstall , that As there was no Man more adorned with knowledge and good literature , no Man more severe and of greater integrity for his life and manners ; so there was no Man a more sweet and pleasant companion , with whom a Man would rather choose to converse . He hath written and published , De arte supputandi , lib. 4. Lond. 1522. qu. dedic . to Sir Tho. More . Afterwards it was printed at several places beyond the Seas . I find honorable mention of it in the Preface of Sim. Grynaeus to Euclid in Greek , with the Scholia of Theon on it . Which Book was published by the said Grynaeus and dedicated to Tonstall . In laudem matrimonii . Oratio habita in sponsalibus Mariae filiae Hen. 8. & Francisci Francorum Regis primogeniti . Lond. 1518. qu. Sermon on Palm-Sunday before K. Hen. 8. on Philippians 2. from ver . 5. to 12. Lond. 1539. and 1633. qu. De veritate corporis & sanguinis Domini in Eucharistiâ , lib. 2. Lutet . 1554. in qu. Concerning the printing , and authenticalness of the said Book , you may see at large in Dr. George Carleton's Life of Bern. Gilpin , printed at Lond. 1628. p. 12. 13. 33. Compendium in decem libros Ethicorum Aristotelis . Par. 1554. oct . Contra impios Blasphematores dei predestinationis opus . Antw. 1555. qu. Godly and devout prayers in English and Lat. — Printed 1558. in oct . His and the Letter of Joh. Stokesley B. of Lond. to Cardinal Reginald Pole. Lond. 1560. and 79. qu. The beginning is , For the good will we have born to you , &c. It shews the Bishop of Rome to have no special superiority over other Bishops . He hath also made two thousand faults and noted many corruptions in William Tyndales translation of the New Testament , and hath written several Epistles to Budeus , and a Book against the Supremacy of the Bishop of Rome , as Bale saith ; which , as I conceive , is his Letter to Card. Pole before-mentioned . But that , or his faults on Tyndale , or Epistles , I have not yet seen . At length being deprived of his Bishoprick of Durham ( as I have before told you ) about Midsomer , in 1559. was then , as 't is said , committed to free custody at Lambeth with Mathew Archb. of Canterbury , but how that can be , seeing that the said Mathew was not consecrated Archbishop till 17. Dec. 1559. I cannot yet perceive . With him also , 't is farther said , that he continued four Months , and that dying on the 18. year 1559 of Nov. in Fifteen hundred fifty and nine ( which was a full month before Dr. Mathew Parker was consecrated ) was buried at the charges of the said Mathew in the Chancel of the Parochial Church of Lambeth in Surrey . Over his grave was a fair Marble stone soon after laid , with an Epitaph engraven thereon , made by Dr. Walter Haddon an admirer of his learning and virtues . Joh. Leland who calls him Dunostallus hath bestow'd a collation ( not without desert ) upon him , as also upon his Friend Budaeus before-mention'd , which you may see in his Encomia , Trophaea , &c. p. 45. JOHN BEKINSAU , a younger Son of Joh. Bekinsau an inhabitant of Hampshire , but a native of Bekinsau in Lancashire , where his name was ancient and gentile , received his first breath at Broadchalke in Wilts . and his Grammatical education in Wykeham's School near Winchester . At which place being made soon ripe for the University , was sent to New Coll. where after he had served two Years of probation , was admitted perpetual Fellow , in 1520. In 1526. he compleated the degree of M. of A. being that year about to take a journey beyond the Seas for the sake of study , as one of the University registers informs me ; at which time he was esteemed in his Coll. a most admirable Grecian . But whether he did then , or after , perform his journey , it doth not farther appear there . Sure I am that I find it entred upon † record that John Beconsaw second Son of John Beconsaw of Hartley-Wespell in Hampshire , ( born at Beconsaw in Lancashire ) was Reader of the Greek Lecture at Parys , and afterwards came over and died at Sherburne in Hampshire . In 1538. John Bekinsau left his Fellowship of New Coll. because he had then taken a Wife , but what preferment or employment he had afterwards , I know not . At that time he was acquainted with , and had in veneration by , the most learned Men of the Nation , among whom was John Leland the famous Antiquary and Historian , who in his * Poetry doth speak several things to his honor , of his being bred in Oxon , and of his studying at Parys , with several other things , which shew him to have been a great Scholar . In 1546. when he saw that the Pope's power was quite exterminated , he wrot a Book entit . De supremo & absoluto Regis imperio . Lond. 1546. oct . Printed also in the first vol. of Monarchia S. Romani imperii , &c. by Melchior Goldast . Hamensfeldius — Franc. 1621. fol. The Author Bekinsau did dedicate it to K. Hen. 8. with whom , as also with K. Ed. 6. he was in some value ; but when Qu. Mary came to the Crown , and endeavoured to alter all what her Father and Brother had done , as to the reformation of the Church ; then did he wheel about , change his mind , and became a zealous Person for the Church of Rome , and a hater of Protestants . After Queen Elizabeth was fetled in the Throne , he retired to an obscure Town called Sherbourne in Hampshire , where giving way to fate in great discontent , was buried in the Church of that place 20. year 1559 Decemb. in Fifteen hundred fifty and nine , aged about 63 years , leaving then behind him this character among the R. Catholicks , that As he was a learned Man , so might he have been promoted according to his deserts , had his principles been constant . ALBAYN HYLL was a Britaine born , as f one that knew him tellus , partly educated in this , and partly in another University , ( beyond the Sea , as it seems ) where applying his studies to the faculty of Physick he proceeded Doctor , and became famous for it at London , not only for the Theoretic but practick part , and much beloved and admired by all learned Men , especially by Dr. John Cay and Dr. Joh. Fryer two eminent Physicians of Cambridge . One g that lived in his time stiles him Medicus nobilissimus atque optimus , & in omni literarum genere maxime versatus , and tells us , that he wrot several things on Galen , which are printed , and by others cited . This is all that I know of this learned Person , only that he died 26 Dec. in Fifteen hundred fifty and nine , year 1559 and that he was buried not far from the grave of his friend and contemporary Dr. Edw. Wotton in the Church of St. Alban situated in Woodstreet in London ; in which Parish he had lived many years in great respect , and was esteemed one of the chief Parishioners . Alice his Widow , who died on the last day of May 1580. was buried by him , and both had a substantial Grave-stone , with an inscription on it , laid over them , but that of it which was left part in 1666. was utterly consumed in the grand conflagration of London . NICHOLAS BRIGHAM Esquire , was born , if I mistake not , at , or near to , Caversham in Oxfordshire , ( where his elder Brother Thom. Brigham had lands of inheritance , and died there 6. Ed. 6. but descended from those of Brigham in Yorks . ) received his Academical education in this University , particularly , as I conceive , in Hart Hall , wherein I find several of his Sirname ( without Christian names before them ) to have studied in the time of Hen. 8. but whether he took a Degree , it doth not appear in our registers that are somewhat imperfect in the latter end of that King's Reign . When he continued in the University , and afterwards in one of the Inns of Court , he exercised his muse much in Poetry , and took great delight in the works of Jeffry Chaucer : For whose memory he had so great a respect , that he removed his bones into the South cross Isle or trancept of St. Peters Church in Westminster , in the Year 1556. Which being so done , he erected a comely Monument over them , with Chaucers Effigies , and an Epitaph in Prose and Verse ; which to this day remains against the East Wall of the said Isle . At riper years our Author Brigham addicted himself much to the study of the municipal Law , became noted for it , and without doubt had not death snatched him untimely away , he would have communicated some Specimen of that faculty to the World. His genie also was much inclin'd to English History , in which faculty he published a Book , which some h entitle , De venationibus rerum memorabilum . It contains the discovery or finding out of several memories of eminent Men of , and things done in , England . Which being perused by John Bale , he hath cull'd out many things thence for his purpose , and quotes it when he hath occasion to mention several eminent Writers . See in his Book De Scriptorib . Maj. Britan. cent . 10. nu . 72. cent . 11. num . 6. 42. 52. 95. &c. and in cent . 12. nu . 24. 79. 82. 95. &c. Memoires by way of Dia●e , in 12 Books . — And wrot also his youth . Miscellaneous Poems . — with other things which I have not seen , being , as I suppose , irrecoverable and quite lost . This ingenious and curious Person , who was admirably well vers'd in Histories and Antiquities , yeilded up his last breath to the great regret of all those that knew his worth , within the City of Westminster in the month of Dec. in Fifteen hundred fifty and nine , year 1559 ( which was the second year of Queen Elizabeth ) but where buried , unless near to the bones of Chaucer , I cannot tell . JOHN WHYTE Brother to Sir Joh. Whyte L. Mayor of London an . 1563. Son of Rob. Whyte of Farnham in Surrey , Son of Joh. Whyte of the same place ; Son of Thom. Whyte of Purvyle in Hampshire , was born at Farnham before mentioned , educated in Grammar learning in Wykeham's School near Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1527 , took the Degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in an Act celebrated 23 March 1533-4 left his Fellowship in 1534. being about that time Master of the said School , in the place of Rich. Tuchiner . Afterwards he was made Warden of the College near to Winchester , was elected Bishop of Lincolne upon the deprivation of Dr. Joh. Tayler ; the Temporalities of which were i restored to him 2. May 1554 , he being then Bach. of Divinity . In the beginning of Octob. 1555. he was incorporated Doctor of his faculty , and soon after , upon the death of Dr. St. Gardiner he was translated to Winchester , the Temporalities of which , were also restored k to him , 30. May 1557. Of some of which gradual rises Dr. Christoph . Johnson one of his successors in the Mastership of Winchester School , made this distick . Me puero custos , Ludi paulo ante Magister Vitus , & hâc demum praesul in urbe fuit . He was a Man of an austere life , and much more mortified to the World than Step. Gardiner his Predecessor . He was eminent also for piety and learning , was an eloquent Orator , a solid Divine , a nervous Preacher , & poetica facultate , ut tempora ferebant , tolerabilis , as Camden l tells us . His fame and actions did well answer his name , and so did all Men say , how contrary soever to him in Religion , only for one black Sermon that he made , he gave offence , yet for the colour , it may be said he kept decorum , because it was a funeral Sermon of a great Queen by birth and marriage , I mean Qu. Mary : The offence taken against him was this . His m Text was out of Eccles . 4. 2. Laudavi mortuos magis quam viventes , & feliciorem utroque judicave qui nec dum damnatus est . And speaking of Qu. Mary her high parentage , her bountiful disposition , her great gravity , her rare devotion , ( praying so much , as , he affirmed , that her knees were hard with kneeling ) her justice and clemency in restoring noble houses to her own private loss and hindrance , and lastly her grevious and patient death , he fell into such an unfeigned weeping , that for a long space he could not speak . Then recovering himself , he said she had left a Sister to succeed her , a Lady of great worth also , whom , they were now bound to obey ; for saith he , melior est canis vivus leone mortuo , and I hope so shall Reign well and prosperously over us , but I must say still with my Text Laudavi mortuos magis quam viventes , for certain it is Maria optimam partem elegit . Afterwards Qu Elizabeth taking just indignation , 〈◊〉 , partly for his Sermon , and partly for that he was a zealous Man for the R. Catholick cause , and an enemy to the reformers of Religion , commit him to custody ; and for threatning ( as 't is said ) to excommunicate her , ( as Watson Bishop of Lincoln did ) was deprived of his Bishoprick , for which he paid yearly 1000 l. to Cardinal Pole to keep up his state and dignity . His works are , Diacosio Martyrion , i. e. ducentorum virorum testimonia , de veritate corporis , & sanguinis Christi in Eucharistiâ , ante triennium , adversus Petr. Martyrem , ex professo conscriptum , sed nunc primum in lucem editum . Lond. 1553. qu. in Lat. verse . Epistola Petro Martyri . This is printed with the former Book , and treateth mostly of Martyrs disputation at Oxon. in K. Edwards days , and is in vindication of Dr. Rich. Smith , who disputed with , and baffled , him . Epigrammatum , lib. 1. Carmina in Matrimon . Philippi Regis , cum Maria Regina Angliae . Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Qu. Mary 13. Dec. 1558. on Eccles . 4. 2. — MS. in the Libr. sometimes of Rich. Smith Secondary of the Poultrey-Compter . You 'll find also several of his discourses in the Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. published by Joh. Fox , and also his discourse with Bishop Rydley at Oxon 30. Sept. 1555 , when he was about to be burnt , exhorting him to return from his Heresie , as he then term'd it . See also in Rob. Persons his animadversions on that discourse in The third part of a treatise intit . Of three conversions of England , &c. Printed 1604. Chap. 14. p. 209. At length our Author Jo. Whyte being deprived of his Bishoprick in June 1559. he retired to his Sisters house at Southwarnborow in Hampshire , where spending the little remainder of his days in great sanctity and recluseness , gave way to fate on the eleventh day of January following . Whereupon his body was soon after carried to Winchester , and buried in the Cathedral there according to his will , which partly runs thus — My desire is to be buried in that my Cathedral of Winchester , ut in novissima die resurgam cum patribus & filiis quorum fidem teneo , &c. While he was Warden of the Coll. near Winchester , and dream'd not in the least to be removed thence to a Bishoprick , he provided a Tomb stone for himself to be laid on the ground in the Chappel belonging to the said Coll. with intentions to be buried under it , by the care of his Heir and Executor , whensoever it should please God to call him out of this transitory life , and caused to be engraven twenty long and short verses of his own composition , under his picture , engraven on a brass plate , and fastned to the said stone . The two first are these . Hic tegor hic post fata Whitus propono jacere Scriptor Johannis carminis ipse mei . But being afterwards contrary to all expectation promoted successively to two Bishopricks by Qu. Mary , his mind was altered , as I have before told you . He gave to Wykeham's Coll. near Winchester his Miter and Crosier staff , a silver tankard guilt , a bason and eure of silver , a Turkey-carpet and other choice goods ; and some years before his death he was a Benefactor to New Coll. as you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univers . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 131. b. JAMES BROKES another most zealous Bishop for the Rom. Catholick cause , was born in Hampshire in the Month of May 1512 , admitted Scholar of Corp. Chr. Coll. 1528 , and Fellow in Jan. 1531 , being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in his faculty , he applyed his studies to Divinity , took the degrees in that faculty , that of Doctor being compleated 1546. The next Year he was made Master of Balliol Coll. and at length by Qu. Mary Bishop of Glocester ; to which See being elected after the deprivation of Joh. Hoper , had restitution n made to him of the Temporalities belonging thereunto , 8. May 1554 , and in the Year following he was delegated by the Pope for the examining and trying of Cranmer , Rydley and Latimer , when they stood up for , and were ready to dye in defence of , the Protestant Religion . He was a Person very learned in the time he lived , an eloquent Preacher , and a zealous maintainer of the R. C. Religion , as well in his Sermons as Writings : Some of which are published , as , Sermon at Pauls Cross in the first Year of Qu. Mary , on Matth. 9. 18. Lond. 1553. 54 oct . Oration in S. Maries Church in Oxon , 12. March 1555 , to Thom. Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury — The beginning is , My Lord , at this present we are come to you as commissioners , &c. Oration in closing up the examination of Th. Cranmer Archbishop of Cant. — The beg . is , Mr. Cranmer ( I cannot otherwise , considering your obstinacy ) I am right sorry , &c. These two Orations are printed by John Fox in his Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. ( wherein you 'll find some of his discourses with Rydley ) after they had been published by themselves . What else is extant under his name , I know not , nor anything of him besides , only that he dying in the beginning of Feb. ( about Candlemass ) in Fifteen hundred fifty and nine ( which was the second year of Qu. Elizabeth ) was buried in a stone Coffin in his Cathedral Church at Glocester , but hath no memory over his Grave . ROGER EDGEWORTH another zealot , and a frequent Preacher against Protestants , called in his time Hereticks , was born at Holt castle within the Marches of Wales , became a student in Oxon about 1503 , took a degree in Arts in 1507 , and the Year after was elected Fellow of Or●el College , to which place he was a benefactor at the time of his death . Afterwards , proceeding in the said faculty , he took holy orders , and became a noted Preacher in the University and elsewhere . In 1519 , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and afterwards became very well dignified , as Canon of Salisbury , Well and Bristow , ( being then D. of D ) Residentiary of the Cathedral of Wells , and Chancellour of the same Church . The last of which dignities was p conferr'd on him 30. Apr. 1554 upon the deprivation of Joh. Tayler alias Cardmaker . Besides all these he was Vicar also of St. Cuthberts Church in Wells , to which he was admitted , 3. Oct. 1543 , upon the death of Joh. Southwode LL. D. When King Hen. 8. had extirpated the Popes power , he seemed to be very moderate , and also in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. but when Qu. Mary succeeded , he shew'd himself a most zealous Person for the Roman Catholick Religion , and a great enemy to Luther and Reformers . His works are , Sermons fruitful , godly and learned Lond. 1557. qu. containing ( 1 ) A declaration of the seven gifts of the holy ghost . ( 2 ) A Homely of the articles of Christian Faith. ( 3 ) Homely of Ceremonies and of mans Laws . ( 4 ) A perfect exposition of St. Peters first Epistle in XX treatises or Sermons . What other things he hath published I cannot yet find , neither should I have known any thing of the said Fruitful Sermons , had I not accidentally seen them in that choice collection of Books in Balliol Coll. Library , given thereunto by the no less curious , than learned Sir Thom. Wendy Knight of the Bath , sometimes Gentleman-commoner of the said House . This Dr. Edgeworth took his last farewell of this World in the beginning of the Year Fifteen hundred and sixty , year 1560 and was directly buried before the choire door in the Cathedral Church at Wells : Whereupon Dr. Gilbert Bourne Bishop of that place , did present or collate to the said Chancellourship of the Church of Wells , one Gilbert Bournford Bachelaur of Divinity , on the second day of April in the same Year . THOMAS PHAYER was born in Wales , particularly , as it seems , in Pembrokeshire , had his Academical education among the Oxonians , whom , after some years , he left , and retired to the Inns of Court , ( Lincolns Inn as I conceive ) where at length he attained to a considerable knowledge in the municipal Laws . Afterwards , being a Person of a mutable mind , he eagerly addicted his Muse to the study of Medicine , took the Degrees in that faculty in this University , that of Doctor being compleated in an Act celebrated 21. Mar. 1558-9 . at which time he was much famed among the Academians for his sufficiencies in the Art of Poetry , which afterwards were made publick . He hath committed to posterity these Books following of his writing and translation . Of the nature of Writts . — Whether the same with that written by the great Lawyer Anth. Fitzherbert , who lived before Phayers time , I know not . Exemplars of common places for the writing of several sorts of Instruments — It is the same which we now call A Book of precedents . I have a MS. lying by me written on parchment in the time of H. 6. or Ed. 4. containing Copies of all matters to be used by Lawyers , but who the compiler of it was , I cannot tell . In the beginning of it , is written in a pretty ancient character , George Hardley . A goodly bryefe treatise of the pestylence , with the causes , signs and cures of the same . Lond. 1544. and 46. oct . Declaration of the veynes of mans body , and to what dyseases and infirmities the opening of every one of them doe serve . — This is printed with the former Book , an . 1544. &c. A Book of children — And this also , which treats of the grief and diseases of Children . Remedies , or prescriptions of Physick for the Body — Published by Hen. Holland , 1603. whom I shall mention at the end of Hen. Holland , under the Year 1625. He also translated from French into English , The regiment of Life . Lond. 1544. and 46. oct . and from Lat. into English , Nine Books of Virgils Aencidos . The three first of which were by him finished in the Forest of Kilgarran in Pembrokshire , in the Year 1555. The fourth at the same place , an . 1556. The fifth in 1557 , being ended 3. May , just after the translator had undergone a great danger at Ca●rmerden . The sixth and seventh were also finished by him in the same Year and in the same place . The eighth , there also in Kilgarran forest , an . 1558. The ninth was ended 3. Apr. 1560. The tenth was begun by him in the said Year , but died , as it seems , before he could go through it . Afterwards a young Physician named Tho. Twyne meeting with the aforesaid translations in MS. he finished the said tenth Aeneid , 23. May , an . 1573. Which being done he translated the eleventh , twelfth , and thirteenth Aeneidos , and published them altogether , an . 1584. as I shall tell you elsewhere . As for Dr. Phaer he ended his days at Kilgarran before-mentioned , after the 12. of Aug. ( on which day his last will q and testament was dated ) in Fifteen hundred and sixty , year 1560 and was buried in the Parish Church of that place . Over his grave was a Marble-stone soon after laid , with an Epitaph engraven thereon , made and devised by his good friend Mr. George Ferrers of Lincolns . -Inn , but what the contents of it are , I know not , nor of any other Epitaph made for him , only r that by Sir Thom. Chaloner a most noted Latine Poet of his time , who having been well acquainted with the Doctor , doth in a pathetical manner highly commend him for his learning and great skill in Physick . He the said Doctor left behind him a Widow named Anne , and two Daughters , Eleanor the Wife of Gruffith ap Eynon , and Mary . THOMAS ROBERTSON was a Yorkshire Man born , ( either at , or near , Wakefeild ) was originally , I think , of Queens , afterwards Demie or Semicommoner of Magdalen , College , Master of the School joyning to it in the place of Joh. Stanbridge , Master of Arts 1525 , at which time he was a great Oppugner s and Vilifier of the Questionists in the University , and at length Fellow of the said House . In 1539 , he being about that time Treasurer of the Church of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Rich. Sampson , supplicated the venerab . congreg . of the Regents to be admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being then esteemed Flos & decus Oxonii , but whether he was admitted it appears not ; and in 1540 , he , by the favour of Longland Bishop of Lincolne , was made Archdeacon of Leycester in the place of Will. More Suffragan Bishop of Colchester deceased , in which dignity being installed 5. March the same Year , enjoyed it to 1560. as I shall anon tell you . In 1546. Jun. 3. he was instituted Vicar of Wakefield before-mention'd , on the death of Dr. Tho. Knolles , by the presentation thereunto of Joh. Chambre M. D. Dean , and the convent , of the Kings Chappel of the Virgin Mary and St. Stephen within the Pallace of Westminster . Whereupon in the beginning of 1548. he gave up the Treasurership of Salibury , in which Dignity Thom. Stevens succeeded , 28. May the same Year . He the said Robertson was an exact Grammarian and Humanitian , and went , as 't was thought , beyond his two Predecessors in Magd. College School , in the education of Youth . In 1532 , he Printed a Comment on the rules which Will. Lilye wrot in verse , and added thereunto Quae Genus , and the versifying rules , dedicating it to Bishop Longland before mention'd , with reference to Henley School , which , some think , was founded , or at least inlarged , by Longland . From whose pains ( I mean of Robertson ) and also the variety of other mens labours in Grammar , of whom Joh. Stanbridge , Rob. Whittington , Joh. Colet and Lilye were of the number , sprang a great diversity in the course of teaching ; which King Hen. 8. intending to reform , caused sundry learned Men ( of whom Dr. Rich. Cox Tutor to K. Ed. 6. is supposed to be one ) to reduce the former attempts in this kind into one body of Grammar , which they jointly did in 1545 , being that now in use , and first authorized by K. Hen. 8. Howbeit soon after it was thought too prolix , for in the Reign of Ed. 6. John Fox of Magd. Coll. did set forth Tables of Grammar , subscribed in Print by eight Lords of the Privy Council ; which Tables were quickly laid aside , as being far more too short , than K. Hen. 8. his Grammar was too long . Since which time many learned Men in England , and far more abroad , have spent much profitable study in this Art and the method thereof , as we well know . In the 3. of Ed. 6. Dom. 1549. he the said Thom. Robertson was one of the number appointed by the K. and his Council to compile and frame the Liturgy of the Church , which we now call the Common-Prayers , and in the Year 1557. Jul. 23. he had the Deanery of Durham confer'd on him by the Queen , being then void upon the promotion of Dr. Tho. Watson to the See of Lincoln , ( who had been instituted in the said Deanery by Tonstall Bishop of Durham 18. Nov. 1553. upon the deprivation of Dr. Rob. Horne ) at which time being greatly in respect for his piety and learning , the Queen would have had him taken a Bishoprick , but he modestly refused it . His works are , Annotationes in librum Guliel , Lilii de Latinorum nominum generibus , de verborum praeteritis & supinis , &c. De nominibus heteroclitis opusculum , cum annotationibus . De verbis defectivis append , interjectis etiam sparsim ubi opus videbatur , annotatiunculis . Compendium sive de arte versificandi , cum annotationibus additis . All which Books were printed together at Basil 1532. qu. What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was forced first to leave the Deanery of Durham to make room for Dr. Horne , about the latter end of 1559 , ( who being soon after made Bishop of Winchester , Robertson might , if he would have taken the Oath of Supremacy , have came in again , but he refused it , whereupon Ralph Skynner of Oxon succeeded ) and secondly to resign his Archdeaconry of Leycester , to prevent ejection : so that the said Dignity lying void for some time , Rich Barber LL. D. was installed therein 24. Dec. 1560. What afterwards became of Tho. Robertson , or where , or when , he died , let others seek , for I am totally ignorant . John Parkhurst B. of Norwich , sometimes his Scholar , hath an Epigram on him in praise of his learning , which may serve instead of his Epitaph , if you think fit . WILLIAM CHEADSEY , a Somersetshire Man born , was admitted Scholar of Corp. Chr. Coll. 16. March 1528. aged 18. or thereabouts , Probationer-Fellow 13. Oct. 1531 and two years after compleat Fellow . In 1534 , he proceeded in Arts , and in 1542 , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being about that time Chaplain to Dr. Bonner B. of London ; who having a special respect for his learning , and zeal for the R. Catholick Religion , he made him not only Archdeacon of Middlesex , but Prebendary of St. Pauls Cathedral . In 1546 he proceeded in Divinity , having about that time subscribed to the 34 Articles , and three years after did learnedly dispute with Pet. Martyr in the Divinity School . From which time ( an . 1549 ) he seemed so moderate in his Religion in the remaining part of the Reign of K. Ed. 6. that the Protestants took him to be one of their number . In the beginning of Qu. Mary he was made Canon of Windsore , shewed himself a zealous Man against the Professors of Protestancy , and in 1557 , had a Canonry of Ch. Ch. in Oxon confer'd on him after the death of James Curthopp . In 1558 , he was elected President of Corp. Ch. Coll. and on the 15. Sept. in the same Year he was admitted thereunto , but removed from it the next Year by the Commissioners sent by Qu. Elizabeth to visit the University . About that time he was appointed one of the number of the R. Catholick Divines to repair to London , to dispute with those of the Protestant Party , when the said Queen was setting on foot a Reformation in the Church of England . He was by the Protestants accounted a very mutable and unconstant Man in his Religion , but by the Rom. Catholicks not , but rather a great stickler for their Religion and the chief prop in his time in the University for the cause , as it appeared not only in his opposition of P. Martyr but of the three Bishops that were burnt in Oxon. He was a learned Man , a deep Divine , an excellent Disputant , and a characterised by John Leland t to be resonae Scholae columna . His works are , Serm. on Matth. 22. 15. — Printed 1545. in oct . Disputatio de Eucharistiae Sacramento in Univ. Oxon , habita contra D. Pet. Martyrem , 29. Maii & Jun. 1. an . 1549. Lond. 1549. qu. Which disputation hath also been printed once at least among Pet. Martyrs works , but whether true according to the Authors Copy , I leave it to others to judge . 'T is also translated into English . Dispution with John Philpot concerning the real presence in the Sacrament , in Octob. 1553. Disp . with Archb. Cranmer at Oxon , an . 1554. Communication with B. Rydley , an . 1555. — See more in the Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. written by Jo. Fox , wherein you 'll find several of his discourses with , and examination of , Protestant Martyrs . At length he was deprived of most , if not all , of his spiritualities , and committed a Prisoner to the Fleet in London ; where , as 't is supposed by some , he died soon after . However in my searches into obscure * Writings , I find that one John Joanes a Priest , living at , or near , Thame in Oxfordshire , did by his last Will dated 27. of Aug. and proved the 16. of Oct. following , an . 1574 , bequeath to Mr. Dr. Chedsey twenty shillings . By which it appears , that he was then living , but where , I find not , nor when he died . BARTHOLMEW TRAHERON commonly called Trahern , was born in Cornwall , or at least originally descended from an ancient Family of his name living in that County , educated in Logicals and Philosophicals for the most part with us , either in Exeter Coll. or Hart hall , where he attained to some eminence in the Lat. and Greek Tongues . But being desirous to improve himself in greater matters , and to see the fashions of the World , he travelled into Germany , and thence into Italy , where he was an auditor and an admirer of many famous Men : By whose excellent Lectures , and his indefatigable industry , he became a compleat Person and much respected by Scholars . Afterwards he returned into his own Country , entred into holy Orders and was made Library keeper to K. Ed. 6. who , finding him to be a Person of Merit , conferr'd u the Deanery of Chichester on him , about 1551. But when Qu. Mary came to the Crown he left his preferments , and as a voluntary exile went into Germany , where accompanying other English Exiles , that had fled thence for Religion sake , continued there till the death of Qu. Mary , and then returning , was restored to what he had lost , and without doubt was rewarded with more . While he was beyond the Sea , he exercised himself much in writing matters in verse and prose , in both which he wrot several things with great happiness , especially those to his Brother Thomas to embrace the true Doctrine of Jesus Christ , that is to leave the R. Catholick Church , turn Protestant and come over to him . Among many things that he wrot , were , Paraenesis lib. 1. Written to his Brother Thomas . Carmina in mortem Henrici Dudlaei . Analysis Scoparum Johannis Cochlei . Exposition of a part of S. John's Gospel made in sundry Readings in the English Congregation against the Arrians — Printed the second time in an . 1558. oct . The Readings were ten , and they were performed in the English Congregation beyond the Sea. Exposition on the fourth Chapter of S. John's Revelations , which treateth of the providence of God , made before his Countrymen in Germany — Printed 1557. in oct . Lond. 1577. and 83. in oct . Treatise of Repentance — besides other things , which are mention'd by Jo. Bate . He also translated into English The Chirurgerie of Joh. de Vigo . Lond. 1580. qu. 2 Edit . and the said Vigo's Little Practice . Lond. 1562. in octavo . In which year ( which was part of the third and fourth of Qu. Elizabeth ) Barth . Traberon was , if I mistake not , living . HENRY PENDLETON , a zealous man for the R. Cath. Cause , was born in Lancashire , became a Student in Brasnose Coll. about the year 1538 , took the Degrees in Arts , and afterwards those in Divinity in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. he being then beneficed and dignified in the Church . In the Reign of Qu. Marie he shew'd himself so grand a Zealot for the Cause then professed in several Sermons by him preached , that when in one by him delivered at Pauls Cross , ( which was very sharp against the Hereticks , as they were then called ) a Gun was discharged at , but miss'd , him . Under his Name were these things following printed . Homilies to be read in the Churches within the dioc . of London . Lond. 1554. 55. qu. Communication between him and Mr. Lour . Sanders . Disputation between him and Mr. Joh. Bradford . Protestants . an . 1555. The Contents or part of which Communic and Disput . you may see in the book of Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. and also Pendleton's Arguings with Bartlet Green , and certain Protestant Martyrs . Other things he hath written , which I have not yet seen , and was always accounted a learned Doctor of his time , and so endear'd to the Cath. Religion , that he made a solemn Protestation in Qu. Maries Reign , that he would see the nntermost drop of his Grease molten away , and the last gobbet of his Flesh consumed to Ashes before he would forsake God and his truth . He lived after Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown , and was imprison'd for a time , but when , or where he died , I know not . PETER MARTYR who is to have a place in these Athenae , was born w in the great and rich City of Florence in Italy , in Sept. ( on the Nativity of the Virgin Marie ) an . 1500 , educated in several sorts of Learning in that City by the great care of his Father Steph. Vermilius , became a Canon regular of the Order of S. Austin at 16 years of age in the Coll. at Fiesoli , more than a mile distant from Florence . After he had spent three years there , he was sent to Padua to enlarge his Learning , that University then being in a flourishing Condition , and setling in the Monastery of St. John de Verdera of the same Order of S. Austin , spent almost 8 years in philosophical Studies , and all other Arts , especially in the Greek Tongue and Poets ; which at length he conquered . At 26 years of age he began to preach , and the first time he performed that Office was in the Church of St. Afra in Brescia , and afterwards frequently in the most famous Cities of Italy , However , all the time that he could obtain from his Function was spent in sacred Learning , Philosophy , and in obtaining the Hebrew Tongue . At length being cried up for a celebrated Scholar , he was made Abbat of Spoleto in the Duchy of L'Ombria in Italy , where he continued three years . Thence he was translated to Naples , and there became Abbat of the Monastery of his Order called St. Peter ad aram , being of greater profit and a far more pleasant place than Spoleto . After he had been setled there for some time , he began to see the verity of the Gospel , especially after he had read some of the Works of Bucer and Zwinglius . Three years being spent there also , he fell into a dangerous Sickness , but the strength of Nature overcoming it , he was advised by his Physitians to take better Air than what Naples afforded . To that end therefore , that he might with convenience be absent from his Cure , the Fathers chose him General Visitor of their Order , that is of the Order of S. Austin , and soon after was elected Prior of S. Fridian within the City of Luca , which is a place of great dignity , having Episcopal Jurisdiction in the middle part of the said City . Being setled at that place , he instituted a most admirable way of Studies for the younger sort at Luca : but at length his Opinions , as to Heresie ( then so called ) being discovered , snares were laid for him , so that being not in a capacity to speak his mind , he , by the advice of certain Friends , committed the best part of his Library to the Custody of one of them , gave another part to the Coll. and forthwith left Luca , and went to Pisa ; whence he wrote Letters to Card. Pole shewing the Reasons of his Departure . Afterwards he went into Schwitzerlands , and fixed for some time at Zurich . Thence to Strasburgh , where for about five years he read and taught sacred Letters ; in which time he took to Wife ( he being near 50 years of Age ) one Cath. Dampmartin , causing thereupon his Enemies to say that he left his Order and Monastic Vows purposely for the sake of a Woman . Which Wife , after she had lived with him about 8 years , died at Oxon , as I shall anon tell you . In 1547 he was invited into England by Edward Lord Protector and Dr. Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury , to the end that his Assistance might be used to carry on a Reformation in the Church . In the Month of Dec. the same year , he , with Bemnardine Ochine , another Italian , arrived in England , and retiring to Lambeth were kindly received by Archb. Cranmer , and entertained there for some time . About the latter end of the same year , in Feb. or beginning of March , Martyr went to Oxon , was incorporated Doctor of Div. as he had stood at Padua , and tho addicted more to the Zwinglian than to the Lutheran Doctrines in point of the Sacrament , was in the beginning of the year following appointed by the King to read a public Lecture to the Academians in the Divinity School , and for his reward to have an Annuity of 40 Marks . What followed , and how he and his Adversaries behav'd themselves thereupon , I have largely told x you elsewhere . In the same year ( 1548 ) upon the receeding from the University of Dr. Rich. Smyth the Kings Professor of Divinity , that Lecture , with the profits belonging thereunto , was confer'd by the King on Martyr , and in the year following , being much troubled with the R. Catholicks ( as in all the year before ) he disputed publickly with three of the most eminent of them , as I have also told y you in the same place . In the year 1550 he had a Canonrie of Ch. Ch. bestowed upon him by the King , on the death of Mr. Will. Haynes , whereupon being installed 20 January the same year , entred into his Lodgings belonging to him , then joyning on the North side to Ch. Ch. great Gate leading into Fishstreet . With him also setled his beloved Wife Catherine , as the Wife of Dr. Rich. Cox did about the same time with him in the Deans Lodgings , being the first Women , as 't was observ'd , that resided in any Coll. or Hall in Oxon. By whose Example , it was not only permitted that any Canon beside , might marry if he please , but also a Head of a Coll. or Hall , whereby other Women or idle Huswives were tolerated ( if the said Head allowed it ) to serve in them . Which act ( beside their permitting of bawling Children to come among them ) was looked upon as such a damnable matter by the R. Catholicks and others too , that they usually stiled them Concubines , and the Lodgings that entertained them and their Children Stews and Cony-buries . While Martyr continued in the said Lodgings ( whose Windows were next to Fishstreet ) he continually , especially in the night time , received very opprobrious Language from the R. Catholicks , as well Scholars as Laicks , and often had his Windows broken . So that his Studies and Sleep being often disturb'd , he changed his Lodgings , which were those belonging to the Canons of the first Canonry , for those in the Cloyster , which belonged to those of the second , being formerly the very same which belonged to the Prior of S. Frideswide : in which being setled , he spent the remaining part of his Abode in Oxon in Peace . However , for the severer enjoyment of his Thoughts and Studies , he erected a Fabrick of Stone in his Garden , situated on the East side of his Lodgings , wherein he partly composed his Commentary on the first Ep. to the Corinthians , and certain Epistles to learned men , which were afterwards printed . This Fabrick , which contained two Stories , stood till the latter end of March 1684 , at which time they were plucked down by that Canon that was Owner of the Lodgings to which the Garden and Fabrick appertained . About that time Martyr's Wife dying , she was buried in the Cathral Church , near to the place where S. Frideswydes Reliques had been reposed ; but four years after , or thereabouts , her body was taken up , thrown out of the Church with scorn , and buried in a Dunghil ; but when Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown , the body was taken up again and reburied , as I have elsewhere a at large told you . After the death of K. Edward 6. and Religion alter'd when his Sister Mary was setled in the Throne , Pet. Martyr left Oxon , went to London and so to Lambeth : and obtaining his safe Conduct from the Qu. he left England and went to Strasburgh from whence he came , where he taught Philosophy and Divinity for some time . Thence he travell'd to Zurich an . 1556. where he met with Joh. Juell and several exil'd Divines of England , and took to his second Wife one Catherina Merenda . While he continued there , Maximilian Celsus an exil'd Count , and the chief Minister of the Italian Church at Geneva died ; whereupon being invited to take his place upon him , refused it for several Reasons . When Qu. Mary died , Queen Elizabeth invited him to return into England , and there to accept of what Preferment he pleas'd ; but he fearing another mutation , he modestly refused it . To pass by several other matters not now fit to be related , I shall give you the Titles of some of his Works , as they follow . Comment . in Epist S. Paulis ad Romanos . Bas . 1558. fol. translated into Engl. by H. B. — Lond. 1568 fol. Com. in priorem ad Corinth , Epistolam . Written at Oxon. and ded . to K. Ed. 6. Printed several times at Zurich in fol. Defensio doctrinae veteris & Apostolicae de Sacramento Eucharisticae adversus Step. Gardineri librum , sub nomine M. Antonii Constantii editum , &c. Printed in fol. 1502 in four parts . Tractatio de Sacramento Eucharistiae habita Oxonii , cùm jam absolvisset interpretationem xi Capitis prioris Epistolae ad Corinthios . Printed 1562. fol. Translated into English and printed at Lond. in qu. Disputatio de Eucharistiae Sacramento habita in Schola Theol. Oxon. Printed 1562 , and translated into English . Com. in Genesin . Tig. 1579. fol. Com. in lib. Judicum . Tig. 1582. fol. which is the second or third Impression . Translated into English and printed at Lond. in fol. 1564. Com. in lib. duos posteriores Regum Heid . 1599. fol. Com. in Samuelis Prophetae libros duos . Tig. 1595. fol. Loci communes sacrarum literarum . Tig. 1587. fol. Translated into English and printed at Lond. in fol. De lib. arbitio . De providentia & praedestinat . Tig. 1587. fol. An Deus sit causa & author peccati . An missa sit sacrificium . Ib. eod . an . fol. Theses propofitae ad disputandum publicè in Schola Argentinensi , an . 1543. Ib. eod . an . fol. Ib. eod . an . fol. Oratio de Utilitate & dignitate sacri Ministerii . Oratio de Morte Christi . Oratio de Resurrectione Christi . These three last are also translated into English , and printed at Lond. in fol. 1583. Sermo in xx cap. Johan . Christus die unto Sabbat . &c. 'T is translated into English , and printed 1583. Exhortatio ad sacrarum literarum studium . Translated also into English . Oratio quam Tiguri primam habuit , cum in locum D. Conradi Pellicani successiscet . Translated also into English . Adhortatio ad coenam Domini Mysticam . Translated also . Epistolae Theologicae . Some of which were written at Oxon. and also translated into English and published . Note that P. Martyr's Common places , and all those things that follow , which I have said were translated , were put into the English Tongue by Anth. Marten Gentleman , Sewer to her Majestie — Lond. 1583. fol. One Anth. Marten of London was Father to Sir Hen. Marten , as I shall tell you among these Writers , ann . 1641. Whether the same with the Translator , I cannot yet tell . Praeces ex Psalmis Davidis desumptae . Tig. 1566. 80. Translated into Engl. by Charles Glemham Gent. De votis monasticis & coeleb . Socerdotum . Defensio sui , contra R. Smithaei duos libellos de coelibatu sacerdotum & vot . monast . Bas. 1559. oct . Aristotelis Ethicae cum illis in Sacra Scriptura collatae , &c. Comm. in Lament . Jer. Prophet . Tig. 1629. qu. corrected and published by Joh. Rodolph . Stuckius of Zurich , somtimes a Sojournour of Exeter Coll. He the said P. Martir also wrote an Epist . to Edward L. Protector of England ; translated into Engl. by Tho. Norton . — Lond. 1550. oct . Also of The use and abuse of Dancing ; translated into Engl. by J. R. printed at Lond. in oct . and lastly , An Exposition on the Creed ; translated by T. E , printed at Lond. in qu. At length after many Rambles and changes of Places ( he having been , as it evidently appears , a person of an unsetled Brain ) resigned up his last breath at Zurich on the 12th day of Nov. in fifteen hundred sixty and two , year 1562 and was buried there with all the Solemnity fitting for so learned and great a Clerk as he was . THOMAS GIBSON , a noted Physitian of the Age he lived in , was b born at Morpeth in Northumberland , and for a year , or years , was , as I conceive , educated here , because that several of both his Names and Time , were conversant with the Muses in this University ; but whether he took a degree , or was licensed to practice Physick , it appears not . Afterwards he being noted for his extraordinary success in curing Diseases , was very much resorted to by great , as well as ordinary , People , especially by those of the reform'd Party , he being one himself , and a great Enemy to the R. Cath. Bishops ; in spite and envy to whom , he wrot , A History of the Treasons of the Bishops from the Norman Conquest to his time . — Whether this was printed , I know not , because had it been so , there 's no doubt but inveterate Prynn would have found it , to gain matter thence , when he compos'd his Book of the same Subject . He also wrot , An Herball . Treatise against unskilful Alchymists . Treat of curing common Diseases . Of the Ceremonies used by Popes . — besides other things , and had laid the Foundation of a little Book to shew the Various States that Britanie hath been in , which he divided into five Parts ; but whether he compleated it , is uncertain . He lived after Qu. Eliz. came to the Crown , being then in his middle Age , but when he died it appears not . 'T is said , that because divers Persons had medled with the applying of dark Prophecies , purposely to advance the Fame and Glory of Charles then Emperour , so one Tho. Gibson did endeavour to do the like to promote the Glory of Hen. 8. of England ; which Th. Gibson we are to understand to be the same with Th. Gibson before mention'd . PETER de SOTHO , or Soto , was born in a certain City in Spaine called Cordova , became , when young , a Dominican in the House or Coll. of that Order dedicated to St. Stephen , within the famous University of Salamanca , where prosecuting his natural Genie with unwearied industry in the Faculty of Divinity , became a Doctor thereof , and a most eminent ornament to his Order . Afterwards his fame being spread in the Royal Court , he became Confessor to the King of Spaine , and at length to Charles the Emperour of the Romans , with whom going into Germany , he shew'd himself in many respects very serviceable against such that were call'd Hereticks there . At length Philip K. of Spaine marrying with Mary Qu. of England , he was one of those noted Divines that came with him , having then obtained Eminency among the Learned for his Books written against John Brentius , accounted among the R. Catholicks a Person very well vers'd in matters of controversie . Afterwards he , with Joh. de Villa Garcia , and one or more , being sent to the University of Oxon by publick authority to read , preach , and teach there , to the end that they might undo and invalidate all what Pet. Martyr and others had done in the Reign of King Ed. 6. he accordingly went , preached often , read Lectures on St. Thomas , whose works had been with scorn cast out from all , or most , Libraries in this University in the time of Ed. 6. and was ready upon all turns and occasions to instruct and resolve doubts , nay and for some time did read the publick Hebrew Lecture to the Academians , while Mr. Bruerne the Reg. Professor was absent . In a word there was nothing wanting on his part , and tho he had no Canonry of Ch. Ch. or Headship bestowed on him , yet he had a considerable revenue allow'd him out of the Kings Exchecquer . His works are , Institutiones Christianae . Aug. 1548. Antw. 1557. in 16 o divided into 3 Books . Adversus Job . Brentium . Antw. 1552. in 16o. Defensio Catholicae confessiouis , & Scholoiorum circa confessionem illustriss . Ducis Wirtembergensis nomine editam , adversus prolegomena Brentit . Antw. 1557. Doctrinae Catholicae compendium , in usum plebis Christianae recte instituend . Diling . 1560. in tw . De sacerdotum institutione . libri 3. With other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . After the death of Qu. Mary , he return'd with K. Philip into Spain , and thence went , according to command , to the great Council or Synod held in the City of Trent , called commonly among Forreigners Trento , sometimes a part of Italy , but since of Germany , where by too much agitation and concernment , he contracted a disease , which brought him to his grave in that City , in the Month of Apr. in Fifteen hundred sixty and three . About three days before his death , year 1563 and some time before , the Synod began to be troubled among themselves for a small cause , and did give much matter of discourse . Which coming to the knowledge of Sotho , he thereupon did dictate and subscribe a Letter to be sent to the Pope ; in which , by way of confession , he declared his opinion concerning the points controverted in Council , and did particularly exhort his Holiness to consent , that residence and the institution of Bishops might be declared to be de jure divino . The Letter was sent to the Pope , and Frier Ludov. Soto his companion , kept a Copy of it ; who thinking to honor the memory of his Friend , began to * spread it , which caused offence in some , and curiosity in others , to get a Copy of it , when called in . I find one Frater Petrus a Soto Major , who wrot a Book entit . Prima secundae Divi Thomae , quam quarto nonas Junii interpretandum suscepit , an 1563. The beginning of which is , Quastio prima , quae est de ultimo fine hujus vitae in communi , &c. But this Peter who was Author of the said Book ( which is in MS. in Bodley's Library ) must not be taken to be the same with the former Peter , whom I have at large mention'd , because , as 't is before told you in the title , the said Peter began to write the said Book on the fourth of the nones of June 1563 , which was some Weeks after the death of Pet. de Soto . RICHARD SMYTH the greatest pillar for the Roman man Catholick cause in his time , was born in Worcestershire , admitted Probationer-Fellow of Merton Coll. in the beginning of the Year 1527 , Master of Arts 1530 , and the Year after was ( on the resignation of Rob. Taylor Fellow of the said Coll ) unanimously chosen the publick Scribe or Registrary of the University . Afterwards he became Rector of Cuxham in Oxfordshire for a time , Principal of St. Albans hall , Divinity Reader of Magd. College , the Kings Professor of Divinity in the said University and Doctor of that faculty . But being forced to leave his Professorship in the Reign of K. Edw. 6. to make room for P. Martyr , he went to Lovaine in Brabant , where being received c with solemnity , became publick Professor of Divinity there for a time , and read openly on the Apocalips of St. John. When Qu. Mary was advanced to the Crown , he was not only restored to his Professorship in the University of Oxon , but also was made one of the Chaplains to that Queen , and Canon of Christ Church . In 1559 , Qu. Elizabeth being then in the Throne , he lost those , with other , preferments , ( of which the Rectory or Headship of Whittingdon Coll. in Lond. was one ) and was committed to custody with Matthew Archbishop of Canterbury ; by whose perswasions he recanted what he had written in defence of the celebacy of Priests . See more of this matter in a Book intit . De antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae &c. in Mathaeo . — Printed about 1572-3 . being the first impression of that Book . Afterwards our Author R. Smyth giving Matthew the slip , he went to Doway in Flanders , and was constituted Dean of S. Peters Church at that place by Philip K. of Spain , who erecting an Academy there about that time , made him the first Kings Professor thereof . He was by those of his perswation accounted the best Schoolman of his time , a subtile disputant , and admirably well read in the Fathers and Councils , which did evidently appear in his disputations in the Divinity School with Pet. Martyr , whom , as the R. Cath. Writers of his time say d he did in a most egregious manner baffle several times . The wholy story of it you may see elsewhere e and therefore I shall not make a recital of it now , only say that the Protestant f Writers report , that he was more a Sophister than Divine , that he was non-plus'd several times by Martyr , and that he was a goggle-ey'd fellow and very inconstant in his Opinion . As for his Writings they are these . Assertion and defence of the Sacrament of the Altar . Lond. 1546. oct . Defence of the sacrifice of the Mass . Lond. 1546. oct . An answer to all Martyn Luthers , and his Scholar's reasons made against the sacrifice of the Masse , &c. — Printed with the Defence before-mention'd . Brief treatise setting forth divers truths necessary both to be believed of all Chrysten People and kept also , which 〈◊〉 are not expressed in the Scripture , but left to the Church by the Apostles tradition , Lond. 1547. oct . Declaration upon his retractation made at Pauls cross 15. May 1547. Lond. 1547. oct . This retraction was for certain articles contained in two Books of his making , viz. one in Defence of the sacrifice of the Masse , and that called , as it seems , A brief treatise &c. wherein he endeavoured to prove , that unwritten verities ought to be believed under paine of damnation . Diatriba de hominis justificatione contra Pet. Martyrem Lovain 1550. oct . Defensio caelibatûs sacerdotum contra P. Mart. Lov. 1550. oct . Printed also as it seems at Paris the same year . Confutatio quorundam articularum de votis monasticis Pet. Martyris Itali . These two last , being printed at Lovaine in one Vol. are very full of faults by the negligence of the Printer , and absence of the Author , who pretended they were printed against his Will , and wished afterwards that he had never made them , because he was then perswaded with himself , that the Priests of England made a vow ( a religious vow ) when they were made Priests ; which he perceived afterwards was not true . This he told Dr. Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury in a certain g letter , when he heard that he the said Cranmer had made a Collection of ( or answer to ) the aforesaid Books De caelibatu & votis monasticis . Disputation with Bish . Rydley in the Div. School at Oxon ; his Sermon at his and Latimers burning , with Speeches , Orations , &c. — See in Joh. Fox his Book of the Acts and Mon. of the Church . A bucklar of Cath. Faith of Christ's Church , containing divers matters , now of late called into controversie by the new Gospellers . Lond. 1555. in two books or parts . The things controverted were ( 1 ) Whether a man may keep Gods commandements . ( 2 ) Concerning works of superarrogation . ( 3 ) Concerning purgatory . ( 4 ) The signe of the cross and crucifex , &c. Refutatio luculenta crassae & exitiosae haeresis Johannis Calvini & Christop . Carlili Angli , qua astruunt Christum non discendisse ad inferos alios , quam ad infernum infimum . Printed 1562. The said tenet that Christ descended into hell was maintained in a Commencement held at Cambridge , in 1552. by the said Carlile , and opposed then in disputations by Sir Joh. Cheek : Whereupon Smyth wrot the Refutation before-mention'd . Afterwards Christoph . Carlile came out with a book entit . Concerning the immediat going to Heaven of the souls of the faithful Fathers before Christ , and concerning his descent into hell , &c. Lond. 1582. oct . ( sec . edit ) I find one Christopher Carlile to have lived for some time at Barham in Kent , whence removing to the Parish of St. Botolph near Billingsgate in London , died there in the beginning of the Year 1596 , leaving then behind him a Relict called Marie . Whether this Chr. Carlile be the same with the former , I cannot tell . Another also of both his names lived in his time , whose warlike skill was sufficiently tried in the Low Countries , France and Ireland , and in America at Carthage and Santo Dominico , an . 1585 : Which worthy Soldier died * about the Year 1593. R. Smyth hath also written , De missae sacrificio contra Melanctonum , Calvinum & alios . Lov. 1562. oct . De Infantium baptismo , contra Calvinum . Printed there the same Year . Defensio externi & visibilis sacerdotii , & propugnatio altarium , cum confutatione communionis Calvinianae . Ibid. Confutatio earum quae Philip. Melancthon objecit contra propitiatorium missae sacrificium . Ibid. De libero hominis arbitrio contra Calvinum . Lov. 1563. oct . and other things , which you may see in Pitseus . This learned Doctor gave way to fate on the seventh of the ides of July ( according to the accompt followed at Doway ) in Fifteen hundred sixty and three , year 1563 aged 63. Whereupon his body was buried in the Chappel of our Lady joyning to the Church of St. Peter at Doway before-mentioned . Several of both his names have been Writers , but they being after him in time , I shall mention them in their respective places . THOMAS PAYNELL , or Paganell , descended from an ancient Family of his name living in Lincolnshire , was from his youth always exercised in virtue and good letters . While he was in his juvenile years he was made a Canon Regular of Merton Priory in Surrey , the Monasticks of which place having had interest in the College of St. Mary the Virgin situated in the Parish of St. Michael and St. Peter in the Baylie , ( built purposely for the training up of young Can. Reg. in Philosophical , or Theological learning , or both ) he was sent thither , where improving himself much in Divine learning , returned to his Monastery , and a little before the dissolution of that and others , became Prior of a certain Monastery of Canon Regulars near to London as Baleus b saith , tho the name of the place he tells us not . But being soon after ejected , when his Monastery was to be imployed for a laical use , had a pension allowed him during his life : Whereupon retiring to London , and sometimes to Oxon , had the more leisure to write and translate Books ; the titles of which follow . Pandicts of the Evangelical Law. Lond. 1553. oct . The pithy and most notable sayings of all the Scripture , after the manner of common places , &c. newly augmented and corrected . Lond. 1560. oct . A Table of many matters contained in the english works of Sir Tho. More . — This is set before the said works that were published by Will. Rastell , an . 1557. A fruitful Book of the common places of all St. Pauls Epistles , right necessary for all sorts of People , &c. Lond. 1562. oct . Preface to the Book of measuring of Land , as well of Woodland as Plowland — Printed at Lond. in the time of Hen. 8. in oct . The Book it self was written by Sir Rich. de Benese sometimes Canon of Merton Priory , but corrected and made fit for the press by Paynell . In the Year 1519. one Rich. de Benese a secular Chaplain supplicated the Ven. congregation for the Degree of Bach. of Arts , but whether the same with the writer , I cannot justly say , because he is written secular Chaplain . Neither can I say that Rich. Benese Clerk , Parson of Long Ditton in Surrey in the time of H. 8. be the same also ; who in his last i Will and Test . dated 3. Nov. 1546. and proved 20. Oct. 1547. doth bequeath his body to be buried in the yard belonging to the Church there . Our Author Thom. Paynell did also translate from Lat. into English ( 1 ) Of the contempt of the world . Lond. 1533. oct . written by Erasmus . ( 2 ) Of the Medicine Guacum and of the French disease , &c. Lond. 1536. and 1539. oct . written by Ulrich Hutten a Knight of Almaine . It treateth of the wood called Guacum which healeth the French Pox , the Gout , Stone , Palsey , &c. ( 3 ) Of the comparison of a Virgin and a Martyr . Lond. 1537. oct . written by Erasmus . This translation is dedicated to John Ramsey Lord Prior of Merton . ( 4 ) Sermon on the Lords Prayer . Lond. 1539. oct . written by St. Cyprian , ( 5 ) A faithful and true story of the destruction of Troy. Lond. 1553. oct . written by Danus Phrigius . ( 6 ) A devout prayer , expedient for those that prepare themselves to say Mass , &c. Lond. 1555. oct . written by St. Ambrose . ( 7 ) Brief Chronycle of all the Earls of Holland . Lond. 1557. oct . written by Hadrianus Barlandus . ( 8. ) Salerni sanit , regim . The Regiment of health , teaching all People how to govern them in health . Lond. 1558 oct . ( 9 ) Of the examples of virtue and vice . Lond. 1561. oct . written by Nich. Hannape . ( 10 ) Fruitful treatise of well living , containing the whole summ and effect of all virtue . Printed at Lond in oct . written by St. Bernard . ( 11 ) The Precepts teaching a Prince or a noble estate his duty . print . in oct . written originally in Greek by Agapetus . He also translated from French into English ( 1 ) The civility of Chidhood , with the discipline and institution of Children . Lond. 1560. oct ( 2 ) The assault of Heaven . Lond. in qu. besides other translations which you may see * elsewhere . In my searches I once saw a Will k without date , made for Thom. Paynell Priest , born at , or near to Bothby-Paynell in Lincolnshire , afterwards-Parson ( as it seems ) of Cotyngam lying between Hull and Beverley in Yorkshire , to which place he was a Benefactor , and left considerable Legacies to 20 poor Maidens born , and dwelling , there . He gave to St. Johns Coll. in Oxon ( wherein , as it seems , he had studied in his elderly years in the latter end of H. 8. and in the time of Ed. 6. at which time it was called St. Bernards Coll. ) all his Books in his Chamber at London , and desired that at his Funeral , a Sermon be Preached by a Catholick Doctor , or a Bach. of Divinity , &c. This will , which seems to have been made at London , was proved in the Praerogative Court of Conterbury , on the 22 of March ( according to the English accompt ) in Fifteen hundred sixty and three . year 1563 I do , and always did , take it to be made for Thom. Paynell the writer , and conclude thence that he died in the Winter time 1563. but where buried I cannot tell . EDWARD FERRERS , a most ingenious Man of his time , was of the same Family with those of Baldesley-Clenton in Warwickshire , but the name of the particular place where he was born , or the name of the House in Oxon , wherein educated , I cannot justly say . Sure it is that he continued there several years , being then in much esteem for his Poetry , and about the time that he left the Univ. wrot , Several Tragedies . Com. or Interludes . All which being written with much skill , and magnificence in his meeter , gave the King so much good recreation , ( as the Author † of the Art of English Poesie saith ) as he had thereby many good rewards , and adds farther , that for such things , as he hath seen , of his writing , and of the writing of Tho. Sackvile , they deserve the price , &c. Our Author Ferrers hath also written these two Poems following , viz. The fall of Rob. Tresilian Cheif Justice of England , — and , The unlawful murder of Tho. of Woodstok Duke of Glocester — with several other things which I have not yet seen , and was Author , as one * or more writers say , of a Book intit . A mirroure for Magistrates . Lond. 1559 , Published by Will. Baldwin , whom I shall anon mention . In which Mirrour are involved the two Poems before-mentioned , and other things of the composition of the said E. Ferrers , who was in great renown in Fifteen hundred sixty and four , being , if I mistake not , the same Edw. Ferrers of Baldesley Clinton , who died and was buried there , in that year , leaving behind him a Son named Henry , whom I shall mention under the Year 1633. WILLIAM BALDEWYN , who seems to have been a Western Man born , spent several years in Logic and Philosophie in this University , being the same Will. Baldwyn ( as 't is probable ) who supplicated the venerable congregation of Regents that he might take a Degree in Arts , in Jan. 1532 , but whether it was granted , or that he took such a Degree it appears not in the Register of that time . After he had left the University ( being then accounted a noted Poet of that time ) he became a Schoolmaster and a Minister , and a Writer of divers Books , the titles of which follow . Of moral Philosophy , or the lives and sayings of Philosophers , Emperours , Kings , &c. — Several times printed at London in qu. Precepts and Councells of the Philosophers . Phraiselike declaration in English meeter , on the Canticles or Ballads of Salomon . Lond. 1549. qu. The use of Adagies . Similies and Proverbs . Comedies . When printed , or where , I cannot find . A myrroure for Magistrates , wherein may be seen by example of others , with how grevious plagues , vices are punished , &c. Lond. 1559. qu. in an old English Character . It is a piece of historical poetry relating the Acts of unfortunate English Men , commencing with the fall of Rob. Tresilian Chief Justice of England , and ending with George Plantagenet third Son of the Duke of York , and hath added in the end from Jo. Skelton the Poet , the story in verse of K. Ed. 4. his sudden death in the midst of his prosperity . In the Epistle to the Reader , subscribed by the Author Baldwyn , he tell us he had a second part to print , reaching down with his stories of unfortunate Men to Queen Maries time , but whether it was printed , I know not , for I have not yet seen it . This Book , or another bearing the same title , written by John Higens , is commended by several Authors , particularly by him that wrot Hypercritica l for a good piece of poety . As for Baldewyn he lived , as 't is said , some years after Qu. Eliz. came to the Crown , but when he died it appears not . WILLIAM RASTALL Son of John Rastall of London Printer , by Elizabeth his Wife , Sister to Sir Thomas More Knight , sometimes Lord Chancellour of England , was born in the City of London , and educated in Grammar learning there . In 1525 or thereabouts , being then in the year of his age 17 , he was sent to the Univers . of Oxon , where laying a considerable foundation in Logick and Philosophy , left it without a Degree , went to Lincolns Inn , and there by the help of his Academical education , he made a considerable progress in the municipal Laws of the Nation , and in 1 Edw. 6. he became Autumn or Summer Reader of that House . But Religion being then about to be alter'd , he , with his ingenious and learned Wife Wenefrid Daughter of Jo. Clement ( of whom I shall speak in 1572. ) left the Nation and went to the University of Lovaine in Brabant , where continuing all the time of that Kings Reign , returned when Qu. Mary came to the Crown , was made Serjeant at Law in 1554 , and a little before the said Queens death , one of the Justices of the Common-pleas . At length Religion altering again after Elizab. became Queen of England , he returned to Lovaine before mention'd , where he continued till the time of his death . He hath written , The Chartuary . Lond. 1534. A Table collected of the years of our Lord God , and of the years of the Kings of England , from the first of Will. the Conquerour : shewing how the years of our Lord God , and the years of the Kings of England , concurr and agree together ; by which table it may quickly be accompted how many years , months , and days be past since the making of any evidences . Lond. 1563. oct . Continued by another hand and printed there again in oct . 1607. It was also printed there a third time 1639. in a large oct . corrected and continued by the famous Almanack-maker John Booker born at Manchester in Lancashire , 23. Mar. 1601. and bred a Clark under an Alderman of London ; who , after he had published several matters of his Profession ( of which The bloody Irish Almanack , was one , printed at London , 1646. in 11. Sh. in qu. ) gave way to fate on the sixth of the ides of April an . 1667. and received sepulture in the Church of St. James in Duke-place , Lond. Whereupon a Marble-stone was soon after laid over-his grave at the charge of his great admirer Elias Ashmole Esq . The said Table of years , is now involved and swallowed up in a Book entituled Chronica juridicalia : or , a general Calender of the Years of our Lord God , and those of several Kings of England , &c. with a Chronological table of the Lord Chancellours and Lord Keepers , Justices of the Kings-bench , Common pleas , Barons of the Exehecquer , &c. Lond. 1685. oct . By whom this Book was transcrib'd , I know not yet : evident it is , that it consists only of Rastalls Tables , and Sir Will. Dugdale's Chronica series , &c. at the end of his Origines juridiciales , &c. and published by some down-right plagiary purposely to get a little money . Our Author Rastall hath also written and published , Termes of the English Law : Or les termes de la ley — several times printed . A collection in English , of the statutes now in force , continued from the beginning of Magna Charta , made 9. Hen. 3. to the 4 and 5 of Phil. and Mary . Lond. 1559. 83. fol. Continued by another hand to the 43 of Queen Elizab. Lond. 1603. &c. fol. A collection of entries , of declarations , barres , replications , rejoynders , issues , verdicts , &c. Lond. 1566. 96. &c. fol. He also corrected and published a Book entit . La Novel natura brevium Monsier Anton. Fitzherbert , &c. des choses notabiles contenus en ycel novelment , &c. To which he also added a table . This Book was printed several times ; one of which editions came out at Lond. 1598. oct . He also composed two tables , one of which contains the principal matters concerning pleas of the Crown , and the other of all the principal cases contained in a Book called , The book of affizes and pleas of the Crown , &c. and a Table to Fitzherbert's Grand abridgment of the Law. Life of Sir Thom. More Knight . — Whether printed I cannot tell . Sure I am that Rastall collected all such works of Sir Tho. More that were wrot in English — Lond. 1557. fol. As for those things written against Jewell , which go under the name of Rastall , are not to be understood as written by this Will. Rastall , as a certain Author m would have it , but by John Rastal a Theologist , as I shall tell you under the Year 1600. This our Author Will. Rastall , who was accounted a most eminent Lawyer of his time and a grand zealot for the R. Catholick Religion , died at Lovaine before-mention'd 27. Aug. in Fifteen hundred sixty and five : year 1565 whereupon his body was buried within the Church of St. Peter there , on the right hand of the Altar of the Virgin Mary , near to the body of Wenefred his Wife , who was buried there in July 1553. He had a Brother named Joh. Rastall who was a Justice of the Peace , Father to Elizabeth Rastall , the Wife of Rob. Longher LL. D. as I have elsewhere told you . JOHN PULLAYNE , a Yorkshire Man born , was educated in New Coll. of which he was either Clerk or Chaplain , or both successively , and in the Year 1547. being then 3 years standing Master of Arts and thirty years of Age , was admitted one of the Senior Students , of Ch. Ch. and much in esteem for his Lat. and English Poetry . About that time he became a frequent Preacher and a zealous Reformer , but when Qu. Mary came to the Crown , he absconded and preached privately to the brethren in the Parish of St. Michael on Cornhill in London , where I find him in 1556. Afterwards he was forced beyond the Seas to Geneva , but returned when Qu. Elizab. was in the regal Throne , and had the Archdeaconry of Colchester bestowed on him , ( lately enjoyed by Dr. Hugh . Weston ) besides other spiritualities . He hath written , Tract against the Arrians . — And translated into English verse . ( 1 ) The Ecclesiastes of Salomon . ( 2 ) Hist . of Susanna . ( 3 ) Hist . of Judith . ( 4 ) Hist . of Hester . ( 5 ) Testament of the 12. Patriarchs . He went the way of all flesh , year 1565 in Fifteen hundred sixty and five , which is all I know of him , only that after his death fell out a controversie among his Relations for his estate , under pretence that his Children were illegitimate , because he had taken to him a Wife in K. Edwards Reign . The Reader is to understand that there was one John Pollayne an Oxfordshire Man born , elected and admitted Prob. Fellow of Merton Coll. in 1507. but what he hath written I know not , he being altogether different from the former , notwithstanding Baleus is pleased to tell n us , that the said former Pullayne the Writer , was of Merton Coll. which is false . THOMAS CHALONER Son of Reg. Chaloner , ( by Margaret his Wife Daughter of Rich. Middleton ) Son of Tho. Chaloner , second Son of Rice Chaloner of Denbigh in Wales , was born in London , educated in both the Universities , especially in that of Cambridge , where for a time he devoted himself to the Muses , as he did afterwards to Mars . After he had left the University , he travell'd beyond the Seas in the company of Sir Hen. Knevet Embassador from K. Hen. 8. to the Emperor Charles 5. Which Emperor , T. Chaloner did afterwards serve in the expedition of Algier , where being * Shipwrack'd , did , after he had sworn till his strength and his armes failed him , catch hold of a Cable with his teeth , and so escaped , but not without the loss of some of them . In the beginning of K. Ed. 6. he received the honor of Knighthood in the camp besides Rokesborough , immediatly after the battel of Musselborough , ( wherein he had shewed great valour ) from Edward Duke of Somerset Lord Protector of England , 27. Sept. 1547. and soon after was by him made one of the Clerks of the Privy Council . In the time of Qu. Mary he mostly lived in a retir'd and studious condition , but in the very beginning of Qu. Elizabeth an . 1558. he went on an honorable Embassie to the Emperour Ferdinand , such esteem then had the Queen for his port , carriage and admirable parts , and about an year after was sent ordinary Embassador to Philip K. of Spayne , where he continued 4 years , in which time , at leisure hours , he wrot his Book of a Commonwealth ( which I shall anon mention ) in elegant and learned verse , whilst ( as he saith in his Preface to it ) be lived in Winter in a stove , and in Summer in a barne . Soon after his return from Spayne he ended his days , as I shall tell you by and by , having before written several things , as , A little Dictionary for Children . De Rep. Anglorum instauranda , lib. 10. Lond. 1579. qu. Which Book was by him began 25. Dec. 1562. and ended 21. Jul. 1564. De illustrium quorundam encorniis , cum epigram . & epitaphiis nonnullis . Printed with De Rep. Angl. Voyage to Algier with the Emperour , an . 1541. — See in the first vol. of R. Hakluyts voyages . He also translated from Lat. into English . ( 1 ) The office of Servants . Lond. 1543. oct . written by Gilb. Cognatus : which translation is dedicated to Sir H. Knevet before-mention'd . ( 2 ) The praise of folly . Lond. 1549. qu. written by Erasmus . What other things he hath written and translated , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died in his house in St. Johns near London on the nones of Octob. year 1565 in Fifteen hundred sixty and Five , and was buried with a sumptuous Funeral according to his worth in the Cath. Ch. of St. Paul within the said City of London . His Son Thomas I shall mention among these Writers under the Year 1615. and his Grandson Edward under 1625. JOHN HEYWOOD or Heewood , a most noted Poet and jester of his time , was born in the City of London , and notwithstanding he is said to be o Civis Londinensis , yet he laid a foundation of learning in this University , particularly , as it seems , in that ancient Hostle called Broadgates in St. Aldates Parish : But the crabbedness of Logick not suiting with his airie genie , he retired to his native place , and became noted to all witty Men , especially to Sir Tho. More , ( with whom he was very familiar ) wrot several matters of Poetry , and was the first , as some say , ( but I think false ) that wrot English plays , taking opportunity thence to make notable work with the Clergy . He had admirable skill also in instrumental and vocal Musick , but whether he made any compositions in either , I find not . He was in much esteem with K. H. 8. for the mirth and quickness of his conceits , and tho he had little learning in him , yet he was by that King well rewarded . After Qu. Mary came to the Crown , he was much valued by her , often had the honor to wait on , and exercise his fancy before , her ; which he did , even to the time that she lay langushing on her death-bed . After her decease he left the Nation for Religion sake , and setled at Mechlin in Brabant , which is a wonder to some , who will allow no Religion in Poets , that this Person should above all of his Profession be a voluntary exile for it . He hath written , The Play called the four PP . being a new and merry enterlude of a Palmer , Pardoner , Poticary and Pedler — Printed at London in an old Engl. character in qu. and hath in the title page the pictures of three Men ( there should be 4 ) in old fashioned habits , wrought off from a wooden cut . Interludes , printed at London . The Play Of love . The Play Of weather . The Play Between John the Husband and Tib the Wife . Interludes , Printed at Lond. Play between the Pardoner and the Fryer , the Curat and neighbor Pratt Play of gentleness and nobility in two parts . The Pinner of Wakefeld , a Comedie . Philotas Scotch , a Com. — I have seen also an interlude of youth ; Printed at Lond. in an old English Char. temp . Hen. 8. but whether Jo. Heywood was the Author of it , I know not . He also wrot , A Dialogue containing the number in effect of all the proverbs in the English tongue , compact in a matter concerning two manner of marriages , corrected and somewhat augmented by the Author . Lond. 1547. and 1598. in two parts in qu. All written in old English verse , and printed in an English Character . Three hundred Epigrams upon 300 Proverbs . Lond. without date , and there again 1598. qu. All in old English character . The fourth hundred of Epigrams . Lond. without date , and there again 1598. qu. The Fifth Sixth hundred of Epigr. LOnd . 1598. qu. The Spider and the Flie. A parable of the Spider and the Flie. Lond. 1556. in a pretty thick qu. and all in old English verse . Before the title , is the picture of Jo. Heywood from head to foot printed from a wooden Cut , with a fur-gown on , representing the fashion of that almost belonging to a Master of Arts , but the bottom of the sleeves reach no lower than his knees . On his head is a round cap , his chin and lips are close shav'd , and hath a dagger hanging at his girdle . After the Preface , which is in verse , follows a table of all the Chapters in the Book , then follows his picture again , as is before described . In the beginning of every chapter ( in number 77. ) is the Authors picture either standing or sitting before a table , with a Book on it , and the representation of a window near it , with cobwebs , flies , and spiders in it . 'T is one of the first printed Books in the English tongue that hath many Cuts ; and no doubt there is , but that it was in high value in Qu. Maries Reign , as the Author of it was , who ending his days at Mechlin , year 1565 about Fifteen hundred sixty and five , was buried there , leaving behind him several Children , to whom he had given liberal education : among which were Ellis , and Jaspar , Heywood , the former Bach. of the Civil Law , the other M. of Arts , of this University , and both afterwards noted Jesuits . THOMAS HOBY of Bysham near to Maydenhead in Berks. Son of Will. Hoby of Leonminster commonly called Lemster in Herefordishire , was born , as I conceive , in Herefordshire , and after he had spent some time among the Oxonian Muses , he went beyond the Seas , lived in France , Italy , and other Countries several years , became a perfect Master of the Languages there spoken , and at length returned a compleat Gentleman , well fu●n●shed with learning , and for a time settled at Bysham . Afterwards being introduced into the Court , he became so much esteemed by Qu. Elizabeth , that she not only conferr'd the honor of Knighthood upon , but sent , him Embasslador to the French King , an . 1565 or thereabouts ; where acting too zealous for his Mistress , he was cut off in the prime of his years . What he hath written , I know not : Sure I am that he hath translated from Italian into English Il cortagiano , seu de Aulico written by 〈◊〉 Castiglione , and from Lat. into English . ( 1 ) 〈◊〉 to the Church of England , for the restitution of Christian Religion . Lond. in oct . without date : written in Lat. by Martin Bucer . ( 2 ) Answer unto the two railing Epistles of Steph. Gardiner B. of Winchester concerning the married state of Priests and Cloysterers . Lond. in oct . without date : written also in Lat. by the said Bucer . They were both printed in an English character , after the Authors death , ( as it seems ) which happing at Paris on Saturday * 13. July , between five and six in the morning ( to the great reluctancy of all good Men , nay , to the Queen her self ) in Fifteen hundred sixty and six , year 1566 aged 36 years , his body thereupon was conveyed into England , and at length to Bysham , where resting till his Widow Elizabeth , Daughter of Sir Anth. Coke of Geddy-hall in Essex Knight , had built a Chappel on the South side of the Chancel there , was put into a Vault underneath it . Which being so done , the said Widow caused the body of his elder Brother Sir Philip Hoby a zealous Protestant in Qu. Maries Reign , ( who dying issuless 31 May 1558. aged 53. made his Brother Sir Tho. before-mentioned his Heir ) to be removed from under the Chancel , and to be laid by it in the said Vault . That also being done , she at her own charges caused a fair Table Monument breast-high to be erected over them , with their stat●a's from head to foot laying thereon , and a large inscription in English prose and verse to be engraven , which for brevity sake I shall now pass by . This Sir Tho. Hoby left behind him several Children , of whom the eldest was Edward , as I shall tell you more hereafter in the latter end of the Year 1616. RICHARD EDWARDS , a Somersetshire Man born , was admitted Scholar of Corp. Chr. Coll. under the tuition of George Etheridge , on the eleventh of May 1540 , Student of the upper table of Christ Church at its foundation by K. Hen. 8. in the beginning of the Year 1547. aged 24 , and the same Year took the Degree of M. of Arts. In the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth , he was made one of the Gentlemen of her Chappel , and Master of the Children there , being then esteemed not only an excellent Musician , but an exact Poet , as many of his compositions in Musick ( for he was not only skill'd in the practical but theoretical part ) and Poetry do shew , for which he was highly valued by those that knew him , especially his associats in Lincolns Inn ( of which he was a member , and in some respects an Ornament ) and much lamented by them , and all ingenious Men of his time , when he died . He hath written , Damon and Pythias , a Com. — Acted at Court and in the University . Palaemon and Arcyte , a Com. in two parts . — Acted before Qu. Elizab. in Ch. Ch. hall 1566. which gave her so much content , that sending for the Author thereof , she was pleased to give him many thanks , with promise of reward for his pains : And then making a pause , said to him and her retinue standing about her , these matters relating to the said Play , which had entertain'd her with great delight for two nights in the said hall . By Palaemon — I warrant he dellieth not in love , when he was in love indeed . By Arcyte he was a right martial Knight , having a swa●t countenance and a manly Face . By Trecatio — Gods pitty what a knave it is ? By Peritbous his throwing St. Edwards rich cloak into the funeral fire , which a stander by would have sta●d by the arm , with an oath , go fool — he knoweth his part I 'll warrant you , &c. — In the said play was acted a cry of hounds in the quadrant , upon the train of a fox in the hunting of Theseus : with which , the young Scholars who stood in the remoter parts of the stage , and in the windows , were so much taken and surpriz'd ( supposing it had been real ) that they cried out , there , there , — he 's caught , he 's caught . — All which the Queen merrily beholding , said , O excellent ! those boys in very troth are ready to leap out of the windows to follow the hounds . — This part being repeated before certain Courtiers in the lodgings of Mr. Rog. Marbeck one of the Canons of Ch. Ch. by the players in their gowns ( for they were all Scholars that acted , among whom were Miles Windsore and Thom. Twyne of C. C. C. ) before the Queen came to Oxon , was by them so well liked , that they said it far surpassed Dam●n and Pythias , than which , they thought , nothing could be better . Likewise some said that if the Author did proceed to make more plays before his death , he would run mad . But this it seems was the last , for he lived not to finish others that he had laying by him . He also wrot , Several Poems in Engl. and Latine — Those that speak English are for the most part extant in a Book intit . The paradise of dainty devises . Lond. 1578. qu. Which Book being mostly written by him , was published by Hen. D'isle a Printer , with other Mens Poems mix'd among them . Among which , are those of Edward Vere Earl of Oxford , the best for Comedy in his time , who died an aged Man 24 June 1604. Will. Hunnys ( a crony of Tho. Newton the Lat Poet ) who hath about nine Copies in the said collection ; Jasp . Heywood , Nich. Lord Vaux , Franc. Kynwelmersh who hath about 8 Copies therein , R. Hall , R. Hill , T. Marshall , Tho Churchyard a Salopian , Lodowyke Lloyd , one Y●oop , and several others . At length this noted Poet and Comedian , R. Edwards , made his last Exit before he arrived to his middle age , year 1566 in Fifteen hundred sixty and six , or thereabouts . When he was in the extremity of his sickness , he composed * a noted Poem called Edwards Soulknil or the Soules knell , which was commended for a good piece . One George Turbervile in his Book of Epitaphs , Epigrams , Songs , Sonnets , &c. ( which I shall hereafter mention ) printed at Lond. the second time 1570 , hath an Epitaph on his death , made by Tho. Twyne of C. C. Coll. and another by himself . ROBERT POINTZ to whom Alderli● in Glocestershire ( where his Family was gentile ) gave breath , and Wykehams School near to Winehester education , was admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1554 took the Degrees in Arts , that of Master being confer'd upon him in 1560 , but went away before he compleated it by standing in the Comitia . Afterwards leaving his Relations , Country , and all future expectation , for Religion sake , settled at Lovaine in Brabant , as it seems , became a Student in Divinity , and published , Testimonies for the real presence of Christ's body and blood in the blessed Sacrament of the Altar , set forth at large and faithfully translated out of six ancient Fathers , which lived far within six hundred years . Lov. 1566. oct . Certain notes declaring the force of those testimonies , and detecting sometimes the Sacramentaries false dealing — Printed with the former book . Miracles performed by the Eucharist — This last with other things that he hath written , as 't is said , I have not yet seen . An 100 years after this R. Pointz . lived another of both his names , and of the same Family , a writer also , and a Knight of the Bath , whom I shall remember hereafter . ANTHONY BROWNE Son of Sir Weston Browne of Abbesroding and of Langenhoo in Essex Knight , ( by Eliz. his Wife one of the Daughters of Will. Mordant of Turwey in Bedfordsh . Esq ; ) Son * of Rob. Browne , ( by Mary his Wife Daughter and Heir of Sir Thomas Charlton ) Son of Rob. Browne of Wakefield in Yorkshire , ( by Joane Kirkham his second Wife ) Son of another Rob. Browne of the West Country , was born in Essex , and being made soon ripe for the University , was sent thereunto ; but before he had taken a Degree he was transplanted to the Middle Temple ; of which , after he had been some years an Inner Barrester , he was elected summer-Reader 1 o Mariae , but did not read till the Lent following . In the 2 Year of the said Queens Reign he with several others were by writ called to the Degree of Serjeant at Law , and was the antientest of the call , and soon after was made Serjeant to the King and Queen . In oct . 1558. ( 5. and 6. of Ph. and Mar. ) he was made Lord Chief Justice of the Common-pleas , but the said Qu. Mary dying soon after , and Elizabeth succeeding , she remov'd him thence and placed in his room Sir James Dyer . Whereupon A. Browne was made for a time ( as it seems ) a Justice of the Common-pleas , and soon after one of the Justices of the Common-bench , in which dignity he dyed ; having , but an year before his death , received the honor of Knighthood from the Queen at the Parliament house . Edom. Plowden the famous Lawyer doth give this a testimony of him that he was a Judge of a profound genie and great eloquence : And all eminent Men of that Age did esteem him as able a Person as any that lived in Qu. Elizabeths time , and therefore fit to have obliged posterity by his Pen , had not too much modesty laid in the way . What he did as to that , was concealed , and partly published under another name , as his Arguments for Marie Queen of Scots her right of Succession to the Crown of England , which were published by Joh. Lesley Bishop of Rosse , as I shall tell you in Morgan Philipps under the Year 1577. Besides which , there is a folio MS. at this day in a private hand entit . A discourse upon certain points touching the inheritance of the Crown — conceiv'd by Sir Anth. Browne Justice . Which Book coming into the hands of Sir Nich. Bacon L. Keeper of England , was by him answered , and perhaps therein are contained the Arguments before mentioned . Our Author Sir Anthony wrot a Book also against Rob. Dudley Earl of Leycester , as one b reports , but what the contents of it are , he mentions not . At length having always lived a R. Catholick , he gave way to fate c at his house in the Parish of South-weld in Essex on the 6. of May in Fifteen hundred sixty and seven ; year 1567 whereupon his body was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , on the tenth of June following . What Epitaph was put over his Grave , I know not : Sure it is , that these verses were made on him several years after his death , which may serve for one . Elizabetha nonum regni dum transegit annum Gentis & Anglorum regia sceptra tenet , Antonium rapiunt Maii mala sydera Brownum Legum qui vivus gloria magna fuit . On the 9. Nov. in the same Year in which Sir Anthony died , Joan his Widow , Daughter of Will. Farington of Farington in Lancashire ( and formerly the Widow of Charles Bothe Esq ; ) died , and the 22 of the same Month was buried near to the grave of her second husband Sir Anthony before-mentioned , who was Nephew to Sir Humph. Browne of the Middle Temple , made Serjeant at Law 23. Hen. 8. one of the Justices of the Kings-bench 34. Hen. 8. and continued in that place till 5 Elizab. at which time he died , being about 33 Years after he was made a Serjeant . WILLIAM SALESBURY , a most exact Critick in British antiquities , was born of an ancient and gentile Family in Denbighshire , spent several year in Academical learning either in St. Albans , or Broadgates , hall , or both . Thence he went to an Inn of Chancery in Holbourne near London , called Thavies Inn , where he studied and made sufficient progress in the common Law ; and thence , as 't is probable , to Lincolns Inn. Afterwards he applied his muse to the searching of Histories , especially those belonging to his own Country , wherein he became so curious and critical that he wrot and published , A Dictionary in English and Welsh , much necessary to all such Welshmen , as will speedily learn the English tongue , thought by the Kings Majesty very meet to be set forth to the use of his gracious Subjects in Wales . Lond. 1547. qu. whereunto is prefixed , A little treatise of the English pronunciation of the Letters — From the said Dictionary , and treatise , Dr. Joh. Davies obtained many materials when he was making his Dictionarium Britannico-latinum . A playne and familiar introduction , teaching how to pronounce the Letters in the Brytish tongue , now commonly called Welsh , whereby an English Man shall not only with ease read the said tongue rightly , but &c. Lond. 1550. qu. Afterwards perused and augmented by the Author , Lond. 1567. in 7. sh . in qu. Battery of the Popes bottereulx , commonly called the High Aultar . Lond. 1550. in oct . He also published The Laws of Howell Da , and other things relating to his own Country , which I have not yet seen . He was living in the house of Humph. Toy a Bookseller in St. Pauls Ch. yard in London , in Fifteen hundred sixty and seven , ( which was part of the ninth and tenth years of Qu. Elizabeth ) being then esteemed a Person to be much meriting of the Church and British tongue , but when he died , I find not . ARMIGELL WADE or Waad , a Yorkshire Man born , spent some years in Logick and Philosophie , in St. Mary Magd. Coll. as it seems , took a Degree in Arts 1531 , went afterwards to one of the Inns of Court , travelled into various Countries , and after his return became Clerk of the counsel to K. Hen. 8. and afterwards to K. Ed. 6. He is f charactariz'd thus — Qui in maximarum artium disciplinis , prudentiaque civili instructissimus , plurimarum linguarum callentissimus , legationibus honoratissimis perfunctus , & inter Britunnos Indiarum Americ●rum explorator primus . He made many observations in his travels , especially in America , ( being the first English Man that discovered it ) which are remitted into the Volums of voyages collected and published by another hand . This Person , who was a Justice of Peace for the County of Middlesex , died at Belsie or Belsise in the Parish of Hampsted in the said County , 20. June in Fifteen hundred sixty and eight , year 1568 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Hampsted . Soon after was a fair Monument of Alabaster erected over his grave by Sir Will. Waad his eldest Son , Clerk of the Counsel to Qu. Elizabeth . WILLIAM TURNER , a noted and forward Theologist and Physician of his time , was born at Morpeth in Northumberland , educated in Cambridge in Trivials , and afterwards for a time in the study of Medicine . This Person who was very conceited of his own worth , hot headed , a busie body , and much addicted to the opinions of Luther , would needs in the height of his study of Physick turn Theologist , but always refused the usual ceremonies to be observed in order to his being made Priest : And whether he had orders confer'd upon him according to the R. Cath. manner , appears not . Sure it is that while he was a young Man , he went unsent for , through many parts of the Nation , and Preached the Word of God , not only in Towns and Villages , but also in Cities . In his rambles he settled for a time in Oxon , among several of his Countrymen that he found there , purposely for the conversation of Men and Books , which is one reason I put him here , the other I shall tell you anon . But whether he took a Degree in Arts or Medicine I cannot yet find . At the same time , and after , following his old trade of preaching without a call , he was imprison'd and kept in close durance for a considerable time . At length being let loose , and banished , he travelled into Italy , and at Ferrara he was made a Doctor of Physick , and as much there in esteem for his faculty , as after his return into England he was among the reformed party . In the latter end of K. Hen. 8. he lived at Colen and other places in Germany , where he published one or more Books : and returning to his native Country when K. Ed. 6. reigned , had not only the Prebendship of Botevant in the Church of York bestowed on him by the Archb. of that place , but a Canonry of Windsore , and the Deanery of Wells by the King. About which time , tho the day , or month , or scarce the Year appears , he was incorporated Doctor of Physick with us , which is another reason I put him here ; for if I could have found the certain time , ( which appears not because the Register of that Kings Reign is imperfect ) I would have remitted him into the Fasti . About that time he procured a licence to read and to preach , as many Lay-men did that were Scholars , practised his faculty among the Nobility and Gentry , and became Physician to Edward Duke of Somerset , L Protector of England . After Q. Mary came to the Crown he left the Nation once more , went into Germany with several English Theologists , thence to Rome and afterwards for a time settled in Basil . But when Qu. Eliz. succeeded , he return'd and was restored to his Deanery , and had other spiritualities , I presume , confer'd upon him , being then a Person had in much esteem for his two faculties , and for the great benefit he did by them , especially in his writings , to the Church and common-wealth . The titles of those Books published under his name are these . The hunting of the Romish Fox , which more than 7 years hath been hid among the Bishops of England , after that the Kings highness had commanded him ( Turner ) to be driven out of his Realm . Basil . 1543. oct . Published under the name of Will Wraughton . Avium praecipuarum , quarum apud Plinium & Aristotelem mentio est , brevis & succincta historia . Colon. 1544. in tw . Rescuing of the Romish Fox ; otherwise called the Examination of the hunter , devised by Steph. Gardiner Doctor and defender of the Popes Canon Law , and his ungodly Ceremonies — Printed 1545. in oct . published also under the name of W. Wraughton . The hunting of the Romish Wolfe — Printed beyond the Sea in oct . Dialogue , wherein is contained the examination of the Masse , and of that kind of Priesthood , which is ordained to say Mass , and to offer up for the remission of sinne , the body and blood of Christ againe . Lond. in oct . New Herball , wherein are contained the names of herbs in Greek , Lat. Engl. Dutch , French , and in the Apothecaries and Herbaries , with the properties , degrees , and natural places of the same . Lond. 1551. and 68. fol. It must be now noted , that after this violent and busie Person had got a license to read and preach , it hapened that in a Lecture of his delivered at Thistleworth near to London , he did therein inveigh much against the Poyson of Pelagius , which had then infected the People very much in all parts of the Nation . This Lecture of his being answered in print by one who was his auditor , he staightway come out with a reply entit . A Preservative , or Triacle against the poyson of Pelagius , lately renewed and stirred up again , by the furious sect of the Anabaptists . Lond. 1551. in tw . which Book being dedicated to Hugh Latimer was usher'd into the world by several copies of Lat. and Eng. verses set before , and at the end of , it ; made by Nich. Grimoald of Merton Coll Tho. Norton of Sharpenhoe , Randol Hurleston or Huddleston and Tho. Soame a Preacher . Afterwards our Author Turner published , A new Book of spiritual Physick for divers diseases of the Nobilitie and Gentlemen of England — Said to be printed at Rome . but false , an . 1555. oct . by Marcus Antonius Constantius , otherwise called Thraso miles gloriosus . 'T is printed in an English Character , and in the title are 4 Lat. verses directed by Turner , ad nobilem Britannum . The hunting of the Fox and the Wolfe , because they did make havock of the Sheep of Jesus Christ — printed in oct . A Book of the natures and properties , as well of the Bathes of England , as of other Bathes in Germany and Italy . Collen 1562. in a thin fol. and in an Eng. Char. Treatise of the Bath at Baeth in England — Printed with the former Book . Of the nature of all waters — Printed with the former also . The nature of wines , commonly used here in England , with a confutation of them that hold , that Renish and other small Wines , ought not to be drunken , either of them that have the stone , the rume , or other diseases . Lond. 1568. oct . Of the nature and vertue of Triacle — Printed with the next Book going before . The rare treasure of English Bathes . Lond. 1587. qu. — Several things in this Book , were published from his former Books of Bathes . He also translated into English , ( 1 ) A comparison between the old learning and the new . Printed in Southwarke an . 1538. originally written by Urb. Regius . ( 2 ) The Palsgraves catechismi . Lond. 1572. oct . What else he hath written and translated , you may see in Joh. Bale , cent . 8. nu . 95. At length after all the rambles and troubles that our Author Turner had made and did endure , he did quietly lay down his head , and departed this life 7. year 1568 July in Fifteen hundred sixty and eight . Whereupon his body was buried in the Chancel of the Church of St. Olaves in Hertstreet in London , leaving then behind him several Children , of whom Peter , a Doctor of Physick was one , Father to Samuel and Peter ; as I shall tell you elsewhere . WILLIAM BARLOWE was bred a Canon Regular of the order of St. Austin in the Monastery of St. Osith in Essex , and partly among those of his order in Oxon ( where besides a nursery for , was an Abbey and Priory of , that order ) and there obtained a competency in Theology , of which faculty , as 't is said , he was a Doctor . Afterwards he was made Prior of the Canons of his Order living at Bysham near Maydenhead in Berkshire , and by that name and title he was sent in an Embassie to Scotland , as I shall tell you elsewhere . About the time of the dissolution of his Priory , he was elected to the Episcopal See of St. Asaph ; the temporalities of which being i delivered to him on the second day of Febr. 27. Hen. 8. Dom. 1535. he was consecrated k to the said See 22. of the same Month. Thence he was translated to St. Davids in the Month of Apr. 1536. and thence to Bathe and Wells in 1547 , being then a zealous Professor and Preacher of the reformed Religion . In 1553 , upon Qu. Maries coming to the Crown , he was deprived of his Bishoprick for being married ; whereupon retiring with many others into Germany under pretence of Religion , lived there in a poor and exile condition . At length when Qu. Elizab. succeeded , he was made Bishop of Chichester , in Decemb. 1559 , ( where he sate to the time of his death ) and in 1560 , he was made the first Canon or Prebendary of the first stall , in the collegiat Church of St. Peter in Westminster , then founded by Qu. Elizabeth ; which Dignity he held with his Bishoprick five years . His works are these . A Dialogue describing the original ground of these Lutheran factions and many of their abuses . Lond. 1553. in oct . Printed in an English Char. Christian Homelies . Cosmography — which two last I have not yet seen . He departed this mortal life in the Month of Aug. in Fifteen hundred sixty and eight , year 1568 and was buried , as I suppose , in the Cath. Ch. at Chichester . After this William Barlowe had been a Prior and a Bishop , he took to Wife one Agatha Wellesbourne , by whom he had issue five Daughters that were all married to Bishops , viz. ( 1 ) Anne , who , after she had buried her first Husband named Austin Bradbridge bridge of Chichester , sometimes Fellow of New College , married Harbert Westphaling Bishop of Hereford ( 2 ) Elizabeth Wife of Will. Day Dean of Windsore , afterwards Bishop of Winchester . ( 3 ) Margaret Wife of Will. Overton B. of Lichf . and Cov. ( 4 ) Frances , who after she had buried her first Husband named Matthew Parker a younger Son of Dr. Matthew Parker Archb. of Canterbury , was married to Tobie Mathew , who died Archb. of York . ( 5 ) Antonia the Wife of Will. Wykeham Bishop of Winchester . The said Will. Barlowe had also a Son of both his names , whom I shall mention in his proper place . JOHN MAN being the next according to time to be mentioned , I must tell you that he was born in the Parish of Lacocke in Wiltshire , elected from Winchester School , Probationer of New Coll. in 1529. and was made perpetual Fellow two Years after . In 1537 , he proceeded in Arts , was the Southern Proctor of the University three years after , and in 1547 , he was made Principal of Whitehall , since involved into Jesus Coll. After Qu. Elizabeth was settled in the Throne , he became Chaplain to Dr. Parker Archb. of Canterbury , who having a respect for , did put , him in Warden of Merton Coll. 1562. upon a dissent among the Fellows in an Election of one for that office , as I have told * you at large elsewhere . In 1565 , he was made Dean of Glocester in the place of Will. Jennings deceased , ( who from being a Monk of that place , was made the first Dean 1541. ) and in 1567. in the Month of Aug. he was sent by the Queen her Ambassador to the K. of Spain , who the Year before had sent to our Queen his Ambassador called Goseman or Gooseman de Sylva , Dean ( as 't was said ) of Toledo . Of which Ambassadors Qu. Eliz. used merrily to say , that as her Brother the K. of Spain had sent to her a Goos-man , so she had sent to him a Man goose . While he continued at Madrid in Spain in the quality of an Ambassador , he was accused † to have spoken somewhat unreverently of the Pope . Whereupon he was excluded from the Court , and afterwards thrust out of Madrid into a Country Village , his Servants compelled to be present at Mass , and the exercise of his own Religion forbidden ; and this whether in more hatred to the Queen of England , or to Religion , I cannot say ; whereas she in the mean time had shewed all kindness to Goseman the Spanish Ambassador , allowing him his own Religion . This Man-goose , hath ( as I have been informed ) written and translated several things , but none have I yet seen , only his translation from Latin into English of Common places of Christian Religion , gathered by Wolfg. Musculus , &c. Lond. 1563. fol. and 1573. in a thick qu. He paid his last debt to nature at London , 18. March in Fifteen hundred sixty and eight , and received sepulture in the Chancel of St. Anns Church near Aldersgate in the same City , leaving issue by his Wife Frances Dau. of Edm. Herenden of London Mercer , several Children ; some of whose posterity , do now , or at least did lately , live at Hatfield-Braddock in Essex . In his Deanery of Glocester succeeded Dr. Tho. Cooper , afterwards B. of Winchester , and in the Wardenship of Merton Coll. Dr. Tho. Bickley afterwards B. of Chichester . Besides this Jo. Man , I find another of both his names of New Coll. born at Writtle in Essex , who , being LL. B. was presented by the Warden and Fellows of the said Coll. to the rectory of Great-Horwood in Bucks . an . 1551 , where he died 1565. EDMUND BONNER , a Person much esteemed by those of his profession for the zeal he bore to the R. Catholick cause , was the natural Son of George Savage Priest , Parson of Davenham in Cheshire , natural Son of Sir Job . Savage of Clifton in the said County , Knight of the Garter , and one of the counsel to K. Hen. 7. Which Geo. Savage Priest had seven natural Children by three sundry Women , viz. ( 1 ) George Savage Chancellour of Chester ( 2 ) Joh. Wymesley Parson of Torperley in Cheshire , who was made Archdeacon of London by his Brother Ed. Bonner . ( 3 ) Randal Savage of Lodge in the said County . ( 4 ) Edm. Bonner ( of whom we are to make further mention ) begotten on the body of Elizab. Frodsham , who was the Wife ( after Bonner had been begotten ) of Edm. Bonner a Sawyer living with a Gentleman called Armingham of Potters Hanley in Worcestershire , besides three Daughters named Margaret , Ellen , and Elizabeth . Our Author , who was called by his supposed Fathers name , Edm. Bonner , was born either at Elmeley , or at Potters-Hanley in Worcestershire , and in 1512 or thereabouts , became a Student of Broadgates hall , ( now Pembroke Coll. ) being then a noted nursery for Civilians and Canonists . Soon after , having made a sufficient progress in Philosophy and the Laws , he was on the 12. June admitted Bach. of the Canon , and on the 13. of July following , an . 1519. Bach. of the Civil , Law. About that time he entred into Holy Orders , and performed many matters , relating to his faculty , in the Dioc. of Worcester , by the appointment of the then Bishop . In 1525 , he was licensed to proceed in the Civil Law , and about that time obtained the rectories of Ripple , Bledon , Dereham , Cheswick , and Cherriburton ( in Yorks . ) Afterwards he was one of the Kings Chaplains , a favourer of the Lutherans , of the divorce between the K. and Catherine of Spain , a favourer of the Kings proceedings in expelling the Popes authority from the Kingdom of England , and Master of the Faculties under Dr. Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury . In 1535 , he became Archdeacon of Leycester in the place of Edw. Fox promoted to the See of Hereford ( which Fox had been installed in that Archdeaconry , upon the resignation of Steph. Gardener LL. D. 27. Sept. 1531. ) and by the endeavours of Thom. Cromwell Secretary of State , he was employed Ambassador to the Kings of Denmark and France , to the Pope , and to the Emperour of Germany , and made Bishop of Hereford 1538 : the temporalities of which See were a restored to him by the K. 4. March the same Year . But before he was consecrated thereunto , he was elected Bishop of London 1. Oct. 1539 , ( being then in an Embassie ) had restitution b made of the Temporalities belonging thereunto 18 Nov. following , and was consecrated 3. Apr. 1540. After the death of K. Hen. 8. and Religion being about to be reformed by K. Ed. 6. Bonner seemed at first to be forward for it , but recanting what he had done , he was enjoyn'd to preach a Sermon at Pauls cross , ( to make farther trial perhaps of his humour ) wherein leaving out the article of the Kings authority , was , upon the complaints of Joh. Hooper and Will. ( some call him Hugh ) c Latymer Bach. of Div. and Parson of St. Laurence Pountney ( who prosecuted him very zealously for it , and his slowness in forwarding reformation in his Diocess ) first committed Prisoner to the Marshalsea 20. Sept. and in the beginning of Oct. following an . 1549. was depriv'd of his Bishoprick . Soon after which time , his Mother Elizab. Frodsham died and was buried at Fulham , at whose Funeral , Bonner , tho a Prisoner , gave to several Persons mourning coats . In the beginning of Aug. 1553. he was released out of the Marshalsea , and restored to his Bishoprick by Qu. Mary , in whose Reign he shew'd himself severe ( being put upon it by publick authority ) against the Protestants , as may be fully seen in Joh. Fox his Book of the Acts and Mon. of the Church . As for the writings of the said Bonner , they are many , but all that I have yet seen , are only these , viz. Preface to the oration of Stephen Bish . of Winchester concerning true obedience — Printed at London . in Lat. 1534. 35 , and at Hamburgh 1536. oct . Translated and imprinted by a most zealous enemy to the Papists called Mich. Wood , who wrot a bitter and libellous Epistle before , and a conclusion after , it , to the Reader — Print . at Roan 1553. oct . I have seen another translation of it ( perhaps by the same hand ) without the said lib. Epist . printed in oct . an . 1536. In the said Pref. written by Bonner are several matters against the Popes power in England , and in defence of the Kings divorce from Qu. Catherine . Several Letters to the Lord Tho. Cromwell . an . 1538. A declaration to the Lord Th. Crom. describing to him the evil behaviour of Steph ▪ Bish . of Winchester , an . 1538 — These two last are mention'd in the Acts and Mon. of the Church , under that year . Responsum & exhortatio . Lond. 1553. in oct . Which answer , and exhortation to the Clergy in praise of Priesthood , beginning Dum tacitus apud me considero , &c. were utter'd by our Author after Joh. Harpesfield had finished his Sermon to the Clergy in St. Pauls Cath. in Lond. 16. Oct. 1553 , and the orations ended of John Wymesley Archdeacon of London before-mention'd , and of Hugh Weston Dean of Westminster . All which were printed and bound together in one volume . Articles ( in number 37. ) to be enquired of in his general visitation exercised by him in the City and Dioc. of Lond. an . 1554 — These being very unusual articles , I do therefore here set them down , especially for this reason , that Jo. Bale hath commented on them with a great deal of raillery in a Book entit . A Declaration of Edmund Bonners articles . Lond. 1561. oct . A profitable and necessary doctrine ( or Catechisme ) with certaine Homelies adjoyned thereunto , for the instruction and information of the People within the Dioc. of Lond. Lond. 1554. 55. qu. Or thus . A necessary doctrine containing an exposition on the Creed , seaven Sacraments , ten commandments , the pater noster , Ave Maria and the seaven deadly sins . Various letters , declarations , arguings , disputes , &c. — As in the said Book of Acts and Mon. After Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown , he was for denying the Oath of Supreamacy deprived of his Bishoprick again , as he himself hath set it down in a spare leaf before Eusebius his Ch. Hist . with Ruffinus his commentary , printed at Basil , in the Year 1528. Which Book I , some years ago , bought for the sake of the note , which he had written , running thus . Litera dominicali A. an . dom . MDLIX die Maii XXX vocatus ad concilium , recusavi praestare juramentum , & omnino deprivatus . Afterwards being committed to his former prison , the Marshalsea in Southwarke near London , continued there in a cheerful and contented condition till the time of his death : which therefore made those that did not care for him , say , that he was like Dionysius the Tyrant of Syracuse , who being cruel and peremptory in prosperity , was both patient and pleasant in adversity . 'T is said that Dr. Bonner being sometimes allowed liberty , he would walk , as his occasions served , in the street , and sometimes wearing his tippet , one begg'd it of him ( in scoff ) to line a coat , no ( saith he ) but thou shalt have a fools head to line thy cap. To another that bid him Good morrow Bishop quondam , he streight replyed Farewel knave semper . Which answers are Epigrammatiz'd by an admired d Muse of our Nation in his time . When another Person shew'd the said Bonner his own picture in the Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. commonly call'd the Book of Martyrs , on purpose to vex him , he merrily laugh'd and said a vengeance on the fool , how could he get my picture drawn so right ? And when one asked him , if he were not ashamed to whip a Man with a beard , he laugh'd and told him , his beard was grown since , but ( said e he ) if thou hadst been in his case , thou would'st have thought it a good commutation of pennance to have thy bumm beaten , to save thy body from burning , &c. — He gave way to fate in the aforesaid Prison 5. Sept. year 1569 in Fifteen hundred sixty and nine , and was at midnight buried near to the bodies of other Prisoners in the Cemitery belonging to St. Georges Church in Southwark , in which Parish the Marshalsea is situated . He had caused formerly two of his Nephews ( Sons of one of his Sisters before-mention'd ) to be educated in Broadgates hall , one of which was named Will. Darbyshire , who , by his Uncles favour , became Prebendary of St. Pauls Cathedral , and dying in Broadgates , was buried in St. Aldates Church adjoyning , 3. July 1552. The other was Tho. Darbyshire , who proceeded Doctor of Laws , as a Member of Broadgates , in 1555 , under which year you may see more of him in the Fasti . ANDREW KINGSMYLL Son of John Kingsmyll of Sidmanton in Hampshire , was born there , or in that County , elected Fellow of Allsouls Coll. from that of Corp. Chr. in 1558 , studied the Civil Law , wherein he attained to a considerable knowledge , and was admitted to the reading of any Book of the Institutions in that faculty , in the beginning of the Year 1563. About that time also he exercised himself much in the Scriptures , and having a great memory , could readily rehearse memoriter in the Greek tongue St. Pauls Epistles to the Romans and Galatians , and St. Johns first Canonical Epistle , besides other Chapters of the Old and New Test . and several Psalmes . He exercised himself also by writing of sundry matters that he might grow in judgment , readiness , and aptness to teach others , if at any time he should be called thereunto ; whereof a little treatise entit . A view of Mans estate , &c. yieldeth some proof , which he wrot at about 22 years of Age. He esteemed not so much the preferment and profit , whereunto many ways he might easily have attained by the profession of the Law , as the comfortable assurance ( which he usually urged ) and blessed hope of life eternal . Wherefore to further himself therein , he sought not only the exact knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew tongues , but also for a time to live in some one of the best reformed Churches , where he might both by the doctrine and discipline of the Gospel , be dayly confirm'd in the true worship of God , and well prepared for the Ministry of the Church . For this end he settled in Geneva , where he remained the space of three years , being well liked by the learned and godly there . From thence he removed to Losanne ; where being too good for this world , ended this mortal life , leaving behind him a rare example of godliness among the Calvinistical Brethren there . He hath written . A view of mans estate , wherein the great mercy of God in mans free justification is shewed . Lond. 1574. 1580 &c. oct . A godly advice touching marriage . Lond. 1580. oct . Excellent and comfortable treatise for all such as are any manner of way either troubled in mind or afflicted in body . Lond. 1578. oct . Godly and learned exhortation to bear patiently all afflictions for the Gospel of Jes . Ch. ( on Gal. 6. 14. ) Conference between a godly learned Christian and an afflicted conscience concerning a conflict had with Satan . All which , and I think a Sermon on S. Joh. 3. 16. printed in oct . were published , after the Authors death , by his friend and contemporary Franc. Mylls a Kentish Man , M. of A. and Fel. of All 's . C. As for the Author , he surrendred up his last breath , in the prime of his years , at Losanne , ( and therefore the more lemented by the brethren , ) in the Month of Sept. in Fifteen hundred sixty and nine , year 1569 leaving behind him an excellent pattern of his virtues and piety , which all should , but few did , imitate . It must be now known that in the beginning of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth , the Univ. of Oxon was so empty ( after the R. Cath. had left it upon the alteration of Religion ) that there was very seldom a Sermon preached in the University Church called Sr. Mary , and what was done in that kind , was sometimes by Laurence Humphrey President of Magd. C. and Thom. Sampson Dean of Ch. Ch. But they being often absent , a young Man of Allsouls Coll. would often step up and Preach to the admiration of all his auditors . This young Man , whom , as Sir Hen. Savile Warden of Merton Coll. ( who came to the University in 1561. ) use to stile the young Bachelaur of All 's . Coll. I take to be Andrew Kingsmyll Bach. of Law , and none else . WILLIAM TRESHAM Son of Rich. Tresham by Rose his Wife , Daughter of Tho. Billing Esq ; was born of , and descended from , a knightly Family of his name living at Newton in Northamptonshire , educated in Grammar and Logick in this University , elected Probat . Fellow of Merton Coll. in 1515 , and at some years standing in the Degree of Master of Arts , he was unanimously chosen Registrary of this University , in the latter end of 1523. Afterwards he was made one of the Canons of the first foundation of the Coll at Oxon. founded by K. Hen. 8. an . 1532 , being about that time a Doctor of Div. and in great repute for his learning , as also much noted for his taking part with K. Hen. 8. in the matter of divorce from Qu. Catherine : And being also esteemed an active and forward Man , had the office of Commissary ( the same now with that of Vicechancellour ) of the University conferr'd upon him , which he executed with great commendation for several years . When K. Hen. 8. founded the Bishoprick of Oxon , and setled the Cathedral on the ruins of Osney Abbey , by his Charter dated the first of Sept. an . 1542 he made this Dr. Tresham one of the Canons , where continuing till the Cathedral was translated to his Coll. Called Ch. Church , he was made the first Canon of the second Prebendship or Canonry there ; and afterwards had under his name these things published . Disputatio de Eucharistiae sacramento in Universitate Oxon. habita contra Pet. Martyrem , 28. May 1549. Lond. 1549. qu. which disputation hath been printed once at least among Pet. Martyrs works , but whether true according to the MS. copy in Corp. Ch. Coll. Library , I doubt it . 'T is also translated into English , and printed with the disputations of Will. Cheadsey and Morg. Philipps — Lond. 1568 fol. After this disputation was concluded to his great credit , we find him to have suffered imprisonment several times in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. After Qu. Mary came to the Crown he had . A disputation with Archb. Cranmer , Bishop Ridley , and B. Latymer in the Div. School at Oxon , an . 1554. — Printed for the most part in Joh. Fox his Book of the Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. At length after Qu. Eliz. came to the Crown , he was , for denying the Oath of Supremacy , deprived of his Canonry of Ch. Ch. in 1560 , and committed to custody at Lambeth , with Matthew Archb. of Canterbury . Afterwards being released thence , upon security given that he would not concern himself in word or action for the future against the Religion then established , he retired to his rectory of Bugbrook in Northamptonshire , ( confer'd upon him by the King 1541. ) and remained there for some time ; but at length was deprived of that also , as the records of the Registraries office belonging to the Church of Peterborough do testifie . He paid his last debt to nature in Fifteen hundred sixty and nine , year 1569 and was buried in the middle of the Chancel of the Church at Bugbrook before-mentioned , ( saith f one who lived near his time ) tho upon search in the register belonging to that Church , his name ( perhaps upon neglect ) is not to be seen therein . Of this zealous Person for the R. Cath. cause , I have several times made mention in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 268. a. b. 275. a. and in lib. 2. p. 257. b. 258. a. 422. a. b. &c. WILLIAM ALLEY received his first breath at Wycombe ( Great Wycombe ) in Bucks . was educated in Eaton School near to Windsore , admitted into Kings Coll. in Cambridge , in the Year 1528 , took one Degree in Arts in that University , retired to Oxon , where he spent some time to make a farther progress in Academical studies . Afterwards he married , was beneficed , and became a zealous reformer : But when Qu. Mary came to the Crown , he left his cure , travelled from place to place in the North parts of England where he was not known , and by his sometimes practising of Physick and teaching of youths , he obtained a comfortable subsistence for himself and his Wife . When Qu. Eliz. succeeded , he read the Divinity Lecture in St. Pauls Cathedral in London : which being admirably well performed , he was called thence to be Bishop of Exeter ; to which See being consecrated 14. Jul. 1560. had the Temporalities thereof * given to him 26. Aug. following . In Nov. 1561 he supplicated the venerable congregation of Regents of this University that the Degree of Bach. of Divinity might be conferr'd on him : which being granted , he supplicated for that of Doctor ; and that being granted also , he was admitted to them both successively , without any mention at all of Incorporation . He was a Person Universally learned , especially in Divinity and in the tongues , Preached almost every Holy-day , and read a Lecture every day while he lived at Exeter . He hath written , The poor mans Library , a rapsodie or miscellany , in two tomes . The first containeth seaven Lectures upon the first Epistle of St. Peter , read publickly in St. Pauls Cath. in London , an . 1560. The second containeth 5. Lectures upon the said first Epist . read in the same place . Lond. 1571. fol. Hebrew Grammar — Whether ever printed , I know not . He took his last farewel of this world on the 15. day of April in Fifteen hundred and seventy , year 1570 and was buried in the middle almost of the Presbytery or Choire , ( not far from that place where Woolton one of his Successors was afterwards buried ) leaving behind him a Son named Rog. Alley Archdeacon of Cornwall . Soon after was a Mon. put over his grave , with an inscription thereon , wherein 't is said that he was acerrimus Evangelicae veritatis propugnator , morum probitate praecelibris , bonarum disciplinarum mirabili scientia clarus , &c. JAMES CALFHILL , a Shropshire Man born , made his first entry into the University , an . 1545 or thereabouts , and after the last foundation of Ch. Ch. had been finished by K. Hen. 8. he was soon after made a Student thereof , an . 1548. aged 18. where going through the usual Classes of Logick and Philosophy , proceeded M. of Arts , and was Junior of the Act celebrated in St. Maries Church , 18. Jul. 1552. From the time that he was first made Student of Ch. Ch. he always gave great hopes that he would prove a considerable Person in his time , being composed from his youth to gravity , and endowed with an acute genie and a quick vigor of mind . In 1560 he was made the second Canon of the second Prebendship of the said Church , was admitted to the reading of the Sentences the Year following , and afterwards became Doctor of D. Dean or Rector of Bockyng in Essex , Archdeacon of Colchester ( in the place , as it seems , of Joh. Pullayne deceased ) and at length upon the translation of Dr. Edwyn Sandys from Worcester to London in 1570 he was nominated by the Queen to succeed him , but before consecration thereunto , he died . He was in his younger days a noted Poet and Comedian , and in his elder , an exact Disputant , and had an excellent faculty in speaking and preaching . He hath transmitted to posterity , Querela Oxoniensis Academiae ad Cant abrigiam . Lond. 1552. qu. 'T is a Lat. Poem written on the death of Henry and Charles Brandon Sons of Charles Duke of Suffolk , who died of the sweating sickness in the Bishop of Lincolns house at Bugden , 14. July 1551. Historia de exhumatione Catherinae nuper uxoris Pet. Martyris . Printed 1562. in oct . Answer to John Martial's treatise of the cross . Lond. 1565. ( qu. ) Progne , a Tragedy . — Written in Lat. but whether ever printed , I know not . Poemata varia . This ingenious Person died at Bockyng before mention'd , ( having a little before resign'd his Canonship of Ch. Ch. ) and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , year 1570 22. Aug. in Fifteen hundred and seventy , saith the register belonging to that Church , which I suspect is false , because there was a commission g issued out from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at Lond. to Margaret his Widow dated 21. Aug. 1570. to administer the goods , debts , and chattels of him the said Dr. Jam Calfhill lately Archd. of Essex ( as there he is stiled ) deceased . So I presume he died about the beginning of that Month. JOHN BOXALL was born at Bramshoot in Hampshire , educated in Grammar learning in W. of Wykehams School near to Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. an . 1542 , took the Degrees in Arts , being then accounted one of the subtilest Disputants in the University . Afterwards he entred into holy orders , but did not preach in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. When Qu. Mary came to the Crown , he was made Archdeacon of Ely , ( in the place , as I suppose , of Dr. Hen. Cole ) her Secretary of State , Prebendary of Winchester , and Warden of Winchester Coll. 1554 , in the place of Joh. Whyte made B. of Linc. About that time being appointed one of the prime Preachers of the Nation to hold forth at Pauls Cross to revive the Catholick Religion , which had been eclipsed in K. Edwards Reign , had , while he was preaching , ( as one n saith ) a dagger flung at him , but I presume false , because the generality of writers say that that act was committed on Gilb. Bourne . In July 1557 he was made Dean of Peterborough in the place of Jam. Curthopp deceased , and on the 20. Dec. following he was installed Dean of Norwych in the place of Joh. Christopherson made B. of Chichester , and about the same time Dean of Windsore ; in which place being installed , he was sworn Scribe or Registrary of the most noble order of the Garter 6. Feb. 1557. and the Year following was actually created D. of Div. and made Prebendary of York , and Sarum , After Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown he was depriv'd of the Deanery of Windsore ( that of Norwych he gave up before Qu. Maries death ) and George Carew succeeding him in 1559 , he was admitted and sworn thereunto , 22 Apr. 1560. About that time he was also deprived of the Deanery of Peterborough , whereupon the Queen bestowed it on Will. Latymer D. D. 1560 , which , together with the Church it self , he had likely to have lost upon information given to the Queen that it was ruinous and no prayers said therein , but upon better information from Latymer , the great Peer that begg'd it withdrew , and nothing more was done in the matter . As for Boxall , he being thus deprived , he was committed to free custody in the Archb. house at Lambeth , with Thirlby B. of Ely , Tonstall B. of Durham and others ; but soon after being overtaken with a dangerous feaver , had liberty to go over the water to London , and settling in the house of a near relation recovered , and enjoyed himself in great retiredness for some years after . He is said by a noted o Author to have been a Person of great modesty , learning , and knowledge , and by another , p greater than he , that there was in him tanquàm à natura ingenita modestia comitasque summa , qua quoscunque notos ad se diligendum astrinxit . One q of his perswasion , who highly extolleth him for his eloquence and learning , saith that he wrot several things , but they perishing with the Author , never saw light . The truth is , that in all my searches I could never see any thing under his name but a Latine Sermon , which he preached , as it seems , in London , where it was afterwards printed in oct . but upon what subject I cannot tell , nor any thing else of the Author , only that he died in London towards the latter end of the Year Fifteen hundred and seventy , year 1570 for on the 28. March 1571. there was a Commission q granted from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to Edmund and Rich. Boxall natural and legitimate brothers of him the said Joh. Boxall Clerk , lately deceased in the City of London , to administer his goods , debts , Chattels , &c. HUMPHREY LHUYD or Lhoyd , Son and Heir of Rob. Lhoyd al●as Rossenhall of the ancient Borough of Denbigh in Denhighshire , by Joan his Wife , Daughter of Lewis Pigott , was born at Denhigh before-mention'd , but in what house of learning in Oxon , he first of all applied himself to Academical studies , I know not : Sure it is , that after he had taken the Degree of Bach. of Arts , which was in 1547 , I find him by the name of Humphrey Lhoyd to be a Commoner in Brasnose Coll. and in the Year 1551 to proceed in Arts as a Member of that House ; at which time , as it seems , he studied Physick , being then ripe in years . Afterwards retiring to his own Country , lived mostly within the walls of Denbigh Castle , practised his faculty , and sometimes that of Musick for diversion sake , being then esteemed a well bred Gentleman . He was a passing right Antiquary , and a Person of great skill and knowledge in British affairs . The learned Camden stiles h him a learned Britaine , and for knowledge in Antiquities reputed by our Countrymen , to carry , after a sort , with him , all the credit and honour , &c. He hath written , An Almanack and Kalender , containing the day , hour , and minute of the change of the Moon for ever , and the sign that she is in for these three years , with the natures of the signes and planets , with dyvers other thyngs , as it doth plainly appeare in the Preface — This was the first thing that our Author published , as it appears in the said Preface , but when , or where , it was printed , the imperfect copy , ( which is in oct . ) from whence I had the title , shews not . Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum . Col. Agrip. 1572. in tw . Dedicated to his dear and intimate friend Abr. Ortelius of Antwerp , in the Year 1568. Translated into English by Tho. Twyne , who entitles it The Breviary of Britaine . Lond. 1573. oct . De Mona Druidum insula , antiquitati suae restituta . Written in an Epistle to the said Ortelius , dated 5. Apr. 1568. De Armamentario Romano . These two last are printed at the end of Historiae Britannicae defensio , written by Sir Joh. Prise — Lond. 1573. qu. Chronicon Walliae , à Rege Cadwalladero , usque ad an . Dom. 1294. MS. in Cottons Library , under Caligula , A. 6. He also translated from Lat. into English . ( 1 ) The judgment of Urines . Lond. 1551. oct . ( 2 ) The Historie of Cambria now called Wales . Afterwards corrected , augmented , finished and continued by David Powell — Lond. 1584 qu. ( 3 ) The treasure of health containing many profitable Medicines . Lond. 1585. oct . written by Pet. Hispanus . To which translation our Author Lhuyd added the causes and signes of every disease , with the Aphorismes of Hypocrates . These are all , I think , that he hath written and translated , for among my searches I have seen no more , nor do I know any thing else of the Author , only that he paid his last debt to nature , year 1570 about Fifteen hundred and seventy , and was buried in the Church of Whitchurch near Denbigh before-mention'd . Soon after was a Monument of Alabaster , set up in the wall , over his grave to his memory : On which was portraied his Effigies in a praying posture , with a desk , and a book laying thereon , before him , a sword by his side , but nothing else military in his habit . Under his said Effigies is a plain free stone in the said wall , whereon are engraven eight barbarous English verses : The two first of which run thus . The corps and earthly shape doth rest . Here tomyd in your sight Of Humfrey Lloid Mr. of Art. A famus worthy Wight . In the last verse is mention made of an Epitaph annex'd , but where that was written , unless on the stone lying on his grave , ( wherein probably the day and year of his death were set down ) I cannot tell . Many years before his death he took to Wife Barbara Daughter of George Lumley and Sister to John Lord Lumley ; by whom he had issue Splendian and John , who both died without issue , Henry an inhabitant of Cheame in Surrey , and Jane the Wife of Rob. Coytmore . LAURENCE VAUS , Vaux or Vaulx , so many ways I find him written , was born near to Blackrode in Lancashire , received his Academical education in Oxon , partly , as it seems , in Queens Coll. but mostly in that of Corp. Ch. were he was either Clerk or Chorister , and much favoured by Jam. Brokes Fellow of that house . How long he continued there , or whether he took a Degree in Arts it appears not . About the Year 1540 he applyed his studies to the Theological faculty and was made a Priest , being then esteemed i to be Vir eximiae doctrinae pro instruendâ in fide catholicâ juventute . Afterwards he became Chaplain to the said Brokes when he was Bishop of Gloc●ster , Warden of Manchester Coll. in his own Country on the death of George Collier ( of the Family of the Colliers near to Stone in Staffordshire ) in the beginning of the Reign of Queen Mary , and in 1556 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences in this University . Upon the coming to the Crown of Qu. Eliz. and the reformation of Religion that followed , he left his preferment ( in which Will. Byrch of the Family of Byrch hall in Lanc. succeeded 2. Eliz. ) and went into Ireland , where he was dispoiled of all he had by thieves , and narrowly escaped death . Thence he went into the Low Countries , where , at Lovaine , he was made a Monk , as k one saith , of the order of St. Dionyse , meaning , I suppose , of the Cenobie of St. Dionyse , because there is no such order ; where he wrot , A Catechisme , or a christian doctrine necessary for Children and ignorant People . Lov. 1567. Antw. 1574. printed again 1583. 1599. &c. all in oct . and tw . An instruction of the laudable customes used in the Cath. Church — This is some editions is entit . The use and meaning of holy Ceremonies in Gods Church . Godly contemplations for the unlearned — These two last are printed with one , two , or more of the editions of the Catechisme . Certain brief notes of divers godly matters — Printed with the Catechisme in 1583 — 99 oct . At length our . Author Vaux making a return into England to propagate his , and strengthen others in , Religion , was apprehended , and imprisoned in the Gate-house at Westminster , where he l dyed in great necessity , about the Year , as I find m it reported , year 1570 Fifteen hundred and seventy ; but where buried , I cannot justly say , because the register of St. Margarets Church ( wherein the Prison called the Gate-house before-mentioned is situated ) makes no mention of him in that Year , three years before , or three years after , as I have been informed by the Letters of Dr. Simon Patrick Prebendary of St. Peters Church in the said City , and Dean of Peterborough , afterwards Bishop of Chichester . RICHARD SHAGENS who is written in one of our registers Schaftnes , was born in Ireland , became Fellow of Balliol Coll. in 1556 being then Bach. of Arts , a noted disputant and an excellent Philosopher . In 1560 he took the Degree of Master , and four years after resigniag his Fellowship , he retired into his native Country , where he gained a good report for his noted parts in speaking and penning . Rich. Stanyhurst his countryman saith r that he was afterwards Schoolmaster in Ireland and a learned and a vertuous Man , but telleth us not what he hath written , and therefore I suppose that what he did of that nature , was after Stanyhurst had given the said character of him . Contemporary with this Shaghens , or a little before , were Students in Oxon , these Irish Men following ( 1 ) Patrick Cusack a Gentleman born , who , after he had left Oxon was a Schoolmaster in Dublin , where his s admirable learning gave great light to his Country , but employed his studies rather in instructing of Scholars than in penning of Books . He wrot in Lat. Diversa Epigrammata . ( 2 ) One Dormer a Civilian , who was born at Rosse , and wrot t in Ballad royal The decay of Ross . ( 3 ) One Sheine , who wrot u De republica . See more among the Bishops , under the Year 1582 and in the Fasti , 1523. ( 4 ) Peter Lombard a most learned Man of his time , but did not take any Degree . See more of him in Pet. White among the writers , under the Year 1590. ( 5 ) Elias Sheth , who wrote Divers Sonnets . ( 6 ) One Taylor a Bach. of Arts , who proceeded in the University and wrot Epigrammata diversa . What his Christian name was I cannot justly say , because many of his Sirname and time did proceed Masters in this University , as Tho. Taylor in 1539. Will. Taylor 1541. and 1551. and Tho. Taylor of All 's . Coll. 1563. Whether this last be the same Th. Taylor who was a Lancashire Man born and chosen Fellow thereof 1557. or another , chosen in 1562 , I know not . Many other Irish Men were also conversant in studies here , even till an University was founded at Dublin , after which time we had but few . JOHN STORIE , a most noted Civilian and Canononist of his time , was educated in Philosophical learning , and in the rudiments of the Civil Law in an ancient hostle for Civilians called Henxey hall in St. Aldates Parish in Oxon ; where making great proficiency , he was admitted Bach. of the Civil Law in 1531. In 1535 when K. Hen. 8. first founded certain Lectures in the University , he appointed Job . Storie to read that of the Civil Law , and in 1537 he became Principal of Broadgates hall , being also about that time Moderator of one of the Civil Law Schools . In 1538 he proceeded in his faculty , and afterwards performing excellent service at the Siege of Bologne in Picardie , in the administration of the Civil Law under the Lord Marshall there ; the King in consideration thereof , did renew his former grant of the said Lecture in form of Letters Pat. for the term of life of the said John , in the Year 1546 or thereabouts , joyning with him for his ease , Mr. Rob. Weston Fellow of All 's . College . When Qu. Marie came to the Crown , she renewed his patent again , but soon after resigning his professorship , because he had got greater preferment at London , and the Chancellourship of the Dioc. of Oxon. if I mistake not , became a zealous Man in the Religion then professed , and an eager enemy against the poor Protestants , as the Histories of those times will tell you . I find published under his name these things following . Oration against Th. Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury , in 1556. Discourse with Joh. Philpot the Martyr about matters of Religion , and with others . Answer to Examinations during his imprisonment in the tower of London , in 1570. Speech at his execution at Tybourne 1 o ; June 1571. — with other things ( of which some relate to his profession ) that I have not yet seen . When Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown , he was imprisoned , but soon after broke out , and going beyond the Sea , continued an enemy to the Protestants there , became t a sworn servant to the Duke of Alva at Antwerp , and from him received a special commission to search the Ships for goods forfeited , and and for English Books ; in which service he did very great harm to the English Protestants . At length being invited under hand to search the Ship of one Parker an English Man , went unwarily therein : Whereupon Parker causing the hatches to be shut when Storie was searching under deck , he hoised sail and brought him Prisoner into England about the beginning of Decemb. 1570. So that being clap'd up close Prisoner within the Tower of London , did undergo there several examinations . At length being brought to a trial , and stedfastly denying to take the Oath of Supremacy ( as he had done several times before within the Tower ) he was drawn thence on a hurdle to Tybourne , on the first day of June in Fifteen hundred seventy and one , year 1571 ( having been prayed for and animated in his faith by Joh. Feckenham Prisoner in the said Tower ) where , after he had spoken a large speech , which was unexspected , and therefore not interrupted , he was for a little time hanged ; but before he was half dead , he was cut down , and when the Executioner cut off his privy members , he rose up with alacrity , and gave him a blow on the ear . But his bowels being soon after draw'd out of his belly , and his body quarter'd , his head was set upon London bridge , and his quarters were hanged on 4 gates of the City . Several of his treasons and conspiracies against the English Nation you may see in a pamphlet printed in oct . an . 1571 , bearing this title . A copie of a letter sent by a Gentleman , student in the lawes of the realm , to a friend of his concerning Dr. Storie . And what relates to him as praise worthy , you may see in Concertatio a Ecclesiae Catholicae in Anglica , taken from Nichol. Sanders his seventh Book De visibili Monarchia . His Martyrdom is imprinted , or represented b in the English Coll. at Rome , and he is called with the two Notons , Joh. Felton and others , Saints . The Franciscans have a great respect for his memory also , because he had been a lay-brother of that Order , and had done several signal services for them . JOHN JEWELL one of the greatest lights that the reformed Church of England hath produced , was born at Buden in the Parish of Berinerber in Devon. 24. May 1522. His Father was Joh ' Jewell , and his Mother of the Family of the Bellamies , who sparing neither labour or charge for his education , was at length , by the care of Joh. Bellamie his uncle , educated in Grammar learning first at Branton , then at Southmoulton , and at length at Barnstaple , in his own Country , under one Walt. Bowen . In which last School being made ripe for the University , he was sent to Oxon. in July 1535 and being entred into Merton Coll. under the tuition of John Parkhurst , ( afterwards B. of Norwych ) was by him made his Portionist , now called Postmaster , and by his care and severe tuition laid the foundation for greater learning that followed . In the Year 1539. after he ( upon examination ) had shew'd himself a youth of great hopes , he was admitted Scholar of C. C. Coll. 19. Aug. and the Year after was made Bach. of Arts. So that being put into a capacity by that Degree of taking Pupills , many resorted to him , whom he mostly instructed in private in Protestant principles , and in publick in Humanity , he being about that time Rhetorick reader in his Coll. In 1544 he was licensed to proceed in Arts , which he compleated in an Act celebrated 9. Feb. the same year . When K. Hen. 8. was dead , he shew'd himself more openly to be a Protestant ; and upon P. Martyr's arrival at Oxon , to be an admirer and hearer of him , whose Notary he was when he disputed with Tresham , Cheadsey and Morgan . In 1550 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and during the Reign of K. Ed. 6. became a zealous promoter of reformation , and a Preacher and Catechiser at Sunningwel near Abendon in Berks. Soon after Qu. Mary came to the Crown , he was forced to leave the Nation , and retire first to Frankfort with Henry the eldest Son of Sir Franc. Knollys , Rob. Horne , and Edwyn Sandys , and afterwards to Strasburgh with Joh. Poynet , Edmund Grindal , Joh. Cheek , &c. After Qu. Maries death he returned in 1558 , and in the Year following he was rewarded with the Bishoprick of Salisbury for his great learning and sufferings , being about that time appointed one of the Protestant Divines to encounter those of the Romish perswasion when Qu. Elizab. was about to settle a reformation in the Church of England . In 1560 he preached at Pauls cross on the second Sunday before Easter , on 1. Cor. 11. 23. For I have received of the Lord , that which also I have delivered unto you , &c. In which Sermon he shew'd himself the first , who made a publick challenge to all the Rom. Catholicks in the world , to produce but one clear and evident testimony out of any Father , or famous writer , who flourished within 500 years after Christ , for any one of the many articles which the Romanists at this day maintain against the Church of England , and upon any good proof of any such one allegation to yield up the bucklers and reconcile himself to Rome . Now tho Thom. Hardyng and some others undertook him about the controverted articles , yet , as those of the reformed party say , they came off so poorly , and Jewell on the contrary so amaz'd them with a cloud of witnesses in every point in question , that no c one thing in that age , gave the papacy so deadly a wound as the said challenge at Pauls cross , so confidently made and bravely maintain'd . This say the Protestant writers ; but let us hear what a grand d zealot for the Romish cause saith concerning the said matter — After this Man ( meaning B. Nich. Rydley ) stepped to Pauls cross in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeths days , about the Year 1559 and 1560 Mr. Joh. Jewell , otherwise called Bishop of Salisbury , and he proceeded yet farther in this brag and fiction , ( meaning that what the Fathers said , made for the Protestants ) for he protested there , even with feigned tears , that if any one authority , place , sentence or asseveration of any one Father , Doctor , Council , or authentical History , within the first 600 years after Christ , could be brought forth by any man living for any one of those points of Catholick Religion ( which he there recited ) to be in controversie , that then plainly and sincerely he would subscribe . Against which vain and shameless bragg , when Dr. Hardyng and divers other learned men of our side , began to write from Lovayne , and to bring forth authorities of all Fathers , Doctors , Councils and Histories in great abundance , the first effect of this challenge , that appeared to the world , was a severe proclamation , that no such book written in English by the Catholick party should be received or read in England , under great punishments . By which Provision Mr. Jewell thinking meetly well defenced , he plyed the pulpit often , and renewed his challenges many times , and perceiving notwithstanding that Dr. Hardyngs confutation was come into England , he answered the same with a long volume of Rhetorical words , and stuffed the Margent thereof with the shew of infinite Authors , as tho the whole world had been for him , and none for the other side : And with this he deceived the People then , and doth to this day , such I mean that have not commodity or learning , or other means to examine those places , and to find out the manifold lyes and falsifications therein contained . And this was the gain by all likelyhood that Mr. Jewell pretended to his cause by that work , knowing full well that this sort of Men is far the greater , which would be gained and settled in his doctrine before the learneder sort ( who are but few in comparison of the other ) could have time , books , and commodity to discover and refute him , and when they should do it , they should hardly be believed &c. — How many learned Men lightly of our Nation have taken upon them seriously to go over that book of Mr. Jewells , and to examine it by the Authors themselves with any indifferency of mind , have for the most part been thereby converted to Catholick Religion , though never so great Protestants before : Of which sort I have heard relation of many , but of some I can testifie my self , for that I have heard it from their own mouths , who of earnest Protestants were made most zealous Catholicks by that means principally ; of which number I think it not inconvenient to name here some two or three , omitting others , which for just respects may not be named . The first of them is Sir Tho. Copley , made Lord afterwards in his banishment by the King of France , who oftentimes hath related unto one , with much comfort of his soul , how that being a zealous Protestant , and very familiar to Robert the late Earl of Leycester in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeths days , when Mr. Jewells book was newly come forth , he being also learned himself in the Latin tongue , took pains to examine certain leaves thereof , and finding many falshoods therein , which were inexcusable ( as they seemed to him ) he conferred the same with the said Earl , who willed him that the next time Mr. Jewell dined at his table , he should take occasion after dinner to propose the same , which he did soon after : And receiving certain trifling answers from Mr. Jewell , he waxed more hot , and urged the matter more earnestly : which Jewell perceiving , told him in effect That Papists were Papists , and so they were to be dealt withal ; and other answer he could not get . Which thing made the good Gentleman to make a new resolution with himself , and to take that happy course which he did to leave his Country and many great commodities , which he enjoyed therein , to enjoy the liberty of conscience , and so both lived and died in voluntary banishment , &c. The second example which I remember of mine own knowledge is Mr. Doctor Stevens , a learned Man yet alive , who being Secretary or Chaplain to Mr. Jewell , and a forward Man in the Protestant Religion at that time , espyed certain false allegations in his Masters book , whilst it was under the print in London , whereof advertising him by Letters , ( for that he supposed it might be by oversight ) the other commanded notwithstanding the print to go forward , and passed it over as it was . Which this Man seeing , that had a conscience , and sought the truth indeed , resolved to take another way of finding it out : And having found it in the Cath. Church , where only it was to be found , he resolved also to follow it , and so he did , and went voluntarily into banishment for the same , where yet he liveth to this day in France , &c. — As for the third example , which is Will. Rainolds , I shall remember from my before quoted Author , when I come to speak of him , and in the mean time proceed to speak of Jewell . In the beginning therefore of the Year 1565 , he , tho absent , was actually created Doctor of Div. and the year following , when the Queen was entertain'd by the Oxonian Muses , he shew'd himself a profound Theologist in moderating at Divinity disputations in St. Maries Church . The learned Camden e saith that he was a wonderful , great and deep Divine , a most stout and earnest maintainer of our reformed Religion against the adversaries , by his learned books . That he was a Man f of a singular ingenie , of exquisite erudition in Theologicals and of great piety . As for Jewells writings the titles of them follow . Exhortatio ad Oxonienses . See in his life written by Laurence Humphrey , printed in 1573. p. 35. Exhortatio in Coll. Corp. Ch. sive concio in fundatoris Foxi Commemorationem . See there again p. 45. 46. &c. Concio in templo B. Mariae Virg. Oxon , an . 1550 in 1. Pet. 4. 11. preached for his Degree of Bach. of Div. A Copy of which is printed in his life , written by L. H. before-mention'd , p. 49. Translated into English by R. V. — Lond. 1586. oct . Oratio in Aula C. C. Chr. spoken to the society , when he was ejected from among them , in 1554. Epistola ad Scipionem Patritium Venetum de causis cur Episcopi Angliae ad concilium Tridentinum non convenirent , an , 1559. This also is printed in an appendix to the second edit . of the translation of the Hist . of the Council of Trent , made by Sir Nath. Brent — Lond. 1629. fol. Letters between him and Dr. Hen. Cole upon occasion of a Sermon that Mr. Jewell preached before the Queen and her Council . Lond. 1560. oct . This Letter-Combat began 18. March 1559 and continued till 18. May 1560. Sermon at Pauls cross the second Sunday before Easther an . 1560 , on 1. Cor. 11. 23. Lond. 1560. oct . In which he gave out a bold challenge against the Papists , as I have before told you . Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae . Lond. 1562. oct . Which book was so much esteemed by the Men of Zurich and all Protestants , that it was translated almost into all tongues , to the end that it might be generally known . The Council of Trent held at that time , saw , and censured , it , and appointed a Frenchman and an Italian to answer it , but they hung back , and would , or rather could , not . It was several times printed in England , and beyond the Seas , and in Greek at Oxon. 1614. oct . This book was , soon after its first publication , translated into English by Anon. with this title . An Apologie or answer in defence of the Church of England concerning the state of Religion used in the same . Lond. 1562. qu. But Tho. Hardyng coming out with a confutation of it , our Author published , A defence of the Apologie of the Church of England , containing an answer to a certaine book lately set forth by Mr. Harding , and entit . A confutation , &c. in 6 parts Lond. 1564. 67. fol. Translated into Lat. by Tho. Braddock Bach. of Div. and Fellow of Christs Coll in Cambr. — printed beyond the Seas 1600 fol. Soon after the first publication of the said Defence , Hardyng publishing A detection of certaine errours in the said Defence , our Author came out with , An answer to Mr. Hardings book entit . A Detection of certaine errours , &c. Lond. 1565. Lov. 1568. Afterwards followed , A reply to Mr. Hardings answer : By perusing whereof the discreet and diligent reader may easily see the weake and unstable grounds of the Rom. Religion , in 27. Articles . Lond. 1566. fol. Therein also is an answer to Mr. Hardyngs preface to his aforesaid answer . This reply of Jewell , is translated into Lat. by Will. Whitaker Fellow of Trinity Coll. in Camb. — Genev. 1585. fol. and with it is printed his Apologie . A view of a seditious Bull sent into England from Pius 5. Bishop of Rome an . 1569. Delivered in certain Sermons in the Cath. Ch. of Sarum , 1570. Lond. 1582. oct . A treatise of the Holy Scripture , gathered out of his Sermons preached at Salisbury 1570. Lond. 1582. oct . Exposition on the two Epistles of the Apostle St. Paul to the Thessalonians . Lond. 1594. oct . A Treatise of the Sacraments , gathered out of his Sermons . — Lond. 1583. oct . Certaine Sermons preached before the Qu. Majestie at Pauls cross and elsewhere — They are in number at least 13 , viz. on Josh . 6. 1. 2. 3. — Haggat ; 1. ver . 2. 3. 4. — Psal . 69. g 9. &c. All which Books , ( the five first excepted ) Sermons , and Apolgie , are printed in one Vol. in fol — Lond. 1609. with an abstract of his life set before them ( but full of faults ) written by Don. Featly . Besides them he hath left behind him these MSS , which , as I conceive are not yet printed , viz. A paraphrastical exposition of the Epistles and Gospels throughout the whole Year . A continuate exposition of the Creed , Lords prayer , and 10 Commandements . Commentary upon the Epistle to the Galathians . Com. on the Epist . of St. Peter . — At length this worthy prelate paying his last debt to nature at Monkton-Farley 23. year 1571 Sept. in Fifteen hundred seventy and one , was buried almost in the middle of the Choire of his Cathedral at Salisbury . At which time Giles Laurence Archdeacon of Wilts . preached the funeral Sermon , and Will. Holcot of Buckland in Berks. ( formerly a Lay-preacher ) administred at the funeral . See more of Joh. Jewells works in Job . Garbrand under the Year 1589. DAVID WHITHEAD , a great light of learning and a most heavenly professor of Div. of his time , was of the same family with those of Tuderley in Hampshire , and , when at ripe years , was educated in all kind of learning and virtue in this h University , but whether in Brasenose or All 's . Coll. as some surmise , I find not . What Degrees he took it doth not appear , or whether he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , because in the latter end of Hen. 8. and all the time of K. Ed. 6. the publick registers are very imperfect . In the time of Hen. 8. he was Chaplain to Anna Bulleyne , by whose means he had some preferment in the Church ; and in the beginning of Qu. Mary , he among several zealous Protestants went to Frankfort in voluntary exile ; where , being in great esteem with the English congregation wrot , Lections and Homelies on St. Pauls Epistles — In A brief discourse of the Troubles began at Frankfort in Germany , &c. printed 1575. you 'll find several of his discourses , and answers to the objections of Dr. Rob. Horne concerning matters of discipline and worship . See there in p. 128. 129. &c. 146. 147. &c. After his return into England , he had a hand in the third edition of the English Liturgy , in 1559 , and was chosen one of the Disputants against the R. Cath Bishops . So that in his discourses shewing himself a deep Divine , the Qu. thereupon had so great an esteem for him , that she offer'd him the Archbishoprick of Canterbury , but he refused it , as about the same time he did the Mastership of the Hospital called the Savoy in the Strand near to London , affirming that he could live plentifully on the preaching of the Gospel without either . So that whether he had any spiritualities of note confer'd on him , is yet doubtful , he being much delighted in travelling to and fro to preach the word of God in those places , where he thought it was wanting . His life was spent in celebacy , as it became a true Theologist , and therefore the better esteemed by the Queen , who had no great affection for such Priests that were married . He was conducted by death to the habitation prepared for old age , in Fifteen hundred seventy and one , year 1571 but in what Church , or Chappel buried , I know not . Take therefore this for his Epitaph , which was made by one i of his acquaintance . Nominis unatui est Album , caput altera pars est . Quadrant in mores scilicet ista tuos . Candidius nihil esse potest nam moribus ist is : Dulce vocant omnes te lepidumque caput . THOMAS KEY or Cay , whose name , and the same bearers of armes , tho they have continued for several generations at Woodsome or Wodersome and elsewhere in Yorkshire ; yet I cannot say that this our Author was born there , because the statutes of Allsouls Coll. ( of which he was Fellow ) oblige the society to choose their Members from the Province of Canterbury . His Relations therefore having in his time ( and perhaps before ) lived in Lincolnshire , I shall appoint that County for his native place , but the house of Learning in Oxon. of which he was originally a student , I cannot assign , unless University Coll. Howsoever it is , sure I am , that he was in 1525 elected Fellow of All 's . Coll being then about 3 years standing in the University , where running through the several Classes of Logick and Philosophy , took the Degrees in Arts , and made so great a proficiency in his studies , that he became an eminent Latinist , Grecian , Poet and Orator , excellent also for all kind of worth , and at length antiquitatum nostratium plane helluo , as one k is pleased to stile him . In the Year 1534 he was unanimously chosen Scribe or Registrary of the University , being then esteemed most worthy of that place , because he had a command of his tongue and pen : For in his time , and long before , it was commonly the Registraries office to speech it before , and write Epistles ( as the Orator doth now ) to , great personages . But as he was excellent in those matters , so to the contrary in the performance of his Registraries place . For whether it was upon a foresight of the utter ruin of the University , which was intended , as he thought , by the Reformers , ( for he lived in the changeable times of Religion ) or his being besotted with a certain crime , which he could not avoid till old age cured it , he became so careless in committing the acts of congregation and convocation to writing , that divers articles being publickly put up against him by the Masters , he was deprived of that place in 1552 , and Will. Standish M. of A. of Magd. Coll. succeeded by virtue of the Kings Letters , sent to the University in Oct. 1543 for the next reversion of that office . In 1559 he was made Prebendary of Stratton in the Church of Sarum , by virtue of the Queens Letters , dated in Dec. the same year , in 1561 he was elected the Head or Master of Univ. Coll. ( to which he was afterwards a considerable benefactor ) and upon the death of Pet. Vannes , ( whom I shall anon mention ) which hapned in the beginning of 1563 he became Rector of the rich Church of Tredington in the County and Dioc. of Worcester : All which he kept to his dying day . He hath written . Assertio antiquitatis Oxoniensis Academiae . Finished on the first of Sept. 1566 , as a copie thereof under his own hand in my possession , attesteth . Which book being written within the space of seven days , was by him presented in MS. to Qu. Elizab. at her being entertain'd by the University in the said month of Sept. A copie of which book coming into the hands of Joh. Cay Doctor of Physick of Cambridge , he wrot an answer to it in a book entit . De antiquitate Cantabrigiensis Academiae , and were both by him published ( contrary to the knowledge of our Author Cay of Oxon ) under the name of Londinensis — Lond. 1568. in oct . and there again under the name of Joh. Cains an . 1574 in qu. Whereupon our Author being unwilling to sit down , and see himself so unworthily dealt withal , wrot a reply soon after the first edition of his Assertio was printed , bearing this title . Examen judicii Cantabrigiensis cujusdam , qui se Londinensem dicit , nuper de origine utriusque Academiae Lati. Before which is written an Apologie for himself why he wrot his Assertio , and why the said Reply . But this book being never printed , there only went about from hand to hand some MS. Copies of it ; one of them Mr. Tho. Allen of Glocester-hall , and another Mr. Miles Windsore of Corp. Ch. Coll. had in their respective libraries . From one of which Copies , I remember formerly I took some notes , being then in other hands , but where either of those Copies are now , in truth I cannot tell . Our Author Th. Key translated from Lat. into English Erasmus his Paraphrase on St. Mark , being that part of the New Test . which he was desired to translate by Qu. Catherine Pare . Also from English into Lat. The Sermons of Dr. Jo. Longland Bishop of Lincolne ; from Greek into Lat. Aristotles book De mirabilibus mundi , dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury ; Euripides his Tragedies , and the third oration of Isocrates , called Nicocles ; with other things which I have not yet seen . At length arriving to the age of Man , he concluded his last day in his Lodgings in Univers . Coll. about the middle of the month of May in Fifteen hundred seventy and two , year 1572 and was buried on the 20 of the same month under the North wall of the alley or isle , joyning on the North side of the body of the Church of St. Peter in the East , near to , and within , the East gate of the City of Oxon. Over his grave , tho there was never any Epitaph to celebrate his memory , yet certain noted l Poets of his time have done it in their respective works , by Encomia's and Epigrams , to which I refer the curious reader , as they are cited in the margin . As for Pet. Vannes , whom I have before-mention'd , he was the Son of Steph. de Vannes of the City of Luca in Italy , was brought into England by Andrew Ammonius his Mothers brother , and made Secretary of the Latin tongue to K. Hen. 8. who sent him to Rome with Steph. Gardiner and others , to sollicite the Pope for a divorce from Qu. Catherine . In the Year 1527. March 5. he was made Prebendary of South Grantham in the Church of Sarum , upon the resignation of one Will. Burbanke , and in 1529. Dec. 4. Preb. of Bedwyn in the same Church , on the resignation of Thom. Winter . In 1534 he was made Archdeacon of Worcester in the place of Dr. Will. Cleybroke deceased , and the same year Feb. 25. was admitted Preb. of Bool in the Church of York . In Feb. 1539 , he , by virtue of the Kings Letters , became Dean of Salisbury , but whether in the place of Reymund Pade who obtained that Deanery in Januar. 1522. I cannot tell , nor do I know yet to the contrary , but that he was deprived of that Dignity in the beginning of the Reign of K. Edw. 6. because that one Tho. Cole is said m to be Dean of Salisbury in that Kings time . Howsoever it is , sure I am that Vannes was Dean in the time of Qu. Mary , and beginning of Qu. Elizabeth , and that several years before , viz. in 1543. March 12. he was made Preb. of Shipton ( Shipton under wood ) in the said Ch. of Sarum , on the death of Dr. Joh. London , that in 1545 he occurs one of the Canons of the Coll. of K. Hen. 8. at Oxon , and soon after Rector of Tredington in the Dioc. of Worcester . On the sixth day of May 1563 he resigned his Deanery of Salisbury , and in few days after died either in London or Westminster , leaving then all his wealth to his heir called Benedict Hudson alias Vannes . This Peter Vannes being well known to Joh. Leland , he is therefore by him n numbred among the famous Men living in the Reign of K. Hen. 8. He was also much in favour with Cardinal Wolsey , to whom he wrot divers letters while he continued in Rome an . 1528 giving him an account of the affairs of that place , and how matters went relating to the divorce between K. H. 8. and Qu. Catherine . JOHN CLEMENT had his original education in this University , but in what house , it appears no more , than the place where he was born , which is altogether , as yet , unknown to me . Afterwards being acquainted with Sir. Tho. More for the pregnant parts that were visible in him , was by him appointed to be tutor to his Children , and afterwards to Margaret his Daughter . About the Year 1519 he settled in Corp. Ch. Coll. being about that time constituted n by Card. Wolsey his Rhetorick reader in the University , and afterwards that of Greek ; both which he performed with great applause to the benefit of the Academians . In the Reign of K. Ed. 6. he being then one of the Coll. of Physicians at London , he left his native Country for Religion sake , and then , if I mistake not , he took the Degree of Doctor of Physick beyond the Seas . Afterwards , returning in the time of Qu. Mary , he practised his faculty with good success in Essex near London , but when Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown , and a reformation of Religion followed , he left England once more , and spent the remainder of his days beyond the Seas . He hath written , Epigrammatum & aliorum carminum , lib. 1. And did translate from Gr. into Lat ( 1 ) The Epistles of Greg. Nazian . ( 2 ) The Homelies of Nicephorus Calixtus of the Greek Saints . ( 3 ) The Epistles of Pope Celestin the first , to Cyrill Bishop of Alexandria , besides other matters which I have not yet seen . He died at Mechlin in Brahant ( the place wherein he had lived several years , and had practised his faculty ) on the first day of July in Fifteen hundred seventy and two , year 1572 and was o buried near to the tabernacle in St. Rumbolds Church there , and close to the grave of his sometimes beloved Wife Margaret , who died 6. July 1570 , I mean that Margaret , on whose Marriage with Jo. Clement , the Antiquarian p Poet hath bestowed a Song . THOMAS HARDYNG was born at Beconton in Devonsh educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , became true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. ( after he had served two years of probation ) an . 1536 , took the Degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1542 , at which time being esteemed a knowing Person in the Tongues , he was by the favour of K. Hen. 8. made Hebrew Professor of the University , and shortly after became Chaplain to Hen. Grey Marquess of Dorchester , afterwards Duke of Suffolk . In the Reign of Ed. 6. he was a Protestant , and seemed forward * for a reformation , but after his death and Q● . Mary's settlement in the throne , he wheeled about , became Prebendary of Winchester , proceeded in Divinity , and on the 17. Jul. 1555 was made Treasurer of the Church of Salisbury , in the place of Rich. Arche . After Qu. Elizabeth had for some time swayed the Scepter , he was deprived of his Treasureship , and Tho. Lancaster ( the same Person , I think , who had been deprived of the Bishoprick of Kildare in the Reign of Queen Mary for being married ) was put into it in the beginning of Jan. 1559. So that our Author Hardyng relinquishing his other spiritualities , ( all matters being then involved in controversies ) he upon pretence of some danger that was likely to ensue , went beyond the Seas to Brabant , where settling at Lovaine , he became the target of Popery , and a zealous assertor of his Religion in writing these Books following . An answer to Mr. Jewells challenge . Lov. 1564. qu. Whereupon Jewell came out with a Reply . Rejoynder to Mr. Jewells reply : By perusing whereof the discreet and diligent reader may easily see the answer to his insolent challenge justified , and his objections against the Masse , &c. Antwerp . 1566. in a thick qu. Another rejoynder to Mr. Jewells reply against the sacrifice of the Mass . Lov. 1567. qu. Confutation of a book called An Apologie of the Church of England . Ant. 1563. 65. qu. Which Apologie being written by Mr. Jewell , he came out with his Defence , as I have before told you . Detection of errours and lyes in Mr. Jewells Book called A Defence of the Apologie , &c. Lov. 1564. Answer touching certaine untruths which Mr. Jo. Jewell charged him with , in his late Sermon at Pauls cross , 8. Jul. 1565. Antw. 26. Jul. 1565 in qu. and oct . with other things which I have not yet seen . Most of the afore mentioned books , were by his Countryman Will. Rainolds turned into Latin , but money being wanting , their publication was therefore hindred . This learned Man Dr. Hardyng died at Lovaine in the sixtieth Year of his Age , or thereabouts , year 1572 in Fifteen hundred seventy and two ; whereupon his body was buried in the Church of St. Gertrude there , on the 16 day of Septemb. the same year . Soon after was a monument with a large inscription thereon , set over his grave ; a Copy of which I have q seen , as also a great Encomium of him by one r who well knew him , which , for brevity sake , I shall now omit . JOHN HALES or Hayles a younger Son of Tho. Hales of Halesplace in Halden in Kent , was born in that County , and commonly called Club-foot Hales , because in his younger days he had got that deformity by a wound from his own dagger at the bottom of his foot . This Person being very much addicted to Letters from his childhood , was sent to this University for a time , but to what Coll. unless to that of Brasnose ( wherein several of his Sirname and time studied ) I know not . Yet so it was that he having a happy memory , accompanied with incredible industry , became admirably well skill'd in the Lat. Greek , and Hebrew tongues , and at length in the municipal Laws , and in Antiquities ; which made him admired by all ingenious Men of his time . In the Reign of K. Hen. 8. he was Clerk of the Hemper for several years , obtained a fair estate in Warwickshire and elsewhere upon the dissolution of Monasteries and Chantries , founded a Free-School at Coventry , and for the use of the youth to be taught there , did write , Introductiones ad Grammaticam . — partly in Engl. and partly in Latin. He wrot also , High way to Nobilitie . Lond. in qu. And about that time translated into English Precepts for the preservation of good health . Lond. 1543. oct . written by Plutarch . When Qu. Mary came to the Crown he fled beyond Sea as a voluntary Exile , and settling at Frankfort in Germany we find him a zealous Man for the uniting of the Exiles there in peace . See more in a book entit . A brief discourse of the troubles at Frankford in Germany . printed 1575. in qu. p. 44. 45. &c. 92. &c. When Qu. Elizabeth succeeded he returned , and the first thing that made him then to be noted was , An Oration to Qu. Eliz. at her first entrance to her Reigne , an . 1558. — It was not spoken , but delivered in writing to her by a certain noble Man. The beginning of it is , Albeit there be innumerable gifts , &c. He also wrot a little book in favour of the house of Suffolk , especially of the Children of Edw. Seymour Earl of Hertford , eldest Son of Edward Duke of Somerset , who was married to the Lady Cath. Grey , Dau. of Hen. Duke of Suff. ( of near alliance in blood to the Queen ) in his house in Chanon row within the City of Westminster , in Oct. 1560. The effect of which , was to derive the title of the Crown of England , in case Qu. Eliz. should die without issue , to the house of Suffolk . This Marriage , notwithstanding the Archb. of Cant. did by his sentence pronounce unlawful , yet our Author Hales , who was esteemed a Man very opiniotive , tho otherwise very learned , did maintain in the said book that their sole consent did legitimate their conjunction . Which pamphlet flying abroad , came straight way to the Court : Whereupon the Queen and the Nobles being highly offended , the Author was quickly discovered , and forthwith imprison'd in the Tower of London . Soon after Sir Nich. Bacon then Lord Keeper was presumed to have had a finger in it , for which he was like to have lost his office , if Sir Ant. Browne who had been L. Ch. Justice of the Common-pleas in Qu. Maries time , would have accepted of it ; which her Majesty offer'd to him , and the Earl of Leycester earnestly exhorted him to take it ; but he refused it , for that he was of a different Religion from the State ; and so Sir Nic. Bacon remained in his place , at the great instance of Sir Will. Cecill , ( afterwards L. Treasurer ) who , tho he was to be privy to the said book , yet was the matter so wisely laid upon Hales and Bacon , that Sir Will. was kept free , thereby to have the more authority and grace to procure the others pardon , as he did . Soon after Jo. Lesley Bishop of Ross , a great creature of Mary Queen of Scots , did answer that Book , for which he got the good will of many , tho , of others , not . As for our Author Hales , he gave way to fate on the fifth of the calends of January in Fifteen hundred seventy and two ; year 1571 whereupon his body was buried in the Chancel of the Church of St. Peter's poor in London . He died without issue , so that his estate which chiefly laid in Warwickshire , of which his principal house in Coventry , call'd Hales place , otherwise the White Fryers was part , went to John , Son of his Brother Christopher Hales , ( sometimes also an Exile at Frankfort ) whose posterity doth remain there to this day . ELIZE HEYWOOD sometimes written Ellis Heewood , Son of Job . Heywood the famous Epigrammatist , was born in London , and by the indulgence of his Father was carefully educated in juvenile learning in that City , and in Academical in Oxon. In 1547 he was elected Probationer-Fellow of Allsouls Coll. where spending some time in Logicals and Philosophicals , he applyed his genie to the study of the Laws , in which faculty he took one degree , an . 1552 , being the sixth year of K. Ed. 6. Afterwards he travelled into France and Italy , continued for some time at Florence , being patroniz'd by Card Pole ; and became such an exact Master of the Italian tongue , that he wrot a book in that Language entituled , Il Moro , lib. 2. Fiorenz . 1556 in octavo . This book which is dedicated to the said Cardinal contains a discourse , fancied to be in the house of Sir Tho. More sometimes L. Chanc. of England , and in consolation with him . Besides this book , he wrot , as 't is said , other things in Italian , or in Lat. or in his mother tongue , which being printed beyond the Sea , we seldom or never see them in these parts . About that time our Author receiving instructions concerning matters of faith from an English Man called Hall , he went into the Low Countries , and at Antwerp performed the office of Preacher , and Prefectship of the spirit . Thence he went to Lovaine , where he died in the twelfth year , after his ingress into the society of Jesus ; year 1572 which was about Fifteen hundred seventy and two . He had a younger brother named Jasper , bred also in Oxford , and leaving the Nation for Religion sake , entred himself into the said Society , as I shall tell you under the Year 1597. num . 295. NICHOLAS GRIMALD , or Grimoald received his first being in this world in Huntingdonshire , and his first Academical education in Christs Coll. in Cambridge , where taking the Degree of Bach. of Arts , went to Oxon , and was incorporated there in the said Degree in Apr. 1542. In the next month he was chosen Probationer Fellow of Merton Coll. he being then in the 23 year of his age . In 1544 he proceeded in Arts , and 1547 when the Coll. of King Hen. 8. was to be settled and replenished with Students , he was put in there as a Senior , or Theologist , ( accounted then only honorary ) and the rather for this reason , because he about that time , did read a publick Lecture to the Academians in the large refectory of that place . All that I have yet seen of his writings are these . Archipropheta , Tragedia , jam recens in lucem edita . Colon. 1548. in oct . Oratio ad Pontifices , Londini in aede Paulina , an . 1553. 17. Id. Apr. in Synodo publica . Lond. 1583. oct . In P. V. Maronis quatuor libros Georgicorum in oratione soluta paraphrasis elegantissima , Oxonii in Aede Christi , 2. Ed. 6. confecta . Lond. 1591. oct . Fama , com . Troilus Chauceri , com . — with several such like things , which you may see in r Baleus , who also tells s us elsewhere that he wrot in English a Book intit . Vox . populi ; or , The Peoples complaint , &c. which was against Rectors , Vicars , Archdeacons , Deans , &c. for living remote from their Flocks , and for not performing the duty belonging to their respective offices . He hath also divers Lat. and English copies of verses , occasionally printed before , and in commendation of , other Mens works ; and has also translated from Lat. into English , Cicero's three books of duties to Marcus his Son. Lond. 1558. oct . with other things from Greek . He was in great esteem among Men in the fifteenth year of Qu. Elizabeth . LEWIS EVANS was a Monmouthshire Man born , as it seems , and mostly educated in Oxon : Afterwards being a forward and zealous Man for the R. Cath. Religion at London ( where he had got some employment ) was brought into trouble by Dr. Grindal Bishop of that place . So that being forced to fly , he went beyond the Sea , and settled for a time at Antwerp : where to shew his zeal for the cause , he translated a Book from Lat. into English , entit . Certaine tables set forth by Will Bishop of Rurimund in Gelderland , wherein is detected and made manifest the doting dangerous doctrine , and haynous heresies of the rash rablement of the hereticks . This book was by Lew. Evans entit . The betraying of the beastl ; iness of the Hereticks , &c. Antw. 1565 in tw . Afterwards the said Evans being reconcil'd to the Ch. of England by some of his friends ; did , to shew his zeal for the love he had to it , write and publish a book as full of ill language against the Roman Catholicks , as the other was as full of good for them , entituled . The Castle of Christianity , detecting the long erring estate , as well of the Rom. Church , as of the Bishop of Rome . Lond. 1568. oct . Which being dedicated to Queen Elizab. he saith in his Epistle to her , that he himself had once drank of the puddle of ignorance , of the mud of idolatry , of the pond of superstition , &c. whereupon great distast being taken by the R. Catholicks , the common report flew abroad by their endeavours , that he was gone over again to the Church of Rome , in which being settled , he died in great ease and content . These reports being often told to Evans while he was in Oxon , by the learnedest there , he soon after published a book entit . The hateful hypocrisie and rebellion of Romish Prelates . Lond. 1570 in tw . to which he added these two treatises following : A view of certaine rebellions and their ends . Four paradoxes . First a Bishop and a Minister is all one . ( 2 ) A Bishop , &c. — Afterwards , if I mistake not , our Author Evans was a Schoolmaster , and was the same Person , I think , that revised and increased with phrases and necessary additions , A short dictionary for young beginners , compiled at first by John Withals , and by him published at Lond. 1566. in qu. but when the additions of Evans came out , I find not . Afterwards the said Dictionary was augmented with more than 600 rythmical verses ( whereof many are proverbial ) by Abr. Flemmyng a native of London , printed at Lond. 1594 qu. In my travels and searches I find one Lew. Evans a Flintshire Man , to be a Student of Ch. Ch. in the time of Ed. 6. and to have taken the Degrees in Arts , ( that of Master being compleated 1557 ) but this Person , I presume , is not the Author , because the Author doth not stile himself in his Books Bach. or Master of Arts. Another Lew. Evans a Brecknockshire Man , became Fellow of Oriel C. an . 1566 , Mast . of Arts 1570 and resign'd his Fellowship 1577. A third , who was a Monmouehshire Man , was matriculated as a Member of Gloc. hall , 1574 , aged 28. And a fourth also I find to be a Minister of God's word , who in the 31 year of his age , or more , was matric as a member of the same Hall , and as a Native of Monmouthshire , an . 1581. and in 1585 took the Deg. of M. of A. Whether either of these was the Author before-mention'd , is to me as yet doubtful , or whether the same with Lew. Evans , who , by the favour of Dr. Piers B. of Sarum became Prebend of Warmister , in that Church , an . 1583 , ( which he resigned in May 1598 ) I cannot tell : or whether the same with Lew. Evans Clerk , Parson of Westmeane in Hampshire , who died there , about the beginning of 1601 , leaving then behind him a Wife and Children , and houses in Winchester . JOHN PARKHURST Son of George Parkhurst , was born at Guildford in Surrey , sent , when very young , to Oxon , where he was educated in Grammar learning in the School joyning to Magd. Coll. common gate , under the famous † Mr. Thom. Robertson , was elected Probationer Fellow of Merton Coll. in 1529 , and three years after proceeding in Arts , entred into holy orders , tho better then for poetry and oratory , than Divinity . At length he became Rector of the rich Church of Cleve ( called by some Bishops Cleve ) in Glocestershire , where he did a great deal of good by his hospitality and charity . After the death of K. Ed. 6. he left all for Religion sake , and went into voluntary exile to Zurich , where remaining till the death of Qu. Mary , not without great dangers and afflictions , returned when Qu. Eliz. succeeded , and was by her made Bishop of Norwych : To which See being elected 13. Apr. was consecrated on the first of Sept. and installed by John Salisbury Dean of that Church , 27 of the same month , an . 1560 , and about six years after was made D. of D. He hath written and published , Epigrammata in mortem duorum fratrum Suffolciensium , Caroli & Henrici Brandon . Lond. 1552. qu. They were the Sons of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke , and died of the sweating sickness . Some of which Epigrams were afterwards published in his Ludicra , which I am now to mention . Ludicra sive Epigrammata juvenilia . Lond. 1573. qu. Which book tho written in his younger days , and contains therein more obscurity than the Epigrams of Martial ( as some say , tho I my self cannot perceive it ) yet while he was Bishop he must needs have it printed , alledging that he would not be like Heliodorus to lose his Bishoprick for it . He also view'd , took pains about , and published John Shepreve his Dislicks on the New Test . and added thereunto of his own , Epigrammata Seria . Lond. 1560. oct . Most of which seem to be taken from his former book , while it remained in MS. See more in Job . Shepreve , under the Year 1542. At length this Bishop yielded up his last breath in Fifteen hundred seaventy and four , and was buried in the body or middle Isle of the Cath. Ch. at Norwych . Over his grave was soon after a fair monument of marble raised between two pillars on the S. side of the said middle Isle : on which Mon. was his proportion engraven on brass ; with a gown and square cap on , holding his hands together in a praying posture , with this inscription engraven on brass also , but taken away in the civil war. Johannes Parkhurstus Theologiae professor , Gylfordiae natus , Oxoniae educatus , temporibus Mariae Reginae pro nitida conscientia Tigurinae vixit exul voluntarius . Postea praesul factus , sanctissime hanc rexit ecclesiam 16 annis , & mortuus est secundo die Februarii , an . 1574. aetatis suae 63. Another inscription which is on one of the said pillars runs thus . Viro bono , docto ac pio Johanni Parkhursto Episcopo vigilantissimo , Georgius Gardiner posuit hoc . Which George * Gardiner , who was D. of D. was installed Dean of Norwych 24. Dec. 1573 , in the place of John Salisbury deceased . Ralf Gualter , Father and Son , both of Zurich , and entirely beloved of this our Author Parkhurst have written a Epiceds on his death ; which , if they could be procured , ( being very scarce ) might satisfie a curious reader concerning some actions of him the said Parkhurst . LEONARD DIGGES second Son of James Digges of Digges Court in the Parish of Berham in Kent , by Philippa his second Wife Daughter of John Engham of Chart in the said County , was born in the Province of Kent , particularly , as it seems , at Digges Court , educated for a time in this University , ( but in what house , unless in Univ. Coll. I know not ) where laying a foundation of greater learning , departed without a Degree , and afterwards became a most excellent Mathematician , a skilful Architect , and a most expert surveyour of Land. At length lest it should be thought that he studied only for himself , and not for the benefit of others , he published a book entit . Tectonicon : Briefly shewing the exact measuring , and speedy reckoning of all manner of lands , squares , timber , stones , steeples , &c. Lond. 1556. qu. Augmented , and published again by his Son Tho. Digges — Lond. 1592. qu. Printed there again 1647 qu. Our Author Leon. Digges wrot also , A Geometrical practical treatise named Pantometria , in 3. bookes . — Which being attempted in his younger years , his said Son Thomas supplied such parts of it after his death , as were left obscure and imperfect , adjoyning thereunto , A discourse Geometrical of the five regular and Platonical bodies , containing sundry Theorical and Practical propositions arising by mutual conference of these solides , Inscription , Circumscription , and Transformation . Lond. 1591. fol. Prognostication everlasting , of right good effect : or , choice rules to judge the weather by the Sun , Moon , Stars , &c. Lond. 1555 — 56. and 64 qu. corrected and augmented by his said Son Thomas , with divers general tables and many compendious rules — Lond. 1592. qu. what else he wrot , I find not , nor certainly when he died , unless about the Year Fifteen hundred seventy and four , or whether his death was at Eltham in Kent , or at another place . There is some memory of him and his Family ( in whose veines hereditary learning doth seem to run ) on a Monument in Chilham Church in Kent , not to shew that he was buried there , but to shew the genealogie of his Family , set up by his Grandson Dudley Digges ( of whom I shall make mention in 1638 ) which being too long for this place , I shall pass it by at present for brevity sake . RICHARD WILLS who in his books writes himself Willeius , which is the reason why some call him Willey , was a Western Man born , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near to Winchester , and in Academical for a time , in his Coll. at Oxon , but before he took a Degree , or was made Fellow , he left the University , and travelled into France , Germany and Italy ; where spending some years in several Universities , return'd an accomplish'd Gentleman : And being noted for his admirable dexterity , and honorable advance in the Latine Empire , as Joh. Brownswerd was at the same time , wrot and published , Lond. 1573. oct . Poematum liber ad Gul. Baronem Burghleium . De re poetica disputatio . In suorum poemat . Librum Scholia . With other things , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . In the Year 1574 Apr. 24. he by the name and title of Rich. Wills Master of Arts of the University of Mentz in Bavaria , supplicated the ven . congregation of Regents that he might be incorporated into the same Degree in this University ; but the said Regents suspecting his opinions , did grant his desire conditionally . ( 1 ) That he produce a testimony of his creation under the seal of the University of Mentz . ( 2 ) That he render a testimony of his faith before the Vicechanc. and Proctors , and ( 3 ) That he acknowledge the Queen to be his legitimate Governess , or Monarch of all England , &c. whether he performed these conditions , or was really incorporated , appears not in any of the registers . RICHARD TAVERNER Son of Joh. Taverner of Brisley in Norfolke , was born at Brisley , or else in that County , in the Year 1505 , descended from an ancient Family of his name living sometimes at North Elmham near to Brisley before-mentioned , educated for a time in Logick in Bennet Coll. in Cambridge , but before he had consummated an year and an half there , did , with others of that University go to Oxon , for preferment about the same time that Card. Wolsey did begin his Coll. there . At length being admitted one of the Junior Canons of that Coll. he took the Degree of Bach. of Arts in the Year 1529 and about that time obtaining a competent knowledge in Philosophy , the Greek tongue and Divinity , left Oxon some time before the said Coll. came into the Kings hands by Wolseys fall , and forthwith went to an Inn of Chancery near London call'd Staire Inn , otherwise Strond Inn , ( pulled down when Edw. D. of Somerset built Somerset house in the Strond or Strand ) and thence to the Inner Temple ( for before his time and some years , after , students were not admitted into the Inns of Court , before they had read the ground of Law in one of the Inns of Chancery ) where his humour was to quote the Law in Greek , when he read any thing thereof . In 1534 he went to the Court , and was there taken into the attendance of Tho. Cromwell then Principal Secretary to K. Hen. 8. by whose commendation , he was afterwards made by the said King one of the Clerks of the Signet in ordinary , an . 1537. Which place he kept till the first of Q. Mary , having been in good repute not only with K. Hen. 8. but also with K. Edw. 6. and most of all with Edw. Duke of Somerset Lord Protector . In 1552 , he , tho a mere Lay-man , obtained by the name of Rich. Taverner Master of Arts ( being Master of Arts of both the Universities ) a special licence subscribed by K. Ed. 6. to Preach in any place of his dominions , and the more for this reason because the scarcity and slackness of Preachers was so great , that some of the Kings Chaplains were appointed to ride circuit about the Kingdom to preach to the People , especially against Popery . I have been informed by some notes of him , written by his b Grandson , that he preached before the King at Court , and in some publick places in the Kingdom , wearing a velvet bonnet or round cap , a damask gown , and a chain of gold about his neck ; in which habit he was seen , and heard , preaching several times in St. Maries Church in Oxon. in the beginning of Qu. Eliz. In like manner other Lay-Gentlemen , such that had been educated in the Universities , did either preach , or else write books concerning controversies in Religion , or else make translations from Divinity books . Will. Holcot of Buckland in Berks. Esq ; ( whom I have mention'd in Joh. Jewell ) sometimes of Univ. Coll. was often seen in the same habit in Pulpits in London , and in his own Country , and would often give the printed Catechismes in the book of Common-Prayer to Children as he walked in London streets to learn without book , and would after call out those children and examine them , and for encouragement would give , especially to the poorer sort of them , money , silk points , ribbands , &c. Sir Tho. More also , after he was called to the bar in Lincolns Inn , did for a considerable time read a publick Lecture out of St. Austin De civitate Dei , in the Church of St. Laurence in the Old Jewrie , to which the learneder sort in the City of London would resort . Afterwards also , when he was L. Chanc. of England , he wrot treatises against the Lutherans , and when at home on Sundays he would sit in the choir in a surplice and sing service . But to return ; as for our Author Rich. Taverner , he , for security sake when Qu. Mary came to the Crown , did receede to his house called Norbiton hall in Surrey , where he mostly continued all her Reign . But when Qu. Elizab. succeeded , he presented to her a gratulatory Epistle in Latin ; by which being made more known to her than formerly , she had so great respect for , and confidence in , him , that she not only offer'd to him the Degree of Knighthood , but put him into the commission of peace for the County of Oxon , ( wherein he had several mannors that had belonged to religious houses ) entrusted him with a considerable share of the concerns thereof , and in the 12 Year of her Reign , Dom. 1569 made him High Sherriff of the said County . In which office he appeared in St. Maries Pulpit with his sword by his side ( as 't is said ) and a chain of gold hanging about his neck and preached to the Scholars a Sermon ( there being then a great scarcity of Divines in the University ) beginning thus . Arriving at the mount of St. Maries , in the stony c stage where I now stand , I have brought you some five biskets , baked in the oven of charity , carefully conserv'd for the chickens of the Church , the sparrows of the spirit , and the sweet swallows of salvation , &c. Which way of preaching was then mostly in fashion , and commended by the generality of Scholars . This Rich. Taverner hath written and published , The sum or pith of the 150 Psalmes of David , reduced into a forme of prayers and meditations , with other certaine godly orisons , &c. Lond. 1539. oct . Recognition or correction of the Bible after the best exemplars . Lond. 1539 fol. Allowed to be publickly read in Churches in the English tongue , with an Epist . dedic . to the King , whose servant Taverner then was . But after the death of the Lord Cromwell the Kings Secretary , an . 1540 , the Bishops caused the Printers of the Bible in the Engl. tongue to be imprison'd and punished , and this our Author for his labours was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London ; but he so well acquitted himself , that he was shortly after released , and restored to his place in Court and in the Kings favour . The Epistles and Gospels , with a brief postill upon the same , from Advent to Low Sunday ( which is the Winter part ) drawn forth by divers learned Men for the singular commoditie of all good Christian Persons , and namelie of Priests and Curats . Lond 1540. qu. The Epist . and Gosp . with a brief postill upon the same , from after Easther till Advent ( which is the summer part ) set . forth , &c. Lond. 1540. qu. Fruite of faith , containing all the prayers of the holy Fathers , Patriarks , Prophets , Judges , Kings , renowned Men , and Women in the Old and New Test . Lond. 1582. in tw . Various Poems in Latine and English . Hortus sapientiae . lib. 2. Sententiarum flores . In Catonis disticha . lib. 4. In Mimum publianum . Catechismus fidei . These are mention'd by Jo. Bale d but I have not yet seen any of them , and therefore I cannot tell you whether they are in Engl. or Lat. He also translated from Lat. into English ( 1 ) Rob. Capito ( Grosthead ) his prayers on the Psalmes . Lond. 1539. oct . ( 2 ) Confession of the Germans exhibited to the Emperour Charles 5. in the Councell of Augusta in the Year 1530 , to which is added , The Apologie of Melancton of the said confession . Lond. 1536 in oct . Translated at the command of the Lord Cromwell Lord Privy Seal , ( 3 ) Common places of Scripture orderly and after a compendious forme of teaching , &c. Lond. 1577. oct . Written by Erasmus Sarcerius ( 4 ) An introduction to a Christian concord and unitie in matters of Religion . Translated from Erasm . Roterd. De sarciendâ ecclesiae concordiâ . Which translation was done by our Author upon K. Hen. the eighth , his coming into the Parliament house an . 1545 , at which time he exhorted the members thereof ( of which number R. Taverner our Author was one ) to charity , unity and concord . At length after he had lived beyond the age of Man , and had been a zealous promoter of reformation and the Protestant Religion , laid down his head in peace , and willingly resign'd up his last breath at Woodeaton near to , and in the County of , Oxford , in the mannour-house now standing there , ( which he did build from the ground , about 1544 ) on the 14 day of July in Fifteen hundred seventy and five . Whereupon his body being conveyed to the Church there by two Heralds or Officers of Arms about 5 days after , year 1575 was buried in the Chancel with great solemnity near to the body of his first Wife Margaret . Soon after the said Officers caused to be hung up , on the North wall of the said Chancell , an helmet , standard , pennon and other cognisances belonging to Esquires . All which continued there several years after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. and then were pulled down by Mr. Joh. Nourse the Lord of that mannour , to make room for a monument and banners for his Relations . He the said Rich. Taverner had married two wives ; the first was Margaret Dau. of Walt. Lambert Esq . by whom he had several Sons , whose male issue is now , as I conceive , worn out , except that of Peter his second Son of Hexton in Hertfordsh . His second Wife was Mary Daughter of Sir Joh. Harcourt , of the noble and antient family of the Harcourts of Stanton-Harcourt in Oxfordshire , by whom having only one Daughter that survived , named Penelopie , she was married to my Grandfather ( by the Mothers side ) named Robert Le Petite , commonly called Pettie of Wifald near to Henlie , and of Cottesford near Bister , in Oxfordshire Gentleman , a younger Son of Joh. Pettie of Tetsworth and Stocke-Talmache near Thame in the said County Esq . The next Brother in order to the said Rich. Taverner , was named Roger , born in Norfolk also , and educated for a time in Cambridge , afterwards surveyour general on this side of the river Trent of the Kings woods to Hen. 8. Ed. 6. and Qu. Elizabeth , who in the Year 1560 wrot a e book De fame , viz. of the means to prevent famine in this land , dedicated to Qu. Elizab. who delivering it to Dr. Parker Archb. of Canterbury , he gave it afterwards with many other MSS. to Bennet Coll. Library in Cambridge , where it now remains , and hath had this testimony given of the writer by some of that house in the beginning of Ch. 1. that tho the Author was no professed Scholar , yet he was competently learned , well versed in the affairs of the Commonwealth , and of the Estates of Kingdoms in Forreign parts , and that the book was worthy of publication . He died at Upminster in Essex ( where he had a fair Estate ) and was buried in the Church there , in 1582 , leaving behind him a Son named John , who in 1600 publish'd a little treatise concerning The making of ponds , breeding and feeding of fish , and planting of fruits , &c. printed several times . Which John succeeded his Father in the surveyourship before-mention'd , and dying in 1606 was , as I conceive , buried by his Father , leaving then behind him a Son named Roger , living 1636. HENRY BULL , a Warwickshire Man born , became Demie of Magd. Coll. in 1535 or thereabouts , perpetual Fellow in 1540. being then Bach of Arts , and afterwards a zealous * Man for reformation in K. Edw. days , an exile in the time of Qu. Marie , and a double , if not a treble , beneficed Man in the Reign of Qu. Eliz. He hath transmitted to posterity , Christian prayers and holy meditations , as well for private as publick exercise , gathered out of the most godly learned of our time — Printed at Lond. several times ; one edit . bears date 1584 another 92. a third in 1605. and all either in oct . or 16o. Lydlies prayers , with certaine godly additions . — He also translated from Lat. into English A commentary upon the 15 Psalmes called Psalmi Graduum , that is Psalmes of degrees , from Psal . 120 to Psal . 133 , faithfully copied out of the Lectures of Dr. Mart. Luther . Lond. 1577. qu. &c. Published with an Epistle before it by Joh. Fox the Martyrologist , at which time the translator had been dead about two or three years , for if I mistake not , he gave way to fate about Fifteen hundred seventy and five . year 1575 One of both his names , who was a rich Physician of London , died there in June ( or thereabouts ) in 1577 , but of what kin to the former , I know not . NICHOLAS WHITHALK , a Theologist of Losanne , studied several years in Merton Coll. for the sake of the Warden thereof Dr. Bickley , with whom he had contracted an acquaintance while he was an Exile in the time of Qu. Mary , but whether he took a degree , tho supplicate he did for one , it appears not . He hath written , Christianae fidei ac verae religionis compendium , in locos communes digestum , & nunc primum in vulgus emissum . Lond. 1575 oct . Dedic . to Sir Will. Cecill Lord Burleigh . No doubt there is but he hath published other things , but such I have not yet seen . LAURENCE NOWELL the third Son of John Nowell of Great Meerley in Lancashire ( where his ancestors had lived several generations before him ) by Dowsabell his Wife , Daughter of Thomas Hesketh of Rufford in the said County Esq . was born , as I conceive , at Great Meerley before-mentioned , or at least in the said County , sent to Brasnose Coll. to obtain Academical learning , about 1536 , where applying his Muse to the study of Logick for a little while , went to Cambridge , where taking the Degree of Bach. of Arts , return'd to Oxon. and was incorporated in the said Degree in July 1542. In the year following he was licensed to proceed in Arts , and about that time being in sacred orders became Master of the Free-school at Sutton-Colfield in Warwickshire , where he continued for some years . In the Reign of Qu. Mary he absconded for a time in the house of Sir Joh. Perrot called Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire , where , besides that Knight , he found two of his perswasion , viz. Mr. Perrot ( Sir Johns Unkle ) who had been reader of the Greek tongue in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. and another Gent. called Banister : But before that Queen died , he went into Garmany , where finding out his Brother Alexander Nowell , sorted himself among the English Exiles there . After Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown he was made Archdeacon of Derby and Dean of Lichfield , which he kept ( with one or more benefices , besides that Prebendship of Ampleford in the Ch. of York , which he obtained upon the relignation of Will. Day Bach. of Div. 27. May 1566. ) to his dying day . He was a most diligent searcher into venerable antiquity , a right learned Clerk also in the Saxon Language , and was one of the first that recalled the study thereof . When he abode in Lincolns Inn , in the lodgings of one of his brethren , who was a Counsellour of note there , he was a tutor in those studies to Will. Lambard the Antiquary of Kent , who was esteemed the second best in them , and made use of his assistance and notes when he compiled his book De priscis Anglorum legibus . Our famous Antiquary Will. Camden tells f us that he ( Laur. Nowell ) was a Man of good note for his singular learning , and was the first in our age that brought into ure againe , and revived the Language of our Ancestours the Saxons , which through disuse lay forlet and buried in oblivion . He hath written , Vocabularium Saxonium , or a Saxon English Dictionary . — Written in 1567. 'T is a MS. in qu. and was sometimes in the hands of the learned Selden , but now in Bodlies Library . Franc. Junius who maketh honourable mention of the Author , had a Copy of it , and Will. Somner the Antiquary of Canterbury made use of the original when he compiled his Saxon Dictionary . He also ( L. Nowell ) made several collections from antique historical MSS. which , as rarities , are kept to this day in the Cottonian Library . One of them is thus entituled . Collectanea ex Chronicis Gregorii Caerquent Monachi Coenobii Glocestrensis , ab an . 681. ad an . 1290. 'T is under Vespasians head A. 5. with other collections out of the Registers of Worcester and Glocester . This eminent Antiquary died , as it seems , year 1576 in Fifteen hundred seventy and six , ( his will being dated 7. Oct. the same year ) aged 60 or more , but where buried unless in the Cath. Ch. at Lichfield I cannot tell . He left behind him a Son of both his names , who was a Commoner of Brasnose Coll. 1590. aged 18 , and had , if I mistake not , for his successor in his Deanery one George * Bulleyn D. D. who dying in Januar. 1602 , was succeeded by Dr. Will. Tooker . One Hen. Boleyne D. D. was sometimes Chauntor and Residentiary of Lincolne , Archdeacon of Chichester and Rector of Borneford , who dyed 1491. but what relation George had to this Henry , I know not . GERARD LEGH Son of Hen. Legh or Leigh of London , natural or base Son of Randal Legh , ( by his Concubine one Woodroffs Widow of Derby ) second Son of Sir Edm. Legh of Baguly in Cheshire Knight , ( living 39. H. 6. ) was born in London , where being trained up for a time in Grammaticals , was sent to Oxon to compleat them , and to obtain so much of the Logicals that he might the better conquer the rudiments of the municipal Law ; for , if I am not mistaken , he studied for some time in one of the Inns of Court. But such was the vigour of his natural genius to Heraldry , Genealogies , and History , that he postpon'd those beneficial studies and totally gave himself up to those of honor and less benefit . All that he hath published is that fruitful and worthy treatise , entit . The Accedence of Armorie . Lond. 1568. and 1612. in qu. Which being the first book of that nature that was ever printed in the English tongue , was a pattern or platform to those that came after , viz. to Will. Wyrley in his True use of Armory . Printed 1592. qu. to Joh. Boswell when he wrot his Works of Armory in 3 books . Lond. 1597. qu. and to others . In the beginning of Apr. 1577. there was some dispute made among the relations of the said Ger. Legh who should administer his goods , debts , chattels , &c. So that I presume he died in Fifteen hundred seventy and six ; year 1576 ( 18. Elizab. ) which is all that I yet know of him , or his works . WILLIAM BLANDIE was born at Newbury in Berkshire , educated in Wyk●hams School near to Winchester , elected Probatione-Fellow of New Coll. in 1563 , took one Degree in Arts three years after , and the same year was removed thence by the Bishop of Winton in his visitation of that Coll. but for what reason , unless for Popery , I cannot tell . About the same time he went to London , became Fellow of the Middle Temple , and afterwards translated from Lat. into English The five Books of Hicronimus Os●rius , containing a discourse of Civil and Christian Nobility . Lond. 1576. qu. What other things he hath translated , or whether he hath written of any Subject I cannot tell . ANTHONY RUSSHE , a florid and frequent Preacher of his time , was born in the Diocess of Norwych , admitted Probationer-Fellow of Magd. Coll. in July 1554 , did compleat the Degree of Master of Arts 1558 , and soon after quitting his Fellowship , became Chaplain to Qu. Elizabeth , Dean of Chichester ( in the place perhaps of Barth . Traheron ) Doctor of Divinity , and in the Year 1567 Canon of Windsore . He hath written , A President for a Prince : wherein is to be seen by the testimonie of antient writers , the duty of Kings , Princes and Governours . Lond. 1566. in qu. and other things , as I conceive , but such I have not yet seen . He paid his last debt to nature on the first day of April , year 1577 in Fifteen hundred seventy and seven , aged 40 or more , and was buried in the Chappel of St. George at Windsore . Over his grave is an Epitaph containing a great Elogie of him , which for brevity sake I shall now omit , and in the mean time proceed to the next writer in order to be mentioned . RALPH GUALTER Son of the famous Ralph Gualter was born at Zurich in Helvetia , spent several years in this University , ( mostly in Merton Coll. ) took the Degree of Master of Arts in 1573 , and then returning to Zurich became Minister of St. Peters Church there , where he was held in great admiration for his quick and forward parts . He hath written , Elegia de militia Christianorum in his terris adversus satanem , carnem , & mundum militantium . Epitaphium in Hen. Bullengeri obitum , written in Greek . Epicedium in obitum Joh. Parkhursti Episcopi Nordovicensis . Tigur . 1576. qu. Argos Helvetia . Sive carmen de Tigurinorum navigatione Tiguro Argentoratum usque uno die confecta . Carmina in imagines Doctorum nostri seculi virorum . Varia Epigrammata & Epitaphia . At length having spent his short life in learning and virtuous industry , surrendred up his pious Soul to him that gave it , year 1577 in Fifteen hundred seventy and seven , aged 25 or thereabouts . Whereupon his body was buried , as 't is said , in St. Peters Church before-mention'd ; at which time the chief Scholars there did much bewail his loss by their Poetry . A certain * Author tells us that this Ralph Gualter the Son , hath written Homilies on the lesser Prophets , but such I have not yet seen . The Father hath , and therefore I suppose there is a mistake in the matter . MORGAN PHILIPPS or Philip Morgan a Monmouthshire Man born in the Dioc. of Landaff , became a student in the University in 1533 or thereabouts , made so great a progress in Logick and Philosophy , and became so quick and undermining a Disputant , that when he was Bach. of Arts , he was commonly called Morgan the Sophister . In the Year 1538 he was elected Fellow of Oriel Coll. being then an year standing in the Degree of Bachelaur , and taking that of Master of Arts , he entred into the sacred function . In 1546 he was made Principal of St. Maries Hall , and three years after was one of the Triumviri that undertook a publick disputation in the Divinity School with Pet. Martyr . In 1550 he resign'd his Principality , being then Bach. of Div. and in the beginning of Qu. Maries Reign he became Chauntor of St. Davids Cathedral . Whereupon , and because of his absence from Oriel Coll. for more time than was allowed , he was denounced non socitis in 1554. In the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth he left his preferment , friends , and country for Religion sake , spent most of his time at Lovaine and Doway , and wrot several books , as 't is said , but I have seen only these following , which go under his name , viz. Defence of the honour of Mary Queen of Scotland , with a declaration of her right , title , and interest to the Crowne of England . Leig . 1571. in 2 books in oct . A treatise shewing that the regiment of Women is conformable to the Law of God and nature , in one book . Ib. 1571. oct . These two treatises , containing three books , were published under his name , but written as a noted g Author tells us by Joh. Lesley Bishop of Rosse in Scotland , upon occasion of sundry Pamphlets that came out against the marriage of Mary Qu. of Scots to be had with the Duke of Norfolk , and the right by which she claimed to become heir unto England . Which Bishop , as 't is farther added , did afterwards ingeniously acknowledge in his Commentaries , that he had his arguments for her right of succession secretly from Sir Anth. Browne Chief Justice of the Common-pleas , and from Serjeant Joh. Carryll an excellent common Lawyer of the Inner Temple . So that if Morg. Philipps was not the Author of the said treatises , I cannot justly say that he wrot any thing else , only his , Disputatio de Eucharistiae Sacramento in Univ. Oxon habita contra D. Pet. Martyrem , 31. Maii , an . 1549. Lond. 1549. qu. &c. See more in Pet. Martyr an . 1562. and in Will. Tresham 1569 &c. But let our Author Camden , and his follower here quoted , say what of Leslie's being the Author of those books , and other judge of the matter , as he , and they , please ; while I tell you that a writer h before Camden in time , and equal with him in learning , as to the studies he professed , reports , that the said Morgan Philipps a Man of good account for learning among those that knew him , was thought to have written the said treatises ( divided into three books ) by the advice and assistance of Sir Anth. Browne : which thing is made the more credible by the many authorities of our common Law , which there are alledged . The first book doth endeavour to clear Mary Q. of Scots for the murther of the Lord Darley her Husband , which by many was laid against her . The second doth handle her title to the Crown of England , and the third doth answer the book of Joh. Knox the Scot , entit . Against the monstrous government of Women . But not long after the said book was published , John Lesley Bishop of Ross in Scotland ( who at that time was Embassador for the said Qu. of Scots in England ) did more largely handle in the second book of a treatise which he published , her title to the Crown of England , &c. Thus he ; so that according to this Authors opinion here quoted , Lesley had no hand in the said treatises , but in another different from them , which I think is most true . At length , after our Author Morg. Philipps had suffered about 17 years exile , died at Lovaine , year 1577 or rather at Doway in Fifteen hundred seventy and seven ; for on the 15. Feb. the same years , was a Commission i granted from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to George Farmour of Estneston in Northamptonshire Esq . to administer the goods , debts , chattels , &c. of Morgan Philipps Clerk , sometimes Chauntor of the Cath. Ch. of St. David , who lately died in parts beyond the Seas . THOMAS DORMAN was born at Berchamstede in Hertfordsh . partly educated in the Free-School there under Mr. Rich. Reve a Protestant , by the care and exhibition of his Uncle Tho. Dorman of Agmondesham alias Amersham in the Country of Bucks . and partly in Wykehams School near to Winchester . At length being made full ripe for the University , he was elected Probationer-Fellow of New Coll. but leaving that house before he was made compleat Fellow , ( upon what account I know not ) was after Qu. Mary came to the Crown , elected Fellow of Allsouls Coll. in 1554 , where following his studies with indefatigable industry , was admitted in the University to the reading of any book of the institutions of the Civil Law , an . 1558. But upon the alteration of Religion which soon followed in the beginning of Qu. Eliz. he left all he had in the University , his friends , country and patrimony , and went to Antwerp , where being encouraged in his studies by Dr. Tho. Hardyng , then an Exile in those parts , ( and therefore zealously took his part against Jewell , ) became Bach. and at length Doctor of Divinity . He hath written , A proof of certaine articles in religion denied by Mr. Jewell . Antw. 1564. qu. A request to Mr. Jewell that he keep his promise made by solemne protestation in his late Sermon at Pauls cross , 15 June 1567. Lond. 1567. oct . Disproof of Mr. Alex. Nowells reproof . Antw. 1565 qu. Besides other things , which being printed beyond the Seas , we seldom see them in these parts . As for the death of this our learned and pious Author , year 1577 which hapned at Tournay in the Law Countries about Fifteen hundred seventy and seven , this note following written in a MS. remaining in the English Coll. of Seculars at Doway , doth intimate thus of it . Thomas Dormannus vir doctus , qui unum aut alterum librum edidit contra Haereticos , postea fuit pastor in civitate Tornacensi , & ibidem obiit circa an . 1577. GEORGE GASCOIGNE an Esquire and an Essex Man born , had his education in both the Universities , chiefly , as I conceive , in Cambridge ; whence being translated to Greys Inn to study the municipal Law , made less progress in that profession than in Logick , which was but little , for having a rambling and unfixed head he left that place , went to various Cities in Holland , and became a Soldier of note , which he afterwards professed as much , or more , as learning , and therefore made him to take this motto Tam Marti quam Mercurio . From thence he went into France to visit the fashions of the royal Court there , where he fell in love with a Scottish Dame. At length being weary of those vanities , and his rambles in other Countries , he returned into England , and retiring to Greys Inn again , was esteemed by all ingenious Men there , to be a Person of breeding , eloquent , and witty , the most passionate among them to bewail and bemoan by his dexterous Pen the perplexities of love , and the best of his time for his activity in advancing the stage part . Afterwards receeding to his patrimony at Walthamstow in the Forest , within the Province of Essex , ( at which place if I mistake not he was born ) he published several matters , among which are these that follow . Flowers — Poems so called . The first of which is entit . The anatomie of a Lover . The second The arraignment of a Lover . The third The passion of a Lover ; and the last is , The Lover encouraged by former examples , determineth to make virtue of necessity . Several of these Poems are contained in those made by him called The Devises . The delectable historie of sundry adventures passed by Dan Barthelmew of Bathe — This is written in verse . The Reporter , or the Reporters conclusion — This is also a Poem . Fruits of War , written upon this Theame , Dulce bellum inexpertis . — Began to be written at Delft in Holland . Hearbs — Poems so called . In which are several translations as I shall tell you anon , and several copies of verses that are in The Devises . Weedes — Poems so called , with several things intermix'd in prose . The Divises — These are also Poems ; among which are various copies of verses made by our Author on certain Theams given by several Gentlemen , among which are Francis and Anthony Kynwelmersh , Essexians and noted Poets of their times , ( the former having had several Poems printed in a Book entit . The paradise of dainty Devises . Lond. 1578 ) Alex. Nevill of Cambridge , Richard Courtop , &c. The steele Glass . A Satyre . Lond. 1576. qu. Before which is the Authors picture in armour , with a ruff and a large beard . On his right hand hangs a musquet and bandileers , on his left stands books and inkhorn , and under him is written Tam Marti quam Mercurio . Among several commendatory verses set before it , Walt. Rawley of the Middle Temple hath one . The complaynt of Phylomene . An Elegie . Lond. 1576. qu. This Elegy was begun in Apr. 1562 , continued in Apr. 1575 , and finished the 3 day of the same month 1576. Discourse of the adventures of Mr. F. J. ( Freeman Jones ) — Written mostly in prose , about 1572. Glass of government . A tragical comedie so entit . because therein are handled as well the rewardes of virtue , as also the punishment for vice . Lond. 1575. qu. Written partly in rhime , but mostly in prose . Princelie pleasures at Kenilworth castle — A mask written in verse and prose . 'T is a relation of the entertainment of Qu. Elizabeth given to her there by Robert Earl of Leycester , 9. 10. 11. &c. of July 1575. Certaine notes of instruction concerning the making of verse or rime in English — This is written in prose . He also translated from Italian into English ( 1 ) The suppeses , a Comedy . Originally written by Aristo . This Com. was set out by Gascoigne , and publickly acted at Greys Inn , in 1566. 'T is among his Poems called Hearbes ( 2 ) The pleasant fable of Ferdinando Jeronimi and Leonora de Valesco . Transl . from the riding tales of Bartello . 'T is among Gascoignes Poems called Weedes : And from Greek into English , Jocasta , a Tragedie ; written by Euripides . This also was set out by Gascoigne and publickly acted in Greys Inn , 1566. In this translation the said Gascoigne had the assistance of Francis Kynwelmersh before mention'd , who translated about half of it . The Epilogue was written by an ingenious Gentleman of the said Inn called Christoph . Yelverton , afterwards an eminent Counsellour , a Knight and a Judge , who dying at Easton Maudit in Northamptonshire 1607 left behind him several Sons , of whom Henry was the eldest , afterwards a Knight and a Judge also , as I shall tell you elsewhere . This Trag is among Gascoignes Poems called Hearbes . All which poems and translations being gathered together , were printed in an English character in two vol. in qu. One of which was printed at London about 1577 , and the other there ( after the Authors death ) an . 1587 , at which time it was usher'd into the world by various copies of verses written by the Poets of that time . As for the Author of them , he made his last exit , or yielded to nature , in his middle age , at his house in Walthamstow before-mention'd , in Octob. or Nov. in Fifteen hundred seventy and eight , year 1578 and was buried , as I suppose , in the Church there . I find another George Gascoigne Esq . but later in time than the former , of whom , I know nothing , only but that he was of the Middle Temple , and that he dyed about 1619. JOHN HARPESFEILD , a grand zealot for the Rom. Cath. Religion , was born in the Parish of St. Mary Magdalen ( in Old Fishstreet ) within the City of London , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near to Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New. Coll. in 1534 , took the Degrees in Arts , holy Orders , was made Chaplain to Bonner Bishop of London , and left his Fellowship about 1551 , being then beneficed in London . About 1554 ( he being then D. of D. ) he was made by his Patron Archdeacon of that place , in the room of Joh. Wymesley of less activity by far than Harpesfeild ; and it was then ( temp . Mariae Reg. ) observed that as Dr. Bonner B. of London shew'd himself the most severe of all Bishops against Hereticks , as they were then called , so our Author Harpesfeild of all Archdeacons , which was the reason he fared the worse for it upon the change of Religion . In 1558 , some months before Qu. Mary died , he became Dean of Ch. Ch. in Norwych , upon the resignation of John Boxall , but forced to leave that dignity in the beginning of 1560 to make room for John Salisbury suffragan Bishop of Thetford , who had been ejected in the first year of Qu. Mary . I find published under this Doctor Harpesfeilds name these things following . Concio ad clerum in Ecclesia S. Pauli , 16. Oct. 1553 in Act. cap. 20. 28. Lond. 1553. oct . Homelies to be read in Churches within the dioc . of London . Lond. 1554-55 . At the end of Bonners Catechisme . Disputations for the degree of Doctor of Divinity , 19. Apr. 1554 — Printed in the Acts and Mon. of the Church , by Joh. Fox : In which disputation Archb. Cranmer bore a part . Disputes , talkings , arguings , examinations , letters , &c. — Printed also in the said book of Acts and Mon. After Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown , he was committed Prisoner to the Fleet , where continuing for an year or more , was released upon security given that he should not act , speak , or write against the doctrine of the Church of England . Whereupon retiring to the house of a near relation of his , dwelling within the Parish of St. Sepulcher in the Suburb of London , spent the remainder of his days in great retiredness and devotion . At length paying his last debt to nature in Fifteen hundred seventy and eight , year 1578 was buried , as I conceive , in the Church of that Parish . On the 5. Dec. in the same year , one Anne Worsop the nearest of kin to him , had a a Commission granted to her from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to administer the goods , debts and chattels of Joh. Harpesfeild D. D. of the Parish of St. Sepulcher in Lond. lately deceased ; so that I presume he died either in Oct. or Nov. going before . He had a brother named Nicholas , whom I shall remember under the Year 1583. JOHN FOWLER was born in the City of Bristow , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted Fellow of New Coll. after he had served two years of probation , in 1555 , resigned it in 1559 and the year after took the Degree of Master of Arts , but did not compleat it by standing in the Comitia . About that time leaving England , he took upon him the trade of printing , partly at Antwerp and partly at Lovaine , whereby he did signal service for the R. Catholicks in printing their books for the vindication of their cause against the Protestants in England . He was well skill'd in the Greek and Latin tongues , a tolerable Poet and Orator , and a Theologist not to be contemn'd . So learned he was also in Criticismes , and other polite learning , that he might have passed for another Robert , or Henry , Stephens , Printers . He did diligently peruse the Theological sums of St. Thomas of Aquine , and with a most excellent method did reduce them into a Compendium . To which he gave this title , Loca communia Theologica , &c. lib. 1. He wrot also , Additiones in Chronica Genebrandi . A Psalter for Catholicks — Answered by Tho. Sampson sometimes Dean of Ch. Ch. Epigrams and other verses — He also translated from Lat. into English , The Epistle of Osorius ; and The oration of Pet. Frarin of Antwerp against the unlawful insurrections of the Protestants under pretence to reform Religion . Antw. 1566. oct . answered by Will. Fulke of Cambridge . At length giving way to fate at Newmarck called by some Krainburg in Germany , 13. Febr. in Fifteen hundred seventy and eight , was buried in the Ch. yard of St. John the Evangelist there , near to the body of John Harrys , sometimes Father to Alice his Wife . GEORGE FERRERS seems to have been born at or near to St. Alban in Hertfordshire , was educated for a time in Oxon. whence going to Lincolns Inn , did , after he was Barrester , became as eminent for the Law , as before he was for his Poetry , having been as much celebrated for it by the learned of his time as any . This Person , tho he hath not writ much , as I can yet find , yet he is numbred among the b the illustrious and learned Men of the Age he lived in , by Joh. Leland the Antiquary . He hath written , Miscellany of Poems . — And translated from French into Latin The Statutes called Magna Charta . The beginning of which is Hic habes candide lector , leges , &c. He ended his days at Flamsted in Hertfordshire , in the beginning of the Year Fifteen hundred seventy and nine , year 1579 and was , as I conceive , buried there . You may see more of him , his character and employments in the Author before quoted . In the Year 1542 I find one George Feres Burgess for Plymouth to sit in a Parliament then held ; whether the same I know not . WILLIAM WHITTYNGHAM Son of Will. Whittyngham Gent. ( by his Wife the Daughter of Haughton of Haughton Tower ) Son. of Will. Whittyngham of Over , Son of Seth Whittyngham of Swanlow in Cheshire , was born in the City of Chester , became a Commoner of Brasnose Coll. in the sixteenth year of his age 1540 or thereabouts , where being put under a careful Tutor , did make great proficiency in learning . In 1545 he was elected Fellow of Allsouls College , being then Bach. of Arts , in which faculty proceeding two years after , was made one of the Senior Students of Ch. Church , at what time it was founded by K. Hen. 8. and endeavoured by him to be replenish'd with the choicest Scholars in the University . On the 17. May 1550 he had leave granted to him to travel for 3 years by the Dean and Canons of the said house ; whereupon he went into France , and remaining in the company of learned Men there for some time , had intentions to go into Italy , but being prevented by sickness ( which took him at Lyons ) he spent some time among the Students in Paris , but chiefly in the University of Orleance . About that time , if I mistake not , he took to Wife Catherine the Daughter of Lewis Jacqueine , by his Wife , the heir of Gouteron Lord of Ingrue and Turvyle near to the said City of Orleance . After he had spent more than an year there , he went to certain Universities in Germany , and thence to Geneva , where tarrying till towards the latter end of K. Ed. 6. he returned into England . But that King dying , and Religion seeming to put on another face , he went with other company into France , where hearing soon after that certain Protestant Divines of England were for Religion sake fled to Frankfort , and were about , with license from the Magistrate , to settle a Church there , did hasten thither and entred himself into their association : But they dissenting among themselves concerning matters pertaining to Religion , were forced to disjoyn , and those that did best like of the forms of government of the Church of England in the days of K. Ed. 6. were to remain at Frankfort , and those that liked better the order and discipline of the Church at Geneva , were to go to that place , among whom Whittyngham was one and the chiefest , as you may farther see in a book entit . A brief discourse of the troubles begun at Frankford 1554 — Printed 1575 , wherein the opposite and restless humour of this Person may easily be discern'd . Soon after their settlement at Geneva , John Knox a Scot , Minister of the English congregation there , was to leave that place and return to his Country ; so that Whittyngham being look'd upon as the fittest Person to succeed , was earnestly desired by Joh. Calvin to take that employment upon him , but he alledging that in his former travels and observations , with the learning of several languages , he had fitted himself more for state employment than that , he modestly denied it . At length Calvin urging him farther , he was thereupon made a Minister according to the Geneva fashion and then took the employment upon him . Soon after Miles Coverdale , Christop . Goodman , Anth. Gilby , Tho. Sampson , Wil. Cole of C. C. Coll. and this our Author Whittyngham undertook the translation of the English Bible , but before the greater part was finished , Qu. Maary died . So that the Protestant Religion appearing again in England , the exil'd Divines left Frankfort and Geneva and returned into England . Howbeit Whittyngham with one or two more being resolv'd to go through with the work , did tarry at Geneva an year and an half after Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown . At the same time also he turned into meter those Psalmes that we to this day sing in our Churches , inscribed with W. W. They are in number five , of which the 119 Psalme is one , as large as 22 other Psalmes , as also the ten commandments , and a prayer , at the end of the book of Psalmes . At length Whittyngham returning into England , he was appointed to go in company with Francis Earl of Bedford to condole the death of the French King , an 1560 , and soon after to go with Ambrose Earl of Warwick to Newhaven to be preacher there , while the said Earl defended it against the French. Where , tho he shew'd himself ready in his function , yet he spared not to perswade the English from Uniformity , and observance of the rites and ceremonies of the Church . Notwithstanding this , so great a respect had the said Earl for him , that upon writing to his Brother Robert Earl of Leycester , he procured for him from the Queen the Deanery of Durham , in 1563 , in the place of Ralf Skinner . Which Deanery the Queen having partly promised Dr. Tho. Wilson one of the Secretaries of State , was forced by the over-intreaties of the said Earl to give it to Whittyngham , who enjoying it about 16 years , was then succeeded by the said Wilson , who enjoyed it not two years . After Whittyngham had remained there for some time , Sir Will. Cecill Secretary of State was made Lord Treasurer , in whose place Whittyngham was among others nominated , and had he stirred in it and made interest with his friend Robert Earl of Leycester , he might have obtained it . About the same time the order of the sacerdotal vestures being generally established for Church-men , and so pressed that they that would not use the same , should not be permitted to exercise their Ministry , he then , and not before , submitted himself thereunto . And being upbraided therewith for so doing by one that had been with him at Geneva , he answered that he , and others , knew , and had heard John Calvin say that for external matters of Order , they might not neglect their Ministry , for so should they for tithing of Mint , neglect the greater things of the Law. And as concerning singing in the Church , Whittyngham did so far allow of it , that he was very careful to provide the best songs and anthems that could be got out of the Queens Chappel to furnish his choire withal , himself being skilful in Musick . To pass by the good service he did his Country against the Popish rebels in the North-parts of England in 1569 , and his Church of Durham in repelling the Archbishop of York his visiting it , an . 1578. I shall only take notice that whereas he is stiled by certain Authors c the false and unworthy Dean of Durham , was because he was only Master of Arts , the statutes of the Ch. of Durham requiring that the Dean thereof should be Bach. of Divinity at least , that he was not a Minister according to the form of the Church of England , but of Geneva , and that he was but a luke-warm conformist at the best . The publick works that he hath done as to learning are , ( 1 ) His Translation of the Geneva Bible ( 2 ) His turning into Meter several of the Psalmes of David , as I have before told you . ( 3 ) His translation into Latine the Liturgie of the Church of Geneva . ( 4 ) Nich. Rydleys Declaration of the Lords Supper . Genev. 1556. To which Whittyngham put d a Preface of his own making . ( 5 ) N. Rydlies protestation : This I have not yet seen , and know nothing more of it . ( 6 ) His translation from Lat into English of The Book of prayer , or the English Liturgie : See more in A brief discourse of the troubles begun at Frankford , 1554 , &c. Printed 1575. p. 34. 35. He also wrot the Preface to Christoph . Goodmans book entit . How superior powers ought to be obeyed , &c. with several other things , which are not yet , as I conceive , published . As for the works of impiety that he performed while he sate Dean of Durham , were very many ; among which I shall tell you of these . Most of the Priors of Durham , having been buried in coffins of stone , and some in marble , and each coffin covered with a plank of marble , or free-stone , which laid level with the paving of the Church ( for antiently Men of note that were laid in such coffins , were buried no deeper in the ground , than the breadth of a plank , to be laid over them even with the surface of the pavement ) he caused some of them to be plucked-up , and appointed them to be used as troughs for horses to drink in , or hogs to feed in . All the marble and free-stones also that covered them , and other graves , he caused to be taken away and broken , some of which served to make pavement in his house . He also defaced all such stones as had any pictures of brass , or other imagery work , or chalice wrought , engraven upon them ; and the residue he took away , and employed them to his own use , and did make a washing-house of them at the end of the Centory-garth . So that it could not afterwards be descerned that ever any were buried in the said Centory-garth , it was so plain and straight . The truth is , ●e could not e abide any thing that appertained to a goodly religiousness , or Monastical life . Within the said Abbey-church of Durham were two holy-water stones of fine marble , very artificially made and engraven , and bossed with hollow bosses , upon the ouer-sides of the stones , very curiously wrought . They were both of the same work , but one much greater than the other . Both these were taken away by this unworthy Dean Whittyngham , and carried into his kitchin , and employed to profane uses by his Servants , steeping their beef and salt fish in them , having a conveyance in the bottoms of them to let forth the water , as they had when they were in the Church to let out holy water , &c. He also caused the image of St. Cuthbert ( which before had been removed from its proper place by Dean Rob. Horne , who also had a hand in such impieties ) and also other antient monuments to be defaced , and broken all to pieces , to the intent that there should be no memory of that holy Man , or of any other who had been famous in the Church and great benefactors thereunto ( as the Priors , his Predecessors were ) left whole and undefaced . I say it again that he did this to the end that no memory or token of that holy Man St. Cuthbert should be left , who was sent , and brought thither by the power and will of Almighty God , and was thereupon the occasion of the erection of the monastical Church of Durham , where the Clergy and Servants have all their Livings and Commodities from that time to this day . At length after his many rambles in this world , both beyond and within the Seas , and his too to forward zeal for the promoting his Calvinistical ( if not worse ) opinion , whereby much mischief hapned to the Church of England , he did unwillingly ( being then full of worldly troubles ) submit himself to the stroke of death , on the tenth day of June in Fifteen hundred seventy and nine , year 1579 and was buried in the Cath. Church of Durham . Soon after was a tomb-stone laid over his grave , with an Epitaph of 12 long and short verses engraven on a brass plate , fastned thereunto ; which , with most if not all of the monuments which were set up after his time , were miserably defaced by the Scots when they invaded England in 1640. The first four verses run thus . Quae Whittinghami cernis monumenta sepulti , Et vitae & mortis sunt monumenta piae . Anglia testis erat , testis quoque Gallia vitae Exilis , haec vidit Praesulis illa decus . So that as he before had in a woful manner violated the monuments of his predecessors and others , so was his by Invaders , and nothing now left to preserve his memory , or Person to shew the place where his carkase was lodg'd . HENRY COLE , a zealous maintainer for a time of the Rom. Cath. Religion , was born at Godsbyll in the Isle of Wight in Hampshire , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1523 , studied the Civil Law , travelled some years after into Italy , was at Padöuo , where he advanced his studies , and afterwards , notwithstanding all this , he did acknowledge K. Hen. 8. to be the supreme head of the Church in England . In 1540 , he being then returned and settled in London , he took the Degree of Doctor of the Civil Law , and the same year resign'd his Fellowship , being then an Advocate in the Court of Arches , Prebendary of Salisbury , and about that time Archdeacon of Ely in the place ( as it seems ) of Rich. Coxe . In 1542 he was elected Warden of New Coll. and in 45 he was made Rector of Newton Longvill in Bucks . Soon after when K. Ed. 6. came to the Crown , he was altogether for reformation , was an admirer of Pet. Martyr , was a frequenter of Protestant service and a receiver of the holy communion according to their way , did after preach up reformation in the Church of St. Martin commonly called Carfax in Oxon , did approve of the proceedings of King Ed. 6. and other matters as a learned and puritannical * Author tells you . In 1551. ( 5. Ed. 6. ) he resigned his Wardenship , and the year after the aforesaid Rectory . In 1554 ( 2. Mariae ) he was made Provost of Eaton Coll. ( in the place of Tho. Smith LL. D. of Cambridge ) of which house he had been Fellow , and the same year had the Degree of Doct. of Div. confer'd upon him . Soon after he was appointed one of the Commissioners to visit the University of Cambridge , became Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral on the removal of Feckenham to Westminster an . 1556 , Vicar general of the spiritualities under Card. Pole Archb. of Cant. and in 1558 one of the overseers of the said Cardinals will. I find extant under Dr. Coles name these things following . Letters to Joh. Jewell Bishop of Salisbury , upon occasion of a Sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty and her honorable Counsell , an . 1560. Lond. 1560 in a pretty thick oct . It was afterwards remitted into Jewells works . I find also that divers letters of Dr. Cole were sent to Bishop Jewell after he had preached at Pauls cross on the second Sunday before Esther in the year 1560 , which are also printed . Disputation with Archb. Cranmer and Bish . Rydley in the Div. School at Oxon , an . 1554 — Printed in the Acts and Mon. of the Church . Funeral Sermon at the burning of Dr. Tho. Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury . — He hath also other things extant , which I have not yet seen . After Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown , he , with Jo. Whyte B. of Winchester , and five more most zealous Cath. Divines , did dispute with as many Protestant Divines concerning matters of Religion , when Qu. Elizab. was about to make a reformation in the Church of England . But that disputation coming to nothing , he was depriv'd of his Deanery to make room for Dr. Will May Master of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , who dying about the beginning of 1561. Alex. Nowell succeeded him . About that time Dr. Cole was imprison'd , but where I cannot tell : Sure I am that he died in or near to the Compter in Woodstreet within the City of London , in the month of Decemb. year 1579 in Fifteen hundred seventy and nine , but where buried by his Executor Humph. Moseley Secondary of the said Compter , I know not . Joh. Leland the Antiquary was Dr. Cole's acquaintance , and having had experience of his learning , hath eterniz'd his memory among other learned Men of our Nation and of his time , in his book of Encomia's f to which the curious reader may recur if he please , wherein he 'll find a just character of this our Author Dr. Cole and his learning . PETER MORWYN or Morwyng , a zealous reformer of his time , was born in Lincolnshire , made perpetual Fellow of Magd. Coll. in 1552 , being then Bach of Arts , and in the year after supplicating some few days before K. Edwards death that he might proceed in that faculty , did obtain his desire : But that King then dying and Morwyn foreseeing that Religion would alter , he was not presented to that Degree . Soon after , he , and others of his society , consulting how to withdraw themselves in private , obtained leave to be absent for a time , but to what place Morwyn went beyond the Seas ( for he was a voluntary exile in Germany ) I find not . Sure it is that after Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown , he retired to his Coll. and in 1559 was presented to the Degree of Master , and became renowned among the Academians for his great knowledge in the Lat. and Greek tongues and poetry . When Dr. Bentham was promoted to the See of Lichfield he made him his Chaplain , and upon the next vacancy , Prebendary and Canon of the said Church , and well beneficed near to that place . He hath translated into English . ( 1 ) A compendious and most marvellous history of the latter times of the Jews commune weale , beginning where the Bible and Scriptures leave , and continuing to the utter subversion and last destruction of that Country and People . Lond. 1558-61 . and 1593 , in oct . Written in Hebrew by Joseph Ben. Gorion . ( 2 ) The treasure of Enonimus containing the wonderful hid secrets of nature , touching the most apt times to prepare and distill Medicines . Lond. 1565. qu. besides other books , which I have not yet seen . He was living at , or near to , Lichfield in the month of May , in Fifteen hundred seventy and nine , in which year he was appointed one of the administrators of the goods , chattels , &c. of the said Bish Bentham , but how long he lived after that year , I cannot tell , nor where his reliques were lodg'd . JOHN LISTER was descended from those of his name in Yorkshire spent some years among the Oxonians , and wrot , A rule to bring up children ; wherein is declared how the Father opposeth the Son in the Holy Scripture , whereby all Parents may be taught how to bring up their Children — Printed at Lond. in oct . about 1580. What other things he hath written and published I cannot yet JOHN ROGERS called by some Joh. Rogers the second , because one of both his names ( of Pembr . Hall in Cambr. ) was a writer in the Reign of Ed. 6. and a Martyr for the Protestant cause in the time of Qu. Mary , was educated for some years in this University , but whether in Qu. Coll. where one of both his names was Fellow and proceeded Master of Arts , in 1556 , or another Joh. Rogers ( of Mert. Coll. I think ) who was admitted Master in 1576 , I cannot justly say . Sure I am that Joh. Rogers of Oxon. wrot and published these treatises following . The displaying of an horrible sect of gross and wicked hereticks , naming themselves the Family of Love , &c. Lond. 1579. oct . The lives of the Authors of the Family of Love. — Printed with the former . Answer to certaine Letters maintaining the opinions of those of the Family of Love — Printed also with the former , and in the same year . What else this Author hath published I cannot yet find , nor when , or where he died . I find one John Rogers to be a Senior Student of St. Albans hall 1569 , which perhaps may be the same with him of Mert. Coll. because that when any Postmaster , or Student there , taketh the Degree of Bach. of Arts , they commonly receede to the said Hall , which joyns to the Coll. of Merton . ALAN COPE to whom the City of London gave his first breath , was made perpetual Fellow of Magd. Coll. in 1549 , and Master of Arts in 52 , being that year Senior of the Act celebrated 18. July . In 1558 he was unanimously chosen Senior Proctor of the University , and in less than two years after , when he saw that the R. Cath. Religion would be silenced in England , he obtained leave to absent himself for a time from the said College . Whereupon waiting for a prosperous gale , ship'd himself beyond the Seas , and at length went to Rome ; where , tho he before , had for the space of 5 years , studied the Civil Law in this University , he was actually created , ( as 't is said ) Doctor or Bach. of Div. and became one of the Canons of St. Peters Church there . Vir fuit eximii ingenii , ( as one g saith ) qui post magnos in Ecclesiâ dei per side Catholicâ tuendâ susceptos labores , scripsit opus quoddam insigne intitulat . Historiae Evangelicae veritas . Seu singularia vitae Domini Jesu Christi , eo ordine quo gesta fuerunt recensita , & ipsis quatuor Evangelistarum verbis contexta , &c. Lov. 1572 , and at Doway 1603. qu. He also published under his name , Sex Dialogi , &c. Antw. 1566. But those Dialogues were written by Nich. Harpesfeild , as I shall tell you in my discourse of him . As for A. Cope he surrendred up his last breath at Rome about Fifteen hundred and eighty , year 1580 and was buried in the Chappel belonging to the English Hospital or Coll. there , leaving behind him , a most admirable exemplar of vertue , which many did endeavor to follow , but could not accomplish their desires . DAVID de la HYDE was admitted Probationer-Fellow of Merton Coll. 1549 , proceeded Master of Arts four years after , being then admired and much adored for his most excellent faculty in disputing , which he exercised as well in the publick Schools , as at home . Soon after he was licensed by the Society of his Coll. to study the Civil Law , but took no Degree therein in this University : And being ejected the Coll. for denying the Queens Supremacy over the Ch. of England in 1560 , he went thereupon into Ireland ; where , if I mistake not , he was born , and prosecuting his studies there , as he had done in Oxon. became an exquisite and profound Clerk , well read in the Greek and Lat. tongues , expert in the Mathematicks , a proper Antiquary , and an exact Divine . His pen was not lazie ( as one h saith ) but dayly breeding of learned books . He wrot , Schemata Rhetorica in tabulam contracta . And an oration also entit . De Ligno & Faeno . Spoken in praise of Mr. Jasper Heywood , who was in the time of Qu. Mary Rex regni fabarum in Merten College ; which was no other than a Christmas Lord , or a Lord or King of misrule . He hath written many other things , which being done and printed beyond the Seas , we see them but seldom , or never , in these parts . JAMES WALSH an Irish Man born , was educated in this University , but what Degrees he took there , I find not . In the Year 1572 and belike before , he had a Chamber , and took his commons in Hart hall , being then a Student in Divinity with Mr. Leonard Fitz-Simons his Countryman . Both whom are entituled Magistri that year in the i Matricula of the University , under Aula cervina . The said Jam. Walsh hath written , Epigrammata diversa . With other things of the like nature , and translated into English The Topography of Ireland , written in Lat. by Silv. Giraldus . Which translation with Scholia's was made also much about the same time by Jo● . Hooker alias Vowell of the City of Exeter , as you may see elsewhere . In the time of this Jam. Walsh , studied in Hart hall also , divers of his Country men of Ireland , some of whom having been afterwards Men of note , or else writers , you shall have their names as they follow . ( 1 ) David Clere , Bach. of Arts 1565. ( 2 ) Nich. Clere of the County of Kilkenny , matriculated 1567. aged 19 ( 3 ) David Sutton a Gentlemans Son of Kildare , 1571 aged 16. ( 4 ) Pet. Nangle a Gent. Son of Dublin , 1571. aged 15 ( 5 ) Rich. Walsh a Merchants Son of Waterford , aged 15. an . 1572. ( 6 ) Rob. Boteler a Merch. Son of the said City aged 23. an . 1572. ( 7 ) George Sherlock the Son of a Merchant also of the same City , at . 17. an . 1572. ( 8 ) Rich. Masterson a Gent. Son of Wexford . aet . 15. an . 1573. ( 9 ) Nich. Gaydon an Esq . Son of Dublin , aet . 19. an . 1574. ( 10 ) Tho. Finglas a Gent. Son of Finglas near to Dublin , aet . 18. an . 1571. ( 11 ) Will. Nugent a Gent Son of Meath , or of the County of Meath , aet . 21. an . 1571. With several others of a later date , as Alex. Barrington a Gentlemans Son of Ireland , aet . 18. an . 1583. &c. LEONARD FITZSIMONS was born in the Diocess and County of Dublin in Ireland , admitted Scholar of Trinity Coll. ( from that of Corp. Ch. of which he was Clerk ) 17 June 1558 , aged 17 , and the next year was made Fellow , being then Bach. of Arts. In 1563 he proceeded in that faculty , but being a R. Cath. in his heart , and therefore unwilling to take holy Orders according to the Church of England , left his Fellowship and retired to Hart hall about 1571. At length going into his own Country , had some employment confer'd upon him , and was in his latter years , as I conceive , a Rom. Priest . He is charactarized by one k who knew him , to be profundus clericus , qui utrasque linguas , Theologiam & Mathematicam admodum caluit & coluit . And there is no doubt but that he hath written and published several Books , which being printed beyond the Sea , we seldom see them in these parts . He was famous and noted for his learning in Ireland in Fifteen hundred and eighty , but when he died , or where his relicks were lodg'd , I cannot tell . One Hen. Fitzsimons , a famous Jesuit was also educated in Hart hall , as I shall tell you elsewhere . JOHN SECURIS , a Wiltshire Man born and a most noted Person for his admirable parts while he studied in New Coll. in the time of Ed. 6 ( but not in the condition of a Fellow ) did retire to Paris for the improvement of his studies , where applying his muse to the faculties of Physick and Astronomy , became a diligent hearer of the Lectures of Dr. Jacobus Silvius of high learning and famous memory , the reader of the Physick lecture in that University , who usually had a thousand auditors every time he read . After he had compleated his studies there , he returned into England and settled within the City of Salisbury , where he was much frequented for his great knowledge in Medicine , and wrot , Several Prognosticons — One of which for the Year 1580 I have seen , and to it is joyned A compendium ; or , brief instruction how to keep a moderate diet — In the title of the said Prognosticon he writes himself Master of Arts and Physick , but whether he took those Degrees in Oxon. I cannot tell , because the register containing the acts of Congregation and Convocation , is almost totally neglected during the Reign of Ed. 6. In the Preface to the said Compendium , he tells us that in his time fell near to Salisbury hailstones as big as a childs fist of 3 or four years old . Our Author Securis hath also written , A detection and querimonie of the daylie enormities and abuses committed in Physick , concerning the three parts thereof , that is of the Physicians part , the part of Surgeons and the part of Poticaries . Lond. 1566. in oct . Dedicated in a Lat. Epist . to both the Universities , Oxford ( of which he saith he was an Alumnus ) and Cambridge . After which follows a Preface to the reader in old English verse , and at the end of the book is a peroration to both the Universities . Contemporary with this noted Author Securis , was another Astrologer called Evans Lloyd a Welsh Man , educated in Logicals and Philosophicals in Oriel Coll. but took no Degree here . Afterwards retiring to the great City , wrot several Ephemerides , which were much valued in their time ; one of them written for the Year 1582. I have seen , supputated especially for the elevation and meridian of London , but may generally serve for all England . It was printed there the same year , and approved by Dr. John Dee , with whom , as also with Securis , he had acquaintance . NICHOLAS QUEMERFORD was born in the City of Waterford in Ireland , took a Degree in Arts 1562 after he had spent at least 4 years in this University in pecking and hewing at Logick and Philosophy : Which Degree being compleated by Determination , he went into his own Country , entred into the sacred function and had preferment there , but turned out from it because of his Religion . He wrot in English a pithie and learned treatise , very exquisitely penn'd as one l saith , entituled . Answers to certaine questions propounded by the Citizens of Waterford . — Also Divers Sermons . — Soon after he left his Country for the sake of Religion , went to the University of Lovaine in Brabant , where he was promoted to the Degree of Doctor of Divinity 23. June 1576 , and afterwards , as 't is said , wrot and published divers other things . See more in Peter White , under the Year 1599. To him I now add his great friend and countryman Rob. Garvey of the Diocess of Kilkenny , who was elected Fellow of Oriel Coll. 1563 , proceeded Master of Arts three years after , and became noted for his skill in both the Laws , and for a volubility in the English and latin tongues , as my Author m an Irish Man tells me , but whether he published any thing I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died in Ireland about 1579. MAWRICE CHAWNEY , Chamney , Chancy , or Channy , so many ways I find him written , was from his juvenile years a Carthustan Monk in the house of that order near London , ( now called by some the Charter-house , and by others Suttons Hospital ) the Brethren of which place , as of others in England , did commonly study in an antient place of Literature near to London Coll. alias Burnells Inn within this University , and no doubt there is but that this M. Chawney did receive instruction in Theological matters therein , or at least in some other house of learning in Oxon. But so it was , that at the dissolution of religious houses by K. Hen. 8. he , with his brethren ( 18 in number ) being committed to custody for denying the Kings Supremacy over the Ch. of England , did at length with much difficulty escape out of prison , and so consequently death , which all the rest suffered at several times , before the Year 1539. At length settling himself at Bruges in Flanders became Prior of some of his English Brethren ( of the same order ) there : And from him do our English Carthusians beyond the Sea at Neoport in Flanders derive their succession in the said house near London , to this day , having always been by them esteemed a most devout and pious Person . He hath written a book entit . Historia aliquot nostri saeculi Martyrum cum pia , tum lectu jucunda nunquam antehaec typis excusa . Printed ( at Mentz in Bavaria as it seems ) an . 1550 in qu. and dedicated by Vitus à Dulken Prior of the Carthusians of St. Michael near to Mentz . and William à Sittatis Procurator of the said house , to Theodore Loher à Stratis Prior of the Carthusians house of St. Marie the Virgin in Buxia near to Memmingen in Schawben a Province of Germany . This book contains ( 1 ) The Epitaph of Sir Tho. More , written by himself in Latin , fixed over his grave in Chelsey Church near to London . ( 2 ) The captivity and martyrdom of John Fisher B. of Rochester . ( 3 ) The capt . and mart . of the said Sir Th. More , sometimes L. Chanc. of England . ( 4 ) The martyrdome of Reynold Brigitt a pious Divine , and of other . ( 5 ) The passion of 18 Carthusians of London , beginning with the life and passion of John Houghton the Prior of them all , contained in 14 Chapters , &c. This passion and martyrdom of the said Carthusians was by the care of our Author represented n in figures ; and being afterwards engraven on copper , were printed at Colon. Ub. about 1608. He also reviewed , corrected , and put some additions to a book entit . Vita Carthusiana , written by Peter Sutor Prior of the Carthusians at Paris , an . 1522. Which being so done , he wrot the Epistle dedicatory before it ; all printed together at Lovaine , 1572. in oct . Our Author Chancaeus ( as he writes himself in that book ) was then living in his Cell at Bruges before-mention'd , with several English Carthusians under his government . I have seen a MS. written by our Author Chancaeus , bearing this title , The divine clowde of unknowing — The beginning of which is , Goostly frende in God , I pray the and besece the that thou wilt have a besy beholding to the course and manntr of thy calling , &c. It containeth 75 Chapters , and with i is bound his Epistle of private counsel , the beginning of which is , Goostly frende in God , as touching thy inward occupation , &c. And at the end of the book is this written . Liber domus Salvatoris beatissimae virginis Mariae juxta London Ordinis Carthusiani , per M. Chawncy , quem exaravit secundum Willmum Exm●use . The said Exmeuse or ex Mewe , who had been bred in Christs Coll. in Cambridge did enter himself a Carthusian of the said house near London in the 28 year of his age , being then sufficiently versed in the Gr. and Lat. tongues . Afterwards he was made Vicar , and thence removed to be Procurator thereof : And being one of the number that denied the Kings Supremacy , suffered death by hanging , drawing and quartering , 19. June 1535. As for our Author Chancy he submitted to fate on the 12. July in Fifteen hundred eighty and one , year 1581 according to the accompt followed in Flanders . Whereupon his body was buried , as I suppose , in the Chappel belonging to the Carthusians at Bruges before-mention'd He hath left behind him a most celebrated name for his rare piety , which is preserved among those of his profession at Bruges , Neôport in Flanders , and at other places . Neither is it denyed by any knowing and moderate Protestants but that his name is worthy to be kept in everlasting remembrance . RICHARD DAVYES , a Welsh Man born , was educated , as it seems , in New Inn , but what Degrees he took in Arts , it appears not . In Qu. Maries Reign he retired beyond the Seas upon account of Religion , whence returning in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth , was elected Bishop of St. Asaph on the deprivation of Tho. Goldwell ; the temporalities of which See he receiving o 29. March. 1560 , was the year following translated to the See of St. David , and in 1566 was actually created Doctor of Divinity . He hath published several things , among which are , Epistle to all the Welsh , especially within his Diocess , wishing a renewing of the antient Cath. faith by the light of the Gospel of Christ . — Printed and bound with the New Test . in Welsh , an . 1567. It was printed also among other things , and published by Charles Edwards a Welsh Man. — Ox. 1671. in oct . Funeral Sermon preached 26. Nov. 1576. in the Parish Church of Caermerthen at the burial of Walt. Earl of Essex , on Rev. 14. 13. Lond. 1577. qu. Whereunto is added a genealogical Epitaph with memorials on the said Count , but these were made by other Men. This Bishop paid his last debt to nature about the month of Octob. in Fifteen hundred eighty and one , year 1581 aged about 80 years , and was buried in the Parish Church of Abergwilly in Caermerthenshire , leaving then behind him a Widow called Dorothie , and several Children . JOHN TWYNE Son of William , Son of John , Son of Nicholas , Son of Sir Brian Twyne of Long Parish in Hampshire Knight , was born at Bolingdon in the same County , educated , as it seems , in New Inn , where applying his studies to the Civil Law , was admitted to the reading of any of the Books of Institutions , an . 1524. at which time the said Inn was replenished , and did excellently flourish with Civilians . After he had left the University he became supreme Moderator of the Free-school within the cemitery gate at Canterbury , and in 1553 Mayor of that City . At length growing rich ( for his School was very much frequented by the youth of the neighbourhood , many of which went afterwards to the Universities ) he purchased Lands at Preston and Hardacre in Kent , which he left to his posterity . He was a Person well read in Greek and Lat. Authors , in the histories and antiquities of our Nation , and much valued for his abilities in other matters by the learned Men of his age , particularly by his acquaintance p Joh. Leland , who numbers him among the illustrious worthies of his time . He hath written , De rebus Albionicis , Britannicis atque Anglicis commentariorum libri duo . Lond. 1590. in oct . written to his Son Thomas ; who afterwards , with an Epistle , made it publick . Our Author John Twyne hath also written and collected divers things of antiquities , which are dispersed in several hands , and some of them descending to his Grandson Brian Twyne , he gave them at his death to the Library of C. C. Coll. At length our Author arriving to a good old age , year 1581 gave way to fate 24. Novemb. in Fifteen hundred eighty and one , and received sepulture in the Chancel of the Church of St. Paul withing the City of Canterbury . Over his grave is an inscription , wherein he is stiled Armiger , and said to have been Mayor of Canterbury in the time of Wyatts rebellion , in the beginning of Qu. Mary . This Epitaph being written in verse , I shall now omit , and commend you to that just Encomium of him given by Leland before mentioned . By Alice his Wife ( who died 20. Oct. 1567. aged 60 and in the 43 year of her Wedlock ) Daughter of Will. Piper of Canterbury he had issue divers Sons . The first was Laurence Twyne who was Fellow of Allsouls Coll. and Bach. of the Civil Law , an ingenious Poet of his time , as several copies of verses , set before books , written in commendation of their respective Anthors , do sufficiently attest . He was a married Man , lived at Hardacre in Kent , and left issue behind him at his death several Children . The second was Tho. Twyne before-mention'd , whom I shall mention under the Year 1613. The third was John Twyne whose ingenuity also is scatter'd in several copies of verses before books in the time of Qu. Elizabeth ; and the fourth was Nicholas , of whom I know nothing . RICHARD COXE was born , as 't is q said , at Whaddon in Bucks . elected from Eaton School , Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , in 1519 , where taking the Degree of Bach. of Arts , went to Oxon for preferment , was made one of the junior Canons of the Cardinal Coll. and in Decemb. 1525 , was , with other Cantabrigians incorporated in the same Degree . About that time he supplicated that he might answer at the Austin Fryery ( now called Disputations in Austins ) and answer the Masters in formal disputations , which was granted conditionally that he also oppose at the said Fryery . This exercise being by him performed in order to the taking of his Masters Degree , he was licensed to proceed in Arts , 8. Feb. following , and accordingly did proceed in an Act celebrated 2. July 1526. Soon after being notoriously known to be a follower and abettor of the opinions of Luther , he was forced to leave Oxon , and some years after became Master of Eaton School near to Windsore , where by his diligent instruction , the boys profited much . About the Year 1537 he proceeded D. of D. at Cambridge , became Archdeacon of Ely , in the room , as it seems , of Tho. Thirlby promoted to the See of Westminster , and afterwards was incorporated at Oxon in the Degree of Doctor . In 1543. Jan. 8. he was made Dean of the new erected Cathedral of Osney near Oxon , and in 1546 when that See was translated to Ch. Ch. he was also made Dean there . In 1547 he was chosen Chancellour of the University of Oxford , being in great favour with the then K. Ed. 6. By which election it fell out , that as the Oxonians enjoyed one that had been partly educated in Cambridge , so it was with the Cantabrigians in former time by their election of John Bromyerd an Oxonian and an eminent writer in the Reign of Rich. 2. and since by their election of Dr. Thomas Ruthal in the Reign of Hen. 7. But what mad work this Dr. Coxe did in Oxon while he sate Chancellour , by being the chief Man that worked a reformation , I have elsewhere r told you . In 1548. July 16. he was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. Thomas Magnus , who resigned that dignity in 1547 , and about that time was made one of the Privy Council , Almoner to the King and Dean of Westminster : But when Qu. Mary came to the Crown , he , among others , fled to Frankfort in Germany , where he shewed s himself among the English Exiles a zealous Man for the Common Prayer , as used in the days of K. Ed. 6. against Joh. Knox a Scot and a violent Calvinist . When Qu. Elizabeth succeeded in the Empire , he was appointed the chief of the Protestant Divines to encounter those of the Rom. perswasion in a disputation , when that Queen was about to settle a reformation in the Church of England . But that disputation coming to nothing , he was made Bishop of Ely , to which See he was consecrated 21. Dec. 1559 ; yet , whether it was for his retiredness , or small hospitality , or the spoil he was said to make of his woods and parks , feeding his Family with powdered venison , he was but in little favour with the said Queen . At Cambridge he was esteemed a good Scholar , and a better Poet than Dr. Wal. Haddon , who call'd him Master , as having been either his Scholar or Servant . There goes under this Dr. Coxe's names , Oration at the beginning of the disputation of Dr. Tresham and others with Pet. Martyr . Oration at the conclusion of the disputation — These two orations , which are in latine , were printed 1549. in qu. and afterwards among Pet. Martyrs works . Dr. Coxe also had a considerable hand in framing the first Liturgy of the Church of England , and a hand in the third an . 1559 , and also turned into metre the Lords Prayer , at the end of the Psalmes of David , besides other works not yet remembred by publick Authors . He yielded up his last breath ( 22. Jul. year 1581 in Fifteen hundred eighty and one , and was buried in the Cath. Church of Ely near to the monument of Bishop Goodrich . I find another Rich. Coxe who was living ( and a writer ) in the t●me of the former , but that Rich. Coxe which Joh. Leland the Antiquary and Poet doth so much t celebrate for his faith and integrity in a copy of verses written to Thom. Legh of Adlington Esq . must be understood of Bishop Coxe before mention'd . NICHOLAS SAUNDERS the most noted defender of the R. Cath. cause in his time , was born at Charlewood in Surrey , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. an . 1548 , Bach. of the Laws 3 year after and about 1557 , Shagling Lecturer , or as he himself u saith tanquam regius professor juris canonici . But Religion putting on another face in the beginning of Q. Eliz. he left England about 1560 , and going to Rome was made Priest and D. of D. and soon after went with Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius to the Council of Trent , where he shew'd himself to be a Man of great parts by his several disputations and arguings . Which Cardinal having an especial respect for , made him his individual comparison in his journey into Poland , Prussia and Lithuania . As for the chief actions of his life that followed , his Sisters Son John Pitseus , will tell w you . But that which I must not forget now to let you know , is , that when he was a Nuntio from P. Gregory 13 into Ireland ( where he , with 3 Ships full of Spaniards landed at Smerwick in Kerrey , about the first of July 1579 ) to encourage the Irish there to take up arms and rebel against Qu. Elizabeth , was ( after they , with the said Spaniards had been overcome by the English ) forced to abscond in caves , dens , woods , &c. At length after two years time , being not able to hold out longer , did miserably perish by hunger and cold , at the same time as my Author saith ( but as it seems false ) that Gerald Fitz-Gerald Earl of Desmond chief captain of the rebels was taken in a poor cottage and kill'd . Of which matter hear what the learned Canmden x tells us — The principal of whom ( meaning the priests that persuaded the said Earlto forfeit his allegiance to his Prince ) was Nich. Saunders an English Man , who , very near at the same instant of time , was miserably famish'd to death , when , forsaken of all , and troubled in mind for the bad success of the rebellion , he wandred up and down among woods , forests and mountains , and found no comfort or relief . In his pouch were found several speeches , and letters , made and written to confirm the rebels , stuffed with large promises from the Bishop of Rome and the Spaniard . Thus the divine justice ( if a Man may judge ) stopped that mouth with hunger , which had been always open to encourage rebellions , and to belch forth malicious lies and slanders . For ( to omit other things ) he was the first Man that broached that abominable lye concerning the birth of Qu. Elizabeths Mother , which no Man in those days ( though the hatred and the malice of the Papists was then fresh against her , and might remember it ) ever knew , England in full forty years after never heard of , the computation of time doth egregiously convince of falshood and vanity ; and he , forgetting himself , ( which a lyar should not do ) doth himself plainly confute , &c. The things that he hath written are mostly these . The supper of our Lord set forth according to the truth of the Gospel and Cath. Faith , with a confutation of such false doctrins , as the Apologie of the Church of England , Mr. Al. Nowells challenge or Mr. Jewells reply have uttered touching the real presence of Christ in the Sacrament . In seven books . Lovain . 1566 in a thick qu. Answered by Will. Fulke of Cambridge . A Treatise of the images of Christ , and of his Saints ; and that it is unlawful to break them , and lawful to honour them . With a confutation of such false doctrine as Mr. Jewell hath uttered in his reply concerning that matter . Lov. 1567. oct . Brief declaration , which is the true Church of Christ — This is written by way of preface to the Treatise of the images , &c. The rock of the Church , wherein the primacy of St. Peter and of his Successours the Bishops of Rome is proved our of Gods word . Lov. 1567 , and St. Omer 1624. in oct . Answered by the said W. Fulke . Brief treatise of Usurie , Lov. 1568. oct . De typicâ & honorariâ imaginum adoratione , lib. 2. Lov. 1569. oct . Sacrificii missae ac ejus partium explicatio . Lov. 1569. oct . Tractatus utilis , quod Dominus in sexto capite Johannis de sacramento Eucharistiae propriè sit locutus . Antw. 1570. in tw . De visibili Monarchiâ Ecclesiae , lib. 8. &c. Lov. 1571. ' Antw. 1581. Wiceburg 1592. fol. In which book , written before the Author went into Ireland , he doth avow the Bull of P. Pius 5. against Qu. Elizab. to have been lawful , and affirmeth that by virtue thereof , one Dr. Nich. Moreton an old English fugitive and conspirator was sent from Rome into the north parts of England to stir up the first rebellion there , whereof Charles Nevile Earl of Westmorland was a head captain . And thereby it may manifestly appear to all Men how the said Bull was the ground of the rebellions both in England and Ireland . De clave David , seu regno Christi lib. 6. contra columnias Acleri pro visibili Ecclesiae Monarchiâ . Wiceburg . 1592. fol. De origine ac progressu schismatis Anglicani , lib. 3. quibus historia continetur maxima ecclesiastica , annorum 60 lectu dignissima , &c. Col. Agrip. 1585. Rom. 1586. Ingolst . 1588. Col. Agrip. 1590. &c. oct . Which book being left in many places imperfect , was supplied , augmented and corrected by Edw. Rishton Afterwards the book being translated into French , and printed 1673-4 , gave occasion to Gilbert Burnet D. D. to write his two volumes of The Historie of the reformation of the Church of England . In the appendix to the first of which , you may read more of Saunders and his work de Schismate , as also of Edw. Rishton and his corrections and additions of , and to , that book . De justificatione contra colloquium Altenburgense lib. 6. in quibus , &c. Aug. Trev. 1585 in a thick oct . This sometimes goes under the title of De Lutheranorum dissidiis circa justificationem . Col. Ag. 1594. oct . De militantis Ecclesiae Rom. potestate . Rom. 1603. qu. De martyrio quorundam temp . Hen. 8. & Elizab. printed 1610. oct . with other things which I have not yet seen , the titles of which you may see in a Joh. Pitseus , who tells us that he died in Ireland about 1580. yet Edw. Rishton who was his contemporary and knew him well , saith in the preface to the first edition of the book De orig . & progressu schism . printed at Col. Agrip. 1585 that he died in Ireland ( in the County of Kerrey ) in Fifteen hundred eighty and one . year 1581 So that how it comes to pass that Camden should say b that he died in 1583 , I cannot justly tell , unless his information was , that he died at that instant of ●●me ( as is before said ) when the E. of Desmond was killed , which was c 1583 as he saith . The reader must now know , that whereas Camden ( whom I follow in some things ) tells us that our Author N. Saunders was miserably ramish'd to death , seems to be contrary to what a certain d Author of Camdens time reports , but he being one of Saunder's perswasion may perhaps not be believed by many . He tells us that before the end of the said war , wherein Desmond was kill'd , Saunders was overtaken with the flux , ( a usual disease with strangers in Ireland ) and tho he was strong , and in the judgment of all near to him , far from the approach of death , yet in the beginning of the night he desired Cornelius the Bishop ( titular ) of Killaloa to give him the extreme unction , for , saith he , this night I shall die , having received a call from my Creator . Whereupon Cornelius made answer that there was no need of it , seeing that his body was strong , and no sign of death near it . Notwithstanding this , his disease pressing forward , he was anointed in the middle of the night , and about the time of Cock-crowing he surrendred up his Soul to God. In the night following he was carried to his grave by 4 Irish chevaliers , whereof Dermitius Osullevan ( father to the Author , whom I here quote ) was one , and was buried by certain Priests according to their manner , his body having been exposed to the sight of certain Persons as well of England as of Ireland , who for privacy sake , were prohibited their presence at his funeral . Afterwards Cornelius went into Spain and died at Lisbon , an . 1617. Thus in effect the said Author , who tells us not the name of the place where he died , or was buried , neither the time when . EDMOND CAMPIAN another stiff defender of the R. Cath. Religion , was born in London on St. Pauls day in Jan. 1540. educated in School-learning among the blew coats in Ch. Ch. Hospital within the said City , spoke an eloquent oration before Qu. Mary there at her first coming to the Crown , an . 1553 , put in Scholar of St. Johns Coll. by the worthy founder thereof at its first foundation , took the Degree of Master of Arts in 1564 , and was Junior of the Act celebrated on the 19. of Feb. the same year ; at which time speaking one or more most admirable orations , to the envy of his contemporaries , caused one * of them , who was afterwards an Archbishop to say , that rather than he would omit the opportunity to shew his parts and dominare in una atque altera conciuncula , did take the oath against the Popes Supremacy , and against his conscience . Soon after , if not before , he took holy orders according to the Church of England from the hands of Rich. Cheyney Bishop of Glocester , ( who had encouraged him in his studies ) and became a florid Preacher . In 1566 when Qu. Elizab. was entertained by the University of Oxon , he did not only make an eloquent oration before her at her first entry , but also was Respondent in the Philosophy Act in St. Maries Church , performed by him with great applause from that Queen and the learned auditory . In 1568 he was the junior Proctor of the University , being the first of his Coll. who did undergo that office , and in the Year following he took a journey into Ireland , where improving his time very industriously , did , by the help of his admirable parts , write in short time a history of that Country ; but then he being discovered to have left the Church of England and to labour for Proselytes , was seized , and detained for a time ; but getting loose from his keepers , did with much ado obtain footing on the British shoare , an . 1571 , where making but short stay , took shipping again and went into the Low Countries , and settling for a time in the English Coll. at Doway made an open recantation of his heresie , as they there stil'd it , studied Divinity and had the Degree of Bach. of that faculty conferr'd upon him . Thence he went to Rome , where he was admitted into the Society of Jesus , in 1573 , and being esteemed by the General of that order to be a Person every way compleat , was sent into Germany , where living for some time at Brune and afterwards at Vienna , compos'd a Tragedy called Nectar & Ambrosia , acted before the Emperor with great applause . Soon after setling at Pragne in Bohemia , where had been newly erected a College for Jesuits , taught there , for about 6 years time , Philosophy and Rhetorick and became amongst them a constant Preacher in the Latin tongue . At length being called thence to Rome , was , with Father Persons , sent at the command of P. Gregory 13 into England , in 1580 , where arriving at Dover , on the day next following that of St. John Baptist , was the day after that received with great joy by the Catholicks in London . Afterwards he printed privately and by stealth his neat well penn'd book called Rationes decem , of which many copies were dispersed in St. Maries Church at an Act-time , an . 1581. by one who was sometimes a Member of St. Johns Coll. ( in the time of Campian ) named Will. Hartley a R. Priest , a native of Nottinghamshire , and a learned Man , who being taken in short time after , was imprison'd , and in Feb. 1584 being released , was ( with other Priests and Jesuits ) put on Ship-board at Tower-wharf , and thence at the Queens charge was wafted over the Seas to Normandy , where he and his company were left to their shifts . Afterwards it being commonly known that Campian was in England , great inquisition was made after him . At length at the desire and insinuation of Walsingham Secretary of State , one George Eliot a Priest-catcher ( sometimes a zealous Catholick ) undertook , for a considerable reward , to find him out . But all his searchings in London availing not , he did at length , upon some intimation received , go into Berks. where with his attendants , making great enquiries , did with much ado find him out ( disguised like a Royster , as 't is said ) in the house of Edw. Yates Esq . at Lyford , a little before which time Persons the Jesuit , who had been with , and accompanied , him in his travels to and fro , had left him , and diverted his course towards Kent . So that being carried as a Prisoner with triumph through Abendon , Henly , Colebroke , and so through part of London with a paper fastned to his hat , and a writing thereon to shew to the People that he was Edm. Campian a most pernicious Jesuit , was chap'd up a close Prisoner within the Tower of London , where he did undergo many examinations from several People , abuses , wrackings , tortures and I know not what ; but scarcely answered the expectation raised of , when certain Divines disputed with , him . About which time a little Pamphlet was published in oct . containing a discourse of his apprehension , which I have not yet seen . All writers , whether Protestant or Popish , say that he was a Man of most admirable parts , an elegant Orator , a subtile Philosopher and disputant , and an exact Preacher whether in English , or Lat. tongue , of a sweet disposition , and a well polished Man. A certain f writer saith he was of a sweet nature constantly carrying about him the charms of a plausible behaviour of a fluent tongue and good parts , and another g who was his most beloved friend , saith that he was upright in conscience , deep in judgment , and ripe in Eloquence . As for the works by him written , and published under his name , they are these . Nectar & Ambrosia , Trag. — Much praised by Greg. Martin . Rationes decem oblati certaminis in causa fidei , redditae Academicis Angliae . Printed first of all privately in the house of one Stonor a Cath. Gent. living near to Henly in Oxfordshire , an . 1581 , afterwards , at least five times , publickly beyond the Seas , ( of which once was at Aug. Trev. 1583 in Concertat . Eccles . Cath. ) and at length were translated into English — Lond. 1687. qu. These reasons were very learnedly answered by Will. Whittaker of Cambridge , and replyed upon by John Durey a Scot ; which Durey was answered by Dr. Laur. Humphrey . Nine articles directed to the Lords of the Privy Council , an . 1581 — See more in Mer. Hanmer , under the Year 1604 , and in Rob. Persons , an . 1610. Various conferences concerning Religion , had with Protestant Divines in the Tower of London , on the last of Aug. and on the 18 , 23 , and 27. of Septemb. 1581. Lond. 1583. qu. Among those Divines that he disputed with , were Alex. Nowell Dean of St. Pauls Cath. and Will. Day Dean of Windsore . The History of Ireland , in two books — Written 1570. The MS. or original of which , being in the Cottonian h Library , was afterwards published by Sir James Ware of Dublin Knight — Dubl . 1633. fol. Chronologia Universalis . Much commended by Greg. Martin before-mention'd . Narratio de divortio Hen. 8. Regis ab uxore Catherina . Printed at the end of Nic. Harpesfeild's Ch. History , at Doway , by the care of Rich. Gibbon a Jesuit , who also added thereunto a Lat. translation of John Speeds Catalogue of religious Houses , Colleges , and Hospitals in England and Wales . Ingolst . 1602. oct . Orationes . Epistolae . Tractatus de imitatione Rhetoricâ . Among which orations , are those ( as I suppose ) which he made at the funeral of Sir Tho. Whyte , and of the Lady Amey Robsert the first Wife of Robert Earl of Leycester , whose body having been at first buried in Comnore Church near Abendon , ( for there she died , or rather was murdered , in the mannor house there belonging to Anth. Forster Gent. 8. Sept. 1560 ) was taken up , and reburied in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin , in Oxon. Literae ad Rich. Chenaeum Episc . Glocestr . The beginning , of which is , Non me nunc & alium , &c. Letters to Everard Mercurian , General of the Society of Jesus , giving an account of his proceedings in England , an . 1580. — Printed in Lat. in Concertatio Eccles . Cath. in Anglia , part 1. p. 3. and elsewhere . Besides all these , are other things of our Author Compian , which I have not yet seen , that were collected and published among some of his works by Silvester à Petra Sancta a Jesuit of Italy , printed at Antw. 1631. in tw . but those things being scarce and rare to be had , I can make no farther report of them , nor their Author , only that he , with other Rom. Priests , having been found guilty of treason according to the Act of 25. Ed. 3. and of adhering to the Bishop of Rome , the Queens Enemy , and of coming into England to disturb the peace and quiet of the Realm &c. were executed at Tybourne near London on the first of Decemb. in Fifteen hundred eighty and one , year 1581 but what afterwards became of Campians carcass I know not . Paul Bombin a Jesuit hath written his Life and Martyrdom , published at Antw. 1618. in 12o. and afterwards at Mantua an . 1620. in oct . But that Pamphlet , which I have several years look'd after , but in vain , is the Report of the death and martyrdom of E. Campian , R. Sherwyn and A. Briant , printed in English , in oct . soon after their death . The two last of which I am now about to mention . RALPH SHERWYN , where born unless in the Western parts of England I know not , was made Fellow of Exeter Coll. by Sir Will. Petre a principal benefactor thereunto , in July 1568 , went through with great industry the several classes of Logick and Philosophy , and in 1574 proceeding in Arts , was made Senior of the Act celebrated 26 July the same year , being then accounted an acute Philosopher , and an excellent Grecian and Hebritian . Afterwards he , ( with Joh. Currey M. of A. and Fellow of the said Coll. ) obtaining leave to travel beyond the Seas in July 1575 , left the University , utterly renounced the Religion , in which he had been mostly educated , went to Doway , spent some time in the study of Divinity in the English Coll. there , and was made Priest with Laur. Johnson ( who afterwards was hanged by the name of Richardson ) 23. March 1576 / 7. In that place ( and for a time in the English Coll. at Rome ) he continued in making progress in divine studies till about the beginning of 1580 , and then instead of going into England with certain Persons of his society into the Mission , he went to Rheimes upon publick concerns to be had with Thom. Goldwell Bishop of St. Asaph then there , who being at that time in a sickly condition , and therefore not able to serve Sherwin and his Brethren as to Episcopal confirmation and other matters relating to the mission , he waited upon the said Bishop in the quality of a Chaplain during his sickness . Afterwards being well , and sent for to Rome , Sherwin went into England , and before he was quite settled in London , he was taken in the house of one Roscarriot or Roscarrock , committed Prisoner to the Marshalsea , and had fetters fastned to his legs . While he continued there he had notice once or twice that he should prepare himself to dispute with certain Protestant Divines ; whereupon shewing himself very ready to encounter them , he was translated to the Tower of London , where , after he had many questions proposed to him concerning Campian , Persons and other Priests , he shew'd himself afterwards to be a Man of parts , and one that needed not to be asham'd of his education in Exeter College . At length after he had continued there more than an year in great misery , was at length tried for his life , and refusing several times the Oath of Supremacy and going to hear service in the Protestant Churches , was condemned to die . His writings are , Discourse in the tower of London with Edm. Campian the Jesuit . ● account of the disputations in Wisbich Castle between Will. Fulk of Cambridge and certain R. Priests who were Prisoners there . — These two are not printed , but kept in MS. as choice reliques among R. Cath. beyond the Sea. Where , or else in the Tower , Rich. Stanyhurst saw them . Epistles and Letters to divers Persons — Two of which are in a book entit . Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae . Aug. Trev. 1594. fol. 71. 72. &c. See more of him in the latter end of Pet. White , under the Year 1590. At length being found guilty of high treason , was hang'd , drawn , and quartered at Tyburn 1. year 1581 Decemb. in Fifteen hundred eighty and one . At the same time suffered Edm. Campian before-mentioned , who was much pittied by all learned Men , especially by his contemporaries in Oxon , as Sherwyn was , who had been very often a companion with Campian in his travels . Alex. Briant also ( whom I am now about to mention ) did suffer at the same time , and tho not so much commiserated by Scholars , yet by many others , because he was , as the character went on both sides , juvenis pulcherrimus , vultu innocens & prope angelico , &c. Contemporary with Ralph Sherwyn was one Martin Ayray , who , after he had left this University , was one of the first that was brought up in the English Coll. at Rome , and was companion there with the said Sherwyn . Afterwards he became a good workman in England and of great edification for divers years ( as those of his opinion say ) both before he was taken , and afterwards in Prison . He was living in 1602 which was the last year of Qu. Elizab. at which time he was Provost of the English Church and residence of St. George in St. Lucar of Spain . ALEXANDER BRIANT received his first breath in Somersetshire , was admitted a Student of Hart hall about Lent-term in 1573-74 aged 17 or more , where being trained up under a tutor sufficiently addicted to Popery , left the University and went to Rheimes and afterwards to Doway : At the last of which places taking the Priesthood on him , he returned into his own Country , an . 1579. and settling for a time in Somersetshire , converted the Father of Rob. Persons the Jusuit , to the R. Cath. Religion . On the 28. Apr. 1581 he was taken in the night time in his Lodging by one Norton , who took away 3 l. in money from him , besides cloathes , and conducting him to a Magistrate , was after examination , committed close Prisoner to the Compter in London , where enduring great misery till the morrow after the Ascension , was removed to the Tower of London , and there ( as k 't is reported ) he was tormented with needles thrust under his nayles , racked also otherwise in cruel sort , and specially punished by two whole days and nights with famine , which they did attribute to obstinacy , but indeed ( sustained in Christs quarrel ) it was most honorable constancy . While he was in Prison he wrot l , Literae ad reverendos patres societatis Jesu in Anglia degentes . The beginning of which is , Quoties mecum cogito reverendi patres , &c. They were written purposely that they would be pleased to receive him into the Order of Jesus before he died , which accordingly they did to his great comfort . Several Letters to his friends , and afflicted Catholicks — Whether extant I know not . At length being found guilty of high treason at a Sessions in London , he was hang'd , drawn , and quartered at Tyburn , on the first day of Dec. year 1581 in Fifteen hundred eighty and one ; whereupon his quarters were hanged up for a time in publick places . He had for his Tutor in Hart hall ( after he had continued there for some time ) one Rich. Holtbie born at Fraiton in Yorkshire , educated for a time in Cambridge , and afterwards going to Oxon , settled in the said hall , an . 1574 aged 21. and more ; but departing without any Degree in this University , he went beyond the Seas to Doway , then to Rheimes and other places , became a noted Jesuit and spun out his time to a fair age . The reader is now to know , that during the principality of Philip Rondell of Hart hall , who had weathered out several changes of Religion ( tho in his heart he was a Papist , but durst not shew it ) many Persons who were afterwards noted in the Rom. Church , were educated under him , but they having not exercised their pens upon any subject that I can yet find , I can claim no pretence to set them down among such writers that that ancient house of learning hath sent into the learned world . JAMES DYER second Son of Rich. Dyer of Wymaulton in Somersetshire Esq . by his Wife the Dau. of one Waiton of the said County , was born , as I conceive , at Wymaulton , but in what house he was educated in Oxon ( for he was a Commoner for some time there ) it appears not , notwithstanding tradition tells us in Broadgates hall . From thence , without the honor of a Degree , he went to the Middle Temple , where making great proficiency in the municipal Laws , was , after he had continued for some time in the Degree of Barrester , elected Autumn , or Summer , Reader of that house 6. Ed. 6. and about the same time was by writ called to the Degree of Serjeant at Law. In the Reign of Qu. Marie he was made a Justice of the Common pleas , ( being about that time a Knight and Recorder of Cambridge ) and in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth Lord Chief Justice of that Court , in the place of Sir Anth , Browne , and not Lord Ch. Justice of the Kings-bench as one m doth falsly report . As for his writings which shew him a great and eminent Sage of the Law , and a Person of great abilities are these . Reports : or , a collection of Cases , with divers resolutions and judgments given upon solemne arguments , &c. and the reasons and causes of the said resolutions and judgments , in the Reigns of K. Hen. 8. Ed. 6. Phil. and Mary and Qu. Eliz. Lond. 1601. 1621. &c. fol. Abridged by Sir Tho. Ireland of Greys-Inn , ( the same Person who abridged the Eleven Books of Reports of Sir Edw. Coke ) and by another , with a table made to them : printed by Rich. Tothill . Learned reading upon the useful statute of 32. Hen. 8. chap. 1. of Wills , and of 34 and 35. Hen. 8. chap. 5. for the explanation of that statute . Lond. 1648. qu. At length this great Lawyer having arrived to a good old age , paid his last debt to nature at Stowton in Hunting donshire ( where he had purchased an estate ) on the 24. March in Fifteen hundred eighty and one , whereupon his body was buried in the Parish Church of Much Stowton in the said County , near to that of his Wife , on the 9 day of Apr. 1582. His said Wife was named Margaret Dau. of Sir Maurice Abarrow of Hampshire Knight , Widow of Sir Tho. Eliot of Carleton in Cambridgeshire , ( by whom she had 3 Sons but all died without issue ) which Margaret n died 25. Aug. 1569 , but having had no Children by Sir James went after his death to Richard , Son of his Brother Laurence Dyer , whose posterity are at this time Baronets in Somersetshire . RICHARD BRISTOW another most zealous Person for the R. Cath. cause , was born of honest Parents within the City of Worcester , educated in Grammar learning under one Rog. Golbourne M. A. ( the same I think who was a Reader in St. Bernards Coll. in the Year 1540 ) saluted the Oxonian Muses in 1555 , but whether he was then entred into Exeter Coll. I know not . One Bristow I find to be Chaplain of Ch. Ch. in 1549. 50. and 51. but him I cannot take to be the same with the former , because he of Ch. Ch. seems then to be Master of Arts. As for our R. Bristow he took the Degree of Bach. of Arts in the beginning of the Year 1559 , that also of Master in 1562 , and was Junior of the Act celebrated 13 of July the same Year , at which time he was entred in the Proctors book as a member of Ch. Ch. About that time , having obtained great credit among the Academians , for his admirable speeches spoken while Junior of the Act , he applyed himself to the study of Divinity , became noted in the University for his acute parts , and being recommended therefore to that singular lover of learning Sir Will. Petre , was by him promoted to one of his Scholarships or Fellowships in Exeter Coll. in July 1567 , where exercising himself much in Theology , did in a set disputation in the Divinity School put the Kings Professor ( L. Humphrey ) to a non-plus , as those of our Authors perswasion do report . At length being convinced that he had erred in his opinion , left the Coll. in 1569 , his Religion , and the Kingdom , went to Lovaine and became acquainted with Dr. William Allen , who made him the first Moderator ( or Prefect of studies ) in the English Coll. by him founded at Doway , took upon him the Priesthood , being the first in that Coll. that did so , and read the publick lecture of Divinity there . In 1573 his said Scholarship or Fellowship of Ex. Coll. being pronounced void , because he had been absent several years , John Petre Son of Sir W. Petre before-mention'd did put into his room Mr. Oliver Whiddon Archdeacon of Totness 27. Oct. but resigned it in the latter end of Nov. following . Afterwards upon Dr. Allens instituting another Seminary at Rheimes , Bristow was sent for , and the care of that place was committed to him also , in 1579 , while another was his substitute at Doway : About which time he took the Degrees in Divinity , partly at Doway and partly at Lovaine , and became famous in those parts for his Religion and learning . He hath written , A brief treatise of diverse plaine and sure wayes to find out the truth in this doubtful and dangerous time of heresie , containing sundry motives unto the Cath. Faith ; or , considerations to move a Man to believe the Catholicks , and not the Hereticks . Antw. 1599. in tw . and before , at another place . Dr. W. Allens testimony of this treatise is prefixed , dat . 30. Apr. 1574 , wherein he saith that the said book contains with great perspicuity , order , and art divers most excellent works , whereby to discern in Religion the true judgment of the Catholick Church from the false vanity of the Hereticks , &c. that it is also in all points Catholick , learned and worthy to be read and printed . These motives were answered by Dr. Will. Fulke of Cambridge . Reply to Will. Fulke , in defence of Dr. Allens scrowle of articles , and book of Purgatory . Lov. 1580. qu. Whereupon Dr. Fulke came out with a rejoinder the Year following . Anti-Heretica Motiva , omnibus catholicae doctrinae orthodoxis cultoribus pernecessaria . Atrebat . 1608. in two tomes in qu. This large book , which contains most , if not all the former motives , was translated into Lat. by Thom. Worthington a Secular Priest ( afterwards a Jesuit ) an . 1606. and by him published at Arras two years after . Demands ( 51 in number ) to be proposed by Catholicks to the Hereticks . — Several times printed in oct . This also was answered in a book entit . To the seminary Priests late come over , some like Gentlemen , &c. Lond. 1592. qu. A defence of the Bull of P. Pius 5. — He also collected and for the most part wrot Annotations on the New Testament , translated into English at Rheimes . And was also as it seems Author of , Veritates aureae S. R. ecclesiae autoritatibus vet . patrum , &c. Printed 1616. qu. for the name of R. Bristous Anglus is set to that Book . At length after our Author had lived at Rheimes about two years , went privately into England ( by his Physicians advice ) for healths sake in 1581 , and going to London , was kindly received by , and entertain'd in the Family of , one Bellamie , ( Rob. or Jerome Bellamie as it seems ) a sincere and constant Lover of R. Catholicks and their Religion . But his distemper being gone too far , dyed the year following , and was by Bellamie buried pivately , year 1582 but where , unless near to Harrow on the hill in Middlesex , where the Bellamies had a seat and Lands , I know not . In the Year 1682 I received a note from one of the English Coll. in Doway , whereby I was instructed that Rich. Bristow was made D. of D. at Doway , from whence he was sent into England , where he died not far from London 18. Oct. 1581. But this note I reject , because that what I have said already of his death , I had from the writings of one that knew him , viz. Tho. Worthington , who published his Motives . GREGORY MARTIN received his first breath at Macksfield near to Winchelsey in Sussex , was put in one of the original Scholars of S. Johns Coll. by the Founder thereof Sir Tho. White , in 1557 , where going thro the usual forms of Logick aad Philosophy with incredible industry , took the degree of Master of Arts , 1564. Afterwards he was taken into the Family of Thomas the great and mighty Duke of Norfolk to be Tutor to his Son the Lord Philip ( afterwards Earl of Surrey ) and his Brethren ; where continuing for some years , it hapned in that time that the said Duke came to Oxon , and giving a visit to S. Johns Coll. had an eloquent Speech delivered before him by one of that Society , wherein , of Gr. Martin , he said thus — Habes illustrissime Dux , Hebraeum nostrum , Graecum nostrum , Poetam nostrum , decus & gloriam nostram . After he had done with his service in the said Dukes Family , and received sufficient rewards for his pains , he went beyond the Seas , and renouncing his Religion openly , ( for before he was but a Catholick in private ) he retired to Doway , where applying his mind to the studies of Divinity , was made a Licentiat in that Faculty , in 1575. Afterwards going into Italy , he went to Rome to do his Devotions to the places and Temples of the Apostles , but making no long stay there , he went to Rheimes in France , where fixing his station in the English Coll. became publick Professor , and one of the Divinity-Readers there . He was a most excellent Linguist , exactly read and vers'd in the Sacred Scriptures , and went beyond all of his time in humane literature , whether in Poetry or Prose . As for those things he hath written , they have been , and are , taken into the hands of Men of his profession , but all that I have seen of them , are only these . A treatise of Schisme , shewing that all Catholicks ought in any wise to abstaine altogether from heretical Conventicles , viz. their Prayers , Sermons , &c. Doway 1578. oct . A discovery of the manifold corruptions of the Holy Scripture by the Hereticks of our days , especially the English Sectaries , and of their foul dealing herein by partial and false translations , &c. Rhemes , 1582. oct . Answered in a book intituled , A defence of the sincere and true translations of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue , &c. Lond. 1583. oct . Written by Will. Fulke D. D. Master of Pembroke hall in Cambridge . Treatise of Christian Peregrination and relicks — Printed 1583. oct . Epistles to certain of his friends — The last of which ( which is the largest ) dat . 15. Oct. 1575. was written to Dr. Tho. Whyte then lately Warden of New Coll. touching his following the world , and dissembling in Religion against his conscience and knowledge . Of the love of the soul , with questions to the Protestants — Printed at Roan in Normandy . He hath also written other books which remain in MS. in several Libraries beyond the Sea , as I conceive , treating of Divinity , In the Year 1584 was set forth a certain book which one * calls a horrid piece of Popish malice against Queen Elizab. wherein her Gentlewomen were exhorted to act the like against the Queen , as Judith had done with applause and commendations against Holofernes . The Author was never discovered , but the suspicion lighted upon Gregory Martin , ( one very learned in the Greek and Lat. tongues ) as my Author before quoted saith , but how he could be Author , having been dead two years before that time , I cannot say . He also was the chief Man that translated the New Testament ; printed at Rhemes 1582 , for which work his name remains precious to this day among those of his party . He also made other translations , which are preserved in MS. in certain Libraries , among which is the Tragedy of Cyrus King of Persia , which is , as some say , in the Library of St. Johns Coll. in Oxon. See the titles of other books , which are remembred by one o that knew him , while I in the mean time tell you , that our Author dying 28. year 1582 Octob. in Fifteen hundred eighty and two , was buried in the Parish Church of St. Stephen at Rheimes There is an Epitaph over his grave comprehended in 16 verses , the two first of which are these . Quem tulit umbrosis tenerum Southsaxia sylvis , Gallica qua spectat regna Britannus ager . The rest I shall now omit for brevity sake and proceed to the next in order , who was a Romanist also . WILLIAM HART , a most zealous young Man for the R. Cath. Cause , was born in Somersetshire , entred in his puerile years into Lincoln Coll. an . 1572 , where after he had been instructed in Grammar and Logick , left it without a Degree , his relations and Country , and going beyond the Seas to Doway , compleated his studies in Philosophy . Afterwards he travelled to Rome , studied Divinity and was there made a Priest . At length being sent into the mission of England before he was 24 years of age , settled in Yorkshire , where he administred comfort to the afflicted Catholicks for a considerable time , with little or no interruption . At length being taken and imprison'd at York , he wrot , Letters to certaine Catholicks . Letters to his spiritual Sons . Letters to the afflicted Cath. and to those that suffer in Prison . Letters to a noble Matron — All which , at least 10 in number , were as I presume written by him in the English tongue . The Latine copies , with many things of their Author , you may see in a book entit . Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae in Anglia , p. 104. mention'd in Joh. Bridgwater among the writers following , under the Year 1594. This Will. Hart was hang'd , drawn , and quarter'd , for being a R. Priest , at York , on the 15 of March in Fifteen hundred eighty and two , and his quarters afterwards hanged up in publick places . In his time were several young Scholars of Lincoln Coll. educated , and afterwards professed themselves openly to be R. Catholicks , having received instructions from some of the Fellows that were inclined that way , but chiefly from the Rector thereof Job . Bridgwater before-mentioned , who always at last his Rectory to prevent expulsion . Some of them I shall mention , as they lay in my way . NICHOLAS HARPESFEILD an eminent Theologist , well skill'd in both the Laws , and in Greek , History , and Poetry ; in all , or most of which faculties , having written very well , do report him renowned by those of his own perswasion . His first being in this World , he received in the Parish of St. Marie Magd. ( in Old Fishstreet ) within the City of London , and his Grammaticals in Wykehams School near to Winchester . In 1536 he was admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. ( after he had served 2 years of probation there ) about which time having with great industry gone through all the parts of Philosophy , he applyed himself to the study of the Civil and Canon Law , wherein he became very eminent . In 1544 , he being then Bach. of the Civ . Law of about an year standing , was admitted Principal of an ancient hostle ( mostly for Civilians ) called White hall ( on the Site of which , Jesus Coll. was afterwards partly built ) and in 1546 he was appointed by K. Hen. 8. to be the Kings Professor of the Greek tongue in the University . In 1553 he left his Fellowship , took the Degree of Doctor of his faculty , and had then considerable practice in the Court of Arches . In 1554 he was made Archdeacon of Canterbury in the place of Edm. Crammer , ( Brother to the Archb. ) deprived for being married , and in the beginning of Qu. Elizab. he was one of the 7 R. Cath. Divines who were to dispute with those of the Protestant party concerning matters of Religion , when Qu. Eliz. was setting on foot a reformation in the Church of England . But that matter coming to nothing , he was soon after imprison'd for denying the Queens Supremacy over the Church , and thereupon had opportunity given to write several books , some of which follow . Dialogi sex , contra summi pontificatûs , monasticae vitae , sanctorum , sacrorum imaginum , oppugnatores & pseudo-Martyres . Antw. 1566. qu. Which book being put into the hands of his friend Alan Cope , he put it out under his name , lest danger should befall the Author in Prison . See before in Alan Cope , an . 1580. Our Author Harpesfeild wrot also , Historia Anglicana Ecclesiastica , à primis gentis susceptae fi dei incunabilis , ad nostra fere tempora deducta . Duac . 1622. fol. published by Rich. Gibbon a Jesuit . 'T is a book no less learnedly , than painfully performed , and abating his partiality to his own interest , he well deserves of all posterity . The original of this Ecclesiastical history , written with the Authors own hand , is in the Cottonian Library , under Vitellius . C. 9. num . 12. and a copy of it in two volumes is in the Archbishops Library at Lambeth , L. 3. and 4. But in that copy in the Cottonian , are several things expunged by the Licenser , and not at all remitted into the printed copy . Among which are these to be in p. 422. cap. 2. lin . 4. and to come in between the words inter exitialem , and Qui omnis , &c. — Non ignoro magna Innocentium Romanum pontificem invidiâ propter Johannem ( meaning K. John of Engl. ) apud quosdam laborare ( quâ de re non est hic disceptandi locus , neque ego quidem idoneus arbiter , neque volo eam mihi quam non habeo , jurisdictionem prorogare ) qui ut non forsan omni culpâ immodicaque cupiditate librandus sit , it a certe Johannes , qui , &c. Also in the same page and chapter , in the last line from the bottom , saving one , are these words omitted between Innocentio suggerente and Stephanum Langtonum — aut ut quidam tradunt pontificiarum dirarum terroribus exprimente — There are many other things of the like nature omitted in the printed copy , which the MS. in Cottons Libr. had in it before they were expunged , especially matters that laid open the discords , broiles , and ambitious poverty of the begging Fryers . Historia haeresis Wicliffianae . Published by the said Gibbon with the former book ; a MS. copy of which is also in Lambeth Library , l. 5. Chronicon à diluvio Noae ad an . 1559. Written in lat . verse , and is at this time in the Cottonian Library , under Vitellius C. 9. nu . 11. Impugnatio contra Bullam Honorii papae primi ad Cantabrigiam . MS. A treatise concerning marriage , ocasion'd by the pretended divorce between K. Hen. 8. and Qu. Catherine . In 3 books — MS. in New Coll. Library . The beginning of the Epistle to the Reader is , It is an old saying , &c. and of the work it self ; Forasmuch as this matter is incident to the life and doings of Sir Tho. More , &c. At the end of the said book is this note . This copy was taken from the original , which was found by Mr. Topcliff in the house of William , somtimes servant to the said Dr. Harpesfield , who confessed that two lines of the said original , were of his said Masters own hand writing . What other things , he hath written , whether published , or in MS. I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that after he had been a Prisoner in London , more than 20 years , year 1583 he gave way to fate in Fifteen hundred eighty and three , having had this Encomium given to him by the Antiquarian-Poet p Joh. Leland — Atticae Linguae interpres facilis , disertus , aptus . I find q another Nich. Harpesfeild who was bred in Oxon. and being 24 years of age 1496 became about that time Minister of Uphill in Somersetshire by the presentation of Joan the relict of Edward Viscount L'isle , and Rector of Ashrengney alias Ryngesash in the Dioc. of Exeter ; but what relation the former I had to this , know not . JOHN NICOLLS , a busie and forward Welsh Man , was born near to Dunraven , or , as the R. Cath. writers say , at Cowbridge , in Glamorganshire , did first of all apply his muse to Academical learning in White hall where Jesus Coll. now stands , in the Year of his age 16. where spending one year , he translated himself to Brasnose Coll. and continued there till he was Bachelaurs standing . Afterwards leaving the University without a Degree , he went into his own Country , where at first he taught a Gentlemans Children , and then became Curat of Withicombe under one Mr. Jones Vicar of Taunte● in Somersetshire . From thence he removed to Whitestanton , where he exercised his function till 1577 , at which time being possessed with certain motives , left the Church of England , went to London and ship'd himself for Antwerp , where tarrying for some time , he went to Rheimes and at length to Rome . So that assoon as he was setled , and had gained an opportunity , he offered himself to the inquisition , made a recantation of his heresie , as 't is there call'd , and forthwith was not only received into the bosome of the holy Cath. Church , but also as a member into the English Coll. at that place ; where , after he had continued about two years , did , under pretence of going to Rheimes , return into England , was seized on at Islyngton by London , sent Prisoner to the Tower , and there recanted his R. Cath. opinions before Sir Owen Hopton Lieutenant thereof , several courtiers , and others . After which he published these books . His pilgrimage , wherein is displayed the lives of the proud Popes , ambitious Cardinals , lecherous Bishops , fat bellied Monks , and hypocritical Jesuits . Lond. 1581. oct . Declaration of his recantation , wherein he desireth to be reconciled , and received as a member into the true Church of Christ in England . Lond. 1581. oct . Soon after came out A confutation of Job . Nicolls his recantation , &c. written by Anonymus , but answer'd by an old puritan call'd Dudley Fenner , Lond. 1583. qu. Which Fenner a noted dissenter from the Church of England died at Middleborough in Zeland , in the winter time , an . 1589. Oration and Sermon pronounced before the Cardinals , an . 1578. — or as another title saith . An oration and sermon made at Rome by commandment of the four Cardinals and the Dominican inquisitor , &c. Lond. 1581. oct . After which the R. Catholicks taking these things as unworthily and falsly done , one of them named Rob. Persons a Jesuit published a book against him entit . A discovery of Jo. Nicolls Minister , misreported a Jesuit . Printed 1581. in oct . After which , Nicolls to vindicate himself , published , An answer to an infamous libell maliciously written and cast abroad against him . Lond. 1581. oct . Notwithstanding which , and the endeavours of D. Fenner and other Puritans , who laboured to strengthen him in his Faith , yet he went beyond the Sea again , but upon what account I know not , tho I am apt not to think , upon any design of turning Mahumetan , as N. Saunders or rather his continuator Rishton is pleased to tell r us . However it is , sure I am , that being got as far as Roan in Normandy , he was there seized on , clapt up in Prison , an . 1582 and like to pay for his old tales against the Romanists . Soon after came out a Pamphlet entit . A report of the apprehension and imprisonment of Jo. Nicolls Minister , at Roan , and his confession , &c. Printed 1583 in oct . In this perplexity and restraint , the said Rishton tells us how Nicolls recanted all that he had formerly divulged , was either through vain glory , envy , fear , or hopes of reward . About that time he also wrot , Literae ad D. Gul. Alanum . Printed at the end of Saunders his third book De schism , Anglican . Col. Agr. 1590 and Literae aliae ad eundem Alanum , 19. Feb. 1583. Printed there also in the same edition . After which follows , Confessio publica Job . Nicolai ; qua fatetur se multa mendacia contra summum Pontificem , Cardinales , & Catholicos Anglos protulisse to tempore , quo in Anglia● versabatur , &c. What became of him afterwards I cannot find , nor do I know any more of him only this , that it doth appear from his writings that he was an inconstant Man in his Religion , timorous , vain-glorious , and a meer braggadocio . I find another Job . Nicolls , who was born in Norwych , educated in Cambridge , and from the Popish Religion wherein he was trained up , became a zealous Protestant , but he lived and died before the time of the former Jo. Nicolls . See more in Jo. Bale , cent . 9. nu . 26. THOMAS HETH , or Heath well known to , and respected by , Dr. Job . d ee and Mr. Tho. Allen , was born in the City of London , admitted Probationer-Fellow of Allsouls Coll. in 1567 , proceeded in Arts 1579 , being then in great repute for his admirable skill in Astronomical and Physical affairs . The products of which are , A manifest and apparent confutation of an Astrological discourse lately published to the discomfort ( without cause ) of the weak and simple sort . Brief Prognostication , or Astronomical prediction of the conjunction of the two superiour Planets , Saturne and Jupiter , which shall be in 1583. Apr. 29. &c. — Printed with the former book . Both these were written 25 March the same year , to Sir George Carey Knight , Knight-Marshal of her Majesties most honorable houshold , who was a cherisher of the muse of our Author , and printed at Lond. 1583. oct . The said Astrological discourse , which our Author answer'd , was written in the beginning of January , an . 1582. upon the great and notable conjunction of the two superior Planets , Saturne and Jupiter , which was to happen 28 Apr. ( Heth saith 29. ) 1583 , by Rich. Harvey a native of Saffron-Walden in Essex , Brother to Dr. Gabr Harvey , and a Student in Cambridge , particularly , as I conceive , in Trinity hall , afterwards a professed Divine , and a Man of note . Upon the coming out of the said Astrological discourse , the common sort of People were driven out of their wits , and knew not what to do . But when nothing hapned , which was therein predicted , they fell to their former security , and condemned the discoverer of extreme madness and folly . Whereupon Tom Nash did register s down the infinite scorn that the whole realm entertained it with , the adages also that ran upon it , with Tarltons and Eldertons nigrum theta set to it . What became of our Author Tho. Heath I know not , nor of another Tho. Heath Bach. of Arts of Magd. hall , an . 1570 , whom my friend takes to be the Astronomer , and not him of All 's . Coll. but mistaken , as I conceive , for certain reasons , not necessary to be now set down . Heath the Astronomer was in great renown among those of his profession in Fifteen hundred eighty and three , but when he died , or where he was buried , I cannot justly say . As for Rich. Harvey before-mention'd , it was the very self-same Person who read the Philosophy Lecture at Cambridge , and the same whom the whole University histat , if you 'll believe that noted Buffoon t Tho. Nash his contemporary there ; who farther adds , that Tarlton at the theater made jests of him , and W. Elderton consum'd his ale-cramn'd-nose to nothing , in bear-baiting him with whole bundels of ballads . 'T was the same Ric. Harvey also that set Aristotle with his heels upward on the School-gates at Cambridge , and asses ears on his head , a thing that the said Tom did in perpetuam rei memoriam u record : And the same Person who coming to take one Smiths ( a young Bachelaur of Trinity Coll. ) questions , cried out , when he durst not venture on them , Aquila non capit muscas ; and so gave them to him again . Whereunto , the other ( being a lustly big-bon'd fellow , and a Goliah or Behemoth in comparison of him ) strait retorted , nec eliphas mures , and thereupon parted . The same Dick Harvey also , of whom Christoph . Marlo was wont to say that he was an asse and good for nothing but to preach of the iron age . But to let pass other matters which these vain Men report of Rich. Harvey , it is fit that the reader should know some of the other works that he hath done , which shew him quite another Person that what they make him to be , as ( 1 ) A discourse of the ecclipse of the Sun which hapned in 1582 , as also A compendious table of phlebotomie . Both printed at the end of the Astrological discourse . Lond. 1583. oct . ( 2 ) Ephemeron , sive Paean , in gratiam propurgatae , reformataeque Dialecticae . Lond. 1582. oct . ( 3 ) Theological discourse of the Lamb of God , and his enemies . Containing a brief commentary of Christian faith ; together with a detection of old and new barbarisme . Lond. 1590. qu. and fourthly was , as I conceive , the Author of another book entit . Philadelphus ; or , a defence of Brutes and the Brutans history . Lond. 1593. qu. This Rich. Harvey had a Brother named John Harvey a Cambridge Man also , who wrot An addition to the late discourse upon the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter . Lond. 1583. oct . which discourse , as I have told you before , was written by his Brother Richard , and thereunto was adjoyn'd by John his translation of Hermes Tresmagistus his Jatromathematica , and was afterwards Author of A discoursive problem concerning prophecies , how far they are to be credited , according to the surest rules of Div. Phil. Astrol . and other learning , &c. Lond. 1588. qu. THOMAS MARTYN , a younger Son of Tho. Martyn Gent. was born at Cerneley commonly called Cearne in Dorsetshire , educated in Wykebams School near to Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. after he had served two years of probation , an . 1539 , where applying his genius to the faculty of the Civ . Law , made great proficiency therein . At length obtaining leave to travel , went as a Tutor to certain young Gentlemen into France , where making his chief residence in the University of Bourges , took the Degree of Doctor in the same faculty there . Of whose behaviour and manner of life , while he continued there , is a testimony w extant , written by Francis B●ldwin of Arras , Doctor of the Civ . Law and publick Reader at Bourges . But forasmuch as the said Baldwin was an ill natur'd , turbulent and quarrelfom Man , as I understand from other places , and Jo. Bale the publisher of the said testimony ( full of ill language ) as bad almost as he , and one that speaks well of no R. Catholick , not so much as of Sir Tho. More , Cuthb . Tonstal Cardinal Job . Fisher , &c. especially of those that wrot against Priests marriages , as our Author Thom Martyn did , they therefore , I presume , are not to be believed , tho there is no doubt but that Martyn had his faults as well as they . Besides what is in that testimony , Bale calls him x a known pedant or paederastes , the subtile y summener of Berkshire and the clark protector of the Popes Sodomites under Winchester a polytick z Gentleman that runs with all winds — the great a Hercules and mighty defender of stinking buggeries , &c. besides other ill language b elsewhere . But if you 'll consult Pitseus you 'll find him quite another Man , as others also of his perswasion make him , which I shall now omit . In 1553 he resigned his Fellowship , being then in good practice in the Court of Arches and an officer in the Archdeacons Court of Berks. In the Year 1555 he was incorporated Doctor of the Civil Law in this University , about which time being in favour with Dr. Bonner Bishop of London and with Gardiner B. of Winton , became Chancellour to the last , and of noted repute during the Reign of Qu. Mary , who had so great a respect for him and his abilities , that she commissionated him with Dr. Storie to go to Oxon to trie and examine Archb. Cranmer . He published , b A treatise proving that the marriage of Priests and professed Persons , is no marriage , but altogether unlawful . Lond. 1554. qu. Whereupon Joh. Ponet or Poynet Bishop of Winton , came out with an answer thus entit . An apology fully answering by Scriptures and antient Doctors a blasphemous book gathered by Dr. Steph. Gardiner , Dr. Rich. Smyth , Albertus Pighius and other Papists , as by their books appears , and of late set forth under the name of Tho. Martyn Doct. of the Civ . Law , &c. Printed beyond the Sea , an . 1555-56 . in oct . In which book , fol. 9. Ponet saith thus — Thy book hath betrayed thee Martyn , for thy fondness was not known before it came abroad , but assoon as that shewed it self in Mens hands , they might easily perceive that in playing the Christmas Lords minion in New Coll. in Oxon in thy fools coat , thou didst learn thy boldness , and began to put off all shame , and to put on all impudence . — By the aforesaid title we are given to understand , as if B. Gardiner , Dr. Smyth , &c. were Authors of , or at least had considerable hands in , it ; with whom agrees Baleus c before-mention'd , who stiles Martyn , Winchesters voice , but whether true I cannot say it . The book hath been commended by many learned Persons , and no doubt but he had helps in it , but whether by any of the former , is doubtful . About the same time came out another answer entit . A defence of Priests marriages , establyshed by the imperial laws of the Realm of England , &c. printed in qu. To which tho no name is set to it , yet it is * said to be written by Dr. Mathew Parker , who was afterwards Archb. of Canterbury . The same year Tho. Martyn put out , A confutation of Dr. Joh. Poyners book entit . A defence for the marriage of Priests , &c. Lond. 1555 ( qu ) He hath also extant , Oration to Dr. Cranmer Archbishop , 12 March 1555. — The beginning of which is , Albeit there are two governments &c. Discourse between him and Archbishop Cranmer concerning conscience and matters of Religion — The beginning is Mr. Cranmer you have told here a long glorious tale , &c. Which oration and discourse you may see in the Acts and Mon. of the Ch. by Jo. Fox , under the Year 1555 , besides Examinations and Conferences , under the Year 1556. Vita Gul. Wicami Wintoniensis Episc . Lond. 1597 , Ox , 1690 in a large qu. Printed after the death of the Author , who took much of his matter from the life of the said Bishop written by Tho. Chaundler d sometimes Warden of New Coll. There is a copy of this book in the Library of the said Coll. and in a leaf before the title , are curiously delineated with a Pen the effigies of the said W. Wykeham setting in a chaire . On the right hand is Chichley founder of All 's . and on the left , Waynfleet of Magdalen , College ; both holding the pictures of their respective Colleges in their hands , and presenting them , as 't were , to the founder of New Coll. they having had their education therein . As for our Author Th. Martyn , he concluded his last day in Fifteen hundred eighty and four , year 1584 for in that year several books , of his gift , or bequest , were sent to New Coll. Library , to be there reposed for the use of the Fellows thereof . In my former searches among records I † found one Joan the relict of Tho. Martin lately of Isfield in Sussex , to have received a commission from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , dated 26. June 1584 to administer the goods , debts , chattels , &c. of the said Th. Martin lately deceased , but without the addition of Doctor of Civil Law , or of that of Gent. or Esq . However he may be the same with the Doctor , because , as I have observed , many whose names have been odious among some , or have retired in private because of their Religion , their names in wills or administration are barely written without addition of a title , or town sometimes , only in general of the County . EDMUND PLOWDEN Son of Humph. Plowden by Elizab. his Wife , Daughter of Joh. Sturey of Rosshall in Shropshire , was born of an ancient and gentile Family at Plowden in the said County , spent 3 years in the study of Arts , Philosophy and Medicine at Cambridge , and afterwards , as I conceive , was entred into the Inns of Court. Soon after coming to Oxon , he spent 4 years more in the same studies there , and in Nov. an . 1552 he was admitted to practice Chirurgery and Physick by the Ven. Convoc . of the said University . But as about that time Dr. Tho. Phaer did change his studies from common Law to Physick , so did our Author Plowden from Physick to the common Law , being then about 35 years of age . In 1557 he became Autumn or Summer reader of the Middle Temple , and three years after Lent reader , being then a Serjeant at , and accounted the Oracle of the , Law. He hath written in old French , The Commentaries or Reports of divers cases , being matters in Law , and of arguments thereupon ; in the times of the Reigns of K. Ed. 6. Qu. Mary and Qu. Elizabeth : In two parts . Lond. 1571. 78. 99. &c. fol. To which was a table made by Will. Fleetwood Recorder of Lond. They are esteemed exquisite and elaborate commentaries and are of high account with all professours of the Law. Afterwards they were abridged in the French tongue — Lond. 1659. oct . ( and several times before ) translated by Fabian Hicks Esq . and printed also in oct . There goes also under our Author Plowdens name , Plowdens Queries , or a moot-book of choice cases useful for the young Students of the common Law — This was several times printed , and afterwards translated from French into English , methodised and enlarged by H. B. of Lincolns Inn Esq . — Lond. 1662. oct . At length , as this famous Lawyer Plowden mostly lived a R. Cath. in his heart , so he dyed in that faith , on the sixth day of Feb. in Fifteen hundred eighty and four , and was buried in the Church belonging to the Temples between the body of Catherine his Wife ( Dau. of Will. Sheldon of Beoly in Worcestershire Esque ) and the North wall , near the East end of the choire ; leaving then this character † behind him , ( which shall serve instead of his Epitaph , notwithstanding there is one already over his grave ) that ut in juris Anglicani scientia , de qua scriptis bene meruit , facile princeps ; ita vitae integritate inter homines suae professionis nulli secundus . He left behind him a fair estate in lands lying at Plowden before-mention'd , at Shiplake in Oxfordshire , and at Burfield in Berks , as also a Son of both his names to enjoy it , who dying in less than two years after his Father , did bequeath * his body to be buried in the Chappel of the Bow built and erected by his ancestors ( wherein some of them were buried ) joyning to the Church of North Lydbury ( near to which place is the Village called Plowden situated ) in Shropshire . The name and posterity of this Edm. Plowden do now remain at Shiplake in Oxfordshire . PATRICK PLUNKET Baron of Dunsanie in Ireland , Son of Rob. Plunket Baron of the same place ( who died 1. Elizab. ) was educated in Grammar learning at Ratough e under one Staghens , and from thence was sent to Oxon to obtain Logicals and Philosophicals , but to what house there , unless to Gloucester hall , ( where many of his Countrymen , and some of his Sirname studied in the time of Qu. Elizab. as I shall anon inform you ) I cannot justly tell , or whether to Univ. Coll. when Richard Stanyhurst ( who calls him his Brother ) studied there , I am as yet ignorant . Howsoever it was , sure I am , that by the care of his Father-in-law Sir Christoph . Barnwell Kt. he was maintained according to his condition for some years in this University , where profiting much in several sorts of learning , tho honored not , or was honored with , any Degree , did afterwards compose several things fit for the press , which f by reason of his bashfull modesty , or modest bashfulness were wrongfully imprisoned , and in a manner stifled in shadowed couches — I doubt not , ( as my Author g adds ) but what by his fame and renown in Learning , he shall be answerable to his desert and value in writing , &c. This worthy Baron who was of ancient extract in Ireland , and of the R. Cath. Religion , was a Person noted in his Country for his great possessions there , for his good natural parts , and renowned therefore among the learned in Fifteen hundred eighty and four : In which year , and after , he had books dedicated to him , as being not only a learned Person himself , but also a Patron of learning and learned Men. While he studied in this University , were eight of his Countrymen of Glouc. hall matriculated in 1574 , having been Students there some years before , as Walter , Henry , and Joh. Talbot of gentile extraction , the first of which was then 21 years of age , and the other two 20. Edw. Plunket a Gentlemans Son , of 20 years of age ; Christoph . Galway and John Martill , Sons of Plebeians , the former 19 , the other 20 , years of age ; and one Pendergast and Whitty the Sons of Gent. the former 22 , the other 21 , years of age . Besides these were several other Irish Men matriculated as members of that Hall during the Reign of Qu. Elizab. as ( 1 ) Rich. Whyte a Gentlemans Son , aged 21. an . 1578. ( 2 ) Giles Hovenden of Leis in Kings County , the Son of a Gent. an . 1582. aged 26. ( 3 ) Gerard Salwey of ( Dromore ) an Esq ; Son , the same year , aged 14. with others , to the beginning of K. James his Reign , which for brevity sake I now omit . Of the said Baron Plunkets Family was descended that most ven . and religious Dr. Oliver Plunket titular Primate of Ireland , who being found by some Persons to have been deeply engaged in the Popish Plot in Ireland , an . 1678. 79 , was brought over into England , where receiving sentence to die in Westminster hall , was accordingly hang'd , drawn , and quarter'd at Tyburn on the first day of July 1681 ; whereupon his quarters only ( not his head ) were buried in the yard of St. Giles Church in the Fields near to London , by the bodies of the five Jesuits , that were a little before executed , and buried under the North wall of the said Yard . In the said place Plunkets quarters continuing till the fanatical plot broke out in 1683 , they were taken up and conveyed beyond the Sea to the Monastery of the Benedictines ( of which order he was a Brother ) at Lambspring in Germany , where they were with great ceremony and devotion re-buried . Before I speak of the next writer , the reader may be pleased to know farther of this Plunket , that when the Lady D. D. had borrowed 200 Crowns of an Irish Priest at Bologna ; she , rather than repay that summ procured the Archbishoprick of Armagh ( to which the Primacy of Ireland is annex'd ) for the said Plunket by the means of Cardinal Rospigloisi ; who , tho he would not be at the congregation that day , wherein that matter was to be done , yet he made Card. Chigi do it ; and when Card. Barbarini opposed the nomination , Chigi told the said Cardinal that it must be so : This was about 1669. JOHN de FECKENHAM was so called because he was born of poor Parents living in a cottage , or poor house , joyning to the Forest of Feckenham in Worcestershire , tho his right name was Howman . While he was a Child , he was very apt to learn , having a natural genie to good letters , and to any thing that seemed good ; which being perceived by the Priest of his Parish , he was by the endeavours and perswasions of one or more considerable Persons taken into Evesham Monastry in the said County , the Abbat and Monks of which , were of the Order of St. Benedict . When he arrived to the age of about 18 he was sent by his Abbat to Glocester Coll. in this University , where there was a particular apartment for the young Monks of that Abbey to lodge in , and to continue there for certain years , purposely to obtain Academical , or at least Theological , learning . Afterwards , he being called home by his Abbat to make room for other Monks to succeed in the said apartment , his Abbey was soon after dissolved , viz. 17 Nov. 1535 at which time he had an allowance h made to him from the Exchecquer of an annual pension of 100 florens during his natural life . Whereupon retiring to the said Coll. of Gloc. again , I find i him there in 1537 , in which year he subscrib'd by the name of John Feckenham to a certain composition then made between Rob. Joseph Prior of the said Coll. and 29 Students thereof on the one part ( of which number Feckenham was one of the Seniors ) and threeof the Senior Bedells of the University on the other ; and in the Year 1539 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being about that time Chaplain to Dr. John Bell Bishop of Worcester . But that Bishop giving up his place in few years after , our Author Feckenham was entertained by Dr. Bonner B. of London , with whom continuing till 1549 ( at which time he was deprived of his Bishoprick and put into the Marshalsea ) he was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , occasion'd , as 't is said , by Mr. Rob. Horne , afterwards B. of Winchester . Soon after he was released , or rather borrowed thence for a time by Sir Philip Hobie , for no other reason but to dispute about matters of Religion to satisfie Protestants , who then thought that their Religion could not be denied . The first disputation that he had with the chief of that party was at the Savoy in the house of the E. of Bedford . The second in the house of Sir Will. Cecill in Canon rew , and the third in that of Sir John Cheeke at the Carmes ( or White fryers ) lately dissolv'd . These three disputations which were well carried on with great vigour and dexterity , especially by Feckenham , were prorogu'd to other places , as first to Pershore in Worcestershire , in which town was then lately a famous Monastery of the Benedictines standing , and in the said County was Feckenham then beneficed . At which place , I say , Hooper Bishop of Glocester and Worcester did dispute with him , he being then in visiting his Diocess , and received satisfaction from what he then said . The next was in the Cath. Ch. of Worcester , where Jo. Jewell did , as 't is reported , ( but I think false ) oppose him . When these things were done he was remanded to his Prison in the Tower , where continuing till the first year of Q. Mary , was then released , and not only made Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral , but soon after ( in Nov. 1556 ) Abbat of Westminster and Chaplain to that Queen . In 1554 he was in Oxon and openly disputed with Cranmer , Ridley , and Latymer about matters of Religion before they were to sacrifice their lives in the fire , and in the beginning of 1556 he was actually created Doctor of Divinity , being then in wonderful esteem for his learning , piety , charity , humility and other virtues . All the time of Qu. Maries Reign he employed himself in doing good offices for the afflicted Protestants from the highest to the lowest , and did interceed with the Queen for the Lady Elizabeth , for which he gained her displeasure for a time . After the said Lady Elizab. came to the Crown , and Religion about to be altered , he denied the Queens Supremacy over the Church of England , in 1559. About that time he planted the elmes , which do yet , or did lately , grow in the garden belonging to the Coll. of Westminster . But the Queen having a very great respect for his learning and virtuous life , as also for his former tenderness of her , sent for , and had private discourse with , him ; but what it was , none yet do positively know , tho there be not wanting some that say , that she offer'd to him the Archbishoprick of Canterbury , if he would take the oath and conform to the Church of England , which he refused . The year after , he was committed Prisoner again to the Tower , and about that time did undergo several disputes with Protestant Divines about Religion , but was not suffered to be one of those that were publickly to dispute with the said Divines when the Queen was setting on foot a reformation in the Church of England . In the winter time 1563 he was committed to free custody with Dr. Horne B. of Winchester , who , as the R. Catholicks say , did deal uncivilly and falsly with him : But tarrying with that Bishop only one Winter , he was sent to the Tower again , thence after some time to the Marshalsea , then to a private house in Holbourn , and in 1580 to Wisbich castle in Cambridgshire , where he remained to the time of his death in great devotion and sanctity of life . Under his name , do go these things following . A conference dialoguewise held between the Lady Jane Dudley and Mr. Jo. Feckenham four days before her death , touching her faith and belief of the Sacrament and her Religion . Lond. 1554. oct . There again 1625. qu. Jo. Fox entitles this little book A communication between Mr. Feckenham and the Lady Jane Grey , before she was to be beheaded , 12. Feb. 1553. Speech in the House of Lords , an 1553. Two Homelies on the first , second , and third article of the Creed . Lond. in qu. Oratio funebris in exequiis Ducissae Parmae , Caroli quinti filiae & Belgii Gubernatricis . Sermon at the Exequy of Joan Queen of Spayne , &c. on Deut. 32. 28. 29. Lond. 1555. oct . The declaration of such scruples and staies of conscience touching the Oath of Supremacy , delivered by writing to Dr. Horne of Winchester . Lond. in qu. Answered by the said Horne , an . 1566. qu. refuted by Tho. Stapleton the year after . Objections or Assertions made against Mr. Joh. Goughe's Sermon preached in the Tower of London , 15. Jan. 1570. — Soon after was published by the said Gough , An answer to certain assertions of Mr. Fecknam , which of late be made against a godly Sermon &c. Lond. 1570. oct . Caveat Emptor — This I have not yet seen . Commentarii in psalmos Davidis . This was seen in MS. in the hands of the Author ( while he was a Prisoner at London ) by Rich. Stanyhurst , but lost with other things , ( as 't is conceived ) among which was his Treatise of the Eucharist , written against Joh. Hooper . At length after our Author had seen many changes in Religion and had continued stedfast in that , wherein he was educated , surrendred up his pious Soul to him that gave it , within the precincts of Wisbich castle before-mention'd , year 1585 in Fifteen hundred eighty and five ; and soon after , was buried , but where , unless in the Parish Church there , I cannot tell ; leaving then behind him this character , that he was a Person full of offices of piety and humility , and was always ready , tho of a contrary opinion , to do good to the Protestant party , especially in the Reign of Q. Mary when they suffered . Our celebrated Antiquary W. Camden tells k us that he was a learned and good Man , lived a long while , did a great deal of good to the poor , and always sollicited the minds of his adversaries to good will. RICHARD CALDWALL or Chaldwell , a Staffordsh . Man born , was educated in Brasenose College , of which he was afterwards Fellow , took the Degree of M. of Arts , entred upon the Physick line , and in the 32 year of his age became one of the Senior Students of Ch. Ch. a little after its last foundation by K. Hen. 8. an . 1547. Afterwards he took the Degrees in the said faculty and became so highly valued for his learning , and happy practice therein , that he was examined , approved and admitted into the Physicians Coll. at London and made censor of it in one and the same day . Six weeks after he was chosen one of the Elects of the said Coll. and in 1570 President thereof . He hath written several matters relating to his profession , but whether extant I cannot tell . All that I have seen of his labours is his translation into English of The tables of surgery , briefly comprehending the whole art and practice thereof , &c. Lond. 1585. fol. Written originally by Horatio More , a Florentine Physician . As for his death , which hapned in Fifteen hundred eighty and five , year 1585 and other of his works , let the learned Camden tell l you in these words — Nee inter hos , licet minoris notae , silendus hoc etiam anno fato fanctus Richardis Chaldwellus è Coll. Aenei Nasi Oxoniae Med. Doctor , qui ut de reipub . bene mereretur ( adscito in partem honoris Barone Lumleio ) lectionem Chriurgicam honesto salario in Medicorum collegio Londini à Thoma Linacro fundato instituit . Juxtaque ad Sancti Benedicti inhumatur , monumento laqueis , plintheis , & carchesiis , scamno Hypocratis , glossocomtis & aliis chirurgicis ex Bribasio & Galeno machinamentis exornato . The Coll. of Physicians was then in Knight-riders-street in London , not far from the Church of St. Benedict near Pauls Wharf . EDWARD RISHTON of a right ancient Family in Lancashire , became a Student in the University about 1568 particularly , as it seems , in Brasenose College , where after he had spent some years in Philosophy and Mathematicks , supplicated the Ven. congr . of Regents in Apr. 1572 for the Degree of Bach. of Arts , having performed all excercise requisite thereunto , but whether he was admitted it appears not in the University registers . Afterwards he left his native Country and Friends , and went to Doway , where studying for some time in the English Coll. was made M. of A. Thence he went to Rome in 1577 and after he had consummated certain studies in Divinity , was made m a Priest in 1580 or thereabouts . Soon after he was sent into the Mission of England , but before he was quite settled , he was taken and kept close Prisoner in the Tower of London and elsewhere 3 or 4 years . At length being released , his life spared , and he condemned to banishment with Jam. Bosgrace a Jesuit , John Hart and others , he went into France , and settled for a time in the University of Pont-à-musson in Loraine to the end that he might proceed in the study of Divinity and take a Degree or Degrees therein ; but the plague being then there and he careless to avoid it in time , was infected therewith and soon after died . This is that Edw. Rishton , qui impie ingratus ( as one n saith ) in Principem cui vitam debuit , publicatis scriptis malitiae virus illico evomuit . The titles of the said writings are these . Synopsis rerum ecclesiastiearum , ad an . chr . 1577. Whether in Engl. or Lat. I know not , for I have not yet seen it . Profession of his faith made manifest , and confirmed by 24 reasons ( or motives ) — It must be now known that Nich. Saunders left behind him at his death two imperfect books De schismate Anglicano ; with the beginning of the third , commencing with the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , which coming into the hands of our Author Rishton after he had suffered imprisonment for some time in England , he supplied what was defective in them , corrected and caused them to be published at Colen . 1585. to which he added of his own composition , besides the third book , which was in a manner all his , Rerum pro religione catholica ac inturri Londinensi gestarum ab an . 1580. ad an . usque 1585 indiculus seu diarium , with a preface to it . Religiosorum & sacerdotum nomina , qui pro defensione primatus Rom. Ecclesiae per Martyrium consummati sunt , sub Henrico 8. Angliae rege , &c. Mostly taken out of Saunders his book De visibili Monarchia Ecclesiae , &c. These additions , with the book De Schismate , having undergone several impressions , as I have told you elsewhere , have been since added to them ( 1 ) An appendix , which makes a fourth book , exerpted from certain of the works of Peter Ribadeneira a Jesuit ( 2 ) Summarium rationum , quibus Cancellarius Angliae & Prolocutor Puckeringius Elizabethae Angliae Reginae persuaserunt occidendum esse Mariam Stuartum Scotiae Reginam , &c. Which being published in English were translated into Latine , and had added thereunto , Supplicium & mors Reginae Scotiae , &c. by the labour of Romoald Scot ( 3 ) Epistola Doctoris Johannis Pistorii Nidani ad D. Jacobum Grynaeum Ministri verbi Ecclesiae Basiliensis . ( 4 ) Mariae Stuartae Reg. Scotiae innocens à cade Darlean● , &c. written by Obertus Barnestapolius . Which four things being added to Rishtons additions to Saunders book De Schismate , were all printed together at Colen 1628 in a thick oct . What other things our Author Rishton hath extant , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying near to St. Manhou after , year 1585 or about , Fifteen hundred eighty and five ( in his flight from Pont-à-mosson to avoid the pest ) was buried there by the care o of Joh. Barnes an English exile , the same , I suppose , with John Barnes the Benedictine Monk , whom I shall mention elsewhere . I find one Edw. Risden a Secular Priest of the English Coll. at Doway in this Mans time , who was afterwards of the Order of Carthusians , but he being descended from the Risdens or Risdons of Devonshire , must not be taken to be the same ( as some are apt to do ) with Edw. Rishton before-mention'd . I find also one Edw. Risden or Risdon a Devonian to have been Fellow of Exeter Coll. and Master of Arts 1566 , which probably may be the same with the Carthusians ; sed Qu. HENRY SIDNEY who was learned in many languages , and a great lover of learning , was born of , and descended from , a noble Family of his name living at Cranleigh in Surrey , became a Student in New Coll. ( as it seems ) in 1543 or thereabouts , but making no long stay there , he went to the Court , where he became a co●panion to Prince Edward ( afterwards King Ed. 6. ) and by him much esteemed . In the third year of that Kings Reign he received the honour of Knighthood , and was forthwith , being then about 22 years of age , sent Embassadour into France , where he behaved himself far beyond his years . In the 2 and 3 of Phil. and Mary he was made general Governour of all the Kings and Queens revenues , within the Realm of Ireland , and about two years after Lord Justice thereof . In the 2 of Qu. Elizab. he was q appointed Lord President of the Marches of Wales , and 4 years after was made Knight of the honorable order of the Garter , having before been employed in one or more Embassies . In 1568 , in the month of Apr. he was constituted Deputy of Ireland , and in Aug. the same year , being then at Oxon. he was actually created Master of Arts. Afterwards he was Lord Justice again and twice Deputy of the said Kingdom , &c. This Person hath written many things , which chiefly continue at this time in MS. All that I have seen are , A godly letter to his Son Philip. Lond. 1592. oct . Since which time have been other letters of his to the said Person made extant ; two of which I have r seen without date , as that which begins thus , Son Philip I have received two letters from you . And the other My Son , the virtuous inclination of thy matchless mother , &c. He hath also written , Miscellanies of Irish affairs — MS. and caused also the Statutes of Ireland to be first published in print . He paid his last debt to nature in the Bishops Pallace at Worcester in his return from Ludlow , on s the fourth day of May in Fifteen hundred eighty and six , year 1586 and was buried 21. of June following in the Church at Penshurst in Kent , he having some years before obtained the mannour thereof to him and his posterity for ever . The character given of him by one t the knew him in Ireland , I shall here insert for a conclusion of those things I have said of him , which is this . He was stately without disdain , familiar without contempt , very continent and chast of body , no more than enough liberal , learned , and a great lover of learning , perfect in blazoning of Arms , skilful of Antiquities , of wit fresh and lively , in consultations very temperate , in utterance happy , which his experience and wisdom hath made artificial , a preferrer of many , a Father to his Servants , and both in war and peace of commendable courage . WILLIAM GOOD was born in the ancient Town of Glastenbury in Somersetshire , educated in Grammar learning there , admitted Scholar of C. C. Coll. 26. Feb. 1545 , afterwards Fellow , Master of Arts 1552 , and about that time Humanity reader in the said College . After Queen Mary came to the Crown , being then a most zealous R. Catholick , he was promoted to an Ecclesiastical Benefice in his own Country called Middle Chinnoke , and to a little Prebendship in the Church of Wells called Comba octava , in Nov. 1556 , besides the rectory of a School in the said City . All which he keeping till Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown and for some time after , he voluntarily left them , and his native Country for Religion sake , and retiring to Tourney in Flanders , entred himself there into the Society of Jesus , in 1562 aged 35. After he had served his probationship , he went into Ireland with Father David the titular Archbishop of Armagh , who left no stone unremoved there for the settling of that Kingdom in the Catholick faith and obedience . Four years being spent in that Country , not without some danger , he went to Lovaine , where he met with Rob. Persons about to enter into the said Society , whom he strengthned with many arguments in order thereunto . In 1577 he was called to Rome to take upon him the profession of the four vows ; which being done , he went into Sweeden and Poland in the company of Anth. Possevin to settle certain affairs relating to the society . Two years after he returned to Rome , and became Confessor to the English Coll. there , newly converted from an Hospital dedicated to the Holy Trinity , to a Seminary for the educating the youth of England that profess the R. Cath. Religion . Vir fuit probatae virtutis & doctrinae , ( as one u of his society saith ) atque imprimis in historiis Sanctorum Angliae optimè versatus , quorum res gestas in templo collegii Anglicani curavit coloribus exprimi , quae subinde in aes incisae prodierunt tacito ipsius inscriptae , Ecclesiae Anglicanae Trophaea . Robnae 1584. fol. In the Library also of the English Coll. at Rome there is extant a Manuscript digested according to the years of Christ and Kings of Britaine containing the Acts of the Saints of Britain . Which book is said there among those of England to have been composed and written by our Author Good , who dying at Naples 5. July ( according to the accompt there followed ) in Fifteen hundred eighty and six , year 1586 was buried in the College of the Jesuits there , who have yet a great respect for his name : One or more of whom have promised me a copy of his Epitaph , if there be any , but no answer have I yet received . PHILIP SIDNEY , the short-liv'd Ornament of his noble Family , and the Marcellus of the English Nation , hath deserv'd , and without dispute or envy enjoyed , the most exalted praises of his own and of succeeding Ages . The Poets of his time , especially Spencer , reveren'd him not only as a Patron , but a Master ; and he was almost the only Person in any age ( I will not except Mecaenas ) that could teach the best rules of Poetry , and most freely reward the performances of Poets . He was a Man of a sweet nature , of excellent behaviour , of much , and withall of well digested , learning ; so that rarely wit , courage , breeding , and other additional accomplishments of conversation have met in so high a degree in any single Person . It is to be wish'd that his life might be written by some judicious hand , and that the imperfect essay of Sir Fulk Grevill L Brook might be supply'd ; In the mean time I am forc'd to consider him only as an Author , and to give him these short notes of his life and education . He was Son of Sir Hen. Sidney before-mention'd by the Lady Mary his Wife , eldest Daughter of Joh. Dudley Duke of Northumberland , was born , as 't is supposed , at Penshurst in Kent , 29. Nov. 1554 , and had his Christian name given to him by his Father , from K Philip , then lately married to Qu. Mary . While he was very young , he was sent to Christ Ch. to be improved in all sorts of learning ; and was contemporary there with Rich. Carew Author of The Survey of Cornwall , where continuing till he was about 17 years of age , under the tuition of Dr. Tho. Thornton Canon of that house , he was in June 1572 sent to travel , for on the 24 Aug. following , when the Massacre fell out at Paris , he was then there , and at that time , ( as I conceive ) he , with other English Men , did fly to the house of Francis Walsingham Embassadour there from the Queen of England . Thence he went through Loraine , and by Strasburgh and Heydelburg to Frankfort in Sept. or Oct. following , as his said w life written by Sir Fulk Grevill his companion and friend attesteth . But what is added there , that Hubert Languet accompanied him in the whole course of his 3 years travels , is a great mistake , as will appear by Languets Epistles to our Author Philip Sidney , printed more than once . For so it was , that in the next spring in May 1573 , Larguet removed to Vienna , where our Author met him again , and stayed with him till September , when he went into Hungary and those parts . Thence he journied into Italy , where he continued all the Winter following , and most of the Summer , an . 1574 , and then he returned into Germany with Languet , and next spring he returned , by Frankfort , Heydelberg , and Antwerp home into England , about May 1575. The like mistakes are in the said life x concerning Languets coming into England in Februar . 1578 , at which time , 't is said , he was about 66 years of age , whereas he was but 61 ; that also he and Sidney parted at Sea , which could not be , for Duke John Ca●●mire , with whom he came , went away so suddenly , that Languet could not take leave of him . In the Year 1576 he was sent y by the Queen to Rodolph the Emperour to condole the death of Maximilian , and also to other Princes of Germany , at which time he caused this inscription to be written under his Arms , which he then hung up in all places where he lodged . Illustriss . & generosiss . virs Philippi Sidneii Angli , Proregis Hiberniae filii , Comitum Warwici & Leycestriae nepotis , sereniss . Reginae Angliae ad Caesarem Legati . The next year , in his return , he saw that gallant Prince , Don John de Austria Vice Roy in the L●wcountries for the K. of Spain , and William Prince of Aurange or Orange ; by the former of which , tho at first he was lightly esteemed , upon the account of his youth , yet after some discourse he found himself so strucken with him , that the beholders wondred to see what tribute that brave and high minded Prince paid to his worth , giving more honour and respect to him , in his private capacity , than to the Embassadours of mighty Princes . In the Year 1579 , he , tho neither Magistrate or Counsellour , did shew himself , for several weighty reasons , opposite to the Queens matching with the Duke of Anjou , which he very pithily expressed by a due address of his humble reasons to her , as may be fully seen in a book called a Cabola . The said address was written at the desire of some great personage , his Uncle Robert ( I suppose ) Earl of Leycester ; upon which a great quarrel hapned between him and Edw. Vere Earl of Oxford . This , as I conceive , might occasion his retirement from Court next Summer , an . 1580 , wherein perhaps he wrot that pleasant Romance called Arcadia . In 1581 the treatise of marriage was renewed , and our Author Sidney with Fulk Grevill b were two of the tilters at the entertainment of the French Embassadour ; and at the departure of the Duke of Anjou from England in Febr. the same year , he attended him to c Antwerp . On the 8. Janu. 1582 he with Peregrine Bertie received the honour of Knighthood from the Queen , and in the beginning of 1585 he designed an expedition with Sir Francis Drake into America , but being hindred by the Queen ( in whose opinion he was so highly prized that she thought the Court deficient without him ) he was in Octob. following made Governour of Flushing , about that time delivered to the Queen for one of the cautionary towns , and General of the Horse . In both which places of great trust , his carriage testified to the world wisdom and valour , with addition of honour to his country by them ; and especially the more , when in July 1586 he surprised Axil , and preserved the lives and honour of the English Army at the enterprise of Gravelin . So that whereas ( through the fame of his high deserts ) he was then , or rather before , in election for the Crown of Poland , the Queen of England refused to further his advancement , not out of emulation , but out of fear to lose the jewel of her times . What can be said more ? He was a Statesman , Soldier , and Scholar , a compleat Master of matter and language , as his immortal Pen shews . His Pen and his Sword have rendred him famous enough . He died by the one , and by the other he 'll ever live , as having been hitherto highly extolled for it by the Pens of Princes . This is the happiness of art , that although the sword doth archieve the honour , yet the arts do record it , and no Pen hath made it better known than his own , in that book called Arcadia . Certain it is , he was a noble and matchless Gentleman ; and it may be justly said without hyperboles of fiction , as it was of Cato Uticensis that he seemed to be born to that only which be went about . His written works are these . The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia — Several times printed at London in quarto and fol. Which being the most celebrated Romance that was ever written , was consecrated to his noble , virtuous and learned Sister Mary , the Wife of Henry Earl of Pembroke , who having lived to a very fair age , dyed in her house in Aldersgate-street in London 25. Sept. 1621. whereupon her body was buried in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury among the graves of the Pembrochian Family . This Arcadia , tho then , and since , it was , and is , taken into the hands of all ingenious Men , and said by one living at , or near , the time when first published , to be a book most famous for rich conceipt and splendor of courtly expressions , yet the Author was not so fond , a B. Heliodorus was of his amorous work , for he desired e when he died ( having first consulted with a Minister about it ) to have had it suppressed . One who writes himself G. M. f wrot the second and last part of the first book of the said Arcadia , making thereby a compleat end of the first History — Lond. 1613. qu. And in the eighth edit . printed at Lond. 1633. Sir W. A. Knight made a supplement of a defect in the third part of the History , and R. B. of Linc. Inn Esq ; added then a sixth book thereunto . In 1662 came out the said Arcadia again , in 6 books ; with several of his other works added to them . In 1624 it was printed in French , in 3. vol. or parts in oct . and hath , as I have been informed , undergone several impressions in France . It hath been also printed once or more in the Dutch language and in others . Sir Philip also wrot , A dissuasive Letter to Queen Elizab. her marriage with Monsier of France , &c. — 'T is in a book called Scrinia Ceciliana Lond. 1663. qu. Astrophel and Stella ; wherein the excellencie of sweet poesie is concluded . Lond. 1591. qu. Said to be written for the sake of one whom he entirely loved , viz. the Lady Rich , by whom was understood Philoclea in the Arcadia . An Apologie for poetry . Lond. 1595. qu. in prose . There is a book in being called The Art of English Poesie , not written by Sidney , as some have thought , but rather by one Puttenham sometimes a Gentleman Pensioner to Qu. Elizab. Sonnetts . Remedie for love . At the end of the 11th . edit of Arcadia , Lond. 1662. fol. Ourania , a Poem . Lond. 1606. published by N. B. An Essay upon valour — so I find it mention'd in Cottoni posthuma , yet others say it was written by Sir Thom. Overbury Quaere . Almonzor and Almanzaida , a Novel . Lond. 1678. oct . This book coming out so late , it is to be enquired , whether Sir Philip Sidneys name is not set to it for sale-sake , being a usual thing in these days to set a great name to a book , and to enhance the price of it by the esteem of the supposed Author . Englands Helicon ; or , a collection of Songs — Sir Philip Sidneys name is also put to it , as being the Author of most of the said Songs . 'T was printed at Lond. in qu. Instructions describing what special observations are to be taken by Travellers in all nations , states , and countries — This book which is printed in 12 o , hath the names of Robert Earl of Essex and Sir Philip Sidney put to it , but may be question'd whether either had a hand in it . He also translated from French into English , A work containing the trueness of Christian Religion against Atheists &c. written originally by Philip Morney . But the said translation being left imperfect by Sidney , Arthur Golding finish'd it . — Lond. 1587. qu. He also ( Sidney ) turn'd the Psalmes of David into English verse , which are in MS. in the Library of the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton , curiously bound in a crimson velvet cover , left thereunto by his Sister Mary Countess of Pembroke . At length Sir Philip being wounded in the battle at Zutphen , while he was getting up the third horse ( having had two slain under him before ) on the 22 Septemb. year 1586 in Fifteen hundred eighty and six , he was carried to Arnheim , where languishing under his wound 25 days or thereabouts , he died on the sixteenth of October following . This was that Sidney , whom , as Gods will was , he should be therefore born into the world , even g to shew unto our age a sample of ancient virtues : so his good pleasure was , before any looked for it , to call for him again , and take him out of the world as being more worthy of Heaven than Earth . Soon after his death , his body was brought to Flushing , and being embarqued with great solemnity on the first of November , landed at Tower Wharf on the sixth day of the said month . Thence 't was conveyed to the Minories without Aldgate , where it lay in state for some time till his magnificent funeral in St. Pauls Cathedral 16. of Feb. following ; which , as many Princes have not exceeded in the solemnity , so few have equalled in the sorrow for his loss . He was buried near to that place which his Father-in-law Sir Francis Walsingham had designed ( as I have heard ) to be entombed in , without any monument or inscription save only a copy of English verses written on a wooden table , that were divers years after his death put over his grave . When his said Father-in-law was buried in that place afterwards , there was a fair tomb designed for them both , and epitaphs composed by Dr. Jo. Rainolds , a copy of which for Sidney you may see h elsewhere . James King of Scots , afterwards of England honored him with an Epitaph of his composition . The muses of Oxon also lamenting much for his loss , composed verses to his memory ; ( printed at Ox. 1587. qu. ) among which I find Cardinal Wolsey's Daughter lamenting the loss of her Alumnus . Those of New Coll. in their Peplus i Sidnaei , dedicated to Henry Earl of Pembroke ( who married Sir Philips Sister ) as having been formerly of that house , did bewail his death . The most ingenious of Cambridge University did also exercise their fancies ; made publick by Alex. Nevill a member thereof — Lond. 1587. qu. besides several private Persons , among which , was L. B. who wrot a pastoral Elegie and Eglogue on his death , entit . Astrophel , printed at the end of Edm. Spencers Poetry called Colin clouts , &c. Lond. 1595. qu. The said Sir Philip left behind him a Daughter named Elizabeth , who being born in 1585 , Scipio Gentilis an eminent Civilian wrot a Lat. Poem on her nativity entit . Nereus , sive de natali Elizabethae , illustriss . Philippi Sydnaei filiae Lond. 1586. in one sh . in qu. She was afterwards married to Rog. Mannours Earl of Rutland , but died without issue by him . THOMAS BOURCHIER was descended from those of his name who were Earls of Bathe , but in what County born , I cannot yet tell , received some parts of literature in this University , particularly , as I conceive , in Magd. Coll. yet took no Degree there , unless in the Reign of Edw. 6. when the common register of the University was in a manner totally neglected . Afterwards upon pretence of being weary of the heresie , as he call'd it , that in his time was practised in England , he went beyond the Seas , settled in Paris , took upon him then , if not before , the habit of St. Francis , and lived as a Brother in the house of that order there , where also others of his Country lived , and at length became Doctor of Divinity of the Sorbon , at which time he was held in great esteem for his Religion and learning . Afterwards going to Rome he lived among those of his order in the Monastery called by Latin Authors Ara coeli , and at length became Penitentiary to the Church of St. John Lateran there . He hath written . Historia Ecclesiastica de Martyrio fratrum ordinis Minorum Divi Francisci de observantia , qui partim in Anglia sub Henrico 8 , Rege , partim in Belgio sub Principe Auriaco , partim & in Hybernia tempore Elizabethae regnantis Reginae , passi sunt ab an . 1536. ad an . 1582. Par. 1582. and 1586. in oct . Ingolst . 1583. in tw . The names of those English Men that suffered Martyrdome in England , were Father Anton. Brorbe , or , as some call him , Brockby , Tho. Cortt , Thom. Belchiam and Father John Forest . All which were executed in 1537. and 38. What other things our Author Bourchier hath written , I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , only , year 1586 that he departed this mortal life * about Fifteen hundred eighty and fix , and was buried either in the Church of St. John Lateran , or in that belonging to the Monastery called Ara coeli before-mention'd . THOMAS BRASBRIDGE , a Northamptonshire Man born , was elected Demie of Magd. Coll. by the endeavours of Peter Morwyng , an . 1553 , aged 16 , where after he had continued a sedulous Student for some years , was elected Probationer-Fellow of Allsouls College in 1558. Thence also he returned to Magd. Coll. of which he became Fellow in 1562 , and soon after proceeding in Arts , applied his mind partly to Divinity and partly to Physick . In 1574 he supplicated to be admitted to the reading of the Sentences , but whether he was really admitted it appears not . The next year he resign'd his Fellowship , having a spiritual cure , or School , or both , conferr'd on him at , or near to , Banbury in Oxfordshire , where , as it seems , he practised Physick . His works are , The poor Mans Jewell , viz. a Treatise of the pestilence . To which is annexed a Declaration of the virtues of the hearbes Carduus benedictus and Angelica , &c. — Lond. 1578. and 91. in oct . Questiones in Officia M. T. Ciceronis , &c. &c. Oxon. 1615. oct Dedicated to Dr. Laur. Hamphrey President of Magd. Coll. an . 1586. What other things he published , I cannot yet tell , nor any thing of his latter end . JOHN FOX the noted Martyriologist , was born at St. Botolphs town commonly called Boston in Lincolnshire , an . 1517 , became a Student of Brasenose Coll. at about 16 years of age under the inspection and patronage of Mr. Joh. Hawarden Fellow thereof . Afterwards he was elected Fellow of Magd. Coll. and proceeded Master of Arts in 1543 , which was the highest Degree he attained to in this University , being then esteemed eminent for his learning and knowledge in the three tongues . About that time King Hen. 8. setting up a mongrel Religion in the Land , which our Author did not like by shewing his opinion in several respects , especially by absenting himself from the Chappel , did , with others of the same mind , resign his Fellowship about St. Mary Magd. day in 1545 , meerly as 't was thought to prevent expulsion . Afterwards he was entertain'd for a time in the house of Sir Thom. Lucy in Warwickshire , where , as 't is said , he took to him a Wife , and then went to Riegate in Surrey to be tutor and teacher to the children of the Duke of Norfolk ; where remaining for some time , was the first Man ( as 't is said ) that ever preached the Gospel in that place , even when the Roman Catholick Religion was in great strength . But Gardiner Bishop of Winchester having notice of , caused search to be made after , him . Whereupon the said Duke being careful of , sent , him safely into Germany ; where , in the City of Basil he became a most painful labourer at his Pen in the house of Operinus a learned Printer . Being then about 30 years of age , he had read over all that either the Greek , or Latin Fathers had left in their writings , the Schoolmen in their disputations , the Councils in their Acts or the Consistory in their Decrees , and acquired no mean skill in the Hebrew tongue . After King Hen. 8. had been dead some time , he returned to Magd. Coll. whence , after a little stay , he went again to his charge at Riegate , and there remaining till after Queen Mary came to the Crown , left England once more , and retired to his old Landlord at Basil , where continuing a severe drudge at his book till Queen Elizabeth was settled in the Throne , he returned to his Country and was received by the said Duke , then living at his mannour place called Christ Church in London , who very bountifully entertain'd him . From that house he travelled weekly every Munday to the house of John Day the Printer to consummate his Acts and Monuments of the Church , and other works in English and Latin. But as for the preferments he then enjoyed , ( for he was offer'd to accept in a manner what he pleased ) were only the Prebendship of Shipton in the Church of Salisbury ( which he obtained on the death of Peter Vannes , in the month of May 1563 ) and as some say , the Vicaridge of St. Giles near Cripplegate in London , but this last , I suppose , he kept ( if he had it at all ) but a little while in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth , being always averse to subscribe to the Canons , ( tho tendred to him by Parker Archbishop of Canterbury ) and to the ceremonies , in some part , of the Church . He was a Person of good natural endowments , a sagacious searcher into historical antiquity , incomparably charitable , of exemplary life and conversation , but a severe Calvinist and a very bitter enemy in his writings ( exceeding the rules of charity , as 't is conceived by some ) against the Rom. Catholick party . He hath written , De Christo triumphante , Comaedia . Lond. 1551. Bas . 1556. oct . &c. Written at Basil in the house of Operinus before-mention'd , translated into English by Rich. Day or D'aiia , Son of John Day the noted Printer in Queen Elizabeths Reign , with this title , Christ Jesus triumphant , wherein is describ'd the glorious triumph and conquest of Christ , over sin , death and the Law , &c. Lond. 1579 and 1607 oct . Which Ric. Day , by the way it must be noted , was bred a Scholar in Kings Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwads exercis'd the place of Minister at Riegate in Surrey , in the room of our Author Fox , but soon after leaving that profession , followed the trade of Printing , and lived several years near to Aldersgate in London where his Father had lived before . In 1672 it was published again at Lond. in oct . and dedicated to all Schoolmasters , to the end that it might be admitted into their respective Schools for the eminent elegance of its style , by T. C. Mast . of Arts of Sydney Coll. in Cambridge . De censurâ seu excommunicatione ecclesiasticâ , interpellatio ad Archiep. Cantuar. Lond. 1551. oct . Tables of Grammar . Lond. 1552. Commentarii rerum in Ecclesia gestarum , maximarumque per totam Europam , persecutionum à Wiclevi temproibus , ad hanc usque aetatem descript . Argent . 1554. oct . in one book . To which the Author added 5 more books ; all printed together at Basil 1559. fol. Articuli , seu Aphorismi aliquot Job . Wiclevi sparsim ex variis illius opusculis excerpti per adversarios Papicolas , ac concilio Constantiensi exhibiti . Collectanea quaedom ex Reginaldi Pecoki Episc . Cicestrensis opusculis exustis conservata , & ex antiquo psegmate transcripta . Opistographia ad Oxonienses . These three last are printed with his Commentarii . Locorum communium Legicalium tituli & ordinationes 150 , ad seriem praedicamentorum decem descripti , &c. Bas . 1557. qu. Probationes & resolutiones de re & materiâ sacramenti Eucharistici . Lond. 1563. or thereabouts . Acts and Monuments of matters most special and memorable , hapning in the Church , with an universal historie of the same . Wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course from the primitive age to these later times of ours , &c. — Lond. 1583. in two vol. in fol. the 4th edition . There again 1596 , &c. Printed also in 3. Volumes 1632 , &c. In the Year 1684 the said book came out again in 3 volumes with copper cuts , the former editions having only wooden . The undertakers of which impression had in a manner obtained a promise from King Charles 2. to revive the order in Queen Elizabeths time of placing the said book of Acts and Monuments in the common Halls of Archbishops , Bishops , Deans , Archdeacons , Heads of Colleges , &c. according to the Canons of Dr. Matthew Parker Archbishop of Canterbury , an . 1571 , to the end that they might not be losers by the said impression , &c. As our Author Fox hath taken a great deal of pains in the said volumes and shew'd sometimes much judgment in his labours , so hath he committed many errours therein , by trusting to the relations of poor simple People , and in making such Martyrs that were living after the first edition of his book came forth , tho afterwards by him excused and omitted . Nay Father Parsons , if he may be believ'd , tells us of his wilful corruptions and falsifications of Authors , particularly Ven. Bede , of his tergiversation , impertinent and ignorant arguments , contempt of antiquity , his rejection of our ancient Historiographers and I know not what . But these matters being beyond my Province to mention , I shall only refer the reader to the two parts of conversions in the first volume of those three called , A treatise of three conversions of England , &c. where he may not only find much discourse concerning the said book , or volumes of Acts and Mon. but also of the Author of them , as the index at the latter end will direct him . See also the said Parsons his Relation of a trial held in France about religion — Printed 1604. p. 59. 60. De Christo crucifixo : Concio in die Paracev . in 2. Cor. cap 5. ver . 20. 21. Lond. 1571. qu. Printed also in English — Lond. 1609. oct . De Olivâ Evangelica : Concio in baptismo Judaei habita Londini 1. Apr. cum narratione capitis XI . D. Pauli ad Romanos . Lond. 1578. Translated into English by Jam. Bell. To which Latin Sermon is an appendix De Christo triumphante , which is the same I have mentioned before . Concerning mans election to salvation . Lond. 1581. oct . Certain notes of election , added to Beza his treatise of predestination . Lond. 1581. oct . De Christo gratis justificante , contra Jesuitus Lond. 1583. oct . Disputatio contra Jesuitas & eorum argumenta , quibus inhaeren●●n justitiam ex Aristotile confirmant . Rupell . 1585. oct Eicasmi , seu meditation●s in Apocal. S. Johannis Apostoli & Evangelistae . Lond. 1587. fol. Genev. 1596. oct . Papa consutatus : vel sacra & Apostolica Ecclesia papam confutans . Translated into English by James Bell a great admirer of Joh. Fox — pr. at Lond. in qu. Brief exhortation , fruitful and meet to be read in the time of Gods visitation , where Ministers do lack , or otherwise cannot be present to comfort them . Lond. in oct . He translated also from English into Latin. Concio funebris in obitum Augustae memoriae Ferdinandi Caesaris recens defuncti , in Eccles . Cath. S. Pauli habitae 3. Oct. 1564. Also from Latin into English . ( 1 ) A Sermon of Joh. Oecolampadius to young Men and Maidens . Lond. in tw . ( 2 ) An instruction of Christian Faith , how to lay hold upon the promise of God and not to doubt of our salvation . Or otherwise thus . Necessary instructions of faith and hope for Christians to hold fast , and not to doubt , &c. Lond. 1579. sec . edit . in oct . Written by Urbanus Regius . He finished also and compleated An answer Apologetical to Hierome Osorius his slanderous invective . Lond. 1577 , and 1581. qu. ( began in Latin by Walt. Haddon LL D. ) and published , The four Evangelists in the old Saxon tongue , with the English thereunto adjoyned . Lond. 1571. qu. What else he wrot and translated you may see in * Baleus ; but the reader is to understand that several of those books that he mentions , were never printed . At length after our Author had spent 70 years or more in this vain and transitory world , he yielded to nature on the 18. Apr. in Fifteen hundred eighty and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of St. Giles without Cripplegate before-mention'd . year 1587 Over his grave is set up an inscription to his memory on the South wall , a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq . Univ. Oxon. lib. 2 p. 195. but not one word of him ( which is a wonder to me ) is mention'd in the Annalls of Q. Elizab. written by Will. Camden , or by any Epigrammatist of his time , only Joh. Parkhurst , who was his acquaintance in this University . He left behind him a Son named Samuel , born in the City of Norwych , made Demie of Magd. Coll. 1576. aged 15 , afterwards Fellow of that House and Master of Arts , who about 1610 wrot The life of his Father Joh. Fox , which is set in Latin and English before the second Volume of Acts and Monuments , printed at Lond. 1641. I find one Joh. Fox to be Author of Time and the end of time , in 2 discourses , printed at Lond. in 12 o , but that Joh. Fox was later in time than the former . While Joh. Fox the Martyriologist was Prebendary of Sarum , he settled the Corps belonging thereunto ( which is the impropriation of Shipton Underwood near Burford in Oxfordshire ) on his Son : whose Grand-daughter named Anne , Heir to her Father Tho. Fox , was married to Sir Ric. Willis of Ditton in Essex Knight and Baronet , sometimes Colonel-general of the Counties of Linc. Nott. and Rutland , and Governour of the Town and Castle of Newark , who , or at least his Son Tho. Fox Willis , enjoyeth it to this day . an . 1690. JOHN FIELD was a noted Scholar of his time in this University , but in what house he studied , I cannot yet tell . One of both his names was admitted Fellow of Lincoln Coll. in the Year 1555 , but took no Degree , if the register saith right . Another took the Degree of Bach. of Arts 1564 , and that of Master three years after . And a third Jo. Field took the Degree of Bach. of Arts only , in 1570. Which of these three was afterwards John Field the famous Preacher and Minister of St. Giles Cripplegate in London ( who saith in one of his books , which I shall anon mention , that he was educated in Oxon ) I cannot justly say , unless it be he that was Mast . of Arts. The works of that Joh. Field , who saith that he was of the Univ. of Oxon , are these , Prayers and meditations for the use of private families , and sundry other Persons according to their divers states and occasions . Lond. 1581. 85. 1601. &c. in tw . Caveat for Persons , Howlet and the rest of the dark brood . Lond. 1581. oct . Exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles . Lond. 1581. oct . Godly Exhortation by occasion of a late judgment of God shewed at Paris garden , 13. Januar. 1583. upon divers Persons , whereof some were killed , and many hurt at a Beare-baiting , &c. Lond. 1583. oct . Printed there again 1588 with this title . A declaration of the Judgment of God shewed at Paris garden , &c. The said Jo. Field also hath translated into English . ( 1 ) A treatise of Christian righteousness . Lond. 1577. oct . Written in French by Mr. J. de L'espine . ( 2 ) Notable treatise of the Church , in which are handled all the principal questions that have been moved in our time concerning that matter . Lond. 1579. oct . Written in French by Phil. de Mornay . ( 3 ) Sermons on Jacob and Esau , on Gen. 25. ver . 12. to the 38. verse of 27. of Gen. Lond. 1579. qu. Written by Joh. Calvin . ( 4 ) Four Sermons entreating of matters very profitable for our time , ( the first of which is on Psal . 16. 3. ) With a brief exposition of the 87 Psalm . Lond. 1579. qu. Written in French by John Calvin . ( 5 ) Second part of questions which is concerning the Sacraments . Lond. 1580. Written by Theod. Beza . ( 6 ) Com. on the Creed . Lond. 1582. oct . Written by Gasp . Olevian . ( 7 ) Prayers used at the end of the readings upon the Prophet Hosea . Lond , 1583. in 16. Which prayers were made and written by J. Calvin . ( 8 ) Christian Meditations , on the 6. 25 and 32 Psalmes . Lond. in 16o. written by P. Pilesson , &c. besides other things which I have not yet seen . At length our Author Field dying about his middle age , in the latter end of the year ( after the 16. year 1586 Febr. ) Fifteen hundred eighty and seven , was buried in the Church of St. Giles before mention'd , leaving behind him several Children , of which the eldest was named Theophilus Field , educated in Cambridge , afterwards Chaplain to King James the first , Bishop of Landaff and at length of Hereford , as I shall more at large tell you elsewhere . WILLIAM HARRISON was a Londoner born , educated in Grammar learning at Westminster under Mr. Alex. Nowell in the latter end of King Hen. 8. or beginning of King Edw. 6. sent to Oxon to obtain Academical learning , but to what house therein , unless Ch. Ch. I cannot justly tell . From Oxon he went to Cambridge , and making some stay there , became at length domestick Chaplain to Sir Will. Brook Knight , Lord Warden of the Cinque ports and Baron of Cobham in Kent ; who , if I mistake not , preferr'd him to a benefice . He hath written , Historical description of the Island of Britain : with a brief rehearsal of the nature and qualities of the People of England , and such commodities as are to be found in the same . In 3. books — They were first published in the first and second volume of Chronicles that go under the name of Raphael Holinshed , printed at Lond. 1577. in fol. and there again in 1587 with augmentations by Jo. Hooker alias Vowell . The collection is made from divers choice Authors , many of which were then in MS. A Chronologie . — Gathered and compiled with most exquisite diligence , after the example of Gerardus Mercator , and other late Chronoligers : So saith Raph. Holinshed in his Preface to the third volume of Chronicles . What he hath written besides , I know not , nor any thing else , but that he was living in Fifteen hundred eighty and seven . I find one Will. Harrison born in the Dioc. of London , elected Bachelaur-Fellow of Merton Coll. 1557 , admitted M. of Arts in 1560 , being then beneficed near to Northampton , but he dying 1564 cannot be understood to be the same with the writer . Another Will. Harrison I find to be installed Canon of Windsore , 1586. being about that time Rector of Radwynter , ( in Essex ) who dying 1593 was buried at Windsore , leaving behind him several Children which he had by his Wife Marian Daughter of Will. Isebrand of Anderne near to Guisnes in Picardie . Whether this Will. Harrison be the same with the writer , I cannot tell . WILLIAM WATKINSON was educated in Ch. Ch. became Prebendary of Milverton in the Church of Wells after he had taken the Degree of Bach. of Arts , afterwards he was one of the Proctors , and Bach. of Divinity of this University . He hath translated into English . ( 1 ) Of the happiness of this our age , and the ingratitude of Men to God for his benefits . Lond. 1578. qu. Written by Joh. Rivius . ( 2 ) Meditations on the 32. Psalm . Lond. 1579. oct . and other things , which I have not yet seen . How long he lived beyond Fifteen hundred eighty and seven ( 29. Elizab. ) in which year he took the Degree of Bach. of Div. I know not . ULPIAN FULWELL , a Somersethire Man born , and a Gentlemans Son , became a Commoner of St. Maries Hall , in the Year 1578 aged 32 but whether he took any Degree among us , it appears not . While he continued in the said House , where he was esteemed a Person of ingenuity by his contemporaries , he partly wrot , The eighth liberal science , called Ars adulandi , or , the Art of flattery — Printed 1579. qu. Afterwards having learned the art of Poetry among the Academians , he wrot and published , A pleasant enterlude , intit . Like will to like , quoth the Devil to the Collier . Wherein is declared what punishment follows those that will rather live licentiously , that esteem and follow good counsel . Lond. 1587. qu. Written in time , and printed in an English Character . The name of Ulp. Fulwell stands quoted by Jo. Speed in his life of K. Ed. 6. in his Chronicle , and therefore I suppose he hath other things printed , for I cannot conceive that Joh. Speed should quote him for any thing out of the two former books . ROBERT CROWLEY , or Croleus as he writes himself , a very forward Man for reformation in the time of K. Ed. 6. and Qu. Elizab. was a born in Glocestershire , became a Student in the University about 1534 , and was soon after made Demie of Magd. Coll. ●● 1542 , he being then Bach. of Arts , was made Probationer-fellow of the said House by the name of Rob. Crule , but whether he took the Degree of Master of Arts it appears not ; for likely it is , that he left the University when K. Hen. 8. began to settle a mongrel Religion in the Nation . When K. Ed. 6. began to Reign , he exercised the profession of Printing in Ely rents in Holbourn near to London , sold books , and at leisure times exercised the gift of Preaching in the great City and elsewhere : But upon the succession of Queen Mary , he , among several English Protestants , lest the Kingdom , went to Frankfort in Germany and setled there purposely to enjoy the Religion which had been practised in England in the days of K. Ed. 6. After her decease he returned , and had several benefices bestowed on him , among which was the Vicaridge of St. Giles by Criplegate in London , ( of which Church he wrot himself Vicar 1566. ) where continuing his pretended gifts in preaching , was followed and respected by the neighbourhood of those parts , and by others for his skill in rimes and poetry . He hath written , The Supper of the Lord after the true meaning of the sixth of John , and the XI of the 1 Epist to the Corinthians , &c. And incidently in the exposition of the Supper , is confuted the Letter of Mr. Tho. More against Joh. Frith — Printed 5. Apr. 1533 in a small oct . Confutation of Nich. Shaxton Bishop of Sarum , his recantation of 13 Articles , at the burning of Mistris Anne Askew . Lond. 1546. ( oct . ) Explicatio petitoria ( ad Parliamentum ) adversus expilatores plebis . — Printed in the Engl. tongue 1548 in oct . Translated into Lat. by John Heron. Confutation of Miles Hoggard's wicked ballad made in defence of transubstantation of the Sacrament . Lond. 1548. oct . The voice of the last Trumpet blown by the seventh Angell , &c , containing 12 several lessons . Lond. 1549. oct . Written in meter . Pleasure and pain , heaven and hell . Remember these four and all shall be well . Lond. 1550 51. in oct . Written in meter . Way to wealth , wherein is plainly taught a most present remedy for sedition . Lond. 1550. oct . One and thirty Epigrams , wherein are briefly touched so many abuses , that may , and ought to , be put away . Lond. 1550. in tw . This was printed by the Author ( Crowley ) in his house in Ely rents before-mention'd . An apologie of those English Preachers and Writers , which Cerberus the three-headed dog of hell , chargeth with false doctrine under the name of Predestination . Lond. 1566. qu. Of which book you may see more in Canterburies doome , written by Will. Prynne , p. 169. Of the signes and tokens of the latter day . Lond. 1567. oct . A setting open of the subtile sophistry of Tho. Watson D. D. which he used in his two Sermons preached before Qu. May in Lent 1553 concerning the real presence in the Sacrament . Lond. 1569. qu. Sermon in the Chappell at Gilde hall in London 29. Sept. 1574. before the Lord Mayor and the whole state of the Citie , on Psalme 139. ver . 21. 22. 23. 24. &c. Lond. 1575. oct . Answer to Tho. Pound his six reasons , wherein he sheweth that the Scriptures must be judged by the Church . Lond. 1581. qu. Brief discourse concerning those four usual notes whereby Christs Catholick Church is known , &c. Lond. 1581. qu. Replication to that lewd answer which Frier Joh. Francis ( of the Minimies order in Nigeon near Paris ) hath made to a letter that his Mother caused to be sent to him out of England . Lond. 1586. qu. Deliberate aunsweare to a Papist , proving that Papists are Antichristian Schismaticks , and that religious Protestants are indeed right Catholicks . Lond. 1587. qu. The Schoole of vertue and book of good nurture , teaching Children and Youths their duties . Lond. 1588. oct . &c. This book is composed in Engl. meter , hath at the end of it certain prayers and graces , and is at this day commonly sold at the stalls of Ballad singers . Dialogue between Lent and Libertie , wherein is declared that Lent is a meer invention of Man. Lond. in oct . He also translated into English the Psalter of David ; The Letany with Hymnes , and turned into meter Davids Psalmes . All printed in the time of Ed. 6. in qu. an . 1549. &c. He also first of all published The Visions of Pierce Plowman . Lond. 1550. qu. Which hath since , been once or twice made extant with corrections . At length this most zealous Person having lived to a fair age , mostly spent in continual action for the settlement and propagation of the Protestant Religion , submitted to the stroke of death in Fifteen hundred eighty and eight , year 1588 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church dedicated to St. Giles , situated and being near to Cripplegate in Lond. Over his grave was soon after a monumental stone laid , with this inscription engraven on a brass plate fastned thereunto . Here lyeth the body of Robert Crowley Clerk , late Vicar of this Parish , who departed this life the 18 day of June , an . dom . 1588. GEORGE ETHRYG , or Etheridge , or , as he writes himself in Latine , Edrycus , was born in a mercate town in Oxfordshire called Thame , admitted Scholar of C. C. Coll. in Nov. 1534 , being then put under the tuition of John Shepreve , and in Feb. 1539 was made Probationer-Fellow . In 1543 he was licensed to proceed in Arts , and two years after was admitted to the reading of any of the Books of Aphorismes of Hypocrates . At length being esteemed by all to be a most excellent Grecian , he was made the Kings Professor of that language in the University about 1553 , and kept that lecture till some time after Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown ; and then , because he had been a forward Person against the Protestants in Qu. Maries Reign , was forced to leave it . So that following the practice of his faculty of Medicine with good success in , and near , Oxon , especially among those of his opinion , gained a considerable stock of wealth . He mostly lived , and kept a Family in an antient decayed place of literature called George hall opposite almost to the South end of Catstreet in St. Maries Parish in Oxon , in which he took to him ( in the condition of Sojournours ) the Sons of divers Catholick Gentlement to be instructed in several arts and sciences ; among whom was Will. Gifford afterwards Archbishop of Rheimes , who received from him rudiments in Grammar , Musick , and partly in Logick . He constantly adher'd to the R. Catholick Religion , wherein he had been zealously educated , for which he suffer'd at the reformation by losing his lecture ( perhaps his Fellowship too ) and by continual imprisonments to be great impoverishment of his health and estate . In a word , he was esteemed by most Persons , especially by those of his opinion , a noted Mathematician , well skill'd in vocal and instrumental Musick , an eminent Hebrician , Grecian , and Poet , and above all an excellent Physician , as it appears in certain books of his composition , the titles of which follow . Musical compositions . Diversa Carmina . MS. Acta Henrici octavi , carmine Graec. Presented in MS. † to Qu. Elizabeth when she was in Oxon. 1566. Hypomnemata quaedam in aliquot libros Pauli Aeginetae , seu observationes medicamentorum quae hâc aetate in usu sunt . Lond. 1588 oct . He also turn'd the Psalmes of David into a short form of Hebrew verse , and translated most , if not all , of the works of Justin Martyr from Greek into Latin , with other things , which I have not yet seen . He was living an antient Man in fifteen hundred eighty and eight , but when , or where he died , I know not , nor where buried unless in the ayard of St. Maries Church in Oxon , in which his Father and Mother were before buried . John Leland who was his familiar friend did celebrate his memory * by verse while he lived , and told him thus . Scripsisti juvenis multâ cum laude libellos , Qui Regi eximiè perplacuere meo . PETER LEVENS or Levins was born at , or near , Eske in Yorkshire , became a Student in the University , an . 1552 , was elected probationer-Fellow of Madg. Coll. into a Yorkshire place 18. Jan. 1557. being then Bach. of Arts , and on the 19. Jan. 1559 , was admitted true and perpetual Fellow . In 1560. he left his fellowship , and one Thomas Dunne M. A : succeeded him , but whether our Author Levens proceeded in Arts , or took a degree in Physick , or was licensed to practise that Faculty , it appears not in our Registers . Afterwards he taught a Grammar-School , and practised Physick , which is all I know of him , only that he wrot and published these things following . A Dictionary of English and Latine words , &c. the English going before the Latine ; necessary for Scholars that want variety of words , and for such as use to write in English metre . Lond. 1570. in 18. sh . in qu. A right profitable book for all diseases called the Path-way to health ; wherein are most excellent and approved medicines of great vertue , as also notable potions and drinks , and for the Distilling of divers waters , and making of Oyles and other comfortable receipts , Lond. 1587. qu. The Author is stiled in the title page Master of Arts of Oxon. and student in Physick and Chirurgerie . This Book was afterwards several times printed with corrections ; and one Edition came out at Lond. 1664. what else Peter Levens hath written I cannot yet tell . THOMAS SAMPSON was born about the year 1517 educated in Grammar and Academical learning amongst the Oxonian Muses , afterwards studied the municipal Laws in one of the Temples , where being converted to the Protestant Religion , did shortly after , as 't is said , convert John Bradford the Martyr . Whereupon they both taking Orders from Nich. Ridley Bishop of London , became noted Preachers in the Reign of Ed. 6 , and about that time Sampson , as 't is said , was made Dean of Chichester . In the beginning of Qu. Mary he absconded , at which time being well acquainted with one Rich. Chambers a zealous Protestant , they collected moneys in the City of London from the well affected there , to be distributed among such poor Scholars of each University , that were haters of the Roman Catholick Religion . Which matter being at length discovered , he , with his wife the Neice of Hugh Latimer were forced with Chambers to go beyond the Seas to Strasburge , where wholly applying himself to the study of Divinity , as much advanced in the knowledge thereof by his often associating himself with learned Tremelius . After Queen Elizabeth came to the Crown he returned to his native country , and became a frequent Preacher in London and much followed by the reformed party there , and afterwards in the north parts of England . In 1560. the Queen design'd him to be Bishop of Norwich , but he altogether refused it , for no other reason , as 't was suppos'd , but that he was much disaffected to the Hierarchy and Ceremonies of the Church of England . In the latter end of the said year ( in the beginning of March ) he supplicated the venerable congregation of Regents of this University , that whereas he had for the space of 16 years studied Divinity he might be admitted to the reading of Epistles of S. Paul , that is to the degree of Bach. of Divinity which was before the time of Reformation , to the reading of the Book of Sentences . This supplicat was granted by , notwithstanding he had taken no Degree before among , them , as it appears from the publick Registers . In the same congregation he supplicated also that after he was admitted Bach. of Divinity he might have liberty to proceed in the same Faculty ; but to that no answer was given . Afterwards he supplicated that he might not only use the habit of Master of Arts in the time of his admission to the Degree of Bach. of Divinity , but afterwards also while he continued in that state . Which request , though granted simpliciter , yet it doth not appear that he was admitted to that Degree . In Michaelmas term , 1561. he was installed Dean of Christ Church in Oxon , in the place of Dr. George Carew , and soon after in the month of November he supplicated the congregation of Regents , that it might be lawful for him to Preach within the limits of the University in a doctoral habit . Which desire , being , as they thought , unreasonable , yet because he was a Dean they granted it only to continue till the Act following . At that time there being a great scarcity of Divines in the University , and but very few Masters , he the said Sampson and Laur. Humphrey of Magd. Coll. another severe Calvinist , preached by turns every Lords day either at St. Maries or elsewhere to the Academians , and soon after got another brother of Allsouls Coll. ( as 't is said ) to joyn with them , but who that was , unless Andrew Kingsmyll LL. B. who afterwards out of pure sanctity went to Geneva , I know not . But Sampson being too severe a Calvinist , if not worse , to govern such a noted Coll. as Ch. Ch. ( for he was an enemy to Organs , ornaments of the Church , clerical vestments , the square cap , ( he always in imitation of Humphrey wearing the round cap ) and rather a perswader from , than encourager , to use them ) he was at length , after a great many of admonitions from authority to conform , and entreaties from certain Bishops so to do , removed from his Deanery by the sentence of Matthew Archbishop of Canterbury , an . 1564. Afterwards he obtained the Mastership of the Hospital of Will. de Wygston at Leycester , ( besides the Penitentiaryship , or the Prebend of St. Pancras in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul ) where continuing for some time in teaching , he was by the leave and favour of the Queen permitted to be a Theological Lecturer in Whittingdon Coll. in London : but before he had enjoyed that place 6 years , he was taken with the palsie . Whereupon retiring to his hospital spent the remaining part of his days in preaching and writing . Those works that go under his name are these . Letter to the professours of Christs Gospel , in the Parish of Allhallows in Bredstreet , Lond. Strasburg 1554 oct . A warning to take heed of Fowlers Psalter . Lond. 1578. oct . See in John Fowler under the Year 1578. Brief collection of the Church and Ceremonies thereof . Lond. 1581. oct . Prayers and meditations Apostolike : gathered and framed out of the Epistles of the Apostles , &c. Lond. 1592. in 16o. He also corrected , and caused to be published Two Sermons , the first of repentance , the other of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1581. oct . written by his friend Joh. Bradford , with other things of that Author . At length Tho. Sampson having lived beyond the age of Man in a perpetual motion ( as 't were ) for the carrying on of the holy cause , laid down his head , and gave up the ghost on the 9. Apr. in Fifteen hundred eighty and nine , year 1589 whereupon his body was buried in the Chappel of the Hospital of Will. de Wygston before-mention'd . Over his grave was a monument soon after fastned to the South wall thereof , with an inscription on it , erected by his Sons John and Nathaniel Sampson . A copy of which , with other matters of the said Author , which I have not here mention'd , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 254. From this Tho. Sampson , is , if I mistake not , descended Tho. Sampson a pretender to Poetry , Author of Fortunes fashion portrayed in the troubles of Lady Elizab. Gray , Wife of Edw. 4. Lond. 1613. qu. a Poem . dedicated to Henr. Pilkington of Gadsby in Leicestershire . JOHN BROWNSWERD or Brunswerdus as he writes himself , a most noted Master of the Latin Tongue , was born , as I conceive , in Cheshire , and had a considerable part of his education in this University , but mostly , as 't is thought , in Cambridge , where , I presume , he took one , or more Degrees . After his retreat thence , he setled at Macclesfield in Cheshire , where he taught the Free-school with very good success , and having obtained a good report , and honourable advancement in the Latin Empire , was deservedly numbred amongst the best Latin Poets that lived in the Reign of Qu. Elizab. His works are , Progymnasmata aliquot poemata . Lond. 1590. qu. with other things which I have not yet seen . He took his last farewel of this world on the 15. Apr. year 1589 in Fifteen hundred eighty and nine , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Macclesfield before-mentioned . In which year Tho. Newton his sometimes Scholar did publish a book of Encomia's of certain illustrious Men of England , in which he hath this Distick of Brownswerd . Rhetora , Grammaticum , Polyhistora teque poetam Quis negat : is lippus , luscus , obesus , iners . And soon after , the said Newton , whose respect to his memory was great , set up a Monument on the South wall of the said Chancel , with an inscription thereon , stiling Brownswerd , Vir pius & doctus , and concluding with these two verses . Alpha poetarum , Coryphaeus Grammaticorum , Flos Paedagogor●a hac sepelitur humo . GEORGE PETTIE , a younger Son of John le Petite or Pettie of Tetsworth and Stoke-Tatmach in Oxfordshire Esq ; was born in that County , and at about 16 years of age , an . 1564 was a Scholar or Student of Ch. Ch. under Mr. Tho. Barnard Canon thereof , and took one Degree in Arts as a member of that house in the latter end of the Year 1568. Soon after he left the University , travelled beyond the Seas , and at length became excellent for his passionate penning of amorous stories , equal for poetical invention with his dear Friend Will. Gager , and as much commended for his neat stile as any of his time . He hath written a book intit . A Petite pallace of Pettie his pleasure , containing many pretty stories in comely colours and most delightful discourses — Printed at Lond. twice at least in an English character , one of which editions bears date , 1608. in qu. written in imitation of a book intit . The pallace of pleasure beautified , adorned and well furnished with pleasant histories and excellent Novells , &c. Lond. 1569. qu. written by Will. Painter Clerk of the ordinance and armory within the Tower of London . The aforesaid Petite pallace , &c. I have in my study , and for the respect I bear to the name of the Author ( he having been uncle to my Mother Maria la Petite ) I will keep it , but 't is so far now from being excellent or fine , that it is more fit to be read by a School-boy , or rustical amoratto , than by a Gent. of mode or language . The said George Pettie translated from French into English , ( with a preface of his own put to it , ) The civile conversation of M. Stephen Guazzo , in 4. books . — Lond. 1586. qu. written originally in the Italian tongue , which I have also . Three of the said books were translated by the said Pettie , the fourth was begun by him , but finished by Barthelm . Young of the Middle Temple Gentleman , being the same Barthelmew , as I think , who lived afterwards at Ashurst in Kent , and died therein 1621. What other matters G. Pettie hath written , or translated , I cannot tell , nor do I know any thing material of him besides , only that he died in the prime of his years at Plymouth in Devonshire ( being then a Captain and a Man of note ) about the latter end of July in Fifteen hundred eighty and nine , year 1589 and was buried , as I have been told , in the great Church there . The Lands which he had by his Fathers gift in Aston-Rowant , in Kingston in the Parish thereof , and at Tetsworth in Oxfordshire , he gave to his Brother Christopher Pettie . JOHN GARBRAND alias Herks Son of Garbrand Herks a Dutch Man and Bookseller living sometimes in St. Maries Parish in Oxon , was born within the City of Oxon , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. an . 1562 , being esteemed then a good Poet. Afterwards , he , by the favour of Bishop Jewell ( who had been well acquainted with his Father while he lived in the University ) became Prebendary of Yatesbury in the Church of Salisbury , on the resignation of Tho. Whyte LL. D. in Nov. 1565 , being then only Bach. of Arts , and Prebendary of Minor pars Altaris in the said Church . In 1567 he left his Coll. and on the 18. of March 1568 he was made Preb. of Chute and Cheesenbury in the said Church of Sarum , on the deprivation of Joh. Fuller , Garbrand being then Rector of North-Crowley in Bucks . In 1582 he took the Degrees in Divinity , was then accounted an eminent Theologist and a noted Preacher , but withal a severe Puritan . He hath gathered together , corrected and compleated several things of the said B. Jewell , whome he in a marvellous manner had admired , as ( i ) A view of a seditious bull sent into England from Pius 5. Pope of Rome , an . 1569. ( 2 ) A short treatise of the Holy Scriptures . Lond 1582. oct . Both which Jewell delivered in divers Sermons in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury , an . 1570. ( 3 ) An exposition on the two Epistles to the Thessalonians . Lond. in oct . ( 4 ) Certain Sermons preached at Pauls Cross . Lond. 1583. oct . They are in number six . ( 5 ) Treatise of the Sacraments , gathered out of certain Sermons preached at Salisbury . Lond. 1583. oct . This Dr. Garbrand died in the Winter time ( about Christmas ) in Fifteen hundred eighty and nine , year 1589 and was buried in the Church of North-Crowley before-mention'd . He gave by his will several books to New Coll. Library : And all such books and papers that were given to him by B. Jewell , as also all such loose sheets which he the said Garbrand had drawn for common places , gathered out of that Bishops books , he gave to Rob. Chaloner and John Rainolds Doctors of Divinity . LAURENCE HUMPHREY , or Humfredus as he sometimes writes himself , was born at a mercate Town called Newport Paynell in Bucks . educated in Latine and Greek learning at Cambridge , made Demie of Magd. Coll. in Oxon , 1547 , perpetual Fellow two years after , ( being then Bach. of Arts ) and Master of the said faculty in 1552. About that time he was made Greek reader of his Coll. took holy orders and became a zealous and forward student in the Theological faculty . In June 1555 ( 2. and 3. of Phil. and Mary ) the President , Vicepresident , Deans , &c. of that Coll. gave leave * to the said Humphrey , who in the opinion of all was much commended for his life and conversation , as also for the excellency of his learning and wit , that he might freely for the cause of study travel into trasmarine parts for one year , conditionally that he contain himself from those places that are suspected to be heretical or favourers of heresie , and that also he refrain from the company , who are , or were authors of heresie or heretical opinions , &c. Which leave being procured , he went forthwith to Zurich and associated himself with the English exiles there , that had fled from the Nation for Religion sake . After the death of Qu. Mary he returned to his Coll. and was restored to his Fellowship , having been expelled thence because he did not return thereunto , after his time of leave was expired . In the Year 1560 he was constituted the Queens Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxon , being then about 34 years of age , at which time was a very great scarcity of Theologists throughout the body of Students , and in the year following he was elected President of his Coll. In 1562 he took the Degrees in Divinity , and in 1570 he was made Dean of Glocester upon the promotion of Dr. Tho. Cooper to the See of Lincoln . In 1580 he was constituted Dean of Winchester , in the place of Dr. Joh. Watson promoted to the See of Winchester , which was the highest preferment he had among the Clergy ; and the reason for it ( as 't was guested ) was , because that in matter of ceremony or indifferency , he altogether consented not to the Church of England . For the truth is , that from the City of Zurich ( remarkable for the Preachings and death of Zwinglius ) and the correspondence that he had at Geneva , he brought back with him at his return into England so much of the Calvinian both in doctrine and discipline , that the best that could be said of him was , that he was a moderate and consciencious Nonconformist . Whence 't was that by his being many years President of Magd. College , publick Professor of Div. in the University and several times Vice-chancellour , he did not only , upon advantage issuing from those place , stock his Coll. with a generation of Nonconformists , which could not be rooted out in many years after his decease , but sowed also in the Divinity School such seeds of Calvinisme , and labored to create in the younger sort such a strong hatred against the Papists , as if nothing but divine truths were to be found in the one , and nothing but abominations were to be seen in the other . This was the opinion of several eminent Divines of the Church of England , yet one a that lived in his time and knew him , saith that he and Dr. Will. Fulke of Cambridge , whom he stiles standard bearers for a long time of the Nonconformists , did grow conformable in the end , as they grew riper in experience and sager in judgment : Howsoever it was , sure it is , that Humphrey was a great and general Scholar , an able linguist , a deep Divine , and for his excellency of stile , exactness of method and substance of matters in his writings , he went beyond most of our Theologists . An eminent b Archbishop who knew him well saith that be ( Dr. Humphrey ) had read more Fathers , than Campian the Jesuit ever saw , devour'd more than he ever tasted , and that he had taught more in this University than he either had learned or heard . Dr. Humphrey hath written , Epistola de Graecis literis , & Homeri lectione & imitatione , ad Praesidem & Socios Coll. B. Mar. Magd. Oxon. Set before a book intit . Cornu copiae , &c. written by Hadrian Junius — Bas . 1558. The beginning of the said Epistle is Patriae communis nostrae , &c. De religionis conservatione & reformatione deque primatu Regum . Bas . 1559. oct . De ratione interpretandi authores . Bas . 1559. oct . At the end of which is the Prophecy of Obadiah in Hebr. and Lat. and Philo de judice in Greek and Latine ; done by our Author Humphrey . Optimates sive de nobilitate , ejusque antiquâ origine , natura , officiis , disciplina , &c. lib. 3. Bas . 1560. oct . At the end of which is Humphries translation from Greek into Lat. of Philo Judaeus his book De nobilitate . Optimates was afterwards translated into English by Anon. and printed at Lond. 1563. oct . Oratio Woodstochiae habita ad illustriss . R. Elizab. 31. Aug. 1572. Lond. 1572. in 3 sh . or more in qu. Johannis Juelli Angli , Episc . Sarisburiensis vita & mors , ejusque verae doctrinae defensio , &c. Lond. 1573. qu. From which is taken an abstract of the said Bishops life , published in oct . in the English tongue , by one who writes himself a Person of quality , an 1685 , put at the end of a translation into English of Jewells Apologie and his Epistle to Scipio . Orat. in Aula Woodstoc . hab . ad illustr . R. Elizab. an . 1575. Lond. 1575. qu. The beginning is Eloquar an sileam , &c. De fermento vitando : concio in Math. 16. Marc. 8. Luc. 12. Jesus dixit illis , videte & cavete à fermento Pharisaeorum . Lond. 1582. Rupel . 1585. oct . Jesuitismi pars prima : sive de praxi Rom. curiae contra respubl . & principes , &c. Lond. 1582. in a large oct . Jesuitismi pars secunda : Puritano-papismi , seu doctrinae Jesuiticae aliquot rationibus ab Edm. Campiano comprehensae , & à Joh. Duraeo defensae , confutatio , &c. Lond. 1584 in a large oct . Apologetica Epistola ad Academiae Oxoniensis Cancellarium . Rupel . 1585. oct . Seaven Sermons against treason 1 Sam. cap. 26. 8. 9 10. 11 , &c. Lond. 1588. oct . Concio in die Cinerum . Pr. in oct . He also ( with Rob. Crowley ) hath written a book against that of Miles Hoggeard , published in Qu. Maries Reign against the Protestants , and other things which I have not yet seen : And reviewed , corrected and published Joh. Shepreves book intit . Summa & Synopsis N. Testamenti , &c. At length after Dr. Humphrey had spent most part of his time in a studious and retired condition , tho with little comfort of his Wife and male Children , he departed this mortal life on the kalends of Febr. in Fifteen hundred eighty and nine , aged 63 , and was buried at the upper end of the inner Chappel of Magd. Coll. Soon after was a comely mon , set over his grave , in the South wall ; which , when the said Chap. was adorn'd , and paved with Marble , was removed , and set up on the S. wall of the outer Chappel : The inscription of which , you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 208. b. and some things said of him in lib. 1. p. 287. a. 288. a. b. 292. a. 304. a. 310. a &c. He took to Wife in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth one Joan the Daughter of Andr. Inkfordby of Ipswych in Suffolke by whom he had 7 Sons and 5 Daughters , She dyed 27. Aug. 1611. aged 74 and was buried in the Chancel of Steple Barton Church in Oxfordshire ; over whose grave her eldest Dau. called Justina the Wife of Caspar Dormer of the said place Esque erected a fair Monument , as she had before done over that of her Father in Magd. Coll. Chappel . JOHN-BANISTER was born of honest and wealthy Parents , but in what County I know not ; studied Logicals for a time in this University ; afterwards entring upon the Physick line , solely gave himself up to the study of that faculty and chirurgery . In 1573 he was licensed by this University to practice Physick ; about which time being settled in the antient borough of Nottingham lived there many years in great esteem , and was wonderfully followed by all sorts of People for his happy practice in that and chirurgery . His works are , A needful , new , and necessary treatise of chirurgery , briefly comprehending the general and particular curation of ulcers . Lond. 1575. oct . Certain experiments of his own invention , &c. History of Man , sucked from the sap of the most approved Anatomists , &c. in 9 books — Lond. 1578. in a thin fol. Compendious chirurgerie , gathered and translated especially out of Wecker , &c. Lond. 1585. in tw . Antidotary chirurgical , containing variety of all sorts of Medicines , &c. Lond. 1589. oct . What other books he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was in great renown in the middle of the Reign of Qu. Elizabeth . several years after his death came out his works in six books , as 1 Of Tumours in general and particular 2 Of Wounds in general and particular 3 Of Ulcers in general and particular 4 Of Fractures and Luxations , ( 5 ) Of the curation of Ulcers , and ( 6 ) Antidotarie , beforemention'd . All which six books were printed at Lond. 1633. qu. THOMAS RANDOLPHE Son of Averey Randolphe of Badlesmere in Kent , was born in that County , made Student of Ch. Ch. when K. Hen. 8. turn'd it into a Cathedral , admitted Bach. of the Civil Law 1547 and about that time was made a publick notary . In 1549. Nov. 20. he succeeded Rob. Weston in the principality of Broadgates hall , which he kept till 1553 , and then Tho. Stempe LL. D. was admitted into his place . In the Reign of Qu. Elizab. he being then Doctor of his faculty , he was c employed in several Embassies , as thrice to the Peers in Scotland , thrice to Q. Mary of Scotland , after her return from France ; seven times to K. James the 6. of Scotland , thrice to John Basilides Emperor of Russia , once to Charles the 9. of France and again to Hen. 3. The Queen of England , who knighted him , rewarded these his services with the Chamberlaines office in the Exchecquer , heretofore a place of great honour and worth , the Mastership or office of Comptroller general of the Post horses , and with some small Land. He hath written , An account of his Embassage to the Emperor of Russia , an . 1568. — Remitted into the first vol. of Rich. Hakeluyts voyages . Lond. 1598. He then ( in 1568 ) procured privileges from the Emperor of Russia for the English Merchants trafficking there . Instructions given to , and notes to be observed by , James Bassendine , Jam. Woodcock and Rich. Browne for the searching of the Sea , and border of the coast , from the river Pechora , to the Eastwards , an . 1588. — There was then a commission granted to Sir Thom. Randolphe for the searching of those parts , but he entrusted the matter with the 3 Persons before-mention'd . See more in the said vol. of voyages by R. Hakeluyt . At length after Sir Thomas had painfully spent his time in sundry and frequent Embassies , and in continual services of his Prince and Country , at home and abroad , he quietly surrendred up his last breath in his house at St. Peters hill near to Pauls Wharf in London , year 1590 on the 8. of June in Fifteen hundred and ninety , aged 67 , ( leaving then behind him several Children that he had by two Wives ) whereupon his body , accompanied by one or two Heralds of armes , was buried 6. July following in the Church of St. Peter near to the said Wharf . Besides this Tho. Randolphe a Statesman , hath been another of both his names of a later date , and a most celebrated Poet of his time ; of whom , by the way , I desire the reader to know these matters following , viz. that he was born at Newnham near to Daintry in Northamptonshire , 15 June 1605 , Son of Will. Rondolphe of Hams near to Lewis in Sussex ( Steward to Edw. Lord Zouch ) by Elizabeth his Wife , Dau. of Tho. Smith of Newnham before mentioned , educated in Westminster School , and went thence ( being one of the Kings Scholars ) to Trinity Coll. in Cambridge 1623. of which he became Fellow . Afterwards he commenced Master of Arts , in which Degree he was incorporated at Oxon , became famous for his ingenuity , an adopted Son of Benj. Johnson , and accounted one of the most pregnant wits of his age ; the quickness of which was first discovered when he was about 9 or 10 years old , when then he wrot the History of the incarnation of our Saviour , in verse , which is at this day preserved in MS. under his own hand writing . When he arrived to Mans Estate , and perhaps before , he wrot ( 1 ) Poems . ( 2 ) The Muses Looking-glass , a Comedy . ( 3 ) Amyntas or the impossible dowry , a Pastoral . ( 4 ) Aristippus , or the jovial Philosopher , &c. Trag. presented in a private shew . ( 5 ) The conceited Pedler ; presented in a strange shew . — Lond. 1630. qu. ( 6 ) Jealous Lovers , Tr. Com. ( 7 ) Hey for honesty , down with knavery . Com. Translated out of Aristophanes his Plutus : Augmented and published by F. J. Lond. 1651. qu. All which , except the last , were gathered together , and printed in one vol. by the care of his Brother Rob. Randolphe Student of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. being then commended to the world by divers Poets of the said University . Several other things of the like nature , were expected from the said young Poet Th. Randolphe , but by indulging himself too much with the liberal conversation of his admirers ( a thing incident to Poets ) brought him untimely to his end , in the House of Will. Stafford of Blatherwyke in Northamptonshire Esq ; ( having spent some time in that of his Father at Little Houghton in the said County in his delightful studies ) Whereupon his body being buried in an Isle , joyning to the Church at that place ( among those of the Staffords ) on the 17 day of March , an . 1634 , had soon after a Monument of white Marble , wreathed about with laurel , erected over his grave , at the charge of Sir Christopher ( afterwards Lord ) Hatton of Kirby . The inscription on which , in Lat. and Engl. ver . was made by the Poets Friend Pet. Hausted of Cambridge . DAVID POWELL , a learned searcher into the bowels of venerable antiquity , and the most skilful Person in British histories that his time produced , was born in Denbighshire , entred a Member of this University in 1566 or thereabouts , but in what Coll. or Hall resident , I know not . Sure 't is that as soon as Jesus Coll. was founded ( 1571 ) he translated himself thereunto , took the Degrees in Arts as a Member thereof , holy Orders , and at length was made Vicar of Ruabon in his own Country . About that time he had confer'd on him a Dignity in one of the Cathed . in Wales ( St. Asaph I think ) grew famous for his learning , and soon after took the Degrees in Divinity . His works are , Annotationes in itinerarium Cambriae , scriptum per Silv. Giraldum Cambrensem . Lond. 1585. oct . Franc. 1603. Annot. in Cambr. descriptionem , script . per Silv. Giraldum . De Britannica historia rectè intelligenda , Epistola ad Gul , Fleetwoodum civit . Lond. Recordatorem . Which two last books are printed with his Annotationes in Itin. Cambr. He also took a great deal of pains in making a Welsh Dictionary , but died before he could perfect it ; corrected also and published Historia Britannica , written by Ponticus Virunnius , in 6 books , — Lond. 1585. oct . And amended and augmented The History of Combria now called Wales ; which was translated into English by Humph. Lhoyd Gent. — Lond. 1584. qu. This History of Cambria was originally written in Latin by Caradoc a Monk of Lancarvan , and by him continued till the Year 1156. Afterwards being yearly augmented by several hands , was , as I have told you , translated into English by H. Lhoyd as you may see under the Year 1570 , but he dying before he could come near to the end of it , 't was finished by our Author D. Powell , and by him published . What else he hath transmitted to posterity , I find not , nor any thing more of him , only that he was buried in his Church of Ruabon ( as the Antients there say , tho the register not , because 't is imperfect ) about Fifteen hundred and ninety , year 1590 and that his Son Sam. Powell succeeded him in the Vicaridge of that Village . They add also that he had left behind him several things sit to be printed , but what became of them after his death they could not tell . The next that 〈…〉 is one , who was accounted an eminent Scholar of his time , as by the generality of writers is confess'd . DANIEL ROGERS , a most accomplished Gent. of his time , who puts in some of his writings the addition of Albimontanus to his name , was the Son of John Rogers ( by his Wife Adriana Pratt alias de Weyden ) Son of Joh. Rogers of Derytend in the Parish of Aston in Warwickshire , was by his Fathers care strictly educated in juvenile learning , but at the coming to the Crown of Q. Mary , being then about 13 years of age , he went with his Father , as it seems , beyond the Seas for Religion sake ; where setling at Francfort , obtained great knowledge in humane learning , especially in the Greek tongue . After his return in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth , he was sent to Oxon , but to what particular Hall or Coll. therein , I know not . In July 1561 he was admitted Bach. of Arts , and in the beginning of Aug. following was licensed to proceed in the same faculty ; the first of which Degrees he compleated not by Determination , nor the other by standing in the Comitia . Afterwards taking to Wife Susan Dau. of Nicasius Yetswiert secretary of the French tongue to Q. Eliz. and one of the Clerks of the signet , was introduced into the Court , where his most admirable parts being quickly discerned , he became one of the Clerks of the Council to that Queen , and often employed by her in d Embassies , as into the Netherlands an . 1575 , to Don Joh. of Austria 1577 , and to the K. of Denmark in 1588. He was a very good Man , excellently well learned , a good Lat. Poet , and one that was especially beloved by the famous Antiquary and Historian W. Camden , for whose sake he had laid the foundation of , A discouse concerning the Acts of the Britains , the form of their Common-wealth , and the order and laws by which they lived — Which discourse he intended to communicate to the said Camden , to have it inserted in his Britannia , but he died e before 't was finish'd . He wrot also , Odae , Epigrammata , Epitaphia , &c. in laudem & mortem Johannis Juelli Episc . Sarisbur . See at the end of the said Jewells life written by L. Humphrey . He hath also published certain Latin Poems , which are quoted by the said Camden in his discourse f of the City of Salisbury , and Poems in English mentioned by other Persons with great commendation , but these I have not yet seen . He hath also Lat. verses occasionally printed in other Authors , as before Ortelius his Theatrum orbis terrarum , and an Epigram to the University of Oxon , in Ralph Agas his Accurate description ( or Type ) of the said University , an . 1578. He yielded up his last breath to him that gave it , on the 11th of Febr. in Fifteen hundred and ninety ; whereupon his body accompanied by an Herald or two , was buried on Shrovetuesday the 16 of the same month near to that of Nicas . Yetswiert before-mention'd in the Church of Sunbury near to Hampton-court in Middlesex . I find another Dan. Rogers later in time than the former , who among several things that he hath published are , ( 1 ) Davids cost , wherein every one who is desirous to serve God aright , may see what it must cost him . Lond. 1619. oct . being the effect of certain Sermons . ( 2 ) A practical Catechisme . Lond. 1633. ( 3 ) Lectures upon the History of Naaman the Syrian , his disease and cure . Lond. 1642 — 50. fol. ( 4 ) Matrimonial honour , or the crown and comfort of marriage , &c. Lond 1642. qu. with other things which I have not yet seen . But this D. Rogers who was a Man of most rare parts , was educated in Christs Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards a Minister and Bach. of Div. and I think the same , who was Parson of Haversham in Bucks . qu. ARTHUR FAUNT , a most noted Jesuit of his time , Son of Will. Faunt of Foston in Leicestershire Esq . was born of an antient and gentile Family living at that place , an . 1554 , and being very studious and delighted in Letters while he was a Child , became fit for Academical studies at 14 years of age . Whereupon being sent to Merton Coll. in 1568 he was committed to the tuition of the most noted Philosopher of that house named Joh. Potts ; who , tho he had been before ejected by Mr. Jo. Man the Warden , yet was he permitted to attend his Pupil , whom he before had instructed in Grammar in the Country . But the said Potts being a R. Cath. or else an hearty well-wisher to the Popish Religion , he took away his Pupil from the said Coll. with the advice of his relations ( who were Catholicks also ) and in the beginning of 1570 conducted him to Lovaine in Brabant , where entring him into the Coll. of the Jesuits the same year , left him and went into Ireland . In the said Coll. he continued till he was Bach. of Arts ; at which time , having a desire to travel , he went to Paris , where he remained for a time . Thence he went to Mynchen or Munchen a City and University in Bavaria , where William Duke of that Province , did , for the towardliness that he saw in him , choose him for his Scholar , and maintained him in the said University . While he continued there , he took the Degree of Master of Arts , and then having an ardent desire to study Divinity , he departed thence in the Year 1575 , went to the English Coll. of Jesuits at Rome , made a very forward progress in that faculty , and changed his name to Laurence Arthur Faunt . Not long after , he was constituted Divinity reader in the said Coll. and was in very great favour with P. Greg. 13. who , had he lived a little longer , would , as 't was then supposed , have honoured our profound Author Faunt with a Cardinals cap. However in token of his love , he gave him , on his humble desire , license to make a seal , that by virtue of it , which should be set to a writing to be drawn up by him , any of his Countrymen ( whose welfare he ever tendred ) might with safety pass through any Country , without peril of the Spanish inquisition , or any danger else whatsoever . In the mean time the K. of Poland having setled a Coll. for Jesuits at Posna , a City in his Dominions , our Author was sent by the said Pope to be Governour thereof . So that leaving Rome in order for that employment 10. June 1581 , he was not long after received there with ceremony . Where , for his great learning , gravity , wisdom , and his religious life and conversation , he was held in great esteem by the spiritual and temporal estates of that Nation . While he remained there , he wrot several books , among which these following are some . Doctrina Catholica de Sanctorum invocatione , & veneratione , &c. Posnan . 1584. oct . Coenae Lutheranorum & Calvinianorum oppugnatio . part . 2. Posnan . 15986. qu. Catholicae Eucharistiae defensio . Printed with Caena , &c. Apologia Libri sui de invoc . & venerat . Sanctorum contra falsas Danielis Tossani criminationes , &c. Col. Agrip. 1589. in oct . He also wrot without his name set to it , Tractatus de controversiis in ordinem ecclesiasticum & secularem in Polonia . Print . an . 1592. in qu. With other things which the Bib. script . of his society will tell you . This worthy Person , who was much celebrated in his time , gave way to fate at Vilna the chief City of the Province of Lithuania in Poland , on the 28. Febr. according to the accompt there followed , in Fifteen hundred ninety and one , ( which is ninety with us ) after he had religiously served in the society of Jesus about 25 years , to their great renown and honour . The next Person in order to be mention'd is one , as famous in his way , as the former , but of the reformed Religion . THOMAS MOUFET or Muffet was born in London , in or near St. Leonards Shoreditch , as I conceive , because his name and relations lived in that Parish , and one John Muffet died there in 1596. After he had been educated in Grammar learning in that City , he spent some time in this University , afterwards travelled into divers Countries in Europe , where he became known to the most eminent Men , especially Physicians and Chymists of that time , and was doctorated in Physick in some noted University in his travels . After his return , he fell into very great practice within the City of his nativity , became much honoured and beloved by Peregrine Bertie Lord Willoughby of Eresbie , and esteemed the famous ornament of the body of Physicians , and the true pattern of all polite and solid Literature . He hath written , De jure & praestantia Chemicorum Medicamentorum dialogus Apologeticus . Francof 1584. Ursell . 1602. oct . and in the first volume of Theatrum Chemicum , Argent . 1623. oct . pag. 70. Epistolae quinque Medicinales . Most of which wer● written to one whom the Author calls Philalethes a German Chymist . They were printed with the former book in that impression of 1602 , and I think elsewhere . Nosomantica Hippocratea ; sive Hippocratis prognostica cuncta , ex omnibus ipsius scriptis methodicè digesta , &c. Franc. 1588. oct . in 9 books . He also , by his great labour and charge , did enlarge , and finish , Insectorum sive minimorum Animalum Theatrum ; olim ab Edw. Wottono , Conrado Gesnaro , Thomaque Pennio inchoatum . Which Book the Author leaving behind him in MS. at his Death , it came some years after into the hands of Sir Theod. de Mayern , Knight , who published it in Fol. at Lond , 1634. with an Epistle Dedicatory before , and Preface to , it : But before that time some imperfect Copies of it were published by Laur Scholzius , an . 1598 , &c. This Book was published in the English Tongue at Lond. 1658. Fol. by J. R. M. D. Dr. Moufet hath written also , Healths improvement ; or , Rules comprising and discovering the nature , method , and manner of preparing all sorts of Food used in this Nation . — This was corrected and enlarged by Christoph . Bennet — Lond. 1655. 4to . Whatelse our Author Moufet hath written , I know not , nor any thing more of him , only that in his latter days he lived much at Bulbridge , near Wilton in Wilts . as a retainer to the Pombrochian Family ; from which he had an yearly Pension allowed to him to his last day , mostly by the favour of that incomparable Lady , Mary Countess of Pembroke . He concluded his last day towards the latter end of Q. Elizabeth , and was , as I have been credibly informed by one or more ancient Men that belonged to the said Family , buried at Wilton . Contemporary with him was Joh. Securis an eminent Physician of Sarum , whom I have mentioned before . PETER WHITE , noted for his excellency in Humane Learning while he continued in the University , was born in the Diocess of Waterford in Ireland , elected Fellow of Oriel Col. An. 1551. and in the year 1555. was admitted Master of Arts. About the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's Reign he returned to his Native Country , and became the Happy Schoolmaster of M●ster , and Dean of Waterford for a time . From which last place being ejected for his Religion , about 1565. he continued notwithstanding in his beloved Faculty of Pedagogy , which was then accounted a most excellent Employment in Ireland by the Catholicks ; especially for this Reason , that the Sons of Noblemen and Gentlemen might be trained up in their Religion , and so consequently keep out Protestancy . His School was , during his time , in a flourishing condition , and by his care and industry many learned Persons issued thence . Among such ( not that I shall mention Rich. Stanyhurst . of whom I shall speak hereafter ) was one Peter Lombard born in Waterford , who afterwards studied at Lovaine in Brabant ; where , after he had spent two years and an half in Philosophy , he was chosen g when he proceeded Master of Arts , Primus Vniversitatis , by the uniform consent of the Four Principals ; which preferment did not happen in such sort for many years before . About that time the said Lombard wrote Carmen heroicum in Doctoratum Nicholai Quemerfordi , with other things afterwards , which were much valued at Lovaine ; but such I have not yet seen . See another Pet. Lombard in my discourse of Will. Camden . As for P. White , he hath written , Epitome copiae Erasmi . lib. 1. Epit. figurarum Rhetoricarum . lib. 1. Annotationes in Orat. pro Archiâ poetâ . Annot. in Orat. pro T. A. Milone . Epigrammata diversa . lib. 1. He lived , as I guess , to the latter end of Q. Elizabeth ; but the particular time when he died , I find not . Equal in time with the said Pet. White , was another of both his Names , an English-Man born , and a severe Calvinist ; who , among several things that he hath written , published a Book , intitled . An Answer to certain crabbed Questions , pretending a Real Presence in the Sacrament , together with a discovery of the Jesuitical Opinion of Justification , guilfully uttered by Sherwin at the time of his Execution . Lond. 1582. oct . Also A Sermon against Idolatry , on Apoc. 1. 12 , 13. Lond. 1581. oct . &c. Whether he was an Oxford Man , I cannot yet find . THOMAS NEALE was born at Yeate in Glocestershire , sped a Child into the College near Winchester , by the endeavours of his Mother's Brother Alex. Belsire Fellow of New College , where profiting exceedingly in Grammer Learning in the School there , was chosen Probationer of New College in 1538. and two years after was admitted true and perpetual Fellow of the said House . Afterwards prosecuting his Studies with great industry , took the degree of Master of Arts , in 1546 , Holy Orders , and soon after became an able Theologist , and admirably well skill'd in the Greek and Hebrew Languages ; the last of which he read to several young Scholars in the University , particularly to Bern. Gilpin of Queen's College . About that time Sir Tho. Whyte ( who was afterwards Founder of S. John's College ) having had notice of his pregnant Parts and Vertues , did for an encouragement allow unto him an yearly Pension of 10. l. In the beginning of Q. Mary he became Chaplain to Dr. Bonner Bishop of London , and in 1556. being newly returned from Paris , and other places in France , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being then Rector of Thenforth in Northamptonshire . But when Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , and he thereupon bereft of his Lord and Patron Bonner , he betook himself to Oxon ; and in 1559. he was made the Queen's Professor of the Hebrew Lecture , entred himself a Commoner of Hart Hall , and built little Lodgings opposite thereunto , joyning to the West end of New Col. Cloister , wherein he lived several years ; but his Religion being more Catholick than Protestant , he left Oxon , as he had done his Lecture before ; and being of a timerous Nature , and always dreading of being called into Question for his seldom frequenting the Church , and receiving the Sacrament , he retired to an obscure Village , called Cassington , distant from Oxon , North-West , about 4 miles , where purchasing an House , at the end thereof next to Einsham , spent the remainder of his Days in Study and Devotion . As he was accounted by many an eminent Theologist and Linguist , so by some a tolerable Philosopher , Poet , and Geographer . He hath written , Dialogus in adventum sereniss . Reginae Elizabethae gratulatorius , inter eandem Reginam & D. Rob. Dudleium comitem Leicestriae , & Acad. Oxon. Cancellarium . 'T is a 4to . MS. h written in 1566. in long and short Verses , and hath this beginning , Siccine chara tuis , &c. In this Book are contained , besides the said Dialogues , the Pictures , or Effigies of all the Colleges and Schools then in being , with long and short Verses under them , shewing by whom they were founded , and when . A Table , or Map , describing the Colleges and Halls in Oxon , with Verses underneath each . — This Map was hung up for two or three days on St. Mary's Church door , when Q. Elizabeth was entertained at Oxon , in Sept. 1566. which she several times viewed . I take it to be the same , containing the pictures of the Colleges and Halls , which one Mr. Will Nutburne , sometimes Commoner of St. John's Col. gave thereunto , and the same which usually hung in the President 's Lodgings ; but by a decree i made by that Society , 28 Aug. 1616. it was given to Sir Tho. Lake Secretary to his Majesty King James I. and one of the Privy Council ; whereupon Sir Thomas gave to that College 20 l. towards the reparation of their Buildings , situated between their Common Hall , and their Publick Gate . Our Author Th. Neale made a translation also of al the Prophets out of the Hebrew , which he presented to Q. Elizabeth , when she was entertained at Oxon , in 1566 , and translated from that Tongue several of the Rabbins into Latin , which he dedicated to the great Cardinal Pole : What else he hath performed , either in writing or translating , I cannot tell , neither any thing material of him besides ; only , ( 1 ) That he is noted by some Writers , to be the Original Reporter of the Consecration of Matthew Parker to the See of Canterbury , at the Nags-Head-Tavern in Cheapside , which since is manifestly made a meer Forgery , and ( 2 ) That in the year fifteen hundred and ninety , he being then seventy one years of age , and did put up a Monument for himself , with an inscription on a Brass plate fastned thereunto , at the upper end of the Body of Cassington Church , over the Seat which belonged to the House where he lived , ( for he sometimes went to Church , ) with intentions to be buried under the said Seat ; but when he died , or was buried , the Register of that place , which is very imperfect , tells us not . The Copy of the inscription is printed in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 139. a. One Tho. Neale of Yeate in Glocestershire ( where our Author was born ) dying in 1590. his Window named Christiana had a Commission granted k to her to administer the Goods , Debts , and Chattels of him the said Thomas lately deceased , dated 23 Sept. the same year . Whether it be meant of our Author , I cannot justly say , because I could never learn that he was ever married . ANTHONY de CORRO , or Antonius Corranus , or Corrano , Son of Ant. Corranus Doctor of the Laws , was born at Sevil in Spain , educated there from his Childhood in the R. Catholick Religion , and was at length an Ascetic , but whether a Monk or Fryer , I know not . Afterwards he left his Order and Religion , and being desirous to embrace the Reformed Doctrine , fled from his Country , went into England , in 1570. or thereabouts , and at length to London , where he became a frequent Preacher . In 1571. he was made Reader of Divinity in the Temple , by the favour of Dr. Edwin Sandys Bishop of London ; in which Office he continued about three years . In the beginning of March , 1575. he was l recommended to the University of Oxon , by Rob. E. of Leicester Chanc. thereof , to the end that he might proceed Doctor of Divinity at the next Act , have the charges of his Degrees remitted , and that he be dispensed with for taking the Degree in order . In the beginning of April following a Convocation was solemnized , wherein the Chancelor's Letters being read concerning the said matter , a Dispensation was proposed , that he , the said Corranus , might proceed ; but the House demurring upon it , was at length granted with this condition , that he purge himself of Heretical Opinions before the next Act. This they did for this cause , that the Chancellour had design'd him to read Divinity in the University , and to allot him a Catechist Lecture , upon some consultation ( as was pretended ) for the utter extirpation of the R. Catholick Religion from the University . This being the seeming design , as it was afterwards the real intention of the Queen's Council , and High Commissioners , to plant him among the Accademians ; you cannot imagine what Fears and Jealousies were raised in the Heads of the old Puritanical Doctors and others , who were fully bent to root out the dregs of Popery in the University , lest that which they laboured in , should be frustrated by a Stranger . I have seen a Copy of a Letter written by Jo. Rainolds of Corpus Christi College , to Dr. Laur. Humphrey then Vice-chancelour , dated June 7. wherein several things being said of Corrano and his Doctrine , you shall have the Contents only . ( 1 ) That if Corano be settled in the University , it is to be feared that it will raise such Flames therein , that they will not easily be quenched . ( 2 ) 'T is requisite that it be really known , whether he be able to shew that he be lawfully called to the Ministry of the Gospel , and charge of teaching publickly , either by the order of any Christian Church beyond the Sea , or by the Authority of the Church of England , or whether Ordain'd by a Bishop ; of which matters there be some that doubt . And if he be not , how can he read ? And if he be , it would be well if it be known . ( 3 ) That he is evilly thought of for Heresie of the French Church and others : And Beza doth publickly m charge him of it in an Epistle of his that is extant . ( 4 ) That he is supposed to be tainted with Pelagianism , which partly appears from certain Tables which he brought with him , and afterwards scattered abroad . On which , a certain Person of sound judgment made such Notes , that from thence one may evidently perceive , that Corrano's obscure speeches in the said Tables , do give just suspicion of very great Heresies , about Predestination and Justification by Faith , two the chief Points of Christian Religion , &c. And therefore it is hoped , that as you were a means to remove Franc. Puccius , so you will endeavour to stop Corrano from coming among us , who is thought to be a Master of Puccius , &c. Thus in brief from Job . Rainolds . But notwithstanding all the endeavours to keep him out , he was at length admitted , after he had fleed himself from Heresie , and became Reader of Divinity to the Students in Gloucester , St. Mary's , and Hart , Hall , lived as a Student in Ch. Ch. in 1579. if not before , of which House he occurs Censor Theologicus , in 1581 , 82 , 83 , 84 , and 85. being then also Prebendary of the Prebend of Harlesten , belonging to the Cathedral of St. Paul. In 1579. he stirred again for the Degree of Doctor of Divinity ; but I cannot yet find that he was admitted , ( notwithstanding he stiles himself Doctor of that Faculty , in his Dialogus Theologicus , an . 1574. ) and in the year 1582. in April he laid under the censure of Heresie again , upon which arose some trouble , but soon after quieted , and he restored to the good Opinion of the generality of Scholars and others . His Works are these : An Epistle , or godly Admonition , sent to the Pastors of the Flemish Church in Antwerp , exhorting them to concord with other Ministers . — This was originally written in Latin ; but the Copy of it have not yet seen . Translated into English by Geofry Fenton — Lond. 1570. oct . Tabulae divinorum operum , de humani generis creatione . — Printed 1574. &c. oct . Translated also into English , under the Title of Tables of God's Works , &c. Dialogus Theologicus , quo Epistola D. Pauli Apost . ad Romanos explanatur : Collect. ex praelectionibus Corran . Lond. 1574. oct . printed in English there , 1579. oct . Articuli fidei orthodoxae , quam ille perfectus est . Printed with Dial. Theol. Supplication to the King of Spain ; wherein is shewed the Sum of Religion , for the Profession whereof the Protestants do suffer Persecution in the Low Countries . Lond , 1577. oct . 'T was written in Latin and French ; but who put it into English , I know not , unless the Author . Notae in concionem Solomonis de summo hominis bono , quam Hebraei cohelet , Graeci & Latini Ecclesiastem vocant . — Lond. 1579. and 81. in oct . The version of which into Latin was done by Corranus also . The said Notes were adorn'd with a learned Analasis by Abrah . Scultet . Printed at Francf . 1618. oct . Sermons on Ecclesiastes . — Abridged by Thomas Pitt — Oxon. 1585. oct . which is called by some Pitt's Paraphrase on Ecclesiastes . A Spanish Grammer , with certain rules , for teaching both the Spanish and French Tongues . — Put into English by Joh. Thorius , as I shall tell you when I come to him . Printed at Lond. 1590. qu. What other things Corrano hath written , I find not , nor any thing else of him ; only that he dying at London , March 30. or thereabouts , in one thousand five hundred ninety and one , year 1591 aged 64. was buried in the Church of S. Andrew ; but whether in that in Holbourn , or in that by the Wardrobe , I know not , ( perhaps in the last ) leaving then behind him a Wife of no good repute , and a Daughter named Susan ; which , if the same that was at Woman's Estate in Oxon , a little before her Father's Death , was ( if any credit might be given to a Libel of that time , made by an Oxf. Scholar ) of a light reputation . JOHN MOLYNS , Molens or Mullins , so many ways I find him written , was born in Sommersetshire , elected Probat . Fellow of Magd. College in 1541. and afterwards being Bach. of Divinity , became a zealous Man for Reformation . In the Reign of Q. Mary he left the Nation for Religion sake , and setled at Zurick , where he was esteemed * a learned Man of credit and Authority , being there , as it is said , Greek Reader among the Natives of England : But when Q. Elizabeth came to the Crwon , he returned , was made Archdeacon of London , in the place of Jo. Harpesfield depriv'd , and Canon of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul , where he was much reverenced for his great Learning and frequent Preaching . One † that knew him well gave this Character of him . Johannes Molinsaeus Archidiaeconus Ecclesiae Paulinae , qui nulli injuriam fecerat , qui prodesse omnibus studuerat , qui Philosophiae , Theologiae , Linguarum studio sc totum tradiderat , qui nihil commeritus est nisi quod , ut Aristides , justus , ut olim Christiani veteres , & nunc ( meaning in the beginning of Q. Mary's Reign ) missae interesse recusaret , eandem & ancipitem fortunam subire compulsus est ; meaning also that he was forced to leave his Fellowship of Magd. College , and seek his Fortune elsewhere , with Arth. Saul , Pet. Morwin , and other learned and pious Fellows of that House , who soon after went as voluntary Exiles into Germany . He hath written and published several Books ; yet in all my searches I can only find extant , Carmina Lat. & Graec. in mortem duorum fratrum Suffolciensium Henrici & Caroli Brandon , &c. Printed 1552. in two sheets , in qu. Sermons , &c. He concluded his last day on the eleventh of the Cal. of June , in one thousand five hundred ninety and one , year 1591 and was buried in the North Isle , joyning to the Choire of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul , within the City of London , leaving then behind him a Daughter named Mary , Wife of Walt , Chetwind of Ingestry in Staffordshire . Over his Grave was soon after a flat stone laid , with his Image thereon , engraven on a Brass plate , and an Epitaph under it , the beginning of which runs thus , Clarus Johannes vitae moderamine Mullins , Doctrinae insignis plenusque senilibus annis . Qui. &c. He gave by Will 200 l. to purchase Lands worth 12 l. per An. for an exhibition to be given to two Scholars of Magd. College in Oxon , each to have 6 l. which , if I mistake not , continueth to this day . In his Archdeaconry of London succeeded Theophilus Aylmer , Son of Dr. Jo. Aylmer Bishop of London . CHRISTOPHER HATTON , Son of Will. Hatton of Holdenby in Northamptonshire , Son of John , Son of Hen Hatton , by Eliz. his Wife , Sister and Heir of Will. Holdenby of Holdenby before-mentioned , was born at Holdenby , became a Gentleman-Commoner of S. Mary's Hall , in the Reign of Q. Mary , at which time Will. Alan ( afterwards a Cardinal ) presided it . Thence , without a Degree , he went to the Inner-Temple ; afterwards became successively one of the Queen's Gentlemen Pensioners , Gentleman of the Privy Chamber , Captain of the Band of Pensioners , a Knight , Vice-chamberlain of the Queen's Houshold , one of the Privy Council , Lord Chancelor of England , Knight of the Garter , and Chancelor of this University . He was a Man n to say nothing of him , but that which in truth is due , for Religion and Godliness right devout , of approved faithfulness to the State , of incorrupt , Equity , for Alms deeds of all others most bountiful , and one ( which is not the least part of his praise ) that was most willing and ready to support and maintain Learning , &c. He was also somewhat o enclined to the Popish Party , by reason his Natural Clemency could not be drawn into a Persuasion , that in case of Religion , Men should be burnt , hang'd , or quartered . And therefore it was that one p reporteth that he always was in animo Catholicus ; and another q that he was of such credit and favour in Rome , as if he was the greatest Papist in England . He wrote , as it is said , several things pertaining to the Law , but none of them are extant ; only this , if I may say it is his , and not his Name set to it for sale sake . A Treatise concerning Statutes , or Acts of Parliament , and the Exposition thereof . Lond. 1677. oct . Whether ever before printed , I know not . Speeches spoken during the time of his Chancelorship — MS. This great and worthy Person dyed on the 20th . of November in one thousand five hundred ninety and one , year 1591 aged 51. and was buried in the upper part of St. Paul's Cathedral in London , on the 16th . of December following . Soon after came out a little Book of Verses made on his Death , by several Hands , intit . Musarum plangores . Christopher Lord Hatton , Son of John Hatton , the nearest Knsman of the Male Line to the aforesaid Sir Christopher , was not of St. Mary's Hall , but of Jesus College in Cambridge , and afterwards a Doctor of the Civil Law of Oxon , as I shall elsewhere tell you . He published the Psalms of David , with Titles and Collects , according to the matter of each Psalm . Printed at Oxon , 1644. in oct . and afterwards enlarged and published several times . These Collects or Prayers at the end of every Psalm , were compiled by Dr. Jeremiah Taylor , and so were the Devotions for the help and assistance of all Christian People , which are at the end of every impression of the aforesaid Book ; yet notwithstanding they go all under the Name of the aforesaid Christop . L. Hatton , ( having his Arms in the Title of them , ) who dying 4 July 1670. being then , or lately , a Member of the Privy Council to his Majesty , was buried in a private Chappel of the Collegiate Church at Westminster ( dedicated to St. Peter ) opposite to the Capella Regum , on the North side . See more in Jer. Taylor , under the year 1667. BARTHELMEW CHAMBERLAINE was born of , and descended from an ancient and gentile Family in Oxfordshire , admitted Scholar of Trinity Col. 7. June 1563. aged 17 years , Probationer in 67 , and Fellow the year after . About that time entring into Holy Orders , he became a noted Preacher in these parts , took both the Degrees in Divinity , that of Doctor being compleated 579. before which time he was beneficed and dignified in the Church , but where , I cannot justly say . He hath written and published . Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) The Passion of Christ , and benefits thereby , on Heb. 9. 28. Lond. 1581. and 1613. oct . ( 2 ) Concio ad Academicos Oxomienses in Comitiis , An. 1576. Lond. 1584. qu. ( 3 ) Sermon at Pauls , on Amos 3. 6. Lond. 1589. oct . ( 4 ) Sermon at Farington in Berks , on — Lond. 1571. oct . with others , which I have not yet seen . Between the time of the first coming of the said Barth . Chamberlain to Trinity College , to the year 1578. I find seven of his Sirname to be Students in the said College , and some after ; but cannot in all my searches find out George Chamberlaine , who was afterwards Bishop of Ypre , and whether he ever abode in this University in the condition of a Student , I cannot justly say it . The said George Chamberlaine was the eldest Son of George Chamberlaine Esque ( by his Wife , the Daughter of Moses Pring of Gaunt in Flanders ) and he the second Son of Sir Leonard Chamberlaine of Oxfordshire Knight , Governor of the Isle of Guernsey , who dyed there 2. Eliz. From which Sir Leonard are the Chamberlains of Sherburn in the said County desended ; the Heiress general of which Family , named Elizabeth , was married to John Nevile , Baron of Abergavenny . The said George Chamberlatine who was Bishop of Ypre , was born at Gaunt before-mentioned , An. 1576. and being bred up ro Learning and Religion , became successively Canon , Archdeacon , and Dean of St. Bavon in Gaunt , and at length , in 1626. was made Bishop of Ypre within the Province of Machlin in Brabant , on the Death of Antonius de Hennin ; where being settled he became much admired ( as he was partly before ) for his great Piety , for his voluble Preaching in five Languages at least , and beloved of Kings and Princes , &c. Had I time , and room allowed , I would give you a Copy of an Epitaph made on , by one that knew and much admired , him ; wherein , no doubt , but that high character of his Piety , Learning , and Worth , is justly said ; but I must hasten , and tell you that he dying , to the reluctancy of all that knew him , on the 19. Dec. according to the account followed at Ypre , in 1634. aged 58 years , one month , and 19 days , was buried in his own Cathedral . Some years before his Death he came into England , purposely to resign up his Heirship of his Estate at Sherburn before-mentioned , and elsewhere , which belonged to the noble Family of the Chamberlains , sometimes Barons of Tanquervil in Normandy , he being the first and true Heir : And this he did for Religion sake , and purposely to avoid the incumbrances of earthly things . See more of him in Athenae Belgicae , &c. written by Franc. Sweertius , printed at Antwerp , 1628. where you will find several things that he had written and published . ROBERT GWINN , a Welsh Man born , took one degree in Arts , 1568. and in 1571. leaving the University , went with Thom. Crowther another Batchelaur , to Doway , where being admitted into the English College , made very great progress in Divinity . Afterwards Gwinn returning into England , and settling in Wales in the condition of a Secular Priest , did write several Pious Works in the Welsh Tongue , as Anton. Possivinus tells * us , but the Titles of them he omits ; and also translated from the English into the Welsh Language , A Christian Directory or Exercise guiding Men to Eternal Salvation , commonly called the Resolution : Written by Rob. Persons the Jesuit . which Translation was much used and valued , and so consequently did a great deal of good among the Welsh People . See more in Jo. Davies under the year 1634. WALTER BALEY or Bailey , Son of Henry Baley of Warnwell in Dorsetshire , was born at Portsham in that County , educated in Wykchams School 〈◊〉 Win chester , admitted perpetual fellow of New Colledge after he had served two years of probation , an . 1550 , tok the degrees in Arts , entred upon the Physick line , was admitied to practice that faculty while he was Proctor of the University , in the year 1558 , and about that time was made Prebendary of Dultingcote alias Dulcot , &c. in the Church of Wells , which he resign'd in 1579. In 1561 he was made the Queens Professor of Physick in this University , proceeded in that faculty two years after , and at length became Physician to Qu. Elizabeth , and much resorted to for his practice . He hath written , A discourse of three kinds of Pepper in common use — Printed 1588 , in oct . dedicated to Sir Jo. Horsey , Knight . Brief Treatise of the preservation of the Eye-sight — Printed in the Reign of Qu. Eliz. in tw . and at Oxon 1616 , and 1654 in oct . &c. In that Edition of 1616 was printed another or second Treatise of the Eye-sight , collected from Fernclius and Riolanus , but by whom , I know not . They both now go under the name of Bailey , who hath also written , Directions for health , natural and artificial ; with Medicines for all diseases of the Eyes — Printed 1626 , in qu. Explicatio Galeni de potu convaelescentium & senum , & praecipuè de nosti ae Alae & Biriae paratione , &c. MS. in qu. sometimes in the Library of Robert Earl of Aylesbury . He the said Dr. Bailey surrendred up his last breath , March 3. in fifteen hundred ninty and two , aged 63 , and was buried in the inner Chappel of New Coll. whose Epitaph you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 152. b. His posterity do live at this day at Ducklington near to Witney in Oxfordshire , some of whom have been Justices of the Peace for the said County . FRANCIS PUCCIUS Filidinus was born of the noble and renowned family of the Puccii at Florence , from which had sprung before his time three Cardinals ; educated from his Childhood in good Letters and in the R. Cath. Religion , exercis'd the trade of Merchandize at Lyons , where many differences and disputes arising concerning Religion , which were not then quite sopited , our Author Puccius , who was only a Spectator , laid aside his trade , and totally applied himself to the study of Sacred Letters , to the end that he might perfectly understand the grounds of his belief , and what was professed by the Protestants . At length being satisfied in Conscience that those of the Ro. Church were in an errour , he left France and Italy , retired into England , and being seemingly a Protestant , he went to the University of Oxon , got himself , thro commendations of his sincerity , to be entred into a Coll. or Hall , wherein he studied Philosophy and Divinity very severely , and took the degree of Master of Arts , an . 1574. About which time , maintaining certain opinions contrary to those of the Grandees of the said University , ( which were Calvinistical ) especially de fide in dcum , quae & qualis sit , had many private disputes with Theologists there , and at length publick . Which disputes being altogether displeasing to them , who esteemed them ridiculous , and the author no better than an arrogant and an opinionative person , they found means to remove him from the University , much about the same time that he was endeavouring to be a Theol. or Catechistical Lecturer , lest his Doctrine should take root among the juniors . For at that time they being very zealous for a thro Reformation , were jealous of all strangers that came among them , and particularly of him , whom they well knew to have been a zealous Papist , and then no well-grounded Protestant . From Oxford he went to London , had several disputes there also , and became acquainted with Ant. Corrano , who living about that time in Oxon also , his person could never be well relisht among them . Afterwards Puccius went a to Basil in Germany , upon the invitation of Francisc . Bettus a Roman , then living there ; where meeting also with Faustus Socirus , they had many discourses concerning the adventures of 〈◊〉 England , and at length had several disputes * 〈◊〉 himself ; with which , he seeming 〈◊〉 Puccius wrote ten arguments de 〈…〉 primi hominis ante peccatum . All which being answered by Socinus , were by him , with several disputations that had passed between them , made publick . Afterwards Puccius was forced to leave Basil . because he had printed certain Theses to be disputed on , in which he asserted universum humanum genus in ipso matris utero efficaciter particeps esse beneficiis Christi & vitae immortalis & beatae , &c. Whereupon he went into England , and so to London , where he began to publish his paradoxical opinions , and that with such confidence , as if , Orpheus ▪ like , he meant to charm all to follow him ; but his waters being narrowly watch'd , he was seiz'd on , imprison'd , and suffered several calamities , otherwise Oxford would have once more tasted of his Doctrine . Afterwards , being let loose , he went into Flanders and Holland , where he corresponded by Letters with Socinus . From Holland he went to Antwerp , where he did the like , and had several cavilling disputes not only with such that he esteemed heterodox , but with those of his own opinion . Thence he removed to Cracaw in Poland , where he had frequent disputes with the Jesuits , and others , nay and with some of his own perswasion , ( Socinus being there also ) and wrote several matters in the Italian Tongue against the Church of Rome , in 1585. While he continued in the said City of Cracaw , it hapned that he became acquainted with two persons that had come to that place with Albertus Alaskie , Prince ( or Vaywood ) of Sirad , when he left England . Their names were John Dee and Edward Kelley , Magicians ; who having partly known Puccius in England , did entertain b and admit him into their secrets , with great hope of some good to be done by his fellowship ; and in August the same year , he was actually with them at Prague in Bohemia ( to which place they conveyed him ) while certain Spirits appeared to them , Kelley being then Seer , and d ee an observer or writer down of what was said by the Spirits , and Kelley's seeing and interpreting . At length Puccius did not deal truely and sincerely with them , which much troubled Dee ; and thereupon he desired to be rid of him . Puccius therefore perceiving it , wrote a large and submissive Letter to the said Dee and Kelly ; and among other things , gave him a very punctual account of what had passed between Philip Bishop of Placentià ( who was sent by the Pope , as his Nuncio , to have the said Magicians banished , or else sent to Rome ) and himself , concerning their cause , apparitions , high attempts , &c. But so it was , that whither by the perswasions of the said Nuncio , or some things utter'd by the Spirits , that all the World should at length come to the Church of Rome , he forthwith recanted before certain Rom. Priests , and became a zealous Papist , and at length a Priest . All that I have seen of his works , besides what are already mentioned , are , De Christi Salvatoris efficacitate in omnibus & singulis hominibus , quatenus homines sunt , assertio Catholica , &c. Goudae 1592. oct . Ded. to P. Clem. 8. Epistola ad Jo. Dee & Edw. Kelly . Dat. at Prag . 15. Cal. oct . 1585. 'T is a large Epistle in Latin , and is the same with the submissive Letter before mentioned . After the year fifteen hundred and ninty two , he went to Rome , and became Secretary to Cardinal Pompeius Arragon , from whom he expected great matters , but death snatching him untimely away , in the midst of his aspiring thoughts , about the year 1600 , was buried in the Church of St. Onuphrius in Rome . I have more than twice sent to that place for the day and year of his death , with a copy of his Epitaph , but as yet I have received no answer . Therefore take this Epit●● made for him , which I have met c with elsewhere . Inveni portum , spes & fortuna valete , Nil mihi vobiscum , ludite nunc alios . HENRY SALESBURY , born of , and descended from , a right ancient family of his name living in Denbigbshire , became a commoner of S. Albans hall in 1581 , aged 20 years , took one degree in Arts , and no more , in this University , entred on the Physick line , practiced afterwards in his own country , and was esteemed by the learned not only an eminent Physician , but a curious Critick , especially as to matters relating to the Antiquities and Language of his country . He l●th written , Dictionarium Britannicum . Which being left 〈◊〉 in MS , came into the hands of Job . Davies , who made great use of it when he was 〈◊〉 his Dictionary in British and Lat. and in Lat. and British . What our author Salesbury hath written besides , or when he died , I find not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was of the same family with , and very nearly related to , Will. Salesbury , whom I have mentioned under the year 1567 , from whose endeavours this H. Salesbury found divers materials when he was composing his Dictionary before-mentioned , and perhaps had received instruction from his own Person , in matters relating to British affairs . ISAAC COLFE , fourth Son of Amandus Colfe alias Coult of Callis in France , and of the City of Canterbury in England , was born in Kent , particulary , as I suppose , in the said City , become a Commoner of Broadgates Hall in the beginning of the year 1576. took the Degrees in Arts , Holy Orders , and was afterwards beneficed , if not dignified , in his own Country . His Works are , Sermon 17. Nov. 1587. on Psal . 118. 22. to the end of 26. Lond. in oct . A Comfortable Treatise of the Temptation of Christ . Lond. 1592. in oct . with other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . His eldest Brother Rich. Colfe was born at Callis . educated in Ch. Ch. in this University , and was afterwards Doctor of Divinity , as I shall elsewhere tell you . He left behind him several Sons , among whom were Isaac of Ch. Ch. and Jacob of All Souls Col. JOHN PENRY or ap Henry , that is the Son of Henry , better known by the Name of Martin Marprelate , or Marpriest , as having been a Plague to the Bishops and Ministers of his time than by his own ; was born and bred , as he used to say , in the Mountains of Wales ; particularly , as others say , in the County of Brecknock , became a Sub-sizer of Peter House in Cambridge , about 1578. At which time as one d a saith ) he was as arrant a Papist as ever came out of Wales , and that he would have run a false Gallop over his Beads with any Man in England , and help the Priest , for a shift , to say Mass at midnight , &c. In 1583. or thereabouts , he took a Degree in Arts in that University , and afterwards did perform some , or most , of the Exercise requisite for Master ; but leaving the said University abruptly , ( for what cause I know not ) he retired to Oxon ; and getting himself to be entred a Commoner of St. Alban's Hall , ( notwithstanding the vigour of Puritanism did then Reign among the Heads of the University , which makes me to think that Penry was not then inclined to Popery ) he continued there for some time , finished the remaining part of his Exercise , and in the beginning of July 1586. he was licensed to proceed in Arts , as a Member of the said Hall , and on the eleventh of the said Month compleated that Degree in an Act celebrated in the Church of St. Mary . About that time he took Holy Orders , did Preach in Oxon , and afterwards in Cambridge , and was esteemed by many a tolerable Scholar , an edifying Preacher , and a good Man ; but being a Person full of Welsh Blood , of a hot and restless Head , did , upon some discontent , change the course of his Life , and became a most notorious Anabaptist , ( of which Party he was in his time the Cor●p●●●us ) and in some sort a Brownist , and the most bitter Enemy to the Church of England , as any that appeared in the long Reign of Q. Elizabeth . He hath written . A view of some part of such Publick Wants and Disorders as are in the Service of God , within her Majesty's Country of Wales ; with an Humble Petition to the High Court of Parliament for their speedy redress — Printed 1588. in oct . Therein is shewed not only the necessity of Reforming the State of Religion among that People ; but also the only way , in regard of substance , to bring that Reformation to pass . A defence of that which hath been written in the questions of the ignorant Ministry , and the communicating with them . — Printed 1588. in oct . written against Rob. Some , D. D. of Cambridge , who published the same year , A Treatise deciding several questions concerning the Ministry , Sacrament , and Church . Lond. in qu. As also A confutation of some of Mr. Penry's Errours . About that time J. G. of Oxon published a Book entit . Mr. Some laid open in his Colours ; wherein the indifferent Reader may easily see , how wretchedly and loosly he hath handled the Cause against Mr. Penry . — Printed in oct . Penry hath also written , Exhortation unto the Governours and People of her Majesty's Country of Wales , to labour earnestly to have the Preaching of the Gospel planted among them . — Printed ( 1588. ) in oct . Theses Martinianae , i. e. certain demonstrative conclusions set down and collected by Martin Marprelate the Great , serving as a manifest and sufficient confutation of all that ever the College of Catercaps , with their whole Band of Clergy-Priests , have , or can bring for the defence of their ambitious and Antichristian relacy . — Published by Martin Junior , 1589. in oct . and dedicated to John Kankerbury ; that is , John Archbishop of Canterbury . At the end of which Book Martin Junior hath an Epilogue . The just censure and reproof of Mart. Marprelate to Martin Junior . — Printed with the former . Protestation of Mart Marprelate : Wherein , notwithstanding the surprising of the Printer , he maketh it known unto the World , that he feareth neither proud Priest , Antichristian Pope , Tyrannous Prelate , nor godless Catercap , &c. — Printed ( 1589. ) in 120. by stealth , and very full of faults . Dialogue , wherein is plainly laid open the tyrannical dealings of the Lords Bishops against God's Children . — Printed ( 1589. ) in qu. Therein are several reflecting stories on Dr. Martin Culpeper Warden of New College , and on Dr. Nich. Bond of Magd. College , and on his excellent dancing . This scandalous Dialogue , ( which was reprinted when the Long-Parliament began , An. 1640. purposely to spite Archbishop Laud and the Bishops ) was , with other like stuff of the said Mart. Marprelate , answered by T. C. that is , Thom. Cooper , in his Admonition to the People of England , &c. See more in Tho. Cooper under the year 1594. Treatise wherein is manifestly proved , that Reformation , and those that sincerely favour the same , are unjustly charged to be Enemies unto her Majesty and the State. — Printed 1590. in qu. This was answered in a Book , intit . Pasquils Apology , the first part , wherein he renders a reason of his long silence , and gallops the Field with the Treatise of Reformation . Printed where I was , and where I shall be ready by the help of God and my Muse , to send you a may-game of Martinism , An. 1590. qu. Hay ' any work for a Cooper , &c. — This was written against Dr. Tho. Coper before-mentioned , and said to be printed in Europe , not far from some of the bouncing Priests , An. 1590. qu. Epitomy of the first Book of Dr. John Bridges , against the Puritans . — Printed in qu. Oh! read over Dr. Joh. Bridges , for it is a worthy Work. — This was written against Dr. Bridges , Bishop of Oxon , and said to be printed over Sea in Europe , within two furlongs of a bouncing Priest , at the cost and charges of Mart. Marprelate , Gent. in qu. Epistles to the terrible Priests in the Convocation House . — in qu. The State of the Church of England . — in oct . Petition for Peace . — in oct . His Apology . — This I have not yet seen . Of Prelatick Ministry . — Printed 1609. in qu. History of Corah , Dathan , and Abiram , Numb . 16. Ch. Applied to the Prelacy Ministry , and Church Assemblies of England . — Printed 16. 9. qu. This Book being left imperfect by the Author when he was seized and imprisoned , was published by one of his 〈◊〉 who saith in the Title that it was written by Joh. 〈◊〉 , a 〈◊〉 of Jesus Christ ; and in the Epistle to the Reader , 〈…〉 was a godly Man , learned zealous , and of a 〈…〉 carriage and courage . — That with all 〈…〉 he endeavoured to have the Gospel preached 〈◊〉 among his poor Country Men , whose Case he 〈…〉 passion of , in that they wanted the 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 After all this , God using him as a 〈…〉 more clear manifestation of 〈…〉 imprisioned , condemned , and excuted , and so 〈…〉 dom for the Name of Christ &c. These 〈…〉 Titles I have here set down , are all 〈…〉 knowledge , if not too many 〈…〉 Author of which did in most of them 〈…〉 of England , and its Members , that 〈…〉 Roman 〈…〉 of them in their Books , and Marprelate for a grave Author and Witness , &c. But this the Reader is to understand , that the learned and sober Men did answer most , or all of the said Books , ( which were printed by stealth , partly in that nest of rigid Puritans and Schismaticks at Fawsly in Northamptonshire , and partly at Coventry , and elsewhere , ) because they knew Penry to have more than ordinary Learning in him ; yet they did not so much work on the Author and his Disciples , make them ridiculous , and put him and them to silence , more than those Answers which were written in a buffooning stile ; as ( 1 ) that written by Tom Nash , intit . Pappe with an hatchet : alias , A Fig for my God-Son : Or , Crack me this Nut : Or , A Country Cuff ; that is , A sound Box of the Ear for the Ideot Martin to hold his Peace : Written by one that dares call a Dog , a Dog. — Imprinted by John Ancke , &c. And are to be sold at the Sign of the Crab-tree Cudgel in Thwack-coat-Lane . ( 2 ) That entit . Martin's months mind , &c. pr. 1589. in qu. ( 3 ) That called , The return of the renowned Cavaliero Pasquill of England , from the other side of the Seas ; and his meeting with Marforius at London upon the Royal Exchange , &c. Lond. 1589. qu. against Martin and Martinism . ( 4 ) Another entit . A countercuff given to Martin Junior , &c. by the Pasquill of Engl. Cavaliero , &c. Lond. 1589. qu. ( 5 ) That entit . The first part of Pasquill's Apology , which I have before mention'd . ( 6 ) A certain Oxford Scholar , under the Name of Cuthbert Curry-Knave ; who in his Book called , An Almond for a Parrot , or an Alms for Mart. Marprelate , &c. Printed in qu. doth most egregiously run Martin down . I say , that these Buffoonries and Pasquils did more non-plus Penry and his Disciples , and so consequently made their Doctrine more ridiculous among the common sort , than any grave or learned Answer could do ; as in some part did A. L. who entitles himself Anti-Martinus , in his Monitio ad adolescentes utriusque Academia . Lond. 1589. qu. At length our Author Penry being apprehended at Stepney , near to London , ( after his return from beyond the Sea , ) for his writing and publishing infamous Books and Libels , and the Religion then established , was ( after condemnation rto die for the same ) hang'd at St. Thomas à Waterings , on the 29. year 1593 May , in fifteen hundred ninety and three . He was adjudged at the King's Bench , by Sir Jo. Popham , Knight , L. Ch. Justice of that Court , and the rest of the Judges there assembled , on the 25. of the said Month of May , but was not executed on the next day after judgment , as it was expected , nor the second , nor the third day after ; But when Men looked least for the same ( as one * saith ) then was he brought forth , being at dinner , ( as I have heard , ) by a Warrant under the Hands of John Archbishop of Canterbury , Sir John Puckering Knight , Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , and Sir John Popham aforesaid ; and the matter being carried after a close manner , he was suddenly conveyed to the place of Execution , where he was as hastily bereaved of his Life , and not suffered ( though he desired it ) to make declaration of his Faith towards God , or of his Allegiance to her Majesty , &c. Thus by the Death of this forward and zealous Person , with the condemnation of John Vdal , and Henry Barrow before that time , the neck of the Plots of the fiery Non-conformists were broken , and their brags turned into Preaching of Preces and Lachrymae , as the only means for Christian Subjects . WILLIAM FLEETWOOD was born of , ( being a natural Son ) and descended from , the Fleet woods of Penwortham , and they from those of Heskyn , in Lancashire ; educated for a time in this University , ( either in Brasnose . Coll. or Broadgates Hall ) left it without a degree , and retired to the Middle Temple , where by continual industry , advanced by good natural parts , he attained to the name of an eminent Lawyer . In 5 of Eliz. he was elected Autumn or Summer-Reader of that house , and in the year following Autumn-Reader again ; but he omitting one of those times to read , he was in the 11th year of the said Queen , elected Double Reader thereof in Lent. About that time being made Recorder of London , he was afterwards by Writ , called to the degree of Serjeant at Law , An. 1580. and in 1592. he was made the Queen's Serjeant . He was a learned Man and a good Antiquary ; but a marvelous , merry , and pleasant conceit : And as touching his Learning , Justice , and Elocution , I cannot better describe them , than a Poet e of those days hath done in certain Verses , beginning thus , Ipse forem brevibus gyaris & carrere dignus , Culleolo insutus , si te mea musa sileret , &c. As for his Writings they were many , but none of them ( only one ) were published till after his Death , some of which are these . Elenchus Annalium Regum Edwardi 5. Rich. 3. Hen. 7. & 8. Lond. 1579. and 1597. in tw . Dedicated to Sir Tho. Bronley Lord Chancelor of England . This is called among the Lawyers , Table to the Annals , ( or Year-Book ) of Edw. 5. Rich. 3. &c. The office of a Justice of Peace : Together with instructions how , and in what manner , Statutes shall be expounded Lond. 1658. Oct. Observations upon the Eyte of Pickering , Lambert's Areheion , &c. MS. Fol. sometimes in the Library of Rich. Smith Secondary of the Poultrey-Compter , with other things which I have not yet seen . This eminent Lawyer did mostly dwell in London , in a street called Noble-street , within Aldersgate-ward , in an house which himself newly built , wherein he dyed , but was buried , as I suppose , in the Church at Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire , ( where he had purchased an estate ) in the latter end of fifteen hundred nienty and three , for on the 7th of March that year , was a commission f granted from the Prorogative Court of Canterbury , to Mariana his Widdow ( daughter of Joh. Barley of Kingsey in the said county ) to administer the goods , debts , and chattels of her Husband Will. Fleetwood , lately deceased . He left behind him two Sons , whereof Sir Will. Fleetwood , Knight , was one , who succeeded him in the Estate at Missenden , and the other was Sir Thomas of the Middle-Temple , afterwards Attorney to Prince Henry . He had also divers Daughters , one whereof was married to Sir David Foulis Knight and Baronet , and another to Sir Tho. Chaloner ▪ Tutor to the said Prince , Son of the learned Sir Tho. Chaloner Knight . JOHN WOOLTON was born at a Market Town in Lancashire , called Wigan or Wiggen , entred g a Student in Brasnose Col. 26. Oct. 1553. aged 18 , or thereabouts , having perhaps wore a Gown in the University before that time , supplicated for the Degree of Bach of Arts , in the beginning of 1555. but it doth not appear that he was admitted . Afterwards , as it is said , he went to , or with , his Uncle Alex. Nowel into Germany ; to which place several Protestants of England had receeded as voluntary Exiles . In the beginning of Q. Eliz. he returned , and in 1563. being about that time Canon Residentiary of Exeter , he was admitted by the Name of John Wolton , Bach. of Arts to the Church of Spaxton in the Diocess of Wells . In April 1574. he supplicated the venerable congregation of Regents , that he might be admitted to the reading of the Sentences ; but whether his desire was granted , or he admitted , it appears not . In May 1575. being then Warden of Manchester College in his own Country , he supplicated under the Name of John Wolton a Minister of Gods Word , and sometimes a Student of this Vniversity , that he might be licensed to proceed in Divinity ; but whether that also was granted , it doth not appear . Sure it is , that he being then the designed Bishop of Exeter , was consecrated thereunto in the beginning of August following . He was a Person of great Piety and Reason , and an earnest assertor of conformity against the Opposers thereof , for which he was blamed by many , but commended by more , after his Death . He hath written , The armour of proof ; shewing the firm sortress of defence and haven of rest , in these troublesome times , Lond. 1576. oct . Of the immortality of the Sou ; wherein is declared the Origin , Nature , and Power of the same , &c. Christian Manual : Or , the Life and Manners of true Christians ; wherein is declared how needful it is for the Children of God , to manifest their Faith by their Works . Castle for Christians , and Fortress for the Faithful , besieged and defended now almost 6000 years . New Anatomy of the whole Man , as well of his Body , as of his Soul ; declaring the condition and constitution of the same , in his first creation , corruption , regeneration , and glorifiration . Discourse of the conscience ; wherein is declared the unspeakable joys and comfort of a good conscience , and the grief of an evil conscience . — All which six Treatises were printed at London , in oct . An. 1576. At length he having sate Bishop about 14 years with great commendations , dyed on the 13th . of March , in fifteen hundred . ninety and three , and was buried in his Cathedral Church at Exeter , on the South side of the Presbytery or Choire , leaving then a Son behind him named John , Fellow of Allsouls college , Master of Arts , and a Graduat in Physick . Over his Grave was a Monument soon after erected , with an inscription thereon , containing six Verses , two of which run thus : Ingenium , genium , mores , pietatis honore , Eloquiumque pium busta perusta tegent . THOMAS WATSON a Londoner born , did spend some time in this University , not in Logick and Philosophy , as he ought to have done ; but in the smooth and pleasant studies of Poetry and Romance , whereby he obtained an honourable Name among the Students in those Faculties . Afterwards retiring to the Metropolis , studied the Common Law at riper years , and for a diversion wrote , Ecloga in obitum D. Francisci Walsingham Eq. aur . Lond. 1590. in two sheets in qu. Amintae Gaudia . Lond. 1592. qu. Written in Lat. Hexamiter , and dedicated to the incomparable Mary Countess of Pembroke , who was a Patroness of his Studies . He hath written other things of that Nature or Strain , and something pertaining to Pastoral , which I have not yet seen , and was highly valued among ingenious Men , in the latter end of Q. Elizabeth . I shall make mention of another Tho. Watson ( who in his younger years was a Poet also ) in the Fasti following , among the Incorporations of the year 1554. HENRY SMITH , Son of Erasmus Smith of Bosworth , Son of Joh. Smith , alias Harrys of Withcock , in Leicestershire , was matriculated h as a Member of Lincoln Col. in 1575. thus , Henricus Smithe Leicestrensis generosus , Aetat . 15. What stay he made in the same House ; or whether he was the same He● Smyth , who received i the Benefaction of Jo. Claymond , in Bras . Col. An. 1574. or took the Degre of Batchelaur of Arts , it appears not . Sure it is , that having some Ecclesiastical employment conferred upon him , was absent from the University for some time ; and at length , in 1583. did take the Degree of Master of Arts , as a Member of Hart Hall , being then esteemed the Miracle and Wonder of his Age , for his prodigious Memory , and for his fluent , eloquent , and practical way of Preaching Afterwards he became Lecturer of St. Clements Danes without Temple-Bar , near London , where being much frequented by the Puritanical Party , was by them esteemed ( as he was by the generality ) the prime Preacher of the Nation , which his Sermons , taken into the Hands of all People , did shew . Some of them were printed in 1591 , 92 , and 93 , while he lived ; but after his Death , 40 or more were collected into one Volume , and printed at London in 1594. in qu. Among them are ( 1 ) A preparative to Marriage . ( 2 ) Treatise on the Lord's Supper . ( 3 ) Examination of Vsury . ( 4 ) Benefit of Contentation . ( 5 ) Affiuity of the Faithful . ( 6 ) Christians Sacrifice . ( 7 ) Tryal of Spirits ( 8 ) Wedding Garment . ( 9 ) Way to walk in . ( 10 ) Pride of Nebuchadu●zzar , &c. There hath been also printed , of late times , a Quarto Volume , containing 53 Sermons , besides Discourses , Prayers , Letters , &c. Among which is God's Arrows against Atheists , &c. which hath been translated and printed in Lat. at Openkeim , beyond Sea , An. 1614. oct . All written by the said Henry Smith ; among which are those numbred , that were printed 1594. This Person was in very great renown among Men in fifteen hundred ninety and three ; in which year , if I mistake not , he died , aged 34. but where he was buried , the Register of St. Clements before-mentioned , tells us not ; for his Brother , who lived to about the time of the Restauration of King Charles 2. did assure my Friend , that he retired for Health's sake out of the said Parish , and dyed in another more remote . THOMAS COUPER , or Cooper , was born within the City of Oxon , educated in Grammer Learning in the School joyning to St. Mary Magd. Col. being then a Choirister of that House ; where with very great industry , making proficiency beyond his years , was elected Probationer in 1539. and in the year following perpetual Fellow of the said House . Afterwards proceeding in the Faculty of Arts , he was made Master of the School wherein he had been educated ; left his Fellowship about 1546. and gave himself solely up to the studies of Humanity and Medicine . In the Reign of Q. Mary , he being then inclined to the Protestant Religion , he took , as it seems , a Degree in Physick , and practiced that Faculty in Oxon ; but when she was dead , he re-assumed his former Faculty of Divinity , became a frequent Preacher , took the Degrees in that Faculty in the latter end of 1566. being about that time made Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , and was several years after Vice-chancelour of the University . In 1569. he was made Dean of Glocester , in the place of John Man deceased , and in 1570. Feb. 24. he was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln . In 1584. he was translated to Winchester ; where , as in most parts of the Nation , he became much noted for his Learning and sanctity of Life . I have heard some reverend and ancient Divines of this University say , ( as they had heard it from others who knew the Man , ) that at what time Dr. Cooper was to leave Oxon , to go to the See of dincoln , he did humbly confess , in his farewel Sermon to the University , That he was born of very mean Parents in Cat-street , k that he had undergone several mean and servile Offices in Magdalen College , till by the favour of Friends he was advanced to be Fellow and Schoolmaster , &c. And so going forward with a recital of the chief parts of his Life , did , in conclusion , humbly acknowledge God's great providence towards him , praying withal That he would be pleased to prosper him in that great Imployment , which was put upon him , &c. Of this Person much may be said , and perhaps some wrong might redound to his memory , if I should say little ; for he was indeed a reverend man , very well learned , and exceeding industrious , as it appears by that great Dictionary , which yet bears his Name , and was the cause of his preferment ; the foundation of which was taken from Sir Tho. Eliot's Dictionary , and the materials , for the most part , from Rob. Stephens's Thesaurus , and Joh. Frisius's Lat. and Germ. Dictionary . The course of his Life in Oxon , was very commendable , and , in some sort , Saint-like , if it be Saint-like to live unreproveable , to bear a cross patiently , and to forgive great Injuries freely , this Man's example was without pattern . The Truth is , he being little acquainted with the World of Men , he did unhappily marry an Oxford Woman , who proved too light for his gravity , and in the end became so notorious for her ill living , that the Libels that then came forth , did sound out her infamy ; especially that made by Th Bulkley of Alis . col . which tells us , That a certain Person . l did so much frequent her Company , that at length he was bound in a bond of 100. l. not to come near her . Nay , another * tells us , That the whole Vniversity in reverence of the Man , and indignity of the matter , offered him to separate his Wife from him by publick An●●ority and to set him free , being the innocent P●rts . But he would by no means agree thereto , alledging , he knew his own infirmity , that be could not live unmarried , and to divorce , and marry again , he would not charge his conscience with so great a scandal . He hath written ▪ The Epitome of Chronicles , from the 17th . year after Christ , to 1540. and thence afterwards to the year 156● . Lond. 1560. qu. The Reader is to note that one Th● Lanquet , a young Man of 24 years of Age , had composed a Chron. consisting of two parts , reaching from the beginning of the World to the time of our Saviour ; and was proceeding on a third part ; but death cutting him off in his eager pursuit of the work , in 1545. our Author Cooper undertook to finish it ; and his part , which is the third , contains almost thrice as much as the two parts of 〈◊〉 All which being finished , a third Person , contrary to the Mind of Cooper , published all the parts , under the Title of Lanquet's Chronicle , an . 1559. which being very full of faults , our Author made a view and correction of , and published them in the year following , under the general Title of Coper's Chronicle , &c. with a running Title of Lanquet's Chronicle at the top of every leaf of the first and second part , and The Epitome of Chronicles at the top of every leaf of the third part , which , as I have told you , was composed by Cooper ; who hath further written , Thesaurus linguae Romanae & Britannicae , &c. Lond. 1565. in a large fol. This is commonly called Cooper's Dictionary , which was so much esteemed by Q. Elizabeth , that ever after she endeavoured to promote the Author as high in the Church as she could . Of this Dictionary see more in Tho. Eliot , under the year 1546. Dictionarium Historicum & Poeticum . Printed with the former Book . A brief exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament , as usually are read in the Church at Common Prayer , on the Sundays throughout the year . Lond. 1573. qu. Sermon at Lincoln 1575. on Matth. 16. 26 , 27. Lond. in oct . Twelve Sermons on Rom. 1. 16. Matth. 7. 15 , 16. on 1 Cor. 10. 1. 3. 5. Matth. 13. 3. 5. and Joh. 8. 46. Lond. 1580. qu. An admonition to the People of England ; wherein are answered , not only the slanderous untruths , reproachfully uttered by Martin the Libeller , but also many other crimes by some of his Brood , objected generally against all Bishops , &c. Lond. 1589. qu. This Book was written after Mart. Marprelate had writ his Libel , which some ( playing with Martin at his won weapon ) answered pleasantly both in Rhime and Prose . But this our Author , the Bishop , with Authority and Gravity confuted him soundly in this Book ; whereupon Martin replyed in a Book enit . Ha'y any Work for a Cooper , &c. At length this reverend and holy Bishop paying his last Debt to Nature at Winchester , year 1594 29. Apr. in fifteen hundred ninety and four , was buried on the South side of the Choire , a little above the Bishop's Seat , belonging to the Cathedral there . Over his Grave was soon after laid a flat Marble , with an inscription thereon in Prose and Verse , a Copy of which you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 197. a. He left behind him a Widow named Amey , and two Daughters , one of which , named Elizabeth , was the Wife of D●● Joh. Belly , sometimes Provost of Oriel Col. afterward , Chanclour of the Dicocess of Lincoln , the other was Mary the Wife of John Gouldwell Gent. WILLIAM RAINOLDS , second Son of Rich. R●●●●ids , a sufficient Farmer , third Son of Rich. Rainolds , was born at Pynhoc alias Pynhawes ( the Seat of his Ancestors ) near to the City of Exeter in Devonshire , educated in School learning in Wykeham's Coll. near Winchester , elected Probationer of New Coll. in 1560. and two years after was admitted perpetual Fellow . In that House , where then was a severe Discipline kept up , he became a most noted Philosopher , a quick Disputant , and one much noted for his sincere love to the Protestant Cause . In 1566. he proceeded Master of Arts , and about that time he took Holy Orders In 1572. he left his Fellowship , and retiring to Hart Hall , lived there in the quality of a C●●moner : All which time he was earnest for Reformation , while John his Brother of C. C. Coll. stood affected to the Roman Catholick Religion , as it is said , This difference in judgment proved a firebal of C●ntention between , and engaged , them in a strong Duel , and set Disputes ; whereupon both being strengthned by each 〈◊〉 Arguments , our Author Willaim turned a zealous Catholick , and John a strong Puritan . Whereupon Dr. Will. Alabaster a learned Divine , and an excellent Poet , made an Epigram on them , a copy of which you may see m elsewhere . This is the reason commonly received among Protestants , for each others conversion , but false ▪ for the dispute was , if you will believe one that then lived , between John , and Edmund , Rainolds of C. C. C●ll . as I have told n you elsewhere . So that now there being no pretence left for William's conversion by disputing with his Brother John , you may take this reason following , different from the other , if your charity will permit you to believe a R. Catholick o Author , as he had received it from the mouth or Pen of Will. Rainolds , which is this — Mr. William Rainolds being first an earnest Professor and Preacher of the Protestant Religion in England , and much engaged among the Puritans in Northamptonshire , ( as he was wont to tell , ) he fell in the end to read over Mr. Jewel ' s Book , and did translate some part thereof into Latin ; but before he had passed half over , he found such stuff , as made him greatly mistake of the whole Religion , and so he , leaving his hopes and commodities in England , went over the Sea , and the last year of Jubilee , to wit , 1575. he came to Rome , and brought that Book with him , and presented both himself and it to the Tribunal of the Inquitsition , of his own free motion and accord , where I guess the Book remaineth still , if it be not burned ; and himself after absolution received for his former Errors ( which he with great humility and zeal required , and my self also at that time spake with him in that place ) he returned into France and Flanders , and there lived many years , with singular edification for his rare Vertue and Learning , &c. Thus a zealous Romanist , whom I have here quoted in the Margin . Afterwards our Author Will. Rainolds went to Rheimes in France , where being kindly received by Dr. Will. Allen President of the English College there , was shortly after made Professor or Reader of Divinity , and of the Hebrew Tongue . Afterwards he went to Antwerp , where he wrote , mostly under the Name of Will. Rosseus , these things following : Resutation of Mr. W. Whittaker's Civils against the Annotations of the New Testament . Par. 1583. oct . De justa republicae Christiane in reges impios & haereticos Authoritate . Antw. 1592. oct . &c. Catholick Faith concerning Christ's last Supper , against Berengarius and Bruce . Antw. 1593. oct . This Bruce was the same , as it seems , with Rob. Bruce a Scotch Minister . Paraphrase on the New Testament — MS. in the English coll . of Benedictines at Deiulward in Loraine . Calvino-Turcismus , i. e. Calvinisticae perfidiae cum Mahumetanâ collatio , & dilucida utriusque sectae confutatio . Antw. 1597. Col. Agr. 1603. oct in four Books . Which Books being left imperfect , were corrected , finished , and published , out of his Notes , by his dear Friend Will. Gifford Dean of St. Peter's Church at L'isle . This Book endeavours to prove that Calvin's Religion is worse in condition , and less probable in reason , than that of the Turks , and hath less ground and substance therein , than the other , The copies of which , stealing over the Sea into England , were answered by one who writes himself T. M. S. in a Book bearing this Title , De Turco-Papismo . Hoc est de Turcorum & Papistarum adversus Christi Ecclesiam & fidem conjuratione , eorumque in Religione & moribus concensione & similitudine . Lond. 1598 , 99. qu. ibid. 1604 in oct . To which Book are added 4 more against the said Calvino-Turcismus . In the Preface to the first that came forth , the Author saith , that Will. Rainolds his going over to the Church of Rome , was because he was not compos mentis , as being somewhat distracted for the love of the Wife of one M. a famous Women of Oxon , &c. The said Rainolds also translated from English into Latin all the Works of Tho. Harding , with a large Preface to them , as I have elsewhere told you ; but for want of Money they could not be Printed : Also Dr. Will. Allen's Book entit . A true , sincere and modest defence of English Catholicks , &c. which Book W. Rainolds did also much increase . And what else he hath written , Pitscus will * tell you , who adds that he deceasing at Antwerp in Flanders , year 1594 in fifteen hundred ninety and four , was buried in the Chancel of the Church of the Bigwins there , on the South side of the Altar . Soon after was a stone laid over his Grave , with this inscription thereon . Honorabili Domino D. Gulielmo Reginaldo , alias Ressaeo pio exuli Auglo , viro doctissimo , & hujus Ecclesiae Ministro . Obiit 24. Aug. 1594 , &c. T●●w . Rainolds had five Brothers , the eldest of which was named Hierom Fellow of C. C. College , and Master of Arts in 1557. who continuing in the Roman Catholick Religion , practised Physick in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's Reign ; but soon after left the University , and whether he went beyond the Seas , and was Doctorated there , I cannot tell . Under this Hierom Rainolds , our Author William , who was the next Brother , did receive most of his tuition , while he was a Junior in Oxon. The third Brother was Edm. Rainolds before-mentioned , Fellow of C. C. College also , who leaving that House because he was in animo Catholicus , retired to Glocester Hall , where living many years in the condition of a Tutor , dyed a wealthy Man. The fourth Brother was James Rainolds , Master of Arts , and Fellow of Exeter Coll. The fifth and youngest was Nicholas , who lived at Pynhaws on the Lands of his Ancestors , Father to Will. Rainolds of Cassington near to Woodstock in Oxfordshire Gentleman , sometimes a Member of Glocester Hall , ( under his Uncle Edmund , ) from whom I formerly received a writing under his hand , concerning his Ancestors and Relations for three Generations above him , part of which is here mentioned . WILLIAM ALLYN Allen or Alan , so many ways I find him written , was the second Son of John Allen , ( by Joanet or Jennet Lyster his Wife , Sister of Tho. Lyster of Westby in Yorkshire , ) the Son of George Allen of Staffordshire , who having an Uncle , or near Kinsman , called Allen Abbat of Delawise , setled at Rossal in Lancashire , by the endeavours of the said Abbat , who demised to him divers Lands there , which belonged to his Monastery . At that place ( Rosial ) was Will. Allyn or Alan , whome we are farther to mention , born ; and being arrived to about the fifteenth year of his age , was sent to Oxford in 1547. entred into Oriel Coll. and committed to the tuition of Morgan Philips , the chiefest Tutor then in that House ; under whome having profited to a miracle in Logick and Philosophy , was unanimously elected Fellow of that Coll. in 1550. ( 4. Ed. 6. ) Four years after he proceeded in Arts , and stood in that Act , wherein proceeded Tho. Hardyng and Nich. Harpesfield , two noted Writers , the former being then a Proceeder in Divinity , and the other in the Civil Law. In 1556. or thereabouts , he became Principal of St. Mary's Hall , and in that and the year following , one of the Proctors of the University . In 1558. or thereabouts , he was made Canon of York ; but soon after upon the coming to the Crown by Q. Elizabeth , and the alteration of Religion that followed , he left his Country and Preferment about 1560. and going beyond the Seas , he retired to Lovaine , then an eminent Acamedy , especially for the study of Divinity , to which place did several eminent Theologists repair for a time , ( as Saunders , Harding , Dorman , Rastal , &c. ) purposely to avoid the places infected with Heresie , as they called it . While he continued at Lovaine , he wrote * a Book in the English Tongue against Mr. Jewel , treating of Purgatory , which afterwards was Printed . About that time falling into a grievous disease , by too careful attending a Pupil of his of gentile extraction in England , had advice given him by his Physicians to retire to his Native Country for Health's sake . Whereupon returning into England , he kept himself unknown till he had recovered his former strength ; and then endeavouring to reconcile People to the Church of Rome , and to terrifie them from going to the Meetings of Hereticks , as he stiled them , was forced by the Magistrates to leave that harbour , Lancashire . So that going to a certain place near Oxon , he practiced the like , and wrote two Books in English , one Of the Authority of the Priesthood , and the other Of Indulgences . From thence he removed his Quarters to the County of Norfolk , and lived sometimes in the House of the Duke of that Name , and sometimes near it , where he wrote Certain brief Reasons concerning Catholick Faith ; whereby the vanity of Heresie , and excellency of Catholick Faith ( as therein it is said ) were evidently set down , purposely to settle such who were wavering in other Opinion . Afterwards , tho advantage was given to him to return to Lovaine , by the opportunity of a Ship then going from England ; yet he neglected it , and went near to Oxon again , went to the University , and meeting with one of his Contemporaries , did work so much upon him by his discourse , that he promised him to abstain for the future from Protestant Company , and their Meetings . Which act of his , being made known to the Parents of the said Contemporary , they prosecuted Allyn so close that he was forced to leave England , after he had continued there about three years . So that retiring to a certain Monastery at M●chlin in Brabant , became a Divinity Reader there ; which Office he performed with great commendations for some time . Afterwards being desirous to go to Rome , in the company of Dr. Jo. Vendivile , the King's Professor at Doway ( afterwards Bishop of Tournay ) did make some advance that way ; but for certain Reasons that then passed between them , Allyn turned his Face and went to Doway , ( at which place in Academy was setled about 1562. ) where he studied Divinity , became Doctor of that Faculty , and so much esteemed for his rare and active Parts , that he was made Canon of the Church of Cambray . Afterwards by his endeavours he began a Seminary at Doway , about 1568. to receive all such learned English Catholicks that had fled their Country for Religion sake , where soon after they framed for themselves a common Discipline , after the manner of a College , and got the Pope to assign them an yearly Pension . Soon after our author Allyn being made Canon of Rheimes , he procured another Seminary to be erected there by the Guises , Kinsmen to Mary Q. of Scots : For the Netherlands , wherein Doway is situated , being run into confusion , the English Fugitives or Scholars were banished thence , by the command of Don Lewis de Requesens ; so that thence going to Rheimes they setled there for a time . Afterwards our active Author began another Seminary at Rome , and two in Spain , to the end that English Youths might be trained up , purposely to keep up the Roman Catholick Religion in England . At length for these his great and indefatigable labours , he was created a Priest Cardinal of St. Martin in montibus , by Pope Sixtus 5. on the 28. July , according to our accompt , An. 1587. and two years after was made Archbishop of Mechlin , or Machlin , the Metropolis of Brabant . The character given of this Man , by several of our English Authors of the reformed Party , is , That he , with R. Persons the Jesuit , and others , did q lay in continual wait for the destruction of Prince and People of England , and who by exciting both Forreigners abroad , and natural Subjects at home , plotted the reducement of the R. Religion to its antient vigour , &c. Farther r also , That after he had put off both his love to his Country , and his obedience to his Prince , he incensed the Spaniard and the Pope of Rome to assault England : And to that purpose adjoyned himself to all pernicious consultations about that matter , after that Pope Sixtus 5. had bestowed on him the title of Cardinal , and the Spaniard had gave him an Abbacy in the Kingdom of Naples , and nominated him Archbishop of Machlin . When the Bull of Excommunication against Q. Elizabeth , at that time that the great Navy was provided for England , came forth , he brought it into the Low Countries , and caused it to be printed in English . Withal he wrote an Admonition to the Englishmen , that they should stick to the Pope and Spaniard ; but being deceived of all his hopes , he returned again back to Rome , where , being wearied with the discords , hatreds , and dissentions of the English Run-aways , both Scholars and Nobles , at last he dyed in the 63 year of his Age , &c. Another ſ saith , That he was so ill deserving to be accounted English , as that like another Herostratus , he endeavoured to raise a combustion in the Church and State , &c. But let Writers say what they please ; certain it is , that he was an active Man , and of great parts , and high prudence : that he was Religious and Zealous in his Profession , restless till he had performed what he had undertaken , that he was very affable , gentile , and winning , and that his personage was handsome and proper , which with an innate gravity , commanded respect from those that came near , or had to do with , him . His Works as to learning , are these , A defence of the Doctrine of Catholicks concerning Purgatory , and Prayers for the Dead . Antw. 1565. in oct . Brief Reasons concerning Cath. Faith. Treatise made in defence of the lawful Power and Authority of Priesthood to remit Sins . Lov. 1567. oct . The People's duty for confession of their Sins to God's Ministers . — Printed with the Treatise made , &c. The Churches meaning concerning Indulgences , commonly called Pope's Pardons . — Printed also with the Treatise made , &c. Which three last were answered by Dr. Will. Fulke of Cambridge . De Antw. 1576. qu , Sacramentis in genere . Sacramento Eucharistiae . Sacrificio Euch. Apology and true declaration of the institution and endeavours of the two English Colleges , the one in Rome , the other now resident in Rhemes ; against certain finiste . informations given up against the same . — Printed at Mounts in He●●cault , 1581. in a large oct . This Books is said by t one to be a princely , grave , and flourishing piece of natural and exquisite English . Apologia pro sacerdotibus Societatis Jesu , & Seminariorum alumnis contra Edicta Regia . Printed in a Book entit . Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae , &c. Aug. Trev. 1583. in oct . & 1594. in qu. part . 3. Piissima admonitio & consolatio verè Christiana ad afflictos Catholicos Angliae . Printed also in the said Book . A true , sincere , and modest defence of the English Catholicks that suffer for their Faith both at home and abroad , against a slanderous Libel entit . The Execution of Justice in England . — Not expressed where , or when , Printed ; but by the character and some passages therein , is shew'd that it was Printed beyond the Seas , about 1583. in oct . Printed also in Latin , at Ingolst . 1584. in oct . and in a Book entit . Concertat . Eccles . Cath. in Anglia , &c. 1594. This defence was answered by Dr. Tho. Bilson , in the third part of his Book of the Supremacy , or in that Book called , The true difference between Christian Subjection , and Vnchristian Rebellion . As for The Execution of Justice , which the defence answers , was written , as it was then , and since , reported , by Sir Will. Cecil Lord Burleigh . The second impression of which , made at Lond. 1583. in five sheets in oct . I have , and bears this Title , The execution of Justice in England for maintenance of Publick and Christian Peace , against certain stirs of sedition , and adherents to the Traytors and Enemies of the Realm , without any persecution of them for questions of Religion , as is falsly reported , &c. Epistola de Daventriae ditione . Cracov . 1588. in oct . Printed also about that time in English . It must be noted that in 1587. Will. Stanley , and Rowl . York , Englishmen , did traiterously deliver up a Fort near Zutphen , and the strong Garrison of Daventry to the Spaniard ; whereupon our Author Dr. Allyn , did ( being provoked by the Bull of Pius 5. against Q. Elizabeth ) not only commend the Treason , but excited others , in the said Epistle to the like exploit or perfidiousness , as if they were neither bound to serve nor obey an excommunicated Queen . At which time the said Allyn dispatched away divers Priests to Rowl . York , whose Regiment of 13 hundred consisted all of English and Irish , to be Chaplains and Confessors to them . In the year 1588. our author Allyn compiled a Book to be published when the Spaniard should arrive into England , to stir up all the English Papists to take up Arms against the Queen . The first part of the said Book was intit . A declaration of the Sentence of Sixtus 5. — Grounded on the said Pope's Crusaido , whereby he gave plenary Indulgence and Pardon of all Sins to all that gave their helping hand to deprive Q. Elizabeth of her Kingdom . The second part was entit . An admonition to the Nobility and People of England . — Which Book , or Books , coming straightway to the knowledge of the Queen , she dispatched away u D. Val. Dale to the Prince of Parma , Vice-Roy of the Low Countries for the King of Spain ; who being introduced into his presence , he did mildly expostulate with him about the said Book or Books , written by Allyn , wherein , as Dale said , he exhorted the Nobility and People of England and Ireland to joyn with the Spanish Forces under him , the said Prince , to invade England , &c. but he pretended he knew nothing of such a Book , and so sent him away unsatisfied . However so it was , that presently upon the overthrow of the great invincible Armado , under their heroical Adlantado , certain Roman Catholicks procured the whole impression to be burned , saving some few that had been sent abroad beforehand to Friends , and such as had otherwise been conveyed away by the Printer , and others in secret wise . What else our Author Allyn hath written , Joh. Pitseus , who w speaks very honorably of him , will tell you ; who adds that he gave up the ghost on the 6 of O●●ob . according to our accompt , in fifteen hundred ninety and four , and was buried in the Church or Chappel of the English Colledge at Rome , where there is an Epitaph for him , which being printed by two several Authors at least , I shall now pass it by . The Jesuits triumphed openly ( as one x saith ) at his Death , and among other of the calumniations against him , they said , That God had taken him away in a good time ; for if he had lived longer he would have disgraced himself , and lost the credit which he had got . In one or more Books containing the lives , or at least characters , with the Arms , of the Popes and Cardinals of Rome , it appears that the Arms of Cardinal Allyn , are Argent 3 Connies or Rabbets passant Sable ; yet the ancient Arms belonging to the Allens or Allyns of Staffordshire ( from whom he is descended ) are Parted per Chevron Gules and Ermine two Lyons heads erased , in the upper part , or . The next Card. that the English Nation hath been honoured with , is Philip Howard , third Son of Henry Earl of Arundel , and younger Brother to Henry Earl of Norwich and Duke of Norfolk ; who at this day is living at Rome . He was born in Arundel House , in the Parish of St. Clement Danes without Temple-Bar near London , an . 1629. and there educated under several Tutors , till he was 14 years of age . At length , upon the eruption of the Civil War , he left the Nation , and travelled with his Grandfather Thomas Earl of Arundel into Italy , and at 15 years of age became a Dominician , or Black-Frier , at Cremona . After several years spent there , he returned into England , and upon the Marriage of King Charles 2. with Katherine the Infanta of Portugal , he became Lord Almoner to her , and continued in her service several years . Afterwards , upon the People's being exasperated against Popery , he quitted that Noble Office , and went to Bornheim in Flanders , where having a Convent of English Fryers of his Order , had not continued there long , but at the desire of his sometimes Tutor , then Confessor to Pope Clement 10. had a Cardinals Cap sent to him by the said Pope in the month of May , 1675. by his Messenger Seignior Con , at which time Father Howard was at Antwerp with the Bishop of that place . By vertue of which , and the instrument with it , he was made Cardinal Priest , Sub tt . Ecclesiae S. Mariae supra Minervam : which Church was in most ancient time built upon the ruines of the Temple of Minerva at Rome , where the said Card. is now generally stiled The Cardinal of Norfolk , and by some The Cardinal of England . Afterwards taking his journey towards Rome , he was attended by his Uncle William Viscount Stafford ( beheaded in 1680. upon account of being engaged in the Popish Plot ) Mr. John Howard Son of the said William , Lord Thomas Howard Nephew to the said Cardinal , and younger Brother to the present Duke of Norfolk , Seignior Con before-mentioned , Dr. Joh. Laybourne President of the English or Clergy College at Doway , then Secretary or Auditor to the Cardinal , and others . He took his journey through Flanders to Doway , where he was with great solemnity received and lodged in the said Coll. The next day he designing to visit the College of English Benedictines at that place , he was received by the whole Convent in their Church , in a solemn procession with Copes , a Te Deum , and other Ceremonies , as appointed in the Ritual , for such receptions . From the Church he was conducted into the Cloyster , and entertained with a banquet , and a Panigyrick spoken to him , by a Student of that college . All which was so well performed , that Vis● Sta●●ord was pleased to say , that it was the only fit reception his Eminence had met with in all his journey . Afterwards his Eminence went to Paris , where he continued for some time incognito . At length , with other Nobility and Persons of Quality added to the former company , he journeyed to Rome , and made his entry for the defraying of which and his journey , he had the assistance of the Pope , and not of King Charles 2. and Queen Catherine , as the common report then went. ADAM HYLL , a most noted and eloquent Preacher of his time , was elected Fellow of Baliol Coll. in 1568. being that Bachelaur of Arts , stood in the Act to compleat the degree of Master of that Faculty in 1572. and on the 12. of Jan. following , he resigned his Fellowship . About that time , he being noted for his practical way of Preaching , he became Vicar of Westbury in Wilts , ( in which County he was , as it is probable , born ) Parson of Goosage in Dorsetshire , and at length Prebendary of Gillyngham Minor in , and Succentor of , the Cath. Church of Salisbury . In 1591. he took the degrees in Divinity , and had he not been untimely snatched away by Death , he would have been advanced to an high degree in the Church . He hath written and published . Several Sermons : Among which are , ( 1 ) Godly Sermon shewing the Fruits of Peace and War , on 2 Cor. 20. 1 Lond. 1588. oct . ( 2 ) Serm. On Gen. 18. 21 , 22. — Lond. 1593. oct . ( 3 ) Serm. concerning Christs descent into Hell , Preached 28. Feb. 1589. but on what Subject I cannot tell , for I have not yet seen it . It was answered by Alex. Humo a Scot ; whereupon our Author Hyll came out with a Book intit . A defence of the Article , Christ descended into Hell , with an Answer to the arguments objected against the truth of the said Doctrine , by one Alexand. Hume , &c. — Lond. 1592. ( qu ) . Afterwards Hume came out with A Rejoinder , wherein the answer to Dr. Hylls Sermon is justly defended . Printed 1593. qu. But before our author Hyll could come out with another answer , he gave way to fate ; which hapning at Salisbury about the 16. of Febr. in fifteen hundred ninety and four , was buried in the Cath. Church there , on the nineteenth day of the same Month. Soon after his dignity or dignities in the said Church were bestowed on one Tho. Crump . As for the said Alex. Hume he was Master of Arts of the University of St. Andrew in Scotland , was incorporated here , as I shall tell you in the Fasti ; and wrote , besides what is before mentioned , a A Treatise of Conscience , &c. ( 2 ) Treatise of the Felicity of the World to come , &c. ( 3 ) Four discourses of praises unto God , &c. All which were printed at London in 1594. in oct . JOHN THORIE or Thorius , Son of John Thorius Doctor of Physick , who intitles himself , Balliolanus Flandrus , was born in London , matriculated in this University , as a Member of Ch. Ch. 1 Oct. 1586. aged 18. but whether he took a degree , it appears not , though in one of his Books he writes himself a Graduat of Oxenford . He was a Person well skilled in certain Tongues , and a noted Poet of his time , as several pieces of his , then published , shew . All the things that I have seen of his writing or translating are these . A Spanish Dictionary . Lond. 1590. qu. Added to his translation into English of a Spanish Grammar , written by Auth. de Corro ; which Dictionary contains the explication of all the Spanish Words cited in the said Grammer , and is as a Key to open every thing therein . Letters and Sonnets to Gabr. Harvey , An. 1593. — See at the end of a book , entit . Pierces Superarogation ; written by the said Harvey : And at the end of another called ▪ Have with you to Saffron Walden , &c. written by Tho. Nash anoted Poet of his time , and a Dramatick Writer , as his published Comedies shew . Our author Thorius also translated from Spanish into English , a book entit . The Councellour : A Treatise of Councils and Councellours of Princes . Lond. 1589. qu. written by Barth . Philip. L. L. D. and another entit . The Serjeant Major ; or , a Dialogue of the Office of a Serjeant Major . Lond. 1590. qu. Written in Spanish by Francisco Valdes Master of the Camp. I shall make mention of another Joh. Thorius in the Fasti , 1627. and of the Name of Thoris in other years there , and elsewhere ; but whether the Thoryes of Boston and Ingoldmells in Lincoluishire , who lived there in the time of Queen Elizabeth and King James . I. and after , were of Kin to the aforesaid Joh. Thorie , I know not . Besides all these , I find one Raphaei Thorius . commonly called Thoris , a Frenchman , whom I shall set down among he Writers under the year 1625. JOHN BRIDGWATER ▪ or Aquepontanus as he writes himself , was born a in Yorkshire , as the Reg. here quoted saith , but descended from those of his name in Somersetshire , applied his Muse to Accademical Studies , at his first coming to Oxon , in Hart Hall ; whence translating himself to Brasenose soon after , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1556. and about that time entred into Holy Orders . In 1562. May 1. he was admitted b to the Rectory of Wotto●-Courtney in the Diocess of Wells ; and on the 14. Apr. 1563. he was elected Rector of Lincoln College , on the resignation of Dr. Francis Babington . On the 23. of May following he was c admitted Rector of Luccomb , in the said Diocess of Wells , being then also Archdeacon of Rochester , and soon after being made Canon Residentiary of Wells , was admitted Rector d of Porlock in the Diocess thereof , 16. Apr. 1565. In 1570. Nov. 28. he was e admitted Master of the Hospital of St. Catherine neay to Be●mystre , and in 1572. March 29. to the f Prebendship of Bishops Compton in the Church of Wells . In 1574. he resigned his Rectory of Lincoln College , to prevent , as I presume , expulsion , because he was actually , or very near it , a Roman Catholick , and had given great incouragement , during his Government , to the Students under him , to embrace Religion . The same year he left Oxon , carried away with him several Goods belonging to the said College , and taking with him certain young Scholars , left all his preferments , acquaintance , and relations , and went beyond the Sea to Rheimes : Where continuing for a time , did at length ( as it is said ) enter himselfe into the Society of Jesus . He was esteemed by those of his Profession a good Scholar , and well read in various Authors , as many of his Writings shew ; all which being published beyond the Sea , I have only seen these following : Confutatio virulentae disputationis Theologica , in qua Georgius Sohn professor Academiae Heidelbergensis conatus est docere Pontificem Romanum esse Antichristum à Prophetis & Apostolis praedictum . Aut. Trev. 1589. qu. It must be now known that one Joh. Gibbon a Jesuit , and John Fenne , having taken a great deal of pains in writing the lives and sufferings of several Popish Martyrs , with other matters relating to the Roman Catholick cause ; their labours were published under this Title , Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae in Anglia adversus Calvino-Papistas , & Puritanos , &c. Aug. Trev. 1583. in a prerty thick oct . But many things therein being wanting , or defective , our author Bridgwater took more pains in enlarging , and adding to it other matters , with an account of 100 or more Popish Martyrs , which were partly written by the said Gibbon and Fenne ; which being so done , it was printed with this Title , like almost to the former , viz. Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae in Anglia adversus Calvino-Papistas & Puritanos sub Elizabetha Regina , quorundam hominum doctrina & sanctitate illustrium renovata & recognita , &c. Aug. Trev. 1594. in a thick qu. and divided in 3 parts . The Preface to it , dedicated to John Archbishop of Trier ; was writ by our author , who subscribes himself at the end , by the Name of Joh. Aquepontanus , who hath also written , Apologia Martyrum , qua ipsorum innocentia variis rationibus demonstratur , &c. Printed in the third part of the said Concertatio Ecc. Cath. De persecutione Anglicana . — So Pet. Ribadeneira ; h but his continuatour Phil. Alegamb doth * attribute that work to Rob. Persins , Entitling it De presecutione Anglicana Epistola , &c. It is printed in the first part of Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae . A Treatise or Discourse against the six articles , which are wont to be proposed to Martyrs . — This I have not yet seen ; nor do I know any thing more of the author , only that he was living in great esteem at Trier in Germany , in fifteen hundred ninety and four . From the said Concertatio Eccles . Cath. did Thom. Worthington take most of his materials when he composed his Catalogus Martyrum pro religione in Angliae accisorum , &c. Which , though but a six penny book when it first came forth , yet eleven shillings and more was given for it in a certain Auction , An. 1682. as I shall tell you when I come to speak of the said Worthington . GEORGE TURBERVILE ( de turbida villa ) a younger Son of Nich. Turbervile of Whitchurch in Dorsetshire , Son of Hen. Turb . of the said place , and he the fifth Son of Joh. Turbervile of Bere Regis ( a right ancient and gentile Family ) in Dorsetshire , was born at Whit●●urch before-mentioned , educated in W●keham's School near to Winchester , became perpet●● Fellow of New Coll. 1561. left it before he was graduated the year following , and went to one of the Inns of Court , where he was much admired for his excellencies in the art of Poetry . Afterwards being esteemed a Person fit for business , as having a good and ready command of his Pen , he was entertained by Tho. Randolph Esq ; to be his Secretary , when he received commission from Queen Elizabeth to go Embassador to the Emperour of Russia . After our author's arrival at that place , he did at spare hours exercise his muse , and wrote , Poems describing the places and manners of the country and people of Russia , an . 1568. — Written to Edw. Dancie , Edm. Spencer , &c. at London . See in the Voyages of R. Hakeluyt , printed 1598. vol. 1. p. 384 , 385 , &c. After his return he was esteemed a most accomplished Gentleman , and his company was much sought after and desired by all ingenious men ; especially upon his publication of his Labours , entit . Epitaphs , Epigrams , Songs , and Sonnets . Lond. 1570. oct . Some , if not most , of which were published a little before that time . This Book was the same , as I conceive , which was printed with additions , under his name , in oct . An. 1587. with this Title , Tragical Tales , Epitaphs , and Sonnets , &c. He also translated in English , The Eglogues of John Bapt. Fiera Mantuan . Lond. 1594. Which Eglogues Turbervile turned in English Verse , and added an argument to every Eglogue : Also about the same time , he translated into English Verse , and set out , The Heroical Epistles of the learned Poet , Pub. Ovid. Naso : with Aul. Sabinus Answers to certain of the same . Printed in oct . twice as it seems , one edition whereof came out at Lond. 1600. The said Eglogues were afterwards translated by another hand ; but not without the help of that translation of Turbervile , though not acknowledged . The person that performed it was Tho. Harvey , who writes himself Gent. But whether the same Tho. Harvey who was Master of Arts , the first Master of Kington School in Herefordshire , ( founded 1620. ) and the author of The Synagogue , in imitation of divine Herbert , I know not . As for George Turbervile he lived and was in great esteem among ingenious men , in fifteen hundred ninety and four , ( 36. Reg. Elizab. ) but when he dyed I cannot yet learn. I find one George Turbervile to be author of ( 1 ) Essays politick and moral . Printed 1608. in oct . ( 2 ) The noble art of Venery , or hunting and hawking . Printed with figures in 1611. in qu. &c. Whether George Turbervile before-mentioned was the author of the said two books , or another of both his names , who was a Dorsetshire man born , and a Commoner of Glouc. Hall , An. 1581. aged 18. or a third G. Turbervile who was born in the said County , and became a Student in Magd. Hall 1595. aged 17. I cannot justly tell you , unless I could see and peruse the said two books , of which I am as yet totally ignorant . HENRY WALPOOLE elder Brother to Mich. and Rich. Walpoole Jesuits , was born in the County of Norfolk , educated in both the Universities , but in what College or Hall in Oxon , it doth not appear , because not matriculated ; so that his stay here being , I persume , but short , nothing occurs memorable of him , only that he was inclined to Puritanism . which made Pasquil in his Apology i to challenge Oxford men to enquire and tell him , whether the said Walpoole was not a Puritan when he forsook them . Soon after his retirement from the University , he became so zealous a Roman Catholick , that endeavouring to perswade others to his Opinion , he was forced to leave his station : whereupon going to Rome , he was entred into the Society of Jesus , in 1584. aged 25 years ; where continuing for some time , he went afterwards into Spain , and when he had spent certain years there , he journeyed into Holland , where he suffer'd much upon account of Religion . In 1593. he was sent into England , was seized on at his first entry therein , and carried to York , where he was imprisoned for denying the Queen's Supremacy over the Church of England . The next year he was sent to London , and committed Prisoner to the Tower , where he suffered much misery . After an years durance there , ( in which time several Ministers were with , to persuade , him to recant , but in vain , ) he was sent back to York . where he suffered death , as I shall tell you anon . He hath written in English Verse , The Martyrdom of Edm. Campian the Jesuit . — and other things that are not printed , having been secured , by certain Protestants , when the author was imprisoned at York ; at which place , he was hanged , drawn , and quartered for Treason , on the 17. Apr. in fifteen hundred ninety and five . year 1595 See more of him in a book intit . Bibl. Script . Soc. Jesu , written originally by Pet. Ribadeneira . — Lugd. 1609. in oct . continued by Philip Alcgambc . — Antw. 1643. fol. and at length by Nath. Sotvellus , commonly called Southwell , of the Family of the Southwells in Norfolk . — Rom. 1676. fol. See also in Historia Provinciae Anglicanae Soc. Jesu . lib. 5. nu . 33 , 34. written by Henry More an English-man , a descendant from Sir Tho. More , sometimes L. Chanc. of England . Which Hen. tells us , that the said Hen. Walpoole was educated in Cambridge , without any notice taken of Oxon. The learned Camden in his Annals of Queen Elizabeth , doth make mention of one of the Walpooles , an 1598. but which , I cannot yet tell . JOHN HARTE was educated in most kinds of literature in Oxon ; but in what College or Hall I cannot find . One Mr. Harte was a Sojournour of Exeter College , An. 1551. ( 5. Ed. 6. ) but him I take to be too soon for our author , who was but a young Man when he encountred Dr. Jo. Rainolds in a disputation . What degrees he took here , it appears not , though those of his Profession ( the Jesuits ) tell k us , that he was Bachelaur of Divinity of Oxon ; yet upon the strict perusal of our Registers , I cannot find the least authority for it . After he had left this University , being then , and before , very unsettled and wavering in mind , he went beyond the Seas , changed his Religion , took priestly Orders , and was sent into the Mission of England ; but soon after taken and committed to Prison , to a filthy dungeon , as a noted l author tells us ; who adds that after he ( whom he calls the happy young Confessor ) had been often by Famine tormented , was unexpectedly brought out to encounter Joh. Rainolds before-mentioned , An. 1583. or thereabouts . Which disputation being smartly held on both sides , those of Harte's Persuasion say that Rainolds was foiled ; though , the opposite , not ; upon some years after was published , The summ of a conference between Joh. Rainolds and Jo. Hart , touching the Head , and the Faith of the Church , &c. Lond. 1588. qu. See more in Jo. Rainolds , under the year 1607. Afterwards our Author Harte , who is stiled by a learned m Author , Vir praecaeteris doctissimus , being banished with divers other R. Priests , in 1584. he went to Verdune , where he entred into the Society of Jesus . Thence he was called to Rome , where making some stay till authority commanded him thence , he went into Poland , and settled for a time at Jareslaw . At length giving way to Fate on the 14. of the Cal. of Aug. in fifteen hundred ninety and five , year 1595 or thereabouts , was buried at Jareslaw , or Joreslaw . Seven years after his Body was taken up , and translated to another place belonging to the Jesuits , who had an high esteem for his Person while living , sanctity of Life and Learning , and when dead for his memory . I find another John Hart , who was Chester Herald , and wrote and published , An Orthography , containing the due Order and Reason how to write or paint the Image of Man's Voice , most like to the Life or Nature . Lond. 1569. And another Jo. Hart of later time , who , among other Books , did publish , The burning Bush not consumed , wherein one may judge whether he be the Child of God or not . Lond. 1641. 2. fourth edit . But whether this last , who was a zealous Puritan , ( if not worse , ) or the former , who was an Herald , were of this University , I know not as yet . THOMAS DIGGES , Son of Leonard Digges , mentioned before under the year 1574. by Sarah his Wife , Sister to Jam. and Tho. Wilford , two most valiant Knights of Hartridge in the Parish of Crainbrook in Kent , was born in that County , and for a time educated among the Oxonian Muses , but in what House I cannot yet tell , neither whether he be the same Mr. Digges which the famous Lampoon or Libel , made by Th. Bulkley , in the time of Q. Elizabeth , ( on several Scholars and others of Oxon , ) points at . However , of this I am sure , he the said Tho. Digges did spend his younger years , even from his Cradle , in the Liberal Sciences ; especially in searching the most difficult and curious demonstrations Mathematical , by the assistance of the practices , observations , monuments , and conferences of his Father . He was a Person of great Piety , well skilled in matters relating to Soldiers , and War , ( having been Muster-master General of all Q. Elizabeth's Forces in the Low Countries , ) and learned to a miracle in Mathematical Sciences , which made him much esteemed by Joh. Dee , Tho. Allen and others . He hath transmitted to Posterity , Alae sive scalae Mathamaticae . Lond. 1573. qu. Of which Work Tycho Brahe n giveth a favourable and ingenious censure . An Arithmetical Military Treatise , containing so much of Arithmetick , as is necessary towards Military Discipline . Lond. 1579. qu. Geometrical Treatise named Stratiaticos , requisite for the perfection of Soldiers . Lond. 1579. qu. This was first of all attempted by his Father , but finished by this our author Thomas his Son ; afterwards corrected and amended , and sundry additions put to it . — Lond. 1590. qu. Perfect description of Celestial Orbs , according to the most ancient Doctrine of the Pythagoreans , &c. Lond. 1592. qu. set at the end of his Fathers Prognostication . Humble motives for association to maintain Religion established . — Printed 1601. in oct . To which is added his Letter to the same purpose to the Archbishops and Bishops of England . England's Defence : a Treatise concerning Invasion : or , a brief discourse of what orders were best for the repulsing of Foreign Enemies , if any time they should invade us by Sea in Kent , or elsewhere . — Written 1599. but not printed till 1686. which was at Lond. in 5 sheets in fol. Besides these and his Nova corpora , &c. he had several Mathematical Treatises lying by him , which were fit for the Press , and by him intended for publick view ; but being diverted by Law-sutes , his intentions were not only stopped , but the happy Society of the Mathematical Muses were discontinued . He concluded his last day on the 24. year 1595 of Aug. in fifteen hundred ninety and five , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of S. Mary the Virgin in Aldermanbury in the City of London . On the North wall of the said Chancel was soon after set up a fair monument to his memory ; which continuing till 1666. was in the beginning of Sept. in that year , consumed with the Church it self in the dismal conflagration that then hapned in London . You may see more of this Tho. Digges in my discourse of his Father Len. Digges under the year 1574. EDWARD KELLEY otherwise Talbot was born in the City of Worcester , at about 4 of the clock in the afternoon , on the first day of Aug. in 1555. ( 3 of Q Mary ) whose Nativity being afterwards calculated , it did appear that he was born to be a man of clear understanding , quick apprehension , of an excellent wit , and of great propensity to Philosophical studies and the mysteries of Nature . This Person , being about 17 years of age , at which time he had attained to a competency of Grammar Learning at Worcester and elsewhere , he was sent to Oxon , but to what House I cannot tell . However I have been informed by an ancient Bach. of Divinity , who in his younger years had been an ●manuensis to Mr. Tho. Allen of Gloucester Hall , that he ( Kelley ) had spent some time in that House : Whereupon I recurring to the Matricula , could not find the name of Kelley , only Talbot of Ireland , three of which Name were Students there in 1573 , — 74 , &c. about which time Mr. ( afterwards Sir ) John Davies was instructed in the Mathematicks by the said Allen. But this relation having been somewhat dubiously delivered to me , I must tell you , that Kelley having an unsettled mind , left Oxon abruptly , without being entred into the Matricula , and in his rambles in Lancashire , committing certain soul matters , lost both his Ears at Lancaster , and about that time caused , by his incantations , a poor Man that had been buried in the yard belonging to Law-church , near to Walton in the dale , to be taken out of his grave , and to answer to such questions that he then proposed to him . The story of which , being to me incredible , I shall refer you to the Writer o of it , who is too credulous in many matters . About that time our author Kelley became intimate with Dr. John Dee the famous Mathematician , with whom continuing several years in Philosophical Studies , and Chymical Experiments , they both became very famous among Scholars , and therefore noted by Persons of high and noble extraction , one for the Mathematicks , and the other for Chymistry ; for though Dee was the most eminent man in his time for the first , yet Kelly went far beyond him in the latter , as by the sequel it will appear . 'T is reported by a certain p Rosacrucian that they were so strangely fortunate , as to find a very large quantity of the Elixir in some part of the ruines of Glastenbury Abbey , which was so incredibly rich in virtue , that they lost much in making projection , by way of tryal , before they found out the heighth of that medicine . In the beginning of 1583. Dr. J. Dee having contracted with certain Spirits to act and converse with them , he appointed his Friend Kelley to be his Seer or Skryer , or Speculator , that is to take notice what the Spirits said , and to tell it to d ee , while he wrote down in a Book what was dictated to him . Soon after Dee and Kelley being made known to , and acquainted with , the learned and most noble Polonian , named Albert Alaskie Prince of Sirad , who was come into England . to see the fashions of the Court , and to admire the Wisdom of the Queen , he thereupon had so great respect for them , ( himself being a Mathematician , ) that in Sept. following when he left England he took them and their Wives with him in the same Ship , and travelling with him afterwards by Land , he saw them safely conveyed to Cracaw in Poland . Where continuing for some time , they removed to Prague ; and at length , in Sept. 1586. to Trebona in Bohemia : at all which places tho Kelley was several times troublesome , inconstant , and false to d ee , yet he mostly performed the office of Skryer . And further , that notwithstanding Dee took the said Spirits to be Angelical , yet Kelley not , but rather meer delusions of the Devil , which hath been since confirmed by Dr. Meric Casaubon , who published the Relation of Dr. Dee's conversing with Spirits . At Trebona Kelley q made projection 9. Dec. 1586. with one small grain of the Elixir ( in proportion no bigger than the least grain of sand ) upon one ounce and a quarter of common Mercury , and it produced almost an ounce of most pure Gold. At another time he made projection upon a piece of mettal cut out of a Warming-pan , and without his touching or handling it , or melting the metal , ( only warming it in the fire , ) the Elixir being put thereon , it was transmuted into pure Silver . The said Warming-pan and piece were sent to Q. Elizabeth by her Embassador then residing at Prague , that by fitting the piece , with the place whence it was cut out , it might exactly appear to be a part of the said Warming-pan . At another time Kelley , who was openly profuse beyond the modest limits of a sober Philosopher , did give away in Gold-wyer-rings ( or rings twisted with three Gold-wyers ) at the Marriage of one of his Maid Servants , to the value of 4000 l. but this I think was acted after Dee had left him at Trebona , ( which was in May 1589. ) otherwise it had not been done , and so consequently Rodolph 2. Emperor of Germany ( who had a great respect for him and Dee ) would not for his Prodigality , or open management of the secret , or rather , as some say , for a chymical cheat put upon him , have committed him to close custody . The Writings of Kelley that are made publick are these , Poem of Chymistry . — Pr. in Theat . Chemic . Britannicum . an . 1652. Poem of the Philosophers-Stone . — Written to his Friend G. S. Gent. Printed there also . De lapide Philosophorum , Hamb . 1676. in oct . Qu. Whether this be not falsly fathered on him . He hath also several Lat. and Engl. discourses in a Book intit . A true and faithful relation of what passed , for many years , between Dr. Joh. d ee and some Spirits , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. Published by Dr. Meric Casaubon before-mentioned . At length our author Kelley ( who had been Knighted by the Emperor , as it seems ) being imprisoned the second time ( at Prague ) by the aforesaid Emperor , after he had been at Liberty for some Months , and in a manner had crept into his favour , attempted an escape out of an high Window by tying his sheets together , after he had divided each into two parts at least ; but he being too weighty for them , he fell to the ground before he was half way down ; so that bruising his Body and breaking his Legs , he r dyed soon after in Octob. as it seem , in fifteen hundred ninety and five ; year 1595 for on the 25. Nov. following the news of his death came to Dr. d ee then in England , which he inserted in his Diary thus , Nov. 25. an . 1595. news that Sir F. K. was slain . Jo. Weever before quoted tells s us otherwise . viz. That Q. Elizabeth sent very secretly Capt. Peter Gwinne with some others , to perswade Kelly to return back to his Native Country ; which he was willing to do ; and thinking to escape away in the night , by stealth , as he was clambering over a wall in his own House in Prague , ( which bears his name to this day , and which sometimes was an old Sanctuary , ) he fell down from the battlements , broke his Legs , and bruised his Body , of which hurts within a while after he dyed , &c. Thus Weever before-mentioned , a Lancashire man born , educated in Queens coll . in Cambrige , under the tuition of Dr. Rob. Pearson Archdeacon of Suffolk , afterwards a great traveller beyond the Seas , and collector of several Epitaphs of English-men that he met with in his rambles . Soon after his return , he travelled though most parts of England , for the obtaining of English Antiquities , and through some of Scotland , being encouraged thereunto by those excellent Antiquaries Sir Rob. Cotton and Joh. Selden . At length after he had arrived to the 56 years of his age , his little body being then in a manner worn out with continual motion , he yielded to nature in his house in Clerkenwelclose near to London , an . 1632. Whereupon his body was buried towards the west end of the Church of St. James in Clerkenwel . As for Edw. Kelley before-mention'd you may see more of him before , in Franc. Puccius , and afterwards ( under the year 1651. ) in Arth. Dee . ROGER WILLIAMS Son of Tho. Williams of Penrose in Monmouthshire , by Elianour his Wife , daughter of Sir Will. Vaughan Knight , was born in that County , of a Family rather ancient than wealthy , and being from his childhood more given to Military , than Scholastical , matters ; yet for form sake he was sent to the University ; but to what house therein , unless to Brasenose , whereof one of both his Names , and a Welsh-man , was a Student in 1554. ( 2. of Q. Mary ) I know not . Soon after he left Oxon , became a Souldier of Fortune under the Duke of Alva , ran through all the degrees of Military Offices , was a Colonel in the French and Belgick Wars , and might have been sided with the best of those times , if his discretion could have but well tempered his hot furious valour , which was the reason that Q. Elizabeth would not commit any place , or Employment , of great trust to his care . In 1586. he had the Honour of Knighthood conferr'd upon him , was then beloved of all Souldiers , and so much noted for his martial prowess , that he went beyond the commendation of Panegyrick , which was specified in the said year , when at midnight he assaulted the Camp of the Prince of Parma near Venlow , slew some of the Enemies , and pierced the Tent of the General , as a noted t author tells us . He hath written , The Actions of the Low Countries . — Printed at Lond. in time of Q. Eliz. as it seems , and 1618. qu. The author being unlearned , and only tutored by experience , hath penn'd the said History with very exquisite judgment , he being an actor in the said Actions or Wars . A brief discourse of War , with his opinion concerning some part of martial discipline . Lond. 1590. qu. In this excellent book the author defends the military art of his , against that of former , days ; but to the great envy then , and discontent of some old-beaten Souldiers , and the Lovers of Archery . He paid his last debt to Nature in his House in the Parish of St. Benedict , near to Pauls Wharf in London , in the month of Decemb. in fifteen hundred ninety and five , year 1595 and was buried on the 23. of the same month , by the care of Tho. Powell of Vsk in Monmouthshire , and Gellie Merick of the Parish of St. Clements without Temple-Bar , Gent. ( his Kinsmen ) within the Cath. Ch. of St. Paul ; at whose Funeral Rob. Earl of Essex , and all the warlike men of the City of London mourned . Whether any Epitaph was ever set over his grave , I know not : Sure it is that one u who knew him , hath commended to Posterity a learned Epigram on him , the beginning of which is , Quid tumulum lachrymis violas , & murmure vexas Fortissimi manes Ducis ? &c. You may be pleased to satisfie your self concerning this valiant Colonel , in a Book intit . A true discourse historical of the succeeding Governors of the Netherlands , and the Civil Ware there began in the year 1565. &c. Translated and collected by Tho. Churchyard Esq ; and Rich. Ro. out of the reverend E. M. of Antwerp his 15 books of his Historia Belgica , &c. Lond. 1602. I find another Rog. Williams later in time than the former , an inhabitant of Providence in New England , and author of ( 1 ) A Key to the Language of New England . Lond. 1643. oct . ( 2 ) The hireling Ministry none of Christ : or , a discourse of the propagation of the Gospel of Christ Jesus . Lond. 1652. qu. &c. But of what University the said Williams was , if of any , I know not ; or whether a real Phanatick or Jesuit . HENRY UNTON was born of an ancient and gentile Family at Wadley near Faringdon in Berkshire , educated in Oriel coll . under Mr. Rich. Pygot one of that Society , left it without a degree and travelled . After his return , being esteemed a Person well qualified , had some Employment under Sir Christopher Hatton L. Chancelour , who quickly finding him to be a man of business and experience , commended him to the Queen , who in 1586. not only conferred on him the Honour of Knighthood , but sent him afterwards twice in the quality of an Embassador to the King of France , where he behaved himself right stoutly in behalf of his Mistress , particularly for some injury done to her by the Duke of Guise , an . 1592. This person , who was actually created M. of A. of this University , before he went into France , hath written , An account of his Embassy : or , a Diary containing his Commission , Instructions , Expences , and Transactions ; as also Letters from , or to , him , from July 13. an 1591. to June 12. an . 1592. — MS. in bib . Bod. He also made a Diary for his last Embassy , which continued to the time of his Death , but that I have not yet seen . He gave way to Fate in the King of France's Camp , lying before Lafere , on the 23. March in fifteen hundred ninety and five ; whereupon his Body being conveyed into England , was buried on the 8. July following , in a Chappel joyning to the North side of the Church of Faringdon before-mentioned . Soon after was a noble Monument set over his grave , with this inscription , containing certain matters relating to him , which I have not yet mentioned . Virtuti & honori Sacrum . Henrico Vntono Eq. Aurate , Edovardi Vntoni , Eq. Aur. filio , ex Annâ Comitissâ Warwici , filiâ Edovardi de Sancto Mauro Ducis Sommersetti & Angliae Protectoris , qui optimarum artium studiis a primâ aetate in Academiâ Oxon institutus , magnam orbis Christiani partem perlustravit , ob virtutem bellicam in Zutphaniae obsidione , dignitate equestri donatus , propter singularem prudentiam , spectatum sidem , & multiplicem rerum usum iterum Legatus à Sereniss . Angliae Reginâ ad Christianiss . Regem missus in Galliam , è quâ ad celestem patriam migravit 23. Mart. an . 1596. &c. The Muses of Oxon had so great a respect for the memory of this most worthy Person , that a book of Verses on his death , came out soon after under their name , intit . Funebria nobiliss . ac praestomtiss . Eq. D. Henrici Vntoni ad Gallos bis legati regii , &c. à Musis Oxon apparata . WILLIAM MIDDLETON , the third Son of Rich. Middleton of Denbigh , ( by Jane his Wife , Daughter of Hugh Dryhurst of the same place , ) fourth Son of Foulk Middleton of Denbigh before-mentioned , the third Son of Dav. Middleton of Gwenock , Recordator of North-Wales , was born in Denbighshire , and educated for a time among the Oxonians , but whether in Jesus coll . at its first foundation , as probably it might be so , or whether he took more than one degree , I know not . Afterwards he travelled into various parts of the World , exercised himself in fears of Arms , became the most noted Bard of his Country ; and tho a Souldier and a Captain by profession , ( having had the command of a Ship for several years , ) yet all the time he got , was bestowed in exercising his Poetical fancy . The Works of him that I have seen are these . Bardoniaeth : or , the Art of Welsh poetry . Lond. 1593. qu. in 3 sh . and half . This book which is written in Welsh , he stiles the first book , or part , as if there was a second to be published . He also translated into the Welsh tongue the Psalms of David , running in excellent Meter . Which noble work he performed apud se●tum insulam occidentalium Indorum , and finished it there 24. Jan. in fifteen hundred ninety and five . This translation coming into the hands of his Country-man Tho. Salisbury , was , with the help of his Friend Tho. Middleton Citizen of London , and kinsman to the author , published at Lond. 1603. qu. Before which time the author , as it seems , was dead . In my searches I find another Will. Middleton Bach. of Divinity and Minister of Hardwick in Cambridgshire , author of Papisto mastix : or , the Protestants Religion defended , &c. Lond. 1606. qu. and of other things , but what relation there was between the former and this ( who seems to have been educated in Cambridge ) I know not . JOHN SMYTHE , or Smith , Son of Sir Clem. Smythe of Little Badew in Essex , by Dorothy his Wife , Sister to Edw. Seymour Duke of Somerset , ( whose Sister Jane Seymour was the third Wife of K. Hen. 8. ) was born as it seems , in Essex , and laid the foundation of Literature in Oxon , but in what house , 't is difficult to find , because both his Names are very common . Afterwards being martially inclined , he travelled into various countries , exercised himself in feats of arms , and became as well a compleat Souldier , as Gentleman . At length he was made a Knight by Qu. Elizabeth , and by her sent Embassador into Spain , in 1576 , as being a person of a Spanish port and demeanour , and well known to the Spaniard , who held him , as their King did , in high value , and especially for this reason , that he was first cousin to K. Ed. 6. His works are , Discourse concerning the forms and effect of divers Weapons , and other very important Matters Military ; greatly mistaken by divers of our men of War in their days , and chiefly of the Musquet , Calyver and Long-bow , &c. Lond. 1589. and 1590. qu. Certaine Instructions , Observations , and Orders Military , requisite for all Chieftains , Captains , higher and lower Officers . Composed 1591. Lond. 1594. 95. qu. Instructions for Enrolling and Mustering — Printed with Certain Instructions , &c. What other books of his are published , I cannot yet find , nor exactly when he died , only that he was living and in great esteem among Souldiers and learned men in fifteen hundred ninety and five . Besides this , was another Sir Joh. Smyth equal in time with him , eldest Son of Tho. Smyth of Ostinhanger in Kent Esq . and brother to Sir Thomas of Bidborough in the same County , whom I shall mention elsewhere . Which Sir John dying in the beginning of 1609. was buried in Ashford Church in the said County , leaving Issue , as it seems , Tho. Smyth of Ostenhanger , afterwards Knight of the Bath and Viscount Stranford in Ireland ; who dying 30. June 1635. was buried in his Chappel joyning to the said Church of Ashford . But this Sir John was no writer , nor of the same Family , because he was descended from the Smyths of Corshan in Wiltshire ; whereas Sir John who was the Writer and Souldier , was Grandson to Tho. Smyth of Ravinhall in Essex , and he a Discendant from John Carrington , who fled for a time from England , and changed his Name to Smyth , for adhering to the deposed King Rich. 2. Further also I find another John Smyth commonly called Captain Smyth , who wrote ( 1. ) A Map of Virginia , with a Description of the Country , the Commodities , People , Government , and Religion . Oxon. 1612. qu. ( 2. ) New Englands Trials , &c. Lond. 1620. qu. ( 3. ) General History of Virginia , &c. Lond. 1624. qu. ( 4. ) Travels in Europe , &c. Lond. 1630. with other things , but this Captain Smyth was a Cheshire man , and whether he had received any Education in this University of Oxon , I cannot say to the contrary . JOHN PRIME , Son of Rob. Prime , a Fletcher , was born in the Parish of Halywell in the North Suburb of Oxford , received his Grammatical Literature in Wykehams School near to Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Col. in 1570. took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders and became a noted puritanical Preacher in the City of his Nativity , and much favoured by Dr. Cooper Bishop of Winchester . In 1589. he proceeded in Divinity , being at that time Vicar of Adderbury alias Eabburbury in Oxfordshire , where he became much followed for his edifying way of preaching . He hath written , A short treatise of Sacraments generally , and in special of Baptism , and of the Supper . Lond. 1582. oct . Treatise of nature and grace . Lond. 1583 , oct . Sermon briefly comparing the State of King Solomon and his Subjects together with the condition of Queen Elizabeth and her People , preached at S. Maries in Oxon. 17. Nov. 1585. on 1 Kings 10. 9. Oxon. 1585. oct . Exposition on the Galathians . Ox. 1587. oct . The consolations of David applied to Queen Elizabeth , in a Sermon at S. Maries in Oxon. 17. Nov. 1588. on Psal . 23. 4. Oxon. 1588. oct . These , as I think , were all the books and Sermons that he hath published , tho he intended more had he not been cut off in his middle Age. At length after he had been Vicar of Adderbury about 7 years , he concluded his last day there about the 12 of April in fifteen hundred ninety and six , year 1596 and was buried in the Church of that place , but hath neither Epitaph or Inscription over his Grave . FRANCIS KNOLLIS , Son of Robert Knollis of Rotherfield-Gray , commonly called Grays , near to Henley in Oxfordshire , did receive for a time his Grammatical and Dialectical Education in this University , particularly , as it seems , in Magd. coll . Afterwards he retired to his patrimony , and at length to the court , and became one of the Gentlemen Pensioners to K. Hen. 8. in the latter end of his reign . When a reformation was set on foot by King Ed. 6. he was so zealous for the religion then professed , as that , when Qu. Mary began to reign and grow severe towards the Reformed party , he * fled into Germany , where he sorted himself for a time among several of the English Divines that went away about the same time for conscience sake . After the death of that Queen , he returned , and became so much in esteem by Q. Elizabeth ( who stood totally affected to the reformation ) as that in the first year of her reign , he was made choice of , for one of her privy Council , and shortly after that , she made him Vice-chamberlain of her houshold , and employed him in matters of concern beyond the Seas . In 1566. he was actually created Master of Arts , being then chief Steward of the City of Oxon , Captain of the Halbertiers , and about that time † Treasurer of the Queens Chamber in the place of Sir John Mason deceased . Afterwards he was trusted with the custody of Mary Qu. of Scots , while she was a prisoner in Bolton-castle in Yorkshire , and in the 29. Elizab. being then a Knight , he was one of those , who by commission sate in judgment upon the said Queen at Foderingey . At length he was made Treasurer of her Majesties Houshold , and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter , being always by many accounted a faithful subject , an honest and learned man , and a person of great prudence and wisdom ; and by others so a great a friend to Calvin in his heart ( whose principles he embraced while he lived at Geneva ) that he was never a cordial friend to Episcopacy , but rather a patron of the Non-conformists , which appeared by several of his actions while he was a privy Counsellour . His writings are these . Treatise against the usurpation of Papal Bishops — Printed 1608. in oct . some attribute it to Jo. Rainolds the famous Divine . A General Survey of the Isle of Wight , with all the Castles and Fortresses near adjoining — This is a MS. in fol. and was sometimes in the Lib. of Arthur E. of Anglesey : From whence we may suppose that the author had some office in , or relating to , the said Isle , but what , in truth I cannot tell . I have seen also several of his speeches spoken in Parliaments , letters of state , and letters written by him to the said Jo. Rainolds , between whom there was great amity and intercourse , but few or none , of those letters or speeches , I think , are printed . At length paying his last debt to nature in the Summer time ( before Septemb. ) year 1595 in fifteen hundred ninety and six , was , as I presume , buried at Grays before mentioned . By his Wife Catherine daughter of Will. Cary Esque by Mary his Wife , daughter of Thom. Bolein Earl of Wiltshire , as also Sister to the Lady Anne Bolein second Wife to K. Hen. 8. he had issue Henry his Eldest Son , bred in the Free-School joyning to Maga . College under the care , as it * seems , of Tho. Robertson . Afterwards he went with his Father and others into Germany , and at his return , if not happily before , became a Commoner of the said College , where he obtained so much literature as afterwards to gain the character by a learned † Author of homo virtute & animi dotibus non infimus , and of homo religionis studiosissimus & liberalissima literatura egregic ditatus , &c. But he dying without issue , the estate went to the next Son called William , afterwards Earl of Ba●bury , He had another Son named Francis , 2 Knight , whom I shall mention elsewhere , as also a fourth , who was a member of the said College ; and all four admired by some , and envied by others , for their great vertue and towardliness . JOHN SMITH was a Berkshire man born as it seems , became Fellow of St. Johns coll . in the Founders time , Master of Arts in in 1560. and afterwards Schoolmaster at , and Vicar of the Church of St. Laurence in , Reading in the aforesaid County . He hath written , The Doctrine of Prayer in general for all men , that is universally for all Mankind , &c. Lond. 1595. qu. What else he hath published I know not , being a difficult matter to distinguish his Works from others of both his names and time : And whether he was author of The use of the Gospel , printed 1580. in qu. which is said to be written by Jo. Smith , I cannot tell . The said Joh. Smith of Reading , did give way to Fate there , and was buried in his Church of St. Laurence ; but when , it appears not ; leaving then behind him a Son of both his Names , Scholar of St. Johns coll . an . 1600. which he left after he was M. of A. to prevent expulsion . I find another John Smith , who hath published , ( 1 ) The bright Morning Star ; or , the resolution and exposition of the 22 Psalm . Cambr. 1603. in tw . ( 2 ) A pattern of true Prayer , being an exposition or commentary on the Lords Prayer , &c. Lond. 1605. and 1624. oct . besides other things . But in his Epistle Dedicatory , before the said Exposition , it appears that he was then ( 1605 , and before ) a Lecture in the City of Lincoln , and that he had received part of his education in Cambridge . I shall make mention of another Joh. Smith of St. Johns coll . under the year 1616. PETER BALES ( Balesius ) a most dextrous Person in his profession , to the great wonder of Scholars and others , spent several years in Sciences among the Oxonians , particularly , as it seems , in Gloucester hall . But that study which he used for a diversion only , proved at length an employment of ptofit . His Works are these . The art of Brachygraphy , that is to write as fast as a man speaketh treatably . Lond. 1597. in tw . 2 edit . The order of Orthography . The Key of Calygraphy ; that is of fair Writing . Printed with the former . Before these Treatises are 18 copies of Verses made in praise of them ; four whereof , or more , were made by the Students of Glouc. hall , ( among whom Edw. Mychilbourne a most noted Poet of his time hath two ) and three , or more , by the Students of St. Johns Col. who are proprietaries of that hall . What afterwards became of the said Balesius , ( who was engaged in the Earl of Essex his treasons , An. 1600. ) I cannot tell , nor whether he published any other matters . I find one of both his Names , a Divine , who published ( 1. ) The Lords prayer pleading for better entertainment . Lond. 1643. qu. 'T is a Sermon as it seems , on Luke 11. 2. ( 2. ) Infirmities inducing to Conformity , on Jam. 3. 2. Printed 1650. qu. and other things . Whether this Peter Bales was Son or kinsman to the former , I cannot tell . FRANCIS CLERKE , or Clarke , was originally of Oxon , but making little stay there , he retired to Doctors Commons in London , and for about 40 years practiced the Civil Law in the most famous Courts in England , as in the Court of Arches , Admiralty , Audience , Prerogative , and Consistoral of the Bishop of London , besides his employment divers times in the Ecclesiastical Causes of the delegated Power of the King , and chief Commissioners . In 1594. he having then practiced his Faculty 35 years at 〈◊〉 , had the degree of Bach. of Civil Law conferred upon him , by the venerable Convocation of Doctors and Masters , not by way of creation , but , as the Register saith , by admission to the reading of the imperial institutions , tho no exercise he did for it in this University . The reason for this their Civility , was , that he had performed the part of chief Proctor for the said University , by vertue of Letters and their common Seal , in all their concerns in the aforesaid Courts . He hath written , Praxis tam jus dicentibus , quam aliis omnibus , qui in foro Ecclesiastico versantur , apprime utilis . This book was finished by the Author , and made ready for the press , in April 1596. but what diverted him from the publication thereof ( unless death ) I know not . Afterwards several imperfect Copies of it flying abroad , one , supposed to be true , came into the hands of Tho. Bladen , D. D. Dean of Ardfort in Ireland and Chaplain to the Duke of Ormond , who caused it to be printed at Dublin in 1666. qu. Praxis curiae Admiralitatis Angliae . Dubl . 1666. qu. published by the said Doctor . But the Copy from whence that Edition was published , being , as 't was pretended , false in many matters , a better Copy was published at London , 1667. in 8vo . by E. S. One Sir Franc. Clerke of Bedfordshire Knight , was a benifactor to Sydney Col. in Cambridge , tho not educated there , whom I take to be the same with Sir Francis Clerk of Merton Priory or Abby in Surrey ( Son of Barthol . Clerk mentioned in the Fasti under the year 1574. ) quite different from the Writer . JOHN MARTIALL , a zealous man for the R. Cath. Cause , was born at Dalysford in Worcestershire , near Chippingnorton in the County of Oxon ; educated in Grammatical learning in Wykeham's School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . after he had served two years of probation , an . 1551. took the degree of Bach. of the Civil Law five years after , about which time he was made Usher , or second Master , of the aforesaid School under Tho. Hide , whom I shall anon mention . In the beginning of Q. Eliz. he left his Employment , Fellowship , and at length the Kingdom , and going beyond the Seas to Lovaine , he made proficiency there in the studies of Divinity , and at length by the procurement of Lewis Owen Archdeacon of Cambray , ( afterwards Bishop of Cassano ) he was made Canon of St. Peters Church at L'isle in Flanders . Which place he keeping eight years , resigned it , ( being then D. of D. ) to the end that he might give himself solely upto his devotions , and prepare himself for another World. He hath written , A Treatise of the Cross , gathered out of the Scriptures , Councils , and ancient Fathers of the primitive Church . Antw. 1564. in oct . Whereupon Jam. Calfhill of Ch. Ch. making an answer to it , our Author came out with a reply intit . A reply to Mr. Calfhills blasphemous answer against the Treatise of the Cross . Lov. 1566. qu. Afterwards he wrote , Treatise of the tonsure of the Clerks . — Left imperfect and therefore never printed . He departed this mortal Life at L'isle beforementioned , ( to the great grief of the R. Catholicks , ) in the Arms or Embraces of Will , Gifford Dean of that Church , year 1597 on the 3. of Apr. a in fifteen hundred ninety and seven , and was buried in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter before-mentioned . At his death he bequeathed a rich ring , with a stone in it , to adorn a piece of our Saviour's Cross , in the Cathedral there . Whose Will being performed by the said Gifford , that bequest was esteemed as a Trophy of Victory over Calfhill , and is at this day , as I have been informed , preserved as a choice relick there . THOMAS HIDE , a noted Rom. Priest of his time , was born at a Market Town called Newbury in Berks. Descended from the ancient and gentile Family of his Name in that County , educated in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual fellow of New Col. 1543 , took the degrees in Arts , that of master being compleated 1549. In the year after he le●t his Fellowship , was made Prebendary of Winchester , and in 1552. succeeded Will. Everard in the chief mastership of the said School , where continuing till Qu. Elizab. came to the Crown , he left all he had , and all he pretended to , for Conscience sake , and going beyond the Seas , spent the remainder of his time partly at Doway and partly at Lovaine . He was a Person of a strict life and conversation , as those of his b Perswasion say , of great gravity of severity , and a lover of vertue and vertuous men . He hath written , A consolatory Epistle to the afflicted Catholicks . Lov. in oct . and other things as I have been told , but such I have not yet seen : which if printed , few or no copies come into England . He dyed at Doway in Flanders in the house of Alice Fowler , the Widdow of John Fowler an Englishman , on the 9. year 1597 May in fifteen hundred ninety and seven , and was buried in the Chappel of the Virgin Mary within the Church of St. James there , near to the horn of the Gospel ; leaving then behind him this character , that he was a most fierce hater of Vice and a capital Enemy to Sects and Heresies . CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON , a most excellent Latin Poet , Philosopher and Physician of his time , was born at Kiddesley in Derbyshire , education in Wykeham's School before-mentioned , made perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1555. ( 2. and 3. of Ph. and Mar. ) left it after he was M. of Arts , and in 1560. became chief Master of the said School , in the place of Tho. Hyde ; where , by his industry and admirable way of teaching , were many good Scholars sent to the Universities . All the time that he could get at vacant hours , he spent upon his beloved study of Physick , which he practiced in the City of Winchester , but not to the neglect of his School . At length taking the degree of Doctor of that Faculty , did shortly after resign his School , and repairing to London practiced with good success in the Parish of St. Dunstans in the West , where being accounted eminent , was admitted , as it seems , a Member of the Coll. of Physicians . He hath written and published , Ortus atque vita Gul. Wykehami Winton Episcopi . Written in 140 long and short Verses , 14. Dec. 1564. — Printed ( 1 ) on the broadside of a sheet of Paper , with Wykehams Arms encompassed with the Garter before them . ( 2 ) At the end of the Latin Poems of Rich. Willeius , Lond. 1573. And ( 3 ) in a Book intit . A brief view of the State of the Church of England , as it stood in Queen Elizabeth's and King James's Reign , &c. Lond. 1653. oct . p. 37 , 38. Written by Sir Jo. Harrington Knight , an . 1608. and made publick by Joh. Chetwind his Daughter's Son , then no Friend to the Church of England . Custodum sive Praefidum Coll. Winton . Series . Written in Verse also , and put at the end of the said Lat. Poems . Didasculorum Coll. Wint. omnium Elenchus . In Verse also , at the end of the said Poems . Counsel against the Plague , or any other infectious Disease . Lond. 1577. oct . Question , Whether a man for preservation may be purged in Dog-days or no ? — Printed with the Counsel , &c. Ranarum & murium pugna , Latino versu donata ex Homero . Lond. 1580. in about 3 sh . in qu. with other things as it is probable , but such I have not yet seen . See more of him in Rich. White , under the year 1612. This Dr. Johnson died in the beginning of July . year 1597 in fifteen hundred ninety and seven , within the Parish of St. Dunstan before-mentioned ; whereupon his Body was buried in the Church there , ( as it seems , ) situated and being in Fleetstreet . He dyed wealthy , left several Sons and Daughters behind him , and Mr. Joh. Heath his Son in Law , a Student in Physick , his Executor ; who had all his Physical and Philosophical Books , and succeeded him in his Practice . JASPER HEYWOOD a quaint Poet in his younger days , Son of Joh. Heywood the Famous Epigramatist of his time , was born in London , sent to the University at about 12 years of age , an . 1547. educated in Grammar , as well as in Logic , there , took a degree in Arts in 1553. and forthwith was elected Probationer-Fellow of Merton coll . where remaining about 5 years , ( in all which time he bare away the Bell in disputations at home and in the publick Schools , ) did , upon a third admonition from the Warden and Society of that house for several misdemeanors , ( for he and his Brother Ellis Heywood were for a time very wild , to the great grief of their Father , ) resign his Fellowship , to prevent expulsion , on the 4. Apr. 1558. In June following he took the degree of Master , and in Nov. ensuing , he was elected Fellow of All 's . coll . where abiding for a little while , left the University , and soon after England , and entred himself into the Society of Jesus . But before he left us he wrote and translated these things following . Various Poems and Devises . — Some of which are Printed in a Book intit . The Paradise of dainty Devises . Collected and Printed by Hen. D'isle of London Printer , an . 1573. in qu. He also translated into English Verse ( 1 ) Thiestes , the second Tragedy of Seneca . Lond. 1560. oct . Published again with other Tragedies of that author , by Thom. Newton . — Lond. 1581. qu. as I shall tell you when I come to him , in an . 1607. ( 2 ) Hercules furens , another Trag. of Seneca : And ( 3 ) Troas a third , published also by the said Newton , 1581. qu. In 1561. our Poet left England , and was made a Priest after the R. Cath. fashion , and in 1562. being then at Rome , he was entred into the Society of Jesus 21. May , in the then professed house of the Jesuits there . After he had spent two years in the study of Divinity among them , he was sent to Diling in Switzerland , where he continued about 17 years in explaining and discussing controverted questions among those he called Hereticks , in which time he was promoted to the degree of D. of Divinity , and of the four Vows . At length P. Gregory 13. calling him away in 1581. he sent him , with others the same year , into the mission of England , and the rather , because the Brethren there told his Holiness , That the Harvest was great , and the Labourers few . Being setled then in the Metropolis of his own Country , and esteemed the Chief or Provincial of the Jesuits in England , it was noted c by all that knew him , That he kept many Men , Horses , and Coaches , that also his port and carriage was more Baron-like than Priest-like , &c. At length going into France about publick matters relating to the Order , was , when ready to land in Normandy , drove back by a contrary wind on the English shore ; where being taken and examined , was , with 19 more R. Priests put into a Ship , and set on shore in France , in Feb. 1584. Upon his being taken and committed to Prison , and the Earl of Warwick's offer thereupon to relieve his necessity , he made a copy of verses , mentioned by a noted d Poet of his time , concluding with these two : — Thanks to that Lord that will me good ; For I want all things saving Hay and Wood. Afterwards he went to the City of Dole , where he was troubled much with Witches , thence to Rome , and at length fixed in the City of Naples , where , as at Rome he became familiarly known to that zealous R. Catholick Joh. Pitseus , who speaks by the by very honourably of him . What he wrote or published after he became a Jesuit , I know not . Sure it is , if one e says true , that this our author was most critical in the Hebrew Language , and that he did make and digest an easie and short method ( reduced into Tables ) for Novices to learn that Language ; which I suppose was a Compendium of a Hebrew Grammar . He paid his last debt to Nature at Naples on the 9. of Jan. according to the accompt there followed , in fifteen hundred ninety and eight , which is 97 with us , and was buried , as I have been informed , in the college of the Jesuits there . He left behind him several of his Labours in writing , some of which are preserved as rarities ; but whether any of them have been since printed , I cannot justly tell . His elder Brother Ellis Heywood , I have mentioned before , under the year 1272. num . 180. HENRY PERRY a Welsh-man born , was educated in Gloucester hall , took the degrees in Arts , was beneficed in his own Country , and as a Member of Jesus coll . took the degree of Bach. of Div. 1597. He hath written , A Brittish Dictionary . MS. — Involved in Dictionarium Britannico-Latinum , published by Dr. Joh. Davies , who saith in the Preface to that Book , that this our author Perry was Vir Languarum cognitione insignis , which is all I know of him . CHARLES PINNER an eminent Preacher in the time of Q. Elizabeth , received his first breath in the ancient Borough of Southampton in Hampshire , educated in Wykeham's School , made perpetual Fellow of New coll . 1575. took one degree in the Civil Law , and soon after became Minister of Wooten-Basset in Wiltshire , where being much resorted to for his edifying way of Preaching , ( especially by the Puritan , ) did , for the satisfaction of the neighbourhood and others , publish . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon upon the Words of St. Paul the Apost . unto Tim. Ep. 1. 4. 8. Oxon 1597. oct . ( 2 ) Honour all Men , love brotherly Fellowship , on 1 Pet. 2. 17. Oxon 1597. in oct . ( 3 ) Serm. at Marlborough in Wilts , on 1 Tim. 4. 16. — Printed in oct . about the same time . Besides these , it is said he hath published more , but such I have not yet seen , nor do I know any thing else of the author , only that he was much , in esteem in the latter end of Q. Elizabeth . PHILIP . FERDINANDUS , a Polonian born , originally ( as it seems ) a Jew , afterwards a R. Catholick , and at length a Protestant , entred into this University in a poor and obscure condition , initiated in Academical learning by the exhibition of certain Doctors , of whom Dr. Ayray and Dr. Rainolds were of the number , who perceiving that his excellency lay in the Hebrew Language , put upon him the Office of teaching it privately in several colleges and halls . At length being registred among f the Students of the University , after he had taken the Oath of Supremacy , and the usual Oath to the University , did translate into Latin , Haec sunt verba dei , &c. praecepta in Monte Sinai data Judaeis sunt 613 , quorum 365 negativa , & 248 affirmativa ; collecta per Pharisaeum Magistrum Abrahamum filium Kattani , & impressa in bibliis Bombergiensibus , anno à Mundo creato 5288. Venetiis , ab authore Vox Dei appellata . Afterwards Ferdinandus went to Cambridge , where the said translation was printed in qu. 1597. he being then about 42 years of age , and an instructor , as I suppose , of the Hebrew Language , which is all that I know of him and his Works . WILLIAM SHEPREVE , or Shepery , ( who writes himself in Latin Scepraeus , ) Nephew to John Shepreve , mentioned under the year 1542. num . 68. was born near Abendon in Berkshire , admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . in Feb. 1554. aged 14. or thereabouts , Probationer in Nov. 1558. and Bach. of Arts the year following , which was the highest degree he took in this University : For being a zealous Catholick he left it before he was Master , went beyond the Seas , and at length , settling in Rome , was exhibited to by Cardinal Gabr. Palaeot Archb. of Bononia , in whose Family he lived several years . He had the degree of D. of Div. conferred upon him at Rome , as it seems , where he was accounted the most skilful person in divers Tongues of his time , and the worthy ornament of the English Exiles . He hath written , Miscellanea celebrium sententiarum Sacrae Scripturae . vol. 1. MS. Commentarii in Epist . D. Pauli ad Rom. ex Latino , Graeco , Syriaco , Aethiopico . vol. 1. MS. Notae in omnes Epistolas D. Pauli & canonicas , de differentiis textûs Latini à Graeco & Syriaco . vol. 1. MS. Expositio locorum difficilium in officio B. Mariae . vol. 1. MS. Connexio literalis Psalmorum in officio B. Mar. Virg. & eorum corroboratio ex variis linguis Graec. Hebr. Syriac . Chald. Arab. Aethiop . &c. Rom. 1596. qu. What else this curious , most critical and learned person hath written I know not , nor any thing more of him , only that dyed at Rome , in aedibus S. Severiani , to the very great reluctancy of those that knew him , year 1598 in fifteen hundred ninety and eight , and was buried , as I presume , either in the Church of that Parish , wherein the said house was situated , or in the Chappel of the English coll . there . The Reader is now to know that one Will. Shepreve , or Shepery , who was elected Probationer of Exeter coll . 17. Octob. 1559. was admitted perpetual Fellow thereof 16. Nov. the next year : And being admitted Bach. of Arts in the beginning of Dec. 1561. took no higher degree , but left his Fellowship in 1568. This William Shepreve I take to be quite different from the former , and tho of kin to him , and a , good Scholar , yet I know nothing that he hath published . THOMAS STAPLETON , the most learned R. Catholick of all his time , Son of Will. Stapleton , was born of a gentile Family at Henfield in Sussex , obtained the first rudiments of Grammar at Canterbury , under John Twyne a noted Master there , compleated them at Wyk●ham's School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1554. made Prebendary or Canon of Chichester a little before Q. Mary dyed , being then but Bach. of Arts. But when Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , and Religion thereupon began to put on another Face , our author not only , but his Father and Family , left the Nation , and went to Lovain ; where being settled , our author ( the Son ) applyed himself with great zeal to the study of Theology , and in short time making great proficiency therein , he went to Paris to compleat his knowledge in the sacred Tongues . Afterwards for devotion sake he journeyed to Rome , and in short time after returning to Lovain he settled himself there for a time , to answer Bishop Jewel , and to translate Bede's Ch. History into English , to the end that Q. Elizabeth ( to whom he dedicated it ) might see and understand the ancient Faith and Religion of our Ancestors , with other things . A little before that time an University being erected at Doway , he hastned thither at the desire of Dr. Will. Allen ; and for a time performed the Office of Catechist Reader at Anchine near to that place . Afterwards taking the degrees in Divinity , as Bachelaur , Licentiat , and Doctor , under Matthew Gallen Provost of the Church of St. Amoure , and Chancellor of the University at Doway , had a Canonry bestowed on him in the said Church by Gallen , and was made the King's Professor of Divinity of the said University . Afterwards being minded to put himself into a Religious Order , he renounced his Canonry and Professorship , and entred into the Society of Jesus at Doway . But after a long and diligent probation , finding that Order not to agree with his genie and course of Life , he left it and returned to his former way of teaching , to the great joy of many , and became a Canon once more of the said Church of St. Amoure . At length being called to Lovain , he was made the King's Professor of Divinity , and wrote there several matters against Dr. W. Whittaker of Cambridge : so that his Fame in short time being over all those parts , and he in great esteem with the King of Spain , had the Deanry of the Church of Hilverbeck in Kampenland in Brabant bestowed on him , little enough , God wot , for such a rare and most learned Clerk as he was . In all kind of literature he obtained such perfection that he was numbred among the most learned men of that age . And it was generally thought that he deserved a Cardinals cap before Allen ; but so it was that his ability being ecclipsed by the activity of the other , he did not rise higher than a Dean . Pope Clement 8. was so much delighted with his learned Works , that he commanded them to be read dayly at times of his refection , and invited him to Rome with a design to conser on him the place of Apostolical Protonotary , and , as some say , to make him a Cardinal . Cardinal Perron also , who was very knowing in the controversies of his time , was wont to postpone all Writers of controversies in comparison of those of Stapleton , which he took to be the best of his time , and before . To pass by all commendations given of him by men of his persuasion , I shall conclude with those of his Antagonist Whittaker , who h saith , Stapletonus hanc cansum ( de traditionibus ) omnium acutissimè ac accuratissimè tractavit , &c. And elsewhere * speaking of the opinion as well of Papists as Protestants in divers matters , saith modestly that he ( Whittaker ) differed as much from Stapleton in many things as to knowledge , as Troilus from Achilles . He hath written and translated many things , most of which were printed in four large volumes in fol. at Paris 1620. The Titles of them are these . De principiis fidei doctrinalibus , lib. 12. Par. 1579. and 82. &c. Defensio successionis Ecclesiasticae . lib. 1. Relectio principiorum fidei doctrinalium . Antw. 1592. Defensio anthoritatis Ecclesiasticae contra Gul. Whittakerum Anglo-Calvinistam . Triplicatio pro Ecclesiae authotitate adversus eundem Whittakerum . These five Treatises before-mentioned are printed in the first vol. of his Works . De universae justificationis doctrinà hodie controvers . lib. 12. Speculum pravitatis haeriticae per orationes quasi ad oculus demonstratae . Duac . 1580. Orationes funebres . Antw. 1577. Orationes Academicae Miscellaneae . Some of which were published 1602. Orationes Catecheticae sive manuale peccatorum de septem peccatis capitalibus . Antw. 1598. De magnitudine Romanae Ecclesiae , lib. 2. Antw. 1599. qu. Fortress of Faith first planted amongst us Englishmen , &c. Antw. 1565. qu. Which learned Treatise the author wrote upon occasion of his translating of Bede's Ch. History into English , wherein he endeavours to shew that the same Faith was professed in the primitive times as in his . When the learned Vsher of Ireland was Bach. of Arts , he read over this book several times , and mistrusting the quotations of ancient authors therein , did put † him upon reading the Fathers . The horn-blast : or , a reply to the answer of Rob. Horne the false B. of Winchester : In 4 Books . Lov. 1567. Discourse of Protestancy , and the first authors of it . These 9 Treatises immediately going before , are in the second vol. of his Works . Antw. 1595. Antidota Evangelica in Mathaeum . In Marcum . In Lucam . In Johan . Antidota Apostolica in Act. Apost . Tom. 1. Antw. 1595. In Epist . Pauli ad Romanos . Tom. 2. Ibid. 1595. In duas Epistolas ad Corinthios . Tom. 3. Ib. 1598. & 1600. These before-going are in the third vol. of his Works . Antw. 1521. Venet. 1594. Promptuarium in Evangelia Dominicalia . pars Hymalis . Promptuarium in Evangelia Dominicalia . pars Aestualis . Prompt . Catholicum in Evangelia Dominicalia totius anni . Col. 1592. &c. 1602. pars Hymalis . Prompt . Catholicum in Evangelia Dominicalia totius anni . Col. 1592. &c. 1602. pars Aestualis . Prompt . Cath. super Evang. ferialia totius Quadrages . Prompt . Cath. sup . Evang in festis SS . totius anni . Tres Thomae , seu res gestae S. Thomae Apost . S. Tho. Archiep. Cant. & Tho. Mori Angliae Cancellarii . Duac . 1588. &c. These five last are in the fourth vol. of his Works . De justificatione . Par. 1582. Return of untruths against Mr. Jewel . ( Antw. 1566. ) He also translated from Lat. into English , The History of the Church of England . Antw. 1565. qu. written by Ven. Bede . Which translation ( with some notes added in the margin by Stapleton ) is l censured by the learned Selden as not altogether true . He translated also Fred. Staphyles large vol. De desidiis Haereticorum . Antw. 1565. but this I have not yet seen . At length after our author Stapleton had arrived to the sixty third year of his age , did end his days at Lovain , to the great grief of all learned Catholicks , on the 12. Oct. ( according to the accompt there followed ) in fifteen hundred ninety and eight , year 1598 and was buried in the Church of St. Peter there . Soon after was put over his grave a monument , with a large inscription thereon , containing in brief the succession of his Employments in the Universities and Church , here and beyond the Seas ; a copy of which you may see m elsewhere . The next , according to time , that is to crave a place among these Writers , was a learned Sage of the Law. THOMAS OWEN Son of Rich. Owen Gent. by Mary his Wife , one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Tho. Oteley of Shropshire Esq ; was born at , or near to , Condover in that county , and for some time was conversant among the Muses either in Broadgates hall , or in Ch. Church . From thence ( having first taken a degree in Arts as it seems ) he retired to Lincoln's Inn , where by his unwearied industry , advanced by a good natural genie and judgment , he became a noted Councellour , and much resorted to for his advice . In 25. Elizab. dom . 1583. he was elected Lent-Reader of that house , in 1590. he was by Writ called to the degree of Serjeant at Law , and about that time made the Queen's Serjeant , and at length one of the Justices of the Common Pleas , and not of the King's Bench as one n falsly tells us ; which last place he executed for 5 years with great integrity , equity , and prudence . He was a learned man , and a great lover of learning and those that professed it ; but all the Writings which I have seen of his that are extant , are only Reports in the Common Pleas , wherein are many choice Cases , most of them throughly argued by the learned Serjeants , and after argued and resolved by the grave Judges of those times , with many Cases , wherein the differences in the Year-books are reconciled and explained . Lond. 1656. fol. What else is published under his Name I know not , nor any more of him , only that he dying 21. Decemb. in fifteen hundred ninety and eight , year 1598 was buried on the S. side of the Choire of St. Peter's Church in Westminster . Over his grave was soon after erected a noble monument of Alabaster , Marble , and divers coloured stones , adorned with Arms , and gilt with Gold , with his Image in scarlet robes lying thereon , which remains to this day . He left behind him a Son named named Roger , who was a Knight , and o for his manifold learning , a right Worthy Son of so Good a Father . This Sir Roger , who had been a Gent. Com. of Ch. Church , and a great Friend to the Clergy , by vindicating them when aspersed in open Parliament , 11 Jac. 1. dyed in a distracted condition , to their great reluctancy , 29. May , being Holy Thursday , in 1617. MICHAEL MASCHIART , a most excellent Latin Poet of his time , was born in the Parish of St. Thomas within the City of Salisbury , educated in Wykeham's School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . 1562. became Vicar of Writtle in Essex in 1572. being then Bach. of the Civil Law , and two years after proceeded Doctor of that Faculty , at which time he was not only esteemed an able Civilian , but also excellent in all kind of Humane learning . He hath written , Poemata varia . This book I have not yet seen , and therefore know not whether that be the true title . Nor indeed should I have known that he had written any thing , had not the learned Camden told me so in his Britannia , wherein are by him inserted several Verses taken from Maschiart to adorn his discourse of Clarindon Park in Wiltshire . This learned Doctor dyed at Writtle before-mentioned , in the latter end of the year ( about Christmas ) of fifteen hundred ninety and eight , year 1598 and was buried in the Church there , as I have been informed . In that Vicarige succeeded a learned Doctor of Divinity named John Lloyd , whom , and his Works , I shall mention among these Writers under the year 1603. STEPHEN GOSSON , a Kentish man born , was admitted Scholar of C. Ch. coll . 4. Apr. 1572. aged 16. or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts four years after , left the University without compleating that degree by Determination , and went to the great City , where he was noted for his admirable penning of Pastorals , being so excellent therein , that he was ranked with Sir Ph. Sidney , Tho. Chaloner , Edm. Spencer , Abrah . Fraunce , and Rich. Bernfield , noted Poets of their time . Thence , as he saith , he went to a worshipful Gentleman in the Country to teach his Sons , where he continued till he shewed his great dislike of Plays , having his mind then quite alienated from them . So that the Gentleman being weary of his company , Gosson left him , took Orders , and at length became Parson of Great Wigborow in Essex . He hath written and published , The School of abuse , containing a pleasant invective against Poets , Pipers , Players , Jesters , and such like Caterpillers of the Common-wealth , &c. Lond. 1579. and 1585. in oct . dedicated to Sir Ph. Sidney . Plays confuted in five actions ; proving that they are not to be suffered in a Christian Common-wealth : By the way , both the cavils of Tho. Lodge , and the Play of Plays , written in their defence , and other objections of Players Friends , are truly set down , and directly answered . — Dedicated to Sir Franc. Walsingham , but when printed it appears not . The Trumpet of War , Serm. at Pauls Cross 7. May 1598. on 2 Chron. ch . 20. ver . 20. Lond. 1598. oct . As for the Pastorals , Comedies , Tragedies , or Poetry , ( some of which he hath written , ) I have not yet seen , either printed , or In Manuscript . JOHN LYLIE , or Lylly , a Kentish man born , became a Student in Magd. coll . in the beginning of 1569. aged 16. or thereabouts , and was afterwards , as I conceive , either one of the Demies or Clerks of that house ; but always averse to the crabbed studies of Logic and Philosophy . For so it was that his genie being naturally bent to the pleasant paths of Poetry , ( as if Apollo had given to him a wreath of his own Bays , without snatching or strugling , ) did in a manner neglect Accademical studies , yet not so much but that he took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1575. At which time , as he was esteemed in the University a noted Wit , so afterwards was he in the Court of Q. Elizabeth , where he was also reputed a rare Poet , witty , comical , and facetious . His Works are these . Gallathea . Love's Metamorphosis . Midas . Endimion , or the man in the Moon . Mother Bomby . Maids Metamorphosis , Sapho and Phao. Woman in the Moon . Warning for fair Women . Alexander and Campaspe . All which are Comedies , and most of them having been published in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , six were re-printed at London in oct . an . 1632. by the care of Hen. Blount Esq ; afterwards a Knight , under the title of Court Comedies , which before had crowned the author with applause , and the Auditors of them with pleasure . Euphues and his England ; containing his voyage and adventures , mixed with sundry pretty discourses of honest love , the description of the Country , the Court , and the manner of that Isle , &c. Lond. 1580. and 82. in two parts , in a large oct . The first part is dedicated to Edw. Vere E. of Oxon , a noted Poet , and encourager of learning in his time , and the last to the University of Oxon. These two parts were published again with corrections and amendments at Lond. 1606. and 1636. qu. Euphues : The Anatomy of Wit , or the delights of Wit in Youth , &c. Lond. 1581. qu. corrected and amended Lond. 1606. 1623. and 30. qu. To these books of Euphues , 't is said , that our Nation is indebted for a new English in them , which the Flower of the Youth thereof learned . All the Ladies then were Scholars to them and their author , and that Beauty in Court which could not parly Euphuism , was as little regarded , as those now there that cannot speak French. What other Books , Comedies , or Trag. our author hath written , I cannot find , nor when he dyed , or where buried , only that he lived till towards the latter end of Q. Elizabeth , if not beyond , for he was in being in 1597. when the Woman in the Moon was published . It is said also that he wrote something against Mart. Marprelate , in defence of Dr. Cooper Bishop of Winton , but what , I cannot tell , unless it be any of those answers , which I have mentioned in John Penry , alias M. Marprelate , under the year 1593. Quere . RICHARD HAYDOCK was born at Grewel in Hampshire , educated in Grammar learning in Wykeham's School near to Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1590. took the degrees in Arts , and travelled for some time beyond the Seas . At his return he studied Physick , took one degree in that Faculty , and in 1605. left the college , and settling in the City of Salisbury practiced Physick there many years . He hath translated from Italian into English , A Tract containing the Arts of curious Painting , Graving , and Building . Oxon. 1598. fol. Written originally by Joh. Paul Lomatius . This translation , which hath in the title page the picture of Ric. Haydock , is by him dedicated to Tho. Bodley Esq ; a favourer of his Muse , as Dr. Joh. Case , and other chief men of the University then in being were ; not only for his learning , but for his great curiosity in painting and engraving , for which among many he was esteemed eminent . This is that Rich. Haydock , whom a certain * author reports , that he would practice Physick in the day-time , and Preach in his sleep in the night , about the beginning of the Reign of K. James 1. The whole story of which , being too large for this place , I shall refer the Reader to him , who errs in several particulars of it , especially in that , that when Haydock had ingeniously confessed the cheat to the King , ( who made a discovery of it , ) his Majesty thereupon gave him preferment in the Church . He was not in Orders , but lived always a Physician of good repute at Salisbury , and retiring for a time to London , dyed and was buried there , a little before the Grand Rebellion broke out , as I have been informed by those that knew the Man. The Reader is now to note that one Ric. Haydock translated from Italian into English , An ample declaration of the Christian Doctrine . Doway 1604. intw . written by Card. Rob. Bellarmine . But this person , who was a Doctor of Divinity , a Rom. Catholick , and had spent most of his time beyond the Seas in the English Seminaries , must not be taken to be the same with the former , who was a Physician , as some have done . REYNOLDE SCOT , a younger Son of Sir John Scot of Scots-hall , near to Smeeth in Kent , by his Wife , Daughter of Reynolde Pimp of Pimps-court Knight , was born in that County , and at about 17 years of age was sent to Oxon , particularly , as it seems , to Hart hall , where several of his Country-men and name studied in the latter end of K. Hen. 8. and in the Reign of Ed. 6. &c. Afterwards he retired to his native Country without the honour of a degree , and settled at Smeeth , where he found great incouragement in his studies from his kinsman Sir Tho. Scot. About which time taking to him a Wife , he gave himself up solely to solid reading , to the perusing of obscure authors that had by the generality of Scholars been neglected , and at times of leisure to husbandry and gardening , as it may partly appear from these books following , A perfect platform of a Hop-garden , and necessary instructions for the making and maintenance thereof , with notes and rules for reformation of all abuses , &c. Lond. 1576. qu. the 2. edit . as it seems . The discovery of Witchcraft ; wherein the leud dealing of Witches , and Witchmongers is notably detected , the knavery of Conjurers , the impiety of Inchantors , the folly of Southsayers , &c. With many other things are opened , which have long been hidden , howbeit very necessary to be known . Lond. 1584. qu. in 16 books . Discourse upon Devils and Spirits — In this , and the former , both printed together , it plainly appears that the author was very well versed in many choice books , and that his search into them was so profound , that nothing slip'd his Pen that might make for his purpose . Further also in the said Discovery and Discourse , though he holds that Witches are not such that were in his time , and before , commonly executed for Witches ; or that Witches were , or are not ; yet they , which were written for the instruction of all Judges and Justices of that age , ( being the first of that nature that were published in the Mother tongue , ) did for a time make great impressions in the Magistracy and Clergy , tho afterwards condemned by James King of Scots ( the same who succeeded Qu. Elizabeth in the Monarchy of England ) in his Preface to Damonology , printed under his Name at Edinburgh in 1597. qu. and by several others since , among whom was Rich. Bernard of Batcomb , in his Epist . Ded. before his Guide to Grand Jury-men , &c. Lond. 1627. in oct . What else our author Scot hath written , I cannot yet tell , nor any thing else of him , only but that he dyed in Sept. year 1599 or Oct. in fifteen hundred ninety and nine , and was buried among his Ancestors in the Church at Smeeth before-mentioned . In the time of the said Reynold Scot and before , have been conversant among the Muses in Hart hall , the Sackviles of Sussex , the Colepepers of Kent and Sussex , the Sedlies of Kent , and the Scots before-mentioned , with others of inferiour note of the said Counties . ROBERT TURNER was born at Barnstaple in Devonshire , ( to which place , if I mistake not , his Father came from St. Andrews in Scotland , ) and educated for a time in Exeter coll . But leaving the University without a degree , ( wherein he a saith he spent his time in trifles and toys , ) and afterwards his Country and Parents for Religion sake , went first into France , afterwards into Italy , and at length to Rome , where he spent some time in the Liberal Arts in the German coll . there . Afterwards being made Priest he applyed himself more severely to the study of Divinity , and in fine was made Doctor of that Faculty . This person hath several times confessed that he had been Scholar to Edm. Campian the Jesuit , but whether in St. Johns coll . or in that of the English at Rome , is yet uncertain . Sure it is , that for the great respect he had to his memory , he published not only several of his Works after his death , but also his Life . At length , after many travels , and services done for the Cause , he was made Professor of Eloquence and Ethicks in , and afterwards Rector of , the University of Ingolstade in Bavaria , and in short time after one of the Privy Council to William Duke of that place , but falling into his displeasure , he left him , and retired for a time to Paris . About an year or two after , he returned into that Country again , was made Canon of Breslaw in Silesia , and afterwards Secretary for the Latin Tongue to Ferdinando of Gratz , who had an especial esteem for him , as all others of his persuasion had . His Works are these . Ingoldstad . 1602. &c. oct . Commentarii in quaedam S. Scripturae loca . Vita Edm. Campiani . This I have not yet seen . Vit. & Martyrium Mariae Reg. Scotiae . Orationes Septendecem . Tractatus Septem . Epistolarum centuriae duae . Oratio & Epistola de vitae & morte D. Martini à Schamberg Episcopi Eustad . Ingol . 1590. Funebris oratio in Principem Estensem . Antw. 1598. with other things , as one b who knew him well tells you , who adds , that he dyed at Gratz . in Istria 28. Nov. in fifteen hundred ninety and nine , year 1599 and was buried there . I find one Rob. Turner who ( among several things ) wrote A description of the little World , or Body , of Man ; which being printed in oct . an . 1654. must not be taken as written by the former Robert , because there is 54 years distance between them . JOHN CASE , more esteemed beyond , than within , the Seas , was born at a Market-Town in Oxfordshire called Woodstock , educated there in the English , but in the Latin Tongue partly in New college School , and partly in that at Ch. Church , of both which places he was successively a Choirister . In 1564. he was elected Scholar of St. Johns coll . and was afterwards Fellow , Master of Arts , and the most noted Disputant and Philosopher that ever before set foot in that college . But so it was , that being Popishly affected , he left his Fellowship and married , and with leave from the Chancellour and Scholars of the University , he read Logic and Philosophy to young men ( mostly of the R. C. Religion ) in a private house in St. Mary Magd. Parish , particularly in his latter days in that large tenement situated on the North side of the Inn called the George ; wherein , having had disputations , declamations , and other exercises , as in colleges and halls , many eminent men issued thence . He wrote several Treatises for their use , which afterwards he published , as commentaries on Aristotle's Organon , Ethicks , Politicks , Economicks , and Physicks , which were taken into the hands also of most of the Juniors of the University , tho since slighted and looked upon as empty things . As for his knowledge in the Faculty of Medicine , ( of which he became Doctor , 1589. he being made that year Prebendary of North-Aulton in the Ch. of Sarum ) he was much respected , and by his practice therein and reading to Scholars obtaining a fair Estate , he bestowed much of it on pious uses , as I have elsewhere told c you . He was a man of an innocent , meek , religious , and a studious Life , of a facete and affable conversation , a lover of Scholars , beloved by them again , and had in high veneration . His Works are , Summa veterum interpretum in Vniversam Dialecticam Aristotelis . Lond. 1584. Ox. 1592. and 98. qu. Speculum moralium quaestionum in Vnivers . Ethicam Aristot . Ox. 1585. qu. Sphaera●civitatis sive de politiâ . Ox. 1588. &c. qu. in eight books . It was then printed by Joseph Barnes Printer to the University of Oxford ; but the said book undergoing several impressions afterwards beyond the Seas , Barnes put up d a Petition to the University in 1590. desiring that every Bachelaur of Arts that should hereafter determine , should take off one copy of the said book from his hands , which was granted . Apoligia Musices tum vocalis quam instrumentalis & mixtae . Ox. 1588. oct . I have a book in my Library , intitled , The praise of Musick ; wherein , besides the Antiquity and Dignity , &c. is declared the sober aend lawful use of the same in the Congregation and Church of God. Ox. 1586. oct . It was written by an Oxford Scholar then lately deceased , but what was his Name , I cannot in all my searches find . 'T was printed and published by the said Joseph Barnes , who putting a Dedic . Epist . before it to Sir Walt. Raleigh , with his name subscribed , he is therefore in several Auction Catalogues said to be the author of it . Thesaurus Oeconomiae , seu commentarius in Oeconomica Arist . &c. Ox. 1597. qu. in two books . Appendix Thes . Oeconom . Printed with the former book . Reflexus speculi moralis , seu comm . in magna moralia Arist . Ox. 1596. oct . Lapis Philosophicus , seu comm . in octo libros Physicorum Arist . Ox. 1599. qu. Ancilla Philosophiae , seu Epitome in 8. lib. Arist . Ox. 1599. qu. MS. Apologia Academiarum . Rebellionis vindiciae . What other things he hath written or published , it doth not yet appear to me , tho there is no doubt but something in MS. hath escaped my sight . At length our author , after he had attained to about the sixtieth year of his age , surrendred up his last breathings in his house in Magd. Parish before-mentioned , 23. January in fifteen hundred ninety and nine ; whereupon his Body was solemnly interr'd in the Chappel of St. Johns coll . before-mentioned , and had soon after a comely Monument set over his Grave the inscription on which , you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 312. b. The said Dr. Case ( whose picture did hang many years after in that house , where he dyed ) married Elizabeth , the Widdow of one Dobon the Keeper of Bocardo Prison , 30. Dec. 1574. whose Daughter Ann Dobson ( for Dr. Case had no Children by her ) was married to Barthelm . Warner Doctor of Physick of St. Johns coll . 30. Sept. 1583. who having none but Daughters by her that surviv'd , one was married to Tho. Clayton Dr. of Physick , and Master of Pemb. coll . another to John Speed , Dr. of the said Faculty , of St. Johns coll . ( Son of Joh. Speed the Chronologer , ) a third to Will. Taylor Dr. of Physick of the said coll . and a fourth to Anthony Clopton D. D. of C. C. coll . and Rector of Childrey in Berks. GEORGE PEELE was , if I mistake not , a Devonian born , whence being sent to Broadgates hall , was after some time , made Student of Ch. Ch. 1573. or thereabouts , where going through the several forms of Logic and Philosophy , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1579. At which time , as he was esteemed a most noted Poet in the University , so afterwards in the Metropolis , where he knew also what belonged to the Stage part as well as any there . His Comedies and Tragedies were often acted with great applause , and did endure reading , with due commendation , many years after their author's death . Those that I have seen are only these following . Lond. 1593. qu. The famous Chronicle of K. Ed. 1. Sirnamed Edw. Longshank . Life of Llewellin Rebel in Wales . The sinking of Q. Elinor at Charing-cross , and of her rising again at Potters-Hith , now named Queen-Hith . Lond. 1593. qu. This , and a Ballad of the same subject , are now usually sold by Ballad-singers or Ballad-mongers . The love of K. David and fair Bethsheba , with the Tragedy of Absalon , &c. Lond. 1599. qu. Alphonsus Emperor of Germany , Trag. — Besides these Plays , he hath several Poems extant , as that entit . A farewel to Sir Joh. Norrys and Sir Fr. Drake . Lond. in qu. and some remnants of Pastoral Poetry extant in a collection intit . Englands Helicon , but such I have not yet seen , nor his book of Jests or Clinches , which at length was sold on the stalls of Ballad-mongers . This person was living , in his middle age , in the latter end of Q. Elizabeth , but when , or where he dyed I cannot tell ; for so it is , and always hath been , that most Poets dye poor , and consequently obscurely , and a hard matter it is to trace them to their Graves . FABIAN à NIPHO , Son of James à Nipho , was born in Italy , left his Country for Religion sake , went to London , where obtaining Letters of recommendation e from Robert Earl of Leicester , Chanc. of this Univ. dat . 19. Oct. 1581. he retired to Oxon for relief . So that by virtue of those Letters , wherein the Members thereof found , that he was a person recommended to them for his great skill in Physick and Philosophy , they were pleased to confer on him the degree of Bachelaur of Physick in January following , and permitted him to read a Shagling Lecture in that Faculty , to gain contributions from the Students thereof . How long he continued with us , I know not , nor how long he read that Lecture . Sure it is ( if you 'l believe him ) That he having suffered oppression by the wickedness of certain People in England , ( upon what account he tells us not , unless we suppose that they suspected him to be a Papist , and so dealt with him accordingly , ) he retired to Leyden in Holland ; where , ( as it farther appears ) after he had made himself to be believed , that he was an honest man , the States encouraged his Studies , and forthwith he wrote a book , which he dedicated to them , bearing this title : Ophinus , seu de caelesti animarum progenie divinatio . Lugd. Bat. 1599. qu. There is no doubt but that he hath published other things , but such I have not yet seen ; neither do I yet know to the contrary , but that he made a return again to this University . THOMAS WILCOCKS , or Wilcox , a grave and reverend Divine in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , was originally of St. Johas coll . but whether ever Fellow thereof , their Register shews not . His Name stands in the * Matricula of the University , sub tit . coll . S. Jo. Bapt. in the year 1564. but I cannot find him Graduated in the publick Register , of that time , belonging to the University . One Tho. Wilcocks a Kentish man , was , as a Member of St. Albans hall , admitted Master of Arts in Febr. 1589. But this I cannot affirm to be the same with the former , unless we suppose him to be about 40 years of age when he took that degree , as many did in those times at that age , after they had been Parsons or Dignitaries many years . As for Tho. Wilcocks , whom we are farther to mention , he retired to London , after he had left the University , where he became a very painful Minister of God's Word , a frequent Writer and Translator , and was much resorted to , by wavering and dubious Persons , for relief and settlement of their Consciences . His Writings are , Exposition on the book of Canticles , or Solomon's Song . Lond. 1585. qu. Exposition on certain Verses of the 8. Chap. of the Rom. namely upon Vers . 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23. Lond. 1587. oct . Short and sound Commentary on the Prov. of Solomon . Lond. 1589. qu. Expos . on the whole book of Psalms , wherein is contained the division and sense of every Psalm , &c. Lond. 1591. qu. All these were reprinted in one fol. at Lond. 1624. by the care of Dr. Jo. Burges , who married the author's Daughter , and had this general Title put to them , The Works of the Reverend Divine Mr. Tho. Wilcocks . Summary and short meditations touching certain points of Christian Religion . Lond. 1579. oct . Concordance , or Table , containing the principal words , and matters , which are comprehended in the New Testament . Lond. 1579. oct . Answer to Banister the Libertine . Lond. 1581. oct . Glafs for Gamesters , and namely for such as delight in Cards and Dice , wherein they may see not only the vanity , but also the vileness of those Plays , plainly discovered and overthrown by the Word of God. Lond. 1581. oct . Form of preparation to the Lord's Supper . Lond. in oct . On the substance of the Lord's Supper , shortly and soundly set forth , together with , &c. Lond. 1581. oct . Comfortable Letter for afflicted Consciences , written to a godly man greatly touched that way . Lond. 1584. in tw . Three large Letters for instruction and comfort of such as are distressed in Conscience , &c. Lond. 1589. oct . Narration of a fearful Fire at Wooburn in Bedfordsh . Lond. 1595. oct . He also translated into English , ( 1 ) A Catechism . Lond. 1578. oct . originally written by Joh. Fountein . ( 2 ) Three propositions , the first on the 1. Chap. of St. Joh. ver . 1. to 5. &c. Lond. 1580. written by Jo. Calvin . ( 3 ) Treatise of the Church , wherein the godly may discern the true Church from the Romish , &c. Lond. 1582. oct . written by Bertrand de Loques . ( 4 ) Discourse of the true visible marks of the Cath. Church . Lond. in oct . written by Theod. Beza . ( 5 ) Two Sermons on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . Lond. 1588. oct . written by the said Beza ; whereunto is added , The substance of the Lord's Supper , mentioned before . ( 6 ) Bertram the Priest concerning the Body and Blood of Christ , &c. Lond. 1582. oct . See more in Will. Hugh under the year 1549. ( 7 ) Meditations on Psal . 101. Lond. 1599. oct . written in French by Phil. Mornay Lord of Plessis . What else our author hath written and translated I know not , nor any thing of him beside ; only that he was living and much in esteem in fifteen hundred ninety and nine . Two or more of his Sirname g studyed in Broadgates hall in the time of K. Ed. 6. whos 's Christian Names being not in a possibility to be discovered , I cannot judge farther of them . RICHARD HOOKER , that rare and admirable Theologist , was born in , or near to , the City of Exeter , about the time of Easter , an . 1554. ( of which City some of his Name and Family have been Mayors , ) was exhibited to while a School-boy by John Jewel . B. of Sarum , became one of the Clerks of C. C. coll . in 1567. Scholar 24. Dec. in 73. Fellow and Master of Arts in 77. DeputyProfessor of the Hebrew Language in the University 14. July 1579. entred into Orders , and became a frequent Preacher , married a clownish silly Woman and withal a meer Xantippe , became Rector of Drayton-Beauchamp in Bucks . an . 1584. Master of the Temple in the year following , in the place of Rich. Alvey Bach. of Div. deceased , ( who was the first Canon of the fifth stall in the collegiat Church of St. Peter in Westminster , ) Rector of Boscomb in Wiltshire , Sub-dean of the Church of Salisbury , and prebendary of Netherhaven in the same Church , ( both which he obtained by the resignation of Dr. Nich. Balgay , in July 1591. ) and at length Rector of Bishops-Bourne near Canterbury , by the presentation thereunto of the Queen , in 1595. There hath been no learned college in the World , that hath yet yielded at one time almost , and from one County three such Divines as Jewel , Hooker , and Rainolds , of the second of which hear I pray what the learned h Camden saith . In this year ( meaning 1599. which is false , ) dyed too many in that one Rich. Hooker , born in Devonshire , and bred in C. C. coll . in Oxford , a Divine very moderate , temperate , and meek , and vertuous even to the best imitation ; and besides very famous for his learned works , as his Books of Ecclesiastical Policy , set forth in the English , but worthy to speak Latin , do testifie of him , &c. At Boscomb he continued till he had finished four of his eight proposed books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Policy , which were entred into the Register in Stationers hall , 9. March 1592. and afterwards came out with this Title . The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity , in four books . Lond. 1594. fol. To which he added a fifth book , ( which is larger than the first four , ) printed by its self at Lond. 1597. fol. Part of the first four being read by Dr. Tho. Stapleton , in Latin , to P. Clement 8. who before had heard much in their commendation , he the said Pope in conclusion said thus , There is no learning that this Man hath not searched into , nothing too hard 〈◊〉 his Vnderstanding : This man indeed deserves the Name of an Author . — His books will get reverence by age , for there are in them such seeds of Eternity , that if the rest b● like this , they shall last till the last Fire shall consume all learning , &c. At the same time K. James of Scotland ( afterwards of England ) did put an high esteem upon the said books , and usually said , They were the pictures of a Divine Soul in every page of Truth and Reason . King Ch. 1. had read them over several times , was well vers'd in , and commended , them to be read by the Prince , ( afterwards K. Ch. 2. ) and his other Children , next to the Bible . The learned Vsher Primate of Ireland , Morton B. of Durham , Hales of Eaton , &c. had the same high opinion of the author and his Works , and Gauden Bishop of Worcester said , he had been highly esteemed of all prudent , peaceable , and impartial Readers . But before the fifth book had been extant two years , was published a Pamphlet intit . A Christian Letter of certain English Protestants , unfeigned Lovers of the present state of Religion , authorized and professed in England , unto that reverend and learned man Mr. Hooker , requiring resolution in certain matters of Doctrine expresly contained in his five books of Ecclesiastical Polity . — Printed 1599. in qu. which matters of Doctrine , as they say , seem to overthrow the foundation of Christian Religion , and of the Church among us . But therein it doth appear , that their ignorant malice hath done him great honour ; who in an argument so distasted by them , and coming with a proud confidence to reprehend , have only carped sillily at some things , neither of moment or importance , whereof humility and charity would have craved no answer . But these being willing and desirous to find something to oppose , have only discovered Mr Hookers great , mature , and grave judgment , and their own small , undigested and shallow learning . Soon after came out an answer to the said letter , entit . A just and temperate defence of the 5 books of Ecclesiastical polity , &c. against an uncharitable letter of certain English protestants , &c. Lond. 1603. qu. written and published by Will. Covel D. D. born in Lancashi●e near the place where Dr. Chaderton B. of Lincoln received his first breath , bred in Christs and Queens coll . in Cambridge , and a writer of other books that came out soon after . As for the other three books of Ecclesiastical Policy , which our author Hooker compleated before his death , they with the consent of his unlucky Widdow , were seized on in his study soon after his decease , by Will. Charke a noted Puritan , and another Minister that lived near to Canterbury ; who making the silly Woman believe that they were writings not fit to be seen , did either burn them in the place , or convey them away secretly : So that the foul copy being only remaining , with many interlinings , Dr. Joh. Spenser of C. C. coll . in Oxon. his ancient and entire Friend , got it into his hands , who using the assistance of Hen. Jackson of the said coll . as an Aman●ensis , and otherwise , did compleat it as much as could be , and kept it by him till his latter end , with an intent that it should be published , but upon what account he was hindred I cannot tell . Sure it is , that when he lay on his death-bed , he bequeathed the said copy , ( containing the three last books ) fairly transcribed by the hand of the said H. Jackson , to Dr. Jo. King B. of London . After his death the copy rested in the hands of his Son Henry ( who became B. of Chichester 1641. ) till Dr. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury commanded them out of his custody , authorizing Dr. Joh. Barcham to require and bring them to him to Lambeth , which accordingly was done . The said Archbishop esteeming them as rarities , did put them into the Library there , where remaining till the decollation of Archb. Laud , were then by the Brethren of the Predominant Faction , given , i with the Library , to that most notorious Villain Hugh Peters , as a reward for his remarkable service in those sad times of the Churches confusion . And though they could hardly fall into a fouler hand , yet there wanted not other endeavours to corrupt and make them speak that Language for which the Faction then fought , which was to subject the Soveraign Power to the People . From the said copy several transcripts were taken , not only , I presume , while it remained in the said Library , but while it continued in the hands of Peters , differing much in words . There was a copy of the sixth and eighth books published at London in 1648. in qu. and said by the Editor of them to be collected and compared with five copies , viz. with that in Bodley's Library , that at Lambeth , that in Bish . Andrew's , that in Archb. Vsher's Library , and in that of the Lord Edw. Conway at Ragley ; but whether the publisher may be believed I know not . Sure I am that the said three last books , which are said to be true and genuine , ( but from whence obtained I cannot tell , ) were published by Dr. Joh. Gauden under this title . The Works of Mr. Rich. Hooker ( that learned , godly , judicious , and eloquent Divine ) vindicating the Church of England as truly Christian and duly reformed , in eight books of Ecclesiastical Polity , now compleated , as with the sixth and eighth , so with the seventh , &c. out of his own MSS. never before published , with an account of his holy Life and happy Death . Lond. 1662. fol. But whether the said MSS. were of his own hand-writing , we have good reason to question , as also the greater part of his Life , which he the said Gauden hath falsly written ; who with great confidence hath used divers arguments to satisfie the World , that the before-mentioned three books were pen'd by Mr. Hooker , notwithstanding those poysonous assertions against the Regal Power , which are to be found in them . Now altho this is generally confessed , that the said three books are not genuine , yet some Nonconformists , and among these chiefly Mr. Rich. Baxter , do k urge seemingly probable reasons to induce a belief that these posthumous books , as published by Dr. Gauden , are to be accounted the true and authentick Writings of Mr. Hooker ; yet this must be known , that the reason why the said Mr. Baxter contends so eagerly for their genuineness , is because the said three books , but more especially the eighth , do contain certain popular and false Principles , concerning the true Nature of the Legislative Power , the Original of Government , and the Office of Kings it self , as derived from the People . And on this account it is , that he seems to take a more than ordinary delight in so often telling the World , that the Abettors of these seditious positions have so great a Chruch-man , l as our author was justly esteemed , on their side . It was these and such like Prelatist's principles as he m saith ( meaning , I guess , Bish . Jewell , but chiefly Bish . Bilson in his book of Christian Subjection , &c. which he frequently cites as defending the resistance of Superiours in some cases , and such like pernicious tenets , and whom he usually joyns with Mr. Hooker in quotations of n this kind ) that led him to what he did , and wrote in the book of Holy Commonwealth , which he hath retracted . And that he may charge these destructive Assertions home on our author , he o saith , if any do causlesly question whether the eighth imperfect book be in those dangerous passages above-mentioned his own , let them remember that the summ of them is in his first book , which is old , and highly honoured by the Prelatists : And after all this , to shew himself an Enemy to the above-named Principles , he examines and confutes p the first and eighth books so far , as they make for popularity , ( with some strictures intermixed on Bishop Bilson's false Notes of subjection , ) whereby he makes but a scanty satisfaction for the malignant influence those many traiterous opinions , with which his Political Aphorismes are fraught , have had on the minds of many giddy People , towards the withdrawing them from yielding cheerful obedience to their lawful Superiours ; and this , notwithstanding he hath sometime since , called this piece in . The eighth book is commonly supposed to have been first published , together with the sixth and seventh , by Bish . Gauden , yet Mr. Baxter q affirms that the said eighth book was in print long before that time ; which is true , for the sixth and eighth were printed at Lond. 1648. in qu. nay all the eight books , with certain Tractates and Sermons , together with the author's Life , were published in two vol. in fol. 1617. As for the other Books and Sermons , that our author Hooker hath written , are these following . Answer to a supplication preferred by Mr. Walt. Travers to the H. H. Lords of the Privy Council . Oxon. 1612. qu. Causes of contention concerning Church-Government . Oxon. 1641. qu. As for his Sermons they are these , ( 1 ) Discourse of Justification , Works , and how the foundation of Faith is overthrown , on Abak . 1. 4. Oxon. 1612. qu. ( 2 ) Of the Nature of Pride , on Abak . 2. 4. Oxon. 1612. qu. ( 3 ) Remedy against Sorrow and Fear : Fun. Sermon on Joh. 14. 27. Ox. 1612. qu. ( 4 ) Of the certainty and perpetuity of Faith in the Elect , on Abak . 1. 4. ( 5 ) Two Sermons upon part of St. Jude's Epistle , viz. ver . 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21. Oxon. 1614. qu. All which Sermons ( with Wickliffs Wicket ) were published by Henry Jackson Fellow of C. C. coll . reprinted at London ( the Wicket excepted ) an . 1622. fol. at the end of the five books of Ecclesiastical Policy , &c. and again at the end of the eight books , Lond. 1682. fol. ( 6 ) Serm. on Matth. 7. 7. Found in the study of Dr. Andrews Bishop of Winchester , and published by Isaac Walton , at the end of Dr. Saunderson's Life . Lond. 1678. oct . What other things our most renowned author Hooker hath extant , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that paying his last debt to Nature on the second of Nov. year 1600 in sixteen hundred , ( leaving then behind him the character of Schismaticorum Malleus , ) was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Bishops-Bourne in Kent before-mentioned . Over his Grave was , 35 years after , a Monument erected by Will. Cowper Esq ; with the Statua of Bust of the Defunct to the middle part of his Body● From which Statua was taken the picture of him , set before his Life , written by the said Isaac Walton , of whom by the way I desire the Reader to know , that he was born in the ancient Borough of Stafford , in Aug. 1593. that he was by Trade a Sempster in Chancery-lane in London , where continuing till about 1643. ( at which time he found it dangerous for honest men to be there , ) he left that City , and lived sometimes at Stafford , and elsewhere , but mostly in the Families of the eminent Clergy-men of England , of whom he was much beloved . He hath written the lives of Dr. Joh. Donne , Sir Hen. Wotton , Mr. Rich. Hooker , Mr. George Herbert , and of Dr. Rob. Sanderson sometimes B. of Lincoln : All which are well done , considering the education of the author ; as also The compleat Angler , or the contemplative Man's recreation , &c. He ended his days ( in the great Frost ) at Winchester , in the house of Dr. Will. Hawkins , Pre●endary of the Church there , ( who had married his Daughter , ) on the 15. Dec. 1683. and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at that place . GEORGE CRANMER , a Gent. sometimes of singular hopes , eldest Son of Tho. Cranmer , Son of Edm. Cranmer Archdeacon of Canterbury , ( who died in the beginning of 1571. ) Brother to Tho. Archb. of that place , was born in Kent , admitted Scholar of C. Ch. Coll. 10. Jan. 1577. aged 13. or thereabouts , and was then , or soon after , put under the tuition of the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker , who found him afterwards very useful to him when he was compiling the books of Ecclesiastical Policy . In 1583. he was admitted Probationer-Fellow of that house , and six years after was licensed to proceed in Arts. About which time he betook himself to the service of Will. Davison Esq ; one of the Secretaries of State : After whose removal he went in place of Secretary with Sir Hen. Killegrew in his Embassage into France , and after his death he accompanied that worthy and learned Gent. Sir Edwyn Sandys in his travels into France , Germany , Italy , and other parts , for the space of three years . After his return he was sought out by the most Noble Charles Blount , Lord Mountjoy , with whom he went into Ireland in the quality of Secretary , where he remained until his unfortunate Death . He hath written , Letter to Mr. Richard Hooker concerning the new Church discipline , Feb. 1598. Lond. 1641. 42. qu. Remitted into the Life of R. Hooker , written by Is . Walton . — Lond. 1670. p. 123. Our author Cranmer hath written other things , as I have heard Mr. Walton say , but are kept private to the great prejudice of the publick . He was slain in a Battle near Carlingford in Ireland , between the English and the Rebels there , on the 13. of Nov. in sixteen hundred , year 1600 as it is attested by r Camden , speaking of the said Battle , thus — Cecidit tamen ex Anglis , praeter alios , Cranmerus Prorege ab Epistolis , vir eruditissimus , & ipsi eo nomine longè charissimus . I find another George Cranmer , who was born at Wingham in Kent , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1559. and died in 1563. but he hath written nothing . JOHN RASTELL , a most noted Enemy in his writings to B. John Jewell , was born within the City of Gloucester , trained up in Wykeham's School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1549. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1555. and about that time Sacred Orders . In 1560. he left his coll . ( wherein he had always been accounted an excellent Disputant , ) his Friends , and native Country , and went to Lovaine , where , and at Antwerp , he published certain books against B. Jewell , being then a candidate of the Fac. of Theology . Afterwards he went to Rome , and in 1568. he was , with his Brother , or near Kinsman , admitted into the Society of Jesus . Whereupon , because a way had not then been opened for the Jesuits into England , he went into Germany to perform offices pertaining to his Order . But being initiated in the Priesthood before his ingress into the Society , and having performed the office of Confessor in the place of one Hall , was sent to Auspurge , and at length became Rector of the coll . of Jesuits at Ingolstadt . He hath written , Confutation of a Sermon pronounced by Mr. Jewell at Paul's Cross . Antw. 1564. Copy of a challenge taken out of the confutation of Mr. Jewells Sermon . Antw. 1565. oct . Reply against an answer ( falsly intit . ) A defence of the Truth . Antw. 1565. oct . Brief view of the false wares packed up in the nameless Apolo●y of the Church of England . Lov. 1567. oct . Treatise entit . Beware of Mr. Jewell . Antw. 1566. oct . This Jo. Rastell , who parhaps hath written other things ; died in a good old age at Ingolstadt about the year sixteen hundred , year 1600 and was buried in the coll . of the Jesuits there . Several of these books before-mentioned , are attributed by a certain s author to Will. Rastell a Judge , but false . See more under the year 1565. where you will justly find what belongs to him . HENRY PRICE was born in London , became Scholar of St. John's coll . in 1584. aged 18. afterwards Fellow , M. of A. and Chaplain to Sir Hen. Lea of Oxfordshire . At length taking the degree of Bac. of Div. became Rector of Fleetmarston in Bucks , a noted Preacher , and an elegant Lat. Poet. His Works are , Epicedium in obitum Henrici Comitis Derbeiensis . Oxon. 1593. qu. The Eagles flight ; Serm. at Pauls Cross , on Luke 17. 37. Lond. 1599. oct . He died at Woodstock in Oxfordshire , 2. Feb. in sixteen hundred , aged 34. or thereabouts , and was buried in St. John's coll . Chappel . Over his Grave was a Mon. soon after erected , at the charge of the President and Society , who were his Heirs ; a copy of the inscription on which you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Vnivers . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 312. He left behind him several Sermons , which were esteemed by some , worthy of the Press , one of which I have t seen , written on Rom. 7. 24. Preached an . 1594. THOMAS WILLIAMS , a Welsh-man born , did spend several years among the Oxonians , but whether in Brasenose coll . where one of both his Names took the degree of Master of Arts in 1573. I cannot tell . Afterwards he entred on the Physick line , but took no degree in that Faculty , retired into his Country and practiced there . This person who was also a curious Critick in his mother-tongue , wrote , Dictionarium Latino-Britannicum . A work of many years labour ; which being left imperfect in some places , was reviewed and corrected by Dr. Jo. Davies , and by him published in 1632. who tells us that he said Williams was much encouraged in his studies by the Father of Sir RichWynne Knight and Baronet , to whom he did intend to dedicate , had he lived to have finished , it . He tells us also that the said Th. Williams was living and in great renown in his own Country in sixteen hundred , but when he died he adds not . I find another Tho. Williams who was elected Probat . Fellow of Merton coll . in 1562. studied Physick several years , took the degree of Bach. of that Faculty in 1575. and died in his coll . 1579. being then accounted a learned Physician . But this person was no author , and whether a Welsh-man , I cannot yet find . A third Tho. Williams was of Broadgates hall , and as the eldest Son of an Esq ; took the degree of Bach. of Arts , in the beginning of July in 1592. besides several others of a later date , and another before , who wrote Rules of the Italian Grammar . Lond. 1567. &c. HENRY CUFF a most excellent Grecian , is said by an Historian u of no great note , to be base by Birth ; meaning , I presume , that his birth was mean. If so , then let it be known from the w Records in the Coll. of Arms , that his birth was gentile in Sommersetshire , that his Predecessors for 4 Generations before him lived at Creech near to Taunton in the said County in good esteem , and that his Ancestor Joh. Cuff , who lived sometimes at Ilchester , and sometimes at Creech , where he had good inheritances , had a Coat of Arms granted to him and his posterity by Christop . Barker Garter King of Arms , 36. Hen. 8. and so consequently was made a Gentleman . At 26 years of age , in 1586. he the said Hen. Cuff was chosen Prob. Fellow of Merton coll . ( having a little before been forced to resign his Fellowship of Trin. coll . for speaking certain matters ( tho true ) that redounded to the great discredit of the Founder Sir Tho. Pope , ) and two years after , was not only made Master-Fellow , but also M. of A. In which time he occasionally shewed himself a rare Grecian , Philosopher , and Disputant . Afterwards he was Greek Professor , and Proctor of the University , and at length Secretary to that unfortunate Count Robert Earl of Essex . As he was a person of good parts , so was he ambitious withal , and pretended to be well seen in the rules of Policy , believed by many that he was so , ( because smothered under the habit of a Scholar , ) especially by his great Patron , which brought him the sooner to the block . He wrote in the year 1600 , The differences of the ages of man's life . Lond. 1607. and 1633. in oct . The original , causes , progress , and end of Man's life . — Printed with the former book , and other things which he left fit for the Press , but never published . Afterwards he being found guilty of Treason for conspiring with the said Rob. E. of Essex , to seize on the Queen and change the Government , he was hang'd at Tyburn near London , 30. March in sixteen hundred and one : year 1601 So that his body being afterwards buried obscurely without a Memorial or Epitaph , be pleased to take this for him , made by x one that knew him well . Doctus eras Graecè , felixque tibi fuit Alpha ? At fuit infelix Omega , Cuffe , tuum . The execution of which person , and his unhappy end , is brought in by a certain author y as a very proper and sutable instance to verifie the great reasonableness of one of his advices to his Son , thus , — Mingle not your interest with a great Man's , made desperate by debt , or Court-injuries , whose breaking out prove fatal to their wisest followers and friends : averred in the last Earl of Essex but one , where z Merick his Steward , and Cuff his Secretary , tho of excellent parts , were both hanged . For such unconcocted Rebellions turn seldom to the hurt of any , but the parties that promote them ; being commonly guided by the directions of their Enemies , as this was by a Cecil , whose creatures persuaded Essex to this inconsiderate attempt , &c. that is , to seize the Queen and change the Government . Thus far Francis Osborn here quoted , of whom and his Works the Reader may please by the way ( if not too tedious ) to know these things , That he was younger Brother to Sir. Pet. Osborn , and both the Sons of Sir John Osborn of Chicksand near Shefford in Bedfordshire ; which Sir John and his Father did both enjoy a quiet , happy , and plentiful Fortune under Q. Elizabeth : That he was bred mostly at home , not so much as in a Free School or University , being altogether void of such kind of Faculties that Universities afford . At ripe years he frequented the Court , became a Servant in the Pembrochian Family , and at length Master of the Horse to that most Noble Count William Earl of Pembroke . In 1641. he ran with the times , having been Puritannically educated , had publick employments then , and under Oliver , conferr'd upon him ; and in his last days lived in Oxon purposely to Print certain books of his compostion that then laid by him , and to have an eye on his Son John , whom he got by the favour of the Parliamentarian Visitors , to be Fellow of Allsouls coll . 1648. Those things of his , which I have seen extant , are these , ( 1 ) A seasonable expostulation with the Netherlands , declaring their ingratitude to , and the necessity with their agreement with , the Commonwealth of England . Ox. 1652. qu. in two sh . and half . ( 2 ) Perswasive to mutual compliance under the present Government . Ox. 1652. qu. in two sh . ( 3 ) Plea for a Free State compared with Monarchy . — Printed with the former , in 4 sh . qu. ( 4 ) The private Christians non ultra ; or , a plea for the Lay-man's interpreting the Scriptures . Ox. 1656. in 3 sh . and half , in qu. There is no name to it , only strongly reported to be Fr. Osborn's . ( 5 ) Advice to a Son , in two parts . The first was printed at Ox. in oct . an . 1656. and within 2 years after were five more impressions of it . The second part was printed at Ox. 1658. oct . but being not so well liked as the first , I cannot justly say whether it had a second impression . Both , especially the first , being greedily bought up , and admired in Oxon , especially by young Scholars , it was then noted among the Godly Ministers , that they did instill principles of Atheism into them . Whereupon a publick complaint being put up against the said books to the then Vicechanc. Dr. Jo. Conant , there was a proposal made to have them publickly burnt . But it taking no effect , it was ordered 27. July 1658. that no booksellers , or any other persons should sell the books ; which afterwards made them sell the better . ( 6 ) Political reflections upon the Government of the Turks ; to which are added in the same book or vol. A discourse upon Nich. Machiavell . — Observations upon the K. of Sweden's descent into Germany . — Discourse upon Piso and Vindex , who both conspired the death of Nero. — The greatness and corruption of the Court of Rome . — Discourse upon the election of P. Leo XI . — Political occasions of the defection from the Church of Rome . — Discourse in vindication of Mart. Luther . All these were printed at Ox. in oct . at least 3 times . ( 7 ) Traditional Memoires on the Reign of Q. Eliz. Lond. 1658. oct . ( 8 ) Trad. Mem. on the Reign of K. James . Lond. 1658. oct . ( 9 ) Miscellany of sundry Essays , Paradoxes , and Problematical Discourses , Letters , and Characters . Lond. 1659. oct . ( 10 ) Deductions from the History of the Earl of Essex , who was executed for Treason under the Reign of Q. Eliz. Lond. 1659. oct . These are all that I have seen , and whether he hath any others published , I cannot say . After his death appeared in publick a book intit . A modest plea for an equal Commonwealth against Monarchy , &c. with other things added to it , as , An Apology for younger Brothers , and A lift at Tythes . All printed twice in 1659. in qu. and oct . These three Treatises , tho they were published by another person as his , yet some Scholars , more envious than prudent , did not stick to say , that the publisher found them among the papers of Fr. Osborn ( with whom he had intimate acquaintance ) after his death , and disguising the Language , or making some alterations in , published , them as his own . However all that knew him well and were intimate with him , ( as the writer of these matters was , ) knew him able to write such a book as that was . As for Fr. Osborn he died at Nether-worton near to Dedington in Oxfordshire , in the house of Will. Draper Esq ( an Oliverian Colonel ) whose Sister he had married , on the eleventh of Feb. 1658-9 . aged 70. or thereabouts , and was buried in the Church there . Over his Grave is a Monument , with an inscription , but the contents I know not yet . RICHARD LATEWAR , a Londoner born , educated in Merchant-Taylors School , became Scholar of St. Johns coll . 1580. and eight years after M. of Arts , and a noted Preacher . In 1593. he was elected one of the Proctors of the University , being about that time Rector of Hopton in Suffolk . Afterwards he became Rector of Finchley in Middlesex , D. of D. and at length Chaplain to the illustrious Heroe , Charles Lord Mountjoy , Lieutenant of Ireland . He was a most ingenious Latin Poet , as his Epigrams , and copies of Verses , occasionally printed in books published in his life-time , do shew . He composed , Carmen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Coll. S. John Bapt. Which was restored and augmented by Rich. Andrews , M. D. and Fellow of the said coll . Conc. Lat. ad Academicos Oxon. 1594. It was Preached when he was admitted Bac. of Div. but upon what subject , or when printed , I know not , for I have not yet seen it . What other things of his are published I cannot find ; neither is there any need to be said more of him , than what the learned b Camden hath delivered of the overthrow of the Rebels in Ireland , near to Carlingford , given by the L. Mountjoy before-mentioned , thus , On the English side ( saith he ) there were slain Latewar D. of Div. and Chaplain to the Deputy , and Cranmer his Secretary , both most learned men , and for that much beloved of him , besides some others also , &c. But the time that he appoints for his death is false , for whereas he saith it was in 1600. it was not till the year following , being then buried in the Church at Armagh . year 1601 Soon after was erected an honorary Monument for him in St. Johns coll . Chappel , with a handsome inscription thereon ; ( a copy of which you may see c elsewhere . ) But whereas it is said , that he died on the 27. July 1601. aged 41. is false , as it seems ; for d one that was upon the place when he received his deaths wound , tells us , that he was shot at Benburb , July 16. and died the day following , an . 1601. See more in the Affaniae of a celebrated Lat. e Poet of his time , named Fitz-Geffry , wherein , among the Cenotaphs , at the end , you will find one upon this Latewar , which without flattery , was justly written . HUGH LLOYD , a most admired Grammarian of the age he lived in , was born at Llynn in Caernarvonshire , educated in Wykeham's School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1564. promoted to the Chancellourship of Rochester in 1578. being then Bach. of the Civil Law. Afterwards he was made chief Master of Wykeham's School near Winchester before-mentioned , was admitted Doctor of his Faculty in 1588. being then noted to be not only eminent in Divinity and the Civil Law , but also for his admirable sufficiencies in the Greek and Lat. tongues . He hath written several books , but all that I have seen are only these following , viz. Phrases Elegantiores ex Caesaris Commentariis , Cicerone aliisque , in usum Scholae Winton . Oxon. 1654. in a large oct . Dictata . Printed with the former . Both which were published by John Lamphire M. of A. sometimes Fellow of New coll . afterwards Dr. of Physick , History Professor and Principal of Hart hall . The said Dr. Lloyd departed this mortal life , year 1601 on the 17. Octob. in sixteen hundred and one , and was buried in New coll . outer Chappel . See his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 153. He had a Brother named Joh. Lloyd who was Fellow of All 's . coll . Doctor of the Civil Law , and Judge of the Admiralty ; but whether he was of any kin to Hugh Lloyd D. D. of Barton-Segrave in Northamptonshire , who succeeded Dr. Will. Swaddon in the Archdeaconry of Worcester , 18. Aug. 1623. and died in July 1629. I know not . EDWARD GRANT or Graunt the most noted Latinist and Grecian of his time , was educated in Grammar learning in the coll . School at Westminster , spent several years in the study of Logick and Philosophy , either in Ch. Ch. or Broadgates hall , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1572. and about that time became the learned Master of the said School ; whence , by his sedulous endeavours , many persons went away well grounded in learning , who were afterwards eminent in Church and State. In 1577. he was made Canon or Prebendary of the twelfth and last Stall in the collegiate Ch. at Westminster , in the place of Tho. Wats D. D. ( who had succeeded in that Stall Gabr. Goodman 1561. in which year the said Goodman was made Dean , ) and about that time being admitted Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , was incorporated in that degree with us , in the year 1579. He was afterwards Doctor of that Faculty , but not of this University , was esteemed a most noted Latin Poet , as several of his copies of verses , printed in various books , shew , and was well skill'd in all kind of humane literature . He hath written , Grecae linguae specilegium , &c. Lond. 1575. qu. Contracted by his learned Usher Will. Camden . He also collected , viewed , and received and corrected all Rog. Aschams Epistles and Poetry , and at the end added of his ( Graunts ) composition , Oratio de vita & obitu Rogeri Aschami , ac dictionis Elegantio , cum adhortatione ad Adolescentulos . Lond. 1577. oct . What else he hath published I know not , nor any thing material of him besides , only ( 1 ) That he resigning his Mastership of Westm . School about the Month of Feb. 1592. was succeeded therein by Will. Camden . ( 2 ) That dying in Sept. year 1601 or Octob. in sixteen hundred and one , was buried in St. Peters Church at Westminster ; whereupon his Canonry was bestowed on Will. Barlow D. D. Now I am got into the Name of Graunt , I cannot without the guilt of concealment , but to let you know some things of the most ingenious person ( considering his education and employment ) that his time hath produced . His name is Joh. Graunt , born at the sign of the Seven Stars in Birchin-lane , within the Parish of St. Michael-Cornhil in London , between 7 and 8 of the clock in the morn . of the 24. of Apr. 1620. ( Son of Hen. Graunt a Hampshire man , ) educated while a boy in English learning , bound an Apprentice to a Haberdasher of small wares , which Trade he mostly followed , tho free of the Drapers company . Afterwards he went through all the Offices of the City , as far as a Common-Council-man , bearing that Office two years . He was also Captain of the Trained-band several years , and Major of it two or three , and then laid down his Trade , and all publick Employments upon account of Religion . For tho he was Puritannically bred , and had several years taken Sermon notes , by his most dextrous and incomparable faculty in short-writing , and afterwards did profess himself for some time a Socinian , yet in his latter days he turned Rom. Catholick ; in which Persuasion he zealously lived , for some time , and died . He hath written , ( 1 ) Natural and Political Observations , made upon the Bills of Mortality , &c. Lond. 1661. and 62. in qu. afterwards in oct . with several additions ; done upon certain hints and advice of Sir Will. Petty . ( 2 ) Observations on the advance of Excise . And ( 3 ) something about Religion , but these two are not yet printed . He died on the 18. of April ( being Easter-Even ) 1674. and was buried four days after in St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet , in the body thereof , under the Pews , towards the Gallery on the North side , London . At which time his body was attended with a great number of ingenious persons ; and among others ( with tears ) was that great Vertuoso Sir Will. Pettie before-mentioned . The said Joh. Graunt was an ingenious and studious Person , generally beloved , was a faithful Friend , a great Peace-maker , and one that had often been chosen for his prudence and justness an Arbitrator : But above all his excellent working head was much commended , and the rather for this reason , that it was for the publick good of learning , which is very rare in a Trader or Mechanick . JOHN HOOKER alias Vowell , sometimes written Vowell alias Hooker , was born within the City of Exeter , educated in Grammar and Logick for a time in this University , either in Exeter , or C. C. coll . but whether he took a degree , our Registers , which are in the time of K. Ed. 6. very imperfect , shew not . Afterwards retiring to his Native place , he became the first Chamberlain thereof , an . 1554. about which time applying himself to the study of Astronomy , and English History , became noted in his time for them , especially after he had published his labours for the benefit of Posterity in these books following . Order and usage of keeping the Parliaments in England . Lond. 1572. qu. The Events of Comets , or blazing Stars , made upon the sight of the Comet Pagonia , which appeared in the month of Nov. and Dec. 1577. Lond. in oct . An addition to the Chronicles of Ireland from 1546. where they ended , to the year 1568. Lond. 1587. fol. This addition is in the second vol. of the Chronicles , first collected and published by Raphael Holinshed , Will. Harrison and others . The said Chronicles of Ireland did begin , an . 1186. about which time Giraldus Cambrensis concluded his Irish History , and were continued by several hands to the said year 1546. A Catalogue or History of the Bishops of Exeter , from Werestan ( as he calls him ) to John Woolton , an . 1579. — Remitted into the third vol. of Ra. Holinshed's Chronicles , Lond. 1587. fol. pag. 1300. He also translated into English the Irish History of Giraldus before-mentioned , and put Scholias to the same ; which being by him dedicated to Sir Walt. Raleigh with a large Epistle , were remitted into the second vol. of the Chronicles of Ra. Holinshed , Will. Harrison and others . Lond. 1587. fol. He also took great pains in augmenting and continuing to the year 1586. the said first and second vol. of Chronicles , which were also printed at London 1587. fol. The first impression of the said Chronicles were made at Lond. 1577. in fol. by the said R. Holinshed , descended from those of his name that lived at Boseley in Cheshire , educated in one of the Universities , was a Minister of God's Word , as I have heard , and died at Bramcote in Warwickshire , towards the latter end of 1580. Whereupon all or most of his notes , collections , books , and MSS. came into the hands of Thom. Burdet Esq ; an inhabitant , if not Lord , of the said Town of Bramcote . As for our author John Hooker , he lived to a fair age , and dying in Nov. year 1601 in sixteen hundred and one , was buried at Exeter . He gave up his Chamberlains place about a quarter of a year before he died , and was succeeded therein by Will. Tickell . There hath been two of the Hookers that have been Mayors of Exeter , viz. Joh. Hooker in 1490. and Rob. Hooker in 1529. from one , or both , of which , I presume , our author Joh. Hooker was descended , as also Rich. Hooker the eminent author of Eccles . Policy . CROMWELL LEA a younger Son of Sir Anth. Lea or Lee of Burston in Bucks . Knight , ( by his Wife the Daughter of Sir Thomas Wyat Knight , ) descended from the Lees of Quarendon in the said County , was educated in all inferiour Arts in this University , and afterwards travelling and spending several years in Italy , he attained to so great knowledge in the common Language of that Country , that at his return he wrote , A Dictionary in Italian and English . — Which tho it reaches but to the Word Tralingnato , and so consequently wanteth the following Letters to the end of the Alphabet , yet it is as big as a Church-Bible . This book the author giving in MS. to the Library of St. Johns coll . in this University , ( of which coll . he had been sometimes a Commoner , about its first foundation , ) the Society did so highly value it , that one of them named Tho. Poticarie , M. of A. and Bach. of the Civil Law , did transcribe it in a very fair character . Which being so done , it was reposed in their Library as a choice thing , and is at this day among the printed books , B. 31. This Crom. Lea , who had married Mary , the Relict of Rich. Taverner , mentioned under the year 1575. died at his house in Halywell , in the North Suburb of Oxon , about the beginning of Winter in sixteen hundred and one , year 1601 but where buried I know not . Whereupon this Epitaph was made on him by an Oxford Scholar , Here lyeth old Cromwell , Who , living , lov'd the Bum well . When he dy'd he gave nothing to the poor , But half to his Bastards , and half to his Whore. JOHN CHARDON or Charldon a Devonian born , became a Sojourner of Exeter coll . in 1562. or thereabouts , made Probationer thereof , 3. March 1564. perpetual Fellow in Octob. two years after , entred into Holy Orders in Aug. 1567. being then Bach. of Arts , and resigned his Fellowship on the 6. Apr. in the year after . About that time being beneficed in his own Country , particularly within the City of Exeter , he proceeded soon after in Arts , became a noted Preacher , and wonderfully followed for his edifying Sermons . In 1581. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , ( or the Epistles of St. Paul , as it was then among the Puritans stiled , ) proceeded in Divinity five years after , and in 1596. in May , he was consecrated Bishop of Down and Connor , in the Church of St. Patrick at Dublin in Ireland . All that are extant of his writing , are only , Several Sermons , Preached in the Churches of St. Peter in Exeter , St. Maries in Oxon , and at S. Pauls-Cross in the City of Lond. viz. ( 1 ) Sermon of the World , on Luke 21. 25. Lond. 1580. oct . ( 2 ) Serm. at S. Mar. in Ox. on Joh. 9. 1 , 2 , 3. Ox. 1586. oct . ( 3 ) Serm. at S. Mar. Ox. 11. Dec. 1586. on Joh. 9. 4 , 5 , 6 , 7. Lond. 1587. oct . ( 4 ) Serm. at Pauls-cross 29. May 1586. on Matth. 6. 19 , 20 , 21. Lond. 1586. oct . ( 5 ) Fun. Serm. on 1 Thes . 4. from 13. to 18. verse . Ox. 1586. oct . He hath another Sermon extant on Isay 1. ver . 1 , 2. Lond. 1595. but this , and others , which he hath printed , as I conceive , I have not yet seen nor do I know any thing of him besides , save only that he died in Ireland , in sixteen hundred and one ; year 1601 but where buried , unless in his own Cath. Church , I cannot tell . The next in order , according to time , to be mentioned , is a most reverend and learned Divine , and an ornament to his profession in the long Reign of Q. Elizabeth . ALEXANDER NOWELL , the second Son of John Nowell of Great Meerley in Lancashire , was born in that County in 1511. and at 13 years of age became a Commoner of Brasmose college , where profiting much in Grammar , Logick , and Philosophy , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1536. He was afterwards Fellow of that house , Master of Arts , and grew very famous for Religion and Learning . In the Reign of Ed. 6. and perhaps before , he taught School at Westminster , where he very zealously trained the Youth up in Protestant principles ; but when Q. Mary began to Reign , he , among other Divines , much averse to the R. Cath. Religion , did leave the Kingdom . for Conscience sake , and lived , as opportunity served , in Germany . Upon the coming of Q. Elizabeth to the Crown , he returned , and was made the first Canon of the seventh Stall in the collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster , an . 1560. and soon after about the beginning of the year 1561. he was made Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral in the place of Will. May , L. L. D. Master of Trin. coll . in Cambr. ( the same , who in 1549. had a hand in compiling the first Edition of the Common Prayer , and in correcting the the third Edit . in 1559. ) So that Nowell , being settled in the Deanry of Pauls , resigned Westminster , and afterwards became a frequent and painful Preacher , and a zealous writer against certain English Catholicks that had fled their Country upon account of Religion . For 30 years together he Preached the first and last Sermons in the time of Lent before the Queen , wherein he dealt plainly and faithfully with her , without dislike . In 1594. Apr. 28. he was installed Canon of Windsor , in the place of Rich. Reve Bach. of Div. deceased , in the year after , Sept. 6. he was elected Principal of Brasnose coll . and in oct . following he was actually created D. of Divinity , with allowance of Seniority over all the Doctors then in the University , not only in regard had to his age , but Dignity in the Church . He was , in the time he lived , a learned Man , charitable to the poor , especially if they had any thing of a Scholar in them , and a great comforter of afflicted Consciences . His Works are , A reproof of a book intit . A proof of certain Articles in Religion , denied by Master Jewel , set forth by Tho. Dorman Bach. of Div. Lond. 1565. qu. Reproof of Mr. Dormans proof continued , with a defence of the chief authority of Princes , as well in causes Ecclesiastical , as Civil , within their Dominions , by Mr. Dorman maliciously impugned . Lond. 1566. qu. Confutation as well of Mr. Dormons last book intit . A defence , &c. as also of Dr. Saunder's Causes of Transubstantiation . Lond. 1567. qu. Catechismus , sive prima institutio disciplinaque pietatis Chistianae , Latinè explicata . Lond. 1570 , 71 , 74 , 76. qu. There again 1590. 1603. &c. oct . Translated into English by Tho. Norten , Lond. 1571. and into Greek by Will. Whittaker , an . 1575. &c. Catechismus parvus pueris primum , qui ediscatur , proponendus in Scholis . Lond. 1574. 78. oct . &c. Written in Lat. and Greek . Translated also into English by another person . — Lond. 1587. oct . &c. and into Hebrew by Anon ; but this last I have not yet seen . Conference had with Edm. Campian Jesuit , in the Tower of London , ult . Aug. 1581. Lond. 1583. qu. See more in Joh. Redman under the year 1551. This reverend Dr. Nowell died in a good old age , on the 13. Feb. in sixteen hundred and one , and was buried in the Chappel of the Virgin Mary within the Cathedral of St. Paul. Soon after was a comely Monument set over his Grave , with an inscription thereon in Prose and Verse , a copy of which you may see in Jo. Stow's Survey of London , and elsewhere : And of his benefaction to Brasnose coll . and other matters you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Ox. lib. 2. p. 214. b. 225. b. In his Deanty of St. Paul succeeded Joh. Overhall , the King's Professor of Div. in Cambridge , a general learned Scholar , preferred to it by the commendations ( to the Queen ) of Sir Fulk Grevill his Patron . HARBERT WESTPHALING , Son of Harbert Westphaling , Son of Harbert a Native of Westphalia in Germany , from whom , by a popular Errour , the Son who lived mostly in London , and this his Grandson , were called Westphaling . At 15 years of age , in 1547. which was the year after K. Hen. 8. had put his last hand to the foundation of Ch. Church , he was made one of the Students thereof , took the degrees in Arts , ( that of Master being compleated in 1555. ) applied his studies to the Supreme Faculty , was admitted to the reading of the Sentences in Dec. 1561. and in the beginning of March following he was installed Canon of the said Church , being about that time Rector of Brightwell near Watlington in the County of Oxon. In 1565. he was licensed to proceed in his Faculty , in the year following he learnedly a disputed before Q. Elizabeth in S. Maries Church , and in the beginning of 1577. he was installed Canon of Windsor , in the place of Dr. Ant. Rush deceased . In 1585. Dec. 12. he was consecrated Bishop of Hereford , ( in which County he had several Lands and Inheritances , ) where , as throughout the Nation , he was esteemed a person of great gravity , integrity , and most worthy of his Function . He hath written , Treatise of Reformation in Religion , divided in seven Sermons , Preached in Oxford , on Matth. 21. 12 , 13. Lond. 1582. qu. Two Sermons touching the Supper of , the Lord , on 1 Cor. 11. 28 , 29. and on Matth. 26. v. 26 , 27 , 28. Lond. 1582. qu. and perhaps other things , but such I have not yet seen . He paid his last debt to Nature on the first day of March in sixteen hundred and one , and was buried in the North transcept of the Cath. at Hereford . In his Will he bequeathed the Mannour of Batche in Herefordshire to Jesus coll . for the maintenance of two Fellows and two Scholars , conditionally that his kindred be preferred to the said places before all others . His picture is painted on the Wall in the School-Gallery at Oxon. next to that of Dr. E●des , as having in his time been a famous Theologist . CHRISTOPHER GOODMAN was born in Cheshire , particularly , as I conceive , within the City of Chester , became a Student in Brasnose coll . 1536. aged seventeen or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , but was never , as I can yet find , Fellow of that House . In 1544. he proceeded in that faculty , and three years after was constituted one of the Senior Students of Ch. Church , being then newly founded by K. Hen. 8. In the year 1551. or thereabouts , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , at which time he was ( as 't is said ) Reader of the Divinity Lesson in the Vniversity , but whether of that founded by the Lady Margaret , or by K. H. 8. seems as yet doubtful . In the beginning of Q. Mary he left the University , and went with several Academians beyond the Sea for Religion sake , but dissenting from the chief body of them assembled at Frankfort , he did with Whittyngham , Knox , Gilby , &c. retire to Geneva , as may be farther seen in a book intit . A brief discourse of the troubles began at Frankfort , &c. printed 1575. qu. wherein , as in other places , the turbulent spirit of this person may be discern'd . A noted b author tells us that he was a most pernicious fellow , for that he not only practiced against the life of Q. Mary , but wrote also that most seditious known Libel against the regiment of Women , &c. This Goodman ( I say ) being a furious hot spirit , and guilty in conscience of wicked attempts ( but especially as was thought , of the conspiracy with Will. Thomas , that would have killed Q. Mary ) ran out of England to Geneva , in the beginning of Q. Maries reign , and there joined with Joh. Knox ( as quiet a spirit as himself ) that was the firebrand of his country of Scotland , &c. The truth is , Goodman was a most violent Nonconformist , and for rigidness in opinion , he went beyond his friend Calvin , who remembers , c and mentions , him in his Epistles , 1561. There was no man more ready than he , ( as Knox was for Scotland ) to oppose in the beginning of Q. Eliz. the settlement of the Ch. of England according to the way used in the time of K. Ed. 6. What his preferments were , when the said Queen came to the crown , and where ( if any ) they were , unless at Chester , or in the county , I know not . Sure I am that when Sir Hen. Sydney was Deputy of Ireland , and had much to do with the popish rebels there , Goodman shewed his faithful diligence in that service . His works are these : How superiour powers ought to be obey'd of their subjects , and wherein they may be lawfully by Gods word , be disobey'd and resisted . Genev. 1558. in tw . &c. W. Whittyngham hath a preface to it . The first blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women — Printed beyond Sea 1558. oct . wherein Qu. Mary is called a wicked woman , traitress , bastard , Proserpine , &c. But most of his doctrines in the said two books , being destructive to the sacred persons of princes , and their state and government , were not only d condemned by the Episcopal Clergy of England in the time of Q. Elizab. and after , but also by the judgment and decree of the University of Oxon , past in their convocation held 21. Jul. 1683. Nay , The first blast of the trumpet , &c. was esteemed by all , especially the R. Catholicks , a wicked , seditious and base book , and not fit to be taken into the hands of a Christian , and the rather for this reason , because as a e Poet of that time saith , No Queen in her Kingdom , can or ought to sit fast , If Knocks or Goodmans books blow any true blast . He hath also written , A commentary on Amos — This I have not yet seen : Nor can I say any thing else of him , only that when he laid on his Death-bed at Chester , year 1602 in sixteen hundred and two , he was visited by Mr. Jam. Vsher ( afterwards Archb. of Armagh ) at what time he came from Ireland into England to buy books for Dublin Library ; several of whose stories he heard with great delight , which he would afterwards , when an ancient man , repeat to his friends . He the said Goodman died that year , and was , as I have been informed by some of his relations , buried in the Church of St. Werberg in Chester . His sometimes friend and crony Job . Parkhurst hath an f Epigram upon him , which you may take instead of an Epitaph . Nemo bonus , Servator ait , sed solus Olympum Qui regit , is bonus est : Gudmane , nemo bonus . Yet an English Presbyterian g who saith that Goodman was a learned Scotch Divine ; was according to his name good and holy . WILLIAM HARRYS became Fellow of Lincoln Coll. about 1567. being then Bach. of Arts : Afterwards taking the degree of Master , he left the Coll. his friends , religion , and the little all he had , and went to the English College then newly erected at Doway , where spending divers years in the study of Theology , was at length made a Priest . Afterwards returning to his native country to serve the afflicted Catholicks and gain Proselytes , lived there several years , and composed a large volume intit . The Theatre or Mirrour of the most true and ancient Church of Great Britaine , founded by Apostolical men , and propagated from generation to generation , even to our time , by most holy Doctors and Catholicks , in 10 books — What else he wrote I find not , not any thing material of him besides , year 1602 only that he died in England in sixteen hundred and two . Contemporary with him was Thomas Marshall , Bach. of Arts 1562. and about that time Fellow of the said college ; but soon after leaving his Fellowship , he went to Lovaine , where he entred into the Society of Jesus . Afterwards he went to Doway , where he spent 9 years in reading and explaining Philosophy , and at length became Confessor to the English coll . at Rome , where he died in 1589. leaving behind him the character of a learned person . HAYWORD TOWNSHEND eldest Son of Sir Hen. Townshend Knight , Justice of Chester , by Susan his first Wife , daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward of London Knight , was a Shropshire man born , became a Gentleman Commoner of St. Maries Hall , about the beginning of the year 1590. took one degree in Arts , being about that time a Student in the Municipal Law in Lincolns-Inn , and was afterwards a Barrester . In 1601. he was elected a Burgess for Bishops Castle in his own country , to serve in that Parliament which began at Westminster 27. Oct. the same year , where shewing himself an observing man , made an Historical collection of the proceedings therein , to which adding other collections for three Parliaments preceeding , viz. ( 1. ) For that which began 4. Feb. 1588. ( 2. ) For that which began 19. Feb. 1592. and thirdly , for that which commenc'd 9. Feb. 1597. he made a compleat collection in folio . At length when the press ; was open , and the author had been dead many years , his labours were published under this title : Historical collections : or , an exact account of the proceedings of the four last Parliaments of Q. Elizabeth , wherein is contained the compleat Journals both of Lords and Commons , taken from the original records of their Houses . As also the more particular behaviours of the worthy Members , during all the last notable sessions , &c. Lond. 1680. fol. In the title of which book the publisher hath set down Heywood , instead of Hayward , Townshend : whose time of death tho unknown to me , yet sure I am that he died without Issue , some years before 1623. See more in Will. Monson under the year 1606. In 1681. was published in octavo a book intit . The connexion , being choice collections of some remarkable passages in K. James his reign , &c. which may supply the vacancy between Townshend and Rushworths collections ; but who the author of it was I cannot tell . 'T is a trite thing . WILLIAM FULBECK a younger Son , if I mistake not , of Thom. Fulbeck who died in his Mayoralty of the City of Lincoln 1566. was born in that City , particularly , as it seems , in the parish of St. Benedict , wherein his Father lived and died , became a commoner of St. Albans Hall in 1577. aged 17. admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 23. January 1579. took the degree of Bach. of Arts two years after , and then translated himself to Glocester Hall : Where continuing a severe Student till he had taken the degree of M. of Arts , and had compleated it by standing in the Act 1584. he went to Greys-Inn in Holbourn near to London , where he addressed himself to the study of the Municipal Laws ; and , as 't is said , had the degree of Doctor of the Civil Law conferr'd on him elsewhere , but at what place , or by whom , I cannot yet find . He hath written , Christian Ethicks : or , Moral Philosophy , containing the difference or opposition of vertue and voluptuousness . Lond. 1587. oct . An historical collection of the continued Factions , Tumults and Massacres of the Romanes and Italians , during the space of 120 years , before the peaceable Empire of Augustus Caesar , &c. Lond. 1600. oct . and 1601. in qu. A parallel or conference of the Civil Law , the Canon Law , and the Common Law of this Realm ; wherein the agreement and disagreement of these three Laws , and the causes and reasons of the said agreement are opened and discussed in sundry Dialogues . Lond. 1602. qu. in 2 parts . But this book lying dead on the Booksellers hands , he put a new Title to the first part , as if the whole had been reprinted at London 1618. but to the second not , leaving the old Title bearing date 1602. The Pandects of the Laws of Nations ; or , the discourses of the Matters in Law , wherein the Nations of the World do agree . Lond. 1602. qu. What else he hath written I know not , nor when , or where , he died . One Henry Fulbeck , related to the said William , hath published , A direction or preparation to the study of the Civil Law ; wherein is shewed what things ought to be observed , and what ought to be eschewed and avoided . Printed at Lond. in oct . much about the time that the former was . SAMPSON ERDESWICKE , Son of Hugh Erdeswicke Esq was born at Sandon in Staffordshire , studied in the condition of a Gent. Com. in Brasnose coll . h in 1553 , and 54. ( 1. and 2. of Q. Mary , ) where he laid the foundation of some learning that advanced him to greater in future times . Afterwards he retired to his Patrimony at Sandon , where applying his Muse to that kind of learning which his genie led him to , became at length a Gentleman well accomplished with many vertuous qualities . He was very well vers'd in Histories , but more in Antiquities , especially in those of his own County ; and therefore stiled by the learned Camden , i A very great Lover and diligent Searcher of venerable Antiquity , adding , that in this regard he is no less worthy of remembrance , than for that he is directly in the Male-line descended from Sir Hugh Vernon , Baron of Shipbrook , the name being changed , by the use of that age , according to sundry habitations , first into Holgrave , and afterwards into Erdeswicke . At length for the tender respect he had to his Native Country , and desiring much the honour of it , wrote , A short view of Staffordshire , containing the Antiquities of the same County . — MS. The beginning of which is , Sir , having disposed with my self to take a farther view of the Shires of Staffordshire and Chester , &c. It was began about the year 1593. and continued by him to his death , from ancient Evidences and Records , with brevity , clearness , and truth . The original of this , or at least a copy , is in the hands of Walt. Chetwind of Ingestre in Staffordshire Esq who is , and hath been several years , in the collecting of the Antiquities of that County . Collections of Genealogies , Monuments , Arms , &c. — MSS. Some of which are in the hands of the said W. Chetwind , and elsewhere and have been used by divers Antiquaries . It is said also that 'our author Erdeswicke wrote a book intit . The true use of Armory , published under the name of Will. Wyrley , an . 1592. ( as I shall more at large tell you hereafter , ) but let that report remain with its author , while I tell you that Erdeswicke submitted to the stroke of death on the eleventh of Apr. year 1603 in sixteen hundred and three , and was buried under a goodly Monument of Free-stone , with his proportion thereon , erected by himself in his life-time , in the Church of Sandon before-mentioned . Which Church was , a little before , new glazed and repaired by him . See more of him in William Wyrley among these Writers , under the year 1617. THOMAS D'OYLIE descended from a right ancient Family of his name living or Oxfordshire , was born in that County , elected Probationer-Fellow of Magd , coll . an . 1563. and after he had taken the Magisterial degree , entred on the Physick line , travelled and became Doctor of his Faculty in the University of Basil . Afterwards setling in London , he became one of the College of Physicians , and much frequented for his successful Practice in his Faculty . He had a chief hand in a book intit . Bibliotheca Hispanica ; containing a Grammer with a Dictionary in Spanish , English , and Latin. Lond. 1591. qu. in two parts . This book was published by one Rich. Percyvall Gent. who had another hand in it , yet with the advice and conference of Dr. D'oylie , who dying in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred and three , year 1603 was buried in the Church of Little S. Barthelmew in London , leaving then behind him a Son named Francis , born 8. Feb. 1597. and a daughter married to Hugh Cressy a Counsellour , Father to Hugh Cressy a Benedictine Monk. WILLIAM GILBERT , Son of Hierom Gilbert of Colchester in Essex , was born there , and educated in both the Universities , but whether in Oxon first or in Cambridge , I cannot justly tell . Afterwards he travelled beyond the Seas , where , I presume , he had the degree of Doctor of Physick conferred upon him , and at his return being famed for his learning , depth in Philosophy , and admirable skill in Chymistry , became one of the Coll. of Physicians in Lond. and Physician in Ord. to Q. Elizabeth , who had so high a value for him , that she allowed him an annual Pension to encourage his studies . He hath written , De magnete magneticisque corporibus & de magno magnete tellure ; Physiologia nova . Lond. 1600. fol. To which book the author added an Appendix of 6 or 8 sheets , but whether printed I cannot tell . De mundo nostro sublunari , Philosophia nova . Amstel . 1651. qu. Published from a MS. in the Library of the Famous Sir Will. Boswell Knight . He also was the first that invented the making , description , and use of the two most ingenious and necessary instruments for Sea-men , to find out thereby the Latitude of any place upon the help of the Sun , Moon , and Stars . Which invention was published by one Tho. Blondeville , — Lond. 1602. qu. This Dr. Gilbert gave way to fate in the Summer time in sixteen hundred and three , year 1603 having always lived a single life : Whereupon his body was buried in the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity in Colchester , in which Parish he was born , and accounted the chief person thereof . By his last Will and Test . he gave all his books in his Library , his Globes , Instruments , and Cabinet of Minerals to the Coll. of Physicians ; which part of his Will was exactly performed by his Brethren , viz. William ( so he is written in his Will ) a Proctor in the Arches , Hierom , Ambrose , and George , who participated of his Estate . The picture of this famous Doctor , drawn to the life , is hanging in the School-Gallery at Oxon , which shews him to have been of statute tall , and of a cheerful complexion . JOHN LLOYD , or Lhuyd , nearly related to Humph. Lhuyd , mentioned under the year 1570. was born in the ancient Borough of Denbigh in Denbighshire in Wales , educated in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1579. took the degrees in Arts , was Junior of the Act in 1585. and soon after became in eminent Preacher . In 1595. he proceeded in Divinity , became Vicar of Writtle in Essex , on the death of Dr. Maschiart , 1598. and was in high esteem there , in the Neighbourhood , and the University , for his rare Learning and excellent way of Preaching . He hath published , Interpretatio Latina , cum Scholiis in Flav. Josaphum de Macabaeis , seu de rationis imperio , &c. Oxon. 1590. oct . Done by the help of an excellent Exemplar , more corrected and compleat than ever before . He also was the first that published Barlaamus de Papae Principatu , Gracè & Latinè . Oxon 1592. What other things he hath written and published , I now not , not any thing else material of him , only this , that he paid his last debt to Nature at Writtle before-mentioned , in sixteen hundred and three , year 1603 and was buried in the Church there . He was succeeded in that Vicaridg by Matthew Davies Doct. of Div. by the gift of the Warden , and the Society of New college , of which he was Fellow , and continued there to the time of his death , an . 1624. Soon after succeeded Dr. Joh. South the King's Professor of the Greek Tongue in this University . EDWARD PHILIPS was entred a Student into Broadgates hall ( now Pembro●e coll . ) in 1574. took the degrees in Arts , and became a Preacher at St. Saviours in Southwark near to London , where he was by those of his large Auditory ( mostly zealous Puritans ) esteemed A person zealous of the truth of God , powerful in his calling , faithful in his message , powerful in his Speech , careful of his flock , peaceable and blameless in his life , and comfortable and constant in his death . While he lived , it doth not appear that he published anything , but after his death a certain Gentleman of Greys-Inn named Hen. Yelverton ( afterwards a Judge ) Son of Judge Christopher Yelverton , published , Two and thirty godly and learned Sermons . Lond. 1605. qu. The first of which is on Matth. 1. ver . 1. ( 2. ) On Matth. 1. 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , &c. All which Sermons were taken from the authors mouth by the pen of the said Yelverton . This Edw. Philips who was a zealous Calvinist ( as Yelverton then was , and both bitter enemies to popery ) died , year 1603 as I guess , in sixteen hundred and three , or thereabouts , and received sepulture in the Church before mention'd . Whether any thing else , besides the said Sermons were published after Phillps his death , that were of his speaking or writing , I cannot tell . HUMPHREY ELY brother to Will. Ely sometimes president of S. Johns coll . was born in Herefordshire , and from being a Student in Brasnose , was chose Scholar of S. Johns coll . before mention'd , in 1566. But before he took a degree , or ( as I think ) was made Fellow , he left that place , and giving a farewel to his friends , country , and religion , he crossed the Seas , settled at Doway , studied the Civil Law and became Licentiat therein . Afterwards he went to Rome , with his great friend Dr. Will. Allen , where being made Doctor of his faculty , he returned into France , and settling at Rheimes , was wholly taken up for a time in the correcting and printing the said Allens books . At length upon the breaking out of the civil dissentions in that country , he was called into Loraine in 1588. About which time he was made the publick and the Dukes professor of the Civil Law in the University of Pont à Mousson , where he continued till the day of his death . He was by those of his religion esteemed a wise and learned Priest , of sincere honesty , void of dissimulation , full of zeal to the truth , and equity , &c. But that which is mostly to be noted of him , is that upon a controversie that k arose among the English popish Clergy concerning the receiving of an Archpriest into England , and the power that was to be allotted to him , he wrote , with a long preface to it , Certain brief notes upon a brief apology set out under the name of the priests , united to the Archpriest . Paris about 1602 — 3. in tw . and oct . which book ( written against Fa. Persons ) I once saw among many other rarities of the like nature in Balliol coll . Library , given thereunto by that curious collector of choice books Sir Tho. Wendy of Haselingfield in Cambridgeshire , Knight of the Bath , sometimes Gentleman commoner of the said House . Our author Ely hath written other books , as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen , nor can I say any more of him at this time , only that he dying at Pont à Mousson on the Ides of of March in sixteen hundred and three , was buried there in the church of the Nuns called Clarissae , that is of the order of S. Clare . Over his grave was soon after a monument put , with a large inscription thereon , which for brevity sake I shall now omit . THOMAS FLOYD a Welsh-man became a Batler or Commoner of New Inn in the beginning of 1589. took one degree in Arts , which being compleated by Determination , he translated himself to Jesus coll . and as a member and fellow of that house took the degree of Master , and afterwards wrote , The picture of a perfect Commonwealth , describing as well the offices of Princes and inferiour Magistrates over their Subjects , as also the duties of Subjects towards their Governours , &c. Lond. 1600. in tw . He hath written , as 't is probable , other things , but what , I cannot tell , only certain Latine Poety scattered in several books , particularly in that intit . Academia Oxoniensis pietas erga Jacobum Regem an . 1603. I find three or more of both his names , his contemporaries , and Welsh-men also of Jesus , college , but whether either of them hath any thing extant I cannot tell . JOHN CHAMBER a person for his life and learning worthily honoured by all that knew him , was born in Yorkshire , and in the year 1569. was , tho Merton coll . had then no Lands in that county , chosen purely for his merits , by the consent of all the Society , Probationer-Fellow of the said house . In which place , as also in that of Bach. fellow , he went beyond all of the same election for subtile disputations , and knowledge in the Greek tongue . After he had taken the degree of Master , in 1573. he applied his Muse to the study of Medicine and Astronomy ; about which time he read publickly on the Almagest of Ptolomy . In the year 1582. he became fellow of Eaton coll . near to Windsore , being then in holy orders , and two years after supplicated the congregation of Ven. Regents , that he might be admitted to the reading of any of the books of Hypocrates : But whether he was admitted , it appears not in any of the registers of that time . In 1601. he being then fam'd for his learning , he was made canon of Windsore in the place of Rog. Browne B. D. ( sometimes of Kings coll . in Cambridge ) deceased ; which , with Eaton , he held to his dying day . He hath written , Scholia ad Barlaami Monachi Logisticam Astronomiam . Par. 1600. qu. Which book he also translated from Greek into Latin , Treatise against Judicial Astrology . Lond. 1601. qu. In which book having done no less than a christian learned man ought to have done , he had reason to look for another reward of his labours than he found . For instead of thanks and commendation for his labours so well placed , he was roughly entertain'd by Sir Christop . Heyden Knight ( sometimes of Cambridge University , afterwards High-Steward of the Cath. Ch. of Norwych ) in his Defence of judicial Astrology . Cambr. 1603. qu. a work full of no common reading , and carried on with no mean arguments . But our author not living to see his reply published , he was some years after defended by his friend George Carleton , as I shall tell you under the year 1628. As for Sir Cristop . Heyden , who was a man of parts , and had been Knighted at the sacking of Cadiz by Rob. Earl of Essex in 1596. was of Baconsthorp in Norfolk , and died ( in the winter time as it seems ) in 1623. The reply which our author wrote , but could not live to put it in the press , hath this title : A confutation of Astrological Daemonology , or the Devils School , in defence of a treatise intit . Against judiciary Astrology ; and oppugned in the name of Sir Ch. Heyden Knight . — This is a MS. very fairly written in fol. richly bound and gilt , dedicated by the author to K. James , with an Epistle dated from Windsor Chappel 2. Feb. 1603. The beginning of which is , In the midst of all my pains and labours ( most puissant and renowned Prince ) &c. and the beginning of the work it self is , In the setting down and delivery of Arts , Galen , in his book intit . Ars Medicinalis , &c. 'T was the very same book , as it seems , that was given to the King , which coming into the hands of Sir Hen. Savile , he gave it to his Mathematical Library in Oxon. Astronomiae encomium , ante annos 27. peroratum , quo tempore Prolomei Almagestum , in Vniversitate Oxon enarravit . Lond. 1601. in Lat. and Engl. These I think are all the things that our author Jo. Chamber hath either written or published ; and therefore I have nothing more to say , only that he yielding up his last breath at Windsore on the first of August , in sixteen hundred and four , year 1604 was buried on the north side of the entrance into the Choire of S. Georges Chappel there . Over his grave was soon after a plain marble laid , whereon is insculp'd the figure of a man in a mantle , bearing an Escutcheon of S. Georges arms , with this inscription under him . Johanni Chamber , Socio primum collegii Mertonensis , an . 1569. dein Etonensis , an . 1582. postremum canonico hujus Ecclesia , an . 1601. Theologo , Medico , Mathematico insigni . Henricus Nevill & Henricus Savile Milites posuere . Natus apud Swillington in Com. Ebor. an . 1546. Mense Maio , obiit Etonae an . 1604. ineunte Augusto ; corpus hoc marmore humatum jacit . Praeter alia Legavit moriens collegio Mertonensi Mille Libras . The said thousand pounds were by him given to Merton coll . to purchase Lands in Yorkshire , on this condition , that two Scholarships of the said college should be supplied out of Eaton School by the nomination and election of the provost of Kings coll . in Cambridge , and the provost of Eaton . This gift was soon after settled , and the two Scholars were successively added to the number of the 12 Postmasters of the said house of Merton . MEREDITH HANMER Son of Tho. Hanmer , commonly called Ginta Hanmer , of Porkington in Shropshire , was born in that county , but descended from the Hanmers of Hanmer in Flintshire , became chaplain of C. C. coll . in Apr. 1567. took the degrees in Arts , and after some yeas spent in that house , was made Vicar of S. Leonards Shoreditch in London : Among the inhabitants of which place he left an ill name , for that he converted the brass of several ancient monuments there , into coine for his own use , as an observing a author tells us . In 1581. and 82. he took the degrees of Divinity ; about which time he went into Ireland , and at length became Treasurer of the Church of the Holy Trinity ( now called Ch. Church ) in Dublin , which he kept to his dying day . He was esteemed an exact Disputant , a good Preacher , Grecian , and excellent for Ecclesiastical and Civil Histories . He hath written , Confutation and answer of the great braggs and challenge of Mr. Campion the Jesuit , containing 9 articles , by him directed to the Lords of the Privy Council . Lond. 1581. oct . The Jesuits banner , displaying their original and success , their vow , and other their hypocrisie and superstition , their doctrine and positions . Lond. 1581. qu. A confutation of a brief censure upon two books , written in answer to Mr. Campions offer of disputation-Printed with The Jesuits banner , &c. soon after came out A defence of the Censure , &c. See more in Rob. Persons under the year 1610. The Chronicle of Ireland , in two parts — The second of which was printed at Dublin in 1633. fol. Sermon at the baptizing of a Turk , on Math. 5. 15. Lond. 1586. oct . An Ephemeris of the Saints of Ireland . A Chronography , with a supputation of the years from the beginning of the World unto the birth of Christ , and continued from the birth of Christ ( where Eusebius chiefly , Socrates , Evagrius and Dorotheus , after him do write ) unto the twelfth year of the reign of Mauritius the Emperour , being the full time of 600 years , wanting five , after Christ . All chiefly collected out of Eusebius , Socrates and Evangrius , Lond. 1585. &c. fol. Besides these , he hath translated from Greek into English ( 1 ) The ancient Ecclesiastical histories of the first six hundred years after Christ , originally written by Eusebius , Socrates and Evagrius . Lond. 1577. 85. &c. fol. ( 2 ) The lives , ends and Martyrdoms of the Prophets , Apostles , and 70 disciples of Christ , originally written by Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus — Printed with the former translation . This Dr. Hanmer , as it appears , had translated all the Church Historians except Eusebius his four books concerning the life of Emperour Constantine , and the two orations subjoined thereunto , which were afterwards done by Wye Saltonstal , and printed in a fifth edition of Hanmers translation — London 1650. fol. At length Dr. Hanmer being suddenly berest of his life by the plague raging in Dublin , before he attained to the sixtieth year of his age , year 1604 in sixteen hundred and four , was , as I presume , buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity there . Joh. Weevon , whom I have here quoted , tells us b that he ended his days in Ireland ignominiously , but what his meaning is to say so , I cannot tell , unless the plague came upon him as a judgment for the sacrilege he committed while he was Vicar of S. Leonards Church before mentioned . Qu. RICHARD EDES whose name , and brothers posterity did lately , if not still , live at Sewell in Bedfordshire , was born perhaps in that county , and being made full ripe for the University in Westminster School , was elected Student of Ch. Church in 1571. where going thro the usual Classes of Logick and Philosophy , proceeded in Arts in 1578. being then Junior in comitiis , or , of the Act that year . About the same time taking the sacred function on him , he became a most noted and celebrated preacher , was admitted to the reading of the sentences in 1584. ( being that year installed Preb. of Yatminster prima in the Church of Sarum ) made chaplain to Q. Elizabeth , Canon of Ch. Ch. in the l●tter end of 1586. and in 89. Doct. of Divinity . In the latter end of 1596. he was made Dean of Worcester in the place of Dr. Franc. Willys deceased , being then and ever after , to his death ( for he ●as also chapl . to K. James . 1. ) held in great admiration at Court , not only for his preaching , but most excellent and polite discourse . His younger years he spent in poetical fancies and composing of plays , ( mostly Tragedies ) but at riper , he became a pious and grave Divine , an ornament to his profession , and a grace to the pulpit . No two men were ever more intimate than he and Tob. Mathews Dean of Ch. Ch. for they intirely loved each other for vertue and ingenuity sake : and when Mathews was to remove to the Deanery of Durham in 1584. our author Eedes intended to have him on his way thither for ones days journey ; but so betrayed were they by the sweetness of each others company , and their own friendship , that he not only brought him to Durham , but for a pleasant pennace c wrote their whole journey in latin verse , intit . Iter boreale , several copies of which did afterwards fly abroad . Then also , and before in their youthful acquaintance , passed so many pretty apothegms between , that if a collection had been made of , them , they would have fill'd a manual . His works are , Iter boreale . MS. The beginning of which is Quid mihi cum Musis ? quid cum borealibus oris ? A copy of this written by an unknown hand , I have in my little Library . Various Poems — MS. in Lat. and Engl. Six learned and godly Sermons , preached some of them before K. James , and some before Q. Elizabeth . Lond. 1604. oct . The two first are called , The duty of a King , on Micah . 6. 8. ( 3 ) A fruitful Meditation upon the sickness , on Micah . 6. 13. ( 4 ) The principal care of Princes to be nurses of the Church , on Isay 49. 23. ( 5 ) Of the difference of good and evil , on Isay 5. 20. ( 6 ) Of heavenly conversations , on Phil. 3. 20 , 21. Three Sermons . Lond. 1627. qu. One of which is on Ephes . 2. ver . 19. to 33. Another on Eph. 5. 15 , &c. This learned Doctor dyed at Worcester , on the nineteenth of Nov. year 1604 in sixteen hundred and four , and was buried in the chappel at the east end of the choir , leaving behind him a Widdow named Margaret , daughter of Dr. Harb . Westphaling Bishop of Hereford ; who soon after was at the charge of putting a monument over his Grave , with an inscription thereon , containing a dialogue in verse between the Passenger and the Monument ; a copy of which , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 266. b. In this Deanery of Worcester succeeded James Mountague D. D. of Cambridge , who being made Bishop of B. and Wells , was succeeded in the said Deanery by Arth. Lake D. D. 23. Apr. 1608. who succeeded him also in B. and W. as I shall tell you elsewhere . THOMAS STORER Son of John Storer a Londoner , was elected Student of Ch. Ch. 1587. or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1594. at which time he was had in great renown for his most excellent vein in poesie , not only expressed in verses printed in several books , made occasionally by the members of the University , but for that writ in English verse intit . The life and death of Tho. Wolsey Cardinal . Divided into 3 parts ; his aspiring , triumph and death . Lond. 1599. in ten sheets in qu. Which book being perused by the learned Dr. Alberic . Gentilis , he doth occasionally make d this mention of Wolsey and our author — Atque o utinem &c. quod Wolsaeo , aedificatori magnificentissimi collegii Christi , praestitum ab ingenioso poeta est , &c. The truth is Storer obtained from the then Academians great credit for that work , ( particularly from his friend Ch. Fitzgeoffry e the poet of Broadgates hall ) but more among others for his Pastoral Aires and Madrigalls — which were afterwards remitted into a book called Englands Hol●con . What other things this ingenious person hath extant , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died in the parish of St. Michael Basinghaugh within the City of London , in November , year 1604 in sixteen hundred and four , and was , as I conceive buried in the Church there . Divers copies of verses were made on his death by his acquaintance in this University and elsewhere , but are not , as I conceive , printed . RICHARD TURNBULL was born in Lincolnshire , admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 9. Nov. 1566. aged 16. or thereabouts , and was afterwards made Fellow . M. of Arts and a Priest . At length being beneficed in London , where he was much followed for his edifying way of preaching , wrote and published , An exposition on the canonical Epistle of St. James . Lond. 1591. oct . in 28 Sermons ▪ Exposition on the Canon . Epist . of St. Jude . — In 10 Sermons . Printed there the same year in oct . Four Sermons on Psal . 15. — Which Sermons , with the former Expositions , were printed in quarto at Lond. 1606. the author being then dead . I find that one Will. Turnfull L. L. Bac. was installed Preb. of Worcester 1557. which he resigned in 1558. being then Parson of Fladbury in Worcestershire , and that he died in Jul. or Aug. 1573. Whether this William was a writer , or had any relation to Richard before-mentioned , it doth not yet appear to me . WILLIAM HUBBOCKE was born in the County Palatine of Durham , elected from Magd. hall to be Scholar of Corp. Ch. coll . in the Month of Octob. 1581. aged 21 years , took the degrees in Arts , and was afterwards beneficed , and in great repute for his learning . He hath written and published , An Oration gratulatory to K. James 12. of Febr. when his Majesty entred the Tower of London in order to his Coronation , &c. Oxon. 1604. qu. The Title is in English , but the Oration is in good Latin. Several Sermons . — One of which is on 1 Pet. 3. 21 , 22. What other things he hath published , I know not , nor the time , or place , when , and where , he died . EDMOND ANDERSON a Cadet of a gentile Family living in the Parish of Broughton in Lincolnshire , as being a younger Son of Thomas Anderson ( descended from the Addersons of Scotland , ) who lived first in Northumberland , and afterwards at Broughton before-mentioned , did spend some time in Oxon , ( in Linc. coll . as it seems , ) from whence being sent to the Inner Temple , did , by his indefatigable study , obtain great knowledge in the Municipal Laws . In the 9. of Q Eliz. he was either Lent , or Summer , Reader of that House , in the 16. Double Reader , and in the 19. of the said Queen's Reign Serjeant at Law. In 1582. he was made L. Ch. Justice of the Common Pleas , in the place of Sir Jam. Dyer deceased ; and in the year following he was made a Knight , being then esteemed a zealous promoter of the established discipline of the Church of England , as afterwards a severe prosecuter , in his Circuits , of the Brownists . In 1586. he sate in judgment on Mary Q. of Scots , at which time he was Chief Justicer of the Bench , as a certain f author stiles him , being then a learned Man of the Law. He wrote much , but nothing is printed under his name , only , Reports of many principle Cases argued and adjudged in the time of Q. Elizabeth in the Common Bench. Lond. 1664. fol. Resolutions and judgments on the cases and matters agitated in all the Courts at Westminster in the latter end of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth . — Collected by Joh. Goldesburg Esque and by him published at Lond. in qu. This Sir Edm. Anderson died at London on the first of August in sixteen hundred and five , year 1605 and on the 5. of Sept. following , his Funerals were solemnized g at Eyworth or Eworth in Bedfordshire , ( where he had an Estate , ) leaving issue several Sons , whose Posterity remaineth there , and elsewhere , to this day . In the place of Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas h suceeded Sir Francis Gaudy of the Inner Temple . RALPH WARCUPP , Son and Heir of Cuthb . Warcupp of English in Oxfordshire Esq ; descended from those of Warcupp in Yorkshire , became a Student of Ch. Ch. in 1561. or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , went to travel , and became in time the most accomplished Gentleman of the age he lived in , and Master of several Languages . Afterwards setling in his Native Country , he became Justice of Peace , and Parliamentarian Knight for Oxfordshire , in that Convention met at Westminster 43. Eliz. In the beginning of K. James's Reign , he was by him designed Embassador either to France or Spain , and had gone , but was prevented by death . He hath written and translated several things , as 't is said , but I have only seen his translation of Prayers on the Psalms . Lond. 1571. in sixteens , written originally by August . Marlorat . He died much lamented in the sixtieth year of his age , on the Ides of Aug. in sixteen hundred and five , and was buried in the Chancel year 1605 of Nuffield near to English before-mentioned . Soon after came out a little i book of verses on his death , made by sixteen of the Members of New coll . ( of which Will. Kingsmill his Kinsman was one , and the chief , ) from whence may be collected that the said R. Warcupp was the most compleat Esquire of his time . FRANCIS TRESHAM Esq Son of Sir Tho. Tresham Knight , ( who died 11. Sept. 1605. ) and he the Son of Sir John Tresham of Rushton in Northamptonshire , was born in that County , where his Family was ancient , gentile , and knightly , educated either in St. Johns coll . or Gloc. hall , or both ; in which he laid the foundation of some learning , that he afterwards improved by experience . He hath written , as 't is supposed , A Treatise agaist Lying and fraudulent Equivocation . — MS. among those given by Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury to Bodlies Library . See more in George Blackwell under the year 1612. After the Gunpowder Treason was discovered , the said book was found by Sir Edw. Coke in a Chamber in the Inner Temple where Sir John Tresham used to lie , 5. Dec. 1605. The said Fr. Tresham wrote . De Officio Principis Christiani . In which he maintains the lawfulness of deposing Kings , an obstinate Heretick having no right to Dominion . At length this person , who was a strict R. Catholick , being deeply ingaged in the Gunpowder-Treason , ( as he had before been in that of Robert Earl of Essex , in 1600. ) was taken and committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , where he died of the Stranguary say some , others , that he murthered himself ; yet a venerable * author tells us , that he being sick in the Tower , and Dr. Will. Butler the great Physician of Cambridge coming to visit him , as his fashion was , gave him a piece of very pure Gold to put in his mouth ; and upon taking out of that Gold , Butler said he was poysoned . He died on the 20. of Nov. year 1605 in sixteen hundred and five , aged 38. or thereabouts . Whereupon his head being cut off , and set with the rest of the heads of the Conspirators on London Bridge ; his body , I suppose , was buried within the Precincts of the Chappel of St. Peter ad vincula within the Tower of London . Quere . This Francis Tresham was the person who † wrote the Letter to the Lord Mount-Eagle , who lived then at Bednall green near Algate , who communicating it to the Secretary of State , and he to the King , the Plot for blowing up the Parliament House was thereupon discovered . See in Tho. Habington under the year 1647. CHARLES TURNHULL , a Lincolnshire man born , was admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 24. Dec. 1573. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1581. about which time he was made Fellow of the said coll . and became Famous for his admirable knowledge in the Mathematick Science . He hath written , A perfect and easie Treatise of the use of the Celestial Globe , written as well for an introduction to the unskilful in Astronomy , as for the use of such as be exercised in the art of Navigation . Lond. 1597. oct . Which I think was the second Edition . He also built and made those several sorts of Dialls that stand upon a Pillar in the middle of C. C. coll . Quadrangle , an . 1605. What other things he wrote , or when he died , I cannot yet find . See more in Rob. Hegge , an . 1629. AEGEON ASKEW , a person as well read in the Fathers , Commentators , and Schoolmen , as any man of his age in the University , was born in Lancashire , became a Student in the University in 1593. aged 17. or thereabouts , Chaplain of Queens coll . in 98. being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that Faculty he became a noted Preacher , and a great admirer of Dr. Jo. Raynolds , and Ric. Crakenthorpe . In the beginning of the Reign of K. James he lest the college , and retiring to Greenwich in Kent , became Minister , I think , of that place . His works are , Of brotherly reconcilement , in several Sermons Preached in Oxon. Lond. 1605. qu. The author then lived at Greenwich . An Apology , of the use of the Fathers and secular learning , in Sermons . — In which two books is shewed much reading in ancient authors of the Church , and indeed beyond his age . What became of him , when he left Greenwich , I know not , for he died not there , as I have been informed by an ingenious person i who lives in those parts . THOMAS KINGSMILL born of , and descended from , an ancient and gentile Family of his name , living at Sidmanton in Hampshire , became a Student in this University in 1555. or thereabouts , and Fellow of Magd. coll . in 1560. being then Bachelaur of Arts. In 1565. he was elected Publick Orator , and in 69. he was made Hebrew Professor of the University . In 1572. he was a candidate for the degree of Bachelaur of Div. but whether he was really admitted , I find not . Soon after being distempered in brain by too much lucubration , the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker of C. C. coll . supplied his place of Professor in 1579. and for some years following . What became of him afterwards , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he recovering his Senses , wrote and published , A complaint against Security . Lond. 1602. oct . Classicum Paenitentiale . Ox. 1605. qu. Tractatus de Scandalo . Printed with the Classicum . There was another Tho. Kingsmill who was M. of A. Preacher of God's Word at Hyth , one of the Cinque Ports in Kent , an 1631. and the publisher of a Sermon called The Drunkard's Cup , on Prov. 23. 21. Lond. 1631. oct . but whether he hath published any thing else , or was of this University , I cannot justly say it . THOMAS CAREW descended from an ancient and gentile Family of his name living in Devonshire and Cornwall was educated for a time , either in Broadgates hall , or Exeter coll . but took no degree here : Afterwards taking upon him the Sacred Function , became a Minister of God's Word , a frequent Preacher , and a publisher of , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. on Psal . 90. 12. ( 2 ) Serm. on S. Jo. 3. 3. called Necessity of Mans renovation . ( 3 ) Serm. on 1 Tim. 3. 16. ( 4 ) On 1 Pet. 3. 3. 4 ( 5 ) On Jam. 5. from ver . 1. to 5. Which five Sermons were published in oct . an . 1603. Four godly Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) Against Popery , or false Religion , on Matth. 16. 18. 19. ( 2 ) Against Atheism , the Enemy to Religion , on Psal . 53. 1. ( 3 ) Against Hypocrisie , the counterfeit of Religion , on Matth. 7. 5. ( 4 ) Against Apostasie , the falling from Religion , on Matth. 12. 31. 32. Which four Sermons were published at Lond. in oct . an . 1605. and dedicated by the author to Sir George Carew Baron of Clopton , Lord President of Mounster , Vice-Chamberlain and Receiver-general to the Queen's Majesty , and Lievtenant of the Ordinance . FRANCIS TRIGGE , a noted and godly Preacher , did first begin to be conversant among the Oxonian Muses in Vniversity coll ▪ an . 1564. aged 17. or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , entred into the Sacred Function , and at length became Rector of Wellbourne near to Beckyngham in Lincolnshire ; in which County , if I mistake not , he was born . His Works are , An Apology shewing that the days wherein we live are more good and blessed , than those of our Forefathers . Lond. 1589. qu. Analysis capitis 24 Evangelii secundum Matthaeum , &c. Oxon. 1591. Comment . in cap. 12. ad Rom. Ox. 1590. Comemnt . in Rev. S. Joh. Printed 1590. Serm. Preached at Grantham , an . 1592. on Isay 24. 1. 2. 3. Ox. 1594. oct . Touchstone of Cath. Faith. — Printed 1599. qu. The true Catholick formed , according to the truth of the Scriptures . Lond. 1602. qu. At length paying his last debt to Nature at Welbourne before-mentioned , was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , on the 12. of May , in sixteen hundred and six . year 1606 He was the first Founder of the Library at Grantham in Lincolnshire , on the wall of which are these Verses written , which you shall have instead of his Epitaph . Optima Franciscus donavit Biblia Triggus , Welbourniae quondam concionator amans . Plurima permultis largitus munera Sanctis , The saurum nobis condidit usque Sacrum . Sic pie talis opus voluit , sic pignus amoris , Sic Christum coluit , sic docet esse pium . Beside the said Benefaction , he , and his Wive's Mother named Elizab. Hussey of Hunnington , gave to the poor of Grantham , 3. lib. 6 sol . 8. den . per an . and for so doing they are entred among the Benefactors . There goes about those parts a memorable story , concerning the prediction of the death of this our author , ( a very strict Puritan in his time ; ) but whether any credence may be given to it , forasmuch as 't is propagated by dissenting Brethren , I doubt it , and therefore I shall now pass it by . JOHN ARGALL , third Son of Thom. Argall by Margaret his Wife , Daughter of John Talkarne of the County of Cornwal , was born in London , entred a Student in Ch. Ch. in the latter end of Q. Mary , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1565. and was Senior of the Act , celebrated the 18. of Feb. the same year . Afterwards he studied the Supream Faculty , was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and at length became Parson of a Market Town in Suffolk called Halesworth . He was always esteemed a noted Disputant during his stay in the University , was a great Actor in Plays at Ch. Ch. ( particularly when the Queen was entertained there 1566. ) and when at ripe years a tolerable Theologist and Preacher . But so much was he devoted to his studies , that being withal unmindful of the things of his World , he lived and died like a Philosopher . He hath written and published , De vera paenitentia . Lond. 1604 oct . Introductio ad artem Dialecticam . Lond. 1605. oct . In which book ( ver facete and pleasant ) the author saith of himself in the Postpredicaments a under Simul tempore , that whereas the great God had raised many of his Cronies and Contemporaries to high dignities in the Church , as Dr. Tho. Bilson to the See of Winton , Mart. Heton to Ely , Hen. Robinson to Carlile , Tob. Mathews to Durham , &c. yet he an unworthy and poor old Man , was still detained in the chains of poverty for his great and innumerable sins , that he might repent with the Prodigal Son , and at length by God's favour obtain Salvation . What other things he hath written , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was reputed , by the neighbouring Ministers of Halesworth , a great Scholar , and that being at a Feast at Cheston ( a mile distant from that Town ) he died suddenly at the Table . Afterwards his body being carried to Halesworth , it was buried in the Church there 8. year 1606 Octob. in sixteen hundred and six . Now I am got into the name of Argall , I must let the Reader know , that in my searches I find one Rich. Argall to be noted in the Reign of K. Jam. 1. for an excellent divine Poet , having been much encouraged in his studies by Dr. Jo. King Bishop of London , but in what house educated in Oxon , where he spent some time in study , I cannot now tell you . He wrote and published , ( 1 ) The Song of Songs , which was Solomons , metaphrased in English heroicks , by way af dialogue . Lond. 1621. qu. dedic . to Hen. King , Archd. of Colchester , Son to the Bishop of Lond. ( 2 ) The Brides ornament ; Poetical Essayes upon a Divine Subject . In two books , Lond. 1621. qu. The first dedic . to Jo. Argall Esq the other to Philip , Brother to Henry , King. ( 3 ) Funeral Elegy consecrated to the memory of his ever honoured Lord John King late B. of London , &c. 1621. He also wrote a Book of Meditations of Knowlege , Zeal , Temperance , Bounty , and Joy And another containing Meditations of Prudence , Obedience , Meekness , God's Word , and Prayer . Which two books of Meditations were intended by the author for the Press , at the same time with the former Poetry : But the ever lamented loss of his most honoured Lord ( which did change all his Joys into Sorrows , and Songs to Lamentation ) did defert their publication , and whether they were afterwards published , I know not . HENRY BILLINGSLEY , Son of b Roger Billingsley of the City of Canterbury , did spend some time among the Muses in this University , as others did who were afterwards Traders in London , particularly * Benedict Burnham of St. Albans hall , afterwards a rich Citizen , Sheriff , and Alderman of London . But before our author Billingsley had continued there three years , ( in which time , as 't is probable , he became known to an eminent Mathematician called Whytehead , then , or lately , a Fryer of the Order of St. Augustine in Oxon , ) he was taken thence and bound an Apprentice to an Haberdasher , as it seems , in London . Afterwards setting up for himself , he became so rich , that he was made successively Sheriff , Alderman , one of the Queen's Customers in the Port of London , and at length 1596. Lord Mayor thereof , and a Knight . But the chief matter which I am to let the Reader know concerning him , is , that when the said Whytehead was put to his shifts , after the demolition of his house in the latter end of Hen. 8. he was received by Billingsley into his Family , and by him maintained in his old age in his house in London . In which time he learned Mathematicks of him , and became so excellent in them , that he went beyond many of his time , whether Lay-men , or profess'd Scholars . When Whytchead died he gave his Scholar all his Mathematical observations that he had made and collected , together with his notes on Euclids Elements , which he had with great pains drawn up and digested . Afterwards our author Billingstey translated the said Elements into English , and added thereunto plain Declarations and Examples , manifold additions , Scholias , annotations , and inventions from the best Mathematicians , both in time past , and in the age he lived in . Which being done , he published them under this title . The Elements of Geometry of the mos ancient Philosopher Euclide of Megara , faithfully translated into the English tongue : Whereunto are added certain Scholias , annotations , &c. Lond. 1570. fol. To which book Dr. Joh. Dce did put a large Mathematical Preface , containing a great deal of Learning pertaining to that Science . As for Billingsley he departed this mortal life in a good old age , 22. year 1606 Nov. in sixteen hundred and six , and some weeks after his body was buried in a little Vault under his Pew in the Church of S. Catherine Colman in London . What , or where , was the end of Whytehead , I cannot tell , yet thus much I know , that what I have said relating to him and Billingsley concerning Mathematicks , I had from the Mathematical observations c of our Antiquary Brian Twyne , and he from the information of that noted Mathematician Mr. Th. Allen of Glouc. hall , and he from an eminent Physician called Reb. Barnes M. D. who was elected Fellow of Merton coll . 29. Hen. 8. dom . 1537. and remembred , and had some acquaintance with , Whytehead and Billingsley . I find also one Rob. Billingsley , who was not long since a teacher of Arithmetick and Mathematicks , and author of a little book of Arith. and Algebra , called An Idea of Arithmetick , &c. Whether he was descended from , or related to , Sir Henry , I know not . JOHN SAVILE , ( elder Brother to Sir Henry ) Son of Henry Savile of Over-Bradley in Staneland near to Eland ( not far from Halifax ) in Yorkshire , Esq ; was born in that County , particularly , as it seems , at Over-Bradley , became a Commoner of Brasnose coll . in 1561. or thereabouts ; where laying a considerable foundation of Acad. learning , was taken thence before he could attain to a degree in the University , and sent to the Middle-Temple , where making great proficiencie in the Municipal Laws , was called to the Bar , fell into considerable Practice , became Autumn-reader of that house , 28 Elizab. dom . 1586. Steward of the Seigniory or Lordship of Wakefield in his own Country , called to the degree and honour of the Coif in 1594 made one of the Barons of the Exchequer , 98. and about that time one of the Justices of Assize . When K. James came to the Crown , he not only continued him in his Barons place 4. Apr. but also conferred on him , just before his Coronation , the honour of Knighthood , 23. July following , an . 1603. being then one of the Judges that was to attend that Solemnity . He left behind him , at his death , certain things fit for the Press , of which only this following is as yet made publick . Reports of divers special Cases , as well in the Court of Common P●eas , as of the Exchequer , in the time of Q. Elizabeth . Lond. 1675. in a thin fol. Printed in old French in a black character , and published by John Richardson of the Inner-Temple . Sir Jo. Savile paid his last debt to nature at London on the 2. of Feb. in sixteen hundred and six , aged 61. whereupon his body was buried in the Church of St. Dunstans in the West in Fleetstreet , London , and his heart carried to Medley in Yorkshire , where it was buried in an Isle joyning on the South side of the Church belonging to that place . Soon after was a very fair Monument erected over it , with the Effigics thereon of the Defunct in his Judges Robes , ( cut out from stone , ) laying thereon . The Reader is to know , that there was one John Savile a great pretender to Poetry , in the beginning of the Reign of K. James 1. patronized in his studies by his kinsman , ( a young Spark , ) called George Savile , Son of Sir George Savile Knight : which John wrote among several things , K. James his entertainment at Theobalds , with his welcome to London , and a salutory Poem . Lond. 1603. qu. This I thought fit to let the Reader know , lest Posterity may take him to be the same with Sir Jo. Savile before-mentioned . The Name and Family of the Saviles are numerous in Yorkshire , and pretend to be descended from the Savelli in Italy , a Family accounted by some to be the ancientest in the World ; having been in Italy about 3000 years ; some of which have been Consuls before , and after , the time of our Saviour . But how any of our Saviles in England can make it out , that they are descended from the said Family of the Savelli , I cannot in the least conjecture , ( being the name of a Town , ) nor can I believe it , no more , than that the Corbets of Shropsphire are descended from the Corvini , another ancient Family in Italy . GEORGE CORYAT received his first being in this World in the Parish of St. Thomas within the City Salisbury , educated in Grammaticals in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1562. took the degrees in Arts , and in June 1570. became Rector of Odcombe in Sommersetshire on the death of Tho. Reade , and at length Bach. of Divinity . In 1594 , he was made Prebendary of Warthill in the Church of York , and had some other Dignity , but what I cannot tell . He was a person much commended in his time for his fine fancy in Latin Poetry , and for certain matters which he had written , quoted by John d Case the Philosopher , Jam. e Middendorp , Joh. f Cay and others . All that I have seen of his composition , are only these things following . Poemata varia Latina , Lond. 1611. qu. Published by his Son Thomas after his death , and by him intit . Posthuma fragmenta Poematum . Descriptio Angliae , Scotiae , & Hiberniae . Written in Lat. verse as it seems , and dedicated to Q. Elizabeth . He died in the Parsonage house at Odcombe , on the fourth of March in sixteen hundred and six : whereupon his Son Tom , upon some design , preserving his body from stench above ground , till the 14 of Apr. following , was then buried in the Chancel of the Church at Odcombe ; at which time one Gibbs Gollop M. A. who was admitted to that Rectory , 23. Mar. 1606 did officiate . Gertrude Widdow of the said G. Coryate lived many years after at Odcombe , and near to it , where dying , was buried near to the Reliques of her Husband , on the 3. Apr. 1645. ( 21. Car. 1. ) as I have been informed by the searches , by Mr. Humph. Hody M. A. of Wadham coll . a Native of Odcombe . At the same time that George Coryat was elected Prob. Fellow of New coll . was elected also one John Mundyn , born at Maperton in Dorsetshire , who being a Civilian , and not conforming himself to the Protestant Religion , was ejected thence by the B. of Winchester in his Visitation of that coll . 1566. Afterwards he went beyond the Seas , was made a Seminary Priest , and sent into the Mission of England : But being taken on Hounslow-heath , in his journey from Winchester to London , was by Sir Fr. Walsingham Secretary of State committed to Prison . Afterwards being convicted according to the Law against Seminaries , was ( with 4 other Priests ) executed at Tybourne 12 Feb. 1583. See more in a book intit . Concertatio Eccles . Catholicae in Anglia . Printed at Trier 1594. fol. 140 , 141. WILLIAM BURTON , a Native of the City of Winchester , was educated in Wykchams School there , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . 1563. and left that house after he had taken one degree in Arts. This person I take to be the same Will. Burton who was a Minister in Bristow , and afterwards at Reading in Berks. And author of these things following . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon Preached at Norwith 21. of Dec. 1589. on Jer. 3. 14. Lond. in oct . ( 2 ) Davids Evidence ; or , the assurance of Gods love , in 7 Sermons on Psal . 41. 11 , 12 , 13. Lond. 1592. oct . 1602. qu. ( 3 ) A Caveat for Sureties , two Serm. at Bristow on Prov. 6. from 1. to the 5. verse . Lond. 1593. oct . 1602. qu. ( 4 ) The rousing of the Sluggard , in 7 Sermons , on Prov. 6. from 6. to the 11. verse . Lond. 1595. oct . ( 5 ) Sermons on the Churches Love to Christ her Husband , on Cant. 3. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4. Lond. 1595. oct . and 1602. qu. These Sermons are intit . Gods Wooing his Church . ( 6 ) Davids Thanksgiving for the arraignment of the Man of Earth , two Sermons on Psal . 10. 17 , 18. Lond. 1598. oct . dedicated to Sir Will. Periam Knight , Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer , a favourer of the authors Muse , ( 7 ) Ten Sermons , on Matthew 5. 3 , 4. Lond. 1602. qu. ( 8 ) The Anatomy of Beliel , in 10 Sermons on Prov. 6. 12 , 13 , 14 , 15. Lond. 1602. qu. dedic . to Ralph Warcupp of English in Oxfordshire Esque a great favourer of the author . Catechism containing certain Questions and Answers concerning the knowledge of God , and the right use of the Law. Lond. 1591. oct . Conclusions of Peace between God and Man , containing comfortable meditations for the Children of God , on Prov. 7. 1 , 2. Lond. 1595. oct . and 1602. qu. Exposition of the Lords Prayer , drawn into Questions and Answers . Lond. 1594. oct . 1602. qu. Certain Questions and Answers concerning the attributes of God. Lond. 1602. qu. second edit . Questions and Answers concerning the right use of the Law of God. Lond. 1602. qu. An Abstract of the Doctrine of the Sabbath , briefly , yet fully and plainly , set forth . Lond. 1606. oct . These are all , and enough , which I have seen published by Will. Burton a Minister in Bristow , and afterwards in Reading . Whether he be the same Will. Burton of the Parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate in Lond. Clerk , who h died in that Parish in Oct. or Nov. in 1612. ( 16. Jac. 1. ) and left behind a Widdow called Dorothy , I know not . WILLIAM MONSON , a Lincolnshire Man born , a Knight's Son , and of the same Family with those of South Carleton in that County , was a Gent. Com. or at least a Commoner of Balliol coll . where he continued for at least two years . But his mind being more Martial than Mercurial , he applied himself to Sea-service , wherein he attained to great perfection , was a Captain i in several Expeditions against the Spaniard , Vice-Admiral and Admiral . In 1594. he was actually created Master of Arts , and in 1596. he received the Honour of Knighthood from Robert Earl of Essex at the Sacking of Cadiz . In 1602. when Ireland was cleared of the Spanish Forces , he was appointed Vice-Admiral under Sir Rich. Levison Admiral to carry on the War by Sea against the Spaniard , lest they should invade England , wherein he performed most admirable Service , especially in the taking of a great Carack of 1600 Tun from them at Cezimbria against Barbarum , the Promontory of Portugal . This heroical person left behind him at his death , written with his own hand , A true and exact account of the Wars with Spain , in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , being the particulars of what hapned between the English and Spanish Fleets , from the year 1585. to 1602. shewing the expeditions , attempts , &c. Lond. 1682. fol. dedicated to his Son John Monson . In some copies of this book the Title runs thus , A particular and exact account of the last xvii . years of Qu. Elizabeth's Reign , both Military and Civil . Lond. 1682. fol. The first written by Sir Will. Monson , the other by Heywood Townshend . This worthy Knight was in great renown in the beginning of the Reign of K. James 1. and the last time I find him mentioned in his Sea-service , is in 1605. in which year he conveyed over Sea Edward the old Earl of Hertford , when he was sent Embassador to the Archduke for the confirming of a Peace : In which Voyage , it is observed by a certain k person that the Royal Ships of England did then ( being the first time as he saith ) suffer an indignity and affront from a Dutch Man of War , as he passed by them without vailing . Of the same Family was Will. Monson a Knight or Esq ; ( Father to Will. Monson Visc . Castlemaine ) who died in the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields near London , in January , or thereabouts , 1642. EDWARD FORSET , a Gentlemans Son of Lincolnshire , and of the same Family with the Forsets of Billesby in that County , became a Commoner of Linc. coll . in 1590. or thereabouts , aged 18. but leaving that house without the honour of a degree , retired at length to his Patrimony , and wrote , A comparative discourse of the bodies natural and politick . Wherein , out of the principles of nature , is set forth the true form of a Common-weal , with the duty of the Subjects , and the right of the Sovereign , &c. Lond. 1606. qu. and other things as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . The next person that must begin the year of 1607. was in his time esteemed a most excellent Latinist and Poet , as was by all acknowledged . THOMAS NEWTON , the eldest Son of Edw. Netwon of Butley in the Parish of Presbury in Cheshire ( descended originally from the Newtons of Newtons ) by Alice his Wife , was born in that County , educated in Grammaticals under John Brownswerd , ( whom I have mentioned under the year 1589. ) sent while very young to Oxon , but making little stay there , he went to Cambridge , where he setled in Queens coll . and became so much renowned for his Latine Poetry , that he was numbred by Scholars of his time among the most noted Poets in that Language . Afterwards taking Oxon in his way , ( where he continued for some time , ) he retired to his own Country , taught School at Macclesfield , or near it , with good success , practiced Physick , and was encouraged in his undertakings by Robert Earl of Essex . At length being benificed at Ilford in Essex , taught School there also , as it seems , and continued at that place to the time of his death . This person hath written several things , and translated more , the titles of which , such that have come to my hands , you shall have , tho' he is rather to be numbred among the writers of Cambridge than of Oxon. A notable History of the Saracens , &c. drawn out of August . Curio , in 3 books . Lond. 1575. qu. A summary or brief Chronicle of the Saracens and Turks , continued from the birth of Mahomet , to an . 1575. — Printed with the former book . Approved Medicines and cordial Precepts , with the Nature and Symptoms , &c. Lond. 1580. oct . Illustrium aliquot Anglorum Encomia . Lond. 1589. qu. At the end of Jo. Letands Encomia , Trophaea , &c. Atropoion Delion : Or , the death of Delia , with the tears of her Funeral . A poetical excusive discourse of our late Elizabeth . Lond. 1603. qu. A pleasant new History : Or , a fragrant Posie made of three flowers , Rosa , Rosalynd , and Rosemary . Lond. 1604. He also viewed and corrected Embryon relimatum , written by Joh. Stanbridge , and was author , as a certain m writer saith , of two Tragedies , viz. of the first and second parts of Tamerline the great Scythian Emperor , but false . For in Tho. Newtons time the said two parts were performed by Christop . Marlo , sometimes a Student in Cambridge ; afterwards , first an actor on the stage , then , ( as Shakespeare , whose contemporary he was , ) a maker of Plays , tho' inferior both in fancy and merit . This Marlo , by the way it must be known , was author ( besides the said two Tragedies ) of ( 1 ) The rich Jew of Malta . Trag. published at Lond. by Tho. Heywood . ( 2 ) The tragical History of the life and death of Dr. Jo. Faustus , several times printed . ( 3 ) Lusts dominion , &c. Trag. Lond. 1661. oct . then published by Franc. Kirkman , Junior , a Bookseller , and a great Trader in Plays . From which Tragedy was another stolen , or at least the better part , intit . Abdelazer , or the Mores revenge . Lond. 1677. published under the name of Mistriss Aphora Behn . ( 4 ) Trag. of K. Ed. 2. ( 5 ) Trag. of Dido Qu. of Carthage . In the composure of which Tom Nash joyned with him . But in the end , so it was , that this Marlo giving too large a swing to his own wit , and suffering his lust to have the full reins , fell to that outrage and extremity , as Jodelle a French tragical Poet did , ( being an Epicure and an Atheist , ) that he denied God and his Son Christ , and not only in word blasphemed the Trinity , but also ( as 't was credibly n reported ) wrote divers discourses against it , affirming Our Saviour to be a deceiver , and Moses to be conjurer : The holy Bible also to contain only vain and idle stories , and all religion but a device of policy . But see the end of this person , which was noted by all , especially the Precisian . For so it fell out , that he being deeply in love with a certain Woman , had for his Rival a bawdy serving man , one rather fit to be a Pimp , than an ingenious Amoretto as Marlo conceived himself to be . Whereupon Marlo taking it to be an high affront , rush'd in upon , to stab , him , with his dagger : But the serving man being very quick , so avoided the stroke , that with all catching hold of Marlo's wrist , he stab'd his own dagger into his own head , in such sort , that notwithstanding all the means of surgery that could be wrought , he shortly after died of his wound , before the year 1593. Some time before his death he had began and made a considerable progess in the Poem called Hero and Leander , which was afterwards finished by George Chapman , who fell short ( as 't is said ) of the spirit and invention of Marlo in the performance thereof . It was printed at Lond. 1606. in qu. and whether before that time , I know not . But all this I speak by the by . Our author Tho. Newton , whom and his works I am further to mention , hath also translated from Latine into English . ( 1 ) A direction for the health of magistrates and students , namely , such as be in the consistent age , or near thereunto . Lond. 1574. in tw . written by Gul. Gratarolus . ( 2 ) Commentary or exposition upon the two Epistles general of S. Peter and that of S. Jude ; gathered out of the lectures and preachings of Dr. Martin Luther by Anonymus . Lond. 1581. qu. ( 3 ) Touchstone of Complexions , containing most easie rules , and ready tokens , whereby every man may know as well the exact state , habit , disposition and constitution of his body outwardly , as also the inclinations , &c. of the mind inwardly . Lond. 1581. oct . written by Levinus Lemnius . ( 4 ) Third Tragedy of L. Ann. Seneca , ent it . Thebais . Lond. 1581. qu. in old verse , and printed in an English character . Note that the fourth , seventh , eight o and tenth Tragedys , of the said author , were in the like manner translated by John Studley of Trin. coll . in Cambridge , a noted Poet in Qu. Elizabeth's time . The fifth called Oedipus was translated by Alex. Nevill of Cambridge , the same person I mean , who was author of Kettus , sive de furoribus Norfolciensium , &c. lib. 1. an . 1582. The 9th Trag. was translated by Tho. Nuce , contemporary with Studley and Nevill , and three more by Jasp . Heywood , as I have told you elsewhere . ( 5 ) Of christian friendship , &c. with an invective against Dice-play and other prophane games . Lond. 1586. oct . written by Lamb. Danaeus . ( 6 ) Tryal and examination of a mans own self , &c. Lond. 1587. tw . by Andr. Hiperius . ( 7 ) Herbal of the Bible , containing a plain and familiar exposition of such similitudes , parables , &c. that are borrowed and taken from Herbs , Plants , &c. Lond. 1587. oct . by Levinus Lemnius . These are all the translations , as I conceive , that Tho. Newton hath made . At length having otten a considerable estate by his endeavours , concluded his last day at Little Ilford in Essex in the month of May in sixteen hundred and seven , and was buried in the Church belonging to that Village , year 1607 leaving behind him a Son named Abell , and a Legacy to the parishioners of the said place to buy ornaments for their Church . JOHN RAINOLDS , called by Latine writers Reginaldus , the fifth Son of Rich. Rainolds , and he ( who was younger Brother to Thom. Rainolds D. D. and Warden of Merton coll . ) the third Son of another Richard , was born at Pinhoe , alias Pinhawes near to the City of Excester in Devonshire , became a Student in Merton coll . 1562. aged 13. or thereabouts , admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 29. Apr. 63. Prob. Fellow 11. Oct. 66. and six years after proceeded in Acts , being then Senior of the Act , and about that time Greek reader in his college . In 1579. he was admitted to the reading of the sentence , and six years after proceeded in Divinity , being then in great esteem for his profound learning . In 1598. he was made Dean of Lincola in the place of one Ralph Griffyn ; about which time he lodged and studied in Queens coll . But being unwilling to part with an Academical Life , he changed that Deanery in the year following , with Will. Cole for the Presidentship of C. C. coll . where being setled he had more leisure to follow his studies and have the communication of learned men , than at Lincoln . So temperate then were his affections , notwithstanding of very severe conversation , that he made choice rather to be Head of that House , than to be made a Bishop , which Quene Elizabeth offered to him . He was a person of prodigious reading p and doctrine , and the very treasury of erudition : and what Tully spoke of Pompey's noble exploits in War , that they could not be matched by the valiant acts of all the Roman Commanders in one year , nor in all years , by the prowess of one Commander ; so it might be truly said of Jewell , Hooker and this our author Rainolds that they could not be parallel'd by the Students of all countries , brought up in one college , nor the Students in all Colleges , born in one County . The two former mainly opposed the enemies of the doctrine , the third , of the discipline , of the Church of England with like happy success , and they were all three in several kinds very eminent if not equal . As Jewel's same grew from the Rhetorick Lecture , which he read with singular applause , and Hooker's from the Logic , so Rainolds from the Greek , in C. C. coll . The Author that he read was Aristotle , whose three incomparable books of Rhetorick he illustrated with so excellent a Commentary so richly fraught with all polite literature , that as well in the Commentary , as in the Text , a man may find a golden river of things and words , which the Prince of Orators tells us of . As for his memory also , it is most certain q that he excelled to the astonishment of all that were inwardly acquainted with him , not only for S. Augustins Works , but all classick Authors . So that in this respect , it may be truly said of him , which hath been applyed to some others , that he was a living Library and a third Vniversity . I have heard it very credibly reported , that upon occasion of some Writings which passed to and fro , between him and Dr. Gentilis then Professor of the civil Law , in the University of Oxon , that he publikly avow'd that he thought Dr. Rainolds had read and did remember more of the civil and canon Law , than himself , tho' they were his profession : Dr. Hall also Bishop of Norwich reports r that he alone was a well furnish'd Library , full of all faculties , of all studies , of all learning ; — the memory and reading of that man were near to a Miracle , &c. The truth is he was most prodigiously seen in all kind of Learning , and had turn'd over all Writers Profane , Ecclesiastical , and Divine , all the Councels , Fathers and Histories of the Church . He was also most excellent in all Tongues , of a sharp and nimble wit , of mature judgment , indefatigable industry , exceeding therein Origen sirnamed Adamantius , and so well seen in all Arts and Sciences , as if he had spent his whole time in each of them . The learned Cracanthorp tell s us also , that for vertue , probity , integrity , and which is above all , piety and sanctiy of life , he was so eminent and conspicuous , that as Nazianzen speaketh of Athanasius , it might be said of him , to name Rainolds is to commend virtue it self . In a word , nothing can be spoken against him , only that he with Tho. Sparke were the pillars of Puritanisme , and grand favourers of Nonconformity , as the general part of writers say , yet t one of late date reports that Rainolds professed h●mself a Conformist , and died so . His works are , Sermon of the destruction of the Idumaeans , on Obad ver . 5 , 6. Lond. 1584. oct . Sex Theses de S. Scripturâ & Ecclesiâ . Rupellae 1586. Lond. 1602. oct . printed in English at London 1598. qu. with a defence of such things as Tho. Stapleton and Greg. Mar●● have carped at therein . Sermon preached to the publick assembly of Scholars in the University of Oxon. ult . Aug. 1586. upon occasion of their meeting to give thanks for the late detection and apprehension of Traytors , who wickedly conspired against the Queens Majesty , &c. on Psal . 18. 48 , 49 , 50 , 51. Oxon 1586. oct . Orationes duae in coll . Corp. Ch. Ox. 1587. oct . Summ of a conference between Joh. Rainolds and Joh. Hart , touching the Head and the Faith of the Church , &c. Lond. 1588. 98. and 1609. qu. approved ( as 't is said ) by Joh. Hart to be a true conference , and translated into Latin by Hen. Parry of C. C. C. De Romanae , Ecclesiae idolatriâ , in cultu Sanctorum , Reliquiarum , Imaginum , &c. lib. 2. Oxon. 1596. qu. The overthrow of Stage-Plays , by way of controversie betwixt Dr. Gager and Dr. Rainolds , wherein all the reasons that can be made for them , are notably refuted , &c. — Finished 1593. and said to be printed at Middelberg in 1599. qu. Printed also at Ox. 1629. qu. whereunto are added certain latin Letters between him and Dr. Alb. Gentilis , concerning the same matter . See more in Will. Gager , under the year 1610. Apologia Thesium de Sacra Scripturâ & Ecclesiâ . Lond. 1602. oct . Epistle to Tho. Pye — at the end of Rob. Burhills book intit . In controversiam &c. in sex commentationes . Oxon. 1606. qu. written upon Pyes submitting his lat . Epistle against Dr. Howson's Thesis , to his censure and approbation . It containes also several emendations and corrections of Pyes Epistle , before it went to the Press . See more in Tho. Pye , under the year 1609. Defence of the judgment of the reformed Churches , that a man may lawfully , not only put away his wife for her adultery , but also marry another : wherein Rob. Bellarmine the Jesuits latine treatise , and an English pamphlet of a nameless author , maintaining the contrary , are confuted — printed 1609. qu. Consura librorum Apocryphorum veteris Testamenti , adversus Pontificios , imprimis Robertum Bellarmin , &c. Oppenhiem 1611. Tom. 2. Which book was consulted by Matthew Poole when he composed his third volume of Sinopsis , who saith that the said Censura , &c. was written multijugâ & stupendâ eruditione , &c. which is very true , for the author was seven years in writing and composing it . The prophesie of Obadiah , opened and applyed in sundry learned and gratious Sermons , preached at Allhallows and S. Maries in Oxon. Oxon. 1613. qu. Published by Will. Hinde of Queens coll . Letter to his friend containing his advice for the study of Divinity , dat . 4. Jul. 1577. Lond. 1613. in tw . in one sheet . Orationes duodecem in C. C. C. Oxon. 1614. and 28. in oct . Among which are the two before mention'd , printed . The rest were corrected and published by Hen. Jackson Bach. of Divinity . The first of those which Jackson published , which is the third of the said twelve , and hath this beginning Si quis adsit in hoc conventu , &c. was translated into English by Joh. Leycester of Cheshire , for the use all such that affect the studies of Logick and Philosophy — Lond. 1638. in tw . Epistolae ad Guliel . Rainoldum fratrmm suum , Guliel . Whitakerum , & Elizab. Reginam . Printed with Orationes duodecem . The discovery of the man of sin , a Sermon on 2 Thes . 2. 3. Ox. 1614. qu. published by Will. Hinde before mentioned . Letter to Sir Franc. Knollys concerning some passages in Dr. Rich. Bancrofts Serm. at Pauls-cross , 9. Feb. 1588. Lond. 1641. qu. The original of Bishops and Metrapolitans briefly laid down . Ox. 1641. qu. 'T is but a little thing , and included in Archb. Vshers discourse of that matter . Other titles have it thus . Dr. Rainolds his jugment touching the original of Episcopacy , more largly confirmed out of antiquity by James Vsher Archbish . of Armagh . Judgment concerning Episcopacy , whether it be Gods ordinance . In a Letter to Sir Franc. Knollys Kt. 19. Sept. 1598. Lond. 1641. qu. which Sir Franc. was Son of Sir Fr. Knoll●s Knight . Prophesie of Haggai interpreted , and applyed in 15. Sermons . Lond. 1649. qu. Published by Edw. Leigh Esquire , who had the Copy from Nath. Hinde a Minister of Staffordshire , Son of Will. Hinde before mention'd , who had view'd and perfected it . What else is printed under Rainolds name , unless a Treatise against the Racovian Catechism ( as some say , which I doubt ) I know not . Among the MSS. which he left behind him , I find these . Commentarii in tres lib. Aristot . de Rhetorica . Answer to Nich. Saunders his books De Schismate Anglicano , in defence of our reformation , &c. Defence of our English Liturgy against Rob. Browne his Schismatical book . — This Browne , who was a Knights Son of Rutlandshire , and educated in Cambridge , and afterwards Father of the Sect called Brownists , did use to say that the true Protestants had no Church in England , yet afterwards he found the way into their Church and became Pastor of a place in Northamptonshire called Aychurch : Bonum nomen , bonum omen , & quantum mutatus ab illo . And then he used to say that there was no Church in England 〈◊〉 his , and that was A Church . He died in Prison in 〈…〉 ( after he had been in very many before ) about the year of his age 80. and the year of our Lord 1630. or , as some say , 34. Treatise of the beginning and progress of Popish errors , and that for the first 300. years after Christ , Bishops ruled their own Dioceses , without subjection to the Pope . Collectaye● quaedam , potissimè Theologica . MS. in the Libr. of Dr. Tho. Barlow . Collectanea continent . diversa Rhetorica & Theologica . MS. in oct . in the same Library : Where also I have seen some of his Orations and Declamations , which have not been yet printed . He also translated into Latin Plutarchs two books , viz. ( 1 ) De utilitate ex hostibus capienda . ( 2 ) De morbis animi & corporis . This last was also translated by the before-mentioned . Hen. Jackson , some time after Rainolds's death , but differs much , by the comparing , which I have made , between them . Our author Rainolds also translated into Latin Maximus Tyrius his Three Disputations : Which Translations , with his Epistles to his Brother William , Will. Whittaker and Q. Elizabeth , are printed at the end of his Orationes duodecem . — Oxon. 1628. oct . The translation of Plutarchs two books , were also printed at Ox. 1614. in oct . At length after he had lived many years a severe Student , and a mortified devout person , he surrendred up his last breath to him that first gave it , 〈◊〉 Thursday next after the Ascension , being then the 21. of May , in the year sixteen hundred and seven . On the Monday following his corps was carried to S. Maries Church , where a Funeral Sermon was Preached by Dr. Hen. Ayray the Vicechancellour . Which being ended , the corps was removed into the Chancel of the said Church , where Isaac Wake the Orator of the University made an elegant Oration in praise of the Defunct . Which being ended also , it was carried to C. C. coll . where ( the Chappel being not spacious enough ) an Oration was excellently well delivered from a Pew , covered with mourning , in the middle of the Quadrangle , by Dan. Featley Fellow of that house , containing a brief History of the life and death of our most admired author . He was buried in the inner Chappel of the said coll . under the North wall , and had a Monument , with his bust , fastned to the said Wall , by Dr. Joh. Spenser his Successor in the Presidenship of the said coll . with an inscription thereon in golden letters ; a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 244. b. THOMAS COGAN , a Somersetshire Man born , of the same Family with those of Chard , was elected Fellow of Oriel coll . 1563. being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that Faculty , he entred on the Physick line , and took a degree in that Faculty 1574. The year after he resigned his Fellowship , being about that time chief Master of the School at Manchester in Lancashire , where also he practiced his Faculty with good success . He hath written , The Haven of Health , made for the comfort of Students , and consequently for all those that have a care of their health , &c. Lond. 1586. qu. there again 1605. and 1612. qu. A preservative from the pestilence , with a short censure of the late Sickness at Oxford . — Printed with the former . The said Sickness hapned in . 1575. Epistolarum familiarium Cicero●is Epitome , secund●m tria genera libro secundo Epist . 3. proposita . Cantab. 1602. oct . Epistolae item aliae familiares Cicero●is 〈…〉 genera , demonstrativum , deliberativum , & 〈◊〉 redact●● . Orationes aliquot faciliores Cicero●is , in 〈◊〉 tria genera Rhetoribus usitata , depositae . What other things he wrote , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he deceased at Manchester , in sixteen hundred and seven , and was buried in the Church there 10. June . leaving behind him the character of an able Physician and Latinist , a good Neighbour , and an honest Man. JOHN POPHAM , second Son of Edw. Popham Esque of the ancient and gentile Family of his Name living at Huntw●rthy in Somersetshire , spent some time in ●ludy among the Oxonians , particularly , as it seems , in 〈◊〉 coll . being then observed to be given at leisure hours to manly Sports and Encounters . Afterwards he retired to the Middle-Temple , lived a loose life for a time , but taking up soon after , his juvenile humour was reduced to gravity . So that making great proficiency in his studies , became a Barrester , Summer or Autumn-reader of the said Inn , an . 1568. Serjeant at Law soon after , Solicitor General in 1579. Attorney General two years after , and Treasurer of the Middle-Temple . In 1592. he was made L. Ch. Justice of the Kings Bench , as a Camden tells us , ( tho' others b say of the Common Pleas ) in the place of Sir Christop . Wray deceased , and the same year hereceived the honour of Knighthood from her Majesty . While he held that honourable office of L. Ch. Justice , he administred it towards Malefacters with such wholsome and available severity , that England was beholding unto him a long time for a part of her private Peace and home Security . For the truth is , the Land in his days did swarm with Theeves and Robbers , ( whose ways and courses he well understood when he was a young Man , ) some of whom being condemned by him to die , did gain their Pardons , not from Qu. Elizabeth , but from K. James ; which being soon discovered to be prejudicial to Justice , and the Ministers thereof , this our worthy Judge complained to the King of it : Whereupon granting of Pardons were not so often afterwards issued out . His works that are extant are these . Reports and Cases adjudged in the time of Q. Elizabeth . Lond. 1656. fol. To which are added Remarkable Cases and Reports of other learned Pens since his death . These Reports were afterwards printed again . Resolutions and Judgments upon Cases and Matters agitated in all Courts at Westminster in the latter end of Qu. Elizabeth . Lond. in qu. collected by Joh. Goldeshurg Esque one of the Protonotaries of the Common Pleas. At length our author Popham dying on the 10. of June in sixteen hundred and seven , year 1607 aged 76 years , was buried in the South Isle of the Church at Wellington in Somersetshire : Which Town , he had , for several years before , graced by his habitation . By his last Will and Test . dated 21. Sept. 1604. and proved 17. June 1608. ( wherein he stiles himself Chief Justice of the Pleas , ) he makes provision for an Hospital to be at Wellington for 6 Men , and 6 Women , and for other works of Charity . Afterwards was a noble Monument erected over his grave ; with a short inscription thereon , wherein he is said to have been Privy Councellor to Queen Elizabeth and King James . HENRY LYTE Esq ; Son of John , Son of Tho. Lyte , was born of , and descended from , an ancient Family of his name living at Lytes-Carey in Somersetshire , became a Student of this University in the latter end of Hen. 8. about the year 1546. but in what coll . or hall , I know not as yet , or whether he took a degree , the Registers of that time , and in Ed. 6. being very imperfect . After he had spent some years in Logick and Philosophy , and in other good learning , he travelled into Foreign Countries , and at length retired to his Patrimony , where , by the advantage of a good foundation of literature made in the University and abroad , he became a most excellent Scholar in several sorts of learning , as by these books following it appears , most of which I have seen and perused . Records of the true original of the noble Britains that sprang of the remains of the Trojans , taken out of Oblivions treasure — MS. The beginning of which is Isis the principal river of Britaine , &c. The copy of this that I saw , was written with the authors own hand very neatly , an . 1592 , the character small , lines close , some words in red Ink , and others only scored with it . The mystical Oxon. of Oxonford , alias a true and most antient record of the original of Oxford and all Britaine . Or rather thus . Certain brief conjectural notes touching the original of the University of Oxon , and also of all Britaine called Albania and Calydonia Sylva . — MS. The beginning of which is , The antient City and famous Vniversity of Oxford in Britayne , &c. The copy also of this that I saw was written with the authors own hand in 1592. like the former . The said two books being written in a small character and very close , are contain'd but in a little quantity of Paper . In the last of which , are many pretty fancies which may be of some use as occasion shall serve , by way of reply for Oxon , against the far fetch'd antiquities of Cambridge . They were both sometimes in the library of Miles Windsore formerly fellow of C. C. coll . after whose death they came into the hands of Br. Twyne , and after his , to the University of Oxon. The light of Britaine , being a short summ of the old English History — Dedicated to Qu. Elizabeth . He also translated from French into English , The History of Plants , wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of Herbs and Plants , &c. Lond. 1578. fol. written by Rembert Dodonaeus . It was then printed with Sculptures from woodden cuts ; and without Sculptures by Ninion Newton — Lond. 1589. qu. printed the third time in fol. at Lond. 1619. This book which hath been taken into the hands of curious Physicians , had an Epigram * made on its first edition by that noted Poet Tho. Newton , friend to the Translator . What else our author Hen. Lyte hath written and translated I know not , nor any thing of him besides , only that paying his last debt to nature in sixteen hundred and seven , aged 78. was buried in the north Isle of the Church of Charlton-Makerel in Somerset-shire ; which Isle belongs to the Lytes of Lytes Carey . He left behind him two Sons , ( or more ) one was named Thomas , of whom I shall speak elsewhere , and the other Henry Lyte Gent. a teacher sometimes of Arithmetick in London , who published a book entit . The art of Tens and Decimal Arithmetick . Lond. 1619. oct . GABRIEL POWELL , Son of Dev. Powell mentioned under the year 1590. was born at Ruabon in Denbighshire ( of which place his Father was Vicar ) and baptized there 13. Jan. 1575. educated in Grammar learning in those parts , entred into Jesus coll . in Lent term 1592. took the degree of Bach. of Arts , and then departed for a time . It must now be known that Gabr. Goodman Dean of Westminster having founded a Free School at Ruthyn in Denbighshire , in 1595. he appointed one Rob. Griffith to be the first Master thereof . To him succeeded Rich. Parry , afterwards Dean of Bangor and B. of St. Asaph , and to him , as 't is said , Gabr. Powell our author , but in what year , I find not . Sure 't is , that while he remained in the Country , he did exercise himself much in the reading of the Fathers , and in the studies of Philosophy , and laid a foundation for several books that he intended afterwards to publish . But being not in a possibility of compleating his endeavours where he remained , he therefore retired to Oxon , became a Commoner of St. Maries hall , published certain books while he was there , and supplicated to be Bach. of Divinity , but whether really admitted , it appears not . So that his name being famous for those things he had published , especially among the Puritans , Dr. Rich. Vaughan B. of London called him thence , and made him his domestick Chaplain , gave him a Dignity , and would have done much for him had he lived , but he dying in 1607. our author lived not long after . He was esteemed a Prodigie of Learning in his time , being but a little above 30 years of age when he died ; and 't is thought , had he lived to the age of man , he would have gone beyond Jo. Rainolds or any of the learned Heroes of that age . His works are these . The resolved Christian , exhorting to resolution , &c. Lond. 1602. oct . third edit . There again 1616. &c. Prodromus . A Logical resolution of the first Chapter of the Epist . of St. Paul to the Rom. Lond. 1600. Ox. 1602. oct . Printed there again in Lat. 1615. oct . Theological and Scholastical Positions concerning Usury . — Pr. with Prodromus . The Catholicks supplication to the King for toleration of Catholick Religion , with Notes and Observations in the Margin . Lond. 1603. qu. A Supplicatory parallel-wise , or Counterpoise of the Protesatants to the said King. — Printed with the Cath. supplic . Reasons on both sides for , and against , toleration of divers religions — pr. with the Cath. suppl . A consideration of Papists reasons of state and religion , for a toleration of Popery in England , intimated in their supplication to the Kings Maj. and the state of the present Parliament . Oxon 1604. qu. The unlawfulness and danger of toleration of divers religions , and connivance to contrary worship in one monarchy or kingdom . printed 1605. qu. Refutation of an Epistle Apologetical , written by a Puritan-Papist to perswade the permission of the promiscuous use and profession of all sorts of Heresies , &c. Lond. 1605. qu. Consideration of the deprived and silenced Ministers arguments for their restitution to the use and liberty of their Ministry , exhibited in their late supplication to this present Parliament . Lond. 1606. qu. Disputationes Theologicae de Antichristo & ejus Ecclesiae , lib. 2. Lond. 1605. 06. oct . In the Preface to this book , dedicated to the University of Oxford , the author doth enumerate all those of the said University that have wrote or acted against the Pope and Court of Rome . But therein having fixed most of them on certain colleges and halls , as if they had studied and been educated in them , hath committed many errours . Among them are , ( 1 ) That Gualo Britannus studied in the Kings hall in Oxon , before 1170. ( 2 ) That John Baconthorpe was of Oriel college , which cannot be , because he was a Carme , and was in great renown before that coll . was founded . ( 3 ) That Cardinal Philip Repingdon was of Merton coll . whereas it appears from Record that he was of Broadgates hall , now Pemb. coll . ( 4 ) That Pet. Payne and Hen. Parker were of All 's . coll . whereas they were in great renown , and far in years before that coll . was erected , &c. De Adiaph ●is these Theologicae & Scholasticae , &c. Lond 1606. Translated into English by T. J. of Oxon. — Lond. 1607. qu. Rejoinder unto the mild defence , justifying the consideration of the silenced Ministers supplication to the Parliament . Comment on the Decalogue — Printed in oct . This I have not yet seen , and other things , which probably he hath written . He departed this mortal life at London , in sixteen hundred and seven , year 1609 but where buried , I know not yet . His Patron Dr. Vaughan Bishop of London died in the beginning of that year , and Gabr. Powell died very shortly after , as I have been informed by one or more ancient Divines that remembred him . JAMES BISSE , a Somersetshire Man born , was elected Demy of Magd. coll . in 1570. aged 18. made Fellow when Bach. of Arts , in 74. and proceeding in that degree three years after , became a noted Preacher here and at London , Subdean and Canon Residentiary of Wells , where he was much followed for his fluent and eloquent way of Preaching , and well beneficed in that Diocess . This person who proceeded D. of D. in 1596. hath published several Sermons , and perhaps other things , but all that I have hitherto seen are only , Two Sermons : One at Pauls Cross , on John 6. 27. The other at Ch. Ch. in London on the same subject . Lond. 1585. oct . He died about the beginning of Dec. in sixteen hundred and seven , year 1607 and was buried , as I presume , at Wells . He had a Son , or near Kinsman , of both his names , who became Rector of Croscombe in the said Dioc. 1623. on the death of Will. Rogers . RICHARD PARKS , a Lancashire Man born , was chosen Scholar ( Kings Scholar ) of Brasnose coll . 1574. aged 16. entred into Holy Orders when Bach. of Arts , and proceeding in that degree 1585. became a godly Divine , a noted Preacher , and admirably well read in Theological and Polemical authors . His works are , An Apology of three Testimonies of Holy Scripture , concerning the Article of our Creed , [ He descended into Hell ] first impugned by certain objections sent in writing by a Minister unto a Gent. in the Country , and lately seconded by a printed Pamphlet , under the name of Limbomastix . Lond. 1607. qu. Answered by Andr. Willet of Cambridge in his Loidromastix . A second book containing a Rejoinder to a reply made against the former book , lately published in a printed Pamphlet intit . Limbo-Mastix . Lond. 1607. qu. The same year was published at Cambr. in qu. A Scourge for a Railer , written by the said Willet , against our author Parks . What else he hath written , it appears not , nor any thing besides . THOMAS LEYSON , an eminent Poet and Physician of his time , received his first breath at Neath in Glamo●●●shire , was educated in Grammaticals in the famous School of Will. of W●behm , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . 1569. took the degrees in Arts , entred on the Physick line , and in 1583. was Proctor of the University , in which year he shewed himself an exact Disputant before Alb. Alaskie Prince of Sirad , when he was entertained by the Oxonian Muses . About that time taking one degree in Physick , he setled within the City of Bath , where he became as much noted for his happy success in the practice of Physick , as before he was for his Lat. Poetry in the University . He wrote in Lat. Poem describing the scite and beauty of St. Donats Castle in Glamorganshire . — Which Poem coming to the sight of Dr. John David Rhese his worthy acquaintance , who stiles it Venestum Poema , he turned it into Welsh , and gave the author of it this character , Vir cûm rci medicae , tùm Poetices merilissimus . I have seen much of his Poetry scattered in several books ; which , if gathered together , might make a pretty Manual . Sir John Harrington the famous Epigrammatist , had an especial respect for his learning , and so had Sir Edw. Stradling of St. Donats Castle , who never failed in all his life-time to incourage learning and ingenuity . Joh. Stradling also , whom I shall anon mention , hath several Epigrams written unto him , one * especially , upon the sending to him a Poem of a Crott , which was paraphrased by Charles Thynne . This Mr. Leyson died at Bath , and was buried in St. James's Church there , near to the body of his Wife ; but the year when , I cannot tell . I have been credibly informed by several Scholars of Wales , that he hath written divers other things , but what , they could not justly tell me . SIMON HARWARD , whose native place is to me as yet unknown , became one of the Chaplains of New coll . in 1577. was incorporated Bach. of Arts the same year , as he had stood elsewhere , but in what Univ. or Academy , it appears not . Afterwards he proceeded in Arts as a Member of the said coll . left the University soon after , and became a Preacher at Warington in Lancashire . Thence he removed to Bansted in Surrey about the latter end of Q. Elizabeth , and thence , having a rambling head , to Tanridge in the same County , where I find him in 1604. to be a Schoolmaster , and , as it seems , a practitioner in Physick . His works are these . Two godly Sermons Preached at Manchester in Lanc. The first containeth a reproof of the subtile practices of dissembling Neuters , and politick Worldlings , on Rom. 10. 19. The other , a charge and instruction to all unlearned , negligent , and dissolute Ministers , on Luke 20. 2. Lond. 1582. oct . Exhortation to the common People to seek their amendment by Prayer with God — Printed with the two Sermons before-mentioned . He purposed then also to write the second part of the aforesaid Text on Rom. 10. 19. but because he had occasion to intreat more at large of that article of Justification in another work , which he did determine to publish , he then thought good to omit it for that time . Sermons , viz. one Preached at Crowhurst , on Psal 1. ver . 1. — Lond. 1592. oct . and another on 1 Sam. 12. 19. — Printed 1590. in octavo . &c. Solace for a Soldier and Sailor , containing an Apology out of the Word of God , how we are to esteem of the valiant attempts of Noblemen and Gent. of England , which incurr so many dangers on the Seas to abridge the proud Power of Spain . Lond. 1592. qu. Phlebotomy : or , a Treatise of letting Blood. Lond. 1601. Oct. Discourse concerning the Soul and Spirit of Man , wherein is described the Essence and Dignity thereof , &c. Lond. 1614 oct . Discourse of the several kinds and causes of Lightning . Written by occasion of a fearful Lightning , 17. Nov. 1606. Which in short time burnt the Spire-steeple of Blechingley in Surrey , and in the same , welt into infinite fragments a goodly ring of Bells . Lond. 1607. in three sh in qu. A most profitable new Treatise from approved experience of the art of propagating Plants . Lond. 1623. qu This was published after the authors death ( as it seems ) by one Will. Lawson , at the end of his New Orchard and Garden , &c. What other things our author S. 〈◊〉 hath written , I cannot yet find ; nor do I know how to trace him to his grave , because he died not at Tanridge , as a worthy Knight of that Town ( Sir W. Hayward ) hath informed me , but removed thence to another place , which I think was Blechingley before-mentioned . THOMAS SACKVILE , a person born to good Letters , received his first being at , or near , Withyam in the County of Sussex , educated in this University in the time of Q. Mary , ( in Hart hall , as it seems , ) where he became an excellent Poet. Afterwards he retired for a time to Cambridge , where he had the degree of M. of A. confer'd upon him . About the same time , being a Student in the Inner Temple , he became a Barrister , travelled into Foreign parts , and was detained c for a time a Prisoner in Rome ; whence , his liberty was procured for his return into England , to possess the vast inheritance left to him by his Father , an . 1566. The next year he was advanced to the degree and title of the Lord Buckhurst ; and after he had been imployed in several Embassies , ( particularly into France 1571. ) he was incorporated M. of A. of this University in Jan. 1591. having a little before been chosen Chancellour thereof . In the 41. of Q. Elizabeth he was constituted Lord Treasurer of England , and in the beginning of K. James was created Earl of Dorset . From his puerile years to his last , he was a continual favourer and furtherer of learning : And having been in his younger days poetically inclined , did write , while he continued in Oxon , several Latin and English Poems , which tho published , either by themselves , or mixed among other Mens Poems , yet I presume they are lost or forgotten , as having either no name to them , or that the copies are worn out . He had also an excellent faculty in composing Tragedies , and was esteemed the best of his time for that part of the Stage . But what remains of his labours in that way , that are extant , I could never see but this following . The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex Sons to Gorboduc King of Brittain . — Acted before the Queen by the Gentlemen of the Inner Temple , at White-hall , 18. Jan. 1561. It was printed at Lond. without the consent of the authors , and so consequently very imperfectly , an . 1565. Afterwards being made perfect , it was printed there again in 1570. or thereabouts , and after in qu. In the composure of this Tragedy ( written in old English rhime ) our outhor Sackvile had the assistance of Tho. Norton , who made the three first Acts , I mean the same Norton who made some of the Psalms of David to run in rhime , as I have told you before . However Sackvile being afterwards a noted Man in the Eye of Q. Elizabeth , ( to whom he was an Allie , ) and in the State , the composition of the whole was attributed to him , and the ingenious men of that age did esteem the said Tragedy to be the best of its time , even in Sir Philip Sidney's judgment , who tells d us , that it is full of stately Speeches , and well sounding Phrases , climyng to the heighth of Seneca's stile , and as full of notable morality , which it doth most delightfully teach , and so obtain the very and of Po●sie ; yet in truth it is very desectious in the circumstances , &c. Our author Sackvile also wrote , Induction to the Mirrour of Magistrates . — Not to that Mirrour published by Will. Baldwyn , but to that , I suppose , which was published by Joh. Higens an eminent Poet of his time , whom I shall farther mention in Rich. Nicolls , an . 1615. Which Induction , with the Mirrour it self , were highly valued by Scholars in the time of Q. Elizabeth . What else this Noble Person hath made publick , I know not , nor any thing besides material of him , only that dying suddenly at the Council board ( being one of the Privy Council to K. James ) on the 19. year 1608 of Apr. in sixteen hundred and eight , was buried in the Church of Withyam before-mentioned . From him is lineally descended Charles Sackvile , now Earl of Dorset and Middlesex , a person that hath been highly esteemed for his admirable vein in Poetry , and other polite learning , as several things of his composition , while Lord Buckhurst , shew , LAURENCE TOMSON was born in Northamptonshire , elected Demy of Magd. coll . 1556. aged 17. and soon after being a great proficient in Logick and Philosopy was admitted Probationer , 11. Sept. 1559. and the year after perpetual fellow of the said coll . In 1564. he proceeded in Arts , was with Sir Tho. Hoby in his Embassie to France ; and in 1568. he resigned his fellowship . What became of him afterward , let his Epitaph following speak , while I tell you that he translated from Lat. into English ( 1 ) Sermons on the Epistles to Timothy and Titus . Lond. 1579. qu. written by John Calvin . ( 2 ) Version and annotations on the New Test . Lond. 1589. in oct . Which version and annot . were made in lat . by Theod. Beza . He also translated from French into English ( 1 ) A Treatise of the excellency of a Christian man. Lond. 1576. and 85. in oct . written by Monsieur Peter de la Place one of the Kings Councel , and chief President of the Court of Aides in Paris . ( 2 ) The life and death of Pet. de la Place , &c. Lond. 1576. and 85. in oct . What other things he hath translated , or what he hath written , I cannot tell . year 1608 He concluded his last day in sixteen hundred and eight , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Chertsey in Surrey . Over his grave was this Epitaph soon after fastned on the east wall of the said chancel . Laurentio Tomsono honesta Tomsoniorum familia in agro Northamptoniensi oriundo , in collegio Magdal . Oxon. educato , perigrinatione Sueviae , Russiae , Daeniae , Germaniae , Italiae , Galliae nobilitato : duodecem linguarum cognitione instructo ; Theologiae , Juris civilis & municipalis nostri , totiusque literaturae politioris scientiae claro : ingenii acumine , disputandi subtilitate , cloquenai suavitate & lepore , virtute omni pietateque insigni : linguae Hebraicae publica Genevae professione celebri : accurata Novi Testamenti translatione notabili : In politicis apud Walsinghamam Elizabethae Reginae Scribam pracipuum diu multumque exercitato : post cujus mortem vitae privatae umbratilisque jucunditate annos XX. e continuos Lalamiae Middlisexiae persuncto , & septuagenario placidissime religiosissmoque desuncto quarto calendas Aprilis an . 1608. Vxor Jana , & Jana filia ex quinque una superstes filiabus amoris ergo posuerunt & pietatis . The report at Chersey is , that he built the House which now stands on the top of S. Anns-hill in Chertsey parish , out of the ruins of S. Anns-chappel , and on the very place where that chappel stood ; having a prospect into several Counties : In which House , the Inhabitants of the neighbourhood will tell you that this learned author died . WILLIAM WARFORD received his first breath in that part of Bristow which is in Sommersetshire , was admitted a Scholar of Trinity coll . 13. June 1576. probationer two years after , being then Bach. of Arts , Fellow 1579. and Master of Arts in 82. But having more a mind to the Ro. Cath. religion , in which he was partly educated , than to Protestancy , he left the college , his friends and the nation , went to Rome , and obtaining entrance into the English coll . there , profited very much in Divinity . At length being ordained Priest , he was sent into the mission of England , where making but little stay , he returned to Rome , and in the year 1594. he was entred into the society of Jesus . Afterwards being sent by his Superiors into Spain , he spent the remainder of his time in the English Seminaries there . He hath written , A short institution containing the chief mysteries of Christian religion , collected from the holy Scriptures and Fathers . Sevil 1600. and at S. Omers in 1616. Translated into Latine by Tho. More a Jesuit , descended from the famous Sir Tho. More , sometimes L. Chancellor of England ; — Printed at S. Omers in 1617. The said Warford also translated into English several of the Histories of Saints , written by Pet. Ribadeneira , but died , before he could finish them , at Valladolid in Spain on the 3. Nov. ( according the accompt there followed ) in sixteen hundred and eight , and was buried in the college of the Jesuits there , year 1608 leaving behind him other matters , which were in a manner fit for the Press , and the character among those of his profession of a godly and learned man. WILLIAM WILKES , a most excellent preacher in the Court of K. James 1. was born within the diocess of Lichfeild and Coventry , elected Probationer-fellow of Merton coll . in 1572. entred into the sacred function when Master of Arts , and in 1580. became Vicar of the Church of S. Peter in the East , within the City of Oxon , by the presentation thereunto of the Warden and Society of the said coll . where for his excellent Sermons he was much frequented by Scholars and Citizens . Afterwards taking the degrees in Divinity he resigned the said Church , being well beneficed in Wiltshire , and dignified . After K. James came to the English Crown , he was made one of his Chaplains in ordinary , preached often before him to his great content , and wrote Of obedience or Ecclesiastical union ▪ Lond. 1605. oct . A second memento for Magistrates , directing how to reduce all offenders ; and being reduced , how to preserve them in the Unity and Love both in Church and Commonwealth . Lond. 1608. ( oct . ) As for the first memento I have not yet seen , unless it be meant of the book Of Obedience , &c. He died at Barford S. Martins in Wiltshire , of which he was Rector , leaving behind him one only daughter named Mary , who was married to John Marston of the City of Coventry , Gentleman . Which John dying 25 June 1634. was buried in the Church belonging to the Temples in London , near to the body of John Marston his Father , sometimes a Councellour of the Middle Temple . JEREMY CORDEROY , a Gentlemans son of Wiltshire , of the same family with those of Chute in that County , became a Commoner of S. Albans-hall , in 1577. or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , studied Divinity many years , and being a frequent preacher in Oxon , was made one of the Chaplains of Merton coll . in 1590 , at which time , and during his stay in Oxon , ( which was at least 13 years after ) his life and conversation was without exception . He hath written , A short dialogue , wherein is proved , that no man can be saved without good works , Oxon. 1604. in tw . sec . edit . The dialogue is between a Gallant and a Scholar . He wrote another book also , intit . A warning for worldlings , or a comfort to the godly and a terror to the wicked , in a dialogue between a Scholar and Traveller . Lond. 1608. in tw . At which time tho the author was a deserving person , yet he was not preferr'd to a living , and whether he was afterwards , ( he being scrupulous of taking one ) I know not , nor of any other books that he hath published . BARNABE BARNES , a younger son of Rich. Barnes Bishop of Durham , was a Yorkshire-man born , and at about 17. years of age 1586. became a student in Brasn . coll . but left the University without a degree , and what became of him afterwards I know not . His works are these . A divine Century of spiritual Sonnets . Lond. 1595. dedicated to Tob. Matthews B. of Durham . Four books of Offices ; enabling private persons for the special service of all good Princes and policies . Lond. 1606. Fol. The Devils charter : a Trag. containing the life and death of P. Alex. 6. Lond. 1607. oct . One Barnabe Barnes of the City of Coventry died in the time of the civil War ( about 1644. ) leaving behind him a widdow named Margery , but what relation there was between this and the former Barnabe , or whether the same , I cannot tell . WILLIAM OVERTON , one of the prime preachers in the reign of Q. Elizabeth , was born in London , became Demy or Semicommoner of Magd. coll . 25. Jul. 1539. aged 15 , Perpetual-fellow in 1551. being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he took holy orders , left the coll . and absented himself during the reign of Qu. Mary . In 1565 he took the degrees in Divinity , being then well beneficed and dignifi'd , and in 1579. was made Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry , where he was much commended for his hospitality to the poor , and the good reparation he kept of his house , which a married Bishop , as he was , seldom did , or doth . He hath published , Sermon against discord , on Rom. 16. vers . 17. Lond. in oct . Oratio doctiss . & graviss . habita in domo capitulari Lichfield ad Praebendarios & reliquum clerum in visitatione Ecclesiae suae cathedralis congregatum , an . 1600. Lond. 1600. He died in a good old age in the beginning of April , in sixteen hundred and nine , year 1609 and was buried in the Church of Eccleshall in Staffordshire , near to the bodies of his two Wives . In the See of Lichfield succeeded Dr. Rob. Abbot , as I shall tell you elsewhere . EDWARD STRADLING , son of Sir Tho. Stradling Knight by Cath. his Wife , Daughter of Sir Tho Gamage of Coyty Knight , was born of , and lineally descended from , an antient and Knightly family of his name living at S. Donates castle in Glamorganshire , educated in several sorts of learning in this University , but before he took a degree , he left it , travelled into various Countries , spent some time at Rome , returned an accomplished Gentleman , and retiring to his Patrimony , which was large , did build a firm structure upon that foundation of literature that he had laid here and elsewhere . In 1575. or the year after , he received the Honour of Knighthood , was made a Justice of Peace , became a very useful Man in his Country , and was at the charge of such Herculean a works for the publick good , that no Man in his time went beyond him . But above all he is to be remembred for his singular knowledge in the British Language and Antiquities , for his eminent encouragement of learning and learned Men , and for his great expence and indefatigable industry in collecting together several Monuments and ancient Manuscripts of Learning and Antiquity . All which with other books were reduced into a well ordered Library at St. Donates , to the great credit and renown of that place and his Family . He hath written , A Welsh Grammar . — When or where printed I know not . Of which book , written mostly in Latin , one of his b Country-men gives this character . Hae institutiones Grammaticae adeò concinnè sunt compositae , & omnibus suis numeris absolutae , ut nec eis addi quicquam , nec ab eis demi ( meo judicio ) quicquam poterit ; nisi secundam hujus operis author in posterume editionem maturet . He hath also written , The winning of the Lordship of Glamorgan or Morgannwe out of the Welsh-mens hands , &c. — Of which book you may see more in The History of Cambria , now called Wales , &c. Printed 1584. p. 122. and 141. This learned and worthy person hath written other things , but such I have not yet seen , nor can I say more him , only that he paid his last debt to nature in the Summer time , in sixteen hundred and nine , year 1609 aged 80. or more , and was buried in a Chappel built by his Father , ( dedicated to the Virgin Mary , ) joyning to the Parish Church of St. Donate , between the bodies of his Great-Grandfather and Grandmother on the North side , and the body of his Father on the South side . He died without Male Issue , whereupon the Estate went to his next Kinsman Sir John Stradling Knight , who was soon after made a Baronet : From whom was descended Sir Edw. Stradling Baronet , ( a Colonel in the Army of K. Ch. 1. ) buried in Jesus coll . Chappel , 21. June 1644. MICHAEL RENNIGER , commonly called Rhanger , received his first being in this World in Hampshire , became perpetual Fellow of Magd. coll . in 1547. afterwards Master of Arts , and a Preacher in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. being then esteemed by those that knew him a person truly pious , and of singular erudition . But when Q. Mary came to the Crown , he , with others of the said coll . voluntarily left the Land for Religion sake , and lived mostly at Strasburg in Germany . After her death he returned , was made one of the Chaplains to Q. Elizabeth , became a zealous assertor of the Protestant Religion , but refusing considerable preferments that were then offered to him , he accepted only of a Prebendship in the Church of Winchester for the present , as also the Rectory of Crawley near to the said City . In the year 1573. he took the degrees in Divinity , and in 75. was upon the resignation of Dr. Joh. Ebden made Archdeacon of Winchester . His Works are , Carmina in mortem duorum fratrum Suffolciensium Henrici & Caroli Brandon , &c. Lond. 1552. qu. De Pii V. & Gregorii XIII . furoribus contra Elizabetham Reginam Angliae . Lond. 1582. oct . An Exhortation to true Love , Loyalty , and Fidelity to her Majesty . Lond. 1587. oct . Treatise against Treasons , Rebellions , and such Disloyalties . — Printed with the Exhortation to , &c. Syntagma hortationum ad Jacobum Regem Angliae . Lond. 1604. oct . and translated from English into Latin , An apology or defence of Priests Marriages , written by Joh. Poynet or Ponet B. of Winchester . The other Works , done by him , may be seen in a certain * author who knew Rhenniger well , which made him therefore say of him , — In omni bonarum literarum ac linguarum genere it a se exercuit , ut famam non vulgarem inde meruit . He died on the 26. of Aug. year 1609 in sixteen hundred and nine , aged 89 years . and was buried in the Chancel of his Church at Crawley before-mentioned , under the Communion Table . Over his Grave was soon after a Marble Stone laid , with an inscription thereon in prose and verse ; a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 197. b. This Dr. Rhenniger died rich , left a fair Estate , ( some of which laid in Lincolnshire , ) and a Son named Samuel to injoy it . In his Archdeaconry of Winchester succeeded Dr. Ranulph Barlow of Cambridge . THOMAS SMITH was born of sufficient Parents in a Town called Abendon in B●rkshire , educated in Grammar learning there , ( in the Free School founded by Joh. Royse , Citizen and Mercer of London , an . 1563. ) became a Student of Ch. Ch. in 1570. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 78. and six years after was elected one of the Proctors of the University . About that time , he being esteemed a religious and a discreet Gentleman , was made Secretary to that popular Count Robert Earl of Essex , who had an especial respect for him . So that being thereupon introduced into the Court , raised himself meerly by his own merits to considerable eminency , as first to be Clerk to the High Court of Parliament , afterwards to be one of the Clerks of the Council , a Knight in 1603. Secretary of the Latin Tongue , and one of the Masters of the Requests . 'T is supposed by some , and confidently reported by others that are learned , that tho he lived not to publish any thing , yet several matters he left behind him fit for the Press , but of what Subject or Faculty they treat , I could never learn. He deceased in the prime of his years ( whereby a stop was given to his father promotion ) at his house called Parsons Green near to London , 28. Nov. in sixteen hundred and nine ; year 1609 whereupon his body was buried in the Parish Church of Fulham in Middlesex on the 7. of Dec. following . Over his grave was soon after erected a comely monument by his disconsolate Widdow Frances the Daughter of William Lord Chandois , ( afterwards the Wife of Thom. Earl of Exeter , ) by whom he had a Son named Robert , who was entred a Gent. Com. of Ch. Ch. in Mich. Term , an . 1620. aged 15. and became an Inheritor for a time several Lands which his Father left to him , particularly the Mannor of Barwick upon Tease in Yorks . The said Sir Thomas a bequeathed a considerable sum of Money to this University to buy books for the new or East part of the Publick Library , as also a Mathematical instrument gilt , besides 100 l. to the poor of Abenaon for their relief . All which was accordingly done and setled by his younger Brother Rich. Smith , sometimes a Member of Ch. Ch. also , who had been prime Mourner at his Brothers Funeral . I find another Sir Tho. Smyth to have been of Bidborough in Kent , second Son of Tho. Smith of Ostenhanger in the same County Esq ( who dying b 7. June 1591. was buried in the Church of Ashsord adjoyning ) Son of John Smith of Corsham in Wilts , Gent. Which Sir Thomas ( who had c sarmed the Customs in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , and therefore by some called Customer Smith ) was so much in favour with K. James that he sent him Embassador d to the Emperour of Russia 19. Mar. 1604. From whence returning he was made Governour of the Society of Merchants trading to the East-Indies , Mus●●ie , the French and Summer Islands , and Treasurer for the Colonies and Companies of Virginia . There goes under this Man's name a book intit . Sir Thomas Smith's voyage and entertainment in Russia , with the tragical ends of two Emperours , and one Empress , within one Month , during his being there , &c. Lond. 1605. qu. But him I take not to be the author , because it was published unknown to him , and without his consent . What else I find of him is , that his fair and magnificent house at Deptford near to London was burnt e on 30. Jan. 1618. and that upon several complaints against him for certain frauds used by him , in withdrawing sums of Money in his Rectorship , and place of Treasurer , before mentioned , he was f removed from those imployments , in Apr. 1619. His eldest Son , Sir Joh. Smith , married Isabel Daughter of Rob. Earl of Warwick , and another the Natural Daughter of Charles Blount Lord Mountjoy , without the consent of his Father , in Nov. 1618. but in the middle of July following , he , upon some discontent , left g England without taking leave of his Father or Wife . Besides these two , I find another famous Sir Tho. Smith , who went before them , not only in time , but eminence . His native place was Saffron-Walden in Essex , his Parents John Smith of the same place , and Agnes the Daughter and Heir of one Charnock Gent. and the place of Academical education , Queens coll . in Cambridge , where at riper years he was made choice of ( such was his proficiency in learning ) to be sent into Italy at the King's charges , and there to be educated in certain kinds of learning , which our Universities at home could not then yield , or rather for the compleat polishing of his parts and studies . After his return he became so eminent for his acquired learning , that he was not only made the publick Orator of Cambridge , but also the King's Professor of the Greek Tongue , and at length the King's Professor of the Civil Law , in which Faculty he was incorporated Doctor at Cambridge , in 1542. and afterwards at Oxon , but the particular time when , it appears not , through the imperfectness of the Registers of that time . In the Reign of Ed. 6. he found so much favour with the Duke of Somerset , that he was made one of the Secretaries ( Sir Will. Cecill being the other ) to that King , a Knight , Steward of the Stanneries , and Dean of Carlile in the place of one Lancelot Salkeld then ejected . About the same time also he h became Provost of Eaton coll . whereof he had very well merited , but when Q. Mary came to the Crown she deprived him of those dignities , assigning him an 100 l. per an . Pension for his Life , howbeit on condition that he should not depart the Realm . In the beginning of Q. Elizabeth , he was called again to the service of the Commonwealth , was restored to his Deanery , was present with the Divines at the correcting of the English Liturgy , and afterwards with great commendations performed several Embassies . At length being one of the Secretaries of State again , and Chancellour of the Order of the Garter , and several times a Parliament-man , became very beneficial to the Common-wealth of learning , by procuring the Laws concerning Corn for the colleges of Students in both the Universities . This person who was a noted Orator , Grecian , and Civilian , and worthy to be remembred for other learning , hath written , ( 1 ) The Commonwealth of England , and the manner and government thereof , in 3 books . Printed in an old Engl. character at Lond. 1583. 94. in qu. and several times in oct . notwithstanding it was left unfinished by the author . Translated into Lat. by Dr. Jo. Budden , who caused it to be printed at Lond. in oct . 'T was also published in Lat. by Joh. Laet of Antwerp , at Leyden 1630. in tw . ( 2 ) De recta & emendata linguae Graecae pronuntiatione , ad Gardinerum Ep. Winton , Epistola . Lutet . 1568. qu. ( 3 ) De recta & emendata linguae Anglicae scriptione . Printed dialogue ways with the former book . ( 4 ) De re nummaria . ( 5 ) The Authority , form and manner of holding Parliaments . This book being lately ( 1685. ) published , may be doubted whether Sir Tho. Smith was the author of it . He hath also extant Many Letters in the Compleat Embassador , &c. collected by Sir Dudley Digges . He departed this mortal life in the climecterical year of his age , in the month of July 1577. and was buried in the Church of Theydon-Mount , or Theydon at Mount in Essex . All his Latin and Greek books he gave to Queens coll . in Cambridge , as also a great Globe of his own making , besides maintenance for two Scholars to come from Saffron-Walden to that house . There was a very fair monument ordered to be put over the bodies of him and his Wife , and no doubt there is but that it was done accordingly , yet what the Inscription on it is , I cannot yet learn , not any thing else of him , only that Jo. L●●and doth highly extol him , in his i Encomiae of illustrious and learned men of England . JOHN SANSBURY , or Sandsbury , an eminent and ingenious Latin Poet , was born in London , educated in Merchant-Taylors School , became Scholar of S. Johns coll . in Midsomer Term , an . 1593. aged 17. took the degrees in Arts , became Vicar of the Church of S. Giles in the North Suburb of Oxon , 1607. and the year after was admitted Bach. of Divinity . He hath written , Ilium in Italiam . Oxonia ad protectionem regis sui omnium optimi filia , pedi sequa . Oxon. 1608. oct . In the said book are the Arms of each coll . and verses under them . Tragediae diversae . MS. Acted several times by the Scholars of the aforesaid coll . in their common refectory in the time of Christmas . He was buried in the Church of S. Giles before-mentioned , in the month of Jan. in sixteen hundred and nine . The next writer , according to time , that is to be mentioned is one , that had learning enough to be a Dean or Bishop , yet could never rise higher than a Vicar and Pedagogue . His name is , THOMAS PYE , born at Darlaston-near Wednesbury in Staffordshire , educated for the most part in Logicals and Philosophicals in Merton coll . of which he became one of the Chaplains in 1581. being then esteemed among the learned to be one of them . Afterwards taking the degrees in Divinity as a Member of that house , he became Vicar and Schoolmaster of Bexhill near Hastings in Sussex about 1590. being then , and before , accounted an eminent Linguist , excellent in Sacred Chronology , in Ecclesiastical Histories and Polemical Divinity . His works are , A computation from the beginning of time to Christ , by ten Articles . Lond. 1597. qu. A confirmation of the same for the times controverted before Christ : As also that there wanteth a year after Christ in the usual computation . — Printed with the former book , and both under the general title of An Hour-glass . Epistola ad ornatiss . virum D. ` Johan . Howsonum S. T. D. Acad. Oxon Procancellarium , qua dogma ejus novum & admirabile de Juderum divortiis refutatur & suus SS . Scripturae nativus sensus ab ejus glossematis vindicatur . Lond. 1603. qu. Epistola responsoria ad clariss . virum D. Alb. Gentilem , MS. 'T is on the same subject with the former , and are both answered by Rob. Burhill . Scholastical determination of Usury . Lond. 1604. qu. Answer to a Treatise written in defence of Usury . — Printed there the same year . He gave way to fate at Bexhill , in the latter end of sixteen hundred and nine , at which time , he by his Will ( dated 20. Dec. and proved 20. March , an . 1609. ) desired that his body might be buried in the School house at Bexhill before-mentioned , lately repaired and new paved by him . In his said Will he leaves certain Monies to the poor of Brightling near Battle in Sussex , at which place , as 't is probable , he had a Cure. About two years before his death he bestowed much money in building the Campanile or Tower at Darleston before-mentioned , which before was built of timber . JOHN AGLIONBY was born of a gentile Family in Cumberland , became a Student in Queens coll . in 1583. where , after he had gone through the servile duties several years , was made Fellow ; whereupon entring into Holy Orders became a most polite and learned Preacher . Afterwards travelling , he was introduced into the acquaintance of Cardinal Bellarmine , who shewing to him the picture of the profound William Whittaker of Cambrige , which hung up in his Library , told him , pointing to the picture , that he was the most learned Heretick that ever he read , or to that effect . After his return he was made Chaplain in Ordinary to Q. Elizabeth , took the degree of D. of D. in 1600. was made Principal of S. Edmunds hall the year after , being about that time Rector of Islip near to , and in the County of , Oxon , and soon after Chaplain in Ord. to K. James 1. He was a person well accomplished with all kind of learning , profoundly read in the Fathers , and in School-Divinity , an exact Linguist , and of an aquiline acumen , as one a who is profuse in his praise tells you . What he hath published I find not ; however the reason why I set him down here , is , that he had a most considerable hand in the translation of the New Testament , appointed by K. James , in 1604. which is all that I know material of him , saving only that he dying at Islip , to the very great reluctancy of all learned and good men , on the 6. Febr. in sixteen hundred and nine , aged 43. was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Soon after was set up an Inscription , to his memory , on the East wall of the said Chancel , ( by his Widdow I think , ) wherein being nothing of him , but what I have mentioned already , I shall pass it by for brevity sake . JOHN DAVID RHESE , or Jo. David or Davis , was born at Lanvaethley in the Isle of Anglesey , elected Student of Ch. Ch. after he had been conversant among the Oxonians for 3 or more years , in the month of Dec. 1555. aged 21. travelled beyond the Seas before he took a degree in this University , became Doctor of Physick of Senes or Sienna in Tuscany , and publick Moderator of the School at Pistoia in that Country , whose Language there , which is Italian , he understood as well as any native . Afterwards he returned to his Country , where he practiced his Faculty with admirable success , and was held in high esteem by learned men , for his exquisite knowledge in all kind of literature , especially for Physick , Poetry , the Grammatical part of the Welsh Tongue , and curiosity in various Criticisms ; yet by the generality , he being not understood , his rare parts and curious learning was in a manner buried where he lived . He hath written in the Florentine Language , Rules for the obtaining of the Latin Tongue . — Printed at Venice : And in Latin these two books following . De Italicae linguae pronuntiatione . Printed at Padua . Both which were , in their time , held in great repute by the Italians , and the last by Strangers that occasionally travelled into Italy . Cambro-Britannicae Cymraecaeve linguae institutiones & rudimenta , &c , ad intelligend . Biblia sacra nuper in Cambro-Brittannicum sermonum eleganter versa . Lond. 1592. fol. Written to Sir Edw. Stradling of S. Donats Castle in Glamorganshire , a great favourer and furtherer of learning , as I have elsewhere told you . Before which book is a large Preface , written by Humph. Prichard of Bangor in North Wales , sometimes an Oxford Scholar . Our author Rhese hath also written in the British Language . Compendium of Aristotles Metaphysicks . — MS. formerly in Jesus coll . Library . In which book the author saith that the British Language is as copious in expressing congruous terms , as the Greek , or any Language whatsoever . He hath written other excellent things , but are lost , as I have been assured by Olor Iscamus , and therefore I cannot say any thing else of him , only that he died a Rom. Cath. ( as he had lived ) at , or near , Brecknock , ( where he mostly dwelt and practiced Physick ) in the Reign of K. James 1. Scil. about sixteen hundred and nine , and that he is much celebrated by b Stradling the Epigiammatist for his learning , while he lived , who stiles c him Novum antiquae linguae lumen , and by Camden who calls him , d Clariss . & eruditissimus linguae vir D. Johannes David . See more of him in Tho. Leyson under the year 1607. ROBERT PERSONS , or Parsons , a most noted and learned writer of his time , and the ornament of the English Nation in the opinion of those of his Society , must according to time have the next place to be mentioned . Concerning whom several R. Priests and others , who have written bitterly against , and scurrilously of , him , have peremptorily said , ( as Tho. e Bell and Tho. f James from them hath done the like , ) that he was basely born of mean parentage at Stokersey in Sommersetshire , that his supposed Father was a Blacksmith , his right , the Parish Priest of Stokersey ; by means whereof he was binominous , sometimes called Rob. Parsons , sometimes Rob. Cowbuck , &c. that he was g one of the dregs of the Commonalty , a Fellow of a most seditious disposition , a Sycophant , an Equivocator , and one that would set Kingdoms to sale , &c. But these things , with many other , not now to be named , having been written out of malice against him , I shall by no means follow , or embrace them for truths , but receed to that collection of his life , which I have made partly from his own writings , partly from record , and partly from impartial Writers . Born therefore he was n at Stowey commonly called Nether-Stowey near to Bridgewater in Somersetshire , an . 1546. His Father was a Plebeian of honest repute , and an enemy to the Church of Rome , but by Alex. Bryant reconciled thereunto . His mother was a known grave Matron living divers years in flight and banishment for Religion , dyed therein at London , very aged , about 1599. The Son Robert being a child of very great towardliness and exceeding apt to learn , was by his Fathers edeavours trained up in the English tongue , and having a good memory , could repeat what he had read once or twice , very readily . About that time it hapned that one John Hayward a vertuous good Priest , who before had been a Canon Regular in Devonshire , became Vicar of Nether-Stowey , who perceiving that Robert had pregnant parts , did teach him the Latin tongue , and after had a special affection for him ; for he living to the beginning of the year 1575. endeavoured to get him into Balliol coll . did exhibit unto him , as 't is said , and was not against the resignation which he made of his fellowship . In the latter end of 1563. our author R. Parsons being fitted for Academical learning was sent to the said coll . but whether he was at his first coming a Servitour , or Scholar , I know not . Sure it is , that by the help of good natural parts , accompanied with unwearied industry , he became in short time a smart Disputant , not only in the coll . but publick Schools , as occasion served . In the latter end of May 1568. he was admitted Bach. of Arts , and the same year Probationer-Fellow of the said college ; which being terminated , he was made Chaplain-Fellow , and so consequently ( I presume ) went into Orders , being then a noted Tutor in the coll . In Michaelmas-Term 1572. he was admitted Master of Arts , stood in the Act celebrated 12. Oct. 1573. and on the 13. of Feb. following he resigned his Fellowship of his own accord ( as the Register of Bal. coll . o saith , tho certain authors tell us , that he resigned to prevent Expulsion ) being then , if not before , about to change his Religion . In June 1574. he left England , went to Calis and thence to Antwerp ; at which place after he had continued for some weeks , he diverted himself for a time with a journey to Lovaine , where , being no sooner arrived , but he fell into the company of Father Will. Good his Country man , by whom he was kindly received , and with him spent some days in spiritual exercise . So that whereas then , and before , he had addicted his mind to the study of Physick , and did intend to prosecute it at Padua , ( to which place he had then intentions to go ) he , by Goods advice , made some doubt of that matter . At length he went there , and was for some time not only conversant in that faculty , but also in the Civil Law. Upon second thoughts he relinquished those studies , went to the English coll . at Rome , was there admitted into the Society of Jesus 4. July 1575. went thro the several Classes of Dinivity , and in 1580. journied into England with Edm. Campian and others to advance the Romish affairs , with power then given by P. Greg. 13. for moderating the severe Bull of P. Pius 5. While he continued there , which was in the quality of a Superior , he travelled up and down in the Country to Gentlemens houses , disguised in the habit sometimes of a Souldier , sometimes like a Gentleman , and at other times like a Minister and an Apparator . And being a person of a seditious and turbulent spirit and armed with a confident boldness , tampered p so far with the R. Catholicks about deposing Qu. Elizabeth that some of them ( as they afterwards confessed ) thought to have delivered him up into the Magistrates hands . About which time Campian being seized and committed , he made haste out of England for fear of being snap'd also , and forthwith went to Rome , where making profession of the four vows , he was constituted Rector of the English coll . there , an . 1587. Afterwards he went into Spain , where by his great learning expressed in disputing , writing , and promoting the Cause , he became known to , and respected by , the King of that place . About 1597. he returned to Rome , in hopes of a Cardinals Cap , but missing it , died , as 't is said , with grief . He was a restless active man , and tho of a violent fierce nature and rough behaviour , yet he was more zealous for the promoting of the Jesuits interest than any of , and perhaps before , his time ; witness his unwearied endeavours of instituting Novices of the Society at Sevill , Valladolid , Cadiz , Lisbon , Doway , S. Omers , and at Rome . Also his continual publishing of books , as well in the Latin , as in the English , tongue , which did no great good to the Church of England , and the noted professors thereof . And lastly his endeavours of keeping Spain and England in difference , and of his inciting the Spaniard to invade England or Ireland again , of breaking the lawful Succession of the Crown , by confirming the right of it to a Daughter of Spain , and what not to promote the interest of that Country and his Society . As for those books which he hath written ( published either without a name , or else in the names of other persons , ) I shall here give you the titles of as many that have come to my hands , and they are these . A brief discourse containing the reasons , why Catholicks refuse to go to Church — Said to be Printed at Doway , but really at Lond. 1580. in oct . Published under the name of Jo. Howlet , and dedicated to Q. Eliz. with a large Epist . subscribed by the said J. Howlet . See more in the Fasti , 1569. I have seen a book in Bodlies Lib. ( being one of the Copies which was seized before the title page was printed ) intituled in the first page of the book it self , thus , Reasons that Catholicks ought in any wise to abstain from heretical conventicles . The running title at the top of every leaf of the book is A Treatise of Schisme . Printed at London by Will. Carter , ( executed for Treason in the year 1584. ) who confessed , when that book came to be seized on in his house on Tower-hill near London , that there had been printed 1250. Copies of the said book . At that time the Searchers found the original , sent from Rheimes , and allowed under Dr. Will. Allens own hand to be truly Catholick and fit to be published . This book without doubt is the same which a certain q author stiles Nine reasons why Catholicks should abstain from heretical Conventicles , said by him to be written by Rob. Parsons . The same year that the Brief discourse containing , &c. was published , came out an answer to it intit . A check to Mr. Howlets Shreechings to her Majesty , &c. but whether any reply followed I know not . The next books that F. Parsons wrote were , Reasons for his coming into the mission of England , with a proffer or challenge to dispute with the Protestants . — This book or Treatise , tho afterwards put under the name of Rob. Persons in the Bib. Soc. Jesu , yet in the answer to it made by Mer. Hanmer and Will. Charke , it is by them said to be written by E. Campian . Brief Censure given upon the two books of W. Charke and M. Hanmer , written against the Reasons and Proffer . Lond. 1581. ( oct . ) To which W. Chark made a reply , Printed in oct . A discovery of Joh. Nichols Minister , misreported a Jesuit — Printed 1581. in octav . Answered by Tho. Lupton in a book intit . Answer against a Jesuits book , entit . A discovery , &c. Lond. 1582. qu. See more in Joh. Nicholls an . 1583. A defence of the Censure , given upon two books of Will. Charke and Meredith Hanmer Ministers , which they wrote against Mr. Edmund Campian Priest , of the Society of Jesus and against his offer of disputation — Printed 1582. oct . Taken in hand since the death of Campian . Against this book came out another intit . A treatise against the defence of the censure , &c. Cambr. 1586. oct . De persecutione Anglicanâ Epistola . Quâ explicantur afflictiones , aerumnae & calamitates gravissimae , &c. Rom. & Ingolst . 1582. Printed also in a book intit . Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae in Angliâ , &c. Aug. Trev. 1583. in oct . p. 79. Both which editions , the former I am sure , were published under the name of the English coll . at Rome . See more in Joh. Bridgewater , an . 1594. A Christian directory or exercise guiding men to eternal Salvation , commonly called The Resolution — First published in 1583. in oct . From which edition and book , were framed two more , published An. 1584. One of which was done by a catholick Gent. living at Roan in Normandy , full of errors , but in sense the same . Another by Edm. Bunny of Merton coll . in Oxon , but all altered to the Protestant use , as may be seen in the Preface to Rob. Persons's edition of the same book in the year 1585. The second part of a Christian directory or exercise , &c. Lond. 1594 , 92. in tw . Printed also in 1650. in a large oct . But these two parts , as it seems , being falsly printed at London , the author came out again with them , bearing this title . A Christian directory , guiding men to their Salvation ; divided into three books . The first thereof pertaining to Resolution , is only contained in this volume , and divided into two parts , and set forth now again with many corrections and additions by the author himself , with reproof of the falsified edition lately published by Mr. Edm. Bunny . Lovaine 1598. in a thick oct . &c. These books of Resolution , won our author ( Persons ) a great deal of praise , not only in the judgment of R. Catholicks , but of very learned Protestants . Yet not to heap more praises upon him than he justly deserves , his Enemies , and those of the Protestant party , say , that he was but a Collector or Translator at most , and that the book was not of his own absolute invention , but taken out of other authors . They say farther also , that his praise was for well translating , close , couching , and packing it up together in a very smooth stile , and singular good method ; and add , that the platform of the said Resolution was laid to his hand , by L. de Granada , who gave him the principal grounds and matter thereof , and the penning by one Brinkley , &c. Responsio ad Elizabethae Reginae edictum contra Catholicos . Rom. 1593. in oct . &c. Published under the name of Andr. Philopater . A conference about the next succession of the Crown of England , in two parts . — Printed 1593 , 94. in oct . under the name of N. Doleman , and is known by the name of The book of titles . The first part is for chastising of Kings , and proceeding against them , &c. and was reprinted before the time that K. Ch. 1. was beheaded , by Rob. Ibbotson living in Smithfield , under this title , Several Speeches made at a conference ; or Several Speeches delivered at a conference concerning the power of Parliament to proceed against their King , for mis-government . The second part was to prove that the Infanta of Spain was the legal Heir to the Crown of England ; the penning whereof did much endear him to the K. of Spain . But so soon as this book peeped forth , which was accounted a most hainous and scandalous thing , the Parliament enacted 35. Elizab. that whosoever should be found to have it in his house should be guilty of High Treason . And whether the Printer of it was hang'd , drawn , and quartered ( as some say he was ) I cannot affirm it . K. Charles 1. in his a Messages for Peace , doth mention and insist upon that book called Several Speeches , &c. and Mr. W. Prynne in his Speech to the Committee 4. Dec. 1648. affirmed b that he himself and others did complain of it , but nothing was done to vindicate the houses from that gross imputation , &c. The said Conference about the next Succession , &c. put out under the name of Doleman , was answered by Sir Joh. Hayward Knight , LL. D. an . 1603. under this title , The right of Succession asserted , &c. Which answer was reprinted for the satisfaction of the zealous promoters of the Bill of Exclusion . — Lond. 1683. oct . The Conference it self also was reprinted at Lond. 1683. oct . purposely to lay open the author's pernicious Doctrines in that juncture of time when the Parliament was zealously bent to exclude James D. of York from the Imperial Crown of England . And how much some of the then Fanatical applauded pieces in Politicks have traded with , and been beholding to , that Conference , written by Doleman alias Persons , ( notwithstanding their pretendedly great hatred of , and seeming enmity to , Popery , ) by asserting many of the self same most damnable and destructive Principles , laid down therein , is at large , by a just and faithful comparing of them together , made apparent in a piece intit . The Apostate Protestant , in a Letter to a Friend occasioned by the late reprinting of Doleman . Lond. 1682. in 8 sh . in qu. Said to have been wrote by Edw. Pelling Rector of S. Martins Church near Ludgate in London , Chaplain to the Duke of Somerset , and a Wiltshire man born . Among the said Fanatical applauded pieces in Politicks before-mentioned , must be reckoned a Pamplet intit . A brief History of Succession , collected out of the Records , and the most authentick Historians . Written for the satisfaction of George Earl of Hallifax , in 5 sh . in fol. To which , tho no place or time was set , to shew when or where 't was printed , yet , as I then observed , 't was published in 1680. It was answered by Rob. Brady Doctor of Physick , Master of Gonvil and Caius coll . and the Kings Professor of Physick in the University of Cambridge , and Burgess for that University to sit in the Parliament that began at Oxon. 21. March. 1680. in a book intit : The great point of Succession discussed , &c. Lond. 1681. in a thin fol. and by another excellent tract written by Anon , called Religion and Loyalty supporting each other . Another Pamphlet also , which was mostly borrowed from Doleman alias Persons was that intit . The great and weighty considerations relating to the Duke of York , or Successor of the Crown , &c. considered . Lond. 1680. in 9 sh . in fol. which is quoted also in the Brief History of Succession , before-mentioned . Which Great and weighty considerations , &c. consisidered , were reprinted at Lond. 1682. in oct . and annexed to the second edition of the Postscript , written by Thom. Hunt of Grays Inn Esq who , therein , tho he makes use of Doleman'S Principles , yet in a new Epistle before the said second edition of the Considerations , he owns them to be his . This person ( Tho. Hunt ) who had an ingenious Pen , and was commonly called Postscript Hunt , was forced to leave England in the Fanatical Plot , which broke out 12. June 1683. Afterwards setling at Vtrecht in Holland , we heard no more of him till Sept. 1688. and then an express coming to my hands , dated 13. of that month , I was thereby instructed that he then died lately at Vtrecht before-mentioned , being big with expectation of returning shortly after to his native Country , under the conduct of the Prince of Orange , then about to make his expedition into England . But to return , I find other noted Pamphlets , which were about that time published by some ill designed Scriblers , who are shewn to have taken many of their dangerous tenets thence , I mean from Doleman alias Persons , which is a well furnished common-place-book for such turbulent authors to enlarge on , as their respective projects and interests should suggest . Also that John Bradshaws long Speech spoken at the condemnation of K. Ch. 1. and also the Treatise concerning the broken Succession of the Crown of England c &c. to make way for Oliver the Usurper , were mostly taken out of Doleman alias Persons , may be seen in Dr. George Hicks's Sermon d on the 30. Jan. 1681. before the L. Mayor of London . The truth of this , as to the last , a note placed at the end of the said Treatise , hath put beyond all doubt . At length several positions in the said Conference written by Persons , being looked upon as dangerous and destructive to the Sacred Persons of Princes , their State and Government , by the University of Oxford , particularly that which saith , Birthright and Proximity of Blood do give no title to Rule or Government , &c. the Members thereof condemned them , and that in particular , by their judgment and decree passed in Convocation 21. July 1683. Which being so done , they caused the book it self to be publickly burnt in their School-quadrangle . As for the other books that our author Rob. Persons hath written , are these following . A temperate Wardword to the turbulent and seditious Watchword of Sir Franc. Hastings Knight , &c. — Printed 1599. qu. under the name of N. Dolman , that is Vir dolorum , in respect of the grief and sorrow that Fa. Persons bore in his heart for the affliction and calamity of his Country , as a certain author tells me , tho e others say that the reason why he put the name of Doleman to some of his books , was because he bore great malice to , and hated him , Card. Allen , and Sir Fr. Inglefield as bitter Enemies . Of this Nic. Dolman , who was a grave Priest , and of a mild disposition , you may read in a book intit . A relation of a Faction began at Wisbich , 1595 , &c. p. 12 , 13 , 14 , &c. 32. 47 , &c. A copy of a Letter written by a Master of Arts of Cambridge , to his Friend in London , concerning some talk passed of late between two worshipful and grave men , about the present state , and some proceedings of the Earl of Leicester and his Friends in England , &c. — Written in 1584. but the certain year when prin●ed , unless in 1600. I cannot tell . It was also printed in oct . ( as the other was ) in 1631. and hath this running title on the top of every leaf of the book , A Letter of State of a Scholar of Cambridge . The first edit and perhaps the second , was printed beyond the Seas , and most of the copies being sent into England bound , with the outside of the leaves coloured with green , the book was commonly called Father Persons Green-coat . 'T is the same book with that intit . Leicesters Common-wealth , being a dialogue between a Scholar , a Gent. and a Lawyer . Lond. 1641. qu. This book , tho' commonly reported to be Persons , ( and that he had most of his materials for the composition thereof from Sir Will. Cecill Lord Burleigh , ) which , I presume , did arise from Dr. Tho. James his affirmation f that he was the author of it , yet Persons himself saith in his Preface to the Warnword to Sir Franc. Hastings Wastword , that he did not write Leicesters Commonwealth , And certainly if he had been the author it , Pitseus , and Ribadeneira with his Continuators , would have mentioned it in their respective Catalogues of our author's works , whereas they are altogether silent in that matter . Liecesters Commonwealth . Lond. 1641. oct . written in verse . This is a small thing , and containeth not the same sense with the former . Leicesters Ghost . — in verse also . To both which , tho the name of Rob. Persons Jesuit , is set in the title , yet I cannot any where find that he was the author . Apologetical Epistle to the Lords of her Maj. Council , in defence of his Resolution in Religion . — Printed 1601. oct . Brief apology or defence of the Catholick Ecclesiastical Hierarchy and Subordination in England , erected these later years by P. Clem. 8. and impugned by certain Libels printed and published of late , &c. S. Omer 1601. in oct . Soon after were certain notes wrote on this by Humph. Ely. Manifestation of the folly and bad spirit of certain in England , calling them Secular Priests — Printed 1602. qu. This is called a Libel in a Reply made to it by W. C. printed 1603. qu. And it was animadverted upon by A. C. in his Second Letter to his dis-jesuited Kinsman , concerning the appeal , state , Jesuits , &c. Printed 1602. qu. A Decachordon of 10 Quodlibetical Questions , about the contentions between the Seminary Priests and the Jesuits . — Printed 1602. qu. De perigrinatione lib. 1. Printed in tw . This I have not yet seen , and therefore know not whether it be in Lat. or Engl. The Warnword to Sir Franc. Hastings Wastword . — Pr. 1602. in oct . Answer to O. E. whether Papists ' or Protestants be true Catholicks . — Pr. ( 1603. ) in ect . Treatise of the three conversions from Paganism to Christian Religion — Published under the name of N. D. that is Nic. Doleman , in three Volumes in oct . The first Vol. which containeth two parts of the said treatise , was printed at S. Omers an . 1603. The second Vol. which containeth the third part of the treatise , and an Examen of the Kalender or Catalogue of Protestant Saints , Martyrs , and Confessors , devised by Joh. Fox , &c. for the first six months , was printed at the said place in 1604. And the third Vol. which containeth also the third part of the treatise , and an Examen of the said Kalender of John Fox for the last six months , was printed at the same place in the same year , under the initial Letters of N. D. When the said three Volumes were first published , they were sold in Oxon for 20 shillings , but some years after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. I bought them for 3 sh . The same year ( 1604 ) came out Around answer to Parsons , alias Doleman the Noddy , in qu. but whither to any of the former treatises , I know not . A relation of a trial made before the K. of France , upon the year 1600. between the Bishop of Eureux and the Lord Pleffis Mornay ; about certain points of corrupting and falsifying authors , whereof the said Plessis was openly convicted . S. Omers 1604 in oct . Published under the initial Letters of N. D. A defence of the precedent relation of a conference about Religion — Printed with the Relation of a Trial , &c. Review of ten publick disputations or conferences , held within the compass of four years , under K. Ed. and Q. Mary , concerning some principal points in Religion , especially of the Sacrament and Sacrifice of the Altar . S. Omer 1604. in oct . under the name of N. D. Fore-runner of Bells downfal ; or an answer to Tho. Bells downfal of Popery — Pr. 1605. in oct . An answer to the fifth part of Reports lately set forth by Sir Edw. Coke Knight , the Kings Attorney Gen. &c. S. Omer 1606. in qu. Published under the name of a Cath. Divine . De Sacris alienis non adeundis , quaestiones duae : Ad usum praximque Angliae breviter explicatae . Audomar 1607. in oct . Treatise tending to mitigation towards Cath. Subjects in England , against Tho. Morton — Pr. 1607. qu. The said Morton was afterwards Bishop of Durham . The judgment of a Catholick Gent. concerning K. James his Apology for the oath of Allegiance . S. Omer 1608. in qu. Answered by Will. Barlow Bishop of Lincoln . Sober reckoning with Mr. Tho. Morton — Pr. 1609. qu. Discussion of Mr. Barlowes answer to The judgment of a Catholick Englishman concerning the Oath of Allegiance . S. Omer 1612. This book being almost finished before Persons's death , was afterwards compleated and published by Tho. Fitzherbert . See more in Tho. Fitzherbert under the year 1640. The Liturgy of the Mass , of the Sacrament of the Mass — Pr. 1620. in qu. A memorial for reformation : or , a remembrance for them that shall live when Catholick Religion shall be restored in England , in 3 parts . — 'T is the same , I suppose , that is called The high Court or Council of Reformation for England . The author of it , tho twenty years ( as 't is said ) in compiling it , ( all which time and after , it was secretly kept ) yet it was never printed in his time . 'T was finished by him 1596. and , as I have been informed , 't was published some years after his death . At length a copy of it coming into his hands of Edw. Gee Rector of S. Benedict , near Paul's Wharf in Lond. and Chaplain in Ord. to K. Will. and Qu. Mary , he published it under this title : A Memorial of the Reformation of England ; containing certain notes and advertisements , which seem might be proposed in the first Parliament , and National Council of our Country , after God of his mercy , shall restore it to the Catholick Faith , for the better establishment and preservation of the said Religion . Lond. 1690. oct . To which the said Edw. Gee hath put before it an Introduction , and added some Animadversions . Controversiae nostri temporis in Epitomen redactae . MS. in Baliol coll . Library , written with the authors own hand . In the front of which is this written : Compilator hujusce Epitomes est Robertus Personius , ut patet ex Johanne Rainold● in censura librorum Apochryphorum , praelectione secunda , pag. 22. ex editione Hieronimi Galleri in nobili Openhemio . He also translated from English into the Spanish tongue , A relation of certain Martyrs in England . Madrid 1590. oct . At length after he had spent his life in continual agitation for the cause , gave up the ghost at Rome 15 Ap. according to the accompt there followed , which is the fifth day of the same month with us , in sixteen hundred and ten , and was buried in the Church or Chappel belonging to the English coll . year 1610 there . Soon after was a monument put over his Grave , with a large inscription thereon , which for brevity sake I shall now pass by . In the Rectorship of the said English coll . succeeded Tho. Owen a Welsh-man . RICHARD KNOLLES of the same family with those of his name , living at Cold-Ashby in Northamptonshire , made his first entry into this University , in 1560. or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts four years after , and then was elected Fellow of Lincoln college , where , after he had proceeded in that faculty , did purpose to perform ( if God granted him life ) something that might be profitable to the Christian Commonwealth , as in time God should give him means and occasions . In the mean while Sir Peter Manwood of S. Stephens near to Canterbury , Knight of the Bath , minding to be a favourer of his studies , called him from the University , and was by 〈◊〉 preferred to be Master of the Free-School at Sandwich in Kent , where being settled , he did much good in his Profession , and sent many Young men to the Universities . And tho he was there in a world of troubles and cares , and in a place that afforded no means of comfort to proceed in great works , yet he performed much for the benefit of History at his vacant hours , upon the desire of the said Sir Peter , as it doth appear by these his works following . The history of the Turks , Lond. 1610. &c. fol. which book he composed in about 12 years time . And tho it all goes under his name , yet some there be that think he was not the sole author of it , because therein are found divers translations of Arabick Histories , in which Language he was not at all seen , as some that knew him have averr'd . In other editions of this book , for there have been at least five , it beareth this title , The general History of the Turks , from the first beginning of that Nation , to the rising of the Ottoma● Family , &c. It hath been continued from Knolles's death by several hands ; and one continuation was made from the year 1628. to the end of the year 1637. collected out of the dispatches of Sir Pet. Wyche Kt. Embass . at ●onstantinople , and others , by Tho. Nabbes a writer ( for the most part comical ) to the English Stage in the Reign of K. Ch. 1. A continuation of the Turkish Hist . from 1623. to 1677. was made by Paul Rycaut Esq late Consul at Smyrna — Lond. 1679. The Lives and Conquests of the Ottoman Kings and Emperours , to the year 1610. Lond. 1621. Continued from that time ( 1610. ) to 1621. by another hand . A brief discourse of the greatness of the Turkish Empire , and where the greatest strength thereof consisteth , &c. Grammat . Latine , Graecae & Hebr. compendium , cum radicibus . Lond. in oct . He also translated from the French and Lat. copies into English , The six books of a Common-wealth . Lond. 1606. fol. written by Joh. Bodin a famous Lawyer . At length this our author Knolles dying at Sandwich , before he had quite attained to the age of Man , in sixteen hundred and ten , year 1610 was buried in St. Maries Church there , on the second of July the same year , leaving behind him the character of an industrious , learned , and religious person . FRANCIS HASTINGS , fifth Son of Francis Earl of Huntingdon , was born , as it seems , in Leicestershire , where his Father mostly lived , educated in Madg. coll . under the tuition of Dr. Laur. Humphrey , in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's Reign , from whom sucking in many Calvinistical Opinions , proved , when he was ripe in years , a severe Puritan and Predestinatian , ( as his elder Brother George was , who was trained up at Geneva under Theod. Beza , ) and a most zealous Man for the reformed Religion . Two other Brothers also were as zealous for the Church of Rome , yet all for a time lived friendly together . Afterwards our author Francis was Knighted by Q. Elizabeth , and being several times chosen a Parliament-man in her Reign , became a frequent Speaker in them , and at first a violent Man against the Papists , tho afterwards a favourer , especially at that time when he and Sir Rich. Knightly of Northamptonshire presented a Petition to the Parliament for favour , or a toleration to be given to them . Whereby it appeared then to the observer , that the Putitan could joyn with the Papist against the Church of England . He was a learned Gentleman , well read in authors , especially in those relating to the controversies between the Protestants and Papists , as it appears by his works , the titles of which follow . The Watchword to all true-hearted English-men . Lond. 1598. oct . Which title did imitate that belonging to a book printed at Lond. in qu. an . 1584. running thus , A Watchword to England to beware of Traytors , and treacherous practices , &c. But the Watchword of Sir F. Hastings being answered by Nic. Doleman alias Rob. Persons in his Temperate Wardword , our author came out with . An a●●logy or defence of the Watchword , against the virulent and seditious Wardword , published by an English Spaniard under the title of N. D. Lond. 1600 qu. In which year came out also another book in defence of Hastings , intit . A brief reply to a certain odious and scandalous Libel , lately published by a seditious Jesuit calling himself , N. D. &c. entit . A temperate Wardword . — Printed at Lond. in qu. but who the author of it was , I know not . Another also who writes himself O. E. published a second reply the same year against the said Temperate Wardword . Against which , or another book relating to the said controversie , came out , A confutation of a vaunting challenge made by O. E. unto N. D. Pr. 1603. in oct . written by W. R. a Rom. Catholick . Our author Sir Francis also wrote , The Wastword , &c. — Pr. at Lond. 1601. oct . Answer'd by Persons's book called The Warnword , an . 1602. Meditations . — Printed several times in 16o. Several Speeches in Parliament . — Some of which are printed in H. Townshends Collections . Remonstrance to his Majesty and Privy Council on the behalf of persecuted Protestants , setting forth his Maj. interest , laying safely in protecting them , and incouraging the preaching of the Gospel , and in being more watchful against the Papists . — MS. in qu. Discourse of Predestination . — MS. in the hands of the present Earl of Huntingdon , with other things . All or most of which books were written at North-Cadbury in Somersetshire , where he mostly lived after he was married , being also a Justice of Peace for that County . He died in the month of Sept. in sixteen hundred and ten , year 1610 and was buried on the 22. of the said month in the Chancel of N. Cadbury Church , near to the body of his Lady , who died 14. June 1596. To the memory of whom , Sir Francis put up a Monument in the wall over her grave , with an inscription thereon , engraven on a Brass plate , leaving then a blank for his own Name to be put after his death , but was never performed . NATHANIEL POWNOLL , a Kentish Man born , ( in , or near , Canterbury , ) was entred a Batler of Broadgates hall in Michaelmas-Term , an . 1599. aged 15. and two years after was made a Student of Ch. Ch. where being an indefatigable plodder at his book , and running through with wonderful diligence all the forms of Philosophy , took the degree of M. of Arts , an . 1607. His life , as it deserved well of all , so it was covetous of no Man's commendation , himself being as far from pride , as his desert was near it . He lived constantly in the University 10 years , in which time he learned eight Languages , watched often , daily exercised , always studied , insomuch that he made an end of himself in an over fervent desire to benefit others . And tho he had , out of himself , sweat all his Oyl for his Lamp , and had laid the Sun a-bed by his labours , yet he never durst adventure to do that , after all these studies done and ended , which our young Novices , doing nothing , count nothing to do ; but still thought himself as unfit , as he knew all men were unworthy , of so high an Honour , as to be the Angels of God. And since in him so great examples of piety , knowledge , industry , and unaffected modesty have been long since fallen asleep , there is no other way left but to commend the titles of his Monuments to posterity , which are these . The young Divines Apology for his continuance in the University . Meditations on the Sacred Calling of the Ministry . Comment or Meditation on the first seven Penitential Psalms of David . His daily Sacrifice . — All which were printed at Cambridge , an . 1612. and the two first at Oxon. 1658. oct . He died in the prime of his years , to the great grief of those who well knew his piety and admirable parts , about the year sixteen hundred and ten , year 1610 but where buried , unless in the Cath. of Ch. Ch. I know not . One Nathaniel Pownoll of the City of Bristow Gent. Registrarie of the Diocess of Bristow died 28. March 1611. and was buried in the Chancel of Little S. Austins Church there , but of what kin he was to the former , I know not . NICHOLAS HILL , a native of the City of London , was educated in Grammaticals in Merchant-Taylors School , in Academicals in St. Johns coll . of which he became Scholar in 1587. and in that of his age 17. In 1592. he took a degree in Arts , being then Fellow of that house , left it before he proceeded in that Faculty , and applying himself to the study of the Lullian doctrine , became most eminent in it . About that time he was a great favourite of Edward the poetical 〈…〉 of Oxford , spent some time with him , while 〈◊〉 co●●umed his Estate beyond the Sea and at home . After that count's death , or rather before , he was taken into the re●●●ue of that most noble and generous person Henry 〈◊〉 of Northumberland , with whom he conti●ued for some time in great esteem . At length being suspected to comply with certain Traytors against K. James fled beyond the Seas and there died . He hath written a book intit . Philosophia Epicurca , Democritana , T 〈…〉 a simpliciter , non e 〈…〉 a Par. 1601. 〈…〉 Dedicated to his little Son Laurence Hill. 〈…〉 edit . and perhaps with others , is printed , 〈…〉 prae 〈…〉 io cui 〈…〉 hands of his Widdow , various matters under his own hand-writing , but nothing that I can learn , fit for the Press . Among them are imperfect papers concerning the Eternity , infinity , &c. of the World , and others of the Essence of God , &c. Some of which coming into the hands of William Backhouse of Swallowfield in Berks. Esq from the Widdow of the said Nich. Hill , living behind Bow Church in London , about 1636. various copies were taken of them , and Edm. Earl of Mulgrave about that time having a copy , another was taken thence by one Dr. Joh. Everard , part of which I have seen under another hand . This is all , of truth , that I know of Nich. Hill , only that his name is mentioned by * Ben. Johnson thus . — Those Atomi ridiculous , Whereof old Democrite , and Hill Nicholis , One said , the other swore , the World consists . There are several traditions going from Man to Man concerning this Nich. Hill , one of which is this , that while he was Secretary to the Earl of Oxford before-mentioned , he , among other accompts , brought in this to him , Item for making a man. 10l . — 0 — 0. Which , he being required to explain by the Count , he said he had meerly out of charity given that summ to a poor man , who had several times told him , that ten pounds would make him a man. Another is this , which I had from Dr. Joseph Maynard , sometimes Rector of Exeter coll . ( younger Brother to Sir Joh. Maynard Serjeant at Law , ) who had it from Mr. Rob. Hues author of the book De Globis , ( an intimate acquaintance of Hill , ) while he continued in Oxon in his last days , that is to say , That he was one of those learned men who lived with the Earl of Northumberland , that he fell into a Conspiracy with one Basset , who pretended some right to the Crown . Vpon which he was forced to fly into Holland , where he setled at Roterdam , with his Son Laurence , and practiced Physick . At length his said Son dying there of the Plague , did so much afflict him , that he went into an Apothecaries shop , swallowed poyson , and died in the place , &c. which by several is supposed to be about sixteen hundred and ten . year 1610 But leaving these reports to such that delight in them , and are apt to snap at any thing to please themselves , I shall only say that our author Hill was a person of good parts , but humorous , that he had a peculiar and affected way , different from others , in his writings , that he entertained fantastical notions in Philosophy , and that as he had lived most of his time in the Romish Perswasion , so he died , but cannot be convinced that he should die the death of a Fool or a Madman . WILLIAM GAGER was elected a Student of Ch. Church from Westminster School in 1574. took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards entring on the Law line , took the degrees in that Faculty also , in 1589. About which time , being famed for his excellencies therein , became Chancellour of the Diocess of Ely , and much respected by the Bishop thereof Dr. Martin Heton . He was an excellent Poet , ( especially in the Lat. tongue , as several copies of verses , printed occasionally in various books , shew , ) and reputed the best Comedian of his time , whether it was Edward Earl of Oxford , Will. Rowley the once ornament for wit and ingenuity of Pembroke hall in Cambridge , Rich. Edwards , Joh. Lylie , Tho. Lodge , Geor. Gascoigne , Will. Shakspeare , Tho. Nash , or Joh. Heywood . He was also a man of great gifts , a good Scholar , and an honest person , and ( as it should seem by Dr. Joh. Rainolds's several answers and replies to what this Doctor hath written , ) hath said more for the defence of Plays than can be well said again by any Man that should succeed or come after him . The cause for the defence of Plays was very wittily and Scholarlike maintained between the said two Doctors for some time , but upon the rejoynder of Rainolds , Gager did let go his hold , and in a Christian modesty and humility yielded to the truth , and quite altered his judgment . He hath written several Plays , among which are , Ulysses redux . Rivales . Both which were several times acted in the large Refectory , of Ch. Ch. but whether ever printed , I cannot yet tell . The last was acted before Albert Alaskie Prince of Sirad , a most learned Polonian , in June 1583. in which year he purposely came into England , to do his devotions to , and admire the wisdom of , Queen Elizabeth . After he had beheld and heard the Play with great delight in the said Refectory , he gave many thanks in his own person to the author . Meleager , Trag. Written also in Latin , as the two former were , and acted publickly in Ch. Ch. hall , an . 1581. or thereabouts , before the Earl of Pembroke , Rob. Earl of Leicester Chanc. of the Univ. of Ox. Sir Ph. Sidney , and many other considerable persons . This Tragedy giving great delight , was shortly after acted there again , and at length in 1592. 't was printed at Oxon in oct . to the great content of Scholars . A copy of the said Tragedy , with two letters , being sent by the author to Dr. Jo. Rainolds , ( in which letters , as I conceive , were many things said in defence of Theatre sights , Stage-plays , &c. ) the said Doctor drew up an answer , dated at Queens coll . 10. Jul. 1592. Whereupon our author Gager making a reply , with a desire to Rainolds to forbear any farther writing against him , yet Rainolds came out with a rejoynder in July 1593. As for Gagers letters and reply , I think they were not printed , for among my searches , I could never see a copy of them . The answer of Rainolds with his rejoynder , I am sure were printed under the title of , The overthrow of Stage-plays , &c. This is all that I know of our author Gager , only that he was living in , or near to , the City of Ely , in sixteen hundred and ten , and that he wrote the Latine Epistle before the book of verses made by the University of Oxon. intit . Exequiae D. Philippi Sidnaei . Oxon. 1587. qu. In which book also he hath copies of verses on the death of that famous Knight ; who , while he was in being , had a very great respect for the learning and virtues of Gager ; of whom you may see more in Joh. Rainolds , under the year 1607. and in Will. Heale , who next follows . In 1615. was published a book at London in qu. intit . A refutation of the Apology for Actors , but by whom written I know not , for only the two letters J. G. are set to it . WILLIAM HEALE , a zealous maintainer of the honour of the Female Sex , was a Devonian born , being originally descended from an ancient and gentile Family of his name , living at South-Heale in the same County , became a Sojourner of Exeter coll . in 1599. aged 18. took the degrees in Arts , and became Chaplain-Fellow of that house , wherein he wrote and compiled , An apology for Woman : Or , an opposition to Mr. Doctor G. ( Gager ) his assertion , who held in the Act at Oxon. an . 1608. That it was lawful for Husbands to beat their Wives . Oxon. 1609. qu. What preferment he afterwards had in the Church , or whether he wrote any thing else , I find not . He was always esteemed an ingenious Man , but weak , as being too much devoted to the fem . Sex. ALBERICUS GENTILIS , the most noted and famous Civilian , and the grand ornament of the University in his time , Brother to the eminent writer Scipio Gentilis , and both the Sons of Matthew Gentilis Doctor of Physick , by Lucretia his Wife , was born at La Chastell St. Genes in a Province of Italy called La Marca d' Ancona , educated mostly in the University of Perugia , where being made Doctor of the Civil Law , in 1572. aged 21. soon after left his Country for Religion sake , with his Father and younger Brother Scipio before-mentioned . The Father and Scipio setled in Germany , but Albericus going into England found relief from several persons in London , and , by recommendations , obtained the patronage of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester , Chancellour of the University of Oxon. But our learned author being desirous to lead an Academical life , he procured the Chancellours letters for that purpose , dated 24. Nov. 1580. wherein it appears , that he left his Country for Religion sake , and that his desire was to bestow some time in reading and other exercises of his profession in the Vniversity , &c. Soon after the date of the said letters , he journeyed to Oxon , and by the favour of Dr. Dan. Donne Principal of New Inn , and his successor Mr. Price , he had a convenient Chamber allowed to him in the said Inn , and not only Monies given towards his maintenance by several Societies , but soon after 6 l. — 13 s. — 4 d. per an . from the common Chest of the University . In the latter end of 1580 , he was incorporated Doctor of the Civil Law of this University , as he had stood before in that of Perugia ; and after he had continued some years in the said Inn , where he wrote certain books , and laid the foundation of others ( of which the Students thereof have gloried in my hearing ) he receeded either to C. C. coll . or to Ch. Ch. and became the flower of the University for his profession . In 1587. the Queen gave a him the Lecture of the Civil Law for his farther incouragement , which he executed for about 24 years with great applause . As for the books by him published , which speak him most learned beyond the Seas , were all written in the University of Oxon ; the titles of which are these . De juris interpretibus , dialogi sex . Lond. 1582. qu. Dedicated to Rob. E. of Leicester , being the authors first fruits of his lucubrations . Lectionum & Epistolarum quae ad jus civile pertinent lib. 1. Lond. 1583. oct . De legationibus lib. 3. Lond. 1585. qu. Hannov. 1607. oct . Legalium comitiorum Oxoniensium actio . Lond. 1585. oct . De nascendi tempore disputatio . Witeberg . 1586. oct . De diversis temporum appellationibus liber . Witeberg . 1586. oct . Condicionum lib. unus . Lond. 1587. oct . De jure belli cemmentatio prima . Lugd. Bat. 1588. qu. &c. De jure belli com . sec . Lond. 1588. qu. &c. De jure belli com . ter . Lond. 1589. qu. &c. De injustitiâ bellicá Romanorum actio . Ox. 1590. qu. Before which is an Epistle dedic . to Rob. Earl of Essex , wherein the author saith , that he had then lying by him fit for the Press , Defensio Romanorum , & disputatio de ipsorum justitia bellica . But whether afterwards printed I cannot tell . De Armis Romanis , libri duo . Hannov. 1599. oct . &c. Disputationes duae . 1. De Actoribus & Spectatoribus fabularum non notandis . 2. De abusu mendacii . Hannov. 1599. oct . &c. Duae literae ad Joh. Rainoldum de Ludis Scenicis . Middleb . 1599. Ox. 1629. qu. They are at the end of a book called , The overthrow of Stage-plays . See more in Jo. Rainolds and Will. Gager . Ad primum Macbaeorum disputatio . Franc. 1600. qu. It follows the notes of Joh. Drusius made on the said book . De linguarum mixturâ , disputatio pàrergica . This disputation , with the other immediately going before , are remitted into the fifth vol. of Criticks , p. 8073 , 8093. Disputationum de nuptiis libri vii . Hannov. 1601. oct . &c. Lectionis Virgilianae variae liber . Hannov. 1603. Written to Rob. Gentilis his Son. Ad tit . cod . de Maleficis & Math. de caeteris similibus commentarius . Hannov. 1604. Item Argumenti ejusd . commentatio ad lib. 3. cod . de professoribus & medicis . Han. 1604. Laudes Academiae Perusianae & Oxoniensis . Hanov. 1605. oct . Dedicated to Dr. Ralph Hutchinson President of S. Johns coll . by Rob. Gentilis his Son , then a Student in that house . Disputationes tres . 1. De libris juris Canonici . 2. De libris juris Civilis . 3. De latinitate veteris Bibliorum versionis male accusatâ . Hannov. 1605. oct . Disp . 3. 1. De ●●testate Regis absolutâ . 2. De unione Regnorum Britanniae . 3. De vi Civium in Regem semper injustâ . Lond. 1605. qu. In Titulos codicis , si quis Imperatori maledixerit , ad legem juliam majestatis , disputationes decem . Hannov. 1607. Epistola ad Joh. Howsonum S. T. P. In which Epistle our author doth learnedly interpose his judgment concerning Dr. Pyes book of divorce . Printed at the end of Dr. Burhills book intit . In controversiarum , &c. an . 1606. qu. See more in Tho. Pye , an . 1609. and in Rob. Burhill , an . 1641. The Reader is to note , that besides the answers of Pye and Gentilis , one Joh. Dove did prepare a third answer , but whether it was ever printed , I cannot tell . Hispanicae advocationis libri 2. Hannov. 1613. qu. Comm. in tit . Digestorum & verborum significatione . Hannov. 1614. qu. Discourse of Marriages by proxy — Written to Egerton L. Chancellour of England . These are all , and enough too , that I have seen written by this eminent Doctor Gentilis , and whether any title is omitted , I cannot justly say it . He concluded his last day in the beginning of the year ( either in the latter end of March , or beginning of Apr. ) in sixteen hundred and eleven , year 1611 but where buried , unless in the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , is yet uncertain . I have seen a copy of his * Will , written in Italian , dat . 14. June 1608. wherein he desires his body to be buried in the place , and in such manner , as his Fathers was , as deep and as near to him as may be , &c. Where his Father Matth. Gentilis died , or was buried , it doth not yet appear to me . Sure it is , if the information of Sir Giles Sweit , LL. D. who well remembred Alb. Gentilis , be right , it is evident , that he the said Alb. Gentilis died in Oxon. He left behind him a Widdow named Hester , who afterwards lived at Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire , where she died in 1648. ( ult . Car. 1. ) and two Sons Robert and Matthew , the first of which , being afterwards a translatot of books , I shall elsewhere remember . RICHARD MULCASTER , Son of Will. Mulcaster of Carlile in Cumberland Esq was born in that City , or at least in the County , educated in Grammaticals in Eaton School near Windsore , elected Scholar of Kings coll . in Cambridge , in 1548. took one degree in Arts there , retired afterwards to Oxon , where he was elected Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1555. and the next year being incorporated Bach. of Arts here , was licensed to proceed in that Faculty in Dec. 1556. Which degree being compleated by his standing in the Act celebrated 5. Jul. in the year following ▪ he became eminent among the Oxonians for his rare and profound skill in the Greek tongue . Afterwards spending more than 4 years in Oxon , in a continual drudgery at his book , made so great proficiency in several sorts of learning , which was exceedingly advanced by his excellencies in Grammar , Poetry , and Philology , that he was unanimously chosen Master of the School erected in London 1561. in the Parish of St. Lawrence Pountney by the worshipful Company of the Merchant-Taylors of that City . In which place exercising his gifts in a most admirable way of instruction , till 1586. ( 28. Elizah . ) in all which time it happily prospered under his vigilancy , St. Johns coll . in Oxon was supplied with such hopeful plants , that it soon after flourished , and became a fruitful Nursery . In 1596. he succeeded one Joh. Harrison in the chief Mastership of St. Pauls School in London , ( being then Prebendary of Yatesbury in the Church of Sarum , ) and soon after ( if not happily before ) had the rich Parsonage of Stanford-Rivers in Essex bestowed on him by Q. Elizabeth , which he kept to his dying day . He hath written , Positions , wherein those primitive circumstances be examined , which are necessary for the training up of Children , either for skill in their book , or health in their body . Lond. 1581. 87. qu. The first part of the Elementary , which intreateth chiefly of the true writing of the English tongue . Lond. 1582. qu. Whether there was a second part published I know not , for I have not yet seen such a thing . Catechismus Paulinus , in usum Scholae Paulinae conscriptus . Lond. 1599. 1601. &c. oct . Written in long and short vers . He died at Stanford-Rivèrs before-mentioned , 15. Apr. in sixteen hundred and eleven , year 1611 ( having resign'd Pauls School 3 years before , ) and was buried 26. of the same month in the Chancel of the Church there , under a stone , which he two years before had laid for his Wife Katherine , on which he caused to be engraven , that she was Wife to Richard Mulcaster , by ancient parentage and lineal descent an Esquire born , who by the most famous Q. Elizabeth's prerogativegift was made Parson of this Church , &c. JAMES COOK , who writes himself Cocus , received his first breath at Chale in the Isle of Wight , his Grammatical education in Wykehams School , his Academical in New coll . of which he became perpetual Fellow in 1592. being then accounted a good Latin Poet , as several of his copies , which afterwards were printed , testifie . In 1608. he proceeded in the Civil Law , being about that time Rector of Houghton in Hampshire , and in good esteem for his profession and excellencies in the Greek tongue . His works are , Juridicum trium questionum ad majestatem pertinentium determinatio , in quarum primâ & ultimâ processus judicialis contra H. Garnetum institutus ex jure civili & canonico defendetur , &c. Oxon. 1608. qu. Dedicated to Bilson Bishop of Winchester , to whom he was then Chaplain . Poematavaria . year 1611 He gave up the ghost in sixteen hundred and eleven , but where buried , unless in his Church of Houghton , I know not . One James Co●k of Warwick Chirurgeon , and a pretender to Physick , hath published certain matters relating to Physick and Chirurgery , in the Reign of Oliver and after ; and therefore not to be taken for the same with the Civilian . JOHN BLAGRAVE , the second Son of John Blagrave of Bulmarsh Court , near to Sonnyng in Berkshire , by Ann his Wife Daughter of Sir Auth. Hungerford of Downe-Ampney in Gloucestershire Knight , was born in Berks. educated in School-learning at Reading , in Philosophical among the Oxonians , particularly , as it seems , in St. John's coll . about the time of its first Foundation . But leaving Oxon without the honour of a degree , retired to his Patrimony which was at Southcote Lodge in the Parish of S. Mary at Reading , and prosecuted with great Zeal his Mathematical Genie to so considerable an height , that he was esteemed the flower of Mathematicians of his age . He hath written and published these books following . A mathematical Jewel , shewing the making and most excellent use of an Instrument so called : the use of which Jewel , is so aboundant , that it leadeth the direct path-way through the whole art of Astronomy , Cosmography , Geography , &c. Lond. 1585. fol. Of the making and use of the Familier Staff so called , as well for that it may be made usually and familiarly to walk with , as for that it performeth the Geometrical mensurations of all altitudes , &c. Lond. 1590. qu. Astrolabium Vranicum generale . A necessary and pleasant Solace and Recreation for Navigators in their long journeying , containing the use of an Instrument or general Astrolabe , &c. compiled 1596. — Printed in qu. The Art of Dyalling in two parts . The first shewing plainly , &c. Lond. 1609. qu. with other things as 't is probable which I have not yet seen . This worthy Mathematician , who had a most generous love for his kindred , gave way to fate in sixteen hundred and eleven , year 1611 and was buried in the Church of S. Laurence within the antient Borough of Reading . Soon after was a fair Monument erected in the Wall ( with his Bust to the middle ) over-against the Desk there , where his Mother was before buried . Part of the Epitaph which is engraven under his said Bust or proportion , runs thus . Johannes Blagravius totus Matthematicus , cum matre Sepultus : Obiit 9. Aug. 1611. Here lyes his Corps , which living had a Spirit , Wherein much worthy knowledge did inherit . By which , with zeal , one God he did adore , Left for Maid-Servants , and to feed the Poor , &c. From one of the brethren of this Mathematician , was descended Daniel Blagrave a Counsellour at Law , who running with the rout in the beginning of the Rebellion , was chosen a Burgess for Reading , to serve as a Recruiter in the Parliament , began at Westminster 3. Nov. 1640. About the same time he was made Steward of Reading and Treasurer of Berks , and had given to him the Exegenters Office of the Common Pleas , then esteemed 500 l. per an . Afterwards he was one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. bought the Kings Fee-Farm of the great Mannor of Sonnyng before-mentioned , and other Estates at very easie rates , was Master extraordinary in Chancery , a constant Rumper , and a great persecutor of the ministers in and near , Reading , especially when an Act of Parliament issued out for the ejection of such , whom they then ( 1654. ) called Scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . At length upon the approach of his Majesties Restauration , in 1659-60 he fled from the justice , retired to Acon in Germany , where living some years under a disguised name , died in an obscure condition , an . 1668. and was buried in a certain piece of ground , somewhat distant from that City , appointed to receive the bodies of such whom they there call Hereticks . RALPH BUCKLAND , an Esquires Son , was born of , and descended from , an antient and gentile family of his name ( living at West-Harptre ) in Somersetshire , became a Commoner of Mag. coll . in Mich. term , 1579. aged 15 or thereabouts , but before he took a degree , he went to London and studied the municipal Laws for some time . At length being inflam'd with a love to the Rom. Cath. Religion , he left his Parents , Country , and the prospect of a fair Inheritance , ( for he was the first Heir to his Father ) and went forthwith ( by the instigation without doubt of some Priest ) to the English coll . at Rheimes ; in which place , and at Rome he spent about 7 years in the eager obtaining of knowledge in Philosophy and Divinity . Afterwards being made Priest and sent into the mission of England , lived chiefly , I presume , in his own Country , and spent above 20. years in doing offices belonging to his profession . The things that he hath written and published are these . Seven sparks of the enkindled Soul. Four lamentations , which composed in the hard times of Qu. Elizabeth , may be used at all times , when the Church happeneth to be extreamly pesecuted . ●Drawn out of the holy Scriptures after the form of Psalms . — Printed in twelves . In the Title , or end , of these two little things ( with which was printed A Jesus Psalter , but by whom written , or published it appears not ) there is no place or time mentioned , where , or when , they were printed , neither is the Epistle dedicatory to his Mother B. B. dated : However that they were printed after K. James 1. came to the Crown of England , appears in the first Psalm p. 12. thus By the hand of thy great Servant James , Shake off our Yoake : that we may find him an honourable Comforter , — Beautifie him with a name , more precious than his Crown : by the true name of a good King , &c. A Copy of the said two little things , which contain Ejaculations very full of most servent devotion for the reconcilement of England and Scotland to the Rom. Church , coming afterwards into the hands of the most learned Dr. Vsher Primate of Ireland , he took occasion in a * Sermon preached in S. Maries Church in Oxon , 5. Nov. 1640. to tell the learned Auditory then present , that the said two books having been printed at Rome in 1603. or thereabouts , the Gunpowder-Treason which was discovered two years after in England , was then there known , and Prayers sent up to God Almighty for a prosperous success thereof , from certain passages therein ( drawn , as 't is said in the title , out of the holy Scripture ) which he then publickly read before them , some , i' not all , of which are these . — Psal. 2. p. 25 confirm their hearts in hope : for the redemption is not far off . The year of visitation draweth to an end : and jubulation is at hand . — Psal. 2. p. 32. But the memory of novelties shall perish with a crack : as a ruinous house falling to the ground . — Ibid. p. 33. He will come as a flame that burneth out beyond the Furnace , &c. His fury shall fly forth as Thunder . — Psal. 4. p. 54. The crack was heard into all Lands ; and made Nations quake for fear . — Ibid. p. 66. In a moment canst thou crush her bones , &c. All which passages , delivered from the Pulpit , by that learned and godly Archbishop , being then generally believed , I must make bold to tell the Reader , being an eager pursuer of Truth , that by the several Copies of the said Books which I have seen , it doth not appear at all , that they were printed at Rome , or elsewhere : and if it may really be guessed by the make or mould of the Letter , wherewith they were printed , I should rather take them ( as one or more Doctors of this University do the like ) to have been printed , either at Rheimes or Doway , or not unlikely at Antwerp ; for at Rome there were seldome before that time , then , or since , such sine or clear letters used , as , by multitudes of Books , which I have seen , that were printed at that place , appears , nor indeed ever were , or are , any English Books printed there . Our author Buckland hath also written , An Embassage from Heaven , wherein our Lord Christ giveth to understand his indignation against all such , as being catholickly minded , dare yeild their presence to the rites and publick prayers of the Malignant Church — Printed in octavo , but where , or when , it appears not , either in the beginning , or end , of the said Book . He also translated from Lat. into English a Book entit . De persecutione Vandelica . lib. 3. Written by Victor Bishop of Biserte or Benserte in Africa . Which Bishop was in great renown according to Bellarmine † an . Ch. 490. Also the six Tomes of Laur. Surius entit . De vitis Sanctorum . Which translation I have seen often quoted , under the name of Robert ( instead of Ralph ) Buckland . What else our zealous Author hath written and translated , I find not as yet , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying in sixteen hundred and eleven , year 1611 was buried , I presume , in his own Country near to the Graves of his Ancestors , who were all zealous R. Catholicks , but since not . He left behind him among the Brethren the character of a most pious and seraphical person , a person who went beyond all of his time for fervent devotion . FRANCIS THYNNE was lineally descended from Thom. at the Inne , otherwise Thynne , of Stretton in Shropshire , Son of Ralph Botevill of the same place , descended from an ancient and gentile Family of his name living elsewhere , was educated in Grammaticals in Tunbridge School in Kent , ( in which County , as it seems , he was born , ) where being fitted for higher learning by Jo. Proctor Master thereof , ( whom I have mentioned elsewhere , ) was thence sent to this University , at which time several of his Sirname of Wilts , studied there , and one of both his names , and a Knight's Son of the same County , was a Commoner of Magd. coll . in 1577. Whether our author Franc. Thynne went afterwards to Cambridge , or was originally a Student there before he came to Oxon , I cannot justly say it . Sure it is , that his Genie tempting him to leave the crabbedness of Logick and Philosophy , and to embrace those delightful studies of Histories and Genealogies , he became at length one of the Officers of Arms , by the title of Blanch-Lyon , and afterwards Herald by that of Lancaster , which he kept to his dying day . His works are , The Annals of Scotland in some part , continued from the time in which Ra. Holinshed left , being an . 1571. unto the year 1586. Lond. 1586. fol. There are also the catalogues of the Protectors , Governours or Regents of Scotland during the King's Minority , or the Minority of several Kings , or their insufficiency of Government . There are also the catalogues of all Dukes of Scotland by creation or descent , of the Chancellours of Scotland , Archbishops of St. Andrews , and divers writers of Scotland . Catalogue of English Cardinals . — Set down in R. Holinsheds Chron. at the end of Q. Mary : Used and followed in many things by Francis Bishop of Landaff , in his Cat. or Hist . of them , at the end of his book De Praesubibus Angliae Com. Cat. of the Lord Chancellours of England . — MS. From which , as also from the endeavours made that way by Rob. Glover sometimes Somerset Herald , and of Tho. Talbot formerly Clerk of the Records in the Tower of London , John Philpot , Som. Herald , did frame his Cat. of the Chanc. of England , &c. Lond. 1636. qu. The perfect Embassador , treating of the antiquity , privileges and behaviour of men belonging to that function , &c. — This was published in 12o. in the times of the late Usurpation , and therefore is supposed to be very imperfect . A discourse of Arms , wherein is shewed the blazon , and cause of divers English , Forreign , and devised Coats , together with certain Ensigns , Banners , Devises , and Supporters , of the Kings of England . — MS. sometimes in the Library of Ralph Sheldon of Beoly Esq now ( by his gift 1684. ) among the books of the College of Arms near St. Pauls Cath. in London . The beginning of this MS. written to Sir Will. Cecyll Lord Burghley , is this , I present unto your rare judgment ( right honourable and my singular good Lord ) no vulgar conceit of Armory , &c. The discourse is dated from Clarkenwell-Green , 5. Jan. 1593. Several collections of Antiquities , notes concerning Arms , monumental Inscriptions , &c. — MS. in Cottons Lib. under Cleopatra . C. 3. p. 62. Miscellanies of the Treasury . — MS. written to Tho. Lord Buckhurst , an . 1599. Epitaphia , sive monumenta Sepulchrorum Anglicè & Latinè , quam Gallicè . — MS. in a thin fol. in the hands of Sir Henry St. George Clarenceaux K. of Arms. The said Inscriptions , with Arms and Epitaphs , were collected in his travels through several parts of England , and through some of France , and have been ever acceptable to such curious men , and Antiquaries , that have had the happiness to see them . Several of his collections were transferred to obscure hands , which without doubt would be useful if they might be perused ; but 't is feared by some , that they are turned to waste paper . I have seen divers collections of Monuments , made by him from Peterborough Cath. in 1592. several of which Mon. were lost and defaced before Sir Will. Dugdale , or Sim. Gunton made their respective surveys of that ancient Edifice , an . 1640. 41. What other things our author Thynne hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him , year 1611 only that he died in sixteen hundred and eleven . But that which I have forgotten to let the Reader know farther of him , is , that he had several Notes on , and corrections of , Chaucer's Works lying by him ; with the helps of which , he did intend to put out that author , with a comment in our English tongue , as the Italians have Peteark and others in their language . But he having been taken off from that good work , he did assist Tho. Speght of Cambridge with his notes and directions , as also with considerable materials for the writing Chaucer's life . Whereupon the said Speght published that author again in 1602. ( having in the former edition 1597. had the notes and corrections of Joh. Stow the Chronologer for his assistance , ) whereby most of Chaucer's old Words were restored , and Proverbs and Sentences marked . See more in Will. Thynne , under the year 1542. from whom , if I mistake not , this Francis was descended . THOMAS HOLLAND was born at Ludlow in Shropshire , elected Socius Sacerdotalis , commonly called Chaplain Fellow of Balliol coll . 13. Jan. 1573. being then Bach. of Arts , and a most noted disputant in that house , and in 1575. proceeding in that Faculty , he became a solid Preacher . Afterwards he took the degrees in Divinity , left his Fellowship in 1583. succeeded Dr. Humphrey in the Divinity-chair 1589. and Glasier in the Rectory of Exeter coll . an . 1592. In which house continuing almost 20 years , appeared in sight under him at one time these noted Scholars , Edw. Chetwind , Dan. and Samp. Price , Rich. Carpenter , Tho. Winniff , Joh. Flemmyng , Joh. Standard , Joh. Whetcombe , Joh. Prideaux , &c. all Doctors of Divinity . Sim. Baskervill , Rob. Vilvaine , &c. eminent Physicians , with others , to the great credit of our common Mother . This learned Dr. Holland did not , as some , only sip of learning , or at the best drink thereof , but was mersus in Libris ; so that the Scholar in him , drown'd almost all other relations . He was esteemed by the precise men of his time , and after , another Apollos , mighty in Scriptures , and so familiar with the Fathers , as if he himself was a Father , and in the Schoolmen , as if he had been a Seraphical Doctor . He hath published , Oratio cum Henricus Episc . Sarisburiensis gradum Doctoris susceperet habita . Oxon. 1599. qu. Serm. on Matth. 12. 42. Oxon. 1601. qu. He had also a considerable hand in the translation of the Bible , appointed by K. Jam. 1. an . 1604. and left behind him at his death , several things fit for the Press . He departed this mortal life on the 17. of March in sixteen hundred and eleven , and was on the 26. of the said month ( an . 1612. ) buried in the Chancel of St. Maries Church in Oxon ; where being then present all the degrees of the University , Dr. Kilbie Rector of Linc. coll . laid open to them , in a Sermon , the great learning and vertues of him the said Dr. Holland . JOHN FENNE , a noted translator from Lat. and Ital. into English , and from English into Latin , was born at Mountacute near Wells in Somersetshire , educated in the rudiments of Grammer and Musick , in the condition of a Choirister within the Precincts of the Cathedral there . Afterwards at riper years he was sent by his Relations to Wykehams School near Winchester , to the end that he might be fitted for the University . Where , in a short time making great proficiency , he was elected Probationer of New coll . in 1550. ( 4. Ed. 6. ) and two years after being made perpetual Fellow , was then appointed one of those that were to study the Civil Law , which the statute of that house stiles Civilistae , but whether he took a degree in that Faculty , it doth not appear in the University Registers . In the Reign of Q. Mary he became Schoolmaster of St. Edmundsbury in Suffolk ; where , by his excellent faculty in teaching , the boys were advanced very much in Grammatical learning . But upon the alteration of Religion in the beginning of Q. Elizab. he was forced thence by the giddy zeal of two Scots , that were then setled in those parts . At length he gave a farewell to England , went into the Low Countries , and afterwards into Italy , where spending 4 years in study , returned to the Low Countries again , where , partly at Lovaine ( at which place he was at length made Confessor to the English Nuns ) and partly in the Cities adjacent , he spent about 50 years , as an exil'd person , doing extraordinary benefit in the way he professed . He hath written , Vitae quorundam Martyrum Angliae . — Which , with other matters by him written , may be seen a book intit . Concertatio Eccles . Catholicae in Anglia , &c. See more in Joh. Bridgewater , an . 1594. He also translated from English into Latin several of the Books of Cardinal Joh. Fisher , as , ( 1 ) Commentary on the Seven Penitential Psalms . Which book Fisher wrote at the desire of Margaret Countess of Richmind . — Pr. 1509. in qu. ( 2 ) Sermon of the Passion of our Saviour . ( 3 ) Serm. concerning the justice of the Pharisees and Christians , &c. Also from Lat. into Engl. ( 1 ) The Catechism of the Council of Trent . ( 2 ) A learned and very eloquent treatise , written by Hieron . Osorius , Bishop of Sylva in Portugal , wherein he confuteth a certain answer , made by Mr. Walt. Haddon , against the Epistle of the said Bishop unto the Queens Maj. Lov. 1568. oct . in 3 books . And lastly from Italian into English , ( 1 ) The life of the Blessed Virgin S. Catherine of Sienna . — Print . 1609. oct . originally written by Dr. Caterinus Senensis . ( 2 ) Treatise of tribulation . Written by Caccia Guerra . ( 3 ) The 15 Mysteries of the Rosarie . Written by Gasp . Loart . And , lastly , collected from divers ancient English books , Spiritual Treatises , for the use of the Nuns of the Order of St. Bridgit , and other things which I have not yet seen . He ended his days at Lovaine , after the year sixteen hundred and eleven , and was , as I presume , buried within the precincts of the Monastery belonging to the English Nuns there . He had a younger Brother named Rob. Fenne , who was admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1555. but removed thence , by the Queen's Commissioners , for being a R. Catholick an . 1562. having a little before been honoured with the degree of Bach. of the Civil Law. Another Brother also he had , called James Fenne , who was first a Choirister of New coll . and afterwards Scholar of that of C. C. an . 1554. but put aside from the degree of B. of Arts , and from his place in the said coll . for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy . Afterwards he setled in Glocester hall , where he had several Pupils committed to his charge , and was had in great respect by the Seniors of that house . Thence , being forced , he retired to his native Country , ( Somersetshire ) where he taught a private School , and soon after married . But his Wife dying , he went beyond the Seas , setled at Rheimes for a time , and was made a Priest . Afterwards returning into England , he setled in his native Country , but being soon after apprehended , was conveyed to London , and there kept in prison several weeks . At length being condemned to die , according to the Statute against Seminaries , was executed at Tybourne with George Haddock , Tho. Emerferd , and Joh. Nutter , 12. Febr. 1582 / 3. All which are inrolled among the R. C. Martyrs , that suffered during the Reign of Q. Elizabeth . JOHN CARTWRIGHT , who seems to have been descended from the Cartwrights of Washbourne in Glocestershire , received his Academical education in Magd. coll . but whether he took a degree in this University , it appears not . Afterwards he travelled , was , as it seems , in holy Orders , and after his return published these books following . The Preachers travels : Wherein is set down a true Journal to the confines of the E. Indies through the great Countries of Syria , Mesopotamia , Armenia , Media , Hircania , and Parthia , &c. A relation of Sir Anth. Sherley's entertainment in the Court of the K. of Persia . Description of the Port in the Persian Gulf commodious for the East-India Merchants of England . Rehearsal of some gross absurdities in the Turkish Alcoran . — Which four Treatises were printed in one vol. at London , 1611. in qu. At which time the author of them was living in Southwark near London . Afterwards the said treatises being contracted , were remitted into Sam. Purcha●s second part of Pilgrims , lib. 9. p. 1422. — Lond. 1625. fol. JOHN BOND ( Bondius ) a most noted critick in Greek and Latin learning of his time , was born in Somersetshire , educated in Grammaticals in Wykehams School near Winton , became a Student in this University about the nineteenth year of his age , an . 1569. took a degree in Arts 4 years after , being either one of the Clerks or Chaplains of New coll . and much noted for his proficiency in Academical learning . In 1579. he proceeded in Arts , and had soon after the Mastership of the Free-School of Taunton St. Mary● Madg. in his own , Country conferred on him by the Warden and Society of New coll . At which place continuing many years , he did exercise such an admirable way of teaching , that many departed thence so excellently well grounded in humane learning , that they proved afterwards eminent either in Church or State. At length being in a manner worn out with the drudgery of a School , he did for diversion , I cannot say profit , practice Physick , tho he had taken no degree in that Faculty in this University , and became at length Chief Secretary to the Lord Chancellour of England ( Egerton ) if one * of his admirers may be credited . As for his writings , which are used by the Juniors of our Universities , and in many Free-Schools , and more admired and printed beyond the Seas , than in England , they are these . Commentarii in Poemata Q. Horatii Flacci . Printed 1606. oct . and several times after beyond the Sea , and at London . Comment . in sex Satyras A. Persii . Lond. 1614. oct . published after the author's death by Rog. Prows , who married his Daughter Elizabeth . He hath at least written , if not published , other things , but such I have not yet seen . He yielded up his last breath on the third of Aug. in sixteen hundred and twelve , year 1612 ( being then possessed of several lands and tenements in Taunton , Wilton near Taunton , and in Newenton , ) and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Taunton before-mentioned . Over his grave was this Epitaph soon after put . Qui Medicus doctus prudentis nomine clarus , Eloquii splendor , Pieridumque decus . Virtutis cultor , pietatis vixit amicus , Hoc jacet in tumulo spiritus alta tenet . The Reader is now to know that there was another John Bond , but after the time of the former , Son of Dennis Bond of Dorchester in Dorsetshire , who having been educated in his youthful years under John White , commonly called The Patriarch of Dorchester , and from him sucked in most dangerous principles , was sent to Cambridge , and placed , I think , in S. Johns coll . where he took the degree of Bach. of Civ . Law. Afterwards he was made a Lecturer in the City of Exeter , and carried himself conformable for a season . But when the times turned , in 1641. and he saw that the Puritan began to be uppermost , then did he Preach very seditiously , and published what he had said under this title , A door of Hope : Also holy and loyal activity . Two Treatises delivered in several Sermons in Exeter . The first on Psal. 126. 1 , 2. and the other on Exod. 17. 11. — Lond. 1641. qu. Both which do contain most scandalous and rebellious stuff , besides what he preached in a Serm. in the said City before the Deputy-Lievtenants . — Lond. 1643. qu. So that having thus began his pranks , and shewed himself a zealous Brother for the Cause , and a rank Covenanteer , he was made Preacher or Minister of the Savoy in the Strand near London , ( in the place of Joh. White before-mentioned , when he passed over the water to Lambeth , to take possession of the Rectory there , belonging to Dr. Dan. Featly , ) one of the Assembly of Divines , and about that time Doctor of the Laws . This J. Bond , by the way you must know , being scarce warm in the Pulpit , but he began to threaten Heaven with some of his Divinity , by telling the auditory with great zeal , that they ought to contribute , and pray , and do all they were able to bring in their Brethren of Scotland , for the setling of Gods Cause ; I say this is Gods Cause , and if ever God had any Cause , this is it ; and if this be not Gods Cause , then God is no God for me , but the Devil is got up into Heaven , &c. About the same time he became a frequent Preacher before the Long-Parliament , and hath 3 or more Sermons preached before the Members thereof published , as , ( 1 ) Salvation in a mystery , &c. on Jer. 45. 25. Lond. 1644. qu. It was a Fast Serm. pr. before the H. of Commons , 27. Mar. 1644. ( 2 ) Ortus occidentalis , or a dawning in the West , &c. on Isa. 25. 9. Lond. 1645. qu. 'T was a Thanksgiving Serm. for the Parliament Forces their gaining of Bathe , Bridgwater , Sherbourne Castle , &c. preached before the H. of Commons 22. Aug. 1645. and on the eleventh of Dec. following the said Jo. Bond was made Master of the Hospital called the Savoy under the great Seal . ( 3 ) A Thanksgiving Serm. before the H. of Com. on Psal. 50. 23. Lond. 1648. qu. preached on the 19. Jul. 1648. In which year he had a Serm. published , intit . Grapes among Thornes , preached before the H. of Commons . In all which Sermons , as in others , which he delivered in London and Westminster , are contained many strange positions , rebellious doctrines , religious cantings , and I know not what . About that time he was made * Master of Trinity hall in Cambridge , which Mr. Jo. Selden refused , and in 1654. he was made an assistant to the Commissioners of Middlesex and Westminster , for the ejection of such , whom they then called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters . These things I thought fit to let the Reader know , that posterity may distinguish between the said two Bonds , the first a polite and rare critick , whose labours have advanced the Common-wealth of learning very much ; and the other an impudent , canting , and blasphemous person ; who by his doctrine did lead People to Rebellion , advance the cause of Sathan much , and in fine , by his , and the endeavours of his Brethren , brought all things to ruine , meerly to advance their unsatiable and ambitious desires . He lived , as I conceive , to the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. an . 1660. being then about 49 years of age ; but when , or where he died , I cannot yet learn. His Father Dennis Bond before-mentioned , who was Son of Joh. Bond of Lutton in Dorsetshire , and he the Son of Dennis of the same place , was bred up to the Trade of a Woollendraper in Dorchester ; being then a constant hearer and admirer of Jo. White aforesaid , was elected Burgess ( with Denzil Hollis ) for the Borough of Dorchester ( of which he was then Alderman ) to serve in that unhappy Parliament which began at Westminster 3. Nov. 1640. In which , shewing himself an active person , first under the opinion of a Presbyterian , and afterwards of an Independant , was design'd and prick'd down for one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. an . 1648. but whether he sate , when Sentence was passed upon him , I cannot justly say it , notwithstanding one or more authors say , that he did then sit , and was numbred among the Judges . On the 14. Feb. next following the decollation of that King , he was appointed one of the 30 persons for the Council of State , and ever after shewed himself a Devoto to Oliver's interest . On the 30. of Aug. 1658. being then Monday , and the windiest day that had before hapned for 20 years , he paid his last debt to nature , being then tormented with the Strangury and much anxiety of Spirit . At which time , as the then vulgar talk was , the Devil came to take away Oliv. Cromwell , who then lay on his death-bed , but being not prepared for him , he gave Bond for his future appearance , and accordingly on Friday following being the 3. of Sept. he made good his promise . The carkass of Dennis Bond was buried in the Abby Church of St. Peter at Westminster , where continuing about three years , was ( with the bodies of other Cromwellians ) taken up in the month of Sept. 1661. and buried in St. Margarets Church-yard adjoyning , before the back-door of the lodgings belonging to one of the Canons of Westminster . I find one John Bond to be author of a Pamphlet intit . A whip for the Judges , Bishops , and Papists , &c. Lond. 1641. Of another also called , The downfal of the old Common-Counsel-Men . — Pr. there the same year , and of a third intit . The Poets recantation . Lond. 1642. qu. but I take this John Bond to be different from the other Joh. who was a Presbyterian , and afterwards an Independant . I find another John Bond later than all the former , who is now , or at least was lately , a Barrester of Grays-inn , who wrote and published , A compleat Guide for Justices of the Peace , &c. in two parts . Lond. 1685. in oct . RICHARD WHYTE , or Vitus as he writes himself , the Son of Henry † Whyte of Basingstoke in Hampshire , ( by Agnes his Wife , Daughter of Rich. Capelin of Hampshire , ) the Son of Tho. Whyte , the Son of Jenkin ( sometimes called John ) Whyte , ( who had almost half the Town of Basingstoke in his own possession , ) the Son of Tho. Whyte of Purvyle in Hampshire , ( which Thomas was Gr. Grandfather to John Whyte sometime Bishop of Winton . ) was born in the Town of Basingstoke before-mentioned , trained up in Grammar learning in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1557. took one degree in Arts , but before he had that of Master conferred on him , he absented himself from his college , and the time limited for his absence being spent , his place was pronounced void in 1564. A little before that time he went to Lovaine , and afterwards to Padua in Italy , where applying his Muse to the study of the Civil and Canon Law , became Doctor of them . At length going to Doway he was constituted the King's Professor of those Laws , ( in which place he continued above 20 years , ) married two rich Wives , ( of which one was an Inheretrix ) grew wealthy , was made by order of the Pope Magnificus Rector , tho out of his ordinary turn , and about the same time was created Comes Palatinus . Which title is commonly conferred by the Imperials on their Professors . At length having buried two Wives , he was by the dispensation of P. Clem. 8. made a Priest , and about the same time had a Canonry in St. Peters Church in Doway bestowed on him . The first thing that made him known to curious Scholars , was his exposition of an ancient enigmatical Epitaph , which was in his time remaining near to Bononia , the title of which is , Aelia Laelia Crispis . — Epitaphium antiquum in agro Bononiensi adhuc videtur ; à diversis hactenus interpretatum variè : novissimè autem a Ric. Vito Basingstochio , amicorum precibus explicatum . Patav. 1568. in 6 sh. and a half in qu. dedicated to Christop . Johnson chief Master of Winchester School . Afterwards he wrote and published , Orationes quinque , de circulo artium & Philosophia — De eloquentia & Cicerone . — Pro divitiis Regum , — Pro doctoratu , — De studiorum sinibus , cum notis . Attrebat . 1596. oct . The two first , which were spoken at Lovaine , were published by Christoph . Johnson before-mentioned , about 1564. and commanded by him to be read publickly in the said School near Winton . by the Scholars . Notae ad leges Decem-virorum in xii . tabulis . Attrebat . 1597. oct . Historiarum Brittanniae libri , 1. Ab origine ad Brutum . 2. Ab illo ad Malmutium . 3. Ab hoc ad Heliam . 4. Ab isto ad Lucium . 5. Ab eo ad Constantium , cum notis antiquitatum Britannicarum . Attreb . 1597. oct . Historiarum Britanniae liber sextus . Quo vis armorum in campis , & authoritas literarum in Scholis , atque religio Christiana in orbe terrarum publicata , demonstratur : cum notis . Duac . 1598. oct . Histor . Britan. lib. 7. Quo versus ad eam insulam Saxenicam ingressus , & permansio declaratio ; cum notis . Duac . 1600. oct . Hist . Brit. lib. 8. Quo vera causa excidii , regni Britonum in insula demonstratur ; cum notis . Duac . 1600. oct . Hist . Brit. lib. nonus . Quo fundamenta regni & Ecclesiae Anglorum in insulâ Brit. exponuntur , cum notis . Duac . 1602. oct . After this last was published , all the nine books were bound together , and had this general title put to them . Historiarum Britannicae Insulae ab origine mundi ad annum Domine octingentesimum , libri novem priores . Duac . 1602. in a thick oct . Before the Preface to the Reader is the author's picture , and before the beginning of the work it self , are his arms , viz. Parted per chevron embatled arg . and gul , three rases , leaved vert , counter-changed of the field , on a chief of the second , a Lyon passant , or ; all within a bordure Ermine . The creast is , A Stork or Crane standing , resting its right foot on the top of an hour-glass . With this Motto under all● , Plus vigila . Allowed to our author Count Rich. Whyte , with two Dragons for the Supporters , by Sir Will. Dethick , Garter , principal King of Arms , in allusion to the Arms of his Kinsman , Dr. John Whyte sometimes Bishop of Winton , whose Arms are quite different from those of his Brother , Sir Joh. Whyte Lord Mayor of London , an 1563. Explicatio brevis privilegiorum juris & consuetudinis circa ven . sacramentum Eucharistiae . Duac . 1609. oct . De reliquiis & veneratione sanctorum . Duac . 1609. and other things as you may elsewhere † see . At length this learned person dying at Doway , in sixteen hundred and twelve or thereabouts , was buried in the Parish Church of S. James there . Contemporary with him in New coll . was one Will. Pomerell Chaplain of that house , who taking the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1557. went afterwards to his native Country of Ireland and became benefited in Drogheda . From thence he went to Lovaine , where by continual hearing of Lectures and Disputations , more than by private study he obtained great knowledge in Divinity , gaining thereby ( as 't was usually said of him ) all his learning b● hearsay . He died at Lovaine in 1573. being then Bach. of Div. NICHOLAS FITZHERBERT , second Son of John Fitzherbert , second Son of Sir Anth. Fitzherbert , Knight , ( the great Lawyer , ) Son of Ralph Fitzherbert of Norbury in Derbyshire Esq was a Student in Exeter coll . and exhibited to by Sir Will. Petre , about 1568. but what continuance he made there , I know not . Sure 't is , that his bare name stands in the Register called Matricula , under the title of Coll. Exon , in 1571. and 72. he being then the Senior Under-graduat of that College . About that time he left his native Country , Parents and Patrimony for Religion sake , and went beyond the Seas as a voluntary Exile . At first he setled at Bononia in Italy , purposely to obtain the knowledge of the Civil Law , and was living there in 1580. Not long after he went to Rome , took up his station there , and in the year 1587. began to live in the Court of Will. Alan the Cardinal of England , ( whose person and vertues he much adored , ) and continued with him till the time of his death , being then accounted eminent for his knowledge in both the Laws , and for humane literature . His works are , Oxoniensis in Anglia Academiae descriptio . Rom. 1602. in 3 sh . and a half , in oct . De antiquitate & continuatione Catholicae Religionis in Anglia . Rom. 1608. in oct . Vita Cardinalis Alani Epitome . He also translated from the Italian , into the Latin tongue , Joh. Casa Galateus de moribus . Rom. 1595. He was drowned in a journey taken from Rome in sixteen hundred and twelve , year 1612 but where , or in what Church , buried , I know not , nor what his employment was after the death of the said Cardinal , notwithstanding I have sent more than once to the English coll . at Rome for resolution , but have received no answer . GEORGE BLACKWELL , a Middlesex Man born , was admitted Scholar of Trinity coll . at 17 years of age , 27. May 1562. Probationer in 65. being then Bach. of Arts , perpetual Fellow the year following , and Master of his Faculty in 67. But his mind being more addicted to the Catholick , than Reformed , Religion , he left his Fellowship , and retired to Gloucester hall for a time , where he was held in good repute by Edm. Rainolds and Th. Allen , the two learned Seniors . Afterwards going beyond the Seas , where he spent some time in one of the English Seminaries , newly erected to receive exil'd Catholicks of the English Nation , was at length in the year 1598. constituted by Henry Cardinal Cajetane Protector of the English Nation at Rome , ( with leave first obtained from P. Clem. 8. ) the Superiour of the of the English Clergy , with the Power and Name of Archpriest of England , and by the said Pope made Notary of the Apostolick Seat. This matter being taken very ill by the Ecclesiastical Papists of our Nation , and the rather for this reason , that Blackwell was altogether at the beck of Henr. Garnet Provincial of the Jesuits of England , they fell a together by the Ears in their own Country in a most grievous manner . For the Jesuits against the Secular Priests fought continually with sharp pens , poisoned tongues , and contumelious books , insomuch that they detracted in an high degree from Blackwells authority . Hereupon he degraded them of their Faculties , so that afterwards they appealing to the Pope of Rome , he caused them in a book to be declared Schismaticks and Hereticks . This aspersion they soon wiped off , having the censure of the University of Paris approving the same , which was answered by Blackwell , as I shall tell you anon . The office of Archpriest he kept till 1607. at which time George Birket a learned Priest succeeded . And the reason of the change was , because our author having been taken near Clerkenwell by London 24. June the same year , was committed first to the Gatehouse in Westminster , and afterwards to the Clink in Southwork , and consequently deprived of liberty required to act in his Office. Soon after , upon his taking the oath of Allegiance , he was freed from the Clink , and set at liberty . Concerning which matter there was a book published intit . The examination of George Blackwell , upon occasion of his answering a Letter sent by Cardinal Bellarmine , who blamed him for taking the oath of Allegiance . Lond. 1607. qu. As for those things which were written by our author Blackwell , who was by those of his perswasion , and others too , accounted a learned and pious Man , and a good Preacher , the titles of them follow . Letter to Card. Cajetane in commendation of the English Jesuits . — Written 1596. Answers upon sundry Examinations , while he was a Prisoner . Lond. 1607. qu. Approbation of the Oath of Allegiance . ) Printed with the Answers upon , &c. Letters to the Romish Priests touching the lawfulness of taking the Oath of Allegiance . Another to the same purpose . Epistolae ad Anglos Pontificios . Lond. 1609. qu. Epistolae ad Rob. Card. Bellarminum See more in the third tome of the works b of Melch. Goldasti Haiminsfeldii . from pag. 565. to 605. Answer to the Censure of Paris in suspending the Secular Priests obedience to his authority . — dat . 29. May 1600. Replyed upon by Joh. Dorel or Darrel Dean of Agen , the same year . See more in a book intit . Relation of a Faction begun at Wisbich , in 1595. &c. Printed 1601. in qu. p. 81. Afterwards was a book printed intit . In Geor. Blackvellum quaestio bipartita , written by Joh. Milson . — Lond. 1609. but whether it relates to the said controversie , I cannot tell , for I have not yet seen it . A Treatise against Lying , and fraudulent Dissimulation . — MS. among those given to Bodies Lib. by Archb. Laud , 40. E. 45. At the end of which is the approbation of the book written by the hand of Blackwell , and subscribed by him as fit for the Press . So that no other name being put to it , hath caused our Librarians to insert him in the Catalogue of MSS. as the author of it ; whereas he was not , but rather Franc. Tresham , as I have told you elsewhere . He , the said Blackwell died suddenly ( having been much troubled with swooning fits ) on the 12. of Januar. in sixteen hundred and twelve , and was buried , as I conceive , in some Church in London . This next person according to time and order that must crave place , is one , who , tho no writer worth the remembrance , yet hath he been the greatest promoter of learning that hath yet appeared in our Nation . THOMAS BODLEY , another Ptolomey , eldest Son of John Bodley of the City of Exeter ( by Joan his Wife , Daughter and Heir of Rob. Hone of Otterie S. Mary in Devon , Esq ) Son of Joh. Bodley of Tiverton , second Son of John Bodley of Dunscumbe near Crediton in Devon. Gent. was born in the said City of Exeter , 2 Mar. 1544. partly educated in Grammar learning in the said City , but mostly in Geneva , while his Father lived there as a voluntary Exile in the time of Q. Mary ; where , tho he was then very young , yet he was an auditor of Chevalerius in Hebrew , of Berealdus in Greek , of Calvin and Beza in Divinity , and of some other professors in the University there , ( then newly erected , ) besides his domestical teachers in the house of Philebertus Saracenus , a famous Physician in that City , ( with whom he was boarded , ) where Rob. Constantinus , that made the Greek Lexicon , read Homer to him . After the death of Q. Mary he returned into England with his Father , and was sent to Magd. coll . in 1559. where making great proficiency in Logick and Philosophy under Mr. Laur. Humphrey , was admitted Bach. of Arts in Jul. 1563. and soon after being elected Probationer of Merton coll . determined in the Lent following . In 1565. he , by the perswasion of some of the Fellows of that house , and for his private exercise , did read publickly for some years a Greek Lecture in the hall of that coll . without expectation of any reward or stipend for his labour . Nevertheless it pleased the Society to allow him soon after , of their own accord , four Marks by the year . In 1566. he was admitted Master of Arts ; which degree being compleated , he read Nat. Philosophy for an year in the Pub. Schools then situated on the East side of Schoolstreet . In 1569. he was elected Junior Proctor of the University ; which office he performing with great commendations , bestowed some time in the study of sundry Faculties , without any inclination to profess any one above the rest . At length being desirous to travel beyond the Seas , for the obtaining of knowledge of some special modern tongues , and for the increase of his experience in the managing of affairs , ( to no other end but to imploy himself , and all his cares , in the publick Service of the State , ) did with leave from the Warden and Society of his coll . depart England , with the allowance belonging to a traveller , an . 1576. and continued near 4 years in Italy , France , and Germany . Afterwards returning to his coll . he remained there for some time in studying politicks and historical affairs , and in 1583. he was made Esquire of the Body to Q. Elizabeth . At length in 1585. having about that time married Anne the Daughter of… . Carew of the City of Bristow , ( the rich Widdow , as I have heard , of one Ball ) was imployed by the Queen to Frederick K. of Denmark , Julius Duke of Brunswyke , William Lantgrave of Hesse , and other German Princes . Which imploymnet being faithfully performed , he was sent to K. Hen. 3. of France , at what time he was forced by the Duke of Guise to leave Paris . In 1588. he was sent to the Hague for the better conduct of the Queen's affairs in the Vnited Provinces ; where making his residence for some years , was admitted one of their Council of State , took place in their Assemblies next to Count Maurice , and gave a suffrage in all that was proposed . In 1593. he returned into England for a time , to look after his private Estate , but was soon after remanded to the Hague again by the Q. where continuing near one year , returned again to deliver some secret overtures to her , and to perform thereupon an extraordinary service . Soon after , the applauding the fruit of his discoveries , he was presently commanded to return to the States , with charge to pursue those affairs to performance , which he had secretly proposed . At length , all things being concluded , and brought to the desired issue , he procured his last revocation , in 1597. At his return , as before in his absence , Burleigh the Lord Treasurer , did several times tell the Queen , that there was not any Man in England so meet as Bodley to undergo the office of Secretary , by reason of his well-tryed Wisdom in the Low-Country affairs intending that he should be Colleague with his Son Rob. Cecill . But the Earl of Essex commending him also to the Queen in a higher manner , not without biting calumniations of Cecill , Burleigh found means to divert the Queens mind from him , supposing that Essex endeavoured to gain him to his party against Burleigh and Cecill . So that Mr. Bodley being eased of ever expecting that troublesome office , he retired from the Court , and wholly commended himself to the care and provision for learning , worthy indeed the care of the greatest King. For about that time setting up his staff at the Library door in Oxford , did restore , or rather new found it ; the particulars of which I have * elsewhere told you . After K. Jam. came to the Crown , he received the Honour of Knight . from him , and a few years before his death , wrote , His Life , — an . 1609. Which being kept as a choice rarity in the archives of his Library was published at Oxon. 1647. qu. But this little thing , is not the reason that I put him among the Oxford Writers , but because by his noble and generous endeavours , he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of publick Writers , and of advancing in an high degree the Commonwealth of learning ; in which respect he should have craved the first place , but I have put him here , according to the time of his death , which is the method I observe . Letters of State. — Some of which I have seen published , not in one vol. but scatteredly . Letters relating to Books and Learning . Written to Mr. Tho. James — MS. in his Lib. He paid his last debt to nature 28. Jan. in sixteen hundred and twelve , and was buried with very great solemnity at the upper end of Merton coll . Choire . The manner of which you may see at large in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 320. The Reader may be pleased now to understand that Dr. Joh. Morris Canon of Ch. Ch. did bequeath to the University of Oxon. a Rent-charge of 5 l. per an . to be given to a Master of Arts that should make and speak a Speech in praise of Sir Tho. Bodley , every year on the 8. of Nov. ( on which day the Visitation of his Library is commonly made , ) to be nominated by the Dean of Ch. Ch. and confirmed by the Vicechancellour for the time being . But the said gift was not to take place till the death of his Widdow . At length upon her decease , which was at Great Wolford in Warwickshire , 11. Nov. 1681. ( she being then the Wife of Tho. Keyt of that place Gent. ) the said annuity fell to the University . Whereupon the year following , Dr. Fell Dean of Ch. Ch. nominating one of his own house , ( Tho. Sparke M. A. ) there was a solemn Speech made by him in the Schola Linguarum , on the 8. Nov. 1682. Which Speech is yet continued by Ch. Ch. c men , without any regard had to those of Allsouls coll . wherein Dr. Morris had much of his education , and had been Chaplain thereof , or to any Master of another coll . or hall . The said Sir Thom. Bodley had a younger Brother named Josias Bodley , who having received part of his education in Merton coll . became afterwards a Soldier of note in Ireland , a Knight , and Overseer of the Trenches when the English laid Siege to Kingsale , Baltamore , Berehaven , and Castlehaven in Ireland , holden against them by the Irish , assisted by the Spaniard , an . 1601. at which time Bodley behaved himself bravely both in their Works and Battle . He left behind him to posterity , ( 1 ) Observations concerning the Fortresses of Ireland , and the British Colonies of Vlster . MS. fol. sometimes in the Library of Sir Jam ▪ Ware , now perhaps in that of Henry E. of Clarendon . ( 2 ) A jocular description of a journey by him taken to Lecale in Vlster . an . 1602. MS. Sometimes in the same Library . WILLIAM WARMINGTON a Dorsetshire Man born , was , as a Member of Hart hall , ( then presided by one , who was always in animo Catholicus , ) matriculated , 20. Dec. 1577. aged 21. or more , having been there a Student for some time before . Shortly after he left the Nation , and his Religion , and spending some ye●s in a Seminary , in Philosophical and Theological studies , was made a Priest , and sent into the Mission of England ; but being soon after taken , he was with others conveyed on Shipboard in the Month of Feb. 1584. and sent beyond the Seas with great menaces of utter ruine , if they return again . Afterwards being noted in Foreign Countries by those of his own Nation for his learning and piety , he was made Chaplain to Cardinal W. Alan , with whom continuing till about the time of his death , did return again into England , being then , as he stiles himself , An Oblate of the holy Congregation of S. Ambrose , and did execute his Function very zealously among the Brethren . At length being apprehended by two Pursevants 24. Mar. 1607. and committed Prisoner to the Clinke in Southwark , the next day , according to the English accompt , by the Bishop of Londons order , he entred somewhat more deeply into consideration of the controversie about the Oath of Allegiance , than he had done before , while at liberty . So that in the end making sufficient proof of his Loyalty towards his Majesty , by accepting of the Oath , when it was required of him , he did thereupon premeditate and provide reasons for so doing ; and at length reducing into method , for the help of his memory , certain notes in scattered papers that he had collected concerning that matter , did frame thence a compleat discourse . At length , after it had laid by him for some time , did publish it under this title , tho he knew 't would displease his Holiness , who in his breves had either admonished or prohibited all Rom. Catholicks to take the Oath of Allegiance , or to teach the lawfulness of it . A moderate defence of the Oath of Allegiance : Wherein the author proveth the said Oath to be most lawful , notwithstanding the Pope's Breves , &c. — Printed by permission of the Superiours , in 1612. qu. Whereunto is added , The Oration of P. Sixtus 5. in the Consistory of Rome , upon the Murther of K. Hen. 3. the French King , by a Fryer . Strange Reports , or News from Rome . — Printed with the former book . Upon the publishing , of these things , the Friends of the author Warmington , and his kindred of the Rom. Perswasion , became his Enemies , and withdrew from him all the benevolence they used to allow him . Warmington therefore being put to his shifts for maintenance , for this his Loyalty and Obediencce , petitioned d the King for some allowance . His petition thereupon was received , and he commended by his Majesty to Dr. Bilson Bishop of Winchester , with order to take him to himself to his own house , there to provide for him . The Bishop obeyed , Warmington lived with him , wanted nothing , had his liberty as he pleased , and freedom of his Religion . ROBERT WOLCOMBE or Wollocombe born of , and descended from , the antient and gentile family of the Wollocombes of Wollocombe in Devonshire , was educated for a time in Exeter coll . left the University without a degree , and became beneficed in his own Country , where he was much resorted to , especially by the precise Party , for his frequent and edifying way of Preaching . His works are , Sinners Salve , which applied and practiced , as well of impenitent , may be moved to conversion , as the penitent armed against disputation . Lond. 1595. in tw . Armour for the Soul against the assaults of Death . Printed with Sinners Salve , &c. A glass for the Godly ; containing many comfortable Treatises to perswade man from the love of this World , to the love of the world to come , &c. Lond. 1612. oct . in two Parts . The first dedicated to Sir Edw. Seymour of Bury-pomery in Devon. containeth 7 Treatises , which are no other than the effect of Sermons . The first is entit . The seeking of Heaven , on Mat. 6. 33. The second part dedicated to Sir Edw. Giles Kt. containeth likewise 7 Treatises , the first of which is entit . Spiritual balm for the afflicted , on Joh. 16. 20. A Letter to a pensive friend — Printed and bound with the former parts . He also translated from Lat. into English The restitution of a Sinner , entit . The restoring again of him that was fallen . Lond. 1581. oct . Written by St. John Chrisostome . What other things he hath written and translated , I cannot tell , nor when he died . I find one of both his names , a Ministers Son of Devonshire , to have been matriculated as a member of Exeter coll . an . 1584. aged 16. which I take to be Son to the Writer . THOMAS TWYNE , Son of Joh. Twyne mention'd under the year 1581. was born in the City of Canterbury , admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 6. Jul. 1560. and Probationer 9. Nov. 1564. being then Bac. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in his Faculty , he applyed his Muse to the study of Medicine , retired to Cambridge , where he continued for a time , and then setling at Lewes in Sussex where his Patron Tho. Lord Buckhurst lived , practiced his faculty and became successful therein . In 1593. he was admitted Bach. of Physick of this University , and afterwards being doctorated at Cambridge ; was famed not only for Medicine , but Astrology , and much respected by Dee and Allen. He hath written , Almanacks and Prognostications for divers years — Printed in the time of Qu. Elizabeth , and then much valued , as Dee's were . The garland of godly flowers , carefully collected out of the Garden of the holy Scripture , &c. Lond. 1589. in tw . And did also translate from Lat. into English ( 1 ) The breviary of Britayne , &c. containing a learned discourse of the variable estate and alteration thereof . &c. Lond. 1573. oct . written by Hump. Lhuyd . This translation being esteemed very good of its time , was usher'd into the world by the copies of Verses of Thom. Brown Prebendary , and Edw. Grant Schoolmaster , of Westminster , Lodowick Lhuyd , Laurence and Joh. Twyne brethren to the Translator . ( 2 ) The dialogue of witches , in fort-time called Lot-tellers , now commonly called Sorcerers . Lond. 1575. oct . written by Lamb. Danaeus . ( 3 ) Christian natural Philosophy concerning the form , knowledge , and use of all things created , &c. Lond. 1578. qu. written by the said Danaeus . ( 4 ) New counsel against the Plague . Lond ▪ in oct . written by Pet. Droet . ( 5 ) The Tragedies of Tyrants , exercised vpon the Church of God , from the birth of Christ , to 1572. Lond. 1575. oct . written by Hen. Bullenger . ( 6 ) Physick against fortune , as well prosperous as adverse . Lib. 2. Lond. 1579. qu. written by Franc. Petrark . ( 6 ) The eleventh , 12. and 13. books of Virgils Aeneids . Lond. 1584. and 1620. qu. Which translation shews him ( Tho. Twyne ) to be a tolerable English Poet. The nine first Books of the said author were translated by Thom. Phaeer , as I have before told you , under the year 1560. the tenth also was began by him , but he dying before he had done half of it , was taken in hand by our author Twyne , and by him finished 23. May 1573. At length after he had obtained a considerable Estate by his practice at Lewes in Sussex before mention'd , died there on the first of Aug. in sixteen hundred and thirteen , year 2613 aged 70. whereupon his body was buried in the Chancel of the Church , usually called S. Anne , but more properly S. Peter and S. Mary Westout in Lewes . Over his Grave was soon after a brass fixed to the East wall of the said Chancel , having engraven thereon 14 verses ; a copy of which , you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 238. a. JOHN WILLIAMS , A Caermarthenshire man born , became a Student in the University 1569. was elected Fellow of Allsouls coll . in 1579. being then Master of Arts. Afterwards he was made Parson of Llanderico , Margaret Professor , Dean of Bangor ( in the place of Rich. Parry promoted to the See of S. Asaph ) Doctor of Div. and at length Principal of Jesus coll . He hath written , De Christi justitia & in regno spirituali Ecclesiae pastorum officio , concio ad clerum Oxon. in cap. 10. Rev. vers . 1. Oxon. 1597. qu. He also published Rog. Bacon's book De retardandis senectutis accidentibus , & sensibus confirmandis . Oxon. 1590. in oct . He died on the fourth of Sept. in sixteen hundred and thirteen , year 1613 and was buried , as I suppose , in the Church of S. Michael in Oxon. In his Margaret Professorship succeeded Dr. Seb. Benefield , in his Deanery Edm. Griffith , and in his Principality Griffith Powell , of all whom , mention shall be made in their respective places . THOMAS OVERBURY , Son of Nich. Overbury of Boorton on the hill near to Morton in Marsh in Gloucestershire Esquire , by Mary his Wife Daughter of Giles Palmer of Compton-Scorfen in the Parish of Ilmington in Warwickshire , was born at Compton-Scorfen in the house of his Mothers Father , and educated partly in Grammar learning in those parts . In Michaelmas Term an . 1595. he became a Gent. Commoner of Queens coll . in the year of his age 14. where by the benefit of a good Tutor and severe discipline , he made great proficiency in Logick and Philosophy . In 1598. he , as a Squires Son , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , which being compleated by Determination in the Lent following , he left the University , and setled for a time in one of the Temples , where he had before been entred in order to study the municipal Laws . Afterwards he travelled for a time , and returned a most accomplished person , which the happiness of his Pen both in Poetry and Prose doth declare . About the time of the Coronation of King Jam. 1. he became familar with Sir Rob. Carre Kt. of the Bathe , who perceiving him to be a person of good parts and abilities , and withal sober and studious , did take him nearer to , and made , him his bosome friend . Soon after Carre being in great favour with the King , he not only procured Overbury to be Knighted at Greenwich 19. June 1608. but his Father to be made one of the Judges in Wales about that time . But so it was that a familiarity bing made between Carre then Viscount Rochester , and the Lady Frances Daughter of Thomas Earl of Suffolk and Wife of Robert E. of Essex , it did so much distaste Overbury , who knew her to be a Woman of no good reputation , that he endeavoured out of pure affection and friendship to diswade Carre from her company , fearing withal ( upon very good grounds then on foot ) that he might in the end marry her , and so consequently ruin his honour and himself , adding , that if he went on in that business , he would do well to loo● to his standing . Which advice Carre taking impatiently , because thereby he had touch'd the Lady in her honour , discovered all to her , Whereupon she thinking that he might prove a great obstacle to their enjoyment of each other , and to the marriage then design'd , she never ceased , till she had procured his overthrow . It hapning therefore about that time , that Overbury being designed to be sent Embassador into Russia by the King , which was proposed to him by the Lord Chancellour , and the Earl of Pembroke ; Carre , ( whose counsel he asked ) advised him to refuse the service , by making some fair excuse . Which advice he followed , supposing that it did proceed out of kindness ; but for his refusal he was committed to the Tower 21. Apr. 1613. Soon after he being closely confin'd , she by her instruments endeavoured to work his ruine by Poyson , ( the particulars of which are now too many to enumerate ) but Nature being very strong in Overbury , it was repell'd by breaking out in botches and blaynes on his Body . At length by a poyson'd Clister given to him under pretence of curing him , he was dispatch'd in Sept. following . But before two Months were past , all being discovered , his death was closely examined , and several persons being found guilty of , and consenting to , it , were afterwards executed , viz. Sir Jervice Elwaies Lievtenant of the Tower consenting , Rich. Weston and James Franklin , who attended Overbury in his Chamber , and gave him the Meats and Broaths wherein the poyson was mingled , and Anne Turner Widdow , the preparer of them , actually concerned in the matter . Some time after , Carre , then Earl of Sommerset , and his Lady Frances before-mentioned , were brought to their trials for contriving his death , and hiting others to make him away ; who being both found guilty , had the sentence of death passed on them , but through the clemency of the King being spared , they were only banished the Court. As for our author Overbury , who in learning and judgment excelled any of his years , ( which , as 't was generally thought , made him while living in the Court to be proud , to overvalue himself , undervalue others , and affected , as 't were , with a kind of insolence , ) hath written , A Wife . Being a most exquisite and singular Poem of the choice of a Wife , &c. — Printed several times at Lond. while the author lived . In 1614 it was printed there again in qu. being the fourth or fifth impression , bearing this title , A Wife , now the Widdow of Sir Tho. Overbury , being , &c. Characters : Or , witty descriptions of the properties of sundry persons . — Which Characters , as 't is observed , were the first that were written and published in England . To them are added , ( 1 ) Certain Edicts from a Parliament in Eutopia ; written by the Lady Southwell . ( 2 ) Newes from any whence ; or old truth under a supposal of novelty , occasioned by divers Essays and private passages of Wit , between sundry Gentlemen upon that subject . ( 3 ) Paradoxes , as they were spoken in a Mask before his Majesty at Whitehall . ( 4 ) The Mountebanks Receipts . ( 5 ) Songs . Of the remedy of Love : In two parts . A Poem . Lond. 1620. in about 2 sh . in oct . Observations in his travells upon the state of the 17. Provinces , as they stood , an . 1609. — Printed 1627. qu. This goes under his name , but doubted by some , whether he wrote it . Observations upon the Provinces united . And on the state of France . Lond. 1651. oct . with his picture before it , an . aetat . 32. This also is doubted , whether ever he wrote it . The arraignment and conviction of Sir Walt. Ralegh at the King's Bench Bar at Winchester , 17. Nov. 1603. &c. Lond. 1648. in 5 sh . in qu. Said to be copied by Sir Tho. Overbury , but doubtful . He yielded up his last breath , occasioned by poyson , as I have before told you , on the 15. Sept. in sixteen hundred and thirteen , year 1613 and was buried , as some authors say , presently and very unreverently in a pit digged in an obscure and mean place . But the Register of the Tower. -Chappel , dedicated to S. Peter ad vincula , saith he was buried in the said Chappel 15. Sept. ( being the day of his death ) an . 1613. as I have been informed by the Letters of that learned Gent. Sir Edw. Sherburne Knight , late Clerk of his Maj. Ordinance and Armories within the Kingdom of England . Over his Grave tho no memory by writing was ever put , yet Ben. Johnson's Epigram a written to him will eternize it , and other verses by the Wits of his time , set before his Poem called A Wife , and in particular that Epigram written by Owen b the Welsh Bard , running thus . Vxorem angelico describis carmine talem , Qualem oratorem Tullius , ore potens . Qualem describis , quamvis tibi nuberet Vxor , Aequalis tale non foret illa viro. Our author Sir Tho. Overbury had a Nephew of both his names , a Knight , and Justice of the Peace for the County of Gloucester , who lived , and injoyed the inheritance of the Overburies at Boorton on the hill before-mentioned . He wrote , ( 1 ) A true and perfect account of the examination , trial , condemnation , and execution of Joan Perry and her two Sons John and Rich. Perry , for the supposed Murder of Will. Harrison Gent , &c. Lond. 1676. in 4 sh . and half in qu. Written by way of Letter to Thom. Shirley Doctor of Physick in London . ( 2 ) Queries proposed to the serious consideration of those who impose upon others in things of divine and supernatural revelation , and prosecute any upon the aecount of Religion ; with a desire of their candid and christian resolution thereof . Printed 1677. Answered by George Vernon Rect. of Boorton on the water , the same year , in his Ataxiae obstaculum . Whereupon Sir Tho. came out with a reply intit . Ratiocinium vernaculum : or a Reply to Ataxiae obstaculum . Being a pretended answer to certain Queries dispersed in some parts in Gloucestershire . Lond. 1678. oct . This Sir Tho. Overbury was not educated in any University , only was a great Traveller in parts beyond the Seas , and afterwards a favourer of Protestant Dissenters ; which is all I know of him , only-that he sold his Inheritance at Boorton on the hill to Alex. Popham Esq about 1680. and afterwards retiring to an Estate that he had at Adminton in Queinton Parish in Gloucestershire , died there 28. Feb. 1680. and was buried in Queinton Church . JOHN HARMAR , a most noted Latinist , Grecian , and Divine , was born at a Market Town called Newbury in Berks , educated in Grammaticals in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . 1574. took the degrees in Arts , was made the Kings Professor of the Greek Tongue in this University , 1585. ( being then in holy Orders , ) one of the Proctors thereof two years after , chief Master of Winchester School for nine years , Warden of the coll . there 17 years , and at length Doctor of Divinity , being always accounted a most solid Theologist , admirably well read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , and in his younger years a subtile Aristotelian . The chief actions of his Life , an account of his travels , of his disputing at Paris with the great Doctors of the Rom. Party , and also of the things that he had written and published , his Nephew John Harmar ( whom I shall mention under the year 1670. ) promised to give unto me a full narration in writing ; but sickness , and death soon after , following , prevented him . He hath published , ( 1 ) Chrysostomi Archiep. Constant , Homeliae sex , ex MSS. cod . in bib . coll . Novi . Oxon. 1586. ( 2 ) Chrysostomi Homeliae ad populum Antiochenum , omnes , exceptâ primâ , cum Latinâ versione Homeliae decimae nonae , quae in latinis etiam exemplaribus hactenus desiderata est . Lond. 1590. He also translated from French into English , Sermons on the three first Chapters of the Canticles . Ox. 1587 , qu. Written by Theod. Beza : And from Lat. into English , Sermons on the 10. Commandments . Lord. 1581. qu. written by Joh. Calvin ; and had a prime hand in the translation of the New Testament into English , at the command of K. Jam. 1. an . 1604. At length paying his last debt to nature on the eleventh of Oct. in sixteen hundred and thirteen , year 1613 was buried at the upper end of New coll . Choire . His Epitaph you may read in a book intit . Historia & Antiquit . Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 152. a. He was a considerable Benefactor to the Libraries of both Wykehams colleges . EDWARD BREREWOOD , Son of Rob. Br. Wet-Glover , thrice Mayor of the City of Chester , was born , and educated in Grammar learning , there ; applyed his Muse to Academical studies in Brasenose coll . in the latter end of 1581. aged 16. or thereabouts , where continuing an indefatigable Student several years , took the degrees in Arts , and then , as 't is said , translated himself to St. Maries hall . In 1596. he became the first Astronomy Professor in Gresham coll . in London ; wherein , as in Oxon , he always led a retired and private course of Life , delighting with profound speculations , and the diligent searching out of hidden verities . It was also observed , that tho he never published any thing , while he injoyed this earthly Tabernacle , yet to avoid the fruitless curiosity of that which some take upon them , to know only that they may know , he was ever most ready in private , either by conference or writing to instruct others , repairing unto them , if they were desirous of his resolution in any doubtful points of learning , within the ample circuit of his deep apprehension . The things that he wrote were many , the first of which that was published , was , as I conceive , this . De ponderibus , & pretiis veterum nummorum , eorumque cum recentioribus collatione , lib. 1. Lond. 1614. qu. Published by his Nephew Rob. Brerewood of Chester , who was Commoner of Bras . coll 1605. aged 17. Remitted into the eighth vol. of the Criticks , and in the Apparatus before the first vol. of the Polyglot Bible . He also wrote , Enquiries touching the diversity of Languages , and Religion , through the chief parts of the World. Lond. 1614. 23. 35. &c. qu. and in 1647. &c. in oct . published by the said Rob. Brerewood , who , if I mistake not , hath written a large and learned Preface to it . Elementa Legicae in gratiam studiosae juventutis in Acad. Oxon. Lond. 1614. and 15. &c. in oct . Tractatus quidem Logici de Praedicabilibus & Praedicamentis . Oxon. 1628. 37. &c. oct . Treatise of the Sabbath . Oxon. 1630. qu. Which coming in MS. into the hands of Nich. Byfield a Minister in Chester , and by him answered , was replied upon by our author in , A second Treatise of the Sabbath , Ox. 1632. qu. The Puritans , it seems , then ( before our authors death 1613. ) did verily think there was a Plot against the power of godliness , but could never be pulled down , whilst the Sabbath stood upright , and therefore the Patrons of impiety ( as they said ) did rightly project to take that out of the way , which stood so much in theirs . Rich. Byfield did vindicate his Brother against Brerewood , and Joh. Ley wrote partly against him in his Sunday a Sabbath . An old and zealous Puritan named Theophilus Brabourne , an obscure Schoolmaster , or , as some say , a Minister of Suffolk , was very stiff for a Sabbath in his books published 1628. and 31. and endeavoured to take off all objections that might be said against one ; yet by maintaining the indispensable morality of the fourth Commandment , and consequently the necessary observation of the Jewish Sabbath , did incline several of his Readers to Judaism . Tho. Broad , who was esteemed an Anti-Sabbatarian , did write almost to the same effect that Brerewood did , tho Brerewood's first book did dissent from his opinions in those points , opposed by George Abbot in his Vindiciae Sabbathi , wherein are also surveyed all the rest that then had lately written on that subject concerning the Sabbath , viz. Francis White B. of Ely , Pet. Heylyn D. D. and Christop . Dowe , whose several treatises on the said subject , he calls Anti-Sabbatarian . Tractatus duo , quorum primus est de meteoris , secundus de oculo . Oxon. 1631. Published by Tho. Sixesmith M. A. and Fellow of Bras . coll . Commentarii in Ethica Aristotelis . Ox. 1640. qu. Published by the said Sixesmith , and 't is called by some Brerewood de moribus . The original MS. of which , written with his own hand , in the smallest and neatest character , that mine eyes ever yet beheld , was by him finished 27. Oct. 1586. The Patriarchal Government of the ancient Church , declared by way of answer unto four questions , &c. Ox. 1641. qu. He ended his days in Gresham coll . of a Feaver , to the great reluctancy of all good men , that knew the learning and the excellencies of the person , year 1613 on the fourth of Nov. in sixteen hundred and thirteen , and was buried the eighth day of the same month , near to the Readers Pew , in the Chancel of the Church of Great S. Helen , within the City of London . In his Lectureship of Astronomy in the said coll . succeeded Edm. Gunter , as I shall tell you elsewhere . WILLIAM WESTERMAN was entred a Commoner of Gloucester hall , in the latter end of 1583. took one degree in Arts , translated himself to Oriel coll . proceeded in that Faculty , and by continual study and unwearied industry , he became a proficient in Divinity , and Minister of Sanbridge in Hertfordshire . Afterwards his merits introducing him to the knowledge of Dr. Abbot Archbishop of Canterbury , was by him made his Chaplain , so that taking the degree of Doctor of Div. was also by him prefer'd to a Dignity . He hath published . Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) A prohibition of revenge , on Rev. 12. 19. Lond. 1600. oct . ( 2 ) Sword of maintenance , on Amos 5. 15. Lond. 1600. oct . ( 3 ) Faithful Subject , or Mephibosheth , on 2 Sam. 19. 29 , 30. Lond. 1608. oct . ( 4 ) Salomons Porch , or a Caveat , &c. on Eccles. 4. 17. Lond. 1608. oct . ( 5 ) Jacobs Well , on Joh. 4. 6. Lond. 1613. oct . &c. What other things he hath published , I know not , nor any thing else of the author . JOHN DUNSTER , born of a Family of his name living at Doneat near to Ilminster in Somersetshire , was made Demy of Magd. coll . in 1598. aged 16. perpetual Fellow 1602. afterwards Master of Arts , Proctor of the University 1611. and at length Chaplain to Archb. Abbot , who bestowed on him a Benefice or Dignity about 1613. in which year Dunster resigned his Fellowship . He hath published , Caesar's Penny , Serm. on 1 Pet. 2. 13 , 14. Oxon. 1610. oct . Prodromus . Or a literal exposition of the 79 Psalm , concerning the destruction of Jerusalem . Lond. 1613. oct . In his younger days , being esteemed a noted Poet by his Contemporaries , had several copies of verses printed in various books , especially in that made by the Society of Magd. coll . on the death of a noble young Man of that house named Will. Grey , Son of Arth. Grey Baron of Wilton , who died 18. Feb. 1605. WILLIAM SYMONDS , an Oxfordshire Man born , was elected Demy of Magd. coll . in 1573. and perpetual Fellow six years after , but whether he was M. of A. it appears not . About the time that he was made Fellow , he entred into holy Orders , and had a Spiritual Cure bestowed on him at Halton Holgate in Lincolnshire , by Sir Rob. Bertie Lord Willoughby ; where continuing several years , was called thence and became at length Preacher at S. Saviours Church in Southwarke , and D. and D. 1613. He was a person of an holy life , grave and moderate in his carriage , painful in the Ministry , well learned and of rare understanding in Prophetical Scriptures . He hath written , Pisgah Evangelica , according to the method of the Revelation , presenting the History of the Church , and those Canaanites over whom she shall triumph . Lond. 1605. qu. Virginia . Serm. at White-chappel in the presence of many honourable and worshipful , the Adventurers and Planters for Virginia , 25. Apr. 1609. on Gen. 12. 1 , 2 , 3. Lond. 1609. qu. What other things he published , I cannot yet find , nor to what year he lived . WILLIAM CHEEKE , who writes and entitles himself Austro-Britannus , became a Student in Magd. coll . in the beginning of the year 1592. took one degree in Arts , as a Member of Madg. hall , in Lent Term 1595. which being compleated by Determination , he left the University , and afterwards wrote and published certain matters , of which , one is intit . Anagrammata & Chronogrammat a Regia . Lond. 1613. oct . In which book are several copies of Latin and Greek verses , which shew the author to have been a good Poet in the time he lived . ROBERT HOVEDEN , a Kentish Man born , was elected Fellow of Allsouls coll . in 1565. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1570. and in the year following , being then 27 years of age , he was elected and confirmed Warden of the said coll . About the same time entring into holy Orders , he was made Domestick Chaplain to Matthew Archb. of Canterbury , afterwards Prebendary of the Cath. there , Prebendary of Henstridge in the Church of Wells , Prebendary of Clifton in the Church of Lincoln , and at length Doctor of Div. He hath written , Henrici Chichleii Cantuar. Archiepiscopi , collegiique Omnium Animarum apud Oxonienses fundatoris vita . Written in Dec. 1574. and hath this beginning , Henricus Chichleius in pago prope Northamptoniam , &c. It is a short thing , and is kept in MS. under the authors hand in All 's . coll . and served as an Apparatus of a larger life , written by Dr. Arth. Duck. Catalogus Custodum & Sociorum coll . Om. Animarum . — MS. It commences at the foundation of the college , and reaches down to Hoveden's days , and by others continued to these times . This Catalogue , tho it is trite and slender , and now and then faulty , yet it hath instructed me in many things , when I was in composing this and a preceedent work . It is commonly in the custody of the Warden , and hath in the beginning of it the life of the Founder before-mentioned . This worthy Doctor died on the 25. of March in sixteen hundred and fourteen , and was buried towards the upper end of All 's . coll . chappel . year 1614 A copy of his Epitaph you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vnivers . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 185. a. JOHN SPENSER , a Suffolke man born , was originally one of the Clerks of C. C. coll . and being Bach. of Arts in 1577. was elected Greek Reader of the same , 9. June in the year following , not without great opposition of Mr. Joh. Rainolds whose resignation it was . On the 7. May 1579. he was admitted Fellow , and the year after took the degree of Master of Arts. So that entring into Orders he became a noted Preacher , Chaplain to K. Jam. 1. and a great admirer of Rich. Hooker and Rainolds before mention'd . On the death of the last he was elected President of the said coll . and reverenced by all good men for his knowledge , learning and piety . At the time of his death he left several things fit for the Press , among which was a Sermon publish'd by Hamlet Marshall his Curate , bearing this title . A learned and godly Sermon at Pauls Cross on Esay 5. 2. 3. Lond. 1615. qu. But this is not all that he is to be remembred for , for , for several years before his death , he took extraordinary pains , together with a most judicious and compleat Divine named R. Hooker before mention'd , about the compiling of a learned and profitable work , which he published , ( I mean some of the books of Ecclesiastical Policy ) yet would not he be moved to put his name to tho he had a special hand in , it , and therefore it fell out that tulit alter honores . Our Author Spenser also , did about four years after Hooker's death publish the five Books of Eccles . Policy together in one Volume , with an Epistle before them , subscribed by J. S. and reprinted at London with some of his smaller works ( which had been before published ) by Hen. Jackson , an . 1622. fol. He the said Dr. Spenser gave way to fate 3. Apr. it sixteen hundred and fourteen , year 1614 and was buried in Corp. Ch. coll . Chappel . Over his Grave is a fair Monument , with his bust , and an inscription ; a copy of which you may read in Histor . & Antiq. Vnivers . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 244. b. His Picture is painted on the Wall of the School gallery in Oxon , among our eniment English Divines . WILLIAM BATHE , was born within the City of Dublin in Ireland , Studied several years in this University with indefatigable industry , but whether in any of the three houses wherein Irish men of his time studied , viz. in Vniv. coll . Hart , or Glocester-hall , or whether he took a degree , I find not . Afterwards , under pretence of being weary with the Heresie professed in England ( as he usually call'd it ) left the Nation , the Religion that he was brought up to , and entred himself into the Society of Jesus , in 1596. being then between 30. and 40. years of age . After he had spent some time in that order , he was sent from Flanders to Padua to increase his studies : which being compleated , he went into Spain , where at Salamanca he presided the Seminary of that Nation ad formationem spiritus . He was endowed with a most ardent zeal for the obtaining of Souls , and was beloved of , and respected by , not only those of his own Order , but of other Orders for his singular vertues and excellencies of good conditions . He hath written Introduction to the Art of Musick , wherein are set down exact and easie rules , with arguments and their solutions , for such as seek to know the reason of the truth : which rules , he means , whereby any by his own industry , may shortly , easily , and regularly , attain to all such things , as to this Art do belong . Lond. 1584. qu. This book he wrote while he was a young Student in Oxford , being then much delighted in the faculty of Musick . Janua linguarum : seu modus maxime accomodatus , quo patefit aditus ad omnes linguas intelligendas . Salam . 1611. Published by the care of the Irish Fathers of the Jesuits Order living at Salamanca , and is used at this time there for the instruction of Youth . He also wrote in the Spanish Tongue . Preparation for the administring of the Sacrament , with greater facility and fruit of repentance , than hath been already done . Millan . 1604. Published by Joseph Creswell under the name of Pet. Manrique . He also ( W. Bathe ) wrote in English , but his name not put to it , A methodical institution concerning the chief mystesteries of Christian Religion . Method for the performing of general Confession . — At length our author taking a journey to Madrid in Spain about several concerns of the Order , died there 17 June in sixteen hundred and fourteen ( according to the accompt there followed ) and was buried , year 1614 I presume , among the brethren in their house there , who had a most entire respect for him and his learning , while he was living . JOHN REINOLDS , the most noted Epigrammatist next to Joh. Owen and Sir Jo. Harrington of his time , received his first being in this world at Tuddington in Bedfordshire , was elected Probationer of New coll . from Wykeham's School near to Winchester , in 1600. and two years after was admitted Perpetual fellow , being then noted for a good Grecian , Orator , and Poet. Afterwards he took the degree of Bach. of the Civil Law , and wrote and published , Disticha classis Epigrammatum , sive carminum inscriptorum . Centuriae duae . The first part was printed at Oxon 1611. in oct . and containes an 110. Epigrams concerning the British and English Kings , each Epigarm consisting but of two Verses . The other part was printed at the same place in 1612. in oct . Besides which Epigrams , he hath much of his Poetry printed in divers books , particularly in that made by certain fellows of New coll . on the death of Ralph Warcup , Esq an . 1605 , wherein he flourishes in his Greek Poetry . He ended his days in the prime of his years in sixteen hundred and fourteen , and was buried , year 1614 as it seems , in New coll Cloyster . I find another of both his names and equal almost in time with him , who was born within the City of Excester , and by the books that he published , had gained a famous name among the vulgar Scholars , Gentlemen , and Women of love and mode . The titles of them are ( 1 ) The triumphs of Gods revenge , against the crying and execrable sin of Murder , &c. Lond. 1621. qu. the first book . Five more came out afterwards at several times , mostly taken from French printed copies , which he had gathered in his Travels into France . All the six books , were printed at London in one fol. 1635. and several times after . At length the sixth edition being adorned with Cuts , was published at Lond. 1679. fol. by Sam. Pordage of Lincolns Inn , Son of Joh. Pordage Rector of Bradfield in Berks. and formerly Head Steward of the lands to old Philip Earl of Pembroke . ( 2 ) Gods revenge against the abominable sin of Adultery , containing ten several Histories . Lond. 1679. fol. This being never printed before , was illustrated with Cuts , and published by the said Sam. Pordage with the former book . ( 3 ) The flower of fidelity : Displaying in a continuate history , the various adventures of three foraigne Princes . Lond. 1650. oct . Dedicated to his Father-in-law Rich. Waltham Esq Justice of Peace of Devon. and other things which I have not yet seen . Among the translations that he hath made from French into English is A Treatise of the Court , written by Monsieur de Refuges , and by the Translator dedicated to Prince Charles , afterwards K. Ch. 1. Whether the said John Reynolds was ever a Student in Oxon , I cannot in my searches yet find . However some of the Antients of Exeter coll . who knew the man , have averred it several times , that he had received some Accademical education , but before he could take a degree , was call'd away to travel into France . He was living in the times of Usurpation , but whether in those of the restauration of K. Ch. 2. I cannot tell . ARTHUR HOPTON , fifth Son of Sir Arth. Hopton Knight of the Bathe , ( by Rachell his Wife , daughter of Edm. Hall of Gretford in Lincolnshire ) Son of Sir Owen Hopton , sometimes Leivtenant of the Tower near London , was born in Somersetshire , ( at Wytham as it seems ) became a Gent. Commoner of Lincoln coll in Michaelmas Term , an . 1604. aged 15. or more ; where falling under the tuition of a noted and careful Tutor , became the miracle of his age for learning . In 1607. he was admitted Bach. of Arts , and then left the University to the great sorrow of those who knew the wonderful pregnancy of his parts . Afterwards he setled in London , in one of the Temples as I conceive , where he was much admired and beloved by Selden and all the noted men of that time , who held him in great value not only for his antient and gentile Extraction , but for the marvellous forwardness of his Mathematical genie , which led him to perform those matters at one or two and twenty years of age , which others of forty or fifty could not do , as in these Books following of his composition may appear . Baculum Geodaticum sive Viaticum . Or , the Geodetical Staff containing eight books . Lond. 1610. in a pretty thick qu. Speculum Topographicum . Or , the Topographical Glass ; containing the use of the Topographical Glass , Theodelitus , plain Table and Circumferentor , &c. Lond. 1611. qu. A Concordancy of years ; containing a new , easie , and a most exact computation of time , according to the English accompt . Lond. 1616. oct . To which were additions made by Joh. Penkethman . Lond. 1635. in qu. in one sh . and half . He hath also divers copies of verses scattered in books , which shew that he was a tolerable Poet of his time . He ended his days in the prime of his years , within the Parish of St. Clements Danes , without Temple-Bar near to London , in the month of Nov. in sixteen hundred and fourteen , year 1614 and was buried ( if I mistake not ) in the Church there . His untimely death , as I have been informed by those that remember him , was much regretted by all those , who were acquainted with him , and knew his extraordinary worth . His Nephew Ralph Hopton , Son of his Brother Robert , was a Gent. Com. also of Linc. coll . and after the Rebellion brake out in 1642. he was a General of an Army under K. Ch. 1. and by him made a Baron . ROBERT COOKE , who writes himself Cocus , was born at , or near to , Beeston in Yorkshire , was entred a Student in Brasenose coll . in 1567. aged 17. or thereabouts , where , with unwearied diligence , travelling through the various Classes of Logick and Philosophy , he became the most noted Disputant of his time . On the 2. Dec. 1573. he was unanimously elected Probationer-Fellow of that coll . and three years after took the degree of M. of A. About which time entring into Holy Orders , and being noted for his admirable learning , was therefore elected one of the Proctors of the University : In which office he behaved himself so admirably well , that his house gained credit by it . In 1584. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and in the beginning of June 1590. resigning his Fellowship , retired to his new obtained Vicaridge of Leedes in Yorkshire ; where making the best advantage of his time , became a Man learned in the Church , singularly well studied in the disquisition of antiquity , especially for the discerning of the proper works of the Fathers from the forged and counterfeit , as it may appear in a book which he wrote , intit . Censura quorundam Scriptorum quae sub nominibus Sanctorum , & veterum auctorum , à Pontificiis passim in eorum Scriptis , sed potissimum in quaestionibus hodie controversis citari solent . Lond. 1614. and 23. qu. Which is all I think he hath published . He gave way to fate at Leedes before-mentioned , on the first of Jan. in sixteen hundred and fourteen , and was buried the day following in the Church there . Alex. Cooke his Brother , whom I shall mention under the year 1632. succeeded him in the Vicaridge of Leedes , and there died . MATHEW SLADE , second a Son of Joh. Slade of the West Country , Son of Joh. Slade of Roughley in Staffordshire , the second Son of Joh. Slade of the ancient and gentile Family of the Slades of Norton-Slade in Lancashire , was born in Devonshire , became a Batler of St. Albans hall in 1584. and in that of his age 17. took a degree in Arts four years after , and about that time was a candidate for a Fellowship of Morton coll . but what put him by , unless the want of Friends , for Philosophy he had sufficient , I know not . Afterwards he retired to his native Country , taught School for a time , and Married , as I shall anon tell you . At length upon an invitation , he went to Amsterdam in Holland , where by the High and Mighty States he became Rector of the learned Academy or Gymnasium , situated and being in the old part of that famous City ; where he was esteemed , by all that knew him , an excellent L●tinist , a good Grecian , one well read in profound authors , a stiff Enemy to the Socinians , and a walking Library . His works are these : Cum Conrado Vorstio S. T. D. de blasphemiis , haeresibus , & atheismis à Jacobo Rege Angliae 1. in ejusd . Vorstii de dei tractatu , &c. Scholasticae disputationis pars prima . In qua fides Orthodoxa de vera immensitate & infinitate triunius dei opponitur , &c. Amstel . 1612. qu. Appendix prioris disceptationis . Amstel . 1614. qu. Which is set before this book following . Disceptationis cum Conrado Vorstio S. T. D. pars altera , de immutabilitate & simplicitate dei : Qua docetur R. Jac. 1. juste & merito notasse blasphemum Vorsti dogma . Deum esse mutabilem & accedentibus subjectum adserentis . Amstel . 1614. qu. C. Vorstii & F. Socini concentus , sive Bicinii exemplum : cum rerum , verborum atque testium Syllabo . Printed with the former , viz. Disceptationis altera pars . These things were replied upon by Vorstius , in 1615. but whether our author Slade put out a rejoynder , I know not as yet , or any thing else that he hath published . He took to Wife Alethea Daughter of Rich. Kirford of , or near to , Honiton in Devon. on the 20. of Sept. 1593. by whom he had Issue Cornelius Slade born in Amsterdam 14. of Oct. 1599. and made Rector of the Gymnasium there , ( perhaps on the death of his Father ) on the 9. of May 1628. who taking to Wife Gertrude the Daughter of Luke Ambrose a Preacher of Amsterdam , begot on her , among other Children , Mathew Slade born 9. of June 1628. and being strictly educated in learning , became a Doctor of Physick and a learned Man , and thereupon often mentioned with honour by Swammerdam , as also by Scrader , who dedicates a book to him . This Matthew Slade did publish , under the borrowed name of Theodorus Aldes ( Slade ) Anglus , a book intit . Dissertatio Epistolica de Generatione Animalium contra Harveium . Amstel . 1666. in tw . Reprinted with other Anatomical Works at Francfort , twice in the year 1668. in qu. and is extant in the Bibliotheca Anatomica . The Collectors of which have unveiled him , and put him down under his true name Mattheus Sladus Amstelodamensis M. D. He hath also written Observationes in Ovem . Amstel . 1673. in tw . which is also in the said Bibliotheque , and Sciagraphia nutritionis Foetus in utero ; & de ejus urinâ . Ibid. At length coming into England in Sept. or Oct. 1689. retired to Oxon in Dec. following to see it , the Colleges , Libraries , and learned Men there : And after he had tarried at that place about a fortnight , went in the Stage-coach towards London , but being taken suddenly with an Apoplectical fit on Shotover hill , two miles distant from Oxon , died thereof before he came to Wheatley , on Friday the twentieth day of the same month , being the Eve of St. Thomas the Apostle . Whereupon his body being lodged in a common Inn there , was , by the care of James Tyrrell Esq and Dr. Edw. Bernard one of the Savilian Professors , conveyed thence the next day to the Angel Inn in Oxon , where lying till the day following , was buried in the yard ( near to , and behind the West door leading therein , ) belonging to the Church of St. Peter in the East ; at which time were present certain Doctors of , and Graduats in , Physick , and Masters of Arts. THOMAS FREEMAN , a Gloucestershire Man born , of the same Family with those of Batsford and Todenham near to Morton in Marsh , became a Student in Magd. coll . an . 1607. aged 16 years , or thereabouts , and Bach. of Arts four years after . At length retiring to the great City , and setting up for a Poet , was shortly after held in esteem by Sam. Daniel , Owen the Epigrammatist , Dr. Joh. Donn , Shakspeare , George Chapman , Tho. Heywood the Play-maker and others . To some of whole judgments he submitted these his two books of Epigrams following . Rubbe , and a great Cast . In 100 Epigrames . Lond. 1614. qu. Runne , and a great Cast . The second bowle , in an 100 Epigrams . — Printed with the former Epigrams , and both dedicated to Thomas Lord Windsore , who seemed to patronize his studies . The reason for Rubbe and Runne , he gives in these four verses . Sphaera mihi ; calamus , mundi sunt crimina , nodi , Ipse sed est mundus , Sphaeromachia mihi . Sive manere Jubes , Lector , seu currere spaeram Lusori pariter , curre mane que placent . THOMAS CHALONER , Son of Sir Thom. Chaloner Knight , by Ethelreda his Wife , Daughter of Edward Frodsham of Elton in Cheshire , was educated in Magd. coll . where he was held in esteem for his Poetry ; but taking no degree , travelled beyond the Seas , and at his return became a compleat Gentleman . In 1591. he received the honour of Knighthood , and being esteemed a learned , prudent , and sober person , when K. James the first came to the English Crown , he therefore by him was appointed Tator ( and afterwards Chamberlain ) to his Son Prince Henry the lively joy and delight of Britain , and about that time was actually created Master of Arts , as in the Fasti , under the year 1605. I shall tell you . This person , who was a learned searcher into Natures Works , did first discover an Allum-mine near to Gisburgh in Yorkshire , ( being possessed of Land there , ) about the latter end of Q. Elizabeth ; but being adjudged to be a Mine-Royal , was rented by several , and little benefit came to Sir Thomas . At length the Long Parliament which began in 1640. voted it a Monopoly , and restored the benefit thereof to the former Proprietaries . He hath written several things , but all that I have seen is only , The Virtue of Nitre , wherein is declared the sundry cures by the same effected . Lond. 1584. qu. and other matters pertaining to Virtuosity , and something , as it seems , to Pastoral , but whether extant , I cannot tell . He died about the 17. Nov. in sixteen hundred and fifteen , year 1615 and was buried in the Parish Church of Cheswich in Middlesex , near to the body of Elizabeth his first Wife , Daughter of Will. Fleetwood , sometimes Recorder of London , by whom he had Issue Will. Chaloner of Gisburgh in Yorkshire , soon after his Fathers death made a Baronet , Thomas , James , &c. which two last were of the number of Judges that sate in Judgment on King Charles 1. of Blessed Memory , as I shall tell you at large . He had also several Children by his second Wife Judith , Daughter of Will. Blount of London , some of whose Posterity ( as I think ) liveth at , or near , Steeple-Claydon in Bucks , where Sir Thomas had a fair Estate . JOHN DRUSIUS , or Driesschus , commonly called Vander Driesche the most noted Critick , Linguist , and Theologist of his time , was born at Oudenard a City of Flanders , situated between Gaunt and Tourney , 28. June 1550. educated in Grammar learning in Gaunt , in Academical in the University of Lovaine , where he took the degree of B●ch . of Arts. About which time his Father Clement Driesche , being proscribed for Religion , and deprived of his Estate , fled into England , and took this his Son with him . When he came to London he met with Anth. Cevallerius a Professor at Caen in Normandy , exceeding skilful in the Hebrew Tongue , who reading there to several Scholars and Laicks , our author attended him , went also with him to Cambridge , where he read the said Language , and afterwards for a time into France , and by his diligence became an exact proficient in the Hebrew , as well as in the Greek , Language . Soon after he returned to London , and when he purposed to go back into France he heard of the Massacre at Paris , which made him alter his mind . So that turning his course to Oxon , in the beginning of the year 1572. he was entertained by the Society of Morton coll . admitted to the degree of Bach. of Arts , as a Member of that house , in July the same year , and in the beginning of Aug. following had a Chamber set apart a for him by the Society ; who then also decreed that he should have forty shillings yearly allowed to him , so long as he read a Hebrew Lecture in their common Refectory . For 4 years , at least , he lived in the said house , and constantly read ( as he did sometimes to the Scholars of Magd. coll . upon the desire of Dr. Laur. Humphrey President thereof ) either Hebrew , Chalde , or Syriack Lectures . In 1573. he was , as a Member of the said house of Merton , licensed to proceed in Arts , and in the year following was b recommended by the Chancellour of the University to the Members of Convocation , that he might publickly read the Syriack Language in one of the publick Schools , and that for his pains he receive a competent stipend . Soon after , upon consideration of the matter , they allowed him twenty marks to be equally gathered from among them , and ordered that the same respect be given to him , as to any of the Lecturers . In 1576. he left Oxon , and in the year following the States of Holland chose him to be the Professor in Hebrew , Chalde , and Syriack in the University of Leydon . Soon after , being Married , the States of Frisland , who had erected an University at Franeker , invited him thither to be a Professor ; where continuing many years , was held in high esteem of all Scholars and Foreigners , that repaired thither . He was an excellent Hebrician , and well versed in the Rabbines , and hath given great light to a large part of the Scriptures , as these books following shews most of which are remitted into the several Tomes of the Criticks . Comm. ad Voces Hebraicas Novi Testum . viz. pars prior . Com. ad Voc. Hebr. N. Test . viz. pars posterior . Antw. 1582. qu. Both printed together at Franek . 1616. fol. Quaestionum Hebraicarum libri 3. In quibus varia S. Scripturae explicantur . Lugd. 1583. oct . Animadversionum lib. 2. Lugd. 1585. oct . Com. in librum Esther . Lugd. Bat. 1586. oct . Additiones Apocryphae latinè versae , cum Scholiis . Miscellanea locutionum Sacrarum . Franek . 1586. oct . Versio & Com. in lib. Ruth , ejusque translatio Graeca cum notis ad candem . Franek . 1586. oct . &c. Alphabetum Hebraicum vetus , & veterum Gnomae Heb. Lat. Franek . 1587. Parallela , seu locorum vet . Testamenti quae Novo citantur , conjuncta commemoratio . Franek . 1588. qu. Proverbiorum sacrorum classes 2. seu explicatio Proverb . Salomonis . Franek . 1590. qu. Lectiones in Amos , Nahum , Habuc , Sophoniam , Joel , Jonam , & Abdiam . Lugd. Bat. 1591. oct . &c. Liber Tobias Graecè , cum castigationibus . Franek . 1591. qu. Lectiones in Jonam . Lugd. Bat. 1591. oct . Observationum Sacrarum lib. 16. Franek . 1594. oct . Carmina Hebraica in obitum Jos . Scaligeri . Franek . 1591. qu. De quaesitis per Epistolam . Printed 1595. oct . Ecclesiastices Graecè , cum versione & notis . Franek . 1596. qu. Versio & Scholia ad Proverbia Ben-Syrae . Franek . 1597. qu. Adagiorum Hebraicorum Decuriae aliquot , cum Scholiis . Quaest . Hebr. lib. 3. Franek . 1599. oct . Lectiones in Hoseam . Lugd. Bat. 1599. oct . Versio & notae ad librum Hasmonaeorum seu priorem Machabaeorum . Franek . 1600. qu. Grammatica Chaldaica ex tabb. Merceri descripta . Franek . 1602. oct . De Hasidaeis . Franek . 1603. oct . De nomine Elohim . Franek . 1604. oct . De nomine Tetragrammato , cum Scholiis in Pauli Burgensis 12. questiones de eodem subjecto . Franek . 1604. oct . Amst . 1634. qu. Comm. de 3 sectis Judaeorum , contra Serarium . Franek . 1605. Comm. de sectis Judaicis , viz. de Hasidaeis , & de 3. sectis Judaeorum , & spicilegium Tribaeresii Nic. Serarii . Franek . 1603. and 1605. oct . Arnh. 1619. qu. Respons . ad Nic. Seraerii Minerval . Franek . 1606. oct . Notae ad Sulpitii severi historiam sacram . Franek . 1607. oct . Opuscula Grammaticalia . Franek . 1609. qu. Annot. in Nov. Test . sive praeteritorum libri 10. Franek . 1612. qu. &c. Annot. pars altera . Franek . 1616. qu. Apothegmata Hebraeorum ac Arabum , ex variis authoribus collecta , Lat. Franek . 1612. qu. &c. De Patriarchâ Henoch & ejus libro : ubi etiam de libris in S. Scriptura memoratis qui nunc interciderunt . Franek . 1615. qu. Comm. in difficiliora loca Pentateuchi . Franek . 1617. qu. Comm. in difficiliora loca Josuae , Judicum , & Samuchs . Franek . 1618. Vet. Gr. Interp. fragm . in vetus Test . cum notis . Arnh. 1622. qu. Com. seu Lectiones in 12 Prophetas Minores . Amstel . 1627. Published with additions and amended by Sixt. Amama . Annot. in librum Kohèleth seu Ecclesiasten . Amstel . 1635. Versio & Scholia in lib. Job . Amstel . 1636. Veterum Interpretum Graecorum fragmenta in Pentateuchum , cum notis . Conjectanea in Graecam editionem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lxx . Tetragrammaticon : sive de nomine dei proprio , &c. Amstel . 1634. qu. Historia Ruth Graece ad exemplar Complutense cum Latina versione ex Ebraeo , & cum comment . Amstel . 1632. qu. Animadversionum libri duo pro emendatione 〈◊〉 Ebr. & veterum Interpr . in plurimis locis S. Scripturae . Amstel . 1634. qu. Grammatica linguae s●●ctae . Franek . 1612. qu. Catechesis religionis christianae Heb. Gr. & Lat. pr. 1591. oct . Other things , as 't is probable , he hath published , but such I have not yet seen . He surrendred up his pious soul to God : on this 12. of Feb. in sixteen hundred and fifteen , and was buried , as I suppose , at Franeker , after he had lived there a most severe student , and in continual labour for the good and benefit of Literature about 31. years . He left behind him a Son of both his names , bred partly in this University , but not to be numbred among most learned men , especially such as was his Father , as also a Daughter named Agnes , the wife of Abel Curiander author of the Latin life of his Father-in-Law Joh. Drusius , printed at Franaker 1616. qu. In which the Reader may see more of his life and works , than are here set down by me . THOMAS ROGERS , a most admirable Theologist , an excellent Preacher , and well deserving every way of the sacred Function , was born , as I conceive , in Cheshire , and came full ripe to the University before 1568. About which time being made one the Students of Ch. Ch. took holy Orders very early , and afterwards the degree of Master of Arts , Scil. an . 1576. before which time , he was a sedulous and constant Preacher of Gods word . What his preferments were successively afterwards , I know not , only that he was Chaplain to Doctor Bancroft Bishop of London , and at length Rector of Horninger near to S. Edmonds Bury in Suffolke , where and in the neighbourhood , he was always held in great esteem for his learning and holiness of life and conversation . His works are these . A Philosophical discourse , entit . The Anatomy of the mind . Lond. 1576. oct . Before which is a copy of Verses in praise of it , written by his Contemporary Will. Camden of Ch. Ch. Of the end of the world , and second comming of Christ , &c. Lond. 1577. qu. The English Creed ; wherein is contained in tables an exposition on the articles which every man is to subscribe unto . Where the articles are expounded by Scripture , and the confessions of all the reformed Churches and Heresies are displayed . Lond. 1579. and 85. fol. General Session , containing an apology of the comfortable doctrine concerning the end of the world and seccond coming of Christ . Lond. 1581. qu. The English Creed ; consisting with the true ancient Catholique and Apostolick Church in all the points and articles of Religion , which every christian is to know , and believe , that would be saved , &c. — In two parts . The first printed at London in 1585. the second there 1587. and both in fol. An Exposition on the 39 Articles of the Church of England . Lond. 1586. &c. qu. Which book , at the first appearance , met not with that welcom entertainment , which seemed due to the authors endeavours . For besides the two extreams , Papists and Schismaticks , who were highly inraged , many Protestants of a middle temper were much offended thereat . Some conceived it presumption for a private Minister to make himself the mouth of the Church , to render her sense in matters of so high-concernment . Others were * offended , that his interpretation confin'd the charitable latitude , formerly allowed in those Articles . Howsoever it was , sure it is , the work in some years , wrought it self in good esteem , as dedicated to , and countenanced by , Dr. Bancroft before-mentioned . A golden Chaine taken out of the rich treasure house of the Psalms of David . Lond. 1587. in tw . The Peerles of K. Soleman , gathered into common places — Taken from the Proverbs of the said King , printed with the former book . Historical dialogue touching Antichrist and Popery ; drawn and published for the comfort of our Church , &c. Lond. 1589. oct . Serm. on 12. Rom. ver . 6. 7. 8. Lond. 1590. qu. Miles Christianus , Or , a defence of all necessary writings and writers , written against an Epistle prefixed to a Catechism made by Miles Moses . Lond. 1590. qu. This Miles Moses was Bach. of Div. and published besides the former things , The arraignment of Vsury in six Sermons . Lond. 1595. qu. Table of the lawful use of an oath , and the cursed state of vain Swearers . Lond. Two dealogues . Lond. 1608. He also translated into English . ( 1 ) A discourse of the end of the world and second comming of Christ . Lond. 1577. 78. oct . written by Schelto à Geveren of Emden in Friesland . ( 2 ) General discourse of the damnable sect of Vsurers , &c. Lond. 1578. qu. written by Philip Caesar . To which is added , A treatise of the lawful use of riches : written by Nich. Heming . ( 3 ) The profession of the true Church , and Popery compared . Lond. 1578. oct . ( 4 ) Exposition on the 84. Psalm . Lond. 1581. oct . written by Nic. Heming for the instruction of the ignorant in the grounds of Religion ; and confutation of the Jewes , Turks , &c. ( 5 ) S. Augustins heavenly meditations , call'd , A private talke with God. Lond. 1581. in tw . Purified by our Translator T. Rogers , and adorned with annotations of Scripture . ( 6 ) Of the foolishness of men and women in putting off the amendment of their lives from day to day . Lond. 1583. and 86. oct . written Joh. Rivius . ( 7 ) Of the imitation of Christ , Lond. 1584. 89. in tw . written in three books by Tho. de Kempis ; and for the worthiness thereof oft since translated into sundry Languages . Now newly translated by Tho. Rogers , corrected , and with most ample Texts and Sentences of holy Scripture illustrated . ( 8 ) A method to Mortification , called heretofore The contempt of the World , &c. Lond. 1586. in tw . written by Didac . Stella . ( 9 ) S. Augustins Prayers . Lond. 1591. in tw . &c. Purged by our Translator ( T. Rogers ) from divers superstitious points , and adorned with manifold places of Scripture . ( 10 ) A manual containing special and picked meditations and godly prayers . Lond. 1591. in tw . with corrections by the Translator . ( 11 ) Enemy of security ; or , a daily exercise of godly meditations . Lond. 1580. and 91. in tw . written by Joh. Avenar publick Professor of the Hebrew tongue in the University of Witeberge . ( 12 ) Enemy to Atheism : or , christian godly prayers for all degrees . Lond. 1591. in tw . written in the German Language by Jo. Avenar , translated out of Lat. by our author T. Rogers . ( 13 ) Soliloquium animae : The fourth book of the imitation of Christ . Lond. 1592. in tw . written by Th. de Kempis before mentioned . What other thing our author hath written and translated , I know not ; Nor any thing else of him , only that he was a zealous opposer of the doctrine of the Sabbath , and the first that publickly stood up against Dr. Nich. Bownds opinion of it in his Preface to the Exposition on the 39. Articles , &c. which made the other party , ( the Puritan ) angry , and so far to be enraged , as maliciously to asperse and blemish him . Whereupon he wrote a vindication of himself in MS. now in the hands of a near relation of his . At length after a great deal of pains taken for the benefit of the Church , he gave up the Ghost at Horninger before mention'd , otherwise called Horningshearth : whereupon his body was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , under a rough , unpolished and broken Gravestone , without name or Epitaph , 22. Febr. in sixteen hundred and fifteen , as the Register of that Church tells us ; which , I presume , follows the English accompt , and not the common , as many country Registers do . I find one Tho. Rogers a Cheshire man born , to have been admitted Student of Ch. Ch. 1547. aged 24. or more , being then Bac. of Arts , and soon after made Master . What relation he had to the former Th. Rogers I know not . Another Tho. Rogers I find , who was born in Glocestershire , in , or near to , Tewksbury , lived mostly in his latter days , in the Parish of S. Giles in the fields near London , and published a Poem entituled The tears or lamentations of a sorrowful Soul. Lond. 1612. qu. written by Sir Will. Leighton Knight , one of his Majesties band of Pensioners . To which , the said Tho. Rogers added of his own composition , a Poem called Glocesters mite . But this Tho. Rogers is quite different from the Divine before mention'd . RICHARD NICCOLLS , esteemed eminent for his Poetry in his time , was born of Gentile Parents in London and at 18 years of age , an 1602. was entred a Student in Mag. coll . in Michaelmas-Term , but making little stay there he retired to Mag hall and took the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1606. being then numbred among the ingenious persons of the University . After he had remained there for some time , he retired to the great City , obtained an employment suitable to his faculty , and at length honoured the Devoto's to Poetry , with these things following . The Cuckow , a Poem . Lond. 1607. in qu. Dedicated to Mr. ( after Sir ) Thom. Wroth a favourer of his Muse . The fall of Princes . Lond. 1610. qu. A winter nights Vision . Lond. 1610. qu. being an addition of such Princes , especially famous , who were exempted in the former History , meaning in the History called The mirrour of Magistrates , written in Verse by John Higens of Winceham , an . 1586. qu. This mirrour , which was esteemed the best piece of Poetry of those times , ( if Albions England , which was by some preferred , did not stand in its way ) contained the lives of some of our Kings and Queens , and was exceedingly admired by ingenious Scholars and others . Momodia , Or Walthams complaint upon the death of the most vertuous and noble Lady , late deceased , the Lady Honor Hay . Lond. 1615. oct . I find another Rich. Niccolls who is stiled the Elder , and of the Inner Temple Gent. who wrote ( 1 ) A Treatise setting forth the mysterie of our Salvation . ( 2 ) A day Star for dark wandring souls : shewing the light by a christian controversie . Both which were published after the authors death , at Lond. 1613. in oct . But whether this R. Niccolls the Elder , was ever of this University , I find not as yet . EDWARD EVANS , a noted preacher of his time in the University , was born in Denbighshire , applyed his eager mind to Academical studies in Ch. Ch. an . 1598. aged 16. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1607. and afterwards published , Verba dierum : Or the days report of Gods glory , in four Sermons or Lectures upon one text in the University of Oxon. on Psal. 19. 2. Oxon. 1615. qu. Another of both his names I find to have been born at Westmeane in Hampshire , admitted fellow of New coll . 1595. and that he took the degree of M. of A. 1602. But this person leaving his fellowship in 1604. and so consequently the University , he is not to be taken for the same , who published the four Sermons before mention'd . JOHN HEATH , more famous for his Poetry than the former for his preaching , was born at Stalls ▪ ( whether a hamlet or House I know not ) in Somersetshire , educated in Wykehams School , admitted Perpetual fellow of New coll . 1607. aged 22. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1613. and three years after left his Fellowship . But before that time , when he was Bach. of Arts , he wrote and published , Two centuries of Epigrams . Lond. 1610. in tw . and had verses printed in several books that occasionly were published , particularly in that on the death of Sir Th. Bodley Kt. He hath also made a translation from Spanish , into English , which I have not yet seen , and wrote other matters fit for the Press , but whether ever printed I cannot tell . THOMAS BILSON , Son of Harman Bilson , ( the same , I suppose , who was fellow of Merton coll . an 1536 ) Son of Arnold Bilson , son and heir of Arnold Bilson a Native of High Germany , by his Wife , the Daughter ( natural or legitimate , I know not ) of the Duke of Bavaria , was born in the City of Winchester , fitted for the University in Wykeham's School there , admitted Perpetual fellow of New coll . after he had served two years of Probation , an . 1565. took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders and became a most solid and constant preacher in these parts and elsewhere . Afterwards he was Schoolmaster , ( say some ) then Prebendary of Winchester , Warden of the coll . there , Doctor of Divinity , and at length Bishop of Worcester ; to which See being consecrated 13. June 1596. was translated thence to Winchester in the year following , and made one of his Majesties Privy Councellours . He was as reverend and learned a Prelate as England ever afforded , a deep and profound Scholar , exactly read in Ecclesiastical authors , and with Dr. Rich. Field of Oxon. ( as Whittaker and Fulke of Cambridge ) a principal maintainer of the Ch. of England , while Jo. Rainolds and Tho. Sparke were upholders of Puritanism and Non-conformity . In his younger years he was infinitely studious and industrious in Poetry , Philosophy and Physicks , and in his elder in Divinity . To which last his genie chiefly inviting him , he became so compleat in it , so well skill'd in Languages , so read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , so judicious in making use of his readings , that at length he was found to be no longer a Souldier , but a Commander in chief in the spiritual warfare , especially when he became a Bishop , and carried prelature in his very aspect . His works are , Of the true difference between Christian subjection and unchristian rebellion , wherein the Princes lawful power to command and bear the Sword , are defended , against the Popes Censure , and Jesuits Sophismes in their Apology and defence of English Catholicks . Also a demonstration that the things reformed in the Church of England by the Laws of this realm , are truly Catholick , against the late Rhemish Testament . Oxon. 1585. Lond. 1586. in 4. parts , in a thick oct . In the third part of which , is answer'd Dr. Will. Allens Defence of Engl. Cath. before mention'd . It must be now noted that whereas in England the interest of the State had a great influence upon the doctrine of Obedience , Qu. Elizabeth therefore conceiving it convenient for her worldly designs to take on her the protection of the Low-Countries against the King of Spain , did employ our author Bilson to write the said book of Christian subjection , &c. In which , to justifie the revolt of Holland , he gave strange liberty in many cases , especially concerning religion , for Subjects to cast off their obedience . But this book which served her designs for the present , did contribute much to the ruine of her Successor K. Ch. 1. ( which one * calls a just judgment of God ) For there is not any book that the Presbyterians have made more dangerous use of against their Prince ( Ch. 1. ) than that which his predecessor commanded to be written to justifie her against the King of Spain . However our authors ( Bilson ) Successor in Winchester , I mean Dr. Morley a saith that tho Bishop Bilson was in an errour , yet he was not so much for the resisting of Kings , as Mr. Rich. Baxter is . Of the perpetual government of Christ his Church , wherein are handled , the fatherly superiority which God first established in the Patriarks , and after continued in the tribe of Levi , &c. Also the points in question at this day touching the Jewish Synedrion , &c. Lond. 1593. qu. &c. Printed in Lat. at Lond. 1610. The effect of certain Sermons touching the full redempton of mankind by the death and blood of Ch. Jesus ; wherein besides the merit of Christs sufferings , the manner of his offering , the power of his death , the comfort of his Cross , the glory of his Resurrection are handled , &c. Lond. 1599. qu. The clearing of certain objections made against the aforesaid doctrine . — The said Sermons being preached at Pauls Cross , made great alarums among the puritanical brethren . Whereupon they mustering their forces and comparing their notes , sent them to Hen. Jacob an old Dessenter , to have them published , with his collections , under his own name . But the matter of the controversie coming to the Queens knowledge , ( she being at Farnham castle belonging to the B. of Winchester ) she signified her pleasure to Bilson that he should neither desert the doctrine , nor suffer the Function , which he had exercised in the Church of England , to be trodden and trampled under foot by unquiet men , who both abhorred the truth and dispised authority . Upon which command , the Bishop did set himself upon the writing of that learned Treatise ( chiefly also delivered by him in Sermons ) entituled , A survey of Christs sufferings and descent into Hell. Lond. 1604. fol. See more in Hen. Jacob. He also published , Sermon at Westm . before K. and Qu. at their Coronation S. James day , 28. Jul. 1603. on Rom. 13. 1. Lond. 1603 : oct . and wrote , MS. in my Libr. Orationes . Carmina varia . Vulgaria , &c. He also , with Dr. Miles Smith , added the last hand in the translation of the Bible , commanded by K. James 1. At length after he had gone through many employments , and had lived in continual drudgery , as 't were , for the publick good , surrendred up his pious soul to God on the 18. year 1616 of June in sixteen hundred and sixteen , and was buried saith * one , on the south side of Westminster Abbey Church near to the Monument of K. Rich. 2. or as the Register hath it , near to the entrance into S. Edmunds Chappel . One John Dunbar a Scot , who writes himself Megalo-Britannus , hath a learned Epigram b on him , which may serve for his Epitaph . JOHN PITS , or Pitsous as he writes himself , a grand zealot for the Ro. Cath. cause , Son of Hen. Pits by Elizabeth his Wife , sister to Dr. Nich. Saunders , was bron at a market Town called Aulton in Hampshire , educated in juvenile learning in Wykeham's School near to Winton , admitted Probationer-fellow of New coll . in 1578. being then about 18. years of age , but leaving that house before he was admitted perpetual Fellow , which was to be in 1580. he went beyond the Seas as a voluntary Exile , and going to Doway was kindly received there by the learned Tho. Stapleton , who then gave him advice what course to take relating to his studies . Thence he went to Rheimes , and after one year spent in the English college he was sent to Rome and continued in the English coll . there also in the zealous prosecution of the studies of Philosopy and Divinity for seven years , and was made a Priest . Thence he returned to Rheimes where he taught Rhetorick and Greek for two years . But troubles arising in France , he withdrew himself into Loraine , and took the degree of Master of Arts ( which before he had neglected ) at Pont-a-musson , and was soon after made Bach. of Divinity . Thence taking a journy into High Germany , he continued at Trier an year and an half , where after he had performed certain exercise , he was made a Licentiat of Divinity . Thence , after he had seen several of the best Cities in Germany , he removed to Ingolstadt in Bavaria ; where remaining 3 years , did in that time , after he had performed solemn disputations , take the degree of Doctor of his faculty . So that by that time having viewed several parts of Italy and Germany and had learned their Languages , he returned to Loraine ; where , by Charles Cardinal of Loraine he was made Canon of Verdun . After two years spent there , he was called thence by the illustrious Princess Antonia , Daughter to the Duke of Loraine and Wife to the D. of Cleve , and was by her made her Confessor . And that he might be the better serviceable to her , he learned the French Tongue most accurately ; so that it was usual with him afterwards to preach in that Language . In her service continuing about 12 years , he had leisure to turn over the Histories of England , whether Ecclesiastick or Republick . Whence making several collections and observations , he wrote and digested four great Volumes . One was of the Kings , another of the Bishops , a third of Apostolical , and a fourth of illustrious and learned , men of this Nation . At 12 years end the said Dutchess dying , he went a third time into Loraine , where by the favour of John Bishop of Toul sometimes his Scholar , he was promoted to the Deanery of Liverdune of considerable value ; which , with a Canonry , and an Officialship of the said Church , he kept to his dying day . He hath written , De legibus , Tract . Th●ologicus . Trev. 1592. De beatitudine ; Tr. Th. Ingols . 1595. De Peregrinatiene , lib. 7. Dusseld . 1604. in tw . dedicated to Antonia Dutchess of Cleve . Relationem Historicarum de Rebus Anglicis , tom . 1. quatuor partes complectens , &c. Par. 1619. in a thick qu. published by Dr. Will. Bishop , of whom I shall speak elsewhere . This book is the same with that De illustribus Angliae Scriptoribus , commonly called Pitseus de Scriptoribus . And hath in the beginning of it certain prolegomina , containing ( 1 ) De laudibus Historiae . ( 2 ) De antiquitate Ecclesiae Britanniae . ( 3 ) De Academiis , tam antiquis Britonam , quam recentioribus Anglorum . This is the first part . The second part containeth the lives and characters of English Writers . The third containeth an Appendix , of which I shall speak more anon ; and the fourth , fifteen indices , which are , as 't were , the Epitomy of memorable things of the said first tome . Concerning which , I shall make these observations following . ( 1 ) That according to the time wherein 't was written , things are expressed in eloquent Latine . ( 2 ) That the most part thereof , especially concerning the Writers is taken from Joh. Bale's book De Scriptoribus majoris Britanniae , notwithstanding he declares c an abhorrence of him and his book . ( 2 ) That therein he omitts Wycleve and all the Wyclevists , Irish , and Scotch Writers , which Bale for the most part commemorates ; and in their room he gives us an account of R. Cath. Writers , such for the most part , that had left their Country upon the reformation of religion made by Q. Elizabeth , and after , which is the best and most desired part of his book . ( 3 ) That several Writers in the Appendix , are taken from a book entit . Ecclogua Oxonio — Cantabrigensis , written by Tho. James of New coll . Of which book also he makes use , when he tells you in what Libraries the MSS. of certain authors , which he mentions , are preserved . ( 4 ) That tho he pretends to give you an account only of R. Cath. Writers , especially about the time that reformations were made , or endeavoured to be made , yet he sets down ( for want of full information I presume ) some that were sincere Protestants , or at least more Protestants than Papists , as Sir Anth. Cope who died 1551. Joh. Redman who died the same year . Tho. Key or Cay Master of Vniv. coll . who died 1572. Joh. Leland the Antiquary , Rob. Record Mathematician , Dr. Alb. Hyll an intimate acquaintance with Jo. Bradford the Martyr , Joh. Cay the Antiquary of Cambridge , Pet. Morwyn or Morwyng of Magd. coll . &c. and in the Appendix George Coriat , rather a Puritan , than a true Son of the Church of England , Robert ( for Roger ) Taverner , whom I have mention'd in Rich. Taverner , an . 1575. Timothy Bright of Cambridge Doct. of Physick , and Rector of Methley in Yorkshire , by the death of Otho Hunt , in July 1591. Tho. Mouffet . a Doctor of Physick contemporary with the former , Joh. Huntington a zealous reformer and the beloved Son in Christ of Joh. Bale . See among the Writers under the year 1556. &c. ( 5 ) That whereas he pretends to follow Jo. Leland his Collectanea de Scriptoribus Angliae , ( for very many times he familiarly mentions and quotes them , ) 't is only that he may avoid the naming of Bale , for whom all R. Catholicks , nay zealous Protestants have little or no kindness at all , because his book is stuff'd with revilings and such Language that befits rather a Huckster at Billingsgate , than the meanest or worst of Scholars . The truth is our author Pits never saw the said Collectanea , he being but 20 years of age , or little more , when he left the Nation , neither was it in his power afterwards , if he had been in England , because they were kept in such private hands , that few Protestant Antiquaries , and none of those of the Church of Rome , could see or peruse them . ( 6 ) That in the said tome are very many errors , misnomers , &c. and so consequently in Bale , whom he follows , too many now to reckon ; and how he and Bale are most egregiously deceiv'd in what they mention of Amphibalus d Junior , and of Gildas Badonicus you may at large see in the learned Usserius , in his book De primordiis Ecclesiarum , &c. printed in qu. an . 1639. p. 539. 533 , 477. 539 , 557. and 1144. ( 7 ) That whereas Pits pretends to set down in the said book or tome , only English Writers , he hath mix'd among them some that are out landish ; among which are these . Herbertus Losinga , num . 182. born , as he saith , in Suffolke , but false , for the MS. which I follow in my marginal notes and additions of , and to , the Bishops of Norwich , mentioned by Franc. Bishop of Landaff in his book De Praesulibus Angliae Commentarius , saith that he was born in Pago Oxinnensi , or Oximensi in Normannia . — Jo. Erigena , nu . 133. said by him , and many others to be born in the City of S. David in Wales , but the generality say in Ireland . &c. At the end of the book of illustrious Writers , our author Pits hath , Appendix illustrium scriptorum trecentorum octoginta circiter , ordine alphabetico per centurias continens . Made up mostly from Bale , and partly from Dr. Tho. James his Ecloga before-mentioned . But therein are many authors put , which are before in the work it self , De script . illust . Angliae , as ( 1 ) Godfridus Historicus , cent . 2. num . 94. p. 844. is the same with Godfridus Arturius , or de Monmouth , in the body of the work , nu . 212. ( 2 ) Gualt . Cepton , cent . 2. nu . 4. p. 846. the same with Walter Catton in the body , nu . 550. ( 3 ) Guliel . Califord , cent . 2. nu . 18. p. 851. is the same with Gul. Cockisford , nu . 653. ( 4 ) Guliel . de Dunclmo cent . 2. nu . 27. is the same with Gul. Shirwood in the body of the work , nu . 348. ( 5 ) Gul. Worcestrius , c. 2. nu . 53. the same with Gul. Buttonerus in the work it self , nu . 848. p. 648. ( 6 ) Joh. Anglicus , cent . 2. nu . 78. seems to be the same with Joh. Hoveden , nu . 396. P. 356. ( 7 ) Joh. de Alton , cent . 2. nu . 94. seems to be the same with Joh. Acton , nu . 416. p. 372. ( 8 ) Joh. Yorcus , cent . 3. nu . 10. is the same with Joh. Eboracensis in the same Appendix , p. 874. nu . 1. ( 9 ) Joh. Vton , cent . 3. nu . 35. is the same with Joh. Stone in the body of the work , nu . 862. p. 657. ( 10 ) Rich. de Montibus , cent . 3. nu . 80. seems to be the same with Will. de Montibus , nu . 302. p. 285. ( 11 ) Rich. Ruys , c. 3. nu . 92. the same with Rich. Rufus , nu . 380. p. 348. ( 12 ) Rob. Bridlington , c. 3. nu . 100. the same with Rob. Scriba , nu . 244. P. 242. ( 13 ) Rob. Cestrensis c. 4. nu . 2. the same with Rog. Cestrensis , nu . 514. p. 438. ( 14 ) Miserorum Simplissimus , c. 3. nu . 52. seems to be the same with Joh. Wethamstede , nu . 818. P. 630. ( 15 ) Rob. Dominicanus , c. 4. nu . 8. the same with Rob. Holcot , nu . 333. p. 463. ( 16 ) Rob. Herefordiensis , c. 4. nu . 11. the same with Rob. Foliot B. of Hereford . nu . 236. p. 236. ( 17 ) Robertus Prior , c. 4. nu . 13. is the same with Rob. Canutus , nu . 234. p. 234. Which R. Canutus also is supposed to be the same with Rich. Greekladensis , p. 397. nu . 448. and that Rich. to be the same with Rob. Greekladensis , mentioned by Leland in vol. 3. collect . p. 36. where 't is said that the said Rob. wrote 40 Homilies , and a Tract De connubio Jacob , which makes me think that the said Robert Prior , may be the same with the said Rob. Greeklade , and the same R. Greeklade to be the same with Rob. Canutus . ( 18 ) Rog. Junius , c. 4. nu . 23. seems to be the same with Rog. Herefordiensis , nu . 238. p. 237. See more fully in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 53. ( 19 ) Roger Varro , c. 4. nu . 27. seems to be the same with Gul. de Waria , nu . 384. p. 349. ( 20 ) Simon Dominicanus , c. 4. nu . 35. is the same with Sim. Henton , nu . 591. p. 486. ( 21 ) Steph. Anglicus , cent . 4. nu . 38. seems to be the same with Steph. Langton , nu . 326. p. 302. ( 22 ) Tho. Wicket , c. 4. nu . 68. the same with Tho. Wiccius , nu . 425. p. 379 , ( 23 ) Anonymus alter , c. 1. nu . 20. the same with Rich. Canonicus , nu . 283. p. 267. &c. And as our author Pits hath repeated many writers in the said Appendix , which were before in the work it self , so hath he mixed a great many outlandish writers among them , supposing them to be English , among whom are , ( 1 ) Alacenus , cent . 1. nu . 8. who was an Arabian , as from his works may be gathered . ( 2 ) Anonymus Sacerdos , c. 1. nu . 26. who hath written , In Apocalypsim S. Johannis . lib. 8. Which book divers writers do attribute to Peter Scaliger Bishop of Verona . ( 3 ) Joh. de Muriis , c. 2. nu . 97. Who was a French man of Paris . ( 4 ) Joh. Major , c. 3. nu . 15. he was a Scot born . ( 5 ) Joh. Mearus , c. 3. nu . 18. whom I take to be Joh. de Meara an Irish man. ( 6 ) Guido Folla Episc . Eliensis , c. 2. nu . 13. He is the same with Guido Elnensis in Majorica , who sometimes writes himself Guido Perpinian Elnensis . No Guido Folla was ever Bish . of Ely. ( 7 ) Gilla Lincolniensis , c. 2. nu . 93. He was an Irish Man , was Bishop of Limerick , and died about 1139. ( 8 ) Anton . Pacinus , c. 1. nu . 28. he was an Italian . &c. At length after our author Jo. Pits had spent most of his time in rambling , and but little at Liverdune , he gave way to fate there , on the 17. Octob. according to the accompt there followed , in sixteen hundred and sixteen , year 1616 whereupon his body was buried in the collegiate Ch. at that place , and had soon after this inscription put over his grave : Hic jacet D. Pittz , quondam Decanus , Officialis , & Canonicus hujus Ecclesiae , Doctor SS . Theologiae , qui decessit ex hâc vita 17. Oct. an . 1616. As for the other volumes , which our author saith he hath written , viz. a vol. of the Kings , another of the Bishops , and a third of Apostolical men , of England ; they were not buried with him , as he desired , in case he should not live to finish them , but were saved , and are to this day preserved as rarities in the Archives of the Coll. or Church at Liverdune . One of the said volumes , if not more , were used and quoted by Edward Maihew a Benedictine Monk , sometimes Scholar to our author Pitscus , in a book which he published at Rheimes , an . 1619. intit . Congregationis Anglicanae Ordinis S. Benedicti Trophaea . Which Maihew was a Salisbury Man born , and a professed Monk of the Congregation at Cassino , called by the French Mount-Cassin , about 48 miles distant from Naples . The other book of Bishops , which our author wrote , and often refers to , in his book De scriptoribus , is chiefly a collection taken from the Catalogue of the Bishops of England , published by Francis Godwin Sub-Dean of Exeter , an . 1601. as I have been informed by one that hath seen and perused the book . HENRY AIRAY was born in Westmorland , educated in Grammatical learning by the care of Bernard Gilpin the northern Apostle , and by him sent to S. Edmunds hall , an . 1579. aged 19. or thereabouts , of whose benefaction he did not only then participate , but also of his Legacies in his last Will , dated 27. Oct. 1582. Soon after our author Airay was translated to Queens coll . where he became Pauper Puer Serviens , that is , a poor serving Child that waits on the Fellows in the Common hall , at Meals , and in their Chambers , and do other servile work about the College . After he was Bachelaurs standing , in 1583. he was made Pauper Puer , or Tabardus or Tabardarius ; that is , a Tabarder or Tabitter , ( so called because anciently they wore Coats , or upper Gowns , much according to the fashion of those belonging to Heralds , ) and in the year 1586 , Master of Arts and Fellow . Which servile work belonging to Pauper Puer Serviens , when Under-graduats , all are to undergo before they can be Fellows . About the time he was Master , he entred into Holy Orders , and became a frequent and zealous Preacher in the University , particularly in the Church of S. Peter in the East , joyning to Qu. coll . and taking the degree of B. of Div. in 1594. was four years after chose Provost of his College . In 1600. he proceeded in Divinity , and six years after did undergo the office of Vicechancellour , wherein , as always before , he shewed himself a zealous Calvinist , e and a great maintainer of such that were of his mind , which then went beyond the number of those that were true English Ch. men . He is reported by those of his party , especially such that had an admiration for him , that he condemned himself to obscurity , and affected a retired and a private life , but being generally noted and esteemed for his holiness , integrity , learning , gravity , and indefatigable pains in the discharge of his Ministerial Function , &c. he could not hide himself from the eyes of the World. Also that by his singular wisdom and dexterity in the Government of his College , many learned Ministers were sent thence into the Church , and many worthy Gentlemen into the Commonwealth , &c. To pass by other commendations , which are needless now to repeat , I shall only tell you of his writings , which were published after his death , viz. Lectures upon the whole Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians . Lond. 1618. qu. Which Lectures having been Preached in the Church of St. Peter in the East in Oxon , were published after his death by Christop . Potter Fellow of Queens coll . with an Epistle before them of his composition . The just and necessary Apology touching his suit in Law for the Rectory of Charlton on Otmore on Oxfordshire . Lond. 1621. oct . Published also by the said Potter , a great admirer of this author and his doctrine . Treatise against bowing at the Name of Jesus — When printed I know not , for I have not yet seen it . Tho. Beacon , an old Calvinist , had long before written on that subject , and about Airay's time Dr. W. Whittaker , and Andr. Wille● , did the like . As for our author he died in Queens coll . on the sixth of the Ides of Octob. year 1616 in sixteen hundred and sixteen , aged 57. and was buried in the inner Chappel of the said coll . Over his grave was soon after put two Monuments , one on the ground , and another in the South wall , with inscriptions on both of them , the copies of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vnivers . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 124. b. FRANCIS TATE , Son of Barthelm . Tate of Delapre in Northamptonshire Esq was born there , or at least in that County , became a Commoner of Magd. coll . in 1577. aged 17. where laying a foundation of le●rning , for a greater structure to be erected thereon , departed without a degree to the Middle Temple 〈…〉 became a noted Counsellour , a person of great 〈…〉 in the Law , and eminent for his knowledge in 〈◊〉 , and in the Saxon Language . In the latter ●nd of Q ▪ Elizabeth he was a Parliament Man , and in the 5. Jac. 1. he was Lent-Reader of the Middle Temple , and about that time one of the Justices Itinerant for S. Wales . He hath written several matters relating to Antiquity , which being crept into private hands , the publick is thereby rob'd of the benefit of them . However some of them I have seen , which bear these titles . Nomina Hydarum in com . Northampton . — MS. much used by Augustine Vincent Son of Will. Vincent of Wellingborough and Thingdon in Northamptonshire , in his intended Survey or Antiquities of Northamptonshire . I have a copy of this lying by me . Explanation of the abbreviated words in Domsday book . — Used also the by said Vincent , who after he had been Rouge Croix and Windsore Herald , as also had published , A discovery of Errors in two Editions of the Catalogue of Nobility , written by Raphe Brook , did yield to nature on the 11. Jan. in 1625. and was buried in the Church of St. Bennet near to Pauls Wharf in London . The said two MSS. of Franc. Tate were reserved as rarities in the Library of Christop . Lord Hatton of Kirkly in Northamptonshire , but where they are now , I know not . His opinion touching the antiquity , power , order , state , manner , persons , and proceedings of the High Court of Parliament in England . — See more in Joh. Doderidge , under the year 1628. Learned Speeches in Parliaments , held in the latter end of Q. Elizab. and in the Reign of K. Jam. 1. — with other things which I have not yet seen . He lived a single Man , and dying so on the f 16. Nov. in sixteen hundred and sixteen , year 1616 was buried , I suppose , in the Church belonging to the Temples . He had a Nephew , Son of his elder Brother Sir William Tate of Delapre , called Zouch Tate , who became a Gentleman Com. of Trinity coll . in 1621. aged 15. but took no degree . In 1640. he was chosen a Burgess for Northampton to serve in that unhappy Parliament , which began at Westminster 3. Nov. the same year , where siding with the Factious Crew , took the Covenant , and became a zealous Enemy to the King and his Cause . Two or more Speeches of his are printed , one of which was spoken in a Common Hall at London 3. Jul. 1645. containing Observations on the King and Queens Cabinet of Letters . — Lond. 1645. qu. Which Speech , with that of John L'isle and Rich. Browne , were animadverted upon by Tho. Browne of Ch. Ch. as hereafter it shall be told you . There were also Annotations printed at the end of the said Cabinet of Letters taken at Naseby Battle , where the King was worsted . — Printed at Lond. 1645. qu. but who the author of them was I cannot tell . RICHARD FIELD , received his first being in this World in the County of Hertford , was entred a Student in Magd. coll . in 1577. where continuing in drudging at his book , till he was about Bachelaurs standing , retired to Magd. hall , took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards for about 7 years was not only a daily Reader of Logick and Philosophy , but also a Moderator , and every Sunday a discusser of controversies against Bellarmine , and other Pontificians , before his Fellow-Aularians and many others . Afterwards being Bach. of Divinity , he became first a Reader thereof in the Cath. Church of Winchester , and afterwards in Lincolns Inn ; and when Doctor , Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Elizab. and after her death to K. James ; the last of whom not only gave him a Prebendship of Windsore , on the death of Jo. Chamber , an . 1604. but also the Deanry of Gloucester , in 1609. in the place of Dr. Tho. Morton promoted to the Deanry of Winchester . Both which he kept , with the Rectory of Burcleere or Burrowcleere in Hampshire , and all little enough for the encouragement of so right learned a Man as this our author Dr. Field was , who in his time was esteemed a principal mountainer of Protestancy , a powerful Preacher , a profound Schoolman , exact Disputant , and so admirable well knowing in the Controversies between the Protestants and the Papists , that few or none went beyond him in his time , as it doth plainly appear in these his labours . Of the Church , four books . Lond. 1606. fol. To which he added a fifth book . — Lond. 1610. fol. with an Appendix containing , A defence of such passages of the former books that have been excepted against , or wrested , to the maintenance of the Romish Errours . All which were reprinted at Oxon , 1628. fol. He also published , A Sermon Preached before the King at Whitehall , on Jude ver . 3. Lond. 1604. qu. He surrendred up his pious Soul to the great God that first gave it , on the 21. Nov. in sixteen hundred and sixteen , year 1616 ( being then reviewing the said books , and about to give answer to such that had oppugned them , ) and was buried in the outer Chappel of St. George at Windsore , a little below the Choire . Over his grave was soon after laid a plank of black Marble , and thereon this inscription engraven on a Copper plate fastned thereunto . Richardus Field hujus olim coll . canonicus , & Ecclesiae Glocestrensis Decanus , verè Doctor Theologiae , & author librorum quinque de Ecclesia . Vna cum Elizabetha Harrisia Sanctissima & Charissima conjuge , ex qua sex reliquit filios , filiam unicam . Hic sub communi marmore expectant Christi reditum , qui faelicitatem , quam ingressi sunt , adventu suo perficeat , ac consummet . Obierunt in Domino , ille an sal . 1616. aetatis suae 55. Haec an . sal . 1614. aetatis suae 41. In Dr. Field's Deanry of Gloucester succeeded Dr. William Land , and in his Canonry of Windsore , Edm. Wilson Doctor of Physick and Fellow of Kings coll . in Cambridge . RICHARD HAKLUYT was born of , and descended from , an ancient and gentile Family of his name living at Yetton in Herefordshire , elected Student of Ch. Ch. from Westminster School , in 1570. took the degrees in Arts , lived for some time in the Middle Temple , where , I presume , he studied the Municipal Law. Afterwards he entred into holy Orders , and at length became Prebendary of the fourth stall in the Church of Westminster , in the place of one Dr. Rich. Webster , an . 1605. and Rector of Wetheringset in Suffolk . But that which is chiefly to be noted of him is this , that his Genie urging him to the study of History , especially to the Marine part thereof , ( which was encouraged and furthered by Sir Francis Walsingham , ) made him keep constant intelligence with the most noted Seamen at Wapping near London . From whom , and many small Pamphlets and Letters , that were published and went from hand to hand in his time , concerning the Voyages and Travels of several persons , he compiled a book intit ▪ English Voyages , Navigations , Trafficks , and Discoveries . Lond. 1598. 99. and 1600. in three vol. in fol. Which work being by him performed with great care and industry , cannot but be an honour to the Realm of England , because possibly many Ports and Islands in America , that are base and barren , and only bear a name for the present , may prove rich places in future time . Notes of certain Commodities in good request in the East Indies , the Molucoes , and China . — MS. among those given by Seldens Executors to the Pub. Lib. at Oxon. He also illustrated by diligent observation of time , and with most useful notes , Peter Mart. Anglericus his eight Decades De novo orbe . Par. 1587. oct . and corrected and much amended , and translated into English , The discoveries of the World from the first original , unto the year of our Lord 1555. Lond. 1601. qu. briefly written in the Portugal tongue , by Anth. Galvano , Governour of Ternate , the chief Island of the Molucoes : As also from the said Language into our English tongue , Virginia richly valued , by the description of the main Land of Florida , her next Neighbour . Lond. 1609. qu. He paid his last debt to nature , 23. Nov. in sixteen hundred and sixteen , year 1616 and was buried in the Abbey Church of Westminster , dedicated to S. Peter , on the 26. of the same month , leaving behind him a Son named Edmund , begotten on the body of Frances his Wife , to whom he left his Mannor of Bridgplace ; and several tenements in Tuttlestreet within the City of Westminster . Oliver Hackluyt , Brother to the said Richard , was a Student of Ch. Ch. also , and being graduated in Physick had an happy hand in the practice of it . In R. Hakluyts Prebendship of Westminster succeeded Joh. Holt of Cor. Ch. coll . as I shall tell you elsewhere . JOHN SMITH was born in Warwickshire , elected Scholar of S. Johns coll . into a Coventry place , an . 1577. aged 14. and at length was made Fellow , and highly valued in the University for piety and parts , especially by those that excelled in both . Soon after he grew to that note , that he was chosen ( being then Bach. of Div. ) to be Lecturer in S. Pauls Cathedral in London , in the place of that great Man Dr. Lauc . Andrews , which he discharged not only to the satisfaction , but applause of most judicious and learned hearers , witnessed by their frequency and attention . Not long after he was removed to a Pastoral Charge at Clavering in Essex , where being fix'd , he shined as a Star in its proper sphere , and was much reverenced for his Religion , learning , humility , and holiness of Life . He was skilful in the original Languages , an excellent Text-man , well read in writers that were of note in several ages of the Church , which may partly appear from these things following , that he wrote , viz. The Substance and Pith of Prayer : or , a brief , holy , and heavenly Exposition on the Lord's Prayer , being the Summ and Marrow of divers Sermons , &c. on Matth. 6. 9. Lond. 1629. qu. The Essex Dove presenting the World with a few of her Olive branches , &c. delivered in three several Treatises , viz. 1. The Grounds of Religion . 2. An Expoon the Lord's Prayer . 3. A Treatise of Repentance . Lond. 1629. qu. The poor Penitent : or , the Doctrine of Repentance , Preached in divers Sermons , &c. Lond. 1629. qu. in 14 Lectures , published by John Hart. Exposition on the Creed . Lond. 1632. fol. Explanation of the Articles of our Christian Faith. — Which two last books were delivered in 73 Sermons . He concluded his last day in the month of Nov. in sixteen hundred and sixteen , year 1616 and was buried in the Church of Clavering before-mentioned , leaving then , by his Will , several books to St. Johns coll . Library . I have mentioned several John Smiths in this work , that were Divines . See under the year 1596. and elsewhere . THOMAS SPARKE received his first breath in Lincolnshire , ( at South-Somercote , as it seems , ) became perpetual Fellow of Magd. coll . in 1570. in which year he was admitted Bach. of Arts. Soon after , by the favour of Arthur Lord Grey , he was preferred to the Parsonage of Bletchley in Bucks , where he was held in great esteem for his piety . In the year 1575. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , without ruling in Arts , and about that time was Chaplain to Dr. Cooper Bish . of Linc. who , that year , bestowed the Archdeaconry of Stow on him , in the place of Rog. Kelke Bach. of Div. who had succeeded Joh. Harrison in that Dignity , 1563. In 1581. he proceeded in Divinity , being then in great renown for his learning . But his Dignity being remote from his Cure , and therefore could not well attend it , he gave it up out of Conscience sake , in 1582. and contented himself only ●ith Bletchley ; whereupon Joh. Farmery , B. D. succeeded him therein . This Dr. Sparke was the person , who , being noted for a great Nonconformist , and a Pillar of Puritanism , was , by Letters from the King's Council , called to the Conference at Hampton-Court , an . 1603. where appearing in the behalf of the Millinaries , ( as 't is said , ) or rather , with Jo. Rainolds , as a Proctor for the precise Party , not in a Priests Gown , or Canonical Coat , but such that Turky Merchants wear , received then so great satisfaction from his Majesty's most ready and apt Answers to the Doubts and Objections there and then proposed , that he ( tho he spoke not one word ) did not only , for the time following , yield himself in his practice to Universal Conformity , but privately by word and writing , and publickly by his brotherly perswasion . He was a learned Man , a solid Divine , well read in the Fathers , and so much esteemed for his profoundness , gravity , and exemplary life and conversation , that the Sages of the University thought it fit , after his death , to have his picture painted on the wall in the School-gallery among the English Divines of note there , viz. between that of Dr. Joh. Spenser of C. C. coll . whom I have mentioned under the year 1614. and that of Dr. Rich. Eedes of Ch. Ch. He hath written , A comfortable Treatise for a troubled Conscience . Lond. 1580. oct . Brief Catechism with a form of Prayer for Householders . — Taken , as it seems , from the Catechism of Vrsinus . Sermon Preached at Cheyneys in Bucks , at the burial of the E. of Bedford , 14. Sept. 1585. on Apoc. 14. 13. Lond. 1585. oct . &c. Treatise to prove that Ministers publickly , and Householders privately , are bound to Catechise their Parishioners and Families , &c. Oxon. 1588. oct . Answer to Mr. Joh. de Albines notable discourse against Heresies . Oxon. 1591. qu. Serm. at the Funeral of the Lord Grey , on Esay 57. 1 , 2. Ox. 1593. oct . The High-way to Heaven by the clear Light of the Gospell , &c. against Bellarmine , and others , in a Treatise made upon 37 , 38 , and 39 verses of the 7. of John , &c. Lond. 1597. oct . A brotherly perswasion to Unity and Uniformity in Judgment and Practice , touching the received and present Ecclesiastical Government , and the authorized Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England . Lond. 1607. qu. Answered by Anon. in a book intituled , The second part of the defence of the Ministers Reasons for refusal of Subscription and Conformity to the Book of Common Prayer , &c. Printed 1608. qu. And by another Anon. in a book intit . A dispute upon the question of kneeling in the act of receiving the Sacramental Bread and Wine , &c. Pr. 1608. qu. Our author also ( I mean Sparke ) had in Q. Elizabeth's time wrote a book of Succession . For which being brought into trouble , King James , who before had received intimation of the matter , sent for him the next day after the Conference at Hampton-Court , and talking with him about it , the King at length was so well satisfied with what he had done , that he then gave him his most gracious countenance . He died at Bletchley before-mentioned , year 1616 in the Winter time , in sixteen hundred and sixteen , and was buried in the Church there , leaving then behind him three learned Sons , which then , or soon after , had been trained up in the Schools of the Prophets , viz. Thomas Fellow of New coll . in Oxon , Andrew of Peter house in Cambridge , and Will. Sparke of Magd. coll . whom I shall mention hereafter . ROBERT TINLEY , a Kentish Man born , became a Commoner of Magd. hall in the latter end of 1578. aged 17. or thereabouts , was translated soon after to Magd. coll . of which he became Demy , and at length Fellow . In 1595. he was elected one of the Proctors of the University , being then esteemed a Man of parts , and an eloquent Preacher . Afterwards being made Vicar of Wytham or Wictham in Essex , as also , if I mistake not , Minister of Glemsford in Suffolk , and at length Archdeacon of Ely , took the degrees in Divinity , and had then the general character of a person well read in the Fathers , but withal , a most bitter Enemy to Papists . He hath written and published , Of the mischievious subtility and barbarous cruelty of the Romish Synagogue , on Psal. 124. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8. Lond. 1609. qu. Of the false Doctrines and refined Heresies of the Rom. Synagogue , on Matth. 7. 15 , 16. — Printed there the same year . In the first are examined divers passages of that English Libel , written by a certain Fugitive against the Apology of the Oath of Allegiance . In the other are answered many of the arguments published by Rob. Chambers , Priest , concerning Popish Miracles . He hath written other things , as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen , nor do I know any thing else of him , only that he concluding his last day in sixteen hundred and sixteen , was buried , as I presume , at Wytham before-mentioned , leaving then behind him a Son named Martin Tinley , afterwards a Member of Ch. Ch. in this University . HENRY PARRY , Son of Hen. Parry , Son of Will. Parry of Wormebridge in Herefordshire Gent. was born in Wilts , 20. Dec. or thereabouts , an . 1561. admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 13. Nov. 1576. and Probationer 23. Apr. 86. being then Master of Arts. Afterwards he was Greek Reader in that coll . Chaplain to Q. Elizabeth , Doctor of Divinity 95. Dean of Chester in 1605. in the place of Dr. Will. Barlow promoted to the See of Rochester , and at length through Gloucester , was made Bishop of Worcester , an . 1610. He was reputed by all of his time an able Divine , well read in the Fathers , a thro-pac'd Disputant , and so eloquent a Preacher , that K. James 1. always professed he seldom heard a better . The King of Denmark also , who was sometimes present at our Kings Court , gave him a very rich ring for a Sermon that he Preached before him and K. James at Rochester , an . 1606. He hath published , Concio de regno dei , in Matth. 6. 33. Lond. 1606. qu. Concio de victoriâ Christianâ , in Apoc. 3. 21. Oxon. 1593. 94. Lond. 1606. He also translated from Eng●ish into Latin , The summ of a Conference between Joh. Rainolds and Joh. Hart , touching the Head and the Faith of the Church . Oxon. 1619. fol. Also from Lat. into English , A Catechism , wherein are de●ated and resolved the questions of whatsoever moment , which have been , or are , controverted in Divinity . Oxon. 1591. oct . Which Catechism was originally written by Zach. Vrsinus . This worthy Bishop died of a Palsey at Worcester , year 1616 12. Dec. in sixteen hundred and sixteen , and was buried in a little Chappel joyning to the north side of the Door of the Cathedral Church at Worcester . In his Epitaph over his Grave ( a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniver . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 238. ) he is characterized to be trium linguarum cognitione , assidua verbi divini praedicatione , provida Ecclesiae gubernatione , mentis pietate , morumque integritate spectatissimus , &c. EDWARD HOBY , a person much noted in his time to all learned Men , for his eminent endowments of mind and body , was the eldest Son of Sir Tho. Hoby Knight ( mention'd under the year 1566. ) by Elizab. his Wife , Daughter of Sir A. Coke Kt. was born in Berks particularly , us I conceive , at Bysham near to Maydenhead , became a Gentleman-Commoner of Trinity coll . in the beginning of 1574. aged 14. years , where , after he had spent 8 Terms in the study of Logick under a noted tutor , he became so great a proficient , that he was admitted in the latter end of the year 1575. Bach. of Arts of the University . The next year he proceeded in that faculty and was the Senior Master in the Comitia ( whom we usually call The Senior of the Act ) celebrated the same year . Afterwards spending some time in France , and in other Countries , as I suppose , was , some time after his return , honoured with the degree of Knighthood , an . 1582. made Constable of the Castle at Queenburg in the Isle of Shepy , was an Officer at the taking of Cadiz , a Parliament man several times in the latter end of Qu. Elizabeth , and upon K. James his coming to the Crown ( if not happily before ) was made one of the Gent. of the Privy-Chamber . He was a person of great reading and judgment , especially in the controversies between Protestants and Papists , a singular lover of Arts , substantial Learning , Antiquities , and the Professors thereof , particularly the Learned Camden , who had sufficiently received of his bounty , as he himself a acknowledgeth , having dedicated his Hibernia b to him , and publickly told c the world that he had polished his excellent wit with learned Studies . He hath written , A letter to Mr. Theoph. Hyggons late Minister , now a Fugitive , in answer to his First motive , Lond. 1609. qu. A counter-snarl for Ishmael Rabshacheh a Cecropedian Lycaonite , being an answer to a R. Catholick , who writes himself J. R. Lond. 1613. qu. In which book , or in another , which I have not seen , our author treating of Purgatory , was answered by Joh. Floyd commonly called Father Fludd a Jesuit , in a book which he published under the name of Daniel à Jesu , printed at S. Omer in 1613. quarto . Curry-comb for a Coxcombe : Or Purgatories Knell . In answer to a Libel by Jebal Rachel against Sir Edw. Hobies Counter-snarle , intituled Purgatories Triumph over hell . Lond. 1615. qu. Several motions , speeches and arguments in the four last Parliaments in Queen Elizabeth — Published in the Historical collections of Hayw. Townsend Esq He translated from French into English , Politique discourses upon truth and lying : An instruction to Princes to keep their faith and promises . Lond. 1586. qu. Composed by Sir Mart. Cognet Knight , one of the Privy-Councel to the most Christian King , master of the Requests to his Houshold , and lately Embassador to the Cantons of Zwitzers and Grisons . And also from Spanish into English , The Origine and practice of War. Lond. 1597. oct . Written by Don Bernard de Mendoza . At length he giving way to fate in Queenburgh Castle on the first day of March ( St. David's day ) in sixteen hundred and sixteen , his body was conveyed to Bysham before mentioned , and buried there in a Chappel called Hoby's Chappel on the south side of the Chancel of the Church there , near to the body of his Father Sir Thomas , The said Sir Edward left behind him a natural Son named Peregrin Hoby , born of the body of one Katherin Pinkney , an . 1602. From which Peregrin are the Hobyes now of Bysham descended . THOMAS EGERTON , the natural Son of Sir Rich. Egerton of Ridley in Cheshire , was born in that County , applyed his Muse to learning in this University , about 1556. particularly , as 't is said , in Brasnose coll . of which he was a Commoner , in the year of his age 17 or thereabouts ; where continuing about 3 years , laid a foundation whereon to build profounder learning . Afterwards going to Lincolns-Inn he made a most happy progress in the municipal laws , and at length was a Counsellour of note . In 1581. June 28. he was constituted d by the Queen her Solicitor General , and soon after he became Lent-reader of the said Inn. In 1592. June 2. the said Queen made him her Attorney General , in 1594. ( he being then a Knight ) he was made Master of the Rolls , and two years after Lord Keeper of the Great Seal . In which emiment office he continued during the whole remainder of Qu. Elizabeths happy Reign . On 21. of Jul. 1603. he was raised to the degree of a Baron of this Realm , by the title of L. Ellesmere , and upon the 24. of the said Month , he was made Lord Chancellour of England . In the beginning of Nov. 1610. he was unanimously elected Chanc. of the University of Oxon. and in 14. Jac. 1. dom . 1616. he was advanced to the dignity of Vicount Brackley . He was a most grave and prudent man , a good Lawyer , just and honest , of so quick an apprehension also , and profound judgment , that none of the Bench in his time went beyond him . He hath written , Speech in the Exchequer Chamber , touching the Post-nati . Lond. 1609. in qu. in 16. sheets . Certain observations concerning the office of Lord Chancellour . Lond. 1651. oct . and left behind him at his death four MSS. of choice collections , fit to be Printed , concerning ( 1 ) The prerogative Royal. ( 2 ) Priviledges of Parliament . ( 3 ) Proceedings in Chancery . ( 4 ) The power of the Starr-chamber . He resigned up his last breath , in York-house in the Strand near London 15. March in sixteen hundred and sixteen , and was buried in the Church of Dodleston in Cheshire . His memory was much e celebrated by Epigrams while he was living , and after his death all of the long Robe lamented his loss . We have his Picture drawn to the life in the habit of Lord Chancellour , setting in a Chair , hanging in the Gallery belonging to the Bodleian Library , called the School-gallery . WILLIAM MARTYN , Son of Nich. Martyn of the City of Exeter , ( by his first Wife Mary Daughter of Leonard Yeo of Hatherley in Devon ) Son of Rich. Martyn of the said City , and he the second Son of William Martyn of Athelhampton in Dorsetshire Knight , was born , and educated in Grammar learning , within the said City of Exeter : where making early advances towards Academical learning , was sent to Broadgates hall ( now Pomb . coll . ) an . 1579. aged 17. In which place falling under the tuition of a noted Master , laid an excellent foundation in Logick and Philosophy . Afterwards going to the Inns of Court , he became a Barester , and in 1605. was elected Recorder of Exeter in the place of John Hele Serjeant at Law. But his delight being much conversant in the reading of English Histories , he composed a book of the Kings of England , as I shall tell you anon . Upon the publication of which K. James ( as 't is said ) taking some exceptions at a passage therein , either to the derogation of his family , or of the Realm of Scotland , he was thereupon brought into some trouble , which shortned his days . He hath written , Youths instruction . Lond. 1612. qu. dedicated to his Son Nich. Martyn then a Student in Oxon. In the said book is shewed a great deal of reading , and consequently that the author was no loser of his time . The History and Lives of the Kings of England , from William the Conquerour to K. Hen. 8. Lond. 1616. and 28. fol. usher'd into the world with the copies of Verses of Nicholas , William and Edw. Martyn the Sons of the author , and by Pet. Bevis his Son-in-Law . To this History was afterwards added the History of K. Edw. 6. Qu. Mary and Qu. Elizabeth , by B. R. Master of Arts — Lond. 1638. fol. At the end of all the impressions was Printed , The succession of the Dukes and Earls of this Kingdom of England , from the Conquerour , to the 12. of James 1. with the then Viscounts , Barons , Baronets , &c. — which was drawn up by the author , and continued after his death by R. B. before-mention'd . What other books the said Will. Martyn hath either written or published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was buried in the Church of S. Petrock in the City of Exeter 12. year 1617 Apr. in sixteen hundred and seventeen . The inscription which was on the Stone , supposed to be laid for him , is worn out , and a new inscription cut thereon for one of the same family buried there . The next who must follow according to time was a severe Puritan , as Martyn was . FRANCIS BUNNRY , Younger brother to Edmund , whom I shall anon mention , was born in an antient House called the Vache in the Parish of Chalfont S. Giles in Bucks , on the 8. of May 1543. became a Student in the University in the latter end of the Reign of Q. Mary , an . 1558. and perpetual Fellow of Madg. coll . in 1562. being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty he took holy Orders , and began to preach Gods word on the first of Nov. 1567. Whose Sermons being noted among many , he became soon after Chaplain to the Earl of Bedford , but continuing with him not long , he left his Fellowship in 1571. and retiring into the north parts of England , where he preached the word of God very constant , as his brother Edmund did , was inducted into a Prebendship of Durham 9. May 1572. made Archdeacon of Northumberland , on the resignation of Ralph Lever , 20. Oct. 1573. and on the eleventh of Sept. 1578. he was made Rector of Ryton within the Bishoprick of Durham . This person was very zealous in the way he professed , was a great admirer of Jo. Calvin , a constant preacher , charitable , and a stiff enemy to Popery . He hath written and published , Survey and tryal of the Popes Supremacy . Lond. 1590. qu. Written against Card. Bellarmine . Comparison between the antient faith of the Romans and the new Romish Religion . Lond. 1595. qu. This is commonly called Truth and Falshood . Answer to a popish Libel , called A petition to the Bishops , preachers , and Gospellers . Oxon. 1607. oct . Exposition on the 28. verse of the third Chapt. of the Epistle to the Romans , wherein is manifestly proved the doctrine of justification by faith , &c. Lond. 1616. qu. Plain and familiar Exposition of the ten Commandements , by questions and answers . Lond. 1617. oct . In Joelis prophetiam enarratio . Written by the author an . 1595. and by his Epistle dedicated it to Tobie Bishop of Durham , in which he saith he hath preached Sermons at Berwick about 20. years before that time , upon Joel , of which this book is the summ : And if printed , ( for 't is in MS. ) would contain about 3 quire of Paper . He departed this mortal life , at Ryton before mention'd , 16. Apr. in sixteen hundred and seventeen , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , year 1617 near to the Graves of 4 of his Sons , which he had by Jane his Wife , Daughter of Henr. Priestly . Over his Grave was soon after , set up in the Wall adjoyning , a table or plate of Brass , whereon are engraven certain trite Verses . The first Stanza runs thus . My bark now having won the haven I fear no stormy Seas , God is my hope , my home is heaven , My life is happy ease , &c. By his will , he bequeathed to the University of Oxon. 100 l. towards their building of the New Schools , and 33 l. to Madg. college . HENRY SAVILE , Sometimes of Shawhill in Yorkshire , commonly called Long Harry Savile , was born of an antient family of his name , living at Banke near Halyfax in that County , entred a Student in Merton coll . ( of which his kinsman Mr. Hen. Savile was Warden ) in 1587. and was soon after made one of the Portionists , commonly called Postmasters . After he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , he left it , and retired to S. Albans hall , and as a member thereof , he took the degree of M. of Arts , in 1595. All which time being under the inspection of his kinsman , he became an eminent Scholar , especially in the Mathematicks , Physick , ( in which faculty he was admitted to practice by the University ) Chemistry , Painting , Heraldry and Antiquities . Afterwards , for the compleating and advance of his knowledge , he travelled into Italy , France , and Germany , where spending his time very profitable , returned the most accomplished person of his time , and therefore his company was desired , and sought after by all learned and vertuous Men. He had written several things fit for the Press , but whether ever published , I find not as yet . It must be now known that this Henr. Savile being an intimate friend with the learned Camden , he f communicated to him the antient exemplar of Asser Menevensis , which contains the story of the discord between the new Scholars that Grimbald brought with him to Oxon , at the restauration of the University by K. Alfred , with the old Clerks that the said Grimbald found when he came to that place . Which exemplar being discovered to be genuine , by the said Camden ( who afterwards g stil'd it Optimum exemplar Asserii ) he did therefore make it publick , an . 1602. But so it was , that as soon as it peep'd forth , certain envious Cantabrigians did not stick to report that the said story concerning the dissention between the old , and new Scholars , was foisted into Asser by the said Long Harry Savile , and which is more , that passage also , was put by him into the printed History of Ingulphus , which maketh much for the Antiquity of the University of Oxon. Ego Ingulphus , &c. pro literis addiscendis in teneriore aetate constitutus , primum Westmonasterio , postremo Oxoniensi studio traditus sum , &c. But for the clearing of the said vain reports , much hath been h said already : and therefore I shall trouble the reader no more , but only tell him , that after the said Long Harry had lived for some years after his return from forreign Countries , within the Parish of S. Martin in the Fields near London , died there , to be the great reluctancy of all learned men , on 29. Apr. in sixteen hundred and seventeen , year 1617 aged 49. Whereupon his body being buried in the Chancel of the Church of that Parish , had soon after a Monument set over his Grave , on the north Wall , with his bust to the middle , carved out from stone and painted . The reader is now to know that there was one Hen. Savile Esq who was employed as a Captain in one of her Majesties Ships , called the Adventure , under the conduct of Sir Franc. Drake and Sir John Hawkyns against the Spaniard in the West Indies . Which Henry wrote a book intit . A Libel of Spanish lyes found at the Sack of Cales , discoursing the fight in the West Indies between the English and the Spaniard , and of the death of Sir Franc. Drake , with an answer confuting the said Spanish lies , &c. Lond. 1596. qu. But this Capt. Henry Savile must not be understood to be the same with Long Harry , or with Sir Hen. Savile Warden of Merton college , but another of the same House , as I conceive , for three Hen. Saviles of Yorkshire , were atriculated as members of that coll . in the time of Qu. Elizabeath , viz. one , who is written the Son of a Plebeian , 1588. a second , the Son of an Esq in 1593. and a third an Esq Son also , in 1595. The said Capt. Savile , or else Long Harry , was engaged in the Earl of Essex his treasons ; for which , he was forced to abscond and withdrew for a time . WILLIAM JAMES , Son of Joh. James of Little On in Staffordshire , by Ellen his Wife , Daughter of Will. Bolt of Sanabach in Cheshire , was born at Sandbach , admitted Student of Ch. Ch. in 1559. or thereabouts , and took the degrees in Arts. Afterwards entring into holy Orders , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences 1571 being then Divinity Reader of Magd. coll . The next year he was elected Master of Vniv. coll . and in 1577. Aug. 27. he became Archdeacon of Coventry , on the death of Thom. Lewes . In 1584. he was made Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , and in 96. June 5. he was installed Dean of Durham , after that place had laid void for some time , upon the promotion of Tob. Mathew to the See of Durham . In 1606. he succeded the said T. Mathew in the Bishoprick of Durham , to which See he was consecrated 7. Sept. the same year . Whereupon Sir Adam Newton , afterwards a Baronet , was installed Dean of Durham 27. of the same month . Which Deanry he keeping till 1620. did for a certain sum of money i resign it , and thereupon Dr. Rich. Hunt Prebendary of Canterbury was installed in his room 29. May the same year . Dr. W. James hath published , Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) Sermon before the Q. Maj. at Hampton Court , 19. Feb. 1578. on Ezra 4. 1 , 2 , 3. Lond. 1578. oct . ( 2 ) Sermon at Pauls Cross , 9. Nov. 1589. on 1 Cor. 12. 25 , 26 , 27. Lond. 1590. qu. and others , as 't is said , which I have not yet seen . He died on the 12. of May in sixteen hundred and seventeen , year 1617 and was buried in the Choire of the Cath. Ch. of Durham . He had a younger Brother named Francis James Fellow of All 's . coll . whom I shall mention in the Fasti 1587. and a Son of both his names by his first Wife , ( named Katherine an Abendon Woman , ) who was Student of Ch. Ch. and Orator of the University , an . 1601. Another Son also he had , named Francis James , begotten on the body of his third Wife , named Isabel ; which Francis was Student of Ch. Ch. also , afterwards a Minister and well beneficed . He published A Proclamation to the King , in a Sermon Preached 15. June 1647. before his Maj. on Jonah 3. 7 , 8. Lond. 1647. qu. About which time loosing all his Spiritualities , lived poor and bare , till the Kings return , 1660. There was another Fr. James , whom I shall mention in the Fasti 1612. EUSEBIUS PAGET was born at Cranford in Northamptonshire , sent to Oxon at 12 years of age in the Reign of Q Mary , was made Choirister , and afterwards , as it seems , Student of Ch. Ch. where making a considerable progress in Logick and Philosophy , departed without a degree , ( tho a noted Sophister , ) and at length became Rector of the Parish Church of St. Anne and St. Agnes within Aldersgate , in London , where he continued many years a constant and faithful Preacher of Gods word . He hath written and published , The History of the Bible , briefly collected by way of Question and Answer . — When first printed I know not . Sure 't is , that one edition of it came out at London 1627. oct . In the title of which , 't is said , that it was corrected by the author . Another edition came out in 1657. in tw . and one or more afterwards . Serm. of Tithes , on Gen. 14. 20 , 21. Lond. 1583. oct . Serm. of Election , on Gen. 25. 23. Lond. in oct . Catechism . Lond. 1591. oct . He also translated from Lat. into English , Harmony on Matth : Mark , and Luke , written by Joh. Calvin . Other things , as 't is said , he hath either written or translated , but such I have not yet seen . He died in a good old age , either in the latter end of May , or beginning of June , in sixteen hundred and seventeen , and was buried in his Church of SS . year 1617 Ann and Agnes before-mentioned , leaving then behind him a Son named Ephraim Paget , ( whom I shall hereafter mention , ) a godly and learned Minister , and one that suffered by the Presbyterians , in the beginning of the Grand Rebellion raised by them . RICHARD KILBY received his first breath from a Plebeian Family in Warwickshire , and his juvenile education there , at the cost and charges of Rob. Oluey of Tachbrook in that County . Thence he was sent to Gloucester hall , where he spent near four years in Logick and Philosophy . Afterwards he went to Emanuel coll . in Cambridge , where taking the degrees in Arts , he taught a School in Kent . About that time taking holy Orders , ( an . 1596. ) he became Curate of Southfleet there , where he was much followed for his familiar way of Preaching . At length he removed , and was first made Minister of S. Alkmonds , then of Allhallows , in the ancient Borough of Derby . He hath written , The burthen of a loaden Conscience , or the Misery of Sin. Lond. 1608. Camb. 1614. &c. in all , at least six editions , in oct . The unburthening of a loaden Conscience . — Printed with the former book . With other things which I have not yet seen . He died 21. Oct. in sixteen hundred and seventeen , year 1617 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Allhallows in Derby before-mentioned . Over his grave is a brass plate fastned to the midst of the North wall of the said Chancel , with eight home-spun verses engraven thereon , the four first of which , run thus : Loe Richard Kilby lyeth here , Which lately was our Minister . To th' Poor he ever was a Friend , And gave them all he had at 's end , &c. ROBERT TIGHE was born at Deeping in Lincolnshire , received part of his Academical education , as it seems , in Magd. coll . whence going to Cambridge , he took the degrees in Arts there , and then returning to the said coll . again , was not only incorporated in that degree , but admitted to the reading of the Sentences , in 1596. Afterwards he went to Cambridge again , took the degree of D. of D. being about that time Vicar of Allhallows Barkin near to the Tower of London , and going to Oxon again , was incorporated there , an . 1610. at which time , he was Archdeacon of Middlesex . He was an excellent Textuary , and a profound Linguist , which was the reason ( as 't is said ) why he was imployed by King James 1. in the translation of the Bible , in 1604. What else he translated , or wrote . I know not , nor any thing besides , only that he died about the beginning of Nov. in sixteen hundred and seventeen , year 1617 after he had been Vicar of the said Church from 1604. to the beginning of 1616. leaving behind him a Widdow named Mary . In his Archdeaconry succeeded Dr. Will. Goodwin Dean of Ch. Ch. Oxon. JOHN FLAVELL , a native of Bishops-Liddiard in Somersetshire , was entred a Student in Trinity coll . in 1610. aged 14. and soon after became the forwardest Youth in that house , for his quick and smart disputations in Logick and Philosophy . At length the Foundress of Wadham coll . having been often told of the pregnancy of his parts , she made him one of her first Scholars thereof , in 1613. In the year following , he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , and became very useful among the Juniors by his frequent reading of Logick Lectures , and presiding in Philosophical disputations in the publick Refectory . In 1617. he proceeded in Arts , being then esteemed a good Greek and Lat. Poet , was Senior of the Act that year , and chose publick Professor of Grammer in the University , in which Faculty he was excellent and took great delight . He hath written , Tractatus de Demonstratione methodicus & polemicus . Oxon. 1619. &c. oct . in 4 books , not intended for the Press , only for the use and profit of private auditors . But so it was , that after his death , his notes coming into the hands of Alex. Huish of the same coll . he put them into order , disgested , and sent them to the Press , which since hath been taken into the hands of all Juniors , and have undergone several impressions . Grammat . Graec. Enchyridion . in oct . This goes under the name of Joh. Flavell , but whether written by the former , I know not , for I have not yet seen it . He died in the flower of his youth on the 10. year 1617 Nov. in sixteen hundred and seventeen , and was buried in Wadham coll . Chappel . I find another Joh. Flavell , after the former in time , author of a little thing intit . A Prayer or Treatise of God's mighty power and protection of his Church and People , &c. Lond. 1642. and another ( if not the same ) author of Husbandry spiritualized , &c. Lond. 1669. qu. of A Saint indeed , &c. Lond. 1670. oct . and of several other things , but whether he was ever of this University , I know not . He occurrs Minister of Dartmouth in Devon. 1672. and several years after . THOMAS CORYATE , Son of George Coryate , mentioned under the year 1606. was born in the Parsonage house at Odcombe in Somersetshire , became a Commoner of Gloucester hall in the beginning of the year 1596. aged 19. where continuing about three years , he attained , by the help of a great memory , to some competency in Logick , but more by far in the Greek tongue , and in humane learning . Afterwards he was taken home for a time , then went to London , and was received into the Family of Henry Prince of Wales . At which time falling into the company of the Wits , who found him little better than a Fool in many respects , made him their Whetstone , and so became notus nimis omnibus . In the beginning of the year 1608. he took a Voyage into France , Italy , Germany , &c. and at his return published his travels under this title . Crudities hastily gobled up in five Months travels in France , Savoy , Italy , Rhetia , Helvetia , some parts of High Germany and the Netherlands . Lond. 1611. qu. Which book was then usher'd into the world by an Odcombian banquet , consisting of near 60 copies of excellent verses made by the Poets of that time : ( which did very much advantage the Sale of the book ) Among them were Ben. Johnson , Sir Jo. Harrington of Kelston near Bathe , Dudl . Digges afterwards Master of the Rolls , Rich. Martin Recorder of London , Laur. Whittaker , Hugh Holland the traveller , Jo. Hoskyns Sen. Inigo Jones , the surveyour , Christop . Brook , Rich. Corbet of Ch. Ch. Joh. Chapman , Thom. Campian Dr. of Phys. Jo. Owen the Epigrammatist , Sam. Page of C. C. C. Tho. Bastard of New coll . Tho. Farnaby sometimes of Mert. coll . Jo. Donne , Mich. Drayton , Joh. Davys of Hereford , Hen. Peacham , &c. In the year following ( 1612 ) after he had taken leave of his Countrymen by an oration spoken at the Cross in Odcombe , he took a long and large journey , with intentions not to return to his native Country , till he had spent 10 years in travelling to and fro . The first place he went to a was Constantinople , where he took special notice of all things there observable . In which place he found very great respect and encouragement from Sir Paul Pindar then and there Embassadour . Being there for some time he took his opportunities to view divers parts in Greece ; and in the Helespont he took special notice of those two Castles directly opposed each to other , called Sestos and Abydot , which stand on the several banks that bound that very narrow Sea. Which places Mus●●u makes famous in his very antient Poem of Hero and Leander . He saw Smyrna famous at that time for trade , but not religion , and what then remain'd of the ruins of sometimes great Troy , but the very ruins of that place were almost all gone to ruine . From Smyrna he found a passage to Alexandria in Egypt , and there , near Grand Catro ( antiently called Memphis ) he observed what remain'd of the once famous Pyramids . Returning thence back to Alexandria he found a passage by Sea to Joppa , and travelling thence 20 English miles , he arrived at Jerusalem , but found it a very solitary , rocky and uncomfortable way , full of danger , by reason of the wild Arabs , who keep about those passages , to make poor travellers their prey and spoil . In Jerusalem he saw Mount Calvery ( where our Saviour suffered ) then enclosed within the Walls , Bethlem where he was born , about 5 English miles from Jerusalem ; and Mount Olivet , whence he ascended . From Jerusalem he took his way to make a view of the Dead Sea , the place where Sodom and Gomorrah , and Admah and Zeboim once stood . Thence he went to have a sight of the River Jordan , which dischargeth it self into that most uncomfortable Lake , and from thence he journied north-east through the Ten Tribes , till he came to Mount Libanus . Thence back to Sidon , where he got a passage by Sea unto Alexandretta , now called Scanderoon , which is one of the most unwholesome places in the world . Thence he took his way to Aleppo in Syria , about 70. miles distant from Scanderoon , where he was kindly received by the English Consul , and tarried with him till he could get the benefit of a Caravan , which consists of a great multitude of people from divers parts , which get and keep together travelling in those parts , for fear of the incursions and violences by Thieves and Murderers , which they would undoubtedly meet withal , if they travelled single , or but few together . With these , he after set forward towards , and to that City anciently called Nineveh in Assyria , which we find in the Prophecy of Jonah was sometimes a great and excellent City of three days journey , but then so exceedingly lessen'd and lodg'd in obscurity , that passengers could not say this was Nineveh . From thence he journied to Babylon in Chaldea , situated upon the River Euphrates , once likewise so great , that Aristotle called it a Country , not a City , but now very much contracted . From this place he proceeded through both the Armenia●s , and either did , or else he was made to , believe , that he saw the very mountain Ararat , whereon the ark of Noah tested after the flood . From thence he went forward towards the Kingdom of Persia , and there to Vspahan the usual place of residence for the great King. Thence to Seras , antiently called Shushan , where the great King. Ahasuerus kept his Royal and most Magnificent Court. Afterwards to Candahor , the first Province north-east , under the subjection of the Great Mogul , and so to Lahore the chiefest City but one , belonging to that great Empire , of very great trade , wealth , and delight . From Lahore he went to Agra , which is 400 English miles , planted with great Trees on both sides , which are all the year cloathed with leaves , exceeding beneficial unto travellers for the shade they afford them in those hot climes . At Agra he made an halt , being there lovingly received in the English Factory , where he staid till he had gotten to the Turkish , and Morisco or Arabian Languages , some good knowledge in the Persian and Indostan Tongues , in which study he was always very apt , and in little time shewed much proficiency . The first of those two , the Persian , is the more quaint ; the other , the Indostan , is the vulgar Language spoken in East India . In both these he suddenly got such a knowledge and mastery , that it did exceedingly afterwards advantage him in his travels up and down the Moguls Territories , he wearing always the habit of that Nation , and speaking their Language . In the first of these , the Persian Tongue , he made afterwards an Oration to the Great Mogul , as I shall tell you anon , and in the Indostan he had so great a command , that he undertook a Landry-woman ( belonging to the English Embassador in that Country ) who had such a liberty and freedom of speech that she would sometimes scould , braul and rail from Sun-rising to Sun-set : I say that Tom Coryate undertaking her in her own Language he did so silence her by eight of the clock in the morning , that she had not one word more to speak , to the great wonder and mirth of those present . After he had visited several places in that Country and had been courteously received by Sir Tho. Roe Embassador there for the K. of England , he went at length to Surat , lying on the banks of Swally Road , which is in E. India under the Empire of the Gr. Mogul , where he ended his days as I shall tell you anon . He was a man of a very coveting Eye that could never be satisfied with seeing , tho he had seen very much , and yet he took as much content in seeing , as many others in the enjoying of great and rare things . He had got ( besides the Latine and Greek ) the mastery of many hard Languages , in which , if he had obtained wisdom to husband and manage them , as he had skill to speak them , he had deserved more same in his generation . But his knowledge and high attainments in several Languages made him not a little ignorant of himself , he being so covetous and ambitious of praise , that he would hear and endure more of it than he could in any measure deserve ; being like a Ship that hath too much sail , and too little ballast . However had he not fallen into the smart hands of the Wits of those times , wherein he lived , he might have passed better . That itch of fame which engaged this man to the undertaking of those very hard , long , and dangerous travels , hath put thousands more ( and therefore he was not alone in this ) into strange attempts , only to be talked of . 'T was fame , without doubt , that stirred up this man unto these voluntary , but hard undertakings , and the hope of that glory which he should reap after he had finished his long travels , made him not at all to take notice of the hardship he found in them . That hope of name and repute for the time to come did even feed and feast him for the time present . And therefore any thing , that did in any measure ecclips him in those high conceivings of his own worth , did too too much trouble him ; which you may collect from these following instances . Upon a time b one Mr. Rich. Steel a Merchant , and servant to the East-India company , came to Sir Tho. Roe the Embassador at Mandoa , the place then of the Moguls residence , at which time our author Tho. Coryate was there . This Merchant had not long before travelled over land from E. India , through Persia , and so for Constantinople , and so for England , who in his travels homeward had met with T. Coryate as he was journying towards E. India . Mr. Steel then told him , that when he was in England , K. James ( then living ) enquired after him , and when he had certified the King of his meeting him on the way , the K. replied is that fool living ? which when our Pilgrim Coryate heard , it seemed to trouble him very much , because the K. spake no more nor no better of him ; saying that Kings would speak of poor men what they pleased ▪ At another time when he was ready to depart from Mandoa , Sir Th. Roe the Embassador gave him a Letter , and in that a Bill to receive ten pounds at Aleppo when he should return thither . The Letter was directed to Mr. Libbeus Chapman there Consul at that time , in which , that which concern'd our traveller was thus . Mr. Chapman when you shall hand these Letters , I desire you to receive the bearer of them Mr. Tho. Co●yate , with courtesie , for you shall find him a very honest poor wretch ; and further I must intreat you to furnish him with ten pounds , which shall be repayed , &c. Our Pilgrim liked the gift well , but the language by which he should have received it , did not at all content him , telling his Chamber-fellow Mr. Terry , that my Lord Embassador had even spoyled his courtesie in the carriage thereof ; so that if he had been a very fool indeed , he could have said very little less of him than he did , honest poor wretch ! and to say no more of him , was to say as much as nothing . Furthermore also he told him that when he was formerly undertaking his journey to Venice , a person of honour , wrote thus in his behalf to Sir Hen. Wotton then and there Embassador , My Lord , good wine needs no Bush , neither a worthy mans Letter commendatory , because whethersoever he comes , he is his own Epistle , &c. This did so much please the Pilgrim , that there ( said he ) was some language in my behalf , but now for my Lord to write nothing of me by way of commendation , but honest poor wretch , is rather to trouble me , than to please me with his favour . And therefore afterwards his letter was phras'd up to his mind , but he never lived to receive the money . By which his old acquaintance might see how tender the poor man was to be touched in any thing that might in the least measure disparage him . O what pains he took to make himself a subject for present and after discouse ! being troubled at nothing for the present , unless with the fear of not living to reap that fruit , he was so ambitious of in all his undertakings . And certainly he was surprized with some such thoughts and fears ( as he afterwards told the company ) when upon a time he being at Mandoa with the English , and there standing in a room against a stone-pillar , where the Embassador was , upon a sudden he fell into such a swoon , that they had very much ado to recover him out of it , but at last he came to himself , and told them , that some sad thoughts had immediately before presented themselves to his fancy , which , as he conceived , put him into that distemper ; like Fannius — Ne moriere mori . For he told them that there was great expectation in England of the large accounts he should give of his travels after his return home , and that he was now shortly to leave them , and he being at present not very well , if he should dye in his way towards Surat , whether he was then intending to go ( which place he had not yet seen ) he might be buried in obscurity , and none of his friends ever know what became of him , travelling then , as usually he did , alone . Upon which the Embassador willed him to stay longer with him , but he then thankfully refused that offer , and turned his face presently after towards Surat , which was 300. miles distant from the place where the Embassador was , and he lived to come safely thither . But there being over-kindly used by some of the English , who gave him Sack , which they had brought from England , he calling for , as soon as he first heard of , it , and crying Sack , Sack , is there such a thing as Sack ? I pray give me some Sack , and drinking of it moderately ( for he was very temperate ) it increased his flux which he had then upon him : and this caused him within few days after his very tedious and troublesome travels , for he went most on foot ) at that place to come to his journeys end , as I shall anon tell you . What became of his notes and observations , which he had made in his long journeys , I know not , only these following which he sent to his friends in England , who printed them in his absence . Letters from Asmere , the Court of the Great Mogul , to several persons of quality in England , concerning the Emperor and his Country of E. India . Lond. 1616. qu. In the title of which is our authors Picture , riding on an Elephant . The first letter is written to Sir Edw. Philips of Montag●e in Somersetshire Kt. Master of the Rolls . A Letter to his Mother Gertrude , dated from Agra in E. India , ult . oct . 1616. containing a speech that he spoke to the Gr. Mogul in the Persian Language — See in the Pilgrimages of Sam. Purchase , part 1. book 4. chap. 17. and also at the end of his Letters from Asmere before mentioned . 'T is reported c that in an Oration which our author Coryate did speak to the said Mogul he brought in that story of the Queen of Sheba , 1 Kings 10. ( in which parts of that sacred History the Ma●umetans have some knowledge ) and told him that as the Queen of Sheba having heard of the fame of K. Solomon , came from far to visit him ; which when she had done , she confessed that tho she had heard very much of him , and many things beyond her belief , yet now seeing what she did , acknowledged that she had not heard half of that which she now saw concerning the wisdom , and greatness , and revenue , and riches of Solomon : So our Orator Coryate told the Mogul , that he had heard very much of him before he had the honour to see him ( when he was very far off in his own Country ) but now what he beheld did exceedingly surmount all these former reports of him , which came to his Ears at such a distance from him . Then larding his short speech with some other piece of Flattery , which the Mogul liked well , concluded . Afterwards the Mogul gave him one hundred Roopus , which amounts to value of 12l . 10s . of our English money , looking upon him as a Derveese , or Votary , or Pilgrim , ( for so he called him ) and such that bear that name in that Country seem not much to care for money , and that was the reason ( I conceive ) that he gave him not a more plentiful reward . Certain observations from the Moguls Court and E. India . — See in Purchase before-mention'd . Travels to , and observations in , Constantinople and other places in the way thither , and in his journey thence to Aleppo , Damasco and Jerusalem . Ibid. part , 2. lib. 10. cap. 12. His Oration , purus putus Coriatus ; quintessence of Coryate — Spoken extempore when Mr. Rob. Rugg dub'd him a Knight on the ruins of Troy , by the name of Thomas Croyate the first English Knight of Troy. Ib. cap. 12. Observations of Constantinople abridged . Ib. cap. 12. Divers Lat. and Greek Epistles to learned men beyond the Seas . — Some of which are in his Crudities , as those to Gasp . Waserus , Radolp . Hospinian , Hen. Bullinger , descended from the famous Henry Bullinger , Marc. Buellerus , &c. At length our author Coryate giving way to fate , occasion'd by a Flux , at Surat in E. India before-mention'd , in the month of December in sixteen hundred and seventeen , year 1617 was buried there under a little Monument , like to one of those that are usually made in one of our Chyards . Sic exit Coryatus : ( Hence he went off the Stage , and so must all after him , how long soever their parts seem to be . For if one should go to the extremest part of the world East , another West , another North , and another South , they must all meet at last together in the field of Bones , wherein our traveller hath now taken up his lodging , and where ) I leave him , to make way for the next , as eminent almost for the Law , as he for his Travels . FERDINANDO PULTON alias P●ulton . ( Son of Giles Pulton Esq who died 1560. ) was born at Deusborough in Northampton-shire , became * commoner of Brasnose coll . in the beginning of Q. Marys Reign , laid there a foundation of Academical literature , which he found useful to him afterwards when he grew eminent in the common Law. But leaving that house before he took a degree , he went to Lincolns Inn , studied the said Law , took the usual degrees , and became eminent for the knowledge in , and practice of , it , not only in London , but the usual place of his residence in the country , viz. at Borton in the Parish and County of Buckingham ▪ He hath written and published , An abstract of all the Penal Statutes which be general , Lond. 1600. qu. Digested alphabetically according to the several subjects they concern . Abridgment of the Statutes of England , that have been made and printed from Magna charta to the end of the Session of Parliament , 4. Jac. 1. Lond. 1606. and 12. &c. fol. Collection of Statutes repealed and not repealed . Lond. 1608. fol. De pace regis & regni , declaring which be the general offences and impediments of Peace . Lond. 1610. and 15 ▪ fol. Collection of sundery Statutes frequent in use : with notes in the Margent , and reference to the book , Cases and books of Entry and Registers , where they be treated of . Lond. 1618. in two vol. in fol. the●e again 1632. fol. &c. which collection rea●hes from 9. 〈◊〉 ▪ 3. to 7. ●●c . 1. The Statutes at large , concerning all such Acts which at any time heretofore have 〈◊〉 extant in 〈…〉 Char●a , to the 16. of Ja● . 1. &c. divided 〈…〉 with marginal Notes , &c. Lond. 1618. &c. fol. He departed this Life , on the 20. January in sixteen hundred and seventeen , aged 82. and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Deusborough , before-mention'd . Over his grave was a large plain Stone soon after laid , with an Epitaph engraven thereon , wherein 't is said that he was Vir omni virtutis & doctrinarum genere , ( & ) quondam illustrissimus necnon sedulus scriptor & propagator legum hujus regni . But if you are minded to read his English Epitaph , see in Sir Joh. Beaumont's Tast of the variety of Poems , at the end of his Bosworth-field . Lond. 1629. oct . The said Ferdinando Pulton left behind him several Sons , whereof two were R. Cath. Priests . WILLIAM WYRLEY , Son of Augustin Wyrly of Netherseile in Leicestershire ( by Mary his Wife , Daughter of Walt. Charnells ) Son of Will. Wyrley of Handsworth in Staffordshire , descended from an antient family of his name , sometimes living at Rowley in the said County , was born a in Staffordshire ; and in those parts educated in Grammar learning . This person , whom we are farther to mention , having from his childhood had an excellent Genie for Arms and Armory was entertained in the family of Sampson Erdswyke of Sandon Esq ( mentioned under the year 1603. ) called then by some the Antiquary of Staffordshire , where making a considerable progress in Heraldical and Antiquarian studies under his inspection , published a book under his own name entitled , The true use of Armory , shewed by History and plainly proved by example , &c. Lond. 1592. qu. Reported by some to be originally written by the said Erdeswyke , but he being then an ancient man , thought it fitter to have it published under Wyrley's name than his . However the reader is not to think so , but rather to suspend his thoughts ( being only a bare report that came b originally from Erdeswykes mouth ; and to know this , that Wyrley was an ingenious man , and fit to compose such a book , and that Erdeswyke being often times crazed especially in his last days , and fit then for no kind of serious business , would say any thing which came into his mind , as 't is very well known at this day among the chief of the college of Arms. Soon after the publication of that book , Wyrley left him , and retired to Balliol coll . purposely to obtain Academical learning , where being put under the tuition of a good tutor , and in great hope to obtain the grounds of the said learning , was matriculated in the University c as a member of that house in Act term , an . 1595. he being then about 29. years of age . How long he continued there , or whether he took a degree , it appears not . However for diversion sake , he employed his time so admirably well during his abode in that house that he made several d collections of Arms from Monuments and Windows in Churches and elsewhere in and near Oxon , which have given me much light in my searches after things of that nature , in order to the finishing the great work that I have been many years drudging in . He also made divers remarks and collections from various Leiger books , sometimes belonging to Monasteries in these parts , and elsewhere . The Original of which , written with his own hand , I have in my little Library , which tho partly perished by wet and moisture , yet I shall always keep them as monuments of his industry . On the 15. May , 2. Jac. 1. dom . 1604. he was e constituted Ronge-Cr●ix , Officer or Pursivant of Armes . Which place he holding several years , was always reputed among those of the coll . of Arms , a knowing and useful person in his profession ; and might , had a longer life been spared , have published several matters relating thereunto , but being untimely cut off in the midst of his endeavours , about the beginning of Feb. in sixteen hundred and seventeen , we have enjoyed only ( besides the printed book and collections already mentioned ) various collections of Arms and Inscriptions made in , and from ( which several Churches and Gentlemens habitations in his own Countie , Leicestershire have assisted Burton the Antiquary thereof ) and in other Counties , and from Churches in , and near to , London ▪ Some of which I have seen and perused in the Sheldonian Library , I mean in that Library which belonged sometimes to that most worthy and generous person , ( my friendly acquaintance never to be forgotten ) Raphe Sheldon of Boely Esquire , the same Raphe ( for there are several of his family of both his names ) who died on Midsomer-day , an . 1684. aged 61. or thereabouts . Which Library , the MSS. only , to the number of about 300. besides very many Parchment rolls and Pedegrees , he bequeathed to the Coll. of Arms situated on Bennet-hill near to St. Paul's Cathedral in London , where they yet remain . As for the body of Wyrley , 't was buried , as I have been informed , in the Church of S. Bennet near to Pauls Wharff . EDMUND BUNNEY , elder brother to Francis Bunney before mentioned , was the Son of Rich , Bunney of Newton , otherwise called Bunney-hall in the Parish of Wakefield , and of Newland in the Parish of Normanton , in Yorkshire Esq by Bridget his Wife , Daughter and coheir of Edw. Restwold of the Vache near to Chalfont St. Giles in Bucks . ( who died 1547. ) descended from Richard and Philipp de la Vache , Knights of the illustrious Order of the Garter in the time of K. Rich. 2. These Bunneys ( by the way it must be known ) pretend that their Ancestours , descended from the Bunneys of Bunney , a Town so called , near to the ripe of the River L●ir by Orleans in France , came with William the Conquerour into England , and setled themselves at a place in Nottinghamshire called from them Bunney rise ; but how they can make that out , seeing their name is not in the original and genuine Copy of Battle-Abbey roll , I cannot yet understand . This our author Edm. Bunney , whom I am farther to mention , was born at a house called the Vache before mention'd , ( being then imparted ) an . 1540. sent to this University at 16 years , of age in the fourth year of Q. Mary , and about the time he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , he was elected Probationer Fellow of Madg. coll . being then noted to be very forward in Logick and Philosophy . Soon after he went to Staple Inn , and thence to Greys Inn , in either of which he spent about two years , for his Father , intended him for the Common-Law , being his eldest Son , but he resolving for Divinity , was cast off by his Father , ( tho a good man , as he the Son f faith , and one that fled for his Religion in Qu. Marys days ) so that returning to Oxon , he took the degree of Master in the latter end of 1564. and in the year following was elected fellow of Merton coll . at which time Hen. Savile was elected Probationer . For which a act , tho the Society had no preceedent , yet there was a necessity for it , because there was not one then in that Society , that could , or would , preach any publick Sermon in the college turn , such was the scarcity of Theologists , not only in that House , but generally throughout the University . In the year 1570. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and about that time became Chaplain to Dr. Grindall Archb● of York , who gave him a Prebendship of that Church and the Rectory of Bolton Percy , about six Miles distant thence . Which Rectory after he had enjoyed 25. years , he resigned , and maintaining himself with the profits of his Prebendship , ( being also Subdean of York ) and other Dignities , mention'd in his Epitaph following , he preached and catechized where there was most need . I have heard Dr. Barten Holyday say , that when he was a Junior in the University , this our author Bunney ( who had a bulkey body and a broad face ) did several times come to Oxon , accompanied with two men in black Liveries with horses , and did preach or catechize in some Churches there , and near to it , where was none to do that office , particularly in Allsaints Church , to whom many resorted and took Notes . Also that whatsoever he had given to him by way of gratuity , he would bestow on his men ; and farther added that by his seeing holiness of life and soundness of doctrine , many Scholars ( particularly himself ) were induced afterwards to take holy Orders . He would travel over most parts of England like a new Apostle , and would endeavour to act as the Apostles did . So that being blamed for it by many , as if there were none to be found to do that office but he , and looked upon by others as a forward , busie and conceited man , he therefore wrote his Defence of his labour in the work of the Ministry , and dispersed several copies of it abroad among his friends and acquaintance . The truth is he was the most fluid Preacher in the Reign of Qu. Elizabeth , for he seldom or never studied for what he was to deliver , but would preach and pray extempere , as our beloved Saints did in the time of the rebellion under K. Ch. 1. and after ; insomuch that many were pleased to say he was troubled with the Divinity squirt . I have heard some of our Ancients , who remember him , report , that he was a severe Calvinist , and that by the liberty he took , did a great deal of harm by his Preaching in Corporation-Towns , as many then did ▪ and some Gentlemen also , with Licenses obtained from the Queen under pretence of a scarcity of Divines . He hath written , The summ of Christian Religion , in two parts . The first intreateth of the Trinity , and the second of the Commandments . Lond. 1576. oct . Abridgment of Jo. Calvin's Institutions , Lond. 1580. oct . Translated into Engl. by Edw. May. Scepter of Judah , or what manner of Government it was , that unto the Commonwealth , or Church of Israel , was by the Law of God appointed . Lond. 1584. oct . Of the Coronation of K. David , wherein out of that part of the History of David , that sheweth how he came to the Kingdom , we have set out what is like to be the end of these troubles that daily arise for the Gospels sake . Lond. 1588. qu. Necessary admonition out of the Prophet Joel , concerning that hand of God that of late was upon us , and is not clean taken off as yet , &c. Lond. 1588. oct . The Reader is to understand that Rob. Persons a Jesuit did put out a book intit . Christian Exercise appertaining to Resolution , &c. in two parts . The first of which coming forth before the other , our author Bunney did correct , alter , and made it fit for the use of Protestants , adding thereunto of his own composition , A Treatise of Purification ▪ Lond. 1584. or thereabouts , in oct . But the Jesuit in the next edit . of the said Resolution , did much complain of our author for assuming to himself the labours of another person , and of spoiling his work and the impression thereof . Whereupon our author put out another book intit . A brief answer unto those idle and frivolous quarrels of R. P. against the late edition of the Resolution . Lond. 1589. oct . He hath also written , Of Divorce for Adultery , and Marrying again , that there is no sufficient Warrant so to do . Oxon. 1610. qu. At the end of which is a note to shew that Rob. Persons was many years since answered . The corner Stone : Or , a form of teaching Jesus Christ out of the Scriptures . Lond. 1611. fol. A defence of his labour in the work of the Ministry . — MS. written 20. Jan. 1602. He also translated , as some say , into the English tongue , or as others , perverted it , that excellent book of Joh. Gerson , or rather of Tho. de Kempis , intit . Of the imitation of Christ ; but whether true I know not , for I have not yet seen such a thing . He ended his days at Cawood in Yorkshire 26. Febr. in sixteen hundred and seventeen , and was buried in the south Isle joyning to the choire of York Cathedral . Over his grave is a fair Monument in the wall , with his Effigies carved from stone , and this inscription by it . Edmundus Bunnaeus ex nobili Bunnaeorum familia oriundus , S. Th. Bac. coll . Mertonensis in Ox●n . olim Socius , Parochiae de Bolton-Percy Pastor , Ecclesiarum * B. Pauli London , B. Petri Eborum , & B. Mariae Carleol . Praebendarius dignissimus ; concionator frequentiss , vicatim & oppidatim praedicando multos annos ▪ consum si● , cum ob amorem christi haereditatem paternam fratri Ri●●●●●●uniori relinquisset . Obiit die mensis Febr. 26. an . 1617. Haec senis Edmundi Bunney est quem cernis imago , A quo Bunnaei villula nomen habet . Clarus ●rat tanti , tumuit neque sanguinis aestu , Haeres patris crat profuit esse nihil . Denotat aetatem gravitas , resolutio mentem , Zelum Scripta , aciem Pulpita , facta fidem . Vasa sacro librosque dedit post funera templo , Et bona pauperibus , caetera seque deo . ROBERT ABBOT , the eldest Son of Maurice Abbot Sherman , ( who died 25. Sept. 1606. ) by Alice March his Wife , was born at Guildford in Surry , in an house now an Ale-house , bearing the sign of the Three Marriners , by the Rivers side near to the Bridge , on the North side of the Street , in St. Nicholas Parish ; educated in the Free School there , ( founded by K. Ed. 6. 1551. ) under Mr. Franc. Tayler Schoolmaster thereof , became a Student in Balliol coll . 1575. aged 15 years , elected Socius Sacerdotalis of that house 16. Jan. 1581. took the degree of M. A. in the year following , became a noted Preacher in the University , and a constant Lecturer at St. Martins Church in the Quadrivium , and sometimes at Abendon in Berks. Afterwards being made Lecturer in the City of Worcester and Rector of Allsaints Church there , he resigned his Fellowship 8. March 1588. and not long after became Rector of Bingham in Northamptonshire by the favour of Joh. Stanhope Esquire , and afterwards took the degrees in Divinity , that of Doctor being compleated in 1597. In the beginning of the Reign of K. James 1. he was made Chaplain in Ordinary to him , in the year 1609. he was unanimously elected Master of Balliol coll . and in the beginning of Nov. 1610. he was made Prebendary of Normanton in the Church of Southwell . In 1612. he was appointed Doctor of the Theological Chair , usually called the Kings Professor of Divinity , by his Majesty ; and in 1615. he was nominated by him to be Bishop of Salisbury , meerly , as 't is said , for his incomparable Lectures read in the Divinity School concerning the Kings Supream Power , against Bellarmino and Suarez , and for his Antilogia which he a little before had published . So that being consecrated thereunto on the third of Dec. the same year , sate there till the time of his death , which was soon after . He was a person of unblameable life and conversation , a profound Divine , most admirably well read in the Fathers , Councils and Schoolmen , and a more moderate Calvinian than either of his two Predecessors ( Holland and Humphrey ) in the Divinity-chair were ; which he expressed by countenancing the Sublapsarian way of Predestination . His works are , The Mirrour of Popish Subtilties ; discovering certain wretched and miserable evasions and shifts , which a secret cavilling Papist in the behalf of one Paul Spence Priest , yet living , and lately Prisoner in the Castle of Worcester , hath gathered out of Saunders and Bellarmine , &c. concerning the Sacraments , &c. Lond. 1594. qu. The Exaltation of the Kingdom and Priesthood of Christ . Sermons on 110 Psalm , from the 1. to the 7. ver . Lond. 1601. qu. Antichristi demonstratio , contra fabulas Pontificias , & ineptum Rob. Bellarmini de Antichristo disputationem . Lond. 1603. qu. 1608. oct . Defence of the Reformed Catholick of Mr. Will. Perkins lately deceased , against the Bastard Counter-Catholick of Dr. Bishop Seminary Priest . The first part . Lond. 1606. qu. The second part was printed at the same place , 1607. qu. and the third part , 1609. qu. The old way : Serm. at S. Maries Oxon , on Act-Sunday 8. July 1610. on Jerem. 6. 16. Lond. 1610. qu. The true ancient Rom. Catholick , being an Apology against Dr. Bishops Reproof of the defence of the Reformed Catholick . Lond. 1611. qu. See more in Will. Bishop , an . 1624. Antilogia adversus apologiam Andreae Endaemon-Johannis Jesuitae pro Henrico Garnetto Jesuitâ proditore ; quâ mendacissime , &c. Lond. 1613. qu. Exercitationes de gratiâ & perseverantiâ Sanctorum , &c. Lond. 1618. qu. In Richardi Thomsoni Angli Belgici deatribam , de amissione & intercessione justificationis & gratiae , animadversio brevis . The former of which two , viz. Exerc. de gratia , &c. was printed at Francfort 1619. under this title , Exercitationes Academicae de gratiâ & perseverantiâ Sanctorum , it●mque de intercessione justificationis . in oct . As for Rich. Thomson you may see more of him in the Fasti , an 1596. De supremâ potestate regiâ , exercitationes habitae in Acad. Oxon , contra Rob. Bellarminum & Franc. Suarez . Lond. 1619. qu. He also wrote a most accurate Commentary ( in Latin ) upon the Epistle to the Romans , with large Sermons upon every verse , in which he handled , as his Text gave him occasion , all the controverted points of Religion at this day . This Commentary , which is in 4 volumes in MS. was given to Bodlies Library by Dr. Edw. Corbet Rector of Has●ley in Oxfordshire , who married Margaret , the Daughter of Sir Nath , Brent Knight by his Wife Martha the only Daughter and Heir of the said Dr. Rob. Abbot . Other matters also he left behind him fit for the Press , but whether they were all printed I know not . At length through a too sedentary life , which brought him to the terrible disease of the Stone in the Kidneys , he gave way to fate on the second of March in sixteen hundred and seventeen , and was buried in the Cath. Church of Salisbury , over against the Bishops seat , having in less than two years before , married a second Wife , for which he gained the great displeasure of his Brother Dr. Geo. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury . I find another Rob. Abbot , who was a frequent writer , but after the former in time . He was originally of Cambridge , and afterwards a Minister of God's Word , first in Kent , then in Hampshire , and at length in London , as I shall more at large tell you in the Fasti , 1607. WALTER WYLSHMAN , a Cornish man born , educated in Exeter coll . took the degrees in Arts , stood as a Member of Broadgates hall in an Act celebrated 1594. to compleat it , being about that time Minister of Dartmouth in Devonshire , and much resorted to for his frequent and practical way of Preaching . He hath written and published , The sincere Preacher : Proving that in whom is adulation , avarice , and ambition , he cannot be sincere : Delivered in three Sermons in Dartmouth , upon 1 Thes . 2. 5 , 6. Lond. 1616. oct . THOMAS BASTARD , a most ingenious and facetious person of his time , was born at a Market Town in Dorsetshire called Blandford , educated in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1588. and two years after Bach. of Arts. But this person being much guilty of the vices belonging to Poets , and given to libelling , he was in a manner forced to leave his Fellowship , in 1591. So that for the present being put to his shifts , he was not long after made Chaplain to Thomas Earl of Suffolk , Lord Treasurer of England , by whose favour and endeavours he became Vicar of Beer-Regis , and Rector of Amour or Hamer in his native Country , being then M. of A. He was a person endowed with many rare gifts , was an excellent Grecian , Latinist , and Poet , and in his elder years a quaint Preacher . His discourses were always pleasant and facete , which made his company desired by all ingenious men . He was a most excellent Epigrammatist , and being always ready to versifie upon any subject , did let nothing material escape his fancy , as his compositions running through several hands in MS. shew . One of which made upon his three Wives runs thus . Terna mihi variis ducta est aetatibus uxor , Haec juveni , illa viro , tertia n●pta seni . Prima est propter opus teneris mihi juncta sub annis , Altera propter opes , tertia propter opem . The things that he hath written and published are many , but all that I have seen are only these . Epigrams . — Which being very pleasant to the Reader , that noted Poet Sir Joh. Harrington of Kelston made one * or more Epigrams , dedicated to the author of them . Pocma , intit . Magna Britannia . lib. 3. Lond. 1605. qu. Dedicated to K. Jam. 1. Five Sermons . Lond. 1615. qu. The three first on Luke 1. 76. are called , The Marigold and the Sun. The two last on Luke 7. 37 , 38. are intit . The Sinners Looking-glass . Twelve Sermons . Lond. 1615. qu. The first on Ephes . 4. 26. is intit . A Christian exhortation to innocent anger . The second on Exod. 3. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5. is , The calling of Moses , &c. This Poet and Preacher being towards his latter end crazed , and thereupon brought into debt , was at length committed to the Prison in Allhallows Parish in Dorchester , where dying very obscurely , and in a mean condition , was buried in the Church-yard belonging to that Parish , on 19. Apr. in sixteen hundred and eighteen , year 1618 leaving behind him many memorials of his Wit and Drollery . In my collection of Libels or Lampoons , made by diver● Oxford Students in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , I meet with two made by his author . One of which is intit . An admonition to the City of Oxford : or his Libel intit . Marprelates Basterdine . Wherein he reflects upon all persons of note in Oxon that were guilty of amorous exploits , or that mixed themselves with other Mens Wives , or with wanton Huswives in Oxon. Another also , was made after his expulsion , wherein he disclaimeth the aforesaid Libel , beginning thus : Jenkin why Man ? Why Jenkin ? fie for shame , &c. But the Reader must know that none of these were printed . JOHN DOVE , a Surrey Man born of Plebeian Parents , was elected from Westminster School a Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1580. aged 18. and after he had taken the degrees in Arts became a Preacher of note in the University . In 1596. he proceeded in Divinity , being at that time well beneficed , if not dignified , but where I cannot yet tell . His works are , A perswasion to the English Recusants to reconcile themselves to the Church of Rome . Lond. 1603. ( qu. ) Confutation of Atheism . Lond. 1605. and 1640. oct . Defence of Church-Government , wherein the Church Government in England is directly consonant to the Word of God , &c. Lond. 1607. qu. Defence of the Cross in Baptism , as 't is used in the Church of England . — Printed with the Defence . Advertisement to the English Seminaries and Jesuits , shewing their loose kind of writings , and negligent handling the cause of Religion , &c. Lond. 1610. qu. The conversion of Salomon . A direction to holiness of life , handled by way of Commentary upon the whole book of Canticles , &c. Lond. 1613. qu. Sermons , on Ezek. 33. 11. and S. Matth. 19. 9. Lond. 1597. 1601. oct . &c. See more in Alb. Gentilis , an . 1611. where you will find him author of another book , but whether printed I know not . He concluded his last day in Apr. ( about the 19. day ) in sixteen hundred and eighteen , year 1618 but where buried I know not as yet . I find one John Dove to be author of Polydorian , or a miscellany of Moral , Philosophical and Theological Sentences . Printed 1631. oct . But whether he was the same with the Doctor , or another , I cannot tell , unless I see the book it self , which I have not yet done . RICHARD MOKET , was born in Dorsetshire , in the Dioc. of Salisbury , elected from Brasnose , to be Fellow of Allsouls , coll . in 1599. being then near four years standing in the degree of Bach of Arts. Afterwards he proceeding in that Faculty , took on him the Sacred Function , became Domestick Chaplain to George Archb. of Canterbury , Warden of Allsouls , Rector of Monks-Risborow in Bucks , and of Newington near Dorchester in Oxfordshire , D. of D. and one of the Kings Commissioners concerning Ecclesiastical Affairs . He published in the Latin tongue , Lond. 1616. fol. The Liturgy of the Church of England . Greater and Lesser Catechisms . Thirty nine Articles . Book of ordination of Bishops , Priests , and Deacons . Doctrinal points extracted out of the Book of Homilies . To which he added his own book , written in Latin , intituled , De politiâ Ecclesiae Anglicanae . Reprinted at Lond. 1683. oct . Which collection he published in a pious zeal for gaining honour to the Church of England amongst Foreign Nations . But this his zeal was so little accompanied in the Constitutions of the said Church , or so much byassed towards those of Calvins Platform , that it was thought fit not only to call it in , but to expiate the errours of it in a publick flame . And the true cause which was conceived why the book was burn'd , was , that in publishing the twentieth Article concerning the authority of the Church , he totally left out the first clause of it , viz. Habet Ecclesia ritus & caeremonias statuendi jus , & in controversiis fidei authoritatem . By means whereof the Article was apparently falsified , the Churches authority disowned , and consequently a wide gap a opened to dispute her power in all her Canons and Determinations of what sort soever . He yielded up his last breath , ( with grief , as 't is thought , for what had been done to his book ) on the day before the nones of July , year 1618 in sixteen hundred and eighteen , and was buried at the upper end of Allsouls coll . chappel , just below the steps leading to the high Altar . In his Wardenship succeeded Richard Astley D. of D. who dying in Febr. 1635. was succeeded by Gilb. Sheldon , who was afterwards Bishop of London , and at length Archbishop of Canterbury . JOHN GOLDESBURG , descended originally from those of his name , living at Goldesburg in Yorkshire , was born 18. oct . 1568. spent some time among the Oxonians for form-sake about 1584. went thence to the Middle Temple , were after he had continued in the degree of Barrester , and for some years been resorted to in matters relating to his profession , was made one of the Prothonotaries of the Common Pleas. He wrote and left behind him fit for the Press , Reports , or , collection of cases and matters agitated in all the Courts in Westminster , in the latter years of the reign of Qu. Elizabeth , with learned arguments at the Barr , and on the bench . Lond. 1635. &c. qu. Published by Will. Shepphard Esq Upon which cases and matters Sir Edm. Anderson and Sir Jo. Popham , Judges , wrote Resolutions and Judgments . year 1618 Our author Goldesburg concluded his last day on the 9. oct . in sixteen hundred and eighteen . Whereupon his body was buried near to the high Altar of the Church belonging to the Temples . He left behind him other things , as 't is said , fit for the Press , but in whose hands they are , I could never learn. WALTER RALEIGH , a person in his time of a good natural wit , better judgment and of a plausible tongue , Son of Walt. Raleigh Esq by Catherine his Wife Daughter of Sir Philip Champernoon Kt. was born at a place called Hayes in Parish of East-Budeleigh in Devonshire , an . 1552. Which Hayes is a farm , and his Father having had a remnant of a Lease of 80 years in it , came after the expiration thereof to one Duke : unto whom afterwards , our author W. Raleigh having a desire to purchase it , wrote a Letter dated from the Court 26. July 1584. wherein he says that for the natural disposition he has to that place , being born in that house , he had rather seat himself there , than any where else , &c. His Father was the first of his name that lived there , but his ancestors had possessed Furdell in the same County for several Generations before , where they lived in b gentile estate , and were esteemed antient Gentlemen . In 1568 , or thereabouts he became a Commoner of Oriel coll . at what time C. Champernoon his kinsman studied there , where his natural parts being strangely advanced by Academical learning under the care of an excellent Tutor , became the ornament of the Juniours , and was worthily esteemed a proficient in Oratory and Philosophy . After he had spent about 3. years in that house , where he had laid a good ground and sure foundation to build thereon , he left the University without a degree , and went to the Middle-Temple to improve himself in the intricate knowledge of the municipal Laws . How long he tarried there , 't is uncertain , yet sure I am , from a Epistle , or copy of Verses of his composition , which I have seen , that he was abiding in the said Temple , in Apr. 1576. at which time his vein for ditty and amorous Ode , was esteemed most lofty , insolent and passionate . As for the remaining part of his life , it was sometimes low , and sometimes in a middle condition , and often tossed by fortune to and fro , and seldome at rest . He was one that fortune had pickt up out of purpose , of whom to make an example , or to use as her Tennis-Ball , thereby to shew what she could do ; for she tost him up of nothing , and to and fro to greatness , and from thence down to little more than to that wherein she found him , ( a bare Gentleman ) not that he was less , for he was well descended and of good alliance , but poor in his beginnings , and for the jest c of Edw. Earl. of Oxon. ( the Jack , and an upstart Kt. ) all then knew it savoured more of emulation , and his humour , than of truth . France was the first School , wherein he learn'd the rudiments of War , and the Low Countries and Ireland ( the military Academies of those times ) made him Master of that discipline : for in both places he expos'd himself afterwards to Land-service , but that in Ireland was a Militia , which then did not yeild him food and raiment , nor had he patience to stay there , tho shortly after ( in 1580. ) he went thither again , and was a Captain there under Arthur Lord Grey who succeded Sir Will. Pelham in the Deputy-ship of that Kingdom . Afterwards gaining great credit , he was received into the Court , became a person in favour , and had several boons bestow'd on him afterwards , particularly the Castle of Shireborne in Dorsetshire , taken from the See of Salisbury ▪ In the latter end of 1584. he discovered a new Country , which he , in honour of the Queen , called Virginia , received the honour of Knighthood from her , and was afterwards made Captain of her Majesties Guards , Senceschal of the Duchies of Cornwall , and Exeter , Lord Warden of the Stanneries of Devon. and Cornwall , Lord Leivtenant of Cornwall and Governour of Jersey . In 1588. he shew'd himself active against the invincible Armada of the Spaniards , and in 1592. being about that time a Parliament man , wherein , as in other Parliaments in the latter end of Q. Eliz. was he a frequent Speaker , he went to America with 15. men of War to possess himself of Panama , where the Spaniards Ship their riches , or to intercept them in their passage homewards , but returned successless , and was out of favour for a time , not only for that but for divirginating a maid of Honour ( Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Nich. Trockmorton ) whom he afterwards married , and for some few months being kept under custody , was at length set free , but banished the Court. Afterwards to follow the directions of of his own Genie , that was always inclined to search out hidden regions , and the secrets of nature , he undertook a navigation to Guiana that bears Gold , in 1595. purposely for the improvement and honour of his Country , both by getting store of wealth , and by molesting the Spaniard , within the inward coasts of America , which he thought would be more profitable than on the Sea coasts , where there are never any Towns laden with any riches , but when they are conveyed thither to be carried over into Spain . He set out from Plymouth d on the 6. of Febr. and arrived at the Island Trinidada 22. March. There he easily took a little City called S. Joseph , and the Governour thereof Don Antonio de Bereo , but sound not so much as a piece of Silver there . Having enquired many things of this Antonio about the mines of Gold in Guiana , he left his Ship in Trinidada and entred the vast River Orenoque , with little Barks , and some hundred Souldiers . He searched up and down Guiana for the space of 4 Miles among the crooked and short turnings of the water several ways : where , being parched with the reflecting beams of the Sun , just over his head , and too much wet sometimes with Showers , and having long wrestled with such like difficulties , he yet continued so long , till that it growing wintry cold in Apr. the waters all over-spread the earth ; insomuch that now he could pass away in no less danger of the waters , than he came thither in danger of his enemies . After his return he was constituted one of the e chief persons in the expedition to Cadiz , where he performed notable service , and obtained to himself at home a great name . In 1603 , he presented to K. James at his entrance to the Crown of England a Manuscript of his own writing , containing valid arguments against a peace to be made with Spain , which was then the common discourse . But the King being altogether for peace , 't was rejected , and the same year , just after he had been deprived of the Captainship of the Guard , ( which K. James bestowed on Sir Tho. Erskin Viscount Fenton in Scotland ) we find him in a plot against the King , generally called Sir Walter Raleighs Treason , for which being brought to his Tryal ( with others ) at Winchester in 1603. was at length found guilty and condemn'd to die . But being repreived , he was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London for life , where he improved his confinement to the greatest advantage of learning and inquisitive men . In Apr. 1614 ▪ he f published the History of the World , a book , which for the exactness of its Chronology , curiosity of its contexture and learning of all sorts , seems to be the work of an Age. In 1617. power was granted to him to set forth Ships and men for the undertaking an enterpize of a golden Mine in Guiana , in the southern parts of America , and on the 28. March in the year following he left London in order for that Voyage , notwithstanding Didacus Sarmiento de Acunna Earl or Count of Gundamore the Spanish Embassador to the K. of England , endeavoured to hinder him with many arguments proposed to his Majesty . But at length Sir Walter going beyond his Commission in taking and sacking the Town of St. Thome , belonging to the Spaniard , which was much aggravated by Gundamore , the K. on the 9. June 1618 , published his Royal Proclamation for the discovery of the truth of Raleigh's proceedings and for the advancement of justice . Whereupon , when Raleigh arrived at Plymouth , Sir Lewis Steukeley Vice-Admiral of the County of Devon. seized him , and brought him up to London 9. Aug. following . But Raleigh finding the Court wholly guided by Gundamore , as 't is said , ( notwithstanding I find elsewhere g that he left England 16 July going before ) he could hope for little mercy . Whereupon wisely contriving the design of an escape , was betrayed by Steukley , taken on the Thames and committed to a close Prison . Afterwards being often examined by the Lord Chancellour and Privy-Councel , was at length on the 24 Oct. warned by them ( as they had been commanded by the King ) to prepare for death . The particulars of which proceedings , as also of his Voyage to Guiana , you may see at large in a book intit . A Declaration of the demeanour and carrige of Sir W. Raleigh Knight , as well in his Voyage , as in , and sithence his return ; and of the true motives and inducements which occasion'd his Majesty to proceed in doing justice upon him . Lond. 1618. in 8 sh . in qu. On the 28. of the month of Oct. he was conveyed to the Court called the Kings-Bench in Westminster , where it being proposed to him what he had to say for himself , why the sentence of death , pronounced against him in 1603. should not be put in execution , he fell into a long discourse , and vindicated himself so much , that most wise men thought then ( and all Historians since ) that his life could not be taken away upon that account . Afterwards being conveyed to the Gatehouse , suffered death the next day , notwithstanding David Noion Lord of Chesne acted much to save him . Authors are perplex'd ( as some are pleased to say ) under what topick to place him , whether of Statesman , Seaman , Souldier , Chymist , or Chronologer ; for in all these he did excell . And it still remains a dispute , whether the age he lived in was more obliged to his Pen or his Sword , the one being busie in conquering the new , the other in so bravely describing the old , World. He had in the outward men , ( as an observing h writer saith ) a good presence , in a handsome and well compacted person , a strong natural wit , and a better judgment , with a bold and plausible tongue , whereby he could set out his parts to best advantage ; and to these he had the adjuncts of some general learning , which by diligence he enforced to great augmentation and perfection ; for he was an indefatigable reader , whether by Sea or L●nd , and none of the least observers both of men and of the times : And I am confident that among the second causes of his growth , that variance between him and the Lord Grey , in his descent into Ireland , was a principal , for it drew them both over to the Councel Table , there to plead their cause , where he had much the better in telling of his tale ; and so much that the Qu. and the Lords took no slight mark of the man and his parts : for from thence he became to be known , and to have recess to the Qu. and the Lords ; and then we are not to doubt how such a man would comply and learn the way of progression , &c. He had giuen the Queens ear at a trice , and she began to be taken with his e●cution , and loved to hear his reasons to her demands : And the truth is , she took him for a kind of an Oracle , which netle● them all ; yea , those that he relyed on began to take his sudden favour for an allarum , and to be sensible of their own supplantation and to project his . — So that finding his favour declining , and falling into recess , he undertook a new peregrination to leave that Terra infirma of the Court , for that of the Wars , and by declining himself , and by absence , to expect his , and the passion of his Enemies , which in Court was a strange device of recovery , &c. The truth is he was unfortunate in nothing else but the greatness of his wit and advancement : his eminent worth was such , both in domestick Policy , forreign expeditions , and discoveries , Arts and literature , both practive and contemplative , that they seem'd at once to conquer both example and imitation . Those that knew him well esteem'd him to be a person born to that only which he went about , so dextrous was he in all , or most of , his undertakings , in Court , in Camp , by Sea , by Land , with Sword , with Pen : witness in the last , these things following , tho some of them , as 't is credibly believed , were written by others , with his name set to them for sale sake . Discovery of the large , rich and beautiful Empire of Guiana , with a relation of the great and golden City of Manoa , and of the Provinces of Emeria , Arromaia , Amapaia , &c. performed in the year 1595. Lond. 1596. qu. Printed at Francof . and Norib . in Latine 1599. qu. This book of Guiana , with the authors Presatorie Epist . to the Hist . of the World , are ( as 't is said ) full of proper , clear , and Courtly graces of speech . History of the world in 5 books . Lond. 1614. &c. fol. Abbreviated and animadverted upon by Alex. Ross a Scotchman , in a book entit . The marrow of History . Lond. 1662. oct . 2d . edit . But of Raleigh and his History hear what an ingenious i writer saith — Hes autem sequi possunt nonnulli ex recentioribus : quos inter , principem locum obtinere meretur Gualterus Raulaeus nostras , eques auratus , vir clari nominis , & ob singularem fortitudinem ac prudentiam meliori fato dignus . Is universalem historiam ab initio mundi usque Macedonici imperii , sive tertiae monarchiae occasum , ex probatissimis auctoribus coagmentavit , nostrae quidem gentis idiomate vernaculo , sed accurato admodum judicio , methodo , perspicua , stylo eleganti ac virili , &c. He was delivered of that Exquisite Minerva during his tedious imprisonment in the Tower of London ; for being clapt up there for Treason during his Life , as I have before told you , did improve his confinement , far better than his enlargment . He had composed a second part , which reached down to the time he lived , but he burnt it a little before his death . Afterward Alex. Ross before mentioned continued it in a book intit . The History of the World , the second part in 6. books , being a continuation , &c. beginning where he left , viz. at the end of the Macedonian Kingdom , and deduced to these later times , that is from the year of the World 3806. or 160. years before Christ , till the end of the year 1640. after Christ , &c. together with a Chronology of those times , &c. Lond. 1652. fol. Here having made twice mention of Alexand. Ross , I desire the reader to observe by the way these things of him : that he was D. D. and a native and minister of Aberdene in Scotland , which Country he leaving , ( upon what account I know not ) came into England , succeeded Tho. Parker ( Son of Robert ) author of the book De traductione peccatoris in the Mastership of the free School at Southampton , and was Chaplain in ordinary to K. Ch. 1. a little before the civil war began . He hath written many books in Latine and English , and in Prose and Verse , the titles of which are now too numerous to insert . He died in the Park-house at Bramsell in Hampshire , belonging to one Henley one of the Prothonotaries , in the beginning of the year 1654. aged 64. or thereabouts ; at which time he bequeathed many rich legacies by his k Will , ( dat . 21. Feb. 1653. and proved 19. Apr. 1654. ) among which were 200 livers to the Senate of Aberdene to remain for ever towards the maintenance of two Scholars , that shall be born in the town of Aberdene , and educated in Grammer there , 50 l. to the town of Southampton , for the better maintenance of the Schoolmaster , 50 l. to the poor houshold keepers of Allsaints parish there , 50 l. to the publick library at Cambridge , 5 l. to that of Oxon , &c. Andrew Henley son of the aforesaid Henley was his Executor , who had his library remaining at ●ramsell , wherein , mostly in the books , he found , as I have been credibly informed , about a thousand pound in gold . I shall now proceed to give you a farther account of Sir W. Raleigh's works . The Prerogative of Parliaments in England , proved in a dialogue between a Counsellour of State and a Justice of Peace . Middleburg ( some copies have it Hamburge ) 1621. Lond. 1640. qu. Instructions to his son and posterity . Lond. 1632. 36. 1651. oct . 56. in tw . The life and death of Mahomet , the conquest of Spaine , together with the rising and ruin of the Sarazen Empire . Lond. 1637. in tw . In another title printed the year following 't is called The History of Mahomet . The Prince , or Maxims of State. Lond. 1642. in 7 sh . in qu. there again in 51. and 56. in tw . 'T is the same with his Aphorisms of State. Lond. 1661. oct . published by John Milton . Lond. 1651. and 56 in tw . The Sceptick or Speculations . Observations of the magnificency and opulency of Cities . State of Government . Letters to the King , and others of quality . Demeanour before his Execution . His Pilgrimage , in verse . Certain verses . Observations on the first invention of shipping , or invasive War , the Navy-Royal , and Sea-service . Lond. 1650. 1667. oct . Apology for his Voyage to Guiana . — Printed with the Observations , &c. 'T was by him penned ( at Salisbury ) in July 1617. I have a copy of it in MS. bound with his Confession , which is in MS. also , and begins thus , I thank God of his infinite Goodness that he hath sent me to die in the light , and not in the darkness , &c. Observations touching Trade and Commerce with the Hollanders and other Nations , as it was presented to King James . Lond. 1653. 56 in tw . The Cabinet-Council , containing the chief Arts of Empire and Mysteries of State. Lond. 1658. oct . This book was published by John Milton before-mentioned ; of whom you may see more in the Fasti , an . 1635. Historical and Geographical description of the great Country and River of the Amazons in America , &c. Lond. 1661. published by W. H. Wars with Foreign Princes dangerous to our Common-wealth . Or Reasons for Foreign Wars answered . — When printed I know not . Various Letters . — See in the Cabala , or Screnia Sacra . Lond. 1663. fol. Divers Speeches and Arguments in several Parliaments towards the latter end of Q. Elizab. — See in H. Townsend's Historical Collections . Lond. 1680. fol. The Sons advice to his Father . The great Cordial . — Upon which N. le Febure hath written an English discourse . Lond. 1664. oct . I have seen a book in MS. containing Sir Walt. Raleigh's Speech at the time of his death ; and His Ghost , or a conference between Sur Gundamoure his Maj. Embassadour of Spain , the Fryer Confessor , and Father Baldwyn the Jesuit , at Ely House in Holbourne , in 1622. but whether ever printed I know not . However the Reader is to understand that Sir Walter 's Ghost before-mentioned is not the same with his Ghost or Apparition to his intimate Friend , willing him to translate into English the learned book of Leonard Lessius , intit . De providentia numinis & animi immortalitate . Lond. 1651. in tw . translated in compliance with Sir Walter 's late request , because he had been often soully aspersed for an Atheist . There is also a MS. going about from hand to hand , said to have been written by our author Sir Walter , which is concerning , The present state of Spain , with a most accurate account of his Cath. Majesty's power and riches , &c. — Whether this , or his Discourse touching a consultation about Peace with Spain . — MS. ( sometimes in the Libr. of Arthur Earl of Anglesey , ) were ever printed , I know not . He hath also written , The life and death of Will. the Conquerour . — MS. sometimes in the Library of Sir Ken. Digby , afterwards in that of George Earl of Bristow . Of Mines and trials of Minerals . — MS. &c. with other things which I have not yet seen . But I say it again , that I verily think that several of those things before-mentioned , which go under his name , were never written by him . At length he was beheaded in the old Pallace-yard in Westminster , year 1618 on 29. 〈◊〉 in sixteen hundred and eighteen , aged 66. Whereupon his body , ( which he sometimes designed to be buried in the Cath. Church at Exeter , ) was conveyed to St. Margarets Church in the said City of Westminster , and buried in the Chancel there , at the upper end almost , near to the Altar . Over whose grave , tho there was never any Epitaph put , yet this following , among others , was made for him : Here lieth hidden in this pit , The wonder of the World for wit. It to small purpose did him serve , His wit could not his life preserve . He living , was belov'd of none , Yet at his death all did him moan . Heaven hath his Soul , the World his fame , The Grave his Corps , Steukley his shame . Some writers in the long Rebellion under K. Ch. 1. especially such who were not well-wishers to Monarchy , have reported that his death was no less than a downright Murder , having had his blood spilt upon a Scaffold meerly to satisfie some unworthy ends , and the revenge of the Spaniard . Nay , and farther , they have not stuck to say that the Conspiracy of Gowry , seemed rather a Conspiracy of the K. of Scots against Gowry , as many of that Nation have declared . The said Sir Walt , Raleigh left behind him a Son named Carew Raleigh , born in Middlesex , ( in the Tower of London , as it seems , while his Father was Prisoner there , ) became a Gent. Com. of Wadham coll . in 1620. aged 16. but proved quite different in Spirit from his Father . Afterwards he was Gent. of the Privy Chamber to K. Ch. 1. who honoured him with a kind token at his leaving Hampton Court , when he was jugled into the Isle of Wight , cringed afterwards to the Men in Power , was made Governour of Jersey , by the favour of General George Monk , in the latter end of January 1659. and wrote a book ( as 't was generally reported ) intit . Observations upon some particular persons and passages in a book lately made publick , intit . A compleat History of the Lives and Reigns of Mary Q. of Scotland , and of James K. of England , written by Will. Sanderson Esq Lond. 1656. in 3 sh . in qu. I have seen also some Sonnets of his composition , and certain ingenious discourses , but whether ever printed I know not . I have seen also a Poem of his , which had a Musical composition of two parts set to it , by the incomparable Hen. Lawes Servant to K. Ch. 1. in his publick and private Musick . Sir Hen. Wotton gives * him the Character of a Gentleman of dextrous abilities , as it appeared in the management of a publick concern in Sir Henries time ; and so by others he is with honour mentioned ; but far , god wot , was he from his Fathers parts , either as to the Sword or Pen. He was buried in his Fathers grave in the month of Decemb. ( or thereabouts , ) an . 1666. leaving Issue behind him a Daughter . RICHARD MARTIN , Son of Will. Martin , ( by Anne his Wife , Daughter of Rich. Parker of Sussex , ) fourth Son of Rich. Martin of the City of Exeter , second Son of Will. Martin of Athelhampton in the Parish of Puddle-towne in Dorsetshire , Knight , was born at Ottert●n in Devonshire , became a Commoner of Broadgates hall ( now Pembroke coll . ) in Michaelmas Term 1585. aged 15. and not in Trinity coll . as I have formerly by a mistake told m you , ) where by natural parts , and some industry , he proved in short time a noted disputant . But he leaving the said honse before he was honoured with a degree , went to the Middle Temple , where , after he had continued in the state of Inner Barrester for some years , was elected a Burgess to serve in Parliament 1601. was constituted Lent-Reader of the said Temple , 13. Jac. 1. and upon the death of Sir Anth. Benn was made Recorder of the City of London , in Sept. 1618. Which place he enjoying but little more than a month , was succeeded therein by Sir Rob. Heath . There was no person in his time more celebrated for ingenuity than R. Martin , none more admired by Selden , Serjeant Hoskins , Ben. Johnson , &c. than he ; the last of which dedicated his Comedy to him called The Poetaster . K. James was much delighted with his facetiousness , and had so great respect for him , that he commended him to the Citizens of London to be their Recorder . He was worthily characterized ; by the vertuous and learned Men of his time , to be , Princeps n amorum , Principum amor , legum lingua , lexque dicendi , Anglorum alumnus , Praeco Virginiae ac Parens , &c. Magnae orbis os , orbis minoris corculum , Bono suorum natus , extinctus suo , &c. He was a plausible Linguist , and eminent for several Speeches spoken in Parliaments , for his Poems also and witty discourses . All that I have seen of his are , Speech and Discourses in one or more Parliaments in the latter end of Q. Elizab. Speeches delivered to the King , in the name of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex . Lond. 1603. 1643. qu. Various Poems . — He died to the great grief of all learned and good men , on the last day of Octob. in sixteen hundred and eighteen , year 1618 and was buried in the Church belonging to the Temples . Over his grave , was soon after a neat Alabaster Monument erected , with the Effigies of the Defunct kneeling in his Gown , with 4 verses engraven thereon , under him , made by his dear Friend Serjeant Hoskins before-mentioned ; a copy of which you may see o elsewhere . This Monument was repaired in 1683. when the Choire and Isles adjoyning , belonging to the Temple Church , were new-wainscoted and furnished with seats . He gave by Will to the Church of Otterton , where he received his first breath , 5 l. and to the Church of Culliton-Raleigh in Devon , where his House and Seat was 5 l. ROBERT MANDEVILL , a Cumberland Man born , was entred either a Batler or Servitour of Queens coll . in the beginning of the year 1595. aged 17. where remaining a severe Student till he was Bach. of Arts , he retired to St. Edmunds hall , and as a Member of it , proceeded in that Faculty . In July 1607. he was elected Vicar of Abby-Holme , commonly called Holm-Cultram in his own County , by the Chancellour and Scholars of this University . Where being setled , he exercised with great zeal his parts in propagating the Gospel against its Oppugners , not only by Communication and Preaching , but by his exemplary course of Life , and great Piety . He shewed himself also a zealous Enemy against Popery , and the breaking of the Lords day by prophaning it with merchandizing and sports , and endeavoured as much as in him lay , ( for he was a zealous Puritan , ) to perswade his Parishioners and Neighbours to do those things on Saturday , which they used to do on the Lords day . The truth is , he was , in the opinion of those of his Perswasion , a great Man in his profession , for he solely bent himself to his studies , and discourses for the promotion of Religion and the word of God. He hath written , Timothy's Task ; two Sermons Preached in two Synodal Assemblies at Carlile , on 1 Tim. 4. 16. and on Acts 20. 28. Oxon. 1619. qu. published by Tho. Vicars Fellow of Qu. coll . Theological Discourses . — He died in sixteen hundred and eighteen , year 1618 and was buried at Holm-Cultram before-mentioned . Here you see I have given you a character of a zealous and religious Puritan . The next in order who is to follow , is one who was a most zealous R. Catholick , but far more learned than the former , and not to be named or compared with him . RICHARD STANYHURST , Son of James Stanyhurst Esq was born within the City of Dublin in Ireland , ( of which City his Father was then Recorder , ) educated in Grammar learning under Peter Whyte , mentioned under the year 1590. became a Commoner of Vniversity coll . in 1563. where improving those rare natural parts that he was endowed with , wrote Comment arises on Porphyry at two years standing , being then 18 years of age , to the great admiration of learned men and others . After he had taken one degree in Arts , he left the College , retired to London , became first a Student in Furnivals Inn , and afterwards in that of Lincoln , where spending some time in the study of the Common Law , he afterwards went into the Country of his Nativity for a time . But his mind there changing , as to his Religion , he went beyond the Seas , ( being then a Married Man , ) and in the Low Countries , France , and other Nations , he became famous for his learning , noted to Princes , and more especially to the Archduke of Austria , who made him his Chaplain , ( his Wife being then dead , ) and allowed him a plentiful Salary . He was accounted by many ( especially by those of his Perswasion ) an excellent Theologist , Grecian , Philosopher , Historian , and Orator . Camden stiles a him , Eruditissimus ille Nobilis Rich. Stanihurstus ; and others of his time say , that he was so rare a Poet , that he , and Gabr. Harvey , were the best for Iambicks in their age . He hath written and transmitted to Posterity , Harmonia , sive catena Dialectica in Porphyrianas constitutiones . Lond. 1570. fol. Which book being communicated to Eam . Campian of St. Johns coll . before it went to the Press , he gave this character b of the author , Mirificè laetatus sum , esse adolescentem in Acad. nostra , tali familia , eruditione , probitate ; cujus extrema pueritia cum multis laudabili maturitate viris certare possit . De rebus in Hibernia gestis . lib. 4. Antw. 1584. qu. Dedicated to his Brother P. Plunket Baron of Dunsany . Rerum Hibernicarum appendix , ex Silvestro Giraldo Cambrensi collecta , cum annotationibus adjectis . — Printed with De rebus in Hib. &c. Descriptio Hiberniae . Translated into English , and put into the first vol. of Raphael Holinsheds books of Chronicles . Lond. 1586. fol. De vita S. Patricii Hyberniae Apostoli . lib. 2. Antw. 1587. Hebdomada Mariana , ex Orthodoxis Catholicae Rom Ecclesiae Patribus collecta ; in memoriam 7. festorum Beatiss . Virginis Mariae , &c. Antw. 1609. oct . In the front of which book our author writes himself , Serenissimorum Principum Sacellanus , meaning Duke Albert and Isabell his Princess . Hebdomada Eucharistica . Duac . 1614. oct . Brevis praemunitio pro futura concertatione cum Jacobo Vsserio Hiberno Dubliensi . Duac . 1615. in about 3 sheets in oct . You must note that Dr. James Vsher's Mother , Margaret Stanyhurst , was Sister to our author Ric. Stanyhurst ; who being a zealous Romanist , and Vsher ( afterwards Primate of Ireland ) a zealous Protestant , passed several learned Letters between them concerning Religion , Stanyhurst endeavouring to his utmost to gain him to his Opinion ; but 't is thought , and verily believed by some that Vsher was too hard for his Uncle in controversial points relating to Divinity . The Principles of Cath. Religion . — This I have not yet seen and therefore I cannot tell you when , or where , it was printed . He also translated into English heroical verse , The first four books of Virgils Aeneis . Lond. 1583. oct . Dedicated to Plunket before-mentioned , the learned Baron of Dunsany , at which time the translator was then living at Leyden in Holland . This translation being accounted well performed for that age , yet because the verses do not rhime , doth cause a noted c writer , and a professed Buffoon of his time , to say , that Mr. Stanyhurst ( tho otherwise learned ) trod a foul lumbring boistercus wallowing measures in his translation of Virgil. — He had never been praised by Gabriel Harvey for his labour , if therein he had not been so famously absurd . Our author Stanyhurst also translated into English , Certain Psalms of David ( the four first ) according to the observation of the Latin verses ; that is without rhime ; printed at the end of the translation of Virgils Aeneis before-mentioned . And at the end of the aforesaid Psalms are of his composition . Poetical Conceits . Lond. 1583. in Latin and English , as also Certain Epitaphs , framed as well in Lat. as English . — The first of which ( in Latin ) is on James Earl of Ormond and Ossory , who did at Ely house in Holbourn 18. Oct. about 1546. and was buried in the Church of St. Thomas Acres . Another on the authors Father James Stanyhurst Esq who died at Dublin 27. Dec. 1573. aged 51. &c. But as for the Epitaph of our author ( which he should have made while living ) none doth appear there , neither at Bruxells , ( as I can yet learn , ) year 1618 where he died in sixteen hundred and eighteen . I find one Will. Stanyhurst , who was born in the said City of Bruxells , an . 1601. and entred into the Society of Jesus , in 1617. whom I suppose to be Son to our author R. Stanyhurst . He was a comely person , endowed with rare parts , and a writer and publisher of several things , as Nat. Southwell tells you in his * supplement to Bib. Soc. Jesu , who adds that the said Stanyhurst died in January 1665. EDWARD GEE , was a Lancashire man born , entred a Servitor of Metron coll . in Lent-Term 1582. aged 17 , elected fellow of Brasnose coll . when he was about two years standing in the degree of Bach of Arts , and after some standing in that of Master , was unanimously elected Proctor of the University 1598. Two years after he was admitted Bach. of Divinity , and in 1603. he resigned his fellowship , being about that time Rector of Tedbourne S. Mariae in Devonshire . In 1616. he proceeded in Divinity , having been before that time made one of the Society of Chelsey coll . founded by Dr. Matth. Sutcliffe , and Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty . He was a person well known for his sincerity in conversation , generality of learning , gravity of judgment and soundness of doctrine . He hath written , Steps of ascension to God : Or a ladder to heaven , containing prayers and meditations for every day in the week , and for all other times and occasions — Printed at least 27 times , mostly in a manual , or in a vol. called Twenty fours : The 27th edit . came out in 1677. The curse and crime of Meroz , Serm. at an Assise holden in Exeter . on Judg. 5. 23. Lond. 1620. qu. Sermon of patience ; preached at S. Maries in Oxon. on James 5. 7. Lond. 1620. qu. Both which Sermons were published by his brethren John and George Gee Ministers , who had his notes after his death ; which hapning in winter time , year 1618 in sixteen hundred and eighteen , was buried , as I conceive , in his Church at Tedbourne before mention'd . He left behind him a widdow named Marie , and a son , I think , of both his names . See more in Joh. Gee under the year 1625. JOHN DAVIES , who writes himself of Hereford because he was born in that City , was , from the Grammar School there , sent to this University , but to what house of learning therein , I know not . After he had remained with us for some years , without the taking of a degree , he retired for a time to his native Country , having then , among Scholars , the character of a good Poet , as by those P●ems , which he then made , and were shortly after published , was manifested . Sir Joh. Davies , whom I shall mention under the year 1626. was more a Scholar , than a Lawyer ; but this Joh. Davies was more a Poet than a Scholar , and somewhat enclined towards the Law ; which hath made some unwary readers take the writings of one for the other . But our author , finding not a subsistance by Poetry , he set up for a writing-master , first in his own Country , and afterwards in London , where at length he was esteemed the greatest Master of his Pen that England in his age d beheld , first for fast-writing , ( 2 ) fair writing , which looked as if it had been printed , ( 3 ) close writing , ( 4 ) various writing , as Secretary , Roman , Court and Text hand . In all which he was exceeded after his death , by one Gething his Countryman and Scholar . Sometimes he made pretty excursions into Poety and could flourish matter with his fancy , as well as letters with his pen , the titles of which do follow . Mirum in modum . A glimpse of God's glory and the Soules shape . Lo●i . 16●2 . and 1616. oct . a Poem . Microcosmus . The discovery of the little world , with t●e government thereof . Oxon 1603. qu. a Poem . Ushered into the world by the verses of Jo. Sanford of Madg. coll . 〈◊〉 Fitz-G●ffry of Broadgates and Rob. Burhill of C. C. c●ll . Which last wonders why Davies our author , who was la●e●y ( as he saith ) Oxoniae vates , should write himself of Hereford , as if Oxon was a disgrace to him . The holy roode of Christs Cross , containing Christ crucified , described in speaking picture . Lond. 1609. qu. Sonnets — printed with the former Poem , and both contained in 10 sheets . S. Peters complaint , newly augmented with other Poems . Lond. in qu. But when printed it appears not . With this is commonly bound up S. Mary Madg. Blush , and therefore I sup●ose 't was written by the same hand . Humours heaven on earth , with the civil Wars of death and fortune , &c. London 1609. A Poem in ( oct . ) The triumph of death , or the picture of the plague according to the life , as it was in an . 1603. — Printed with Humours heaven and earth , &c. Wits pilgrimage ( by poetical essayes ) through a world of amorous Sonnets , soul-passions and other passages , divine , philosophical , and poetical . Lond. in a pretty thick qu. but not expressed when printed . 'T is dedicated to Philp Earl of Mountgomery . Muses sacrifice , or divine meditations . Lond. 1612. in tw . The muses tears for the loss of their hope ; heroick and never too much praised Henry Prince of Wales . Lond. 1613. qu. Times sobs for his ( Pr. Hen. ) untimely loss , with Epitaphs — Printed with The Muses tears . Consolatory strains to wrest nature from her vent in immoderate weeping — Printed with that also . Ecclogues . Lond. 1614. oct . They are at the end of The Sheapards Pipe , written by Will. Brown of the Inner Temple . A select second husband for Sir Tho. Overburies wise , now a matchless widdow . Lond. 1616. oct . Dedic . to Will. E. of Pembroke . Elegies on the death of Sir Tho. Overbury . Speculum Proditori . Printed with the former book 1616. oct . Several copies of verses of his , are also published in other books , as a large copy before Ph. Hollands translation of Camdens Britannia , another in the Odcombian banquet , &c. He dyed about the year sixteen hundred and eighteen and was buried , year 1618 as one e tells us , within the precincts of S. Giles ch . in the Feilds , near Lond. I find one Joh. Davies Gent. to have lived in the parish of S. Martin in the Feilds , who dying in the beginning of July ( or thereabouts ) in 1618. was buried near to the body of Mary , his sometimes wife , in the church of St. Dunstan in the West . Whether the same with the Poet I cannot justly tell , because may author here quoted ( Tho. Fuller ) saith , but upon what authority I know not , that he was buried at S. Giles in the Feilds . One John Dunbar a Latine Poet of Scotland , hath an f Epigram on J. Davies the Poet , which may serve for an Epitaph , wherein he tells us that he was another Martiall , and that he out-stript in Poetry Sam. Daniel , Josh . Silvester the Merchant adventurer &c. THOMAS THOMPSON , a very noted preacher in the time he lived , was born in the County of Cumberland , wedded to the Muses in Queens coll . in Mich. Term 1589. aged 15 , made a poor serving child of that house in the year following , afterwards Tabarder , and in 99. Fellow , being then Master of Arts. About that time addicting his mind severely to the studies of the superiour faculty , became a noted Disputant , Schoolman and very familiar with the Fathers . At length leaving the coll . about the time he was adwitted Bach. of Div. ( which was 1609. ) he became one of the publick preachers in the City of Bristow , and Minister of S. Thomas Church there , where he was much followed and admired for his edifying and orthodox doctrine . Afterwards leaving that City , in 1612. ( upon what account I know not ) he became Minister in the town and liberties of Montgomery in Wales ; where , if I mistake not , he continued till the time of his death . He hath written and published , Concio ad clerum de clavibus regni coelorum , habita pro forma Oxon. intemplo B. Mariae 16. Feb. an . 1609. in Matth. 16. ver . 19. Lond. 1612. oct . De votis monasticis . Theses disputatae sub pr●sidio Tho. Holland Reg. prof . Printed with the former 〈◊〉 Serm. Besides these two things , he hath . Several Sermons in English , as ( 1 ) A diet for a Drunkard , in two Sermons in the Church of S. Nich. in Bristow , on Ester 1. 8. Lond. 1612. qu. ( 2 ) Friendly farewell to a faithful ●lock taken in a Sermon preached in S. Thomas Church in Bristow , on Easter Tuseday , 6. Apr. 1612. on 2 Cor. 13. ver . 14. Lond. 1616. qu. ( 3 ) Antichrist arraigned , Sermon at Pauls Cross , on 1 Joh. 2. 18 , 19 , 20. Lond. 1618. qu. ( 4 ) The trial of Guides by the touchstone of Teachers , &c. Serm. on Luke 6. 39 , 40. Lond. 1618. qu. dedicated to Richard Bishop of St. Asaph , his Patron . These are all that I have seen going under his name , and all that I yet know of the author . SAMUEL DANIEL , the most noted Poet and Historian of his time , was born of a wealthy Family in Somersetshire , and at 17 years of age , in 1579. became a Commoner of Magd. hall , where he continued about three years , and improved himself much in Academical learning by the benefit of an excellent Tutor . But his Genie being more prone to easier and smoother studies , than in pecking and hewing at Logick , he left the University without the honour of a degree , and exercised it much in English History and Poetry , of which he then gave several ingenious Specimens . After his departure , I find nothing memorable of him for several years , only that at about 23 years of age he translated into English the worthy tract of Paulus Jovius , containing a Discourse of rare inventions both military and amorous called Imprese . Lond. 1585. oct . To which he hath put an ingenious Preface of his own writing . He was afterwards , for his merits , made Gentleman Extraordinary , and afterwards one of the Grooms , of the Privy Chamber to Anne the Queen Consort of King James 1. who being for the most part a favourer and encourager of his Muse , ( as she was of Jo. Florio , who married Sam. Daniel's Sister , ) and many times delighted with his conversation , not only in private , but in publick , was , partly for those reasons , held in esteem , by the men of that age , for his excellencies in Poetry and History , and partly in this respect , that in a writing the History of English affairs , whether in Prose or Poetry , he had the happiness to reconcile brevity with clearness , qualities of great distance in other authors . This is the opinion of a late author ; but one b who lived in Samuel Daniel's time tells us , that his works contain somewhat a flat , but yet withal a very pure and copious English , and words as warrantable as any mans , and fitter perhaps for Prose than Measure . Our author Daniel had also a good faculty in setting out a Mask or a Play , and was wanting in nothing that might render him acceptable to the great and ingenious men of his time , as to Sir Joh. Harrington the Poet , Camden the learned , Sir Rob. Cotton , Sir H. Spelman , Edm. Spencer , Ben. Johnson , John Stradling , little Owen the Epigrammatist , &c. He hath written , The complaint of Rosamond . Lond. 1594. 98. 1611. and 23. qu. Various Sonnets to Delia. — Wherein , as Parthenius Nicaeus did excellently sing the praises of Arete , so our author in this piece , hath divinely sonneted the matchless beauty of his Delia. Tragedy of Cleopatra . Lond. 1594. 98. qu. Of the Civil Wars between the Houses of Lancaster and York . Lond. 1604. 09. oct . and 1623. qu. Written in eight books in verse , with his picture before them . The Vision of the twelve Goddesses , presented in a Mask , &c. Lond. 1604. oct . and 1623. qu. Some copies have it , The wisdom of the 12 Goddesses in a Mask at Hampton-Court 8. Jan. Panegyrick congratulatory delivered to K. James at Burleigh-Harrington in Rutlandshire . Lond. 1604. and 23. qu. Epistles to various great Personages in verse . Lond. 1601. and 23. qu. Musophilus , containing a general defence of learning . — Printed with the former . Tragedy of Philotas . Lond. 1611. &c. oct . Hymens Triumph . A pastoral Trag. Com. presented at the Queens Court in the Strand , at her Maj. magnificent entertainment of the Kings Maj. being at the Nuptials of the Lord Roxborough . Lond. 1623. qu. second edit . Muso , or a defence of Ryme . Lond. 1611. oct . The Epistle of Octavia to M. Antonius . Lond. 1611. oct . The first part of the History of England , in 3 books . Lond. 1613. qu. reaching to the end of King Stephen , in Prose . To which afterwards he added a second part , reaching to the end of K. Ed. 3. — Lond. 1618. 21. 23. and 1634. fol. continued to the end of K. Rich. 3. by Joh. Trussel , sometimes a Winchester Scholar , afterwards a Trader and Alderman of that City . — Lond. 1638. fol. &c. Which Trussel did continue in writing a certain old MS. belonging to the Bishops of Winton , containing , as it were , an History of the Bishops and Bishoprick , which continuation was made by him to Bishop Curles time . He also wrote , A description of the City of Winchester , with an historical relation of divers memorable occurrences touching the same . fol. Also a Preamble to the same Of the Origen of Cities in general . MS. Sam. Daniel also wrote , The Queens Arcadia . A pastoral Trag-Com . presented to her Majesty and her Ladies , by the University of Oxon , in Christ Church , in Aug. an . 1605. Lond. 1623. qu. Funeral Poem on the death of the Earl of Devon. Lond. 1623. qu. Towards the end of our authors life , he retired to a Country-Farm which he had at Beckington near to Philips-Norton in Sommersetshire , ( at , or near to , which place he was born , ) where , after he had injoyed the Muses and religious Contemplation for some time with very great delight , year 1619 surrendred up his Soul to him that gave it , in sixteen hundred and nineteen , and was buried in the Church of Beckington before-mentioned . On the wall over his grave was this inscription afterwards put . Here lies expecting the second coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , the dead body of Samuel Daniel Esq that excellent Poet and Historian , who was Tutor to the Lady Anne Clifford in her youth , she that was Daughter and Heir to George Clifford Earl of Cumberland , who in gratitude to him , erected this monument in his memory , a long time after , when she was Countess Dowager of Pembroke , Dorset , and Montgomery . He died in Octob. an . 1619. By the way it must be noted that this Anne Countess of Pembroke was the same person who lived like a Princess , for many years after , in Westmorland , was a great lover and encourager of learning and learned men , hospitable , charitable to the poor , and of a most generous and publick temper . She died 22. Mar. 1675. aged 86. or thereabouts , and was buried under a splendid monument , which she in her life-time had erected , in the Church of Appleby in Westmorland . It must be also farther noted that there was one Sam. Daniel Master of Arts , who published a book intit . Archiepiscopal Priority instituted by Christ . Printed an . 1642. and another , if I am not mistaken , called , The Birth , Life , and Death of the Jewish Vnction . But whether he was of the University of Oxon , I cannot yet find . JOHN PANKE was a very frequent and noted Preacher of his time , and well read in Theological authors , but withal a very zealous Enemy in his Writings and Preachments against the Papists , but in what College or Hall educated , I cannot as yet find . After he had left the University he became Minister of Broadhinton , afterwards of Tidworth , in Wilts , and at length , had some Cure in the Church of Salisbury . His works are , Short Admonition , by way of Dialogue , to all those , who hitherto , upon pretence of their unworthiness , have dangerously , in respect of their Salvation , withdrawn themselves from coming to the Lords Table , &c. Oxon. 1604. oct . The fall of Babell , by the confusion of tongues , directly proving against the Papists of this , and former ages , that a view of their writings and books being taken , it cannot be discerned by any Man living , what they would say , or how be understood , in the question of the Sacrifice of the M●ss , the Real Pressence , or Tr●●substantiation , &c. Oxon. 16●8 . qu. Dedicated to the Heads of Colleges and Scholars of the University of Oxou. Collectancae , out of S. Gregory the Great , and S. Bernard the Devout , against the Papists , 〈…〉 the Doctrine of the present 〈…〉 most fundamental points between them and us . Oxon. 1618. oct . With other things , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen , not do I know any thing else of the author . DERMITIUS MEARA , or de Meara , who was born at Ormond in Ireland , whence being sent to this University , continued there in Philosophical studies several years , but whether in Vniv. coll . Glouc. or Hart. hall , ( ●eceptacles for Irish-men in his time , ) I know not . For tho he writes himself in the first of his books which I shall anon mention , lately a Student in the Vniversity of Oxon. yet in all my searches I cannot find him matriculated , or that he took a degree . Some years after his retirement to his native Country , he wrote in Latin verse , having been esteemed a good Poet during his conversation among the Oxonians , these things following , Ormonius sive illustriss . herois ac domini , D. Thomae Butler Ormoniae & Osoriae Comitis , Vicecom . de Thurles , Baronis de Arcklo , &c. Prosapia laborumque praecipuorum ab eodem pro Patria & Principe susceptorum commemoratio heroico carmine conscripta . Lond. 1615. oct . Epicedion in obitum Tho. Butler Ormoniae & Osoriae Comitis , &c. Anagramaticon , Acrosticon & Chronologica in eundem Tho. Butler . These two last were printed with Ormonius , and are dedicated to Walt. Butler Earl of Ormond and Oss●●y . Much about the time when these Poetical things were printed , the author practiced Physick in his own Country , and gained great repute for his happy success therein . In that faculty he wrote several books , but all that I have seen is only this . De morbis haereditariis tractatus Spagyrico-dogmaticus . Dubl . 1619. oct . He was Father to Edm. de Meara an Ormonian born , sometimes a Practitioner in Physick in the City of Bristow , being the same person who answered Dr. Tho. Willis's book , intit . Diatribae duae Medico-Philosophicae , &c. SABIN CHAMBERS , a Leicestershire Man born , took the degrees in Arts , as a Member of Broadgates hall , that of Master being compleated 1583. at which time he had the vogue of a good disputant . But soon after being dissatisfied in many points relating to the Protestant Religion , he entred into the Society of Jesus at Paris ; an . 1588. aged about 30. Afterwards he taught Divinity in the University of Doll in Burgundy , and at length was sent into the Mission of England , to labour in the Harvest there . He hath written , The Garden of the Virgin Mary . St. Om. 1619. oct . Which contains certain Prayers and Meditations . Other matters , as 't is said , he hath written , but being printed beyond Sea , we have few copies of them come into these parts . LEWIS THOMAS , a frequent Preacher in his time , became a poor Scholar or Exhibitiner of Brasnose coll . in 1582. or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts holy Orders soon after , and at length was beneficed in his native County of Glamorgan , and elsewhere . His works are , Certain Lectures upon sundry portions of Scripture , &c. Lond. 1600. oct . Dedic . to Sir Tho. Egerton , Lord Keeper of the great Seal , who was one of his first promoters in the Church . Seaven Sermons , or the exercises of Seaven Sabbaths . The first intit . The Prophet David's Arithmetick , is on Psal. 90. 12. The second called Peter's Repentance , is on Matth. 26. 75. &c. Which Seaven Sermons were printed at London several times in the latter end of Q. Elizabeth , once in the Reign of K. James ( 1619. ) and once in the Reign of K. Ch. 1. ( 1630. ) A short treatise upon the Commandments , on Rev. 22. 14. Lond. 1600. &c. oct . This is sometimes called A Comment on the Decalogue . I find another Lewis Thomas of Jesus college , who took the degree of Bach. of Arts , as a Member of that house 1597. and that of Master , as a Member of St. Edm. hall , 1601. But what relation he had to the former , or whether he hath published any thing , I know not . JOHN NORDEN , was born of a gentile Family , but in what County , unless in Wilts , I cannot tell , became a Commoner of Hart hall in 1564. and took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1573. This person I take to be the same John Norden who was author of these books following , some of which I have perused , but therein I cannot find that he entitles himself a Minister of Gods word , or Master of Arts. Sinful Mans Solace , most sweet and comfortable for the sick and sorrowful Soul , &c. Lond. 1585. in oct . Mirrour for the Multitude , or a Glass , wherein may be seen the violence , the errour , the weakness , and rash consent of the multitude , &c. Lond. 1586. in oct . Antithesis , or contrariety between the Wicked and Godly , set forth in form of a pair of Gloves , fit for every man to wear , &c. Lond. 1587. Pensive Mans Practice , wherein are contained very devout and necessary Prayers for sundry godly purposes , &c. Lond. 1591. in tw . — Printed there again 1629. in tw . which was the fortieth impression . Poor Mans rest ; founded upon motives , meditations , and prayers , &c. Printed several times in oct . and tw . The eighth edit . was printed at Lond. 1620. in tw . Progress of Piety , whose Jesses lead into the Harborough of heavenly Harts-ease , to recreate the afflicted Souls of all such as , &c. Lond. in tw . Christian comfort and encouragement unto all English Subjects , not to dismay at the Spanish threats . Lond. 1596. Mirrour of Honour , wherein every Professor of Arms , from the General , to the inferiour Souldier , may see the necessity of the fear and service of God. Lond. 1597. qu. Interchangeable variety of things . Lond. 1600. qu. The Surveyors Dialogue , very profitable for all men to peruse , but especially for Gentlemen , Farmers , and Husbandmen , &c. in 6 books . Lond. 1607. 10. and 18. in qu. Labyrinth of Mans life : Or Vertues delight , and Envies happiness . Lond. 1614. qu. 'T is a Poem dedic . to Rob. Carr Earl of Somerset . Loadstone to a Spiritual life . Lond. 1614. in sixt . Pensive Souls delight : Or , a devout Mans help , consisting of motives , meditations , and prayers , &c. Lond. 1615. in tw . An Eye to Heaven in Earth . A necessary Watch for the time of death , consisting in meditations and prayers fit for that purpose . With the Husband's Christian Counsel to his Wife and Children left poor after his death . Lond. 1619. in tw . &c. Help to true blessedness . Pathway to patience in all manner of afflictions , &c. Lond. 1626. oct . This John Norden lived at Hendon near to Acton in Middlesex in most of the Reign of King James 1. being patronized in his studies by , or as some say was Servant to , Will , Cecil Lord Burliegh , and Rob. Earl of Salisbury his Son. I take him to be the same John Norden Gent. who hath written Speculum Britanniae , or , an Historical and Chorographical description of Middlesex . Lond. 1593. in about 7 sh . in qu. And of A Chorographical description of Hertfordshire . Printed much about the same time in 4 sh . in qu. JOHN BUDDEN , Son of Joh. Budden of Canford in Dorsetshire , was born in that County , entred into Merton coll . in Mich. Term. 1582. aged 16. admitted Scholar of Trinity coll . 30. of May following , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , and soon after was translated to Glouc. hall , for the sake , and at the request , of Mr. Tho. Allen , where being mostly taken up with the study of the Civil Law , yet he took the degree of M. of Arts , as a Member thereof . At length he was made Philosophy Reader of Magd. coll . proceeded in the Civil Law 1602. made Principal of New Inn 1609. the Kings Professor of the Civil Law soon after , and Principal of Broadgates hall . He was a person of great Eloquence , an excellent Rhetorician , Philosopher , and a most noted Civilian . He hath written and published , Gulielmi Patteni cui Waynfleti agnomen fuit , Wintoniensis Ecclesiae Praesulis , & coll . B. Mariae Magd. apud Oxon fundatoris , vita obitusque . Oxon. 1602. qu. Reprinted in a Book intit . Vitae selectorum aliquot virorum , &c. Lond. 1681. in a large qu. Published by Dr. Will , Bates a Cambridge Man , a learned and moderate Nonconformist , living then at Hackney near London , an eminent writer , and worthy of much praise . Reverendiss . Patris ac Domini Johannis Mortoni Cantuariensis olim Archiep. Magni Angliae Cancellarii , trium Regum Consiliarii , vita obitusque . Lond. 1607. in 3 sh . in oct . He also translated from English into Latin , ( 1 ) Sir Tho. Bodley's Statutes of the Publick Library , which is remitted into the body of the Statutes of the University . ( 2 ) Sir Tho. Smith's book intit . The Commonwealth of England , and the manner and Government thereof , in 3 books . Printed at Lond. in oct . and beyond Sea in tw . Also from French into English , A discourse for Parents Honour and Authority over their Children . Lond. 1614. oct . written by Pet. Frodiu● a renowned French Civilian . year 1620 This Dr. Budden died in Broadgates hall , on the eleventh of June in sixteen hundred and twenty . From which place his body being carried to the Divinity School , Rich. Gardiner of Ch. Ch. the Deputy-Orator delivered an eloquent Speech in praise of him , before the Doctors , Masters and Scholars of the University . Which being done , the body was conveyed thence to St. Aldates Church near to the hall of Broadgates , and there in the Chancel was interred on the 14. of the same month . In the Professorship of the Civil Law succeeded Dr. Rich. Zouch , and in the Principality of Broadgates Dr. Tho. Clayton . SAMUEL SMITH , a Gentleman's Son , was born in Lincolnshire , entred a Commoner in Magd. coll . in Michaelmas Term 1604 , aged 17. became Fellow of Magd. coll . 1609. Proctor of the University in 1620. being then Bach. of Physick , and accounted the most accurate Disputant , and profound Philosopher in the University . He wrote divers things pertaining to Logick and Philosophy , but none of them were printed only , Aditus ad Logicam , in usum eorum qui primò Academiam salutant . Oxon. 1613. 21. 27. 33. 39. &c. oct . He died much lamented 17. June ( according as he himself had foretold it some weeks before he died ) year 1620 in sixteen hundred and twenty , being then newly entred on his Proctorship , and was buried in Magd. coll . Chappel . I find another Sam. Smith equal in time with the former , a frequent Preacher and Writer , who living many years after , is not to have a place among these writers , till the year 1663. GRIFFITH POWELL , a younger Son of Tho. Powell of Lansawell in Caermarthenshire Esq was born there , entred a Commoner of Jesus coll . 1581. aged 20. became the first Fellow of the said coll . by election , took the degrees in Arts , and one in the Civil Law , and at length ( after some controversies had passed ) was setled Principal of his College in 1613. being then accounted by all a most noted Philosopher , or subtile Disputant , and one that acted and drudged much as a Tutor , Moderator , and Adviser in studies among the Juniors . He hath transmitted to Posterity , Analysis Analyticorum posteriorum seu librorum Aristotelis de Demonstratione , cum Scholiis . Oxon. 1594. oct . Analysis libri Aristot . de Sophisticis Elenchis . Ox. 1594. and 1664. oct . Concerning which two books these verses were made , Griffith Powell , for the Honour of her Nation , Wrote a Book of Demonstration , And having little else to doe , He wrote a Book of Elenchs too . He also wrote several other matters of Philosophy , which would have been very useful for Novices , but the author being taken up too much with his charge , he could not spare time to put them in order for the Press , much less to publish them . He paid his last debt to nature , 28. June in sixteen hundred and twenty , year 1620 and was buried in the Church of St. Michael ( in Jesus coll . Isle I think ) near to the North Gate of the City of Oxon. By his nuncupatory Will he left all his Estate to that Coll. amounting to 648 l. — 17 s. — 2 d. with which , and certain Monies , were Lands purchased for the maintenance of one Fellow of the said Coll. RICHARD CAREW , the Son of Tho. Carew by Elizab. Edgcombe his Wife , was born of an ancient and gentile Family at East Anthony in the East parts of Cornwall , an . 1555. became a Gent. Com. of Ch. Ch. very young , but had his Chamber in Broadgates hall , much about the time that his Kinsman George Carew ( afterwards E. of Totness ) and Will , Camden studied there . At 14 years of age he disputed ex tempore with the matchless Philip Sidney , ( while he was a young Man , I suppose , ) in the presence of the Earls of Leicester , Warwick , and other Nobility , at what time they were lodged in Ch. Ch. to receive entertainment from the Muses . After he had spent 3 years in Oxon , he retired to the Middle Temple , where he spent 3 years more , and then was sent with his Unkle in his Embassage unto the King of Poland ; whom , when he came to Danizig , he found that he had been newly gone from thence into Sweden , whither also he went after him . After his return , and a short stay made in England , he was sent by his Father into France with Sir Hen. Nevill , who was then Embassadour Leiger unto K. Hen. 4. that he might learn the French tongue , which by reading and talking he overcame in three quarters of an year . Some time after his return he married Juliana Arundell of Trerice , an . 1577. was made Justice of the Peace 1581. High-Sheriff of Cornwall 1586. and about that time was the Kings Deputy for the Militia . In 1598. he was elected a Member of the Coll. of Antiquaries , and about that time he made an historical survey of his native County , which was afterwards printed , he being then accounted a religious and ingenious Man , learned , eloquent , liberal , stout , honest , and well skill'd in several Languages , as also among his Neighbours the greatest Husband , and most excellent manager of Bees in Cornwall . He was intimate with the most noted Scholars of his time , particularly with Sir Hen , Spelman , who , in an Epistle a to him concerning tithes , doth not a little extol him for his ingenuity , vertue , and learning . Palmam igitur cedo ( saith he ) & quod Graeci olim in Cariâ sua gente , admirati sunt , nos in Cariâ nostra gente agnoscimus , ingenium splendidum , bellarumque intentionum faecundissimum , &c. Further also for the book he wrote and published , intit . The Survey of Cornwall , &c. Lond. 1602. qu. the learned Camden is pleased to honour b him with this character , — Sed haec , &c. But more plainly and fully , instructed are we in these points , by Rich. Carew of Anthony , a Gentleman innobled no less in regard of his parentage and descent , than for his vertue and learning ; who hath published and perfected the description of this County ( Cornwall ) more at large , and not in a slight and mean manner , whom I must needs acknowledge to have given me much light herein . Our author Carew hath also written , The true and ready way to learn the Lat. tongue ; in answer to a Quere , whether the ordinary way by teaching Latin by the rules of Grammar , be the best way for youths to learn it ? — This is involved in a book published by a Dutch-man called Sam. Hartlib . Esq intit . The true and ready way to learn the Lat. tongue , &c. Lond. 1654. qu. Our author Carew translated also from Italian into the English tongue , The examination of Mens Witts . In which , by discovering the variety of Natures , is shewed for what profession each one is apt , and how far he shall profit therein . Lond. 1594. and 1604. qu. written by Joh. Huarte . But this translation , as I have been informed by some persons , was mostly , if not all , performed by Tho. Carew his Father ; yet Richard's name is set to it . He died on the sixth day of Nov. in sixteen hundred and twenty , year 1620 and was buried in the Church of East-Anthony among his Ancestors . Shortly after he had a splendid Monument set over his grave , with an inscription thereon , written in the Latin tongue ; which being too large for this place , I shall now omit , as also the Epigram made on him by his c Countryman , and another by a d Scot. Which last stiles our author Carew another Livie , another Maro , another Papinian , and highly extolls him for his great skill in History , and knowledge in the Laws . Besides the Rich , Carew , was another , but later in time , author of Excellent helps by a warming-stone . Printed 1652. qu. RICHARD KILBYE was born at Radcliff on the River Wreake in Leicestershire , elected Fellow of Lincoln coll . 18. Jan. 1577. being then about three years standing in the University . Afterwards he took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became a noted Preacher in the University . In 1590. he was elected Rector of his College , took the degrees in Divinity , was made Prebendary of the Cath. Ch. at Lincoln , and at length Hebrew Professor of this University . He hath written , Commentarii in Librum Exodi . Part. 2. MS. in the hands sometimes of Will. Gilbert Fellow of Linc. coll . The chief part of which is excerpted from the Monuments of the Rabbins and Hebrew Interpreters . He also continued Jo. Mercers notes on Genesis , and would have printed them , but was denied ; had a hand also in the translation of the Bible , appointed by K. Jam. 1. an . 1604. and did other very laudable matters relating to learning . Serm. in S. Maries Church Oxon , 26. Mar. 1612. at the Funeral of Tho. Holland the King's Professor of Divinity in this Univ. on 1 Cor. 5. 55 , 56 , 57. — Oxon. 1613. qu. He , the said Dr. Kilbye , was buried in that Chancel in Allsaints Church in Oxon. which is commonly called The College Chancel , ( because it belongs to Linc. coll . ) on the 17. year 1620 Nov. in sixteen hundred and twenty , aged 60. or thereabouts . Whereupon Paul Hood Bac. ( afterwards D. ) of Divinity succeeded him in his Rectorship , and Edward à Meetkerk Bach. of Div. of Ch. Ch. in his Professorship . Besides this Rich. Kilbye was another of both his names , and a writer too , as I have , under the year 1617. told you . JOHN CARPENTER received his first breath in the County of Cornwal , was entred a Batler in Exeter coll . about 1570. where going thro the courses of Logick and Philosophy for the space of four years or more , with unwearied industry , left the University without a degree , and at length became Rector of an obscure Town called Northleigh near to Culleton in Devon. He hath written and published , A sorrowful Song for sinful Souls , composed upon the strange and wonderful shaking of the Earth , 6. Apr. 1586. Lond. in oct . Remember Lots Wise , two Sermons on Luke 17. 32. Lond. 1588. oct . Preparative for Contentation . Lond. 1597. qu. Song of the Beloved concerning his Vineyard ; or , two Sermons on Isay 5. 1. Lond. 1599. oct . Christian Contemplations , or a Catechism . Lond. 1601. oct . K. Soloman's Solace . Lond. 1606. qu. Plain Man's Spiritual Plough . Lond. 1607. qu. He gave up the ghost at Northleigh before-mentioned in the latter end of the year , viz. in March , in sixteen hundred and twenty , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , before the 25. of the said month , as it doth partly , appear in the Register of that place ; leaving then behind him a Son named Nathaniel , whom I shall mention under the year 1628. I find another Joh. Carpenter who wrote a book of Keeping Merchants Accompts , by way of Debtor and Creditor . Printed 1632. fol. but him I take not to be an Academian . WILLIAM TOOKER , second Son of Will. Tooker , ( by Honora Eresey of Cornwall his Wife , ) Son and Heir of Rob. Tooker , was born in the City of Exeter , educated in Wykehams School near to Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1577. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1583. in which year he shewd himself a ready Disputant before Albertus Alaskie Prince of Sirad , at his being entertained by the Oxonian Muses in S. Maries Church . In 1585. he left his Fellowship , being about that time promoted to the Archdeanconry of Barnstaple in his own Country . Afterwards he was made Chaplain to Q. Elizabeth and Prebendary of Salisbury , took the degrees in Divinity 1595. became Canon of Exeter , and at length Dean of Lichfield , on the death ( as it seems ) of Dr. George Boleyne , in the latter end of 1602. He was an excellent Grecian and Latinist , an able Divine , a person of great gravity and piety , and well read in curious and critical authors , as may partly appear by these books following , which he wrote and published . Charisma , sive donum Sanati●nis , seu explicatio totius quaestionis de mirabilium Sanitatum gratiâ , &c. Lond. 1597. qu. In this book he doth attribute to the Kings and Queens of England a power derived into them , by Lawful Succession , of healing , &c. Which book is reflected upon by Mart. Anton. Delrius the Jesuit , who thinks it not true that Kings can cure the Evil. With him agrees most Fanaticks . Of the Fabrick of the Church and Church mens livings Lond. 1604. oct . Singulare certamen cum Martino Becano Jesuitâ , futiliter refutante apologiam & monitoriam praefationem ad Imperatorem , Reges , & Principes , & quaedam Orthodoxa dogmata Jacobi Regis Magnae Britaniae . Lond. 1611. oct . This learned author , Dr. Tooker , died at Salisbury on the 19. of March , or thereabouts , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. there 21. of the said month , in sixteen hundred and twenty , leaving behind him a Son named Robert Tooker of East-Grinsteade in Surrey . In June following Dr. Walt. Curle of Cambridge succeeded him in the Deanry of Lichfield , and him Dr. Augustin Lindsell another Cantabrigian , an . 1630. HENRY SWINBURNE , Son of Thomas Swinburne of the City of York , was born there , spent some years in the quality of a Commoner in Hart hall , whence translating himself to that of Broadgates , took the degree of Bach. of the Civil Law , married Helena Daughter of Barthelm , Lant of Oxon , and at length retiring to his native place , became a Proctor in the Archbishops Court there , Commissary of the Exchecquer , and Judge of the Prerogative Court at York . He hath written , Brief Treatise of Testaments and last Wills. In 7 parts . Lond. 1590. 1611 , 35. 40. 77. &c. qu. Treatise of Spousals , or Matrimonial Contracts , &c. Lond. 1686. qu. In which two books the author sh●ws himself an able Civilian , and excellently well read in authors of his Faculty . He paid his last debt to ●●●ure at York , and was buried in the North Isle of the Cathedral there . Soon after was a comely Monument fastned to the wall near to this grave , with his Effigies in a Civilians Gown kneeling before a deske , with a book thereon , and these verses under . Non Viduae caruere viris , non Patre Pupillus , Dum stetit hic Patriae virque paterque suae . Ast quod Swinburnus viduarum scripsit in usum , Longius aeterno marmore vivet opus . Scribere supremas hinc discat quisque tabellas , Et cupiat qui sic vixit , ut ille mori . There is no day or year on the Monument to shew when this H. Swinburne died , neither any Register belonging to the Cathedral , and therefore I have put him under the year 1620. wherein he was in great esteem for his learning . MICHAEL WIGMORE was born * of a gentile Family in Somersetshire , entred a Commoner in Magd. hall 1602. aged 14. elected when Bach. of Arts ( as a native of the Dioc. of Gloucester ) Fellow of Oriel coll . an . 1608. After he had proceeded in his Faculty , he took upon him the Sacred Function , and became a painful and zealous Preacher , and a publisher of , Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) The holy City discovered , besieged , and delivered , on Eccles. 9. 14 , 15. Lond. 1619. qu. ( 2 ) The way of all flesh , on Prov. 4. 1. Lond. 1619. qu. ( 3 ) The good adventure , on Rev. 4. 2. 3. Lond. 1620. qu. &c. one Mich. Wigmore was author of a Serm. intit . The diss●●tion of the brain , on Isa. 9. 15. Printed 1641. which person I take to be the same with the former . When our author Mich. Wigmore of Oriel died , or where he was beneficed , I cannot yet tell . Quaere . ROBERT STAFFORD , a Knight's Son , was born within the City of Dublin in Ireland , entred a Sojournour in Exeter coll . under the tuition of Mr. Joh. Prideaux , an . 1604. aged 16. but took no degree as I can yet find . He published , A Geographical and Anthological description of all the Empires and Kingdoms , both of Continent and Islands in this Terrestial Globe , &c. Lond. 1618. and 34. qu. Usher'd into the World by the commendatory verses of Tho. Rogers , Caspar Thomannus of Zuriche ( sometimes an Oxf. Student ) Joh. Glanvill and Joh. Prideaux . Which last was supposed to have had a chief hand in the campiling the said book , as the tradition goes in Exeter coll . The said Rob. Stafford lived afterwards in Devon , ( at Dowlton , I think ) and had a Son of the same coll . GEORGE GYFFARD or Gifford was a Student in Hart hall several years before 1568 , ( 10. Elizab. ) at which time did also study there others of his Sirname and allies , as Humphrey , Walter , and Rob. Gifford , but whether our author George was originally of this University , or that he took a degree in Arts , Law , Physick , or Divinity therein , it doth not at all ( perhaps by the imperfectness of the registers ) appear . Several persons in his time and before , did , tho they were beneficed , retire to this University purposely to improve themselves in learning and by conversation , and 't is supposed that this Gifford did the like . Afterwards he became Minister of Maldon in Essex , a very noted preacher , and one most admirably well vers'd in several sorts of learning , which were rare and much in esteem in his time , but withal a great Enemy to Popery . His works are , Country divinity , containing a discourse of certain points of Religion , which are among the common sort of Christians , with a plain confutation thereof . Lond. 1581. 1. oct . Dialogue between a Papist and a Protestant , applied to the capacity of the unlearned . Lond. 1583. oct . Against the Priesthood and Sacrifice of the Church of Rome , wherein you may perceive their impiety , in usurping that office and action , which ever appertaineth to Christ only . Lond. 1584. oct . Catechism , giving a most excellent light to those that seek to enter the path-way to salvation . Lond. 1586. oct . Discourse of the subtile practices of Devils by Witches and Sorceres , &c. Lond. 1587. qu. Short treatise against the Donatists of England , whom we call Brownists ; wherein by answer unto their writings , their heresies are noted . Lond. 1590. qu. Plain declaration that our Brownists be full Donatists , by comparing them together from point to point out of the writing of Augustin . Lond. 1591. qu. Reply to Mr. Joh. Greenwood and Hen. Barrow touching read Prayer , wherein their gross ignorance is detected — These two last are dedicated to Sir Will. Cecill Lord Burleigh Chanc. of Cambridge . Dialogue concerning Witches and Witchcrafts . In which is laid open how craftily the Devil deceiveth , not only the Witches , but many other , &c. Lond. 1593. and 1603. qu. Treatise of true fortitude . Ibid. 94. oct . Comment . or Sermons on the whole book of the Revelations Ibid. 96. qu. Exposition on the Canticles . Lond. 1612. oct . Besides all these books he hath , Several Sermons extant , as ( 1 ) Sermon on the parable of the Sower on Math. 13. ver . 1. to 9. Lond. 1581. oct . ( 2 ) Sermon on 2 Pet. ver . 1. to 11. Lond. 1584. oct . ( 3 ) Serm. on Jam. 2. ver . 14. to 26. Ibid. 86. oct . ( 4 ) Sermon on the first four chapt . and part of the 5. of Ecclesiastes , &c. Pr. at the same place 1589. oct . ( 5 ) Serm. at Paul's cross , on Psal. 133. Lond. 1591. oct . ( 6 ) Two Sermons on 1 Pet. 5. 8 , 9. wherein is shewed that the Devil is to be resisted only by a stedfast faith , &c. Lond. 1598. oct . ( 7 ) Four Sermons upon several parts of Scripture . Lond. 1598. oct . The first Sermon is on 1 Tim. 6 , 17 , 18 , 19. &c. ( 8 ) Fiveteen Sermons on the Song of Solomon . Lond. 1620. oct . He also translated into English Prelections upon the sacred and holy Revolations . Lond. 1573. qu. Written in latin by Dr. Will. Fulke of Cambridge . This George Gifford hath written , and translated other things , which I have not yet seen , and lived to a good old age , but when he died it appears not . LUDOVISIO PETRUCCI , or à Petruccioli , or , as he writes himself , Ludovicus Petruccius infelix Eques , Son of Ariodant or Aridante ●etrucci , was born at Sienna à Petigliano in Tuscany , educated partly in juvenile learning in his own country , but before he had made proficiency in Academicals , he became a Souldier of fortune , first in Creet for the Venetians where he was Sarjeant-major , in 1602. secondly in the Hungarian wars , where he was Captain of a Foot-company in the regiment first of Count Salma and afterwards in that of Colonel Ferdinand de Colonitsch , serving for the Emperour , and at length in the services of the Prince of Brandiburg and Nuburgh . But being unfortunate in all his undertakings , he left the trade of war , and retiring into England , took a journey to Ox●● . in 1610. and was entred into the publick Library in the beginning of the year following . About that time he was a Commoner of S. Edmunds hall , as he was afterwards of Ball. coll . wore a gown , spent four years or more in Academical learning , and frequented the Prayers and Sacraments according to the Church of England . But being notwithstanding suspected for a Papist , or at least popishly affected , and to keep intelligence with that party , were several objections made against him for the inconveniency and evil consequence that might happen for his long continuance in the University . Whereupon he was forced , or at least desired , to depart , such were the jealousies of the puritanical party in the University . He hath written , Farrago Poematum , diversis locis & temporibus conscriptorum , &c. Oxon. 1613. in Ital. and Lat. in qu. Oratio ad D. Joh. Bapt. Bernardum Praetorem Patavinum & universam curiam , in Vigiliis Paschatis . Printed with the former book . Apologia contra calumniatores suos . Lond. 1619. qu. Emblemata varia , dedicata Regibus , Principibus & Magnatibus . Epistola ad D. Georg. Abbot Archiep. Cantuar. Domino Franc. Bacon supremo Angl. Canc. & Gulielmo comiti Pembrochiae . Poemata varia . Oratio composita quando statuit relinquere Academiam Oxon. 18. Aug. 1614. Which four last things were printed with his Apologia , &c. 1619. what other books he hath published , I cannot justly tell . However , from those before mention'd , it appears that the author was a phantastical and unsetled man , and delighted , as it seems , in rambling . CHRISTOPHER NEWSTEAD , third son of Tho. Newstead of Somercotes in Lincolnshire , was born in that County , became a Commoner of S. Albans hall in 1615. aged 18 years or thereabouts , continued there till after he was Bachelaurs standing and wrote , An Apology for women : or the womans defence . Lond. 1620. oct . Dedicated to the Countess of Bucks . Afterwards he retired into the Country , studied Divinity , had a benefice conferr'd upon , and tho he never took any degree in Arts in this University , yet he took that of Bach. of Div. 1631 , which is all I know of him . JOHN KING , Son of Philip King of Wormenhale , commonly called Wornal , near to Brill in Bucks . ( by Elizazabeth his wife , Daughter of Edm. Conquest of Hougton Conquest in Bedfordshire ) Son of Thom. King , brother to Rob. King the first Bishop of Oxon , was born at Wornal before mention'd , educated in Grammar learning partly in Westminster School , became Student of Ch. Church in 1576. took the degree in Arts , made Chaplain to Q. Eliz. as he was afterwards to K. James , installed Archdeacon of Nottingham 12. Aug. 1590. upon the death of Joh. Lowth , ( successor to Will. Day 1565. ) at which time he was a Preacher in the City of York . Afterwards he was made Chaplain to Egerton Lord Keeper , proceeded D. of D. 1602. had the Deanary of Ch. Ch. in Oxon conferr'd upon him in 1605. and was afterwards several years together Vicechanc. of this University . In 1611. he had the Bishoprick of London bestowed on him by K. James 1. who commonly called him the King of preachers , to which being consecrated 8. Sept. the same year , had a restitution of the temporalities belonging to that See , made to him 18 of the same month , at which time he was had in great reverence by all people . He was a solid and profound Divine , of great gravity and piety , and had so excellent a volubility of speech , that Sir Edw. Coke the famous Lawyer would often 〈◊〉 of him that he was the best speaker in the Star-Chamber in his time . When he was advanced to the See of London , he endeavoured to let the world b know that that place did not cause him to forget his Office in the Pulpit , shewing by his example that a Bishop might govern and preach too . In which office he was so frequent , that unless hindred by want of health , he omitted no Sunday , whereon he did not visit some Pulpit in or near London — Deus bone , quam canora Vox , ( saith c one ) vultus compositus , verba selecta , grandes sententiae ? Allicimur omnes lepore verborum , suspendimur gravitate sententiarum , orationis impetu & viribus fl●ctimur , &c. He hath written . Lectures upon Jon●s , delivered at York . Lond. 1594. Ox. 99. &c. qu. Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) Sermon at Hampton-Court , on Cantic . 8. 11. Ox. 1606. qu. ( 2 ) At Ox. 5. Nov. 1607. on Psal. 46. from ver . 7. to 11. Ox. 1607. qu. ( 3 ) At Whitehall 5. Nov. 1608. on Psal. 11. 2 , 3 , 4. Ox. 1608. qu. ( 4 ) At S. Maries in Ox. 24. Mar. being the day of his Maj inauguration , on 1 Chron. ult . 26. 27 , 28. Ox. 1608. qu. ( 5 ) Vitis palatina , Serm. appointed to be preached at White-hall upon the Tuesday after the marriage of the Lady Elizab. on Psal. 28. 3. 3. Lond. 1614. qu. ( 6 ) Serm. at Pauls cross for the recovery of K. James from his late sickness , preached 11. of Apr. 1619. on on Esay 28. 17. Lond. 1619. qu. ( 7 ) At Pauls cross 26. Mar. 1620. on Psal. 102. 13 , 14. Lond. 1620. qu. Besides these he published others , as one on 2 Kings 23. 25. printed 1611. Another on Psal . 123. 3. and a third on Psal . 146. 3. 4. &c. printed all in qu. but these three I have not yet seen . He paid his last debt to nature 30. March d in sixteen hundred twenty and one , year 1621 aged 62. having before been much troubled with the Stone in the reins and bladder , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of S. Paul in London . A copy of his Epitaph you may see in the History of that Cathedral written by Sir Will. Dugdale Knight . Soon after Bishop Kings death , the Rom. Catholicks endeavoured to make the world believe that said Bishop died a member of their Church ; and to that end one of them named Gregory Fisher alis Musket did write and publish a book intit . The Bishop of London his Legacy . Or , certain motives of Dr. King , late B. of London , for his change of religion , and dying in the Cath. and Rom. Church , with a conclusion to his brethren the Bishops of England . Printed by permission of the superiours , 1621. But concerning the falsity of that matter , his son Hen. King , not only satsified the world in a Sermon by him preached at Pauls cross soon after , but also Dr. Godwin Bishop of Hereford in his Appendix to his Commentarius de Praesulibus Angliae , printed 1622. and Joh. Gee in his book called The foot out of the Snare , cap. 12. The reader is to know that there was one Joh. King contemporary with the former , who published a Sermon entit . Abels offering , &c. on Gen. 4. ver . 4. printed at Flushing 1621. qu. and other things . But this Joh. King was Pastor of the English Church at Hamburgh , and whether he was of this Univ. of Oxon. I cannot yet tell . JOHN GUILLIM , or Agilliams son of John Williams of Westbury in Glocestershire , received some Academical education in Oxon. but in what house I am uncertain . I find one of both his names , who was a student in Brasnose coll . in the year 1581. aged 16 , and another of Glouc. hall 1598. aged 25. Both which were , according to the Matricula , born in Herefordshire , in which County the author of The worthies of England , places Jo. Guillim the Herald , ( of whom we now speak ) who afterwards retired to Minsterworth in Glocestershire , was soon after called thence , and made one of the Society of the coll . of Arms. commonly called the Heralds Office in London by the name of Portsmouth , and on e the 26 Feb. 1617. Rouge Croix Pursevant of Arms in Ordinary . He published , The display of Heraldry . Lond. 1610. &c. fol. Written mostly ( especially the scholastical part ) by John Barcham of C. C. coll . in Oxon. In 1660. came out two editions of it in fol. with many insignificant , superfluous , and needless additions to it , purposely to gain money from those , whose coates of Arms the publishers added , without any consideration had to the spoyling of the method of the book . One of the said editions was put out by Alexander Nowers a Herald-painter , burned in his bed ( to which he went drunk ) in his house about Lothbury , behind the Exchange , within the City of London , by a fire that occasionally happened in those parts 25. July 1670. The other edition was put out by Rich. Bloome , then a kind of an Arms Painter ( but originally a ruler of books and paper ) who hath since practiced for divers years progging tricks in employing necessitous persons to write in several arts and to get contributions of Noble men to promote the work . What he hath done as to the Arms , Crests , and supporters of the Nobility is most egregiously erronious , and false also in the quarterings . In 1679. he set forth the said book again , ( which is the 5 edition ) with the pictures at large , of several of the Nobility , whereby the book is so much disguised , that I verily believe if the author , or authors of it , were living they could scarce know it . To the said edition is added Analogia honorum : or , a treatise of honour and nobility , &c. in two parts . Said by Bloome to have been written by Capt. John Logan of Idbury in Oxfordshire , but Qu. This person Bloome , is esteemed by the chiefest Heralds a most impudent person , and the late industrious Garter ( Sir W. D. ) hath told me that he gets a livelyhood by bold practices , and that he is the pretended author of a book called Britannia , Or , a Geographical description of the Kingdom of England , Scotland and Ireland , &c. Lond. 1673. fol. Scribled and transcribed from Camdens Britannia and Speeds Mapps , as also the publisher of Cosmography and Geography , in two parts , &c. As for Jo. Guillim the Herald , he died on the 7. of May sixteen hundred twenty one , but where buried unless at Minsterworth , I know not , for the register belonging to the Church of S. Bennet near to Pauls Wharff ( in which parish the Heralds Office is situated ) doth not mention any thing of his burial there . THOMAS HARIOT , or Harriot tumbled out of his mothers womb into the lap of the Oxonian Muses , an . 1560. but in what parish I cannot yet tell . All the registers that begin before that time ( namely that of S. S. Ebbe , S. Aldate , S. Thomas which begins that year , S. Michael , All-Saints and S. Peter in the East ) I have searched but cannot find his name . That of S. Maries parish , wherein I suppose this our author was born , hath been lost several years , and there is no register remaining , that goes above the year 1599. After he had been instructed in Grammar learning within this City of his birth , became either a Batler or Commoner of S. Maries hall , wherein undergoing the severe discipline then , and there , kept up by Rich. Pygot and Thom. Philipson the Principals thereof , he took the degree of Bac. of Arts in 1579. and in the latter end of that year did compleat it by determination in School-street . Soon after coming to the knowledge of that heroick Knight Sir W. Raleigh , for his admirable skill in the Mathematicks , he entertain'd him in his family , allowed g him an yearly pension , and was instructed by him at leisure-hours in that art . In 1584. he went with the said Knight , and first Colony , into Virginia , where being settled , he was imployed in the discovery and surveying thereof , and to make what knowledge he could of the commodities it yeilded , and concerning the inhabitants and their manners and customs . After his return into England Sir Walter got him into the acquaintance of that noble and generous Count Henry Earl of Northumberland , who finding him to be a gentleman of an affable and peaceable nature , and well read in the obscure parts of learning , he did allow him an yearly pension of 120 l. About the same time Rob. Hues and Walter Warner two other Mathematicians , who were known also to the said Count , did receive from him yearly pensions also , but of less value , as did afterwards Nich. Torperley , whom I shall mention elsewhere . So that when the said Earl was committed prisoner to the Tower of London in 1606. to remain there during life , our author , Hues , and Warner were his constant companions , and were usually called the Earl of Northumberlands three Magi. They had a table at the Earls charge , and the Earl himself did constantly converse with them , either singly or altogether , as Sir Walter then in the Tower , did . Our author Hariot was a great acquaintance with Sir Tho. Aylisbury Kt. a singular lover of learning and of the Mathematick arts . To whom Dr. Rich. Corbet sending h a Poem when the blazing Star appeared , dated 9. Dec. 1618 , doth by the way mention our author thus . Now for the peace of God and Men advise , ( Thou that hast wherewithal to make us wise ) Thine own rich studies and deep Harriots Mine , In which there is no dross , but all refine . But notwithstanding his great skill in Mathematicks , he had strange thoughts of the Scripture , and always undervalued the old story of the creation of the world , and could never believe that trite position Ex nihilo nihil fit . He made a Philosophical Theology , wherein he cast off the Old Testament , so that consequently the New would have no foundation . He was a Deist , and his doctrine he did impart to the said Count , and to Sir Walt. Raleigh when he was in compiling the History of the World , and would controvert the matter with eminent Divines of those times ; who therefore having no good opinion of him , did look on the manner of his death ( which I shall anon mention ) as a judgment upon him for those matters , and for nullifying the Scripture . When he was a young man he was stiled by an i author of note , juvenis in illis disciplinis ( meaning in the Mathematicks ) excellens . When in his middle age , by k another homo natus ad artes illustrandas , &c. and when dead by a l third of greater note , Mathematicus insignis . His Epitaph which was made , or caused to be made , by his Executors , or those to whom he left his goods , books , and writings , viz. Sir T. Aylesbury before mention'd and Rob. Sidney Viscount L'isle , saith that Omnes scientias calluit , & in omnibus excelluit ; Mathematicis , Philosophicis , Theologicis veritatis indagator studiosissimus , Dei Trini-unius cultor piissimus , &c. As for his Writings they are these . A brief and true report of the New-found Land of Virginia ; of the commodities there found to be raised , &c. Lond. 1588. qu. Put into Latine by C. C. A. and published and adorned with many admirable Cutts , by Theodore de Bry of Liege — Francof . ad Moenum 1590. fol. The English copy is mostly , if not all , involved in the third Vol. of R. Hakluyts voyages , p. 266. &c. Ephemiris Chyrometrica . MS. in the Library at Sion coll . Lond. Artis Analyticae praxis ad aequationes Algebraicas nova expedita & generali methodo , resolvandas , tractatus posthumus , &c. Lond. 1631. in a thin fol. and dedic . to Henry E. of Northumberland . The sum of this book coming into the hands of Aylesbury before-mention'd , Walt. Warner did undertake to perfect and publish it , conditionally that Algernon eldest Son of the said Henry E. of Northumb. would , after his Fathers death , continue his pension to him during his natural life . Which being granted at the earnest desires and entreaties of Aylesbury made to that Lord , Warner took a great deal of pains in it , and at length published it in that sort as we see it now extant . By the way it must be known that this Walt. Warner was a Leicestershire man born , but whether educated in this University , I cannot as yet find , that he was esteemed as good a Philosopher as Mathematician , that he made and invented a Logarithmical table , i. e. whereas Brigg's table fills his Margin with numbers encreasing by unites , and over against them sets their Logarithms , which , because of incommensurability , must needs either be abundant or deficient , Mr. Warner ( like a Dictionary of the Latine before the English ) fill'd the Margin with Logarithms encreasing by Unites , and did set to every one of them so many continual meane proportionals between one and 10. and they for the same reason must also have the last figure incompleat . These after the death of Warner came through the hands of one Tovey sometimes Fellow of Christs coll . in Cambridge , ( afterwards beneficed in Leicestershire and took to Wife the the Neece of Warner ) into those of Herbert Thorndyke Prebend of Westminster , sometimes Fellow of Trin. coll . in Cambridge , and from him after his death ( which happened in July 1672. ) into those of Dr. Rich. Busby Prebend of the said Church . They were in number ten thousand , but when John Pell D. D. sometimes a member of Trin. coll . in Cambridge became acquainted with Warner , they were by him , or his direction , made an hundred thousand , as the difference of hands will shew in the MS. if Dr. Busby will communicate it . He also ( I mean Warner ) wrote a Treatise of Coynes and Coynage , in relation to Mint-affairs ; a copy of which John Collins Accomptant to the Royal Fishery Company had in his possession , but what became of it after his death , I know not . The sixth book of Optiques in Marsennus is generally said to be his , and the seventh is Hobbes's of Malmsbury . He also did make it appear m in a MS. of his composition , that the blood in a body did circulate , which he communicating to the immortal Harvy , he took his first hint thence concerning that matter , which he afterwards published as the first inventor . I have been informed by those that knew Warner well , that he had but one hand , and was born so , that as he received a pension from the Earl of Northumberland , so did he , tho smaller , from Sir Tho. Aylesbury , and lastly that he died at the Wolstable near the waters-side , not far from Northumberland house , ( which is near Charing Cross ) where he commonly winter'd ( but kept his summer with Sir Thomas in Winsore-Park ) much about the time when the Long Parliament began , in Nov. 1640. or rather in the latter end of that year , leaving behind him a brother , who was High-Sherriff of Leicestershire , or at least prick'd for that office , in the beginning of the rebellion that hapned under K. Ch. 1. As for our author Hariot , who for some time lived in Sion coll . near to London , year 1621 died 2 July in sixteen hundred twenty and one ; whereupon his body was conveyed to S. Christophers Church in London , by the brethren of the Mathematical faculty , and by them committed to the earth with solemnity . Over his grave was soon after erected a comely Monument , with a large Inscription thereon , but destroyed with the Church it self , by the dreadful fire that hapned in that City , in the beginning of Sept. in 1666. This person tho he was but little more than 60 years of age , when he died , yet had not an unusual and rare disease seized upon him , he might have attained , as 't is thought , to the age of 80. The disease was an ulcer in the Lipp , and Dr. Alex. Rhead was his Physitian , who , tho he had cured many of worser , and more malignant , diseases ; yet he could not save him . In the treatise of ulcers , in the said Rheads n works , is this mention of him . Cancerous Vlcers also seise on this part ( the Lipp ) &c. This grief hastned the end of that famous Mathematician Mr. Harriot , with whom I was acquainted but short time before his death . Whom at one time , together with Mr. Hues , who wrote of Globes , Mr. Warner and Mr. Torpley , the Noble Earl of Northumberland the favourer of all good learning , and Mecaenas of learned men , maintained whilst he was in the Tower for their worth and various literature . RICHARD TILLESLEY , Son of Tho. Tillesley of Eccleshall in Staffordshire by Catherine his Wife Daughter of Rich. Barker of Shropshire , was born in the City of Coventry , entred a Commoner in Ball. coll . in Lent-Term 1597. aged 15 , elected Scholar of S. Johns coll . two years after , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders and became Chaplain to Dr. Buckridge Bishop of Rochester , whose Neece he marrying ( viz. Elizabeth Daughter of George Buckridge ) was thereby a way made for his preferment . In 1613. he was admitted Bach. of Divinity ; about which time being Rector of Kuckstone and Stone in Kent , he resigned his Fellowship . Soon after he proceeded in his faculty , and was by the favour of the said Dr. Buckridge made Archdeacon and Prebend ( some say Dean but false ) of Rochester in the place of Dr. Tho. Sanderson ; and higher would he have been promoted had he not unexpectedly been cut off by death . He was a person of great reading and learning , as his writings shew . He was also very devout in the strict observance of all the Church ceremonies , the reasonableness of which , he convinced many that retired to him for satisfaction . He was one of three that undertook to answer Seldens Hist . of Tithes , he and Montague the Law-part and St. Nettles the Rabinical or Judaical . As for that which our author published , it bears this title . Animadversions on Mr. Seldens History of Tithes , and his review thereof . Lond. 1619. and 21. qu. What else he hath written and published , it appears not , nor any thing besides , only that he dying , to the great reluctancy of all learned men , in the month of Nov. in sixteen hundred twenty and one , was buried in the Choire of the Cath. Church of Rochester , year 1621 leaving then behind him a Son named John , who was an Infant in 1619. One Eliseus Burgess whom I shall mention elsewhere , was installed Archdeacon of Rochester in his room , on the 24. of the said month of Nov. in 1621. who continued in that Dignity till the grand rebellion broke out , and after . FRANCIS MORE , Son of Edw. More Gent. by Elizab. his Wife , Daughter and Heir of one Hall of Tileherst in Berks , received his first breath at East Hildesley or Ildesley near to Wantage in the said County , where his name yet continues , educated in Grammar learning at Reading , entred a Commoner in S. Johns coll . 1574. or thereabouts , continued there till near Bachelaurs standing , and then he retired to the Middle Temple ; where , after severe encounters had with the crabbed parts of the municipal Laws , he became a Barrester and noted for his great proficiency in his profession and integrity in his dealings . In the latter end of Qu. Elizab. and beginning of K. James he was several times elected a Burgess in set in Parliaments , in which he was a frequent Speaker . Afterwards he was Counsellor and under-steward for several years to this University , the members of which confer'd upon him the degree of Master of Arts in 1612. Two years after he was made Serjeant at Law , and in 1616. March 17. received the honour of Knighthood at Theobalds from his Majesty K. James 1. After his death some of his works were published , which bear these titles . Cases collected and reported . Lond. 1663. fol. printed from the original in French , that then remained in the hands of Sir Jeff. Palmer Attorny General to K. Ch. 2. which is the same , as I take it , written fairly with the authors own hand in fol. that was lately in the Library of Arth. E. of Anglecy . These cases were abridged by Will. Hughes Esq — Lond. 1665. oct . His learned reading 4. Jac. 1. in Middle Temple hall concerning charitable uses , abridged by himself . Lond. 1676. fol. published by George Duke of the Inner Temple Esq . Our author F. More was a member of that Parliament , as it seems , wherein the Statute concerning charitable uses was made , and was , as 't is farther added , the Penner thereof . At length paying his last debt to nature on the 20. Nov. in sixteen hundred twenty and one , aged 63. was buried in a Vault under the Church of Great Fawley near to Wantage before-mention'd , year 1621 in which Vault his posterity ( who are Baronets living in that Parish ) have been since , and are hitherto interred , as I have been instructed by his Grandson Sir Hen. More Bt. I find another Franc. More to have published certain matters , among which is The sinners guide , or the regiment of a Christian life . Printed 1614. qu. and certain Sermons , but whether this person who was a Divine , was of Oxford University I know not as yet . FRANCIS MASON , who is worthily stiled Vindex Ecclesiae Anglicanae , was born in the County Palatine of Durham and there educated in Gram. learning , began to be conversant with the Oxonians in the beginning of the year 1583. aged 17 , and making a hard shift to rub out till he was Bach. of Arts , being the Son of a poor Plebeian , was elected probationer-Fellow of Merton coll . in the latter end of 1586. After he had proceeded in his faculty , he entred into the sacred function , and when full standing , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences in 1597. About which time he was made Rector of Orford a Market Town near to the Sea-side in Suffolk , Chaplain to K. James 1. ( who usually stil'd him a wise builder in Gods house ) and at length upon the death of Rich. Stokes LL. Bach. was installed Archdeacon of Norfolke 18. Decem. 1619. which Dignity the said Stokes had held from the month of Apr. 1587. Our author Mason hath written , The authority of the Church in making Canons and constitutions concerning things indifferent , &c. Sermon on 1 Cor. 14. 40. Lond. 1607. Ox. 1634. qu. From which , as also from the Epist . dedic . before it , made to his patron Rich. Archb. of Cant. it appears that the author was a zealous conformist to the Ch. of Engl. This Serm. was answered by Anon. in a book entit . The second part of the defence of the Ministers reasons for refusall , &c. See in Tho. Hutton , an . 1639. Vindication of the Church of England concerning the consecration and ordination of the Bishops , &c. as also of the ordination of Priests and Deacons , in five books . Lond. 1613. fol. Framed in form of a conference between Philodox a Seminary Priest and Orthodox a Minister of the Church of England . From which book it appears that the author was a general-read-Scholar , thorough-pac'd in the councils , and all sorts of Histories , whether divine , civil , or profane . The next year , he , as a greatful Son , sent a copy of it to be reposed in the Library of his tender Parent Mert. coll . with this note at the end of it written with his own hand , — Whereas Mr. a Fitzherbert hath lately sent a book from Rome against the most rev . Bishop b of Ely , to which he hath annexed an appendix concerning the records and registers by me produced , desiring that some of their discreet Catholicks might view and consider whether they be true , or counterfeit : Know therefore that upon the 12. of this present May an . 1614. his Grace of Canterbury sent for Mr. c Colleton the Archpriest , Leake d a secular Priest , as also one Jesuit called e Lathwait , &c. and shewed unto them the register and other records of his predecessor Matth. Parker , which they perused over and over , and found that the said Parker was f consecrated in Lambeth Chappel ( and not at the Nags head in Cheapside ) by certain Bishops that had been ejected in Qu. Maries reign , &c. This book of the Vindication of the Church of England , coming at length into the hands of Anthony Champney an English man born , a Rom. Cath. Priest and a Doctor of the Sorbon , was by him answered in English and dedicated to George Archb. of Canterbury not without some reproaches and scoffes given to him in the Epistle . But afterwards Champney recollecting himself , thought that he had not sufficiently consulted his own reputation by publishing his answer in English . Wherefore he translated it into Latine , ( intit . Tractatus de vocatione Ministrorum . Par. 1618. in oct . ) that his pretended victory over Mason , might by this means be spread over all Europe . Soon after our author , to be even with him , translated his own book also , and entitled it Vindiciae Eccles . Anglicanae , &c. and therein interweaves answers to Thom. Fitzherbert Priest , Hen. Fitzsimons Jesuit , Dr. Matth. Kellison , A. Champney , &c. and withal dedicated it to Hen. de Gondy Bishop of Paris , without any aspersions at all thrown upon him . All this he did in the year 1619. or 20. at farthest , but before he could conveniently put it in the Press , he died . Whereupon at the desire of the Archbishop of Cant. Dr. Nath. Brent Warde● of Mert. coll . did review it , examine the quotations , compare them with the originals , and at length printed the copy as he had found it under the authors hand , an . 1625. ●ol . printed again at Lond. 1646. fol. The said author also wrote , Two Sermons preached at Court concerning David adultery and his publick practices , on 2 Sam. 〈…〉 13. Lond. 1621. oct . The vadility of the ordination of the ministers of the reformed Churches beyond the Seas , maintained against the Donatists . Oxon. 1641. qu. Taken , I presume , by the publisher from our authors book intit . A vindication , &c. At length our author Mason surrendring up his pious soul to him that first gave it , ( not without the great grief of those who well knew his learning and piety ) in the month of Dec. in sixteen hundred twenty and one , was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Orford before-mentioned . year 1621 Over his grave was soon after a Monument put , with an Inscription thereon , which , for brevity sake , I shall now pass by . In his Archdeaconry of Norf. was installed Tho. Muriel M. A. 30. Dec. 1621. After him was installed Writhington White 19 Oct. 1629. and after him Rob. White Bach. of Div. 23. Sept. 1631. who dying in the times of usurpation , Philip Tenison was installed in his place 24. Aug. 1660. who dying , Edw. Reynolds M. A. and Son to Dr. E. Reynolds B. of Norwich was installed therein 15. Apr. 1661. HENRY JACOB , was a Kentish man born , entred a Commoner or Batler in S. Maries hall 1579. aged 16 , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders and became beneficed in his own Country , particularly , as I have been informed , at Cheriton , but upon search into that Parish register , wherein are the names of all the Rectors of that Church set down since 1591. H. Jacob. occurs not , as having been perhaps Rector before that time . He was a person most excellently well read in Theological authors , but withal was a most zealous Puritan , or as his Son Henry used to say the first Independant in England . His writings against Francis Johnson a Brownist ( exile for Jesus Ch. as he stiles himself ) and Tho. Bilson Bishop of Winton . speak him learned . With the former he controverted concerning the Churches and Ministers of England , and with the other concerning Christs suffering and descention into Hell. Which controversie , though eagerly bandied to and fro between them , yet it was afterwards plyed more hotly in both the Unisities , in 1604. and after ; where Bilsons doctrine was maintained and held up , yet publickly opposed by many of our Zealots , both at home and abroad . At home by Gabr. Powell a stiff Puritan ( mentioned under the year 1607. ) and abroad by Hugh Broughton and Rob. Parker , I mean that Robert a Divine , sometimes of Wilton in Wilts , who leaving the Nation for conscience sake , died at Deusbourgh in Gelderland , in Autumn time or after , an , 1630. leaving behind him a Widdow named Dorothie , and a Son named Thomas , author of De traductione peccatoris . There were two more brethren at least of the separation , who opposed Bilson's doctrine , but their names I cannot now justly tell you . The works of our author Hen. Jacob are these . Treatise of the sufferings and victory of Christ in the work of our redemption . &c. written against certain errours in these points publickly preached in Lond. 1597. Lond. 1598. oct . The points we●e ( 1 ) That Christ suffered for us the wrath of God , which we may well term the pains of Hell , or hellish sorrows . ( 2 ) That Christ after his death on the Cross , went not into Hell in his Soul. Defence of the Church and ministry of England , against Francis Johnson Brownist . Middleburg 1599. qu. They had several disputes in Amsterdam about the Church of England being a true Church . Defence of a treatise touching the sufferings and victory of Christ in the work of our redemption — Printed 1600. qu. Reasons taken out of Gods word and the best humane testimonies , proving a necessity of reforming our Churches of England , &c. — Printed 1604. qu. A position against vain glorious , and that which is falsly called , learned , preaching — Printed 1604. oct . The divine beginning and institution of Christs true visible and material Church . Leyden 1610. oct . Plain and cleer exposition of the second commandement . — Printed 1610. oct . Declaration and opening of certain points , with a sound confirmation of some others , in a treatise entit . The divine beginning , &c. ( as before ) — Middleburg 1611. He hath written and published other things , as the Counter poyson , &c. which being printed by stealth , or beyond the Seas , year 1621 are rare to be either seen , or procured . He departed this mortal life , in sixteen hundred twenty and one , or thereabouts , aged 60. years , or more , but where buried , unless in London , where he began to gather a congregation in the year 1616. I cannot tell . He left behind him a Son of both his names , who was afterwards Fellow of Mert. coll . and a prodigy for curious and critical learning , as I shall tell you at large when I come to him . HENRY SAVILE , second Son of Hen. Savile ( by Elizab. his Wife Daughter of Rob. Ramsden Gent. ) second Son of Joh. Savile of New hall in Yorksh . Esq was born at Bradley alias Over-Bradley near to Halifax in the same County , on the last day of Nov. an . 1549. ( 3. Ed. 6. ) made his first entry into this University in the beginning of the year 1561. and then , according to the fashion , had a Tutor to teach him Grammar , and another Dialect , or else one and the same person did both . In the beginning of Lent 1565. he was admitted Bach. of Arts , and forthwith determined to the admiration of his Auditors , who ever after esteemed him a good Philosopher . About that time an election of Bach. Fellows of Merton coll . ( then in a very poor condition for good Scholars , as most places in the University were , ) being made , he was chosen one of the number , as was Edm. Bunney , afterwards a learned Theologist . In 1570. our author Savile proceeded in his faculty , and read his Ordinaries on the Almagest of Ptolomy : Whereby growing famous for his learning , especially for the Gr. tongue and Mathematicks , ( in which last he voluntarily read a Lecture for some time to the Academians , ) he was elected Proctor of the University for two years together , with Joh. Vnderhill of New college , afterwards Rector of that of Lincoln , and Bishop of Oxon. For then , and after , those that executed the Procuratorial office , were elected by the Doctors and Masters of the University for learning , worth , experience , and magnanimous Spirits ; but when the Caroline Cicle was made , in 1629. they were elected in their respective Coll. by a few notes . In 1578. he travelled into France and other Countries ; and thereupon improving himself in learning , languages , and the knowledge of the World and Men , became a most accomplished person at his return . About that time he was instituted Tutor to Q. Elizab. for the Gr. tongue , who taking a liking to his parts and personage , was not only the sooner made Warden of Merton coll . tho a noted person ( Bunney before-mentioned ) was elected with him and presented to the Archb. of Cant. for confirmation ; but also , by her favour , was made Provost of Eaton coll . in the year 1596. upon the promotion of Dr. Will. Day to the See of Winton . While he governed the former , which was 36 years , Summâ curâ ( as 't is a said ) & diligentiâ fere plusquam humanâ perdius & pernox , he made it his chief endeavours , ( tho troubled with the cumbrances of Marriage ) to improve it with riches and literature . For the effecting of the last , he always made choice of the best Scholars at the usual elections of Bach. Fellows . In the first that he made after he was Warden , which consisted but of four persons , were Hen. Cuffe and Franc. Mason elected , both noted for their learning , tho the first was unfortunate . In the last , about three years before his death , which consisted of six , four of them ( whereof two were afterwards Bishops ) were esteemed eminent , namely Dr. Reynolds of Norwych , Dr. Earl of Salisbury , John Doughty and Alex. Fisher : the last of which , tho he hath published nothing , yet in some respects he was as able as any of the rest so to do , had not a weak and timerous Spirit stood in his way . Our author Savile also took as much care as he could to place noted men in Eaton college ; among whom were Tho. Allen , Joh. Hales , Tho. Savile , and Jonas Mountague , all of Mert. coll . the last of which ( whom he made Usher of the School there ) helped him , as Allen and Hales did , in the edition of St. Chrysostome , as I shall tell you elsewhere . When K. Jam. 1. came to the Crown he had a great respect for Mr. Savile and his learning , and as I have heard our Ancients say , he would have advanced him to a higher place , either in Church or State , but he refused it , and only accepted of the Honour of Knighthood from him at Windsore , 21. Sept. 1604. Much about which time Henry his only Son and Heir dying , and no hopes left of propagating his Name , and of setling a Family , he bestowed much of his wealth in publishing books , and in founding two Lectures in this University , which will make his memory honourable not only among the learned , but the righteous for ever , even till the general conflagration shall consume all books and learning . Many are the Encomiums given of him by divers authors , which , if I should enumerate , may make a Manual . In one b place he is stiled , Musarum Patronus , Mecoenas literarum , fortunarumque Mertonensium verè Pater , &c. In another c he is characterized by a zealous Rom. Cath. who seldom or never speaks well of a Protestant , ( or at least by Dr. W. Bishop the publisher of his book , ) to be Vir Graecè & Latinè perinde doctus , venerandae Antiquitatis ( ut videtur ) tam exquisitus indagator tam ingenuus & liberalis editor . To pass by the noble and generous characters given of him by Isaac d Casaubon , Joh. e Boysius , Josias f Mercerus , Marc. g Meibomius , Jos . h Scaliger and others , ( among whom must not be forgotten the learned Rich. Mountague , who stiles i him , The Magazine of all Learning , ) I shall proceed to make mention of those things that he hath published and written , which are these following . Learned notes on , and a translation into English of , Corn. Tacitus his ( 1 ) End of Nero and beginning of Galba . ( 2 ) Four books of Histories . ( 3 ) Life of Agricola . Lond. 1581. 98. &c. fol. A rare translation it is , and the work k of a very great Master indeed , both in our tongue , and that story . For if we consider the difficulty of the original , and the age wherein the Translator lived , is both for the exactness of the version , and the chastity of the language , one of the most accurate and perfect translations , that ever were made into English . The said notes were put into Latin by Is . Gruter , and printed at Amsterdam , 1649. in tw . A view of certain Military Matters , or Commentaries concerning Roman Warfare . Lond. 1598. &c. fol. Put into Lat. by Marq. Fraherus , printed at Heidleburg 1601. in oct . and at Amsterd . by Is . Gruter 1649. in tw . Fasti Regum & Episcoporum Angliae usque ad Willielmum Seniorem . These Fasti are at the end of the writers which Sir Hen. Savile published , intit . Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores post Bedam praecipui , &c. viz. Gul. Malmsburiensis , Hen. Huntingdon , Rog. Hoveden , &c. Lond. 1596. fol. The best copies of which authors he collected , viewed , reviewed and corrected . In his Epist . dedic . before which , ( made to Q. Elizab. ) speaking of the History of England , delivereth these matters , after he had condemned Pol. Virgil — Neostri ex face plobis Historici , &c. Our Historians being of the dr●gs of the common People , while they have endeavoured to adorn the Majesty of so great a work , have stained and defiled it with most fusty fooleries . Whereby , tho I wot not , by what hard fortune of this Island , it is came to pass , that your Ancesters ( most gracious Queen ) most puissant Princes , who embracing a great part of this our World within their Empire , did easily overgo all the Kings of their time in the Glory of great atchievements , now destitute of ( as it were ) the light of brave Wits , do lie unknown and unregarded , &c. These words being uttered by a Gent. excellently learned , to a Soveraign Queen excellently understanding , and in print , were then understood , and wish'd for , by Historians and curious Men , to have this meaning , That the Majesty of handling our History might once equal the Majesty of the argument . This was their opinion , and the publisher ( Great Savile ) gave hopes to them that he should be the Man that would do it . All the learned of England were erected , and full of expectation , but at length were grieved to find it vain . Somewhat notwithstanding he is said to have attempted in that argument , by making searches in the Tower of London for furniture out of the Records ; but , if he did any such thing , whether impatient of the harsh and dusty rudeness of the subject , or despairing that he could deal so truly as the honour and splendour of his name , and as the nature of the work , required ; he desisted , converting all his cares to the edition of St. Chrysostome in Greek . Thus was he carried away by speculation of things Divine , as it were in a Chariot of fire , from this other immortal office to his native Country . He also carefully collected the best copies of books , written by St. Chrysostome , from various parts of the World , and employed learned men to transcribe , and make annotations on , them . Which being done , he printed them at his own charge in a most beautiful edition , bearing this title , S. Johannis Chrysostomi opera Gracè , octo voluminibus . Printed in Eaton coll . 1613. fol. On several parts of which he put learned notes , besides what the profound Joh. Boyse , Andr. Downes , Tho. Allen , &c. had done . The whole charge of which edition , and for the payment of certain Scholars employed beyond the Seas for the obtaining of the best Exemplars of that author , cost him more than 8000 l. But the copy as soon as 't was finish'd , coming into the hands of a learned French Jesuit , named Fronto Ducaeus of Bordeaux , he mostly translated it into Latin. Which being so done , he printed it in Gr. and Lat. at Paris in 5 volumes , at the charges of the Bishops and Clergy of France , an . 1621. The sixth vol. was put out by him in 1624. and the other volumes ( four in number ) came out before at different times at Heidleburg , by other hands , at it seems . Sir Hen. Savile also procured six Manuscript copies of Bradwardins book , De causa Dei , to be compared and corrected to his great charge : and afterwards published a true copy thereof under this title , Thomae Bradwardini Archiep. olim Cantuariensis , De causa Dei , contra Pelagium , & de virtute causarum , ad suos Mertonenses . lib. 3. Lond. 1618. fol. Before which Sir Henry put of his own writing , Vita Thomae Bradwardini Archiep. olim Cantuariensis . He also wrote and was author of , Praelectiones tresdecem in principium elementorum Euclidis Oxoniae habitae , an . 1620. Oxon. 1621. qu. Some of which Lectures he read when he was a Junior Master , as I have before mentioned . Oratio coram Reg. Elizab. Oxoniae habita , an . 1592. Oxon. 1658. qu. Published by Mr. ( afterwards Dr. ) Tho. Barlow of Queens coll . from the original in the Bodleian Library , and also by Dr. Joh. Lamphire in the second edit . of Monarchia Britannica . Oxon. 1681. oct . Tract of the original of Monasteries . Orations . Tract concerning the Union of England and Scotland , at the command of K. James 1. MSS. in the Bodleian Lib. Concerning the last of these , John Thornborough B. of Bristow did write a book about the same time . Our author Savile also did publish Nazianzen's Steliteuticks , Zenophon's Institution of Cyrus , &c. and had many choice Exempl●rs in his Library , which were by others published as from Bibliotheca Saviliana . He also translated into elegant Lat. K. James the first his Apology for the Oath of Allegiance : Which fl●ing in that dress as far as Rome , was by the Pope and the Conclave sent to Francis Suarez at Salamanca , with a command to answer it . When he had perfected the work , which he calls Defensio fidei Catholicae , &c. cum responsione ad Apologiam pro juramento fidelitatis , &c. it was transmitted to Rome for a view of the Inquisitors , who blotted out what they pleased , and added whatsoever might advance the Pope's power . Which matter Joh. Salkeld , his his Assistant when he wrote at Salamanca , did often profess when he came over to the Church of England , and lived for some time in the House of Dr. King Bishop of London , that the good old Man Suarez ( whose piety and charity he magnifyed much ) did not only disavow , but detest it . However printed it was , ( at Colen , I think , an . 1614. ) but so soon as any of the copies came into England , one was burnt in detestation of the fact , by publick command . Sir Hen. Savile also made several notes with his Pen in many of his books in his choice Library , particularly on Eusebius his Ecclesiastical History , made use of by Hen. Valesius in his edition of that History , an . 1659. as he 'll tell you more at large , if you 'll consult the Preface to that elaborate work . He also made several notes on those books which he gave to the Mathematical Library in the School-Tower , and on others which I have seen . Divers of his Tracts of various subjects in MS. were greedily procured after his death ( sometimes also while he lived ) by industrious and ingenious Scholars , which do now , or at least did lately , go from hand to hand . At length , after he had lived beyond the age of Man , and had done many noble and generous works for the benefit of learning , he departed this mortal life in Eaton coll . near to Windsore , on the nineteenth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred twenty and one , and was buried in the Chappel there , near to the body of Henry his Son , ( who died 1604 aged 8 years , ) leaving behind him one only daughter named Elizabeth , ( begotten on the body of his Wife Margaret , Daughter of George Dacres of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire , ) who was married to Sir Jo. Sedley of Kent Baronet . Soon after , the News of his death being sent to Oxon , the Vicechancellour and Doctors ordered a Speech to be publickly spoken to the Academians in memory of so worthy a Benefactor and Scholar as Sir Henry was . Which being accordingly done by Tho. Goffe of Ch. Ch. the Speech was shortly after made publick , with many copies of verses made by the best Poets of the University , added to it , with this title , Vltima Linia Savilii . Oxon. 1622. qu. These things being done , was a black Marble stone laid over his grave on the south side of the Communion Table in the said Chappel of Eaton coll . and a most sumptuous honorary monument to his memory , on the south wall , at the upper end of the Choire of Merton coll . the inscription on which you may see a elsewhere . In the Provostship of Eaton coll . succeeded Tho. Murrey a Scot , Tutor and Secretary to Prince Charles , ( afterwards K. Ch. 1. ) who died , as one b observed , on the first day of Apr. 1623. being then newly cut for the Stone , and was buried in the Chap. of that Coll. whose Epitaph there saith that he died on the ninth day of the same month , aged 59 years . Afterwards the King designed c Sir Will. Beecher to succeed , but by Friends , and many intreaties , Sir Hen. Wotton had that place conser'd on him . In the Wardenship of Mert. coll . succeeded Nath. Brent LL. D. afterwards a Knight , who minding wealth and the setling a Family more than generous actions , that College did nothing near so well flourish as under the Government of Sir Henry . ROGER HACKET , an eminent Theologist in the time he lived , was born in the Parish of St. James within the City of London , educated in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1577. took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and soon after was cried up for an eminent Preacher . In 1591. or thereabouts , he was made Rector of North-Crowley in Bucks And four years after proceeded in Divinity . All that I have yet seen of his writing or publication , are only Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) Serm. at Pauls Cross , on 1 Sam. 11. 5 , 6 , 7. Oxon. 1591. oct . dedic . to the Lord Norrys . ( 2 ) Serm. on 2 Cor. 5. 20 , 21. Lond. 1593. oct . ( 3 ) A Marriage present , on Gen. 2. 22. Lond. 1607. qu. ( 4 ) Sick mans glass , on Isaiah 30. 1 , 2 , 3. Lond. 1607. qu. ( 5 ) Serm. on Psal. 122. 6. &c. He concluded his last day in sixteen hundred twenty and one , or thereabouts , ( for in 1622. were several books conveyed into the publick Library at Oxon , by his bequest , ) and was buried , as it seems , in his Church of North-Crowley before-mentioned . HERBERT CROFT , Son of Edw. Croft Esq descended from an antient and gentile family of his name living at Croft Castle in Herefordshire , was educated in Academicals in Ch. Ch. as his Son Col. Sir Will. Croft use to say , tho his name occurrs not in the Matricula , which makes me think that his stay was short there . Afterwards he married , was a Parliament man in the latter end of Qu. Eliz. and in 1603. received the honour of Knighthood from K. Jam. 1. at Theobalds , being then a person of repute in his own country . At length being full weary of the vanities and fooleries of this world , did retire to Doway in Flanders , and there was by letters of confraternity , dated in the beginning of Feb. ( 1617 ) received among the Brethren in the coll . of English Benedictines : who appointing him a little cell within the ambits of their house , spent the remainder of his days therein in strict devotion and religious exercise . After his settlement there he wrote , Letters perswasive to his wife and children in England , to take upon them the catholick religion . Arguments to shew that the Rom. Church is a true Church — written against Dr. R. Field his Four books of the Church . Reply to the answer c of his Daughter M. C. ( Mary Croft ) which she made to a Paper of his sent to her , concerning the Rom. Church . At the end of it is a little thing entit . The four ministers of Charinton gag'd by four propositions made to the Lord Baron of Espicelliere of the religion prtended : And presented on S. Martins day to du Moulin in his house , and since to Durand and Mestrezat . All these were published by Sir Herb. Croft at Doway , about 1619. in tw . containing 255. pages . There were but eight copies printed , viz. one for himself , now in the libr. of the English Benedictines at that place , formerly sent to me by a d Brother of that order , purposely to be perused for a time , and then to be returned : who for religion sake , and in contempt of the world hath denied the inheritance of an Estate of at least three thousand pounds per. an . Another copy was printed for Sir Herberts wife and the rest for his children , but all without a title , only dedicated to his wife and children , with a short Epistle before them beginning thus . I would have you know that although this ensuing discourse cometh to you in print , &c. The beginning of the book it self is this , When it had pleased almighty God , in his great mercy , even after above 53. years of my mispent life , &c. At length after he had macerated his body with fasting , hardship , and devotion , surrendred up his pious Soul to the Almighty , on the 10 Apr. ( according to the accompt there followed ) in sixteen hundred twenty and two , and was buried in the Chappel or Church belonging to the said English Benedictines at Doway . Soon after was a monument put over his grave , with an inscription thereon , ( a copy of it you may e elsewhere see ) in which he is stiled vir prudens , fortis , nobilis , & patriae libertatis amantissimus , &c. He left behind him a Son of both his names , sometimes a R. Catholick , but afterwards a zealous Protestant and a Bishop , of whom I shall hereafter make mention in his due place . JOHN RANDALL , sometimes a frequent and painful preacher in the City of London , was born at Missenden in Bucks sent by his relations to S. Maries hall , in 1581. being then very young , where spending some time in Trivial learning , was afterwards translated to Trinity coll . and , as a member thereof , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , which he compleated by determination . In 1587. July 6. he was elected Fellow of Lincoln coll . and two years after proceeded in his faculty . About that time entring into the sacred function , he became one of the most noted preachers in the University . In 1598 , he was admitted Bach. of Divinity , and the year after resigning his fellowship , was made about that time Rector of the Church of S. Andrews Hubart in Little Eastcheap in London ; where , after some time , he became so great a labourer in Gods vineyard by his frequent and constant work in the ministry , as well in resolving of doubts and cases of conscience as in preaching and lecturing , that he went beyond his brethren in that City to the wonder of all . But greater was the wonder , especially to those of his parish and neighbourhood , that this poor man , who was for the most part strangely afflicted with sickness , should undergo his duty so strictly , and preach so many Sermons as he did for comfort and support in troubles . This indeed did sound highly to his merit , and plainly shewed that his great learning and parts could not be subdued with the pitiful afflictions here below . He was accounted a judicious , orthodox , and holy man , and by some a zealous and innocent puritan , of a harmless life and conversation , and one that was solely fram'd to do good acts . His works are these . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The necessity of righteousness , on Mat. 5. 20. Lond. 1622. and 1640. qu. ( 2 ) Description of fleshly lusts , on 1 Pet. 2. 11 , 12. Lond. 1622. and 40. qu. ( 3 ) S. Pauls triumph , &c. eleven Sermons on Rom. 8. 38. 39. Lond. 1633. &c. qu. published by Will. Holbrook preacher . The great mystery of godliness : or , a treatise opening unto us what God is and Christ is . Lond. 1624. qu. there again 1640. third edit . Treatise concerning the Sacraments . Lond. 1630. qu. &c. Catechistical Lectures ( in number 23. ) upon the Sacrament of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1630. qu. &c. Nine and twenty lectures of the Church , for support of the same in these times , &c. Ibid. 1631. &c. qu. besides other things fit for the press , as one , shewing what a true visible Church is , and another what Predestination is . He concluded his last day in the beginning of June in sixteen hundred twenty and two , being then about 54. years of age , year 1612 and was buried in the Church of S. Andrew before mentioned . By his last will and testament , he bequeathed a tenement to Linc. coll . called Ship hall , situated on the west side of that Street , antiently called Schediardstreet , now commonly called S. Mary hall lane , in Oxon. The picture of this Mr. Randall drawn to the life when he was fellow of Linc. coll . is , or at least was lately , hanging in the Common room of that house . JOHN OWEN , or Audoenus as some call him , the most noted Epigrammatist in the age he lived , was born at Armon in Caernarvonshire , educated in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . after he had served two years of Probation there , in 1584. took the degree of Bach. of Civil Law in 1590. and leaving his fellowship the year after , taught School ( as some of his antient country men that remember him , have told me ) at Trylegh near to Monmouth , and at Warwick ( as the tradition goes there among the Schoolmasters ) in the School founded by K. Hen. 8. in the place of one Tho. Hall , about the year 1594. He was a person endowed with several gifts , especially with with the faculty of Poetry , which hath made him famous for those books of Epigrams , that he hath published , wherein an ingenious liberty of joking being by him used , was , and is now with some , especially forreigners , not a little pleasing and delightful . But that which I must farther note of him is , that being always troubled with the disease that attends Poets ( indigence ) he was received into the patronage of his countryman and Kinsman Dr. Jo. Williams B. of Lincoln and L. Keeper of the great Seal , who for several years exhibited to his wants . He hath written , Epigrammatum lib. 3. ad Mariam Nevill comitis Dorcestriae filiam dicati . Lond. 1606. oct . printed twice that year . Epigrammatum lib. singularis ; ad doctiss . Heroinam D. Arbellam Stewart . Epigram . lib. 3. ad Hen. Principem Cambriae duae ; ad Carolum Ebor. unus . Epigram . ad tres Maecenates libri tres . Ad Car. Noel Eq. & Baronettum , unus . Ad Gul. Sedley Eq. & Bar. alter . Ad Rog Owen Eq. aur . tertius . Monostica quaedam Ethica & Politica veterum sapientum . All which coming out as successive additions to the several editions of the three first books of Epigrams , were at length published all in one vol. in oct . and twelves , not only in England but beyond the Seas . In the year 1619. Joh. Vicars Usher of Ch. Church hospital in London and a puritanical Poet having selected many of them from several of the books that were then extant , did tanslate them into Engl. verse and were that year printed at London in oct . Thomas Pecke also of the Inner Temple Gent. did translate 600. of the said Epigrams in Eng. verse , which were printed with Martial de spectaculis , or of the rarities to be seen in Rome , and with the most select Epigr. of Sir To. More : To which is annexed a Century of Heroick Epigrams , &c. All published under the general title of Parnassi puerperium , at Lond 1659. in oct . And lastly Tho. Harvey hath Englished most , or all of them ; but these I have not yet seen . The first Latin impressions of the author Owen , being greedily bought , and taken into the hands of all ingenious Scholars , and forthwith conveyed beyond the Seas , they came at length into the hands of the Romish Inquisitors after Heretical matters in printed books , who finding dangerous things in them , especially these two verses following , the book was put , into the the Index expurgatorius . An 〈…〉 Romae , sub judice lis est . 〈…〉 Romae , nemo suisse negat . For which verses , and others of the like nature , Owen's Uncle , who was a Papist , or at least Popishly affected , ( from whom he expected Legacies , ) dashed his name out from his last Will and Testament ; which was the chief reason , that he ever after lived in a poor condition . He died in sixteen hundred twenty and two , year 1622 and two , and was buried in St. Pauls Cathedra within the City of London , at the charge of the before-mentioned Dr. Williams ; who also , soon after , caused a monument to be erected to his memory on a pip●●● next to the Consistory stairs , with his Effigies ( a shoulder-piece in brass ) crown'd with Laurel , and six verses to be engraven under it . The two first of which runs thus : Parva tibi status ●st , quiae parva statura , supellex Parva , volat 〈◊〉 magna per ora liber . The rest you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 144. a where the Reader is to note that by the errour of the Printer , 't is said that Joh. Owen died 1623. and not in 1622. as before 't is told you . As for the generosity of Dr. Williams done to the memory of this little Poet , Richard ●rach hath an Epigram in his Epigrammatum H●catontades du● . Lond. 1627. oct . num . 3. But that which I must note of him farther is , that whereas he had made many Epigrams on several People , so but few were made on , or written to , him . Among which few , one was written by Joh. a Stradling , and another by Joh. Dunbar b a Scot. CLEMENT EDMONDS , Son of Sir Tho. Edmonds Comptroller of the Kings houshold , was born in Shropshire , ( at Shrawardine , as 't is said , ) became either Clerk or Chorister of Allsouls coll . in 1585. aged 19. took one degree in Arts , and then was chosen Fellow of that house 1590. Four years after he proceeded in that Faculty , and then leaving the coll . was mostly , by his Fathers endeavours , made successively Secretary , as 't is said , for the French tongue to Q. Elizab. about 1601. Remembrancer of the City of London , Master of the Requests , Muster-Master at Brill in Zeland , one of the Clerks of the Council , and in 1617. a Knight . He was a learned person , was generally skill'd in all Arts and Sciences , and famous as well for military , as for politick affairs , and therefore esteemed by all an ornament to his degree and profession . He hath written and published , Observations upon the five first books of Caesars commentaries , &c. Lond. 1600. fol. Observat . on the sixth and seventh book of Caesars com . Lond. 1600. fol. Observat . on Caesars com . of the Civil Wars , in 3 books Lond. 1609. fol. On which , or the former observat . Ben. Johnson c hath two Epigrams . All , or most of , these observations , are reprinted with an addition of an eighth commentary on the Wars of Gallia , written by A. Hir●●us Pa●sa , beginning where Caesar left , and deducing the History to the time of the Civil Wars ; with our authors short the observ●● 〈◊〉 upon them . — Printed at the 〈◊〉 in the Strand , 〈◊〉 London , 1677. fol. Before which edition is the life of 〈◊〉 ( with an account of his Medals ) 〈◊〉 conected , and enlarged . In 1565. Arthur Golding of 〈…〉 published 〈◊〉 English translation of Caesars commentaries , but whether he made any observations or notes on them , 〈…〉 Our learned author Sir Clem. 〈◊〉 died within the Perish of Sr. Martin in the Fields near to London , on the twelfth d day of Odo● in sixteen hundred twenty and two , and was buried in the little Chappel belong●●● to his M●nnour of Preston near to the ancient B●rough of 〈◊〉 . Over his grave is a comely mon. erected , having an English and a Lat. epitaph inscribed thereon . The last of which being already e printed , you shall therefore have the other , as most proper for this place . Here lyeth Sir Clement Edmonds Knight , one of the Clarks of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council . His dextrous Pen made him worthily esteemed excellent in his own vocation ; and in the art Military , ly Caesars confession , an understanding Souldier . He lived faithfully , industrious in his place , and died religiously constant in the belief of the resurrection , &c. One Sir Tho. Edmonds Knight ( a Member of the Privy Council ) died in Nov. 1639. and left behind him a Daughter named Muriel , the Wife of Rob. Mildmay Esq Which Sir Thomas , I take to be the same with Tho. Edmonds , ( Brother to Sir Clem. ) who being made Treasurer of the Kings houshold 19. of Jan. 1617. was about that time sent by his Majesty Embassadour to Bruxells , and elsewhere . NICHOLAS BYFIELD , Son of Rich. Byfield , ( who became Minister of Stratford upon Av●n , in Jan. 1596. ) was born f in Warwickshire , became a Batler 〈◊〉 a Servitour of Exeter coll . in Lent-Term , an . 1596. aged 17. at least , continued under a severe discipline more than 4 years , but never took a degree . Afterwards entring into the Sacred Function , he left the University , and had intentions to go into Ireland to obtain preferment in the Church , but at Chester , in his way thither , he was , upon the delivery of a noted Sermon at that place , invited to be Pastor of St. Peters Church there : Which invitation being esteemed by him as a great providence , he willingly accepted . So that continuing there several years a constant Preacher , was much followed and admired by the precise party , who esteemed his preaching profitable , and his life pious . He was a strict observer of the Lords day at that place , and preached and wrote for the sincere observance of it , which caused some Pens to be active against him , particularly that of Edw. Breerwood , who being a native of that City , was sometimes his auditor . At length being called thence , he had the Benefice of Istleworth in Middlesex confer'd on him , where he remained to his dying day . He was a person , in the opinion of the Zealots , of profound judgment , strong memory , sharp wit , quick invention , and of unwcaried industry . Also that in his Ministry he was powerful , and that unto all turns and upon all occasions , not only at Chester , but at Istleworth , where his preaching and expounding were very frequent , &c. The books that he hath written are these . An Essay concerning the assurance of God's love and of mans Salvation . Lond. 1614. oct . Exposition on the Epist . to the Colossians , &c. Lond. 1615. and 28. &c. in fol. 'T is the substance of near 7 years week days Sermons at Chester . Directions for the private reading of the Scriptures , &c. Lond. 1618. &c. oct . Treatise shewing how a godly Christian may support his heart with comfort against all the distresses , which by reason of any affliction or temptation can befal him in this life . Lond. in oct . This was published afterwards again , in the Marrow of the Oracles of God. Beginning of the Doctrine of Christ , or a Catalogue of Sins . Lond. 1619. 20. in tw . Sometimes bound in two vol. The Marrow of the Oracles of God. Lond. 1620. &c. and 1660. in tw . Which edit . of 1660. containeth these six treatises following , viz. ( 1 ) 〈◊〉 principles or the pattern of 〈◊〉 words , &c. Printed the first time at Lond. 1618. oct . ( 2 ) The spiritual touch stone : or , the signs of a godly man , &c. Lond. 1620. and 3● . in tw . ( 3 ) The 〈◊〉 of a wicked man. Lond. 1620. in tw . ( 4 ) The promises : or , a treatise shewing how a godly Christian may support his 〈◊〉 with comfort , &c. See before . ( 5 ) The 〈…〉 holy life towards God , m●n , and our selves . Lond. 1619. 20. in tw . ( 6 ) The cure of the fear of death , &c. Lond. 1618. oct . Commentary o● Sermons on the 2 chap. of the 1 Epist . of S. Peter . Lond. 1623. qu. The principal grounds of Christian Religion , — Several times printed . Sermons on the first ten verses of the third chap. of the 1 Epist . of S. Peter . Lond. 1626. qu. Which Sermons with the Commentary 〈◊〉 Sermons before-mentioned , came out afterwards with additions , 〈◊〉 A commentary upon the three first chapters of the 〈…〉 &c. in fol. In 1637. ( if not before ) came out a Com. upon the whole first Epistle , in fol. under the name of Nic. Byfield . Answer to Mr. Breerwoods treatise of the Sabbath . Oxon. 1630. 31. Written by him while he was at Chester . Exposition on the Apostles Creed . Lond. 1626. qu. Light of Faith and way of Holiness . Lond. 1630. oct . Signs of Gods love to us . Ibid. 1631. oct . The practice of Christianity : or , an Epitome of Mr. Rich. Rogers's seven treatises . — The said Treatises were published by Mr. Rogers 1610. and were epitomized by this Nicholas , ( as it seems , ) and not by Richard , Byfield , as some think . Several Sermons . As ( 1 ) On Psal. 72. 18 , 19. ( 2 ) On Joh. 5. 28 , 29. &c. 'T is commonly reported that this person died at Istleworth before-mentioned , in sixteen hundred twenty at two : Which , if true , his writings and works shew him ( being not then above 44 years of age ) to have been a person of great parts , industry and readiness . He left behind him a Son named Adoniram Byfield , a most ●ealous and forward Brother for the Cause , of whom I shall make mention in R. Byfield in the 2 vol. of this work . NICHOLAS FULLER , the most admired Critick of his time , Son of Rob. Ful. a French-man born , ( or at least a borderer on France , and by profession a Carver of wood or stone , ) by Catherine his Wife , descended from the ancient and worshipful house of the Cressets of Shropshire , was born in the ancient Borough of Southampton , educated in Lat. and Gr. in the Free-School there , first under John Hurloke , then under Dr. Hadrian Saravia . At length being made ripe for the University , he was taken from School into the Family of Dr. Rob. Horne B. of Winchester , where spending some time in study , was by him made his Secretary , and after his death was continued in that office under Dr. Joh. Watson his Successor , at the request of Dr. W. Barlow Brother-in-Law to Horne . But Watson dying also after he had sate three years , our author Fuller , as being weary of civil affairs , retired to his home with a resolution to follow those studies which his Genie did then very much direct him to . But before he was setled , he was invited to instruct in juvenile learning Henry , William , and Oliver , Wallop , the Sons of a Knight of Hampshire . With the two former he afterwards went as a Tutor to this University , and in the beginning of Mich. Term , 1584. they were all matriculated as Members of St. Jo●ns coll . our author Fuller being then 27 years of age . But his Pupils remaining there but a little while , William 〈◊〉 to his home , and our author with Hen. Wallop translated themselves to Hart hall ; where , without any neglect of his precious time , he improved his studies to a miracle ▪ took both the degrees in Arts , and then retired to his own Country . At length taking the Sacred Function upon him , he became Rector of a small Village called Allington alias Allington near to Amesbury in Wilts . but so small was his Benhce , that it could not maintain an ingenion person in common necessaries . Here he was as a Candle put under a Bush●l , so private was his place and employment , yet so dear were his studies to him , that by passing through all difficulties , he attained to so great a proficiency in the Tongues , and was so happy in pitching upon useful difficulties , tending to the understanding of the Scripture , that he surpassed all Criticks of his time . Afterwards he was made Prebendary of Vlfcomb in the Church of Salisbury , and Rector of Bishops-Waltham in 〈◊〉 Which last he obtained , as 't is said , by the 〈◊〉 of Dr. 〈◊〉 B. of Winton . This most renowned 〈◊〉 hath written these things following . 〈…〉 lib. 〈◊〉 Heidelb . 1612. oct . To which he added a fourth book , published with the former three at Oxon. 1616. and at Lond. 1617. qu. But these 〈◊〉 coming soon after into the hands of Joh. Drusius an old 〈…〉 ( whom I have before mentioned , ) he gr●w angry and jealous , as one * tells us , 〈◊〉 he should be out-shined in his own sphere . Whereupon he spared not to cast some drops of ink upon him for being his Plagiary , and taking his best notes from him without any acknowledgment . But our author knowing himself guiltless , as having never seen Drusius his works , added a fifth and sixth book to the former , intit . Miscellanea Sacra , cum Apologia contra V. Cl. Johan . Drusium . Lugd. Bat. 1622. qu. and at Argent . 1650. &c. All which Miscellanies are remitted into the ninth vol. of the Criticks , and scattered and dispersed throughout the whole work of M. Poole's Synopsis . He hath also written , Exposition of Rabbi Mordochie Nathans Hebr. roots , with notes upon it . — MS. in the Archieves of Bodies Library . Which book doth shew his excellent skill in the Hebrew , and in other Philological learning . Lexicon . — MS. Which , had he lived , he would , with his Exposition , have published . At length breathing out his divine Soul at Allington before-mentioned , about the tenth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred twenty and two , was buried in the middle of the Chancel of the Church there , on the 13. of the same month , and thereupon his Prebendship of Sarum was conferred on one Tho. Clerk , 28. Apr. 1623. Besides this Nich. Fuller , was another of both his names and time , Son of Nich. Fuller of the City of London Merchant , younger Son of Thom. Fuller of Neats hall in the Isle of Shepy ; which Nich. having received education in one of the Universities , ( in Cambridge as it seems , where he was a Benefactor to Eman. coll . ) went afterwards to Grays Inn , of which he was at length a Counsellour of note , and a Bencher . But being always looked upon as a noted Puritan , and Champion of the Nonconformists , pleaded in behalf of his two Clients Tho. Lad and Rich. Maunsell , ( who had been imprisoned by the High Commission , ) and endeavoured to prove that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had no power by virtue of their Commission to imprison , to put to the Oath ex officio , or to fine any of his Majesty's Subjects . Whereupon a legal advantage being given to Archb. Bancroft , Fuller was imprisoned by him , and continued in custody several years . He hath written , An argument in the case of Tho. Lad and Rich. Maunsel his Clients , proving that Ecclesiastical Commissioners have not power by virtue of their Commission to imprison , to put to the Oath ex officio , or to fine any of his Majesty's Subjects . Lond. 1607. and 1641. qu. He died in durance on the 23. of Feb. 1619. aged 76 years , and was buried towards the east end of the south Isle joyning to the Church of Thatcham in Berks , ( in which Parish his Seat called Chamber-house is situated . ) leaving then behind him two Sons , Nicholas and Daniel , besides Daughters . Nicholas , who had been a Student in Queens coll . in this Univ. of Oxon , was a Knight while his Father lived , but dying 30. of July 1621. was buried near to the grave of his said Father . JOHN COMBACH ( Combadius ) was born in Wetteraw a part of Germany , educated in the Academy of Marpurg within the dominion of the Lantgrave of Hesse , retired to Oxon to compleat that learning which he had begun in his own Country , about 1608 , and the next year I find him a ●●journour of Exeter college , where he was then noted to be a very good Philosophical Disputant , and a great admirer of Holland and Prideaux , especially the l●st . After he had laid the foundation of one or more books there , he retired to 〈◊〉 of which , being M. of A. he became Ordinary Professor of Philosophy thereof , and much fam'd for the books that he published in that Faculty . Among which are some of these following . Antidotum oppositum M. Joh. H●sselbeinio , in quo epriscae Philosophiae & Sch●asticorum d●tri●● , 1 F●rr●rum divisio cruitur . 2. Propri●rum communicatio destruitur , &c. Marpurg . Cattorum 1608. oct . Antidoti lib. 2. circa 〈◊〉 partium integrantium . Marp . Cat. 1608. oct . Metaphysicorum lib. singu●●● . Marp . C●t . 1613. 20. oct . &c. Dedicated , by the fast Epistle before it , to the Vichancellour , Heads of Colleges and Halls in Oxon , and the rest of 〈…〉 the●e . The 2 Epist . is written to his 〈…〉 Rector . of Exeter coll . Liber de homine 〈…〉 Physicorum libri iv . juxta 〈…〉 Marp . 1620. oct . Actus solennis promotionis xiii . 〈…〉 bitae in Acad. Marpurge●s● &c. 〈…〉 things , as 't is probable , he hath 〈…〉 have not yet seen . While he studied in Exeter college ( where he contracted friendship with Will. Helme the Sub-rector , a man of rare piety , and with G. Hakewell R. Vilvaine and others ) studied also one of his Countrymen , a quick Disputant , who writes himself Henr. Petreus , afterwards a learned man , Doctor of Philosophy and Physick and Dean of the faculty of Philosophy at Marpurg for a time , about 1613. WILLIAM PEMBLE , the Son of a minister of Gods word was born in Kent , ( at Egerton as I have been informed ) sent to Magd. coll . in the beginning of the year 1610. aged 18 where continuing a severe student ( under the tuition of R. Capell ) till after he had compleated the degree of Bach. by determination , which was in Lent 1613. he retired to Magd. hall adjoyning , became a noted reader and a tutor there , took the degree of M. of A. entred into sacred Orders , made Div. reader of that house , became a famous preacher , a well studied Artist , a skilful Linguist , a good Orator , an expert Mathematician and an ornament to the Society among whom he lived . All which accomplishments were knit together in a body of about 32 years of age , which had it lived to the age of man , might have proved a prodigy of learning . Adrian Heereboord sometimes professour of Philosophy in the University of Leyden , is very profuse in his commendations of this our author and his works ; and good reason he hath for so doing , for in his book entit g Maletemata Philosophica ( wherein he takes upon him to confute the commonly entertained and old Aristotelian opinion asserting the substantiality of the vegetative and sensitive Souls to be different and distinct from that of matter ) he hath taken a great quantity from them , especially in his four disputations De formis , which are mostly composed from our athour Pemble's book De formarum origine . The works of the said W. Pemble are these . Vindiciae gratiae : A plea for grace , more especially the grace of faith . Ox. 1629. qu. ( sec. edit . ) Vindiciae fidei : A treatise of justification by faith . Ox. 1625. qu. published by Joh. Geree sometimes M. A. of Madg. hall . Our authors mind did run so much upon this subject , that he said , when he was upon his death bed , that he would dye in it , viz. in his perswasion of justification by righteousness of Christ . Treatise of the providence of God. The book of Ecclesiastes briefly explained . — Printed 1628. qu. The period of the Persian Monarchy , wherein sundry places of Ezra , Nehemiah and Daniel are cleared . Lond. 1631. qu. Exposition on the first nine chapters of Zacharie . Lond. 1629. qu. Five godly and profitable Sermons . Lond. 1628. 29. qu. Fruitful Sermons upon the 1 Cor. 15. 18 , 19. Lond. 1629. qu. Introduction to the worthy receiving of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1628. 29. Lond. 1639. oct . De formarum origine . Ibid. 1629. in tw . dedic . to Dr. Accepted Frewen . Printed also at Camb. in tw . De sensibus internis . Lond. 1629. Ox. 1647. in tw . Enchiridion oratorium . Ox. 1633. qu. &c. A summ of moral Philosophy . Oxon. 1630. qu. All which books or Treatises ( those only that were written in English ) were remitted into one volume , and printed several times . The third impression was at Lond. 1635. and the fourth impression at Ox. 1659. both in fol. Introduction to Geography . Ox. 1685. qu. At length our author ( a zealous Calvinist ) retiring to the house of the before-mention'd Rich. Capell minister of Eastington alias Easton near to the City of Gloucester to make some continuance there for the sake of study and health , died of a burning Feaver in sixteen hundred twenty and three , and was buried in the yard under the great Yew-Tree , year 1623 on the north side of Eastington Church . Over his Grave was a stone soon after laid , with these words engrav'd thereon . Here lyeth the body of William Pemble master of Arts and preacher , who died 14 Apr. an . 1623. JOHN SPRINT , Son of Dr. Joh. Sprint , descended from those of his name living in the City of Bristow , was born , as I conceive , there , or in Glocestershire near to it , elected Student of Ch. Ch. in 1592. took the degrees in Arts , and some time after became Vicar of Thornbury in the said county . Thence he removed to London , was cried up by the Citizens for a godly and frequent preacher and by them much followed , but was cut off in the prime of his years when great matters were expected from him . He was a grave and pious Divine , yet for the most part disaffected to the ceremonies of the Church of England while he continued at Thornbury . At length upon the gentle perswasions of Mr. Sam. Burton Archdeacon of Glouc. he did not only conform , but was a great instrument in perswading others to do the like by a book that he wrote and published call'd Cassander Anglicus , which I shall anon mention . His works are these . Propositions tending to prove the necessary use of the Christian Sabbath , or Lords day , &c. Lond. 1607. qu. and in 1635. in tw . or oct . The practice of that sacred day , framed after the rules of Gods word — printed with the former . The summ of Christian religion by way of question and answer . Lond. 1613. oct . Cassander Anglicus : shewing the necessity of conforming to the prescribed ceremonies of our Church , in case of deprivation . Lond. 1618. qu. dedic . to Sam. Burton Archd. of Glouc. Whereupon came out a brief and plain answer to the first reason of it , which was replied upon by Sprint , but I have not yet seen it . The Christians sword and buckler ; or , a letter sent to a man seven years greviously afflicted in conscience and fearfully troubled in mind , &c. Lond. 1638. oct . These are all the pieces I think that he hath written , which are published , and therefore I shall only let the reader know that he was buried within the precincts of the Church of S. Anne situated in the place called the Blackfriers , in London ( of which he seems to have been Minister or Lecturer ) on the seventh of May in sixteen hundred twenty and three . year 1623 See more of him in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 309. b. His Father Dr. Sprint , who was Dean of Bristow and a frequent preacher ( but a Calvinist ) I shall mention more at large in the Fasti , under the year 1574. not as a Writer but as a D. of D. and rich Dignitary . PHILIP CLUVER , ( Cluverius ) the Son of a maker or coyner of money , was born at Dantzick the chief town of the province of Prussia in Poland , but descended from an antient and gentile family of his name living in the Dutchie of Bremen in Lower Saxony , instructed in his puerile years at home , in his youthful in the royal Court of Poland , where he learned among the Courtiers the exact speaking of the Polish tongue and their manners . Thence his Father sent him into Germany , where he received a command from him to apply his mind solely to the study of the Civil Law. Whereupon he journeyed to Leyden in Holland and did endeavour to follow it ; but his Genie being naturally enclined to Geography , he followed for altogether that study , especially upon the perswasions of Joseph Scaliger , who had perused his Table of Italy , which he had composed while he was a youth in Poland . Thence , partly to see the world , but more for the conversation of Just . Lipsius , he took a journey into Brabant , but missing him , was dispoiled by thieves , who left him in a manner naked . Thence he returned to Leyden , and afterwards went into Bohemia and Hungarie , where coming to the knowledge of one Popel a Baron who had been closely confined by the Emperor for some misdemeanours , did translate his Apologie ( written in his own defence ) into the Latine tongue . Which coming to the ear of the Emperour , Cluver was thereupon imprisoned . Afterwards , being set at liberty , he travelled into Scotland , England , France , Germany and Italy . In England his chief place of residence was in this University , particularly in Exter coll . of which he became a sojournour for the sake of Holland and Prideaux in 1609. age 29 , where being setled he wrote his book De tribus Rheni alveis , as I shall tell you anon . In Italy he became acquainted with some of the Cardinals , who held him in great esteem for his curious and exact knowledge in Geography , the Greek and Latine tongues , and for his marvellous knowledge in the Dutch , German , French , Italian , Bohemian , Hungarian , Polonian and British Language . Afterwards he returned to Oxon again , being then highly valued by Mr. Prideaux for one or more of his things then published ; and had offers of promotion tender'd unto him . But Leyden being the place of his delight , he retired thither , and tho he could get no place of benefit there , yet the curators of that University gave him an yearly stipend for the encouragement of his studies , as being a person repleated with all humane literature , antient Histories , and Geography . He is stiled by a certain h author vir stupendae lectionis & curae , and by i another princeps aetatis nostrae Geographus , and k magnum Germaniae ornamentum . His works are , De tribus Rheni alveis & ostiis ; item de quinque populis quondam accolis , &c. Lugd. Bat. 1611. qu. This book was written in Oxon , with the helps of the publick Library , in the register of which place , as also in one of the publick registers of this University , the author is written Philippus Cluverius Generosus Borussus . Germaniae antiquae libri 3. Lugd. Bat. 1616. fol. Vindelicia & Noricum . Printed there also the same year , with the next book going before . Sicilia antiqua , cum minoribus insulis ei adjacentibus lib. 2. Lugd. Bat. 1619. fol. Printed with the former . Sardinia antiqua . Corsica antiqua . Italia antiqua , &c. Lugd. Bat. 1624. Printed in two Tomes in fol. ( with his picture before the first ) containing four books . Introductionis in Universam Geographiam , tam veterem quam novam , libri sex . Lugd. Bat 1624. qu. &c. Disquisitio de Francis & Francia . Printed in Andr. du Chesne his Historiae Francorum scriptores coetanei . Lut. Par. 1636. p. 175. Our author Cluverius died * of a Consumption , about the month of June , at Leyden in sixteen hundred twenty and three , year 1623 and in that of his age 43. leaving then behind him a Son named John Sigismund Cluver , who was matriculated as a member of Exeter coll . in 1633. aged 18. a Londoner born , and as Son of Philip Cluverius a Priest . The same year he was admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . in this University , in a Surrey place , and afterwards became a learned man , but is not to be understood to be the same with Joh. Cluver author of Historiarum totius mundi Epitome , &c. Lugd. Bat. 1631. qu. for he was born in the province of Stormaren in Denmark , was D. D. of the Academy of Sor a in the Island of See-landt in the said Kingdom and afterwards superintendent of South Dithmarsh . SIMON WISDOME , was born in Oxfordshire , being of the same family with those of his sirname , who lived at Burford , was entred a Student of this University about 1566. and took the degree of Master of Arts as a member of Glouc. hall . Afterwards retiring to his Estate at Shipton under wood , near to Burford , lived as a Gentleman there many years , and employed his time ( being a zealous and harmless Puritan ) in vertuous industry and piety . He hath written several books , as I have been informed by persons of his neighbourhood , but I have not seen any , only An abridgment of the holy history of the old Testament , from Adam to the incarnation of Christ . Lond. 1594. year 1623 oct . He died in July or Aug. in sixteen hundred twenty and three , and was buried , as I conceive , at Shipton before-mention'd , where'in the Ch. yard at the East end of the Chancel were some of his Sirname buried before his time . I find one Sim. Wisdome to have been Alderman of Burford before-mention'd , and to have given constitutions and orders for the government of a Free-School in the said Town , 13 Elizab. Whereupon he was then , as he is now , reputed the Founder of the said School . He died at Burford in 1587. leaving behind him a brother named Tho. Wisdome , a nephew named Ralph , and a grandson called Simon , Son of his Son , called Will. Wisdome . Which Simon , if he be not the same with the writer , may be the same with another Simon of S. Albans hall in the latter end of Qu. Elizab. THOMAS SUTTON , a most florid preacher in the time he lived , was born in the Parish of Bampton or Banton in Westmoreland , made a poor serving child of Queens coll . in 1602. aged 17 , afterwards Tabarder , and when M. of A. perpetual Fellow , an . 1611. About that time being in holy orders , he was made Lecturer of S. Helens Church in Abendon in Berks , and minister of Culham near to that Town . At both which places he was much followed , and beloved of all for his smooth and edifying way of preaching , and for his exemplary life and conversation . After he had taken one degree in Divinity ( for he was Doctor of that fac . ) he was made Lecturer of S. Mary-Overhee in Southwark , where also he was much followed and admired . At length being desirous to finish a work of charity which he had began , took a journey into his own Country , in 1623. and there at his native place put his last hand to the finishing of a Free-School , which he before had began , as his Son Tho. Sutton sometimes of C. C. coll . Oxon. hath told me , but in his return from Newcastle to London by Sea , was unfortunately drown'd , as I shall tell you anon . He was a person esteemed by all that knew him to have been furnished with many rich endowments , and as a true servant of God , to have employed his talent faithfully and fruitfully . His works are only , Sermons and Lectures , as ( 1 ) Englands summons , Sermon at Pauls Cross , on Hosea 4. 1 , 2 , 3. Lond. 1613. oct . ( 2 ) Engl. second summons , preached at the same place on Rev. 3. 15 , 16. Lond. 1615. oct . These two were reprinted in one vol. at Lond. 1616. in oct . ( 3 ) The good fight of faith ; Serm. before the Artillery company , on 2 Tim. 6. 12. Ibid. 1626. qu. published by Francis Little Student of Ch. Ch. whose Sister , the Daughter of Francis Little of Abendon Brewer and Inholder , Dr. Tho. Sutton our author had taken to Wife while he was Lecturer there . ( 4 ) Jethroes counsel to Moses : or , a direction for Magistrates , Serm. at S. Saviours in Southwark 5. Mar. 1621. before the honourable Judges , on Exod. 18. 21. Lond. 1631. qu. Printed by a certain Bookseller , who , as 't is said , took it in short-hand from Dr. Suttons mouth . Lectures upon the eleventh chapt . to the Romans . Lond. 1632. qu. Published by Joh. Downham Bac. of Div. ( brother to Dr. George Downham B. of London-Derry in Ireland ) who married the widdow of the author Sutton , and promised in his Epistle to the Reader , set before them , that if the said Lectures took with the men of the world , to put forth Lectures on the 12. chapt . to the Romans , and on a great part of the 119. Psalm , which Dr. Sutton had left behind him in MS. He died in the Ocean , ( as I have already told you ) before he had attained to high noon of perfection , on S. Barthelmews day ( 24. Aug. ) in sixteen hundred twenty and three ; year 1623 at which time , many besides being cast away , some of their bodies were taken up , among which that of Dr. Sutton , was ( as is supposed ) one , and forthwith buried in the yard belonging to the Church of Aldborough a Sea-port Town in Suffolke . As soon as the news of this great loss came to London one Rob. Drurie who was first a R. Catholick , afterwards a Protestant and at length a Jesuit , did much a rejoyce at it , as a great judgment befallen on Dr. Sutton for his forward zeal in preaching against the Papists ; but the 26. of Octob. following he the said Drurie was suddenly slain by the fall of the floor at an assembly of R. Catholicks in the place called the Blackfriers in London . WILLIAM CAMDEN , surnamed the learned , Son of Sampson Camd. a Native of the City of Lichfield , Citizen and one of the Society of Painter-stayners of London , by his Wife , descended b from the antient family of the Curwens of Wirkington in Cumberland ; was born in the Old Baily , situated partly in the Parish of S. Sepulchre and partly in S. Martin near Ludgate in the said City , on the second day of May , 5. Edw. 6. Dom. 1551. When this most eminent person ( of whom I shall be more particular than of another author ) was a child , he received the first knowledge of letters in Ch. Church hospital in London , then newly founded for Blew-coated children , where being fitted for Grammer learning , he was sent to the Free-school , founded by Dr. Colet near to S. Pauls Cathedral . About which time ( 1563. ) he being infected with the Plague , was sent to Islington , where he remained for some time to the great loss of his learning . In 1566. ( 8. Elizab. ) he was sent to Oxford , and being placed in Madg. coll . in the condition of a Chorister or Servitour , did perfect himself in Grammer learning in the Free-School adjoyning , then lately presided by D. Tho. C●●per , afterwards Bishop of Linc. But missing , as 't is said a Demies place of that coll . tho of great desert , and partly grounded in Logick , he was transplanted to an antient hostle called Broadgates , now Pembr . coll . where he continued two years and an half under the tuition of a great encourager of learning , called Dr. Tho. Thornton canon of Ch. Ch. who finding our author to be a young man of great vertue , and in him tokens of future worth , he took him to Ch. Ch. and gave him entertainment in his Lodgings so long as he continued in the University . About that time he being a candidate for a Fellowship in All 's . coll . lost it for desending the religion then established , as Dr. ( afterwards Sir ) Dan. Donn at that time Fellow , did several times testifie , and would often relate how our said author Camden was opposed by the Popish party of that house . In the month of June 1570. he supplicated d the ven . Congregation of Regents , that whereas he had spent four years in the study of Logick , he might he admitted Bach. of Arts , but what answer was made thereunto , or whether he was then admitted , it appears not . In 1571. he relinquished his conversation with the Muses , to the great reluctancy of those who were well acquainted with the pregnancy of his parts , and whether he was afterwards favoured in his Scholastical endeavours by Dr. Gabr. Goodman Dean of Westminster , whom he acknowledgeth e to have been Patron of his studies , I cannot positively affirm . In 1573. he returned to Oxon for a time , and supplicated again in the beginning of March for the said degree ; which though , as it seems , granted , and so , I presume , took it , yet he did not compleat it by Determination in Schoolstreet . In 1575. he was made second Master of Westminster School , upon the recommendations of Godfrey , Nephew to Gabriel , Goodman before-mentioned , ( which Godfrey put him upon the study of Antiquities , and bought , and f gave him books ) and in 1581. he contracted an entire friendship with Barnab . 〈◊〉 the learned Chief Justice of France , called by some 〈…〉 . While he continued in teaching at Westm . God so blessed his labours that Dr. King Bishop of London , Noyle Archb. of York , Parry Bishop of St. Asaph , &c. ( to say nothing of persons imployed in those times in eminent place abroad , and many of special note at home of all degrees , ) did acknowledge themselves to have been his Scholars . Besides also , as a testimony of his sincere love to the Church of England , ( which some in his time did doubt , ) he brought there to Church divers Gentlemen of Indeed , as the Walshes , Nugents , O-Rayley , Shee s , the eldest Son of the Archb. of Casshills , Pet. Lombard a Merchant's Son of Waterford , a Youth of admirable docility , ( the same who was afterwards titular Archb. of Armagh , Pri●ate of Ireland , domestick Prelate and Assistant of his Holiness the Pope , and author of a book intit . De regno Hiberniae , Sanctorum Insula commentarius . Lov. 1632. qu. ) and others bred P●pishly , and so affected . In 1582. he took a journey through Suffolk into Yorkshire , and returned through Lancashire in the month of April , in order to the compleating of his Britannia , which he saith he published in the same year , having with great industry , at spare hours , and on festival days , composed it . In 1588. Jun. 3. he , by the name and tit . of Will. Camden Bach. of Arts of Ch. Ch. supplicated the ven . Convocation , that whereas he had spent 16 years , from the time he had taken the degree of Bachelaur , in the study of Philosophy and other liberal A●● , he might be dispensed with for the reading of three solemn Lectures , and so be admitted to proceed in that 〈◊〉 Which supplication was granted conditionally , that he stand in the Act following , but whether he was admitted , or stood , it doth not appear in the Registers . In the same month and year he took a journey ( Oxford being in his way ) to Ilfarcomb in Devonshire , in order to obtain more knowledge in the Antiquities of that Country , and elsewhere , for the next edition of his 〈◊〉 , and on the 6 Feb. following , he was made Preb. 〈…〉 in the Ch. of Salisb . in the place of one J. Hotman ; which Prebendship he kept to the time of his death , and 〈…〉 succeeded him . The said journey , and 〈◊〉 that he took for that purpose , the charges of them 〈◊〉 defrayed by the aforesaid Dr. Gab. Goodman . In 〈◊〉 he journeyed into Wales in the company of Franc. 〈…〉 of Ch. Ch. afterwards author of the Commentary 〈…〉 Bishops , and in 1592. Oct. 26. he was taken with a Qa●rtan Ague ▪ which made him often purge Blood. In March 1592-3 . he was made chief Master of Westminster School , in the place of Dr. Ed. Grant , and in 1594. in the month of June , he was freed from his Ague . In 1596. he travelled to Salisbury and Wells , for the obtaining of more knowledge in Antiquities , and returned through Oxon , where he visited most , if not all , of the Churches and Chappels , for the copying out of the several Monuments and Arms in them , which were reduced by him into a book written with his own hand , by me seen and perused . In 97. he fell into a most dangerous sickness ; whereupon being taken into the house of one Cuthbert Line , he was cured by the care of that persons Wife , and in that year he published his Greek Grammar . On the 22. of Oct. the same year he was , for fashion sake , ( after he had refused a Mastership of the Requests , which was offered to him , ) created Herald of Arms , called Richmond , because no person can be King before he is Herald , and the next day he was created Clarenceaux King of Arms , in the place of Rich. Lee Esq who died on the 23. of Sept. before-going . This was done by the singular favour of Q. Elizabeth , at the incessant supplication of his Patron Sir Foulk Grevill , afterwards Lord Brook ; both of them having an especial respect for him , and his great learning , in English and other Antiquities . In 1600. he took a journey in Summer time to Carlile in the company of the eminent Antiquary Rob. Cotton Esq ( afterwards a Baronet , ) for the viewing of some Northern Antiquities to be put into another edit . of his Britannia , and returned not till Dec. following . In 1603. ( 1 Jac. 1. ) when the Plague raged in London , he retired to the house of his Friend Rob. Cotton before-mentioned , at Connigton in Huntingdonshire , where he remained till the Nativity of our Saviour . In 1606. he sent his first Letters to Jac. Aug. Thuanus the most noted Historiographer of France , from which time to the death of Thuanus , which was in Apr. 1617. there was a constant commerce of Letters between them . Our author Camden stiles him h Galliae Lumen & Historicorum nostri saeculi princeps , to whom he had communicated many material matters concerning English affairs , which were afterwards remitted into the several books of Histories published by him the said Thuanus . In 1607. Sept. 7. he fell from his Horse , and dangerously hurt his Leg : So that being perfectly lame , he kept up till the 4. of July following ; at which time he went to order , set forth , and attend the funeral of Sir Joh. Fortescue Knight . In 1618. he began to put in order and digest his Annals of Q. Elizabeth , and in 1609. being taken with a grievous disease , on his birth-day , he voided blood twice . At which time one being sick of the Plague in the house next to that where he then was , he was conveyed to that of Dr. Will. Heather in Westminster , and was cured of his disease by Dr. Joh. Gifford sometimes Fellow of New coll . in Oxon. Whereupon betaking himself to Chiselhurst in Kent , in the month of August , he remained there till the 28. of Oct. following . In the beginning of the year 1613. at which time he attended the Funeral of Sir Tho. Bodley at Oxon. he had the degree of Master of Arts offered to him , but refused , as it seems , to take it , it being then too late to gain any benefit or honour thereby , and soon after was made the first Historiographer of Chelsey coll . by the Founder thereof . In 1619. Jul. 1. his name being then spread over the learned World , six Noblemen of Germany gave him a visit at his house in Westminster , in whose Albums , ( after they had complemented him for his high worth , ) he , at their desire , wrote his name and a Latin sentence , as a testimony of respect to them , which they took for a very great honour ; and on the 18. of Febr. following he coughed up blood so much , that he was left in a manner dead and deprived of all sense . At that time Dr. Gifford before-mentioned taking from him ● ounces of blood , cured him . In 1621. May 5. he , by his Deed then bearing date , founded the History Lecture of this University : Which Deed being published in a Convocation of Regents and Non-Regents on the 17. of May 1622. he was in the year following declared a publick Benefactor of this University of Oxon. In 1622. June 7. he fell again into a most dangerous sickness , and on the 16. of Aug. following while he ●●te musing in his Chair , the office of his hands and feet suddenly failed him : Whereupon falling on the ground , ro●● again much distempered , and was never afterwards well ti●l death conveyed him to the habitation prepared for old age . He was a very good natured man , was very mild and charitable , and nothing was wanting in him for the compleating a good Christian . He was an exact Critick and Philologist , an excellent Grecian , Latinist , and Historian , and above all a profound Antiquary , as his elaborate works testifie . All which accomplishments being compacted in a little body , made him not only admired at home by the chiefest of the Nobility , and the most learned of the Nation , but also beyond the Seas , particularly by Ortelius , Lipsius , Dousae , Scaliger , T●uanus , Grutcrus , Piereskius , Is . Casau●on , Jo. Is . Pontanus , Fra. Swertius , N. Chytreus , &c. The Epistles of all whom , and of divers others of lesser note , I have seen in the Cottonian Library , and collect thence that he was one of the greatest Scholars of his time ( as to the learning he professed ) in Christendon . At home , I am sure he was esteemed the Pausanius of the British Isles , and therefore his same will be permanent so long as this Kingdom is known by the name of Britannia . His works are these . Britannia ; sive reg●orum Angliae , Scotiae , Hiberniae , & insularum adjacentium descriptio . Lond. 1582. 85. 87. in oct . Lond. 1590. 94. and 1600. in qu. Lond. 1607. in fol. Printed with Maps of every County . Epitomized by R●gn●rus Vitellius Zirizaeus . Amstel . 1639. in twelv . The folio edit . of 1607. was translated into English by Philemon Holland of Coventry . — Lond. 1610. fol. revised and amended . — Lond. 1637. fol. In both which editions are several of Holland's additions scattered in many places . This Britannia being much admired in France , was also translated into the Language of that Country , and printed with Maps in fol. After the first quarto edition came out , one Ralph Brook , or Brookmonth , Herald of Arms , by the title of York , made answer to it in a book intit . A discovery of certain errours published in print in the much commended Britannia . Printed 1594. in qu. In which book the said Brookmonth endeavours to make the World believe that Camden composed his Britannia mostly from the Collectanca of Joh. Leland without any acknowledgment , and at the end of the said Discovery adds a little thing written by Leland , called , A New-years-gift given of him to K. Hen. 8. &c. Whereupon came out soon after , against that busie and envious person , ( for so he was by his society accounted , ) a Vindication or Reply , written by Camden in Latin , containing about 30 pages in quarto , but not said when or where printed . You may sometimes find it bound with the Discovery before-mentioned , and at other times with the Britannia printed in qu. for by it self I have not yet seen it . A certain credulous * Historian is pleased to set down in his Church History a copy of verses , like a two-edged Sword that cuts on both sides , reflecting on Camden for Plagiarism from the said Collectanea . But under favour I think they are unworthily spoken , and unworthily set down . Why is Camden , I pray , blame-worthy for making use of Leland's Collections ? Was it because one was originally of Cambridge , and the other an Oxford Man ? Verily , I think , if the truth could be known , that was the chief reason of the Historians carping . But let those of his opinion , if any there be , know , that Camden sought not to suppress those collections , as Pol. Virgil did certain authors . The other works of Camden are these following . Instituti● Gracae Grammatices compendiaria , in usum Regiae Scholae Westmonasteriersis . Lond. 1597 &c. oct . Reges , Reginae , Nobiles , & alii in Ecclesiâ collegiatâ B. Petri Westmonasterii sepulti , usqu● ad an . 1600. Lond. 1600. and 1606. in about 10 sheets in qu. Involved in a book intit . Monumenta Westmon , ●r , an historical account of the original , increase , and present State of S. Peter's , or the Abby Ch. of Westminster , &c. Lond. 1682. in oct . Published by Hen. Keep of the Inner Temple Gent. sometimes a Gent. Com. of New Inn in Oxon. Remains concerning Britain : their Languages , Names , Surnames , Allusions , &c. Lond. 1604. 14. &c. qu. Published at first under the two letters of M. N. which are the two last letters of the authors name . To this book were several additions made by Jo. Philipot , Herald of Arms , under the title of Somerset . — Lond. 1637. &c. qu. afterwards in oct with Camden's picture before all the editions . Rerum 〈…〉 regnante Eli 〈◊〉 , in 4 parts . The first half , ( with an Apparatus be●ore it , ) reaching from the beginning of the Reign of Q. Elizab. to the end of the year 1588. was printed at Lond. in fol. 1615. having had several things therein before that time expunged , especially such that related to the story of Mary Q. of Scots . The other half reaching from the beginning of 1589. to the death of Q. Elizab. and an Appendix , were printed at the same place in fol. 1627. Both printed in two tomes at Leyden in oct . and in a thick oct . at Amsterdam , 1639. and all translated into English by B. N. Gent. and several times printed in fol. The last half was translated into English by Thom. Browne of Ch. Ch. ( afterwards Canon of Windsore , ) and by him intit . Tomus alter & idem : or , The History , &c. Lond. 1629. in qu. His opinion concerning the High Court of Parliament . Lond. 1658. oct . Printed with the opinions on the same subject of Joh. Doderidge . Arth. Agard , and Franc. Tate . I have seen also a discourse of his concerning the High Stewardship of England , but 't is not , as I conceive , printed . Epistolae variae ad viros doctos . Written mostly in Latin. Annales Regis Jacobi . These reach from the death of Q. Elizab. 24. of March 1602-03 . to the 18. of Aug. 1623. and no farther , because the author being then very ill in body ( remaining in that condition till his death ) he could not well continue them any farther : So that there wants memories more than for a year , to the end of the Reign of K. Jam. 1. These Annals are written with the authors own hand in fol. being only a Skeleton of a History , or bare touches to put the author in mind of greater matters , that he had in his head , had he lived to have digested them , in a full History , as that of Q. Elizabeth . The original came , after his death , into the hands of Mr. Joh. Hacket , afterwards D. D. and at length Bishop of Lichfield ; who , as I have been divers times informed , did privately convey it out of the Library of the author , Hacket being then a Master of Arts of some years standing . This original being communicated by the said Dr. Hacket , while he was living at Lichfield , to Mr. ( afterwards Sir ) Will. Dugdale , then Norroy King of Arms , he , contrary to the Doctors knowledge , took a copy of it , which I have seen and perused at Sir Williams house called Blith hall in Warwickshire , but therein I found many mistakes , as it afterwards more evidently appeared to me when that Transcript was put into the Ashmolean Musaeum . Another copy I have seen in the hands of Sir Hen. St. George , Clarenceaux King of Arms , which having been transcribed by one that understood not Latin , are innumerable faults therein , and therefore not at all to be relyed upon . After Dr. Hacket's death the original was put into the Library of Trin. coll . in Cambridge , where it now remains . Our author Camden did also put into Latin , Actio in Henricum Garnet Societatis Jesu in Anglia Superiorem , &c. adjectum est supplicium de Hen. Garnet Londini sumptum , &c. Lond. 1607. qu. And also viewed , corrected , and published certain old writers , to whom he gave this title , Anglica , Normanica , Hibernica , & Cambrica , per varios authores , &c. Francof . 1603. 04. fol. The first of which writers is Asser Menevensis his book , De vita & rebus gestis Regis Aelfredi . At length our author Camden paying his last debt to nature , in his house at Chiseihurst in Kent , on Sunday the ninth of Nov. ( about 4 or 5 of the clock in the morn . ) in sixteen hundred twenty and three , year 1623 his body afterwards was conveyed to Westminster , to the house there , where he used to dwell ; where laying in State for some time , 't was on the 19. day of the same month carried to St. Peters , commonly called the Abby-Church within that City , accompanied by several of the Heralds in their formalities , many of the Nobility , Clergy , Gentry , and others . All which being placed , Dr. Christop . Sutton , a Prebendary of that Church , stept up into the Pulpit , and made a true , grave , and modest commemoration of his life : Adding , that as he was not sactious in Religion , so neither was he wavering or inconstant , of which he gave good testimonies at his end , prosessing in the Exordium of his last Will , that he died , as had lived , in the Faith , Communion , and Fellowship of the Church of England . Sermon being ended , the body was carried into the S. Cross Isle , where it was buried in the west side or part of it . As soon as the news of his death was certified to the Sages or Governours of the University , they , in gratitude of so worthy a Benefactor as he had been , caused his memory to be celebrated in an Oration , publickly delivered by the mouth of 〈…〉 M. of A. and Student of Ch. Ch. who was then the Deputy O●●tor . To which Speech many of the Academians adding verses on the Benefactors death , they were , with the Speech , printed under the title of Camdeni Insignia . Oxon. 1624. qu. After these things were done , was a Monument erected on the west Wall of the said S. cross isle with the bust of the Defunct resting his hand on a book with Britannia insculp'd on the Leaves thereof . This Monument , which was composed of black and white Marble was somewhat defaced in 1646. when the Hearse and Eff●gies of Robert Earl of Essex the Parliamentarian General were cut in pieces and defaced . The Inscription however being left intire , I caused it to be printed t elsewhere . In the last Will and Testam . of this great Scholar , which I have more than once perused , I find besides his publick benefactions , his Legacies of 16 l. 10 l. and 5 l. to all his learned acquaintance then in being , as to Ja. Gruter Library Keeper to the Prince Pal. Elector of Heidelberg 5 l. To Mr. Tho. Allen of Gloc. hall in Oxon. 16 l. To Jo. 〈◊〉 of the Inner Temple 5 l. &c. besides a piece of plate to Sir 〈◊〉 Grevill Lord Brook Chancellour of the Exchequer , who preferr'd him gratis to his Office , and another of 16 l. price to the Company of Painter-Stainers of London , and this to be engraven thereon , Gul. Camden Clarenceaux filius Sampsonis Camden pictoris Lo●●incosi● . THOMAS WHITE , Son of Joh. White was born in the City of Bristow ( in Temple Parish ) but descended from the Whites of Bedfordshire , entred a Student in Madg. hall in the year 1566. or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became a noted and frequent preacher of Gods word . Afterwards retiring to London he was made Minister of St. Gregories Church near to St. Paul's Cathedral , and at length Rector of St. Dunstans in 〈◊〉 where he was held in great esteem for his golly and practical way of preaching . In 1584. he was licensed to proceed in Divinity , and in Nov. in the year following he had a Canonry in the Cath. Ch. of S. Paul , and a Prebendship there called Wenlocks barn conferr'd upon him by John Bishop of London , upon the nat . death of Reb. Towers Bac. of Div. In Apr. 1592. he was made Treasurer of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Joh. Sprint deceased , in 91. Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , and in 93. of S. Georges Church at Windsore . All that he hath published are only , Sermons , as ( 1 ) Two Serm. at S. Paul's in the time of the Plague : the first on Zeph. 3. 1 , 2 , 3. the other on Jer. 23. 5 , 6. Lond. 1577. oct . ( 2 ) Fun. Serm. on Sir Hen , Sidney , on 1 Joh ▪ 3. 2 , 3. Lond. 1586. oct . ( 3 ) Serm. at Pauls Cross , on the Queens day , 1589. on Luke 3. 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14. Lo●a . 1589. oct . and others which I have not yet seen . This worthy Doctor who was esteemed by all that knew him an honest and generous minded man and a great encourager of learning , gave up the Ghost on St. David's day ( 1 Mar. ) in sixteen hundred twenty and three , and in few days after was solemnly inter'd in the Chancel of his Church of S ▪ Dunstan in the West , before mentioned . Soon after , his death being certified to the Heads of the University , they in honour to his memory caused an Oration to be publickly delivered by the mouth of Will. Price the first reader of the Moral Philos. Lecture , lately founded by the said Dr. White . To which speech , certain Academians adding verses on the benefactors death , were with the speech printed under the title of Schola moralis 〈◊〉 Oxon. 〈…〉 . Oxon. 1624. in 2. th ▪ in qu. In 1613. he sounded an Alms house in Temple parish within the City of Brislow , endowing it with 92 l. per a● . in 1621. he founded a moral philosophy lecture in the University of Oxon , and the same year he setled an exhibition for five Students in Magd. hall . See 〈◊〉 in Hist . & 〈◊〉 . Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 43. and 370. a. and b. As for his 〈◊〉 to Sion coll . in London and to other places , ( expending most if not all his estate , which he got from the Church , on publick uses ) let others tell you , while I proceed to the next writer , to be mention'd according to time . JOHN ●AVOUR ▪ born in the Borough of South 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 was educated for a time in Grammatical learning there : Afterwards being compleated for the University in 〈◊〉 School , he was elected Probationer of 〈◊〉 coll . in 1576. and two years after was made comp●●t fellow . In 〈◊〉 he proceeded Doctor of the civil 〈◊〉 , and in the year following , he became Vicar of Halifax in Yorks . in the place of Dr. Henry Ledsham sometimes Fellow of Mert. college resigning . At which place he being setled , he preached every Lords day , lectur'd every day in the week , exercised justice in the Common-wealth , ( being Justice of Peace as Vicar of that place ) practiced for Gods sake and meerly out of Charity , Physick and Chirurgery on those that were not able to entertain a professed Doctor or Practitioner . On the 23. March 1616. he was collated to the Prebendship of Driffeild in , and to the Chauntorship of , the Ch. of York , on the death of Dr. Joh. Broke or Brook deceased , and in the beginning of March 1618. was made Warden of the Hospital of St. Mary Madg. near Ripon in Yorkshire , on the death of Ralph To●stall . He was esteemed a person of great piety and charity , and one well read in substantial and profound authors , as it appears by those books he hath written , especially in that published , entit . Antiquity triumphing over novelty , &c. or Antiquity a certain note of the Christian Cath. Church , Lond. 1619. qu. He concluded his last day in this world on the tenth of March in sixteen hundred twenty and three , and was buried in his Church of Halyfax ; a copy of whose Epitaph you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 144. a. In his Vicaridge succeeded Rob. Cl●y D. D. of M●rt . coll . and him Hugh Ramsden B. of D. another 〈◊〉 in 1628. and in his Chantourship of York succeeded H●n . Hook D. D. as I shall tell you elsewhere . JOHN SHAW , a Westmoreland man born , became a Student in Qu. coll . about the beginning of 1579. ●●ed 19. took one degree in Arts , left the coll . and at length became Vicar of Oling or W●●ing in S●rrey , where he was had in esteem by many for his preaching , and by some for his Poetry . His works are these . The blessedness of Mary mother of Jesus , Serm. on Luke 1. ver . 28. and 45. Lond. 1618. oct . The comfort of a Christian , by assurance of Gods love to him written in verse . The complaints of a Sinner : The comfort of our Saviour — in verse also . These two last are printed with the former Sermon . Bibliorum Summula , seu argumenta singulerum capitum Scripturae Canonicae , utrinsque Testamenti , alphab●tice distichis comprehensa Lond. 1621. and 23. &c. in oct . Dedicated to Poynings More , Son of Sir Rob. More a servant to K. James , Son of Sir George More Son of Sir. W. More Kt. These are all the things that I have seen written by this John Shaw , who was living at Ok●ng before mentioned in sixteen hundred twenty and three , before which time he had a Son named Tobias who was Bach. of Arts of Magd. coll . As for other Sermons and books , which go under his name of Joh. Shaw , I shall mention hereafter in their proper place , as having been written by others of both those names . SIMON WASTELL , a 〈◊〉 and man born and descended from those of his name living at Wastellhead , in the 〈◊〉 County , was entred a Student also in Queens coll . in 1580. or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts five years 〈◊〉 at which time being accounted a great proficient in classical learning and Poetry , was made Master of the Free-School at Northampton , whence , by his sedulous endeavours , many were sent to the Universities . He hath written , The true Christians daily delight ; being a sum of every Chapter of the Old and New Testament set down alphabetically in English verse , that the Scriptures we read may more happily be remembred , &c. Lond. 1623. in tw . Published afterwards with amendments and some additions with this title . 〈◊〉 : or , the Bibles ●pitome , &c. Lond. 1629. &c. in tw . This person who was well known to John S●●w , was living in Northampton in sixteen hundred twenty and three . ( 21. J. c. 1. ) In his time was one Samuel Wastell a Master of Arts of New Inn , 1628. but him I find not to be a writer or publisher of books . WILLIAM BISHOP , Son of John 〈◊〉 , who died 1601. aged 92. was born of a gentile family at Brayles in Warwickshire , sent to this University in the 17 year of his age , in 157● . or thereabouts , particularly , as I conceive , to Gloucester hall , at which time it was presided by one who was a R. Catholick , or at least suficie●tly addicted to the R. perswasion , and that therein , did then , and especially after , study 〈…〉 or else in 〈…〉 who was in anino Catholicus . After he had continued in Oxon. about 3 or 4 years , he left it , his paternal estate which was considerable , and all his friends and his native Country which was more . So that setling himself in the English coll . at Rheimes , he applyed himself partly to the study of Divinity . Soon after he was sent to Rome , where making a fruitful progress in Philosophy and Divinity , he was made Priest and sent into England to convert Souls ; but being taken in the haven was kept prisoner several years as a one of his perswasion reports . Afterwards being set at liberty ( an . 1584. ) he went to Paris , where he was honorably received , and worthily numbred among the Sorbon Doctors . At length he took another journey into England and laboured 9 years in the R. C. harvest . Upon the expiration of which , he was sent for to Rome about certain matters depending between the Jesuits and Secular Priests ; ( of which business a certain b author hath a large story ) all which being determined , he return'd the third time into England , and after 8 years labouring therein to advance his religion , was taken and committed prisoner to the Gate-house in Westminster , where he was remaining in 1612. Afterwards being released and sent back beyond the Seas again , lived at Paris in the Arras or Atrebatian coll . newly rebuilt for Benedictin Monks , by Philip Caverell , Head or Prefect of the Monastery of S. Vedastus at Arras . About the year 1622. our author being made Bishop of Chalcedon by the Pope , he was sent into England to execute the office of a Bishop among the Catholicks ; and was by them received with great honour and respect . He hath written , Reformation of a Catholick deformed by Will Perkins — Print . 1604. in qu. Part 1. The second part of the reform . of the Cath. &c. Printed 1607. qu. An answer to Mr. Perkins's advertisement — Pr. with the former . A reproof of Dr. Rob. Abbots Defence of the Cath. deformed by W. Perkins — Pr. 1608. in 2. parts in qu. Disproof of Dr. R. Abbots counter-proof against Dr. Bishops reproof of the defence of Mr. Perkins reform . Cath. Par. 1614. in oct . part 1. Defence of the Kings honour , and of his title to the Kingdom of England . — He also published and added several things ( besides a Preface ) to Joh. Pits his book De illustribus Angliae Scriptoribus , and was one of the principal authors of the Libels written against the Archpriestship in England , mentioned in George Blackwell , an . 1612. I find a book written by the Bp. of Chalcedon , entit . A treatise of the best kind of Confessors , pr. in oct . but whether written by this Bishop , or Dr. Ric. Smith , who was his Successor in that titular See , I know not . At length after this learned person , ( who was in his latter time of the order of S. Benedict ) had lived 71. years , he paid his last debt to nature near to London , on the thirteenth day of April in sixteen hundred twenty and four , year 1624 but where buried , unless in S. Pancras Church near to the said City , I know not . One c that remembers the man , hath told my friend that he died at Bishops Court in London , but where that place is , unless in the Parish of S. Sepulchre , I am yet to seek . A Latine Manuscript containing the obits and characters of many eminent Benedictines since the reformation , hath this character of Dr. Will. Bishop , that he was carceribus , exilio , & Apostolicis sudoribus inclitus , qui a Sancta sede in patriam ad solamen Catholicorum missus , clericis , Religularibus , ac ipsis laicis ob innatum unionis ac pacis affectum juxta charus extitit , &c. This obitat book which I have in my little Library , was written by a Benedictin Monk of Doway named Tho. White alias Woodhop , who having spent several years in the Sheldonian family at Beoly in Worcestershire , ( in which County he was born ) retired at length in the time of the civil War to Doway , was chosen Prior of the coll . of English Benedictines , and died there of the Pla●ue in 1654. From the said book , ( wherein 't is said that Dr. Bishop died near to London ) was another composed in English with additions , and therein is this said of that Doctor — he was sent into England by the holy See for the comfort of Catholicks , where he so modestly behaved himself , that he was by all , both Clergy and Seculars , dearly beloved and honoured : And after imprisonments and all sorts of afflictions , patiently endured for the true religion , died in peace near London , &c. This English obital , was pen'd by another Benedictine named Tho. Vincent alias Vincent Sadler author of The Childes Catechisme , &c. pr. at Paris alias London 1678. in oct . who died , as I remember , much about the time that K. Jam. 2. came to the crown . He was nephew or near of kin to Fath. Vincent Sadler of the same order , who died at Lond. 11. June . 1621. after he had been Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury for some years . MILES WINDSORE , Son of Thomas , Son of Andrew Lord Windsore , was born in Hampshire , ( at Stanwell I think ) elected from Balliol coll . Scholar of that of Corp. Ch. in Jan. 1556. aged 15 or thereabouts , made Probationer-Fellow 16 Feb. 1560 , took the degrees in Arts , left the coll . soon after because popishly affected , and spent the remaining part of his time within the City of Oxon. in a most retired condition . He was a tolerable Latine Poet , but a better Orator , as was sufficiently witnessed by his speech , intended to have been spoken in C. C. C. when Qu. Elizab. was entertain'd by the Oxonian Muses , 1566. and more especially by that which he most admirably well delivered before her at the Lord Windsores house at Bradenham a little after she left Oxon. Which giving the Queen great content , she , in an high manner did commend it before Dedicus Gosemannus de Sylva the Spanish Embassador then present , and looking wistly on Windsore ( who then had a beard according to the fashion ) said to Goseman , is not this a pretty young man ? At riper years he applyed himself to the study of Histories and Antiquities , and had a hand , as 't was frequently reported , in the Apologia of B. Tuyne who d stiles our author Windsore , Antiquae Historiae artifex peritus , &c. But before that Apologia was extant he wrote , Academiarum quae aliquando fuere , & hodie sunt in Europ● catalogus . Lond. 1590. qu. contracted by the author , and printed on one large sheet of Paper , to be put into a frame . At the end of the said book he published , Chronographia , sive origo collegiorum , Oxoniensis Academiae . This last was mostly written by Tho. Neal of New coll . in Lat. verse , and to it is added a description of the Divinity and publick Schools , and an Epitome of the Halls . Our author Windsore had intentions to write a book of the Antiquity of the Univ. of Oxon. and in order thereunto had made many collections , but Twyne with his forward and natural genie undertaking that work , Windsore forbore to proceed , and imparted to him his collections . At length after he had lived to a fair age , he surrendred up his last breath in his lodgings near S. Michaels Church in Oxon. in sixteen hundred twenty and four , and was buried in the outer Chappel of C. C. coll . under the north wall behind the Vicepresidents seat . At that time he left many , if not all , his collections of Antiquities ( containing many dotages and fooleries ) to Twyne before mentioned , Legacies to the prisoners in the prison called Bocardo , to the parishioners of S. Michaels Parish and to the Chest in the Tower of C. C. coll . After Twynes death some of the said collections were put into the Libr. of the said coll . and others were scatter'd about when the great fire hapned in Oxon. soon after Twynes death . One vol. of which came at length into my hands , wherein I find many vain and credulous matters , ( not at all to be relyed upon ) committed to writing MILES SMITH , a Fletchers Son , received his first breath within the City of Hereford , became a Student first in C. C. coll . about 1568. whence translating himself soon after to Brasnose , took the degrees in Arts as a member of that house ; wherein by the benefit of a severe discipline that was in his time exercised , and by his indefatigable industry , he proved at length an incomparable Theologist . About that time he was made one of the Chaplains or Petty-Canons of Ch. Ch. and took the degree of Bach. of Div. as a member of that Royal foundation . Afterwards he became Canon Residentiary of the Cathedral Ch. of Hereford , Doctor of Divinity and in 1612. Bishop of Glocester ; to which See ( which was given him for his great pains in translating the Bible ) he received consecration 20. Sept. the same year . From his youth he constantly ●●plyed himself to the reading of antient Classical authors of the best note , in their own Languages ; wherewith , as also with Neotericks he was plentifully stored , and lusted after no worldly thing so much as books ; of which tho he had great store , yet there were none scarce to be found in his Library , especially of the Ancients , that he had not read over , as hath been observed by those , who have perused them since his death . He ran thro the Greek and Latin Fathers , and judiciously noted them in the margin as he went. The Rabbins also , as many as he had with their Glosses and Commentaries , he read and used in their own idiom of speech . And so conversant he was , and expert in the Chaldaick , Syriack , and Arabick , that he made them as familiar to him , almost , as his own native tongue . Hebrew also he had at his fingers ends , and with all stories of all times : And for his rich and accomplished furniture in that study , he had this Elogy given him by a learned Bishop of this Kingdom , that he was a very walking Library . For this his exactness of those Languages , he was thought worthy by K. Jam. 1. to be called to that great work of the last translation of our English Bible , wherein he was esteemed the chief , and a workman that needed not be ashamed . He began with the first and was the last Man in the translation of the work ; for after the task of translation was finished by the whole number set a-part , and designed to that business , being some few above 40. it was raised by a dozen selected from them , and at length referred to the final examination on Bilson Bishop of Winton , and this our author , who , with the rest of the twelve , are stiled in the History of the Synod of Dort , vere eximii & ab initio in toto hoc opere versatissimi , as having happily concluded that worthy labour . All being ended , this excellent person Dr. Smith was commanded to write a Preface , which being by him done , 't was made publick , and is the same that is now extant in our Church Bible , the original whereof is , if I am not mistaken , in the Oxonian Vatican . He hath written , besides what is before-mentioned , Sermons . Lond. 1632. fol. They are 15 in number , and were transcribed out of his original MSS , the first of which is on Jer. 9. 23. 24. He departed this mortal life in the beginning of Nov. year 1624 in sixteen hundred twenty and four , ( having always before been very favourable to the Calvinian Party in his Diocess , ) and was buried on the 9. of the same month , in our Ladies Chappel , in the Cath. Ch. of Gloucester , leaving behind him two Sons which he had by his first Wife , ( Mary Hawkins of Cardiff , ) named Gervase of the Midale Temple Gent. and Miles Smith , and this character by the zealous men of the Ch. of England , that tho he was a great Scholar , yet he was a severe Calvinist , and hated the proceedings of Dr. Laud , especially after he was made Dean of Gloucester . Over his grave was afterwards a white stone laid , without any inscription thereon , only his Arms impaled by those of the See of Glouc. RICHARD CRAKANTHORPE , was born of a gentile Family at , or near , Strickland in Westmorland , became a Student in Queens coll . in 1583. aged 16. and soon after a poor serving Child , then a Tabarder , and at length in 1598. Fellow of the said coll . About which time , being a noted Preacher , and a profound Disputant in Divinity , ( of which Faculty he was a Bachelaur , ) was admired by all great men , and had in veneration , especially by the Puritanical Party , he being himself a Zealot among them , as having , with others of the same coll . entertained many of the principles of Dr. Joh. Rainolds while he lived there . After K. Jam. 1. came to the Crown , he went in the quality of a Chaplain to the Lord Evers , who in 1603. or thereabouts , was sent Embassador extraordinary to the Emperour of Germany . By which opportunity he , as Tho. Morton his Brother Chaplain in that Voyage , ( afterwards B. of Durham ) did advantage themselves exceedingly by conversing with learned men of other Perswasions , and by visiting several Universities and Libraries there . After his return he became Chaplain to Dr. Ravis B. of London , Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty , and by the favour of Sir John Levesen , ( who had sometimes three Sons of Qu. coll . ) Rector of Blacknotley near to Brayntrey in Essex , which was the best preferment , I think , he had . He was a person esteemed by most men to have been replenished with all kind of vertue and learning , to have been profound in Philosophical and Theological learning , a great Canonist , and so familiar and exact in the Fathers , Councels , and Schoolmen , that none in his time scarce went beyond him . Also that none have written with greater diligence , ( I cannot say with a meekermind because some have reported that he was as foul-m●●ched against the Papists , particularly M. Ant. de 〈…〉 was afterwards against them and the Prelatists , ) or with better truth or faith , than he , as by those things of his extant do appear , the titles of which are these . Sermons . As ( 1 ) Serm. of Sanctification , preached on Act Sunday 12. Jul. 1607. on 1 Thes. 5. 23. Lond. 1608. qu. ( 2 ) Inaugurat . Serm. of K. Jam. at Pauls Cross 24. Mar. 1608. on 2 Chron. 9. 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9. Ibid. 1609. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. of Predestination , on 2 Pet. 1. 10. Lond. 1620. 23. qu. Justinian the Emperour defended , against Card. Baronius . Lond. 1616. in 7 sh . in qu. Introductio in Metaphysicam lib. 4. Oxon. 1619. in a little oct . Defence of Constantine , with a treatise of the Popes Temporal Monarchy . Lond. 1621. qu. Logicae libriquinque de praedicalibus , praedicamentis , &c. Lond. 1622. &c. Ox. 1677. in a large qu. Appendix de Sillogismo Sophistico . Tractatus de providentia Dei. Cantab. 1622. &c. qu. Defensio Eccl. Anglicanae contra M. Anton. de Dominis Archiep . Spalatensis injurias . Lond. 1625. qu. Published by Dr. Joh. Barcham . Which book was held to be the most exactest piece for controversie since the time of the Reformation . Virgilius dormitans . Or , a treatise of the first General Councel held at Constantinople , an . 553. under Justinian the Emperour , in the time of Pope Vigilius , Lond. 1631. fol. Popish falsifications . Or , an answer to a treatise of a Popish Recusant , intit . The first part of Protestants proofs for Catholicks Religion and Recusancy ; taken only from the writings of such Protestant Doctors and Divines of England , as have been published in the Reign of K. James , an . 1607. — MS. This book I saw at Oxon in the hands of Mr. Edw. Benlowes the Poet , who in his younger days was a Papist , or at least very Popishly affected , and in his elder years a bitter Enemy to that Party . Whether the said book was ever printed I cannot tell . Animadversions on Cardinal Baronius his Annals . — MS. Either lost or embezil'd after the authors death . MSS. The copies of which were formerly , if not still , in the Tabarders Library in Qu. coll . De caelo . Physica . In Aristotelis Organon . I have seen also several of his Epistles , written to Dr. Hen. Airay Provost of Qu. coll . stitch'd up with Dr. Joh. Rainolds his Declamations , and other things among the MSS. in the Library of Dr. Thom. Barlow , afterwards B. of Lincoln . What else he hath written I find not , nor any thing more of him , only that he dying at Blacknotly before-mentioned , ( for want of a Bishoprick , as K. Jam. 1. used to say , ) was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , 25. year 1624 Nov. in sixteen hundred twenty and four : At which time Dr. Joh. Barchem , Dean of Rockyng in Essex , did Preach his Funeral Sermon before several Gentlemen and Ministers of the neighbourhood , shewing to them , in the conclusion , the great piety and learning of him , who then lay as a spectacle of mortality before them . Had that Sermon been printed , I might have thence said more of this worthy author , but it being quite lost , I presume , after that Doctors death , we must be content with those things that are already said of him . PETER BOWNE , or Boun●●u , as he is sometimes written , was a Bedfordshire man born , admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . in Apr. 1590. aged 15. of which he was afterwards Fellow , and M. of Arts. This person having a great Genie to the Faculty of Medicine , entred on the Physick line , practiced in these parts , and at length became Dr. of his Faculty . Afterwards he wrote , Pseudo-Medicorum Anatomia . Lond. 1624. qu. At which time he practiced Physick in the great City , and was much in esteem for it in the latter end of King Jam. 1. and beginning of King Ch. 1. What other things he hath published , I know not , nor any thing of his last days . GEORGE MORE , Son of Sir Will. More , beloved of Q. Elizabeth for his many services done in the Common-wealth , was extracted from the Mores of Devonshire , but whether born there , or in Surrey , in truth I cannot tell . After he had spent some time in Oxon , particularly , as it seems , in Exeter coll . he went to the Inns of Court , but took no degree there or here . In 1597. he had the honour of Knighthood con●er●ed upon him , being about that time a frequent Speak●● in several Parliaments , and much in esteem for his excellent parts . In 1604. he being about that time Treasurer to Henry Prince of Wales , did by the name of Sir George More of Surrey give several MSS. to the Publick Library at Oxon , and 40 l. to buy printed books , and in the year following he was actually created Master of Arts. In 1610 , he became Chancellour of the most Noble Order of the Garter , and about 1615. Lievtenant of the Tower , in the place of Sir Jervase Elwaies , imprisoned for the consenting to the poysoning of Sir Thom. Overbnry . He hath written , A demonstration of God in his Works , against all such that deny either in word or in life , that there is a God. Lond. 1598. 1624. qu. Parliamentary Speeches , — and other things which I have not yet seen . He was living at Losely , or Lothesley , near Guildsord in Surrey , where he had a fair Estate descended to him from his Father , in sixteen hundred twenty and four , and after , and there died and was buried . He had a Son named Rob. More , who was a Knight , and a Daughter , who was married to the famous Dr. Joh. Donne , afterwards Dean of Pauls . I have made mention of another George More in the Fasti , an . 1573. WILLIAM BROWNE , Son of Tho. Br. of Tavystock in Devonsh . Gent. was born there , spent some time among the Muses in Exeter coll . after K. Jam. 1. came to the Crown ; whence retiring to the Inner Temple , without any degree confer'd upon him , became famed there for his Poetry , especially after he had published , Britannia's Pastorals . — Esteemed then , by judicious persons , to be written in a sublime strain , and for subject amorous and very pleasing . The first part of it was printed at Lond. 1613. fol. and then usher'd into the World with several copies of verses made by his learned acquaintance , as by Joh. Selden , Mich. Drayton , Christoph . Brook , &c. The second part , or book , was printed at Lond. 1616. fol. and then commended to the World by various copies made by John Glanvill , ( whom I shall mention elsewhere , for his sufficiencies in the Common Law , ) Joh. Davies of Hereford , George Wither of Linc. Inn , Ben. Johnson , Thom. Wenman of the Inner Temple , &c. which last I take to be the same , that had been Fellow of Ball. coll . and Publick Orator of this University . These two books , or parts , in fol. were also printed in two vol. in oct . ( 1625. ) which I have not yet seen . Our author Browne hath also written a Poem intit . The Shepard's Pipe ; in 7 Eglogues . Lond. 1614. oct . The fourth Eglogue is dedicated to Mr. Tho. Manwood , ( who died about that time , ) Son of Sir Pet. Manwood , and the fifth to his ingenious Friend Mr. Christop . Brook , mentioned elsewhere in this work . Elegy on the never enough bewailed , &c. Prince Henry . Lond. 1613. qu. and other Poems , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . However the Reader is to know , that as he had honoured his Country with his elegant and sweet Pastorals , so was he expected , and also intreated a little farther , to grace it , by drawing out the line of his Poetick Ancestors , beginning in Josephus Iscanius , and ending in himself ; but whether ever published , having been all or mostly written , as 't was said , I know not . In the beginning of the year 1624. he retired to Exeter coll . again , being then about 34 years of age , and was Tutor or Gov. to Rob. D●rmer of that house , the same who was afterwards Earl of Caernarvon , and killed in Newbury fight , 20. Sept. 1643. In the same year he was actually created Master of Arts , as I shall tell you elsewhere in the Fasti , and after he had left the Coll. with his Pupil , he became a retainer to the Pembrochian Family , was beloved by that generous Count , William E. of Pembroke , and got wealth and purchased an estate , which is all I know of him hitherto , only that as he had a little body , so a great mind . In my searches I find that one Will. Browne of Otterie S. Mary in Devon , died in the Winter time 1645. whether the same with the Poet , I am hitherto ignorant . After the time of the said Poet , appeared another person of both his names , author of two Common Law-books , written in English , intit . Formulae bene placitandi , and of Modus intraadi placita generalia , and of other things pertaining to that Faculty . JOHN DAVIES , an excellent Mathematician , as the learned Camden a stiles him , was the Son of John Davies of London , in which City he was born , at about six of the clock in the evening of the eighth of Feb. in 1559-60 . and educated in Gramaticals there . In 1574. he made his first entry into this University , and setling in Gloucester hall under the tuition of one that was much enclined to the Rom. Perswasion , made great proficiency in his studies ; and Mr. Tho. Allen of that house finding that his Genie was much addicted to the Mathematicks , instructed him therein , and gave him all the incouragement imaginable to proceed in that noble Science . In 1581. he proceeded M. of A. as a Member of Glouc. hall , continued there for some time after , and then retiring to the great City was instructed in Astrological matters by one Dr. Sim. Forman , a very able Astrologer and Physician , as it appears by the MS. books b he left behind him when he died , tho a certain * author tells us he was a very silly fellow . In Feb. 1587. he was first of all introduced into the Royal Court , where he was made known to , and received with great courtsie by , that popular Count , Robert Earl of Essex . In 1589. he travelled into France , and made a voyage into Portugal , whereby he advanced his knowledge , as to men , and the Languages of those Countries very much . In 1596. after he had been married 3 years , he went under the conduct of the said Count towards Spain , where doing most admirable service at the taking and sacking of Cadiz , he received c the honour of Knighthood and of Baneret . In 1597. he travelled to the Islands of Terceres , where he performed that employment he went about , to the great honour of himself , and in 1598. Jan. 31. he was made Surveyor of the Ordnance by the endeavours of his singular good Lord , the E. of Essex , under whom , in the year following , he went as a prime Officer into Ireland , where his service was much remarkable against the Rebels . In 1600. he was deeply ingaged in that Earls Teasons , for which he was taken and committed to custody , on the 8. Feb. the same year . About the eleventh of the same month , the Archbishop of Canterbury issued out a Direction for the Ministers and Preachers in his Province , to the end that they give the People a right understanding what the Earl of Essex intended by his treasonable conspiracy ; in which Direction I find these matters of Sir Joh. Davies . viz. that he was brought up in Oxford , and was by profession a seller of figures , and on whom that hateful Earl , hoth to God and man , did repose great affiance , insomuch that he made him chief Officer about the Ordnance in the Tower , and thought him one of the faithfull'st Servants he had to make his Keeper , &c. This Davies was one , that favoured nothing less than the Gospel ; for being in hold , the chiefest motion that he made to the Gentleman that had the custody of him for that time , was , that if it were possible , he might have a Priest to confess him , &c. In March following he was tried among other Conspirators for his life , and being in a manner convicted by his own Conscience and confession , held his peace ; and then being taunted by the way that he was a Papist , he denied not , but that in Oxon he was instructed in the Romish Religion by his Tutor , and confirmed in the same by Sir Christop . Blount one of the Conspirators , while he was in the Irish Wars , At which words , when he perceived Blount was moved , he straight appeased him , affirming that he was confirmed in that Religion , not by Blounts perswasion , but by the example of his Christian and Religious life . Afterwards being condemned to be hang'd , drawn , and quartered , he requested , that altho he was no Nobleman , yet he might suffer as they did , that is , by beheading ; if not , not to be quarter'd in pieces , but to be buried Christianly . After sentence , he was remanded to his prison , but by the intercession of Friends , the Queen signed his Pardon , 5. Feb. 1601. which was allowed by the Judges in Westminster hall , on the 12. of the same month . So that being free , he purchased an Estate in the Parish of Pangborne in Berks , where he spent the remainder of his days in a retired and studious condition . This person , who is stiled in literis Mathematicis apprime eruditus , hath written many things of Mathematicks and Astrology , but hath nothing , as I can yet find , that is extant . There went from hand to hand a volume of Letters which were written by this Sir Joh. Davies , Dr. Joh. d ee , and Dr. Mat. Gwinne , concerning Chimical and Magical secrets ; which , as some say , ( tho I cannot yet be satisfied in it ) was given by Dr. T. B. to Cosmo Prince of Tuscany when he was received and entertained by the Univ. of Oxon 1669. But let this report remain with the author , while I tell you that this Sir John Davies giving way to fate in his House called Berecourt , in the parish of Pangbourne in Berks , 14. May in sixteen hundred twenty and five , year 1625 was buried in the North side of the Chancel of the Church at Pangbourne . Over his Grave was a very sair Mon. erected , whereon his Statue in Armour lies between the Statues of his two Wives . He left behind him a Son of both his Names , who was a Gent. Com. of Glouc. hall , 1626. and afterwards a Knight , but neither he , nor his Father , was author of the History of the Caribby Islands printed 1666. fol. but another Joh. Davies . WILLIAM BARLOWE , Son of Will. Barlowe , sometimes B. of Chichester ( mentioned among these writers under the year 1568 ) was born , as it seems , in Pembrok●shire , while his Father was Bishop of S. David , became a Com. of Ball. coll . about 1560 , and four years after , took a degree in Arts : which being compleated by Determination , he left the University before he proceeded in that faculty , and afterwards travelling , became very well skill'd in the Art of Navigation . About the year 1573. he entred into the Sacred Function , was afterwards Prebendary of Winchester , Rector of Easton near to that City , Chaplain to Prince Henry , and at length Archdeacon of Salisbury : To which last he was collated , on the death of Dr. Ralph Pickover , on the 12. of March 1614. This was the person who had knowledge in the Magnet 20 years before Dr. Will. Gilbert published his book of that subject , and therefore by those that knew him , he was accounted superiour , or at least equal to that Doctor for an industrious and happy searcher and finder out of many rare and magnetical secrets . He was the first that made the inclinatory instrument transparent , and to be used pendant , with a glass on both sides , and a ring on the top , whereas Dr. Gilberts hath but of one side , and to be set on a foot . And moreover , he hang'd him in a Compass-box , where with two ounces weight it was made fit for use at Sea. Secondly , he was the first that found out and shewed the difference between Iron and Steel , and their tempers for Magnetical uses , which hath given life and quickning , universally to all Magnetical Instruments whatsoever . Thirdly , he was the first that shewed the right way of touching Magnetical Needles . Fourthly , he was the first that found out and shewed the piecing and cementing of Loadstones . And lastly , the first that shewed the reasons why a Loadstone being double capped , must take up so great weight . The books which he hath published for use are these . The Navigators supply : containing many things of principal importance belonging to Navigation , with the description and use of divers instruments framed chiefly for that purpose , &c. Lond. 1597. qu. Dedic . to Rob. Earl of Essex . Magnetical advertisements : or divers pertinent observations and approved experiments concerning the nature and properties of the Loadstone , &c. Lond. 1616. qu. Ded. to Sir Dudley Digges Knight , because of his rare learning , joyned with piety , and accompanied with a pleasing carriage towards every man ; which were the chief reasons that caused all good men to love him . Upon the publication of this book , a certain Cantabrigian named Mark Ridley , Doctor of Physick and Philosophy , sometimes Physician to the English Marchants trading in Russia , afterwards chief Physician to the Emperour of that Country ( as he entitles himself ) and at length one of the eight Principals or Elects of the coll . of Physicians at London , made Animadversions upon it ; whereupon our author came out in vindication of himself with this book . A brief discovery of the idle animadversions of Mark Ridley Doct. in Physick , upon a treatise entit . Magnetical Advertisements — Lond. 1618. qu. What other things he hath written I know not as yet , nor any thing else of the said books , only that seven years before the Magnetical Advertisementt were published , he sent a copy of them in MS. to the learned Sir Tho. Chaloner , which he mislaying or embesling , he sent him , upon his desire , another copy , and that being imparted to others , the author afterwards , before its publication , met with many portraitures of his Magnetical implements , and divers of his propositions published in print in another mans name , and yet some of them not rightly understood by the party usurping them . He concluded his last day in sixteen hundred twenty and five , year 1625 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Easton before mentioned . To his Archdeaconry of Salisbury was collated Tho. Marler on the 27. of June the same year , but who to his Prebendship of Winchester , I know not as yet . Soon after was an Epitaph put over Mr. Barlows Grave running thus . Depositum Gulielmi Barlowe Archideaconi Sarisburiensis , Prebendarii Ecclesiae Cath. Winton , & Rectoris Ecclesiae de Easton ; qui cum sedulam per annos 52. aedificationi corporis christi navasset Operam , ad meliorem Vitam migravit Maii 25. An. Dom. 1625. EDWARD CHALONER , second Son of Sir Tho. Chaloner of Steeple Claydon in Bucks Knight ( whom I have before mentioned ) was born in the County of Middlesex , particularly , as it seems , at Cheswick , where his Father and Mother lived , and both were buried ; applyed his muse to Academical studies in the condition of a Commoner in the coll . of S. Mary Madg. 1604. aged 14. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1610. and the next year was chosen Fellow of Allsouls coll . Afterwards entring into the sacred function , he became Chaplain in Ordinary to K. James , Doctor of Div. Principal of St. Albans hall , and Chapl. in Ord. to K. Ch. 1. He was reputed , considering his age , a very learned man , able for the Pulpit , and well read in polemical Divinity , as some of his lucubrations shew . There was nothing of his composition so mean , which the greatest person did not value : and those Sermons of his making , which were published after his death , were looked upon as several choice pieces , or at least such , as would prove serviceable to the Church and Common-wealth . His works are . Six Sermons , as ( 1 ) Babel , or the confusion of Languages on Gen. 11. 7. ( 2 ) Naioth , or the Vniversity Charter , on Am. 4. 14. ( 3 ) Ephesus Common-Pleas . ( 4 ) Judah's prerogative . ( 5 ) The Gentiles creed . ( 6 ) Paul's peregrination , or the travellers guide , &c. Lond. 1623. oct . Vnde Zizania ? The orig . and progress of Heresie , Serm. before K. Jam. at Theobalds , on Mat. 13. 27. Lond. 1624. qu. ●b . 1638. in tw . Credo Ecclesiam S. Catholicam . I believe the holy Cath. Church , the authority , universality and visibility of the Ch. handled and discussed . Lond. 1625. quarto , and 38. in tw . Six Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Cre●ians conviction and reformaon , on Tit. 1. 13. ( 2 ) The ministers charge and mission , on Mat. 20. 6. ( 3 ) Gods bounty and Gentiles ingratitude . ( 4 ) Afflictions the Christians portion . ( 5 ) Duty and affinity of the faithful . ( 6 ) No peace with Rome , &c. Oxon. 1629. qu. Status quaestionum inter nos & pontificios — MS. in qu. containing 92. pages in Lat. in the Libr. of Dr. Tho. Barlow . At length , after he had lived 34. years , he was , to the great grief of many , untimely snacth'd away by the Plague that was then in Oxon. 25. July in sixteen hundred twenty and five , year 1625 and was privately buried , late at night , in the south yard belonging to S. Maries Church within this University , leaving then behind him a disconsolate Widdow named Elizabeth , Daughter of Dr. R●b . Hoveden sometimes Warden of All 's . coll . besides children . Over his grave was soon after an altar-monument erected , with an Epitaph engraven thereon ; a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 181. b. RAPHAEL THORIUS , commonly called Thoris , a French man born , was in his younger days conversant among the Oxonians in the condition of a Sojourner , and made a considerable progress in the faculty of medicine , but took no degree therein , only numbred among those of the Physick line . Afterwards he setled in London , practiced that faculty with good success and was in his time accounted c Corypheus Medici gregis ; and as a Physitian famous , so no vulgar Poet. The works that he hath written are many , but none were published till after his death ; the titles of some of which follow . Hymnus Tabaci , sive de Pacto libri duo . Which books being procured from the author in Feb. 1624. by Ludov. àKinschot , were by him published at Lond. ( 1627. ) oct . This elegant Lat. Poem was translated into English verse by Pet. Hansted M. A. of Cambridge , afterwards D. D. — Lond. 1651. oct . Cheimonopegnia . A winter song in Lat. verse — published also by the said Kinschot , ( 1627. ) oct . and translated into English , by P. Hausted before mentioned . Epistolae duae de Isaaci Casauboni morbi mortisque caussa ▪ written in 1614. Put at the end of Isaac Casaubons epistles , published by Joh. Freder Gronovius , 1638. qu. In the first of Car. 1. when the plague raged in London , he acted more for the publick ( by exposing his person too much ) than his most dear concern . Wherefore being deeply infected with that disease , died of it in his house in the parish of S. Bennet Finck , in Jul. or Aug. in sixteen hundred twenty and five , year 1625 but where he was buried , I know not , unless in the Church or Ch. yard of that parish . He left behind him a Son named John , whom I shall elsewhere mention , and a most dear friend who lamented his death in a Lat. Poem ( not to be contemn'd ) entit . Lessus in funere Raphaelis Thorii Medici & Poetae praestantissimi , &c. In which , if it can be seen , ( which I think not , for I never saw but one ) you may read many things justly said of him . JOHN FLORIO the Resolute , as he used to write himself , was born in London , in the latter end of the raign of K. H. 8 , a little before which time , his Father ( descended from the Florii of Sienna in Tuscany ) and Mother , who were Waldenses , had fled from the Valtoline into England for religion sake . But when K. Ed. 6. died and the protestant religion silenc'd , by the succession of Qu. Mary , they left England , and went to another Country , where Jo. Florio received his puerile literature . After Protestancy was restored by Q. Elizab. they return'd and Florio for a time lived in this University . At length Rich. Barnes Bishop of Durham sending his Son Emanuel to Magd. coll . to obtain Acad. literature in the quality of a Commoner , about 1576. Florio was appointed to attend him as a Tutor in the Italian and French tongues . At which time wearing a Gown , he was matriculated as a member of that house in 1581. aged about 36 years , and as a teacher and instructor of certain Scholars in the University . After K. James came to the Crown he was appointed Tutor to Pr. Henry for those languages , and at length made one of the Privy Chamber , and Clerk of the closet , to Qu. Anne , to whom he was a Tutor also . He was a very useful man in his profession , zealous in the religion he professed , and much devoted to the English nation . His works are , His first fruits , which yield familiar speech , merry proverbs witty sentences and golden saying ▪ Lond. 1578. qu. 91. oct . Perfect introduction to the Italian and English tongues . — Printed with the former , and both dedicated to Rob. Earl of Leicester . His second fruits to be gathered of twelve Trees , of divers but delightsome tastes to the tongues of Italian ▪ and English men . Lond. 1591. oct . Garden of recreation , yielding six thousand Italian Proverbs — Printed with the former . Dictionary Ital. and English . Lond. 1597. 98. fol. Which Dictionary was by him afterwards augmented , and to the honour of Queen Anne did intitle it , Queen Anna's new world of words . Lond. 1611. fol. which for the variety of words , was far more copious than any extant in the world at that time . But this notwithstanding being also defective , our author did , out of other Dictionarys and Italian authors , which came accidentally into his hands , collect out of them an addition of many thousand words and phrases relating to Arts , Sciences , and Exercises , intending , if he had lived , to come out with a third edition . After his death , his additions being transmitted to Gio Torriano an Italian and professor of the Italian tongue in London , were by him diligently perused , and in very many places supplied out of the generally approved Dictionaries of the Academici della crusca , and several others that were set forth since Florio's death . The said Torriano also did much correct the English interpretations , and where there was cause , he reduced them to their genuine sense , as they are now used in these modern times . Which additions and corrections were printed at Lond. 1659. fol. Florio also translated from French into English , The Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne . Lond. 1603. 13. 32. fol. and others things , as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen . At length retiring to Fulham in Middlesex to avoid the plague raging in London , was there overtaken by it in his old age , of which he died in Aug. or Sept. in sixteen hundred twenty and five and received , year 1625 as I suppose , sepulture either in the Ch. or yard there . I have several times sent for his Epitaph , but receiving none , you may take this for one , — Virtute suâ contentus , nobilis arte , Italus Ore , Anglus pectore , uterque opere . Floret adhuc , & adhuc florebit ; floriat ultra Florius , hâc specie floridus , optat amans . THOMAS LODGE , was descended from those of his name living in Lincolnshire , but whether born there , I cannot tell , made his first entry into this University about 1573. and was afterwards Servitour or Scholar under the learned and vertuous Mr. Edward Hobye of Trinity coll . where making early advances , his ingenuity began at first to be observed by several of his compositions in Poetry . After he had taken one degree in Arts , and had spent some time in exercising his fancy among the Poets in the great City , he was esteemed , ( not Jos Hall of Emanuel coll . in Cambridge excepted ) the best for Satyr among English men . At length his mind growing more serious , he studied Physick , for the improvement of which he travelled beyond the Seas , took the degree of Dr. of that faculty at Avenion , returned and was incorporated in the University in the latter end of Qu. Elizabeth . Afterwards setling in London he practiced it , became much frequented for his success in it , especially by the R. Catholicks ( of which number he was by many suspected to be one ) and was as much cried up to his last for Physick , as he was in his younger days for his poetical fancy . He hath written , Alarum against Usurers , containing tried experiences , against worldly abuses . Lond. 1584. qu. History of Forbonius and Prisaeria , with truths complaint over England — Printed with the Alarum . Euphues Golden Legacy found after his death in his cell at Silexedra , bequeathed to Philautus Sonnes , nursed up with their Father in England . Lond. 1590. &c. qu. The wounds of a civil War , lively set forth in the true Tragedies of Marius and Scilla . Lond. 1594. qu. A fig for Momus — Pr. in qu. Looking-glass for London : An historical Comedy . Lond. 1598. qu. In the composure of which he had the assistance of Robert Green M. A. of Cambridge . Liberality and prodigality , Comedy . Lady Alimony , Com. Luminalia , a Maske . Lawes of nature , Com. Assisted also in these by the said Rob. Green , who is accounted the half author of them . Treatise of the Plague , containing the nature , signs and accidents of the same , &c. Lond. 1603. qu. Countess of Lincol. Nusery . Oxon. 1622. in 2. or 3. sh . in qu. Treatise in defence of Plays . — This I have not yet seen , nor his Pastoral Songs and Madrigals , besides several other things which are as it were lost to the generality of Scholars . He also translated into English ( 1 ) Josephus his History or Antiquities of the Jews . Lond. 1602. 09. 20. &c. sol . ( 2 ) The works both moral and natural of Luc. An. Seneca . Lond. 1614. 20. fol. &c. This eminent Doctor who practiced his faculty in Warwick Lane in the beginning of K. Jam. 1. and afterwards on Lambert-hill , removed thence a little before his last end into the parish of S. Mary Magd. in Old Fishstreet , London , where he made his last exit ( of the Plague I think ) in September , in sixteen hundred twenty five , year 1625 leaving then behind him a Widdow called Joan , but where buried , unless in the Church or yard there , I know not . His memory is celebrated by several Poets , whose Encomiums of him being frequent , I shall for brevity sake pass them now by , and proceed to the next who had a name among those of his perswasion for an eminent . Theologist . HENRY HOLLAND , was born at Daventry commonly called Dantry in Northamptonshire , educated in Grammar learning in Eaton School near to Win●sore , elected Scholar of S. Johns coll . in 1565. took one degree in Arts , left that house soon after , his Friends , Country and Religion , and went to D●way in Flanders , where making a considerable progress in the Theological faculty , was made Priest and Bach. of Div. Afterwards he went to Rheims , and in the English coll . there was a most noted preacher for several years , and at length gave his assisting hand to the Translation of the Rheimish Testament . Soon after he was sent into the English Harvest , to gain souls to his religion , but finding that imployment dangerous , he retired to Doway again , where being made 〈…〉 Divinity , read and interpreted divine Letters f●r many years in the Monastery of Anchine near to that place . His works are , De venerabili Sacramento . De Sacrificio Missae . Duac . 1609. Carmina diversa , with other things printed beyond the Seas , which seldom , or never , come into these parts . He gave way to fate in a good old age , within the said Monastery of Anchine , year 1625 on the 28. day of Sept. in sixteen hundred twenty and five , and was buried in the Cloyster there . Over his grave is an Epitaph beginning thus . Dantria me genuit , me clara Vigornia fovit , Aetona me docuit , post doeet Oxonium . The rest you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 307. b. In this Hen. Holland's time were one , two , or more writers of both his names , as ( 1 ) Hen. Hol. who wrote A treatise against Witchcraft , &c. Camb. 1590. qu. and the same , as it seems , who published Spiritual preservations against the Pestilence ; and added thereunto , An admonition concerning the use of Physick . Both printed 1603. qu. ( 2 ) H. Hol. who published the Hist . of Adam , or the fourfold state of Man , &c. Pr. 1606. qu. and Christian Exercise of Fasting , private and publick , &c. Pr. 1596. qu. Whether this H. Holland be the same with the first , ( who was of Cambridge , as it seems , ) I cannot tell , unless I see their respective books ; neither can I say to the contrary but that he may be the same H. Holland , who published the Posthuma of his Brother Abrah . Holland sometimes of Trin. coll . in Cambridge . — Lond. 1626. Which Abraham ( who was author also of a Poem , called , Naumachia ; or Hollands Sea-fight . Lond. 1622. qu. ) died on the 18. of Febr. 1625. ( 3 ) Hen. Holland , Son of Philemon Holland a Physician and Schoolmaster of the City of Coventry , who was born there , travelled with John Lord Harington into the Palatinate , in 1613. and collected and wrote , Monumenta Sepulchralia Ecclesiae S. Pauli Lond. Printed in qu. Also Herologia Anglica , sive effigies , vitae & elogia clarorum & doctorum aliquot Anglorum , ab an . 1500. ad 1620. Lond. 1620. in two tomes . fol. and did engrave and pub . a book , intit . A book of Kings , being a true and lively Effigies of all our English Kings from the Conquest till this present , &c. 1618. But this Hen. Holland was not educated either in Oxon or Cambridge , having been a Member of the Society of the Stationers in London . See in the Fasti , among the incorporations , an . 1572. HENRY FINCH , second Son of Sir Thom. Finch of East well in Kent , was born in that County , and for a time educated in this University , particularly , as I conceive , in Oriel coll . wherein several of his sirname and Family studied in the time of Q. Elizabeth . From Oxon he was translated to Greys Inn , wherein making great proficiency in the Municipal Laws , became a Councellour of note , Autumn or Summer-Reader of that house , 2. Jac. 1. Serjeant at Law 1614. and one of the Kings Serjeants , and a Knight , two years after , being then in great esteem for his knowledge in his profession . He hath written , Nomotexnia ; cestascavoir , un description del common Leys d' Angleterre solonique les rules del Art , &c. Lond. 1613. fol. in 4 books . Done into English by the same author , under this title , Of Law ; or a discourse thereof , in 4 books . Lond. 1627. 36. 61. &c. oct . From the said book is mostly extracted another , intit . A summary of the Common Law of England . Lond. 1654. oct . done by another hand . Our author Finch also wrote , Of the calling of the Jews . — By which book it appears , that the studies of the author , were not altogether confin'd to the Common Law. But his judgment therein , as to the subject matter , dissenting from the opinions of ingenious persons , yet they cannot otherwise but allow him to have learnedly maintained an Errour . He departed this life on the eleventh day of Octob. in sixteen hundred twenty and five , year 1625 and was buried , as I conceive , in St. Martins Church near Canterbury , leaving then behind him a Son , begotten on the body of his Wife Vrsula , Daughter and Heir of Will. Thwayts , called John Finch , born the 17. Sept. 1584. educated in the Common Law in Greys Inn , afterwards a Knight , Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , and Lord Finch of Fordwyche , forced out of England by the severity of the Members of the Long Parliament , an . 1640. had leave afterwards to return , and lived privately at the Mote near Canterbury , and dying the 20. Nov. an . 1660. was buried in the Church of S. Martin before-mentioned . This John Lord Finch ( who had a younger Brother called Henry ) seems to have had some considerable knowledge in Mathematicks and Astronomy , as it appears by a Manuale Mathematicum , curiously written on Velom with his own hand , preserved to this day as a rarity in Dugdale's Press , among the MSS in the Ashmolean Musaeum . RICHARD FOWNS , a Ministers Son , and a Worcestershire man born , was elected Student of Ch. Ch. 1577. aged 17. took the degrees in Arts , became Chaplain to Prince Henry , Bach. and D ▪ of D. 1605. and about that time Rector of Stoke upon Severn , commonly called Severnstoke , in his own Country . He hath written , Trisagion , or the three Offices of Christ . Lond. 1619. qu. He was buried in the Church of Severnstoke , 25. Nov. in sixteen hundred twenty and five , year 1625 and soon after was put a Mon. over his grave with an inscription thereon , but so miserably defaced in the Civil War that brake out 17 years after , that 't is not now ( as I have been informed ) legible , otherwise I should have given you a copy of it here . A Latin Sermon of one Rich. Fowns , preached on 2 Thess . 2. 34. was published in 1660. but whether preached by our author , or another of both his names , I cannot tell , because I have not yet seen it . CHRISTOPHER BAGSHAW was originally descended from the Bagshaws , living at Ridge or Abney in Derbyshire , but the name of the place wherein he received his first breath , I cannot yet find . In 1572 , he was by the endeavours of Rob. Persons ( afterwards a Jesuit ) elected Probationer-Fellow of Balliol coll . being then a Bach. of Arts , and a celebrated Logician and Philosopher . Soon after proceeding in his Faculty , he was much noted for his zeal to Protestancy , yet proved troublesome in his publick disputes , and in his behaviour towards Persons . About the year 1579. he was Principal , or at least Deputy , for a time , of Gloucester hall ; where also being disliked , he left that place soon after , and his Fellowship in 1582. which was pronounced void the year following . About that time he went beyond the Seas , changed his Religion , and being made a Priest in France , and getting helps and directions from Fa. Persons , he journied to Rome , where for some time he lived in the English college . But being troublesome there also , and raising great garboyles among the Scholars of that place , Cardinal Boncompagno , Protector of the English Nation , expelled him thence , as one a that had no good will for him saith : Yet our author in his own vindication tells b us , that he had a Benedicessit , and departed very orderly . Afterwards he returned to Paris , where , as 't is said , he was made Doctor of Div. and one of the Sorbon , at which time , and after , the Jesuits used to stile him , Doctor Erraticus , and Doctor per Saltum . Afterwards he was sent into England to gain Souls to his Religion , but taken and committed Prisoner to Wisbich Castle in Cambridgshire , where I find him in 1593. among many other Priests and Gentlemen of the Rom. Cath. Religion , that had some years before been secured in that place . 'T is said c while he continued there , that he carried away the glory and fame of all that was heretofore laudably done in that Castle , before Fa. Edmonds alias Weston a Jesuit began to shew his tricks , and then that Party , and those Lay-persons that favoured them , would condemn Bagshaw as d a man of no worth , unruly , disordered , and a disobedient person , not to be favoured or respected by any , &c. Afterwards being freed from that prison , he went beyond Sea again , where he ended his days . He hath written , An answer to certain points of a Libel , called , An Apology of the Subordination in England . Par. 1603. oct . He had a considerable hand also in writing a book , intit . Declaratio motuum ac turbationum inter Jesuitas & Sacerdotes Seminariorum in Anglia . Rothomag . 1601. in qu. Set out under the name of one Joh. Mush a Yorkshire man born , and a learned Priest , who engaged himself much in composing the differences that happened among the Priests and Jesuits in Wisbich Castle . Dr. Bagshaw had also a hand in , A true relation of the Faction began at Wisbich by Father Edmunds alias Weston a Jesuit , 1595 , and continued since by Father Walley alias Garnet , the Provincial of the Jesuits in England , and by Fa. Persons in Rome . — Printed 1601. qu. This Dr. Bagshaw died and was buried at Paris after the year sixteen hundred twenty and five , as I have been informed by Franc. à Sancta Clara , who remembered and knew the Doctor well , but had forgotten the exact time of his death . JOHN GEE , the Son of a Minister of Devon , but whether of John or George Gee , whom I have before mentioned in Edw. Gee , under the year 1618. I cannot justly say , was entred into Brasnose coll . in 1613. aged 16. where making no long stay , he entred himself a Batler among his Countrymen of Exeter college , and having holy Orders confer'd on him , after he had taken one degree in Arts , became beneficed at Newton near to Winwick in Lancashire , of which last place Mr. Josias Horne being then Parson , Gee had oftentimes several conferences with him concerning matters of Religion ; but they savouring much of a mind inclining to Popery , Mr. Horne and the neighbouring Ministers concluded among themselves , that he had changed his Religion before he had left that place . Thence taking his rambles , he retired to London , and became acquainted with the noted persons of the R. Cath. Perswasion that then lived there . But at length being moved to leave them , and his opinions newly embraced , by the urgent letters of his Father , and by the valid reasons concerning the vanity ( as he term'd it ) of that Religion by Dr. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury , ( who sent for him upon notice received that he had been at the doleful Even-song in the Black-Friers in London , 26. Oct. 1623. ) became a bitter Enemy to the Romanists , and studied to do them what mischief he could by these books following . The Foot out of the Snare : with a detection of sundry late practices and impostures of the Priests and Jesuits in England , &c. Lond. 1624. qu. A gentle excuse to Mr. Greg. Musket for stiling him Jesuit . — These two , which go , and are joyned together , were printed four times in the said year 1624. because all the copies , or most of them , were bought up by R. Catholicks before they were dispersed , for fear their lodgings , and so consequently themselves , should be found out and discovered , by the catalogues of all such Priests , Jesuits , Popish Physicians , Chyrurgions , &c. with the names of the streets , lanes , &c. in London , where they mostly lived , which were printed at the end of the Gentle Excuse before-mentioned . Our author Gee hath also written and published , Hold fast : Sermon at Pauls Cross on Rev. 3. 11. Lond. 1624. qu. New shreds of the old Snare ; containing the apparitions of two Female Ghosts , the copies of divers letters , &c. especially Indulgences purchased at Rome , &c. Lond. 1624. q● . For the publishing of which books , and for his mutability of mind , he was very much blamed by both parties , especially by those of the Rom. perswasion , as I have been several times informed by a grave Bach. of Div. Mr. Rich. Washbourne Chanter of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , who had been his contemporary in Exeter coll . Which person having known Gee well , and what he was , as to his life and conversation , blamed the writer of this book much , for honouring the memory of such a sorry fellow as he was , in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. He was afterwards beneficed at Tenterden in Kent , where he died and was buried , but when , I cannot yet tell , leaving then behind him a young Brother named Orlando Gee , afterwards a Knight . One Joh. Gee was Minister of Dunsford in Devon , who died about the beginning of 1631. leaving a Relict behind him called Sarah . Which Joh. Gee was perhaps Father to the aforesaid Joh. Gee the writer . Qu. RICHARD VERSTEGAN , or as some call him Rich. Rowland , a great reviver of our English antiquities , and a most admirable Critick in the Saxon and Gothick languages , ought with all due ceremony to crave a place among these writers , not only because he is little remembred among authors , but also for that he had received part of his education among the Oxonians . His Grandfather who was called Theodore Rowland Verstegan , was born * in the Duchy of Gelderlandt , and there descended of an ancient and worshipful Family . From which Duchy , when it had been much ruined , wasted , and depopulated by the intestine Wars there raised , and continued by Charles Duke thereof , and Philip the Archduke , and Charles the fifth his Son , he the said Verstegan being then a young man , and deprived of his Friends in the said Wars , came into England about the latter end of Hen. 7. and there married , and soon after died , leaving behind him a Son but nine months old , which gave cause of making his fortune meaner , than else it might have been . Afterwards when the said Son grew up to be about 16 years of age , he was bound an Apprentice to a Cooper : Nor is this any discredit , Wolfgangus Musculus his Father being of that Trade . This Cooper was Father to our author Rich. Verstegan , born in the Parish of St. Catherine , ( near to the Tower of London , ) where his Parent mostly lived , and gained so comfortable a subsistence by his Trade , that he made shift to give his Son ingenious and Grammatical education , which being improved by Academical in his University , where he was mostly known by the name of Rowland , became esteemed for some parts of learning that were not then among the Academians regarded . Afterwards to avoid Oaths , he left the University without a degree , and being by that time a zealous R. Catholick , he left England , went into the Spanish Netherlands , and setled at Antwerp , where he composed , Theatrum crudelitatum Hereticorum nostri temporis . Antw. 1592. qu. in 12 sh . Whether ever printed before , as some say it was , I cannot tell . This book is full of Cuts , representing the hanging , quartering , and beheading , or butchering of Popish Martyrs , engraven from the delineations made with the Pen of Verstegan , who was observed , while in England , to be much delighted in drawing and painting . The verses under , to explain the meaning of , them , were made by one Joh. Bochius born at Bruxills , and then ( 1592. ) Register , if I mistake not , at Antwerp . Afterwards , the Rebellious League beginning , he conveyed himself and books to Paris , where the English Embassadour complained ‖ of him to K. Hen. 3. and desired that he being born a Subject to the Q. of England , and then a Fugitive , and one that had abused her by his representation of Cruelties , he might be delivered into his hands , to be sent to England , there to receive reward . And the Embassador had reason for his request , if that be true which is reported , † that K. Hen. 3. was so much possest with those cruel pictures , and did put so much credit in them , that he accused Q. Elizabeth of great cruelty , calling her wicked and cruel woman . Yet at the Embassadors desire Verstegan was imprisoned ; at which Jean Bouchier that active fire-brand of the League is not a little * troubled , and layeth it as an heretical fault on K. Hen. 3. At length Verstegan is released , quits France and returns to Antwerp , where , as 't is said , he reprinted his book , exercised the Trade of Printing , and by his rising up only ( as one b tell us ) by Brocage and Spierie for the Hispanish'd Jesuits , lived then and there ( 1602. ) as if he were an Hidalgo , as who may not be a Gentleman , who lives so far from home , where he is not known , &c. At that time , and before , the Jesuits and Secular Priests falling out in England , each party defended it self by the Pen. In this quarrel Verstegan concerns himself , joyning with the Jesuits , and writing in their behalf , though not one of their number , but rather a Secular , shewing himself as zealous a railer as the best of them : And indeed never was there quarrel composed , of so many hard words , either side considered , yet whether Verstegan hath published any of his railings , or whether they are done in other books , I cannot tell , for I have seen nothing of that nature . Sure I am that about the death of Q. Elizabeth he employed his studies on a more noble subject , which being finished , he published it under this title . A restitution of decayed intelligence in antiquities concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation . Antw. 1605. qu. Before which , Rich. Whyte of Basingstoke , and Rich. Stanyhurst ( whom I have elsewhere mentioned ) have commendatory verses . In this book are several cuts engraven from the representations drawn with great curiosity by him , which hath advantaged the sale of it much : And I am verily perswaded had the said book been published two years before , I mean before the first edition of Camdens Remaines , which first saw light in 1604. it would have been more cried up , and consequently would have sold more . But however , so it is , that the book hath been so much valued by learned and curious men in times following , that a second impression of it was made at Lond. 1653. in large oct . and another in 1674. oct . He hath also written . The sundry successive regal governments of the Realm of England , Antw. 1620. printed in one long sheet , wherein are the pictures of a Britain , Roman , Saxon , Dane and Norman , wrought off from a Copper plate : And was the same person , without doubt , with him , who writes himself R. V. author of Odes in imitation of the seven penitential Psalms , with sundery other Poems and Ditties bending to devotion and piety . Printed beyond the Sea in 1601. with the Jesuits mark in the title ; for , as I have been informed , Verstegan had some skill in Poetry as well as in Painting . In the said Poems he toucheth on many matters of antiquity , and antient Saints of England . The same R. V. also hath translated into English A dialogue of dying well . Antw. 1603. oct . written in Ital. by Don Peeter of Luca a Can. regular and D. of D. and by the translator dedicated to the Lady Joan Berkley Abbess of the English Nuns of S. Benedict . in Bruxells . The said Verstegan hath written and translated other things , but few of them coming into England , we seldom or never see them . He was living in good condition among the English at Antwerp who had fled for the sake of Religion , under the notion of a Spanish stipendary ( having several years before been married to so thir●ty and prudent a woman , that she kept up his credit ) in the latter end of K. James , and beginning of K. Ch. 1. as one or more Letters written by him to the great Antiquary Sir Rob. Cotton ( which I have seen in his Library ) shew . And thus much of Rich. Verstegan alias Rowland , of whom Will. Watson Priest will give * you a sharp character , and another , stuff † enough ( beyond the rules of charity ) to run down a Dog. JOHN STRADLING , Son of Franc. Stradling by Elizabeth his Wife , was born near to Bristow in Somersetshire , but descended from an antient and Knightly family of his name , living at S. Donats in Glamorganshire , was educated in puerile learning under a learned and pious man named Edw. Green Prebendary of the Cath. Ch. at Bristow , became a Commoner of Brasnose coll . in 1579. aged 16. years or thereabouts , and in 1583. he took a degree in arts as a member of Magd. hall , being then accounted a miracle for his forwardness in learning and pregnancy of parts . Soon after his great worth being discovered in the Metropolis , while he continued in one of the Inns of Court ( but especially after he had return'd from his travels beyond the Seas ) was courted and admired by the Learned Camden , Sir Joh. Harrington the Poet , Tho. Leyson mention'd before , under the year 1607. and above all , by that most noted Critick and Physitian Dr. Jo. Dav. Rhese . He hath written and published , De vita & morte contemnenda , lib. 3. Francof . 1597. in oct . written to his Uncle Sir Edw. Stradling of S. Donats , whom I have mention'd under the year 1609. Epigrammatum libri quatuor . Lond. 1607. in oct . Two years after he became heir to his Uncle before mention'd , setled at S. Donats Castle , and was made a Baronet in 1611. at which time he was esteemed a wise and most learned Gentleman . Afterwards being involved in secular affairs and the services of his Country , was taken off from writing till the latter end of the raign of K. Jam. 1. at which time he published a book intit . Beati pacifici . Printed 1623. but whether in prose or verse I cannot tell , for I have not yet seen it . Afterwards he published , Divine Poems in seven several Classes , written to K. Ch. 1. Lond. 1625. qu. At the end of which is an Epitaph made by him on K. Jam. 1. I have sent several times , to several persons in Wales , to have some account of this person , his last end , and his Epitaph , but no returns are yet made . ARTHUR LAKE , brother to Sir Tho. Lake Knight principal Secretary of State to K. Jam. 1. Son of Almeric Lake or du Lake of the antient borough of Southampton , was born in S. Michaels parish , and educated for a time in the Free-School , there . Afterwards being transplanted to Wykehams School to per●ect his Grammar learning , was thence elected probationer Fellow of New coll . and after two years of Probation he was made perpetual Fellow thereof , an . 1589. Five years after that , he proceeded in Arts , entred into the sacred function , was made Fellow of Wykehams coll . near to Winton , about 1600. and three years after Master of the hospital of S. Cross in the place of Dr. Rob. Bennet promoted to the See of Hereford . In 1605. he took the degrees in Divinity , and the same year he was installed Archdeacon of Surrey . Afterwards he was made Dean of Worcester in Apr. 1608. in the room of Dr. Jam. Monutague promoted to the See of Bath and Wells , and at length Bishop of those Cities ; to which he was consecrated at Lambeth 8. Dec. 1616. In all these places of honour and employment , he carried himself the same in mind and person , shewing by his constancy , that his virtues were virtues indeed ▪ in all kind of which , whether natural , moral , Theological , personal , or pastoral , he was eminent , and indeed one of the examples of his time . He always lived a single man , exemplary in his life and conversation , and very hospitable . He was also well read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , and had such a command of the Scripture ( which made him one of the best preachers ) that few went beyond him in his time . The things that he hath written , were not by him published , but by his Friends , after his death ; the titles of which follow . Exposition of the first Psalm . Exposition of the 51. Psalm . Nine Sermons on Matth. 22. verse 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40. Ten Serm. on Exod. 19. Five Serm. at S. Maries in Oxon. on Luke 3. ver . 7 , 8 , 9. Eight Serm. on Isa . 9. Six Serm. on Haggai 2. Sundry Sermons de tempore preached at Court. Meditations — All which being collected into a large volume , were printed under this general title . Sermons with religious and divine meditations . Lond. 1629. fol. Ten Sermons upon several occasions preached at S. Paul's Cross and elsewhere . ▪ Lond. 1641. qu. The first is on Psal . 160. 29 , 30. the second on Jude 5. &c. He dyed in sixteen hundred twenty and six , and was buried in an Isle on the north side of the Choire of Wells Cathedral . Over his grave was soon after laid a plain stone , neither marble nor free , with this engraven on a brass plate fastned thereunto . Here lyeth Author Lake Doctor in Divinity late Bishop of Bathe and Wells , who died on the fourth day of May , an . 1626. His brother Sir Thomas before mentioned , who was of Channous near Edgworth in Middlesex , died at Chanous 17. Sept. 1630. and was buried on the 19. of the same month . JOHN DAVIES , the third person of both his names that I have hitherto mention'd among these writers , was born at Chisgrove in the parish of Tysbury in Wiltshire , being the Son of wealthy Tanner of that place , became a Commoner of Queens coll . about the beginning of Mich. Term in the fifteenth year of his age , an . 1585. wherein , having laid a considerable foundation of Academical literature , partly by his own natural parts ( which were excellent ) and partly by the help of a good Tutor , he was removed ( having taken a degree in Arts , as it seems ) to the Middle Temple , wherein applying himself to the study of the Common Law , tho he had no great genie to it , was in fine made a Barrester . But so it was that he being a high spirited young man , did , upon some little provocation or punctilio , bastinado Rich. Martin ( afterwards Recorder of London ) in the common Hall of the Middle Temple , while he was at Dinner . For which act being forthwith expell'd , he retired for a time in private , lived in Oxon in the condition of a Sojourner , and follow'd his studies , tho he wore a cloak . However among his serious thoughts , making reflections upon his own condition , which sometimes was an affliction to him , he composed that excellent Philosophical and Divine Poem called Nosce teipsum . Afterwards by the favour of Thomas Lord Ellesmore Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England , he was again restored to his Chamber , was afterwards a Concellour , and a Burgess for that Parliament which was held at Westminster in 1601. Upon the death of Q. Elizabeth , he , with the Lord Hunsdon , went into Scotland to congratulate K. James as her Lawful Successor ; and being introduced into his presence , the King enquired the names of those Gentlemen who were in the company of the said Lord , and naming Joh. Davies among , who stood behind , them , the King straightway asked , whether he was Nosce Teipsum ? and being answered that he was the same , he graciously embraced him , and thenceforth had so great favour for , that soon after he made , him his Attorney-general in Ireland . While he held that place , he was made Serjeant at Law , ( having never been Reader , ) an . 1606. the Poesie of whose Rings that were then given , being Lex publica lux est . Notwithstanding the said degree , he returned into Ireland by his Majesty's leave and dispensation , kept his office of Attorney , and received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty at Whitehall , 11. Feb. 1607. Afterwards he came into England for altogether , was made one of his Maj. Serjeants at Law here , in 1612. and sundry times appointed one of the Justices of the Assize in divers Circuits . At length being constituted Lord Ch. Justice of the Kings Bench , had his robes made in order to be setled in that high office , as his Daughter a hath several times reported , but died suddenly before the ceremony of settlement or installation could be performed . He was held in great esteem by the noted Scholars of his time , among whom were Will. Camden , Sir Jo. Harrington the Poet , Ben. Johnson , Jo. Selden , Facete Hoskyns , R. Corbet of Ch. Ch. and others , who esteemed him to be a person of a bold Spirit , of a sharp and ready wit , and compleatly learned , but in truth more a Scholar than a Lawyer . His works are , Nosce Teipsum . This Oracle expounded in two Elegies , 1. Of Humane Nature . 2. Of the Soul of Man. Lond. 1599. qu. dedicated to Q. Elizabeth . There again 1622. in oct . Hymus of Astrea , in Acrostick verse . — Printed with the former . Orchestra . Or a Poem expressing the antiquity and excellency of dancing , in a dialogue between Penelope and one of her Woers , containing 131 Stanzaes , unfinished . — This being also printed with Nosce Teipsum , they were all three , especially the first , much extoll'd by Scholars of all sorts . Among them I find one , who hath dealt poetically with him by an ingenious copy of verses , which begins thus , Si tua legisset , redivivus , &c. If Plato liv'd and saw these Heaven bred lines , Where thou the Essence of the Soul confines , Or merry Martial , &c. — Sir Jo. Harrington also before-mentioned would not let his memory escape his Pen without an b Epigram , especially for his Orchestra , besides other Poets of those times , which for brevity-sake I shall now pass by . Discover of the true causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued , nor brought under obedience of the Crown of England , until the beginning of his Maj. happy Reign . Lond. 1612. qu. Dedic . to the King with this Latin verse only . Principis est virtus maxima nosse suos . Declaration of our Sovereign Lord the King , &c. concerning the title of his Maj. Son Charles , the Prince , and Duke of Cornwal , &c. Lond. 1614. in 14 sh . in fol. Printed in columns , one in French and the other in English . Le primer Reports des cases & matters on ley resolves , &c. adjudges in les Courts del Roy en Ireland . Dubl . 1615. Lond. 1628. fol. In the sec ▪ edit . was added a Table , which was not in the former . From this book it was , that Sir Joh. Pettus Knight , did chiefly select matter for another , intit . Englands independency upon the Papal Power , historically and judiciously stated by Sir Jo , Davies Attorn . Gen. in Ireland , and by Sir Edw. Coke L. Ch. Just . of England in two reports , selected from their great volumes , with a Pref. written by Sir Joh. Pettus . Lond. 1674. qu. Perfect abridgment of the eleven books of Reports of Sir Edw. Coke . Lond. 1651. in tw . written in French by Sir Joh. Davies , translated into English by another hand . Jus imponendi vectigalia . Or , the learning touching Customs , Tonnage , Poundage , and Impositions on Merchandizes , &c. asserted , &c. Lond. 1656. 59. &c. oct . I find one Sir J. D. Knight , to have published , Reasons Academy . Or , a new post with Sovereign Salve to cure the worlds madness ; expressing himself in several essays and witty discourses . Lond. 1620. oct . Written in prose , and at the end of it is Reasons moan , written in verse in eleven Stanzaes . Whether the said Sir J. D. be the same with Sir Joh. Davies , I cannot justly tell . Besides the before-mentioned things ( as also Epigrams , as 't is said ) which were published by , and under the name of , Sir Joh. Davies , are several MSS. of his writing and composing , which go from hand to hand , as , ( 1 ) Metaphrase of several of K. Davids Psalms . ( 2 ) A large Epistle to Rob. E. of Salisbury of the state of the Counties of Monaghan , Fennanagh , and Downe , and of Justices of the Peace , and other Officers of Ireland , written 1607. ( 3 ) Speech when he was Speaker of the H. of Commons in Ireland , before Arthur L. Chichester , Visc . Belfast , L. Lievtenant of Ireland , 21. May 1613. These two last , were in the Library of Sir Jam. Ware of Ireland , and are now , if I mistake not , in that of the Earl of Clarendon . ( 4 ) An argument upon the question of impositions , digested and divided in sundry chapters . This was in the Library once of Rich. Smith , Secondary of the Poultry-Compter , and with it was bound up an Answer thereunto . — Fol. But the question is , whether this argument be not part of , or involved in , Sir John's Jus imponendi vectigalia before-mentioned . At length he died suddenly in his house in the Strand near to London , in the 57 year of his age , for being well at night , when he went to rest , he was on Thursday morning , year 1626 the seventh of December , in sixteen hundred twenty and six , found dead in his bed , by an Apoplexy , as 't was said . It was then commonly rumour'd that his Prophetical Lady had foretold his death in some manner , on the Sunday going before . For while she sate at Dinner by him , she suddenly burst out with tears : Whereupon he asking her what the matter was , she answered , Husband these are your Funeral tears ; to which he made reply , Pray therefore spare your tears now , and I will be content that you shall laugh when I am dead . Her name was Elianor Touchet , youngest Daughter to George Lord Audley Earl of Castlehaven , and what she usually predicted , she folded up for the most part in dark expressions , received from a voice , which she frequently heard , as she used to tell her Daughter Lucy , and she others . By this Elianor , Sir Joh. Davies had Issue a Son , who was a natural Idiot , and dying young , the Father made an Epitaph of 4 verses on him , beginning , Hic in visceribus terrae , &c. So that the said Lucy being sole Heiress to her Father , Ferdinando Lord Hastings ( afterwards Earl of Huntingdon ) became a Suitor to her for Marriage ; whereupon the Father made this Epigram . Lucida vis oculos teneri perstrinxit amantis Nec tamen erravit , nam via dulcis erat . After the body of Sir John had laid in state for some time , it was conveyed to the Church of St. Martin in the Fields near to Whitehall , where it was solemnly inter'd in the South Isle . Soon after was a monument fastned to the Pillar near his grave , with a large inscription on it , part of which runs thus , Vir ingenio compto , rarâ facundiâ , oratione cum solutâ tum numeris astrictâ , faelicissimus ; juridicam severitatem morum elegantiâ , & amaeniore eruditione mitigavit : Patronus fidus , judex incorruptus , ingenuae pietatis amore , & anxiae superstitionis contemptu , juxta insignis , &c. Obiit 8. Id. Dec. 1626. His Widdow afterwards lived mostly at Parton in Hertfordshire , had her Strange and wonderful Prophesies . — Printed in qu. an . 1649. and dying in St. Brides Parish in London , 5. Jul. 1652. was buried near to the relicks of her Husband , and soon after had a large Epitaph of commendations put over her grave . You may see more of her and her Prophecies in the History of the life and death of Dr. Will. Laud Archb. of Cant. Part. 2. lib. 4. an . 1634. See also in the Diary , or Breviat of the life of the said Archb. — Printed 1644. p. 18. One Joh. Davies , a Bencher of the Inner Temple , was buried against the Communion Table , in the Temple Church , 20. Aug. 1631. What relation he had to the former , or whether he collected or published Reports , I know not . EDMUND GUNTER , was a Hertfordshire man * born , but descended originally from those of his name living at Gunterstown in Brecknockshire , elected from Westminster School a Student of Ch. Church 1599. aged 18. where going through with great industry the several Classes of Logick and Philosophy , took the degrees in Arts. Afterwards he entred into the Theological Faculty , became a Minister of Gods word , and in 1615. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . But his excellencies being above all , in the Mathematick Arts , he was made Astronomy Professor of Gresham coll . ( before he was Bach. of Div. ) in the place of Edw. Breerewood deceased . Where being settled he acted much for the publick by his profession , as well by writing as teaching . His works are , Of the Sector , Cross Staff and other Instruments . Lond. 1624. 36. qu. Canon Triangulorum , five tabulae sinuum artificialium ad radium 10000,0000 . & ad scrupula prima quadrantis . Lond. 1620. oct . This being Englished , was with the former book , published by Sam. Foster Astronomy Professor of Gresham coll . ( sometimes a Member of that of Emanuel in Cambr. ) with a tract of his own , called , The use of the Quadrant . Lond. 1624. 53. qu. The fifth edition of these works of Gunter was diligently corrected , and had divers necessary things and matters ( pertinent thereunto ) added , throughout the whole work not before printed , by Will. Leybourne sometimes a Printer , and afterwards an eminent Mathematician . — Lond. 1673. qu. What these additions are , the said Leybourne acquaints us in his Epistle before the said works : Wherein he takes notice of some Plagiaries , who had then lately thrown into the World several tractates extracted ( or rather transcribed ) from Mr. Gunter , without the least mention of their true author . Some questions in Navigation are added to these works , by Hen. Bond teacher of the Mathematicks at Ratcliff near London , and to that was then ( 1673. ) added , The description and use of another Sector and Quadrant ; both of them invented by Sam. Foster before-mentioned . What other things our author Gunter hath written , I know not , unless one , two , or more parts of Dialling , which I have not yet seen . He concluded his last day in Gresham coll . year 1626 in sixteen hundred twenty and six , and was buried on the eleventh of December in the same year , in the Parish of St. Peter le Poore within the City of London . See more of him in Edm. Wingate , whom I shall hereafter mention under the year 1656. THOMAS WORTHINGTON , Son of Rich. Worthington by Dorothy his Wife , Dau. of Tho. Charnock of Charnock in Lanc. was born at Blainscough near to Wygan in that County , and being fitted for the Univ. in those parts , he was sent to Ox. about 1566. but to what house of learning , unless to Brasnose coll . I cannot tell . After he had been drudging in the studies of Logick and Philosophy for about 4 years , he took a degree in Arts , which being compleated by Determination , he left the University , his Country , and Friends , and crossed the Seas to Doway , where he was received with great humanity into the English college , in Feb. 1572-73 . Soon after he took upon him the Priesthood , and in 1577. he was promoted to the degree of Bach. of Divinity , and the year after being translated to the English college at Rheimes , was thence sent into England to gain Proselites , but being taken at Islington near to London , in the house of my Progenitor Rich. à Wood his Friend and Countryman , an . 1584. was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , where remaining some months , was at length released , set on Shipboard with Dr. Jasp . Heywood , Edw. Rishton , Joh. Colleton , and others , and wa●ted over the Seas to the coast of Normandy , where they were left to shift for themselves . In 1587. he being about to return into England , he was sent by Cardinal Alan to Sir will. Stanley a Colonel , to whose Regiment in the Low Countries he was by him made Chaplain . In 1588. he was promoted to the degree of D. of D. in the University of Trier in Germany , and in 89. he was sent for to Doway by the Jesuits ( whom he was always affraid to offend ) to assist Dr. Rich. Barret President of the English college , in the Government of that place . In 91. he was sent to Bruxells , and remitted to the Camp , to exercise the office of Chaplain again ; where , with other Exiles , they acted * many things which tended much to the destruction of the Q. of England , and not long after returned to Doway again , and by the command of Cardinal Cajetan , Protector of the English Nation , he was made President of the English coll . there , ann . 1599. At length being grown old and unfit to govern , returned into England , lived sometimes in London and sometimes in Staffordshire . But that which is to be farther noted of him is , that having for the most part of his life lived in the habit of a Secular Priest , did about six months before his death take upon him the order and habit belonging to the Society of Jesus . His works are , Annotations on the Old Testament . Duac . 1609. in two Tomes in qu. Catalogus Martyrum pro Religione Catholicâ in Angliâ ●●●isorum ab an . 1570. ad an . 1612. Printed 1612. and 14. in oct . Before which book is , Narratio de origine Seminariorum , & de Missione Sacerdo●um in Anglia . This Catalogue and Narration , taken mostly from a collection , intit . Concertatio Eccl. Catholicae in Anglia , &c. could not be sold more than for six pence when it was published , ( for it contains but 4 sheets in oct . ) yet in 1682. when the choice Library of Mr. Rich. Smith ( mentioned before in Sir Joh. Davies ) was sold by way of Auction , Dr. Tho. Marshall Dean of Gloucester , and Rector of Linc. coll . gave eleven shillings and six pence , being then great bidding for , before he could get , it . The Anchor of Christian Doctrine , wherein the most principal points of Christian Religion , are proved by the only written word of God , &c. Doway 1622. in two thick quarto's , containing four parts , viz. the first vol. one , the other three . These two quarto's were , as one † saith , printed at London , and sold by the author in his lodgings in Turnbull-street for 14 shillings , which might have been afforded for five . The Mysteries of the Rosary . — This I have not yet seen . He also corrected and translated the Doway Bibles , and translated into Lat. and published , Anti-Haeretica motiva , &c. written by Rich. Bristow . — Attrebat . 1608. in two Tomes in qu. before which he hath put a lame account of the author . This person Tho. Worthington who was esteemed very learned among those of his perswasion , and had hazarded his life , and done great service for the Cause , did quietly lay down his head , and submit himself to the stroke of death in the house of one Bidulph , Esq of Bidulph , commonly called Biddles in Staffordshire ( near to Congleton in Cheshire , ) year 1626 about sixteen hundred twenty and six , and was buried in the Parochial Church there , ( as I have been informed by one of his Society who was well acquainted with him , ) having some years before his death been made titular Archdeacon of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire . ALEXANDER SPICER , a Minister's Son , and a Somersetshire man born , became a Batler of Exeter coll . in 1590. aged about 15. took one degree in Arts , was made Fellow of that house and proceeded in his Faculty . At length entring into the Sacred Function , was a Preacher for some years in these parts : Afterwards upon an invitation , he went into Ireland , where by the savour of Sir Arthur Chichester Baron of Belfast , and L. Dep. of that Country , he became well beneficed and dignified , and in great estimation for his learning . He hath published , Davids Petition , on Psal . 19. 13. Lond. 1616. oct . The Pope at Babylon . Serm. on the 5. of Nov. at Colerain in the North of Ireland , on Dan. 3. 6. Lond. 1617. Elegies on the death of Arthur Lord Chichester , &c. — Printed 1625. which Lord dying much about the time that K. Jam. 1. of England died , was buried at 〈◊〉 in Ireland , to the great grief of his Country , because it was in such a time that it most required his assistance ▪ courage , and wisdom , which are often at odds , and seldom meet , yet in him shook hands as friends , and challenged an equal share in his perfections . Other things were written and published by the said A. Spicer , as some of the 〈◊〉 of his coll . have informed me , but such I have not yet s●en , nor do I know any thing besides of the 〈…〉 he left behind him the 〈…〉 lid Divine . WILLIAM PELHAM , the eldest Son of Sir Will. Pelham of Brocklesby in Lincolnshire , Master of the Ordnance , by Elianor his Wife , Daughter of 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 , was born in London , ( near , or 〈…〉 ) became Fellow-Commoner of New coll , in the beginning of 1582. aged 14. continued a sedulous Student there , for at least two years , in a Chamber within one of the turrets of the College wall that encompasses the Garden . Afterwards he travelled and improved his learning in the Universities of Strasburg , Heidelburg , Wittenburg , and Lipswick in Germany , as also in Paris and Geneva , and returning to his native Country , setled again for a time in this University , till Mars distracted him from the studies of Minerva , as he himself used to say . But when that Planet was set , he retired to a Country lise at Brocklesby , where after he had received satiety of all worldly blessings , did , in his old age , incline his heart to more supernatural contemplations . Which being by him committed to writing , for the benefit of his Children , ( of which he had plenty , ) were published under this title , Meditations upon the Gospel of S. John. Lond. 1625. in tw . and other things , as his Son Dr. Herbert Pelham , sometimes Fellow of Magd. coll . hath told me , but whether printed I know not . This Sir Will. Pelham , who was Knighted by K. Jam. 1. at Newmarket , 20. Nov. 1616. lived after the publication of that book , two , three , or more years , but when he died I cannot yet find . Among the Sons that he left behind him was Hen. Pelham one , sometimes a Student in this University , afterwards in one of the Inns of Court , and a Barrester . At length being chosen a Burgess for Grantham in Lincolnshire to serve in that unhappy Parliament which began at Westminster 3. Nov. 1640. sided with the Presbyterians , and was by that party elected Speaker of the House of Commons , when the Independent-party fled with Will. Lenthal their Speaker to the Head Quarter of the Army , then at Windsore , 30. Jul. 1647. In which office he continued but till the 6. of Aug. following , at what time the General of the Army ( Fairfax ) restored Lenthall to his Chair , but suffered Pelham to keep his Recordership of Lincoln City , which he had confer'd upon him by the Presbyterians upon the ejection of Sir Charles Dalison . JOHN TERRY received his first breath at LongSutto● in Hampshire , was elected Probationer Fellow ▪ of New college from Winchester School , in 1574. and two years after he was made compleat Fellow . In 1582. he proceeded in Arts , and about 8 years after had the Parsonage of Stockton ( in Wilts ) confer'd upon him , where he always expressed himself a zealous Enemy against the R. Catholicks not only in his Lectures and Sermons , but also in his writings ; the titles of which follow . Theological Logick : Or , the trial of truth containing a discovery of the chiefest points of the doctrine of the great Antichrist , and his Adherents the false Teachers of the times . Oxon. 1600. qu. In 1602. was published the second part of Theol. Logick , and in 1625. the third part , both in qu. and the last dedicated to the B. of Bath and Wells . Reasonableness of wise and holy truth , and the absurdity of foolish and wicked errour , Serm. on Joh. 17. ver . 17. Oxon. 1617. qu. Defence of Protestancy , proving that the Protestants Religion hath the promise of Salvation , &c. Lond. 1635. second edition . Before which time the author was dead . ANTHONY HUNGERFORD , Son of Anth. Hungerford of Dewne-Ampu●y in Gloucestershire , by Bridget his Wife , Daughter of one Shelley a Judge , was educated in this University ( with other R. Catholicks , ) but for a short time , for his Father being much troubled with the incumbrance● of his Estate , and therefore could not well look after the Son , the Mother , who was a zealous Papist , caused him to be trained up in her Religion from his Childhood . So that carrying his opinion on till 1584. about which time he had left Oxon , being then 20 years of age , stagger'd somewhat in his opinion upon the reading of Capians book called Decem rationes , wherein he found some undecent passages , but confirmed in his mind soon after by Mr. Tho. Neale of Cassington near Woodstock in Oxfordshire , and at length totally setled by one Twiford a Priest or Jesuit , who was brought to him by George Etheridge a Physician of Oxon. In this setled course he held on till the beginning of the year 1588. at which time it pleased God ( as he said ) to make a hand that had given the wound , the means to make good the cure , when it aimed at a further mischief , being occasioned mostly from certain words unwarily dropt from one Hopton a Priest , and his acquaintance , concerning an invasion then about to be made , for the relief chiefly of Rom. Catholicks , who laid under the heavy hand ( as they said ) of Q. Elizabeth . In 1594. one of both his names was actually created Master of Arts , and 't is supposed that he was the person , because he had formerly spent some time in this University . In 1607. he received the honour of Knighthood , and about that time , ( being then of Blackbourton near Witney in Oxfordshire , ) wrote , The advice of a Son professing the Religion established in the present Church of England to his dear Mother a Rom. Catholick . Oxon. 1639. qu. Which book lying by him till his death , and several years after in his Cabinet , his Son Sir Edw. Hungerford carried it at length ( upon a sight , as he thought , of the increase of Popery in England ) to one of the Chaplains of Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury to have it licensed , an . 1635. but he refusing so to do , because there * were several offensive passages in it against the Papists , he therefore got it to be printed at Oxon , and added to it another thing of his Fathers writing , intit . The memorial of a Father to his dear Children , containing an acknowledgment of God's great mercy , in bringing him to the profession of the true Religion , at this present established in the Church of England . — Finished and compleated for the Press at Blackbourton , in Apr. 1627. This person who hath written other matters of the like nature , but not printed , gave way to fate about the latter end of June in sixteen hundred twenty and seven , year 1627 and was buried in the Church at Blackbourton . He left behind him Issue , by his Wife Lucy , Daughter of Sir Walt. Hungerford of Farley Castle in Somersetshire , Sir Edward Hungerford , who had Issue another Edward , made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Ch. 2. who most unworthily squander'd away the Estate of his Ancestors . JOHN DAY , Son of a famous Printer of both his names in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , was born near , or over , Aldersgate in London , entred a Commoner of S. Albans hall in 1582. aged 16. elected Fellow of Oriel coll . in 1588. being then Bach. of Arts , proceeded in that Faculty , entred into holy Orders , and became the most frequent and noted Preacher in the University . In the beginning of the Reign of K. Jam. 1. he , with leave from his Society , travelled for 3 years beyond the Seas , whereby he improved himself much in learning and experience , and , as I was about to say , in Calvinism . After his return he was made Vicar of S. Maries Church in Oxon , in Jan. 1608. where , by his constant and painful Preaching , he obtained great love and respect not only from those of the University but City . But missing the Provostship of his Coll. upon the resignation of Mr. Will. Lewis , in 1621. he left his Fellowship and Vicarage in the year following , and by the favour of Sir Will. S●ame Knight became Minister of one of the Thirlows ( Great Thirlow I think ) in Suffolk ; where he continued to his dying day , not without some discontent for the loss of the said Provostship . He was a person of great reading , and was admirably well vers'd in the Fathers , Schoolmen , and Councels . He was also a plain Man , a primitive Christian , and wholly composed , as 't were , to do good in his Function . His works are these . Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) Davids desire to go to Church , in two Sermons on Psal. 27. 4. Ox. 1612. oct . and 1615. qu. ( 2 ) Day 's Festivals ; or , twelve of his Sermons . Ox. 1615. qu. The first of which is of our Saviours Nativity , on Esa. 9. 6. To these twelve Sermons , are added , Several fragments concerning both the Sacraments in general , and the Sacrament of the Supper in particular . — He hath also written , Day 's Diall , or his twelve hours , that is twelve Lectures by way of Catechism , as they were delivered in Oriel coll . Chappel , an 1612. and 13. Oxon. 1614. qu. Conciones ad Cierum , viz. ( 1 ) In 2. Reg. 6. ver . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4. Oxon. 1612. and 1615. qu. ( 2 ) I● Joh. 9. 4. Oxon. 1612. qu. Commentaries on the first eight Psalms of David . Ox. 1620. year 1627 qu. He concluded his last day in sixteen hundred twenty and seven , and was buried in his Church of Thirlow before mention'd . I find another John Day , who was a flourishing Poet and Comedian of his time , author of ( 1 ) The Isle of Gulls , Comedy . Lond. 1606. qu. ( 2. ) Law-tricks ; or , who would have thought it , Com. Lond. 1608. qu. ( 3. ) Blind Beggar of Rednal-Green , with the merry humour of Tom Strowd the Norfolk Yeoman . Com. Lond. 1639. qu. ( 4. ) Humour out of breath . Com. ( 5 ) . The Parliament of Bees , with their proper characters . Or , a Bee-hive furnish'd with 12. hony-Combes , &c. 'T is a Poem , and was reprinted in 1641. qu. He was also one of three ( Will. Rowley and George Wilkins being the other two ) who wrote The Travels of the three English Brothers Sir Thom. Sir Auth. and Mr. Robert , Shirley . Lond. 1607. qu. 'T is a Com. or Trag. Com. containing an Epitome of the vol. of their Travels in a compendious Abstract . But the said Joh. Day the Comedian , I take to be the same person , who was sometimes a Member of Caeius coll . in Cambridge , which is all I yet know of him . I find a third John Day author of A case of Conscience resolved concerning Ministers medling with State matters . Printed 1649. qu. And of the same more satisfactorily resolved . Pr. 1650. qu. But whether he was ever an Academian I cannot tell , tho one of both his names was matriculated as member of Ch. Ch. 1631. THOMAS WENTWORTH , an Esquires Son , was born in Oxfordshire , of the family of the Wentworths living in Northamptonshire , entred a Commoner or Gent. Com. of Vniversity coll . in 1584. aged about 17. translated thence after 3 years standing to Lincolns Inn , where drudging at the Common Law was made a Barrester . In the month of Sept. 1607. he was elected by the Citizens of Oxon. their Recorder , upon the death of the former , and in 1611. he became Lent-Reader of the said Inn , being then a person of a considerable note among those of his profession . In several Parliaments during the raign of K. James and in the beginning of Ch. 1. he was constantly elected a Burgess to serve in them by the Citizens of Oxon. In one or more of which , shewing himself a troublesome and factious person , was more than once imprison'd . While he was Recorder of the said City , he behaved himself so turbulent , that at length he being notoriously known to be a a most malicious and implacable fomenter and author of divers troubles between the Vniversity and City , he was by the prime Magistrate of the said University , with the consent of the Convocation , discommoned , 1611. At the same time also , it was decreed that he should be b registred to all Posterity por intensissimo & inimicissimo viro Vniversitati Oxon. After he continued discommoned for two whole years or more , he was upon his earnest desire restored to his former estate . But being of a restless spirit , he returned to his former trade : Whereupon his friends perswading him to leave Oxon for a time , to prevent his utter ruin , he retired to a Market Town called Henly in Oxfordshire , and soon after , viz. 20. Jac. 1. Mr. Joh. Whistler was appointed by the Citizens to be his Deputy in the Recordship . This Mr. Tho. Wentworth hath written , The office and duty of Executors ; or , a treatise of Wills and Executors directed to Testators , in the choice of their Executors , and contrivance of their Wills , with directions for Executors , in the execution of their office , &c. Lond. 1612. oct . &c. Afterwards was added to it an Appendix , wherein are the nature of Testaments , Executors , Legataries general , and divers other material things relating to the same , by T. M. Esq ; what other books he hath written I know not , any thing else of him , only that he ended his days , in or near Lincolns Inn , as it seems , in the Month of Sept. year 1617 in sixteen hundred twenty seven , leaving behind him a Son named Thomas , and others , and a Nephew then called Sir Peter Wentworth . In his Recordership was elected Mr. John Whistler his Deputy before mentioned , on Monday before the feast of S. Matthew the Apostle , 3. Car. 1. MATTHEW GWINNE , Son of Edw. Gwinne an inhabitant of London , but originally of Wales , by Elizabeth Thayer his Wife , was elected Scholar of S. Johns coll . ( of which he was afterwards perpetual Fellow ) an . 1574. took the degrees in Arts , entred on the Physick line , and practised that faculty for some time in these parts . At length being designed for an employment of considerable trust , he was actually created Doctor thereof , and soon after went in the quality of a Physitian to the honourable Sir Hen. Vnton Kt. Leaguer Embassador to the K. of France from Qu. Elizabeth . After his return he was designed Physitian to the Tower of London , was elected Medicine Professor of Gresham coll . and made one of the college of Physitians . In his younger years he was much admired for his great skill and dexterity in Poetry , in Philosophical disputes , humane and profane learning , but above all for the modern Languages , which he obtained in his Travels into various Countries ; and in his elder years for his happy success in the practice of Physick , which made him highly valued in the great City , but more by far among the nobility in the Royal Court. He hath written , Epicedium in obitum illustriss . Herois Henrici Comitis Derbiensis , &c. Oxon. 1593. qu. Nero , Tragaedia . Lond. 1603. commended by Just . Lipsius in one of his books . Orationes duae habitae in Aedibus Gresham in Laudem Dei Civ . &c. Lond. 1605. qu. Vertumnus , sive Annus recurrens Oxonii , an . 1605. &c. Lond. 1607. qu. 'T is a Latine Comedy , and was acted by the Society of S. Johns with great applause before K James , Prince Henry , and their Courts , 29. Aug. 1605. See more in Rex platonicus , at the end of the Acts of the third day . Aurum non aurum ; sive Adversaria in assertorem chymiae , sed verae medicinae desertorem Franc. Anthonium . Lond. 1611. qu. This Francis Anthony , who was a great Paracelsian , and Son of a Goldsmith of London , belonging to the Jewel-house of Qu. Elizabeth ; was born in that City 16. Ap. 1550. but whether he received any Academical education in this University , it doth not yet appear to me . This person who wrote himself Doctor of Physick , pretended to be the first discoverer , and to make known to the world a medicine called Aurum Potabile , &c. which being animadverted upon by our author Dr. Gwinne , and esteemed by most Physitians but a vain thing , Dr. Anthony wrot and published An Apology and defence of his medicine called Aurum Potabile . Lond. 1616. qu. Whereupon another Doctor of Physick named Joh. Cotta a Cambridge man , came out with The Ant — Apology , shewing the Counterfeitness of Dr. Antony's Aurum Potabile — Which book tho fit for the Press in 1616. yet it was not printed till 1623. and then being published at Oxon. in qu. was by the author ( tho of another University ) dedicated to the Doctors of Physick resident in Oxon. This Dr. Anthony died in S. Barthelmews Close ( where he had lived many years ) on 26. May 1623. and was buried in the Isle joyning to the north side of the Chancel of St. Barthelmew the Great in London ; leaving then behind him two Sons by Elizabeth his second Wise , viz. John Anthony M. D. who succeeded his Father in his practice in London , and Charles a Physitian of Bedford , living there 1634. and after . I find another Francis Antony to have been a writer of the same time with our author Dr. Anthony , but he was by birth a Portugues , and by profession a Jesuit , and therefore the books of his composition must not be attributed to the other . Our author Dr. Gwinne hath also written a book of Travels , various Letters concerning Chymical and Magical secrets , and also divers copies of Verses in English , Italian and French occasionally set by way of commendation before the books , published by his friends and acquaintance , but none of these have I yet seen , only some of the said verses . He deceased in the month of Octob. or in the beginning of Nov. in sixteen hundred twenty and seven , in his house situate and being in S. year 1627 Mary Magdalens parish in Old Fishstreet within the City of London , and was , as I suppose , buried in the Church there . He had a Son named John Gwinne , and lest behind him a Widdow called Susanna , who had a Commission from the Prerogative Court , dated 12. Nov. 1627. to administer the goods , debts , chattels , &c. of her Husband Dr. Gwinne , then lately deceased . RICHARD CARPENTER , a Cornubian born , became a Batler of Exeter coll . in the beginning of of 1592. and four years after Fellow , being then B. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he solely dedicated his studies to Theology , by the advice and directions of Holland the Rector of his college , and proved in few years after learned and profound in that faculty , and an excellent preacher . In 1611. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and about that time was made Rector of Sherwill , and of Loxhore adjoyning , near to Barnestaple in Devonshire ; both which he kept without any other preferment , ( except the Benefice of Ham , near unto Sherwill , which he enjoyed for some years ) to the time of his death . Afterwards he proceeded in Divinity and became much esteemed for his learning c by Scholars , and by others , for those things that he published , which are . Various Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Souls Sentinel , &c. at the funeral solemnities of Sir Arthur Acland Kt. 9. Jan. 1611. on Job . 14. verse 14. Lond. 1612. oct . ( 2. ) A Pastoral charge , faithfully given and discharged at the Triennial visitation of William B. of Exon. at Barnstaple , 7. Sept. 1616. on Acts. 20. 28. Lond. 1616. oct . ( 3 ) Christs Larambell of love resounded , &c. on Joh. 15. 12. Lond. 1616. oct . ( 4. ) The conscionable christian . &c. Three Assize Sermons at Taunton and Chard in Somersetshire , 1620. on Acts 24. 16. Lond. 1623. qu. Which three Sermons are mostly concerning the keeping of a good conscience . He paid his last debt to nature on the 18. year 1627 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred twenty and seven aged 52. and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Loxhore before mentioned . Over his grave is a large Epitaph in Prose and Verse , some of which runneth thus . Richardus Carpenter S. Theol. D. ab eruditione multiplici venerandus , pietate vitae , integritate , morumque comitate valde clarus . Hujus & Ecclesiae Sherwillensis pastor fidus , &c. The reader is now to know that there was another Rich. Carpenter a Divine , both after the former in time , and much inferior as to learning . He was educated in the School at Eaton coll . near Windsore and thence was elected Scholar of Kings coll . in Cambridge 1622. where continuing about two or three years , left it , his friends , and Country , went beyond the Seas and studied in Flanders , Artois , France , Spain , Italy , and at length received holy Orders at Rome from the hands of the Popes substitute . Soon after he was sent into England to gain Proselites , being then , as I have been told , a Benedictine Monk. In which employment continuing an year and upward , return'd to the Protestant Religion , and had by the Archbishop of Canterburies endeavours the Vicaridge of an obscure and small Village called Poling by the Sea side near Arundel Castle in Sussex bestowed on him . But before he was warm in that Seat , he received many abuses and affronts from certain Rom. Priests , and Lay-men of their profession living in those parts , particularly by Franc. a S. Clara , who being sometimes in the neighbourhood by the name of Hunt , would be very free with and expose , him , to scorn before his parishioners . In the year 1642. and that of his age 33. or rather more , he published a treatise intit . Experience , History and Divinity , in five books . Printed at Lond. in a thick oct . and by the said author dedicated to the Parliament then sitting : In which Treatise p. 32. 37. &c. are many things spoken of himself . This book came out again , or rather had a new title to it of The Downfal of Antichrist , &c. an . 1648. What preferment he had afterwards I cannot tell , yet sure I am , that in the time of the Civil War he left the Nation and retired to Paris , where he became a railer against the Protestants . Afterwards he return'd to his old trade of Independancy in England , and about that time published The perfect Law of God , being a Sermon and no Sermon , preached and yet not preached . Printed 1652. in oct . He lived then , and after , at Aylesbury in Bucks , where he had kindred living , and would preach there very fantastically to the great mirth of some of his Auditors . After his Maj. Restauration , he published a Comedy intit . The Pragmatical Jesuit , with his picture before it , represented in very gentile Lay-habit , whereas his picture before his Experience , History and Divinity , represents him to be a formal Clergy man , with a mortified countenance . He was living at Aylesbury before mention'd in 1670. But before his death ( which was elsewhere ) he was ( as some of his acquaintance hath told me ) returned to Popery and caused his pretended Wife , to be of his perswasion , in which Faith he died . Those that knew him , have often told me that he was an impudent fantastical man , that changed his mind with his cloaths , and that for his juggles and tricks in matters of Religion , he was esteemed a Theological Mountebank . I find one or more of both his names , that have been writers , which I shall now pass by , and one Rich. Carpenter who had a publick dispute with one Gibs concerning Infant Baptism , in the times of Usurpation ; which probably may be the same with him before mentioned . ADAM REUTER , who intitles himself in some of his books Cotbusius L. Silesius , did , for his improvement in all kind of Literature , retire to the University of Oxon in the beginning of 1608. being then a Licentiat in both the Laws , wherein continuing many years in the condition of a Commoner ( for he wore a Gown ) and was entred into the Matricula , as a member , if I mistake not , of Exeter coll . was first exhibited to by the Warden and Fellows of New coll . and afterwards by the Vicechancellour and Heads of colleges and halls . He was very well read in substantial authors , and had a quick command of his Latine Pen , but then withal he was a severe Calvinist , which was not , in his time , displeasing to many of the Sages and Heads of the University . His works are . Questiones juris controversi 12. Ex L. ut vim . 3. just . & jure . Oxon. 1609. qu. Oratio quam , papam esse bestiam , quae non est , & tamen est , apud Johan . Apoc. 17. ver . 18. &c. Lond. 1610. qu. Which Oration was by the author spoken in publick before the members of the University . Libertatis Anglicae defensio , seu demonstratio : Regnum Angliae non esse feudum pontificis : In Acad. Oxon. publice opposita Martino Becano Societatis Jesu Theologo . London 1613. quarto . Eadgarus in Jacobo redivivus ; seu pietatis Anglicanae defensio , &c. contra Ross-Weydum . Lond. 1614. qu. Tractatus de concilio , Theophilo Suffolciae comiti dedicat . Oxon. 1626. qu. Besides other things which I have not yet seen , whether he afterwards receeded to his own Country or died in England , I know not . MATTHIAS PASOR , Son of George Pasor a learned Professor at Herborn , was partly educated there and partly at Heidelburg , of which last , he at length became Professor of the Mathematicks . Afterwards retiring to Oxon , he was incorporated Master of Arts , as he had stood at Heidelburg before mentioned , read an Arabick Lecture twice in a Week in Term-time in the Divinity School , for some years ; for which he had a Pension collected from his Auditors , and was held in great esteem by them and others for his admirable knowledge in that and other Tongues and Learning . He hath published , Oratio pro linguae Arabicae professione , publice ad Academicos habita in Schola Theologica Vniversitatis Oxon , 25. Oct. 1626. Oxon. 1627. qu. Marsilius Patavinus . Which , with other things , by him written and published , I have not yet seen : Nor indeed do I know any thing more of him or his end . NATHANIEL CARPENTER , Son of Joh. Carp. mentioned under the year 1620. was born at Northleigh near to Culleton in Devonshere 7. Feb. 1588. elected Probationer Fellow of Exeter coll . from S. Edmonds hall , 1607. at which time Michael Jermyn of the said coll , standing against him for that place , had equal Votes with him . So that the matter being referr'd to the Vicehancellour , he adjudged the right of the said Fellowship for Carpenter , and the next year Jermyn was sped into C. C. coll . of whom I shall speak hereafter under the year 1659. As for Carpenter he afterwards took the degrees in Arts and by a vertuous emulation and industry he became a noted Philosopher , Poet , Mathematician and Geographer . About the time that he proceeded in Arts , he entred into the sacred function , took the degree of Bach. of Divinity in few years after , and tho a zealous Calvinist , yet he was by the generallity of Scholars cried up for a very famous Preacher . At length being introduced into the acquaintance of the learned and religious Dr. Vsher Primate of Ireland , at what time he was in Oxon and incorporated D. of D. in July 1626. that incomparable person took him then into his service , convey'd him into Ireland , made him one of his Chaplains , Schoolmaster of the Kings Wards in Dublin , in the same year , and soon after , as 't is said , Dean of a certain Church there , but Quaere . He hath written , Philosophia libera , triplici Exercitationum decade proposita , &c. Francof . 1621. Lond. 1622. Ox. 1636. and 75. oct . Geography delineated forth in two books ; containing the Sphaerical and Topical parts thereof . Ox. 1625. and 35. qu. Achitophel : or , the picture of a wicked Politician , in 3 parts . Dubl . 1627. oct . Ox. 1628. qu. These three parts are the effect of three Sermons preached before the Univ. of Oxon , on 2 Sam. 17. 23. and were very much applauded by all the Scholars that heard them , and therefore were by them most eagerly desired to be printed . Soon after they were published with license , and had in them ( as a busie a body saith ) divers passages against Arminianism , averring it to be planted among us by Jesuitical Politicians to undermine our Religion by degrees , and covertly to introduce Popery it self . But so soon as it peep'd abroad , it was forthwith called in , and all the passages against Arminianism were expunged by Bishops Lauds Agents . Which done , it was reprinted at London 1629. in qu. to the great injury both of the truth and author . In 1633. it was printed there again , and at Ox. 1640. in tw . Chorazin and Bethsaida's woe and warning piece , on Matth. 11. 21. Oxon. 1640. in tw . Treatise of Opticks . — MS. The original whereof was lost at Sea ; yet some copies of it are saved , but imperfect . He died at Dublin in Ireland , about the beginning of the year sixteen hundred twenty and eight , year 1628 and was buried there , but in what Church or Yard I know not . When he laid upon his death-bed , it did much repent him , that he had formerly so much courted the Maid instead of the Mistress , meaning that he had spent his chief time in Philosophy and Mathematicks , and had neglected Divinity . GEORGE CARLETON , Son of Guy , second Son of Thomas Carleton of Carleton hall in Cumberland , was born b at Norham in Northumberland , at what time his Father was Keeper of the Castle there , educated in Grammar learning by the care of the Northern Apostle , called Bern. Gilpin , who also , ( when he was fitted for the University , ) sent him to S. Edm. hall in the beginning of the year 1576. being then 17 years of age , and exhibited to his studies , and took care that nothing should be wanting to advance his pregnant parts . In the latter end of 1579. he took a degree in Arts , and forthwith compleated it by Determination , his disputes being then noted to exceed any of his Fellows that did their exercise in the same Lent. In 1580. he was elected Probationer-Fellow of Merton coll . wherein he spent almost 5 years before he proceeded in his Faculty . While he remained in that Coll. he was esteemed a good Orator and Poet , but as years come on , a better disputant in Divinity , than he had before been in Philosophy . He was also well vers'd in the Fathers and Schoolmen , and wanted nothing that might make him a compleat Theologist . — I have loved him ( saith a learned c author ) in regard of his singular knowledge in Divinity , which he professeth , and in other more delightful literature , and an loved again by him . What were his preferments successively after he had left that Coll. I cannot tell , because the Register of Acts of that house is altogether silent as to them . Sure I am that after he had continued many years there . and had taken the degrees in Divinity , he was promoted to the See of Landaff , upon the translation of Dr. Godwin to Hereford , in the year 1618. and the same year was one of the learned English Divines that were by his Majesties command sent to the Synod of Dort , where he behaved himself so admirable well , to the credit of our Nation , ( as some Ch. Historians will tell you , ) that after his return , he was , upon the translation of Dr. Harnet to Norwich , elected to the See of Chichester , confirmed by his Maj. 20. Sept. 1619. He was a person of a solid judgment and of various reading , a bitter Enemy to the Papists , and a severe Calvinist , which may farther appear in some of these books following , of his composition . Heroici Characteres , ad illustriss . equitem Henricum Nevillum . Oxon. 1603. qu. Several of his Latin verses are in the University book of verses made on the death of Sir Phil. Sydney , in Bodleiomnema , and in other books . Tithes examined , and proved to be due to the Clergy by a divine right . Lond. 1606. 1611. qu. Jurisdiction Regal , Episcopal , Papal : Wherein is declared how the Pope hath intruded upon the jurisdiction of Temporal Princes , and of the Church , &c. Lond. 1610. qu. Consensus Eccles . Catholicae contra Tridentinos de scripturis , Ecclesia , fide & gratia , &c. Lond. 1613. oct . Dedicated to the Mertonians . A thankful remembrance of Gods mercy , in an historical collection of the great and merciful deliverances of the Church and State of England , from the beginning of Q. Elizabeth . Lond. 1624. qu. The fourth edit . came out in 1630. qu. adorned with cuts . Short directions to know the true Church . Lond. 1615. &c. in tw . Dedicated to Prince Charles as the former book was . Oration made at the Hague before the Prince of Orange , and the Assembly of the High and Mighty Lords , the States General . Lond. 1619. in one sh . and an half in qu. The madness of Astrologers : or , an examination of Sir Christop . Heydons book , intit . A defence of judiciary Astrology . Lond. 1624. qu. Which being written twenty years before that time , was then published by Tho. Vicars Bach. of Div. who had married the authors Daughter . It was reprinted at Lond. in 1651. Examination of those things , wherein the author of the late Appeale , holdeth the doctrine of the Pelagians and Arminians , to be the doctrines of the Church of England . Lond. 1626. and 36. in qu. Besides this answer or examination , made to the Appeale of Rich. Mountague , ( who succeeded Carleton in the See of Chichester , ) came out six more , viz. one by Dr. Matthew Sutcliff Dean of Exeter , a second by Dr. Dan. Featly , a third by Franc. Rouse sometimes of Broadgates hall in Oxon , a fourth by Anth. Wotton of Cambridge , a fifth by Joh. Yeates Bach. of Div. sometimes of Eman. coll . in Cambridge , afterwards Minister of S. Andrews in Norwich , and the sixth by Hen. Burton of Friday-street in London . A joynt attestation avowing that the discipline of th Church of England was not impeached by the Synod of Dort. Lond. 1626. qu. Vita Bernardi Gilpini , vere sanctiss . famaque apud Anglos aquilonares celeberrimi . Lond. 1628. qu. Published in Engl. at Lond. 1636. oct . and also in Lat. in Dr. Will. Bates his collection of lives . Lond. 1681. in a large qu. Testimony concerning the Presbyterian discipline in the Low Countries , and Episcopal government in England . — Printed several times in qu. and oct . The edit . in qu. at Lond. 1642. is but one sheet . Latin Letter to the learned Camden , containing some notes and observations on his Britannia . — MS. among those given by Seldens Executors to the Publ. Libr. at Oxon. The beginning of which Letter is Dum nuper ( Mi Camdene ) Brittaniam tuam , &c. Several Sermons , viz. one that is joyned to the English life of Bern. Gilpin : Another on Luke 2. from ver . 41. to 50. in tw . A third on Rev. 20. 3. 4. in oct . &c. He had also a hand in the Dutch Annotations , and in the New Translation of the Bible , which were ordered by the Synod of Dort to be undertaken , yet were not compleated and published till 1637. At length having lived to a good old age , he concluded his last day in the month of May in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , and was buried in the Choire , near to the Altar , of his Cath. Church at Chichester , on the 27. of the same month . By his first Wife named Anne , Daughter of Sir Hen. Killegrew Knight , and Widdow of Sir Hen. Nevill of Billingbere in Berks , he had Issue a Son named Henry Carleton , living sometimes in the Parish of Fur●e in Sussex , elected Burgess for Arundel , to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 13. Apr. 1640. and from the unhappy Parliament which began on the 3. Nov. following , he received a Commission from the Members thereof to be a Captain , in which office and command he shew'd himself an Enemy to the Bishops . JOHN DODERIDGE , or Doddridg , was born at or near to , Barnstaple in Devonshire , became a Sojournour of Exeter coll . in 1572. took one degree in Arts about 4 years after , and compleated it by Determination . About that time being entred into the Middle Temple , he made great proficiency in the Common Law , became a noted Counsellour , and in 45. Eliz. Lent Reader of that Inn. In 1603. Jan. 20. he was made Serjeant at Law , being about that time Prince Henry's Serjeant , but in the year following he was discharged of his Serjeantship , and became Solliciter Gen. to King James 1. In 1607. Jun. 25. he was constituted one of the Kings Serjeants , and on the 5. July following he received the honour of Knighthood from his Maj. at Whitehal . In 1612. Nov. 25. he was appointed one of the Justices of the Common Pleas , ( afterwards of the Kings Bench , ) and in Feb. 1613. he was actually created Master of Arts in Serjeants Inn by the Vicechanc . both the Proctors , and five other Academians . Which degree was conferred upon him in gratitude for his great service he had then lately done for the University , in several Law suits depending between the said University and City of Oxon. While he continued in Exeter coll . he was a severe Student , and by the help of a good Tutor he became a noted Disputant . So that by the foundation of learning which he had laid in that coll . forwarded by good natural parts and continual industry , he became not only eminent in his own profession , but in the Arts , Divinity , and Civil Law , insomuch that it was difficult with some to judge , in which of all those Faculties he excelled . But being mostly taken up with the Common Law , he could not be at leisure to honour the World with his great knowledge , only with these things following . The Lawyers light ; or due direction for the study of the Law , &c. Lond. 1629. qu. A compleat Parson : or a description of Advowsons and Church-livings , &c. Lond. 1630. qu. Delivered in several readings in an Inn of Chancery called New Inn in Lond. 1602. and 1603. History of the ancient and modern Estate of the Principality of Wales , Dutchy of Cornwal , and Earldom of Chester , &c. Lond. 1630. qu. The English Lawyer : Being a treatise describing a method for the managing of the Laws of this Land , and expressing the best qualities requisite in the Student , Practicer , Judges , &c. Lond. 1631. qu. Opinion touching the antiquity , power , order , state , manner , persons , and proceedings of the High Court of Parliament in England . Lond. 1658. oct . Published by John Doddridge . Esq ; a Counsellour of the Middle Temple , and Recorder of Barnstaple ; descended from , or at least near of kin to , our author Sir Joh. Doderidge . With the aforesaid Opinion , are published also the opinions of Arth. Agard , Joseph Holland , Francis Tate , and Will. Camden , all eminent Antiquaries and Historians ; the two last of which I have before mentioned , and the two first I shall speake of anon . Treatise of particular Estates . Lond. 1677. in twelv . printed at the end of the fourth edition of Will. Noy's book , called , Grounds and Maxims of the Laws of this Nation . A true presentation of fore-past Parliaments to the view of the present times and posterity . — This I saw in MS. in a thin fol. in the Library of Dr. Tho. Barlow now B. of Lincoln , but whether it was ever printed I know not . Our author Doderidge also did peruse and enlarge a book intit . The Magazine of Honour ; or a treatise of the several degrees of the Nobility of this Kingdom , with their rights and privileges : Also of Knights , Esquires , &c. Lond. 1642. oct . The MS. of which I saw also in the said Library , fairly transcribed and dedicated by T. S. of Wycombe to John Lord Lovelace , an . 1637. This book which is the collection of Will , Bird , I take to be the same , which was afterwards published with a title something different from the former , under our author Doderidge's name , running thus . The Law of Nobility and Peerage ; wherein the antiquities , titles , degrees , and distinctions , concerning the Peers and Nobility of this Nation , are excellently set forth , with the Knights , Esquires , Gent. &c. Lond. 1657. 58. oct . What else he hath written , ( besides certain Speeches which are extant in books put out by others , ) I know not ; and therefore I shall only say of him , that he surrendred up his last breath at Forsters near to Egham in Surrey 13. Sept. in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , and that his body was carried to the City of Exeter , year 1628 where 't was reposed with great solemnity in our Ladies Chappel joyning to the Cath. Ch. there , 14. Oct. following ; where at this time is visible a very fair monument over his grave , and that of his Wise . Now as for Arthur Agard , whom I have before mentioned , I desire the Reader to know of him these things , that he was the Son of Clem. Agard of Foston in Derbyshire , by his Wife Elianor Daughter of Tho. Middlemore of Edgbaston in Warwickshire , that he was bred up to the Law , got to be a Clerk in the Exchequer , and at length to be Deputy-chamberlian thereof ; which office he held 45 years , while these persons following were successively Chamberlains , ( a place formerly of great honour and worth , ) viz. Sir Nich. Throckmorton , Sir Tho. Randolphe Postmaster , Sir Tho. West after Lord La Warr , Mr. George Young a Scot , Sir Will , Killigrew Knight , Sir Walt. Cope Knight , and in his last days , in 1615. to Sir Joh. Poyntz Knight . While he held that place , he learned and received all his knowledge and learning in Antiquities from his faithful and dear friend Sir Rob. Cotton , a singular lover of , and admirably well read in , English Antiquities ; to whom when Agard died , he gave all his Leiger books and MSS. ( at least 20 in number ) to be reposed as choice things in his Library ; among which was Agard's book of his own writing , intit . Tractatus de usu & verbis obscurioribus libri de Domesday , which was afterwards put under the Effigies of Vitellius , nu . 9. The learned Camden stiles him * Antiquarius insignis , as having been well acquainted with him , and his prodigious works collected with his own hand out of his Maj. Records in the Abbey of Westminster , ( where the Exchequer-Office was , ) and elsewhere . He died 22. Aug. 1615. and was buried in the Cloyster of St. Peters Church in Westminster , near to the Chapter-house door , where he had set up a monument in his life-time for himself and his Wife . At the time of his death , his will and desire was , that eleven Manuscripts of his writing and collection should ( for a small reward given to his Executor ) be reposed in the Exchequer , because they were necessary both for the Kings service , and readiness for the subject . Also a book of his collection in the Treasury , wherein is first contained what records are in the Kings Maj. four Treasuries , and how the same are placed , and especially how to be preserved : And after , is contained A collection of all leagues and treaties of Peace , entercourses and marriages with Foreign Nations . Which book was three years labour , and was ( I think still ) very carefully preserved for the Kings service . The writer and collector thereof took order that it should be preserved in his Maj. Court of Receipt , under the charge and custody of the Officers there , and to be delivered to them by Inventory , because it is very necessary for the Kings use , good of the Subject , and readiness and light to the Officers . As for the other person Joseph Holland , whose Opinion concerning the antiquity , power , &c. of Parliament , before-mentioned , which was also published , I can say only this of him , that he was a Devonian born , an excellent Herald , Genealogist , and Antiquary , as several things of his writing , now in being in the Coll. of Arms , commonly called the Heralds Office , shew : Among which is a very long roll of Parchment , containing the Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Devon before , and to his time , made in 1585. There also goes from hand to hand a folio MS. of his collection , not only containing the Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Devonshire , but also of Somersetshire and Cornwall . FULKE GREVIL , descended from an ancient and knightly fam . of his name living at Milcot in Warwickshire , was born in that County , an . 1554 , being the same year wherein Sir Philip Sidney received his first breath , did spend some time in the condition of a Gent. Commoner in this University , either before he went to Trin. coll . in Cambridge , or at his return thence , but in what house , unless in Ch. Ch. or Broadgates , I cannot well tell , nor doth it matter much , seeing that he was more properly a Cambridge man ( to which University he was a Benefactor ) than an Oxonian . After he had left the University he travelled , and at his return , being well accomplished , was introduced into the Court by his Uncle Rob. Grevil a Servant to Q. Elizabeth , where he was esteemed a most ingenious person , and had in favour by all such that were lovers of Arts and Sciences . At length obtaining an honourable Office under the Queen , he became one of her favourites , which he held for no short term , but had the longest lease of any , and the smoothest time without rub . In the beginning of 1588. he , among other persons of honour and quality , was actually created Master of Arts , which , I think , was the highest degree that was conferred upon him in this University . In 1603. he was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Jam. 1. and soon after obtained the grant of the ruinous Castle of W●rwick ▪ In the 12. year of the said Kings reign , he being constituted under Treasurer and Chancellour of the Exchequer , he was made choice of for one of Kings Privy Council . And meriting much for his faithful services in those employments , was , by Letters Patents , bearing date 9. Jan. 18. Jac. 1. advanced a to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm , by the title of Lord Brook of Beauchamps court . In Sept. 1621. he was made one of the Gentlemen of the Kings Bedchamber ; whereupon b giving up his Chancellourship of the Exchequer , Rich. Weston ( afterwards Earl of Portland ) succeeded him . He was always esteemed a brave Gentleman and honourably descended , as being sprung from the family of Willoughby Lord Brook , was favoured by Qu. Elizabeth , and such that knew he had interest in the Muses . His life was always single , and tho he lived and died a constant Courtier of the Ladies , yet he prosecuted his studies in History and Poetry : In which , consider him as a Gentleman of noble birth and great Estate , he was most excellent in his time , as these things following shew , composed in his youth , and familiar exercise with Sir Ph. Sidney . Poems . A Treatise of humane learning . Inquisition upon fame and honour . Treatise of Wars . Tragedy of Alaham. Trag. of Mustapha . Caelica , containing 109 Sonnets . Letter to an honourable Lady . Letter of Travels — Written to his Cousin GrevilVerney residing in France , &c. Some of the said things having been singly published , were all remitted into a little thin Folio , printed at Lond. 1633. and had this general title put to them , Certain learned and elegant works of the Right Honorable Fulke Lord Brooke , &c. The first five years of King James , or the condition of the State of England , and the relation it had to other Provinces . Lond. 1643. qu. The life of the renowned Sir Philip Sidney , with the true interest of England , as it then stood in relation to all foreign Princes , &c. Lond. 1652. oct . Published by P. B. Short account of the Maxims and Policies used by Qu. Elizab. in her Government . — Printed with the former book . Remains , containing Poems of Monarchy and Religion . Lond. 1670. oct . never before printed ; with other things , ( among which is his Trag. of Marc. Tull. Cicero ) which I have not yet seen . At length our author , ( who was Counsellour of State to Ch. 1. ) neglecting to reward one Haywood , who had spent the greatest and chiefest part of his time in his personal service , for which he expostulated the matter with his Master , but was sharply rebuked for it ; the said Haywood thereupon gave him a mortal stab on his Back ( they two being then only together ) in his Bed-chamber in Brook house in Holbourne near London , of which wound he died 30. Sept. in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , aged 74. year 1628 Which being done , the Assassianate discerning his own condition desperate , went into another room , and there having lock'd the dore , murdered himself with his own Sword. On the 27 of Oct. following he the said Lord Brook was buried in a Vault , situate on the north side of the collegiat Church at Warwick , which formerly had been a chapter house belonging thereunto : wherein he had , in his life time , erected a fair Tomb , with this Epitaph thereon . Fulke Grevil Servant to Queen Elizabeth , Counsellour to King James , and friend to Sir Philip Sidney . In his honour and dignity , succeeded his kinsman Robert Grevil , being then ( 1628. ) one and twenty years of age , educated in Academical learning , not in this , but in the other University of Cambridge , ( as I have been informed ) where being well tutor'd , became learned , considering his quality . But being afterwards unhappily attainted with fanatick and antimonarchical principles , by the influence of one of his near relations and some Schismatical preachers , ( tho in his own nature a very civil and well humour'd person ) was , without much difficulty , drawn in by those fiery spirits of the Long Parliament , which began 1640. By whom being back'd on , he became an active man in the House against the Prerogative , Bishops ▪ and the establish'd discipline of the Church , insomuch that no less than the abolishing of all decent order in the service of God would satisfie him . So that the members of the said Parliament looking upon him as a faithful person for the cause , that they then drove on , appointed him a Commander in their Army , as I shall anon tell you . As for the things which he wrote and published are , ( 1 ) The nature of truth , &c. Lond. 1643. oct . Animadverted upon by John Wallis a Minister in London , ( afterward Geom. Professor of Oxon ) Printed at Lond. 1643. ( 2 ) A discourse opening the nature of Episcopacy , which is exercised in England . Lond. 1641. 42. qu. Assisted therein by some puritanical Minister , and printed when the Press was open to receive all books against the Prerogative and Bishops . ( 3 ) Two speeches spoken in the Guild-hall in London , concerning his Majesties resusal of a Treaty of peace . Lond. 1642. qu. ( 4 ) Answer to the speech of Philip Earl of Pembroke , concerning accommodation . Which answer was spoken in the House of Lords 19 Dec. 1642. Pr. in one sh . in qu. by order of the House . ( 5 ) Speech at the election of his Captains and Commanders at Warwick Castle . Lond. 1643. qu. In the beginning of the Civil War , an . 1642. he became Commander in chief of those Forces , which were sent to assault the Church-Close at Lichfield , then defended by a small Garrison , placed there by his Majesty out of a pious intent for the preservation of the stately Cathedral , which the Lord Brooke intended presently to destroy , when taken by his Forces . But so it fell out , that he having planted his great Guns against the South-east - gate of the Close , he was , tho harnessed with plate-armour cap-a-pe , shot from the Church in the Eye by one Diot a Clergy-mans Son ( who could neither hear or speak ) as he stood in a dore , ( whether he came to see the occasion of a sudden shout made by the Soldiers ) of which he instantly died . This memorable accident hapned on the second day of March , an . 1642. which is the festival of that sometimes famous Bishop , S. Cedd or Chad , to whose memory Offa King of the Mercians did erect the said Cathedral , and devoutly dedicate it . Archbishop Laud being then a prisoner in the Tower of London , did make this memoire of it in his Diary , under the year 1642. Thursday March. 2. S. Ceddes day , the Lord Brook shot in the left Eye , and killed in the place at Lichfield , going to give onset upon the Close of the Church , he ever having been fierce against Bishops and Cathedrals . His bever up and armed to the knee , so that a Musket at that distance , could have done him but little harm . Thus was his Eye put out , who about two years since said , he hoped to live to see at S. Pauls not one stone left upon another , &c. This Lord Brook who did often bragg that he should live to see the millinary fools paradice begin in his life time , did give occasion , by words that he uttered , to certain observing persons to think , that his death was near , viz. that at his going out of Coventry , when he went towards Lichfield , he give order to his Chaplain , that he should preach upon this Text , If I perish , I perish , being the words of Ester in a different , but a far better , cause , Est . 4. 16. Also that in a prayer of above an hour long , which he conceived before his setting on the Close , he was heard to wish that if the cause he was in were not right and just , he might be presently cut off , using the like expressions to his Souldiers also . JOHN BEAUMONT , Son of Francis Beaumont one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the reign of Qu. Elizabeth , was born of , and descended from , an ancient and noble family of his name living at Gracedie● in Leicestershire , became a Gent. Com. ( with his Brethren Henry and Francis ) in Broadgates hall in the beginning of Lent-term , an . 1596. aged 14. Whence , after he had spent about three years , he retired to one of the Inus of Court , and afterwards to his native Country , where taking to Wife one of the family of Fortescue , was at length ( in 1626. ) made a Baronet . The former part of his life he successfully employed in Poetry , and the latter he as happily bestowed on more serious and beneficial Studies : And had not death untimely cut him off in his middle age , he might have prov'd a Patriot , being accounted at the time of his death a person of great knowledge , gravity , and worth . He hath written , Bosworth Field : A Poem . Lond. 1629. oct . A taste of the variety of other Poems — Printed with ▪ the former Poem . He hath also made translations into English from Horace , Virgil , Lucan , Persius , Aus●nius , Claudian , &c. All which were collected together , after the authors death by his Son , Sir Joh. Beaumont , Bt. and were printed with the former Poems in 1629. being then usherd into the world by the commendation-Poems of Tho. Nevill , Tho. Hawkyns , Benj. Johnson , Mich. Drayton , Philip King , Son of the B. of London , &c. This Sir John Beaumont the Poet departed this mortal life in the Winter time , year 1628 in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , and was buried in the Church at Gracedieu , leaving behind him a Son named John beforemention'd , who died without issue , another called Francis , afterwards a Jesuit , and a third named Thomas , who succeeded his brother in his estate and honour . As for Francis Beaumont , who with his elder brother Sir John , came to Broadgates hall in 1596. as I have before told you , he must not be understood to be the same with Francis Beaumont the eminent Poet and Comedian , for tho he was of the same family , and most of his name studied in Oxon , yet he was educated in Cambridge , and after he had made himself famous over all England , for the 50. Comedies and Tragedies , which he with Joh. Fletcher Gent. had composed , made his last exit in the beginning of March , and was buried on the ninth of the same month in 1615 , at the entrance of St. Benedicts Chappel within the Abby Church of St. Peter , within the City of Westminster . As for John Fletcher , Son of Rich , Fletcher B. of London , he was also a Cambridge man , and dying of the Plague , was buried in the Church ( or yard ) of S. Mary Overey in Southwark , 29 Aug. 1625. aged 49. Sir Aston Cockaine Baronet hath in his Choice Poems of several sorts , &c. Pr. 1658. in oct . an Epitaph on Mr. John Fletcher and Mr. Philip Massinger , who , as he saith , lye buried both in one grave , in St. Mary Overies Church in Southwark , yet the register of that Church saith that Massinger was buried in one of the four yards belonging to that Church , as I shall tell you when I come to him , under the year 1639. Later in time than Sir Jo. Beaumont , hath appeared another of both his names , who hath written and published Observations upon the Apology of Dr. Hen. More . Cambr. 1685. qu. And is at present the Kings prof . of Div. there . JOHN DENISON , who in his time was cried up for an eminent preacher , became a Student in Balliol coll . at the beginning of the year 1590. and when M. of A. entred into orders , preached frequently in these parts , was made Chaplain of K. James 1. chief moderator of the Free-School in Reading in Berks , and at length Vicar of St. Maries Church there : In which last he was succeeded by Tho. Bunbury of Ball. coll . but thrust out thence by the Presbyterians in the beginning of the civil Wars . Denison was a learned man , well read in Theological authors , and wrote and published these things following . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The Christian Petitioner , preached on Act Sunday 7 Jul. 1611. on Nehem. 13. 22. Lond. 1611. qu. ( 2 ) The sin against the Holy Ghost , at Pauls Cross , on Heb. 10. 26 , 27. Ib. 1611. qu. ( 3 ) Christians care for the Souls safety , on Mark 8. 36. Lond. 1621. oct . ( 4 ) Heavenly Banquet : or , the doctrine of the Lords Supper , set forth in seven Sermons , on 1 Cor. 11. from verse 23. to 29. Lond. 1619. oct . ( 5 ) Blessedness of Peacemakers , two Sermons on Matth. 5. 9. Lond. 1620. oct . ( 6 ) The Sinners acquittance , before the K. at Greenwich on Isa . 53. 4. Lond. 1624. oct . ( 7 ) Check to curiosity , and The safest service , two Serm. at Whitehall , on Joh. 21. ver . 22. Lond. 1624. oct . ( 8 ) Heavens joy for a sinners repentance , on Luke 15. 7. Ibid. 1623. oct . &c. A threesold resolution concerning earths vanity , hells horror and heavens felicity . Lond. 1616. oct . 4th edit . Justification of the gesture of kneeling in the act of receiving the Sacrament of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1619 oct . On the two Sacraments , Baptism and the Lords Supper . Lond. 1621. qu. De confessionis auricularis vanitate adversus Card. Bellarmini Sophismata . Ox. 1621. qu. De sigilli confessionis impietate , contra Scholasticorum & Neotericorum quorundam dogmata disputatio . — Printed with the former . He dyed in the latter end of January , and was buried on the first of Feb. in the Church of St. Mary at Reading before mentiond , in sixteen hundred twenty and eight . He had a Brother , or near Kinsman called Stephen Denison , D. D. and many years Minister of St. Catherine Kree Church in London , who hat published several things of Divinity , as the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue will tell you . He dyed in that parish , ( in 1649. as I think ) but was not of the University of Oxon. PETER ALLIBOND , an ingenious man in the opinion of all that knew him , was born at Wardenton near to Banbury in Oxfordshire , where his name and family had for some generations lived , became a Student of Magd. hall in the beginning of 1578. aged 18. years , or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , travelled for some time beyond the Seas , and at his return became Rector of Cheyneys in Bucks . Where continuing many years , did much improve the ignorant with his found doctrine . What he hath written I know not , nor translations which he hath made , only these two from French into English , viz. ( 1 ) Comfort for an afflicted conscience , wherein is contained both consolation and instruction for the sick , &c. Lond. 1591. oct . written by John de L'espine . ( 2 ) Confutation of the popish transubstantiation , together with a narration how that the Mass was at sundry times patched and pieced by sundry Popes , &c. Lond. 1592. oct . And a translation from Lat. into English entit . The golden chain of Salvation . Lond. 1604. qu. written by Harman Renecher . This Pet. Allibond died on the sixth day of March , in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Cheyneys before mention'd ; leaving then behind him three Sons , one of which was called John a witty man of Magd. coll . whom I shall mention elsewhere ; another named Peter of Linc. coll . Proctor of this University in 1640. and a third Job , who changing his Religion , to which he had been carefully brought up , for that of Rome , ( which was the reason , I presume , why his name was omitted in his Fathers Will ) did at length get a place in the Post Office , which kept him and his in a comfortable condition . This Job was Father of Rich. Allibond , a Barrester of Grays Inn , who being also a Roman Catholick , was not only Knighted by K. James 2. but also made one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench , to which Office he was sworn by the name of Rich. Allebone , 28. Apr : 1687. He dyed at his house near to the back part of Grays Inn , 22. of Aug. 1688. aged 47 years of thereabouts , and was buried on the fourth of Sept. following at Dagenham in Essex near to the grave of his Mother . JAMES LEY , a younger Son of Henry Ley of Teffont-Evias in Wilts . Son of Henry Ley of Ley , in the parish of Bere-Ferres in Devonsh . Esq ; was born at Teffonts-Evias , became a Commoner of Brasenose coll . in the beginning of 1569. aged 17. or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , and on the first of May 1577. he was admitted a Student of Lincolns Inn , where making great proficiency in the Municipal Law , which was much advanced by his Academical learning , he became a Councellour of great repute , was call'd to the Bench. 22. Eliz. and in the 44. of that Qu. was Lent reader of that Inn. After which , his profound learning and other great abilities deservedly rais'd him to sundry degrees of honour and eminent employment : For in the 1. of Jac. 1. he was called to the state and degree of Serjeant at Law , and in the year following he was constituted Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench in Ireland , in which place he continued till Mich. term 6. Jac. 1. and then , being a Knight , he was made Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries in England . Shortly after he obtained a Privy Seal from the Kings Maj. dat . 15. May 7. Jac. 1. to take place in the said Court of the Kings Attorney General , which till then was never used , but since hath constantly been observed . By virtue of that Seal , and by appointment of Rob. Earl of Salisbury , then Master of the said Court , he took the place the same day of Sir Hen. Hobart Knight , then Attorney General to his Majesty . During his continuance in that place he was made a Baronet , and in the 18. Jac. he was removed from that Court , having been Attorney 12 years , and upwards , and was made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench in England . In 22. Jac. he was made Lord High Treasurer of Engl. and a Counsellour of State , and on the last day of the same month , he was advanced to the dignity * of a Baron , by the title of Lord Ley of Ley before mentioned . In the 1. of Car. 1. he was created Earl of Marlborough in wilts , and in the fourth of that King , he resign'd his place of Treasurer , and was made Lord President of the Council . He was a person of great gravity , ability and integrity , and of the same mind in all conditions . He hath written , Treatise concerning Wards and Liveries , Lond. 1642. oct . composed by the author , while he was Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries . Reports of divers resolutions in Law , arising upon cases in the Court of Wards , and other Courts at Westminster , in the Reigns of King James and King Charles . Lond. 1659. fol. He also collected , with intentions to publish , some of the historical writers of Ireland : for which end he caused to be transcribed and made fit for the Press , the Annals of John Clynne a Fri●r Minor of Kilkenny , ( who lived in the time of K. Ed. 3. ) the Annals of the Priory of St. John the Evangelist of Kilkenny , and the Annals of Multifernan , Resse and Clonmell , &c. But his weighty occasions did afterwards divert his purpose . After his death the copies came into the hands of Henry Earl of Bathe , who also did intend to make them publick , but what diverted him , I cannot tell . Our author , Sir Jam. Ley E. of Marlborough , ended his days in his lodgings in Lincolns Inn on the 14. of March in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , and was buried in an Isle joyning to the Church of Westbury in Wilts . in which Parish he had purchased an Estate . Over his grave was soon after a stately monument erected by Hen. Ley his Son , who succeeded him in his honour , begotten on the body of his Father's first Wife , named Mary , Daughter of John Pettie of Stoke-Talmach and Tetsworth in Com. Oxon : Esq ; . THOMAS VICARS , who writes himself Vicarsus and de Vicariis , was born within the City of Carlile in Cumberland , made his first entry into Queens coll . in the beginning of 1607. aged 16. where , after he had been a poor serving Child , Tabarder , and Chaplain , he was elected Fellow 1616. being then M. of A. Six years after he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences ; about which time he being esteemed an able Theologist , Preacher , and well qualified with other learning , was taken into the Family of Dr. Carleton B. of Chichester , and by him preferr'd ( after he had married his Daughter Anne ) to the Vicarage of Cockfield near Horsham in Sussex , and , as it seems , to a Dignity in the Church of Chichester . His works are , Manuductio ad artem Rhetoricam , ante paucos annos i● privatum quorundum Scholarium usum concinnata , &c. Lond. 1621. oct . there again 1628. in tw . being the third edit . This book is the effect of certain Lectures in Queens coll . publick Refectory , when he bore the office of Rhetorick Reader . Brief direction how to examine our selves before we go to the Lord's Table , how to behave our selves there , and how to try our selves afterwards . Lond. 1622. or thereabouts , in oct . Confutatio cujusd . libelli de amplitudine regni caelestis sub ementito C. Secundi Curionis nomine in lucem emissi . Ox. 1627. qu. He hath also translated from Lat. into English , A Manuduction to Theology . Lond. 1622. or thereabouts , and 26. in oct . written by Barthelm . Keckerman . Before which translation is a copy of verses made by Mich. Drayton the Poet , an attestation by Ad. Airay B. D. and a dedication to A●●e the Wife of Dr. Carleton B. of Chichester . One Tho. Vicary published The Surgeons directory , in 1651. oct . who was , as I suppose , a Chirurgion by profession , and therefore not to be taken to be the same with Tho. Vicars before mentioned . SIXTIN AMAMA , was born in the Province of Westsricsin in Holland , educated for a time in the University in Franaker , where obtaining considerable knowledge in Oriental tongues , took a journey into England , and about 1613. setled in Oxford , taught the Hebrew tongue , and for the sake of Dr. Prideaux Rector of Exeter coll . whose person and doctrine he much admired , became a Sojournour of that house , and a zealous Student in the Sacred Faculty . After he had continued there some years , he retired ( 〈◊〉 a degree conser'd on him , ) to his native Country , where at Franaker he was made Hebrew Profess 〈…〉 length D. of D. and held much in esteem for his great learning . He hath written , 〈…〉 quinque librorum Mosis , &c. Franak . 1620. qu. Supplex 〈◊〉 ad Synodos , Episcopos & Super-intendentes 〈…〉 . 〈…〉 Franak . 1625. oct . Coron , ad Gram. Martino-Buxto●sianum . Ibid. Anti-Barbarus Biblicus in 3. libros distributus , &c. Amstel . 1628. oct . To which was added a fourth book . — Franak . 1656. qu. De Decimis . In the first Tome of the Criticks , p. 1326. Responsio ad censuras D. Marini Marsenni Theologi Paris . Franak . 1628. oct . See in the first Tome of the Criticks , p. lx . De nomine Tetragrammato dissertatio , cum responsione ad argumenta cl . viri D. Nich. Fulleri Angli , quibus pro vulgatae lectionis Jehovah certitudine disputavit . Fran. 1628. oct . He hath also written the Preface before Joh. Drusius his Commentary on the more difficult places of the Pentateuch , an . 1617. which is remitted into the first Tome of the Criticks , p. 50. and corrected and published with some additions his Commentary on the 12 Minor Prophets , and his Com. de Sectis Judaicis . He hath also written and published certain Dissertations and Orations in Latin , but these I have not yet seen . He was living and in great renown at Franaker in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , having then , as always before , a natural Genie to enlighten the Text of Scripture , and to find the notion of the Sacred Language . When he died , and what other books he hath written , I cannot yet tell . WILLIAM VAUGHAN , Son of Walt. Vaughan of the Goldon Grove in Caermerthenshire Esq ; and younger Brother to Sir John Vaughan the first Earl of Carbury , was born at the Golden Grove , became a Commoner of Jesus coll . in Mich. Term , an . 1591. aged 14. took the degrees in Arts , and entred on the Law line , but before he took a degree in that Faculty , he went to travel , and performing some exercise in order thereunto at Vienna , did proceed Doctor there , and at his return was incorporated at Oxon in the same Faculty , an . 1605. In which , tho indifferently learned , yet he went beyond most men of his time for Latin especially , and English , Poetry . Afterwards spending much time in rambling to and fro , did take a long journey for the honour and benefit of his Nation , and became the chief undertaker for the Plantation in Cambriol , the southermost part in New-found-land , now called by by some Britaniola , where with pen , purse , and person did prove the worthiness of that enterprize . He hath written , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pium , continens canticum canticorum Solomonis , & Psalmos aliquot selectiores , una cum quibusdam aliis poematis e Sacrae Scripturae fontibus petitis . Lond. 1597. oct . Elegia gratulatoria in honorem illustriss . Herois Caroli Howard Comitis Nottingham . 23. Oct. 1597. meretiss . creati . Printed with the former . Varia Poemata de Sphaerarum ordine , &c. Lond. 1589. oct . Poemata continent , Encom . Roberti Comitis Fssex . Lond. 1598. oct . The Golden Grove moralized , in 3 books . A work very neeessary for all such , as would know how to govern themselves , their houses , or their country . Lond. 1600. and 1608. oct . This book which is written in prose , was commended to the World by some Poets , or at least pretenders to Poety , then ( 1600. ) living in the University , as Dr. Joh. Williams Marg. Professor , Will. Osbourne one of the Proctors , Hen. Price Bac. of Div. of S. Johns coll . Griffin Powel of Jesus , Joh. Budden LL. D. Nich. Langford and Tho. Came Masters of Arts , Gabr. Powel B. A. Sam. Powel , Tho. Storer , and Jo Rawlinson Masters of Arts , Charles Fitzjeffry of Broadgates , Tho. Michelbourne , &c. Cambrensium Carolcia . Quibus nupiae regales celebrantur , memoria regis pacifici renovatur , & praecepta necessaria ad rempub . nestram faeliciter administrandum intexuntur : reportata a Colchide Cambriola ex australissima Novae Terrae plaga . Lond. 1625. oct . 'T is a Latin Poem , and dedicated by our author Vaughan under the name of Orp●eus Junior to King Charles 1. The Golden Fleece , divided into three parts ; under which are discovered the errours of Religion , the vices and decays of the Kingdom , &c. Lond. 1626. qu. in prose . Transported from Cambrioll Colchos out of the southermost part of the Island commonly called New-found-land by Orphcus jun. alias Will. Vaughan . There is no doubt but this our ingenious author hath other things extant , but such , tho with great scrutiny , I cannot yet discover : nor can I find any thing else relating to the author only that he was living at C●●●●iol before-mentioned in sixteen hundred twenty and eight . I find one will Vaughan a Physician , who among several things that he hath published is a book intit . Directions for health , natural and artificial , derived from the best Physicians , as well modern as ancient , &c. Printed several times , as in 1617. oct . Lond. 1626. qu. the sixth edit . and there again 1633. &c. Another book also he wrote called The Newlanders cure , with rules against the Scurvey , Coughs , &c. Printed 1630. oct . &c. Whether this Physician was originally of Oxon. I cannot tell , notwithstanding we have had several of both his names and time matriculated as Members of Ball. coll . Jesus , &c. There is also another Will. Vaughan a Physician , who published Disputatio medica de febre continuata . Printed 1671. qu. GEORGE CAREW , Son of Mr. George Carew sometimes Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , was born in Devon , but originally descended from the Carews of Carew Castle in Pembrokshire , became a Gent. Commoner of Broadgates hall in 1572. aged 15. About which time two of his Sirname studied in Vniversity coll . which hath given occasion , many years after , to some of the Fellows of that house , particularly to Dr. Joh. Browne , to take a one of them to be this George Carew whom we are farther to mention . Howsoever it is , or whether he studied in both houses successively , I shall not now dispute it : Sure I am that he was of Broadgates , and that being more delighted in Martial Affairs than in the solitary delights of a study , he left the University without a degree , went into Ireland , and there had a command given him against that noted Rebel the Earl of Desmond . Afterwards his merits being made known to Q. Eliz. she thereupon made him one of her Council , and Master of the Ordnance , there : In which last employment he behav'd himself with great renown in various expeditions , as some years after he did in the Voyage to Cadiz in Spain . In 1589. he was actually created M. of A. with other persons of quality , he being then a Knight . At length when all Ireland was in a manner invaded with a domestick Rebellion , and a Spanish Army , he was made President of Munster for 3 years ; where joyning his Forces with those of the Earl of Thomond , he took divers Castles and strong Holds in those parts , and brought the titular Earl of Desmond ( one of the most active Rebels there ) to his tryal . After K. James came to the Crown he was called home , and in the first year of his Raign he was constituted Governour of the Isle of Guernsey and Castle Cornet . In the third year of that Kings Reign he was b advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron , by the title of the Lord Carew of Clopton , having before married Joyce the Daughter and Coheir of Will. Clepton of Clopton near Stratford upon Avon in Warwicksh . Esque . Afterwards he was made Vicechamberlain and Treasurer to Q. Anne , Master of the Ordnance throughout England , and of the Privy Council to the King. At length when Charles came to the Crown , he was made by him , in the first year of his Reign , Earl of Totness in Devonshire , as being then a faithful Subject , a valiant and prudent Commander , an honest Counsellour , a gentile Scholar , a lover of Antiquities , and a great Patron of learning . He wrote a book intit . Pacata Hibernia . Or , the History of the late Wars in Ireland . Lond. 1633. fol. with his picture before , and these verses under , it . Talis crat vultu , sed linguâ , mente manuque Qualis crat , qui vult dicere , scripta legat . Consulat aut famam , qui linguâ , mente manuve Vincere hunc , fama judice , rarus erat . Of which History containing three years transactions in Munster , the said Earls actions ( G. Carew ) are not the least part . It was , while he lived , reserved first for his own private satisfaction ; secondly preserved for the furtherance of a general history of the Kingdom of Ireland , when some industrious writer should undertake a compleat description of those Affairs : And lastly out of his own retired modesty , it was by him held back from the stage of publication , lest himself , being a principal Actor in many of the particulars , might be perhaps thought to give vent and utterance to his private merit and services , however justly memorable . After his death it came into the hands of his faithful and trusty Servant , ( or rather his natural Son ) called Tho. Stafford , by whom , it being first offer'd to the view and censure of divers learned and judicious persons , was at length published . This is that Thom , Stafford who was Master of many choice Originals of Charters of English Nobility , written in the time of Hen. 2. mostly containing conveyances and gifts of Lands to Religious Houses ; which I presume he had by the gift of his aforesaid Master the Earl of Totness : But when Stafford died , they came into the hands of Sir Simonds D'ewes Bt. Besides Pacata Hibernia , our author Carew hath in four large volumes collected several Chronologies , Charters , Letters , Muniments and other materials , belonging to Ireland . Which as choice rarities , are at this day reserved in the Bodleian Library . He also made several collections , notes , and extracts for the writing of the History of the Reign of K. Hen. 5. which were c remitted into the History of Great Britain , &c. published by Joh. Speed. In which History were also remitted most , if not all , of the Lord Viscount S. Albans Hist . of Hen. 7. the notes and collections of Sir Rob. Cotton concerning the Reign of K. Hen. 8. notes and collections of Sir Hen. Spelman for another King , the life of K. John by Dr. Jo. Barcham , and the notes of Edm. Bolton concerning K. Hen. 2. As for Speeds part in the said History of Gr. Britain , it is such for stile and industry , that for one who ( as Martial speaks ) had neither a Graecum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , nor an Ave Latinum , is perhaps without many Fellows in Europe . So much also have I understood of him by sure information , that he had no meaning in that labour to prevent great practick learnedness , but to furnish it for the common service of Englands Glory . As for our author Carew Earl of Totness , he ended his days in the Savoy situated in the Strand near London , year 1629 27. Mar. in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , aged 73. and 10 months . Whereupon his body was conveyed to Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire , and was inter'd at the upper end of an Isle joyning on the North side to the body of the Church there . Over his grave was soon after a stately monument erected , with a large inscription thereon , which for brevity sake I now pass by ; and desire the Reader to observe that there was one Tho. Carve who writes himself of Mobernan in the County of Tipperary in Ireland , a Priest and Apostolick Notary , who in the year of his age 70. Dom. 1660. wrote a book intit . Lyra sive Anacephalaeosis Hibernica in qua de exordio , sive origine , nomine , moribus ritibusque gentis Hibernicae succinctè tractatur . Sulsbaci 1666. 2d . edit . qu. But this Tho. Carve , who lived at Vienna in Germany in the Court of the reverend Curats and Levites belonging to the Cath. Church of St. Stephen there , to the year 1664. and after , is not to be understood ( as some have done ) to be the same with Tho. Carue , or any thing of kin to Geor. Carew before mention'd , or that he was beholding to Pacata Hibernia , when he composed his book , or to his MS. collections , as I can yet perceive . Besides the aforesaid George Carew was another of both his names , a native of Cornwall , who having benefited himself much in this University , and afterwards in the Inns of Court and in travelling beyond the Seas , was at his return called to the Barr. Soon after he supplyed the place of Secretary to Christop . Lord Hatton L. Chanc. of England , and after his decease performed the like Office to his two Successors , by special recommendation from her Majesty , who also gave him a Prothonotaryship in the Chancery , and in 1597. being then a Knight and one of the Masters of the Chancery , was by the said Queen d sent into Prussia to inform the K. and State of Poland , and the prutenic Cities , those things which she answered to Dzialine the last Embassador in England , &c. In which County and in other Nothern parts , he underwent , through unexpected accidents , extraordinary perils , but being freed from them by Gods great Providence , he performed his duty in acceptable manner . In January 1605. he was sent e ordinary Embassador into France , where he behaved himself to the credit of the English Nation , and after his return the Commonwealth used his service , in the places of trust which he then injoyed . Whether he was the same Sir George Carew , who was created Master of Arts , with other persons of quality , at Cambridge 30. Aug. 1571. I know not Qu. EDWARD HUTCHINS , a Den●ig●●hire man born , was admitted perpetual Fellow of Br●●●● coll . in 1581. being that year Master of Arts. Afterwards entring into the Sacred Function , was in short time after numbred among the eniment Preachers of the University . His works are , Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. against Recusants , on Cantic . 2. 15. Oxon. 1586. oct . ( 2 ) Serm. concerning the true comfort of Gods Church truly Militant , &c. on the Song of Salomon , ch . 4. V. 7. Oxon. 1589. oct . &c. with which last is printed An Apology for the Church truly Militant . — He hath also published , Jaw-bone against the spiritual Philistine . — Printed 1601. in tw . and other things which I have not seen . He afterwards ( being married ) became Prebendary of Chute and Cheesenbury in the Church of Salisbury , and beneficed near to that City . year 1629 He died in the beginning of sixteen hundred twenty and nine , and was succeeded in his Prebendship by one Joh. Thorpe . WILLIAM GIFFORD , Son of John Gifford Esque by Elizab. his Wife , Daughter of Sir Geo. Throcmorton of Coughton in Warwickshire Knight , was born in Hampshire in 1554. being the second year of Qu. Mary , and in 1569. was by his Mother , then the Wife of one Will. Hodgckin , sent to Linc. coll . at which time it was governed by John Bridgwater , who in his heart was a R. Catholick , and had under his government many of that profession . After he had continued in the University , mostly in the said coll . and partly in the house of Geo. Etheridge a Physitian , for the space of four years , exercising himself in Grammar , Musick , Logick , and Philosophy , he was sent with his Tutor to Lovaine , where soon after he took the degree of M. of A. Afterwards spending four years in Theological studies , under Father Bellarmine , he took the degree of Bach , in that faculty . But leaving the said University , because of the Civil Wars in that Country , he retired to Paris , where continuing for some time in the study of Theology among the Sorbonists , he was by Dr. Will. Alan sent for to Rheimes , where continuing in the Eng. coll . ( governed by the said Alan ) for some time , was by him sent to the Eng. coll . at Rome , where consummating his divine studies , was recalled by the said Alan and made publick Professor of Theology at Rheimes . About which time being created Doctor of that faculty , with great solemnity in the University of Pont-a Mousson in Loraine , ( in Nov. 1584. ) managed with great credit his publick Professorship for about eleven years . But Civil Wars breaking out in France , he journyed to Rome and became Chaplain to Card. Alan , ( as he was afterwards for a time to Card. Charles Borromeus at Millane ) at whose request to P. Clem. 8. he was made Dean of the Church of S. Peter at Ressell commonly called L'isle in Flanders ; which preferment he keeping for ten years was at length forced f to leave it by the violence of the Jesuits , because he took part with the Benedictine Monks when they prevailed so far with the Abbot of Arra● , a good man , to build a Cloister for them at Doway , which was much opposed by the said Jesuits . Afterwards Dr. Gifford return'd to Rheimes again , and was made Rector of the Academy there , which he governed with great praise and honour . At length being above 50. years of age , he gave a farewell to the World , and its vanities , entred himself into the Order of St. Benedict in June 1608. and became professed on the 14. Dec. in the year following , in the coll . of the English Benedictines at Diculward in Loraine . Whereupon according to the manner he changed his name to g Gabriel de S. Maria , which he kept to his dying day , became famous for his admirable Sermons preached there , in Flanders , Poiteu , at Rheimes , and in Britaine , to which place , as 't is h said , he was sent a Delegate by P. Clem. 8. to K. Jam. 1. concerning matters of Religion . Afterwards being noted for his great piety and learning , he was made Prior of the Benedictines at S. Maloes in France , and President of the Congregation of that Order . At length his great worth suffering him not to live in a Cell , he was by Ludovic . de Loraine commonly called Cardinal Guise , ( Archbishop of Rheimes ) made his Suffragan in that See , under the title of Episcopus Ar●●id ●liae , ( in Greece ) Which place he enjoying till that Cardinals death , the Duke of Guise thereupon ( because his second Son was but a Child , and therefore not capable of the Archbishoprick of Rheimes , fearing lest any other N●bleman in France should beg it for any of their Sons ) did presently , before the death of his Brother the Cardinal was known , go to the French K. and beg'd the same for Dr. Gifford , and procured the Pope to confirm the Kings grant . Whereupon Gifford receiving Consecration in 1622. enjoy'd it about 7 years ; not without paying a considerable yearly pension from it ( as 't was thought ) to the then Duke of Guise . By vertue of the said Archbishoprick , he became a Duke and the first Peer of France : And having a great yearly value coming in , became hospitable , liberal to all English Exiles and Travellers , and a Founder of two Houses in France , for the reception of the English Monks of the Order of S. Benedict , namely one at Paris , and another at S. Maloe . He hath written and published , Orationum lib. 1. Spoken mostly at the inauguration of Albert and Isabell , in their inauguration at L'isle : Also before Card. Burbon , Vandome , Guise , &c. at Rheimes , and the Duke of Guise , d'Aumale and others — Printed at Doway . Sermones Adventuales . He also took a great deal of pains in perfecting and finishing a book intit . Calvino-Turcismus , &c. written by Will. Rainolds , and printed at Antwerp , 1597. Answered by one who writes himself T. M. S. in a book intit . De Turco-papismo , &c. Lond. 1598. 99. qu. In the Preface to which he falls foul on our author Gifford , whom he stiles Scriptor mendicissimus , & , ut omnibus constat , iracundus — Ex Anglis ad Hispanos transfuga , hostium mancipium , hostis patriae , turpissimum popularium suorum propudium — comptus & calmistratus , & apud mulieres Belgicas gratiosus , &c. He also wrote a book at the instance of the D. of Guise , which I have not yet seen , and translated from French in Engl. The Inventory of erroùrs , contradictions and false citations of Philip Morney Lord of Plessis : written by Fronto Ducens a Jesuit . Besides which he hath written and translated other matters , but they having been printed beyond the Seas , we seldom or never see them here , and so consequently I cannot give you a Cat. of them in this place . This great Archb. and Duke Dr. Gifford gave way to fate on the eleventh of April , in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , year 1629 according to the accompt follow'd in France , and was buried with great solemnity in the Church of the Blessed Virgin at Rheimes , behind the great Altar , near to the grave of Lewis Card. Guise . In his Archbishoprick succeeded Hen. de Loraine Son of Charles Duke of Guise , born at Paris 4. Apr. 1614. so that he was but 15 years of age when he was made Archbishop , which was per accessum ; but being not consecrated , he renounc'd it in 1641. about which time he succeeded his Father in the Dukedom of Guise , and took to him a Wise . CHRISTOPHER SUTTON , a Hampshire man born was entred a Batler or Commoner of Hart hall in 1582. aged 17. translated soon after to Linc. coll . and as a Memb. thereof took the degrees in Arts. Afterwards entring into Orders , he became successively Vicar of Roneham in Essex , Parson of Caston in his own Country , Parson of Woodrising in Norfolk , Parson of Murley-Bromley in Essex , and at length of Cranworth in Norfolk . Which two last he kept to his dying day , with his Prebendship of Westminster that had been bestowed on him by K. Jam. 1. for his excellent and florid preaching . His works are , Disce vivere . Learn to live . Lond. 1608. in tw . and several times after . Disce Mori , Learn to die . Lond. 1609. in tw . and several times after . In both which is shewed in what manner every well disposed Christian may learn first , how to live the life of the righteous , and how to die the death of the righteous . Godly meditations upon the most holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper , &c. Lond. 1622. &c. in tw . the thirteenth edition of which came out in 1677. Append. touching the controversie about the holy Eucharist — Printed with the Godly meditation● , &c. Godly meditations concerning the divine presence . — Printed also with the former Meditat. He ●eparted this mortal life in May or June , in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , year 1629 and was buried , as I have been informed , in the Abby Church of S. Peter at Westminster , before the Vestry dore , where the choir-men keep their Supplices , to whom he gave five pounds . In his Prebendship ( given to him much about the time of the death of Dr. Joh. Yong B. of Rochester , who kept that Prebendship in Commendam with his See ) succeeded Lambert Osbaldeston M. A. as I shall else where tell you . ROBERT HEGGE , a prodigy of his time for forward and good natural parts , was born within the City of Durham , an . 1599. admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 7. Nov. 1614. Prob. Fellow thereof 27. Dec. 1624. being then M. of A. and accounted , considering his age , the best in the University for the Mathematical faculty , History , and Antiquities , ( and therefore much beloved by Tho. Allen of Gloucester hall ) as afterward he was for his excellent knowledge in the Sacred Scripture , as may be seen in certain books he wrote , the titles of which follow . Teatise of Dials and dialling . MS. in C. C. coll . Library . In which book is the picture of the Dial in the said college Garden , made by Nich. Kratzer ( whom I have mention'd under the year 1550. ) with a short discourse upon it . In like manner there is the picture of that fair Cylinder standing on a Pedestal in the middle of the said coll . quadrangle , made by Charles Turnball , 1605. with a short discourse on it , which he intitles Horologium Sciotericum in gratiam speciosissimi Horoscopii in area quadrata . C. C. C. &c. The Legend of S. Cuthbert with the antiquities of the Church of Durham — written 1626. and left in MS. behind him at his death , so exactly and neatly written , that many have taken it to be printed . Afterwards a Copy of it , under the authors hand , coming into the possession of Thomas Lord Fairfax , was by him reposed as a precious Monument in his Library of MSS. At length one who writes himself R. B. Esq ; . ( sometimes of the retinue of the said Lord , as I have been informed ) published it at Lond. 1663. in oct . in a very bad letter and worse Paper , not without some derogation to the memory of the author by concealing his name , and putting the two first letters of his own , with the writing a Prologue , to it . The truest Copy under the authors hand is now in the possession of Dr. Edw. Pocock Can. of Ch. Ch. and the Kings Hebr. Professor of this University , having an Epistle to the Reader before it under the authors own hand , dated 1. Jul. 1626. which the printed hath not . Betwixt this MS. and the printed Copy I find much difference ; there being in the latter many omissions , some additions , besides literal mistakes , ( especially in names of men and places ) and several passages transpos'd . In aliquot Sacrae paginae loca lectiones . Lond. 1647. in 4. sh . or more , in qu. published by John Hall of Greys Inn , ( whom I shall anon mention ) who in his Preface to the said Lections tells us , that if they took , and were approv'd by Scholars , he had more laying by him to publish ; but whether he did so , or not , I cannot tell . Our author Hegge also left behind him 4. or 5. Sermons fit for the Press , learned suppositions in C. C. C. Chappel , verses , Cat. of Schol. and Fell. of C. C. coll . &c. All which , or at least some of them , are at this day in the Libr. of the said college . He died suddenly of an apoplexy , to the great reluctancy of those who were acquainted with his admirable parts , year 1629 on the eleventh of June in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , ( having scarce attained to the thirtieth year of his age ) and was buried in the Chappel of the said coll . As for John Hall before mentioned , who had a great respect for his memory and his works , and was well acquainted with , if not allied to , his relations , was born also in the said City of Durham of gentile Parents , in Aug. 1627. and being fitted for the University was hindred from going to it by the eruption of the Civil War. Whereupon giving himself solely up to studies at home , especially in the Library at Durham , improved himself to a miracle . After Oxon was reduced by the Parliament forces in the year 1646. at which time the Wars were ceased , he was sent to S. Johns coll . in Cambridge , where he had not been there many months , e're came forth the first issue of his prodigious wit , entit . Horae vacivae , or Essayes , with some occasional considerations . Lond. 1646. oct . with his Picture before them , aged 19. The sudden breaking forth of which , amazed not only the University , as I am instructed by one * of his Fellow Collegiats , but the more serious part of men in the three Nations , where they were spread . The same year , about New-years time , came out his Poems . Lond. 1646. and with them The second book of divine Poems . Pr. in oct . Both which books were much admired . After he had continued more than an year at Cambridge , in the condition of a Commoner and Gent. Com. he was translated to Greys Inn , where he added to the Structure of a most admirable Romance , intit . Lucenia , which he had began in Cambridge , but by the lending it forth to a friend , it was smother'd . In 1648. his mind being sufficiently known to encline towards a Commonwealth , he sided with the Independent and wrote A Satyr against Presbytery , and in 1649. he published An humble motion to the Parliament of England concerning the advancement of Learning , and Reformation of the Vniversities . Printed at Lond. in 6. sh . in qu. In which taking occasion to court the then Rulers , got him a present sum of Money , and a Pension of 100. l. per an . from the Councel . About the same time he wrote Four Paradoxes , to which he added two more in 1653. Published at Lond. 1653. in tw . under the name of Joh. de la Salle , by Joh. Davies of Kidwelly : And in 1650. being commanded by the Councel of State into Scotland to attend Oliver Cromwell , to make such observations on affairs there , as might conduce to the setling of the interests of the Commonwealth , he wrote a book intit . The grounds and reasons of Monarchy , with an Appendix of An Epitomy of the Scotish affairs : Both printed at Edenburgh in qu. and afterwards at London . About that time he was called to the Barr , and sometimes pleaded , and in 1651. he published A Gag to Loves Advocates , &c. wherein he justified the Parliaments proceedings in the execution of Christop . Love a forward and busie Presbyterian . What other things he either wrote or published , are briefly these . ( 1 ) A Preface before , with remarks upon a book intit . A true relation of the unjust , cruell , and barbarous proceedings against the English at Amboyna in the E. Indies , by the Netherlandish Government and Councell there . Which book , tho it had been published in the latter end of the Reign of K. Jam. 1. and the third time at Lond. 1632. in qu. Joh. Hall thought it necessary to revive it at that time ( 1651. ) because of the then differences between the Dutch and the English . This book he dedicated to the General O. Cromwell , and was much bought up . Whereupon the Dutch Embassador residing then in Westminster , made a complaint of that book and demanded punishment on the reviver of it , but the Parliament thinking it a seasonable service done to the publick , took no notice of it . ( 2 ) He rendred into English from the Original The height of Eloquence , written by Dionis . Longinus . Lond. 1652. oct . Dedicated to Balstrade Whitlock one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal . ( 3 ) He wrote A Letter from a Gent. in the Country concerning , &c. an . 1653. ( just after the Long Parliament was dissolv'd ) tending to settle the humours of the people in that great emergency . ( 4 ) Answer to the grand politick Informer . Printed 1653. fol. which Politick Informer being a virulent Pamphlet writen upon the Assembly of Barbone's Parliament , and therefore censured and suppressed , it was thought expedient that Hall should answer it , and he was well rewarded for it from the Exchequer . He put out Lusus Serius , in 1654. written in Lat. by Mich. Majerus : Half of which almost was done in one afternoon , over a glass of Wine in a Tavern . ( 6 ) He made a translation of Hicrocles upon the golden verses of Pythagoras , teaching a vertuous and worthy life . Published after his death , by his friend John Davies of Kidwelly — Lond. 1657. oct . with other things , as Poems , Translations , Treatises , which were never published . At length being overtaken with a disease , which he could not thoroughly shake off , he left London in Jul. 1655. and retiring to Durham , died there on the first of Aug. 1656. having not fully arrived to the 29th . year of his age , and was buried there , near to the grave of his Father , who died about an year before , just after his Sons arrival there . To conclude ; had not his debauches and intemperance diverted him from the more serious studies , he had make an extraordinary person ; for no man had ever done so great things at his age : So was the opinion of the great Philosopher of Malmsbury . Besides this John Hall of Durham , were others of both his names and writers , as Joh. Hall of Richmond author Of Government and Obedience , in four books . Lond. 1654. fol. and of other things , and another John Hall author of The true Cavalier examined by his principles , and found not guilty , either of Schism or Sedition . Lond. 1656. besides other matters . A third also , who was Bach. of Div. now , or lately , living , was author of Jacobs Ladder : or , the 〈◊〉 souls ascension to heaven in Prayers . &c. WILLIAM HINDE was born at 〈◊〉 in Westmorland , became a poor serving Child of 〈◊〉 in Mich. Term 1586. aged 17. afterwards 〈…〉 M ▪ of A. and perpetual Fellow of the said house ; wherein , having been alwaies a close and severe 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 and beloved by the famous Jo. Rainolds a Commoner of the said Coll. during his time . Whose doctrine making impressions on the Juniors there , our author Hinde became an admirer of him . At length being full ripe for a removal , he left the Society about 1603. being then much in esteem among them for his excellent Theological Disputations and Preachments , and became Minister of Gods word at Bunbury in Cheshire , where he was much noted among the puritanical party for his piety , and so much followed by them for his frequent preaching , that he was esteemed the Ring-leader of the Nonconformists in that County , during the time that Dr. Tho. Morton sate Bishop of Chester , with whom our author had several a contests about Conformity . He hath written , The office and use of the Moral Law of God in the days of the Gospel justified , and explained at large by Scriptures , Fathers , and other Orthodox Divines , &c. Lond. 1623. qu. Path to Piety ; a Catechism . A faithful remonstrance : or , the holy life and happy death of John Bruen of Bruen-Stapleford in the County of Chester Esq ; exhibiting variety of many memorable and exemplary passages of his life , and at his death , &c. Lond. 1641. oct . Published by Sam. Hinde a Minister , Son of William the author . The said John Bruen who was a noted Calvinist , and Brother to that mirrour of Piety Mrs. Cath. Brettergh , was a Com. or Gent. Com. of S. Albans hall an . 1577. aged 18. where he was much noted for an early Zealot . Our author Will. Hinde did also revise , correct , and publish , The discovery of the Man of Sin , &c. Oxon. 1614. qu. written by Jo. Rainolds before-mentioned , and An exposition on the last Chapter of the Proverbs . Lond. 1614. qu. penn'd by Rob. Cleaver the Decalogist , then lately dead . At length after our author had undergone several troubles concerning matters of indifferency , he surrendred up his last breath in his study at Bunbury , in the month of June in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , year 1629 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , as I have been informed by his Grandson Thomas Hinde D. of D. sometimes Fellow of Brasnose college , afterwards Chaplain to James Duke of Ormond , and Dean of Limerick in Ireland , who died in his house at Limerick in Nov. 1689. HUMPHREY LEECH , or Lechius as he is sometimes written , was born at Allerton commonly called Ollerton in Shropshire , was entred a Student in Brasnose coll . before the month of Nov. in 1590. for in that year , and of his age 19. he was as a Member of that house matriculated . But before he took the degree of Bach. of Arts he went to Cambridge , where taking the degree of Master , he returned to Oxon in 1602. and in June the same year , he was incorporated in that degree . About that time he was made Vicar of St. Alkmonds Church in Shrewsbury , where making a short stay , he returned to Oxon , and became one of the Chaplains or Petty-Canons of Ch. Ch. Of whose Preaching and what followed , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. sub . an . 1608. In which year being suspended of his Chaplainship for Preaching publickly some Popish Tenets , ( for so they were accounted by the puritanical Doctors of the University in those days , ) he left the Church of England , and went to Arras in Artois , where he wrote these things following . The triumph of Truth . Or a declaration of the doctrine concerning Evangelical counsayles , in two parts . Doway 1609. oct . Sermon in defence of Evangelical counsayles , and the Fathers , on Apoc. 20. 12. — Printed with the former book . Twelve motives which perswaded him to embrace the Catholick Religion . An honourable Grand-Jury of 24 Fathers , testifying the distinction betwixt legal precepts , and evangelical counsayles , by their uniform Verdict . — Which book , with the Motives , were printed with The triumph of Truth . Humble considerations presented to King James concerning his premonitory Epistle sent to all Christian Princes . S. Om●r 1609. Afterwards our author going to Rome , was admitted into the Society of Jesus , an . 1618. before or after which time , he lived in the English coll . of Jesuits at Liege , and was most commonly the Porter there . At length being sent into the English Mission , settled in a R. Cath. house in Cheshire , near the River Mersie , own'd by one Massie , where he departed this life in July ( about the 18. day ) in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , year 2629 as I have been informed by Will. Lacey of Oxon , one of his Society , whom I shall remember when I come to the year 1673. as having been originally of this University . THOMAS GOFFE , or Gorgh , a Ministers Son , made his first entry on the stage of this transient World in the County of Essex , was elected , from Westminster School , a Student of Ch. Ch. in 1609. aged 18. where applying his Muse to polite studies became an excellent Poet and Orator . Afterwards he proceeded in Arts , entred into the Sacred Function , and shortly after became a quaint Preacher , and a person of excellent language and expression . In 1623. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and about that time had the Parsonage of East-Clandon in Surrey conferr'd upon him ; where taking to Wife a meer Zantippe , the Widdow of his Predecessor , notwithstanding he had always before prosessed himself an Enemy to the Female Sex , and esteemed by many another Joseph Swetnam , he was so much overtop'd by her and her children which she had by her former Husband , that his life being much shortned thereby , died at length in a manner heart-broken . But before his Marriage he composed most of these things following , some of which were printed after his death . Oratio funebris habita in Ecclesiâ Cath. Christi Ox. in obitum Gul. Goodwin istius Eccles . Decani S. T. Doctoris . Ox. 1620. in one sh . and an half in qu. Oratio funebris habita in Scholâ Theol. Oxon. in obitum D. Hen. Savilii . Oxon. 1622. qu. Deliverance from the grave , Sermon at St. Maries Spittle in Lond. 28. Mar. 1627. on Ezek. 37. 13. Lond. 1627. qu. The raging Turk ; or Bajazet the Second . Trag. Lond. 1631. qu. Couragious Turk ; or Amurath the First . Trag. Ibid. 1632. qu. Tragedy of Orestes . Lond. 1633. qu. These three Tragedies were reprinted at Lond. 1656. in oct . by the care of Rich. Meighen the authors friend . Selimus Emperour of the Turks , Trag. Lond. 1638. qu. Careless Shepardess , Trag. Com. Lond. 1656. qu. It was printed before , but lying dead , had a new title bearing date the same year , put to it , The Bastard , Trag. Lond. 1652. qu. Some say it was not written by Goff , but by Cosmo Manuche , and therefore perhaps 't was only a translation . Qu. He the said Th. Goffe made his last Exit at E. Clandon before-mentioned ; and was buried 27. year 1629 July in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , in the middle of the Chancel of the Church there ; leaving then behind him other things fit for the Press , as I have been informed by one that was acquainted with the author , but what became of them he could not tell . THOMAS JAMES , or Jamesuis as he writes himself , was born in the Isle of Wight , ( at Newport as it seems , ) educated in Grammaticals in Wykchams School , and in Academicals in New coll . of which he became perpetual Fellow in 1593. where drudging day and night in several sorts of learning , he proceeded in Arts in 1599. About that time he being taken into the favour of Mr. ( afterwards Sir ) Tho. Bodley for his excellent worth in the knowledge of books , as well printed , as written , and of the ordering of them , he was by him designed the first keeper of the Publick Library at Oxon , then in founding ; which office being confirmed to him by the University in 1602. he did much good therein and laid a most admirable foundation for his Successors to build upon . In 1614. he took the degrees in Divinity , and having about that time the Subdeanery of Wells conferr'd upon him freely without seeking by the Bishop of that place , and the Parsonage of Mongcham in Kent with other Spiritualities by the Archb. of Canterbury without asking , he resigned his place of Keeper of the Publick Library , ( being about that time also a Justice of Peace , ) and betook himself more severe to his studies . He was very well read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , and so much vers'd in several Faculties , that he was esteemed by some a living Library . He was also indefatigable in reading old MSS. and subtle in finding out the forgeries in them . He and Allen of Glouc. hall were esteemed as most knowing in the ancient Statutes and Customs of this University , and therefore their helps in the several attempts made of framing an intire and compleat body of them , were often desired . He was a Member of the Convocation held with the Parliament at Oxon , 1. Car. 1. wherein he made a motion that some persons might be commissioned to peruse the Manuscript Fathers in all publick and private English Libraries , that thereby the forgeries of Forreign Popish editions might be detected , but what the event of it was I know not . His designs were always for the publick benefit of learning , and English Church ; which being well known to his learned friend Will. Camden , he therefore saith b thus of him , He is a learned man , and a true lover of books , wholly dedicated to learning , who is now laboriously searching the Libraries of England , and purposeth that for the publick good , which will be to the great benefit of Students . Our author Dr. James saith also of himself thus , in 1624. that c if Cambridge will set up and set forward the like ( that is to collate and examine ancient MSS. as he hath done and will do ) I dare undertake more good to be done for the profit of learning and true Religion , than by building ten Colleges . I have of late given my self to the reading only of MSS. and in them I find so many and so pregnant testimonies , either fully for our Religion , or against the Papists , that it is to be wondred at , that the Religion of Papists , then and now , do not agree , &c. He also farther tells us , that not only the Rabbins , but the Thalmud in six volumes at Rome hath felt the smart of the popish indices : would God we were but half as diligent to restore , as they abolish and put out the truth . I have restored 300 citations and rescued them from corruption in thirty quier of paper , with sundry other projects of mine , which if they miscarry not for want of maintenance , it would deserve a Princes purse . If I was in Germany , the States would defray all my charges : cannot our estates supply what is wanting ? If every Churchman , that hath an 100. l. per an . and upward , will lay down but a shilling for every hundred towards these publick works , I will undertake the reprinting of the Fathers , and setting forth five or six volumes of Orthodox writers , comparing of books printed with printed , or written ; collating of popish translations in Greek , and generally whosoever shall concern books , or the purity of them , I will take upon me to be Magister S. Palatii in England , if I should be lawfully thereunto required , &c. As for his works that are printed , they are these . Ecloga Oxonio-Cantabrigiensis , lib. 2. Lond. 1600. qu. This Ecloga doth contain a Catalogue of all the MSS in each college Library in the University of Oxon , but not of those in the publick , and in each college Library in Cambridge , and in that of the publick there . In the making of which Catalogue he had liberty given to him by each coll . in Oxon. to peruse their MSS. and from that Society which he perceived was careless of them , he borrow'd and took away what he pleased , and put them forthwith into the Publick Library . Several such MSS were taken from Ball. coll . and some from Merton , and do yet bear in their respective fronts the names of the donours of them to those Houses . This Ecloga is very useful for curious Scholars , and is much commended by Joseph Scaliger in an Epistle to Rich. Thompson as I have told d you elsewhere . Cyprianus redivivus , hoc est elenchus eorum quae in opusculo Cypriani de unitate ecclesiae sunt vel addita , vel detracta , vel lapsu Typographi , vel alio quovis modo supposita , &c. Printed with the Ecloga . Spicilegium D. Augustini , hoc est , libri de fide ad Pet. Diaconum , cum antiquiss , duob . MSS. & postremis ac ultimis editionibus excusis , tam Basiliensi quam Parisiensi diligens collatio , ac castigatio , &c. Pr. with the Ecloga . Bellum paepale , seu concordia discors Sixti v. & Clementis viii circa Hieronymianum editionem . Lond. 1600. qu. there again 1678. oct . Catalogus Librorum in Bib. Bodleiana . Oxon. 1605. in a large oct . or rather a small qu. printed again with many additions in a thick qu. 1620. To which was added an Appendix 1635. — 6. In this Catalogue is remitted the Cat. of all such MSS. that were then in the Bod. Library . Concordantiae Sanctorum patrum , i. e. vera & pia libri Canticorum per Patres universos tam Graecos quam Latinos expositio , &c. Oxon. 1607. qu. Apology for Joh. Wicliff , shewing his conformity with the now Church of England , &c. Oxon. 1608. qu. Written in answer to the slanderous objections urged against by Father Parsons , the Apologist , and others . Life of Joh. Wicliff — Printed with the Apology . Treatise of the corruption of the Scripture , Councells , and Fathers , by the Church of Rome — Lond. 1611. qu. lb. 1688. oct . Sufficient answer unto Jam. Gretser and Ant. Possevine Jesuits , and the unknown author of the grounds of the Old Religion and the New. — Printed with the Treatise of the Corruption , &c. The Jesuits Downfall , threatned against them by the Secular Priests for their wicked Lives , accursed Manners , heretical doctrine , and more than Machiavillian Policy . Oxon. 1612. qu. Life of Father Parsons , an English Jesuit — Printed at the end of the former book . Index generalis sanctorum patrum , ad fingulos versus cap. 5. secundum Mathaeum , &c. Lond. 1624. oct . Notae ad Georgium Wicelium de methodo concordiae Ecclesiasticae , cum Catologo authorum qui scripserunt contra squalores Ecclesiae Romanae . Lond. 1625. oct . Vindiciae Gregorianae , &c. Genev. 1625. qu. Manuduction or Introduction unto Divinity : containing a confutation of Papists , by Papists , throughout the important articles of our Religion , &c. Oxon. 1625. qu. His humble and earnest request to the Church of England for , and in the behalf of , books touching Religion — Pr. in one sh . in oct . 1625. Explanation , or enlarging of the ten articles in his supplication lately exhibited to the Clergy of England , for the restoring to integrity authors corrupted by Papists . Ox. 1625. qu. Specimen corruptelarum Pontificiarum in Cypriano , Ambrosio , Gregorio , M. & authore operis imperfecti , & in jure canonico . Lond. 1626. qu. Index Librorum prohibitorum a Pontificiis . Oxon. 1627. oct . Admonitio ad Theologos Protestantes de libris Pontificiorum caute legendis . MS. Enchiridion Theologicum . MS. Liber de suspicionibus & conjecturis . MS. These 3. MSS. I saw formerly in Lambeth Library , under D. 1. 2 , 3. but whether printed I know not : perhaps the Enchiridion is . He also translated from French into English The moral Philosophy of the Stoicks . Lond. 1598. oct . And published Two short Treatises against the orders of the begging Fryers , written by Joh. Wicliffe : Also , as 't is said , a book intit . Fiscus . Papalis . Sive Catalogus indulgentiarum & reliquiarum septem principalium Ecclesiarum urbis Romae , ex vet . MS. discriptus . Lond. 1617. qu. The Latine out of the MS. is set down in one Colum , and the English in another by the publisher . This , I say , is reported to have been published by our author James , tho others tell us that it was done by Will. Crashaw of Cambridge . Howsoever it is , sure we are , that it hath supplyed with matter a certain scribler named Henry Care in his Weekly pacquet of advice from Rome , when he was deeply engaged by the Fanatical party , after the popish Plot broke out in 1678. to write against the Church of England , and the members thereof , then by him , and his party , supposed to be deeply enclining towards Popery , &c. I say by that Hen. Care whose breeding was in the nature of a petty Fogger , a little despicable wretch , and one that was afterwards much reflected upon in the Observators published by Rog. L'estrange : which Care , after all his scribbles against the Papists , and the men of the Church of England , was , after K. James 2. came to the Crown , drawn over so far by the R. Cath. party , for bread and money-sake and nothing else , to write on their behalf and to vindicate their proceedings , against the men of the Church of England , in his Mercuries , which weekly came out , intit . Publick occurrences , truly stated . The first of which came out 21. Feb. 1687. and were by him continued to the time of his death , which hapning 8. Aug. 1688. aged 42. was buried in the yard belonging to to the Black-friers Church in London , with this inscription nailed to his Coffin . Here lies the ingenious Mr. Henry Care , who died , &c. This person I can compare to none more than to Marchemont Nedham , whose parts tho he wanted , yet they were Weather-Cocks both alike , as I shall tell you more at large when I shall come to that person , which will be in the 2d . Vol. As for our learned and industrious author Dr. James , he paid his last debt to nature in his house in Halywell in the north Suburb of Oxon , in the month of Aug. year 1629 in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , aged about 58. years , and was buried towards the upper end of New college Chappel , leaving behind him this character , that he was the most industrious and indefatigable writer against the Papists , that had been educated in Oxon , since the Reformation of Religion . Which character being made manifest by his writings , it would have been esteemed as generous an act for the Society of that House , to have honoured his reliques with a Mon. and Epitaph , as they did those of Tho. Lydiat the Mathematitian . I shall make mention of another Thomas James in my discourse of Hen. Gellibrand , under the year 1637. ROBERT WAKEMAN , Son of Tho. Wakeman of Fliford-Flavel in Worcestershire , Minister of Gods word , was born in that County , became a student of Ball. col . in the beginning of 1590 , aged 14. made Chaplain-Fellow thereof , 17. Jul. 1596. being then Bach. of Arts. About that time entring into Orders , was a frequent preacher for some years in these parts . At length being made Rector of Beer-Ferres , and afterwards of Charlton , in Devon. took the degrees in Divinity . He hath published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Christian practice , at S. Maries in Oxon. on Act. Sunday 8. Jul. 1604. on Acts 2. 46. Lond. 1605. in oct . ( 2 ) Solomons exaltation , before the King , on 2 Cor. 2. 8. Ox. 1605. oct . ( 3 ) The Judges charge , on 2 Cor. 19. 6. — printed 1610. oct . ( 4 ) Jonahs Sermon and Ninevehs repentance , at Pauls Cross , on Jonah 3. ver . 4. 5. Ox. 1606. oct . ( 5 ) The true Professor opposed against the formal Hypocrites of these times , on Luke 10. 28. Lond. 1620. oct . and others which I have not seen , among which is a Serm. on Eccles . 11. 1. — printed 1607. he gave up the ghost in Septemb. year 1629 in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , and was buried on the South side of the Chancel of the Church at Beer-Ferres , on the nineteenth day of the same month , leaving then behind him several Children , who were all in the beginning of the civil war ( as the Tradition goes there ) perswaded from their Religion to that of Rome , by one Capt. Rich. * Read ( as 't was supposed ) who quarter'd in the house where they lived , and married one of the Doctors Daughters . Afterwards they retired into Worcestershire , where they , or at least their issue , now live . JOHN SANFORD , Son of Rich , Sanford of Chard in Somersetshire Gent. ( descended from those of his name in Devon ) was born in Somersetshire , entred a Commoner of Ball. college , about the time of the Act in 1581. where continuing till he was Bach. of Arts , was then made one of the Chaplains of Magd. coll . At length having contracted a friendship with John Digby Commoner of that House , did travel with him into France , Spain and Italy , whereby he did much advantage himself in the modern languages . Afterwards he went in the quality of a Chaplain to the said Digby , then known by the name of Sir John Digby , at which time he as sent into Spain to treat of a marriage between the Infanta , Sister of the King of that Realm , and Prince Charles of England . After his return Dr. Abbot Archb. of Cant. made him his domestick Chaplain , and at length Prebendary of Canterbury , and Rector of Ivychurch in Kent . He was a person of great learning and experience , and a Solid Divine , well skill'd in several languages , and a tolerable Lat. Poet. His works are , Gods arrow of Pestilence , serm . on Psal. 38. 2. Oxon. 1604. oct . Le Guichet Francois . Janicula scu introductio ad linguam Gallicam . Ox. 1604. qu. A brief extract of the former Lat. Grammar done into English , for the easier instruction of the Learner . Oxon. 1605. qu. Grammar , or introduction to the Ital. tongue . Oxon. 1605. qu. An entrance to the Spanish tongue — Lond. 1611. and 1633. qu. and other things , as 't is probable , with I have not yet seen . year 1629 He surrendred up his pious Soul to God on the 24. Septemb. in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , aged 60. and more , and was buried in the middle almost of the north Isle , joyning to the nave er body of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury . Over his Grave was soon after laid a white free-stone , with an inscription engraven thereon ; a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 199. b. wherein is mention'd his great charity to Widdows , Orphans and the Poor . EDWIN SANDYS , Second Son of Edwin sometimes Archbishop of York , was born in Worcestershire , particularly , as I suppose , within the City of Worcester , when his father was Bishop of that Diocess , before his translation to York , admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . in Sept. 1577. and in the year of his age 16 or thereabouts , being then Pupil to the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker , who made use of his , and the judgment of George Cranmer when he compiled his books of Ecclesiastical Policy . In 1579. Jan. 23. he was admitted Probationer-Fellow of that House , being then Bach. of Arts , and on the 17. March 1581. he was collated to the Prebendship of Wetwang in the Church of York . Afterwards proceeding in his faculty , he left his Fellowship , travelled into several Countries , and at his return grew famous for his learning , prudence , and vertue . In the month of May 1602. he resign'd his Prebendship , on the 11. of May 1603. he had the honour of Knighthood confer'd upon him by K. Jam. 1. and was afterward by him imployed in several affairs of great trust and moment . He was very dexterous in any great employment , kept as constant time in all Parliaments , as he that held the Chair did , and was esteemed an excellent Patriot in all transactions , faithful to his Country , without any falseness to his Prince . But this I must say , that being found factious , and too daring in the Parliament held 1621. he was with Selden a committed to custody to the Sheriff of London , 16. June in that year , and not delivered thence till the 18. July following . Which matter being ill resented by the House of Commons , they on the eighth of Nov. following did dispute the matter tumultuously , taking it for a great breach of their Privileges , that any one of them should be imprison'd . At length Secretary G. Calvert , protesting before them , that neither he or Selden were imprisoned for any Parliamentary matter , a stop was thereupon put to the dispute . What I find farther of Sir Edwin , is that he was Treasurer to the undertakers for the Western Plantations , which he effectually advanced , that he was a person of great judgment and of a commanding Pen , a solid Statesman , and as my author saith ingenio & gravitate morum insignis . Farther also , that he was as famous for those matters he published , as his Brother George was for his Travels and Poems . This worthy Knight Sir Edwin hath written , Europae Speculum . Or , a view or survey of the state of Religion , in the Western part of the World. Wherein the Roman Religion , and the pregnant policies of the Church of Rome to support the same , are notably displayed , &c. — Written by the author at Paris , and by him finished 9. Apr. 1599. A copy of which coming into the hands of an unknown person in England , an impression of it full of errours stole into the world without the authors name or consent , an . 1605. besides another the same year , or soon after . Notwithstanding which , the book was esteemed so much by Scholars , and thereupon cried up at home for a brave piece of ingenuity , that it was forthwith translated into French ; and printed , I think , at Paris . But as soon as 't was finish'd , the printer to his great sorrow received information that it would be called in and suppress'd ( as it was shortly after ) whereupon he dispersed most of the copies into remote parts , before he did disperse any at home , and so was a gainer by his Politicks . At length after the author had taken great care that the English impressions should be called in , and the Printers punished , he caused a true copy thereof to be printed , a little before his death , anno 1629. From which were printed the impressions of 1632. and 37. at London in quarto , and another there in 1673. in oct . One copy under the authors hand , ( as 't is said ) I have seen in Bodlics Library , and another in that of Dr. Barlow ; which , I suppose , were dispersed to vindicate the author from spurious printed copies that flew abroad . I find one Sir Edwin Sandys , who paraphrastically turned in English verse Sacred Hymnes consisting of 50 select Psalms of David , &c. set to be sung in 5 parts by Rob. Taylor : Printed at Lond. 1615. in qu. Whether this version was performed by Sir Edwin Sandys before-mentioned , or by another of both his names of Latimers in Bucks , I know not . Our Sir Edwin Sandys , author of Europae Speculum , died about the beginning of Octob. year 1629 in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , ( leaving then 1500 l. to the Univ. of Oxon for the endowment of a Metaphysick Lecture ) and was buried in the Ch. of Nortbourn in Kent , where he had a Seat and a fair Estate joyning to it . Over his grave is a handsome monument erected , but , as I have been informed , there is no inscription upon it . He left behind him at the time of his death at least 5 Sons , namely , Henry , Edwin , Richard , Robert , and Thomas . Who all ( one excepted ) proved zealous Parliamenteers in the beginning of the Rebellion , 1642. The outrages of the Second , then called Colonel Edwin Sandys , which he made against the Church , and the vengeance that followed him for so doing , the common b prints that in those times f●ew abroad do sufficiently testifie . He published ( or rather one for him ) a Pamphlet intit . Col. Sandy's travailes 〈◊〉 Kent , which gives an account of the Sacrileges and outtages he had committed for the sake of the Blessed Parliament then sitting ; and another called , His Declaration in v●n●icati●n of himself from those calumnious aspersions cast upon him by Lucius L. Fal●land , and Secretary Nicholas , 11. Oct. 1642. printed at Lond. 17. of the same month : Which was followed with another Pamphlet intit . A vindication of C●l . Sandys's Honour and Loyalty , from a Declaration pretended to be set forth by him at Worcester , 11. Oct. 1642. But whether the said Colonel was educated in Oxon , 't is not worth the enquiry , nor any thing else of him . And therefore I shall only let the Reader know , that he died of his wounds which he had received in the Parliaments Cause near to Worcrster , from the hands of a French-man called Arnold de L'isle a Captain of a Troop of Horse in Sir Joh. Byron's Regiment , ( for which service he was soon after Knighted . ) whereupon his body was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Worcester , in the month of Oct. 1642. I find one Edwyn Sandys , an Essex man born , and a Knights Son , to be entred a Gent. Com. of C. C. coll . in 1608. aged 17. But this person must not be taken to be the same with the Colonel , who was then but one or two years of age . WILLIAM PINKE , a Hampshire man born , was entred a Commoner in Magd. hall in Mich. Term 1615. took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and soon after became Philosophy Reader of Magd. coll . Which office he performing with great commendation , was elected Fellow of that house in 1628. being then accounted by some a serious person in his studies , devout , and strict in his conversation , and therefore a Puritan by others . He had in him a singular dexterity in the Arts , a depth of judgment , acuteness of wit , and great skill in the Hebrew , Greek , and Arabick languages , which made him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 reverenced by , the Academians . He wrote . The trial of a Christian's sincere love to Christ , in four Sermons ca 1 Cor. 16. 22. on Ephes . 6. ver . ult . &c. Oxon. 1630. &c. in tw . He died much lamented in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , aged 30. year 1629 or thereabouts , and was buried in Magd. coll . leaving then be●●●● him other things fit to be printed , as I have been informed by those that were well acquainted with the man. HENRY YELVERTON , Son ●f Sir Christop . 〈◊〉 of Eston-Man●uit in Northamptonshire , one of the Justices of the Kings - 〈◊〉 , and a descendant from an ancient and gentile Family of his name living sometimes at 〈◊〉 in Norfolk , was born on S. Peters day in 1566. educated for a time 〈◊〉 the Oxonians , and afterwards among the Students 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 - Inn near London ; where , after some time of continuance in the degree of Inner Barr●ster , he was elected Lent-Reader in 1606. being then accounted a religi●us Gentleman , and a person well read in the Municipal 〈◊〉 . In 1613. he was made Solicitor 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the endeavours of Carr Earl of 〈◊〉 March 1616. he was constituted Attorney 〈◊〉 that time committed Prisoner to the Tower for denying to appear and plead publickly against his Patron Carr , in the matter of Sir Thomas Overbury's death . In 1621. May 5. he was † discharged of his office of Attorney , fined , and committed Prisoner to the Tower again , upon a late sentence in the Star-Chamber , for passing some clauses in the City-Charter of London , when he was Attorney Gen. not agreeable to his Majesty's Warrant . These things being mostly done by the power and aggravation of the D. of Bucks , who hated him because he had been a friend to Somerset , Yelverton continued where he was without any hopes of release or future advance . At length upon some things utter'd in Buckingham's care when he came incognito to speak with , and examine , him concerning certain matters in the Tower , he was afterwards released , taken into favour , and in 1625. was made one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench , and afterwards of the Common Pleas , ( which last he enjoyed to the time of his death , ) and had not the Duke been untimely cut off , he would in all probability been made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal . Under his name goes , Several Speeches spoken in Parliament . — One of which was in answer to matters charged against him by the Commons before the H. of Lords , in 1621. Soon after the Lords declared that for sundry things uttered in the said Speech which touched the Kings honour , he should be * fined to the K. ten thousand marks , be imprisoned during the Kings pleasure , and make a submission to his Majesty : And for the scandal committed in some words against Buckingham , he should pay him five thousand marks , and make his submission to him . Several years after his death , was published under his name this book following . Reports of divers special cases in the Court of Kings Bench , as well in the latter part of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , as in the first ten years of K. James . Lond. 1661. and 74. fol. It was printed by the original in French , written with the authors own hand , remaining with Sir Tho. Twisden Knight , one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench , and published by Sir Will. Wild Knight and Baronet , then ( 1661. ) Serjeant at Law , the Kings Serjeant and Recorder of the City of London , and since one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench . He died near Westminster 23. Nov. or thereabouts , 1679. Rights of the People of England concerning impositions . Lond. 1679. oct . He also gathered and published 32 Sermons of Edw. Philips a zealous and Puritannical Preacher , as I have told you under the year 1603. and other things , as 't is probable , of the like nature , but such I have not yet seen . He gave way to fate in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , year 1629 ( in winter time before February , ) and was buried , I suppose , where his chief Seat was , viz. at Eston-Manduit or Maudet in Northamptonshire , leaving then behind him a Son named Robert ; and a Brother called Sir Christopher , who was about that time one of the Justices of the Common Pleas. From this Sir Hen. Yolverton was descended Charles Yelverton who was called up to the House of Lords by the name of Charles Lord Grey of Ruthen , as being the Son and Heir of Sir Hen. Yelverton Baronet , by Susan his Wife , Daughter and sole Heir of Charles Lord Grey of Ruthen . JOHN ELYOTT , or Elliot , ● Cornish man born , and an Esquires Son , became a Gent. Com. of Exeter Coll. in Mich. Term , an . 1607. aged 15 years , left the University without a degree , after he had continued there about 3 years , went to one of the Inns of Court , as it seems , and was made a Barrester . In 1618. May 10. he received the honour of Knighthood from his Maj ▪ at Whitehall , and ever after to the time of his death , was either elected a Knight of his County , or a Burgess for some Borough therein , to serve in all Parliaments . But so it was , that he shewing himself in them an active man for the publick , a generous assertor ( as he pretended ) of the ancient liberty of the Subject , and an enemy to the incroachments made by rising Favourites , was several times committed to custody . He hath going under his name . Several Speeches spoken in Parliament , as , ( 1 ) Speech against George Duke of 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 grievances . ( 2 ) Sp. by way of Epilogue concerning the Duke of Bucks impeachment . These two were spoken in 1626. and soon after he , with Sir Dud. Digges , who spoke the Prologue to the said impeachment , were committed both prisoners to the Tower , but soon after were released : whereupon Elyott spoke . ( 3 ) A Sp. to clear himself as to the particulars charged against him . In the same year he was imprison'd in the Gatehouse at Westm . for refusing to part with money on the Loan , and thereupon in a Petition to the King he set forth the illegality of the said Loan , or of any Tax without a Parliament . Which way he took , when his Council would not assist him otherwise ; alledging farther that his conscience could not submit to it , and prayed for his liberty , but could not obtain it . ( 4 ) Speech upon the Kings giving notice to both Houses , that he did intend shortly to end the Session of Parliament . an . 1628. ( 5 ) Sp. against the D. of Bucks , interrupted in it by the Speaker . ( 6 ) Sp. concerning Religion , an . 1628. This was printed in 1641. in one sh . in qu. ( 7 ) Sp. against particular persons , spoken in 1628. and therefore a little before the dissolution of the Parl. he , with other Members were committed to the Tower. All which Speeches , with Certaine Debates of the said Sir Joh. Elyott you may see in the first vol. of Historical Collections , made by John Rushworth . What more to be added , is that about the same time ( 1628. ) was an information exhibited against Sir John in the Court of the Kings Bench , for a sower of discord , for his murmurings , seditions , &c. against the King , Nobles , Prelates , &c. in Parliament , which were pleaded against by several persons on his behalf ; and that many years after his death , year 1629 ( which hapned , as I conceive , about sixteen hundred twenty and nine ) were Votes passed in the H. of Com. that 5000. pounds should be given to his children , because he had suffered in the 3 of Car. 1. Dom. 1627. for opposing the illegalities of that time . The said Votes passed in 1646. and no doubt there is , but all , or at least some , of the money was paid . WILLIAM THORNE , a most noted Linguist and Rabbie of his time , ( and therefore well known to , and respected by , that noted Belgick Critick John Drusius , who dedicates to him his Opuscula Gramaticalia ) received his first breath at Semeley in Wilts , his Grammatical education in Wykchams School , and his Academical in New coll . of which he became perpetual Fellow in 1587. being then esteemed to be well grounded in humane learning . In 1593. he proceeded in Arts , and five years after was constituted Hebrew Professor of the University . Afterwards being promoted to the Deanary of Chichester ( in the room , as it seems , of Dr. Martin Colepeper deceased ) he proceeded in Divinity ; at which time he was reputed eminent , not only for his incomparable skill in the Oriental Sacred Tongues by men c unmatchable in them ( worthily famoused on this side , and beyond the Sea ) but also for other learning . His writings are , Tullius sive Rhetor , in tria stromata divisus . Oxon. 1592. octavo . A kenning Glass for a Christian King , Serm. on Joh. 1● . latter part of the 15. verse . Lond. 1623. oct . and other things , as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen . He died 13. Feb. in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , and was buried two days after in the Cath. Ch. at Chichester . In his Deanry of Chichester , succeeded Dr. Francis Dee of Cambridge , about that time Chancellour of the Chat Sarum , and afterwards Bishop of Peterborough . LEWIS OWEN , a native of Merionithshire , became either a Servitor or a Student of Ch. Ch. in Summer time , an . 1590. aged 18. but left the University without a degree , having some petty employment bestow'd on him about that time . Afterwards he travelled in the latter end of Q. Elizab. and beginning of K. James into several countries of Europe : and in Spain making a longer continuance than elsewhere , he entred himself , if I mistake not , into the Society of Jesus at Valladolid , where he continued a curious observer among them for some time . At length being fully satisfied of their intregues , which tended , as he said , to worldly policy , rather than true religion , he left , and became a bitter enemy against , them , as well in his discourses , as writings , as it may appear in these things following . The running Register : recording a true relation of the State of the English Colleges , Seminaries and Cloysters in all foreign parts , together with a brief discourse of the lives , practices , &c. of Engl. Monks , Friers , Jesuits , &c. Lond. 1626. qu. The unmasking of all Popish Monks , Friers and Jesuits . Or , a treatise of their genealogy , beginnings , proceedings and present state , &c. Lond. 1628. qu. Speculum Jesuiticum . Or , the Jesuits looking Glass : wherein they may behold Ignatius ( their Patron ) his progress , their own pilgrimage , his life , their beginning , &c. Lond. 1629. qu. A true Catalogue of all their Colleges , professed houses , houses of Approbation , Seminaries and houses of residence in all parts of the World. And lastly a true number of the Fellows of their Society , taken out of their own books and catalogues printed with the Speculum Jesuiticum , and both at the end of Europae Speculum , 1629. written by Sir Ed. Sandys before mention'd . This Lew. Owen who had a rambling head , was living in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , but what became of him afterwards , I cannot find . Besides this Lew. Owen was another of both his names , born in Anglesie , first a Student in S. Edm. Hall 1578. afterwards of Hart hall , and a Benefactor to Jesus coll . WILLIAM HERBERT , Son and Heir of Hen. Earl of Pembroke was born at Wilton in Wilts , 8. Apr. 1580. became a Nobleman of New coll . in Lent-term 1592. aged 13. continued there about two years , succeeded his Father in his honours 1601. made Knight of the Garter 1. Jac. 1. and Governour of Portsmouth six years after . In 1626. he was unanimously elected Chancellour of this University , being a great Patron of learning , and about that time was made Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Household . He was not only a great favourer of learned and ingenious men , but was himself learned , and endowed to admiration with a poetical genie , as by those amorous and not inelegant Aires and Poems of his composition doth evidently appear ; some of which had musical Notes set to them , by Hen. Lawes and Nich. Laneare . All that he hath extant , were published with this title . Poems written by William Earl of Pembroke , &c. many of which are answered by way of repartee , by Sir Benj. Rudyard , with other Poems written by them occasionally and apart . Lond. 1660. oct . He died suddenly in his house called Baynards Castle in London , on the tenth of Apr. in sixteen hundred and thirty , year 1630 ( according to the calculation of his nativity made several years before by Mr. Tho. Allen of Glouc. hall ) whereupon his body was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Salisbury near to that of his Father . See more of him in the Fasti , among the Creations , an . 1605. He had a younger brother named Philip , who was also a Nobleman of New coll . at the same time with his brother , was afterwards created Earl of Montgomery , and upon the death of his brother William , succeeded in the title of Pembroke . But this Philip was quite different in temper from his brother , for he was esteemed by all that knew , or had to do with , him , a very cholerick man , a frequent Sweater , and so illiterate , that if the report be true , he could scarce write his name . He also turn'd Rebel when the Civil Wars began in 1642. was one of the Council of State by Olivers appointment after K. Ch. 1. was beheaded , and a most passionate enemy to learning , which notoriously appeared when he deeply engag'd himself in the undoing of this University ( of which he was Chancellour ) in 1648. I have seen several rambling and confus'd Speeches that he , with great confidence , uttered in Parliament and Committees , which were afterwards printed under his name ; and others , very witty and Satyrical , that were father'd upon him . The Reader is to know that besides the former Will. Herbert , hath been others of both his names that have been writers , as one , who was a Knight , in the time of Qu. Elizab. an . 1586. and another of Pointington in 1646. who dedicates his book called Herberts belief , &c. to his Son Benjamin , and one William Har●ert who published The Prophecy of Cadwallader , &c. SAMUEL PAGE , a Ministers Son and a Bedfordshire man born , was admitted Schollar of C. C. coll . 10 June 1587. aged 13 or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , but whether he was Fellow of that house , or Master of that faculty , it appears not . In his Juvenile years , he was accounted one of the chiefest among our English Poets to bewail and bemoan the perplexities of Love in his Poetical and Romantick writings ; but when he became Elder , he applyed his Muse to the study of the sacred writ , in which faculty he was admitted Bachelor in 1603. being then , or about that time , Vicar of Deptford alias West Greenwich in Kent , and in 1611 , he proceeded in his faculty , being then much in esteem by the Clergy of the neighbourhood , where he lived , and reverenc'd by the Laity for his orthodox principles and continual and unwearied labours in his function . His works are these . God be thanked ; Serm. of Thanksgiving for the happy success of the English Fleets , set forth by the company of Adventurers to the E. Indies , on Psal. 126. 2. Lond. 1616. qu. Divine Sea service ; containing sundry and useful forms of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the help of such as travel by Sea , fitted to their several necessities — Printed with the former , 1616. qu. Other Sermons , as ( 1 ) Allegiance to the Clergy , on Rom. 13. 2. Lond. 1616. qu. ( 2 ) The Supper of the Lord , on Prov. 9. 5. Lond. 1616. qu. Preached at Hampton-court . ( 3 ) Cape of good hope , or Zebuluns blessing , five Sermons for the use of the Merchant and Mariner , on Deut. 33. 18 , 19. on Psal. 95. 5. &c. Lond. 1616. qu. &c. ( 4 ) Remedy of Drought , two Serm. on 1 Kings , 8. 35. and Psal. 68. 7. Lond. 1616. qu. A Manual of private devotions — Published by Nath. Snape of Greys Inn Esq . Godly and learned Exposition , together with apt and profitable notes on the Lords Prayer . Lond. 1631. qu. Publ. by the said Snape . The broken heart : Or Davids pennance fully exprest in holy meditations on 51 Psal. Lond. 1637. 39. and 1646. qu. He ended his days at Deptford before mention'd , and was buried in the Church there , on the eighth day of August , year 1630 in sixteen hundred and thirty . One Dr. Page published a book intit . Jus fratrum , or the Law of Brethren . Printed in oct . 1658. but whether it was written by Dr. Samuel , or Dr. William Page , or by another , I cannot know , unless I could see the book . SEBASTIAN BENEFEILD , was born at Prestbury in Glocestershire , admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 30. Aug. 1586. aged 17. or thereabouts , and Probationer 16. Apr. 1590. Afterwards taking the degree of M. of A. he entred into sacred Orders , and became a frequent Preacher in these parts . In 1599. he was constituted Rhetorick Reader in his coll . and the year after was admitted to the reading of the sentences . In 1608. he proceeded in Divinity , and five years after was elected Margaret professor of the University . Which office he executing with commendation for about 14 years , resign'd it , and receeded to the Rectory of Meysey-Hampton near to Fairford in Glocestershire , which he had long before obtained by his predecessors guilt of Simony , where he spent the remaining part of his days ( about 4 years ) in great retiredness and devotion . He was a person for piety , strictness of life , and sincere conversation incomparable . He was also so noted an Humanitian , Disputant , and Theologist , and so well read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , that he had scarce his equal in the University . Some have blasted him ( I know not upon what account ) for a Schismatick , yet Dr. Ravis sometimes B. of London , and of honourable memory , approved him to be free from Schism , and much abounding in Science . The truth is he was a Sedentary man , and of great industry , and so consequently ( as 't is observed by some ) morose , and of no good nature . Also , that he was accounted no mean Lover of the opinions of John Calvin , especially as to the points of predestination , which is the cause why one a calls him a downright and doctrinal Calvinist . His works are these . Doctrinae Christianae Sex capita , totidem praelectionibus in Schola Theol. Oxon pro forma habitis , discussa & disceptata . Oxon . 1610. qu. Appendix ad caput secundum de conciliis evangelicis , &c. adversus Humphredum Leech . Pr. with the former book . Eight Sermons publickly preached in the University of Oxford , the second at S. Peters in the East , the rest at S. Maries Church . Began 1595. Dec. 14. Oxon. 1614. qu. The sin against the Holy Ghost discovered ; and other Christian Doctrines delivered ; in 12 Sermons upon part of the 10 Chapt. of the Epist . to the Hebrews . Oxon. 1615. qu. Commentary or Exposition upon the first chapter of Amos , delivered in 21 Sermons in the Par. Church of Meysey-Hampton in the Dioc. of Gloc. Oxon. 1613. qu. Translated into Lat. by Hen. Jackson of C. C. coll . — Openheim . 1615. oct . Other Sermons , as ( 1. ) The Christian Liberty , &c. on 1 Cor. 9. 19. Ox. 1613. oct . Printed with the Commentary in English beforementioned . It was preached at Wotton Vnderedge before the Clergy at an Episcopal Visitation . ( 2 ) Serm. at S. Maries in Oxon , 24 Mar. 1610. being K. James his Inauguration day , on Psal. 21. 6. Ox. 1611. qu. ( 3 ) The Haven of the afflicted , in the Cath. Ch. of Gloc. 10. Aug. 1613. on Amos 3. 6. Lond. 1620. qu. Commentary or Exposition upon the 2 chap. of Amos , delivered in 21 Sermons in the par . ch . of Meysey-Hampton , &c. Lond. 1620. qu. Praelectiones de perseverentiâ Sanctorum . Francof . 1618. oct . Com. or Exposition on the third chap. of Amos. &c. Printed 1629. qu. He hath also a Latin Sermon extant , on Rev. 5. 10. ▪ Printed in 1616. qu. which I have not yet seen . He took his last farewel of this World , in the Parsonage house at Meysey-Hampton before mention'd , about 24. Aug. in sixteen hundred and thirty , year 1630 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , on the 29 of the same month . In the said Rectory succeeded his great admirer Hen. Jackson Bach. of Div. of C. C. coll . before mentioned , who being a writer also , must crave a place in the next volume . SAMPSON PRICE , Son of Thom. Price , sometimes Vicar of S. Chads Church in Shrewsbury , was born there , became a Batler of Exeter coll . in 1601. aged 16 or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , as a Member of Hart hall , entred into the sacred function , as a Member of that coll . became a smart Preacher in the University and near it , especially against the Papists , made one of the Lecturers of S. Martins church in Oxon , afterwards of S. Olaves in London , and took the degrees in Divinity , that of Doctor being compleated in 1617 : About which time he was Chaplain in Ord. to K. Jam. 1. ( as he was afterwards to K. Ch. 1. ) and a most ready and frequent Preacher in the Court. At length he was made Vicar of Christ Church in London , where being much resorted to and admired , was usually stiled The Mawle of Hereticks , meaning Papists , he being a most bitter Enemy ( as his brother Daniel was ) in his preachings , discourses , and writings against them . So that , as 't is presumed , that party having a hatred towards them , the English Recollect Friers at Doway , did often b brag that this our author , and his brother Daniel , should one day either carry faggots upon their shoulders , or be burned in Smithfield , or else recant , and be glad to have the office to sweep their c Church ( wherein they had preached false doctrine ) for an everlasting pennance , and their Wives to carry out the dust and filth , &c. He hath published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Londons warning by Loadicea's Lukewarmness , on Rev. 3. 15 , 16. Lond. 1613. qu. ( 2 ) A heavenly proclamation to fly Remish Babylon , on Rev. 18. 4. Oxon. 1614. qu. ( 3 ) Ephesus warning before her woe , on Rev. 2. 5. Lond. 1616. qu. ( 4 ) Clearing of the Saints sight , on Rev. 7. 17. Lond. 1617. qu. ( 5 ) Beauty of Holiness , on Joh. 10. 22 , 23. Lond. 1618. qa . Preached in the Chap. at the Free-School in Shrewsbury , 10. Sept. 1617. at what time the said Chappel was consecrated by the B. of Cov. and Lichfield . ( 6 ) The Twinns of birth and death , preached at the Funeral of Sir Will. Bird 5 Sept. 1624. on Eccles. 3. 2. Lond. 1624 — 5. qu. ( 7 ) Londons remembrancer for the staying of the plague , on Psal. 42. 4. Lond. 1626. qu. These seven Sermons are all that I have yet seen of his composition , and therefore I can saynomore of him , but that he was buried under the Communion Table in the Chancel of Ch. Church before-mentioned in sixteen hundred and thirty , year 1630 and was succeeded in his Vicarage by Mr. Edw. Finch of Cambridge , Brother to Sir Joh. Finch , afterwards Lord Finch of Fordwich . The said Dr. Samp. Price had an elder Brother called Dr. Daniel Price , whom I shall mention under the year 1631. FRANCIS HICKS , or Hyckes , Son of Rich. Hicks an Arras-Weaver of Barcheston , commonly called Barston in Warwickshire , was born within the large Parish of Tredington in Worcestershire , particularly , as I conceive , in a Muket Town called Shipson , matriculated as a Worcestershire man , and a Member of S. Maries hall , in the beginning of 1579. aged 13. and four years after took the degree of Bach. of Arts , as a Member of that house , having had his Tutor , and his Chamber , as it seems , in Oriel college . But before he had compleated that degree by Determination , he left the University , and was diverted by a Country retirement . Where tho , as a plain man , he sye at his time in Husbandry , yet he never left the true tast and relish that distinguishes men of his education , but rather made continual improvement of that nutriment which he had received in his younger days from the breasts of his honour'd Mother the Univ. of Oxon. His study , or rather recreation , was chiefly in the Greek tongue ; and of his knowledge therein he hath left unto the World sufficient Testimonies , as his translation from Greek into Latin of ( 1 ) Certain select dialogues of Lucian , together with his true history . Oxon. 1634. qu. Published by his Son Thom. Hicks M. A. and Chaplain of Ch. Ch. ( 2 ) The history of the Wars of Peloponesus , in 8 books , written by Thuciaides the Athenian . MS. in Ch. Ch. Library in Oxon. Q. 4. Arts sol . ( 3 ) The history of Herodian , beginning from the Reign of Emperour Marcus. MS. in the Archives of the said Libr. in qu. Given thereunto , with the former MS. by Tho. Hicks before-mentioned . Our Translat●r Franc. Hicks having spent most of his time at Barston before-mentioned , and at Shipson adjoyning , died in a Kinsmans house at Sutton in Gloucestershire , near to Brayles in Warwickshire , on the 9. day of Jan. in sixteen hundred and thirty , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . As for Thom. Hicks whom I have touched upon before , he was an ingenious man , has done something about Lucan , and therefore shall be remembred elsewhere . HENRY BRIGGS , ( Briggius ) one of the most admired Mathematicians of his time , was born in an obscure Hamlet called Warley Weed in the large Parish of Halifax in Yorkshire ; whos 's Genie being naturally inclined to the Mathematicks , was sent from the Grammar School in the Vicinity of Warley , to the University of Cambridge , where in short time he became Fellow of S. Johns coll . After he had taken the degree of M. of A. he was preser'd to be the first Geometry-Reader in Gresham coll . at London , an . 1596. where continuing about 23 years in reading to , and improving his auditors , Sir Hen. Savile desired him to accept of his Lecture of Geometry , chiefly because it was not only better as to revenues , but more honoura●●● . W●ereupon going to Oxon , 1619. and setling in 〈…〉 coll . in the condition of a Fellow-Commoner , was soon ●fter incorporated M. of A. and kept the Lecture to the tim● of his death . It must be now known , that 〈…〉 Scotch man ( perhaps the same mentioned in the 〈…〉 under the year 1605. among the ●●corporation ) coming out of Denmark into his own 〈◊〉 called upon 〈◊〉 Neper Baron of Marcheston near 〈◊〉 and told him among other discourses of a new 〈◊〉 in Denmark ( by Longomontanus as 't is said ) to save the t●●ious multiplication and division in Astronomical calculations . Neper being solicitous to know farther of him concerning this matter , he could give no other account of it , than that it was by proportionable numbers . Which hint Neper taking , he desired him at his return to call upon him again . Craig , after some weeks had passed , did so , and Neper then shew'd him a rude draug●● of that h● called , Canon mirabilis Logarithmo●am . Which draught , 〈◊〉 me alterations , he printing in 1614. it came forthwith into the hands of our author Briggs , and into those of Will , Oughtred , from whom the relation of this matter 〈◊〉 . Both which consulting about the perfecting of it , the former took * a journey into Scotland to confer with Neper about it . At length having received some satisfaction from him , he perused the matter , and in few years after put forth two books of Logarithms , after a more commodious method . The first is intitled . Arithmetica Logarithmetica . The other , Trigonometria Britannica . The former of which shews the construction of Logarithmetical Tables , the latter the conjunction of the Tables of Sines , Tangents , and Secants , and the doctrine of Triangles , to the great advantage of Astronomy and Astronomical operations . These two parts were published with this title , Arithmetica Logarithmetica , sive Logarithmorum chiliades triginta , pro numeris naturali serie crescentibus ab unitate ad 20,000 . & a 90. 000. ad 100,000 . &c. Lond. 1624. fol. Besides these he hath written , Treatise concerning the North-west passage to the South Sea through the continent of Virginia , &c. Lond. 1622. and , Commentaries on the Geometry of Pet. Ramus . MS. Which after Briggs's death came into the hands of Mr. Joh. Greaves of Merton coll . Successor to Dr. Bainbridge in the Astronomy Lecture , and from him to his Brother Thomas , and from Tho. to Mr. Theod. Haak a Member of the Royal Society . At length after our author Briggs had spent most of his time for the benefit and advancement of Geometry , he paid his last debt to nature in his lodgings in Merton coll . 26. Jan. in sixteen hundred and thirty , aged 70. or more , and was three days after buried at the upper end of the Choire of the Church belonging to the said Coll. under the honorary monument of Sir Hen. Savile : At which time the Heads of several Colleges and Halls being present , a learned Sermon and an eloquent Oration were delivered ; the former by Mr. Will. Sellar , the other by Mr. Hugh Cross● , Fellows of that College . In both which were many things said to the honour of the Defunct . Over his grave was soon after a plain stone laid , neither Marble , nor Free , with only his bare name engraven thereon ; and therefore instead of an Epitaph you may take this character of him , as it stands in the publick Register of that Coll. — Vir doctrina clarus , stupor Mathematicorum , moribus ac vita integerrimus , &c. JOHN ANDREWS , a Somersetshire man born , was entred a Student in Trin. coll . 1601. aged 18. took one degree in Arts , left the University , became a painful Preacher of Gods word , and a publisher of these books following . The converted Man's new birth , describing the direct way to go to Heaven , &c. Lond. 1628. oct . second edit . Celestial Looking-glass to behold the beauty of Heaven , and the perfect way to it . Lond. 1621. in tw . There again 1638. Andrews resolution to return unto God by repentance , &c. Lond. 1621. in tw . There again 1630. A Caveat from God , on S. Joh. 5. 14. Lond. 1627. with other things which I have not yet seen . When he died , or where he was buried , I know not . WILLIAM SPARKE , Son of Tho. Sparke , whom I have mentioned under the year 1616. was born at Bletchley in Buc●s , became a Commoner of Magd. hall in Lent-Term 1602-3 . aged 16. Demie of Magd. coll . 5. June 1606. and soon after Fellow thereof . Afterwards , being M. of A. he was made Chaplain to the Duke of Bucks , Rector of Bletchley after his Father's decease , Divinity Reader of Magd. coll . and in 1629. Bach. of Div. He hath written , Vis naturs , & ●irtus vitae explicata , ad univ●●sam doctrine ordinem constituendum . Lond. 1612. oct . The mystery of Godliness : A general discourse of the reason that is in Christian Religion , &c. Oxon. 1628. qu. These are all that I have seen that go under the name , and therefore I can say no more of him , only that he was living at Bletchley in sixteen hundred and thirty . I find one of both his names of Magd. coll . who was admitted Bac. of Physick . 3. Dec. 1645. by vertue of the Letters of the Chanc. of the Univ. which say , that 〈◊〉 deserved well for having 〈◊〉 very 〈◊〉 against Enemies , and contributed much of his skill to his , and our Loyal Friends , &c. This Will. Spark , who became a Student in Magd. coll . an . 1639. was Son to the former . ANTHONY SHERLEY , second Son of Sir Tho. Sherley of Wistneston , commonly called Wiston in Sussex , Knight , by Anne his Wife , Daughter of Sir Tho. Kempe Knight , was born there , matriculated as a Member of Hart hall in the beginning of the year 1579. aged 14. admitted Bac. of Arts in the latter end of 1581. and about the beginning of Nov. following , he was elected Probat . Fellow of Allsouls coll . being of kin to the Founder thereof by his Mother's side . But before he proceeded in Arts , he left the University , and retired to one of the Inns of Court , or went to travel beyond the Seas , or both successively . Soon after he became known to that popular Count Robert Earl of Essex , whose heroick spirit and vertues he so much admired , that he resolved for the future , that he should be a pattern to him in all the civil actions of his life . The first adventure that he made was his voyage into America , particularly to S. Jago , Dominica , Margarita , &c. an . 1596. From which voyage ( wherein great valour was shewn against the Portuguese ) he returned the year following . Afterwards , having received the honour of Knighthood from the said Earl of Essex in Ireland , ( if I mistake not , ) he went beyond the Seas again , made long voyages , and was employed as Embassador several times by Foreign Princes . In which voyages his Exploits were so great , that the K. of Spain taking an affection to , allowed , him an yearly pension , made him Admiral of the Levant Seas , and next in place to the Viceroy of Naples . So that his greatness making our King jealous of , he sent for , him to return ; but he refused to come , and therefore was numbred among the English Fugitives . About that time he was known by the title of Earl of the Sacred Empire , as having been created so , I suppose , by the Emperour of Germany , and had from his Catholick Majesty a Pension of 200 Ducats yearly . Ever after , so long as he lived , he shew'd himself so zealous a Servant to that King , that he became a great plotter and projector in matters of state , and undertook by Sea-stratagems , if you 'll believe an author a of no great credit , to invade and ruine his native Country ; the whole story and passages of which , would make a just volume . He hath written , Voyage to America , — See R. Hakeluyts third and last vol. of Voyages , Printed at Lond. 1600. p. 598 , 599 , &c. Account of M. Hamets rising in the Kingdom of Morocco , Fez , &c. Lond. 1609. qu. History of his travailes into Persia . Lond. 1613. qu. Which voyage was began 24. May 1599. and is epitomiz'd in the second vol. or part of Sam. Purchas his Pilgrims , printed 1625. fol. in the ninth book . Voyage over the Caspian Sea , and thorough Russia . — Publish'd by W. Parry , an . 1601. involv'd in the Pilgrims of Purchas before-mention'd . History of his Embassages . — See Purchas vol. 2. book 6. 9. and in Rich. Hakluyt before-mentioned . What other matters he wrote , or caused to be published of his composition , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was living in the Court of Spain in sixteen hundred and thirty , and that he had taken to Wife , long before , Francis the Sister of Rob. Vernon of Hodnet Knight . He had an elder Brother named Thomas Sherley , who was entred into Hart hall at the same time with his Brother , an . 1579. aged 15. where continuing about two years or more , was called home , married , and in 1589. Knighted . But this person being asham'd to see the trophies and atchievements of his two younger Brothers , Anthony before-mentioned and Robert a great Hero , worn like flowers in the breasts and bosoms of Foreign Princes , whilst he himself wither'd upon the stalk he grew on , left his aged Father , and , as 't is b said , a fair inheritance in Sussex , and forthwith undertook several voyages into Foreign parts , to the great honour of his Nation , but small enrichment of himself . A narration of which voyages he printed , or caused to be printed , but such I have not yet seen . As for the youngest Brother Rob. Sherley before-mentioned , whether he was of Hart hall I know not , for his name occurs not in the Matricula , only that of John Sherley a Sussex man , and the Son of a Gent. matriculated as a Member of that hall in 1582. aged 14. The said Robert ( whom also I find to occur by the title of Knight ) was a great man of his time , and so highly valued by the Emperour of Persia , that he not only sent him Embassadour to Sigismond the 3. King of Poland , as also to K. Jam. 1. of England , an . 1612. ( for he arrived c at London 26. June that year , ) but was pleased to give him his Neice in Marriage , and to confer upon him honour and riches . As to the general performances of the aforesaid 3 Brothers , I know the affidavit of a Poet carrieth but a small credit in the Court of History , and the Comedy made of them , intit . The travailes of three English Brothers , Sir Thomas , Sir Anthony , and Rob. Sherley , printed at Lond. 1607. in qu. is but a friendly foe to their memory , as suspected more accommodated to please the present spectators , than inform posterity . The before-mentioned Sir Thomas , the elder Brother and Traveller , had a Son named Thomas , who was a Knight also , and suffer'd much in the time of the Rebellion for adhering to the Cause of K. Ch. 1. of ever Blessed Memory . And that Sir Thomas the Sufferer had to his eldest Son another Thomas , commonly called Dr. Tho. Sherley , born in the Parish of S. Margaret within the City of Westminster , and baptized there 15. Oct. 1638. lived , when a boy , with his Father in Magd. coll . during the time that Oxon was a Garrison for the King , and was bred up in Grammar learning in the Free-School joyning to the said College . Afterwards he went into France , studied Physick , and was graduated in that Faculty there . After his return he became noted for his practice therein , and at length was made Physician in Ordinary to his Maj. K. Ch. 2. and I think Doctor of his Faculty . He hath published , A Philosophical Essay , declaring the probable causes whence stones are produced in the greater World : From which , occasion is taken to search into the original of all bodies ; being a prodromus to a medicinal truth concerning the causes and cure of the stone in the Kidneys and Bladder of Man. Lond. 1672. oct . An account of which book you may see in the Philosophical transactions , num . 81. p. 1030. He also translated from Lat. into English , ( 1 ) Cochlearia Curiosa : or , the Curiosities of Scurvy-grass . Lond. 1676. oct . written by Dr. Andr. Molimbrochius of Leipsig . An account of which book you may also see in the said Phil. Transact . nu . 125. p. 621. ( 2 ) Medicinal Councels , or Advices . written originally in French by Theod. Tarquet de Mayer●e , put into Latin by Theoph. Bonettus M. D. — Lond. 1676. and translated from French into Engl. A treatise of the Gout . Lond. 1676. written by the said Tarquet de Mayerne . He the said Dr. Tho. Sherley died of grief 5. Aug. 1678. and was buried in the S. W. Vault under part of St. Brides Church near to Fleet street in London . His grief arose upon a just suspicion that he should be totally defeated of an Estate in Sussex , worth about 3000 l. per an . descended to him from his Great-Grandfather Sir Tho. Sherley , mostly detained from him by Sir Joh. Pagge Baronet . Concerning which matter , the two Houses of Parliament were engaged in a quarrel a little before Dr. Sherley's death . SAMUEL AUSTIN , Son of Tho. Austin of Lystwithiel in the County of Cornwal , was born there , became a Batler of Exeter coll . in 1623. aged 17. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1630. About which time being numbred among the Levites , was beneficed in his own Country . He hath written , Austin's Urania : Or , the heavenly Muse , in a Poem full of meditations for the comfort of all Souls at all times . Lond. 1629. oct . dedicated to Joh. Prideaux D. D. a favourer of the studies of the author , then Bach. of Arts. What other things he hath written or published , ( besides various copies of verses printed in Lat. and English in other books , ) I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he had a Son of both his names , ( a conceited Coxcomb , ) who endeavoured to Patrizare , but through his exceeding vanity and folly he was made use of , as another Tho. Coryate , by certain Poe●s of Oxon in their respective copies of verses set before his Naps on Parnassus , &c. printed 1658. as I shall tell you in my other volume of writers . JOHN BAYLY , Son of Dr. Lew. Bayly Bish . of Bangor , was born in Herefordshire , became a Sojournour of Exeter coll . in 1611. aged 16 years , or thereabouts , made Fellow the year following , and by the help of a good Tutor ( Dr. Prideaux ) did advance himself much in Academical learning . After he had compleated the degree of M. of Arts , he took holy orders from his Father , by whose procurement he had one or more Benefices confer'd upon him . At length being made one of his Maj. Chaplains , and Guardian of Christ's-Hospital in Ruthym , took the degrees in Divinity and published , Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) The Angel-Guardian , on Psal. 34. 7. Lond. 1630. qu. ( 2 ) The light enlightning , on Joh. 1. 9. — Printed at Lond. the same year . I have been informed he had published other things , but such I have not yet seen . JOHN BARNES , or Barnesius , as he writes himself , was descended from those of his name in Lancashire , but whether born in that County , I know not , was educated for a time in this University , but being always in animo Catholicus , he left it and his Country , and going into Spain , was instructed in Philosophy and Divinity by the famous Doctor J. Alph. Curiel , who was wont to call Barnes by the name of John Huss , because of a spirit of contradiction which was always observed in him . After he had finished his course of studies , he took upon him the habit of S. Benedict , with a resolution then to live and dye in it ; and about that time , was sent into the Mission of England to strengthen the Brethren , but being taken and imprisoned was sent into Normandy with certain Priests and Jesuits . Soon after he was by his Superior sent into Lorain , where he taught Divinity in the English Monastery of Benedictines called Dieuward or Dieuleward , and was there by the fraternity , and others too , esteemed profound in that great faculty , tho he cared not to make shew of it , much less to have any thing of his composition published . After he had left Dieuleward he became a Professor either of Div. or Philosophy in Marchein college in Doway , where also he gained to himself the name of an eminent Divine and Philosopher : Thence he crossed the Seas , and setled for a time in England , where he fell out with his Superiors for refusing to submit to the Union of the Spanish and Italian Monks into one Congregation . While he continued there he wrote , Dissertatio contra Aequivocationes . Par. 1625. oct . &c. dedicated to P. Vrban 8. at which time the author was the prime person of the English Mission for assisting the Spanish Congregation . In 1627. I find him in Oxon again in the condition of a Gentleman and a Sojournor , to the end that he might obtain materials from the Bodleian Library towards the composition of a work by him then in hand , and about that time published a book against the Apostolatus Benedictinorum in Anglia , published by Clem. Reyner D. D. and Secretary to the Congregation of the Benedictines , an . 1626. fol. Which being esteemed a piece savouring of too much impudence , and contradiction , if not Heresie , it was prohibited the reading by the Brethren , and thrown aside among unlicensed and heretical books , and soon after had a reply published against it , which in some copies of the Apostolatus is put at the end , without a name to it , or any naming of Barnes . It must be now known that this learned person , being a very moderate man in his opinion , and deeply sensible by his great reading and observation of several corruptions of the Romish Church and doctrine , which partly were expressed in his discourse , but mostly in a book which he wrote , called , Catholico-Romanus Pacificus . became for that , ( tho not printed ) and his answer to Apostol . so much hated by those of his Order , that endeavours were made to seize upon , and make , him an example . Whereupon Barnes perceiving a storm approaching , he fled to Paris , and was there protected by the English Embassador . But so it was , that by the endeavours of Clem. Reyner before-mentioned , and his interest made with Albert of Austria , he was a carried out from the midst of that City by force , was divested of his habit , and like a four-footed b Brute was in a barbarous manner tyed to a Horse , and violently hurried away into Flanders . Where continuing for some time , was thence soon after carried to Rome , where by command of the Pope , he was , as a contriver of new doctrine , thrust into the dungeon of the Inquisition . Soon after being distracted in mind , as a certain Jesuit c saith , was removed to a place for the reception of Mad-men behind the Church of S. Paul the less , there to continue till he came to his senses . Afterwards several copies in MS. of Cath. Rom. Pacificus , flying abroad , a true copy of it was made up by comparing it with others , and printed at the Theatre in Oxon , an . 1680. oct . Several years before that , some of the sections therein were made use of by another d person , as that ( 1 ) Of Councils , Popes , Schism . ( 2 ) Of the priviledges of the Isle of Great Britain . ( 3 ) Of the Pope's Supremacy , and the Supreme Power of Kings , both in Temporals , as also in Spirituals , &c. Our author Barnesius hath written also a Tract of the Supremacy of Councils , which I have not yet seen , and other things ; and also hath translated from the Spanish , into the Latin , tongue , Pugna Spiritualis , &c. written by Joh. Castiniza a Benedictine Monk. It was also afterwards translated into the same tongue by Jodochus Lorichius D. D. of Friburg . — Duac . 1625. in sixt . By those of the reformed party he , the said Barnes , ( who was living in sixteen hundred and thirty , ) is stiled , the good Irenaeus , a learned , peaceable and moderate man , but by the R. Catholicks , especially by those of his Order , a person of a turbulent and contradictory Spirit , occasioned by too much confidence and presumption of his own parts and wit , which was greater than his humility , and so consequently did expose him to great danger , ( as they say , ) of Apostacy , and disobedience to his Superiours , as also unworthy gratitude towards some who had deserved better returns from him . The time of his death , or place of burial , I cannot yet obtain , nor any thing else of him , only this , that certain fierce People at Rome , being not contented with his death , have endeavoured to extinguish his fame , boldly publishing that he died distracted . JOHN DONNE , a person sometimes noted for his Divinity , knowledge in several languages , and other learning , was born of good and vertuous Parents in London , became a Commoner of Hart hall , with his younger Brother Henry , in the beginning of Michaelmas-Term , an . 1584. being then but eleven years of age ; where continuing about three years ( in which time Sir Hen. Wotton had a Chamber there ) he went to Cambridge , and spending three more there , he was transplanted to Lincolns Inn to obtain knowledge in the Municipal Laws , where he had for his Chamber fellow , for some time , Mr. Christop . Brook an eminent Poet of his time . After he had continued there two years in exercising his poetical fancy , he began to survey the Body of Divinity , wherein he made very good notes and observations . Afterwards he travelled beyond the Seas , advanced himself much in the knowledge of countries , men , manners , and languages , and was at his return made by Egerton L. Chanc. of England his chief Secretary , and soon after was admitted M. of A. of this University , as I shall tell you elsewhere . But continuing not long in that beneficial imployment , he did , upon the solicitations of some of his Friends , ( especially upon the motion of K. James 1. ) enter into the Sacred Function , and not long after was made one of the Kings Chaplains , Doctor of Div. of Cambridge , and at length in 1621. Dean of the Cath. Ch. of S. Paul in London , upon the promotion of Dr. Val. Carey to the See of Exeter . He was a person of great wit , virtue , and abilities , learned in several Faculties , and religious and exemplary in his life and conversation . In all which , being eminent , he was therefore celebrated , and his memory had in great veneration by the Wits and Virtuosi of his time , among whom were Ben. Johnson , Sir Lucius Cary afterwards L. Faulkland , Sydney Godolphin , Jasp . Mayne , Edward Hyde afterward L. Chancellour , En●ymion Porter , Arthur Wilson , &c. As for those things by him written ( few of which were published in his time ) are these . Pseudo-Martyr ; a treatise shewing from certain propositions and gradations that those that are of the Rom. Religion in England may , and ought to , take the Oath of Allegiance . Lond. 1610. qu. See more in Tho. Fitzherbert under the year 1640. Devotions upon emergent occasions , and several steps in his sickness . Lond. 1624. in tw . second edit . An anatomy of the World. Wherein , by occasion of the untimely death of Mrs. Elizab. Drury , the frailty and decay of this whole World is represented . Lond. 1625. oct . a Poem in two anniversaries . The second anniversary is intit . The progress of the Soul , &c. which is a Poem also . Juvenilia , or certain Paradoxes and Problems . Lond. 1633. and 1652. in qu. Divine Poems , with Epistles to Sir H. Goodeere . Lond. 1633. qu. Poems , Songs , Sonnets , Satyrs , Letters , Funeral Elegies , &c. Lond. 1633. qu. 35. oct . In which are involved Divine Poems and Epistles before mentioned ; and at the end are Elegies on the authors death . Six Sermons . Lond. 1634. qu. Fasciculus Poematum & Epigrammatum Miscellaneorum . Translated into English by Jasp . Mayne . D. D. with this title , A sheaf of miscellany Epigrams . Lond. 1632. oct . Ignatius his Conclave , or his inthronization in a late election in hell , &c. Lond. 1635. in tw . there again in 1653. An edition of this came forth in 1626. in oct . intit . Ignatius his Conclave , viz. of establishing a Church in the Moon . Apology for the Jesuits . — Pr. with the former . Eighty Sermons . Lond. 1640. fol. Among which are involved the six Sermons before-mentioned . These eighty Sermons are called , The first vol. of Dr. Donns Sermons . Declaration of that Paradox or Thesis that self homicide is not so naturally a Sin , that it may not be otherwise . Lond. 1644. 48. &c. qu : The original under the authors own hand I have seen in Bodley's Library , dedicated to Edward L. Herbert of Cherbury . Essays in Divinity , &c. Lond. 1651. oct . Published by his Son John , who tells us that they were written before his Father had entred into holy Orders . Prayers . — Pr. with the former . Paradoxes , Problems , Essays , and Characters . Lond. 1652. oct . In which book are involv'd several , or most of the Paradoxes , Problems , &c. before-mentioned . Various Sermons . Lond. 1649. fol. vol. 2. Six and twenty Sermons never before published . Lond 1660. 61. fol. This is called the Third vol. of Dr. Donns Sermons . Letters to several persons of honour . Lond. 1651. qu. Some of which , I think , were before printed . He had also lying by him at his death many Sermon notes , and other papers , containing an extract of near fifteen hundred authors : All which , as his last Legacy , he left to Dr. Hen. King , ( afterwards B. of Chichester ) but what became of them after that Bishops death in 1669. I know not . He also translated from Greek into English The ancient history of the Septuagint . Lond. 1633. in tw . written originally by Aristeus . Which translation was revised and very much corrected by another hand . — Lond. 1685. oct . He paid his last debt to nature on the last day of March , year 1631 in sixteen hundred thirty and one , and was buried in the South Isle behind the Choire of the Cath. Ch. of S. Paul , near to the Monument of Dr. Jo. Colet . Both whose Epitaphs , with the Pictures of their respective Monuments , you may see in the History of that Cathedral , written by Sir Will. Dugdale , lately Garter K. of Arms. Our Author Dr. Jo. Donne left behind him a Son of both his Names , but of none of his virtues , manners , or generous qualities , and therefore by many his memory is condemn'd to utter Oblivion , while that of his Father flourisheth in the History of his life , written by Isaac Walton ; the first edition of which ( printed 1653. ) coming into the hands of the best critick of the last age , I mean Jo. Hales of Eaton , he affirmed to his friends , that he had not seen a life written with more advantage to the Subject , or more reputation to the writer , than it . JOHN RAWLINSON , a fluent and florid Preacher of his time , was born in London , educated in Grammaticals in Merchant-Taylors School , elected Scholar of S. Johns coll . 1591. aged 15. and was afterwards Fellow , M. of A. and so great a frequenter of the Pulpits in Oxon , that his name being cried up for an excellent Theologist , became successively Rector of Taplow in Bucks , Vicar of Asheldam in Essex , Prebendary of Sarum , D. of D. Principal of S. Edmunds hall , Chaplain to Tho. Egerton Baron of Ellesmere L. Chanc. of England , and in Ordinary to K. Jam. 1. Rector of Celsy in Sussex , and of Whitchurch in Shropshire . In all which places he was much followed for his frequent and edifying preaching , great charity and publick Spirit . He hath published , Divers Sermons , as , ( 1 ) The four Summons of the Shulamite , preached at Pauls Cross , on Cantic . 6. 12. Oxon. 1606. in oct . ( 2 ) Fishermen Fishers of Men , on Matth. 4. 19. Lond. 1609. qu. ( 3 ) The Romish Judas , preached on the 5. Nov. 1610. on Luke 22. 48. Lond. 1611. qu. ( 4 ) Mercy to a Beast , on Prov. 12. 10. Oxon. 1602. qu. ( 5 ) Vnmasking of the Hypocrite , preached at S. Maries in Ox. on Luke 22. 48. Lond. 1616. qu. ( 6 ) Vivat Rex . Let the King live , or God save the King. on 1 Sam. 10. 24. Ox. 1619. qu. ( 7 ) The Dove-like Soul , on Psal . 55. 6. Oxon. 1625. qu. ( 8 ) Lex Talionis , on Judg. 1. 7. Ox. 1625. qu. ( 9 ) Surprising of Heaven , on Mat. 11. 12. lb. 1625. qu. ( 10 ) The Bridegroom and Bride , on Cant. 4. 8. lb. 1622. &c. qu. Which four last Sermons , viz. the 7 , 8 , 9 , and 10. were all published together under the title of Qua●riga Salutis , or Four Quadragesimal Sermons , &c. These are all the Sermons of his publication that I have yet seen , and whether he be author of an Explication of the Creed , Ten Commandments , and Lords Prayer , which is published under the name of Rawlinson , in oct . I know not . He departed this mortal life in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred thirty and one , year 1631 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Whitchurch in Shropshire before-mentioned , where his name continues precious to this day among the inhabitants of that place , and in the neighbourhood , In his Prebendship of Salisbury , ( called Netherbury in Ecclesia ) succeeded Thom. Fuller , 18. Jun. 1631. the same who was afterwards the author of divers historical books ; and him Tho. Henchman , 17. Aug. 1661. JOHN BUCKRIDGE , Son of Will. Buckridge a by Elizabeth his Wife , Daughter of Tho. Keblewhyte of Baselden , Son of John Keblewhyte , ( Uncle to Sir Tho. Whyte the Founder of S. Johns college , ) and he the Son of Henry ( some say John ) Keblewhyte of Fawley , was born , as I conceive , at Draycot near to Marlborough in Wiltshire , educated in Merchant-Taylors School , became Scholar of the said coll . in 1578. soon after Fellow , and , through the degrees in Arts , Doctor of Divinity in the latter end of 1596. about which time he was Chaplain to Dr. Whitgift Archb. of Canterbury . After he had left the University I find him to have been first of all Rector of North-Fambridge in Essex , afterwards Chaplain to Robert E. of Essex , Rector of North Kilworth in Leicestershire , Vicar of S. Giles Church without Cripplegate , London , Archdeacon of Northampton , Canon of Windsore and Hereford , Chaplain to K. James , and at length President of S. Johns college , 1605. At which time his eminent abilities in the Pulpit had brought him into great credit with K. James , insomuch that he was chosen to be one of the four ( Dr. Andrews B. of Chichester , Dr. Barlow B. of Rochester , and Dr. Jo. King then Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , were the other three ) who were appointed to Preach before his Maj. at Hampton Court in the month of Sept. 1606. for the reduction of the two Melvins , and other Presbyterian Scots to a right understanding of the Church of England . In the performance of which service , he took for his Text these words of the Apostle , Let every Soul , &c. Rom. 13. 1. In canvassing whereof , he fell upon the point of the Kings Supremacy in causes Ecclesiastical ; which he handled ( as the most rev . Arch. Spotswood , who was present at the Sermon hath informed b us of him , ) both soundly and learnedly , to the satisfaction of all the hearers : only it grieved the Scotch Ministers to hear the Pope and Presbytery so often equalled in their opposition to Soveraign Princes , &c. As for the Presidentship of S. Johns coll . our author Buckridge keeping but a little more than five years , became B. of Rochester , to which he was consecrated 9. June 1611. Afterwards by the endeavours of his sometimes Pupil Dr. Laud B. of Bathe and Wells , he was nominated B. of Ely , upon the death of Dr. Nich. Felton , ( who died 1626. ) the Temporalities of which See were restored c to him , 18. Jul. 1628. A person he was of great gravity and learning , and one that knew as well as any other person of his time how to employ the two-edged Sword of the holy Scripture , of which he made good proof in the times succeeding , brandishing it on the one side against the Papists , and on the other against the Puritans and Non-conformists . In reference to the first , 't is said of him in general , by a certain d author that he endeavoured most industriously both by preaching and writing to defend and propagate the true Religion here by Law established , which appears plainly by his learned laborious piece entituled , De potestate Papae in rebus temporalibus sive in regibus deponendis usurpata ; adversus Robertum Cardinalem Bellarminum . Lib. 2. In quibus respondetur authoribus , Scripturis , rationibus , exemplis contra Gul. Barclaium allatis . Lond. 1614. in a larg . qu. In which book he hath so shaken the Papal Monarchy , and its superiority over Kings and Princes , that none of the learned men of that party , did ever undertake a reply unto it — Johannem itaque Roffensem habemus ( saith my before mentioned e author ) quem Johanni Roffensi opponamus , Fishero Buckridgium , cujus argumentis ( siquid ) ego video ) ne a mille quidem Fisheris unquam respondebitur . With like success , but less pains unto himself , he managed the controversie concerning kneeling at the Lords Supper , against those of the Puritan Party ; the piety and antiquity of which religious posture in that holy action , he asserted with such holy reasons , and such clear authorities in A Sermon preached at Whitehall 22. Mar. 1617. touching prostration and kneeling in the Worship of God , on Psal. 95. 6. Lond. 1618. qu. and in , A discourse concerning kneeling at the Communion — ( printed with the Sermon ) that he came off without the least opposition of that party also . Besides which he hath published , Serm. preached at Hampton-Court 23. Sept. 1606. on Rom. 13. 5. London 1616. qu. Another on Heb. 4. 7. printed 1618. qu. A third which is a Funeral Serm. on Heb. 13. 6. was printed 1626. qu. and a fourth , on the same chap. vers . 16. was published at the end of B. Andrew's Sermons in fol. Lond. 1661. The day and place when and where this most worthy and learned Bishop died I know not , only that he was buried in the parish Church of Bromley in Kent ( the manner of which belongs to the See of Rochester ) on the last day of May in sixteen hundred thirty and one . year 1631 In the See of Rochester succeeded Dr. Walt. Carle , whom I shall mention elsewhere , and in Ely Dr. Francis White the Kings Almoner . JOHN HOSKYNS , Junior , was born at Mounton in the parish of Lanwarne in Herefordshire , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted Perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1601. took the degrees in the Civil Law , that of Doctor being compleated 1613. in which year he left the coll . being about that time Chaplain to Dr. Rob. Bennet , B. of Hereford ( as he was afterwards to K. James ) Prebendary of Hereford , and Parson of Ledbury in his native Country . He was an able Civilian , but better Theologist , and much followed for his frequent and edifying way of Preaching . He hath published , Eight Sermons preached at S. Maries in Oxon. Pauls Cross and elsewhere . Lond. 1615. qu. The first is on Luke 12. 41. The second on Isa . 28. 1. The 3. and 4th . on Matth. 11. 19. &c. He hath also extant a Sermon upon the parable of the King that taketh an account of his Servants , on Matth. 18. 23. Lond. 1609. oct . A short Catechisme upon the Lords Prayer , the ten Commandements , and the Creed , very profitable for Children and others . Lond. 1678. — 9. oct . published by Charles Townsend M. of A. He ended and finished his course at Ledbury before mentioned , 8. August , in sixteen hundred thirty and one , year 1631 and was buried in the parish Church there . Soon after was an Epitaph put over his Grave , consisting of eight verses , the two first of which are these . Sub Pedibus Doctor jacet hic in Legibus Hoskyns , Esse pios docuit , quodque docebat erat . The rest you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 145. 6. DANIEL PRICE , elder brother to Sampson Price before mentioned , was born in the antient Borough of Shrewsbury , and there educated in Grammar learning . In 1594. and in the sixteenth year of his age , he became a Commoner of S. Maries hall in Midsomer Term , but before he took a degree in Arts , he was transplanted to Exeter coll . where by the benefit of a diligent Tutour , he became in short time a smart disputant . After he had taken the degree of M. of A. he had holy Orders confer'd upon him , and was a frequent and remarkable preacher , especially against the Papists . About that time he was constituted one of Prince Henries Chaplains in Ordinary : whereupon taking the degrees in Divinity he was made Chaplain to K. Jam. 1. ( as afterwards to ( K. Ch. 1. ) Dean and Canon residentiary of Hereford , Rector of Worthyn near Caus Castle in Shropshire , and of Lanteglos in Cornwall , Justice of the Peace also for the Counties of Shrewsbury , Hereford , Montgomery and Cornwall . He hath written and published , The defence of truth against a book called The triumph of truth , sent over from Arras , 1609. by Humph. Leech . Oxon. 1610. qu. He hath also published at least , Fifteen Sermons . Among which are these . ( 1 ) Praelium & praemium . The Christians war and reward , on Rev. 2. 26. Oxon. 1608. qu. ( 2 ) Recusants Conversation , on Esay 2. 3. Ibid. 1608. qu. ( 3 ) The Merchant , on Matth. 13. 45. 46. Lond. 1608. qu. ( 4 ) Spiritual Odours to the Memory of Pr. Henry , in four of the last Sermons preached in S. James after his Highness death , the last being the Sermon before the body , the day before the burial . The first is intit . Meditations of Consolation on our Lamentations , on Psal. 90. 15. The second which hath the same title is on 2 Sam. 12. 23. The third which is intit . Sorrow for the sins of the times , preached on the third Sunday after the Prince's death , is on Ezech. 9. 4. And the fourth which is called Tears shed over Abner , is on 2 Sam. 3. 31. All which four Sermons were printed at Oxon. 1613. qu. ( 5 ) Lamentation for the death of the illustrious Pr. Henry and the dissolution of his religious family . Two Sermons on Matth. 26. 31. Lond. 1613. qu. ( 6 ) Maries memorial , on Matth. 26. 13. Lond. 1617. qu. ( 7 ) Hearty Prayer in the needful time of trouble , on Psal. 118. 25. Lond. 1625. qu. These eleven , are all that I have seen of fifteen , Sermons or thereabouts that he hath published . He yeilded up his last breath at Worthyn or Worthing before mention'd on the 23. Sept. in sixteen hundred thirty and one , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Over his Grave was a brass Plate soon after fixed to the Wall , and thereon engraven a Latine and English Epitaph , made by a fantastical Pedagogue . The Latine is in four verses , containing a Chronogram of the Doctors death : the English his Dignities and Employments , which I have before mentioned . But that which I am to let the Reader now know , is an odd story that hangs at the tayl , reported f by a R. Catholick Priest , but whether true or no , the Reader is to judge as he please . — Dr. Price ( saith he ) by the worth of his parts and learning , was honoured by being particularly known , and respected by his Majesty , and then afterward was made Dean of Hereford , a place of great estimation — All his life time he enjoying his health , shewed g himself much averse to the Catholicks , and troubled divers of them . — In his lest sickness he desired of his Doctor of Physick , that he would sen● to him a Romish Priest : whereupon he was accordingly brought . — The Doctor told the said Priest that he was then in judgment a Catholick , and did intend to dye a member of that Religion . — Whereupon he took the Sacrament , and so was incorporated into the mystical of Christs Cath. Church , and with a constant resolution died a member of the holy Church , &c. Dr. Hen. Butts , Vicechancellour of Cambridge hanged h himself in his garters in his own Chamber on Easter day , 1632. being that day to preach to the Vniversity . But Dr. Price like a worthy and Christian confessour of the true Catholick and Roman Religion , by means of a natural death , we hope now enjoyes the felicity of the Saints — Dr. Butts maintaining ( as is reported ) the heretical doctrine of Predestination , in the end died a Reprobate , and by the help of a rope , wherewith he hanged himself , doth remain in insufferable torments with the Devils , &c. RICHARD PILKINGTON , was descended from an ancient Family of his name living at Rivington in Lancashire , but where born ( unless in the County Pal. of Durham ) I cannot justly say . At about 17 years of age he was sent to Cambridge , where continuing till after he was M. of A. retired to Oxon , and setling in Queens coll . was incorporated in the same degree , an . 1599. At that time being esteem'd eminent in the faculty of Theology , he was admitted in the year following to the reading of the sentences , and 7 years after was licensed to proceed in the same faculty . In 1625. he was made Archdeacon of Leicester , in the place of Robert Johnson deceased , being at that time the rich Rector of Hambleton in Bucks , which were all the preferments , I think , that he enjoyed . His works are , Parallela : Or , the grounds of the new Rom. Catholick , and of the antient Christian Religion , out of the holy Scriptures , composed together ; in answer to a late popish Pamphlet intit . A Manual of Controversies , &c. by A. C. S. Lond. 1618. qu. What else he hath written I find not , nor any thing material of him besides , only that he departed this life about the middle of Sept. year 1631 in sixteen hundred thirty and one , and was buried in the Chancel of his Church of Hambleton , at which time was the most dreadfullest storm of Wind , thunder , and lightning , as ever was known in those parts . It occasion'd so great a darkness , that the neighbours were forced to convey the Corps to the Grave by lights at four of the Clock in the afternoon . I have been also informed by the Rector of that Church Dr. Fr. G. that the storm was so violent that it moved and broke some of the stones that were to cover the Grave , and that it forced the Shovel out of the Clerks hand , shatter'd it , and made an impression on the Chancel Wall , as he had received the story from Dr. Pilkingtons servant , who then lived in the Parsonage House . This last tho very improbable , yet certain it is that that most unusual storm did occasion certain odd reports concerning the said Doctor , to be made by the R. Catholicks , to whom in general he had been a bitter enemy in his preaching and writing . ROBERT BOLTON , a most religious and learned Puritan was born at Blackbourne in Lancashire , on Whitsunday 1572. educated in Grammar learning under one Mr. Yate in the Free-school , founded at that place , in the 9. year of Q. Elizabeth : where in short time by the benefit of excellent parts , strong memory , labour , and attention , he became the best Scholar in that schoole . At about 18. years of age , he being full ripe for the University , he was sent to Lincoln coll . about 1590. where being put under the tuition of Mr. Joh. Randal a person then of consisiderable note in the University , he profited in Logick and Philosophy , to the admiration of all , meerly occasioned by that ground-work of learning , that he had got at School . It was then observed that tho he was well skill'd in the Greek tongue , yet that he might obtain an exactness in it , he did with intollerable pains write out with his own hand either all Homer or Hesiod , in a fair Greek character . He wrote that language better than English or Latine , and was so excellent a Disputant in it , that he did with as much facility course ( or oppose his Antagonist ) in the publick Schools , as in Latine . Nay he wrote and spoke it stilo imperatorio , as Lipsius calls it , and 't was so familiar to him , that he could not avoid it . From the said college he removed to Brasenose purposely to get a Fellowship , because the Society thereof consists mostly of Lancashire and Cheshire men . In the beginning of December 1596. he , as a member of that coll . took the degree of Bach. of Arts ; but having few friends , he stayed long without a Fellowship , yet because he should not be disincouraged ( for he was poor and had little to maintain him ) Dr. Rich. Brett a very good Greecian of Linc. coll . did contribute towards his relief . At length with much adoe he became Fellow in 1602. and in the same year proceeded Master of Arts. So that growing famous , he was successively chosen reader of the Lectures of Logick , and of Moral and Natural Philosophy in that house . In 1605. when K. James came to Oxon. the Vicechancellour appointed him to read in Natural Philosophy in the publick Schools , and to be one of the Disputants before him . Afterwards ●he grew well studied in the Metaphysicks , Mathematicks , and in all School Divinity , especially in Thomas Aquinas ; some of whose works he had read over once or twice . About that time he retired to his own Country , where he had like to have been carried over to the Church of Rome by one Anderton his country man and school-fellow , but their meeting together to confer about the matter being disappointed by Anderton it took no effect . This Anderton ( by the way let it be known ) was , after he had left Blackbourne Schoole , sent to Christs coll . in Cambridge , where for his eloquence he was called golden mouth'd Anderton : But his mind hanging after the R. Cath. religion , he left that coll . and his Country , and shipping himself beyond the Seas entred into R. Cath. Orders , and became one of learnedest among the Papists . Whether this person be the same with Laurence Anderton a Lancashire man born , and a Jesuit , who published books in 1632. and 34. I know not as yet . As for Bolton he returned soon after to Brasnose , where falling into the acquaintance of Mr. Tho. Peacock a learned and godly man of that house , he was by him setled a most sober and religious person , having been before a swearer , a Sabbath-breaker and a boon companion . In the 35 year of his age he entred into Orders , and two years after , which was in 1609. or thereabouts , he had the Parsonage of Broughton in Northamptonshire confer'd on him by Mr. ( after Sir ) Augustin Nicolls Serjeant at Law. The same year , in Dec. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and then leaving the coll . for altogether in the latter end of 1610. the University thereby lost a singular ornament . He was a painful and a constant preacher , a person of great zeal towards God in his profession , charitable and bountiful , but above all a reliever of afflicted consciences , which he acquired by that manifold experience he had in himself and others ; and grew so famous for it , that he was sought to far and near , and divers from beyond the Seas desired his resolution in several cases of conscience . He hath transmitted to posterity , A discourse about the state of true happiness , delivered in certain Sermons in Oxon , and at Pauls Cross , on Psal. 1. ver . 1. 2. Lond. 1611. &c. qu. Which , for the godliness of the matter , and eloquence of the stile therein contained , was universally bought up , and the sixth edition of it was printed in 1631. Instructions for the right comforting afflicted consciences . Lond. 1631. qu. Helps to humiliation . Oxon. 1631. in tw . Sermons , as ( 1 ) Directions for walking with God , on Gen. 6. 8. 9. Lond. 1625. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. at Lent , Assize at Northampton , on 1 Cor. 1. 26. Lond. 1633. qu. Published by his great admirer Edward Bagshaw senior . ( 3 ) Serm. on Prov. 29. 2. London 1635. quarto . ( 4 ) Cordial for Christians in the time of affiction , on Micah 7. ver . 8. 9. Lond. 1640. qu. &c. Of the four last things , death , judgment , hell and heaven . Lond. 1633. &c. qu. Published by the said E. Bagshaw . Funeral notes on his Patron Sir Aug. Nicolls Kt. Judge of the Com. Plea. Lond. 1633. qu. Publ. by the said Bagshaw . Carnal Professor : of woful slavery of man guided by the flesh . Lond. 1634. tw . The Saints sure and perpetual guide : or , a treatise concerning the word , on Psal. 119. 105. Lond. 1634 qu. The Saints self enriching examination : or , a treatise concerning the Sacrament of the Lords Sup. &c. 1 Cor. 11. 28. — printed with the former book , viz. The Saints sure , &c. The Saints Soul-exalting humiliation , or Soul-fatting fasting , &c. on 2 Cor. 20. 3. — printed also with the former book . Devout Prayers upon solemn occasions . Lond. 1638. in tw . Publ. by Bagshaw before mention'd . A short and private discourse between him and M. S. concerning usury . Lond. 1637. qu. publ . also by the said Bagshaw . This is animadverted upon in a book intit . Vsury stated , &c. by T. P. The last visitation , conflicts and death of Mr. Tho. Peacock Bach. of Div. and Fellow of Brasnose coll . Lond. 1661. Published also by the said Bagshaw . This our religious and learned author Mr. Bolton died at Broughton in Northamptonshire before mentioned , year 1631 17 Dec. in sixteen hundred thirty and one , and was buried two days after in the Chancel of the Church there : At which time Nich. Estwick Bach. of Div. sometimes Fellow of Christs coll . in Cambr. and at that time Minist . of Warkton in the said county of Northampton did preach his funeral * Sermon , wherein he spoke many things to the honour of the Defunct . About two years after Edw. Bagshaw before mentioned published his life ( with some of his works ) to which I refer the reader for more satisfaction of him . He the said Mr. Bolton left behind him a Son named Samuel , born at Broughton , educated in Linc. coll . and afterwards became an eminent preacher in London and much followed by the precise party . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was made Prebendary of Westm . and actually created D. of D. of this Univer . which is all that I know of him , only that he dying on the eleventh of Feb. 1668. was buried in the Abby Church of St. Peter at Westminster , on the south side of the Choire , near to the stairs leading up to the Pulpit . The Reader is now to observe , that whereas many things were published under the name of Sam. Bolton , he is to understand them not to have been written by this Samuel , but by another Sam. Bolton educated in Cambridge , Master of Christs coll . there , one of the Assembly of Divines , 1643. Preacher to the Congregation of S. Saviours in Southwark , in the time of the Rebellion and interval , who dying the 15. Octob. 1654. aged 48 years , was buried in the Church of St. Martin within Ludgate in London , much lamented by the Brethren of the Presbyterian perswasion . JOHN HOWSON received his first breath in the Parish of S. Bride in London , educated in Grammaticals in S. Pauls School , became Student of Ch. Ch. in 1577. took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and some time after was made one of the Vicars of Bampton in Oxfordshire . On the 15. May 1601. ( 43. Eliz. ) he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. and in Dec. following he took the degrees in Divinity . In the next year ( 1602. ) he had the office of Vicechanc. of the University confer'd upon him ; in which being setled , fell out a controversie between him and certain Divines thereof called Puritans or Calvinists , who for their number were not few . For so it was , that he , a zealous man for the Church of England , as it was established in the time of K. Ed. 6. having heard and beheld with patience for several years the grand enormities , committed in Preaching by many , if not the generallity , of the Divines in the University , was resolved , when in authority , to reform them . But his time being short , only for an year , and his Successor not of the same mind , little or nothing could be done . However John Sprint of his own house he called into question for uttering certain points of doctrine against the ceremonies and discipline then established according to Law , ( which was an usual thing for many puritanical and discontented Divines in the Univ. to bark at , ) and after him Rob. Troutbeck of Qu. college , nay the most Calvinistical Provost thereof Hen. Airay , who did not only maintain in their Preachings what Sprint had said and done , but also spoke many things to the disgrace of the Vicechancellour : Among which was , that he had to no other end and purpose got the degrees of Bach. and Doct. of Divinity , without exercise done for them , only but that he might sooner obtain the Vicechancellourship , and consequently shew his authority in unjust proceedings , &c. From that time there were continual broils during his government ; which being too many now to enumerate , and partly mention'd † elsewhere , I shall forbear to treat any farther of them . Afterwards our author Howson was made Rector of Brightwell near to Watlington in Oxfordshire , Fellow of Chelsey coll . and at length Bishop of Oxon. To which See being elected 12. Sept. 1618. was consecrated at Lambeth with Searchfield B. of Bristow , and Bridgman of Chester on the 9. of May following . In 1628. Sept. 18. he was translated to the See of Durham , ( in the place of Dr. G. Mountaigne translated to York , ) where he remained to his dying day , having always before been accounted a grave and learned man , and a true Son of the Church of England . His works are , Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) Sermons Preached at S. Pauls Cross 4. Dec. 1597 , on Matth. 21. 12 , 13. wherein is discoursed , that all buying and selling spiritual promotion is unlawful . Lond. 1597. qu. ( 2 ) Second Serm. Pr. at S. Pauls Cross 21. May 1598. on Matth. 21. 12 , 13. concluding the former Sermon . Lond. 1598. qu. ( 3 ) Sermon at S. Maries in Oxon 17. Nov. 1602. in defence of the Festivities of the Church , and namely that of her Maj. Coronation , on Psal. 118. 24. Oxon. 1603. second edit . qu. Vxore dimissâ propter fornicationem , aliam non licet superinducere . Thesis tertia proposita & disputata in Vesperiis Oxon. Oxon. 1602. oct . and 1606. qu. The defence of which Thesis , see in Rob. Burhill , under the year 1641. Certain Sermons made in Oxon , an . 1616 , wherein is proved that S. Peter had no Monarchical Power over the rest of the Apostles , against Bellarmine , Saunders , Stapleton , and the rest of that company . Lond. 1622. qu. They are four in number , and all on Luke 12. 41 , 42. &c. commanded to be published by K. James , to clear the aspersion laid upon him of favouring Popery ; which having not been yet replyed upon by any of the Rom. Cath. party , have rendred their author famous to posterity . He yielded up his last breath on the sixth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred thirty and one , aged 75. or thereabouts , and was buried in the Cath. Church of S. Paul within the City of London , leaving then behind him the character of a very learned man , and one plentifully endowed with all those vertues , which were most proper for a Bishop . The Reader is to know that there was one John Howesoun who wrote , A short exposition of the 20. and 21. verses of the third chapter of the first Epistle of St. John containing a profitable discourse of Conscience . Edinb . 1600. oct . but him I take to be a Scot , and to have no relation to Joh. Howson before-mentioned . DUDLEY CARLETON , Son of Anth. Carleton of Baldwin Brightwell near Watlington in Oxfordshire Esq was born there , 10. March 1573. became a Student of Ch. Ch. under the tuition of Mr. ( afterwards Dr. ) John King an . 1591. or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1600. being then returned from his travels . Afterwards he went in the quality of a Secretary to Sir Ralph Winwood into the Low Countries , where being very active when K. James resigned the Cautionary Towns to the States , added thereby experience to his learning . In 1610. June 25. he received the honour of Knighthood from K. James at Windsore , who sent him a Embassador Ordinary to the States of Venice , where he remained five years , and from thence Extraordinary to Emanuel Duke of Savoy , where he continued half an year ; and after Ord. Embassador to the States of the Vnited Provinces , where he was resident 10 years . Towards the latter end of K. James he was made Vicechamberlain of the houshold , which office he holding in the Reign of K. Ch. 1. his commission was renewed by that King for the latter part of that 10 years . Afterwards , that time being terminated , he was sent Embassador Extraordinary at two several times to the most Christian K. Lewis the 13. and likewise Embassador Extraordinary to the aforesaid States of the Vnited Provinces . In the 2. of K. Ch. 1. he was made Baron of Imbercourt in Surrey , and the next year being accompanied by Sir Will. Segar Knight , then Garter K. of Arms , went into Holland and there presented the Garter to Henry Pr. of Aurange , or Orange , with the Ensigns of that most noble Order thereunto appertaining . In the 4. Car. 1. he was created Viscount Dorchester in Oxfordshire , and upon the 18. Dec. the same year , he was constituted one of his Majesties Principal Secretaries of State , in which office he continued to the time of his death . He was a person that understood several Languages well , as also the Laws , conditions , and manners of most States in Europe . He was an exact Statesman , understood the intregues of State well , yet just in his dealings , and beloved by most men , who much missed him after his death . He hath written , Balance , pour peser en toute equité & droicture la Harangue faite n'agurees en L'assemblée des illustres & puissans Seignoures Messeigneurs les Estats generaux des Provinces unies du pais bas , &c. Printed 1618. qu. Harangue faite au counseile de Mess rs . les Estats generaux des Provinces Vnies , touchant le discord & les troubles del Eglise & la police , causes par la doctrine d'Arminius , 6. Oct. 1617. stil . nov . Printed with the former . Besides these Speeches he hath extant Various Letters in the Cabala , or Scrinia sacra . Lond. 1663. fol. Various Letter 's to George Duke of Bucks , in Cabala , or Mysteries of State. Lond. 1654. qu. and lastly , Several French and Latin Letters to the learned Ger. Jo. Vossius , printed in Ger. Jo. Vossii & Clarorum Virorum ad eum epistolae . Lond. 1690. fol. published by Paulus Colomesius . Besides these , he hath also Several Speeches in Parliament , an . 1626. &c. One or more of which you may see in the first vol. of Joh. Rushworths Collections , p. 358. Memoires for dispatches of political affaires relating to Holland and England , and 1618. with several propositions made to the states . MS. Particular observations of the military affaires in the Palatinate and the Low Countries , an . 1621. and 1622. MS. Letters relating to State affairs written to the King and Viscount Rochester , from Venice , an . 1613 : MS. He paid his last debt to nature in his house situated within the City of Westminster on the 15 day of Febr. between 10. and 11. of the clock at night in sixteen hundred thirty and one , and was buried in the Chappel of S. Paul on the north side of the Abbey Church , dedicated to S. Peter within the said City . Over his grave was soon after erected against the east Wall , a well composed plain Monument of black and white Marble , with a half canopy supported by dorick Pillars , with the image of a man in his robes of estate , and Viscounts Coronet , leaning on a Pedestall , all formed of the like black and white marble . He left behind him a Nephew of both his names , who was admitted Scholar of Kings coll . in Cambridge , 1614. and had the degree of Master of Arts of that University confer'd upon him during his absence in the Low Countries , being then Secretary to his Uncle , while he was Embassador there . In 1629. March 1. he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty at New-Market , and in 1637. he was made one of the Clerks of the Councel . NICHOLAS VIGNIER , received his first being in this World at Bloys in France , educated mostly in the University of Saumour , retired to Oxon to improve his studies by the hearing and doctrine of Dr. John Prideaux , an . 1623. was incorporated master of Arts in Octob. the same year , as he had stood at Saumour , being about that time entred a Sojournour of Exeter coll . ( of which house Prideaux was then Rector ) and numbred among the Academians . Soon after he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , as a member of the said college , being at that time reputed b to be a person of great erudition , singular piety , and of a most polite ingenie . After he had tarried there for some few years , he returned to the place of his nativity , where he became a zealous Minister of , and preacher to , the Protestant Church . Before he came to Oxon , he published , Theses Theologicae de satisfactione dei & domini nostri Jes . Ch. &c. Lugd. Bat. 1622. qu. Highly commended by And. Rivet , and by him annexed to his own disputations . After he had left Oxon. he published several Sermons in the French tongue , as . ( 1 ) L'Art de bien mourir , on Luke 2. 25. &c. Rochel 1625. oct . ( 2 ) La mere Ecclesiastique , on Gal. 4. 19. ( 3 ) De la priere pou les Rois & Magistrats , on 1 Tim. 2. 1 , 2. ( 4 ) Le Trisagion , on Esay 6. 1 , 2 , 3. ( 5 ) De la chente des Auges , &c. on the 6. ver . of S. Jude . ( 6 ) Two Sermons at Bloys , on Rev. 2. 12. ( 7 ) Serm. of the call , confirmation and authority of the Ministers of the Gospel , on Joh. 20. ver . 21. 22. ( 8 ) Panegyrique de la paix , on Psal. 122. All which were printed at Rochel 1625. in oct . ( 9 ) Practique de repentance , twenty Sermons on Psal. 51. Bloys 1631. oct . Besides several others which I have not yet seen . This Nich. Vignier , who was Minister of the Protestant Church at Bloys before mentioned , was Son of Nich. Vignier of Bar on the river Sene , a learned Frenchman , Physitian and Historiographer to the K. of France , while our Qu. Elizab. reigned and after ; several of whose works are in our publick Library at Oxon. Among which are . ( 1 ) Theatre de l' Antichrist , &c. printed 1610. fol. ( 2 ) Dissertatio de Venetorum excommunicatione contra Caes . Baronium . Franc. ad . m. 1607. qu. Which two books are said by a certain * author , but false , to have been written by N. Vignier the Son. GEORGE CALVERT , Son of Leonard Calvert by Alice his Wife , Daug. of John Crossland of Crossland , was born at Kypling in the Chappelrie of Bolton in Yorks . ( at which place he bestowed much mony in building in the latter end of the Reign of K. Jam. 1. ) became a Commoner of Trinity coll . in Lent Term 1593 , and in the year of his age 15. took one degree in Arts , and then leaving the college , travelled beyond the Seas for a time . At his return he was made Secretary to Sir Rob. Cecill , while he was one of the prime Secretaries of State , being then esteemed a forward and knowing person in matters relating to the State. All which time , and after , for several years , when Sir Robert was advanced to higher offices he retained him , and made use of his prudence and faithfulness in many weighty matters . In 1605. he was actually created Master of Arts when K. Jam. 1. was entertained by the University . Afterwards by the endeavours of the said Sir Robert Cecill , he was made one of the Clerks of the Council , and in 1617. Sept. 29. he , with Cl. Edmonds sometimes of All 's . coll . Albert Morton ( whom I shall anon mention ) both Clerks of the Council also , received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty at Hampton Court. On the 15. February 1618. he was made c Secretary of State to his Majesty ; who , as before he had used his help in many matters of moment , so he did oftner afterwards to his great benefit and advantage . At the same time also his Majesty judged it very convenient that he should assist and help Sir Robert Nauton the other Secretary , who had not then that faculty of managing and expediting matters of State as Calvert had . On the 2 May 1620. the King gave d him an yearly pension of a thousand pounds to be received from the Customs , and on the 16 Feb. 1624. ( he being then a Parliamentary Burgess for this University ) was by the name of Sir George Calvert of Danbywiske in Yorkshire Knight , &c. created Baron of Baltimore in the County of Longford in Ireland , being then a Roman Catholick , or at least very much addicted to their Religion . As for his adventures into America , where he was absolute Lord and Proprietary of Avalon in the New-found-land , and of his first venturing and taking possession of a Peninsula lying in the parts of America , between the Ocean on the East , and the Bay of Chesopeake on the West , and divided from the other part thereof by a right line drawn from the Promontory or Cape of Land called Watkyns point ( situate in the aforesaid Bay , near to the River Wighco ) on the West , unto the main Ocean ; afterwards called and named by him Mary-Land , let the Histories , and relations of Travellers tell you , while I acquaint you of his works , which are , Carmen funebre in D. Hen. Vntonum , ad Gallos bis Legatum , ibique nuper fato functum ▪ Printed 1596. qu. Parliamentary Speeches . Various Letters of State. The answer of Tom Tell-Troth . The practice of Princes and the Lamentation of the Kirk . Lond. 1642. qu. He hath also written something concerning Mary-Land , but whether printed I cannot tell . He ended his days on the 15. Ap. in sixteen hundred thirty and two , year 1632 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of S. Dunstan in the West in Fleetstreet , near London . As for Albert Morton before mention'd , who was Nephew to Sir Henry Wotton , was elected Scholar of Kings coll . 1602. went with his Uncle in the quality of Secretary when he went on his Embassie to the States of Venice . Afterwards he was thrice Agent in Savoy , Secretary to the Lady Elizabeth in Heidleburg , and there imployed as Agent † for the King with the Princes of the Union . Afterwards he became one the Clerks of the Council and a Knight as I have before told you , and at length one of the Secretaries of State. He ended his days in the Parish of S. Margaret within the City of Westminster in the winter time ( in Nov. as it seems ) an . 1625. having a little before been elected a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the Univ. of Cambridge . He then left behind him a Widdow named Elizabeth , by whom he had , if I mistake not , a Son of both his names , who was elected Scholar of Kings coll . in the said University 1638. but left that house soon after , and became a Leiuetenant Colonel in the Wars in Ireland . NATHANIEL TORPORLEY , a Shropshire man born , applied his Muse to Academical learning in Ch. Church , an . 1579. aged 16. about which time he became one of the Students of that house . Afterwards he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , which being compleated by Determination , he left the University , and whether he then travelled beyond the Sea I cannot tell . For that he was in France for two or more years , and was Amanuensis to the celebrated Mathematician Fran. Vieta of Fontenay in the Province of Poictau is notoriously known , but the time when , whether before , or after , he was M. of A. we cannot tell . Sure it is that his Genie being mostly enclined to the Mathematicks and Astronomy , ( in which faculties he had obtained in his absence , a sufficicient knowledge ) he returned to the University , and entring himself into Brasnose coll : did as a member thereof , take the degree of Master of Arts , an . 1591 , being then eight years standing in that of Bachelaur . Afterwards he retired to the great City , and became so famous for his singular knowledge , that being made known to the great Earl of Northumberland , named Henry Piercy , the generous favourer of all good learning , was received into his Patronage , and had a pension paid yearly unto him , for several years from his Purse . About the same time he was made Rector of Salwarp in his native Country , in the place of Tho. Forest deceased , 1608. where residing sometimes , but mostly in Sion coll . in London , ( of which he was a Student and a most eminent member ) continued in the last , till the time of his death . He hath transmitted to posterity . Diclides Caelometricae ; seu Valvae Astronomicae universales omnia artis totius munera Psephophoretica in sat modicis finibus duarum tabularum methodo nova , generali & facilimâ continentes . Lib. 2. Lond. 1602. qu. Tabula praemiss●is ad declinationes & caeli mediationes . Printed with the former book , in five parts . Directionis accuratae consummata doctrina , Astrologis hac tenus plurimum desiderata . Written by way of Preface to the two former books . He hath also printed something against Fr. Vieta , under the name of Poulterey , which is Torpurley's name transpos'd , but that book I have not yet seen ; and hath also written , MSS. in Bib. coll . Sion . Congestor : Opus Mathematicum . Imperfect . Pholosophia . Atomorum atopia demonstrata . Imperfect . Corrector Analyticus artis posthumae . Imperfect . He took his last farewel of this world in Sion coll . before mention'd , and was buried in the Church of St. Alphage near to that college , on the seventeenth day of Apr. in sixteen hundred thirty and two . year 1632 By his nuncupatory d Will , which he spake on the 14. day of the same month , he gave to the use of those that study in the Library of the said coll . all his mathematical books and others , all his Astronomical instruments , notes , mapps and his brass clock . Among the said books , were some few MSS. of which one contained Certain definitions of the Planisphere , made by Walter Warner a most noted Mathematician of his time . LEWES BAYLY , was born in the antient Borough of Caermerthen in Wales , but in what house educated , unless in Exeter coll . or what degrees he took in Arts , I find not , only that as a member of the said coll . he was admitted to the reading of sentences , an . 1611. being about that time Minister of Evesham , in Worcestershire , Chaplain to Prince Henry , and Minister of St. Matthews Church in Friday-street , in London , and that he proceeded in Divinity two years after . Much about the same time , he being fam'd for his eminence in preaching , was made one of the Chaplains to King James 1. who nominating him Bishop of Bangor in the place of Dr. H. Rowlands , was consecrated thereunto at Lambeth , with Dr. Lake to the See of B. and Wells , on the 8. of Dec. an . 1616. On the 15. July 1621. I find this e passage of him . Episcopus Bangoriensis examinatur , & in Le Fleet datur , sed paulo post liberatur . What his crime was , my author tells me not , nor do I lift further to inquire , unless it concern'd the Princes match with the Infarta of Spain . He hath published . The practice of Piety ; directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God. — Printed about 40 times in oct . and tw . the eleventh edition of which was printed at Lond. 1619. It was also printed once or more in the Welsh tongue ; and once or more in the French , an . 1633. &c. And in France having been much cried up , did therefore cause John Despagne a French writer , and a Preacher in Somerset-house Chappel , an . 1656. to make some complaint of , not for any ill thing in , it , because the generality of the Plebeians do look upon the authority of it , equal with that of the Scripture . It is said by an author , f who takes all advantages to speak against the Bishops , and Church of England , that this book called , The practice of Piety , was written by a Puritan Minister , and that a Bishop not altogether of a Chast life , did , after the Authors death bargain with his Widdow for the Copy , which he received , but never paid her the money . Afterwards he interlopating it in some places , did publish it as his own , &c. But let this report , which hath been common with some , as also that , which saith it was written by one Price Archdeacon of Bangor , remain with their authors , while I tell you that Dr. Bayly dying in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred thirty and two , was buried in his Church of Bangor . year 1632 He left behind him four Sons , Nicholas , John , Theodore and Thomas . John was Fellow of Exeter coll . and a publisher of certain Sermons , as I have already told you . Thomas Bayly the youngest Son , was not educated in this University , but in Cambridge , and after he had taken the degrees in Arts , he was presented by his Majesty to the Sub-deanry of Wells , in the latter end of May 1638. upon the promotion of Dr. Will. Roberts to the See of Bangor . In 1644. he , among other Loyal Ministers , retired to Oxon , and in the month of Aug. was incorporated Master of Arts , and afterwards had the degree of D. of D. confer'd upon him . In 1646. I find him with the Marquess of Worcester in Ragland Castle , which , as a Commission-Officer , he help'd to defend against the Parliamentarians . But that Castle being surrendred on the 19. Aug. the same year , upon good Articles , mostly of Bayly's framing , he travelled afterwards into France and other Countries , where spending that considerable stock of money which he had gotten from the said Marquess , he returned into England , and published a book intit . Certamen religiosum : or a conference between K. Ch. 1. and Henry late Marquess of Worcester concerning Religion , in Ragland Castle , an . 1646. Lond. 1649. oct . but blamed by the true Sons of the Church of England for so doing , because the Romish cause is there set out in great pomp , he being then warping towards , if not altogether drawn over to , the Church of Rome , and it was looked upon by some as nothing else but his Prologue in order to the declaring himself a Papist , and thereupon the said conference was suspected by the Orthodox party to have nothing therein of the stile of K. Ch. 1. and that the Marquess had not those abilities in him to maintain a discourse of religious matters with the said King. There was An answer with considerations on Dr. Bayly's parenthetical interlocution , printed at Lond. 1651. in tw . made unto it , by Ham. L'estrange , and also answered upon account as being fictitious by Christop . Cartwright of York . About the same time an Advertisement was put cut against it , as a counterfeit thing , by Dr. Pet. Heylyn , in his Epistle to the Reader before his collection of his Majesty's works ( wherein the said conference is put ) intit . Bibliotheca Regia , &c. but omitted in other impressions of it , as also in the works of the said King printed in folio . The same year ( 1649. ) Dr. Bayly published , The Royal Charter granted unto Kings by God himself , &c. To which he added , A treatise wherein is proved that Episcopacy is jure divino . Both which were afterwards reprinted at Lond. 1656. and 1680. oct . But in them the Doctor doth in many particulars egregiously g err , and as an unskilful builder , diruit aedificat , for what he rears with one hand , he pulls down with the other : And amongst many stories of his travels , having freely rail'd at all the Commonwealths in Europe , doth at last fall desperately on the new erection of that in Eng. Which angry and unpleasing history provoked strict examination ; whereupon the author being found out , he was committed prisoner to Newgate , where being kindly and easily used he penned a book intit . Herba parietis : Or , the wall Flower , as it growes out of the Stone-Chamber belonging to the metrapolitan Prison , &c. being a History which is partly true , partly Romantick , morally divine . Whereby a marriage between reality and fancy is solemnized by Divinity . Lond. 1650. in a thin fol. In the Epistle before which he falls foul on P. Heylyn , whom he calls a fellow without a name , &c. for his advertisement before mention'd , which charged him with six matters ; the first for wronging the late K. ( Ch. 1. ) very much , and another that he composed the said Conference himself , &c. Bayly also tells us there of his great sufferings in the late Civil War , that he had not only lost 1000 l. per an . for his Majesties sake , but also blood and liberty , that he was a Peers Son and his Mother a Knights Daughter , &c. As soon as this book was published , he made an escape out of Prison , went into Holland , and having rambled abroad , much more in his mind , than he had in his body , he at last declared himself a Rom. Catholick , and became a grand zealot in that interest , wherein ( if he met with any occasion ) he would break forth into rage and fury against the Protestant Religion , which he before had preached and professed . Thence he went into Flanders , and setling for a time at Doway , he published this book . The end to Controversie between the Rom. Catholick , and Protestant , Religions , justified by all the several manner of ways , whereby all kind of Controversies of what nature soever , are usually , or can possibly be , determined , &c. printed at Doway 1654. in qu. and dedicated to Walt. Montague Abbot of Nanteul , afterwards L. Abbot of Pantoise . There also goes under his name . The life and death of that renowned John Fisher Bishop of Rochester , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . but he was not the author of it . The true and genuine writer thereof was one Rich. Hall , D. D. sometimes of Christs coll . in Cambridge ( the same , of which B. Fisher was a member ) afterwards Canon , and Official of the Cathedral Church at St. Omer , who leaving it behind him in MS. at his death , an . 1604. 't was as a choice rarity reposed in the Library of the English Benedictines at Dieuward in Lorain . Afterwards several Copies of it going abroad , one came into the hands of a person who call'd himself West . From him it came into the possession of Franc. a Sancta Clara , an 1623. and from his ( as he himself hath told me divers times ) to Sir Wingfield Bodenham , who keeping it in his hands several years , with an intention to print it in the name of the true author , did impart it for a time to Dr. Tho. Bayly . So that forthwith he taking a Copy of it , and making some alterations therein , he sold the said Copy to a Bookseller for a small sum of money , who caus'd it to be printed at London , under the name of Tho. Bayly D. D. I have seen a MS. containing the said Bishops Life , beginning thus , Est in Eboracensi comitatu , octogesimo a Londino lapide ad aquilonem Beverleiae oppidum , &c. But who the author was , I cannot tell : 'T was written before Halls time , and 't is not unlikely , but that he had seen it . There also goes under Tho. Baylys name The golden Apothegmes of King Ch. 1. and Henry Marquess of Worcester , &c. Lond. 1660. in one sh . in qu. All which were taken from a book intit . Witty Apothegmes delivered at several times and upon several occasions by K. James , K. Ch. 1. and the Marq. of Worcester , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . published by Anonymus . After Dr. Bayly had left Flanders , he went into Italy , where , as several Rom. Catholicks have told me , he was received into the service of Cardinal Ottobon , and that he died in his family , while the said Cardinal was Embass . or Nuntio at Ferrara from the Pope , and also that Prince Cajetan had a care of his Son ( whom he took with him ) after his death . But an English Traveller hath told me otherwise , viz. that he was no other than a common Soldier , that he lived poor at Bononia , and saw his Grave there . Another also named Dr. Rich. Trevor Fellow of Morton coll . ( younger brother to Sir John Trevor sometimes Secretary of State ) who was in Italy in 1659. hath several times told me that he the said Dr. Bayly died obscurely in an Hospital , and that he saw the place where he was buried . SAMUEL BROWNE , born at , or near to , the antient Borough of Shrewsbury , became a Servitour or Clerk of Aills . coll . in 1594. aged 19. took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and afterwards was made preacher at S. Maries in the said Town of Shrewsbury , where he was much resorted to by precise people for his edifying and frequent preaching . He hath published , The sum of Christian Religion by way of Catechism . Lond. 1630. and 37. oct . Certain Prayers — And left behind him at the time of his death , year 1632 in sixteen hundred thirty two . Several Sermons to be made publick , but whether they were printed I cannot tell . One of both his names , was summer Reader of Lincolns Inn 18 Car. 1. afterwards Serjeant at Law , one of the Justices of the Common Bench , and one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal , in the time of Usurpation , but what he hath extant , I cannot tell . He died in the beginning of the year 1668. being then a Knight , and a possessor of Lands at Arlesbury in Bedfordshire . THEODORE GOULSON , Son of Will. Goulson Rector of Wymoundham in Leicestershire , received his first breath in the County of Northampton , became Probationer Fellow of Merton coll . in 1596. applied his Muse to the study of medicine , after he had been adorn'd with the Majesterial degree ; in the practice of which , having been initiated in these parts , lived afterwards at Wymoundham ; where , as in the neighbourhood , he became famous in , and much frequented for , his faculty . At length taking the degrees of Physick in this University , an . 1610. was made a Candidate of the Coll. of Physitians at London , and the year after Fellow thereof , and afterwards Censor , being at that time in great esteem for his practice in the metropolitan City . He was an excellent Latinist , and a noted Grecian , but better for Theology , as it was observed by those that knew him . He hath published , Versio Latina , & Paraphrasis in Aristotelis Rhetoricam . Lond. 1619. 1623. &c. qu. Versio , variae Lectiones , & annotationes criticae in opuscula varia Galeni . Lond. 1640. qu. published by his singular good friend Tho. Gataker Bac. of Div. of Cambridge , and Rector of Redrith in Surrey , who died 27. July 1654 and was buried in the Church at Redrith , after he had govern'd it 40. years . As for our author Goulson he ended his days in his house within the parish of S. Martin by Ludgate within the City of London , year 1632 4. May , in sixteen hundred thirty and two : whereupon his body was buried with solemnity in the Church belonging to that parish . By his will , which I have seen and perused , he bequethed 200 l. to purchase a rent-charge for the maintenance of an Anatomy Lecture in the coll . of Physitians at London , as also several books to Merton coll . Library , besides other donations , which were mostly , if not all , performed by his vertuous and religious Widdow Ellen Goulson ; of whom by the way I must let the reader know , that she being possess'd of the impropriate Parsonage of Bardwell in Suffolk , did procure from the King leave to annex the same to the Vicaridge , and to make it presentative : which being so done , she gave them both thus annexed ( for she had the donation of the Vicaridge before that time ) freely to S. John coll . in Oxon. LEONARD HUTTEN , was elected from Westminster School , a Student of Ch. Church , in 1574. wherein , with unwearied industry , going thro the several Classes of Logick and Philosophy , became M. of A. and a frequent preacher . In 1599. he was installed Canon of the said Church , being then Bach. of Divinity and Vicar of Flower in Northamptonshire , and in the year after he proceeded in that faculty . His younger years were beautified with all kind of polite learning , his middle , with ingenuity and judgment , and his reverend years with great wisdom in government , having been often Subdean of his house . He was also an excellent Grecian , well read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , which was sufficiently approved by the consent of the University , and not meanly vers'd in the histories of our own Nation . He hath written , An answer to a Treatise concerning the Cross in Baptism . Oxon. 1605. qu. Which book was held in reverent respect by the best Bishops of the Church , as having the Fathers agreeing to Scripture truly urged , and understandingly interpreted therein . See in Jam. Calfhill and John Martiall . I have been informed by one a who knew this Dr. Hutten well , that he was author of a Trag. -Com . called Bellum Grammaticale , but how that can be , I cannot discern , for tho it was written by an Oxford man , if not two , yet one edition of it came out in 1574. in oct . which was the year , when Dr. Hutten first saluted the Oxonian Muses , as I have before told you . He had also an hand in the translation of the Bible , appointed by King James , an . 1604. and left in MS. behind him , Discourse of the antiquity of the University of Oxford , by way of letter to a friend . — The copies of this Discourse , which I have seen , were written in qu. in about 8 sheets , and had this beginning , Sir , your two questions , the one concerning the antiquity of Oxford , &c. I have seen 4 copies of it , but could get little or nothing from them for my purpose , when I was writing the Hist . and Antiq. of the Vniv. of Oxon. A MS. book of the like subject , I once saw in the hands of John Houghton Bac. of Div. sometimes Senior Fellow of Brasnose coll . divided into three books , the beginning of which runs thus , All truth is of it self as glorious , &c. but who the author of it was , I could never learn. 'T is a trite thing , and mostly taken from Apologia Antiq. Acad. Oxon. written by Br. Twyne , as that of Hutten was . He hath also written , Historia fundationum Ecclesiae Christi Oxon. unà cum Episcoporum , Decanorum & Canonicorum ejusd . Catalogo . 'T is a MS. and hath this beginning , Monasterium sive Prioratus S. Frideswydae virginis fundata est ab eadem Frideswydâ filiâ Didaci alias Didani , &c. A copy of this in qu. I once saw in the hands of Dr. Joh. Fell Dean of Ch. Ch. but many faults have been committed therein by an illiterate Scribe . At length Dr. Hutten having lived to the age of 75. died on the 17. year 1632 of May in sixteen hundred thirty and two , and was buried in the Divinity-Chappel ( the north Isle remotest from the Choire ) belonging to the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. before-mentioned . A copy of his Epitaph you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 288. b. By his Wife Anne Hamden he had a Daughter named Alice , who was married to Dr. Rich. Corbet , afterwards successively B. of Oxon and Norwich . ROBERT HUES , or Husius as he writes himself , was born b at Little Hereford commonly called Harford near to Leonminsher in Herefordshire ; who , tho well grounded in Grammar learning and of good parts , and therefore of desert , yet at his first coming to the University he was only a poor Scholar or Servitour of Brasnose , and among the pauperes Scholares is he numbred in the publick Matricula under Coll. Aenean , about 1571. In that house he continued for some time a very sober and serious Student , and was countenanced by one or more of the Seniors thereof , but being sensible of the loss of time which he sustained there by constant attendance , he translated himself to S. Maries hall , and took the degree of Bac. of Arts at about 7 years standing , being then noted for a good Grecian . Which degree he compleating by Determination , he afterwards travelled , and in fine became well skill'd in Geography and Mathematicks . The last of which being the faculty he excelled in , made him respected by that generous Count Henry Earl of Northumberland , who allowed him an yearly Pension for the encouragement of his studies , but whether he was ever Mathematick Professor of Gresham coll . as a certain learned c Gent. reports , I cannot tell . He hath written , De Globis celest . & terrest . Tract . 2. Several times printed in Lat. and Engl. in oct . The first edition of this book had this title , Tractatus de Globis & eorum usu ; accommodatus iis qui Londini editi sunt ; an . 1593. sumptibus Gulielmi Sandersoni Civ . Lond. Lond. 1593. oct . It was afterwards illustrated with figures and annotations by Joh. Isaac Pontanus Professor of Philosophy at Harderwicke in Gelderlandt . — Amstel . 1617. 1624. &c. Oxon. 1663. in oct . and twelv . Breviarium totius Orbis . Printed several times at Lond. in Lat. and Engl. in oct . and tw . This Mr. Hues died in the Stone-house ( then belonging to Joh. Smith M. of A. Son of Tho. Smith Cook of Ch. Ch. ) opposite almost to the Inn called the Blew-Boar in S. Aldates Parish in Oxon , on the 24. year 1632 of May , in sixteen hundred thirty and two , aged 79 years , and was buried near to the grave of Dr. Hutten , within the limits of the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. before-mentioned . His Epitaph is printed in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 288. b. wherein you 'll find other matters relating to him , which I have not here set down . I find one Rob. Hughes who was an English Merchant in the Kingdom of India and City of Agemer , author of a Dictionary containing the English and Persian Languages ; an . 1616. MS. sometimes in the Lord Hattons Library , now in that of Bodley , but what relation there was between this and the former , I know not , I think none , because their names differ . The Reader may be pleased now to take notice that the said R. Hues the Mathematician , having spent one year or two in the condition of a Tutor to Algernon Son of Hen. Earl of Northumberland , in Ch. Ch. he was therefore thrust among the writers of that house , against the consent of the author , into Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. by the publisher thereof , who endeavoured to disturb the course of that History , to satisfie his partial ends . He also thrust in of his own accord among the Bishops of the said House Joh. Piers Archb. of York , and Miles Smith B. of Glouc. The former , who had been Dean for a time , had most of his education in Magd. coll . and the other who had been Petty-Canon , was chiefly educated in that of Brasnose . ALEXANDER COOKE received his first breath in Yorkshire , ( at , or near to , Beeston by Leeds , ) and educated in Grammar learning in those parts . In Michaelmas-Term , an . 1581. he was admitted a Member of Brasnose coll . being then 17 years of age , and after he had taken one degree in Arts , he was chosen into a Percy-Fellowship of Vniversity coll . in 1587. In the year following he took the degree of M. of A. and about that time holy Orders : So that applying himself solely to the study of the sacred writ , became a frequent and noted Preacher in these parts , took the degree of Bach. of that Faculty in 1597. and had some little Cure bestowed upon him . At length upon the decease of his Brother Robert , ( whom I have mentioned under the year 1614. ) he became Vicar of Lee●s in his own Country . He was a person most admirably well read in the controversies between the Protestants and the Papists , vers'd in the Fathers and Schoolmen , a great Calvinist , yet witty and ingenious , and a Satyrical Enemy in his writings against the Romanists , as it evidently appears in these books following , which have been much taken into the hands of ingenious men . Pope Joan. A dialogue between a Protestant and a Papist , manifestly proving that a Woman called Joan was Pope of Rome , &c. against Rob. Bellarmine , Caes , Baronius , Flor. Raemundus , &c. impudently denying the same . Lond. 1610. qu. Which book being in great request among Protestants beyond Sea , was translated into French by J. de la Montagne . Printed at Sedan 1633. in oct . The abatement of Popish Brags , pretending Scripture to be theirs . Lond. 1625. qu. The Weather-cock of Rome's Religion , with her several changes : or , the World turned topsie turvie by Papists . Lond. 1625. qu. More work for a Mass-Priest . Lond. 1621. qu. Yet more work for a Mass-Priest . Lond. 1622. qu. Work , more work , and yet a little more work for a Mass-Priest . Lond. 1628. &c. qu. 'T is the same with the two former immediately going before , only some alterations in , and several additions put to , it , especially in that edition which came out in 1630. What other things he published I know not , nor anything else of him , only that he was buried in Leeds Church near to the Body of his Brother Rob. Cooke , 23. June in sixteen hundred thirty and two , year 1632 and that he left behind him the character of A good and learned man , a man abounding in charity , and exemplary in his life and conversation , yet hated by the R. Catholicks who lived near Leeds and in Yorkshire , and indeed by all elsewhere who had read his works . JAMES WHITLOCK , was born in London 28. Nov. 1570. descended from those of his name living near to Olyngham in Berkshire , educated in Merchant Taylors School , elected Scholar of S. Johns coll . in 1588. took one degree in the Civil Law , setled in the Middle Temple , became summer Reader of that House , 17 Jac. 1. a Knight , chief Justice of Chester and at length one of the Justices of the Common Picas , as in his Epitaph 't is said , tho in his his last Will , of the Kings Bench. He had the Latin tongue so perfect , that sitting Judge of Assize at Oxon , when some Foreigners ( persons of quality ) purposely came into the Court to see the manner of proceedings in matters of Justice , he briefly repeated the heads of his charge to the Grand Jury in good and elegant Latin , and thereby informed the Strangers and Scholars there present , of the ability of the Judges , and the course of proceeding in matter of Law and Justice . He understood the Greek very well and the Hebrew , was vers'd in the Jewish Histories , and excellently knowing in the Histories of his own Country , and in the Pedigrees of most persons of honour and quality in England , and much conversant also in the study of Antiquity and Heraldry . He was not by any exceeded in the knowledge of his own profession of the Common Law of England , wherein , his knowledge of the Civil Law was a help to him , as his learned arguments both at the Bar and Bench have confirm'd it for a truth . His works are these . Reading in the Middle Temple hall . — In which was so much solid Law and excellent learning express'd , that copies were desired , and taken of it , but whether printed I cannot tell . Several Speeches in Parliament . — One of which is extant in a book intit . The Soveraign's Prerogative and the Subjects Privileges discussed , &c. in the 3. and 4. of K. Ch. 1. Lond. 1657. fol. Of the antiquity , use , and ceremony of lawful Combats in England . — MS. The beginning of which is , Combats are distinguished to be lawful and unlawful , &c. This MS. which I saw and perused in the choice Library of MSS. of Ralph Sheldon of Beoly Esq had the name of James Whitlock set and subscrib'd to it , and so consequently I took him to be the author ; who dying on the 22. of June in sixteen hundred thirty and two , the King did lose as good a Subject , his Country as good a Patriot , the People as just a Judge , as ever lived , &c. as his Son Bulstrode Whitlock tells * us , His body was afterward buried at Falley or Fawley not far from Great Wycomb in Bucks ; over which , his Son before-mentioned , not only erected a stately monument , but also a Chappel , which serves for a burial place for those descended from him . ISAAC WAKE , Son of Arthur Wake Rector of Billyng in Northamptonshire , Master of the Hospital of St. John in Northampton , and Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , third Son of John Wake Esq of the ancient and honourable Family of his name living at Sawcy Forest , was born in the said County of Northampton , ( at Billyng as it seems , ) became a Member of this University in the beginning of the year 1593. aged 18. or thereabouts , elected Probationer-Fellow of Merton coll . 1598. Orator of the University 1604. being then Regent ad placitum , publickly known to the K. and Court at Oxon in the year following , by his Orations of a Ciceronian stile delivered before them when entertained there , travelled into France and Italy , 1609. and after his return was entertained in the quality of a Secretary to Sir Dudley Carleton one of the Secretaries of State , and from his , was advanced to the King 's , service , by being imployed Embassador to Venice , Savoy , and elsewhere . The time when he went to Savoy was in the c middle of Apr. 1619. being in few days before made a Knight , whose Escocheon then , or soon after , which was hung up in all publick places where he came , had this inscription written under it . Sir Isaac Wake Knight Embassador Extraordinary in Savoy and Piemont , Ordinary for Italy , Helvetia , and Rhetia , select for France . In 1623. he was elected Burgess by the Members of this University to serve in that Parliament which began the 19. Feb. the same year , in which he was much admired for his excellent elocution . I have been informed by some of the Ancients of Merton coll . that this our author Wake had his Pen more at command in the Latin , English , and French tongue , than any of his time in the University . Also that his speaking was Majestick , that he was better for Orations than disputing , and that he employed his time more in reading political and civil matters , than Philosophy or the great Faculties . Further also that he was a gentile man in behaviour , well spoken , and therefore put upon Speeches at all Receptions and Funerals . There is no doubt but that he was a man of exquisite learning , strong parts of nature , and of a most refined wit. He hath written , Rex Platonicus ; sive de potentiss . Principis Jacobi Regis ad Academ . Oxon. adventu , an . 1605. Oxon. 1607. qu. afterwards printed in oct . Oratio funebris habita in templo B. Mariae Oxon , quum maesti Oxinienses , piis manibus Johannis Rainoldi parentarent . Oxon. 1608. in tw . &c. Translated into English by Thom. Fuller in his Abel redivivus . — Lond. 1651. qu. Oratio funebris habita in Schola Theologica in obitum Clariss . Equitis Tho. Bodley . Oxon. 1613. qu. Wake 's name is not set to it , only said in the title to be made by the publick Orator of the University , which office Wake then injoyed . 'T is reprinted in a book published by Will. Bates D. D. a Nonconformist-Minister , intit . Vitae selectiorum aliquot virorum , qui doctrina , dignitate aut pietate inclaruere . Lond. 1681. in a large qu. Discourse of the 13 Cantons of the Helvetical League . Lond. 1655. oct . Discourse of the state of Italy as it stood about the year 1625. — Printed with the former discourse . Discourse upon the proceedings of the Kings of Sweden . — Printed also with the former . These three last discourses were printed at Lond. in oct . with this title put before them , A threefold help to political observations . I find another book going under his name that bears this title , Disquisitions upon the Nativity of our Saviour Jesus Christ . — When printed I know not , for I have not yet seen it . And another called , A relation of what hapned in the Dutchies of Mantoua and Montferrat from the beginning of the year 1628. unto the end of the year 1629. — MS. among those given by the learned Selden's Executors to the publick Libr. at Oxon. The beginning of it is , In the year of our Lord 1627. was closed with the death of Vincenzo Gonzaga , &c. He hath also Several Letters of State in the book called , Cabala , or Mysteries of State , &c. Lond. 1654. qu. and Several Letters in that intit . Cabala , or Scrinia Sacra . Lond. 1663. fol. He took his last farewel of this World at Paris , during his being there in the service of his Majesty : Whereupon his body being embalmed , was brought over into England , and inter'd on the south side of the Chancel belonging to the Chappel in Dover Castle , in the month of July in sixteen hundred thirty and two . At which time Mr. John Reading Minister of S. Maries Church in Dover preached his Funeral Sermon , wherein he took occasion to speak very honourably of the person that laid dead before him , whom he knew and well remembred in the University of Oxon. THOMAS ALLEN , or Alleyn , the Father of all learning and vertuous industry , an unfeigned lover and furtherer of all good Arts and Sciences , was born at Vttoxeter in Staffordshire on the day of S. Thomas the Apostle , in 1542. being a Descendant , thro six Generations , from Henry Allen , or Alan , Lord of the Mannor of Buckenhall in the said County , was admitted Scholar of Trinity coll . 4. June 1561. Fellow in 65. and two years after , Master of Arts. But being much inclined to live a retired life , and averse from taking holy Orders , he left the Coll. and his Fellowship , about 1570. and receeded to Gloucester hall , where he lived a close Student many years , and at length became an eminent Antiquary , Philosopher , and Mathematician , and not only the Prince or Coryphaeus , ( as one d saith , ) but the very Soul and Sun of all the Mathematicians of his time . Being thus accomplished with various sorts of learning , he was several times invited to the families of Princes and Nobles , not only of this Nation , but of others : And when Albertus L'askie Count or Prince of Sirade in Poland was in England , he did court him to go with him into his own Country , 1583. and to live there as he pleased , and accept of such Honours and Dignities which he could get for him ; but he being delighted with retiredness and an Academical life , did evade his civility , and thereby , as a true Philosopher , contemn'd riches and greatness . He was also often courted to live in the family of that most noble and generous Count Henry Earl of Northumberland , a great Patron of Mathematicians : Whereupon spending some time with him , he was infinitely beloved and admired not only by that Count , but by such Artists who then lived with , or often retired to him , as Tho. Harriot , John Dee , Walt. Warner , Nath. Torporley , &c. the Atlantes of the Mathematick World. Robert Earl of Leicester , Chancellour of this University , and the grand favourite in Queen Elizabeth's Reign , did also before that time entertain him , and would have confer'd upon him a Bishoprick ; but for the sweetness of a retired life , he denied that also . The truth is , that Earl did highly value him , and no person was more familiar with him than Mr. Allen , and d ee before-mentioned . Whence 't was that the author of the book , called , Leicester's Commonwealth , reporteth , that they ( whom he stiles Atheists ) used the art of figuring and con●uring for procuring the said Earls unlawful designs , and that also by their Black Art , they endeavoured a match between Q. Elizabeth and him . How true these things are , let others , who know the author of that book that reports them , judge . Certain it is , that Allen was so great with that Count , that few matters of State passed , but he had knowledge of them , and nothing of moment was done in the University , but Allen gave him it in writing . He was also very great and highly respected by other famous men of his time of this Kingdom , as with Bodley , Savi●e , Camden , Cotton , Spelman , Selden , &c. the last of whom e saith , that Allen was omni eruditionis genere summoque judicio ornatissimus , celeberrimae Academiae Oxon. decus insignissimum : And f Camden , that he was Plurimis & optimis artibus ornatiss . His sufficiencies in the Mathematick Science being generally noted , he was thereupon accounted another Rog. Bacon , which was the reason why he became terrible to the Vulgar , especially those of Oxon , who took him to be a perfect Conjurer . He was a great collector of scattered MSS. of whatsoever Faculty , especially those of History , Antiquity , Astronomy , Mathematicks , Philosophy , &c. sparing neither cost or labour to procure them : Some of which I have seen quoted in the works of learned authors , as being in Bibliotheca Alleniana . By his help , advice , and communication , several of the University became eminent in Mathematicks and Antiquities ; of which number were Harriot , Twyne , Hegge , the two Jeames , Burton , Digby , &c. whom for their labours communicated to posterity , I have partly before touched , and shall hereafter mention , in their respective places . As for Allen's collections , observations , and notes of Astronomy , Mathematicks , and N. Philosophy , they are got into obscure hands , and 't is thought that Digby , whose name is famous among many , hath made use of those of Philosophy . All that I have seen written by Allen , are these following . Claudii Ptolomei Pelusiensis , de Astrorum judiciis , aut ut vulgo vocant , quadripartitae constructionis ; lib. secundus . cum expositione Thomae Alleyn Angli-Oxoniensis . The first chapter of which begins thus , Hactenus quidem pre ecurrimus ea quorum cognitione , &c. Cl. Ptolomei de Astror . judiciis , lib. 3. cum expositione Tho. Alleyn , &c. These two MSS. coming into the hands of William Lilly the sometimes famous Figure-flinger , were by him bestowed on Elias Ashmole Esq in 1652. One of the said copies was transcribed from the original , which Sir Tho. Aylesbury had of the gift of Mr. Allen , the other copy John Huniades the great Chymist had in his possession , who gave it , as it seems , to Lilly. He , the said Allen , put notes also on many of his books , and some were by him put on Joh. Bales book De Scriptoribus Maj. Britanniae , which are entred by another hand in the margin of the said author , that is in the publick Library at Oxon. At length , he having lived to a great age , surrendred up his last breath in Gloucester hall , year 1632 on the 30. Sept. in sixteen hundred thirty and two , and the next day an eloquent oration being delivered by Mr. Will. Burton of that house in the publick Refectory there , in praise of the Defunct , before the Vicechancellour , Heads of Colleges and Halls , and many of the University then present , the body was accompanied by them to the chappel of Trinity coll . where , after another Speech was spoken by Mr. George Bathurst , the body was solemnly inter'd . Soon after , the chief part of his Library of incomparable MSS. coming into the hands of Sir Kenelm Digby , as the owner before had appointed , they were the next year given by him to the Bodleian or publick Library , where they yet remain . Some of them had before , and about the time of Allen's death , been got from him by Rich. James of C. C. coll . for the Cottonian Library , and others came into the hands of Sir Tho. Aylesbury Master of the Requests , but where those are now , in truth I cannot tell . Some years since I made a search in the said chappel of Trin. coll . for an Epitaph on Mr. Allens grave , but not so much as a letter appearing , you shall have part of his character instead of it , which I found written in a certain MS. in the Library of the said college , running thus , Vir fuit elegantium literarum studiosissimus , Academicae disciplinae tenacissimus , apud Exteros & Academicos semper in magno pretio , eorumque qui in Ecclesia Anglicana atque in Vniversitate Oxoniensi pro meritis suis ad Dignitates aut Praefecturas subinde provecti fuerunt . Fuit sagacissimus observator , familiariss . conviva , &c. His picture painted to the life , he gave to the President of Trinity coll . and his Successors , to be there remaining in the Dining-room of the said President for ever : Another copy he gave to the Cottonian Library , and a third to his old Friend Dr. Tho. Clayton Master of Pembroke college , whose Son Sir Thomas hath it at this day . I shall make mention of another Tho : Allen under the year 1636. ROBERT HAYMAN , a Devonian born , was entred a Sojourner of Exeter coll . while he was very young , an . 1590 , where being noted for his ingenuity and pregnant parts , became valued by several persons who were afterwards eminent ; among whom were Will. Noy , Arth. Duck his kinsman , Will. and George Hakewill , Tho. Winniff , Rob. Vilvaine , Sim. Baskervile , &c. all of that House , Will. Vaughan of Jesus coll . Charles Fitzgeffry of Broadgates , &c. Afterwards he retired to Lincolns Inn without the honour of a degree , studied for a time the municipal Law , but his Genie being well known to be poetical , fell into acquaintance with , and received encouragement to proceed in his studies from , Mich. Drayton , Ben. Johnson , John Owen the Epigrammatist , George Wither the puritanical Satyrist , John Vicars of Ch. Ch. Hospital , &c. and at length writing several specimens of his wit , which I think are quite lost , had , tho phantastical , the general vogue of a poet . After he had left Linc. Inn and had arrived toward the fortieth year of his age he was made Governour of the plantation of Harbor-Grace in Bristol-hope in Britaniola , anciently called New found-land , where , after some time of residence , he did , at spare hours , write and translate , these matters following . Quodlibets , lately come over from New Britaniola , antiently called New-found-land . Epigrams , and other small parcels , both moral and divine . — These two , divided into four books , were printed at London 1628. in qu. the author of them being then there . He also translated from Lat. into English verse , Several sententious epigrams and witty sayings out of sundry authors both ancient and modern , ( especially many of the epigrams of Joh. Owen . ) Lond. 1628. qu. As also from French into English , The two railing Epistles of the witty Doctor Francis Rablais . On the 17. of Nov. in 1628. he being then bound to Guiane in America to settle a Plantation there , made his Will , a copy of which I have a seen , wherein he desires to be buried where he dies . year 1632 On the 24. of January in sixteen hundred thirty and two , issued out a Commission from the Prerog . Court of Canterbury to a certain person , who had moneys owing to him by Hayman , to administer the goods , debts , chattels , &c. of him the said Rob. Hayman , lately deceased . So that I suppose he died beyond the Seas that year , aged 49. or thereabouts . WILLIAM SUTTON , a Citizens Son , was born in London , sent by his Relations from Merchant-Taylors School to Ch. Ch. in 1578. aged 15. or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , entred into the Sacred Function , and in the year 1592. was admitted to the reading of the Sentences ; about which time he was Parson of Blandford St. Mary in Dorsetshire , and Vicar of Sturminster-Marshal in the same County . He was a very learned man , an excellent Orator , Latinist , Grecian , and Preacher . He had a well furnish'd Library , wrote much , but ordered his Son to print nothing after his death . All that was made publick in his life-time , was only this . The falshood of the chief grounds of the Romish Religion , descried and convinced in a brief answer to certain motives sent by a Priest to a Gentleman to induce him to turn Papist . — Which book stealing into the Press , and coming out full of faults , his Son Will. Sutton Bach. of Div. of Ch. Ch. corrected and reprinted it after his Fathers death Lond. 1635. in oct . or tw . He finished his course about the latter end of Octob. in sixteen hundred thirty and two , and was buried in the Church of Blandford St. Mary before-mentioned . I have been informed that other things of our author Will. Sutton were published after his death , but such I have not yet seen . JOHN RIDER received his first being in this World at Carrington in Cheshire , applied his Genie to Academical studies in Jesus coll . an . 1576. took the degrees in Arts , as a Member thereof , and after he had remained some years in the University in the instruction of Youths in Grammar , became Minister of S. Mary Magd. at Bermondsey near to London , afterwards Rector of the rich Church of Winwick in Lancashire , Archdeacon of Meath in Ireland , Dean of St. Patricks Church near to Dublin , and at length Bishop of Killaloe , an . 1612. where he was much respected and reverenced for his Religion and learning . While he remained in Oxon he composed , A Dictionary English and Latin ; and Lat. and Engl. Oxon. 1589. in a large thick qu. It was the first Dictionary that had the English before the Latin , ( epitomizing the learnedst and choicest Dictionaries that were then extant , ) and was beheld as the best that was then in use . But that part of it which had the Latin before the English , was swallowed up by the greater attempts of Franc. Holyoake , who saith that he designed and contrived it so , before the Vocabularies or Dictionaries of Becman , Funger , and Martin came out ; notwithstanding it appears that he was beholding to them , and made use of their materials in his Dictionary that he published , an . 1606. Besides the said Dictionary our author Rider hath also written , A Letter concerning the news out of Ireland , and of the Spaniards landing , and present state there . Lond. 1601. qu. And having had controversies with one Hen. Fitz-Simons a learned Jesuit of Ireland , published a book intituled , Claim of Antiquity in behalf of the Protestant Religion . — When this was printed I know not . The confutation of it , I am sure , with a reply to Rider's Rescript or Postscript , written by the said Fitz-Simons , were printed at Roan in Normandy , an . 1608. qu. as I shall tell you under the year 1643. He also ( Rider ) published other matters ; which having been printed in Ireland , and therefore few or none of them come into these parts , I cannot give you the titles of them . He departed this mortal life on the twelfth day of Novemb. year 1632 in sixteen hundred thirty and two , and was buried at Killaloe , in the Cathedral Church there dedicated to the memory of S. Flannan , leaving behind him the character of a learned and religious Prelate . EDWARD JORDEN , a learned , candid , and sober Physician of his time , was born at High-Halden in Kent , and educated for a time , as it seems , among several of his Countrymen in Hart hall , where some of his Sirname did about that time study , but whether he took a degree here , it appears not . Afterwards , designing Physick his profession , he travelled beyond the Seas , spent some time at Padua , where he took the degree of Doctor of that Faculty , and upon his return practiced in London , and became one of the Coll. of Physicians there . Afterwards he setled in the City of Bathe , where practicing with good success , had the applause of the learned , respect from the rich , prayers from the poor , and the love of all . He hath written , A brief discourse of a disease called the suffocation of the mother , &c. Lond. 1603. qu. Discourse of natural Bathes and mineral Waters . — Twice printed : Which being revised and corrected by Thomas Guidott Bach. of Phys. of Wadh. coll . and a Practicioner in the City of Bathe , he published it a third time at Lond. 1669. in oct . To which he added an Appendix containing , A treatise concerning the Bathe , wherein the antiquity both of the Bathes and the City is discoursed , &c. — Dr. Jorden died about the seventh day of January in sixteen hundred thirty and two , aged 63. and was buried in the south Isle joyning to the great Church within the City of Bathe , dedicated to S. Peter and S. Paul. He had a natural inclination to Mineral b works , and was at great charges about the ordering of Allum , which succeeding not according to expectation , he was thereby much prejudiced in his Estate , as it appears in the 7. chap. of Nat. Bathes & Mineral Waters , wherein 't is said that Allum was the greatest Debtor he had , and he the greatest Benefactor to it , as he could make it appear , when he thought fit to publish the artifice thereof . JOHN BARLOW , a Cheshire man born , became a Student of Hart hall in the year 1600. aged 19. or more , took one degree in Arts 8 years after , being then in Orders and a Curate . Afterwards , upon an invitation , he was made Minister of Plymouth in Devonshire ; where continuing to the great liking of the inhabitants , yet notwithstanding he left them , and went to Halifax in Yorkshire , where , as it seems , he was a Curate or Lecturer . He hath published , Various Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Christian's last day , is the best day , on 1 Thes . 4. 18. Lond. 1618. qu. ( 2 ) Hieron's last farewel ; preached at Modbury in Devonsh . at the Funeral of Sam. Hieron , on 2 Tim. 4. 7. Lond. 1618. qu. ( 3 ) The good Man's refuge in affliction , on Psal. 40. 18. Lond. 1618. qu. ( 4 ) The true guide to glory ; preached at Plymton-Mary in Devonsh . at the Funeral of the Lady Strode of Newingham , Widdow of Sir Will. Strode , on Psal . 73. 24. Lond. 1619. qu. ( 5 ) The good Mans privilege , on Rom. 8. 28. Lond. 1618. qu. ( 6 ) Joy of the upright Man , on Psal . 97. 11. lb. 1619. qu. An Exposition on the second Epistle of S. Paul to Timothy , the first chapter , &c. Lond. 1625. qu. To which was the Exposition of the second , and of other parts of Scripture , added . — Lond. 1632. fol. Among several Records in the Prerogative-office , I once saw the last Will c and Test . of one John Barlow Clerk , of Chiddingfield in Surrey , which was proved 26. May 1641. the Testator having some weeks before been dead , but whether this John Barlow be the same with the former Joh. Barlow , who was the writer , I cannot justly say , nor whether he be the same with Joh. Barlow M. of Arts , who in Sept. 1620. became Prebendary of Wivelscomb in the Church of Wells , on the resignation of Will. Barlow . The said Joh. Barlow of Chiddingfield doth mention his Brethren , Edward , Raphe , Laurence , William and Rob. Barlow . FRANCIS GODWIN , a passing great lover of venerable antiquity and of all good literature , Son of Thom. Godwin D. D. sometimes Bishop of B. and Wells , was born at Hannington in Northamptonshire , 4. of Q. Elizabeth , elected Student of Ch. Ch. in 1578. took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became Rector of Samford-Orcais in Somersetshire , Prebendary of S. Decuman in the Church of Wells , Residentiary there , and Vicar of Weston in Zoyland in the same County ; which last he resigning , became Vicar of Bishops Lidiard in 1595. being then Sub-dean of Exeter , and about that time Doctor of Divinity . In the year 1601. he was nominated to the See of Landaff by Q. Elizabeth , to which being consecrated 22. Nov. the same year , sate there about 16 years , being a Bishoprick rather proportionated to his modesty than merits , because much impaired by one of his Predecessors named Anth. Kitchin alias Dunstan , whom I shall elsewhere mention ; and therefore had liberty allowed to him to keep one of his Dignities in Commendam with it , and to take upon him the Rectory of Kingston-Scymour in the Dioc. of Wells . Afterwards for the respect that K. James had for him and his learning , he gave him the Bishoprick of Hereford , to which he was translated the tenth , and confirmed the 28. of Nov. an . 1617. and kept it to his dying day . He was a good Man , a grave Divine , skilful Mathematician , excellent Philosopher , pure Latinist , and incomparable Historian , being no less critical in Histories than the learned Selden . A person also he was so celebrated by many in his time , whether at home or beyond the Seas , that his memory cannot otherwise but be precious in succeeding ages , for his indefatigable pains and travel in collecting the succession of all the Bishops of England and Wales , since the first planting of the Gospel among the Christians , nor pretermitting such of the British Church , or any that have been remembred by the care and diligence of preceeding writers , or had been kept in memory in any old monument or record . But as he hath in those his infinite labours endeavoured , out of a Puritanical peak , to bring a scandal on the ancient Cath. Bishops , and to advance the credit of those that were married since the Reformation ( he being one of that number ) for the credit of the Protest . cause ; so comes one afterwards , by name W. Prynne , the most inveterate Enemy to the Bishops that ever appeared in our Horizon , who thence ( from his labours ) takes all d advantages , whether truth or not truth , to raise arguments against , or bring a scandal upon , the prelatical function . Take heed therefore of being partial , lest others light Candles from your Torch , and thereby in the end , you lend a helping hand for the cutting your own Throat . But to return : to give therefore our author Godwin a farther character ( as I have received it from his e Son ) he was esteemed a good preacher , and a strict liver , but so much employed in his studies and matters of Religion , that he was as 't were a stranger to the world and the things thereof . His works are these . Concio Lat. in Luc. 5. 3. Printed 1601. qu. A Catalogue of the Bishops of England , since the first planting of Christian Religion in this Island , together with a brief History of their Lives and memorable actions , so near as can be gathered out of antiquity . Lond. 1601. qu. in an English character . For the writing of which , Q. Elizabeth immediately preferr'd him to the Bishoprick of Landaff . But this book being imperfect , for therein are omitted the Bishops of Bangor , S. Asaph , &c. the Author came out with another Edition , with many additions , an . 1615. qu. and thereunto joyned , A Discourse concerning the first conversion of this Island of Britaine unto the Christian Religion — which is set before it , and Discourse concerning such Englishmen , as have either been , or in our histories reputed , Cardinals of the Church of Rome . — which is put at the end of it . But this Edition of 1615. with the said two additional discourses , being very full of faults , and not to be endured by any ordinary Reader , he put them forthwith into Latine , entitling them De Praesulibus Angliae commentarius , &c. Lond. 1616. qu. The Reader is now to understand , that after the first Edition of the said Catalogue of Bishops came out , in 1601. Sir John Harrington of Kelston near the City of Bathe , Son of John Harrington of the said place Esquire , ( who dying near to the Bishops Pallace of , and in , London , 1. Jul. 1582. was buried in the Church of S. Gregory near to Pauls Cathedral ) and he the Son of Alex. Harrington , descended from a younger brother of the Harringtons of Brierley in Yorkshire , I say that the said Sir John Harrington sometimes an Eaton Scholar , and afterwards M. of Arts of Camb. being minded to obtain the favour of Prince Henry , wrote a discourse for his private use intit . A brief view of the state of the Church of England , as it stood in Qu. Elizabeths and King James's raign , to the year 1608. &c. This book is no more than a character and History of the Bishops of those times , and was written to the said Prince Henry , as an additional supply to the before mention'd Catalogue of Bishops of Dr. Fr. Godwin , upon occasion of that Proverb . Henry the eighth pulled down Monks and their Cells . Henry the ninth shall pull down Bishops and their Bells . In the said book the author Harrington doth , by imitating his Godmother Qu. Elizabeth , shew himself a great enemy to married Bishops , especially to such that had been married twice , and many things therein are said of them , that were by no means fit to be published , being , as I have told you before , written only for private use . But so it was , that the book coming into the hands of one John Chetwind , ( Grandson by a Daughter to the author , ) a person deeply principled in presbyterian tenents , did , when the Press was open , print it at London 1653. in oct . And no sooner it was published , and came into the hands of many , but 't was exceedingly clamour'd at by the Loyal and orthodox Clergy , condemning him much that published it . The truth is , that tho it did not give offence so much as Sir Anthony Weldons book intit . The Court and character of K. James , which was publish'd three years before , yet it was exceedingly pleasing to the Presbyterians and other Diffenters . And there is no doubt , but that if it had come into the hands of Prynne before mentioned , he would have raked out many things thence , and aggravated them to the highest , to furnish his Common Place book , when he was about to publish The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy , &c. Our author Godwin wrote also , Appendix adcommentarium de Praesulibus Angliae . Lond. 1621. 22. in two sh . in qu. R●rum Anglicaerum Henrico VIII . Edwardo VI. & Maria regnantibus Annales . Lond. 1616. 28. 30. in qu. and fol. Translated into English by his Son Morgan Godwin Bac. of Arts of Ch. Ch. afterwards Bach. of the Civil Law of Pembr . coll . Master of the Free-School at Newland in Glocestershire , Canon of Hereford and Doctor of his Faculty . Which English translation hath been several times printed . The man in the Moon : or , a discourse of a Voyage thither . Lond. 1638. and 57. oct . written while he was a Student of Ch. Ch. under the seigned name of Domingo Gozales , and published , some years after the authors death , by E. M. ( of Ch. Ch. ) This book , ( which hath before the title of it the picture of a man taken up from the top of a Mountain , by an Engine drawn up to the Moon by certain flying Birds ) was censured to be as vain as the opinion of Copernicus , or the strange discourses of the Antipodes when first heard of . Yet since by a more inquisitive search in unravelling those intricacies , men of solid judgments have since found out a way to pick up that which may add a very considerable knowledge and advantage to posterity . Among which Dr. Wilkins , sometimes Bishop of Chester , composed by hints thence given , ( as 't is thought ) a learned piece called , A discovery of a new World in the Moon . Nuncius inanimatus . Utopiae 1629. Lond. 1657. oct . Translated into English , by Anon. who intitles it The mysterious Messenger , unlocking the secrets of mens hearts . Printed with The man in the Moon . Lond. 1657. oct . in two sheets only . At length after our authors many labours , wherein he aimed mostly at the publick , he was taken with a long lingring disease , which bringing him to his desired haven , year 1633 in the beginning of the year ( in Apr. as it seems ) sixteen hundred thirty and three , was buried in the Chancel of his Church of Whitborne , ( which , with the mannour thereof , belongs to the Bishops of Hereford ) situate and being about 14. miles distant from the said City . To the said See , after his death , was elected Dr. William Juxon , but before he was consecrated , he was translated to London , as I shall tell you elsewhere . That which I have forgot to let the Reader know , is , that whereas there goes under the name of the Bishop of Landaff , A treatise on the blessed Sacrament , printed in oct . and one or more Sermons on the sixth Psalm , they are not be attributed to Dr. Godwin , but to his predecessor , as I suppose in Landaff , called Gerv. Babington : Sed de hoc quaere . HUGH HOLLAND , Son of Rob. Holland ( by his Wife the Daughter of one Pain of Denbigh ) Son of Lewys Holland , Son of Llewellin , Son of Griffith Holland of Vaerdre , by Gwervilla his Wife , Daughter of Howell ap Madock , ap Jem , ap Einion , was born at Denbigh , bred in Westminster School , while Camden taught there , elected into Trinity coll . in Cambridge , an . 1589. of which he was afterwards Fellow . Thence he went to travel into Italy , and was at Rome , where his over free discourse betrayed his prudence . Thence he went to Jerusalem to do his devotions to the holy Sepulcher , and in his return touch'd at Constantinople , where he received a reprimand from the English Embassador , for the former freedom of his tongue . At his return into England , he retired to Oxon , spent some years there as a Sojournour for the sake of the publick Library , and , as I have been informed , had his Lodging in Ball. coll . which is partly the reason why I insert him here . He is observed by a Cambridge a man to have been no bad English , but an excellent Latine , Poet , and by some thought worthy to be mention'd by Spencer , Sidney and others , the chiefest of our English Poets . His works are these . MSS. Verses in description of the chief Cities of Europe Chronicle of Qu. Elizab. raign . Life of Will. Camden Clarenceaux K. of Armes . A Cypress Garland for the sacred forehead of the late Soveraign K. James . Lond. 1625. a Poem ; and other things which I have not yet seen ; but he was not the author of the Appendix to the Commentary of Engl. Bishops , as one b or more think . He died within the City of Westminster , ( having always been in animo Catholicus ) in sixteen hundred thirty and three ; whereupon his body was buried in the Abby Church of S. Peter , there , near to the door entring into the Monuments , or the door , thro which people enter to see the Monuments , on the three and twentieth day of July in the same year . I have seen a copy of his Epitaph made by himself , wherein he is stiled miserimus peccator , musarum & amicitiarum cultor sanctissimus , &c. and another made by a second person , which for brevity sake I now pass by . In my searches I find one Hugh Holland to have been admitted Bac. of Arts with Tho. Worthington ( afterwards a Jesuit ) in Mich. Term , an . 1570. and another Hugh Holland an Esquires Son of Denbighshire to be matriculated as a member of Ball. coll . an . 1582. aged 24. with others of that Sirname of the same house , but whether any of them were authors , I cannot yet tell , or whether the last was the same with the Poet. Qu. GEORGE ABBOT , younger brother to Rob. Abbot , whom I have mention'd under the year 1617. was born in the same Town and house where Robert was , bred also in the same School , under Mr. Franc. Taylor , entred a student in Ball. coll . 1578. aged 16. or thereabouts , elected Probationer-Fellow thereof , 29. Nov. 1583. being then Bach. of Arts ; and afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he entred into holy Orders , and became a celebrated preacher in the University . In 1597. he was licensed to proceed in Divinity , and in the same year being elected Master of Vniversity coll . gave up all right that he had to his Fellowship . In the latter end of 1599. he was made Dean of Winchester in the place of Dr. Martin Heton promoted to the See of Ely : Which Dignity he keeping till 1609. succeeded then Dr. Thom. Morton Dean of Glocester . On the third of Dec. 1609. he was consecrated Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry , and had restitution c of the Temporalities belonging thereunto , made to him on the 29. of the same month . In Febr. following he was translated to London , and being elected soon after to the See of Canterbury , had the Kings d consent to it , 29. March 1610. On the 9. of Apr. 1611. he was e translated to the said See of Canterbury , and on the 4. of May following had restitution f made to him of the Temporalities belonging thereunto . On the 23. of June ensuing , he was g sworn a member of his Majesties Privy Council , and accordingly took his place . So that he having never been Rector or Vicar of a parish , and so consequently was in a manner ignorant of the trouble that attended the ministers of Gods word , was the cause ( as some think ) why he was harsh to them , and why he shew'd more respect to a Cloak , than a Cassock . He was a person pious and grave , and exemplary in his life and conversation . He was also a learned man , and had his erudition all of the old stamp . He was stiffly * principled in the doctrine of S. Augustine , which they who understand it not , call Calvinism , and therefore disrelish'd by them who incline to the Massilian and Arminian Tenets . Those that well remember him have said , that tho he was a plausible preacher , yet his brother Robert was a greater Scholar , and tho an able Statesman , yet Robert was a deeper Divine . The things that he hath written are these , which shew him to be a man of parts , learning , vigilancy , and unwearied study , tho overwhelm'd with business . Questiones sex , totidem praelectionibus in Schola Theologicâ Oxomiae , pro formâ habitis , discussae & disceptatae , an . 1597 ; in quibus , è sacra scriptura & Patribus , quid statuendum sit , definitur . Oxon 1598. qu. Francof . 1616. qu. which last edition was published by Abrah . Scultetus . Exposition on the Prophet Jonah , contained in certain Sermons preached in S. Maries Ch. in Oxon. Lond. 1600. and 1613. The reasons which Dr. Hill hath brought for the upholding of Papistry , unmasked , and shewed to be very weak , &c. Oxon. 1604. qu. Which book was in answer to one intit . A quartron of reasons of Cath. Religion , with as many brief answers of refusal . Antw. 1600. qu. written by Tho. Hill. D. D. then living at Phalempyne beyond the Sea , who a little before had left the Church of England to embrace the Doctrine of that of Rome . He was also answer'd by Franc. Dillingham Bac. of Div. of Cambridge , in a book intit . A quartron of reasons composed by Dr. Hill unquartered , and proved a quartron of follies . Cambridge 1603. qu. Preface to the examination of George Sprot . London 1608. qu. Sermon at Westminster 26 May , 1608. at the funeral solemnities of Thomas Earl of Dorset Lord High Treasurer of England , on Isaiah 40. 6. London 1608. qu. Brief description of the whole world . Lond. 1617. qu : the 9th edition . Other editions in oct . followed , and the book is commonly called Abbots Geography . Treatise of perpetual visibility , and succession of the true Church in all ages . Lond. 1624. qu. His name is not set to this book , only his Arms empaled by those belonging to the See of Canterbury are put before it ; and 't is generally reputed to be his and none but his . History of the Massacre in the Valtoline . — At the end of the third vol. of Joh. Fox hs book of Acts and Mon. of the Church . Lond. 1631. 41. &c. His Judgment of bowing at the name of Jesus . Ham. 1632. oct . Several Speeches and Discourses in Parliament and elsewhere . — At length he being found guilty of casual homicide ( the particulars of which are mention'd by Historians ) he retired for a time to Guildford in Surrey , the place of his nativity , where he had erected an Hospital for men and women . Afterwards removing to Croyden , he gave way to fate , in his Pallace there , on the fourth day of August , year 1633 in sixteen hundred thirty and three , aged 71. Whereupon , according to his desire , his body was buried in the Chappel of our Lady , within Trinity Church in Guildford . Over his grave was soon after built a sumptuous Altar , or Table-monument , with his proportion in his Pontificalia lying thereon , supported by six pillars of the Dorick order , of black Marble standing on six pedestals of piled books , with a large inscription thereon , beginning thus . Sacrum memoriae honoratiss . Archipraesulis , &c. At the east end of the said Mon. is another large inscript . which begins also thus . Aeternae memoriae Sacrum . Magni hic ( Hospes ) Hospitis monumenta vides , &c. Besides this Dr. George Abbot Archbishop of Canterbury , I find another of both his names to have been a writer also , but later in time ; and author of The whole book of Job Paraphrased , &c. London 1640. qu. Dedicated to his Father-in Law , Will. Purefey Esque as also of Vindiciae Sabbathi , &c. — Lond. 1641. qu. as I shall tell you farther in Tho. Broad , under the year 1635. And of Brief notes upon the whole book of Psalms , &c. Lond. in qu. besides other things . But whether this George Abbot was ever of Oxford , I cannot as yet tell . A third George Abbot I find to have been elected Probationer Fellow of Merton coll . 1622. and admitted Bach. of the Civil Law in 1630. but he hath written nothing , and nothing else do I know of him only that he was Son of Sir Maurice Abbot sometimes Lord Mayor of London , brother to Dr. Geo. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury . HENRY CARY , Son of Sir Edw. Cary of Aldenham and Berchamsted in Hertfordshire Knight , Master of the Jewel house to Q. Elizabeth and K. James , by Katherine his Wife , Daughter of Sir Hen. Knevet Knight , was born in that County , and at about 16 years of age was sent to obtain Academical learning in this University , particularly , as it seems , to Exeter coll . where by the help of a good Tutor , and extraordinary parts , be became a most accomplished Gentleman . 'Ts said h that during his stay in the Vniversity of Oxford , his Chamber was the rendezvouz of all the eminent Wits , Divines , Philosophers , Lawyers , Historians , and Politicians of that time , but how true it is , seeing Henry was then a young man and not graduated , I cannot in the least perceive . Had those things been spoken of Lucius Cary his Son , who retired several times to , and took commons in , Exeter coll . while his Brother Lorenzo studied therein 1628. and after , I should have rather believed it . But let the matter rest as 't is : Sure I am , that after Hen. Cary had left the University where he had obtained a celebrated name , he was introduced into the Royal Court , was made Knight of the Bath at the creation of Charles Prince of Wales , Comptroller of his Majesties Houshold , one of his Privy Council , Lord Deputy of Ireland , an . 1622. and about the same time Viscount Falkland in Scotland , being then in much esteem by that King for his great abilities and experience in state affairs . He wrote several things , but not printed , and is supposed to be author of , The History of the most unfortunate Prince K. Edw. 2. with choice political observations on him and his unhappy favourites , Gaveston and Spencer : containing several passages of those times not found in other Historians . Lond. 1680. oct . Which book being found among the Papers of the said Henry Visc . Falkland , was published therefore as his , when the Press was open for all such books that could make any thing against the then Government , with a Preface to the Reader patch'd up from very inconsiderable authors , by Sir Ja. H. as is supposed . The Reader is to know that in 1628. was published at Lond. in oct . an historical Poem intit . The deplorable life and death of Edward the Second K. of England , together with the downfal , &c. written by one Rich. Hubert : which Poem being printed without the knowledge of the author , and so consequently full of faults and not according to his mind , a true copy was printed at Lond. in the year following in oct . bearing this title , The History of Edw. 2. sirnamed Carnarvon one of our English Kings : together with the fatal downfal of his two unfortunate Favourites , Gaveston and Spencer . Published by the authors own copy , with the Addition of some other observations both of use and ornament , written by his elder Brother Sir Franc. Hubert ( or Hobert ) Knight . As for Henry Lord Falkland he gave way to fate , occasioned by the breaking of his Leg on a stand in Theobald's Park , in Sept. or Octob. in sixteen hundred thirty and three , year 1633 but where he was buried , I cannot tell . He left behind him a Son named Lucius Cary begotten on the body of his Wife Elizabeth , sole Daughter and Heir of Sir Laurence Tanfield L. Chief Baron of the Exchequer , by whom he had the Mannor of Great Tew , the Priory , with the Rectory and Demesnes , of Burford , in Oxfordshire , and other Lands . Whether this Lucius was born at Burford , ( as some think he was , ) the publick Register of that place , which commences about the beginning of the Reign of K. Jam. 1. takes no notice of it : However that he was mostly nursed there by a wet and dry Nurse , the Ancients of that Town , who remember their names , have some years since informed me . So that the place of his Nativity being yet doubtful to me , I must tell you that when his Father became Lord Deputy of Ireland , he carried his Son Lucius then a wild Youth with him into that Country , where he caused him to be educated in Academical learning in Trinity coll . near to Dublin , and afterwards sent him to travel under the tutelage and protection of a discreet person , who making a very great reformation in him , as to life , manners , and learning , Lucius had ever after a great respect and veneration for him . Upon his return he retired several times to Oxon to enlarge that learning , which he had acquir'd , as I shall anon tell you . His first years of reason were spent in Poetry and polite learning , into the first of which he made divers plausible sallies , which caused him therefore to be admired by the Poets of those times , particularly , first by Ben. Johnson , who hath an Epigram on him in his Vnderwood , in the second vol. of his works . 2. By Edm. Waller of Beconsfield , who highly a extols his worth and admirable parts ; and , 3. By Sir John Suckling , who afterwards brought him into his Poem , called , b The Session of Poets , thus , He was of late so gone with Divinity , That he had almost forgot his Poetry , Though to say the truth ( and Apollo did know it ) He might have been both his Priest and his Poet. Much about the time of his Fathers death , he became one of the Gent. of his Majesty's Privy Chamber , had frequent retirements to Great Tew , and sometimes to Oxon ( as he had done very frequently before his Marriage ) for the company of , and conversation with , learned and witty men . Among whom were Will. Chillingworth of Trinity coll . John Earle and Hugh Cressy of Merton coll . George Aglionby of Ch. Ch. Charles Gataker of Pembroke coll . ( Son of Thom. Gataker of Redriff or Ridrith near to London , ) who , I think , was afterwards his Chaplain , Thom. Triplet a very witty man of Ch. Ch. and others . He had also intimate acquaintance with George Sandys the Poet , who usually lived at Caswell , near to Witney , in the house of Sir Franc. W●nman , who married his Sister ; whose company was usually frequented , when Lucius retired to his house at Burford . In 1639. he was put in Commission for his Majesty in the expedition against the Scots , and upon his safe return thence , Abr. Cowley the Prince of Poets , and a great admirer of him , hath an excellent c copy of verses , wherein are several things honourably mentioned of him and his learning . In the beginning of the year 1640. he was chosen a Member of the House of Commons , for Newport in the Isle of Wight , to serve in that Parliament that began at Westminster on the 13. of Apr. the same year , and again for the same place for that Parliament that began there also 3. Nov. following : In which last he shewed himself a great reformer of divers abuses , and a stickler for the Commons against the Kings Prerogative , and Bishops . But being taken off from those proceedings by being made one of the Secretaries of State , he ever after adher'd to his Majesty , was with him at York in 1642. and had a hand in most of those Declarations published by his Majesty's special command in all places in England , to shew the reason of his intentions and proceedings . Afterwards he was a constant follower of his Majesty , was with him at Edghill fight , and afterwards at Oxon , where he discharged his office with a great deal of prudence . While he lived , and especially after his death , he was esteemed by many a Socinian , ( having been , as 't is said , strengthned in that opinion by Chillingworth , ) and I know not what ; but one d that knew him very well , doth ( tho a zealous Papist ) clear him from being guilty of any such matter , and tells us withal , that he was the greatest ornament to our Nation that the last age produced . Another e also , who had been intimate with him , saith , that he was the envy of this age , and will be the wonder of the next , that he honoured and served his Creator in the days of his youth , — that he was not a Candidate of Atheism , &c. The truth is , all that knew the said Lucius L. Falkland , were fully possessed with opinions to the contrary , and have usually said , that he was a sincere Christian , that he always led a virtuous life , and despised all worldly things in comparison of necessary divine truth , that he was a lover of veracity and sincerity , and what not , for the accomplishment of a religious man. As for his parts , which speak him better than any Elogy , they were incomparable , and needed no supplies of industry . His answers were quick and sudden , and tho he had a great deal of true worth treasured up in him , yet he had much of modesty withal . So that all these things put together , ( to which more might be added , ) his memory ought to be precious , especially with such , who have any esteem for virtue , heroical fidelity to their Prince , or to incomparable learning . Among several things of his that are printed , are , ( 1 ) A speech in Parliament concerning Vniformity . ( 2 ) Sp. concerning ill Counsellours ; both spoken in 1640. ( 3 ) Sp. about Ship-money 5. Dec. 1640. ( 4 ) Sp. concerning John Lord Finch , lately L. Keeper , and the Judges . ( 5 ) Sp. to the Lords of the upper House , after the reading of the Articles against John L. Finch 14. Jan. 1640. ( 6 ) Sp. concerning Episcopacy 9. Feb. 1640 , the beginning of which is Mr. Speaker , he is a great stranger in Israel , &c. Which Sp. is said f by Dr. P. Heylyn to be a bitter Speech against the Bishops , upon which account it is much used and g quoted by the Presbyterians . I have seen another Speech also intit . A draught of a Speech concerning Episcopacy , found among the L. Falklands papers since his death , written with his own hand . Oxon. 1644. in 1 sh . in qu. The beginning of which is Mr. Speaker , whosoever desires this total change , &c. Also another thing of his intit . A discourse concerning Episcopacy . Lond. 1660. qu. Published then I presume by one who was not a Friend to Bishops , being the same , I think , that was by Dr. Heylyn taken to be a bitter Speech against them . He hath also written , A dscourse of the infallibility of the Church of Rome , several times printed in qu. Whereupon an answer to it being made , the Lord came out with a reply . All published together by Tho. Triplet sometimes Student of Ch. Ch. afterwards D. of D. and Prebendary of Westminster , printed at London 1651. qu. with a dedicatory epistle before them . See more in Dr. Hen. Hammond under the year 1660. But before Triplets edition , another was put out by Anon. to which J. P. put a Preface to it , which is omitted in that of Triplet . See more in Hugh Cressy , under the year 1674. By this Discourse of infallibility it is apparent that the L. Falkland had framed a judgment touching the R. Cath. Church out of certain Cath. writers , who represented it too disadvantagiously , and not with such qualifications as the Ch. her self has done . He also wrote , An answer to a letter of Mr. Walt. Mountague , who justifies his change of Religion , an . 1635. printed at the end of his Discourse of Infalibility , an . 1651. and A Letter to Mr. Fr. M. an . 1636. printed at the end of Five captious questions , propounded by a Factor for the Papacy . Lond. 1673. qu. As also a Comedy called The marriage night . Lond. 1664. qu. At length this learned author being with his Majesty King Ch. 1. at Newbury in Berks. when he was about to fight the Rebels , he called for a clean shirt in the morning before the encounter began ; and being asked the reason for it , he answered that if he was slain in the Battle they should not find his body in foul linnen . Whereupon his friends endeavouring to disswade him from going into the fight , as having no call to it , or that he was a military Officer , he said he was weary of the times and foresaw much misery to his own Country , and did believe he should be out of it before night . Into the Battle therefore he did go , notwithstanding all perswasions to the contrary , and was there slain , 20 Sept. 1643. much lamented as a great Parliamentarian h saith ) of all that knew him , being a Gentleman of great parts , ingenuity and honour , courteous and just to all , and a passionate promoter of all endeavours of Peace betwixt the King and Parliament . Whether the Church of England lost a friend by his death , some have doubted : Sure it is , learning it self had a loss , and one of the greatest ( as many Clergymen have said ) that ever hapned in that or in the age before . His body was conveyed to Oxon , and afterwards to Great Tow before mention'd , where it was buried in the Church without being carried into his house there . Over his grave , tho there be not yet any memory extant , yet Sir Franc. Wortley of Wortley in Yorkshire Knight and Baronet , an admirer of his virtues and learning , who stiles him Musarum militumque patronus hath bestowed an Epitaph and an Elegy on him , in his book intit . Characters and Elegies , printed 1646. in qu. His person was little and of no great strength , his hair blackish and somewhat flaggy , and his eye black and quick . He left behind him a most disconsolate Widdow named Letice , the Daughter of Sir Rich. Morison of Tooley-Park in Leicestershire Knight , the most devout , pious and virtuous woman of the time she lived in , who dying about the 35. year of her age , was buried by her husband . in Feb. 1646. Soon after was composed a book by one John Duncon a sequestred Divine intit . The returns of spiritual comfort and grief in a devout soul . Represented ( by entercourse of Letters ) to the right honourable the Lady Letice Vi-countess Falkland , in her life time : And exemplified in the holy life and death of the said honourable Lady , &c. Lond. 1648. &c. oct . To the said book , if it may be had , I refer the Reader , wherein he may soon perceive the unspeakable piety of the woman , and the great command of her Pen. By her husband Lucius L. Falkland , she had several children , of which the eldest named Lucius became a Nobleman of Ch. Ch. in the latter end of the year ( in Lent time ) 1646. being then a young man of great hopes , but died soon after , at Paris as I have heard . The next was Henry , not educated in Academical learning , but so exceeding wild and extravagant , that he sold his Fathers incomparable Library for a Horse and a Mare , as I have been informed by Sir J. H. who married his Widdow . Afterwards he took up , and prov'd a man of parts , ( which might have been much advantaged if he had submitted himself to education ) was elected one of the Knights for Oxfordshire , to serve in that Parliament ( called Richards Parliament ) that began at Westminster 27 Jan. 1658. Burgess for the City of Oxon , for that called the Healing Parliament , which began 25 Apr. 1660. and a Knight again for the said County to serve in the Parliament that began in May in the year following ; and at length by his Majesties favour , he was made about that time Lord Leiutenant of Oxfordshire . He died 2 Apr. 1663. aged 29. or thereabouts , and was buried by the graves of his Father and Mother , leaving then behind him issue ( by Rachel his Wife Dau. of Sir Anth. Hungerford of Blackbourton in Oxfordshire Kt. ) a Son named Anthony , now L. Falkland , Treasurer , Paymaster to the Navy during the raign of K. Jam. 2. a person of great parts and worth . HENRY FERRERS , Son and heir of Edw. Ferrers of Baldesley-Clynton in Warwickshire Esq ; was born in that County , became a Student in this University ( in Hart hall as it seems ) in the beginning of the raign of Qu. Elizabeth , but whether he took a degree it doth not appear . Afterwards he retired to his Patrimony , which was considerable , and prosecuting his natural Genie to the study of Heraldry , Genealogies , and Antiquities , became highly valued for his eminent knowledge in them ; whereby he did not only give a fair lustre to his ancient and noble family , ( whereof he was no small ornament ) but also to the County of his nativity . He was well known to , and respected by the Learned Camden , who , in his Discourse of the antiquity of the City of Coventry in Warwickshire doth make this honorable mention of him . — Thus much of Coventry : yet have you not all this of me , but ( willingly to acknowledge by whom I have profited ) of Henry Ferrers of Baldesley , a man both for parentage , and for knowledge of antiquity very commendable , and my special friend : who , both in this place , and also elsewhere , hath at all times curteously shewed me the right way when I was out , and from his Candle , as it were hath lightened mine . What this Mr. Ferrers hath published , I know not , sure I am that he made several volums of choice collections ( one of which in fol. containing Pedegrees , I have seen in the Sheldonian Library , now in that of the college of Arms ) from which , but chiefly from those of Sir Sim. Archer of Vmberslade in the parish of Tamworth in Warwickshire , a person naturally qualified with a great affection to Antiquities , Will. Dugdale Gent. ( afterwards a Knight ) laid a large foundation of that elaborate work ( which is his Master-piece ) intit . The Antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated , &c. Lond. 1656. fol. After Sir Will. Dugdales death several of Mr. Ferrers collections that had come into his hands were reposited in the Ashmolean Musaeum : see the book marked with Z. He had also in his younger days a good faculty in Poetry , some of which I have seen scattered in divers books printed in the raign of Qu. Elizabeth . At length dying on the tenth day of Oct. in sixteen hundred thirty and three , year 1633 aged 84. was * buried in the middle of the Chancel belonging to the Church of Baldesley-Clynton before mentioned , leaving behind him the character of a well bred Gent , a good neighbour and an honest man. WILLIAM FOSTER , a Londoner born , became a Student in S. Johns coll . in Mich. Term 1609. aged 18. afterwards M. of A. Chaplain to Rob. L. Dormer E. of Carnarvan , and Parson of a little Town called Hedgley near to Beconsfield in Bucks . He hath published , Sermon on Rom. 6. 12. — printed 1629. qu. Hoplocrisma-Spongus : Or a Sponge to wipe away the weapon salve . Wherein is proved that the cure taken up among us , by applying the Salve to the weapon , is magicall and unlawful . Lond. 1631. qu. In the composure of which book he had some light from Johannes Roberti a Jesuit , and D. of D. who , because some Protestants practice this and characterical cures ( which notwithstanding are more frequent among Roman Catholicks ) he therefore calls them Magi-Calvinists , Characterists , &c. He makes that generally in them all , doctrinal , which is but in some few personally practiced . But our author Foster , tho he hath written rationally , and in his book hath shew'd great reading , yet he hath been answered , not without some scorn , by Rob. Fludd Doctor of Physick , as I shall tell you elsewhere . This Will. Foster lived some years after the publication of his Sponge , but when he died , or what other things he hath extant , I cannot yet tell . EDWARD WESTON , Son of Will. Weston sometimes of Linc. coll . ( afterwards one of the Society of Lincolns Inn ) by his Wife , Daughter of John Story LL. D. ( of whom I have made mention under the year 1571. ) was born in London and at about 12 or 13 years of age , an . 1578. was sent to the said coll . of Lincoln , where he had a Tutor that taught him Grammar and Logick for a time . Afterwards being taken thence by his Parents , he was put under the tuition of Dr. Joh. Case , who , with licence from the University , read to Scholars Logick and Philosophy in his house in S. Mar. Magdalens parish . Under him he profited in several sorts of learning to a miracle , became a good Disputant , and very well read in Philosocal authors . But his Parents , who were R. Catholicks , taking him away from his conversation with the Muses , after he had spent at least 5 years in Oxon. without the taking any degrees , was sent into France , where for a short time he setled in the English coll . at Rheimes . Thence he went to the English coll . at Rome , where , partly in Philosophy , and partly in Divinity , he spent six years ; and at length took the degree of Doctor of Div. in the University of Monreale in Italy . Soon after , he returned to Rhemes , where remaining for some time , eh went to Doway , and in the English coll . there taught and professed Divinity for about 10. years . Afterwards he went into England to preach the word of God , to administer to the distressed Catholicks , and to gain Souls to his Religion , where he was living in 1611. But his same for the exquisite writings that he published gaining him a great name , was called thence and made Canon of the collegiat Church of S. Mary at Bruges in Flanders , which he kept till the time of his death . He hath written , Justificationes de triplici hominis officio , ex notione ipsius naturali , morali , ac Theologica , in 3. libris . Antw. 1602. qu. In the Preface to which , the author having utter'd several matters against the learned Dr. Joh. Rainolds , which were by the Protestants taken for great reproaches , were animadverted upon by Wake a the Orator of Oxon in these words — Eat autem Westonus , &c. Let yet Weston that lewd and shameless Rabshake , belch out what reproaches he pleaseth against him , ( Rainolds ) and charge him not only with stupid dulness , but also that he counterfeited sickness , and pretended only to a disease , to preserve his credit , &c. Notwithstanding which , this Weston himself ( so like his b Uncle in his ill conditions and ignominious flight ) when he challenged all the Heads of the University and branded them for inpure , only for that some of them had entred into the state of Matrimony , could not find any one act out of Dr. Joh. Raynolds in all his life to blemish him withal , &c. Juris pontificii sanctuarium . printed 1613. in oct . This I have not yet seen . The trial of christian truth by the rules of virtues , namely these principal , Faith , Hope , Charity and Religion , &c. Doway 1614. qu. This is the first part , which treats only of Faith. The rest I have not yet seen . Theatrum vitae civilis ac sacrae : five de moribus reipub . christianae commentaria in quinque libros distributa . Brugis Flandr . 1626. fol. Jesu Christi D. nostri coruscationes , simulque ●orum vi . dictorum , factorumque quarundam personarum , eodem Christo praesente , in Evangelicâ historiâ recensitorum enarrationes , &c. Antw. 1631. fol. What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was living in sixteen hundred thirty and three , as I have been informed by Franc. à S. Clara , who told me also that he died and was buried at Bruges in Flanders . Besides this Edw. Weston , I find one Will. Weston born at Maidstone in Kent , who was contemporary with Edm. Campian the Jesuit in the University of Oxon. which place he leaving , he went beyond the Seas , entred c into the Society of Jesus 1571. aged 25. and after Jasp . Heywoods departure out of England , he was sent thither by Father Parsons from Paris to be his substitute in the place of Provincial , and how he behaved himself in that Office , let another d tell you . In 1587. he was taken , and imprisoned in Wisbich Castle , with others , where I find e him to be the prime promoter and carrier on of the faction between the Seculars and Jesuits : see more in Christop . Bagshaw under the year 1625. This Will. Weston is much noted in English Story by the name of Father Edmonds alias Weston , especially upon the publication of a book written by Sam. Harsnet afterwards Archb. of York , intit . A declaration of egregious popish impostures , to withdraw the hearts of her Majesties Subjects from their allegiance , &c. under the pretence of casting out devils , practised by Edmonds alias Weston a Jesuit , &c. Lond. 1603. qu. He died 9 Apr. 1615. leaving then behind him a precious name among the Brethren of his Order . This person tho evilly treated and disgracefully mentioned by the Secular Priests and certain Protestant writers , yet Father Parsons in his Brief Apology f or defence of the Catholick Ecclesiastical Hierarchie , &c. speaks very honourably of him as to his piety and mortified way of living . WILLIAM NOY , Son of Will. Noy of S. Burian in Cornwall Gent. by Philippa his Wife , was born there , became a sojournour of Exeter coll . in 1593. aged 16. where continuing a severe Student about 3 years , left the University without a degree , went to Linc. Inn , studied the Common Law , and by his unwearied industry and moyling day and night he became eminent in his profession . In the latter end of the raign of K. Jam. 1. he was chose a Burgess for Helston in his own Country to sit in that Parliament that began at Westminster 30. Jan. 1620. and for that which began there 19. Feb. 1623. In both which he shewed himself a profess'd enemy to the Kings prerogative . In 1625. he was elected a Burgess for S. Ives to sit in that Parliament , which began at Westminster 6. Feb. wherein , as in another following , shewing himself an enemy as before , he was at length diverted from his proceedings by being made Attorney General , an . 1631. He was as famous a Lawyer as ever this Kingdom bred , as a certain author g informs us , who adds that formerly he was a great Patriot , and the only searcher of Presidents for the Parliaments : By which he grew so cunning , as he understood all the shifts which former kings had used to get moneys with . This man the K. sent for , told him , he would make him his Attorney . Noy , like a true cynick as he was , did , for that time go away , not returning to the King so much as the civility of thanks , nor indeed , was it worth his thanks , I am sure he was not worthy of ours . For , after the Court solicitings had bewitched him , to become the Kings , he grew the most hateful man that ever lived , &c. he having been as great a deluge to this Realm , as the flood was to the whole world : For he swept away all our priviledges , and in truth hath been the cause of all these miseries this Kingdom hath since been ingulphed ; whether you consider our Religion ( he being a great Papist , if not an Atheist , and the protecter of all Papists , and the raiser of them up unto that boldness they were now grown unto ) or if you consider our Estates and Liberties , which were impoverished and enthralled by multitudes of Papists and illegal ways , which this Monster was the sole author of , &c. He was a man passing a humorous , of cynical rusticity , a most indesatigable plodder , and searcher of ancient Records , whereby he became an eminent instrument of good and ill to the Kings Prerogative . His apprehension ( as 't is said ) was quick and clear , his judgment methodical and solid , his memory strong , his curiosity deep and searching , his temper patient and cautious , all tempered with an honest bluntishness , far from Court insinuation . He left behind him several things fit for the Press , and under his name were these books afterwards published . A Treatise of the principal grounds and maxims of the Laws of England , Lond. 1641. qu. Afterwards printed in oct . and tw . Perfect conveyancer : or several select and choice Precedents . Lond. 1655. qu. 2d edit . collected partly by Will. Noy , and partly by Sir Rob. Hendon Knight , sometimes one of the Barons of the Exchequer , Rob. Mason sometimes Recorder of London , and Henry Fleetweod , formerly Reader of Greys Inn. Reports and cases in the time of Qu. Elizabeth , K. James and King Charles 1. containing the most excellent exceptions for all manner of Declarations , Pleadings , and Demurs , exactly examined and laid down . London 1656. fol. The compleat Lawyer : or a Treatise concerning Tenures and Estates in Lands of inheritance for life and other hereditaments , and chattels real and personal , &c. Lond. 1661. and 74. in oct . with his picture before it . Arguments of Law and Speeches — He also left behind him several choice collections that he had made from the Records in the Tower of London , reduced into two large paper books of his own hand-writing . One contained collections concerning the Kings maintaining his Naval power according to the practice of his Ancestors ; and the other about the privileges and jurisdiction of ecclesiastical Courts . Dr. Tho. James of Oxon. when he compiled his Mannduction or Introduction unto Divinity , printed 1625. he afterwards acknowledged himself b beholding to the Extracts out of the Tower , fairly and largly transcribed ( as he saith ) by the said Mr. Noy a great Antiquary of Law. Which extracts , I presume , are the same with those before mention'd . At length his body being much out of Order by continual toyling and drudging , he retired to Tunbridge-wells to gain health in the month of July , but the waters effecting nothing ; he died there , on Saturday the 9. of Aug. following , in sixteen hundred thirty and four , year 1634 whereupon his body being conveyed to New Brentford in Middlesex , was privately buried on the Munday following under the communion table of the Chancel of the Church there . Over his grave was a stone soon after laid , with a brass plate fastned thereunto , and an inscription thereon , but soon after defaced . The next day after his departure , the news of it came to Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury then at Croydon , who thereupon made c this observation of him in his Diary . I have lost a dear friend of him , and the Church the greatest she had of his condition since she needed any such . His body being opened after his decease , his heart was found shrivel'd like a leather penny Purse , nor were his Lungs right , which caused several conjectures by the Puritans . But that which was most observable after his death , was his Will , d dated 3 June 1634. at which all the world wondred , because the maker thereof was accounted a great Clerk in the Law ; for therein , after he had bequeathed to his Son Hamphrey an hundred marks per an . to be paid out of his tenements in the hundred of Pydar in Cornwall , he concludes , & reliqua omnia , &c. and the rest of all my Lands , Goods , &c. I leave to my Son Edward Noy , whom I make my Executor , to be consumed and scattered about , nec de so mellus speravi , &c. But Edward lived not long to enjoy the estate , for within two years after , he was slain in a Duel in France , by one Captain Byron , who escaped scot-free and had his pardon , as Will. Prynn an inveterate enemy to Will. Noy his Father e reports . As his Majesty was somewhat troubled at his loss , and the Clergy more , so the generality of the Commons rejoyced . The Vintners drank carouses , in hopes to dress meat again and fell Tobaco , Beer , &c. which by a fullen capricio , Noy restrained them from . The Players also for whom he had done no kindness , did , the next Term after his decease , make him the subject of a merry Comedy , stiled A projector lately dead , &c. He had his humours as well as other men , but certainly he was a solid rational man , and tho no great Orator , yet he was a profound Lawyer , and none more better vers'd in Records than he . In his place of Attorney General succeeded Sir Joh. Banks , and the next year Sir Rob. Heath being removed from the Ch. Justiceship of the Kings Bench for bribery , Sir John Finch came into play , whereupon these verses were made . Noyes Flood is gone The Banks appear , Heath is shorn down And Finch sings there . THOMAS HICKS , or Hyckes , Son of Francis Hicks , mention'd under the year 1630 , was born at Shipson in the parish of Tredington in Worcestershire , became a Student in Balliol coll . in Mich-Term , an . 1616. aged 17. or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , and at length by the favour of Doctor Duppa Dean of Christs Church became one of the Chaplains or Petticanons of that House , about 1628. He hath written , The life of Lucian , gathered out of his own writings Oxon. 1634. qu. Which life is set before his Fathers translation of certain dialogues of that author . Notes and illustrations upon each dialogue , and book of Lucian , &c. — Besides his great skill in the Greek rongue , he was esteemed among the Academians a good Poet , and an excellent Limner : And without doubt had not death cut him off in the prime of his years on the sixteenth day of December , in sixteen hundred thirty and four , he might have benefited the Commonwealth of learning with other matters . He died in Christ Church and was buried in the Cathedral there ; which is all I yet know of him , only that Dr. J. F. the publisher of Hist . & Antiq. Oxon. committed a grand mistake of him in that book lib. 2. p. 283. b. Another of both his names was author of A dialogue between a Christian and a Quaker , &c. To which a continuation was added by the same author , in 1673. in oct . ARTHUR PITS , or Pitsius as he writes himself , a younger Son of Arthur Pits Bach. of Law , sometimes Fellow of All 's . coll . afterwards Registrary of the Diocess and Achdeaconry of Oxford , and Impropriator of Eifley near to , and in the County of Oxon. was born at Eifley , educated for a time either in All 's . or Brasnose coll . or in both successively , having been a Chorister of the first as it it seems , but before he took a degree he left the University , Country , and Relations , went to Doway , spent some time in the English coll . there , return'd into his Country , was taken and imprison'd : but at length being released and ship'd with other Priests and Jesuits at Tower-Wharf , at the Queens charge in Febr. 1584. was set on shoar in Normandy . Whereupon retiring to Doway passed a course in Divinity , became Doctor of that faculty , and at length was made Chancellour to the Cardinal of Loraine , being then a person much in esteem for his great knowledge in the supream faculty . He hath written , In quatuor Jesu Christi Evangelia & Acta Apostolorum commentarius . Duac . 1636. in a thick quarto . Which being all that he hath written , as I suppose , was published after his death by the English Benedictines at Doway , as one of them hath told me . At length Doctor Pits coming into England for health sake , left his preferment beyond the Seas , and setled in the house of a R. Catholick , named Stoner of Blounts Court near to Henley in Oxfordshire , a younger family of those of Stomer near to Watlington : year 1634 where dying about sixteen hundred thirty and four , was buried in the Church of Rotherfield Pipard , commonly called Pepper near to Henley before mention'd , as I have been informed by an antient Catholick Gentlewoman , who was born within a mile of , and well acquainted with , him : yet in the register of that Church his own name appears not . His Father Art. Pits died at Eifley in 1579. and was buried on the north side of the Chancel there , leaving a fair estate behind him to be enjoyed by four Sons then living , viz. Robert , Thomas , Arthur and Philip. ROBERT JOHNSON , a Londoner born , became a Student in Magd. coll . an . 1595. and in the year after Demy , aged 18. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1601. Afterwards he entred into the sacred function , became one of his Majesties Chaplains in Ordinary , and Bach. of Divinity ; which is all I know of him , only that he published , The way to glory , or the preaching of the Gospel is the ordinary means of our Salvation , Sermon in St. Pauls Cathedral 10. Decemb. 1620. on 2 Thes. 2. 14. London 1621. qu. A confutation of our Adversaries opinion of the Popes defining and expounding , Scriptures , Ex Cathedra is to be believed as undoubted truth . — Printed with the former book . Various Sermons , as ( 1 ) The necessity of faith , before the Prince at S. James , on Heb. 11 , 6. Lond. 1624. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. on Psal. 119. 33. — Pr. in qu. ( 3 ) Serm. on 1 Cor. 9. 14. London 1633. and a fourth , if I mistake not , intit . Davids Teacher , on Psal. 19. 30 — Printed 1609. Besides this Robert Johnson , hath been several of both his names that have been writers , as ( 1 ) Robert Johnson Gent. author of Essaies . Lond. 1607. ( oct . ) ( dedicated to Will. Earl of Pembroke ) whom I cannot say to be the same with Rob. Johnson of Qu. coll . born in the County of Durham , and Bach. of Arts 1599. ( 2 ) Rob. Johnson of York one of the Assembly of Divines , an . 1643. author of several Sermons preached before the members of the Long Parliament , as one intit . Lux & Lex , or the light of the Law of Jacobs house , Fast Serm. before the H. of Com. 31. Mar. on Isay 2. 6. Lond. 1647. qu. Another preached before the Lords 24. Jun. 1646. being a Fast Sermon , but I have not yet seen it . ( 3 ) Rob. Johnson LL. Bac. who , with Hen. Jolliffe sometimes Dean of Bristow , wrote against Bishop Joh. Hooper , a I shall tell you in the Fasti , an . 1551. ( 4 ) Rob. Johnson an eminent Musician living in the raign of Ch. 1. who with Tho. Ford were accounted famous and excellent in their faculties , as matters of their composition , which are extant , shew . ( 5 ) Robert Johnson author of Relations of the most famous Kingdoms and Commonwealths through the world , Lond. 1616. qu. which is all I know of him as yet . See another Rob. Johnson who was a benefactor to learning , in the Fasti , an . 1564. JOHN DAVIES , the fourth person of both his names , whom I have mentioned among these writers , was a Denbighshire man born , bred up at the feet of Will. Morgan , ( afterwards B. of S. Asaph ) became a Student in Jesus coll . in 1589 , took one degree in Arts four years after , left the University without compleating it by Determination , studied Divinity in the Country , and in the year 1608. was admitted to the reading of the Sentences as a member of Linc. coll . having been fourteen years a Minister of Gods Word , and dispenced with for not ruling in Arts. But before that time he was Rector of Malloyd , or Maynlloyd in Merionithshire , ( which occasioned , as I presume , Sir Leolyne Jenkyns to tell me that he was that Countryman born ) and afterwards a Canon of S. Asaph by the gift of Doctor Parry B. thereof , ( to whom he was Chaplain ) and a Dignitary , if I mistake not , in some other Church . In 1616. he proceeded in his faculty , as a member of the said coll . of Lincoln , being then esteemed by the Academians well vers'd in the History and Antiquities of his own Nation , and in the Greek and Hebrew Languages , a most exact Critick , an indefatigable searcher into antient Scripts , and well acquainted with curious and rare authors . His works are , Ant quae linguae Britannicae nunc communiter dictae Cambro-Britannicae , à suis Cymraecae vel Cambricae , ab aliis Wallicae rudimenta , &c. Lond. 1621. oct . Dictionarium Britannico-Latinum . Lond. 1632. fol. With this , is printed , Dictionarium Latino-Britannicum . Which was in a manner finish'd by Tho. Williams a Physitian , before the year 1600. Afterward compleated and published by Dr. Davies . I have been informed that in the Library of MSS. sometimes belonging to Rob. Vaughan of Hengwrt in Merionithshire , is a Welsh Dictionary that contains about two thousand words more than in the former . Lond. 1632. printed at the end of the Dict. before mentioned . Adagia Britannica . Authorum Britannicorum nomina & quando floruerunt . Adagiorum Britannicorum Specimen — MS. in bib . Bod. He also assisted Will. Morgan B. of Landaff and afterwards of S. Asaph , and Rich. Parry who succeeded him in the See of S. Asaph , in translating the Bible into Welsh , I mean in that corrected edition , that came out temp . Jac. 1. ( 1620. ) and also translated into the same language ( which he had studied at vacant hours for thirty years ) the book of Resolution , written by Rob. Persons a Jesuit . On the first of Feb. 1626. was one Joh. Davies a Doctors Son admitted Bac. of Arts , as a member of Glouc. hall , which I take to be Son of Doctor John Davies before mention'd , at which time Sir John Davies the Mathematician had a Son of both his names , who was Gent. Com. of that house . ROBERT GOMER SALL , the eldest Son of an Esquire , was born in London , applied his muse to Academical Literature in Ch. Ch. 1614. aged 14 of which house he was afterwards made a Student , and at about seven years standing taking the degree of M. of A. he entred into holy Orders , and became a very florid preacher in the University . In 1628. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , at which time he was esteemed excellent for Dramatick Poesie , especially upon his publishing of , The Tragedy of Ludov. Sforsa Duke of Millan . Lond. 1628. oct . Dedic . to Mr. Fr. Hyde of Ch. Ch. Proctor of the University . He wrote also The Levites revenge , containing Poetical meditations on the 19. and 20. Chapters of Judges . Lond. 1628. oct . Dedic . to Mr. Barten Holyday , Archd. of Oxford . Sermons on 1 Pet. 2. 13 , 14 , 15 , 16. London 1634. Dedicated to Sir John Strangwayes of Melbury in Dorsetshire , who seemed to be a favourer of the authors studies . Poems — Lond. 1638. oct . They were before published , and had then ( 1638. ) a new title put to them . One Rob. Gomersall , who seems to be a Devonian born , died 1646. leaving then by his Will * 1000 l. to his Son Robert , which Son perhaps may be the writer before mentioned . THOMAS INGMETHORP , a Worcestershire man born , was matriculated as a member of Brasnose coll . in the latter end of May 1581. aged 19. went away without any Degree confer'd upon him , and was afterwards made Rector of Great Stainton , or Stainton in that Street in the Bishoprick of Durham , being then accounted eminent for the Hebrew tongue , and for his admirable methods in Pedagogy ; which employment he practised not only before he came to Stainton , but also afterwards in his private house there among 12 or 14. boys , till almost to the time of his death . He hath published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. on 1 Joh. chap. 2. ver . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6. Oxon. 1598. oct . ( 2 ) Sermon upon the words of Saint Paul , Let every soul be subject to the higher powers , Rom. 13. 1. wherein the Popes Soveraignty over Princes is briefly , but sufficiently refuted , &c. London 1619. quarto ; and others which I have not yet seen . A short Catechism for young children to learn , by Law authorized , &c. Lond. 1633. oct . Catechism in English and Hebrew — printed in octavo . This I have not seen , nor any thing else , besides what is before set down . He died and was buried at Stainton before mention'd , but when , I know not . MILES SANDYS , a Knights Son , was born in Worcestershire , became a Gent. Com. of Ha●t hall in the beginning of the year 1615. aged 15 , but put under the tuition of Dr. Rich. Astley , Fellow ( afterwards Warden ) of Allsouls college , by whose endeavours this our author became afterwards a compleat Gentleman . He departed without a degree , tho much deserving of one , and afterwards had the degree of Knighthood confer'd upon him by his Majesty some years after . He hath written , Prudence , the first of the four Cardinal vertues . Lond. 1634. in tw . 'T is the first part of a small work written by him , chiefly concerning the Four Cardinal vertues , especially Prudence ; wherein is much reading shew'd . What other parts followed I know not , nor any thing else of the author . One Sir Miles Sandys of Wilberton in Cambridgeshire Knight and Baronet , third Son of Edwyn Archbishop of York , died in the latter end of 1644 , leaving then behind him a Son called Sir Miles Sandys Knight and Baronet : Whether this last be the same with the writer before mention'd I know not . LEONARD DIGGES , Son of Tho. Digges mentioned under the year 1574. by Anne his Wife , Daughter of Sir Warham St. Leodgar Knight , was born in London , became a Commoner of Vniv. coll . in the beginning of the year 1603. aged 15. took the degree of Bac. of Arts , retired to the great City for the present , afterwards travelled into several Countries , and became an accomplish'd person . Some years after his return he retired to his coll . again , and upon his supplication made to the venerable Convocation , he was , in consideration that he had spent * many years in good letters in transmarine Universities , actually created M. of A. in 1626. He was esteemed by those that knew him in Vniv. coll . a great Master of the English language , a perfect understander of the French and Spanish , a good Poet and no mean Orator . He hath translated out of Spanish into English a Romance called Gerardo the unfortunate Spaniard , in two parts . Lond. 1622. qu. written by Don Goncalo de Cespedes : And from Lat. into English verse , The rape of Proserpine , in 3 books . Lond. 1617. and 28. qu. written by Claudian ; besides other things which I have not yet seen . He died on the 7. Apr. in sixteen hundred thirty and five , and was buried in that little old Chappel of Vniv. coll . ( sometimes standing about the middle of the present Quadrangle ) which was pulled down in 1668. Several verses of his composition I have seen printed in the beginning of various authors , particularly those before Shakespeares works , which shew him to have been an eminent Poet of his time . THOMAS BROAD , or Brodaeus as he writes himself , Son of Will. Broad of Rendcombe in Gloucestershire Clerk , made his first entry into S. Maries hall in Mich. Term 1594. aged 17. and soon after translating himself to that of S. Alban , took the degrees in Arts as a Member thereof . In 1611. in which year his Father died , he became Rector of Rendcomb , the place of his nativity , where , as before in Oxon , he was held in great esteem for his learning and Religion . He hath written , Touch-stone for a Christian , wherein is shewed how a man may know whether he be the Temple of the Holy Ghost , &c. Lond. 1613. &c. in tw . The Christians Warfare , &c. Serm. on Jam. 4. 7. Lond. 1613. in tw . Three questions answer'd . The first question , What should our meaning be , when after the reading of the fourth Commandment , we pray , Lord incline our hearts to keep this Law. The second question , How the fourth Commandment , being delivered in such form of words , bind us to sanctifie any day , but only the seventh , &c. And the third question , How shall it appear to be the Law of Nature to sanctifie one day every week . Oxon. 1621. qu. Tractatus de Sabbato , in quo doctrina Ecclesiae primitivae dèclaratur ac defenditur . Printed 1627. qu. Two Treatises : one concerning the Sabbath or Seventh day . The other concerning the Lords day , or first of the week . — These two that were written in English and not printed , came in MS. into the hands of one George Abbot , not he that was Archbishop of Canterbury , but another , who making an answer to them , published it under the title of Vindiciae Sabbathi , or an answer to two treatises of Mr. Broad , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. He the said Tho. Broad departed this mortal life about the middle , or latter end of June , year 1635 in sixteen hundred thirty and five , and was buried by the bodies of his Father , and of his Brother Samuel , in the Chancel of the Church at Rendcombe before-mentioned , leaving then behind him four Sons ( besides Daughters ) which he had by Margaret his Wife , viz. William , Thomas , Sam. and John. Thomas succeeded him ( if I mistake not ) in the Rectory of Rendcombe , and afterwards became Rector of Risington Magna in Glucestershire , where he died in the beginning of 1679. RICHARD CORBET , was born of a gentile Family at Ewel in Surrey , Son a of Vincent b Corbet ; farther known By Poynters name , than by his own . And after he had spent some years in Westminster School , was sent to Broadgates hall in Lent-Term 1●97-98 . aged 15. and in the year after was made Student of Ch. Ch. In 1605. he proceeded M. of A. being then esteemed one of the most celebrated Wits in the University , as his Poems , Jests , Romantick fancies and exploits , which he made and perform'd extempore , shew'd . Afterwards entring into holy Orders , he became a most quaint Preacher and therefore much followed by ingenious men . At length being made one of the Chaplains to his Maj. K. Jam. 1. ( who highly valued him for his fine fancy and preaching ) he was by his favour promoted to the Deanery of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , an . 1620. being then D. of D. Senior Student of that house , Vicar of Cassington near to Woodstock in Oxfordshire , and Prebendary of Beminster Secunda in the Church of Sarum . At length upon the translation of Dr. Howson to the See of Durham ; he , by vertue of the Kings Letters , was elected Bishop of Oxon , 30. July 1629. and afterwards consecrated at Lambeth 19. Octob. and installed in his Chair 3. Nov. following . Upon the translation of Dr. White to Ely , he was elected Bishop of Norwich 7. Apr. 1632. and had restitution of the Temporalities belonging thereunto , made c to him on the 12. of May the same year . His writings that are published are only , Poetica Stromata : or , a collection of sundry pieces of Poetry : Lond. 1647. 48. &c. oct . made in his younger years , and never intended to be published by their author . He was buried at the upper end of the Choire belonging to the Cath. year 1635 Church of Norwich , in sixteen hundred thirty and five , and soon after , was a large Free stone of a sandy colour , laid over his body , with this engraven on a brass plate fastned thereunto . Richardus Corbet Theologiae Doctor , Ecclesiae Cathedralis Christi Oxoniensis primum Alumnus , inde Decanus , exinde Episcopus , illinc hu● translatus , & hinc in Coelum , Julii 28. an ▪ 1635. On the said stone are the ancient Arms of the Corbets of Shropshire , viz. Or , a Raven passant sab . This person was hospitably disposed and ever ready to express himself generous towards publick designs . Upon the repair of S. Paul's Cathedral , an . 1634. he used his utmost endeavour both by his excellent speech and exemplary gifts to advance that pious work , not only contributing largely himself ; but also giving monies to some Ministers , that had not to give , to incourage others to contribute , that might better give . JOHN COLLETON , or Collington , Son of Edmund Colleton of Milverton in Somersetshire Gent. was born there , and at 17 years of age , an . 1565. was sent to the University of Oxon , particularly , as 't is thought , to Lincoln coll . but leaving the place without a degree , and his Country , he crossed the Seas and went to Doway , where applying himself to the study of Divinity in the English coll . was made a Priest , and returned into England with Father Campian , an . 1580. But being taken and sent Prisoner to the Tower of London , was afterwards , upon his trial for conspiring the death of the Queen at Rome or Rheimes , set at liberty , and charged to depart the Land within few days after . In obedience therefore to that command , he , with others of his profession , went ( or rather were sent ) accordingly , in 1584. but tarrying there not long , returned , and spent many years in administring to the Brethren , and gaining Proselytes . In which time , as Father Persons reports , he was a principal author of the Libels against the Archpriestship : See more in Christop . Bagshaw , under the year 1625. In the Reign of K. Jam. 1. he was made Archdeacon of London , ( only titular ) Vicar General of the East parts of England , and at length Dean of Chalcedon , but when age grew upon him , Greg. Fisher alias Musket , Archdeacon of Surrey and Middlesex , was added as a Coadjutor in the Office of Vicar-General , 10. Feb. 1626. to assist in the East parts of England , namely in Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , Cambridgshire , Isle of Ely , Bedfordshire , Bucks , Middlesex , and Hertford . He hath written and published , A just defence of the slandred Priests , wherein are contained reasons against their receiving Mr. George Blackwel to be their Superior , &c. — Printed 1602. qu. concerning which book and Father Persons his character therein , you may see in The Anatomy of Popish Tyranny , &c. written by Tho. Bell , lib. 4. cap. 5. sect . 4. Supplication to the King of Great Britain for a toleration of the Cath. Religion . Epistle to P. Paul 5. — with other things which I have not yet seen . He ended his days in the house of a Rom. Catholick at Eltham in Kent , on the fourteenth of the Calends of Novemb. year 1635 in sixteen hundred thirty and five , aged 87. and was buried in the Church there , dedicated to S. John Bapt. Over his grave was soon after a monumental stone laid , with an inscription round the verge , a copy of which was sent to me by his Sisters Son , named Joh. Kynn O. S. B. living at Beoly in Worcestershire . Much about the time that this Joh. Colleton studied according to report in Linc. college , one Joh. Filby an Oxfordshire man born , studied there also , who leaving that coll . before he was Bac. of Arts , went to Rheimes , where he studied Divinity in the English coll . and was made a Priest . Afterwards being sent into the Mission of England , he was taken , imprisoned , and at length being condemned to die , was executed at Tyburn 30. May 1582. ALEXANDER GILL , born in Lincolnshire on the 27. Feb. 1564. was admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. coll . in Sept. 1583. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1590. left the coll . and became an instructer of Youth , but where , unless in the City of Norwich , ( where he lived 1597. and then wrote his treatise of the Trinity , ) I know not . Sure I am , that in 1608. he became the chief Master of S. Pauls School within the City of London , in the place of Rich. Mulcaster , was esteemed by most persons to be a learned man , a noted Latinist , Critick , and Divine , and also to have such an excellent way of training up youth , that none in his time went beyond him . Whence 't was that many noted persons in Church and State , did esteem it the greatest of their happiness , that they had been educated under him His works are , Treatise concerning the Trinity in unity of the Deity . Lond. 1601. oct . written to Tho. Manering an Anabaptist , who denied that Jesus is very God of very God. Logonomia Anglica . Qua gentis sermo facilius addiscitur . Lond. 1621. qu. Sacred Philosophy of holy Scripture . Or a Commentary on the Creed . Lond. 1635. fol. At the end of which is printed also his Treatise of the Trinity before mention'd . He died in his house in St. Pauls Ch. Yard , on the 17. year 1635 Novemb. in sixteen hundred thirty and five , and was buried on the twentieth day of the same month in Mercers Chappel in London , in a vault near to the Monument of Mr. Brown and Mr. Fishbourne . He left behind him a Son of both his names , whom I shall hereafter mention . EDMUND DEANE , Brother to Richard Deane Bishop of Ossory , and both the Sons of Gilb. Deane of Saltonstall in Yorkshire , was born there , or in that County , entred a Student in Merton coll . in Lent-Term 1591. aged 19. took one degree in Arts , and then retired to St. Albans hall , where prosecuting his Genie which he had to the faculty of Physick , took both the degrees therein , as a member of the said hall , and about that time retired to the City of York , and practised there , till about the beginning of the Civil Wars . He hath written , Spadacrene Anglica : or , the English Spaw Fountaine , being a brief Treatise of the acid or tart Fountain in the Forest of Knaresborough in Yorkshire . Lond. 1626. in oct . A relation of other medicinal waters in the said Forest — Printed with the former book . Admiranda chymica in oct . tractatulis , cum figuris . Franc. 1630. 35. qu. Sam. Norton is esteemed half author of this book . This eminent Physitian died before the Civil War brake forth , but the particular time , I know not . HUMPHREY LYND , a most learned Knight of his time , a zealous Puritan and a grand enemy to such who were called Arminians , was born in London , but descended from those of his name , if I mistake not , in Dorsetshere , educated in Westminster School , elected Student of Ch. Church in 1596. aged 17. and four years after took a degree in Arts. About that time he was called away to be heir to a fair estate , and being looked upon as a knowing person , was made a Justice of the Peace , a Knight by the favour of K. Jam. 1. 29. Oct. 1613. and was elected several times a Burgess to serve in Parliaments . He was a person of great knowledge and integrity , and a severe enemy to the Pontificians as well in his common discourse , as in his writings , which are , Antient characters of the visible Church . London 1625. Via tuta . The safe way to the true , antient , and Catholick faith now professed in the Church of England . Lond. 1628. oct . Answer'd by Rob. Jenison alias Frevil a Jesuit in a book intit . A pair of Spectacles for Sir Humph. Lynd , &c. Roan 1631. in oct . Which Jenison was born in the County Pal. of Durham and died in England 10. oct . 1656. Via devia . The by-way leading the weak in dangerous paths of popish errour . Lond. 1630. oct . A case for a pair of Spectacles , &c. — Refused to be Licensed by Bishop Lauds Chaplain , upon no other pretence ( as one a saith ) but that Sir Humphrey was a Lay-man ; but in verity , because he ( the Chaplain ) was unwilling to have him vindicate himself and the truth against a rayling Jesuit , &c. However this book was afterwards published by Dr. Dan. Featly , with a Supplement thereunto added by the Dr. in defence of Sir Humphrey — Lond. 1638. qu. Sir Humphrey also hath written an Account of Bertram the Priest , with observations concerning the censures upon his Tract De Corpore & Sanguine Christi , set by way of preface to it ; — Lond. 1623. oct . and by him dedicated to Sir Walt. Pye Knight , the Kings Majesties Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries . Which account , with observations , as also the dedic . Epistle of Sir Humphrey , ( all set before the translation of that book ) were published again by Mathew Brian . LL. D. sometimes a Student in Magd. hall , Oxon. — Lond. 1686 , oct . before which is set the picture of Charles the Great King of France and Emperour of Rome . See more in Will. Hugh , under the year 1549. Farther also , our Author Sir Humphrey , who was esteemed a deserving defender of the Cause of Religion , and to whom in other respects the Church and common cause did owe much , did , in the year 1623 , upon the motion of certain eminent Divines , ( of whom Dr. Featly was one ) undertake the charge of printing the particular passages of many late writers , castrated by the Romish knife . The collections were b made by Dr. Tho. James and were then ( in 1623 , ) sent to Dr. Featly and others to prepare them for the Press . They began with . Pol. Virgil , Stella , Mariana , Ferus , &c. Sir Hump. Lynd died on the eighth day of June in sixteen hundred thirty and six , year 1636 and was buried above the steps in the Chancel of the parish Church of Cobham in Surrey ( and not in Kent ) on the fourteenth day of the same month ; at which time Dr. D. Featly before mentioned preached the funeral Sermon , shewing then to the Auditory the great vertues , piety , and learning that were once in the person that lay dead before them . He left behind him three Sons , Robert Alex. and Humphrey , besides six Daughters . THOMAS ALLEN , an exact proficient in the Greek and Latine tongues , was sent from the Kings School at Worcester to this University in Mich. Term , 1589. aged 16 , where making great advances in Philosophy , was elected Probationer-Fellow of Merton coll . in 1593 , and by the severe discipline then used , he became a most noted Disputant . After he had compleated his Regency , he entred into the sacred function , but instead of frequent preaching , he exercised himself much in crabbed and critical learning . Whereupon being well esteemed by his Governour Sir Hen. Savile , he procured for him a Fellowship of Eaton coll . where he found him very serviceable for his designs . He hath written , Observationes in libellum Chrysostomi in Esaiam . Printed in Sir H. Saviles edition of S. Chrysostome , in the eighth vol. p. 139 , &c. He also was one that helped the said Knight in making and framing his Annotations on Chrysostomes Homelies , on Matthew and the other Evangelists , as he doth acknowledge in his Preface to the said Annotations , wherein he stiles this our author , Vir doctissimus , Graecarum literarum non minus quam Theologiae peritissimus , &c. He surrendred up his soul to him that gave it , year 1636 in sixteen hundred thirty and six , and was buried in Eaton coll . Chappel near to Windsore . Over his grave is a flat stone remaining , having this inscription carved on a brass plate fixed thereunto . Thomas Allenus Wigorniensis , vir pietate insignis , Theologus praestantissimus , multarum optimarum linguarum , variaeque eruditionis callentissimus , in collegium hoc ( in quo diu socius vixit ) in collegia insuper alia , locaque in quibus aliquam vitae suam partem posuit pie munificus , hic jacet . Obiit die decimo Mensis Octobris , an . 1636. He gave books to Mert. coll . library , and some to that of Brasenose ; in which last he had been a Student before he was elected into Merton . Another of both his names , but later in time , was sometimes Pastor of a Church in Norwich , and author of The Glory of Christ , set forth in several Sermons from John 3. 34 , 35 , 36. &c. published after the authors death in 1683. oct . JOHN JONES , the ornament of the English Benedictines in his time , was born in London , but descended from a family of his name living at Llan-Vrinach in Brecknockshire , elected Scholar of S. Johns coll . from Merchant Taylors School in 1591 , aged 16 , and soon after became Chamberfellow there , with Will , Land , who was afterwards Archb. of Canterbury . This person being entred and settled in a Jurists place , he applyed himself to the study of the Civil Law , and made a considerable progress therein ; but his mind being much inclined to the Rom. Religion , he left the coll . ( tho then Fellow and Bach. of Lawes standing ) his friends , relations , and Country , went into Spain , and being made a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict at Compostella , changed his name to Leander de Sancto Martino , and at length became D. of D. Thence he went to Doway , where he executed the office of publick professor of his faculty , and of the Hebrew tongue , in the coll . or cenobie of S. Vedastus for several years . He was Prior of the Benedictine coll . of S. Gregory there , and the design'd Abbat of Cismar in Germany , Vicar General also to the English Benedictines of the Spanish congregation , living out of Spain , twice President , or chief Superior of the Benedictines in England , and titular Prior of the Catholick Ch. of Canterbury . He was a person of extraordinary eloquence , generally knowing in all arts and sciences , beloved of all that knew him and his worth , and hated by none but by the Puritans and Jesuits . Towards his latter end he was invited into England by Doctor Laud Archb. of Canterbury , to consult with him about certain important points of Controversie in Religion , as those of our authors profession say , but W. Prynne who was always an inveterate enemy to Laud , tells c us , that he sent for him into England , to reconcile us to Rome , or to make a reconciliation between the Church of Rome and England . But how true those matters were , let such that have read that Archbishops trial judge , while I tell you that our author hath written , Sacra ars memoriae ad Scripturas divinas in promptu habendas , memoriterque ediscendas , accommodata . Duac . 1623. oct . At the end of which is this book following . Conciliatio Locorum communium totius Scripturae . Besides the said two , he hath other , things which I have not yet seen . He also set forth the Bible with glosses in six large volumes , the works also ( as 't is said ) of Ludov. Blosius and had a hand in that elaborate work intit . Apostolatus Benedictinorum in Anglia , &c. published by Clem. Reyner 1626. But a greater hand , I have heard had Aug. Baker , of whom more hereafter . As for our author Leander , he paid his last debt to nature on the seventeenth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred thirty and six , year 1636 ( having been much vexed in his time by the Jesuits ) and was buried in the Chappel of the Capuchins situate and being in Somerset-house in the Strand near to London . He had been Ordinary of the Dames or Nunns of our Lady of Comfort , of Cambray , of the Order of S. Benedict , and spiritual father to them for many years : CHRISTOPHER WHITE , a Worcestershire man born , as it seems , was elected a Student of Ch. Ch. about 1606 , took one degree in Arts and became a preacher . In 1620. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , about which time he was Rector of Letley in Hampshire . He hath published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. at Ch. Ch. on Rom. 13. 1. Lond. 1622. qu. ( 2 ) Of Oathes , their Object , form and bond , &c. in three Sermons in Oxon. on Joshua 9. 19. Lond. 1627. qu. and others , which I have not yet seen . He concluded his last day in winter time , before the month of Febr. in sixteen hundred thirty and six , year 1636 and was buried in the Chancel of his Church at Letley before-mentioned , leaving behind him the character of a good and edifying preacher , a charitable man , and a loving neighbour . JAMES PERROT , natural son of Sir John Perrot sometimes L. Deputy of the Kingdom of Ireland , was born in Pembrokshire , became a Gent. Com. of Jesus coll . in 1586 , aged 15 , left it without a degree , retired to the Inns of Court for a time , and afterwards travelling , return'd an accomplish'd Gentleman , lived on his estate at Haroldston in Pembrokshire , was dub'd a Knight , and elected a Burgess for several Parliaments in the raign of King James 1. in which shewing himself a frequent and bold , if not a passionate speaker , especially in that dissolved 6. January 19. Jac. 1. Dom. 1621. and therefore numbred among the ill temper'd spirits therein ( as the King usually call'd them ) he was not imprison'd in London or Southwark as some of them were , but was sent with Sir Dudley Digges and others into Ireland for their punishment , joyned in commission with certain persons under the Great Seal of England for the inquiry after certain matters concerning his Majesties service , as well in the government Ecclesiastical and Civil , as in point of revenue and otherwise , within that Kingdom . He hath written , The first part of the consideration of humane conditions , wherein is contained the moral consideration of a mans self : as what , who , and what manner of man he is . Oxon. 1600. qu. Dedic . to Tho. Lord Buckhurst Chancellour of the Univer . of Oxon , Whether any other parts followed , I know not . Meditations and Prayers on the Lords Prayer and Ten Commandements . — Printed 1630. in tw . besides other things which I have not yet seen . He ended his days at Haroldston before mention'd on the fourth day of Feb. in sixteen hundred thirty and six , and was buried in the parish Church of S. Mary in the Town and County of Haverford-west , to which place Haroldstone adjoyns . This Sir James Perrot intermarried with Mary Daughter of Rob. Ashfield of the parish of Chesham in Bucks Esq but died without issue by her . CHARLES FITZ-GEFFRY , or Fitz-Geoffry Son of Alex. Fitz-Geoffry ) was born of a gentile family in the County of Cornwall , became a Commoner of Broadgates hall in 1592. aged 17 , took the degrees in Arts , entred into the Theological function , and at length became Rector of S. Dominick in his own Country , where he was esteemed a grave and learned Divine , as before he was , while resident in the University , an excellent Latine Poet. His works are , The life and death of Sir Francis Drake . — Which being written in lofty verse , when he was Bachelaur of Arts , he was by those of his time called The high towering Falcon. Affaniae sive Epigrammata lib. 3. Cenotaphia lib. 1. Oxon. 1601. in oct . Divers Sermons , as ( 1 ) Deaths Sermon unto the living ; delivered at the funerals of Philippa late Wife of Sir Anth. Rous of Halton in Cornwall , on Eccles. 7. 2. Lond. 1620. qu. dedicated to Jo. Pym Esq ( 2 ) Elisha his lamentation , &c. Sermon at the funeral of Sir Ant. Rous late of Halton in Cornwall Knight , on 2 Kings 2. 12. Lond. 1622. qu. ( 3 ) The curse of Corn-horders ; with a blessing of seasonable selling , in three Sermons , on Prov. 11. 26. Lond. 1631. qu. ( 4 ) The blessed birth day celebrated in some religious meditations on the Angels anthem , Luke 2. 14. Oxon. 1634. and 36. qu. second edition . To which are added Holy Transportations in contemplating some of the most observable adjuncts about our Saviours nativity . ( 5 ) Compassion towards captives , chiefly towards our brethren and countrymen , who are in miserable bondage in Barbary : urged and published in three Sermons , on Heb. 13. 3. at Plymouth in Octob. 1636. Oxon. 1637. oct . He hath also made A collection of choice Flowers and Descriptions , as well out of his , as the works of several others , the most renowned Poets of our Nation : collected about the beginning of the raign of K. James 1. but this , tho I have been many years in seeking after , yet , I cannot get a sight of , it . He died in the Parsonage house at S. Dominick before mention'd , and was buried under the common table in the Chancel of the Church at that place , on the 22 Febr. in sixteen hundred thirty and six . In which Church , tho there be no memory by writing remaining of him , yet others have celebrated it in their respective works . Rob. Chamberlaine his sometimes acquaintance hath bestowed an Epitaph upon him in his a Epigrams and Epitaphs , printed with his Nocturnal Lucubrations . John Dunbar also a Scot , who was known to , hath an Epigram b on , him , his worth and learning . And among others also must not be forgotten his familiar friend Robert Hayman , who in his Quodlibets and Epigrams doth stile c him learned and witty , and a most excellent Poet , but whereas he stiles him Bach. of Div. I cannot find it so mentioned in the publick registers , and therefore , I presume , if he was so , that degree was confer'd upon him elsewhere . THOMAS RISDON , a painful and industrious Antiquary , was born of , and descended from , an ancient and gentile Family of his name living at Winscot in Devonshire , received his Academical education either in Exeter coll . or Broadgates hall about the latter end of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth , but leaving the University without a degree he retired to his Patrimony , where prosecuting his natural Genie to the study of History and Antiquities , especially in those of his own Country , did at length with great labour and travel draw up , A Survey , or a chronographical discription of Devonshire — 'T is not yet printed , only contained in a folio Manuscript in more than two quire of paper . I have been informed that several copies of it are dispersed among the Gentry of that County , and also that one Westcote a Gent. thereof , many years since deceased , hath written another survey , or at least had a hand in that composed by Tho. Risdon , who died in sixteen hundred thirty and six , or in the year after . Besides this Tho. Risdon , I find another of both his names , who was double Reader of the Inner Temple , 20. Elizab. and had long after his death published by a certain person , His reading on the Statute of 8. Hen. 6. cap. 9. of forcible entry . Lond. 1648. qu. With which were then published a certain Reading of Sir Jam. Dyer , as I have told you under the year 1581. and the Reading upon the Stat. of 27. Hen. 8. cap. 10. concerning Jointures , by Sir Joh. Brograve of Greys Inn , sometimes his Majestys Attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster . ANTHONY FAWKNER , a Rutlandshire man born , was sent from the Free School at Vppingham , or Okeham , in that County ( both founded by Rob. Johnson Archd. of Leic. ) to Wadham coll . in 1616. aged 16. whence , after he had taken a degree , he was translated to that of Jesus , and then had the Magisterial degree confer'd upon him . Afterwards I find him Chaplain to Sir Lew. Watson of Northamptonshire Knight and Baronet , Parson of Saltry Allsaints alias Moygne in Huntingdonshire , and author of , Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) Comfort to the afflicted , preached at Pauls Cross , on Job 19. 21. Lond. 1626. qu. ( 2 ) Nicodemus for Christ , or the religious Moot of an honest Lawyer , &c. an Assize Serm. on John 7. 51. Lond. 1630. qu. ( 3 ) The Pedigree of Peace , &c. an Assize Serm. on Levit. 24. 11. Lond. 1630. qu. ( 4 ) The Widdows petition , &c. an Assize Serm. at Northampton , on Luke 18. 3. Oxon. 1635. qu. Another of his Sermons was also printed in 1634. but that I have not yet seen , nor do I know any thing material of him besides . RICHARD BRETT , Son of Rob. Brett of Whitstanton in Somersetshire , was born of gentile Parents at London , as the Publick Matricula d of the University saith , entred a Commoner of Hart hall in Lent-Term , an . 1582. took one degree in Arts , and then was elected Fellow of Lincoln coll . where , by the benefit of a good Tutor , and by unwearied industry , he became eminent in the tongues , divinity and other learning . In 1595. or thereabouts , he was , made Rector of Quainton near to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire , was admitted Bac. of Div. in 1597 , appointed one of the Translators of the Bible into English by King Jam. 1. in 1604 , proceeded in Divinity the year after , and at length was made one of the first Fellows of Chelsey college , founded by Dr. Math. Sutliff , about 1616. He was a person famous in his time for learning as well as piety , skill'd and vers'd to a criticism in the Latin , Greek , Hebrew , Chaldaick , Arabick , and Aethiopick tongues . He was a most vigilant Pastor , a diligent Preacher of Gods word , a liberal Benefactor to the poor , a faithful Friend , and a good Neighbour . What his writings are I know not , his translations I am sure from Greek into Latin are these . ( 1 ) Vitae Sanctorum Evangelist . Johannis & Lucae a Symeone Metaphraste concinnatae . Oxon. 1597. oct . ( 2 ) Agatharchidis & Memnonis Historicorum quae supersunt omnia . Oxon. 1597. oct . He also published , Iconum Sacrarum decas , in quâ é subjectis Typis compluscula sanae doctrinae capita eruuntur . Oxon. 1603. qu. He yielded to nature on the 15. year 1637 of Apr. in sixteen hundred thirty and seven , aged 70. and was buried in the Chancel of his Church at Quainton before-mentioned . Over his grave was soon after a fair monument set up in the wall by his Widdow , with the Effigies of the Doctor , his said Widdow , and four Children , all kneeling , with a Lat. and English epitaph underneath . The Latin epitaph is too large to obtain a place here , and the English ( contained in four verses ) being trite and bald , I shall now pass by . This learned Doctor left behind him four Daughters , begotten on the body of his Wife Alice , Daughter of Rich. Brown sometimes Mayor of the City of Oxon , viz. ( 1 ) Elizab. who was married to Will. Sparke Rector of Bletchley , whom I have remembred among these writers , under the year 1630. ( 2 ) Anne the Wife of Hump. Chambers another Divine . ( 3 ) Margaret the Wife of Dr. Calibute Downing : which two last , ( Chambers and Downing ) shall be remembred in their respective places as writers , and the fourth named Mary , to Tho. Goodwin of Epwell in Oxfordsh . BENJAMIN JOHNSON , a Poet as soon as he was born , afterwards the Father of our Poetry , and most admirably well vers'd in classical authors , and therefore belov'd of Camden , Selden , Hoskins , Martin , &c. made his first entry on the stage of this vain World within the City of Westminster , ( being the Son of a grave Minister , ) educated in the College School there , while Camden was Master , which was the reason why Ben did afterwards e acknowledge , that all that he had in Arts and all that he knew he own'd to him . Thence his silly Mother , who had married to her second Husband a Bricklayer , took him home , and made him , as 't is said , work at her Husbands trade . At length being pitied by some generous Gentlemen , Camden got him a better imployment , which was to attend or accompany a Son of Sir Walt. Raliegh in his adventures , whereby gaining experience , made his company acceptable among many . After their return they parted , I think not in cold blood , and thereupon Ben went to Cambridge , and was , as 't is said , statutably elected into St. Johns coll . but what continuance he made there , I find not . Sure 't is , that his Genie being mostly Poetical , he did afterwards receed to a Nursery or obscure Play-house called The Green Curtain , about Shoreditch or Clerkenwell , but his first action and writing there , were both ill . At length improving his fancy much by keeping Scholastical company , he betook himself again to write plays , which he did so admirably well , that he was esteemed paramount in the dramatick part of Poetry , and to teach the stage an exact conformity to the Laws of Comedians . Whereupon Sir Jo. Suckling bringing f him into the Session of Poets , Ben broke silence , spoke to the Poets , and Bid them remember how he had purg'd the Stage Of Errours that had lasted many an age . His own proper industry and addition to books , especially to ancient Poets and Classical authors , made him a person of curious learning and judgment , and of singular excellence in the art of Poetry . Which , with his accurate judgment and performance , known only to those few , who are truly able to judge of his works , have gain'd from the most eminent Scholars of his time ( particularly from the learned Selden ) an increasing admiration . Dr. Rich. Corbet of Ch. Ch. and other Poets of this University , did in reverence to his parts , invite him to Oxon , where continuing for some time in Ch. Ch. in writing and composing Plays , he was , as a Member thereof , actually created M. of A. in 1619. and therefore upon that account I put him among the Oxford writers , for at Cambridge his stay was but short , and whether he took a degree in that University , I cannot yet learn of any . His works are these . Every Man in his humour , a Comedy . — Acted 1598. Every Man out of his humour , Com. — Act. 1599. Cynthia's Revels , Com. — Act. 1600. Poetaster , or his arraignment , Com. — 1601. Sejanus his Fall , a Tragedy — Act. 1602. Volpone , or the Fox , Com. — 1609. Alchemist , Com. — 1610. Cataline his Conspiracy , Trag. — 1611. Epigrams — in number 134. Epigrams called the Forrest — in number 15. Part of the Kings entertainment in passing to his Coronation — in prose and verse . A panegyre on the happy entrance of K. James to his first high Session of Parliament , 19. March 1603. — A Poem . A particular entertainment of the Queen and Prince at Apethorp , at the house of the Lord Spencer , 25. June 1603. — A Poem . Private entertainment of the K. and Q. on May day in the morn . at Sir Will. Cornwallis his house at Highgate 1604 — In verse and prose . Entertainment of the two Kings of Great Britain and Denmark at Theobalds 24. Jul. 1606. — In Lat. and Engl. verse . Entertainment of K. James and Q. Anne at Theobalds , when the house was delivered up with the possession , to the Queen by the Earl of Salisbury , 22. May 1607. — Written in verse . Twelve Masks at Court. Barthelmew-Fair , Com. — Acted 1614. Devil is an Asse , Com. — 1616. Staple of News , Com. — 1625. Magnetick Lady , or humours reconciled , Com. Tale of a Tub , Com. Sad Shepherd , or a tale of Robin Hood , Trag. Masks . Underwoods . — Consisting of divers Poems , entertainments , and of some Odes of Horace translated . Mortimer his fall , Trag. — imperfect . Horace his Art of Poetry made English . — This last was afterwards printed by it self . Lond. 1640. oct . and with it , ( 1 ) Execration against Vulcan . ( 2 ) Masque of the Gypsies . ( 3 ) Epigrams to several noble personages — about 23. in number . All composed by B. Johnson . English Grammar for the benefit of all strangers . Discoveries made upon men and matter . All which are contained in two vol. in fol. printed 1616. and 1640. Tragedy of Thierry K. of France , and his Brother Theodored . The New-Inn , or the light heart , Com. Lond. 1631. octav . His Motives . — Printed 1622. oct . He also had a hand in a Com. called , The Widdow . Lond. 1652. qu. Jo. Fletcher and Th. Middleton were his Assistants . Also in Eastward hoe , Com. assisted by Geo. Chapman , &c. and did with Dr. Hacket ( afterwards B. of Lichfield ) translate into Latin the Lord Bacons Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral . At length B. Johnson after he had arrived to the sixty third year of his age , marched off from the stage of this vain World on the 16. year 1637 of August in sixteen hundred thirty and seven , and was buried three days after in S. Peters Church within the City of Westminster , commonly called the Abbey Church , not among the Poets , but at the west end near to the belfry , under the Escoheon of Rob. de Ros , or Roos , with this engraven on a common pavement stone laying over his grave , at eighteen pence charge , given by Jack Young of Great Milton in Oxfordshire , ( afterwards a Knight by the favour of K. Ch. 2. ) O rare Ben , Johnson . There was a considerable sum of money gathered from among the Wits and Vertuosi of his time for the erection of a monument and a Statua for him , but before they could be done , the Rebellion broke forth and hindred the design ; whereupon the money was refunded . I have been informed by a worthy Prelate * several years since deceased , that this Poet Ben had a pension of an 100. l. per an . from the King , a pension also from the City of London , and the like from several of the Nobility , and from some of the Gentry , particularly from Sutton , Founder of the Hospital that now bears his name , which were commonly well paid either out of pure love to him , or out of fear of his railing in verse or prose , or both . When he was in his last sickness , the said Prelate , who was then M. of A. did , among other of his acquaintance , often visit him , and as often heard him repent of his prophaning the Scripture in his Plays , and that with horrour , &c. Many years after his death did appear to the World another Poet of both his names , who writes himself in his Poems , published 1672. Ben. Johnson Junior , but what relation there was between him and the former I know not . ROBERT FLUDD , or de Fluctibus , second , afterwards eldest , Son of Sir Tho. Fludd Knight , sometimes Treasurer of War to Q. Elizabeth in France and the Low Countries , Grandson of Dav. Fludd of Shropshire , was born at Milgate in the Parish of Bearsted in Kent , became Convictor of S. Johns coll . in 1591. aged 17. took the degrees in Arts , studied Physick , travelled into France , Spain , Italy and Germany for almost six years . In most of which Countries he became acquainted with several of the Nobility of them , some of whom he taught , and for their use made the first ruder draughts of several of his pieces now extant . After his return , he , as a Member of Ch. Ch. proceeded in the Faculty of Physick , an . 1605. About which time he practiced in London , and became Fellow of the Coll. of Physicians there . He was esteemed by many Scholars a most noted Philosopher , an eminent Physician and one strangely profound in obscure matters . He was a zealous Brother of the Order of Rosa-Crucians , and did so much dote upon the wonders of Chymistry , that he would refer all Mysteries and Miracles , even of Religion , unto it , and to that end fetch the pedigree of it from God himself in his holy word . Nay he did so much prophane and abuse the word by his ridiculous and senseless appllcations and interpretations , in which none hath exceeded more ( even to the heighth of blasphemy ) than he , that the learned Gassendus could not otherwise but chastise him for it , as others since have done . His books which are mostly in Latin are many and mystical : and as he wrote by clouding his high matter with dark language , which is accounted by some no better than canting , or the phrase of a Mountebank ; so he spoke to his Patients , amusing them with I know not what , till by his elevated expressions he operated into them a faith-natural , which consequently contributed to the well working of Physick . They are looked upon as slight things among the English , notwithstanding by some valued , particularly by Selden , who had the author of them in high esteem . The Foreigners prize and behold them as rarities , not that they are more judicious than the English , but more inquisitive in such difficulties , which hath been the reason why some of them have been printed more than once , the titles of which , and the rest , are as follow . Apologia compendiaria , fraternitatem de Rosâ cruce suspicionis & infamiae , maculis aspersam , abluens & abstergens . Leydae 1616. oct . Tractatus Theologo-Philosophicus de vitâ , morte , & resurrectione , lib. 3. Openheim . 1617. qu. Dedic . to the Brethren of the Rosie-Cross , and published under the name of Rudolfi Otreb , that is anagrammatically Roberti Flud . Vtriusque cosmi majoris scil . & minoris Metaphysica , Physica , & Technica historia . in duos tomos secundum cosmi differentiam divisa . Tomus primus de macrocosmi historiâ in duos tractatus divisus , prior tract . impr . Openh . 1617. fol. Tractatus secundus de naturae simiâ , seu Technica macrocosmi historia in partes xi . divisa . Openheim . 1618. fol. & Francof . 1624. fol. Tomus sec . de supernaturali , naturali , praeternaturali & contr anaturali microcosmi historiâ , in tract . tres distributa . — Openheim . 1619. fol. This is the first sect . of the first treatise . Tomi sec . tractatûs primi sect . secunda , de Technicâ microcosmi historiâ in portiones 7. divisa . Printed with the very next book going before . Tomi secundi tract . secundus , de praeternaturali utriusque mundi historiâ ; in sect . tres divisa . Francof . 1621. fol. This is but the first section of the three there mentioned : And the whole third treatise of this second tome is wanting , which perhaps never came out . Veritatis proscenium , in quo Aulaeum erroris tragium dimovetur , Siparium ignorantiae scenicum complicatur , ipsaque veritas à suo ministro in publicum producitur ; seu demonstratio quedam Analytica , in quâ cuilibet comparationis particulae , in appendice quadam , à Johanne Keplero , nuper in fine harmoniae suae mundanae edita , factae inter harmoniam suam mundanum & illam Roberti Fludd , ipsissimis veritatis argumentis respondetur . Francof . 1621. fol. Johan , Kepleri Mathematice , pro suo opere harmonices mundi apologia : adversus demonstrationtem analyticum Cl. V. D. Roberti de Fluctibus Medici Oxoniensis . In qua ille se dicit respondere ad appendicem dicti operis . Francof . 1622. fol. Monochordum mundi Symphoniacum , seu replicatio &c. viri clariss . & in Mathesi peritiss . Joh. Kepleri , adversus demonstrationem suam analyticam nuperrime editam ; in qua Robertus validioribus Johannis objectionibus , harmoniae suae legi repuguantibus , comiter respondere aggreditur . Francof . 1622. fol. Anatomiae amphitheatrum Effigie triplici , more & conditione varia , designatum . Francof . 1623. fol. Philosophia sacra & verè Christiana , seu meteorologia cosmica . Francof . 1626. fol. with the authors picture before it . Sophiae cum Moriâ certamen , in quo , lapis Lydius à falso structore , Frat. Marino Marsenno , monacho , reprobatus , celeberrima voluminis sui Babylonici ( in Genesin ) figmenta accurat● examinat . Franc. 1629. fol. Summum bonorum quod est verum Magiae Cabalae Alchymiae Fratrum Roseaecruicis Verorum verae subjectum . In dictarum scientiarum laudem , in insignis calumniatoris Fr. Mar. Marsenni dedecus publicatum , per Joachim . Frizium . Anno 1629. fol. — Altho this piece goes under another name , yet not only Gassendas gives a many reasons to shew it to be of our authors composition ( Fludd ) but also Franc. Lanovius shews b others to the same purpose , and Marsennus himself , against whom it is directed , was of the like opinion . Gassendus , upon Marsennus his desiring him to give his judgment of Fludd's two books wrote against him , drew up an answer divided into three parts , ( contained in the Opuscula Philosophica above named . ) The first of which sifts the principles of the whole System of his whimsical Philosophy , as they lie scattered throughout his works . The second is against Sophiae cum moria certamen , and the third answers this Summum bonum as his . Our author indeed sullied these two treatises by mixing a great deal of ill language in them , but Gassendus complains c that Marsennus himself had given him a too broad example in this kind , for some of those epithites which he thought fit to bestow on him , are no better than Caco-magus , Heretico-magus , faetidae & horridae magiae Doctor & Propagator . And among other exasperating expressions he threatned him with noless than damnation it self , which would in a short time seize him . Medicina Catholica , seu Mysterium artis medicandi sacrarium ; in tomos divisum duos . In quibus Metaphysica & Physica tam sanitatis tuendae , quàm morborum propulsandorum ratio pertractatur . Francof . 1629. fol. Tract . 1. Integrum morborum mysterium : sive Medicinae Catholicae tomi primi tractatus secundus , in sectiones distributus duas . Francof . 1631. fol. with his picture before , and verses under , it . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Medicorum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : In quo , quasi speculo politissimo morbi presentes more demonstrativo clarissimè indicantur , & futuri ratione prognosticâ apertè cernuntur , atque prospiciuntur . Sive tomi primi , tractatus secundi , sect . secunda , de morborum signis . Francof . 1631. fol. The whole second tome mentioned above in the title to Medicina Catholica , is here wanting , if it was ever published . Pulsus , seu nova & arcana pulsuum historia , è sacro fonte radicaliter extracta , necnon Medicorum Ethnicorum dictis & authoritate comprobata . Hoc est , portionis tertiae pars tertia de pulsuum scientia . Printed with the Catholicon Medicorum , &c. before-mentioned . Philosophia Moysaica . In qua sapientia & scientia Creatoris & Creaturarum sacra verèque christiana ( utpote cujus basis sive fundamentum est unicus ille lapis angularis Jesus Christus ) ad amussim & enucleatè explicatur . Goudae 1638. fol. Printed in English at Lond. 1659. fol. Responsum ad Hoplocrisma-spongum Mri-Fosteri Presbyteri , ab ipso , ad unguenti Armarii validit atem delendam ordinatum . Hoc est , spongiae M. Fosteri Presbyteri expressio & elisio , &c. Goud . 1638. fol. This book was printed at London in qu. in 1631. with this title , The squeezing of Parson Foster's sponge , ordained by him for the wiping away of the Weapen-salve . See more in Will. Foster , an . 1633. Our author R. Fludd departed this mortal life in his house situate and being in the Parish of S. Katherine in Colman-street within the City of London , on the eighth day of Sept. in sixteen hundred thirty and seven ; year 1637 whereupon his body being afterwards attended by an Officer , or Herald of Arms , to Bearsted before-mentioned , was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , under a stone which he before had laid for himself . On which , or else on a monument , which he designed by his last Will to be made after the fashion of that of William Camden in the Abby Church of S. Peter at Westminster , and to be set in the wall near to his grave , was an Epitaph put ; a copy of which being printed elsewhere d , shall now for brevity sake be omitted . HENRY GELLIBRAND , received his first breath in the Parish of S. Botolph near to Aldersgate in London , 17. Nov. 1597. became a Commoner of Trin. coll . in 1615. took one degree in Arts about four years after , being then esteemed to have no great matter in him . At length upon the hearing of one of Sir Hen. Savile's Mathematick Lectures by accident , or rather to save the sconce of a Groat , if he had been absent , he was so extreamly taken with it , that he immediately fell to the study of that noble Science , and conquered it before the time he proceeded in Arts. Soon after , his name being up for his wonderful sufficiencies in Geometry and Astronomy , he was elected Astronomy-Professor of Gresham coll . in the place of Gunter deceased ; where , tho he wrote and published many useful things , yet he suffer'd Conventicles ( being himself a Puritan ) to be kept in his lodgings . His works are , Trigonometria Britannica . Goudae 1633. fol. Appendix concerning longitude . Lond. 1633. qu. Which is at the end of Capt. Tho. James his Strange and dangerous Voyage in his intended discovery of his northern-east passage into the South Sea. A discourse Mathematical of the variation of the Magnetical Needle : Together with its admirable diminution lately discovered . Lond. 1635. qu. The institution Trigonometrical , explaining the doctrine of dimension , of plain and spherical Triangles , &c , in oct . Epitome of Navigation , &c. Lond. 1674. &c. oct . Several necessary Tables pertaining to Navigation . A triangular Canon Logorithmical ; or a table of artificial Sines and Tangents , &c. Two Chiliads ; or the Logorithms of absolute numbers , from an unite to 2000. Append ▪ containing the use of the Forestaff , Quadrant , and Nocturnal in Navigation . — These last 4 Treatises are printed with the Epitome of Navigation . Treatise of building of Ships . — MS. Which , after its authors death , came into the hands of Edward Lord Conway . Almanack for the year 1631. — This was published under the name of his Servant Will. Beale : But the author thrusting into it the Martyrs mentioned by John Fox , and omitting divers Saints , allowed by the Church of England , as the Epiphany , Annunciation of our Lady , &c. he and his man were called into question for it in the High Commission Court , and brought into trouble : The particulars of which you may see in a book intit . Canterbury's * Doom . But the author of that book ( Will. Prynne ) endeavouring all the ways imaginable to bring envy on Dr. Laud then B. of London , who did discountenance that Almanack very much , the Reader therefore is not to believe every matter , which that implacable person doth there set down . Our author Gellibrand also wrote a Preface to , and published Sciographia , or the Art of Shadows , &c. Lond. 1635. in a large thick oct . written by John Wells of Hampshire Esq a Rom. Catholick . He also intended other matters , but was untimely snatch'd away to the great loss of the Mathematical Faculty , in the month of Febr. in sixteen hundred thirty and seven . His body was buried in the Church of S. Peter in Broad-street within the City of London ; at which time Dr. Hannibal Potter his sometimes Tutor in Trinity college , preached his Funeral Sermon , shewing therein to the auditory the piety and worth that was sometimes in the body that lay dead before them . His memory is preserved in the said coll . by a Dial set up by him when he was there a Student , on the east side of that Quadrangle , which is now called the Old Quadrangle . HENRY RAMSDEN , a Yorkshire man born , was admitted a Commoner of Magd. hall , in 1610. took the degrees in Arts , was elected Fellow of Linc. coll . in 1621. and five years after leaving that place , wherein he had advanced himself much in the Theological Faculty , he became a Preacher in London , was much resorted to for his edifying and puritanical Sermons , and at length upon the death of Mr. Hugh Ramsden his Brother , he was made Vicar of Halifax in his own Country . After his death were published under his name , Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) The gate to happiness , on Rom. 6. 8. ( 2 ) The wounded Saviour , on Esay 53. 5. ( 3 ) Epicures caution , on Luke 21. 34. ( 4 ) Generation of Seckers , on Col. 3. 1. which four Sermons are intit . A Gleaning of God's Harvest . Lond. 1639. qu. Published by Joh Goodwin with his Epist . before them . He ended his days on the seventh of the Cal. of March in sixteen hundred thirty and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Halifax . Over his grave is an inscription to his memory , which being large , I shall for brevity sake pass by . In his Vicarage of Halifax succeeded Rich. Marsh D. D. afterwards Archdeacon and Dean of York . JOHN HOSKYNS Senior , elder Brother to Joh. Hoskyns , whom I have mentioned under the year 1631. both the Sons of Joh. Hoskyns , by Margery his Wife , Daughter of Tho. Jones of Lanwarne ) was born at Mownton in the Parish of Lanwarne in Herefordshire , formerly belonging to the Priory of Lantony near Gloucester , to the Prior of which place , his Ancestor bore the office of Pocillator . While this Jo. Hoskyns was a Child , and intended by his Father for a Trade , he was very importunate with him to make him a Scholar , wherefore at 10 years of age he began his A , B , C , and in an years time he was got into his Greek Grammar , for he was one of a prodigious memory , and of wonderful strength of body . After he had spent one year at Westminster School , he was sped a Child in Wykehams coll . near Winchester , where making very great proficiency in the School there , he was elected Prob. Fellow of New coll . an . 1584. and two years after was admitted Verus Socius . In Feb. 1591. he had the degree of M. of A. confer'd upon him , and being Terrae filius in the Act following , he was so bitterly satyrical , that he was not only denied the completion of that degree by being admitted ad regendum , but was expel'd the University . Afterwards being put to his shifts , he went into Somersetshire , where he taught a School for about an year or more at Ilchester , and compiled a Greek Lexicon as far as the Letter M. About that time having married a rich Fortune in those parts , named Benedicta , the Widdow of one Bourne , but Daughter of Rob. Moyle of Buckwell in Kent , he entred himself a Student in the Middle Temple , where , after he had spent some years , and performed certain exercise , he was called to the Bar. In 1614. he sate as a Burgess in Parliament then in being , wherein , in speaking his mind , he made a desperate allusion to the Scicilian Vesper , for which being committed Prisoner to the Tower of London 7. June , was examined whether he well understood the consequence of that Vesper to which he alluded . Whereupon making answer that he had a hint thereof , and afterwards a general information , from Dr. Lionel Sharp of Cambridge , that Doctor therefore , with Sir Charles Cornwallis , ( Son of Sir Tho. Cornwallis of Brome in Suffolk , ) were imprison'd a in the Tower , on the 13. of the same month . At the same time that our author Hoskyns was committed to custody , were others also imprison'd with him for behaving themselves turbulent in the H. of Commons , as Walt. Chute a Kentish man who had lately been put out of his place of Carver to the King , one Wentworth ( Tho. Wentworth mentioned under the year 1627. ) esteemed b by some then living , a silly and simple creature , and a third named Christopher Nevil , second Son to the Lord Abergavenny , who was newly come from School and made the House sport with his boyish speeches , wherein were these words reiterated O tempora ! O mores ! After our author Hoskyns had continued a Prisoner for a full year , he , with Sharp and Cornwallis were c released , and ever after were held in great value by the Commons . In the 17. of Jac. 1. he was elected Lent-Reader of the Middle-Temple , and in the 21. of the said King , made a Serjeant at Law , and soon after a Judge or Justice itinerant for Wales , and one of the Council of the Marches thereof . He was the most ingenious and admired Poet of his time , and therefore much courted by the ingenious men then living . There were few , or none , that published books of Poetry , but did celebrate his memory in them , especially his contemporary in New coll . named Joh. Owen the Epigrammatist , and fewer but did lay them at his feet for approbation before they went to the Press . 'T was he that polish'd Ben. Johnson the Poet and made him speak clean , whereupon he ever after called our author Father Hoskyns , and 't was he that view'd and review'd the History of the World , written by Sir W. Raleigh , before it went to the Press ; with which person he had several years before ( especially during their time of imprisonment in the Tower ) been intimate . He was also much respected and beloved by Camden , Selden , Sam. Daniel , Dr. Joh. Donne Dean of Pauls , Rich. Martin Recorder of London , Sir H. Wotton , and Sir Benj. Rudyerd : with the last of whom it was once his fortune , upon a quarrel that fell out , to fight a duel , and to hurt him in the knee , but were afterwards soon reconcil'd . He was a person always pleasant and facete in company , which made him much desired by ingenious men . He was an excellent Master of the Latin and Greek tongue , well read in Divinity , but in the Common Law , which was his profession , not so well . He hath written . Lexicon Graecum . MS. imperfect . Epigrams in Engl. and Lat. — Some of which are printed in several books , and among them I suppose are his verses on a F — t let in the Parliament house , which are printed in some of the books of Drollery . He had a book of Poems neatly written , bigger than those of Dr. Donne , which were lent by his Son Benedict to a certain person in 1653. but could never retrieve it . Epitaphs in Lat. and English . The Art of Memory . — He was so excellent in it , whether artificial or natural , that no man ever went beyond him in his time . When he was a School-boy at Winchester , and had an exercise of verses to make , he neglected , through idleness , the making of them . So that fearing a whipping , he read the exercise of one of his School-fellows over his shoulder , just as he had finish'd it . Whereupon the Master entring , and the exercise called upon him first , he drew up to , and told , him he had lost it , yet nevertheless he would repeat it without book if that would serve his turn ; so that the Master being contented , he repeated 16 or 20 verses that he had before read of the other boys making , and so was excused . At length the other boy being called , and he shewing the verses that Hoskyns had repeated , he was esteemed the thief that had stole them away from Hoskyns , and thereupon was sorely whip'd for so doing . Method of the Law reduced under the heads of Rights , Wrongs , Remedies . All which books , with others of various subjects , are in MS. and for the most part kept in the hands of his Grandson Sir Joh. Hoskyns Knight and Baronet . He departed this life in his house at Morehampton in Herefordshire , 27. Aug. in sixteen hundred thirty and eight , year 1638 aged 72. and was buried on the south side of the Choire of Dowr Abbey in the said County . Over his grave was erected soon after an Altar-monument with 24 verses ingraven thereon , made by Thomas Bonham of Essex Esq The four first run thus . Hoc tegitur tumulo totus quem non tegit orbis , Hoskinus humani prodigium ingenii . Vsque adeo excoluit duo pugnacissima rerum Et qua non subeant nomina pectus idem . Pieridumque legumque potens , &c. RICHARD JAMES , was born at Newport in the Isle of Wight , admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . from that of Exeter , 23. Sept. 1608. aged 16. or thereabouts , and on the 30. of Sept. 1615. Probationer-Fellow . About that time , he being involved in the studies of Theology , he entred into Orders , preached often and at length was Bac. of that Faculty . This person , tho humorous , was of a far better judgment than his Uncle Thom. James mentioned under the year 1629. and had he lived to his age , would have surpassed him in published books . He was a great traveller also , was in Rushia in 1619. and esteemed to be a person well vers'd in most parts of learning . He was noted by all those that knew him to be a very good Greecian , Poet , an excellent Critick , Antiquary , Divine , and admirably well skill'd in the Saxon and Gothick languages . But as for his Preaching , it was not , except by the graver sort , approved by any in the University . For of three Sermons delivered to the Academians , one of which , concerning the Observation of Lent , was without a Text according to the most ancient manner ; another against the Text , and a third beside it , shewing himself thereby a humorous person . The famous Selden was much beholding to him for the drudgery he did for him , when he composed his Marmora Arundeliana , acknowledging him in his Preface to that book , to be Vir multijugae studiique indefatigabilis . Sir Rob. Cotton also his great Patron , and his Son Sir Thomas , could not but acknowledge his like drudgery in the ordering , disposing , and setling their incomparable Library ; with the first of whom ( no great friend to the Prerogative ) being intimate and familiar , was confin'd to close keeping by the Lords , when Sir Robert was imprisoned for certain matters uttered in Parliament , an . 1629. Nothing was wanting to our author , and his studies , but a Sinecure or a Prebendship ; either of which , if confer'd upon him , Hercules his labours would have seem'd a trifle . His works are these . Several Lat. Sermons , as , ( 1 ) Anti-Possevinus , sive concio habita ad clerum 〈◊〉 Acad. Oxon , an . 1625. in 2 Tim. 4. 13. Oxon. 1625. qu. ( 2 ) Conc. habita ad clerum Oxon , de Ecclesia , in Matth. 16. 18. Oxon. 1633. qu. &c. Several Engl. Sermons , as , ( 1 ) Serm. concerning the Eucharist , delivered on Easter day in Oxon. on Matth. 26. ver . 26 , 27 , 28. Lond. 1629. qu. ( 2 ) History of Preaching , or concerning the Apostles preaching and ours , on 1 Cor. 9. 16. Lond. 1630. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. concerning the observation of Lent-fast . Lond. 1630. qu. To which , tho there be no Text , yet it is grounded on Luke 4. 2. ( 4 ) Serm , concerning the times of receiving the Sacrament , and of mutual forgiveness , delivered in C. C. C. at the election of a President , on 1 Cor. 11 : 25. Lond. 1632. ●qu . ( 5 ) Apologetical Essay for the righteousness of miserable unhappy People , preached at S. Maries in Oxon , on Psal. 37. 25. Lond. 1632. qu. Poemata quaedam in mort . clariss . viri Roberti Cottoni & Thomae Alleni . Oxon. 1633. qu. With which Poems he published Sir Thom. More 's Epistle , written from Abendon in Berks , an . 1519. to the Univ. of Oxon , for the embracing of the Greek tongue , which had been for many years neglected among the Members thereof . He also translated into English , Octavius . Ox. 1636. in tw . written by Minutius Felix . All the afore-mentioned works ( except the translation ) bound in one vol. the author gave to Bodlies Library , with a copy of verses of his composition written in a spare leaf before the first of them , beginning thus , Dear God by whom in dark Womb's shade I am to fear and wonder made , &c. The said copy of verses was made by him when he was confin'd to close custody by the Lords . He died of a Quartan Fever in the house of Sir Tho. Cotton Bt. near to Westminster hall , by too much studying , ( as 't was supposed , ) and wracking his body with hardship , in the beginning of Decemb. year 1638 in sixteen hundred thirty and eight , and was buried on the seventh day of the same month in S. Margarets Church within the said City . He left behind him several MSS. of his own composition , and others collected by him from various authors , to the number of 45. or thereabouts , all written with his own hand , which coming after his death into the hands of his intire Friend and Colleague Mr. Tho. Greaves , came after his death to the Bodleian Library , where they now are . The MSS. of his composition are these . ( 1 ) Decanonizatio Thomae Cantuariensis & suorum . fol. This book , containing 760. pages , hath this beginning , Viam regiam mihi patefacit ad decanonizationem ficti & fucati Martyris , &c. and the beginning of the Epist . to the Reader is this , Amice lector rogatus sum saepius , &c. ( 2 ) Comment . in Evangelia S. Johannis . in two parts in qu. The beginning is , Postmodo ad ▪ textum sacrae historiae deveniam , ubi prius , &c. Both parts contain about 12 sheets . ( 3 ) Notae in aliquot loca Bibliae , in 3 sh . in qu. The beginning is Videte sub ficu Paraphrastes sub umbrosa ficu , &c. ( 4 ) Antiquitates Insulae Victae , in 17 pages in qu. The beginning is Angli Saxones Marciarum , &c. and of the Epistle to the Reader , Vtrum moriar priusque hoc opus perficium deus novit , &c. 'T is only a specimen or a foundation for a greater work to build on . ( 5 ) Epistolae ad amicos suos doctos . The beginning of the first Ep. which was written to Dr. Seb. Benefeild of C. C. coll . is this , Sancte Deus , &c. 'T is a thick quarto , and containeth Epistles mostly written to C. C. coll . men , Epitaphs and some English copies of verses . ( 6 ) Epigrams in Lat. and Engl. with other Poems . ( 7 ) Reasons concerning the attempts on the lives of great personages , &c. These reasons , which are six or more , have this beginning , Sir , if you please to learn my mind concerning the attempts on the lives of great personages , &c. written in 2 sh . in fol. ( 8 ) Two Sermons . The first on James 5. 14. the other on John 12. 32. Both written in fol. papers . ( 9 ) Iter Lancastrense . This Itinerary , which was written in English verse 1636. hath this beginning , High Holt of Wood , and 't is contained in two sheets and an half . ( 10 ) Glossarium Saxonicum-Anglicum . 'T is a long pocket-book . ( 11 ) Glos . Sax. Angl. another part , in oct . ( 12 ) A Rushian Dictionary , with the English to it . ( 13 ) Observations made in his travels through some parts of Wales , Scotland , on Shetland , Greenland , &c. In 4 sheets in qu. ( 14 ) Observations made on the Country , with the manners and customs , of Rushia , or Rusland , an . 1619. in oct . 'T was intended to be transcrib'd , and to have other matters added to it , but what hindred the design I cannot tell . Besides these 14 books I have another of Epigrams written mostly in Latin , and partly in Greek , in oct . dedicated to his Tutor Dr. Sebast . Benefeild . As for his collections , which are in four and twenty quartoes , and in about 7 thin folio's ( all under his own hand ) are contained in them for the most part notes from ancient MSS. ( sometimes from printed authors ) relating to Hist . and Antiq. and any thing that could be found against S. Thomas of Canterbury , the greatness and corruption of Popes , Cardinals , Bishops , Abbats , Priors , Monks , Friers , and the Clergy before the time of Reformation . And when he thought that the matter it self from the authors , whence he made his collections , was not enough sufficient to make them bad , his notes in the margin pointing to those matters , would do it to the purpose , arguing thereby an inveterate hatred he had to the said persons , as indeed he had , being a severe Calvinist , if not worse . JOHN KING , second Son of Dr. Joh. King B. of London , whom I have mentioned under the year 1621. was a Yorkshire man born , and at 14 years of age became a Student of Ch. Ch. under the tuition of a good Tutor , an . 1608. Afterwards he proceeded M. of A. was publick Orator of the University , Prebendary of the said Church of Christ , in 1624. and the next year D. of D. and Canon of Windsore , and about that time Prebendary of S. Pauls Cath. and Rector of Remenham in Berks. He hath published , Oratio panegerica de auspicato Caroli Principis in regnum Hispanicum adventu . Lond. 1623. qu. Gratulatio pro Carolo reduce Oxoniensium nomine recitata . Ox. 1623. in one sh . in qu. Cenotaphium Jacobi , sive laudatio funebris piae & faelici memoriae Jacobi Magnae Britamniae Regis , &c. Oxon. 1625. qu. Davids Strait : The afternoons Sermon on Act Sunday , on 2 Sam. 24. 14. Oxon 1625. qu. His elder Brother Hen. King preached the mornings Sermon called Davids Enlargement , as I shall tell you when I come to him . The very same title of Davids strait , was put to a Sermon on the same subject by one Sam. Buggs Bac. of Div. sometimes Fellow of Sydney coll . in Cambridge , afterwards a Minister in Coventry : Which Sermon was preached at Pauls Cross 8. July 1621. Dr. King surrendred up his last breath on the second day of January in sixteen hundred thirty and eight , aged 43. and was buried near to the monument of Rob. King the first Bishop of Oxon , in the Isle joyning on the fouth side of the Choire belonging to the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. You may be pleased to read his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Vnivers . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 290. b. CHRISTOPH . ANGELUS , was born in Pelepomesus in Greece , thrust out of his Country for Religion sake by the Turks , after they had inflicted on him many torments ; came towards England for relief , and arriving at Yarmouth was exhibited to by the B. of Norwich , and some of the Clergy there . Afterwards by the said Bishops recommendation , he went to Cambridge , where he found relief , and studied in Trin. coll . for near 3 years . About Whitsontide in 1610. he journied to Oxon , was exhibited to there also , studied in Balliol college , did very good service among the young Scholars in the University that were raw in the Gr. tongue , and continued among them till the time of his death . He hath transmitted to posterity , Of the many stripes and torments inflicted on him by the Turks for the Faith which he had in Jesus Christ . Oxon. 1617. in Greek and English . Enchiridion de institutis Graecorum . Cambr. 1619. qu. in Greek and Latin. The Greek copy of which , coming into the hands of George Fhelavius a Minister of Dantzig , was by him rendred into Latin , and learnedly noted . — Francos . 1655. oct . The Latin copy of the said Fhelavius is thus intit . Status & ritus Ecclesiae Graecae . An Encomion of the famous Kingdom of Gr. Britian , and the two flourishing Sister . Universities Cambridge and Oxford . Cambr. 1619. qu. De Apostasiâ Ecclesiae & de homine peccati , Scil. Antichristo , &c. Lond. 1624. Gr. & Lat. qu. and other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . He ended his days on the first of February in sixteen hundred thirty and eight , and was buried the next day within the Precincts of St. Ebbes Church in Oxford , ( I think in the Church it self , ) leaving behind him the Character of a pure Greccian and an honest and homless man. DUDLEY DIGGES , ●elder Brother to Leonard Digges mention'd under the year 1635. was born in Kent , particularly , if I mistake not , in the parish of Berham , wherein Digges Court is situated ; was entred a Gentleman Commoner of Vniversity coll . in 1598. aged 15 , where making great improvement in Academical learning under the tuition of the Master thereof , Dr. George Abbot , ( afterwards Archb. of Canterbury ) took the degree of Bach. of Arts ; which being compleated by Determination , he went to the Inns of Court , and afterwards to travel , and about that time received the honour of Knighthood . As for the rest of his actions for some years after , I cannot justly relate . However the chief story of his life , which was honourable and good , may be the rule of ours . His understanding few could equal , his vertues , fewer would . He was a pious man , a careful Father , a loving husband , a fatherly brother , a courteous neighbour , a merciful landlord , a liberal master , a noble friend . After much experience gained by travel , and an exact survey of the Laws and people of forreign Kingdoms , he did enable himself thereby for the service of his Country , but observing too many to justle for place , and cross the publick interest , ( if not joyned with their publick gain ) hindring the motion of the great body of the Commonwealth , desisted , and was satisfied with the conscience of merit , knowing good men only can deserve honours , tho the worse might attain them . His noble soul could not stoop to ambition , or be beholding to that ( tho the most generous ) vice , for an occasion to exercise his vertues . So that out of such apprehensions , his moderate desires confin'd his thoughts to the innocence of a retired life . But the most knowing of Princes K. James 1. who ever made choice of the most able ministers , judging none more equal to employments , than those that would not unworthily court them , sent him Embassadour to the Emperour of Russia , and in the year 1620. ( whether before , or after his Embssie , I know not ) he with Sir Maurice Abbot were a sent into Holland in the month of Nov. to obtain the intercepted Goods of some English men , taken in their coming back from East India . After his return from the said employments , and some years conscionably spent in the service of the State , being unbiassed by popular applause , or Court-hopes , he was made Master of the Rolls in the place of Sir Julius Caesar , who dying 12 Apr. Sir Dudley was sworn to that office on the 20. of the said month , an . 1636. This did crown his former actions , and tho it would not increase his integrity , yet it made him more perspicuous , and whom his acquaintance before , now the Kingdom , honoured . If the example of his justice had powerful influence on all magistrates , the people who are governed , would be happy on earth , and the Rulers in heaven with him , who counted it an unworthy thing to be tempted to vice , by the reward of vertue . The things that he wrot and collected were many , but whether he left them perfect at his death , I know not . Those books that go under his name , are these following , all , except the first , published after his death . A defence of trade : in a letter to Sir Tho. Smith Knight , Governour of the East India Company . London 1615. qu. Discourse concerning the rights and priviledges of the Subject , in a conference desired by the Lords , and had by a Committee of both houses , 3 Apr. 1628. Lond. 1642. qu. The compleat Embassador ; or , two treatises of the intended marriage of Q. Elizabeth , comprised in Letters of negotiation , &c. Lond. 1655. fol. Which book , tho it had nothing forged or suppositious therein , yet it was never intended for the Press by the collector thereof . Several speeches and discourses in Parliament . — See in Jo. Rushworths Collections , part 1. where you 'll find much of him , and his imprisonment , in the year 1626. His death , which the wisest men did reckon among the publick calamities of those times , hapned on the 18. March , in sixteen hundred thirty and eight . Soon after his body ( which had for some days laid in State ) was remitted to the peaceful shades below , in Chilham Church in Kent , in which Town he enjoyed fair inheritances by his marriage with Mary the youngest Daughter and Coheire of Sir Tho. Kemp Knight . There is a fair Monument over his Grave , the inscription of which , is partly remitted into the foregoing discourse , and therefore not necessary of repeating it here , neither of a large inscription in Latin , containing his genealogy from K. Hen. the third , to his time , which he , some years before his death , set up in the said Church . JOHN LEYCESTER , was born in Cheshire of Plebeian parents , but originally descended from a gentile family in that County , became a Student in Brasenose coll . 1618. aged 20 , took one degree in Arts , and afterwards followed the employment of teaching a School , which , I think , he exercised to his dying day . He hath written , Enchiridion , seu fasciculus Adagiorum selectissimorum . Or , a manual of the choicest Adagies , &c. Lond. 1623. oct . in Lat. and Engl. besides other things which I have not seen . He also translated from Lat. into Engl. An excellent oration of Dr. Joh. Rainolds , &c. Lond. 1638. oct . very useful for all such as affect the studies of Logick and Philosophy , and admire prophane learning . See more in John Rainolds under the year 1607. JASPER FISHER , a Gentlemans Son , was born in Bedfordshire , entred a Com. of S. M. Magd. hall . in Mich. Term 1607 , took the degrees in Arts , became afterwards Divinity or Philosophy reader of Magd. coll . Rector of Wilden in his own Country , about 1631 , and at length D. of D. He hath written and published . Fuimus Troes Aeneid . 2. The true Trojanes , being a story of the Britains valour at the Romans first invasion . Lond. 1633. qu. Before which time , it had been once , or more , publickly represented by the Gentlemen-Students of Magd. coll . in Oxon. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. on Malac. 2. 7. Printed 1636. in oct . &c. This person who was always esteemed an ingenious man while he lived in Magd. coll . as those that knew him , have divers times informed me , lived several years after this , ( 1633. ) but when he died , or what other things he hath published , I cannot learn. JAMES ROWLANDSON , a Westmorland man born , became a Student in Queens coll . in the beginning of the year 1596 , aged 19. years , afterwards a poor serving child , then a Tarbarder , and in 1605. Master of Arts and Fellow . In 1614. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being then noted to be a subtile Disputant and an edifying preacher . About which time being made Chaplain to Dr. Bilson Bishop of Winchester , he became Rector of East-Tysted in Hampshire , Master of the Hospital of S. Mary Magd. near Winchester , Chaplain to K. Ch. 1. and in the year 1636. Doctor of Divinity . In 1638. he was made Canon of Windsore , in the place of Dr. Charles Sunninbank deceased , and would have risen higher in the Church , had he not been soon after cut off by death . He hath published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Gods blessing in blasting , and his mercy in mildew , two Sermons suitable to these times of dearth , on Haggai 2. 17. Lond. 1623. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon at Bishop Andrews his Consecration of Jesus Chappel near to Southampton . Printed 1627. in qu. This I have not yet seen , nor-others which he , as I conceive , hath publish'd . He paid his last debt to nature on the ninth of May , in sixteen hundred thirty nine , and was buried in the Chappel of S. George at Windsore . In his Canonry John Hales of Eaton , the Walking Library , succeeded . But soon after ejected by the restless Presbyterians , without any regard had to his great Piety and learning . WILLIAM WHATELY , Son of Tho. Whately by Joyce his Wife , was born at a market Town called Banbury in Oxfordshire , in the month of May 1583 , baptized there 26. of the said month , instructed in Gramm●r in those parts , sent to Christs coll . in Cambridge at 14. years of age , where continuing under the tuition of Mr. Tho. Potman , till he was Bach. of Arts , an . 1601 , was taken home for a time by his Father . But his pregnant parts being soon after discovered by understanding men who frequented Banbury , the Father was resolved to make him a Minister , wherefore sending him to S. Edmunds hall in Oxon , in the year following , was incorporated Bach. of Arts , and with the foundation of Logick , Philosophy , and Oratory that he had brought with him from Cambridge , he became a noted Disputant , and a ready Orator . In the year 1604. he took the degree of Master of Arts , as a Member of the said hall , being then esteemed a good Philosopher and a tolerable Mathematician , and soon after entring into holy , Orders , he became Lecturer of Banbury ; which place he keeping 4 years , he was made Vicar thereof . He was an excellent Preacher , a person of good parts , well vers'd in the original Text both Hebrew and Greek ; but being a Calvinist and much frequented by precise and busie People there , and in the Neighbourhood , for his too frequent Preaching , laid such a foundation of Faction in that place , that it will never be easily removed . His works are these . Divers Sermons , as , ( 1 ) The new birth : or , a treatise of regeneration , delivered in several Sermons , Lond. 1618. qu. &c. ( 2 ) The Bride-bush , or Wedding Sermon , on Ephes. 5. 23. Lond. 1617. 19. qu. In which Sermon were noted by curious readers , two propositions , as , First , That committing the Sin of Adultery , by either of the married persons , doth dissolve , annihilate , and untye the bond and knot of marriage . Secondly , That the malicious and wilful desertion of either of the married persons doth in like manner dissolve , &c. These , I say , being noted and complained of to the Archb. he was coven'd before the High Commission to make satisfaction for what he had said and written . But he ingeniously confessing that he could not make any satisfactory answer , he recanted the 4. May 1621. and was forthwith dismissed . ( 3 ) Sin no more , on Joh. 5. 14. Lond. 1628. qu. ( 4 ) The Oyl of Gladness , in several Sermons . Lond. 1637. oct . ( 5 ) Poor Man's advocate , in certain Sermons . Lond. 1637. oct . ( 6 ) Redemption of time , on Ephes. 5. 16. Lond. 1606. oct . ( 7 ) Caveat for the Covetuos , on Luke 12. 15. Lond. 1609. oct . ( 8 ) Samuel's Funeral , Serm. at the Fun. of Sir Anth. Cope Kt. and Bt. Lond. 1618. 19. qu. Besides other Sermons printed in 1614. 16. 19. 1623. 24. 28. 1630. &c. A pithy , short , and methodical way of opening of the Ten Commandments , Lond. 1622. oct . Treatise of the cumbers and troubles of Marriage . Lond. 1624. qu. Prototypes , or Examples out of the book of Genesis , applied to our information and reformation . Lond. 1640. fol. Published by the authors great admirers Edward Liegh Esq and Hen. Scudder Minister of Colingbourne Ducis in Wiltshire . Before which book is his character , written by the said Scudder a Presbyterian . This Will. Whately surrendred up his pious Soul to God on the tenth day of May in sixteen hundred thirty and nine , year 1639 and was buried in the yard belonging to the Church at Banbury . Over his grave is a large rais'd monument of stone , and thereon a Lat. and Engl. Epitaph in verse , a Lat. and Engl. Anagram , and a double Chronogram . All which shall be now for brevity sake omitted , except part of the Engl. Epitaph , running thus , Whatsoe'ere thou l't say who passest by , Why ? here 's enshrin'd Celestial dust , His bones , whose name and fame can't dye These Stones as Feoffees weep in trust . It 's William Wheatly that here lies , Who swam to 's Tomb in 's Peoples eyes , Death was his Crown , &c. EDWARD CHETWYND , the fourth Son of Jo. Chetwynd Esabque ; was born of an ancient and gentile Family living at Ingestrie near to , and in the County of , Stafford , about the year 1577. admitted Sojournour of Exeter coll . in 1592. took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became a frequent Preacher in , and near to , Oxon. In 1606. he was elected by the Mayor and Corporation of Abendon in Berks their Lecturer , being then Bac. of Divinity , and in the year following upon the desire of the Mayor , Aldermen , and Common Council of the City of Bristow , he was sent by Dr. Hen. Airay Vicechancellour of the University , and Dr. Jo. Rainolds of C. C. C. to that City ; where being kindly receiv'd , he was established their Publick Lecturer on the 2. June the same year , to preach one Sermon every Sunday in the afternoon in any Church of that City that the Mayor for the time being should appoint , and one Sermon every Holyday , as he should think fit . In 1613. he was sworn Chaplain to Q. Anne , in 1616. he was admitted D. of D. and in the year after , upon the death of Dr. Sim. Robson , he was promoted by K. James 1. to the Deanery of Bristow , to that Cities great satisfaction , being elected thereunto 16. June the same year . So that whereas he was a little before presented to the rich Rectory of Sutton-Colfield in Warwickshire , ( twice t●e value of his Deanry , ) he thereupon gave it up , purposely because he would live among , and so consequently please , the inhabitants of Bristow . In that Rectory succeeded an eminent Scholar named Joh. Burgess M. of A. and Doct. of Physick , whose memory is fresh in those parts among the Godly . What other preserments Chetwynd had besides the Vicaridge of Banwell in Somersetsh , and the Vicaridge of Barcley in Glouc. ( on the houses belonging to which Vicardiges he bestowed above 300 l. ) I know not . He hath published , Concio ad clerum pro gradu habita Oxoniae , 19. Dec. 1607. in Act. 20. 24. Oxom . 1608. in oct . Several English Sermons , as ( 1 ) The straight and narrow way to life , in certain Sermons on Luke 13. 23. 24. Lond. 1612. oct . ( 2 ) Vow of tears for the loss of Prince Henry . Serm. at Bristow on Sam. 5. 15 , 16. Lond. 1613. oct . ( 3 ) Serm. on Psal. 51. 10. Lond. 1610. besides others , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . He departed this life on the 13. May in sixteen hundred thirty and nine , and was buried in the Choire of the Cath. Ch. of Bristow , near the Communion Table , and the grave of Helena his sometimes Wife , Daughter of Sir Joh. Harrington the eminent Poet of Kelston in Somersetsh . Kt ; which Helena died in Childbed 9. Nov. 1628. aged 39. The Reader may be pleased now to take notice that this Dr. Edward Chetwynd , with John † Whetcombe , Joh. Standard , &c. Divines and Doctors of Divinity ; Sir Sim. Baskervile Knight , and Rob. Vilvaine Doctors of Physick , were the learned persons of Exeter college , which Dr. Joh. Prideaux in an Epistle before a Sermon preached at the consecration of the Chappel in that Coll. an . 1624. did enumerate , as being then living , and ornaments of the said house . See more in Thom. Holland under the year 1611. WILLIAM LEIG , a Lancashire man born , was entred a Student in Brasnose coll . an . 1571. and in 73. he was elected Fellow thereof . Afterwards he took the degrees in Arts , entred into the Sacred Function , and became a painful Preacher in the University and parts adjacent . In 1586. or thereabouts , he being promoted to the Rectory of Standish in his own Country , took the degree of Bac. of Div. and on the 24. of Nov. 1587. he resigned his Fellowship , setled at Standish for altogether , was made Justice of the Peace there , and held in great esteem for his learning and godliness . He hath published , Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) Fun. Serm. Job . 14. 14. printed 1602. in oct . ( 2 ) The first step towards Heaven ; or Anna the Prophetess her holy haunt to the Temple of God , preached in Standish Church , on Luke 2. 36 , 37 , 38 , 39. Lond. 1609. oct . ( 3 ) Q. Elizabeth parallel'd in her princely vertue , with David , Joshua , and Hezekiah , in three Sermons ; the first on Psal. 123. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4. The second on Joshua 10. 12. And the third on 2 Kings 18. 5 , 6. Lond. 1612. oct . ( 4 ) The damp of death , beaten back with the glorious light and life of Jesus Christ , preached at Lancaster Assize , on Coloss . 3. 3 , 4. Lond. 1613. oct . ( 5 ) The Soul's solace against Sorrow , Fun. Serm. preached in Childwal Church in Lancashire at the burial of Mrs. Katharine Brettergh , 3. June 1601. on Isay 57. 1. Lond. 1617. oct . ( 6 ) Serm. on Acts 2. 19 , 20 , 21. — Printed 1613. oct . ( 7 ) Serm. on Heb. 9. 27 , 28. — Printed in qu. with others which I have not yet seen . He gave way to fate in a good old age in sixteen hundred thirty and nine , year 1639 and was buried in the Chancel of his Church at Standish 28. Nov. Over his grave is a brass plate fastned to the wall at the east end of the said Chancel , whereon is this engraven . Conditum est hic corpus Gulielmi Leigh S. T. bac . verae religionis professoris sinceri , haeresium propulsatoris acerrimi , concionatoris suavissimi , hujus Ecclesiae quinquaginta tres annos pastoris vigilantiss . cujus nonnulla extant , pluraque desiderantur opera , evocati ex hac vita 26. Nov. an . dom . 1639. aetatis suae octogessimo nono . HENRY WOTTON , a person singularly accomplish'd , Son of Tho. Wotton Esq by his second Wife Elizabeth , Daughter of Sir Will. Finch of the Mote in St. Martins Parish in the County of Kent , but the Widdow of one Morton of the same County Esq was born at Bocton hall in Kent 30. March 1568. educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near to Winchester , and thence in the beginning of 1584 , he was transplanted to New coll . where living in the condition of a Gent. Com. had his Chamber in Hart hall adjoyning , and to his Chamber-Fellow there Rich. Baker his Countryman , afterwards a Knight and a noted writer . But continuing there not long , he went to Queens coll . where , by the benefit of a good Tutor and severe discipline there practiced , he became well vers'd in Logick and Philosophy ; and for a diversion now and then , he wrote a Tragedy for the private use of that house called Tancredo . On the 8. June 1588. he , as a Member of Qu. coll . did supplicate the venerable Congregation of Regents that he might be admitted to the reading of any of the books of the Logick of Aristotle , that is to be admitted to the degree of Bach. of Arts : which desire of his was granted conditionally that he should determine in the Lent following ; but whether he was admitted , or did determine , or took any other degree , it doth not appear in any of the University Registers , which I have exactly searched , and the more for this reason , because the a author of his life saith , that at 19 years of age he proceeded Master of Arts , and at that time did read three Lat. Lectures De Ocello ; which being learned , caused a friendship between him and Alberic , Gentilis , who thereupon ever after called him Henrice mi Ocelle . The said author also saith , that the University Treasury was rob'd by Townsmen and poor Scholars , of which such light was given by a Letter written to Hen. Wotton from his Father in Kent , occasioned by a dream relating to that matter , that the Felons were thereupon discovered and apprehended , &c. But upon my search into the University Registers , Records , Accompts , &c. from 1584. to 1589. in which time our author Wotton was resident in Oxon , I find no such robbery committed . To pass by other mistakes in the said life , especially as to time , which are not proper to set down in this place , I shall go forward . After our author had left Oxon , he betook himself to travel into France , Germany , and Italy ; and having spent about 9 years in those places , he returned into England , and became Secretary to Robert Earl of Essex , with whom continuing till towards his fall , he left England once more , and retiring to Florence , became so noted to the Great Duke of Tuscany , that he was by him privately dispatched away with letters to James 6. K. of Scots , under the name of Octavio Baldi to advise him of a design to take away his life . Which message being welcome to that K. he was by him ( when made K. of England ) honoured with the degree of Knighthood , sent thrice Embassador to the Reipub. of Venice , once to the States of the Vnited Provinces , twice to Charles Emanuel Duke of Savoy , once to the united Princes of Vpper Germany in the Convention at Heylbrune , also to the Archduke Leopald , to the Duke of Wittenbergh , to the Imperial Cities of Strasburgh and Vlme , as also to the Emperor Ferdinando the second . On the 15. July 1619. he returned from his Embassie at Venice with a vain b hope of obtaining the office of Secretary of State , but missing his design , I cannot yet tell to the contrary but that he was sent to Venice again . Sure 't is , that about 1623. he had the Provostship of Eaton coll . confer'd upon him , which he kept to his dying day , being all the reward he had for the great services he had done the Crown of England . He hath written these things following . Epistola de Casparo Scioppio . Amberg . 1613. oct . This Scioppius was a man of a restless spirit , and a malicous pen ; who , in books against K. Jam. 1. took occasion from a sentence written by Sir Hen. Wotton in a Germans Album ( viz. Legatus est vir bonus , peregrè missus ad mentiendum Reipublicae causâ ) to twit him in the teeth what principles in Religion were professed by him and his Embassador Wotton , then at Venice , where the said sentence was also written in several glass windows . Epist . ad Marc. Velserum Duumvir . Augustae Vindelicae , an . 1612. The elements of Architecture . Lond. 1624. qu. in two parts . Reprinted in Reliquiae Wottonianae , an . 1651. 54. and 1672. &c. oct . Translated into Latin and printed with the Great Vitruvius , and a great Elogy concerning Wotton put before it . — Amstel . 1649. fol. Plausus & vota ad Regem è Scotiâ reducem . Lond. 1633. in a large qu. or rather in a little fol. Reprinted by Dr. Joh. Lamphire in a book intit . by him Monarchia Britannica . Oxon. 1681. oct . 'T is in English also in Reliquiae Wotton . Parallel between Rob. late Earl of Essex and George late Duke of Bucks . Lond. 1641. in four sh . in qu. Short view of the life and death of George Duke of Bucks . Lond. 1642. in four sheets and an half in qu. Difference and disparity between the estates and conditions of George Duke of Bucks and Robert Earl of Essex . Characters of , and Observations on , some Kings of England . The election of the new Duke of Venice after the death of Giovanno Bembo . Philosophical survey of education , or moral Architecture . Aphorisms of education . The great action between Pompey and Caesar , extracted out of the Rom. and Greek writers . Meditations on 22 Chap. of Gen. Christmas day . Letters to , and characters of , certain personages . Various Poems . — All , or most of which books or treatises are reprinted in a book intit . Reliquiae Wottonian● before-mentioned . — Lond. 1651. 54. 1672. and 1685. in oct . published by Is . Walton at the end of Sir H. Wottons life . Letters to the Lord Zouch . — Printed at the latter end of Reliq . Wottom . in the edition of 1685. The state of Christendom : or , a more exact and curious discovery of many secret passages and hidden mysteries of the times . Lond. 1657. fol. Letters to Sir Edm. Bacon . Lond. 1661. oct . He hath also several Letters extant to George Duke of Bucks , in a book called Cabala , Mysteries of State. Lond. 1654. qu. and others in Cabala , or Scrinia Sacra . Lond. 1663. fol. Journal of his Embassies to Venice . -MS . fairly written in the Library of Edw. Lord Conway . Three propositions to the Count d'Angosciola in matter of duel , comprehending ( as it seems ) the latitude of that subject . — MS. sometimes in the Library of my most worthy Friend Ralph Sheldon Esq now among the books in the Coll. of Arms. The first proposition is , Quale sia stato , &c. The said Count was a Gentleman of Parma , from whence he was banished , and afterwards lived in the Court of Savoy , where he was esteemed a very punctual Duelist , and there managed many differences between Gentlemen . Other MSS. also of his composition do go from hand to hand , which I have not yet seen . At length after Sir H. Wotton had spent 72 years in this vain and transitory World , did conclude his last day in Eaton coll . near to Windsore , in the month of Decemb. in sixteen hundred thirty and nine , year 1639 and was buried in the Chappel belonging to the said College . When he made his Will he appointed this Epitaph to be put over his grave . Hic jacet hujus sententiae primus author Disputandi pruritus , Ecclesiarum scabies . Nomen aliàs quaere . In his Provostship of Eaton coll . succeeded Rich. Steuart Doctor of the Civil Laws , and Clark of the Closet to King Ch. 1. of whom I shall make farther mention under the year 1651. THOMAS HUTTON , a Londoner born , was elected Scholar of St. Johns coll . from Merchant-Taylors School in 1584. aged 19. of which coll . he was afterwards made Fellow . In 1591. he proceeded in Arts , and about that time entring into the Sacred Function , he became a frequent Preacher , Bac. of Divinity , afterwards Rector of North-Lewe in Devonshire , Vicar of S. Kewe in Cornwal and Prebendary of Exeter . His works are , An answer to several reasons for refusal to subscribe to the book of Common-Prayer , &c. Oxon. 1605. qu. Answer'd by Anonymus in a book intit . The removal of certain imputations laid upon the Ministers of Devon and Cornwal , by one Mr. T. H. &c. — Printed 1606. qu. He also published , The second and last part of the answer to the reasons for refusal of subscription to the book of Common-Prayer under the hands of certain Ministers of Dev. and Cornw. &c. Lond. 1606. qu. An appendix , or compendious brief of all other exceptions taken by others , against the book of Communion , Homilies , and Ordination , &c. — Published with the sec . and last part before-mentioned . Answer to both at several times , returned them in publick conference , and in divers Sermons in the Cathedral of Exeter . — Printed also with the said sec . and last part . After the publication of which , came out The second part of the defence of the Ministers reasons for refusal of subscription and conformity to the book of Common Prayer against the several answers of Tho. Hutton Bac. of Div. in his two books against the Ministers of Dev. and Cornw. &c. printed 1608. qu. Whether written by the before mention'd Anon. I cannot tell . Another answer also was published against it by a nameless author , intit . A dispute upon the question of kneeling in the act of receiving the Sacramental Bread and Wine — Printed 1608. qu. This also answer'd the book of Will. Covel D. D. which he wrote against Mr. Jo. Burges , called An Apology to the B. of Linc. &c. Tho. Spark's book intit . Brotherly perswasion to Vnity , &c. and Fr. Mason's Authority of the Church in making Canons , &c. At length our author Hutton having lived to the age of 74. years died in his Vicaridge house at St. Kewe in Cornwal before mentioned , in the month of Decemb. ( about Christmas day ) in sixteen hundred thirty and nine , year 1639 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Some years after was a Monument set up in the wall over his grave , with a large inscription thereon , part of which runs thus . Vir optima fide & moribus , 40 annos Ecclesiastes , nulli opere evangelico secundus , ecclesiae & musaei captivus , sacris lectione ●precibus assiduus , Septuagenarius illaeso visu , memoria a cumina : literarum sanctae Graec. Lat. Gall. Ital. callentissimus . Ad facetias Rhetoricen & poeticen praesenti impetu Theologus omni literaturâ instructiss . apparatiss us , Demum Praedicator nunquam satis praedicandus . This Epitaph being set up several years after Mr. Tho. Hutton died , the time of his death was by the Executor forgotten , for instead of the time of his burial , which was according to the Register of St. Kewe , on the 27. Dec. 1639. he caused in his Epitaph to be put , that he died 20. of Dec. 1640. THOMAS LYTE , a Gentleman studious of all good knowledge , as the learned Camden his acquaintance a tells us , was the Son of Hen. Lyte mentioned under the year 1607. by his second Wife Fraunces Daughter of John Tiptoft of London , and after he had been partly educated in Grammar learning in his native Country of Sommersetshire , did spend several years in Academicals in this University : But his Genie being mostly inclined to Genealogies and Histories , he left it without a degree , and retiring to his Patrimony and ancient Seat called Lytes-cary in the said County , did draw up , with very great curiosity , the Genealogy of James 1. from Bru●● written by him on Vellam with his own hand fairer than any print , it was also illuminated with admirable flourishes and painting , and had the pictures of the Kings and Queens mentioned therein , most neatly performed by the hands of an exact Limner . This Genealogy the author did dedicate to his Majesty , who , after a long and serious perusal of it , gave the said author his picture in Gold , set with diamonds , with gracious thanks . Charles Prince of Wales ( afterwards K. Ch. 1. ) was so exceedingly taken with it , that he gave the author his picture in Gold also . Camden before mentioned had the perusal of it , and underneath wrote with his own hand about 6 verses in commendation of it and the author . About which time it being hang'd up in publick in one of the rooms at Whitehall , became by the carelessness of pages and idle people a little soiled : wherefore upon the authors desire made to his Majesty , it was engraven on copper and printed , with this title , The most royally ennobled Genealogy of the high and mighty Prince , and renowned Monarch , James , by the Grace of God K. of Great Brittain , &c. extracted from Brute the most noble Founder of the Brittains , as also from the first original of the Scots , from them ascending to the Imperial Romans , the warlike Picts , the Saxons , Danes , and conquering Normans : with his lineal descent from Charlemaine , and other the modern Kings of France , their several regiments , titles , honors , matches , sirnames , and descents , when they began their Reign , how long each Prince ruled and governed , the Estate Royal , the manner of their death and place of burial . Whereunto is added their Regal Ensigns , Arms , atchievements of Honour , Emblems and memorable Epitaphs , &c. reduced into a Genealogical Table , &c. — Printed at Lond. in forma patenti . — This Mr. Tho. Lyte died in sixteen hundred thirty and nine , year 1639 or thereabouts , and was buried in , or near to , the grave of his Father , in the north Isle of the Church of Charlton-Makerel in Somersetshire ( which Isle belongs to the Lytes of Lytes-cary ) leaving then behind him other matters fit to be printed , and the character of an ingenious and learned Gentleman . THOMAS COVENTRIE , Son of Tho. Coventrie , sometimes fellow of Ball. coll . was born at , or near to , Crome D'abitot in Worcestershire , became a Gent. Commoner of the said coll . in Michaelm . -Term , an . 1592. aged 14 , whence , after he had continued under a strict Discipline for about 3 years , he went to the Inner Temple , and pursuing his fathers steps in the laudable studies of the Municipal Laws , was made choice of for the Autumn Reader of that House , 14. Jac. 1. Dom. 1616. and on the 17. Nov. the same year was b elected Recorder of London . In 1617 , about the 17. of March , he was made c the Kings Sollicitor General , upon the promotion of Hen. Yelverton to be Attorney General , and afterwards Knighted and made Attorney Gen. On the 30. of Oct. 1. Car. 1. he was advanced to that eminent Office of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England , tho' of no transcendent parts or same , as the Puritans said , and upon the 10. Apr. 4. Car. 1. was d dignified with the degree of a Baron of England by the title of Lord Coventry of Ailesborough in his native Country . He hath extant , Several speeches , as ( 1 ) Speech at the opening of the Parliament , 6. Feb. 1625. ( 2 ) Sp. in Parl. 29. Feb. 1626. chiefly concerning the Duke of Bucks . ( 3 ) Sp. at the open●ng of the Parl. 17. Mar. 1627. ( 4 ) Sp. to both Houses of Parl. 28. Apr. 1628. ( 5 ) Sp. at a Conference , 26. May 1628. ( 6 ) Sp. in Parl. 2. June 1628. ( 7 ) Sp. at the delivery of a Message from the K. to the H. of C. 6. Jun. 1628. ( 8 ) Reply to Sir ●Jo . Finch Speaker . ( 9 ) Second Reply , &c. ( 10 ) Answer to the Petition against Recusants , &c. Besides these Speeches and several discourses , goes under his name , Perfect and exact directions to all those , that desire to know the true and just fees of all the Offices belonging to the Court of Common Pleas , Chancery , &c. Lond. in oct . He ended his days in Durham House in the Strand near London , ( in a seasonable time , said the Puritan and discontented Party ) on the 14. Jan. in sixteen hundred thirty and nine , and was buried in the Church of Crome D'abitot beforemention'd , on the first of March following , after he had enjoyed the Dignity of Lord Keeper about 15 years , if it be not more proper to say , that Dignity had enjoyed him so long . His front and presence did bespeak a venerable regard , not inferior to any of his Antecessors . His train and suit of followers were disposed agreeably to shun both envy and contempt ; not like that of Bacon Visc . S. Albans , or of Williams B. of Lincoln , whom he succeeded , ambitious and vain ; his port was state , their 's ostentation , &c. See more of his character in The Reign of K. Ch. 1. under the year 1639. written by Ham. L'Estrange , Lond. 1656. fol. which being just , I wonder he did not animadvert upon a certain e Libel , which tells us , that had the Lord Coventries actions been scanned by a Parliament , he had been found as foul a man as ever lived . ROBERT BURTON , known otherwise to Scholars by the name of Democritus Junior , younger Brother to Will. Burton , whom I shall mention under the year 1645 , was born of an ancient and gentile family at Lindley in Leicestershire , 8. Feb. 1576 , and therefore in the titles of several of his choice books which he gave to the publick Library , he added to his Sirname Lindliacus Leycestrensis . He was educated in Grammar learning in the Free-School of Sutton-Colfield in Warwickshire , whence he was sent to Brasnose coll . in the long vacation , an . 1593. where he made a considerable progress in Logic and Philosophy in the condition of a Commoner . In 1599. he was elected Student of Ch. Ch. and for form sake , tho he wanted not a Tutor , he was put under the tuition of Dr. John Bancroft , afterwards Bishop of Oxon. In 1614. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and on the 29. Nov. 1616. he had the Vicaridge of St. Thomas Parish in the West Suburb of Oxon confer'd on him by the Dean and Canons of Ch. Church , ( to the parishioners whereof , he always gave the Sacrament in Wafers ) which , with the Rectory of Segrave in Leycestershire , given to him some years after by George Lord Berkley , he kept with much ado to his dying day . He was an exact Mathematician , a curious calculator of Nativities , a general read Scholar , a thro-pac'd Philologist , and one that understood the surveying of Lands well . As he was by many accounted a severe student , a devourer of authors , a melancholy and humerous person ; so by others , who knew him well , a person of great honesty , plain dealing and charity . I have heard some of the Antients of Ch. Ch. often say that his company was very merry , facete and juvenile , and no man in his time did surpass him for his ready and dextrous interlarding his common discourses among them with verses from the Poets or sentences from classical authors . Which being then all the fashion in the University , made his company more acceptable . He hath written , The Anatomy of Melancholy — First printed in qu. and afterwards several times in sol . an . 1624. 1632 , 38 , and 1652. &c. to the great profit of the Bookseller , who got an estate by it . 'T is a book so full of variety of reading , that Gentlemen who have lost their time and put to a push for invention , may furnish themselves with matter for common or scholastical discourse and writing . Several authors have unmercifully stolen matter from the said book without any acknowledgment , particularly one Will. Greenwood , in his book intit . A description of the passion of Love , &c. Lond. 1657. oct . Who , as others of the like humour do , sometimes take his quotations without the least mention of Democritus Junior . He the said R. Burton paid his last debt to nature , in his Chamber in Ch. Ch. at , or very near that time , which he had some years before foretold from the calculation of his own nativity ▪ which being exact , several of the Students did not forbear to whisper among themselves , that rather than there should be a mistake in the calculation , he sent up his soul to heaven thro a slip about his neck . His body was afterwards with due solemnity buried near that of Dr. Rob. Weston , in the north isle which joyns next to the choire of the Cath. of Ch. Church , on the 27. of January in sixteen hundred thirty and nine . Over his grave was soon after erected a comely Monument on the upper pillar of the said isle , with his bust painted to the life : On the right hand of which , is the calculation of his nativity , and under the bust this inscription made by himself ; all put up by the care of William Burton his brother . Paucis notus , paucioribus ignotus , hic jacet Democritus junior , cui vitam dedit , & mortem melancholia . Obiit viii . Id. Jan. A. C. M. DCXXXIX . He left behind him a very choice library of books , many of which he bequeathed to that of Bodley , and a hundred pounds to buy five pounds yearly for the supplying of Ch. Ch. Library with books . ROBERT MOOR , was born at Holyard in Hampshire , educated in Wykehams School , admitted perpetual Fellow of New coll . 1589 , took the degrees in Arts , and at length , was numbred among the best of Preachers in that house . In 1597 he left the coll . being then beneficed at Westmean in his own Country , was afterwards made Prebendary of Winchester , and in the year 1614. took the degrees in Divinity . His younger years were adorned with variety of learning , and his elder with solid and substantial Divinity : which last made him as much respected in his native country towards his latter end , as he was before in the University for this book following , of his writing and publication when he was a young man. Diarium Historico-poeticum . In quo praeter constellationum utriusque Hemisphaerii , & Zodaici , ortus & occasus , numerum Stellarum , causarumque ad Poesin Spectantium , varietatem , declaratur cujusque mensis dies fere singuli , Regum , Imperatorum , Principum , Pontificum , virorumque doctorum , natalibus , nuptiis , inaugurationibus , morte denique aut ralia quacunque insigniores , celebriores , sic ut nihil , &c. Lib. 12. Oxon. 1595. qu. What other things he hath published I know not as yet , nor any thing else of him , only that he died on the 20. of Febr. in sixteen hundred thirty and nine , ( having had , for some years before , divers contests with Neile his Diocesan for his introducing certain ceremonies into the Cath. at Winchester ) and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Westmean before mention'd . Over his grave was soon after a Monument put , with six verses thereon : the two first of which run thus . Ortus stirpe bonâ , titulo Doctoris adauctus Oxonii , conjux bis , deciesque pater . PHILIPP MASSINGER , Son of Phil. Massinger a servant belonging to the Pembrochian family , made his first entry on the stage of this vain world , within the City of Salisbury , was entred a Commoner in St. Albans hall , in the seventeenth year of his age 1601. where , tho incouraged in his studies by the Earl of Pembroke , yet , he applied his mind more to Poetry and Romances for about four years or more , than to Logick and Philosophy , which he ought to have done , and for that end was patronized . Afterwards leaving the University without the honour of a degree , he retired to the great City to improve his fancy and studies by conversation . At length being sufficiently fam'd for several specimens of wit , wrote divers Comedies and Tragedies for the English Stage , ( besides other things ) much applauded and cryed up in their time , when acted and published . Their names are these . The Duke of Millaine ; a Tragedy . Lond. 1623. qu. Powerfull Favourite : or the life of Sejanus , a Hist . — Printed 1628. qu. Roman Actor , Tr. Lond. 1629. qu. Renegado Picture Tr. co . Lond. 1630. qu. Virgin Martyr , Tr. Lond. 1631. 1661. qu. In this Trag. he was assisted by Tho. Dekker a high flier of wit , even against Ben Johnson himself in his Com. called The untrussing of The humerous Poet. Emperour of the East . Maid of Honour . Tr. co . Lond. 1632. qu. Fatal Dowry , Tr. Lond. 1632. qu. assisted therein by Nathan Field . New way to pay old debts , Co. Lond. 1633. qu. Great Duke of Florence . A comical Hist . London 1636. qu. The Bond-man : An antient story . Lond. 1638. qu. Tr. Lond. 1639. qu. Unnatural Brother Unnatural Combate . Lond. 1655. oct . with the authors picture before them . Bashful Lover , Tr. Co. The Guardian , Co. Hist . Very Woman ; or , the Prince ▪ of Tarent . Tr. Co. City Madam , Com. Lond. 1659. qu. published by one , who calls himself Andr. Penniewicke . He was also one of the three ( Thom. Middleton and Will. Rowley being the other two ) who had a hand in The old Law , Com. Lond. 1656. qu. and was sole author , if a cat . of Plays at the end of The old Law , may be believed , of Virtuous Octavia , Trag. and of Rom Alley , Com. As to this last , there is without doubt a mistake , for all readers of Plays cannot but know that Ram Alley , or merry Tricks , was pen'd by the Lord Barry an Irish man , and that it was acted by the Children of the Kings revels , before 1611. As for our author Ph. Massenger , he made his last exit very suddenly , in his house on the Bank-side in Southwerk , near to then Play-house , for he went to bed well and was dead before morning . Whereupon his body , being accompanied by Comedians , was buried about the middle of that Ch. yard belonging to S. Saviours Church there , commonly called the Bull-head Church yard , that is , in that , which joyns to the Bull-head Tavern ( for there are in all four yards belonging to that Church ) on the 18. day of March in sixteen hundred thirty and nine . Sir Aston Cockaine Baronet in his Choice Poems of several sorts , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . hath in pag. 186. an Epitaph on Mr. Joh. Fletcher and Mr. Philip Massinger , who , as he saith , lye buried both in one grave in St. Mary Overies Church ( alias S. Saviours ) in Southwerk . See more in Sir John Beaumont under the year 1628. where you 'll find more of those two persons . One Walt. Messenger or Massenger was a student in S. Alb. hall in the beginning of Queen Elizabeths raign , whom I take to be either Father or Uncle to Philip the Poet. JOHN VICCARS , was originally of the University of Cambridge , where taking one degree in Arts , retired to Oxon , setled in Lincolne coll . in the condition of a Commoner , an . 1624 , and the next year proceeded in Arts as a member of that house . Afterwards he travelled beyond the Seas , visited divers Academies and Recesses of learning , and gained from them and their respective Libraries great experience and knowledge . He hath written , Decapla in psalmos . Sive commentarius ex decem Linguis , antiquis paetribus , Rab. Historicis & Poetis , &c. Lond. 1639. fol. which book doth plainly demonstrate , that he was a most admirable Linguist , and the best for the Oriental tongues in his time . I shall make large mention of John Vicars the Poet among the writers under the year 1652. JOHN SPEED , Son of Jo. Sp. the Chronologer , was born in London , elected Scholar of S. John's coll . from Merchant Taylors School in 1612. aged 17. Afterwards he was made Fellow thereof , M. of A. Bach. and Doctor of Physick of this Univ. In which last faculty he became eminent ( especially for the practick part ) among the Academians ; and had , if death had not snatched him too soon away , published several matter of it . He hath written , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 utriusque sexus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 — MS. written in Latine , dedicated to Dr. Laud Archb. of Cantab. and reserved in S. John's coll . Library as a rarity . The said MS. points at , and hath relation to , the two Skeletons ( one of a man , another of a woman ) standing at the north end of the Mathematick Library of the said college ; which Skeletons were made , and given to the said Library , by our author Dr. Speed , who hath also written , Stonehenge , a pastoral — Acted before Dr. Rich. Baylie the President , and Fellows , of the said coll . in their common refectory , at what time the said Doctor was returned from Salisbury , after he had been installed Dean thereof , an . 1635. The said Pastoral is not printed , but goes about in MS. from hand to hand . Dr. Speed who was , by all persons that knew him , accounted an ingenious man , year 1640 died in the month of May , in sixteen hundred and forty , and was buried in the Chappel of S. John's coll . leaving then behind him a Son named Samuel , who was aftera Student of Ch. Ch. and M. of A. ( installed Canon of the said Church on the death of Dr. Seb. Smith , on the sixth day of May 1674. ) and another named John , afterwards Fellow of St. John's coll . and Doctor of Physick , living now at Southampton . THOMAS FITZHERBERT , Son of Will. Fitzherbert ( by Isabell his Wife , Daughter and one of the heirs of Humph. Swinnerton of Swinnerton in Staffordshire ) fourth Son of Sir Anth. Fitzherbert Knight ( the famous Lawyer ) Son of Ralph Fitzherbert of Norbury in Derbyshire , was born in the said County of Stafford , an . 1552. in which County being initiated in Grammer learning , was sent either to Exeter , or Lincoln coll . in 1568 : But having been mostly before trained up in the Cath. Religion , the college seemed uneasie to him , for tho he would now and then hear a Sermon , which he was permitted to do by an old Roman Priest that then lived abscondedly in Oxon , ( for to him he often retired to receive instructions as to matters of Religion ) yet he would seldom or never go to prayers , for which he was often admonished by the Sub-Rector of his house . At length he seeming to be wearied with the heresie ( as he stil'd it ) of those times , he receeded without a degree to his Patrimony , where also refusing to go to his parish Church , was imprison'd about 1572. But being soon after set at liberty , he became more zealous in his Religion , defended it against the Protestant Ministers , and not only confirm'd and strengthned many wavering Catholicks therein , but wrote also several valid reasons for the not going of Catholicks to Protestant Churches ; for which being like to suffer , he withdrew and lived abscondedly . In 1580. when Campian and Persons the Jesuits came into the mission of England , he retired to London , found them out , shew'd himself exceeding civil , and exhibited to them liberally . Whereupon bringing himself into a promunire , and foreseeing great danger to come on him and all Catholicks , he went as a voluntary exile into France , an . 1582. where he continued a zealous sollicitor in the cause of Mary Queen of Scots with the K. of France and Duke of Guise for her relief , tho in vain . After her decollation , and all hopes of the Catholicks frustrated for the present , he left that Country , and the rather because that he , about that time , had buried his Wife , and forthwith went into Spain . For some years there he became a zealous agitator in the Royal Court for the relief of Catholicks and their Religion in England , but his actions and the labours of many more of that nature being frustrated by the Spaniards repulse in 1588. he , under pretence of being weary with the troubles and toyles of this life , receeded to Millaine with the Duke of Feria . Whence , after some continuance there , he went to Rome , where he was initiated in sacred Orders , took a lodging near to the English college , and observed all hours and times of Religion , as they in the college did , by the sound of their bell , and there composed certain books , of which that against Machiavel was one . A certain author of little or no note named James Wadsworth , tells * us that the said Tho. Fitzherbert had been before a Pensioner , and Spye to the King of Spain in France , and his service being past , and his pension failing him , out of pure necessity , he , and his man , were constrained to turn Jesuits , or else starve . And he being a worthy Scholar and a great Politician , was very welcome to that Order . But let this report remain with the author , who is characteriz'd by a Protestant † writer to be a Renegado proselyte-Turncote , of any Religion , and every trade , now living 1655. a common hackney to the basest Catch-pole Bayliffs , &c. while I proceed . In 1613-4 he took upon him the habit of the Society of Jesus , on the feast of the Purification , initiated therein on the vigil of the Annuntiation following , and on the next day he sung his first Mass . Afterwards he presided the mission at Bruxells for two years , and at length , much against his will , he was made Rector of the English coll . or seminary at Rome , which he governed with great praise about 22. years . He was a person of excellent parts , had a great command of his tongue and pen , was a noted Politician , a singular lover of his Country men , especially those who were Catholicks , and of so graceful behaviour and generous spirit , that great endeavours were used to have him created a Cardinal some years after Allens death , and it might have been easily effected , had he not stood in his own way . He hath written , A defence of the Catholick cause , containing a Treatise in confutation of sundry untruths and slanders published by the Hereticks , &c. S. Omers 1602. Apology or defence of his innocence in a fained conspiracy against her Majesties person , for the which one Edw. Squire was wrongfully condemned and executed , in Nov. 1598. — Printed with the Defence before mention'd . This is the book which the learned Camden tells a us was written by Walpole a Jesuit , or one under his name . Treatise concerning policy and religion . Doway 1606. qu. Wherein are confuted several principles of Machiavel . The second part of the said Treatise , was printed also at Doway 1610. and both together in 1615. qu. A third part was printed at Lond. 1652. qu. being then cried up for a good book , as the other parts had been . An sit utilitas in scelere , vel de infelicitate Principis Machiavellani . Rome 1610. oct . Suppliment to the discussion of Mr. Dr. Burlows answer to the judgment of a Cath. Engl. Man , &c. interrupted by the death of the author F. Rob. Persons Jesuit . S. Omer 1613. qu. published under the two letters of F. T. Censure of Dr. Joh. Donnes book intit . Pseudo-Martyr . Additions to the Suppliment . — These two last are printed at the end of the Suppliment to the discussion , &c. against Dr. Will. Barlow B. of Line . before-mentioned . Confutation of certain absurdities in Lancelot Andrews's answer to Bellarm. — Printed 1603. qu. and published under the two letters of F. T. instead of T. F. This was written in vindication of Card. Bellarmine's Apology for his answer made to K. James's book De jure fidel . Whereupon came out a book intit . Epphata , to F. T. or a defence of the Bishop of Ely ( Lanc. Andrews ) concerning his answer to Card. Bellarmine's Apology , against the calumnies of a scandalous Pamphlet . Cambr. 1617. qu. written by Sam. Collins D. D. a Buckinghamsh , man born , Provost of Kings coll . in Cambridge , elected the Kings Prof. of Div. of that University , 22. Oct. 1617. afterwards made Prebendary of Ely , and Parson of Somersham . Who , in succeeding times , proving a high Royallist , was removed from his Provostship by order of Parliament 1645. Afterwards he lived retiredly in Cambridge , till the time of his death 1651. leaving then behind him the character of a Great Scholar . Our author Fitzherbert afterwards wrote and published , Of the Oath of Fidelity or Allegiance , against the Theological disputations of Rog. Widdrington . S. Omer . 1614. qu. The Obmutesce of F. T. to the Epphata of Dr. Collins , &c. — Printed 1621. oct . with other things which I have not yet seen . He surrendred up his Soul to that God that inspired it , on the 17. of Aug. according to the accompt followed at Rome , year 1640 in sixteen hundred and forty , and in that of his age eighty and eight , and was buried in the chappel belonging to the English college at Rome . He had a Son named Edward , living , I suppose , at the time of his death , to whom he dedicated the first part of the Treatise concerning Policy and Religion , an . 1606. which Edward was a most zealous man for the Rom. Catholick Religion , and whether he was a Priest or a Gentleman , I know not . THOMAS JACKSON , the ornament of the University in his time , was born at Witton on the River Weer in the Bishoprick of Durham on the day of S. Thomas the Apostle , an . 1579. became a Student in Queens coll . under the tuition of Crakanthorpe , in Midsomer Term 1595. was admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 24. of March 1596. and Prob. Fellow 10. May 1606. being then M. of A. and had laid the grounds carefully in Arithmetick , Grammar , Philology , Geometry , Rhetorick , Logick , Philosophy , Oriental Languages , Histories , &c. with an insight in Heraldry and Hieroglyphicks . All which he made use of to serve either as rubbish under the foundation , or as Drudges and Day labourers to Theology . In 1622. he proceeded D. D. and two years after left his coll . for a Benefice in his own Country , which the President and Society thereof had then lately confer'd on him . But he keeping the said living not long , was made Vicar of S. Nicholas Church in Newcastle upon Tine , where he was much followed and admired for his excellent way of Preaching , which was then Puritanical . At length being elected President of C. C. coll . partly with the helps of Neile Bishop of Durham , ( who before had taken him off from his precise way , and made him his Chaplain , ) but more by the endeavours of Dr. Laud , and also made Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty , he left the said Vicaridge , and was made Prebendary of Winchester , Vicar of Witney in Oxfordshire , and Dean of Peterborough in the place of Dr. Joh. Towers promoted to the Episcopal See thereof , by the favour of the said Laud , an . 1638. He was a person furnished with all learned languages , Arts and Sciences , especially in Metaphysicks , which he looked upon as a necessary hand-maid to Divinity . He was also profoundly read in the Fathers , and was of a wonderful and deep judgment , as it appears by his works that are much admired by all persons . None wrote more highly concerning the attributes of God , and more vigorous in some of his works , against the Church of Rome , than he . — I speak it in the presence of God , ( saith a one ) I have not read so hearty , vigorous a Champion against Rome , ( amongst our writers of his rank ) so convincing and demonstrative , as Dr. Jackson is . I bless God for the confirmation which he hath given me in the Christian Religion against the A. theist , Jew , and Socinian ; and in the Protestant against Rome , &c. In a word he was a man of a blameless life , studious , humble , courteous and very charitable , devout towards God and exemplary in private and publick , beloved of Laud Archb. of Cant. and blamed by none in any respect , but by the restless Presbyterians ; the chief of whom , Will. Prynne , who busily concerned himself in all affairs , doth give him this b character in the name of the Brethren . — Dr. Jackson of Oxon is a Man of great abilities , and of a plausible , affable , courteous deportment , till of late he hath been transported beyond himself , with Metaphysical contemplations to his own infamy and his renowned Mothers shame , I mean the Vniversity of Oxon , who grieves for his defection ; from whose duggs he never sucked his poysonous doctrines . — Also that he is ( as in another c place he tells us ) of civil conversation and learning , which made his errours and preferments more dangerous and pernicious , and that it was his Arminian errours , not his learning or honesty , that were the ground of his advancement to his Dignity , &c. He tells us also in another d place , that he was convented in the last Parliament , yea openly accused in the last Convocation for his heretical Arminian books , which have been censured by Mr. Hen. Burton in his Seven Viols , and particularly answered by acute and learned Dr. Twisse , &c. The Parliament that Pryune means , was that which sate in 1628. wherein he had like to have been sore shent for certain Tenets , I cannot say , so far driven by him , as by some men since , and now , they have , and are , with great applause . His works are these . The eternal truth of Scriptures , and Christian belief , thereon wholly depending , manifested by its own light . Lond. 1613. qu. This is the first book of his Comments on the Creed . How far the ministry of men is necessary for planting true Christian Faith , and retaining the unity of it planted . Lond. 1614. qu. This is the second book of his Com. on the Creed . Blasphemous positions of Jesuits and other later Romanists , concerning the authority of the Church . Lond. 1614. qu. This is the third book of his Com. on the Creed . Justifying Faith : Or , the Faith by which the Just do live . A treatise containing a description of the nature , properties , and conditions of Christian Faith. Lond. 1615. and 1631. qu. This is the fourth book of his Com. on the Creed . A discovery of misperswasions , breeding presumption , and hypocrisie , and means how Faith may be planted in unbelievers . — Printed with the former book called Justifying Faith , &c. Treatise containing the original of unbelief , misbelief , or misperswasions concerning the verity , unity , and attributes of the Deity , &c. Lond. 1625. qu. This is the fifth book of his Com. on the Creed . Treatise of the divine Essence and Attributes . Lond. 1628 : qu. the first part . The second part was also printed there in 1629. qu. Which two parts make the sixth book of his Comments on the Creed . The first part was dedicated to Will. Earl of Pembroke , with a plausible Epistle , wherein , as one * saith , The author professeth himself an Arminian , and Patron of their Tenets . And from chap. 8. to the 20. he professedly maintains a mutability in Gods eternal Decrees of Election and Reprobation , depending upon the actions and wills of Men , Vniversal Grace and Redemption ; with other Arminian errours . This book , though publickly complained of , was never called in by the Bishop , ( Laud ) but the second part thereof was printed with License , an . 1629. and the author of it advanced to the Presidentship of C. C. coll . in Oxon , by this Bishop , yea by him designed to be Doctor of the Chaire ( though he missed that preferment ) to poyson the University of Oxford with his Arminian druggs . The knowledge of Jesus Christ . Or the seventh book of the Commentary of the Apostles Creed . — A larger title of this runs thus , Christ exercising his everlasting Priesthood , &c. Or , a Treatise of the knowledge of Christ which consists in the true estimate or experimental valuation of his death , resurrection , and exercise of his everlasting sacerdotal Function , &c. Lond. 1624. qu. Humiliation of the Son of God , by his becoming the Son of Man , &c. Lond. 1626. and 36. qu. This is the eighth book of his Com. on the Creed . Treatise of the consecration of the Son of God to the everlasting Priesthood , &c. Lond. 1628. and 33. Oxon. 1638. qu. This is the ninth book of Com. on the Creed . The second part of the knowledge of Jesus Christ , &c. Lond. 1654. fol. The tenth book of Com. on the Creed . Dominus veniet . Of Christs Session at the right hand of God , and Exaltation thereby , &c. Lond. 1657. fol. The eleventh book of Com. on the Creed . Which , with the tenth and a Preface concerning them and their author , were published by his great admirer Barnabas Oley M. A. of Cambridge , who had before published the second edit . of the three first book . — Lond. 1653. fol. with a large Preface likewise of his composition , but the life which followed was written by Edm. Vaughan , as I shall anon tell you . This Barnabas Oley was installed Prebendary of Worcester 4. of Septemb. 1660. and was afterwards Bach. of Divinity , and Archdeacon of Ely. He died 20. Febr. 1685. whereupon Joh. Hough B. D. of Magd. coll . in Oxon , succeeded him in his Prebendship and Will. Saywell D. D. Master of Jesus coll . in Cambridge , in his Archdeaconry . Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) Five Sermons befitting these present tones . Two of which are on 2 Cor. 6. 39 , 40. and the other three on Jerem. 26. 19. Oxon. 1637. qu. ( 2 ) Treatise concerning the signs of the times , or Gods forewarning ; being the sum of some few Sermons on Luke 13. 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9. Oxon. 1637. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. or Posthill preached on the second Sunday in Advent 1630. on Luke 21. 25. — Printed with the aforesaid Treatise concerning the signs , &c. ( 4 ) Nazareth and Bethlem ; or , Israels portion in the Son of Jesse , &c. two Sermons on Jerem. 31. 21 , 22. ( 5 ) Mankinds comfort from the weaker Sex. on Gal. 4. 5 , 6. ( 6 ) Two Sermons , one on Matth. 2. ver . 1 , 2. and the other on the 17. and 18. verses of the same chapter . ( 7 ) Christs answer unto Johns question : Or , an introduction to the knowledge of Jesus Christ , and him Crucisied ; in certain Sermons at Newcastle upon Tine , &c. Treatise of the Holy Cath : Faith , and Church , in 3 books . Lond. 1627. qu. This is the twelfth book of his Com. on the Creed . Treatise of Christian obedience . Treatise of the primeval estate of man ; of the manner how Sin formed entrance into , and is propagated in the World , &c. Lond. 1654. fol. Discourse of the limitation of the two propositions in the thirteenth verse of the eighth chapter to the Romans . Vindication , or a serious answer to Mr. Hen. Buttons exceptions taken against a passage in his Treatise of his Divine essence and attributes . Paragraph on the eleven first chapters of Exodus , with useful annotations , observations , and parallels . Salvation only from Gods grace , or an Exposition of Rom. 9. 16. Gods just hardning of Pharoah , when he had filled up the measure of his iniquity : Or , an Exposition on Rom. 9. 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24. Treatise concerning the Acts and Exercises of the Son of God's everlasting Priesthood . — Which six last Treatises , or books , were printed with the Treatise of the primeval estate of Man , &c. 1654. fol. Three errours disparaging Christs Priesthood . ( 1 ) The novation denying the reception of some sort of Sinners . ( 2 ) &c. Twenty Sermons , or thereabouts . Most of which Books , Sermons , and Treatises , having been published at several times , were collected together , ( with others added to them , ) and printed at Lond. 1672. 73. in three volumes in fol. with the authors life prefixed , ( as it was before the three first books of Comments on the Creed . Lond. 1653. fol. ) written by Edm. Vaughan , sometimes Fellow of C. C. coll . whom I shall mention elsewhere . Our author Dr. Jackson also wrote , An historical narration . — This I have not yet seen , nor do I know farther of its title . It was licensed by Dr. Edw. Martin Domestick Chaplain to Bishop Laud , without his privity , for which he turn'd him out of his service ( as he e himself saith ) and the book called in and suppressed . But Prynne an implacable enemy to that Bishop saith , f that the said Historical narration , which was the vilest imposture that ever was thrust upon our Church , was licensed by the said Martin with Lauds privity , and that the calling of it in , was the act of Archb. Abbot upon Prynns complaint and the publick scandal it gave , much against Lauds will , who ever since connived at the sale of them . At length after our author Dr. Th. Jackson had spent 60 years or more , in this life , mostly in studies and devotion , surrendred up his devout Soul to him that gave it on the 21. of Sept. in sixteen hundred and forty , year 1640 and was buried in the Inner Chappel of Corp. Ch. coll . but hath no memory at all over his grave . In his Presidentship of the said coll . succeeded Dr. Rob. Neulin , D. D. and in his Deanry of Peterborough succeeded Dr. John Cosin born in the City of Norwich and educated in Cajes coll . who was first Prebendary of Darham , then Archdeacon of the East-riding of Yor●● . next Rector of the Church of Branspath in the Bishoprick of Durham , afterwards Master of St. Peters coll . commonly called Peter-house , in Cambridge , and Vicechancellour of that University , then Dean of Peterborough as is before mentioned , Chaplain in Ord. to K. Ch. 1. and 2. and lastly , after the sequestration and plunder of all he had , and 17 years exile for his Loyalty , was consecrated Bishop of Darham 2. 〈◊〉 1660. He died in his lodging in the street called the Palmal in the Suburbs of Westminster ( after he had bestowed much wealth on pious and publick uses ) on the fifteenth day of Januar. 1671. aged 77. whereupon his body was conveyed with great solemnity to Bishops Aukland in his Diocess , and there buried on the 29. of Apr. 1672. The Reader is now to know that there was another Tho. Jackson who was a writer also , born in Lancashire , educated , as it seems , in Cambridge , afterwards Minister of Wye in Kent , and at length Prebendary of Canterbury and D. of Div. This person who mostly seemed to be a true Son of the Church of England , a hater of Papists , Arminians and Sectaries , published , ( 1 ) Seven Sermons , on the 23. Psal . of David . Lond. 1603. oct . ( 2 ) The Converts happiness , Sermon on Rev. 3. 20. Lond. 1609. qu. ( 3 ) The raging tempest still'd . The history of Christ's passage with his Disciples over the Sea of Galilee , &c. Lond. 1623. qu. ( 4 ) Help to the best bargain , &c. Serm. in the Cath. of Canterb. 26. Oct. 1623. Lond. 1624. in oct . and other things which I have not yet seen . He was living in Septemb. 1644. being then the Senior Prebendary of Christ-Church in Canterbury , and died shortly after , having before cast a stone against Archbishop Laud when he was to be tried for his life . JOHN BALL , Son of Will. Ball and Agnes Mabet his Wife , was born of a plebeian family at Cassington alias Chersington near to Woodstock in Oxfordshire , in the beginning of Octob. 1585. and baptized the 14. of the same month , educated in Grammar learning in a private School taught by the Vicar of Yarnton , a mile distant from Cassington , admitted a Student of Brasnose coll . in 1602 , where continuing under a severe discipline and Tutor about five years , in the condition , as it seems , of a Servitour , removed to S. Maries hall , and as a Member thereof took the degree of Bac. of Arts in 1608. Soon after he was invited into Cheshire to teach the Children of the Lady Cholmondeley , where continuing for some time , fell into the acquaintance of several severe Puritans , who working on his affections , they brought him over to them . About that time , having gained a sum of money , he went to London with some of them , and made shift to be ordained a Minister there , without subscription , by an Irish Bishop . Soon after he removed into Staffordshire , and became Curate of Whitmore , a Chappel of ●ase to Stoke , where he lived ( and died ) a Nonconformist in a poor house , a poor habit , with poor maintenance of about 20 l. per an . and in an obscure Village , teaching School also all the week for a farther supply , deserving as high esteem and honour ( as a noted Presbyterian g observes ) as the best Bishop in England , yet looking after no ●igher things , but living comfortably and prosperously with these , &c. The Brethren report him to have been a excellent Schoolmaster and Schoolman , ( qualities seldom meeting in the same person ) a painful Preacher and a profitable Writer : And tho somewhat disaffected to Ceremonies and Church discipline , yet he confuted such as conceived the corruption therein , ground enough for a Separation . He hath written , A short treatise containing all the principal grounds of Christian Religion , &c. — Fourteen times printed before the year 1632. and translated into the Turkish Language by Will. Seaman an English Traveller . Treatise of Faith ; in two parts . The first shewing the nature , the second the life of Faith , &c. Lond. 1631. qu. 1637. qu. the third edition . It hath a Preface to it in commendation of the work , written by Rich. Sibbes . Friendly trial of the grounds tending to Separation , in a plain and modest dispute touching the unlawfulness of stinted Liturgy and set form of Common Prayer , Communion in mixed Assemblies and the primitive subject and first receptacle of the power of the Keys , &c. Cambr. 1640. qu. The rude and imperfect draught of this book was first made for satisfaction of Mr. Rich. Knightley , which , by importunity of Ministers and others , was afterwards enlarged into this treatise . The answer returned to the first conceptions thereof , is briefly examined in some marginal notes annexed , p. 13. 15. 24. 33. An answer to two Treatises of Mr. Joh. Can , the Leader of the English Brownists in Amsterdam . The former is called A necessity of separation from the Church of England , proved by the Nonconformists principles . And the other , A stay against straying : Wherein in opposition to Mr. John Robinson , he undertakes to prove the unlawfulness of hearing the Ministers of the Church of England . Lond. 1642. qu. Published by Simeon Ash . The Epistle to the Reader is subscribed by Tho. Langley , Will. Rathband , Simeon Ash , Franc. Woodcock , and Geo. Croft , Presbyterians . After our author Ball had finished this last book , he undertook a large treatise of the Church , wherein he intended to discover the nature of Schism , and to deal in the main controversies touching the essence and Government of the Visible Church , of which also 50 sheets of paper he left finished . Notwithstanding all this , yet by what our author hath written in his answer to Jo. Can , and in his Friendly trial , &c. some dividing Spirits of his own party censured him , as in some degree declining from his former profest inconformity , in deserting the Nonconformists cause and grounds , being too much inclined ( especially in the last of these two ) to favour the times in Ceremonies and the Service-book . Yet if you 'll give credit to what these men deliver , they 'll tell you that he lived and died a strict forbearer , and constant opposer of all those pretended corruptions , which the Nonconformists had commonly in their publick writings disallowed in the Church of England . So that they of his own perswasion would willingly have it believed , that altho he was in these his pieces against aggravating and multiplying conceived corruptions , and that these were not of so great weight , as to inforce the unlawfulness of our set forms , or warrant a separation from our Churches , and publick worship in regard thereof , yet he acknowledged some things blame-worthy in the English Liturgy , which he designed to have evidenced ( as these men tell us ) in some publick treatise , had he lived but a little longer . For all this he died abundantly satisfied in the justness of that cause , which he so well defended against separation . Trial of the new Church-way in New-England and Old , &c. Lond. 1644. qu. Treatise of the Covenant of Grace . Lond. 1645. &c. qu. Published by his great admirer Simeon Ash . Of the power of godliness , both doctrinally and practically handled , &c. — To which are annexed several Treatises , as , ( 1 ) Of the affections . ( 2 ) Of the spiritual combat● . ( 3 ) Of the government of the tongue . ( 4 ) Of prayer , with an exposition on the Lords Prayer , &c. Lond. 1657. fol. Published by the aforesaid Simeon Ash , sometimes of the University of Cambridge , Chaplain to the Lord Brook , afterwards to the Earl of Manchester an . 1644. Minister of St. Michael Bashishaw , and at length of St. Austins , in London ; who dying 20. of Aug. 1662. being a little before the fatal day of St. Barthelmew , was buried 23. of the same month in the Church of St. Austin before-mentioned . Treatise of divine meditation . Lond. 1660. in twelv . published also by the said Ash . These , I think , are all that have been written by our author Ball , who dying 20. of Octob. in sixteen hundred and forty , year 1640 aged fifty and five , or thereabouts , was buried in the Chappel or Church of Whitmore aforesaid , leaving then behind the character of a learned and pious man , and of one , who , by his daily labours , had done eminent service to the private and publick . WILLIAM JONES , the eldest Son and Heir of Will. Jones Esq ; was born at Castellmarch in Carnarvonshire , the ancient Seat of his Family , educated in the Free-School at Beaumaris in Anglesey , whence , at 14 years of age , he was transplanted to S. Edmunds hall , an . 1570. and continued there 5 years . But taking no degree , he went to Lincolns Inn and was there admitted a Student , yet before he resided in that Society he spent two years in Furnivals Inn , according to the course of those times . After he had been a Counsellor of repute for some years , he became Lent-Reader of the said Inn 13. Jac. 1. Serjeant at Law the year following , and a Knight , in order to the chief Justiceship in Ireland , in which place he continued three years , and then left it upon his own request . In 19. Jac. 1. he was made one of the Justices of the Common Pleas , in the room of Sir Augustin Nicolls , and in the 22 year he was removed to the Kings-Bench . He hath written and collected , Reports of divers special cases , as well in the Court of Kings Bench , as of the Common Pleas in England , as well in the latter time of the Reign of K. James , as in the years of K. Ch. 1. &c. Lond. 1675. fol. They contain the cases of greatest remark which hapned either in the Common Pleas or Kings Bench , during the time our author was Judge in the said Courts , which was from the 18. Jac. 1. to 16. Car. 1. In the said book also is reported three Iters , together with the great case in Parliament between the Earl of Oxford , and the Lord Willoughby of Eresby . This book also coming into the hands , after the authors death , of Sir Jo. Glynn Serjeant at Law , he made very good notes on it , as it appears in the original copy , sometimes in the hands of Dorothy Faulconberg and Lucy Jones Daughters and Executors of Sir Will. Jones . Several Speeches in Parliament . — He concluded his last day in his house in Holbourne near London on the ninth of Decemb. in sixteen hundred and forty , year 1640 and was buried under the Chappel ( standing on pillars ) of Lincolns-Inn , on the fourteenth day of the same month . Over whose grave , tho no writing or Epitaph appears , yet his eminence in the knowledge of the Municipal Laws , will make his name live to posterity , more especially in these parts , where he had , his education , and when Justice , did constantly keep Oxford circuit . WILLIAM CHIBALD , or Chiball , a Surrey man born , was entred a Student into Magd. coll . 1589. aged 14. but whether in the condition of a Servitour or Clerk , I know not . Afterwards he took the degrees in Arts , entred into the Sacred Function , became a Preacher in London , and at length Rector of St. Nicholas cold Abbey in Old Fishstreet there , where continuing many years was much frequented and admired for his edifying way of Preaching . He hath written and published , A cordial of comfort to preserve the Heart from fainting with grief or fear , for our friends , or own visitation , by the Plague . Lond. 1625. oct . An humble thanksgiving to Almighty God for his staying of the Plague in the City of London and Suburbs thereof . — Printed with the former . Sum of all ( namely ) Gods Service , and Mans Salvation , and Mans duty to God concerning both , by way of dialogue . Lond. 1630. oct . Several Sermons , as , ( 1 ) The trial of Faith by the touchstone of the Gospel , on 2 Cor. 13. 5. Lond. 1622. oct . with others which I have not yet seen . Apology for the trial of Faith. Lond. in oct . when printed I know not , for I have not yet seen it . He deceased in Febr. ( about the 25. day ) in sixteen hundred and forty , and was buried in his Church of St. Nicholas before-mentioned , leaving then behind him a Son named James , who became a Student in Magd. coll . 1623. afterwards a Minister in London , and , if I mistake not , a sufferer there for the Royal Cause , when the Grand Rebellion broke out in 1642. by the sedulous industry of such who were then called Presbyterians . MARTIN WESTCOMBE , sometimes a Monk at Toulouse in France , and Bac. of Arts there , left the Rom. Cath. Church and returned to his native Country of England . At length being reconciled to the Reformed Church there , was sent to Exeter coll . among his Countrymen of Devonshire , was incorporated Bach. of Arts in January 1637. and , by the favour of the Chancellour of the University , proceeded in Arts the next year , as a Member of the said college . He hath written . Fabulae pontificiae Evangelicae veritatis radiis dissipatae . Ox. 1639. oct . Soon after , the author of it went beyond the Seas , returned to his former Religion ( as some of the Ancients of Ex. coll . have told me ) and wrote certain matters there , in vindication of himself , but what , they could not tell me . ROBERT CHAMBERLAINE , Son of Rich. Chamb. of Standish in Larcash . Gent was born there , or at least in that County , and from being Clerk to Pet. Ball Esq ; Solicitor General to the Queen , had his Poetical Genie so far incouraged by that generous person , that he sent him to Exeter coll . to compleat it with Academical learning , in the beginning of the year 1637. aged 30 years . What stay he made there , or whether he was honoured with a degree , it appears not . Sure it is , that he having about that time composed several poetical , and other , things , had them viewed by the ingenious men of that house , and published under these titles . Nocturnal Lucubrations ; or meditations divine and moral . Lond. 1638. in tw . To which are added , Epigrams and Epitaphs . — The former he dedicated to his honoured Master Peter Ball before-mentioned , and the other to Will. Ball his Son and Heir . He hath also written , The swaggering Damsel , a Comedy . Lond. 1640. qu. Sicelides , a Pastoral . — When printed , I cannot tell , for I do not remember I ever saw it . In 1631. was published in qu. a book intit . Sicelides , a piscatory , several times acted in Kings coll . in Cambr. and therefore , I presume , 't was made by one of that house . This Rob. Chamberlaine lived many years after , but when he died , I cannot justly tell . One Rob. Chamberlaine proceeded Master of Arts , as a Member of Pemb. coll . but he being the Son of Dr. Pet. Chamberlaine a Physician , must not be taken ( as some of this University have done ) to be the same with the Poet before-mentioned . Will. Chamberlaine of Shaftsbury in Dorsetshire hath written Love's Victory , Trag. Com. Lond. 1658. qu. and Pharonida , an heroick Poem . Lond. 1659. oct . but whether he was ever an Oxford Student , I am hitherto ignorant . ATHENAE OXONIENSES . The History of the Archbishops and Bishops of the University of Oxford , from the year of our Lord 1500. to the end of the year 1640. ●_THOMAS JANE or Janne was born in a Market Town in Dorsetsh . called Middleton , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , became Fellow of New coll . after he had served two years of Probation , in 1456 , was afterwards Doctor of Decrees , and Commissary ( the same now with Vicechancellour ) of the University an . 1468. About that time he was made Canon of S. Pauls Cathedral within the City of London , Archdeacon of Essex , Canon of Windsore 1497 , Dean of the Kings Chappel , and at length upon the refusal of Christoph , Vrswyke Dean of Windsore , he became Bishop of Norwich in the room of James Goldwell deceased : The temporalities of which See ( after his election thereunto ) were a restored to him 21. Jul. 14. Hen. 7. dom . 1499. where sitting little more than an year , he concluded his last day in the month of Aug. or thereabouts , in the year fiveteen hundred . By his Will b dated 20. Jul. the same year , he bequeathed his body to be buried in his own Cathedral Church , if it should happen that he dye in Norwich , or within 16 miles of that place . He had before his death been a benefactor to New coll . as I have told you c elsewhere , and as it should seem , to the building of S. Maries Church in this Univ. of Oxon , if his answer was equivalent to an Epistle d written in its name , to desire his benefaction thereunto . In the time of this worthy Bishop Tho. Jane , or rather before , studied in this University Tho. Scot alias Rotheram , Son of Sir Tho. Rotheram Knight , by Alice his Wife ; but going soon after to Cambridge , we can hardly lay claim to him . In an old book of Epistles , written by the University of Ox. to great personages , is an Epistle * written to the Bishop of Lincoln , and he that then sat there , must according to time be the said Rotheram . In which Epistle are certain circumstances that shew that he had sometimes studied in the said University , and besides the members thereof did seldom ●or never write Epistles to any , except such who had originally been Students among them . He died Archb. of York , in 1500 , and was succeeded in that See by Tho. Savage . See in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 243. a. b. JOHN MORETON , Son a of Rich. Moreton of S. Andrews Milbourn in Dorsetshire , Son of Will. Moreton of the said place , and he the second Son of Charles Moreton ( the first being Rob. Moreton of Moreton in Nottinghamsh . from whence sprang the Moretons of Bautrey in Yorkshire ) was born saith b Camden at St. Andr. Milb . before mention'd , others , particularly one c of Camdens contemporaries , at a little Market Town call'd Bere in the said County of Dorset , which seems to be most true by those things that I shall anon mention from his last Will and Testament . When he was a boy he was educated among the Religious in Cerne Abbey , and at ripe years was sent to Balliol coll . where making great progress in Academical learning , he took the degrees in the Laws , without any regard had to those in Arts. In 1446. he being then in his Regency , he became one of the Commissaries of the University , about which time one Will. Moreton of the same coll . was the northern Proctor , but whether related to him , I cannot tell . Afterwards Jo. Moreton was Principal or moderator of the Civil Law School , situated in the Great Jewry in Oxon , and about 1453. became Principal of Peckwaters Inn : at which time he being also an Advocate in the Court of Arches , his parts and great learning were so remarkable , that Tho. Bouchier Archb. of Canterbury taking cognisance of him , sought means to prefer him . In 1458. Nov. 8. he became Prebendary of Fordinton and Writhlington in the Church of Salisbury , void by the death of one Will. Walesby , being also about that time Rector of S. Dunstans Church ( in the West ) in the Suburbs of London . Afterwards having other spiritualities conferr'd upon him ▪ he was for his great wisdom and prudence made Master of the Rolls an . 1473 , and in the year following Archdeacon of Winchester : which Dignity was then void by the death of one Vinc. Clement sometimes a Doctor of Oxon : In Feb. 1475 , he being then Preb. of Dynre in the Church of Wells ( which he resign'd in that month , and was succeeded therein by Mr. Will. Dudley ) he was collated to the Prebendship of S. Ducuman in the said Church on the death of one Joh. Pope : which Dignity he keeping till Jan. 1478. he then gave it up and Tho. Langton Doctor of Decrees succeeded him , as I shall anon tell you . In 1476. Nov. 6. he was made Archdeacon of Berkshire upon the resignation of John Russell Doctor of the Canon Law , ( not of Div. as one d saith ) who was afterwards Bishop of Lincoln . In 1478. Aug. 9. he was elected Bishop of Ely , on the death of Will. Grey , and about that time was made Privy Councellour to the King. In 1484. ( 2. Rich. 3. ) he was committed prisoner to the Tower of London , for some jealousies that that King had of him , as being totally inclined to the Lancastrian family ; and 't is probable that there he would have continued during all that Kings raign , but the reverence of the man , or undeservedness of his wrongs , moved so the affection of the members of this University , that they directed to the King ( who professed much seeming love to the University , as 't is elsewhere e told you ) a petitionary f Epistle in Latine , no less eloquent and pithy , than circumspect and wary , wherein they much pleaded for his liberty . Whereupon the K. being well pleased with it , was content to release him from the Tower , and commit him to the custody of Henry Duke of Buckingham , to his Castle at Brecknock in Wales . Thence , after he had spent some time , he found liberty to steal to the Isle of Ely , and for a round sum of money found a safe passage into France , purposely to joyn with the Earl of Richmond to pluck down the said Rich. 3. Soon after the said Earl obtaining the Crown by the name of Hen. 7. called unto his Privy Council the said Moreton Bishop of Ely , with Rich. Fox , ( about that time B. of Exeter ) both vigilant men and discreet , and such as kept watch with the King almost upon all men else . They were both vers'd in his affairs before he came to the Crown , and were partakers of his adverse fortune , and therefore the King was resolved to promote them in the Church as high as he could . In the beginning of the year 1486. Archbishop Bouchier before mentioned died ; whereupon the K. making means that the Monks of Canterbury should elect Dr. Moreton for his Successor , the Pope did forthwith confirm it . So that being translated to the said See , he had restitution g made to him of the temporalities belonging thereunto , on the sixth of Decemb. the same year . In 1487. he was made Lord Chancellor of England , in which high office he acted very beneficial for the King , and in 1493. he was declared a Cardinal by Pope Alexand. 6. under the title of S. Anastasius . The year after he was elected Chanc. of the Univ. of Oxon , and became a considerable benefactor thereunto , particularly to the reparation of Canon Law School in S. Edwards parish , to the finishing of the re-edification of S. Maries Church , and of the edification of the Divinity School . In all which places were his Arms set up in colours , in the Windows , or else engraven in Stone . But such is the vicissitude of time , that nothing of Arms , or any thing like them , doth at this time remain . Those that belonged to him were Quarterly gules and ermine , a Goats head erased in the first and fourth quarter argent : given , or else taken , in allusion to the Arms of the Corporation of Shomakers , of which Corporation the Father of this Archb. was , as 't is said , a member . They were curiously engraven on Stone , at the bottom of the Stone-pulpit in St. Maries Church ; as also the rebus of his name , an M. upon a Tun. Which Pulpit was pulled down when the inside of that Church was alter'd , while Dr. Ralph Bathurst was Vicechancellor an . 1676. They were also engraven on the Respondents Pew or Seat of Stone in the Divinity School , which also were taken away when the inside of that School was altered an . 1669. to what it now is . But tho these monuments are decayed , yet the memory of the person is fresh among some men , who have said that he was a wife and eloquent man , but in his nature harsh and haughty , that he was much accepted by the King , but envied by the Nobility , and hated by the people . He won the Kings mind with secrecy and diligence , chiefly because he was his old servant in his less fortunes , and for that also he was in his affections not without an inveterate malice against the House of York , under which he had been in trouble . Whatsoever else was in the man , he deserveth a most happy memory , in that he was the principal means of joyning the two Roses . At length dying of great years , ( about 90. ) but of strong health and powers , about the latter end of Septemb. in fiveteen hundred , year 1500 was buried in the Cath. Church of Canterbury before the image of the Virgin Mary , commonly called Our Lady of Vndercroft . Over his Stone-coffin or Sepulcher , which was but just deposited in the ground , was a marble-stone laid even with the surface of the pavement : which stone being afterwards crack'd and broken , several parts of his body wrap'd up in divers Cear-cloathes were taken away by certain rude and barbarous people . At length the head being only in a manner remaining in the said Stone-coffin , 't was beg'd out of a pious mind ( purposely to save it ) of Dr. Sheldon Archb. of Canterbury , in 1670. by that truly noble and generous Rophe Shedon of Beoley in Worcestershire Esquire , who esteeming it as a choice relique , provided a leaden box to preserve it with its Cear-cloathes about it , and with great devotion kept it to his dying day , an . 1684. Afterwards that choice relique , with very many rarities which he in his life time had gathered together , came by vertue of his last Will into the hands of his Uncles Daughter , named Frances Sheldon , sometimes one of the maids of honour to Catherine the Royal Consort of King Charles 2. The said Cardinal Moreton did by his last h Will and Testament leave maintenance for a Priest to celebrate Mass for 20. years space in the Church of Bere in Dorsetshire , for the Soul of him the said Archbishop , and for the Souls of his relations and parents buried there . He also left maintenance during that time for 20 poor Scholars in Oxon , and ten in Cambridge . I find one John Moreton to be made Prebend of Whitchurch in the Church of Wells , on the resignation of Robert Stillington ( afterwards B. of Bath and Wells ) in July 1447. and Minister of Axbridge and Charlton Mesgrose in the Dioc. of B. and Wells ; but this John Moreton , who died about the month of Dec. 1463. is , in the registers belonging to the Bish . of B. and Wells , written Sacrae Theologiae Professor . I find also another Joh. Moreton who translated into English Speculum Vitae Christi , written by S. Bonaventure . Which John was living in 1438 , in which year , he , with his Wife Juliana , were admitted among the Suffrages and Prayers of the Dominicans or Black Fryers at York . THOMAS LANGTON , was born in a Market Town called Appleby in Westmorland , where being educated in Religion and Grammar learning among the Carmes , or White Friers , was at ripe years sent to Oxon , particularly , as it seems , to Queens coll . but a pest breaking out in the University soon after , he went to Cambridge and became a member of Clare hall , ( one * saith of Pembroke hall ) took the degrees in the Canon Law ( in which afterwards he was incorporated at Oxon ) and had considerable Dignities in the Church bestowed him , among which was the Prebendship of S. Ducaman in the Church of Wells , an . 1478. In 1483 , he being about that time Provost of Qu. coll . in Oxon , and Master of S. Julians Hospital in Southampton , was consecrated Bishop of S. Davids ; whence being translated to the See of Salisbury , on the death of Leonel Woodvill , had restitution made k to him of the temporalities belonging thereunto , 4. May , 1 Rich. 3. dom . 1484. In a certain writing in Queens coll . treasury dat . 19. Aug. 4. Hen. 7. dom . 1489. he occurs by the titles of Doctor of the Laws , Bishop of Salisbury , and Provost of Qu. coll . Whence we may conclude that he kept the said Provostship in Commendam with Salisbury , as probably he had done with S. Davids . In 1493. he was translated to the See of Winchester , and had restitution made l to him of the temporalities thereof 27. June the same year . Where being setled , he put in practice his good deeds , which he had done at Sarum , viz. by shewing himself a Mecaenas of learning , for which , I find , he had so great respect , that he took m care to have youths trained up at his own charge in Grammar and Musick , ( the last of which he was infinitely delighted in ) in a School which he set apart within the precincts of his house . It was usual with him , and he took a great pleasure in it , to make his scholars or exhibitioners repeat at night before him such dictates that they in the day time had learned from their Master : and such that could give a laudable account , he either encouraged with good words , or small rewards , saying to those about him , that the way to increase vertue was to praise it , &c. In his episcopal office he behaved himself so well , that he was in great authority with three Kings , especially for his learning , religion , and experience in civil affairs ; annd had not death snatch'd him untimely away , would have succeeded Moreton in the See of Canterbury . He died in the beginning of the year fifteen hundred and one , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Winchester , near to the tomb and shrine of S. Swithune . By his last will n and test . which I have seen , he gave to the priests of Clare hall in Cambridge , considerable summs of money , and forty pounds to the chest of that house . To every fellow of Qu. coll . in Oxon six shillings and eight pence , and forty marks to the elemosinary chest thereof , besides a sute of vestments for a Priest , Deacon , and Subdeacon , and four copes . He gave maintenance also to a Chaplain that should celebrate service for him , his Parents , and all faithful deceased , for the space of an hundred years in the Church of Applebie before-mentioned : Which Chaplain was to receive for his labour eight marks yearly . To the Friers ( the Carmes ) in Applebie 20 marks to pray for him , besides several sums to the Friers of Oxon and Cambridge , and to Rowland Machel and Elizabeth his wife ( sister to the said Bishop ) he gave several lands in Westmorland , besides 200 marks . He built also the little room , ( which is now a large Bay-window to the Provosts dining-room in Qu. coll . ) with curious vaulting under it . Which vault is now no other than a portico to the coll . chappel . Over the said Bay-window is carv'd in stone a musical note called a Long on a Tun , which is the rebus for his firname : and out of the Bung-hole of the Tun springs a Vine tree , which , without doubt was put for Vinton or Vinchestre , he being then Bishop of that place . He left behind him a Nephew named Rob. Langton , born also in Applebie , and educated in Queens coll . of which he was LL. D. He died at London , in the month of June 1524. and was buried before the image of S. Michael in the body of the Church belonging to the Charter-house ( now Suttons hospital ) near London . By his last Will o and Test . he bequeathed to Qu. coll . before mention'd , two hundred pounds to purchase Lands , and make a School-house in Appleby : and what his benefaction was besides , as also of that of Bishop Langton , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. Lib. 2. p. 123. 124 , 125. WILLIAM SHJOY , commonly called Joy partly educated here , but more in the Univ. of Paris , was by provision from the Pope made Archbishop of Tuam in Ireland , 16. Cal. of June 1485 , where sitting about 16 years , gave way at length to fate p 28. Dec. in fifteen hundred and one , and was , as I suppose , buried in his Cathedral Church . In his Archbishoprick succeeded Philip Pinson a Minerite , as I shall anon tell you . RICHARD , who writes himself Episcopus Oleven : ( being Suffragan to the Bishop of Worcester , as it seems ) was a Dominican or Black Frier in Warwick , ( to whose fraternity there , he gave 6l . at the time of his death ) and educated among the Black Friers in Oxon , to whom also he gave 6l . to pray for him . He yielded up his last breath in Sept. in fifteen hundred and two , year 1502 and was , I suppose according to his last q Will which I have seen , buried in the choire of the Church belonging to the Black Friers in the City of Worcester on the south side of the Tomb of John Lichfield , and opposite to that of Rich. Wolsey , who , as he saith in the said Will , was nuper Conoren : & Duneren : Episcopus . HENRY DEANE , was educated in this University , where he took the degrees in Arts and Divinity , but in what coll . or Hall it appears not . However some are pleased to say that he was educated in New coll . yet whether he was perpetual Fellow thereof , the registers of that house tells us not . After he had left the University , he was made Prior of Lanthony near to Gloucester ( in the neighbourhood of which place , I presume , he was born ) and on the 13 of Sept. or 20. Nov. 11. Hen. 7. he was by Letters a Pat. constituted Chancellour of Ireland , to execute that office by himself or a Deputy . On the first of Janu. following he was constituted b Deputy and Justice of the said Realm , where being setled , he performed good service against that grand impostor Perkin Warbeck , and being elected Bishop of Bangor , after the death of Richard lately Bishop of that place , had restitution c of the temporalities belonging thereunto made by the King 6. Octob. 12. Hen. 7. Dom. 1496. In 1500. he was translated to Salisbury on the death of John Blyth lately Bishop thereof , ( Son of Will. Blyth of Norton in Yorkshire , Son of another William of Leedes in the said County ) and had restitution d of the temporalities thereof made to him ( as the manner is ) on the 12. March the same year : About which time he was made Chanc. of the Order of the Garter . In 1501. he was elected Archb. of Canterbury upon the death of Cardinal Moreton : whereupon being translated thither , had e restitution made of his temporalities , on the second of Aug. the same year . About that time the members of the University of Oxon received an Epistle f of favour from him ; wherein , among other things , he stiles the said University his benignissima mater . He died at Lambeth on the 15. of Febr. saith a certain g author , tho a register h of that time tells us , 't was on the 16. of that month , in fifteen hundred and two : Whereupon his body was carried to Canterbury , and buried in the middle of the Martyrdom , within the precincts of the Cathedral there , leaving then behind him the character of a person altogether fit for those places that he successively enjoyed . DAVID CREAGH , was born in the County of Limerick in Ireland , studied several years among his Country men the Civil and Canon Law , of which facul●ies he became at length Bachelaur . Afterwards retiring to his native Country , became , thro several preferments , Archb. of Cashills , an . 1483 , where sitting about 20. years died 5. Sept. in fifteen hundred and three . Of the great injuries done to him by Gerald Fits Gerald Earl of Kildare , L. Deputy of Ireland ( of which Creagh complained to K. Hen. 7. by the advice of Sir Jam. de Ormond Knight ) the Histories k of that Country will tell you . PHILIP PINSON , an English man , studied among the Minorites or Grey Friers for a time , in their house in Oxon. of which order he was a learned brother , but whether he took the Degree of D. D. in this University , we have no register that shews it . Afterwards he became Suffragan Bishop to Hadrian de Castello Bishop of Hereford and afterwards of B. and Wells ; by whose endeavours , but chiefly of those of K. Hen. 7. he was advanced at Rome to the Archbishoprick of Tuam in Ireland on the 2. of Decemb. in fifteen hundred and three , year 1503 and three days after died l of the Plague . Afterwards that See laid void two years , and then 't was confer'd on Maurice O Fihely , whom I have before , among the writers , mentioned . JOHN ARUNDELL , Son of Rainford , or Rainford Arundell Knight , ( by Jane his Wife , Sister and heir of Joh. Coleshull ) third Son of Sir John Arundell of Talvern in Cornwall , ( who died 13. Hen. 6. ) was born in that County , received his Academical education in Exeter college , became Canon of Windsore in 1479. and about that time Rector of Sutton Courtney near Abendon in Berkshire . In 1489. he was made Prebendary of Bolun in the Cath. Church of York , on the death of Dr. Tho. Chaundler , and in the same year in Nov. he was made Preb. of Beamister secunda in the Cath. Church of Sarum , upon the promotion of Rich. Hyll to the See of London , being then also dignified in the Cath. Ch. at Exeter . On the 6. of Nov. 1496. he was consecrated Bishop of Lichf . and Coventry , and on the 28. of the same month had the temporalities of that See restored m to him . The author n of the Comment , of the English Bishops , tells that he was translated from that See to Exeter , 1501 , tho elsewhere o I find that the translation was made on the last day , saving one , of June , 1502. and that the temporalities thereof were not given p to him till 26. Sept. 19. Hen. 7. Dom. 1503. He surrendred up his last breath in the house belonging to the Bishops of Exeter within the parish of St. Clements Danes without Temple Barr , year 1503 near to London , 15. March in fifteen hundred and three ; and was buried on the sourth side of the high altar , in the Church of St. Clement before mention'd . This Joh. Arundell did , upon the desire of the chief members of this University , promise to them 20l. towards the finishing of S. Maries Church , but he dying before 't was given , they recovered a that sum of his Executors . I find another John Arundell of Exeter coll . who was one of the Proctors of the University 1426. afterwards Doctor of Physick , Physitian to K. Hen. 6. and Dean of the Cath. Ch. at Exeter . I take him to be the same John Arundell M. D. who was collated to the Archdeacon●y of Richmond in the latter end of Octob. 1457. in the place of Laur. Bothe promoted to the See of Durham , and had for his successor in that Dignity John Bothe , collated to it in May 1459 , and afterwards became Bishop of Exeter . JOHN MORGAN , alias Yong a We●● man , and Doctor of the Laws of Oxon. was installed Dean ●●●sore in the place of Will. Benley an . 1484. ( 2. 〈…〉 . ) and being elected Bish . of S. Davids on the death of 〈…〉 ( sometimes B. thereof , an Oxford Scholar , and a ●enefactor to the * building of S. Maries Church ) had restitution † made to him of temporalitie belonging to that See , 23. Nov. 12. Hen. 7. D●m . 1496. He gave way to fate in the latter end of Apr. or beginning of May , in fifteen hundred and four : whereupon his body was buried between the pillars on the sourth side of the body of the Cath. Church of S. David . By his Will , which I have * seen , dated 25. Apr. 15●4 . and proved the 15. of May following , it appears that his desire was to have a Chappel made over his grave , in the best manner that might be , according to the disposition of his Executors , but whether ever performed , I know not . THOMAS PYGOT , a Denbighshire man born , as it seems , was consecrated Bishop of Bangor , in the year of our Lord 1500 , year 1504 and paying his last debt to nature on the fifteenth day of Aug. in fifteen hundred and four , was , as I suppose , buried in his own Church . This Tho. Pygot , I take to be the same who supplicated b the venerable congregation of Regents of this University , in order to to the taking of the degree of Bachelaur of the Civil Law , an . 1458. One of both his names was confirmed Abbat of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary at York , on the death of Thom. Stayngreve , 24. May 1398. and died in 1405. but what relation the former had to this I cannot tell . WILLIAM BARONS , Doctor ( as it c seems ) of the Law , Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , and afterwards Master of the Rolls in the room of Dr. Will. Warham 1502 , and one of the Kings Council , was , upon the translation of the said Dr. Warham to Canterbury , elected to the See of London : which being consented to by the King , the temporalities thereof were d restored to him 13. Nov. 20. Hen. 7. Dom. 1504. He died in Oct. or Nov. in fifteen hundred and five , and was buried in his own Church of S. Paul. He had studied the Laws in Oxon. and had presided the Chair , but in what hall or School it doth not appear . In his Bishoprick succeeded Richard Fitz James , as I shall hereafter tell you . WILLIAM SEVER or Siveyer , was born at Shinkley in the County Pal. of Durham , educated in this University , but whether in Merton coll . I am as yet uncertain . However as to that , which the a author of the Commentary of the English Bishops saith , that he was Warden of Merton coll . and Provost of that of Eaton near Windsore , is false , for 't was not William , but Henry Sever , who lived before this mans time , that enjoyed those places . After Will. Sever had left Oxon , wherein , I presume , he had studied either in Glouc. or Durham , college ( nurseries for those of the Order of St. Benedict , he himself being a Benedictine ) he retired to his Monastery of S. Mary at York , succeeded Thom. Bothe in the Abbatship of that place , and in 1495. being elected B. of Carlile on the death of Rich. Bell ( who had been formerly Prior of Durham ) had the temporalities thereof delivered b to him , on the eleventh of Decemb. the same year , and liberty then given to him to keep his Abbatship in Commendam . In 1502. he being elected to the See of Durham , had the temporalities thereof surrendred c into his hands by the King , on the 15. of Octob. the same year : where setting but three years , payed his last debt to nature in fifteen hundred and five , and was buried in the Cath. Church there . In his Abbatship succeeded Rob. Wanhop in Dec. 1502. ( Sever being then Bish . of Durham , ) and in his Chaire at Durham , Christop . Bainbridge , whom I shall hereafter mention . The book d or Hist . of the Ch. of Durham calls this Bish . Will. Sinewes or Senwse , and Leland e Senose ; which book tells us that he was translated from Carlile to Durham , by vertue of a Bull sent from the Pope , and so by the Breve of K. Hen. 7. dat . 15. Oct. in the 18. year of his raign , he was consecrated Bishop of Durham 1502. and stood three years , &c. so that according to time this Sinews must be the same with Sever. THOMAS CLERKE , and English man , became Archdeacon of the Isle of Man after he had left the University , and and at length by provision from the Pope became Bishop of Killala in Ireland 1498. which office he keeping till fifteen hundred and five , then resigned f it . I take this Thomas Clerke to be the same with Thomas , written and stiled Thomas Aladensis Episcopus that is Tho. Bish . of Killala , who by that name and title was admitted g Rector of Chedsey in Somersetshire on the death of Mr. Joh. Fynne , 12. Janu. 1505. and dying in the year 1508. Rob. Fisher was admitted to the said rectory on the 18. Dec. the same year . JOHN PAYNE , a Dominican or Black Frier , spent several years in the study of Divinity ( of which he was afterwards Doctor ) in the coll . of Dominicans in the south suburb of Oxon. Afterwards retiring to Ireland , was , thro several preferments , made Bishop of Meath by the Popes provision , and installed in the Choire there on the feast of St. Dominick ( Aug. 4. ) in 1483. In the year 1493. he was made Master of the Rolls in Ireland , being then much celebrated for his great charity and hospitality , and dying on the sixth day of March in fifteen hundred and six , year 1506 ( 21. Hen. 7. ) was buried in the Monastery of his Order at Dublin , or rather , as the a Historian of Ireland tells us , in the Church of S. Patrick there , where his monument , near the west door of that Church , was remaining in his time , with an inscription thereon . MATTHEW MACRAIH , an Irish Man , and a Civilian , as it seems from some of our Records , wherein I find his sirname sometimes to occur , became Bishop of Clonfort in his own Country , in 1482. and dying in fifteen hundred and seven , year 1507 was buried b at Kicomaing , leaving behind him the character of a person celebrated for the many vertues of his mind . THOMAS O-CONGALAU , another Irish man and contemporary with the former , who c succeeded in the See of Ardagh one Will. O-Ferall , year 1508 and dying in fifteen hundred and eight left the character behind him him of a person of great prudence , and liberality towards the poor . WALTER BLAKE , was born in the County of Galloway in Ireland , and for some time educated in this University : Afterwards he retired to his native Country , became Canon of Enagdune alias Enaghcoin , and at length by the favour of P. Innocent 8. Bishop of d Clocmacnois , or Clonmacnois , in the beginning of 1487. where sitting about 21 years , submitted to fate in the month of May in fifteen hundred and eight . year 1508 One Thomas succeeded him in that See , but his sirname is yet unknown . EDMUND COMERFORD , was also educated for a time in this University , and afterwards being made Dean of Kilkenny , was consecrated there Bishop of Fernes in 1505. In which See sitting but four years , died in fifteen hundred e and nine , year 1509 and was succeeded by one Nicholas Comyn . THOMAS VIVIAN , a Cornish man born , or at least descended from those of his name living in Cornwall and Devon , was from his youth bred a Black Cannon , or Cannon Regular , and among those in Oxon , did he spend some time . Afterwards retiring into his own Country , he became Prior of the Black Cannons at Bodmin in Cornwal , and at length Suffragan Bishop to the Bishop of Exeter , under the title of Episc . Majorensis or Megarensis , that is , as I suppose , Megara . Joh. Leland † tells us , that the Priory at Bodmin stood at the east south-east part of the Parish Ch. yard there . There lay buried before the high Altar in an high Tomb of very darkish gray marble one Thom. Vivian Prior of Bodmin , and Suffragan Magarensis Episcopatus . He died not long since , &c. One Tho. Vivian of Exeter coll . proceeded Master of A. in an Act celebrated 10 : March 7. Hen. 8. Dom. 1515. and was afterwards Rector of the said coll . for a time , but him I take not to be the same with the Bishop ; yet Quaere . CHRISIOPHER FISHER , an Oxford man by Academical education , was afterwards Bishop of Elphine in Ireland , and Prebendary of Hustwayt in the Church of York ; which Dignity he obtained after he was made Bishop . In fifteen hundred and eleven , or thereabouts , he departed this mortal life , and that year one Thom. Wa●lashe succeeded him in the said Prebendship , but who in the See of Elphine , except one John , who became Prebendary of Amplesord in the Ch. of York 3. Nov. 1530. and died on the Feast of the Assump . of the B. Virgin , 1536. ( being then Prior of Welbeck in Nottinghamshire , ) I know not . NICHOLAS MAGWIRE , an Irish man , was promoted to the See of Laighlin in Ireland , in 1490. and died in fifteen hundred and twelve , year 1512 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . DAVID ap OWEN , a Welsh man , sometimes a Student in the Civ . and Can. Law in Oxon , afterwards Abbat of Stratmarkell and of Conway in his own Country , was consecrated Bishop * of S. Asaph in the year 1503. and dying on the 11. or 12. of Febr. in fifteen hundred and twelve , year 1512 was buried in the Cathedral Ch. of S. Asaph , near the high Altar on the south side . There is a monument of a Bishop near to the Throne in the said Chancel , which , as the tradition goes there , was put for the said Dav. ap Owen . MAURIT . de PORTU , or O-Fihely an Irish man , became by provision from P. Jul. 2. Archbishop of Tuam in his own Country , year 1513 26. June 1506. and died in fifteen hundred and thirteen . See more of him among the writers under that year . THOMAS CORNISH , a Somersetshire man born as it seems , was educated in Oriel coll . of which he was afterwards Fellow ; and being Master of Arts , was made Vicar of Banwell in the Diocess of Wells . In Aug. 1483. he became Master of St. Johns house or hospital in the City of Wells , and soon after Chanter and Residentiary in the Cath. Ch. there . In 1491-2 . he was made Suffragan Bishop to Rich. Fox B. of Bath and Wells , under the title of Episcopus Tynensis , by which , I suppose , is meant Tyne , the last Island belonging to the Republick of Venice in the Archipelago . In 1493. he , by the name of Tho. Cornish Bishop of Tyne , was made Provost of Oriel coll . and in 1497. Jul. 29. he was collated to the Vicaridge of S. Cuthberts Ch. in Wells . In Oct. 1505. he became Vicar of Chew in Somersetshire , ( on the death of Rob. Wydow , ) in which County he had other Churches successively confer'd upon him to keep up the state of a Bishop ; and in 1507. resigning his Provostship of Oriel coll . retired to Wells , being then also Suffragan to Hugh Oldham Bishop of Exeter ; year 1513 and dying on the third day of July , in fifteen hundred and thirteen , was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Wells , in the north Isle , near to the door that leads up to the Chapter-house . Over his grave was a fair monument erected , which continues to this day , with so much of the inscription thereon left , that shews the day and year of his death . One Thom. Woulf or Wulff titular Bishop of Lacedemon had a Commission granted to him 30. Sept. 1513. to be Suffragan Bishop in the place of the said Cornish , but whether he was ever of Oxon , I have not yet seen any record to prove it . WILLIAM SMYTH , Son of Rob. Smyth , was born at Farnworth in the Parish of Prescote in Lancashire , educated partly in Grammar learning in his own Country , partly in Academical in this University , either in Oriel , or Lincoln , college , or successively in both . In the former I have reason to suppose so , because several of his name and kindred were members thereof soon after , if not in his own time ; and in the other , because in the Bursars accompts a thereof , I find one Mr. Will. Smyth to have been a Commoner of that house , before , and in the year 1478. being the same without all doubt with this person of whom we now speak . Howsoever it is , ( tho I am not ignorant that he was a benefactor to both the said colleges , especially the last , and that in an b Epistle to him concerning his election to the Chancellourship of the Univ. of Oxon , the Members thereof do say that he was sometimes Alumnus Academiae Oxon , ) sure I am that he , as others , being fearful of divers pests hapning in Oxon in their time , did receed to Cambridge , where this Will. Smyth became Fellow , and afterwards Master , of Pembroke hall . About that time he was made Archdeacon of Surrey , D. D. of Cambridge , ( in which degree he was incorporated at Oxon , ) and afterward Clerk of the Hamper , if I mistake not , ( for we have an c Epistle written to one Mr. Will. Smyth Cler. Hamperii for the expedition of the consummation of the privileges of the University ) and at length being elected Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry , had restitution d made of the temporalities of that See 29. Jan. 8. H. 7. dom . 1492. After he had sate there about three years , he was elected Bishop of Lincoln ; so that having restitution e made of the temporalities thereof on the 6. Feb. 1495. sate there till the time of his death , became a great man in the Kings favour , Councellour to Prince Arthur , President of Wales , ( being the first of all that bore that office , ) Chancellour of the University of Oxford , and the prime founder of Brasnose coll . there . He gave way to fate on the second day of January in fifteen hundred and thirteen , year 1513 and was buried in the great middle Isle near to the Sepulchre of Will. Alnwyke sometimes B. of Linc. towards the west end of the Cath. Church at Lincoln . Over his grave was a very large marble Tomb-stone soon after laid even with the pavement , having thereon engraven , on a large brass plate , the portraicture of a Bishop mitred and vested for the Altar , with a Crosier in his left hand ; and on the verge of the said stone was this inscription engraven on several narrow plates of brass . Sub marmore isto tenet hic tumulus ossa venerabilis in Christo Patris ac Domini , Domini Willielmi Smyth , quondam Conventriensis & Lychfeldensis , ac deinde Lincolniensis Presulis ; qui obiit secundo die mensis Januarii , anno Domini Millesimo quingentesimo tertio decimo : cujus anime propitietur deus , qui pius & misericors & in die tribulationis misericors peccata remittit . Ecclesiastiio . At the foot of the portraicture are these verses following , engraven on a brass plate , fastned to the said stone . Cestrensis Presul , post Lyncolniensis , Amator Cleri nam multos cis mare transque aluit . Quique utriusque fuit Prefectus Principis aule , Fundavitque duas perpetuando Scholas . Aulaque sumptu hujus renovatus est Enea Criste Hic situs est , anime parte benigne sue . You may see more of this worthy Bishop in Hist . & Antiq . Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 104. b. 161. b. 212. 415. b. He the said Dr. Smyth gave three hundred pounds to John the Prior , and Convent of Laund in Leycestershire to have the Parsonage and Parish Church of Roysthorne in Cheshire bought and appropriated to their house : Which accordingly being done , the said Prior and Convent , did , in consideration thereof , give and confirm under their Common Seal to the Mayor and Citizens of Chester an annuity of ten pounds to be paid from the Monastery of S. Werburgh within the said City , to the end that they pay that annuity to a Master or Bachelaur of Arts , or at least to a Master of Grammar , that should teach Grammar freely at Farnworth in Lancashire . This was done 22. Hen. 7. and soon after was a School settled there . He also gave many ornaments , and other stuff to Brasnose coll . to be used in their Chappel and elsewhere . CHRISIOPHER BAINBRIDGE , Bambridg , or Baynbrigg , was born at Hilton near Appleby in Westmoreland , educated in Queens coll . of which he became Provost before the year 1495. ( being about that time LL. D. ) and afterwards a liberal benefactor thereunto . In Feb. 1485. he being then Prebendary of South-Grantham in the Cath. Church of Salisbury , ( which he resigned ) became Prebendary of Chardstock in the said Church , and in Apr. 1486. was made Preb. of Horton in that Church on the resignation of R. Morton . In 1503. Sept. 28. he was admitted Preb. of Strenshall in the Cath. Ch. of York , then void by the consecration of Jeffr. Blyth to the See of Lich. and Coventry , and on the 21. Dec. following he was installed Dean of the said Church of York , in the place of the said Jeffr. Blyth , who had been installed in that Dignity ( in the place of Dr. Will. Sheffield deceased , ) 24. Mar. 1496. In 1505. he was not only made Dean of Windsore but Master of the Rolls , and one of the Kings Councellours , in which year he resigned his Rectory of the Ch. of Aller in the Dioc. of B. and Wells . In 1507. he being elected Bishop of Durham , had restitution f made to him of the temporalities of that See 17. Nov. the same year ; and in the next , being elected Archbishop of York on the death of Thom. Savage , had the temporalities also of that See restored g to him 12. Dec. 24. Hen. 7. In March 1511. he was made Cardinal of S. Praxedis for the service he did in perswading K. Hen. 8. to take part with the Pope in the Wars between him and Lewis 12. King of France , and in 1514. being then in Rome , was poisoned by one Rinaldo de Modena an Italian Priest , ( who was his Steward , ) upon malice and displeasure conceived , for a blow his Master gave him , as the said Rinaldo , when he was executed for it , confessed at his death . He ended his days on the 14. July in fifteen hundred and fourteen , and was , as certain authors say , buried in the English hospital ( now called the English college ) in Rome . year 1514 The author of Cardinal Wolseys life h saith , that the said Cardinal Bainbridge died at Rohan in France , being then , and there the Kings Embassador . Onuph . Panvinius , and Joh. Baleus with his authors , tells us that Christopher Vrswyke , who was Predecessor to the said Cardinal Bainbridge in the Deanry of Windsore , was made Cardinal of S. Praxedis , but false , for it must be understood of Bainbridge . As for Christoph . Vrswyke , he had been Recorder of London in part of the Reign of Edw. 4. in the time of Ric. 3. and in part of Hen. 7. To which last King being Chaplain , and afterwards Almoner , was by him imployed in several Embassies , especially to Charles 8. K. of France , choosing him then the rather for that imployment , because he was a Church-man , as best sorting with an Embassie of pacification , as that , and others were , to the said King. In 1488. May 22. he being then LL. D. he was confirmed Dean of York by his Proctor , in the place of Rob. Bothe , who died 25. Jan. going before . Which dignity Vrswyke resigning , was succeeded therein by Will. Sheffield LL. D. in the month of June 1494. In 1490. he was made Canon of Windsore , and about that time Archdeacon of Wilts , ( in the place , if I mistake not , of one Hugh * Pavy , who had succeeded in that dignity Pet. Courtney upon his promotion to the See of Exeter , in the beginning of Febr. 1478. ) and in 1493. Mar. 21. was not only only made Preb. of Botevaunt in the Church of York on the resignation of Edward Cheyney , but also Archdeacon of Richmond on the promotion of John Blyth to the See of Sarum . In 1495. Nov. 20. he was installed Dean of Windsore in the place of Dr. Jo. Morgan made Bishop of St. Davids , and about the same time became Registrary of the most Noble Order of the Garter . Afterwards he was offered the Bishoprick of Norwich , upon the death of James Goldwel , but refused it , and in the beginning of Febr. an . 1504. became Archdeacon of Oxford , on the promotion of Dr. Rich ▪ Mayhew to the See of Hereford . At length after he ( in the chief part of his life-time ) had refused great honours , and so consequently riches , he retired to Hackney near London , where , in a contented condition , he spent several years in a religious and close retirement even to his death , which hapning in a good old age on the 24. Octob. in 1521. was buried on the north side of the Chancel of the Ch. there ; where was lately , if not still , a monument of white free-stone remaining over his grave . JAMES STANLEY , Son of Thomas Earl of Derby , was born in Lancashire , and educated in this University , but in what house , I cannot yet tell . On the 3. March 1491. he became Preb. of Yatminster prima in the Cath. Church of Sarum , and in the year following Preb. of Beminster prima in the said Church . In 1500. Dec. 3. he became Archdeacon of Richmond on the resignation of Christop . Vrswyke , and in 1505. in Sept. Chantor of the Cath. Ch. of Sarum , being then Warden of the coll . at Manchester in his own Country . On the 18. June 1506. he , by the name of Jacobus Stanley nuper hujus Vniversitatis Scholasticus , ( did a supplicate the venerable congregation of Regents , that he might be licensed to proceed in the Civil Law , which was granted with some conditions ; and being soon after elected Bishop of Ely , after the death of Rich , Reaman , the temporalities thereof were b restored to him 5. Nov. following . On the 29. Jan. 1507. the said Regents , with the Non-Regents , did grant c that he the said James Stanly Bishop of Ely might be created Doctor of decrees by a cap put on his head by Will. Archb. of Canterbury and Richard B. of London . Which grant being accordingly performed with solemnity , a Letter of thanks was sent to the University for the honour they had done unto him . He left behind him at his death a natural Son called John de Yarford a Knight ; whom probably he had begotten on a Concubine , which ( as Dr. Fr. Godwin tells d us ) he kept at Somersham in his Diocess . In his last e Will and Test . dated 210. March 1514. and proved 23. May 1515. I find that it was his desire to be buried in a new Chappel to be made within the precincts of the Cath. Ch. of Ely , or else in his new Chappel then in building at Manchester . His will farther was , That the Chappel to be made for him to be buried and rest his bones in , should be made at the east end of the Cathedral Church of Ely , for which be would that 100 marks be bestowed on a Tomb for him to be erected therein . Also that another Chappel be built at Manchester , on the north side of the Church , between St. James Chappel and the east end of the Church , wherein he would have a Tomb made for him . On which Chappel and Tomb he would have an hundred pounds bestowed for the building of them , &c. — In this last Chappel dedicated to S. Joh. Bapt. which joyns on the north side of the collegiate Church at Manchester ( wherein I presume he was buried , because there is neither Tomb or inscription for him at Ely ) I find this inscription following . Of your charytye pray for the Sowle of James Stanley sometymes Byshop of Elye and Wardeyn of Manchester , who decessed thys transytory Wourld the xxii . of March yn the yere of owre Lord God mdxv . upon whose Sowle and all Christen Sowles Jesu have mercy , &c. Vive deo gratus , toto mundo tumulatus . Crimine mundatus , semper transire paratus . Filii hominum , &c. In a catalogue , or rather history of the Wardens of Manchester coll . which I have f seen , I find these matters of James Stanley , — At Manchester he built a most sumptuous Chappel on the north side of the Church , being 28 yards long and 9 yards broad , and a square Chappel on the north side of that again he built . He built the south side of the wood-work in the Quire , the seats for the Warden , Fellows , and Church-men , being thirty seats on both sides , and Mr. Rich. Bexwick that builded Jesus Chappel , builded the other side . — He lyeth buried on the north side of this Chappel , in a fair Tomb , with his picture in brass , in his pontificial robes , and the Arms of Derbie and his Bishoprick impaled , &c. In the See of Ely succeed James Stanly one Nicholas West Doctor of both the Laws of Cambridge , who had restitution g made of the temporalities of that See 6. Sept. 7. Hen. 8. dom . 1515. He was born at Putney in Surrey , educated in Grammar learning in Eaton School near Windsore , chose Scholar of Kings coll . in 1477. Where h proving a factious and turbulent person set the whole College together by the Ears about the Proctorship of the Vniversity . And when he could not obtain his desires , he set fire on the Provosts lodgings , stole away silver spoons , and ran away from the Colledge . But within short space after , he became a new Man , repaired to the Vniversity , and with general approbation for his excellent learning he was made Doctor i of Divinity . He was well experienced in the Civil and Canon Laws , and had such an art and faculty in opening dark places and sentences of the Scripture that none of his time could exceed him , &c. In 1510. he became Dean of Windsore , in the place of Dr. Thom. Hobbes Warden of All 's . coll . deceased , and Registrary of the most Noble Order of the Garter . Afterwards King Hen. 8. sent him often Embassador to Foreign Princes , and Q. Katherine chose him and Bishop Fisher her Advocates in the cause of divorce from K. Hen. 8. for which he incur'd that Kings displeasure . He paid his last debt to nature on the sixth day of Apr. 1533. Whereupon his body was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Elye , in the middle of a Chappel by him a little before erected on the south side of the same Church . Soon after was a large marble laid over his grave , with this inscription thereon . Of your charytye pray for the Sowle of Nicholas West sometymes Bishop of this See , and for all Christian Sowles . For the whych prayer , he hath graunted to every person so doying fortye days of pardon for every tyme that they shall so pray , &c. In the said See of Elye succeeded Thom. Goodrick D. of Div. Son of Edward Goodrick of Kirbye in Lincolnshire , Son of John Goodricke of Bullingbrook in the said County , which Thomas was educated in Kings colledge in the University of Cambridge . JOHN THORNDEN , sometimes written Thornton , was Doctor of Div. and several times Commissary or Vicechancellour of this University , while Dr. warham Archb. of Canterbury was Chancellour , viz. between the years 1506 , and 1514. in which time he is often stiled Episcopus Syrynensis and Syrymensis ( perhaps the same with Sirmium in Hungary ) as being a Suffragan to the same Archbishop , which is all I know of him . MENELAUS Mac-CARMACAN , sometimes written among our imperfect Records Carmgan Hibernicus spent some time among his Countrymen in this University , but whether he took a degree , we have no Register to shew it . Afterwards retiring to his Country he became Dean of Raphoe , and at length Bishop of that place in 1484. He died * in the habit of a Gr●y-Frier on the seventh of the Ides of May in fifteen hundred and fifteen , year 1515 and was buried in the Monastery of the Franciscans , commonly called the Grey-Friers , at Dunagall . Whereupon one Cornelius O-Cahan succeeded him in his Bishoprick . RICHARD MAYHEW , or Mayo , received his first breath in Berkshire , in a Market Town , if I mistake not , called Hungerford , was educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near to Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1459. and on the 28. March 1467. took holy Orders from the hands of George Archb. of York . Soon after he was elected one of the Proctors of this University , and in 1480. was made President of Magd. coll . by the Founder thereof W. Waynfleet , and about that time D. of Div. In the beginning of May 1501 ▪ he was made Archdeacon of the East-riding of Yorkshire in the place of Joh. Hole Bach. of Decrees , deceased , ( who on the first of May 1497. was , from being Archdeacon of Clievland admitted to that Dignity on the resignation of Cornbull ) and being installed Archdeacon of Oxon , on the 10. of the same month and in the same year , was sent into Spain to conduct the Infanta Katherine to England to be wedded to Prince Arthur . In 1503. he was elected Chancellour of this University , and in the year after , he being one of the Kings Council , his Almoner , and elected to the See of Hereford , had restitution a made to him of the temporalities belonging thereunto , on the first of Nov. 1504. He paid his last debt to nature on the 18. of Apr. in fifteen hundred and sixteen , year 1516 and was buried on the south side of the high Altar within his own Cathedral , near to the foot of the Image of the Glorious King and Martyr Ethelbert . By his b Will he gave to 50 Priests studying in the University of Oxon , six shillings and eight pence a-peice to pray for him , as also several books to New coll . Library . One Rich. Mayow Doctor of Decrees of this University , and Canon resid . of the Cath. Ch. of Exeter , died in the year 1500. whose Executor then was Thom , Harrys Archdeacon of Cornwall , but what relation there was between this Rich. Mayow ( who was a West●rn man ) and the Bishop before-mentioned , I know not . In the said See of Hereford succeeded Charels Bothe LL. D. of Cambridge ; who , after election , received c the temporalities thereof 9. Feb. 1516. By his last Will and d Testam . proved 8. May 1535. he desired to be buried in the Cath. Ch. of Hereford juxta hostium ex parte boreali Ecclesiae , ubi construxi ( as he saith ) sepulchrum meum . After him succeeded in the said See Edw. Fox another Cantabrigian , who had the temporalities thereof restored e to him 4. Oct. 1535. This person who was an eminent Scholar of his time , was born at Duresley in Gloucestershire , educated in Eaton School near Windsore , admitted Scholar of Kings coll . in Cambridge , 27. March 1512. became Provost of it 27. Decemb. 1528. and afterwards the Kings Almoner , one of his Privy Council , and a great promoter of the Kings divorce from Q. Katharine , particularly in the University of Cambridge , where he , and Dr. Steph. Gardiner procured , with much difficulty and earnest engaging of themselves , the testimony of the Members of the said University for the Kings divorce before-mentioned , an . 1530. In Sept. 1531. he was installed Archdeacon of Leycester upon the resignation of Dr. Steph. Gardiner , and in Nov. 1533. he was made Archdeacon of Dorset on the death of Will. Bennet . About which time , or rather before , he had been Embassador divers times into France and Germany , and afterwards was secretly a favourer of the reformed religion , insomuch that Martin Bucer dedicated his Cemmentary on the Evangelists to him . He , the said Fox , wrote a book , De vera differentia regiae potestatis & Ecclesiasticae , & quae sit ipsa veritas , ac virtus utriusque . Lond. 1534-38 . for which and other learned labours , as his Annotations on Mantuan , he is celebrated , and numbred among the learned men , by f Joh. Leland . There is also extant a short oration of his in the story of the Lord Thomas Cromwell , which you may see in the Acts and Mon , of of the Church , and other matters elsewhere . By his last g Will and Test . made the 8. May 1538. and proved 20. March following , it appears that he bequeathed his body to be buried in the Church of S. Mary Hault in London , now called S. Mary Mounthaw , ( de monte alto ) the Patronage of which belongs to the Bishop of Hereford . After him succeeded John Sk●ppe D. D. sometimes of Gonvill coll . in Cambridge , who , after his election to the See of Hereford , had the Kings h consent to it , 7. Nov. 1539. He died in his house at Mount-hault in London in the latter end of the year ( after or on the 18. March ) 1551. Whereupon his body was buried near to that of his Predecessor Edward Fox before-mentioned . JOHN HATTON , a Yorkshire man born , as it seems , and among the Oxonians for a time educated , became well beneficed in that County , and at length Suffiragan Bishop to the Archbishop of York under the title of Nigrepont ; which is , as I suppose , near to the Archipelago . In the year 1503. he was made Prebendary of Gevendale in the Church of York , and in the year following Preb. of Vlleskelf in the same Church . But the said promotions being not sufficient to keep up the Port of a Bishop , he was made Archdeacon of Nottingham in the place of Tho. Crosley deceased , in the beginning of Sept. 1506. He departed this mortal life on the 25. year 1516 Apr. in fifteen hundred and sixteen , and was buried in the north Isle joyning to the Choire of the Cathedral Church at York . In his Archdeaconry succeeded William Fell D. D. and in his Prebendary of Vlleskelf Brian Hygden LL. D. MILES SALLEY , or Sawley , a Benedictine Monk of Abendon Abbey , Almoner i thereof , and in 1498. Abbat of the Monastery of Einsham near to , and in the County of , Oxford , was promoted to the rich Bishoprick of Landaff in Nov. 1504. and in the year following did k bestow considerable exhibitions on certain poor Scholars of Oxford , in which University , ( in Gloucester coll . I think ) he had received his Academical education . He departed his mortal life in the month of Septemb. in fifteen hundred and sixteen , year 1516 ( at which time he bequeathed many good things to Einsham Abbey ) whereupon his heart and bowels were buried before the Image of S. Theodorick at the high Altar in the Church of Mathern in Monmouthshire , ( at which place the B. of Landaff hath a Pallace ) and his body carried to Bristow , where it was with great solemnity buried on the north side of our Ladies Chappel before the Image of S. Andrew , situate and being within the college of Gaunts , ( which Leland in his Itinerary stiles the Gauntes alias the Bonhomes , ) founded originally by Hen. de Gaunt a Priest . After him succeeded in the See of Landaff George Athequa a Black-Frier of Spain , who by the name of Georgius de Aitien , had the l temporalities thereof given to him 23. Apr. 9. Hen. 8. dom . 1517. and after him followed a Cambridge Doctor named Rob. Halgate or Holgate of Helmesworth in Yorkshire , Master of the Order of Sempryngham , and Prior of Watton , who , after election to that See , had a the Kings consent 29. March 28. Hen. 8. The next was Anthony Dunstan , whom I shall hereafter mention . JAMES Mac-MAHON , who studied for some time Arts and the Civil Law , retired to his native Country of Ireland , became thro certain petite preferments Bishop of Derry 1507. and died a little before the nativity of our Saviour in fifteen hundred and seventeen . year 1519 He held the b Priorship of S. Pet. and S. Paul of Knock in the Province of Louth in Commendam with his Bishoprick . THOMAS PURSELL , whose place of Nativity is as much unknown to me as the House in Oxon wherein educated , became Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in Ireland about 1486. and soon after took care that all c the ancient charters of Lismore should be transcribed into a Register or Leiger-book ; which book remaining with his successors till 1617. was by accident then burnt . He gave way to fate in fiveteen hundred and seventeen , year 1517 but where buried . I know not . In my searches d it appears that one John , Bishop of Waterford , was Rector of Bawdrob or Baudripp , in the Diocess of Bath and Wells , in January 1482. ( 22. Ed. 4. ) whom I take to be predecessor to Thom. Pursell , tho not mention'd by the Author of the Com. of the Irish Bishops . EDMUND COURCY , was descended from the noble family of the Courcyes of the Province of Mounster in Ireland , and when young became a Brother of the Franciscan Order , in his own Country . Afterwards going into England , studied the Theological faculty ( of which he was in few years after Doctor ) among those of his Order in Oxon. At length being made Bishop of Clogher in his own Country , in 1484. was translated thence to Ross , on the sixth of the Cal. of Octob. 1494. He gave way to fate in a good old age , in the Monastery of his Order at Temolage , in the County of Cork , on the 14. of March , in fiveteen hundred and eighteen , year 1518 and was buried there . He is said by a certain * Author to be much valued for his Fidelity by K. Hen. 7. and that he was the first of the English Nation that obtained the Episcopal See of Clogher . RICHARD WYLSON , a Northern man born , who , after he had spent some time in the Theological faculty , among those of his Order in Oxon , became Prior of the Manastery of Drax in Yorkshire , on the death of one Thomas Hancocke an . 1507. and about the year 1515. was made Suffragan Bishop to the Archb. of York , under the title of Nigrepont . In 1518. he built the Choire belonging to the Church of Bingley in Yorkshire , in which Town , as 't is probable , he was born , but when he died , it appears not . One Rich. Wilson an English man , became , by provision from the Pope , Bishop of Meath in Ireland , 1523. and sate there about six years : whether the same with the former I cannot tell . HUGH OLDHAM , or Owldham , descended from those of his name living at Oldham in Lancashire , was , as it seems , born at Manchester in that County , and being partly fitted for Academical learning , was sent to Oxon , where continuing for a while , went to Cambridge , took a degree there , and in Sept. 1495. was made Preb. of South Aulton in the Church of Sarum , on the death of John Coryndon , he the said Oldham being about that time Chaplain to Margaret Countess of Richmond , and Canon of the Cath. Ch. at Lincoln . In 1499. he , by the name of Hugh Oldham L. L. Bac. was admitted Preb. of South Cave in the ch . of York , in the place of Dr. Will. Worsley deceased , and on the 12. of Jan. the same year , he was installed in his proper person in that dignity . In 1504. he being by the endeavours of the said Countess elected Bishop of Exeter , by the name of Mr. Hugh Oldham , without the addition of Doctor or Bach. was * restored to the temporalities of that See , 6 Jan. 1504. He sate there several years , not without some disturbance from the Abbot of Tavistock , occasion'd by a contention between them about the liberties of the Church of Exeter ; and dying on the 25. of June , year 1519 in fiveteen hundred and nineteen , was buried in the Cath. Ch. of S. Peter at Exeter , in a Chappel of his own erection , hallowed in honour of our Lord God S. Saviour , joyning to the South side of the Church , a little above the high Altar . In which Chappel he appointed some of the Vicars Choral of Exeter to say Mass daily for his Soal . He was a benefactor to the said Vicars , by giving them the Lands which belonged to the Brethren of the Holy Trinity at Totness in Devonshire ( whose Cell there had been founded by one De la Bont , Lord of Little Totness , but a suppressed by the said Oldham ) to the end that they might be reduced together every day at one Table to take Commons . He was also an especial Benefactor to C. C. coll . in Oxon , as you may elsewhere a see : and at Manchester in Lancashire ( where his Obit was solemnised several years after his death in the collegiat Church ) he built an house to be employed for a School , joyning to the coll . there on the West part . Of this School he appointed a Master and an Usher , who were to teach Children Grammar after the use , manner , and form , of the School at Banbury in Oxfordshire , where Tho. Stanbridge taught the Grammar composed by John Stanbridge . He appointed the President of C. C. coll . in Oxon , for the time being to elect a Schoolmaster and an Usher , the former to have 10l . and the other 5 l. per an . The Master was to teach freely without reward or taking of Cock-pennies , Victor-pennies , Potation-pennies , &c. Whether this School did go to ruine in the time of K. Ed. 6. or was like to be dissolved I know not . Sure I am that Hugh Bexwyck clerk , and Joan Bexwyck widdow setled the said School 10 Elizab. THOMAS HALSAY , or Halsey , an English man , was conversant with the Muses in this Universitie for a time , but in what house or hostle for Civilians or Canonists I cannot yet tell . Afterwards travelling beyond the Seas , where , I presume , he had the degree of Doctor of Laws conferred upon him , he was made Penitentiarie of the English Nation in the Church of S. Peter in Rome , and the Popes Prothonotarie of Ireland . At length by the endeavours of Christop . Bainbridge Archb. of York and Cardinal , he was by the provision of P. Jul. 2. made Bishop b of Laighlin in Ireland , about the year 1513 , but never lived , as it seems , to visit his See or abide there . In 1515 and 16. he was present at the council of Lateran , while in the mean time his Vicar general ( Charles Cavenagh ) managed his diocess . After his return into England in order to go into Ireland , year 1519 he died in Westminster about fifteen hundred and nineteen ; whereupon his body was buried in the Church belonging to the Savoy hospital in the Strand . Near his tomb-stone on the left side was Gawin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld in Scotland buried c an . 1522. having been suddenly deprived of his life by the Pest . In the same year ( 1519 ) died also Joh. Imurily Bishop of Ross in Ireland , sometimes a Cistercian monk of Maur in the county of Cork , but whether he was ever of Oxon. I cannot tell . Sure I am , that several of the sirname of Immerley studied there in the time or age wherein Jo. Imurily lived . JOHN PENNY whose native place is as yet to me unknown , was educated † in Lincoln coll . but whether in the condition of a Fellow , I cannot tell . Afterwards he being Doctor of the Laws , and noted for an eminent Canonist , was made Bishop of Bangor in 1504 , ( having before been Abbat of Leycester as John L●land ‖ saith ) where sitting till 1508. was by the Popes Bull dated at Rome 10. cal . Oct. in the same year translated to Carlile , and on the 23 of January following paid his obedience to the Archb. of York . year 1520 He gave way to fate about fifteen hundred and twenty , but where buried , unless in his church of Carlile I know . His predecessor in that See was Dr. Rog. Laybourne of Cambridge , who by his * will dated 17. Jul. 1507. desired to be buried in the parish church of S. James near to Charing Cross by London , but whether he died in that , or in the year following , I cannot tell because there was no probat made of his Will. Walter Redman D. D. and Master of the coll . at Greystock in Cumberland was one of his Executors . WILLIAM ATWATER , a Somersetshire man born , as it seems , was first Demie , and afterwards Fellow of Magd. coll . where , while he continued in the state of Bachelaur , he was esteemed a good Disputant in Philosophy , as afterwards , when Master , in Divinity . In 1489. Dec. 19. he was collated to the Church of Hawbridge in the Dioc. of Wells , and in 1492. ( in Feb. as it seems , ) he proceeded D. of D. In 1497. and several years after , he did undergo the office of Commissary of the University , being then Rector of Pedylhynton in the Di●c . of Sarum and Vicar of Comnore near Abendon in Berks , and in Jul. 1498. he was made Rector of Dychcat commonly called Dichet in Somersetshire , by the death of John Gunthorp . Which Rectory he holding till Oct. 1513. was in the next month succeeded therein by Andr. Ammonius an Italian , then Preb. of Compton-Dunden in the Church of Wells . In 1499. the said Doctor Atwater became Canon of Windsore , and about the same time Fellow of Eaton coll . and Registrary of the most Noble Order of the Garter . In 1502. I find him to be Dean of the Kings Chappel , and on the 5. of July 1506. I find him installed Chanc. of the Church of Lincoln . Which dignity he holding six years Nich. Bradbridge was installed therein 16. Nov. 1512. In the beginning of Sept. 1509. he was made Dean of Salisbury upon the promotion of Thom. Ruthall or Rowthall to the See of Durham ; in which year Thom. Writhiously Garter K. of Arms granted to him , the said Atwater , a Coat of Arms , by the name of Will. Atwater Professor of Divinity , of Davington in Somersetshire , and Dean of the Kings Chappel , &c. by which , it may appear that he was originally of Davington , if such a Town or Village or Hamlet be in that County . On the ● . June 1514. he was installed by proxy Archdeacon of Huntingdon in the place of Joh. Constable Doctor of Decrees , and being made Bishop the same year , Rich. Rawlyns D. D. was installed in that Dignity on the 18. of Novemb. He was a person much esteemed and valued by Cardinal Wolsey , who finding him a man of parts did use his advice and council in all or most of his publick concerns . At length by his endeavours he was made his Successor in the Episcopal See of Lincoln , to which being consecrated on the d twelfth day of Nov. 1514. fate there to the time of his death , year 1520 which hapned in fifteen hundred and twenty . He was buried in the great middle Isle of the Cath. Chat Lincoln , at the foot of the Tomb of Bishop Alnwyke , and had soon after a large tomb-stone laid over his grave , with the portraiture of a Bishop engraven on a large brass plate fastned thereunto , with this inscription following engraven also on plates of brass . Hic requiescit reverendus in Christo Pater Willielmus Atwater sacre Theologie professor , & regum Henrici septimi & octavi sacelle prius Decanus , mox eorundem a consiliis , postea hujus percelebris Ecclesie Episcopus . Presedit annos sex , menses tres . Obiit anno etatis sue octogesimo primo , consecrationis septimo , à Christo nato millesimo quingentessimo vicessimo , die mensis Februarii quarto . WILLIAM ROKEBY , Brother to Sir Rich. Rokeby Treasurer of Ireland , was born in Yorkshire , educated partly in an ancient hostle for the reception of Canonists in S. Aldates Parish , he himself being afterwards Doctor of the Can. Law , and about the same time Rector of Sandall near Doncaster , and Vicar of Halyfax , in his own Country . In 1507. he was by the favour of P. Jul. 2. made Bishop of Meath in Ireland , and the same year one of the Kings Privy Council there . In the latter end of 1511. he was translated by the authority of the same Pope to the Archiepiscopal See of Dublin , and in 1515. was made Chancellour of Ireland by K. Hen. 8. in which great office , as 't is supposed , he continued to the time of his death . He yielded to the stroke of death 29. Nov. in fifteen hundred twenty and one , year 1521 and was buried , as a certain h author saith , in the Church of S. Patrick near Dublin . In his Will i dated 22. Nov. and proved 4. February , an . 1521. wherein he stiles himself Archb. of Dublin and perpetual Vicar of Halifax , I find these things following , — Item , I will that after my death my body be embowelled and my bowels and heart to be buried in the Church of Halifax within the Quire , and my body to be buried in the new Chappel at Sandall , and thereon a Tomb of stone to be made , and about the same to be written , Ego Willielmus Dublin Archiepiscopus , quondam Rector istius Ecclsie , credo quod redemptor meus vivit — qui obiit — cujus anime proptietur deus amen . Item , I will that a Chappel be made in all convenient haste at Halifax on the south side of the Church , after the direction of mine Executors and Church-Masters , and there a Tomb to be made with my Image , and thereupon written , Hic jacet-Willlelmi Rokeby nuper Dublin Archiepiscopi & Vicarii perpetui ●stius Ecclesie , qui credo , &c. Item , where I did obtain a Pardon for the Parish of Halifax , and the Parishings thereunto adjoyning , pro lacticiniis in quadragessima edendis , I will that mine Executors at their discretion obtain sub plumbo the said license to be renewed , and the profit thereof to be imployed for a Priest to sing at Halifax in my said new Chappel as long as may be , by the advice and discretion of my Executors and the Church-Wardens . Item , I will that a Doctor of Div. have 10 l. to be occupied in Preaching , &c. Thus far part of his Will - ; according to the tenour of which his heart was buried in the Chancel of the Ch. at Halifax , and thereon was laid a stone , with the figure only of an heart engraven thereon . On the north side of the said Church was also founded a Chappel , wherein was a monument built for him , with an inscription put thereon . Which being since partly defaced , you shall have that part which lately remained thereon . Orate pro anima Willielmi Rokeby jur . Can. profess . ac etiam Episcopi Medensis , & denide Archiepisc , Dublin , capelle fundatoris istius . Qui obiit… Novembris an . Dom. mcccccxxi . What was performed at Sandall for the accomplishment of the other part of his Will , I know not . One Will. Rokeby LL. Bac. who was well beneficed in Yorkshire , succeeded Joh. Dakyn LL. D. in the Archdeaconry of the East-riding of the said County , in Dec. 1558. who dying in 1568. Martin Parkinson B. D. had that Dignity confer'd upon him in Dec. the same year , but before he had kept it an year , he gave way to fate : Whereupon the said Dignity was confer'd on John Mey D. D. who was setled therein in the beginning of Aug. 1569. and soon after became Bishop of Carlile . I find also one John Rokeby LL. D. to be Chanter , Canon resid ▪ and Preb. of Duffeild , of , and in the Church of York , who died in the latter end of 1574. Which John with William before-mentioned were of the same Family with Will. Archb. of Dublin . RICHARD FITZ-JAMES , son of John Fitzjames ( by Alice his Wife daugh , of Joh. Newbourgh ) son of James Fitz-james by Eleanor his Wife daugh . and heir of Sim. Draycot , was born in Somersetshire , became a Student in the University of Oxon about 1459. elected probatoner-Fellow of Merton coll . in 1465. took holy orders when he was Master , and in 1473 was elected one of the Proctors of the University . In the beginning of March 1474 he became Preb. of Taunton in the church of Wells upon the resignation of John Wansford , and afterwards being constituted chaplain to K. Edw. 4. he proceeded in Divinity . On the 12 of March 1482 he was elected Warden of Merton coll . upon the resignation of John Gygur , being then and after esteemed a frequent Preacher . Which place he keeping about 25 years , he shewed himself most worthy of it by his admirable way of government which he exercised , by his continual benefaction thereunto , and by his endeavours , when in power , to promote his Fellows . In March 1484-85 . he was made Vicar of Mynhead , and about that time Rector of Aller , in Somersetshire ; in which last he was succeeded by Mr. Christopher Baynbrigg in the latter end of May 1497. On the 2. of June 1495. he was admitted Almoner to K. Hen. 7. and on the 2. of January 1496. being then elected by the Monks of Rochester to be Bishop of that See , was consecrated thereunto at Lambeth 21. May following by Cardinal Moreton Archb. of Canterbury , and his Assistants Land●ff and Bangor . In January 1503. he was translated to the See of Chichester in the place of Dr. Edw. Story a Cantabrigian , ( who dying in the latter end of the year 1502. was buried on the north side of the high Altar in the Cath. Ch. at Chichester , under a fair Tomb which he a little before had built for himself , ) and on the 14. March. 1505. he was nominated by the King to succeed Dr. Barons in the See of London . On the 1. Aug. 1506. the temporalities of that See were * restored to him : So that soon after being setled there , he resigned his Wardenship of Merton coll . which he had kept in Commendam with Rochester and Chichester , and all that time had administred the Government thereof with great commendation . But this the Reader is to note , that tho he was a Bishop several years while Warden , yet did he , according to statute and custom , submit himself yearly in the month of January to the scrutiny of the Fellows of the said coll ▪ in the Chappel of S. Cross of Halywell near to Oxon , de mora & muribus Custodis . Which statute continuing in use till the time of Hen. 8. was then disused by Dr. Joh. Chamber Warden thereof , under pretence of absence in serving his Majesty as Physician . He the said Dr. 〈…〉 bestowed much money in adorning the Cathedral of S. Paul , as he had done before the collegiate Parish Church belonging to Merton coll . in which house he built ( I cannot say all at his own charge ) the hall , with a fair dining-room over it ; and a lodging room , with a large vault under it , both joyning on the west side to the said hall and dining-room , for the use of him while Warden , and his Successor in that office for ever . Which hall , dining-room , and lodging Chamber were made as additions to the old lodgings belonging to the Wardens of the said college , and were built on the south side of those lodgings which were erected by Hen. Sever sometimes Warden . He the said Dr. Fitz-James also bestowed much money in the building and finishing of S. Maries Church in Oxon. In memory of which benefaction were his Arms , quartering those of Draycot , engraven on stone over the north door leading from the Schoolstreet to the lower end ( on the north side ) of the body of that church . His Arms also with those of Card. Joh. Moreton Archb. of Cant. and Edm. Audley Bish . of Sarum were at the bottom of the Stone-pulpit in the said Ch. of S. Mary , most curiously engraven , and also on the roof of the old Library , ( afterwards a Congregation-house ) on the north side of S. Maries Chancel . To the reparation of which Church , as also to the building of the Pulpit , which consisted all of Ashler-stone , there is no doubt but that he was a benefactor . He also , with his brother Sir Joh. Fitz-James L. Ch. Justice of England , were the chief Founders of the School-house in Brewton in Somersetshire , near which Town ( at Redlinch , as 't is said ) they were both born . Will. Gilbert Abbat of Brewton was a benefactor to it , and so was John Edmonds D. D. Abbat of Glastenbury . At length , after good deeds had trod upon his heels even to Heaven gates , he gave way to fate in a good old age in the beginding of fifteen hundred twenty and two : year 1522 Whereupon his body was buried in the nave of his own Cathedral of S. Paul , under the Altar of S. Paul , near to the foundation or foot of the Campanile , under a marble Tomb prepared and erected by him in his life time . Afterwards was a little Chappel erected over the said Tomb , wherein , I presume , were Masses said for his Soul. But when the said Campanile was consumed with fire 1561. the Chappel then was consumed also . THOMAS RUTHALL , or Rowthall , was born in a Market Town in Gloucestershire called Cirencester , in the Church of which place I saw some years since a monument for one John Avenying and his Wife : Which John dying 1401. might probably be ( according to time ) Grandfather to… .. Avenyng , ( whom some call Avelyng ) Mother to Tho. Ruthall before-mentioned . He was educated for some years in this University , as it evidently appears in one a or more of our Registers , but in what coll . or hall I know not . Thence , as 't is said , he went to Cambridge for a time , but when , it doth not appear . Sure it is that one Rothall took the degree of D. of D. in this University , and in the year 1500. was b incorporated at Cambridge , with Dr. Rich. Mayhew President of Magd. coll . In 1503. he was elected Chancellour of the University of Cambridge , ( being then Archdeacon of Gloucester , ) and in the beginning of Sept. 1505. he was made Dean of Salisbury , in the place , as it seems , of one Edw. Cheyney , who occurs Dean of that Church in Aug. 1499. About that time , he being esteemed a person of great vertue and prudence , he was made Secretary to K. Hen. 7. who a little before his death nominated him to the See of Durham upon the translation of Bainbridge to York . Soon after K. Hen. 8. succeeding in the Throne , he made him his Secretary for a time , and one of his Privy Council . And being then elected to the said See of Durham , the temporalities thereof were c restored to him , 3. July 1. Hen. 8. dom . 1509. Afterwards he was made d L. Privy Seal , was esteemed a famous Clerk , and admirably well read in both the Laws , being , as 't is said , Doctor or Professor of them . Towards his latter end he founded a Free School at the place of his nativity , and gave an house and seven pounds per an . for the maintenance of a Master : Which School having for the most part flourished in good sort , hath educated many that have been eminent in Church and State. He paid his last debt to nature at Durham place near London , on Wednesday the fourth of Feb. in fifteen hundred twenty and two , and was buried in the Chappel of S. John Baptist joyning to the Abbey-Church of S. Peter in Westminster ; at which time Dr. Rowl . Phillips Vicar of Croydon a great Divine and a renowned Clerk preached an excellent Sermon . Some years after was a fair raised Tomb built over his grave with his Statua thereon mitred and vested , and a small inscription on it , but false as to the year of his death . MAURICE FITZ-GERALD , called by some Mauritius Johannis , was of ancient extract in Ireland , and for a time educated in Oxon under the name of Fitz-Gerard , but whether he took a degree we have no Register of that time that shews it . Afterwards by provision from P. Julius 2. he was made Archb. of Cashills in Ireland , and died , year 1523 as 't is d reported , in fifteen hundred twenty and three . 'T is said that certain statutes , made in a Synod by him held at Limerick 1511. were inserted in the Register of Thom. Pursell B. of Lismore and Waterford ; which with the Reg. it self were afterwards consumed in the flames , as I have before told you . JOHN TYNMOUTH , sometimes a Grey-Frier at Lynne in Norfolk , was edacuted in Theological learning among those of his Fraternity at Cambridge , and afterwards among those at Oxon , and at length made a Suffragan Bishop under the tit . of the Bish . of Argos , then in partibus infidelium . year 1524 He gave way to fate in fifteen hundred twenty and four , and was buried in the Ch. yard of Bostou in Lincolnshire , ( of which place he was Vicar ) right against the midst of the high Altar , to the end that his loving Parishioners , when they should happen to see his Grave and Tomb , might be sooner moved to pray for his Soul. He gave at the time of his death to the houses of Grey Friers at Lynne , Cambridge , and Oxon , 5 l. a piece . EDMUND AUDLEY Son of Jam. Tuchet or Touchet Lord Audley by Alianore his wife , was educated in Academical learning in Lincoln coll . as it seems , to which afterwards he was an especial benefactor , took the * degree of Bach. of Arts in 1463 , but whether that of Master , it doth not appear in the reg . of that time , which is imperfect . In Janu. 1471 he became Preb. of Farendon in the Church of Lincoln , upon the resignation of one Rob. Skyllington , ( or rather Stillington ) and in the month of Oct. 1475 Preb. of Codeworth in the Church of Wells , on the death of Mr. Will , Fulford . On the 25. Dec. the same year , he , under the title of M. A. became Archdeacon of the East-Riding of Yorkshire on the death of Joh. Walker LL. B. and had other preferments in other Churches confer'd upon him . At length being promoted to the See of Rochester , his Archdeaconry was bestowed on a certain noble man named Edw. Pole , installed therein 15. Oct. 1480. who being made Archdeacon of Richmond , ( upon the consecration of John Shirwood B. of Durham ) was installed therein 6. Jan. 1484. So that thereupon resigning his Archdeaconry of the East-riaing of Yorksh . Will. Poteman ( sometimes Warden of All 's . coll . as I guess ) was installed on the 16. of the same month in the same year , who dying 25. March 1493. Hen. Cornbull succeeded him . Afterwards Edm. Audley was translated to the See of Hereford upon the death of Thom. Myllyng , ( sometimes a Student among the Benedictines of Gloucester coll . in the Suburbs of Oxon , ) the temporalities of which were e given to him 26. Dec. 1492. and from thence to Salisbury , the temporalities of which See also were put f into his hands on the 2. of April 1502. and about that time was made Chancellour of the most Noble Order of of the Garter . In 1518. he g gave 400 l. to Linc. coll . to purchase lands for the use thereof , and about that time bestowed upon the said house the Patronage of a Chauntry which he had lately founded in a Chappel built by him in the north part of the Choire of the Cath. Ch. at Salisbury . He also was a Benefactor to the reparation of the Congregation-house ( sometimes a Library ) on the north side of S. Maries Chancel in Oxford , to the erection of that curious piece of workmanship , the stone Pulpit , in the said Ch. finished 1508. ( at the bottom of which were his Arms , a Fret impaled by the See of Sarum ) and gave 200 marks for the supply of Chichleys chest ( belonging to the University ) which had before been robb'd of its treasure . But whether he built the choire or chancel of S. Maries church , or gave the old Organs ( as a certain b author is pleased to tell us ) I find it no where to appear . At length departing this mortal life , in a good old age , at Ramsbury in Wilts , year 1524 on the 23 of Aug. in fiveteen hundred twenty and four , was buried in the chappel before-mention'd , built by him in honour of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary , within the cath . ch . of Sarum : to the reparation of which cathedral he bequeathed threescore pounds . After his death Laur. Campegius Cardinal of S. Anastasius was made Bishop of Salisbury , but whither he , ( being almost continually absent ) or any of his Successors till the time of Dr. Seth Ward , an . 1671. were ever chancellours of the order of the Garter , in doth not appear . THEODORICK O-BRIEN , sometimes written Terence and Terlach O-brien , was descended from an ancient and noble family of his name in Ireland , and after he had spent some time in good letters here in Oxon , became Bishop of Killaloe in the said Country , and a person of great name there for his liberality and hospitality , yet addicted to warfare more than became his coat . He paid his last debt to nature † in fiveteen hundred twenty and five . Several years before his time was another of both his names Bishop of that place , and another after him ; whereupon , by writers , this Bishop was commonly written and called Terence O-Brien the second . JOHN YOUNG received his first breath in this world at Newton-Longvill in Bucks , was educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , became perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1482. and left it in 1502. being then , or about that time , Doct. of Div. and Rector of S. Martins Church in Oxon. Afterwards he became well known to Cardinal Tho. VVolsey , by whose endeavours he was made Dean of Chichester , Bishop titular of Callipolis or Galipoli , a City in Thrace , about 1517. Judge , as 't is said , of the Prerogative of Canterbury , and Warden of New coll . in 1521. He died 28. year 1526 March , in fifteen hundred twenty and six , and was buried , as I suppose , in the Chappel of the said College , under a Marble-stone that he had lain there some time before his death , with an inscription thereon , and a blank for the time of his death to be filled up by his Executor , or Overseer of his last Will and Testament , but was never performed . The reader is to know that there was another John Young , who , from being Prebendary of Apesthorpe in the cath . ch . of York , was admitted Dean of that Church by the name and title of Jo. Younge LL. D. on the 17. of May 1514. being at that time Master of the Rolls . But he dying 25. Apr. 1516. and buried in the chappel of the Rolls in chancery-lave near London , must not be taken to be the same with the former . Besides the said two , I find others of both their Names , as ( 1 ) John Young a Monk of Ramsey , who being well skill'd in the Hebrew tongue , saved many books of that Language that were in the Library of that Monastery when 't was dissolved , in 1535. or thereabouts . ( 2 ) Joh. Young ( Giovanus ) a native of Yorkshire , educated in Trin. coll . in Cambridge , afterwards Master of Pemb. hall and Vice-chancellor of that University , of whom and his writings Baleus a and Pitseus b will inform you . ( 3 ) Jo. Young one of the Bonhoms or Good men , of the Monastery of Ashrugg in Bucks . Who being turn'd out thence at the dissolution by K. Hen. 8. entred himself a Sojourner in Exeter coll . about 1539. He was of kin to Jo. Young B. of Galipoli , but what name or eminence there was in him , I find not . ( 4 ) Jo. Young born at Newton Longvill before mention'd , Fellow of New coll . 1512. Rector of his native place in 1525. and died therein 1545. which Jo. was nearly related to the Bishop . WILLIAM HOW a Buckinghamshire man born as it seems , or at least descended from those of his name , living at , or near the Wycombs , was educated in all kind of Learning in this University , and by the title of Master of Arts thereof and the Kings chaplain , did supplicate the Ven. congregation of Regents in 1512. that he might be admitted to the reading of the Sentences , but whether he was really admitted , it appears not . Afterwards he travelled , was admitted Doct. of Div. in an University beyond the Seas , and at his return retir'd to the University in the beginning of the year 1526. where by the name of Will. How Episcopus Aurensis , supplicated the said congregation that whereas he had been created Doct. of Divinity beyond the Seas , and had been a student in this University many years , he might be incorporated in the same faculty ; which being granted simpliciter , he was forthwith incorporated . This Bishoprick in the same I presume , with Auriensis or Orensis , commonly called Orense , under the Archbishoprick of Compostella in Spain ; to which courtry , as 't is probable , this W. How was sent about business by Catherine of Spain Queen of England , the Royal consort to K. Hen. 8. I find one Will. How M. of A. presented by the King to the Church of Shipton-Mallet in Somersetshire , on the death of Mr. Reynold West , in the beginning of Aug. 1516. and about that time became Rector of Alre ( or Aller ) in the same county ; but this Will. How dying in 1521. or 22. must not be understood to be the same with the former . To this last , was Joh. How prior of Plympton in Devonshire related , who living to see his Monastery dissolved , went afterwards to Oxon , and settled in Exeter coll . in January 1545. in the condition of a Sojourner . WILLIAM GILBERT a Canon Regular and Prior of Brewton or Bruton in Somersetshire ( in which county he was born ) became Doct. of Div. of this University in 1506. and in the year after was made Vicar of Mynhead in his own country , on the death of Tho. Beaumont sometimes Fellow of Merton coll . Afterwards , being esteemed a man of note , reverence and great Religion , he was made Suffragan Bishop to Hadrian de Castello Bishop of Bathe and Wells , under the title of Episc . Majorensis , which is , * in partibus Infidelium , and by that title he was admitted Vicar of Southpertherton in the Dioc. of Wells 16. Dec. 1525. by the presentation thereunto of Jo. Herte Abbot of Athelney , as also to other benefices , and one or more dignities to keep up his port . Afterwards , or about that time , he went to Rome , and there procured † of the Pope that the Priory of Brewton might be changed into an Abbey . After his return , he was always called Abbat Gilbert , and with its name , did so change the buildings of his Abbey , that it was but little better than re-edified by him . Whether he was the last Abbat I know not . RICHARD FOX , the worthy Founder of Corp. Ch. coll . in this University , of whom having made mention at large elsewhere , d I shall only say that he was born at Ropesley near to Grantham in Lincolnshire , educated in Grammar learning at Boston in the said county , in Academical for a time in Magd. coll . in Oxon , whence being transplanted to Cambridge , became at length Master of Pembroke hall there , Prebendary of Bishopston in the Church of Sarum , and in Feb. 1485. Preb. of South Grantham in the same Church , upon the resignation of Dr. Christop . Bainbridge . This person having been a constant Adherent to Henry Earl of Richmond , against King Rich. 3. was by him , when made King of England by the name of Hen. 7 , made in the beginning of his reign one of his Privy Council , ( he being then LL. D. ) and nominated to be Bishop of Exeter in Feb. 1486. On the 24 of the same month , he had the custody of the Privy Seal conferr'd on him , and being elected to the said See , the K. restored e to him the Temporalities belonging thereunto , 2. Apr. 1487. On the 5. Jul. following , he had by the Kings f command twenty Shillings per diem allowed to him , to commence from the 24. Feb. before-mention'd ; which was allowed to him , as I suppose , as Keeper of the said Seal : And being elected afterwards to the See of B. and VVells , had restitution of its temporalities made g to him by the King 4. May , 1492. In 1494. he was translated to Durham , and afterwards was elected Chancellour of the University of Cambridge , and being settled at Durham , he forthwith , out of a great vast Hall in the Castle there , did take as much away as made a fair Buttery and a Pantry , even to the Pulpits or Galleries on each side of the Hall , wherein the Trumpeters or Wind-musick used to stand to play while the meat was usher'd in : And on the Wall , which parted the said buttery from the Hall , was a great Pellican set up , to shew that it was done by him , because he gave the Pellican to his Arms. When Dr. Richard Neile became B. of Durham , he took away part of the said hall at the other end , to enlarge the great Parlour , and yet the hall continued fair and large still . At length upon the death of Dr. Tho. Langton , he was elected B. of Winchester ; the temporalities of which being restored h to him by the King 17. Octob. 1500. was soon after installed with great solemnity . After he was settled there , he performed many acts of piety and charity , among which was the foundation and establishment of C. C. coll . before-mention'd , and dying in fifteen hundred twenty and eight , year 1528 was buried in the Cath. Ch. at VVinchester , on the South side of the high Altar . After him followed in that See Card. Tho. VVolsey , of whom I shall make mention anon . HUGH INGE or Ynge , was born at Shipton-Mallet in Somersetshire , educated in VVykehams School , made perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1484. took the degrees in Arts , and left the coll . in 1496. Afterwards he travelled beyond the Seas , where he was made Doct. of Divinity , was successively made Preb. of East Harptrey in , and Succentor of , the Church of VVells , Guardian of VVapulham in the Dioc. of Lincoln , Preb. of Auste in the Church of VVestbury in the Dioc. of VVorcester , ( to which the Vicaridge of VVellow in the Dioc. of B. and VVells was annexed by the Pope ) Vicar of Oldeston in the Dioc. of Lincoln , of Dultying in Somersetshire by the presentation of Richard the Abbat , and Conv. of Glastenbury , on the death of Mr. VVill. Speckington , and of VVeston alias Sowey , by the presentation of the said Ab. and Conv. on the death of Mr. Rob. Stafford . In the beginning of Apr. 1511. he was incorporated D. of D. in this University , and in the latter end of that year was made Bishop of Meath in Ireland . Thence he was translated to the Archiepiscopal See of Dublin in the place of Dr. VVill. Rokeby , an . 1521. and about that time was made Chancellour of Ireland , where he was accounted a person of great probity and justice . He gave way to fate at Dublin 3 Aug. in fifteen hundred twenty and eight : year 1528 whereupon his body was buried in the Church of S. Patrick there . In the said See of Dublin , succeeded Dr. John Allen , whom I shall mention in his proper place . THOMAS BELE , Beel or Beyll , was bred a Canon regular of the Order of S. Austen , and educated in Acad. learning among those of his Order , studying in S. Maries coll . in Oxon , of which he became Prior about 1508. Afterwards taking the degrees in divinity , he became Lord Prior of S. Mary Spytell without Bishopsgate in London , and at length Suffragan Bishop to Rich. Fitz-James B. of London , under the title of Episcop . Lydensis , which is under the Patriarch of Jerusalem . In that titular See succeeded one Joh. Holt , but whether educated in this University I cannot tell . He lived mostly in the Town of Bury S. Edmund in Suffolk , where dying about the 12. of Aug. 1540. was buried in the Church of our blessed Lady S. Mary there , in our Ladies Isle near to the head of John Holt Gent. THOMAS WOLSEY , the great and mighty Cardinal of the time he lived in , whose life having been written several years after his death by Thom. Cavendish his Gentleman Usher , we are informed therein that he was born at Ipswych in Suffolk , but not that he was a Butchers Son , as others have publickly reported , as well in the Cardinals life time , as since : the first of which was he , who wrote a Libel in English Verse against him , a little before his fall , called A dialogue between two Priests servants named Watkin and Jeffry , published in octavo ( perhaps written also ) by a canting and severe Lutheran , who writes himself N. O. But so it was , that he the said T. Wolsey being very apt to learn when he was a Child , his Parents and other good Friends made shift to maintain him in Oxon , particularly in Magd. coll . where making a most wonderful progress in Logick and Philosophy , be became Bach. of Arts at 15. years of age an . 1485. Soon after he was elected fellow , and when he had taken the degree of M. of A. was made Master of the Grammar School joining to the said College . In the 14. Hen. 7. Dom. 1498. he was Bursar of that House , in which year the stately Tower was finisht . In the beginning of Oct. 1500. he became Rector of Lymyngton in Somersetshire ( on the death of Joh. Borde ) by the presentation thereunto of Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset : which Rectory he conferr'd upon him for the great care he had of his Sons under his Tuition , in the Grammar School before-mention'd . But that great man dying in Sept. 1501. and his hopes of being introduced into the court , frustrated , he struck into acquaintance with one Sir Joh. Naphant Treasurer of Calais , a Gent. of the said county , who forthwith made him his chaplain : And finding him to be a man of parts , committed his employment to him , he himself being grown old , and consequently unfit for business . At length he being mindful of his chaplains good service , he never left him until he had found means to make him the Kings chaplain . Which matter being according to his mind effected , he became known to one of the Kings grave Counsellors and Favourites named Rich. Fox Bishop of Winchester , who finding VVolsey to be not only an active , but a witty man , did with one Sir Tho. Lovel another grave Counsellor , commend him to the service of the King ; who also upon discourse with him , finding him to be a man of Eloquence , and to understand State affairs , sent him in the quality of an Embassador to Maximilian the Emperour , then abiding in Flanders not far from Calais . Which Embassage he performed with so great dexterity and quickness , that the K. taking especial notice of it , did soon after confer upon him the Deanery of Lincoln , void by the death of Jeffrey Simeon sometimes Fellow of New college , Proctor of this University of Oxon , and Dean of the chappel Royal to K. Hen. 7. ( which Jeffrey died 20. Aug. 1508. ) Of which Church , I say , being made Dean 2. Feb. 1508. was installed by proxy 25. March 1509. and in person 21. of Aug. 1511. After the death of K. Hen. 7. he quickly got into the favour so much of his successor Hen. 8. that he was by him a presented to the Rectory of Turrington in the dioc . of Exeter 28. Nov. 1510. ( being then Bach. of Div. ) and on the 17. Feb. following , was made Canon of the collegiate church of VVindsore , and about that time Registrary . of the most noble Order of the Garter . In 1512. Jan. 31. he , by the name of the Kings Almoner , was made Prebendary of Bagthorp in the church of York by the favour of Cardinal Bainbridge Archb. thereof , ( in the place of James Harryngton Dean of that church , who died in Dec. 1512. ) and on the 21. Febr. following , he was admitted Dean in the said Harryngtons place , who had been installed in that dignity in the room of the said Bainbridge 31. Januar. 1507. In 1513. he being then with the King at the taking of Tournay in France , his Majesty not only gave him the revenues of the Bishoprick of that City , but also made him actual Bishop thereof , as some are pleased to say . In 1514. March 26. he was consecrated B. of Linc. in the place of Will. Smyth deceased , and in Nov. the same year , he was made Archb. of York . In 1515. Sept. 7. he was created cardinal of S. Cecilia , and in the year following Dec. 7. he was constituted L. Chanc. of England , and about the same time Legate a latere for the Kingdom of England . In 1518. Aug. 28. he had the temporalities of the See of Bathe and VVells conferr'd b upon him , with liberty of holding the same See ( being perpetual Commendatarie thereof ) with the Abbatship of S. Albans and other Ecclesiastical Livings in commendum with York . About the same time he laid in by his Factors at Rome for the Papacy , especially upon the death of Leo 10. and Adrian 6. but the reasons why he was not elected , were ( 1 ) That he would never to go to Rome in Person . ( 2 ) That he was nimis potens . ( 3 ) That he was not old enough , as by the Letters of Dr. Tho. Hannyball and Jo. Clerk the Kings Orators , and the Card. Agents at Rome , appears . In 1523. he had the Bishoprick of Durham given to him , and thereupon resign'd B. and Wells , and soon after began the Foundations of his two most noble and splendid colleges at Oxon and Ipswych , as I have largely elsewhere c told you . In 1529. he had the See of Winchester conferr'd upon him whereupon renouncing Durham , the profits and revenues of the said See were given to the Lady Anna Boleyne , for the space of one year . But before he was quite warm in Winchester , he fell into the Kings displeasure , and thereupon being soon after commanded to live in his dioc . of York , about the beginning of 1530. retired to the Archbishops Palace at Cawood , where spending the Summer following in great Hospitality , was about the latter end of Octob. ensuing , arrested for High Treason . Whereupon being to be conveyed to London to answer for it , he died at Leycester in the way thither , year 1530 on the 29. Nov. following , and was buried in S. Maries Chappel within the precincts of the Abbey-church there . Of all the Clergy-men of his time , and before , and after him , Wolsey was indisputably the greatest . He managed a most inflexible King with so great dexterity , that of one who always threw his Riders , none held the reins , either so long , or so succesfully . He had a vast mind , and a great sense of regulation , and glory , ( which by some is construed Pride . ) He lived always with great splendour ; and yet left the most lasting and most noble monuments of his bounty . No Prelate indeed , especially in this Nation , had ever so many and large , but withal none ever imployed them more generously ; so that his vast revenues were hardly proportionable to his great and extraordinary designs . His parts were prodigious , and it must be owned , that he wanted not a sense of his own sufficiency ; and therefore his demeanor and management of himself was such , as was more fitted with the greatness of his mind , and his fortune , than to the meanness of his birth . Many Historians of that time , whether out of envy of his order , or contempt of his birth , or hatred of his Religion , have not been very favourable to his fame ; and the traditionary reporters since , who have pretended to an exact account of his actions , have , upon too slight enquiries , and with too great confidence , transcribed the former narratives . So that we yet want an exact and faithful History of the greatest , most noble , and most disinteress'd Clergy-man of that age . His publick imployments gave him little leisure for the publication of any works of learning ; and , if any were published , they are dead with him , excep perhaps those which I have seen , which are the Epistle and directions for teaching the eight Classes in Ipswich School , set before the Grammar , of W. Lilye , and printed in 1528. h THOMAS DILLON , was born in the County of Meath in Ireland , studied here in Oxon several years , but whether he took a degree it appears not . At length retiring to his own Country , became thro several preferments Bishop of Kildare , where sitting about eight years , year 1531 gave way a to fate in fifteen hundred thirty and one . In the said See succeeded one Walter Wellesley , as I shall anon tell you . WILLIAM WARHAM , Son of Rob. Warham , was born of a gentile Family at Okely in Hampshire , educated in Grammaticals in Wykehams School , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1475. took the degrees in the Laws , left the coll . 1488. and about that time became an Advocate in the Court of Arches , and soon after Principal or chief Moderator of Civil Law School , then situated in S. Edwards Parish in Oxon. On the 2. Nov. 1493. he was collated to the Chantorship of Wells upon the death of Tho. Overey , ( sometimes Fellow of All 's . coll . ) and on the 13. of Feb. following , he was constituted Master of the Rolls . Afterwards being elected to the See of London , he had the Great Seal of England delivered unto him on the 11. of Aug. 1502 : So that in few days after being consecrated Bishop of that See , had restitution b made to him of the temporalities belonging thereunto , on the first of Octob. following . In the beginning of January in the same year he was constituted L. Chanc. of England , and in Nov. ( as one c saith ) in 1504. he was translated to the See of Canterbury ; whose inthronization there , appointed to be on the 9. March following , was performed then with great and wonderful solemnity and magnificence , as it may be partly elsewhere d seen . In 1506. May 28. he was unanimously elected Chancellour of the University of Oxon , being then , and ever after , an especial friend to it , and its members , as may be discerned in several Epistles e that passed between them . In some the said members stile him Sanctissimus in Christo Paeter , and in others , they proclaim in an high manner his prudence , profound understanding , &c. All which , I presume , was done because he had been a benefactor to the finishing of S. Maries Church and the Divinity School . It must be now known that there was a young Knight called William Warham , Godson and Nephew to the Archbishop , ( as being Son to his Brother Hugh Warham , ) that waited upon him in his chamber : With him the Archb. being always ready to discourse , did more than once seriously tell him , that if ever after his death any should succeed him in the See of Canterbury called Thomas , he should in no wise serve him , or seek his favour and acquaintance , for there shall ( said he ) one of that name shortly enjoy this See , that shall as much by his vicious living and wicked heresies dishonour , wast , and destroy the same , and the whole Church of England , as ever the blessed Bishop and Martyr St. Thomas did before benefit , bless , adorn and honour the same , &c. This is reported by Nich. Harpessfield f from the mouth of the said Sir Will. Warham , being prophetically spoken by the said Archb. concerning the Thomas that succeeded him , meaning Thom. Cranmer . After Dr. Warham had sate in Canterbury in great prosperity about 28 years , he concluded this life at S. Stephens near to the said City , on the 22. of Aug. between the hours of 3 and 4 in the morning , year 1532 in fifteen hundred thirty and two : Whereupon his body was laid in a little Chappel built by himself for the place of his burial , on the north side of the Martyrdom of S. Thomas of Canterbury , and had there a reasonable fair Tomb erected over his body , but defaced in the beginning of the grand Rebellion began and carried on by the Presbyterians . Erasmus of Rotterdam having been a great acquaintance of the said Archbishop , had the honour to have his picture sent to him by the owner : Which being with great devotion received , Erasmus sent him his , and between them passed several Epistles . In one of which , or else in another place , Erasmus ( who had the Parsonage of Aldington in Kent bestowed on him ) so commends him for humanity , learning , integrity , and piety , that in the conclusion he saith , nullan absoluti Praesulis dotem in eo desideres . The said Archb. left all his Theological books to All 's . coll . Library , his Civil and Can. Law books , with the prick-song books belonging to his Chappel , to New coll . and his Ledgers , Grayles , and Antiphonals to Wykehams coll . near to Winchester . See more of him in a book intit . De antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae , &c. Lond. 1572-3 . p. 348. 349. &c. THOMAS SKEVYNGTON , was descended from a right ancient Family of his name living in Leicestershire , but whether born in that County I cannot justly tell ; became , when young , professed in the Monastery of Cistercians at Merevale or Myrdvale in Warwickshire , instructed in Theological and other learning in S. Bernards coll . originally built for Cistercians in the north Suburb of Oxon , ( being now S. Johns coll . ) to which place he bequeathed on his death-bed twenty pounds towards its reparation . Afterwards he was made Abbat of Waverley , a house of the said Order in Surrey , and on the 17. of June 1509. was consecrated * Bishop of Bangor . Where , after he had sate several years much commended for the austere course of his life and great charity , he submitted to the stroke of death in the month of June or thereabouts , in fifteen hundred thirty and there . year 1533 Whereupon his heart was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Bangor before the picture of S. Daniel , ( whereon a stone was soon after laid with an inscription thereon shewing that it was the heart of Thomas late Bishop of Bangor ) and his body in the Choire of Monastery of Beaulieu under a Tomb which he had erected nigh unto the place where the Gospel used to be read . In the See of Bangor succeeded John Salcot alias Capon Doct. of divinity of Cambridge , translated thence to Salisbury in 1529 ; where dying in the summer time ( in August as it seems ) an . 1557. was buried in the Cath. Church there , under a Tomb which he in his life-time had provided and erected on the south side of the Choire . JOHN ALLEN , Doctor of the Laws of this University was consecrated Archbishop of Dublin in the place of Dr. Hugh Inge deceased , in the year of our Lord 1528. and died on the 25. of July , saith a one , and another b the 28. year 1534 of the same month , in fifteen hundred thirty and four ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . His death which was no more than a down-right murder , is attibuted by some precise writers , as a judgment on him , for his unworthy and base dealing in the dissolution of Daventry Priory in Northamptonshire , being one of those many which were dissolved for the erection of the Cardinals coll . in Oxon. On the 25. of July early in the morning Tho. Fitz-Gerald eldest Son of the Earl of Kildare caused him the said rev . Prelate to be brought before him at Tartaine , being then feeble by a late sickness ; who kneeling at his feet in his shirt and mantle , bequeathing his Soul to God , and his body to the Traytors mercy , the wretched young man , Tho. Fitz-Gerald before-mentioned , commanded him there to be brain'd like an Ox. The place where this fact was done , was afterwards hedged in , overgrown , and unfrequented , in detestation of the fact . The people have observed that all the accessaries thereof , being after pardon'd for Rebellion , ended their lives miserably . HENRY STANDISH , Doctor of Div. an eminent and learned man and a Grey Frier of the Order of S. Francis , was consecrated Bishop of S. Asaph in July 1519. You may see more of him among the writers under the year fifteen hundred thirty and five , year 1535 in which year he died . In the said See succeeded William Barlow in the latter end of the year 1535. who a little before ( in the same year ) was sent into Scotland with one Holcroft about points of Religion against the Pope , at which time he the said Barlow was stiled Prior of Bisham . He was also sent soon after with William Lord Howard into the same Country , at which time he went by the title of the Bishop of St. Asaph . Their business then was about the interview with the Scotch King , induced thereunto by his Council , especially those of the Clergy . See G. Buchanan in Rerum Scotic . hist . RICHARD RAWLINS , was admitted Fellow of Merton coll . in the year 1480. and afterwards proceeding in Arts , he entred into the sacred Function . On the 19. Feb. 1491. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , left the coll . soon after , being then beneficed , and in 1495. proceeded in Divinity . In 1504. Oct. 1. he was admitted Subdean of York on the death of Edw. Cressacre , ( in which Dignity he was succeeded by Dr. James Harryngton in Jul. 1507. ) and in 1505. he became Archdeacon of Huntingdon in the place of Rob. Sherebourne promoted to the See of S. David . In 1506. he was made Canon of Windsore , and in the middle of June 1507. he was admitted Archdeacon of Clievland on the death of Joh. Raynolds LL. B. who died on the vigil of the Nativity going before . In Dec. 1508. he was admitted Warden of Mert. coll . being then also Canon of S. Pauls Cathedral , and in great repute for his learning . In 1512. he went with the King into France , and was present at the Siege of Turwin and Tournay , and in 1514. he was made Almoner to the said King in the place of Tho. Wolsey , and Archd. of Huntingdon . In 1521. he was deprived † of his Wardenship of Mert. coll . by the Archb. of Canterbury for many unworthy misdemeaners , the particulars of which are too large to be here set down ; and soon after , because he should not be a looser , had the Bishoprick of S. David confer'd upon him , about the beginning of the year 1523. To which See being consecrated on the 26. Apr. the same * year , sate there to the time of his death , which hapned about the beginning of fifteen hundred thirty and six . year 1536 His immediate Predecessor in the said See was Edw. Vaughan of the University of Cambridge , who dying in Nov. or Dec. in 1522. was buried in the Chappel of the holy Trinity within the Cath. Ch. of S. David . Which Chappel he , a little before his death , had built at his own charge . RICHARD NIKKE , or Nix , a Somersetshire man born , as it seems , but in what house in Oxon ( where he had spent some years in study ) he was educated , it appears not . In the beginning of the year 1473. he , by the name of Rich. Nikke Clerk , was collated to the Church of Ashbury in the Dioc. of Sarum , and in Sept. 1489. he , by the title of Doctor of the Laws became Rector of Chedsey in Somesetshire , being then Preb. of Yotton in the Church of Wells . In 1492. he was constituted Vicar General to Rich. Fox Bishop of B. and Wells , and in Jul. 1494. he was made Archdeacon of Wells , with the Prebend , of Huish annexed , on the resignation of Will. Nikke LL. D. In 1496. he was made Canon of Winasore , and about the same time Registrary of the most Noble Order of the Garter . Afterwards he had one or more benefices confer'd on him in the Diocess of Wells and in that of Durham , ( besides the Archdeaconry of Exeter , ) and at length on the death of Dr. Tho. Jane being elected to the Episcopal See of Norwich , had restitution made ‖ to him of the temporalities belonging thereunto by the name of Rich. Nikke Clerk , Dean of the Kings Chappel , on the 24. of Apr. 1501. where sitting about 35 years , died blind in fifteen hundred thirty and six . year 1536 He was buried between two pillars on the south side of the body of the Cath. Ch. of Norwych , next to those two pillars , between which Miles Spencer Dr. of Law and Chanc. of Norwych was buried . Over the said Nikkes grave was a low Tomb erected , whereon were the Arms of the See of Norwych impaling a Chevron between 3 Leopards heads , being the same that are on the roof of the north cross Isle . Which roof is supposed to have been either repaired or built by him , as also part of , if not all , the said Isle . In the See of Norwych succeeded one Will. Rugg alias Repps a Doctor of Div. of Cambridge , and Abbat of the Monastery of S. Benedict in Hulmo , ( Son of Will. Rugg of North-Repps in Nofolk , ) who resigning the said Bishoprick in January 1549. died 21. of Sept. 1550. and was buried in the middle of the Choire of the Cath. Ch. at Norwych . As for Will. Nikke before-mentioned , he was , as I conceive , brother to the Bishop , aed being Preb. of Ilton in the Church of Wells , became Archd. of Wells on the resignation of Tho. Bridlington in the month of Apr. 1473. ROBERT SHEREBOURNE , a Hampshire man born , was educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near to Winchester , became true and perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1474. afterwards M. of A. and in Orders , Canon of Lincoln , Preb. of Whitechurch and Beneger in the Church of Wells , ( which he resigned in Octob. 1493. ) Archdeacon of Taunton , with the Preb. of Milverton annex'd , upon the resignation of Will. Worsley LL. D. in the month of Dec. 1496. Archdeacon of Huntingdon about the same time , and in 1499. Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral within the City of London , on the decease of the said W. Worslley , who had held with it other dignities , among which was the Archdeaconry of Nottingham , in which he was succeeded by Thom. Crosley in Aug. 1499. In 1505. he the said Rob. Sherebourne being elected Bishop of S. Davids under the title of Consiliarius regius , had restitution of the temporalities of that See made a to him on the 12. of Apr. the same year ; done in requiral of the many services and embassies which he had performed for his Master K. Hen. 7. In 1508. he was translated to the See of Chichester , and had the temporalities belonging thereunto delivered b to him on the 13. Dec. that year . He was a person much given to hospitality , was very charitable to the poor , munificent to the coll . that had given him Acad. education , as may c elsewhere be seen , and bestowed much mony in beautifying and adorning his Cath. Ch. at Chichester . At length after he had resigned his Bishoprick , he gave way to fate d on the 21. Aug. in fifteen hundred thirty and six , aged 86 years , or thereabouts , and was buried in the said Cath. Ch. in a poor remembrance e that he had made there on the south side of the same Church . A certain note which Sir Will. Dugdale Garter K. of Arms , collected by himself , and afterwards communicated to me , informs , that the said R. Sherebourne founded a Free School in the time of Hen. 8. at Rowlston in Staffordshire , at which place he was born of mean parentage . But this note , which he could not then tell whence he had , I reject , because the register of New coll . tells us that he was born in Hampshire , where is a Town called Sherbourne , in which he , or at least his Father or Grandfather , was , as 't is probable , born . After he had resigned his Bishoprick Mr. Rich. Sampson Dean of the Kings Chappel , being elected thereunto , had the temporalities thereof given * to him 4. July 28. Hen. 8. Dom. 1536. JOHN KYTE , was born , as 't is said , within the City of London , and for a time educated in this University , but in what house , or what degrees he took , it appears not . Afterwards he had several dignities confer'd upon him , was made Subdean h of the King's Chappel , and by K. Hen. 7. was sent Embassador into Spain . In the latter end of 1513. he was made Archb. of Armagh , by provision from P. Leo 10. the temporalities of which were given i to him on the 20. May in the year following . But he resigning the said Archbishoprick on the third of Aug. 1521. ( being newly made Bishop of Carlile in England on the death of Joh. Penny ) was made Archbishop of Thebes in Greece . All these things were done by the endeavours made to the Pope by Card. Wolsey , whose creature Kyte was : And because the Bulls of translation , and of Carlile , with the retention of his other benefices should be expedited and done to the desire of Wolsey and Kyte , the fees came to 1790. duckets ; but whether all was paid , I think not , because it partly appears by the letters of Joh. Clerk the Kings Orator at Rome , ( afterwards B. of B. of Wells , ) that for the sake of the said Card. 275 duckets were released to Kyte , tho the World was then very hard at Rome . He the said Kyte took his last farewell of this World ( after he had bestowed much money on Rose-castle the Seat of the Bishop of Carlile ) on the nineteenth k day of June in fifteen hundred thirty and seven , year 1537 and was buried , as 't is said , in the middle almost of the Chancel belonging to the Church of Stepney near London . Over his grave is a marble-stone yet remaining , with an English Epitaph thereon , contained in barbarous verses , shewing that he was a person of great hospitality . The five first run l thus . Under this ston closyde and marmorate Lyeth John Kitte Londoner natyff , Encreasyng in vertues rose to high estate In the fourth Edwards chappel by his yong lyffe Sith whych the sevinth Henryes servyce primatyff . Proceeding still , &c. How it came to pass , that he was buried at Stepney , I cannot tell . Sure I am that by his m Will and Test . made the 18. June 29. Hen. 8 : dom . 1537. and proved 21. of the same month ( wherein he writes himself John Kyte Archb. of Thebes and Commendatory perpetual of Carlile , ) he bequeaths his body to be buried by the body of his Father in St. Margarets Church in Westminster . JOHN HILSEY , a Dominican or Black Frier , was consecrated Bishop of Rochester in 1535. and died in sixteen hundred thirty and eight . year 1538 Under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the See of Rochester , succeeded Nich , Heath , whom I shall mention at large in his proper place . JOHN STOKESLIE , was educated in S. Mary Magd. coll . of which he was Fellow , and much noted for his excellent faculty in disputing , whether in Philosophy or Divinity . In 1502. he being then M. of A. of some years standing , was admitted Principal of S. Mary Magd. hall , and in the year following was elected the northern Procter of the University , because he had been born in the north parts of England . Afterwards he became Vicar of Willoughby in Warwickshire for a time , and Rector of Slimbridge in Gloucestershire , ( both by the gift of the said college , ) Prebendary of the Kings Chappel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and S. Stephen , within the Pallace of Westminster , Archdeacon of Dorset in the place of Rich. Paice , Doct. of Divinity , and Chaplain to Rich. Fox B. of Winchester , who gave him , as I think , the Archdeaconry of Surrey . At length upon the translation of Tonstall to Durham , he was made Bishop of London in 1530. In which See being installed , 19. Jul. in the same year , ( and about that time made the Kings Almoner , ) fate there to the time of his death , which hapning on the eighth of Sept. year 1539 in fifteen hundred thirty and nine , was buried on the 14. of the said month in the Chappel of S. George within the Precinct of S. Pauls Cathedral . Soon after was a memorial put over his grave running thus , Hujus in obscuri tumuli , &c. Which in English is this , as P. F. tells me . Th'obscure recesses of this key-cold Tomb , Do Stokeslies ashes , and remains inhume . Whose general name , good life , dexterity Of Pen , Tongue , Brain , were known both far and nigh . Who studied still to serve ▪ God and the King , And benefit the publick in each thing . What good he did in Forreign parts retrieve , He brought it home , like honey to his hive . He knew the intreagues of Italy and Spain , And of the Grecian Wyles did make much gain . To many Kingdoms of the World being known , And honour'd more , returning to his own . Who on our Blessed Ladies day being born , Did on the self same day to dust return . In 1529. he was sent to the Emperiour and Pope , and to several Universities , concerning the marriage of King Hen. 8. with his brother's Wife , &c. and was with Tho. Cranmer at the citation of Katherine the Q. Dowager to appear at Dunstable , six miles distant from Ampthill , when she was divorced , and the marriage declared to be void and of no effect . He also burnt W. Tyndales translation of the Bible , was a disputer with Joh. Lambert alias Nicholls , and boasted , as R. Holinshed tells us , that he had burned fifty Hereticks , meaning Protestants , and as Dr. Humphrey † saith , that he had sacrificed to the god of hell above three hundred . WALTER WELLESLEY , commonly called Wesley , was bred up a Canon Regular of the Order of S. Austin , and among them in Oxon was he educated for a time . Afterwards he became Prior of those Canons of his Order living at Conal in the County of Kildare in Ireland , and Master of the Rolls in that Kingdom . At length upon the desire of K. Hen. 8. made to P. Clem. 7. he became Bishop of Kildare in 1531. and dying in fifteen * hundred thirty and nine , was buried in the said Monastery of Conal , the Priorship of which he kept in Commendam with his Bishoprick . WILLIAM MORE , had part of his education among the Oxonians , but more in another University , was afterwards Vicar of Walden in Essex , and Suffragan Bishop of Colchester . In 1537. he was made Prebendary of Gevendale in the Church of York , but resigned it the year after , and on 14. Sept. 1539. he was installed Archdeacon of Leycester in the room of Edm. Bonner promoted to the See of Hereford . He died in the Summer-time in fifteen hundred and forty , year 1540 and was succeeded in his Archdeaconry in the beginning of March following by Tho. Robertson . One Will. More was Lord Prior of Worcester , which honourable place he resigned in 1535. but was not the same with him who was Bishop . THOMAS SPARKE , a Benedictine Monk of Durham , spent some time in study in Durham coll . in this University , took the degree of Bac. of Div. in 1528. being about that time Prior of a certain Cell . In 1536. he was nominated and made Suffragan to the Bishop of Durham under the title of the Suffragan Seat of Barwick , which is the utmost Town in England towards Scotland . See more of him in the Fasti , an . 1528. THOMAS CHARD , or Cherd , a Devonian born as it seems , was bred a Benedictine Monk , and among those was he educated for a time in Oxon , but what degrees he took , it appears not . Afterwards retiring into his own Country , he was made Suffragan to Oldham Bishop of Exeter , under the title of Bishop of Salubric , and by that title do I find him collated to the Vicaridge of Wellyngton in Somersetshire on the resignation of Rich. Gilbert Doct. of Decrees , in the month of June 1512. Three years after , or thereabouts , he had the Priorship of Mountacute ( of the Benedictine alias Cluniack Order in the said County ) confer'd upon him , on the death , as it seems , of Joh. Water , and in Aug. 1521. he was admitted to the Church of Tyntenhull in the Dioc. of Wells , all little enough god-wot to support his honourable dignity . By his last a Will and Test . made 1. Oct. 1541. and proved 4. Nov. 1544. he became a benefactor to the Church of S. Mary Otery in Devon , to the Churches of S. Mary Magd. in Taunton , at Wellyngton , Holberton , &c. in Somersetshire . See another Thom. Chard in the Fasti , under the year 1507. EDWARD LEE , sometimes of S. Mary Magd. coll . was installed Arch. of York on the eleventh of Dec. 1531. year 1544 and died in fifteen hundred forty and four ; under which year you may see more of him among the Writers . In the said See of York succeeded a very worldly person named Rob. Halgate or Holgate D. D. ejected thence when Q. Mary came to the Crown for being , as 't is said , a married man. By his last Will * and Test . dated 27. Apr. 1555. and proved 4. Dec. 1556. he bequeathed his body to be buried in that Parish wherein he should happen to die , but what Parish that is , I cannot yet tell . ANDREW WHITMAYE a Glocestershire man born as it seems , but whether he was of any Order appears not , was made Bishop of Crysopolitan and Suffragan to the Bishop of Worcester in the time of K. Hen. 8. but the particular year I cannot yet find . He gave way to fate in the Dioc. year 1547 of Gloucester in fifteen hundred forty and six or thereabouts , leaving then behind him a brother named John Whitmaye Vicar of Minsterworth in Gloucestershire . JOHN LONGLAND , sometimes Fellow of Magdalen college , afterwards Principal of the hall joyning thereunto , was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln in May 1521. and died in May in fifteen hundred forty and seven ; year 1547 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See of Linc. succeeded one Dr. Hen. Holbech alias Rands , written sometimes Hen. Randes of Holbech in Lancolnshire , educated in Cambridge , made the last Lord Prior of Worcester on the resignation of Will. More , an . 1535. consecrated Suffragan Bishop of Bristow ( for Latymer B. of Worcester ) 24. March 1537. constituted the first Dean of Worcester 33. Hen. 8. Dom. 1541. translated from Bristow to Rochester in June 1544. and thence to Lincoln before-mentioned in 1547. He concluded his last day after the 2. Aug. in 1551. and was buried , as I suppose , in his own Church at Linc. leaving then behind him a Son named Thomas . WILLIAM KNIGHT , was a Londoner born , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , became perpetual Fellow of New coll . after he had served two years of Probation , in 1493. but leaving that place two years after , he went to the Royal Court , where his parts and industry being soon known , was made Secretary to King Hen. 7. and 8. The last of which sending him on an Embassie to Maximilian the Emperour , found so much favour from him , that besides the great gifts received from his Treasury , he had by Letters Pat. dated 14. Jul. 1514. a Coat of Arms granted to him as a farther token of reward for his many services done for the English King in exposing his life to danger , wearing it out in continual labours for him , and ready for the future to do the like , if occasion should require , &c. The Arms granted to him by the name and title of Will. Knyght Prothonatary of the Apostolical Seat and Embassador from K. Hen. 8. to Maximilian the Emp. are these . Parted per fess or and gules , an Eagle with two heads displayed sable , having on its breast a demi-rose and a demi-sun conjoyned into one , counterchanged of the Feild . Which Arms are at this day remaining in one of the south windows of the common Refectory of New coll . In the beginning of the year 1523. he became Archdeacon of Huntingdon on the resignation of Rich Rawlins promoted to the See of S. David , and in the beginning of Dec. 1529. he being then , or about that time , Prebendary of the fifth Prebendship of the Kings Chappel of S. Stephen within the Pallace of Westminster , ( and newly returned from Rome , ) was made Archdeacon of Richmond on the resignation of Tho. Winter . In 1531. he was incorporated Doctor of the Laws , as he had stood in an University beyond the Seas , and was afterwards made Archdeacon of Chester . In 1541. May 29. he was consecrated † Bishop of Bathe and Wells , and had restitution of the temporalities of that See made ‖ to him the day following . year 1547 He gave way to fate on the 29. Sept. in fifteen hundred forty and seven , and was buried in the nave of the Cath. Ch. at Wells . By his last Will * and Test . dated 12. Aug. and proved on the eleventh of November , an . 1547. he bequeathed an hundred pounds for the conveying his body from London to Wells , for the interring it in the Cath. Ch. there , and for a Tomb to be laid , or set over it . To New coll . he gave 40. l. and to Wykehams coll . near Winchester 20 l. The next person , immediately going before , who was B. of B. and Wells , was one Joh. Clerk of the Univ. of Cambridge , Chapl. to Card. Wolsey , Doctor of the Laws of Bononia , afterwards Master of the Rolls ; and Dean of Windsore ; who , after he had undergone several Messages and Embassies for , and from , Card. Wolsey and the King , was at length sent Embassador to the Duke of Cleve to give a reason why K. Hen. 8. did divorce from him his Sister Anne . Which being done he fell extremely sick at Dunkirk in Flanders in his return thence , in the month of Sept. 1540. occasioned , as some say , by poyson given to him . Whereupon making his last a Will at that place , on the 23. of the same month , and in the same year , ( within few days after which he died , ) he bequeathed his body to be buried in the principal or chief Church of the Town of Calais , and withal that there be a stone laid over his grave with this inscription to be put thereon . Hic jacet Johannes Episcopus Bathonienfis & Wellens , Anglus , qui cum obiisset plures insignes legationes , tandem obiit diem suum in legatione Clevensi , anno doon . Millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo . Which Will was proved 17. January the same year . So that how it comes to pass that there should be almost the same inscription on a grave-stone sometimes in S. Botolphs Church near Algate , London , wherein most authors b hitherto have reported that he was buried , I know not . In the Pallace-Treasury at Westminster , I have seen a bundle of books , written , as is supposed , by Dr. Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury , and this Dr. Clerk B. of Bathe and Wells . Which books contain a defence of the Kings title of Supreme Head , and of the divorce from his first Wife Queen Katherine , and several matters against Cardinal Pole. He the said Clerk is numbred by Leland c among the learned and famous men of his time , having written and published several things ; among which is his Oratio pro Henr. 8. Angliae Reg. & Defens . apud Leonem x. in Exhibitione operis regii . 'T is against Luther , but where , or when , printed , it appears not , only that it was published in qu. I have seen many of his letters which he wrote , while he continued in Rome 1524. &c. to Card. Wolsey , giving him an account of the affairs of that place , he being then one of that Cardinals Agents to obtain the Papacy for him . WILLIAM MIAGH , or Meagh . — Upon the death of Walt. Wellesley before-mentioned , one Donald O-Beachan a Minorite was by the Popes provision declared Bishop of Kildare , in July 1540. but within few days after he died . In Nov. following one Thaddeus Reynold LL. D. was elected upon the like provision , but the election being rejected by the King , Will. Miagh before-mentioned , an Irish-man born , as I conceive , who had spent some time among the Civilians in Oxon , was d promoted to the said See of Kildare , and afterwards became one of the Privy Council to K. H. 8. in Ireland . He yielded up his last breath on the 15. Decemb. in fifteen hundred forty and eight , and was succeeded , after the See had laid void one year and seven months , by Thomas Lancaster , who about that time obtained liberty of keeping the Deanry of Kilkenny in Commendam with it . ROBERT WAKEMAN , a Worcestershire man born , and a Benedictine Monk , was educated for a time among those of his Order in Gloucester coll . and afterwards became the last Abbat of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire , and the Kings Chaplain . In the year 1541. Sept. 20. ( he being then , as 't is † said , Bach. of Div. ) was consecrated the first Bishop of Gloucester , where sitting about 8 years , gave way to fate about the beginning of Decemb. in fifteen hundred forty and nine . In his life-time he erected a Tomb for the place of his burial in the Abbey Church of Tewkesbury , in the north side of a little chappel there , but buried at Worthington saith a certain † author , meaning as I suppose , Wormington in Glocestershire ; yet I am more apt to believe at Forthampton in the said county , where he had a house and private chappel there . Qu. MILES BARON alias Fitz-Gerald an Irish man-born , or at least of Irish extract , was bred a Canon regular of the order of S. Austin , and among those of his order in Oxon , ( where they had three Monasteries ) was for a time educated in Theological learning . Afterwards returning into Ireland , became Prior of Inistiock in the county of Kilkenny , and in 1527. was consectated Bishop of Ossory , with liberty then given to him to keep his Priorship in commendam . Before his consecration he built a new Campanile in his Monastery , as also a cloyster adjoyning , and after his consecration , he repaired the house at Kilkenny belonging to his See , and was a benefactor to his Church . He died in a good old age , in fifteen hundred and fifty , year 1550 or as * others say in fifty one , and was buried in the Monastery of Inistiock before-mentioned , among his predecessors . EDMUND BUTLER an Irish man born , natural Son of Peter Earl of Ormond , was bred a Canon regular of the Order of S. Austin , and for some time studied , as is supposed , among those of his Order in Oxon , but what degree he took in divinity in this University , it doth not appear . Afterwards he became Prior of the Canon regulars of S. Edmund of Athassell in the county of Tipperary , and at length Archbishop of Cashills ; to which See being consecrated in 1527. became one of the privy council to K. Hen. 8. in the Kingdom of Ireland , and had then liberty allowed him to keep his Priorship in Commendum . He died on the 5. of March , in fifteen hundred and fifty , and was buried in his Cath. Church at Cashills near the Archbishops Throne . See more of him in Sir Jam. Wares book entit . Comment . de Praesulibus Hiberniae , p. 172. In the said See succeeded one Rowland Baron alias Fitz-Gerald , descended from the antient Family of his name living in Ireland . ROBERT SYLVEstER was a northern man born , but whether a secular , or of any religious Order , I cannot tell , nor whether justly he took a degree in this University . Certain it is , that being made Suffragan Bishop of Hull under the Archbishop of York , was made Prebendary of Langtoft and VVistow in the Church of York , 1541. and in 1549. January 31. was installed Archdeacon of Nottingham , on the death of Cuthbert Marshall D. D. who had succeeded Will. Fell D. D. in that dignity , in Jan. 1527. He either died in the beginning of Q. Maries reign ( 1553. ) or was deprived , because then , or soon after , I find one Rob. Pursglove to occur by the title of Bishop of Hull , as I shall at large tell you under the year 1579. JOHN STANYWELL or Stonywell was born in the Parish of Longdon in Staffordshire , within which Parish is a small Hamlet called Stonywell , from a Well wherein is at the bottom a large stone , which seems to be no more than a little Rock , whence springs the water that supplies that Well . This person being much addicted to learning and religion when a Youth , was taken into a certain Monastery ( that at Pershore in Worcestershire , as it seems ) and was bred a Benedictine Monk. Thence he was sent to Glocester College in Oxon , where the Monks of Pershore had an apartment for their Novices to be trained up in Academical learning : of which College he was , when in his elder years , Prior for a time , and was then noted among those of his profession for his learning and strict course of life . Afterwards being Doctor of divinity , he became Lord Abbat of the said Monastery of Pershore , and at length a Bishop ( suffragan only as it seems ) under the title of Episcopus Poletensis . He paid his last debt to nature , after he had arrived to a great age , in the beginning of fifteen hundred fifty and three , year 1553 and was burled according to his ‖ Will in a new chappel built by him within the Parish Church of S. James in Longdon , he bequeathed all his books , his two Chalices , his Crewetts , holy water stock , Vestmens , Albes , Altar-clothes , with other things belonging to his private chappel in Longdon . JOHN HOPER or Hooper sometimes either of Merton coll . or S. Albans hall , or of both successively , was consecrated Bishop of Glocester in the latter end of the year 1550. and about two years after had the Bishoprick of Worcester given to him to keep in Commendam with the former . He yielded up his last breath in the flames , in the latter end of fifteen hundred fifty and four ; year 1554 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In Glocester succeeded him James Brokes , and in Worcester Rich. Pate . Of the former you may read more among the writers under the year 1559. and of the other among the Bishops following , an . 1560. GEORGE BROWNE an Austin Frier of the convent of that order in London , was educated in Academicals among those of his order in Oxon. Afterwards growing eminent among them , was made Provincial of the said order in England , and about the same time supplicated the Regents of this University that he might be admitted to the reading of the sentences , in 1523 ; but whether he was really admitted , it appears not . Afterwards taking the degree of Doctor of divinity , in an University beyond the Seas , as it seems , was incorporated in the same degree at Oxon 1534. and soon after at Cambridge . On the 19. of March 1535. he was consecrated in England Archbishop of Dublin in Ireland , and in 1551. he obtained leave from K. Ed. 6. that he and his successors for ever in that See may be Primates of all Ireland , but recalled † soon after by Queen Mary , who in 1554. caused him to be deprived of his Archbishoprick for being married . What became of him afterwards I know not , nor when he died . EDWARD STAPLE received his first breathings in this World in Lincolnshire , studied Logic and Philosophy for a time in this University , and went afterwards to Cambridge , where he took the degree of Master of Arts. Thence returning to Oxon was incorporated in that degree , and in the latter end of 1525. supplicated the venerable congregation of Regents that he might be admitted to the reading of the sentences , being then one of the canons of Card. Wolseys college ; but whether he was really admitted , it dot not appear . In 1530. he , by provision from P. Clem. 7. became * Bishop of Meath in Ireland , being at that time Warden or Master of S. Bartholomews Hospital in London ; which , for some time he kept in commendam with his Bishoprick . At length Qu. Mary coming to the Crown , he was deprived of the said Bishoprick , ( for being married as I suppose ) in the year 1554. and soon after died . In the said See succeeded one Will. Walsh D. D. of whom I shall speak more under the year 1576. ROBERT FERRAR was born within the Vicaridge of Halyfax in Yorkshire ( within four miles of which place he gave Lands to his near relations ) and when a young man was made a Canon regular of the order of S. Austin , but in what Priory or Abbey I know not . Sure I am , that he having partly received his Academical education in Cambridge , did , when he had entred into the same order , retire to a nursery for the Canons thereof in Oxon , named S. Maries college , situated in the Parish of S. Michael and S. Peter in the Bayly , where I find him in 1526. in which year Tho. Garret Curate of Honey lane in London , and a forward and busie Lutheran did supply him with prohibited books , or books which were written against the R. Cath. Ch. and the members thereof , he being then esteemed one of that party that then opposed the established Church and Doctrine . In 1533. he , as a member of the said coll . of S. Mary , was admitted to the reading of the sentences , having a little before opposed in divinity , and about that time became chaplain to Dr. Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury , by whose example ( as one a saith ) he learned to get himself a woman also under the name of a wife , and by his endeavours had some preserment in the Church . In 1547. he being then in great favour with Edward Duke of Somerset , he was by him b appointed Bishop of S. Davids upon the removal of W. Barlow to the See of B. and Wells , and accordingly was consecrated thereunto the same year . But upon the fall of the said Duke in 1549. who was an upholder of him and his unworthy doings , were 56. Articles drawn up against him by some of his neighbours , viz. Hugh Rawlins Clerk , and one Tho. Lee , accusing him as an abuser of his authority , a maintainer of superstition , to be covetous , wilfully negligent , foolish , &c. All which he being not able to answer , was committed to safe custody in London , during the remaining part of the reign of K. Ed. 6. After Qu. Mary came to the Crown , it being fully understood that he was a Lutheran Heretick , as the men of those times stiled him , he was called before the Bishop of Winchester , and other commissioners for Ecclesiastical affairs ; and after he had been divers times examined by them , he was condemned for certain propositions which he maintained , viz. ( 1 ) That any Priest or Religious man , after his vow , may lawfully marry . ( 2 ) That in the blessed Sacrament there remaineth the substance of bread and wine , together with the body and blood of Christ . ( 3 ) That it is no sacrifice propitiatory . ( 4 ) That only faith justifyeth , &c. Afterwards he was silenced and degraded , sent into Wales , and being committed to the secular power , was burn'd on the S. side of the Market-cross in the Town of Caermerthen , 30. March , in fifteen hundred fifty and five . year 1555 The whole story of him you may read in the book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. under the year 1555. where you 'll find his answer , ( tho insufficient ) to the said 56 articles , his articles also against a furnished information exhibited by Thomas Lee to the K. and Privy Council , with many of his Letters written during his imprisonment . From all which , and the story of him in the said Acts and Monuments , a man may easily perceive ( as the Rom. Catholicks say ) that the having a Woman to his Wife , was the chief motive that drew him to those opinions which he held . JOHN HARMAN , commonly called Voysey and Veysey , because he was educated in his infancy ( as 't is said ) by one of that name , Son of Will. Harman by Joan his Wife , daughter of Henr. Squyre of Handsworth in Staffordshire , was born at Sutton-Colfield in Warwickshire , became a student in this University in 1482. Probationer-fellow of Madg. coll . 28. July 86. and the year following true and perpetual Fellow , by the name of Joh. Harman only . In few years after he proceeded Doctor of the civil Law , and became Vicar of S. Michaels Church in Coventry , being then noted more for his faculty than divinity . In the beginning of June 1505. he was made Prebendary of North-Aulton in the Church of Salisbury , by the ceasing of one James Straytbarret , and was admitted thereunto by the name of Joh. Veyse ; which Preb. he afterwards resigning , was succeeded by Dr. John Longland of Magd. coll . in the beginning of Decemb. 1514. But Longland being promoted in few days after to the Deanery of Sarum , Joh. Veyse was admitted to it again in the same month , and kept it till after he was Bishop . This person being esteemed well qualified , and of great abilities , was employed on sundry Embassies , was made Tutor to the Lady Mary then the Kings only daughter , and President of Wales . In 1515. he was made Dean of Windsore , being about that time Registrary of the most noble order of the Garter , Archdeacon of Chester , and Dean of the Kings domestick chappel ; and soon after became Dean of the Free chappel of S. Peter and S. Paul at Wolverhampton in Staffordshire . In 1519. he was elected Bishop of Exeter , being then Dean of the Church there , had the temporalities of the said See c restored to him 4 Nov. and was consecrated thereunto on the 6. Dec. the same year . Of all the Bishops in England he was accounted the best Courtier , having been well bred from his youth ; and altho he had a good report for his learning , yet he was better esteemed by some for his Court-like behaviour , which in the end turned not so much to his credit , as to the utter ruin and spoil of his Church . For of 22 Mannors and Lordships , which his predecessors had left unto him of a goodly yearly revenue , he left d but seven or eight , and them also leased out . And where he found fourteen houses well furnished , he left only one house bare and without furniture , and yet charged with sundry fees and annuities . By which means the said Bishoprick of Exeter , which was accounted one of the best , is now become in temporal Lands one of the meanest . Now if any person is desirous to understand what became of all the money which he got by the alienation of the said Mannors and Lordships , let him know that it was most expended ( fearing perhaps that the said Lands might be taken away in the mutable times he lived in ) on his native place of Sutton-Colfield , by making it a corporation , and procuring a Market there , building most of the Town , and endeavouring to set up the making there of Kersies , as in Devon. and Cornwall ; which in the end , as 't is said , proved to little purpose . Also by building and endowing a Free-school there , building two bridges of stone , erecting a Mannour-house called More-place near to Sutton before-mentioned , besides other housing near it , Parks , Ponds , and I know not what , as you may see e elsewhere . In the reign of K. Ed. 6. when religion was alter'd , he the said Dr. Harman resign'd his Bishoprick , and on the 14. of Aug. 5. Ed. 6. Dom. 1551. Miles Coverdale D. of D. of Cambridge , was f Propter ejus singularem sacrarum literarum doctrinam , moresque probatissimos , made Bishop in his place . In 1553. when Qu. Mary came to the Crown , Dr. Coverdale was put out , and the said Harman who was forced , as 't is g said , to give up his Bishoprick pro corporis metu , on the 14. of Aug. 5. Ed. 6. was restored h thereunto 28. Sept. in the year before-mentioned . So that living there for a time till he saw the R. Cath. Religion settled , retired to his native place again , where dying full of years ( aged at least an hundred ) in the summer time in fifteen hundred fifty and five , was buried on the north side of the chancel belonging to the Church at Sutton-Colfield before-mention'd , where is at this day a fair Monument remaining over his Grave , with his statua from head to foot cut out from stone adorn'd with the Pontificalia belonging to a Bishop . NICHOLAS RYDLEY sometimes fellow of Vniversity coll . was consecrated Bishop of Rochester 5. Sept. 1547. translated to London on the deprivation of Bonner , in 1549. and died in the flames at Oxon in fifteen hundred fifty and five ; under which year you may see more among the writers . year 1555 GEORGE COOTES , Cotes or Cotys , so many ways I find him written , ( whom some call John , but false ) was elected Probationer Fellow of Balliol coll . in 1522. being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards he was made Fellow of Magd. coll . but when , it appears not , because the register of that time belonging to the said house , noted with the letter B. hath been time out of mind lost . In 1526. he proceeded in Arts , was afterwards one of the Proctors of the University , Doctor of Divinity , and in 1539. was elected Master of Balliol coll . In the beginning of 1554. being then elected to the Episcopal See of Chester , ( of which Church he had been several years Prebendary ) by the name of Mr. George Cotes S. Th. Prof. had restitution made i to him of the temporalities belonging thereunto by Qu. Mary on the 18. of Apr. in the same year , he keeping then with that See the moity of the Church of Cotgrave . He gave way to fate about the beginning of Dec. ( as it seems ) in fifteen hundred fifty and five : year 1555 whereupon one Thomas Milner was instituted in the said moity on the 18. of Dec. the same year , and Cuthb . Scot. D. of D. of Cambridge was much about that time nominated to succeed him in the See of Chester : the temporalities of which , were k given to him 25. of Sept. 1556. ARTHUR BOKELY or Bulkley , was descended from an ancient Family of his name , living in the Isle of Anglesie , but in what coll . or hall he was educated , unless in New Inn , I cannot justly tell . About the time that he took the degree in the Canon Law he was beneficed and dignified in Wales , where he was held in esteem for a good Canonist . At length being promoted to the See of Bangor , and consecrated thereunto , had the temporalities of that See given l to him on the eleventh of Febr. 1541. After his death , which happened in fifteen hundred fifty and five , year 1555 succeeded in the said See Dr. Will. Glynn of Qu. coll . in Cambridge , an excellent Scholar , and a very good disputant of his time ; who dying about the latter end of May 1558. was buried in the Choire of the Cath. Ch. at Bangor , under that very place where the Sepulcher on Goodfriday and in Easter time use to stand . Not long after his death Qu. Mary nominated to succeed in that See one Maurice Clennock a Welsh man , Bach. of Law of this University , Preb. of York , and an Officer in the Prerogative Court under Card. Pole Archb. of Canterbury , but the said Queen dying before he was consecrated thereunto , he ( with Goldwell Bish . of S. Asaph ) fled beyond the Seas , and going to Rome , Clennock some years after became the first Rector of the English Hospital there , after it was converted into a college for English students , where he was mostly called by the name of Dr. Maurice , and much noted by the said students for his great partiality used towards his own Country-men of Wales , which always caused during his time , a great faction between the Welsh and English students abiding in that college . ROBERT ALDRICH Doctor of divinity of this University , an eminent Orator and Poet of his time , became Bishop of Carlile in 1537. and died in the latter end of the year fifteen hundred fifty and five , under which year you may see more among the writers . In the See of Carlile succeeded Dr. Owen Ogelthorpe , of whom I shall make large mention among these Bishops under the year 1560. JOHN HARLEY was born , as it seems , in Herefordshire , or at least extracted from those of his name there , admitted Fellow of Magd. coll . about 1537. being then Bachelaur of Arts and Master of the Free-school joyning to that college . Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he took holy orders , became Preacher to the Earl of Warwick , and Tutor to his children , a zealous Preacher in Oxon against the R. Catholicks upon the coming to the crown of K. Ed. 6. ( as I have elsewhere told * you ) and at length chaplain to that Prince , who , for the zeal Harley had in Preaching up the reformed religion , gave him a Prebendship in the Church of Worcester , on the decease of Humph. Webley Bach. of Div. an . 1551. Where being settled , he had the rectory of Vpton upon Severne , and the Vicaridge of Kederminster in Worcestersh . bestowed on him , he being then Bach. of Div. Afterwards the See of Hereford being void by the death of Joh. Skipp , he was elected Bishop of that place : So that being consecrated thereunto on the 26. May 1553. was within few months after deprived of it by Qu. Mary for his wilful avoiding the hearing of Mass and for being married . Joh. Leland the famous Antiquary , who knew the said Harley well , doth in an high manner g praise him for his great vertue , and learning , especially in the classical Authors and Poets , for his fine vein in Poetry , &c. but what he hath published , that author tells us not , nor Baleus , or his follower Pitseus . Afterwards Harley absconding for a time , did at length go from place to place in an obscure condition , to consolate the poor remnant of Protestants , and confirm them in their belief , but died soon after in his wandring to and fro in England . In the See of Hereford succeeded one Rob. Perfey , sometimes called Warbington and VVarton , formerly Abbat of the exempt Monastery of S. Saviour of Bermondsey , educated in the University of Cambridge , ( of which he was Bach. of Divinity ) who dying in the time of winter 1557. was buried in his own Church at Hereford . Afterwards Tho. Raynolds D. D. Dean of Exeter and Warden of Mert. coll . was design'd to succeed him by Qu. Mary , but she dying before he was consecrated , he was laid aside : whereupon Joh. Scory a Norfolcian born , Doct. of Div. and Chaplain to the Queen , succeeded in 1559 , having been a sufferer upon account of religion during Qu. Maries reign , in which time he wrote An Epistle unto all the faithful that be in prison in England , or in any other trouble for the defence of Gods word , &c. printed at Waterford in Ireland 1555. oct . Wherein he doth , by the example of divers holy Martyrs , comfort , encourage and strengthen them , particularly to suffer for Christs sake persecution . In the same year also he published his translation of S. Augustin's two books , the one of Predestination of Saints , the other of Perseverance unto the end , with the determination of two general Councils concerning that matter . — Printed in oct . And in the year following , he published his translation of S. Ciprian's Sermon of Mortality , or the willing for saking of this life ; Also his Exhortation to Martyrdom , and his Exhortation to keep and endure the faith of Christ , &c. Printed in oct . This Joh. Scory dyed in his house or palace at VVhitbourne in the country of Hereford 26. June 1585. and was , as I suppose , buried there . He left behind him a Son named Silvanus Scory , a very handsom and witty man , and of the best education both at home and beyond the Seas , that that age could afford . His Father lov'd him so dearly , that he fleec'd the Church of Hereford to leave him an estate , but Silvanus allowing himself the liberty of enjoying all the pleasures of this world , reduced it to nothing , so that his Son Edm. lived by hanging on Gentlemen , and by his shifts . Silvanus was also esteemed a learned man , and upon that account did Ben. Johnson dedicate to him a piece of his Poetry , but whether he published any thing , I cannot yet tell , nor any thing else of him , only that he giving way to fate in the Parish of S. Peter near Pauls Wharff in London , in Sept. or Oct. 1617. was buried in the chancel of S. Leonards Church by Shore-a●tch , near to the grave of his Mother Elizabeth , who dyed 8. March 1592. JOHN BELL a Worcestershire man born as it seems , had most of his education in Balliol coll . to which he was partly in his life time , but more at his death , a special benefactor . Afterwards he became Chancellor of the diocess of Worcester , in the place of Dr. Thom● Hanybal , an . 1518. and about that time Archdeacon of Glocester , and Warden of the collegiate Church of Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire . At length his abilities being made known to K. Hen. 8. he was by him employed beyond the Seas concerning state affairs , was made Doctor of the Laws there , one of the Kings Counsellors at his return , a chief agitator for the King in defence of his divorce from his first Wife Qu. Catherine , especially in the University of Oxon , by endeavouring to gain the opinion of the members thereof concerning that matter , ( as I have told h you elsewhere ) and in 1531. was incorporated Doctor of his faculty , as he had stood beyond the Seas . In 1539. he was elected Bishop of Worcester , the temporalities of which being restored i to him on the fourth of Aug. the same year , he was soon after consecrated . In 1543. he abdicated or rather resigned his See , but for what cause is yet uncertain : Whereupon retiring to Clerkenwell near London , lived there for some years , year 1556 and dying on the eleventh day of August , in fifteen hundred fifty and six , was buried on the north side of the Chancel belonging to the Church of Islyngton near London , By his last will ( k ) and test . dated 10. of Aug. 1556. he bequeathed very liberally to the poor people of Stratford upon Avon before-mention'd , to the poor of Bromesgrave in Worcestershire , Tadcaster , Wymbersley , &c. at which places 't is probable he had been beneficed . He also gave 100 marks to certain poor Scholars of Oxon and Cambridge , in which last University he seems to have received a part of his education . One Joh. Bell D. D. was Dean of Ely , and dying 31. of Octob. 1591. was buried in the Cath. Ch. there , but what relation there was between him and the Bishop , I cannot tell . HENRY MAN was bred a Carthusian Monk , and of the Carthusians at Shene in Surrey became Prior : which Monastery he with his brethren surrendring into the Kings hands , at the dissolution of Religious houses , had a Pension allowed to him for some years . In 1539. he took the degrees in Divinity in this University of Oxon , and in the latter end of Hen. 8. was made the second Dean of Chester in the place of one Tho. Clerk , and about that time ( tho the year when , appear not ) was promoted to the Episcopal See of the Isle of Man. He departed this mortal life at London on the 19. of Oct. in fifteen hundred fifty and six , year 1556 and was buried in the chancel of the Church of S. Andrew Vndershaft within that City . In his Deanery succeeded VVill. Clyve or Clyffe LL. D. ( who had been Chantor and afterwards Treasurer of the Cath. Ch. at York ) but the year when , I cannot justly say ( or whether the said Dr. Man kept the said Deanery in commendam with his Bishoprick ) and in the See of Man succeeded Thom. Stanley , as I shall hereafter tell you . JOHN BYRDE was made Bishop of Bangor in 1539. and translated thence to Chester in 1541. but deprived of that See by Qu. Mary for being married , in the year 1553. He paid his last debt to nature in fifteen hundred fifty and six ; year 1556 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See succeeded George Cootes , of whom I have made mention before , but died about an year before Byrde . JOHN CHAMBERS a Benedictine Monk was partly educated in Oxon , but more in Cambridge , in which University he was , as it seems , admitted to the reading of the sentences . In 1528. he was made Abbat of Peterborough , ( in which Town he was born ) upon the decease of one Rob. Kirton , and living to see his Monastery dissolved , was by the favour of K. Hen. 8. nominated the first Bishop of that place , when the said King by his charter dated 4. Sept. 1541 erected an Episcopal See there . On the said day the temporalities of it were a delivered to him , and on the 23. of Oct. following was consecrated thereunto ; which is all I know of him , only that he was a worldly man , and that dying in the winter time , before the month of Decemb. in fifteen hundred fifty and six , year 1556 was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Peterborough . The reader is now to know that Dr. Fr. Godwin doth in his Commentary b of English Bishops , tells us that the said Joh. Chambers was Doctor of Physick , bred up in Merton college , and afterwards Dean of S. Stephens cell . in Westminster , but very much mistaken , for that John Chambers Bach. of Div. and Bishop died in 1556. as 't is before told you , and the other who was Dr. of Physick and Dean , died 1549. Pray be pleased to see more in the Fasti , under the year 1531. among the incorporations . ROBERT KYNGE was descended from the ancient Kings of Devonshire , as the posterity of his brother Thomas say , but where he was born , unless in Oxfordshire , I cannot justly tell . While he was young , being much addicted to religion and learning , was made a Cistercian Monk , and among those of that order did he for some years live in Rewley Abby in the West suburb of Oxon , and partly , as I conceive , for the sake of learning among the Bernardins in their coll . in the North suburb of the said City . In 1506. he , as a Cistercian Monk , was admitted to the reading of the sentences , and in 1510. 13. and 15. he supplicated to be licensed to proceed in Divinity by the title of a Monk of the order of S. Benedict ; in the last of which years he occurs Abbat of Bruerne near to Burford in Oxfordshire , anciently founded for Monks of Cisteaux , which is a branch of the Benedictine order , as the Bernardins are . In 1518. he proceeded in Divinity in an Act celebrated on the last of Febr. and afterwards was made Abbat of Thame in Oxfordshire , the Monks of which were also Cistercians . About the time that the Abbey of Osney near Oxon was to be dissolved , he was made Abbat commendatary thereof , being then a Suffragan , or titular Bishop under the title of Roven ( Rovenesis ) in the province of Athens , by which name or title I find him to occur in 1539. In 1542. when Oxford was made an Episcopal See by K. Hen. 8. and the Abbey of Osney appointed to be the place of habitation of the Dean and Canons of the Cathedral to be there , he the said Rob. Kynge was made and constituted the first Bishop in the beginning of Sept. the same year , at which time Glocester coll . was appointed his Palace or place of residence , the Abbats lodgings at Osney for the Dean , and the other lodgings in that Abbey for the Canons , and Officers belonging to the Cathedral . In 1546. when the said Cath. Ch. at Osney was translated to Cardinal coll . alias Kings coll . or the coll . of K. Hen. 8. in Oxon , which was formerly the Priory of S. Frideswyde , but then called Christ-church , he the said Kynge notwithstanding continued in his office of Bishop , and his chair was thence translated also , but not his Palace . Yet when K. Ed. 6. came soon after to the Crown , and made a recital of his fathers erection of the aforesaid Episcopal See , he left out Gloc. coll . with intentions that it should remain with the Crown for another use in future time . So that what house or lodgings the said Bishop Kynge had for his use during the remaining part of his life , in truth I cannot tell . All that I know more of him is , that he being an aged man in Qu. Maries reign , ( being then by Joh. Fox called a the Bishop of Thame ) he did not care to have any thing to do with such that were then called Her●icks , and therefore he is commended by Posterity for his mildness : Also that he paying his last debt to nature on the fourth day of Decemb. in fifteen hundred fifty and seven , was buried on the North side of the East end of the Choire of Ch. Church . year 1557 Over his grave was a Tomb of course Marble almost breast-high erected , with a Canopy over it supported by Pillars of the same , but no Arms put on it , as never having any , or any at least that he knew of . But the said Tomb being afterwards looked upon as cumbersome to the place , when the Choire was to be new wainscoted , and paved with black and white marble , ( Dr. Duppa being then Dean of Ch. Church ) it was taken away by Henry and John King Canons of the said Church , Sons of Dr. Joh. King sometimes Bishop of London , great Nephew to Dr. Rob. Kynge before-mentioned , and by them it was placed under the lower South Window of the Isle joyning on the South side of the said Choire . In which Window they caused to be painted soon after the Picture of the said Rob. Kynge in his Episcopal Robes , with his Miter on his head , and Crosier in his hand , and the ruins of Osney Abbey behind him , as also the Arms which the said Hen , and John then pretended to . The said window was pulled down when the Presbyterians and Independents governed , an . 1651. by one of the Family of the Kings then living , who preserving it safe till the Restauration , an . 1660. was soon after set up again , where it yet continues . A certain author named VVill. Harrison tells † us , that in the time of Q. Mary ( who died 1558. ) one Goldwell was Bishop of Oxford , who was a Jesuit dwelling in Rome , and more conversant ( as the constant fame went ) in the Black Art , than skilful in the Scriptures , and yet he was of great countenance among the Roman Monarchs . It is said also , that observing the Canons of his Order ; he regarded not the temporality of that See. But it seems since that , he wist well enough what became of those commodities , for by one mean or another he found the sweetness of 354. l. — 16s . — 06d . yearly growing to him , &c. Thus the said author Harrison : By which Goldwell , he means , I suppose , Thow . Goldwell Bishop of S. Asaph , as if he had been translated thence to Oxon on the death of Rob. Kynge before-mentioned , for what Goldwell it should be else , unless another Thomas , whom I shall mention in the Fasti , I know not , forasmuch as the generality of authors say , that the said Tho. Goldwell left the Bishoprick of S. Asaph when Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , and that thereupon he went to Rome , where he lived in great repute for many years . See more among these Bishops under the year 1580. RICHARD THORNDEN , sometimes written Thornton , a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict of Ch. Church in Canterbury , received his Academical education in Canterbury coll . in this University , of which he became Warden or Guardian about 1528. Afterwards he proceeded in divinity , run with the unsatiable humour of K. Hen. 8. and in the Reign of K. Edw. 6. was a great Gospeller and seemed to all to be an hearty Protestant . But when Q. Mary came to the Crown , he wheeled about , was made Suffragan Bishop of Dover under Card. Pole Archb. of Canterbury for the County of Kent , where he shew'd himself an eager disputant against the poor Protestants , as you may see by his arguings and reasonings with several of them about matters of religion in the book of Acts and Mon. of the Church , ‖ written by John Fox , who adds of him farther , that for his persecuting of Gods Saints he was suddenly taken with a Palsey on a Sunday at Bourn ( Bishops Bourn ) in Kent , having the day before return'd from the Chapter house at Canterbury . Whereupon being conducted to his bed he died soon after , viz. in fifteen hundred fifty and seven . year 1557 After him succeeded another Bishop of Dover , appointed by Card. Pole , who shewing himself also vexatious to the Protestants , broke his neck suddenly , as the said author reports . In the year 1569. one Rich. Rogers bach . ( afterwards Doctor ) of Divinity was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of Dover , by Matthew Archb. of Canterbury , and in 1584. he became Dean of Canterb. upon the promotion of Dr. Th. Godwin to the See of B. and Wells . He was Father to Franc. Rogers D. D. and Justice of the Peace in Kent , who dying 23. of Jul. 1638. was buried in the Church of S. Margaret in the City of Canterbury . After Bishop Rogers decease succeeded in the Deanery of Canterbury one Tho. Nevill D. D. who dying in the beginning of the year 1615. was buried within that Chappel joyning to the body of the Cathedral Ch. at Canterbury , which was before repaired by him , and wherein he had erected a monument for himself , and his brother Alexander Nevill some years before that deceased . WILLIAM FINCHE , occurs Suffragan Bishop of Taunton under the Bishop of B. and Wells , from the year 1539. to 1557. in which last year he was admitted Prebendary of Whitlakynton in the Church of Wells , but whether he took a degree in this University , tho study he did for a time , it appears not . In his time lived in the diocess of Exeter one William , who writes himself Episcopus Hipponensis , having been Suffragan to the Bishop of Exeter , which is all I know of him , only that he died in 1559. PETER PETO , whom some call Will. Peto , was born of , and descended from , the antient Family of the Peto's living at Chesterton in Warwickshire , educated for a time , for the sake of learning , among the Grey Friers of Oxon , ( of which Order he was a zealous brother , ) but whether he took a degree among us , it doth not appear , unless he did it under another name , as some have done . Afterwards he became Chaplain , if I mistake not , to Q. Katherine , in whose defence he shewed himself a stout Champion when K. Hen. 8. was about to divorce her , as also against the Kings marriage with Anna Bulleyne . In 1557. Jun. 13. he was made ( tho known to be unfit ) a Cardinal by P. Paul 3. and at the same time Legat a Latere in England , and soon after Bishop of Salisbury on the death of Dr. Joh. Salcot alias Capon , on purpose to thwart Cardinal Pole , whom that Pope took to be his Enemy , or rather out of stomach to work that Cardinals displeasure , whom he before had recalled to Rome , to be accused and charged as suspected corrupt in Religion . But Q. Mary , albeit she was most affectionately devoted to the Ch. of Rome , interposed , or rather opposed her self so , that Peto was forbidden * to enter into England , and the power Legantine left entire and whole to her Cousin Pole. Whereupon Peto continued in France , where he died in Apr. year 1558 in fifteen hundred fifty and eight , leaving then behind him the character of a very godly and devout person , yet simple , and unknowing of matters of State , or of the world , which ought in some measure to accompany a person of his high degree . See more of him in Historia minor provinciae Angliae Fratrum minorum , in the first tome of the Scholastical and Historical works of Franc. à Sancta Clara , sect . 25. p. 53. PAUL BUsh , was made the first Bishop of Bristow in 1542 , was deprived of it for being married , in the beginning of the Reign of Q Mary , and died in Octob. year 1558 in fifteen hundred fifty and eight ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . JOHN HOLYMAN , sometimes Fellow of New college was made Bishop of Bristow in the place of Bush before-mentioned , year 1558 an . 1554. and died in fifteen hundred fifty and eight ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the See of Bristow succeeded Rich. Cheyney , which he held in Commendam with Gloucester , as I shall tell you anon in Jam. Brokes , under the year 1559. REYNOLD POLE , sometimes a Student in S. Mary Magd. coll . afterwards a Cardinal , and elected twice to the Papacy , was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury in the latter end of 1555. year 1558 and died in fifteen hundred fifty and eight ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . After him succeeded in the said Archiepiscopal See Matthew Parker , who was born in the City of Norwych 6. of Aug. 1504. Son of Will. Parker , who died 16. of Jan. 1516. by Alice Monings his Wife , who died 20. of Sept. 1553. Which Will. Parker , who was an honest poor Man ( as a Schismatical a writer tells you ) and a scowrer or calender of worsteds in Norwych , was the Son of John Parker , and he the Son and Heir of Nich. Parker a Notary Publick of the dioc . of Norwych , principal Registrary belonging to the Archb. of Canterbury , and keeper of the Registers belonging to the Court thereof . As for Matthew Parker , after he had been trained up in Grammar learning at home , he was sent to the University of Cambridge at about 17 years of age ; and being placed in Corp. Ch. coll . became soon after one of the Bible-Clerks in the said house . Afterwards he took the degrees in Arts , was made Fellow thereof , took holy Orders , and became a noted Preacher , not only in the University , but also in other publick places in the Kingdom . Whereupon his fame being spred abroad , he was sent for to the Court , and made chaplain to Q. Anne about 1534. by whose favour and endeavours he was soon after made Dean of Stoke near to Clare in Suffolk , and some time after Prebendary of Ely. In 1538. he was made Doct. of div . about which time by letters of commendation from the King , ( to whom he was chaplain , ) he was elected Master of C. C. coll . before-mentioned , now known by the name of Bennet college ; the Fellows of which , soon after , presented him to the Rectory of Landbeach near to Cambridge . In 1545. he was Vicechanc. of the said Univ. and in 1549. he took to Wife Margaret the daughter of Rob. Harleston of Norfolk , ( born 23. Jun. 1519. ) by whom he had Issue , ( 1 ) Joh. Parker , born 5. May 1548. who married Joan daughter of Dr. Rich. Coxe B. of Ely. ( 2 ) Matthew who died young ; and thirdly , another Matthew , who married Frances dau . of W. Barlow Bishop of B. and Wells , and afterwards of Chichester , but this Matthew dying 28. Jan. 1574. she was afterwards married to Dr. Tob. Matthews Dean of Durham , the same who was afterwards Archb. of York . In 1548. the said Dr. M. Parker was again elected Vicechanc. of Cambridge , and in 1552. he was made by K. Edw. 6. ( to whom he was chaplain ) Dean of Lincoln in the place of Dr. Joh. Tayler promoted to the See of Lincoln . But soon after , when Q. Mary came to the Crown , losing all his spiritualities , because he was married , he retired in private , and spent all her Reign within the house of one of his Friends . His headship of C. C. coll . was thereupon bestowed on Dr. Laur. Mapted , and his Deanery on Dr. Franc. Mallet , an . 1554. he being then Canon of Windsore , Confessor to Q. Mary , and Master of Michael-house in Cambridge , of which University he had before been at least twice Vicechancellour . This Mallet , by the way it must be known , was the same person who translated into English , Erasmus's Paraphrase on John , who dying in the latter end of Decemb. 1570. had for his Successor in that Deanery Dr. Joh. Whitgift , afterwards Archb. of Canterbury . When Q. Elizab. came to the Crown Dr. Parker , tho a married man ( for his Wife died not till 17. of August 1570. ) was nominated to the See of Canterbury , after several persons had refused it ; whereupon being consecrated thereunto in the Archb. chappel at Lambeth 17. of Dec. 1559. ( after a Sermon , invocation of the Holy Ghost , and celebration of the Eucharist had been performed ) by the laying on of the hands of three Bishops , viz. Will. Barlow B. of B. and Wells , Joh. Scorey of Chichester , and Miles Coverdale of Exeter , ( assisted also by Joh. Hodgeskyn Suffragan Bishop of Bedford , ) sate there with great honour to the time of his death . He was a religious and a learned man , and of modest manners and behaviour . He was well read in English history , and a diligent and curious collector of antient Mss. that had been scatter'd at the dissolution of Monasteries , which he gave to the coll . wherein he had been educated . He is also reported to have been a person of great charity , a noted benefactor to the publick , and an eminent ornament to the places which gave him birth and education . The chief book which he wrote and published ( assisted therein , as 't is said , by his servant or chaplain Joh. Jostine ) was that intit . De antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae , & privilegiis Ecclesiae Cantuariensis , cum Archiepiscopis ejusdem 70. Lond. 1572-3 . fol. Most of the copies of this impression that were commonly fold , conclude with the life of Reynold Pole Archb. of Canterbury , who died 1558. The other copies which remained , and were to be bestowed on publick Libraries , or else to be given to special Friends , had in the year 1574 , added to them , ( 1 ) The life of the author Matthew Parker , containing 29 pages . ( 2 ) A catalogue of such books which he gave to the common Library at Cambridge , containing 4 pages . ( 3 ) A cat of Chancellours , Vicechancellours , Proctors of , and Doctors of all Faculties that took their degrees in , Cambridge , from the year 1500. to 1571. containing 6 pages . Before which catalogue are the Arms of every college and hall there , with the area or platform of the common Schools , the Arms and Seal of the University , and Seal of the Chancellour thereof . ( 4 ) A cat . from 1500 to 1571. of all the Bishops that have been educated in Cambridge ; among which have been divers that have been bred in Oxon , who have only taken one degree , and perhaps that neither , there . ( 5 ) The titles of such Charters that have been granted to that University by divers Kings and Queens , from Hen. 3. to the 13. or 14. of Q. Elizab. ( 6 ) An account of the particulars that are successively delivered to the Magistrates and Servants of the said University , when they enter into their respective places . ( 7 ) The foundation of each coll . and hall in Cambridge , with the building of the publick Schools , and an enumeration of the old hostles . All which contained under this seventh head , were involved in the first book of the History of the Vniversity of Cambridge , written by Dr. Jo. Cay , printed at Lond. 1574. in qu. As for the life of the said Matthew Parker , mentioned under the first head , it was , as soon as it peeped into the World , translated into English , under this title , The life of the 70 tie . Archbishop of Canterbury , presently sitting , Englished , &c. This number of seventy is so compleat a number , as it is great pitty there should be one more , &c. Printed ( in Holland ) in a Dutch character 1574. in oct . It was translated by a thro-paced Separatist , with very vile notes added in the margin , endeavouring thereby to bring an odium on the Archbishop , and make him ridiculous for erecting his monument while he lived . At length paying his last debt to nature on the 17. of May 1575. was buried in the chappel where he was consecrated ; situate and being within his Pallace at Lambeth in Surrey . It must be now known that in the times of usurpation , when the Bishops were put down and their lands sold , the said Pallace was inhabited by several Lay-persons , of whom Tho. Scot one of the Regicides , and one Hardyng were two . Which last having the chappel allotted to him , as part of his share , he divided it into two rooms , making the upper part towards the east a dining-room , on the bottom of which he laid joysts and on them a floor of boards . At length , he hearing that the corps of Archb. Parker had been there interr'd , he took up the floor , and pavement under it ; and having so done , dug up the corps , which was put into cerecloth of many doubles in a coffin of lead . The coffin he sold to a Plummer , and after he had caused the cerecloth to be cut open to the flesh , ( which he found fresh , as if newly dead , ) he conveyed the corps into an out-house where he kept Poultrey , and there privately tumbled it into an hole . About the time of the restauration of K. Ch. 2. that base fellow the Brute that removed it , was forced to discover where he had laid it ; whereupon it was brought into the chappel , and buried just above the Litany-desk , near the steps ascending to the Altar . JOHN HOPTON , was born in Yorkshire , particularly , as I conceive , at Myrfield , where his Grandfather and Father were buried , became when a young man a Black Frier of the Order of St. Dominick , had his Academical education among those of his Order in Oxon , but what degrees he took there , it scarcely appears , only , that in his travels to Rome taking the degree of Doct. of div . at Ronmia , he was incorporated here after his return in 1529. and soon after was made Prior of the Convent belonging to the Black Friers in Oxon. In 1532. he was licensed to proceed in divinity , ( so saith the same Register which told us that he was incorporated Doctor in that faculty , ) and in the Act celebrated the 8. of July the same year , he did compleat that degree by standing therein . Afterward , he was chaplain to the Lady Mary , who , when Queen of England , nominating him by the name of her chaplain to the See of Norwyck , upon the translation of Dr. Thirlby , one of her Counsellours , to Ely , he was thereupon elected , and having the temporalities of that See a restored to him 4. of Oct. 1554 safe there till the time of his death , which hapning about the latter end of fifteen hundred fifty and eight , year 1558 was buried in his own Cath. Church . By his Will b dated 24 of Aug. 1558. and proved 2. of Dec. 1559. he gave part of his study of books to the Black Friers of Norwych , if they should be restored to their Convent again , and another part to Norwyeh Church for a Library there . He also gave 5 l. to buy ornaments for the Church of Myrfield before-mentioned , several things also to the Church of Leedes in Yorkshire , and a Legacy to Christop . Hopton of that place Esque without naming him his Kinsman . I find one John Hopton to be made Prior of Bridlyngton in Yorkshire , an . 1510. upon the death of one John Ynglish , but what relation there was between him and the Bishop I know not . This Prior died in 1521. and was succeeded by one Will. Brounflete . About the 22. of June 1559. the Dean and Chapter of Norwych elected Dr. Rich. Cox to succeed Dr. Hopton in the Chair there , as it appears in a certain c Reg. or Ledger book of that Church , but the Queens mind being alter'd she nominated him soon after Bishop of Ely. CUTHBERT TONStALL , sometimes of Ball. coll . afterwards of Cambridge , was consecrated Bishop of London 19. of Octob. 1522. translated to Durham 25. of Mar. 1530. year 1559 and died in Nov. in fifteen hundred fifty and nine , leaving then behind him the character of a person of great reputation , and of very quiet behaviour . See more of him among the writers under that year . In the See of Durham succeeded James Pilhyngton Bach. of div . born of a Knightly family at Rivyngton in the Parish of Bolton in Lancashire , Son of Rich. Pilkyngton of Rivyngton Esq was educated in S. Johns coll . in Cambridge , where he made proficiency in all kind of learning , was much addicted to reformation , and therefore in the Reign of Q. Mary , became an Exile in Foreign parts ; but upon his return thence , being elected to the See of Durham , was consecrated thereunto 2. of March 1560 , and thirteen days after had the temporalities thereof delivered d to him . In the eighth year of Eliz. ( he being then D. of D. ) he erected a Free School at Rivyngton , sub nomine & auspiciis R. Elizabethae , and endowed it with lands and tenements to the yearly value of seven and twenty pounds , fourteen shillings and ten pence . This worthy Bishop who was esteemed a learned man and a profound Theologist of his time , hath written , ( 1 ) An exposition on Nehemiah . ( 2 ) Expos . on Aggeus and Abdias . Lond. 1562. oct . ( 3 ) Of the causes of the burning of Pauls Church , against a libel cast in the streets at Westchester , an . 1561. Lond. 1563. oct . &c. At length submitting to sate at Bishops Aukland 23. January 1575. aged 55 years , was buried there for a time ; afterwards taken up and re-buried in the Choire of the Cath. Church at Durham on the 24. of May following , leaving then several Children behind him , begotten on the body of his Wife Alice , of the Knightly family of the Kingsmylls in Hampshire . Soon after was a tomb erected over his grave , whereon was insculp'd a Mon●die made by Dr. Laur. Humphrey , beginning thus , Hic jacet Antistes cradeli morte peremptus , and an Epicede by Joh. Fox the Martyriologist , beginning Tantum te nostrae possint celebrare camenae ; besides a large epitaph in prose . Most , or all of which , hath many years since , as I have been informed , been defaced and obliterated . In the See of Durham succeeded Rich. Barnes of Oxon , as I shall tell you hereafter . MAURICE GRIFFYTH , or Griffyn a Welsh man by birth , and a Dominican or Black Frier by Order , had his Academical education for a time among those of his profession in their house in the S. Suburb of Oxon , was admitted to the reading of the Sentences in July 1532. by the name of Maurice Gryffyth , being , if I mistake not , the same Maur. Gryxffyth who was admitted Bach. of Can. Law in February following . Afterwards he was Archdeacon of Rochester in the pl●ce of one Nich. Metcalf who occurs Archdeacon of that place in 1536. and afterwards being elected to the See of Rochester , upon the translation of Joh. Scory to Chichester , ( which John had been promoted to Rochester e propter singularem sacrarum literarum doctrinam , ) was consecrated thereunto on the first f of Apr. and had restitution g made to him of the temporalities belonging thereunto on the 18. of the same month , in the 1. and 2. of Phil. and Mary , dom . 1554. He ended his days either in Nov. or Dec. in fifteen hundred fifty and nine , year 1539 and was buried in the Church of S. Magnus the Martyr near to London-bridge . In the said See of Rochester succeeded one Edm. Guest or Gheest , Bach. of div . Archdeacon of Canterbury , and sometimes Fellow of Kings coll . in Cambridge , who being consecrated thereunto 21. Januar. 1559. received i the temporalities thereof 3. May following , and about that time was made Almoner to the Queen . After his translation to Salisbury , followed Edm. Freke Dean of Salisbury , of whom you may read more in the Fasti , under the year 1570. And after him Dr. Joh. Piers of Oxon , as I shall tell you among these Bishops under the year 1594. Upon his translation also to Salisbury succeeded in the said See of Rochester Dr. Joh. Young born in Cheapside in London , educated in Pembr . hall in Cambridge , of which he was Fellow , and afterwards Master , Minister of St. Giles Cripplegate , London , twice Vicech . of Cambridge , Prebendary of Westminster , in the place of Dr. E. Freke promoted to the See of Rochester , and 1572. which he kept in Commendam with his Bishoprick till about the time of his death . He died at Bromley in Kent 10. Apr. 1605. aged 71 years , and was buried in the Church there on the 14. of May following . Soon after a comly monument was put over his grave , with an inscription thereon : Wherein 't is said , that he was non minus varia doctrina , & prudentia , quam vitae sanctimonia clarus , &c. He hath extant An exposition ( which some call a Sermon ) on Psal . 131. Lond. 1685. oct . HENRY MORGAN , a Welsh man born , became a Student in this University about the year 1515. took the degrees in the Civ . and Can. Law , that of Doctor being compleated in an Act celebrated 17. Jul. 1525. and soon after he became Principal of an ancient Hostle for Civilians ( wherein probably he had been educated ) called S. Edwards hall , near to the Canon Law Schools , situated sometimes in the Parish of S. Edward , and near to the Church thereof . Afterwards he being esteemed a most admirable Civilian and Canonist , he was for several years the constant Moderator of all those that performed exercise for their degrees in the Civil Law , in the School or Schools pertaining to that Faculty , situated also in the same Parish . Which Schools , Hall , and Church , have been time out of mind gon to ruine , and the ruines themselves ruined . In 1553. ( ●● . Mariae ) he was elected Bish . of S. David , upon the deprivation of Rob. Ferrar , which was as it seems in Nov. the same year ; and being consecrated thereunto , had the temporalities thereof restored to him k on the 23. of Apr. 1554. In that See he sate till after Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , and then being deprived about Midsomer , an . 1559. year 1559 ( 2o. Elizab. ) retired among his Friends and died a devoted Son to the Church of Rome on the 23. of Decemb. following . Of whose death hear I pray what Joh. Fox l saith in this manner . — Morgan Bishop of S. Davids who sate upon the condemnation of the blessed Martyr Bish . Ferrar , and unjustly usurped his room , was not long after stricken by Gods hand , after such a strange sort that his meat would not go down , but rise and pyck up again , sometimes at his mouth , sometimes blown out of his nose , most horribly to behold , and so he continued till his death . Thus Fox , followed by Tho. Beard in his Theatre † of Gods judgments . But where , or when his death hapned , they tell us not , nor any author hitherto , only when , which B. Godwin mentions . Now therefore be pleased to know that the said Bishop Morgan retiring after his deprivation to , and near , Oxon , where he had several relations and acquaintance living , particularly the Owens of Godstow in the Parish of Wolvercote , near to the said City , did spend the little remainder of his life in great devotion at Godstow , but that he died in the condition which Fox mentions , there is no tradition among the inhabitants of Wolvercote . True it is , that I have heard some discourse many years ago from some of the Ancients of that place , that a certain Bishop did live for some time , and exercised his charity and religious counsel , among them , and there died , but I could never learn any thing of them of the manner of his death , which being miserable , as Jo. Fox saith , methinks that they should have a tradition of it , as well as of the man himself , but I say there is now none , nor was there any 30 years ago among the most aged persons then living at that place , and therefore whether there be any thing of truth in it may be justly doubted , and especially for this reason , that in the very same chapter and leaf containing the severe punishment upon Persecutors of Gods people , he hath committed a most egregious falsity , in reporting that one Grimwood of Higham in Suffolk died in a miserable manner for swearing and bearing false witness against one Joh. Cooper a Carpenter of Watsam in the same County , for which he lost his life . The miserable death of the said Grimwood was as J. Fox saith , thus , that when he was in his labour staking up a goffe of Corn , having his health and fearing no peril , suddenly his bowels fell out of his body and immediately most miserably he died . Now so it sell out , that in the reign of Q. Elizabeth one Prit became Parson of the Parish where the said Grimwood dwelt , and Preaching against perjury , being not acquainted with his Parishioners , cited the said story of Fox , and it hapning that Grimwood being then alive , and in the said Church , he brought an action upon the case against the Parson , but Judge Anderson , who sate at the Assizes in the County of Suffolk , did adjudge it not maintainable , because it was not spoken maliciously . Pray see in the Abridgment of many cases and resolutions , of the Common Law , written by Judge Henry Rolls , p. 87. sect . 5. tit . Action sur case . But to return ; as for our Bishop Hen. Morgan , who died in Godstow house , then own'd by Rich. Owen , did by his last * Will and Testam dated in Decemb. 1559. and proved 24. of January following , bequeath his body to be buried in the Church of Olvercot or Wolvercot , to which he gave six shillings and eight pence : Also to two Masters of Arts of Oxon to pray for his Friends Souls , ( of which Edw. Pennant Parson of Stanlake near Oxon was one , ) four pounds yearly during the term of five years ; to Mary Owen his Chymere of Scarlet , to Morgan Philips of Oriel coll . several Legacies , besides the bestowing of his books , &c. By which Will it appears that he did not die in a mean condition , that he was not senseless , affrighted , or any way perturbed . JOHN WHYTE , sometimes Fellow of New coll . was made Bishop of Lincoln in the beginning of 1554. translated thence to Wynchester in 1557. and died in January in fifteen hundred fifty and nine ; year 1559 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See of Winchester succeeded Dr. Rob. Horne of Cambridge , reported by a certain l author to be a man of a great mind and profound ingenie , and no less sagacious in detecting the crafts of his adversaries , than prudent in preventing and avoiding them . He was also a frequent Preacher , and an excellent Disputant , and wrote in the mother tongue , an answer to Joh. F●kenhams scruples concerning the Oath of Supremacy , as I have told you among the writers under the year 1585. He gave way to fate in 1579. leaving this character behind him , given by one m belonging to the Church of Durham , who ( speaking of his demolishing several antient monuments of that Church , while Dean thereof ) tells us , that he could never abide any antient monuments , acts , or deeds , that gave any light of , or to godly religion . JAMES BROKES , sometimes Fellow of Corp. Ch. coll . was consecrated Bishop of Gloucester about the beginning of the year 1554. and died about the beginning of Febr. in fifteen hundred fifty and nine ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See of Gloc. succeeded Rich. Chey●●● Bach. of Div. of Pembr . hall in Cambridge , who being elected thereunto , had restitution made n to him of the temporalities belonging to it , on the 15. of Apr. 1562. and had at the same time liberty allowed to him to keep Bristow in Commendam . In the reign of K. Ed. 6. he was Archdeacon of Hereford , and dignified elsewhere . In Q. Mary's time he was deprived of his spiritualities for being more addicted to the opinions of Luther than he ought . In the beginning of the reign of Q. Elizab. an . 1560. he was made by her the first Canon of the fourth Stall or Prebendship in the collegiate Church of S. Peter within the City of Westminster : Which dignity he keeping till 1562. was then succeeded by one Rich. Morley . After he had sate Bish . of Glouc. three years , he was incorporated D. of D. of this University , as he had stood in Cambridge . One of his Successors in the See of Glouc. named Godf. Goodman doth wonder * why his Master Will. Camden should say that the said Rich. Cheyney was Luthero addictissimus , whereas it was certain that he was a Papist , and bred up his servants Papists , as he had been informed by one of them , with whom he had spoken . He tells us also that it doth appear upon record in the Arches , that he was suspended for Popery , and died so suspended , and never would make any recantation . He was buried in his Cath. Ch. of Gloucester , but whether ever any monument was put over his grave , I know not . OWEN OGELTHORP , the third natural Son of Owen Ogelthorp of Newton-Kime in Yorkshire , Son of John Ogelthorp of Ogelthorp in the said County , was born at Newton-Kyme before-mentioned near to Tadcaster , admitted Fellow of Magd. coll . about 1526. and in 29. he proceeded in Arts , being about that time in holy Orders . In 1533. he was Proctor of the University , and on the 21. of Feb. 35. he was elected President of his coll . having a few days before taken the degrees in Divinity . About that time he was constituted one of the Canons of the coll . at Oxon founded by K. Hen. 8. on that of Cardinal Wolsey ; in the year 1540 he was made Canon of Windsore in the place of Will. Tate LL. D. deceased , and in 1544. he was presented to the Church of S. Olave in Southwark . In 1551. he did undergo with great honor the Vicechancellourship of this University , and in 1553. Oct. 31. he being then Rector of Newyngton and Haseley in the Dioc. of Oxon , was elected again President of the said coll . ( having resigned that place about an year before to make room for Dr. Walt. Haddon ) and in the same year he was made Dean of Windsore . In 1554 he o was constituted Registrary of the most Noble Order of the Garter , to execute it by himself , or a sufficient deputy , with the fee of 50 l. per an . allowed him for it . Which office he kept , while he was Bishop of Carlile , during the time that Dr. Hugh Weston his Successor was Dean of Windsore . About the month of Apr. 1556. he was consecrated Bishop of Carlile , and in the latter end of 1558. when Heath Archb. of York , and all the rest of the Bishops refused to Crown Q. Elizabeth , ( the See of Canterb. being then void , ) he , with much ado , was obtained to set the Crown on her head . For which fact , when he saw the issue of that matter , and both himself and all the rast of his Sacred Order depriv'd , and the Churches holy Laws and Faith , against the conditions of her consecration and acceptation into that Royal Room , violated ; he sore repented him all the days of his life , which were for that special cause , both short and wearisome afterwards unto him . Thus Dr. Will. Allen in his Answer p to the Libel , intit . The execution of justice in England . The said Dr. Ogelthorp was deprived of his Bishoprick about Midsomer in the year 1559. and about the beginning of the next year died suddenly of an Apoplexy ; year 1560 otherwise , had he lived , 't is thought the Queen would have been favourable to him . He founded at Tadcaster before-mention'd a Free-School and Hospital dedicated to our Saviour Jesus Christ , called , The School and Hospital of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ of Tadcaster . The School is endowed with 40 l. per an . and the Hospital with revenues for 12 poor People , each to have one shilling every week . In the beginning of Ch. 1. there were but six in pay ; how many now I know not . The said Bishop built a fair house in Headley upon Bramham in Yorkshire , where there is a memory by verses and his Arms , over the door , I think , yet remaining . After his deprivation and death , Bernard Gilpin the northern Apostle was designed to succeed him in Carlil● , but vhe refusing , tho much pressed to it , the Bishoprick was confer'd on one Joh. Best a learned and pious man. RICHARD PATES , an Oxfordshire man born , was admitted Scholar of C. C. coll . 1. June 1522. and the year following Bach. of Arts. Which degree being compleated by Determination , he went to Paris , where he was made Master of Arts , and at his return Archdeacon of Winchester , on the resignation of Joh. Fox , in 1526. In 1528 he resigned that dignity , being that year made Archd. of Lincoln upon the death of Will. Smyth Doctor of decrees . By which title , as also that of Bach. of Arts of this University and Master of Paris , he supplicated on the 17. Jan. 1530. that he might not be bound to be present at Exequies in S. Maries Church ; which shews that he was not then incorporated . Afterwards he was imployed in several Embassies , and in 1534. I find him resident in the Emperours Court , and there again in 1540. in which year wss a pass-port made for him by Secretary Cromwell to Calais , in order to reside with the Emperour , as Embassador for the K. of England . In which pass-port he is stiled , Dr. Rich. Pates Archdeacon of Lincoln . In 1542. he was attained of High Treason ; whereupon his Archdeaconry was bestowed on George Heneage , and his Prebendship of East-Harptre in the Church of Wells on Joh. Heryng LL. D. In the year 1554. he being preferr'd by Q. Mary to the Episcopal See of Worcester , had restitution q made to him ( by the name of Rich. Pate only ) of the temporalities belonging thereunto , 5. March the same year , at which time Hooper his Predecessor had been dead about 3 weeks . After Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , he was not imprisoned in the Tower of London as Jo. Fox r saith , but being deprived , he went beyond the Seas , sate in the Council of Trent , ( uninvited as one * saith , ) as he had done before , and whether he died there , or at Rome , I cannot tell . He was a learned man , of a peaceable disposition , zealous in the Faith he professed , yet always against inflicting corporal punishments on such that were opposite in Religion to him . In the said See of Worcester succeeded Edwin Sandys Son of Will. Sandys of Furnes in Lancashire , Justice of the Peace , and the Kings Receiver of that County , by Margaret his Wife , Daughter of Joh. Dixon of London . To which See being elected upon Pates his deprivation by the name and title of Edwin Sandes Capellanus regius & SS . Thol . Professor , had restitution made to him s of the temporalities belonging to it 23. March 2. Elizab. dom . 1559. JAMES TURBERVYLE , a younger Son of Joh. Turbervyle , son and heir of Richard , second son of William , first son of Sir Robert Turbervyle of Bere and Anderston in Dorsetshire Knight , ( who died 6. Aug. 1424. ) by Margaret his Wife , of the Family of the Carews , Barons , was born at Bere before-mentioned , which is now a little Market Town in the said County , educated in Wykchams School near Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New coll . in 1514. took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in an Act celebrated in July 1520. and on the 8. of March following was elected the publick Scribe or Registrary of the University , on the resignation of Tho. Fykes M. A. and Fellow of the said coll . In 1529. he left his Fellowship , which he kept with his Scribes place , being then promoted to an Ecclesiastical Benefice , as he was soon after to a Dignity ; and taking the degree of Doct. of Div. in another University , was incorporated here in 1532. In 1555. he being then Preb. of Winchester , and elected to the Episcopal See of Exeter on the death of Joh. Harman , was consecrated thereunto in St. Pauls Cath. Ch. in London ( with Will. Glynn to Bangor ) on the eighth day of Sept. the same year , and on the 21. of the said month had the temporalities of the said See delivered t to him , and there sate with due commendations for about four years . In 1559. ( 2. Elib . ) he was deprived of his Bishoprick for denying the Queens Supremacy over the Church , and afterwards lived a private life saith u one , and another w that he lived at his own liberty to the end of his life , adding that he was an honest Gentleman , but a simple Bishop , and a third x that he lived a private life many years and died in great liberty . But at length a fourth person , who comes lagg , as having lately appeared in print , I mean Richard Izack then Chamberlain of Exeter tells us in his Antiquities y of the City of Exeter ( full of mistakes ) that he died on the first of Nov. 1559. and in another z place in the said book , that after his deprivation he lived a private life . ANTHONY DUNSTAN a Benedictine Monk of Westminster , received his Academical education in Glocester coll . in the N. W. Suburb of Oxon , in an apartment therein built for such young Monks of Westminster that were designed for the University . In 1525. he was admitted to the reading of the sentences , having a little before opposed in divinity in the School of that faculty , and in the year following he occurs by the name and tit . of Anth. Dunstan Prior of the Students of Gloc. coll . before-mentioned . In 1538. he proceeded in divinity , being then Abbat of the Benedictine Monks of Einsham near to , and in the County of , Oxon , and in 1545. he by the name and title of Anthony Kechyn the Kings Chaplain and Bishop elect of Landaff , received a the temporalities belonging thereunto , on the 8. of May the same year , being then about 68 years of age . He is much blamed by one of his b successors in the See of Landaff for impoverishing his Bishoprick , accounted by some to have been before his time one of the best in England , and since to be the worst . He gave way to fate 31. Oct. in fifteen hundred sixty and three , year 1563 and was buried in the Parish Church of Matherne ( where the Bishop of Landaff hath a Palace ) in Monmouthshire , after he had gone through several changes of times , and had taken the Oath of Q. Elizabeths Supremacy over the Church of England , which no Popish Bishop in the beginning of her reign did besides this man. ROWLAND MERRICK was born in the Isle of Anglesey , mostly educated in Academical learning in S. Edwards hall , a noted place for Civilians , sometimes situated near S. Edwards Church , became Principal , while he was Bachelaur of the Civil Law , of New Inn , afterwards Doctor of his faculty , Chancellour of the Church of S. David , Canon residentiary thereof in the time of K. Ed. 6. being then one of the persons that drew up Articles against Rob. Ferrar Bishop of that place , and at length Bishop of Bangor : to which See being elected , and consecrated an . 1559. aged 54 years , received † the temporalities belonging thereunto 21. of March the same year . He died in the beginning of the year fifteen hundred sixty and six , year 1566 and was buried in the Chancel of the Cath. Church of Bangor , under that place , where the Table stood in the time of Communion . Over his grave was an inscription afterwards put , the contents of which , I know not as yet . He left behind him a Son named Gelly Merick of Hascard in Pembrokshire , afterwards a Knight and a great Favourite of that most popular and generous Count Robert Earl of Essex ; in whose treasons having been deeply engaged , suffered death at Tybourne in the beginning of the year 1601. In the See of Bangor succeeded Dr. Merick , one Nich. Robinson a Welsh man and D. D. of Cambridge , who after he had suffered calamities for the Protestant cause in the reign of Q. Mary , became , after her death , domestick Chaplain to Matthew Archb. of Canterbury , and dignified — Vir fuit prudens ( as 't is * said of him ) & illis humanioribus literis atque Theologia non minus excultus , quam latina patriaque lingua facundus , &c. He died in the summer time , an . 1584. leaving then behind him a Widdow named Jane Robinson alias Brereton , and several Sons . After him followed Dr. Hugh Bellot of Cambridge , who was consecrated Bishop of Bangor 25. Jan. 1584. THOMAS YONG a learned Civilian , Son of John Yong of Pembrokshire by Elianor his Wife , was born in that County , became a Student in the Univ. of Oxon ( in Broadgates hall as it seems ) about the year 1528. where applying his muse to the study of the Civil Law , took a degree in that faculty nine years after , being then in sacred Orders . In 1542. he was made principal of the said hall , and soonafter Chantor and Canon of S. Davids ; where , being much scandalized at the unworthy actions of Rob. Ferrar Bishop of that place , did , with others , draw up articles against him ; which being proved before the Kings Commissioners , the said Bishop was imprison'd in the time of K. Ed. 6. In the reign of Q. Mary , Th. Yong fled from the nation for religion sake , and remained in Germany in an obscure condition during her time . But when Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , and H. Morgan another accuser of Rob. Ferrar , had been depriv'd of his Bishoprick of S. Davids , the said Yong was design'd to succeed him . Whereupon being consecrated a thereunto 21. January 1559. aged 52 years , or thereabouts , the temporalities of the said See were delivered b to him on the 23. of March following . Where sitting till Feb. 1560. was then translated to York , and about the same time was made President of the Queens Council in the north parts of England . In Feb. 1564. he was actually created Doctor of the Civil Law , and dying on the 26. June , in fifteen hundred sixty and eight , year 1562 was buried at the east end of the Choire of his Cath. Ch. at York . Over his grave was soon after laid a marble stone , with this Epitaph on it . Thomas Yongus nuper Eboracensis Archiepiscopus , Civilis juris Doctor peritissimus , quem propter gravitatem , summum ingenium , eximiam prudentiam , excellentemque rerum politicarum scientiam , illustrissima Regina septentionalibus hujus regni partibus Praesidem constituit , quo magistratu quinque annos perfunctus est . Sedit Archiepiscopus annos septem , & sex menses . Obiit Vicessimo sexto die mensis Junii , an . 1568. He had taken to Wife in his elderly years one Jane daughter of Thom. Kynaston of Estwick in Shropshire , by whom he had issue George Yong , afterwards a Knight , living in York 1612. for whose sake , the father , being covetous of wealth , pulled down a goodly hall belonging to him as Archbishop , for the greediness of the lead ( as 't is said ) that covered it . Concerning which matter there is a large story extant , related by an * author who was no friend to married Bishops . DAVID POLE or Poole of noble race , as it seems , became fellow of Allsouls coll . in 1520. took the degrees of Civ . and Can. Law , that of Doctor being compleated in 1527. at which time being Archdeacon of Salop , he was much in esteem for his great sufficiencies in those Laws . Afterwards he was made Dean of the Arches , Archdeacon of Derby , and Chancellour of the diocess of Lichf . and Coventry . At length , upon the death of Joh. Chambers , being nominated to the See of Peterborough , was consecrated thereunto c on the 15. Aug. 1557. and on the 28. of January following had the temporalities thereof delivered d to him . In 1559. about the time of Midsummer , he was deprived of his Bishoprick , for denying the Queens supremacy , being then esteemed a grave person and a very quiet subject . Whereupon being committed to custody for a time , was soon after set at liberty , & Principis beneficio ( as one e tells us ) in agro suo matura aetate decessit . He gave way to fate in the latter end of May , or beginning of June , year 1568 in fifteen hundred sixty and eight , but where , unless near to S. Pauls Cathedral in London , or where buried I cannot tell . All his books of Law and Divinity , which were then at London and Peterborough , he gave to the Library of Allsoules coll . In the said See of Peterborough succeeded Edm. Scambler Bach. ( afterwards Doct. ) of div . a native of Gressingham in Lancashire , and Chaplain to Mathew Archb. of Canterbury , to which being consecrated 16. Jan. 1560. held in commendam with it the Prebendship of Wistow in the Church of York , and the first Canonry in the sixth stall in the Church of Westminster for the space of two , or more , years . He was a learned man , a zealous enemy against the Papists , yet an impairer of the honour , privileges , f and revenues of the Bishoprick of Peterborough . After his translation to Norwych succeeded in Peterborough Dr. Rich. Howland Master of S. Johns coll . in Cambridge , who dying in 1600. was succeeded in the said See by Tho. Dove D. D. and Dean of Norwych , sometimes of Pembroke hall in Cambridge , and one of the first Scholars of Jesus coll . in Oxon , to which See Q. Elizab. ( to whom he was Chapl. in Ordinary ) prefer'd him for his excellency in Preaching , and reverend aspect and deportment . He dyed 30. Aug. 1630. aged 75 years , and was buried in the north Isle of the Cath. Ch. of Peterborough : over whose grave was a comely monument erected , with a large inscription thereon , but level'd with the ground by the Rebels , in 1643. He left behind him a son named Thomas , who occurs Archdeacon of Northampton 1618. having succeeded in that dignity , if I mistake not , Dr. Joh. Buckridge . In the See of Peterborough succeeded Dr. Aug. Lindsell Rector of Houghton in the Spring in the County Pal. of Durham , who , after he was elected to it , had restitution g made of the temporalities belonging thereunto on the 20. of Feb. 1632. But being translated thence to Hereford ( in Dec. ) 1633. succeeded Franc. Dee D. D. who being elected to the said See of Peterborough , had the temporalities thereof h given to him 7. June 1634. See more of him in the Fasti under the year 1603. WILLIAM BARLOW , a Canon Regular , was first made Bishop of S. Asaph , afterwards of B. and Wells ; and at length of Chichester . He died in fifteen hundred sixty and eight , year 1568 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the See of Chichester succeeded Rich. Curteis or Coortesse a Lincolnshire man born , and Doctor of Divinity , ( sometimes Fellow of S. Johns coll . in , and Proctor of the University of , Cambridge , and afterwards Chaplain to Matthew Archb. of Canterbury ) who was consecrated at Canterbury gratis , or without reward or fees , on the feast of the holy Trinity , an . 1570. he being then 48 years of age . The said Dr. Coortesse hath written , ( 1 ) An exposition of certain words of S. Paul to the Rom. intit . by an old writer Hugo , A treatise of the work of three days . Lond. 1577. oct . ( 2 ) Two Sermons , one at Pauls Cross , and another at Westminster , an 1576. the first on Apocal . 12. the first nine verses , and the other on Acts 20. 28 , 29 , 30 , 31. Both printed at Lond. 1584. oct . ( 3 ) Serm. at Greenwich 1573. on Ecclesiastices 12. the first seven verses , Lond. 1586. oct . ( 4 ) Serm. at Richmond 1575. on Judges 1. the first 13 verses . Lond. in oct . and other things , as'tis probable . Quaere . In the See of Chichester succeeded him Tho. Bickley , whom I shall mention at large among these Bishops under the year 1596. HUGH CURWYN , or Coren , was descended from an antient Family of his name in Westmorland , but whether born in that County I cannot tell , became a Student in this University in one of the Inns or Hostles frequented by Civilians and Canonists , or in Brasnose coll . ( or both successively , ) about 1521. took one degree in Arts , holy Orders , and some years after was made one of the Chaplains to K. Hen. 8. In 1532. he proceeded in the Civil Law , and about that time was a great promoter of the Kings marriage with Anna Bulleyn . In 1533. when Frier Peto ( afterwards a Cardinal ) had inveighed much against it in his Sermon , or Sermons , before the King at Greenwich , Dr. Curwyn the next Sunday following hapned to Preach there , at which time he spake as much for the marriage , as Peto had against it , uttering there several things against it , and wondred why a subject should behave himself so audacious as he did before the Kings face , &c. After this he was prefer'd to the Deanery of Hereford , where he continued all K. Edwards time . At length when Q. Mary succeeded ( to whom he was Chaplain ) she nominated him Archbishop of Dublin : Whereupon being consecrated thereunto in S. Pauls Cathedral at London 8. Sept. 1555. he was in few days after designed i by the said Queen ( then at Greenwich ) Chancellour of the Kingdom of Ireland . In 1567. he supplicated Q. Elizabeth to have the Bishoprick of Oxford conferr'd upon him , being desirous to spend the remainder of his days in peace . So that soon after being elected thereunto by the Dean and Chapter of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , the Queen k consented to the election on the eighth of Octob. and gave l him the temporalities belonging to that See 3. of Decemb. following , the same year . About that time he setled at Swinbroke near to Burford in Oxfordshire , ( having then no House or Pallace belonging to his See , ) where dying in the latter end of October , was buried in the Parish Church of that place on the first of Nov. year 1568 in fifteen hundred sixty and eight . He had a Kinsman named Rich. Coren a Lancashire man born , who was admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. coll . in 1519. and afterwards taking the degrees in Arts and one in divinity , was made Canon of the first foundation of the colledge of K. Hen. 8. at Oxon , and when Doctor of his Faculty , Archdeacon of the diocess of Oxon , 1534. and about that time Canon of the Kings Chappel of S. Stephen within the Pallace of Westminster . This I thought fit to let the Reader know , that each person might have his right , that is , that the Archdeaconry of Oxon , might be intitled on Dr. Rich. Coren , and not on Dr. Hugh , which most authors that occasionally mention him , do tell you . EDMUND BONNER , sometimes a Student in Broadgates hall , became Bishop of Hereford towards the latter end of the year 1538. but before he was consecrated thereunto , he was translated to London : To which See he was consecrated in the beginning of Apr. 1540. year 1569 He paid his last debt to nature in fifteen hundred sixty and nine ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In Hereford succeeded him Jo. Skypp , and in London Nich. Ridley in the reign of Ed. 6. at which time Bonner was deprived , and Edm. Grindall in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth , when the said Bonner was depriv'd a second time . GILBERT BOURN , son of Philip Bourn of Wor. cestershire , became a Student in this University , in 1524 ▪ Fellow of Allsouls coll . in 1531. and in the year after he proceeded in Arts , being then esteemed a good Orator and disputant . In the 33. Hen. 8. Dom. 1541. he was made one of the first Prebendaries of Worcester , after the said King had converted the Prior and Monks of that place into a Dean and Prebendaries ; and two years after was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , that is to the degree of Bach. of div . which was the highest degree ( as it appears in the register of that time ) that he took in this University . About that time he became Chaplain to Bishop Bonner , and a Preacher against the Hereticks of the times , In 1549. he closed so much with the reformation then on foot , that he became Archdeacon of Bedford on the death of Dr. Joh. Chamber , being also then , or about that time , Archdeacon of Essex and Middlesex and Canon of S. Pauls Cath. Ch. but whether he kept the said dignities altogether , I cannot tell . In the beginning of Q. Mary , he turn'd about , and became so zealous for the Rom. Catholick cause , that preaching at Pauls cross in the behalf of the said Bonner then present , against his late unjust sufferings , and against the unhappy times of King Edw. 6. as he called them , had a dagger thrown at him by one of the auditors : Whereupon Bourn withdrawing himself to prevent farther danger , the work was carried on by another , and search being made after the Assissinate , certain persons were imprison'd for it . In the year 1554. Sir Joh. Bourn of Batenhall in Worcestershire , Uncle to the said Gilb. Bourne , being then Principal Secretary of State to Q. Mary , the said Gilb. was elected to the See of Bathe and Wells , upon the free resignation , as 't is * said , of D. Will. Barlow : Whereupon he had the temporalities thereof given to him 20. of April the same year , at which time Barlow fled into Germany upon account of Religion . Soon after Gilb. Bourn was made President of Wales , and was in great favour during the reign of Q. Mary , but when Q. Elizab. succeeded , he was deprived of his bishoprick for denying her Supremacy , notwithstanding he had done many good offices for his Cath. Church , and had been a benefactor thereunto . Afterwards , he being committed to free custody with the Dean of Exeter , he gave himself up wholly to reading and devotion . At length dying at Silverton in Devenshire , 10. Sept. † in fifteen hundred sixty and nine , was buried in the Parish Church there , on the south side of the Altar , bequeathing then what he had , to his brother Rich. Bourn of Wyvelscomb in Somersetsh . Father of Gilb. Bourn of the City of Wells . In the See of Wells did not succeed Will. Barlow , who returned from his exile in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth , as 't was expected , but Gilb. Berkley D. of div . a Lincolnshire man born , and a descendant from the Noble Family of the Berkleys . WILLIAM ALLEY , sometimes a Student in this University , of which he was afterwards Bach. and Doct. of divinity , was consecrated Bishop of Exeter in July 1560. where sitting about 10 years , died in the beginning of fifteen hundred and seventy . year 1570 See more of him among the writers under that year . In the said Bishoprick succeeded Will. Bradbridge , as I shall hereafter tell you . JOHN BEST a Yorkshire man born , was originally of this University , and afterwards was dignified in the Church of Wells and elsewhere , but leaving all in the beginning of Q. Mary for Religion sake , lived obscurely , and as occasion serv'd . At length after Q. Elizab. came to the Crown , he being then Bach. of Divinity , was consecrated Bishop of Carlile ( in the place of Owen Ogelthorp depriv'd ) on the second of March , in fifteen hundred and sixty , aged 48 years : the temporalities whereof were given b to him by the Queen on the 18. of Apr. following , and in 1566. he was actually created Doct. of divinity . year 1570 He ended his days on the 22. of May c in fifteen hundred and seventy , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Carlile . In 1533. one Joh. Best was admitted to inform in Grammar , as I shall further tell you in the Fasti under that year , and in 1558. one Joh. Best was elected into a Founders fellowship of Vniversity coll . from that of Lincolne . What relation this last had to the Bishop I know not , nor do I know yet to the contrary , but that Jo. Best the Grammarian , was afterwards the same who was Bishop . THOMAS STANLEY was a Cadet of the noble family of the Stanleys Earls of Derby , and after he had spent some time in this , and another University beyond the Seas , return'd to his native country of Lancashire , became Rector of Winwick and Wygan therein , as also of Badsworth in the diocess of York , and dignified in the Church . At length upon the vacancy of the See of the Isle of Man , he was made Bishop thereof , but when , I cannot justly say , because he seems to have been Bishop in the beginning of K. Ed. 6. and was really Bishop of that place after the death of Dr. Man , whom I have before mention'd , under the year 1556. This Thom. Stanley paid his last debt to nature in the latter end of fifteen hundred and seventy , having had the character , when young , of a tolerable Poet of his time , and was succeeded in the See of Man by one John Salisbury , whom I shall mention anon . JOHN JEWELL sometimes Portionist or Post-master of Merton coll . afterwards Scholar and Fellow of that of Corp. Christi , was nominated Bishop of Salisbury by Q. Elizabeth . To which See being elected by the Dean and Chapter of that place , she gave her consent a to it 27 Dec. 1559. He departed this mortal life in fifteen hundred seventy and one , year 1571 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the See of Salisbury succeeded Edm Gheast Son of Thom. Gheast of the family of the Gheasts of Rough heath in Worcestershire ; which Edmund was born , as a certain * writer saith , at Afferton in Yorkshire ; and dying 28. of Feb. in 1576. was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Salisbury . JOHN SALISBURY , seems to have been descended from the antient family of his name living in Denbighshire , but the Town or County which gave him his first breath I cannot yet learn. This person after he had studied some years in this University , but more in another , entred into the Sacred Function , and being beneficed and dignified in the Church , was made Suffragan Bishop of Th●tford in Norfolk , but the year when I cannot tell , and in 1540. Dean of Norwych in the place of Will. Castleton , who , having been the last Prior of the Black Moaks there , was made the first Dean of the Cath. Ch. in 1539. But Salisbury being outed of his Deanery , for what cause I know not , in the first year of Q. Mary , Dr. John Christopherson was installed in that dignity 18. of Apr. 1554. and soon after became Bishop of Chichester . On the 4. of Dec. following the said Salisbury was installed Chancellour of the Church of Lincoln , in the place of Joh. Pope who had then lately obtained the Archdeaconry of Bedford . In 1560. he was restored to his Deanery upon the deprivation of Dr. Joh. Harpesfield , and in the beginning of the year 1571. being made Bishop of the Isle of Man , was confirmed in that See on the seventh of Apr. the same year ; at which time he had liberty given him to keep the Deanery of Norwych in Commendam with it . He concluded his last day about the latter end of Septemb. in fifteen hundred seventy and three , and was , year 1573 as I suppose , buried in the Cath. Ch. of Norwych . In the said Deanery succeeded George Gardiner D. D. installed therein 24. of Dec. 1573. and in the See of Man one Joh. Merick , as I suppose , of whom I shall make farther mention under the year 1599. HUGH JONES a Welsh man born , but in what hall or college educated , unless in New Inn , I know not , was admitted Bach. of the Civil law by the name of Hugo Jonys Capellanus , in 1541. Afterwards he was beneficed and dignified in his own Country , and in the Reign of Q. Mary , an 1556. became Vicar of Banwell in the dioc . of Wells . In the year 1566. he was consecrated at Lambeth to the much impoverished See of Landaff ; , and on the sixth day of May the same year , the temporalities of that See were restored d to him . He was buried in the Church of Mathern in Monmouthshire 15. of Nov. in fifteen year 1574 hundred seventy and four , aged 66 years , leaving then behind him a Wife named Anne Jones alias Henson and several daughters . In Landaff succeeded William Blethin another Welsh man , of whom I shall make large mention hereafter . JOHN PARKHURST , sometimes Fellow of Merton college , became Bishop of Norwych in 1560. and died towards the latter end of fifteen hundred seventy and four ; year 1574 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See succeeded Dr. Edm. Freke , elected by the Dean and Chapter of Norwych 13. of Jul. 1575. who being translated to Worcester , Edm. Scambler D. D. and B. of Peterborough was elected thereunto 15. of Dec. 1584. and was translated in the latter end of that month . He died 7. May 1594. aged 85 years , and was buried on the 3. of June following in the Cath. Ch. of Norwych , between the two Pillars , next above the Tomb of Bishop Parkhurst . Soon after was a monument of a yard and an half high , with his Effigies in Alabaster laying thereon , erected over his grave , and all inclosed with an high iron grate . In the time of that Rebellion , which was began by the Presbyterians , the grate was taken away , the Effigies or Statua broken and the monument of free-stone , on which it laid , was pulled down as far as the brick-work ; which being unsightly , was afterwards taken away and the space between the pillars left void , as it now remains . There was an inscription , and four verses on it , the first of which did run thus , Vivo tibi , moriorque tibi , tibi Christe resurgam . After his death , Will. Redman Archdeacon of Canterb. and Rector of Bishops-Bourn in Kent , ( Son of Joh. Redman of Shelford in Cambridgshire , ) was promoted to the said See , whereupon being elected thereunto , 17. Dec. was consecrated 12. of Jan. and installed 24. Feb. 1594. He gave way to fate 25. Sept. 1602. and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Norwych , leaving behind him a Relict named Isabell , and several sons and daughters , as also monies for a publick work to be done in Trin. coll . in Cambridge , of which he was sometimes Fellow . To carry on the succession a little farther tho out of my road , I desire the Reader to know that after Redmans death succeeded Dr. Joh. Jegon in the said See of Norwych , born at Coggeshall in Essex 10. Dec. 1550. ( being Son of Rob. Jegon , by Joan his Wife , daughter of one… . White of the same County , ) educated in Grammar learning there and elsewhere , became , after some years spent in Logick and Philosophy in Cambridge , Fellow of S. Johns coll . in that University , afterwards Master of C. C. commonly called Bennet coll . ( which office he held 12 years ) four times Vicechancellour of that University , installed Dean of Norwych ( in the place of Dr. Tho. Dove made Bishop of Peterborough ) 22. June 1601. and at length being elected Bishop of Norwych 18. Jan. was consecrated thereunto , ( with Dr. Rob. Bennet to Hereford ) on the 20. Feb. 1602. In the year 1617. March 13. he died , and was soon after buried in the Church at Aylesham in Norfolk , and in 1619. his Widdow named Lilia was married to Sir Charles Cornwallis . After him succeeded in Norwych Joh Overhall Bishop of Lichf . and Coventry , who being elected by the Dean and Chapter 21. May 1618. was confirmed 30. Sept. following . He died 12. May 1619. and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Norwych . About the time of the restauration of K. Ch. 2. Dr. Cofin Bishop of Durham , did , in honour to his memory , as having been one of the profoundest School divines of our Nation , erect a monument on the next pillar to his grave . After him followed Dr. Sam. Harsnet , educated also in Cambridge , who was translated thereunto from Chichester 28. Aug. 1619. and him Dr. Franc. White B. of Carlile and the Kings Almoner , who being elected by the D. and Chapt. of Norwych ( upon the translation of Harsnet to York , after D. G. Mountaigns death ) on the 22. Januar ▪ 1628. was soon after translated thereunto . To him succeeded Dr. Rich. Corbet , whom I have among the Writers mentioned . NICOLAS BULLYNGHAM , was born in the City of Worcester , elected Fellow of Allsouls coll . in 1536. took one degree in the Laws , and some years after , viz. in 1549. ( 3. Edw. 6. ) Sept. 2. was installed Archdeacon of Lincoln on the death of George Heneage , being about that time Vicar-general to the Bishop of that place . After Q. Mary came to the Crown , he absconded , and studied the Theological faculty , wherein he obtained a considerable knowledge , but when Q. Elizab. succeeded , he was made Doctor of his Faculty at Cambridge , was a Judge of Ecclesiastical matters in the Archb. Court of Canterbury , and at length was promoted to the Episcopal See of Lincoln . To which being elected after the deprivation of Dr. Tho. Watson , was consecrated thereunto 21. of Jan. 1559. and on the 18. of Apr. following the temporalities thereof were * restored to him . In 1566. he was incorporated Doctor , as he had stood at Cambridge , and in Jan. 1570. he was translated to Worcester on the death of Jam. Calfhill , ( who was nominated by the Queen to succeed Edwin Sandys in the said See , but died before consecration , ) where he continued much beloved to the time of his death . He departed this mortal life on the 18. of Apr. year 1576 in fifteen hundred seventy and six , and was buried in a Chappel on the north side of the Choire belonging to the Cath. Ch. of Worcester . Over his grave was fastned a white marble table to the wall , with these rude and barbarous verses engraven thereon . Nicolaus Episcopus Wigorn. Here born , here Bishop , buried here , A Bullyngham by name and stock , A Man twice married in Gods fear , Chief Pastor late of Lyncolne flock . Whome Oxford trained up in youth , Whome Cambridge Doctor did create , A painful Preacher of the truth , Who changed this life for happy fate . 18. Apr. 1576. WILLIAM WALSH , an eminent Theologist of his time , was born in , or near to , Waterford in Ireland , bred a Cistercian Monk , and for some time lived among those of that Order in Oxon , purposely for the improving himself in the supreme Faculty , of which he was afterwards Doctor , but whether of this University it appears not . In Nov. 1554. he succeeded † Edw. Staple in the Episcopal See of Meath in Ireland ; whence being ejected in the beginning of the Reign of Q. Elizab. for denying her Supremacy , was cast into prison for a time . Afterwards getting loose , he went into Spain , settled at Complutum , spent most of his time in Religion , and dying on the day before the nones of January in fifteen hundred seventy and six , was buried in the Church there belonging to the Cistercians . In Meath succeeded one Hugh Brady , to which being consecrated in 1563. sate there 20 years . WILLIAM DOWNHAM , received his first breath in the County of Norfolk , was elected Probationer of Magdalen coll . in July 1543. and in the year following he was made true and perpetual Fellow of the said house , being then Master of Arts. Afterwards he became chaplain to the Lady Elizabeth , who , when Queen , did not only make him the first Canon of the tenth stall in the collegiate Ch. of S. Peter in the City of Westminster , an . 1560. but in the year after Bishop of Chester ; to which See being consecrated a on the 4. of May 1561. had the temporalities thereof given to him b on the 9. of the same month . In 1566. he was actually created Doct. of div . and dying in Nov. in fifteen hundred seventy and seven , was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Chester , leaving then behind him two Sons , viz. George Downham afterwards Bishop of London-Derry in Ireland , and John Downham Bach. of div . both learned and painful writers . In the See of Chester succeeded Will. Chaderton D. D. Master of Queens coll . in Cambridge , sometimes Margaret , afterwards the Kings , Professor of div . in that University , and Prebendary or Canon of the fourth stall in the collegiate Church of S. Peter in the City of Westminster . This learned Doctor was born at Nuthurst c near Manchester in Lancashire , being the Son of Edm. Chaderton ( by Margery his Wife , dauof one Cliffe of Cheshire ) and he the Son of Jeffr. Chaderton , both of Nuthurst . He died Bishop of Lincoln , leaving behind him one only daughter named Joane , begotten on the body of his Wife , named Katharine , dau . of Joh. Revell of London . PATRICK WALSH , was born , as it seems , in or near Waterford in Ireland , and after he had been partly educated in Grammaticals in that country , was sent to Oxon , but to what coll . or hall therein , unless to that of Brasnose , I know not . In the latter end of the year 1534. he proceeded Master of Arts ; and about that time applying his mind to the Theological faculty , supplicated at length the venerable Congregation of Regents that he might be admitted to the reading of the Sentences , in 1545. but whether he was admitted , it appears not in the publick Register , which was much neglected by the then Scribe . About that time he was Dean of Waterford , and in so great repute for his learning and religion , that he was made Bishop of that place and of Lismore : To which being consecrated in August 1551. had liberty then allowed him to keep his Deanery in Commendam for a time . He paid his last debt to nature d in fifteen hundred seventy and eight , and was , year 1578 as I suppose , buried in his Church at Waterford . He had a Son named Nich. Walsh who was then Bishop of Ossory , and about that time had a hand in translating the New Testament into the Irish tongue . This Nich. Walsh seems to have been educated in the University of Cambridge . WILLIAM BRADBRIDGE , or Brodebridge , was a Londoner born , but descended from those of his name in Somersetshire , was admitted Fellow of Magdalen coll . in 1529. and afterwards proceeding in Arts , was at length admitted to the reading of the Sentences , an . 1539. being then arrived to some eminence in the Theological Faculty . About the middle of March , 1 and 2 of Phil. and Mary , dom . 1554. he was made Prebendary of Lime and Halstock in the Church of Sali●bury , vacant by the death of one Rob. Bone , and in the beginning of Q. Elizab. shewing himself conformable to the discipline then established , was made Dean of the said Church in June 1563. void by the death of Pet. Vannes an Italian . In 1565. he supplicated the ven . Congreg . of Regents that he might be admitted Doctor of divinity , but whether he was really so , or diplomated , it appears not in the pubick Register , and on the 18. of March 1570. he was consecrated at Lambeth Bishop of Exeter ; which See he laudably governed for about 8 years . He ended his days suddenly at Newton-Ferrers in Devonshire , on the 27. June , saith f one , and another g the 29. July , in fifteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried on the north side of the Choire of the Cath. Ch. of Exeter . To him succeeded in the said See Joh. Woolton , whom I have mentioned among the writers under the year 1593. and him Gervase Babington D. D. ( descended from the antient Family of the Babingtons in Nottinghamsh . ) who , while he was Chaplain to the Earl of Pembroke , assisted his Noble Countess Mary Sidney in her translation of the Psalms : For it was more than a Womans skill to express the sense so right , as she hath done in her verse , and more than the English or Latin translation could give her . THOMAS BENTHAM , a learned and pious man of his time , was born at Shirebourne ( a Market Town I think ) in Yorkshire , admitted perpetual Fellow of Magd. coll . 16. Nov. 1546. proceeded in Arts the year after , and about that time did solely addict his mind to the study of Theology , and to the learning of the Hebrew tongue , in which last he was most excellent , as in those of Greek and Latin , which he had obtained before he was M. of A. After Q. Mary came to the Crown , he was turn'd out of his Fellowship ( for his forward and malepert † zeal against the Cath. Religion in the time of Edw. 6. ) by the Visitors appointed by her to regulate the University . Whereupon retiring first to Zurich , and afterwards to Basil in Germany , became Preacher to the English Exiles there , and expounded to them the intire book of the Acts of the Apostles . Afterwards being recalled by some of the Brethren , was made Superintendent of them at London , and continued among them in a timorous condition for some time . At length when Q. Elizab. succeeded , he was nominated Bishop of Lichf . and Coventry upon the deprivation of Dr. Ralph Bayne : To which See being elected , had the temporalities thereof restored to * him 20 Feb. 1559. being then about 46 years of age . On the 24. of March following , he was consecrated , and about six years following he was actually created Doct. of divinity , being then in great repute for his learning . He died on the 21. of Feb. in fifteen hundred seventy and eight , leaving then behind him a Widdow named Matilda . He was succeeded in Lichf . and Cov. by Dr. Will. Overton , of whom I have made mention among the writers under the year 1609. NICHOLAS HEATH , or Heth , a most wise and learned man , of great policy , and of as great integrity , was descended from the Heaths of Aspley in the Parish of Tamworth in Warwickshire , but whether born there , ( where his brother had certain lands ) I cannot tell , was educated for a time in C. C. coll . in this University , but before he took a degree there , he was transplanted first to Christs coll . and afterwards to Clare hall in Cambridge , where proceeding in Arts , took holy Orders , was afterwards Archdeacon of Stafford , and in 1535. did commence D. of divinity . In 1539. Apr. 4. he was consecrated B. of Rochester , being then chief Almoner to the King , and on the 14. of the same month , the temporalities of that See were b delivered to him . On the 22. of Decemb. 1543. he was elected B. of Worcester upon the resignation of Dr. Bell , and in Feb. following , being translated thereunto , the temporalities also of that See were restored i to him on the 22. March following : where continuing till the beginning of K. Ed. 6. was soon after committed Prisoner to the Fleet , as being no Friend to that King , or reformation . Afterwards Q. Mary coming to the Crown , he was restored to his Bishoprick , which Jo. Hooper had for some time occupied , and became so great in the favour of that Queen , that he was not only made by her President of Wales , but also Archbishop of York ; to which See being elected , P. Paul the fourth by his Bull dated xi . Cal. Jul. 1555. did confirm it . Afterwards being translated , the temporalities of that See were given k to him 8. Jan. following , and on the 22. of that month was enthronized or installed in the person of Robert Bishop of Hull , Heath being then Lord Chancellour of England . While he sate Archbishop , Q. Mary gave to him Suffolk-house against S. George's Church in Southwark to be a habitation for him and his Successors for ever in that See , when their occasins called them to London ; done in recompence for York-house near Westminster , which her Father had taken from Card. Wolsey . But the said house being remote from the Court , Archb. Heath sold it to a Merchant , and bought Norwich-house or Suffolk-place near to Charing-cross for him and his Successors for ever . When Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , which was in Nov. 1558. ( Cardinal Pole Archb. of Canterbury and Primate of all England being then dead , ) he the said Heath not only refused ( tho it appertained to his office ) to anoint and Crown Q. Elizab. as all the Bishops besides did , except one , but also about the beginning of the year following refused to take the Oath of her Supremacy over the Church . Whereupon being deprived of his Archbishoprick about Midsomer in the same year , as also of his Chancellourship , was for a time committed to custody , ( Jo. Fox saith l to the Tower , where he died , ) but being a person of great moderation , quiet behaviour , and modest disposition , was soon after set at liberty . So that retiring to his estate at Chobham in Surrey which he before had purchased , spent the remaining part of his days there in great security , retiredness , good studies , and devotion , being then in such great grace with Q. Elizabeth that she several times visited him with marvellous kindness . At length arriving to a fair age , died in the beginning of fifteen hundred seventy and year 1579 nine , as it should seem , for on the 5. of May that year one Tho. Heath , next Kinsman to the said Archbishop , had a Commission then granted m to him from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to administer the goods , debts , chattels , &c. of him the said Nich. Heath S. T. P. sometimes Archb. of York , lately deceased . He was buried in the middle of the Chanc. belonging to the Ch. of Chobham before-mentioned , and over his grave was soon-after a plain marble stone laid , with an inscription thereon ; which stone was since broken and made shorter , and the inscription , engraven on a brass plate , taken away . His brother Will. Heath , as he is at Chobham so called , was also buried in the said Chancel , some years , as it seems , before the Archbishop , where there was lately , if not still , some memory of him on a grave-stone : But who are now the possessors of the Archb. lands there , which he left to his relations , I cannot tell . The picture drawn to the life of the said Archbishop , I have many times seen , which shews him to have been proper in person , black hair'd , pale-faced , thin and macerated , somewhat like the picture of Fisher B. of Rochester , but his nose not so long . I say , this picture I have often beheld , among many other choice pictures , hanging in the large Gallery belonging to Weston-house near to Long-Compton in Warwickshire , now in the possession of my worthy acquaintance Raphe Sheldon . Esq ; whose Ancestor of both his names of Beoly in Worcestershire , ( who died 21. Dec. 1546. ) married Philippa daughter and coheir of Baldwin Heath , ( by his Wife Agnes the eldest daughter and coheir of Joh. Grove of Ford-hall in Wotton in Warwickshire , ) Son of Thomas Heath of Aspley in the Parish of Tamworth before-mentioned ; which Thomas is supposed by those of the Sheldonian Family , ( who quarter with their Arms those of Grove and Heath , ) to be Great Grandfather to the Archbishop . This hath been several times told me by my never to be forgotten friend and generous acquaintance , Raphe Sheldon of Beoly and Weston Esq ; ( who deceased 1684. ) a person always very curious and industrious in Genealogies . ROBERT PURSGLOVE , received his first breath at a Market Town in Derbyshire called Tideswall , bred in puerile learning for some time there , afterwards in Grammar learning in S. Pauls School in London by the care and charge of his Uncle Will. Bradshaw ; where continuing three years was afterwards placed in the Abery called S. Mary Overhee in Southwark . In which place being fitted for the University , he was sent to Corp. Ch. coll . in Oxford , and maintained there by his said Uncle for the space of fourteen years , but whether he took a degree in all that time , it doth not appear in our Registers , neither indeed of hundreds more , that have studied 7 or more years in Oxon , and therefore for that reason , and because we have no matriculation books above the time of Q. Elizab. the memory of many eminent Men in Church and State is lost . After he had left the University , being then esteemed an eminent Clerk , he was received into the Monastery of Gisbourne alias Gisburgh in Yorkshire , where taking upon him the habit of a Canon Regular , was at length elected Prior of that house . Afterwards upon a willing surrender of the said Monastery into the Kings hands , he had a considerable pension allowed to him , was made Provost of Rotheram coll . in Yorkshire , and on the death of Rob. Sylvester about the beginning of Q. Maries Reign , was made Archdeacon of Nottingham , and Suffragan B. of Hull under the Archb. of York , and , had other dignities and spiritualities confer'd on him . After Q. Elizabeth had been setled in the Throne for some time , the Oath of Supremacy was offered to him , but he denying to take it , was deprived of his Archdeaconry and other spiritualities . Whereupon the said Archdeaconry being given to Will. Day M. A. he was installed therein 24. Apr. 1560. as about the same time he was in the Prebendship of Ampleford in the Church of York , on the deprivation of Dr. Alb. Langdale of Cambridge . Pursglove being thus deprived , he retired to the place of his nativity , and with the wealth that he had heaped from the Church , founded a Grammar School there , and an Hospital for 12 poor and impotent people ; as also a Grammar School at Gisbourne before-mentioned , the donation or patronage of which he gave to the Archbishop of York and his Successors for ever , an . 1575. This Clerk of great renown , as he is to this day stiled by the Men of Tideswall , year 1579 gave way to fate on the second day of May in fifteen hundred seventy and nine , and was buried in the Church at Tideswall . Over his grave was a large monument erected , with twenty rude and barbarous verses in English engraven thereon ; which being too many to set down in this place , I shall for brevity sake pass them by . THOMAS GOLDWELL , was in all probability descended from a family of his name living long before his time at Goldwell in Kent , but whether born in that County , I cannot tell . About the year 1520. he became a Student in this University , particularly , as it seems , in Allsouls college , where one , or more , of his name and kindred had studied before his time . In 1531. he proceeded in Arts , and two years after was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being then known to be more eminent in Astronomy and Mathematicks , than in Divinity . What were his preferments and imployments 20 years after , I know not . Sure I am , that he being a most zealous person for the R. Catholick Religion , he was by Q. Mary promoted to the Bishoprick of S. Asaph ; to which See being elected , he had restitution made a of the temporalities belonging thereunto 22. January 1555. Soon after he procured the Pope to renew the indulgences granted to such that went in Pilgrimage to S. Winefrids well , commonly called Halywell in Flintshire . The original of which place , with an account of many miracles performed there , is largely set down by Robert a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict , afterwards Prior of the Congregation of Cluniaks at Shrewsbury , in a book intitled , Vita mirabilis . S. Winefridae Virginis , Martyris & Abbatissae , lib. 2. written by him about the year 1140. ( 5. Reg. Steph. ) and dedicated to Guarinus Prior of Worcester , the author being then Prior of Shrewsbury before-mentioned . So that how it comes to pass that Silv : Giraldus who lived afterwards in K. Johns time , did not make any mention of the said Well in his Itinerarium Cambriae , which Camden doth take b notice of , I know not . After Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown Bishop Goldwell conveyed himself away beyond the Seas , was present at the Council of Trent under P. Pius 4. an . 1562. and afterwards going to Rome lived very pontificially among the Theatines , was appointed by the Pope to baptize Jews there , and to confer orders on all such English men that fled their Country for Religion's sake , which he did there and in several places elsewhere in other Countries to the time of his death . He was esteemed among them a most useful person , was had in great veneration for his learning , having , as I have been informed , wrote one , or more books , and was living at Rheymes in fifteen hundred and eighty , year 1580 being then about 80 years of age . Afterwards going to Rome died there soon after , and was either buried among the Theatines , or else in the chappel belonging to the English college there . See more of him in Rob. Kynge among these Bishops under the year 1557. as also in a book intit . Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae in Anglia , &c. among the matters relating to the martyrdom of Ralph Sherwin . Joh. Fox in his book of Acts and Monuments , &c. doth tell us of one Thom. Goldwell a Priest , living at Brussells , mentioned in a letter written to Bishop Rich. Thornden , in June 1554. but whether he be the same with Tho. Goldwell before-mentioned , I cannot tell . RICHARD DAVYES , sometimes a Student , as it seems , of New Inn. was consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph in the place of Goldwell before-mentioned , 21. Jan. 1559. aged 50 years , was translated thence to S. Davids , in which See he was confirm'd 21. May 1561. and died in fifteen hundred eighty and one ; year 1581 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the See of St. Asaph succeeded Thomas Davyes a Doctor of divinity of Cambridge ; who , being rich , left much money for pious uses , and setled a Scholarship in Queens coll . in the said University . He gave way to fate about the Feast of S. Michael 1573. and was buried either in the Church at Abergwilly , or in the Church of Llanpedery Kenuen . In the See of St. Davids succeeded the said Rich. Davyes Dr. Marmaduke Middleton , as I shall tell you under the year 1592. RICHARD COXE , sometimes of Kings coll . in Cambridge , afterwards Canon of Card. Wolseys coll . in Oxon , was consecrated Bishop of Ely 1559. and died in fifteen hundred eighty and one ; under which year you year 1581 may see more of him among the writers . In the said See succeeded Martin Heton of Oxon , whom I shall mention among these Bishops under the year 1609. MATHEW SHEYNE , an Irish man born , laid a foundation of literature here in Oxon , which afterwards he well improved . At length returning to his Country , was , thro several preferments made Bishop of Cork and Cloyne ; to which being * consecrated in 1572. sate thereto the time of his death ; which hapned according to some , on the thirteenth day of June in fifteen hundred eighty year 1582 and two . Whether this M. Sheyne or John Sheyne was the author of the book De reipublica , I cannot yet tell . See in Rich. Shagens among the writers , under the year 1570. and in the Fasti 1523. JOHN WATSON , was born at a Market Town in Worcestershire called Evesham , admitted Fellow of Allsouls coll . in 1540. took the degree of Master of Arts two years after , and about that time applied his mind to the study of Medicine ; in which afterwards he had considerable practice . At length , about the time that Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , if not happily before , he entred into holy Orders , was made Prebendary of Winchester , Archdeacon of Surrey , and Chancellour of S. Pauls . In the 15. year of Q. Elizab. Dom. 1572. he was made Dean of Winchester in the place of Dr. Franc. Newton deceased , and in 1575. he was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Physick . About which time , he being in great favour at Court , he was made Bishop of Winchester , tho somewhat against his will , in the year 1580. to which being consecrated on the 18. of Sept. in the same year , sate there to the time of his death . He died on the 23. of January in fifteen hundred eighty and three , aged 63 years , and on the 17. of Feb. his Funeral was solemnized in the Cath. Ch. of Winchester ; at which time his corps was buried in the body thereof . By his last e Will and Test . dat . 23. Oct. 25. Eliz. and proved 22. Jul. 1584. he gave 40 l. to All 's . college , 20 l. to the University of Oxon , 100 marks to certain poor Scholars studying there , to five poor Students of Oxon studying there also 4 l. a-piece for five years after his decease , and to the poor of Evesham before-mentioned he was a liberal benefactor , for whose sake also he gave a stock of 40 l. to set them on work . THOMAS CHESTER , a Londoner born , was a Student in this University in the time of K. Hen. 8. but in what house I cannot yet find , took one degree in Arts , and was afterwards beneficed and dignified . In 1580. he was made Bishop of Elphine in Ireland , where sitting about 4 years , gave way to fate f at Killiathan in that County in the month of June in fifteen hundred eighty year 1584 and four . In the said See succeeded one John Linch , whom I shall mention at large among these Bishops under the year 1611. RICHARD BARNES , Son of Joh. Barnes , by Fridesmonda his Wife , daughter of Ralph Gifford of Cleydon in Buckinghamshire , was born at Bould near to Waryngton in Lancashire , admitted Fellow of Brasnose coll . by the authority of the Kings Council , 6. Edw. 6. Dom. 1552. where making a quick progress in Logick and Philosophy , took the degree of Master of Arts 1557. About that time he took holy Orders , and was made Minister of Staingrave in Yorkshire . In 1561 , Jul. 12. he was admitted Chancellour of the Cath. Ch. of York in the place of Jeffry Downes D. of D. ( who had succeeded in that dignity one Dr. Hen. Trafford , in Aug. 1537. ) and about the same time was made Canon residentiary and Preb. of Laughton in the said Church , as also a publick Reader of divinity therein . About 1567. he was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of Nottyngham , in the Church of S. Peter at York , and in 1570. June 25. being elected to the See of Carlile , in the place of Jo. Best deceased , was confirm'd therein on the 7. Aug. following . In 1557. Apr. 5. he was elected to the See of Durham , was confirmed the 9. of May following , and was ever after a favourer of Puritanism . In Feb. 1579. he was actually created Doctor of divinity at Oxon , having taken the degree of Bachelaur in that Faculty at Cambridge , year 1587 and dying in fifteen hundred eighty and seven , was buried in the Choire , sometimes called the Presbyterie , of the Cath. Ch. of Durham . Over his grave was a monument soon after put , with this inscription thereon . Reverendo in Christo Patri ac Domino , Dom. Richardo Barnes Dunelmensis Episcopo , Praesuli pio , docto , liberali , & munifico ; P. S. precariss . P. P. P. P. Obiit xxiv . Aug. an . dom . 1587. aetatis suae 55. Astra tenent animam , corpus hoc marmore clausum , Fama polos penetrant , nomen nati atque nepotes Conservant vivis semper post funera virtus . WILLIAM BLEYTHYN , a Welsh man born , was educated in New Inn or Broadgates hall , or in both , where applying his studies to the Civil Law , took one degree in that Faculty , in 1562. and afterwards became Archdeacon of Brecknock and Prebendary of Osbaldswyke in the Church of York . In 1575. Apr. 17. he was * consecrated Bishop of Landaff , year 1590 and dying in Octob. in fifteen hundred and ninety , was buried in the Chancel of the Ch. at Matherne in Monmouthshire ( where the B. of Landaff hath a Seat ) near to the body of Hugh Jones his Predecessor . At which time he left behind him three Sons , William , Timothy , and Philemon . THOMAS GODWIN , was born at a Market Town in Berkshire a called Okingham , and bred in Grammar learning in the School there , where being fitted for a gown , was sent to the University of Oxon , about the year 1538. was elected Probationer of Magd. coll . in 1544. and the year after true and perpetual Fellow ; being then Bach. of Arts. In 1547. he proceeded in that Faculty , and two years after , did , upon pretence of being disturb'd by certain Papists in that house , ( he himself being heretically inclin'd as they said , ) leave his Fellowship , and accepted from the said college the Rectory of their School at Brackley in Northamptonshire . Afterwards he took to him a Wife , and what time he had to spare he bestowed on the study of Theology . But so it was , that when Queen Mary came to the Crown he was silenced , and in a manner put to his shifts ; whereupon applying his study to Physick to maintain him and his , he was admitted to the reading of any the books of Hypocrates , or of the Aphorisms of Hypocrates , that is to the degree of Bachelaur of Physick , an . 1555. When Queen Elizabeth succeeded , and Religion thereupon was altered , he took holy Orders from Dr. Bullyngham B. of Lincoln , who made him his Chaplain , and being a chief instrument of his Preaching several times before the Queen , she approved of him and his person so well , that she thereupon made him Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , in June 1565. So that taking the degrees in divinity the same year , and being esteemed much by all for his learning and piety , he was made Dean of Canterbury in the place of Dr. Nich. Wotton deceased , an . 1566. In 1584. he was nominated Bishop of Bathe and Wells , after that See had laid void three years ; whereupon being consecrated thereunto b on the 17. of Sept. ( his Son Fr. Godwin saith the 13. ) the same year , sate there to the time of his death without any removal . He came to the place as well qualified ( as one c saith ) for a Bishop as might be , unreprovable without Simony , given to good hospitality , quiet , kind , affable , a Widdower , and in the Queens good opinion . If he had held on as cleer as he had entred , he would have been extoll'd by all : But see his misfortune that first lost him in the Queens favour , and after forced him to another mischief . For so it was that he being aged , diseased and lame of the Gout , he married ( as some thought for opinion of wealth ) a Widdow of London , which was his second Wife at least . A chief favourite of that time ( Sir Walt. Raliegh ) had laboured to get the Mannor of Banwell from his Bishoprick , and disdaining the repulse , did upon hearing of this intempestive marriage , take advantage thereof , and caused it to be told to the Queen , ( knowing how much she disliked such matches , ) and instantly persued the Bishop with letters and mandats for the Mannor of Banwell for an 100 years . The good Bishop not expecting such a sudden tempest , was greatly perplexed , yet a while he held out , and endured many sharp messages from the Queen , of which Sir Joh. Harrington of Kelston near to Bathe carried one , being delivered to him by Robert Earl of Leycester , who seemed to favour the Bishop , and mislike Sir Walter for molesting him ; but they were soon agreed like Pilate and Herod to condemn Christ . Never was harmless man so traduced to his Soveraign , that he had married a Girl of 20 years old , with a great portion , that he had conveyed half the Bishoprick to her , that ( because he had the Gout ) he could not stand to his marriage , with such , and the like , scoffs to make him ridiculous to the vulgar and odious to the Queen . The Earl of Bedford hapning to be present when these tales were told , and knowing the Londoners Widdow , the Bishop had married , said merrily to the Queen after this manner , Madam , I know not how much the Widdow is above 20. but I know a Son of hers is but a little under forty , &c. The conclusion of the premises was this , that to pacifie his persecutors , and to save Banwell he was fain to part with Wyvelscomb , commonly called Wilscomb , for 99 years , and so purchased his peace . To conclude , his reading had been much , his judgment and doctrine sound , his government mild and not violent , his mind charitable , and therefore not to be doubted , but when he lost this life , he won Heaven . In his last days , being taken with an quartan Ague , he did , by advice of his Physicians , remove to the place of his Nativity , Okingham before-mentioned , with hopes of recovery , but nothing availing , he gave way to fate 19. of Novemb. in fifteen hundred and ninety , aged 73 years . year 1590 Whereupon being buried on the south side of the Chancel belonging to the Parish Church there , had a monument soon after set up in the wall over his grave by his Son Franc. Godwin then Subdean of Exeter . In the See of Bathe and Wells succeeded John Still D. D. Master of Trin. coll . in Cambridge , ( Son of William Still of Grantham in Lincolnshire , ) who had been installed Canon of the seventh stall in the Church of Westminster , in the place of Thom. Aldridge deprived for Nonconformity , an . 1573. and Archdeacon of Sudbury 28. of March 1576. He died 26. of Feb. 1607. and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Wells , leaving then behind him several Children which he had by his two Wives , especially the first . MARMADUKE MIDDLETON , Son of Tho. Middleton of Cardiganshire , ( descended from the Middletons of Middleton in Westmorland , ) by Lucia his Wife , daughter of Rob. Nevill , had part of his education here , but took not , as I can yet find , a degree . Afterwards he went into Ireland , where he became Rector of Killare in the diocess of Meath , and on the death of Patr. Walsh , d B. of Waterford and Lisemore , in 1579. In 1581. he was translated to S. Davids , and about two years after he was actually created Doct. of div . of this University . He was afterwards not only deprived of his Bishoprick . but e degraded from all holy Orders for many notable misdemeanours : And the sentence for it was accordingly executed by , and before , the High Commissioners at Lambeth house , not only by reading of it in Scriptis , but by a formal degrading him of his Episcopal robes and Priestly vestments . He departed this mortal life on the 30. of Nov. in fifteen hundred ninety and two , leaving then a Son behind him year 1592 named Richard who was Archdeacon of Cardigan . In the See of S. Davids succeeded Anthony Rudd D. of div . of Cambridge , and a Yorkshire man born , whom I shall mention in the Fasti under the year 1577. JOHN UNDERHILL is according to time to follow Tho. Godwin ; but before I enter upon him , I must let the reader know that after the death of Dr. Hugh Curwyn Bishop of Oxon , that See continued void about 21. years . At the term of which , a great person ( Sir Fr. Walsingham ) out of pure devotion to the leases , that would yield good fines , recommended the said Vnderhill to it , perswading him to take it , as in a way to a better , but , as it should seem , it was out of his way very much , for e're the first fruits were paid , he a died in much discontent and poverty . Yet his preferrer to seem to do some favour to the University , for recompence of the spoil done to the Bishoprick of Oxon , erected a new lecture at his own charge , which Dr. Rainolds of C. C. coll . did for some time read , as I have b told you elsewhere . This John Vnderhill was born in an ancient tenement or receptacle for guests called the Cross Inn in St. Martins Parish , within the City of Oxon , where his name lived two or three generations , if not more , and continued there till the daughter and heir of Vnderhill was married to one Breys or Brice . After he had been trained up in Grammar learning in Winchester school , he was sent to New coll . of which he became true and perpetual fellow in 1563. After he had taken the degree of M. of Arts , it hapned that Doctor Horne Bishop of Winchester visited the said coll . but Vnderhill making opposition by questioning the Bishops right for what he did , or should do , as to visitation , he was removed from his fellowship in 1576. Whereupon making his complaint to Robert Earl of Leycester chancellour of the University of Oxon , he hearkned to , and encouraging him to go to law with the Bishop for what he had done , the Bishop forthwith let the cause fall to the ground , knowing very well that he should be a loser by carrying on the cause , if that great Count should stand by Vnderhill . In 1577. he was elected Rector of Lincoln coll . and proceeded in Divinity in 1581. About which time he was made Chaplain to the Queen , one of the Vicars of Bampton , and Rector of Witney , in Oxfordshire . In 1589. he was nominated Bishop of Oxon upon Walsinghams motion , as I have before told you ; whereupon being elected by the Dean and Chapter of Ch. C. on the 8. day of Decemb. was consecrated thereunto about the latter end of the same month in the said year . He paid his last debt to nature at London on the 12. of May , in fifteen hundred ninety and two , and soon after his body being conveyed to Oxon , year 1592 was buried in the Cath. Ch. towards the upper end of the choire , just before the Bishops chair , leaving then this character of him , that he was Vir clarus eloquio , & acutus ingenio . From the time of his death to the consecration of Dr. Jo. Bridges his successor , an . 1603. the patrimony of the Bishoprick of Oxon , was much dilapidated , and made a prey ( for the most part ) to Robert Earl of Essex , to whom it proved as miserably fatal , as the gold of Tholouse did of old to the soldiers of Caepio . The said Joh. Bridges had been sometimes fellow of Pembr . hall in Cambridge , was D. of D. and made Dean of Salisbury in the beginning of Januar. 1577. upon the promotion of Dr. Joh. Piers to the Episcopal See there . He was a learned man in the time he lived , and wrot several books , as the Bodleian or Oxford catalogue will tell you . See more of him in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 291. b. JOHN WOOLTON sometimes of Brasnose coll . was consecrated Bishop of Exeter in Aug. 1574. died in the latter end of fifteen hundred ninety and three , year 1593 and was buried on the south side of the choire or presbytery of his Cathedral . Over his grave was soon after put an Epitaph , the beginning of which is this . Hic jacet , haud jacet hic tumulo quem credis inesse , Terra nequit tantum contumulare virum . See more of him among the writers , under the year 1593. THOMAS COOPER sometimes fellow of S. Mary Magdalens coll . was made Bishop of Lincolne in 1570. translated thence to Winchester , in 1584. and died in the beginning of the year fifteen hundred ninety and four , year 1594 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See of Winchester succeeded Will. Wickham . Son of John Wickham of Enfield in Middlesex , Son of Tho. Wickham of Swaclive in Oxfordshire by Joyce Sandbury his Wife : which Will. Wickham was born at Enfield before-mention'd , educated in Eaton school near Windsore , became a member of the foundation of Kings coll . in Cambridge , an . 1556. fellow of Eaton college , Prebendary of the fourth stall in the collegiat ch . of S. Peter in Westminster , in the place of Rich. Morley , an . 1570. Canon of Windsore 1571. Dean of Lincolne 1577. and afterwards Bishop thereof , preached at the burial of Mary Q. of Scots at Peterborough , 1. Aug. 1587. translated from Lincolne to Winchester about the latter end of March 1595. and died in Winchester house in S. Mary Overhees parish in Southwark on the 12. of June following . You may see his epitaph in Jo. Stow's Survey of London , printed 1633. p. 452. and more of him in Antimartinus , sive monitio cujusdam Londinensis , &c. Printed 1589. p. 52. JOHN ELMER or Aylmer was born of , and descended from , an antient and gentile family of his name living in Norfolke , spent some time in this University while young , but more in Cambridge , where , if I mistake not , he took the degrees in Arts. Afterwards he became chaplain to Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk and Tutor to his daughter the Lady Jane Grey , while she lived at Bradgate in Leycestershire , who taught her so c gently , so pleasantly , and with such fair allurements to learning , that she thought all the time nothing , whilst she was with him . And when she was called from him , she would fall a weeping , because that whatsoever she did else , but learning , was to her full of grief , trouble , fear , and altogether misliking to her . And thus her book was so much her pleasure , and brought daily to her more pleasure and more , that in respect of it , or other pleasures , were in truth but trifles and troubles to her . In 1553. he , by the name of Joh. Aylmer , was made Archdeacon of Stow in the place of Christop . Massingberd , who died 8. March in that year ; and soon after we find him one of the Protestant Disputants in the Convocation house at S. Pauls , when certain Theologists of each party met to solve such scruples and doubts , as any of them might pretend to have . He spake but little on the first day , but the next day he read certain authorities out of a note-book , which he had gathered against the real presence . Afterwards shewing himself nonconformable , he was deprived of his Archdeaconry ; whereupon Joh. Harryson being put into his place , an . 1554. he the said Elmer went as a voluntary Exile into Germany , where he was miraculously preserved from several dangers . After Q. Elizabeth came to the Crown , he was appointed one of the Protestant Disputers against the seven R. Cath. Bishops concerning matters of religion , when that Q. was about to make a reformation , and in 1562. he by the name of Joh. Aylmer M. of A. was made Archdeacon of Lincoln in the place of one Tho. Marshall , who had succeeded Nich. Bullyngham in 1554. In the year 1573. he retired to this University again , and there as a member of it , took the degrees in divinity , that of Doctor being compleated in an Act celebrated on the 12. of Octob. the same year . On the 24. of March 1576. he was d consecrated Bishop of London , being then accounted a learned and an honest man , and about 1588. he was made the Queens Almoner , at which time he was a great enemy to the Puritanical party , then numerous in the nation . He died at Fulham in Middlesex on the third of June in fifteen hundred ninety and four , and was buried in S. Pauls Cathedral before the chappel of S. George . By his last Will year 1594 e and Test . which I have seen , he desires to be buried in the Cath. Ch. of S. Paul on the north side , in some convenient place within the wall , with a Tomb of his Picture after the manner of Dean Collet ; which , as he saith , is on the south side of the Choire . He then left behind him several Sons , the second of which named Theophilus , succeeded Jo. Molyns in the Archdeaconry of London 1591. being about that time well beneficed in Hertfordshire , and esteemed a learned and reverend divine . His father also , the Bishop , was well learned in the Languages , was a ready Disputant and a deep Divine , and wrote , as 't is said , a book called f The Harborough of Princes , which I have not yet seen , and therefore cannot tell you where , or in what Vol. 't was printed . He was a man but of mean stature , yet in his youth very valiant , which he forgot not in his age . When he first became a Preacher , he followed the popular phrase , and fashion of the younger Divines of those times , which was to inveigh against the superfluities of the Church men , and thereupon he is a remembred to have used these words in a Sermon before a great auditory . — Wherefore away with your thousands you Bishops , and come down to your hundreds , &c. But this was but a heat of his spirit , of which , not long after , by reading and conference , he was throughly cured ; insomuch as being asked by one of his own rank , after he was Bishop of London , what he meant , to preach of the brainsick fashion , he answer'd with the words of S. Paul , Cum essem parvulus , loquebar ut parvulus , sapiebam ut parvulus . But certain it is , no Bishop was more persecuted and taunted by the Puritans of all sorts , than he was by libels , by scoffs , by open railing and privy backbiting . He used for recreation to bowl in a Garden , and Martin Marprelate thence took this taunting scoff , that the Bishop would cry Rub , rub , rub , to his bowl , and when 't was gone too far , say , the Devil go with it , and then quoth he the Bishop would follow . Thus he was rub'd , as he rub'd others , till they were all gall'd sometimes , and the B. was so weary of the place , that he would gladly have removed to Ely , and made great suit , and was put in some hope , for it . He was diligent in Preaching at his cure where he was first beneficed , and when his auditory grew dull and unattentive , he would with some pretty and unexpected conceit , move them to attention . Among the rest was this : He read a long text in Hebrew , whereupon all seemed to listen what would come after such strange words , as if they had taken it for some conjuration : then he shewed their folly , that when he spake English , whereby they might be instructed and edified , they neglected and hearkned not to it ; and now to read Hebrew , which they understood no word of , they seem'd careful and attentive . When there was talk of dangers , rumours of wars and invasions , then he was commonly chosen to Preach in the Court , and he would do it in so cheerful a fashion , as not only shewed he had courage , but would put courage into others . Here is much talk saith he of Malum ab aquilone , and our Cole-prophets have prophesied that in exaltatione lunae leo jungetur leaenae , and the Astronomer tells us of a watry Trigon . But as long as Virgo is in that ascendent with us , we need not fear of any thing : Deus nobiscum , quis contra nos : and for this the Queen would much commend him , yet she would not remove him . In the See of London succeeded Dr. Rich. Fletcher sometimes of C. C. coll . in Cambridge , and him Rich. Bancroft an . 1597. who being remov'd to Canterbury 10. Decemb. 1604. Rich. Vaughan Bish . of Chester , was translated b to London 24. of the same month . JOHN PIERS was born of plebeian and sufficient Parents at South Henxsey near to Abendon in Berks , and within a short mile of Oxon , was educated in Grammar learning in the free-school joyning to Magd. college , in Academicals in the said coll . of which he was admitted perpetual fellow 25. July 1546. being then Bach. of Arts. Soon after , upon an invitation , he was elected into the number of the senior Students of Ch. Church : which place he being unwilling to take , had liberty granted to him , that if he did dislike it at the years end , he might leave it . Whereupon being weary of it at the term of that year , he was elected Probationer of Magd. coll . before-mention'd 26. Jul. 1548. and the next year proceeded in Arts. About that time he entred into holy orders , and being soon after made divinity reader of that house , obtained also the rectory of Quainton in Bucks : both which places he kept together for some time . But so it was , that he being a man of good parts , and accounted by his contemporaries an excellent disputant , yet by keeping rustical company at Quainton , or at some small cure that he had near to his native place , before he had obtained Quainton , ( where 't was usual with him to sit tipling in a blind Ale-house with some of his neighbours ) was in great hazard to have lost all those excellent gifts that came after to be so well esteemed and rewarded in him . In 1558. he was admitted to the reading of the sentences , being about that time Prebendary of Chester : of which Church being soon after made Dean in the place of Rog. Walker M. A. he proceeded in divinity . In the beginning of 1570. he was elected Master of Balliol coll . but before he was setled therein , he was made Dean of Ch. C. in Oxon. So that resigning his Mastership in May 1571. was on the 15. of March following made Dean of Salisbury upon the resignation of Dr. Edm. Freke made Bishop of Rochester . Which Deanery he kept with that of Ch. Ch. till he was consecrated Bishop of Rochester , 15. Apr. 1576. About which time being made the Queens Almoner , she gave him leave notwithstanding to keep a commendatary title to Salisbury till 1577. and then in the beginning of that year , she made him Bishop of that place , on the death of Dr. Edm. Gheast who died in Feb. 1576. In the said See he sate several years with great honour and repute , and was beloved of all . At length , upon the death of Dr. Edwin Sandys , being made Archb. of York . was translated to that place on the 19. of Feb. in 1588. He died at Bishops-Thorp in Yorkshire 28. Sept. in fifteen hundred ninety and four , aged 71. year 1594 years , leaving then behind him the character of a great and modest Theologist ; whereupon his body was buried in the third Chappel at the east-end of the Cath. Ch. of York . Over his grave was soon after erected a fair monument on the east Wall ; the inscription on which , wherin his character * is contained at large , you may see in Historia & Antiquitates Vniv. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 225. a. & b. He left his estate to Joh. Piers Registrary to the Archb. of York , ( Son of Thomas Piers of S. Henxsey before-mention'd , the Archb. brother ) who married Elizabeth daughter of Rich. Bennet , and Sister of Sir John Bennet Kt. Judge of the Prerogative Court of Cant. WILLIAM ALLYN Allen or Alan , sometimes fellow of Oriel coll . was created Cardinal under the title of S. Martin in Montibus , an . 1587. and in 1589. he was made Archbishop of Mechlin the Metropolis of Brabant . He paid his last debt to nature in fifteen hundred ninety year 1594 and four , as I have told you elsewhere . See more among the writers under that year . In the See of Mechlin succeeded Levinus Torrentius a native of Gaunt , and Bishop of Antwerp , founder of the coll . of Jesuits at Lovaine , who dying 6. of the Cal. of May 1595. aged 70. and more , was buried in his Cath. Church . LEWES OWEN or Owen Lewes , by both which names he is written , was born in the village of Maltrayth in Bodean in the Isle of Anglesie , was educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , made perpetual and true fellow of New coll . in 1533. took the degree of Bach. of the civil law in Feb. 1558. and made a farther progress in that faculty , with intentions to proceed therein . But his opinion as to religion not suffering him so to do , left the University about 1561. ( tho his fellowship was not pronounced void till 1563. ) and went to Doway , where he was for his great merits made the Regius Professor of his faculty . At length being nominated Bishop of Cassano in the Kingdom of Naples by Philip 2. King of Spain , and elected by P. Sixtus 5. ( whose Referendary he was of each signature ) was consecrated thereunto at Rome on the third of Febr. 1588. according to the accompt there followed . In which See sitting about seven years , died full of commendations and praise on the fourteenth of Octob. according to the same accompt , year 1594 in fifteen hundred ninety and four . Whereupon his body was buried in the Chappel belonging to the college of the English Students at Rome , dedicated to S. Thomas Archb. of Canterbury . Soon after was a marble stone laid over his grave , with this inscription thereon , which gives a farther account of the man. D. O. M. Audoeno Ludovico Cambro-Britanno , I. V. D. at Professori Oxonii in Anglia , ac Regio Duaci in Flandria , Archidiacono Hannoviae , & Canonico in Metropolitana Cameracensi , atque Officiali Generali , Vtriusque signaturae Referendario , Caroli Cardinalis Borromaei Archiepiscopi Mediolanensis Vicario generali , Gregorii xiii . et Sexto v. in congregatione de consultationibus Episcoporum & Regularium a secretis , Episcopo Cassanensi , Gregorii xiv . ad Helvetios Nuncio , Clementis viii . Apostolicae visitationis in alma urbe adjutori , Anglos in Italia , Gallia & Belgio omni ope semper juvit , at ejus imprimis opera hujus collegii ac Duacensis & Rhemensis fundamenta jecit . Vixit annos lxi . menses ix . dies xiix . Exul à patria xxxvi . Obiit xiv . Octob. mdxciv . Ludovicus de Torres Archiepiscopus Montis Regalis Amico posuit . The said Dr. Lew. Owen had a Nephew called Hugh Griffyth who was Provost of Cambray . JOHN GARVEY , was born , as it seems , in the County of Kilkenny in Ireland , took one or more degrees in the Reign of K. Edw. 6. he being then a Student in Oxon , but by the negligence of the Scribe his name is omitted in the publick Register of that time . Afterwards he retired to his Country , became Archdeacon of Meath , and in 1565. Dean of the Church of the Holy Trinity , commonly called Christ-Church in Dublin . Afterwards being made a Member of the Queens Privy Council there , was a promoted to the Bishoprick of Kilmore in Ap. 1585. with liberty then allowed him to keep his Deanery in Commendam . In 1589. he was made Archbishop of Armagh in the place of Dr. Joh. Long deceased : Whereupon being translated thereunto on the tenth of May the same year , had liberty given him to keep his Deanery then also . He departed this mortal life on the second day March in fifteen hundred ninety and four , and was buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity before-mentioned , leaving then behind him a little thing of his writing intit . The Conversion of Philip Corwine a Franciscan Fryer , to the reformation of the Protestant Religion , an 1589. — Published in 1681. when the Phanatical party were big with hopes of satisfying their insatiable ends , under pretence of aggravating and carrying on the pretended horridness of the Popish Plot. He was succeeded in Kilmore by one Rob. Draper Rector of Trimm in Ireland , and in the See of Armagh by Henry Usher , whom I shall mention at large under the year 1613. WILLIAM LALY , or Lawly alias Mullaly received his first being in this World in the County of Galloway in Ireland , was educated in New Inn , took the degree of Bach. of decrees as a Member of that house , in 1555. ( 1. and 2. of Ph. and Mary , ) and returning soon after into his own Country , was made Dean of Tuam , and at length consecrated b Archbishop of that place , in Apr. 1573. He ended his days in fifteen hundred ninety and five , year 1595 and was buried , as I presume , in the Cath. Ch. at Tuam . In the See of Tuam succeeded one Nehemias Donellan an Irish man , educated in the University of Cambridge , as my author here quoted saith . Yet the Reader must know , that one or more , of his Sirname , and time , studied in Oxon , but his or their Christian names being not registred , I cannot say that either of them was Nehemias . THOMAS BICKLEY , was born at Stow in Bucks . educated in Grammaticals in the Free-School joyning to Magd. coll . while he continued in the quality of a Chorister of that house : Afterwards upon examination of his proficiency , he was elected one of the Demies or Semi-Commoners , and in July 1540. was admitted Probationer , and on the 26. of the said month , in the year following , was made perpetual Fellow of the said house . In the beginning of K. Edw. 6. he became the Kings Chaplain or Preacher at Windsore , to which he was elected according to custom by the Members of the University of Oxon , and about that time shewing himself a very forward c person for reformation , and therefore looked upon as an impudent and pragmatical Man by the R. Cath. party , nay and by some also of his own , he was forced to leave the coll . in the beginning of Q. Mary's reign , being then Bach. of divinity . Whereupon going into France , he spent most of his time at Paris and Orleance during her reign , where he improved himself much in learning , and in the language of that Country . After Q. Elizab. came to the Crown , he returned and became Chaplain to Dr. Parker Archb. of Canterbury , Archdeacon of Stafford and Residentiary of the Church of Lichfield ; which dignities were given to him by Dr. Bentham Bishop of that place , sometimes his Friend and Contemporary in Magd. coll . In the beginning of the year 1569. he was one of the three persons that was elected Warden of Merton coll . by the Fellows thereof ; whereupon the Archb. before-mentioned conser'd that place on him , and in the next year he proceeded Doct. of div . as a Member of the said house . In 1585. he had the Bishoprick of Chichester confer'd upon him on the death of Rich. Coortess ; to which See being consecrated 30. of January , was installed or enthronized the 3. March the same year , where he sate to the time of his death much beloved of all in his diocess . He gave up the ghost on the 30. of Apr. in fifteen hundred ninety and six , and was buried year 1596 in the north Isle joyning to the Choire of his Cath. on the 26. May following , Soon after was a monument set over his grave , with his figure kneeling thereon , ( which shews him to have been a comely and handsome Man. ) with this inscription engraven near it . Thomas Bickley sacrae Theologiae Doctor , Magdalenensis Collegii Oxon. Alumnus , Archidiaconus Stafford : Collegii de Merton Custos , & hujus Ecclesiae Episcopus , quam annos decem , & tres menses , sobrietate & sinceritate , summâ justitiâ & prudentiâ singulari & piè & religiosè administravit . Obiit pridie calendas Maii Aldingborniae , anno salutis nostrae Millesimo quingentesimo nonagesimo sexto , & aetatis suae septuagesimo octavo , &c. I find ▪ by his last Will and Test . that he gave to Magd. coll . his good nurse , forty pounds to be bestowed on the Grammar School joyning to the said college , for the seeling and paving it . To Merton coll . also he gave an hundred pounds to buy land , that the revenue thereof be bestowed in exhibition on one of the Fellows thereof that professeth divinity , to preach one publick Sermon , &c. This exhibition was afterwards ordered to be given to that Fellow that should Preach a Sermon to the University on May-day in the Chappel or Church belonging to Merton coll . which yet continues . In the See of Chichester succeeded Anth. Watson D. D. of Cambridge , Son of Edward Watson of Thorp-Thales in the County Pal. of Durham , and he the Son of Will. Watson of the same place . Which Anthony was first Chancellour of the Ch. of Wells , in the place of Dr. Rog. Good ; afterwards Dean of Bristow on the death of Joh. Sprint in 1590. and in 1596. being consecrated Bishop of Chichester before-mentioned , was succeeded in his Chancellourship by one Joh. Rogers , ( to whom succeeded also Will. Barker D. D. 1602. ) and in his Deanery by Simon Robson , not in 1596. but in 98. which shews that Watson kept the said Deanery for some time in Commendam with Chichester . This Dr. Watson , who spent his life in celebacy , as his Predecessor Bickley did , gave way to fate at his house in Cheame or Cheyham in Surrey , being then Almoner to K. Jam. 1. whereupon his body was buried in the Church there , on the third day of Oct. 1605. By his last Will d and Testam . he gave an hundred pounds to Christs coll . in Cambridge , where he had been educated before he became Fellow of Bennet college , and divers other Legacies for pious uses . RICHARD MEREDYTH , a Welsh man born . became a Student in this University about 1568. but in what house , unless in S. Johns coll . it appears not . In 1575. he proceeded M. of Arts as a Member of Jesus coll . which was the highest degree he took in this University . Afterwards being Chaplain to Sir Joh. Perot L. Lievtenant of Ireland , he was by him made Dean of S. Patricks Church near Dublin , and at length B. of Leighlin : To which See being consecrated in the month of Apr. 1589. sate there till the time of his death ; which hapning e on the third of August in fifteen hundred ninety and seven , was year 1597 buried on the north side of S. Patricks Church before-mentioned . In the said See of Leighlin succeeded one Rob. Grave Dean of Cork , but whether he was ever a Student in Oxford , I cannot yet tell . JOHN BULLYNGHAM , received his first breath in the County of Gloucester , was elected Probationer of Magd. coll . in July 1550. being then Bach. of Arts , and intimate with Julius Palmer the Protestant Martyr , ( whose story he hath written in a large letter dated from Bridgnorth about 1562. for the satisfaction of Jo. Fox when he was in writing his English book of Acts and Monuments ) &c. but before he took the degree of Master , he left the University , ( Q. Mary being then in the Throne , ) and retired , as it seems , beyond the Seas , where continuing mostly all her reign , returned when Q. Elizabeth succeeded , became well beneficed , and in 1567. was made Archdeacon of Huntingdon , but in whose room , unless in that of Anth. Draycot , I know not . In 1568. he compleated the degree of D. of div . in an Act celebrated on the twelfth of July , and two years after was made Prebendary of Worcester in the place of Libbeus Byard deceased . In 1581. Sept. 3. he was consecrated f Bishop of Glocester ; about which time he had the See of Bristow given to him in Commendam , but that being taken away from him in 1589. the rectory of Kilmington alias Culmington in the dioc . of Wells was conferr'd on him , in Jul. 1596. He paid his last debt to nature about the 20. of May in fifteen hundred ninety and eight , year 1598 and was buried , as I suppose , in the Cath. Ch. of Glocester . Whereupon his rectory was bestowed on Rich. Potter , father of Franc. Potter , author of the Interpretation of the number of 666 , &c. as I shall tell you when I come to him in the next volume of this work , and his Bishoprick on Godfrey Goldsborough Doct. of div . of Cambridge . JOHN MERICK was born in the Isle of Anglesie , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , made perpetual fellow of New coll . in 1557. took the degrees in Arts , became one of the Proctors of the University in 1565. Vicar of Hornchurch in Essex , in 1570. and three years after Bishop of the Isle of Man on the death of John Salisbury . He yielded up his last breath in Yorkshire ( as it seems ) in Sept. or Oct. year 1599 in fifteen hundred ninety and nine , and was succeeded in the said See by Dr. George Lloyd of Cambridge , ( Son of Meredyth Lloyd , Son of Joh. Lloyd of Caernarvanshire ) who was translated thence to Chester in 1604. This Joh. Merick left behind him a brother named Will. Merick , LL. D. and another called Maurice Merick , then M. of Arts , and certain letters concerning Ecclesiastical , and other , affairs , which I have seen in the Cottonian Library , under the picture of Julius , F. 10. WILLIAM HUGHES Son of Hugh ap Kendrick of Caernarvanshire by Gwenllian his wife , daughter of John Vychan ap John , ap Gruff , ap Owen Pygott , was born in the said County , and for a while educated in this University . Afterwards retiring to Christs coll . in Cambridge , he took there the degrees in Arts and holy orders ; and being soon after made chaplain to Thom. Haward or Howard Duke of Norfolk , attended him to Oxon in the beginning of the year 1568. where , on the same day that the said Duke was created Master of Arts , this his chaplain was incorporated Bach. of div . as he had stood in Cambridge . The year after , the said Duke writing letters to Dr. Laur. Humphrey in his behalf , he was , by the said Humphreys endeavours made to the Vicechancellour and Convocation , permitted to proceed in his faculty . Whereupon being licensed the same year , stood in an Act celebrated 10. Jul. 1570. to compleat that degree . In 1573. he was promoted to the Episcopal See of S. Asaph , to which being consecrated in Lambeth chappel on the thirteenth g of Sept. the same year , sate there to the time of his death without any removal . He concluded his last day in Octob. in sixteen hundred , year 1600 and was , as I suppose , according to his will , buried in the choire of the Cath. Ch. of S. Asaph ; leaving then behind him a Son named William , and a daughter named Anne ( the then Wife of Tho. Mostyn Gent. ) begotten on the body of his Wife Lucia daughter of Rob. Knowesley of Denbighshire . By his last Will h and Test . dated 16. Oct. 1597. and proved 9. Nov. 1600. he left lands and revenues for the founding a free school in the Cath. Ch. of S. Asaph . He the said Dr. Hughes was succeeded in St. Asaph by Dr. Will. Morgan author of the first translation of all the Bible ( since printing was used ) into the ancient and unmixed language of the Britains . The translation he dedicated , with a latin epistle prefix'd , to Q. Eliz. and was printed in 1588. For which work he was rewarded with the Bishoprick of Landaff first , and afterwards with that of S. Asaph . JOHN CHARDON or Charldon sometimes fellow of Exeter coll . was consecrated B. of Downe and Connor in Ireland , year 1601 an . 1596. and died in sixteen hundred and one ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See of Downe and Connor succeeded one Rob. Humpston Master of Arts , but whether of this University I cannot tell . HERBERT WESTPHALING sometimes a Student of Ch. Ch. was consecrated B. of Hereford , in 1585. and departed this mortal life in the latter end of sixteen hundred and one ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See succeeded Dr. Rob. Bennet sometimes of Trin. coll . in Cambridge , Son of Leonard Bennet of Baldock in Hertfordshire , who was consecrated thereunto 20. Feb. 1602-03 . By his last i Will dated 3. Mar. 14. Jac. 1. he bequeathed his body to be buried in the Cath. Ch. of Hereford , and moneys for the erection of a Tomb of white Alabaster , with the picture of a man lying in a white Sheet upon an Altar of other stone , to be compassed about with strong Iron bars , after the example of other Tombs in the Church . Which monument was to be erected ( as he saith ) in the Church of the Quire , behind the seat of his Wife , and to be of the value of an hundred Marks , with this inscription thereon — Robertus Bennet S. Theol. Professor fidelis christi Minister , qui obiit… die… .. an . 16… . He also gave 20 l. to the library of Trin. coll . in Cambridge , and 20 l. towards the building of the New Schools in Oxon. See more of him in the Fasti following , under the year 1572. STEPHEN KEROVAN was born at Galloway in Ireland , studied several years in this University , but whether he took a degree I know not . Afterwards advancing his studies in the University of Paris , returned to his native Country , and became Archdeacon of Enaghdune in the county of Galloway , and at length Bishop ( by Q. Eliz. command ) of Kilmacogh , in 1573. Where sitting some years , was translated thence to Clonfert 1582. and after a successful enjoyment of that See for about 20 years , gave way to fate about sixteen k hundred and two . year 1602 In both the said Sees succeeded Rowland Linch Archd. of Clonfert , whose Sirname occurring often in our writings , I have just reason to suppose that he had received some Academical education among us . DANIEL NEYLAN or Neyland an Irish man 〈◊〉 , spent also some time here among his Countrymen , but whether he took a degree it appears not . Afterwards retiring to his native Country , he became Rector of Iniscarty in the diocess of Killaloe , and much in esteem in those parts for his piety and learning . At length obtaining the Bishoprick of Kildare , was consecrated thereunto by l Adam Archb. of Dublin ( and his assistants ) in the month of Nov. 1583. where sitting more than 19. years , yielded to nature at Disert 18. May in sixteen hundred and three . year 1603 In the said See succeeded William Pilsworth of Magdalen coll . of whom I shall make large mention among these Bishops under the year 1635. EUGENIUS O-CONNER commonly called Conner another Irish man and contemporary with Neylan , became , after he had left Oxon , Dean of Achonry in his own Country , and at length by the favour of Q. Eliz. was promoted to the Episcopal See of Killala , in 1591. where after he had sate about 16. years . surrendred up his last breath to him that first gave it , year 1606 in sixteen hundred and six or thereabouts . After his death one Miler Magragh Archb. of Cashills , did keep the See of Killala in m Commendam with his Archbishoprick . WILLIAM OVERTON sometimes fellow of Magdalen coll . was consecrated B. of Lichfield and Coventry in the beginning of the year 1579. ( where he shewed himself sufficiently severe to suppress such , whom he suspected of Nonconformity ) and died in sixteen hundred and nine , under which year you may see more of him year 1609 among the writers . He was succeeded in the said See by George Abbot , of whom I have spoken at large among the said writers . MARTIN HETON Son of George Heton Esq by Joane his Wife , daughter of Sir Martin Bowes Knight , was born in London , but descended from an ancient family of his name living in Lancashire . His father was master of the Inn or House belonging to the English Merchants at Antwerp ; and being a person of great Hospitality , caused his house there to be free and open for such that fled from England for religion sake in the time of Q. Mary . At his return into England , he became Chamberlain of London , sent this his Son to Westminster school , where profiting exceedingly in good letters , was thence sent to Oxon , and in 1571. was , with Rich. Eedes , made Student of Ch. Ch. where in short time he became a most acute disputant . In 1578. he proceeded in Arts , and in 1582. he was made one of the Canons of his house . In 1588. he was nominated and installed Vicechancellour of the University of Oxon , and in the latter end of 1589. he succeeded Dr. Laur. Humphrie in the Deanery of Winchester , being then but 36. years of age . At length after the See of Ely had laid void 20. years , and a large portion of it taken thence by the Queen , as it was generally spoken , he was in a sort compelled to take it . Whereupon being consecrated at Lambeth , on the third a of Feb. 1599. sate there ten years , and as Cambridge men ( who had no great affection for him , because not bred among them ) report , did impoverish b the said See by sealing many good deeds of it , and till they were cancelled , it would never be so good as it should be . He was a noted Preacher while he continued in the University , and a subtile Disputant in Theology , in his elder , as he was in his younger , years in Philosophy : And while B. he was esteemed inferior to few of his rank for learning and other good parts belonging to a Prelate . He took his last farewel of this world on the 14. of July in sixteen hundred and nine , year 1609 aged 57 years , and was buried in the choire or presbytery of the Cath. Ch. of Ely. Soon after was a fair and large monument built over his grave , joyning to the south wall of the said Presbytery , with his Sta●●a thereon lying on the back , with the hands erected in a praying posture . On the said monument was engraven an inscription in prose , to shew his descent , preferments , and time of his death ; also a copy of long and short verses , in number 12. composed by Dr. Will. Gager his Chancellour , and another of 14. composed by his Nephew George Heton Bach. of div . of Cambridge . All which being too long and large to be here inserted , I shall therefore for brevity sake pass them by . THOMAS RAVIS received his first breath at Maulaon alias Meandon in Surrey , his juvenile education in the quality of a Kings Scholar in the college school at Westminster , and his Academical education in Ch. Ch. of which he was made a Student in 1575. After he had taken the degrees in Arts he entred into holy orders , and preached in and near Oxon for some time with great liking . In 1589. he was admitted to the reading of the sentences , in 1592. he was made Canon of the seventh stall in the Ch. of Westm . in the room of Dr. Joh. Still , promoted to the See of B. and Wells , an . 1592. and in 1594. he was made Dean of his house . In the year following he took the degree of Doct. of div . and after he had compleated it by standing in the Act , took the office of Vicechancellour on him for two years together . In 1604. he was for his eminent learning , gravity , and approved prudence , prefer'd by K. Jam. 1. to the See of Glocester , and on the 19. of March the same year was c consecrated thereunto . The diocess of which place being then pretty well stock'd with such people that could scant brook the name of a Bishop , yet , by his Episcopal way of living among them , he obtained their love , and were content to give him a good report . In 1607. June 2. he was d translated to London , where sitting but for a short time , paid his last debt to nature ( to the great reluctancy of all good men , especially such who knew the piety of the Bishop , and how he had for many years with much vigilancy served his Church , King , and Country ) on the fourteenth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred and nine . year 1609 Whereupon his body was buried in the upper end of the north Isle joyning to S. Pauls Cath. Ch. and soon after had put over it a monument , with an inscription thereon ; a copy of which being already printed at least e twice , I shall now omit it , and pass to the next . In his Prebendship of Westminster succeeded Hugh Goodman M. A. and Student of Ch. Ch. installed therein 10. May 1607. in his Deanery Dr. Joh. King , and in his Bishoprick Dr. Geo. Abbot . JOHN LINCH Son of James Linch was born at Galloway in Ireland , and educated in New Inn , as it seems , with Will. Laly his Countryman , ( afterwards Archb. of Tuam ) took the degree of Bach. of Decrees in Apr. 1555. and soon after going into his own Country , had several beneces bestowed on him . At length by the favour of Q. Eliz. he was promoted to the Bishoprick of Elphine an . 1584 ; which place he keeping about 27. years , resigned f it 19. Aug. 1611. and dying soon after , was buried in the Ch. of S. Nicholas in Galloway . In the said See succeeded one Edw. King a Huntingdonshire man born , Doct. of div . of the University of Dublin , who was consecrated thereunto in Dec. 1611. See another Joh. Linch in the Fasti , 1618. among the Incorporations . GILES TOMSON a Londoner born , was entred an Exhibitioner of Vniversity coll . in 1571. took the degrees in Arts , and in 1580. was elected fellow of Allsouls coll . In 1586. he was one of the Proctors of the University , and about that time Divinity reader of Magd. coll . When he was a Junior , he gave * a great hope and good presage of his future excellency , having a rare gift ex tempore in all his School Exercises , and such a happy wit to make use of all occurrences to his purpose , as if he had not taken the occasions , as they fell out by accident , but rather bespoken such pretty accidents to fall out to give him the occasions . Afterwards he was chaplain to the Qu. Residentiary of Hereford , Rector of Pembridge in Herefordshire , was installed Dean of Windsore , 2. March 1602. being then Doct. of div . Scribe or Registrary of the most noble Order of the Garter , and a most eminent Preacher . At length being nominated and elected B. of Glocester , had restitution of the temporalities belonging to it , made to him g on 27. June 1611. and was in the next month consecrated thereunto , with liberty then allowed to him to keep his Deanery in Commendam for one year and no longer . He departed this mortal life , to the great grief of all that knew the piety and learning of the man ( after he had taken a great deal of pains , at the command of K. Jam. 1. in translating the four Gospels , Acts of the Apostles and Apocalyps ) on the 14. June in sixteen hundred and twelve . year 1612 Whereupon his body was buried in Brays chappel on the south side of that of S. George at Windsore , and had soon after a monument put over him , with his Bust to the middle , and this inscription under it . Individua Trinitati per omnia saecula , sit gloria per quam sui , sum , ero . Hic situs est Aegidius Tomson hujus Capcllae quondam Decanus , cujus mens sincera , lingua docta , manus munda fuit . Londini natus , educatus Oxoniae in collegio Omnium Animarum . Bonorum , Indigentium , Eruditorum amantissimus semper vixit , cujus corpus quamvis mortalitas terrae subjecit , illius tamen animam pietas caelis inseruit . Hunc virum moribus gravem , prudentia insignem , pietate summum , haec Regia Capella per annos decem Decanum habuit . Inde a serenissimo Rege Jacobo in Episcopatum Glouc. Commendatum , mors intempestiva ( anno decurso ) praesulem rapuit . Obiit 14. Junii An. Dom. 1612. aetat . 59. RICHARD DEANE Son of Gilb. Deane of Saltonstall in Yorkshire ( by Elizabeth his Wife daughter of Edm. Jennings of Syelsden in Craven ) was born at Saltonstall , and after he had been educated in Grammaticals in his own Country , became a Student in Merton coll . 1587. aged 17. years : where continuing about 5. years , in the quality , as it seems , of a Portionist , retired to S. Albans hall , and , as a member of that house , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , in Octob. 1592. and that of Master three years after ; which was the highest degree he took in this University . Afterwards he taught school at Caermerthen in Wales , ( as a note that came thence , which I have seen , reports , tho I hardly believe it ) was made Dean of Kilkenny in Ireland , and at length Bishop of Ossory there , about the latter end of the year 1609. He yielded up his last breath on the 20. of Feb. in h sixteen hundred and twelve , and was buried near to the Bishops chair in the Church at Kilkenny . year 1612 In the said See of Ossory succeeded Jonas Wheeler another Oxford Student , whom I shall at large mention among these Bishops , under the year 1640. HENRY USHER a Dublin man born , was educated in the University of Cambridge till he was Bach of Arts , and some time after . In the beginning of the year 1572. he went to Oxon , setled in Vniversity coll . was incorporated in the same degree in the beginning of July the same year , and in few days after was licensed to proceed in Arts. Which degree being compleated by standing in the Act , he made some continuance here , studied the Theological faculty , and laid a sure foundation therein by the helps of divers noted men , then in the University ; among whom Dr. Humphrey and Dr. Holland were two . Afterwards he retired to his native Country , became Archdeacon of Dublin , and at length Archb. of Armagh , and so consequently Primate of all Ireland . To which See being consecrated in Aug. 1595. sate there till the time of his death in great honour and repute , among all Protestants in that country . He died at Termon-Fechan on the a second day of April in sixteen hundred and thirteen , year 1613 and was buried in S. Peters Church at Drogheda , commonly called Tredagh . In the See of Armagh succeeded Dr. Christopher Hampton , and him Dr. James Vsher nephew to Henry before mention'd , whom I shall mention in the Fasti under the year 1626. HENRY COTTON a younger Son of Sir Ric. Cotton Kt. one of the Privy Council to K. Ed. 6. was born in Hampshire , educated in the Free school at Guildford , became a commoner of Magd. coll . in 1566. or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1571 , holy Orders , and about that time a Wife ; by whom afterwards he had b nineteen children . In 1586. he being then Prebendary of Winchester and well beneficed , supplicated to be admitted to the reading of the sentences , but whether he was really admitted , it appears not . On the 12. of Nov. 1598. he was c consecrated B. of Salisbury , and in the year following was actually created Doct. of div . by certain Doctors deputed for that purpose , who went to him , then ( I think ) at Salisbury . He was Godson to Q. Eliz. while she was Lady Eliz. who , as 't is d reported , usually said that she had blest many of her Godsons , but now this Godson should bless her . He gave way to fate on the seventh day of May in sixteen hundred and fifteen , year 1625 and was buried in the Cath. Church of Salisbury , near to the body of his sometimes Wife . In the said See succeeded Dr. Rob. Abbot , whom I have mention'd before among the writers , under the year 1617. THOMAS BILSON sometimes fellow of New coll . was consecrated B. of Worcester in 1596. translated thence to Winchester in the year following , and concluded his last day in sixteen hundred and sixteen ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In Worcester succeeded Gervase Babington of Cambridge , of whom I have made mention in Will. Bradbridge among these Bishops , an . 1578. and in Winchester succeeded Dr. James Mountague sixth Son of Sir Edw. Mountague of Boughton in Northamptonshire Kt. who was translated thereunto from Bathe and Wells , 4. Octob. 1616. This worthy person died on the twentieth e day of July 1618. aged 50. and was buried 20. Aug. following , on the north side of the body of the Church dedicated to S. Peter and S. Paul within the City of Bathe . Over his grave was soon after a high Altar-monument erected between two Pillars of the said Church , with the proportion of the defunct painted to the life lying thereon , by his brethren Sir Edw. Mountague of Boughton , Sir Hen. Mountague Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench , Sir Charles Mountague his Executor , and Sir Sidney Mountague Master of the Requests , Kts. All which were lineally descended from the Earls of Salisbury . The said Dr. Jam. Mountague was educated in the University of Cambridge , was Master of Sydney coll . and there noted for his piety , vertue , and learning . Afterwards he was made Dean of the Royal Chappel , then B. of Rathe , afterwards of Winchester , ( as t is before told you ) and for his faithfulness , dexterity and prudence , in weighty affairs the King chose him to be one of his Privy Council . By his last Will and Testament , he made choice of the said antient Church for the place of his Sepulture : which , among many other monuments of piety , he repaired to his great charge . When K. James came first to the Crown he was made Dean of his Chappel , as before 't is told you ; which place he held not only when he was B. of Bathe and Wells , but of Winchester also : And being a great stickler in the quarrels at Cambridge , and a great Master in the Art of insinuation , had cunningly ( as one f observes ) fashioned K. James unto certain Calvinian opinions ; to which the Kings education in the Kirk of Scotland had before inclined him . So that it was no very hard matter for him ( having an Archb. also of his own perswasion ) to make use of the Kings authority for recommending the nine Articles to the Church of Ireland , which he found would not be admitted in the Church of England . HENRY ROWLANDS was born in the Parish of Mellteyrn in LLyn in Caernarvanshire , educated in the School at Penllech , was admitted a Student in the University about 1569. took the degrees in Arts as a member of New coll . that of Master being compleated in 1577. and soon after became Rector of La●●ton near Bister alias Burchester in Oxfordshire . In 1598. Nov. 12. he was consecrated a B. of Bangor , being then Bach. of div . and in 1605. he was actually created Doct. of that faculty . He bestowed on his Cath. Ch. four bells , instead of those that were fold away by Arthur Bulkley his predecessor , and in 1609. he b gave lands to Jesus coll . for the maintenance of two scholars or fellows there . At length after he had bestowed much money on pious uses , had spent all his time in celebacy , and had govern'd his church and diocess with great commendations , year 1616 surrendred up his pious soul to God 30. c June , in sixteen hundred and sixteen , and was buried in the Choire of the Cath. Ch. at Bangor , among the sepulchres of the Bishops . By his last Will d and Test , he bequeathed moneys for the erection of a School at Mellteyrn , or Bottunog , where he was born and christned . In the See of Bangor succeeded Lewes Bayly , whom I have mention'd at large among the writers , under the year 1632. HENRY ROBINSON was born within the City of Carlile in Cumberland , became a poor serving child of Queens coll . about the year 1568. afterwards Tabarder , and at length Fellow , being then esteemed an excellent Disputant and Preacher . In 1581. he was unanimously elected Provost of his college : which office he enjoying about 18. years , restored it in that time , and made it flourish , after it had continued many years but in a mean condition , occasion'd by the negligence of former Governours . In 1590. he proceeded in div . and in 98. being nominated and elected to the See of Carlile , was consecrated thereunto by John B. of Lond. Joh. B. of Roch. and Anthony B. of Chich. on the 23. of July in the same year . He was a person of great gravity and temperance , and very mild in his speech , yet , as one e observeth , not of so strong a constitution of body as his countenance did promise . He paid his last debt to nature on the 13. of the Cal. of July in sixteen hundred year 1616 and sixteen , aged 63. years or more , and was buried on the north side of the high Altar in the Cath. Ch. of Carlile . Soon after was a brassplate set up on the wall over his grave , by the care and charge of Bernard Robinson his brother and heir , with an inscription and verses thereon , running almost word for word , or at least in sense , with that inscription on a brass plate also , fastned to the south wall near to the Altar in Qu. coll . chappel in Oxon , a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 124. a. b. In which book p. 116. b. you may also see something of his benefaction to the said coll . In the See of Carlile succeeded one Dr. Rob. Snoden or Snowden of Cambridge , ( Prebendary of Southwell ) third Son of Ralph Snoden of Mansfeild Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire ; the temporalities of which See were given to f him 20. Dec. 1616. He died at London while the Parliament was sitting in the latter end of May 1621. leaving behind him a Son named Rutland Snoden of Horncastle in Lincolnshire , ( who was afterwards a Justice of the Peace ) begotten on the body of his Wife Abigal , daugh . of Rob. Orme of Elston in Nottinghamshire . After him followed in the said See of Carlile Ric. Milbourne B. of S. David , descended from those of his name in Pembrokeshire , but born in London , ( his mother being occasionally there at the delivery of him , ) educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams school near Winchester , and from thence was sent to Qu. coll . in Camb. where he continued several years . Afterwards he became Minister of Sevenoke in Kent , Chapl. to P. Hen. Chantor of S. Davids cath . ch . and Dean of Rochester , as I shall elsewhere tell you . At length he being made B. of S. David , was , after he had sate there about 6. years , translated to Carlile , where he continued till 1624. In which year dying , he left monies , as 't is said , for the endowing of a School , and monies for the building of an Hospital . He hath a Serm. in print concerning the imposition of hands , preached , while he was Minister of Sevenoke , at the Archb. Metropolical Visitation , 7. Sept. 1607. on 1 Tim. 5. 22. printed in oct . To him succeeded in the said See of Carlile Rich. Senhouse Dean of Glocester , who was first admitted a Student in Trin. coll . in Camb. and afterwards was removed to that of S. Johns , of which he was made Fellow , and continuing there many years , took the degree of D. of div . as a Member thereof , about 1622. He was first chaplain , as 't is said , in the Earl of Bedfords family , afterwards chaplain to Pr. Charles , and at length to K. Jam. 1. who advanced him to a Deanery and afterwards to the said See of Carlile , for his transcendent parts and admirable gifts in Preaching . He hath extant Four Sermons preached at Court , and left behind him at his death Lectures on the first and second Psalms ; which are not , as I conceive , made yet publick . HENRY PARRY , or ap Harry , sometimes Fellow of Corp. Ch. coll . was consecrated B. of Gloucester 12. Jul. 1607. translated thence to Worcester in the latter end of Sept. 1610. the temporalities of which See were u restored to him 23. Oct. the same year . He yielded to nature in sixteen hundred and sixteen ; year 1616 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . He was succeeded in Gloucester by Dr. Giles Tomson , and in Worcester by Dr. Joh. Thornborough . Of the first I have made mention already among the Bishops , and of the other I shall speak in the second volume of this work , under the year 1641. WILLIAM JAMES , sometimes a Student of Ch. Ch. became Bishop of Durham in 1606. and died in sixteen hundred and seventeen ; year 1617 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . After his death Rich. Neile Bishop of Lincoln was translated to Durham , and thence to Winchester , as I shall elsewhere tell you . WILLIAM LYON , a Cheshire man born , was partly educated in this University , but whether in Oriel or S. Johns coll . where several of his sirname and time have studied , I cannot tell . Afterwards he went into Ireland , became Vicar of Naas and Chaplain to Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton L. Lievtenant of that Country , who promoting him to the Episcopal See of Ross , was consecrated thereunto w in the year 1582. and the year following was constituted commendatory of Cork and Cloyne by the favour of Qu. Eliz. He bestowed a thousand pound in building the Bishops house at Cork , and other monies in repairing the Bishops house at Ross , which three years after was burnt by the Rebel O-Donow . This W. Lyon died in a good old age on the 4. Oct. year 1617 in sixteen hundred and seventeen , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Cork , leaving then behind him a Son of both his names , who in the 17 year of his age , 1610. became a Com. or else Gent. Com. of S. Johns coll . in this Univ. In the said Sees of Ross , Cork , and Cloyne , succeeded Dr. Joh. Boyle , whom I shall anon mention . ROBERT ABBOT , Master of Balliol college , was consecrated B. of Salisbury on the third of Decemb. 1615. to the great joy of all Scholars , especially such who knew the learning and piety of the man. He concluded his last day in the latter end of sixteen hundred and seventeen ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See of Salisbury succeeded Dr. Martin Fotherby Son of Maurice Fotherby , of the ancient and gentile Family of his name living at Grimsby in Lincolnshire ; which Martin having been bred Fellow of Trin. coll . in Cambridge , was , after he had been Prebendary of Canterbury 22 years , consecrated at Lambeth on the 18. Apr. 1618. He surrendred up his last breath on the eleventh day of March , an . 1619. and was buried in Allsaints Church in Lombardstreet within the City of London . Soon after was a very fair monument erected over his grave , with a large inscription thereon , but destroyed by the great Fire that hapned in London in the beginning of Sept. 1666. He hath extant at least 4 Sermons ; besides his Atheomastix , which being put into the press before his death , was not published till 1622. fol. After him succeeded in the said See Dr. Robert Tounson , or Tonson , Dean of Westminster , sometimes Fellow of Queens coll . in Cambridge , who was consecrated thereunto on the 9. July 1620. See more in the Fasti , among the incorporations under the year 1599. JOHN BOYLE , a Kentish man born , and brother to Rich. Boyle the first Earl of Cork in Ireland , received some education with us , but whether D. of div . of this Univ. as one a reports , it appears not in the publick Registers . He was consecrated B. of Cork before-mentioned in 1618. at which time liberty was allowed him to keep the See of Ross in Commendam . He died in sixteen hundred and twenty , year 1620 and was buried at Youghall , of which place his brother before-mentioned was Baron . In the said See of Cork and Ross succeeded Rich. Boyle Dean of Waterford , and Archd. of Limerick , brother to Michael Boyle B. of Waterford and Lismore , which Richard kept the See also of Cloyne in Commendam with the two former . JOHN KING , sometimes a Student of Ch. Ch. afterwards Dean of that house , was consecrated Bishop of London in 1611. and died in sixteen hundred twenty and one ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . To him succeeded Dr. George Mountaigne Bishop Almoner , sometimes Dean of Westminster , who was translated from Loncoln to London 20. July 1621. ROWLAND SEARCHFIELD , a Londoner born , was educated in Grammar learning in Merchant-Taylors School , admitted Scholar of S. Johns coll . in 1582. aged 17 years , or thereabouts : Afterwards he was made Fellow of that house , Proctor of the University , Doct. of div . and successively Vicar of Emley in Northamptonshire , Rector of Bowthorp in Gloucestershire , Vicar of Cherlbury in , and Justice of the Peace of , Oxfordshire . He was consecrated B. of Bristow 9. May 1619. upon the translation of Dr. Nich. Felton to Ely : which was made 14. March 1618. The said Dr. Searchfield died on the eleventh of Oct. in sixteen hundred year 1622 twenty and two , and was buried near to the Communion Table at the upper end of the Choire of the Cath. Ch. of Bristow , leaving then one Son or more behind him , begotten on the body of his Wife , Mrs. Anne Huchenson of Rewley near Oxon. Over his grave was a stone soon after laid , with an epitaph thereon , but removed thence by Dr. Rich. Thompson Dean of that Church when he raised the Communion Table . In the said See of Bristow succeeded Dr. Rob. Wright , tho one Kevercher ( as he is called ) tug'd hard for it . RICHARD PARRY , Son and Heir of Joh. Parry , was born at Ruthyn in Denbighshire , educated in Westminster School under Camden for some time , elected Student of Ch. Ch. in 1579. aged 19 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became School-master , as 't is said , of Ruthyn before-mentioned . In 1598. he proceeded D. of div . and whether he was before that time Dean of Bangor , I cannot tell . Sure it is , that that dignity was enjoyed by one Rowland Thomas , who died in 1588. Afterwards when K. Jam. 1. who had an especial respect for his learning , came to the English Crown , he soon after promoted him to the See of S. Asaph . To which being consecrated b on the 30. Dec. 1604. he received c the temporalities belonging thereunto on the 5. of Jan. following . He ended his days at Diesert commonly called Dyssart in Flintshire on the 26. of Sept. in sixteen hundred twenty and three , year 1623 and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of S. Asoph . The year before he died he left a pension of 6 l. per an . to Jesus coll . for the maintenance of a poor Scholar born in the Town of Ruthyn , or in the diocess of S. Asaph , to be paid by his Son Richard and his Heirs for ever . See more in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 317. a. He assisted Dr. Will. Morgan B. of Landaff in the translating the Bible into Welsh , and after his death had a Lat. Sermon ad clerum , on Rev. 3. ver . 4. printed under his name , 1628. in oct . WILLIAM BISHOP , sometimes a Member of Gloucester hall , as it seems , became Bishop of Chalcedon ( titular only ) about 1622. and died in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred twenty and four ; year 1624 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See he was succeeded by Dr. Richard Smith another Oxford man by education , but the year when I cannot tell . Of this Rich. Smith I shall make large mention elsewhere MILES SMITH . sometimes a Member of Bras●●se coll . afterwards Petty-Canon of Ch. Ch. was consecrated B. of Glocester in 1612. and died in sixteen hundred twenty and four ; under which year you may see more of him year 1624 among the writers . In the said See of Glocester succeeded Godfrey Goodman , born at Ruthyn in Denbighshire in the first Gregorian year , an . Dom. 1582 . -1583 . 〈◊〉 . 28-Mar . 10. between the hours of one and two in the morning , being the Son of Godfr . Goodman Gent. ( Nephew to Dr. Gabr. Goodman ) by Jane Cruxton his Wife , made Chorister , and after Scholar , of Westminster under Camden , an . 1592. Scholar of Trin. coll . in Cambridge in 1600. Parson of Stapleford-Abbats in Essex , 1607. Canon of Windsore , 1617. installed Dean of Rochester in the place of Dr. Rob. Scot deceased , 6. Jan. 1620. and at length was made B. of Glout . in 1625. with leave to hold his Canonry of Windsore , and the Rectory of West-Ildesley in Berks , in Commendam : About which time maintaining several heterodox opinions in his Sermons at Court , he was check'd for so doing in 1626. In 1640. he dissented from the Canons , for which , after three admonitions pronounced by Archb. Laud in little more than half an hour , to subscribe , he was to his great honour ( as 't was esteemed by some . ) imprison'd , and thereupon accounted a Papist . In certain writings which sometimes belonged to Archbishop Laud I find these matters relating to Goodman . — The Synod was dissolved 29. May 1640. wherein were 17 Canons subscribed by the Bishops , Deans , Archdeacons , and Doctors , to the number of 100. or 120. — The last business insisted on was of the deprivation of Dr. Goodman Bishop of Glocester for refusing to subscribe to the said Canons , which had been done by all the Bishops except him of Gloc. and all the lower house of Convocation . — With much perswasions he was drawn to subscribe , notwithstanding after his subscribing , for his obstinate refusal at first , and the scandal of it , he was by both houses with a general consent suspended ab officio & beneficio , till he had given the King and Church satisfaction . The Archbishop , upon his refusal to subscribe , told him , that he must be either a Papist , or Socinian , or Puritan ; which he utterly denied , and said it was a matter of another nature , &c. Afterwards the Archbishop made an exhortation to the Clergy , wherein he exhorted them to carry themselves well both in life and doctrine : And professed that all his sufferings were for supporting them ; and this he spake with a great deal of passion . He protested before God that the King was far from Popery , that there was no man in England more ready to be a Martyr for Religion than his Majesty . Bishop Goodman who was first committed to a Pursevant , and afterwards to the Gate-house , wrote a letter to Archb. Laud and told him he dissented from the Canons , and entred an Act in the 19. Session to that purpose , &c. In 1643. he the said Goodman was plunder'd , spoyl'd , rob'd , and utterly undone . His losses were so extraordinary and excessive great , that he was ashamed to confess them , lest they might seem incredible , and lest others might condemn him of folly and improvidence . About that time he lived obscurely in S. Margarets Parish within the City of Westminster in the house of one Mrs. Sibilla Eglionby , making frequent use of the Cottonian Library , and the company of certain R. Priests ; whose perswasion he having taken up for several years before , died at length in their belief ( Fr. à S. Clara his old acquaintance being then with him ) on the nineteenth day of Jan. 1655. whereupon his body was buried near to the Font in S. Margarets Church ; leaving then behind him , the character of a harmless man , that he was hurtful to none but himself , that he was pitiful to the poor , and hospitable to his neighbours . In his last d Will and Testament dated 17. Jan. and proved 16. Feb. 1655. I find these matters . — I do profess that as I have lived , so I die most constant in all the Articles of our Christian Faith , and in all the doctrine of Gods holy Catholick and Apostolick Church , whereof I do acknowledge the Church of Rome to be the Mother Church . And I do verily believe that no other Church hath any salvation in it , but only so far as it concurs with the Faith of the Church of Rome . — My body to be buried in S. Marg. Ch. in Westminster near to the Font , in the meanest manner according to the deserts of my Sins , — Item , I give 20 s. for the painting , or otherwise , of the said Font. — It. I give my tenement in Yale , and the two tenements in Caernarvanshire , Cordmaur , and Tudne to the Town of Ruthyn in Denbighshire where I was born , &c. The rent of the tenement in Yale he bequeathed to several uses , and among the rest was 20 l. to be given to some Gentleman who should desire to travel , and that he , together with good security , should undertake within the compass of two years to live two months in Germany , two months in Italy , two months in France , and two months in Spain , and that his own kindred be chosen before others for that purpose , &c. The books that he designed for Chelsey college , he gave to Trin. coll . in Cambridge ; but with this condition , that if Chelsey coll . be ever restored , the books should be restored thereunto . He gave 16 l. to outed and sequestred Ministers of the Loyal Party , and a 100 l. to poor distressed Church-men ( Rom. Catholicks ) according to the discretion of his Executors Gabriel Goodman and Mrs. Sib. Eglionby . He desired also that his collection of notes be perused by some Scholar , and if any thing should be found worthy of printing , that they be published , &c. It must be now known that in hate and detestation of Socinianism , he did , in his younger years , examine all the mysteries in Religion , and all the miracles in Scripture , how far they agreed with natural reason , and wherein they transcended , and thereupon did publish a book intit . The fall of man , or the corruption of nature , proved by natural reason . Lond. 1616. and 1624. qu. And then he undertook to proceed in the rest of the Mysteries . Together with these he drew up an History from the beginning of the World to his time , and so he ended with the Church of England , as se●led by Laws , little regarding the opinion of particular men , but Statutes , Acts of State , Proclamations , Injunctions , &c. In which work he was much beholding to Sir Tho. Cottons Library . But these with the rest of his goods were lost , and whether they were ever recovered before his death , I know not . He hath also written , Arguments or animadversions and digressions on a book intit . An apology , or declaration of the power and providence of God in the government of the World , &c. written by Dr. George Hakewill . Which arguments and digressions are with Hakewills answere involved in the sixth book of the said Apology , printed at Oxon , the third time , 1635. fol. See more in G. Hakewill among the writers , an . 1649. Bishop Goodman also wrote , The Court of K. James by Sir A. W. reviewed . 'T is a MS. in a thin fol. in Bodl. Library , and hath this beginning , I cannot say that I was an eye and ear-witness , but truly I have been an observer of the times , and what I shall relate of my own knowledge , God knows is most true . My conjecturals I conceive , &c. The conclusion which is imperfect is this — Yet notwithstanding I have given him ( Sir A. W. ) the name of a Knight , because he hath pleased so to stile himself , and that I might not offend him . This manuscript book was made in answer to a published book intit . The court and character of King James . Lond. 1650. oct . written and taken by Sir A. W. Which book being accounted a most notorious Libel , especially by the Loyalists and Court-party , was also answered in print by Anonymus , intit . Anlicus Coquinariae : or a vindication in answer to a Pamphlet intituled , The Court and Character of K. James , &c. Lond. 1650. The author of the said Court and Character was one Sir Anth. Weldon of Kent , whose Parent took rise from Queen Elizabeths Kitchin , and left it a legacy for preferment of his Issue . Sir Anthony went the same way , and by grace of the Court got up to the Green-cloth ; in which place attending K. James into Scotland he practiced there to libel that Nation . Which , at his return home , was found wrapt up in a Record of that Board ; and by the hand being known to be his , he was deservedly removed from his place , as unworthy to eat his bread , whose birth-right he had so vilely defamed . Yet by favour of the King. with a piece of money in his purse , and a pension to boot , to preserve him loyal during his life , tho as a bad creditor , he took e this course to repay him to the purpose . In his life-time he discovered part of this piece to his Fellow-courtier , who earnestly disswaded him not to publish so defective and false a scandal ; which , as it seems , in Conscience he so declined . I have also been credibly informed that Sir A. Weldon did at the beginning of the Long Parliament communicate the MS. of it to the Lady Elizab. Sedley , ( Mother to Sir Will. and Sir Charles , ) accounted a very sober and prudent Woman ; who , after perusal , did lay the vileness of it so much to Sir Anthony's door , that he was resolved never to make it publick : Which perhaps is the reason why a certain author f should say , that with some regret of what he had maliciously written , did intend it for the fire and died repentant ; tho since stolen to the Press out of a Ladies closet : And if this be true , our exceptions may willingly fall upon the practice of the publisher of the said libel , who by his additions may abuse us with a false story , which he discovers to the Reader in five remarkable g passages , and therefore in some manner gives us occasion to spare our censure on Sir Anthony , who was dead some time before the said libel was published . The second edition of it printed at Lond. in oct . an . 1651. is dedicated to the said noble Lady Elizab. Sedley , and hath added to it , ( 1 ) The Court of K. Charles continued , unto the beginning of these unhappy times , &c. ( 2 ) Observations ( instead of a character ) upon this King , from his Childhood . ( 3 ) Certain Observations before Q. Elizabeths death . But these are not animadverted upon by Aulicus Coq . or B. Goodman , because they came out after they had written their respective answers . The said Bishop Goodman hath also written The two mysteries of Christian , religion , the ineffable Trinity and wonderful incarnation explicated , &c. Lond 1653. qu. Dedicated by one Epist . to Oliver Cromwell L. General , and by another to the Master , Fellows , Scholars and Students of Trin , coll . in Cambridge . Also An Account of his sufferings ; which is only a little pamphlet , printed 1650. BERNARD ADAMS was born in Middlesex in the diocess of London , admitted Scholar of Trinity coll . in 1583. aged 17 years ; fellow five years after , and when Master of Arts he went into Ireland ; where by the favour of the Lord Lieutenant he was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in Apr. 1604. In the year 1606. he , by a dispensation kept the See of Kilfenore with it , to the year 1617. at which time he voluntarily resign'd it . He bestowed much money in repairing the Church of Limerick , and in the adorning it with Organs and several Ornaments , as also in repairing the house belonging to his See , besides other moneys for pious use . He died a on the 22. of March in sixteen hundred twenty and five , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Limerick , where was a monument soon after erected to his memory . In the said See succeeded Francis Gough commonly called Goffe , whom I shall anon at large mention . ARTHUR LAKE sometimes Fellow of New coll . was consecrated B. of Bathe and Wells , in the month of Dec. 1616. and concluded his last day in sixteen hundred twenty and six ; year 1626 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See succeeded Dr. Will Laud , of whom I shall make mention at large among the writers in the second volume of this work . TOBIE MATHEW Son of John Mathew , a native of Roos in Herefordshire , by his Wife Elianor Croston of Ludlow , was born in the city of Bristow , in that part of it which is in Somersetshire , educated in Grammar learning in the City of Wells , became a Student in this University in the beginning of the year 1559. aged 13. years , but in what house , unless in Vniv. coll . ( the antient members of which have claim'd him as theirs ) I know not . Sure it is , that being a Student of Ch. Ch. soon after his first coming , he did , as a member of that house , take the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1563. and three years after , that of master , and holy orders ; at which time he was much respected for his great learning , eloquence , sweet conversation , friendly disposition , and for the sharpness of his wit. In 1569. he was unanimously elected the publick Orator of the University , which office he executed with great applause , and with no little honour to the University . In 1570. he was made Canon of Ch. Ch. and on the 28. Nov. the same year , he was admitted Archdeacon of Bathe . In 1572. May 15. he became Prebendary of Teynton Regis with Yalmeton in the Church of Salisbury , and in July the same year , he was elected President of S. Johns coll . At which time being much famed for his admirable way of Preaching , he was made one of the Queens chaplains in Ordinary , and soon after proceeding in Divinity , was made Dean of Ch. Ch. 1576. So that then his name sounding high among scholars , he deservedly obtain'd the name of Theologus praestantissimus , for so he is stiled by the learned Camden , who adds b that in him doctrina cum pietate , & ars cum natura certant . Eam . Campian ▪ the Jesuit in his book of Ten Reasons , ( which the R. Catholicks count an Epitomy of all their doctrine ) labouring to prove that the Fathers were all Papists , and to give the uttermost he could to his assertion saith that Thoby Mathew confest to him so much — 〈◊〉 saith he , &c. We did once in a familiar sort sound Th. Mathews opinion , he that now domineers in your Pulpits , whom for his good learning and seeds o● vertue , we esteemed , &c. Which character coming from a Jesuits pen , makes it the truer because he was in some manner his Adversary . In 1579. he did undergo the office of Vicechancellour of this University ▪ and in 1583. he was not only made Chantor of the Church of 〈◊〉 on the resignation of George Carew , in the month of June , but also Dean of Durham , void by the decease of Dr. 〈…〉 . In which dignity being installed 31. Aug. he g●ve up his Chantorship in Febr. following , wherein he was succeeded by Dr. Will. Zouch , and in the beginning of the year following his Deanery of Ch. Ch. In 1595. he was to the great joy of many , especially those of the Clergy , made Bishop of Durham , upon the translation of Dr. Math. Hutton to York ; ( which was made 24. of March 1594. ) to which See being consecrated soon after , sate there till August an . 1606. and then being translated on the 18. of the said month , and installed on the 11. of Sept. following in the person of his Proctor , sate there in great honour and repute till the time of his death . He gave way to sate in a good old age , on the 29. of March in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , year 1628 and was buried in a chappel behind or beyond the east end of the choire of the Cath. Ch. of York . Soon after was a noble monument of black and white marble set up under the great east window of that chappel , with his Effigies in his Archiepiscopal robes , and an inscription thereon : A copy of which containing his just character , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 255. b. 256. a. He hath extant a latin Serm. intit . Concio Apologetica contra Edm. Campianum , in Deut 32. 7. Oxon. 1638. oct . As also a letter to K. Jam , 1. which is printed in the Cabala . I have been informed that he had several things lying by him worthy of the Press , but what became of them after his death , I know not , nor any thing to the contrary but that they came into the hands of his Son Sir Tobie . In the said See of York succeeded Dr. George Mountaigne of Queens coll . in Cambridge , sometimes a Lecturer in Gresham coll . afterwards Master of the Savoy , Dean of Westminster in the place of Dr. Neile promoted to the See of Lichf . and Cov. ( in which dignity he was install'd in Dec. 1610. ) Bishop of Lincolne , ( to which he was consecrated 14. Dec. 1617. ) and then of London , being translated to that place 20. July 1621. In the latter end of 1627. he was translated to Durham ; whence , after he had sate three months , he was translated to York , in the place of Mathew ; ( as I have before told you ) to which See being elected 16. June , was inthronized therein 24. Oct. 1628. But he expiring soon after in the year of his age 59. six months , and two days , was buried in the chancel belonging to the Church of Cawood in Yorksh . ( in which parish he was born ) and had soon after a comely monument set up to his memory , at the charge of Isaac his brother ( Curator of his last Will and Test . ) in the north wall of the said chancel , containing his bust in his lawn sleeves , with a large inscription under it : All which , especially the verses , were made by Hugh Holland the Poet. After him succeeded in the said See Dr. Sam. Harsnet Bishop of Norwych , sometimes Master of Pembr . hall in Cambridge , who being elected thereunto on the 26. of Novemb. 1628 , was inthronized 23. April following . He died on the 12. of March 1630. ( being then Privy Counsellour to his Majesty ) at Moreton in Marsh in Glocestershire , in his return from Bathe to his Mannour of Southwell in Nottinghamshire . Whereupon his body was carried to Chigwell in Essex , and was buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church there . Over his Grave was soon after a Monument of black Marble set up , with the Effegies of the Defunct engraven on a brass plate fastned thereunto . Among the several books that this Doctor Harsnet hath published are ( 1 ) A discovery of the fraudulent practices of John Darrel Minister ; written in answer to a book intit . A true narration of the strange and grevious vexation by the devil of Seven persons in Lancashire and Will Sommers of Nottingham : printed 1600. qu. Wherupon Darrell came out with a reply intit . A detection of that sinful , shameful , lying , and ridicul●us discourse , intit . A discovery &c. printed 1600. qu. ( 2 ) A Declaration of egregi●us P●pish impostures , to withdraw the hearts of her Majesties Subjects from their allegiance , &c. practiced by Edmunds alias West●n a Jesuit ▪ &c ▪ Lond. 1603 qu. besides one , or more Sermons , and four or more MSS. fit for the Press , of which one is , De Necessitate Baptismi , &c. This Learned and Judicious Prelate , was born , as 't is said , in the Parish of St. 〈◊〉 in the antient borough of 〈◊〉 in Essex , educated in Pemb. hall , where he was first Schol●r and afterwards Fellow . When he was some years 〈◊〉 Master , he was chosen Proctor ; which 〈◊〉 he went through with great credit to himself . Afterwards he become Vicar of Chigwell in Essex , Archdeacon of 〈◊〉 , Chaplain to Archb. Bancroft , Prebendary of St. Pauls Cathedral . Master of Pemb. hall in , and twice Vicechancellour of the University of Cambridge ▪ From whence he had an easie Progress to the see of Chichester , and afterwards to 〈◊〉 After his death 〈…〉 being elected to the See of 〈◊〉 28. Feb. 1631. was translated thereunto , and on the 16 ▪ o● Feb. 1632. was 〈◊〉 in the person of Dr. Phineas Hodson Chanc. of the Church of York . GEORGE CARLETON , sometimes Fellow of Merton coll . was consecrated Bishop of Landaff on the 12. July , an . 1618. translated thence to Chichester in Sept. 1619. year 1628 and departed this life in the month of May in sixteen hundred twenty and eight , under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the See of Chichester succeeded Dr. Rich. Mountague , who , after election and confirmation thereunto , was consecrated in the Archbishops chappel at Croyden in Surrey 24. Aug. 1628. This learned person who was Son of Laurence Mountague Minister of Dorney in Bucks . And he the Son of Rob. Mountague of Boudney in the Parish of Burnham in the said County , was born at Dorney , educated in Grammar learning in Eaton School , elected a Member of Kings coll . in Cambridge 1594. took the degrees in Arts , became Parson of Wotton-Courtney in Somersetshire , Prebendary of Wells , Rector of Stanford-Rivers in Essex , Chaplain to K. Jam. 1. Archdeacon and Dean of Hereford ; which last dignity he changed with Ol. Lloyd LL. D. for a Prebendship of Windsore , in 1617. and being about that time made Fellow of Eaton coll . which he kept with Windsore by a dispensation , did learnedly read for 8 years together the Theological Lecture in the chappel at Windsore . Afterwards he was made Rector of Petworth in Sussex , bestowed much money in the repairing of the Parsonage house there , as he did afterwards on the Bishops house at Aldingbourne . At length his Majesty being minded to translate him to Norwych was elected thereunto by the Dean and Chapter 4. of May 1638. where sitting to the time of his death ( which hapned in Apr. 1641. leaving then behind him a Son named Richard ) was buried in the Choire of the Cath. Ch. belonging to that place , where , to this day , is this only written on his grave , Depositum Montacutii Episcopi . He came to Norwych with the evil effects of a quartan Ague , which he had had about an year before , and which accompanied him to his grave , yet he studied and wrote very much , had an excellent Library of books , and heaps of papers fairly written with his own hand concerning the Ecclesiastical History : He was a person exceedingly well vers'd in all the learning of Greeks and Romans , and as well studied in the Fathers , Councils , and all other antient monuments of the Christian World , as any Man besides in the whole Nation . K. Jam. 1. knew the Man well , and was exceedingly pleased with his performance against the History of Tithes , wherein he had beaten the ( then thought ) matchless Selden at his own weapon , and shew'd himself the greatest Philosopher of the two . Upon which ground his Majesty looked upon him as the fittest person , and therefore commanded him to view and purge the Church History , which was then taken and judged by many to be corrupted and depraved with various figments by certain writers of the R. Cath. p●rty , especially by Baronius ; which he accordingly did with great industry and admirable judgment . What other things he wrote you may mostly see in the Bodleian or Oxford catolague : And what he suffered for his New Gag for the old Gospel , or his Answer to the late Gagger of Protestants , occasioned by the Puritan , and also for his Apello Caesarem , you may see at large in Dr. Heylyns History of the life and death of Will. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , under the years 1624. 25. &c. He also set forth Nazianzen's invective orations against Julian , in Greek , and was employed by Sir Hen. Savile ( who countenanced him much ) in correcting most part of Chrysostom in Greek before it went to the Press . WILLIAM GIFFORD , the Ornament of the English Catholicks of his time , was sometimes a Member of Lincoln coll . but took no degree in this University . Afterwards retiring beyond the Seas , he became thro various preferments Archbishop of Rheimes , in 1622. He paid his list debt to nature in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , year 1629 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said Archbishoprick succeeded Henry de Loraine Son of Charles Duke of Guise , as I have before told you . JOHN HANMER , a Shropshire man born , but descended from those of his name living at Hanmer in Flintshire , was admitted Fellow of Allsouls coll . from that of Oriel , in 1596. aged 20. and when five years standing Mast . of Arts , was unanimously elected one of the Proctors of the University , in 1605. Afterwards he became Rector of Bingham in Nottinghamshire , ( in which Church he was succeeded by Dr. Math. Wren in May 1624. ) and Prebendary of Worcester in the place of Dr. Joh. Langworth sometimes of New coll . about the latter end of 1614. and shortly after was licensed to proceed in Divinity , he being then Chapl. in Ord. to K. Jam. 1. At length upon the death of Dr. Rich. Parry he being nominated Bishop of St. Asaph , was elected thereunto about the 20. of January in 1623. consecrated 15. of Feb. following , and on the 23. of the said month had the temporalities of that See given a to him , with liberty then allowed to keep his Prebendship in Commendam with it . He died at Pentrerpant or Pentrepant near to Oswestrey in Shropshire , 23. July in sixteen hundred twenty and nine , year 1629 and was buried the next day in the Church at Sillatin or Selattyn : To the poor of which place , as also of Oswestrey and S. Asaph , he gave to each five pounds . In his Prebendship succeeded Giles Thornborough M. of A. ( afterwards D. D. ) Nephew to Dr. John Thorborough B. of Worcester , who kept it to the time of his death 1663 , and in the See of S. Asaph succeeded Joh Owen D. D. of Cambridge and Archdeacon of S. Asaph , who was consecrated thereunto 20. of Sept. 1629. He died at Perthkinsey 15. Oct. 1651. and was buried on the 21. of the said month in the Cath. Church of S. Asaph under the Bishops Throne . This Dr. Owen who was the Ministers Son of Burton-Latimers in Northamptonshire , and born b there , as also bred Fellow in Jesus coll . in Cambridge , hath written Herod and Pilate reconciled : Or , the concord of Papists , Anabaptists , and Sectaries , against Scripture , Fathers , Councils , and other Orthodox Writers , for the coercion , deposition , and killing of Kings . — Published 1663. and by the author dedicated to the Loyal Subjects of Great Britain . What other things he hath written and published , I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , only that he was a great Loyalist , a true Son of the Church of England , and had been much respected by Laud Arch. of Canterbury , who obtained for him from his most gracious King the said Bishoprick of S. Asaph ; which lying void after his death till the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. Dr. George Griffith was consecrated thereunto . JOHN BUCKRIDGE , sometimes Fellow , afterwards President of , S. Johns college , became B. of Rochester in 1611. and from thence was translated to Ely in 1627. He was conducted to the habitation prepared for old age in sixteen hundred thirty and one ; year 1631 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the See of Rochester succeeded Dr. Walt Curle , and in Ely Dr. Francis White , both Cambridge men by education . JOHN HOWSON , sometimes Student and Canon of Ch. Ch. was consecrated B. of Oxford in the month of May 1618. was translated thence to Durham in 1628. and departed this moral life towards the latter end of sixteen hundred thirty and one ; year 1631-2 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See of Durham succeeded Dr. Thom. Morton B. of Lichfield and Coventry ; the temporalities of which , he * received from the King 12. Jul. 1632. and dying in the house of Sir. Hen. Yelverton of Easton-Manduit in Northamptonshire , on the morrow after S. Matthews day , in 1659. aged 95 years , was succeeded in the year following by Dr. Joh. 〈◊〉 of Cambridge . LEWES BAYLY , sometimes a Member of Exeter coll . was consecrated Bishop of Ba●ger in 1616. and departed this mortal life in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred thirty and two ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said See of 〈◊〉 succeeded a Native of Segroet near Denbigh a certain learned Doctor of div . named David D●lben of S. John● coll . in Cambridge , a younger Son of Robert 〈◊〉 D●lben of 〈◊〉 before-mentioned in Denbighshire : who dying in Bangor-house situated in Shoe-lane near S. Andrews Church in 〈◊〉 in the Suburb of London , on the 27. of Nov. 1633. was buried in the Church at 〈◊〉 , which he kept in Commendam with his Bishoprick . He was succeeded in the See of Bangor by Edm. Griffith . of whom I shall speak by and by . JOHN RIDER , sometimes a Student in Jesus coll . was consecrated Bishop of 〈◊〉 in Ireland on the 12. of Jan. 1612. and concluded his last in a good old age , in sixteen hundred thirty and two ; 〈◊〉 which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the said Bishoprick succeeded one Lewes Jones a Welshman , sometimes a Student in this University , whom I shall mention at large among the Bishops in the second vol. of this work . FRANCIS GODWIN sometimes a Student of Christ Church , was consecrated Bishop of Landaff in 1601 , thence translated to Hereford in 1617 , and died in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred thirty and three ; year 1633 under which year you may see more of him among ther writers . To the said See , ( after Goodman of Glocester had endeavoured to obtain ) was elected Dr. Will. Juxon of Oxon , but before he was consecrated , he was translated to London ; whereupon Dr. Augustin Lindsell Bishop of Peterborough was translated thereunto in ( Dec. ) 1633. After him followed Mathew Wren D. of D. of Cambridge ; the temporalities of which See ( Hereford ) were given a to him 24 March. 10. Car. 1. Dom. 1634-35 . But he being soon after translated to Norwych , Theophilus Field of Pembroke hall in Cambridge ( born in the parish of S. Giles Cripplegate Lond. ) succeeded : The temporalities also of which were restored b to him , 23. Janu. 1635. This Dr. Field dying soon after , George Cook sometimes of Pembroke hall in Cambridge , brother to Sir Joh. Cook Secretary of State succeeded , and had the temporalities thereof given c to him 7. July 1636. He was the Son of Rich. Cook of Trusley in Derbyshire by Mary his wife , daughter and heir of Tho. Sacheverell of Kirby in Nottinghamshire , and he the Son of Will. Cook of the same place , by his wife the daughter of Ralph Fitzherbert of Tyssyngton in the said county of Derby . Which George Cook dying in 1646. ( 22. Car. 1. ) the see of Hereford laid void till the restauration of K. Ch. 2 and then 't was supplied by Dr. Nich. Monk of Oxon , of whom I shall make large mention in his proper place . GEORGE ABBOT sometimes of Balliol college , afterwards Chaplain to Thomas Lord Buckhurst , and then to the Earl of Dunbar , with whom he was solemnly sent into Scotland , for an effecting of an Union in the Hierarchie , was consecrated Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 3 Dec. 1609 , translated to London about the latter end of January following , and in 1610 he was translated to Canterbury , on the death of Dr. Richard Bancroft . He departed this mortal life in sixteen hundred thirty and three ; year 1633 under which year you may see more of him among the writers . In the See of Canterbury succeeded Dr. William Laud , as I shall tell you at large when I come to the next Vol. of this work . JOHN PHILIPPS , was a Welsh-man born , as it seems , and having received his Academical education in Oxon , became afterwards Parson of Thorp Basset , and Slingesby in Yorkshire ; which last he obtained in the latter end of March 1591. About that time he being Chaplain to Henry Earl of Derby , became Archdeacon of Clievland ( on the resignation of Rich. Bird , Bach. of div . ) in Apr. 1601 , also Archdeacon of the Isle of Man , and at length , ( about 1614. ) Bishop of that place , but in whose room I cannot tell , for between the translation thence of Dr. George Lloyd to Chester 1604. some person , yet unknown to me , did succeed . In the Rectory of Slingesby succeeded Sam. Philipps M. A. in Jan. 1618. and in Clievland Henry Thurcross M. A. an . 1619. as I shall tell you in the Fasti , an . 1610. So that I presume those two places were kept in Commendam with the Bishoprick , by the said John Philipps , whom I take to be the same with Joh. Philipps who took the degree of M. of Arts as a Member of S. Maries hall , in the month of May 1584. Which degree he compleated as a Member of Broadgates , in an Act celebrated 10. of July the same year . The said Joh. Philipps Bishop of Man translated the Bible into the Manks language , that is , the language commonly spoken in the Isle of Man , assisted in the said work by Sir Hugh Cannal Minister of Kirk St. Michael in the said Isle . He concluded his last day about the year sixteen hundred thirty and three , year 1633 and was succeeded in the said See of Man by William Forster a Divine of some note in his time , but whether he was ever of Brasnose coll . as some think he was , ( wherein several of his sirname and time have studied , ) I cannot tell . One Will. Forster a Warwickshire man born , was entred a Student in S. Johns coll . 1601. and another of that house was a writer , as I have before told you among the writers under the year 1633. One Joh. Philipps wrote A summon to repentence . Lond. 1584. oct . but he is not to be taken to be the same with the former , and another Joh. Philipps wrote The way to Heaven , on Acts 2. 47. — Printed in qu. 1625. Which book ▪ I having not yet seen , I cannot say to the contrary but that it may be published by Joh. Philipps the Bishop . Qu. FRANCIS GOUGH , commonly called Goffe , the fifth Son of Hugh Gough Rector of Allcannyngs in Wilts , by Jane his Wife , Daughter of one Clifford of Clifford-hall in Devonsh . was born in Wiltshire , entred a Batler in S. Edmunds hall in the latter end of 1611. aged 17 years , and afterwards was made one of the Clerks of New college ; where continuing some years , returned to the said hall , and as a Member thereof took the degree of M. of Arts , in 1618. Soon after , he having a just opportunity of going into Ireland , became first Chancellour , then Bishop , of Limerick ; to which See being consecrated c at Cashills 17. Sept. 1626. sate there till the time of his death : which hapning on the 29. of August in sixteen hundred thirty and four , was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Limerick , leaving then year 1636 behind him his eldest brother named Hugh , who was Chanter of Limerick and Justice of Peace . In the See of Limerick succeeded George Web , whom I shall mention in the next volume , under the year 1641. WILLIAM PILSWORTH was born in Fleetstreet in the west suburb of London , elected and admitted Demie of Magd. coll . 29. Sept. 1578. aged 18 years on the day of the Nativity of our Saviour following , took one degree in Arts as a member of Magd. hall in Dec. 1581 , left the University without any other degree , went into Ireland , became Prebendary of Monabannoc , and at length Bishop of Kildare : To which see being consecrated d at Balsoon in the county of Meath , 11. Sept. 1604 , sate there without any removal to the time of his death ; which hapning at Naas on the 9. of May in sixteen hundred thirty and five , year 1635 was buried at Dunfert in the country of Kildare . In the said See succeeded Robert Vsher D. D. Son of Hen. Vsher sometimes Archbishop of Armagh ; who lived upon it till the Rebellion broke out in Ireland ; an . 1641 , and then retired into England for protection . RICHARD CORBET sometimes Student , afterwards Dean of , Christ Church , was consecrated Bishop of Oxford in 1629. ( tho in some respects unworthy of such an office ) and translated thence to Norwych in the beginning of 1632. He died in the latter end of July in sixteen year 1635 hundred thirty and five ; under which year you may see more of him among the writers . After his death a Native of the Parish of S. Peters Cheap in London named Dr. Math. Wren B. of Hereford was translated to Norwych ; the temporalities of which See were e restored to him 24. of Nov. 1635. being elected thereunto on the tenth day of the same month . Afterwards upon the death of Dr. Franc. White Bishop-Almoner , he was translated to Ely ; the temporalities of which were restored to him f on the 5. of May 1638. where he sate to the time of his death . He ( by the way I must tell you ) was the Son of Franc. Wren Citizen of London , ( a branch of the Wrens of Binchester in the Bishoprick of Durham , ) and being an eminent Scholar in his youth , became first a Student in Pembroke hall in Cambridge , then Greek Scholar and Fellow of that house , and soon after Chaplain to Lancelot Andrews Bishop of Winchester . Afterwards he was made Master of Peter house , Vicechancellour of the said University , Chaplain to K. Charles 1. when he was Prince , ( whom he attended after he had taken his journey to Spain ) as also when he was King , Prebendary of Winchester , Dean of Windsor , ( in which honourable Dignity he was installed 24. Jul. 1628. ) sworn Registrary of the most noble Order of the Garter , 23. of Sept. following , and in 1633 became Clerk of the Closet , in the place of Dr. Will. Juxon . In 1634 he became Prebend of Westm . in the room of Dr. John Wilson , and near upon that time Bishop of Hereford . But continuing there not long , he was translated to Norwych , as I have before told you : And being made Dean of the Chappel Royal , upon Juxons advance to the Treasurers staff , an . 1636 , he was translated to Ely in the beginning of 1638 , as 't is already said . In all which offices his deportment was with such gravity , exemplary piety , and Government with no less prudence , that upon the beginning of the unparallel'd rebellion raised by the Presbyterians , commonly then called Puritans , who had an implacable hatred for him , for his pride , insolence , and high hand used towards them , as they frequently reported , he was by them miserably persecuted , and grievously oppressed by plunder of his goods , seizure of his estate , and by a strait and tedious imprisonment in the Tower of London , which he endured with great patience and magnanimity near 18 years . After his Majesties return he was set at liberty , was restored to his Bishoprick of Ely , and notwithstanding his former losses , performed several acts of Piety . Among which , was his building a new Chappel in Pembroke hall before mentioned ; which being beautified with splendid and decorous Furniture , and amply endowed with an annual revenue , was , upon the Feast of S. Mathew , ( 21. Sept. ) in 1665. solemnly consecrated and dedicated by himself in person , and by his Episcopal authority , to the honour of Almighty God. A noble and lasting Monument of the rare piety and munificence of that great and wise Prelate , and in every point accorded to his character ; which was then so well known , that the sole nomination of the Founder was a sufficient account of the elegance and magnificence of the foundation . Before evening service , the exterior or outer Chappel , and the Cloyster leading to it , ( a new Fabrick of Sir Robert Hitchams foundation ) were by his Lordship also consecrated , for places of Sepulture to the use of the Society , together with a cell or vault at the east end of the chappel under the Altar , for a dormitory for his Lordship . He paid his last debt to nature in Ely House in Holbourn near London , on Wednesday 24 of Apr. 1667. aged 81 years and upwards . Whereupon his body being embalm'd , was conveyed to Cambridge , and deposited with great solemnity in a stone coffin in the vault before-mention'd . This worthy and learned Bishop hath written ( 1 ) Increpatio Bar. Jesu : sive Polemicae adsertiones locorum aliquot S. Scripturae ab imposturis perversionum in catechesi Racoviana . Lond. 1660. qu. remitted into the ninth vol. of the Criticks . ( 2 ) The abandoning of the Scotch covenant . Lond. 1661. qu. ( 3 ) Epistolae variae ad viros doctiss . Among whom are to be numbred Ger. Jo. Vossius : As also two or more Sermons ; one of which is on Prov. 24. 21. printed 1627. and another on Psal . 44. 18. printed in 1662. both in qu. &c. He left behind him several Sons , who will be mention'd elsewhere . MICHAEL BOYLE was a Londoner born , Son if I mistake not , of Michael Boyle of S. Mar. Magd. Parish in Milkstreet ( who died in the latter end of 1596. ) and nearly related to the Boyles of Kentish Town in Middlesex ; was educated in Merchant Taylors School , became Scholar of S. Johns coll . in 1593. aged 18. years , took the degrees in Arts , holy orders and was made Vicar of Finden in Northamptonshire , In 1611. he proceeded in Divinity , and three years after resigning his Vicaridge , he went into Ireland , was made Dean of Lismore , and at length in the latter end of the year 1619. was consecrated Bishop of Waterford and Lismore , being then esteemed a person of good learning and prudence . He yielded up his last breath at Waterford g on the 27. Dec. in sixteen hundred thirty and five , year 1635 and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of the holy Trinity there , leaving then behind him a brother named Richard Boyle Archb. of Tuam , whom I shall mention in the Fasti , among the incorporations , an . 1601. There was another Michael Boyle , who was Archb. of Dublin 1663. but he was Nephew to the former Michael , by being Son to Richard before mention'd . EDMUND GRIFFITH a Caernarvanshire man born , was admitted in the quality of an Exhibitioner a into Brasnose college on the 8. Apr. 1587. having before , as I conceive , been a Student of that of Jesus , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1592. About which time being in full Orders , had some employment agreeable to his profession in these parts . In 1599. he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and afterwards being made Dean of Bangor in the place of Dr. Joh. Williams deceased , in Sept. or Oct. 1613. was at length made Bishop of that place , on the death of Dr. Dav. Dolben , an . 1633. To which See being consecrated , the temporalities thereof were restored to him b on the 26. of Febr. the same year . He died in sixteen hundred thirty and seven , year 1637 and was , as I suppose , buried in the Church of Bangor . In the said See succeeded Dr. Will. Roberts Subdean of Wells and Archdeacon of Anglesie , sometimes Fellow of Queens coll . in Cambridge , and Proctor of that University , who having the said Bishoprick bestowed on him the endeavours of Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. for discovering Church goods to the value of 1000 l. had the temporalities thereof given c to him 24. Sept. 13. Car. 1. Dom. 1637. with liberty then allowed to him , to keep his Archdeaconty in Commendam . In the time of Rebellion he suffered much , and about 1649. he was sequestred of all , or most , of his Estate , whether spiritual or temporal . In the great year of the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was restored to all he had lost , and dying in 1665. one Dr…… Price was elected Bishop , but he dying before consecration in the same year , Robert Morgan Dr. or Bach. of div . Rector of Llanddyfnan in Anglesie and Archdeacon of Merioneth being elected into his place , was consecrated at Lambeth on the first day of July 1666. He died in Sept. 1673. leaving behind him a Relict called Anne . JONAS WHEELER , Dean of the Church of the Holy Trinity , commonly called Christ Church in Dublin , and Chaplain to K. James 1. was consecrated Bishop of Ossory in S. Patricks Church near Dublin on the eighth day of May 1613. and died in the ninety seventh year of his age at Dunmore , on the 19. of April in sixteen hundred and forty : year 1640 Whereupon his body was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Kilkenny . He was born in Oxfordshire , as 't is † said , particularly , as I suppose , within the City of Oxon , was educated in this University , but in what house , unless in that of Brasnose , where one or more of his name and kindred studied about his time , I know not , nor what degrees he took , because many have studied , in the said University , five , seven , ten years , or more , and yet never took any degree . JOHN ATHERTON , Son of John Atherton , who became Rector of Bawdripp in Somersetshire in 1584. was born in that County , ( at Bawdripp as it seems , ) and at 16 years of age 1614. became either a Batler or Commoner of Gloucester hall , where continuing till after he had taken one degree in Arts , was transplanted to Lincoln college , took the degree of Master as a Member of it , holy Orders , and soon after was made Rector of Huish Combflower in his own Country . At length being made known to Thomas Earl of Strafford L. Lievtenant of Ireland , for his great sufficiencies in the Canon Law , and Ecclesiastical affairs , was by him made Prebendary of Ch. Ch. in Dublin , and afterwards Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in the year 1636. ( he being then Doctor of divinity , ) in which office he behaved himself for some time with great prudence , tho forward enough , if not too much , against the R. Catholicks in that Country . At length being charged with a crime , not now to be named , was seized on and imprisoned : And being found guilty of it , was first degraded , and afterwards suffered death by hanging at Dublin , ( being the first of his Function that suffered that kind of death , as he said it openly to the People at the Gallows , ) on the fifth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred and forty . year 1640 Afterwards his body was buried , according to his desire , in the remotest or obscurest part of the Yard ( where rubbish used to be laid ) belonging to S. Johns Church in Dublin . Nich. Bernard D. D. sometimes Chaplain to the learned and religious Dr. Vsher Archb of Armagh hath written and published a book of his penitent death , with a Sermon at his burial , to which ( being very worthy of perusal ) I refer the Reader for his farther satisfaction . In Waterford and Lismore succeeded Dr. Archibald Adair a Seer , and him Dr. George Baker , who died in Octeb . or thereabouts , an . 1668. JOHN BANCROFT , Son of Christ 〈…〉 ( by Andrey Andrews his Wife ) eldest Son of 〈…〉 of Farnworth in Lancashire , by Mary his Wife , daughter of John Curwyn , brother to Hugh Curcoyn , sometimes Bishop of Oxford , was born in little Village called Astell or E●well , lying between 〈◊〉 and 〈…〉 was admitted a Student of 〈…〉 more , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became a Preacher for some years in 〈…〉 being newly admitted to proceed in Divinity , was by the endeavours of his Uncle Dr. Rich. Bancroft Archb. of Cant. ( a younger Son of John Bancroft before-mentioned . ) elected Master of Vniversity college , where he continued above 20 years : In which time , he was at great pains and expence to recover and settle the antient Lands belonging to that foundation . In 1632. he was , upon the translation of Dr. Corbet to Norwych , nominated Bishop of Oxford ; whereupon being elected by the Dean and Chapter in April the same year , had the temporalities of that See given * to him on the 6. of June following , being about that time consecrated . In 1640. when the Long Parliament began , and proceeded with great vigour against the Bishops , he was possessed so much with fear ( having always been an Enemy to the Puritan ) that without little or no sickness , he surrendred up his last breath in his lodging at Westminster . Afterwards his body was carried to Cudesden in the diocess of Oxon , and was buried near to , and under the , south wall of the Chancel of the Church there , on the twelfth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred and forty , leaving then behind him the character † among the Puritans or Presbyterians then dominant of a corrupt unpreaching Popish Prelate . The Reader is now to know that before this Mans time , the Bishops of Oxford had no house left belonging to their Episcopal See , either in City or Country , but dwelt at their Parsonage-houses which they held in Commendam , tho Dr. Jo. Bridges , who had no Commendam in his diocess , lived for the most part in hired houses in the City . For , as I have before told you in Dr. Rob. Kynge , tho at the foundation of the Bishoprick of Oxford in the Abbey of Osney , the King appointed Gloucester coll . for the Bishops Pallace , yet when that foundation was inspected into by K. Edw. 6. and a recital thereupon made of the foundation thereof done by his Father , that place was left out of the Charter , as being designed then for another use . So that from that time till this Man ( Dr. Bancroft ) came to be Bishop , there being no settled House or Pallace for him or his Successors , he did resolve by the perswasions of Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. to build one . Wherefore in the first place the impropriate Parsonage of Cudesden before-mentioned , five miles distant from Oxon , which belonged to the Bishop in right of his See , he let the lease thereof run out without any more renewing , that in the end it might be made an improvement to the slender Bishoprick . The Vicaridge also of his own donation falling void in the mean time , he procured himself to be legally instituted and inducted thereunto . All which being done , he , thro the power and favour of Dr. Laud before-mentioned , obtained an annexation of it to the See Episcopal , ( the design of bringing in the impropriation going forward still ) and soon after began , with the help of a great deal of timber from the Forest of Shotover , given to him by his Majesty , to build a fair Pallace ; which , with a Chappel in it , being compleatly finished , an . 1635. was , then out of curiosity visited by the said Dr. Laud ; which he remits into his diary thus . Sept. 2. an . 1635. I was in attendance with the King at Woodstock , and went thence to Cudsden , to see the house which Dr. Jo. Bancroft then Lord Bishop of Oxford had there built to be a house for the Bishops of that See for ever ; he having built that house at my perswasion . But this house or Pallace ( which cost three thousand and five hundrend pounds ) proved almost as short liv'd as the Founder , being burn'd down by Col. Will. Legg during the short time that he was Governour of the Garrison of Oxford , in the latter end of 1644. for fear it might be made a Garrison by the Parliament Forces , tho with as much reason and more piety ( as one * observes ) he might have garrison'd it for the King , and preserved the house . Being thus ruined , it laid so till Dr. Joh. Fell became Bishop of Oxon , and then with monies out of his own purse , and the help of timber , which one of his Predecessors named Dr. Will. Paul had laid in in his life-time for that purpose , did rebuild it upon the old foundation , with a Chappel in it , as before . The outside of which being finished in 1679. the inside followed soon after . METROPHANES CRITOPYLUS , a Greecian born , came into England to be instructed in the doctrine and discipline of the Church , and in order thereunto to learn the Latin and the English tongues . To these ends he addressed himself to Dr. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury , who sent him forthwith to Baliol college , where he had for his interpreter the noted Grecian Mr. Edw. Sylvester , and continued there till the time of his departure from England , which was about 1622. at which time he was Chancellour to the Patriarch of Constantinople . After his return to his own Country , he became Patriarch of Alexandria in the place of Cyrill Lucaris translated to Constantinople , and wrote , as some † suppose , The Confession of Faith , which went under the name of Cyrill Patriarch of Constantinople , published in the Greek tongue 1629. Which Confession was , with a censure upon it , printed at Rome 1632. the title of which , rendred into English is this , The condemnation of the confession of the Calvinists , as it was set forth in the name of Cyrill Patriarch of Constantinople . With this condemnation and confession is printed an answer to the Anathematisms of Cyrill Patriarch of Alexandria , Predecessor to Critopylus ; wherein the said Anathematisms are acknowledged to be genuine , tho they decry the said Confession as spurious . This Critopylus was in great renown in his own Country in sixteen hundred and forty , but when he died I cannot yet find . FASTI OXONIENSES . THESE Oxonian Fasti , or Academical Annals , contain in exact Order , Method , and Time , from the Year of our Lord 1500 , to the end of 1640. 1. A Catalogue of the Chancellours , Commissaries o● Vicechancellours , and Proctors of the Univ. of Oxon 2. The Names and Characters of eminent Grammarians , Rhetoricians , and Musicians , who have been admitted to One , or two , Academical Degree , or Degrees , with the Titles of such Books , ( if any ) that they have written . The Names of 3. Writers , Archbishops , and Bishops , Who have been admitted to 1 , 2 , or more Degr. 4. Dignitaries in the Church , as Deans , Archdeacons , Chancellours of Churches and Dioceses Chauntors , &c. as also of Heads of Colleges and Halls , Who have been admitted to 1 , 2 , or more Degr. 5. Abbats , Priors , Gardians , &c Who have been admitted to 1 , 2 , or more Degr. 6. Monks and Friers supposed to be eminent for Place , Learning , or published Writings , &c. Who have been admitted to 1 , 2 , or more Degr. 7. Martyrs , either for the Rom. Catholic , or Protestant , Cause . Who have been admitted to 1 , 2 , or more Degr. 8. Many learned Men. who have not been Writers , and Men of Note in the way they profess'd , with their Characters . Who have been admitted to 1 , 2 , or more Degr. 9. Writers and Translators of inconsiderable Account , such I mean that have published but one Sermon , or a little Pamphlet , or have Translated but one or two Books , with the Titles of such Sermons and Books or Pamphlets that they have written or translated . Who have been admitted to 1 , 2 , or more Degr. 10. All Doctors of what Faculty soever , whether Writers or not Writers . Bishops then , or afterwards , or 〈◊〉 Bishops , eminent or not eminent , &c. with the Day and Year when they were admitted , or licensed to proceed in their respective Faculties . 11. Those that have been incorporated , or embodied , or taken into the bosom of the said University , as such who have been of any Note in the Univ. of Cambridge , or of any Univ. in the learned World with their Characters , and Titles of Books 〈…〉 they have written and published . The Incorporations also of Princes . Dakes , Marques●es . Earls &c. Archbishops Bishops . Abba●s , Priors , &c. Deans , Archdeacons , &c. with their Characters &c. 12. Those that have been actually created , or inve●ted with Degrees , or have had Degrees confer'd upon then , without any , or but little ▪ Scholastical Exercise , performed for them . I mean the Names of such only , who have been Princes , Dukes , Marque●ses , &c. Archbishops , Bishops , Temporal Lords , Baronets , Knights , eminent Common Lawyers , &c. The Names also of certain Writers who have been created , and of such who have been supposed to have had something of Eminence in them , or have 〈…〉 in Church or State , with their Char. &c. 13. 〈◊〉 Scholars and Writers , with their Characters , and sometimes an Account of their Works , who have 〈◊〉 in Oxon , purposely to advance themselves in Learning or for the sake of Libraries . An. Dom. 1500. An. 15-16 Hen 7. The Chancellour of the University this year , was Dr. John Moreton . Archb. of Canterbury , and Cardinal of S. Anastasius : But he dying in the Month of Sept. Dr Will. Atwater became C●ncellarius 〈◊〉 , and in his Absence W. Herward , D. D. and others . At length in the beginning of Nov. following , the Members of the University elected for their Chancellour Dr. Will. Smith Bishop of 〈◊〉 Which honorable Office , he , upon notice by Letters , accepting , the said Members delegated Mr. John Reede Chaplain to the Prince ( afterwards Warden of Wykeham's Coll. near Winchester ) and Mr. John Dunham B●ch of Div. to give him his Oath ; which being taken he was admitted to his Office. The 〈◊〉 or Vicechancellour of the University was this year Mr Will. 〈◊〉 . D. D 〈◊〉 S. Mary Magd●●●● Coll. Proctors 〈…〉 〈…〉 The Senior Proctor , who was Fellow of Line . Coll. was afterwards Archdeacon of Stow , in the place , as I conceive , of Hugh Hanworth , who dying the 7th of March 1518 , was buried in the Cath. Church of Lincoln . He the said Darby also was Canon resident . of Line . and Prebendary of Ketton in the said Church ; and dying in 1542 , was buried in Chanter Isle joyning to the Cath. Ch. of Line before mentioned . See more of him and his Benefaction to Learning in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxom . lib. 2. p. 161. Masters of Art , Or such who were licensed to proceed in Arts , or admitted among the number of Masters of the Faculty of Arts , in order to their proceeding , or being compleated in that Degree in the Act or Comitia following . Will Gray , or Grey . — The same , as I have just reason to conceive , who was some years after this time Archdeacon of Berkshire in the place of Christop . Twinkley ; as also Prebendary of Horton in the Church of Sarton . He died in the Year 1521 , at which time he bequeathed twenty Marks to the University Chest , four Marks for the Reparation of S. Mary's Church , and four Pounds to buy a new pair of Organs to be plaid upon in the said Church . For which , and other his good Deeds , was yearly a Dirige and Mass said for the health of his Soul. In his Archdeaconry succeeded Rob. Audley , nearly related to Edm. Audley B. of Sarum , 14 Feb. 1521. Opponents in Divinity , Or such who opposed in Divinity disputations , in the School belonging to that Faculty , in order to their Admission to the Degree of Bach. of Divinity . Tho. Browne — He was about this time Prior of the Cell at Dunster in Somersetshire . The said Cell or Priory was for Benedictines or Black Monks . and stood , as Jo. Leland tells a us . in the roots of the North-west side of the Castle at Durster , and was a Cell to the Priory at Bathe . Bachelaurs of Divinity , Or such who were admitted to the reading of the Master of the Sentences , or to the Sentences of Pet. Lombard . John Storke or Sterke , Prior of the House or Coll. of the Fryers of the Order of S. Austin the Hermit . — This Coll. was situated in the North Suburb of Oxon. On the scite of which place , Wadham Coll. was afterwards built . John Hakebourne . Prior of the Coll. of S. Mary the Virgin ( a Nursery for 〈◊〉 Regulars of the Order of S. Austin ) within the University of Oxon — The great Gate of this Coll. which is now standing : is almost opposite to that of New Inn , in a Lane commonly called New Inn Lane. This John H●kebo●n , I take to be the same with him who is sometimes written John Haukebourn , who was after this time Doctor of Divinity . and Lord Abbat of the Monastery of our Lady at Cirencester , ( a place for Black Canons ) in Glocesters●re . John Holwel of Exeter Coll. — In the year 1505 he occurs Principal of Black Hall near to that of Hart , about which time he was Canon of the Cath. Ch. at Exeter . Doctors of the Civil Law , Or such who were 〈◊〉 to proceed in the Civil Law , or admitted Doctors of the Civil Law , in order to proceed , or to be compleated Doctors in the Act following . Henry Wilcocks , now , or about this time . Principal or chief Moderator of the Civil Law School in the Parish of S. Edward , being Deputy for Dr. Will. Warham Master of the Rolls , and afterwards Archb of Canterbury . — This Civil Law School and the Church of S Edward ( both which joyned together ) have been time out of mind demolished . They stood in , or near that Lane , which we now call Blew-●oar Lane ▪ near to the Back-gate of the 〈◊〉 Inn. This Dr. Wilcocks was Archdeacon of 〈◊〉 ( in which Dignity he was succeeded by Ric. Mawdly or Mawdion , D. D ) and Vicar gen . to Dr. Smith Bishop of Lincoln . Doctors of the Canon Law , Or such who were licensed to proceed in the Decrees or Canon Law , &c. Roger Sandyford or Sandford , Principal of Broadgates Hall in the Parish of All Saints — Upon the Resignation of Philip Agard , an Inceptor in the sacred Canons or Decrees the said Rog. Sandford succeeded in the Principality of that Hall in 1498. which Hall did once stand where now is a Yard containing divers Tenements belonging to Magd College ; the Gate leading to which is almost opposite to the sometimes Inn called the Sw●n , in that part of the High Street between the Churches of All 〈◊〉 and S. Mary . Will. Horsley Principal of P●ckwaters Inn. — This Inn is involved in that Quadrangle belonging to Ch ▪ Ch. now called Peckwater . This year was a Supplicate made in the venerable Congregation of Regents for one Tho. Dalby to be admitted to a Degree in Decrees ; but whether he was admitted I cannot yet tell . — This Tho. Dalby whom I find afterwards written Doctor of Decrees , was installed Archdeacon of Richmond in Oct. 1506 , upon the Promotion of James Stanley to the See of Ely , was made about that time Prebendary of the Prebend of Stillington , and Canon residentiary , in the Church of York , afterwards the thirty seventh Provost of the Church of S. John at Beverley , Treasurer of the Pallace of Tho. Savage sometimes Archb. of York , Chaplain and Counsellor to King Hen. 7. and Dean of the Chappel to the Duke of Richmond and Somerset . This Dr. Dalby died 26 Jan. 1525 , and was buried in the North Isle joyning to the Choire of the Cath. Church of York . I find another Tho. Dalby who was Archdeacon of Richmond , and Residentiary in the Church of York , but he dying in 1400 , must not be supposed to be the same with the former . Doctors of Divinity , Or such who were licensed to proceed in Divinity , or admitted Doctors or Professors of Divinity , or of the Holy Writ , in order to their proceeding , or being compleated in that Degree in the Act following . William Vavasor Gardian or Warden of the House or Coll. of the Franciscans or Grey Fryers in the South Suburb of Oxon. — This Coll. was situated without Little Southgate , commonly called Watergate , where now a Brewer and a Tanner , besides other People , live ; and the Gardens and Grove belonging thereunto , situated on the West side of the said Coll. are now called by the Name of Paradise Garden . This College was one of the famousest Places for learned Fryers in the Christian World , and therein did Roger Bacon , the Miracle of his Age for Learning , live and die in the Habit of a Franciscan . Another Miracle also did live and study there about Roger's death , named John Do●●s , highly famed at this day beyond the Seas , for those Books which he hath written , yet so little valued now among many English Men , that the Philosopher b of Malmsbury doth not stick to say , that any ingenious Reader , not knowing what was the design ( meaning the Pope's design to carry on his Authority ) would judge him to have been the most egregious Blockhead in the World , so obscure and senseless are his Writings . Hugh Sa●ders alias Shackspear of Merton Coll. — He was afterwards Principal of S. Albans Hall , and is stiled in one of our publick Registers c Vir literis & virtute percelebis . John Stanywell Prior of the Benedictine Monks of Glocester Coll. now Gloc. Hall. — He was the same Person with John Stonywell who was soon after Lord Abbat of Pershore ( a Monastery for Benedictines ) in Worcestershire , and a Bishop by the Title of Episc . Po●etensis , as I have among the Bishops told you . Joh. Avery of Lincoln Coll. — He was afterwards several times Commissary of the University . John Percivall the seven and fortieth Minister or Provincial of the Minorites , Franciscans or Grey Fryers , in England , did proceed about this Year in Divinity . See among the Writers under the year 1502. Joh. Kynton a Minorite or Franciscan , did also proceed this year , but when admitted , I find not . An. Dom. 1501 An. 16 / 17 Hen. 7 Chancellour , Dr. Will. Smyth Bishop of Lincoln , afterwards the worthy Founder of Brasnose Coll. Commissaries Will. Atwater beforemention'd . Tho. B●●ke D. D. Rector of Linc. Coll. Hugh Saunders D. D. beforemention'd Proctors John Game of Allsoules Coll. elected for the Southern Proctor Will. Dale , elected for the Northern Proctor . Bachelaurs of the Civil Law , Or such who were admitted to the reading of any of the Books of Institutions . Thomas Howell Archdeacon of Cardigan , &c. Mast . of Arts ▪ Or such who were licensed to proceed in Arts , &c. William Hew , — He was afterwards Bishop of O●●se in Spain . John Longland of S. Mar. Magd. Coll. — He became Bishop of Linc. in 1521. Tho. Randolph of New Coll. did proceed about this year . — He was afterwards Canon and Prebendary of the Cath. Church at Lincoln . Bach. of Divinity , Tho. Brynknell of Linc. Coll. — See more among the Writers under the year 1521. Clement Lychfeld a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict in the Monastery of E●●sham in Worcestershire — He was afterwards Abbat of that Place , and continuing there till towards the dissoultion of Religious Houses , with a resolution not to surrender his House for a profane use , was at length by the tricks of Tho. ●romwel Secretary of State to K. Hen 8. perswaded to resign his pastoral Staff to one Philip Hawford alias Ballard , a young Monk of Evesham : which being done accordingly , ( not altogether to the content of Lychfeld ) was a Surrender of that Monastery soon after made into the hands of the said King. For which Service Ballard had not only a considerable Pension allowed , but also the Deanery of Worcester given to him , an . 1553 , ( ● Mar. ) upon the deprivation of one John Barlow , M. A. who had been installed Dean in June 1544 , in the place of Hen. Holbeach alias Rands the first Dean , afterwards Bishop of Lincoln . As for Lychfeld , who was a most pious and zealous man in the way he professed , he expended much Money in building the Abbey of Evesham and other places belonging to it , as also in building and adorning the Choir . He made d also a right sumptuous and high square Tower of Stone in the Cemitery of Evesham . This Tower had a great Bell in it , and a goodly Clock , and was as a Gatehouse to one piece of the Abbey . This Abbat builded at his M●●or at Vss●nham about a mile above Evesham . This good man died at , or near , Evesham , and was buried in a Chappel ( which he before had built ) joyning to the Abbey-Church there , 9 Octob. 1540. In memory of whom , was , in his life time , an Inscription set up in a Window of the said Church , running thus , Orate pro anima Domini Clementis Lychfeld Sacerdotis , cujus tempore turris Eveshamiae ●dficata est John Colet M. A. was about this time admitted to the reading of the Sentences . Henry Rytoner Abbat of Rewley ( a Monastery for Cistercians in the West Suburb of Oxon. ) was admitted about this time . Doctors of the Civ . Law , Robert Langton of Queens Coll. — In the Month of Sept. 1485 he was made Prebendary of Fordington and Writblington in the Church of Salisbury , and about that time Preb. of Chy●●inster and Bere in the same Church . In 1486 , Jun. 25. he became Archdeacon of Dorset , void by the Death of Will. Ascough , and in 1509 Apr. 24. he was installed Treasurer of the Church of York , in the place of one Martin Collyns deceased , who had before been Chauntor of the said Church . — See more of him ( Rob. Langton ) among the Bishops in Tho. Langton an . 150. Rob. Honywode of Allsoules Coll did proceed also this or the year before . — In 1506 he became Canon of Windsore , and about that time Archdeacon of Taunton . He died 22 Jan. 1522 , and was buried in the Chappel of S. George at Windsore . Doctors of Div. Thom. Swawell a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict , and Warden or Gardian of Durham Coll. in Oxon. Sim. Greene alias Fotherbie of Linc. Coll. — He was afterwards several times Commissary of the University , and for his Merits made Chauntor and Residentiary of the Cath. Ch. at Lincoln . and also Predendary of Bykkylleswade or Biggleswade in the said Church . He gave way to Fate 27 March 1536 , and was buried in the Isle called Chauntor Isle within the Precincts of the Cathedral of Linc. Frater or Brother Thom. Latymer a Dominican or Black Fryer . This year Thom. Beaumont of Merton Coll. of about 15 years standing in the Degree of Master of Arts , did supplicate to be licensed to proceed in Divinity , but whether he was licensed or admitted I cannot yet find . Before this time he was Archdeacon of Bathe , and in great repute there for his Learning ; which Dignity he surrendring up , one John Pikman LL. Bac. was collated thereunto ( per dimissionem Tho. Beaumont ) 12 Jul. 1499. The very next day Beaumont was collated to the Provostship of Wells , with the Prebendary called Combe de twelf , on the Death of Mr. Thom. Barrow , ( who had been also Archdeacon of Colchester ) and in 1502 he became Archdeacon of Wells , and well beneficed in the Diocess belonging thereunto . In Octob. or thereabouts , in the year 1507 , he died ; whereupon Cardinal Hadrian de Cast●llo Bishop of B. and Wells , did bestow the said Dignity of Archdeacon on his Kinsman Polydore Virgil alias Casteller , with the Prebendary of Brent in the Church of Wells annexed , on the sixth of Febr. the same year . At which time Polydore being in great favour with R. Foxe B. of Winchester , had , as I conceive , some Dignity or Benefice in the Church confer'd on him by that worthy Person . In the Reign of Ed. 6. he being then well stricken in years , he procured an Order or License from the King to depart from England to go to his native Country ; in which Order e dated 2 June 4 Ed. 6. Dom. 1550. I find these matters — Whereas our trusty and welbeloved Pollidoru● Virgilius hath made humble sure unto us , that he , being born in the Parts of Italy , and , having served our Grandfather K H●n . 7. and our Father K. H●n . 8. and Us , by the space of fourty years and above , in writing , and putting forth in Print divers notable Works and Stories , may be licensed to depart out of this our Realm , and visit and see , now in his old Age , his said native Country , and there to make his abode , during his pleasure , and also quietly &c. to enjoy all the Profits of the Archdeaconry of Wells , in the Cathedral Church of Wells , and the Phebend of Nonyngton in the Cathedral Ch. of Hereford , which the said Po●lidorus now enjoyeth , &c. By vertue of the said Order he departed : but before he went he Sold the perpetuity of the House of Wells which belonged to the Archdeacon of Wells ; and dying at Vrbin in Italy , the place of his Nativity , was f there buried in 1555. There was some Memory of him remaining divers years after his Death in the Choire at Wells ; and Jo. Leland takes g notice of his Arms in the Arras Clothes ( as he calls them ) hanging over the Stalls in the Choire at Wells , about which was this Verse , Sum Laurus virtutis honos pergrata triumphis . And about another in the same Arras Hangings , this , Haec Polydori sunt numera Virgilii . In the beginning of Oct. 1510 , he was naturalized , or made a h Native of England , by the Name of Polydorus Virgilius alias dictus Polydorus Castellensis Clericus , having lived several years before in England . An. Dom. 1502. An. 17 / 18 Hen. 7. Chanc. the same , viz. Mr. Will. Smyth B. of Lincoln ; but he resigning about the beginning of Aug. Dr. Rich. Fitzjanes Warden of Merton Coll. and Bishop of Rochester , being at this time resident in the University , became i Cancellarius nat●● , and in his absence Mr. John Kynton and Mr. John Thornden or Tho●●● . At length , after a great deal of disturbance in the University concerning the Election of a Chancellour , Mr. Rich. Mayhew , President of Magd. Coll. and the Kings Almoner , was elected Chancellour about the latter end of Nov. following . Commiss . Will. Atwater again . Tho. Banke again . Hugh Saunders again . This last , as 't is said , was Commissary only for that time when Dr. Fitzjames was Canc. nat . Proct. Hugh Hawarden of Brasnose Coll. John Matson or Mackson of Mert. Coll. The Senior was the Northern , the other the Southern , Proctor . Bach. of Musick , Or such who were admitted to the reading of any of the Musical Books of Boetius . Henry Parker of S. Mary Magdalens Hall. — He was eminent in these times for his Compositions in Vocal and Instrumental Musick , some of which , if I do not forget my self , I have seen in the Musical Bibliotheca reposed in the School of that Faculty . Mast . of Arts. About nineteen Masters proceeded this year , of which three or four were of All 's . Coll. four of Merton , and one or more of Magd. Coll. among whom Laur. Stubbes was one , afterwards President thereof . What were the Promotions or Dignities of any besides him , I cannot yet tell . Opponents in Divinity , Thomas Wallashe now , or soon after , Prior of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Bradenstoke of the Order of S. Augustin , in the Dioc. of Salisbury . — About the year 1511 he was admitted Prebendary of Hustwayt in the Church of York in the place of Christop . Fisher Bishop of Elphine ( in Ireland ) deceased . Whether the said Th. Wallash was afterwards admitted to the reading of the Sentences , which usually follows Opposition in Divinity , I cannot yet find . Bach. of Div. John Maynard a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict . — He was afterwards Prior of the Novices of the said Order living in Glocester Coll. in this University , in the place of Dr. Stanywell before-mentioned , and was succeeded in the said Priorship by one John Wynyscom●e or Wynchombe a learned Monk of the said Order , who occurs Prior in the year 1512. Doctors of Physick , Or such who were licensed to proceed in the Faculty of Medcine or Physick . John Gam or Game of Allsoules Coll. sometimes one of the Proctors of the University . — He was now Principal of Biham , commonly called Beame , Hall in the Parish of S. John Bapt. Which Principality he resigned this year to make room for Hugh Pole of the same Coll. Doct. of Div. John Thornden or Thornton , did proceed in Divinity about this Year . — He was afterwards several times Commissary of the University , and a Bishop , as I have before told you . This year one John Newland , a Black or Regular Canon of the Order of S. Augustin , supplicated for a Degree in Divinity ; but whether granted , which is very imperfect ( or not at all ) tells us not . This is the same John Newland who was born at Newland in the Forest of Deane in Glocestershire , and was commonly called and written John Naileheart alias Newland . He was the last Abbat saving one of the Monastery of S. Austin at Bristol ; in which Monastery , as also in the Church belonging thereto , he expended much Money in building and adorning . He was called the Good Abbat , being a Person solely given up to Religion and Almsdeeds ; and after he had ruled 33 years or thereabouts , he gave way to Fate in a good old Age , and was buried on the south side of the Choire of the Church of S. Austin , now the Cath. Church at Bristol . Over his Grave is his Statua in Pontificalia , graven or carved out from Stone , laying on the Back , with a Crosier in his Hand , and a Mi●re on his Head. His Arms do now , or did lately , continue in the Church and other Buildings of that Monastery , which are a Man's heart pierced thro from top to botto●● with three nails , which is as 't were a Rebus for Naileheart . An. Dom. 1503. An. 18 / 19 Hen. 7. Chanc. Rich. Mayhew D. D. Archdeacon of Oxford , &c. at length Bish . of Hereford . Commiss . John Thornden or Thornton D. D. John Kynton D. D. a Minorite . Sim. Greene alias Fotherbie D. D. of Linc Coll. Proct. John Stokesley of Magd. Coll. Rich. Dudley of Oriel Coll. The Senior who was the Northern Proctor , was afterwards Bish . of London ; and the Junior , who was the Southern Proctor , was afterwards Chancellour of the Church of Salisbury . He was Master of Arts of this University ; but whether he took any Degree in Divinity therein , I find not . See more in 1508. Bachelaurs of Arts , Or such who were admitted to the reading of any Book of the Faculty of Arts of the Logick of Aristotle . Edward Lee of S. Mar. Magd. Coll. seems to have been admitted Bach. of Arts this year , among twenty or thereabouts that were admitted within the compass of the same year . — We have no Register that shews it , only certain imperfect and broken Scripts containing sums of money received for the taking of Degrees , which I have seen , but I think are now perish'd . Bach. of Physick , Or such who were admitted to the reading of any Book of the Aphorismes of Hypocrates . Rich. Barthlet Master of Arts and Fellow of Allsoules Coll. — See more among the Doctors of Physick under the year 1508. Doct. of Div. Will. Salyng ( or Selling ) Lord Prior of Martyn , or Merton , in Surrey . Rob. Tehy or Thay of Magd. Coll. Rich. Sydenore of the same Coll. about this time Archdeacon of Totness . — In 1518 he was made Canon of Windsor , and in 1524 constituted Scribe or Registrary of the most noble Order of the Garter . He died 1534 , and was , I presume , buried in the Chap. of S. George at Windsor . In his Canonry and Registrary's place succeeded Rob. Aldridge , who was afterwards Bish . of Carlisle , and in his Archdeaconry of Totness succeeded , as it seems , George Carew . This year was a Supplication made in the ven . Congregation of Regents for one Rich. Bere a Benedictin Monk , to be graduated in Divinity ; but whether in the Degree of Bach. or Doct. it appears not ; or whether he was admitted to either . 'T was the same Rich. Bere who was installed Abbat of Glastenbury on the Death of John Selwood the former Abbat , 20 January 1493 , ( after the Election of another Person named Tho. Wasyn a Monk of the same Order , had been cassated , by Rich. Fox Bish . of B. and Wells , on the 12. of Nov. going before . ) This Rich. Bere , who was well known to , and reverenced k by , Erasmus , died 20. Jan. 1524 , whereupon Rich. Whyting was elected Abbat in his place on the third of March following , there being then in the Monastery of Glastenbury 47 Monks . If you are pleased to know more of this Bere , you may read what Leland saith l of him , and his Benefaction to the said Abbey , thus . — Rich. Bere Abbat , built the new Lodgings by the great Chamber called the Kings Lodgings in the Gallery . — He builded also new Lodgings for Secular Priests and Clerks of our Ladies Chappel . He also arched on both sides the East part of the Church . He built Edgar's Chappel at the East end of the Church . Abbat Whyting performed part of it . — Abbat Bere made the Vault on the Steple in trancepto . — He also made a rich Altar of Silver and guilt , and set it afore the high Altar . And coming from his Embassadry out of Italy , made a Chappel of our Lady of Loretto , joyning to the North side of the Body of the Church . — He made the Chappel in the South end Navis Ecclesiae Glaston , whereby he is buried sub plano mannore in the South Isle of the Body of the Church . — He made an Almshouse in the North part of the Abbey , with a Chappel , for seven or ten poor Women . He also made the Mannor place at Sharpham in the Park , two miles by West from Glaston . It was before a poor Lodge , &c. An. Dom. 1504. An. 19 / 20 Hen. 7. Chanc. Dr. Rich. Mayhew , by whose Persuasion K. Hen. 7 gave 10l . yearly Revenue to the Univ. of Oxon ▪ conditionally , that the Members thereof celebrate a solemn Ma●s for him yearly in S. Maries Church . Commiss . Sim. Greene again . John Kynton again . Rob. Tehy or Thay D. D. of Magd. Coll. Proct. Laur. Stubbes of Magd. Coll. Bor. elected 17. Apr. John Beverston of Mert. Coll. Principal of S. John Bapt. Hall. Austr . elected 17. Apr. Mast . of Arts. Edward Finch . — Of what Coll. or Hall he was a Member , I cannot yet find : sure I am that on the 23 Sept. 1517 , he became Predendary of Fordington and Writhlington in the Church of Salisbury , on the death of Andrew Ammonius an Italian , ( whom I have mention'd among the Writers in Will. Grocyn , an . 1522. ) that also he was made Archdeacon of Wiltshire on the death of Christoph . Vrshwyke , 12 May , 1522 ; and Preb. of Chermister and Bere in the said Church of Sarum , on the death of Rob. Langton sometimes of Queens Coll in this University , 30. June 1524. Philip Dense Fellow of Mert. Coll. — He hath this Character added to his Name in the Album of that Society , Medicus & Astronomus cum primis doctus . In the Act wherein these two proceeded , were about 14 Masters , but whether any of them were afterwards Bishops , Writers , or Dignitaries , I cannot yet find . The said Philip Dense , who was a learned man as certain Writings which he left behind him shew'd , died of a pestilent Disease 4 Sept. 1507 , and was buried in the choire belonging to the Church of the said Coll. Doct. of Div. John Colet the most learned and religious Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral in London . — I have largely mention'd him before . John Adams of Merton Coll. — He was afterwards a Dignitary in the Church . This year was a Supplicat made in the ven . Congregation of Regents in behalf of Father William Byrd a Benedictine Monk , to be admitted Bach. of Div. or licensed to proceed in that Faculty ; but whether either was granted , I cannot tell . I take this Father to be the same William Byrd who was elected Prior of the Monastery of Benedictines at Bathe in Aug. 1499 , after the death of John Cantlo● the preceeding Prior. For what Benedictine of both those Names it should be , but he , I cannot tell . It is reported by one m who pretended to know him well , that this Will. Byrd was given much to Chemistry and chemical Operations , that he found out the Stone , or discovered the Elixir , and at the Suppression of Abbeys he hid it in a Wall , And ten days after he went to fetch it out , And there he found the stople of a Clout . This put the Father into so great an Agony , that he became almost frantick , as the same Author tells us ; who adds , that he ever after wandred about , had no setled place , that he became blind , had a Boy to lead him about , lost his Ecclesiastical Preferments , and died poor ; with other the like fabulous Tales , which are commented upon forsooth by a certain Rosacrucian , as if they were as true as Gospel . I find this Person Will. Byrd to have expended much money in finishing his Church at Bathe , which is now the great Church there , dedicated to S ▪ Peter and S. Paul , but before he could finish it , he gave way to Fate ; which hapning on the 22. of May 1525. John Holway of the same Order was elected Prior on the first of July the same year , and was Prior thereof at the dissolution or suppression of Abbeys , and not W. Byrd as several n Authors report . Towards the upper end of the Choir of the said Church dedicated to S. Peter and Paul , was , by the Appointment of this Person , erected , between two of the South Pillars , a neat tabernacular Edifice , which , I presume , he intended to be the Seat of the Prior at Divine Service . His Arms on the Roof of it are curiously carved out in Stone , which are a Chevron between three Spread Eagles , on a chief a Rose between two L●zenges ; and on the outside of the said Seat is a Memorial of his name , viz. a W and a Bird carved in Stone : in which Seat , or else near to it , he was , as I conceive , buried . As for John Cantlow beforementioned , who was his Predecessor , and graduated in this University , he built in a certain Village near Bathe , called Holloway , in the Parish of Widcomb , a pretty little Chappel dedicated to S Mary Magd. as also , as 't is said there , the little Hospital adjoyning for Lunaticks . An. Dom. 1505. An. 20 / 21 Hen. 7. Chanc. Dr. Mayhew again . Commiss . Sim. Greene again . Jo. Roper , D. D. who proceeded in Div. this year . John Adams , D. D. of Mert. Coll. Proct. Will. Patenson or Batenson of Queens Coll. Bor. John Goolde of Magd. Coll. Aust . The Junior was afterwards Principal of B●ham Hall in the Parish of S. John Bapt. Bach. of Musick . Or such who were admitted to the reading of any of the Musical Books of Boetius . June vlt. Dominus John Goodman , now noted for his Compo●●●●s in that Faculty , which are , I presume , somewhere still in being . Bach. of Arts , Of above 27 who were admitted this year , none of any note do yet appear , or are worthy to be remembred , only Mathew Smyth of Oriel Coll. who was afterwards the first Principal of Brasnose Coll. and a Benefactor to Learning ; and another named John Cottisford of Linc. Coll. afterwards Rector of that House , and a Dignitary . Both whom were admitted the last of June . Bach. of the Civil Law , Or such who were admitted to the reading of any book of the Institutions . About 10 were admit●ed this year , among whom Dionis Calakan ( an Irish Man ) was one , June ult . Twenty or more also supplicated for the said Degree , who were not admitted this year ; among whom Tho. Bennet was one , but whether the same Tho. Bennet who became Chauntor of the Cath. Church of Salisbury in Jan. 1541 , I dare not affirm it . Bach. of the Canon Law , Or such who were admitted to the reading extraordinary of any Book of the Decretals or Volumes . About 17 were admitted this year , of whom Rich. Wykeham and John Colchester , Benedictine Monks , were of the number , ult . June , and Nelanus Neal a Carme or White Fryer another . Twelve also at least supplicated for the same Degree , but were not admitted , among whom Thom. Cbeltenham a Benedictine was one . Mar. 16. Mast . of Arts , Jan. 25. Thom. Southerne . — He was afterwards Proct. of the University , Treasurer of the Cath. Church at Exeter , and Fellow of Eaton Coll. near to Windsor . He died in 1557. Besides him were about 20 more admitted Masters of Arts , but none of any note , that I can yet find , among them . Bach. of Physick , Or such who were admitted to the reading of any Book of the Aphorismes of Hippocrates . John Parkhouse of Exeter Coll. — He was afterwards Principal of Hart Hall , and taking holy Orders , became Canon of Exeter Cath. and a Dignitary elsewhere , which is all I yet know of him . Bach. of Div. June 20. William Godmersham a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict . — He was about this time either a Prior or an Abbot . Jan. 18. The venerable Father Thom. Charde a Monk of the Cistercian Order , and Abbat of the Monastery of Foord in Devonshire , was then admitted . — See more under the year 1507. Doct. of the Civil Law , None were admitted this year , only several supplicated in order to be admitted , among whom were John Wardroper Bach. of both the Laws , Feb. 6. Doct. of Div. Apr……John Rooper or Roper of Magd. College , who , after he had proceeded became Commissary this year . Jan… .. Rog. Vanghan or Vachan , a Black Fryer or Dominican , Prior of the Coll. of Black Fryers in the South Suburb of Oxon. Feb. 3. John Aslaby was then admitted ; which Degree he compleated in an Act celebrated on the 15. of the same Month , at which time ten Masters of Arts proceeded . Incorporations , Or such who have taken a Degree in another University , and have been embodied or taken into the bosom of this of Oxon , and have enjoyed the same Liberties and Privileges , as if they had taken their Degree here . Jul. 2. Walt. Peers Doct. of the Civ . Law of Bononia in Italy ( where he was held in great Admiration for that Faculty ) was then solemnly incorporated into the same Degree in the House of Congregation . Jan. 24. Rich. Kirkby Mast . of Arts of this Univ. and Bach. of Divin . of the Univ. of Paris , was incorporated Bach. of Div. of this University . — Which being done , he supplicated the same day to be admitted or licensed to proceed in Divinity ; but whether granted it appears not . … . James Denton Doctor of the Laws , sometimes Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge ▪ did this year supplicate to be incorporated ; but whether he was really so , it appears not . He was Chancellour to the Lady Mary Queen Dowager of France , who was afterwards married to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk , and so I presume he took that Degree beyond the Seas . About this time , he being one of the King's Counsellors , and much in savour , was made Prebendary of York , Lincoln . Salisbury , and in 1510 , Canon of Windsor . In 1521 , or thereabouts , he succeeded Dr. Ralph Collingwood in the Deanery of Lichfie●d , having been installed Prebendary of that Church by his Proctor Dr. Rich. Salter of Oxon. an 1509 , and in 1523 he became Archdeacon of Clievland in the Church of York upon the promotion of Dr. Richard Rawlyns of Mert. Coll. to the See of S. David . This Dr. Denton was also Lord President of Wales , and dying at Ludlow in Shropshire in 1532 , was there buried . In his Deanery of Lichfield succeeded Dr. Rich. Sampson , who holding it till 1536 , at which time he was promoted to the See of Chichester , Rich. Williams Chaplain to , and beloved of , K. Hen. 8. succeeded . In his Archdeaconry of Clievland succeeded Tho. Bedell , as I shall tell you under the year 1508 , and in his Canonry of Windsore Dr. Rich. Wolman , whom I shall mention elsewhere . This Dr. Denton built the large Back-stairs at Windsore , was an especial Benefactor to the Church there by founding Maintenance for the Singing-men and Choiristers ; and did , with Dr. John Clerke Dean of Windsore , receive o by Indenture from the Lord Hastyngs ; the Sheets ( as a Relique ) wherein K. Hen. 6. Founder of Kings College in Cambridge , lay , when he was murdered in the Tower. An. Dom. 1506. An. 21 / 22 Hen. 7. Chanc. Dr. William Warham Archbishop of Canterbury , elected 28 May , upon the resignation then made of Dr. Mayhew Bish . of Hereford . Commiss . John Thornden or Thornton . Will. Fauntleroy of New Coll. who was admitted D. of D. this year . Proct. Edw. Colyar of Vnivers . Coll. Bor. elected 24 Apr. Rich. Stokes of Magd. Coll. Austr . elected 28 of the same Month. Bach. of Musick . None do occur in our Registers that were admitted , only Richard Ede , a Canon Regular , and a Scholar in Musick , did supplicate the ven . Congregation to be admitted Bachelaur of that Faculty Feb. 10. but whether he was now , or after , really admitted , it appears not . Bach. of Arts. Dec. 17. Leonard Huchenson of Balliol , afterwards Master of Vniversity Coll. Feb. 8. Rob. Morwent of Magdalen , afterwards President of Corp. Christi , Coll. Beside these two ( who were great Promoters and Encouragers of Learning ) were 32 more admitted Bach. of Arts this year . Bach. of the Civ . Law , Or such who were admitted to the reading of any Book of the Institutions , as I have before told ye . Jan. 28. John Incent or Innocent of Allsoules Coll. — Two days before he was admitted Bach. of the Canon Law , as I shall anon tell you . Besides him were admitted this year six more , and eight at least that supplicated for the said Degree , who were not this year admitted ; among whom Joh. Prynne was one , Nov 24. This J. Prynne I take to be the same who was Prior of the Monastery at Timbridge in Kent , an . 1518. Bach. of the Can. Law , Or such who were admitted to the extraordinary reading ( or reading extraordinary ) of any Book of the Decretals or Volumes , as I have before told you . Mar. 29. John Ashdowne a Monk of the Cluniac Order , and Prior of the Monastery of Lewes in Sussex . — He had before spent seven years in studying the Canon Law in Cambridge . Jan. 26. Joh. Incent or Innocent before mention'd , who had formerly spent one year in the study of the Canon Law at Cambridge , was then admitted Bach. of the Canon Law. — He was afterwards Doctor of his Faculty , as I shall tell you hereafter , and the worthy Dean of S Pauls Cath. Church in London . Besides these two , were eleven more admitted this year , and about fifteen that supplicated for the said Degree , of whom Thom. Egyston a Benedictine was one . The rest were mostly secular Chaplains , among whom Rich. Hyll● or Hylley was of the number ; but whether the same with one of both his names who succeeded in the Treasurership of the Church of Salisbury one Henry Sutton sometimes Fellow of Merton College , in the Month of Aug. 1505 , I know not . The said Rich. Hylley who was Treasurer , dying in Sept. or thereabouts , in 1533 , Nicholas Shaxton D. D. succeeded him in that Dignity in the beginning of Oct. the same year , and him ( who was afterwards Bishop of Salisbury ) Rich. Sampson LL. D. as I shall tell you under the year 1521. Masters of Arts. Of 23 Masters of Arts who were admitted , and stood in three several Acts solemnized in S. Maries Church this year , ( whereof one was 3 July , another 26 Jan. and the third on the 8 Feb. ) I cannot yet find any one of them that arrived to any Eminence , only John Hewys of Merton Coll. who was Chaplain to Qu. Catherine , and a rich Dignitary in the Church . Opponents in Divinity , Or such who opposed in Divinity disputations , in the School belonging to that Faculty , in order to their admission to the degree of Bach. of Div. May 13. Frater Dedicus Fernandus , a Dominican , or Black , or Preaching Fryer . June 28. Frat. Petrus Lusitanus , a Minorite , or Franciscan , or Grey Fryer . Neither of these two ( who were learned men ) appear in the public Register to be afterwards admitted Bach. of Divinity . Besides them were six more admitted to oppose , who were all religious , or of religious Orders , and eight that supplicated to oppose ; all , except one , of religious Orders also , among whom Nich. Pepyr , a Canon Regular , was one . Of him by the way , I must let the Reader know , that he was elected Prior of the House of Can. Regulars at Taunton in Somersetshire ( on the Resignation of John Prows ) 23 Feb. 1513 , and dying there 26 Sept. 1523 , one Will. York of the same Order was admitted Prior in his place . In the year 1519 , when the said York was admitted Bach. of Div. this Pepyr did then supplicate for that Degree . Bach. of Div. Dec. 14. Thom. Goldwell of Canterbury Coll. ( who on the 19. of Oct. going before was admitted to oppose in Divinity ) was then admitted Bach. of Divinity . — He was a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict , and in the year 1517 was chose the last Prior of the Church at Canterbury . I have mention'd another Thom. Goldwell among the Bishops under the year 1580. Feb. ult . Rob. Kynge , a Monk of the Cistercian Order in the Abbey of Rewley in the West Suburb of Oxon. — He was afterwards the first Bishop of Oxford . See more among the D. of D. 1518. Mar. — Richard Ferys a Carme . — See among the D. of D. 1513. Besides these three , were seven more admitted of whom John Combe a Cistercian was one . Doctors of the Civil Law. June 28. Brian Hygden LL. Ba●● of Broadgates Hall , now Pembroke Coll. was then admitted Doctor . — On the 26 May 1515 , he was admitted Archdeacon of York , or of the West Riding in Yorkshire , on the Resignation of John Carver LL. D. On the 20. of June 1516 , he was admitted Prehendary of Vlleskelf in the Church of York● and on the 27 of the same Month Dean thereof , in the place of John Young LL. D. Master of the Ro●ls , deceased ▪ He paid his last debt to Nature 5 June 1539 , ( having before been a Benefactor to Learning , as I have elsewhere p told you ) and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of York . In his Deanery succeeded Rich. Layton or Leighton LL. D. on the 26 of July the same year , who on the 31 of June going before , was admitted to the said Prebendship of Vlleskelf , purposely to capacitate him for the Deanery . This Dr. Layton was Chaplain and Counsellor to K. Hen. 8. and did act much to please the unlimited desire of that King. In Oct. 1541 , he , under pretence of his Majesty's Pleasure , converted the Silver Capsula gilt ( in which were then the bones of the head of S. William Archbishop of York reposed ) with the Jewels and Ornaments of it , to the public use and benefit of the Church of York . In 1544. Dec. 24. Nich. Wotton LL. D was installed by proxy Dean of York in Dr. Layton's place , and in Wotton's Dr. Matthew Hutcon , 8 Apr. 1567. Feb. 29. Rob. Froost was then admitted Dr. of the Civil Law , but never stood in the Act to compleat that degree . This year March 29. John Ashdowne mentioned before , did supplicate just after he had been admitted Bac. of the Canon Law , to be licensed to proceed in that Faculty , but was not granted . Robert Coke also LL. B. and Principal of Henxsey Hall in S. Aldates Parish , did supplicate to be licensed to proceed in the Civil Law , but was then denied . Doct. of Div. May 12. John Heskins a Preaching or Black Fryer . June 26. Edward Powell ( of Oriel Coll. ) stiled in his Admission perdoctus vir . Oct. 24. Rob. Holyngbourne a Benedictine Monk and Warden or Guardian of Canterbury Coll. ( now part of Ch. Ch. ) in Oxon. Dec. 13. Will. Gylbert a Canon regular , and Prior of the Monastery at Brewton in Somersetshire . Dec. 13. Tho. Mychell of Exeter Coll. Canon of the Cath. Ch. of Exeter and of Wells . Will. Fauntleroy of New Coll. was admitted the same day . — His Sister Elizabeth was Abbess of Amesbury . Jan. 22. John Smyth a Minorite or Franciscan . These also supplicated this year for the said degree ; viz. ( 1. ) Will. Gydyng M. of A. and Bac. of Div. ( 2. ) Sim. Pykeryng a Carme . ( 3. ) John Wetwang B. D. a Cistercian , &c. Incorporations . June 28. Will. Smyth Commissary to the Bishop of Lincoln , and Doctor of Decrees in another University , was then incorporated . — He was Nephew , or near of kin , to Dr. Will. Smyth Bishop of Lincoln , was Archdeacon of Lincoln , and dying in 1528 , was succeeded in that Dignity by Rich. Pate M A. of Oxon , as I have told you elsewhere among the Bishops . An. Dom. 1507. An. 22 / 23 Hen. 7. Chanc. Dr. Will. Warham before mentioned . Commiss . Will. Fauntleroy again . John Thornden again . John Avery , D. D. of Linc. Coll. John Kynton again . Proct. John Lane of New Coll. ( as it seems ) Austr . Will. Thomson of Vniv. Coll. Bor. Apr. 15. But the junior Proctor dying in the Long Vacation , Mr. Hugh Pole or Pool of All 's . Coll. ( about this time Principal of Biham Hall ) supplied his place as senior Regent in the University till the fourth day of Nov. following , and then Mr. Thom. Bentley of New Coll. being elected Proctor , served out the remaining part of the year . Bach. of Arts. June 19. John Blysse . — He hath this Character added to his Name in the Cat. of Fellows of Mert. Coll. he being of that Society , Medicus & Astronomus quam doctus . Feb. 27. Rog Egworth or Edgworth of Oriel Coll. whom I have mentioned among the Writers , under the year 1560. Besides these two were at least 55 Bachelaurs admitted this year , and 23 that supplicated for that degree , that were not this year admitted . Bach. of Law. Four in the Civil , and eight in the Canon , Law were admitted . Nine in the Civil , and five in the Canon , Law supplicated for that degree . One was admitted Bach. of both the Laws , and one to the Volumes . One Hen. Rawlyns occurs Bach. of the Civil Law this year , but his Admission is omitted ; and therefore all that I can say of him is , that he became Archdeacon of Salisbury 10 Apr. 1524 , upon the death of James Bromwich , who had that dignity confer'd upon him 2 March 1523 , after the decease of George Sydenham . This H. Rawlyns who was Prebendary of Faringdon , and had been thrice Preb. of Combe and Harnham , in the said Church , within the space of four years , was made at the same time ( 10 Apr. 1524. ) Preb. of Husborne and Burbach in the said Church of Sarum . He was also dignified in the Church of Wells . Mast . of Arts. Oct. 13. Hugh Aston , Ashtyn or Ashton , so many ways I find him written . — He became Archdeacon of York , that is , of the Westriding of Yorkshire , upon the resignation of Brian Hygden , in Sept. 1516 , and dying in Decemb. 1522 , was succeeded in that dignity by Tho. Winter in the year following , as I shall tell you under the year 1525. I have made mention of one Hugh Aston a Musitian , in Will. Forest among the Writers , under the year 1558. Mar. 8. Thom. Makerel of Vniv. Coll. — One Dr. Makerel Prior of Berlings in Lincolnshire headed the Commons of that County under the Name of Capt. Cobler when they rose against the King in 1536 , upon the beginning of the desolution of Religious Houses , or , as some say , because they would not pay a certain Tax . Whether this Tho. Makerel be the same I cannot tell , till I know the Christian Name of the Doctor . John Stow saith that Dr. Makerel , an Abbat and a Suffragan Bishop , was drawn and hang'd at Tybourne about 29 March 1537 , for denying the Kings Supremacy ; which I suppose is the same with him who was Prior of Berlings , and the same perhaps who was incorporated Doctor of Cambridge 1516. Besides these two , were eleven more that were admitted , and four that supplicated , that were not admitted , this year . Opponents in Div. May 10. Peter de Campo , a Portuguese . Dec. 10. Walt. Goodfield a Minorite . — See under the year 1510. Feb. 4. Edm. Vessy or Veysey a Benedictine . — Besides seven that supplicated , who were all , except one , Benedictine● and Black Fryers . Bach. of Div. Jun. 22. John Claymond the most deserving President of Magd. Coll. stiled in his Admission Vir discretus , gravis , & multa doctrina percelebris . Feb. 6. Gerardus Smyth a Minorite . — and others of no great account , besides five at least that supplicated for that degree . Doct. of the Civ . Law. Apr… . John Cockys or Cocks of All 's . Coll. — This year I find him Principal of George Hall in S. Maries Parish , and in 1509 Warden or Rector of the Church of Elmely in Kent , upon the resignation of Will. Broke Doct. of Decrees . Afterwards he was Principal of Henxsey Hall in S. Aldates Parish , ( a place for Civilians ) Principal or chief Moderator or Professor of the Civil Law School in the Parish of St. Edward , and Dean of the Arches . He died in Febr. 1545. William Parker and Thom. Maket Bachelaurs of the Civ . Law supplicated to be licensed to proceed in that Faculty , but were not admitted . Thom. Myllyng Bach. of the Canon Law , supplic . also to be Dr. of that Fac. but not admitted . Doct. of Div. Oct… . Thom. Charde Abbat of Foord in Devon. — On the second of the same Month he did really proceed , being then stiled ( as 't is entred in the public Register of this time ) Vir magna doctrina & virtute clarus . He was born at Aulescombe in the said County , and educated in S. Bernard's Coll. ( now S. John Baptist ) to which place being afterwards a Benefactor , his Memory was there preserv'd , as a token of it , in several of the glass Windows of that House , particularly in a middle Chamber Window on the South side of the Tower over the common Gate of that Coll. where was ( if not still ) his Name contracted in golden Letters ( as the fashion was lately on Coaches ) in an Escocheon Sable , and hath behind it , paleways , an Abbats Crosier . He founded , as 't is said , an Hospital at Honyton in his own Country , and repaired , built , and adorned much of his Monastery , which , I think , he lived to see dissolved . Mar… . Thom. Brynknell of Linc. Coll. — He stood in the Act on the 13. of the same Month , at which time the Professor of Div. or Commissary , did highly commend him for his Learning . Those that supplicated this year to be Doctors of Div. were ( 1. ) Humph. Wystow , sometimes of All 's . Coll. whom I shall mention under the year 1509. ( 2. ) John Maynard a Benedictine ; see in an . 1502. ( 3. ) Clem. Lychfeld another Benedictine , mention'd under the same year . ( 4. ) Tho. Anyden or Anyday B. of Div. and a Minorite . ( 5. ) Rob. Burton a Minorite also , and Prior or Gardian of the College of Minorites or Franciscans , commonly called Grey Fryers , in the South Suburb of Oxon , who had studied Divinity in this , and the University of Cambridge , 20 years . Incorporations . May 4. James Mallet , Master of Arts of Cambridge . — This Person was afterwards Canon of Windsore , D. of D. and Master of the Hospital of S. Giles in Great Wycomb in Bucks . But in his latter days , uttering certain Words which were accounted High Treason , was executed in 1543. The Treason was this ; When the News of the great Commotions made by the Commons in several parts of the Nation , upon , or after , the dissolution of Religious Houses , he openly said , Then hath the King brought his Hogs to a fair Market . Rob. Fisher a Doctor beyond the Sea , did supplicate to be incorporated May 10 , but he is not registred as admitted . He afterwards was beneficed in Somersetshire . Thom. Scarysbrigg of Mert. Coll. Doct. of Div. beyond the Seas also , did in like manner supplicate 20 Jan. but I cannot find him actually incorporated . Creations , Or such that have degrees confer'd upon them without performing any exercise for the same , and sometimes ( especially if Noblemen ) without paying of Fees. Jan. 29. It was then granted to James Stanley Bishop of Ely , that he might be created Doctor of Decrees by a Cap put on his head , by William Archbishop of Canterbury and Richard Bishop of London ; which accordingly was by them performed with solemnity , at , or near to , London . It was also granted on the same day to Mr. John Rede Master of Arts , Bach. of Div. and Warden of Wykeham's Coll. near Winchester , that he might be created D. of D. by a Cap put on his head by Dr. Fauntleroy the Commissary , the Proctors , and two Masters . Whether performed , I cannot justly say , because in the year 1511 he supplicated for the degree of D. of D. He had been Tutor to Prince Arthur , was then Canon of Chichester , afterwards Warden of New Coll. in Oxon. and Master of the Hospital of S. Mary Magd. near Winchester . An. Dom. 1508 An. 23 / 24 Hen. 7. Chancellor , the same . Commiss . Will. Fauntleroy again . John Thornden again . Proct. Rob. Carter of Magd. Coll. Austr . elected 10 May. Rowl . Messynger Principal of Little Vniv. Hall in School street . Bor. elected the 11. May. Of which Proctors having spoken largely elsewhere , I shall only now say , that they were afterwards Servants to , and in favour with , Cardinal Wolsey ; the senior of them being Steward of his Houshold , and the junior Controller of his Buildings in Oxon. Grammarians , Or such who were admitted to inform and teach in the Faculty of Grammar . March 17. William Beaumond stiled in our Registers Disertus vir , & vir doctus . — After he had been admitted by the Commissary to instruct Youths in Grammar , he delivered into his hands a Fer●la and Rod , as badges of his Office , to be used by his Authority . For at this time , and beyond all memory , no person in this Xingdom could teach Grammar publickly , until he had first been graduated in , or authorized by , either of the Universities . Bach. of Musick . Feb. 12. John Mason . — He was now much in esteem for his Profession . This year Dec. 12. John Scherman a secular Chaplain and a Student in Musick , supplicated the ven . Congregation that he might be admitted Bach. of that Faculty . Whether he was admitted it appears not . q Bach. of Arts. Oct. 23. John Redman or Redmayne . — One of both his Names was Archdeacon of Taunton , and Prebendary of Milverton in the Church of Wells ; in which Dignities he was succeeded by John Fitzjames 1554 , as I shall tell you in 1524. See in the year 1543. Jan. 18. Marmaduke Bona alias Lindsey . — I shall mention him elsewhere . Jan. 29. John Moreman of Exeter Coll. — He was afterwards Dean of the Cath. Ch. at Exeter . Besides these , were about 32 more admitted , and about 27 who supplicated for the said degree , but were not admitted this year . Bach. of the Civ . Law. Nov. 5. Thom. Bedell of New Coll. — In June 1533 he became Archdeacon of Clievland in the place of Dr. James Denton ; which Dignity he resigning in Aug. following , Will. Clyffe LL. D. succeeded . About which time Bedell became Archdeacon of Cornwal , and soon after was appointed one of the Commissioners ( Rich. Layton LL. D. and Tho. Barthlet public Notary being two other ) to visit Religious Houses in order to their dissolution . Besides Th. Bedell were thirteen admitted , and eight that supplicated , that were not admitted this year . Fifteen also were admitted Bac. of Can. Law , and eleven supplicated that were not admitted . Mast . of Arts. About fifteen were admitted , and about ten supplicated to be admitted , but were not . Among all which , I cannot yet find any one that was afterwards a Bishop , a Writer , Dignitary , or Man of note . Bach. of Div. July — Thomas Beel a Canon Regular of the Order of S. Austin , and Prior of the Students of that Order living in S. Maries Coll. — See more among the D. of D. an . 1514. Oct. 17. Fr. John Howden a Dominican . Jan. 16. James Dickson , M. A. Feb. 1. Fr. Rob. Osbourne a Carme . Which two last are several times mentioned in the public Register to be Clari & perdocti viri . Besides these were about thirteen that supplicated for the said degree , but not admitted this year ; among whom was Will. Gyllingham of the Order of S. Benedict , who succeeded Rob. Holyngbourne in the Guardianship or Wardenship of Canterbury Coll. in Oxon. about this year . Doct. of Law. Not one , either in the Canon or Civ . Law , was licensed to proceed this year . In the Canon Law were three that supplicated to be Doctors , viz. David Talley Abbat of Tally in the dio● of S. David , Will. Wollur , and John Lacy , all Bachelaurs of that Faculty . In the Civil Law was only one , whom I shall mention the next year . Doct. of Physick . Nov. 3. Rich. Barthlet mention'd under the year 1503 , supplicated that he might be licensed to proceed in Physick ; but whether he was admitted , or did really proceed , or stood in the Act , it doth not , by the neglect of the Registrary , appear in the Register of this , or of any year following — He was about this time admitted by the Name of Dr. Rich. Barlot into the Coll. of Physitians in London , and some years after was made President thereof . He died about the latter end of the year 1556 , being then possessed of Lands in Cudesdon and Denton in Oxfordshire , and was buried in the Church of Great S. Bartholomew in London . In the Annals of the Coll. of Physitians before-mention'd , is this Character left of him , by the famous Dr. Jo. Cay of Cambridge , — This good and venerable old man ( very famous for his Learning , great Knowledge and Experience in Physick ) died in the 87 year of his Age ; at whose Funeral the President and College attended , it being the first time that the Statute Book of the College , adoned with Silver , was carried before the President . — He the said Dr. Bartlet did bequeath to Allsoules College ( his tender Parent ) his Bason and Ewre of Silver , and to his Brother Edm. Bartlet and his Children of Castel Moreton in Worcestershire several considerable Legacies . Doct. of Div. Not one was admitted or licensed to proceed , or stood in the public Comitia , which we usually call the Act. Four I find who supplicated for the said degree , viz. ( 1. ) Fath. Walt. Goodfield a Minorite , who proceeded in 1510. ( 2. ) Rich. Dudly of Oriel Coll. lately Proctor of the University . ( 3. ) John Mylford a Benedictine and Bac. of Div. ( 4. ) Nicholas Bradbridge M. A. and Fell of Mert. Coll. Which last was afterwards D. of D. and Chancellor of the Cath. Church of Lincoln . He died 14 March 1532 , and was buried in the said Cath. Ch. See among the Incorporations in 1526. Incorporations Nov. 5. John Smyth , D. of D. of Cambridge . Dec. 12. John Wilcocks D. of D. in Vniversitate Tantaronensis , as the Register saith . Qu. in what Country that University is . An. Dom. 1509. An. 1. Hen. 8. Chancellour , the same . Commiss . Will. Fauntleroy D. D. ' to whom were sometimes Deputies Dr. Tho. Mychell , and Dr. Jo. Kynton . Proct. Tho Erytage of Oriel Rich. Ducke of Exet. Coll. Both which Proctors were according to a former Statute ( lately much neglected ) elected on one and the same day , being the first of Easter-Term . Bach. of Musick . May…John Wendon , a Scholar of Musick ; whose Gra●e was granted to be admitted Bachelaur , conditionally that he compose a Mass to be sung in the Act following . Jul. 2. John Clawsey was then admitted Bach. of Mus . Both these were eminent in their Professions . Bach. of Arts. About 15 were admitted , of whom Rich. Consent or Consenett a Can. sec . was one , and James Fitzjames of Mer● . Coll. another ; and 7 supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Bach. of the Civ . Law. May…Lancelot Collyns or Colynson . — He was Nephew to Christopher Bambridge Archbishop of York , by whose favour he became Treasurer of that Church in the beginning of May 1514 , upon the Resignation of Robert Langton LL. D. mention'd under the year 1501. After Colynsons death , Will. Clyff , LL. D. of Cambridge , was installed Treasurer of the said Church 13 Apr. 1539 ; the same Will. Clyff , I mean , who became Chauntor of that Church on the resignation of Will. Holgyll ( then or lately Master of the Savoy Hospital near London ) in the beginning of Nov. 1534. As for the Treasurership , Clyff by this Letters resign'd it into the hands of K. Edw. 6. which being confirmed under the common Seal of the Dean and Chapter of York , he was afterwards made the third Dean of Chester in the place of Hen. Man Bishop of the Isle of Man. This Will. Clyff died at London about the 7th of Decemb. in 1558. and was succeeded in his Deanery by Roger Walker M. of A. June 2. Giles Hakeluyt of All 's . Coll. — One the 5 of Sept. 1514 , he became Sub-dean of the Church of Salisbury on the Resignation of John Robinson . Nine more were admitted Bach. of the Civil Law , and seven supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Bach. of the Can. Law. June 11. Oliver Poole or Pole of Nevylls Inn , ( involved in the limits of C. C. C. ) afterwards Principal of Greek Hall near to the Ch. yard of S. Frideswyde , and in that Parish ; was then admitted Bach. of the Can. Law. — He is stiled in the public Register of this time Vir doctus & praeclarus , which is all I know of him , only that he was of noble Race . June…Will . Page a Canon Regular and Prior of Ivy Church in the County of Wilts . — One Richard Page who was an Oxford May by Education , but not graduated as I can yet find , occurs Prior of Idrose or Ederos in the same County , an . 1526. Besides these two were but two more admitted , and 13 that supplicated , who were not this year admitted . Mast . of Arts. Thirteen were admitted , and five supplicated who were not admitted this year ; but none of them were afterwards Writers or Bishop , and whether Dignitaries , I know not . Opponents in Div. Seven were admitted to oppose , who were afterwards admitted Bach. of Div. and eight supplicated , some of which were afterwards Bach. of Div. also . Bach. of Div. May 10. The reverend Father Edmund Forest a Canon regular , and Prior of the Monastery of Langthony ( near Glocester . ) Jun… . William Arden a Dominican . — See more among the Incorporations , an . 1520. Jun. 21. Robert Cleyton of Linc. Coll. Principal of Staple Hall in Schoolstreet , stiled in the public Reg. Vir d●lus Jul. 5. Henry Broke a Benedictin — One Thomas Br●ks who had been of this University , ( of Glocester College I think ) did supplicate for , or at least took , a degree in this University , but 't was before the time that these Fasti begin . In 1504 ▪ ●●n . 21. he was confirmed Abbat of M●chelney of the Benedictin Order , in Somersetshire , after the death of one William Wyke : and 〈◊〉 in 1522 John Shirbourne was confirmed Abbat in his place , on the 6 of Nov. in the same year . Jul. 6. Father A●th . Etton or E●ton , a Do●● or 〈…〉 , who had studied two years in the University of 〈◊〉 , three in Lovaine , and five in Oxon. Besides these , others were admitted , and several supplicated . Doct. of Law. Not one admitted or licensed , either in the Canon or Civil Law , and but one supplicated for the degree of Doct. of Civ . Law , who was admitted the next year . Doct. of Div. June 19. Humphrey Wystow of All 's . Coll — He had before this time been Principal of S. Edm. Hall , and was now beneficed at Tamworth in Staffordshire ; where dying in Oct. 1514 , was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , dedicated to S. Edys , or Edyth . March 19. Thomas Drax Rector of Linc. Coll. There were three also supplicated for the said degree ; viz. ( 1. ) John Baker Bac. of Div. who became Rector of Lymyngton in Somersetshire , upon the Resignation of Thomas Wolsey ( afterward a Cardinal ) in the beginning of Jul. 1509. ( 2. ) Hugh Bolles B. D. a Benedictin , ( 3. ) Pet. de Campo a Portugnese and Minorite , mentioned under the year 1507. An. Dom. 1510. An. 2 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same , viz. Dr. Warham Archbishop of Canterbury . Commiss . VVilliam Fauntleroy John Thornden Thomas Mychel D. D. oftentimes stiled Vicechanc. D. D. Proct. John Burgeis of Magd. Coll. Bor. John Hewys of Mert. Coll. Austr . April 10. Bach. of Musick . Jan…John Gilbert . — His Order and Place are not set down . Grammarians . Feb. 3. John Toker or Tooker Bach. of Arts , was then admitted to inform and instruct in Grammar . Bach. of Arts. Feb. 28. William York a Canon Regular . — See more among the Bach. of Div. 1519. Besides him were about 40 admitted , and about 30 who supplicated for that degree , but were not admitted this year . Bach. of the Civ . Law. Nineteen were admitted , among whom Anthony Maycok was one , and several others who were afterwards Dignitaries in the Church ; and nine that supplicated who were not adm . this year . Bach. of the Can. Law. Feb. 3. Will. Fleshmonger of New Coll. — He was afterwards Dean of Chichester , as I shall tell ye elsewhere . Thomas Leson was admitted the same day . — See among the Bach. of Div. 1512. Will. Taylour a Canon regular of the Premonstratensian Order , was also admitted the same day ( Feb. 3. ) Besides which three , were about 33 admitted , and more than twenty that supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Among these last , I find one Rich. Wraxhall a Benedictine , who on the 7 Jan. 1516 was confirmed Abbat of Athelney in Somersetshire , in the place of John Wellington some time before deceased : which Wellington had been confirmed Abbat 27 July 1503 , in the place of one John George , who had been elected Prior 29 Oct. 1485 , on the death of Robert Hill , who died on the tenth day of the same month . These things I note , because all the said Abbats had received Academical Education in this University . Mast . of Arts. Eleven were admitted this year , among whom John Cottisford , afterwards Rector of Linc. Coll. and Canon of the Coll. of K. H. 8. was one ; and fifteen that supplicated , among whom was Jeffrie Wren , afterwards Canon of Windsore . Bach. of Div. Jun. 12. Fr. Joh. Byrd a Carme . — On the 2. May going before he was adm . to oppose in his faculty ; and many years after this , he became the first Bishop of Chester . Jun. …Tho . Wolsey M. A. of Magd. Coll. — He was now Dean of Lincoln , and afterwards a Cardinal , and Archbishop of York . Dec. … John Longland of Magd. Coll. now a Monk of the Order of St. Benedict , as the publick register of this time saith . — See more in the year following . Thirteen supplicated for the said Degree , but not , as I conceive , admitted this year , among whom Rich. Gray a Canon regular was one , ( written in the publick register * Canonicus regularis & Gardianus S. Augustini ) and John Essex a Benedictine was another , of whom I shall make mention in 1515. Doct. of the Civ . Law. May 14. Edw. Culpeper of Al●s . Coll. June … Joh. Kydwelly of the same Coll. sometimes Principal of S. Edwards hall . June … Pet. Porkyn of New Inn , one of the Advocates in the Court of Arches and Rector of St. Leonards Church on New-fishstreet-hi● in London . — He died 1. May 1520 , and was buried in the Church there . For the said Degree supplicated ( 1 ) Edm. Horde B. of the Civ . Law of All 's . Coll. sometimes Principal of Greek hall , afterwards Princ. of Burnells Inn alias London Coll. ( 2 ) John Noble Bach. of the said faculty , Princ. of Broadgates hall and Official to the Archdeacon of Berks. He died 2. June 1522 and was buried in Doclingtons Isle ( now the Chappel wherein the Society of Pembroke Coll. celebrate divine service ) joyning on the South side of St. Aldates Church . Under the upper South window of which , is a raised Monument of alabaster , with the proportion of this John Noble from head to foot carved from alabaster , with the habit of a Bach. of Civ . Law , and his Crown tonsur'd . Doct. of the Can. Law. May 14. Thom. Orton or Horton now or lately Principal of White hall and Pyrie hall in St. Michaels Parish near to the North gate of Oxford . Jan. … Edw. Hygons lately Princ. of Burnells Inn alias London Coll. in St. Aldates Parish . There also supplicated for the said Degree ( 1 ) Thom. Thomlyn a Canon regular and Bach. of the Can. Law. ( 2 ) Will. Balborow Bach. of both the Laws , lately Princ. of St. Mildrids hall in St. Mildrids Parish , and now Princ. of New Inn. Doct. of Physick . James Radbourne Bach. of Physick did supplicate on the 29. June to be licensed to proceed in that faculty . but whether he was admitted , it appears not , nor that he stood in the Comitia . Doct. of Div. May 12. Frater John Howden a Dominican , Prior of the Coll. of Black-fryers or Dominicans in the South Suburb of Oxon. Fr. Walt. Goodfield a Minorite or Franciscan , now or lately Prior or Gardian of the Coll. of Franciscans in the South Suburb of Oxon. was adm . the same day . Besides these two that were licensed to proceed , were eight Bach. of Div. who supplicated to be admitted Doctors of the same faculty , viz. ( 1 ) John Waldgrave . ( 2 ) Will. Godmersham a Benedict . Monk. ( 3 ) John Claymond President of Magd ▪ Coll. ( 4 ) Richard Beverley a Dominican and Bach. of Div. of Cambridge . ( 5 ) Rob. Kynge a Benedictine , who afterwards proceeded in 1518. ( 6 ) Jam. Foston a Cistercian Monk. ( 7 ) Will. Helmysley of the same Order . ( 8 ) Tho. Castell a Benedictine . Incorporations . Oct. 11. Will. Gantlin Doct. of Physick of the Univ. of Mountpelier . Nov. 20. Tho. Wells or Wellys M. A. of this Univ. and sometimes Fellow of New College , afterwards D. of D. beyond the Sea , was then , or the day after , incorporated D. of D. being then Domestick Chaplain to Dr. Warham Archb. of Canterbury and a Dignitary . Nov. 29. John Sixtinus LL. D. of the Univ. of Senes in Tuscany ▪ was then incorporated , having been more than an year in this University . He was afterwards dignified in the Church of England , and was reckoned one of the Foreigners , who were excused from paying a subsidie to the King an . 1513. Petr. Carmelian , Polyd. Virgil , Erasm . Roterodamus , Andr. Ammonius , &c. who were beneficed and dignified in the Church , were excused also . Jan. … Rich. Talot or Tollet Bach. of the Civil Law of this Univ. and Doct. of the same fac . at Cambridge . Feb. 3. Brian . Roos Doctor of Decrees of the Univ. of Valence . — He died 1529 and was buried in the Church of Chelray in… One Will. Petoe M. A. of Cambridge was also incorp . on the 14. June . — One Peter , ( whom some call William ) Petoe was a Cardinal . See among the Bishops , under the year 1558. An. Dom. 1511. An. 3. Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Will. Fauntleroy again . Tho. Drax D. D. of Lync . Coll. John Roper Princ. of George hall . John Cockys LL. D. Edm. Wylsford D. D. Provost of Ori●l Coll. Proct. Will. Brooke of Oriel Coll. Austr . elected on the last day of Apr. Tho. Southerne , Bor. elected 2. May. Grammarians . Dec. 11. Maurice Byrchensaw a Scholar of the fac . of Rhetorick , was then admitted to inform in Grammar . — He taught in the School joyning to Magd. Coll. great gate , and was afterwards Bach. of the Civil Law. Mar. 18. Edw. Watson a Scholar of the fac . of Gram. — This Person had afterwards his grace granted to him for the Degree of Bac● . of Grammar , conditionally that he compose an hundred verses in praise of the University , and also make a Comedy within one year after he had taken that Degree : but whether he was admitted , or did take it , it appears not . Bachel . of Grammar . Apr. 8. John Burgeys a secular Chaplain was admitted to the reading of any book of the fac . of Grammar . Bach. of Rhetorick . Jun. 3. John Bulman a Scholar of the Art of Rhetorick , was admitted to the reading of any book of the said faculty , viz. the first book of Tullies Offices and the first book of his Epistles . Bach. of Arts. Nov. 10. John Constable a famous Latin Poet of his time . Feb. 3. John Dovell — In one of his supplicates for that Degree he is written Will. Devell : yet I cannot take him to be the same with Will. Dovell a Bernardine or white Monk , who studied sometimes in St. Bernards Coll. and who succeeded one Rich. Paynter of that Order in the Abbatship of Clyve in Somersetshire . Besides these two were 38. or more admitted Bach. of Arts , and 8. at least that supplicated , who were not adm . this year . Bach. of Civ . Law. Jul. … George Grey Son of the Marquess of Dorset . Feb. 9. Thom. Colfox of All 's . Coll. — In the Catalogue of Fellows of that House he is stiled Decanus Salopiae . Besides these were adm . 4 more , and 9 there were that supplicated for that Degree , who were not adm . this year . I find also 5. who were adm . Bach. of the Can. Law , and six who supplicated ; most of whom were secular Chaplains . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 5. James Fitzjames of St. Albans hall , lately of Mert. Coll. — See more in the year 1516. June 21. John Quarre of Merton Coll. — He is the same John Quarre , as I suppose , who occurs Archdeacon of Landaff . 1541. Feb. 6. Rog. Edgworth of Oriel Coll. Feb. 12. John Blyss mention'd under the year 1507. Besides these were about 33 admitted , and eleven , or thereabouts , that supplicated , that were not adm . this year . Opponents in Div. May 31. John Bosforus a Cistercian Monk of St. Bernards Coll. in the North suburb of Oxon , and Abbat of Tiltey in Essex . — About the same time he supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Div. which , I presume was granted , tho not set down in the register . He is sometimes written Joh. Browne alias Brome . Nov. 19. Frat. Rob. Low or Law a Carme — Whether he was adm . Bach. of Div. according to the custom of those that oppose in that fac . it doth not appear in the publick register . See more of him among the Doct. of Div. in 1520. Besides these , were eleven more that opposed ; most of whom were afterwards adm . Bac. of Div. Bach. of Div. Jul. 1. William Malverne alias Parker a Benedictine Monk — On the 4. of May 1514 he was elected Abbat of St. Peters Church in Glocester on the death of one John Newton D. D. and continued Abbat till the dissolution of his Church . See more among the Doctors of Div. 1515. Dec. 12. Joh. de Coloribus a Dominican . Mar. 14. Hugh Whitehead of Durham ( now Trinity ) Coll. — See among the Doctors of Div. under the year 1513. Mar. 22. Fr. Rich. Mallet a Fryer of the Order of St. Austin the Hermit , who had studied 12. years here and at Cambridge . … . Rob. Schouldham a Benedictine Monk. — He was now , or soon after an Abbat . See in the year 1515. Six more were admitted . and 7 supplicated that were not adm . this year , of whom Rog. Necham a Benedictine was one . Doct. of Civ . Law. Not one admitted , only John Jane LL. Bac. of New Coll. supplicated for the said Degree , March 25. Doct. of Can. Law. Not one admitted , only Thom. Byrd supplicated for that Degree . Whether he be the same Tho. Byrd who , from being a Canon of the Order of St. Austin in the Priory of Taunton , was elected Prior of Barlich ( of the same Order ) in Somersetsh . 3. Sept. 1492 upon the deprivation of Rob. Wynde , I know not . He resign'd his Priorship on the first of Decemb. 1524 , and the very next day one John Norman was elected into that place . Doct. of Div. Dec. 15. John Longland of Magd. Coll. — Afterwards Bishop of Lincolne . Those that supplicated for the Degree of D. of D. this year , were ( 1 ) Laur , Stubbes , afterwards President of Magd. Coll. ( 2 ) Tho. Castell a Benedictine Monk , and Warden or Gardian of Durham Coll. in Oxon. I find one Tho. Castell a Doctor of Oxon to have succeeded in the Priorship of Durham John Aukland D. D. an . 1494 , but what relation there was between them , unless this last was Uncle to the former , I know not . See more in the year 1513. ( 3 ) Will. Porter Bach. of Div. Warden of New Coll. and Chaunter of Hereford . ( 4 ) John Esterfeild , &c. Incorporations . Apr. 3. Hugh Inge or Yuge sometimes of New Coll. Master of Arts of this Univ. and D. of D. beyond the Seas , was incorp . D. of D. — He was afterwards Archb. of Dublin . Rob. Spence LL. D. beyond the Seas , was incorporated the same day . May … Rich. Smyth M. A. of this Univ. and Doctor of the Civ . Law beyond the Seas . June 26. Rob. Fairfax Doctor of Musick of Cambridge . — This Person did afterwards live in Hertfordshire , and was buried in the Church at St. Albans , near , or under , the seat , where the Mayor of that place usually sits . I have seen some of his Musical compositions of three , or more parts , which shew the Author to be eminent in his faculty in the time he lived . Among the said compositions , which were written in a large book , were mixed with them the compositions of William Newarke , Richard Davyes , Edmund Turges , Sir Thomas Phelippis , William Cornish jun. and of one Sheryngham , Hampshire , Browne , &c. All which lived in , or near , the time of the said Dr. Fairfax , who was of the same family with those of York-shire . Jan. 24. John Hampton Abbat of the Monastery of St. Austin at Canterbury , D. of D. beyond the Seas . An. Dom. 1512. An. 4. Hen. 8. Chancellour the same . Commiss . Edmund Wylsford William Fauntlery John Kynton D. D. Proctors Thomas Pulton of New Coll. Austr . elected 21. Richard Symons of Mert. Coll. Bor. elected 23. Apr. Rhetoricians . Or such who were admitted to inform and instruct in the art of Rhetorick . Jan. ult . Richard Smyth a secular Chaplain , who in the art of Rhetorick had spent 16 years , of which 10 were spent in the informing and instructing youths in Grammar . Bach. of Musick . Apr. … John Dygon a Monk of the Order of St. Benedict was then admitted . Bach. of Arts. Apr. ult . Malachias Arthur — Afterwards a learned Physician . See in the year 1515. Jan. ult . William Bennet — One of both his names became Archdeacon of Dorset upon the consecration of John Stokesley Bishop of London , 20. of Dec. 1530 , and afterwards was the Kings Orator at Rome . Whether the same with the former I cannot tell . See among the Bach. of the Civil Law , an . 1527. About 51. Bachelers of Arts were admitted this year , and 15 at least that supplicated for that Degree . Bach. of Civil Law. Jul. … Hugh ap Rice — He was afterwards Founder of Jesus Coll. Jul. … John London of New Coll. — See in the year 1518. Besides these two were but five more admitted , and two supplicated . This year 7 were admitted in the Canon Law , and two only , or thereabouts , supplicated . Mast . of Arts. Twenty or more were admitted , of whom John Moreman of Exeter College was one , and 5 only supplicated . Bach. of Div. Nov. 4. William Wall a Canon regular , and Prior of the Monastery at Kenilworth in Warwickshire . — See another William Wall in 1518. among the D. of D. Feb. 4. Fr. Nich. Peter , or Peter Nicholas a Carme or White Fryer , Prior of the College of Carmes in the North suburb of Oxon. Besides these two , were six more admitted , and about eleven that supplicated , that were not , as I can yet find , admitted this year . Among those that supplicated , were first William How M. A. and the Kings Chaplain . See among the Doctors of Divinity 1526. ( 2 ) John Lleson Abbat of the Monastery of St. Mary of Neath , of the Cistercian order in Glamorganshire , now studying in St. Bernards Coll. In a certain writing dated some years after the dissolution of religious houses , I find mention of one Thomas Leyson late Abbat of Neath , which I presume is the same and his Christian name mistaken . See in the year 1510. ( 3 ) Thomas Knolles M. A. and Subdean of York : whom I shall mention elsewhere . Doct. of Civil Law. Not one admitted , only four supplicated viz. ( 1 ) Richard Benger LL. Bach. ( 2 ) Maurice Glynn Bach. of the Civil Law , who was afterwards Doct. of that fac . and died in July 1525. ( 3 ) John Incent or Innocent of All 's . Coll. ( 4 ) Thomas Myllyng LL. Bach. and Chaplain to Dr. Warham Archb. of Canterbury . He was afterwards a Benefactor to New Coll. as I have * elsewhere told you . Doct. of Div. Jul. 2. Hugh Myllyng of Exeter Coll. Dec. 6. Thomas Coke . Four also supplicated this year , who were all afterwards admitted Doctors of Div. except Thomas Hamden a Minorite or Grey Fryer . Incorporations . May 3. John Stokys or Stokes D. of D. of Cambr. and Provincial of the Fryers of the Order of St. Austin the Hermit . May … Simon Pickeryng a Carme Bach. of Div. of this Univ. and D. of D. of Cambr. was incorp . D. D. Dec. … William Sparke M. A. of Cambridge . Jan. 28. William Heryson M. A. of the Univ. of Paris . Jan. … William Bark M. and an Archdeacon . Jan. 29. Edward Burrell M. A. of Paris . Besides several Bach. of Arts of Cambridge . An. Dom. 1513. An. 5. Hen. 8. Chancellour the same . Commiss . William Fauntleroy John Kynton John Thornden D. D. Proctors Thomas Mede of Ex. c. Austr . Thomas Hobson of Vniv. c. Bor. Bach. of Musick . Oct… Christopher Wodde did supplicate for that Degree , but whether he was admitted it appears not . Bach. of Arts. Jul. 4. Robert Whityndon or Whittington was then admitted Bach. of A. and in the same Congregation Doctor of Grammar and Rhet. Thomas Abell was admitted the same day . — See among the Writers under the year 1540. Oct. 29. John Rogers Quaere . Feb. 9. Edward Wotton of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards an eminent Physician . Besides these were about 57 admitted , and about 24 that supplicated for that Degree , that were not this year admitted . Doct. of Grammar and Rhetorick . July 4. Robert Whityndon the most famous Grammarian of his time , had his head crown'd , or his temples adorned with Laurel , — At which time , and the time also when that Degree was compleated , it was allowed to him by the venerable Regents that he might wear a hood lined with silk , but not to be used for the future by any body else . See more among the Writers under the year 1529. Bach. of Law. Nineteen were admitted in the Canon and about 18 in the Civil Law. Eight also supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Canon , and about 12 for the Degree of Bach. of Civil Law. Master of Arts. About 20 were admitted this year , and about eleven that supplicated for the same Degree , among whom was John Ramsey a Canon regular , Nov. 18. — He was afterwards Prior of St. Maries Coll. in Oxon. the great of which , is almost opposite to the common gate of New Inn. This College was a nursery to train up young Canon regulars in Academical learning . Bach. of Physick . Apr… Peter Coloniensis Bach. of Arts of the University of Colen and a Student in Physick , was then admitted . — The same year he supplicated to be Doctor of that faculty under the name of Petrus Coloniensis de Nonovigio and Novonigio . Others supplicated for the said Degree of Bach. and one to practise Physick . Bach. of Div. June 16. Edward Bockyng a Monk of the Order of St. Benedict and now Warden or Gardian of Canterbury College in Oxon. — He was afterwards much concern'd in promoting the matter of Elizabeth Barton the holy maid of Kent as the Chronicles will tell you at large . See more in 1518. June 20. Edward Hynmersh of the same Order . — He was afterwards Warden or Gardian of Durham College in Oxon. Besides these were 7 more admitted , who had all before opposed in Divinity , and eight that supplicated ( all of religious Orders ) who were not admitted this year . Doct. of Civil Law. Not one admitted this year , only five supplicated ; among whom was John Incent or Innocent of All 's . College who supplicated in July and November , yet not set down as admitted . In a certain writing dated this year , he is written thus . John Incent LL. Bac. Episcopi Winton commissarius , & ejusdem consistorii Episcopalis Praesidens . He became Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral in 1537 in the place of Richard Sampson promoted to the See of Lichfield ; and about the same time was made Master of the Hospital of St. Cross near Winchester . He founded a Free-school at Berchamsted ( the place of his nativity ) in Hertfordshire for 120 Scholars to be taught therein , allowing to the Master , Ushers , and School it self , a very ample salary , 33. Hen. 8. The visitor of which is the Warden of All 's . College ; and several of its Masters have been of that society . In the old hall belonging to Doctors Commons near St. Pauls Cathedral , were in one of the Windows his Arms , viz. Argent , on a bend gules a fair and innocent Virgin stark naked , with her hair loose about her shoulders , or ; her right hand is extended above her head , holding a Chaplet of roses therein , and her other hand covers her privities . The other four who supplicated were ( 1 ) Matthew Knightley , ( 2 ) Richard Browne , ( 3 ) William Marbull , ( 4 ) Peter Ligham ; all Bachelers of the Civil Law. Doct. of Can. Law. May 25. Edmund Horde ( sometimes by a mistake written Forde ) of Allsouls College . — This Person whom I have mention'd among the Civilians in 1510 , was about this time a noted Advocate in the Court of Arches , and Procurator of the Charter house near London . William Fleshmonger of New Coll. — He was afterwards Dean of Chichester in the place of John Young Bishop of Callipolis ( who died 1526 ) and a Benefactor to New College . See Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 131. a. There also supplicated for this Degree ( 1 ) Ailnoth Arscot sometimes Principal of Perkwaters Inn , now involv'd within the limits of Christ Church ( 2 ) Michael Wogan or Ogan . Both which were Bachelers of the Canon Law. Doct. of Div. Apr. ult . William Goderyche . May 4. Fr. Henry Osbourne a Dominican . 13. The ven . Father Hugh Whitehead a Benedictine Monk — In 1512 he succeeded Thomas Castell in the Wardenship or Gardianship of Durham College in Oxon , and in 1524. he succeeded another Thomas Castell in the Priorship of the Church of Durham . See more in the year 1511 among the Doctor of Div. This Hugh Whitehead living to see his Priory dissolved , he was soon after made the first Dean of Durham by the foundation Charter of King Hen. 8. dat . 12. May , an . reg . 33. Dom. 1541. In which Dignity he was succeeded by Robert Horne of Cambridge , by the donation of King Ed. 6. dat . 20. Nov. an . reg . 5. Dom. 1551. The said Whitehead dying at London was buried in the Church of the holy Trinity called the Minories , but when I cannot yet tell . May 15. Kobert Hyll of Merton Coll. June 27. Fr. Thomas Anyday Robert Saunderson Gilbert Saunders John Smythe John Browne Minorites or Grey-fryers . Nov. 19. Nov. 25. Richard Ferys the Provincial of the Carmes or White fryers — He was now , or lately , Prior of the Coll. of Carmes in the North suburb of Oxon. January 22. John Baker . 23. Edm. Forest Prior of Langthony . — See among the Bach. of Divinity 1509. 25. Laurence Stubbes of Magdalen Coll. — Afterwards President of that house in the room of Dr. John Hygden . 29. John Hygden of Magdalen Coll. — In 1516 he became President of that College , in 1524 Dec. 2. he was admitted Prebendary of Wighton in the Church of York , and the year following Dean of Cardinal College in Oxon. In 1529 he was made Prebendary of Wetwang in the said Church of York , and in 1532 Dean of the Coll. in Oxon. founded by King Henry 8. on the site of that of Cardinal ; in which year dying , he was succeeded by Dr. John Oliver in the said Deanery . Feb… John Byrde a Carme — In the year 1516 he succeeded the aforesaid Richard Ferys in the Provincialship of the Carmes , and was at length Bishop of Chester , as I have told you in 1510. Four also supplicated this year to be admitted Doctors of Div. of whom Robert Cheltenham a Benedictine was one , and Simon Mollonde Bach. of Div. of Mert. College another , but were not admitted . The other two were afterwards admitted as I shall tell you when I come to them . Incorporations . Jul… John Wythers of Magd. Coll. M. of A. and sometimes Proctor of the University , afterwards made Doctor of the Canon Law by the Popes Bull , was then incorp . Dr. of the Canon Law. Oct… Thomas Hanyball or Hannyball Doctor of the Civil Law of Cambridge — In the year 1504 May 14. he was installed Prebendary of Gevendall in the Church of York upon the resignation of John Hatton Bishop of Nigrepont , and in the year 1514 he became Chancellour of the Diocels of Worcester , in the place of one Rob. Hallesworth Doctor of Decrees , who succeeded Tho. Alcock LL. D. in that office 1508 , and Alcock , Tho. Wodyngton Dr. of Dec. 1503. In 1522. ( 14 Hen. 8. ) I find the said Tho. Hanyball to be living in Rome in the quality of the King of Englands Orator , and in that of Agent or Factor for Cardinal Wolsey : to the last of which he ever and anon gave an account by Letters of the Affairs of Rome . In one dated 13 Dec. 1522 , he told the Cardinal , that his Holiness hath sent for Erasmus Rot. under a fair colour by his brief ; and if he come not , I think ( saith he ) the Pope will not be content , &c. In 1524 the said Dr. Hanyball was made Master of the Rolls in the place of Dr. John Clerke ; which honorable Office he keeping till 1528 , was succeeded therein by Dr. John Taylor , of whom I shall speak at large in 1522. Nov. … Robert Byse or Bysse Dr. of the Civil Law in the Court of Rome . — In the year following ( 1514 ) he occurs by the Name of Rob. Besse LL. D. Principal of Henxsey Hall , and in 1524 he became Vicar General to the Bishop of B. and Wells by the death of Roger Church Dec. Doctor and Canon of Wells , as also a great Pluralist in the Dioc. of Wells and elsewhere . He died in the month of Dec. or thereabouts , 1546. Nov. 18. William Latymer Bach. of Art of this University , and Mast . of Arts beyond the Seas , was then incorporated M. of A. — Perhaps this William Latymer may be the same whom I have mentioned among the Writers under the year 1545 ; where you 'll find another Will. Latymer who was Dean of Peterborough . This year also supplicated to be concorporated ( 1 ) John Buke D. D. beyond the Seas , ( 2 ) John Dolman Dr. of Civ . Law of Cambridge , ( 3 ) Charles Lucy Bach. of Phys . of Cambridge ; but whether any of them were accordingly incorporated , I cannot yet find . I think Dolman was , because his Supp . was granted simpliciter . There was also a Supplication made that Richard Mayster M. A. and Proctor of the University of Cambridge , might be incorporated ; but whether granted , I know not . I take this Rich. Mayster to be the same with him who was a Native of Maidstone in Kent , and Fellow of Kings College in Cambridge , where he was esteemed an excellent Philosopher , and the same who was afterwards Bac. of Div. and Parson of Adlington in Kent , and much concern'd in the matter of Eliz. Barton the holy Maide of Kent . An. Dom. 1514. An. 6 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same viz. Dr. Warham Archbishop of Canterbury . Commiss . John Thornden or Thornton , written this year in the public Reg. Episcopus Syrymensis . Lawrence Stubbes D. D. of Magd. Coll. Edward Wylsford D. D. Hugh Whytehead D. D. &c. Proct. Leon. Huchenson of Ball. Coll. Bor. Tho. Ware of Oriel Coll. Aur. Apr. 27. The senior was afterwards Master of Vnivers . Coll. and the other Provost of Oriel . Grammarians . Jul. 3. Tho. Thompson a secular Chaplain . Octob. 12. Thom. Bond. adm . to inform . One John Ball , a Scholar of Grammar , who had spent twelve years in Logic and Grammar , supplicated that he might be admitted to inform , &c. Granted conditionally that he compose an hundred Versus in praise of the University against the Act following , and that in the time of the Act he fasten them on S. Maries Ch. door ; besides other Exercise then imposed on him . Also one Thomas Hatton a Scholar of Gram. supplicated to inform , &c. whether granted , I know not . Bach. of Arts. Jan. 16. William Tresham of Merton Coll. Besides him were 20 more admitted at least , and about thirty supplicated that were not admitted this year , among whom was Reginald Pole of Magd. Coll. who was admitted in the year following . Bach. of Canon Law. Jul. … John Holyman of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Bristol . Besides him , were 30 at least who were admitted , and eight at least who supplicated , among whom were ( 1 ) Dermitius de Meara an Irish man , who had studied the Canon Law in this University , in Paris , and in Cambridge 16 years . ( 2 ) Dermit . Rian another Irish man , who had studied the said Law in the said Universities 12 years . Both these Irish men were afterwards well dignified in their own Country . Mast . of Arts. About 24 were admitted , and about 12 that supplicated , who were not admitted , this year ; yet not one was either a Bishop or a Writer , as I can yet find . Bach. of Div. Dec. 10. Fr. John de Castro Banoniensi . Jan. 20. Fr. John Harvey a Minorite . — He was now Prior or Gardian of the Coll. of Minorites or Franciscans in the S. Suburb of Oxon. In which Office he succeeded Dr. Goodfield . Besides these two , were six more admitted that had before opposed in Divinity ; and twelve who supplicated , among whom were ( 1 ) Thomas Rowland , sometimes written and called Rowland Penticost , a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict , and now , or soon after , Lord Abbat of Abendon in Berks. ( 2 ) Thomas Wells or Wellys , a Monk of the same Order , and afterwards , if I mistake not , Prior pro tempore of Gloc. College near Oxon. See another Thomas Wells among the Incorporations an . 1510. Doct. of Law. Not one admitted in the Canon or Civil Law , and but one , named Giles Hackluyt LL. B. who supplicated to be D. of Can. Law ; and but one , named Thomas Colfox , who supplicated to be D. of Civ . Law. Doct. of Phys . Not one admitted ; only Hen. Marsh Bac. of Arts and Phys . supplicated for that degree May 18. Doct. of Div. June… Thomas Ryngstede Monk of S. Edmunds Bury , now a Student in Glocester Coll. — Two of both his Names have been eminent Authors : one was a Dominican , living in the Reign of K. Edw. 4. the other LL. D. and in great esteem during the Reign of K. Hen. 6. In my searches also I find one Richard Ringsted a Benedictin , who was Prior of the Novices living in Gloc. College in this University 30 Hen. 6. Dom. 1452 , and Author of Commentaria super 29 Capitula parabolorum Salomonis , MS. in Bodl. libr. in t . lib. med . 121. The beginning is , In absconditis parabolorum conversabitur , &c. These Commentaries are no more than ordinary Lectures which he read in the Schools at Oxon. Oct. 16. Robert Cleyton of Lincoln Coll. Mar. 20. Thomas Beel a Canon regular of the Order of S. Austin . — See more of him among the Bishops under the year 1528. Besides these , were three that supplicated that were not admitted this year , of whom Rob. Schowldham before mention'd was one , and Rowl . Philipps M. A. an eminent Preacher of his time , afterwards Warden of Mert. College , another , An. Dom. 1515. An. 7 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Edmund Wylsford D. of D. and others . Proct. John Cottysford of Lincoln William Fossey of Allsoules Coll. Both which were elected together on the first day of Easter Term. Grammarians . Edward Pole and Henry Harchar Secular Chaplains , did supplicate to inform ; but whether they were admitted , it appears not . Bach. of Arts. June 27. Reginald Pole of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards a Cardinal , and Archbishop of Canterbury . Octob. 10. Rich. Tracy . — See among the Writers under the year 1557. Jan. 14. John Holway . — One of both his Names became Prior of Bathe an . 1525. as I have told you under the year 1503. Qu. … . 9. James Blythe &c. Besides these were about 56 admitted , and about 25 who supplicated , that were not admitted this year . On the 18. of December died Will. Gilberd Bach. of Arts of Magd. Coll. who , in his Epitaph in the Chappel of the said Coll. is stiled Archidiaconus Salopiae ; but the day and year when he was admitted Bach. of Arts , appears not in the public Registers . In a certain Writing a dated 24 March 1515 , ( which is a quarter of an year after W. Gilberd died ) I find one Mr. Henry Marten to occur Archdeacon of Salop , together with Mr. William Webbe Archdeacon of Hereford and William Porter Chaunter thereof ; so that I suppose that the said Marton succeeded in that Dignity William Gilberd . Doct. of Musick . Robert Perrot Bach. of Musick , and about this time Organist of Magd. College , supplicated that he might be licensed to proceed in the said Faculty . — His request was granted conditionally that he compose a Mass and one Song , before he really proceed . or stand in the Comitia ; but whether he was admitted or licensed to proceed , it doth not appear in the Register . This Robert Perrot , who was the second Son of George Perrot of Haroldston near Haverford West in Pembrokeshire ( of an ancient and knightly Family living there ) was an eminent Musitian of his time , and did compose several Church Services and other Matters , which have been since antiquated . He was a Benefactor to the said College , as his Widow , and his eldest Son Simon afterwards were , and is Ancestor to the Perrots of North-Ley in Oxfordshire , I mean to that Family of the Perrots , ( for there are two that live there ) who are called Gentlemen Perrots . He gave way to Fare 20 April 1550 , and was buried in the North Isle or Alley joyning to the Church of S. Peter in the East in Oxon. Bach. of Civ . Law. Jul. 2. Maurice Byrchensaw the eminent Grammarian . — He was afterwards Prebendary of Wells . Jan. 28. Thomas Nightinghall . — Vir lepidus & poeta , as Baleus saith . See among the Writers under the year 1524. Besides these two , five were admitted ; and about 16 that supplicated , who were not this year admitted . Bach. of Can. Law. Thirteen were admitted , and eleven there were that supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Many of which were without doubt afterwards Dignitaries in the Church . Mast . of Arts. June…John Constable of Byham Hall in the Parish of S. John Bapt. — See among the Writers , an . 1520. March 5. John Clark of Magd. Coll. Quaere . Besides these two , were about 25 admitted ; and eleven or more that supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Bach. of Div. April 29. Thomas Knolles of Magd. Coll. — In the year 1507 he became Subdean of York upon the promotion of Dr. James Harrington to the Deanery of that Church , and resigning in 1529 , ( being then Prebendary of Aplethorpe in the said Church ) Will. Clifton LL. D. succeeded . See more among the D. of D. an . 1518. May 9. John Essex a Benedictin . — He was afterwards Lord Abbat of S. Austins at Canterbury . Nine besides were admitted , ( among whom was Roger Stanford a Benedictin Monk of Worcester , afterwards one of the first Prebendaries there ) and about eighteen that supplicated . Doct. of Law. Not one admitted either in the Canon or Civil Law , and but three that supplicated , viz. William Barow , John Blount and William Middleton . Doct. of Physick , Not one admitted only Malachias Arthur sometimes a Graduat of Oxon. and afterwards Doctor of Physick of Bononia , supplicated to be admitted to practise in the said Faculty , Oct. 23. which was accordingly granted . Doct. of Div. June 10. Nich. Myles or Mylys of Queens Coll. — He was a Benefactor to Learning . See in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. pag. 115. b. Dec. 13. Fr. Will. Wetherall Prior of the College of the Fryers of the Order of S. Austin the Hermit in Oxon. In the year 1531 I find that he was Provincial of the Austin Fryers of England ; and whether he was the last that bore that Office , I know not . He is sometimes written , but falsely , Wodiall . — See among the Incorporations this year . Jan… . Edmund Smythesby a Canon regular of the Order of S. Austin . — In another place in the Register , he is said among the Bach. of Div. to be a Fryer of the Order of S. Austin . Besides these who were admitted Doctors of Divinity , supplicated for the said dagree about 20 ; among whom were ( 1 ) Will. Malvern Lord Abbat of S. Peters in Glocester , as the publick Register stiles him , whom I take to be the same that Jo. Leland b calls Malvern alias Parker late Abbat of Glocester , who made a Chappel joyning to the Church of Glocester to be buried in . ( 2 ) Rob. Showldham or Shulde●m mentioned under the year 1511. He was a Benedictin or Black Monk and now , or soon after , Lord Abbat of S. Saviour or S. Mary Overie in Southwark . Also Tho. Marshall a Benedictin , Will. Hoddeson a Dominican , John a Pantry Bac. Div. and Provost of Queens Coll. John Holder and John Hoper Masters of Arts of Mert. Coll. Tho. Barton and Tho. Sellyng Bachelaurs of Div. and Benedictines &c. did supplicate . Incorporations . Apr… . Tho. Martyr M. A. and Proctor of the University of Cambridge . Oct. 26. Fr. Will. Wetheral Bach. of Div. of Cambridge . — He soon after was admitted Doctor of that Faculty in this University ▪ as 't is before told you . Mar… .. Will. Clerke M. A. of Cambridge , &c. An. Dom. 1516. An. 8 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same , viz. Dr. William Warham Archbishop of Cant. Commiss . Laurence Stubbes D. D. and others . Proct. Richard Walker of Merton Coll. Edmund Grey of New Coll. April 2. Bach. of Musick . Not one appears admitted by the negligence of the Scribe . On the 13 of Apr. Hen. Peter or Petre a secular Chaplain who had spent 30 years in Practical and Theoretical Musick , supplicated for the degree of Bach. of Musick ; which being granted , he was without doubt admitted . One John Draper also a Student in the said Faculty , supplicated also , which was granted with one or more conditions . Bach. of Arts. June 17. James Timbervyle of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Exeter . December 16. Thomas Wylson . — See in 1546 and 53. Besides these were about 38 admitted , and about 21 that supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Bach. of Law. Six in the Canon , and nine in the Civil Law , were admitted . Thirteen in the Canon Law supplicated , ( who were mostly secular Chaplains ) among whom was Richard Newman a Canon regular of the Order of Premonstratenses as the public Regist . saith , and about twelve in the Civil . Mast . of Arts. June 27. Thomas Abell or Able . — See among the Writers an . 1540. — John Clerk of Magd. Coll. Besides these were about 34 admitted , and about 9 that supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Bach. of Div. May 5. James Fitzjames of S. Albans Hall. — This person who was Son of John Fitzjames Kt. Lord Chief Justice of England , was now Chancellor of the Church of Wells , and had several Benefices in that Diocess , whereof the Rectorship of the Collegiate Church of North-Cadbury was one . In 1534 he was made Prebendary of Warmystre in the Church of Wells , and in the same year , by the death of Thomas Lovell Decr. Dr. he was made Subdean of Wells , and Vicar General to the Bishop thereof . He had other Preferments in the Cath. Church of S. Paul in London , given to him by his Uncle Dr. Richard Fitzjames Bishop thereof , was soon after a Doct. of Div. ( but whether of this University it appears not ) and died in the beginning of the year 1541. Besides him were about four admitted , and about fifteen that supplicated who were not admitted ; among whom William York a Canon , and Bac. of Arts , was one . Doct. of Can. Law. June 21. William Burghyll a secular Chaplain . John Morrice or Morres . Peter Lygham or Lyngham . February 7. William Clyfton . — In 1522 he became Succentor of the Church of York , on the death of William Cooke ; and in May 1529 he was made Subdean of the said Church on the Resignation of Dr. Thomas Knolles . In the former Dignity he was succeeded by Robert Nooke 1529 , in which year Clyfton resigned , and in the other by Rob. Babthorp D. D. in September 1548 , in which year Clifton died . Bapthorp dying in 1570 , Edmund Buney succeeded him , whom I have elsewhere mention'd . Doct. of Div. Not one admitted , only three or more supplicated , viz. William Wall and William Germyn , Minorites , and Richard Doke , all Bach. of Divinity , whom I shall anon mention . An. Dom. 1517. An. 9 Hen. 8. Chancellour the same . Commiss . Mr. Rich. Doke or Duck of Exeter College , now Chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey . Proct. Thomas Irish of Exon Thomas Musgrave of Mert. Coll. Bach. of Arts. Thomas Garret was this year admitted , but the Month or Day when , appears not , because the Register is imperfect ; however in the year following he occurs by the Title of Bach. of Arts. — He was afterwards Curate of Honey-lane in London ; and being much addicted to the Opinions of Martin Luther , went to Oxon in 1526 , and dispersed divers prohibited Books among his Acquaintance and Contemporaries , as Anth. Delaber of S. Albans Hall , afterwards a Civilian of Gloc. College , Nich. Vdall and John Diot both of C C C. John Clerke , Hen. Summer , Will. Betts , John Taverner a Musitian , of Card. Coll. &c. All which being Lutherans , or Hereticks as they were then called , suffer'd much . At length Thomas Garret , after several Flights from place to place , Sculkings and Imprisonments , was burnt in Smithfield near London , with Dr. Robert Barnes and William Hierome , an . 1541 , as John Fox , in his Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , will at large tell you . Between the ending of one Register and the beginning of another , are the Acts of the Congregation of this year wanting , many of which were torn out from the former . Mast . of Arts. Their Admissions being all wanting in the public Register , I therefore recurred to my MS. Book of Inceptions , and there found that 30 Masters stood in the public Act or Comitia , but none can I yet find , who were afterwards Bishops , Writers , or Men of note . Doct. of Civ . Law. … Will. Pigman was then admitted Doctor of the Civil and Canon Law. Who were Candidates for either , the Register which is imperfect this year , as I have before told you , shews not . Doct. of Div. Apr… . Richard Doke or Duck of Exeter Coll. — He was about this time Canon of Exeter Cathedral , and afterwards became Archdeacon of Wilts , and of Salisbury , in which last Dignity I find him to occurr 1536. After he was admitted Doctor , he was made Commissary of the University , as I have before told you . May… Frat. John de Coloribus a Dominican . — See among the Writers under the year 1525. Feb… . Ralph Barnack of New Coll. A Supplication was this year made for one Will. Woddysbury a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict , but whether for the degree of Bach. or Doct. of Divinity , it appears not , because the Register of this year , as I have told you , is imperfect . He was elected Lord Prior of Worcester in 1515 , in the place of Thom. de Mildenham deceased ; and dying in 1518 , he was succeeded by one William More , who resigning upon a foresight of Ruin , Hen. Holbeach alias Randes , was elected Prior 13 March 1535 , and afterwards became the first Dean of Worcester . An. Dom. 1518. An. 10 Hen. 8. Chancellour , the same . Commiss . Rich. Duck D. of D. before mention'd . Proct. John Stevyns of Oriel Roger Dyngley of Allsoules Coll. Bach. of Arts. Jul… . Paul Bush . — He was afterwards the first B. of Bristol . Thomas Elyot of S. Maries Hall. Thomas Runcorne . — See among the M. of A. 1521. John Shene . — See among the M. of A. 1523. Jan… . John Hoper or Hooper . — He was afterwards Bishop of Glocester and Worcester . Arthur Cole of Magd. Coll. &c. Besides these were about 44 admitted , and many that supplicated the ven . Congregation for Admission . Bach. of Can. Law. Jul… . John Gryffyth or Gruffyth . — He was afterwards Treasurer of Landaff , Dean of S. Asaph , and a Dignitary in the Church of Salisbury . He concluded his last day in 1559. John Stanley was admitted in the same month . — About which time studied in this University Thomas Stanley , who was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man. Besides these , were about six admitted , and six or more that supplicated . Bach. of Can. Law. Jul… . Frat. John Gregory a Brother of the Holy Trinity for , or of , the Redemption of Captives . — He was afterwards the last Minister or Perfect of the House or College of the Brethren of the Holy Trinity , situated without the East Gate of the City of Oxford , on the South side . Jul… . John Skelton — See among the Writers , under the year 1529. Thomas Parker — See in these Fasti , 1525. Feb. ult . Fath. John Burton Prior of S. Frideswydes Monastery ( now Christ Church ) in Oxon. Richard Gwent of All 's . Coll. was admitted the same day — He was afterwards Archdeacon of London , and Dean of the Arches . See in the year 1524. Besides these , were about 16 admitted , and 6 or thereabout that supplicated . Mast . of Art. Jul… . John Holyman of New Coll. — In the year 1514 he took the degree of Bach. of the Can. Law , and was long after this time made Bishop of Bristol . Tho. Stanbridge ( of Magd. College ) an eminent Grammarian . — He was Brother , or nearly related , to John Stanbridge the most noted Grammarian of his time , was Master of a School at Banbury , much frequented for his sake , and died in 1522. Besides these two were about 30 more admitted , and some few that supplicated , and about 40 that stood in two Acts celebrated this year . Bach. of Div. Not one admitted , and but about ten supplicated for that degree , among whom were ( 1 ) Richard Yaxley a Benedictin Monk , ( 2 ) Edward More of New Coll. who was admitted the eighth Warden of Wykeham's Coll. near Winchester 29 Oct. 1526 , and dying 1541 , was buried in the Choir of the Chappel there . ( 3 ) Arnold Guy alias Buckfast a Cistercian Monk of S. Bernards Coll. in Oxon. He was afterwards Provisor or Prefect of that Coll. and an Abbat ( perhaps of Buckfast in Devonshire ) as may seem by his Arms , or Rebus of his Name , now or lately in one of the middle Chamber Windows of S. Bernards , now called S. John Bapt. Coll. wherein is a Crosier thrust thro a Bucks face palewaies . One William Arnold was the last Abbat of Merevale in Warwickshire , of the Cistercian Order ; but what Relation he had to Arnold Guy , I cannot tell . Doct. of Civ . Law. Feb… . John London of New Coll. — He was about this time Canon of York and Lincoln , afterwards Warden of New Coll. Canon of Windsore , Prebendary of Shipton in the Church of Salisbury , Dean of the Cath. Church of Osney near Oxon , and of the collegiat Chappel of Walingford in Berks. He died in the Fleet Prison at London ( having been committed to that place for Perjury ) an . 1543 , and was succeeded in his Canonry of Windsore by Fr. Mallet D. D. and the Kings Chaplain , afterwards Confessor to Qu. Mary and Dean of Lincoln . Of this Dr. London you may read much in the Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. penned by John Fox , who loads his Memory with a great deal of ill Language . Doct. of Can. Law. Febr… . Richard Banger or Benger of New Coll. who had been a Candidate for that degree in 1512 , was then admitted — He was afterwards Commissary of the University . Three there were this year that supplicated to be Doctors of the Can. Law , viz. ( 1 ) Robert Bysse Doct. of the Civ . Law , mention'd among the Incorporations , an . 1513. ( 2 ) Will. Cleyton Bach. of the Canon , and ( 3 ) Lendricus Predi Bach. of the Civil , Law. Doct. of Phys . June… Edward Fynch . Thomas Bentley of New Coll. I have made mention of Edward Fynch , different I suppose from this Physitian , among the Masters of Arts , an . 1504. Doct. of Div. Tho. Knolles of Magd. Coll. a secular Priest . — See more among the Bach. of Div. 1515. He was born at Westgaite in Yorkshire , was a learned man , and much followed for his Preaching at Wakefield in Yorkshire , of which place he was Vicar . He gave way to Fate in April 1546 , and was buried near to the Graves of his Father and Mother in the South Alley joyning to Allhallows Church in Wakefield . Will. Patenson a secular Priest . Edward Bocking a Benedictin of Canterbury Coll. — I have made mention of him already among the Bach. of Div. in 1513. Fath. Will. Germyn Will. Wall Minorites . Fath. John Narbury Ralph Wedell Austin Fryers . The last of which became Prior of the Coll. of Austin Fryers in Oxon in the place of Fa. Will. Wetherall . Jan… . Fath. Rob. Kynge a Cistercian Monk , and Abbat of Bruerne in Oxfordshire . — He was afterwards Abbat of Thame in the same County , the last Abbat of Osney near to , and the first Bishop of , Oxford . Jan… . Fath. John Anyngton Roger Neckham Benedictines . The last of which was a Monk of Worcester , and one of the first Prebendaries thereof . He died 1557. Jan… . Edw. Feyld . Incorporations . Feb… . Francisc . Valentinus a secular Chaplain and Bach. of Arts of the University of Lisbon , was then incorporated B. of A. An. Dom. 1519. An. 11 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Ralph Barnack D. D. of New Coll. Richard Duck again . Proct. Thomas Flower of Linc. Coll. Bor. Thomas Alyn of Brasn . Coll. Austr . May 7. Grammarians . Jul. 7. Will. Richards . Jan. 26. Hen. Sheldon a secular Chaplain . Both whom were admitted to inform . — There also supplicated Rich. Williams , Rob. Broke , Humph. Penkeythman a secular Chap. and Rob. Colleys a secular Priest ; but whether they were admitted this year , it appears not . Bach. of Mus . Not one appears admitted , only Tho. Pen a Canon regular , and Tho. Janys or Janes supplicated , which is all I know of them . Bach. of Arts. Jul. 8. John Fylde or Feild — I take him to be the Astronomer mention'd among the Writers under the year 1558. Besides him were about 46 admitted , and about 24 that supplicated , among whom were Rich. Benese a sec . Chapl. mention'd in Tho. Paynell among the Writers , under the year 1563 , and John Clement one of Card. Wolsey's Lecturers . Bach. of the Laws . June 12. Edmund Bonner of Broadgate Hall , was then admitted Bach. of Canon , and the day following Bach. of the Civil Law. — He was afterwards , thro divers Preferments , Bishop of London . Besides him were but two admitted in the Canon , and eight in the Civil , Law. I find also about four to have supplicated for the former , and but two for the latter . Mast . of Arts. Jul. 26. Richard Rydge . — One of both his Names occurs Abbat of Notley near Long Crendon in Bucks . 26 Hen. 8. Dom. 1534 , being , as I conceive , the last Abbat of that place for Black Canons . This year about 24 were admitted , and about 9 that supplicated that were not admitted this year . Bach. of Div. June 28. Rob. Morwent lately of Magd. Coll. Now Vicepresident of Corp. Christ . Coll. — He was a great Patron of Learning , and was stiled in a Sermon preached before the University , Pater patriae literatae Oxoniensis . He was known to , and well beloved of , Rich. Fox Bishop of Winten , who constituted him , for his Fidelity and Prudence , perpetual Vicepresident of his Coll. Homo non tam ipse doctrinae laudibus abundans ( as one * saith ) quàm doctorum fautor & Moecenas . See more in Hist & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. l. 2. p. 232. Jul. 2. William York a Canon regular . — On the 19 of Novemb. 1523 , he was admitted Prior of the House of Can. regulars at Taunton in Somersetshire , in the place of Nich. Peper deceased , by the power of Card. Wolsey , to whom the Patron of that place had granted him leave to nominate a Prior for one turn . Oct. 13. Roger Edgworth of Oriel Coll. Besides these three , were six more admitted , and about ten that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom were John Warboys or Gardeboys a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict , and Lord Abbat of Ramsey in Huntingdonshire ; and Nich. Pepyr or Peper , whom I have mention'd in 1506 and here among these Bachelaurs of Divinity . Doct. of Can. Law. Not one admitted , only Tho. Lloyd LL. B. and Tho. Wise Bach. of the Civil Law supplicated , whom I cannot , in any of the years after , find admitted . Doct. of Div. Not one admitted or licensed to proceed , only six supplicated for that degree , viz. ( 1 ) Richard Evesham a Benedictin Monk. ( 2 ) William Wall a Canon regular and Prior of Kenelworth . ( 3 ) John Goodridge , ( 4 ) Mathew Smyth Principal of Brasnose College . ( 5 ) Robert Law or Low a Carme . ( 6 ) Gilb. Rose an Austin Fryer . All which were Bachelaurs of Divinity . Incorporations , May… Bernard Traves Bach. of the Civil Law of the University of Colen . This year was a Supplicat made that William Butts Doct. of Physick of Cambridge , might be incorporated ; but whether he was so , or not , I cannot find . He was afterwards Physitian to King Hen. 8. and one of the College of Physitians at London , in whose Records he is highly characterized for his eminent Learning and Knowledge , his singular Judgment and great Experience . This Person who was Knighted by the said King by the name of William Butts of Norfolk , died 17 Novemb. 1545 , and was buried in the Church of Fulham near to London . He is much extoll'd for his Learning by divers Authors who lived in his time ; and Bishop John Parkhurst hath several Epigrams on him . An. Dom. 1520. An. 12 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Will. Broke or Brook Doct. of Decrees , and Warden of Allsoules College . Rich. Benger Doct. of Decrees of New Coll. and ordinary Reader of the Decretals . Proct. John Booth of Brasnese Coll. Bor. George Croftys of Oriel Coll. Aust . Apr… . Grammarians . Jul. 15. Rog. Bostock Mar. 18. Dav. Owen Gilb. Beaumont Secular Chaplains . Whether they were very eminent in their Profession , I know not . Bach. of Arts. Nov. 9. John Warner of Allsoules Coll. — See in 1535. Jan. 21. Walt. Buckler . — See in 1534. Jan. ult . John Robyns of Allsoules Coll. — Afterwards an eminent Astronomer . Mar. 18. Tho. Robertson of Magd. Coll. the Grammarian . This year 55 or more Bach. of Arts were admitted , and about 22 supplicated , who were not admitted . In the latter end of March in the beginning of this year , is mention made in the public Register of Thomas Lupset Bach. of Arts , and Cardinal Wolsey's Rhetorick Lecturer . See more in the next year . Bach. of Law. Nine were admitted in the Canon Law , of whom John Southwode was one ( afterwards Fellow of Wykeham's College near Winchester , and Canon residentiary of Wells ) and as many in the Civil Law. Mast . of Arts. June 26. James Turbervyle of New Coll. Jul. 3. John Hert or Hart — If the addition of Benedictin Monk had been set to his Name , I should have taken him to be the same John Hart who succeeded Richard Wraxhall in the Abbatship of Athelney in Somersetshire , about 1524. But I take the said John Hert who was Mast . of Arts , to be the same with him who became perpetual Fellow of New Coll. an . 1513 , and was afterwards an eminent Schoolmaster . Jul. 11. Will. Tresham of Merton Coll. March 15. John Rogers . Quaere . Bach. of Div. Six admitted , of whom Richard Glocester and John Newbolt , Benedictines , were two ; and about 23 supplicated who were not admitted this year ; among whom were John Perrot a Minorite , Thomas Hill B. of A. and a Bonhome , &c. Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul. 6. John Leffe of New Coll. — He was afterwards Warden of the College at Maidstone in Kent , Vicar General , and Keeper of the Spirituality to Dr. Warham Archbishop of Canterbury , and Master of the Hospital of S. Cross near to Winchester . He died 19 Aug. 1557 , aged 66 , and was buried in the Chappel belonging to Wykeham's Coll. near to the said City , of which Coll. he was Fellow . For the said Degree supplicated Edward Orenge LL. B. and for the Degree of D. of Canon Law supplicated two , who were afterwards admitted . Doct. of Div. Jan… Leonard Huchenson Master of Vnivers . Coll. Jan. ult . Robert Law or Low a Carme , now Prior of the College of Carmes in the North Suburb of Oxon. — In 1505 he was made Provincial of the Carmes in the place of John Vynde or Wynde ; which honorable Office he keeping about 17 years , was succeeded in it by Rich. Ferys . Feb. 11. Thomas Mole or Molle a Carme . 25. Thomas Francis a Minorite or Franciscan . There also supplicated for the said Degree John Burgeis Bach. of Divinity of Magdalen College , who was elected President of that House upon Dr. Laurence Stubbes his resignation an . 1527 , and by the name of President he doth occur in a Deed or Writing dated 10 Jul. the same year , but soon after being removed , Dr. Richard Knolles was elected . Others there were that supplicated , who were afterwards admitted , except one Mabot Bac. of Div. Incorporations . May… Father Robert Myles a Dominican , Doctor of Divinity of Cambridge . Oct… . Fernandus or Ferdinandus de Victoria Doctor of Physick ( beyond the Seas ) now Physitian to King Hen. 8. and the Queen Consort . He , Dr. Thomas Lynacre , and Dr. John Chambre , were the first Founders of the College of Physitians at London . Oct… . William Arden a Dominican or Black Fryer , Prior elect of the College or Convent of the Black Fryers in the South Suburb of Oxon , and D. of D. in the Court of Rome . Feb… . Thomas Wellys or Wells Master of Arts of this University and Doctor of Divinity elsewhere . — Whether he be the same with Thomas Wellys mention'd in the Incorporations under the year 1510 , I know not . This year , the month I cannot tell , I find that there was a kind of a Supplicate made for one Magnus a Doctor beyond the Sea , to be incorporated here , but in what Faculty , I cannot yet discover . This Person was the same with Thomas Magnus who was a Foundling at Newark upon Trent in Nottinghamshire , and had the Sirname a of Among us given to him , as being maintained among certain People there ; or , as some say , by certain Yorkshire Clothiers , who occasionally travelled that way early in the Morning and first found him . At length being brought up in Literature in one of the Universities in England , became so much noted to King Henry 8. that he was by him not only promoted to several Dignities , but sent Embassador into various Countries ; whereupon he was , by the generality of People , called Dr. Magnus , and by some Magnus Doctor . Among several Embassies that he was employed in , was that into Scotland an . 1524 , where he was employed as the Kings Agent to procure his business , and to encline the young Kings eat towards him , as also to give intelligence , &c. Among the Dignities he enjoyed were ( 1 ) The Archdeaconry of the East-Riding of Yorkshire , to which he was collated in June , 1504 upon the promotion of Dr. Richard Mayhew to the See of Hereford . ( 2 ) The Sacristship of the Chappel of our Lady and the holy Angels at York , to which he was collated in Dec. the same year . ( 3 ) A Canonry in the Church of Windsore , an . 1520 , which he resigning in the latter end of 1547 was succeeded by Dr. Richard Cox. ( 4 ) The Mastership of the hospital of St. Leonard at York , &c. And among the benefices he had , was the rectory of Bedall in Yorkshire one . Towards his latter end he founded a Free-school in the place of his nativity , which he well endowed ; and paying his last debt to nature at Sesay or Sessay in Yorkshire 27. Aug. or thereabouts , in 1550 , was buried in the Church there . Whereupon John Dakyn LL. D. was installed in his Archdeaconry of the East-riding , 13. April 1551. I have seen a copy of his last Will and Test . dated 8. March 1549. and proved 30. Apr. 1551 , wherein he desires that if he dye at his house at Sybthorp , or nigh those parts , to be buried in the Trinity Isle of the Church of Newark upon Trent , afore the midst of the altar there , for there he was baptized , &c. He makes mention therein of his singular good Lord and Master Savage sometimes Archbishop of York and his singular good Lord the Earl of Wilts . and Lord Treasurer of England . An. Dom. 1521. An. 13. Hen. 8. Chanc. the same , viz. Dr. Warham Archbishop of Canterbury . Commiss . Richard Benger D. of Dec. Proct. Henry Tyndall of Merton College Bor. John Wilde Austr . April 17. Grammar . May 12. John Kendall 13. Richard Guissoll Jul. 8. Henry Golde . Sec. Chaplain . One George Marshall did also supplicate , but was not admitted . Qu. Bach. Musick . Feb… John Sylvester did supplicate , and was , as it seems admitted in that month , being at the same time accounted very eminent in his profession . Bach. of Arts. About 60 were admitted , and about 29. supplicated who were not admitted this year . Jul. 8. John Mason , about this time Probationer-Fellow of Allsouls Coll. was then admitted . — He was born at a mercate town called Abendon in Berks , the son of a Cowherd , by his Wife , the Sister of a Monk at that place . Which last Person finding him very apt to learn , he caused him to be trained up in Grammaticals and Academicals in this University , where he obtained for him a Fellowship in the said Coll. of All 's . Soon after , his pregnant and acute parts being taken notice of by great Persons , he was upon the motion of Sir Thomas More , sent by the King to the University of Paris to be accomplished with other parts of learning . After his return thence , he became a favourite to K. Hen. 8. who employed him in several Embassies and made him one of his Privy Council . After that Kings death he was made a Privy-counsellour to K. Ed. 6. and tho he was a Knight , and a perfect Lay-man , yet he enjoyed several Church Dignities , or as one a saith , he was a great intruder into Ecclesiastical Livings . Among which the Deanery of Winchester Cathedral was one , installed therein , in the place of William Kingesmyll the last Prior of St. Swithins Monastery there , and the first Dean of the said Cathedral , in the third of Ed. 6. Dom. 1549. In 1552 he succeeded Dr. Richard Coxe in the Chancellourship of this University : which honourable office he keeping till 1556 , did then resign it purposely to make room for Cardinal Pole then designing to visit , and to do great matters for , it . He was also a Privy Counsellour to Queen Mary , and much respected by her , but did not hold any Ecclesiastical Dignity in her Reign , as I can yet learn. For giving up the Deanery of Winchester in the first year of her Reign , Dom. 1553. Edmund Steward LL. D. of Cambridge , was then installed , and kept it till 1559. After her death , he became a Privy Counsellour to Queen Elizabeth , and in 1559 was elected Chanc. of this University again , being then Treasurer of the Queens Chamber , and Master of the Hospital in Abendon , ( the erection of which he had before procured , as also the Incorporation of that Town ) but whether a possessor of any Dignity in the Church in her Reign , I find not . He paid his last debt to nature 20. Apr. 1566 , and was buried in the North Chancel , or the North Isle joyning to the Chancel of the Cathedral Ch. of St. Paul in London ; whereupon Sir Franc. Knollis Knight succeeded him in the Treasurership of the Qu. Chamber . Soon after was a large Epitaph set over his grave ; which , tho since consumed , yet his memory lives among the learned Men in the Encomia b illustrium virorum , penned by John Leland . Bach. of Civ . Law. Mar. 3. William Roberts — he was afterwards Archdeacon of Merionithshire and Principal of New Inn. In a certain Register he is stiled c Archd. of Monmouth , 1528. Four admitted in the Can. and about 9 in the Civ . Law. Three supplicated in the former and as many in the latter . Mast . of Arts. June 19. Thomas Lupset who had studied four years at Paris and Oxon , was then admitted M. of A. Jul. 5. Thomas Runcorne — He was afterwards made Provost of the Collegiat Church of St. Elizabeth ( Daughter of the King of Hungary ) founded in the time of Ed. 1. in the meadow of St. Stephen , situate before , and opposite to , the gates of Wolvesey Castle near to Winchester . This Thomas Runcorne surrended the said Coll. into the hands of K. Hen. 8. and thereupon he was made one of the first Prebendaries of the Cath. Church of Winchester . Afterwards the King granted the said Coll. and its site to Thomas Lord Writh●ousley , who sold it to the Warden and Fellows of Wykeham's Coll. near to Winchester for 360 l. provided that they either make the Church there a Grammar School for 70 Persons to be taught therein , or to pull it down to the ground before Penticost an . 1547. Which last they did sooner than the first , because it should not be prejudicial to their School . This Thomas Runcorne was a learned Man , and among the learned Men of his time is he remembred by Leland in his Encomia beforemention'd , p. 67. Bach. of Div. Dec. 7. Father Richard Stopys or Stopes Abbat of Meaux or Melsa in Yorkshire of the Cistercian Order , now studying in St. Bernards College . Fa. William Thryske Abbat of Fountaines in the Dioc. of York , was admitted the same day . Fa. William Hestyngton Abbat of Roche in Yorkshire of the Cluniac or Cistercian Order was admitted the same day , being then of St. Bernards Coll. Feb. 6. John… .. Prior of the Order of the Dominicans — See in an . 1532. Besides these were 8 at least admitted , and 12 at least that supplicated ; all whom , except two , were of religious Orders . Several also were admitted to oppose in Divinity , that were not admitted Bach. of that faculty ; among whom were Father Rich. Wyche of Whalley a Cistercian Monk now studying in St. Bernards College . Doct. of Law. Not one admitted either in the Can. or Civ . Law , and only Will. Lytherlond . Bach. of the Can. Law supplicated to be admitted Doctor of that faculty , and John Noble before mentioned , supplicated to be admitted Dr. of the Civ . Law. Doct. of Physick . Jul. 3. Thomas Moscroff or Musgrave of Mert. Coll. — In 1522 he was Card. Wolseys Physick reader in , and in 1523 he was Commissary of , the University , being then a Student in Divinity ; and on the eleventh of March the same year he did supplicate the ven . Congregation of Regents , that it might be dispensed with him from circuiting and certain exercises preceding , if so be it should happen that he should be admitted to the reading of the Sentences . The reason for this was because he was Commissary , and that it did not become a Doctor to circuit for an inferior Degree . This supplication was granted conditionally that he Preach a Sermon in the Church of St. Peter in the East . Afterwards , his exercise being all performed , as twice answering in the Schools and 4 times Preaching in St. Maries Ch. ( all done in the space of one year ) he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , that is to the Degree of Bach. of Divinity by Dr. John Young Bishop of Callipolis and Warden of New Coll. in the presence of 8 Doctors of Divinity . In 1527 he would have proceeded in that faculty , but was prevented by death . Doct. of Div. June 3. Fr. David Williams a Minoritie , or Franciscan , or Grey fryer . Three also supplicated for the said Degree , viz. Richard Stubbes , William White , and William Curters a Minorite , all Bachelauis of Divinity . Incorporations . May… Patrick Gower M. of A. of Paris and Cambridge . Nov… . John Rayne LL. D. of Cambridge . Nov. 25. George Thyle B. A. of Colen . Mar. 3. Henry Marshe Dr. of Phys . by authority of the Popes Bull , was then Incorporated . — In the year 1514 Mar. 26. he was admitted to practise Physick by the ven . Congreg . of Regents of this University . 16. John Crayford M. A. of Cambridge — He had been lately of Qu. Coll. in that University , from whence being ejected he went to Oxon. and was made Fellow of Vniv. College . See in 1546. among the Incorporations . In January one Edward Pennant Bach. of Can. Law of Cambridge supplicated to be incorporated , but whether granted I find not . See more in Hen. Morgan among the Bishops . — One John Pennant Doct. of Dec. and Chancellour to the Bishop of Bathe and Wells was constituted by him the said Bishop his Vicar General in the beginning of June 1526 , and dyed in Apr. or May 1529. This year , but the day or month I know not , was a supplicate made in the behalf of Richard Sampson sometimes of Trin. hall in Cambridge , to be incorporated LL. D. but whether he was so , it appears not , and therefore I shall only say these matters of him , that he had that Degree conferr'd upon him beyond the Seas , was incorporated at Cambridge the last year , was installed Dean of Windsore by proxy 14. Nov. 1523 , being then in remote parts about the Kings affairs ; made Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral about 1530 , Dean of Lichfield in 1532 , Treasurer of the Church of Sarum , 16. Mar. 1534 , Bishop of Chichester in 1536 , translated thence to Lichfield in 1543 , and published several books , which shew him to have been a learned Man , the titles of which you may see in the Oxford Catalogue . He did at Eccleshall in Staffordshire ( the seat belonging to the B. of Lichfield ) on the 25. Sept. 1554. In like manner was such another supplicate made for Gamaliel Clifton Doctor of Decrees , Canon of Windsore and the Kings Chaplain , but no appearance there is that he was really incorporated . He was afterwards Dean of Hereford , and dying in 1541 , had for his successor in that Deanery , if I mistake not , Dr. Hugh Curwyn , who before had Preached zealously for the Kings divorce from Queen Catherine . An. Dom. 1522. An. 14. Hen. 8. Chancellour the same . Commiss . Dr. Benger . Proct. Thomas Canner of Magd. Richard Crispyne of Or. Coll. Which Proctors , tho elected about Michaelmas , yet they took not their places till 27. Oct. following , occasion'd by a controversie that hapned in the election of them . See Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 248. Bach. of Arts. Mar. 31. John Beconsau of New Coll. the famed Grecian of his time . May 27. George Cotes of Ball. Coll. — He was afterwards B. of Chester . Jul. 21. David Talley or Tolley the noted Grammarian of St. Maries hall . Seventy in all , or more , were admitted , and about 22 supplicated for the said Degree , who were not admitted . This year was a supplicate made for George Carew ( of Broadgates hall as it seems ) to have the Degree of Bach. of Arts conferr'd on him , but whether he was really admitted , having spent about 4 years in the University , it appears not . This Person being the younger Son of a Baron , ( descended from the Carews of Pembrokshire ) retired afterwards to the royal Court , and married , but soon after burying his Wife to his great grief , travelled beyond the Seas , and improved his knowledge as to Men and Manners very much . After his return , he took holy Orders , was made Archdeacon of Totness , and if I mistake not , either Prebend or Canon of Exeter . In 1552 he was constituted Dean of Bristow in the place of one John Whiteheare , who , in the year before , had succeeded William Snow the first Dean ; and in the beginning of July 1555 was made Preb. of Ilfarcomb in the Church of Salisbury . In the beginning of Aug. 1556 he was made Preb. of Netherbury in Ecclesia in the same Church ; and in the same year , notwithstanding he had been deprived of the Prebendship of Barton in the Ch. of Wells , an . 1554 , ( 1. and 2. of Ph. and Mar. ) yet he was made Preb. of Dultingcote in the same Church , on the resignation of William Thynne , and double beneficed in the Dioc. of Wells during the Reign of Queen Mary . On the 27. of Oct. 1558 he became Chaunter of the Church of Salisbury , and in 1559 ( Qu. Elizabeth being then in the Throne , ) he was made Dean of the Queens Chappel , Dean of Windsore , Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , and about that time Master of the Savoy Hospital . In 1560 he became Dean of Bristow again , upon the going away of Hen. Jolliff , who had enjoyed it most of Qu. Maries Reign , and about the same time was made Dean of Exeter and Rector of Silverton in Devon. In 1561 he gave up his Deanery of Ch. Ch. and was succeeded therein by Thomas Sampson a Nonconformist . In 1572 he resigned the Deanery of Windsore , with a Canonry in that Church , being then succeeded in the former by Will. Day Bach. of Div. and in 1580 he resign'd the Deanery of Bristow , wherein he was succeeded by John Sprint ; but when he resign'd that of Exeter , I cannot tell . He finished this mortal life in 1585 aged 85 and was buried in the Church of St. Giles in the fields near London , leaving then behind him a Son named George , afterwards Earl of Totness , and another named Peter , a Knight . Bach. of Civ . Law. Jul. 21. Richard Parker a compounder , or one that payed double , or treble fees for his Degree , as having a temporal estate , or a rich Dignity , or Dignities . Feb. 4. John Foxe Archdeacon of Winchester — On the same day he was also admitted Bach. of the Can. Law. See more among those following . Besides these two , were about 22 admitted ; among whom was Thomas Day of All 's . Coll. who was afterwards constituted the second Canon of Osney , when first founded by K. Hen. 8. and in few years following was by him made the first Canon of the third Prebendship of Ch. Church , at what time Osney was translated thereunto . He died in Feb. 1567 , and was buried on the 22. of the same month in the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. Six also , or thereabouts supplicated for the said Degree , that were not admitted this year . Bach. of Can. Law. Jul. 10. Henry Morgan — He was afterwards Bishop of St. Davids . Feb. 4. John Foxe Archdeacon of the Dioc. of Winchester and Preb. of Roscombe in the Church of Salisbury . — I take him to be the same John Foxe who was afterwards made Fellow of C. C. Coll. by the Founder thereof . For in the Catalogue of Scholars and Fellows of that house made by Rob. Hegge , ( whom I have mention'd among the writers under the year 1629. ) I find one John Foxe a Londoner born , to be put in Fellow there 1523 , being then , or about that time Archdeacon of Surrey , as the said Catalogue tells us . As for Foxe beforemention'd , who was Bach. of Can. Law , being nearly related to Foxe Bishop of Winchester , became Archdeacon of that place in 1519 upon the resignation of one Hugh Ashton , and he upon the resignation of John Frost 1511 , and he upon the resignation of Rob. Frost , 1502 , who succeeded Dr. John Morton that was afterwards Archb. of Canterbury . Besides these two were about 18 admitted , among whom was Antho. Draycot , besides six or more that supplicated . Mast . of Arts. Mar. 28. Nich. Goldwell . Quaere . Feb. 10. Rich. Corren or Curwyn — See among the D. D. 1531. 20. Nich. Cracher or Kratzer a Bavarian — See among the Incorporations following . Besides which , were 25 more admitted , and about 4 that supplicated . Within the compass of this year were three Acts celebrated in St. Maries Church , viz. the first on the last of March , wherein stood nineteen , the second on the 21. July , wherein stood nine , and the third on 23. March , wherein stood twelve , Masters of Arts. Bach. of Div. Jun. 4. Fa. Richard Saleherst Dionys . Dalyance Robert Glastenbury Benedictines . 21. Rich. Thornden a Benedictine Monk — He was afterwards Suffragan Bishop of Dover . 26. John Ramsey a Canon regular — This Person who is some years beforemention'd among the Bach. of Arts , was afterwards Prior of the Coll. of Canon regulars in Oxon , commonly called St. Maries Coll. Jul. 17. Rich. Mawdley or Mawdleu Archdeacon of Leycester . — See among the D. of D. 1529. Six or more were besides them admitted , and 12 that supplicated . Doct. of Civ . Law. June 23. John Olyver — In Feb. 1532 he succeeded Dr. John Hygden in the Deanery of the Coll. founded at Oxon. by K. Hen. 8. and dying in Doctors Commons at London in the month of May , or thereabouts , an . 1552 , lest much of his substance to pious uses . On the 2 of June the same year , ( he being then dead ) Leonard Bilson succeeded him in the Prebendship of Teynton Regis with Yalmeton in the Church of Salisbury . John Feyter of All 's . Coll. was admitted the same day . John Trego●well sometimes of Broadgates , afterwards Principal of Vine , hall alias Peckwaters Inn , was admitted also the same day ( June 23. ) — He was an eminent and learned Man in his profession , and therefore was employed to be Proctor for K. Hen. 8. in that long and costly cause of his divorce from Qu. Catherine ; wherein shewing himself very diligent , was by him Knighted , and for an inconsiderable sum of money , had settled on him and his heirs for ever the rich demesne and site of the mitred Abbey of Milton alias Middleton for Benedictine Monks in Dorsetshire . He gave way to fate in the latter end of the year 1564 ( 7. Elizab. ) and was buried in the Church there . Doct. of Can. Law. June 23. Father John Burton a Canon Regular , Prior of St. ●rideswydes Monastery in , afterwards Abbat of Osney near to , Oxford . John Prynne a Secular Chaplain was admitted the same day — . He was afterwards Subdean and Can. resident . of Lincolne , and dying 29. Apr. 1558 , was buried in the Cathedral Church of Lincolne . Anthony Draycot lately Principal of White hall ( involved afterwards within the limits of Jesus Coll. ) and of Pirye hall adjoyning , was admitted also the same day — In 1542 he was made Archdeacon of Stow in the place of Edward Darbye sometimes of Linc. Coll. deceased , and in the year following Archdeacon of Huntington in the place of Dr. Richard Gwent deceased . He was Chancellour for a time to Dr. Longland Bish . of Linc. and to Dr. Ralph Bayne Bish . of Lichfield , in which Offices he acted much against the Protestants , as John Fox in his book of Acts and Monuments of the Church &c. will tell you . In the beginning of Qu. Elizabeths Reign he was committed Prisoner to the Fleet , and suffer'd much upon account of Religion . Nich. Saunders tells a us that one Draycot Archdeacon of York , was ejected from that Dignity , or left it of his own accord in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth , but I find no such Man in my Catalogue of Archdeacons of that place , which is punctually made from the registers of the Church of York . Doct. of Div. Jul. 3. Fath. Peter Lee a Monk of the Order of St. Benedict . This year Jun. 2. Rowland Philips M. of A. supplicated for the Degrees of Bach. and Doctor of Divinity , and was , as it seems , admitted . Soon after , by the power of the Archbishop of Canterbury he was thrust in Warden of Merton College . He was now Vicar of Croyden in Surrey , one of the Canons of Pauls , a famous and notable Preacher and a forward Man in the Convocation of the Clergy , an . 1523 , in acting and speaking much against the payment of a Subsidie to the King. Incorporations . May 2. George Henneage Bach. of the Canon Law of Cambridge , Archdeacon of Oxford and Chaplain to John Bishop of Lincolne . — With him it was then dispensed that he might b uti palliis ac sumptuoso omni vestitu , pellibus ac serico pertinent . In Apr. 1521 he was installed Archdeacon of Oxford on the death of Christoph . Vrswyke , in 1528 he became Dean of Lincolne on the death of John Constable , who dyed 15. July in the same year , and in 1542 Archdeacon of Lincolne upon the attainder of Richard Pates , I mean him who was afterwards B. of Worcester . This G. Henneage died in 1549 and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Linc. near to the tomb of Mr. Sim. Fotherbie , sometimes Chanc. of that Church , directly before the image of the Virgin Mary without her Chappel . In the Archdeaconry of Line . succeeded Nich. Bullyngham in Sept. 1549. and the same year succeeded John Tayler D. D. in the Deanery . Feb. 18. Nich. de Burgo a Minorite , Bach. of Divinity of the University of Paris — He was an Italian born , did succeed Dr. Tho. Brynknell in the reading of Card. Wolsey's Divinity Lecture , lately erected in this University : And when the matter of the divorce of K. H. 8. from Qu. Catherine was in agitation in the University , he shewed himself so forward for it , that the Women of Oxon did not only scold at him publickly , but threw stones after him as he passed along the street . Whereupon complaining of their rudeness , thirty of them were the next day imprisoned in Bocardo where they continued 3 days and as many nights . I find one Nicholaus Italus to be Sub-commissary of this University in Aug. 1534. whom I take to be the same with Nich. de Burgo beforemention'd , a very learned Man of his time . Feb. 19. Nich. Cracher or Kratzer Bach. of Arts of Colen and Wittenburgh . In the month of May one John Taylor Dr. of Decrees and of the sacred Canons beyond the Seas , having been lately incorporated at Cambridge , supplicated for incorporation in this University , which being granted , he was , as it seems , taken into the bosome thereof — This Person who was Archdeacon of Derby and Bucks . and had been Rector of Sutton Colfield in Warwickshire was Clerk of the Parliaments that sate in 1515. ( 7. Hen. 8. ) and prolocutor of the Convocation of the Clergy that was dissolved 21. Dec. the same year . In which Parliaments and Convocation , arose those most dangerous seditions between the Clergy and Seculars concerning several Ecclesiastical Liberties . In 1528. the said Dr. Taylor , who had been employed in several Embassies beyond the Seas , succeeded Thomas Hanyball in the Mastership of the Rolls , and dying in 1534 , was succeeded in that office by Thomas Cromwell . This Dr. Taylor who was a learned Canonist , and a Statesman , was born ( being the Son , I suppose , of a Taylor ) in a poor Cottage at Barton , in the Parish of Tatinhills in Staffordshire , and being the eldest of the Tremelli , which his Mother had at one birth , were by command of the King , to whom they were presented * as he rode in hunting in that Country , carefully educated in good Letters . Afterwards in gratitude to the place that gave him birth , he built a fair Chappel upon , or near , the site where the Cottage stood . In his rectory of Sutton Colfield succeeded George Henneage beforemention'd . An. Dom. 1523. An. 15. Hen. 8. Chancellour , the same . Commiss . Tho. Moscroff or Musgrave M. D. now , or lately , Fellow of Merton Coll. Proct. Tho. Canner again Edm. Campion Apr. 19. The Senior was soon after preferred to be one of the first Canons of Cardinal Coll. ( of which he became Subdean 1527. ) and the other who was of Linc. Coll. had a Dignity soon after confer'd upon him . Grammarians , Mar. 14. Jam. Davenport a Secular Chaplain . One Joh. Wooddys another Sec. Chapl. supplicated to be admitted to inform , but whether he was so , it appears not . Bach. of Arts. Dec. 15. Richard Pates or Patys of Corp. Ch. Coll. — He was afterwards through several preferments Bishop of Worcester . Besides him were about 52 admitted , many of which were afterwards Prebendaries and Canons , and but four who supplicated . Bach. of Civ . Law. Oct. 27. Petrus Garsias de La● M. of A. of the University of Parmuse , and about this time a Lecturer or Canon of Cardinal Coll. in Oxon. was then admitted Bach. of the Civil Law. Feb. 8. John Lawrence of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards made Archdeacon of Wiltshire , upon the deprivation of John Pollard , 10. Aug. 1554. being the second year of Qu. Mary . He died in 1568 , having before been deprived of his Archdeaconry . See in an . 1578. among the Doctors of Law. Feb. ult . Tho. Lloyd of All 's . Coll. — He was about this time Chauntor of St. David . John Price of the same Coll. was admitted on the same day — See in 1532. Besides these , were 4 admitted in the Civil , and about as many in the Canon , Law. Four also supplicated for the former , and as many for the other . Mast . of Arts. March 9. John Sheyne — Perhaps the same Sheyne an Irish Man who wrot a book De republica . See among the Writers in Rich. Shaghens , an . 1570. Besides him were 24 admitted , among whom John Tooker , Rich. Champion and John Pierson Canons of Cardinal Coll. were of the number , and about 3 that supplicated . Bach. of Physick . Jul. 21. Will. Freeman M. of A. — The same day he was admitted to practice . See under the year 1526. Bach. of Div. Ten at least were admitted , among whom were Robert Wratton , Richard Mychell , Robert Norbury , &c. Benedictine Monks , Thomas Krikham a Minorite , Nicholas Cartwright , Anthony Mo●●neaux , &c. Among these must not be forgotten William Hyberden ( of Exeter Coll. as it seems ) who was admitted 23. Nov. having been before , as 't is said in the publick register , Bach. of the Canon Law. He was in these times , and especially after , a most eminent Preacher , a Person of great devotion and of devout fasting , and being a most zealous Bigot for the Church of Rome ; did , while he was beneficed in , or near , Bristow , make it his sole employment to preach against the hereticks , as they were in his time so called , viz. Luther , Melancthon , Zwinglius , John Fryth , William Tindall , Hugh Latimer , &c. When King Ed. 6. reigned , he withdrew , and continued silent as much as he durst , but when Queen Mary came to the Crown , he made it his sole employment to ride about the Country and Preach in every Church , that he approached , against them . See more of him in John Fox his book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , under the year 1555 , where you will find him called by him by the name of Hubberdin an old Divine of Oxford . Seven also there were that supplicated for the said Degree of Bach. of Div. among whom were William Basyng a Benedictine , Father Philip Davyes a Dominican , William Swadell of the same Order , &c. Doct. of Can. Law. Jan. 29. William Cuffold of New Coll. a learned Canonist . Not one besides was admitted , nor one that supplicated . Doct. of Div. Apr. 24. Fr. John Mawdley or Maudlyn a Dominican or Preaching Fryer . June 17. Fr. Richard Cromer an Austin Fryer — He is stiled in his admission Compositor that is a Compounder , because he paid double , or treble , fees for his Degree , being then , as it should seem , a rich Dignitary . Feb. 7. Nich. de Burgo a Minorite — He is mention'd in the Incorporations in the beforegoing year . Incorporations . Oct. 26. Johan . Lud●vicus Vives LL. D. beyond the Seas , was then incorporated , being this year a Lecturer in Oxon. as I have told you among the Writers , under the year 1544. In the same month of Oct. Richard Wolman Doctor of Decrees of Cambridge and an Archdeacon , supplicated to be incorporated , but whether his supplication was granted it appears not . See more in the Incorporations 1531. In the beginning of March one William Throckmorton LL. D. beyond the Seas , supplicated also to be incorporated ; which was granted simpliciter . In the Chancel of the Church at Shottsbrook in Berks. is an Epitaph for the said Throckmorton , wherein he is stiled Gardianus istius Ecclesiae . Which Church was a Collegiat Church , and valued at the suppression of religious places in the Reign of K. Hen. 8. to be worth 33. l. 18 s. 8 d. per an . He died 12. Jan. 1535 and was there buried . About this time studied in Oxon Simon Grynaeus , being then 30 years of age at least : At which time , but especially afterwards , he was well skill'd in the Latin and Greek tongues , in Philosophy and the Mathematick disciplines ; and therefore beloved of Erasmus , who honourably mentions him in his * Epistles . Theod. Bibliander tells † us that he really thinks that in him , Christian piety , all virtues and the muses had taken up their habitation . He hath written several books , the titles of most of which , you may see in the Bodleian Catalogue , and died in the prime of his years 1541. An. Dom. 1524. An. 16. Hen. 8. Chancellor , the same . Commiss . Tho. Musgrave M. D. Proctor . Edw. Leighton of Cardinal Coll. Philip Dale of Exet. Coll. Apt. 6. The Senior of which Proctors was made the ninth Canon of the College at Oxon founded by K. Hen. 8. an . 1532. Grammarians . Aug. 1. Tho. Lyonhyll Feb. 15. John Moreton Will. Gower . Sec. Chapl. The said three Persons were admitted to inform in the faculty of Grammar . Bach. of Musick . Apr. 3. Will. Chell a Secular Chaplain . Henry Young a Student in Musick supplicated for that Degree 25. of Feb. but was not , as I can yet find , admitted . Bach. of Arts. May 30. Nich. Vdall of C. C. C. — See among the writers under the year 1552. Jun. 20. John Fitzjames of Mert. Coll. afterwards of St. Albans hall . — He was of the same Family , of which Jam. Fitzjames ( mention'd under the year 1516 ) was , and by the name and title of John Fitzjames M. of A. was admitted Archdeacon of Taunton ; and Prebendary of Milverton in the Church of Wells , on the death of John Redmayne , 22. May 1554. Jul. 19. Richard Turner , — Whether the same who was of Magdalen College , I know not . This Richard Turner took not the Degree of Master , if the publick register saith right . See among the writers under the year 1558. Jul. 27. John Helyar of C. C. College , a good Grecian and Hebritian . Feb. 6. Owen Oglethorp of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Carlile , &c. About 50 were admitted , and about 15 supplicated that were not admitted . Bach. of Civ . Law. Aug. 1. Thom. Elyot ( of St. Maries hall . ) Jan. ult . John Twyne . — Who on the same day was admitted Bach. of the Canon Law. Five were admitted in the Canon , and 15 , ( besides Elyot and Twyne ) in the Civil Law , and five in each supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. Jul. 27. Tho. Wode — Whether he be the same Thomas Wood , whom John Fox reports to have been elected Bishop of a certain See in England a little before Qu. Mary dyed , an . 1558. I know not . Feb. 12. John Helyar of C. C. C. beforemention'd . — See among the writers under the year 1537. Feb. 21. John Robyns John Mason of All 's . Coll. Only twelve more were admitted , and about four supplicated . Bach. of Div. Four only were admitted to , and eleven or more supplicated for , that Degree , whom I cannot find admitted this or some years after . Among them were . ( 1 ) William Sandwych a Benedictine Monk afterwards Warden of Canterbury College in Oxon. ( 2 ) Robert Carter of Magdalen College about this time Steward of the Houshold of Cardinal Wolsey and afterwards Canon of the College of King Hen. 8. in Oxon. ( 3 ) Oswald Benson Minister of the House of St. Robert near to Knaresborough , of the Order of the Holy Trinity . Doct. of Civ . Law. June ult . Edwarde Carne or Kerne now or lately Principal of Greek hall in St. Edwards Parish — He was the Son of Howell Carne of Cowbridge in Glamorganshire , by his Wife Cicely Daugh. of William Kemys of Newport ; and lineally descended from Thomas Le C●rne second Son of Ithyn King of Gwent . — He was a wise Man , learned in the Civil Law , and afterwards Knighted by the Emperour Charles 5. In 1530 I find him the Kings Orator at Rome to remonstrate to his holiness that the King was not bound by the Law to make his appearance either by Person , or by proxy in the Court of Rome , according to a citation which was coming to him for his appearance in the matter of his divorce from Queen Catherine . In the Reign of Queen Mary ( who valued him ) he was Ambassador there for her , as also for Queen Elizabeth , but when the Pope was stirred with anger , upon the resolution of the last , to expel his power from England , he commanded a Sir Edward Carne to lay down his Office of Ambassador , and to take upon him the Government of the English Hospital at Rome . Yet , as 't is thought by some , this crafty old Knight did voluntary chuse his banishment , out of a burning zeal to the Roman Catholick Religion , and eagerly desired to continue there , ( though sent for to come home by the Queen ) rather than return to his Country which was then ready to be overspread with Heresie , as he call'd it . He died at Rome on the 14 of the Cal. of Febr. according to the accompt there followed , in 1561 ( about which time the Abbat of Martinego the Popes Nuncio was denied entrance into England ) and was buried there in the Church belonging to the Monastery of St. Gregory in Coelo . He was always accounted the last Ambassadour of the Kings of England to the Pope , till Roger Earl of Castlemain was sent thither by King James 2. an . 1687. Jim . ult . Richard Gwent of Allsouls College , Principal or Chief Moderator of Canon Law School situated near St. Edwards Church . — He was about this time Archdeacon of Brecknock , afterwards of London , ( in the place , as it seems , of one William Clyffe , ) Dean of the Arches , and at length in 1542 Archdeacon of Huntingdon , upon the promotion of William Knyght to the See of Bath and Wells . He gave way to sate in 1543 being then Archdeacon of two places at least London and Huntingdon ) and was buried in the middle of St. Pauls Cathedral in London . This Person who was a Welsh Man born , was well known to John Leland the Antiquary , who , in his Encomia illustrium & eruditorum virorum in Anglia , doth highly celebrate him , by the name of Richard. Ventanus Juridicus for his virtues and learning . Feb. 13. Henry Morgan about this time Principal of St. Edwards hall , situated in the Church-yard of St. Edward and near to Canon Law School . — He was afterwards Bishop of St. David . Doct. of Can. Law. Mar. 10. Richard Muge or Mugg of Allsouls College — He was now beneficed and dignified in the Church , and was accounted by all that knew him a learned Canonist . Doct. of Div. Not one was admitted this year , nor one supplicated for the said Degree , only Richard Stubbs or Stubbys Master of Arts , Bachelaur of Divinity and Master of Balliol College . Incorporations . May… William Middleton Doct. of the Civ . Law of the University of Lovaine . June…Richard Brynckley a Minorite or Franciscan Fryer , Dr. of Divinity of Cambridge , and , as our publick register saith , General Minister of the Minorites throughout England . — His supplication , which was granted simpliciter , and his incorporation , are set down in the said register under this year ( 1524 ) yet perusing Cambridge b tables containing the names of such who were admitted Doctors of that University , he is put down there , under the year 1527 , as being then admitted D. of D. In the said Generalship or Provincialship he succeeded Dr. Henry Standish , ( whom I have mention'd among the Writers ) and was succeeded by Steph. Baron a Cambridge Man , Confessor to K. Hen. 8. and an eminent Preacher of his time . This year , but the day or month appears not , was a Supplicate made for one Rowland Lee Doctor of the Canon Law of Cambridge , to be incorporated into that degree ; but whether he really was so , I cannot justly tell , his Incorporation having perhaps been neglected to be registred . This Rowl . Lee was the Son of Will. Lee of Morpeth in Northumberland , Treasurer of Barwick , by Isabel his Wife , Daughter and Heir of Andr. Trollop Kt. who , after he had been educated in Academical Learning in S. Nicholas Hostle in Cambridge , became first Chancellour to Dr. Jeffr. Blythe Bishop of Lichfield , and afterwards Prebendary of Corburgh in that Church . At length , for the several Services which he had done to please the unsatiable desire of K. Hen. 8. ( one of which was the marrying him to the Lady Anna Bulleyne ) was rewarded with the Bishoprick of Lichfield : to which being elected by the Name and Title of Rowl . Lee Decretorum Doctor , Canonicus & Prebendarius Eccles . Cath. Lichf . was consecrated thereunto 19 Apr. 1534 , and on the 8 of May following received c the Temporalities belonging thereunto . In the year following he was made President of the Marches of Wales , and dying at Shrewsbury 24 Jan. 1543 , was buried there . He had a Brother named George , Dean of S. Chadds in Shrewsbury , who dying without issue , as his Brother the Bishop did , the Sister of them named Isabel , Wife of Rog. Fowler of Staffordshire , became Heir to them both . An. Dom. 1525. An. 17 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. Musgrave . Proct. Anthony Sutton of Magd. Coll. John Tooker lately of Exeter , now of Cardinal , Coll. Bach. of Arts. July 17. Robert Talbot of New Coll. — He was afterwards an eminent Antiquary . Besides him were about 68 that were admitted , and about 10 that supplicated ; several of whom were afterwards Dignitaries in the Church . Bach. of Civ . Law. Octob. ult . Robert Dobell . — See more among the Bachelaurs of Can Law following . Bach. of Can. Law. July 11. Arth. Bokeley or Bulkley , of New Inn as it seems . — He was admitted Doctor the next day , as I shall anon tell you , and was afterwards Bishops of Bangor . Oct. ult . Robert Dobell . — He is sometimes written Dovell and Davel , and therefore I take him to be the same with Robert Dovell or Davell who occurs Archdeacon of Northumberland , an . 1531 , being then , or soon after , LL. D. In the said Archdeaconry succeeded Will. Carter ( written sometimes Carther ) D. of D. of Cambridge , collated thereunto 3 Nov. 1558 ; and him Will. Kynge M. A. of Kings Coll. in Cambridge ( afterwards Bach. of Div. Prebendary of Canterbury , and in 1573 Canon of Windsore ; ) but the year when , I cannot tell ; and him also Ralph Lever M. A. collated thereunto 21 Aug. 1566. Mast . of Arts. Mar. 31. Walt. Buckler of Mert. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. in 1534. July 6. Thomas Robertson , now a great Villifyer of the Questionists in this University . Feb. 3. George Cores now as it seems of Magd. Coll. 8. Thomas Raynolds lately of Merton , now of Cardinal , Coll. — See under the year 1536. Rich. Coxe of Cardinal Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was afterwards Bishop of Ely. March 5. John Bekynsau of New Coll. Besides these , were about 42 Masters admitted this year . Bach. of Physick . Apr. 4. John Blyss M. of A. of Merton Coll. — I shall mention him anon among the Doctors . Nov. 14. George Owen M. of A. of the same Coll. — See among the Doctors in 1527. Bach. of Div. May 31. Father Will. Kendall a Benedictin Monk. Jan… . Anth. Dunstan of the said Order . — He was afterwards Prior of Glouc. Coll. in the Suburb of Oxon , and at length Bishop of Landaff . Jan… . Fath. Tho. Bennet Rob. Gale Benedictines . Which four Monks had a little before opposed publickly in the Divinity School . There were eight more that were admitted this year , ( among whom Edw. Kyrkby and John Stockland , Cistercians , were two , and Tho. Hull , an Austin Fryer , a third ) and three or more that supplicated for the said degree , of whom Edw. Staple was one , Mar. 9. who afterwards was Bishop of Me●●h in Ireland . Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul. 12. Edm. Bonner of Broadgates Hall. — He was afterwards Bishop of London . Nov… . Rich. Foxford — He was afterwards Chancellour and Vicar Gen. to Dr. Stokesley Bishop of London , and as John Fox saith d a cruel Persecutor and common Butcher of the good Saints of God , meaning many poor Protestants in the Dioc. of London , an . 1530 , 31 , and 32 , whom he either condemned , or troubled , or made them abjure . He tells us also , that by a Judgment from God he died suddenly about 1533 , as he was sitting in his Chair , his belly being burst and his guts falling out before him . Doct. of Can. Law. Jul. 12. Arth. Bokeley or Bulkley before mention'd . 13. Hugh ap Rice or Price . — He was afterwards Prebendary of Rochester , Treasurer of the Cath. Ch. of S. David , &c. By his Will dated 8 Aug. 1574 , and proved the last day of the same month , he bequeathed threescore pounds per an . to Jesus Coll. in Oxon , conditionally that he might have the name of Founder of it . In the Margin of the said Will , are his Arms painted , viz. Gules a Chevron Ermine between three flower de Lise or , which are not the Arms that that Coll. now give , or own , tho the Society acknowledged him to be their Founder . Besides these two , were two others that supplicated for the said degree , namely John Worthyall lately Principal of New Inn and Thomas Parker : the last of which , tho I find him not admitted , yet about this time I find e him written Decretorum Doctor , Collegiorum de Stafford & de Tomworth Decanus , &c. In 1522 he became Chancellor of the Dioc. of Worcester in the place of Dr. John Bell , who had succeeded Dr. Tho. Hanyball in that Office 1518 , and afterwards was made Chancellour of the Church of Salisbury , in the place of one Edward Farmer ; which Dignity he keeping to the time of his death , was succeeded by Rog. Townsend in the beginning of Sept. 1538 , but Townsend dying soon after , John Edmonds was collated thereunto 29 Oct. following . Doct. of Physick . Apr. 5. John Blysse of Merton Coll. — He was a learned Physitian and Astronomer , as I have before told you under the year 1507. Doct. of Div. May 8. John Thornall or Thornbill a Minorite or Grey Fryer . June 1. John Loysche M. A. and Bach. of Div. 27. Will. Rashley a Dominican or Black Fryer . Jul. 3. John Cottysford Rector of Linc. Coll. — Afterwards Can. of the Coll. at Oxon founded by K. Hen. 8. Martin Lindsey of the said Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was a learned man , and died on the second of March 1554. Jul. 13. Tho Ware of Oriel Coll. — Afterwards Provost thereof . He hath this Character given of him by a learned f person , Vir , & vita & eruditione clarissimus . I find another Thom. Ware. who was not a sec . Priest as the former was , but a Monk of the Cistercian Order , and sometimes a Student in S. Bernard's Coll in the North Suburb of Oxon. Afterwards he became the last Abbat of Flaxley in Glocestershire ( in the place of Will. Beawdley ) and living to see his House dissolved , and himself and his Brethren turn'd out thence , he retired to Aston Rowant near to Thame in Oxfordshire , where spending the remaining part of his days in devotion and retiredness , gave way at length to Fate , in a good old Age , an . 1546 , whereupon his Body was buried in the Yard belonging to the Church there . Nov. 9. Rog. Edgworth of Oriel Coll. Will. Gryce M. A. and Bac. of Div. was admitted the same day . — He died in 1528. For the said Degree of D. D. supplicated ( 1 ) Anth. Molymeaux of Magd. Coll. ( 2 ) Rob. Tayler Bac. of Div. ( 3 ) John Cabull or Cable Bac. of Div. and Abbat of Newham , as the Register saith , perhaps the same with John Capul a Dominican who supplicated for the degree of Bac. of Div. in 1524 , and ( 4 ) Rich. Stokys M. A. and Bac. of Div. Incorporations . Jul. 12. Tho. Courthop B. of A. of Cambridge . Oct… . Rob. Sherton D. D. of the said University , and about this time Master of S. John's Coll. there , and Almoner to Qu. Catherine . In 1527 he became Canon of Windsore in the place of Jeffry Wrenn deceased ; and dying in 1535 , Dr. Sim. Haynes Master of Queens Coll. in Camb. ( who was afterwards Dean of Exeter ) succeeded him in the Canonry . Nov. 5. John Clerke John Fryer Godf. Harman . M. of A. of Cambr. These three came to Oxon to be prefer'd in Cardinal Wolsey's Coll. but they proving violent Lutherans , as Cox and Fryth ( whom I shall anon mention ) did , were forced to leave that College . John Fryer was , upon account of Religion , committed Prisoner to the Master of the Savoy , where he did much solace himself with playing on the Lute , having good skill in Musick ; for which reason , a Friend of his would needs commend him to the Master , but the Master answered , Take heed , for be that playeth is a Devil , because he is departed from the Catholick Faith. Afterwards he was set at liberty , and travelling beyond the Seas , he returned to that Religion wherein he was educated , was made Doctor of Physick , and after his Return , he setled in the Parish of S. Martin Outwich in Bishopsgate street in London , where dying in the Winter time , an . 1563 , was buried in the Church there . He , with Hen. Sumner and Richard Coxe , had been bred in Kings Coll. in Cambridge ▪ and were esteemed excellent Scholars ; but as for Florentius a Dominican , John Akers , and Mich. Drumm , who came with them , I know nothing , only the two last took the degrees in Arts here , and Drumm one in Divinity . Dec. 7. Hen. Sumner Rich. Coxe Will. Betts Joh. Fryth Winmer Allen B. of A. of Cambr. These also came to Oxon to be prefer'd in Card. Wolsey's Coll. March 9. Edw. Staple M. A. of Cambr. now of Card. Coll. Mar. 3. Edw. Wotton M. A. of this University and Doct. of Phys . of an University beyond the Seas , was then incorporated Doct. of Phys . Mar… . John Allen LL. D. beyond the Seas . — He was afterwards Archbishop of Dublin . An. Dom. 1526. An. 18 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. Musgrave again : to whom Dr. Roper was substitute . Proct. Simon Ball of Mert. Coll. Austr . Thomas Byrton lately of Magdalen , now of Cardinal , Coll. Bor. April 11. Grammarians . Dec. 8. George Astley . Whether he was admitted to inform only , or Bach. of Gram. it appears not . Not one beside him was admitted , either Bach. or to inform ; nor one in Musick . Bach. of Arts. June 26. Edm. Wolfe one of the jun. Canons of Card. Coll. — He had before spent two years in Study in the Univ. of Cambr. Jul. 2. Tho. Key or Kay about this time of All 's . Coll. — He is mention'd among the Writers under the year 1572. Besides these two were about 37 admitted . This year , but the month or day I know not , was a Supplicat made in behalf of one Tho. Winter to be Bach. of Arts ; but whether he was admitted , I cannot , in all my searches , find . This Tho. Winter who was Nephew ( or rather nat . Son ) to Cardinal Tho. Wolsey , had several Dignities confer'd upon him before he was of Age , by the means of the said Cardinal : among which was the Archdeaconry of York , or of the West Riding of Yorkshire , on the death of Hugh Ashton , in which he was installed 31 August 1523 , being about that time Chancellour of the Church of Sarum in the place of one William Wilton : also the Deanery of Wells , in the place of Dr. William Cosin sometimes Fellow of Kings College an . 1525 ; and upon the death of Thomas Dalby , ( which was in January the same year ) he had not only the Provostship of Beverley confer'd upon him , but also the Archdeaconry of Richmond ; in which last he was installed 24 of Mar. the same year , &c. This Tho. Winter , with several others , after they had been maintained in the Schools at Oxon by the Cardinal , were also by him maintained in the University of Paris , to obtain , if possible , proficiency in such Arts and Sciences which our Universities in England could not yield . The Governor or Tutor to Tho. Winter was Tho. Lupset of Corp. Ch. Coll in this University , to whom , as also to Winter , the Cardinal would write that the said Winter should study the Dunces Logick Questions , meaning , I suppose , the Logick Questions of John Dunse . In the Schools at Paris I find him conversant in 1528 , and what degree , or degrees , he took there , I cannot tell . Sure I am , that about the time of the Cardinals fall , he gave up all or most of his Dignities ; for about 1530 Dr. Richard Wolman succeeded him in the Deanery of Wells ; and in Decemb. 1529 , Will. Knyght LL. D. succeeded in the Archdeaconry of Richmond , and Edw. Lee in the Chancellourship of Sarum in Feb. following . As for the Archdeaconry of York , he keeping it till 1540 , then resigned it ; whereupon Tho. Westby , Bac. of Div. was installed therein 26 June the same year ; and whether he continued to be the last Provest of Beverley , I cannot in truth tell . The Arms , with which he sealed , did very much resemble those of Cardinal Wolsey , as it appears in the Office of Arms. Bach. of Civ . Law. July 2. William Petre of All 's . Coll. Feb… . Rob. Geffry . — In 1531 he entred himself into the Soc. of the Brethren of the Order of S. Austin the Hermite . Bach. of Can. Law. July 2. David Pole or Poole of All 's . Coll. — He was afterward Bishop of Peterborough . Will. Petre before mention'd , was admitted Bach. of the Canon , just after he had been admitted Bach. of the Civil , Law. — See more under the Doctors of the Civil Law , an . 1532. Mast . of Arts. June 27. John Pollard — This person , who was afterwards at least twice Proctor of the University , became Archdeacon of Wiltshire on the death of Edw. Finch , 15 Jan. 1538 , and Prebendary of Husborne and Burbach in the Church of Salisbury on the death of Hen. Iden , 25 Sept. 1556 , &c. Nov. 9. John Pekyns of Exeter Coll. — The Records of that House saith , that he was Proctor of the University , Canon of Westminister , Bach. of Div. and a Dignitary , &c. Feb. 25. Alexand. Belsire of New Coll. — He was afterwards the first Canon of Osney , the first Canon of the fourth Prebendship of Ch. Ch. and the first President of S. John's Coll. but whether Bach. of Div. it appears not in our Registers that are in the latter end of K. Hen. 8. and all the time of K. Ed. 6. very imperfect . Besides these three were about 23 admitted , and about 5 that supplicated , among whom Nich. Vdall of C. C. Coll. was one . Bach. of Div. June 10. Fath. Will. Basyng a Benedictine . 26. John Holyman of New Coll. Fath. Rich. Talley a Cistercian , was admitted the same day . — One David Talley I have mention'd under the year 1508. 28. Frat. Edm. Bricot a Minorite . Jul. 3. Fath. Job . Lawerne or Lorne a Ben. Monk of Worcester , afterwards one of the first Prebendaries there . He died 1551. Besides the said John Lawerne I find another of both his names , who was a Benedictin also , a Monk of Worcester , educated in Philosophicals and Theologicals in Glocester Coll. within this University ; and at length was Doctor of Divinity . He hath written ( 1 ) Actus contra quatuor peccata , ( 2 ) Benedictiones & laudationes in vesperiis Oxon , ( 3 ) Variarum rerum Epistolae , and ( 4 ) Quaedam chromice . All which I have seen bound together in one Vol. with this note following at the end , Expliciunt lectiones ordinariae Mri. Joh. Lawerne S. pag. Professoris , editae & publicè lectae in Scholis Theologiae Oxon. an . dom . 1448 & 49. Feb. 18. Fr. Edw. Baskervyle a Minorite . — He was afterwards Gardian of the Coll. of Minorites or Franciscans in the South Suburb of Oxon. Besides these were about 8 admitted , and 10 at least that supplicated . On the 12 of June this year Will. Knyght M. A. supplicated the ven . Congregation to be admitted Bach. of Div. and the next month supplicated to proceed in the same Faculty ; but whether either of them were granted , it appears not . This Will. Knyght I take to be the same with him who was elected probat . Fellow of Mert. Coll. in 1503 , and not Will. Knyght who was a Civilian of New Coll. and afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells . Doct. of Can. Law. Jan. 28. John Voysey or Veysey . For the same degree John Southwode did supplicate , but was not admitted this year . Doct. of Physick . Jul. 7. Will. Freeman . — He was afterwards Fellow , Censor , and at length President of the College of Physitians at London . Doct. of Div. June 11. Roger Dyngley of All 's . Coll. — He was Chaplain to K. Hen. 8. and had two , or more Dignities in the Church . Feb. 27. Fr. John Perrot ( sometimes written Porret ) a Minorite , Gardian or Prior of the Coll. of Minorites or Franciscans , commonly called Grey Fryers , at Bostom in Lincolnshire . — I find one John Perrot to have succeeded Martin Collyns in the Chantorship of York in Oct. 1503. a little before which time ( in Sept. ) the said Collyns became Treasurer of the Church there , on the death of Hugh Trotter D. D. who had been also Provost of the Church at Beverley . But the said John Perrot being a sec . Priest , must not be understood to be the same with him who was a Minorite . Feb. 27. Fr. Thom Kyrkham a Minorete , Gardian of the Coll. of Minorites at Doncaster in Yorkshire . — He was afterwards a very zealous man against the Divorce of King Hen. 8. from Q. Catherine . Besides these three , were but two that supplicated to be D. D. viz. Rob. Carter of Magd. Coll. and John Tychmersh a Cistercian of S. Bernard's Coll. Incorporations . May…Nic . Bradbridge M. of A. of this University , and D. of D. beyond the Seas . — See more among the Doct. of Div. in 1508. June…Will . Howe Bishop of Orense in Spain , D. of D. beyond the Seas , and 16 years a Student in this University , was then incorp . D. of D. Jun. 26. Thom. Forster Bac. of Arts of this University , Master of Arts of Cambridge , and Bac. of Div. of Lovaine in Brabant , was then incorp . B. of D. Feb… . Rich. Warham Doctor of the Civil Law of the University of Orleans in France . — He is stiled in one of our a Registers Archdeacon of Canterbury ; but he that enjoyed that Dignity now , was Will. Warham , and therefore there is a mistake in the Christian name . An. Dom. 1527. An. 19 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same , viz. Dr. Tho. Musgrave ; but he dying in Exeter Coll. this year , about the latter end of Aug. or beginning of Sept. ( having made several Supplicates in the Congregation of Regents in the beginning of July going before , in order to the taking the degree of D. of D. ) Martin Lyndsey D. D. and Fellow of Linc. Coll. officiated in his turn till the beginning of Mich. term , and then he giving up that employment , John Cottysford D. D. of Linc. Coll. became Commissary by the designment of the Chancellour , and took his Oath 7. Dec. following . Proct. Arth. Cole of Magd. Coll. Rich. Lorgan of Oriel Coll. May. 7. Bach. of Gram. March ult . John Skerow or Sherow or Skyrou , so many ways I find him written was then admitted Bach. of Grammar . — In 1538. in Oct. I find him by the name and title of John Sherow Bach. of Grammar to be a Candidate for the Degree of Bac. of Arts , but whether he was admitted it appears not . In Dec. this year John Parr or Party supplicated to be admitted to inform , but not granted . See in 1528. Bach. of Arts. Ap. 5. Richard Smyth John Ramridge of Mert. Coll. The former was afterwards an eminent writer , and other Dean of Lichfield , as I shall elsewhere tell you . May 21. Rich. Taverner of Cardinal Coll. — I have mention'd him among the writers , under the year 1575. Rich. Sherrey of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day — He is also mention'd among the writers an . 1550. Jan. 16. Tho. Goldwell — He was afterwards B. of St. Asaph . In all about 62 , who were this year admitted . Bach. of Civ . Law. Feb. 18. Will. Bennet — I take this Person to be the same Will. Bennet who became Archdeacon of Dorset upon the consecration of John Stokesley to the See of London , 20. Dec. 1530 , and the same who about that time was constituted the Kings Orator to go to Rome to expedite the matter of Divorce from his Consort Qu. Catherine . I find him there in 1532 , as by the dates of his letters sent thence to the English Court , appears : And in the year following , being dead , Edward Fox ( who was afterwards Bishop of Hereford ) succeeded him in his Archdeaconry , 24. Nov. 1533. See another W. Bermet among the Bach. of Arts , an . 1512. and another among the Doctors of Div. 1535. Feb. 18. John Pope of All 's . Coll. — In 1554 he became Archdeacon of Bedford upon the promotion of Gilb. Bourne to the See of Bathe and Wells , and about that time was made Residentiary of Linc. Cathedral . In Sept. 1558 he was put in Warden of All 's . Coll. by Cardinal Pole Archb. of Cant. upon the resignation of Seth Holland ; but never came to the Coll. for admission . He died at Lincolne on the eleventh of Nov. following , and was buried in the Nave of the Cathedral there . In his Wardenship succeeded Dr. John Warner a Physitian , in the latter end of Nov. 1558 , he having been Warden before , but left it in the Reign of Qu. Mary ; and in his Archdeaconry of Bedford succeeded Mich. Dunnyng LL. D. of Cambridge and Chancellour of the Diocess of Norwych , and him ( who enjoyed it but a little while ) Rich. Barber LL. B. of Oxon , 14 March 1558. Feb. 18. Hugh Coren or Curwyn — He was afterwards Archb. of Dublin in Ireland . 19. Walter Wryght — See more among the Doct. of Law an . 1540. Besides these , were about 15 that were admitted , and 6 that supplicated . Bach. of Can. Law. Twenty two were admitted this year , among whom Reynold Barnysley a Bened. Monk was one , Jul. 8. Thaddaeus Raynold a Sec. Chapl. another Feb. 18. who , if I mistake not , was an Irish Man , and several Welsh Men besides . Thirteen also at least supplicated for the same Degree , who were mostly Secular Chaplains . Some of which were afterwards admitted . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 5. John Marlow or Merlow of Mert. Coll. — He was afterwards Treasurer of the Cath. Ch. of Wells and Canon of the Kings Chap. of St. Stephen within the Pallace of Westminister . He died in the beginning of Oct. 1543. See among the Bach. of Div. in 1542. Feb. 14. David Tolley of St. Maries hall . One and twenty Masters were admitted this year , according to the publick register , yet 37 stood in several Acts celebrated in the said year . Bach. of Physick . Jul. 8. Simon Ball M. A. Humph. Blewet M. A. of Mert. Coll. Both these were learned Men , and the last a writer , as I shall hereafter tell you . For the said Degree supplicated John de Lapeys M. A. of an University beyond the Seas , and John Mason M. A. of Allsouls Coll. who was afterwards a Knight and a Man of note , as I have told you under the year 1521. but whether they were admitted , it appears not . Bach. of Div. May 29. Frater Anth. Papudo or Papodo a Portugues by nativity , and a Minorite by profession . Jun. 4. Father Will. Sandwych a Benedictine — He was afterwards Gardian or Warden of Canterbury Coll. in Oxon. 27. Fa. Tho. Levett a Benedictine . Feb. 27. Fa. Rich. Gorton a Ben. and Bach. of Arts. Nine more were admitted , and about 15 there were that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom John Hylsey was one , afterwards Bishop of Rochester . Doct. of Civ . Law. Nov… . David Pole or Poole of All 's . Coll. Febr… .. John Payne Principal of New Inn , and Moderator or Principal of Civil Law School in St. Edwards Parish . Two also there were that supplicated for the said Degree , viz. Hen. Russell Bach. of the Civil Law , and Thom. Breewood or Brerewood Bac. of the said faculty of All 's . College . Which last was about this time Canon of Exeter , afterwards ( about 1536 ) Archdeacon of Barnstaple , and Chancellour to the Bishop of Exeter . Doct. of Can. Law. Nov… . Dav. Pole or Poole beforementioned . Jan… . Hen. Whyte — He was afterwards Principal or chief Moderator of Can. Law School , and is sometimes written Praelector Cathedrae juris Canonici . One Will. Cleyton Bachelaur of Decrees supplicated to be admitted Doctor of the Canon Law , but he was not admitted this year . Doct. of Physick . Feb. 13. Thom. Gwynne of All 's . Coll. George Owen of Mert. Coll. was admitted the same day . — This Person was born in the Dioc. of Worcester , was admitted Fellow of Merton Coll. in 1519 ; afterwards he was Physician to K. Hen. 8. Fellow of the Coll. of Physicians at London , Physician to K. Edw. 6. and Qu. Mary ; and dying of a malignant and Epidemical Feaver 10. Oct. 1558 was buried in the Church of St. Stephen in Walbroke , London . His memory is celebrated among the learned Men of his time by John a Leland the Antiquarian-poet , and by John b Parkhurst Bishop of Norwych his Fellow collegiat . One of his descendants of Godstow near Oxon. whose Christian name I do not yet know , was condemned to dye , 17 May 1615 for stifly maintaining that a Prince may be removed out of the way by death or otherwise , if lawfully excommunicated by the Pope . Doct. of Div. Feb. 10. The ven . Father John Newbolt a Benedictine Monk — One Tho. Newbolt was Abbat of Evesham next before Clement Lychfield , whom I have mention'd under the year 1501. Nine this year appears to have supplicated to be Doctors of Divinity , among whom were Anth. Dunstan a Benedictine Monk of Westminster and Prior of Gloucest . Coll. in the suburb of Oxon. ( See more in the year 1538. ) Rich. Thornden , who was afterwards Suffragan Bishop of Dover , Rog. Otteford Bac. of Div. and a Benedictine , John Tybbys a Cistercian , &c. Incorporations . Jul. 8. Will. Armsted M. of A. beyond the Seas . Feb. 7. Jam. Blyth Bach. of Div. beyond the Seas ( sometimes of this University ) was then incorp . Bac. of Div. — See among the Doctors of Div. 1535. He was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Christoph . Plummer deprived by attainder , 25. of Aug. 1536 , and had other Dignities ; and dying in 1546. he was buried in St. Georges Chap. at Windsore . An. Dom. 1528. An. 20. Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. John Cottysford . Proct. John Belletory Chapl. of Mert. Coll. Walter Buckler Fell. of the said , and Canon of Cardinal , Coll. elected Apr. 22. Grammarians . Nov. 5. Christoph . Haldesworth a Secular Chaplain . One Tho. Myttons an instructor of Youth at Banbury in Oxfordshire , and John Parry a Secular Chapl. did supplicate to be admitted , but whether they were so , it appears not . Bach. of Arts. May 16. John Standish of Brasen . Coll. — He was soon after of Corp. Christi . Jul. 15. Gilb. Bourne — He was afterwards of All 's . Coll. Will. Bradbridge or Brodbridge of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . Jul. 24. John Parkhurst . Nov. 5. Rich. Moryson . Jun. 24. Will. Pye of Oriel Coll. All which were afterwards either Writers or Bishops , Besides them were about 50 admitted this year , and about 20 that supplicated , who were not admitted . Bach. of Law. Six were admitted in the Canon , and eight in the Civil , Law. Nine or thereabouts supplicated to be graduated in the former , and about 7 in the other , but not one of them , can I yet find , was afterwards a Bishop , Writer , or a Dignitary . Mast . of Arts. Jul. 14. John Doone of C. C. C. — He was a noted Grecian , Greek reader of that house , and afterwards Dean of the Kings Chappel , and well dignified . About thirty were admitted this year ; and about eleven that supplicated to be Masters , but were not admitted . Opponents in Div. Jun , 18. Father Will. Beawdley Abbat of Flaxley of the Cistercian Order , in Glocestershire . Jul. 3. Fa. Will. Harford or Hartford of the Order of St. Benedict . — He was about this time an Abbat or a Prior. These two I cannot find to be admitted Bach. of Div. which usually follows opposition in that faculty , and therefore I have put them here . Bach. of Div. Jun. 26. Fa. John Byle or Byley , or Beyley a Benedictine , and about this time an Abbat . Jul. 15. Tho. Canner now of Cardinal , lately of Magd. Coll. — In 1532 he was made the eighth Canon of the Coll. of K. Hen. 8. founded on that of Card. Wolseys , ( of which he had been made the first Canon by the Cardinal ) and in 1542 he was admitted Provost of the Free-Chappel of St. Nicholas under Hampden in the Dioc. of Wells , and had other Dignities bestow'd on him . Edw. Leyton or Leighton was admitted the same day — This Person did about this time solely give himself up to please the unlimited humour of the King , as another of his Sirname did about the same time . See in the year 1506. 17. William Tiesham of Mert. Coll. Jul. 18. Fath. Thom. Essex Feb. 20. Fa. Humph. Webley March 11. Fa. Will. Bennet of the Order of St. Benedict . Which three Fathers were now either Abbats or Priors . March 11. Fa. Tho. Sparke a Benedictine Monk — He was now , or soon after , Prior of a certain cell , as it is mention'd in the publick register of this time , wherein it is further added that in 1529 he was about to leave the University cum pannis suis to go to the Monastery at Durham . Fa. John Else a Dominican was adm . this year , but the day or month appears not . Besides these , were four more admitted , and eight at least that supplicated , of whom John Bekinsau of New College was one . Doct. of Civil Law. Jun. 25. Thomas Baggard originally of New Inn , afterwards one of the first Canons of Cardinal College . — In 1535 he became Chancellour of the Diocess of Worcester , in the place of one Dr. Thomas Parker , and in the 33 Hen. 8. Dom. 1541 , he was named the very first Canon or Prebendary of the first stall in the Church of Worcester by the King , when he changed the Prior and Monks of that place into a Dean and Canons . He died in 1544 , and was succeeded in his Chancellourship and Prebendship by Rob. Johnson LL. Bach. whom I shall mention elsewhere . Jul. 13. Rob. Hunt a Secular Chaplain and Principal or Supreme Moderator of Civ . Law School in St. Edwards Parish , Oxon. Feb. 26. Thom. Barret of New Inn — He was soon after Principal of the said Inn , and in 1540 became Canon of Kings Coll. or the Coll. founded by K. Hen. 8. on the site of that of Card. Wolsey . One John Hewys LL. Bac. who had practised the said faculty in the Court of the Lord Cardinal , ( Wolsey ) supplicated to be Doctor of the Civ . Law , but occurs not admitted . I take this Person to be the same with Dr. Hewes , who was a forward Man in examining Protestants that were to suffer upon account of Religion in Queen Maries Reign . Doct. of Can. Law. Feb. 17. John Southwode Fellow of Wykeham's Coll. near Winchester , and Canon residentiary of Wells — He died and was buried at Wells . 26. John Rede sometimes of New Coll. now Fellow of Wykeham's Coll. beforemention'd — I have spoken of another John Rede in the year 1507. One Robert Woodward Warden of All 's . Coll. occurs Doctor of Decrees this year , but when he was admitted , it appears not . Will. Cleyton also ( mention'd in 1527 ) who had practised the Canon Law several years in the Court of the Lord Cardinal ( Wolsey ) supplicated to be admitted Doctor of that faculty , but occurs not admitted . Doct. of Div. Jun. 28. Fa. Reb Basyng a 〈…〉 He was about this time an Abbat or Prior There also supplicated for the said Degree Fa. William Thryske Abbat of Fountaines in Yorkshire , Fa. Rich. Gloucester a Benedictine , and as I think an Abbat , Tho. Marshall , &c. ☞ Not one incorporation this year , only that of Rich. Porte M. A. of Cambridge Apr. 2. which is all I know of him . An. Dom. 1529. An. 21. Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. Cottysford . Proct. John Warner of All 's . Coll. Tho. Duke of New Coll. Ap. 7. The Senior of which Proctors , was , after he had been 7 weeks in his office , admitted to the reading of the Aphorismes of Hypocrates . Bach. of Arts. Dec. 3. John Shepreve or Shepry of C. C. Coll. now in great esteem for his sufficiencies in the Greek and Hebrew tongues . 13. John Whyte of New Coll. — He was afterwards successively B. of Linc. and Winchester . Forty eight more , or thereabout , were admitted , and but six that supplicated for the said Degree , who were not this year admitted . Bach. of Civil Law. March 3. Henry Cole of New Coll. — I have spoken largely of him among the Writers . Besides him were but ten Bachelers of the Civil Law admitted , and but one that supplicated for that Degree . Bach. of Can. Law. Apr. 2. John Salysbury — I take him to be the same who was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man. Qu. Dec. 2. Will. Thomas — See among the Writers under the year 1554. Fifteen in all were admitted this year , and about nine there were that supplicated , who were not admitted . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 13. Owen Oglethorp of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Carlile . Jun. 21. John Akers a Can. of Card. Coll. — He was somtimes of the University of Cambridge , where he was esteemed a learned Man , &c. Besides these two , were about 25 admitted , and but six that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom were Robert Talbot of New Coll. afterwards a learned and judicious Antiquary , Thom. Goldwell , afterwards B. of St. Asaph , and Leonard Cox the learned Schoolmaster of Reading in Berks. Bach. of Physick . Jun. ult . John Warner M. A. Fellow of All 's . Coll. and one of the Proctors of the University was admitted Bach. of Physick , and at the same time was licensed to practise the same faculty . — He was a learned Man of his time , but hath published nothing , and a great intruder into Ecclesiastical Benefices and Dignities , as I shall tell you elsewhere . Opponents in Div. May 7. Father John ap Rice a Cistercian , and Abbat of Stratmarkell in the Dioc. of St. Asaph . — He was now resident in St. Bernards Coll. where he obtained his knowledge in Divinity , but whether he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences which usually follows opposition in Divinity , it appears not . The other two Fathers that opposed with him were admitted , as I am now about to tell you . Bach. of Div. Jun. 28. Fath. Rich. Horte or Hart Dec. 17. Fat. Thom. Bylond Can. Regulars . Both which were about this time either Abbats or Priors . For the said Degree ( to which but 4 in all were admitted ) supplicated at least nine , among whom were Fath. John Hayward a Can. regular , ( the same , if I mistake not , that fitted for the University Father Rob. Persons the Jesuit , as I have before told you ) Fath. Thomas Richmond a Cistercian Monk , Fa. Jo. Wygge an Austin Fryer , &c. Doct. of Law. Not one in the Canon , or Civ . Law was admitted , or did proceed this year . Doct. of Div. Dec. 16. John Moreman of Exeter Coll. — This Person who was very learned in his time , and hath ( as 't is thought ) written several matters of his faculty , but lost , was born at Southole in Devon , and after he had left his Coll. became Vicar of Mayhanet in Cornwall ; where , with much labour , he taught the Parishioners to say the Lords Prayer , Belief , and 10 Commandments in the English tongue , about the latter end of the Reign of K. Hen. 8. being the first of all that did so in that Country . He was afterwards as 't is said , Dean of Exeter , and being 〈◊〉 to the B. thereof , was ( as John Fox * saith ) made Bishop of that place after his decease . This Coadjutorship was in Oct. 1554 as he saith ; but how he could succeed the then Bishop ( who was Dr. Voysey ) I cannot yet perceive . Voysey died in 1555 , and Dr. Moreman died at Mayhanet , before Oct. 1554. Feb. 1. Fath. Edm. Brycot a Minorite or Franciscan . — One Brycot was a famous Philosopher of Oxon , as his Books shew , but his Christian name I think was Thomas . This Brycot was the same , if I mistake not , with Dr. Biycot Parson of Hadham † in Hertfordshire in the Reign of Qu. Mary . 17. Fr. Tho. Charnocke a Dominican or Black Fryer . 24. Rich. Mawdley or Mawdlen Archdeacon of Leicester . — This person who was a zealous and frequent Preacher against the Lutherans died in 1530 , whereupon Steph. Gardiner Dr. of the Civ . Law of Cambridge . succeeded him in that Archdeaconry , in the latter end of March 1531 ; but he keeping it but till Sept. following , was then succeeded in that Dignity by Edw. Fox , who was afterwards Bishop of Hereford . 24. Will. Mortymer . — He was soon after Margaret Professor of this University . Mar. 15 Rob. Cooke . — He , with Mortymer , Moreman , and Mawdlen , before mention'd , were zealous Enemies against the Kings Divorce from Qu. Catherine this year . Incorporations Nov. 17. John Hopton a Dominican or Black Fryer , D. of D. of the University of Bononia , was incorporated by these words spoken by the Commissary from the Chancellour's Chair , Pater Johan . nos admittimus te & incorporamus ad standum in eodem gradu & statu , quo stetisti Bononiae : ac concedimus facultatem legendi , disputandi reliquaque faciendi , quae spectant ad Doctoris statum in illa facultate incorporati , &c. See more in the year 1532. Feb. 19. Leonard Cox Bach. of Arts of Cambridge . — Afterwards he supplicated for the degree of Master , as 't is before told you . Mar. 15. Reb. Aldridge M. of A. and Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , was incorporated B. of D. — See among the Doctors of Div. in the year following . An. Dom. 1530. An. 22 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same , viz. Dr. Warham Archbishop of Cant. Commiss . Dr. Cottysford , with his Deputy Dr. Lyndsey . Proct. John Warner Thomas Duke again May 4. Which Proctors were continued in their places by the command and Letters of the Lord Cardinal , directed to the chief Members of the University . Gram. May 12. George Corney was admitted to inform , &c. Hen. Tapper , who had partly studied in this , and partly in the Univ. of Cambridge , supplicated to be admitted ; but whether he was so , it appears not . Bach. of Arts. Mar. 30. Will. Chedsey of C. C. Coll. July 13. Fath. Hen. Bagwell a Canon regular of the Order of S. Austin . of S. Maries Coll. was then admitted B of A. 1● . Hugh Weston of Linc. Dec. 12. John Hoker of Magd. Feb. 16. Will. Harrison . — Quaere . Coll. Rob. Record was adm . the same day , but of what House he now was , unless of All 's . Coll. I know not . All which , except Bagwell , were afterwards Writers . Six and fifty Bach. of Arts or thereabouts , were this year admitted , and about eleven there were that supplicated for the said Degree , that were not the same year admitted . Bach. of Law. Apr. 2. John Salysbury . — In the year before going he was admitted Bach. of the Can. Law. Twelve , or more , were this year admitted in the Canon , and about eleven in the Civil , Law ; and thirteen or more supplicated for the degree of the former , and but two for the latter . Mast . of Arts. Jul. 15. Rich. Smythe John Ramridge of Mert. Coll. Dec. 12. Tho. Key or Cay of All 's . Mar. 10. Richard Sherrey of Magd. Coll. Mich. Drumm Canon of Cardinal Coll. was admitted the same day . These , except Ramridge and Drumm , were afterwards Writers . Ramridge was afterwards Dean of Lichfield , as I shall tell you in another place ; and Drumm , who had been formerly of Cambridge , was esteemed a learned young man there . Bach. of Divinity , May 13. Fath. Steph. Merley or Marley Rog. Bell Benedictines . June 22. Fath. John Dunster a Canon regular . Oct. 15. Fath. John Slatery a Dominican . Mar. 4. Fath. Edm. Wetherden or Metberden , a Benedictin . Five besides these were admitted , and 13 at least that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom Tho. London a Cistercian was one , John Okeley a Carme another , and Will. Jerome a Benedictin a third , but were not admitted . Doct. of Law. Not one was admitted this year either in the Canon , or Civil , law ; and but one in the Canon Law that supplicated to be Doctor , whose name was Will. Draper LL. B. Doct. of Physick . Jul. 15. Humph. Blewet of Mert. Coll. — This person , who was a learned Physitian and Astronomer , was born in the Dioc. of Hereford , wrot a Book De peste evitanda , but never printed ; and dying several years after at Calis in France , was there buried . Doct. of Div. Mar. 26. John Holyman sometimes of New Coll , now a zealous Preacher against the Lutherans , and a stiff Agitator against the Kings Divorce from Q Catherine . — He was afterwards Bishop of Bristol . Apr. 3. Rob. Aldridge , who in the year before was incorporated B. of D. was then admitted or licensed to proceed . — He was afterwards Bishop of Carlile . Incorporations . John Heryng Bac. of Law , and now or lately Fellow of All 's . Coll. and Doct. of the Civ . Law of an University beyond the Seas , was incorporated ; but the particular time when , I know not — In 1543 he became Prebend of East Harptrey in the Church of Wells by the Attainder of Rich. Pate or Pates . Simon Mathew Bach. of Div. and Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , was about the same time also incorporated , but the day or month I know not . This person , who was born at Byggleswade in Bedfordshire , and about this time a godly Residentiary of Pauls Cathedral and Vicar of Prescott , preached many learned Sermons against the Pope , one or more of which were afterwards publish'd in print . An. Dom. 1531. An. 23 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. Cottysford again . Dr. Hen. White Principal of Can. Law School , is stiled by the name of Commissary 5 June this year . Proct. John Pollard Geo. Cotes of Magd. Coll. April 19. Grammarians . June 4. Nich. Badock Jul. 10. Rich Fletcher Jan. 30. Rog. Ford sec . Chaplains . Which three were admitted to inform in that Faculty , and John Richardys supplicated . Bach. of Mus . June … James Northbroke a secular Chaplain . In the same month supplicated for that degree one Tho. Tayler a sec . Chuplain also ; but whether admitted , I find not . Bach. of Arts. June 23. James Brokes of C. C. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Glocester . Jan. 23. Armigell Wade or Waad of Magd. Coll. as it seems . Feb. 5. Patrick Walsh . — He was afterwarhs Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in Ireland . In all about 50 , besides ten at least that supplicated , who were not admitted . Doct. of Musick . Dec… . Joh Gwyneth or Gwynneth a secular Priest , who had spent twelve years in the Praxis and Theory of Musick , and had composed all the Responses of the whole year in Division-Song , and had published many Masses in the said Song , supplicated that these his labours might enable him to be admitted to the Praxis of Musick . — This being granted conditionally that he compose one Mass against the Act following , supplicated again that whereas he had spent 20 years in the Praxis and Theory of Musick , and had published three Masses of five parts , and five Masses of four , as also certain Symphona's , Antiphona's , and divers Songs for the use of the Church , he might be permitted to proceed in the Faculty of Musick ; that is , be made Doctor of that Faculty ; which desire of his being granted , conditionally that he pay to the University , on the day of his Admission , 20 pence , he was forthwith licensed to proceed . See among the Writers under the year 1557. Bach. of Civ . Law. May 8 , Joh. S●orie of Henxsey Hall. — See among the Doct. 1538. Dec. 4. Rowland Merick . — He was afterwards Bishop of Bangor . Besides these two , were but four more , who were admitted in the said Faculty , and but one that supplicated . Bach. of Can. Law. About 20 were admitted , among whom Rob. Fynch , who is written Subdecanus , was one , Rich. Hallsall , a secular Chaplain and Compounder for his Degree , another ; and some Welsh men . Five also supplicated for the said Degree , of whom the senior was Jeffrey Leyson Bach. of the Civ . Law , and three more of that Degree . Mast . of Arts. June 26. Thomas Goldwell . July 11. John Standish of C. C. Coll. The first was afterwards a Bishop , and the other a Writer . Besides these were about 20 who were admitted , and but three that supplicated for that Degree . Bach. of Phys . Feb… . David Tolley M. of A. of S. Maries Hall — This learned Physitian supplicated for the Degree of Doctor of his Faculty in 1533 , but was not , as I can yet find , admitted or licensed to proceed . Bach. of Div. July 13. Hen. Williams of C. C. Coll — On the 28 Sept. 1535 he was admitted Prebendary of Osbaldwick in the Church of York , and on the 20 Sept. 1537 , Canon of VVindsore , ( in the place of Rob. Aldridge promoted to the See of Carlile ) being about that time also Canon of the Collegiat Church at Southwell in Nottinghamshire , Canon of the Kings Coll. in Oxon , and Rector of VVest Ildesley in Berks. His Canonry of the said Coll. at Oxon he lost when K. Hen. 8. was about to convert it into a Cathedral , an . 1545. in consideration of which , he had given to him an yearly Pension of 20 l. per an . during his life . As for Windsore , York , and Southwell , as also the Prebendary of Bedmynstre and Radeclyve in the Church of Sarum , ( to which he was collated in Jan. 1534 , in the place of Edw. Powell D. D. ) he was deprived of them in the time of Q. Mary an . 1554 , either for being married , or that he was a zealous Protestant , or both . Jul. 17. Fath. John Tyndall a Carme or White Fryer . Oct. 2. Fath. Tho. Kampswell or Kamyswell a Benedictin Monk. — He was the last Prior of the Monastery of the Benedictines at Coventry . Nov. 29. Fath. Tho. Adreston or Aderston Jan. 20. Fath. Donat Machive Austin Fryers . 22. The venerable Tho. Marshal a Compounder . — In 1554 he was made Archdeacon of Lincoln in the place of Nich. Budlyngham ; in which Dignity he was succeeded by John Aylmer of Elmer M. A. an . 1562. One Tho. Marshall supplicated in 1528 to be Doct. of Div. but him I take to be a Dominican . Feb. 1. Fath. Laurence Seymore Subprior of the Coll. of Carmes in the North Suburb of Oxon. Mar. 16. John Robyns M. A. of All 's . Coll. Besides these , were ten more admitted ; among whom Fa. Matthew Devins a Cistercian of S. Bernard's Coll. was one ; and about nineteen that supplicated for the said Degree ; of which number , Fa. Rich. Bruerne , a Benedictin , was one , and John Gibbys , a Carme , another . One Fath. John Savage . an Austin Fryer , was admitted this year to oppose in Div. but whether admitted Bach. of that Faculty , it appears not . Doct. of Law. Not one , either in the Canon , or Civil , Law , was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Oct. 10. Fath. Rich. Thornden . sometimes written Thornton , a Benedictin Gardian Warden of Canterbury Coll. in Oxon. — He was afterwards Bishop of Dover . Jan. 17. Rich. Coren or Corwyn Canon of the Kings Coll. in Oxon , and of the Kings Chappel of S. Stephen at Westminister . — He was made Archdeacon of Oxford in the place of Dr. Nic. Wilson , 1534 , and died about the latter end of 1542. 23. Anthony Molineaux of Magd. Coll. Mar. 12. Fa. Edw. Baskervyle . — He was about this time Gardian of the Franciscans Coll. in the Suburb of Oxon. Besides these , who were licensed to proceed , did supplicate for the said Degree Tho. Byrton B. D. lately a Canon of Card. Coll. and Rich. Criyspyne M. A. of Oriel Coll. Incorporations . Oct… . Stephen Gardiner Doct. of the Civ . Law of Cambridge . — He was now Bishop elect of Winchester , and had lately returned from his Embassy to Rome , to expedite the King's Divorce from Qu. Catherine , being then Secretary to the King , and commonly called by the name of Dr. Stephens . He was a learned man and of excellent parts , a great Statist , and a Writer of many Books , which are printed . I have seen one or more Letters written to him , while he was at Rome , by Card. Wolsey , who stiling him by the name of Mr. Stevens , desires him and his Colleagues to spare no labour and cost to obtain for him the Papacy , for the settlement of the state wherein the Church and all Christendom doth at present stand , as also the state of this Realm and of the Kings secret matter , ( meaning the Divorce from Qu. Cath. ) which if it should be brought to pass by any other means than by the Authority of the Church , I account this Prince and Realm utterly undone , &c. ( an . 1529. ) Many of the Letters written by this Dr. Gardiner to the King , Cardinal Wolsey , and others , are subscribed by the name of Stevens and Stephens . Oct… . John Bell Archdeacon of Glocester and Doct. of the Civil Law beyond the Seas . — He was afterwards Bishop of Worcester . Oct… . Rich. Wolman Dean of Wells , Doct. of Decrees , as the public Register under the year 1523 tells us , and Dr. of the Civil Law of an University beyond the Seas , as the said Reg. under this year saith , was incorporated Doct. of the Civ . Law. In 1532 he was made Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. James Denton ( mention'd under the year 1505 ) being then stiled Consiliarius regius , and dying in the Summer time , 1537 , at which time he left several Legacies to the Church of Wells , and to Clavering ( in Essex ) was buried in the Cloyster belonging to the Coll. of S. Stephen within the Palace of Westminster . In his Deanery succeeded Tho. Cromwel Secretary to K. Hen. 8. and in his Canonry one Rich. Arche , of whom will be mention made under the year 1537. William Knight Archdeacon of Richmond , and Doctor of Law beyond the Seas . — He was afterwards Bishop of Bathe and Wells . Oct… . Ed. Lee D. of D. beyond the Sea , and Archbishop elect of York . These five persons who were incorporated , were not then present in the University , but were deplomated , or had sent to each of them a Writing under the University Seal , to attest that they had the consent of the Commissary and Regents that they were embodied or incorporated . Oct. 29. John Chamber Doctor of Physick beyond the Seas , was then incorporated . — A Certificate of it was sealed with the University Seal 16 Nov. following , and forthwith sent to him . This person , who had been Fellow of Mert. Coll. did , after he had taken the Degree of M. of A. travel into Italy 1502 , studied Physick at Padua , and there took the Degree of Doctor in that Faculty . After his Return he became the Kings Physitian , and ( with Lynacre and Victoria ) Founder of the Coll. of Physitians at London . In 1510 he became Canon of Windsore , and in 1524 he was made Archdeacon of Bedford , being then Preb. of Combe and Harnham in the Church of Sarum . In 1526 he was elected Warden of Mert. Coll. and about the same time was made Dean of the Kings Chappel dedicated to the blessed Vergin Mary and S. Stephen , within the Palace of VVestminster ; the Cloyster of curious Workmanship adjoyning to which , he did not only build , but did give to it the said Chappel , and the Canons belonging thereunto for ever , certain Lands , which he afterwards , upon the dissolution , saw taken into the Kings hands . Afterwards he was made Treasurer of VVells , was double beneficed in Somersetshire and Yorkshire , and without doubt had other Dignities . He died in 1549 , whereupon his Canonry was bestowed on Otwel Holinshead , and his Archdeaconry on Gilb. Bourne , who was afterwards Bishop of Bathe and VVells . As for his Wardenship of Mert. Coll. he resigned in 1545 and his Treasurership of VVells in May 1543 , in which last succeeded John Marler , sometimes Prior or Master of the House or Hospital of S. John Bapt. in VVells . There was another John Camber equal in time almost with the former , who was Bishop of Peterborough , and died in 1556 , as I have among the Bishops told you . An. Dom. 1532. An. 24 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same , viz. Dr. VVill. VVarham Archb. of Canterbury , but he dying in the month of August , Dr. John Cottysford his Commissary resigned his Office , with the badges thereof , into the hands of the Proctors 26 of the said month , and they likewise into the hands of the senior Theologist Dr. Rich. Thornden of Canterbury College ; who according to the manner was to be Cancellarius natus . At length K. Hen. 8. granting to the University power to elect a Chancellor ( their Liberties and Privileges being now in his hands ) the Members thereof chose Dr. John Longland Bishop of Lincoln on the first day of the Term following , according to the King's desire . Commiss . John Cottysford D. D. for the former part of the year under Archb. VVarham . VVill. Tresham D. D. lately of Merton , now Canon of the Kings , Coll. was Commissary for the other part of the year . Tresham was designed by the new Chanc. Dr. Longland , and entred on his Commissaryship on the 15 of Oct. On which day he had the badges of his Office beforemention'd delivered into his hands . Proct. VVilliam Selwood of New Coll. VVilliam Pedyll of Mert. Coll. April 9. Gram. Oct. 18. Christoph . Wynnington . For to inform also , supplicated Patr. Growte , Humph. Victor , and John Dowbyn , but they occur not admitted . Bach. of Arts. Feb. 17. Rob. VVarde of Merton Coll. a noted Philosopher . Besides him were admitted 55 , and about 15 there were that supplicated , among whom VVill. Baldewyn was one , mention'd among the Writers under the year 1564. Bach. of Civ . Law. Ninteen at least were admitted , among whom were ( 1 ) John C●ttrel , whom I shall mention among the Doctors in 1542. ( 2 ) Tho. Young ; not the same who was afterwards Archb. of York , but another . See among the Bach. of Civ . Law 1537. ( 3 ) Rich. Wylson . ( 4 ) Roger Willyams , of which two , I know nothing ; and ( 5 ) Will Jeffrey , of whom I shall make large mention among the Doctors of LL. 1540. Five also there were that supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Bach. of Can. Law. June 19. John Lylford a Benedictin Monk. July 8. John ap Rice or Price a sec . Chapl. Feb. 15. Maurice Gryffyth . — I take him to be the same mentioned among the Bach. of Div. this year . Besides these were about 24 admitted , and about 21 that supplicated , among whom Will. Luson Bach. of the Civ . Law beyond the Seas was one , the same Will. Luson perhaps who occurs Archdeacon of Caermerthen in the Diocess of S. David 1571. Mast . of Arts. June 6. Will. Bradbridge or Brodbridge of Magd. Coll. Jan. 14. Hugh Weston of Linc. 29. Gilb. Bourne of All 's . Feb. 19. John Parkhurst of Merton Coll. Three of which were afterwards Bishops , and two were Writers . Besides them were about 40 that were admitted , and but four that supplicated for the said degree , that were not adm . Opponents in Divinity . May 13. Thomas Macy or Massie a Can. regular and now Prior of the Coll. of Canon regulars called S. Maries Coll. in Oxon. — He was afterwards Bach. of Div. but omitted in the Register . Eight besides him were admitted to oppose , among whom were John Nottyngham a Minorite , and Walt. Bower a Benedictin but were not now or after admitted Bach. of Div. Bach. of Div. June 27. John Palsgrave . — See afterwards in the Incorporations . Jul. 5. Maurice Gryffyth or Griffyn a Dominican . — He was afterwards Bishop of Rochester . Dec. 7. Fa. John Tybbys a Benedictin . Nine besides were admitted , ( of which number were John Doove or Dove , and John Gibbys , Carmes ; Rich. Knyght a Dominican , Walt. Sutton and John Kingston , Benedictines ; and Rob. Roberdsoryge a Bernardine ) and about 29 there were that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom were ( 1 ) John Helyar of C. C. Coll. ( 2 ) George Browne an Austin Fryer , afterwards Archb. of Dublin . ( 3 ) Fath. Simon Clerkson a Carme . ( 4 ) Fath. John Cardmaker a Minorite , who had spent 16 years here and at Cambridge in Logic , Philosophy , and Divinity ; but whether admitted , it appears not . This Cardmaker did about the time of the dissolution of Abbeys 1535 , preach very freely against the Power of the Pope , and afterwards was made Prebendary of Wells . In the Reign of K. Ed. 6. he took to him a Wife , and had by her a Female Child , and became a Reader in Pauls , where his Lectures were so much offensive to the Rom. Cath. Party , that they abused him to his face , and with their knives would cut and haggle his Gown . About that time he was made Chancellor of the Church of Wells by the name of John Tayler alias Cardmaker ▪ and was looked upon there and at London as the most zealous Minister to carry on the work of Reformation . At length when Qu. Mary came to the Crown he was deprived of his Spiritualities , and imprisoned in the Fleet , was had before the Bishop of London and the Spiritual Power , to know whether he would recant his Heresie as they called it , but he stifly denying it , and therefore condemned to dye , he was burnt in Smithfield 30 May 1555 , as John Fox in his Book of Acts and Mon. of the Church will tell you . Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul. 5. Hugh Coren or Curwyn . — He was afterwards Archb. of Dublin , and Bishop of Oxon. Jan 24. John Barber of All 's . Coll. — He was an Advocate in the Court of Arches , and died at Wrotham in Kent about the beginning of the year 1549. Will. Petre of All 's . Coll. was admitted the same day . — This worthy Person was Son of John Petre a rich Tanner of Torbryan in Devenshire , and was originally of Exeter Coll. Thence he was elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1523 , and afterwards became successively Principal of Peckwater's Inn , one of the Visitors of Religious Houses when they were about to be dissolv'd , Master of the Requests and a Knight , Secretary and one of the Privy Council to K. Hen. 8 and Ed. 6. Sub-Treasurer , afterwards Treasurer , to K. Ed. 6. of the first Fruits and Tenths , Secretary of the Privy Council to Q. Mary , in whose time he was Chancellor of the Order of the Garter , and at length of the Privy Council to Q. Elizabeth . He died 13 Jan. 1571 , and was buried in the Church of Ingerston in Essex on 11 Feb. following . The learned Cambden a saith , that he was a man of approved Wisdom and exquisite Learning , and not so much memorable for those honorable Places and Offices of State which he bare , and for his oftentimes being sent in Embassage to foreign Princes as for that being bred and brought up in good Learning , he well 〈◊〉 of Learning in the Vniversity of Oxford , and was both pitiful and bountèous to his poor Neighbours about him , and of Ingerston where he lies buried . Jan. 24. Griffyn Leyson Principal of S. Edwunds Hall near S. Edw. Church . — He with John Oliver Dr. of the Civ . Law , were employed in the matter of depriving Steph. Gardiner of his Bishoprick of Winchester : and in the time of Qu. Mary wheeling about , he became a Justice of Peace , and High Sheriff of Caermerthenshire , when Rob. ●errar Bishop of S. Davids was burnt an . 1555 ; at which time suffering not the said Bishop to speak his mind when he was at the Stake , ( as John Fox * tells us ) died about half an year after , when he would have spoke himself , but could not . One George Throgmorton LL. B. did supplicate to be admitted to the said degree , but was not . Doct. of Div. Jul. 5. Rich. Langrigg or Langrish . — He was originally of Mert. Coll. and from being Fellow ehere , he became one of the Canons of Cardinal Coll. Chaplain to Wolsey Archb. of York , and afterwards to Dr. Lee his Successor in that See. In 1534 he became Archdeacon of Clievland in the place of Dr. Will. Clyffe promoted to the Chantorship of York ; and dying in 1547 , he was succeeded in the said Archdeaconry by Dr. Jo. Warner . Joh. Hopton a Dominican , was admitted the same day . — This person tho incorporated D. of D. in 1529 , yet he was now licensed to proceed , and accordingly stood in the Act celebrated three dayes after his Admission . See more among the Bishops under the year 1558. July 28. Will. Tresham lately of Merton , now Canon of the Kings , Coll. in Oxon. John Travyshe M. of A. and B. D. was adm . Doct. the same day . This year also Fa. Rich. Hylsey a Dominican , and Simon Atkyns M. A. and B. of D. supplicated to be Doctors of the said Faculty . The former was afterwards admitted , but neglected to be put in the Register , the other was not . Incorporations . June 1. Jam. Turbervyle of New Coll. D. of D. of another University . — He was afterwards Bishop of Exeter . June 19. Joh. Palsgrave Feb… . Will. Leighton M. A. of Cambr. July…Rob . Wakefeld B. of D. of Cambridge , now Canon of the Kings Coll. at Oxon. Nov… . Fa. John Hurleston or Huddleston a Carme , Bach of Div. of the University of Colen . In the month of June this year supplicated Rich. Croke D. of D. of Cambridge , and about this time Canon of the Kings Coll. in Oxon , to be incorporated in that degree ; which Supplication , tho not at that time granted , yet afterwards he was incorporated . An. Dom. 1533. An. 25 Hen. 8. Chanc. John Longland D. D. and Bishop of Lincoln , sometimes Fellow of Magd. Coll. Commiss . in chief was Will. Treshan D. D. Proct. John Pekyns of Exeter Coll. Owen Oglethorp of Magd. Coll. Apr. 3. Grammarians . June…Gilb . Saywell Jan… . Jehn Best . Schol. of Gram. These two were admitted to inform in Grammar : Qu. Whether Jo. Best was not the same person who in 1560 was made Bish . of Carlile , for in these days , and after , several of the Bishops were originally Pedagogues . Bach. of Arts. July 20. John Man of New Coll. — He was afterwards Warden of Mert. Coll. and Dean of Glocester , as I have told you among the Writers under the year 1568. July 20. Thomas Talbot Rich. Caldwell or Chaldwall of Brasnose Coll. Feb. 15. John Clerke — Quaere . Sixty two in all were admitted this year , and but six that suppl . Bach. of Civ . Law. July 13. Joh. Wymesley or Wymsley of Broadgates Hall. — He was made Archdeacon of London by his Brother Dr. Bonner Bishop of that City , in the place of Dr. Rich. Gwent deceased , an . 1543 , and was present in the Convocation of the Clergy 1 Mari. c , Dom. 1553 , in which Convocation he did speak an Oration that was soon after made publick . About nine besides him were admitted , and but three there were that supplicated for the said degree . Bach. of Can. Law. Nov. 27. Donatus Riane a public Reader of the Canon Law in New Inn. — A learned Irish b Author in his enumcration or Writers and learned men of Ireland , tells us there were two Brethren of Oxford whose Sirnames were Riane , and that one of them was a good Civilian , and the other a Mathematician , but mentions nothing of their Writings . This Donatus therefore I take to be the Civilian , and Daniel mention'd under the year 1556 , to be the Mathematician . See in the year 1514. Besides him were six admitted , and eight at least that supplicated for the said degree . Mast . of Arts. Mar… . John Shepreve or Shepery of C. C. Coll. Apr… . Will. Pye of Oriel . — He was afterwards Dean of Chichester . Jan. 30. Joh. Whyte of New Coll. — He was afterwards B. of Wint. Mar. 19. Thomas Young. — Perhaps the same who took a degree in the Civ . Law 1537 , as I shall tell you in that year . Besides these , were but fourteen admitted , and about eight that supplicated for the said degree , that were not this year admitted . Opponents in Divinity . Mar. 31. Fath. Rob. Kynner alias Bate a Monk of the Order of S. Bernard . now of S. Bernards Coll. — He was the last Abbat of Smite in Warwickshire , of the Cistercian Order . In the year before he supplicated for the degree of Bach. of Div. tho he had not opposed ; and whether he was admitted this , or in any other year following , it appears not in the Reg. Mar. 31. Fath. May. 29. Fath. Tho. Kyngeswood Rich. Greene Ralph Wobourne . of S. Bernards Coll. These three Fathers who were Monks of the Order of S. Bern. were not adm . Bach. of Div. which is the reason I put them here . Nov. 29. Fr. John Wyllyams a Minorite . Bach. of Div. May 29. Fa. Rob. Combe a Bernardine or Cistercian Monk , now Provisor of S. Bernards Coll. in Oxon. Oct. 14. Rob. Ferrar a Can. reg . of S. Maries Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of S. David . Mar. 7. Fa. Tho. ( sometimes written Will. ) Todde a Bened. Monk. 11. Fa. Andr. Alton of the same Order , and about this time Prior of the Monks living in Glocester Coll. in the Suburb of Oxon. 20. Thomas Goldwell M. A. — He was afterwards B. of S. Asaph . Besides these , were six more admitted , and about 16 that supplicated , among whom were Fr. John Arthure and Fr. Edw Reyley , Minorites , Fath. Tho. Wethamsted and Fa. John Langport , Benedictines ; Fr. Joh. Joseph and Fr. Joh. Bacheler , Minorites ; the last of which was Subgardian of the Franciscan Coll. in Oxon. ☞ Not one Doct. of Can. or Civ . Law , nor one Doct. of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Neither in Divinity , only John Bellytory M. A. of Mert. Coll. and John Wylson Bach. of Div. supplicated for that degree . — One Rich Borde also M. of A. of this University and Doct. of Div. of Paris , did supplicate to be absent from Exequies , Masses , Processions , &c. An. Dom. 1534. An. 26 Hen. 8. Chanc. Dr. Lengland Bishop of Lincoln , with whom it was dispensed by the Regents , that he might , if he please , remain in his Office for term of life . Commiss . Dr. Tresham , stiled sometimes Vicechancellor . Proct. Dunstan Lacy of Linc. Coll. John Howell or ap Howell of All 's . Coll. Which Proctors were elected on the first day of Easter Term : but Lacy dying in the month of Sept John Poller or Paulet ( I know not whether he be the same with John Polla●d who was Proctor in 1531 ) succeeded by the Kings Authority , and served out the remaining part of the year . Bach. of Arts. Dec. 19. Seth Holland — See more under the year 1538. Jan… . Tho. Chester — He was afterwards Bishop of Elphine in Ireland . Forty two more were admitted , and about nine that supplicated . Bach. of Civ . Law. Jul. 3. John Price of Broadgates Hall. — Perhaps he may be the same with John Price who is mention'd among the Writers under the year 1554. Fourteen in all were admitted , and but three that supplicated who were not admitted this year . Bach. of Can. Law. May 17. Rob. Evans . — He was about this time Dean of Bangor , but when he was admitted thereunto I find not . One Rowland Thomas LL. D. was Dean of that Church in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth's Reign , and died in January 1586 ; but whether he was immediate Successor to R. Evans I know not . Nine in all were admitted , and about twelve that supplicated for the said degree ; among whom were William Ayllesbury a Can. regular of the Monastery of Arrouvise in the Diocess of Arr●● in France . Mast . of Art. June 19. Nich. Vdall 28. Will. Chedsey Mar. 17. Patrick Walsh . of C. C. Coll. The two former were Writers , the other was afterwards a Bish . in Ireland . The number that were admitted this year , were in all 25 at least , besides about six that supplicated who were not admitted . Bach. of Phys . Three this year supplicated for the said degree , of which , two , as it seems , were admitted , viz. Will. Pye of Oriel Coll. who was afterwards a learned Divine , and a Dean , and Job . D●tyn of Exet. Coll. which last , tho he hath written nothing , yet he was a learned man , and a Benefactor to Learning , by giving a House and Land to his Coll. situate and being in the Parish of Bampton in Oxfordshire , ( of which place he was one of the Vicars ) and many choice Books to their Library , as I have told ‡ you elsewhere . He was beneficed in Cornwal . Devonshire , Somersetshire , and Oxfordshire , and was also Canon of the Cath. Ch. at Exeter . Bach. of Div. Mar. 27. George Cotes or Cootes of Magd. Coll. June 25. Walt. Buckler originally Fellow of Merton , afterwards Canon of Cardinal , College , was then admitted Bach. of Divinity , tho not in priestly Orders . — The Person who was second Son of John Buckler of Cawsay in Dorsetshire , and had been lately a Student in the University of Paris , was afterwards promoted by the King to be a Canon of his Coll. in Oxon founded on that of the Cardinal , and about the same time was by him sent about State Affairs to Paris , which he performed with good liking to the said King. In the first of Ed. 6. he received the honor of Knighthood , and when Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown , he was made one of her Privy Council . He died at Fairford in Glocestershire , having married the Widow of Sir Edward Tame Knight , Lord of that Mannor , and was buried in the Church there . Over whose Grave tho there be no Inscription , ( notwithstanding , as I remember , there is a Monument for him ) yet his a contemporary in Mert. Coll. named Jo. Parkhurst , hath perpetuated his Memory by certain Epigrams . Jan. 16. Fr. Will. Browne a Minorite . — One Will. Browne become Prior of Monk-Bretton in the Dioc. of York , about 1523 , but I take him not to be the same with the Minorite . 29. Guy Etton , Eton or Eaton , a Minorite or Franciscan or Gray Fryer . — In the Reign of K. Ed. 6. he was Archdeacon of Glocester ; but when Qu. Mary came to the Crown , he left that Dignity and certain Spiritualities , and went with his Companion and Friend John Jewell into Germany , and lived as an Exile at Strasburgh ; from whence returning in the beginning of Qu. Elz. he was restored to his Archdeaconry , and kept it to 1571 , and after . He is stiled by a learned * Author Vir pius & cruditus . Feb. 26. Fa. Tho. Wellys a Benedictine . — He seems to be the same with Tho. Wellys a Ben. who supplicated for the degree of Bach. of Div. in 1514. This Tho. Wellys was afterwards Prior of Gloc. Coll. Besides these , were about seven more admitted , among whom Rich. Ewer was one , afterwards one of the first Prebendaries of Worcester , Rich. London a Benedictine another , and Tho. Thomson a Franciscan a third . There were also about eight that supplicated , among whom was Tho. Clerke a Monk of the Cistercian Order ; but whether he was admitted , I cannot find . Perhaps he may be the same Tho. Clerke who from being the last Abbat of S. Werburgh in Chester ( of the Benedictine Order , from which the Cistercians have their rise ) was made the first Dean of the Cath. Ch. of Chester . Doct. of Civ . Law. Jun. 30. John Vacham , formerly , as I conceive , of All 's . College , which is all I yet know of him . Doct. of Div. Jul. 9. Rich. Lorgan sometimes Fellow of Oriel Coll. afterwards Principal of S. Maries Hall , now Divinity Reader of Magd. Coll. was then admitted D. of D. but did not proceed till 1535. John Hurleston or Huddleston a Carme , did supplicate for the deg . of Doct. but I cannot find him admitted . See among the Incorp . in 1533. Incorporations . Jul. 20. George Browne a Fryer of the Order of S. Austin , and Doct. of Div. of another University , was then incorporated . — He was afterwards Archbishop of Dublin . About this time the famous Ralph Gualter of Zurich studied in Oxon , for the sake of Libraries and scholastical Company . Afterwards he became an eminent Theologist of the reformed Perswasion , and Author of many Books . An. Dom. 1535. An. 27 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same . Proct. Edm. Shethor of All 's . C. John Pollet again . elect . 1st day of East . Term. Which Proctors , especially the senior , having received divers Affronts from the Townsmen , were , with their Retinew , forced to walk in the streets day and night , armed . And when the said Shethor was going out of his Office , it was decreed by the Members of the Univ. that in case he should be any ways vexed or molested by the Oppidans , he might † defend himself at the Univ. charge . Grammar . Sept. 21. Ralph Smalepage . Feb. 26. Ralph Smyth a Sec. Chapl. Both which were admitted to inform in Grammar . Bach. of Musick . Jul. 12. Thom. Mendus a Secular Chaplain , was then admitted to the reading of any of Musical books of Boetius . One Tho. Bryghtwyn a Secul . Chapl. did supplicate for the said Degree , but whether he was admitted it appears not . Bach. of Arts. Jul. 5. Edw. Quemmerford an Irish Man. — He is reported by a Writer of his Country to be a learned Man , as indeed he was , considering the time he lived in , as other Authors also till us . One Nich. Quemmerford I have mention'd among the Writers , but what this Edward hath written I cannot yet find . About 41 were admitted this year , and about 10 that supplicated who were not admitted . Bach. of Civ . Law. Jul. 12. Henry Siddall — He was afterwards Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. and in the Reign of Edw. 6. a great admirer and follower of Pet. Martyr , a turner about in Qu. Maries Reign , and a returner in that of Qu. Elizabeth , such was the mutability and poor spirit of the Man. See more among the Doctors of Div. in 1552. and 1558. Besides him were seven admitted , of whom Richard Plunket a Secular Chapl. was one , and nine that supplicated for the said Degree , but were not admitted . Bach. of Can. Law. Apr. 24. John Man a Sec. Chapl. and Fellow of New College . — Not the same with him who was admitted Bath . of Arts 1533. but another . Jul. 12. Henry Siddall beforemention'd . Besides these two were seven also admitted , and but two that supplicated . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 10. John Hoker of Magd. Coll. Jul. 1. Jam. Brokes of C. C. C. — Afterwards B. of Gloc. Besides these two were about 27 admitted , among whom August . Cross of Exet. Coll. was one , afterwards Fellow of Eaton Coll. and a rich Dignitary . Bach. of Div. Apr. 23. Fath. Rob. Joseph a Benedictine Monk — In the year 1537 I find him to be Prior of Glocester Coll. in Oxon. and in 1538 it appears that Thom. Wellys succeeded , being the last of the Priors of that Coll. Jul. 1. Fath. Humph. Cherytey Nov. 3. Fath. Nich. Andrews John ( sometimes written Thom. ) Adelston John Neott . Benedictines . Feb. 12. Owen Oglethorp President of Magd. Coll. Besides these , 8 more were admitted , and about 13 that supplicated who were not this year admitted ; among whom were Fath. Will. Pond an Austen Fryer , Fa. Hugh Glasyer a Minorite . ☞ Not one Doctor of the Can. or Civ . Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Physick . Jul. 5. John Warner of All 's . Coll. — In the year following he was made Warden of the said Coll being about that time the publick Professor of Physick in the University , and in 1541. or thereabouts he became one of the first Prebendaries of Winchester . In 1547 in July he was made Archdeacon of Clievland in the place of Dr. Rich. Langrigg or Langrish deceased , and afterwards became Archdeacon of Ely in the room of Dr. John Boxall , but the year when , I cannot tell . In 1559 ( 1. Eliz. ) he being then Preb. of Vlfcomb in the Church of Sarum , was made Dean of Winchester in the place of Dr. Edm. Steward , and dying in his house in Warwick-lane in London , 21. March 1564 was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Great Stanemere in Middlesex . In his Wardenship of All 's . Coll. Rich. Barber LL. D. succeeded , in his Archdeaconry of Clievland , ( which he resign'd about an year before his death ) one Christoph . Malton M. A. was installed in Apr. 1564. in his Archd. of Ely. ( which also he had resigned ) one Rob. Wisdome of Cambridge a good Lat. and English Poet of his time , and one that had been an Exile in Qu. Maries Reign , succeeded , but the year when I cannot justly say ; and in his Deanery of Winchester followed Franc. Newton D. D. an . 1565. As for Rob. Wisdome before-mention'd , who was also Rector of Settrington in Yorkshire , died in 1568. Jul. 5. John Gaynes ( sometimes written Jaynys ) M. A. and Bac. of Phys . was then adm . being the same day on which Dr. Warner was admitted . One Will. Coole M. A. and B. of Phys . supplicated to be adm . Doctor of that fac . but was not . Doct. of Div. May 8. James Blythe the Kings Chaplain . — See among the Incorporations , an . 1527. Jul. 5. Fa. Edward Hynmersh or Inmarsh a Benedictine — He was lately Warden or Gardian of Durham Coll. in Oxon , and now Chancellour to Cuthb . Tonstall B. of Durham . Jul. 5. Fa. Will. Bennet Roger Bell Benedictines . Feb. 17. Owen Oglethorp of Magd. Coll. was then adm . D. of D. having but 5 days before been admitted B. D. John Hastyngs of the Kings Coll. and Anth. Sutton , both Masters of Arts and Bach. of Div. supplicated to be admitted Doctors of the said fac . but were not , this year . An. Dom. 1536. An. 28. Hen. 8. Chanc. the same Commiss . the same as in the year 1534. Proct. Will. Wetherton of Magd. Coll. Will. Pye of Oriel Coll. May 5. Bach. of Arts. May 29. Alexand. Nowell of Brasenose Coll. Jul. 5. John Harley of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards B. of Hereford . 12. Ralph Skynner of New Coll. — Whether he took the Degree of M. of A. or of any other faculty in this University , I cannot in all my searches find : Yet when he was elected Warden of New Coll. in the beginning of May 1551 , he is said to be M. A. In 1560 March 5. he was installed Dean of Durham in the place of Rob. Horne promoted to the See of Winchester , and dying in 1563 was succeeded by Will. Whittingham , to whom the Queen gave it ( notwithstanding she had promised it to Dr. Tho. Wilson ) on the 19 Jul. the same year . Feb. 27. John Harpesfeild of New Coll. — He was afterward a grand zealot in the times of reformation for the R. C. cause . Besides these four , were about 30 more that were admitted , besides about 7 that supplicated . Bach. of Law. Jun… . Will. Binsley of New Coll. was then admitted Bach. of both the Laws — After he had resign'd the Vicaridge of Adderbury in Oxfordshire 1554 , he became about that time Chancellour to D. Pole Bishop of Peterborough and Archdeacon of Northampton , in which last Dignity he was succeeded by one Nich. Sheppard Master of St. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , about 1571. This Binsley is reported to have been a persecutor of Protestants in Queen Maries Reign while he was a Chancellour : And that after Qu. Elizah . came to the Crown he was notwithstanding that , made Archdeacon of Peterborough , &c. Mar. 22. Rich. Read of New Coll. — See among the Doctors in 1540. Besides these two , were but two more that were admitted , and but three that supplicated , that were not admitted ; among whom Donatus Tayge an Irish Man was one . Not one was admitted in the Canon Law , nor one that supplicated : For Religious houses being about this time dissolved , there occurs not the third or fourth part of Bachelaurs of the Can. or Civ . Law ( especially the former ) as before . Mast . of Arts. For the same reason but eleven Masters were admitted this year , five of whom were of Merton Coll. and but two that supplicated , who were not admitted . Bach. of Div. May 13. Rich. Smyth of Merton Coll. now the Kings Professor of Divinity . Jun. 28. Tho Raynolds of the same Coll. — See afterwards among the Doctors this year . Mar. 9. Father James Procter a Monk of that Order of St. Bernard alias Cisteaux and Archdeacon of Dorset , in the place of Edw. Fox ) who studied now in St. Bernards Coll. in Oxon , was then admitted . — He was afterwards made Canon of the Kings Coll. in Oxon , where abiding till 1545 , at which time the said Coll. was to be converted into a Cathedral , he had in recompense for it 20 l. per an . paid unto him out of the Exchequer . Afterwards being made Prebendary of Salisbury , was at length , about the year 1579 , nominated by Qu. Elizab. to succeed John Devereux in the See of Fernes in Ireland ; but he dying before his consecration thereunto , Hugh Allen B. of Downe and Co●nor was translated to that See. Fa. Anth. Clerke a Monk of the said Order , and of St. Bernards Coll. was admitted the same day . Fa. Edward Manchester another Monk of the same Order and Coll. was then also admitted . — When his Monastery was dissolved he return'd to his old Sirname again , which was Pedley , and in 1538 I find him in a poor condition , as the other Fathers of the same Order probably were . Two more were admitted , and six that supplicated for that Degree , who were not admitted ; among whom were Fr. John Lyllyng a Minorite . Doct. of Civil Law. Octob. 11. Will. Coke or Cooke of All 's College , now Rector or Warden of Elmeley in Kent . — In 1537 I find him by the name of Will. Coke LL. D. to be Principal or Chief Moderator of the Civ . Law School in St. Edwards Parish , and in 1548 Judge or General Commissary , or custos of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury . I take this Dr. Cook to be the same with him , who was zealous in examining Protestants about matters of faith , when they were brought before the Bishop of London ; as you may see in the Acts and Mon. of the Church under the year 1558. and elsewhere . Doct. of Div. Jul. 5. John Hastyngs sometimes of Vniversity , now Canon of the Kings , Coll. in Oxon. Thom. Raynolds of Merton , sometimes one of the Canons of Cardinal , Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was afterwards Warden of Merton Coll. Residentiary of Exeter , Dean of Bristow for a time , an . 1553 , and Dean of Exeter in the year following , on the death of Dr. John Moreman . This Person being learned , and Chaplain to Queen Mary , she therefore nominated him to succeed Rob. Parfew alias Warton in the Episcopal See of Hereford , but she dying before he received consecration thereunto , was not only put aside by Queen Elizabeth , but by her committed to custody in the Prison called the Marshalsea in Southwark , where he died about 24. Nov. 1559. Jul. 5. Nich. Cartwryght M. of A. and Bach. of Div. — In the Reign of K. Ed. 6. he was a great admirer of Pet. Martyr and his Doctrine , and about that time was made Master , or Schoolmaster , of the House or Hospital of St. John Baptist joyning to Banbury in Oxfordshire . In the Reign of Qu. Mary he was commanded to dispute with Hugh Latymer in the Divinity School , before he was to sacrifice his life in the flames , an . 1554 , yet spoke as little as could be ; and two years after , he was deprived of a benefice in the Dioc. of Lichf . and Cov. He died and was buried at Banbury beforementioned , about 1558. Jul. 5. John Huchenson Matthew Wyttalls Masters of Arts and Bach. of Div. George Cotes of Magd. Coll. was adm . the same day — Soon after he was Master of Balliol Coll. and at length Bishop of Chester . Rich. Smyth of Mert. Coll. mention'd before among the Bach. of Div. was also admitted the same day — Afterwards , in the times of reformation , he was esteemed the chief pillar of the R. Cath. cause . At the same time one John Vyne M. A. and Bach. of Div. supplicated to be Doctor of that fac . but was not admitted . Incorporations . Not one was really incorporated , only several supplicated in Order to it , as ( 1 ) Ralph Smale M. A. of an University beyond the Sea , who also supplicated in the year following for incorporation . ( 2 ) John Belfield B. A. of Cambridge , who being 8 years standing in that University , supplicated this year also to be M. of A. ( 3 ) Joh. Crayford D. D. of Cambridge — See more in 1546. An. Dom. 1537. An. 29. Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. Tresham . Proct. Hugh Weston of Linc. Coll. Tho. Knyght of Linc. Coll. Apr. 11. Bach. of Arts. May 3. Rich. Bertue or Bertie of C. C. Coll. — He afterwards married with Catherine the sole Daughter and Heir of William Lord Willoughby of Eresby , ( the Widow of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk ) became Possessor of the great estate belonging to that title , and Father of Peregrine Lord Willoughby of Eresby , ancestor to Bertie Earl of Lindsey and Bertie E. of Abendon . Feb. 18. Morgan Philipps or Philip Morgan of Oriel Coll. commonly called Morgan the Sophister . 23. Rob. Paulet — One John Paulet sometimes of Oxon occurs Dean of the Island of Jernesey . 28. Tho. Hardyng of New Coll. In all about six and thirty , besides ten or more that supplicated for that Degree . Bach. of Civ . Law. Jul. 2. John Coke a Secular Chaplain and a Student in the Cesarean Laws here , and at Cambridge , for three years or more — This Person is not to be understood to be the same with John Coke or Cook , who occurs a little before this time Abbat of Osney , as some have taken him to be so ; which is the reason that I make now this note of him . Feb. 17. Tho. Young a Sec. Chaplain , now , as it seems , of Broadgates hall . — He was afterwards Archbishop of York . Rob. Weston of All 's . Coll. was admitted the same day . — See among the Doctors of the Civ . Law in 1556. Will. Dalby of the said Coll. was also adm . the same day . — He was afterwards Chancellour of the Diocess of Bristow , whence he was ejected upon account of Religion in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth , as Nic. Saunders tells a us . Feb. 17. Benedictus Guarsius , sometimes written Ballasarus Gwarcius . Quaere . Besides these , was only Arth. Pytts of Alis . Coll. admitted ; and one Hugh Whytford who supplicated for the said Degree . Not one was admitted in the Canon Law , nor one supplicated , for the reason I have before told you , under the year 1537. Mast . of Arts. May 11. John Powle or Bowle of All 's . Coll. — This Person who was Canon of Windsore in the time of Ed. 6. is reported by a certain b writer to have been lately Prior of Merton in Surrey , and that dying at Windsore 15 Aug. 1558 was buried there . Rich. Reeve of All 's . Coll. was adm . the same day — He was afterwards the first Prebendary of the ninth Prebendship of Westminster an . 1560 , Canon of Wandsore in 1561 and the Queens Chaplain . This Person is remembred by John Fox in his book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , to have been the noted Schoolmaster of Berchamstede in Hertfordshire , and that for his zeal to protestancy , he was brought into some kind of trouble in the Reign of Qu. Mary . He died in 1594 , leaving behind him the Character of a religious and learned Man ; whereupon Cuthbert Bellot M. A. succeeded him in his Prebendship , and Alex. N●well Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral in his Canonry . Feb. 13. John Man of New Coll. was then admitted Master being the same whom I have mention'd under the year 1533. In all 39 or thereabouts . Bach. of Div. Dec. 3. Fath. Feb. 8. Fa. John Warham . Rob. Nettleham Will. Lyncolne Benedictines . 15. Will. Haynes of Oriel Coll. — He was afterwards Provost of that College , Fellow of Eaton , the third Canon of Osney , and the first of the first Canonry or Prebendship of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Some report that he was also Dean of Exeter , but false , for 't was Simon Heynes that enjoyed that Dignity . Four more were admitted , and about 7 there were that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom John Crayford a Minorit● was one , who had spent several years in study both here and at Cambridge , Rob. Wellys M. A. and Fellow of Eaton Coll. another , and Thom. Massie a Canon regular a third ; which last was Prior of St. Maries Coll. in Oxon and was about this time adm . Bach. of Divinity , but neglected to be registred by the publick scribe . Doct. of Civ . Law. Jan. 18. Richard Lyell of All 's . Coll. Rowl . Merick about this time of New Inn was adm . the same day — He was afterwards Bishop of Bangor . For the same Degree supplicated one Rich. Arche LL. B. but was not admitted . In 1526 I find him to be Principal of Broadgates hall by the name of Rich. Archer , and now ( 1538 ) to be the Kings Chaplain and Canon of Windsore . On the 28. Dec. 1551. he was made Treasurer of the Church of Salisbury on the death of Matthew Wotton , who had succeeded in that Dignity one Tho. Stevens . Doct. of Div. Apr. 13. Father William Todde a Monk of the Order of St. Benedict of Durham Coll. as it seems , and a Monk of Durham , was then adm . Doct. of Div. Not one besides was admitted , nor one supplicated for that deg . Incorporations . May… Christop . Massyngberd LL. Bach. of Cambridge and Chanc. of the Church of Linc. — Afterwards he supplicated to the licensed to proceed in the Laws , but whether he was so , it appears not . In 1543 he succeeded Dr. Anth. Draycot in the Archdeaconry of Stow , and dying 8. March 1553 was buried in the middle of the Isle on the South side of the Choire belonging to the Church of Lincolne . Whereupon John Aylmer or Elmer succeeded in that Dignity , but before he had enjoyed it an year , was deprived of it , being then the first year of Qu. Mary , and one John Harrison was put into his place , 1554. This year on the 19. July the rev . Father Anthony Brocke or Brockbey ( sometimes written Brorbe ) a Franciscan or Grey Fryer , well read in Divinity and learned in the Greek and Heb. tongues , sometimes a Student in St. Mar. Magd. Coll. Oxon , suffer'd death by hanging , for speaking against the Kings proceedings in extirpating the Popes power and demolishing of religious houses . I put this observation under the year of his death because that he , being reported by c one to be a Licentiat in Divinity , and by d another a Professor of Divinity , of this University , I cannot find any such thing in our publick registers , which are imperfect in several years before this time , especially in the year 1517. An. Dom. 1538. An. 30. Hen. 8. Chancellour the same . Commiss . the same . Proct. Rich. Arderne of Magd. Coll. Thomas Roberts of Oriel Coll. May 8 Which Proctors were elected then ( as 't is said ) by the publick Suffrages of those whom it concerned to give , as if an equal power of suffraging in such elections did not now pertain to all Masters . Bach. of Arts. May 17. John Fox of Brasenose Coll. — He was afterwards of that of St. Mary Magdalen , and the noted Martyriologist . Feb. 15. George Etheridge John Morwen of C. C. C. In all about 41 besides 14 or thereabouts that were candidates for the said Degree , but not admitted this year . ☞ Only two this year were admitted Bach. of the Civ . Law , and but 4 in the next . Mast . of Arts. Mar. 12. Rich. Caldwell of Brasenose Coll. — He was afterwards an eminent Physician . 20 Seth Holland of All 's . Coll. — In 1555 or thereabouts , he became the third Prebendary of the second stall in the Cath. Ch. of Worcester in the place of John Compton alias Teale Bach. of Div. and sometimes Chaplain to K. H. 8. and in the same year he was elected Warden of All 's . Coll. In 1557 about Michaelmas he was made Dean of Worcester in the place of Philip Haford or Hawford alias Ballard ( who had been the last Abbat of Evesham in Worcestershire ) and about the same time became Rector of Bishops Cleeve in Glocestershire , upon his resignation of the Rectory of Fladbury . In Oct. or Nov. 1559 he was deprived of his Deanery ; whereupon John Pedder Bach. of Div. one of the Frankfort exiles in the time of Qu. Mary was installed in his place 27. Dec. the same year . Holland was afterwards committed Prisoner to the Marshalsea , where he died in the second year of Qu. Elizab. Mar. 18. James Curthopp of C. C. Coll. — In 1546 he became the first Canon of the sixth stall in Ch. Ch. Cathedral Oxon , and about the beginning of Qu. Mary he succeeded Gerard Carleton D. D. in the Deanery of Peterborough , who in 1543 had succeeded in that Dignity Franc. Abre B. D. the same Abre I mean , who , from being the last Prior of Northampton ▪ was made the first Dean of Peterborough , an . 1541. James Curthopp died 19. July 1557 , and was buried in the Isle next adjoyning on the North side , to the choire of the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. He was one of the examiners of John Philpot the Martyr in certain matters of Religion , before the time of his suffering . Besides these three , were but eight Masters admitted , if the register saith right ; and in but one Act celebrated this year , on 29. July , were only four Doctors of Divinity , and one in the Laws that proceeded , the Masters being reserved till the Act following , which was on the last of March 1539. Bach. of Div. Apr. 8. Frat. John Byllynge a Minorite . May 9. Fath. Rob. Dalton John Tewtie Nich. Marley Benedictines . May 31. Fat. Philip Action Rog. Whalley Rich. Hayles Cistercians alias Bernardines . The first of which last three , was about this time Provisor of St. Bernards Coll. in the North suburb of Oxon. Jul. 13. John Donne of C. C. C. — I have made some mention of him under the year 1528. 14. Fa. Hugh Glasier a Minorite . Jul. 23. Fath. Tho. Bede Will. Ambrose Benedictines . Two more were also admitted , and but two there were that supplicated for that Degree , among whom , Hen. Stretsham a Minorite , who had spent several years here , and at Cambridge , in Logicals , Philosophicals , and Theologicals , was one . After the Abbeys were dissolved , in 1535. 36. &c. I find very many Monks and other religious Persons , who had pensions allowed them out of the Exchecquer , to retire to the University , and to such places therein , that were nurseries for them , as Canterbury Coll. Gloucester Coll. Durham Coll. St. Bernards , St. Maries , &c. which were full of them ; where they continued till they were worn out , or had gotten Benefices . Doct. of Civ . Law. Apr. 8. John Storie Principal of Broadgates hall . — He was about this time Principal or Chief Moderator of the Civil Law School in St. Edwards Parish . and was the only Doctor of his faculty , that was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 13. John Toker M. of A. of Exeter Coll. — Of him the publick register saith thus . — Licentiatus erat ad incipiendum Julis 13 o , quo die admissus erat ad le turam libelli aphorismorum Hypochratis : Et sic evenit quod una & eadem hora fit Bacralauceus & Doct. in Med. Which shews that the words cumulavit Gradus , were not at this time in use . Doct. of Div. Jun. 27. The reverend Father Anthony Dunstan alias Kitchen Abbat of Eynsham in Oxfordshire , now lodging in Gloucester College , was then licensed to proceed in Divinity . — He was afterwards Bishop of the rich See of Landaff . Jul. … Fath. Rich. Gorton Humph. Cheritye John Clerke Benedict . Monks . Incorporations . Jul. 13. John Clerk a Monk of the Order of St. Benedict and Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , was then incorporated Bach. of Divinity . — About the same time he was licensed to proceed in that faculty , as I have before told you , and on the 29. of the same month he accordingly stood in the Act then celebrated , by the name of Father Jo. Clerke . An. Dom. 1539. An. 31. Hen. 8. Chanc. the same , viz. Dr. Longland Bishop of Lincolne Commissary the same , viz Dr. Tresham . Proct. Will. Smyth of Brasen . Coll. Bor. John Stoyt of Mert. Coll. Austr . Bach. of Arts. Apr… . Will. Hugh of C. C. Coll. Jun. 9. Hen. Bull Jul. 7. Tho. Cooper of Magd Coll. Feb. 24. Bernard Gilpin of Qu. Feb… . John Watson of ( Allsouls ) Coll. Three of these were afterwards Writers , and two were Bishops . About 32 Bachelaurs were admitted this year , besides about 10 who were Supplicators or Candidates . Mast . of Arts. Mar. 27. Rob. Warde the noted Philosopher and Disputant of Merton College . Besides him were about 19 that were admitted this year ▪ among whom were several who were afterwards Dignitaries , as William Browne of Mert. Coll. who was Preb. of Wells , Thom. Arden Preb. of Worcester , &c. Opponents in Div. Dec. 20. Fath. George Clyffe Tho. Maynsford John Mathew . ( Benedictines . ) 23. Fath. Ralph Ryckmansworth a Benedictine . Jan. 21. Peter Langrish — He was soon after made one of the first Canons of Winchester . These I set down , because ( 1 ) They were not afterwards according to custom admitted Bach. of Div. and ( 2 ) That they are the last Opponents who are mentioned in our publick registers . Bach. of Div. May 3. The venerab Father Henry Man Prior of the Carthusians in the Monastery of Shene in Surrey . — See afterwards among the Doctors . Hugh Weston Rector of Linc. Coll. was admitted the same day . — Two years before he supplicated to be Bach. of Physick . Jun. 11. Fath. John Feekenham lately a Benedctine Monk of Evesham Abbey , now or about this time of Glouc. Coll. in Oxon. — See among the Doct. of Div. 1556. 17. Will. Bradbridge of Magd. Coll. — See more in 1565. Jul. 3. Fath. John Este a Benedictine . Besides these , were 4 more that were admitted , and about eleven that supplicated ; among whom were Father Stephen Baylye , Fath. John Salter , Fath. Rich. Ramsey alias Hallyng , Fat John Holywell alias Palmer , all Benedictines ; and Tho. Robe●tson the famous Grammarian . As for Fa. Ramsey , he , by the name of Rich. Hal●yng alias Ramsey S. T. P. was admitted Vicar of Wellow in Somersetshire 1546 and had one or more Dignities in the Church . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law or Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. May 12. The ven . Fath. Hen. Man Prior of Shene in Surrey was then licensed to proceed in Divinity . — He compleated that Degree in an Act celebrated 7. July following , and was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man as I have told you already among the Bishops . Dec. 23. Rich Browne M. A. and Bach. of Div. Jan. 12. Hugh Weston beforemention'd , Rect. of Linc. Coll. Incorporations . I find a supplicate made in the behalf of one John Hardyman a Doctor of Divinity of Cambridge that he might be incorporated in the same Degree , but whether really he was so , I know not . He ran with the mutable times of K. Hen. 8. Ed. 6. and Qu. Mary , and being in shew a zealous Protestant in the beginning of Qu. Elizab. was by her made the first Canon of the second stall in the collegiat Church of Westminster , in the year 1560. About which time being well known among the Puritanical Party ( who began to shew themselves betimes ) he was made their instrument to break down the Altars , and to deface the antient utensiles and ornaments of the Church of Westminster . For which , upon complaint , he was deprived by the Queens Commissioners for causes Ecclesiastical , an . 1567. An. Dom. 1540. An. 32. Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same . Proct. Lewis Reynold of Magd. Coll. Bor. John Man of New Coll. Austr . Apr. 9. Elected by the titles of Northern , and Southern , on the first day of Easter term , being the last Proctors that occur so distinguished in our registers . Bach. of Arts. Jun. 19. Tho. Bickley Rob. Crowley of Magd. Coll. Jun… . John Heron of All 's . Coll. Oct. 20. John Proctor of C. C. Coll. Ralph Robinson of the same Coll. was admitted on the said day . — This Person who was a Lincolnshire Man born , did translate into English , with notes added in the margin , the Vtopia of Sir Thom. More — Lond. 1557. oct . &c. Whether he took the Degree of Master of Arts ( in order to which he supplicated in Apr. 1544 ) it appears not , or that he translated , or wrot any other things . There hath been another of both his names who was a writer , but lived an hundred years after this , and was of Cambridge . Oct. 20. John Jewell Tho. Greenway C. C. Coll. Feb. 4. Christop . Goodman of Brasen . Coll. Will. Downham of ( Magd. Coll. ) was admitted the same day . — He was afterwards B. of Chester . Feb… . John Pullayne of New Coll. Sixty and two in all , were admitted , and about 12 that were candidates for the said Degree , who were not this year admitted . Bach. of Civ . Law. Jun. 12. Rich. Barber of All 's . Coll — On the 14. of March 1558. he was installed Archdeacon of Bedford in the place of Mich. Dunnyng LL. D. of Cambridge , and on the 24. Dec. 1560 , he was installed Archdeacon of Leycester upon the resignation of Tho. Robertson the Grammarian . In the beginning of 1565 he was elected Warden of All 's . Coll. and the next year , he was created LL. D. as I shall tell you when I come to that year . His Wardenship he gave up in 1571 , and about the same time the Archd. of Bedf. in which last he was succeeded by Will. Redde . As for Leycester he kept it to his dying day , and then was succeeded by Hugh Blythe Bach. of Div. of Cambridge and Canon of Windsore , an . 1589. David Lewes was admitted the same day . — See among the Doct. of Civ . Law in 1548. Besides these two , were about 14 admitted , and 3 that supplicated . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 4. Baldwyn Norton John Harley of Magd. Coll. The first was afterwards a rich Dignitary in the Church , and the other a Bishop . 10. Alexand. N●well of Brasen . Coll. Besides which three , were about 24 admitted . Bach. of Div. May 26. George London a Benedictine . Sept. 20. John Hoker of Magd. Coll. Six more were admitted , and at least 12 were candidates for the said Degree , but were not then admitted , among whom John Standish was one , now of Brasen●se but formerly of C. C. C. Doct. of both the Laws . Jul. ● . Walt Wryght now or lately Principal of Peckwaters Inn — In the beginning of 1543 he was made Archdeacon of Oxon in the place of Dr. Rich. Cor●n deceased , was afterwards Master or Perfect of Durham Coll. in the interval , between its dissolution and conversion into Trin. Coll. Canon of Winchester and several times Commissioner and Visitor of the University . He died in Exeter Coll. 10. May an . 1561. ( being then Preb. of North Grantham in the Church of Sarum ) and was buried in the nave of St. Maries Church in Oxon. Whereupon John Kennall LL. D. succeeded him in his Archdeaconry , being the second that bore that office after Oxford was made an Episcopal See. A certain Author , a who by many is accounted erroneous , tells us that this Doctor Wryght did take occasion in a Sermon preached in Oxon , after Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown , to make several reflections on the Popes Supremacy , and falling accidentally on the words of St. Paul to the Ephesians — And he gave some , Apostles , and some , Evangelists , and some Pastors and Teachers , he told the auditory , to obtain favour from them , you see here is not a word of the Pope — After Sermon , instead of going to dinner to refresh himself , he was took suddenly with a sickness , and thereupon took his bed and dyed about 8 days after . This seemed very remarkable among the R. Catholicks , because the said Wright was not only one of Cardinal Poles Visitors of the University of Oxon. in the time of Qu. Mary , but also took all occasions then , to express his zeal for the R. Cath. Cause . I have made mention of this Dr. Wright , in several places in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 267. b. 276. a. 279. a. 283. a. lib. 2 ▪ p. 422. a. b. &c. Jul… . Will. Geffry lately Principal of St. Edwards , now Principal of Broadgates , hall — On the 20 of March 1553 ( 1o. Mariae ) he became Chancellour of the Church of Salisbury , on the deprivation of Hen. Parry , and about the same time Chanc. to the B. of that place . You may read much of him in the Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. written by J. Fox , in the story of Jul. Palmer , under the year 1556. and in that of Rich. White , under 1558. in which year Dr. Will. Geffry dying , Cardinal Pole bestowed the said Chancellourship on an eminent Scholar called Dr. Thom. Heskins in Octob. 1558. who keeping that Dignity till Aug. 1559. Hen. Parry was restored . Whereupon Dr. Heskins went beyond the Seas with other Rom. Catholicks and wrot The Parliament of Christ , &c. concerning the Sacrament , impugned in a Serm. by Jo. Jewell . Antw. 1565. fol. Jul… . Rich. Read of New Coll. — He was an able Civilian of his time , valued by K. H. 8. ( who dub'd him a Knight after his return from Bulloigne in 1544 ) was a Visitor of the University in the Reign of Ed 6 ; and dying in 1579 became a Benefactor 〈◊〉 both the Colleges of Will. of Wykeham . Jul… . John Smyth . Jul. — Hen. Cole of New Coll. — See among the Doct. of Div. in 1554. ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted this year , nor any Person admitted to practise that fac . or chirurgery , only Felix Pontanus , a Forreigner , as it seems . Doct. of Div. May 4. James More sometimes Provost of Oriel Coll. now a Dignitary in the Church . For the said Degree supplicated Rob. Wellys Bach. of Div. ( mention'd among the B. of Div. 1537 ) and Will. Sandwych B. of D. a Benedicline Monk , and now , or lately Warden or Gardian of Canterbury College in Oxon ; but whether these two were admitted , it appears not . An. Dom. 1541. An. 33 Hen 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same . Proct. Roger Bromhall of New Coll. John Wyman of Magd. Coll. as it seems . Which Proctors were elected 23. Apr. from the company of Non-regents , by virtue of the Kings Letters sent from Greenwych . Bach. of Arts. July 24. John Mullyns or Molens of Magd. Coll. — He is mention'd at large among the Writers . Feb… . John Longland of Brasen . Coll. — This Person who was a Salopian born , was made Archdeacon of Bucks . on the death of Rich. Layton or Leighton LL. D. who was made Archdeacon in 1534 after the death of Dr. John Taylor mention'd under the year 1522. This John Longland who was nearly related to Dr. Longland B. of Linc. was suspended of his Archdeaconry in the beginning of Qu Mary and Rich. Porter succeeded . Admitted in all about 62 , besides several that supplicated , among whom Valentine Dale was one . Bach. of Civ . Law. July 24. Hugh Jonys or Jones — He was afterwards Bishop of Landaff . Oct. 24. Nichol. Bullyngham of Allsouls Coll. — He was afterwards successively B. of Lincolne and Worcester . In all 7. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 5. John Harpe●field Mar. 15. Tho. Hardyng of New Coll. Mar. 4. Edm. Marvyn of C. C. C. — This Person who was a Hampshire Man born , I take to be the same with Mar●inus who was Archdeacon of Surrey in the time of Qu. Mary , and ejected * thence in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth . 21. Bernard Gilpin of Qu. 22. Morgan Philipps of Oriel Coll. In all about 44 , some of which were afterwards inferior Dignitaries in the Church . Bach. of Div. Apr. 14… .. Browne — I take him to be the same Person , who , by the name of John Browne Bach. of Div. was made Can. of Windsore in the Reign of Qu. Mary , and the same Browne who succeeded W. Barlow B. of Chichester in a Canonry of the first stall in the Collegiat Church of Westminster , an . 1565 , where he died and was buried , in 1584. May 15. Will. Devenish or Denis lately Fellow of Mert. Coll. now Provost of Qu. C. — In the Reign of Ed. 6. he became Can. of Windsore ▪ Dec… . George Clyffe , lately called Father Clyffe of the Order , as it seems , of St. Benedict . Six in all were adm . this year , ( among whom Geo. Nevill a sec chap. was one ) and but two that supplicated for that Degree . ☞ Not one Doct. of Law or Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 31. Rich. Boreman . Aug. 2. Joh. Standist now , as it seems , of Brasn . Coll. Oct. 3. Joh. Joseph lately a Minorite or Grey Fryer . Incorporations . Oct. 19. John ap Harry or Parry Master of Arts of the University of Caen in Normandy . — See among the Doctors of Law in 1542. In the month of July , I find a Supplicate made for one Roger Haskham to be incorporated M. of A. as he had stood at Cambridge ; but whether he was incorporated , I find it not to stand in the Register , having been probably neglected , as things of that nature ( when the Supplicates are set down ) have frequently been done . I take this person to be the same with Reg. Ascham who was born at Kirby wiske in Yorkshire , an 1515 , educated in S. John's Coll. in Cambridge , where he attained to great excellency in the Latin and Greek Tongues , took the degree of M. of A. in that University 1537 , and was a great Tutor , and did much good by his admirable Learning there . This Person , by the way I must let the Reader know , was a passing good Orator , had a great faculty in writing Greek . Lat. and Engl. Epistles , which were not only excellent for matter , but for the neatness of the hand-writing , adorned with Illumination , which we now call Limning , in the margin . And being the best of all Scholars in his time for those matters , he was entertained , as an Instructor in them , by Prince Edward , the Lady Elizabeth , and the two Brothers Henry and Charles Dukes of Suffolk . In 1544 he succeeded John Cheek in the Oratorship of the University of Cambridge , which he performed to the wonder and applause of all ; and in the Reign of Ed. 6. he accompanied Sir Rich. M●rysine in his Embassy to the Emperor Charles 5. where continuing about three years , ( in which time he became acquainted with many learned men , among whom John Sturmius was one ) he returned upon the news of the death of K. Ed. 6. from whom he had not only received an annual Pension in his absence , but also the gift of the Latin Secretariship : so that at the present being destitute of convenient maintenance and Friends , was , by the endeavours of the Lord Paget and Dr. Steph. Gardiner Bish . of Winchester , made Secretary of the Latin Tongue to Qu. Mary . In 1554 he married one Margaret H●w , by whom he had a considerable Portion ; yet notwithstanding that and his Place , he lived and died not according to his condition , being given to Dicing and Cock-fighting . After Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown , he was not only continued in his place of Secretary , and made Tutor to her for the Greek Tongue , but also by her favour was installed Prebendary of Wetwang in the Church of York ( by the deprivation of George Palmes LL. D. ) on the eleventh day of March 1559. This Person whose Memory is celebrated to this day among learned men for Oratory , Poetry , and the Greek Tongue , hath written ( 1 ) Toxophilus : the School or partitions of Shooting , contained in two books , written 1544 &c. — Lond. 1571 , qu. As in his later days he delighted much in Dicing and Cockfighting , so in his younger , while at Cambridge , in Archer● , wherein he much excelled . ( 2 ) The Schoolmaster : or , a plain and perfect way of teaching Children to understand , write , and speak the Latin Tongue . &c. in two Books . Lond. 1570 and 1589 , qu. ( 3 ) A report and discourse of the affairs and state of Germany and the Emperour Charles his Court , during certain years while he was there . printed in qu. ( 4 ) Familiarium Epistolarum libri tres , &c. Lond. 1577 , 78. oct . ( 5 ) Quaedam poemata , printed with the Epistles . ( 6 ) Apol. contra missam & ejus praestigias , &c. printed about 1577 , in oct . This eminent Scholar R. Ascham died a on the 30 of Dec. 1568 , and was buried , without any funeral Pomp , on the 4 of Jan. following ▪ in the church of S. Sepulchre without Newgate , London , leaving behind him this character by a learned b person , that he inter primes nostrae nationis literas Latinas & Graecas stylique puritatem cum eloquentiae laude excoluit . An. Dom. 1542. An. 34 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same . Proct. John Estwyke of Mert. Coll. Will. Pye of Oriel again . Elected in the beginning of Easter Term by the Suffrages of the Doctors and Heads of Colleges and Halls . Bach. of Arts. May 16. Tho. Neale of New Coll. now in much esteem for his great knowledge in the Greek Tongue . Nov. 16. Henry Pendleton of Brasn . Coll. In all about 27 , and but two that supplicated for that degree , who were not admitted . Bach. of Law. Five this year were admitted Bachelaurs of the Civil Law , and but two there were that supplicated for that degree . One of them was named Will. Copinger , a Civilian of New Coll. but whether he was really admitted , I find not . This Person who was a Londoner born , I take to be the same who was afterwards a Servant to Dr. Steph. Gardiner B. of Winchester , and Bearer of the Great Seal before him while he was Lord Chancellour . After Gardiner's Death , which hapned in 1555 , he became one of the Benedictine Monks of Westminster , where continuing till Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown , was soon after committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , where , as one c saith , falling mad , died in a short time after . I find another Will. Copinger who was M. of A. of this University long before the other man's time , who in his Works in MS. ( which are in Ball. Coll. Library , and therefore thought by some d to have been of that House ) did shew himself to be a very pious Divine , and a Pronouncer of the men of this World to be vain , in whom the knowledge of God reigneth not . He wrot ( 1 ) De vitiis & virtutibus , lib. 1. The beginning of which is Vani sunt omnes homines , &c. ( 2 ) Sacramentale quoddam , and other things , which hath made his name famous to Posterity . When he lived , or in what Kings Reign he was renown'd for his Learning , I cannot tell neither doth Bale himself know . Mast . of Arts. Jul. 12. Simon Bell●stre . — He was about this time Archdeacon of Colchester , ( occurring by that Title 1545 ) but whether he succeeded Rob. Aldridge or Hugh Weston in that Dignity , I know not Besides him , were but eleven more that were admitted . Bach. of Div. June 19. Will. Cheadsey of C. C. Coll. — Afterwards President of that House , and a Writer . Three more were admitted , and three there were that supplicated for the said Degree among whom was John Marlow or Merlow of Mert. Coll. mention'd under the year 1527. Doct. of both the Laws . Oct. 18. Joh. Cottrell of New Coll. — This Person who was lately Principal of S. Laurence Hall ( involv'd afterwards within the limits of Jesus Coll. ) in the Parish of S. Michael , was now Archdeacon of Dorset , in the place of one Will. Skipp , who occurs Archd. of that place in 1537. He the said Dr. Cottrell was afterwards Vicar General to Paul the first Bish . of Bristol , did succeed Pol. Virgil in the Archdeaconry of Wells . an . 1554 or thereabouts , being the first year of Qu. Mary , at which time Virgil was in Italy among the living . In the same year also ▪ he was made Prebendary of Tymberscombe in the Church of Wells , Vicar General to Gilbert Bishop of that place , and at length Prebendary of Fordington and Writhlington in the Church of Sarum . He died about the month of Feb. in 1575 , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Wells . Oct. 18. John Croke of New Coll. — He was now an eminent Advocate in the Court of Arches , and about this time dignified in the Church . Doct. of Div. July 6. John Ramridge of Mert. Coll. — He was made Dean of Lichfield in the beginning of Qu. Maries Reign , in the place of one Rich. Willyams , deprived for having married a Widow in the Reign of K. Edw. 6. But the said Ramridge leaving England without any compulsion in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth being much troubled in mind upon a foresight of the alteration of Religion ▪ he went into Flanders , where in wandring to and fro in great discontent , he met with Thieves , who first rob'd , and afterwards murder'd , him . Only two supplicated for the said Degree this year . viz. Will. Wetherton M. A. and Bach. of Div. and Edw. Sepham M. A. and Student in that Faculty , but were not now , or after , admitted . Incorporations . Apr…Nich . Grimoald Jul. 19. Laur. Nowell B. of A. of Cambr. Nov. 8. George Dogeson or Dog●on Chantor of Wells and M. A. of the University of Paris , was then incorp . M. of A. Which being done , he was incorporated Bach. of Div. as he had stood in the said University of Paris . An. Dom. 1543. An. 35 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same . Proct. John Estwyke Will. Pye again . Elected the first day of Easter Term. Bach. of Arts. Jul. 12. Tho. Godwyn of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Bathe and Wells . Dec. 14. Will. Johnson of All 's . Coll. — The Cat. of Fellows of that House saith that he was afterwards Dean of Dublin , and Bishop of Meath in Ireland : whereupon recurring to the Commentary of Irish Bishops written by Sir James Ware , I could find no such Person ; nor Dr. Johnson of Christs Coll. in Cambridge , who is reported by e Th. Fuller the Historian to be Archb. of Dublin . Feb. 20. Tho. Bentham ( of Magd. Coll. ) — He was afterwards Bish . of Lichfield and Coventry . In all about 35 , besides about 7 who were Supplicators or Candictates for the said degree of Bac. of Arts. Bach. of Civ . Law. Jan. 4. Nich. Harpesfield of New Coll. Mar… . John Plough . The former was afterwards a zealous Writers for the Rom. Catholic , the other for the Protestant , Cause . Besides these two , were about twelve more admitted . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 6. Joh. Fox Hen. Bull Tho. Cooper Will. Dounham of Magd. Coll. The two last of which were afterwards Bishops . At the same time was one John Redman or Redmayne of Magd. Coll. admitted . But whether this be the same John Redman who was afterwards Archdeacon of Taunton , or another mentioned under the year 1508 and 1524 , or a third mention'd among the Writers an . 1551 , I cannot justly say . June 6. Will. Hugh . 20. George Ethoridge John Morwen of C. C. Coll. Feb. 21. Joh. Pullayne Mar. 18. Laur. Nowell 24. Nich. Grimoald In all thirty nine . of New Brasn . Mert. Coll. Bach. of Div. June 30. Gilb. Bourne of All 's . Coll. Nov. 21. John Somer . — He was Can. of Winds . in the time of Qu. Mary , where he died , 1573. Tho. Slythurst was admitted the same day . — He was made Canon of Winds . and the first President of Trin. College , in the time of Qu. Mary ; of which being deprived in the beginning of Qu. Eliz. was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , where he died about 1560. Feb. 8. Will. Pye of Oriel College , now one of the Proctors of the University . — In 1534 he seems to have been admitted Bach. of Physick . Besides these were ten more admitted , and five that supplicated ; among whom was William Peryn one , lately a Dominican or Black Fryer , who was , I suppose , admitted , because in a Book or Books which he soon after published , he writes himself Bach. of Div. Doct. of the LL. Jul. 2. John ap Harry or Parry . — He was soon after Principal of Broadgates Hall ▪ and seems to be the same John ap Harry who was Successor to Gilb. Smith in the Archdeaconry of Northampton . This Dr. Parry died in the beginning of 1549 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Castor in Northamptonshire . John Williams lately Principal of Broadgates Hall , was admitted the same day . Doct. of Div. June 1. Philip Brode about this time a shagling Lecturer of Divinity in this University . — He was afterwards a Prebendary of the Church of York beneficed in the Diocess thereof , and died in 1551. or thereabouts . John Robyns the Astrologer and Mathematician , sometimes Fellow of All 's . Coll. and now Canon of Windsore , did supplicate that he might be admitted to proceed in Divinity ; but whether he was admitted it appears not . — Rich. Cox also , a D. of D. of Cambridge , did supplicate that he might sit and take a place among the Doctors of Divinity . ( tho it was unusual and out of order ) as being not incorporated . See in the year 1545. Incorporations . This year , or thereabouts , John Cheek of Cambridge was incorporated , but in what degree , unless in that of Master of Arts , I cannot justly tell , because of the imperfectness of the Registers . He had studied before for some time in this University , and was now one of the Canons of Kings Coll. in Oxon. I mean of that College founded by K. Hen. 8. on that of Card. Wolsey , which continued from the year 1532 to 1545 , at which time he was about to translate the See of Oxon from Osney to his said Coll. intended then by him to have it known by the name of Christ Church , which was effected accordingly in the year following . When the said Kings Coll. was dissolved by Hen. 8. in the beginning of the year 1545 , he allowed most of the then Canons yearly Pensions in lieu of their Canonries , and to Jo. Cheek who was then Tutor to his Son Prince Edward , he allowed six and twenty pounds , thirteen shillings , and four pence . He was afterwards a Knight , and most famous for his Learning , exprest in his Introductio Grammatices , his Book De ludimagistrorton officio , in another De pronunciatione Linguae Grae●●c , and in many more , besides Translations ; the Catalogue of which , ( mostly taken from Baleus ) you may see at the end of Sir John Cheeks Life , written by Ger. Langbaine , put by him before a Book written by the said Cheek . entit . The true Subject to the Rebel , or the heart of Sedition , &c. Oxon. 1641. qu. This Sir John Cheek died at Lond. in the house of Pet. Osbourne Esq ; a great Comforter of afflicted Protestants , in the month of Sept. 1557 , and was buried in the Church of S. Alban in Woodstreet within the said City . An. Don. 1544. An. 36 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same . Proct. Nich. Alambrygg of All 's . Coll. Will. Smyth of Brasn . Coll. again . Elected about the Ides of May. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 7. In an Act then celebrated Will. Fitzjames Dean of We'ls was adorned with the degree of Bachelaur of Arts , wearing then the Gown and Habit of a Compounder , that is , one who compounds or pays double or treble Fees for his Degree , which is usually done by rich Dignitaries . In the year following he was admitted into Commons in Exeter Coll. and allowed to take place among the Fellows of that Society . He succeeded in that Dignity Tho. Cromwell Secretary of State , an . 1540 , and was succeeded by John Goodman 1548. John Hopkyns was admitted the same day . — He is supposed to be the same John Hopkyns who had a hand in turning into English meetre several of Davids Psalms . Nov. 3. Rich. Edwards of C. C. Coll. Jan. 12. Roch. Harford of Mert. Coll. — Whether he took a higher degree in this University , it appears not . While he was Bach. of Arts he was Archdeacon of S. Davids , which he keeping for some years , was at length made Archdeacon of Hereford . At the time of his death he gave Lands to Mert. Coll. situate and being within the Town of Walton near to Tewkesbury in Glocestershire . Besides these four were 56 admitted . In the month of June this year supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Arts one Will. Walker a Priest , but whether he was admitted it appears not . In Dec. 1554 he was made Succentor of the Cath. Ch. of Salisbury , in which Dignity he was succeeded by one Hen. Brither in the beginning of 1561. ☞ But 4 Bach. of the Civ . Law were admitted , the encouragement for that Profession being now much decayed . Mast . of Arts , Apr. 8. Edmund Daniel of Mert. Coll. — See in the year 1556. June 13. Christoph . Goodman of Brasn . Coll. 25. John Heron John Proctor John Watson of All 's . Coll. The last of which was afterwards Bish . of Winchester . Oct. 18. Hen. Pendleton of Brasn . Coll. Jan. 28. Tho. Greenaway of C. C. Coll. — This Person who was a Hampshire man born , was Author of Vita Richardi Fox C. C. C. Oxon. fundatoris breviter descripta , an . 1566. The beginning of which was , Richardus Fox familia satis splendida , &c. 'T is a Manuscript , kept to this day in the Archives of C. C. C. Libr. He was afterwards Bach. of Div. as 't is said , tho his Admission is neglected to be registred , and at length President of the said Coll. He died at Heyford Purcells in Oxfordshire , being then Rector of that place , in August 1571 , and was buried in the Church there . Jan. 28. John Jewell of C. C. C. Besides these 8 , were about 24 admitted , and several who supplicated , among whom Ralph Robinson of C. C. Coll. was one , mentioned under the year 1540. Bach. of Div. June 14. James Brokes of C. C. Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Glocester . Two more who were of Brasn . Coll. were admitted , ( namely Will. Smyth and Tho. Typping ) and three there were that supplicated for the said Degree . ☞ Not one Doctor of the Civ . Law , or LL. was admitted , or supplicated , only one Rob. Raynold of New Coll. and not one in Physick , or Divinity , only in the last Will. Pye of Or. Coll. whom I have formerly mentioned . Incorporations . Mar. 11. Andr. Davyson Bac. of Arts of Cambridge , afterwards M. of A. beyond the Seas , was then incorporated Master of Art. An. Dom. 1545 , An. 37 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same , viz. Dr. Long and Bishop of Linc. Commiss . the same , viz. Dr. Tresham . Proct. John Stoyt of Mert. Coll. again . Simon Perrot of Magd. Coll. Bach. of Arts. June… James Neyland . — See among the M of A. 1548. July… Will. Whittyngham of Brasn . Coll. — He was soon after of All 's . Coll. and at length the unworthy thy Dean of Durham . Jul… . John Piers of Magd. Coll. — He died Archbish . of York . Oct… . Tho. Hyde of New Coll. James Bicton was admitted in the same month . See among the Mast . of Arts an . 1547. The Admissions this year come in all but to about 32. Bach. of Civ . Law. Nov… . Valentine Dale of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Dean of Wells . See more among the Incorporations in 1552. Besides him were only three more admitted . Mast . of Arts. June… Tho. Bickley of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Chichester . … . John Molens or Mullyns of the same Coll. Besides these two , 25 more were admitted , and some that supplicated who were never admitted . Bach. of Physick . … . George Ethryg or Etheridge of C. C. Coll. … . Rich. Master of All 's . Coll. — See more among the Doctors of this Faculty under the year 1554. … . John Throwley Bach. of Divinity , lately a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict , was then admitted Bach. of Physick . Bach. of Div. … . Mathew Smyth the first Principal of Brasn . Coll. For the said Degree supplicated Patrick Walsh , who was afterwards Bish . of Waterford in Ireland ; Will. Bocher afterwards President of C. C. Coll. and John Smyth afterwards Provost of Oriel ; which three were without doubt admitted but neglected to be registred by the publick Scribe of the University . As for Smyth , he was engaged in a Dispute with Hugh Latimer in the Divinity School 18 Apr. 1554. Doct. of LL. Jan… . John Fuller of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Prebendary of Ely , Chancellour to the Bish . thereof , and Master of Jesus Coll. in Cambridge . You may read of him in the Acts and Mon. of the Church , written by John Fox , under 1555. In the same month Nich. Bullyngham of All 's . Coll. did supplicate for the said Degree , but was not admitted . See among the Incorporations 1566. Also Rob. Weston of the same Coll. See in ann . 1556 , among the Doct. of Law. ☞ Not one Doct. of Physick was adm . this year . Doct. of Div. Nov… . Will. Cheadsey of C. C. Coll. — He was now Chaplain to Dr. Bonner Bish . of London , who was his Promoter to several Dignities in the Church . Another Person was also admitted Doctor , but his true Name is omitted in the Register . Incorp . Jun… . Rich. Coxe M. of A. of this University , afterwards D. D. of Cambridge , and now Dean of Osney near Oxford , was then incorporated D. of D. as he had stood at Cambridge . An. Dom. 1546. An. 38 Hen. 8. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same . Proct. John Smyth of Oriel Coll. Simon Perrot again . Elected the first day of Easter Term , the senior being then , as it seems , Bach. of Divinity . Bach. of Arts. Jul… . Justinian Lancaster of C. C. Coll. — Whether he took the degree of M. A. it appears not . Afterwards he was made Archdeacon of Taunto● in Somersetshire , in the place , I suppose , of John Fitzjames deprived , an . 1560. … . Michael Reninger , commonly called Rhanger of Magd. Coll. … . John Cox of Brasn . Coll. — I find one of both his names to have made several Translations into the English Tongue , as ( 1. ) An Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods word in the Church of Christ , Lond. 1575. written by Henr. Bullinger . ( 2. ) A Treatise of the word of God , written against the traditions of men , Lond. 1583. oct . written by Anth. Sade●ll , &c. But whether the said Translations were made by the aforesaid John Cox of Brasn . Coll. or another John Cox who was a Student of C. C. 1555 , I cannot yet resolve you . … . The Wylson of Brasn . Coll. a Yorkshire man born . — See in the year 1516 and 1553. In all about 36. ☞ Not one Admission in the Law or Laws is this year registred . Mast . of Arts. … . Tho. Neale of New Coll. now eminent for the Hebrew as well as for the Greek Tongue . … . Leonard Bilson lately of Mert. Coll. as it seems , now the learned Schoolmaster of Reading in Berks. — This person who was Uncle to Dr. Tho. Bilson B. of Winchester , had several Dignities in the Church , of which a Prebendship of Winchester was one . … Will. Johnson of All 's . Coll. — He is reported to be afterwards Bishop of Meath in Ireland . See in the year 1543. The Admissions of Masters being not registred by the Scribe , I can only say that only 10 stood in the Act celebrated 11 Jul. this year . ☞ The Admissions of Bach. of Div. are omitted in the Reg. ☞ Not one Doct. of Law or Physick was adm . this year . Doct. of Div. June… . James Brokes of C. C. Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Gloc. as I have before told you . Incorporations . June… John Crayford D. of D. of Cambridge . — He was originally of Queens Coll. in that University ; from whence being ejected , he went to Oxon , was elected Fellow of Vniv. Coll. an . 1519. incorporated M. of A. in 152● . as I have before told you in that year , became Proctor of Camb. in the year following , and in 1523 ; he was made one of the Canons of Cardinal College . Afterwards leaving Oxon , he went to Cambridge the third time , swhere he commenced D. of D. an . 1535 , and was soon after Vicechancellor of that University . In Octob. 1544. he became Chancellor of the Church of Salisbury on the death of John Edmunds , being then Prebendary of North Aulton in the said Church ; and in the middle of July 1545 , he was collated to the Archdeaconry of Berkshire on the death of Rob. Audley . On the 17 of March following , he was collated to the Prebendship of Chermister and Bere in the Church of Sarum , upon the resignation of George Heneage ; and in Sept. 1546 ( he having been newly incorporated D. of D. as 't is before told you ) he was elected Master of Vniv Coll being then also Prebendary of Winchester . He concluded his last day soon after ; whereupon Henr. Parry succeeded him in the Chancellorship of Sa●um , in Sept. 1547 , and in the Mastership of the said Coll. one Rich. Salveine M. A. As for his Archdeaconry , which he before had resigned , did succeed him therein Will. Pye , 7 Oct. 1545. An. Dom. 1547. An. 1 Ed. 6. Chancellour the same , namely John Longland D. of D. and Bish . of Lincoln , but he dying on the 7 day of May this year , Rich Coxe D. of D. and Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , was , tho at London , by a solemn Decree of the University elected in a Convocation ( not in a Congregation of the Regents according to the antient manner ) on the twenty first day of the said month , Dr. Hugh Weston in the mean time being Cancellarius natus . The 22 of July following the said Chanc. coming to Oxon , was a received with the publick Congratulation of the Vicechancellour , Doctors , Proctors , and other Members of the University at Magdalen Coll. near to the East Gate of the City , where being present also Dr. Oglethorpe the President , with the Fellows of that House , Mr. Tho. Hardyng , the Kings Professor of the Hebrew Tongue , delivered an eloquent Oration before him ; which being done , he was conducted to his Lodging at Ch. Ch. Vicechanc. or Commiss . Walter Wryght L. L. D. sometimes Principal of Peckwaters Inn , now Head or Governour of Durham Coll. and Archdeac . of Oxford , designed to the Office of Vicechanc. by Dr. Coxe about S. John Baptist's time . Proct. Edm. Crispyne of Oriel Hen. Baylie of New Coll. Elected a little after the new Chancellour had taken his place , the senior being then six years , and the other five years , standing in the degree of Master ; which was not altogether according to the order of K. Hen. 8. made 1541 , appointing that the Proctors should be elected from the senior Masters , of eight years standing at least . These two Proctors were afterwards eminent Physitians in the time they lived , and the senior died in the latter end of the year ( in March ) 1549. Bach. of Gram. Edward Pendleton the famous Schoolmaster of Manchester in Lancashire , was admitted to the reading of any Book of the Faculty of Grammar , that is , to the degree of Bach. of Grammar ; but the day or month when , is not set down in the public Register , now very much neglected . Bach. of Arts. Humph. Lhoyd or Lhayd , now or soon after of Brasnose Coll. Julius Palmer of Magdalen Coll — This person was elected Probationer Fellow of the said Coll. 25. Jul. 1549 , and true and perpetual Fellow in the year following . In 1553 he left his Fellowship , and what became of him after , John Fox in his Book of The Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. will tell you at large among the Martyrs that stood up and died for the Protestant Religion , under the year 1556. This year also was admitted Bach. of Arts one Barthelmew Green , but whether the same with Bartier ( that is little Barthelmew ) Greene who suffered Martyrdom for the Protestant Cause an . 1556 , as you may see at large in the Book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , under that year . I cannot justly say . John Fox who hath written his story ; tells you that he was educated in the University of Oxon , and afterwards in the Inns of Court. Thirty and one Bachelaurs were admitted this year . Bach. of Law. Tho. Randall or Randolphe of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Principal of Broadgates Hall , and a frequent Embassadour in the Reign of Qu. Elizabeth . Besides him , I find but one more admitted , the Register , as I have told you before , being much , or in a manner altogether , neglected . Mast . of Arts. Thomas Godwyn Thomas Bentham of Magd. Coll. They were afterwards Bishops . Richard Edwards William Whittyngham of Ch. Ch. The former was lately of C. C. Coll. and now in much esteem for his Poetry ; the other was lately of All 's . Coll. but not as yet known to have any eminence in him . James Bicton of Ch. Ch. now Dean of Kilkenny in Ireland . — He died in 1552 , and was buried in the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Christop . Malton ( of Ch. Ch. also as it seems ) — On the 3 of April 1564 , he was installed Archdeacon of Clievland in the place of Dr. John. Warner resigning , and dying in the latter end of the year ( in March ) 1569 , was succeeded by Ralph Coulton M. of A. and Prebendary of York , afterwards Bach. of Div. Bach. of Div. Jul… . Rich. Bruerne of Linc. Coll. — He was afterwards Hebrew Professor of this University , Canon of Ch. Ch. and of Windsore , Fellow of the College at Eaton , of which he was elected Provost , about 1561 , but soon after ejected . He died about the latter end of April 1565 , and was buried in the Chappel of S. George at Windsore . John Leland numbers b him among the learned men of his time , and saith , That he was Hebraei radius chori . Several other Bachelaurs of Divinity were admitted this year , but not registred , among whom Rich. Turner of Magdalen College was one . ☞ Not one Doct. of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Physick . Feb… . Tho. Hughes or Hewes of Mert. Coll. — He was afterwards Physitian to Qu. Mary , and one of the College of Physitians at London . He died at London in the Month of August 1558 , and was a Benefactor to the College which had given him Education . Edmund Crispyne of Oriel Coll. lately a shagling Lecturer of Physick , now one of the Proctors of the University , did supplicate to be licensed to proceed in Physick . Also Henry Bayli● the other Proctor , did in like manner do so , and were without doubt licensed , ( tho not registred so to be ) because I find them afterwards to be written and stiled Doctors of Physick . ☞ Not one Doctor of Divinity was admitted or licensed this year . Incorporations . Feb… . Pet. Martyr Doct. of Div. of the University of Padua , was then incorporated Doct. of Div. — He was this year designed by the King to read a Divinity Lecture in the University , which he accordingly began to do in the beginning of the next year . One Edward Banke and John Chaundler were incorp . Bachelaurs of Arts , but of what University they had been , is not set down ; which is all I know of them . An. Dom. 1548. An. 2 Ed. 6. Chanc. Dr. Rich. Coxe Dean of Ch. Ch. Vicechanc. Dr. Walt. Wryght . Proct. John Redman of Magd. Coll. Thomas Symons of Mert. Coll. adm . 20 April . Bach. of Arts. The Admissions of Bachelaurs and Catalogue of Determiners being this year omitted by the Registrary , I cannot give you the Names of any who were afterwards Bishops , Writers , &c. only David de la Hyde , whom I have mention'd among the Writers , an . 1580. Bach. of Law. Maurice Clenneck was admitted , but the day or month when , appears not . — He was afterwards elected to the Episcopal See of Bangor , but Queen Mary dying before his Consecration thereunto , he fled beyond the Seas ; and what became of him there , I have told you already in Arthur Bokely among the Bishops , under the year 1555. Mast . of Arts. James Neyland of All 's . Coll. — This person who was Fellow of that House , and an Irish man born , is reported by one of his c Countrymen to be a learned Physitian . John Boxall of New Coll. — He was afterwards Dean of Chichester , Windsore , &c. and a man of note in the Reign of Queen Mary . Besides these two , were but nine more stood in the Act celebrated this year 16 July . The Admissions of them and many other are omitted in the Register . Doct. of Civ . Law. David Lewes of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards the first Principal of Jesus Coll. Judge of the High Court of Admiralty , Master of S. Catherines Hospital near to the Tower of London , one of the Masters of the Chancery , and of her Majesties Requests . He died on Munday 27 April 1584 , in the Coll. called Doctors Commons at London ; whereupon his Body was conveyed to Abergavenny in Monmouthshire , where it was buried on the 24 of May following in the North Chancel of the Church there , under a fair Tomb , erected by him while living , which yet remains as an Ornament to that Church . Doct. of Div. Richard Beisley of All 's . College . — The day and month when he was licensed to proceed , is omitted . One of both his names was an Exile in Queen Maries Reign . Incorporations . Christopher Tye Doct. of Musick of Cambridge . — This person who seems to be a Western man born , was now one of the Gentlemen of the Chappel belonging to K. Ed. 6. and much in renown for his admirable skill in the theoretical and practical part of Musick . The Words of several of his Divine Services and Anthems , are in a Book entit . Divine Services and Anthems usually sung in the Cathedrals and Collegiate Choires in the Church of England . Lond. 1663. oct . collected and published by Jam. Clifford Petty Canon of Pauls , sometimes Chorister of Magdalen College in Oxon. We have also some of his Compositions among the ancient Books in the publick Musick School , of six parts , but long since with others of that time , antiquated , and not at all valued . He also translated into English Meeter The Acts of the Apostles , with notes to sing each Chapter by . printed 1553 , in oct . An. Dom. 1549. An. 3 Ed. 6. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. the same . Proct. Leonard Lyngham of Brasn . Rich. Hughes of Magd. Coll. Bach. of Arts. James Calfill of Christ Church . Will. Good of Corp. Ch. Coll. — He was afterwards a Jesuit . Hieronimus Philippides of Ch. Ch. Alan Cope Lawr. Humphrey of Magd. Coll. Both which were afterwards noted Writers . John Abulines an Helvetian of Ch. Ch. — He is the same , I suppose , who is written , but false , Johannes ab Vlmis . The Admissions , and names of the Determiners , are omitted this year , by the carelesness of the publick Scribe , and therefore the number of them is uncertain . Bach. of Law. Will. Awbrey of Allsoules College . — He was afterwards successively Principal of New Inn , the Kings Professor of the Civil Law in this University , Judge Advocate of the Queens Army at S. Quintins in France , Advocate in the Court of Arches , one of the Council of the Marches of Wales , Master of the Chancery , Chancellor to John Archbishop of Canterbury throughout his whole Province , and lastly , by the special favour of Queen Elizabeth , he was taken to her nearer Service , and made one of the Masters of Requests in Ordinary . What other Bach. of this Fac. were admitted , I find not , for they are not inserted in the Register . Four occur that supplicated , who , I presume , were admitted ; among whom Joh. James or Jamys , was one , who was afterwards one of the first Fell. of S. Johns Coll. and on the 24. of March 1563 succeeded Thom. Curteys in the Subdeanery of Salisbury , and he Rob. Elyot in Dec. 1561. Mast . of Arts. Michael Renniger Arth. Saule of Magd. Coll. Both afterwards Exiles for their Religion in the time of Queen Mary . Of the first I have made mention among the writers , an . 1609. The other , Arthur Saul , became Prebendary of Bedmynster and Radclive in the Church of Sarum ( which is a Residentiary ) in January 1559 , and had other Dignities , besides benefices confer'd upon him . One of both his names was Author of The famous game of Chesse-play lately discovered , and all doubts resolved , &c. Lond. 1614. oct . dedicated to Lucy Countess of Bedford . Whether this Ar. Saul who writes himself Gent. was descended from the former , I cannot justly say it . Thom. Hyde of New John Piers of Magd. Coll. The former was afterwards an Exile for the R. Cath. Religion , in the time of Queen Elizab. the other was an Archbishop in her Reign . The admissions of Masters are also omitted this year , but the number of those that stood in an Act celebrated in Sept. comes to 23. Bach. of Physick . James Neyland of All 's . Coll. — Others were admitted , but are not inserted in the register . Bach. of Div. Jul… . Bernard Gilpyn of Queens Coll. — This Person who was born of an antient and gentile Family at Kentmeire in Westmorland , became a poor serving child of the said Coll. in 1533. aged 17 or thereabouts , and about the time that he proceeded M. of A. he was made Fellow thereof , being then esteemed a good Disputant in Logick and Philosophy , and well read in the Greek and Hebrew ; in which tongues , he was instructed by his contemporary Thomas Neale of New Coll. who was afterwards Heb. Prof. of this University . About that time his eminence in learning was such , that he was made choice of to be one of the first Masters to supply Ch. Ch. when first founded for a Dean , Canons and Students by K. Hen. 8. But continuing there not long , was at length taken thence , and by the care and charge of his Mothers Uncle Dr. Cuthb . Tonstall Bishop of Durham , he was sent to travel , and while he continued in the University of Paris , he did him some service in correcting and printing one of his books , as I have elsewhere told you . After his return he confer'd on him the rectory of Esington , with the Archdeaconry of Durham annex'd , about 1556 ; but in whose room or place I cannot tell , unless in that of one Will. Franklin Bach. of Decrees and Chancellour of Durham , who occurs Archdeacon of Durham 1531. After he was setled at Esington , he preached much against the vices , errors , and corruptions of the times , to the great displeasure of some of the neighbouring Ministers , who were then R. Catholicks . But his desire being to part with those troublesome places , as too much for one Man to keep ( as he pretended ) he was presented to the rich rectory of Houghton in the Spring in the county pal . of Durham , where being setled , his Preachings were so frequent , and in other places as well remote , as near thereunto , that he was commonly called The Northern Apostle . His almes were also so large , frequent , and constant , that he was usually called The common father of the poor . In his Archdeacony of Durham succeeded John Ebden Bach. of Div. sometimes Proctor of the University of Cambridge , who had it given to him by Qu. Elizabeth , while the See of Durham was void , 22. May 1560 ; a little before which time , Gilpyn had a congedeslier sent to him to be elected Bishop of Carlile on the death of Owen Oglethorp , but refused it . Soon after he erected a Grammar School at Houghton , and bestowed 460 l. to buy Lands to endow it for a Master and Usher . Which , with other Moneys and Lands given for that purpose by Joh. Heath of Kepier Esq ; the School was setled in 1572 or thereabouts . To conclude , this worthy Person having his life written and published by one * of his Scholars , I shall now say no more of him only that he died on the 4. March 1583 aged 66 and was buried in the Church at Houghton , and that by his will dated 17. Oct. 1582 , he left half of his goods to the poor of that place and the other half in exhibitions upon Scholars and Students in Oxon , viz. Mr. Rich. Wharton , Mr. Steph. Copperthwaite , George Carleton ( afterwards B. of Chich. ) Ralph Ironside born in Houghton before-mention'd ( Father to Gilbert Bishop of Bristow an . 1660 ) Evan Airay , Hen. Airay ( afterwards Provost of Qu. Coll. ) Will. Cayrus , Franc. Risley , Tho. Collinson , &c. He hath written several things , but hath nothing extant , only A Sermon before the King and Court at Greenwich , on the first Sunday after Epiph. an . 1552 , on Luke 2. from verse 41. to 48. Lond. 1581. oct . there again 1630. qu. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law , Phys . or Divinity can I find to have been admitted this year , for the reason before specified . An. Dom. 1550. An. 4 Ed. 6. Chanc. the same . Vicech . Dr. Walt. Wryght , but he giving up his office according to the Edwardin statutes in the beginning of Michaelmas term , Dr. Will. Tresham of Ch. Ch. who before , had often been Commissary , was elected , according to a certain form , into his place . Proct. Rog. Elyott of All 's . Tho. Frynde of New Coll. Bach. of Musick . Tho the publick register of this time is very imperfect , as having been neglected by one who was afterwards deservedly turn'd out of his place , yet it appears therein ( tho very obscurely ) that one Joh. Merbeck or Marbeck Organist of St. Georges chap. at Windsore did supplicate for the Degree of Bach. of Musick , but whether he was admitted it appears not , because the admissions in all faculties are for several years omitted . All therefore that I can say of him , is , that he was an eminent Musician of his time as well for the Theory , as practical part , of Musick , as may be seen in a book of his composition , intit . The book of Common-prayer noted . Lond. 1550. qu. besides divers compositions that are not extant . As for other books that he wrot and published relate to Divinity , and matters against the Pope , among which are ( 1 ) A concordance of the Bible , &c. Lond. 1550. fol. &c. ( 2 ) The lives of holy Saints , Prophets , Patriarchs , &c. Lond in 4o. ( 3 ) The ripping up of the Popes fardel . Ibid. 1581. oct . ( 4 ) Book of notes and common places , with their exposition , &c. Ibid. 1581. qu. ( 5 ) Examples drawn out of Holy Scripture , with their application : Also a brief conference between the Pope and his Secretary , wherein is opened his great blasphemous pride . Ib. 1582. oct . ( 6 ) Dialogue between youth and old age , wherein is declared the Persecution of Christs Religion , since the fall of Adam , hitherto . Lond. 1584. oct . John Fox in his book of Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. doth speak largely of this John Merbeck , if not too much , in the first edition thereof , wherein he made him a Martyr while he was living , which hath administred a great deal of sport among the R. Cath. writers , as Alan Cope , Rob. Persons , &c. Bach. of Arts. William Allyn or Alan of Oriel Coll. — He was afterwards a Cardinal and an Archbishop . Will. Overton John Bullyngham of Magd. Coll. Both afterwards Bishops in England . Pet. Whyte of Oriel Pet. Morwyng of Magd. Coll. &c. The admissions of Bachelaurs ad Lecturam , and of those ad Determinandum , being omitted by the publick Scribe this year , the just number therefore is unknown . Mast . of Arts. The number of Masters that were admitted , I cannot tell because record is defective . However the number of those that stood in the Comitia , held 8. Sept. is fifteen , among whom are James Dugdale afterwards Master of Vniv. Coll. and Will. Norfolk of Oriel , afterwards Princ. of St. Maries hall and one of the first Prebendaries of Worcester . Bach. of Div. John Jewell of C. C. John Harley of Magd. Coll. Both afterwards Bishops , and the first a very learned Man. Paul French of All 's . Coll. — In 1560 he became Canon of Windsore and about that time Preb. of Canterbury . He died 1. Nov. 1600. and was buried at Windsore . Doct. of Civ . Law. John Gibbons lately of All 's . Coll. now Principal of New Inn , was admitted this year , but the day or month is not set down . — He was afterwards a Member of Doctors Commons , and died at London in the Parish of St. Faith the Virgin , about the beginning of the year 1581. ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . or Divinity can I find admitted , or licensed to proceed this year . An. Dom. 1551. An. 5 Ed. 6. Chanc. the same . Vicehanc . Owen Oglethorpe D. D. President of Magd. Coll. who being several times absent this year , Rich. Martiall Bach. of Div. of Ch. Ch. and John Warner Doct. of Phys . of All 's . Coll. officiated for him . Proct. Will. Martiall of Mert. Coll. Pet. Rogers of Ch. Ch. Bach. of Arts. George Savage of Ch. Ch. — See more in the year 1574. Harbert Westphaling of the same house — He was afterwards B. of Hereford . James Bell of C. C. Coll. — In the latter end of May 1556 , he , as a Somersetsh . Man born , was elected Fellow of Trinity Coll. but whether he be the same Jam. Bell , who suffer'd death by hanging at Lancaster , for being a Rom. Priest . in Apr. 1584 ; or James Bell a Translator of several books into English I cannot tell . This last was a zealous Protestant and translated ( 1 ) A treatise touching the liberty of a Christian . Lond. 1579. oct . written in Latin by Dr. Mart. Luther . ( 2 ) Sermon of the Evangelical Olive . written by Jo. Fox . See more in Jo Fox among the Writers , an . 1587. ( 3 ) The Pope confuted . Written by the said Fox ; see there again ( 4 ) Answer apologetical to Hierome Osorius his slanderous invective . Lond. 1581. qu. Begun to be written in Lat. by Dr. Walt. Haddon , but finished by John Fox beforemention'd . The admissions , and names of Determiners are omitted this year , and therefore you are not to expect the just number of Bachelaurs that were admitted . Bach. of Civ . Law. Nich. Saunders of New Coll. — He was afterwards a zealous R. Catholick , and a forward and indefatigable writer in defence of the Religion he professed . Mast . of Arts. Humph. Lhoyd or Lhuyd of Brasnose Coll. — He was afterwards in much esteem for his great knowledge in British antiquities . The admissions of Masters are this year omitted ; yet the number that stood in the Act or Comitia celebrated 6. of July , is 21. The Junior of which called Ralph Treiver of Ch. Ch. was , with the approbation of the Vicech . and whole congregation admitted into the School of the Physicians ( or entred on the Physick line ) in Jan. 1552. Bach. of Div. John Morw●n of C. C. Coll. — This Person did , about this time , upon a fight of the decay of the fac . of Div. enter himself on the Phys . line , but whether he continued in it I cannot tell . John Harpesfield of N●w Coll. Christoph . Goodman of Ch. Ch. sometimes of Brasen . Coll. John Molens or Mullins of Magd. Coll. Hen. Pendleton of Brasnose . Coll. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law , Physick or Divinity was admitted or licensed to proceed this year ; as it appears in the imperfect register of this time . Incorporations . Rob. Johnson LL. Bach. ( of Cambridge as it seems ) was incorporated Bach. of both the Laws , but the day or month when , appears not . In 1544 Jul. 10. he was installed Prebendary of the Church of Worcester in the place of Tho. Baggard LL. D. deceased , and in the same month , as it seems , was made Chancellour of the Diocess of Worcester ; which had been held by the said Baggard . In the Reign of K. Ed. 6. he kept both those places , though wrot privately against Jo. Hoper B. of Glocester and Worcester ; in 1555 Feb. 22. ( tertio Mariae Reg. ) he was installed Prebendary of Stillington in the Church of York , and in Jul. 1558 he was collated by Nich , Archb. of York to the rectory of Bolton Percy in Yorkshire , on the death of Arth. Cole President of Magd. Coll. but enjoyed it for a short time . This Person who was esteemed learned and well read in the Theological faculty , did write a book against Hoper beforemention'd , but did not publish it . After his death , which hapned in 1559 , the book came into the hands of one Henry Joliff or Jolliff Bach. of Div. sometimes Proctor of Cambridge , afterwards Rector of Bishops Hampton in Worcestershire , one of the first Prebendaries of Worcester , and in 1554 Dean of Bristew in the place of Tho. Rainolds promoted to the Deanery of Exeter . I say that the said Jolliff having the book in his hands , carried it with him beyond the Seas , when he fled there upon the alteration of Religion in the beginning of the Reign of Qu. Elizabeth , and setling for a time at Lovaine , did correct , put some additions to , and publish , it , under his and the name of Rob. Johnson with this title . Responsio sub protestatione facta ad illos articulos Johannis Hoperi Episcopi Vigorni●e nomen gerentis , in quibus à Catholica fide dissentiebat : 〈◊〉 cum quibusdam confutationibus ejusdem Hoperi , & replicationibus reverendiss . in ch . pat . Steph. Gardineri Episc . Winton . tunc temporis pro confessione fidei in carcere detenti . Antwerp . 1564. in a thick oct . dedicated by Joliff to Philip K. of Spain , acknowledging not only his favours shew'd to him in England . while he was King there , but also at Lovaine . Whether Rob. Johnson the original Author died at Worcester , or York I know not , or Joliff at Lovaine : Sure I am that the last died in 1573 ; for on the 28. Januar. in that year , a commission c issued out from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to one Will. Secrs a Stationer of London , to administer the goods , debts , chattels , &c. of Hen , Joliff Clerk , late Dean of Bristow , who died in parts beyond the Seas , &c. I find another Hen. Joliff , in whom Dr. John Whyte Bishop of Winton took d much delight for his towardliness and great vertues ; but he was a youth , and dying 19. Aug. 1548 must not be understood to be the same with Hen. Joliff beforemention'd , who also wrot against Nich. Rydley ; nor Rob. Johnson of All 's . Coll. who was admitted Bach. of Law 1552 , or thereabouts , to be the same with him that was the original Author of Responsio , &c. About this time Abr. Ortelius of Antwerp spent some time in study , in the condition of a Sojourner , within this University . Afterwards he became a most admirable Cosmographer , the Ptolomey of his time , and the ornament of the learned World. He died in 1598. An. Dom. 1552. An. 6. Ed. 6. Chanc. the same , viz. Dr. Rich. Coxe , to whom it was granted by the venerable congregation this year , Jul. 19 , that whereas he was about to resign his office of Chancellour within a short time , he should never after be burdned with the office of Vicechancellour . The 14. Nov. following he resign'd it , and on the 18 , the congregation of Regents and Non-regents elected according to their new statutes Sir John Mason Knight , sometimes Fellow of All 's . Coll. lately Ambassadour for K. H. 8. into several Foreign Countries and now Dean of the Cath. Ch. at Winchester . Vicechanc. or Prochanc . James Brokes D. D. of C. C. Coll. for the first part of the year , and Rich. Martiall D. D. of Ch. Ch. for the other part , being elected in Convocation Prochanc . 3. oct . In his absence Dr. Tresham officiated , and is sometimes stiled Procancellarius . Proct. The Spencer of Ch. Ch. Maur. Bullock of New Coll. Both elected on the day before the Cal. of Octob. Bach. of Arts. Jun… . John Rastell Oct. 4. Walt. Baylie of New Coll. Both afterwards writers , and the last an eminent Physician . About 26 were admitted this year , one half of which are omitted in the Register . Bach. of LL. Ellis Heywood of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards a Jesuit and a writer . Griffyth Willyams of New Coll. — In 1554 he became Chancellour of the Dioc. of Worcester , in the place of Rob. Johnson resigning ; and whether he be the same Williams who was Chancellour to the Bishop of Glocester about the same time , ( remembred by Joh. e Fox for his strange , fearful , and sudden death which befel him in 1558 , after Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown , and therefore esteemed as a judgment on him for condemning a blind boy to be burnt , in 1556 ) I cannot justly tell you . In 1557. Will. Turnball LL. Bac. succeeded Griffyth Willyams in the Chancellourship of Worcester . In the publick register , which is very imperfect in the beginning of this year , it partly appears that one John Bodye supplicated to be admitted Bach. of LL. See in the year 1554. Mast of Arts. Alan Cope Lawr. Humphrey of Magd. Coll. Hieron . Philippides Joh. Abulines , or ab Vlmis of Ch. Ch. Whether either of these two last , was a writer I cannot yet tell . Qu. Will. Good of C. C. Coll. Jam. Calfill John Bavant of Ch. Ch. The last of the said Masters was afterwards one of the first Fellows of St. Johns Coll. and the first Greek reader there . He was Tutor in the said house to Edm. Campian and Greg. Martin ; but upon the alteration of Religion leaving the Coll , and his Country , was made a Ro. Cath. Priest , and afterwards was one of those that endured a tedious imprisonment in Wisbich Castle in Cambridgshire upon account of Religion . Twenty Masters stood in the Act celebrated 18. July this year , but how many were admitted , it appears not in the register . Bach. of Div , Thom. Hardyng of New Coll. Thom. Bickley . Tho. Bentham of Magd. Coll. The two last were afterwards Bishops . Gilbert Burnford — In 1554 he had the Chancellourship of the Church of Wells granted to him under the Seal of the Bishop and Chapter thereof . But when he craved admission thereunto in 1560 , he was denied , because he refused the oath of Supremacy . For the same reason he was deprived of the Prebendary of Hasilbere in that Church , and of a rectory in the Dioc. of Wells . Note that whereas always before this time , when any Bach. of Div. was admitted , he was registred as admitted ad lecturam libri sententiarum , so now during the Reign of K Ed. 6. they are registred as admitted ad lectionem Paulinarum Epistolarum : And this year those that were admitted , are registred as admitted ad ena●rationem Epistolarum Apostolicarum in ipsis comitiis hoc anno , viz. 18. Julii . Doct. of Civ . Law. Hen. Jones of All 's . Coll. — This Person was one of the learned Doctors of the Civ . Law , whom Qu. Elizabeth consulted concerning the matter of Lesley Bishop of Ross , who , while he was Embassador from Mary Qu. of Scots to Qu. Elizabeth , consulted and promoted a Rebellion against her . See in Camdens Annalls of Qu. Elizab. under the year 1571. This Dr. Jones died in , or near , Doctors Commons , about the beginning of Feb. in 1591 , and was buried , as it seems , in the Church of St. Bennet near to Pauls wharf in London . ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Rich. Martiall of Ch. Ch. — Soon after he was made Prebendary of Winchester , and Dean of his Coll. by the intercession of the Lord Arundell ( to whom he was Chaplain ) made to the Queen . In the Reign of K. Ed. 6. he seem'd to be a great Reformer , and retracted what he zealously had held in the Reign of K. Hen. 8. After the death of K. Ed. 6. he returned to his former opinions , and was more zealous for the Cath. cause than before : But when Qu. Elizab. succeeded , he absconded for a time , and went from place to place . At length being taken and conveyed to London , retracted again in hopes of being setled in his Deanery of Ch. Ch. which might have been , had he behaved himself moderately in the Reign of Qu. Mary . Afterwards , as 't is said , he went into Yorkshire , where he died obscurely . In his Deanery succeeded G. Carew , as I have told you before , under the year 1522. Hen. Pendleton of Brasn . Coll. was also admitted this year and stood , with Martiall , in the Act that followed . Henr. Syddall LL. B. and Canon of Ch. Ch. who had studied sacred letters for 18 years , did this year supplicate that he might put on , or be honour'd with , the cap of Doct. of Divinity . This desire of his was granted conditionally that he be inaugurated and dispute in Divinity in the next Act that should follow . But whether he was so , or did dispute , it appears not in the publick register , or in the Catalogues of Inceptors . Incorporations . Nov. 12. Brian Baynes Bach. of Arts of Cambridge — The next year he proceeded in the said faculty , being then a member of Ch. Ch. which is all I know of him . Nov …Valentine Dale of All 's . Coll. Doctor of the Civ . Law beyond the Seas , ( at Oreleans I think ) seems to be incorporated in that month , because he had supplicated more than once for that Degree — He was afterwards Master of the Requests , Dean of Wells , 1574 , and about that time Embassadour to the French King upon the calling home of Sir Franc. Walsingham to be Secretary of State , &c. He died in his house near St. Pauls Cathedral 17. Nov. 1589. and was buried in the Parish Church of St. Gregory near to the said Cathedral , leaving behind him a Daughter named Dorothy , who being coheir to her Father , was married to Sir John North , Son and Heir to Roger Lord North. Dec. 2. Walter Haddon President of Magd. Coll. in Oxon. and Doctor of the Civil Law at Cambridge . — This Person who was a Buckinghamshire Man born , and educated in Grammar learning in Eaton School , was chose Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , an . 1533 , where arriving to great eminence in the Civil Law was made the Kings Professor of that faculty in the said University , and much esteemed for his eloquence and learning , especially by Leland who * calls him Heveddunus . Afterwards , being a Man much addicted to reformation , he was by virtue of several letters written by the King in his behalf , elected , tho contrary to statute , President of Magd. Coll. where he continued about an year ; and then learning it to prevent expulsion , sheltred himself in private during the Reign of Qu. Mary . After Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown he was made one of her Masters of Requests , and by her employed in one or more Embassies . His works are ( 1 ) A sight of the Portugal Pearl , in answer to the Epistle of Hieron . Osorius entit . A Pearl for a Prince . This book which was written in Latin , I have not yet seen , only the translation of it into English , made by Abrah . Hartwell , an . 1565. in tw . ( 2 ) Lucubrationes . Lond. 1565. qu. collected and published by Tho. Hatcher of Kings Coll. in Cambridge . These Lucubrations consist of Orations and Epistles . Among the Orations is that De obitu Mart. Buceri . and among the Epistles is that De vita & obitu fratrum Suffolciensium Henrics & Caroli Brandon . ( 3 ) Poemata . Lond. 1567. qu. collected also and published by the said Hatcher ( 4 ) Contra Hieron . Osorium . ejusque odiosas insectationes pro Evangelicae veritatis necessaria defensione , responsio apologeti●● . Lond. 1577. qu. This book was began and carried on by him more than half : Afterwards coming into the hands of John Fox , was by him finish'd and published , and at length translated into English by Jam. B●ll . ( 5 ) Poematum lib. duo Lond. 1592. oct . Before which Poems is printed the life of Wal● . Haddon . Whether these two books contain his Poems beforemention'd I cannot tell . I remember I once saw them , but dreaming not in the least of any future mentioning Dr. Haddon , I throw'd them aside after I had taken the title , otherwise I should have spoken more of him . He gave way to fate 21. January 1571 ( leaving then behind him the Character of Orator d●lcis & foecundus , ) and was buried on the 25. of the same month in the Grey fryers Church , now called Ch. Ch. within the City of London . Over his grave was soon after a comly monument erected ; which , with the Church it self , was consumed by the dreadful conslagration that hapned in the said City in the beginning of Sept. 1666. ☞ This year Jul. 20. the publick Registrary or Scribe of the University , was deprived of his place for neglecting to set down and enter in the common register the Acts of Congregations for several years behind . An. Dom. 1553. An. 7. Ed. 6. An. 1. Mariae . Chanc. the same , viz. Sir Joh. Mason Knight . Vicehanc . or Prochanc . Dr. Martiall again , now Dean of Ch. Ch. Dr. Walt. Wryght occurs also Prochanc . this year Apr. 4. and Dr. Will. Tresham ( who was about the same time a Prisoner in the Fleet ) commissary Nov. 6. But these two , I presume , were only Deputies . Proct. Thom. Spencer Maur. Bullocke again Bach. of Arts. Jul. 15. Jasp . Heywood ( of Mert. Coll. ) — He was afterwards a noted Jesuit . Oct. 11. John Wolley — See among the Masters 1557. Dec. 1. Tho. Palmer of Brasen . Coll. — See also among the Masters in 1556. Feb. 1. Rich. Barnes of Br. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Durham . March … John Rogers of Qu. Coll. — Quaere . Admitted in all this year 52. Bach. of Civ . Law. …Rich . Green of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Chancellour of the Diocess of Glouc. Oct. 30. Tho. Darbyshire of Broadgates hall — He was afterwards Chanc. of Dioc. of London . Rob. Johnson of All 's . Coll. was also , as it seems , admitted this year , but not to be understood to be the same R. Johnson whom I have mention'd in 1551. Mast . of Arts. Jul. 8. Will. Overton of Magd. Coll. 14. Dav. de la Hyde of Me●t . Coll. 15. Hugh Evans of Brasen , Coll. — I take him to be the same Hugh Evans who occurs Dean of St. Asaph , in 1571. Nov. 27. Tho. Wylson — whether he be the same with Tho. Wylson of Brasn . Coll. who was admitted B. of A. in 1546. as I have under that year told , I cannot assure , you . I find one Tho. W●lson Bach of Div. and Preb. of Worcester to have succeeded John Pedder in the Deanery there , in May 1571 ; who dying 10. July 1586 , was buried in a little isle , commonly called the Deans Chappel , joyning to the choi●e of the Cath. Ch. at Worcester , having before married Dorothy Daughter of Rob. Banister Esq . Whether this Tho. Wylson ( whom I cannot find among the number of our Bachelaurs of Div. ) be the same with Tho. Wylson of Brasn . Coll. mention'd under the year 1546 , I cannot yet tell . Admitted 24. ☞ Not one Bach. of Div. was admitted this year . Doct. of Civ . Law. June … Thom. Whyte of New Coll. — This Person who was now Prebendary of Winchester , was elected Warden of his Coll. in the month of Sept. this year , being then a zealous Man for the Rom. Cath. Religion . In Sept. 1557 he succeeded Will. Pye in the Archdeaconry of Berks. and in Aug. 1571 Hen. Parry in the Chancellourship of the Church of Sarum , having before been Preb. of Vlfcomb in that Church . He died 12. June 1588 and was buried in the choir belonging to the Cathedral there . Jun… . John Kennall — He was afterwards Canon of Ch. Ch. Chancellour of Rochester , Archdeacon of Ox●n , in the place of Dr. Wat. Wryght deceased , an . 1561. and Canon residentiary of the Cath. Ch. at Exeter ; where dying in 1591 , Joh. Drewry LL. D. succeeded him in the Archdeaconry of Ox. Jul… . Tho. Stempe of New Coll. about this time Prebendary of Winchester — Afterwards he became the eleventh Warden of W. of Wyk●hams Coll. near Winchester , in the place of Dr. John Boxall . He died 9. Feb. 1581 and was buried in the Chappel belonging to the said College : in whose Epitaph there , 't is said that he was Legum , S. Theologiae Musicesque laude clarissimus . Oct. 30. Nich. Harpesfield of New Coll. ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . or Div. was admitted this year . Incorporations . Will. Mowse or Mosse Dr. of the Civ . Law of Cambridge , was incorporated this year , but the particular time when , I cannot find . — He was of Trin. hall in that Vniversity , was this year the Kings Professor of the Civ . Law in this of Oxon , but whether in his own right , or in that of Dr. Will. Awbrey , is yet to me uncertain ▪ On the first of March 1560 he was installed Prebend of Botevant in the Church of York , being at that time Master of the aforesaid hall , and dying in 1588 , became a considerable benefactor to that house . Andr. Perne D. of D. of Cambridge , was also this year incorporated , but the day or month when , appears not . — He was educated in Peter house , whereof he was Fellow , and Master ; and in 1557 was made the second Dean of Ely in the place of Rob. Styward , who died 22. Sept. the same year . This Dr. Perne who is reported to have been a mutable * Man in his Religion , and of a facetious nature , yet a great Mecaenas of learning , died at Lambeth in Surrey 26. Apr. 1589 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church there ; whereupon John Bell D. of D. succeeded him in his Deanery . You may read many things of this Dr. And. Perne in the book of Acts and Monuments of the Church , &c. under the year 1557. written by John Fax ; wherein you 'll find him a zealous Man for the Cath. cause in the Reign of Qu. Mary . One of both his names who was M. of A. and sometimes Fellow of Katherine hall in Cambridge ( afterwards Minister of Wilby in Northamptonshire ) was a frequent Preacher before the Members of the Long Parliament , that began at Westminster an . 1640 , ran with those times , and published several Sermons . I find another And. Perne LL. D. sometimes an Inhabitant of Westwratting in Cambridgshire , who died in 1680. An. Dom. 1554. An. 1 / 2 Mariae . Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. John Warner Doct. of Phys . and Warden of All 's . Coll. was designed by letters from the Chancellour . Proct. Tho. Coveney of Magd. Coll. Christop . Hargrave of Linc. Coll. Which Proctors taking their places on the nones of April , Maur. Bullock , and Gilb. Mounson of Ch. Ch ( substitute to Mr. Spencer ) receeded . Bach. of Arts. Jul. 4. Will. Barker ( of Magd. Coll. ) — One of both his names translated into English . An exhortation to his kinsman to the study of the Scriptures . Lond. 1557. oct . written by St. Basil the Great . Whether he be the same with the Bach. of Arts , Quaee . Anth. Russh of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . Jul. 11. John Bodye — One of both his names supplicated to be admitted Bach. of the Civil Law , an . 1552 , which I take to be the same with this who was Bach. of Arts , but not the same who was executed at And●ver in Hampshire , an . 1583 for denying the Queens Supremacy over the Church of England . See more in these Fasti , among the Masters of Arts , an . 1575. Jul. 16. Tho. Atkyns — He was elected Bachelaur-Fellow of Mert. Coll. this year , in whose Cat. or Alb. of Fellows , this addition is put to his name , — Fuit procurator generalis regius apud Wallos , & Reginae Elizabethae à consiliis ibidem , & ad audiendum & determinandum malefacta cujuscunque generis justitiarius , &c. He was born in the Dioc. of Worcester , but took no higher Degree in this University . Mar. 13. John Bridgwater ( Aquep●ntanus ) either now of Brasnose Coll. or of Hart hall — He was afterwards a learned Jesuit . Admitted 48. Doct. of Musick . Apr. 21. John Shepheard who had been a Studen● in Musick for the space of 20 years , did then by his Dean supplicate the ven . congregation that he might be licensed to proceed in that faculty , that is to be admitted Doctor of Musick ; but whether he was admitted , or stood in any Act following it appears not in our registers . The words of some of his Church services are made publick in The Divine Services and Anthems usually sung in Cathedrals , &c. Lond. 1663. oct . collected and published by James Clifford , as I have told you under the year 1548. I have seen some of his compositions of six parts in six MS. Books , remaining at this day in the Archives of our publ . Musick School , containing Church Musick or Anthems and certain Songs . Mast . of Arts. But 13 were admitted this year , among whom Will. Allyn or Alan of Oriel Coll. was one , afterwards a Cardinal and Archb. as I have before told you ; and Sextus Quaterman of New Coll. another . In an Act celebrated 16. July , were 19 that stood , of whom the said Allyn was junior , whom we usually call Junior of the Act , who with the Senior , perform exercise in the name of the rest of the Masters . Bach. of Div. Jun. 7. Arthur Cole of Magd. Coll. sometimes Cross-bearer to Cardinal Wolsey , now Fellow of Eaton Coll. and Canon of Windsore was adm . to the reading of the Sentences by Dr. O. Oglethorp Dean of Winds . in a certain Chamber belonging to his Lodgings there , by power and authority given to him for that purpose by Dr. Rich. Smyth Provicechancellour of the University . — This Mr. Cole had his grace granted in order to the taking of that Degree in 1545 , and in 1555 he succeeded the said Dr. Oglethorp in the Presidentship of Magd. Coll. Jul. 5. John Boxall of New Coll. — He was now Archdeacon of Ely , and Warden of the Coll. near Winchester , &c. Besides these two , were but 3 more admitted this year . Doct. of Civil Law. Jul. 13. Tho. Huyck of Mert. Coll. — He died at London 1575 , having a little before been made the first and original Fellow of Jesus Coll. to which he was a Benefactor . Rob. Raynold of New Coll. was licensed to proceed the same day . — He was now Fellow of Wykehams Coll. near to Winchester , Prebendary of Linc. and Chichester , and about 1557 , Master of the Hospital of St. Cross near to Winton . Will. Awbrey of All 's . Coll. was admitted also on the same day . — See before , under the year 1549. A Person he was of exquisite learning and singular prudence and therefore mention'd with honour by Thuanus and others . He was born in Bricknockshire , particularly , as I conceive , at Cantre , wrot divers things , but not printed ; among which are several letters to his Cousin Dr. John Dee concerning the Sovereignty of the Seas , ( some of which I have seen ) and dying 23. Jul. 1595 was buried within the Cath. Church of St. Paul in London . Afterwards there was a Mon. with his bust set over his grave , which , with the Cathedral it self was consumed in that dismal conflagration which hapned in that great City in the beginning of Sept. 1666. Doct. of Physick . May 9. Rich. Master of All 's . Coll. — On the 14. of March 1562 he was installed Prebendary of Fridaythorpe in the Church of York , being about that time Physician of the Chamber to Qu. Elizabeth . His eldest Son George Master setled in the Abbey at Cirencester in Glocestershire , where his posterity yet remaineth . Another Son named Robert was Doctor of the Civ . Law in 1594 , as I shall tell you when I come to that year . Rich. Caldwell or Chaldwall lately of Ch. Ch. but originally of Brasnose Coll. was admitted the same day . Thom. Francis of Ch. Ch. was also admitted the same day — After this Person had taken the Degree of M. of A. he applyed his studies to the Theological faculty , but the encouragement thereof being in these days but little , he transfer'd himself to the School of Physicians , and with the consent and approbation of Dr. Wryght the Vicechancellour , was entred on the Physick line , 4. Aug. 1550. In the year after , I find him supplying the place and office of the Kings Professor of Physick , being , I presume , only Deputy for Dr. John Warner , and on the 9. Mar. 1553 he was admitted Bach. of Phys . In 1561 he succeeded Hugh Hodgson in the Provostship of Qu. Coll. and was afterwards Physician to Qu. Elizabeth and much respected by her . Jul. 14. John Symings or Symmings — In what Coll. or Hall educated , I know not . Sure I am that he was one of the Coll. of Physicians in London , where he was in great practice ; and dying in his house in Little St. Barthelmew in Smithfield . 7. July 1588 , was buried in the Church in the Spittle there . Doct. of Div. Apr. 20. John Harpesfield Jul. 13. Thomas Hardyng of New Coll. Both zealous and stout Champions for the Rom. Cath. cause . Jun. 20. It was then granted to Hen. Cole LL. D. of New Coll. that he might have the Degrees of Bach. and Doctor of Divinity conferr'd upon him , without any disputations or exercise done for the same . Incorporations . Certain Doctors of Div. of the Univ. of Cambridge having been commanded by their Chancellour Dr. Steph. Gardiner Bishop of Winchester to go to Oxford , and there to joyn themselves with other . Doctors and learned Men of that University , to dispute with Archb. Cranmer , Bish . Rydley , and B. Latimer concerning matters of Religion , did accordingly come to Oxom . 13. of Apr. this year , and taking up their quarters at the Cross-inn near to Quatervois , were the next day incorporated . The names of them are these . John Young D. D. Master of Pembroke hall and Vicechancellour . — He was a learned Man , and is stiled by some Writers Joh. Giovanus . John Seton or Seaton D. D. of St. Johns Coll. in Cambridge and Prebendary of Winchester . — He was now famous in that University for the brief and methodical book of Logick which he had composed for the use of junior Scholars . Rich. Atkinson D. D. Provost of Kings Coll. Will. Glynne D. D. Master of Queens Coll. and now or lately Archdeacon of Anglesie . — In 1555 Sept. 8. he was consecrated Bishop of Bangor within the Cath. Ch. of St. Paul in London , and died a little before Qu. Mary . Tho. Watson D. D. Master of St. Johns Coll. and Chaplain to Gardiner B. of Winchester . — In 1553 Nov. 18. he was instituted Dean of Durham by Dr. Tonstall B. thereof , on the deprivation of Rob. Horne , and in Aug. 1557 he was consecrated B. of Linc. From which See being removed by the authority of Parliament in the beginning of Q. Eliz. as being an enemy to reformation , and the Qu. Supremacy over the Church , was committed Prisoner to several places and kept in durance in and near London for about 20 years . At length in the year 1580 , he , and Jo. Fekenham , being sent Prisoners , with others , to Wisbich Castle in Cambridgshire , continued there to the time of his death . He was buried in the Ch. belonging to the Town of Wisbich 27. of Sept. an . 1584. In his younger years he was given much to Poetry and making of Plays and gained great commendations for his Antigone out of Sophocles by the learned Men of his time ; who have farther avowed that as George Buchannans Tragedy called Jepthe have among all Tragedies of that time , been able to abide the touch of Aristotles precepts , and Eu●ipides Examples : So hath also the Tragedy of this Tho. Watson called Absalon which was in a most wonderful manner admired by them , yet he would never suffer it to go abroad , because a in locis paribus , Anapestus is twice or thrice used instead of Jambus . In his elder years , being then of a sour disposition as one b saith , and ●arned in deep Divinity , but surly with an austere gravity , as another c tells us , published several matters of Divinity , among which were Two Sermons of the real Presence , before Qu. Mary , on Rom. 12. 1. &c. Lond. 1554. oct . and Wholsome and Cath. Doctrine concerning the seven Sacraments , &c. Lond. 1558. qu. This Book consists only of Hemilies . Cuthbert Scot D. D. Master of Christs Coll. and Prebendary of York . — He was afterwards Bish . of Chester . Thomas Sedgwyke D. D. the Queens Prof. of Div. in Cambr. Alban Langdale D. D. of S. John's Coll. in Cambr. — In 1556 , he being then Parson of Buxted in Sussex , was made Archdeacon of Lewes on the death of one Dr. Breisley , and about the same time Prebendary of A●pleford in the Church of York . In the beginning of Qu. Eliz. he was deprived of those , and other , Dignities , ( 1 ) Because he had behaved himself zealous in the Reign of Q. Mary , in carrying on the Rom. Catholick Cause against the Protestants . ( 2 ) Because he denied the Queens Supremacy over the Church . He lived afterwards many years a constant Member of the Church of Rome , but when or where he died , I cannot tell . See more of him in Nich. Ridley pag. 78. An. Dom. 1555. An. 2 Mariae . An. 3 Mariae . Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Rich. Smyth D. D. sometimes Fellow of Mert. Coll. now Canon of Ch. Ch. and one of Qu. Maries Chaplains , was admitted to his Office in Apr. this year . Dr. Martiall occurs also Vicechancellour 16 Oct. at what time Rydley and Latimer were burnt in Canditch ; for then , if I mistake not , Dr. Smyth preached to them when they were at the Stake . Proct. Will. Norfolke of Or. Coll. Jam. Gervys of Mert. Coll. elect . 14 Apr. Bach. of Arts. Nov. 14. Rich. Shaghens of Ball. Coll. Jan. 11. Edw. Cradock of C. C. — See among the D. D. an . 1565. Feb. 13. Hen. Bedell of C. C. Coll. — One of both his names was Author of A Sermon exhorting to pity the poor , on Psal . 41. Lond. 1571. oct . and of another , if not more , which I have not yet seen . Whether the same with Hen. Bedell the Bach. of Arts who was born in Oxfordshire , I know not . This year Apr. 26. John Woolton of Brasn . Coll. ( afterwards Bishop of Exeter ) supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Arts ; but whether he was admitted it appears not , or that he determined in the Lent following . Adm. 33. Bach. of Civ . Law. June 26. John Calverley of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Archdeacon of Rochester in the place of John Bridgwater , about 1574 , and dying in 1576 , he was succeeded by Dr. Ralph Pickover of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Besides Calverley , were five admitted , and three or more that supplicated for the same Degree . Bach. of Decrees . Apr. 3. Will. Laly or Lawley of New Inn. — He was afterwards Archbish . of Tuam in Ireland . John Linch of New Inn also , as it seems , was admitted the same day . — He was afterwards Bishop of Elphine in Ireland . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 26. John Rastell of New Coll. — He afterwards gained to himself an eminent name , especially among those of his Profession , for his Writings against Joh. Jewell . Jul. 12. Harbert Westphalyng of Ch. Ch. 26. Pet. Whyte of Or. Coll. — He was afterwards much celebrated by his Scholar Rich. Stanyhurst for his Learning . Adm. 29. Bach. of Phys . Mar. 28. Tho. Coveney of Magd. Coll. — See among the Doctors in 1559. June 17. Tho Godwyn of the same Coll. — He afterwards applied his Studies to Div. and at length became B. of Bathe and Wells . Mar. 13. Giles Wale &c. Eight in all were admitted this year . Bach. of Div. Nov. 14. Joh. de Villa Garcia or Garcina , lately of Lincoln College , now Divinity Reader of that of Magd — He was commonly called Frier John , and by Protestant Writers Johannes Fr●●erculus . See among the D. of D. 1558. He was the only person that was admitted Bach. of Div. this year . Two or more there were that supplicated for the said Degree of whom Will. Cholwell M. A. was one ; who being learned and a zealous man for the R. Cath. Cause , was designed by certain of the Queens Commissioners , on the 8 Cal. May 1554 , to preach concerning various matters which were controverted in Qu. Maries Reign . Doct. of Civ . Law. Feb. 17. Thomas Darbyshire of Broadgates Hall , now Canon of Pauls , Chancellor of the Diocess of London , and Archdeacon of Essex . — In the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth he was deprived of his Spiritualities , whereupon Tho. Cole ( who had been Dean of Salisbury , as 't is * said , in the time of K. Ed. 6. and afterwards an Exile in the time of Qu. Mary ) succeeded him in his Archdeaconry , who kept it to the time of his death , which was in the beginning of the year 1571. After Darbyshire was deprived , he went beyond the Seas , and at length entred himself into the Society of Jesus , and became a noted person among the Rom. Catholicks . He had great skill in the Scriptures , and was profound in Divinity : he catechised also many years publickly at Paris in the Latin Tongue , with great concourse and approbation of the most learned of that City . Whether he wrot any thing I find not as yet , only that he died in a good old Age at Pont à Mousson in Loraine an . 1604. ( 2 Jac. 1. ) While he was Chanc. of London he had much to do in examining Hereticks , as they were then called , that were brought before Bishop Bonner about matters of Faith. Doct. of Physick . Jul. 22. John Howell of All 's . Coll. He was the only person that was admitted or licensed in that Faculty . ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was admitted or licensed to proceed this year . Incorporations . Jul. 1. Thom. Martyn of New Coll. Doctor of the Civ . Law of the University of Bourges in France , was then incorporated in the same Degree . Oct. 1. John Whyte Bishop of Lincoln , D. of D. of another University . Nov. 14. Peter de Sotho D. D. of an University in Spain , was also incorporated , being then a Reader and Instructor in this University to undo the Doctrine which Pet. Martyr had founded there in the time of K. Ed. 6. as I have told you among the Writers . under the year 1563. pag. 109. Jan… . John Thirlbye Bish . of Ely , and Doct. of the Civ . and Can. Law of Cambridge , was incorp . in that month . — He had been sometimes Fellow of Trinity Hall in that University . Whereas 't is affirmed by some that Barthelm . Carranza of Miranda , a Spanish Fryer of the Order of S. Dominick , ( afterwards Archbishop of Toledo ) was a Reader about this time in Oxon , and supposed to be incorporated also with Pet. de Soth● , I can find no such matter in the publick Register of this time , or elsewhere , tho there is no doubt but that he was in Oxon for some time , and abode there as a Stranger . An. Dom. 1556. An. 3 Mariae . An. 4 Mariae . Chanc. the same , viz. Sir John Mason Kt. but he resigning by his Letters read in Convocation 26. Oct. the most noble Reynold Pole sometimes of Magd. Coll. now Cardinal of S. Mary in Cosmedin , or in Schola Graeca , in Rome , Legat a Latere in this Kingdom , and soon after Archbishop of Canterbury , was elected into his place on the same day . Commiss . Dr. Will. Tresham ; who continuing in his Office till Nov. Tho. Raynolds D. of D. Warden of Mert. Coll. and Dean of Exeter , was then designed Commissary or Vicechancellour , by the Chancellours Letters dated the sixth of the said month , during only his pleasure ; by vertue of which he took his place , and had for his Deputy Dr. Rich. Martiall Dean of Ch. Ch. Proct. Hen. Wotton of Ch. Ch. Tho. Davye or Davys of New. Coll. elect . 15 Apr. But Hen. Wotton being chose Greek Reader , and Fellow of C. C. Coll. 14 of Aug. ( the Fellows of which Coll. are disenabled by their Statutes from taking upon them the Procuratorial Office ) Will. Allyn or Alan M. of A. of two years standing and Fellow of Oriel Coll. was elected into his place the same day , and served out the remaining part of the year . Bach. of Arts. June 5. Rob. Poyntz of New Coll. — He was afterwards a zealous Writer for the Rom. Cath. Cause . Jul. 6. Rob. Vauce of Brasn . Coll. — Whether he be the same with Rob. Vaulx who translated into English Andr. Hiperius his Two common places , in the first of which he sheweth The force that the Sun and Moon have over men , and in the second Whether the Dev●● have been the shewers of magical Arts , &c. Lond. 1581. oct . I know not . Quaere . One Rob. Vaux was Bach. of Div. of Exeter Coll. 1594. Pet. Levens of Magd. Coll. was adm . the same day . — He was afterwards an eminent Physitian . Dec. 2. Tho. Stapleton of New Coll. — A flout Champion in defence of the Rom. Cath. Cause . Feb. 23. Christop . Johnson Joh. Fower . of New Coll. Both afterwards Writers , the first in Phys . the other in Divinity . John Hannington of New Coll. was adm . the same day . — This person who was born at Tadley in Hampshire , and John Plankeney a Native of Forsthill alias Foresthill near to , and in the County of Oxon , ( who became perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1560 ) were both learned , of good natural parts , and very hopeful young men , one in Philosophy and the other in the Civ . Law. But because they were zealous Papists , or as John Fox saith , blinded with Papistry , the just Judgment of God therefore , * as he adds , fell upon them , that is to say , that Hannington , who had been Pupil to John Martiall ( who wrot of the Cross ) was drown'd in a Well about Rome , or as some say , about Padua ; and Plankeney drowned himself about Rewley near Oxon , an . 1566. ( he should have said 1565. ) and both were taken up with Crucifixes about their necks . Admitted in all 49. Bach. of Civ . Law. Jul. 8. John Martiall of New Coll. — Afterwards he became noted for his Writings against Dr. Jam. Calfill . Besides him , were five admitted this year , of whom Rich. Edmunds and Geo. Catagree of the same House were two , and Arth. Dak●ns another . Bach. of Decrees . Aug. 12. Daniel Raine . — So is he written in his Admission ; but in his Supplication for that Degree , Dona●dus Ryane , being then , as I suppose , a Member of New Inn. See more in the year 1533. He was the only person that was admitted Bach. of Decrees this year . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 20. John Bridgwater , ( Aquepontanus ) of Brasn . Coll. 27. Walt. Baylie of New Coll. Jul. 6. John Rogers of Queens Coll. Quaere . Dec. 17. The Palmer of Brasn . Coll. — He was this , or the year following , made one of the primary Scholars of S. Johns Coll. and at length Principal of Glocester Hall. He was an excellent Orator , and the best of his time for a Ciceronian Stile . He collected several matters from Cicero , which coming to the view of the learned Camden , he judged them very fit to be printed . This Th. Palmer , after he had left his Principality , had a considerable Estate given to him in Essex ; but he being a zealous Rom. Catholick , suffered much in his Person and Estate for Religion sake , and therefore numbred by those of his Profession among the Confessors for the Cause in the time of Qu. Elizabeth . Dec. 17. Rich. Mulcaster of Ch. Ch. March 10. Rich. Barnes of Bras . Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Durham . Admitted 27. Bach. of Physick . This year Tho. Cooper M. A. and Master of the Free-School joyning to Magd. Coll. great Gate , did supplicate the ven . Congregation , that whereas he had studied Philosophy 12 years , and Physick five , he might be admitted to the reading of any Book of the Aphorismes of Hypocrates . Which being , as it seems , granted in Oct , did practise Physick in Qu. Maries Reign . But when Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown . he returned to his Divinity , and at length became Bishop of Winchester . Bach. of Div. July 23. Tho. Neale of New Coll. 29. Laurence Vaus , Vaux or Vaulx , sometimes of C. C. Coll. now Warden of the Coll. at Manchester . Six Masters of Arts did supplicate this year to be admitted to the same Degree , but were not : Among them Edmund Daniel lately Fellow of Merton Coll. was one , who was now Prebendary of Worcester and Dean of Hereford ; in the first of which he succeeded Gilb. Bourne , and in the other Dr. Hugh Coren or Curwyn . In 1559 he was depriv'd of the said Dignities ; whereupon his Prebendship was bestowed on Rob. Avise M. A. and his Deanery on Joh. Ellis , as it seems , who in Nov. 1570 became Preb. of Worcester . Another who supplicated for that Degree was Nich. Smyth of New Coll. now Fellow of Wykeham's Coll. near Winton , and afterwards Fellow of that at Eaton near Windsore . Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul. 8. Reb. Westen of All 's . Coll. — He had formerly been Principal of Broadgates Hall , and Deputy Professor of the Civ . Law ( while he was Bach. of that Faculty ) for Dr. John Storie , but now Dean of the Arches , and Chancellour of Exeter . Afterwards he became ( as it seems ) Dean of Wells , and at length one of the Lords Justices of Ireland ; and for six years Lord Chancellour of that Realm . He was so learned judicious , and upright in the Court of Judicature all the time that he was Lord Chancellour ( I speak this from his Epitaph ) that no Order or Decree that he made , was ever questioned or reversed . He paid his last debt to Nature 20 May 1573 , and was buried in S. Patricks Church at Dublin . Over his Grave is a noble Monument yet remaining . This Dr. Weston was the only Doctor of his Fac. that was licensed to proceed this year , at which time was such a scarcity of Doctors of the Civil Law in the University , that there was a dispensation pass'd the House , that Tho. Darbyshire an Inceptor in that Faculty , might undergo the place of Doctor in the Depositions of the said Dr. Weston . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick or Div. was admitted , or licensed to proceed this year ; Will. Wryght Bac. of Div. and Master of Ball. Coll. did supplicate to proceed , but was denied . Incorporations . June 5. Rich. Mulcaster B. of A. of Cambridge . — Soon after he took the Degree of Master , as I have before told you , and at length became a noted Writer of his time . Jul. 21. Nicholas Ormanet Doctor of the Civ . Law of Padua , now one of the prime Visitors appointed by Cardinal Pole Legate à latere , to visit this University , was then incorporated . — John Fox in his Book of Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. under the year 1557 , tells us , that he was the Pope's Datary , but false ; for at this time I find him thus written , Nich. Ormanettus Patavinus Archipresbyter plebis Bodolesini Viennensis dioc . He had been recommended to the Service of the said Cardinal by Pope Julius 3. who had an especial esteem for him ; and being a Visitor , and an haughty person , as the Protestants esteem'd him , he thought it not fit to be presented , and stand bare before the Commissary or Vicechanc . for Incorporation ; and therefore it was agreed upon by the Members of the House , that he should be diplomated ; by vertue of which he was also made Doctor of the Canon Law. By some of the reformed Party now ( 1556 ) remaining in the University , he was esteemed a supercilious man , and intolerably arrogant , but by the Rom. Cath. severe , pious , and prudent . He afterwards sate in the Council at Trent , was made Bish . of Padua by Pope Pius 5. an . 1570 , in which See sitting 7 years , died full of praise , and in a good old Age. Nov. 12. Arthur Yeldard M. A. of Cambr. — He was afterwards made the second President of Trin. Coll. Creations . May… John Fekenham sometimes of Glocester Coll. now either Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral , or Abbat of Westminster , had the Degree of Doct. of Div. confer'd on him , without any Exercise performed for the same . — At the same time , he being absent , it was granted by the venerable Regents and Non-Regents , that either Dr. Will. Cheadsey , Dr. John Harpesfield . or Dr. Rich. Smyth , might carry to , and give , him the Ensigns or Badges of his Doctorship . An. Dom. 1557. An. 4 Mariae . An. 5 Mariae . Chanc. Card. Reynold Pole Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. or Commiss . Dr. Tho. Raynolds before mention'd , who holding his Office till about 16 Decemb. Tho. Whyte LL. D. and Warden of New Coll. succeeded by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , dated 10 of the same month ; which Office he was to keep no longer than it pleased the Chancellour . Proct. Fran. Babyngton of All 's . Coll. Will. Allyn again elected 18 Apr. Of the senior Proctor I shall speak among the Doct. of Div. an . 1559 ; of the other I have spoken already among the Writers . Bach. of Arts. Oct. 30. Will. Pomerell of New Coll. — He was afterwards numbred by his Countrymen of Ireland among the learned men of that Country . See more of him in Rich. White among the Writers , under the year 1612. pag. 324. Dec. 14. Tho. Gressop of All 's . Coll. — See among the Masters under the year 1561. John Neale of Exeter Coll. was adm . the same day . — He was elected Rector of his Coll. while he was Bach. of Arts , an . 1560 , such then was the scarcity of Masters in that , and other , Houses . Admit . 31. Mast . of Arts. July 1. Rob. Newton of Exeter Coll. — He was elected Rector of the said house on 17 Oct. following , and afterwards became the second perpetual Rector . John Wolley of Mert. Coll. was admitted the same day . — This person , who was a Shropshire man born , was elected probat . Fell. of that House in 1553 , and about the time of his proceeding in Arts , studied the Civ . and Can. Law , but took no Degree in either in this University . In Nov. or Dec. this year , he travelled beyond the Seas , where he improved himself much as to Learning , knowledge of Men and Manners . After the death of Roger Ascham , which hapned in 1568 , he became Latin Secretary to the Queen ; and in 1569 he was made Prebendary of Compton-Dundo in the Church of Wells . In 1578 he was made Dean of Carlisle ( tho a Layman ) on the death of Sir Thomas Smyth , and in 1589 Chancellour of the most noble Order of the Garter . In 1592 he was made a Knight , and about the same time one of the Privy Council to her Majesty , being then a person most eminently perspicuous for his Learning , Piety , Integrity , Goodness , and Gravity . He died at Pyrford in Survey ( where he had an Estate ) in the latter end of Feb. or beginning of March. an . 1591 , whereupon his Body was buried in the middle of the Chancel behind the high Altar of S. Pauls Cathedral . Over his Grave was , soon after , laid a flat stone with an Inscription thereon , under which also Sir Franc. Wolloy his Son and Heir , sometimes of Merton Coll. also , was buried an . 1611 , as also Elizabeth Widow of Sir John. All whose bodies were removed in 1614 , and buried between S. George's Chappel and that of our Lady , within the Precincts of the said Cathedral , and had a very goodly Tombe with a large Inscription on it , erected over them ; which was , with the Cathedral it self , consum'd in the dreadful Fire that hapned in London in the beginning of Sept. an . 1666. Admitted 18. Bach. of Div. Only one was admitted this year . viz. Hen. Henshaw alias Heronshaw of Magd. Coll. Dec. 3. — In the next year he was elected Rector of Linc. Coll. There were also but two that supplicated for the said Degree , one of which was named Will. Ely of Brasn . Coll. who was made the second President of that of S. John , by the Founder thereof , an . 1559. In 1563 or thereabouts , he was removed from that place for maintaining the Pope's Authority , and not the Queens , over the Church of England : whereupon leaving Oxon , lived many years obscurely , having , if I mistake not , entred into some religious Order beyond the Seas . Afterwards being seized upon for a Seminary , he was committed to the common Prison at Hereford , where remaining , several years , died an aged man an . 1609. being then accounted by those of his perswasion , a most holy Confessour . What I have farther to observe of him is this , that when Archb. Cranmer was brought to the Stake to be burnt at Oxon. he took leave of some of his Friends standing by , and seeing this Will. Ely among them , went to stake him by the hand , but he drawing back , said , It was not lawful to salute Hereticks and especially such an one that had falsly returned unto his Opinions that he had forsworn , &c. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law , Physick , or Divinity , was admitted this year . An. Dom. 1558. An. 5 Mariae . An. 6 Mariae . An. 1 Elizab. Chanc the said Cardinal Pole ; but he dying on the 18 of Nov. Dr. Will. Treshan became Cancellarius natus , continuing in that Office till 24 Jan. following , at which time Hen. Fitzalen Earl of Arundel , High Steward of the University , was chosen by the Suffrages of all the Electors , and on the 6 of Feb. a Codicil of his Election was sealed and sent to him . Commiss . the same , who was lately Canc. natus , viz. Dr. Will. Tresham , designed to that Office by Letters from the new Chancellour , dat . 24 Febr. to continue therein till the Feast of S. Michael following . Proct. Alan Cope of Magd. Coll. Walt. Baylie of New Coll. elected 20 Apr. Gramm . Jul. S. John Bedo an eminent Grammarian , who had publickly instructed Youths in Grammar for four years in this University , was admitted to inform and instruct in that Faculty . Bach. of Arts. Nov. 18. Tho Brasbridge of All 's . Coll. Dec. 12. John Merick of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man Besides these two , were about 63 more admitted , but none of them can I yet find , that were afterwards Bishops , Writers , or eminent Dignitaries in the Church . Bach. of Civ . Law. July 9. Tho. Dorman Rob. Lougber of All 's . Coll. Of the last see in the year 1564. Feb. 21. Owen Lewes , or Lewes Owen of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Cassana in Italy . Dev. de la Hyde of Merton , and Alan Cope of Magd. Coll. who had studied the Civ . Law five years , supplicated to be admitted , but were not . Admitted 14. Mast . of Arts. Jun. 10. Jasp . Heywood lately of Merton Coll. afterwards a Jesuit . 20. Anth. Rush of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards a Writer and a Dean . Dec. 5. Leonard Stopes of S. John's Coll. — In the year following he either left his Fellowship of the said Coll. or else was ejected ; and going beyond the Seas , was made a Priest , much about the same time that Ralph Windon another ejected Fellows of that House was made a Priest also . Afterwards they both came into England , were taken and committed to custody in Wisbich Castle in Cambridgeshire , where they endured a tedious Imprisonment , and therefore accounted by those of their perswasion , Confessors . Contemporary with them , was one Thom. Bramston alias Brimston a young Fellow of the same Coll. who with leave from the Founder thereof , lived with John E●kenham Abbat of Westminster ; but upon the alteration of Religion which was made soon after , he went beyond the Seas , and was made a Rom. Cath. Priest . Afterwards he returned into England , was taken and committed to custody in Wisbich Castle , where we find him 1595. Afterwards being set at liberty , lived beyond the Seas , to about the year 1608. Admitted 39. Bach. of Phys . Feb. 6. Tho. Phaer . — See among the Doct. of this Fac. following , 21. Walt. Baylie of New Coll. They were both learned Physitians , and were also admitted then to practise . Admitted 6. Bach. of Div. Jul. 5. John Piers of Magd. Coll. 9. Franc. Babington of All 's . Coll. — See among the Doct. of Div. an . 1559. But two more , besides the said two , were admitted , and three there were that supplicated ; one of whom was called Frat. Anton Reschius or Raschius , who for the space of twelve years had studied Divinity in Paris and Oxford . His Grace was granted simplicity in July , but whether he was ever admitted it appears not . He was one of the Fryers that was appointed by publick . Authority to undo the Doctrine that P. Martyr and others had setled in the University in the time of K. Ed. 6. and is the same if I mistake not , whom John Fox . in his book of Acts and M●n . of the Church , doth call Fryer Richard in his Discourse of the burning of Archb. Cranmer at Oxon. Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul 8. Thom. Powell . — On the second day of 〈…〉 he was admitted Archd. of Worcester in the place of 〈…〉 , and resigning in 1579 , was succeeded by 〈…〉 Thom. Keymis or Keymish was admitted the time day . Doct. of Phys . Mar. 10. Thom. Phaer — The same who took the Degr. of Bach. of Phys . on the 6 of Feb. going before . For the same degree also , did supplicate Rich. Slythurst M. A. and Bach. of Physick , but was not admitted , or licensed to proceed . Doct. of Div. Jul. 6. Fr. Joh. de Villa Garcia or Garcina the Kings publick Professor of Div. in this University . — This person who was now very forward in promoting the Rom. Cath. Cause in this University , ( being authorized by publick Authority ) was born at a Town in Spain called Garcia or Garcevile , and being from his Childship much addicted to Letters , he was while a Boy , received among , and instructed by , the Dominicans or Black Fryers in his own Country ; so that in a short time profiting much under them in several sorts of Learning , especially in Divinity , he took the Degree of Bach. of that Faculty in the University of Valladolid , he being then a Member of S. Gregories Coll. there . Afterwards upon the performance of certain Exercise for the said Degree in this University , had it confer'd upon him , as I have told you , under the year 1555 ; and this year being licensed to proceed , stood in an Act celebrated in S. Maries Church on the 11 of July . This is the person , who with Hen. Syddal Canon of Ch. Ch. a very inconstant man in his Religion , took great pains in perswading Archb. Cranmer to recant his Opinions , when he was condemn'd to be burnt at Oxon , and the same who hath this character given of him by one living in his time in this University . — Pr●elegit autem nostra memoria Frater Johannis Hispanus scientissimus , cum 27 non excesserat annos ; Platonis autem disciplinacum cyclopedian absolvisset : tum apud Philosophos Oxonienses Platonicam & Aris telicam . mysticam & sacram professus est . &c. Whether he hath published any Books I cannot tell . Sure I am , that after Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown he returned to the Country from whence he came , leaving then behind him the character of a most subtile Philosopher and Theologist . This Fryer was the only person that was admitted D. of D. this year ; and but 3 there were that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom were Baldwyn Norton Bath . of Div. and Divinity Reader of Magd. Coll who the next year became Prebendary of Langtoft in the Ch. of York . Creations . Jul. 8. John Boxall Bach. of Div. of New Coll. now Secretary of State to Qu. Mary , Dean of Windsore , &c. was , tho absent , actually created Doct. of Div. by a Certificate , or as we now call it a Diploma , sent to him under the Seal of the University . An. Dom. 1559. An. 1 Elizab. An. 2 Elizab. Chanc. Hen. Fitzalan Earl of Arundel , who resigning his Office 12 June this year , Sir John Mason one of the Queens Privy Council , was elected Chancellour again , 20 of the same month ; in which Vacancy Dr. Tresham was Canc. natus . Commiss . Dr. Will. Tresham , in one years space twice Cancellarius natus , who continuing in his Office till Michaelmas , Dr. John Warner of All 's . Coll. succeeded , as it seems , by Election , mention being made of his Resignation . Proct. John Daye of Magd. Coll. Edw. Bramborow of New Coll. elected 5 Apr. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 17. Tho Owen either of Ch. Ch. or Broadgates Hall. Rich. Bristow was admitted the same day . May 8. Leonard Fitzsimons of Trin Coll. 30. Rich. Whyte of New Coll. — The same who afterwards wrot himself in the Titles of his books Ricard . Vitus Basingtochius . Jun. 5. Lawr. Tomson Nov. 27 ! Tho. Kingsmill of Magd. Coll. Feb. 19. Will. Sheperey of C. C. Coll. — The same who afterwards wrot himself in the Title of a learned book which he published Guliel Scepraeus . Adm. 50. Mast . of Arts. Dec. 14. Joh. Watkyns of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Proctor of the University and Dean of Hereford . See among the Bach. of Div. 1569. Feb. 16. Pet. Morwyn or Morwyng of Magd. Coll. In the said month of Feb. did supplicate for the said Degree Pet. Levens of the same Coll. but whether admitted it appears not : however in his Book intit . The path way to health , he writes himself M. of A. of Oxon. Adm. 18. ☞ This year was but one Bach. of Law admitted , and but three that supplicated . As for Physick not one was adm . Bach. or supplicated in that Faculty . Bach. of Div. Dec. 18. Will. Bocher or Butcher President of C. C. C. — He was the only Bach. of that Fac. who was admitted this year . Soon after he left his Presidentship , being in animo Catholicus , and retiring to his small Cure at Dounsbourne Militis near Cirencester in Glocestershire , lived there obscurely many years . At length giving way to fate , was buried in the Church there on the first of Nov. 1585. ☞ Not one Doct. of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . Nov. 27. Thomas Coveney President of Magd. Coll. — He was deprived of his Presidentship by the Bishop of Winchester in his Visitation of that Coll. 25 Sept. 1561 , either for being not in sacred Orders , or for that he was a R. Cath. and refused the Oath of Supremacy . Howsoever it is , sure I am that he was admitted Prebendary of Lyme and Halstock in the Church of Salisb. in Jul. 1563. For the said Degree supplicated Job . Dotyn of Exeter Coll. whom I have mention'd under the year 1534 , and James Good M. A. and Bach. of Phys . whom I shall mention in the next year . Doct. of Div. Dec. 9. Francis Babyngton Master of Ball. Coll. — This person who was originally of All 's . Coll. did proceed M. of A. in an Act celebrated 16 Jul. 1554 , was elected one of the Proctors of the University 18 Apr. 1557 , admitted Bach. of Div. in July 1558 , Master of Ball. Coll. 5 Sept. 1559. D. of D. 9 Dec. this year , as before 't is told you , Commissary or Vicechanc. of the University 21 May , Rector of Linc. Coll. in August , and Margaret Professour about the latter end of , 1560. Which sudden and quick Promotions are not to be attributed to the deserts of the Person , but to the emptiness of the University at this time , to the want of Theologists to perform Offices , and that any one , in a manner , proceeded as he or they pleased . An. Dom. 1560. An. 2 Elizab. An. 3 Elizab. Chanc. Sir John Mason , Knight . Commiss . Franc. Babyngton D. D. designed by the Chancellours Letters dated 21 May , Dr. Warner having then , or before , resigned . Proct. Rob. Leech of Ch. Ch. Tho. Scot of Trin. Coll. elected 24 April . Bach. of Arts. Jul. 23. Edm. Bunney of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards eminent for the Books which he published . Nov. 28. Edm. Campian Greg. Martin of S. John's Coll. Both afterwards stout Champions for the Rom. Cath. Cause . Jan. 27. Edm. Raynolds of C. C. Coll. — See more among the Masters of Arts 1564. Adm. in all 47. Bach. of Civ . Law. Eight this year were admitted , of whom Thom. Tookey of All 's . Coll. was one , afterwards Canon of the Cath. Ch. at Carlile . Two or more of the others were also Dignitaries . Mast . of Arts. May 27. Rob. Pointz . John Fowler of New Coll. 28. Rich. Shaghens of Ball. Coll. June 26. John Pratt of Brasn . Coll. now Archdeacon of S. Davids and a Compounder for his Degr. Admitted 19. Bach. of Div. Mar. 27. Will. Stock of S. John's Coll. — This person , who was a Herefordshire man born , was originally of Brasn . Coll. from whence , for his great proficiency in Learning , he was taken by Sir Tho. Whyte and made one of his first Fellows of S. John's Coll. After he had been admitted Bach. of Div. he was made by the said Sir Thomas the first Principal of Glocester Hall , and in 1563 the third President of the said Coll. which place he resigning in the year after , was made Principal of the said Hall again ; where continuing about ten years , left it of his own accord : and after the conferring on him several Benefices ( if not a Dignity or two ) which he changed for others , ( such was the rambling of his mind ) died notwithstanding in a mean condition , ( yet always in animo Catholicus ) about 1607. One Will. Stocker was Proctor of the University in 1566 , but he was Fellow of All 's . Coll. Jul. 15. Thom. Langlie Bach. of Arts of Cambridge , and Canon or Prebendary of Winchester , was then admitted . — He never took the degr . of M. of A. Five there were that supplicated for the said degr . but were not admitted , among whom Tho. Sampson was one , soon after Dean of Ch. Ch. Doct. of Civ . Law. May 26. James Jervys or Jervays Warden of Merton Coll. lately Principal of Broadgates Hall. For the said Degr. did supplicate Franc. Alford M. of A. of Ch. Ch. but was not this , or in any other , year following admitted . He had been Bach. of Arts of Cambridge . Doct. of Phys . June 26. James Good of New Coll. now one of the Fellows of the Coll. of Physitians at London . Simon Ludford who had been adm . Bach of Phys . of this Univ. in 1553 , and afterwards permitted by the said Coll. of Physitians to practise Physick in London , was licensed to proceed the same day . ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was adm . this year . Incorporations . Jul. 30. Will. Masters M. of A. and Fellow of Kings Coll in Cambridge . — He was afterwards the eloquent Orator of that University , in which Office he had occasion to speak several Speeches , one of which utter'd before Qu. Elizabeth in 1564 , I have seen , which shews him to have been a man of parts . One Will. Master LL. D. principal Official of the Consistory Court belonging to the Bishop of Norwich , died 2 Febr. 1589 , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Norwych . Whether he be the same with the Orator I know nor . On the same day were incorporated also Geo. Alsop , Joh. Lakyn , Edw. Barret , Nich. Abithell , George Blythe , and Ralph Lever , Masters of Arts of the sald University ; also one Elder another Master , but whether he be the same with Tho. Elder who was elected Scholar of C. C. Coll. in this University an . 1542. or Joh. Elder who published The copie of a letter sent into Scotland of the arrival , and landing , and marriage of the most noble Prince Philip Prince of Spain to the most excellent Princess Mary Qu. of England , solemnisated in the City of Winchester , &c. dated 1 Jan. 1555 , and printed about that time in oct . I know not . Quaere . Oct. 14. The venerable Mr. Rich. Rede M. of A. of Cambridge , was then incorporated , conditionally that he read his Ordinaries , or pay to the University ten shillings . An. Dom. 1561. An. 3 Eliz. An. 4 Eliz. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. Babyngton now Rector of Linc. Coll. Proct. Oliver Wythyngton of Brasn . Coll. Humph. Hall of All 's . Coll. elect . 16 Apr. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 24. Will. Wood. — One of both his names wrot A form of catechising , consisting in Questions and Answers , with observations thereon , &c. Lond. 1581. oct . Whether the same , I cannot tell , See another Will. Wood in 1578. Jul. 18. Dan. Rogers . — In the next month he took the Degree of M. A. Dec. 15. Will. Lambard . — He is not the same who wrot The perambulation of Kent , &c. an . 1570 , which note . Jan. 24. Nich. Smyth Archdeacon of Salop. — I have mention'd another Nich. Smyth among the Bach. of Div. an . 1556. Admitted 40. Mast . of Art. Aug. 1. Dan. Rogers before mention'd — He was afterwards a most accomplished Gent. as I have told you among the Writers . Jan. 14. Tho. Gressop of All 's . Coll. — He translated into English , A treatise containing a declaration of the Popes usurped Primacy . Lond. 1560. oct . written in Greek above 700 years since by Nilus Archb. of Thessalonia . What other things he hath translated or written I cannot tell . 23. John Potts of Mert. Coll. — He was according to the Records of that House Insignis philosophus & medicus satis peritus . Christop . Johnson of New Coll. was admitted the same day . 24. Nich. Smyth Archd. of Salop — He accumulated his Degrees and compounded . Adm. 19. Bach. of Div. Nov. 11. Will. Alley Bishop of Exeter . Dec. 12. Jam. Calfill John Hyll Harb . Westphaling of Ch. Ch. The said John Hyll became Canon of Westminster in the place of Alex. Nowell resigning , an . 1561 or thereabouts , and was dignified elsewhere in the Church . Besides the said four Persons , were but two more admitted this year . ☞ Not one Doct. of Law or Physick was admitted or licensed to proceed . Doct. of Div. Nov. 11. Will. Alley Bishop of Exeter beforemention'd , who accumulated the Degrees in Div. One Hugh Sewell Bach. of Div. and Canon of Carlile did supplicate the ven . Congregation for that Degree , but I cannot find him admitted . An. Dom. 1562. An. 4 Elizab. An. 5 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same , viz. Dr. Babyngton , now the Lady Margarets Professor , the statutes of which lecture , tho they allow not the Professor to bear the Office of Commissary or Vicechanc. yet the members of the University were forced now to dispense with them , because there were few or none capable of that lecture at this time , occasion'd by the fewness of Theologists , and emptiness of houses of learning in the University . Dr. Babyngton gave up his Commissaryship in the beginning of Michaelmas term , and Thom. Whyte LL. D. Warden of New Coll. succeeded . Proct. Rog. Marbeck or Merbeck of Ch. Ch. Rog. Gifford of Mert. Coll. elect . 8. Apr. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 8. Tho. Marshall of Linc. Coll. — He was afterwards a learned Jesuit . See among the Writers in Will. Harrys , an . 1602. p. 274. Jun. 25. Miles Windsore of C. C. C. Oct. 22. John Argall Will. James of Ch. Ch. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of Durham . 29. Rob. Napier of Exet. Coll. — He was afterwards chief Baron of the Exchecquer in Ireland and a Knight . Jan. 14. Tho. Cogan Rob. Garvey of Or. Coll. Feb. 13. Rich. Forster of All 's . Coll. 20. Nich. Quemmerford a learned Irish Man. Admitted 51. Bach. of Civ . Law. Nov. 14. Will. Bleythyn — He was afterwards Bishop of Landaff . Philip Jones was adm . the same day — See among the Bach. of Arts in 1582. Eight in all were admitted , and six supplicated . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 26. Rich. Bristow of ( Ch. Ch. ) now in great renown for his Oratory . John Merrick of New Coll. was admitted the same day — He was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man , as I have before told you . Admitted 31. Bach. of Physick . But two were admitted , of whom Hen. Wotton of Ch. Ch. was one , afterwards an eminent Physician , and five that supplicated for the said Degree , the first of which was Madern Wisebecke a French Man , who had studied Physick 20 years . Bach. of Div. June 10. Lawrence Humphrey President of Magd. Coll. and the Queens Professor of Divinity . Not one besides him was admitted , yet four there were that supplicated for the said Degree ; among whom Will. Downham Bishop of Chester was one , but not admitted , and Oswald Emerson another . Doct. of Civil Law. Jul. 7. John Griffyth of Allsouls Coll. Principal of New Inn and the Queens Professor of Civil Law. — Which last office he enjoyed four years while he was Bach. of that faculty . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 10. Lawrence Humphrey beforemention'd . — He had a month before been admitted Bach. of this faculty , and two years before that time , the Queens publick Professor of Divinity in this University , he being then only Master of Arts. For the said Degree supplicated Rich. Bruerne lately the Queens Hebrew Professor , and Will. Downham beforementioned , but they were not admitted . An. Dom. 1563. An. 5 Eliz. An. 6 Eliz. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. Tho. Whyte . Proct. Tho. Walley of Ch. Ch. Rog. Gifford of Mert. Coll. again . elect . 21. Apr. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 22. Joh. Garbrand of New Coll. May 13. Tho. Allen or Alan George Blackwell of Trin. Coll. Jun. 17. Will. Raynolds of New Coll. Jul. 26. Thom. Bodley of Mert. Coll. Feb. 11. Tob. Mathews of Ch. Ch. Mar. 24. George Coryat of New Coll. Admitted 55. Bach. of Civ . Law. Mar. 27. Andrew Kingsmyll of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards a Calvinistical Writer . May 21. Rich. Madox — See among the M. of A. 1575. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 26. John Hancock of Mert. Coll. — He was now esteemed by the Academians to be a Person of an acute judgment in Philosophy , an excellent Grecian and Hebrician . Afterwards he was a godly and sincere Preacher of the word of God. May 4. Leonard Fitzsimons of Trin. Coll. a learned Irish Man. 8. Oliver Whiddon of Exeter Coll. — He succeeded Rich. Bristow in his Fellowship of that house , an . 1573 , he being then , or soon , after Archdeacon of Totness in Devonshire . Will. Apsland of All 's . Coll. was adm . this year , but the time when , appears not — He was afterwards one of the Chaplains to Qu. Elizabeth , and Master of the Hospital * called the Savoy in the Strand near London . Admitted 30. Bach. of Phys . Jun. 23. Rog. Gifford of Mert. Coll. now one of the Proctors of the University — See among the Doctors of Phys . 1566. For the said Degree supplicated Hierom. Raynolds M. A. now , or lately , one of the learned Fellows of C. C. C. — I have made mention of this Person elsewhere . Bach. of Div. Only two were admitted , of whom Arth. Yeldard President of Trin. Coll. was one , and three that supplicated , who were never admitted . Their names are John Sherbourne , Will. Chamberlayne . and Tho. Pyrrye , all Masters of Arts. ☞ Not one Doct. of Law was admitted , or licensed to proceed . Doct. of Physick . May…Henry Baylie 21. Walt. Baylie of New Coll. The last was now the Queens publick Professor of Medicine in this University . ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was adm . Incorporations . This year in July , as it seems , was a supplicate made for one W. Butler of Cambridge to be incorporated , but in what Degree , whether in that of M. of Arts , or Bac. of Physick , I know not . I take him to be the same Will. Butler , who , tho not Doctor of Physick , was the most eminent Physician of his time , and as much resorted to for his great knowledge in Physick , as any Person that lived before him , and had been more , did he not delight to please himself with fantastical humours . He died on the 29. of Janua● . in the year 1617 and in that of his age 83 , and was buried on the South side of the Chancel of St. Maries Church in Cambridge . Over his grave was soon after erected a comely Monument in the wall with his bust to the middle , and an inscription underneath , part of which runs thus . Gulielmus Butlerus Clarensis Aulae quondam socius , medicorum omnium quos pr●esens aetas vidit facile princeps , hoc sub marmore secundum Christi adventum expectat , & monumentum hoc privata pietas statuit , quod deburt publica . Abiviator , & ad tuos reversus , narra te vidisse locum in quo salus jacct . Creations . Mar. 29. Austin Brodbridge sometimes Fellow of New Coll. was then actually created Master of Arts at London by Will. Brodbridge , ( afterwards B. of Exeter ) by virtue of a Commission under the Seal of the University , directed to Hugh Turnbull D. D. Thomas Stempe , Rob. Raynold Doctors of the Laws , Will Brodbrige before-mention'd , and Will. Langford Masters of Arts , to be done by any one of them . This Austin Brodbridge , who had been an Exile at Strasburgh in the Reign of Qu. Mary , was now beneficed in the Church , and afterwards became Prebendary of Ferdington and Writhlington in the Church of Sarum , by the death of one Rich. Basing 1566. This Person , tho he had been before this creation but Bach. of Arts , yet by his Dean he supplicated first to be Bachelaur of Divinity , and afterwards to be Doctor . An. Dom. 1564. An. 6 / 7 Elizab. Chanc. the same , viz. Sir John Mason Knight , but he resigning by his Letters dat . 26. Dec. Rob. Dudley Earl of Leycester , Baron of Denbigh , Master of the horse , Knight of the most noble order of the Garter , and of St. Michael , one of the Queens Privy Council , and Master of Arts , as 't is said , of this University , was elected Chancellour on the last day of the same month . Commiss . Dr. Tho. Whyte ; whose office ending with the Chancellourship of Sir Jo. Mason , John Kennall LL. D. and Canon of Ch. Ch. was chosen by Suffrages in a scrutiny on the last of Decemb. Proct. Rog. Marbeck of Ch. Ch. again . Joh. Watkins of All 's . Coll. elect . 12. Apr. The senior of which Proctors was this year elected Orator of the University , being the first of all , after that office was made standing or perpetual . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 18. Tho. Twyne of C. C. Coll. — He was afterwards an eminent Physician . Jun. 19. John Lister — See among the Bac. of Arts an . 1571. Jul. 24. Thom. Doylie of Magd. Coll. Dec. 11. John Vnderhill of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Oxon. 16. John Field — See among the Writers under the year 1587. Jan. 26. Will. Harrys Rich. Knolles of Linc. Coll. Feb. 1. Will. Barlow of Ball. Rob. Hutton was admitted the same day . — One Rob. Hutton translated from Lat. into English , The summ of Divinity , drawn out of the holy Scriptures , very necessary for Curats and young Students in Divinity . Lond. 1567 oct . Whether the same with Rob. Hutton Bach. of Arts ( who took no other Degree in this University ) I know not . Feb. 1. Ralph Warcupp of Ch. Ch. Admitted 61. or thereabouts . Bach. of Civ . Law. Ten were admitted , among whom Laurence Twyne of All 's . Coll. was one , an ingenious Poet of his time . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 14. Arthur Atey of Mert. Coll. — He was afterwards Orator of the University , Principal of St. Albans hall , Secretary to that great and popular Count Robert Earl of Leicester , and after his death became a favourite to another popular Person called Robert Earl of Essex ; in whose treasons being engaged in 1600 , was forced to abscond and withdraw himself for a time . In the beginning of K. James 1. he had the honour of Knighthood conferr'd upon him , and dying in 1604 was buried in the Church of Harrow on the hill in Middlesex . Jul. 3. Edm. Campian Greg. Martin of St. John Coll. Oct. 20. Tho. Brasbridge Lawr. Tomson Thom. Kingsmill of Magd Coll. Nov. 20. Edm. Raynolds of C. C. Coll. — This Person who was a moderate Romanist , gained to himself a great name by a publick disputation had with his younger Brother John , held before Robert E. of Leycester , an . 1584. See Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 300. 301. He died 21 Nov. 1630. aged 92 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Wolvercote near Oxon. where he had an estate , which he left to his Sisters Son named Matthew Cheriton Esq . Feb. 3. Christoph . Wharton of Trin. Coll. — This Person who was a Yorkshire Man born , did soon after leave his Fellowship of that house , his Country and Friends , and went to Douay where he was made a R. Cath. Priest . Afterwards he returned , and officiated as a Seminary , being esteemed among those of his party a very godly Man. At length being taken and imprison'd , was , for being a R. Cath. Priest , and denying the Queens Supremacy , executed at York , 28. March 1600. 14. Edm. Bunney of Magd. soon after of Mert. Coll. Admitted 39. ☞ Not one Bach. of Div. was adm . this year . Doct. of Civ . Law. Feb. 14. John Lloyd of All 's . Coll. — He was about this time Judge of the Admiralty . Rob. Lougher commonly called Loffer of All 's . Coll. was admitted on the same day . — He was now Principal of New Inn , was soon after the Queens Professor of the Civil Law , and Chancellour of Exeter . In May 1577 he was constituted Official of the Consistory of Edwin Archb. of York , and his Vicar General in spirituals , being then a Civilian belonging to the Arches . He died in the beginning of June 1583 leaving behind him a Son named John. ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . or Div. was admitted this year . Incorporations . Feb. 20. Rob. Johnson M. A. of Cambridge , was then incorporated , being the very next day after the Act had been celebrated — This Rob. Johnson who was Son of Maurice Johnson Alderman of Stanford in Lincolnshire , was afterwards Bach. of Div. and twice made Prebendary of Rochester , which he twice resign'd . In 1570 he was installed Prebendary of Norwych , which Dignity he resigning , Griffith Toy M. A. of Jes . Coll. in Oxon succeeded , an . 1575. In 1572 , he became Canon of Windsore in the place of Joh. Browne Bac. of Div. and in 1591 he was made Archdeacon of Leycester in the place of Hugh Blythe Can. of Windsore resigning ; being about that time honorary Fellow of Jesus Coll. in Oxon. He founded two Grammar Schools in Rutlandshire , one at Vphingham and another at Okeham , two Hospitals also in the same County , ( which he endowed ) four exhibitioners in Sydney Coll. in Cambridge , to come from the said Free-schools , and was a benefactor to the weekly Preachers at St. Pauls Cross in London . He died on the first of Aug. 1625 , being then or lately Rector of N. Luffenham in Rutlandshire . In 1560 one Edm. Johnson Schoolmaster of St. Anthonies in London became Canon of Windsore , and then by little and little ( as one * observes ) followed the spoil of St. Authonies Hospital . He first dissolved the choire , conveyed away the plate and ornaments , then the bells , and lastly put out the Almes-men from their houses , allowing them portions of 12 d. per week , which also in short time vanished away . This I thought good to let the reader know , because the Author here quoted , having reported these matters to be done by one Johnson , have caused some to think them done by Reb. Johnson beforemention'd . Creations . Feb… . Thom. Yong Archbishop of York , who was admitted Bachelaur of the Civil Law , an . 1537 , being then of Broadgates hall , was by power granted by the ven . Congregation of Regents 13. Feb. this year , actually created soon after ( at London as it seems ) Doctor of his faculty by Dr. Dav. Lewes and Doctor Tho Huyck . An. Dom. 1565. An. 7 / 8 Elizab. Chanc. the same , viz. Rob. Dudley Earl of Leycester , &c. Commiss . Dr. Kernnall , elected by scrutiny in a Convocation , on the 25. Feb. Proct. Thom. Garbrand alias Herks of Magd. Coll. John Merick of New Coll. elect . 2. Mar. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 7. Christoph . Perkins — In what Coll. or Hall this Person was educated I know not : Sure I am that he leaving the University abruptly without compleating his Degree by Determination , went beyond the Seas , and having spent some time in one of the new erected Seminaries , entred into the society of Jesus , and lived among them in good repute for his learning . At length upon the coming to Rome ( under the name of a Traveller ) of Mr. William Cecill ( afterwards Earl of Exeter ) Grandson to Will. Lord Burleigh , there were whisperings in the English Coll. of doing him some mischief , in revenge for what his Grandfather had done in apprehending several Priests and putting them to death , yet they came to nothing . Whereupon Perkins possessed him with fears , and took upon him to direct him what to do and how tobehave himself : And when Mr. Cecill had seen Rome and the Monuments thereof , Perkins did conduct him out of the City ; and being a Man of a very great understanding , and Mr. Cecill therefore delighting much in his company , he perswaded him to accompany him to England . Afterwards they came together , and Mr. Cecill recommending him to his Grandfather for a wise understanding Man , and one that had taken much care of him at his being in Rome , and withal having been a Jesuit , he was now reconciled to the Church of England , the Lord Burleigh did thereupon precure for him the Deanery of Carlile , which had been before possess'd by Sir John Wolley , and about the same time procured of the Queen that he should be employed into Germany , to make answer in the Queens name to the complaints of the Hanse-towns about their customes ▪ to the Emperour , an . 1595. After his return , tho it was the desire of the said Lord Burleigh that he should live at Carlile and follow the Ministry and nothing else , yet he lived in London , and being brought into the acquaintance of Dr. Bancroft Bishop of that place , that Doctor did make use of him both for his discovery beyond the Seas , and likewise upon other occasions . In 1600 he with the said Doctor and Joh. Swale , were as Delegates or Embassadors , sent by the Queen to Embden to parley with the Delegates of Denmark concerning matters of traffick , &c. and Perkins performed his part well as to that matter . Soon after by the said Bishops endeavours he became substitute to Sir Dan. Donne Master of the Requests , who , by reason of his age , could not well attend that place ; and when he died he became Master in his own right and a Knight . About that time George Duke of Buckingham who was in great favour with K. Jam. 1. Sir Christopher thought that his only way to rise higher was to be married to one of his Relations : Whereupon tho he had vowed Virginity , he took to Wife his Mothers Sister , yet with this condition , that she should not expect that he should pay old debts , to which she made answer , that she would expect none . Afterwards Buckingham hearing of the said vow , detested him and made a resolution that he should rise no higher . Afterwards out of a revenge , Sir Christopher made his estate over to a Servant of his that was childless and in a deep consumption ; and he dying within a few months after Sir Christopher , ( who departed this mortal life in the month of Aug. 1622. ) the said Servant left most of the estate to the Lady . I have been credibly informed † by a good Author that the said Sir Christopher had a hand in contriving and drawing up the Oath of Allegiance , while he was intimate with Dr. Bancroft . In the Deanery of Carlile succeeded the said Sir Christopher Dr. Franc. White afterwards Bishop of that place . Apr. 14. Will. Burton of New Coll. June 2. Tho. Coventry Fellow of Ball. Coll. The last of the said two , was afterwards Fellow of the Inner Temple , Serjeant at Law , a Knight , and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-pleas , and a Judge in the time of Jam. 1. He was Father to Thomas Lord Coventry Lord Keeper of the Great Seal . Jan. 14. Henr. Savile of Mert. Coll. 23. Hugh Lloyd of New Coll. Admitted 45. Bach. of Law. Five were admitted , and four supplicated , but not one of them appears yet to me , to have been either a Bishop or Writer . Mast . of Arts. Feb. 13. John Argall Will. James of Ch. Ch. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of Durham . John Bereblock of St. Johns Coll. was admitted the same day — He was afterwards Fellow of Exeter Coll. and most admirably well skill'd in the art of Delineation , and drawing the description of places ; some of which are extant , particularly that of the City of Rochester ; at which place , or near it , he was born . Admitted 14. Bach. of Div. Oct. 29. Edw. Cradock of Ch. Ch. now Margaret Professor . — A certain * Author tells us that he was a learned Man , and a Writer , yet in all my searches I could never see any of his books . Dec. 17. Thom. Godwyn Dean of Ch. Ch. lately of Magd. Coll. Feb. 15. Rich. Tremayne of Exeter Coll. — He was afterwards of Broadgates hall , the seventh Vicar of Mayhenet in Cornwall and Treasurer of the Cath. Ch. at Exeter . 16. Will. Overton of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards a Bishop . Adrian Hawthorne of the same Coll. was admitted on the same day , being then Principal of Magd. hall . — On 25. Nov. 1568 , he was admitted to the Chancellourship of the Church of Wells , having about that time one or more benefices in that Diocess ; and dying in the latter end of 1576 , in Feb. as it seems , Rog. Goad D. D. and Provost of Kings Coll. in Cambridge was admitted into his place of Chancellour on the 7. March , in the same year . Edw. Andleser was adm . this year , but of him I know nothing . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law or Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Dec. 17. Tho Godwyn Dean James Calfill Harb . Westphalyng Canons of Ch. Ch. Edward Cradock mention'd before among the Bachelaurs of Divinity , was admitted the same day . Feb. 15. Rich. Tremayne beforemention'd , who accumulated . John Piers of Magd. Coll. Dean of Chester . Arthur Yeldard President of Trin. Coll. 16. Will. Overton of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry . On the 26. Mar. Will. Bradbridge Dean of Salisbury , supplicated for the said Degree , but was not admitted . He was afterwards Bishop of Exeter . Also John Molens Archdeacon of London , Jan. 23 , but him neither can I find admitted . Incorporations . May… . Rich. Cheyney Bach. of Div. of Pembr . Hall in Cambridge , and Bishop of Gloucester — See more among the Creations . Feb. 21. Gregory Garth Bac. of Div. of Cambridge . George Wyther M. of A. of 4 years standing in the said University , was incorporated on the same day — In 1570 he became Archdeacon of Colchester on the death of James Calfill , had other spiritualities and wrot and published ( 1 ) Laymans Letters , delivering unto them such Letters as the Holy Ghost teacheth them in the word by things sensible . Lond. 1585. ( 2 ) View of the marginal notes of the Popish Testament , translated into English by the English Fugities , Papists , resiant at Rheimes in France . Lond. 1588. qu. with other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . Another of both his names lived an 100 years after , and was a Poet ; whom I shall hereafter in his proper place remember . Will. Fulke M. A. of three years standing in the said Univ. of Cambridge , was also then ( Feb. 21. ) incorporated — This learned Man who was born in the City of London , bred Fellow of St. Johns Coll. and at length became Master of Pemb. Hall , in the said University , was , when young , a good Philosopher , and when elder in years a pious and solid Divine as his works shew ; the titles of all , or most , of which , you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue . He died Margaret Professor of Cambridge 28. Aug. 1589. Cyprean de Valera M. of A. of three years standing in the said University , was also then incorporated — He was a Spaniard born , left his Country for Religion sake , spent all or most of his time in England and wrot in Spanish ( 1 ) Institution of Christian Religion , or the interpretation of Calvins institutions ( 2 ) The reformed Catholick . ( 3 ) Of the lives of the Popes and their doctrine . ( 4 ) Of the Mass . ( 5 ) A swarm of false miracles , wherewith Mary de la Visitation , Prioress of the Annuntiada of Lisbon deceived very many , &c. The three last , were written in Spanish about 1588. and the second edition of them came out with amendments and additions by the Author , an . 1599. oct . Translated into English by John Golburne a Prisoner in the Fleet — Lond. 1600. qu. He also published the Bible in Spanish , printed the second time at Amsterdam 1602. fol. Owen Owen M. A. of two years standing in the said University was then also ( Feb. 21. ) incorporated . All these except the first , were incorporated after the solemnity of the Act had been concluded . Creations . Mar. 26. It was granted by the venerable Congregation that John Jewell Bishop of Salisbury , should , tho absent , be actually created Doct. of Div. by a certain Graduate to be assign'd by the Commissary . — This was accordingly done at London , but the day when , appears not . May 1. It was likewise granted that Rich. Cheyney the present Bish . of Glocester , should have the Degree of D. of D. confer'd on him , by a certain Graduate , &c. — This also was accordingly done after he had been incorporated Bach. of Div. but the day when , and place where , appears not , He was originally a R. Catholick , but in the beginning of Qu. Mary a disputer against the Mass and real presence in the Convocation of the Clergy then held , for which he absconded . In the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth he was an * incliner to Zuinglianisme , and at length was a Lutheran . See more among the Bishops , in Jam. Brokes , an . 1559. An. Dom. 1566. An. 8 / 9 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same by virtue of the aforesaid election . Proct. Will. Leech of Brasn . Coll. Will. Stocker of All 's . Coll. elect . 24. Apr. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 5. Lancelot Salkeld of Qu. Coll. — One of both his names became the last Prior of Carlile , in the place of Christoph . Slee , 24. Hen. S. Dom. 1532 , or thereabouts , and afterwards the first Dean of Carlile when the Prior and Canons Regular were turn'd into a Dean and Canons Secular by K. Hen. 8. In the time of Ed. 6. he was ejected , restored in the beginning of Qu. Mary and ejected again in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth . But Lancelot Salkeld B. of A. must not be taken to be the same with the other , because later in time . His successor in the said Deanery in the time of Ed. 6. and beginning of Qu. Elizabeth , was Sir Tho. Smythe , as I have told you among the Writers , under the year 1609. Apr. 6. Will. Wygges of St. Johns Coll. — He afterwards left his Religion and Country , went beyond the Seas and was made a R. Cath. Priest . Afterwards returning into England , was seized on , and committed to custody in Wisbich Castle ; where , upon some quarrel that followed between him and one of the Gentlemen , ( that were Papists and Prisoners there ) he was , as a certain a note informs me slain , tho elsewhere it appears b that he was only beaten by one Bluet a Jesuit . In 1582 you 'll find one Will. Wygge who was a Martyr for the Rom. Catholick cause . John Smith of St. Johns Coll. was admitted the same day . Jun. 25. Dan. Bernard of Ch. Ch. — See among the D. of D. 1585. Jul. 3. Will. Blandie of New Coll. Jul. 5. Edw. Smith of Brasn . Coll. — One Edw. Smith translated into English A discourse touching the tranquillity and contentation of the mind , &c. Lond. 1592. qu. written by Joh. de L'espine : whether the same with him of Br. Coll. I cannot tell . Quaere . Jul. 5. Rob. Hoveden of All 's . Barthel . Chamberlaine of Trin. Oct. 10. Tho. Bilson of New Coll. Jan. 17. Joh. Shert of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards a Schoolmaster in London , and much resorted to for his excellent way of teaching ; but being a R. Cath. in his heart , left his Country and went to Doüay , where he studied Divinity . Thence he went to the English Coll. at Rome , where he was made a Priest , and being sent into the Mission of England lived for some time in his own Country of Cheshire . At length being taken and imprison'd , was , for being a Priest and denying the Queens Supremacy , hang'd , drawn and quarter'd at London , 28. May 1582. Jan. 17. Tho. Clerk of Br. Coll. — See in 1586. Mar. 22. Lewes Jones — He was afterwards Bishop of Killaloa . Admitted this year 103. Bach. of Civ . Law. Aug. 19. Thom. Buckley of All 's . Coll. — He was now much in esteem among the Academians for his Poetry , but being given to libelling was forced to leave the University . On the 30. of Apr. Joh. Rugge , who for the space of 6 years had studied the Civ . Law in upper Germany , did supplicate for the Degree of Bach. of that fac . but whether he was admitted it appears not . In 1575 he was made Archdeacon of Wel●s in the place of Dr. Joh. Cottrell deceased , in 1576 , he became Can. or Preb. of the fifth stall in the collegiat Ch. of St. Peter in Westminster , on the death of Tho. A dridge ( who , if I mistake not , was also Master of Corp. Ch. Coll. in Cambridge ) and dying in 1581 ( being then beneficed in the Dioc. of Wells ) was buried in the Cath. Church at We●ls near to the body of the said Dr. Cottrell . As for the said A dridge , he was made Preb. of the seventh stall in the said Church , in the place of one Joh. Pory , an . 1573. But being depriv'd for notorious nonconformity , was , upon his repentance , and reconciliation made to the Church , admitted Preb. of the fifth stall , in the place of Rich. Alvey the first Preb. thereof , an . 1576 , but died in the same year . Admitted 7. Mast . of Arts. Jun. 25. Tob. Mathew of Ch. Ch. Jul. 5. Tho. Cogan Rob. Garvey Tho. Bodley of Me●t . of Oriel Coll. Hen. Bedell was then also admitted , and is , I presume , the same with him mention'd under the year 1555. Dec. 19. Miles Windsore of C. C. Feb. 25. John Garbrand of New Mar. 22. Rich. Forster of All 's . Coll. Admitted 50 or thereabouts . Bach. of Div. Jul. 8. John Bullyngham of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Glocester . Mar. 18. Tho. Cooper of Magd. Coll. about this time Dean of Ch. Church in Oxon. 22. Tho. Bernard Canon of Ch. Ch. — He had suffer'd much in the Reign of Qu. Mary for being a Protestant and a married Man , but restored to what he had lost in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth . He had a Brother named John Bernard educated in Cambridge , and afterwards a zealous Person for reformation , who in the Reign of Qu. Mary wrot Oratio pia , religiosa , & sol●tii plena , de vera animi tranquillitate . Which coming after his death into the hands of his Brother Thomas beforemention'd , was by him published at Lond. 1568. in a large quarto , and by him dedicated to Pet. Osburne Remembrancer of the Treasury of the Exchecquer . See more in Hist . & Antiq Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 261. a. For the same Degree did Will. Whittingham M. of A. and Dean of Durham supplicate , but whether he was admitted , it appears not . Admitted 5. Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul. 3. Edm. Merick of ( Vniv. Coll. ) now , or about this time Archdeacon of Bangor and Prebendary of Lichfield . Doct. of Div. Mar. 18. Tho. Cooper beforemention'd who accumulated the Degrees in Divinity . On the 17. of Feb. William Whittyngham beforemention'd , who , that day had supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Divinity , did also supplicate for that of Doctor , but it doth not appear that he was admitted to either . Incorporations . In the beginning of Sept this year Qu. Elizabeth being entertain'd by the Oxonian Muses , these Cambridge Men following were incorporated on the sixth day of the same month . Tho. Bynge Master of Arts and Fellow of Peter house in Cambridge — He was lately Proctor of that University , afterward Orator in the place of Will. Master , Master of Clare Hall and the Kings Professor of the Civil Law in the said University . Thom. Beacon M. of A. and Fellow of St. Johns Coll. in the said Univ. — He was afterwards Orator and Proctor thereof , was made Prebendary of Norwych in Jan. 1574 and Chancellour thereof in the year following . Ruben Sherwood M. of A. and Fellow of Kings Coll. — He was afterwards Proctor of the said Univ. Schoolmaster of Eaton , Doct. of Phys . and a noted practitioner of that fac . for several years in the City of Bathe , where he died 1598 , leaving behind him the character of a good Scholar and an eloquent Man. Tho. Preston M. of A. and Fell. of Kings Coll. — He acted so admirably well in the Tragedy of Dido before Qu. Elizabeth , when she was entertained at Cambridge , an . 1564 , and did so gentilely and gracefully dispute before her , that she gave * him 20 l. per an . for so doing . He was afterwards Doctor of the Civil Law and Master of Trin. Hall in that University . Five more of the said University were then incorporated Masters of Arts also , among whom Edw. Stanhop was one . On the same day , Sept. 6. were these Doctors following incorporated . Thom. Wilson Doct. of the Laws beyond Sea , incorporated at Cambridge , was now incorporated also at Oxon. — He was a Lincolnshire Man born , elected Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge in 1541 , where he afterwards was Tutor and Servant to Henry and Charles Brandon Dukes of Suffolke . Afterwards he was one of the ordinary Masters of the Requests , Master of St. Catherines Hospital near to the Tower of London , Embassador into the Low Countries in 1577 , and in 1579. Feb. 5. had the Deanery of Durham confer'd upon him by the Queen , ( void by the death of Will. Whittyngham ) he being then Secretary of State and Privy Counsellor to her . While he enjoyed the Office of Secretary , he became famous for three things . ( 1 ) For quick dispatch and industry . ( 2 ) For constant diligence , and thirdly for a large and strong memory . He hath written . ( 1 ) Epistola de vita & obitu duorum fratrum Suffolciensium Henrici & Caroli Brand●n . Lond. 1552. qu. 'T is set before a book of verses made on their deaths by several Scholars of Oxon and Cambridge . All which he collecting together , did publish them , and by an Epistle of his composition , dedicated them to Hen. Grey Duke of Suffolke . ( 2. ) The Art of Rhetorick . Printed 1553 , 60. 67. &c. qu. ( 3 ) The rule of reason , containing the art of Logick . First printed in the Reign of K. Ed. 6. afterwards at Lond. 1567. qu. ( 4 ) Discourse upon usury . Lond. 1572. qu. much commended by Dr. Laur. Humphrey a the Queens publick pref . of Div. in Oxon He also translated from Greek into English , The three Orations of Demosthenes chief Orator among the Grecians in the Olynthians . Lond 1570. with other things which I have not yet seen . He gave way to fate in 1581 , whereupon his funeral was celebrated 17. June the same year in St. Catherines Church in East-Smithfield , near to the Tower of London . The Male issue which he left behind him , begotten on the body of Anne Daugh. of Sir Will. Winter Knight , setled at Sheepwash in Lincolnshire , where the name did lately , if not still , remain . Dr Tob. Mathew did not succeed him in the Deanery of Durham till August 1583. Rob. Furth or Ford LL. Doct. of the said Univ. of Cambridge . — Of whom I know no more . Rob. Huick M. of A. of this University , and sometimes Fellow of Merton Coll. afterwards Doctor of Phys . of Cambridge , and Fellow of the Coll. of Physicians at London , and Physician to the Queen , was then ( Sept. 6. ) incorporated Doct. of Phys . in the house of Barthel . Lant , by the Commissary and two Proctors . John Robinson Doct. of Div. of Cambridge , sometimes a member of Pembroke Hall there , now President of St. Johns Coll. in this University , was also then incorporated — In 1574 May 31. he was installed Archdeacon of Bedford , in the place , as it seems , of Will. Rodde , and about 1576 he succeeded John Aybner or Elmer in the Archdeaconry of Lincoln ; of which Church he was about that time made Chauntor . Oct. 11. Nich. Bullyngham LL. D. of Cambridge and now Bishop of Lincoln , was then incorp . LL. D. 16. Edw. Eglionbie M. A. and Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge — He was now esteemed a good Grecian , and Latin Poet , was afterwards a Justice of Peace in Warwickshire ; and drawing the Pedegree of Qu. Elizabeth , dedicated it to her , for which she gave b him 5 l. per an . out of her lands for ever . 26. John Porie Doct. of Div. and Master of Corp Ch. College in Cambridge . — One John Pory sometimes of Gonevill and Caius College in Cambridge did translate and collect A Geographical Historie of Africa , written in Arabick and Italian by John Leo a More , born in Granada and brought up in Barbary . — Lond. 1600. fol. What relation there was between this John Pory and the other who was Doct. of Div. I know not ; nor whether he be the same John Pory M. A. who was installed Canon of the seventh stall in the Church of Westminster , on the resignation of John Hyll , an . 1568. Mar. 22. George Ackworth LL. D. and sometimes Orator of Cambridge , was incorporated in that Degree — He hath published . ( 1 ) Oratio in restitutione Buceri & Fagii . Printed 1562. oct . ( 2 ) Prolego●●n●n lib. 2. de visibili Monarchia contra Nich. Sanderi Monarchiam Lond. 1573. qu. Creations . Aug. 27. Rich. Barber Bach. of the LL. and Warden of All 's . Coll. was then actually created Doctor of the Laws in an upper Chamber belonging to him as Warden , by Dr. Will. Awbrey and Dr. Rob. Longher , by vertue of a Commission directed to them from the ven . Convocation . — See more among the Bach. of Law , an . 1540. Edw. Atslow M. of A. and Fellow of New Coll. was actually created Doct. of Phys . the same day , in the house of Dr. Hen. Baylie situated in the Highstreet leading to the Quadrivium , by Dr. Thom. Francis and him the said Dr. Baylie by vertue of a Commission , &c. Rob. Barnes Bach. of Phys . sometimes Fellow of Mert. Coll. was also actually created Doctor of that Faculty in the same place and on the same day , by vertue of a Commission , &c. Aug. 30. Roger Gifford Bach. of Physick , sometimes Fellow of Merton College , now , or lately , Fellow of that of Allsoules , was actually created Doct. of that Fac. by Dr. Walter , and Henry Baylie , in the house of the said Henry , by vertue of a Commission , &c. This Doctor Gifford was afterwards President of the Coll. of Physitians at London , and Physitian to Qu. Elizabeth . Note that the aforesaid four persons were created , because they were appointed by the Convocation to dispute before Qu. Elizabeth when she was to be entertained by the Academians in the beginning of Sept. this year . After she had been entertained , these noble Persons following , with others of quality , were actually created Masters of Arts , on the 6 day of the said month of Sept. viz. Edward Vere Earl of Oxford . — He was Son of John Vere Earl of the said place , who dying in 1562 , left this his Son Edw. a vast Estate , which he afterwards squandred , for the most part , away , upon some distaste taken against his Wives Father Will. Lord Burleigh L. Treasurer of England , who refused to endeavour , when it laid in his power , to save the life of his beloved and entire Friend Thomas Duke of Norfolk for what he was charged with relating to Mary Queen of Scots . This most noble Earl of Oxon was in his younger days an excellent Poet and Comedian , as several matters of his Composition , which were made publick , did shew , which , I presume , are now lost and worn out . All that I have yet seen are certain Poems on several Subjects , thus entit . ( 1 ) His good name being blemished , be bewayleth . ( 2 ) The complaint of a Lover wearing black and tawnie . ( 3 ) Being in love he complaineth . ( 4 ) A lover rejected complaineth . ( 5 ) Not attaining to his desire , he complayneth . ( 6 ) His mind not quietly setled be complayneth thus ; with many such like things , that were highly valued in their time . He gave way to fate in a good old age 24 June 1604 , and was , as I conceive , buried by the body of his Father , at Earls Colne in Essex . Will. Haward or Howard Baron of Effingham , Lord Chamberlain to the Queen . — He was Son of Thomas , the second Duke of Norfolk , by Agnes his second Wife , dau . of Hugh Tilney , and Sister and Heir to Sir Philip Tilney of Boston in Lincolnshire , Kt. Tho. Butler Earl of Ormond . — This person is one of the Ancestors of the present Duke of Ormond , was now in great favour with Qu. Elizab. and by her employed several times in matters of concern relating to Ireland , especially in that of quelling the Rebellion there , made by some of his house , as Sir Edm. Butler , Pierce and Edw. his Brethren . Ambrose Dudley Earl of Warwick . — He was the eldest Son that survived of Joh. Dudley Duke of Northumberland , ( beheaded for High Treason in the Reign of Qu. Mary ) and elder Brother to Rob. Dudley Earl of Leicester , Chanc. of this University . Hen. Lord Strange Son of Edw. Earl of Derby . — He became Earl of Derby after his Fathers Death , an . 1572. Edw. Stafford Joh. Sheffield Barons . The first of these two Barons was the true heir of the Staffords Dukes of Buckingham , and is Ancestor to John Howard the present Viscount Stafford . The other , Joh. Sheffield , died in 1568. leaving then behind him a Son of about two years of age named Edmund , who was created Earl of Mulgreve or Mulgrave by K. Ch. 1. in the first year of his Reign . Sir Will. Cicill Secretary of State. — He was afterwards Lord Burleigh , and Father to Tho. Earl of Exeter , Rob. Earl of Salisbury , and Edw. Vicount Wimbleton . … . Rogers Controller . — What his Christian Name was , I cannot yet tell . Sir Franc. Knollis Knight , Captain of the Halbertiers . Sir Nich. Throcinorton Knight , a wise and stout man , lately leiger Embassadour in France , and about this time chief Butler of England and Chamberla●ne of the Exchequer . — He died suddenly in Leycester House in the Parish of S. Clement without Temple barre , London , on Munday 12 Feb. 1570. Whereupon his body was carried to his house in the Parish of Chree Church near Algate ; where resting till the 21 day of the said month , was then buried in the Parish Church there . See more of him in Camdens Annals of Qu. Elizab. under the year 1570. John Tomworth or Tamworth Esq ; of the Privy Council to the Queen . — The same who in 1564 had been sent to Mary Qu. of Scots to interceed with her for the readmission of some of her Lords that had been against her Marriage with Henry Lord Darnley . This Jo. Tomworth had spent much of his youth in travelling beyond the Seas . These Nobles , and persons of Quality before mention'd , were , I say , actually created Masters of Arts , in a Convocation held Sept. 6. in the public Refectory of Ch. Church , in the presence of Robert Earl of Leycester Chancellour of the University , Dr. Kennall Commissary , Dr. Laur. Humphrey , both the Proctors , &c. the Queen being then about to leave Oxon. Sept… . Thom. Randolphe Bach. of the Civ . Law , sometimes Principal of Broadgates Hall , had leave , tho absent , to be created Doctor of his Faculty : but whether he was created it appears not . Oct. 11. By vertue of a Commission from the prime Members of the University , then bearing date and sealed , directed to Dr. Lawr. Humphrey the Queens Professor of Divinity , were these five Bishops following made Doct. of Divinity . Oct. 30. Joh. Parkhurst Will. Downham Tho. Bentham Rich. Davies Joh. Best Bishop of Norwych . Chester Lich. and Cov. S. David . Carlile . All which were actually created ( Oct. 30. ) in the House of one Steph. Medcalf at London , in the presence of Will. Standish publick Notary , and Registrary of the University , Thomas Roberts , John Pratt Archdeacon of S. David , Walt. Jones Archdeacon of Brecknock ( afterwards Canon of Westminster in the place of Dr. Mathew Hutton ) and Thom. Huet Chantor of S. David . Oct… . Edward Earl of Ru●land was actually created Master of Arts ( at London . ) Feb… . Will. Smyth one of the Clerks of the Queens Council , was also created M. of A. ( at London . ) An. Dom. 1567. An. 9 Eliz. An. 10 Eliz. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Tho. Cooper D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch. elected 26 March Proct. Adam Squyre of Ball. Coll. Henr. Bust of Magd. Coll. elected 9 Apr. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 18. John Chardon of Exeter Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Downe and Connor in Ireland . Jun. 7. Rich. Stanyhurst of Vniv. Coll. Jul. 12. Thom. Williams . — See among the Writers under the year 1600. Oct. 10. John Case the Philosopher of S. John's Coll. Dec. 16. Edward Lord Russell , ( of Vniv. Coll. ) eldest Son of Francis Earl of Bedford . Adm. 46. Bach. of Law. Dec. 9. Michael Maschiart of New Coll. Besides him , were 9 admitted ; but not one of them was afterwards a Bishop or Writer . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 21. Tho. Allen or Alan George Blackwell of Trin. Coll. Thom. Ford was also admitted on the same day . — This person who was Fellow of Trin. Coll. and a Devonian born , did soon after leave the University , Country , and Friends , went to Doway , and became a R. Cath. Priest and Bach. of Divinity . Afterwards being sent into the Mission of England , was taken and imprisoned , and at length executed at Tybourne near London 28 May 1582. Jun. 4. Will. Raynolds of New Coll. 20. Jo. Field . — See among the Writers under the year 1587. Jul. 9. Franc. Bunney of Magd. Coll. — He is mentioned at large among the Writers p. 355 , but the Printer hath set his name Bunne for Bunney . Oct. 17. Nich. Bond of the same Coll. — This person I set down here , not that he was a Writer , but to distinguish him from Nich. Bownd , whom I shall mention among the Incorporations , an . 1577. Thom. Co●e of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . — In the latter end of the year ( in March ) 1588 , he became Archdeacon of the East riding of Yorkshire upon the resignation of John Mey ( who some years before had been promoted to the See of Carlile ) and he upon the death of Martin Parkynson Bach. of Div. in Aug. 1569. Oct. 30. Rob. Fletcher of Mert. Coll. — One of both his names hath made several Translations as ( 1 ) The Song of Salomon , into English Verse , &c. Lond. 1586 in tw . to which he added Annotations . ( 2 ) Of the introduction to the love of God ; out of English prose into English verse , Lond. 1581. oct . &c. Whether he be the same with him of Mert. Coll. I cannot tell , unless I could see the said Translations , which I have not yet done . As for the said Rob. Fletcher of Mert. Coll. who was a Warwickshire man born , he was for several misdemeanors turn'd out from his Fellowship of that House , in June 1569 , whereupon , being out of employment for the present , he was soon after made Schoolmaster of Taunton in Somersetshire , and at length became a godly Minister and Preacher of the Word of God. Joh. Tatham of Mert. Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was afterwards Rector of Linc. Coll. Adm. 43. Bach. of Div. Only one was admitted this year , viz. John Withyns of Brasn Coll. which is all I know of him . Doct. of Civ . Law. Apr. 10. Hen. Berkley of New 21. Will. Constantine of All 's . Coll. Jul. 4. Joh. Belly Provost of Oriol Coll. — He was afterwards Chancellour of the Diocess of Lincoln , and one of the Masters of the Chancery . Tho. Sammon of All 's . Coll. was admitted the same day . 7. Rob. Leech of Ch. Ch. Chancellour of Chester . Doct. of Physick . Jul. 12. Henry Wotton of Ch. Church . — See more of him in Edward Wotton among the Writers , under the year 1555. p. 78. Doct. of Div. Jul. 7. John Bullyngham of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Glocester . Incorporations . Jul. 9. Robert Horne Doct. of Div. of Cambridge , and now Bishop of Winchester , was incorporated Doctor in the house of Congregation , and took the Oath requisite to be taken by such that are incorporated . — He was the Son of John Horne , Son of Will. Horne of Cletor in Copland , in the County of Cumberland , educated in S. John's Coll. in the aforesaid University , made Dean of Durham in Nov. 1551 , was an Exile for his Religion in 1553 , returned in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeth , an . 1558 , restored to his Deanery in the year following , and in 1560 he was made Bish . of Winchester . He hath written An answer made to a Book entit . The declaration of such scruples and staies of Conscience touching the Oath of Supremacy , as Mr. Jo. Fekenham by writing did deliver unto the said L. Bishop with his Resolutions made thereunto . Lond. 1566 , qu. and also A preface to Calvins two sermons , one against Idolatry , the other to suffer persecution , &c. He died on the first of June 1579 , and was buried in his Church at Winchester near the pulpit . I find another Rob. Horne to be a Writer and Publisher of several books relating to Divinity , but he was a Minister of God's Word at Ludlow in Shropshire , in the Reigns of Jam. 1. and Ch. 1. Jul. 15. Rich. Howland M. of A. of Cambridge . — This person being the Son of Rich. Howland of London by his Wife Anne Greenway of Clay in Norfolk , was baptized ( at London I think ) 26 September 1540 , afterwards educated in Peter House , of which he was Fellow , made Master of Magd. then of S. Johns , College in Cambridge , and at length Bishop of Peterborough , as I have elsewhere told you . An. Dom. 1568. An. 10 An. Elizab. An. 11 An. Elizab. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Dr. Cooper , designed to that Office by the Chancellours Letters , with the consent of Convocation , 3 May. Proct. Jam. Charnock of Brasn . Coll. Edm. Campian of S. John's Coll. elect . 18. Apr. I find another Edm. Campian who was Fellow of Trin. Coll. in 1563 , and proceeded M. of A. 1567. Gramm . Jul. 10. Thom. Ashbroke a Scholar of , or a Student in , Grammar for twenty years , stiled in the Register Ludimagister Vxelli , was admitted to instruct in Grammar . — He is the last of all that occurrs admitted to instruct Youths in Grammar , in our Records . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 5. Adam Hyll May 31. Rob. Persons of Ball. Coll. Tho. Heth of All 's . Coll. was adm . the same day . Jul. 9. Rob. Gwinne . Oct. 15. John Rainolds Nov. 18. Meridith Hanmer of C. C. Coll. John Chamber of Merton College was admitted the same day . Feb. 12. John Norden of Hart Hall. 16. Franc. Trigge of Vniv. Coll. Mar. 23. Thom. Cottam of Brasn . Coll. — This person who was a Lancashire man born , left Oxon soon after , and taught a Grammar School at London . Afterwards he went to Rome , where he studied Divinity , thence to Rheimes , where he was made a Priest , and at length into England to serve those of his profession ; but being taken at his arrival in the Haven , at , or near to , Dover , in 1580 , was imprison'd , tormented and tortur'd * for about two years ; in which time he was received into the Society of Jesus . At length , being not to be prevailed with to take the Oath of Supremacy , he was executed at Tyburne , with others of his persuasion , 30 May 1582. March 24. George Pettie of Ch. Ch. Admitted 102. Bach. of Law. Only five were admitted this year , and three that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom James Charnock Proct. of the University was one . Mast . of Arts. Jul. 10. Thomas Twyne of C. C. Coll. — See more in the year 1593. Nov. 3. John Vnderhill of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Oxford . Admit . 27. Bach. of Div. Only one admitted , namely Will. Cole of C. C. Coll. afterwards Dean of Lincoln , and five that supplicated for the said Degree , among whom Edm. Campian one of the Proctors was one . Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul. 14. Vincent Denne of All 's . Coll. Official of Canterbury . John Langford of the same house , was admitted on the same day , being about this time Chancellour of the Diocess of Worcester . He died about the beginning of Nov. in 1579 , and was buried in the Cath. Church at Worcester . — He did succeed in that Office , as it seems , one Will. Turnbull LL. B. and was succeeded by Dr. Rich. Cosin the eminent Civilian , by the favour of Dr. Joh. Whitgift Bish . of Worcester . Doct. of Phys . March 9. Oliver Wythyngdon of Brasnose Coll. now or soon after , Dean of Battell in Sussex . — He died in 1590 , and was buried in the Church of S. Peter in the East in Oxon. ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was admitted this year . Incorporations . Apr. 19. Will. Hughes Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , — He was afterwards Bishop of S. Asaph . Henry Haward or Howard M. A. of Cambr , was incorporated the same day , — This Hen. Howard who was second Son of Henry Earl of Surrey the learnedst among the Nobility , and the most noble among the learned , was born in the County of Norfolk , educated in Kings Coll. afterwards in Trinity Hall , travelled beyond the Seas , and became a very learned Gentleman , a man of excellent wit and fluent eloquence . It is observed , that tho he was not respected by Qu. Elizabeth , yet he wrot a learned Book entit . An apology for the government of Women ; which is in MS , in Bodley's Library , given thereunto by Ralph Radcliff Town Clerk of Oxon 1621. He was afterwards for his great Learning and Prudence , so much esteemed by K. Jam. 1. that he was by him advanced to great places and honours , among which was the Earldom of Northampton ; and dying 15 June 1614 , was buried in the Church or Chappel belonging to Dover Castle , he having been Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports . In his life time he published a Book entit . A defensative against the poison of supposed Prophecies , Lond. 1583 , afterwards revised and published in 1620. fol. In 1609 he succeeded John Lord Lumley in the High Stewardship of this University . May…Elize Bomlie Doct. of Phys . of Cambridge . Jul. 13. Will. Livyng Bach. of Div. of the same University . Leonard Cassembrotus or Cassenbrotius LL. D. of Orleans , was incorporated the same day . — He was descended from Leon. Cassenbrotius a learned man of Bruges , who lived in the time of Erasmus Roterd. Creations . Apr. 19. Thom. Haward or Howard Duke of Norfolk , Knight of the Order of the Garter and Earl Marshal of England , was actually created Master of Arts in a certain Chamber where he lodged in the house of Thom. Furse , commonly called the Beare Inn in Allsaints Parish . He was beheaded on Tower hill 2 June 15 Eliz. for endeavouring to marry Mary Qu. of Scots without leave or license from Qu. Eliz. Aug. 2. Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter and Lord Deputy of Ireland , was created Master of Arts in the place where he lodged in Ch. Ch. ( I think in the Deans Lodgings ) at which time he solemnly promised to observe the Privileges and Liberties of the University . — I have made large mention of him among the Writers p. 180. nu . 232. An. Dom. 1569. An. 11 Elizab. An. 12 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same , viz. Dr. Thom. Cooper now Dean of Glocester , but upon what account , whether by a new Election made by the Masters , his Office was prorogued , it appears not . At this time the Chancellour took upon him to nominate the Commissary , ( which now began to be called Vicechancellour ) meerly by the great power he took upon himself . Proct. Thom. Bereblock of Ex. Coll. Thom. Bodley of Mert. Coll. Apr. 20. Bach. of Arts. Dec. 1. Henry Holland of S. John 's Coll. Jonas Meredith of the same Coll. was admitted on the same day . — He was a Bristow man born , was afterwards a R. Cath. Priest , and a Prisoner in Wisbich Castle * in Cambridgeshire , for stifly defending the Jurisdiction of the Pope . He was expelled S. John's Coll super statutum quod tueretur Reum ( so are the words in the Register belonging to that house ) and , as 't is supposed , did afterwards publish certain matters in defence of his Religion . Jan… . Hen. Cotton of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Exeter . Mar. 11. Joh. Rogers of ( Mert. Coll. ) Admit . 92. Mast . of Arts. Jul. 11. George Coryat of New 8. John Smith of S. Joh. Oct. 21. Tho. Doylie of Magd. Coll. Nov. 21. John Howlet of Exet. Coll. — He left his Fellowship of the said house before he stood in the Act to compleat his Degree , went beyond the Seas , was made a Jesuit , and had one or more Books put out under his name . See among the Writers in Rob. Person , under the year 1610. p. 306. Adm. 36. Bach. of Div. But two admitted , ( Philip Biss being one ) whom I shall mention in 1580 , and two that supplicated , of whom Joh. Watkyns of All 's . Coll. ( Son of Watkin Howell ) was one . — He was afterwards Dean of Hereford , in the place , as it seems , of Joh. Ellis , and died in the month of May 1594. Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul. 6. Arthur Bedell of Christ Church . — He was a very learned Civilian of his time . Doct. of Physick . Nov. 21. Thomas Jesopp of Mert. Coll. — He died at Gillyngham in Dorsetshire about the beginning of 1616 , having been before a Benefactor to his College . Doct. of Div. Jul. 14. Will. Hughes ( mention'd in the Incorporations an . 1568. ) was admitted or licensed to proceed in Divinity . Jan. 16. Thom. Bickley Warden of Merton Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Chichester . An. Dom. 1570. An. 12 Elizab. An. 13 Elizab. Chanc. the same , viz. Robert Earl of Leicester . Commiss . Dr. Cooper , designed to that Office as the rest of his Successours were , by Letters from the Chancellour , dated May 5. He became Bish . of Lincoln about the latter end of this year . Proct. Arth. Atie of Mert. Coll. Tho. Glasier of Ch. Ch. Apr. 5. Bach. of Arts. May 30. Rob. Temple — See among the Bach. of Div. under the year 1588. June 25. Thom. White of Magd. Hall. Oct. 17. Thom. Worthington of Brasn 23. Tho. Sparke of Magd. Nov. 15. Rich. Turnbull of C. C. Dec. 9. Thom. Holland of Ball. Coll. 13. Simon Wisdome of Gloc. Hall. Jan. 29. Job . Field . In the month of June , Will. Camden supplicated for the degree of Bach. of Arts , having spent four years in the University in Logicals , but was not admitted . See in the years 1573 and 1588. Adm. 119. Bach. of Civ . Law. Apr. 26. Will. Say of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Chancellour of Winchester . Nov. 24. Hugh Lloyd of New Coll. Dec. 5. Randal Catherall . — After he had left the University he setled in an obscure Village called Oddington alias Addington , near to Bister in Oxfordshire ; where , by a natural Genie advanced with great Industry , he became an eminent and expert Antiquary . His voluminous Collections from divers Leiger books , concerning Monasteries , especially in these parts , and of Genealogies and Heraldry , were much used by Dr. Robert Sanderson , afterwards Bish . of Lincoln , who did transcribe many things from them for his use , which I have seen . But where those Collections are now , I cannot yet learn. This Mr. Catherall , who was descended from those of his name living at Horton in Cheshire , was buried in a little Vault under the Chancel of the Parish Church of Oddington before mention'd , 9 June 1625. Admitted 9. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 8. Cuthbert Mayne of S. John's Coll. — Soon after he left the Nation , went to Doway in 1572 , and was promoted there to the degree of Bach. of Divinity : Afterwards he was sent into the mission of England , and setled for a time in his native Country of Devonshire . In 1577 he was taken , and on the 29 of Nov. the same year , he was hang'd drawn , and quarter'd at Lanceston in Cornwal , being then accounted by those of his Profession , the first Martyr of the Seminaries . You may read more of him in Cardinal Alans book called A sincere and modest defence &c. or An answer to a libel of English justice , &c. p. 2. also in Camdens Annals of Qu. Eliz. under the year 1571. Henr. Shaw of the same Coll. was admitted on the same day . — He afterwards went beyond the Seas , changed his Religion , was made a Priest , and returning into England , was taken and committed to custody in Wisbich Castle , where , with several others , he endured a tedious Imprisonment , and therefore by those of his profession accounted a Confessor . Apr. 25. Thom. Bilson of New 28. Rob. Hoveden of Allsoules 30. Hen. Savile of Merton . Coll. Jul. 4. Will. Harrys Rich. Knolles of Linc. Coll. Dec. 4. Barthelmew Chamberlayne of Trin. Coll. Adm. 53. Bach. of Physick . Dec. 14. Christopher Johnson of New Coll. now the learned Master of Wykehams School near to Winchester . Three besides were admitted , but not one of them was a Writer ▪ Bach. of Div. Jul. 10. Edm. Bunney of Mert. Coll. Besides him were but two more admitted . ☞ Not one Doct. of Law or Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul… . John Withyns of Brasnose College . Incorporations . In the month of Jaly was a Supplicate made in the ven . house of Congregation for Edm. Freke Dr. of Div. of Cambridge to be incorporated ; but whether he was really so , I cannot yet find . — Those things that I am to observe of him are , that he was an Essex man born , had all his Acad. Education in the said Univ. of Cambr. was made Canon of Westminster in 1564 , in the place of Will. Downham , and about the same time Archd. of Canterbury . In 1565 he was made Canon of Windsore , and on the 10 of April 1570 he was installed Dean of Rochester in the place of Walt. Philipps the first Dean deceased . In the year following , Sept. 18 , he was made Dean of Salisbury upon the promotion of Will. Bradbridge to the See of Exeter ; but before he had been setled in the said Deanery , he was made Bishop of Rochester , being then , as one * saith , Vir pius , doctus atque gravis . Afterwards he was translated to Worcester , where he was a zealous Assertor of the Church Discipline . An. Dom. 1571. An. 13 Eliz. An. 14 Eliz. Chanc. the same . Commiss . Lawrence Humphrey D. D. President of Magd. Coll. and Dean of Glocester , Apr. 2. by vertue of Letters from the Chanc. dat . 28 March. Proct. Anth. Blencow of Or. Coll. Edm. Fleetwood of Mert. Coll. Apr. 26. Bach. of Arts. Mar. 28. Ezechias Fogge. — He translated into English Comfort for the sick , in two parts . The first for such that are visited with sickness , the second to make men willing to dye . Lond. 1574. in tw . Nov. 22. Ralph Sherwyn of Exet. Coll. Dec. 1. Rich. Madox . — See among the M. of A. 1575. Jan. 17. Job . Lister . Feb. 20. George More . See among the Masters 1573. 27. Edw. Graunt . — He was afterwards the learned Schoolmaster of Westminster . Mar… . Tho. Leyson of New Coll. now esteemed a good Latin Poet. Adm. 84. Mast . of Arts. Mar. 24. Hen. Cotton of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Salisbury . Besides him were but 16 Masters admitted , tho 102 Bach. of Arts were admitted three years before . Bach. of Phys . But one admitted , and five supplicated , among which last Tho. D'oylie of Magd. Coll. was one , whom I have mentioned among the Writers , under the year 1603. Bach. of Div. Mar. 10. Will. James of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Bishop of Durham . Five there were that supplicated for the said Degree , of whom Tobie Mathew was one , but not admitted till 1573. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . June 23. Christopher Johnson of New Coll. Rob. Bellamie of S. Johns Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was afterwards Master of the Hospital at Shirebourne near to the City of Durham . 26. Martin Colepeper of New Coll. — He was afterwards Warden of that College , Dean of Chichester in the place , as it seems , of Dr. Anth. Russh deceased , an . 1577. and Archdeacon of Berks. upon the death of Dr. Tho. Whyte ; 16 June 1588. ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was admitted this year , nor any there were that supplicated to be admitted , only Joh. Angelus Bach. of Arts , who had his Grace granted for it six years before . Incorporations . Feb. 1. Henry Beaumont Bach. of Arts of the University of Cambridge . — This person who was descended from the noble Family of the Beaumonts in Leicestershire , was , about the beginning of Nov. going before , elected Fellow of All 's . Coll , as a Founders Kinsman , his Mother being of that Family . He was afterwards Dean of Peterborough and Windsore , as I shall tell you under the year 1616. An. Dom. 1572. An. 14 Elizab. An. 15 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same , May 29. Proct. Anth. Blencow Edm. Fleetwood again . Continued in their Offices by a decree in Convocation , 17 March 1571. Bach. of Arts. Jul. 11. Rob. Coke or Cook of Brasn . Coll. Jul. 12. Hen. Robinson of Qu. Christop . Bagshaw of Ball. Coll. The first of which two last , was afterwards Bishop of Carlile . 15. Joh. Drusius of Mert. Coll. the most noted Critick and Linguist . Dec. 2. Will. Wilkes of the same Coll. 9. Joh. Hudson . — See among the Masters of Arts , an . 1575. 15. Joh. Prime of New Coll. Jan. 31. Miles Smith of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Glocester . Feb. 20. Thom. Wilkes of All 's . Coll. — This person who was a Sussex man born , and Fellow of the said Coll. was two years after Secretary to Dr. Valentine Dale Embassador from Qu. Elizab. to the K. of France . While he continued in that Country he shew'd more than ordinary civility to the King of Navarr and the Duke of Alenson , ( afterwards of Anjow ) when they were committed to custody by the Qu. Mother of France for plotting secretly to remove her from the Government . For so it was , that he comforted them in the Queen of England's name , promising them , that she would omit no opportunity to help and relieve them . Of this civility the Qu. Mother of France having notice , prosecuted Wilkes so much ▪ that he was fain to withdraw himself into England , where she also followed him with letters of complaint ; insomuch that he was sent back into France and there humbly craved pardon a of the Qu. Mother . However the King of Navarr not unmindful of the consolation he gave him , did , when he came to be King of France , honor him with the degree of Knighthood , when he saw him in Normandy twenty five years after . In 1577 Wilkes was sent Embassador to Spain , and upon his return thence , was about the beginning of 1578 sent to Don John of Austria . In 1593 he was sent into France to know if the then French King was reconciled to the Church of Rome , and in 1598 he was sent into France again , with Sir Robert Cecil Secretary of State to Qu. Eliz. and John Herbert Master of the Requests , but so soon as Wilkes landed , he died there . March 3. David Powell . — Afterwards the Welsh Antiquary . 4. Rich. Meredyth . — He was afterwards a Bish . in Ireland . In Apr. this year supplicated for the degree of Bach. of Arts Edw. Rishton of Brasn . Coll. but whether he was admitted , it appears not . On the 5 Dec. also , the Principal and Fellows of Brasn . Coll. gave leave to Law. Johnson one of their Society , to take the degree of Bach. of Arts in the University , with certain conditions to be by him performed ; but whether he took the said degree , it appears not . Afterwards he went to Doway , and studied Philosophy and Divinity ; thence to Rheimes , where he was made a Priest : At length being sent into the mission of England in Feb. 1579 , changed his name to Lawrence Richardson , because he was the Son of Rich. Johnson of Lancashire , but being soon after taken and imprison'd , was executed at Tybourne 30 May 1582. Adm. 84. Mast . of Arts. Mar. 27. John Chardon of Ex. Coll. Edw. Graunt The last was the same who was adm . Bach. of Arts 1571. 29. Mardochey Aldem of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards a Physitian as well as Divine , became Canon of Windsore in 1607 , in the place of Joh. King sometimes Fellow of Peter House in Cambridge , and about that time Fellow of Eaton Coll. He died in 1615 , and was succeeded in the said Canonry by Dr. John King of Mer● . Coll. Nephew to the former John. May 12. Franc. Trigge of Vniv. 17. Jo. Rainolds of Corp. Ch. Coll. Jun… . Meridith Hanmer of Corp. Ch. Adam Hyll of Balliol John Case of S. Johns Coll. Jul. 11. Hen. Vsher of Vniv. Coll. — He was afterwards Archbishop of Armagh . Dec. 2. Rob. Persons of Ball. Coll. Feb. 26. John Norden of Hart Hall. Mar. 17. Joh. Lane of C. C. Coll. — He soon after resigned his Fellowship of that House , travelled with Fa. Persons the Jesuit , entred into the Society of Jesus , and died with great opinion of Holiness in the University of Complutum in Spain , an . 1578. Adm. 61. Bach. of Div. Four were admitted , of whom Joh. Chandler Prebendary of Winchester was one , Jan. 22. and nine supplicated for the said Degree , among whom were ( 1 ) John Oxenbridge , but whether the same with Dr. Oxenbridge who was committed to custody in Wisbich Castle with Dr. Tho. Watson Bishop of Linc. Dr. John Fekenham sometimes Abbat of Westminster , Dr. Yong , &c. an . 1580 , I cannot tell . ( 2 ) Thom. Kinges●ill of Magd. Coll. remembred before among the Writers , and ( 3 ) Jeffry Downes M. A. of Cambridge , not that Jeffr. Downes ( Tutor to John Bale ) who became Chancellour of the Church of York in Aug. 1537 in the place of Henry Trafford D. D. deceased , but another of the same University , who was a learned man. ☞ Not one Doct. of Law , Physick or Divinity was admitted this year . Incorporations . March 28. James Wats M. A. of the University of Lovaine . Jun… . Petrus Pitheus a Licentiate in the Civil Law of the University of Bourges in France , was incorporated Doctor of the same Faculty . — He was at this time a Sojournour in Oxford for the sake of Study and Converse , and afterwards became famous for his exact knowledge in all Antiquity , Ecclesiastical History , Laws , &c. All the great men of his time did make honorable mention of him in their respective books , and some did dedicate their Writings to him , and his Brother Francis Pitheus , as the Lights of France . Thuanus doth very much * commend , and at length concludes thus of , him , that In the Civil Law of the Romans , he came to that height , that it might be justly said of him , and his famous Master Cujacius , hunc discipulo praeripuisse , ne primus Jurisconsultus esset , illum praeceptori , ne solus , &c. Many of his works are mention'd in the Oxford Catalogue . Jul. 1. Hen. Vsher Bach. of Arts of Cambridge . — He soon after took the degree of Master ▪ as I have told you before . 14. Felix Lewys LL. Bach. of Doway . 15. Rich. Fietcher four years standing in the degree of M. of A. at Cambridge . — He was a Kentish man born , as 't is said , bred in Bennet , commonly called Corp. Christi , Coll. in Cambridge , became Dean of Peterborough in 1583 , and was present with Mary Queen of Scots when she suffer'd death at Foderinghey in Northamptonshire , in the month of Febr. 1586. At which time being the person appointed to pray with , and for , her did perswade her to renounce her Religion , contrary to all Christianity and Humanity ( as it was by many then present so taken ) to her great disturbance . In 1589 he was made Bish . of Bristow , there being then many leases to be past in that Bishoprick , and about that time Bish . Almoner . Whereupon Thomas Nevill D. D. of Cambridge succeeded him in the Deanery of Peterborough , an . 1590. From Bristow he was translated to Worcester , and soon after to London . At length he took to him a second Wife ( a very handsome Widow ) called the Lady Baker , Sister , as 't is said , to George Gifford the Pensioner . At which Marriage the Queen being much displeased , ( as she was at the marriage of all the Clergy ) he died discontentedly by immoderate taking of Tobacco , on the 15 † of June 1596 , and was buried before S. George's Chappel within the Cathedral Church of S. Paul. He had a Brother named Giles Fletcher , a Kentish man born also , as 't is said , bred in Eaton School , elected Scholar b of Kings Coll. in Cambridge 1565 , where he became a learned Man , an excellent Poet , and Doctor of the Laws . Afterwards he was sent Commissioner into Scotland , Germany and into the Low Countries , Embassador to Russia , was made Secretary to the City of London and Master of the Requests . At length he wrot and published The History of Russia , &c. Or Of the Russian Commonwealth . Lond. 1591. oct Which book was quickly suppressed , lest it might give offence to a Prince in amity with England . Afterwards it was reprinted in tw . an . 1643 , &c. This Dr. Gil. Fletcher died in the Parish of St. Catherine in Colemanstreet in London , in the month of Feb. 1610 , and was buried , I presume , in the Ch. of St. Cath. there ; leaving then behind him a Son of both his names , Bach. of Div. of Trin. Coll. in Camb. equally beloved of the Muses and Graces ; who died at Alderton in Suffolk , an . 1623. He left also behind him another Son named Phinees Fletcher of Kings Coll. in the same University , where he was accounted an excellent Poet. Afterwards he was beneficed at Hilgay in Norfolke , and became Author of several books ; among which , one is entit . A Fathers testament written for the benefit of his particular Relations . Lond. 1670. oct . at which time the Author had been dead several years . The titles of two other books written by him you may see in the Bodleian Catalogue . Rob. Bennet of three years standing in the Degree of M. of A. of Camb. was also then ( July 15. ) incorporated — This Person , who was of Trin. Coll. in the said Univ. was afterwards Chaplain to Will. Lord Burleigh L. Treasurer of England , Master of the Hospital of St. Cross near to Winchester , was installed Dean of Windsore 24. March 1595 , sworn Scribe or Registrary of the most noble Order of the Garter , on the Feast of St. George 1596 , and at length on the 20. of Feb. 1602. he was consecrated Bishop of Hereford , as I have told you before among the Bishops in Harb . Westphaling , numb . 157. In the Deanery of Windsore succeeded Dr. Giles Tomson a little before Qu. Elizabeths death , and in the Mastership of the Hosp . of St. Cross , ( which was designed by the Queen for George Brook Brother to Henry Lord Cobham ) K. James at his first entry into England , gave it to Mr. James Hudson , who had been his Agent there during part of the Reign of Qu. Elizabeth . But Hudson being a Lay-man and therefore not found capable of it , Sir Tho. Lake , for some reward given to him to quit his interest therein , prevailed with the King to give it to his Brother Arthur Lake : Whereupon George Brook being discontented , it put him upon plotting with his Brother , Raleigh and others ; for which afterwards he suffered death . Thom. Staller or Stallard M. A. of Camb. was also then incorporated — He was afterwards D. of D. and Archdeacon of Rochester , as I shall tell you among the Doctors of Div. an . 1591. and 1605. Besides the aforesaid three Masters ( Fletcher , Bennet and Stallard ) were 10 more of Camb. incorporated , among whom John Langworth was one , whom I shall mention elsewhere . Jul. 17… . Holland Bach. of Div. of the said Univ. — His Christian name , tho not set down , yet , as it seems , 't was Thomas . An. Dom. 1573. An. 15 Elizab. An. 16 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Commiss . the same , viz. Dr. Humphrey . Proct. John Tatham of Mert. Coll. Edm. Lillye of Magd. Coll. Ap. 1. Bach. of Arts. Ap. 1. Jam. Bisse Joh. Thornborough of Magd. Coll. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of Worcester . 27. John Lilye of Magd. Coll. Jul. 3. Tho. Lovell — See in the year 1577. 7. Tho. Rogers of Ch. Ch. Jan. 14. John Williams , afterwards of All 's . Coll. Rich. Hooker of C. C. Coll. was admitted the same day . 28. Tho. Lister — See more among the Masters , an . 1576. Feb. 3. James Ley Will. Massie of Br. Coll. Of the last , see more in 1586 among the Bach. of Div. 4. John Bond of New Coll. — Eminent afterwards for his critical learning . Edw. Habington or Abington was admitted the same day — Whether this Person , who seems to have been of Exeter Coll. was the same Ed. Habington who suffered for being engaged in the treasons of Mary Qu. of Scots , I cannot tell . See in Tho. Habington among the writers , an . 1647. 17. Hen. Rowlands — He was afterwards Bishop of Bangor . 19. Rich. Hackluyt of Ch. Ch. In the month of March , Will. Camden who had studied Logick for 4 years , supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Arts ; but occurs not admitted . See in the year 1588. This year also , Will. Gifford then or lately of Linc. Coll. did make the like supplication , but was not admitted . He was afterwards Archb. of Rheimes . Admitted 172. or thereabouts . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 19. Thom. Williams — Qu. whether the Welsh critick . Jul. 1. Thom. White of Magd. Hall. 31. Joh. Gibson — One of both his names was Author of A Catechisme . Lond. 1579. oct . Also of The sacred shield of all true Soldiers . Printed 1599. in oct . &c. Whether the same with Jo. Gibson M. of A. I cannot tell . Octob. 7. John Chamber . 8. John. Drusius the Belgick critick Ralph Gualter Son of Ralph of Merton Coll. Jan. 21. Rich. Turnbull George More of C. C. Coll. One George More who was a Minister and Preacher of Gods word wro● and published , A true discourse concerning the certain possession and dispossession of seven Persons in one family in Lancashire . Printed 1600 in oct . at which time he had been a Prisoner in the Clinke about two years , for bearing witness to , and justifying the said , matters . Whether he be the same with him , who was M. of A. I cannot tell . Another George More I have mention'd among the writers . pag. 418. Admitted 71. Bach. of Phys . Jun. 10. Rich. Forster of Al 's . Coll. — See among the Doctors of Physick this year . In July , Joh. Banister was admitted to practise Physick having originally been a Student in this University . Bach. of Div. Oct. 10. Joh. Elmer or Aylmer , now an Archdeacon and a Justice of the Peace , as the publick Register tells us . Michael Renniger of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . Dec. 10. Tob. Mathew President of St. Johns Coll. Jan. 26. Hen. Withers . — In 1569 he was incorporated M. of A. as he had stood at Cambridge , &c. Admitted 6. Doct. of Civil Law. Oct. 13. Michael Maschiart 15. Will. Smyth of New Coll. The first was Poeta sui saeculi princeps , as a learned Author stiles him . John Chippyngdale of All 's . Coll. was admitted on the same day , being then accounted by the generality an eminent Civilian . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 2. Randall Trevor . Rog. Marbeck or Merbeck of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day — He was the Son of John Merbeck Organist of Windsore , ( whom I have mention'd in these Fasti , an . 1550 ) and the first standing or perpetual Orator of the University . Afterwards he was Canon of Ch. Church , Provost of Oriel and the chief Physician belonging to the Queen . He died in July , or thereabouts , in 1605 , and was buried , as I conceive , in the Church of St. Giles without Cripplegate , London , for in that Parish he died . See more of him in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 47. a. and pag. 257. a. Jul. 2. Thom. Wanton of Merton Coll. Rich. Forster of All 's . Coll. was admitted the same day — This Person who was Son of Laurence , Son of Will. Forster of the City of Coventry , is stiled by a most learned Author * Nobilis Mathematicus , but whether he hath published any thing , I cannot yet find . He died at London 27. March 1616 to the great reluctancy of all those that knew the profound learning of the Person . Doct. of Div. Oct. 10. Joh. Elmer or Aylmer , who accumulated the Degrees in Divinity — He was afterwards Bishop of London . Michael Renniger of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . — He also accumulated . Jan… . Will. Cole President of C. C. C. — He succeeded Dr. Jo. Rainolds in the Deanery of Lincolne , an . 1598. and dying in 1600 was succeeded by Laur. Staunton . Besides these , were five that supplicated for the said Degree , most of which were afterwards admitted . An. Dom. 1574. An. 16 Elizab. An. 17 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Dr. Humphrey , without any nomination or designation to that office this year . The name of Commissary was now omitted , and that of Vicechancellour only used . Proct. John Bust of Ch. Ch. Rich. Barret of Or. Coll. Apr. 20. Bach. of Arts. Mar. 30. Thom. Smith of Ch. Ch. Jul. 13. William Middelton . Dec. 10. Will. Leigh of Brasn . Coll. 17. Martin Heton Rich. Eedes Will. Watkinson of Ch. Ch. The first of which last three , was afterwards Bishop of Ely. This year supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Arts one George Snavenburgh or S●avenburgh of Ch. Church a Baron of Sweden , aged 20 , but whether he was admitted , it appears not . For the said Degree supplicated also one Barthelmeus Clerke of Magd. Coll. but was not then admitted . — This Person , who was a Northamptonshire Man born , I here set down , least some unwary reader hereafter might take him to be the same Barthelem . Clerke , who became Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , an . 1554 , afterwards Proctor of that University , Dean of the Arches and a wise and eloquent Man. He hath written De Curial● sive Aulico . printed at Lond. about 1571. in oct . being about that time favoured by Thom. Sackvill Lord Buckhurst , and another book intit . Fidelis servi , subdito infideli responsio , una cum errorum & calumniarum quarundam examine quae continentur in septimo libro de visibili Ecclesiae Monarchia à Nicholao Sandero conscripta . Lond. 1573. qu. He was living in 1593. Admitted 112. Mast . of Arts. May 18. Joh. Philippus de alto saxo . Franc. Puccius Florentinus . June…Tho . Spark of Magd. Coll. Jul. 2. Ralph Sherwyn of Exeter Coll. 24. Tho. Banks — He is the same , I suppose , who published A Sermon against bad Spirits of malignity , malice and unmercifulness on Luke 6. 37. 38. Lond. 1586. oct . I find another Tho. Banks who writes himself metaphorically Piscator , sed vere Theologus & mere Praeco Evangelicus , who published Concio ad clerum jamdudum Cantabrigiae habita , in Luc. cap. 5. ver . 10. Lond. 1611. qu. Admitted 49. Bach. of Phys . Mar. 31. Thom. Cogan of Oriel Coll. He was the only Bach. who was admitted ; besides whom , only one occurs that supplicated , namely Thom. Twyne of C. C. Coll. Bach. of Div. May 27. Lewis Sweit of All 's . Coll. — He was about this time Archdeacon of Totness , in the place , as I conceive , of Oliver Whiddon . Two more besides him were admitted , and nine there were that supplicated for the said Degree , of whom some were not at all admitted in this University , as John W●olton a Student in Divinity , afterwards Bishop of Exeter , Tho. Cole , and Tho. Brasbridge of Magd. Coll. and Nich. Marston of Ch. Ch. now Residentiary of Exeter , Brother to Will. Marston of the same house LL. D. and Chantor of the said Church of Exeter , who died in Nov. 1599. Doct. of Civ . Law. Jun. 28. Will. Jones Vicar General to the Bishop of Bathe and Well● , and double or treble beneficed in the Diocess thereof . Felix Lewys sometimes of Hart Hall , afterwards made Bach. of the LL. at Doway , now Principal of New Inn , was admitted the same day . — He afterwards lived in the City of Bristow , and died beyond the Seas in 1591. ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Apr. 22. Will. James Master of Vniv. Coll. — He was afterwards a Bishop . May 27. Tob. Mathew President of St. Johns Coll. — Afterwards an Archbishop . Geffry or Griffith Lewys now Prebendary of Worcester , in the place of Tho. Wilson promoted to the Deanery of that Church , was admitted the same day . — In 1577 he was installed Canon of the sixth stall in the Collegiat Ch. of St. Peter in Westminster , in the place of one Walt. Jones M. A. ( who had succeeded in that Dignity Dr. Matthew Hutton after he was made Dean of York , an . 1568. ) In 1594 he became Dean of Glocester in the place of Anth. Rudd promoted to the See of St. David , and dying in 1607 , Tho. Morton succeeded him in that dignity , being the same most worthy Person , who was afterwards Bishop of Durham . I have seen a Copy of the will of this Dr. Lewys , made 5. Feb. 1606 , and proved 16. July 1607 , wherein he desires that his body might be buried either in the Cath. Ch. of Glocester , Worcester , Hereford , or in Westminster , in all which Churches he had Dignities . July 23. John Sprint of Ch. Ch. ( originally of C. C. Coll. ) was then admitted . — He was now Prebendary of Winchester , Residentiary of Salisbury , and a Person famed for an excellent Preacher . In Feb. 1577 , he succeeded Giles Lawrence in the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire , who , I suppose , resign'd ; in 1580 , he succeeded George Carew in the Deanery of Bristow , ( in which City , or near it , he was born , being the Son of John Sprint an Apothecary of the said place ) and in the beginning of Feb. 1583 , he was made Treasures of Salisbury . He died in the latter end ( in Feb. ) of 1589 , and was succeeded in the said Deanery by Dr. Anth. Watson , the same who was afterwards Bishop of Chichester . Incorporations . May 17. Griffith Toy Bac. of Arts of Cambridge — He was now a Member of Jesus Coll. in Oxon. and soon after made M. of Arts of this University and Prebendary of Norwych . Jun… . Hector Viellius Bach. of Arts of the Univ. of Caen in Normandy . Feb. 6. George Savage Bach. of the Civ . Law of the University of Lovaine in Brabant — He was originally a member of Ch. Church , and was now Archdeacon of Glocester in the place of Guy Eaton ; but was not , I presume , the same G. Savage who was half Brother to Dr. Bonner B. of London , and Chancellour of Chester . Thom. Willoughby Bach. of Div. of ( Cambridge ) was incorporated , but the day or month when , I cannot yet find . — This year June 23 , he was installed the third Dean of Rochester in the place of Dr. Edm. Freke , and was succeeded in that dignity by John Coldwell M. D. of St. John Coll. in Cambridge , installed therein 7. Januar. 1585. He was afterwards the first married Bishop that sate in the Cath. Chair of Salisbury . In Apr. this year one Rich. Wills a Mast . of A. of Mentz in Bavaria supplicated for incorporation , but was not admitted . See among the writers under the year 1574. An. Dom. 1575. An. 17 Elizab. An. 18 Elizab. Chancellour the same . Vicechanc. the same without any nomination or election . Proct. John Vnderhill of New Coll. Hen. Savile of Mert. Coll. Apr. 13. Bach. of Arts. May 17. Julius Caesar of Magd. Hall. — He was Son of Caesar Dalmarius of the City of Trevignie in Italy , Doctor of Physick , and Physician to Qu. Mary and Qu. Elizabeth , Son of Pet. Maria Dalmarius of the said City Doctor of Laws , but descended from those of his name living at Frejus or Cividad del Friuli in the confines of Italy . See more in 1583. Jul. 5. Giles Tomson of Vniv. Coll. — He was afterwards of All 's . Coll. and Bishop of Glocester . Jan. 27. Rich. Lewes — See among the Bach. of Div. in 1584. Feb. 19. Edw. Hobie of Trin. Coll. 29. Edw. Transham or Stransham of St. Johns Coll. — This Person who was born in Magd. Parish in the Suburbs of Oxon , left all he had and went to Doway in 1577. Where , after he had spent some time in the study of Philosophy and Divinity in the English Coll. he was made a Priest . Afterwards he went into the mission of England , and for a time continued in Oxfordshire . At length being taken , imprison'd and condemned , suffered death at London , with one Nich. Woodfen another Priest , 21. Januar. 1585 , aged 30 or thereabouts . Admitted 109. Bach. of Civ . Law. Jun. 30. Thom. Emerford or Hemerford — He afterwards left the Church of England , and went to the English Coll. at Rome , where being made a Priest , returned into his own Country ; but being taken and imprison'd , was executed at Tyburn , with John Mundin and others , 12. Feb. 1582. Three more besides him were admitted , and six there were that supplicated for the said Degree ; among whom Rob. Garvey a learned Irish Man was one . Mast . of Arts. June 1. John Lilye of Magd. Rich. Meredyth of Jesus Coll. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of Leighlin in Ireland . 3. John Hudson of Broadgates Hall. — He was afterwards Vicar of Patcham in Sussex and Author of A Sermon at Pauls Cross on Heb. 10. 19. Lond. 1584. oct . and perhaps of other matters . 20. Henry Robinson of Qu. Coll. 21. Christoph . Bagshaw Tho. Holland Of Ball Coll. 27. John Thornborough of Magd. Coll. Nov. 25. Rich. M●dox or Maddock of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Proctor of the University and Author of A learned and godly Sermon , to be read of all Men , but especially for all Mariners , Captains , and Passengers , which travel the Seas . Preached at Waymouth , and Melcomb Regis , in the County of Dorset . 3. Oct. 1581 , on Matth. 8. 23. 24. 25. Printed in oct . at London , but when , it appears not . It was published after the Authors death by one Thom. Martin , who being unacquainted with his Christian name , sets him down in the title by the name of John Madox , tho no such Person appears to have been ever Fellow of All 's . Coll. In 1563 , one Rich. Madox was admitted Bach. of Law , and another in 1590 , but they are both different , and different from Rich. the Divine , who was M. of A. Feb. 1. John Bodye of New Coll. — The next year he was removed from his Fellowship for being a Papist ; whereupon going beyond the Seas , he took upon him Priestly Orders , and returning into England in the condition of a Seminary , was taken and imprison'd and at length executed at Andever in Hampshire , for denying the Queens Supremacy over the Church of England , an 1583. He was born in the City of Wel●s , was well vers'd in the Civil Law , and esteemed by those of his opinion a learned Man. See more of him in Card. Will. Alans book entit . A sincere and modest defence , &c. or An answer to a Libell of English justice , &c. p. 5. and in Concertatio Ecclesiae Cath. in Anglia , &c. printed 1594. p. 293. &c. I find another John Bodye , who in 1552 supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Civ . Law , and another who was admitted Bac. of Arts 1554. and a third to that of Master , an . 1562. Whether they were one and the same Person , I cannot tell , or whether several . Tho. Leyson of New Coll. was admitted the same day ( Feb. 1. ) Admitted 75. Bach. of Phys . Thom. Williams of Mert. Coll. was admitted this year , but the day or month when , appears not . — He is stiled in the records * of that Coll. vir in arte medica multum diuque versatus , and doctus & peritus medicus . Bach. of Div. Jun. 13. John Nutter — Whether he was the same John Nutter who suffer'd death at Tyburne , 12. Feb. 1582 for being a R. Cath. Priest and denying the Queens Supremacy , I know not . Quaere . Jul. 8. Thom. Sparke of Magd. Coll. — He was now Chaplain to Thomas Bishop of Lincolne and a famous Preacher , as the publick register saith . Feb. 14. Thom. Summaster of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Archdeacon of Cornwall . John Leach of Exeter Coll. was admitted the same day ; being about this time Canon of Exeter , and of some other Church . — One John Leech published a Sermon entit . The trayne Soldier , preached before the Society of the Captains and Gentlemen that exercise Arms in the Artillery Garden , 20. Apr. 1619 on Heb. 12. 4. Lond. 1619. oct . but this John Leech must not be understood to be the same with the former . Ten in all were admitted this year , besides 7 that supplicated for the same Degree . Doct. of Civ . Law. Dec. 5. Rob. Whitmore . Thom. Randolph mention'd among the creations , under the year 1566 , did supplicate for the Degree of Doct. of the Civ . Law , in June ; yet he appears not admitted . He was afterwards made Doct. of that faculty in another Country , when he performed one of his Embassies , as it seems . Quaere . Doct. of Phys . Jul… . John Watson of All 's . Coll. who had studied Physick for 20 years , was admitted Doctor of that faculty — He was afterwards Bishop of Winchester . ☞ Not one Doctor of Divinity was admitted this year . Incorporations . A supplicate was made for one Hugh Blythe Bach. of Div. of Kings Coll. in Cambridge to be incorporated , but whether it was granted , it appears not . In 1572 , he was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of George Carew made Dean of that Chappel , ( he being about that time Schoolmaster of Eaton ) and in 1589 he succeeded Dr. Rich. Barber in the Archdeaconry of Leycester . In this last dignity he was succeeded by Rob. Johnson a great benefactor to learning , an . 1591 , and dying in 1610 ( he being then Doct. of Div. ) was succeeded in Windsore by Thom. Frith of All 's . Coll. in Ox●n . An. Dom. 1576. An. 18 Eliz. An. 19 Eliz. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Dr. Lawr. Humphrey , but he resigning , the Chancellour by his letters designed for his Successor Dr. Harbert Westphalyng Canon of Chr. Ch. who accordingly was admitted 23. June . Proct. John Vnderhill Henry Savile again . Which Proctors were continued in their Offices at the special request of the Chancellour , May 12. without any election by suffrages in a scrutiny in convocation . Bach. of Arts. Dec. 17. Steph. Gosson of C. C. Jan. 21. John Harmar of New Feb. 16. John Doderidge of Exeter Coll. The last was afterwards a famous common Lawyer . Admitted 122. Bach. of Law. Three were this year admitted , but not one of them do I find to have been a Bishop , Writer , or Dignitary . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 23. Sim. Wisdome of Gloucester Hall. 26. Miles Smith of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards a Bishop . Thom. Lister was admitted the same day — One of both his names was a Jesuit , and wrot a book † to prove that the Secular Priests in custody at Wisbich Castle in Cambridgeshire were schilmaticks , about 1595 , having been incited to it by several abuses received from them in their libels . Jul. 3. John Rogers of ( Mert. ) Edw. Hobie of Trin Coll. 6. Tho. Rogers of Ch. Ch. Dav. Powell of Jes . Coll. Oct. 29. John Prime of New Jan. 21. Rob. Coke of Brasn . Coll. Admitted 55. Bach. of Div. Apr. 10. John Read of St. Johns Coll. — He died in Apr. 1587. being then Prebendary of Westminster , ( which he obtained on the deprivation of Dr. John Hardyman , an . 1567. by the endeavours of Sit Will. Cecill , who was afterwards L. Burleigh ) and was buried in St. Johns Coll. Chappel . Jul. 3. Barthelm●w Chamberlaine of Trin. Coll. Besides which two , were 7 admitted . On the 4. July Petrus Regius a French Man M. of A. of 12 years standing in the University of Paris , now an Exile for his Religion , and a Catechistical Lecturer in this University , supplicated that he might be admitted Bach. of Div. and that the exercise to be performed for it , might be deferr'd till Mich●elmas Term following , because he shortly after designed to return to his native Country . But the Regents , upon mature consideration , return'd this answer , that he might take the said Degree when he pleased , conditionally that he perform all exercises requisite by the statute before he take it . On the same day Giles Gualter M. of A. of 8 years standing in the University of Caen ( another Exile , as it seems ) did supplicate under the same form ; but whether either of them was admitted , it appears not . Doct. of Civ . Law. Jul. 3. Griffith or Griffin Lloyd Principal of Jesus Coll. — He was afterwards the Kings Professor of the Civil Law and Chancellour to the Bishop of Oxford . He died in Doctors Commons , 26. Nov. 1586 , and was buried two days after in the Church of St. Bennet near to Pauls-wharf , in London . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Apr. 10. Adam Squyre Master of Ball. Coll. — This Person who was a learned but fantastical Man , married the Daughter of Dr. Jo. Elmer Bishop of London , by whose favour he was made Archdeacon of Middlesex , but when , I cannot tell . Apr… . John Bold of C. C. Coll. — In the year 1578. Sept. 25. he was collated to the Archdeaconry of Northumberland by Dr. Barnes Bishop of Durham , on the resignation of Mr. Franc. Bunney , who some years before had succeeded Mr. Ralph Lever in that Dignity . After Dr. Bold had resign'd it , Ralph Tonstall M. A. was collated thereunto 29. Oct. 1581 , but who succeeded him , the register of the Church of Durham , which is deficient , tells us not till Bishop Neyles time , who collated to the said Archdeaconry Gab. Clerke DD 7. Aug. 1619. upon the resignation of Dr. John Craddock . See more among the Masters of Arts , an . 1612. Jul. 6. Pet. Lozillerius Villerius a French Man , Doctor of the Civil Law and Divinity of an University in his own Country , was then admitted to proceed in Divinity , and three days after did compleat that Degree by standing in the Act then celebrated . — He was an Exile for his Religion , lived in Ch. Ch. for some time , but whether he read a lecture , or taught privately , as other Exiles did , I know not . Sure I am he was a learned Man , and had newly corrected and set forth Beza's New Testament in Greek . Incorporations . June 5. Tho. Hakeluyt M. A. of Cambridge . 22. Will. Smyth M. of A. of the same University — I take this to be the same Will. Smyth who was afterwards Master of Clare Hall , Chaplain to Qu. Elizabeth , Vicechanc. of the said University , an . 1603 , Chaplain to K. Jam. 1. and at length Provost of Kings Coll. to which he was elected 22. Aug. 1612. He died 26. March 1615 , and became a considerable benefactor to the said College . Jul. 10. Humph. Tindall M. A. of the same University — He was afterwards Master of Queens Coll. there , and became the fourth Dean of Ely in the place of John Bell D. D. who died 31. Oct. 1591 aged 61. The said Tindall was descended from the antient and gentile family of his name living in Norfolk , and dying 12. Oct. 1614 aged 65 was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Ely. July 11. Peter Baro D. D. of Cambridge — This learned and worthy Divine was born at Estampes in France , left that Country upon account of Religion , came into England for refuge , setled in Cambridge by the endeavours of Dr. Andr. Perne , and being afterwards of Trin. Coll. succeeded Dr. John Still in the Margaret Professorship of that University , and read there several years to the great liking of many . At length the Calvinistical Party disgusting certain matters , ( which they looked upon as hetrodox ) vented by him in his readings and prints , viz. in his Comment on Jonah and his book De Fide , one of them named Lawrence Chadderton had a contest with him . Their objections were ( 1 ) That in his readings upon Jonah , he taught the Popish Doctrine of the cooperation of faith and works to justification ; which , tho in terms a little changed , yet the Doctrine was one and the same in effect . ( 2 ) That he laboured to make Men believe that the reformed Churches Doctrine , was not so differing from Popish Doctrine , but that by distinctions they might be reconciled , and therefore concluded that both professions might be tolerated . And thirdly that in his said readings he taught that the Heathen may be saved without the Faith of the Gospel , and other strange matters , which they looked upon as damnable errors , &c. Besides also , as they observed , that after many years , wherein he had sundry ways hurt the sincerity of the Doctrine , he brought the Popish Schoolmen into credit , and diminished the honour of the learned Writers of that age . Since which time the course of studies in Divinity , and the manner of preaching hath been much changed in that University by some , who have followed that vain , and left the study of sound Writers ( as they stile them ) and apply themselves to the reading , as they father add , of popish , barbarous , and fantastical Schoolmen , delighted with their curious questions and quiddities , whereby they draw all points of Christian faith into doubts , being the high-way not only to Popery but to Atheisme , &c. For these , I say , and such like matters , he was , by the zealous travel of some of the Brethren in the said University , removed from his place of Margaret Professor , about the year 1596 , not without the consent of Dr. Whitgift a Archb. of Canterbury . For so it was , and they could not be beaten out of it , that they thought , that as a certain Spaniard named Ant. Corranus was brought to , and setled in , Oxon. purposely to corrupt the true Doctrine ; so Pet. Baro a French Man was for Cambridge , which last , is nevertheless reported in the following age by a high Church of England b Man that tho he was a Forreigner by birth , yet be better understood the Doctrine of the Church of England , than many of the Natives , his contemporaries in the Vniversity of Cambridge , &c. His writings are these . ( 1 ) In Jonam Prophetam praelectiones 39. ( 2 ) Conciones tres ad clerum Cantabrigiensem habitae , in templo B. Mariae . ( 3 ) Theses , publicae in Scholis peroratae & disputatae . Which Theses being only two , were translated into English by John Ludham with these titles . First Gods purpose and decree taketh not away the liberty of mans corrupt will. The second , Our conjunction with Christ is altogether spiritual . Both printed at Lond. 1590. in oct . ( 4 ) Precationes , quibus usus est author in suis praelectionibus inchoandis & finiendis . All which were published at Lond. 1579. fol. by the care and labor of Osmund Lake Bach. of Div. and Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge who viewed and corrected them before they went to the press . This Osm . Lake , by the way I must tell you , had been Proctor of that University , was afterwards Vicar of Ringwood in Hampshire and a publisher of several books , ( besides others which he wrot , that are not yet extant ) among which are A probe Theological , or the first part of the Christian Pastors proof of his learned Parishioners faith . Lond , 1612. qu. He died in 1621 leaving then behind him the character of a learned Man. As for the other works of Pet. Baro they are these . ( 5 ) De praestantia & dignitate divinae Legis , lib. 2. printed 1586. oct . ( 6 ) Tractatus in quo docet expetitionem oblati à mente boni & fiduciam ad fidei justificantis naturam pertinere . ( 7 ) Summa trium sententiarum de praedestinatione &c. Hardrov . 1613. oct . printed with the Notes of Joh. Piscator , Disquisition of Franc. Junius , and Prelection of Will. Whittaker . ( 8 ) Special treatise of Gods providence , and of comforts against all kind of crosses and calamities to be fetched from the same ; with an Exposition on Psal . 107. ( 8 ) Four Sermons . The first on Psal . 133. 1. 2. 3. The sec . on Psal . 15. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. &c. After this Author Peter Baro had been removed from Cambridge , he went to London , lived and died in Crouched Friers , and was buried in the Church of St. Olaves in Hartstreet . At whose inte●ment the Bishop of London ordered the most eminent Divines and Ministers in that City , to be present . The Baro's or Barons as they are by some called , who do now , or did lately live at Boston in Lincolnshire , and at Kings Lynn in Norfolk , are descended from him . Jul. 11. Walt. Travers M. of A. of Cambridge , was then incorporated in the same Degree — This Person had received his Academical education in Trin Coll. in the said University , and afterwards travelled to Geneva , where he became acquainted with Beza ; and at his return took the Degree of Bach. of Div. Soon after he went to Antwerp , where he was ordained Minister according to the Presbyterian way , and returning again into England , he became Lecturer in the Temple while Mr. Rich. Hooker was Master ; between whom certain differences in Religion hapning , Travers was discharged of his place by the Archbishop : Whereupon by the endeavours of Dr. Adam Loftus Archb. of Dublin , he was made Provost of Trin. Coll. there an . 1594. But he keeping that place not long , he returned into England , and lived divers years , as 't is said , very obscurely , but where I cannot tell . Sure I am that one Walt. Travers succeeded Joh. Salkeld in the Vicaridge of Wellington in Somersetshire , an . 1635 , but whether the same , 't is doubtful . Among several things that this W. Travers hath published , is Declaration of ecclesiastical discipline out of the word of God , and of the declining of the Church of England from the same . Genev. 1580. oct . It is also extant in latine , but that I have not yet seen . The other things that he hath written you may mostly , if not all , see in the Oxford or Bodleian Catalogue . On the 4. of July was a supplicate made that Tho. Norton M. of A. of Cambridge might be incorporated , but whether he was , it appears not . Had this supplication been made in 1560 , I should have taken him to be the same Tho. Norton , a famous Poet of his time , whom I have mention'd among these Writers in Tho. Sternhold , an . 1549 , and in Tho. Sackvile an . 1608. An. Dom. 1577. An. 19 Elizab. An. 20 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Will. Cole . D. D. President of C. C. Coll. was admitted to his office 13. July . Proct. John Glover of St. Joh. Coll. Tho. Dochen of Magd. Coll. Apr. 17. Bach. of Arts. Jun. 17. Erasmus Dreyden — The first of his Sirname that setled in Northamptonshire ( descended from the Dreydens of Staffhill or Staffle in Cumberland ) was by profession a Schoolmaster , and being learned , and well acquainted with Erasmus of Roterdam , that Person was Godfather to one of his Sons ; which is the reason that that Christian name descends among the family of the Dreydens in that County ; some of whom have gloried in it , in my hearing . June 12. George Peele of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards an eminent Poet. 25. Tertullian Pine of St. Johns Coll. — Whether he took a higher Degree in this University , it appears not ; for travelling beyond the Seas , he was made Doctor of the Laws in the University of Basil ; whence returning , he was installed Archdeacon of Sudbury in the Dioc. of Norwych 20. July 1591 , in the place of Dr. Jo. Still of Cambridge . After Pine , Cuthb . Norrys D. D. was installed 6. Oct. 1599 , and after his death Theophilus Kent , 31. Dec. 1621. Some years after Kents death , Anth. Sparrow D. D. of Camb. was install'd 7. Aug. 1660 , who being promoted to the see of Exter Dr. John Spencer of the said Univ. succeeded , an . 1667. Jul. 1. John Davies of Gloc. Hall — Afterwards an eminent Mathematician . 8. Tho. Lodge of Trin. Coll. Oct. 29. Charles Turnbull John Spenser of Corp. C. C. Dec. 4. Will. Gager of Ch. Ch. Feb. 6. Edw. Hutchins of Brasn . Mar. 22. Will. Warford of Trin. Coll. Anth. Shirley of the same Coll. of the Holy Trin. was then also admitted . — See another Anth. Shirley among the Bach. of Arts , an . 1581. who was a Sussex Man born , but this of Trin. Coll. was a native of Oxfordshire . Admitted 124. Mast . of Arts. Mar. 29. John Williams of All 's . Rich. Hooker of C. C. Coll. May 17. Will. Greenwich of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Archd. of Salop , and died an aged Man in Apr. 1631. Jun. 25. Will. Wilkes of Mert. Jam. Bisse of Magd Will. Massie of Brasn . Coll. 27. Rich. Hackluyt of Ch. Ch. Hen. Rowlands of New Coll. Jul. 3. Tho. Lovell . — Whether he be the same Tho. Lovell who wrote A Dialogue between cust●m and verity concerning the use and abuse of dancing , and minstrelsie . Lond. in oct . about 1589. I know not . Feb. 18. Julius Caesar of Magd. Hall. — See among the Doctors of Civ . Law 1583. Admitted 116. Doct. of Law. Nov. 23. Tho. Glasier of Ch. Ch. — In 1578 , he was elected Rector of Exeter Coll. and dying 9. Mar. 1591. was succeeded in that Rectory by Dr. Thom. Holland . ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . or Divinity was admitted , not any to the reading of the sentences but one . Incorporations . May. 23. Tho. Bowsfield Bac. of Arts of Pembr . Hall in Cambridge — In the Act following he proceeded Master of his faculty in this University , became Principal of St. Edmunds Hall in 1581 , and the year after Prebendary of Grimston and Yatmister in the Church of Sarum . Jul. 9. Sim. Harward Bach. of Arts of another University . Rich. Remyngton M. A. of Cambr. was incorporated the same day ▪ In 1582. Inn. 8. he was collated to the Archdeaconry of Clievland upon the death of Ralph Coulton Bac. of Div. ( which hapned 8. May going before , aged 55 ) and some years after , ( about 1598 ) he became Archdeacon of the East-riding of Yorkshire , in the place of Tho. Cole ; whom I have mention'd before , under the year 1567. In Clievland succeeded , upon his resignation , one Rich. Bird , collated thereunto 21. of March 1588. and in the East-riding , Marmaduke Blaxton , as I shall tell you elsewhere . Jul. 9. Anthony Rudde Bach. of Div. of Cambr. was also then incorporated . — He was of Trin. Coll. in that University , was afterwards D. of D. and in 1584 he became Dean of Glocester in the place of Lawr. Humphrey , who four years before had been promoted to the Deanery of Winchester . In 1594 June 9. he was consecrated Bishop of S. David ( being then accounted a most admirable Preacher ) and died 7 March 1614 , having before published four , or more , Sermons . He had a Son of both his names , who was a Commoner of Magd. Coll. in this University in 1603. Jul. 19. Nich. Bownde M. A. of the said University . — He was afterwards D. of D. beneficed at Norton in Suffolk , and famed for several things that he published in his life time . Among which are ( 1 ) Sabbatum veteris & novi Testamenti ; or the true doctrine of the Sabbath , held and practised of the Church of England , both before and under the Law , &c. This book was first published , as one * observes , in 1595 , and was the first of that nature which first saw light , and occasion'd the observation of the Lords day more solemnly to be kept , which before was not . Whereupon his Doctrine was opposed by several persons , of whom Tho. Rogers was one , as I have elsewhere told you . ( 2 ) The holy exercise of fasting , &c. in certain Homilies or Sermons , &c. Lond. 1604. oct . dedicated to his great Lord and Patron Dr. John Jegon B. of Norwych . ( 3 ) A storehouse of comfort for the afflicted in spirit set open in 21 Sermons . Lond. 1604. qu. The two first are on the title of Psalm 20 , To him that excelleth ; the rest are on the six first Verses of the said Psalm . ( 4 ) Vnbelief of S. Thomas the Apostle , laid open for believers , &c. printed 1608 , oct . with other things which I have not yet seen . Nov… . John Delabere sometimes of Ch. Ch. and Bach. of Phys . of this University , afterward Doct. of the same Faculty at Basil in Germany , was then incorporated Doct. of Phys . — He was afterwards Principal of Gloc. Hall. Feb. 18. Nich. Goldsborough M. A. of Cambridge . — He was incorporated also Bach. of Div. in 1597. An. Dom. 1578. An. 20 Eliz. An. 21 Eliz. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Martin Colepeper Doct. of Phys . and Warden of New Coll. was adm . Jul. 15. being the next day after the Act was ended . Proct. Ralph Smyth of Magd. Clem. Colmer of Brasn . Coll. They were elected in Congregation 9 Apr. Bach. of Arts. May 14. Mathew Gwinne of S. Joh. Coll. Jul. 12. Rob. Hues ( Husins ) of S. Maries Hall , lately of Brasn . Coll. Nov. 12. Leonard Hutten Tho. Ravis Joh. Howson of Ch. Ch. The two last were afterwards Bishops . Nov. 12. John Terry of New Dec. 9. Rich. Kilbye of Linc. Coll. Jun. 28. Walter Warner . — One of both his names was an eminent Mathematician in the Reigns of K. Jam. and Ch. 1. as I have elsewhere told you . Jun. 28. Will. Wood Will. Wilkenson of Brasn . Coll. See another Will. Wood in 1561. As for Will. Wilkinson . I find one of both his names to be Author of A confutation of certain articles delivered to the family of Love , &c. Lond. 1579 , oct . and of A godly treatise of the exercise of Tasteng , &c. Lond. 1580 , oct . but him of Brasn . Coll. I take to be too young to be an Author , he being this year about 20 years of age . See another Will. Wilkinson an . 1593. Feb. 26. Thom. Gibson . — See among the Masters 1580. Rich. Parks of Brasn . Coll. was admitted the same day . Mar. 17. Tho. Bentham of Mert. Coll. — See among the Masters of 1581. Adm. 107. Bach. of Law. Jul. 2. Henry Dethick M. of A. was admitted Bach. of Law , being now Chancellour of the Diocess of Carlile . — About this time also he succeeded one Edw. Threlkeld LL. D. in the Archdeaconry of Carlile , who had been collated thereunto 10 Eliz. Dom. 1567-8 . the same Threlkeld I mean who had been Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , and the same who was so much admired in that University , for his excellent Knowledge and Eloquence , that he was thought to use the help of some good Genius . When he gave up the Chancellourship of Carlile he was Chancellour of the Diocess of Hereford , where he became highly valued for his profession . In the year 1581 I shall make farther mention of Hen. Dethick , who was a man of Learning also , but far beneath Threlkeld . Beside Dethicke were six Bach. of Law adm . this year , among whom Joh. Drewry was one . See in 1584. Mast . of Arts. May 2. Martin Heton Rich. Eedes Will. Watkinson of Ch. Ch. 5. Sim. Harward of New 29. Will. Leigh of Brasn . Coll. Jun. 17. Thom. Smith of Ch. Ch. July 4. Giles Tomson of Vniv. Coll. — He was afterwards of All 's . Coll. and a Bishop . Adm. 52. ☞ But two Bach. of Div. were admitted this year , of whom Edm. Lillye of Magd. Coll. was one , afterwards Master of Ball. Coll. Doct. of Law. Oct. 13. Rich. Percye of Ch. Ch. — He died 10 Nov. 1598 , ( after he had been 20 years Commissary to the Archbish . of York ) and was buried in the Church of Settrington in Yorkshire , of which he became Rector in 1591 , in the place of Ralph Tomson D. D. Feb. 12. Giles Lawrence of All 's . Coll. and Greek Professor of the University . — He was a Glocestershire man born , was admitted Scholar of C. C. Coll. with his individual Friend John Jewell an . 1539 , and in 1542 was elected prob . Fellow of that of Allsoules . On the 18 Sept. an . 1564 he became Archdeacon of Wilts , on the deprivation of one John Lawrence ( whether his Father or Uncle I know not ) being then in great esteem for his learning . A certain * Author of no mean fame , tells us , that this Dr. Lawrence was the light and ornament of this Vniversity , that he was brought up and nourished in the bosom of Pallas , and that into him , as also into Barthelmew Dodington , the ornament of Cambridge , Nature , and unwearied Industry , had infused and placed , all the Greek Treasures and Riches imaginable . I have been inform'd that he hath written and published several Books , but such I have not yet , in all my searches , seen ; nor do I know any thing else of him , only that in the time of Queen Mary he was Tutor to the Children of Sir Arthur Darcey living near the Tower of London , and that he was in being in 1584. Feb. 23. Robert Salisbury of Jesus Coll. — He was a younger Son of Sir John Salisbury of Lewenie in Denbighshire Knight , and Uncle to Sir John Salisbury of the same place , who died 1613 ; which is all I know of him . Doct. of Phys . Nov. 12. Henry Bust of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards superior Reader of Lynacre's Phy● . Lecture , practised his Faculty many years in Oxon with great repute ; and dying in his house in S. Aldates Parish , was buried in the Church belonging thereunto , 17 Feb. 1616. Doct. of Div. July 10. Edw. Chapman of Cambridge . — See among the Incorporations following . 12. Rich. Creke of Magd. Coll. Jan. 19. John Barefoot of C. C. Coll. Chaplain to Ambrose Earl of Warwick . — In 1581 he became Archdeacon of Lincoln in the place of Dr. John Robinson ( mention'd among the Incorporations an . 1566 ) and dying in 1595 , was succeeded in that Dignity by Rich. Cleyton D. D. collated thereunto 29 August the same year . After Cleyton followed John Hills D. D. Master of S. Catherins Coll. or Hall in Cambridge , who was collated to it 21 Sept. 1612. He died in 1626 , ( about the month of Sept. ) and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Horsheath in Cambridgeshire , where there was , if not still , a Monument in the Wall , over his grave . Jan. 19. Barthelmew Chamberlayne of Trin. Coll. Edmund Bunney of Mert. Coll. did supplicate for the said Degree in February , but was not admitted . Incorporations . July 7. Edward Chapman Bach. of Div. of Cambridge . — He was soon after admitted Doctor , as I have before told you . 14. William Whitaker or Whittaker Bach. of Divinity of the said University . — This famous Divine for Learning and Life , was born at Holme in the Parish of Burnd●ey in Lancashire , initiated there in Grammar learning , taken thence by his Uncle Alexander Nowell Dean of Pauls , and by him maintained in his house , and put to the Free School there . At eighteen years of age he was sent to Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , took the Degrees in Arts , and the first thing that made him known for his excellency in the Gr. Tongue , was the turning his Uncles Catechism into that Language . Afterwards being famous for Theology , he was made the Kings Professor in that Faculty , and stood up in defence of the Protestant Religion and Church of England against Edmund Campian , Nicholas Saunders , William Rainolds , Robert Bellarmine , Thomas Stapleton , &c. At length having much impoverished his weak Body by continual study , even at that time , when the Question was so rise among the Divines † Whether a true and justifying faith may be lost , he was freed from this Body of flesh , and lost his life , having left behind him the desire and love of the present times , and the envy of Posterity , that cannot bring forth his parallel . He gave way to Fate 4 December an . 1595 , aged 47 , and was buried in the Chappel belonging to S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , of which Coll. he had several years before been Master . His Works are printed in Latin in two folio's at Genev. 1610. July 15. G●vase Babington M. of A. of the same University of Cambridge . — He was a Nottinghamshire man born , was Fellow of Trinity Coll afterwards Chaplain to Henry Earl of Pembroke , Treasurer of Landaff , and successively Bishop of Landaff , Exeter , and Worcester . He published several Books of Div. which were all printed in one Volume in fol , Lond. 1615 , and go under the name of his Works . He died in the year 1610 , at which time he enriched the Library belonging to the Church at Worcester , with many choice Books . Brute Babington B. of A. of this University , was incorporated the same day : so also was William Cotton M. A. — This person who was Son of John Cotton Citizen of Lond●n , third Son of Richard , eight Son of John Cotton , or Coton of Humpstable Ridware in Staffordshire , was partly educated in Guildford School in Surrey , afterwards in Queens Coll. in Cambridge , and took the usual Degrees . Some years after he became Archdeacon of Lewis , Canon residentiary of S. Pauls Cath. Church , and at length Bishop of Exeter . He died at Silverton in Devon. 26 August 1621 , and was buried on the south side of the Choire or Presbytery of the Cath. Church at Exeter . One William Cotton Fellow of Magd. Coll. in Oxon , was admitted M. of A. in June 1577 , but what relation there was between him and the Bishop , I cannot tell . This year also , Sept. 1. Edward Stanhope Doct. of the Civ . Law of Trinity Coll. in the said University , did supplicate in a Convention called simile primum , that he might be incorporated in the said Degree , which , tho granted simpliciter , yet it appears not that he was incorporated . He was afterwards a Knight , Chancellour to the Bishop of London , and Vicar General to the Archb. of Canterbury . He paid his last debt to Nature on the sixteenth day of March an . 1608 , and was buried near to the great north door within the Cathedral Church of S. Paul in London . He was Brother to John Lord Stanhope of Harrington . An. Dom. 1579. An. 22 Elizab. An. 22 Elizab. Chanc. the same . viz. Robert Earl of Leicester . Vicechanc. Tobie Mathew D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch. July 14. Proct. Will. Zouch of Ch. Ch. Isaac Vpton of Magd. Coll. Elected in Congregation 29 April . Bach. of Arts. May 16. Robert Abbot of Ball. Coll. — Afterwards a deep Divine and Bishop of Salisbury . 19. John Philipps . — The same , I think , who was afterwards B. of the Isle of Man. June 3. Robert Sackvile of Hart Hall. — See among the Masters following . Oct. 16. Edwyn Sandys of C. C. William Tooker Roger Hacket of New Coll. 22. Edward Philipps of Broadgates Jan. 14. Henry Perry of Glocester Hall. 26. John King of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Bishop of London . Feb. 12. Thomas Hariot of S. Maries George Carleton of S. Edm. Hall. The first of which two was afterwards an eminent Mathematician , and the other a Divine and B. of Chichester . 17. Isaac Colfe of Broadgates Hall. March 9. Lawr. Hyde of Magd. Hall. — He was afterwards a Knight . and Attorney to Queen Anno the Consort of King Jam. 1. Thomas Savile was admitted the same day . — See among the Masters , an . 1584. Admitted 128 , or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Eight were admitted , of whom Gervase Carrington was one ; who in 1576 had been installed Prebendary of Worcester , on the resignation of Arth. Dudley M. of A. Mast . of Arts. June 3. Robert Sackvile of Hart. Hall. — He was now three years standing in the University , and was , in honour to his noble Race , admitted Bach. and Master of Arts in one and the same Congregation . On the 13 of July following , he was Senior of the Act then celebrated , and in 1608 succeeded his Father in the Earldom of Dorset . July 6. George Peele of Ch. Ch. 9. Hen. Smith of Hart Hall. — See among the Masters in 1583. 10. John Bond of New Coll. Thomas Hethe or Heath of All 's . Coll. was adm . the same day . Adm. 75. Bach. of Div. May 4. Hieronim . Schlick Count of Passan or Passaun , Lord in Weiskirden and Slackenward , who had studied two years in the University of Prague , and five in Lips where he professed Divinity , and twice in one year elected Rector of the Univ. of Marpurg , was then admitted to the reading of the Sentences , or , as 't was now call'd , to the reading of any book of S. Pauls Epistles , that is , to the degree of Bach. of Divinity . — This the Members of the University did readily grant , not only because he was an honorable person , but also for that his Parents and Relations had suffered much in the Smalcaldic War for their zealous profession of the Gospel , and also that the Count had been trained up in good Arts , as well as in Divinity . June 24. Thomas Bilson of New John Rainolds of C. C. Coll. Besides these three , were but three more admitted . Doct. of Law. Jul… . John Daye of Magd. Coll. — He became Vicar Gen. to the B. of Bathe and Wells , an . 1587. He was the only person who was admitted Doctor of his Faculty this year . ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was adm . this year . Doct. of Div. March 27. Ralph Tomson of Brasn . Coll. — He was now one of the Chaplains to the Queen , and dying 18 Aug. 1591 , was buried in the Church of Settrington ( of which he was Rector ) in Yorkshire . Apr… . Robert Dorset Canon of Ch. Ch. — In the beginning of this year ( 1579 ) he became Dean of Chester in the place of Rich. Langworth or Longworth D. D. of Cambridge deceased , who before had succeeded Dr. Jo. Piers , but the year when , I cannot tell . This Dr. Dorset , who was also Rector of Ewelme in Oxfordshire , died 29 May 1580 , and was buried in the Church there ; whereupon one Tho. Madesley or Modesley succeeded him in his Deanery . July 3. John Langworth of New Coll. — This person who was Son of Lancelot Langworth of Kertlebury in Worcestershire , was installed Prebendary of Worcester in the place of Richard Longworth before mention'd , an . 1579 , was afterwards Prebendary of Canterbury , and in 1588 , Feb. 4. was admitted Archdeacon of Wells , but in whose place I cannot tell , because from the death of John Rugg Archdeacon of Wells , which hapned in 1581 , to the year 1587 , the Register of that Church is wanting or defective . In the said Archdeaconry of Wells succeeded him one Steph. Nelson , but when , unless in the year 1610 , I cannot tell , and in his Prebendary of Worcester John Hanmer , an . 1614. John Woolton who became Bishop of Exeter this year , did , in the month of May , supplicate for the degree of D. of D. but whether admitted or diplomated , I find not . Incorporations . May…Edward Graunt or Grant Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , and chief Master of Westminster School . June…John Langworth Bach. of Div. of the same University . — In the month following he was admitted Doct. of his Faculty , as before I have told you , and proceeded as a Member of New Coll. in the Act that followed . July 14. Eubu●e Thelwall Bach. of Arts of Trin. Coll. in the said University . — He was afterwards Master of Arts of this University , Counsellour at Law , Master of the Alienation Office , one of the Masters of the Chancery , a Knight , and at length Principal of , and an especial Benefactor to , Jesus College in Oxon. He died 8 Oct. 1630 , aged 68 years , and was buried in the Chappel belonging to that Coll. Godfrey Goldsborough Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , was incorporated the same day . — This person who had been Fellow of Trin. Coll. in that University , was installed Archdeacon of Worcester , in the place of Dr. Thomas Powell resigning , 15 July 1579 , ( he being then Prebendary of Caddington in the Cath. Church of S. Paul ) and on the 12 August 1581 was installed Prebendary of the Church there , in the place of John Bullyngham promoted to the See of Glocester . At length , upon the death to the said Bullyngham , he became Bishop of Glocester , an . 1598 , ( at which time he had license to keep his Preb. of Worcester in commendam ) and dying 26 May 1604 , was buried in a little Chappel on the North side of a fair large Chappel at the East end of the Choire of the Cath. Church at Glocester . Over his Grave was soon after a raised or Altar-Monument erected , with the proportion of a Bish . in his Pontifie 〈◊〉 lying thereon , with this Inscription , Aureus , & Fulvo nomen sortitus ab auro , Hâc Goldisburgus nunc requiescit humo . Scilicet orta solo pretiosa metalla parente In matrem redeunt inveterata suam . He left behind him two Sons , John and Godfrey , and other Children , as I conceive , besides a Brother named John. Richard Wood Bach. of Div. of the same University , was incorporated the same day , July 14. — He was afterwards Doctor of his Faculty , and became Can. or Preb. of Westminster in the place of John Read deceased , in the month of May 1587. John Keltride M. A. of the same Univ. was also then ( July 14. ) incorporated in the same degree . — Whether he be the same with John Keltridge who wrot Exposition or Readings on the Lords Prayer , on Luke 11. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9. as also A Sermon at the making of Ministers , on 1 Tim. 3. 1 , 2 , 3. printed at Lond. 1578 , as also of a Sermon against the Jesuits , on Deut. 6. 4. Lond. 1581. qu. I cannot tell . Quaere . Creations . Feb. 12. Richard Barnes M. of A. of this University ▪ and Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , now Bishop of Durham , was actually created Doctor of Divinity by certain persons appointed by the Members of the University , but whether at London , or elsewhere , it appears not . An. Dom. 1580. An. 22 Elizab. An. 23 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Arthur Yeldard D. D. President of Trin. Coll. July 13. Proct. Rob. Crayne of Ball. Coll. Tho. Stone of Ch. Ch. Elected in Congregation 13 Apr. The junior was afterwards Parson of Warkton in Northamptonshire , and a great promoter of Presbytery . He died there 1617. Bach. of Arts. June 13. Rob. Wright of Trin. Coll. Sabin Chambers of Broadgates Hall. Hen. Cuffe of Trin. Coll. The first of these three was afterwards Bishop of Lichfield , the other a Jesu● , and the last an eminent Grecian . Jan. 13. Francis Godwin of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards successively B. of Landaff and Hereford . Feb. 3. John Rider of Jesus Coll. — He was also afterwards a B. in Ireland . 17. Will. Hubbocke lately of Magd. Hall , now of C. C. Coll. Admitted 103. Mast . of Arts. June 15. Will. Gager of Ch. Ch. March 10. Thomas Gibson of Queens Coll. originally , as it seems , of that of Mert. — One of both his names hath published A fruitful Sermon preached at Okeham in Rutlandshire , on 1 Cor. 9. 16. Lond. 1584 , in oct . Whether the same with him who was Master of Arts , I cannot tell . Another Tho. Gibson also I find , who published The blessing of a good King , in eight Sermons , &c. Lond. 1614 , oct . whether he was of Oxon I know not . Mar. 16. Chacles Turnbull John Spenser of C. C. Coll. Adm. 49. ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . was this year admitted , only three supplicated for that degree . Five Bach. of Div. were admitted , yet not one of them can I mention according to the method that I follow . Doct. of Law. July 20. Daniel Donne of All 's . Coll. now Principal of New Inn. — He was afterwards Dean of the Arches , Master of the Requests , one of the Commissioners appointed by Q. Elizabeth to treat with the Danes at Bremen , an . 1602 , a Knight , and one of the two first Burgesses elected by the Univ. of Oxon , after the Members thereof were impowr'd to send Burgesses to Parliament , an . 1603. He died 15 Sept. 1617. One of both his names was M. of Arts and a Minister , Author of A subpoena from the Star Chamber of Heaven , Serm. at Pauls Cross 4 Aug. 1622 , on Luke 3. 9. Lond. 1623. oct . and perhaps of other things . ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. June…Steph . Townsend of Ch. Ch. July 8. Philip Bisse of Magd. Coll. — He was now Archdeacon of Taunton , in the place of Justin Lancaster , and Subdean of Wells , in which first Dignity he was succeeded by Mathew Sutcliff LL. D. in January 1585. This Dr. Bisse , who was Son of Rich. Bisse of Stokeland in Somersetshire , was an especial Benefactor to Wadham Coll. by giving thereunto 2000 Books valued at 700 l. John Brownyng of Cambridge was admitted the same day . July 15. Edmund Lilly lately of Magd. Coll. and about this time Master of that of Balliol . — He was an excellent Divine , universally read in the Fathers , all whose Opinions he would reckon up upon any question at Divinity disputations in Ball. College ; and that with such volubility * of language , and rivers of eloquence , as made all covet to hear him , and his very enemies to admire him . On the last of Nov. 1591 he was made Archdeacon of Wiltshire , but whether in the place of Dr. John Sprint who died in the latter end of 1589 , I know not . He the said Dr. Lilly was buried in the Church of S. Mary the Virgin in Oxon , 12 Feb. 1609. Nich. Bond of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . — This person who was now Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen , became Canon of the fifth Stall in S. Peters Church at Westminster on the death of John Rugge , an . 1582 , and in the beginning of 1590 was elected President of the said Coll. he being then Rector of Alresford in Hampshire . In the said Prebendship he was succeeded by Will. Robinson D. D. Rector of Bingham in Nottinghamshire , ( Brother by the Mothers side to Dr. Will. Laud ) who was installed therein 5 of March an . 1607 , and in his Presidentship succeeded John Harding D. of D. Jan. 24. Thomas Bilson of New Coll. — He was afterwards successively B. of Worcester and Winchester . Incorporations . July 12 , being the next day after the Act , were fifteen Cambr. Masters incorporated , among whom Rich. Clayton and Will. Smyth , were two ; but whether either of them were afterwards a Bishop , Writer , or man of note , I cannot ye find . Jan. 26. Alexander Hume M. of A. of S. Andrews in Scotland . — See more of him in Adam Hyll among the Writers , an . 1594. nu . 275. March 6. John Hottoman a French man , Doct. of the Civ . Law of the University of Valence . — One John Hotman was Preb. of Sarum . See in Will. Camden among the Writers , an . 1623. Albericus Gentilis an Italian , Doct. of the Civ . Law of the Univ. of Perugia , was incorporated the same day . On the 8 July supplicated to be incorporated one John Keeper Mast . of Arts of the University of Lovaine , but being a suspected Papist , he was put aside . An. Dom. 1581. An. 23 Elizab. An. 24 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Will. James D. D. Master of Vniv. Coll. Jul. 13. In his absence Oliver Wythyngton Doct. of Phys . and Dean of Battel in Sussex supplied his place . Proct. Rob. Crayne again Rich. Maddock of All 's . Coll. Apr. 5. The junior of which Proctors renouncing his Office , because he was about to travel into remote parts , ( in order to which he supplicated the Convocation that he might have a faculty granted to him to preach the Word of God throughout the whole World ) Mr. Hen. Beaumont of All 's . Coll. became his Deputy . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 6. John Lloyd of New Coll. an excellent Grecian . June 29. Oxen Wood. — See among the Masters of Arts an . 1584. July 7. Jeremy Corderoy of S. Alb. Hall. Oct. 25. Henry Parry Will. Fulbeck of C. C. Coll. The first of which two last , was afterwards B. of Worcester . Nov. 18. John Smith of S. John's Coll. — Both his names being common , I must therefore tell you , that he was the same who afterwards wrot on the Lords Prayer and the Creed . Rich. Field of Magd. Hall was adm . on the same day . Dec. 16. Will. Pilsworth of Magd. Hall. — He was afterwards a Bishop in Ireland . Jan. 19. John Mil●ard . — See among the Masters 1584. Jan. 30. Richard Fowns William Sutton of Ch. Ch. Feb. 8. Anthony Shirley of Hart Hall. — He was afterwards of All 's . Coll. and a famous Traveller . 21. Peter Allibond of Magd. Hall. Admitted 117. Bach. of Law. Apr. 6. Charles Pinner of New Coll. Not one besides him was this year admitted . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 12. Ralph Stanford of Oriel Coll. — In the year after , upon pretence of being weary of the Heresie ( as he call'd it ) practised in the University , he left his Fellowship of the said house , went to the English Seminary at Rheimes in France , where he was made a Priest . May. 29. Emanuel Barnes of Magd. Coll. — He was Son of Dr. Rich. Barnes Bishop of Durham , was afterwards D. of D. of the University of Basil in Germany , and eminent for his learning . July 4. John Davies of Glocester Hall. 8. Edward Hutchins of Brasn . Coll. Dec. 1. Thomas Pett of Mert. Coll. — He was expelled that house for not taking the Oath of Supremacy , and afterwards going into Ireland , became a Judge there . Jan. 3. Leonard Hutten Thomas Ravys John Howson of Ch. Ch. Admitted 89. Bach. of Phys . Jan. 15. Fabianus Niphus or Fabiand à Nipho an Italian . Not one besides him was this year admitted . Bach. of Div. July 1. Rob. Hoveden Warden of All 's . 5. Meredith Hanmer of C. C. 7. John Vnderhyll Rector of Linc. Nov. 15. John Chardon of Exeter Coll. Dec. 11. Thom. White of Magd. Hall. March 22. John Thornborough of Magd. Coll. Adm. 11. Doct. of Law. June… Will. Prytherd ( or Prichard ) of Jesus Coll. For the degree of Doct. of Law supplicated Hen. Dithick Bach. of Law , Archdeacon of Carlile , and now or lately Chancellour of the Diocess belonging thereunto ; but whether he was admitted I cannot yet find . In his Chancellourship of Carlile succeeded him George Dethick M. A. and in his Archdeaconry George Warewyck , but the time when , I cannot yet find ; nor could my Friend Mr. Hugh Todd Canon of Carlile tell me , tho no man more than he is conversant among the Registers and Records of that Church . Doct. of Phys . July 11. John Barefoot of New Coll. Thomas Hall of Broadgates Hall. Will. Donne M. A. and Bach. of Phys . supplicated to be Doctor of the said Faculty in Feb. but was not admitted . — See in the next year . Doct. of Div. July 1. Rob. Hoveden of All 's . Coll. — He accumulated . Thomas Sparke of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . 7. John Vnderhyll of Linc. Coll. — He accumulated . March 13. James Cottingtom of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards ( if not at this time ) Archdeacon of Surrey and Chauntor of the Church at Wells . He died in the latter end of 1605 , and was succeeded in his Archdeaconry by Dr. Arth. Lake , and in his Chauntorship by Rich. Boughton . Besides these , were four that supplicated for the said degree , among whom were Thomas Summaster of All 's . Coll. and John Chandler . Incorporations . July 11. Lancolot Andrewes M. A. of Cambridge . — He was of Pembr . Hall in that University , and lately one of the honorary or tituler Scholars of Jesus Coll. in this University . Afterwards he became Master of the said Hall , Doct of Div. and Prebendary of Westminster in the place of Dr. Richard Bancroft promoted to the See of London , an . 1597 , Dean of the said Church of Westminster in the room of Gabriel Goodman deceased , 1601. Soon after he was made Bishop of Chichester , then of Ely , and at length on the 22 Feb. 1618 , was translated to Winchester . He died in Winchester House in Southwark 26 Sept. 1626 , and was buried in the Parish Church of S. Saviour there . Several Authors having made mention of this worthy person , I shall forbear to speak any farther of him , only say this , that he was the most eminent Divine of our Nation in his time . William Pembertom M. A. of the said University , was incorporated on the same day . — This person who was second Son of Hen. Pemberton of Moreton in Ch●shire Gent. was afterwards Parson of High Ongar in Essex , Doctor of Div. and a Publisher of several Sermons ; among which are ( 1 ) The godly Merchant , preached at Pauls Cross , on 1 Tim. 6. 6. Lond. 1613. oct . ( 2 ) Sermon on Deut. 1. 16. 17. Lond. 1619. oct . He died 10 March 1622 , and was buried in the Chancel of his Church at High Ongar . In the same month of July was a Supplicate made for one Will. Temple M. of A. of Cambridge to be incorporated , but whether he was so , it appears not . — He was the same person who was Fell. of Kings Coll. in that University , afterwards Master of the Free School in the City of Lincoln , Secretary to Sir Philip Sidney when he received his Deaths Wound at Zutph●n , and after his death to Will. Davison one of the Secretaries of State , and at length to Rob. ● of Essex Earl Marshal of England : whom , if I mistake not , he served while he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . In 1609 , he , upon the importunate Solicitations of Dr. James Vsher , accepted of the Provostship of Trinity Coll. near to Dublin ; after which he was knighted , and made one of the Masters of the Chancery in Ireland . He hath written ( 1 ) Pro Maldupetti de unica methodo defensione contra Diplodophilum commentatio . Lond. 1581 , oct . ( 2 ) Nonnullarum ● Physicis & Ethicis quaestionum explicatio pro Petro Ramo contra a Lieblerum . ( 3. ) Epistola de Rami dialectica ad Johannem Piscatorem Argentinensem . ( 4. ) Analysis Anglica triginta psalmorum à primo scilicet ad tricesimum primum . Lond. 1611. oct . He gave way to fate an . 1626 , or thereabouts , aged 72 , and was buried in the Chappel belonging to the said Coll. of the Holy Trinity , leaving then behind him the Character of à person of great piety and learning . An. Dom. 1582. An. 24 Elizab. An. 25 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Rob. Hoveden D. D. Warden of All 's . Coll. July 12. Proct. Robert Cook of Brasn . Coll. John Browne of Ch. Ch. The day when they were elected , appears not because of the imperfectness of the Registers . Bach. of Arts. March 28. Simon Presse of Broadgates Hall. — He was afterwards Minister of Egginton in Derbyshire , and published A Sermon concerning the right use of things indifferent , on 1 Cor. 8. ver . 10 , 11 , 12 , 13. Oxon 1597 , oct . What other things he hath published I know not . April 31. Geo. Abbot of Ball. Coll. — He was afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury . July 4. John Buckridge of S. Johns Coll. — He was made Bishop of Ely in 1627. 10. Tim. Willys of S Johns Coll. — He was afterwards ejected from his place in that House for certain Misdemeanours , but getting soon after into the favour of Qu. Elizabeth , he was by her diploma made a Doctor Bullatus ( of the Laws I suppose ) and by her sent Embassador into Muscovy . Nov. 15. Ralph Winwood lately of S. Johns , now of Magd. Coll. — See more among the Masters , an . 1587. Rob. Tinley of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . March 18. Philip Jones . — One of both his names was Author of Three Sermons on Jam. 1. 9 , 10. Lond. 1588 , oct . Whether written by him , or by Philip Jones who was admitted Bach. of the Civ . Law an . 1562 , or by a third Phil. Jones , who , as a Bristol man born , and a Member of Ch. Ch. was matriculated in 1581 , aged 18 , I know not . Adm. 152. Mast . of Arts. Mar. 30. Will. Warford of Thin . May 4. Mathew Gwinne of S. Joh. Coll. June 18. John Harmar John Terry of New Coll. July 2. Rich. Kilbye of Linc. Coll. 4 Isaac Colfe of Broadgates Hall. Oct. 12. Will. W●gge of New Coll. — One Will. Wygge , sometimes called Way , was executed for being a Seminary , and denying the Oath of Supremacy , at Kingston in Surrey , on the first day of Octob. 1588. Whether the same with him who was M. of A. I know not . I have mention'd another Will Wygge or Wygges under the year 1566. Feb. 6. Edw Philipps of Broadgates Hall. 7. Rob. Abbot of Ba●l Coll. 15. John King of Ch. Ch. Mar. 23. Hen. Perry of Gloc. Hall. Adm. 60. Bach. of Div. July 5. John Garbrand of New 10. Hen Robinson of Queens 13. Thomas Holland of Balliol Coll. Feb. 19. Dav. Powell of Jesus Coll. Joh. Argall of Ch. Ch. Adm. 10. Doct. of Law. July 5. Will. Merick of New Coll. Chancellour of Bangor , &c. Clement Colmer of Brasn . Coll. Chancellour of the Diocess of Durham , was admitted the same day . Miles Lee and Rich. Bellyngham both Bachelaurs of the Civ . Law. did supplicate for the said degree , but were not admitted . Doct. of Phys . July 5. Anthony Aylworth of New Coll. the Kings Professor of Physick , and Physitian to Queen Eliz. — He died 18 Apr. 1619 , and was buried in New Coll. Chappel . 21. Will. Donne of Exeter Coll. Doct. of Div. July 5. William Souch or Zouch of Ch. Ch. — On the 14 of Feb. 1583 , he became Chauntor of Salisbury on the resignation of Tobie Mathews D. D. John Garbrand of New Coll. was admitted the same day . — He accumulated the degrees in Divinity . Meredith Hanmer of C. C. Coll. was also admitted the same day . On the 2 Apr. Tho. Blague a Student in Divinity , and one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to the Queen , supplicated for the said degree of Doct. of Div. but whether admitted , it appears not . — In 1591 , Feb. 1. he being then D. of D. and about that time Master of Clare Hall in Cambridge , was installed Dean of Rochester in the place of John Coldwell M. D. ( promoted to the See of Salisbury ) and in 1604 , or thereabouts , he became Rector of Bangor upon the Translation of Dr. Rich. Vaughan from Chester to London . He died in Octob. 1611 , and was succeeded in his Deanery by Rich. Mi●bourne D. D. who was installed in that Dignity on the 11 Dec. the same year . This Dr. Blague hath published certain Sermons ; one of which was preached at the Charterhouse , on Psal . 1. ver . 1 , 2. Lond. 1603. qu. and perhaps other things . He had a Son named John Blague who in his Fathers life time was a Commoner of 〈◊〉 College . Incorporations . Tho the Incorporations of the Cantabrigians are this year omitted , yet there was a Supplicate made for one William Lewyn Doct. of the Civ . Law ( sometimes , as it seems , of Christs Coll. in Cambridge ) to be incorporated , but whether he was so , I cannot yet discover . He was one of the ordinary Masters of the high Court of Chancery , Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , Chancellour of Rochester , Commissary of the Faculties , and one of her Majesties high Commissioners for Causes Ecclesiastical . He died 15 April 1598 , and was buried , not in his Chappel ( belonging to his house ) within the Church of Otteringden in Kent , which he in his life time designed , but in the Parish Church of S. Leonard in Sho●editch in the County of Middiesex . He left several Sons behind him , of whom Justinian was one , who was afterwards a Knight , and died about 8 July 162● . In the Judgeship of the Prerogative Court succeeded John Gibson LL. D. An. Dom. 1583. An. 25 Elizab. An. 26 Elizab. Chanc. the same , viz. Robert Earl of Leycester . Vicechanc. Thom. Thornton Bach. of Div. and Canon of Ch. Ch. Jul. 11. He was actually created D. of D. the day following by Dr. Humphrey . Proct. Tho. Leyson of New Coll. Rich. Eedes of Ch. Ch. Elected in Convocation 10. Apr. at which time Edw. Hobie M. A. and Hen. Jervys Bac. of Div. were Scrutators . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 30. Franc. Hicks or Hykes of St. Maries Hall , now in great esteem for his knowledge in the Greek tongue . 29. George Cranmer of C. C. Jun. 19. Hen. Airay of Qu. Coll. Dec. 16. John Pelling of Magd. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1597. Hen. Jacob of St. Maries Hall was admitted the same day . Jan. 17. Hen. Bright lately of Brasnose , now of Balliol , Coll. — See more among the Masters 1586. Feb. 5. John Dove Rich. Parry Nath. Torporley of Ch. Ch. Parry was afterwards a Bishop , and Torporley an eminent Mathematician . 6. Charles Butler 7. John Strading of Magd. Hall. 28. Griffith Powell of Jesus 29. John Shaw of Queens Coll. Admitted 169. Mast . of Arts. Apr. ult . Sabin Chambers of Broadgates Hall. May 3. Henry Smith of Hart Hall , lately of Lincoln Coll. Jun. 1. Will. Tooker Rog. Hacket of New Coll. 5. Edwyn Sandys of C. C. Jul. 5. John Ryder of Jesus Coll. Marmaduke Blaxton of Queen Coll. was admitted the same day — On the 25. Nov. 1615 , he was collated to the Archdeaconry of the East-riding in Yorkshire , on the resignation of Rich. Remyngton ; which place he resigning , being then a Dignitary in the Church of Durham , an . 1625 , John Cosin Bach. of Div. of Cambridge ( who married his Daughter ) was collated thereunto in Sept. the same year . This Dignity Dr. Cosin kept till he was promoted to the See of Durham , and then Clement Bretton succeeded an . 1660 , and him Rob. Hitch D. D. an . 1662. Dec. 12. Rich. Martin of Bradgates Hall. — He was not the same with Rich. Martin , who was afterwards Recorder of London , but another of little , or no , note . Mar. 6. Francis Godwin of Ch. Ch. Admitted 67. Bach. of Physick . Jul. 8. Thomas Leyson of New Coll. one of the Proctors of the University . Will. Clarkson supplicated for that Degree , but was not admitted . Bach. of Div. Jun. 3. Martin H●ton of Ch. Church . 27. Johan . Barnardus a Moravian , who had studied Divinity for 10 year in certain Academies in Germany , was then admitted Bach. of Div. — He had studied also and had taken commons for about 3 years before this time , in Vniversity , Coll. and after he had left it , he went into Scotland to visit the Universities there . Dec. 17. William Wilkes of Mert. Coll. But two more besides the said three were admitted . Doct. of Law. July 9. Francis Bevans of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Principal of New Inn and of Jesus Coll. and Chancellour to Dr. Westphaling Bishop of Hereford ; in which City dying in the beginning of 1602 , was buried in the Cath. Ch. there . Octob. 14. Isaac Vpton of Magd. Coll. Mar. 5. Julius Caesar of Magd. Hall , was then admitted , and not incorporated . — In the beginning of 1581 , he was created Doctor of the said Law in the University of Paris , and had Letters testimonial for it , under the Seal of that University , dated 22. Apr. 1581 , wherein he is stiled Julius Caesar alias Dalmarius , Dioc. London ▪ in Anglia , filius excellentissimi in Art. & Med. Doctoris Caesaris Dalmarii , in Vniversitate Paris , &c. This Julius Caesar who was also Doctor of the Canon Law , was afterwards Master of the Requests , Judge of the Admiralty in the time of Qu. Elizabeth , a Knight , Chancellour and Under-Treasurer of the Exchecquer , Master of the Rolls , and Privy Counsellour to K. James and K. Ch. 1. He gave way to fate at the Rolls in Chancery-lane , 16. April . 1636 , and was buried in the Chancel of Great St. Ellens Church in Bishops-gate-street in London , near to the grave of his Father beforemention'd , Caesar Dalmare or Athelmer , who was buried there in 1569. See among the Bach. of Arts in 1575. ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Apr. 11. David Powell of Jesus Coll. — He was now in great repute for his profound knowledge in British antiquities . Incorporations . Jul. 9. Stephen Egerton M. of A. of Cambridge — This Person who was a zealous Puritan in his time , and Preacher at the Black Fryers in London , wrot and published ( 1 ) A Lecture ( taken by charactery ) on Gen. 12. 17 , 18 , 19 , 20. Lond. 1589. oct . ( 2 ) Brief method of catechising , wherein are handled these four things , &c. Lond. 1594. oct . &c. ( 3 ) Doctrine of subjection to God and the King , &c. Lond. 1616. oct . ( 4 ) Description of uncomeliness , on Prov. 11. vers . 12. ( 5 ) The boaring of the Ear ; containing a discourse of our preparation before hearing , and of our demeanour in hearing , on Luke 8. 18. Lond. 1623. oct . ( 6 ) Comforts to strengthen the weak in faith . Printed 1630. oct . He also enlarged the second edition of a book entit . A help to true happiness , or a brief and learned exposition of the main and fundamental points of Christian Religion . written by Paul Baine sometimes Preacher of the word at St. Andrews in Cambridge . Printed in tw . and also set forth The practice of Christianity , or an Epitomy of Mr. Roger's seaven treatises , made by Nich. Byfield ; with other things which I have not yet seen . He died in 1621. or thereabouts . Dec. 16. Rich. Coxe Bach. of Arts of Christs Coll. in Cambridge — In the year following he proceeded M. of A. as a member of Glocester Hall , and is the same Rich. Coxe as it seems , who wrot and published A Catechisme . Lond. 1591. oct . and if I am not mistaken one , or more , Sermons . Creations . Apr… . Marmaduke Middleton Bishop of St. David , and much deserving of the Church of Ireland , was actually created Doct. of Div. of Dr. Humphrey and both the Proctors . Jul. 12. Thom. Thornton Vicechanc. of this University , Canon of Ch. Church in Oxon. of Worcester and Hereford , of which last place he was also Chauntor , and about this time Master of Ledbury Hospital in Herefordshire , was actually created D. of D. — He surrendred up his last breath on the 15. April an . 1629. aged 88. and was buried on the twentieth day of the same month in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Ledbury . Over his grave was a handsome monument set up for him in the North wall of the Chancel , with a large inscription thereon ; wherein 't is said that he was born at Harrew on the Hill in Middlesex , that he was purioris Latini Sermonis Author primarius , that he was a benefactor to the poor People of Ledbury Hospital , that he adorned and repaired the Library at Hereford , and enriched it with books , that he was a common refuge for young poor Scholars of great hopes and parts , and tutor to Sir Philip Sidney when he was of Ch. Ch. &c. — To which I add , that he was also Tutor to the Learned Will. Camden Clarenceaux K. of Arms. An. Dom. 1584. An. 26 Elizab. An. 27 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. John Vnderhyll D. D. Rector of Linc. Coll. Jul. 16. Proct. Thom. Smith of Ch. Ch. Rich. Mercer of Exet. Coll. Apr. 29. Bach. of Arts. Nov. 12. Francis Bradshaw of Magd. Coll — See among the Doctors of Div. 1607. 28. Richard Latewar of St. John Coll. Feb. 1. Hen. Salesbury of St. Alb. Hall. — Since the life or character of this Person was printed , which you may see in p. 226. num . 265. I find that he was of the Family of the Salesburies of Dolbelider ( in Denbighshire ) and that after Joh. David Rhese ( whom he stiles Vir ingenio felix — literarum ac linguarum cognitione insignis ) had published his Cambro — Brytannicae institutiones & rudimenta , he wrot and published Grammatica Britannica in usum linguae studiosorum Juccinctâ methodo & perspicuitate facili conscriptae . Lond. 1593. oct . dedic . to Henry Earl of Pembroke ; which is all I know of him yet , only that he was living at Denbigh in that year . 9. John Randall of Trinity , afterwards of Lincolne , Coll. Mar. 15. Sim. Wastell of Qu. Coll. Admitted 93 , or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Apr. 31. John Favour of New Coll. Jul. 10. Pet. V●erheile sometimes written Varahi●ius Burgensis . Belga ; which is all I know of him . Rich. Meredith of New Coll. did supplicate for the said Degree . Jul. 1. but was not admitted . — See among the Bach. of Divinity 1606. Admitted 4. Mast . of Arts. May 25. John Philipps of St. Maries Hall. — He was the same who took the Degree of Bach. of A. 1579 , and the same , as it seems , who was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man. 30. Will. Fulbeck of Glocester Hall , lately of C. C. Coll. June 2. Rich. Field of Magd. Hall. 3. Jerem. Corderoy lately of St. Alb. Hall. Jun. 22. John Milward of Broadgates Hall , lately of Ch. Ch. — One John Milward D. D. Chapl. to K. Jam. 1. was , among other things Author of Jacobs great day of trouble and deliverance , Serm. at Pauls cross 5. Aug. 1607 , upon his Maj. deliverance from Gowries treasons , on Jerem. 30. 7. Lond. 1610. qu. Whether he be the same with John Milward M. of A. who was a Derbysh . Man born , I know not . He that was D. D. and an Author , died on the Kal. of Aug. 1609 , and the next year the Sermon was published by his Brother Matthew Milward . Jul. 6. Owen Wood of Jesus Coll. — He was afterwards made Dean of Armagh in Ireland , ( by the favour , as I suppose , of Rob. E. of Essex while he was a Lieutenant of that Kingdom , in whose treasons he was engaged 1600 ) and an especial benefactor to his College . One of both his names was a practitioner in Physick , and wrot An alphabetical book of Physical secrets , as also A small treatise of the judgment of Vrines : Both printed at Lond. 1632. and 39. oct . Jul. 7. Rob. Wright of Trin. Coll. Jan. 18. Tho. Savile of Merton Coll. — This Person who was younger Brother to Sir Hen. Savile , did afterwards travel into various Countries beyond the Seas , whereby he improved himself much in several sorts of learning . After his return , he was by his Brothers endeavours made Fellow of Eaton Coll. near Windsore ; where being noted for his excellencies , caused Rich. Mountague Fellow of that house to a number him among the great Philologers of this nation , and to be equal with the learned Camden , unfortunate Hen. Cuffe , Rich. Thompson , old Andr. Downes , &c. to all whom he was well known especially to the first , as by many learned Letters written between them , appears . This Tho. Savile died in his Proctorship of the University 12. Jan. 1592 , and was buried in the choire of the Church or Chappel of Merton College , where I find b this character of him . — Fuit Sidus lucidissimum , qui apud suos & exteros literarum & virtutis fama ac morum urbanitate perce●ebris , &c. I find another ( I cannot say the same ) Thom. Sav●le , whom Camden calls c his right learned friend , an . 1582. and a third who writes himself Gentleman , Author of ( 1 ) The Prisoners conference , handled by way of dialogue between a Knight and a Gentleman being abridged of their liberty . Lond. 1605. oct . ( 2 ) The raising of them that are fallen , &c. Lond. 1606. qu. Jan. 20. John Lloyd of New Coll. Feb. 20. Will. Sutt●n of Ch. Ch. Admitted 87. Bach. of Div. May 10. Richard Lewes — He was Author of a Sermon preached at Pauls Cross , intit . Isaac his testament , &c. on Gen. 21. ver . 1. to the 10th . Oxon. 1594. oct . dedicated to Sir Hen. Vnton of Wadley in Berks. Knight , and no doubt of others , but such I have not yet seen . Jun. 22. John Prime of New Coll. Jul. 6. Rich. Eedes of Ch. Ch. 15. Rob. Cooke of Brasn . Coll. Feb. 1. Miles Smith of Ch. Ch. Admitted 13. Doct. of Law. Mar. 17. John Drewry of Linc. Coll. — In 1592 , he succeeded Dr. John Kennall in the Archdeaconry of Oxford , and dying in the Cathedral close at Chichester ( where he had a Dignity ) 9. June 1614 , was succeeded by William Bridges Son of Dr. Bridges Bishop of Oxon , as I shall elsewhere tell you . This Dr. John Drewry was near of kin ( if not Son ) to Will. Drewry Doct. of the Civil Law and Commissary or Master of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , who died in the latter end of 1589 , and to Sir Will. Drewry of West●n in Oxfordshire Knight , sometimes Lord Justice of Ireland , who died 1579. ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 6. John Walsall of Ch. Ch. 15. Rob. Chaloner of the same house , a compounder — In 1589 , he was installed Canon of Windsore , being then double beneficed at least , and tho not eminently learned , yet he was a promoter and encourager of it by founding a Free-school at Agmondesham commonly called Amersam in Bucks . and by giving 20 l. per an . for the maintenance of a Divinity Lecture in Ch. Ch. or for three poor Scholars for their exhibition to be chosen out of Amersam , ( of which place he was Rector ) or out of Goldesborough or Knaresborough in Yorkshire , at one of which places he was , as 't is said , born . Jul. 15. Thom. Holland of Ball. Coll. — He was afterwards the learned Professor of the Kings Lecture of Div. Hen. Ledsham of Mert ▪ Coll. ( a compounder ) was admitted the same day . March. 8. Tho. White of Magd. hall . — He was afterwards Canon of Ch. Ch. This year Camillus Cardonius a N●opolitan , Son of a Baron , and a Student in Glocester hall aged 40 , did sue after a Degree to be confer'd upon him , but in what faculty , it appears not . Incorporations . May…Rich . Vaughan M. A. of Cambridge . — He was a Caerna●vanshire Man born , educated in St. Johns Coll. in Cambr. and afterwards was successively Bishop of Bangor , Chester , and London : During which time he was accounted an excellent Preacher and a pious liver . Jul. 14. Thom. Bradd●ck M. A. of the said University — He was Fellow of Christs Coll. and afterward Bach. of Divinity , and translator of Jewell's Defence of the Apologie , as I have told you in John Jewell among the Writers , an . 1571. Nathaniel Cole M. A. of Cambr. was incorporated the same day — He was afterwards Proctor of the said University , Minister of Much Parrington near Harlow in Essex , and at length of St. Leonards Bromley on the backside of Stratford-bow in Middlesex . He hath published . ( 1 ) The godly Mans assurance of his own Salvation . Lond. 1615. qu. ( 2 ) Preservatives against sin , or bow to live and not sin , &c. Lond. 1618. qu. ( 3 ) The Christians welcome to the Court of Heaven , &c. a Sermon . Lond. 1625. qu. and other things which I have not seen . Edw. Scambler M. A. of the same University , was incorporated on the same day — One E. Schambler Vicar of R●e in Sussex and a member of Peter house in Cambr. wrot and published A Medicine proved for a desperate conscience , printed at Lond. in oct . whether written by Edward Scambler M. of A. or Edmund Scambler who was afterwards Bishop of Peterborough and Norwich , I cannot tell . Quaere . Andrew Willet M. of A. of Cambr. was also then ( Jul. 14. ) incorporated , being in a congregation after the conclusion of the Act — He was born in Ely in Cambridgshire , educated in Christs Coll. succeeded his Father Mr. Thom. Willet in a Prebendship of Ely , and in the Parsonage of Barley in Hertfordshire , published divers books , the titles of most of which you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue , and dying 4. Dec. 1621. was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Barley . An. Dom. 1585. An. 27 Elizab. An. 28 Elizab. Chanc. the same , viz. Robert Earl of Leycester , who going into the Low Countries this year , deputed Sir Tho. Bromley Knight , Lord Chanc. of England to execute the office of Chancellour of the University , 5. Decemb. Vicechanc. Edmund Lilye D. D. Master of Balliol College . July 16. Proct. Tho. Singleton of Br. Coll. John Bennet of Ch. Ch. Apr. 21. Bach. of Musick . June 26. Nathaniel Giles — See more of him in an . 1622. He was Father to Nath. Giles D. D. whom I shall mention under the year 1625. Jul. 14. Matthew Godwyn — whether he hath published any matters relating to the fac . of Musick , I know not . Bach. of Arts. Jun. 17. Alexander Cook of Brasnose , afterwards of Vniversity , College . Oct. 27. Hen. Wilkinson of Queens Coll. — He was afterwards Fellow of Mert. Coll. and Author of The Debt-book , &c. Feb. 1. Rich. Eaton of Lincolne Coll. — See among the Bachelaurs of Divinity in 1599. Admitted 128. or thereabouts . Mast . of Arts. Ap. 3. Hen Parry of C. C. Coll. Rich. Fownes of Ch. Ch. Jun. 3. Will. Hubbocke of C. C. 10. John Smith of St. Johns 14. George Carleton of Merton Coll. Jul. 6. Peter Allibond of Magd. hall . 8. Richard Parks of Brasn . Dec. 17. George Abbot of Ball. Coll. Admitted 67. Bach. of Div. June 21. Erasmus Webbe of All 's . Coll. — In 1589 , he was made Archdeacon of Buckingham , in the place of him , who if I mistake not , succeeded in that Dignity one Richard Porter , deprived about 1560 , and on the 30. Sept. 1590 , he was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of William King Bach. of Div. and Prebendary of Canterbury deceased . He died 24. March 1613 , and was buried at Windsore ; whereupon his Archdeaconry was bestowed on Rob. Newell Bac. ( afterwards D. ) of Div. and his Cano●●y on Dr. Tho. Sheafe of Cambridge . Jun. 21. Thom. Pye of Merton Coll. Admitted 10. Doct. of Law. July 13. Gabriel Harvey M. of A. of Cambridge ( where he obtained his grace this year to proceed in the Civil Law ) was then admitted Doctor of the Civ . Law here . — He performed certain exercise in this University for the said Degree , and stood in the Act to compleat it , 11. Jul. 1586. This Person who made a great noise in his time , was born at Saffron-walden in Essex , and tho his Father was a Rope-maker as Thom. Nash a great scoffer , and his Antagonist tells a us , yet he had rich kindred and was nearly allied to Sir Thom. Smith the great Statesman in Qu. Elizabeths Reign . His first Academical breeding was in Christs Coll. in Cambridge , where , in short time , he made great proficiency to the wonder and amazement of his Tutor . Afterwards he became Fellow of Trinity hall , and so excellent and learned an Orator and Poet , that books of those faculties were dedicated to him . Afterwards he was Proctor of that University , and at elder years he applied his studies to Astrologie , wherein he became eminent , and wrot , as 't is said , Almanacks , much in esteem in the Reign of Qu. Elizabeth . His other works are ( 1 ) Rhetor , sive 2. dierum oratio de natura , arte & exercitatione Rhetorica . Lond. 1577. qu. ( 2 ) Ciceronianus , vel oratio post reditum , habita Cantabrigiae ad suos auditores . Lond. 1577. qu. ( 3 ) XAIPE , vel gratulationum Valdenensium libri quatuor . Lond. 1578. qu. in Lat. vers . ( 4 ) Smithus , vel Musarum Lachrymae , pro obitu honoratiss . viri , &c. Thomae Smith Eq. aur . Majestatisque regiae Secretarii . Lond. 1578. qu. ( 5 ) A new letter of notable contents : with a strange sonnet entituled Gorgon . Lond. 1593. qu. ( 6 ) Pierces superarrogation : or , a new praise of the old asse . A preparative to certain larger discourses , entit . Nashes S. fame . Lond. 1593. qu. with Letters and Sonnets before and after the said book , made upon the Author Harvey by several Poets of that time ( 7 ) An advertisement for Pap-hatchet , and Martin Marprelate ; printed with the former book , with other things , wherein he tramples much upon Rob. Green the Poet , which I have not yet seen . This Dr. Gab. Harvey was esteemed an ingenious Man and an excellent Scholar , but 't was his , and his Brother Rich. Harvey's ill luck to fall into the hands of that noted and restless buffoon Tom. Nash in his Apologie of Pierce penniless , and Have with you to Saffron-walden . In both which books , they are loaden with all the scurrilities imaginable , as being according to Toms words , false prophets , weather-wizards , Fortune-tellers , Poets , Philosophers , Orators , Historiographers , Mountebanks , Ballad-makers , &c. The reader is to know that 't was not this Gabriel Harvey that made a raised causey of three miles long near to Cambridge , as the learned Camden b tells us , but Henr. Harvey LL. D. Master of Trinity hall , Son of Rob. Harvey of Stradbroke in Suffolk ; which Henry died in the Winter-time in 1584 , leaving behind him a Nephew and Heir called Lewes Harvey of Eye in the said County , Father of Robert Harvey Fellow of the said hall of Trinity , Doctor of the Laws of Cambridge and Doct. of Physick of Padua . In my searches I find one Gabriel Harvey LL. D. of Saffron-walden in Essex to die unmarried in 1630 ( 6. Car. 1. ) which , if the same with him before-mention'd , who was the Writer ( as I think he was ) then was he at least 85 years of age when he died , if not 90. Doct. of Physick . Jul. 8. Christopher Atkinson of Trin. Coll. Richard Radcliff lately of Merton Coll. now Principal of St. Albans hall was admitted the same day . — He died 18. Jan. 1599 , after he had practised his faculty many years in this University , and was buried in the Church of St. Peter in the East , in Oxon. Doct. of Div. Jun. 21. Hen. Gervace of Merton Coll. Jun… . Rob. Condall or Cundall of Brasn . Coll. a Compounder . — In 1577 , he was made Archdeacon of Huntingdon in the place of Dr. Joh. Bullyngham , but who succeeded him in that Dignity , I know not , unless Matthew Gifford M. A. who occurs Archdeacon 1612. Jun… .. Daniel Bernard Canon of Ch. Ch. — He was Son of Tho. Bernard mention'd among the Bach. of Divinity , an . 1566. and dying about the Month of Sept. 1588. was buried in the choire belonging to the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. I have seen a Lat. Sermon of his entit . De obedientia erga Principes & Prefectos , in Tit. 2. 3. printed 1587. which is all , I presume , that he hath published . Jun… . John Rainolds of C. C. Coll. Jun… . Martin Heton Canon of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Bishop of Ely. Jun… . Rob. Rowles of New Coll. a Compounder . William Wilkes of Merton Coll. was admitted in the same month . Jul. 14. Will. Powell of Magd. Coll. — In 1578 he was made reader of Divinity in St. Pauls Cath. Ch. and was afterwards Archdeacon of Bathe , and Canon resident . of Wells . He died on the 12. of March , or thereabouts , an . 1612. and was buried in the choire of the Cath. Ch. at Wells ; whereupon Tim. Rivett or Revet D. D. succeeded him in his Archdeaconry . Incorporations . Jul. 2. James Summers who was made M. of A. of St. Andrews University in Scotland , an . 1565 , was incorporated in the same Degree . — Tho. Dempster in his Scotorum scriptorum nomenclatura , at the end of his Apparatus ad Historiam Scoticam , doth make no mention of this Jam. Summers ( born at Edenburgh ) as a Writer , tho he was a learned Man ; and therefore I can say no more of him only this , that he living many years in Oxon near to Magd Coll. died there , and was buried in the Church of St. Peter in the East , 30. Aug. 1610. Jul. 11. John Dod M. of A. of Cambridge — He was a Cheshire Man born , educated in Jesus Coll. in that University , afterwards a learned and godly Divine , successively Minister of Hanwell in Oxfordshire , Fenny-Drayton in Leycestershire , Canons Ashby and Fausley in Northamptonshire , tho for a time c silenced in each of them . He is commonly called the Decalogist , as having , with Rob. Cleaver another Puritan , written An exposition on the ten commandments . He hath also published several Sermons , as the Oxford Catalogue informs you , and dying at Fausley in 1645 aged 86 was there buried . Philemon Holland M. of A. of the said University , was incorporated on the same day — He was now , or at least lately , of Trinity Coll. in that University , was afterwards Doct. of Physick and School-master for many years in the City of Coventry , and esteemed the Translator general of his age . He died 9. Febr. aged 85 , an . Dom. 1636. and was buried in the choire of the great Church at Coventry . Among the translations which he made , Camdens Britannia was one , wherein he hath put many things that were not written by Camden . John Harrison M. A. lately of Kings Coll. in the said University , was incorporated the same day — In 1581 he became the chief Master of St. Pauls School , in London , being then a great Antiquary for Coines . One of both his names was made Archdeacon of Stow in the place of John Aylmer or Elmer depriv'd , an . 1554. Rob. Williamson Bach. of Div. of the same Univ. was incorporated on the same day . One John Nowell Doct. of Phys . of Leyden did supplicate to be incorporated , 27. June , but whether he had his option , it appears not . An. Dom. 1586. An. 28 Elizab. An. 29 Elizab. Chanc. the same , with his Deputy Sir Tho. Bromley Knight , ( stiled Chancellour also ) July 30. Vicechanc. Daniel Bernard D. D. Canon of Ch. Ch. nominated by the Deputy-chancellour ( whose Chaplain he was ) Jul. 8. Proct. Will. Watkinson of Ch. Ch. Giles Tomson of All 's . Coll. Apr. 14. Bach. of Musick . July 9. John Bull who had practised the ●ac . of Musick for 14 years was then admitted Bach. of Musick . — This Person who had 2 most prodigious hand on the Organ and was famous throughout the religious world for his Church Musick , ( the words of some of which are d extant ) had been trained up under an excellent Master named Blithman Organist of Qu. Elizabeths Chappel , who died much lamented in 1591. This Blithman perceiving that he had a natural genie to the faculty , spared neither time nor labour to advance it to the utmost . So that in short time he being more than Master of it , which he shew'd by his most admirable compositions , played and sung in many Churches beyond the Seas , as well as at home , he took occasion to go incognito into France and Germany . At length hearing of a famous Musician belonging to a certain Cathedral , ( at St. Omer as I have heard ) he applied himself as a Novice to him to learn something of his faculty , and to see and admire his works . This Musician , after some discourse had passed between them , conducted Bull to a Vestry , or Musick School joyning to the Cathedral , and shew'd to him a Lesson or Song of forty parts , and then made a vaunting challenge to any Person in the world to add one more part to them , supposing it to be so compleat and full , that it was impossible for any mortal Man to correct , or add to , it . Bull thereupon desiring the use of Ink and rul'd paper , ( such as we call Musical Paper ) prayed the Musician to lock him up in the said School for 2 or 3 hours . Which being done , not without great disdain by the Musician , Bull in that time , or less , added forty more parts to the said Lesson or Song . The Musician thereupon being called in , he view'd it , tried it , and retri'd it . At length he burst out into a great extasie , and swore by the great God that he that added those 40 parts , must either be the Devil or Dr. Bull &c. Whereupon Bull making himself known , the Musician fell down and ador'd him . Afterwards continuing there and in those parts for a time , became so much admir'd , that he was courted to accept of any place or preferment suitable to his profession , either within the Dominions of the Emperour , King of France , or Spain . But the tidings of these transactions coming to the English Court , Qu. Elizabeth commanded him home . See more of him under the year 1592. John Mundy another eminent Musician , now , or after , one of the Organists of her Majesties Chappel , was admitted Bachelaur also the same day . — See more of him in 1624. One Will. Mundy was also a noted Musician and hath composed several divine Services and Anthems , but him I find not , to be graduated in this University , or elsewhere . One Benjam . Hamm a Student of Musick supplicated to be Bac. of that fac . in January ; which was granted conditionally that he compose a choral hymn of eight parts before the Passover following . About the same time , he supplicated for the Degree of Bach. of Arts , which was denied . Bach. of Arts. Jun. 10. Charles Sonibanke of Ch. Ch. — See among the Doct. of Div. 1607. Jul. 13. Rich , Middleton of Jesus Coll. — This Person who took no other Degree in this University , I take to be the same with Rich. Middleton , Son of Marmaduke Middleton Bishop of St. David , and about this time Archdeacon of Cardigan . One Rich. Middleton Chaplain to Charles Prince of Wales , hath written and published ( 1 ) The Key of David . Lond. 1619. in a thick tw . Before which is his picture with a ruff , and a great beard . ( 2 ) The heavenly progress . Lond. 1617. in tw . ( 3 ) The card and compass of life containing many passages fit for these times , &c. Lond. 1613. oct . Whether this Rich. Middleton the Writer , be the same with Rich. Middleton the Bach. of Arts and Archdeacon of Cardigan , I cannot well tell . Quare . Oct. 11. Rowland Searchfield of St. Johns Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Bristow . 12. Edw. Gee lately of Merton , now of Linc. Coll. Oct. 12. Rich. Brett Christop . Sutton of Linc. 19. John Budden of Trin. Nov. 9. Alex. Gill of C. C. Coll. The last was the Senior of both his names , and afterwards Master of St. Pauls School . D●cemb . 14. Sam. Slade — See among the M. of A. 1593. Dec. 17. John Sanford of B●llio● , afterwards of Magd. Coll. Jan. 27. Franc. Mason — Afterwards worthily characterized to be Vindex Ecclesiae Anglicane . 30. Nich. Fuller of Hart hall . Feb. 15. Lew. Thomas Edw. Bree-word of Bras . Coll. John Day of St. Alb. hall , afterwards of Oriel Coll. was admitted the same day . 16. Anthony Benn of Broadgates hall — He was afterwards Recorder of London and a Knight . 17. Bernard . Adams of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Limrick in Ireland . 23. Tho. Clerke of Broadgates hall — Whether this Person , who was a Warwick hire Man born , was the same Tho. Clerke who was a Seminary Priest of the Coll. at Rheimes , but afterwards returned to the Church of England , and recanted in a Sermon at Pauls Cross , 1. Jul. 1593 ( which Sermon was printed at London 1594. in oct . ) or the same Tho. Clerke who wrot The life and death of M. Pet. Kempe ( printed about the same time ) I know not . See another Tho. Clerke who was admitted Bach. of Arts in 1566. Admitted 179. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 20. John Buckridge of St. Johns Coll. Jan. 4. Rich. Parry of Ch. Ch. Laur. Keimis of Ball. Coll. was adm . the same day . — This Keimis who was a Wilts . Man born became afterwards companion in travel and counsellour in design to the renowned Knight Sir Walt. Rawleigh ; but whether he gave any assistance to the composure of his history , is very doubtful . In 1595 when that Knight undertook to gain a golden mine in Guiana , this Keimis was one of his chief Captains and Conductors in that expedition , but being unfortunate in his undertakings , and therefore very much blamed by Rawleigh , he , out of a deep reluctancy , pistol'd a himself in his Cabin in Rawleigh's Ship , in the Summer time in 1618 , after he had view'd , and travell'd through , the remotest parts of the world . Jun. 15. Henry Airay of Queens Coll. Jul. 6. Henry Penry lately of Cambridge , now of St. Albans hall . 8. Hen. Jacob of St. Maries hall . Jan. 27 Henry Bright of Ball. Coll. — He was afterwards Master of the Kings School at Worcester ( in which City he was born ) for 40 years together , and Prebendary of the Church there for the last 7 years of his life . He had a most excellent faculty in instructing youths , in Lat. Gr. and Hebrew , most of which , were afterwards sent to the Universities , where they proved eminent to emulation . He was also an excellent Preacher , was resorted to far and near , and dying 4. March 1626 was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Worcester . The posterity of this Hen. Bright do live now in gentile fashion in Worcestershir . Mar. 16. John Dove of Ch. Ch. Admitted 65. or thereabouts . Bach. of Div. Jul. 4. W. ● . Massie of Brasn . Coll. — He was born in Cheshire , and was at this time 〈◊〉 to Sir Edm. Trafford of Trafford in Lancashire . He hath published A Sermon preached at Trafford in Lancashire at the marriage of a Daughter of Sir Edm. Trafford Knight 6. Sept. 1586 , on Psal . 128. 1. 2. Oxon. 1586. oct . Two years alter he was removed from his Fellowship , and perhaps did publish other things . Will. Leigh of Brasn . Coll. was adm . the same day . Admitted 8. Doct. of Law. Jul. 4. Anthony Blencow Provost of Oriel Coll. Not one besides him was this year admitted . ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Apr. 14. John Chardon of Exeter Coll. Jul. 9. Nich. Balgay of Magd. Coll. — In 1583 he became Prebendary of Netherhaven in the Church of Salisbury , and in May 1589 Subdean thereof in the place of Tho. Dillworth . Both which Dignities he resigning to the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker , he became Master of the Temple in the said Mr. Hooker's place 1591. Incorporations . Jul. 11. Lawrence Staunton M. of A. of Cambridge . — In 1601 he succeeded Dr. Will. Cole in the Deanery of Lincolne , which dignity he keeping till 1613 , was then succeeded by Roger Parker D. D. after he had been 14 years Chantor of the Church there . The said Dr. Parker died 29. Aug. 1629 aged 71. and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Lincolne ; whereupon his Deanery was bestowed on one Anth. Topham . Simon Robson M. of A. of the said University , was incorporated on the same day — In the year 1598 the said Robson being then D. D. succeeded Dr. Anth. Watson in the Deanery of Bristow , and dying in May or June 1617 was buried in St. Augustines Church there ; whereupon Dr. Edw. Chetwind was elected Dean in his place , 16. of June the same year . Thom. Atkinson Bach. of Div. of Cambr. was incorporated also the same day — He was afterwards D. of D. Subdean of St. Pauls Cathedral , and died in Apr. 1616. Besides him , were 13 Bachelaurs of Div. of Cambr. incorporated , of whom I know nothing as yet . There was also a supplicate made in the house of Congregation that Thom. Legg Doctor of the Civ . Law of Cambr. might be incorporated , but whether he was really so , I find not — He was a Norwich Man born , was first of Trinity , and afterwards of Jesus , College in Cambridge : in both which houses he had the name and repute of one of the best in England for composing Tragedies , witness his Destruction of Jerusalem , and Life of King Rich. 3. which last was acted with great applause in that University . He was afterwards made the second Master of Gonvill and Caius Coll. was a Doctor in the Court of Arches , one of the Masters of the Chancery , the Kings Law Professor , and twice Vicechanc. of Cambridge . He died in July 1607. aged 72 , and was buried , as I conceive , in the Chap. belonging to the said Coll. to which he was a benefactor . An. Dom. 1587. An. 29 Elizab. An. 30 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Francis Willys D. D. constituted by the Chancellour now in England , July 17. on which day he was admitted D. of D. Proct. George Dale of Oriel Coll. John Harmar of New Coll. Apr. 26. Bach. of Musick . Oct. 20. Rob. Stevenson who had studied the faculty of Musick 33 years , was then admitted Bach. of Musick — On the same day he was admitted Bach. of Arts , but did not compleat that Degree by Determination in the Lent following , which is all I know of him . Bach. of Arts. May 31. Will. Westerman of Gloc. hall . Jun. 27. Rich. Jefferay of Magd. Coll. — See among the Masters 1590. 28. John Aglionby Rich. Crackanthorpe of Qu. Coll. Nov. 7. John Vicars of Magd. Coll. Quaere . — One of both his names of Broadgates hall was admitted M. of A. Jul. 1. this year . Nov. 29. Tho. Hutton Hen. Price of St. Jo. Coll. On the eleventh of March Clement Edmonds of All 's . Coll. did supplicate for the said Degree , but was not admitted this year . Admitted 117. Bach. of Law. Jun. 15. Henry Marten of New Coll. — He is to be mention'd at large among the Writers in the 2. vol. of this work . Two more were admitted to , and three that supplicated for , the said Degree . Mast . of Arts. June 22. Sam. Fox of Magd. Coll. — See at the end of John Fox among the Writers , under the year 1587. Ralph Winwood of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . — This memorable person who was the Son of Richard Son of Lewis , Winwood sometimes Secretary to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk , was born at Ainhoe in Northamptonshire , elected probationer Fellow of Magd. Coll. an . 1582 , and in 1590 took the degree of Bach. of Civ . Law. See more in that year . Rob. Tinley of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . June 28. Charles Butler of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards publickly known by a book of Rhetorick that he published , and other things . Adm. 69. Bach. of Div. July 6. Rich. Potter of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards Prebendary of Worcester , and Father of an ingenious Son named Francis , Author of the Interpretation of 666 , &c. whom I shall remember among the Writers , under the year 1678. Will. Watkinson of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day . 17. Francis Willys of S. Johns Coll. — See among the Doct. of Div. this year . Adm. 7. Doct. of Law. June 17. Will. Wood of All 's . Coll. — This eminent Civilian died in the beginning of the year 1605 , and was buried in the Chappel of Tallin in the Isle of Anglesey , in which Isle he was born , leaving Issue behind him William , and Owen , Wood. &c. Feb. 13. Francis James of All 's . Coll. — He was yonger Brother to Dr. Will. James Bishop of Durham , was Chancellour of the Diocess of Wells and Bristol , and afterwards of London , one of the Masters of the Chancery , and Judge of the Court of Audience of Canterbury . He died in the beginning of 1616 , and was buried , I presume , according to his Will , in the Parish Church of Barrow in Somersetshire , in the upper end of that Isle , which was formerly the Church or Oratory for the Nunns , sometimes living at that place , and is now belonging and appertaining to the Lord of the Mannour of Minchin-Barrow . Will. Bird of All 's . Coll. was admitted , or licensed , the same day . — This person who was Son of Will. Bird of Walden in Essex , was afterwards principal Official and Dean of the Arches , a Knight , and Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , in the place , as I conceive , of Sir John Bennet Knight . He died without issue , and was buried in Ch. Ch. within Newgate in London , 5 Sept. 1624 , leaving behind him a Nephew of both his names , whom I shall mention in 1622. ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. July 17. Francis Willys Canon of Bristow ( of which City he was a Native ) and President of S. Johns Coll. — On the eleventh of June this year , he was installed Dean of Worcester , having that Dignity confer'd upon him in the year before , on the death of Dr. Tho. Wilson , and dying 29 Oct. 1596 , was buried in a little Isle joyning to the south side of the Choire of the Cath. Church at Worcester , near to the grave and monument of Dr. Wilson before-mentioned . In his Presidentship , which he resign'd in 1590 , succeeded Ralph Huchenson , and in his Deanery Dr. Rich. Eedes of Ch. Ch. as I have elsewhere told you . An. Dom. 1588. An. 30 Eliz. An. 31 Eliz. Chanc. Robert Earl of Leycester , who dying 4 Sept. Sir Christop . Hatton Knight of the Garter and Lord Chancellour of England , was by the major part of the Academians elected into his place on the twentieth day of the same month . In the vacancy between Death and Election , there was no Cancellarius natus as formerly , only the Vicechanc. this year mention'd , who before had been nominated by the Earl of Leycester . It is to be noted , that at the Election of Hatton , Robert Earl of Essex a popular and ambitious person , was his Competitor , ( having been incorporated M. of A. in April going before , as I shall anon tell you ) thinking , that if he might have obtained the said place of Chancellour , he might be as powerful among the Gown-men , as among the Gentlemen of the Sword. But he being generally looked upon as a great Patron of the puritannical Party , and consequently , if he had obtained it , he might do as much mischief in his Office , as the Earl of Leycester had done before , he was therefore , ( especially upon the commendations to the University of Hatton by Dr. Whitgift Archb. of Canterbury ) laid aside . Vicechanc. Martin Heton D. D. Canon of Ch. Ch. July 10. Proct. Tho. Ravis of Ch. Ch. Mathew Gwinne of S. Joh. Coll. Apr. 17. Bach. of Musick . July 8. Thomas Morley one of the Gentlemen of her Majesties Royal Chappel . — This person , tho he had not so excellent a hand on the Organ as Bull had , yet his Compositions were admirable in their time , as ( 1 ) Consonets or little short songs to three Voices , Lond. 1593. qu. ( 2 ) The first book of Madrigalls to four Voices , Lond. 1594 , qu. ( 3 ) The first book of Ballets to five Voices , Lond. 1595. in a large qu. ( 4 ) Madrigalls to five Voices , Lond. 1595 , in a large qu. ( 5 ) Introduction to musick . Lond. 1597 , &c. in a thin fol. This last Book , which shews the Authour to have been admirably well skill'd in the theoretick part of Musick , hath afforded some matter to Christop . Simpson when he composed his Compendium of Musick , but more to the Author of An introduction to musick , Lond. 1655 , &c. oct . published by John Playford a Seller of musical Books and Paper , near the Inner Temple Gate , Lond. and a practitioner in Musick , who , as I have been informed , had the assistance of Charles Pidgeon of Greys Inn in the drawing it up . The said Morley also hath composed Divine Services and Anthems , the words of some of which are a published ; and also collected and published Madrigalls , the triumphs of Oriana , to five and six Voices , composed by divers Authors . Lond. 1601 , qu. Among which Authors Tho. Morley is one , Michael Est , Joh. mundy , Joh , Hilton , Rich. Carlton , Tho. Hunt , Edw. Johnson , George Marson , &c. all Bachelaurs of Musick , were others ; which last was nearly related to Simon Marson a Servant to Sir Thom. Mounson in the time of K. Jam. 1. and a good Musitian , as you may see b elsewhere . The said Thomas Morley had been bred up under the most famous Musitian Mr. Will. Byrde , one of the Organists belonging to Queen Elizab. I mean the same Byrde who was Author and Composer of Graduallia , seu cantionum sacrarum : quarum aliae ad quatuor , aliae vero ad quinque & sex voces editae sunt . Lond. 1610. qu. in 6 Vol. Also of several Divine Services and Anthems in English , the words of which are extant , and of a most admired Composition of forty parts ; but this last is not yet extant . I say by this Byrde's endeavours the said Morley became not only excellent in Munck , as well in the theoretical as practical part , but also well seen in the Mathematicks , in which Byrde was excellent . July 3. John Dowland one of the Gent. of her Majesties Royal Chappel , was then also with Tho. Morley adm . Bach. of Musick . — He enjoyed the same place also when King James 1. came to the Crown , being then esteemed a most admirable Lutinist ; about which time an Anagram was made on his name ( Johannes Doulandus ) running thus , annos , ludendi hausi . He was the rarest Musitian that his Age did behold , and therefore admired by foreign Princes , among whom the King of Denmark was one , who being infinitely taken with his playing , when he was in England to visit his Sister the Queen , an 1606 , took him with him at his return to Denmark ; where , as 't is supposed , he died . He hath among other things written Necessary observations belonging to Lute-playing . Lond. 1610 , in a thin fol. printed with Variety of Lute lessons , published by his Son Rob. Douland , a most excellent Lutinist also ; who , before ( while his Father was absent ) had been trained up to the Lute by excellent Masters at the care and charge of Sir Tho. Mounson before-mention'd . The said Rob. Douland published also of his own composition A musical banquet . Lond. 1610. in a thin fol. and The pilgrims solace for three and four parts , &c. which was composed by him , as it seems , and not by his Father . Bach. of Arts. May 6. John Hoskyns senior of New Coll. June 12. Sam. Burton of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters an . 1591. Jan. 13. Mathew Slade of S. Albans Hall. Henry Wotton of Queens Coll. supplicated in June for the degree of Bach. of Arts , but I cannot find him admitted , or his name among the Determiners in the Lent following . Adm. 114. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Feb… . Henry Cromwell Fellow of S. Johns Coll. — This person who was third Son of Sir Henry Cromwell of Hinchinbrook in Huntingdonshire Knight . I put not down here as a Writer , or learned man , but only that he was a noted Gent. of his Country , had a fair Estate at Vpwood there , was a Justice of Peace and Uncle to Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England . See among the Bach. of Law , an . 1599. Adm. 14. Mast . of Art. Dec. 23. Rich. Latewar of S. Joh. Jul. 2. Alexand. Cook of Vnivers . Feb. 20. Henr. Cuffe of Mert. Coll. In the month of June Will. Camden Bach. of Arts of Ch. Ch. supplicated by his Dean or Censor , that whereas it was 16 years since he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , three solemn Lectures pro forma . performed by him , might be sufficient for the taking the degree of Mast . of Arts ; which desire of his was granted conditionally that he should stand in the Act following ; but his Admission and Inception occurs not . Here you see is mention made that he was Bach. of Arts ; which , if true , ( for no such matter occurs in the Register of that time ) then must that Will. Camden mention'd under the year 1573 , be the same person who was afterwards known by the Title of Clarentius , and sirnamed The learned . See more among the Creations an . 1612. Admit . 64. Bach. of Div. July 4. Robert Temple M. A. of Magd. Coll. — He hath published A Sermon concerning the abuses of the Church , preached at Pauls Cross on 1 Cor. 14. 1. Lond. 1592 , he being then Chaplain to John Bishop of London . What else he hath written or published , I know not , nor any thing besides , only he was an Oxfordshire man born . Adm. 4 Doct. of Law. Jul. 9. Hugh Lloyd of New Coll. He was the only person admitted Doctor of his Faculty this year . ☞ Not one Doct. of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 4. Thom. Mountfort a Compounder . — This worthy Doctor who was Son of John Mountfort of the City of Norwych , was now , or about this time , Prebendary of Harleston , and Residentiary of the Cath. Ch. of S. Paul , as also Prebendary of Westminster ; in which last Dignity he succeeded one Thomas ( whom some call John ) Browne an . 1584. He died in London 27 Feb. 1632 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Tewing in Hertfordshire ; whereupon one Gabr. More , sometimes Chaplain in the House of George Villiers the first Duke of Buckingham of his name , succeeded him in Westm . but who in the Residentiaryship in S. Pauls I cannot yet tell . He left behind him a Son named John Mountfort D. of D. and Rector of Austie in Hertfordshire ; who being a most zealous man for the Church of England , suffer'd much in the time of the Rebellion raised by the Long Parl. against K. Ch. 1. was cast out of his Benefice of Austie by the Committee of Religion in 1643 , as you may see in that diabolical Pamphlet entit . The first Century of scandalous and malignant Priests , &c. pr. 1643. qu. p. 13. and lost other Spiritualities . The said Dr. Tho. Mountfort had also another Son named James , who succeeded his Father , as it seems , in the Rectory of Tewing before mention'd ; who also being a zealous man for the Church of England , was thrown out of Tewing by the said Committee , as you may see in the said Phmphlet , p. 10. Jul. 4. Thom. Pye of Mert. 9. John Prime of New Coll. Incorporations . Apr. 11. Rob. Devereux Earl of Essex and Master of the Horse to Queen Elizabeth , was incorporated M. of A. as he had stood at Cambridge , being then accounted one of the best Poets among the Nobility of England , and a person adorned with singular gifts of Nature . — This Incorporation was the better to capacitate him to be Chancellour of this University , when that honourable Office should become void , as it shortly after did . He had received his Academical Education in Trinity Coll. in Cambridge , under the tuition of Dr. John Whitgift , afterwards Archb. of Canterbury , and hath written ( 1 ) Advice to Reger Earl of Rutland in his travels , MS. the beginning of which is , My Lord , I hold it a principle in the course , &c. This MS. which I have in my Library , was , if I am not mistaken , printed in a Book entit . Profitable instructions , describing what special observations are to be taken by Travellers in all Nations . Lond. 1633. oct . said in the title to be written by Robert Earl of Essex , Sir Philip Sidney , &c. ( 2 ) His apology against those which falsly and malitiously tax him to be the only hinderer of the peace and quiet of his Country , written to Sir Anth. Bacon ; which piece had such esteem among men , that they thought that nothing could be more honourably utter'd , nor more to the Writers praise , so far as belongs to a noble Orator , than it . ( 3 ) Letters to Qu. Elizabeth and Lord Howard , &c. MS. in bib . Bod. ( 4 ) His speech and prayer at the time of his Execution , printed at the end of Dr. Will. Barlow's Sermon preached at Pauls Cross , 1 Mar. 1600. Lond. 1601. oct . with other things which I have not yet seen . He left behind him ( when beheaded in 1600 ) a Son of both his names , educated in this University , whom I shall mention elsewhere . Apr. 11. Abraham Hartwell M. of A. of Cambr. was also then incorporated . — He was Fellow of Kings Coll. in that University , afterwards Amanuensis to John Archb. of Canterbury , a Traveller , and at length Rector of Tuddyngton in Bedfordshire . He hath written ( 1 ) Regina literata , seu narratio de regina Elizabetha , carmine , Lond. 1565. oct . ( 2 ) Report of the Kingdom of Conge a region in Africa , printed 1597 , qu. and translated from french into English . ( 4 ) A true discourse upon the matter of Martha Brossier of Romantin , pretended to be possessed by a Devil . Lond. 1599. qu. See another Translation made by him in Walt. Haddon , mention'd in these Fasti , an . 1552. July… . Robert Green M. A. of Cambridge , was also then incorporated . — He was at this time a pastoral Sonnet-maker and Author of several things which were pleasing to Men and Women of his time . They made much sport , and were valued among Scholars , but since they have been mostly sold on Ballad-mongers stalls . The Titles of some of them are these , ( 1 ) Euphues his censure to Philautas . Lond. 1587. qu. ( 2 ) A quip for an upstart Courtier : or , a dispute between Velvet breeches and Cloth breeches . Lond. 1592. qu. ( 3 ) His mourning Garment given him by repentance at the funerals of Love. One Edition of this book was printed at Lond. 1616. qu. ( 4 ) His groats worth of wit bought with a million of repentance , &c. Lond. 1617. qu. second Edit . The first Edit . was printed after his death . and hath at the end of it his Epitaph in six Stanzaes . ( 5 ) Thee●●s falling out , true men come by their goods , or the Belman Lady Fitzwaters Nightingale . Several times printed . ( 7 ) His nusquam sera est : or , a treatise deciphering those particular vanities that hinder youthful Gentlemen from attaining to their intended perfections . Several times printed . ( 8 ) The history of Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay . ( 9 ) Greens Ghost haunting Cunny Catchers . One Ed. of which was printed at Lond. 1626. qu. Other trifles he hath extant , which he wrot to maintain his Wife , and that high and loose course of living which Poets generally follow . He assisted also Thom. Ledge in the composure of several Plays , as I have told you in my discourse of that person among the Writers , under the year 1625. He wrot against , or at least reflected upon , Gabriel Harvey in several of his Writings ; whereupon Harvey being not able to bear his Abuses , did inhumanely trample upon him when he lied full low in his grave , even as Achilles tortured the dead body of Hector . This R. Green died about 1592 , of a Surfeit , taken by eating pickled Herrings , and drinking with them Rhenish Wine . At which fatal Banquer Tom. Nash his Contemporary in Cambridge was present , who in his Apology of Pierce Penniless doth make excellent sport with him and some of his Works . I have seen a witty Comedy called Greens Tu quoque , or the City Gallant , not pen'd by the said Green , but by one John Cook Gent. published by Thomas Heyword , an . 1622. and another entit . Planetomachia ; or , The first part of the general opposition of the seven Planets , &c. Lond. 1585. qu. said in the Title to be written by R. Green , but whether the same R. Green the Poet , I cannot tell . On the eleventh day of the said month of July supplicated to be incorporated one Joh. Osbourne Doct. of Physick of Leyden ; whose Grace being granted simpliciter , I therefore think that he obtained his Option . Creations . When Robert Earl of Essex was incorporated , these persons following ( who had formerly been partly educated in this University ) were actually created Masters of Arts , Apr. 11. Which Creation , was usually called the Essexian Creation , because done upon his account . Thomas Lord Clinton , Son of the Earl of Lincoln . Sir John Norris Kt. President of Mounster in Ireland , second Son of Henry the first Lord Norris , and one now celebrated among the famous Captains of our Nation . He died discontented , as being not rewarded according to his worth , an . 1597 , or thereabouts . Sir Robert Sidney Kt , younger Brother to Sir Philip Sidney . — This Sir R. Sidney was afterwards the first Earl of Leycester of his name , who dying at Penshurst in Kent 13 July 1626 , was there buried . Sir Hen. Norris Kt. younger Brother to Sir John before mention'd , who died of a wound , about the same time and place that his Brother Sir Thomas did ; which Sir Tho. was also President of Mounster . Sir Philip Boteler Kt. Rob. Carew Fulke Grevil Francis Darcie Esquires . Of Fulke Grevil , who was afterwards Lord Brook , I have spoken at large among the Writers , under the year 1628. An. Dom. 1589. An. 31 Elizab. An. 32 Elizab. Chanc. Sir Christoph . Hatton Kt. who , by the death of Robert Dudley Earl of Leycester , became also High Steward of the Univ. of Cambridge . Vicechanc. Nich. Bond D. D. President of Magd. Coll. Jul. 16. Proct. John Harding of Magd. Coll. John King of Ch. Ch. Apr. 29. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 12. Will. Thorne of New Coll. June 25. Sebast . Benefeild of C. C. Coll. July 12. George Benson of Queens Coll. — See more among the Doctors of Div. an . 1607. Nov. 5. Clem. Edmonds of All 's . Coll. Dec. 1. Tho. Frith of Magd. Hall , afterwards of All 's . Coll. — See among the Bachelaurs of Divin . 1605. 17. Edmund Griffyth of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Bangor . Feb. 11. John Tapsell . — See among the Doct. of Div. 1617. Adm. 104. Bach. of Law. June 30. Will. Gager July 6. John Bennet of Ch. Ch. See more among the Doctors of the Civ . Law this year . In the month of April this year Edwyn Sandys of C. C. Coll. did supplicate for the degree of Bach. of Law , but was not admitted . Adm. 10. Mast . of Arts. June 9. George Warwick of Qu. Coll. — He was afterwards Archdeacon of Carlile , in the place , as I suppose , of Hen. Dethick . 18. Christoph . Sutton of Linc. 21. Griffith Powell of Jes . Coll. 27. John Budden of Gloc. Hall , lately of Trin. Coll. July 4. Rich. Brett Joh. Randall of Linc. Coll. 11. George Cranmer Dec. 5. Alexand. Gill. of C. C. Coll. Adm. 74. Bach. of Phys . Nov. 4. John Case the noted Philosopher of S. Johns Coll. Besides him was only one admitted , and another licensed to practise Medecine . Bach. of Div. July 6. Thomas Ravis of Ch. Ch. Mar. 21. Giles Tomson of All 's . John Spenser of C. C. Coll. Adm. 8. Doct. of Law. Apr. 30. Hen. Manning of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Chancellour of the Dioc. of Exet. and died in 1614. Jun. 30. Will. Gager of Ch. Ch. — He accumulated the Degrees in the Civ . Law. Joh. Estmond of New Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was now Principal of N●w Inn. Jul. 6. John Bennet of Ch. Ch. — He was lately one of the Proctors of the University , afterwards Vicar Gen. in Spirituals to the Archb. of York , Prebendary of Langtoft in the Church of York Chancellour to Qu. Anne , a Knight , and Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury . In the beginning of 1617 he was sent Embassadour to Bruxelis to question the Archduke in behalf of his Master the King of Great Britain concerning a late famous Libel wrot and published , as 't was supposed , by Erycius Puteanus , who neither a apprehended the Author , nor suppressed the Book , untill he was sollicited by the Kings Agent there only interdicted it , and suffered the Author to fly his Dominions . Afterwards , in 1621 , the said Sir Joh. Bennet was , for bribery , corruption , and exaction in his place of Judge of the Prerogative , first committed to custody b to the Sheriff of London , then to prison , afterwards fined 20000 l. and at length deprived of his place of Judicature , till such time that he had restored what he had unjustly taken away . He died in the Parish of Christ Church in London . in the beginning of 1627 , and was buried , I suppose , in the Church there . July 11. Thomas Crompton M. A. of Merton Coll. — His Grace had before been denied , because he was suspected to have something of a Papist in him ; but afterwards making a protestation of his Religion according to the Church of England in a solemn Congregation of Regents , he was permitted then ( July 11. ) to proceed . He was afterwards a Knight , Judge of the Court of Admiralty , and one of the first Burgesses that the Members of this University chose to sit in , after they had been impowr'd to send them to , Parliament . He died in the latter end of 1608 , having before , as I conceive , been engaged in the Earl of Essex his Treasons . Doct. of Phys . June 30. John Bentley of Ch. Church . Nov. 4. Joh. Case of S. Johns Coll. Both which accumulated the Degrees in Physick , and were learned men . Doct. of Div. July 6. Rich. Eedes of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Dean of Worcester , as I have before told you among the Writers . Creations . June 16. Sir Charles Blount Kt. — He was originally of this University , was afterwards Earl of Devonshire , and dying in 1606 left behind him a natural Son named Montjoy Blount , created Earl of Newport in the Isle of Wight by K. Charles I. which Montjoy dying in S. Aldates Parish in Oxon. 12 Feb. 1665 , was buried in the south Isle joyning to the Choire of the Cathedral of Ch. Church , near to the Grave of Will. Lord Grandison , the King , with his Court , having about that time left Oxon ; to which place , he before had retired , to avoid the Plague raging in London . Sir Charles Danvers Kt. was actually created M. A. the same day . — He was afterwards beheaded on Tower hill near London for being deeply engaged in the Earl of Essex's Treasons , an . 1601. Sept. 17. Ferdinando Lord Strange . — He was soon after Earl of Derby , and dying in the flower of his Youth , not without suspicion of poyson , on the 16 of Apr. 1594 , having enjoyed his Earldom but for a little time . was buried near to the body of his Father in a Chappel joyning to the Church of Ormeskirke in Lancashire . Sept. 17. Sir George Carew Kt. — He was afterwards Earl of Totness . Sir John Spencer of Althorp in Northamptonshire Kt. All which were actually created Masters of Arts. An. Dom. 1590. 32 Elizab. 33 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Will. James D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch. Jul. 16 , who in 1581 had undergone the same Office. Proct. Jasp . Colmer of Mert. Coll. Jeh . Evelegh . of Exet. Coll. Apr. 29. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 13. Tho. Bastard of New Jul. 9. Joh. Davies of Queens Coll. George Carew of Exeter Coll. was admitted the same day . Quaere . Dec. 14. Thom. Cooper or Couper of Ch. Ch. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1600. Feb. 5. Sam. Page Rob. Burhill Joh. Barcham of C. C. Coll. The two last I shall mention among the Writers in the second Volume . Feb. 5. Mathew Lister Lionel Day of Oriel Coll. Of the first you may see more among the Incorporations an . 1605 , and of the other , who was originally of S. Albans Hall , among the Bach. of Div. 1608. 10. Lancelot Bulkley of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards Archbishop of Dublin in Ireland . Adm. 133. Bach. of Law. May 2. John Owen of New Coll. the Epigrammatist . Feb. 2. Ralph Winwood of Magd. Coll. — This person whom I have mention'd among the Masters in 1587 , was Proctor of the University two years after , and travelling beyond the Seas , return'd an accomplish'd Gentleman . In 1607 , June 28. he received the honor of Knighthood at Richmond , was sent Embassadour into the Low Countries soon after , made Secretary of State 29 Mar. 1614 , being the very c day that Sir Tho. Lake was made a privy Counsellor , which place of Secretaryship was obtained for him by Carr Earl of Somerset , purposely , as 't is d said , to use him as a tool for his own designs . This Sir Ralph Winwood died 27 Octob. 1617 , and was about three days after buried in a Vault under part of Little S. Barthelmews Church in London , leaving then behind him a Son and Heir named Richard Winwood Esq . afterwards of Ditton Park in Bucks ; who dying there without issue , at about 80 years of age , 28 June 1688 , his Estate , which was considerable , went to Ralph Son of Edward Lord Mountague Earl of Boughton by Anne his Wife , Sister to the said Richard Winwood . Adm. 13. Mast . of Arts. Mar. 30. Nich. Fuller of Hart Hall. June 23. Edw. Gee of Brasn . … . Rowland Searchfield of S. Joh. Coll. July 1. Job . Aglionbie Rrch. Crakanthorpe of Qu. Coll. 4. Hen. Wilkinson Franc. Mason of Mert. Coll. 6. Samuel Vetablus a French man of Oriel Coll. who had studied Philosophy for four years in the University of Basil , and two elsewhere , was then admitted M. of A. which is all I know of him . 9. Edward Breerwood of Brasn . Coll. 10. Rich. Jefferay of Magd. Coll. — This person who was a Wiltshire man born , and Fellow of that Coll. published The Son of God's entertainment by the Sons of men , Serm. at Pauls Cross 7 Oct. 1604 , on John 6. 11 , 12. Lond. 1605. qu. and perhaps other things . Jan. 21. Bernard Adams of Trin. Coll. Feb. 19. Thom. Wenman of Ball. Coll. — He was afterwards publick Orator of this University , and tho an excellent Scholar , and able enough to honour the World with the issue of his Brain , yet he would leave nothing behind him in Writing , because that whatsoever he had left , would have fallen short of his Perfections , inasmuch as the best part of an Orator dies with him . Adm. 83. Bach. of Div. July 9. Rog. Hacket of New Coll. Dec. 17. Will. Huchenson of S. Johns Coll. — He occurrs Archdeacon of Cornwal 1605. Edward Hutchins of Brasn . Coll. supplicated for that degree , but was not admitted . Adm. 9. Doct. of Law. July 14. John Weston M. A. of Ch. Ch. — This person who was the only Son of Rob. Weston Chancellour of Ireland ( mention'd in these Fasti , an . 1566. ) was soon after made Canon of Ch. Ch. where he died 20 July 1632. George Dale M. A. of Oriel Coll. now Principal of S. Maries Hall. — He died 26 Nov , 1625 , and was buried in the Church at Fifield near Abendon in Berks , where he had lived many years . Dec. 17. Thom. Edwards of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Chancellour to the Bishop of London and a great Benefactor to Bodlies Library , and to that of Ch. Ch. Doct. of Phys . Jun. 17. Will Clarkson a Student in Phys . of Broadgates Hall. — In the Act celebrated 13 July following , he was compleated in that Degree , ( with Dr. Jo. Case ) as a Member of S. Johns Coll. Doct. of Div. Jul. 6. Hen. Robinson Provost of Queens Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Carlile . July 9. Adrianus , or Hadrianus à Saravia , was then admitted among the Doct. of Div. — See in the Incorporations following . 14. Owen Glynne of Lincoln Coll. Incorporations . Jul. 9. Hadrianus à Saravia , D. D. of the University of Leyden . was then incorporated in that degree , and admitted among the Doctors of that Faculty . — He was born at Hedin in Artois , educated in all kind of literature in his younger years , especially in several Languages , which made him so famous , that he was invited to Leyden , where he began to profess Divinity , an . 1582 , at which time he had studied and well consider'd the controverted points concerning Episcopacy and Sacriledge . Soon after he became Preacher to the French Church there , where he continued about five years , and then went into England , where , after he had exercised himself in some petite or pedagogical Employments for a time , he was made Prebendary of Canterbury , and became well known to the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker Parson of Bishops-Bourne in Kent . In 1601 , July 5. he was installed Canon of Westminster in the eleventh Stall or Prebendship , on the promotion of the learned Doct. Lanc. Andrews to the Deanery of the said Church ; at which time Saravia was in great esteem for his learning . While he continued at Canterbury he had a just occasion given him to declare his judgment concerning Episcopacy and Sacriledge , unto his Brethren the Ministers of the Low Countries , which was excepted against by Theodore Beza and others : against whose Exceptions he rejoyned , and thereby became the happy Author of several Tracts in Latin , especially three , viz. De diversis ministrorum Evangelii gradibus , &c. Lond. 1590 , qu. and in the year following were printed at Lond. in English under these Titles , viz. ( 1 ) Of the divers degrees of the Ministers of the Gospel . ( 2 ) Of the honor which is due into Priests and Prelates of the Church . ( 3 ) Of Sacriledge and the punishment thereof . He soon after also put out another concerning Christian Obedience to Princes ; the writing of which was occasion'd by a certain Book published by a learned Jesuit called James Gretzer . All his Works were collected together , and printed in one Vol. by the Company of Stationers of London , an . 1611 , most of which you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue . It is now to be observed , that when in a time of Church Tumults , Beza gave his reasons to the Chancellour of Scotland for the abrogation of Episcopacy in that Nation , partly by Letters , and more fully in a Treatise of a threefold Episcopacy ( which he calls divine , humane and satanical ) this Doctor Saravia had by the help * of Dr. Joh. Whitgift Archb. of Canterbury such an early discovery of their Intentions , that he had almost as soon answer'd that Treatise , as it became publick , and therein discovered how Beza's Opinion did contradict that of Calvin , and his Adherents , leaving them to interfere with themselves in point of Episcopacy . At length , after he had taken considerable pains in translating the Bible , appointed by K. James in the beginning of his Raigne , he died at Canterbury 15 Jan. 1612 , aged 82. Whereupon his body was buried in the Cathedral Church there , near to that of Catherine Dallez his first Wife ( who died 2 Feb. 1605 in the 45 year of her Marriage ) and soon after had a Monument put over his Grave by Margaret W●its his second Wife . In his Canonry of Westm . succeeded Gabr. Graunt Son of Edw. Graunt sometimes Master of the School there , but who in his Prebendship of Canterbury , or of Glocester , ( where he was also Prebendary ) I know not . Feb. 12. Thom. Muriel M. of A. of Cambridge . — In the year 1621 , Dec. 30. he was installed Archdeacon of Norfolk , as I have elsewhere told you ; and dying about the beginning of Oct. 1629 , was buried , as I presume , at Hildersham ( of which he was Minister ) in Cambridgeshire . Thomas Myriell sometimes Preacher of God's Word at Barnet in Middlesex ( in the time of K. Jam. 1. ) afterwards Rector of S. Stevens in Walbrook , London , and a publisher of certain Sermons between the year 1610 and 1625 , must not be taken to be the same with Tho. Muriel . Mar. 22. Fines Moryson M. A. of Cambr. — He was a Lincolnshire man born , was Fellow of Peter House in that University , and Brother to Sir Richard Moryson Vicepresident of Mounster . After he had taken his Masters degree he studied the Civil Law , and in 1589 , being then 23 years of Age , he obtained license of the Master and Fellows of his House to travel . Presently after leaving the University , he went to London to follow such Studies that were fit to enable him in his course of Travels ; and afterwards going to Oxon , was incorporated M. of A. as I have told you before . On the 1 May 1591 , he took ship at Liegh distant from London 28 miles by land and 36 by water , and after he had rambled about many parts of the World for 8 years , returned , and went into Ireland 1598. and became Secretary to Sir Charles Blount Lord Lieutenant of that Realm . After his death , which hapned about 1614 , were published his Travels , entit . An Itinerary containing his ten years Travels through the twelve Dominions of Germany , Bohmerland , Sweitzerland , Netherland , Denmark , Poland , England , Scotland , and Ireland Divided in three parts . Lond. 1617 , in a thick fol. It was first written in Latin , and afterwards translated by him into English . There were also four more Cantabrigians incorporated , among whom Robertus Hemmingius M. A. was one , Feb. 23. Creations . July 14. Sir Will. Hatton Sir Hen. Vnton Joh. Fitzjames Esquire . Knights . The first was Son to the Sister of Sir Christopher Hatton Lord Chancellor of England , and being Heir to the said Sir Christophes , did change his name from Newport to Hatton . The second , who had been of Oriel Coll. I have mention'd among the Writers , under the year 1595. The third , who was of the antient Family of the Fitzjames of Somersetshire , was originally also of this University , which is all I know of him . An. Dom. 1591. An. 33 Elizab. An. 34 Elizab. Chanc. Sir Christoph . Hatton , who dying 20 of Nov. this year , certain Members of the University , especially those of the Puritanical Party , were for Robert Earl of Essex before mention'd , now in great favour with the Queen ; and others for Tho. Sackvile Lord Buckhurst . At length upon the receipt of Letters from the Queen in favour of Buckhurst , the Academians elected him 17 Dec. following . See more in the Incorporations this year . Vicechanc. Dr. James again , designed by Chancellour Hatton , 16 July . Proct. Rich. Braunche of Ch. Ch. Joh. Lloyd of New Coll. Apr. 16. Which Proctors , with several Doctors and others , went to London , to admit the Chancellour to his Office , being the first Admission out , or without the limits , of the University , that I have yet met with . Bach. of Arts. Mar. 27. Tho. Storer of Ch. Ch. now in much esteem for his Poetry . Apr. 16. Rob. Moor June 4. Arth. Lake of New Coll. The former was adorn'd with variety of Learning , the other was afterwards a Bishop . Jul. 2. Will. Hinde of Queens Coll. — Afterwards a learned Nonconformist . 9. Walter Wylshman of Exeter Coll. afterwards of Broadgates Hall. Jan. 16. Rich. Haydock of New Feb. 7. Gerard Massie of Brasn . Coll. Of the last you may see more among the Doctors of Divinity , an . 1608. Adm. 116. Mast . of Arts. May 20. Will. Westerman of Oriel Coll. lately of Gloc. Hall. June 15. Samuel Burton of Ch. Ch. — He became Rector of Dry Marston in Glocestershire seven years after this time , afterwards Archdeacon of Glocester , and at length Justice of the Peace for that County . He hath published A Sermon preached at the general Assizes in Warwick , 3 March , being the first Friday in Lent 1619 , on Rom. 1. 4. Lond. 1620. qu. and perhaps other things . He died 14 June 1634 , was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Dry Marston before mention'd . Jun. 21. Tho. Hutton Henr. Price of S. Joh. Coll. Jul. 8. Nathan . Torporley of Brasn . Nov. 30. Joh. Day of Oriel Feb. 26. Joh. Hoskyns sen . of New Coll. Adm. 56. Bach. of Div. Mar. 27. Henr. Rowlands of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Bangor . Apr. 27. Leonard Hutten Jul. 2. Joh. King of Ch. Ch. Adam Hyll of Ball. Coll. was admitted the same day . Nov. 15. Soh . Smith of S. Joh. Coll. Adm. 15. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law or of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 2. Tho. Hyde of Ball. Coll. — On the fourteenth of June 1588 , he became Chancellour of the Church of Salisbury , on the death of Dr. Tho. Whyte , ( having before been Prebendary of Ilfracomb in the said Church ) and dying in Nov. 1618 , was succeeded in his Chancellourship by Dr. Franc. d ee , who was afterwards B. of Peterborough . Ralph Pickover of Ch. Ch. was adm . the same day . — On the 5. of July 1576 , he was installed Archd. of Rochester in the place of Joh. Calverley deceased , and in 1580 he succeeded Dr. Rob. Dorset in a Canonry of Ch. Ch. In an . 1582 he became Archdeacon of Salisbury , but whether he was Dean of that Church ( as I have told you in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Ox. lib. 2. p. 259. b. upon false information ) it appears not . In his Archdeaconry of Rochester , which he resigned , was installed Th. Staller D. D. 5 Jul. 1593 , and to his Archdeaconry of Sarum ( which he kept to the day of his death ) was collated Will. Barlow , on the 12 of March ( being four days after the death of Pickover ) an . 1614. This person Pickover is commended for a learned man , for a good Greecian , Hebritian and a frequent Preacher . See in the said Hist . & Antiq. lib. 2. p. 260. a. Adam Hyll of Ball. Coll. was adm , the same day , July 2. — He accumulated , as Pickover did . Incorporations . Jul. 13. George Downham M. A. of Cambridge — He was Son of Will. Downham Bishop of Chester , was educated in Christs Coll. in Cambridge , of which he became Fellow about 1585 , afterwards a great Aristotelian , a follower of Ramus ; and at length Bishop of London-Derry in Ireland ; where dying in 1634 Apr. 17. was buried in the Cath. Church there . The Catalogue of all or most of his works you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue . Besides him were 15 Cantabrigians incorporated Masters of Arts on the same day , being the next , after the Act had been concluded , but not one of them , can I yet find , who was afterwards a Writer , Bishop , &c. On the same day also Will. Halke an English Man of the same University , who had had the Degree of M. of A. confer'd upon him in the University of St. Andrew in Scotland , an . 1590 , ( Andr. Melvin being then Rector ) was also incorporated in this University . Oct. 22. Will. Paddie of St. Johns Coll. in this University , lately made Doct. of Phys . in the University of Leyden , was incorporated in the same Degree . — He was afterwards Physician to K. Jam. 1. a Knight , eminent for his practice in that faculty , and President , if I mistake not , of the Coll. of Physicians in London . See more among the Incorporations , an . 1600. Jan 6. or thereabouts , Thom. Sackvile M. A. of Cambridge and Chancellour of this University , was incorporated in his Lodgings at London by certain Offices appointed by the Venerab . Convocation . — He was originally of this University , as himself confesseth in his Letters sent thereunto , dat . 21. March following , running partly thus . — I am given by common report to understand that contrary to your own statutes , &c. very few retain the old Academical habit , which in my time was a reverend distinction of your Degrees , &c. The place wherein he studied , was , as is supposed , Hart hall , but took no Degree before he left us . See among the Writers , an . 1608. An. Dom. 1592. An. 34 Elizab. An. 35 Elizab. Chanc. Tho. Sackvile Lord Buckhurst Knight of the Garter , afterwards Lord Treasurer of England . Vicechanc. Dr. Nich. Bond President of Magd. Coll. Jul. 13. Proct. Tho. Savile of Mert. Coll. Ralph Winwood of Magd. Coll. Apr. 5. But the Senior Proctor dying at London 12. January , Mr. Richard Fisher of Mert. Coll. succeeded 15. of the same month . Bach. of Musick . Jul. 7. Giles Farnabie of Ch. Ch. who for 12 years had studied the fac . of Musick , was then admitted Bach. of Musick . — This Person who was of the family of Farnaby of Truro in Cornwall , and near of kin to Tho. Farnaby the famous Schoolmaster of Kent , was an eminent Musician , and Author of Cansonets to four voices , with a song of eight parts . Lond. 1598. qu. dedicated to his Patron Ferdinando Heabourne Grome of her Majesties privy chamber . What other things he hath published , I find not . Rich. Read who had studied the musical faculty 22 years , was admitted the same day . — He hath composed certain Church Services , and other matters for instruments , which are scattered in several books . George Waterhouse of the Queens Chappel , who had spent there several years in the practical and theoretical part of Musick , supplicated for the Degree of Bachelaur , but was not , as I can find , admitted . Bach. of Arts. May 5. George Andrew of Magd. hall — Afterwards Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland . 27. Nich. Hill of St. Johns Coll. — Afterwards an eminent Chymist . 30. Henry Savile of Mert. Coll. commonly called Long Harry Savile . Jun. 26. Pet. Smart of Ch. Ch. — He is to be remembred among the Writers in the 2. vol. of this work . George Ferebe of Magd. Coll. was adm . the same day . — See among the Mast . of Arts , an . 1595. Oct. 25. Rich. Deane of St. Albans hall , lately of Merton Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Ossorie in Ireland . 27. Rob. Bagnold or Bagnall of Ch. Ch. — This Person who took no higher Degree in this University was matriculated as a Staffordshire Man born 1589 aged 18. and is the same , as I suppose , with Rob. Bagnall , who was afterwards Minister of Hutton in Somersetshire , and Author of The Stewards last account , in five Sermons on Luke 16. 1. and 2. L●nd . 1622. qu. Dec. 16. Thom. Allen an eminent Grecian . Feb. 9. Tho. Floyd of New Inn. 21. Sirach Hilton of Oriel Co●l . Son of Will. Hilton Baron of Hilton . Admitted 122. Mast . of Arts. Jul. 5. Edm. Griffith of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Bangor . Jan. 18. Will. Thorne 22. Benj. Heydon of New Coll. The first of which was afterwards Dean of Chichester and a Writer , and the other Dean of Wells . Admitted 100. Bach. of Div. Apr. 6. Will. Sutton of Ch. Ch. Rob. Wright of Trin. Hen. Parry of C. C. Coll. Jun. 5. John Lloyd of New Coll. 14. Rich. Field of Magd. hall . Nov. 20. John Buckridge of St. Johns Coll. Adm. 11. Doct. of Law. Jun. 5. John Favour Franc. Betts Hen. Marten of New Coll. The last was now Official to the Archdeacon of Berks. Jul. 11. Evan Morice of All 's . Coll. — He was about this time Vicar Gen. in spirituals and principal Official of the Episcopal consistory of Exeter . He died 1605 leaving behind him a Son named William Morice , afterwards a Knight and Principal Secretary of State to K. Ch. 2. as I shall tell you at large among the Writers in the 2. vol. of this work . Doct. of Phys . Aug. 17. Tho. Do●hym of Magd. Coll. — In 1604. Nov. 4. he was elected superior Lecturer of Lynacres lectures on the death of Dr. Rob. Barnes , and dyed 29. Jan. following . Doct. of Div. July 14. George Clerke of Magd. Coll. — He was a learned Divine , but hath not published any thing . Incorporations . Jul. 7. Edw. Gibbons Bach. of Musick of Cambridge was then incorporated in the same Degree — He was now , or about this time , the most admired Organist of the Cathedral Church at Bristow , was Brother to the incomparable Orlands Gibbons whom I shall mention elsewhere , and Brother also to Ellis Gibbons , who hath several compositions in The triumphs of Oriana , mention'd before in Tho. Morley . As for this Edward Gibbons , he made several compositions in his faculty , some of which I have seen in the Musical Library reposed in the publick School of that profession in Oxon. John Bull Doct. of Musick of the said Univ. of Cambridge , and one of the Gentlemen of her Maj. Chappel , was incorporated the same day , Jul. 7. — This is the same Person who was admitted Bach. of Musick of this University , an . 1586 , as I have told you under that year , and would have proceeded in the same place , had he not met with clowns and rigid Puritans there that could not endure Church Musick . He was afterwards the first Musick lecturer of Gresham Coll. at London , and one of three ( Will. Bird and Orlando Gibbons being the other two ) that composed and published a book intit . Parthenia ; or , The maydenhead of the first Musick that ever was printed for the Virginals . Printed at London in fol. but not said when , either in the title , or at the end . The book contains 21 lessons printed off from copper cuts , and was the prime book for many years that was used by Novices and others that exercised their hands on that Instrument . There is no doubt but that this Dr. Bull hath published other things , besides the making of very many compositions to be sung and play'd ; which being thrown aside upon the coming out and publication of others by other hands , have been since in a manner lost , such is the fate of Musick , as well as of Poetry . After the death of Queen Elizab. he became chief Organist to K. James 1. was so much admired for his dexterous hand on the Organ , that many thought that there was more than Man in him . At length being possess'd with crotchets , as many Musicians are , he went beyond the Seas and died , as some say , at Hanborough ; or rather , as others who remembred the Man , have said , at Lubeck His picture hangs at this day , at the upper end of the publick Musick School in the University of Oxon. Jul. 11. Nich. Gibbons M. A. of Cambridge — One Nich. Gibbens or Gibbons hath published Questions and disputations on Genesis . printed 1602. qu. which some call An exposition on Gene●is . Whether the same with him , who was incorporated , I cannot yet tell — Qu●ere . William Alabaster M. A. of the same University , was incorporated on the said day . — He was bred in Trin. Coll. in that University , was the rarest Poet and Grecian that any one age or nation hath produced . Afterwards he attended , as Chaplain , on Robert Earl of Essex in Cadiz voyage , where he changed his Religion and wrot Seven Motives for what he had done , answer'd by one John Racster an . 1598 and by Roger Fenton the year following . But upon some discontent taken from the Rom. Party , he return'd to the Church of England , and was made Prebendary of St. Pauls Cath. in London , D. of D. and Rector of Tharfield in Hertfordshire . He hath written ( 1 ) Roxana , Tragedia ; admirably well acted more than once , in Trin. Coll. hall in Cambr. and was soon after published full of faults contrary to the Authors mind : Whereupon he took great pains to correct and amend it . Which being done , 't was printed to the Authors mind at Lond. 1632. oct . ( 2 ) Lexicon Pentaglotton , Hebraicum , Chaldaicum , Syriacum , Talmudico Raabinium . Lond. 1637. fol. The titles of other books of his writing , you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue . He also began to describe in a Latin Poem , intit . * E●isaeis , the chief transactions of Qu. Elizabeths Reign , but left unfinish'd at the time of his death , which hapning about the beginning of Apr. 1640. was buried according to the discretion of his dear friend Nich. Bacon of Greys Inn in Holbourn near London , whom he made his sole Executor . Rich. Her. rick the Poet in his Hesperides doth highly celebrate Alabaster for his elaborate works . Aug. 19. Hen. Wriothsley Earl of Southampton , M. of Arts of Cambridge . — He was afterwards deeply engaged in the treasons of his entire friend Robert Earl of Essex , and therefore by his Peers he was condemned to dye , but by the favour of the Queen he was saved . When K. James 1. came to the Crown he was restored by Parliament , was made Knight of the Garter , and Captain of the Isle of Wyght and of Caresbrook Castle . He died in the Netherlands , an . 1624 , and was buried at Tichfield in Hampshire by the bodies of his Ancestors . Dec. 18. Thomas D'oylie of Magd. Coll. in Oxon. Doctor of Physick of the University of Basil in Germany . Creations . Aug. 19. Will. Somerset of Magd. Coll. in this University eldest Son of Edward Earl of Worcester , was actually created Mast . of Arts. These Persons following were created Mast . of Arts 27. Sept. while the Queen was in Oxon , being then entertained by the University . Edward Earl of Worcester . — He was afterwards Master of the Horse to K. Jam. 1. and Knight of the Garter . Geo. Clifford E. of Cumberl . — He was an excellent Mathematician , a great Navigator , and one that did more prodigious things at Sea , ( to the great impoverishment of his estate ) than any Subject of this Realm had done before . He died 30. Oct. 1605 , and was buried at Skipton in Craven in Yorkshire by his ancestors . Hen. Herbert E. of Pembroke , Kt. of the most noble order of the Garter and President of the Council in the Marches of Wales . — He died 1601 , and was succeeded in the Earldom of Pembroke by his Son and Heir called William , afterwards the most noble Chancellour of this University . Sir John Wingfield Tho. Coningsby Will. Knollis Knights . The last of which , who had been formerly of Magd. Coll. was afterwards Earl of Banbury . Michael Stanhop Esq ; — He was Brother to John Lord Stanhop of Harrington . Tho. Knevet Esq ; — He was afterwards , as it seems , Lord Knevet of Escricke . Edward Darcey Joh. Stanhop Will. Pointz Rich. Brakenbury Esquires . Thom. Lake Esq ; — This Gentleman who was born at Southampton , was bred a Scholar , and afterwards was taken into the service , in the condition of an Amanuensis , of Sir Franc. Walsingham Secretary of State , by whom being commended to Qu. Elizabeth , he read to her French and Latin. A little before her death , she made him Clerk of her Signet ; and after her death he was chosen by this state into the place to attend K. Jam. 1. from Barwick , who afterwards made use of his present service in some French affairs , and confer'd upon him the honour of Knighthood . After Sir Rob. Cecills time , the place of Secretary , was joyned in two Principals ; and not long after he was one of them , and so continued with honorable esteem of all Men ; until that malice and revenge , two violent passions , over-ruling the weaker sex , concerning his a Wife and Daughter , involved b him into their quarrel , the chief and only cause of his ruine . Anth. Ashley — He made additions for the use of English Men to The marriners mirrour , &c. written in Dutch by Luke Wagener of Ein . husen ; set forth in English by the said Ashley in two parts , adorned with variety of Sea-charts and Mapps — printed at London in fol. 1588-89 . and dedicated to Robert Earl of Leycester from St. James . One Sir Anth. Ashley Knight was a courtier in the Reign of K. Jam. 1 , and tho then a hater of Women , yet he was induced to marry one of the Family and Relations of George Duke of Bucks , which administred mirth to the Courtiers . Whether this Sir Authony be the same with the former I know not . Qu. Hen. Noell Esq ; — He was younger Brother to Sir Andrew Noell of Leycestershire , was one of the Gentlemen Pensioners to Queen Elizabeth , a Man of excellent parts , and well skill'd in Musick . He died in the latter end of Feb. 1596 , and was by the command of Qu. Elizabeth ( who had an especial respect for him , ) buried in St. Andrews Chappel within the Precincts of the Abbey Church at Westminster . In a convocation celebrated the same day after dinner ( for the former creations were made in a Convocation held in the morning ) were these following Persons actually created Masters of Arts also , viz. Monsieur Beauvoys La Noude Embassador from the King of France to the Queen of England . Monsieur Mauditor or Manditor . Sir Edward Stafford an English Knight . An. Dom. 1593. An. 35 Elizab. An. 36 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Dr. Edm. Lillye again , July 17. Proct. Will. Aubrey of Ch. Ch. Rich. Latewarr of St. Job . C. Apr. 26. Bach. of Musick . Feb. 25. Arth. Cock Orgainst of the Cath. Ch. at Exeter . Matthew Jeffrye Vicar choral in the Church at Wells . Their Graces were then pass'd , and no doubt there is but that they were admitted . Some of the compositions of Arth. Cock I have seen in our publick Musick School ; and certain divine Services and Anthems were composed by one Jeffrye , the words of which are * extant , but whether by this Matthew , or George Jeffrye , who were both eminent Musicians , I cannot tell . Bach. of Arts. May 21. Peter Bowne of C. C. Coll. June 20. Nathaniel Brent of Mert. Coll. Feb. 6. Joh. Marston of Brasn . Coll. — Qu. Whether not the same Person who was afterwards the celebrated Comedian . Feb. 6. Rob. Wakeman 8. Joh. Denison of Ball. Coll. Jam. Mabbe of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . March 16. Joh. Davies of Jesus Coll. — Afterwards a reviver of the Welsh Language . As for Brent and Mabbe , they are to come among the Writers in the second vol. Admitted 117. Bach. of Law. Jul… . Griffith Powell of Jesus Coll. the eminent Philosopher and Disputant , was then , tho M. of A. of 4 years standing , admitted Bach. of Law. Besides him , were but three more admitted , of whom Tho. May of St. Johns Coll. was one , Jan. 17. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 3. Sebastian Bonefeild of C. C. Coll. June 19. Tho. Cooper of Ch. Ch. 28. Lancelot Bulkley lately of Brasn . C. now of St. Edm. hall — He was afterwards Archb. of Dublin . Jul. 4. Jo. Parentius a Forreigner of Ch. Ch. who had studied two years in the University of Caen , five at Paris , and three at Oxon , was then admitted . — One , or more of his Sirname were learned Men and Writers , but whether this John was a Writer , I cannot tell . Oct. ( 14. ) Clem. Edmonds of All 's . Coll. Jan. 30. Sam. Slade of Mert. Coll. — This Person who was a Dorsetsh . Man born and Fellow of the said Coll. became afterwards a famous Traveller throughout most parts of the World , was employed by Sir Hen. Savile to procure what fragments he could of St. Chrysostome , in order to have them compared and published : And while he was at Venice , he became acquainted with that noted Person ( famous for his speaking and writing pure Greek ) called Gabriel , Archb. of Philadelphia , who finding Slade to be admirably well skill'd in the said Language , he communicated to him some rare manuscript Fragments of St. Chrysostoms Greek works . Which being by him well approved , were conveyed into England to Sir Henry . In his further travels also ( for he was in Greece a considerable while ) he met with other fragments ; and was so useful in bringing to light a true copie of the works of the said Author , that the said Sir Henry could not but acknowledge with due commendations , what he had done in that matter . See in the eighth vol. of St. Chrysost . works published by Sir Henry , pag. 215. 920 , &c. This Mr. Slade , who was elder Brother to Matthew Slade , whom I have mention'd among the Writers an . 1614 , died in the Isle of Zant near Peloponesus , in his return from his travels , before the publication of St. Chrysostomes works , and was there buried . Adm. 72. Bach. of Phys . Jul. 10. Thom. Twyne M. of A. of C. C. Coll. in Oxon , afterwards a Student for some years in Cambridge , was then admitted Bach. of Physick . — He took the Degree of Dr. of that faculty at Cambridge , as I have before told you among the Writers . 17. Matthew Gwinne of St. Johns Coll. — See among the Creations ●ollowing . Besides these two , who were the only Men admitted this year , were two admitted to practise , of whom Jo. Woolton M. A. and Fellow of All 's . Coll. was one , Son of Joh. W●olton Bish . of Exeter . Bach. of Div. Nov… . Joh. Dove Feb. 11. Franc. Godwin of Ch. Ch. Mar. 4. Rob. Abbot George Abbot of Ball. Coll. Rich. Parry of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day — All these except the first , were afterwards Bishops . Adm. 15. Doct. of Law. Jul. 10. Will. Wilkinson of Cambridge — He was about this time Chancellour of the Diocess of Salisbury , and died about the latter end of Oct. 1613. ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 6. Leonard Tayler . of C. C. Coll. Mar. 23. Tho. Aubrey of Ch. Ch. — He accumulated the Degrees in Divinity . Incorporations . July 10. Francis Meres M. A. of Cambridge — This Person who was the Son of Tho. Meres of Kirton in Holland in the County of Lincolne , was about this time a Minister and Schoolmaster , and afterwards Author of a noted School-book called Wits Common-wealth . part the second . Lond. 1598. oct . The first part was put out by N. L. He hath also published Gods Arithmetick . Serm. on Eccles . 4. 9. Lond. 1597. oct . and Sinners guide , or the whole regiment of Christian life , &c. printed 1614. qu. &c. and translated into English , The devotions of Lewis of Granada . Lond. 1598. oct . Which is all I know of him , only that he was Grandfather to Rob. Meres D. D. and Chancellour of the Church of Lincolne . Jul. 10. Gilbert Bourne Doct. of the Laws of the University of Orleance — He was Nephew to Gilb. Bourne sometimes Bishop of B. and Wells , being Son of his Brother Rich. Bourne of Wyvelscombe in Somersetshire , which is all I know of him ; only that his Testimonial for his Degree in the said University , dated in a Congregation celebrated there , 8. June 1583 was subscribed by Maximilian de Cobham , Tertullian Pine Doct. of the Civil Law ( lately of St. Johns Coll. in Oxon ) George Talbot , Giles Wroughton , Nich. Wilson , and George Manwaring , English-men ; that also he was Vicar-general to the Bishop of B. and Wells , and dying in Decemb. or thereabouts , an . 1595 was buried in the Cath. Church of St. Andrew in Wells , near the body of his sometimes Wife . Jan. 28. Joh. Pilkington M. A. of Cambridge , of whom I know no more — One of both his names who was Bach. of Divinity , was collated by his Brother Jam. Pilkington Bishop of Durham , to the Archdeaconry thereof , upon the resignation of Joh. Ebden , 5. Dec. 1563 , and dying 16. Sept. 1581. was buried in the Cathedral Church at Durham . Who succeeded him in that Dignity , the registers of that Church , which are imperfect , shew not . In July this year was a supplicate made in the ven . congregation for one W. L'isle M. of A. of Cambridge to be incorporated in the said Degree , but whether he was really incorporated , it appears not . I take him to be the same with Will. L'isle , who , after he had been educated in Eaton School , was admitted into the society of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , an . 1584. And after he had continued some years in the Degree of M. of A. left his Fellowship because he had Lands fallen to him at Wilburgham in Cambridgshire . He became afterwards a rare Antiquary , one of the Esquires extraordinary of the Kings body , and published A Saxon treatise concerning the old and new Testament , written about the time of King Edgar ( 700 years ago ) by Aelfricus Abbas , thought to be the same that was afterwards Archb. of Canterbury , &c. Lond. 1623. qu. published from an antient Copy in Sir Rob. Cottons Library , with a large and learned Epistle to the Readers , set before it by the said L'isle . To this book he added these things following ( first found out by Joh. Josselin servant to Matthew Archb. of Canterbury , which had been printed in oct . by Joh. Day in the Reign of Qu. Elizab. ) ( 1 ) A testimony of Antiquity shewing the antient faith in the Church of England , touching the Sacrament of the body and blood of our Lord , &c. 'T is the same with A Sermon of the paschal Lamb ( on Easter day ) and of the sacramental body and blood of Christ , &c. Before which is a large and learned Pref. ( of about 16 leaves in oct . ) written by the said Josselin , and reprinted by L'isle . ( 2 ) The words of Aeilfric Abbot of St. Albons and also of Ma●●sbury , taken out of his Epistle written to Wulfine Bishop of S●yrburne , &c. ( 3 ) The Lords Prayer , the ●reed and ten Commandments in the Saxon and English tongue . This W. L'isle died in 1637 , and was buried , as I presume , at Wilburgham beforemention'd . Creations . Jul. 17. Matthew Gwinne M. A. of St. Johns Coll. in Oxon , who had studied Physick ten years , was then actually created Doct. of Physick by virtue of two Letters of the Chancellour of the University for that purpose . Sept. 24. The most illustrious heroe Pre-Johannes de la Fri , Eques , Charnotensis , so he is written in the publick Reg. ) Embassadour from the King of France to the Queens Majesty of England . Nichol. Ruffus Dominus St. Aubin Ludovic . Baro D'Orbee . created the same day . Which three Nobles , were actually created Masters of Arts , and were with great civility treated by the Heads of the University . An. Dom. 1594. An. 36 Elizab. An. 37 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. the same viz. Dr. Lillye to continue in the said office till the Chancellour otherwise please . Proct. Hen. Foster of Brasn . Coll. Hen. Cuffe of Mert. Coll. Apr. 10. Bach. of Arts. Jun. 5. Tobias Matthew of Ch. Ch. — He was Son of Tob. Matthew who was afterwards Archb. of York ; and after he had taken the Degree of M. A. he became a Jesuit , and at length a Knight , as I shall tell you at large in the 2d . vol. 22. Will. Burton of Brasn . Coll. — He is to be remembred also in the 2. vol. Jul. 1. Will. Laud of St. Johns Coll. — He was afterwards Archib . of Canterbury . Dec. 11. Edm. Deane of Merton Jan. 27. Tho. Thomson of Qu. Feb. 22. Hayward Townshend of St. Maries hall . Coll. Thom Ireland of Linc. Coll. was admitted the same day — See among the Doct. of Div. an . 1611. 28. Alexander Spicer of Exeter Mar. 1. Will. Vaughan of Jes . Coll. 7. Thom. Cheast of Oriel Coll. — See among the Masters , an . 1598. Adm. 195. Bach. of Law. Jul. 1. James Whitlock of St. Johns Coll. Jul. 12. Franc. Clerke or Clarke . Besides these two , were 4 more admitted , and two that supplicated , who were not admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 16. Tho. Fryth of All 's . Coll. May 13. Tho. Storer of Ch. Ch. Jul. 2. Will. Hinde of Qu. Coll. 3. Walt Wylshman of Broadgates , lately of Exeter . Coll. Dec. 12. Rob. Burhill Joh. Barcham of C. C. Coll. Jan. 15. Rob. Moor of New Coll. Adm. 7● . Bach. of Div. May 16. George Carleton of Mert. Jun. 27. Joh. Williams of All 's . Jul. 2. Rich. Latewarr of St. Joh. Coll. 4. Will. Tooker of New Dec. 16. Hen. Ayray of Qu. Coll. Adm. ●1 . Doct. of Law. Jul. 9. Christopher Helme of Merton Coll. — In 1618 he became Chancellour of the Dioc. of Worcester in the place of Barnabas Goch or Gough Doct. of Law , ( being about that time Rector of Bredon in the said Diocess ) in which office he was succeeded by Jam. Littleton Bach. of Law , an . 1628. The said Goch or Gough did succeed Tho. Wood LL. D. an . 1610. and Wood , Rich. Cosin the eminent Civilian , an . 1598. but whom Cosin succeeded in 1578 , or thereabouts , I cannot tell . Dec. 10. Rob. Masters of All 's . Coll. — He was about this time Principal of St. Albans hall , and afterwards Chancellour of the Dioc. of Rochester , and of the Dioc. of Lichfield and Coventry . He died 10. Jul. 1625. aged 63 , and was buried in the Cath. Church of Lichfield . Jan. 25. Edward Spurroway of All 's . Coll. On the sixth of July Ralph Winwood M. of A. and Bach. of the Civ . Law of Magd. Coll. supplicated to be admitted Doct. of the faculty , but whether admitted , it appears not . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 1. Barthelmew Warner of St. Johns Coll. — He was afterwards the Kings Professor of Physick , and superior reader of Lynacre's Lecture . He was buried in the Church of St. Mary Magd. in the North suburb of Oxford , 26. January 1618 , as I have else where told you . Doct. of Div. Jun. 25. Rich. Lewys of Exeter Coll. July 4. Francis Cox Will. Tooker of New Coll. Henry Ball of New. Coll. also , was admitted the same day , being about this time Archdeacon of Chichester ▪ 〈◊〉 He died in the beginning of the year 1603. Jul. 4. Miles Smith of Brasn . Coll. — The same who was afterwards Bishop of Glocester . Incorporations . Jul. 9. Hen. Nevill M. A. of Cambridge Son and Heir of Edward Nevill Lord Abergavenny . Rich. Milbourne M. of A. of Qu. Coll. in the same University was incorporated the same day — On the eleventh of Decemb. 1611 he was installed Dean of Rochester in the place of Dr. Tho. Blague deceased , and in July 1615 he being promoted to the See of St. David , Rob. Scot D. D. was installed Dean , 13. of the same month ; of whom by the way I desire the reader to know that he was born at Banston in Essex , was originally a Fellow of Trin. Coll. in the said University and afterwards Master of Clare hall , and esteemed by those that knew him a learned Man. He died in Winter time ( in December I think ) an . 1620. and was succeeded in his Deanery by Dr. Godf. Goodman . Jul. 9. Joh Racster M. A. of Cambridge — He was Author of a certain book entit . The seven planets or wandring motives of Will. Alabasters wit , retrograded and removed . Lond. 1598. qu. and perhaps of other things . Joh. Hull M. of A. of Cambr. was incorp . the same day — He was of Gonvill and Caius Coll. in that University , was afterwards Bach. of Div. and a Preacher of Gods word at Cork in Ireland . He hath written and published ( 1 ) St. Peters Prephecy of these last days . printed 1610. qu. ( 2 ) Christs proclamation to Salvation . Lond. 1613. oct . ( 3 ) Exposition on a part of the Lamentations of Jeremiah , &c. Lond. 1618. qu. &c. Jul. 9. Richard Kilby M. A. of the said University . The number of Cambridge Masters who were incorporated on that day comes to 30. Creations . On the ninth of July , being the day after the Act had been finished , these following Persons were actually created Mast . of Arts. Sir Joh. Hungerford Knight . Anthony Hungerford Esquire . Rich. Baker Esq — He was afterwards a Knight and Author of that Chronicle that goes under his name . Joh. Aske Will. Monson Esquire . A proposal was made in the ven . house of Convocation this year , that the Degree of M. of A. should be bestowed on the honorable Sir Will. Russel Knight , the design'd Lord Deputy of Ireland , but whether it was accordingly confer'd upon him , it appears not , because it standeth not in the register — He was the fourth Son of Francis Earl of Bedford , and was with his brethren brought up in Magd. Coll. Oxon at the feet of Dr. Lawr. Humphrey . Afterwards he travelled through France , Germany , Italy , Hungary , and other Countries ; and upon his return he spent not his time idely in the Court , but painfully in the labours of the Camp , following the wars in Hungary , in France , Ireland and the Low Countries , where he left many notable proofs of his valour and wisdom , being strenuus miles and prudens imperator . In Aug. this year he was made L. Deputy of Ireland ; which place he executed with great valour and wisdom for 3 years . Afterwards he was made Lord Russel of Thornhaw in Bucks . and dying in Sept. was buried 16. of the same month at Thornhaw , an . 1613. An. Dom. 1595. An. 37 Elizab. An. 38 Elizab. Chanc. the same viz. Thom. Lord Buckhurst . Vicechanc. Dr. Li●ye again , by virtue of the Chancellors former letters . Proct. Rob. Tinley of Magd. Coll. Will. Pritchard of Ch. Ch. Apr. ult . Bach. of Mus . Jul. 11. Franc. Pilkington of Linc. Coll. — Some of his compositions I have seen , and I think some are extant . He was Father or at least near of kin to Tho. Pilkington one of the Musicians belonging sometimes to Qu. Henrietta Maria ; who being a most excellent Artist , his memory was celebrated by many Persons , particularly by Sir Aston Cockaine Baronet , who hath written a his funeral Elegy and his Epitaph . The said Tho. Pilkington died at Wolverhampton in Staffordshire aged 35 , and was buried there in the times of rebellion or usurpation . Feb… . Richard Nicholson Organist of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards the first publick professor of the Musical Praxis in this University , and was Author of several Madrigales , one or more of which , you may see in The Triumphs of Oriana , mention'd before in Thom. Morley , and died in 1639. Bach. of Arts. May 3. Tho. James Tho. Lydyat of New Coll. Jul. 2. Dudley Carleton of Ch. Ch. 5. Joh. Rawlinson of St. Johns Dec. 16. Rich. Lloyd of Oriel Coll. Jun. 22. Hen. Mason of Brasn . Coll. afterwards of C. C. Feb. 3. Rob. Fludd or de Fluctibus of St. Johns Coll. — Afterwards an eminent Rosacrusian . 13. Gabriel Powell of Jesus Coll. 14. Will. Cheek of Magd. hall . 16. Joh. Eaton of Trin. Rich. Moket of Brasnose , afterwards of Allsouls Will. Chibald or Chiball of Magd. Coll. 19 Edw. Chetwind Rich. Carpenter of Ex. Coll. Mar. 6. Joh. Sprint of Ch. Ch. Theodore Goulson was admitted this year , but neglected to be registred . As for Lydyat , Lloyd , Mason and Eaton , there will be mention made of them in the 2. vol. Adm. 128. Mast . of Arts. May 3. Arthur Lake of New 27. Joh. Sanford of Magd. Coll. Jun. 30. Hen. Savile Rich. Deane of St. Alb. hall . Jul. 7. Joh. Ravens of Qu. Coll. — In 1607 , he became Subdean of Wells and Prebendary of Bishops Compton in that Church . 9. Pet. Smart of Ch. Ch. George Ferebe of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day — He was afterwards Minister of Bishops Cannings in Wilts . one of the Chaplains to K. Jam. 1. and Author of Lifes farewell , Sermon at St. Johns in the Devises in Wilts , 30. Aug. 1614 at the funeral of John Drew Gent. on 2. Sam. ch . 14. ver . 14. Lond. 1615. qu. This Person who was a Glocestershire Man born and well skill'd in Musick , did instruct divers young Men of his Parish in that faculty , till they could either play or sing their parts . In the year 1613 Qu. Anne the royal Consort of K. Jam. 1. made her abode for some weeks within the City of Bathe , purposely for the use of the waters there . In which time he composed a song of four parts , and instructed his Scholars to sing it very perfectly , as also to play a lesson or two , ( which he had composed ) on their wind-instruments . On the eleventh of June the same year , the Queen in her return from Bathe did intend to pass over the Downes at Wensdyke within the Parish of Bishops-Cannings : Of which Ferebe having timely notice , he dressed himself in the habit of an old Bard , and caused his Scholars ( whom he had instructed ) to be cloathed in Shepherds weeds . The Queen having received notice of these People , she with her retinue made a stand at Wensdyke ; whereupon these Musicians drawing up to her , played a most admirable lesson on their wind-instruments . Which being done , they sang their lesson of four parts with double voices , the beginning of which was this . Shine , O thou sacred Shepherds Star On silly Shepherd swaynes , &c. Which being well performed also , the Bard concluded with an Epilogue , to the great liking and content of the Queen and her company . Afterwards he was sworn Chaplain to his Majesty , and was ever after much valued for his ingenuity . Oct. 31. Rich. Haydock of New Feb. 5. Thom. Floyd of Jesus Coll. Adm. 51. Bach. of Div. Jan. 20. James Bisse of Magd. Coll. Besides him were only four more admitted , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer , or Bishop , &c. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law or Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Oct. 10. Thom. Ravis of Ch. Ch. Nov. 6. Hen. Caesar alias Athelmare or Adelmare lately of Ball. Coll. ( where to this day are certain Lodgings called from him Caesars Lodgings ) now of St. Edm. hall , was then admitted or licensed to proceed — This worthy Doctor , who was the third Son ( Sir Julius Caesar being the first , and Sir Thomas one of the Barons of the Exchecquer the second ) of Caesar Dalmarius a Doctor of Physick , became Preb. of Westminster in the stall of Dr. Rich. Wood in the month of Sept. 1609 , and Dean of Ely in the place of Humphrey Tindall deceased , an . 1614. where dying 27. June 1636. aged 72 , was buried on the North side of the Presbytery of the Cath. Church there . He gave to Jesus Coll. in Cambridge two Fellowship of 12 l. per an . apiece , and five Scholarships of 5 l. per. an . conditionally that the Fellows and Scholars be elected from the Kings Free-school at Ely , &c. Nov. 10. Rog. Hacket Joh. Lloyd of New Coll. Jan. 20. James Bisse of Magd. Ralph Ravens of St. Johns Coll. The first of these two accumulated . 30. Francis Godwin of Ch. Ch. Joh. Baber of Linc. Feb. 14. Henry Parry of C. C. Coll. Incorporations . Jul. 15. Rich. Stock M. A. of Cambr. — He was born in the City of York , educated in St. Johns Coll. in Cambr. was afterwards Minister of Alhallows in Breadstreet in London for the space of about 32 years , a constant , judicious , and religious Preacher , a zealous Puritan and a reformer of profanations on the Lords day . He hath written and published several things , among which are ( 1 ) Doctrin and use of repentance to be practised by all . Lond. 1610. oct . ( 2 ) Sermon at the funeral of John Lord Harrington Baron of Exton , &c. at Exton in Rutlandsh . on the last of March 1614. on Micah 2. ver . 1. 2. Lond. 1614. oct . ( 3 ) Commentary on the Prophesie of Malachy . Lond. 1641. fol. Sam. Torshell is esteem'd the half Authour of it . ( 4 ) Stock of divine knowledge , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. ( 5 ) Truths Champion , &c. He gave way to fate * 20. Apr. 1626 , and was buried in the Church of Allhallows before mention'd . Hen. Withers D. of D. of Cambr. was incorporated the same day . Creations . Oct. 1. Alex. Nowell Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral and Principal of Brasn . Coll. was actually created Doctor of Div. in the house of Convocation . An. Dom. 1596. An. 38 Elizab. An. 39 Elizab. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Tho. Ravis D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch. Jul. 17. Proct. Abel Gower of Oriel Coll. Rowl . Searchfeild of S. Joh. Coll. Apr. 21. Bach. of Arts. May. 8. Josias White of New Coll. 24. Fran. Gorge of Ch. Ch. — He was the eldest Son of the Marchioness of Northampton named Helen , the Widow of Will. Parr Marq. of Northamption , who had married Sir Tho. Gorge of Wilts Kinght . Jun. 16. Joh. Bancroft of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Bishop of Oxon. July 8. Rich. Carpenter Sim. Baskervile of Ex. Coll. Of the last you may see more among the Doctors of Physick an . 1611. 14. Joh. Hanmer of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of S. Asaph . Dec. 2. Robert Bolton of Brasn . Coll. Jan. 29. Henry Tilson of Vniv. Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Elphine in Ireland . Jan. 31. Franc. Rous Charles Fitz-Geffry Feb. 3. Degory Whear of Broadgates Hall. 23. George Calvert . of Trin. Coll. H. Tilson will be at large remembred among the Bishops , and Rouse and Whear among the Writers in the second Vol. Admit . 133. Doct. of Musick . Jul. 10. Robert Stevenson Bach. of Musick , was licensed to proceed in the said Faculty , but whether he did proceed or stood in the Act this , or the next year , it appears not — See more in 1587. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 29. Thom. Morrice of S. Maries Hall , an Esquires Son , and a Berkshire man born of an antient Family , was then admitted M. of A. but whether ever he took the degree of Bach. of that Faculty , it appears not . — I find one Tho. Morrice M. of A. to be Author of An apology for Schoolmasters , &c. Lond. 1619. oct . who , I presume , is the same who had put out Digesta scholastica in gratiam puerorum edita , &c. Oxon. 1617. oct . with the two letters of T. M. only , and the Arms of the University of Oxon , put in the Title Page . Whether Tho. Morrice M. of A. be the same with T. M. of Oxon , and both the same with Thom. Marrice of S. Maries Hall before mention'd , I must leave it to the Reader to judge . March 5. Peter Bowne of C. C. Coll. Adm. 53. Bach. of Physick . Tho none were this year admitted Bachelaurs of Physick , yet several were admitted to practise it , among whom was a certain Millaneese called Scipio Balsam of Magd. Coll. one , Dec. 17. and Joh. More sometimes of Vniv. Coll. another . Bach. of Div. Mar 26. Alex. Cooke of Vniv. June 23. Rob. Tighe of Magd. Coll. The last was lately incorporated M. of A. — See in the Incorporations following . Jul. 7. Rich Kilbye of Line . Dec. 4. Joh. Spot of S. Joh. Coll. The last of which was about this time Canon of Exeter . Adm. 18. ☞ Not one Doct. of Law or Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Mar. 31. Edm. Watts of Brasn . Joh. Bourne of Trinity . Arth. Aubrey of S. Joh. Coll. The said Joh. Bourne was now Treasurer of the Cath. Church of Wells , which Dignity he resigning , Rob. Wright D. D. of Trin. Coll. was admitted thereunto 21 Dec. 1601. July 7. Rich. Kilbye of Linc. Coll. who accumulated . Joh. Dove of Ch. Ch. 9. Joh. Perin of S. Joh. Coll. Greek Professor of the University . — He was afterwards Canon of Ch. Church . Nov. 22. Rob. Abbot of Ball. Coll. Dec. 7. Rich. Field of Qu. Coll. sometimes of Magd. Hall. Feb. 5. Rich Latewar Joh. Buckridge of S. Joh. Coll. Mar. 11. Joh. Harding of Magd. Coll. Hebrew Professor of the University . — He was afterwards President of that Coll. Incorporations . Apr. 9. Francis Covert . LL. D. of Leyden . — He died at Chalden in Surrey 1609. June 21. Rob. Tighe M. A. of Cambr. an excellent Linguist . Jul. 1. Rich. Thomson M. A. of the same University . — This learned person who was a Dutch man born of English Parents , and educated in Clare Hall , is stiled by a noted a Presbyterian The grand propagator of Arminianism , and by b another A deboist drunken English Dutchman who seldome went one night to bed sober . Yet a noted writer c who knew him well tells us , that he was a most admirable Philologer , that he was better known in Italy , France and Germany , than at home . He hath written ( 1 ) Elenchus refutationis Torturae Torti pro reverendiss . Episcopo Eliense , adversus Matinum Becanum . Lond. 1611. ( 2 ) Diatriba de amissione & intercessione gratiae & justificationis . Lugd. Bat. 1618 and 18. oct . and other things One of both his names , was , as a M. of A. of Cambr. incorporated in this University 1593 , which I take to be the same with this . Jul. 9. Joh. Sherwood Doct. of Phys . of the University of Rheims . — He was about this time an eminent practitioner of his Faculty in the City of Bathe , being much resorted to by those of the Rom. Cath. Religion , he himself being of that profession . He died in Feb. 1620 , and was buried in the Church of S. Pet. and Paul in that City . Thom. Playfere D. of D. of Cambridge , was incorporated the same day . — He was a Kentish man d born , educated in S. Joh. Coll. in Cambr. of which he was Fellow , and succeeded Pet. Baro in the Margaret Professorship of that University about 1596 , at which time he was esteemed a person of great Eloquence and fluency in the Latin Tongue . The titles of several of his Works ( which were collected into one Volume ) you may see in the Bodleian Catalogue . He died in the latter end of the year ( in Jan. or Feb. ) 1608. and was buried in S. Botolph's Church in Cambridge . Creations . Apr. 2. Georg. à Missinbuck Embassador to the Queen of England from the Lantgrave of Hassia , was actually created Master of Arts in the Convocation house ; and at the same time was with great civility treated by the chief Heads of the University . An. Dom. 1597. An. 39 Eliz. An. 40 Eliz. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Dr. Tho. Ravis again , July 14. Proct. Joh. Purkhurst of Magd. Coll. Rich. Trafford of Mert. Coll. Apr. 6. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 12. Joh. White of New Coll. — He was afterwards known by the name of the Patriarch of Dorchester . 37. Aegeon Askew of Qu. May 9. Rob. Vilvaine of Exet. Coll. 12. Rog. Mathew of Qu. Coll. — See among the Masters an . 1600. 27. Rob. Barnes of Magd. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1610. Jun. 4. Edmund Coffin of Exeter Coll. — He was an excellent Greecian , and afterwards Schoolmaster of Saltash in Cornwal for 40 years ; in which time he sent many Scholars to both the Universities , especially this of Oxon. One Edw. Coffin a Devonian and a learned man , was entered into the Society of Jesus in England , an . 1598 , and educated , as I have been informed , in the English Coll. at Rome . Jul. 15. Isaac Wake the noted Orator . Oct. 20. Theophilus Higgons of Ch. Ch. Nov. 5. Will. Loe of S. Alb. Hall. Dec. 5. Michael Boyle Joh. Sandsbury . of S. Joh. Coll. The first of which two , was afterwards a Bishop in Ireland . Feb. 25. George Wall of Brasn . Coll. — See in the year 1616. Joh. White , Rob. Vilvaine , and Th. Higgens , are to be remembred at large in the next Vol. Adm. 129. Bach. of Law. Oct. 29. James Cook of New Coll. Nov. 22. Oliver Lloyd of All 's . Coll. — See among the Doct. of Law 1602. But one more besides these two , was admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. July 2. Joh. Tapsell Thom. Allen of Mert. Coll. 5. Tobias Mathew of Ch. Ch. 6. Rob. Wakeman of Ball. Nov. 5. Alex. Spicer of Ex. 16. Will. Vaughan of Jes . Coll. Adm. 55. Bach. of Div. June 6. Henr. Perry of Jesus Coll. sometimes of Gloc. Hall. Rich. Brett of Linc. Coll. was admitted the same day . 30. Rowl . Searchfield Thom. Hutton Hen. Price of S. Joh. Coll. July 7. Hen. Wilkinson Franc. Mason of Mert. Coll. 12. Joh. Aglionby Rich. Crakanthorpe of Queens Coll. Dec. 15. Rob. Tinley Rich. Boughton of Magd. Coll. On the 6 March 1605 , the said Boughton was admitted Chauntor of the Cath. Church of Wells in the place of Jam. Cottington deceased . Mar. 13. John Pelling of Magd. Coll. — He was a Ministers Son of Wilts , and published A serm . of the providence of God , on 1 Pet. 5. 7. Lond. 1607. qu. and perhaps other things . Admit . 20. Doct. of Law. July 9. Will. Aubrey of Ch. Ch. — He was a learned Civilian , but hath published nothing . ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. May 9. Rob. Inkforbie of Magd. Will. Vaughan Geor. Abbot of Ball. Ralph Kettle of Trin. Coll. The last of which was soon after President of his College . July 2. Thom. Singleton Princ. of Brasn . Robert Wright of Trin. John Williams of All 's . Coll. The last of which was now Margaret Professor of this University . Nov. 16. Rich. Parry of Ch. Ch. Incorporations . On the twelfth of July , being the next day after the Act had been celebrated , were about twenty Cantabrigians incorporated in several Faculties , among whom were these following . Joh. Bridgman Bach. of Arts. — See in the Incorporations , an . 1600. Joh. Boys M. of A. — I find two of both his names who were at this time Masters of Arts , viz. Joh. Boys fourth Son of Tho. Boys of Eythorne in Kent , by Christiana his Wife , Dau. and Coheire of Joh. Searle ; who being educated in Clare Hall , was afterwards Doct. of Div. and Dean of Canterbury in the place of Dr. Charles Fotherby who died 29 Mar. 1619. This J. Boys who died at Eythorne before mention'd ( the place of his Nativity ) a little after K. Charles 1. came to the Crown , was famous for his Sermons , Expositions , and Postills written by him ; the Titles of which you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue . The other J. Boys who was a Suffolk man born , and Andr. Downe's Scholar , was Fellow of S. Joh. Coll. in the said University , afterwards Prebendary of Ely , and Parson of Boxworth in Cambridgeshire , an excellent Greecian , Divine , and one of the Translators of the Bible , an . 1604. He wrot certain notes upon Chrysostome , put out by Sir Hen. Savile , who stiles him ingeniosissimus & doctissimus Boysius , and his Notes doctissimas ejus observationes ; and other things , by some taken to be written by the former J. Boys . Which of these two was incorporated M. of A. this year , I know not . We have had one Joh. Boys , an Esquires Son of Kent , a Student in Vniversity Coll. 1594. Another elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. 1604 , who was afterwards Bach. of Law ; and a third who took the degree of Bach. of Arts as a Member of Qu. Coll. an . 1606 , but not one of these can I yet find was a Writer . Roger Gostwyke M. A. of Kings Coll. in Cambr. — He was afterwards Bach. of Div. Chaplain to Dr. Martin Heton Bishop of Ely and Rector of Sampford Courtney in Devonshire . Among several things that he hath published I have seen these , ( 1 ) The anatomie of Anan●as ; or , God's censure against Sacriledge . Cambr. 1616. ( 2 ) Brief commentary upon Psal . 83 concerning the same Subject . Printed there the same year . ( 3 ) The truth of tithes discovered , or the Churches right maintained and defended , &c. Lond. 1618 , &c. One Roger Gostwick Rector of Sampford Courtney before mention'd lived to about the year 1655 , whether the same with the former , I cannot tell . James Sp●ght Bach. of Div. — He hath one or more sermons in print . Benjamin Carier Bach. of Div. — He was the son of Anthony Carier a learned and devout Preacher , who caused this his son to be strictly educated in the Protestant Religion , and afterwards in Academical literature in the said University of Cambr. where he became Fellow of C. C. Coll. and a noted Scholar and Preacher . About the time that K. James 1. came to the Crown , he proceeded in his Faculty , published one or more Sermons , became Chaplain to him , and one of the first Fellows of Chelsey College , founded by Dr. Mathew Sutcliff . But being then very unsetled in his Religion , he changed it for that of Rome , left the Nation and went to Liege in Germany ; where , after some time of continuance , he wrot A missive to his Maj. of Great Britain K. Jam. containing the motives of his conversion to Cath. Religion . &c. Leige 1614. oct . and at the same time A letter of the miserable ends of such as impugn the Cath. Ch. print . 1615. qu. But before Midsummer day in the said year 1614 ( 12 Jam. 1. ) he concluded ▪ his last day , putting thereby a period to the great imaginations that men of Learning had of him and his worth , and to the expectation of other Books to be published . In 1649 were printed two Impressions of the said Missive in oct . said in the Title to be printed at Paris , but in truth at London , with a large Preface , and marginal Notes , to it by N. Strange a Rom. Cath. At the end of the said Preface are the names of some who had lately then been Ministers , or University men , in England and Scotland that had been converted to the Church of Rome . Those of Oxon are these , Hugh Paulin de Cressy of Mert. Coll. Hen. Janson LL. D. of All 's . Coll. afterwards a Baronet , but a poor one God wot , Tho. Read L. L. D. of New Coll. Will. Rowlands sometimes of Ex. Coll. afterwards Minister of S. Margarets in Westminster , Will. Joyner alias Lyde M. A. of Magd. Coll. Pet. Glue of Ball. Coll. &c. An. Dom. 1598. An. 40 Eliz. An. 41 Eliz. Chanc. the same , viz. Tho. Lord Buckhurst . Vicechanc. Tho. Singleton D. D. Principal of Brasn . College , July 18. Proct. Edw. Gee of Brasn . Hen. Bellyngham of New Coll. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 27. Rob. Pink of New July 8. Rob. Johnson of Magd. 12. Thomas Winniff of Exet. Coll. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of Linc. Oct. 30. Thom. Baughe of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters an . 1601. Nov. 15. Thom. Overbury of Qu. Dec. 14. Geor. Warburton of Brasn . Coll. Of the last you may see more among the Doctors of Div. created 1636. Feb. 1. Tobie Venner of S. Alb. Hall. 16. Will. Higford of C. C. Coll. Winniffe , Venner , and Higford , are to be remembred at large in the second Voll . Adm. 111. Mast . of Arts. June 26. Will. Laud of S. Joh. July 4. Thom. Thompson of Qu. 6. Rich. Lloyd of Linc. lately of Oriel 8. Rob. Fludd of S. Joh. Coll. Thom. Cheast of S. Maries Hall , lately of Oriel Coll. was admitted the same day . — He hath published ( 1 ) The way to life , serm . at Pauls Cross , on Amos 5. 6. Lond. 1609. qu. ( 2 ) The Christian path-way , Serm. at Pauls Cross , ult . June 1611 , on Ephes . 5. 1. Lond. 1613. qu. and perhaps other things . Oct. 17. Jam. Mabb of Magd. Coll. 20. Rich. Fitzherbert of New Coll. — He was afterwards Archdeacon of Dorset ; by which Title he occurs in 1640. 31. Nath. Brent of Mert. Coll. Nov. 7. Rich. Carpenter Edw. Chetwind of 〈◊〉 . Coll. Feb. 5. Tho. James Tho. Lydyat of New Coll. 19. Will. Chibald or Chiball of Magd. Coll. Adm. 88. Bach. of Div. May 29. Christoph . Sutton June 28. Joh. Randall of Linc. Coll. Jul. 19. Will. Bradshaw of Vniv. Coll. lately M. of A. of Balliol — I set him down here , not that he was a Writer , but to distingtuish him from another of both his names , who was sometimes Fellow of Sidney Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards a writer and publisher of several Theological Tracts , the titles of some of which you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue . ☜ Not one Doct. of the Civ . Law was admitted . Doct. of Phys . Dec. 7. Joh. Gifford of New Coll. — He accumulated the Degrees in Physick , did afterwards practise in London , and was one of the College of Physicians . He died in a good old age , in 1647 and was buried in the Parish Church of Hornchurch in Essex near to the body of his Wife . Doct. of Div. Jul. 8. Thomas Maxfield of St. Edmunds hall — He accumulated the Degrees in Divinity , was about this time dignified in the Church , and dying about 1604 was buried at the upper end of the Chancel of the Church at Ashe in Kent , of which Church he was Rector . Incorporations . Jun. 7. Thom. Ridley Doctor of the Civil Law of Cambridge — This learned Person who was the Son of Thomas , Son of Lancclot , Son of Nicholas Ridley of Willymonds Wyke in Northumberland Esq ; was born in the City of Ely , educated in Grammar learning in Eaton School near to Windsore , in Academical in Kings Coll. in Cambridge , of which he was Fellow . Afterwards he became Schoolmaster of Eaton , one of the Masters of the Chancery , a Knight , Chancellour to the B. of Winchester , and Vicar-general to George Archb. of Canterbury . He was a general Scholar , wrot A view of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Law , and dying 23. of January 1628 was buried on the 27. of the same month in the Parish Church of St. Bennet near to Pauls wharf in London . Jul. 8. Sam. Heron D. of D. of the same University , was then incorporated Doct. of that faculty — He was Fellow of Trinity Coll. in Cambridge , and dying about the latter end of the yeare 1615 was buried either in the Chap. belonging to that Coll. or in the Chancel of Market Fankenham in Norfolke , where he had some cure . A Person of eminent note who writes himself Samuel Hieron was born at , or near to , Epping in Essex educated in Eaton School , elected Scholar of Kings Coll. 1590 , where , while he was Bach. of Arts , he became eminent for his Preaching . About that time he had a pastoral charge confer'd upon him by Mr. Hen. Savile Provost of Eaton College , but the Church of Modbury in Devonshire , soon after falling void , he was presented thereunto by the Provost and Fellows of Kings Coll. where being setled he was much admired , and resorted to , for his practical way of preaching . While he continued there he published several Sermons ; which , with many others lying by him , he remitted into one volume , printed at London with certain Prayers at the end , an . 1614. fol. He died at Modbury in 1617 aged about 45 and was buried in the Church there . After his death , many of his Sermons and Lectures , that had not before seen the light , were collected together by one Rob. Hill , ( whom I shall mention among the Incorporations 1604 ) who causing them to be printed in fol. 1620 , are known by the name of the Second vol. of Mr. Sam. Hierons works . These things I thought good to let you know , to the end that what was written by Sam. Hieron might not be attributed to Sam. Heron. Jul. 10. Roger Manors Earl of Rutland , M. A. of the said Univ. of Cambridge — He was an eminent Traveller and a good Soldier , was afterwards sent Embassador by K. Jam. 1. to the King of Denmark , and dying 26. June 1612. was buried at Botsford in Leycestershire . Jul. 11. Edw. Aubrey Joh. Bladworth Christop . Wyell Bac. of Law of Camb. Joseph . Hall M. of A. of the same Univ. was then also incorporated — In 1611. Oct. 30. he was collated to the Archdeaconry of Nottingham upon the promotion of Dr. Joh. King to the See of London , and in Dec. 1616 he became Dean of Worcester in the place of Dr. Arth. Lake promoted to the See of Bathe and Wells . He was afterwards first the most learned and religious Bishop of Exeter , and afterwards of Norwych . Laurence Bend Doct. of Div. of the said Univers . was also then ( Jul. 11. ) incorporated . Creations . On the tenth of July , these Knights and Esquires following were actually created Masters of Arts , with one Lord. ( Thomas ) Lord Burgh . Sir Christoph . Blount Kt. — He was beheaded on Tower-hill , an . 1601 for being deeply engaged in the treasons of Robert Earl of Essex . Anthony Pawlet Francis Knollis Knights . The last was Son of Sir Franc. Knollis mention'd among the Creations , an . 1566 , and among the Writers , an . 1596. He was sometimes a Commoner of Magd. Coll. and was now valued for his learning by Dr. Joh. Rainolds . Rob. Osbourne Rob. Digby Rob. Vernon Esquires . About this time Abraham Scultetus was a Sojou●nour in Oxon , and much favoured by both the Abbots , George and Robert. He was afterwards a most eloquent Preacher , a learned Divine and Author of several books , which shew him to have been profound in Divinity , Antiquity , and Ecclesiastical History . He died at Embden in E. Frislandt 24. Oct. 1626. and was there buried . An. Dom. 1599. An. 41 Eliz. An. 42 Eliz. Chancellour the same . Vicechanc. Dr. Tho. Thornton again , Jul. 16. Proct. Will. Osbourne of All 's . Coll. Franc. Sidney of Ch. Ch. Apr. 18. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 24. Barnab . Potter of Qu. Coll. — He was afterward Bishop of Carlile . Jun. 18. Anth. Duck Jul. 8. George Hakewill of Exet. Coll. 23. Brian Twyne Tho. Jackson of C. C. Coll. Oct. 25. Norwych Spackman of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters an . 1602. Thom. Broad of St. Alb. hall was admitted the same day . Jan. 29. Barthelm . Parsons of Or. 31. Joh. Prideaux of Exeter Coll. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of Worcester . Feb. 2. Joh. Meredyth of St. Maries hall lately of Oriel Coll. — He was the eldest Son of an Esquire of Sussex , but whether the same with Joh. Meredyth who was afterwards Doct. of Phys . of another University , and at length Subdean of Chichester ( an . 1622. ) which he resigned 10. Oct. 1627 and retired to his cure of Bedhampton in Hampshire , where heart-broken and purse-broken he soon after died , I know not . Sure it is that John Meredyth who was Subdean of Chichester , wrot and published ( 1 ) The sin of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost , on Heb. 10. 16. Lond. 1622. qu. ( 2 ) The judge of heresies , one God , one Faith , one Church , out of which there is no salvation . Lond. 1624. qu. As for Potter , Duck , Hakewill , Twyne , Parsons and Prideaux , their lives and characters are to come into the second vol. of this work . Admitted 111. Bach. of Law. Jul. 2. George Russell of St. Johns Coll. — This Person who was a Londoner born , was afterwards Bursar of the said house , but retaining in his hands the College money which he received as Bursar without paying it to the Persons who supplied it with necessaries , slip'd away incognito , went beyond the Seas , changed his Religion and became Pensioner to the Archduke of Austria and a Man of note in his Dominions . Philipp Cromwell of St. Johns Coll. was admitted the same day — He was the fifth Son of Sir Hen Cromwell of H●nchingbro●k in Huntingdonshire , Uncle to Oliver Cromwell sometimes Lord Protector of England . This Philip Cromwell who was a Knight , was Father , by Mary his Wife , ( Dau. of Sir Hen. Townsend Knight ) to Thomas Cromwell a Major of a Regiment of Horse under K. Ch. 1. in the time of the grand rebellion , and to Oliver Cromwell a Colonel under his Kinsman Oliver Cromwell beforemention'd , when he went as General into Ireland to quell the Royal Party , an . 1649 , ( in which year he died ) and to Philip Cromwell a Commander in the Parliament Army , slain at Bristow . Adm. 7. Mast . of Arts. May 21. Joh. Bancroft Joh. Sprint of Ch. Ch. Joh. Rawlinson of St. Johns Coll. was admitted the same day . Jul. 5. George Andrew of Magd. hall . — He was afterwards a Bishop in Ireland , as I have before told you . Jan. 17. Josias White of New Coll. Adm. 73. Bach. of Div. June 14. Edm. Griffith of Brasn . Coll. Jul. 5. Rich. Eaton of Linc. Coll. — He was about this time Pastor of Great Budworth in Cheshire ( in which County he was born ) and hath published A Sermon at the funeral of Tho. Dutton of Dutton Esque who yeilded to nature 28. Dec. 1615 , on Psal . 90. ver . 12. Lond. 1616. qu. and perhaps other things , Quaere . Adm. 5. Doct. of Law. Jun. 23. Barthelm . Jesop of Magd. Coll. — This Person who was fourth Son of Walt. Jesop of Chilcombe in Dorsetsh . Gent. was a learned Civilian , and about this time Chancellour to the Bishop of Sarum . He lived and died a single Man 21. July 1620 and was buried in Christ Church near Newgate in London . 27. Zachar. Babington of Mert. Coll. who accumulated — He was about this time Chancellour to the Bishop of Lich. and Coventry , and died 1614 or thereabouts . Jul. 6. Edmund Pope of Al●souls Coll. — He was about this time Chancellour to the Bishop of Rochester , and afterwards Surrogate to the Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury . He died in the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate , London , an . 1630. James Baylic of All 's . Coll. also , admitted the same day being about this time Chancellour to the Bish . of Hereford . ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 2. George Ryves of New Coll. Prebendary of Winchester — In Dec. following he was elected Warden of the said Coll. and dying on the last of May 1613 was buried , as I conceive , in the Chappel belonging thereunto . 6. Giles Robinson of Queens Coll. Incorporations . July 5. ●eonard Maw M. A. of Cambridge — He was Fellow of Peter house , and afterwards Master thereof , Master of Trin. College , Prebendary of Wells , Doct. of Div. Chaplain to Pr. Charles , ( on whom he waited when he was in Spain to Court the Infanta ) and at length Bish . of B. and Wells upon the translation of Dr. Laud to London , but enjoying that office for a little while , died at Chiswick in Middlesex 2. Sept. 1629 ; whereupon his body was buried there on the 16 day of the same month . He was the Son of Sim. Maw of Wrendlesham in Suffolk Gent. by Margery his Wife , Dau. and Coheir of Thom. Wyld of Yorkshire and Alice his Wife , Dau. and Heir of Joh. Jaye of Suffolk . Robert Tounson M. of A. of the said University , was incorporated on the same day — He was about this time Fellow of Queens Coll. there , was afterwards Doctor of Divinity , Dean of Westminster in the place of Dr. George Mountaigne promoted to the See of Lincolne , an . 1617 ; and at length Bishop of Salisbury : to which See he was consecrated at Lambeth by the Archbishop , and his Assistants Lincolne , Rochester and Chester , on the 9 of July 1620. He died in a mean condition on the 15 of May 1621 , and was buried on the South side of the long isle , over against St. Edmunds Chappel in St. Peters Church , within the City of Westminster , leaving then behind him a Widow named Margaret and fifteen Children . After him succeeded in the See of Salisbury Dr. John Davenant the Head or Master of Queens Coll. in , and Margaret Professor of , the University of Cambridge ; who was consecrated on the 18. of Nov. 1621 , having received * a command from the King that he should not take to him a Wife . He departed this mortal life on the 20 of Apr. 1641 , and was buried in the South isle joyning to the Cath. Ch. of Salisbury . Hen. Butts M. of A. and Fellow of Corp. Ch. Coll. in Cambridge , was incorporated also on the same day ( Jul. 5. ) and afterwards succeeded Dr. Sam. Walsall in the Headship of that House — He hath written Diets dry dinner , consisting of eight several courses , ( 1 ) Fruits , &c. Lond. 1599. oct . See more of this Hen. Butts in Dan. Price among the Writers , an . 1631. Jul. 10. Peter Turner Doct. of Phys . of Heidleberg 28 years before this time ( afterwards incorporated at Cambridge , where he had his first education ) was incorporated in this University , as he had stood at Heidleberg and Cambridge — He was the Son of Dr. Will. Turner sometimes Dean of Wells , whom I have mention'd among the Writers , under the year 1568 ; and dying on the 27 of May 1614 aged 72 years , was buried in the Chancel of the Church of St. Olaves in Hartstreet , London , leaving then behind him several Sons of whom Samuel was one , and Peter another , as I shall tell you elsewhere . One Mistress Anne Turner , the Widow of a Doctor of Physick had an especial hand in the poysoning of Sir Tho. Overbury ; for which she was executed at Tybourne , an . 1615. whether she was the second Wife and Widow of this Dr. Peter Turner , I know not . Oct. 30. Rich. Pilkington M. of A. of Cambridge . Creations . June…Hen . Cotton Bishop of Salisbury , sometimes Master of Arts of Magd. Coll. was actually created Doctor of Divinity at Salisbury by Dr. Edm. Lillye Vicechancellour , Dr. Tho. Holland the Kings Professor of Divinity , and both the Proctors ( with the Superior Beadle of Divinity attending them ) by virtue of a Commission from the Vicechancellour , dated 2 of June 1599. An. Dom. 1600. An. 42 Elizab. An. 43 Elizab. Chanc. the same , viz. Tho. Lord Buckhurst . Vicechanc. George Abbot D. D. Master of Vniv. Coll. Jul. 15. Proct. Nich. Langford of Ch. Ch. Laur. Humphrey ( Son of Laur. ) of Magd. Coll. Apr. 2. Bach. of Musick . Jul… . Henry Porter of Ch. Ch. — Some of his compositions I have seen , but none of them , I think , are extant . He was Father to Walt. Porter sometimes Gentleman of the royal Chappel of King Ch. 1. and Master of the Choristers at Westminster , author of Mottets of two voyces for Treble , or Tenor and Bass , &c. to be performed to an Organ , Harpsycon , Lute or Bass-viol . Lond. 1657. fol. The words of some of the Mottets are taken out of the learned ▪ Poet George Sandys his Paraphrase on the Psalmes of David . This Person who had been patroniz'd in his endeavours by Sir Edw. Spencer , was after his ejectment from his office in the beginning of the grand rebellion , exhibited to in his old age by Edw. Laurence Esq . Bach. of Arts. Jun. 5. Rob. Harris of Magd. hall . 17. Rob. Mandevill of Qu. Coll. Jul. 4. David Jenkins of St. Edm. hall — Afterwards the famous Welsh Judge . 7 Humph. Lynd Will. Piers of Ch. Ch. The last of which was afterwards Bish . of B. and Wells . 10. Joh. Dunster of Magd. Oct. 14. Will. Twysse of New Dec. 4. Isaac Singleton of Brasn . Coll. Of the last you may see more among the Masters , an . 1604. Dec. 11. George Browne of St. Joh. Coll. — He soon after changed his Religion , went beyond the Seas , and I think was made a R. Cath. Priest . Feb. 8. Dabridgcourt Belchier of Ch. Ch. — This Person who was the eldest Son of Will. Belcher of Gillesborough in Northamptonshire Esque translated into English , Hans Beer-pot his visible Comedy , of see me and see me not . Acted in the Low-countries by an honest company of Health-drinkers Lond. 1618. qu. Which translation was made at Vtrecht , in 1617 , about which time he wrot several Poems and made other translations , but whether publish'd , I cannot tell . He died in the Low-countries in 1621. As for Rob. Harris , D. Jenkins , Will. Piers , and Will. Twysse will be large mention made in the second vol. of Writers , and Bishops . Adm. 115. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 5. Joh. Hanmer Rich. Moket of All 's . Coll. Jun. 4. Theoph. Higgons of Ch. Ch. 14. Will. Loe of St. Alb. 10. Degorie Wheare of Broadg. hall 17. Aegeon Askew Rog. Mathew of Qu. Coll. The last of which , who was a Warwickshire Man born , hath published The flight of time , on Job 9. 25. — printed 1634. qu. and perhaps other things . July 4. Joh. Denison of Ball. Coll. Charles Fitz-Geffry of Broadgates hall . 8. Theodore Goulson of Mert. 11. Rob. Vilvaine of Exet. Coll. 12. Dudley Carleton of Ch. Ch. Jan. 16. Joh. White of New Coll. Adm. 89. Bach. of Div. Apr. 14. Edw. Gee of Brasn . Coll. Thom. Cooper of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day — He was a Londoner born , became Student of Ch. Ch. from Westm . School an . 1586 , was about this time beneficed at , or near , Oundle in Northamptonshire , and was Author of The Worldlings adventure , &c. in two Sermons , at the visitation of the Free Grammar School at Oundle in Northamptonshire , on Matth. 16. 26. Lond. 1619. qu. One of both his names and an Oxford Man , was Author of Nonae Novembris aeternitati consecratae , &c. Oxon 1607. qu. written in verse and prose , but whether by the former Tho. Cooper , I cannot justly say , because he doth not write himself in the title Bach. of Div. as in the former book . Besides these two Tho. Coopers , were two more of the same time also , and Writers , ( besides Tho. Cooper B. of Winchester ) but whether both of them were of Oxon , I cannot tell . June 27. Rich. Pilkington of Qu. Jul. 16. Will. Thorne of New Dec. 14. Sebastian Benefield of C. C. Coll. Admitted 44. Doct. of Law. Feb. 4. Jam. Hussee of New Coll. — He was afterwards Principal of Magd. hall , Chancellour to the B. of Salisbury , a Knight by the favour of K. Jam. 1. and dying at Oxford of the plague on the eleventh of July 1625 was buried late at night without any solemnity or company ( only by two that carried his Corps ) in the Chancel of St. Maries Church in Oxon. ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Apr. 14. Leonard Hutten of Ch. Ch. Jun. 17. Hen. Airay John Aglionby of Qu. Coll. Jul. 7. Rich. Brooke Nathan . Dod compounders of Ch. Ch. 10. Rob. Tinley of Magd. Coll. Incorporations . Jul. 4. John Bridgman M. of A. of Cambridge — He was afterwards D. of D. Master of Magd. Coll. in that University , Chaplain to K. Jam. 1. by whose favour he became Rector of the rich Church of Wigan in Lancashire , in January . 1615 , Bishop of Chester , in 1618. and in June 1621 Rector of Bangor , which he held in Commend . with his Bishoprick . He was Father to Sir Orlando Bridgman Knight and Bt. sometimes Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , and a sufferer in some measure for the cause of his Maj. K. Ch. 1. He died in Teddington or Tuddington in Middlesex , in in Summer time 1674. 9. Gedeon da Man or Montmartin Son of a Noble Man , and Master of Arts of Cambridge . Wolfgangus Mayer M. A. of the said University , was incorporated on the same day . — He was Grandson by the Mothers side to Martin Bucer . 10. Jerem. Ratcliffe D. D. of Cambridge . John Downe Bach. of Div. of the said University was incorporated the same day — He was educated in Emanuel College , the members of which presented him to the Vicaridge of Winsford in Somersetshire , where he continued for a while . Afterwards he became Rector of Instow in Devonshire , where he died and was buried , about 1631. Ten of his Treatises ( the first of which is A Treatise concerning the force and efficacy of reading ) were published after his death by Dr. George Hakewill his neighbour — Oxon. 1633. qu. with a funeral Sermon before them , preached by the said Doctor , containing many things in behalf of the Author and the said Treatises , as also an Epi●●le by Dr. Hall Bishop of Exon , wherein are several Encomiums of the Author . 11. Will. Paddie Doct. of Phys . of Leyden — He stands in the publick register as twice incorporated ; see in the year 1591. He was esteem'd one of the prime Physicians of his time , and was highly valued by the chief Men of his faculty , especially by Sir Theodore de Mayerne . He gave way to fate in Decemb. 1634. and was buried in St. Johns Coll. Chappel . Oxon where is a large Epitaph over his grave . Edw. Ratcliff Doct. of Phys . of Cambr. was incorporated the same day . 15. Rob. Williamson Richard Neile D. D. of the same University . The last of these two Doctors of Div. was one who passed through all Degrees and Orders in the Church of England , and thereby made acquainted with the conveniences and distresses , incident to all conditions . He served the Church as Schoolmaster , Curate , Vicar , Parson , Master of the Savoy , Dean of Westminster in the place of Lanc. Andrews promoted to the See of Chichester , ( in which Dignity he was install'd 5. Nov. 1605. ) Clerk of the Closet to both Kings ( Jam. 1. and Ch. 1. ) successively , Bishop of Rochester 1608 , ( with which he kept his Deanery in Commendam ) Lichfield and Cov. two years after , Lincolne 1613 , Durham 1617. Winchester 1628 , and lastly in 1631 Archbishop of York , in which honor he died 31. Oct. 1640 ( being but three days before the Long Parliament began ) and was buried in St. Peters Church in Westminste● . He was born of honest Parents in Kingstreet in the City of Westminster ( his Father being a Tallow Chandler ) and educated in the College School there ; whence being elected into St. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , made great proficiency in Academical learning . Afterwards entring into Orders , he became , after some petite employments , Chaplain to Sir Will. Cecill . L. Burghley and to Rob. his Son afterwards Earl of Salisbury , who put him into the road of prefement . Many good offices he had done to the Church and Church-men in his attendance at the Court , crossing a the Scots in most of their suites for Ecclesiastical preferments , which greedily and ambitiously they hunted after , whereby he drew on himself the general hatred not only of the Scots , but scotizing English . He died as full of years , as he was of honours , an affectionate Subject to his Prince , an indulgent Father to his Clergy , a bountiful Patron to his Chaplains , and a true friend to all who r●l●ed upon him . These things tho generally known , yet inveterate Prynne spares not to b call him a Popish and Armi●ian Prelate , a persecutor of all Orthodox and Godly Ministers , a preferrer of popish Arminian Clergy men , with a great deal of such stuff , not here to be mentioned . He is supposed to be Author of a book intit . Spalato's shiftings in Religion , written against Marc. Ant. de Dominis Archb. of Spalato , and of other matters . Qu●re . Jul. 16. Randolph Ba●low M. of A. of Cambridge — I take him to be the same with Ranulph Barlow Master of Arts of Pembroke hall in that University , afterwards Doct. of Divinity , Archdeacon of Winchester in the place of Mich. Renniger deceased , 1609. and Archb. of Tuam in Ireland . 1629. Rich. Senhouse M. A. of the same University , was incorporated the same day — He was the Son of Rich. Senhouse of Alnborough hall in Cumberland , was Fellow of St. Johns Coll. in the said University , installed Dean of Glocester in the place of Dr. Laud , promoted to the See of St. David , 13. Dec. 1621 , and shortly after became Bishop of Carlile . He died in the beginning of the year 1626. ( 2. Car. 1 ) leaving then behind him the character of an excellent Preacher . Theophilus Field M. A. of the same University , was also incorporated with Senhouse — He was Son of John Field mentioned among the Writers , under the year 1587 , was educated in Pemb. hall , consecrated Bishop of Landaff 10. Oct. 1619 , and thence was translated to Hereford and soon after died . He hath written A Christian preparation to the Lords Supper , printed 1624. in oct . besides several Sermons and other things . Rob. Newell . M. A. of the same Univers . was also then incorporated with Senhouse — This Person who was half Brother to Dr. Rich. Neile beforemention'd , became Archd. of Buckingham in the beginning of the year 1614 , Prebendary of the ninth stall in the collegiat Church of St. Peter at Westminster , in the place of one Cuthb . Bellot , an . 1620 , and was afterwards , or about the same time , Treasurer of Chichester , Canon of Lichfield , Subdean of Linc. and Preb. of Durham . He died ( at Winchester I think ) in 1643 and was succeeded in his Prebendship of Westminster by Gilb. Wimberley D. D. and in his Archdeaconry by Giles Thorne D. D. but who in his other Dignitaries I cannot yet tell . At the same time was incorporated M. of A. one John Owen , whom I take to be the same with John Owen , who was bred in Jesus Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph — Besides the said four Masters of Arts who were incorporated 16. July , were incorporated one and twenty more . This year also was incorporated Joh. Hone Doct. of the Civil Law of Cambridge , but the month or day when , appears not , neither for John Cowell Dr. of the same faculty for whom there was a supplicate made , which being granted simpliciter , there 's no doubt but that he was incorporated . Of him I desire the reader to know that he was a Devonian born , was elected from Eaton School to be Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge an . 1570. and was made Proctor of the said University an . 1586. Afterwards he became Master of Trinity hall there , the Kings Professor of the Civil Law , Vicechancellour , Doctor , as 't is a said , of the Arches , and Vicar-general to Dr. Bancroft Archb. of Canterbury . His writings are ( 1 ) Institutiones juris Anglicani ad methodum institutionum Justiniani compositae . Cantab. 1605. oct . &c. ( 2 ) The Interpreter : or book , containing the signification of words , &c. Cambr. 1607. qu. &c. afterwards printed in fol. But several passages therein , relating to the Kings Prerogative , giving offence , because in some cases , he saith it is limited , the said book was called in , and on the 26. March 1610. there was published an b edict against it . This being the reason , as most Scholars think , I cannot be of the same opinion with one c ( no friend to the memory of King Jam. 1. ) who tells us that in the said Interpreter , 't is said that that King took not the usual Oath all Kings are bound unto , at their coronation , &c. One John Cowell or Covell LL. D. became Prebendary of Timbrescombe in the Church of Wells , upon the deprivation of Joh. Faber , an . 1554. temp . Mariae 1. but what relation there was between him and the former I know not . An. Dom. 1601. An. 43 Elizab. An. 44 Elizab. Chanc. the same , viz. Thom. Lord Buckhurst . Vicechanc. George R●ves D. D. Warden of New Coll. Jul. 17. Proct. George Benson of Qu. Coll. Gerard Massey of Brasn . Coll. Apr. 22. The junior was afterwards nominated Bishop of Chester , 〈◊〉 died before consecration . Bach. of Arts. Jul. 1. Dudley Digges of Vnivers . Coll. — He was afterwards Master of the Rolls . 6. John Ferebe or Ferriby of Magd. hall . — See among the Masters 1606. 10. Dan. Price of Exet. Coll. Oct. 23. Nathan . Canon of St. Maries hall . Nov. 3. Sam. Browne of All 's . Coll. Jan. 26. Francis Windebank of St. Johns Coll. — He was the eldest Son of Sir Tho. Windebank of Haines hill in the Parish of Hurst in Berks. Knight , ( sometimes one of the Clerks of the Signet ) and became intimately acquainted with Dr. Will. Laud while he studied in the said Coll. of St. John ; by whose endeavours , when Bish . of London , he obtained for him of his gracious Master K. Ch. 1. the secretaryship of State , in the place of Sir Dudley Carleton Viscount Dorchester deceased ; to which office he was sworn 15. June 1632 , and about that time received the honour of Knighthood . Afterwards he became d ungrateful to his promoter , and much hated by the Puritan for his high acting in his office . Which being by that Party made notorious , several articles were drawn up against him , and presented to that unhappy Parliament which began at Westminster 3. Nov. 1640. Whereupon flying beyond the Seas , wrot a Letter to the Lord Chamberlain in his own defence , dat . at Calais XI . Jan. 1640 , which was soon after printed . When K. Ch. 1. retired to Oxon , after Edghill battel , Sir Francis returned înto England , went to , and endeavoured to speak with , his Majesty , but his Maj ▪ refusing to have any communication with him , he went beyond the Seas again , and died at Paris 1 / 11 Sept. 1646. Among the Sons he had , Sir Thomas Windebank the eldest , was one , who was of the Privy Chamber to His Majesty , and another called Colonel Franc. Windebanke Governor of Blechingdon house in Oxfordshire ; who for surrendring it to Col. Oliver Cromwell upon first summons about the 24. Apr. 1645 , was shot to death in Broken hayes near Oxon ; whereupon his body was buried in one of the Chancels of the Church of St. Mary Magd. in the North suburb of that City , on the third of May following . Feb. 11. Sam. Turner of St. Maries hall — See among the Masters 1604. 13. Daniel Fairclough Joh. Bery or Bury George Webbe of C. C. Coll. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of Limerick in Ireland . Canon , Fairclough , Bury and Webbe will be mention'd in the second vol. Admitted 177 Mast of Arts. May 17. Thom. Winniff of Exeter Coll. Jun. 20. Thom. Baughe of Ch. Ch. — He published a Sermon entit . A Summons to judgment , on Job 31. 14. Lond. 1614. qu. and perhaps others , which is all I know of him , only that he was a Cheshire Man born , and that in seeking after the Rectory of the Church of St. Sepulcher in London , found a sepulcher therein , ( being buried there ) on which his pleasant friend Tho. Freeman the Poet hath an a ingenious Epigram . 25. Mich. Boyle Joh. Sandsbury of S. Joh. Coll. Jul. 1. Henry Tilson of Vniv. 10. Robert Johnson of Magd. Jan. 21. Robert Pink of New Coll. Adm. 86. Bach. of Physick . Not one was admitted to the said Degree , only some to practise Physick , among whom were Nov. 28. Henr. Savile M. A. Edm. Deane B. A. Both originally of Merton Coll. now of St. Albans hall . Bach. of Div. Dec. 17. Joh. Howson of Ch. Ch. Besides him were but 4 admitted , among whom Ralph Ironside of Vniversity Coll. was one , Father to Dr. Gilb. Ironside who became Bishop of Bristow , an . 1660. Doct. of Law. Feb. 4. Sampson Hussee of New Coll. — He was Brother to Jam. Hussee mention'd in the year before . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Dec. 17. John King John Howson of Ch. Ch. The last of which accumulated ; and both were afterwards Bishops . Feb. 15. Charles Ryves of New Coll. Incorporations . Apr. 6. Rob. Dallyngton M. of A. of Cambridge — He was born in Northamptonshire , educated in Pembroke hall , of which he was Greek-Scholar , and after became b a Schoolmaster in Norfolk : where having gained some money , he travelled all over France and Italy , was exact in his observations , and after his return , became first Secretary to the Earl of Rutland , then one of the Privy Chamber to Prince Charles , Master of the Charter-house ( into the School at which place he brought the custome of Chapter verses or versifying on passages of Holy Scripture ) and at length a Knight . He hath written ( 1 ) A survey of the great Dukes state in Tuscany , an . 1596. Lond. 1605. qu. ( 2 ) A method for travel , shewed by taking view of France , as it stood in the year 1598. printed at Lond. in qu. ( 3 ) Aphorismes Civil and Military ; amplified with authorities , and exemplified with history , out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine . Lond. 1615. fol. and other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . He died in the latter end of the year 1637 , and was buried in the Church or Chappel belonging to the Charter house . By his will c dated 25. Apr. 1636 and proved 1. March 1637 he gave to the poor People of Geddington in Northamptonshire ( the place of his nativity ) 300 l. for the buying of an annual pension of 15 l. per an . for their relief . At which place in his life time , he built a Free-school , and was a benefactor in other respects . July 16. Walt. Curle M. of A. of Cambridge — This Person who was born at Hatfield in Hertfordshire , was now Fellow of Peter house in the said University , was promoted first in the Church by the Cecillian Family , afterwards he became Chaplain to His Majesty , Doctor of Divinity , Dean of Lichfield in June 1621 , upon the death of Dr. Will. Tooker , Bishop of Rochester in 1627. upon the translation of Buckridge to Ely , translated thence to B. and Wells in 1629 , upon the death of Dr. Maw , and thence to Winchester upon the removal of his Patron Dr. Neile to York , being about that time made Lord Almoner . Afterwards he suffered much for the Kings , and his own , cause , was among the Royalists when they were besieged in Winchester , whence marching in safety after its surrender for the use of the Parliament , lived retiredly at Subberton in ( Hampshire ) till the time of his death , which hapned in the Spring or Summer time , an . 1647 leaving then behind him a Widow named Elizabeth and certain Children . All that I have yet seen , which goes under his name is A Sermon preached at Whitehall , 28. Apr. 1622 , on Heb. 12. 14. — printed in qu. Rich. Boyle M. A. of the same University , was incorporated on the same day — He was afterwards Archbishop of Tuam in Ireland . Richard Parker another M. of A. of that University , was also then incorporated — Whether he be the same R. Parker who was bred in , and became Fellow of , Caius College , and Author of Sceletos Cantabrigiensis , MS. I cannot justly say , or the same Richard Parker who was second Son of John Parker , first Son of Matthew Parker Archb. of Canterbury , ( which Richard was born at Cambridge 20. May 1577 ) I cannot also tell . Quaere . On the same day also were 13 more Masters of that University incorporated , among whom Miles Spencer * was one , and Andrew Perne another , the same , I suppose , who was Proctor of Cambridge 1616. See before in these Fasti , an . 1553. Aug. 7. Will. Barlow Doct. of Div. of the said University , was also then incorporated in the said Degree — He was born of , and descended from , the antient and gentile family of the Barlows of Barl●w in Lancashire , was about this time Fellow of Trinity hall in the said University , became Prebendary of Westminster in the place of Dr. Edw. Grant deceased , Dean of Chester in 1603 , upon the death of Joh. Nuttall , and in 1605 Bishop of Rochester ; from whence being translated to Lincolne , sate there to the time of his death , and kept his Prebendship in Commendam with it . He hath written and published several things , the Catalogue of all , or most of which , you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue . By his will d which I have seen , proved 13. Oct. 1613 ( for in that year he died ) he desires to be buried in the Cathedral Church of Lincolne , if he dye near it , or in the collegiat Church at Westminster if he dye there , and to have such a tomb over his grave that may resemble that which Dr. Good ( Goodman ) Dean thereof set up for himself in the Church of Westminster . He was a considerable benefactor to St. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , as it there appears , being Founder of the London Fellows and Scholars of that house . I have made mention of another Will. Barlow and his works among the Writers , an . 1568. and of a third an . 1625. Casparus Thomannus one of the Pastors or Teachers of the School at Zurich ( of which City his Grandfather by the male line had born the office of Pretor ) having been recommended by the Professors , Teachers , and Ministers of the Church and School there , to live among , and receive an exhibition from , the Oxonians , an . 1599 , did spend several years there , and occurrs one of the first Persons that was entred a Student in the publick Library , when first opened for use . He was a learned Man , and read a Lecture in the University , but his education having been mostly at Geneva , did , with other strangers of the like breeding , so corrupt the Students with their calvinistical Doctrine that it was many years before it could be rooted out . An. Dom. 1602. An. 44 Elizab. An. 45 Elizab. Chanc. Thomas Lord Buckhurst . Vicechanc. John Howson D. D. Canon of Ch. Ch. Jul. 15. Proct. Daniel Pury of Magd. Coll. Walt. Bennet of New Coll. Apr. 14. Bach. of Musick . Jul. 13. William Weelks of New Coll. was then admitted Bach. of Musick — What he hath composed or published I know not : sure it is that Thom. Weelks who was at this time Organist of W●kehams Coll. near to Winchester did publish ( 1 ) Madrigals to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voyces . Lond. 1597. in a large qu. Which being the first fruits of his labours he dedicated them to his singular Patron George Philpot Esq . ( 2 ) Ballatts and Madrigals to five voyces , with one to 6. voyces . Lond. 1598. qu. ( 3 ) Madrigals of six parts , apt for the viols and voyces . Lond. 1600. qu. besides compositions in The triumphs of Oriana , printed 1601 , Hymns and Anthems to be sung in Cathedrals and Collegiat Churches ; the words of which may be * elsewhere seen , and other compositions which are remitted among the books reposited in our pub . Musick School at Oxon. Quaere whether the Scribe or Registrary of the University , hath not set down William , for Tho. Weelks . Bach. of Arts. May 7. Tho. Anyan lately of Linc. Coll. ●ow of that of Corp. Christi . — See among the Doctors of Div. 1614. Jun. 8. Benjam . Culme of St. Alb. hall — See among the Masters , an . 1605. Jun. 25. Franc. James of Ch. Ch. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1612. 26. Rice or Rees Prichard of Jes . Coll. 30. Jam. Rowlandson Lancelot Dawes of Qu. Coll. J●n . 30. Tho. Aylesbury Rich. Corbet Rob. Burton alias Democritus junior Hen. Byam of Ch. Ch. Of the first of these last four , you may see more among the Masters , an . 1605. Dec. 13. Joh. Warner of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards B. of Rochester . Prichard , Dawes , Byham and Warner , are to be mention'd in the other vol. of Writers and Bishops . Admitted 156. Bach. of Law. Jul. 8. Joh. Budden of Magd. Coll. Besides him were only 3 admitted , and one incorporated named Joh. Crook . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 29. George Hakewill of Exeter Coll. May 18. Arth. Duck of Hart hall . Jun. 6. Norwich Spackman of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Proctor of the University , Chaplain to James Bishop of Bath . and Wells and the publisher of A Sermon before the King at Whitehall , on Matth. 9. 13. Lond. 1614. qu. and perhaps of other things ; which is all I know of him , only that he was a Worcestershire Man born . 30. Barnab . Potter of Queens Jul… . Rob. Bolton of Brasn . 7. Tho. Broad of St. Alb. hall . Coll. Feb. 22. Isaac Wake George Gerard of Mert. Coll. The last of which was afterwards Master of Suttons Hospital called commonly the Charter-house . Admitted 71. Bach. of Phys . June 14. Rich. Haydock of New Coll. Besides him was only one more admitted , viz. Joh. Cheynell of C. C. Coll. and six admitted to practice . Bach. of Div. Jun. 8. Will. Goodwin of Ch. Ch. — See among the Doctors of Divinity following . Jul. 8. Will. Westerman of Oriel Coll. Adm. 14. Doct. of Law. July 8. Joh. Budden of Magd. Coll. — He accumulated . Oliver Lloyd of Allsouls Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was afterwards Chancellour of Hereford , and in 1615 became Canon of Windsore . Which last dignity he changed for the Deanery of Hereford with Dr. Rich. Mountag●e of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , an . 1617. This Dr. Lloyd died in the City of Hereford in 1625. whereupon Dr. Dan. Price succeeded him in the said Deanery . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Apr. 20. Joh. Spenser of C. C. Coll. — He was afterwards President of that house . June 8. Will. Goodwin of Ch. Ch. who accumulated — In 1590 I find this Person to be Subalmoner to Qu. Elizabeth , well beneficed in Yorkshire , and Prebendary of York . Also in 1605. Oct. 25. I find him collated to the Chancellourship of the Church of York , on the death of Mr. Will. Palmer , as also to another Prebendship in that Church and a Rectory in the said Diocess . In 1611 he became Dean of Christ Church , and afterwards Archdeacon of Middlesex , and dying on the eleventh of June 1620. aged 65 was buried in one of the North isles joyning to Ch. Ch. choire . He hath published A Sermon before the King at Woodstock 28. Aug. 1614 , on Jer. 1. 10. Oxon. 1614. qu. and perhaps other things . Quaere . Roger Bradshaw of Jesus Coll. the Kings Chaplain , was admitted the same day . 14. Will. Swaddon of New Coll. — On the 10. of Nov. 1610. he was admitted Archdeacon of Worcester on the resignation of John Johnson D. D. and dying 2. Aug. 1623 was buried , ( as I suppose ) in that North isle of the Cathedral Church of Worcester , which adjoyns to the Parlor of the Senior Prebend . In his Archdeaconry succeeded Hugh Lloyd D. D. who was admitted thereunto 18. Aug. the same year , and dying in 1629 , Edward Thornborough M. A. second Son , by the first Wife , of Dr. John Thornborough Bishop of Worcester , succeeded , being admitted to it 3. Aug. 1629. Rob. Newman of New Coll. was admitted D. D. the same day , ( Jun. 14 ) Jul. 8. Charles Langford Giles Tomson of All 's . Coll. The first of these two was now Dean of Hereford , in which Dignity he did succeed , if I mistake not , John Watkins ( who died about the middle of May 1594 ) and was succeeded by Dr. Rich. Mountague , as I have before told you among the Doctors of Law this year . The other Doctor , Giles Tomson , was installed Dean of Windsore on the 2. of March this year , and afterwards was made Bishop of Glocester , as before , among the Bishops , I have told you . Jul. 8. Giles Thorne of New Coll. John Williams of Ch. Ch. The first of these two last was now Dean of Chichester , and the other dignified in the Church . One of both his names I have mention'd among the Writers under the year 1613. and another I shall mention in these Fasti , an . 1608. sub tit . Incorporations . Incorporations . Apr. 30. Will. Turner M. A. of Cambridge — See among the Doct. of Physick 1608. Jun. 23. Humph. Leech M. A. of the same University — He was originally of Brasn . Coll. and was about this time Chaplain of Ch. Ch. July 3. Ralph Hulton Doct. of Phys . of Cambr. 15. Will. Wheatly Bach. of Arts of Christs Coll. in the said University . — He was now a member of St. Edm. hall in this of Oxon. Jul. 15. Martin Day Phineas Hodson Dan. Dyke Jacob. Godscaleus M. of A. of Cambr. The first of these last four , ( Mart. Day ) was afterwards Doct. of Div. Chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty , Rector of St. Faiths Church in London and Rector of Stoke near Launceston in Cornwall . In his life time he published Monument of Mortality , &c. containing four treatises . — printed in oct . and after his death , which hapned 1628 were published several Sermons of his under these titles ( 1 ) Doomesday ; or a treatise of the resurrection of the body , delivered in 22 Sermons , on 1. Cor. 15. Lond. 1636. qu. ( 2 ) Corinths collection , or the Saints of Jerusalem , in seven Sermons on the 1. Cor. 16. the first nine verses . — printed with the former , and all dedicated to Dr. Josoph Hall , sometimes an intimate friend of the Author . The second , Phineas Hodson , was afterwards D. of D. and in 1611. Sept. 26. was collated to the Chancellourship of the Church of York , upon the resignation of Dr. Will. Goodwin mention'd before among the Doctors of Divinity . He died at , or near , York , about the latter end of 1646. whereupon his Chancellourship lying void till the restoration of K. Ch. 2. Christopher Stone M. A. succeeded , being installed therein 24. Oct. 1660. This Dr. Hodson hath published The Kings request , or Davids desire , &c. Serm. on Psal . 27. 4. Lond. 1628. qu. and perhaps other things . Quaere . The third , Dan. Dyke , was , as 't is said , born in Hertfordshire , in a town called Hemstede , of which his Father was Minister , was an eminent Preacher , wrot several things , as the Oxford Catalogue will tell you , among which is his book Of the deceitfulness of mans heart , published after his death by his Brother Jerem. Dyke of Sydney Coll. an . 1614. The fourth and last , Jac. Godscaleus , I take to be the same with James Godskal , Author of The Kings Medicine against the plague , for the year 1604. — Printed 1604. in oct . which is all I know of him as yet . Jul. 15. Andr. Bing Bach. of Div. of Cambr. — He was Fellow of Peter House or St. Peters Coll. in the same University , afterwards D. of D. and Hebrew Professor thereof . See more in the Incorporations 1612. Oct. 25. Tho. Lodge Doct. of Phys . of the University of Avenion . About 27 Cambridge Men were incorporated this year in several faculties . An. Dom. 1603. An. 1. Jac. 1. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Dr. George Abbot again , Jul. 23. Proct. Christop . Dale of Mert. Coll. William Laud of St. Joh. Coll. May 4. Bach. of Musick . Jul. 16. Thom. Boys of All 's . Coll. — He hath composed ●●rtain Church services , which is all I know of him . Bach. of Arts. May 12. Hannibal Gamon of Broadgates hall . July 1. Rob. Gentilis of Jes . Coll. Son of Alberic Gent. 5. Rich. Tillesley of St. Johns Coll. 9. John Hales of C. C. Coll. afterwards of Morton , and at length of Eaton , Coll. Dec. 12. Edm. Gunter of Ch. Ch. 13. Will. Heale of Exeter Coll. Jan. 19. John Ball of Brasn . Coll. — See another of both his names among the Bach. of Arts , an . 1608. Feb. 15. Edw. Evans of Ch. Ch. As for Gamon , Gentilis and Hales they will be mention'd in the next vol. Adm. 126. Bach. of Law. Mar. 29. John Basire a French Man who had studied the Civ . Law 12 terms in this University , and 7 years in France and Germany , was then admitted . Jul. 5. Will. Juxon of St. Johns Coll. — In his last days he became Archbishop of Canterbury . 8. Eizo Tiards of Jesus Coll. — He accumulated , as I shall tell you anon . Adm. 6. Mast . of Arts. May 11. Henry Mason of C. C. Joh. Prideaux of Exet. Coll. Jun. 30. George Warburton of Brasn . Coll. — See among the Doctors of Div. 1636. July 7. Will. Piers of Ch. Ch. Tob. Venner of St. Alb. hall John Eaton of Trin. Coll. Tancred Leill or Lelius of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day — He was a learned Dane , which is all I know of him . 9. Thom. Jackson Brian Twyne of C. C. Barthel . Parsons of Oriel Coll. Adm. 46. Bach. of Div. July 7. Rob. Burhill Joh. Barcham Mar. 12. Sam. Page of C. C. Coll. Admitted 14. Doct. of Law. July 8. Eizo Tiarda of Jesus Coll. who accumulated the Degrees in the Civ . Law — He was born of , and descended from , a gentile Family living in Groeningen in Germany . ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. May 2. John Childerley of St. Johns Coll. — While he was a junior Fellow of that house he became Preacher to the English Merchants trading at Stode , and after his return became successively Chaplain to Richard Archb. of Canterbury , and afterwards to George his successour , Rector of St. Mary de Wolnoth in London , of S. Dunstans in the East , and of Sheinfield or Shemfield in Essex . He was in his time a very eminent and frequent Preacher and learned Divine , but blind by age and continual labour several years before his death : Notwithstanding which , he suffered much in the time of the rebellion , and was outed of St. Dunstans by the restless Presbyterian , and whether he kept Sheinfield to his last I cannot tell . He died very aged in 1645 ( being then 66 years since his first coming to St. Johns Coll. ) and was buried either in the Chancel of St. Dunstan , or in that of Sheinfield , beforemention'd . July 7. Nich. Higgs of Ball. Coll. — He was about this time Rector of Higham in Somersetshire ; where , or near it , he dyed 1631. Incorporations . May 23. Laurence Whittaker M. A. of Cambridge — This Person who was a Somersetshire Man born and an ingenious Poet , was afterwards Secretary to Sir Edw. Philipps Master of the Rolls , and a Burgess in several Parliaments , particularly in that which began 3. Nov. 1640. being then a Burgess for Okehampton in Devonshire . He died 15. Ap● . 1654 aged 76 , and was buried in the Church of St. Giles in the fields near to London . He was much admired by Tho. Coryat the traveller ; in the dishing out of whose Odcombian banquet , he had a considerable hand , an . 1611. being numbred among the Poets of that age . Jul. 12. Will. Knight M. A. of the same University — I take him to be the same with 〈◊〉 . Knight of Ar●ington in Sussex a Divine , who wrot A concordance Axiomatical ; containing a survey of Theological propositions with their reasons and uses in holy Scripture . Lond. 1610. fol. and the same perhaps who published , Mundus alter & idem , sive terra australis , &c. written by Joseph Hall , who was afterwards Bishop of Norwych . Francis Dee M. A. and Fellow of St. Johns Coll. in Cambr. was incorporated the same day — He was the Son of David d ee of Shropshire , ( who is said to be Rector of Great St. Bartholomews Church in London ) and he the great Grandson of the Great Bede Dee , of an antient Family in those parts . Afterwards he took the Degree of D. of D. being then Minister of Allhallows in Lumbard-street in London , was Chancellour of the Church of Salisbury , and in 1630 was made Dean of Chichester . In 1634 Apr. 9. he was elected Bishop of Peterborough , and on the 28. May following he was installed by proxy , being then esteemed a Person of a pious life and conversation , and of very affable behavior . He died ( after he had been twice married ) on the eighth day of Octob. 1638 , and was buried at the upper end of the choire belonging to the Cathedral Church at Peterborough , near to the Episcopal seat . A little before his death , he gave to the Master and Seniors of St. Johns Coll. beforemention'd , the impropriat Parsonage of Pagham in Sussex , ( held by lease of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury ) for the maintaining of two Fellows and two Scholars therein for ever , the Scholars to be elected out of Peterborough School . John Pocklington M. A. and Fellow of Pembr . hall in Cambr. was also then ( Jul. 12. ) incorporated — He was afterwards D. of D. Rector of Yeldon alias Yevelden in Bedfordshire , Vicar of Waresley in Huntingdonshire , Prebendary of Peterborough , and in 1639 Canon of Windsore in the place of Tho. Sheafe deceased , being also about that time Chaplain to His Maj. Ch. 1. This is the Person who among other books , published Altare Christianum , &c. Lond. 1636. and Sunday no Sabbath , &c. Lond. 1637. Which last , being no other than a Sermon preached at Ampthill in Bedfordshire at the B. of Lincolns Visitation , 17. Aug. 1635 , was much brought up by , and taken into the hands of , young Students , who usually read it at their common fires , and according to their dispositions it was liked or disliked . But both being in an high manner disgusted by the Puritans , they , who had the chief sway in the long Parliament that began 3. Nov. 1640 , ordered them both on the tenth of March following to be publickly burnt by the common executioner in both the Universities , and in the City of London . About that time they deprived the Author of all his spiritualities beforemention'd , and would have proceeded father as to other punishment , but he being in a manner heart-broken , prevented their fury by death , which hapned ( at Peterborough I think ) in the Winter time 1642. Josephus Barbatus a Native of Memphis in Aegypt was conversant about this time with the Oxonian Muses . He could speak French and Ital. very readily , but most of all the Arabian tongue , which was natural to him , and therefore recommended by the Archb. of Canterbury to the Vicechanc. to read a lecture of it to the Academians . He hath written one or more things in that language , which were acceptable to the learners of it . An. Dom. 1604. An. 2. Jac. 1. Chanc. Thom. Lord Buckhurst , created this year Earl of Dorset . Vicechanc. Joh. Williams D. D. Principal of Jesus Coll. and reader of the Margaret Lecture , July 14. Proct. Will. Ballow of Ch. Ch. George Darrell of All 's . Coll. Apr. 18. Bach. of Musick . Jul. 14. John Daniel of Ch. Ch. — Some of his instrumental compositions , we have remaining in the publick School of that faculty . Bach. of Arts. May 8. Hen. Whistler of Trinity Jun. 10. Franc Kinaston of Oriel Jul. 20. Gabr. Richardson of Brasn . Coll. Oct. 23. Nathaniel Pownoll of Ch. Ch. 26. Sim. Birckbek of Queens Dec. 12. Tho. Baylie of Magd. Coll. Jan. 23. Rob. Sanderson Thom. Hayne of Linc. Coll. The first of these two last , was afterwards the learned and religious Bishop of Lincolne . Feb. 4. Rich. Capell of Magd. Coll. All which Bachelaurs except Pownoll , are to be mention'd at large as Authors in the next volume . Adm. 180. Mast . of Arts. March 27. John Dunster of Magd. Coll. May 1. Isaac Singleton of All 's . Coll. — This Person who was nearly related to Dr. Thom. Singleton Principal of Brasn . Coll. ( of which house he was originally a Commoner but now Fellow of the said Coll. of All 's . ) hath published The downfall of Shelna , together with an application to the bloody Gowry of Scotland , in two Sermons at St. Maries in Oxon , on Isay 22. 15. Lond. 1615. qu. and perhaps other things . In 1622 I find him Chancellour of the Dioc. of Carlile , and some years after to be collated to the Archdeaconry of that place , in the room of Robert Wrigt , who had been collated thereunto in 1621. he being then only Bach. of Arts. In 1640 Isaac Singleton occurs by the title of Archdeacon of Brecknock , but afterwards was deprived of that and other spiritualities , which is all I know of him , only that he was a Londoner born . May 22. Dan. Price of Exet. Jun. 12. Will. Twysse of New Coll. 26. Will. Wheatlie of St. Edm. hall . Oct. 22. Sam ▪ Turner of S. Albans Hall. — This person who was the Son of Dr. Pet. Turner mention'd before among the Incorporations under the year 1599 , by Pascha his Wife , Sister of Hen. Parry Bishop of Worcester , was originally of S. Maries Hall , afterwards for a time of C. C. Coll. but now of S. Albans Hall before mention'd , and as a Member thereof did compleat his degree of Master in an Act celebrated 8 Jul. 1605. Afterwards he travelled and became Doct. of Phys . of an University beyond the Seas ; and whether after his Return he practised that Faculty in Dorsetshire , I am not certain . Sure it is , that he was several times chosen by the men of Shaftsbury in that County to serve as a Burgess for them in several Parliaments , particularly in that called 1625 , wherein he shew'd himself what he was , of a bold Spirit and able Elocution in assaulting the Kings great Minion George Duke of Bucks , as the main cause of divers infirmities in the State , being very uncouth Language to a Princes ears ; the particulars of which you may * see elsewhere . For the Parliament which began at Westminster 3 Nov. 1640 , he was elected again for the same place , but being soon after fully satisfied what desperate courses the Members thereof took , he left them , and retiring to his Majesty at Oxon , sate in the Parliament there , 1643 , and so consequently was a shater of Sufferings then incident to Royalists . I have seen divers of his Speeches in MS. but whether made publick I cannot tell . He died in 1647 , or thereabouts , leaving then behind a natural Son of both his names , and the character of a man of very loose principles . Adm. 65. Bach. of Div. Jul. 6. Will. Laud of S. Johns Coll. Jan. 18. John Burbadge of Linc. Coll. a rich Dignitary in the Church . — He was nearly related to Rich. Burbadge of the Parish of S. Leonard in Shoreditch near London ; which Richard , who is stiled by the learned † Camden to have been alter Roscius , died 9 March 1618. Feb. 22. Robert Wakeman of Balliol Coll. On the second day of March this year , Gabriel Powell Bach. of Arts of S. Maries Hall , who had studied Divinity nine years , supplicated for the degree of Bach. of Div. but whether his desire was granted it appears not . I have made large mention of him among the Writers under the year 1607. Adm. 12. ☞ Not one Doct. of Law , Phys . or Divinity , was admitted this year . Incorporations . July 10. Rob. Hill Bach. of Div. of Christs Coll. in Cambr. — He was about this time Parson of S. Barthelmew near to the Exchange in London , was afterwards D. of D. and always esteemed a learned man and a good and painful Preacher . He hath written ( 1 ) Life everlasting : or the true knowledge of one Jehovah . Cambr. 1601. oct . ( 2 ) The path way to prayer and piety , &c. Lond. 1613. oct . ( 3 ) A Communicant instructed , &c. printed 1617. oct . with an Exposition on the Lords Prayer , and other things which I have not yet seen . See more among the Incorporations an . 1598. This Dr. Hill died in 1623 , and was buried near to the Body of his Wife in the Chancel of the Church of S. Barthelmew before mention'd . One Rob. Hill was Parson of Tredington in the Dioc. of Worcester , an . 1604 , but him I take to be different from the former . I find only five Masters of Arts of Cambridge to be incorporated this year , and two Bach. of Div. of whom Rob. Hill the Writer before mention'd was one . Daniel Plancius a Belgian born , was this year a Sojourner in the Univ. for the sake of the publ . Library , and did soon after publish several Books which shew'd him a learned man ; one of which was answer'd and animadverted upon by Heribert Ross-weidus and Rob. Swertius . Joh. Drusius also was a Sojourner , not in a private House , but in Gloc. Hall ; who being admirably well skill'd in the Hebrew , Chalday , and Syriack Tongue , was recommended to the chief Heads of the University to read those Tongues either privately or publickly . He soon after removed to Ch. Ch. and , as a Member thereof , took a degree in Arts , as I shall tell you in the year following . An. Dom. 1605. An. 3 Jac. 1. Chanc. Thom. Earl of Dorset . Vicechanc. Dr. George Abbot again , July 16. Proct. Rich. Fitzherbert of New Coll. Joh. Hanmer of All 's . Coll. April 11. Bach. of Arts. June 11. Walt. Raleigh of Magd. Coll. — Many year after his death were published by Dr. Sim. Patrick Dean of Peterborough his Works entit . Reliquiae Raleighanae . 20. Hen. Jack●on of C. C. Coll. 27. Sam. Fell of Ch. Ch. Pet. Turner Oct. 21. Hen. Rogers of Jes . Coll. 23. Joh. Ley of Ch. Ch. Dec. 17. Joh. Andrews of Trin. Coll. Feb. 26. Franc. Stewart of Ch. Ch. Son of the Earl of Murray , and of kin to his Maj. James 1. — See more in the year 1616 , among the Creations . Joh. Drusius of Ch. Ch. Son of the learned Critick Joh. Drusius , was admitted the same day . 28. Sampson Price of Hart Hall , lately of Exet. Coll. Of Raleigh , Jackson , Fell , Turner , Rogers and Ley , will be large mention made in the second Vol. Adm. 190. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 17. Daniel Fairclough commonly called Featley of C. C. Coll. 24. Benj. Culme of Linc. Coll. lately of S. Albans Hall. — He was the Son of Hugh Culme of Molland in Devonshire , and going afterwards into Ireland , became at length D. of D. and Dean of S. Patricks Church near Dublin , where he was accounted a learned man and an excellent Preacher and Theologist . But he being forced thence by the Rebellion that broke out in 1641 , went into England , lived several years in a retired condition at Mudghill near to Lidiard St. Johns in Wiltshire ; where dying in October an 1657 , aged 76 , was buried in the Church-yard of Lidiard before mention'd . Over his Grave was soon after an Altar-tomb erected , with a large Inscription thereon , wherein 't is said he died 21 Octob. May 16. Joh. Bery or Bury of Balliol , lately of Corp. Christ . Coll. Jun. 16. James Rowlandson Lancelot Dawes of Qu. Coll. 9. Thom. Aylesbury of Ch. Ch. — This Gentleman who was a Londoner born , was second Son of Will. Aylesbury by Anne his Wife , Daughter of Joh. Poole Esquire , and from Westminster School became a Student of Ch. Ch. 1598. After he had left the University he became Secretary to Charles Earl of Nottingham Lord High Admiral of England and to George Duke of Bucks , his Successor in that great Office. By the endeavours of which last , he was made one of the Masters of the Requests , and Master of the Mint , ( being about that time a Baronet ) which places he keeping till the grand Rebellion broke out in 1642 , he adher'd to the Cause of K. Ch. 1. and in 1649 , when all things were in a Confusion as to the Royal Party , he retired with his Family to Antwerp in Brabant , where continuing till 1652 , he removed to Breda , and dying in 1657 , aged 81 , was buried in the great Chnrch there , leaving behind him a Son named William , of whom I shall speak elsewhere , and a Daughter named Frances , the Wife of Edw. Hyde of Pirt●n in Wilts , since made Earl of Clarendon . These things I mention because the said Sir Tho. Aylesbury was a learned man , and as great a Lover and Encourager of Learning and learned men , especially of Mathematicians ( he being one himself ) as any man in his time . June 9. Rich. Corbet Rob. Burton Hen. Byam of Ch. Ch. 12. Joh. Warner of Magd. 23. George Webb of C. C. Jul. 3. Sam. Browne of All 's . Coll. Dec. 16. Edw. Abbot of Vniversity Coll. — In the year 1616 , Jan. 13. he was admitted Chauntor of the Church of Wells , in the place of Rich. Boughton , sometimes of Magd. Coll. in this University ; and dying in 1634 , Sebastian Smith M. A. of Ch. Ch. was admitted to that dignity on the 9 of March the same year . Will. Boswell of Ball. Coll. was admitted the same day . — This person who was afterwards Chaplain to John Earl of Bristol , with whom he travell'd to Spain , I set down here , to distinguish him from another Will. Boswell whom I shall mention in these Fasti under the year 1608. Feb. 27. Hannibal Gamon of Broadgates Hall. Adm. 98. Bach. of Phys . May 16. Robert Fludd or de Fluctibus M. A. of S. Joh. Coll. did accumulate the degrees of Physick , as a Member of Ch. Ch. as I shall tell you anon . Not one Bach. of Phys . besides him was this year adm . Bach. of Div. May 16. Joh. Harmar Arth. Lake of New Coll. Rich. Fownes of Ch. Ch. Nov. 12. Tho. Frith of All 's . Coll. — He was a Kentish man born , was afterwards Warden of the Church at Elmeley in his own Country ; and Canon of Windsore an . 1610 , in the place of Hugh Blythe sometimes Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambr. deceased . He hath written in Latin , A Catalogue , or ( rather ) History of the Deans and Canons of S. George's Chappel within the Casile of Windsore . It commenceth at the foundation of that Chappel an . 1348 , and reacheth to the end of 1628 , and afterwards continued to these times by George Evans a Canon of the said Chappel , and others . An Original of this MS. I once saw in the hands of Dr. Tho. Barl●w Bishop of Lincoln , whence I took a Copy , and have made use of it in this present Work , as Elias Ashmole Esq ; had done before me in his Institutions , Laws and Ceremonies of the Order of the 〈◊〉 . Lond. 1672. fol. and Dr. Pet. He●yn before him , in his 〈◊〉 of St. George of Cappadicia . Lond. 1631. 33. qu. This Tho. 〈◊〉 who was a most judicious and industrious man , and to whom the Coll. at Windsore is much indebted , died in the latter end of the year ( in Feb. ) 1631 , and was buried in the Chappel of S. George before mention'd , near to the body of his sometimes Wife named Elizabeth , Sister to my Father Thom. a Wood Bach. of Arts and of the Civ . Law of this University of Oxon. which Eliz. died more than 4 years before her Husband . Joh. Rawlinson of St. Johns Coll. was admitted the same day . Admitted 22. Doct. of Law. June 17. Hugh Barker of New Coll. — He was about this time Chancellour of the Dioc. of Oxon , afterwards Dean of the Arches and President of the Civilians Coll. at London . He died in 1632 , and was buried at the upper end of New Coll. Chappel . See his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 151 152. Doct. of Physick . May 16. Robers Fludd beforemention'd , now in great repute for his admirable knowledge in Chimistry , and afterwards for the voluminous writings which he published . Doct. of Div. May 16. Joh. Harmar Arth. Lake of New Coll. Rich. Fownes of Ch. Ch. All which accumulated the Degrees in Divinity . Rowland Searchfield of St. Johns Coll. was admitted the same day . Jun. 13. Richard Brett of Linc. Coll. July 4. Thom. Sanderson of Ball. Coll. — On the 1. of Aug. 1606. he was installed Archdeacon of Rochester in the place of Thomas Staller D. D. and was succeeded in that Dignity by Dr. Richard Tillesley . July 4. Benj. Heyden of New Will. Hill of Ball. Coll. The first of these two last , became Dean of Wells in the place of one John Herbert , an . 1602 , and dying in 1607 was succeeded by Rich. Meredith . Incorporations . May 8. Sam. Bird M A. of Cambridge — One Sam. Byrd sometimes Fellow of Bennet Coll. in that University , afterwards a Minister in Ipswich , hath published several books , among which are ( 1 ) A friendly dialogue between Paul and Demas , wherein is disputed how we are to use the pleasures of this life . Lond. 1580. in tw . ( 2 ) Lectures upon the eleventh chapt . of the Hebr. and upon the 38. Psalme Lond. 1598. oct . ( 3 ) Lectures on the eighth chap. of the second epist . to the Cor. Lond. 1598. oct . &c. Whether this Sam. Byrd the Author , be the same with Sam. Bird who was incorporated M. of A. and had been entred a Student in the Bodleian Library in Dec. 1604. I must leave it to the reader to Judge . May 15. Matthew Lister Doct. of Phys . of the University of Basil in Germany — He was born at Thornton in Craven in Yorkshire , was bred Fellow of Oriel Coll ; afterwards be became a Retainer to Mary the incomparable Countess of Pembroke , ( whose estate he managed for her best advantage ) Physician to Qu. Anne the royal Consort of K. Jam. 1. Physician in ordinary to K. Char. 1. from whom he received the honor of Knighthood at Oatlands 11. Oct. 1636 , and at length became President of the Coll. of Physicians in London and one of the prime Physicians of the Nation . He died at Burwell near Lowth in Lincolnshire , about 1657 aged 92 , and was there , I suppose , buried . Nearly related to him , or at least of the same Family ▪ were Edw. Lister Doctor of Phys . a Native of Wakefield in Yorkshire , who died at London , ( where he had practised many years ) 27. Mar. 1620 , and Jos . Lister his Brother Doct. of Physick of the City of York . Martin Lister also of the Royal Society , who had the Degree of Doct. of Phys . conferr'd upon him by the members of this University , an . 1683 is his great Nephew , and when a youth was bred up under him . Jul. 6. James Fitch D. D. of Cambridge — He was Prebendary of the Cath. Ch. of Christ and the blessed Virgin Mary at Rochester , and died in July 1612. 9. John Bowles M. A. of Trin. Coll. in the said University — See among the Incorporations 1615. Patrick Young ( Patricius Junius ) M. of A. of the University of St. Andrew in Scotland , was incorporated the same day , and was afterwards a Sojourner in this University . — He was a Scotch Man born , and the most eminent Grecian of his time . — Ho●o ad literaturae omnis , duntaxat Gracae , beneficium natus , as a most learned a Critick saith . He was about this time keeper of His Majesties Library at St. James ; with the help of which he published Versio & no●● in Clementis epistolam ad Remanos . Oxon. 1633. qu. and Catena Graecorum Patrum in Librum Job . Lond. 1637. in Gr. and Lat. written by N●cetas Heracle● . It must be now known that an Alexandrian Copy of the whole Bible in a Greek MS. was sent by Cyril Patriarch of Constantinople to K. Ch. 1. about 1628 , containing the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament , and the Greek text of the New , together with St. Clements two Epistles to the Corinthians , joyned at the end . Which two were somewhat imperfect , as being in shatter'd and torn parchments , and the first had been in vain sought after near a thousand years in the West , as a late b Author saith . This Alexandrian Copy of the Bible was wrot about the time of the first Nicene Council ( saith the said late Author , tho another c tells you about 1200 years ago ) in great characters by the hand of Thecla a noble Egyptian Woman ; who , as some say , had been a Scholar of the Apostles and afterwards a Martyr . Which , with the help of other antient copies , particularly with a MS. in Vniversity Coll. Library , entit . Octoteuchus , two Greek MSS. translated into Arabick , in the Bodlcian Library , and an antient MS. formerly in that of Sir Robert Cotton , ( but lost in the hands of a French Man , to whom it was lent ) the said Pat. Young did promise to publish , with notes added thereto , and accordingly had compared the said copy with the others above named to the 15 Chapt. of Numbers , and no farther , if Dr. Br. Walton saith d right . The effect of this undertaking being much expected , and desired by learned Men , especially beyond the Seas , certain Brethren of the Presbyterian perswasion were very zealous with the Assembly of Divines at Westminster , to have the business encouraged . Whereupon , in the latter end of the year 1645 , they sent to the house of Mr. Pat. Young to desire him to go forward with the work , and an ordinance was read for printing and publishing of the said Testament of the Septuagint translation . At which time also John Selden and Bulstrode Whitlock did undertake the printing of it , but what hindred them in going on with the work , I find not . In 1649 P. Young ( who had sided with the Presbyterians ) left his place of Library keeper to the King , the books there being mostly embezell'd ; whereupon the said Whitlock succeeding , Young continued still a sojournor at Bromfield in ( Essex ) where , I think , he died , an . 1652 , for in Sept. that year his next relation administer'd . Afterwards Dr. Walton beforemention'd printed Youngs notes and annotations , with his own continuation of collations in the sixth vol. of his Polyglot Bible , and Dr. Jo. Fell the first Epistle of St. Clement from Youngs edition , and Latine translation , with some short running notes added thereunto . — Oxon. 1669. in tw . In 1638. Young put out Expositio in Cant. Canticorum , in qu. written by Gilb. Fo●iot Bishop of London in the time of Hen. 2. and was one of the three ( Gottefridus Vendelinus and Joh. Bapt. Cotelerius being the other two ) who interpreted S. Clements two Epistles to the Corinthians — Lond. 1687. oct . After his death , all , or most of his Greek and Latine MSS. collected and written with his own hand , came into the possession of Dr. John Owen Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Oct. 21. Daniel Calendar M. A. of St. Andrew in Scotland . These Persons following were incorporated while K. James 1. was entertain'd at Oxon. Aug. 30. Alexander Serle LL. Bach. of Cambridge — To whose name is this added in the publick register — ad causas & negotia ecclesiastica , civilia , maritima , & forinseca Procurator regius generalis . Thom. Howard Earl of Suffolk Rob. Cecill Earl of Salisbury M. A. of Cambr. The first of these two Counts was afterwards Lord Chamberlain of the Kings houshold , L. Treasurer of England after Cecill , Knight of the Garter and founder of the stately house called A●dley Inne near to Walden in Suffolk . He died in 1626 and was buried at Walden . The other ( Ro. Cecill ) who was Son of Will. Lord Burleigh was now Chancellour of the Univ. of Cambridge , afterwards Lord Treasurer of England , and Knight of the most noble order of the Garter . He died in 1612 , and was buried at Hatfield in Hertfordshire . George Thomson M. A. of St. Andrew in Scotland — He was born in that City , and afterwards became Pastor of the reformed Church at Chastegneraye in France . He hath written several books , among which are ( 1 ) De pompa in Jac. 1. introit● in Londinum Sylva . Lond. 1604. oct . ( 2 ) Vindex veritatis adversus Lipsium , lib. 2. Lond. 1606. oct . ( 3 ) Quatre harmonies sur la Revelation . print . 1607. oct . ( 4 ) La Chasse de la Beste Romaine , etc. Rochel 1611. oct . &c. Tho. Dempster in his Apparatus ad Historiam Scoticam , hath two George Thomsons that were Writers , viz. George Thomson a Priest , an . 1595 , and George Thomson a Heretick , ( as he calls him ) an . 1599 , which last , I presume is our Author , who was incorporated at Oxon , and the same whom Joh. Dunbar a Scot doth celebrate for his learning in his book * of Epigrams . George Ruggle M. of A. and Fellow of Clare hall in Cambridge — One Ruggle of the said hall was Author of that celebrated Comedy called Ignoramus , acted before K. Jam. 1. at Camb. 8. Mar. 1614. Whether the same with George , I cannot yet affirm . … . Craig a Scot , Doctor of Phys . of the University of Basil — This is all that appears of him in the publick register . So that whether he be the same with Dr… Craig the Kings Physician , who died in Apr. 1620 I know not ; or whether he be Joh. Cragg Dr. of Phys . Author of a MS. intit . Capnuraniae seu Comet . in 〈◊〉 sub●mationis refutatio , written in qu. to Tycho Brahe a Dane , I am altogether ignorant . One Dr. Joh. Cragg was buried in the Church of St. Martins in the Fields near London , about 1653. Barnab . Gouge , Goch or Gooche Doct. of the Civ . Law of Cambr — He was about this time Master of Magd. Coll. in that University , afterwards Chanc. of the Dioc. of Worcester , and died at Exeter . where he had an office or dignity , in the latter end of 1625. One of both his names translated into English The p●pish Kingdom , or Reign of Antichrist . Lond. 1570. qu. written in Latine verse by Tho. Naogeorgius , and Four books of husbandry , Lond. 1586. qu. written in Lat. by Conr. Heresbachius , and something of Palengenius . But this translator , if I mistake not , was Barnab . Gooche of Albin 〈◊〉 or Alvingham in Lincolnshire , Grandfather to Barnab . Gooche , living there in 1634 and after . John Hammond Doct. of Phys . of Cambridge — He was now Physician to Prince Henry , and Father to Henr. Hammond , afterwards the learned and celebrated Theologist . Creations . Jun. 28. Henry Rowlands Bach. of Div. and Bishop of Bangor was actually created Doctor of that faculty . Aug. 13. Hen. Ashworth of Oriel John Cheynell of C. C. Coll. These two who were eminent and learned Physicians , were then actually created Doctors of Physick , because they were designed by the Delegates , appointed by Convocation , to be Opponents in the disputations to be had before the King at his entertainment by the Muses in the latter end of the said month of Aug. John Gourden ( Gordonius ) of Balliol Coll. was created D. of D. the same day , ( Aug. 13. ) because he was to dispute before the King his kinsman . — After his disputation was ended he had his Degree compleated by the Kings Professor of Divinity , purposely ( not that there was a necessity of it ) to shew unto His Majesty the form of that Ceremony . This noble Person was born in Scotland of the house of Huntley , was instructed in his youth in the Schools and Colleges , as well in Scotland as in France , in liberal Arts and Sciences , and in the knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew Languages and other Orientals . Afterwards he was Gentleman of three Kings Chambers in France , viz. Charles 9. Hen. 3. and 4 , and while he was in the flower of his age , he was there assailed with many corruptions , as well spiritual as temporal , and in many dangers of his life , which God did miraculously deliver him from . At length K. James the first of England did call him into England , and to the holy Ministry , he being then 58 years of age , and upon the promotion of Dr. John Bridges to the See of Oxon in the latter end of 1603 he made him Dean of Salisbury in Febr. 1604. He hath written ( 1 ) Assertiones Theologicae pro vera verae Ecclesiae nota , quae est solius dei adoratio ; contra falsae ecclesiae creaturarum adorationem . Rupell . 1603. oct . ( 2 ) England and Scotlands happiness in being reduced to unity of Religion under K. James . Lond. 1604. qu. ( 3 ) Orthodoxo-Jacobus & Papa apostaticus , &c. Lond. 1611. qu. ( 4 ) Anti-Bellarmino-tortur , sive Tortus retortus & Juliano papismus , &c. Lond. 1612. qu. ( 5 ) Of the ceremonies of the Church of England . Lond. 1612. qu. besides Sermons and other things . He departed this mortal life in ( August ) 1619 , and was , I suppose , buried in the Cathed . Ch. at Salisbury ; whereupon Dr. John Williams succeeded him in the Deanery of that place about the 10. of Sept. and installed in the middle of Oct. following . To Sir Rob. Gourden of Sudderland , who married his only Daughter and Heir named Lucy , he left his MSS. of his own composition , written in Latine and English , desiring him that the English may be published in Scotland , and the Latine beyond the Seas , to the end that the great pains that he had taken about them may not be lost . These Noble Men , Knights and Esquires following were actually created Masters of Arts , on the 30. of August , the King being then in Oxford . The illustrious Prince Esme Stuart Duke of Lenox , near of kin to the King James 1. of England — He was Father to Lodowick the first Duke of Richmond of his name . Henry de Vere Earl of Oxford . — He was Son of Edw. de Vere called by some the Poetical Earl of Oxford , and died at the Siege of Breda in the Netherlands , an . 1625. Henry Percy the most generous Count of Northumberland , a great encourager of learning and learned Men , especially Mathematicians ; who , as others , have in a high manner celebrated his worth . — He died 5. of Nov. 1632 , and was buried in the Church at Petworth in Sussex . Robert D'Evereux Earl of Essex , now a young Nobleman of Merton Coll. — See more in the year 1636. Will. Herbert Earl of Pembroke , the very picture and Viva effigies of Nobility , a Person truly generous , a singular lover of learning and the professors thereof , and therefore by the Academians elected their Chancellour some years after this . — His Person was rather Majestick than elegant , and his presence , whether quiet or in motion , was full of stately gravity . His mind was purely heroick , often stout , but never disloyal , and so vehement an opponent of the Spaniard , that when that match fell under confideration in the latter end of the Reign of K. Jam. 1. he would sometimes rouze to the trepidation * of that King , yet kept in favour still ; for His Majesty knew plain dealing ( as a jewell in all Men so ) was in a Privy Counsellour an ornamental duty ; and the same true heartedness commended him to K. Ch. 1. Philip Herbert his younger Brother , now Earl of Montgomery — He was quite different in nature from the aforesaid William , being a Person esteemed a very frequent swearer , and one so intolerably cholerick , quarrelsome , and offensive while he was Lord Chamberlain to K. Ch. 1. that he did not refrain to break many wiser heads than his own . Mr. Thomas May the translator of Lucan , and afterwards Historian to the Long Parliament , felt the weight of his staff ; which , had not his office , and the place ( being the Banquetting-house ) protected , it might have been a question , whether ever he would have struck again . See more of him in Will. Herbert among the writers , under the year 1630. William Cecill Viscount Cranbourne , Son of Robert Earl of Salisbury . — He was , after the death of his Father , Earl of Salisbury and Knight of the Garter , and lived to 1668. John Bridges Bishop of Oxon , sometimes of Pembroke hall in Cambridge , and lately Dean of Salisbury , upon the promotion of Dr. John Piers to the See of Rochester , was then also created — He was now famous for the several books that he had published , the titles of some of which you may see in Bodlies or Oxford Catalogue . He died on the 26. March 1618 , and was buried in the Church of Marsh-Balden , or Balden in the Marsh near to , and in the County of , Oxford , as I have a elsewhere told you . He was Doctor of Divinity , and therefore , I presume , the Registrary of the University , should have put him among such that were incorporated this year , and not among the Creations of Masters of Arts. Theophilus Howard Baron of Walden , Son and Heir of Thomas Earl of Suffolk — He was afterwards Earl of Suffolk and Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter . He died 3. June 1640 , and was buried in the Church at Walden beforementioned . Charles Howard Baron of Effingham Son of Charles Earl of Nottingham . — He was afterwards Earl of Nottingham . Thomas West Lord La Warr , commonly called Lord de la Ware. Grey Brugges or Bridges Lord Chandois — He was commonly called King of Cotswould , because of his numerous attendants when he went to Court. He died at the Spaw in Italy 1621. Will. Compton Lord Compton — He was afterwards the first Earl of Northampton of his name , and dying 14. Jun. 1630 , was buried by his ancestors in the Church at Compton in the hole in Warwickshire . Edward Bruce Master of the Rolls , and Baron of Kinloss in Scotland . — He died 14. Jan. 1610 aged 62 years , and was buried in the Chappel of the Rolls in Chancery-lane , London . He was Father to Thomas Earl of Elgin in Scotland and Baron of Whorlton in Yorkshire ; as I shall tell you elsewhere . … . Erskeine a noble Man of Scotland — Perhaps he was the same with Sir James Erskeine Knight of the Bath , Son to the Earl of Marre , or with Alex. Erskeine , who was after his Fathers death Viscount Fenton in Scotland , and died in the beginning of the year , 1633. Sir Hen. Nevill Knight — He was afterwards Leiger Embassador at Paris , being the same , I think , of Billingbere in Berks , who died about the later end of June 1629. Sir Tho. Chaloner Knight , sometimes a Commoner of Magd. Coll. now Tutor to Prince Henry . William Herbert John Egerton ( afterwards Earl of Bridgwater ) Valentine Knightley John Ramsey a Scot Knights . Sir Roger Aston Knight . — He was the natural Son of John Aston Gentleman , second Son of Rich. Aston of Aston in Cheshire , had all his breeding in Scotland , which made some to take him to be a Scot born , was originally the Barber to K. James 1. while he was King of the Scots , as a libellous b Author tells you , though from record it appears , that he was Groom of the Bedchamber , to him , and belonged to it in the time of that Kings Father and Grandfather . He was a plain honest Man , and therefore beloved by that King , who often intrusted him as a Messenger to carry letters from him to Qu. Elizabeth . At length being made Master of the Great Wardrobe to K. Jam. 1. while King of England , departed this mortal life 23. May 1612. and was buried 28. of the said month in the Church at Cranford in Middlesex . Sir Patrick Murray a Scot — The same , I think , who was of Elibanke in Scotland , and afterwards Knight and Baronet of that Kingdom . Sir Thomas Mounson Knight and Baronet . — He was of the antient Family of those of his name in Lincolnshire , had been Commoner of Magd. Coll. and was about this time Master of the Armory , and Master Faulconer to His Majesty , and in truth such an one , as no Prince in Christendom had the like . Afterwards he was twice brought to his trial , upon deep suspicion of having an hand in the poysoning of Sir Thomas Overbury , but at length , with much ado , came off clear . He was a Person of excellent breeding , was a great lover of ingenuity , especially of Musick ( having himself good skill in it ) and a Patron to the Professors thereof . Thom. Cornwallis Franc. Castilion Gilb. Kniveton Rolls Kniveton George Chaworth Edw. Grevill Davi'd Foulis Knights . The last of which , who was a Scot , was afterwards made a Baronet , and is ancestor to those of his name living at Inglebie in Yorkshire . Will. Fleetwood Will. Bowyer Hen. Capell Geor. More Knights . The first of these last four , was knighted in 1603 , and therefore not to be taken for Will. Fleetwood Recorder of London , who had been dead some years before . The last , George More , I have already mentioned at large among the Writers . John Digby Esq ; sometimes a Commoner of Magd. Coll. afterwards Earl of Bristow — I shall mention him at large among the Writers in the second vol. of this work . Levine Monke Gabr. Dowse Will. Lilsley Edm. Dowse Anth. Abington Will. More Geor. Calvert Esquires . While the said Nobles , Knights and Esquires were created , Roger Earl of Rutland , Edward Earl of Somerset and Henry Howard E. of Northampton , who had formerly been created and incorporated Masters of Arts , did sit among the venerable Masters in Convocation and gave their suffrages . This year in the month of Aug. Henry Prince of Wales , the Peoples darling and the delight of mankind , eldest Son of K. James 1. was matriculated a member of this University , as a member of Magd. Coll. at which time John Wilkinson Bach. of Div. and Fellow of the said Coll. had the honour to be nominated his Tutor : I mean that Wilkinson , who most ungratefully sided with the Rebels , that took up arms against the younger Brother of the said Prince , K. Charles 1. of ever blessed memory . An. Dom. 1606. An. 4. Jac. 1. Chanc. the same , viz. Thomas Earl of Dorset . Vicechanc. Henry Airay D. D. Provost of Queens Coll. Jul. 17. Proct. Simon Baskervyle of Exet. Coll. James Mabbe of Magd. Coll. Apr. ult . Bach. of Arts. May 20. Thom. Sutton of Queens Coll. Rich. Nicholls of Magd. Hall. Jun. 3. Thom. Willis of St. Johns Coll. 30. Mich. Wigmore of Magd. hall , afterwards Fellow of Oriel Coll. Oct. 31. Leonard Digges of Vniv. Coll. Nov. 24. Will. Dickinson of Mert. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. in 1619. Jan. 24. Will. Sparke Tho. Godwin of Magd. Coll. Feb. 10. Charles Somerset of Magd. Coll. was then admitted Bac. of Arts in Convocation — He was Son to Edward Earl of Worcester , and was afterwards made Knight of the Bath at the creation of Henry Prince of Wales . 13. Will. Jewell of Exeter Coll. — See among the Masters , an . 1609. Tho. Willis and Tho. Godwin are to be mention'd in the second vol. Adm. 188. Bach. of Law. June 27. John Hoskins junior of New Coll. — He was afterwards a Divine and an eminent Preacher . Besides him were but four more admitted . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 10. Thom. Bastard of New Coll. Jul. 2. Edm. Gunter of Ch. Ch. 3. Will. Heale of Exet. Coll. 5. Joh. Ferebe or Ferriby of Magd. hall . — One of both his names , who was Minister of Thoydon-Gernon in Essex , wrot and published a book intit . A discourse shewing that they only ought to preach who are ordained Ministers , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. But Ferriby of Magd. hall who was a Glocestershire Man born , I take not to be the same with the Writer , as being much before him in time , but rather to be the same John Ferriby who was beneficed in Glocestershire , and at Poole in North Wiltshire ; where dying 2. May 1662 , was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Over whose grave was soon after a stone laid , with an inscription thereon , wherein he is stiled Theologus tam studio . quam exercitio insignis . March 13. Edw. Evans of Ch. Ch. Adm. 102. Bach. of Div. Nov. 19. Rich. Meredith of New Coll. — This Person who was born in the City of Bathe , was admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 15●8 , left it about six years after , and through certain preferments succeeded at length Dr. Benj. Heydon in the Deanery of Wells , an 1607. He hath published a Sermon on Micah 6. 4 , 5 , 6. — printed 1606. qu. and perhaps other things , which I have not yet seen . He died 15. Aug. 1621 , and was buried on the 17 of the same month on the South side of the choire of the Cath. Ch. at Wells . He was succeeded in that Deanery by Dr. Ralph Barlow , as I shall elsewhere tell you . Dec. 15. Edw. Chetwynd of Exeter Coll. Adm. 10. ☜ Not one Doctor of Law or Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 17. Rich. Crakanthorpe of Queens Oct. 30. Will. Fisher of Oriel Coll. March 16. Gerrard Williamson of Ch. Ch. Incorporations . Apr. 8. Theodore de Mayerne , or Mayernius Turquettus , or Theodore Turquettus de Mayerne , born of Protestant Parents at Geneva , ( who hardly escaped the Parisian Massacre ) Doctor of Physick of the University of M●ntpellier , lately of the Council to the K. of France , as to matters of Physick , now Physician to the Queen of England , was incorporated with more than ordinary solemnity Doctor of the said faculty . — He was Baron of Aubon or A●bon in France , ( being Son of Lewis de Mayerne a French Writer ) was afterwards chief Physician to K. Jam. 1. by whom he was sent in the beginning of the Year 1618 into France , about matters of concern , but being suspected to come there purposely to disturb affairs , was commanded * by the Councillours belonging to the King of that Country , to depart the Kingdom forthwith . In 1624 Jul. 14. he received the honor of knighthood at Theobalds , and was afterwards Physician to K. Ch. 1. and his royal Consort Henrietta Maria. He hath written in French ( 1 ) Medicinal counsels and advices . ( 2 ) A Treatise of the Gout . Both put into Latine and published by Theoph. Bonet Doct. of Physick . See more in Dr. Thom. Sh●rley in my discourse of Anth. Sherley among the Writers , under the year 1630. and in Dr. Tho. Moufet , an . 1590. ( 3 ) Excellent and well approved receipts and experiments in Cookery , with the best way of preserving , &c. printed 1658. in tw . ( 4 ) Prax●os in morbis internis praecipue gravioribus & chronicis Syntagma , &c. Lond. 1690. oct . with his picture before it , aged 82 , published by his Godson Theod. de Vaux . From the experiences also of the said Sir Theod. Mayerne , and from those of Dr. Chamberlaine and others , was written a book entit . The compleat Midwife's practice , &c. printed several times in oct . Before he came into England he wrot Apologia , &c. Rupel . 1603. oct . and perhaps other things . He paid his last debt to nature in the beginning of the year ( about 26. March ) 1655 , and was buried 30. of the same month in the Chancel of the Church of St. Martin in the Fields near to London , by the bodies of his mother , first Wife , and five of his Children ; at which time , Thom. Hodges a Presbyterian Divine and Minister of Kensington in Middlesex . preached his funeral Sermon ; in the conclusion of which , he spoke much in prais● of Sir Theodore , who left behind him a Widow named Isabella , and a rich Daughter called Adriana de Mayerne Baroness of Aubon , afterwards married to a French Marquess of Mountpellion . Over his grave was soon after a fair Monument put , with a flourishing , and high flown Epitaph thereon , which for brevity sake I shall now pass by , and only tell you , that Quercitan and several famous Men of France and Germany did make honorable mention of him near 60 years before his death . Jul. 10. Sam. Walsall Bach. of Div. of Cambridge — He was afterwards Doct. of that faculty and Master of C. C. C. commonly called Bennet Coll. in that University on the death of Tho. Jegon . He hath published The life and death of Jesus Christ , Serm. before the King at Royston in Esay 53. 4. Lond. 1615. in oct . and other things as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . He died in the Summer time , an . 1626 , and was buried in the Chap. of that Coll. 12. Thom. Morton D. D. of the same University — He was of St. Johns Coll. and through various promotions became at length the most learned and religious Bishop of Durham . His life is at large written by John Barwick D. D. printed at London 1660. qu. to which I refer the reader . 14. Tho. Sheafe D. D. of Cambridge — He was Son of Tho Sheafe of Cranbroke in Kent , was bred Fellow of Kings Coll. in that University , where he had the repute of a good Scholar , was installed Canon of Windsore 29 March 1614 , being about that time Rector of Welford in Berksh●re , and beneficed at another place in that County . When he was about 80 years of age , he wrot Vindiciae senectutis , or , a plea for old age , &c. Lond. 1639. oct . Which being published , the Author soon after died , viz. 12. Dec. 1639. Whereupon his body was buried in St. Georges Chap. at Windsore . He left behind him a Son named Grindall Sheafe , sometimes Fellow of Kings Coll. beforementioned , afterwards D. of D. Vicar of Col●shall and Horstead in Norfolk , Archdeacon , Canon and Prebendary of Wells , and had other preferments in the Church . From which , raking and scraping a great deal of wealth together , ( for he troubled himself not with learning or the encouragement thereof ) it had redounded much to his honour and name to have left it to the Church , which he did not , but to Lay-people and Servants , who cared not for him , only for pelf-sake . He died 28. Apr. 1680 , and was buried in the Cathedral Church at Wells : Whereupon his Archdeaconry was bestowed by the Bishop on Charles Thirlby Vicar of St. Cuthberts Church in Wells , his Canonry on Henry Dutton Bachelaur of Divinity , sometimes of Corp Chr. Coll. in Oxon. and his Prebendary , commonly called the Golden Prebendary on Edward Waple Bachelaur of Divinity of St. Johns Coll. in the said University . Thomas Erpenius born at Gorcome in Holland studied in this University in the condition of a Sojournor about this time , but how long his stay was here , I cannot tell . He was admirably well skill'd in the Oriental tongues , the Hebrew , Chaldee , Arabick , Syriack , Aethiopick , Persian and Turkish . He is celebrated throughout the whole Christian World , as the restorer of the Arabick tongue , and died at Leyden in the flower of his Age , an . 1624. An. Dom. 1607. An. 5 Jac. 1. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Joh. King D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch. Jul. 17. Proct. Nath. Brent of Mert. Coll. Joh. Tolson of Oriel Coll. Apr. 15. Bach. of Musick . Jul. 11. Thom. Tomkins of Magd. Coll. — This eminent and learned Musitian was Son of Thom. Tomkins Chauntor of the Choir at Glocester , descended from those of his name of Listwithyel in Cornwal , educated under the famous Musitian Will. Bird , and afterwards for his merits was made Gentleman of his Majesties Chappel Royal , and at length Organist , as also Organist of the Cath. Church at Worcester . He hath composed ( 1 ) Songs of three , four , five , and six parts , printed at London in qu. but not said when . ( 2 ) Musica deo sacra & ecclesiae Anglicanae ; or , Musick dedicated to the honor and service of God , and to the use of Cathedrals , and other Churches of England , especially of the Chappel Royal of K. Ch. 1. in ten books , &c. when first printed I cannot tell . ( 3 ) Divine Services and Anthems , the words of which are published by James Clifford in his Book entit . Divine Services and Anthems usually sung in the Cathedrals &c. Lond. 1663 Oct. ( 4 ) A set of vocal Church Musick of four and five parts . MS. given to Magd. Coll. Library in Oxon , by Jam. Clifford before mention'd , where they yet remain in the Archives thereof ; and also hath Compositions in the triumphs of Oriana , published by Tho. Morley 1601. qu. He was living after the grand Rebellion broke out , but when he died I cannot justly tell you . He had a Son named Nath. Tomkins Bach. of Div. of Oxon , who was Prebendary of Worcester from the Month of May 1629 to the 21 of Oct. ( on which day he died ) an . 1681 , as also several Brethren , among whom were ( 1 ) Giles Tomkins a most excellent Organist , and Organist of the Cath. Ch. at Salisbury , who died about 1662. ( 2 ) Joh. Tomkins Bach. of Musick , who was one of the Organists of S. Pauls Cathedral , and afterwards Gentleman of the Chappel Royal , being then in high esteem for his admirable knowledge in the theoretical and practical part of his Faculty . At length being translated to the celestial choir of Angels on the 27 Sept. an . 1626 , aged 52 , was buried in the said Cathedral . ( 3 ) Nich. Tomkins one of the Gentlemen of the privy Chamber to his Majesty Charles 1. who was also well skill'd in the practical part of Musick , and others , but their order according to seniority I cannot tell . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 21. Hugh Robinson of New Coll. 23. Tho. Prior of Broadgates Hall. — See among the Mast . of Arts 1611. Joh. Seller of Oriel Coll. was admitted the same day . — See more of him among the Masters 1610. Jul. 8. Edw. Chaloner of Magd Coll. Oct. 17. Joh. Reading of Magd. Hall. 20. Arth. Hopton of Linc. Joh. Wylde of Balliol . Coll. Of the last of these two see more among the M. of A. an . 1610. Dec. 9. Edw. Seimour of Magd. Coll. Son of Edward Lord Beauchamp . Son of Edw. Earl of Hertford . Will. Seimour of the same College , younger Brother to the said Edward , was admitted the same day . — This William Seimour was afterwards Earl and Marquess of Hertford , Chancellour of this University , and at length Duke of Somerset . He died 24 Oct. 1660. Feb. 1. Roger Manwaring of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of S. David . 5. Tho. Hobbes of Magd Hall. — He was afterwards the famous Philosopher and Mathematician of Malmsbury . 25. Giles Widdowes of Oriel Coll. As for Robinson , Reading , Manwaring , Hobbes and Widdowes , there will be a large mention made of them in the other Volume of this Work. Adm. 154. Bach. of Law. Apr. 21. Joh. Reinolds of New Dec. 16. Arth. Duck of All 's . Coll. Besides these two , was but one more admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 12. Sim. Birckbek of Queens Coll. 18. Nathan Pownoll of Ch. Ch. Rich. Tillesley of S. Joh. Coll. Jul. 8. Tho. Baylie of Magd. Oct. 20. Rob. Sanderson of Linc. Dec. 14. Rich. Capell of Magd. Coll. Adm. 101. Bach. of Physick . June 1. Rich. Andrews of S. Joh. Coll. 28. Edm. Dean of S. Alb. Hall. Besides these two , was but one more ( Will. Barker of S. Maries Hall ) admitted . Bach. of Div. Apr. 23. Rich. Moket of All 's . Joh. Denison of Ball. Coll. Jul. 9. Mich. Boyle of S. Joh. Joh. Bancroft of Ch. Ch. Coll. Which two last were afterwards Bishops . 18. Will. Gilbert of Magd. Coll. — Whether he be the same Will. Gilbert who was afterwards D. of D. and Minister of Orset in Essex ( where he died about 1640. ) I know not . Adm. 8. Doct. of Law. Jan. 14. Thomas Gwynne of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards , or about this time , Chauntor of the Church of Salisbury ( as the cat . of the Fellows of that Coll. tells us , but falsely ) and Chancellour of Landaff . He was a Benefactor to Jesus Coll. in Oxon , as you may see * elsewhere , and lived , if I mistake not , till the Reign of Oliver Protector . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 4. Will. Barker of S. Maries Hall. — He was a learned Physitian , but whether he hath published any thing , I know not . Doct. of Div. July 8. Will. Wilson of Mert. Coll. — In 1584 he became Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. Will. Wickham promoted to the See of Lincoln , being about that time Chaplain to Edmund Archb. of Canterbury . Afterwards he became Prebendary of Rochester and Rector of Clyve or Cliffe in Kent . He died 14 May 1615 , aged 73 , and was buried in the Chappel of S. George at Windsore , near to the Body of his Father , and not in the Cath. Ch. at Rochester near to the Bodies of his sometimes Wives , Isabel and Anne . Charles Sonibanke of Ch. Ch. — This person who was a Salopian born , and originally of S. Maries Hall , was now Canon of Windsore , Rector of Hasely in the County of Oxon , and possessor of the Donative of Wrotham in Kent . I have seen a Sermon of his intit . The Evenuchs conversion , preached at Pauls Cross on Acts 8. 26 , 27 , 28 , &c. Lond. 1617 , qu. And what else he hath published I know not . Quaere . He died on the 12 Oct. 1638 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Haseley before mention'd . Jul. 8. Rich. Pilkington of Queens Coll. Francis Bradshaw of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was born of a gentile Family in Bucks , was a Dignitary in the Church , and hath written certain matters of Divinity , as some Antients of his Coll. have told me , yet all that I have seen which he hath published , is only a Sermon intit . The Worlds wisdome , or , the Politicians religion , on Psal . 14. 1. Oxon. 1598 , oct . July . 8. Mathew Davies of New Coll. — He was Brother to Sir Joh. Davies , whom I have mention'd among the Writers under the year 1626. George Benson of Queens Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was about this time Canon residentiary of Hereford , and Parson of Rock in Worcestershire , Author of A Sermon at Pauls Cross . on Hosea 7. from ver . 7. to 12. Lond. 1609. qu. and perhaps of other things , but such I have not yet seen . He was born of a gentile Family in Westmorland , was Fellow of Qu. Coll. Proctor of the University , and died ( at Rock I think ) about 1647. Jan. 14. Geor. Darrel of All 's . Coll. — This Person who was Brother to Sir Marmaduke Darrel Cofferer of his Majesties Houshold , was installed Canon of the sixth Stall in the Collegiate Church of Westminster , on the 8 of June this year , in the place of Dr. Griff. Lewys deceased ; and dying on the last of Oct. 1631 , Pet. Heylyn Bach. of Div. was nominated to succeed him the next day , and accordingly was installed on the 9 of Nov. Incorporations . May 16. Thom. Bell M. of A. of Cambr. — One of both his names had been a Rom. Catholick , afterwards a Protestant , and a Writer and Publisher of several Books against the Papists from 1593 to 1610 , and after , as the Oxford Catalogue will partly tell you . Quaere whether the same . July 14. Patrick Kinnimond M. A. of the University of S. Andrew in Scotland . — He was afterwards benificed in Dorsetshire . Anth. Cade M. A. of Cambr. was incorporated the same day . — He hath published A justification of the Church of England Lond. 1630. qu. and certain Sermons , as the Oxford Catalogue will tell you . Rob. Abbot M. A. of the same University , was incororated the same day . — He was afterwards Vicar of Cranbrook in Kent , a sider with the Presbyterians in the Rebellion which began in 1642 , was Minister of Southwick in Hampshire , and at length of S. Austin's Church in Watling street near S. Paul's Cath. in London ; where , after he had been tumbled and tossed to and fro , enjoyed himself quietly for some years in his old Age. He hath written and published several things , among which are ( 1 ) Four Sermons , &c. Lond. 1639 , oct . dedicated to Walter Curle Bishop of Winchester , ( to whom he had been Servant ) who then exhibited to his two Sons , one at Oxon , and another at Cambr. ( 2 ) Tryal of our Church for sakers , &c. on Heb. 10. 23. Lond. 1639 , oct . ( 3 ) Milk for Babes , or a Mothers Catechism for her Children . Lond. 1646. oct . ( 4 ) Th●ee Sermons , printed with the former book . ( 5 ) A Christian Family builded God , or directions for Governours of Families , Lond. 1653. oct . At which time the Author was two years above the great climecterical year . Other things he hath also published ( among which is , Be thankful London and her Sisters , Sermon on Psal . 31. 21. Lond. 1626. qu. ) which for brevity sake I shall now omit . Creations . Jul. 14. The most noble John Kennedi a Knight of the illustrious Family of the Earls of Cashills in Ireland , was then actually created Master of Arts. An. Dom. 1608. An. 6 Jac. 2. Chanc. the same . viz. Thomas Earl of Dorset ; but he dying the 19 Apr. Dr. Rich. Bancroft Archb. of Canterbury succeeded in the Chancellourship on the 22 of the same month . — He was born at Farnworth in Lancashire in Sept. 1544 , Son of Joh. Bancroft Gent. by Mary his Wife , Daughter of Joh. Curwyn , Brother to Dr. Hugh Curwyn Archb. of Dublin ; and after he had been severely trained up in Grammatical Learning , he was first placed in Christs , and soon after removed to Jesus , Coll. in Cambridge . Afterwards by the endeavours of his said Uncle Dr. Curwyn , he became , when young , Prebendary of the Cath. Ch. at Dublin ; but the Uncle removing , and dying soon after , he was made Chaplain to Dr. Cox Bishop of Ely , who gave him the Rectory of Teversham in the Country of Cambridge . Being thus put into the road of preferment , he was admitted Bach. of Div. 1580 , and five years after Doctor . About which time he put himself into the Service of Sir Christoph . Hatton Lord Chancellour of England , by whose recommendations he was made Prebendary of Westminster , in the place of Mr. Joh. Wickham , an . 1592 , from whence he had the easier passage to S. Pauls in London , of which Cathedral he was Treasurer . Vicechanc. Dr. King again , Jul. 17. Proct. Edw. Vnderhyll of Magd. Coll. Joh. Hamden of Ch. Ch. Apr. 6. Bach. of Musick . Dec. 13. Will. Stonard Organist of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. — He hath composed certain Divine Services and Anthems , the words of one , or more , of which are published in the Collection of Divine Services and Anthems put out by Jam. Clifford an . 1663. We have also some of his Compositions in our publick Musick School at Oxon , sent by Walter Porter to his Kinsman Joh. Wilson Doct. of Musick , and the publick Professor of the praxis of that Faculty in Oxon , to be reposed and kept for ever in the Archives of the said School . In the Organists place of Ch. Ch. succeeded Edward Low of Salisbury about 1630 , who was afterwards publick Professor of the musical praxis in this University , and Author of Short directions for the performance of Cathedral Service , printed at Oxon in oct . an . 1661. The second Edition of which came out at the same place in 1664 , with a review , and many useful Additions relating to the Common Prayer , by the same hand . This Mr. Low , who was judicious in his profession , but not graduated therein , died on the 11 of July 1682. whereupon his Body was buried at the upper end of the Divinity Chappel , joyning on the north side of the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. near to the Body of Alice his sometimes Wife , Daughter of Sir Joh. Peyton the younger of Dodington in the Isle of Ely , Kt. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 13. Joh. Harrys of New Coll. 16. Charles Croke of Ch. Ch. — See among the Doct. of Div. an . 1625. 20. Will. Lewis of Hart Hall , afterwards Fellow of Oriel Coll. — See among the Creations 1627. 31. Rich. Gove of Magd. Hall. June 2. Gilb. Ironside of T●in . Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Bristow . James Martin of Broadgates was admitted the same day . — See among the Masters 1611. 6. Joh. Wall of Ch. Ch. Jul. 7. Edward Bagshaw of Brasn . Coll. 9. Joh. Barlow of Hart Hall. Oct. 14. Isaac Colf of Ch. Ch. Nov. 19. Gilb St●akes of Hart Hall. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1646. Jan. 25. Sam. Smith Will. Greenhill Accepted Frewen of Magd. Coll. The last of which three was afterwards Archb. of York . Feb. 16. Hen. Lord Clifford Baron of Skypton , eldest Son of the Earl of Cumberland , was then admitted Bach. of Arts , as a Member of Ch. Ch. — After this man's time , studied in the same house Hen●y Clifford , Son of Francis Earl of Cumberland ; who , by the various Copies of Verses that he wrot ( but whether published I know not , obtained the character of the best of Poets among the Nobility . He was afterwards Earl of Cumberland ; and dying on the 11 of Decemb. 1643 , was buried by his Ancestors in a Vault under the Church of Sk●pton in Craven in Yorkshire . Feb. 16. Nich. Guy of Hart Hall. — See among the Masters , an . 1611. 1● . Rich. Eedes of Brasn . Coll. — One of both his names , who was a Warwickshire man born , and afterwards the Presbyterian Curat of the rich Church at Cleve in Glocestershire , hath written Christ exalted and Wisdom justified ; or , the Saints esteem of Jesus Christ , as most precious , handled , &c. Lond. 1659. oct . besides one or more Sermons , which he before had published . Whether the same with him of Brasnose , Quaere . 17. Joh. Ball of S. Maries Hall , lately of Brasn . Coll. 20. Thom. Howell of Jesus Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Bristow . 23. Will. Slatyer of Brasn . Coll. As for Harrys , Gove , Ironside , Wall , Bagshaw , Greenhil , Frewen , Howell and Slayer before mentioned , will be large mention made of them in the second Volume of this Work , or elsewhere . Adm. 213 , or thereabouts . Mast . of Arts , May 1● . Henr. Whistler of Trin. Coll. May 30. Sam. Fell Joh. Ley of Ch. Ch. Henr. Rogers of Jes . June 2. Walt. Raleigh of Magd. Coll. 6. Sampson Price of Hart Hall , afterwards of Exeter Coll. July 7. Gabriel Richardson of Brasn . Mar. 18. Hen. Jackson of C. C. Coll. Admitted 98 , or thereabouts . Bach. of Div. June 1. Lionell Day , Fellow of Balliol , sometimes of Oriel , Coll. was then admitted . — He was younger Brother to John Day mentioned among the Writers , under the year 1627 , was Rector of Whichford near to Brailes in Warwickshire , and Author of Concio ad Clerum , habita Oxonii , die Martis post Comitia , an . dom . 1609. in Luc. 22. 31. Oxon. 1632. qu. besides other things , as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen . He died in 1640 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Whichford before mention'd . June 30. Joh. Davies of Lincoln , sometimes a Student in Jesus , College . Jul. 7. Thom. Peacock of Brasn . Coll. — He was a Cheshire man born , and Tutor to the famous Rob. Bolton ; the Author of whose Life doth much celebrate the said Peacock for his learning , and great sanctity of life and conversation . He was buried in S. Maries Church in Oxon , 7 Dec. 1611. 13. Joh. Sandsbury of S. Johns Coll. Besides these four , were 24 more admitted , among whom Nich. Simpson of C. C. Coll. was one , and Rich. Colfe of Ch. Ch. another ; both Accumulators . Doct. of Law. Apr. 16. James Cook of New Coll. — He was the only Doctor admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . June 1. Rich. Andrews of S. Joh. Coll. — He had improv'd himself much in his Faculty in his Travels beyond the Seas , which afterwards made him highly esteemed among learned men and others . Will. Turner of Ball. Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was a Londoner born , and was Master of Arts of Cambridge , in which degree being incorporated with us , an . 1602 , entred himself into Balliol Coll. ( having before spent some years in foreign Academies in the study of Phys . ) and as a Member of that Coll. he was admitted to practice his Faculty , 13 July 1604. After he had been admitted Doctor , he retired to London , became one of the Coll. of Physitians , and eminent for his practice . One Will. Turner Doct. of Phys . wrot a Pamphlet entit . Ad nobilem Britannum , or an abstract of Englands Royal Peers . When written I cannot tell ; sure I am , 't was printed at London in 1641. qu. Whether this Will. Turner be the same with the former of Ball. Coll. I cannot justly say , nor whether he was one of the Sons of Dr. Pet. Turner mention'd among the Incorporations , an . 1599. yet that he was descended from William , Father of the said Dr. Peter Turner , 't is not to be doubted . Doct. of Div. May 12. Sebast . Benefield of C. C. June 1. Joh. Lea of S. Johns Coll. The last of these two , who was of the gentile Family of the Leas or Lees of Quarendon in Bucks , and of Dichley in Oxfordshire , was Chaplain to the most noble Knight Sir Hen. Lea , was beneficed in the said Counties , and dying about 1609 , was buried in S. Johns Coll. Chappel ; to the adorning of which , he was an especial Benefactor . He gave also many Books to that Coll. Library . Rich. Thornton Canon of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day . — In the beginning of Sept. an . 1611 , he became Prebendary of Worcester in the place of Gervace Carrington deceased ; and dying 1 Jan. 1614 , was buried in the Cath. of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Jun. 6. Will. Laude Joh. Rawlinson of S. Joh. Rob. Wakeman of Ball. Coll. 25. Edw. Wickham of Ball. Coll. now Prebendary of Winchester , and Archdeacon of Dorset . — This person who was of the Family of the Wickhams of Swacliff near Banbury in Oxfordshire , died in 1620 or thereabous , and was , if I mistake not , buried in the Chancel of the Church of Storington in Sussex , near to the Bodies of his Father and Mother . In his Archdeaconry succeeded , as I suppose , Rich. Fitzherbert . Thom. Higgons of Ball. Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was Father to Sir Tho. Higgons of Grewell in Hampshire . 30. Nich. Simpson of C. C. Coll. who accumulated . — He was now Prebendary of Canterbury , where dying in 1609 , left behind him a Son named John , who was afterwards D. of D. and Preb. of the same Church , and dying 1630 , aged 51 , left behind him a Son named Nicholas , who also was Prebendary there . This last , who was of C. C. Coll. in Oxon , died 22 Aug. 1680. aged 56 , and was buried in , or near the graves of his Father and Grandfather in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury . Over their Sepulchres was a stone soon after put , with an Inscription thereon , which for brevity sake I now pass by . Rich. Colfe of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day . — He was now Prebendary of Canterbury , and dying 7 Oct. 1613 , aged 63 , being then Subdean of that Church , was buried therein 3 days after , at which time Thomas Wilson , a Member thereof , preached his Funeral Sermon , entit . Christs farewel to Jerusalem , on Luke 23. 27 , 28 , 29 , &c. To which a Testimony is added concerning the said Rich. Colfe , of his great piety and learning . June 30. Joh. Browne of Vniv. Christop . Sutton of Linc. Tho. Alleyn of C. C. Coll. July 7. Tho. More 12. Will. Leonard of Exet. Coll. Mar. 11. Gerard Massie of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards nominated Bishop of Chester , but died before consecration . 14. David Ellis of Jesus Coll. These two last accumulated the degrees in Divinity . Incorporations . May 30. Rich. Butler Bach. of Div. of Cambr. — He was formerly of S. Joh. Coll. in Oxon , and now Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty , which is all I yet know of him . Jun. 14. Christop . Musgrave Bach. of Arts of Cambr. — One of both his names was about this time a Carthusian at Leige in Germany , and afterwards wrot Motives and reasons for his secession and dissevering from the Church of Rome . Lond. 1621. qu. But this last I cannot affirm to be the same with him who was Bach. of Arts , because he saith , that before he seceeded from the Church of Rome he had been a Carthusian Monk for the space of twenty years . David Owen M. of A. of Clare Hall in the same University , was incorporated the same day . — He was afterwards Bach. of Div. and Chaplain to John Ramsey Lord Viscount Hadington , afterwards D. of D. and Chaplain to the said person when he was Earl of Holderness . He hath written and published ( 1 ) The concord of a Papist and Puritan for the coercion , deposition , and killing of Kings . Cambr. 1610. qu. ( 2 ) Anti-Paraeus , sive determinatio de jure regio , habita Cantabrigiae in scholis Theologicis , 19 Apr. 1619 contra Davidem Paraeum caeterosque reformatae religionis Antimonarchos . Cantab. 1632. oct . What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was born in the Isle of Anglesey . July 8. Will. Eire ( Eierus ) Doct. of Phys of Leyden . Will. Cavendish M. of A. of Cambr. Son and Heir of Will. Lord Cavendish , was incorporated the same day , in the house of Convocation . — He was afterwards the second Earl of Devonshire of his name . 12. Walt. Curle M. A. of Cambr. was incorporated again . — See among the Incorporations an . 1601 , and in 1636. Eliazer Hodson M. A. of the same University , was incorporated the same day . — See among the Incorporations 1615. Joh. Williams M. A. of Cambr. was also then incorporated . — This noted person , who was the Son of Edmund Williams of Conway , commonly called Aberconway , in Caernarvanshire ( by his Wife Mary Daughter of Owen Wynn of Eglarsnache ) the sixth Son of William Williams of Cogh-Williams , was educated in S. Joh. Coll. in the said University , of which he was Fellow . Afterwards he became Chaplain to Thomas Lord Egerton Lord Chanc. of England , and in 1611-12 , one of the Proctors of the University of Cambridge , in which Office he gave so noble and generous Entertainment as well in scholastical Exercises as in edibles and potables , to the Spanish Embassadors , conducted thither by his Patron the Lord Chancellour , that when they took their leaves of him , the Chancellour , with the approbation of the Embassador , told him that he had behaved himself so well in his Entertainment , that he was fit to se●ve a King and that he would be glad to see him as welcome at the Court , as they were in the Vniversity . About that time he had several Benefices confer'd upon him , of which the Rectory of Waldgrave in Northamptonshire was one , Dinam and Grafton two more , a Residentiaryship in the Church of Lincoln , one or more Prebendships therein , and the Office of Chauntor ; besides a Prebendship in the Church of Peterborough , and a Donative in Wales . Afterwards he was made sacerdotal Rector of the Savoy , Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty , and on Sept. 10 , an . 1619. Dean of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Joh. Gourdon deceased : Whereupon giving up the Savoy , upon his Majesties desire , it was by him confer'd on * M. Ant. de Dominis Archbishop of Spalato ; and at the same time 't was ordered that an yearly pension should be by him ( Williams ) paid to the famous Pet. du Moulin a French Protestant , who a little before had fled into England upon account of Religion . About that time , he , by the favour of George Duke of Buckingham , was made a privy Counsellor to his Majesty , and upon the promotion of Doct. Rob. Tounson to the See of Salisbury , had the Deanery of Westminster confer'd upon him , in which he was install'd 10 July 1620 : Afterwards the Deanery of Salisbury was confer'd upon Dr. Joh. Bowles of Cambridge , as I shall elsewhere tell you . In the month of July 1621 , he was nominated Bishop of Lincoln on the Translation of Dr. George Mountaigne to the See of London , and about the same time was made L. Keeper of the great Seal by Buckingham's Endeavours . On the 9 Oct. following he proceeded to Westminster Hall , as L. Keeper , but without a pomp and on the 11 of Nov. was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln in the collegiate Church of S. Peter at Westminster , by the Bishops of London , Worcester , Ely , Oxford , and Landaff ; and about that time his Majesty gave him leave to keep Westminster in commendam . It was then observed by many , that as Sir Nich. Bacon had before received the Great Seal from a Clergyman , ( Nich. Heath Archb. of York ) so a Bishop again received them from his Son Sir Francis , at which the Lawyers did fret , to have such a Flower pull'd out of their garden . But as for the further addition to the story , that Williams was brought in by Buckingham to serve such turns as none of the Laity could be found bad enough to undertake , as a libellous b Author reports , we must leave it to knowing men to be Judges of it . After K. Ch. 1. came to the Crown , he was continued a privy Counsellour for a time , but Buckingham being then in great favour with that Prince , caused the Seal to be taken from him in Oct. 1625 , as having neglected , and been very ungrateful to , him ; and in the beginning of Feb. following , when that King was crown'd , he was set aside from administring Service at that Ceremony , as Dean of Westminster , and Dr. Laud Bishop of S. Davids , and Preb. of Westm . ( who before had received several schoolings and affronts from Williams while L. Keeper ) officiated in his place . Further also , lest he should seek revenge against Buckingham for what he had done unto him , he , with the Earls of Some●set , Middlesex , and Bristow , ( all of an inclination , tho not all of a plume ) were interdicted the Parliament House . Hereupon Williams grew highly discontented , sided with the Puritan , and finding the King to decline in the affection of his People , he fomented c popular discourses tending to his Majesties dishonour , so long , until at length the incontinence of his Tongue betrayed him into Speeches , which trespass'd upon Loyalty : for which words , they having taken vent , he was question'd by a Bill in the Star-Chamber , 4 Car. 1. dom . 1628. But the information being somewhat lame and taken up with second-hand Reports , the Accusation lay dormant till about 1632 , when it was revived again . And the purgation of B. Williams depending principally upon the testimony of one John Pregian Registrary of Lincoln , it hapned that the Febr. after , one Elizab. Hodson was delivered of a base Child , and laid it to this Pregian . The Bishop finding his great Witness charged with such Infamy , conceived it would invalidate all his Testimony , and that once rendred invalid , the Bishop could easily prognosticate his own ruin . Therefore he bestirs himself amain , and tho by order of the Justices at the publick Session at Lincoln , Pregian was charged as the reputed Father , the Bishop by his Agents , Pawel and Owen , procured that Order suppressed , and by subornation and menacing of , and tampering with Witnesses , did at length in May 10 Car. 1. procure the Child to be fathered upon one Bohun , and Pregian to be acquitted . After this he being accriminated in the Star-Chamber for corrupting of Witnesses , and being convicted by full proof on the 11 of July 1637 he received this censure , that he was to pay ten thousand pounds fine to the King , to be imprison'd in the Tower of London during his Majesties pleasure , and to be suspended ab officiis & beneficiis . In 1640 , Nov. 16. he was released from the Tower , and became the Idol for a time of both Houses , ( having since his fall closed with the Puritan ) and who then should be in daily conference with him but Edward Bagshaw a Parliament man for Southwark , and afterwards Will. Prynne , two zealous and bigotted Puritans ; whose Counsels were chiefly to pull down Laud Archbishop of Canterbury , Wentworth Earl of Strafford , Heylyn of Westminster , and other Royalists . On the 12 Jan. following , he preached before the King , and pleased the Puritan very much , as being zealous for the Sabbath , and against the Book for Sports ; yet towards the conclusion said that the discipline of Geneva , and Cornaries Diet , were fit for none but Beggars and Tradesmen . Afterwards , it was observed by many , that he declined dayly in the peoples favour , who took him then not to be the same man as they did before . In 1641 he was by his Maj. favour , purposely to please the Puritan then dominant , translated from Lincoln to York , and soon after was in the head of the Bishops when they made their Protestation against the House of Lords in behalf of themselves ; for which being imprison'd in the Tower again , continued there eighteen weeks . At length being with much ado released , he retired to the King at Oxon , where he provided himself with a Commission , and Instructions what to do when he went farther . Afterwards he went into his own Country , repaired his Castle at Aberconway , fortified it , and spared not any cost or labour to make it teneable for his Majesties Service . But then his Majesty and privy Council suspecting that he would not be faithful to him , they put a Commander therein , and in a manner thrust the Archb. out . Whereupon taking these matters in high disdain , he retired to his house at Pentryn or Penryn , not far from Aberconway , which he fortified ; and having gained the favour of the Parliament , put a Garrison therein , and declared for them . Afterwards obtaining some Forces from one Mitton a Parliamentarian Colonel in those Parts , went forthwith and set upon Aberconway Castle , took it and kept it to his dying day in his own possession . This was in the latter end of 1645 , at which time the Kings Cause did daily decline , as the Archbishop did in the minds of the Royalists , who , for these his Actions , spared not to stile him a perfidious Prelate , the shame of the Clergy , and the Apostate Archbishop of York , whereas while he was in his greatness , he was characterized to be a person of a generous mind , a lover and encourager of learning and learned men ( he himself being very learned ) hospitable , and a great Benefactor to the publick , yet always high and proud , and sometimes insolent , and to have pharisaical Leaven in him . His works are ( 1 ) A sermon of apparel before the King and Pr. at Theobalds , 22 Feb. 1619 , on Math. 11. 8. Lond. 1620. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. before the Lords , Lond 1623. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. at the funeral of K. James , on 1 Kings 11. 41 , 42 , 43. Lond. 1625. qu. ( 4 ) Perseverantia sanctorum , &c. on Job 42. 12. — pr. 1628. qu. ( 5 ) Letter to the Vicar of Grantham , &c. pr. 1636. qu. answered by Dr. Pet. Heylyn in his Coal from the Altar , &c. ( 6 ) Holy table , name , and thing , more antiently used under the New Testam . than that of an Altar . pr. 1637 , which is a reply to the Coal from the Altar , &c. Whereupon Heylyn came out with a rejoynder , called Antidotum Lincolniense , &c. as I shall tell you more at large when I come to him in the 2 Vol. of this Work. ( 7 ) Annotationes in vet . Testam . & in Ephesios . Cantab. 1653 , oct . published under the name of Johan . Eboracensis , by which , I presume , is meant John Williams . He hath also published one or more Sermons which I have not seen , and hath also extant Parliamentary Speeches and Letters of State. In 1671 was printed at London in octavo , A manual : or , three small and plain Treatises , viz. 1. of Prayer , or active , 2. of Principles , or passive , 3. of Resolution , or opposite , Divinity . Translated and collected out of antient Writers for the private use of a most noble Lady , to preserve her from the danger of Popery . In the Title page 't is said to have been written by John Archbishop of York , yet certain Authors who lived and wrot after his death , are therein quoted ; which are unadvisedly done by another hand . At length this Archb. dying in the house of the Lady Mostyn at Glodedd near Aberconway , on the 25 of Mar. 1649 was buried , I presume , at Aberconway . There is extant a Latin Apology for this Dr. Williams Archb. of York , written in good Latin by Joh Harmer M. A. sometimes of Magd. Coll. in Oxon , to Lambert Osbaldeston a great Creature of the said Archb. in which are many things , that are true , inserted . But the Reader is to know , that the said Harmer , who sometimes taught in the College School at Westminster , had often participated of the generosity of Archb. Williams ; and when afterwards he became Greek Professor of the Univ. of Oxford , he was esteemed a Parasite , and one that would do any thing below him to gain a little money or a meals-meat . Jul. 12. Math. Wren M. of A. of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge , was then incorporated in the same degree . — I have spoken largely of him elsewhere . Will. Boswell M. A. of Jesus Coll. in the said University , was incorporated the same day . — He was afterwards Proctor of that University , Secretary to Sir Dudl . Carleton while ordinary Embassador to the States of the Vnited Provinces , aud afterwards Resident or Leiger Embassador there himself ; in which capacity he was knighted by the Lord Hor. Vere of Tilbury , and other Commissioners , named in his Majesty's Letters Patents , in the Army of the said States at Bockstal near Balduck in Brabant , 25 July 1633. He was a learned man , a great encourager of Learning , zealous for the Church of England , faithful in the execution of his Embassy , and highly valued by eminent persons . He died much lamented in 1647. Joh. Squire M. A. of Jesus Coll. in the same University , was also then incorporated — He was afterwards Vicar of S. Leonards Shoreditch in Middlesex , a zealous and orthodox Preacher , and therefore respected by Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . But when the Puritan or Presbyterian brake into an open Rebellion , he was one of those many godly Ministers that suffered by Imprisonment , Sequestration , Plundering , and I know not what . He hath written Lectures , being an Exposition of the first part of the second Chapter to the Thessalonians , proving the Pope to be Antichrist . Lond. 1630 , qu. and also published several Sermons , the Titles of most of which you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue . Pray be pleased to see more of him in that vile Pamphlet called A century of scandalous , malignant , Priests , &c. printed 1643 , qu. pag. 25. Joh Preston M. A. of Queens Coll. in Camb. was also then incorporated . — He was afterwards Doct. of Div. Master of Emanuel Coll. in the said University , a perfect Polititian , and the Patriarch of the Presbyterian Party . The Titles of most of the Sermons and Treatises which he hath written and published , you may see in the said Catalogue , and the actions of his life , written and published by one that was his Pupil , named Tho. Ball of Northampton , who tells you , that he died 20 Jul. 1628 , and that he was buried in the Church at Fawsley in Northamptonshire . An. Dom. 1609. An. 7 Jac. 1. Chanc. Rich. Bancroft D. D. Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. the same , viz. Dr. J. King , July 14. Proct. Charles Greenwood of Vniv. Coll. Joh. Flemmyng of Exet. Coll. Apr. 26. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 28. Edw. Littleton of Ch. Ch. May 2. Joh. Heath of New Coll. the Epigrammatist . 6. Brian Duppa Edw. Boughen of Ch. Ch. The former of which two , was afterwards B. of Winton . June 22. Tho. Dugard of Ch. Ch. — Quaere . 26. Christop . Wren of S. Joh. Coll. — See more among the Bach. of Div. 1620. Jul. 7. Nathan . Grenfield of S. Edmunds , lately of Gloc. Hall. — See among the Masters 1612. Oct. 14. Edward Cotton Percival Burrel of Ch. Ch. Of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1612. Dec. 7. Mich. Oldsworth of Magd. Hall , afterwards of Magd. Coll. — See also among the Masters , 1614. Feb. 10. Anth. Whyte of Ch. Ch. — You may see more of him among the Masters , an . 1612. 13. Ralph Robinson of Linc. Coll. — This person I set down here , not that he was a Writer , but to prevent an unwary Reader hereafter to take him to be the same Ralph Robinson who was born at Heswall in Wirrall in Cheshire , an . 1614 , bred in Catherine Hall in Cambridge , where he continued till 1642 , at which time he sided with the Presbyterians , and afterwards became Minister of S. Mary de Wolnoth in London , and a Publisher of several theological matters favouring of Presbytery . He died 15 June 1655 , and was buried in the Chancel of his Church before mention'd , on the north side of the Communion Table , under the stone called Mr. Buckminsters stone . E. Littleton , Br. Duppa , and Edw. Boughen before mention'd , will be spoken of at large in the 2 Vol. of this Work. Adm. 181. Bach. of Law. I find but five were admitted , among whom Jo. Boys of All 's . Coll. was one ; and one that supplicated , named Jam. Mabbe of Magd. Coll. of whom will be large mention made in the second Volume . Mast . of Art. June 20. Joh. Hales of Merton 21. Tho. Willis of S. Johns Jul. 6. Tho. Sutton of Queens Oct. 11. Tho. Godwin of Magd. Coll. 27. Josias Bird Chaplain of All 's . Coll. — He was lately incorporated Bach. of Arts , as in the Incorporations following you may see : afterwards he became Chaplain to Alice Countess Dowager of Derby , Wife of Tho. Lord Ellesmere , and the publisher of Loves peereless paragon ; or the attributes and progress of the Church , Serm. at S. Maries in Oxon , and at Harfield in Middlesex , on Cant. 2. 10. Oxon. 1613. qu. and perhaps of other things . Nov. 9. Will. Sparke of Magd. 17. Will. Jewell of Exet. Coll. The last of these two did translate from French into English The golden Cabinet of true Treasure , containing the summ of moral Philosophy . Lond. 1612. oct . What other things he hath translated , or what he hath written , I know not , nor any thing else of him beside , only that he was a Gentleman's Son of Devonshire , and that he became a Sojournour of Exet. Coll. an . 1603. aged 17. Adm. 97. Bach. of Div. Dec. 14. Rob. Bolton of Brasn . Feb. 22. Tho. Thompson of Qu. Coll. Will. Loe of S. Alb. Hall did supplicate for the same degree , but whether he was admitted , it appears not . Adm. 11. Doct. of Law. June 28. Alexander Sheppard of Jesus Coll. — He was a learned Civilian , but what he hath published I know not . Doct. of Physick . Jun. 26. Thom. Johnson of Oriel Coll. — He was buried in S. Maries Church in Oxon 16 Nov. 1621 ; but whether he was Author of a Book which goes under the name of Dr. Johnson entit . Practica medicinae de aegritudinibus capitis . Lond. 1602. qu. I cannot justly say . See another Thom. Johnson M. D. in these Fasti in the 2 Vol. an . 1643. Doct. of Div. June… . Rich. Mocket of All 's . Coll. July… . Walt. Bennet of New Coll. — In Sept. 1608 , he became Chauntor of the Church of Salisbury , on the death of Dr. Will. Zouch ; and on the 7 of March 1609 Archdeacon of Wilts . on the death of Dr. Edm. Lilly. In his Chauntorship succeeded Hen. Cotton , as I shall tell you in these Fasti , an . 1610 , and in his Archdeaconry one Tho. Leach 15 Nov. 1614. 19. Rob. Clay of Mert. Coll. — He afterwards succeeded Dr. Joh. Favour in the Vicaridge of Halyfax , and dying in 1628 , left by will * to the said Coll. 100 l. for two Sermons yearly to be preached to the University , ( as Dr. Bickley had formerly given to them ) to be preached by a Yorkshire Man , if any such be Fellow , or Chaplain of that College , who in his Prayer is to mention Dr. Clay sometimes Vicar of Halifax as the founder of those Sermons . Jan. 24. John Bancroft of Ch. Ch. a Compounder . — He was soon after Master of Vniversity Coll. Incorporations . Apr. 29. Thom. Wharton eldest Son of Philip Lord Wharton was incorporated M. of Arts. as he had stood at Cambridge . — He was Father to Philip Lord Wharton , who openly appeared in armes against K. Ch. 1. an . 1642. And many years after he was made one of the Privy Council to K. Will. 3. May 4. Josias Bird Bach. of Arts of Cambridge — He was now of All 's . Coll. under the inspection of his kinsman or uncle Dr. Will. Bird. Jun. 12. Hipocrates D'othon or Othen Doct. of Phys . of the Univ. of Montpellier — He died 13. Nov. 1611 and was buried in the Church of St. Clements Danes without Temple Barr , within the liberty of Westm . Jul. 11. Will. Gonge M. A. of Cambridge — He was a Native of Stratford bow in Middlesex , was educated in Kings Coll. of which he was Fellow , afterwards he was Doct. of Div. and the pious and learned Preacher of the Church in the Blackfriers in London , where in his time he was accounted the Father of the London Ministers , that is , of such , who were put in by the Authority of the rebellious Parliament in 1641 , 42. &c. He was one of the Assembly of Divines , was a good Text-man , as his Whole armour of God , Exposition † of the Hebrews , Exposition of the Lords Prayer , and other learned works ( the titles of some of which you may see in Oxf. Cat. ) shew . He is often honorably mention'd by Voetius , Streso and other outlandish Divines ; and was always accounted by the Puritan eminent for his humility , patience , and faith : He died 12. of Dec. 1653 and was buried in the said Church of the Black-fryers on the 16 of the said month , aged 79 or thereabouts . John Richardson M. A. of the same University was incorporated the same day — One Joh. Richardson was educated in Eman ▪ Coll. was afterwards D. D. Master first of Peter house , then of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , and Vicechancellour of that University . This Person , who had a hand in the translation of the Bible , appointed by King Jam. 1. died about the beginning of 1625 and was buried in Trin. Coll. Chappel . Another John Richardson , who was D. D. succeeded Dr. Walt. Balcanquall in the Deanery of Rochester , and died in Apr. 1636 , and a third John Richardson I find , who , from being D. of D. of Dublin , was made Bishop of Ardagh in Ireland : Which Bishoprick he being forced to leave upon the rebellion that broke out in that Kingdom , an . 1641 , retired to London , where he died in 1654. Whether any of these three , were the same with John Richardson the incorporated Master of Arts , I cannot now justly tell . Jul. 11. Abrah . Dickonson D. D. of Cambr. was also then incorporated in that faculty . An. Dom. 1610. An. 8. Jac. 1. Chanc. Dr. Rich. Bancroft Archb. of Canterburry , but he dying 2. Nov. Thom. Egerton Baron of Ellesmere Lord Chancellour of England , and one of the Kings Privy Council , was chosen into his place the next day , and on the tenth , was installed in the Bishop of Durhams house at London . Vicechanc. Dr. Jo. King again , Jul. 14. at which time the Chancellours letters being read for his election , 't was order'd that the Heads of Colleges and Halls should at all times be ready and diligent to assist the Vicechanc. in his government of the University , especially in matters of Religion , for the suppressing of Popery and Faction , &c. The said Dr. King was soon after Bishop of London . Proct. R●b . Pink of New Coll. Sam. Radcliffe of Bras . Coll. Apr. 17. Bach. of Musick . July 11. Thomas Bartlet of Magd. Coll. — He hath several compositions in Musick in MS. but whether extant I cannot tell . On the 26. of Apr. Richard Deering , did , as a member of Christ Church supplicate for the Degree of Bach. of Musick , and had his desire , as it seems , granted ( tho not registred ) because in matters of his composition which were soon after by him made extant , he entitles himself Bach. of Musick . — This Person who was born of , and descended from , a right antient Family of his name living in Kent , was bred up in Italy , where he obtained the name of a most admirable Musician . After his return he practised his faculty for some time in England , where his name being highly cried up , became , after many intreaties , Organist to the English Nuns living in the Monastery of the blessed Virgin Mary at Bruxells . At length after the Marriage of K. Ch. 1. he was made Organist to his Royal Comfort Henrietta Maria , with whom he continued till she was forced to leave England by the Presbyterian outrages in the time of the grand rebellion . He hath written ( 1 ) Cantica sacra ad melodiam Madrigalium elaborata senis vocibus . Antwerp 1618. qu. divided in six volumes , according to the voices . In the title of this book he write , himself Richards Deringus Bac. Mus . ( 2 ) Cantica sacra ad duas & tres voces composita , cum Basso continuo ad Organum . Lond. 1662. &c. published by John Playford , and by him dedicated to Hen. Maria the Queen Dowager , the Author ( who was always a Rom. Catholick ) having been dead about 4 or 5 years before . A second set was published in the year 1674 entit . Basso contiruo , cantica sacra ; containing Hymes and Anthems for two voices to the Organ both Lat. and English , composed by Rich. Deering , Christopher Gibbons , Ben. Rogers , Matthew Lock , and others . Printed in fol. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 26. Will. Page of Balliol , afterwards of Allsouls , Coll. 27. Hen. Welstede of Broadgates hall — See among the Masters , an . 1612. 3● . Christoph . Potter of Queens June 14. Rob. Skinner of Trin. Coll. 21. Nich. Grey of Ch. Ch. 28. Griffin Higgs of St. Johns Jul. 5. Nath. Carpenter of Exet. Coll. Nov. 6. Will. Strode of Broadgates hall . Quare . Dec. 13. Tho. Nevill of Trin. Coll. — He was the eldest Son of Sir Hen. Nevill Knight 〈…〉 of Abergavenny . 17. Christoph . White of Ch. Ch. Jan. 24. Humph. Sidetham of Exeter , afterwards of Wadham , Coll. 28. Gilbert Wats of Linc. Coll. Jasp . Fisher of Magd. hall , afterwards of Magd. Coll. was admitted the same day . Of all these Bachelaurs , only Nath. Carpenter , Christoph . White and Jasp . Fisher have been largely mention'd in this vol. among the Writers . As for the others that are Writers , they are to be mention'd in the next vol. Admitted 183. Mast . of Arts. May 15. Edward Chaloner of Magd. Coll. afterwards of All 's . June 22. John Reading of Magd. hall . 26. Hen. Cotton of Brasn . Coll. a Compounder — This Person , who was the Son of Dr. Hen. Cotton B. of Salisbury , became Prebendary of Fordington and Writhlington in the said Church , on the death of Dr. Will. Zouch , 29. Sept. 1608 , Preb. of Bytton on the death of Meredith Morgan , 4. Dec. 1612 , Chauntor thereof by the death of Dr. Walt. Bennet 30. July 1614 , and at length Prebendary of Highworth in the said Church of Sarum by the death of Dr. Pet. Lilye , on the eleventh day of March following . He died in 1622 , and was succeeded in the Chauntorship by Dr. Humph. Henchman , afterwards B. of Sa●um . Jul. 4. Joh. Wylde of Ball. Coll. — This Person who was the eldest Son of Serj. Geo Wylde of Droitwich in Worcestershire , was about this time a Student in the Inner Temple , of which he became Lent reader 6. Car. 1. afterwards Serjeant at Law , and Lord chief Baron of the Exchecquer in the time of the rebellion . This was the Person who drew up the Impeachment against the Bishops , and by him sent to the H. of Lords , an . 1641. being the prime manager in that affair , and what he wrot as to that matter , was afterwards printed He was the same also who , upon the command , or rather desire , of the great Men sitting at Westminister , did condemn to death at Winchester one Capt. J●hn Burley for causing a drum to be beat up for God and K. Ch. at Newport in the Isle of Wight , in order to rescue his captiv'd King , an . 1647. For which act , ( after Burley had been executed at Winton , on the 10. Feb. the same year ) he received 1000 l. out of the privy purse of Derby-house . About the same time also he received another 1000 l. ( as 't was then confidently affirmed ) for the acquittance of Major Rolph who had a design to murder or poyson the said King ; so 't was all one to him whether he hung or hung not , so he got the beloved pelf . After Oliver came to the Protectorship , he retired and acted not , but when the Rump Parliament was restored after Richards deprivation , then was he restored to the Exchecquer , and after K. Charles 2. returned , lived about 9 years in a retired condition . At length giving way to fate at Hamstede near London , his body was buried at Wherwell in Hampshire , which is a Lordship belonging to Charles Lord de la Warr , who married Anne Dau. and Heir of the said John Wylde . Jul. 5. Joh. Seller or Sellar of Oriel Coll. — One of both his names hath published Five Sermons — Lond. 1636. oct . and other things . Whether the same with him of Oriel , who was a Ministers Son of Glocestershire , I cannot tell , unless I could see the said Sermons . Nor do I know anything to the contrary , but that he may be the same with John Seller of C. C. Coll. a Ministers Son of Kent , who was admitted Bach. of Arts 18. Feb. 1611. and Master 2. Jul. 1614. This last John Seller being a learned Man , Mr. Rich. James , ( whom I have mentioned among the Writers 1638. ) numbred him among his learned acquaintance , and therefore wrot divers Epistles to him . Jan. 23. Hugh Robinson of New Coll. Bach. of Physick . Apr. 30. Theodore Goulson M. of A. of Merton Coll. — He was the only Bach. of Phys . that was admitted this year . See among the Doct. following . Bach. of Div. Mar 27. Tho. Winniffe Geor. Hakewill of Ex. June 21. Josias White of New 25. Brian Twyne Thom. Jackson Henry Masen of Corp. Ch. Coll. July 5. Barnab . Potter of Qu. Coll. Will. Piers of Ch. Ch. Which two last were afterwards Bishops . 6. Rob. Barnes of Magd. Coll. — This Person who was Son of Joseph Barnes Printer to the University of Oxon and Fellow of the said Coll. of St. Mary Magd. became afterwards Minister of Greys in Oxfordshire , by the favour of William Viscount Wallingford , and published A Sermon preached at Henly at the visitation , 27. Apr. 1626 , on Psal . 9. 16. Oxon 1626. qu. besides a collection of Verses made on the death of Will. Son of Arth. L. Grey of Wilton . Admitted 26. Doct. of Law. Apr. 30. Francis Alexander of New College , Prebendary of Winchester . June 21. Tho. Ryves of the same Coll. — He is to be remembred among the Writers in the 2. vol. Doct. of Phys . Apr. 30. Theodore Gouls●n of Merton Coll. — He accumulated the Degrees in Physick , being now much in esteem for his knowledge therein . Doct. of Div. June 11. Ralph Barlow of C. C. C. originally of Oriel , and afterwards of New Coll. was then admitted D. of D. in the quality of a Compounder — In Sept. an . 1621. he succeeded Rich. Meredith in the Deanery of Wells , and dying there , was buried in the Cathedral 27. July 1631. Whereupon Dr. George Warburton Dean of Glocester succeeded him in that Dignity . 13. Francis Kerrie of Ball. Coll. a Compounder — He was now Canon residentiary of Hereford . June 13. Job . Best July 5. Silvan . Griffith of Ch. Ch. Which two were Compounders , the last being Archdeacon of Hereford . 6. John Parkhurst Will. Langton of Magd. Coll. The first of these two last , was afterwards Master of Balliol , and the other President of that of St. Mary Magd. Coll. Incorporations . Apr. 18. John Donne sometimes of Hart hall , now M. of A. of Cambridge , was then incorporated in that Degree — On the 17. of the same month , he supplicated to proceed in the faculty of Arts , and to have all exercises requisite to perform for that Degree , be omitted . The reason was , as 't is said in the publick register , quod huic Academiae maximè ornamento sit , ut ejusmodi viri optime de reipublica & ecclesia meriti gradibus Academicis insigniantur , &c. The next day , he , with one John Porye M. A. of Cambridge were incorporated , as the said register tells us , tho in another place therein , 't is said he was admitted to pr●ceed , yet stood not in the Act following to compleat that Degree . 24. Ralph Cudworth Bach. of Div. of Cambridge — He was afterwards D. of D. Rector of Aller in the Dioc. of B. and Wells &c. where he died ( as it seems ) either in Aug. or Sept. 1624. Another of both his names , a Presbyterian , and a Writer , was bred in Eman. Coll. was afterwards Master of Clare hall , D. D. Hebrew Professor , &c. in the said University . July 6. James Meddous or Medowes ( Meddusius ) D. of D. of the University of Basil in Germany — He was a Cheshire Man born , had formerly studied Arts and Div. in the University of Heidelberg , was now Chaplain to Peregrine Lord Willoughby , and afterwards to His Majesty K. Jam. 1. What he hath written I cannot justly say : Sure I am that he hath translated from high Dutch into English , A Sermon preached before Frederick 5. Prince Elector of Palatine and the Princess Lady Elizabeth , by Abrah . Scultetus Chaplain to his Highness , on Psal . 147. 1 , 2 , 3. &c. Lond. 1613. oct . and perhaps other things , but such I have not yet seen . 10. John Norton Bach. of Arts of Cambridge — The two names of this Person being common , I cannot therefore say that he was the same John Norton who was Minister of the Church of New England , Author of Responsio ad Guliel . Apollonii Syllogen , ad componendas controversias in Anglia . Lond. 1648. oct . and other things . One John Norton was Proctor of Cambridge after this time . Griffin Williams M. of A. of the same University , was incorporated the same day — He was sometimes of Ch. Ch. in this University , was afterwards a frequent Writer , and Bishop of Ossorie in Ireland , and therefore is to be remembred at large in the next vol. Henry Thurcross M. of A. of the said University also , was then ( Jul. 10. ) incorporated — He was collated to the Archdeaconry of Clievland in the Dioc. of York , in the place of John Philipps promoted to the See of Sodor or the Isle of Man , on the second day of Aug. 1619. Which Dignity he resigning 1635 was succeeded by Timothy Thurcross Bach. of Divinity . Jan. 22. David Foulis M. A. of Glascoe in Scotland — He is stiled in one of the registers Colintoni Comarchi filius . See another of both his names in these Fasti , an . 1605. Lud●vicus Capellus or Cappellus a young French Man of great hopes , became a Sojournor in the University in the beginning of this year , and in the month of Feb. did answer publickly in Disputations in Divinity , in the School allotted for that faculty , and about the same time gave books to the publick Library . He was afterwards an eminent Hebrician , Tutor to the famous Sam. Bochartus , and Author of divers most excellent books , as you may see in the Oxford Catalogue : Among which are his Critica Sacra , much commended by Hug. Grotius . This L●d . Capellus was living at Saumor in France , an . 1656 , and perhaps some years after . An. Dom. 1611. An. 9. Jac. 1. Chanc. Tho. Lord Egerton Baron of Ellesonere . Vicech . Dr. Tho. Singleton Principal of Brasn . Coll. the same who had been Vicech . 1598. Proct. Norwych Spackman of Ch. Ch. John Dunster of Magd. Coll. Apr. 3. Bach. of Arts. Jun. 10. Franc. White Tho. Freeman of Magd. Coll. Of the first of which two , you may see more among the Masters 1614. 19. Henry King John King Rich. Gardiner of Ch. Ch. The two first of these three , were the Sons of Dr. John King Bishop of London . Oct. 12. Mich. Jermin Rich. Jeames of C. C. Coll. Nov. 4. William Nicolson of Magd. 12. Hugh Lloyd Sam. Yerworth of Oriel Coll. The first of these last three , was afterwards Bishop of Glocester , and the second of Landaff . 26. George Jay Edw. Terry of Ch. Ch. Of the first of these last two , you are to expect a farther account among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1660. Dec. 16. Tho. Vicars of Qu. Coll. Jan. 29. Immanuel Bourne of Ch. Ch. Feb. 15. H●zekiah Woodward of Ball. Coll. 18. Rich. Spencer Edw. Spencer of C. C. Coll. Both the Sons of Rob. Lord Spencer , which is all I know of them , only that Richard was afterwards M. of A. As for Gardiner , Jermin , Nicolson , Lloyd , Yerworth or Jeruvorthius , Terry , Bourne and Woodward , beforemention'd ; I shall speak more at large in the 2. vol. of this work . Admitted 218. Bach. of Law. Between the ending of one register and beginning of another , which hapned this year , not one Bachelaur of Law occurs admitted . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 18. John Wall of Ch. Ch. 20. Jam. Martin of Broadgates hall — This Person , who was a German born , hath published The Kings way to Heaven , on 1. Sam. 12. 23 , 24. Lond. 1615. oct . and had then , as he saith , ended his work against Baronius , but what that was , he tells us not , neither in truth can I yet tell . He was intimate with the learned Doctor Prideaux , and was then ( being 58 years of age ) Master of Arts of both the Universities in England . June 4. Isaac Colfe of Ch. Ch. Jul. 1. Nich. Guy of Hart hall . — He was a Hampshire Man born , and hath published Pieties Pillar , fun . Serm. for Mrs. Elizab. Gouge , on Joh. 11. 26. Lond. 1626. in oct . and perhaps other things . Qu●ere . 4. Rich. Gove of Magd. hall . 5. Rog. Manwaring of All 's . Nov. 13. Will. Sla●yer of Brasn . 28. Michael Wigmore of Oriel Jan. 23. John Harris of New Coll. Feb. 12. Thom. Prior of Broadgates hall — He was afterwards Prebendary of Glocester and the Author of A Sermon at the funeral of Miles late Bishop of Glocester , preached in the Cath. Ch. of Glouc. 9. Nov. 1624 , on 2. Tim. 1. 12. Lond. 1632. fol. put at the end of certain Sermons penn'd by the said Miles Bishop of Glocester . What other things the said Prior hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was a Ministers Son of Glocestershire , and that dying in 1634 he left behind him a Son named Ch●istoph . Prior of Ball. Coll. of whom you may see more among the creations of Doctors of Div. an . 1642. March 9. Peter Turner of Mert. Coll. Admitted 105. Bach. of Phys . Jun. 20. Sim. Ba●kervile Rob. Vilvaine of Ex. Coll. Besides these two , were only two more admitted , viz. Edward Lapworth of Magd. Coll. and Tho. Cloyton of Ball. C. Bach. of Div. May 6. John Prideaux Dan. Price of Ex. Coll. 28. Barthelm . Parsons of Or. June 10. John Lee of All 's . Coll. The last of which two , became Treasurer of the Church of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Tho. White deceased , 29. Apr. 1624 , and dying there in 1634 , was succeeded in that Dignity by Edward Davenant , 19. Nov. the same year . Jun. 25. Rich. Carpenter Lewes Bayly of Ex. C. 27. John Day of Oriel Nov. 14. John Gianvill of Ball. Coll. This last Person hath written Articuli Christiane fidei quam ecclesia profitetur Anglicana , versu ( quoad ejus fieri potuit ) expressi facillimo . Oxon. 1613. qu. in 6 Sh. What he hath written besides , or whether he took any Degree in Arts in this University , I know not . He was living in 1614 in which year he gave several books to the Bodleian Library . Admitted 24. ☞ Not one Doct. of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . Jun ●0 . Edw. Lapworth of Magd. Sim. Baskervile of Exet. Tho. Clayton of Balliol Rob Vilvaine of Exet. Coll. All which did accumulate the Degrees in Physick . As for Lapworth he was afterwards the first Reader of the Lecture of Nat. Philosophy founded by Sir Will. Sedley . and dying in the City of Bathe ( where he usually practised in the Summer time ) 23. May 1636 , as I have somewhere before told you , was buried in the great Church there dedicated to St. Pet. and St. Paul. The second Sim. Baskervile , was now in great esteem for his admirable knowledge in Medicine , ( as before he had been for his humanity and philosophy ) was afterwards knighted by K. Ch. 1. and dying 5. July 1641 aged 68 years , was buried in the Cath. Ch. of St. Paul in the City of London . The third , T. Clayton , was soon after the Kings Professor of Phys . in this University , and at length the last Principal of Broadgates hall and the first Master of Pembroke Coll. The last , R. Vilvaine being afterwards a Writer , I shall mention him at large in the 2. vol. Doct. of Div. Apr. 10. Tho. Ireland of Linc. Coll. — This Person who was afterwards Prebendary of York and Southwell , hath published one or more Sermons as ( 1 ) Serm. on Ecclesiastes 8. 2. — Pr. 1610. qu. &c. Another of both his names and time was a common Lawyer of Greys Inn , and a Knight , and the abridger in English of Sir Jam. Dyer's Reports . — pr. 1651. and of the Eleven books of Reports of Sir Edward Coke . — pr. 1656. But whether this last ( Tho. Ireland ) was originally of Oxon , I cannot yet tell . June 6. Samuel Page of C. C. 20. John Denison Rich. Kinge of Ball. Coll. July 2. Christoph . Hooke of Magd. Mich. Boyle of St. Johns Geor. Hakewill of Ex. Coll. Incorporations . July 5. Thom. Spackman Doct. of Phys . of Cambridge — He hath written and published A declaration of such grievous accidents that commonly follow the biting of mad dogs , together with the cure thereof . Lond. 1613. qu ▪ and perhaps other things . Qu●re . 9. John ●●wers M. of A. of Cambr. — He was a Norfolk Man born , was bred Fellow of Queens Coll. in the said University , was afterwards D. of D. Chaplain to William Earl of Northampton , ( who confer'd upon him the benefice of Castle-Ashby in Northamptonshire ) Dean of Peterborough in the place of Dr. Will. Piers promoted to the Episcopal See thereof , an . 1630 , and on the 8. of Mar 1638 was installed Bishop of that place . After the Long Parliament began , he was one of the twelve Bishops who drew up a protestation against all such Laws , Orders , Votes , Resolutions , and Determinations , which should be done in their absence from the 27. Dec. 1641 to be null and of no effect , &c. Whereupon he with the said Bishops were committed Prisoners to the Tower , where they continued above four Months . Afterwards being released , Towers retired to the King at Oxon , and continued there till the surrender of that garrison for the use of the Parliament , and then most of the Royal Party being put to their shifts , he went to Peterborough , where dying in an obscure condition 10. Januar. 1648 , was buried the day following in the Cath. Church of Peterborough . In the year 1660 were four of his Sermons published in octavo , one of which was preached at the baptism of James Earl of Northampton , and another at the funeral of William Earl of that place . July 9. Anth. Sleepe Master of Arts of the same University — This Person who was a member of Trinity Coll. was so excellent an Orator , that he gave K. Jam… . occasion several times to say that Is . Wake Orator of the Vnive sity of Oxon had a good Ciceronian stile , but his utterance and matter was so grave , 〈◊〉 when he spake before him he was apt to sleep , but Sleep the Dep●ty Orator of Cambr. was quite contra●y , for he never spake but kept him awake , and made him apt to laugh . Isaac Bargrave M. A. of the same University was incorporated the same day . — This learned Gentleman was the Son of Robert Bargrave of Bridge in Kent , was afterwards D. of D. Chaplain to Prince Charles , Pastor of St. Margarets Church in Westminster , afterwards Chaplain to that Prince when he became King , and about 1625 was made Dean of Cante●bury in the place of Dr. Joh. Boys . He hath published several Sermons , the titles of three of which , are in the Oxford Catalogue , and dying in 1642 was succeeded by Dr. Geor. Eglionby . July 9. Thom. Westfield Bach. of Div. of Cambr. — He was a Native a of the Parish of St. Mary in the City of Ely , was educated in Grammaticals there , in Academicals in Jesus Coll. in the said University , of which he was made successively Scholar and Fellow . Afterwards he became Curat or Assistant to Dr. Nich. Felton while he was Minister of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside , Rector of Hornsey near , and of Great St. Bartholmew in , London , Archdeacon of St. Albans , and at length ( in 1641 ) advanced to the See of Bristow ; where dying 25. June 1644. was buried in the Cathedral at the upper end of the isle joyning to the Choire on the North side . After his death were published of his composition . ( 1 ) Englands face in Israels glass , eight Sermons on Psal . 106. 19. 20. &c. — printed 1646. qu. They were published again afterwards . with others added to them . ( 2 ) White robe , or surplice vindicated , in several Sermons ; — pr. 1660. 63. in oct . &c. John Pocklington Bach. of Div. of Pemb. hall in Cambr. was incorporated in that Degree the same day — See more among the Incorporations , an . 1603. Thom. Bonham Doctor of Phys . of the same University , was incorporated the same day ▪ July 9. — There is a book going under his name , which is thus intituled . The Chirurgeons Closet : or , an Antidotary Chirurgical , fornished with variety and choice of Apophlegms , balmes , bathes , &c. Lond. 1630. qu. The greatest part whereof was scatter'dly set down in sundry books and papers of the said Dr. Bonham ; afterwards drawn into method and form , as now they are , ( in the said book ) by Edward Poeton of Petworth , Licentiat in Physick and Chirurgery , late , and long servant to the aforesaid Dr. B●nham . Nov. 11. Franc. Kinaston M. A. of Cambridge , lately of Oriel Coll. Mar. 9. Will. Young M. A. of Aberdeen in Scotland , now a Student in Lincoln Coll. In the latter end of this year one Matthew Evans a Gentleman of London , well skill'd in the Hebrew , Greek , Lat. and Vulgar tongues , sojourned in the University , purposely to compleat certain writings lying by him , for the benefit of the learned republick . &c. Thus in the license , granted to him by the ven . congregation , in order to his admission into the pub . Library . But what writings they were that he was about to finish with the help of the said Lib. I know not , nor any thing else of the Man. An. Dom. 1612. An. 10. Jac. 1. Chanc. the● same . Vicechanc. the same July 28. Proct. Tho. Seller of Trin. Coll. Rich. Corbet of Ch. Ch. Ap. 22 ▪ The junior of which was afterwards Bishop of Oxon and Norwich . Bach. of Arts. May 5. Richard Steuart of Magd. hall , afterwards of All 's . Coll. 14. Rob. Weld●n Barten Holyday of Ch. Ch. July 1. Jerem. Stephens Vivian Molineux of Brasn . Coll. The last of these two who was Son of Sir Rich. Molineux of Sefton in Lanc. and Visc . Molineux of Marybourgh in Ireland , travelled afterwards into several forreign Countries , was at Rome , where , ( tho puritanically educated under the tuition of Sam. Radcliff of Brasn . Coll ) he changed his Religion , returned a well bred Man , was 〈◊〉 , and in the grand Rebellion suffer'd for the royal cause . 〈◊〉 translated from Spanish into English A treatise of the difference betwixt the temporal and eternal . Lond. 1672. oct . written originally by Eusebius Nieremberg , S. ● . Feb. 8. Will. Thomas of Bras . Coll. Of about 198 Bachelaurs of Arts that were admitted this year , I only find the aforesaid five Persons ( Molineux being excepted ) who were afterwards Writers , as in the other volume you shall see at large . Bach. of Law. Nov. 16. Robert Gentilis of All 's . Coll. Son of Aubrey Gentilis — Besides him ( who will be mention'd also in the next vol. ) were only three more admitted . Mast . of Arts. May 5. Gilb. Ironside of Trin. Coll. 14. Edw. Boughen Gabriel Clarke of Ch. Ch. The last of these two , I take to be the same Gabr. Clarke who was collated to the Archdeaconry of Northumberland by Dr. Neile Bishop of Durham , upon the resignation of Dr. John Craddock , 7. Aug. 1619. Which G. Clarke , ( who is stiled D. D. in the Registers of the Church of Durham ) became Archdeacon of Durham by the same hand , on the death of Will. Moreton Bach. of Divinity , in the beginning of Sept. 1620. Tho. Dugard of Ch. Ch. was adm . the same day — Quaere . 23. Sam. Smith Accepted Frewen of Magd. Coll. June 30. Percivall Burrell of Ch. Ch. — This Person who was originally of Hart hall , and afterwards Preacher at Suttons Hospital called the Charter-house near London , published Suttons Synagogue , or the English Centurion , Serm. on Luke 7. part of the 5. vers . Lond. 1629. qu. and perhaps other things . Jul. 2. Edw. Cotton of Ch. Ch. a Compounder — He was Son of Will. Cotton Bishop of Exeter , and was about this time Archdeacon of Totness in the Dioc. of Exeter . He departed this life in 1647 whereupon his Archdeaconry continuing void till the restauration of K. Charles 2. Franc. Fulwood D. D. then succeeded . 9. Thom. Hayne of Linc. Tho. Howell of Jesus Will. Greenhill of Magd. Coll. Jan… . John Heath Hen. Welstede of New Coll. The last of these two , who was now Chaplain , as I conceive of New Coll. but lately of Broadgates hall , was the same Welstede who wrot and published The cure of a hard heart — printed 1624. 5. Mar. 5. Nathaniel Grenfeild of St. Edm. hall . — He was afterwards Preacher at Whitfield in Oxfordshire , and the writer and publisher of The great day ; or a Sermon setting forth the desperate estate and condition of the wicked at the day of Judgment , on Rev. 6. 15 , 16 , 17. Lond. 1615. oct . and perhaps of other things . Quaere . 18. Anthony White Chaplain of C. C. Coll. — He was afterwards Vicar of Wargrave in Berks. and the writer and publisher of ( 1 ) Truth purchased , on Prov. 23. ver . 23. ( 2 ) Errour abandoned , on Jam. 1. 16. — Both which were preached at St. Maries in Oxford , and were printed at Oxon. 1628 , and dedicated by the Author to his Patron Sir Hen. Nevill of Billingbere . Admitted 110. Bach. of Div. July 9. Will. Bridges Will. Twisse of New Coll. The first of these two , who was Son to Dr. John Bridges Bishop of Oxon , was , by his Fathers endeavours , made Archdeacon of that Diocess , in June 1614 , ( he being then one of the Fellows of Wykehams Coll. near Winchester ) which dignity he holding to the time of his death , was succeeded by Barten Holyday of Ch. Ch. before the year 1626. July 9. Franc. James H●n . Byam of Ch. Ch. Of the first you may see more among the D. of D. an . 1614. Admitted 22. Doct. of Law. Jun. 30. Nathaniel Harris of New Coll. — He died at Blechingley in Surr●y 1625. Basil Wood of All 's . Coll. — He was about this time Chancellour of St. Asaph and of Rochester . July 9. Arthur Ducke Dec. 7. Charles Caesar of All 's . Coll. The last who was a younger Son of St. Julius Caesar Master of the Rolls , was afterwards a Knight , Judge of the Audience , and Master of the Faculties . ☜ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jun 30. John Prideaux John Whetcomb of Exet. Coll. July 2. Will. Whyte of Trin. Coll. 16. John Brookes of Vniv. Coll. — He was about this time Canon residentiary of York , and in Apr. 1615 became chauntor thereof , in the place of Hen. Banks D. D. who had been admitted thereunto in Apr. 1613 on the death of John Gibson LL. D. and Knight , which hapned 28. Feb. 1612. As for the said Brokes he died 23 March 1616. aged 49 and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at York . Janu. 27. John Abbott of Ball. Coll. Incorporations . June 30. George Ramsey a Scot , was incorporated M. of A. as he had stood elsewhere . On the 14. Jul. being the day after the publick Act had been celebrated , these Cantabrigians following were incorporated . July 14. Henry Burton M. A. — This Person who made a great noise and disturbance in his time , was born in an obscure town called Birdsall in Yorkshire , educated in St. Johns Coll. in the said University , afterwards was Tutor or Master to the Sons of Robert Lord Carey of Lepington , ( whose Lady was Governess to Pr. Char. when a Child ) sole officer ( which some call Clerk ) in the Closet of Pr. Henry ; and after his death to the said Prince Charles , removed from his Service when that Prince became Kings for his pragmaticalness and impudence in demonstrating by a letter , which he presented to the said King , how popishly affected were Dr. Neile and Dr. Laud his continual attendants . About that time he being made Minister of St. Matthews Church in Friday-street in London , his Sermons which he preached there ( some of which he afterwards published ) savouring of nothing else but of schisme , sedition , and altogether against His Majesties Declaration , he was for so doing , and especially for publishing two-virulent Pamphlets not only brought before the Council-board , but several times into the High Commission Court , for what he had said and done , and afterwards imprison'd , fin'd , degraded , deprived of his benefice , pillorized with Prynne and Bastwicke , lost his ears , condemn'd to perpetual imprisonment in Lancaster Goal first , and afterwards in the Castle in the Isle of Guernsey . From which last place being released by the members of that Parliament which began at Westminster 3. Nov. 1640 , was ( with Prynne and Bastwick ) brought home in triumph to the great contempt of justice , was restored to his benefice and well rewarded for his losses . The titles of several of his books you may see in the Oxford Catalogue , and some that are not there , I shall here set down , viz. ( 1 ) The Law and the Gospel reconciled against the Antinomians . printed 1631. qu. ( 2 ) The sounding of the two last Trumpets ; or Meditations on the ninth , tenth , and eleventh Chapters of the Revelations . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 3 ) Relation of Mr. Chillingworth . This I have not yet seen . ( 4 ) A Narration of his life ( viz. of H. Burton ) &c. Lond. 1643. qu. ( 5 ) Parliaments power for Laws in Religion . printed 1645. oct . ( 6 ) Conformities deformity , &c. pr. 1646. the Author being then 67 years of age . Afterwards seeing what strange courses the great Men at Westminster took , he grew more moderate , notwithstanding he was an Independent , and lived , as I conceive , till they took off his old Masters Head. Rich. Franklin M. of A. — I take this Person to be the same with R. Franklin , who was Bach. of Divinity , Minister of Elsworth in Cambridgshire and Author of Tractatus de tonis in Lingua Graecamca , &c. Lond. 1630. oct . Thomas Walkington Bach. of Div. — He was afterwards Doctor of that faculty , Minister of Fulham near London and the writer and publisher of Rabboni ; Mary Magd. tears of sorrow and solace , preached at Pauls cross , on Joh. 20. 16. Lond. 1620. oct . and of another Sermon on Ecclesiastes 12. 10. &c. John Gostlyn or Goslyn Doct. of Physick — He was born in the City of Norwych , educated in Caius Coll. was afterwards Proctor of Cambridge , Master of the said Coll. and twice Vicechancellour of that University . He had the repute of a general Scholar , an eloquent * Artist and one that was admirably well skill'd in Physick , of which faculty he was the Kings Professor in the said University . He died in Oct. or Nov. 1626 , and was buried near to the body of his worthy Friend and Patron Dr. Legg , in the Chappel of the said Coll. of Caius , to which he was a very considerable benefactor . One of his Sirname was Author of Aurifodina Linguae Galliae . Alexander Bound D. of D. — He was sometimes of Kings Coll. was afterwards Vice-provost of Eaton and Rector of the rich Church of Petworth in Sussex ; where , as also in Cambridge , he was esteemed a godly , learned and religious Man. Andrew Bing D. of D. — On the 12 May 1606 , he was collated to the subdeanery of York , upon the resignation of one Hen. Wright , ( who , when he was M. of A. succeeded Edmund Bunny in that Dignity , an . 1575. ) and on the 13 Apr. 1618 , he was installed Archbdeacon of Norwych in the place of Tho. Jegon D. D. who died in the latter end of 1617 , being then Master of C. C. Coll. in Cambridge and Patron of the Parsonage of Sibell Henningham in Essex ; where , if I mistake not , he the said Jegon was buried . Which Cantabrigians I say , viz. H. Burton , R Franklin , T. Walkington , J. Gostlym , A. Bound , and A. Bing , were incorporated in their respective degrees , on the 14 July before mention'd . Will. Conway Doct. of Phys . of Caen in Normandy , was incorporated the same day . Jan. 14. John Balcanquall M. A. of Edinburgh . — He was a Scotch man born , was now Fellow of Exeter Coll. and afterwards Rector of Tatinhills in Staffordshire , where he died about the latter end of 1646 , which is all I know of him , only that he was after this year Bach. of Div. March 18. Philibert Vernatti Doctor of both the Laws of the University of Leyden . — One of both his names was afterwards a Baronet in Scotland , and another , who was a Knight , hath a Relation of making Ceruss , in the Philosophical Transactions , numb . 137. an . 1677. Creations . Oct. 30. Francis More Esq . sometimes of S. Joh. Coll. in this University , now an eminent Professor of the municipal Laws , was actually created Mast . of Arts in the house of Convocation . He is mention'd at large among the Writers , an . 1621. In the latter end of this year , Frederick Count Palatine of the Rhyne , Prince Elector of the Empire , and afterwards King of Bohemia , ( who had lately married Princess Elizabeth the only Daughter of K. Jam. 1. ) came to visit the University , where being sumptuously entertained , was pleased with his own hand writing to matriculate himself a member of the University ( sub tit . Aed . Chr. ) with this Symbole , Rege me Domine secundum verbum tuum . An. Dom. 1613. An. 11 Jac. 1. Chanc. Tho. Lord Egerton . Vicechanc. Dr. Singleton again , Jul. 24. Proct. Anth. Richardson of Qu. Coll. Vincent Goddard of Magd. Coll. Apr. 14. Bach. of Musick . Jul. 8. Martin Pearson . — He was afterwards Master of the Choristers of S. Pauls Cathedral , while Joh. Tomkins was Organist , and a composer of certain Church Services and Anthems . He died about the latter end of Dec. 1650 , being then an Inhabitant of the Parish of S. Gregory near to the said Cathedral , and was buried in S. Faiths Church adjoyning . Whereas most Musitians dye obscurely and in a mean condition , this died so rich , as to leave to the poor of Marsh in the Parish of Dunnington in the Isle of Ely , an hundred pounds to be laid out for a purchase for their yearly use . May…John Amner Organist of the Cath. Church of Ely , and Master of the Choristers there . — He hath composed and published Sacred Hymns of three , four , five , and six parts for Voices and Viols . Lond. 1615. qu. as also certain Anthems ; the words of one of which , are in James Clifford's Collection , mention'd before in the year 1548. Bach. of Arts. May 13. Joh. S●ull of Mert. Coll. — See among the Masters 1616. Jun. 17. Tho Goffe Benj. Cox Rich. Parre of Brasn . Coll. of Ch. Ch. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man. Jul. 8. Owen Morgan or Morgan Owen of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Landaff . Jul. 8. Will. Foster of S. Johns Franc. Potter of T●in . Coll. Oct. 21. George Singe of Ball. Coll. — He became Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland , 1638. 26. Tho. Randol of Brasn . Nov. 15. Tho. Stafford of Exet. Coll. Of the first of these two last you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1624. and of the other in my discourse of George Carew among the Writers , under the year 1629. 18. Will. Lucy of Trin. Dec. 1. Joh West of Magd. 17. Jam. Howell of Jes . Coll. The first of these last three , was afterwards Bishop of S. Davids , and the second , was Son of the Lord de la Warr. Feb 9. Jo. Angell 10. Alex. Huish of Magd. Hall. The last of these two was afterwards one of the original Scholars of Wadham Coll. and a Writer of note . Feb. 17. Bevill Grenevil of Exeter Coll. the eldest Son of a Kt. was then admitted not only Bach. of Arts , but about the same time the senior Collector of the Bachelaurs that determined this year . — He was afterwards a Knight , and much famed for his exemplary Loyalty to K. Ch. 1. in the beginning of the Rebellion , which was raised by a prevalent Party ( Presbyterians ) in the two houses of Parliament , an . 1642. He was killed in his Majesty's Service at Lansdowne near Bathe , 5 July 1643 , leaving a Son behind him named John , sometimes a Gent. Com. in Gloc. Hall. made the first Earl of Bathe of his name , by K. Ch. 2. Soon after Sir Bevil's death , came out a Book of Verses made by several Oxonians , wherein you 'll find much of his Worth and Gallantry . He had a Brother named Sir Rich. Grenevill , who had received some Education in this University , was afterwards a stout maintainer of the Kings Cause in the said Rebellion , was High Sheriff of Devon. 1645 , and Author of A narrative of the affairs of the West , since the defeat of the Earl of Essex , at Lestithiell in Cornwal , an . 1644. in 3 sheets in qu. Feb. 17. Henry Carey of Exeter Coll. the eldest Son of a Knight , was also then admitted Bachelaur , and the junior Collector . He was afterwards Earl of Monmouth , and a frequent Translator of Books , as I shall hereafter tell you . Thom. Carey of the same Coll. was admitted on the same day . — This Themas , who was younger Brother to the said Henry Carey , was born in Northumberland while his Father Sir Robert Carey was Warden of the Marches towards Scotland , proved afterwards a most ingenious Poet , and was Author of several Poems printed scatter'dly in divers Books ; one of which , beginning Farewel fair Saint , &c. had a vocal Composition of two parts set to it by the sometimes famed Musitian Henry Lawes . Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1642 , he adhered to his Majesty , being then of the Bedchamber to , and much esteemed by him . But after that good King had lost his head , he took it so much to heart , that he fell suddenly sick , and died before the expiration of the year 1643 , aged 53 , or thereabouts . Soon after his Body was buried in a Vault ( the burying place of his Family ) under S. Joh Bapt. Chappel within the precincts of S. Peter's Church in Westminster . Mar. 3. Will. Pemble of Magd. Coll. As for Cox , Parr , Morgan , Potter , Singe , Lucy ▪ Howell , Angell , and Huish , will be large mention made in the other Volume of this work , or elsewhere . Adm. 189. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 28. Nath. Carpenter of Exet. Coll. June 10. Nich. Grey of Ch. Ch. July 8. Christop . Potter of Qu. Dec. 3. Humph. Sydenham of Wadham Jan. 27. Giles Widdowes of Oriel Coll. Jasper Fisher of Magd. Hall was admitted the same day . Adm. 102. Bach. of Phys. March ult . Tobias Venner of S. Albans Hall. — Not one besides him was admitted this year . Bach. of Div. June 17. Thom. Powell of Bras . Coll. — He hath published A Sermon preached at S. Maries in Oxon , on Exod. 28. 34. Oxon. 1613. qu. and perhaps others , or else certain Theological Tracts , which is all I know of him , only that he was a Caernarvanshire man born . Jul. 8. Will. Symonds of Magd. Dan. Faireclough of C. C. Coll. Nov. 25. Rich. Tillesley of S. Joh. Dec. 1. Joh. Warner of Magd. Coll. Adm. 13. Doct. of Law. Apr. 28. Joh. Hosk●ns of New Coll. — He was commonly called John Hoskins junior , as I have among the Writers told you . Doct. of Phys . June 21. Dan. Price Lew. Bayly of Ex. Coll. Jul. 8. Will. Symonds of Magd. Coll. who accumulated . Nov. 9. John Flemmyng Warden of Wadham Coll. formerly Fellow of that of Exeter , and about this time one of his Majesties Chaplains . 29. Will. Ballow of Ch. Ch. — He died in Dec. 1618. Dec. 1. George Carleton of Mert. Coll. Joh. Wilkinson of Magd. Hall. The last of the said two Doctors was now Principal of the said Hall of S. M. Magd. and afterwards was President of Magd. Coll. but hath published nothing . One John Wilkinson hath written An Exposition of the 13 chapt . of the Revelations of Jesus Christ . Printed privately in 1619. qu. The publisher of which tells us , that it was the purpose and desire of the Author of the said Book to have published his judgment of the whole Book of the Revelation , but through the malice of the Prelates , ( as he adds ) who divers times spoiled him of his goods and kept him many years in prison , he was prevented of his purpose . He tells us also , that after his death some of his Labours coming into the hands of his Friends in scatter'd and imperfect papers , they laboured with the help of others , that heard him declare his judgment therein , to set forth the said little Book or Treatise . Whether this Joh. Wilkinson was of Oxon. I cannot yet tell , neither whether he was the same Joh. Wilkinson M. of A. who became Rector of Babcary in Somersetshire , in Apr. 1587. Another Joh. Wilkinson was a Lawyer of Bernards Inn near London , who hath published A treatise collected out of the Statutes of this Kingdom concerning the Office and Authority of Coroners and Sheriffs . And another entit . An easie and plain method for the keeping of a Court Leet . Both printed in 1620 , &c. in oct . Whether he was ever bred in any University , I know not : sure I am , one Rob. Wilkinson was , who applying his study to Divinity , proceeded in that Faculty , ( at Cambr. I think ) was Rector of S. Olaves in Southwark , and a publisher of several sermons , as the Oxford Catalogue will tell you . He died in the year 1617. Incorporations . Apr. 3. Christianus Rumphius Doctor of Philosophy and Physick , chief and principal Physician to Frederick 5 , Prince Elect. of the Palat. and to the illustrious Lady Elizabeth daughter of K James 1. of England , was incorporated Doctor of Phys . as he had stood at Basil and Heydelberg , in the house of Sir Joh. Bennet Knight situated in Warwick lane within the City of London , by vertue of a Commission from the Vicechancellour , directed to the said Sir Joh. Bennet . Joh. Spenser D. D. President of C. C. Coll. Tho. Clayton Doctor of Phys . and others . The Incorporations of the Cantabrigians are this year omitted by the publick Scribe . Creations . Mar. 30. Will. Hakewill of Lincolns Inn Esq ; sometimes a Student in Ex●ter Coll. was then actually created M. of A. being the very next day after his Kinsman Sir Tho. Bodley was buried . — I shall make large mention of this Hakewell in the second Vol. of this Work , or elsewhere . It was then granted by the ven . Convocation , that Will. Camden Clarenceaux King of Arms , who had served as an Herald at the burial of the said Sir Tho. Bodley , might be created M. of A. but for what reason he was not , unless his refusal , as I have elsewhere told you , I cannot tell . Laurence Bodley M. of A. Canon residentiary of the Cath. Ch. of Exeter , and chief Mourner at his Brothers ( Sir Tho. Bodley ) Funeral , was actually created D. of D. the same day , as a member of Ch. Church . July 1. John Walter sometimes of Brasn . Coll. now of the Inner Temple , and Counsellour for the University of Oxon , was created M. of A. — He was afterwards Attorney to Prince Charles , Serjeant at Law , a Knight and chief Baron of the Exchequer . He died 18 Nov. 1630 , aged 67 , and was buried in a little Vault under a north Isle ( which he before had built ) joyning to the Church of Wolvercote near Oxon , where at this day is a splendid monument over his grave for him and his two Wives . David Walter Esq ; one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to K. Ch. 2. and Lientenant General of the Ordinance , was his second Son ; who dying at London 22 Apr. 1679 , was buried in the same Vault with his Father on the 30 of the same month . Aug. 7. It was then granted by the ven . Convocation , that Sir Tho. Flemmyng Lord Chief Justice of England , might be created M. of A. but whether it was effected , it appears not . Feb. 21. Sir Joh. Doderidge Knight , one of the Justices of the Kings Bench , was created M. of A. in Serjeants Inn in London . A young man named Jacob Aretius , who stiles himself Germano-Britannus , studied now in Oxon , and published ( 1 ) Primula veris : seu Panegerica ad excellentiss . Principem Palatinum . This he calls Eidyllium . ( 2 ) In augustiss . gloriosiss . Regis Jacobi inaugurationem carmen seculare , &c. written in Greek , Lat. Dutch , Ital. and Engl. ( 3 ) In nuptias illustriss . principis Frederici & Elizabethae , Maletemata . Which three things were printed at Lond. 1613. qu. He hath also Lat. Verses extant on the death of Prince Henry , and perhaps other things . This year also studied in the University Rob. Spotswood and Rob. Murrey Scots . Of the first I shall speak at large elsewhere , as also of the other , if he be the same with Sir Rob. Murrey who was afterwards President of the Royal Society . The most learned also Isaac Casaubon was entred a Student in Bodlies Library as a Member of Ch. Ch. in the month of May this year , but died soon after to the great loss of learning . He was a great Linguist , a singular Grecian , and an exact Philologer . An. Dom. 1614. An. 12 Jac. 1. Chanc. the same . Vicech . William Goodwin D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch. Jul. 15. Proct. Jenkin Vaughan of All 's . Coll. Sam. Fell of Ch. Ch. Bach. of Arts. May 23. Will. Jemmat of Magd. Coll. 28. Christoph . Davenport of Magd. hall , who for one year and three months had studied in Trin. Coll. near Dublin — This Person who was no Writer , as I can yet learn , yet I set him down , lest posterity take him to be Christoph . Davenport , who was now ( 1614 ) a Student in Merton Coll. I mean the same Davenport , afterwards known by the name of Franc. à Sancta Clara , and celebrated among Men of his perswasion , and by many Protestants too , for his elaborate books that are extant , as you shall further see in the next vol. of this work . June 16. Tho. Turner of St. Johns Coll. — See among the Creations in 1633. 28. John Flavell of Wadh. 30. Edm. Wingate of Qu. Coll. Jul. 4. Will Stafford of Ch. Ch. — See in the year 1617 , under the title of Creations . 7. Richard Thornton of Linc. Oct. 29. Christop . Tesdale of New Coll. Of the first of these last two you may see more among the Masters 1617. and of the other in 1618. Nov. 4. Tim. Woodroffe of Ball. Dec. 15. John Harmar of Magd. Coll. 17. Hen. Ramsden of Magd. hall , afterwards of Linc. Coll. Feb. 1. Rich. Toogood of Oriel Coll. Five of these Bachelaurs , namely Jemmat , Wingate , Woodroffe , Harmar and Toogood , will be remembred at large in the next Volume , or elsewhere . Admitted 187. Bach. of Law. June 30. Richard Zouche of New Coll. — He was afterwards the great Ornament of the University for his singular knowledge in the Civil and Canon Law , as you shall fully understand in the 2. vol. of this work . Besides him were but four more admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. May 5. Richard Spencer of C. C. Coll. Son of Robert Lord Spencer . 28. Brian Duppa of All 's . Jun. 25. Rob. Skinner of Trin. 30. Hugh Lloyd of Oriel Jul. 2. Will. Page of Ball. afterwards of All 's . Coll. 5. Michael Oldsworth of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards elected a Burgess to serve in several Parliaments for Sarum and old Sarum , and tho in the grand rebellion he was no Colonel , yet he was Governour of Old Pembroke and Mountgomery , led him by the nose , as he pleased , to serve both their turns . He had a share with his Lordship out of the office from which Sir Henry Compton was ejected in the time of the said Rebellion , worth 3000 l. per an . was keeper of Windsore Park , one of the two Masters of the Prerogative Office , and made * the Bayliff of Westminster give him 50 l. per an . to continue him there . Jul. 5. Franc. White of Magd. Coll. — He afterwards published , Londons Warning by Jerusalem , Serm. at Pauls Cross on Midlent Sunday 1618 , on Micah 6. 9. Lond. 1619. qu. What other things he hath made publick I find not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was a Gentleman's Son of London . I find another Franc. White who was D. D. of Cambridge , afterwards Chaplain in ordinary to K. James 1. Dean of Carlile , and at length Bishop of Ely ; the Titles of whose Works you may see in the Oxford Catalogue , and among them the Sermon before mention'd , as if it had been his . Also a third Franc. White ( a Lawyer as it seems ) who became well read in the antient Histories and Laws of our Nation , Author of a book entit . For the sacred law of the land . Lond. 1652. oct . But whether he was of this University , I cannot yet tell . July 6. Edw. Terry of Ch. Ch. July 7. Gilb. Wats of Linc. Coll. Hen. King Joh. King Rich. Gardiner of Ch. Ch. Jan. 24. Rich Steuart of All 's . Mich. Jermin Rich. James of Corp. Ch. Coll. Adm. 108. Bach. of Phys . July 12. Peter Bowne of C. C. Coll. Not one admitted besides him , and but one that supplicated for the said degree , viz. Rich. Berry of Linc. Coll. but whether admitted this , or in any year following , I know not . He died in June 1651 , and was buried by the name of Dr. Rich. Berry . Bach. of Div. May 5. Rob. Harris of Magd. Hall. 16. Tho. James of New Coll. Rob. Burton of Ch. Ch. June 8. Jam. Rowlandson of Qu. Coll. July 5. Rob. Moor of New Coll. a Compounder . Adm. 19. Doct. of Law. Oct. 13. John Hawley Principal of Glocester Hall , formerly Fellow of S. Johns Coll. Mar. 23. Nich. Darrel of New Coll. — He was about this time Prebendary of Winchester , where dying in Oct. 1629 , was buried in the Cath. Ch. there near to the body of his Wife Jane . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 12. Peter Bowne of C. C. Coll. — He accumulated the Degrees in Physick . Doct. of Div. May. 16. Edward James of Ch. Ch. Thom. James of New Coll. Brethren . The last of which accumulated : And to both I have seen several learned Epistles written by their Nephew Rich. James of C. C. C. who hath also written the Epitaph of the first , who died some years before Thomas . 30. John Simpson of C. C. C. — He was about this time Prebendary of Canterbury . See among the Doctors of Div. 1608. June 8. Will. Westerman of Oriel Adam Wilson of Qu. Coll. The last of which two , died at Nutfield in Surrey ( of which place I think he was Rector ) in the beginning of 1634. 27. Will. Piers of Ch. Ch. July 5. Nich. Love of New Coll. — He was at this time Chaplain to his Majesty , Warden of Wykehams Coll. near to , and Prebendary of , Winchester ; where dying about 1630 was buried in the Chappel belonging to the said Coll. Rob. Moor of New Coll. who accumulated , was admitted the same day . John Charlet of Oriel Coll. was also admitted the same day — He was now Prebendary of Worcester , and dying in 1640 , Herb. Croft D. D. succeeded him in that Dignity . Theodore Price was admitted as a member of New Coll. on the same day also — He was originally Chorister of All 's . Coll. afterwards Fellow of Jesus , now Principal of Hart hall and about this time Subdean of Westminster , Prebendary of Winchester ; and afterwards ( as 't is said by some ) Master of the Hospital of St. Cross . He gave way to fate 15. Dec. 1631 , and was buried at Westminster ; whereupon Dr. John Williams Dean of that place called together the Prebendaries of the Church , and took great pains to make the World suspect that he died a Rom. Catholick , only to raise a scandal on his enemy Bishop Laud who had commended him to the King for a Bishoprick in Wales . A rigid and inveterate Presbyterian tells a us , that the said Dr. Land did endeavour to promote him to a Welsh Bishoprick , but was opposed by Philip Earl of Pembroke , so Dr. Morg. Owen b was preferred in his stead . This Price lived a professed , unpreaching Epicure and Arminian , and died a reconciled Papist to the Church of Rome , having received extreme unction from a popish Priest , &c. Thus Prynne ; yet the Church c Historian tells us that Dr. Williams beforemention'd did much endeavour to make him Archb. of Armagh , but denied by the Duke of Bucks , without any mention made of Dr. Laud his endeavours . But so it was that Dr. Williams being a great favourer of the Puritan or Presbyterian , Prynne therefore made no mention of him , but laid all upon the score of Laud , July 5. Robert Say Will. Twysse of New Thom. Wyatt of Oriel Coll. 6. Thom. Anyan President of C. C. Coll. who accumulated — This Doctor who was born at Sandwych in Kent , and had lately been Chaplain to Egerton Lord Keeper , published ( 1 ) A Sermon preached at St. Maries Church in Oxon. 12. Jul. 1612 ; being the Act Sunday , on Psal . 1. 3. Lond. 1612. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon preached at St. Mary Spittle 10. Apr. 1615. on Acts 10. 34. 35. Oxon. 1615. qu. In the year 1619 , he being then one of his Majesties Chaplains , he was made Prebendary of Glocester , and afterwards being found unfit to govern a College , because he was a fosterer of faction , he resign'd his Presidentship and was made Prebendary of Canterbury ; where dying 1632 , was buried in the Cath. Ch. there . Francis James of Ch. Ch. stood in the Act this year to compleat his Doctorship in Divinity , but when he was admitted , it appears not in the publick register . — He was now in great esteem for several Specimens of Latin Poetry which he before had made , especially for his Poem , published in 1612 , entit . Threnodia Henricianarum Exequiarum . Sive Panolethria Anglicana , &c. He was near of kin to Dr. Tho. James mention'd before , and among the Writers under the year 1629 , was about this time Preacher or Read. at the Savoy in the Strand near London , and , as it seems , a Preacher at St. Matthews in Friday Street . At length departing this mortal life in 1621 , was buried , ( I think ) at Ewbu●st in Surrey . Incorporations . July 7. Franc. Barrough lately of Eman. Coll. in Cambridge , now of St. Johns in Oxon , was incorporated either Bach. or Master of Acts. 9. Augustin Lindsell M. of A. and Fellow of Clare hall in Cambridge — He was born at Bumsted in Essex , was bred d Scholar and Fellow in the said Hall , where he became well studied in Greek , Hebrew and all antiquity . Afterwards he succeeded Dr. Walt. Curle in the Deanery of Lichfield 1628 , Dr. Will. Piers in the Episcopal See of Peterborough , ( to which he was elected 22. Dec. 1632 ) and being translated thence to Hereford , in ( December ) 1633 upon the translation of Dr. Juxon to London , died at his Palace in Hereford 6. Nov. 1634. whereupon his body was buried in the Cath. Church there . He was a Man of very great learning , of which he gave sufficient evidence to the Church by setting forth that excellent edition of Theophylact upon St. Pauls Epistles . Thomas Goodwin M. A. of the said University , was also then ( July 9. ) incorporated as it is said in the publick register ; but if he be the same Person whom I shall mention among the creations an . 1653. I should rather think that he was incorporated Bach. of Arts. Sam. Buggs was incorporated M. of A. the same day — See more of him among the Writers in John King , an . 1638. July 12. Edmund Wilson Doctor of Phys . of Kings Coll. in Cambridge and Fellow of the Coll. of Physicians in London — On the 18. Dec. 1616. he was installed Canon of Windsore on the death of Dr. Rich Field , but because he was not ordained Priest within a year following , he was deprived of his Canonry and Dr. Godfrey Goodman succeeded , being installed 20. Dec. 1617. This Dr. W●●son who was Son of Will. Wilson mention'd among the Doctors of Divinity , under the year 1607 , and had practised his faculty several years in Windsore , died in the Parish of St. Mary le Bow in London about the beginning of Oct. 1633 , at which time , or before , he gave many books to Lincoln Coll Library in Oxon. Thomas Horsmanden D. D. of the said University of Cambridge , was incorporated the same day . July 14. Lancelot Langhorne Bach. of Div. of Cambridge — He was now Parson of St. Martins Church within Ludgate , London , and had published Mary sitting at Christs feet ; Serm at the funeral of Mrs. Mary Swaine , the Wife of Mr. Will. Swaine , at St. Botolphs without Aldersgate , on Luke 10. 42. Lond. 1611. oct . and perhaps other things . He died about the beginning of November this year ( 1614 ) and was buried , I presume , in his Church of St. Martin beforementioned . Mar. 23. Philip King M. A. of the same University — Another of both his names was of this University , as I shall tell you in these Fasti an . 1618. and 1645. This year Charles de Beauvais of the Isle of Guernsey , a young Man most conversant in the study of learned arts , was entred a Student in Bodies Library , but whether he was matriculated as a member of any Coll. or Hall , it appears not . He is the same Ch. de Beauvais without doubt , who was afterwards Author of ( 1 ) Dedisciplinis & scientiis in genere : & de recto ordine quo sunt in Scholis & Academiis docendae , &c. ( 2 ) Recta delineatio disciplinae Vniversalis , seu primae Philosophiae ; itemque Logicae . Which two were printed at Lond. 1648. in oct . ( 3 ) Exercitations concerning the pure and true , and the impure and false religion . Lond. 1665. oct . at which time the Author was Rector of Witheham in Sussex . An. Dom. 1615. An. 13. Jac. 1. Chanc. Thom. Lord Egerton . Vicechanc. Dr. Will. Goodwin again , July 17. Proct. Hugh Dicus of Brasn . Coll. Richard Baylie of St. John Coll. Apr. 19. Bach. of Arts. May 4. John Bayly of Exet. Coll. 5. Steph. Geree of Magd. Hall. July 5. Cornelius Burges of Wadh. 7. Charles Herle of Exeter Nov. 9. Francis Gough of New Coll. The last was afterwards Bishop of Limerick in Ireland . Dec. 13. James Lamb of Brasn , College , afterwards of St. Maries Hall. Feb. 5. Thom. Twittie of Oriel 6. Thom. Paybody of Merton Coll. Of the first of these last two , you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1633 , and of the other , among the Masters of Arts , an . 1624. 7. John Brian of Queen Coll. — I know not yet to the contrary but that he may be the same John Brian who published a funeral Sermon called The vertuous Daughter , on Prov. 31. ver . 29. Lond. 1636. qu. &c. and perhaps other things . Quaere . 26. Alexander Gill ( Son of Alexander ) lately of Trin. Coll. now of Wadham , and afterwards of Trinity again . Five of these Bachelaurs , namely Geree , Burges , Herle , Lamb and Gill , will be mention'd at large elsewhere . Admitted 203. Bach. of Law. June . Tho Merriot John South John Crook of New Coll. The first , who will be mention'd in the next volume ; was a good Latinist and Orator . The second was afterwards the Kings Professor of the Greek tongue and at length , ( upon the death of Dr. Tho. Hyde . ) Chauntor of Salisbury , 24. Sept. 1666. He died at Writtle in Essex ( of which place he was Vicar ) in August 1672 , and was buried in the Church there ; whereupon his Chauntorship was confer'd on Dr. Dan. Whitbye of Trin. Coll. As for the last , John Crook , he was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. 〈◊〉 Winchester , Prebendary of the Cathedral there , and Master of the Hospital of St. Mary Magd. near to that City . Admitted 9. Mast . of Arts. May 3. Jerem. Stephens of Brasn . 20. Will. Nicholson of Magd. Coll. Jun. 15. Rob. Weldon Barten Holyday of Ch. Ch. 17. Will. Thomas of Brasn . Tho. Vica● of Qu. 27. Griff. Higgs of Mert. Coll. Admitted 106. Bach. of Div. July 13. Sampson Price of Exeter Coll. Nov. 23. Edm. Gunter Samuel Fell Hen. Whistler of Trin. of Ch. Ch. Dec. 1. John Hanmer of All 's . Coll. March 4. Fredericus Dorvilius of Exeter Coll. — He writes himself Aquisgranensis natione , & Palatinus educatione , being at this time a Sojournour in the said Coll. for the sake of Dr. Prideaux the Rector , whom he much admired . Adm. 15. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Physick . July 3. Clement Westcombe of New Coll. who accumulated the Degrees in Physick — He was about this time held in great value for the happy success in the practice of his faculty in , and near the City of , Exeter , where he died in 1652 or thereabouts . Doct. of Div. Mar. 27. Sam. Radcliff Principal June 17. John Barnston of Brasn . Coll. The last of which who was now Chaplain to Egerton Lord Chancellour of England , was about this time Canon Residentiary of Salisbury , and afterwards a Benefactor to learning , as I have told * you elsewhere . He lived to see himself outed of his spiritualities , and dying 30. May 1645 was buried , as it seems , at Everton in Wilts . Jun. 27. ●arnab . Potter of Queens July 6. John King of Merton Coll. The last of these two was installed Canon or Preb. of the twelfth and last stall in the Collegiat Church at Westminster , on the death of Dr. Will. Barlow Bish . of Linc. an . 1613 , and this year ( 1615 ) Nov. 23 , he became Canon of Windsore in the place of Mardoche Aldem deceased . He died 7. Aug. 1638 , and was buried in the Chappel of St. George at Windsore . Dec. 1. John Hanmer of All 's . Coll. — See more among the Creations in the year following . Feb. 27. Jasper Swyft of Ch. Ch. March 14. John Barcham of C. C. 21. John Davies of Lincoln Coll. Incorporations . July 11. Will. Spicer Bach. of Law of Cambridge — See among the Incorporations 1618. Abraham Gibson M. A. of the said University , was incorporated the same day ; and again on the 15. July 1617. — This Person who was afterwards Preacher to the Temples in London , hath published ( 1 ) The Lands mourning for vain swearing , Sermon on Jerem. 23. 10. Lond. 1613. oct . ( 2 ) Christianae-polemica ; or , a narrative to War , Serm. at Wool-church in London before the Captains and Gentlemen of exercise in the Attillery-garden , on Judg. 7. 18. Lond. 1619. oct . and not unlikely other things . He was afterwards D. of D. and dying in , or near , one of the Temples , was buried near to the Communion Table in the Chancel of the Church belonging to the said Temples , 5. Januar. 1629. July 11. Godfrey Goodman Bach. of Div. of Cambridge — See more of him among the Bishops in Miles Smith , an . 1624. Samuel Purchas Bach. of Div. of the said University was incorporated the same day — This worthy Divine , who is by some stiled our English Ptolemy , was born in the County of Essex , either at Dunmow or Thacksted , but in what Coll. or Hall in Cambridge educated , I cannot yet tell . After he had left the University he became Minister of Eastwood in Rochford hundred in his own Country , but being desirous to forward and prosecute his natural Genie he had to the collecting and writing of voyages , travels , and pilgrimages , left his cure to his Brother , and by the favour of the Bishop of London got to be Parson of St. Martins Church within Ludgate . He hath written and published ( 1 ) Pilgrimage : or , relations of the world , and the religions observed in all ages , and places discovered from the Creation to this present , &c. in 4 parts . Lond. 1614. fol. second edit . and there again 1626. fol. ( 2 ) Purchas his P●●grims ; in 4. volumes or parts , each volume containing 5 books . Lond. 1625. fol. ( 3 ) Purchas his Pilgrim . Microcosmus or the history of Man , &c. Lond. 1619. oct . ( 4 ) The Kings tower , and triumphant arch of London . pr. 1623. oct . By the publishing of which books he brought himself into debt , but died not in prison as some have said , but in his own house , ( a little while after the King had promised him a Deanery ) about 1628. aged 51. What other things he hath published , besides a Funeral Sermon on Psal . 39. 5. printed 1619 in oct . I know not , and therefore be pleased to take this character given of him by a learned * Person , which may serve instead of an Epitaph . Samuel Purchas , Anglus , linguarum & artium divinarum atque humanarum egregie peritus , Philosophus , Historicus , & Theologus maximus , patriae ecclesiae antistes fidelis ; multis egregiis scriptis , & in primis orientalis , occident alisque Indiae vastis voluminibus patria lingua conscripta celeberrimus . One Samuel Purchas A. M. hath published A theatre of political flying Insects , &c. Lond. 1657. qu. July 11. John Wood Rob. King John Bowles D. D. Cant. The first of these three died in the Parish of St. Dionise Backchurch in London , being Minister , as it seems of that place , an . 1624. and the last , who was a Native of Lancashire , and Fellow of Trinity Coll. in the said University , became Dean of Salisbury in the latter end of July an . 1620 , upon Dr. John Williams his being made Dean of Westminster . At length upon Dr. Walt. Curle's translation to the See of D. and Wells . he became Bishop of Rochester in 1630 , and dying in an house situated on the Bank side in Westminster , 9. Octob. 1637 was buried in St. Pauls Cathedral . He hath extant Concio ad clerum , in Act. cap. 15. 4. — printed 1631. qu. and perhaps other things . Quaere . Jan. 2. Eleazer Hodson Doct. of Phys . of Padua — He was afterwards eminent for his practice in the City of London , where he died ( in the Parish of St. Stephen in Colemanstreet ) about the latter end of 1638. His Brother Phineas Hodson I have mention'd in the Incorporations under the year 1602 Joh. Radolphus Stuckius and Jo. Waserus both of Zurich , were this year Students in the University . Afterwards they became learned Men and Writers , as I shall tell you in the second Vol. in my discourse of Dr. John Prideaux . An. Dom. 1616. An. 14. Jac. 1. Chanc. Tho. Lord Egerton created this year Viscount Brackley , but he voluntary resigning his office of Chancellour of this University on the 24. Jan. William Earl of Pembroke , Knight of the Garter , Chamberlaine of the Kings Houshold , &c. was unanimously elected into his place 29 of the same month . Vicechanc. Arth. Lake D. D. Warden of New Coll. July 17. Proct. Robert Sanderson of Linc. Coll. Charles Croke of Ch. Ch. Apr. 10. Bach. of Musick . July 4. John Vauter of Linc. Coll. John Lake of New Coll. had his grace granted for the Degree of Bach. of Mus . but whether he was admitted it appears not ; Or , that he , or Vauter , have made any publick compostions in their faculty . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 19. Nich. Hunt of Exet. June 19. John Speed of St. Joh. Coll. One Nich. Hunt hath several things extant , who being , I presume , the same with the former , is hereafter to be mention'd at large . 26. Anth. Faringdon of Trin. Jul. 3. Jo. Allibond of Magd. Coll. Of the last of these two you may see more among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1643. 5. John Langley of Magd. hall . Oct. 24. Charles Robson of Qu. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1629. 26. Bruno Ryves of New , afterwards of Magd. Coll. Will. Price of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day — See among the Masters 1619. Nov. 4. John Doughtie . Dec. 14. Rob. Grebby of New Coll. — See more among the Masters of Art , 1619. Jan. 29. Will. Hayes of Magd. hall — See among the Bach. of Div. 1627. Feb. 28. John Gee of Exet. John Thorie of Magd. Coll. Of the last of these two , you may see more among the Incorporations , an . 1627. As for Faringdon , Langley , Ryves and Doughtie , you are to expect large mention of them hereafter . Admitted 223. Mast . of Arts. April 19. Rich. Parre of Brasn . Coll. June 4. Morgan Owen of Hart Hall. 12. Immanuel Bourne of Ch. Ch. George Singe of Ball. Coll. 20. Tho. Goffe of Ch. Ch. 21. John Scull of Lincoln , lately of Mert. Coll. — He hath published Two Sermons on Math. 10. 16. printed 1624. qu. being the same person , as it seems , who was afterwards Rector of Shinfold in Sussex , where he died in 1641. 26. Franc. Potter of Trin. Coll. July 5. John Angell of Magd. Hall. De● . 17. Alex. Huish of Wadham Coll. Feb. 25. Will. Jemmat of Magd. Hall , lately of Magd. Coll. Adm. 117. Bach. of Phys . … .. Francis Anthony Olevian of Glocester Hall , was admitted ; but the day or month when , appears not . — He was a German of the Palatine of the Rhine , and had studied ten years in the faculty of Physick in the Universities of Heidelberg , Mountpelier , Paris , and Oxon. He afterwards practised his Faculty ( being licensed by the University ) at Blandford Forum in Dorsetshire , where he died in 1642 ; but whether he hath written or published any thing , let the Physitians seek . Bach. of Div. May 15. Sim. Birckbek Thom. Sutton of Qu. Coll. June 4. Tho. Godwin of Magd. July 10. George Wall of Brasn . Coll. The last was about this time beneficed in his native Country of Worcestershire , and afterwards published A sermon at the Archbishop of Canterbury his Visitation metropolitical , held at Allsaints in Worcester by Dr. B●ent his Grace's Vicar General , 3 June 1635. on 2 Cor. 5. 20. Lond. 1635. qu. and perhaps other things . Qu●ere . Dec. 13. Henr. Rogers of Jes. Coll. Besides these , were 13 more admitted , of whom Joh Flavel of Broadgates Hall was one , and Evan Morgan of Linc. Coll. another , both Compounders . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law or Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Apr. 18. Joh. Warner of Magd. Coll. May 11. Joh. Hamden of Ch. Ch. 15. Tho. Holloway of Ball. Coll. June 13. Sam. Clark of Magd. Hall , a Compounder . — He had a son of both his names of Vniversity Coll. an . 1635 , but neither of them , as I can yet find , were Writers , which I thought fit to let the Reader know , because there have been several Samuel Clarks that have been Authors , as ( 1 ) Sam. Clark of Merton Coll. whom I shall mention in the second Volume of this Work. ( 2 ) Sam. Clark sometimes Minister of S. Bennet-Fink in London , born at Wolstan in Warwickshire , 10 Oct. 1599 , being of the same Family with those of Willoughby in that County , ( as Sam. Clark the Compounder before mention'd was ) afterwards a severe Calvinist , and a scribling Plagiary , as his Works ( mostly the lives of Presbyterian Divines ) shew ; a Catalogue of which , you may see in one of his books entit . The lives of sundry eminent persons in this later age . In two parts , 1. of Divines , 2. of Novility , &c. Lond. 1683 , fol. before which is a canting narrative of his own life . He died at Thistleworth or Istleworth in Middlesex 25 Dec. 1682. ( 3 ) Sam. Clark of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge , who published certain matters in 1649 , and after , &c. Jun. 25. Will. Kingsley of All 's . Coll. 26. Joh. Flavell of Broadgates Hall July 4. Hen. Seward of Brasn . Coll. Compounders . The first of these three , was at this time Archdeacon of Canterbury , and died about the beginning of the year 1648. The second was a Dignitary , and Rector of Tallaton in Devonshire , where he died in 1623. Another of both his names was a Writer of Wadham Coll. as you may see among the Writers , an . 1617 , and a third , who was a Devonian born , and Son , or at least near of kin to him of Tallaton , hath published several things , ( some of which are mention'd in Joh. Flavell of Wadh. Coll. ) and was living divers years after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. but whether he was of the Univ. of Oxon I cannot yet tell . Jo. Flavell of Tallat●n had a Son named Thomas who was Bach. of Arts of Trin Coll. in this University , afterwards Vicar of Mullian and Rector of Great Ruan in Cornwal , also Prebendary of Exeter , and died 1682 , aged 77 years . 9. Edw. Gee of Brasn . 15. Edw. Chetwynd of Exet. Oct. 23. John Moseley of Magd. Nov. 7. H●nr . Beaumont of All 's . Coll. The last of which was a Compounder , being at this time Dean of Peterborough and Canon of Windsore . In 1622 , May 18. he was installed Dean of Windsore in the room of Marc. Anton. de Dominis , who in Feb. going before had left England . This Dr. Beaumont died 30 June 1627 , and was buried in S. George's Chap. there , on the right side of the grave of Tho. Danett one of his Predecessors in that Deanery . See more in the Incorporations , an . 1571. Feb. 10. Rich. Carpenter Joh. Standard of Ex. Coll. Both of these were learned men , and so taken to be by Dr. Joh. Prideaux , as I have elsewhere told you . Dr. Standard was afterwards a Justice of Peace for Oxfordshire . ( being Lord of Whithill ) and dying 16 Dec. 1647 , aged 66 , was buried in the Churchyard at Tackley in the said County . Incorporations . Apr. 24. Tho. Farnabie M. A. of Cambr. sometimes of Merton Coll. in this University , and afterwards the eminent Schoolmaster of Kent . — I shall mention him at large in the second Volume of this work . Jul. 2. Ralph Rand M. A. of S. Andrew in Scotland . 9. Joh. Hacket M. A. of Trin. Coll. in Cambr. — About this time he wrot a Latin Comedy called Loiola , — printed at Lond. 1648. in oct . was afterwards D. of D. Parson of S. Andrews Church in Holbourn near London , Chaplain to K. Charles 1. Residentiary of S. Pauls , and a great sufferer in the time of the Rebellion . At length after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. to whom he was Chaplain in ordinary , he became Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry , to which being consecrated at Lambeth 22 Dec. 1661 , sate there to the time of his death , 28 Oct. 1670 , aged 79. Afterwards came out under his name Christian Consolations , taught from five heads in Religion . printed 1671 in tw . and A century of Sermons &c. Lond. 1675 , fol. Rob. Farsereus or Faisereus M. A. of Lovaine , was incorporated the same day . Jan. 14. Edw. Kellet M. A. of Kings Coll. in Cambr. — He was at this time Rector of Ragborough and Crocombe in Somersetshire , and afterwards Canon residentiary of Exeter . His Writings speak him a learned man , some of which are ( 1 ) Miscellanies in Divinity , in 3 books , &c. Camb. 1633 , fol. ( 2 ) The threefold supper of Christ in the night that he was betrayed . Lond. 1641 , fol. besides Sermons , of which one is entit . A return from Argier , preached at Minhead in Somersetshire 16 Mar. 1627 , at the readmission of a relapsed Christian into our Church , on Gal. 5. 2. Lond. 1628 , qu. This was preached in the morning of the third Sunday in Lent , and in the Afternoon preached Dr. Hen. Byam on the same occasion ▪ but not on the same subject . He the said Kellet was a sufferer , if I mistake not , in the time of the Rebellion , which began 1642. Febr. 20. Joh. Foxeroft Bach. of Arts of Cambr. — See more among the Masters in the year following . This year was a Supplicate made for one John Hayward LL. D. and Historiographer of Chelsey Coll. near to London , to be incorporated in the same Faculty , but whether he was really so , I cannot tell . — In the year 1619 he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty at Whitehall , being then accounted a learned and godly man , and one better read in Theological Authors than in those belonging to his own profession . The Titles of all or of most of the Books that he published , you may see in the Oxford Catalogue . As for those of History which he hath published , the phrase and words in them were in their time esteemed very good ; only some have wish'd that in his History of Hen. 4. he had not called Sir Hugh Lynne by so light a word as Mad-cap , tho he were such ; and that he had not changed his Historical stile into a Drammatical , where he induceth a Mother uttering a Womans passion , in the case of her Son. This Sir Joh. Hayward ended his days in his house in the Parish of Great S. Barthelmew in London , on Wednesday 27 June 1627 , and was buried in the Church belonging to that Parish . You may see more of him in Camdens Annals of Qu. Elizab. under the year 1601 , where you 'll find him punished by a tedious Imprisonment for an unseasonable Edition of one of his books . Creations . Jul. 9. Francis Stewart of Ch. Ch. ( Knight of the Bath ) one of the Sons of the Earl of Murrey , was actually created Master of Arts. — He was a learned Gentleman , was one of Sir Walt. Raleigh's Club at the Meremaid Tavern in Friday street in London , and much venerated by Ben. Johnson , who dedicated to him his Comedy called The silent Woman . He was a person also well seen in marine Affairs , was a Captain of a Ship , and , as I have been informed by those who remember him , did bear the office for some time of a Vice. or Reer , Admiral . Nov. 13. John Hanmer of All 's . Coll. was then actually created D. of D. as the Register saith ; which was , as I suppose , no more than the completion of that degree , which should have been done in the Act preceeding , had he not been absent . In the latter end of Aug. this year , Prince Charles came honorably attended to the University , and after he had been entertained with Ceremonies and Feasting sutable to his Dignity and Merit , he was pleased with his own hand writing to matriculate himself a Member of the said University , Aug. 28. with this Symbole or Sentence , Si vis omnia subjicere , subjice te rations . To say no more , he was afterwards a King of great Religion and Learning , but unfortunate . An. Dom. 1617. An. 15 Jac. 1. Chanc. William Earl of Pembroke , sometimes of New Coll. Vicechanc. Dr. Will. Goodwin again , Jul. 17. Proct. Franc. Grevill of Mert. Coll. Joh. Harrys of New Coll. Apr. ult . Bach. of Arts. May 10. Christop ▪ Harvey of Brasn . Coll , 23. Joh. Seager of S. Maries Hall. Oct. 17. Pet. Heylyn of Magd. 23. Will. Tipping of Qu. Coll. Nov. 23. Joh. Atherton of Glocester Hall , afterwards of Linc. Coll. and the unfortunate Bishop of Waterford in Ireland . 27. Gilbert Sheldon of Trinity Coll. afterwards Fellow of All 's . and at length Archb. of Canterbury . Feb. 10. Robert Blake of Wadham Coll. — This right valiant person having taken no higher degree in this University , I must therefore make mention of him in this place . Born therefore he was at Bridgwater in Somersetshire , being the Son and Heir of Humphrey Blake of that place Gent. but descended of the antient Family of the Blakes of Blanchfield in the said County . In the beginning of Lent Term an . 1615 , he being then about 15 years of age he was matriculated in the University as a Member of S. Albans Hall , about which time standing for a Scholarship of C. C. Coll. with Rob Hegge and Rob. Newan , was put aside , whether for want of merit or friends , I cannot tell . While he continued in the said Hall , he was observed by his Contemporaries to be an early riser and studious , but withal he did take his pleasure in Fishing , Fowling , &c. and sometimes in stealing of Swans . Before the time came when he was to take a degree in Arts , he translated himself to his Country men in Wadham Coll. and as a Member of that House , he did stand for a Fellowship of Merton Coll. with Alex. Fisher , John Doughtie , Edw. Reynolds , John Earle , &c. an . 1619 , but whether it was for want of Scholarship , or that his person was not handsome or proper , ( being but of stature little ) which Sir Hen. Savile then Warden of that Coll. did much respect , he lost it , continued in Wadham Coll. without the taking of any other degree , and in 1623 wrot a Copy of Verses * on the death of the learned Camden . Afterwards he went into his own Country , where he lived in the condition of a Gentleman , but always observed to be puritancially inclin'd . In 1640 he was chosen a Burgess for Bridgwater to serve in that Parliament which began at Westminster 13 Apr. 1640 , but missing that Office in the same year when the Long Parliament began on the 3 Nov. following , he sided with the Presbyterian , took up arms for the Parliament soon after , received a Commission from the Members thereof to be a Captain of Dragoons ; and afterwards being made Governour of Taunton , was made a Colonel . Which Town , as also afterwards Lyme , he defended with great Valour against several famous and forcible Sieges of the Kings Army under the command of Prince Maurice and George Lord Goring . At length the War being in a manner terminated , the worth of this inestimable great Commander ( being so esteemed by those of his party ) was taken notice of by the Parliament : whereupon they resolved that it should not lye hid at home , but shew it self abroad , and therefore he was made first one of the Commissioners of the Navy , then one of the Lord Wardens of the Cinque Ports , and at length about 1649 one of the Generals at Sea : At his entrance into which office , he pent up Prince Rupert in the chief Port of Portugal , and hunted him from Sea to Sea , till he had reduced those Ships with him , which before had revolted from the Parliament . In the beginning of the year 1651 he reduced the Isle of Sci●ly to the Parliament Service , and on the 25 Nov. following , he was elected one of the Council of State , being then in great repute with Oliver . In 1652 , Sept. 5. he sorely beat the French Fleet , and at that time , there being a Quarrel between the two Republicks , England and the Vnited Provinces , he and his Fleet were worsted in the Downes by Van Tromp the Dutch Admiral and his Fleet , 29 of Nov. following ; but on the 18 of Febr. following that , on which day hapned a most terrible Sea-sight betwixt them again , near to the Isles of W●ight and Portland , the Dutch were in a woful manner worsted . Ever after , Blake continued a fortunate Vindicator of his Countries Privileges , from the encroachments of insulting Neighbours , a victorious Enemy of the Spaniard , and was highly valued of all , even the Royalist . The last part , and the most desperate attempt that he ever acted in a Sea-blood , not that I shall now take notice of his daring piece of service at Tunis against the Turks , an . 1655 ) was against the Spaniards at Sancta Cruz , in Apr. 1657 , which made him as terrible as Drake had been before to them , there being less difference betwixt the same and report of their actions and exploits , than in the sound of their names : For there , with 25 sail , he fought ( as 't were in a ring ) with seven Forts ▪ a Castle , and 16 Ships , many of them being of greater force than most of those Ships Blake carried in against them : yet in spite of opposition , he soon calcined the Enemy , and brought his Fleet back again to the Coast of Spain full fraught with honour . But what Commander is able to repel the stroke of death ? This is he that doth conquer the Conquerours , and level the honours of the mightiest Monarchs with the meanest Captains : there is no withstanding his force , for all must fall : Blake himself was compel'd to strike the top-sail and yield , for in his return home , he gave up the Ghost in the Ship called the George the Admiral as it entred into Plymouth Sound , on Friday the seventeenth of August , an . 1657 , aged 59 , occasioned by the Scurvy and Dropsie which he had contracted by his seasaring . The next day his body was imbowelled , and closed in a sheet of lead , and the bowels were interred in the great Church at Plymouth . He was a man wholly devoted to his Countries Service , resolute in his undertakings , and most faithful in the performance of them . With him , Valour seldom mist its reward , nor Cowardize its punishment . When news was brought him of a metamorphosis in the State at home , he would then encourage the Seamen to be most vigilant abroad ; for ( said † he ) 'T is not our duty to mind State affairs , but to keep foreigners from fooling us . In all his expeditions , the Wind seldome deceived him , but most an end stood his friend , especially in his last undertaking at S. Cruze in the Canary Islands . To the last , he lived a single life , never being espoused to any , but his Countries , Quarrels . Soon after his death and embalming , the body was conveyed by Sea to Greenwych House , where it remained for some time . From thence it was conveyed by Water on the 4 of Sept. following with all due solemnity and honour in a barge of state cove●ed with Velvet , adorned with Escocheons and Pencils , accompanied with his brothers and divers of his kindred , relations and servants in mourning , together with Oliver's Privy Council , the Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy , the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London , the Field Officers of the Army , and divers other persons of honour and quality , in a great number of barges and wherries covered with mourning , marshal'd and order'd by the Officers of Arms who directed and attended the solemnity . In that order they passed to Westminster bridge , and at their landing proceeded in the same manner thro a Guard of several Regiments of foot Soldiers of the Army , wherein he had been a Colonel in many eminent Services . And so proceeding from the New Palace Yard at Westminster to the Abbey , was interr'd in a Vault , made on purpose , in the Chappel of King Hen. 7. In that place it rested till the 12 Sept. 1661 , and then by vertue of his Majesties express Command sent to the Dean of Westminster , to take up the bodies of all such persons which had been unwarrantably buried in the Chap. of Hen. 7. and in other Chappels and places within the collegiate Church of S. Peter in Westminster since the year 1641 , and to bury them in some place in the Churchyard adjacent : His body , I say , was then ( Sept. 12. ) taken up , and with others , buried in a pit in S. Margarets Church yard adjoyning , near to the back-door of one of the Prebendaries of Westminster ; in which place it now remaineth , enjoying no other monument , but what is reared by his Valour , which time it self can hardly deface . At the same time were removed the bodies of ( 1 ) Col. Rich Deane sometimes one of the Admirals at Sea for the Republick of England , who was killed in a Sea-fight between the English and Dutch ( which last were worsted ) that hapned the 2 and 3 of June 1653. ( 2 ) Col Humph Mackworth one of Oliver's Council , who was interr'd in Hen. 7. Chappel with great solemnity 26 Dec. 1654. ( 3 ) Dr. Isaac Doris●aus . ( 4 ) Sir Wil● . Constable of Flamburgh in Yorkshire , one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. sometimes Covernour of Glocester , and Colonel of a Regiment of Foot ; who dying 15 June , was buried in K. Hen. 7. Chap. 21 of the same month an . 1655. ( 5 ) Col. Joh. Meldroma a Scot who received his deaths wound at Ailresford in Hampshire . ( 6 ) Col… .. Buscawen a Cornish man. ( 7 ) Col. Edw. Popham one of the Admirals of the Fleet belonging to the Parliament ; who dying of a Fever at Dover 19 Aug. 1651 , was buried the 24 of Sept. following , in S. Joh. Bapt. Chappel . His body , after it was taken up , was not buried in the said pit , but carried elsewhere ( into the Country I think ) by some of his Relations , yet his monument was permitted to stand by the intercession of some of his Ladies friends , with the stone , wherein the Epitaph was insculp'd , to be turn'd . ( 8 ) Will. Stroude or Strode a Parliament man , and one of the five Members demanded by K. Ch. 1. ( 9 ) Thom May the Parliamentarian Historian . These with the bodies of Will. Strong and Steph. Marshall sometimes Members of the Assembly of Divines ( the last of which was buried in the south Isle of the Church 23 Nov. ●655 ) and of several Women also , and others , were re-buried in the pit before mentioned , on the 12 and 14 of Sept. 1661. But after this long digression let 's return to the remaining part of the Admissions . Feb. 13. Rob. Hegge of C. C. Coll. Mar. 22. Jonas Mountague of Mert Coll. — This person who was a Berkshire man born , became a Student in the said College 1604 , aged 18 , but before he took a Degree , he was call'd away by Sir Hen Savile to drudge for him in his Edition of S. Chrys●stom's Works . Afterwards Sir Henry procured for him the Usher's place in Eaton School , and afterwards the degree of Bach. of Arts. One Rich. Mountague Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge ( who became Bishop of Norwich in 1638 ) was employed by the said Sir Henry to correct Chrysostome in Greek before it went to the Press at Eaton , ( about which time Mountague was Fellow of the said Coll. ) but how nearly related Jonas was to this Richard Mountague , who was a Ministers Son , I know not . As for Harvey , Segar , Heylyn , Tipping , and Shelden before mention'd , will be large mention made elsewhere . Admissions in all come to 225. Bach. of Law. Dec. 10. Rich. Steuart Will. Skinner of All 's . Coll. The last was afterwards Chancellour of Hereford . Besides him and Steuart , were only two admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 23. Rich. Thornton of Linc. Coll. — This noted Preacher who had newly been elected Fellow of that house , in a Lincolnshire place , became about the year 1626 Rector of Rowghton in the same County , and afterwards published The Aegyptian Courtier , two Sermons before the University at S. Maries Church in Oxon , on Gen. 40. 23. Lond. 1635. qu. I have made mention of another Rich. Thornton in these Fasti 1608. Jun. 23. John Flavell of Wadham Coll. Tim. Woodroff of S. Alb. Hall , lately of Ball. Coll. 25. Joh. Bayly of Exeter 28. Joh. Harmar of Magd. Coll. 30. Benj. Cox of Broadgates Hall. Jul. 6. Will. Foster of S. Johns Coll. Oct. 29. Joh. Foxcroft of Magd. Hall. — He was afterwards Minister of Gotham in Nottinghamshire ; where he continued a puritanical Preacher several years . At length closing with the Presbyterians when they grew dominant in 1641 , he was chosen one of the Assembly of Divines two years after . So that residing mostly in London in the War time , ( upon pretence of being molested by the Cavaliers at Gotham ) became a frequent Preacher there . He hath published The Good of a good Government , and well grounded peace , Fast Sermon before the H. of Commons on Isay 32. 1. 2. Lond. 1646. qu. and perhaps other things . Quaere . Jan. 21. Henry Ramsden of Magd. Hall. Feb. 4. Rich. Toogood of Oriel Coll. 13. Joh. Atkins of S. Edm. Hall. — Whether he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , I cannot yet find ; however it appears , that one of both his names , entituled Master of Arts , was admitted Rector of North Perrot in Somersetshire , in the beginning of May 1618 , who published The Christians Race , &c Serm. on Heb. 12. part of the first and second Verse , Lond. 1624. qu. and not unlikely other things . We have had several of both his names , but before him in time , yet never took the degree of M. of A. Adm. about 105. Bach. of Div. May 8. Rich. Corbet of Ch. Ch. 19. Rob. Sanderson of Linc. 30. Edw. Chaloner of All 's . Coll. Jun. 18. Hen. Jackson Jul. 11. George Webb of C. C. Coll. Adm. 24. Doct. of Law. Jul. 11. John Cradock of New Coll. a Compounder , and now much in esteem for his great knowledge in the Civil Law. Doct. of Phys . Jul. 16. Ralph Baylie of New Coll. — He was afterwards an eminent practitioner in the City of Bathe , where he lived many years in good repute , and dying in 1645 , was buried at Widcombe near that City . Doct. of Div. May 8. Will. Osbaldeston George Hamden Rich. Corbet of Ch. Ch. The last of which accumulated the degrees in Divinity . … . Rich. Lloyd of Linc. Coll. — He was about this time dignified in Wales , and dying at Ruabon in Denbighshire ( of which place I think he was Minister ) about 1642 , was buried there . Jun. ult . Samps . Price of Exet. July 7. Rich Tillesley of S. Joh. Joh. Tapsell of Mert. Coll. This Joh. Tapsell who was the Son of Rob. Tapsell , was born at Garsingdon near to , and in the County of , Oxon , about the begining of Febr. 1571 , admitted prob . Fellow of the said house of Merton , an . 1593 , took the degrees in Arts , being then accounted a most excellent Disputant and Orator , and a person of prodigious memory . In 1599 , Jul. 9 , he according to the Statute of his Coll. did publickly dispute and speak speeches against the opinion of Aristotle ( which the said Satute stiles varying ) in the common Refectory of that house , on these three Th●ses , ( 1 ) Juvenis est idoneus auditor moralis philosophiae . ( 2 ) Probanda est in sene verecumdia . ( 3 ) Bonus à malo per dimidiam vitae partem differt . Which Speeches being esteemed most admirable in their kind , and of a Ciceronian stile , were upon the desire of many of the Auditors , printed in an octavo vol. but in what year I know not ; for few Copies being printed , I could never see one . He was afterwards a Lecturer in the City of York , and at length in London , where he died about 1630. July 9. John Holt 12. Dan. Featley of C. C. Coll. The first of these last two , was Prebendary of Westminster , and afterwards President of the said Coll. of C. C. He died 10 Jan. 1630 , and was buried in the Church of S. Peter at Westminster : whereupon Dr. Lodowick Weems or Wemmys succeeded him in his Prebendship . As for the other , Dr. Featly alias Fairclough , will be large mention made of him in the second vol. Dec. 16. Francis Gibbons of Ch. Ch. — He died in the Parish of S. Cross ( of which he was Parson ) near to Shrewsbury , in 1639 , or thereabouts . Incorporations . July 14. Arthur Lake M. A. of Cambridge . — He was Son , if I mistake not , to Sir Tho. Lake one of the Secretaries of State. These following Masters of Cambr. were incorporated on the 15 July , being the next day after the Act had been concluded . Thomas Goad Mast . of Arts of Kings Coll. — He was afterwards Chaplain to Archb. Abbot , Rector of Hadley in Suffolk , Doct. of Div. Prebendary of Canterbury , &c. a great and general Scholar , exact Critick and Historian , a Poet , Schoolman and Divine . This p●rson who was Son of Dr. Roger Goad Provost of Kings Coll. before mention'd , died in the year 1636 , or thereabouts . Another Tho. Goad was Doctor of the Laws , and the Kings Professor of that Faculty in Cambridge , who died about the beginning of 1666. Of one Tho. Goade see in the Pamphlet entit . A Century of scandalous , malignant Priests , &c. p. 27. Benj. Laney M. of Arts. — He was the fourth Son of a wealthy Merchant of Ipsu●ych named Joh. Laney Esq ; who sparing nothing that might advance his education , took him from School , and caused him to be admitted a Student in Christs Coll. in Cambr. Where making great proficiency in his studies , was removed to Pembroke Hall , of which he became Fellow , and contemporary there with Ralph Brownrig . Afterwards he was made Master of that house , Doct. of Div. Vicechancellour of the University , Chaplain in ordinary to K. Ch. 1 , Prebendary of Winchester , and about the same time of Westminster , in the place of Lambert Osbaldeston deprived an . 1638 , and afterwards ( upon the restauration of Osbaldeston by the Long Parliament ) in the place of Griffith Williams , an . 1641. Soon after , he was outed of his Mastership of Pembroke Hall for his Loyalty , and about that time did attend in his Majesties Service in the Treaty at Vxbridge , being then esteemed a learned Divine . Afterwards when his Majesty Ch. 2. was in exile , he did in a most dutiful manner attend him , and for several years after suffer'd great calamity , as innumerable Royalists did . Upon his Majesty's return to his Kingdoms , he was restored to his Headship , and in recompence of his sufferings , he was first made Dean of Rochester , in the place of Dr. Tho. Turner , in which Dignity he was installed 24 of July 1660 , and soon after had the Bishoprick of Peterborough confer'd upon him , ( with liberty to keep his Mastership in commendam ) to which he received Consecration in the Abbey Church of S. Peter at Westminster , on Sunday Decemb. 2. an . 1660. Afterwards , upon the death of Dr. Rob. Sanderson , he was translated to Lincoln , and on the death of Dr. M. Wrenn , to Ely ; where he sate to the time of his death , in the latter end of 1674. Five of his Sermons preached before the King , were printed in 1668 — 9. And after his death were published his Observations on a letter about liberty and necessity , &c. Lond. 1676 , in tw . which Letter was written to the Duke of Newcastle by Tho. Hobbes of Malmsbury . Rich. Holdsworth M. A. of S. Johns Coll. — This most eminent and loyal person was a Native of Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland , where , for some time , he was educated in Gramaticals ; afterwards being sent to the said Coll. he made wonderful proficiency in Arts and Theology , became successively Divinity Professor of Gresham Coll. ( being about that time D. of D. ) Master of Emanuel Coll. several times Vicechancellour of Cambridge , Archdeacon of Huntingdon in the place of Dr. Owen Gwynn Master of S. John's Coll. before mention'd deceased , an . 1633 , ( which Dignity Gwynn had confer'd upon him in 1622 upon the resignation of Dr. Laud ) and at length upon the grant of the Deanery of Durham to Dr. Christopher Potter in the latter end of 1645 , had the grant of the Deanery of Worcester made unto him , having in the beginning of the grand Rebellion refused the Bishoprick of Bristow . But the principles of this reverend Doctor being wholly orthodox , he suffered therefore very much during the miserable condition which the Members of the Long Parliament had brought this Kingdom to , lost most , if not all , his Spiritualities , was several times imprison'd , yet afterwards being at liberty he attended his Majesty in his disconsolate and afflicted condition at Hampton Court and in the Isle of Wight . At length , after he had seen him crown'd with Martyrdom , he surrendered up his pious soul to him that gave it on the 22 Aug. 1649. Whereupon his body was buried in the Church of S. Peter le poore in London ; of which Church he had been Minister till the violence of the Presbyterians forced him thence , an . 1642. After his death were published some of his Works , viz. ( 1 ) Valley of vision in 21 Sermons . — printed 1651. qu. ( 2 ) Praelectiones Theologicae habitae in Collegio Greshamensi apud Londinenses . Lond. 1661. fol. which last book was published by Dr. Pearson his Nephew , who hath set an account of his life before that book . Henry Burton . Abraham Gibson . Of these two , who were incorporated Masters again , I have made mention among the Incorporations , in an . 1612 and 1615. Will. Isaacson M. A. — He was afterwards D. of D. Rector of S. Andrews Church in the Wardrobe in London , and of Wodford in Essex ; but whether he hath published any thing , I know not . He was younger Brother to Henry Isaacson the Chronologer , sometimes Amanuensis to Dr. Andrews Bishop of Winchester , Son of Rich. Isaacson Sheriff elect of London , who died 19 Jan. 1620 , and he the Son of Will. Isaacson of Sheffield in Yorkshire , by Isabel his first Wife . This Hen. Isaacson , by the way I must let the Reader know , was born in the Parish of S. Catherine Coleman in London , in Sept. 1581 , but what Academical Education he received , I cannot yet tell . Sure it is , that he arrived to great knowledge in Chronology , as his large book of that subject , doth sufficiently attest ; and dying about the 7 of Decemb. 1654 , was buried in the Church of S. Catherine Coleman before mention'd , having before been a considerable benefactor to the poor of that Parish . Will. Beale M. A. of Pemb. Hall. — See among the Incorporations , an . 1645. Dan. Horsmanden M. A. — He was afterwards D. of D. and Rector of Vlcomb in Kent , and accounted by his Contemporaries a learned man ; but he being a zealous person for the Church of England , and a high Loyalist , was thrown out of his Living by the Committee of Religion , an . 1643 , as you may see in the Pamph. entit . The first century of scandalous , malignant priests , &c. p. 36 , 37 ▪ He lost other Spiritualities , and suffer'd much for the Kings Cause during the time of the Rebellion . Humphrey Henchman M. A. — This loyal and religious person who was Son of Tho. Henchman of London Skinner , and he the Son of another Thomas of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire , ( in which Country his name and family had for several generations before lived ) was afterwards D. of D. Chauntor of Salisbury , on the death of Hen. Cotton , in January 1622 , and Preb. of South Grantham in the same Church , an . 1628. After the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was nominated Bishop of that place , upon the translation of Dr. Duppa to Winchester . Whereupon being consecrated in the Chappel of K. Hen. 7. within the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster 28 Oct. 1660 , sate there three years , and then upon the translation of Dr. Sheldon to Canterbury , he was translated to London in Sept. 1663. About that time he was made Bishop Almoner , and died , as it seems , in the month of Octob. an . 1675. He was for his wisdom and prudence much valued by K. Ch. 2. whose happy escape from the battel at Worcester , this pious Prelate did admirably well manage , especially when his Majesty came in a disguise near Salisbury . He was born , as I have been informed , within the Parish of S. Giles Crippl●gate , London , and educated in Clare Hall in Cambridge , of which he was Fellow . Arthur Jackson M. A. — Afterwards he was a frequent and puritanical Preacher , and sided with the Presbyterians when the Rebellion began , an . 1642. About which time he was Minister of S. Michael Woodstreet in London , where I find him in 1649. He hath written Expositions on various parts of the Scripture , as ( 1 ) An help for understanding the holy Scriptures , the first part , being an exposition upon the five books of Moses , viz. Gen. Levit. Numb . Deut. &c. Camb. 1643. qu. ( 2 ) Annotations on the remaining part of the Old Testament , viz. J●sh . Judges , Sam. Kings , Chron. Ezra , Nehem. Esthe● , the second part . ( 3 ) Annotations on the five poetical looks of holy Scripture , viz. Job , Psalms , Prov. Eccles . and Cant. Lond. 1658. Besides several other things , which for brevity sake I now omit . See more of him in Ch. Love among the Writers an . 1651. The said Masters of Arts , viz. Th. Goad , Ben. Laney . R. Holdsworth , Hen. Burton , Ab. Gibson , W. Isaason , W. Beale , Dan. Horsmanden , H. Hen●hman , and A. Jackson were incorporated , as I have before told you , 15 July , as they had stood before at Cambridge . Besides them were about 27 more incorporated , ( of whom Sam Carter was one ) but not one of them being then , or after , men of note , as I can yet find , are here omitted . On the same day also , one Rob. Newton M. A. of the Univ. of S. Andrew in Scotland , was incorporated , of whom I know no more . Creations . March 5. Will. Stafford a Student of Ch. Ch. was actually created Master of Arts in the Congregation house by vertue of a dispensation obtained in that of Convocation , on the second day of the said month . — This person who was a Norfolk man born , and nobly descended , was a Member of the House of Commons for a time , and wrot a little thing ( as I have been informed by those that knew him ) entit . Reasons of the War &c. which I suppose is the same with a Pamphlet entit . An orderly and plain narration of the beginning and causes of this War ; with a conscientious resolution against the Parliament side . printed 1644 , in 3 sheets in qu. He died at Thornborough in Glocestershire ( where he had a plentiful Estate ) about the year 1683 , and in the ninetieth year of his age , leaving behind him a Son named John , Father of Rich. Stafford , lately Bach. of Arts of Magd. Hall , Author of Of happiness . &c. Lond. 1689. qu. An. Dom. 1618. An. 16 Jac. 1. Chanc. William Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. the same again , July 17. Proct. Daniel Ingo●l of Qu. Coll. ●ch . Drope of Magd. Coll. Apr. 15. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 20. San. Hoard of S. Maries Hall. May 8. Meric Casaubon ( Son of Isaac ) of Ch. Ch. June 9. Wi●l . Paul Tho. Laurence of All 's . Coll. The first of these last two , was afterwards Bishop of Oxon. 10. Thom. Co●man of Magd. 12. Alexand. Griffith of Ha●t Hall. The last did not take the Degree of M. of A. till 1631. 18. Hen. Blount of Trin. Coll. July 2. Joh. Pointer of Bras● . Coll. — He was matriculated , and took the degree of Bach. of Arts , as an Esquires Son. Afterwards departing without any other degree , became a puritanical Preacher , and acquainted with Oliver Cromwel ; who , when Protector , gave him a Canonry of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , as a reward for the pains he took in converting him to Godliness , i.e. to canting Puritanis● and Saintism . After the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was ejected , and living many years after in Oxon in a retired and studious condition , died 2 Jan. 1683 , aged 84 or thereabouts ; whereupon his body was buried at the lower end of the north 〈◊〉 joyning to the Church of S Peter in the Baylie , Oxon. Oct. 15. Humph. Chambers of Vniv. Edw. Reynolds of Mert. Coll. The la●t was afterwards Bishop of Norwich . Dec. 3. Ph●●ip King of Ch. Ch. a younger Son of Dr. King B. of London . — See among the created Doctors of Div. 1645. 15. Will. Lyford of Magd. Coll. 17. Rob. Bedingfield 19 George Morley Rob. Gomersall Zouch Townley of Ch. Ch. Of the first of these last four , you may see more among the Doctors of Div. 1630 , and of the last , among the Masters of A. 1621. Jan. 27. John Geree of Magd. Hall. Feb. 3. Mathew Griffith of Gloc. Hall , lately of Brasn . Coll. 4. Thom. Swadlin of S. Joh. Coll. All these Bachelaurs except Bedingfield and Townly , are to come into the second Vol. of this Work , or elsewhere . Adm. 223. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 20. Cornel. Burges May 20. Tho. Lushington of Linc. Coll. The last of these two , who was originally of Broadgates Hall , but had not taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , will be mention'd in the second Vol. Jun. 9. Will. Pemble of Magd. Hall. 10. Christop . Tesdale of New Coll. — He was afterwards Minister of Husborne-Tarrant in Hampshire , one of the Assembly of Divines , and a Preacher before the Long Parliament . He hath published , Hierusalem , or a vision of peace , Fast-sermon 28 Aug. 1644 ▪ before the House of Commons , on Psal . 122. 6. Lond. 1644 , qu. and perhaps other things , which is all I know of him , only that he was an Abendon man born . 10. Charles Herle of Exeter 12. Thom. Twittie of Oriel . Coll. 27. Franc. Gouge of S. Edm. Hall. This year Francis Little of Ch. Ch. was admitted , but the day or month when , appears not . He afterwards published some of the posthumous Works of Dr. Tho. Sutton , as I have elsewhere told you , and was himself a learned man. He was the Son of Franc. Little sometimes Mayor of Abendon in Berks. who in the year 1627 wrot a leiger book containing a short account of the Monastery of Abendon , an account of the Hospital of the brotherhood of the Holy Cross there , and of several matters relating to Abendon . Adm. 131 , or thereabouts . Bach. of Div. Jun. 8. Will. Loe of Mert. Coll. sometimes of S. Alb. Hall. Jul. 6. Tho. Marler of Trin. Coll. — In 1625. Jun. 27 , he was made Archdeacon of Salisbury , and dying in 1643 , was succeeded in that Dignity by Will. Buckner , 7 Aug. the same year . Nov. 3. Joh. Harrys of New Coll. 24. Joh. Wall of Ch. Ch. Feb. 5. Nathaniel Canon of S. Maries Hall. Adm. 19. Doct. of Law. June 25. Charles Twysden of All 's . Coll. — He was soon after Principal of New , Inn , and at length Chancellour of Lichfield and Coventry . Doct. of Phys . Jun. 25. Andr. Byrd of Merton Coll. George Raleigh of New Inn. The first of these practised his faculty at Reading in Berks , where dying in 1636 was interr'd in St. Laurence ch . there . The other , in Oxford , where he was much in repute till the time of his death , an . 1623 or thereabouts . Doct. of Div. June 8. Will. Loe of Mert. Coll. a Compounder and Accumulator . 25. Simon Jux Rich. Etkins of Ch. Ch. The first of these two who was a Compounder , was about this time Rector of St. Olaves in Southwark , where he died about the beginning of the year 1631. Edmund Jackson of St. Johns Coll. — He was now beneficed in Kent by the favour of Dr. Buckridge Bishop of Rochester , to whom he was Chaplain . July 10. Thom. Oates of Magd. Coll. — This learned Doctor who was at this time domestick Chaplain to Will. Earl of Pembroke Chancellour of the University , became Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. Rob. Chaloner deceased , being at that time one of the Kings Chaplains ; and soon after , if not then , Prebendary of S. Pauls Cathedral in London . He died and was buried at Windsore , an . 1623. 14. Evan Vaughan of Jesus Coll. 16. Roger Bates of Trin. Coll. a Compounder . — He was at this time Chaplain in Ordinary to K. James . 1. as he was afterwards to K. Ch. 1. and much in esteem for his excellent preaching . On the 20. of May 1630 , he was collated to the Prebendship of Lyme and Halstock in the Church of Sarum , upon the translation of Dr. Walt. Curle from the See of Rochester to Bathe and Weils , and in the year following , in the Month of Decemb. he was made Prebendary of Westminster in the place of Dr. Theodore Price deceased , being about that time a Justice of the Peace of Middlesex and the liberties of Westminster . He died at his House in Milford-Lane , without Temple-bar , on the 15 of March 1633 and was buried in the Chancel of St. Clements Danes in the Strand near London . March… . Rich. Astley Warden of All 's . Coll. Incorporations . June 18. James Wats M. A. and Fellow of Magd. Coll. in Cambridge — He was afterwards Minister of Wodnesborough in Kent , and published The controversie debated about the reverend gesture of kneeling in the act of receiving the holy communion . Lond. 1621. qu. and perhaps other things . Qu●re . July 1. Sam. Balcanqual . M. A. of Edenburgh in Scotland . On the 14. of the said month , being the next day after the conclusion of the Act , these Cantabrigians following were incorporated . Will. Wats M. A. of Cains Coll. — This admirable Critick and Divine , who was born near to Lyon in Norfolke , did afterwards travel into several Countries and became Master of divers Languages . At his return he was made Chaplain to King Ch. the first , Doct. of Divinity , Minister of St. Albans in Woodstreet within the City of London , afterwards Chaplain under the Earl of Arundel General of the Forces in the Scotch expedition , an . 1639 and Prebendary of Weils . But being sequestred from his Benefice in London , plundred , and his Wife and Children turn'd out of doors , and himself forced to fly when that City was in the heighth of its rebellion 1642. he retired to His Majesty , served under Prince Rupert when his Majesty raised Forces in his own defence , and was present with him in all the battels that he fought with the Parliamenteers , and many times when that Prince made his desperate attempts on that Party . Upon the declining of the Kings cause , ( a little before which time he was made Archdeacon and Residentiary of Wells , as I have been informed ) he stuck to the said Prince when he served his Majesty on the Seas , upon the revolt of certain English Ships from the Parliament , and was with him when he was blocked up in the harbour at Kingsale in Ireland , where being overtaken with a distemper which no Physick could cure , surrended up his Soul to the Almighty , and was buried there in the latter end of the year 1649 , as I was many years since informed by his Widow , the Daughter of Mr… . Vaughan Minister of Ashted in Surrey , Brother to Dr. Rich. Vaughan sometimes B. of London . This Dr. Wats , who is several times honorably mention'd by Vossius * by the title of doctissimus and clarissimus Watsius , and qui optime de Historia meruit , &c. had an especial hand in Sir. Hen. Spe●●●ans Glossary ; corrected , added considerable notes to , and published , Matthew Paris his Historia Major , an . 1640. He wrot also ( 1 ) The History of Gustavus Adolphus ( 2 ) Mortification Apostolical , &c. Lond. 1637. wherein justifying the use of canonical hours , gave great offence to the Puritan . ( 3 ) Treatise of the passions ( 4 ) Treatise of the surplice , not extant ; besides several Sermons . He also translated into English . St. Augustines confessions . Lond. 1631. in a thick oct . illustrated by him with certain marginal notes ; and from French into English The Catholick Moderator , which I have not yet seen . He also published the several numbers of News-books in the English tongue ( more than 40 ) containing the occurrences done in the Wars between the King of Sweden and the German . All published before the Civil Wars of England began . John Lynch M. A. — He was afterwards Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury , Parson of Herietsham in Kent and the writer and publisher of The Christian Passover , Serm. at St. Pauls , on Wednesday in Easter Week , 1637. on 1. Cor. 5. 7. S. Lond. 1637. qu. and perhaps of other things . Quaere . Walter Balcanqual Bach. of Div. of Pembroke hall . — This learned Scot who was now Chaplain to His Majesty , became a Master of the Hospital called the Savoy in the Strand near London on the 16. Dec. 1617 , which place he giving up soon after , it was conferr'd b on Marc. Ant. de Dominis Archb. of Spalato ( who came into England upon account of Religion 16. Dec. 1616. ) on the 23. of April 1618. in which year the said Balcanqual was sent to the Synod of Dort to represent the Church of Scotland , and with him went Th. Goad of Cambridge in the place of Dr. Joseph Hal● Dean of Worcester , indisposed . In Feb. 1621. the said Marc. Ant. being weary of the Kings favour and benevolence extended to him . left England ; whereupon Balcan●ual was restored to the Savoy again , and on the 12. March 1624. he was installed Dean of Rochester , ( being then D of D. ) in the place of Godfrey Go●dman promoted to the See of Glocester . In 1639 May 14 , he was installed Dean of Durham in the place of Dr. Rich. Hunt , who had succeeded in that rich Dignity Sir Adam Newton Knight and Baronet a Lay-man . Soon after the grand rebellion breaking out , Balcanqual was forced from his Mastership of the Savoy , plundred , sequesrred and forced to fly by the impetuous Presbyterians , an . 1642. so that retiring to His Majesty at Oxon , did afterwards shift from place to place for security . At length flying for the safety of his life to Chirk Castle in Denbighsh●e , died there in a very cold season , on the day of the Nativity of our Saviour , an . 1645. The next day his body was buried in the Parish Church of Chirk , and some years after had a noble monument set over his grave ( the inscription on which was made by Dr. John Pearson ) by a most worthy Royalist named Sir Tho. Midd●eton of Chirk Castle , who dying in 1660 aged 79 was also buried in the said Church . In Jan. following ( 1645 ) Dr. Christoph . Potter Provost of Qu. Coll. in Oxon obtained of his Majesty the grant of the said Deanery of Durham , but he dying in the beginning of March following , without installation , his Maj. confer'd it upon Will. Fuller D. D. of Cambridge , who dying in 1659 Dr. John Barwick of Camb. was installed in that Dignity 1. Nov. 1660. Dr. Balcanjual hath written and published ( 1 ) The honor of Christian Churches , Serm. at Whitehall before the King , on Matth. 21. 13. Lond. 1633. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. preached at St. Ma●ies Spittle on Munday in Easter w●ek 14. Apr. 1623 , on Psal . 126. 5. Lond. 1634. qu. and also drew up The Declaration of K. Ch. 1. concerning the late tumults in Scotland ; with a particular deduction of the seditious practices of the Covenanteers , out of their own foul Acts and Writtings . Lond. 1639. fol. John Whiting D. D. — He was at this time a Minister in London , where he died about 1624. David Owen D. D. — See among the Incorporations , an . 1603. Martin Day D. D. — See among the Incorp . 1602. Which Cambridge Men I say , viz. W. Wats , I. Lynch , W. Balcanqual , John Whiting , D. Owen , M. Day , and at least 20 more were incorporated on the 14. Jul. Will. Spicer a Devonian born and Doctor of the Laws of the Univ. of L●yden , was incorporated the same day . Oct. 12. Lionel Sharp D. D. lately of Kings Coll. in Cambridge — He had before been Chaplain to the Earl of Essex , in whose treasons he was engag'd ) and afterwards to Henry Prince of Wales , and was now , or lately , Rector of Malpas in Cheshire , Minister of Tiverton in Devon. and Archdeacon of Berks , which Dignity , was conferr'd upon him , 9. Nov. 1605 , upon the death , as I suppose , of Dr. Martin Colepeper . He hath published ( 1 ) Oratio funebris in honorem Henrici Walliae Principis , propriam atque intimam ejus effigiem pr●ferens , &c. Lond. 1612. in 3 sh . in qu. ( 2 ) Novum fidei symbolum , sive de novis , &c. Lond. 1612. qu. ( 3 ) Speculum papae i.e. viva & expressa Antichristi effigies &c. Printed there the same year . These two last were translated into English under this title A looking glass for the Pope ; wherein he may see his own face , the express image of Antichrist . Together with the Popes n●w Creed , &c. in two Dialogues . — Lond. 1623. qu. He hath also published Certain Sermons , of which one is on 1. Kings 10. ver . 9 — printed in oct . 1603. He died in 1630 , and was succeeded in the Archdeaconry of Berkshire by Edward Davenant , 26. January the same year . You may see more of this Dr. L. Sharp in Joh. Hoskins among the Writers , an . 1638. and in Cabala : Mysteries of State ; printed 1654. p. 255 , and 257. An. Dom. 1619. An. 17. Jac. 1. Chanc. Will. Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. John Prideaux D. D. Rector of Exeter College July 17. Proct. Christoph . Wrenn of St. Johns Coll. Brian Duppa of All 's . Coll. Apr. 7. Bach. of Musick . Richard Emot of Brasn . Coll. who had been a Student in the faculty of Musick for 20 years , supplicated for the Degree of Bachelaur in that faculty ; but whether he was admitted , it appears not ( perhaps upon neglect ) in the register . — This Person , who was Son , or near related to Will. Emot sometimes Fellow of Brasn . Coll. and afterwards Vicar of Einsham near Oxon ( where he died and was buried in Feb. 1584 ) lived mostly in the City of Wells , and had , as I conceive , some place in the Cathedral there . He hath made several compositions in Musick for voices and instruments , but whether any of them were ever made publick I cannot tell . One Richard Browne was admitted Vicar Choral and Organist of We●ls an . 1614. which place he keeping till 1619. one John Okever succeeded , and therefore , I presume the said Emot was never Organist of Wells in his own right . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 24. Philip Nye of Magd. hall . May 12. Tho. Atkinson of St. John Coll. — See more among the Bach. of Div. 1630. June 9. Will. Pinke of Magd. hall . 20. Will. Strode of Ex. Quaere . July S. John Earl of Mert. Coll. The last of these two was afterwards Bishop successively of Worcest●r and Salisbury . Oct. 19. Rich Heyrick of St. Jo. Rich. Byfield of Qu. Coll. 21. George Stinton of Ball. Coll. — See among the Masters 1622. Nov. 3. Will. Evans of St. Maries Hall. — See among the Bac. of Div. 1635. 25. Nathaniel Simpson John Lewgar H●n . Gellibrand of Trin. Coll. Dec. 11. John Oliver , lately of Merton , now of Magd. Coll. — See more among the Doctors of Div. 1639. Jan. 19. Edw. Stanley of New 24. Hen. or Harry Marten of Vn. Coll. Feb. 3. Joh. Maynard of Qu. 8. Edm. Sta●nt●n of C. C. Coll. The first of these two last was a Compounder , and afterwards of Magd. hall . Of all these Bachelaurs , none but Atkinson , Pinke , Stinton , Evans , and Gellibrand are mention'd in this work . Adm. 252. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Apr. 8. Joh. Ryves of New Coll. — He was afterwards Prebendary of Winchester , became Prebendary of Gillingham Major in the Church of Salisbury , on the death of John Jessop , 1. March 1625. and Archdeacon of Berks. on the resignation of Edw. Davenant , 20. Nov. 1634. He died 19 Aug. 1665 and was succeeded in his Archdeaconry by Dr. Peter Mews of St. Johns Coll. in Oxon. Besides this Joh. Ryves , were but two admitted Bach. of Law this year . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 24. Joh. Langley of Magd. hall . 27. Lambert Osbaldeston of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards made Master of the College School at Westminster , in the place of Dr. John Wilson , and Prebendary of the tenth stall in the Church there , in the place of Dr. Christoph . Sutton deceased . By his industry he did improve his Scholars to as great eminency of learning , as any of his predecessors did : Insomuch that he had , as 't is c reported , above 80 Doctors in the three great faculties , in the two Universities , that did gratefully acknowledge their education under him , before the grand Rebellion broke out . But so it was , that he having been much favoured and patroniz'd by Dr. Williams Dean of Westm . and B. of Linc. did always stick close to , in his controversies had between , him and Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , for which he suffered in some measure , especially after he had been found guilty of certain libellous passages in a letter written by him to the said Williams , wherein he stiles Laud , the little Vermin , the Vrchin and Hocus pocus . For which being called into question in the Star-chamber , and found guilty , he lost his Spiritualities , was fined 5000 l. and sentenced to have his ears tack'd to the Pillory in the presence of his Scholars . Which last sentence he avoided by a seasonable withdrawing himself from Westminster , an . 1638. Afterwards he was restored by the Long Parliament , and suffered for a time to keep his Prebendship , when all the rest of the Prebendaries were turn'd out . But then seeing what mad courses the members of the said Parliament took , favoured His Majesties cause , and in some measure suffered for it , lived retiredly during the interval , and dying in the beginning of Octob. 1659 was buried on the 7 of the said month , in the large South isle of St. Peters Church in Westm . He was a learned Man , but whether he hath published any book or books , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was the Son of Lambert Osbaldeston of the Parish of St. Olaves in Southwark near London , who died an . 1622. June 5. Rob. Grebby of New Coll. — This Person who was a Lincolnshire Man born , was one of the Chaplains of the said Coll. and afterwards , as it became a true Scholar , spent all his time in reading and writing , especially in Divinity and Philosophy , in which last he was a great Sceptick . He wrot much in both , and had his labours perused by his learned acquaintance , yet none of them , tho thought fit , were ever published . I find it reported by a certain Author * that one Master Silo ( whom Mr. Odo de Ceriton or Seryton , who lived in 1181 , stileth † Serlo ) a Master of the University of Paris and Professor of Logick , had a Scholar there , with whom he was very familiar : Which Scholar being excellent in the art of Sophistry , spared not all occasions , whether on festival , or other , days , to study and improve it . This Sophister being very sick , and almost brought to deaths door , Mr. Silo earnestly desired him , that after his death , he would return to , and give , him information concerning his state , and how it fared with him . The Sophister dying , he returned soon after with his hood stuff'd with notes of Sophistry , and the inside loyned with flaming fire , and told him , that that was the reward which he had bestowed upon him for the renown that he had before obtained for his Sophistry . But Mr. Salo esteeming it a small punishment , he stretched out his hand towards him , on which a drop or spark of fire falling , 't was pierced through with terrible pain . This passage the Defunct or Ghost beholding , told him with a faint voice , that he need not be amazed at that small matter , for he was burning in that manner all over . Is it so ? saith Silo ; then in very truth I know what I have to do . Whereupon resolving to leave the World , and enter himself into Religion , called his Scholars about him , and took his leave of , and dismiss'd , them with these metres . Linquo coax d ranis , cras e va●●que f vanis , Ad Logicam pergo , que mortis non timet g ergo . Sed quorsum haec ? you 'll say , or to what end do you tell this old story ? Then give me leave to make answer thus . This Mr. Grebby having been always dubious of the immortality of the Soul of Man , did some years before his death , make a contract with two of his acquaintance of the same mind , that he that died first of the three , should make known to either of the other two , his then state or being . Grebby therefore dying first , his resemblance shortly after appeared in the night time in the Chamber of Joh. Good Bach. of Div. and Fellow of Ball. Coll. ( commonly called Tutor Good ) who was one of the other two that had made the contract ; and opening his curtains , said to him with a trembling and faint voice , Sors tua mortalis , non est mortale quod opto . Afterwards the resemblance vanished , and was , tho much wish'd for again , seen no more . At the same time the other Person , who was sometimes Chaplain of New Coll. but then living at his Benefice near Oxon , had a dream that the said resemblance did appear to Good , and that the doubt seem'd to be resolved , which I have heard him several times very confidently report ; yet he being a reputed Banterer , I could never believe him in that , or any thing else . 'T is true that Good who was a Scholastical , retired and melancholy Man would sometimes tell these passages , but with great shinels , unless to his Philosophical acquaintance ; most of whom seemed to be well satisfied with , and some to believe , them . This Mr. Grebby ( commonly called Father Grebby ) who had read and written so much , till he was almost blind , yet always cheerful and in a contented condition , died in 1654 ( in the spring time I think ) aged 60 or more , and was buried in the North Cloister of New Coll. near to the door leading into the tower , and the monumental inscription of Pet. Woodgate . At which time being present a considerable number of his Philosophical acquaintance , ( for he usually delighted in such , tho never so young or mean , ) was an eloquent oration delivered from a Pew set near to his grave , by Rob. Mathew LL. B. ( afterwards Doctor ) a great admiter of the learning and virtues , of him the said Grebby . From this digression , which many will laugh at , let 's proceed to the rest of the admissions . June 9. Bruno Ryves of Magd. Coll. 21. Will. Price of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards the first moral Philosophy Reader after the Lecture had been founded by Dr. Tho. White , and the writer and publisher of Oratio fanebris habita Oxoniae 22. Apr. 1624. in Laudem Doctoris White lecturae moralis Philosophiae apud Oxonienses fundatoris . Oxon. 1624. qu. 'T is at the end of a book of verses intit . Schola Moralis Philosophiae Oxon in funere Whiti pullata ; mostly made by the Students of Magd. hall , of which house Dr. White was originally a member . Another Will. Price I find who was Bach. of Div. and a publisher of certain Sermons and Divinity tracts , in the time of K. Jam. 1. and Char. 1. but whether he was of this University , I cannot yet tell . Nov. 9. Alex. Gill of Trin. Coll. Dec. 11. Jam. Lamb of St. Mar. hall . Adm. 130. Bach. of Div. June 26. Robert Pink of New Jul. 1. Gilbert Ironside of Trin. 8. Gabr. Richardson of Brasn . Accept . Frewen of Magd. Coll. Nov. 24. Will. Dickenson of Mert. The last of these five who was now Chaplain to Will. Earl of Pembroke , published The Kings right , briefly set down in a Sermon before the Judges of Assize held in Reading for the County of Berks. 28. Jun. 1619 , on Psal . 75. 7. Lond. 1619. qu. and perhaps other things ; which is all I know of him only that he was Son of Thom. Dickinson a Servant of Eaton Coll. near Windsore , and now Rector of Appleton neat Abendon in Berks. Dec. 8. Rob. Johnson of Magd. Coll. Adm. 33. Doct. of Law. Apr. 8. Richard Zouch Richard Clarke of New Coll. Both which , especially the first , were eminent Civilians . One Will. Clerke LL. D. an Advocate in the Court of Arches , died about the month of Aug. 1655 , but whether he was ever of Oxon , I know not as yet . ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. May 12. Rich Parker of S. Maries hall . June 15. John Wilson of Ch. Ch. who accumulated — This Person who was born in the City of Westminster , was about this time Master of the College School there , having a faculty more than ordinary in instructing youth . In Octob. 1623 he was installed Canon or Preb. of the third stall in the Church of Weston . in the place of Dr. John Fox , who in the year 1606 had succeeded one Percival Wyburne a Nonconformist , after he had enjoyed the said stall 44 years , without seldom or never wearing a hood and surplice . Afterwards Dr. Wilson became Prebendary of Rippon , and Dean thereof , ( in the place of Anth. Higgins Bach. of Divinity ) Prebendary of Lincoln , Vicar of Burston , and Rector of Bedall in Yorkshire . He died on the 19 Feb. 1634 , and was buried in the Church of S. Peter in Nottingham . One of both his names ( Job . Wilson ) was a Preacher of the word at Guilford in Surrey and wrot Some helps to faith shewing the necessity , &c. Lond. 1625. oct . and another ( perhaps the same ) who published Zaccheus converted , Serm. or Expos . on 19 Luk. from ver . 1. to 10. Lond. 1631. oct . besides several other things . Whether he was of this University , I cannot yet tell . June 15. Henry Watkins of Ch. Ch. 16. Henry Hook of Qu. Coll. a Compounder . — On the 30. June 1617 , he was collated to the Archdeaconty of York , or the West Riding of York , on the death of Rog. Aeroid D. D. which Dignity he resigning , Hen. Wickham M. A. was collated thereunto , 20. Mar. 1623. On the 19. Mar. 1623 the said Hook was collated to the Chantorship of York , on the death of Dr. Jo. Favour ; in which Dignity he had for his successor Richard Palmer Bach. of Div. admitted thereunto 23. Apr. 1624 , and he ( who dyed on the place ) George Stanhop D. D. in the beginning of Nov. 1631. June 18. Tho. Clifford of Exet. Coll. 23 Sam. Fell Tho. Iles Joh. Brikenden of Magd. Coll. of Ch. Church . Compounders . Dec. 25. Rich. Clewet of Or. 26 Rob. Pink of New Will Smith Warden of Wad . Coll. The last of which was afterwards Prebendary of Worcester and Rector of the rich Church of Tredington in that County . July 5. Thom. Winniff of Ex. Nov. 6. Edw. Chaloner of All 's . Coll. Incorporations . Many Cambridge Men were incorporated on the 13. of July , being the day after the conclusion of the Act , of which these following were some . Andrew Agar Bach. of Law. Theophilus Wodenote M. A. — He was born at Lank●nhorne about 6 miles distant from Launceston in Cornwall , being the Son of Thom. W●denote descended from an antient Family in Cheshire ; educated in Grammaticals in Eaton School near Windsore , in Academicals in Kings Coll. in Cambridge , of which he became Scholar 1608. Afterwards he was M. of A. Bach. of Divinity , Rector of Lankenhorne beforementioned , ( after the decease of his Father , who also had been Fellow of the said Coll. ) and a writer of several books ; among which are these ( 1 ) Observations upon the history of Nabal and Abigail , 1. Sam. 25. — printed 1623. Oct. ( 2 ) Good thoughts in bad times . 'T is a manual , and 't was written at Broad Chalke in Wi●ts . while he absconded in the house of a near relation of his , ( Vicar of that place ) being then obnoxious to arrests . ( 3 ) Hermes Theologus : or , a divine Mercury , new descants upon old records . Lond. 1649. in tw . ( 4 ) Eremicus Theologus : Or , a sequestred Divine his aphocismes : or , breviats of speculation , in two centuries . Lond. 1654. oct . &c. When he died , or where he was buried , I know not ; nor any thing to the contrary but that he did live to be restored in 1660 to what he had lost for his loyalty during the time of the grand rebellion . Robert Sibthorpe M. A. — He was afterwards Bishop of Kilfenore in Ireland , and at length of Limerick , an . 1642. He died in Apr. 1649 , and was buried in the Parish Church of St. Werburge in Dublin . Granado Chester M. A. — He was afterwards D. D. and dignified in the Church . Edward Davenant M. A. — In Feb. 1623 he was collated to the Prebendship of I●fracomb in the Church of Salisbury , and upon the death of Lienel Sharp , to the Archdeaconry of Berkshire . In 1634 Nov. 19. he was collated to the Treasureship of the Church of Salisbury . upon the death of Job . Lee , which he kept to the time of his death 12. of March 1679. Afterwards succeeded Dr. Tho. James as I shall tell you in the next volume . Richard H●nt . M. A. — One of both his names was installed Dean of Durham , in the place of Sir Adam Newton Knight and Baronet , 29. May 1620. Whether the same with him , who was incorporated M. of A. is doubtful . Gilb. W●mberley M. A. — I have made mention of him before . Which seven Persons were , I say , incorporated 13. July . Dec. 1. Patrick Saunders Doct. of Phys . of the University of Franek●r in Westfriesen — He afterwards practised his faculty in the Parish of Great St. Hellens in London , where he died about 1637. A proposal was made much about the Act time for one Thomas Bateson Bach. of Musick , to be incorporated , but whether he , was really so or no , I cannot tell . In the beginning of the Reign of K. Ja● . 1. I find him Organist of the Cath. Church of Christ in the City of Chester , and now ( 1619 ) Organist and Master of the Children of the Cathedral Church of the blessed Trinity called Christ Church in Dublin ; where , as I suppose he took the Degree of Bach. of Musick . He was a Person esteemed very eminent in his profession , especially after he had published The first and second part of English Madrigales to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices . The first part was printed at Lond. 1604 , and the second there , 1618 , both in qu. One 〈◊〉 Jewit Bach. of Musick of Dublin , who had been bred up under Orlando Gibbons , did succeed him in the Organists place of Ch. Ch. who enjoying it but a little while . Ben. Rogers of 〈◊〉 succeeded him , 1639. Soon after the rebellion breaking out in Ireland , Jewit went into England , and was made Organist of Winchester , where he lived in good esteem for his skill in his profession , and soon after died . Creations . July 19. Benjamin Johnson the Father of the English Poets and Poetry , and the most learned and judicious of the Comedians , was then actually created Master of Arts in a full House of Convocation . An. Dom. 1620. An. 18. Jac. 1. Chanc. the same , viz. William Earl of Pembroke . Vicech . Dr. Prideaux again , July 21. Proct. Matthew Osbourne of Wad . C. Samuel Smith of Magd. C. Apr. 18. But the junior Proctor dying 17. June , Tho. Fox of the said Coll. succeeded him on the 20. of the said month . Bach. of Arts. May 5. Tho. Blake of Ch. Ch. Obad. Sedgwick of Magd. hall . 11. Will. Haywood of St. Johns Thom. Hicks of Balliol Coll. June 15. Thom. Case of Ch. Ch. 21. Thom. Bradley of Exet. 28. Will. Chillingworth of Trin. Coll. Jul. 5. Will. Gilbert of Linc. Coll. afterwards of Gloc. hall . — See more among the Masters 1623. Oct. 17. Edward Leigh of Magd. Sam. Newman of St. Edm. Hall. 19. Nathaniel Holmes , lately of Magd. hall now of Exeter College , ( afterwards of the said hall again , a mutable Man and of divers Religions in the time of Rebellion ) was then admitted B. A. Nov. 9. Will. Crompton of Brasn . 28. Anth. Fawkner of Wadh. Jan. 22. Will. Prynne of Oriel Will. Sherley of Ch. Church . Coll. Of the last , you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1631. Feb. 1. Eliot Farley of Ball. Coll. — This Person who was a Worcestershire Man born , and bred under Mr. Henry Bright in the Kings School at Worcester , did leave Ball. Coll. before he was Master of Arts , and crossing the Seas became a Priest in the Church of Rome , and at present ( 1661 ) he is said to be the chief favourite of the Pope , and in likelyhood to be the next Cardinal , as a Writer x of no great credit tells us , who calls him Elias Farley . All these except Hicks , Gilbert , Fawkner and Sherley , will be mention'd in the second vol. or elsewhere . Admitted 281. Mast . of Arts. March 28. Anthony Faringdon of Trin. May 3. John Speed of St. Johns 10. Christopher Harvey of Brasn . Coll. 28. Joh. Seager of St. Maries hall . Gilb. Sheldon of Trin. Jul. 1. Pet. Heylyn of Magd. Coll. Jan… . Sam. Hoard of St. Maries hall . March 17. Rob. Hegge of C. C. Coll. Admitted 134. Bach. of Phys . Apr. 17. Sam. Smith of Magd. Coll. — In the latter end of the same month he was admitted the junior Proctor . Besides him , were two more admitted , who will be mention'd among the Doctors this year , two also admitted to practice Physick , and two Chirurgery , of wh●m one was called Jacob Van Otten , the same I suppose with Jac. Otten who was a Student in Physick in this University , for the sake of the publick Library an . 1604 and after . Bach. of Div. May 11. Nathan . Carpenter of Exet. June 2. Christop . Wrenn of St. Johns Coll. This last Person who was younger Brother to Dr. Matthew Wrenn Bishop of Ely , was afterwards made domestick Chaplain in the Kings Family , Dean of Windsore , ( in which Dignity he was installed 4. April 1635. ) and on the 22. of the said month he was constituted and sworn Scribe or Registrary of the most noble order of the Garter . About that time he was made Dean of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire , and in Novemb. 1638 , he was presented to the rich Rectory of Haseley in Oxfordshire , but whether he took the Degree of Doctor of Divinity in this University , it appears not . He died at Blechingdon in the said County , in the house of Mr. William Holder Rector thereof ( who had married his Daughter ) 29. May 1658. and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Dr. Edward Hyde of Cambridge succeeded him in the Deanery of Windsore , but died before His Majesties restauration , as I have told you elsewhere . June 28. John Conant lately Fellow of Exeter Coll. now Rector of Limington in Somersetshire . — He was afterwards one of the Assembly of Divines and the writer and publisher of The woe and weal of Gods People : Fast Sermon before the House of Commons 26. Jul. 1643. on Jer. 30. 7. Lond. 1643. qu. and of another on Lament . 3. 31. 32. printed the same year in qu. but this last I have not yet seen or any thing else of his extant . July 18. Caesar Calendrinus of Exet. Coll. — He was by birth a German , by profession a puritanical Theologist , and being a learned Man , was beloved of the famous Dr. Vsher , who took him with him into Ireland , and there , as 't is said , prefer'd him . In my searches I find one Caesar Calendrinus of the Parish of St. Peter Le poor in London ; who dying there in 1665 , left behind him a Son named John : But whether this Caes . Cal. be the same with the former , who was Bach. of Div. I cannot tell . I find also one Caesar Cald●rinus to be Author of Dictionariolum sive Thesauri linguae latinae , & omnium à vocibus latinis incipientium Dictionariorum compendium , &c. Venet. 1649. oct . but this Person must not be taken for the same with C. Calendrinus , because their names differ , and that the last was born in the territory of Verona . 19. Christoph . White of Ch. Ch. March 9. Christoph . Potter of Qu. Coll. Admitted 20. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . May 23. Dan. Oxenbridge of Ch. Church . Francis Banister of Trin. Coll. Both which accumulated the Degrees in their faculty . Doct. of Div. May 12. Thomas Sutton of Qu. 23. Edw. Brunker of Wad . Coll. Jun. 26. Anth. Morgan Principal of St. Albans hall , formerly Fellow of Magdalen Coll. Dec. 18. Richard Hall of All 's . Coll. Incorporations . May 28. Thomas Rhead ( Rhaedus ) M. of A. of Aberdene in Scotland . — He had before been a Student in this University , and this year published Paraphrisis Psalma 104. Lond. 1620. in oct . and about the same time , as it should seem , Epist . ad Episcopum Roffensem in oct . Alex. Rhead M. of A. of the same University was incorporated the same day . — One Alex. Rhead was Proctor of the University of Cambr. four years before this time , whom I take to be the same Person who was afterwards Minister of Yeatley in Hampshire , where he died about 1628. I shall make mention of another of both his names among the Creations following . June 6. Festus Hommius D. D. of the University of Leyden was incorporated in that Degree . in a meeting called Simile primo , or Assimilatio parva , held at six of the Clock in the morning , Hommius then having on his legs a green pair of stockings , and a habit not altogether proper for his profession . He was at this time a Divine of great note in the Low Countries , and had lately been Scribe at the Synod of Dort. The occasion of his coming into England , with the Catalogue of the books he wrot , John Meursius will * tell you . He was born at Hielsem in the territory of Leenwerden in Westfriesen , and dying 5. July 1642 aged 66 years and six months , was buried at Leyden in the Church of St. Peter , ( as I conceive ) having been Past●r of that Church forty , and Rector of the College there twenty years . June 26. Peter Chamberlayne Doct. of Phys . of the University of Padua . — He hath written ( 1 ) The poor mans Advocate : or Englands Samaritan , &c. Lond. 1649. qu. ( 2 ) Vindication of publick artificial Bathes , and other things ; and from his Papers was published The accomplished Midwife , &c. printed with cuts in 1673. in oct . Afterwards it was inlarged by others and several times published . One Tho. Chamberlaine who was called and written Doct. of Phys . did practise his faculty in the Parish of St. Gregory in London , and died , as I think , in Mark-lane 1666 , but whether he was ever of the Univ. of Oxon. I cannot yet tell . Jul. 7. Henry Briggs M. A. John Bainbridge Doct. of Phys . of Cambr. Of the first I have spoken largely among the Writers , under the year 1630 , and of the other I shall ( God willing ) make mention in the 2. Vol. of this work . July 11. Will. Jackson M. A. of the same University . — Perhaps he may be the same Will. Jackson , who was now Term-Lecturer at Whittington Coll. in London , and who before had published The Celestial husbandry : or , the tillage of the Soul , Serm. at Pauls Cross 25. Feb. 1615 , on Osea 10. 12. Lond. 1616. qu. Thomas Whitfield M. of A. of the said University , was incorporated on the same day . — I take this Person to be the same Tho. Whitfield who was afterwards Minister of Great Yarmouth in Norfolke , Author of ( 1 ) ( A refutation of the loose opinions and licentious tenets , wherewith those Lay-preachers which wander up and down the kingdom , labour to seduce the simple People . Or , an Examination of the erroneous Doctrines of Thomas More late a Weaver in Wells near Wisbich in his book [ The Universality of Gods free grace to mankind ] Lond. 1646. qu. ( 2 ) Full answer to the Arminian tenets concerning election , redemption , conversion and perseverance . printed there the same year . ( 3 ) Discourse of the Liberty of conscience , &c. Lond. 1649. qu. ( 4 ) The righteous mans rejoycing . Or , a treatise tending to shew the nature of true joy , whence it ariseth , and to whom it belongs , &c. Lond. 1649. in tw . ( 5 ) Extent of divine providence , &c. print . 1651. qu. ( 6 ) Doctrines of Arminianisme and Pelagianisme stated . Print . 1652. qu. ( 7 ) Perswasive to peace amongst the sons of peace , &c. pr. 1655. in tw . and other things . This Thomas Whitfield being a Person that ran with the times of the interval , removed to the rectory of Bugbrook in Northamptonshire , where a neighbour of his named Tho. Pierce animadverted upon one or more of his books , as I shall hereafter tell you . He had a Son named John Whitfield M. A. and sometimes Fellow of Jesus Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards Rector of Bugbrook beforementioned , and a publisher of one or more Sermons . I find one Thomas Whitfield admitted Bach. of Arts , as a member of Magd. hall 4. May 1631 , and another of Hart hall 9. February the same year , but what relation they had to the former Thomas , I know not . July 11. John Johnson D. D. of Cambr. — One of both his names and D. of D. also , was admitted Archdeacon of Worcester 24. Nov. 1598. in the place of Godf. Goldsborough promoted to the See of Glocester . Which Archdeaconry the said Johnson resigned an . 1610. Qu. whether the same . July 12. Rich. Evans D. D. of the University of St. Andrew of Scotland . Creations . May 18. Thom. Grent of New Coll. was actually created Doctor of Phys . — He was afterwards famous for the making of artificial Bathes , and discovering those that were natural , but wanted money to make them fit for use . 29. Alexander Rhead or Read ( Reidus ) a Scotch Man was actually created Doctor of Phys . in the house of Convocation by virtue of the Letters from K. James 1. for that purpose — This learned Scot who was afterwards one of the Coll. of Physitians in London , and a Brother of the Company of Barber-chirurgions , hath written and published ( 1 ) A description of the body of Man by artificial figures , representing the members , &c. Lond. 1616. oct . ( 2 ) Chirurgical Lectures of tumours and ulcers . Lond. 1635. qu. ( 3 ) Treatise of the first part of Chirurgery , which teacheth re-unition of the parts of the body disjoynted . Lond. 1638. qu. ( 4 ) Treatise of the muscles of the body of Man. Lond. 1637. qu. All which , except the first , were reprinted in 1650. qu. the Author being then dead , after he had practised his faculty about 50 years . ( 5 ) The manual of Anatomy ; or , the dissection of the body of Man. &c. in 6. books — Lond. 1638. in tw . I think it is the same which some call his Epitome of Crookes Anatomy . ( 6 ) Approved Medicines and Remedies for the diseases of the body of Man. when printed I know not . In his last Will he bequeathed 200 l. to the Marischal College in Aberdene , in which house , I presume , he had been educated , and all his books to the Library there . Nov. 4. A young Man named Will. Moyle , the eldest Son of an Esquire was created M. of A ▪ in Convocation — He was then sent to the chief members of this University by Francis Viscount Verulam with his learned book ( Instauratio magna , I think ) to be presented from the Authors to the publick Library . In the month of September this year came into England the famous Theologist named Daniel Tilenus , and published at London his Paraenesis ad Scotos Genevensis disciplinae Zelotas . He settled in Oxon for a time for the sake of the publick Library , but whether he was incorporated in any Degree , or created ( which some have avouched ) it appears not in the publick register . An. Dom. 1621. An. 19. Jac. 1. Chanc. William Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. Will. Piers D. D. Canon of Ch. Ch. and Dean of Chester , July 20. Proct. Matthew Style of Exe● . Coll. Nichol. Baylie of C. C. Coll. Apr. 11 The last of which was the first of his Coll. that even bore the office of Proctor . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 20. Sam. Fancet of Qu. Coll. — See among the Masters of Arts 1624. 25. John Maynard of Exet. June 8. Pet. Wentworth of Ball. Coll. Of the last you may see more among the Doctors of Divinity 1633. 12. Joh. Tombes of Magd. Hall. 14. George Newton of Exet. Hen. Glemham of Trin. Coll. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of S. Asaph . Morgan Godwin of Ch. Ch. afterwards of Pembr . Coll. was adm . the same day . See among the Incorporations an . 1642. Jul. 6. Joh. Angell of Magd. Hall. Joh. Greaves the Linguist . Oct. 17. James Cranford of Ball. Coll. Nov. 20. Joh. Gumbleden Dec. 6. Will. Strode of Ch. Ch. Jan. 31. Will. Streat of Exet. Feb. 22. Jam. Eglesfield of Qu. Coll. Of the last you may see more among the Masters , an . 1625. 27. Joh Ellis of Hart Joh. Arnway of S. Edm. Hall. 28. Joh. Leycester of Brasn . Oliv. Whitby of Trin. Joh. Trapp of Ch. Ch. Coll. Of Whitby , you may see more among the Masters , an . 1624. Mar. 1. Shackerlie Marmion of Wadh. Coll. As for Maynard , who was afterwards Serjeant at Law , Tombes , Godwin , Newton , Glemham , Angell , Greaves , Granford , Gumbleden , Strode , Streat , Ellis , Arnway and Trapp , will be mention at large made in the second Vol. of this Work , or elsewhere . Adm. 280. Bach. of Law. Apr. 18. Will. Merick of New Coll. — He was afterwards a Knight , and Judge of the Prerogative , as I shall hereafter tell you . Besides him , were only three more admitted . Mast . of Arts. May 16. Tho. Laurence June 1. Will. Paul of All 's . 11. Joh. Atherton of Linc. Coll. 12. Joh. Geree of Magd. Hall. 14. Will. Lyford of Magd. Coll. June 14. Meric Casaubon Zouch Tewnley George Morley Rob. Gomershal of Ch. Ch. As for Townley , he was a Lancashire man born , or at least extracted from an ancient Family of his name in that Country , and now ( 1621 ) esteemed a noted Orator and Philosopher . He hath written and published Oratio in memoriam clariss . viri Gul. Camdeni , Lecturae Historicae apud Oxonienses fundatoris , &c. Oxon. 1624. qu. set before a book of Lat. Verses intit . Camdeni Insignia . What else he hath published I know not , nor any thing besides , that is memorable of him , only that he was several times Deputy-Orator of this University . Jun. 21. Tho. Tyro of S. Edm. Hall. — One of both his names was a boon and jolly Blade in the time of Qu. Elizab. as it appears by his Roaring Megg planted against the walls of melancholy . Lond. 1598. qu. and his Epistolae , which shews him to have been a Scholar , but whether of this University , I know not as yet . Jul. 6. Humph ▪ Chambers of Vniv. Coll. Thom. Colman of Magd. Hall. Oct. 17. Joh. Gee of Ex. Coll. Adm. 123. Bach. of Physick . Tho not one was admitted this year , yet three were admitted to practise . viz. Rich. Gardiner of Broadgates Hall , Edw. Dawson of Lincon Coll. and Sam. Bave a German of Ch. Church . Which last was commonly called Dr. Bavey of Bathe , where he was in great practice to the time of his death . Bach. of Div. Apr. 19. Rob. Skinner of Trin. 25. Ale●and . Harry of Ex. Coll. Of the last you may see more in what I shall say of Will. Hicks among the Writers in the second Vol. an . 1659. May 11. Tho Baylie of Magd. 12. Will. Page of All 's . Coll. Mar. 8. Tho. Wilson of Mert. Coll. a Compounder . See more among the Incorporations , an . 1645. Adm. 20. Doct. of Law. Nov. 27. Will. Steed Mart. Aylworth of All 's . Coll. The former of which was about this time Official of Canterbury . Dec. 12. Will. Juxon President of S. Joh. Coll. ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was this year admitted . Doct. of Div. Jul. 2. Paul Godwin Rob. Robotham Tho. Godwin . of Ch. Ch. Joh. Hughes of C. C. Coll. Of Magd. Coll. Compounders . Paul and Tho. Godwin were the Sons of Dr. Franc. Godwin Bishop of Hereford , and Robotham and Hughes were his Sons in law , having married two of his Daughters . The last of which was benificed in Herefordshire , where he died about 1648. Mar. 21. Joh. Tolson Provost of Oriel Coll. Incorporations . Jun. 16. George Snell D. of D. of the University of S. Andrew in Scotland . These Cambridge men following were incorporated on the 10 of July , being the next day after the conclusion of the Act. Michael Honywood M. of A. — He was afterwards D. of D. and in 1660 was made Dean of Lincoln in the place of Anthony Topham who died in the rebellious times . This Dr. Honyword died about 12 Sept. 1681 , and was , as I suppose , buried in the Cathedral there . Whereupon Dr. Dan Brevint su●ceeded him in his Dignity . Will. Brough M. A. of Christs Coll. — I shall speak at large of him among the Incorporations of Doctors of Div. an . 1645. Christopher Dow M. of A. — He was afterwards Bach. and Doct. of Div. much favoured by Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , ( whose Creature and Champion he was ) and by him promoted to several ecclesiastical Benefices . He hath written ( 1 ) A discourse of the Sabbath and Lords day , wherein &c. Lond. 1636. qu. second Edit . ( 2 ) Innovations unjustly charged upon the present Church and State , or an answer to the most material passages made by Mr. Hen. Burton in his book entit . An Apology of an Appeal , &c. Lond. 1637. qu. with other things very offensive to the Puritan , who held the Author to be a rank Arminian . George Walker Bach. of Div. — This learned person was born at Hawkeshead in Fournifalls in Lancashire , educated in S. Joh. Coll. in the said Univ. of Cambr. where he was esteemed an excellent Logician , Orientalian and Divine . He was about this time Chaplain to Dr. Felton Bishop of Ely , and Minister of S. John the Evangelist in Watlingstreet in London , where he was ready upon all occasions to encounter with any learned Cath. Priest . On the last of May 1623 , was a set and solemn disputation between him and one that went by the name of Smith ; at which being present a great Auditory , it was published for the satisfaction of both parties , with this Title , The sum of a disputation between Mr. Walker Pastor of S. Joh. the Evang. &c. and a popish priest calling himself Mr. Smith but indeed Norris . printed 1623. qu. Which Norris was a D. of D. and a publisher of several little popish Pamphlets about the same time . In the year following he the said Walker had to do with Fath. Joh. Fisher the Jesuit , as being Dr. Dan. Featley's second , and thereupon published Fishers folly unfolded ; or , the vaunting Jesuits challenge answered . Lond. 1624. Afterwards when our Author Walker , who was a severe Puritan , beheld the profanation of the Lords day , he preached against it , and other Practices and Opinions , which procured him trouble , and two years imprisonment , as 't is said . After the Long Parliament began , he preached against the King and his Followers , and published several things , which before he was not permitted to do , among which were ( 1 ) Socinianism in the fundamental point of justification discovered and confuted , &c. Lond. 1641. oct . ( 2 ) The doctrine of the holy weekly sabbath , &c. Lond. 1641. &c. In the year 1643 ▪ he was chosen one of the Assembly of Divines , preached sometimes before the Members of Parliament , and had his Sermons made publick , one of which is ent . Fast-sermon before the House of Common● 9 Jan. 1644 , on Psalm 58. 9. Lond. 1645. qu. He hath also other things extant , as , God made visible in all his works , &c. pr. 1641. qu. &c. which for brevity sake I now pass by , and only tell you , that he died in 1651 , aged about 70 , and was buried in his Church of S. John before mention'd . Edw. Martin Bach. of Div. — He was afterwards Doctor of that Faculty , domestick Chaplain to Archb. Laud , and Rector of Houghton Conquest in Bedfordshire , and of Dunnington in Cambridgshire ; but being a zealous man for the Church of England , was turned out of those livings by the Committee of Religion , as you may largely see in that infamous libel ent . The first Century of scandalous malignant Priests , &c. p. 41. He lost other spiritualities , and suffer'd much for the Kings Cause , notwithstanding he was a godly and learned man. All that seems bad of him , you may see in Canterburies Doom , published by Will. Prynne , an inveterate enemy to Prelacy , good order in the Church , Arminianism , or any thing that look'd that way . Foulk Robarts Bach. of Div. — In Feb. 1616 he became Probendary of Norwich on the death of Hugh Castleton , which he held to the time of his death in the interval or broken times . He hath written ( 1 ) The revenew of the Gospel is tithes due to Ministery of the word , by that word in Tim. 1. 5. 18. Cambr. 1613. qu. ( 2 ) Gods holy house and service described according to the primitive form thereof . Lond. 1639. qu. and other things as 't is probable . In 1660 , Aug. 21. one George Kent M. of A. was installed Prebendary of Norwych in the place of the said Foulk Robarts , who had been dead some years before . Samuel Broke or Brooke D. D. and about this time Master of Trinity Coll. — He was afterwards Archd. of Coventry , and wrot an Arminian Treatise of predestination , which he communicated to Dr. Laud Bishop of London , an . 1630 , ( so saith Prynne in Canterburies * Doom ) and about the 16 of Sept. in the year following , he departed this mortal life . He had an ingenious Brother named Christop . Brooke , a Yorkshire man born , who after he had left the University ( whether this , or Cambridge , I cannot yet tell , notwithstanding several of his Sirname and time have studied in Vniversity Coll. ) he setled in Lincolns Inn , purposely to advance himself in the municipal Law , where he became known to , and admired by , Joh. Selden , Ben. Johnson , Mich. Drayton , Will. Browne , George Withers and Joh. Davies of Hereford , especially after he had published An Elegy consecrated to the never dying memory of Henry Prince of Wales . Lond. 1613. qu. In the year following , he being then a Bencher , was elected Summer Reader of his House , became a Benefactor to the Chappel there , and wrot another book ent . Eglogues ; dedicated to his much loved friend Mr. Will. Browne of the Inner Temple . Lond. 1614. oct . He hath also Verses put before the first part of Britannia's pastorals , pen'd by the said Browne , also before a poetical piece called The legend of Great Cromwell , written by Mich. Drayton . and had a considerable hand in dishing out The Odcombian Banquet , an . 1611. Later in time than the former ( give me leave to divert my self ) I find another Christop . Brooke who married a daughter of the famous Mathematician Will. Oughtred , having been by him before initiated in Mathematicks . Afterwards he became a maker and framer of mathematical Instruments , and the publisher of ( 1 ) A new Quadrant of more natural , easie , and manifold performance , than any one heretofore extant . pr. in 1649 , in 2 sheets in oct . having been the invention of Oughtred . ( 2 ) The solution of all sphaerical Triangles , b●th right and oblique , by the planisphaere , &c. Oxon. 1651. oct . This Chr. Brooke being known to the ingenious and learned Dr. Joh. Wilkins Warden of Wadham Coll. had a Servants place of that House worth 30 l. per an . confer'd upon him by that Doctor purposely to encourage his Ingenuity . What else he hath published I know not , nor any thing of him besides , only that dying in his house near Wadham Coll. was buried in the Cloyster belonging thereunto , situated and being between the Chappel and the Library , an . 1665. Edward Kellet D. D. of Kings Coll. — See before , among the Incorporations an . 1616. where you 'll find the Titles of some of the books that he hath published . All which Cantabrigians , were , I say , incorporated on the 10 of July . Aug. 30. Andrew Rivet D. D. of the University of Leyden in Holland , was solemnly incorporated in that degree , and taken into the bolom of the University , in a Convocation then held : at which time he gave several Books to the University Library . — This Rivet who received his first breath at St. Maixent in the Province of Poictou , was a learned and godly Divine , hath very well expounded Genesis , the Prophetical Psames and Hosea ; and hath written learnedly against the Papists in his Catholicus Orthodoxus , and against Grotius . He is stiled by a learned * Author Vir clarissimus , & nunquam satis laudatus , Gallicae Belgicaeque ecclesiae micantissimum lumen , &c. The Titles of most of his books are in Oxford or Bodlies Catalogue . See more of him in Athenae Batavae , written by John Meursius , lib. 2. p. 320. Creations . Aug. 1. Joh. Keeling a Counsellour of the Inner Temple , and a person well read in the municipal Laws of England , was then actually created M. of A. in the house of Convocation . Whether he was the same with John Keeling a Staffordshire man , who was matriculated as a Member of Brasn . Coll. an . 1593 aged 17 , I know not . One of both his names was after the Restauration of King Ch. 2. made 〈◊〉 Knight , one of the Justices of the Common Pleas , and at length L. Chief Justice . He died in the beginning of the year 1671. Nov. 24. Richard Wats of Oriel , stiled in the common Register Vir omni humana literatura & bonarum artium cognitione feliciter instructus , was actually created M. of Arts. — He was entred in the publick Library as a Student in the municipal Laws . Feb… .. James Baylie a Scot , now of Exeter Coll. who 14 years before this time was made M. of A. of the University of Glascow , and 8 years since , Bachelaur of the Laws of the University of Anjou in France ( where he performed not only his exercise for that degree , but also for the degree of Doctor of that Faculty ) was actually created Doctor of the Laws of this University , Dr. Zouch the Kings Professor of that Faculty then executing his office in the solemnity . — He was now Tutor to James Earl of Arran a Noble man of Exet. Coll. afterwards Duke of Hamilton . I find one James Bail●ie M. of A. and a Scot born , to have published Spiritual Marriage ; or , the Vnion between Christ and his Church , Serm. at Westminster on Hosea . 2. 19. Lond. 1627. qu. But his name being written different from the former , I cannot say he had any relation to him . Baldwinus Hamaeus a learned German , was admitted a Student into the publick Library . — See among the Incorporations an . 1629. So also was Tho. Gardiner of the Inner Temple Esq ; afterwards Recorder of London , a Knight , his Majesties Sollicitor General , and eminent for his knowledge in the Municipal Law. He died in Octob. 1652 , and was buried , as I conceive , in the Church at Cudesd●n near Oxford , in which Town he had an Estate . Qu. An. Dom. 1622. An. 20 Jac. 1. Chanc. the same . Vicechanc. Dr. Will. Piers again , Jul. 17. Proct. Griffin Higgs of Mert. Coll. Rich. Steuart of All 's . Coll. May 2. Bach. of Musick . May 17. Will. Heather , or Heyther . At the same time Orlando Gibbons did supplicate for the same degree , but occurs not admitted . See more of him and of Heather among the Doctors of Musick following . Bach. of Arts. June 27. Will. Morice of Exet. Hen. Hibbert of Brasn . Oct. 22. Nich. Darton of Ex. Nov. 28. Edw. Pocock of C. C. Coll. Dec. 4. Edw. Corbet of Mert. Coll. — See among the created Doctors of Div. 1648. 6. John Sedgwick of Magd. Hall , lately of Qu. Coll. 9. Joh. Strickland of Qu. 11. Hen. Hammond of Magd. Feb. 17. Joh. Marshan of S. Jo. 18. Rob. Codrington of Magd. 19. George Hughes of Corp. Chr. Coll. Charles Gibbs was admitted the same day . All these will be largely mention'd elsewhere . Adm. 257 , or thereabouts . Doct. of Musick . May 17. Will. Heather or Heyther , who accumulated the degrees in Musick . — This person who was born at Harmsworth in Middlesex , near Colebrook in Bucks ▪ was now one of the Gentlemen belonging to his Majesties Chappel , and so great an encourager of his Faculty , that soon after he founded the Musick Lectures ( Theory and practick ) in this University , as I have † elsewhere told you . He died in the latter end of July 1627 , and was buried on the first of Aug. in the broad or south Isle joyning to the Choir of S. Peter's Church in Westminster . See more of him in Nath. Giles following . Jul. 5. Nathaniel Giles Bach. of Musick , was then licensed to proceed in that Faculty . — In 1607 he supplicated the venerable Congregation of Regents to be admitted Doctor ; which desire of his was granted conditionally that he compose a choral Hymn of 8 parts to be publickly sung in the Act wherein he should proceed ; but for what reason he did not perform that obligation , I cannot justly say . Sure I am , that in the Act this year , wherein he proceeded , were certain Questions appointed to be discussed between him and Dr. Heather before mention'd , which being pro forma only , and not customarily to be done , were omitted . The Questions were ( 1 ) Whether discords may be allowed in musick ? Affirm . ( 2 ) Whether any artificial Instrument can so fully and truly express musick as the natural Voice ? Negat . ( 3 ) Whether the practick be the more useful part of musick or the theory ? Affirm . This Dr. Giles who was noted as well for his religious life and conversation ( a rarity in Musitians ) as for the excellency of his Faculty , was born in , or near to , the City of Worcester , was one of the Organists of S. George's Chap. at Windsore and Master of the Boys there ; afterwards one of the Organists of the Chappel Royal to K. Ch. 1. and Master of the Boys thereof , was famous for his compositions of Divine Hymns and Anthems ; the words of some of which , are remitted into a Book entit . Divine Services and Anthems sung in the Cathedrals and collegiate Choires in the Church of England , published by Jam. Clifford an . 1663 , oct . He the said Dr. Giles died about the year 1635 , and was buried in one of the Isles joyning to S. George's Chap. before mention'd . On the 17 of May Orlando Gibbons one of the Organists of his Majesties Chappel , did supplicate ●●e venerable Congregation that he might accumulate the degrees in Musick ; but whether he was admitted to the one , or licensed to proceed in the other , it appears not . However the Song of 6 parts or more , which was performed in the Act for Will. Heather , was composed by him , as one or more eminent Musitians then living have several times told me . This Orlando who was accounted one of the rarest Musitians and Organists of his time , hath extant A set of Madrigals of five parts for voices and viols , had also a hand in Parthenia , mention'd before , under the year 1592 , and composed Several divine Services and Anthems ; the words of which are in Jam. Clifford's Book before mention'd , besides admirable Compositions that are printed in several Books of Musick . At length being commanded to Canterbury to attend the solemnity of the Nuptials between K. Ch. 1. and Henrietta Maria a Daughter of the King of France ( in order to which he had made vocal and instrumental Compositions ) died there of the Small-pox to the great reluctancy of the Court , on the day of Pentecost , an . 1625. Afterwards was a monument erected over his grave in the body of the Cathedral there , with an Inscription thereon , beginning thus : Orlando Gibbonio Cantabrigiae inter musas & musicae nato , sacrae R. Capellae Organistae , sphaerarumque harmoniae digitorum pulsu aemulo , cantionum complurium quaeque dum non canunt minus quam canuntur c●nditori , &c. From which monument , set up at the charge of Elizabeth his Widow , who gave instructions what to be inscrib'd thereon , but not the time of his age , we are given to understand that the said Orlando Gibbons was born at Cambridge , yet the Reader is to know that one Orlando Gibbons was baptized in S. Martins Parish in the City of Oxford 25 Decemb. 1583 , which some have been pleased to take to be the same that was afterwards the famous Organist ; who , as those that knew him have told me , was not quite 45 years of age when he died . But to let these scruples pass , as also another Orlando Gibbons M. A. of Cambridge , who was incorporated at Oxon an . 1607 , I shall go forward . Mast . of Arts. May 9. Philip Nye Will. Pinke of Magd. Hall. The last was afterwards of Magd. Coll. Jun. 26. Joh. Maynard of Magd. Hall , a Compounder . Jun. 26. Rich. Heyrick of S. Joh. Joh. Lewgar of Trin. Coll. Jul. 4. Geor. Stinton of Ball. Coll. — He was the eldest Son of an Esq ; was born , and educated in Grammar Learning , in the City of Worcester , and after he had taken the degree of M. A. he became Vicar of Claynes in the Bishop of Worcester's gift , and Rector of Speechley , both near to the said City . He hath published A Sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Worcester , in the time of the pestilence , on 1 Kings . 8. ver . 37 , 38 , 39. Oxon 1637. oct . and hath written others fit for the press , which go from hand to hand to this day . He died at Speechley about 1654 , and was buried in the Church there . Joh. Biddle of Ball. Coll. was adm . on the said 4 of July ; but whether he ever took the degree of Bach. of Arts in this University it doth not appear in the publick Register . — I set this J. Biddle down here , to distinguish him from another of both his names , ( a grand Socinian and Arrian ) whom I shall at large mention in the second Vol. but whether he hath published any thing I cannot yet tell . One John Beadle M. of A. Minister sometimes of Barnstone in Essex , wrot The Journal or Diary of a thankful Christian , presented in some Meditations upon Numb . 33. v. 2. Lond. 1656 , oct . Which Author , I presume , was of Cambridge . See more of him in an Epist . to the Reader before the said Journal , written by Joh. Fuller Minister of S. Martin Ironmonger lane , wherein he speaks much of the said Author . Oct. 29. Rich. B●field of Qu. Coll. Dec. 11. Matthias Turner of Broadgates Hall , lately of Balliol Coll. — He was an excellent Philosopher , had great skill in the Oriental Languages , and wrot ( as he himself professed ) all his Sermons , which he preached , in Greek . Jan. 23. Tho. Hieks of Ball. Coll. Obadiah Sedgwick of Magd. Hall. Feb. 21. Tho. Blake of Ch. Ch. Adm. 141. Bach. of Div. May 10. Thomas Vicars of Queens Coll. Besides him were admitted 8 more , but not one of them was a Writer or Bishop . Doct. of Law. Jul. 4. Will. Bird of All 's . Coll. — This learned Doctor who was Son of Thom. Bird of Littlebury in Essex , Brother to Sir Will. Bird , ( mention'd before , under the year 1587. ) was afterwards Custos or Master of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , and died in the latter end of 1644. One Will. Bird hath written The magazine of honour : or , a treatise of the several degrees of the Nobility of this Kingdom , &c. which was afterwards perused and enlarged by Sir John Doderidge , as I have in him told you before , among the Writers . But what relation this Will. Bird had to the former , I know not . Doct. of Phys . May 27. Rich. Spicer of Exet. Coll. who accumulated the degrees in Medicine . — He was afterwards an eminent Physitian in London , where he died in the beginning of the year 1640. Doct. of Div. June 27. Tho. Jackson Christop . Green of C. C. Coll. The first is largely mention'd elsewhere , the other , who was also a learned and godly man , was now Prebendary of Bristow , where dying 5 March 1658 , aged 79 , was buried in the Yard belonging to the Cath. Ch. there . Jul. 1. Thom. Benson of Ch. Ch. Joh. Harrys of New Coll. Incorporations . On the 9 of July , being the day after the conclusion of the Act , were these Cantabrigians following incorporated , being part of the number of about 24 that were taken into the bosom of this University . Charles Lord Stanhope of Harington M. of Arts. Timothy Thurscross M. A. — Afterwards being Bach. of Div. he was installed Archdeacon of Clievland in the place of Hen. Thurscross resigning , 16. Nov. 1635. And afterwards resigning that dignity , Joh. Neile Bach. of Div. was installed therein 27 Oct. 1638 , I mean the same Neile who was made Dean of Rippon in the place of Dr. Joh. Wilkins promoted to the See of Chester One Tim. Thurscross D. D. died in the Parish of S. Sepulcher in Lond. in Novemb. or thereabouts , 1671 , which perhaps may be the same with the former . Quaere . Thom. Aylesbury M. of A. — See among the Incorporations 1626. Will. Fenner M. A. of Pembroke Hall. — He was afterwards Bach. of Div. and exercised his Ministry for a time in Staffordshire . At length upon the invitation of the Earl of Warwick , he became Rector of Rochford in Essex , where he was much admired and frequented by the puritannical party . He gave way to fate in 1640 or thereabouts , aged 40 , and had several theological Tracts of his writing published after his death by Tho. Hill , ( whom I shall anon mention ) the Titles of most of which you may see in Oxford Catalogue , but more in that publised by Will. London a Bookseller , an . 1658. Thom. Hill M. A. of Eman. Coll. — He was afterwards Rector of Tychmersh in Northamptonshire , one of the Assembly of Divines , a frequent Preacher before the Long Parliament , Master of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge in the place of Dr. Tho. Comber ejected , and Vicechancellour of the said University . He hath published several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The trade of truth advanced , preached before the H. of Commons at a Fast 27 Jul. 1642 , on Prov. 23. ver . 23. Lond. 1642. qu. ( 2 ) Militant Church triumphant over the Dragon and his Angels , Serm. before both Houses 21 Jul. 1645 , on Rev. 12. 11. Lond. 1643. qu. ( 3 ) The reason for Englands self-reflection ; an extraordinary Fast-sermon 13 Aug. 1644 before the two Houses , on Haggai 1. 7 , 8. ( 4 ) The right separation encouraged , Fast-serm . before the H. of Lords , 27 Nov. 1644 , on 2 Cor. 6. 17 , 18. Besides others , as also his Best and worst of Paul ; an Exercise in Trin. Coll. in Cambr. printed 1648 , and his collecting into one quarto Vol. several of the theological Tracts of the aforesaid Will. Fenner , printed at Lond. 1651. You may see more of him the said Th. Hill in Anth. Tuckney's Sermon at his Funeral , with an account of his Life and Death , printed in 1654 , in oct . Besides this Dr. Tho. Hill , was another also , who was Minister of Brodfield in Suffolk , and died there in the Winter time 1638 , but hath nothing extant , as I can yet see : and a third Dr. Tho. Hill you may see in my discourse of Dr. George Abbot among the Writers , an . 1633. num . 612. Thom. Thorowgood M. A. — He was afterwards Bach. of Div. Rector of Grymston in Norfolk , and one of the Assembly of Divines . Among several things that he hath published are ( 1 ) Jews in America ; or , probabilities that Americans are of that race , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. ( 2 ) Moderation justified , &c. Fast-serm . before the H. of Commons 26 Dec. 1644 , on Phil. 4. 5. Lond. 1645. qu. &c. All which Cantabrigians with many more , besides 13 Bachelaurs of Arts , were incorporated on the 9 Jul. before mention'd . Feb. 28. Thom. Freaer or Fryer Doct. of Phys . of the University of Padua . — He was at this time a practitioner in the City of London , and dying in the beginning of 1623 , about two months after his Incorporation , was buried in the Parish Church of S. Botolph , in the tomb of his Mother lately deceased ; but in which of the Churches of S. Botolph in London , 't is not said . Creations . Apr. 12. Francis Whiddon of Exeter Coll. and a Devonian born . was actually created M. of A. — He was afterwards Minister of Morton Hampsted in his own Country , and published A golden topaze ; or , a heart-jewel : namely a conscience purified and pacified by the blood and spirit of Christ ; on Heb. 13. 18. Oxon. 1656. oct . he being then conformable to the men in Authority and Power . What other things he published , I find not . Jul. 1. Joh. Leigh of Brasn . Coll. was actually created M. of A. in the house of Congregation . — 'T was four years since he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , in which time he had † studied in several transmarine Universities , and had obtained such admirable knowledge in all humane learning , and especially in Philosophy , and other Arts , that he was esteemed by the venerable Regents most worthy of the degree of M. of Arts. Sam. Bochartus of Roan in Normandy became a Sojourner this year in the University , and was entred a Student in the publick Library in the beginning of Lent Term : with the help of which and other Libraries , he laid the foundation of most rare Books which he afterwards published . His Geographia sacra hath made him famous in the learned World , as also his Hierozoicon ; for both which , eminent Authors do in an high manner celebrate his name . He was Pastor of the Protestant Church at Caen in Normandy , where he died in 1667. being ever esteemed a great lover of the Church of England . An. Dom. 1623. An. 21 Jac. 1. Chanc. Will. Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. Dr. Piers again , Jul. 21. Proct. Joh. Smith of Magd. Coll. Will. Oldis of New Coll. Apr. 23. Bach. of Musick . Jul. 12. Hugh Davys of New Coll. Organist of the Cathedral Church at Hereford . — He was eminent for the various Compositions of Church Musick that he had made , which is all I know of him , only that he died about 1644. Bach. of Arts. Jun. 18. Hen. Tozer of Exet. 23. John Price of Jesus Coll. Whether the last was afterwards the learned Critick , who studied about this time in Oxon , is , as yet , doubtful . Jun. 26. George Griffith George Eglionbie of Ch. Ch. The first of these two was afterwards Bishop of S. Asaph , the last Dean of Canterbury , as I shall tell you among the Doctors of Div. an . 1634. June 29. Hugh Cressy or Hugh Paulin de Cressy . Oct. 29. Will. Erbury Feb. 6. Arth. Salway of Brasn . Coll. Of the last , you may see more among the Masters , an . 1626. 7. John Hoffman of Exet. Coll. — See among the Bachelaurs of Div. 1634. Joh. Bird of Mert. Coll. was admitted the same day . — Whether he be the same with Joh. Bird , who was afterwards School-master in the City of Glocester and Author of Grounds of Grammar Oxon. 1639. oct . I cannot lay to the contrary . He that was Bach. of Arts was an Oxfordshire Man born , and had been originally of St. Edm. hall . All which Bachelaurs except Eglionbie , Salway , Hoffman and Bird , will be mention'd in the 2. Volume of this work , or elsewhere . Adm. 233. of thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Apr. 24. Alexander Hyde of New Oct. 11. Nathan . Brent of Mert. Coll. The first was afterwards Bishop of Salisbury , the other was now Warden of Merton Coll. Besides these two were only two more admitted . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 2. Edmund Staunton of C. C. May 26. Nathan . Simpson Hen. Gellibrand of Trin. Coll. Coll. Will. Gilbert of Glouc. hall was admitted the same day — He was the younger Son of an Esq ; in Derbyshire and was now esteemed by his contemporaries a general Scholar and a rare Man. One of both his names hath certain Sermons extant , one of which is a Funeral Sermon on 1. Thes . 4. 18. printed 1649. qu. Jun. 18. Edward Leigh Nath. Holmes Anth. Fawkner of Jes . Coll. of Magd. hall . Jun. 26. Thom. Case of Ch. Ch. July 10. Will. Crompton of Brasn . Oct. 16. Edw. Stanely of New Feb. 6. Hen. Glemham . Mar. 16. Will. Chillingworth of Trin. Coll. Admitted . 157. Bach. of Div. Jul. 3. Thom. Goffe of Ch. Ch. 10. Gilbert Wats of Linc. Dec. 13. Nich. Vignier of Ex. 17. Will. Sclatyer of Bras . Coll. Admitted 11. Doct. of Law. Oct. 11. Nath. Brent Warden of Merton Coll. who accumulated the Degree in Law. ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jul. 18. Tho. Worrall of Brasn . Rob. Barcroft of Co. Chr. Coll. Oct. 14. Paul Hood Rect. of Linc. Joh. Wall of Ch. Church . Dec. 17. Josh . Aisgill of Co. Chr. Will. Sclatyer of Bras . George Webb of Co. Chr. Coll. The last saving one , viz. Solatyer accumulated and compounded . Incorporations . May 7. Samuel Baker M. of A. of Christs Coll. in Cambridge . — He afterwards became a puritannical Preacher in London , and much followed ; but being taken off from those courses , was made houshold Chaplain to Dr. Juxon Bishop of London and a creature of Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . About which time being Rector of St. Mary on the hill and of St. Christophers in Lond. where his preaching was much applauded by some , become Prebendary of St. Pauls Cathedral . On the 20. of Sept. 1638 , he being then D. of D. was install'd Canon of Windsore , on the death of Dr. John King sometimes Fellow of Merton Coll. but he being soon after made Prebendary of Canterbury . he resigned his Canonry , and Tho. Broume Bach. of Div. of Ch. Ch. in Oxon was installed therein 28. May 1639. This Dr. Baker , who was a great Licencer of Books , but publisher I think of none , gained a great deal of Envy from the Puritan for his partiality in that office ; for which and his great respect to the tenets of Arminius , he was in the beginnig of the rebellion ●●s●vanted and imprisoned , and at length deprived of his Spiritu●●● . Thomes Harste M. of A. of the said University was incorporated the same day . — He was afterwards D. of D. Chaplain to K. Ch. 1. and Minister of 〈◊〉 ( in Lincolushire ) He hath published The descent of 〈◊〉 , the Magistrates patent from Heaven , Sermon at Lincoln Assizes , 13 March 1636. on Gen. 9. 6. Lond. 1637. qu. and other things , as I conceive . Quere . On the 14 of July , after the conclussion of the Act , these Cambridge Men following were incorporated . Joh. Harding M. of A. — One of both his names who had been a Dominican or Black fryer , did speak A recantation Sermon in the Gatchouse at Westminster 30. July 1620 , on Psal . 119. 71. Lond. 1620. qu. containing Motives why he left the Church of Rome . Whether he be the same with the former who was M. of A. I know not . Thomas Scot M. A. — One of both his names also , who was Bach. of Div. of the said University , and a Preacher in the City of Norwych , hath several things extant , as the Oxford Catalogue tells you ; but he is not to be taken for the same who was M. of A. because , if I mistake not , the Bach. of Div. died 1624. aged 45. Thom. Edwards M. of A. — He was afterwards a Minister of Gods word , a zealous Puritan and in the beginning of that rebellion raised by the Presbyterians , an . 1642 , did , with his Wife , Children , Estate , and all that was dear to him , imbark in the same Ship with them , shew'd himself most zealous for the cause by preaching , praying , and stirring up the People to stand for them : Also by going out in Person , and lending money to carry on the War. He hath written ( 1 ) Reasons against the Independent Government of particular congregations , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. Answer'd the same year by a Woman called Catherine Chidley . ( 2 ) Antipologia : or an answer to an Apologetical narration of Mr. Goodwin , Nye , Sympson , Burroughs and Bridge , members of the Ass . of Divines . Lond. 1644. qu. &c. ( 3 ) Gangraena : or , a catalogue and discovery of many of the errors , heresies , blasphemies , &c. acted in England in these four last years . As also a particular narration of divers stories , remarkable passages , letters , &c. Lond. 1645. qu. there again the second time 1646. qu. The second and third parts of the same book came out in 1646. qu. ( 4 ) Treatise against Toleration . Lond. 1647. qu. the first part . The other parts , if any , I have not yet seen . He hath also written , if I mistaken not , Of the particular visibility of the Church . Also A Treatise of the Civil power in Ecclesiasticals , and of suspension from the Lords Supper , which three were published in qu. an . 1642. 44. Will. Fairfax who had been incorporated M. A. in 1622 was incorporated again this year in the same Degree . — He was afterwards D. of D. Rector of the Parish Church of St. Peter in Cornhill within the City of London , and Vicar of East-Ham in Middlesex . Of both which , he was deprived by a Committee of Parliament , ( after he had been plundred , imprison'd in Ely-house and the Ships , and his Wife and Children turn'd out of doors ) an . 1642-3 . You may read more of him in that most scandalous Libell entit . The first century of scandalous and malignant Priests , &c. printed 1643. qu. p. 7. Sam. Hildersham Bach. Anthony Shert Doct. of Div. All which with many others were incorporated on the 14. July as 't is before said . Aug. 4. Ferdinando Texeda Bach. of Div. of the University of Salamanca in Spain . — He had been a Monk in the said Country , but left it and his Religion , came over to the Church of England , and at length receeding to Oxon was not only incorporated , but found relief among the Scholars thereof . He hath written , Texeda retextus : or , the Spanish Monk , his bill of divorce against the Church of Rome . Lond. 1623. qu. It contains the chief motives of his conversion , and 't is probable it was an Usher to other of his labours . Oct. 14. Nich. Vignier M. of A. of Saumaur in France . — He afterwards took the Degree of Bach. of Div. in the year following . Creations . July 18. George Berkly Baron of Berkles , Moubray , Segrave and Bruce , Knight also of the Bath , was actually created Master of Arts. — This most noble Person ( who had been sometimes of Ch. Ch. ) died in 1658 , leaving then behind him a Son named George , created Earl of Berkley by K. Ch. 2. Anthony Stafford sometimes a member of Oriel Coll. was created M. of A. the same day . — I shall mention this Person among the writers under the year 1641. or elshewhere . Sam. Thomas of Brasn . Coll. was created Bach. of Arts on the same day also , which is all I know of him . An. Dom. 1624. An. 22. Jac. 1. Chanc. William Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. Dr. Prideaux again , July 26. Proct. Daniel Escote of Wadh. Coll. Rich. Hill of Brasnose Coll. Ap. 7. In the election of which Proctors , was the greatest canvas , ( as 't was thought ) in the memory of Man. There were four Candidates for the two places , viz. Henry Warner of St. Johns Coll. who had 229 voices , Philip Parsons of the said house , 247. Hill before-mention'd , 253 , and Es●●te 255. For the taking of the Suffrages , given partly by Country Parsons , Carats , Schoolmasters , &c. who were Masters of Arts of the University , and had been invited thereunto for a time , the scrutiny continued till after 9 of the clock at night . In the year 1626 was a greater Canvas than this , there being then 1078 voices given on all Sides . Bach. of Arts. May 11. Joh. Dawson of Ch. Ch. June 5. Will. Denton of Magd. hall . 10. Rich. Allen of Balliol , afterwards Fellow of Pembr . Coll. Will. Berkley of Mert. Coll. was admitted the same day . Nov. 6. John Davis of St. Edmunds , afterwards of Magd , hall . — See among the Masters 1628. Dec. 2. Thom. Browne of Ch. Ch. 15. Hen. Beesley Steph. Goffe of Mert. Coll. Of the last of these two , you may see more among the Creations an . 1636. Jan. 22. Roger Turner Feb. 17. Joseph Caryl of Ex. Coll. Of the first of these two last , you may see more among the Masters an . 1627. 19. Sam. Kem of Magd. Rich. Owen of Oriel Coll. 22. Christop . Elderfield of St. Mar. Thomas Ford of Magdal . Hall. 25. Isaac Ambrose of Brasn . Will. White of Wadh. Joh. Fairclough of All 's . Coll. 26. Joseph Henshaw of Magd. Hall. Franc. Davies of Jes . Coll. The first of these two last was afterwards Bishop of Peterborough , the other of Landaff . All these Bachelaurs except Jo. Davis will be mention'd in the 2. vol. of this work , or elsewhere . Admitted 268. Doct. of Musick . July 2. John Mundy Bach. of Musick and Organist of his Majesties Chappel within the Castle of Windsore , was then licensed to proceed in that faculty . — On the 12 of the same month he solemnly proceeded as a Member of Ch. Ch. in the Act then celebrated , being in high esteem for his great knowledge in the Theoretical and Practical part of Musick . He hath published Songs and Psalmes composed into three . 4. and 5. parts . Lond. 1594. in large quartoes , hath composed several Church Services and Anthems , the words of some of which you may see in James Cliffords Collection of Divine Services and Anthems , &c. and hath Madrigales in The triumphs of Oriana . He gave way to fate in 1630 and was buried in the Cloister joyning to St. Georges Chappel at Windsore beforemention'd . Bach. of Law. Nine this year were admitted , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Some of them , were afterwards Doctors and dignified , as I shall tell you elsewhere . Mast . of Arts. Ap. 16. Will. Haywood of St. Joh. Coll. Joh. Tombes of Magd. Hall. May. 8. Thom , Paybody of Merton Coll. — He hath written An Apologie for kneeling in the Act of receiving the blessed Sacrament . printed 1629. qu. which is all I yet know of him . June 2. Joh. Arnway of St. Edm. hall . 10. William Streat of Exet. Jam. Cranford of Ball. Coll. 17. Will. Strode Joh. Trapp of Ch. Ch. 23. George Newton of Exeter July 5. Shakerley Marmion of Wadh. Coll. 9. Sam. Faucet of Qu. Coll. — He published A seasonable Sermon for troublesome times , on Psal . 25. 22. — printed in qu. but when I know not , nor any thing else of the Author , only that he was a Londoner born . Dec. 2. Olives Whithy of Hart hall , lately of Trin. Coll. — This Person who was a Bedfordshire Man born and a great admirer of Will. Chillingworth , hath published A Sermon on Hosea 6. 1. 2. — Printed 1637. qu. and perhaps other things . Quaere . Admitted 166. Bach. of Div. Apr. 22. David Primerose of Exet. Coll. — There will be large mention made of him in the 2. volume . June 2. Robert Sibthorpe of Linc. 1● . Richard Part of Brasn . July 1. Hugh Lloyd of Jes . 3. Nathan . Norrington of Exet. Coll. The last of which was nowe esteemed one of the best Disputants in Oxon , especially against the Remonstrants , as it partly appears in his Epitaph * in Exeter Coll. Chappel running thus . Vbi , hic , quis ? p●oh dolor ! Remonstrantium malleus Norringtonus ; sat est . 7. Richard James of Co. Chr. Joh. Randol of Brasn . Coll. The last published A Sermon preached at St. Maries in Oxon. 5. Aug. 1624 , on Mark 3. 25. Oxon. 1624. qu. which is all I yet know of his works , or of the Author , only that he was a Sussex Man born . Admitted 25. Doct. of Law. July 3. Thom. Bennet Rich. Steuart of All 's . Coll. The first was younger Brother to Sir Joh. Bennet of Dawley in Middlesex , Father to Henry Earl of Arlington . 23. Rob. Mitchill of Exeter Coll. ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. May 7. Theoph. Gale of Exet. June 2. Rob. Sibthorpe of Linc. 7. Morgan James of Jesus July 3. Francis Mansell of All 's . Coll. The first was about this time either Prebendary or Canon of Exeter . The second accumulated the Degrees in Div. as I shall at large tell you when I come to speak of him in the 2. vol ; and the last who had been Principal of Jesus Coll. was upon the death of Sir Eub. Thelwall made Principal again of the same house , as I have elsewhere told † you . Incorporations . June 5. Matthias Pasor M. of A. of the University of Heidelburg . On the 13. of Jul. being the next day after the conclusion of the Act , were these Cambridge Men following incorporated . Steph. Nettles M. of A. of Queens Coll. — He was afterwards Bach. of Div. and Author of An answer to the Jewish part of Mr. Seldens History of Tithes . Oxon. 1625. qu. Dedicated to Dr. John Prideaux the Kings Professor of Div. in the University of Oxon. Richard Peck M. of A. — He was afterwards Minister of Columpton in Devon , and published Christs Watchword , occasioned on the funeral of the truly reverend Mr. Laur. c Bodley late Fellow of Exeter Coll. in Oxon , and Rector of Clist-Hidon in Devon. Serm. on Mark 13. 37. Lond. 1635. qu. Besides this he hath at least four more Sermons extant , as ( 1 ) Serm. on Hosea 10. 12. — printed 1632. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. on Matth. 13. 37. ( 3 ) Serm. on James 5. 9. pr. 1632. qu. &c. Robert Cotesford M. A. — He was afterwards D. of D. and Rector of Hadleigh and Monks Ely in the County of Suffolk : of both which places he was deprived by a Committee for Religion appointed by Parliament , an . 1643. At which time and after he suffered much for the Royal cause . You may see more of him in the wicked Libel entit . The first Century of scandalous , malignant Priests , &c. p. 8. Thomas Campion M. of A. — One of both his names was an admired Poet and Musician in the Reign of K. Jan. 1. and hath had the honor to be named by the Learned Camden with Spencer , Sydney , Drayton and other the chief of our English Poets . In Oxford Catalogue you may see the titles of some of his books , and among them Songs on the untimely death of Pr. Henry , pricked out to the Lute or Viol by Joh. Coprario . Which Coprario by the way , I would have the reader to understand , was not a forreigner , but an English Man , born , who having spent much of his time in Italy , changed his name from Cooper to Coprario ( by which last he was so called in Italy ) being in his time much admired for his composition of Fancies of various parts . As for the said Thomas Campion the Poet I take him to be too soon for Tho. Campion M. of A. of Cambridge . Joh. Farmery LL. D. — He was about this time Chancellour of the Dioc. of Lincoln , was Burgess for the City of Lincolne to sit in that Parliament which began at Westminster 13. Apr. 1640. and died in 1647. One Joh. Farmery Bach. of Div. succeeded Dr. Tho. Sparke in the Archdeaconry of Stow in Apr. 1582 , whom I take to be Uncle to the former , who was Son of Will. Farmery of Heapham in Lincolnshire . Francis Foxton Will. Lincolne D. of D. All which , were , I say , incorporated 13. July , being of the number of 35. at least who were then taken into the bosome of this University . Oct. 11. Lancelot Lowther Bach. of Arts of Trin. Coll. near Dublin . — One of both his names was admitted M. of A. as a member of Oriel Coll. 21. Jan. 1616. July 27. Mich. Jermin D. of D. of Leyden in Holland . — He was lately of C. C. Coll. in this University . Aug. 25. This right honourable and most excellent Antonius Rusaeus Marquess of Fiat . Lord of Cheliy and Lengimeau , &c. Privy Counsellour to the most Christain King of France , chief Master of the said Kings Horse , Master of the Mines within the said Kingdom , and Embassdor extraordinary from the said most Christian King to the King of England , was incorporated Master of Arts : with which Degree he had lately been adorned at Cambridge . The right honourable Robert Rich Earl of Warwick , Baron of Lieghs , Knight of the Bath , &c. was incorporated M. of A. to which Degree he was lately admitted at Cambridge . — He afterwards sided with the Parliament in the time of the grand Rebellion , and was their Admiral at Sea for a time . Sir Gaspard d'Algre Knight , Count of Beau-voir , Baron of Vivroux , La Croste , Baffie , St. Desi●e , S. Marcel , Cornusset , Parnassout , Bruges , Sauset , Captain of 50 Chevaliers by the ordination of the most Christian King , was also incorporated in the same degree , to which he had been lately admitted at Cambridge . Sir Lewes Lewknore Knight , Master of the Ceremonies to King Jam. 1. and M. of A. of Cambridge . — Whether he be the same Lew. Lewknore who translated from Spanish into English The resolved Gentleman , printed 1594 in qu. and other things , I know not . See more in these Fasti , among the Creations , an 1636. Monsieur Jam. des Chempes , Orator of the most Christian King , was also incorporated M. of A. as he had formerly stood in the Univ. or Academy of Dividon ( Dividonensis . ) All which honourable persons were incorporated with Anton. Rusaeus before mention'd , on the 2● Aug. Jan. 18. Gilb. Primerose M. of A of the University of S. Andrew in Scotland . — See more among the Creations following . 19. Ranulph Adams a Sect , Bach. of Arts of the said University . Feb. 24. Joh. Viccars Bach. of Arts of Cambridge , now a Commoner of Linc. Coll. Creations . Aug. 25. The honourable James de la Mariniere Baron of Montmartin , Gruchy , Borrivet , le Vignies and Guhebert , Ordinary Prefect of the Horse belonging to the most Christian King , was actually created Master of Arts. Will. Browne of Exeter Coll. had leave then given to him to be actually created M. of A. but 't was not put in execution till 16 Nov. following . — He is stiled in the publick Register , Vir omni humana literatura & bonarum artium cognitione instructus . This person is the celebrated Poet whom I have mentioned among the Writers , under the year 1024. num . 516. Peregrin Langford had then also the degree of M. of A. given to him , when he would be pleased to come to the University for it . — On the 11 of Dec. following , he supplicated the ven . Congregation ( being then absent ) that his Creation might be deferred till Trinity Term following ; but whether he was then created , it appears not . Jan. 18. Gilb. Primerose mention'd before among the Incorporations , was actually created D. of D. in the house of Convocation ( just after he had been incorporated ) by vertue of the d Letters of the Chancellour of this University , wherein is contained a large testimony of his singular probity and great learning , and that he had spent twenty years in the study of Theology , backed by recommendations from the King in consideration of his learning and worth . He was a Scotch man born , had been one of the French Preachers of the Protestant Church at Bourdeaux in France , but now of the French Church in London , and Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. In 1628 , Jul. 21 , he was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. John Buckridge , promoted to the See of Ely , ( for he had kept that dignity several years in commendam with Rochester ) which place he keeping till his death , Mr. Hugh Cressy sometimes of Merton Coll. was designed by his Majesty to succeed him , but was never installed because he afterwards changed his Religion . This Dr. Primerose hath written many things , as you may see in the Oxford Catalogue , among which are ( 1 ) Jacob's vow , opposed to the vows of Monks and Friers , Bergerac 1610. oct . in 4 Tomes or Vol. All which were written in good French , and the first Vol. containing two books , was translated into English by John Bulteel a Minister . — Lond. 1617. qu. ( 2 ) La Trompette de Sion , &c. Bergarac 1610. oct . in 18 Sermons ; translated into Latin under this Title , Tuba Sionis , seu Exhortatio ad poenetentiam & jejunium . Dantsic . 1631. oct . ( 3 ) The righteous mans evils and the Lords deliverances . Lond. 1625. qu. in 9 Sermons . ( 4 ) The Christian mans tears and Christs comforts : Fast-sermon 7 Oct. 1624 on Matth. 5. 4. and on Luke 6. 21. Lond. 1625 , in two parts , in tw . ( 5 ) The table of the Lord ; whereof 1. The whole service is the living bread , &c. Lond. 1626. oct . in 3 Serm. &c. He paid his last debt to nature in his house in Chisell street near the Artillery Yard in the Suburbs of London , in Oct. or Nov. 1642 , leaving then behind him several sons , viz. ( 1 ) James Primerose Doctor of Physick . ( 2 ) David Primerose Minister of the French Church at Roan in Normandy . ( 3 ) Stephen , who was born 1606 Jan. 12 new stile : who after he came to age always rejected his Fathers counsel , and would never follow any calling . Afterwards he became a presumptuous and vain glorious person , tho very ignorant ; did precipitate himself into divers and damnable Heresies , would abuse his Father at his own Table in the presence of his elder Brother and others , and would several times tell him that Jesus Christ was come to put division between Father and Children , &c. upon which account his Father left him nothing in his Will but six pence . ( 4 ) John Primerose born 24 Nov. 1608 , who had spent so much money at Paris , London , and in the Low Countries , that he could give him no more in his Will. Joh Durie a Scotch man became a sojourner in the University , in the month of July this year , for the sake of the publick Library , but how long he continued there , I cannot tell . He afterwards travelled into various Countries beyond the Seas , especially thro most parts of Germany , where he visited the chief recesses of the Muses , and by long continuance spoke the German Tongue so well and fluent , that many English men after his return took him to be a German Native . He was by profession a Divine , was in Orders and a Preacher ; but whether he took them according to the way of the Church of England , which he always scrupled ▪ it doth not appear . He was a great pretender towards the making of a reconciliation between the Calvinists and Lutherans beyond the Seas , or as he himself used to say , For the making and setling a Protestant union and peace in the Churches beyond the Seas , &c. In which work he received encouragement † from Archb. Laud , tho Pry●n● his inveterate Enemy saith * not , but found so small encouragement from him , that he oft complained thereof to his friends . You may be pleased to see more of these matters , and of various Transactions of the life of the said Durie in a Letter written by him to his antient Acquaintance Sam. Hartlib Esq ; who published it ( when the said Durie fell into the displeasure of the Presbyterians for shewing himself false to them in several respects ) with this Title , The unchanged , constant , and single-hearted Peace-maker drawn forth into the World : Or , a Vindication of Mr. Jo. Dury from the aspersions cast upon him in a nameless Pamphlet called . The time-serving Proteus , and ambidexter Divine , uncased to the World ; wherein &c. Lond. 1650 , in three sheets in quarto . Upon the turn of the times occasion'd by the Presbyterians , an . 1641 , he sided with them , was one of the Preachers before the Long Parliament , the members of which appointed him one of the Assembly of Divines , and took from them several places of Employment . Afterwards he sided with the Independents , took the Engagement , as he had the Covenant before , and all other Oaths that followed , till his Majesties Restauration 1660 ; at which time , and after , he was living . He hath written and published about twenty Books and Pamphlets ; among which are ( 1 ) Consultatio Theologica super negotio pacis Ecclesiast . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 2 ) Epistolary discourse to Tho. Goodwin , Ph. N●e and Sam. Hartlib . Lond. 1644 , &c. qu. This being written against Toleration , was answer'd by H. Robinson . ( 3 ) Of Presbytery and Independency , &c. print . 1646. qu. ( 4 ) Model of Ch. government . print . 1647. qu. ( 5 ) Peace-maker the Gospel way . print . 1648. qu. ( 6 ) Seasonable discourse for reformation , Lond. 1649. qu. published by Sam. Hartlib . ( 7 ) Considerations concerning the Engagement . print . 1650. This being answered , Dury came out with a Reply . ( 8 ) The reformed School . Lond. 1650 , in tw . published by S. Hartlib . ( 9 ) Supplement to the reform . School . Lond. 1651. in tw . published by the said Hartlib . ( 10 ) The reform . Library keeper . Lond. 1650. in tw . To which is added Bibliotheca Augusta sereniss . Princ. D. Augusti Ducis Brunovicensis & Luneb . quae est Wolferbyti . ( 11. ) Earnest plea for Gospel-Communion . Lond. 1654. qu. ( 12 ) Summary platform of Divinity . pr. 1654. &c. An. Dom. 1625. An. 1 Car. 1. Chanc. Will. Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. Dr. Prideaux again , Jul. 19. Proct. Nich. Brookes of Oriel Coll. Sam. Marsh of Trin. Coll. Apr. 27. Bach. of Arts. May 5. Gervase Warmstrey Jun. 22. Hen. Elsynge Will. Hemmings of Ch. Ch. Jul. 6. Gasper Hicks of Trin. Rob. Cross of Linc. Nov. 22. Thom. Masters of New 24. Henry Savage of Ball. Dec. 16. Christopher Airay of Qu. Coll. Feb. 6. Nich. Gibbon 9. Hen. Parker of S. Edm. Hall. Rich. Jones of Jesus 13. Tho. Washbourne of Ball. Coll. 14. Nath. Stephens Edw. Hyde John Lisle of Madg. Hall. 15. Mich. Hudson Guy Carlton of Qu. Coll. The last was afterwards Bishop of Chichester . All which will be mention'd at large elsewhere . Adm. 256. Bach. of Law. Only six this year were admitted , the senior of whom was Rich. Basset of Lincoln Coll. a Compounder . Mast . of Arts. March 28. Joh. Viccars of Linc. Coll. Apr. 29. Joh. Ellis of Hart Hall. May 21. Will. Claybroke of Ball. Coll. — This person who was the second Son of an Esq ; left Oxon soon after , changed his Religion , went beyond the Seas , and became Canon of some of the hither parts of France of Flanders , as I have been e informed . June 23. George Hughes of Pembr . lately of C. C. 25. Joh. Strickland of Qu. 30. Henry Hammond of Magd. July 5. John Marsham of St. Joh. Coll. July 2. Joh. Lee of Ball. Coll. — He was afterwards one of the first Scholars of Pembroke Coll. at its first foundation , where , as at Balliol , he was an indefatigable Student , and of proficiency answerable . He wrote an enterlude , but never acted or published , and hath a Lat. Speech in f print , which is all I know of him , only that he was Son of Joh. Lee of Abendon in Berks. and educated in the Free-school there . July 7. Joh. Sedgwick Joh. Angell of Magd. Hall. James Eglesfield of Qu. Coll. was admitted the same day . — He was afterward Vicar of Chewton in his native Country of Somersetshire , and Author of A heavenly hymne to the King of Heaven , Sermon on Mark 7. 37. Lond. 1640. oct . the Author being then dead . What else was published under his name I know not , nor any thing else him only that he was a Ministers Son and a learned Man. Admitted 156. Bach. of Div. Apr. 1. Griffin Higgs of Mert. Elizeus Burges of St. Joh. Coll. The last was now Archdeacon of Rochester in the place of Rich. Tillesley deceased . May 19. Hen. King Joh. King of Ch. Ch. June 28. John Davenport of Magd. hall . July 1. Brian Duppa 2. Rog. Manwaring of All 's . 8. Francis Potter of Trinity Coll. Admitted 19. Doct. of Law. Mar. 31. William Skinner of All 's . Coll. Chancellour of the Dioc. of Hereford . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. May 19. Hen. King Joh. King Canons of Ch. Ch. Both the Sons of Dr. King sometimes B. of London , and Accumulators and Compounders . 26. Edw. à Meetkirke of Ch. Ch. Hebrew Professor of the University and about this time Prebendary of Winchester . June 20. Charles Croke of the same house , an Accumulator and Compounder . — He was at this time Rector of Amersham alias Agmundesham in Bucks . and Fellow of Eaton Coll. and afterwards the writer and publisher of A sad memorial of Hen. Curwen Esq ; only Child of Sir Patr. Curwen of Warkington in Cumberland Baronet , who died 21. Aug. 1638. aged 14 and was buried in the Church of Amersham in Bucks : Serm. on Job 14. 2. Oxon. 1638. qu. at which time the Author was Chaplain to K. Ch. 1. What other writings he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was born in Oxfordshire , and that he was a younger Son of Sir Joh. Croke of Chilton in Bucks , one of the Justices of the Kings-bench . July 1. Brian Duppa 2. Roger Manwaring of All 's . Coll. Both which accumulated the Degrees in Divinity . 8. Thomas Horne of Mert. Nath. Giles of Magd. Coll. Compounders . The first became Canon of Windsore in Oct. 1616. in the place of Dr. Edm. Nuttal sometimes Fellow of Clare hall in Cambridge deceased ; and dying on the seventh of the Ides of Nov. 1636. aged 60 , was buried in St. Georges Chap. at Windsore . The other ( Dr. Giles ) became also Canon of the said Chappel , in the latter end of 1623 , and in the latter end of 1626 , Prebendary of Worcester in the place of Hen. Bright deceased . He died in the time of the grand rebellion . Incorporations . The plague raging this year in London , and therefore the Act put off , few incorporations occur . However those that are , take as they follow . July…Tho . Browne Bach. of the Laws of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge . Quaere . 6. Edm. Prideaux M. A. of the same University . — This Person , if I am not mistaken , was the same , who , in the times of Usurpation , was Commissioner of the great Seal , and by ordinance did practice within the Bar , as one of the Kings Council , and after that was made Attorney General , and Post-master for all the Inland-letters . From which employments gaining a vast estate , left at the time of his death , 19. Aug. 1659 an incredible mass of gold ( as the credible report then went ) besides Lands of very great demesness . July 12. Lodovic . Rouseus Doctor of Phys . of the University of Leyden in Holland . Dec. 13. John Verneuil M. of A. of the Univ. of Mountalbon in France , now or lately of Magd. Coll. Feb. 11. Thom. Levet , ( of York Diocess ) a Licentiat of the Civil Law in the Univers . of Orleance , was incorporated Bach. of the same fac . March 24. Edward Hayward M. of A. of Cambridge . Quaere . Creations . Jan. 26. John Hassall or Halsall a Student in Divinity , sometimes Bach. of Law and Fellow of New Coll. had then leave given to him by the venerable Convocation that he might be actually created Doctor of the said faculty , when he pleased to accept of that Degree , but the day when he was created , appears not . In the letters commendatory of the Chancellour of this Univ. ( Will. Earl of Pembroke ) written to the members thereof , are these matters mention'd of the said Hassall . — He hath been a diligent and faithful preacher of the word of God in the Low-countries , and hath gotten a singular good reputation with the English in those parts , having been particularly favoured and cherished by the Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth his most Royal spouse . — He was , when my self was a Student in the University , a hopeful Scholar , and of special note in the same house with me , &c. The Letters also of Sir Horatio Vere written in his behalf to the University say also thus . — He hath not only gained a singular good report for his abilities , but for his pious and sweet conversation and esteem among us ; meaning his Soldiers and Voluntiers in the Low countries , where the said Sir Horatio was a Commander of a Regiment , sent to joyn with the united Princes in Germany . The said Dr. Hassall was installed Dean of Norwych ( in the place of Dr. Edm. Suckling ) on the 15. July 1628 ; which Dignity he obtained by the endeavours of the Lady Elizabeth beforemention'd . He died and was buried at Creak in Norfolk in the times of Usurpation , and was succeeded in his Deanery , after the restauration of K. Charles 2. by Dr. Joh. Croft of Allsouls College , Brother to William Lord Croft . An. Dom. 1626. An. 2. Car. 1. Chancellour William Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. Will. Juxon LL. D. President of St. Johns College , July 22. Proct. Hopton Sydenham of Magd. C. Dionys . Prideaux of Ex. C. Apr. 19. Bach. of Musick . July 24. John Frith of St. Johns Coll. — Some of his compositions and Anthems I have seen , but whether extant , I cannot tell . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 28. George Bate of St. Edm. Oct. 21. Giles Workman of Magd. Philip Hunton of Wadh. Hall. Nov. 20. Calybute Downing of Or. Coll. 25. Hen. Wilkinson of Magd. hall commonly called Long Harry . Dec. 4. Rich. Napier of Wadh. Jan. 30. Edw. Hinton of Mert. Coll. Of the first of these two last , I shall make larger mention among the created Doctors of Phys . an . 1642 , and of the other among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1649. June 30. Joh. Prichet of St. Edm. hall , lately of Queens Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Glocester . 31. Henry Edmondson of Qu. Thom. Browne of Pemb. Coll. The last of these two , was the first Man of note that was admitted to a Degree , as a member of Pembroke Coll. He was afterwards an eminent Physician , Vertuoso , and Knight . Feb. 1. Franc. Cheynell of Mert. Coll. Joh. Biscoe of New Inn. All which will be mention'd at large hereafter . On the 15. of March Sir Charles Howard of Ch. Ch. had his grace granted for Bach. of Arts , but whether admitted , it appears not . — I take him to be the same Sir Ch. Howard who was lately made Kt. of the Bath , and after the death of his Father became Earl of Berkshire . He died about the beginning of the year 1679. Adm. 272. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Of nine Bachelaurs of Law , that were admitted this year , I cannot find one of them that was afterwards a Writer , or Bishop , or of any eminent place in the Church . Mast . of Arts. March 28. Edw. Pococke of C. C. Apr. 28. Hen. Tozer of Exeter May 4. George Griffith of Ch. Ch. Coll. June 27. Rob. Codrington of Magd. July 6. Arthur Salway of Brasn . Coll. The last was afterwards Minister of Severne-stoke in his native Country of Worcestershire , and hath published Halting stigmatized : Fast Sermon before the House of Commons 25. Oct 1643. on 1. Kings 18. 21. Lond. 1644. qu. and perhaps other things . Quaere . Feb. 26. Tobias Crispe of Ball. Coll. — He is to be numbred among the Writers in the 2. Vol. of this work . Admitted 134. Bach. of Phys . Of Six Bachelaurs of Phys . that were admitted this year , I can not find one that was afterwards eminent . Besides them , were two Students in that faculty adm . to practice viz. John Speed of St. Johns , and Thom. Nourse of Lincoln Coll. both afterwards eminent Physicians . Bach. of Div. May 6. John Morris Chaplain of All 's . Coll. — See more of him among the Doctors of Div. an . 1634. Besides Mr. Morris , were 10 more Bachelaurs admitted , of whom I cannot as yet give any account . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law was admitted this year , nor one in Physick . Doct. of Div. Dec. 14. Walt. Coningsbi● of Exeter Coll. 16. Accepted Frewen President of Magd. Coll. a Compounder . Feb. 17. Christopher Potter Provost of Queens Coll. Incorporations . July 7. Edm. Layfield Bach. of Div. of Cambridge . — He hath published The Souls solace : Fun. Serm. on Psal . 73. 25 — printed 1632. qu. And if he be the same Layfield who had been Chaplain to Geor. Earl of Cumberland in his travels , he was Author of A large relation of Port Ricco voyage , which is inserted in the fourth Vol. of Sam. Purchas his Pilgrims , printed at Lond. 1625. p. 11. 55. One John Layfield D. D. had a hand in translating the Bible in the beginning of K. Jam. 1. but he , you must know , was Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards Parson of St. Clements Church without Temble-bar near London , where he died in 1617. July 10. Thom. Aylesbury Bach. of Div. of the same University . — He hath published ( 1 ) Serm. preached at Pauls cross , 2. June 1622 , on Luke 17. 37. Lond. 1623. qu. ( 2 ) Treatise of the comfession of sin , with power of the Keys , &c. printed 1657. qu. ( 3 ) Diatribae de aeterno divini beneplaciti ciroa creaturas intellectuales decreto , ubi patrum consulta , &c. Cantab. 1659. qu. Edward Alston Doct. of Phys . of the said Univ. of Cambridge was incorporated on the same day . — He was afterwards a Knight and President of the Coll. of Physicians at London . He died in the Parish of Great St. Helens in Lond. in the Winter time , 1669. July 24. James Vsher Archb. of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland , was incorporated Doct. of Div. as he had stood in the Univ. of Dublin . — This was done while he lodged in Jesus Coll. purposely to peruse certain MSS. in the Publick Library and elsewhere . In a Convocation held 10. March 1644. certain Doctors and Masters were by the Vicechanc. and Proctors appointed to take care and see that his Effigies should be engraven on a copper plate , with an Elogium under it , be prefix'd to his Annotations on Ignatius his Epistles , then printing in Oxon. It was also then order'd that he said plate should be engrav'd at the charge of the University , and in the name thereof . The Elogium which was afterwards by their appointment made , runs thus Jacobus Vsserius , &c. James Usher Archb. of Armagh , Primate of all Ireland , the most skilful of Primitive antiquity , the unanswerable defender of the Orthodox Religion , the maul of errors , in preaching frequent , eloquent , very powerful , a rare example of an unblameable life . Rob. Pink Vicechanc. But this inscription , with the Effigies , was not put before the said Book , but before that De Ro. Eccl. Symbolo Apost . Lond. 1647. and some others since . Jan. 31. Nich. Andrews was , with Rich. Andrews , ( both Masters of Arts of Cambridge , incorporated here , as they had stood there . — Nich. Andrews was afterwards Doct. of Div. Rector of Guilford and Vicar of Godalmine in Surrey ; where shewing himself a zealous Man for the Church of England , and a great Loyalist , was turn'd out of his livings by the Committee of Religion , appointed by the Long Parliament , an . 1643. He is mention'd in The first Century of scandalous , malignant Priests , p. 8. Feb. 1. Tobias Crispe Bach. of Arts of Cambridge , now of Ball. Coll. — See before , among the Masters of Arts this year . Creations . July ( 22 ) Joh. Chudleigh Bach. of Arts of Wadham Coll. the eldest Son of Sir George Chudleigh of Alston in Devonshire Baronet , was created Master of Arts , he being a little before elected a Burgess to serve in Parliament . Nov. 20. Leonard Digges Bach. of Arts of Vniversity Coll. in Academiis transmarinis bonarum artium studiis diu versatus ( as the publick register saith ) earumque cognitione optimè excultus , was actually created Master of Arts. On the 27. of Dec. this year Edward Michelbourne a Gentlemans Son of Hampshire , originally a Commoner of St. Maries hall , and afterwards for many years of that of Glocester , was buried in the Parish Church of St. Thomas the Martyr in the W. Suburb of Oxford , aged 62 or thereabouts . — The reasons why I set him down here are ( 1 ) Because he took no Degree , being a Rom. Catholick , otherwise I would have put him in that year wherein he took a Degree ( 2 ) Because he was the most noted Latine Poet of his time in the University , as divers copies of his composition printed in several books , shew ; which if put together , would make a Manual . ( 3 ) That the Poets of his time did mostly submit their labours to his judgment before they were made publick , particularly Charles Fitz-Geffry , who dedicates his Assaniae to him . Rich. Broughton a Sojournour in Oxon. was entred a Student into the publick Library on the 19. of June this year , under the title of a Minister of Gods word . This Person who had formerly studied in Oxon. to gain materials for the publishing of certain books , was born of gentile Parents at Great Steukley in Huntingdonshire , ( but descended of an antient Family of his name living at Broughton Tower in Lancashire , ) Sent when young to Rheimes in France , where passing his course among the English , became a good Philosopher and Theologist , and well skill'd in the Greek and Heb. tongues . Afterwards , he being made Priest , was sent into the Mission of England , continued there many years in good repute for his religion , learning , experience , and publick spirit : For which he was thought to be the fittest Person to be chosen Assistant to the Archpriest , that had been then lately appointed by his holiness the Pope . He hath written ( 1 ) Apologetical Epistle . ( 2 ) Moderate answer to a most calumniating Libel , which endeavours to prove that a Rom. Catholick cannot be a good Subject . ( 3 ) Continuations of the Cath. Apologie made up out of Protestant Authors . ( 4 ) Ecclesiastical History of Gr. Britain deduced by ages , or centuries , from the nativity of our Saviour , unto the happy conversion of the Saxons , &c. Doway 1633. fol. Tho 't is a rapsodie , and a thing not well digested , yet there is a great deal of reading shew'd in it . 'T is said in the title to be the first Tome , as if another was to follow . ( 5 ) True memorial of the antient , most holy and religious estate of Great Britain , flourishing with Apostles , Apostolical Men , Monasteries , religious Rules and Orders , in great number , in the time of the Britains , and Primitive Church of the Saxons , &c. printed 1650. oct . published by G. S. P. ( 6 ) Monasticon Britanicum : Or , a historical narration of the first founding and flourishing state of the antient Monasteries , religious Rules and Orders of Great Britain , in the times of the Britains and Primitive Church of the Saxons , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . This Book I have , the title of which running almost verbatim , as the former , ( which I have not yet seen ) makes me to guess , that it is in many things the same . Quaere . This industrious Author , who probably hath written other matters died in a good old age , on the fifteenth of the Kal. of Febr. an . 1634 , and was buried near to the bodies of his Father and Mother and other of his relations in the Church of Great Steuckley beforemention'd . Over his grave was soon after a Mon. with an inscription thereon , put , wherein he is stiled Presbyter Anglus , innocentia morum Angelicus . Majorum prosapiam , quorum ipse nemini impar sacra functione longè superavit , & claro virtutum ingenitarum praeconio perennavit , &c. Antiquariorum sui saeculi exquisitissimus , Ecclesiasticoruns Monumentum , aurifodinam , haereditatem omni thesauro pretiosiorem , raro scientiss . virorum , sed optabili exemplo , posteris reliquit , &c. An. Dom. 1627. An. 3. Car. 1. Chanc. Will. Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. Dr. Juxon again , July 19. Proct. Hugh Halswell of All 's . Coll. Franc. Hyde of Ch. Ch. Apr. 4. Upon the resignation made by the said Proctors of their office 22. Apr. 1628. Mr. Will. Hyde and Mr. Isaac Taylor were Procuratores nati till the 13. of June following , the controversie of electing Proctors being not till that time finish'd . See more in Hist . & Antiq . Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 330. b. 331. a. Bach. of Arts. June 1. Joh. Webberley of Linc. Coll. — See among the Bachelaurs of Div. in 1640. 11. Sam. Fisher of Trin. Coll. afterwards of New Inn , and of all religions in the time of the grand rebellion . Rog. Lorte of Wadham Coll. ( the Poet ) was admitted the same day . July 3. Rich. Chalfout of New Inn , afterwards of Linc. Coll. — See more among the Bach. of Div. 1637. Oct. 23. Joh. Archer of Exeter 25. Robert Maton of Wadh. Coll. Feb. 18. Rob. Randolph of Ch. Ch. — This Person , who took no higher Degree in this University , was a most ingenious Poet , as several of his copies of verses printed in various books shew . He collected together the Poems , Plays , and other matters of his Brother Tho. Randolph the celebrated Poet of his time , as I have before told you . This Rob. Randolph who was first Vicar of Barnetby , and after of Donnington in Holland in Lincolnshire , was buried in the Church at Donnington 7. July 1671. aged 60 or thereabouts . 21. Hen. Carpenter Sam. Austin of Exet. Coll. 27 Joh. Aris of Magd hall . — See among the Masters 1630. As for Fisher , Lorte , Archer , Maton and Carpenter , they are to be mention'd at large hereafter . Adm. 240. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. But seven were admitted this year , of whom Morgan Godwin of Pemb. Coll. was one , Edw. Lake whom I shall anon mention , another , and a third called Oliver Lloyd of All 's . Coll. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 17. Rich. Allen of Pemb. Coll. June 1. Thom. Ford of Magd. Hall. 2. Hen. Beesley Steph. Goffe of St. Alb. Hall. 2. Tho. Browne of Ch. Ch. Joseph Caryll of Ex. Coll. July 2. Christop . Elderfield of S. Maries Hall. 6. Reg. Turner of Exet. Coll. — This Person who was afterwards beneficed near Southampton , and the place of his nativity , hath published The userers plea answered , in a Sermon preached at Southampton 18. Jul. 1633. on Matth. 25. 27. Lond. 1634. qu. and another on 2 Kings 11. ver . 12. — Printed in 1661. qu. and not unlikely others . Mar. 14. Francis Davies of Jes . Coll. Adm. 131. or thereabouts . ☞ Not one Bach. of Physick was admitted this year . Bach. of Div. June 2. Alex. Huish of Wadh. 16. Cornel. Burges of Linc. 21. Hugh Robinson of New 27. Alexand. Gill of Trin. Coll. July 5. Will. Hayes of Magd. hall . — He was the same Person who had published The Lawyers Looking glass , Serm. at S. Maries in Oxon , at the Assizes 7. Jul. 1624 , on Either 1. 15. Oxon 1624. qu. Whether he wrot or published any thing else , I know not , not do I know any thing of him besides , only that he was a Hampshire Man born , and that he was afterwards Rector of Skilgate , and at length , in 1635 Rect. of Orchard , both in Somersetshire . July 6. Thom. Lashington of Pemb. Coll. Adm. 27. Doct. of Law. June ult . Matthew Nicholas of New Coll. — This Person who was afterwards Can. resident of Salisbury , became Dean of Bristow on the death of Dr. Edw. Chetwynd an . 1639. and in 1642 was made Canon of the fifth stall in the Collegiat Church of St. Peter in Westminster on the death of Dr. William Robinson , Brother , by the Mothers side , to Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . Of which Dignities being deprived in the time of the rebellion , became after his Majesties restauration Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral in London . In Bristow succeeded Dr. Hen. Glemham of Oxon , an . 1660 , and in St. Pauls , Dr. Joh. Barwick of Cambridge , elected thereunto 15. Oct. 1661. To this Dr. Nicholas his piety and moderation , the Church was as much beholding , as the State was to his elder Brother Sir Edw. Nicholas . The former died 15. Aug. 1661 , the other on the first of Sept. 1669. aged 77 , and was buried in Horsley Church in Surrey , where there is a fair monument , with a large inscription thereon , over his grave . By the way I desire the reader to know that the said Sir Edward was born at Winterbourne-Earles in Wiltshire , where his name is , or at least hath been , antient and gentile , that he had his education in this University , and afterwards in the Royal Court , where he became at length Secretary of State to K. Ch. 1. and afterwards a sufferer for his cause , and an Exile with his Son Ch. 2. After the restauration of the last , he continued in the office of Secretary , but then growing antient , he resigned it in Oct. 1662. At which time his Majesty in consideration of his fidelity , constancy , and affection to his and his Fathers service , did freely offer to make him a Baron , but Sir Edward , according to his wonted candor and modesty , ( after he had most humbly return'd his thanks ) besought his Majesty therein to spare him . A Gentleman of both his names wrot An apologie for the honorable nation of the Jews , and all the Sons of Israel . Lond. 1648. in qu. What relation he had to the said Sir Edward , I know not . Jun. ult . Will. Merick Will. Griffith of New Coll. The former was afterwards Judg of the Prerogative Court for the Province of Canterbury , eminent for his great learning and abilities , as also for his loyalty and affection to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. and to his glorious Father , both at home and beyond the Seas . Upon which account he was sent for to the Court , 8. Nov. 1661. and had the honor of Knighthood confer'd upon him in his Majesties Bedchamber . He died in the Winter time an . 1668. and was succeeded in his Judgship by Dr. Leolin Je●kins . The other , Will. Griffith was Chancellour of the Diocesses of St. Asaph and Bangor . July 21. Charles Tooker of Oriel Jan. 14. Gilb. Jones of Allsouls Coll. The first of these two last died at Abendon in Berks , an . 1660 , the other was about this time Chancellour of the Dioc. of Bristow . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. June 16. Cornelius Burges of Linc. 21. Hugh Robinson of New 25. Vincent Peirse of Pemb. Coll. Which three Doctors did accumulate the Degrees in Divinity . 27. George Byrom of Brasn . July 4. Rich Puliston of Wad . Feb. 21. Ant. Saunders of Vniv. Coll. The first of these last three was now beneficed in Cheshire , and had for several years served K. Jam. 1. and K. Ch. 1. both as Commissioner of the Peace , and a Commissioner of the High Commission for causes Ecclesiastical . Incorporations . On the 10. of July being the next day after the conclusion of the Act , were 59 Cantabrigians incorporated in several faculties , the names of some of which follow . Rich Sterne Bach. of Div. of C. Christi Coll. — This most worthy and loyal Person who was Son of Sim Sterne of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire , ( descended from those of his name in Suffolk ) was afterwards D. of D. Master of Jesus Coll. and Chaplaine to Archb. Laud ; with whom he was present on the Scaffold , when he was to be beheaded , purposely to administer comfort to him . But before that time , he had been imprison'd by the endeavours of Oliver Cromwell a Burgess for the Town of Cambridge in the Long Parliament , for being very instrumental in conveying the plate belonging to several Colleges and Halls in Cambridge to his Majesty then at York , and thereabouts : I say being hurried up to London with other Doctors , was imprison'd in the Tower of London , where by permission he attended the said Archbishop . About that time he was ejected his Mastership of Jesus Coll. lost all he had , suffer'd in an high manner for his loyalty , and lived obscurely during the interval . At length , upon his Majesties restauration , he was nominated by him Bishop of Carlile ; whereupon being consecrated thereunto in the Abby Church of St. Peter at Westminster , on the second day of Decemb. an . 1660. sate there till the death of Dr. Frewen Archb. of York , and then being elected to succeed him in that See 28. Apr. 1664 was enthronized on the 10. of June following , in the Person of Dr. Edmund Diggle a Dignitary of that Church . This Dr. Sterne hath written . ( 1 ) Sermons or a Comment . on 103 Psalme . — Printed 1649. oct . ( 3 ) Summa Logicae , partim ex optimis quibusque autoribus tum antiquis tum recentioribus collecta ; maximè autem ex usu & ad usum comparata , exemplis omnium genorum abunde illustrata . Lond. 1686. oct . and , as 't is probable , other things . This worthy Archb. died about 23. June 1683 and was buried in the Cath. Church of York . Afterwards succeeded Dr. Joh. Do●ben , as I shall tell you elsewhere . Joh. Burges Doct. of Phys . and Parson of Sutton Colfield in Warwickshire , was also then incorporated . At which time liberty was allowed to him by the ven . congregation that he might study in the publick library , being then a conformist to the Ch ▪ of England . He paid his last debt to nature on the last day of Aug. 1635 aged 72. or thereabouts , and was buried in the Chancel of Sutton Colfield , in the same vault where the body of his then late Wife Dorothy was buried . He hath , written An apology to the Bishop of Lincoln , &c. answer'd by Dr. Will. Covell , an . 1606. Also The Popes deadly wound resolving the controversies between us and them . pr. in qu. and other things , as the Oxford Catalogue will tell you . See more of him in Tho. Wilcocks among the writers , an 1599. George Stanhop John Partenton D. D. As for the other Persons of Cambridge who were incorporated on the said day ( July 10 ) I know no great matter of them , and therefore I shall proceed to speak of others who were afterwards incorporated . July 11. John Thorie , Thorius or Thoris Doct. of Phys . of the Univ. of Dublin . — He was Son of Ralph Thorius a Physician , and had formerly been Bach. of Arts of Magd. Coll. Rich. Hawley Doct. of Phys . of Leyden in Holland was incorporated the same day . — He was now or lately Fellow of Merton College . Octob. 25. Francis Glisson M. of A. of G●nvil and Caies Coll. in Cambridge . — This learned Gentleman who was second Son of William Glisson of Rampisham in Dorsetshire ; and he the second Son of Walt. Glisson of the City of Bristow , was afterwards Doct. of Physick , the Kings publick Professor of that faculty in the said University , Candidate of the Coll. of Physicians at London , an . 1634 , Fellow the year after , Anatomy reader in the said Coll. 1639 , practised Physick at Colchester during the time of the rebellion , where he was present when the generous Royalists of Kent were besieged 1648. and after . In 1655 he was chosen one of the Elects of the said College and afterwards was President thereof for several years . He hath written ( 1 ) Prolegomena Anatomica . ( 2 ) Anatomia Hepatis . ( 3 ) Do Lymphae-ductibas . All which were several times printed , and once at Amsterdam 1659. in tw . ( 4 ) De natura substantiae energetica , sewde via vitae , &c. Lond 1672. qu. ( 5 ) Deventriculo & intestinis , &c. Lond. 1677. qu. and was one of the three ( Geo Bate and 〈◊〉 Regem●rter being the other two ) who wrot De Rachitide , sive morbo puerili , qui vulgo the Rickets dicitur . Lond. 1650. oct . The discovery also of the Capsula communis or Vagina Portae is owing to him , who hath likewise given us certain notes for the more easie distinguishing of the Vena cava , Porta and Vasa fellea in excarnating the Liver . Further also he hath * given such an excellent account of Sanguification ( discharging the Liver from that office ) and proved it by so good arguments , and clear experiments , that few have since doubted the truth thereof . This worthy Doctor , to whose learned Lucubrations and deep disquisitions in Physick , not only Great Britain , but remoter Kingdoms owe a particular respect and veneration , died much lamented in the Parish of S. Bride alias S. Bridget in London in Oct. or Nov. 1677. Dec. 15. Edward Lake lately Bach. of Arts of Catherine Hall in Cambridge , was incorporated in the same degree . — On the 24 Jan. following he was admitted Bach. of the Civil Law as a Member of S. Albans Hall. This year was a supplicate made for one Hen. Jacie M. of A. to be incorporated , but whether he was so or not , I cannot find . I take him to be the same with Henry Jessie alias Jacie a Preachers Son , who was born at West Rowton in the north Riding of Yorkshire 3 Sept. 1601 , and who in 1618 became Pensioner of S. Joh. Coll. in the said University . Whence , after he had taken one degree in Arts , he was invited to live in the house of Brampton Gourdon of Assington in Suffolk Gent. Father to Joh. Gourdon a Burgess in the Long Parliament that began 1640 , ( nominated one of the Judges to sit on K. Ch. 1. but was not present when Sentence was passed ) and to two others of that name who were Recruiters in that Parliament . In which house being setled , he studied Physick as well as Divinity . After he had commenced M. of A. which was in 1626 , he preached privately in the Neighbourhood , and distributed practical Books among the Brethren . Afterwards he removed to several places , but was not permitted to tarry long in any , because he was zealously averse to Conformity . At length in 1645 he repaired to London , where he joyned himself to the Congregation , of which Mr. Hen. Jacob and Mr. Joh. Lathorp had been Pastors , where he continued 25 years , not without several disturbances , especially before the grand Rebellion broke out . He hath written ( 1 ) A catechism for Children . The Answers in which were wholly in the words of the Scripture . ( 2 ) The Scripture-Kalendar in use by the Prophets and Apostles , and by our Lord Jesus Christ , explaining the Accounts , Measures , &c. This was first printed in 1645 and afterwards came out with several Additions to the time of his Majesties Restauration 1660 , and perhaps after . ( 3 ) The exceeding riches of grace advanced in the conversion of Mrs. Sarah Wight . Lond. 1647. oct . ( 4 ) Store-house of provision for resolving cases of conscience , &c. Lond. 1650 , in tw . ( 5 ) Description and explanation of 268 places in Jerusalem and the suburbs thereof , with a large map . printed 1653 , qu. ( 6 ) The lords loud call to England : being a true relation of some late , various and wonderful Judgments , or handy-works of God , by Earthquake , Lightning , &c. Lond. 1660. in six sheets in qu. This Book begins with certain matters relating to Oxon , which being very false , the Reader cannot otherwise but judge the rest so to be . In 1661 came out an imposture of a most damnable design called Mirabilis annus , or the year of prodigies and wonders , &c. and in 1662 the first and second part of Annus mirabilis secundus , and probably other parts , but such I have not yet seen . When these came out , which were advanced by several hands , it was verily supposed that Henry Jessie had a principal share in them . ( 7 ) Miscellanea sacra : divers necessary truths seasonably published , &c. printed 1665 , in oct . ( 8 ) A looking-glass for children : being a narrative of Gods gracious dealings with some little children . Lond. 1674 , oct . He hath also written a Pref. or commendatory Epistle before Joh. Grayles Modest vindication of the doctrine of conditions in the covenant of Grace , &c. and other little things besides his own Experiences , which I have not yet seen . At length paying his last debt to nature 4 Sept. 1663 , being then accounted the Oracle and Idol of the faction , was on the 7 of the same month laid to sleep with his Fathers in a hole made in the Yard joyning to Old Bedlam near Morefields in the Suburbs of London , attended with a strange medley of Fanaticks ( mostly Anabaptists ) that met upon the very point of time , all at the same instant , to do honour to their departed Brother . Some years after came out a short account of his life and death &c. but full of ridiculous and absurd Cantings ; to which is annex'd An Elegy on Mr. Will. Bridge . Which Bridge had been sometimes Fellow of Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge , was afterwards a Presbyterian , one of the Ass . of Divines , and the independent Minister of Yarmouth in Norfolk . He died a Nonconformist in 1670. See more of Hen. Jessie in Jos . Caryl , in the other Vol. of this work . Creations . May 25. Robert Lord Dormer of Wenge , lately of Exeter Coll. was actually created Mast . of Arts. — He was afterwards the first Earl of Caernarvan of his name , and taking up Arms in defence of his Majesty K. Ch. 1. had the hard fate to be killed near Newbury in Berkshire 20 Sept. 1643. See among the created Doctors of Law in 1642. William Lewis M. of A. and lately Provost of Oriel Coll. was actually created Doct. of Div. on the same day , by virtue of his Majesties letters dated 9 of the same month , running partly thus — William Lewis an antient Master of Arts , who hath spent divers years both at home and abroad in the study of Divinity . — We , out of our experience of his diligence and ability of some affairs of weight , wherein we have in foreign parts employ'd him , being to use his person in some further service , wherein we think him fit to be continued , and grac'd with the degree of Doct. of Div. &c. we therefore require you to create and admit him Doctor , &c. This person who was born in Merionithshire , was elected from Hart Hall ( of which he was Commoner under the government of Theodore Price his Uncle ) into the Society of Oriel College , an . 1608 , being then Bachelaur of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he took holy Orders , and tho a junior Master in his College , yet by a faction , and majority of Welsh men , got the Provostship of that place in 1617. But being too young for that office , and not able to conceal his amours ( which were much aggravated † by the Puritans ) he abruptly left it and went beyond the Seas in his Majesty's Service . After his return he became Chaplain to the Duke of Buckingham , with whom being to go beyond the Seas ●or the relief of Rochel , was actually created D. of D. as before 't is told you . After his return from that unhappy Expedition , he drew up from his notes A general relation of a Voyage to Rhe under the command and conduct of the Duke of Buckingham . The beginning of which is , Though the variety of the occurrents of this action might furnish argument enough of a just story , &c. This I have seen in a folio MS. of 18 sheets or more , but whether ever printed , I know not . Afterwards he was made Master of the Hospital of S. Cross , and Prebendary of Winchester ; which , with other preferments , losing in the time of the Rebellion , he fled beyond the Seas , and suffer'd much for the royal cause ; while , in the mean time , his Sons were gained to the Church of Rome . After his Majesties return an . 1660 , he was restored to what he had lost , and dying within the Hospital of S. Cross before mention'd , 7 July 1667 , was buried in the Chappel there , under , or near , the high Altar . Dec. 31. Richard Napier lately Bach. of Arts of Wadham Coll. was created Master of that Faculty in the House of Convocation , by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that he is a kinsman of the Duchess of Richmond , and a person well deserving in all that is necessary in a Gentleman and a Scholar . I have made mention of him before , and shall again among the created Doctors of Physick , an . 1642. An. Dom. 1628. An. 4 Car. 1. Chanc. William Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. Accepted Frewen D. D. President of Magd. College , July 24. Proct. Rob. Williamson of Magd. Coll. Rob. Lloyd of Jesus Coll. June 13. Which Proctors were named by the King , as I have elsewhere told you : For certain new Ordinations being transmitted to the University by the Chanc. thereof in the month of Apr. for the election of the Proctors , the Academians could not after their usual way meet together for the election of them , many Parsons , Curats , and Schoolmasters having already resorted from several parts of the Nation , nay some from Wales , to elect Lloyd . Whereupon no small tumult arising in the University , the election of new Proctors was prorogued till such time that the Controversies therein were equally composed . At length after all parties were satisfied , it was reputed unlawful for the Masters to nominate any to the procuratorial office , but the aforesaid Candidates Williamson and Lloyd . Which being the sentence of the King and Chancellour , that antient custom of choosing Proctors by suffrages in scrutiny vanished and came to nothing , and another new form of Election was introduced , as I shall the next year shew . Bach. of Arts. June 21. Will. Sedgwick of Pemb. Coll. Jul. 3. Tho. Warmstry Oct. 11. Joh. Gregory of Ch. Ch. The last was the most curious Critick of his time . 14. Edm. Vaughan of C. C. Coll. 21. Tho. Good of Ball. Coll. Rich. Busby Jasp . Mayne of Ch. Ch. 24. Will. Burton of Qu. Coll. afterwards of Gloc. Hall. Nov. 13. John Oxenbridge of Magd. Hall. Dec. 13. John Goughe commonly called Goffe , lately of Merton , now of Magd. Coll. Feb. 5. George Bathurst of Trin. Abrah . Woodhead of Vniv. Coll. Of the first of these last two , you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1640. 7. Tho. Hall of Pembr . 12. Franc. Roberts of Trin. Obadiah Grew of Ball. Coll. Which three last were zealous Presbyterians in the time of the grand Rebellion . Feb. 12. Edm. Chilmead of Magd. Coll. afterwards of Ch. Ch. 14. Tho. Horne of Magd. Hall. Mirth Waferer of Merton Coll. All which Bachelaurs , except Bathurst , will be mention'd as Writers in the next Vol. or elsewhere . Adm. 255. ☞ Not one Bach. of Law was admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. May 10. Rob. Crosse of Linc. 13. Edw. Layfield of S. Joh. 15. Gasper Hicks of Trinity Coll. As for Layfield , he was afterwards Archdeacon of Essex , in the place , as I conceive , of Dr. Geor. Goulman , which Doctor dying on the first of Jan. 1633 , was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire . About the same time Layfield became D. of D. but not by admission or creation of this University , and Vicar of Allhallowes Barkin near to the Tower of London , where continuing till the grand Rebellion broke out in 1642 , was then , for his Loyalty , and for his being favour'd by Dr. Laud , pursevanted , imprison'd in Ely house and in the Ships , sequstred , plunder'd , and afterwards forced to fly . When K. Ch. 2. returned to his Dominions , he was restored to his Vicaridge and Archdeaconry , and had other preferments , as I conceive ▪ bestowed on him , of which one was a Prebendship of S. Pauls Cath. Ch. He was buried in the said Church of Allhallowes 10 Aug. 1680. Whereupon Mr. Tho. Turner of C. C. Coll. Oxon , one of the Sons of Dr. Th. Turner sometimes Dean of Canterbury , was installed in his Archdeaconry in January following . Jun. 25. Nath. Stephens of Magd. Hen. Parker of S. Edm. Hall. Jun. 25. Thom. Washbourne of Ball. Rich. Browne Joh. Greaves Charles Gibbes of Mert. Will. White of Wadham Coll. As for Rich. Browne who was Fellow of Mert. Coll. he was afterwards a Traveller and Doctor of the Laws , but of what University I cannot yet tell . After his return , he became one of the Gentlemen of the privy Chamber to K. Ch. 1. and Clerk of the Council . In 1640 he was employed by his Majesty to go to Henry Frederick Prince of Aurange or Orange , about the marriage of the Princess Mary to the Prince his Son ; as also to the Queen of Bobemia and the Prince Elector , an . 1641 , to hinder that Prince his coming over into England at the then juncture of affairs , with promise to take into his consideration the concern of the Palatinate and other matters of state . In the same year the said R. Browne was sent to Paris , where he continued Resident in the Court of France for K. Ch. 1. and Ch. 2. to the French King Lewis the 13 , and his Son Lewis 14 , till the Restauration of his Majesty an . 1660. In which time , which was 19 years , I find these things following to occur relating to him . ( 1 ) That divers important matters of state were transacted by him with those great Ministers Cardinal Richlieu and Mazarine . ( 2 ) That many advantages were offer'd him by the Usurpers of England to be false to his Masters , but he resisted them . ( 3 ) That he did to his great expence , but more to his everlasting glory , keep up in the large house which he hired at Paris , the publick Service and Liturgy of the Church of England , whither his Maj. Ch. 2. and then Duke of York did constantly resort . From whence divers Ministers of the Church of England ( Exiles for their Loyalty ) had many disputes with the R. Catholicks and others concerning the visibility of their Church , which they then kept up , while it was ecclipsed in England . ( 4 ) That he was employed by his Maj. Ch. 1. to carry the George and Garter to Bernard Duke of Espernon . ( 5 ) That he did negotiate about the Queens portion ; out of which , he had , I think , 1000 l. which , with 200 l. more , was all he touched in the said 19 years , whilst he spent of his paternal Estate much more than that yearly , during his abode at Paris . ( 6 ) That on the first of Sept. 1649 he was created a Baronet ( being the first that K. Ch. 2. made ) by virtue of a dormant Warrant sent to him by Ch. 1. dated 1 Febr. 1643 ; and on the 19 of the said Sept. he received the honour of Knighthood at St. Germaines from his said Maj. Ch. 2. he being then also Clerk of the Council to him . In 1660 he returned into England with his Majesty , and did execute the said Office for some time . But years then coming on , he resign'd it , and retired to Charlton in Kent , where he spent the remainder of his time in a pleasant retiredness and studious recess . At length giving way to fate in a good old Age on the 12 of Febr. 1681 , was buried according to his desire in the Churchyard at Deptford , close to the Wall of the Church , where is a black Marble ballastred over his body . On the other side of the Wall in the Church lies buried his Father Christop . Browne Esq ; who died in March 1645 aged 70 years , and his Grandfather Sir Rich. Browne Knight , a younger Son of an antient Family at Hitcham in Suffolk , seated afterwards at Horsley in Essex ; who being a Student in the Temple , was by Robert Dudley the great Earl of Leycester taken into the service of the Crown ; when he went Governour of the Vnited Netherlands , and was afterwards by Qu. Elizab. made Clerk of the Greencloth . In which honorable office he also continued under K. James 1. untill the time of his death ; which hapned in May 1604 aged 65 years . The before mentioned Sir Rich. Browne Grandson to this last Sir Richard , lest behind him a Daughter named Mary , who being his Heiress , was several years before married to the learned Vertuoso Joh. Evelyn of Says-court in the Parish of Deptford Esq ; in which house , or at least in that Parish , Sir Richard was born ; as also three folio's of his dispatches , several Letters , some in cypher , &c. as well from his Maj. Ch. 1. at Oxon , as from his Royal Conso●t , and other great persons . Jun. 27. Ge●v . Warmstrey Rich. Hemmings of Ch. Ch. July 8. Oliver Thomas of Hart Hall. — The time when he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , appears not , nor when , or of what house he was matriculated . And therefore all that I can say of him is , that he was afterwards , perhaps now , beneficed in Shropshire , that he wrot and published a book in Welsh entit . Carwry Cymru &c. printed 1630 or thereabouts , and that dying at Felton in that County * was there buried . In the year 1647 , one Oliver Thomas Minister of Oswestry , did subscribe among other Ministers of Shropshire to the lawfulness of the Covenant ; who , I suppose , is the same with the former . Jul. 11. Rich. Jones of Jesus Coll. Jan. 22. George Bate of S. Edm. Hall. 29. Christop . Ayray Guy Carlton Mich. Hudson of Qu. Coll. March. 19. Joh. Price of Jesus Coll. This year Jun. 25. Joh. Davis of Magd. Hall , sometimes of that of S. Edm , was licensed to proceed Master of Arts , and accordingly compleated that degree in the Act following ; which being all I know of him , he therefore is not to be taken to be the same with Joh. Davis M. of A. afterwards Lecturer of Christ Church in London , and at length Pastor of a Congregation in Dover , Author of , Heaven and Earth shaken : A treatise shewing h●w Kings , Princes , and their Government , are turned and changed by Jesus Christ , &c. Lond. 1656. oct . For this Joh. Davis the Author was originally of Cambridge , where he took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards siding with the Faction , was first a Presbyterian and took the Covenant , afterwards an Independent and took the Engagement ; for which he stickled in his Lectuers at Ch. Ch. At length being discovered by the then godly Party to be every way fit to carry on the trade of Faction , he was translated to Dover , where he kept a Conventicle in a noted Brewhouse by the Reer , and soon after was made Chaplain to the Castle there by Col. Tho. Kelsey then Governour , and preached constantly at S. James Church , tho he was no setled Incumbent , Where continuing officiating till after the Kings Return , he was then outed , and afterwards kept a Conventicle in S. James street in Dover , where he continued to the time of his death , which was about 1663. Adm. 149. Bach. of Phys . I find but three admitted this year , of whom John Speed a learned Physitian of S. Joh. Coll. was one , Jun. 20. Bach. of Div. May 7. Rich. Lloyd of Oriel Coll. Jun. 14. Meric Casaubon of Ch. Ch. Nov. 11. Jerem. Stephens Gilb. Sheldon Rob Gomershall of Ch. Ch. of All 's . Coll. Mar. 13. Will. Paul Tho. Lawrence of All 's . Coll. Adm. 28. Doct. of Law. Mar. 26. David Lloyd of All 's . Coll. — He was about this time Warden of Ruthin in Denbighshire , Prebendary of Chester , and afterwards Dean of S. Asaph in the place of Andr. Morrice sometimes Chaplain of All 's . Coll. This Dr. Lloyd died about two years after the Restauration of K. Charles 2. having , for his sake and his Fathers , suffered much in the time of Rebellion . Jul. 8. Franc. Baber of Trin. Coll. Rich. Hart of S. Albans Hall. The said Dr. Baber was afterwards Chancellour of the Dioc. of Gloc. for 39 years together , who dying 17 of June 1669 , aged 69 years , was buried in a little Chappel on the south side of the Cho●● belonging to the Cath. Ch. at Glocester . Doct. of Phys . Mar. 26. Will. Taylour of S. Joh. Jun. 20. Joh. Saunders of Oriel Joh. Speed of S. Johns Coll. Which two last accumulated the degrees in Physick . Jul. 3. Sam. Bave or Bavo of Ch. Ch. — This person who was Son of Franc. Bave of Colen in Germany , became eminent for his practice , first in the City of Gloucester , and afterwards in Bathe ; where dying in 1666 , aged 80 , was buried in the great Church there dedicated to S. Peter and S. Paul. Doct. of Div ▪ Jul. 7. Rob. Adams of New 9. Thom. Prichard of Jes . Tho. Chafyn of Exet. Joh. D●wle of Jesus Coll. Incorporations . Jun. 19. Daniel Gotereus Bach. of Arts of Cambr. — In his supplicate for Incorporation , he is written Gotzer . 20. Philip Parsons Doct. of Phys . of Padua in Italy . — He was now , or lately Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in Oxon , and afterwards Principal of Hart Hall. Jul. 10. Edm. Randolphe Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — He was sometimes a Member of Vniversity Coll. 11. George Douglas a Scot , M. of A. of Aberdene . On the 15 July , being the next day after the Act , were these Cambridge men incorporated . Will. Spurstow Bach. of Arts ( so he is written in the Register ) was then incorporated . — This person who was the Son and Heir of Will. Spurstow Citizen and Mercer of London , but originally descended from the Spurstows of Spurstow in Cheshire , was afterwards M. of A. grand Presbyterian , one of the five Smectymni , ( Steph. Marshal , Edm. Calamy , Tho. Young and Mathew Newcomen being the other four ) one of the Ass . of Divines , Minister of Hackney near London , a Preacher before the Long Parliament , Master of Catherine Hall in Cambr. ( wherein he had been educated ) in the place of Dr. Ralph Brownrig , and Doctor of Divinity . He hath published ( 1 ) Englands pattern and duty in its monthly Fasts , Sermon to both Houses of Parliament 21 July 1643. on 1 Sam. 7. 6. Lond. 1643. qu. ( 2 ) Englands eminent judgments caused by the abuse of Gods eminent mercies . Thansgiving Serm. before the H. of Lords , 5 Nov. 1644 on Ezra 9. 13 , 14. Lond. 1644. qu. ( 3 ) Fast . Serm. before the H. of C. 24 Jun. 1646. This I have not yet seen , nor other Sermons on several occasions , as one at the Funeral of Mr. Will. Taylor , printed 1661. qu. another on the Lady Viner &c. ( 4 ) Wells of salvation opened , discovering the nature , preciousness , usefulness of Gospel promises , and rules for right application of them . Lond. 1655. 59. oct . ( 5 ) Practical Treatise of the excellency and right use of the Gospel promises , Lond. 1658. ( 6 ) Spiritual Chymist or six Deeads of divine meditations . Lond. 1666. 68. oct . &c. In the year 1662 he was ejected from his benefice at Hackney for Nonconformity ; where , and in the neighbourhood , he lived ( exercising his parts in private among the brethren ) till his death , ( which was at Hackney as I conceive ) in Jan. or Feb. 1665. Edward Rainbow Bach. of Arts of Magd. Coll. in Cambr. — He was afterwards M. of A. Master of that Coll. 1642 , Doct. of Div. four years after , and in 1650 was ejected from his Mastership . Afterwards he enjoyed two livings successively without examination by the Tryers , and in 1660 being restored to his Mastership , was soon after made Dean of Peterborough upon the promotion of Dr. Joh. Cosin to the See of Durham , and in Nov. 1662 Vicechancellour of Cambridge . In 1664 , Jul. 10 , he was consecrated Bishop of Carlile in K. Hen. 7. Chap. at Westminster , where sitting about twenty years , gave way to fate in his Palace called Rose Castle near Carlile , 26 March 1684 , aged 76 years or thereabouts . On the first of April following he was inter'd in the Yard belonging to the parochial Church of Dalston , under the Chancel Wall ; at which time Mr. Thom. Tully one of his Lordships Chaplains and Chancellour of the Diocess of Carlile preached his Funeral sermon . This Dr. Rainbow having been originally of C. C. Coll. in this University , I shall in my other Vol. of this Work speak more largely of him . Thom. Ball M. A. — I take this person to be the same Thomas Ball who was born in Shropshire , first of Queens , under the tuition of Dr. Joh. Preston , and afterwards Fellow of Emanuel , Coll. in Cambr. Minister of the Gospel in Northampton , and a publisher of several books , as ( 1 ) The life of Dr. Joh. Preston . ( 2 ) Pastorum propugnaculam : or , the pulpits patronage against the force of unordained usurpation and invasion , in four parts . Lond. 1656. qu. &c. He was buried at N●rthampton 21 June 1659 , aged 69 years or thereabouts . At which time his intimate acquaintance Joh. Howe 's M. of A. ( sometimes of Eman. Coll. ) Rector of Abbington near N●rthampton preached his Funeral sermon : wherein were several matters delivered in commendation of Mr. Ball. R●b . Creyghton or Chrichton M. of A. of Trin. Coll. — This person who was born in the north parts of Scotland , was educated in Westminster School , and thence elected into the said College 1613 , took the degrees in Arts , and became Orator and Greek Professor of Cambridge . In 1632 , Dec. 17. he was installed Treasurer of the Cathedral Church at Wells , having been collated thereunto by Geor. Archb. of Canterbury , upon the then vacancy of the See of B. and Wells ; in which Vacancy Dr. Rob. Wright , who kept the said Treasureship in commendam with the See of Bristow , was translated to Lichfield , and thereupon forced to give up that Dignity . In 1637 he became Dean of S. Burians in Cornwal , in the place of * Rich. Murray a Scot deceased , and about that time Doctor of Divinity , and beneficed in Somersetshire . In the beginning of the Rebellion he suffered then and afterwards very much for the Royal Cause , retired to his Majesty at Oxon , became one of his Chaplains , afterwards an Exile with K. Ch. 2. to whom being Chaplain at the Hague , preached very liberally before him against the Presbyterians , and the Murderers of K Ch. 1. After his Majesties return he became Dean of Wells , ( the grant of which he had before ) and being then also Chaplain to the King , he would freely preach before him against the Vices of the times , which was well taken by some , tho sneared at by others . In 1670 , Jun. 19 , he was consecrated B of Bathe and Wells at Lambeth in the place of Dr. Will. Piers deceased ; at which Ceremony assisted the B. of London in the place of his Grace the Archb. of Canterbury , with the Bishops of Winchester and Ely. This Dr. Creyghton was a learned man , as it appears by his translation from Greek into Latin , and illustration with excellent notes , of a book entit . Concilii Florentini exactissima narratio , &c. written by Sylvest . Sguropulus . Hag. com . 1660 , fol. dedicated to K. Ch. 2. which being animadverted upon by Leo Allatius a Jesuit , Creyghton came out with an Answer . He hath also one or more Sermons extant , and dying 21 Nov. 1672 aged 79 or thereabouts , was buried in a Chappel joyning to the Cathedral Church of Wells . Over his Grave was soon after erected a fair tomb of Alabaster with his Effigies at length , in his pontificalia , lying thereon , and on the wall over it , is a large inscription , part of which runs thus ; Robertus Creyghton &c. Natus Dunecaledoniae in boriali Scotia , per patrem Thoman ex antiquis R●veniae Toparchis : per matrem Margaretam Stuart Johannis Jacobidae filiam , ex illustriss . familiâ Stuartorum comitum Atholiae , Johannis secundi Scotiae regu à trarre pronepos &c. Frances the Widow of this Dr. R. Creyghton , who was Daughter of Will. Waldrond Esq ; died on the third of the Kal. of Nov. 1683 , aged 68 , and was buried near to the said tomb : over whose grave was a monument , with a large Inscription thereon , put at the charge of Rob. Creyghton her Son , Chauntor and Canon of Wells , Doctor of Divinity , Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty , and Author of The vanity of the Dissenters plea for their separation from the Church of England . Sermon on 1 Cor. 1. 10. Lond. 1682. qu. Robert Sheringham M. of A. of Gonvil and Caies Coll. — This learned Gentleman , who was , if I mistake not , a Cambr. man born , was ejected , or at least left his Fellowship of that House in 1643 , and afterwards retiring to London for a time , went thence into Holland ; where he taught the Hebrew and Arabick Tongues to young men at Roterdam , and in other places . After the Kings return in 1660 , he was restored to his Fellowship , and lived in a very retired and studious condition , being then esteemed a most excellent Linguist , especially for the Oriental and Gothick Languages , as also admirably well vers'd in the original Antiquities of the English Nation , as it fully appears in his book De Anglorum gentis origine disceptatio , &c. Cantab. 1670 , in a large octavo , and in his translation from Hebrew into Latin , with an illustration by Commentaries , of a Talmude book called Joma , wherein are several matters treating of Sacrifices . — Lond. 1648 , in qu. He hath also published Two sermons preached as S. Maries Church in Cambridge . Lond. 1647 , qu. Also The Kings Supremacy asserted . printed 1660 , in qu. and other things . He died of an apoplectical fit , which caused him to fall on the fire in his Chamber in Caies College in the Winter time an . 1677. Nich. Bernard M. of A. — He was at this time Chaplain to the learned Dr. James Vsher Primate of Ireland , from whom he had received his Ordination in S. Peters Church in Drogheda , an . 1626. Afterwards he was made by him Dean of Ardagh ( some say of Kilmore ) and intrusted in making useful Observations and Collections for him . In the time of the Rebellion in Ireland , he being then Doctor of Divinity , he suffered much , and was often in danger of his life . At length having lost all there , he returned safe into England to attend on his Lord , became Rector of the rich Church of Whitchurch in Shropshire , by the gift of the Earl of Bridgwater , Chaplain to Oliver Lord Protector , one of his Almoners , and Preacher to the Society of Greys Inn. After the Kings Restauration in 1660 , being possess'd with just doubts concerning the settlement of Ireland , he refused to return to that Country to take possession of his Deanery , and perhaps of a Bishoprick . Whereupon he continued at Whitchurch before mention'd to his dying day . He hath written ( 1 ) The penitent death of a woful sinner : or , the penitent death of John Atherton late Bishop of Waterford in Ireland , who was executed at Dublin 5 Decemb. 1640 , with some Annotations on several passages . Lond. 1641 , qu. 42 , oct . ( 2 ) Sermon preached at the burial of Joh. Atherton the next night after his Execution , 5 Decemb. 1640 , in S. Johns Church in Dublin , on Acts 26. part of the 17 verse and all the 18. Lond. 1641 , quart , 42 , octav . ( 3 ) Letter from the siege of Drogheda to a friend in Dublin , 7 Jan. 1641. ( 4 ) The whole proceedings of the Siege of Drogheda in Ireland . Lond. 1642. qu. To which is added an Appendix concerning other occurrences fallen out since . He was present all the time during the said siege , and was several times in jeopardy of his life . ( 5 ) Dialogue between Paul and Agrippa , on Acts 26. 17 , 18. — printed 1642. in oct . ( 6 ) Farewel sermon of comfort and concord preached at Drogheda , on 2 Cor. 13. 11. — printed 1651 , in octav . There was another Farewel sermon preached , but that I have not yet seen . ( 7 ) Life and death of Dr. James Vsher late Archb. of Armagh &c. in a sermon at his funeral at the Abbey at Westminster , 17 Apr. 1656 , on 1 Sam. 25. 1. Lond. 1656. oct . To which are added some enlargements . ( 8 ) The judgment of the late Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland , concerning , first the extent of Christs death , secondly of the sabbath , &c. Lond. 1657. Whereupon Dr. Pet. Heylyn came out with an Answer to it called Respondet Petrus . ( 9 ) Several Letters between him and Dr. Heylyn . See more in Dr. Heylyn among the Writers in the 2 Vol. of this work , under the year 1662. ( 10 ) Devotions of the antient Church in seven pious Prayers , with 7 administ . &c. printed 1660 , in oct . ( 11 ) Clavi trabales : or , nailes fastned by some great Masters of Assemblies , confirming the Kings Supremacy and Church Government under Bishops , &c. Lond. 1661. qu. See more in Dr. Rob. Sanderson , among the Writers in the 2 vol an . 1662. With other books he hath written or published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died and was buried at Whitchurch , in the winter time , an . 1661. leaving behind him a Son named James . Nathan . Bernard M. of Arts. — Among my searches I find one Nathaniel Bernard to be Lecturer of St. Sepulchers in London , an . 1629 , who for uttering certain words in his prayer before Sermon at Antholines , concerning the Queen , was brought * into the High Commission Court : Also for preaching against his Majesties Declaration , at St. Maries Church in Cambridge 6. May 1632 , and using certain dangerous expressions therein , was suspended , excommunicated , fined , and committed to the New-prison near to London , where he continued several months , &c. It doth farther appear also that one Nathaniel Bernard was beneficed in Essex , but in the beginning of the grand rebellion in 1642 he was sequestred from his calling and charge there , by several Committees sitting at Westminster , banished from his dwelling and society of his Wife and Children , and they turned out of doors , &c. Whereupon retiring for safety to Oxon , published A looking-glass for rebellion , Sermon preached 16. June 1644. in St. Maries Church in Oxon. before the two Houses of Parliament , on 1. Sam. 15. 23. Oxon. 1644. qu. Whether these two are the same , or whether he that was the Author of the Looking-glass for rebellion , was Author of the Mystery of the incarnation , being a Serm. on John 1. ver . 14. printed 1648. in qu. I know not , or whether the same who was incorporated M. of A. beforemention'd . I find one Dr. Nathaniel Bernard to have died beyond the Seas in 1656 , whom I take to be the same with him , who was Author of the Looking-glass , &c. Richard Culmer M. of A. — This busie Man I find was born in the Isle of Thanet in Kent , educated in Grammar learning in the City of Canterbury , and in Academical in Magd. Coll. in Cambridge . Afterwards he became Minister of Goodneston in his own Country , was suspended ab officio & beneficio for refusing to read the book of sports on the Lords day . For which usuage being much provoked , he became a bitter enemy to Archbishop Laud , to the Cathedral at Canterbury , and to all the prelatical Party in the beginning of the rebellion raised and carried on by the disaffected Party . About that time he became Minister of Harbledowne in Kent , and if I mistake not Vicar of St. Stephens near to Canterbury , in the place of Mr. John Gouge ejected thence for refusing the Covenant . And least he should not be esteemed as zealous a Brother for the cause as any then in being , he published a most vile Pamphlet intit . Cathedral news : or , Dean and Chapter news from Canterbury . Lond. 1644. qu. In which , heaping up all that he could rake together against the Cathedral of Canterbury , Archbishop , Dean , Canons and other Officers belonging thereunto , had immediatly two answers from Oxon. one in a Pamphlet intit . The razing of the record , &c. Oxon. 1644. in two sh . and half in qu. and in another called , Antidotum Culmerianum : or , animadversions upon a late Pamphlet , entit . Cathedral news from Canterbury , &c. Oxon. 1644. qu. in 5 sheets . In which last is set down many actions of Culmers life , his demeanour while he was in the University of Cambridge , and in the Country , his refractoriness ; impudence , covetousness , unnaturalness , &c. and what not that the Author thereof , who was a most generous Loyalist and who knew him , could put together to display him to the World. There also goes under the said R. Culmers name The Ministers hue and cry : or , a true discovery of the insufferable injuries , robberies , &c. acted against Ministers , &c. Lond. 1651. qu. in 3. sh . as also Lawless tythe robbers discovered who make tytherevenew a Mock-maintenance , &c. Lond. 1655 , besides other things which I have not yet seen . After the Kings restauration , he continued so zealous in his opinion , as to engage ( for so it was notoriously suspected ) in that hellish plot for which Thomas Venner , Rog. Hodgkin , &c. Anabaptists and Fiftmonarchy-men suffered in Coleman-street in London 9. Jan. 1660. But the spirit of the Man being as well known as his face , he was taken posting up from Canterbury to London , riding upon Chattam hill . Whereupon being committed for a time , he , among several examinations , was asked why he brake down those famous Windows of Christ Church in Canterbury ? to which he answer'd he did it by order of Parliament ; and being asked why in one window , ( which represented the Devil tempting our Saviour he brake down Christ , and left the Devil standing ? he answer'd he had an order to take down Christ , but had no order to take down the Devil . Whereby was understood that those plotting brethren did mean when they intended to set up King Jesus , to pull down Christ . This Richard Culmer who was commonly called in Kent , Blew Dick of Thanet , because he wore blew in opposition to black , which he hated , lived several years after , and dying ( but when I know not ) was buried in the Parish Church of Monkton in the said Isle of Thanet . Ralph Brownring Doct. of Div. — This learned and most religious Person was born at Ipswich in Suffolke , was bred Scholar and Fellow of Pembroke hall in Cambridge , became afterwards Prebendary of E●y , Master of , Catherine hall in the said University and Archdeacon of Coventry in the room of Dr. Sam. Brook. In 1641 he was made Bishop of Exeter ( to the liking of all good Men ) upon the translation of Dr. Joseph Hall to Norwych , but the Episcopal function being soon after silenced , he became , ( after some years spent in the family of Tho. Rich. Esq ; afterwards a Baronet ) Preacher to the Temples in London , where being settled according to his desire with all conveniences , surrendred up his pious Soul to him that gave it , 7. Dec. 1659. Whereupon his body was buried in the Church belonging to the said Temples on the 17. day of the same month , at the charge of the Templers , who also put a very fair monument over his grave . Dr. John Gauden preached then his funeral Sermon , and at the end of it printed a short account of his life ; which is mostly remitted ( without acknowledgment ) into a book intit . Memoires of the lives , &c. published by Dav. Lloyd This Dr. Brownrig hath two volumes of Sermons extant , whereof the second contains 25 , and both 65 , Sermons . All which Cambridge Men , viz. Spurstow , Rainbow , Ball , Creyghton , Sheringham , Nic. and Nath. Bernard , Culmer and Dr. Brownrig , were among many others of the University of Cambridge incorporated on the said 15. of July . Afterwards these following were incorporated this year . Oct. 27. Maurice Williams Doct. of Phys . of Padua in Italy . — He was the Son of Lewis Williams of the Diocess of London , was educated in Oriel Coll. of which he became Fellow in 1620. Afterwards resigning it in 1631. settled in London , was Fellow of the Coll. of Physicians , a Knight and eminent for his practice in that faculty . He died in his house within the Parish of St. Anne Black-friers in London , in the beginning of the year 1658 and was there ( I suppose ) buried . Nov. 6. Rob. Hall Bach. of Arts of Cambridge , now of Exeter Coll. — He was Son of Dr. Joseph Hall Bishop of Exeter , and was admitted M. of A. of this University in Feb. following . See among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1643. Mar… . James Primerose M. of A. of the University of Bourdeaux and Doct. of Phys . of Mountpelier , was incorporated Doctor of Physick . — This learned Doctor , who was Son of Dr. Gilb. Primerose mention'd before under the year 1624. was born in the City of St. Jeand ' Angely in the Province of Xantoigne in France , and afterwards lived and practised his faculty at Hull in Yorkshire ; where , and in most parts of that Country , he was esteemed an eminent Physician . He hath written and published several books , the titles of some of which follow ( 1 ) Exercitationes & animadversiones in Librum Gulielmi Harvaei de motu cordis & circulatione sanguinis . Lond. 1630. & Lugd. Bat. 1639. qu. Answered by one Roger Drake Doct. of Phys . of Cambr. Son of Rog. Drake a Cloathworker of Breadstreet in Lond. ( 2 ) Academiae Monspeliensis descripta , ejusdem laurus Monspeliaca . Ad Thomam Claytonum apud Oxomienses Regium professorem . Oxon. 1631. qu. ( 3 ) De vulgi in medicina erroribus , lib. 4. Lond. 1638. in tw . &c. Translated into English by Rob. Wittie Doct. of Phys . of Hull . Lond. 1651. oct . Before which translation are several copies of verses in praise of it made by certain Poets of Hull and in the neighbourhood , among whom Andrew Marvell is one ( 4 ) Aphorismi necessarii , nec non quaestiones quaedam ad doctrinam medicinae acquirendam perutiles , &c. Theses receptissimae , &c. Lugd. Bat. 1647. qu. Dedicated to Dr. Tho. Clayton . ( 5 ) Ars pharmaceuticae de eligendis & componendis medicinae , &c. Amstel . 1651. in tw . ( 6 ) Enchiridion medicum practicum de morbis communibus , part . 2. Amstel . 1654. in tw . printed before in oct . in 1650. ( 7 ) De mulierum morbis & symtomatis , lib. 5. Roterd. 1655. qu. ( 8 ) Destructio fundamentorum Vop Fortunat. Plempii . Roterd. 1657. qu. ( 9 ) De febribus , lib. 4. Rot. 1658. qu. and hath also written Animadversions on Joh. Walaeus , which I have not yet seen . Creations . Jan. 20. Henry Jacob educated in the Low Countries under Tho. Erpenius the famous Critick , was actually created Bachelaur of Arts by vertue of the Letters of the Chancellour of this University , written in his behalf . — He was soon after elected Probationer-Fellow of Merton College , and is hereafter most deservedly to be inserted among the Writers in the 2. vol. of this work . An. Dom. 1629. An. 5. Car. 1. Chanc. William Earl of Pembroke . Vicechanc. Dr. Accepted Frewen again , July 17. It must be now observed that whereas the elections of Proctors had hitherto been made by publick canvassing , it pleased the Kings Majesty to make them private and domestick . And that he said office might be equally distributed through every Coll. according to an Arithmetical proportion , a cycle of 23 years , was by command of the King made . Which , while it revolves , sheweth how each Coll. ( from whence the Proctors are yearly to be taken ) is to joyn till the year 1720 and after , and how many courses each College hath therein . Which cycle being remitted into the statutes by the Kings authority , and afterwards published in a sheet of Paper , together with such Statutes that belong thereunto , the factious elections by canvassing , or publick sollicitations for suffrages ( which oftentimes proved pernicious to the University ) were now ( not too late ) expired . The first Proctors of the said cycle , called by some the Caroline Cycle were these . Proct. Thom. Atkinson of St. Joh. Coll. Will. Strode of Ch. Ch. Presented to their Offices in Convocation , 15. Ap. Bach. of Musick . July 18. Matthew White of Ch. Ch. — And the same year took the Degree of Doctors as I shall anon tell you . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 16. Will. Burt of New 30. Edm. Gayton of St. Joh. Coll. Of the first of these two , I shall speak at large among the Creations in an . 1658. May 12. Allan Blane Rich. Stannix of Qu. Coll. June ( 10 ) Henry Ireton of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards Son in Law to Oliver Cromwell and Commissary-general in the Army of Thomas Lord Fairfax . He will be at large mention'd elsewhere . Oct. 27. Clement Barksdale of Merton Nov. 4. Thomas Powell of Jesus Coll. The first of these last two was afterwards of Glouc. hall and a frequent Writer . 20. Rob. Price of Ch. Church . — He was afterwards Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland . Jan. 23. Humphrey Lloyd of Oriel Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Bangor . 28. John Wells of Gloc. hall . Quaere . All the said Bachelaurs except the last , will be mention'd at large elsewhere . Adm. 240. or thereabouts . Doct. of Mus . July 18. Matthew White of Ch. Ch. who accumulated the Degrees in Musick . — He hath composed certain Anthems to be sung in Cathedrals , the words of one or more of which are published by Jam. Clifford in his collection beforemention'd . Mast . of Arts. May 9. Nich. Gibbon of St. Edm. hall . Jun. 11. Tho. Masters of New Coll. Joh. Prichett of St. Edm. Hall. Tho. Browne of Pemb. Coll. Hen. Wilkinson Giles Workman of Magd. Hall. July 9. Rob. White of Vniv. Coll. — One of both his names occurs Archdeacon of Merionith , an . 1640. whether the same I know not . Jul. 10. Hugh Cressy Will. Berkley Joh. Reynolds of Mert. Coll. The last of these three , who was Chaplain of the said Coll. was installed Archdeacon of Norwich in the place of Will. Gery Mast . of Arts , 25. May 1668. Which Dignity was confer'd upon him by his Brother Dr. Edw. Reynolds Bishop of that City . The said Gery was M. of A. of Cambridge , and I think the same who was Author of Spiritual Gleanings , &c. and of other things . Nov. 24. Hen. Savage of Ball. … . Philip Hunton of Wadh. Coll. Adm. 150. or thereabouts . Bach. of Physick . Mar. 1. George Bate of St. Edm. Hall. Besides him was admitted only one more , named Henry Herne of Pemb. Coll. Bach. of Div. June 13. Pet. Heylyn of Magd. Coll. July 10. Charles Robson of Qu. Coll. — He was lately Preacher to the Company of English Merchants at Aseppo , and wrot and published News from Aleppo written to T. V. ( Tho. Vicars ) Bach. of Div. and Vicar of Cokfield in Sussex . Lond. 1628. in 3. sh . in qu. and perhaps other things . On the 4. May 1632 , he was presented by the University of Oxon to the Vicaridge of Holme Cultram in his native Country of Cumberland , and , if I mistake not , was the same Charles Robson who was made Preb. of Stratford in the Church of Sarum , 28. May 1633 , which he kept till 1639. July 30. William Sparke of Magd. Dec. 17. Anth. Faringdon of Trin. Coll. Jan. 16. Obadiah Sedgwick of Magd. Hall. Admitted 22. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law or Phys . was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. July 9. Edward Burton of Magd. Coll. one of his Majesties Chaplains ; who accumulated the Degrees in Divinity . Incorporations . ☞ This year John French M. A. and Fellow of Merton College was elected publick Scribe or Registrary of the University , who being a careless Man ( tho a good Scholar ) and more fit for another , than that , employment , hath omitted throughout all his time the Incorporations of the Cantabrigians at the conclusion of the Act , having had sometimes 40 , at other times 50 and more incorporated at that time , in several degrees and faculties . Those therefore that I find , you shall have as they follow . May 21. Joh. Faber Bach. of Arts of Cambr. — He proceeded Master of that faculty as a member of Exeter Coll. soon after . July 4. James Fryer M. of A. of the University of Basil in Germany . Oct. 10. Joh. Stanley Bach. of Arts of Cambr. — In the next month he took the Degree of M. of A. as a member of St. Albans Hall , which is all I know of him . Nov. 14. Gilford Slingsbie M. A. of St. Andrews Rob. Jackson B. A. of Edenburgh in Scotland . Feb. 4. Baldwin Hamey ( Hamaeus ) Doct. of Physick of Leyden in Holland was then incorporated . — In the year following he was admitted candidate of the College of Physicians at London , afterwards Fellow , Censor , Anatomy Reader , Elector , Register and Consiliarius ( but never President ) of the said College . He hath certain Theses of the Quinsie in * print , and is stiled by those of his faculty Musarum & Apollonis deliciae . This Person , who was Son of Baldwin Hamey alias de Hame Doctor of Phys . of Bruges in Flanders , by Sarah his Wife Dau ▪ and Heir of Pet. Oeyles of Antwerp Merchant , died on the 14. May 1676 aged 76. years and was buried in the middle Isle or Nave of the Church of Chelsey St. Luke near London . Feb. 27. Griffin Higgs made D. of D. of the University of Leyden in Holland about three weeks before this time , was also then incorporated . — He was afterwards Dean of Lichfield . This year , but the day or month appears not , was incorporated Doctor of Div. one Hen. Wickham of Kings College in Cambridge . — He was Son of Will. Wickham Bishop of Winchester , was now Archdeacon of York or of the West-riding of York●hire , ( which Dignity he had obtained in the latter end of 1623 , on the resignation of Dr. H. Hook ) and Residentiary of the Church there , besides Prebendary of Southwell , Chaplain in Ord. to K. Char. 1. and Rector of two Churches in Yorkshire . In his Archdeaconty succeeded Dr. Rich. Marsh , who was afterwards Dean of York . Creations . Oct. 10. Edm. Manwaring Bach. of Law and a Civilian belonging to the Kings Council in the North parts of England , was actually created Doctor of the said faculty . He was originally of Allsouls Coll. and as a member thereof took the Degree of Bach. of that fac . 1605. Afterwards he was Chancellour of Chester , and Father to Sir William Manwaring , Serjeant Major to Col. Francis Gamuls Regiment in 1643 against the Forces raised by the Parliament against K. Ch. 1. Nov. 12. Thom. Dacres an Esquires Son of Exeter Coll. was actually created M. of Arts , being then about to go with his Majesties Embassador into Foreign parts . March 6. Raphael Throckmorton of Ch. Ch. was created M. of A. — See among the created Doctors of Div. in 1660. An. Dom. 1630. An. 6. Car. 1. Chanc. William Earl of Pembroke ; who dying 10. Apr. ( as Mr. Tho. Allen of Gloc. Hall had several years before predicted ) Will. Laud D. of D. someti●●● President of St. Johns Coll. now Bishop of London , was elected into his place the 12. and confirmed the 28. day of the same month . Vicechanc. William Smith D. of D. Warden of Wadham Coll. July 17. Proct. Ralph Austen of Magd. Coll. Hen. Stringer of New Coll. Presented Apr. 7. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 10. Edw. Fisher of Brasn . June 3. Joh. Eedes of Oriel George Kendall of Ex. Coll. June 3. Hen. Jeanes Will. Durham of New Inn. 14. Hen. Hunt of Pembr . Coll. 30. Lorenzo Cary of Ex. Coll. Son of Hen. Viscount Falkland , and younger Brother to Lucius . July 8. Oliver St. John of Trin. Coll. — This Person who was Son of Sir Joh. St. John of Lyd●ard Tregose in Wilts , I set down here , not that he was a Person afterwards eminent , but only to distinguish him from Oliver St. John , Son of Oliv. St. John of Caishoe in Bedfordshire Esq ; ( descended from the Family of the Earl of Bullingbrook ) educated in Catherine Hall in Cambridge , afterwards in Lincolns Inn , where he was a Counsellour of note , especially after he had shewn his parts in arguing the case of Ship-money in behalf of Joh. Hamden Esq ; who refused the payment of it , an . 1637. In the year 1640 , he was chosen a Burgess for Totnes in Dev●nshire to serve in the two Parliaments that began that year ; wherein shewing his activeness , and readiness in speaking against several abuses , he was first made Sollicitor , and afterwards Attorney General , purposely to mollifie his humour and to make him have a good opinion of the Kings cause . But all God wot operated little or nothing in him , as having been posses'd to the contrary by O. Cromwell , whose kinswoman Elizabeth ( Daughter and Coheir of… . Cromwell of Vpwood in Huntingdonshire ) he had before taken to his second Wife . So that proceeding very zealously against the Prerogative and all that looked that way , was made Lord Chief Justice of the Common-pleas , was sent Embassador into the Netherlands , an . 1652 , he being then commonly called Cromwells Dark-lanthorn , Chancellour of the University of Cambr. &c. and signally antimonarchical till the usurpation of Oliver Cromwell ; yet notwithstanding was one of the Lords of the other house . After his Majesties restauration , ( he being excepted to certain forfeitures which the Parliament then declared ) he retired to an estate at Long Thorp in Northamptonshire , which he before had purchased , and resided mostly there till the time of his death , which hapned on the last of Dec. 1673 , aged 75 years or thereabouts . He hath Several speeches , Arguments of Law , and other things extant . July 24. Thomas Barlow Gerard Langbaine of Qu. Coll. The first of these two was afterwards Bishop of Lincolne . Oct. 26. Joh : Hulett of New Inn. Dec. 16. Thom. Granthan of Hart Hall. Quaere . Edward Gee of Brasn . Jan. 19. Will. Stampe 27. John Toy of Pemb. Coll. Feb. 1. Lis●ibon Long of Magd. Hall. — This Person who was the eldest Son of Will. Long of Stratton in Somersetshire Esq ; went afterwards to one of the Temples , become a Barrister , sided with the rout in the time of the rebellion , made Master of the Requests , and Recorder of the City of London in the Reign of Oliver , from whom he received the honour of Knighthood , 15. Dec. 1656. He afterwards supplied the place of Speaker in the absence and indisposition of Chaloner Chute Esq ; in the months of Febr. and March. an . 1658 , but Long being taken with a sudden disease in the last of those two months , died on the sixteenth day thereof , and Chute died not till the 14. Apr. 1659. As for Long he was esteemed by the Men of those times a Person of great integrity in the profession of the Law , and for his particular affection to the service of Oliver Protector and to the Common-wealth . Feb. 11. Tho. Widdowes of Magd. Tim. Taylor of Qu. Coll. 17. Rich. Kentish of Hart Hall. — I take him to be the same Rich Kentish who published a Sermon on Ephes . 5. 2. — Printed 1649. qu. 19. Thomas Greaves of C. Christi Mar. 3. Nich. Monke of Wadh. Coll. The last of which was afterwards Bishop of Hereford . All these Bachelaurs ( some few excepted ) will be largely mention'd in another volume . Adm. 212. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. July 1. Will. Sandbrook of Gloc. Hall. Nov. 15. Rich. Napier of Alisouls Coll. 16. Will. Burton of Gloc. Hall , lately of Qu. College . Admitted 19. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 15. John Barret of St. Edm. Hall. — This Person I here set down not that he was a writer , but only to distinguish him from another of both his names and time , who was educated in Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards became a Presbyterian Divine , and Minister of St. Peters Church in Nottingham , where continuing till his Majesties restauration , was then suspended for refusing to read the Common-prayer , and his living sequestred . Afterwards ▪ being a Nonconformist , he kept Conventicles in those parts , and lived to 1682 , and after . He hath written several things as ( 1 ) The Christian temper , &c. ( 2 ) Treatise of the two Covenants , &c. ( 3 ) Fifty Queries seriously propounded to these that question infants right to baptisme . ( 4 ) Few notes upon T. G's ( Thom. Granthams ) Antiqueries , &c. as also several things against Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet . Apr. 15. Will. Davis of Ball. Coll. — Another of both his names of Gloc. hall was admitted M. of A. on the 3. Jun. following , but which of then became Archdeacon of Bath in Dec. 1643 ( for one Will. Davis M. A. and Vicar of Chard was then admitted to that Dignity ) I know not . June 8. Joh. Aris of Magd. hall . — He was afterwards Rector of Middle Cleyden in Bucks and published The Reconciler , Sermon preached before the Communion , on Matth. 5. 23. 24. Lond. 1651. qu. which is all I know of him , only that he was a Glocestershire Man born . 10. Rob. Maton of Wadh. 22. Rich. Owen of Oriel 30. Hen Edmonds●n of Qu. July 9. Sam. Austin of Ex. Coll. Nov. 19. Sam. Fisher of New Inn. Adm. 160. or thereabouts , Bach. of Phys . Only five were admitted this year , and one to practice that faculty , but none of them were afterwards writers . Bach. of Div. May 12. Th●m . Atkins●n Will. Haywood of St. Joh. Coll. The first of these two , who was a Londoner born , was afterwards Rector of South-warnborough in Hampshire , which he exchanged with Dr. Pet. Heylyh for the rectory of Islip near Oxon , an . 1638. I have seen of his composition ( 1 ) Andrei Melvini Anti-Tami-cunicategoria ; written in Saphicks , and Melvinus delirans , in Iambicks . But whether either of them are printed , I cannot tell . He was buried in St. Johns Coll. Chappel 6. Feb. 1638. after he had enjoyed Is●ip but few months . June 15. Sam. Hoard of St. Maries Hall. 22. Rich. Gardiner of Ch. Ch. July 8. Tho. Howell of Jesus Dec. 7. Joh. Bayly of Exet. Feb. 22. Humph. Chambers of Vniv. Coll. Admitted 29. Doct. of Law. Jun. 30. Will. Boswell of Wadh. Will. Dillon of New Jonath . Browne of Gloc. Hall. Coll. The first of these three , who was a learned Civilian , was afterwards High Sheriff of Oxfordshire ( about 1652 ) and dying unmarried , 5. Apr. 1678 aged 79 years , was buried in Allsaints Church in the City of Oxon , near to the grave of his Father Will ▪ Boswell , sometimes Alderman of the said City . The last was afterwards Dean of Hereford in the place of Dr. Dan ▪ Price deceased , Preb. of Westminster , in the room of Dr. Rog. Bates , in the latter end of 1633 , Minister of St. Faiths in London , ( from which he was sequestred by the Presbyterians in the time of the rebellion ) and rector of Hertingfordbury in the Dioc. of London . He was an excellent Preacher and a Person much reverenced by all , ( even his enemies ) for his ecclesiastical aspect . He died in the latter end of 1644 or thereabouts ; whereupon Dr. Herb. Croft , who had married his Daughter Anne , succeeded him in the Deanery of Hereford . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jun. 22. Hannibal Potter of Trin. John English of Balliol Coll. Rich. Gardiner Joh. Stubbins Jam. Marsh of Merton Coll. of Ch. Ch. The last was afterwards Archdeacon of Chichester and Rector of St. Dunstans in the West , London , where he died in 1643. In which year his Archdeaconry was confer'd upon Dr. H. Hammond . July 5. Henry Locket of Linc. Tho. Howell of Jesus Dec. 7. Joh. Bayly of Ex. Coll. The two last accumulated . Jan. 21. Rob. Bedingfield of Ch. Ch. — He had before published A Serm. preached at Pauls cross 24. Oct. 1624. on Rom. 6. 23. Oxon. 1625. qu. and , as 't is probable , others ; which is all I know of him , only that was a Suffolk Man born , elected from Westm ▪ School a Student of Ch. Ch. 1614 , and that he died at Newton in Cambridgeshire , ( of which I think he was Rector ) in the year 1651. Incorporations . July ( 8 ) Job Paterson M. of A. of the University of St. Andre●● in Scotland , as the pub . Reg. saith . — He was now a Student in this University , and was afterwards Bishop of Ga●loway in his own Country . July…Hugh Symmes Doctor of Physick of Leyden in Holland . Oct…John Hurne M. of A. Edenburgh in Scotland . — Whether he be the same Joh. Hurne who wrot and published The history of the Jews deliverance out of Babylon , &c. in ten Sermons upon Psal . 126. Lond. 1622. qu. I know not . This year was incorporated , for at least was a supplicate made for that purpose ) one Thomas Taylor Doct. of Div. of Christs Coll. in Cambridge , who was at first , if I mistake not , a Preacher at Watford in Hertfordshire , afterwards at Reading in Berks , and now , this year , Pastor of Aldermanbury in London ; where , as-also by most of the Ministers in that City , he was esteemed an illuminated Doctor , excellent in following and opening an Allegory . The first thing that made him known to the World was his Commentary on the Epistle of St. Paul written to Titus . Cambr. 1612. qu. &c. From which time to 1635 were several Sermons , expositions , &c. published under his name , the titles of most of which you may see in the Oxford Catalogue . He was also Author of The use of the Law , which some call The rule of the Law , answered by one Rob. Towne an Antinomian , in his book entit . The assertion of Grace . He died about the beginning of the year 1632 , and was buried in the Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury . See more in Will. Jemmat among the writers , in the other Vol. Ephraim Vdall was entred a Student in the publick Library in the beginning of July this year , but how long he continued there , or whether he was originally of this University , I cannot yet tell . This Person who was gathering materials towards the publishing of a book or books , I take to be the same Ephraim Vdall who was now , or at least shortly after , Parson of St Austins in the Old Exchange , near St. Austins Gate in London , a Man of eminent piety exemplary conversation , profound learning and indefatigable industry , by preaching a Lecture at his own Parish every Tuesday in the afternoon , and if I am not mistaken every Sunday before the first Sunday in the month , a preparatory Sermon to the blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper . Besides all this he was esteemed a Man of an affable , courteous and peaceable conversation among his neighbours . In a word he was a Man of their own vote , viz. of the Puritans or Presbyterians , and was ( without profanation be it spoken ) a shining and burning light . But when he found himself mistaken in the ends and intentions of the Heads of the rebellion that broke out in 1641. and 42 , when he saw that the zeal of some did degenerate into madness and frenzie , and that the endeavours of others ( under the pretence of reformation ) was to bring in Anarchy and Sacrilege , he published a learned Tract called by a certain † Author ( notwithstanding P. Heylyn published a book with the same title ) A coal from the Altar : And another learned book entit . Noli me tangere . Or a thing to be thought of printed 1641. qu. Against Anarchy he also declared himself for Episcopacy , and the establish'd Liturgy , and published another book entit . Communion comeliness . Wherein is discovered the conveniency of the Peoples drawing near to the table in the sight thereof , when they receive the Lords Supper . &c. Lond. 1641. qu. In which book , by many impregnable arguments , he proves a high conveniency , if not a necessity , for that most laudable custome of having railes about the Lords Table . So that this Person being discern'd by the faction to be a friend to the Protestant Religion , established in the Church of England , was look'd upon as their enemy , and was by them branded with Popery or as popishly affected . Yet his former reputation in the City bore him up against the obloquy of private discontent for a time . At length when they came openly to defie their Sovereign , ( the Lords anointed ) it was a fit time to silence and remove Mr. Vdall ; for neither Dr. Gouge his Church in the Black-friers , or Mr. Jo. Goodwins in Colemanstreet were half so full before the Long Parliament began , as Mr. Vdalls had been since . First therefore they plunder his house , take away his Library and Houshold stuff , then remove him from the execution of his Ministry , and sequester the profits thereof , for a Levite of their own . Afterwards they sought to commit him to Prison , tho aged and very weak and infirm in body , and at length carried his aged and decrepid Wife out of her doors by force , and set her in the open street to shift for her self . This most pious and meek Man , who had been favoured in his Ministry by the Vincents of Stoke-Dawbernon in Surrey Baronets , hath written other things , among which is , The good of peace ; Sermon on Psal . 29. 11. Lond. 1642. qu. He surrendred up his most pious and devout Soul to God , about the latter end of May 1647 , at which time he desired that his body might be buried in the Chancel of Allhallows in Honey-lane in Cheapside in Lond. unless the Parishioners of St. Austin , desire to have the disposing of it . In a most unworthy ‡ Pamphlet entit . The first century of scandalous , malignant Priests , &c. print . 1643. I find these matters of Ephraim Vdall , viz. that he hath affirmed that the great reformers of the Church now are Hypocrites ; and hath made , framed and published a book , intit . Noli me tangere , without license , charging the Parliament with Sacrilege , in endeavouring to abolish Episcopacy , and to take away the Lands of Deans and Chapters , to amend therewith the maintenance of preaching Ministers ; and that thereby they have brought a national sin on the Land , as was formerly done by them in taking away Monasteries , &c. For which , and other passages in the said book , he was thrown out of his rectory by the blessed Parliament , as it was then called . An. Dom. 1631. An. 7. Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Will. Land Bishop of London . Vicechanc. Dr. Smith of Wadh. Coll. again , July 16. Proct. Atherton Bruch of Bras . C. John Doughty of Mert. C. Apr. 20. Which Proctors being removed from their places by the Kings command in the month of August ( as I have told * you at large elsewhere ) were elected for the remaining purt of the year . Mr. Joh. Earle of Mert. Coll. Laur. Washington of Brasn . Coll. Presented 26. Aug. Bach. of Musick . Jul. 8. Will. Child of Ch. Ch. — He was now one of the Organists of his Majesties Chappel at Windsore , having before been one of the Gentlemen thereof . I shall speak more largely of him in the year 1663. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 27. Thom. Wood Will. Aylesbury of Ch. Ch. The first of these two , was afterwards Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry . 30. George 〈◊〉 of Exeter Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Chester . June 20. Rich. Allein of St. Alb. Oct. 20. Walt. Bushnell Joh. Wilkins Nich. Clagett of Mert. of Magd. Hall. Dec. 10. Daniel Whitby of Brasn . Jan. 17. Dudley Digges of Vniv. Feb. 9. Christop . Fowler of Magd. Coll. The last of which was afterwards of St. Edm. Hall. Mar. 22. Anth. Sadler of St. Edm. Hall. 24. Joh. Shaw of Brasn . Will. Rowland of Ex. Coll. All these will be mention'd at large elsewhere . Admitted 249. Bach. of Law. Oct. 11. Tho. Reade of New Coll. — See more of him among the Doctors of this faculty , an . 1638. Besides him were 18 admitted , among whom , Will. Dowdeswell of Pemb. Coll. was one , often commended by Sir Tho. B●owne the Physician for a learned Man , and Franc. St Barbe of Ball. Coll. another . Tho. Heath of All 's . Coll. was also admitted the same year , but whether he was afterwards Doctor of his faculty of this Univ. I cannot tell . When Dr. Sheldon became Archbishop of Canterbury he was made ( if I mistake not ) Controller of his Family , and a Knight , but after the said Archb. death he retired to Stoke near Guilford in Surrey , and died in the beginning of the year 1680. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 30. Thom. Warmstry of Ch. Ch. May 4. Will. Sedgwick of Pemb. Coll. Jun. 18. Rich. Busby Jasp . Mayne of Ch. Ch. Joh. Oxenbridge of Magd. Hall. 22. Joh. Gregory of Ch. Ch. 25. Joh. Gough or Goffe of Magd. 30. Thom. Good of Ball. Coll. Oct. 17. Mirth Waferer of St. Albans Hall , lately of Merton Coll. Nov. 10. Abraham Woodhead of Vniv. Dec. 10. Edm. Chilmead of Magd. Alex. Griffith of Hart Hall. Coll. Jan. 24. Allan Blane Rich. Stannix of Qu. Coll. 27. Edm. Vaughan of C. C. C. Admitted 128. Bach. of Phys . Six Bachelaurs of Physick were admitted this year , of which Nich. Lamie a French Man of Pemb. Coll. was the junior ; who , before this time , had spent 7 years in the studie of the said faculty in the University of Caen in Normandy . There was also one admitted to practise Physick , and another Chirurgery named Will. Manowrier a French Man , who in the publick register is stiled Dominus de Pratis . Bach. of Div. March 30. Nathan . Simpson of Trin. Coll. Apr. 21. Christopher Newstead of St. Alb. Hall. May 12. Will. Lyford of Magd. Coll. June… Will. Sherley of Ch. Ch. — This learned Divine who was a Dorsetshire Man born , became Rector of Huish Comb flower in the Dioc. of Wells , upon the promotion of Dr. Joh. Atherton to the See of Waterford in Ireland , in Feb. 1636 , and about the same time beneficed in his own Country . He is Author of The excellency of the order of the Church of England under Episcopal Government : set forth in a Sermon at the Visitation at Blandsord , an . 1640 , on 1. Cor. 11. 34. Lond. 1662. qu. Published by Rich. Harris of the Inner Temple after the Authors death . June… Henry Glemham of Trin. Coll. Joh. Tombes of Magd. Hall. Dec. 10. Will. Strode of Ch ▪ Ch. Admitted 27. Doct. of Law. Francis Gerard John Gervais of All 's . Coll. They were admitted in Hillary term , but the day and month when , are omitted . Doct. of Phys . July 21. William Ford of Pembr . Coll. Doct. of Div. May 18. Tho. Mason Tho. Westley of Magd. Coll. The last of these was Rector of Chart in Kent , and preacher at the Savoy in the Strand near London ; where dying in Apr. 1639 was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . May 26. John Hodges of Lan● . March 10. Will , Paul of All 's . Coll. Incorporations . Jim . 30. Constantine Jessop Bach. of Arts of Trinity Coll. near Dublin . — I shall make farther mention of him elsewhere . July 7. Thom. Clavering M. of A. ( but of what University 't is not set down ) was then incorporated in the same degree . 8. Rob. Sparke M. of A. of Aberdene Mar. 1. Joh. Ramsey , M. of A. of S. Andrews in Scotland . One Dr. Rob. Sparke and Joh. Ramsey , were afterwards Publishers of several Sermons ; but whether the same with the two former , I cannot tell . This year Thom. Randolphe the most celebrated Poet of Cambr. was incorporated M. of A. but the day or month when , appears not . — I have made mention of him at large among the Writers , under the year 1590. Joh. Pell also a Graduat of the same University , was incorporated , but in what degree , whether in that of Bachelaur , or Master of Arts , it appears not . — This person , tho I have several times occasionally mention'd in this Work. yet I shall take liberty to be more large upon him now . He was the Son of Joh. Pell , and he of another John , descended from those of his name in Lincolnshire , where they seem to be of antient extraction . His first breath was drawn at Southwy●ke in Sussex , ( of which place his Father was Minister ) on S. Davids day , an . 1610 , and his Grammar learning received in the Free-school ( then newly founded ) at Stenning a Market Town in the said County . At 13 years of age he was sent to Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , being then as good a Scholar as some Masters of Arts in that University : and tho he understood Lat. Gr. and Hebr. well , yet he never stood at an Election of Scholars and Fellows of that house . He was of a strong and good habit of body , and therefore using Recreations seldom or never , he plied his studies while others play'd . About two years after he had taken the magisterial degree , he married , and understood then , besides the said three Tongues , Arab. Ital. French , Spanish . High and Low Dutch. In Dec. 1643 he took a Journey to Amsterdam , and was there made Professor of the Mathematicks next after Mart. Ho●tensius , where his learned Collegue Ger. Jo. Vossius , ( as he testifies de scientiis Math. c. 10. ) heard him with admiration read his publick Lectures upon Diophantus ; by whom likewise he is stiled a person of various erudition , and a most acute Mathematician . And in 1646 the Prince of Orange called him to be publick Professor of Philosophy and Mathematicks in the Schola illustris at Breda , founded that year by his Highness . While he continued there , William Lord Brereton was sent by his Grandfather George Earl of Norwych to be his Scholar , and became a good proficient , especially in Algabra , to which his Genius most inclin'd him , and carried it on to his dying day ; which hapning on the 17 of March 1679 ( he being then a chief Member of the Royal Society ) was buried in the Church of S. Martin in the Fields within the City of Westminster , leaving then behind him the Character among the Vertuosi of a very good Algebrest , and an excellent Musitian , having composed several things of that faculty . In 1652 J. Pell return'd into England , and two years after Oliver Lord Protector sent him Envoy to the Protestant Cantons of Switzerlandt , where he chiefly resided at Zurich . He was sent with the Title of Ablegatus , but afterwards he had order to continue there under the Title of Resident : and by that Title he was known till hi● Return into England a little before Oliver's death , an . 1658 ; at which time it was vulgarly known among the Royalists , that in the said Employment he had acted nothing to the injury of the Church of England . After his Majesties Restauration he took holy Orders from Dr. Sanderson B. of Lincoln , had procured for him by Dr. Sheldon B. of Land. the Parsonage of Fobbing in Essex an . 1661 , and two years after the Parsonage of Lainden with the Chappel of Bartelsdon annexed , in the same County . After the said Bishop was translated to Canterb●●y he became one of his Chaplains , being then Doct. of Div. and expected soon after to be made a Dean , but being not a person of activity , as others , who mind not learning , are , could never rise higher than a Rector . The truth is , he was a shiftless man as to worldly affairs , and his Tenants and Relations dealt so unkindly with him , that they cozen'd him of the profits of his Parsonages , and kept him so indigent , that he warned necessaries ▪ even Paper and Ink , to his dying day . This learned and curious person hath written ( 1 ) Controversia cum Christiano Longemontano de vera circuli mensura . Amst . 1647. qu. ( 2 ) An Idea of Mathematicks Lond. 1651. in tw . written to Sam. Hartlib Esque and printed at the end of The reformed School written by Jo. Dur●e . It was before printed in Engl. and Lat. ( 3 ) A Table of ten thousand squa●e numbers , namely of all the square numbers between O ▪ and an hundred millions , and of their sides or roots , which are all the whole numbers between O and ten thousand . With an appendix concerning the endings , or last figures of all square numbers . Lond. 1672 , fol. &c. He hath also succinctly and clearly demonstrated the second and tenth book of Euclid , which is in MS. in the 〈◊〉 of the Lord Brereton in Cheshire , as also Archimedes his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the greatest part of Diophantus his six books of Arithme●●k Which last is done more and better , than was before done by a certain French man. Both which are in the aforesaid Library . He also published a little Anonymous Exercitation concerning Easter ; and at the instance of Sir Charles Scarborough did demonstrate the proportion of the Diameter to the Circumference , and shews the 〈◊〉 why 〈◊〉 did use those two numbers . The 〈…〉 written in High Dutch by Rhonnius sometimes 〈…〉 is mostly also his ( Dr. Pell's ) His 〈…〉 is also extant , and a Letter relating to the 〈…〉 Hamburgh by 〈…〉 He was the first Inventor of that excellent way or method of the marginal working in Algebra , and was a great advancer of some things pertaining thereunto , and the mathematical Faculty . At length after he had spent his last days in great obscurity , and had been once or twice cast into Prison for debt , ( with shame be it spoken to the great Virtuosi of this age ) died in Dyet street in the Parish of S. Giles in the fields near London , in the house of one Mr. Cothorne a Reader in the Church there , on Saturday 12 Dec , 1685 , and was buried by the charity of Dr. Rich. Busby Schoolmaster of the Coll. School at Westm . and Dr. Joh. Sharp Minister of the said Church of S. Giles , in the Vault under part of the said Church , commonly called the Vicars or Rectors Vault . His Books and , Papers came after his death into the hands of the said Busby ; among which is the last thing that he wrot , The Tables ( which are , ( according to his promise in the last line of his printed Tables of squares ) drawn up and finished ; and which Sir Cyrill Wych when President of the Royal Society , did license for the Press . There only wants a leaf or two for the explanation of the use of them , which his death hath prevented . See more in Tho Branker among the Writers in the second Vol. an . 1676. Creations . Dec. 17. Edmund Wright of Ch. Ch. was actually created Master of Arts in the house of Congregation ; which is all I know of him . Georg. Alberti of Wad . Coll. was created Mast . of Arts the same day ; which is all I know of him also , only that he had been lately a Student in the University of Heidelberg in Germany , and that he was forced to leave that place , because of the Wars in that Country . An. Dom. 1632. An. 8 Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Laud. Bishop of London . Vicechanc. Brian Duppa D. D. and Dean of Ch. Ch. Jul. 19. Proct. Rich. Chaworth of Ch. Ch. Joh. Meredith of All 's . Coll. April 11. Bach. of Arts. April 26. John Warner Rich. Hayter Joh. Charlton of Magd. Hall. The last of these three , who was Son of Rob. Charlton Esq ; was born in London , and much about the time that he took the degree of B. of A. was entred a Student of Lincolns Inn , of which he became a Barrister and a Counsellor of some note . After the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. an . 1660 , he was created Sergeant at Law , and in the year following being elected a Burgess for Ludlow in Shropshire to serve in that Parliament that began at Westminster 8 of May , was made Deputy for Sir Geffry Palmer Chief Justice of Chester , by the name of Job Charlton of Ludford in Herefordshire Esque and in Octob. the same year ( 1661 ) was made the first Judge of the Council of Wales and Marches of the same . In 1662 , he being then a Knight , was made Chief Justice of Chester , and on the 5 February 1672 he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in the place of Sir Edw. Turner Knight . At which time he spake two Speeches to his Majesty and Parliament upon his admission to that Office , which were soon after printed in folio papers . On the 15 of the said month , he gave up the said honorable office , under pretence of indisposition of body : yet a certain * Writer tells us , that he ( whom he calls a dull welsh Judge ) had 500 l. per an . for giving it up ; at which time succeeded Edw. Seymour Esq . In the latter end of April 1680 , he was constituted one of the Justices of the Common Pleas : whereupon his Chief Justiceship of Chester was confer'd upon Sir George Jeffries , Recorder of London . Afterwards he was made Chief Justice of Chester again , and was living in 1688 , and perhaps may be still , being a great friend to the Ch. of England . May 12. Will ▪ Thomas of Jesus Coll. — He was afterwards B. of Worcester . June 7. John Bishop of Ball. Coll. — See among the Masters an . 1635. 11. Joh. Owen of Qu. 21. Charles Hoole of Linc. Tho. More of Mert. Coll. July 5. Henry Killigrew of Ch. Ch. Franc. Goldsmith of S. Joh. Coll. Oct. 20. Hen. Bignell of S. Maries Hall. Hen. Bridgman of Oriel Coll. The first of these two was originally of Brasn . Coll. the other was afterwards of the same Coll. 25. Will. Eyre of Magd. Hall. Dec. 4. George Ashwell of Wadh. Randal Sanderson of Qu. Coll. Of the last of these two you may see more among the Masters in 1636. Feb. 27. Franc. Woodcock of Brasn . Coll. All which , except J●b Cha●lton , I. Bishop and R. Sanderson , will be mention'd at large elsewhere . Adm. 198. Bach. of Law. Nov. 9. Rob. Price of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Bishop of Fernes and Leighlin in Ireland . 27. Will. Fuller of St. Edm. Hall. — He was also afterwards a Bishop in Ireland , and at length Bishop of Lincoln . Besides these two , were admitted nine more , among whom were Giles Sweit of St. Maries Hall , Justinian Lewin of Pemb. Coll. and John March of St. Edmunds Hall , which last I take to be the same Joh. March who afterwards published several things of the common Law. Qu. Mast . of Arts. May 8. Constantine Jessop of Jesus Coll. June 5. Clem. Barksdale of Glouc. Hall. Thom. Powell of Jes . Coll. 26. Franc. Roberts of Trin. July 5. Obadiah Grew of Ball. Coll. Admitted 152. Bach. of Phys . But two were this year admitted , of whom Thomas Simpson of Ch. Ch. was one , and one admitted to practice in the same faculty . Bach. of Div. May 2. Joh. Gumbleden of Ch. Ch. 9. Thom. Wetherell Joh. Strickland Joh. Ellis of Jes . Coll. of Qu. Coll. The first of these three ( Th. Wetherell ) who was a Cumberland Man born , and eminent for his knowledge in the Greek tongue , wrot Radices Linguae Graecae , which are put at the end of one of the editions of Jo. Riders Dictionary . One Tho. Wetherell Bac. of Div. published five Sermons in 1635. But he is not the same with the former , as the Seniors of Queens Coll. tell me . June 30. Bruno Ryves of Magd. July 6. Joh. Lewgar of Trin. Coll. Oct. 23. George Griffith of Ch. Ch. Feb. 23. Alex. Grosse of Exet. Coll. Besides these were nineteen more admitted , of whom Thom. Cook of Brasn . Coll. was one , being then accounted a most learned Divine . He was after the restauration of K. Ch. 2. made one of the Vicars of Bampton in Oxfordshire , and Archdeacon of that part of Shropshire which is in the Diocess of Hereford , in the place , as it seems , of Dr. Morgan Godwin . You are now to understand , that one Tho. Cook Bach. of Div. wrot a book entit . Episcopacy asserted as it now stands established in our Church and Commonwealth , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. Which Th. Cook having been bred , as I conceive , in Cambridge , and afterwards beneficed in the East parts of England , he is not to be taken to be the same with the former of Brasnose , who afterwards * was a Covenanteer , and never lived in those parts , or , tho very able , published any thing . He died 6. Apr. 1669. aged 73 , and was buried in the Church at Bampton : whereupon his Vicaridge and Archdeaconry were confer'd on Steph. Philipps M. of A. of Brasnose , who married his only Daughter and Heir . Doct. of Law. June 30. Giles Sweit of St. Maries Hall , lately of Oriel College accumulated the Degrees in the Civil Law. — He was afterwards Principal of St. Albans Hall , Dean of the Arches , and a Knight ; and dying 13. Sept. 1672. was buried the 18. day of the same month in the Church of Barnelmes in Surrey . July 4. Alexander Hyde Edward Mottershead of New Coll. Doct. of Phys . July 4. Thomas Simpson of Ch. Ch. who accumulated the Degrees in Physick . — He was a learned Physician , but whether he hath published any thing I cannot tell . Doct. of Div. June 2. Rob. Burhill of C. C. 21. Tho. Lushington of Pemb. 25. Sam. Seward of Linc. 30. Rowl . Chedell of Jesus Coll. The two first of these were Writers , and the last an Accumulator . Incorporations . Apr. 17. Joh. Macubie a Scot , Master of Arts of the University of St. Andrew in Scotland . May…John Chamberlayne M. A. of Cambr. Octob… . James Morecraft Bach. of Arts of St. Leonards Coll. in the said University of St. Andrew . March 13. Sir Will. Fleetwood Knight , controller of Woodstock Park in O●fordshire , ( Brother to Sir George Fleetwood a Baron of Sweeden ) was incorporated Mast . of Arts as he had stood at Cambridge . In the latter end of this year ( the day , or month occurs not ) were incorporated Peter the Son of Rob. Salmon of Essex and John Kirton , both Doctors of Physick of the University of Padua . Of Peter Salmon I know nothing , only that a Doctor of his Sirname died at London in Nov. 1675 : whom I take to be the same with Dr. Rob. Salmon Author of Synopsis Medicinae , &c. and other things . As for Kirton he spent most of his time afterwards in Italy , assisted Sir Robert Dudley Duke of Northumberland ( to whom he was Physician ) in his Chimical operations , and was living in Florence , where he was much resorted to for his practice , in June 1673 , aged 70 years or more . About the same time also ( in Jan. I think ) one Alexander Gross M. A. of Cambridge was incorporated , and soon after took the Degree of Bach. of Div. Creations . March 13. John Oxenstierne a noble Sweed , Baron of Kemetso , Lord of Fiholme and Tydoon , being adorned with a scarlet gown and hood , and presented in Convocation by the said Sir Will. Fleetwood , was actually created Master of Arts with great observance and solemnity . — He was the Son of grave John Oxenstierne now Embassador to the King of England from his Father Axel Oxenstierne the grand Chancellour and General-director of the Sweedish affairs . Gustavus Horne another noble Sweed Lord of Kamhas and Purkala , being adorned with scarlet as the former was , and presented by the said Sir Will. Fleetwood , was actually created M. of A. in the same Convocation . When the Vicechancellour was to admit these two Nobles , he openly spake these words to the large auditory . Gradum ambiunt Magistri in artibus duo nobiles juven●s , quorum alterius pater , alterius patruus , pro aris & focis , pro religione , pro libertate , denique totius Germaniae , tanquam duo fulmina bel●i , in terrorem domus Austriae jamdiu emicuerunt . They were very nobly treated , while they continued here , had rich gloves presented to them in the name of the University , and testimonials of their Degree very fairly written and adorned , with the seal of each , put into a silver box . An. Dom. 1633. An. 9. Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Laud Bishop of London , who , in Sept. this year , became Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. Dr. Br. Duppa again , Jul. 23. Proct. Tho. White of C. C. Coll. Freeman Page of Ex. Coll. May 2. Bach. of Mus . July 5. John Okever of New College , Organist and Vicar choral of the Church of Wells . — He hath composed several Aires of 2 and three parts for the Violin and Viol , which , I think , are extant . He succeeded in the said Organists place one Rich. Browne , an eminent Musician , 16. Feb. 1619. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 12. Paul Vicount Bayning of Ch. Ch. — He was Son of Paul late Vicount Bayning of Sudbury , and dying at Bentley-hall in Essex , on the eleventh of June 1638 , was a little Pamphlet soon after published intit . Death repealed by a thankful memorial sent from Ch. Ch. in Oxon. celebrating the noble deserts of the right hon . Paul late Vicount Bayning , &c. printed ●t Oxon 1638. in qu. The chief Poets that had a hand in it , were , Will. Strode Orator of the University , Will. Burton alias Democritus Junior , Will. Cartwright , Rich. West , Rob. Meade , H. Greisley , John Fell , Mart. Llewellin , &c. all Ch. Ch. Men. May 11. Joh. Priaulx of Magd. Hall , afterwards of Merton College . 14. Nich. Lockyer of New Inn. Hen. Glue of Ball. Coll. The last was afterwards a Minister , changed his Religion for that of Rome , was made Priest , and known to some by the name of Peter Glue . 16. Abrah . Wright of St. Johns Coll. 28. Thom. Gilbert of St. Edm. Oct. 24. Nath. Newbury of Magd. Hall. Of the last you may see more among the Masters , an . 1636. Nov. 19. Andrew Dominick of Trinity , afterwards of Pembroke , Coll. — See more among the Creations of Doctors of Divinity an . 1661. Jan. 14. Rich. Samwaies of C. C. Coll. Feb. 4. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. — See among the Creations of Doctors of Law , an . 1642. 11. John Bishop of Hart hall . — See among the Masters 1635. All which Bachelaurs , except Bayning , Glue , Newbury and Bishop will be mention'd elsewhere . Adm. 243. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. June 25. John Blencow of St. Johns Coll. — This Person who had been elected Scholar of the said Coll. from Merchant Taylors School , did afterwards publish St. Michaels combate with the Devil , Serm. on the 9. verse of St. Judes Epistle . Lond. 1640. qu. and perhaps other things . Besides him were admitted eight Bachelaurs of the same faculty , among whom was Will. Stone of St. Edm. Hall , afterwards Principal of New Inn , and a most excellent Preacher and Canonist , but not to be understood to be the same Will. Stone who was Author of The institution of the Passover . pr. 1622 , and of one or more Sermons . Mast . of Arts. May 9. Geor. Kendall of Ex. Edm. Gayton of St. Joh. Coll. 14. Henry Jeanes Will. Durham of New Inn. Jun. 27. Thomas Barlow Gerard Langbaine of Qu. Coll. July 1. Franc. Cheynell of Mert. 3. Joshua Tooker of Exet. Coll. The last became Archdeacon of Barnstaple about 1663. 4. Joh. Hulett of New Inn. Tho. Horne of Magd. Hall. Oct. 23. Nich. Monke of Wadh. 24. William Stampe of Pemb. Dec. 17. Thom. Widdowes of Magd. Jan. 17. George Hall of Exet. Coll. Adm. 196. or thereabouts . Bach. of Phys . Six were admitted this year , of whom Charles Bostock of Ch. Ch. was the first , but whether any of them were writers I find not . On the 3. March , Tho. Trapham was licensed to practice chirurgery , and accordingly did practise that Art in these parts for some time . See more among the Bachelaurs of Physick an . 1649. Bach. of Div. Apr. 3. Rich. Washington of Vniv. Coll. — He became the eighth Provost of Trin. Coll. near Dublin in Ireland , upon the resignation of Will. Chappell , on the first of Aug. 1640. After the rebellion broke out in that Country he retired to Oxon again , and was readmitted to his Fellowship of Vniv. Coll. by the Master and Fellows thereof , an . 1644 , submitted to the Parliamentarian Visitors , an . 1648 , and was the only Man of the old stock that was then left therein . Afterwards going to London for a time , died in Fetter , alias Feuter , lane near to Fleetstreet , an . 1651. ( in the Summer time ) whereupon his body was buried in St. Dunstans Church in the West . Apr. 13. James Smith of Line . June 17. Nath. Holmes of Exet. Coll. July 3. Tho. Twittie of Oriel Coll. — This Person who was a Ministers Son of Worcestersh . became a Student of the said Coll. of Or. an . 1611. aged 17 years , and after he had taken the Degrees in Arts , became successively Schoolmaster of Evesham in his own Country , Minister of St. Laurence Church there , Vicar of North Leigh in Oxfordshire beneficed afterwards again in his own Country , and at length became Minister of Kingston upon Thames in Surrey . He hath published ( 1 ) Ad clerum pro forma , concio habita in templo B. Mariae Oxon 13. Mar. 1634 , in 1. Pet. 3. 8. Ox. 1640. qu. ( 2 ) The Art of Salvation , Sermon at St. Maries in Oxon on . Acts 6. 30. 31. — Printed 1643. qu. He died at Kingston beforemention'd , in the latter end of the year 1667 , and was there buried . July 10. George Hughes of Pembr . Nov. 7. Rich. Toogood of Oriel Coll. 9. Joh. Sedgwick of Magd. Hall. Jan. 28. Hen. Hammond of Magd. Coll. Admitted 24. Doct. of Law. Jun. 3. Will. Nevill of M●rt . Coll. Tho. Temple of St. Edm. Hall. The first of these two was Chancellour of Chichester , and both the Sons of Knights . 27. Joseph Martin of Wadham Coll. Doct. of Physick . Jun. 21. Edw. Dawson of Line . Anton. Salt●r of Exet. Coll. Both which were eminent Physicians of their time and age . Doct. of Div. Apr. 3. Hen. Glemham of Trin. 13. Peter Heylyn of Magd. June…Rich . Downe of Ex. Coll. July 16. Rich. Baylie President of St. Johns Coll. — On the 7. of Feb. 1627. this Dr. Baylie who was then Bach. of Div. and one of the Kings Chaplains , as also a Dignitary in the Church of St. David , was collated to the Archdeaconry of Nottingham upon the promotion of Dr. Jos . Hall to the See of Exeter . Which Dignity he resigning , was succeeded by Dr. Will. Robinson , ( Brother by the Mothers side to Dr. Will. Laud Archb. of Cant. ) who was installed therein 25. of May 1635 : At which time Dr. Baylie was Dean of Salisbury , in the place of Dr. Edm. Mason , whom I shall anon mention in the Incorporation . He died in a good old age at Salisbury , ( after he had suffer'd much for his loyalty to K. Ch. 1. ) on the 27. of July 1667 , and was buried at the upper end of St. Johns Coll. Chap. on the right side of the grave of Dr. Will. Juxon somtimes Archb. of Cant. In the year 1662 , he built a little Chappel at his own charge ( and not at that of St. Joh. Coll. as , by a mistake , is elsewhere * told you ) situat and being on the North side of the said Chappel of St. Johns , with a vault underneath . In which Chappel , was soon after his death , a stately Monument erected , with the Effigies of him the said Dr. Baylie lying thereon , curiously engraven in alabaster from head to foot , and much resembling him in his last days . One Richard Baylie sometimes Minister of Crawley in Sussex , wrot The Shepheards star , or Ministers guide . Conc. ad Cler. in Apoc. 1. 16. Lond. 1640. qu. At which time , the Author , as it seems , was dead . But where he was educated , being quite different from the former , I know not . July 16. Thomas Lawrence of All 's . Pet. Wentworth of Ball. Coll. The first of these two , was afterwards Master of Balliol College , and Margaret Professor of this University . The other who was an Esquires Son of Northamptonshire and Fellow of the said College of Balliol , was afterwards made Dean of Armagh by Tho. Earl of Strafford Lord Deputy of Ireland . But when the rebellion broke out in that Kingdom , he lost all , and fled into England ; where living obscurely till the restauration of K. Ch. 2. refused to return to his Deanery , or be made a Bishop there , and accepted only of the rectory of Haseley in Oxfordshire . He died in the City of Bathe 22. July 1661. aged 60 years , and was buried in the Church of S. Pet. and S. Paul there , on the north side of the stately tomb of Dr. James Mountague sometimes Bishop of the said City . In his Epitaph engraven on a brass plate , fastned to a plain white stone laying over his grave , he is thus charactarized . Patriciorum proles , doctrinae maritus . — Summus Hyberniae Decanus , Angliae Praeconum Primas , &c. One Peter Wentworth who was Rector of Much Bromley in Essex and Chaplain to Thomas Lord Darcie , hath published A Sermon on Psal . 2. 10. 11. Lond. 1587. in oct . and is the same , if I mistake not , who wrot An exhortation to Qu. Elizabeth , and discourse of the true and lawful successor . printed in 1598. oct . But whether he was of this University , I cannot yet find , or whether he took any Degree , or was incorporated . July 19. John Elly of Merton Coll. who accumulated . — In 1623. he was made Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. Thomas Oates deceased . 20. Thom. Walker Master of Vniv. Coll. and Pre● . of Litton in the Church of Wells . Oct. 7. Arth. Wingham of St. Joh. Feb. 27. Hugh Williams of Jes . Coll. This Dr. Williams who was Father to Sir Will. Williams of Greys Inn Baronet , and several times Speaker of the House of Commons , was now , or afterwards , beneficed at Kantrisant in the Country of Anglesie , where he died in 1670. Incorporations . May 9. Jam. Howson M. of A. of Cambridge . Oct. ( 24 ) Will. Hatton Doctor of Physick of the University of Padua . Sam. Bispham a Lancashire Man born , and Doct. of Phys . of the University of Leyden in Holland , was incorporated about the same time . — Afterwards he practised his faculty in London , where he died in 1664. Feb. 6. David Cunningham M. of A. of the Univ. of Glascow in Scotland . — He had lately received holy orders from James Spotswood Bishop of Clogher , in the Church of Clogher in Ireland . This year was a supplicate made for one Edmund Mason D. of D. to be incorporated , but whether he was really so , it appears not . All that I can say of him is , that he was Tutor to Prince Charles , that he became Dean of Salisbury 20. March 1629 , on the promotion of Dr. John Bowle or Bowles to the See of Rochester , and dying in his house in Petty-France in the City of Westminster , on the 24. of March 1634 was buried in the North cross part of the Abbey Church of St. Peter , near to the Convocation House . Creations . Apr. 1. Thomas Turner Bachelaur of Divinity lately Fellow of St. Johns Coll. and now one of his Majesties Chaplains , was actually created Doct. of Divinity , being by his Majesties command to go with him in the next month into Scotland . — This worthy Doctor , who was Son of Thomas Turner of Heckfield in Hampshire , Alderman and Mayor of Reading in Berkshire , was born in the Parish of St. Giles within the said borough , and admitted Scholar of St. Johns Coll. in 1610 , being their put under the tuition of Mr. Will. Juxon , who was afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury . After he had entred into holy orders , he became a practical useful Preacher , which he kept up to the very last , and was much resorted to by those , whose principles were orthodox . Afterwards he was made domestick Chaplain to Bishop Laud , Chaplain in ordinary to King Char. 1. Canon residentiary of St. Paul , and Dean of Rochester , in the place of Dr. Hen. King promoted to the See of Chichester ; in which Dignity he was installed 26. Feb. 1641. Soon after he was sequestred from his Church of St. Olave in Southwark , plundered , carried thence Prisoner by a Party of Horse , and at length forced to fly to save his life . In 1643 he had the Deanery of Canterbury bestowed on him by his Majesty , on the death of Dr. George Eglionby ; so that he constantly adhering to the cause of his Master in the worst of his calamities , particularly at Hampton-court , and afterwards in the Isle of Wight , suffered afterwards great misery himself during the times of Usurpation , which he bore with a good courage , being then , as always before , esteemed a great exemplar of humility , most Christian simplicity , and of most fervent zeal to the Church . After the restauration of King Charles 2. he contented himself only with those spiritualities which he before had lost for his loyalty , and dying on the eighth day of Octob. 1672 aged 81 or thereabouts , was buried on the 17 of the same month within the Cathedral Church of Canterbury . At which time Dr. Peter du Moulin preaching a funeral Sermon , did speak honorably of the Person that then laid dead before him ; to which Sermon , being extant , I refer the reader . He the said Dr. Turner hath published A Sermon preached at Whitehall , on Matth. 9. 13. Lond. 1635. qu. and perhaps other things , but such I have not yet seen . He left behind him several Sons ( which he had by his Wife Margaret , Daughter of Sir Francis Windebanke Knight , sometimes Secretary of State to King Charles 1. ) of whom Francis was one , now Bishop of Ely. Apr. 3. Rich. Doughtie Fellow of All 's . Coll. was actually created M. of A. which is all I know of him . An. Dom. 1634. An. 10. Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Will. Land Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. Rob. Pinke D. of D. Warden of New Coll. July 26. Proct. Herbert Pelham of Magd. Coll. John Warren of Wadham Coll. Apr. 16. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 18. Thom. Gawen 24. George Kendall of New Coll. Inn. June 18. Josias How of Trin. Coll. — See among the created Bachelaurs of Div. an . 1646. 20. Rob. Waring 21. Hen. Gregory of Ch. Ch. Of the last of these two , you may see more among the Masters , an . 1637. July 8. John Maplet of Ch. Ch. July 9. Ralph Brideoake Nov. 11. Matthew Smalwood of Brasn . Coll. The first of these last two was afterwards Bishop of Chichester . 20. Rich. Harwood of Magd. Hall. Jan. 15. Hen. Janson of Ball. afterwards of Allsouls , Coll. 24. Hen. Hall of Lincolne Christopher Merret of Oriel Coll. The first of these two was afterwards Bishop of Killala and Achonry in Ireland . The other was afterwards of Glocester Hall and an eminent Physician . Feb. 6. Nathan . Heigmore of Trin. Job . Fountaine of C. C. Coll. The last of these two was originally of Linc. Coll. See more among the Masters of Art in 1637. Feb… . Will. Taylor of Magd. Hall. All these Bachelaurs , except Henry Gregory , will be mention'd elsewhere . Admitted 216. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Nineteen were admitted this year , among whom George Wild of St. Johns Coll. was one , Feb. 7. afterwards Bishop of Londonderry in Ireland , as I shall tell you at large in the next Volume . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 24. Tho. Wood of Ch. Ch. 29. Rich. Allein of New Inn , lately of St. Alb. Hall. Jun. 11. John Wilkins Nich. Clagett Walt. Bushnell of Magd. Hall. The first of these there was afterwards Bishop of Chester , as I should have told you under the year 1631 , and Clagett had before , been of Mert. Coll. 14. Tim. Taylor late of Qu. Coll. now of St. Maries Hall. June 28. Dan. Whitby of Brasn . July 2. Joh. Toy of Pemb. Coll. Oct. 29. Christoph . Fowler of St. Edm. Hall. Dec. 5. Will. Rowland of Exet. Coll. Jan. 29. John Warner Rich. Hayter of Magd. Coll. Feb. 5. Will. Thomas of Jes . Coll. Admitted 150. Bach. of Phys . Oct. 10. Will. Denton of Magd. Hall. — Besides him were five more admitted , ( the first of whom was John Dixon of Gloc. hall , and the last John Aubrey of Magd. Coll. ) but not one of them was afterwards a Writer . Bach. of Div. Mar. 26. John Hoffman of Exeter Coll. — He was the Son of John Hoffman a Merchant of Elsentia in the Palatinat of Germany , was about this time Rector of Wotton near to Wodstock in Oxfordshire ; which place he kept during the time of the rebellion , being himself a Presbyterian , and published The Principles of Christian Religion in 30 questions and answers . Lond. 1674. oct . and perhaps other things , but such I have not yet seen . He died soon after and was buried at Wotton beforemention'd . June 26. Edm. Staunton of C. C. Coll. Admitted 12. Doct. of Law. July 5. George Ryves of All 's . 23. Tho. Heath of Merton Coll. The last of these two , was about this time Chancellour of Peterborough , where continuing till that office was annull'd and all matters relating to the Church tending to ruine , he went beyond the Seas , changed his Religion for that of Rome , and lived ever after , especially in his last days , in so great poverty at Gant in Flanders , that he was mostly sustained by the almes of the Monastery of English Nuns there , and partly by the contribution of some charitable Persons in that town . He died on the second day of Febr. 1680. according to the accompt there followed , and was buried by the charity of others ( having nothing of his own ) in the Parish Church of St. Nicholas near to the said Monastery . Doct. of Phys . Oct. 10. Will. Denton of Magd. hall . — He accumulated the Degrees in Physick , and was the only proceeder in his faculty this year . He is now living in Convent-garden near Lond. 1690. Doct. of Div. Mar. 26. Morgan Wynne of All 's . Coll. — In the beginning of Dec. 1629. he became Archdeacon of Lincolne , but in whose room I cannot tell , for between the death of Dr. John Hills which hapned in 1626 , to Nov. 1629 that Dignity was enjoyed by one , as yet unknown to me . This Dr. Wynne who was Rector of Scotter in Lincolnshire died ( and was buried at Scotter as it seems ) an . 1644. Whereupon Raphael Throckmorton succeeded him , an . 1645. May 10. John Morris Hebrew Professor of the University and Canon of Ch. Ch. sometimes Chaplain of All 's . Coll. 14. Anth. Clopton of C. C. Coll. June 25. Gilb. Sheldon of All 's . Coll. Compounders . 26. Edm. Staunton of C. C. C. — He accumulated the Degrees in Divinity . July 1. Thom. Leigh Rich. Parr of Bras . Coll. The first of these two was a Compounder , the other was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man. 5. Will. Page of All 's . Coll. 10. Edw. Willimot of Magd. Hall. 26. George Eglionby of Ch. Ch. — This Person who was sometimes Master of Westminster School , and afterwards Tutor to Geor. the young Duke of Buckingham , was made Canon or Preb. of the twelfth stall in St. Peters Church in Westminster , on the death of his Uncle Dr. John King , an . 1638 , Dean of Canterbury in the place of Dr. Isaac Bargrave deceased , an . 1642 and dying in the beginning of Nov. 1643 was buried on the eleventh of the same month in the Isle joyning on the South side of the Choire of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Nov. 4. Geor. Griffith of Ch. Ch. Incorporations . May 4. Robert Bostock D. of D. of the University of St. Andrew in Scotland . — This Robert Bostock who was originally of Trin. Coll. in Oxon , was installed Archdeacon of Suffolk , in the place of Dr. Rob. Pearson deceased , on the fourth day of Feb. an . 1639 , and dying soon after , Richard Mileson M. of A. succeeded . Dr. Bostock also was Canon residentiary of Chichester , where dying in Nov. 1640 , was there buried . July… Roger Goodiere Will. Goddard John Hodge Doct. of Phys . of Leyden Padua Mountpelier in Holland . Italy . France . In the Reign of K. Jam. 1. lived in London one Will. Goddard a fantastical Poet , ( among the Templers a sit seems ) Author of ( 1 ) A mastiff whelp with other ruff-Island-like curs , from among the Antipedes alias London , in 85 Satyrs ( 2 ) Dogs from the Antipedes , in 41. Satyrs . — Both printed at London in qu. in the Reign of K. Jam. 1. But these I cannot say were made by Will. Goddard , who was afterwards Doct. of Phys . Oct. 21. John Ellis D. D. of the University of S. Andrew , lately of Jesus Coll. in Oxon. Jan. 29. Joh. Spencer Doct. of Phys . of Leyden . One Rich. Lloyd M. of A. of Cambridge , was incorporated this year , but the day , or month , when , I know not , nor any thing else of him . An. Dom. 1635. An. 11 Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. Dr. Pinke of New Coll. again , Jul. 22. Proct. Joh. Edwards of S. Joh Coll. Guy Carleton of Qu. Coll. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 23. Will. Creed of S. Joh. Jan. 4. Anth. Hodges of New Coll. Of the last of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1638. 16. Rich. Whitlock of Magd. Hall , afterwards of All 's . Coll. July 4. Franc. Bampfield of Wadh. Obadiah Walker of Vniv. 11. Thomas Smith of Queens Coll. The last was afterwards Bishop of Carlile . Oct. 15. Joh. Godolphin of Gloc. 20. Nath. Hardy of Magd. Rich. Hooke of New Inn Hall. One Rich. Hooke M. of A. and Minister of Lowdham in Nottinghamshire hath written The laver of regeneration , and the cup of salvation , in two treatises concerning Baptism and the Lords Supper , &c. Lond. 1653. Whether this Rich. Hooke , who hath also one or more Sermons extant , besides the said book , be the same with Rich. Hooke of New Inn who was a Northamptonshire man born , but not M. of A. of this University , I cannot yet tell . One Rich. Hook Vicar of Halyfax in Yorkshire , is Author of The Nonconformists Champion , &c. pr. 1682. oct . Oct. 23. Obadiah How Nov. 28. Hen. Wilkinson jun. of Magd. Hall. Dec. 3. Rob. Cary Jun. 19. Rich. Burney of C. C. Coll. All these , except Hodges and Hook , will be mention'd elsewhere . Adm. 234. Bach. of Law. Nine were admitted this year , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or a Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 15. Will. Cartwright of Ch. Ch. Joh. Bishop of Ball. Coll. One John Bishop was Author of The survey of Man , on Job 14. 10. — printed 1652. qu. and perhaps of other things . Whether this Joh. Bishop be the same with Joh. Bishop of Ball. Coll. M. of A. before mention'd , or the same with another Jo. Bishop who was Bach. of Arts of Hart Hall and a Wiltshire man born , I cannot tell unless I could see The survey of man ▪ which I have not yet done . May 12. Humph. Lloyd of Oriel Coll. Jun. 4. Will. Eyre of Magd. Hall. 16. Joh. Michel of Qu. Coll. Esquire ; a Compounder , which is all I know of him . 27. George Ashwell of Wadh. John Owen of Queens Coll. Oct. 15. Dudley Digges of Allsoules , lately of Vniv. Coll. Jan. 19. Edward Gamage of S. Edm. Hall. — I take him to be the same Gamage , who was afterwards Archdeacon of Land●ff , in which dignity he was succeeded by Dr. George Bull an . 1686. Adm. 128. Bach. of Physick . Seven were admitted , of whom Steph. Bridges of C. C. Coll. was the senior , and Leonard Traherne of Pemb. Coll. was the junior , but not one of them can I yet find , that was then , or afterwards a Writer . Bach. of Div. June 6. Will. Evans of S. Maries Hall. — He had before this time published The translation of the book of nature into the use of grace , Sermon on Rom. 12. 4 , 5. Oxon 1633. qu. Which is all I know of him only that he was living in 1660. 8. Edw. Stanley of New Jul. 22. Joh. Gauden of Ward . Coll. Dec. 12. Joseph Henshaw of Magd. Hall. Adm. 7. Doct. of Law. Jun. 13. George Riddell or Riddle of Qu. Coll. Dec. 8. James Littleton of All 's . Coll. — When he was Bach. of Law he succeeded Dr. Christop . Helme in the Chancellourship of the Diocess of Worcester , and dying in the times of Usurpation , was succeeded in that office by Tim. Baldwin LL. D. Oliver Lloyd of All 's . Coll. was admitted the same day . ☞ Not one Doctor of Physick was admitted this year . Doct. of Div. Jun. 8. Edward Stanley of New Dec. 8. John Littleton of Jes . Coll. The first of these two accumulated the degrees in Divinity . Incorporations . Jun. 16. John Bugges a Londoner born , and Doctor of Phys . of Leyden . Jun… . Mathew Thoris M. of A. of Franaker in Westfriezen . — This person who was formerly of Pemb. Coll. was also a Londoner born , and Son of Mich. Thoris , which is all I know of him . Jul. 10. Joh. Silvius Kentigern . Moravius . These were both Scots and Masters of Arts of the University of S. Andrew . July… . Will. Day M. A. of Cambridge . — He was a Native of Windsore in Berks , and being educated in Eaton School , was thence transplanted to Kings Coll. in the said University . Afterwards he became Minister of Mapledurham near Henley in Oxfordshire , and Author of An exposition of the book of the Prophet Isaiah . Lond. 1654 , fol. and of other things . Oct. 20. Jeremiah Taylor M. A. of Cambr. soon after Fellow of All 's . Coll. — He will be at large mention'd in the other Volume . 30. Joh. Munlossius M of A. of Bordeaux in France . This year was incorporated Master of Arts John Milton , not that it appears so in the Register , for the reason I have told you in the Incorporations 1629 , but from his own mouth to my friend , who was well acquainted with , and had from him , and from his Relations after his death , most of this account of his life and writings following . ( 1 ) That he was born in Breadstreet within the City of London , between 6 and 7 a clock in the morning of the ninth of Decemb. an . 1608. ( 2 ) That his Father Joh. Milton who was a Scrivner living at the Spread Eagle * in the said street , was a Native of Halton in Oxfordshire , and his Mother named Sarah was of the antient Family of the Bradshaws . ( 3 ) That his Grandfather Milton whose Christian name was John , as he thinks , was an Under-Ranger or Keeper of the Forest of Shotover near to the said Town of Halton , but descended from those of his name who have lived beyond all record at Milton near Halton and Thame in Oxfordshire . Which Grandfather being a zealous Papist , did put away , or , as some say , disinherit , his Son , because he was a Protestant , which made him retire to London , to seek , in a manner , his fortune . ( 4 ) That he the said John Milton the Author was educated mostly in Pauls School under Alex. Gill senior , and thence at 15 years of age was sent to Christs Coll. in Cambridge , where he was put under the tuition of Will. Chappell , afterwards Bishop of Ross in Ireland , and there , as at School for 3 years before , 't was usual with him to sit up till midnight at his book , which was the first thing that brought his eyes into the danger of blindness . By this his indefatigable study he profited exceedingly , wrot then several Poems , paraphras'd some of David's Psalms , performed the collegiate and academical exercise to the admiration of all , and was esteemed to be a vertuous and sober person , yet not to be ignorant of his own parts . ( 5 ) That after he had taken the degrees in Arts , he left the University of his own accord , and was not expelled for misdemeanours , as his Adversaries have said . Whereupon retiring to his Fathers house in the Country , he spent some time in turning over Latin and Greek Authors , and now and then made † excursions into the great City to buy books , to the end that he might be instructed in Mathematicks and Musick , in which last he became excellent , and by the help of his Mathematicks could compose a Song or Lesson . ( 6 ) That after five years being thus spent , and his Mother ( who was very charitable to the poor ) dead , he did design to travel , so that obtaining the rudiments of the Ital. Tongue , and Instructions how to demean himself from Sir Hen. Wotton who delighted in his company , and gave him Letters of commendation to certain persons living at Venice , he travelled into Italy , an . 1638. ( 7 ) That in his way thither , he touched at Paris , where Joh. Scudamoure Vicount Slego , Embassador from K. Ch. 1. to the French King , received him kindly , and by his means became kuown to Hugo G●otius , then and there Embassador from the Qu. of Sweden ; but the manners and genius of that place being not agreeable to his mind , he soon left it . ( 8 ) That thence by Geneva and other places of note , he went into Italy , and thro Legorne , Pisa , &c. he went to Florence , where continuing two months , he became acquainted with several learned men , and familiar with the choicest Wits of that great City , who introduced and admitted him into their private Academies , whereby he saw and learn'd their fashions of literature . ( 9 ) That from thence he went to Sena and Rome , in both which places he spent his time among the most learned there , Lucas Holsteinius being one ; and from thence he journied to Naples . where he was introduced into the Acquaintance of Joh. Bapt. Mansus an Italian Marquess ( to whom Torquatus Tassus an Italian Poet wrot his book De amicitia ) who shewed great civilities to him , accompanied him to see the rarities of that place , visited him at his Lodgings , and sent to , the testimony of his great esteem for , him , in this Distich , Vt mens , forma , decor , facies , mos , si pietas sic . Non Anglus , verum herculè Angelus ipse fores . And excus'd himself at parting for not having been able to do him more honour , by reason of his resolute owning his ( Protestant ) Religion : which resoluteness he using at Rome , many there were that dated not to express their civilities towards him , which otherwise they would have done : And I have heard it confidently related , that for his said Resolutions , which out of policy , and for his own safety , might have been then spared , the English Priests at Rome were highly disgusted , and it was question'd , whether the Jesuits his Countrymen there , did not design to do him mischief . Before he left Naples he return'd the Marquess an acknowledgment of his great favours in an elegant copy of Verses entit . Mansus , which is among the Latin Poems . ( 10 ) That from thence ( Naples ) he thought to have gone into Sicily and Greece , but upon second thoughts he continued in Italy , and went to Luca , Bononia , Ferrara , and at length to Venice ; where continuing a month , he went and visited Verona and Millan . ( 11 ) That after he had ship'd the books and other goods which he had bought in his travels , he returned thro Lombardy , and over the Alpes to Geneva , where spending some time , he became familiar with the famous Joh. Deodate D. D. Thence , going thro France ▪ he returned home , well fraught with Knowledge and Manners , after he had been absent one year and three months . ( 12 ) That soon after he setled in an house in S. Brides Churchyard near Fleetstreet in London , where he instructed in the Lat. Tongue two Youths named John and Edw. Philips , the Sons of his Sister Anne by her Husband Edward Philips : both which were afterwards Writers , and the eldest principl'd as his Uncle . But the times soon after changing , and the Rebellion thereupon breaking forth , Milton sided with the Faction , and being a man of parts , was therefore more capable than another of doing mischief , especially by his pen , as by those books which I shall anon mention , will appear . ( 13 ) That at first we find him a Presbyterian and a most sharp and violent opposer of Prelacy , the established ecclesiastical Discipline and the orthodox Clergy . ( 14 ) That shortly after he did set on foot and maintained very odd and novel Positions concerning Divorce , and then taking part with the Independents , he became a great Antimonarchist , a bitter Enemy to K Cb. 1. and at length arrived to that monstrous and unparallel'd height of profligate impudence , as in print to justifie the most exercable Murder of him the best of Kings , as I shall anon tell you . Afterwards being made Latin Secretary to the Parliament , we find him a Commonwealths man , a hater of all things that looked towards a single person , a great reproacher of the Universities , scholastical degrees , decency and uniformity in the Church . ( 15 ) That when Oliver ascended the Throne , he became the Latin Secretary , and proved to him very serviceable when employed in business of weight and moment , and did great matters to obtain a name and wealth . To conclude , he was a person of wonderful parts , of a very sharp , biting and satyrical wit. He was a good Philosopher and Historian , an excellent Poet , Latinist , Grecian and Hebritian , a good Mathematician and Musitian , and so rarely endowed by nature , that had he been but honestly principled , he might have been highly useful to that party , against which he all along appeared with much malice and bitterness . As for the things which he hath published , are these , ( 1 ) Of Reformation , touching Church Discipline in England , and the causes that hitherto have hindred it , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. At which time , as before , the Nation was much divided upon the Controversies about Church Government between the prelatical party , and Puritans , and therefore Milton did with great boldness and zeal offer his judgment as to those matters in his said book of Reformation . ( 2 ) Animadversions upon the Remonstrants defence against Smectymnus . Lond. 1641. qu. Which Rem . defence was written ( as 't is said ) by Dr. Jos . Hall Bishop of Exeter . ( 3 ) Apology against the humble Remonstrant . This was written in vindication of his Animadversions . ( 4 ) Against prelatical Episcopacy . This I have not yet seen . ( 5 ) The reason of Church Government ; nor this . ( 6 ) The doctrine and discipline of divorce , &c. in two books . Lond. 1644-45 , qu. To which is added in some Copies a translation of The judgment of Mart. Bucer concerning divorce , &c. It must be now known , that after his settlement , upon his return from his Travels , he in a months time courted , married , and brought home to his house in London , a Wife from Forsthill lying between Halton and Oxford , named Mary the Daughter of Mr. — Powell of that place Gent. But she , who was very young , and had been bred in a family of plenty and freedom , being not well pleas'd with her Husbands retired manner of life , did shortly after leave him and went back in the Country with her Mother . Whereupon , tho he sent divers pressing invitations , yet he could not prevail with her to come back , till about 4 years after when the Garrison of Ox●n was surrendred ( the nighness of her Fathers house to which having for the most part of the mean time hindred any communication between them ) she of her own accord returned and submitted to him , pleading that her Mother had been the chief promoter of her frowardness . But he being not able to bear this abuse , did therefore upon consideration , after he had consulted many eminent Authors , write the said book of Divorce , with intentions to be separated from her , but by the compromising of her Relations the matter did not take effect : so that she continuing with him ever after till her death , he had several Children by her , of whom Deborah was the third Daughter , trained up by the Father in Lat. and Greek , and made by him his Amanuensis . ( 7 ) Tetrachordon : Expositions upon the four chief places in Scripture , which treat on marriage ▪ on Gen. 1. 27 , 28. &c. Lond. 1646. qu. ( 8 ) Colasterion : A reply to a nameless answer against the doctrine and discipline of divorce , &c. printed 1645. qu. Upon his publication of the said three books of Marriage and Divorce , the Assembly of Divines then sitting at Westmirster took special notice of them , and thereupon , tho the Author had obliged them by his pen in his defence of Smectymnus and other their Controversies had with the Bishops , they impatient of having the Clergies jurisdiction ( as they reckon'd it ) invaded , did , instead of answering , or disproving what those books had asserted , cause him to be summoned before the House of Lords : but that House , whether approving the Doctrine , or not favouring his Accusers , did soon dismiss him . To these things I must add , that after his Majesties Restauration , when the subject of Divorce was under consideration with the Lords upon the account of John Lord Ros or Roos his separation from his Wife Anne Pierpont eldest Daughter to Henry Marquess of Dorchester , he was consulted by an eminent Member of that House , as he was about that time by a chief Officer of State , as being the prime person that was knowing in that affair . ( 9 ) Of Education , written or addressed to Mr. Sam. Hartlib . In this Treatise he prescrib'd an easie and delightful method for the training up of Gentry to all sorts of Literature , that they might at the same time by like degrees advance in virtue and abilities to serve their Country , subjoyning directions for their obtaining other necessary or ornamental Accomplishments . And to this end that he might put it in practice , he took a larger house , where the Earl of Barrimore sent by his Aunt the Lady Rannelagh , Sir Thomas Gardiner of Essex , to be there with others ( besides his two Nephews ) under his Tuition . But whether it were that the tempers of our Gentry would not bear the strictness of his discipline , or for what other reasons I cannot tell , he continued that course but a while . ( 10 ) Areopagetica : A speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing , to the Parliament of England . Lond. 1644. qu. written to vindicate the freedom of the Press from the Tyranny of Licensers , who for several Reasons deprive the publick of the benefit of many useful Authors . ( 11 ) Poemata : quorum pleraque intra annum aetatis vigesimum conscripsit author , &c. Lond. 1645. oct . ( 12 ) A mask . — printed 1645. oct . ( 13 ) Poems , &c. — printed the same year . Hitherto we find him only to have published political things , but when he saw , upon the coming of K Charles 1. to his Tryal , the Presbyterian Ministers clamorously to assert in their Sermons and Writings the privileges of Kings from all accountableness , or ( to speak in the language of that time ) Non-resistance and Passive Obedience to be the Doctrine of all the reformed Churches ( which he took to be only their malignity against the Independents who had supplanted them more than for any principles of Loyalty ) he therefore to oppose that Thesis ( which as he conceiv'd did encourage all manner of Tyranny ) did write and publish from divers Arguments and Authorities . ( 13 ) The tenure of Kings and Magistrates : proving that it is lawful , &c. to call to account a Tyrant or King , and after due conviction to depose and put him to death , &c. Lond. 1649 — 50. qu. Soon after the King being beheaded to the great astonishment of all the World , and the Government thereupon changed , he was , without any seeking of his , by the endeavours of a private acquaintance , who was a member of the new Council of State , chosen Latin Secretary , as I have before told you . In this publick station his abilities and acuteness of parts , which had been in a manner kept private , were soon taken notice of , and he was pitch'd upon to elude the artifice ( so it was then by the Faction called ) of Eikon Basilice . Whereupon he soon after published ( 14 ) Iconoclastes in answer to a book entit . Eikon Basilice , the portrature of his sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings . Lond. 1649 — 50. qu. ib. 1690 , oct . which being published to the horror of all sober men , nay even to the Presbyterians themselves , yet by the then dominant party it was esteemed an excellent piece , and perform'd answerably to the expectation of his Wit and Pen. After the Return of King Charles 2. this book was called in by Proclamation , dated 13 Aug. 1660 , at which time the Author ( who a little before had left his house in Petty France which had a door going into S. James's Park ) absconded , for fear of being brought to a legal Tryal , and so consequently of receiving condign Punishment . At the same time also , was called in a book of John Goodwin then lately a Minister in Colemanstreet in Lond. entit . The Obstructors of Justice : written in defence of the Sentence against his Majesty Charles 1. At which time also the said Goodwin absconded to prevent Justice . Soon after the publication of Iconoclastes , Salmasius a Professor in Holland , who had in a large Treatise not long before , maintained , as 't is said , the parity of Church Governors against Episcopacy , did publish Defensio rogia , pro Carolo 1. Rege Angliae , wherein he justified several matters , as Milton conceived , to the contradiction of his former book . Whereupon he wrot and published ( 15 ) Pro populo Anglicano defensio contra Claudii Anonymi alias Salmasii defensionem regiam . Lond. 1651. fol. said to be written in more correct Latin than that of Salmasius . While Milton was writing the said book , his sight began to fail him , and before it was fully compleated , one of his eyes did absolutely perish . In the month of June the same year ( 1651 ) the said book was burnt at Tholouse by an arrest from the Parliament , under the Government of the Duke of Orleans ▪ And in Sept. following it was the usual practice of Marchm . Nedham a great crony of Milton , to abuse Salmasius in his publick Mercury called Politicus , ( as Milton had done before in his Defensio ) by saying among other things that Christina Qu. of Sweden had cashiered him her favour , by understanding that he was a pernicious parasite , and a promoter of Tyranny . After his Majesties Restauration , this book also was called in by the same Proclamation before mention'd . But so it was , that in 1652 , a certain book entit . Regii sanguinis clamor , &c. being published , Salmasius was highly extol'd in it , and Milton had his just Character given therein . The nameless Author of which being for a considerable time sought out , but in vain , by Milton , he at length learn'd by certain Ministers of State sent to the Republick of England , ( who would sometimes visit him as a learned man ) that it was written by one Alex. More formerly a Professor and Minister at Geneva , then living in Holland . Whereupon he published ( 16 ) Pro populo Anglicano defensio secunda , contra infamem libellum Anonymum , cui titulus , Regii sanguinis clamor ad coelum adversus patricidas Anglicanos . Lond. 1654 , and at Hag. Com. the same year , in oct . Upon the writing of this book , the Author Milton lost the other eye ; and tho to his charge he used many means , yet he could never recover either of his eyes . This book entit . Reg. sang . clam . &c. tho written by Dr. Peter du Moulin Prebendary of Canterbury , as it afterwards well appeared , yet Milton upon the reports before mention'd , could not be convinced to the contrary , but that it was written by the said More , and therefore not only abused him in his Answers , but by his friend Nedham in his Politicus , whereby the reputation of that learned person was severely touched . ( 17 ) Pro se defensio contra Alex. Mornum Ecclesiaste , libelli famosi , cui tit . Regii sanguinis clamor , &c. Lond. 1655 , oct . In this book he is exceeding bitter against Morus , and pretends to give a true history of his notorious Impurities both at Geneva and Leyden , and an account of his own particular life to vindicate himself from what , as he thought , was scurrilously said of him by Morus . At the end of the said book , the Author Milton added Ad Alex. Mori supplementum responsio . About the time that he had finished these things , he had more leisure , and time at command , and being dispenced with by having a substitute allowed him , and sometimes Instructions sent home to him from attending his office of Secretary , he began that laborious work of amassing out of all the classick Authors both in prose and verse a Latin Thesaurus , to the emendation of that done by Stephanus ; also the composing of Paradise lost , and of the framing a Body of Divinity out of the Bible . All which , notwithstanding the several troubles that befell him in his fortunes , he finished after his Majesty's Restauration . But to go on with the Cat. of his Books according to time , take these as they follow , ( 18 ) Treatise of civil power in ecclesiastical causes , &c. Lond. 1659. in tw . ( 19 ) Considerations touching the likeliest means to remove Hirelings out of the Church . Lond. 1659. in tw . ( 20 ) Ready and easie way to establish a free Commonwealth , and the excellencies thereof compared with , &c. Lond. 1659 , in two sheets and an half in qu. This being published in Feb. the same year , was answer'd by G. S. in his Dignity of Kingship . ( 21 ) Brief notes upon a late Sermon titled , The fear of God and the King , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. See more in Matthew Griffith among the Writers , an . 1665. ( 22 ) Accedence commenced Grammar , &c. pr. 1661. in oct . ( 23 ) Paradise lost : a Poem in 10 books . Lond. 1669. qu. pr. in fol. with cuts , an . 1688. ( 24 ) Paradise regain'd : a Poem in four books . Lond. 1670. qu. pr. in fol. with cuts , an . 1688. ( 25 ) History of Britany from the first traditional beginning , continued to the Norman Conquest . Lond. 1670 , qu. This History when it first came abroad , had only the reputation of the putting of our old Authors nearly together in a connex'd story , not abstaining from some lashes at the ignorance , or I know not what , of those times . ( 26 ) Artis logicae plenior institutio ad Petri Rami methodum concinnata . Lond. 1672 in tw . ( 27 ) Of true Religion , Heresie . Schism , Toleration , and what best means may be used against the growth and increase of Popery . Lond. 1673. qu. ( 28 ) Poems , &c. on several occasions , both English and Latin , &c. composed at several times . Lond. 1673-4 . oct . Among these are mixed some of his Poems before mention'd , made in his youthful years . ( 29 ) Epistolarum familiarium lib. 1. Lond. 1674. oct . ( 30 ) Prolusiones quaedam Oratoriae in Coll. Christi habitae . printed with the familiar Epistles . ( 31 ) Literae Pseudo senatus Anglicani , Cromwellii , re●iquorum perduellium nomine ac jussu conscriptae . printed in 1676 , in tw . ( 32 ) Character of the Long Parliament and of the Assembly of Divines . Lond. 1681. in 2 sheets in qu. In which book is a notable account of their Ignorance , Treachery , and Hypocrisie . ( 33 ) Brief History of Musc●via and of other less known Countries , lying eastward of Russia as far as Cathay , &c. Lond. 1682. oct . ( 34 ) The right of the People over Tyrants . printed lately in qu. These , I think , are all the things that he hath yet extant : those that are not , are The body of Divinity , which my friend calls Id●a Theologiae , now , or at least lately , in the hands of the Authors Acquaintance called Cyr. Skinner , living in Mark lane London , and the Latin Thesaurus in those of Edw. Philipps his Nephew . At length this great Scholar and frequent Writer dying in his house at Bunhill near London in a fit of the Gout , but with so little pain , that the time of his expiring was not perceived by those in the room , on the ninth or tenth day of Novemb. 1674 , was buried in the grave of his Father ( who died very aged about 1647 ) in the Chancel of the Church of S. Giles near Cripplegate , London . See more of him in Sir Walter Raleigh among the Writers numb . 458. He was of a moderate Stature , and well proportion'd , of a ruddy Complexion , light brown hair , and had handsome features , yet his eyes were none of the quickest . When he was a Student in Cambridge he was so fair and clear , that many called him the Lady of Christs Coll. His deportment was affable . and his gate erect and manly ▪ bespeaking courage and undauntedness . On which account he wore a sword while he had his sight , and was skill'd in using it . He had a delicate tuneable voice , an excellent ear , could play on the Organ , and bear a part in vocal and instrumental Musick . The Estate which his Father left him was but indifferent , yet by his frugality he made it serve him and his . Out of his Secretaries Salary he saved 2000 l. which being lodg'd in the Excise , and that bank failing upon his Majesties Restauration , he utterly lost that sum . By the great Fire which hapned in London in the beginning of Sept. 1666 , he had a house in Breadstreet burnt , which was all the real Estate that he had then left . To conclude , he was more admired abroad , and by Foreigners , than at home ; and was much visited by them when he liv'd in Petty France , some of whom have out of pure devotion gone to Breadstreet to see the House and Chamber where he was born , &c. Creations . Jun. 16. Henry Bridgman of Brasnose , lately of Oriel , Coll. was actually created Master of Arts. — He was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man. Jul. 30. David Smart of Hart Hall was actually created Master of Arts , which is all I know of him . An. Dom. 1636. An. 12 Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. Rich. Baylie D. D. President of S. Johns Coll. and Dean of Salisbury , Jul. 22. Proct. Tho. Browne of Ch. Ch. John Good of New Coll. April 27. Bach. of Arts. May 3. John Good Will. Walwyn of S. Joh. Coll. Of the last you may more among the Bach. of Div. 1647. Rich. West of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day . — See among the created Doctors of Divinity in Dec. 1660. 5. Edm. Gregory of Trin. 24. Christop . Bennet of Linc. Coll. June 30. Rob. Wickins of Ch. Ch. Jul. 3. George Laurence of New Inn. 5. Tho. Holyoake of Qu. Coll. Oct. 15. Benj. Wells of S. Albans , afterwards of S. Maries Hall , and at length of All 's . Coll. 20. Jerem. Turner of S. Edm. Hall. Nov. 14. Edmund Ludlow of Trin. Coll. — This person who was born at Mayden Bradley in Wilts , did upon the breaking out of the Rebellion side with the Presbyterians , became a Colonel , Governour of Wardour Castle in his own Country , one of the prime Officers in the Parliament Army , and at length sate , as one of the Judges when K. Ch. 1. was condemn'd to dye . Afterwards he went into Ireland , where he was Lieutenant General of the Army appointed by the Parliament , and Lord Deputy for a time upon the death of Ireton . In the time of Oliver he was a Major General , a grand fanatick , and a zealous favourer of all such who were anti-monarchical ; but upon a foresight of the Kings Restauration he fled into a strange land to avoid the halter ▪ was at Losanne with Goff , Whaley , Fare , when Lisle was kill'd there in Aug. 1664 , and soon after , as 't was then said ▪ he , with his Wife , retired to Zurich . He was the Son of Sir Hen. Ludlow of Mayden Bradley before mentioned Knight , elected a Knight for his Country to serve in that Parliament which began at Westminster 3 Nov. 1640 , where he shewed himself an enemy to the King and his party , and dying at Mayden Bradley 1660 or thereabouts , was there buried . By Letters dated at London 19 of Sept. 1689 , I was informed that the said Edm. Ludlow , who had lived several years in Switzerlandt , was daily expected at Westminster , with four Deputies from the Cantons , to make an Offer to his Majesty K. Will. 3. to raise men in that Country for his service . How true this is I know not ; yet sure I am , that the said Ludlow was then in London , and that his being there being notoriously known , an Address was presented to his Majesty from the House of Commons on the 7 of Nov. following or thereabouts , by the hands of Sir Edward Seymour a Member of Parliament , that he would be pleased to put out a Proclamation for the apprehending of Col. Ludlow attainted for the Murder of K. Ch. 1. &c. Whereupon Ludlow hastning away ( as soon as he heard of the motion of an Address ) to the sea side , lay almost a Fortnight before he could be accommodated with a good Wind , and then returned to Switzerlandt in the year of his age 74 at least . In the beginning of March 1690 , was published a pernicious Pamphlet entit . A Letter from Major Gen. Ludlow to Sir E. S. ( Seymour ) comparing the Tyranny of the first four years of K Charles the Martyr with the Tyranny of the four years reign of the late abdicated King James 2. occasion'd by reading Dr Pelang's leud Harangues upon the 30 of January , being the Anniversary or general madding day . Amsterd . alias Lond. 1691 , in 4 sheets in qu. Written as a Preface to a larger work to come , to Justifie the Murder of King Charles 1. not by the said Ludlow , but by some malevolent person in England . Much about which time was published under Joh. Milton's name The right of the people over Tyrants ; such is the liberty , since the late Mutation , allowed to the Press . Jan. 15. John Birkenhead of Oriel , afterwards Febr. 11. Henry Birkhead of Trin. afterwards of All 's . Coll. March 9. Joseph Brookbank of Brasn . 17. Hen. Vaughan of Jesus , lately of Oriel Coll. All which Bachelaurs , except Ludlow , will be mentioned elsewhere . Adm. 233. Bach. of Law. Jun. 18. Hen. Janson of Ball. Coll. Jul. 3. John Godolphin of Gloc. Hall. Besides these were sixteen more admitted , and two created , but not one of them , can I yet find , was afterwards a Writer , or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 25. Nathaniel Newbury of Magd. Hall. — He was afterwards Minister of Ludenham in Kent , and published The Yeomans Prerogative , Serm. on 2 Chron. chap. 26. ver . 10. Lond. 1652. quarto . 30. Charles Gataker or Gatacre of Pemb. Coll. lately of the University of Cambridge . Jul. 5. Randall Sanderson of Qu. Coll. — This person who was a Westmorland man born , Fellow of the said Coll. and afterwards Rector of Weyhill in Hampshire , and for many years Prebendary of Salisbury , hath written and published , An explication of the following direction for the reading of the Bible over in a year . Also An explanation to the necessary use and practice thereof . Both printed in one sheet of paper in qu. He died at Weyhill , and was buried there , about 1680. July 7. Charles Hoole of Linc. Thom. Hunt of Pembr . Coll. 8. Edw. Gee of Brasn . Jan. 24. Hen. Hall of Linc. Mar. 3. Rich. Samwaies of C. C. Coll. Adm. 136. Bach. of Phys . Jun. 30. Christop . Merret of Glouc. Hall. Besides him were seven more admitted , of whom Nath. Chamberlaine of Pembr . Coll. was one , which is all I know of him . Bach. of Div. Apr. 1. Tho. Washbourne of Ball. Coll. Jun. 25. Herbert Croft of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards B. of Hereford , and is this year ( 1690 ) living . Jul. 8. Edw. Pocock of C. C. 23. Tim. Woodroff of Ball. 28. Hen. Tozer of Exeter Coll. Adm. 18. Doct. of Law. May 31. Sam. Gardiner of New Coll. was admitted , being then accounted a learned Civilian . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 7. Valentine Broadbent of Magd. Coll. 15. Sim. Owen of Hart Hall , who accumulated the degrees in Physick . Doct. of Div. Nov. 18. Thom. Godwin of Magd. Mar. 9. Alexander Gill of Trin. Coll. Incorporations . March 26. Assuerus Regimorterus , Londino-Anglus , Doct. of Phys . of the Univ. of Leyden in Holland , was incorporated Doctor of the same faculty . — This person who was educated in School learning under the famous Tho. Farnabie , hath extant , Disputatio publica de febribus intermittentibus . Lugd. Bat. 1635. qu. had a hand in a treatise De Rachitide , &c. Lond. 1650. oct . and hath written , as I have been informed by one or more Doctors of his Faculty , Principia medicinae . He lived and practised in Limestreet in London during the Reign of Oliver . One of both his names lived at North●reake in Norfolk , and died in 1671 , who perhaps was Son of the said Dr. Regimorter . Qu. Aug. 31. Walt. Curle Bish . of Winchester Math. Wren Bish . of Norwich D. D. of Cambr. Of these two I have made mention at large before . CREATIONS . Aug. 13. Robert Skinner Bishop elect of Bristow , lately Fellow of Trin. Coll. and Chaplain in ord . to his Majesty Ch. 1. was diplomated , or actually created D. of D. by a Diploma then dated under the Seal of the University . The King , Queen , and their respective Courts having been entertained this year by the University on the 29 and 30 of August , it was his Majesties pleasure upon his leaving the University , which was the 31 of the same month , that there should be a Creation in several faculties . Whereupon the names of those that made sute to be actually created , being given into the hands of the Chancellour by one of the Secretaries of State , was a Convocation celebrated on the same day in the Afternoon , wherein were actually created two Bachelaurs of Arts , two Bach. of Law , five and forty Masters of Arts , ten Bachelaurs of Divinity , three Doctors of the Civ . Law , three Doctors of Physick , and one and twenty Doctors of Divinity . The names of some who were so created are these , Bach. of Arts. Frederick Sagittarie a German of Queens Coll. Son of Fred. Sag. of Heregord in the Palatinat . — He was afterwards a created Doct. of Phys . of this University , and practised his faculty in Dorsetshire . John Kingsmyll of Trin. Coll. Son of Sir Hen. Kingsmyll of Sidmanton in Hampshire Knight . Mast . of Arts. Prince Rupert Count Palatine of the Rhyne and Duke of Bavaria , second Son of Frederick Prince Elector of the Empire and King of Bohemia , by Princess Elizabeth his Wife , Daughter of James 1. King of England , was the first person that was actually created Master of Arts. — He was afterwards an heroick General under his Uncle K. Ch. 1. when the Civil Wars began in England , an . 1642 , a Knight of the Garter , Earl of Holderness , and Duke of Cumberland . He gave way to fate ( after he had performed great Exploits at Sea against the Dutch ) 29 Nov. 1682 , aged 63 or thereabouts , and was buried in a Vault on the south side of the Chappel of K. Hen. 7. at Westminster , leaving then behind him a natural Son usually called Dudley Rupert , begotten on the body of one of the Daughters of Hen. Bard Vicount Bellomont : which Dudley , stiled in Prince Ruperts last Will and Test . Dudley Bard , was educated in Grammar learning in Eaton School , being then a modest and meek-temper'd Youth , as was by all there observed . But he being not much made for Learning , he was bred to Arms , ( I think under Sir Jonas Moor ) at the Tower , and after the Prince's death , went into the Palatinate to look after a Legacy and a great House left him there , and in Germany , and was , as 't is said , kindly received by the Prince Palatine . Soon after going to the Siege of Buda , he was kill'd in a desperate Attempt made by some English Gentlemen there , upon a breach made in the Walls or Fortifications of that City , in July or Aug. 1686. At which time his signal Valour being expressed , tho scarce twenty years of age , his loss was much lamented . Pr. Rupert had also a natural Daughter commonly called The Lady Ruperta , begotten , as I have been informed at the Office of Arms , on the body of one Mrs. Margaret Hewes . James Steuart Duke of Lenox in Scotland , afterwards of Richmond in England , sometimes a Student in Trin Coll. in Cambridge . — He was slain in the Battel at Keinton commonly called Edghill fight 23 Oct. 1642 , and was buried at the upper end of Ch. Ch. Choire in Oxon. Will. Seymour Earl of Hertford . — He was afterwards Duke of Somerset . See more among the Bachelaurs of Arts , under the year 1607. Rob. D'evreux Earl of Essex , who in the year 1605 had been created M. of A. was now actually created again . — He was afterwards made Lieutenant General of his Majesties Army when he went his Expedition against the Scots , an 1639 , Lord Chamberlain of his Houshold , and soon after ( such was the mutability of the man ) Captain Ceneral of the Army raised by the Parliament against the King. He hath Several letters extant written to the Speaker and Parliament during the time that he bore that Office. He died 14 Sept. 1646 , and was buried in S. Pauls Chappel ( northward of the Capella Regum ) in the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster . Thomas Howard Earl of Berks. — He afterwards suffer'd much for the Cause of K. Ch. 1. and dying 16 July 1669 , was buried in the Abbey Ch. at Westm . Thom. Bruce Earl of Elgin in Scotland . — He was afterwards made a Baron of England by the Title of Lord Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire , and departed this life 21 Dec. 1663 , leaving then behind him a Son named Robert , created Earl of Aylesbury in Bucks . by K. Ch. 2. who dying on the 19 of Octob. or thereabouts , an . 1685 , ( he being then Lord Chamberlain to the houshold of K. Jam. 2. ) was buried at Ampthill in Bedfordshire where if I mistake not , the body of his Father had been interr'd . He was a learned Person , and otherwise well qualified , was well vers'd in English History and Antiquities , a lover of all such that were Professors of those studies , and a curious collector of MSS , especially of those which related to England and English antiquities . Besides also he was a lover of the regular Clergy , as those of Bedfordsh . and Bucks . know well enough . Henry Spencer of Magd. Coll. eldest Son of William Lord Spencer Baron of Wormleighton . — This Henry was afterwards Earl of Sunderland , and taking part with K. Ch. 1. when he was opposed by his rebellious Subjects , was slain in the Battel at Newbury in Berks 20. Sept. 1643. whereupon his body was carried to Braynton commonly call'd Brinton in Northamptonshire and there buried . George Lord Digby of Magd. Coll. the eldest Son of John Earl of Bristow . William Lord Craven of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards Earl of Craven , and is now ( 1690 ) living . Will. Herbert of Exet. Coll. a younger Son of Philip Earl of Pembroke . Henry Coventrie Bach. of Arts and Fellow of All 's . Coll. Son of Thom. Lord Coventrie Keeper of the great Seal . — See among the Bachelaurs of Law , an . 1638. Rich. Lovelace a Gentleman Commoner of Gloc. Hall. — Afterwards eminent for his valour and poetry , as I shall tell you either in the next Vol. or elsewhere . Hen. Jacob the curious critick of Merton Coll. Ralph Brideoak● of New Coll. sometimes a Student in that of Brasn . — He was afterwards Bishop of Chichester . Frederick Schl●de of the Palat. in Germ. Nich. Oudart Esq ; — This Person who was born at Mechlin in Brabant , and brought from beyond the Seas by Sir Henry Wotton ( who afterwards trusted him with his domestick Affairs ) studied Physick , of which faculty he was Bachelaur , as I shall tell you among the Creations under the year 1642. About which time he became Secretary to Sir Edw. Nicholas one of the Secretaries of State at Oxon , and afterwards attending King Charles 1. in the Treaty in the Isle of Wight , an . 1648. lived for some time obscurely . At length he became Secretary to the Princess of Orange , then Latin Secretary to William Prince of Orange , and of his Council ; in which capacity I find him in 1669. and afterwards Latin Secretary to King Charles 2. He paid his last debt to nature in , or near to , Whitehall about the day of the nativity of our Saviour , an . 1681. One Nich. Oudart of Bruxells who was official of Mechlin , died 1608 , whom I take to be Father or Uncle to the former . Paul Becker of the Palatinate . George Kendall of New Inn. Joh. Suatosius , &c. Bach. of Div. Sam. Keme or Kem of Magd. Hall. sometimes of Magd. Coll. Mark Zeiglier of Exeter Coll. who entitles himself Archipalatinus . — He was a learned Man , and whether he hath published any thing I cannot justly tell . He became a Sojournor in the University 1623. Doct. of Law. Sir Dudley Carleton of Holcombe in Oxfordshire Knight . — He was soon after made one of the Clerks of the Council , and whether Secretary of State , as an Author * of no good credit tells us , I cannot tell . See more of him in Sir Dudley Carleton among the Writers , under the year 1631. num . 519. Sam. Henton or Hinton . — He died at Lichfield in 1668. Will. Turner of Wadham Coll. — He was now , or soon after a Civilian of Doctors Commons , and in the time of the rebellion he sided with those that were uppermost . In the middle of Jan. 1659 he was appointed by the Rump Parliament then newly restored by General Geor. Monk , one of the Judges of the Court of Admiralty and of the Court for Probat of Wills , Dr. Walt. Walker and Mr. W. Cawley being the other two . And after his Majesties restauration he became Chancellour of Winchester , a Knight , and Advocate to the Duke of York : He died at Richmond in Surrey , as I conceive , an . 1670. At the same time that these were created Doctors of the Civil Law , was a proposal made in the Convocation that Sir John Finet Knight , Master of the Ceremonies , should be also created , or at least diplomated Doctor of the said faculty , but whether he was really so , it appears not in the publick register . However what I have to say of him , shall be briefly this , viz. ( 1 ) That he was the Son of Rob. Finet of Soulton near Dover in Kent , Son and Heir of Thomas , Son and Heir of John Finet of Siena in Italy , ( where his name is antient , who came into England in the quality of a Servant to Cardinal Laur. Campegius Legat a latere from the Pope ) by his Wife , the Daughter of one Mantell , sometimes a Maid of honor to Qu. Catherine the Royal Consort of K. Hen. 8. ( 2 ) That the said John Finet was always bred in the Court , where by his wit , innocent mirth , and great skill in composing songs , he pleased K. Jam. 1. very much . ( 3 ) That he was sent into France an . 1614. about matters of publick concern , and in the year after he received the honour of Knighthood at Whitehall ; about which time he was made Assistant to the Master of the Ceremonies , with reversion of that place . ( 4 ) That upon the death of Sir Lewis Lewknore Master of the Ceremonies , he had that office confer'd upon him 12. March 1626 , being then in good esteem with his Majesty King Charles 1. ( 5 ) That he wrot Fineti Philoxenis : Some choice observations touching the reception and precedency , the treatment and audience , the punctilio's and contests of foreign Ambassadors in England . Lond 1656. oct . Published by James Howell and by him dedicated to Philip Lord L'isle . ( 6 ) That he translated from French into English , The beginning , continuance and decay of Estates , &c. Lond. 1606. qu. Written originally by R. de Lusing . And lastly that dying 12. July 1641 aged 70 years , was buried in the North side of the Church of St. Martin in the Fields , within the City of Westminster , by the body of Jane his sometimes Wife , daughter of Henry Lord Wentworth of Nettlestead in Suffolk , Sister to the Earl of Cleevland . Doct. of Phys . Peter Turner of Mert. Coll. lately Geometry Professor of Gresham Coll. now the Savilian Professor of Geometry in this University . John Carter of Magd. Hall. — He was afterwards a practitioner of his faculty , near to Chancery-lane in Lond. Gaspar Hopfius of the Palat. in Germany . Doct. of Div. George Warburton of Brasn . Coll. was the first and senior Theologist that was actually created Doct. of Div. — He was a Cheshire man born of an antient Family , had been Chaplain in Ord. to K. Jam. 1. and afterwards to K. Ch. 1. was installed Dean of Glocester ( after Dr. Tho. Winniff's removal to the Deanery of St. Pauls ) on the eleventh of June 1631 , and on the 25. of Aug. ( or thereabouts ) following , became Dean of Wells , on the death of Ralph Barlow . He hath published King Melchizedek , Serm. at Court at East-hamstead 2. Sept. 1623. Lond. 1623. qu. and whether any thing else , I cannot yet tell . In 1640 he went to London to attend the Convocation of the Clergy that began with the Long Parliament , and dying in Drury-lane in the month of Dec. or thereabouts , an . 1641 , was succeeded in his Deanery by Dr. Walt. Rawleigh . James Hena or Hannay a Scot. Walt. Raleigh of Magd. Coll. — He was admitted to the Deanery of Wells 13. January 1641. Edw. Burby of Linc. Coll. — He was now Prebendary and Archdeacon of Winchester ; which Dignity was before enjoyed by Ranulph Barlow D. D. of Cambridge . George Gillingham of Pemb. Coll. — He was at this time one of his Majesties Chaplains , and on the 2. Nov. 1639 was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. Joh. Elly deceased . He had other preferments , and died 16. Dec. 1668 , being then Rector of Chalton in Hampshire . Daniel Escott Warden of Wadham Coll. Rob. Sanderson of Linc. Jam. Rowlandson of Qu. Morgan Owen of Jes . Coll. The first of these three was afterwards Bishop of Lincolne , and the last , Bishop of Landaff . Samuel Marsh of Trin. Coll. sometimes one of the Proctors of the University , and at this time Preb. of Roscombe in the Church of Sarum . Steph. Goffe or Gough of St. Albans Hall , lately of Mert. Coll. — This Person who was Son of Steph. Goffe the puritanical Minister of Stanmer in Sussex , travelled into the Low-countries after he had taken his Masters Degree , and became Chaplain to the Regiment of Col. H. Vere , whereby he gained good acquaintance and experience , which wound him at his return so much into the favour of Hen. Jermyn ( afterwards Earl of St. Alban ) that he was made one of the Kings Chaplains , by which title he was created Doctor of Divinity , and afterwards employed in the quality of a minor Agent and Envoy into France , then into Flanders , Holland and other Countries , &c. In the time of the rebellion he also acted much for his Master in several Countries beyond the Seas , and did him great Service , but when he saw the English Church ruin'd and Monarchy declining , he changed his Religion for that of Rome , and was thereupon taken into the society of the Oratorians at Paris , an order very famous there , tho but little known among us . The brethren whereof having liberty to improve their particular estates ( for things are not common among them , as with other orders ) he grew rich upon the stock which he had formerly gathered together by his endeavours , whereby he was in capacity sometimes to do courtesies for his exil'd Countrymen . Abrah . Cowley the Prince of Poets , was , while at Paris , preferr'd and plac'd by him ( tho the story is perverted ) in the Family of the said noble Henry , then Lord Jermyn : Through whose heroical bounty he was afterwards design'd to the Mastership of the Savoy , but by certain enemies to the Muses , was depriv'd of it . Afterwards Henrietta Maria the Queen Mother to whom Goffe was Chaplain , committed to the said Goffs care the tuition of the natural Son of K. Ch. 2. known then by the name of James Crofts ▪ afterwards Duke of Monmouth ; with whom continuing till he was about nine years of age , was taken from him and committed to the care of a Gentleman called * Rose or Rosse who after his Majesties restauration went Secretary to Henry Coventry Esq ; in his Embassy into Sweeden . This Doctor Goffe who was esteemed by some a learned Man and well read in the Fathers , and therefore respected by Gerard Jo. Vossius and others , died in the house of the Fathers or Brethren of the Oratory situated in the street called St. Howrè at Paris on Christmas day according to our account an . 1681. aged 76 or thereabouts , and was buried in the Chappel belonging to that house . What writings of his are published , besides Nine Latin Epistles to the learned Ger. Jo. Vossius , and his Negotiations taken by the Rebels at the battel at Sherburne in Yorkshire ( which , with George Lord Digby's Cabinet and other things , were published at Lond. in qu. 1646. ) I know not . He had a younger Brother named John Goffe who was a true Son of the Church of England , as I shall tell you among the Writers under the year 1661. and another called William , originally a Salter ( or a Hatter as some day ) in London , who closing with the Presbyterians in the time of the Rebellion , became a Colonel , great with Oliv. Cromwell , one of the Judges of King Char. 1. and a member of the other house , that is one of Olivers Lords . See more in the Fasti an . 1649. among the Creations . Rich. Marsh of the University of Cambridge , lately Chaplain to Archb. Laud , afterwards to his Maj. Ch. 1. — He was now Prebendary of Hustwayt in the Church of York , and soon after Vicar of Halyfax in the room of Hen. Ramsden deceased . In Nov. 1644. he had the Deanery of York conferr'd upon him , on the death of Dr. Job . Scot , who died in the Kings bench Prison in Southwark . At which time his Majesty being at Oxon , Dr. Pet. Heylyn endeavoured by his friends to obtain that Dignity , but was put aside . After his Majesties restauration , he was elected 17. of Aug. and installed 20. of the same month , an . 1660. and dying 13. Oct. 1663. aged 78 , was buried near to the grave of Matthew Hutton sometimes Archbishop of York , in the South Isle joyning to the Cath. Church there . In his Deanery succeeded Will. Sandcroft D. D. of Cambridge , installed therein 26. Feb. 1663 , who being removed to the Deanery of St. Pauls Cathedral in London , Dr. Rob. Hitch of the same University succeeded in Dec. 1664. Dr. Marsh hath one or more Sermons extant . Edw. Morton lately M. of A. of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , now Rector of Sefton in Lancashire , Chaplain to the Lord Keeper and Prebendary of Chester . — He was born of an antient Family at Morton in Cheshire , and was Father to Dr. Will. Moreton Bishop of Kildare in Ireland . Samps . Johnson of Magd. Coll. Thomas Whittington Thomas Manwaring of Brasn . Coll. Meric Casaubon Edw. Thornborough of Ch. Ch. The last of these two was Son of Dr. Jo. Thornborough Bishop of Worcester , was now Archdeacon of Worcester ; who dying in 1645 Will. Hodges Bach. of Div. of Oxon , was admitted in his place 30. of May the same year . Mich. Reade of Linc. Will. Haywood of St. Jo. Coll. Laur. Pay of Ch. Ch. These were all the Doctors of Divinity that were then created . Afterwards these noble Persons were created in Oct. following . Oct. 14. The most illustrious and high born Prince Christianus Landtgrave of Hassia , Count in Catzenellebogen , Dieza , Ziegenhain and Nidda , was diplomated Master of Arts. The most illustrious and high born Prince Ernestus Brother of Christianus beforemention'd , Landtgrave of Hassia , and Count in the same Countries , was dipl. M. of A. the same day . The most noble and valiant Winandus à Polhelme , Lord in Rozenhall , Counsellour to the illustrious Prince of Hassia and Prefect of the Hall , was also dipl. M. A. the same day . Charles Lodowick Count Palatine of the Rhyne , Prince Elector of the Empire , &c. the eldest Son of Frederick K. of Bohemia , did with his own hand matriculate himself a member of this University , 30. Aug. 1636. being then entertained by the Heads thereof , with his Uncle K. Ch. 1. At the same time Pr. Rupert and several of the English Nobility were also then matriculated . Dr. Laud in his Diary saith that the said Ch. Lodowick was then ( with his younger Brother Rupert ) actually created M. of Arts , yet no such thing appears in the publick register , or in any other record , of the University . An. Dom. 1637. An. 13. Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. Dr. Rich. Baylie again , July 29. Proct. Dan. Lawford of Oriel Coll. Job . Gilsson of Trin. Coll. Apr. 19. Bach. of Arts. May 13. Joh. Riland of Magd. Oct. 19. Sam. Bolton of Line . Coll. Of the last you may see more among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1661. Oct. 19. John French of New Inn. Tho. Weaver of Ch. Church . 24. Marchamont Nedham of All 's . Coll. Will. Harvey of Glouc. Hall. One of both the names of the last , ( Will. Harvey ) who took no higher Degree in this University , hath several Sermons and other things extant : And one Will. Harvey who writes himself M. of A. and late Vicar of Odyham in Hampshire hath written A treatise concerning the baptizing of Infants , &c. Lond. 1647. in one sh . or more . Whether either of these two be the same with him of Gloc. Hall , I cannot tell , except I could see all the Sermons and other things , that have been published under the name of Will. Harvey . Dec : 15. Sam. Fisher of Magd. Coll. — One of both his names who hath been mention'd in these Fasti , an . 1627. and 1630 , is to be hereafter mention'd at large in another vol. And this whom I take to be afterwards a Covenanteer and a Writer , is to obtain a place also therein , or elsewhere . Jan. 18. Philip Taverner of Ex. 27. Rob. Ding●ey of Magd. Coll. Feb. 3. Matthew Fowler of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Author of Totum hominis , or the whole duty of Man , Serm. on Prov. 24. 21. Printed 1662. qu. and perhaps of other things , which is all I know of him , only that he was a Staffordshire Man born . Mar. 2. Joseph Sedgwick of Magd. Hall. — He was afterwards M. of A. and Fellow of Christs Coll. in Cambridge . All which except Harvey and Fowler , will be largely mention'd elsewhere . Admitted 195. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Seven only were admitted , of which John Nourse of Magd. Coll. was the Senior . Apr. 1. but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 22. Abrah . Wright of St. Johns Coll. 26. Rob. Waryng of Ch. Ch. Jun. 15. John Grayle Rich. Harwood of Magd. Hall. July 13. Edward Greaves of All 's . Coll. — The time when he took the Degree of Bach. of Arts , occurs not . Sept. 9. Hen. Gregory of Ch. Ch. — This Person who was admitted in Convocation , the Vice-chancellour made then this honourable mention of him in his supplicate thus . Supplicat vobis rei quamplurime juvenis Henr. Gregory Art. Bac. ex Aed . Christi , ripâ hàc ad pedes viri Gamaliele politioris enutritus , in cyclo literaturae , sicut in legibus ille instructissimi : cujus sub auspiciis juvenis hic Duci Eboracensi à primis literis imbibendis adest , ut cum tanto Domino matrique Academiae vacare non possit , veniam etiam ab honoratiss . Cancellario , & à Collegiorum & Aularum Praefectis impetravit , singulari hujus domus dignatione ad gradum magistri in artibus promoveatur , &c. This Hen. Gregory , who was younger Brother to John Gregory the Critick , and both the Sons of John Gregory of Amersam in Bucks , was admitted necessary Regent on the 7. of Oct. following , and became afterwards eminent for his learning . Oct. 19. John Fountaine of C. C. Coll. — This Person who was Son of Will. Fountaine of Seabroke in Bucks and originally of Linc. Coll. was about this time a Barrester in one of the Inns of Court , his time going on there , as in the University , stood afterwards a Neuter at Lond. when the predominant Party in the Parliament House were raising a Rebellion . Afterwards he receeded to Oxon. and shew'd himself a great Royalist , but when he saw that the Kings cause declined , he came in to Rainsborough a Colonel on the Parliament side , in Apr. 1646 , and afterwards retiring to London , struck in with the Usurpers , and was by Oliver made Serjeant at Law in Nov. 1656. In Jan. 1659 he , with Sir Tho. Widdrington and Serj. Tyrrell , were made Commissioners of the great Seal , and after his Majesties restauration , he was made Serjeant at Law again 1660. This is the Person who was commonly called Turn-coat Fountaine , Author of a certain Letter , or discourse , mention'd among the Writers in Rich. Steuart , under the year 1651. He died in the Parish of St. Clements Danes within the liberty of Westminster , in May , or June 1671. Feb. 21. Nathaniel Heighmore of Trin. Coll. Adm. 110. or thereabouts . ☞ Not one Bach. of Physick was admitted this year . Bach. of Div. June 12. Thomas Browne of Ch. Ch. July 6. Rob. Crosse of Linc. Elias Wrench of Co. Ch. Coll. 13. Nich. Simpson The last you may find mention'd among the Doctors of Divin . in these Fasti , an . 1608. Nov. 8. Hen. Savage of Ball. Dec. 15. Rich. Chalfont of Linc. Coll. The last of these two hath published A Sermon at a publick fast before the House of Commons at Oxon , 10. May 1644 , on Jerem. 44. 10. Oxon. 1644. qu. Which is all , I think , that goes under his name . Admitted 19. Doct. of Law. June 30. Justinian Lewyn of Pembr . Coll. — He was afterwards Judge-martial of the Army under Thomas Earl of Arundell , in the Scotch expedition , 1639 , and after that one of the Masters in ordinary of the High Court of Chancery and a Knight . He was Son of Will. Lewyn of London , and Nephew to Sir Justinian , mentioned among the Incorporations , an . 1582. July 10. John Worsley of Ch. Ch. Doct. of Phys . July 7. George Bate of St. Edm. Hall. — A most celebrated Physician of his time . Doct. of Div. June 23. Rob. Rainsford of Wadh. 28. Nathaniel Holmes of Exet. Coll. July 4. Matthew Bemet of St. Maries 6. Adam Ayray Principal of St. Edm. Hall. 8. Nathaniel Goulson of Trin. Nov. 22. Hen. Rogers of Jes . Coll. Incorporations . July 10. Thom. Browne lately M. of A. of Pemb. Coll. now Doct. of Phys . of the University of Leyden in Holland , was then incorporated Doctor of that faculty . Nov. 4. Michael Boyle Master of Arts of Trin. Coll. near Dublin . — He was afterwards Bishop of Corke , Cloyne and Ross , Archb. of Dublin , Chancellour of Ireland , and at length Archb. of Armagh . Januar. 26. Martin Westcomb Bach. of Arts of the University of Toulouse in France . Two Bachelaurs of Arts of Qu. Coll. in Cambridge named Nich. Frost and Tho. Lee were incorporated this year , which is all I know of them , only that the first proceeded M. of A. in the year following , as a member of Ball. Coll. This year among several Cambridge Men that were incorporated Masters of Arts , must not be forgotten John Cleaveland the Poet , not that it appears so in the publick register , but from the relation of a certain Person who was then a Master of this University . — This Mr. Cleaveland , who was the Vicars Son of a Market-town called Hinkley in Leicestershire , was born there , and in the same town received his Grammatical education under one Mr. Rich. Vines a zealous Puritan ; where obtaining a perfection in Lat. and Greek learning was sent to Christs Coll. in Cambridge ; and in short time proving an exquisite Orator and pure Latinist , was preferr'd to a Fellowship of St. Johns Coll. in the said University ; and as the delight and ornament of that house he continued there , about nine years , and from his Oratory became an eminent Poet. At length upon the eruption of the Civil War , he was the first Champion that appear'd in verse for the Kings cause against the Presbyterians ; for which , and his signal Loyalty , he was ejected thence . Whereupon retiring to Oxon the Kings head quarter , lived there for a time , and was much venerated and respected not only by the great Men of the Court , but by the then Wits remaining among the affrighted and distressed muses , for his high Panegericks and smart Satyrs . From Oxon he went to Newark upon Trent , where he was so highly valued by all , especially by the then most loyal and generous Sir Rich. Willis Baronet the Governour of that Garison for his Majesty , that he was made Judge Advocate and continued there till the surrender thereof for the use of the Parliament , shewing himself a prudent Judge for the King and a faithful Advocate for the Country . Afterwards being imprison'd at Yarmouth , where he continued in a lingring condition , and with little hopes of relief , drew up an Address to Oliver Cromwell written in such towring language and so much gallant reason , that upon his perusal of , he was so much melted down with it , that he forthwith ordered his release . Afterwards he retired to London , where finding a generous Mecaenas setled in Greys Inn in Holbourne and became much admired , if not adored , by all generous loyalists and ingenious Men. He hath written ( 1 ) Poems . Lond. in oct . there again with additions 1651. oct . and several times after . ( 2 ) Characters . ( 3 ) Orations . ( 4 ) Epistles , &c. Several times also printed . At length an intermitting feaver seizing him , brought him to his grave in the Church of St. Michael Royal , commonly called College-hill Church within the City of London , on the first day of May 1658. Soon after were published several Elegies on him , particularly that entit . Vpon the most ingenious and incomparable Musophilist of his time Mr. John Cleaveland . A living memorial of his most devotional Brother and cordial mourner . Printed at London on the broad side of a sheet of paper , an . 1658. 'T was written by his Brother Phil. Cleaveland , who tells us there that the said John Cleaveland . died 28. April 1658. I have another Elegy lying by me entit . An Elegy upon the death of the most excellent Poet Mr. John Cleaveland . Printed also on one side of a sheet of paper , in May 1658. It was written by Francis Vaux a Servitour of Queens Coll. in Oxon , of about 3 years standing , the same who printed A Poem in praise of Typography ; which is all I know of him , as having taken no Degree in this University . An. Dom. 1638. An. 14. Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. Vicechanc. Accepted Frewen D. D. President of Magd. Coll. and Dean of Glocester . Proct. Edw. Corbet of Mert. Coll. Joh. Nicolson of Magd. Coll. Apr. 4. Bach. of Musick . July 5. Rob. Lugge Organist of St. Johns Coll. in this University . — He afterwards went beyond the Seas , changed his Religion for that of Rome , and was at length , as 't is said , made Priest . Several vocal compositions for the Church go under his name . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 7. Anth. Palmer of Ball. Jam. Browne of Oriel Coll. 11. Will. Hughes of New Inn. Robert Mead Hen. Greisley Will. Towers of Ch. Ch. Job . Hinkley of St. Alb. 20. Edw. Chamberlayne of S. Ed. Hall. May 29. Sam. Harding of Exet. Coll. Job . Osborne of New Inn. June 23. Job . Biddle of Magd. July 3. Franc. Moore of Gloc. Hall. The last of these two , I take to be the same Person who was Author of A Funeral Sermon , &c. on Luke 8. 5. printed 1656. qu. Oct. 13. Tim. Baldwin of Ball. 30. Jam. Baron of Exet. Coll. Of the last of these two you may see among the created Bac. of Div. an . 1649. Dec. 3. Miles Smith of Magd. 4. William Hill of Mert. Jan. 24. George Rogers of Line . 29. Daniel Whistler of Trin. Coll. Feb. 1. Thom. Greenfield of Pemb. Coll. — See among the Masters , an . 1641. 12. Tho. Jones of Oriel , afterwards of Mert. Coll. Most of these Bachelaurs , who were all afterwards Writers , will be mentioned in the next volume or elsewhere . Admitted 224. Bach. of Law. June 26. Hen. Coventrie of All 's . Coll. — This honorable Person who was the only Bach. of Law that was admitted this year , was a younger Son of Thomas Lord Coventry Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England , and was , as it seems , before the grand rebellion broke out Chancellour of Landaff . Afterwards suffering much for his Majesties Cause , was after the restauration of K. Ch. 2. made one of the Grooms of his Bedchamber , in Decemb. 1661. and in May 1667 , he , with Denzill Lord Holles , went Embassadors extraordinary from his Majesty of Great Britaine to Breda to consummate a certain Treaty there . In Sept. 1671 , he went Embassador to Sweden ( having been an Envoy extraordinary there , in 1664 ) at which time he gave his helping hand to the breaking of the Triple-league , and on the 3. July 1672. he was sworn Principal Secretary of State , in the room of Sir Joh. Trever deceased . Which honorable office he keeping till his body was much broken with business , to the beginning of the year 1680 , resign'd it with his Majesties leave , and retired for health sake to Enfield for a time . Whereupon the place of Secretary was bestowed on Sir Liolin Jenkins Knight . At length Mr. Covencry giving way to fate in his house situated in the H●ymarket near to Charing-cross in Westminster , 5. Dec. 1686 , aged 68 years or thereabouts , was buried in the Church of St. Martin in the Fields : which is all I can speak of him for the present , only that he was a native of London . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 7. Franc. Bampfield of Wadh. 11. Anthony Hodges of New Coll. The last of these two , who was Chaplain of that College , became a florid Preacher in Oxon , during the time that the King and Parliament were there , and in June 1646 , a little before the garrison of that place was surrendred to the Parliament , the Degree of Bach. of Div. was given to him by the venerable Convocation , in consideration of several noted Sermons that he had preached before the Royal Court. But so it was that he never took that Degree , or had any thing conferr'd upon him , as others had , only the Vicaridge first of Comn●re , ( which he soon after left ) and afterwards the rectory of Wytham near Abendon in Berkshire . He hath translated from Greek into English The Loves of Clitophon and Leucippe , a most elegant History written in Greek by Achilles Tatius . Oxon. 1638. oct . in 7. books . There were two impressions of this translation made in that year , and in one of them are commendatory copies of verses made by several Poets of the University , namely among the rest , by Richard Lovelace of Gloc. Hall , Franc. James M. A. of New College , John Metford B. A. of St. Edm. Hall. &c. Mr. Hodges hath published nothing else , tho very able he was in many respects to do it . For those that were his acquaintance , knew him to be a most admirable Philologist , a Man of a great memory , and well vers'd in several sorts of learning ; but being delighted to please himself in a juvenile and banting way among junior Masters , could never be courted to set pen to paper for that purpose . He died in his lodging without the Turl-gate of Oxon , 13. Jan. 1685. aged 72 years or thereabouts ; and was buried in the remotest part of the yard , joyning on the north side , to the Church at Wytham beforemention'd , and not near his sometimes Wife in the Church , because she had been dishonest to him . Apr. 11. Will. Taylor of Magd. Hall. 20. Martin Westcombe of Ex. 23. Obadiah Walker of Vniv. Coll. The first of these last two I have mention'd among the Incorporations , an . 1637. 26. Edw. Grey of Ch. Ch. Esq ; a Compounder . May 26. Obadiah How Hen. Wilkinson jun. of Magd. Hall. June 27. Nath. Hardy of Hart lately of Magd. Nov. 7. Thomas Gilbert of St. Edm. Hall. Jan. 24. Christoph . Bennet of Linc. Feb. 23. Rob. Cary of C. Chr. Coll. Admitted 143. Bach. of Phys . Only two admitted , viz. Hugh Barker of S. Maries Hall , and Jos . More of Pemb. Coll. Which is all I know of them , only that More accumulated , as I shall tell you anon . Bach. of Div. Nov. 16. Henry Wilkinson Sen. of Magd. Hall. Dec. 4. Jasp . Fisher of Magd. Rich. Owen of Oriel Mar. 15. Joseph Crowther of S. Jo. Coll. Admitted 14. Doct. of Law. May 8. Thomas Read Jam. Masters of New Coll. The first of these two was afterwards a great Royalist , and by his Majesty was nominated Principal of Magd. Hall , upon the flight of Wilkinson to the Parliament . Afterwards he changed his Religion for that of Rome , lived beyond Sea , and wrot , as I have been told , certain matters against Dr. Edw. Boughen . I shall mention him upon that account elsewhere . May 29. Will. Child of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards one of the Masters of the Chancery and a Knight . June 13. Edward Alderne of Exet. Coll. — He was afterwards Chancellour of the Diocess of Rochester , where he died in the beginning of 1671. Doct. of Phys . June 15. Joseph More of Pemb. Coll. — He accumulated the Degrees in Physick . July 5. Thomas Bond of Ch. Ch. Doct. of Div. June 26. Hugh Lloyd of Jesus July 6. Matthew Stiles of Exet. Coll. The first was afterwards Bishop of Landaff : The other was now an eminent Minister in London , an excellent Grammarian and Casuist , and one that had gained great knowledge and experience by his travels into several parts of Italy , particularly at Venice , when he went as Chaplain with an Embassador from England an . 1624. In 1643 he was nominated one of the Assembly of Divin●s , but whether he sate among them I know not , because he was forced by the giddy faction about that time to resign his cures at St. George in Botolph-lane and St. Gregory near Pauls , in London . Will. Strode Canon of Ch. Ch. and Orator of the University was admitted the same day . July 7. Andr. Reade of Trinity . Dec. 4. Jasp . Fisher Jan. 26. Hopton Sydenham of Magd. Coll. Mar. 1. Thom. Temple of Linc. Coll. — See among the Incorporations following . 7. Hen. Hammond 15. Sam. Barnard Thom. Buckner of Magd. Coll. The first of these last three , was now Rector of Penshurst in Kent , the second , Vicar of Croyden in Surrey , and afterwards the Author of A Funeral Sermon , on Ezek. 24. 16. Lond. 1652. qu. who dying in 1657 was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Farlegh in Surrey , of which place he had for some time been Rector , which is all I know of him only that he was a Berkshire Man born , and had in his younger days been accounted a good Greek and Lat. Poet. The last ( Buckner ) was about this time Prebendary of Winchester and dying in 1644 , was , I presume , according to his desire buried at the foot of his Vncle Mr. Adam Buckner in the Chancel of the Church at Merstham ( in Surrey . ) Incorporations . May 30. Nathaniel Wright sometimes M. of A. of Cambridge , afterwards Doct. of Phys . of Bourges in France , was incorporated Doct. of Phys . — What he hath extant besides his Theses de pluritide vera , printed 1635 in qu. I know not . He was afterwards one of the Coll of Physicians , and Physician to Oliver Cromwell when he was sick in Scotland , an . 1650. 51. June 30. John Donne sometimes of Ch. Ch. afterwards Doctor of the Laws of the University of Padua in Italy , was then incorporated in the same Degree . — He was the Son of Dr. John Donne sometimes Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral , by his Wife Anne Daughter of Sir George More of Loseley in Surrey , was elected a Student of Ch. Ch. from Westminster School an . 1622. and had all the advantages imaginable tendred to him to tread in the steps of his vertuous Father ; but his nature benig vile , he proved no better all his life time than an Atheistical Buffoon , a Banterer , and a Person of over free thoughts ; yet valued by K. Ch. 2. He hath published certain matters written by his Father , and several frivolous trifles under his own name ; among which is The humble petition of Covent-garden against Dr. John Baber a Physician , an . 1661. He died in the Winter-time an . 1662. and was buried under , or near , the standing dial situat and being in the yard , at the West end of St. Pauls Church in Covent-garden . On Feb. 23. an . 1662 was published or printed his fantastical and conceited will , on a broad side of a sheet of paper , wherein the humour of the Person may be discovered . There is no doubt , but that he was a Man of sense , and parts ; which , had they been applyed to a good use , he might have proved beneficial in his generation . July 5. John Nicholaus Vaughan a Cambra-Britaine , sometimes of Jesus Coll. in this University , afterwards Doctor of the Laws of Padua , was also then incorporated , having spent 10 years in the study of that faculty . He was the Son of Joh. Nich. Vaughan Esq . 10. John Brownlowe sometimes of Brasnose Coll. afterwards of St. Maries Hall , and at length ( in 1631 ) Doctor of Physick of Leyden , was then taken into the bosome of this University . Oct. 12. Daniel Brevint of the Isle of Jersey , Master of Arts of the Univ. of Saumare in France . 16. Antonius Aubertus Master of Arts of the University or Academy of Deinse . [ Deia Augusta Vocuntiorum ] The said Degree was conferr'd upon him there on the Ides of Septemb. 1619. Nov. 7. George Ent Doctor of Physick of Padua . — This learned Person who was the Son of Josias Ent , was born at Sandwich in Kent , 6. Nov. 1604 , educated in Sydney Coll. in Cambridge , was , after he had been doctorated , Fellow of the Coll. of Physicians at London , eminent for his practice during the times of Usurpation , afterwards President of the said College and at length had the Degree of Knighthood conferr'd upon him by King Charles 2. He hath written ( 1 ) Apologia pro circulatione sanguinis contra Aemilium Parisanum . Lond. 1641. oct . Wherein he hath learnedly defended Dr. William Harvey against the said Parisanus , and rendred a very rational account concerning the operation of purging Medicines , &c. ( 2 ) Animadversiones in Malachiae Thrustoni M. D. diatribam de respirationis usu primario . Lond. 1679. oct . before which is his picture in a long periwig . What other things he hath published , I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , at present , only that he dying 13. October 1689 , was buried in a Vault under part of the Church of St. Laurence in the Jewry , within the City of London . Dec. 6. Charles Vane Mast . of Arts of Saumaure . — He was a Cadet of the knightly Family of the Vanes of Fairelane in Kent ; and being nearly related to Sir Hen. Vane , closed with the Faction , and in 1650 was sent Agent into Portugal by the Parliament of England . Jan. 19. Thom. Temple Bach. of Div. of Linc. Coll. sometimes M. of A. and Fellow of Trin. Coll. near to Dublin , was then incorporated Bach. of Div. — The said degree he took there 18. June 1630 , and in the beginning of March following he was licensed to proceed in this University , as 't is before told you . This person , who was Brother to Sir Joh. Temple Knight , Master of the Rolls , and one of his Majesties Privy Council in Ireland , continued not long in Linc. Coll. for upon the turn of the times in 1641 , I find him in London to be a forward Preacher , and about that time Minister of Battersea in Surrey , afterwards a frequent Preacher before the Members of the Long Parliament , and one of the Assembly of Divines ; which is all I know of him , only he hath certain Sermons in print which he preached before the said Members ; one of which is entit . Christs government in and over his people , before the H. of Com. at their Fast 26 Oct. 1642 , on Psal . 2. 6. Lond. 1642. qu. Creations . Apr. 11. John Juxon an Officer belonging to the Lord Treasurer ( qui ad cubitum summi totius Angliae Thesaurarii à computis est , as the Register hath it ) was declared Bach. of the Civil Law by a Diploma then read and sealed . — He was nearly related to Dr. Juxon Bishop of London and Lord Treasurer of England . Philip Warwick Secretary to the Lord Treasurer ( qui ad cubitum &c. ab epistolis est , as in the said Reg. ) was also diplomated Bach. of the Civ . Law the same day . — This noted person who was Son of Thom. Warwick Organist of the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster , and he the Son of Thom. Warwick of Hereford , descended from the Warwicks or Warthwykes of Warwick in Cumberland , was born in the said City of Westminster , educated in Eaton Coll. School near Windsore , and was for a time Chorister at Westminster . Afterwards he travelled into France , and was much at Geneva under the instruction and good counsel of Deodatus the famous Divine . Thence returning into his native Country , with many accomplishments , became Secretary to the Lord Treasurer before mention'd , one of the Clerks of the Signet , and in 1640 was elected a Burgess for the Town of Radnor in Wales , to sit in that Parliament which began at Westminster 3 Nov. the same year . But perceiving soon after , what desperate courses the Members thereof took , he retired to his Majesty , was with him at Oxon , and sate in the Parliament there , an . 1643 , at which time and after , he had his Lodging in Vniversity Coll. and his Counsel much relyed upon by his Majesty . Afterwards he was one of the Commissioners to treat with those appointed by Parliament , for the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon an . 1646 , and in 1648 he did attend his Majesty in his disconsolate condition in the Isle of Wight . In the times of Usurpation , he was involved in the same troubles , as all Loyalists were ; but after his Majesties Restauration , being then fix'd in the Clerkship of the Signet , he became Secretary to Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord Treasurer of England , in which place he acted so much , and so dexterously , that he , being then a Knight , was usually called Sir Philip the Treasurer . This person tho he hath published nothing , yet he hath left behind him several things fit for the Press , among which are ( 1 ) Memoirs or reflections upon the Reign of K. Ch. 1. in fol. ( 2 ) Of Government as examined by Scripture , Reason , and the Law of the Land : or , true weights and measures between Sovereignty and Liberty . fol. &c. He was esteemed by those that knew him to be a person of a publick spirit , above the riches and preferments of the World , and to be just in all his Actions , and needed not therefore that Character which a certain nameless Author * gives of him thus , that he never lies more than when he professes to speak the sincerity of his heart . He died on the 17 of the Cal. of Feb. 1682 , aged 74 years , and was buried in the Church at Chiselherst in Kent , where he had an Estate . I have seen an Epitaph made on him by Dr. Tho. Pierce , Dean of Salisbury , the first part of which runs thus , Cavesis tibi viator , ne legens , lugeas : nam cujus fidem veriverbio Carolus primus celebravit , ( Carolusque secundus expertus est . ) Nec majora quidem nec plura de se dici voluit . Vir coelo natus , bonorum in terris desiderium , optimus veri aestimator , aequi b●nique tenacissimus Philippus Warwick , &c. His ●on and Heir was Philip Warwick Esquire , sometimes Envoy extraordinary from his Majesty to the King of Sweeden , who returning post thence , to the Court at Newmarket , in order partly to take the last breath of his Father , died suddenly of an Apoplexy there in his bed , on Monday the 12 of March 1682. The before mention'd Tho. Warwick , Father to Sir Philip , was also one of the Organists of the Royal Chappel belonging to K Ch. 1. and was so admirably well skil'd in the theory part of musick , that he composed a Song of forty parts , for forty several persons , each of them to have his part entire from the other . This Song was performed before his Majesty about the year 1635 , by forty Musitians , mostly belonging to his Majesty , and by some , to certain Churches , among whom Ben. Rogers of Windsore was one . Apr. 17. Joh. Maplet of Ch. Ch. was then actually created Master of Arts , being about to take a journey to his Uncle in Holland . — He is hereafter to be remembred as a Writer . July 4. Hen. Killigrew of Ch. Ch. was actually created Master of Arts. — He is to be numbred hereafter among the Writers of this University . Theodorus Vchtmannus of Groning was this year ( in July ) entred a Student in the publick Library , where he studied the supream Faculty . He was afterwards Professor of the Hebrew Tongue at Leyden , and a publisher of several books . An. Dom. 1639. An. 15 Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. Dr. Frewen again , Jul. 13. Proct. Edw. Fulham of Ch. Ch. Rob. Heywood of Brasn . Coll. Apr. 24. Bach. of Musick . Jul. 5. Will. Ellis lately Organist of Eaton Coll. near to Windsore , now of S. Johns Coll. in Oxon. — He hath some small things of his faculty extant , as Rounds , Catches , sacred Hymns and Canons for Voices , which you may partly see in a book entit . A choice Collection of Catches , Rounds , and Canons for three or four Voices . Lond. 1652 , &c. oct . collected and published by John Hilton Bach. of Musick , sometimes Organist of S. Margarets Church in Westminster , and Clerk of the Parish belonging thereunto . This Mr. Ellis died in Magd. Parish in the north Suburb of Oxon , and was buried in the Churchyard there , in the latter end of the year 1680. Bach. of Arts. May 2. Christop . Love of New Inn. 16. Joh. Jackson of Gloc. Hall. — This person who was a Cornish man born , is not to be understood to be the same with that Jo. Jackson M. of A. of Cambridge , as it seems , born at or near Hathornewait in the Forest of Over-Wiersdale in Lancashire , beneficed in Essex , and Author of several tracts of practical Divinity , as of ( 1 ) A taste of the truth as it is in Jesus , consisting of ten questions and answers , &c. Lond. 1648. oct . ( 2 ) Directions for private Worship of God , &c. printed there the same year : besides divers Sermons published in 1641 and 42 , &c. Jun. 13. Rich. Parr of Exet. Coll. Gilb. Coles Will. Bew of New Coll. The last was afterwards Bishop of Landaff . 15. Thom. Manton of Hart Hall , lately of Wadh. Coll. Joh. Nelme of Magd. Hall was admitted the same day . — See among the Masters , an . 1642. 19. Hen. Bennet Tho. Willis of Ch. Ch. Of the first of these last two , you may see more among the created Doctors of Law , an . 1663. The other was afterwards an eminent Physitian . Jul. 4. Tho. Lamplugh Tho. Tullie John Dale of Qu. Coll. The first of these three was afterwards Archb. of York , the other two , Writers , and the last afterwards of Magd. Coll. 5. Joh. Corbet of Magd. Hall. 12. Joh. Maudit of Exet. Coll. — See among the Masters , 1642. 24. Will. Russell of Lincoln Nov. 19. Sam. Aneley of Queens Dec. 10. Walt. Blandford of Wadh. Coll. The last of which three , was afterwards Bishop of Worcester . Jan. 18. Thankful Owen of Exeter , afterwards of Lincoln , Coll. — See among the Masters in 1646. 23. Will. Scroggs of Pemb. Coll. All which Bachelaurs , except Jackson , are to be mention'd among the Writers , and in the Fasti , in the 2 Vol. of this Work , or elsewhere . Adm. 217. Bach. of Law. Six were admitted this year , of whom Joh. Nicholson of Magd. College , lately Proctor of the University , was one ; and John Wainwright of All 's . Coll. another . Both which were Chancellours after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 29. Will. Creed of S. Joh. Coll. May 2. George Lawrence of New Inn. 13. Benj. Wells of S. Maries Hall , afterwards of All 's . Coll. 16. Tho. Holyoake of Qu. Coll. Rob. Wickens of Ch. Ch. July 4. Hen. Vaughan of Jes . 5. Thom. Gawen of New Feb. 5. Joh. Riland of Magd. 22. Ralph Button Joh. Priaulx of Mert. Coll. The last , saving one , was made afterwards , by the Parliamentarian Visitors , Orator of the University , and Canon of Ch. Church . Adm. 135. Bach. of Phys . But three were admitted this year , of whom Edw. Lenton of Magd Hall was one , and John Edwards of S. Johns Coll. Reader of the Nat. Philosophy Lecture another . Bach. of Div. Jul. 4. Nich. Gibbon of S. Edm. Hall. Rich. Stannix of Qu. Coll. Dec. 17. Tho. Good of Ball. Feb. 6. Noel Spark of C. C. Coll. The last was a most excellent Latinist and Grecian , a most curious Critick in all kind of Learning , and admirably well vers'd in the Fathers , yet never published any thing . His Epitaph you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 244. b. Edm. Vaughan of C. C. Coll. was admitted the same day . Adm. 18. Doct. of Law. Jun. 13. Tho. Lloyd of S. Joh. 25. Herbert Pelham Jul. 5. Joh. Nicolson of Magd. Coll. The last who accumulated , was after his Majesties Restauration made Chancellour of the Dioc. of Glcc. Doct. of Physick . Jun. 14. Joh. Edwards of S. Johns Coll. — He accumulated the degrees in Physick , being at this time , as I have before told you , Natural Philosophy Professor . 19. Thom. Clayton of Pemb. Coll. — He was afterwards the Kings Professor of Physick , Warden of Merton College and a Knight . Jul. 5. Joh. Aubrey of Magd. Nov. 24. Bridstock Harford of Linc. Coll. Doct. of Div. Apr. 29. John Oliver of Magd. Coll. — This person who was a Kentish man born , and originally of Mert. Coll. was afterwards successively Demy and Fellow of that of Magd. where his eminence in Learning and orthodox Principles in Religion being conspicuous , he was taken into the Service of Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. and by him made his domestick Chaplain , and promoted in the Church ; but losing all in the time of the Rebellion , he was elected President of his Coll. in Apr. 1644 , upon the advancement of Dr. Frewen to the See of Lichfield . In the latter end of 1647 he was turn'd out of his Presidentship , by the Committee of Lords and Commons for the reformation of the University of Oxon , and in the beginning of the next year , by the Visitors themselves in their own proper persons . So that afterwards living obscurely and in great hardship , wanted the charities which he before bestowed on the poor and the publick , being in a manner the object of charity himself . On the 18 of May 1660 , which was about a fortnight before his Majesties Return , he was by the Authority of Parl. restored to his Presidentship , and on the 22 of the said month he took possession thereof , being the first of all Loyal Heads that was restored to what they had lost in this University . Soon after he was by his Majesties favour nominated Dean of Worcester , in the place of Dr. Rich. Holdsworth , who died 1649 ; in which Dignity being installed 12 Sept. 1660 , kept it to the time of his death ; which hapning 27 Oct. 1661 , was buried in Magd. Coll. Chappel . This most learned , meek , and pious person , was strangely desirous to leave this World , tho few alive had then such temptations to stay in it . That little which he had got since his Majesties return , he gave to pious uses , either to the poor , or reparation of Churches , viz. S. Pauls , Winchester ( of which he was Prebendary ) Worcester , and to his Coll. To which last his two immediate Predecessors Wilkinson and Goodwin , who were thrust in by the Parliament and Oliver for their Saintship and zeal to the blessed Cause , gave not a farthing , but rak'd and scrap'd up all that they could get thence , as the rest of the Saints then did in the University . Dr. Oliver left also a Legacy seal'd up in a paper to Sir Edw. Hyde then Earl of Clarendon and Lord Chanc. of England , sometimes his Pupil while he was in the University , for upon his motion it was that he was made Dean of Worcester , and Legacies to his Nephews , Neece ( who had been kind to him in his wants ) and Servants . There was some affinity between him and Tho. Oliver an eminent Physitian and Mathematician , ( educated , as I conceive , in Cambridge ) a practitioner of his Faculty at S. Edmunds Bury , where he died and was buried in 1624. The Titles of his Works you may see in the Oxford Catalogue . May 9. Thom. Wykes of S. Joh. 17. Aaron Wilson of Queens Coll. The last was now Archdeacon of Exeter , in which Dignity he was succeeded by Edw. Yonge D. D. who occurs Archdeacon 1660. Jun. 25. Bruno Ryves of Magd. Coll. Jul. 2. Joseph Henshaw of Magd. 4. Nich. Gibbon of S. Edm. Hall. Hall. That last of which accumulated . 5. Walt. Clark of Magd. Nov. 29. Will. Hobbs of Trin. Coll. Incorporations . June 13. Will. Mostyn M. of A. of S. Johns Coll. in Cambr. — One of both his names occurs Archdeacon of Bango● in 1640. and whether he succeeded in that Dignity Edw. Hughes D. D. Rector of Woughton in Bucks , who died in Oct. 1633 , I cannot yet tell . Rob. Lesley a noble young man of great hopes , Son of Henry Bishop of Downe and Connor , and M. of A. of Aberdene in Scotland , was incorporated the same day . — The degree of Bach. of Arts was confer'd upon him in the University of Dublin 23 March 1636 , and that of Master at Aberdene 16 July 1638. Jul. 2. Rob. Price Doct. of the Laws of Dublin . — He was afterwards Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland . 9. Edward Lane M. of A. of Cambridge . — This person , who was educated in Pauls School , and afterwards in S. Johns Coll. in the said University , became Vicar of Northstrobury in Essex by the favour of the Lord Keeper Coventry 1630 , and was thence removed by the same hand to the Vicaridge of Spersholt near to Rumsey in Hampshire . He hath written Look unto Jesus : or , an ascent to the holy mount , to see Jesus Christ in his glory , &c. Lond. 1663. qu. and Mercy triumphant : the Kingdom of Christ enlarged beyond the narrow bounds which have been put to it by Dr. Lewis du Moulin , in his most antichristian book called Moral reflections on the number of the elect , &c. Lond. 1680. qu. In which year the Author Ed. Lane was living at Spersholt . The said Book was reprinted in the year following , with this title . Du Moulin's reflections reverberated , being a full answer to a pamphlet , entit . Moral Reflections on the number of the elect , together with several arguments about Transubstantiation , not in any Author yet . To which is added , An answer to Mr. Edm. Hickeringil's scurrilous piece , stiled , The second part of naked truth . Will. Gorton Bach. of Div. of the University of S. Andrew in Scotland , was incorporated the same day . — He was now Vicar of Lower Gitting in Glocestershire . Jul… . Thom. Mocket Mast . of Arts of Cambridge . — He was educated in Queens Coll. in that University , was about this time Minister of Holt in Denbighshire , and afterwards of Gildeston or Gildesden in Hertfordshire . He hath published certain Sermons , and Christmas , the Christians grand feast : its original , growth , and observation : Also of Easter , Whitsontide , &c. Lond. 1651. qu. besides other things . Jul… . Edm. Calamy Bach. of Div. of Cambridge . — After he had left that University he became a Preacher in S. Edmundsbury in Suffolk , where , as a certain † Anonymus observes , he complyed with Bishop Wren the Diocesan , preach'd frequently in his surplice and hood , read prayers at the rails , bowed at the name of Jesus , and undertook to satisfie and reduce such as scrupled at those ceremonies . Thus the said nameless Author ; yet Calamy himself saith * that while he continued there , he never bowed to ▪ or towards , the Altar , never read the book of sports , never read prayers at the high Altar , and that he preached against Innovations , &c. But so it was , let he himself say what he will that after he had continued 10 years at that place , and had complyed , as is before mention'd , Robert the puritanical Earl of Warwick usually said He would be lost if he were not taken off ▪ and so removed him to Rochford in Essex : where continuing till the Long Parliament began in Nov. 1640 , removed thence to London , and became Minister of S. Mary Aldermanbury . About which time the Presbyterian growing dominant , he became a great Evangelist of the new way , encouraged the people to Rebellion , was one of those that joyned in making Smectymnus , which was the first deadly blow in England given to Episcopacy ( as divers thought ) that had hapned for many years before . His house also in that Parish , was a receptacle then for all Presbyterian Ministers , and there was the Remonstrance framed against the Prelates , and all or most things hatched to carry on the blessed and beloved Cause . At that time he was a frequent Preacher before the Members of the Long Parliament , and he was the first that did openly defend before a Committee of Parliament , that our Bishops were not only not an order distinct from Presbyters , but that in Scripture a Bishop and a Presbyter were all one . Afterwards he was made one of the Assembly of Divines , took the Covenant , to which he closely stuck ever after ; and was not wanting on all occasions to carry on the Cause , whereby he gained to himself not only a name and repute among the Brethren , but also wealth , which was the chief thing he looked after . After his Majesties Return in 1660 , there were ●ome offers in private made to him of a Bishoprick , conditionally that he would conform , but made delays , thinking to enjoy that honorable Function as to be alter'd by the Kings Declaration about ecclesiastical affairs , and to be used according to that Declaration , and not according to the antient Laws and Customs of the Land and Church . Wherefore he being uncertain whether the Kings Declaration would stand , or pass into a Law , he delayed to see the certainty ; and when he saw that the Declaration was dead , and Prelacy was as 't was before , he utterly refused it . So that continuing in the said Cure of S. Mary Aldermanbury till S. Bartholomew's day in 1662 , he was then ejected for Nonconformity . Notwithstanding which , he preached soon after in the said Church on a Sunday , and on the 28 of Dec. following , when then , among other dangerous passages , he said the Ark of God was lost , and the glory was departed from Israel . For which his contempt to the then late Act of Parliament for Uniformity , he was by virtue of the L. Mayor's Mittimus committed Prisoner to Newgate on the 6 Jan. 1662 , where continuing for some time , Dr. Rob. Wild the Presbyterian Poet made and published a Poem on his Imprisonment , as did the Author called Hudibras . Most of the things that he hath written and published are Sermons : seven of which at least , were preached before the Long Parliament , as ( 1 ) Englands looking glass , before the House of Commons at their solemn Fast 22 Dec. 1641 , on Jer. 18. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10. Lond. 1642. qu. ( 2 ) Gods free mercy to England , before the House of Commons at their solemn Fast 23 Feb. 1641 , on Ezek. 36. 32. Lond. 1642. qu. ( 3 ) The Noblemans pattern of true and real thankfulness , at a solemn Thanksgiving 15 Jun. 1643 , on Josh . 24. 15. Lond. 1643. qu. ( 4 ) Englands antidote against the plague of Civ . War , before the House of Commons at their Fast , on Acts 17. latter part of the 13 verse . Lond. 1645. qu. ( 5 ) An indictment against England because of her self-murdering divisions , before the House of Lords at their Fast 25 Dec. ( Christmas day ) 1644 , on Math. 12. 25. latter part . Lond. 1645. qu. &c. Afterwards he published The great danger of Covenant refusing and Covenant breaking , &c. preached before the L. Mayor , Sheriffs , Aldermen , Ministers , &c. of London , on 2 Tim. 3. 3. Lond. 1646. qu. Serm. at the funeral of Sam. Bolton ; another before the L. Mayor , called The monster of self-seeking anatomized ; five Sermons entit . The godly mans ark ; or a city of refuge in the day of his distress , printed several times in tw . The eighth Edition of which was printed at Lond. 1683. The first Sermon was preached at the Funeral of Mrs. Elizab. Moore , to which are added her Evidences for Heaven ; and the other four were preached on several occasions . Another Serm. to the native Citizens of London called The City remembrancer , in oct . Sermon at the funeral of Rob. Earl of Warwick , an . 1658. Sermon at the funeral of Simeon Ash an . 1662 , and about the same time A farewel Sermon when he was to leave S. Mary Aldermanbury , &c. He hath also written A just and necessary Apology against an unjust invective , published by Mr. Hen. Burton in a late book of his entit . Truth still Truth , though shut out of doors , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. Also The art of divine Meditation , in oct . and A leading case , &c. At length having lived to a fair age , gave way to fate in Octob. 1666 , being soon after the grand Conflagration of the City of London , which hastned his end , but where buried , unless within the precincts of the Church of S. Mary Aldermanbury , which a little before was consumed by the said Fire , I cannot yet tell . He left behind him a son named Benjamin , afterwards D. of D. a loyal person , excellent preacher , and a zealous man for the Church of England . Of Edm. Calamy see more in Jos . Caryl in the other Vol. Jul. 10. Thom. Fleetwood Doctor of the Laws of Padua . — He was now , or lately , of All 's . Coll. Oct. 12. George Hammond Scholar of Trin. Coll. near to Dublin , and Bach. of Arts there . Nov. 9. Dudley Loftus of Trin. Coll. before mention'd , was incorporated Bach. of Arts , as he had stood there ; which degree was confer'd upon him in that University ( Dublin ) 19 Jan. 1637. Dec. 17. Richard Rolle Bach. of Arts of Cambr. — He was now of Gloc. Hall , but originally of New Inn , which is all I know of him . March 16. Edw. Harrison Bach. of Arts of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge . Creations . Jun. 14. Joh. Birkenhead of Oriel Coll. was declared Master of Arts , and admitted to the degree in the Congregation house , by virtue of the Diploma of the Archb. of Canterbury , dated 5 Octob. 1639. I shall make mention of this person at large in the second Volume of this Work. An. Dom. 1640. An. 16 Car. 1. Chanc. Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. Christop . Potter D. D. Provost of Queens Coll. and Dean of Worcester . Proct. Peter Allibond of Linc. Coll. Nich. Greaves of All 's . Coll. Apr. 15. But the senior dying in the Parish of S. Bride in London about the beginning of Feb. Will. Watson of the same Coll. was within few days after elected into his place , and admitted according to the Caroline Cycle . Bach. of Musick . July 9. Arthur Philipps Organist of Magd. Coll. and publick Professor of the musical Praxis of this University . — Afterwards ; upon the change of the times , and a perfect foresight of the ruin of the Church , he changed his Religion for that of Rome , and became Organist to Henrietta Maria Qu. of England . From whose service being dismist , he returned into England , and was entertained by a Roman Catholick Gent. called Caryll of Sussex , He hath made several vocal compositions of two and three parts , which have been tried and commended by several great Masters of Musick ; but whether any of them are extant , I cannot yet tell . One Pet. Philipps an English man and Organist to Albert the Archduke of Austria , hath composed and published Madrigals for eight voices . Antwerp 1599. qu. dedicated to Sir Will. Stanley a Colonel of a Regiment of English and Walloons . To which Peter Philipps , Arthur before mention'd was nearly related , if not descended from him . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 22. Humph. Brooke of S. Johns Coll. June 4. Henr. Stanhope of Exeter Coll. Son of the Earl of Chesterfield . George Jolliff of Pembr . afterwards of Wadham , College , was admitted the same day . 11. Sim. Ford of Magd. Hall. July 7. Martin Llewellin of Ch. Ch. Oct. 24. John Fell Rich. Allestrie of Ch. Ch. Nov. 3. Will. Joyner of Magd. Coll. 6. George Strading of Jesus , afterwards of Allsoules , Coll. — See among the created Doct. of Div. 1661. 10. Philip Stephens of S. Alb. Hall. — See among the Doct. of Phys . an . 1633. Feb. 9. Will. Jackson of Magdalen , afterwards of Brasnose , Coll. a noted Grammarian . All which Bachelaurs , except Stanhope , will be at large mention'd elsewhere . Adm. 181. Bach. of Law. May 19. Rich. Whitlock of All 's . Coll. 21. John Manley of Magd. Hall. — He afterwards , as it seems studied the common Law , and became eminent therein . Besides these two , were nine more admitted , among whom Joh. Hall of S. Alb. Hall was one , a younger Son of Dr. Jos . Hall Bishop of Exeter . Mast . of Arts. Mar. 28. Joh. Goad of S. Joh. Jun. 18. Sam. Fisher of Magd. Coll. Jun… . Joh. Bachler or Bachiler of Gloc. Hall. — He is not to be understood to be the same with Joh. Bachiler Author of Golden sands , &c. Lond. 1647 , The Virgins pattern , &c. Lond. 1661. oct . and of several Sermons , because he was bred in Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge . 31. Tho. Weaver of Ch. Ch. Jul. 9. Joh. French of New Inn. Oct. 20. Dudley Loftus of Vniv. Nov. 3. Will. Dingley of Magd. Coll. Jan. 16. Will. Hughes of New Inn. Mar. 6. Edw. Chamberlayne of S. Edm. 22. John Hinkley of S. Albans Hall. Adm. 108. Bach. of Phys . July 18. Edw. Greaves of All 's . Franc. Goddard of Exet. Coll. Whether the last was afterwards a Writer , I cannot tell . The first I am sure was . Bach. of Div. Jun. 20. Francis Davies of Jesus Coll. Jul. 7. George Bathurst of Trin. COll . The last of these two , who was Fellow of the said Coll. and a Native of Garsingdon near to Oxon , hath extant Oratio funebris in obitum desideratiss . viri Thomae Alleni Coll. Trinit olim socii , & Aulae Glocestrensis 62 annos commensalis . Lond. 1632 ▪ qu. He was afterwards engaged in his Majesties Service , was a Defendant within the Garrison of Farringdon in Berks. where he died of a wound in the thigh , about 1644. 9. John Webberley of Linc. Coll. Jan. 30. Tho. Masters of New Coll. The first of these two , who was the Son of Thom. Webberley of East-Kirbey in Lincolnshire , was now esteem'd by all a high flown Socinian , and afterwards a desperate Zealot for the Kings cause in the time of the grand Rebellion . He had translated into English several Socinian books ; some of which he had published without his name set to them : and others which were laying by him , were taken out of his study by the Parliamentarian Visitors , an . 1648 , in which year he suffer'd much for his Loyalty by Imprisonment first , and afterwards by Expulsion . See in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 405. a. b. &c. Adm. 16. Doct. of Law. July 2. Rich. Chaworth of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Vicar General to the Archbishop of Canterbury , a Knight , Chancellour of Chichester and London . He died and was buried at Richmond in Surrey in June or July 1673. Rouland Scudamore of Brasn . Coll. was admitted the same day . Oct. 17. Thom. Hyde of New Coll. — He was a younger Son of Sir Laur. Hyde of Salisbury Knight , was about this time Chancellour of that place , and at length Judge of the High Court of Admiralty . He died in 1661. Doct. of Phys . Jun. 9. Charles Bostock of Ch. Ch. — Not one besides him was licensed to proceed this year . Doct. of Div. Apr. 18. Herbert Croft of Ch. Ch. Jun. 25. Hen. Croke of Brasn . Coll. 26. Sebastian Smith of Ch. Ch. — He was now , or lately , Prebendary of Peterborugh , and Chauntor of the Church of Wells , to which last he was admitted on the death of Edw. Abbot , 9 of March 1634 , and at length became Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Jul. 2. Will. Evans of Qu. Coll. now Prebendary of Hereford . Nov. 28. Rob. Neulin President of C. C. Coll. — He was ejected from his Presidentship in 1648 , was restored in 1660 , and dying 5 March 1687 , aged 90 years or more , was buried in C. C. Coll. Chappel . Incorporations . Jul. 14. Thom. Stanley M. of A. of Cambridge . — This Gentleman who was the only Son of Sir Tho. Stanley Knight , was born at Cumberlow in Hertfordshire , educated in Grammatical learning in his Fathers House under one Mr. Will. Fairfax , in Academical in Pembroke Hall in Cambridge , in the quality of a Gentleman Commoner ; where he became a very early proficient in several sorts of polite learning . In the times of Usurpation he lived in the Middle Temple , where he advanced his knowledge much by the Communication of his Kinsman Edw. Sherburne Esq ; then lately returned from his Travels , became much deserving of the Commonwealth of Learning in general , and particularly honour'd for his smooth air and gentle spirit in Poetry , which appears not only in his own genuine Poems , but also from those things which he hath translated out of the ancient Greek , and modern , Italian , Spanish , and French , Poets . His writings are ( 1 ) The History of Philosophy , containing those on whom the Attribute of Wise was conferred . Lond. 1655. fol. in three parts , with Stanley's Picture before them . The second Vol. was printed in 1656. fol. containing five parts , making in all eight parts : And at the end of the said second Vol. is The doctrine of the Stoicks , in two parts . The third Vol. of the said Hist . of Philosophy was published in 1660. fol. contained also in several parts . All which parts , illustrated with Cuts , were reprinted 1687 , fol. ( 2 ) History of Chaldaick Philosophy , &c. Lond. 1662. ( 3 ) Poems . Lond. 1651. oct . dedicated to Love ; some of which , ( and not others in his Translations ) had , if I am not mistaken , musical Compositions set to them by John Gamble in his book entit . Ayres and Dialogues , to be sung to the Theorbo-Lute or Bass Viol. Lond. 1651. fol. Which J. Gamble , by the way I must let the Reader know , was bred up in the condition of an Apprentice under a noted Master of Musick called Ambrose Beyland , was afterwards a Musitian belonging to a Playhouse , one of the Cornets in the Kings Chappel , one of the Violins to K. Ch. 2. and a Composer of Lessons for the Kings Playhouse . ( 4 ) Translation of , with Annotations on , Europa , ( in the Idyll . of Theocritus ) Cupid crucified , Venus Vigils . Lond. 1649. oct . To the second Edition of which , he added the Translation of , and Notes on , Anacreon , Bion , Kisses by Secundus . printed 1651. oct . ( 5 ) Version of , and Commentary on Aeschyli tragoediae septem cum scoliis Graecis omnibus , deperditorum Drammatum fragmentis . Lond. 1664. fol. He also translated into English , without Annotations ( 1 ) Aurora Ismenia and The Prince , written by Don Juen Perez de Montalvan . Lond. 1650. second Edit . ( 2 ) Oronta the Cyprian Virgin , by Signior Girolamo Preti . Lond. 1650. second Edit . ( 3 ) A Platonick discourse of love , written in Ital. by Joh. Picus Mirandula . — printed 1651. oct . ( 4 ) Sylvia's Park , by Theophile , Acanthus complaint , by Tristan , Oronto , by Preti , Echo , by Marino , Loves Embassy , by Boscan , The Solitude , by Gongora . — All printed 1651. oct . &c. This learned Gent. Tho. Stanley died in his Lodgings in Suffolk street in the Parish of S. Martin in the Fields in the City of Westminster , 12 Apr. 1678 , and was buried in the Church there . He left behind him a Son of both his names , educated in Pembroke Hall in Cambridge , who , when very young , translated into English Claud. Elianus his Various Histories . Jul… .. Thomas Philipot of Cambridge was incorporated after the Act time , as a certain private note tells me , but in what degree , unless in that of Master of Arts , I cannot yet find . — He was the Son of John Philipot of Kent , ( Herald of Arms by the title of Somerset ) by Susan his Wife only daughter and heir of Will. Glover , Brother to that most skilful Genealogist Robert Glover Somerset Herald , was educated in Clare Hall , commenced M. of A. and was by those that well knew him , esteemed a tolerable Poet when young , and at riper years well vers'd in matters of Divinity , History and Antiquities . He hath extant under his name ( 1 ) Elegies offered up to the memory of Will. Glover Esq ; late of Shaldeston in Bucks . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 2 ) A congratulatory elegy offered up to the Earl of Essex , upon his investiture with the dignity of Lord Chamberlayne . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 3 ) Poems , Lond. 1646. oct . ( 4 ) Villare Cantianum : or , Kent surveyed and illustrated . Lond. 1659. and 1664. fol. To which is added , An historical Catalogue of the High Sheriffs of Kent , by John Philipot the Father , who indeed is the true Author of Viliare Cantianum . ( 5 ) The Cripples complaint : a Serm. printed 1662. qu. ( 6 ) The original and growth of the Spanish Monarchy , united with the house of Austria . Lond. 1664. oct . ( 7 ) Antiquitas Theologica & Gentilis . Or two discourses . The first concerning the original of Churches , and their direct and collateral endowments : the second touching the Religion of the Gentiles , &c. Lond. 1670. in tw . ( 8 ) Historical discourse of the original and growth of Heraldry . pr. 1672. oct . ( 9 ) Self-homicide-Murther : or , some Antidotes gleaned out of the Treasuries of our modern Casuists and Divines against that horrid and reigning sin of self-murther . Lond. 1674. qu. He hath written and published other things which I have not yet seen ( among them is The life of Aesop , in English ) and died in 1684 , or thereabouts . Jul. 15. Will. Blake Doct. of the Civ . Law of Padua . — This Will. Blake who was now , or lately , Fellow of Wadham Coll. as also Brother to Rob. Blake General at Sea in the Reign of Oliver , died at Bridgwater in Somersetshire 1667. Nov… . Isaac Basire D. of D. of Cambridge . — This learned Doctor who had that degree confer'd on him there , in July this year , and is stiled in the publick Register of this time Vir doctissimus — ingenii & doctrinae ornamentis praeditus , was born in the Isle of Jersey , and was about this time one of his Majesties Chaplains in Ordinary , and soon after Archdeacon of Northumberland in the place of Ever Gower Bach. of Div. who had that dignity confer'd on him about 1640 by the ceasing of Will. Flathers Bach. of Div. collated thereunto 24 Nov. 1636. In the time of the Rebellion Dr. Bafire fled to Oxon , adhered to his Majesties cause , preached frequently before him and the Parliament there , and was an equal sharer in afflictions with other Loyalists . About the year 1646 he left the Nation and travelled into remote Countries , purposely to propagate the Doctrine established in the British Church , among the Greeks , Arabians , &c. as to the Island of Zante near Peloponesus , thence to Morea , where the Metropolitan of Achaia prevailed with him to preach twice in Greek , at a meeting of some of the Bishops and Clergy . From thence , after he had travelled thorow Apulia , Naples and Sicily , ( in which last place he had been once before ) he imbarked for Syria , where , at Aleppo he continued some months , and had frequent Conversation with the Patriarch of Antioch . From Aleppo he went to Jerusalem , and so travell'd all over Palestina . At Jerusalem he received much honor , both from the Greeks and Latins : from the last he procured an entrance into the Temple of the Sepulcher , at the rate of a Priest . Afterwards returning to Aleppo , he passed over Euphrates , and went to Mesopotamia . Thence to Aleppo again , and at length to Constantinople in 1653 ; in which year he designed to pass into Egypt , to survey the Churches of the Cophties there , and to confer with the Patriarch of Alexandria , as he had done with three Patriarchs besides , partly to acquire the knowledge of those Churches , and partly to publish ours , quantum fert status . Afterwards he went into Transylvania , and was entertained by Prince George Rogoczi ( or Rogotzi ) the second , Prince of that Country , by whom he was entrusted with the Chair in the Divinity School . After the Return of King Charles 2. to his Dominions , he took his leave of that Country , then in broils , returned into England , took possession of his Archdeaconry , and was made Prebendary of Durham : which Dignities he kept to his dying day . He hath written ( 1 ) Deo & ecclesiae sacrum . Sacriledge arraigned and condemned by St. Paul , Romans 2. 22. Oxon. 1646. qu. Lond. 1668. oct . ( 2 ) Diatriba de antiqua ecclesiae Britannicae libertate . Brugis 1656. oct . The MS. of which being found in the Cabinet of John Lord Hopton after his decease , by Rich. Watson an exil'd Theologist for his loyalty , was by him published at Bruges . Afterwards the said Watson translated it into English , and put it out under this title The antient liberty of the Britannick Church , and the legitimate exemption thereof from the Roman Patriarchate , discoursed in four positions . Lond. 1661. oct . Dedicated by the said Watson by his Epistle dated from Caen in Normandy 12. Aug. 1660. to Sir Rich. Browne Clerk of the Privy Council to his Majesty of Great Britaine , he supposing then that Basire the Author had been dead in Transylvania . Three chapters or positions of which , were selected from a Latin MS. written by F. John Barnes of the order of St. Benedict , as I have elsewhere told you . ( 3 ) Letter to Sir Rich. Browne Resident at Paris for his Majesty of Great Britaine relating his travels and endeavours to propagate the knowledge of the doctrine and discipline , established in the Britannick Church among the Greeks , Arabians . &c. dated from Pera near to Constantinople 20. July 1653 , and printed at the end of The ancient Liberty of the Britannick Church , &c. ( 4 ) History of the English and Scotch Presbytery , &c. printed 1659. 60. oct . ( 5 ) Oratio privata , boni Theologi ( speciatim concionatoris practici ) partes praecipuas complectens . Lond. 1670. in half a sh . in oct . ( 6 ) The dead mans real speech ; Serm. on Heb. 11. 4. at the funeral of Dr. John Cosin late Bishop of Durham , 29. Apr. 1672. Lond. 1673. oct . ( 7 ) A brief of the life and dignities , of the benefactions and principal actions , &c. of Dr. John Cosin late Bishop of Durham . Printed with the former , together with An appendix of his profession and practice , and of his last will concerning religion . This Dr. Basire , who , without doubt , hath published other things , paid his last debt to nature in a good old age , on the twelfth day of Octob. 1676 , and was buried in the Cemetery belonging to the Cathedral of Durham , near to the body of an antient servant that had lived many years with him , and not by that of his Wife in the Cathedral . In his Archdeaconry succeeded Will. Turner Rector of Stanhope in the County Palat. of Durham , M. of A. ( afterwards D. D. ) and sometimes Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Oxon , a younger Son of Dr. Tho. Turner , sometimes Dean of Canterbury . Jan. 14. Joh. Regius ( King ) Londino-Anglus , Doctor of Phyf . of the University of Leyden in Holland , was then incorporated . Which Degree was conferr'd upon him in the said Univ. 1638. FINIS . Books printed for and sold by Tho. Bennet , at the Half Moon in St. Pauls Church-yard . PAradise Lost in twelve Books by John Milton with Cuts in Folio . A Geographical Dictionary , representing the present and antient Names of all the Countries , Provinces , remarkable Cities , Universities , Ports , Towns , Mountains , Seas , Streights , Fountains , and Rivers , of the whole World ; their Distances , Longitudes and Latitudes , with a short Historical account of the same and their present state ; to which is added an Index of the Antient and Latin Names , by Edmund Bohun Esq ; the Second Edition Corrected and Inlarged , together with several useful Maps not in the former Edition . Dr. Busby's Greek Grammar , newly reprinted with amendments . History of the Council of Trent , in 8 Books by Father Paul in Folio . Bishop Sandersons Sermons Folio . A Critical History of the Text of the New Testament , wherein is firmly established the truth of those Acts on which the Foundation of the Christian Religion is laid , by Richard Simon Priest 4to . The life of that most Illustrious Prince Charles 5. late Duke of Lorraine , and Bar. Generalissimo of the Imperial Armies , render'd into English from the Copy lately printed at Vienna , written by a Person of Quality , and a great Officer in the Imperial Army . The Morals of Confucius a Chinese Philosopher , who flourished above Five hundred years before the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , being one of the most choicest pieces of learning remaining of that Nation . The art of practical measuring easily performed by a two foot Rule , which slides to a foot , on which is the best measure of round Timber the common way ; also the true measure of round , square , or other Timber , or Stone , Boards , Glass paving , Painting , Wainscot , &c. Gauging of Casks , and Gauging and Inching of Tuns , containing brief instructions in Decimal Arithmetick , the best way of using the Logarithms according to Mr. Townley , the use of a new Diagonal Scale , of a 100 parts in a quarter of an Inch , applyed to Gunters Chain ; and lastly some useful directions in Dialling not hitherto published by Henry Coggeshall Gent. An account of the proceedings of the Right Reverend Father in God Jonathan Lord Bishop of Exeter , in his late Visitation of Exeter College in Oxford , the Second Edition , to which is added the censure of the University of Oxford upon the Naked Gospel . A defence of the proceedings of the Right Reverend the Visitor and Fellows of Exeter College in Oxford , with an answer to 1. the Case of Exeter College related and vindicated . 2. The account examined . The reason of Mr. Bayes changing his Religion considered in a Dialogue in three parts . The second part of Mr. Wallers Poems containing his alteration of the Maids Tragedy , and whatever of his is yet unprinted , together with some other Poems , Speeches , &c. that were printed severally , and never put into the first Collection of his Poems . A Vindication of Mr. James Colmer , Bachelor of Physick and Fellow of Exeter College in Oxford , from the calumnies of three late Pamphlets . 1st . A Paper published by Dr. Bury 1689. 2. The account examined . 3. The Case of Exeter College related and vindicated ; to which are annex'd the Authentick Copies of the Affidavits relating to that affair . A discourse sent to the late King James , to perswade him to embrace the Protestant Religion , by Dr. Sam. Parker late Lord Bishop of Oxford ; to which are prefix'd 2 Letters the first from Sir Leolin Jenkins on the same subject , the 2. from the said Bishop with the discourse , all printed from the original Manuscript Papers . TABLE or INDEX TO Athenae and Fasti Oxonienses . A. ABbot Edw. pag. 792. 901. George 333. 500. 511.629 . Maurice , 527. Rob. 365. 366. 415. 499. 621. 800. 801. Abel Tho. 47 Abington or Habington Edw. Tho. 735. 88 Ab●e Franc. 691 Abulines Jo. 702. 706 Ackworth Geo ▪ 726 A●●osd Rog. 835 Adams Bern. 625 Aglionby or Eglionby Jo. 303. Edw. 726 Airay Hen. 341. 481. See Ayray . Akers Jo 678 Alabaster Will. 233. 768 Alan , see Allen. Alaskie or Laskie Alb. 244. 313. 492 Alberti Geo. 872 Alcock Tho. 654 Alexander Franc. 809 Aldem . Mardoc . 734. 821 Alderne Edw. 893 Aldridge or Aldrich Rob. 22. 79. 80. 583. 679. 680. Tho. 725 Algre Gasp . 849 Allen Jo. 31 Allen Tho. 86. 397. 514. 413. 420. 420. 459. 466. 492. 493. 572. Will. 169. 234. 235. 236. 237. 616 Alley Will. 127. 598. Rog. 127 Allibond Pet. 448. 900. Rich. 448 Allyn ▪ see Allen. Allysbury Will. 685 Al●wyck Will. 556 Alsop Bern. 34 Alston Edw. 853 Al●on Andr. 685 Alvey Rich. 262. 725 Amama Sext. 449 Ambrose Luke 338 Ammonius Andr. 14. 137. 641. 563 Amner Joh. 815 Anderson Edm. 281. 369 Anderton Laur. 498. 480 Andrews Jo. 470. Lanc. 476. 538. 751. 765. 783. Nich. 853. Rich. 802 Angelus Chr. 526 Anthony Franc. 428. Jo. ib. Char. ib. Antoninus and his Itin. 87 Antonius Nich. 56 Anwykyll Jo. 16 Anyan Th. 810 Apsland Will. 720 Aquepontanus Jo. See Bridgwater . Arche Rich. 138. 682. 690 Archer Sim. 504. Rich. 690 Arden Will. 662 Aretius Jac. 817 Argall Jo. 284. Rich. ibid. Aris Jo. 867 Arnold Will. 659 Arthur Malac. 657 Arundell Jo. 75. 76. 552 Ascham Rog. 695 Ash Sim. 543 Ashbrook 729 Ashdowne Jo. 643. 644 Ashley Ant. 769 Ashmole 16. 114 Ashton Hugh 673. 645 Ashworth Hen. 795 A●kew Aeg. 282 Asser Men. 356. 412 Astley Rich. 369 Aston Hug. 645. Rog. 796 Ascough Will. 638 Atey Arth. 721 Athequa Geo. 560 Atherto Jo. 632 Atkyns Th. 709. Jo. 827 Atkinson Rich. 710. Tho. 758. b. alias 760. 867. 868 Atslow Edw. 727 Atwater Will. 58. 562 Aubertus Ant. 894 Audley Edm. 566. Rob. 636. 700 Aukland Jo. 651 Austin Sam. 472 Awbrey Will. 702. 710. 777 Awood or à Wood Rich. 433. Tho. 793 Aylesbury Th. 853 Aylisbury Th. 390. 391. 493. 792 Aylmer or Elmer Jo. 681. 690. 726. 736. 756. b. alias 758. Theoph. 223 Aylworth Ant. 752 Ayray Mart. 267 B. BAber Franc. 860 Babington Brute 745. Franc. 717. 719. Gerv. 498. 745. 602. Zach. 780 Babthorpe Rob. 658 Bachler or Bachiler Joh. 900 Bacon Fr. 452. 534. Nich. 139. 769 Baconthorp Jo. 295 Bailye Rich. 537 Baggard Tho. 677. 705 Bagnall Rob. 767 Bagnold Rob. 767 Bagshaw Edw. 480. 804. Christ . 426 Bagwell Hen. 679 Bainbridge Chr. 556. 557. 564. 568 Baker Aug. 515. Geo. 632. Joh. 36. 77. Rich. 531. Sam. 845 Balborow Will. 650 Baldwin Franc. 174. Will. 113 Bale Jo. 60. 61. 67. 68. 70. 94. 99. 125. 174. 493. 345 Bale Rob. 4 B●les Pet. 249 Baley Walt. 224. 225 Balgay Nich. 262. 758. b. alias 760 Ball Hen. 772. Joh. 542. 543. 655. Tho. 861 Ballard Phil. 638. 691 Balsam Scip. 775 Bancroft Rich. 632. 723. 751. 801 Joh. 632. 633 Banger Rich. 660 Banks Jo. 507. Tho. 737. Hen. 814 Banister Jo. 195. alias 197 Barbatus Jos . 790 Barber Jo. 683. Rich. 675. 687. 693. 739. 104. 727 Barcham Joh. 389. 418. 542 Bard Dudl . 886 Bardney Rich. 5 Barefoot Jo. 744 Barker Hug. 793. Will. 709. 800 Barklay Alex. 71 Balcanquall Jo. 815. Sam. 831. Walt. 807. 831 Bargrave Is . 812. 878 Barlow Jo. 496. 638. Ranulph 301. 783. 888. Randolph or Ralph 783. 797. 809. Tho. 397. 421. Will. 121. 269. 310. 352. 403. 421. 476. 538. 571. 573. 597. 598. 694. 761. 766. 786 Barnard Sam. 894 Barnardus Jo. 753 Barnes Barnab . 299. ●man . 750. Jo. 180. 473. Jos . 259. Rich. 606. 607. 706. 747. Rob. 19. 81. 809 Barret Jo. 867. Rich. 433. 742. Tho. 677 Baro Pet. 740. 741 Baron Mil. 579. Steph. 42. 670 Barons Will. 553 Barrington Alex. 158 Barrough Fr. 819 Barrow Hen. 229. 387. Thom. 638 Barry 536 Barnston Joh. 821 Barthlet Rich. 647. Tho. 647. 807 Bartue Rich. 689 Barwick Jo. 798. 832. 855 Basing Rich. 721 Basire Is . 789. 902. 903 Baskervyle Ed. 674. 681. Sim. 811 Bastard Tho. 367 Bate Rob. 685 Batts Rog. 830. Will. 383. 442. 292 Bateson Tho. 835 Bathe Will. 338 Bathurst Geor. 493. 900 Batmanson Jo. 23. 24 Bavant Jo. 706 Bave Sam. 860 Baughe Tho. 785 Baylie Hen. 700. 701. Jam. 841. Ralph 827 Rich. 875. 876 Bayly Jam. 781. 841. Joh. 472. 473. Lew. 485. 628. Tho. 486. 487 Baxter Rich. 263. 344 Baynes Brian 707 Baynham Jam. 23 Bayning Paul 874 Beacon Tho. 348. 726 Beadle Jo. 83 Beale Will. 522. Tho. 647 Beaumont Franc. 447. Hen. 733. 823. Joh. 446. 447. Tho. 568. 638. Will. 646 Beauvois Cha. 820 Beawdley Will. 672. 677 Beccatell Lud. 93 Bede Ven. 255 Bedell Arth. 731. Hen. 711. 725. Tho. 643. 647 Bedingfield Rob. 868 Bedo Joh. 715 Beecher Will. 398 Beel or Beal Th. 647. 569 Beeth Will. 2 Beisley Rich. 702 Bekinsau Jo. 98 Belchiam Th. 185 Belchier Dabr . 782 Bele or Beel Th. 569 Bell Jam. 187. 704. 707. Joh. 584. 672. 682. 740. Rich. 553. Tho. 800 Bellamy 169. Rob. 733 Bellestrye Sim. 696 Bellot Cuthb . 690. Hugh 595 Belly Jo. 233. 729 Belsire Alex. 91. 674 Benefield Seb. 467. 468 Benese Rich. 112. 660 Benlowes Edw. 418 Benn Anth. 374 Bennet Christop . 219 Joh. 763. Rob. 600. 616. 735. Tho. 642. 848. Walt. 806. 808. Will. 559. 652. 675 Benson Geor. 800. Osw . 669 Bentham Tho. 603 Bere Rich. 640 Bereblock Jo. 723 Berkley 846. Gilb. 598 Bernard Dan. 755. b. alias 757. Joh. 725. Nath. 863. Nich. 632. 862. Rich. 258. Tho. 725 Bertie or Bartue Rich. 689 Bertram the Priest 62. 513 Best Joh. 593. 599. 684 Beyland Ambr. 901 Bevans Franc. 753 Bexwick Hugh 562 Bickley Tho. 613. 614 Bicton Jam. 701 Biddle Jo. 843 Billingsley Hen. 284. 285. Rob. 285 Bilney Tho. 21 Bilson Leon. 666. 699. Tho. 237. 264. 343. 344. 394. 417. 619 Binsley Will. 608 Bird Joh. 845. Jos . 806. 807. Rich. 629. Tho. 651. Will. 443. 468. 759. 768. 843 Birkenhead Jo. 899 Birket Geor. 325 Bisse Jam. 295. Phil. 749 Bishop Jo. 879. Will. 622. 366 , 414. 415 Bispham Sam. 876 Blackwell Georg. 325 Blagrave Dan. 317. Joh. ibid. Blague Tho. 752. 753 Blake Walt. 554. Will. 902. Rob. 825. 826 Blandie Will. 147 Blaxton Marm. 742. 753 Blewet Humpi . 680 Bleythyn Will. 607 Blondevill Tho. 276 Blount Cha. 763. Chr. 420. 779. Mountjoy 763 Blysse Jo. 645 Blyth Hugh 693. 722. 739. Jam. 676. Jeff. 556. Joh. 551. 557 Bochart . Sam. 844 Bocher Will. 714 Bocking Edw. 653 Bodye Jo. 709. 739 Bodley Josias 328. Laur. 817. Tho. 326. 327. 410 Bokeley Arth. 582. 583. Bold Jo. 740 Bolen Will. 79 Boleyne Geo. 385. See Bulleyn Bolton Edm. 452. Rob. 479. 480. Sam. 481 Bond Den. 323. Hen. 433. Joh. 321. 322. 323. Laur. 779. Nich. 228. 749 Bonett Theoph. 472 Bonham Tho. 812 Bonner Edm. 123. 124. 125. 597 Booker Joh. 114 Bord Andr. 60. 61 Bosgrave Jo. 180 Bosphorus Jo. 651 Bostock Rob. 878 Boswell VVill. 276. 792. 805. 868 Boteler Jam. E. of Orm. 376. Tho. 381. 727. Rob. 158 Bothe Cha. 559. Jo. 552. Laur. 552 Bouchier Tho. 185 Boughton Rich. 777. 792 Bourchier Jo. 29 Bourne Gilb. 128. 598. 675. 682. 713. 771. Joh. 775 Bournford Gilb. 102. 706 Bowen VValt . 132 Bownde Alex. 814. Nich. 743 Bowle or Powle Jo. 690 Bowles Jo. 804. 822 Bowne Pet. 418 Bowsfield Th. 742 Boxall Jo. 57. 128. 129. 151. 687. 708. 716 Boyle Jo. 621. Mich. 631. 891. Rich. 622. 631. 786 Boyse Jo. 397. 777. 812. Tho. 788 Brabourne Theoph. 333 Bradbridge Austin 122. Nich. 563. 647. 674. VVill. 602. 723. 732 Braddock Tho. 135. 755. Bradford Jo. 12. 78. 79. 106. 192 Bradshaw Franc. 800. Hen. 9. VVill. 778 Bramston or Brimston Th. 715 Brant Seb. 71 Brasbridge Tho. 185 Breewood Tho. 676 Breerwood Tho. 676 Breisley 711 Brent Nath. 394. 398 Brentius Jo. 109 Brereton VVill. 871 Brerewood Ed. 332. 333. Rob. 332. 333 Brett . Rich. 479. 517 Bretton Clem. 753 Bretturgh Cath. 530 Brian Fr. 49. Joh. 820. Math. 513 Briant Alex. 167 Bridge VVill. 857 Bridges Grey 796. Jo. ibid. 228. VVill. 755. 813 Bridgman Hen. 884. Jo. 481 Bridgwater 239. 711 Bridlington Tho. 574 Brien Theod. 567 Brigham Nic. 99 Briggs Hen. 469 Bright Hen. 757. b. alias 759. Tim. 346 Brimston or Bramston Tho. 715 Brynkley Rich. 670 Brynknell Tho. 13. 646 Brinsley Jo. 16 Brisson Barn. 409 Bristow Rich. 168 169 Brither Hen. 698 Broad Tho. 511. 333 Brockbey Ant. 185. 690 Brodbridge Aust . 721 Brode Phil. 697 Brograve Jo. 517 Broke or Brroke Christop . 419. 474. 840. 841 : Hen. 648. Rob. 88. Sam. 840. Tho. 648. Brokes Jam. 101. 592 Bromyerd Jo. 161 Bromwych 645 Brook George 735. Joh. 414. Ralph 349. 411 Brook Lord , see Grevill Brookes Joh. 814 Broughton Hugh 394. Rich. 854 Brounfleet VVill. 590 Browne Anth. 119. 139. 149. Ed. 74. Geor. 580. 782. Humph. 120. Joh. 651. 694. 722. Rob. 291. Jonath . 868. Rich. 859. 832. Sam. 487. 488. Tho. 329. 349. 412. 636. 852. 891. VVill. 419. 686. 849 Brownlow Joh. 894 Brownrig Ralph 863 Browswerd Jo. 193. 194 Bruce Edw. 796. Rob. 234. 886. Tho. 886 Bruen Joh. 457 Bruerne Rich. 701 Bruggs Grey 796 Brycot 679 Buchanan Geo. 45 Buckfast Arn. 659 Buckland Ralp . 317. 318 Buckler VValt . 686 Bulkley Tho. 725 Buckner Tho. 894. VVill. 830 Buckridge Jo. 476. 597. 628 Budden Jo. 382 Buggs Sam. 526. 820 Bull Geor. 879. Hen. 146. Jo. 756. b. alias 758. 768 Bulkley Th. 242 Bulleyn Geor. 147. Hen. 147 Bullyngham Nich. 601. 610. 667 681. Joh. 714. 755. b. alias 757 Bunbury 〈◊〉 447 Bunney Edm. 307. 364. 365. 395. 658. 815. Franc. 355 Burbadge Rich. 791. VVill. ibid. Burbanke VVill. 137 Burby Edw. 888 Burgeis Jo. 662 Burges Eliz. 392. 851 Burges Jo. 261. 530. 533. 856 Burgo Nich. 667 Burbill Rob. 303 Burley Jo. 808 Burnet Gilb. 163 Burrell Perciv . 813 Burton Edw. 865. Hen. 442. 539. 814. 899. Joh. 659. 666. Rob. 534. 646. Sam. 406. 442. 766 VVill. 67. 69. 286. 287. 493 Bury Arth. 3 Buscawen 826 Bush Paul 89. 90. 91. 587 Bust Hen. 744 Butcher VVill. 717 Butler Edm. 579. VVill. 720. Butts Hen. 478. 671. VVill. 661 Byard Lib. 615 Byfield Nic. 333. 402. Rich. 333 Bygod Franc. 39 Bynge Andr. 788. 815. Tho. 726 Byrch VVill. 130 Byrchensaw Maur. 650. 656 Byrde Andr. 830. Joh. 81. 585. 649. 654. VVill. 641. 760 Byrom Georg. 856 Bysse Rob. 655 C. CAde Anth. 800 Caesar Hen. 774. Jul. 738. 753 Calamy Ben. 897. Edm. 898. 899 Caldwell or Chaldwell Rich. 179 Calender Dan. 794 Calendrinus Caes . 837 Calfill Jam. 127. 128. 250 Calverley Jo. 711. 766 Calvert Georg. 483. 484 Cambrensis Girald . 270 Camden VVill. 70. 87. 88. 341. 408. 409. 410. 760 Campian Edm. 164. 165. 241. 258. 279. 306. 625. 706 Campian Tho. 848 Can Joh. 543 Cannal Hugh 629 Canner Th. 677 Cantlow Joh. 641 Capell Rich. 405 Capellus Lud. 810 Caranza Barth . 712 Cardmaker Jo. 683 Cardonius Camillus 756 Care Hen. 460 Carew Georg. 128. 451. 452. 665. 737. 764. Rich. 384. Tho. 283. 384 Carey Geor. 173. Hen. 816. Tho. 816 Carrier Ben. 777. 778 Carleton Dudl . 482. 483. 887. Geo. 278. 440. 627. Gerard. 691. Hen. 442 Carlile Christop . 111 Carmacan Men. 559 Carne Rich. 670 Carpenter Jo. 385. Nath. 440. 441. Rich. 438. 439. 440 Carre Rob. 330. 463. 464 Carryll Jo. 149 Carrington Gerv. 802 Carter Jo. 888. Rob. 646. 669. VVill. 671 Cartwright Christ . 486. Jo. 321. Nich. 689 Carve Tho. 452 Carver Jo. 644 Cary Ant. 503. Hen. 500. 501. 503. Lucius 500. 501. 502. 503. Lettice 503 Casaubon Is . 817. Mer. 244 Case Jo. 257. 259 Castell Tho. 651. 654. VVill. 599 Catheral Randall 731 Cavendish VVill. 809 Caverell Phil. 415 Cawley VV. 887 Caxton VVill. 53 Cay Jo. 18. 68. 99. 589. See in Key Cecill Rob. 733. 794. VVill. 140. 237. 309. 722. 727. 796 Celsus Max. 107 Chadderton Laur. 441. VVill. 602 Chalfout Rich. 891 Chaloner Edw. 422 Rob. 755. Tho. 103. 115. 229. 339 Chamber Jo. 277. 278. 564. 585. 682 Chamberlaine Barth . 224. Geor. 224. Pet. 837. Rob. 544. 545. 546. Tho. 837. VVill. 546. Chambers Humph. 517. Rob. 352. Sab. 381 Chamney Maur. 159. 160 Champney Ant. 394 Chandler Jo. 734 Chapman Geor. 289. 509. alias 519 Chard Tho. 576. 642. 645. Chardon Jo. 271. 615 Charke Will. 263. 306 Charles I. King 262. 486. 824 Charles Lod. Count Pal. 889 Charlet Jo. 819 Charlton Joh 872 Chaucer Jeff. 52. 99 Chawney Maur. 159. 160 Chaundler Tho. 175 Chaworth Rich. 901 Cheadsey Will. 104 Cheast Tho. 778 Cheek Jo. 65. 66. 69. 70. 111. 697. VVill. 334 Chempes Ja. 849 Chester 835. Tho. 606 Cheston Steph. 79 Chetwind Edw. 529. 530. 758. b. alias 760. 855. Joh. 251. 497. Will. 275 Cheynel Jo. 795 Cheyney Edw. 557. 565. Rich. 164 166. 592. 593. 724 Chibald Jam. 544. Will. ibid. Chichley Hen. 175 Chidley Cath. 846 Child Will. 869. 893 Childerley Jo. 789 Chillingworth Will. 501. 502 Chippingdale Jo. 736 Chracher Nich. 64. 455 Christian Landg . of Hassia . 889 Christopherson Jo. 128. 599 Cholwell Will. 711 Churchyard Tho. 118 Chute Walt. 523 Clapham Dav. 64 Clara S. Franc. 439. 589 Clark Gabr. 813. Sam. 823 Clay Rob. 414. 806. 807 Claybrook Will. 850 Claymond Jo. 52. 645 Clayton Tho. 260. 811. 897 Cleaver Rob. 756. b. alias 758 Cleavland Jo. 891. Phil. 892 Clement Joh. 138. Vinc. 548 Clennock Maur. 583. 702 Clere Dav. 158. Nich. 158 Clerke Barth . 250. 737. Franc. 249. 250. Gabr. 740. George 768. Joh. 70. 71. 570. 578. 655. 692. Tho. 553. 584. 757. b. alias 759. Will. 834 Cleybroke Will. 137 Cleyton Rich. 744. Rob. 648. Will. 677 Clifford Ann 380. Hen. 802. Geor. 769. Jam. 702 Clifton Gam . 665. Will. 657. 658 Clyffe or Clyve Mich. 46. Will. 647. 648. 584. 684 Clynne Jo. 449 Clopton Ant. 260 Cluver Jo. Sig. 407. Philip 406. 407 Cobbie Will. 63 Cocke Arth. 770 Cockaine Ast . 447. 536 Cockys or Cocks Jo. 645 Coffin Edm. 776. Edw. ibid. Cogan Th. 292 Cogley Geor. 10 Coke Edw. 310. 431. 689 Coldwell Jo. 738. 752 Cole Arth. 705. 709. Hen. 82. 128. 155. Nath. 756. Tho. 137. 712. 728. Will. 153. 289. 736. Colepeper see Culpeper . Colet Jo. 6. 7. 10. 14. 641 Coley Hen. 16 Colf Is 227. Rich. 803 Colfox Tho. 651 Col●eton Jo. 512 Collter Geor. 130 Collingwood Ralph 642 Collins Sam. 538 Collyns Lanc. 648. Mart. 638. 674 Colmer Clem. 752 Colomesius Paul. 482 Coloniensis Pet. 653 Coloribus de Jo. 19 Combach Jo. 404 Combe Rob. 685 Comber Tho. 844 Comerford Edm. 554 Compton Will. 796 Compton alias Teale Jo. 691 Conant Jo. 837 Condall Rob. 755. b. alias 757 Congalau Tho. 554 Conner Eug. 616 Constable Jo. 12. 63. 667. Hen. 13. Will. 826 Conway Will. 815 Cook Alex. 490. Geor. 629. Jam. 316. Joh. 11. 762. Rob. 337. 679. Tho. 873. Will. 658. 688. 689 Cooper Tho. 57. 123. 193. alias 195. 228. 257. 609. 713. 782 Cootes Geor. 582 Cope Alan . 157. 171. Ant. 65. Mich. ibid. Will. ibid. Copinger Will. 695. 696 Copley Tho. 133 Corbet 286 Corbet Edw. 366. Rich. 489. 511. 518. 630. Corderoy Jer. 299 Coren or Corwyn Rich. 597. 681. See Curwyn . Cornbull Hen. 566 Cornish Tho. 71. 555 Cornwallis Ch. 523. Tho. ibid. Corranus Ant. 221. 239. 741 Corro de Ant. See Corranus . Cort Th. 185 Coryate Geor. 286. Tho. 358. 359. 360. &c. Corvini a family 286 Coryndon Jo. 561 Corwyne Phil. 613 Cosin Jo. 541. 601. 753. 813. Rich. 730. 772. Will. 673 Cotes Geor. 582 Cotesford Rob. 848 Cotta Joh. 438 Cottam Tho. 729 Cottington Jam. 751. 777 Cottysford Jo. 672 Cotton Edw. 813. Hen. 619. 781. 806. 808. Rob. 245. 410. 444. 452. Will. 745 Cottrel Jo. 10. 696. 725 Covell Will. 262. 533 Coveney Tho. 717 Coventry Hen. 887. 892. Tho. 534. 723 Coverdale Mil. 153. 483 Covert . Franc. 776 Coulton Ralph 701. 742 Courcey Edm. 561 Courriers Mont. 50 Courtney Pet. 557 Cowell Jo. 784 Cowley Abr. 501. 888 Cowper Will. 264 Cox Jo. 699. Franc. 46. Leon. 8. 48. 49. Rich. 93. 103. 107. 161. 590. 606. 663. 673. 697. 699. 700. 706. 754. Will. 45. Cracanthorpe Rich. 417. 418 Cradock Ed. 723. Joh. 740. 827 Cragg Jo. 794 Craig 469. 794 Cranmer Edm. 171. Geo. 265. Tho. 101. 111. 572. 578. 715 Crashaw VVill. 460 Craven VVill. 887 Crayford Jo. 83 ▪ 664. 700 Creagh Dav. 551 Cressacre Edw. 573 Cressy Hug. 470. 778. 849 Creswell Jo. 335 Creyghton Rob. 861 Crispyne Edm. 700. 701 Critopylus Metrap . 634 Croke Ch. 851. Joh. 696. 820. Rich. 85 Croft Herb. 399. 868 Crombleholme Sam. 11 Cromer Rich. 668 Crompton Tho. 763 Cromwell Hen. 760. Oliv. 323 Phil. 780. Tho. 61. 677. 682. 698 Crosley Tho. 560. 574 Crowley Rob. 63. 96. 190. 191 Crump Th. 239 Cudworth Ralph 809 Cuff Hen. 266. 396 Culme Ben. 792 Culmer Rich. 863 Culpeper or Colepeper Mart. 228. 258. 465. 733 Cundall Rob. 755. b. alias 757 Cunningham Dav. 876 Curiander Abel . 341 Curl Walt. 386. 786. 819. 830 Currey Jo. 166 Curteis Rich. 597. Tho. 703 Curthop Jam. 104. 128. 691 Curwyn Hug. 597. 665. 681. 713 Cuthbert St. 154 D. DAcres Tho. 866 Dakyn Jo. 564. 663 Dalby Tho. 637. 689 Dale Geor. 764. Val. 237. 699. 707 Dallington Rob. 785 Dalison Ch. 435 Dampmartin Cath. 106 Daniel Edm. 713. Jo. 790. Sam. 379. 380 Darby Edw. 635. 636. 666 Darbyshire Tho. 125. 712. 713. Will. 125 Darrel Geor. 800. Joh. 326. 626. Nich. 818 Davel Jo. 671 Davenant Edw. 409. 832. 833. 835 Davenport Chr. 817 Davies Elian. 432 Davies Jo. 252. 377. 419. 420. 430. 431. 432. 456. 519. alias 505 Hugh 844. Math. 276. 800. Ric. 160. 605. 606. Will. 867. Davyson Andr. 698 Day Joh. 436. 437. 746. Lionel 802. Mart. 788. Tho. 232. in Marg. 665. 666. VVill. 123. 165 388. 395. 605. 665. 880 Deane Edm. 513. Hen. 551. Rich. 608. 826 Dee Franc. 465. 597. 789 Deering Rich. 807 Dekker Tho. 536 Delabere 743 Denison Jo. 447. Steph. ibid , Denne Vinc. 730 Dense Philip 641 Denton Jam. 642. 647. 682. VVill. 878 Despagne Joh. 486 Dethick Geor. 751. Hen. 743. 751 Devenish Will. 694 Devereux Rob. 184. 609. 759. 761. 795 Dickenson Will. 834 Digby Geor. 887. 889. Jo. 461. Ken. 493 Digges Dud. 421. 465. 515. 527. Leon. 142. 520. alias 510. 853 Dillon Tho. 571 Dingley Rog. 674 Dobell Jo. 671 Dobson 260 Dochyn Tho. 768 Dod Jo. 756. b. alias 758 Doderidge Jo. 412. 442. 443. 817 Dodington Barth . 744 Dogeson Geor. 696 Doke Rich. 659 Dolben Dav. 628 Doleman Nich. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311 Dominis de Marc. Ant. 417. 418. 803. 823. 831 Donallan Nehem. 613 Donne Dan. 723. 749. Jo. 419. 474. 475. 538. 809. 897 Doone Joh. 677 Dorman Tho. 149. 272 Dormer Rob. 419. 857 Dormer Hibern . 131 Dorset Rob. 746. 766 Dorvil Fred. 821 D'othen Hyp. 807 Dotyn Jo. 686 Dove Joh. 315. 368. Tho. 596. 597 Dovel Joh. 651. 671 Doughty Jo. 396 Dow Christ . 333. 840 Dowdeswell Will. 870 Dowglas Gaw . 562 Dowland Jo. 760. Rob. ibid. Dowling Thad . 8 Downe Jo. 783 Downes Andr. 397. Jeff. 607. 734 Downham Geor. 767. Joh. 408. Will. 601. 602. 732 Downing Cal. 517 D'oylie Tho. 275 Draycot Anth. 614. 666. 667. 690 Drewry Jo. 708. 755 Dreyden Erasm . 742 Drumm Mich. 679 Drusnus Jo. 339. 403. 791 Ducher Gilb. 86 Duck Rich. 659 Dudley Ambr. 727. Edm. 6. Rich. 640. Rob. 119. 150. 166. 307. 721 Duditius Andr. 93 Dugdale Will. 12. 70. 319. 412. 504 Duke Geor. 393 Dunbar Jo. 345. 378 Duncon Jo. 503 Dumyng Mich. 675. 693 Duns Jo. Scot. 8. 9. 637. 673 Dunstan Ant. 595. 676 Dunster Jo. 334 Durie Joh. 165. 849. 850 Dutton Hen. 798 Dyer Jam. 13. 168 Dyke Dan. 788 E. EArle Jo. 396 Eaton Ant. 648. Guy 686. 738 Rich. 780 Ebden Jo. 79. 300. 703. 771 Ede Rich. 643 Edgworth Rog. 101. 102 Edmonds Clem. 401. Jo. 672. Tho. 402 Edmonds alias Weston 426. 505. 626 Edwards Ch. 160. Rich. 117. 118. Tho. 764. 846 Eedes Rich. 279. 351. 802 Egerton Steph. 754. Tho. 354. 381. 807 Eglesfield Jam. 851 Eglionby Edw. 726. Geor. 812. 877. 878 Eire Will. 803 Elder Tho. 718 Elderton Will. 174 Eliot Geor. 165. See Elyot Elizab. Queen . 118 Ellis Jo. 713. 731. Will. 896 Elly Jo. 888 Elmer Jo. 610. 611. Theoph. 610 Elwaies Gerv. 331. 419 Ely Humph. 277. Will. 715 Elyott Jo. 464. 465. Rob. 703. Tho. 57. 168. 232 Emerford or Hemerford Tho. 321. 738 Emot Rich. 832 Emson Rich. 7 Ent Geor. 894 Erasmus Rot. 7. 13. 38. 54. 85. 572. 655 Erdeswick Samp. 275. 363 Ernestus Lundg . of Hassia 889 Erpen Th. 798 Erskine 798. Tho. 370 Essex Jo. 657. See D'evereux Estmond Jo. 763 Estwick Nich. 480 Etheridge Geor. 52. 191 Etton Guy 686 Evans Edw. 343. Hug. 708. Lew. 141. Matth. 812. Rich. 838. Rob. 685 Will. 879 Everard Jo. 313 Eynon Gruff . 103 F. FAber Jo. 866 Fairfax Rob. 94. 652. Will. 846 Farley El. 836 Farmery Jo. 351. 848 Farmer Edw. 672 Farnaby Giles 767. Thom. 824 Farser Rob. 824 Faucet Sam. 847 Faunt Arth. 199. 198 Fauntleray Will. 644 Favour Jo. 413. 414. 835 Fawkner Antb. 517 Featly Dan. 292. 442. 513. 514 Febure Nich. 373 Feckenham Jo. 93. 155. 177. 179. 592. 714 Feild Joh. 95. 96 Fell Jo. 634. 794 Will. 560. 579 Felton Jo. 132. Nich. 476. 812 Fenne Jam. 321. Joh. 240. 320. Rob. 321 Fenner Will. 843. Dudl . 172. 173 Fenton Rog. 768 Ferdinandus Gond. 14. Philip. 253 Ferebe Geor. 774. Joh. 797 Ferrar Rob. 591. 595. 596. 594. 580 Ferrers Edw. 113. Georg. 103. 152. Hen. 503. 504 Ferys Rich. 654. 662 Fetherston Rich. 46 Fich Tho. 9 Field Jo. 188. Rich. 343. 349. 350. 399. Theoph. 189. 783. 629 Fihely Don. 5. Maur. 8. 555 Filby Jo. 512 Finch Ed. 469. 641. 673. Hen. 425. Joh. 425. 507. Will. 587 Finet Jo. 887 Finglas Tho. 158 Fish Sim. 23. 33 Fisher Alex. 396. Christop . 554. fasp . 528. Joh. 34. 40. 159. 320. 321. 477. 487. 558. Rob. 553. Sam. 889 Fisher alias Musket Greg. 512 Fitch Jam. 793 Fitzalan Hen. 715 Fitsgeffry Cha. 516 Fitzgerald Maur. 566 Fitzherbert Ant. 43. Joh. 44. Nich. 324. Tho. 310. 393. 394. 537. 538 Fitzhngh Geo. 12 Fitzjames Jo. 66. 658. 669. 699. 765. Rich. 564. 565. Will. 698. Fitzsimons Hen. 394. 495. Leonard 158 Flavell Jo. 358. 823 Flemmyng Jo. 320. 816. Walt. 819 Fleshmonger Will. 654 Fletcher Gises 734. 735. Joh. 447. 509. alias 519. Rob. 728. Rich. 57. 734. Phin. 735 Fleetwood Hen. 506. Tho. 229. Will. 176. 229. 796. 873. 874 Florio Jo. 379. 423 Floyd Joh. 353. Thom. 277 Fludd Rob. 504. 509. alias 519. 520 Foliot Gilb. 794 Ford Tho. 728. Rob. 726 Forest Edm. 648. 654. Joh. 42. 185. Will. 94. Tho. 484 Forman Sim. 420 Forset Ed. 288 Forster Rich. 64. 736. Tho. 674. Will. 504. 521. 629 Fortescue Jo. 410 Foster Sam. 433 Fotherby Char. 777. Mart. 621. Sim. 638 Fowlis Dav. 810. 796. Hen. 75 Fountaine Jo. 889 Fowler Joh. 152. 250 Fowns Rich. 426 Fox Edw. 559. 560. 675. 679. 688. Joh. 29. 76. 103. 185. 186. &c. 488. 309. 590. 591. 592. 665. 666. 834. Rich. 41. 568. 569. Sam. 188. Foxcroft Jo. 827 Foxford Rich. 671. 672 Francis Jo. Jo. 191. Th. 710 Franklin Rich. 814. Will. 703 Frederick Count Pal. 815 Freke Edm. 591. 612. 732. 738. Freeman Tho. 11. Will. 674 French Jo. 865. Paul 704 Fri de la Jo. 771 Frith Jo. 852. Tho. 739. 792 Fryer Jo. 99. 672. Tho. 844 Fryth Jo. 29. 30. 33. 38. 43. 83 Fulbeck Will. 274 Fulford Will. 566 Fulk Will. 163. 166. 169. 170. 194 alias 196. 236. 343. 724 Fuller Jo. 193. 699. Nich. 403. 404. 405. Tho. 11. 476. 492. Will. 832 Fullonius Will. 48 Fulwell Vlp. 189. 190 Fulwood Franc. 813 Furth or Ford Rob 726 Fykes Tho. 594 G. GAger Will. 291. 313. 617 Gale Tho. 11 Galeon Will. 6 Gallen Matth. 254 Galway Christop . 177 Gam or Game Jo. 639 Gamage Edw. 879 Gamble Jo. 901 Gantlin Will. 690 Garboys Jo. 661 Garbrand Jo. 194 Garcia villa Jo. 711. 716 Gardiner Geor. 42. 600. Rich. 383. Steph. 76. 108. 117. 124. 175. 559. 679. 681. 682. 684. 705. Tho. 841 Garnet Hen. 325. 412. Garret Tho. 658 Garsias Pet. 668 Garvey Joh. 613. Rob. 159 Gascoigne Geor. 49. 150. 151 Gataker Cha. 501. Tho. 488 Gauden Joh. 262. 263 Gaudy Franc. 281 Gaunt Hen. 560 Gaydon Nich. 158 Gee Edw. 310. 377. Jo. 427 Geffry Will. 694 Gellibrand Hen. 521. 522 Gentilis Alb. 314. 315. 531. Matth. 314. 316. Rob. 315. Scip. 185. 314 George Jo. 649 Geree Jo. 405 Gery Will. 865 Ghest Edm. 591. 599. 6●2 . Gibbon Jo. 240 Gibbons Christop . 808. Edw. 768. Ellis 768. Franc. 827. Joh. 704. Nich. 768. Orl. 768. 842 Gibson Abr. 821. Joh. 736. 814. Tho. 108. 749 Giffard or Gifford Geor. 387 Gifford Joh. 410. 778. Matth. 755. b. alias 757. Rog. 727. Will. 191. 250. 453. 454. 735 Gilbert Will. 656 Gilbert Rich. 576. Will. 276. 421. 565. 568. 644. 800. 845 Gilby Ant. 153. Nath. 842. 851 Gill Alex. 512. 513 Gillingham Geor. 888. Will. 647 Gilpin Bern. 220. 441. 593. 703 Giovannus Joh. 710 Glanvill Jo. 811 Glasier Tho. 742 Glemham Char. 108 Glisson Franc. 856 Glover Rob. 319 Glue Pet. 778 Glynn Joh. 544 Glynne Maur. 651. Will. 583. 710 Goad Rog. 614. 723. Tho. 827 Goch or Gooch Barn. 772. 794. See Gough . Goddard Will. 4. 878 Godwin Franc. 319. 348. 409. 496. 497. 629. Morg. 497. Tho. 607 Godmersham Will. 642 Godskall Jam. 788 Goffe or Gough Franc. 630. John 889. Steph. 888. 889. Tho. 398. 458. Will. 889. See Gough Goldesborough Geff. 7●6 . Nich. 743 Goldesburg Joh. 293. 369 Golding Arth. 184. 401 Goldwill John 233. Tho. 166. 586. 605. 644 Gollop Gibbs 286 Gomersall Rob. 519. alias 509 Gooch Barn. 772. 794. See Goch Good Jo. 833. 834 Goodfield 650 Goodman Christoph . 153. 154. 272. 273. Gabr. 269. 294. 409. 751. Godfrey 409. 622. 623. 629. 773. 820. 821. 831. Hugh 617. John 641. 698 Goodrick Tho. 558 Goodwin Jo. 522. 882. Tho. 517. 820. 897. Will. 358. 787. 788 Gorge Franc. 775 Gorton Will. 777 Goseman Ded. 416 Gosson Steph. 256 Gostlyn Jo. 814 Gostwick Rog. 777 Gotereus Dan. 860 Gough John 179. Will. 807. See Goffe G●●●son Ellen 488. Theod. ●88 . Gourdon Jo. 795. 803 Grandison Jo. 71 Grant Edw. 269. 329. 410. Henr. 269 Gray Rich. 649. Will. 63● . Greaves Jo. 470 Grebby Rob. 83 Green Barth . 700. Christop . 843. Ed. 429. Rob. 424. 761. Rich. 7●8 . Sim. 638 Greenway Tho. 698 Greenwood Ich. 387. Will. 535 Grenfield Nath. 813 Gregory Hen. 889. Joh. 659 Grenevil Bevil 815. Rich. 816 Grent Tho. 838 Gressop Tho. 718 Grevil Fulk 182. 183. 272. 410. 413. 444. 445. Rob. 445. 446 Grey Jane . 610. Rich. 41. Will. 334 Griffin Jo. 64. Ralp . 289 Griffith Edm. 330. 631. Joh. 64. 719. Manr . 590. Will. 855. See Gryffyth Grimald or Grimoald Nic. 121. 140 Grocyn Will. 13. 32. 85 Grostest or Grosthead Rob. 5. 145 Gruter Jam. 413 Gryffyth or Gruffyth Jo. 659 Grynaeus Sim. 97. 6●9 Gualo Britan. 295 Gualter Giles 740. Ralph 142. 148. 686 Guest Edm. 591. 599. 612 Guidott Tho. 494 Guillim Jo. 389 Gundamore Count 371 Gunter Edm. 333. 432. 433 Gunthorp Jo. 562 Gunton Sim. 319 Guy Arn. 659. Nic. 810 Gwent Rich. 659. 666. 670. 684 Gwinn Math. 420. 437. 438. 771. Rob. 227. Tho. 8●0 Gwynn Owe● 828 Gwynneth Jo. 83. 680 H. HAak Theod. 470 Habington or Abington Edw. 735. Tho. 88 Haddock Geor. 321 Hacket Jo. 412. 509. alias 519. 824. Rog. 398 Haddon Walt. 98. 162. 705. 707 Hakebourne Jo. 636 Hakeluyt Oliv. 350. Rich. ibid. Hakewill Geo. 624. Will. 817 Hall Joh. 455. 456. Jos . 424. 779. 875. 881. Rich. 489. R. 118. Tho. 400 Hales Joh. 475. 528 Hales or Hayles 82. 139. Christ . 140 Halgate or Holgate Rob. 560 Halsay or Halsey Th. 562 Halke Will. 767 Hallesworth Rob. 654 Hamm Ben. 757. b. alias 759 Hamey Bald. 841. 866 Hamilton Patr. 30 Hammond Jo. 795 Hamp●on Jo. 652 Hancock Jo. 720. Tho. 561 Hanmer Joh. 627. 628. 824. Mer. 278. 279. 306 Hannay Jo. 888 Hannington Jo. 713 Hanyball or Hannyball Tho. 570. 584. 654. 667. 672. Hanworth Hug. 636 Hardyman Jo. 692 Harding 589. Joh. 776. 846. Tho. 133. 135. 138. 149. 700 Harford Rich. 698 Hariot Tho. 390. 391. Harley Jo. 9. 587 Harman Godfr . 31. Joh. 581. 582 Harmar Jo. 332 Harpesfield Joh. 124. 151. 599. Nich. 157. 151. 152. 222 Harrington Jam. 3. 570. 573. 657. Joh. 251. 125. 497 Harry ap Joh. 695. 697 Harris Nath. 813. Tho. 559. Will. 274 Harrison Jo. 316. 351. 610. 690. 756. b. alias 758. Will. 11. 189 Harsnet Sam. 505. 601. 626 Hart Will. 170. 171 Harte Jo. 242. 662 Hartley Will. 165 Hartlib . Sam. 384. 85● Hartwell Abr. 761. Rob. 85 Harvey Gabr. 173. 376. 755. b. alias 757. 762. Hen. 755. b. alias 757. Joh. 174. 655. Rich. 173. 174. 239. Rob. 755. b. alias 757. Tho. 241. 401. Will. 889. 894 Harward Sim. 296 Hassall or Halsall Jo. 852 Hastings Franc. 311. Jo. 4 Hatcher Tho. 707 Hatton Christop . 196. alias 1●8 . 223. 246. 759. 560. Will. 765 Hausted Pet. 196. alias 198. 422. 423 Haward or Howard Hen. 730. 797. Tho. 730. Will. 727. See Howard . Haward Jo. 305 Hawarden Jo. 186 Hawes Steph. 5 Hawford Phil. 638. 691 Hawkins Will. 265 Hawley Rich. 856 Hawthorne Adrian 723 Haydock Rich. 257 Hayes Will. 855 Hayman Rob. 494 Haynes Sim. 672. Will. 690 Hayward Jo. 678. 824 Heale Will. 314 Heath Joh. 343. 702. Nich. 76. 593. 603. 604. Rob. 374. 507. Tho. 173. 174 Heather Will. 842 Heerboord Andr. 405 Hegge Rob. 455 Helme Christ . 772. Will. 405 Helyar Jo. 41 Hemerford or Emerford Tho. 321. 758 Hemming Rob. 765 Hena Joh. 888 Henchma● Humph. 808. 820 Hendon Rob. 506 Heneage Gon. 594. 601. 700 Henly Andr. 372 Henry 6. K. of Engl. 643 Hen. Prince of Wales . 798 Hennin Ant. 224 Henshaw or Heronshaw Hen. 714 Herbert Hen. 185. 769. Joh. 733. 793. Phil. 466. 795. Will. 60. 466. 795. 822. 887 Heron Jo. 63. Sam. 779 Heronshaw Hen. 715 Herte Jo. 568 Heryng Joh. 68 Herydans Will. 87 Heskyns Tho. 694 Heslyngcon Will. 664 Heth Jo. 702. Thom. 173. 174. See Heath . Heton Geor. 617. Mart. 499. 616. 617 Hewes or Hughes Tho. 701. See Hughes . Hewys Joh. 643. 677 Heyden Benj. 793. 794. Christop . 278 Heylyn Pet. 333. 486. 487. 502. 792. 804. 805. 862. 867. 869 Heywood Ellis 34. 140. 251. Jasp . 34. 118. 157. 251. Joh. 116. 117. Tho. 762 Hickeringil Ed. 898 Hicks Franc. 469. Tho. ibid. and in 507 Hide Tho. 250 Hieron Sam. 779 H●gen Jo. 113. 114 H●gens Joh. 297. 343 Higgs Griff 866. Nich. 789 Higgons Theoph. 353. Thom. 803 Higgins Anth. 834 Hildesley Jo. 44. 575 Hill Jo. 719. 726. Nich. 312. 313. Rob. 649. 791. Tho. 499. 844. See Hyll . Hill R. 118 Hill or Hilley Rich. 643 Hills Jo. 744. 878 Hilsey Jo. 44. 575 Hilton Strack 767 Hinde Sam. 457. Tho. ibid. Will. 291. 456 Hitch Rob. 753 Hobbes Tho. 391. 558. 828 Hobert Hen. 448 Hobson Tho. Hoby Edw. 353. 424. Phil. 117. 178. Tho. 117 Hodges Will. 889 Hodgeskyn Jo. 588 Hodye Humph. 286 Hodson El●az . 822. Phin. 788 Hoffman Jo. 878 Hogeard Mil. 96 Hoker Jo. 53 Holbeach alias Rands Hen. 577. 638 659. Laur. 40 Holbrook Will. 400 Holcot Will. 135. 144 Holdsworth Rich. 828. 897 Hole Jo. 559 Holgate Rob. 577 Holgyll Will. 648 Holland Abr. 425. Hen. 424. 425. Hugh 498. 626. Jos . 444. Philem. 411. 735. 736. b. alias 758. Seth 675. 691. Tho. 320 Holles Denz . ●9● Holinshed O●well 682. Ralph 189. 270. 319 Holt Jo. 7. 8. 350. 569. 827. Nich. 8 Holtigena Jo. 7 Holway Jo. 641. 656 Holwell Jo. 636 Holyday Bart. 364. 813 Holyman Jo. 91. 587. 680 Holyngbourne Rob. 644. 647 Hommius Fest . 837 Hone Jo. 784 Honywood Mich. 840. Rob. 638 Hoper see Hooper . Hopkins Jo. 62. 63. Will. 62 Hood Paul 385 Hook Hen. 414. 835. 866. Rich. 879 Hooker Jo. 270. Rich. 262. 265. 270. 283. 335. 462. 741. 758. b. alias 760 Hooper or Hoper Jo. 75. 76. 124. 178. 705. 580 Hopton Arth. 336. Joh. 589. 590. 679. 684. Ralph 337 Horde Edm. 650. 654 Horman Will. 15. 16. 22. 31 Horne Gustav . 874. Jos . 427. Rob. 104. 136. 154. 178. 179. 255. 592. 609. 654. 688. 710. 729. Tho. 851 Horsmanden Dan. 828. Tho. 820 Horion Joh. 650 Hoskyns Jo. 477. 522. 523 Hotman Jo. 409 Hottoman Jo. 73● Hoveden Gil. 177. Rob. 344. 422 Houghton Jo. 24. 159. 489 How Joh. 568. Will. 567. 568 Howard Ch. 796. 852. Hen. 49. 50. 730. Theoph. 796. Philip. 238. Tho. 730. 794. 886. Will. 727. See Haward . Howill Tho. 637 Howden Jo. 650 Howlend Rich. 596. 729 Howlet Jo. 306. 731 Howman Jo. 177 Howson Jo. 291. 303. 481. 482. 628. Hubbock Will. 281 Hubberden Will. 668 Hubert Franc. 501. Rich. ibid. Huchenson Will. 764 H●ddleston Jam. 735. Joh. 684. 686. 737. Rand. 121 Hudson Bened. 137. Jam. 735. Jo. 738 Hues Rob. 390. 489. 490 Huet Tho. 728 Hugh Will. 62 Hughes Edw. 898. Jo. 840. Rob. 489. 490. Tho. 701. Will. 393. 615 Hull Jo. 773 Hume Alex. 750. 868. Joh. 868 Humphrey Laur. 52. 54. 126. 193. alia●●95 . 590. 7●0 . 743 Humpston Rob. 615 Hungerford Ant. 435. 436. Edw. 436 Hunnys Will. 118 Hunt Rich. 357. 831. 835. Rob. 677 Huntingdon Jo. 82 Hurlock Jo. 403 Hurst Tho. 845 Hussee Jam. 782. Samps . 785 Hutchins Edw. 452. 453 Hutton Leon. 488. 489 Hutton Math. 644. 737. Rob. 721. Tho. 532 Huycke Rob. 729. Tho. 709 Hyberden Will. 668 Hyde de la Dav. 157 Hyde Edw. 836. 897. Laur. 745. Tho. 766. 820. 901 Hygden Brian . 644. Joh. 85. 654. 666 Hygins Ed. 650 Hyll Ad. 238. Alb. 99. Rich. 552 Hynmersh Edw. 653. 688 I. JAckson Arth. 829. Edm. 829. Hen. 263. 264. 291. 292. 335. 468. Joh. 896. Tho. 539. 540. Will 837 Jacob Hen. 344. 394. 395. 857. 864. Jam. 15. Pol. ibid. James 1. King of Engl. 13. 184. 258. 262 James Franc. 357. 759. 819. Joh. 702. Rich. 524. 525. Tho. 1. 458. 459. 461. 506. 514. 532. 835. Will. 356. 357. 621 Jane Tho. 547 Ja●son Hen. 778 Iden Hen. 673 Jefferay Rich. 764 Jeffry Math. 770 Jegon Jo. 600 Jennings Will. 123 Jenison alias Frevil Rob. 513 Jermin Mich. 440 Jervys Jam. 718 Jessie Hen. 857 Jessop Barth . 780. Constant . 871. Joh. 833. Tho. 731 Jewell Jo. 67. 132. 133. 134. 138. 139. 149. 155. 163. 178. 193. 235. 255. 262. 265. 599. 724 Jewell Will. 806 Jewit Rand. 835 Imurily Jo. 562 Incent Jo. 643. 653. 654 Innocent or Incent Jo. 643 Inge Hug. 20. 569. 652 Ingmethorp Tho. 520. alias 510 Johnson Ben. 518. 519. 835. Christop . 100. 251. 324. Edm. 722. Franc. 394. Joh. 788. 838. Laur. 166. 733. Rob. 508. 509. 677. 705. 706. 707. 722. 739. Sam. 78. Tho. 806 Joliff Hen. 508. 665. 705 Jones Freem . 150. Gilb. 856. Hen. 665. 508. 705. 706. 707. Joh. 104. 514. Rich. 11. Walt. 728. 737. Will. 543. 544. 737. Phil. 752. Lew. 629. Hug. 600 Jorden Edw. 495 Joseph Rob. 178. 688 Josselin Joh. 588. 771 Joyner Will. 778 Ireland Tho. 168. 811 Ireton Hen. 869 Ironside Gilb. 78. Ral. 703. 785 Isaacson Hen. 828. Will. ibid. Izack Rich. ●94 Junius Patr. 793 Jux Sim. 830 Juxon Will. 498. 629. 630. Joh. 895 K. KEchin Ant. 599 Keeling Jo. 841 Keep Hen. 411 Keeper Jo. 750 Kedermyster Rich. 24. 59 Keimis Laur. 757. b. alias 759 Kelley Edw. 226. 243. 244 Kellison Math. 394 Kelke Rog. 351 Kelton Arth. 60 Keltride or Keliridge Jo. 746 Kennall Jo. 693. 708. 755 Kennedi Jo. 801 Kent Theoph. 741 Kerne Edw. 670 Kerovan Steph. 616 Keth Will. 96 Key Tho. 59. 67. 136 Kidwelly Jo. 650 Kilbye Rich. 357. 385 Killigrew Hen. 896 King Edw. 618. Hen. 526. Joh. 284. 388. 389. 409. 476. 526. 622. 734. 779. 526. 821. Phil. 820. Will. 671. 756. See in Kynge . Kingsmyll Andr. 125. 126. 192. Tho. 283 Kingsley Will. 823 Kinnimond Patr. 800 Kirkby Rich. 642 Kirkham Tho. 674 Kirkman Franc. 288 Kirton Jo. 874. Rob. 585 Knevet Hen. 115. 116. Tho. 769 Knight Will. 577. 673. 674. 682. 789 Knightly Rich. 311 Knolles Rich. 310. 664. Tho. 657. 658. 660 Knollis Franc. 248. 727. 779. Hen. 248. Will. 248. 769 Knox Jo. 149. 153. 273 Krach Nich. 64. See Cracher Kratzer or Cracher Nic. 455. See Cracher Kyte Jo. 575 Kynton Jo. 36 Kynner Rob. 685 Kynge Rob. 585. 586. 644. 660 Kynwellmersh Ant. 150. Franc. 150. 151. 118 L. LAncaster Just . 699. Tho. 138 Lane Edw. 898. Joh. 734 Laney Ben. 828 Lake Arth. 280. 430. 735. 751. 779. 827. Edw. 857. Osm . 741. Tho. 764. 769 Laly Will. 613 Lambard Will. 718 Lamie Nich. 870 Lamphire Jo. 397 Langbaine Ger. 2 Langdale Alb. 78 605. 711 Langford Charl. 788. Joh. 730. Pereg. 849 Langhorne Lanc. 820 Langley Tho. 717 Langrigg or Langrish Pet. 692. Rich. 684 Langton Rob. 26. 550. 551. 638. 641. Tho. 25. 548. 550 Languet Hub. 182 Langworth Joh. 628. 746. Rich. 746 Lanket Tho. 57. 231 Lapeis Jo. 675 Lapworth Edw. 19. 811 Latewar Rich. 268 Lathorp Jo. 857 Latymer Hug. 21. 43. Will. 25. 56 57. 124. 128. 655 Laud Will. 2. 350. 417. 476. 507. 633. 634. 629. 749. 783. 804. 814. 819. 833 Laurence Gil. 135. 737. 744. Jo. 668. 744 Law or Low Rob. 662 Lawerne Jo. 674 Lawes Hen. 374. 816 Lawson Will. 296 Laybourne Rog. 562 Layfield Edm. 853. Edw. 859. Joh. 853 Layton Rich. 644. 647 Lea Cromw . 270. Jo. 802 Ledsham Hen. 414 Lee Edw. 53. 577. 640. 673. 682. Joh. 811. 835. 851. Geor. 671. Rowl . 670. 671. Rich. 410 Leech Humph. 457. Joh. 739. Rob. 729 Leff Jo. 662 Legg Tho. 758. b. alias 760. Will. 634 Legh Ger. 147 Leigh Edw. 291. 529. Joh. 844. Will. 530 Leighten Edw. 669. 677. Richard 644 Leill Taner . 789 Leland Jo. 67. 68. &c. 411 Lesley Jo. 119. 140. 149. Rob. 898 L'estrange Ham. 486. 534. Rog. 460 Levens Pet. 192 Lever Ral. 355. 671 Lever Tho. 852 Levison Rich. 287 Lewes Dav. 702. Griff. 737. Owen 612. Rich. 755. Tho. 356 Lewis Fel. 737. Will. 436 857. 858 Lewknore Lew. 849 Lewyn Justin . 891. Will. 752 Ley Jam. 448. Joh. 333 Leyburne Joh. 238. Will. 433 Leycester Joh. 291. 528 Leyson Joh. 562 Leyson Griff 684. Joh. 562. Thom. 295. 296. 562 Lhuyd Humph. 74. 129. 196. alias 198 Lilly Edm. 749. 806 Lilye Geor. 96. Will. 7. 11. 14. 15. 21. 22. 103. 104. Pet. 15. 808 Linch Joh. 617. Rowl . 616 Lindsell Aug. 386. 597. 629. 819. 820 Line Cuthb . 410 Lister Edw. 793. Jo. 156. Mart. 793. Matth. ibid. Tho. 740 L'isle Arn. 462. Joh. 349. Will. 771 Little Franc. 408. 831 Littleton Jam. 772. 879 Lock Matth. 808 Lodge Tho. 424 Loftus Dudl . 899 Logan Jo. 390 Lombard Pet. 131. 219. 409 London Jo. 137. 660 Long List . 867 Longland Joh. 58. 59. 97. 577. 581. 649. 682. 694. 700 Longworth Joh. 746. Rich. ibid. Lorgan Rich. 686 Low Edw. 801 Low or Law Rob. 662 Love Christ . 456. Nich. 819 Lovell Tho. 658. 742 Lovelace Rich. 887 Lougher Rob. 115. 722 Lowth Joh. 388 Lowther Lanc. 848 Lloyd Dav. 860. Evan. 158. Geor. 615. Griff. 740. Hug. 268. 269. 788. Humph. 74. 129. 196. alias 198. Joh. 269. 276. 722. Lodow. 118. 329. Oliv. 627. 787. Rich. 827. Tho. 668 Lozillerius Pet. 740 Ludlow Edm. 884 Lugge Rob. 892 Lupset Tho. 28. 672 Lupton Tho. 306 Lorne Joh. 674 Luson Will. 683 Luther Mart. 19. 31. 34. 37. 46. Lychfeld Clem. 637. 638 Lydiate Tho. 461 Lydgate Jo. 6 Lylie Jo. 256 Lynacre Tho. 17. 18. 19. 32 Lynch Jo. 831 Lynd Humph. 62. 513 Lyon Will. 621 Lyte Hen. 293. 294. Tho. 533 Lytherland Will. 664 M. MAchel Rowl . 550 Macraih Matth. 554 Mackworth Humph. 826 Macy or Massie Tho. 683. 690 Madesley Tho. 746 Maddock or Madox Jo. 738. 750 Madox . See Maddick Magnus Tho. 161. 662. 663 Magwire Nich. 8. 555 Mahew Rich. 565 Mahon Jam. 560 Maihew Edw. 347 Major Jo. 45. 46 Makeril Tho. 645 Mallet Franc. 660. Jam. 646 Malton Chr. 687. 701 Malyn Will. 11 Malverne Will. 657 Man Ged . 783. Hen. 584. 599 Manchester Edw. 688 Mandevill Rob. 375 Manering Tho. 513 Manditor 770 Manley Jo. 900 Manning Hen. 763 Mannours Edw. 728. Rog. 779. 797 Manrique Pet. 335 Manset Fr. 848 Manwaring Edw. 866 Maplet Jo. 896 Marbeck or Merbeck Jo. 91. 94. 704. Rog. 736 March Jo. 872 Mariniere Jam. 849 Marlo Chr. 288 Marlow Jo. 675 Marler Jo. 682. Tho. 421. 830 Marprelate Mart. See in Joh. Penry Marsh Jam. 868. Rich. 522. 866. Sam. 888 Marshall Cuthb . 579. Steph. 826. Tho. 118. 274. 434. 681. 719 Marston Jo. 299. 770. Nic. 737. Will. 737 Marten Anth. 108. Hen. 656 Martiall Jo. 250. Rich. 707 Martill Jo. 177 Martin Edw. 541. 840. Greg. 165. 169. 706. Jam. 810 Martino S. Leand. 514 Martin Rich. 374. 753. Tho. 60. 174. 175. Will. 350 Martyr Pet. 72. 100. 104. 106. 110. 111. 701 Marvyn Edm. 694 Mary Queen 100. Countess of Pembroke 380. 183. 219 Masciart Mich. 256 Mason Edm. 876. Franc. 393. 394. 533. 757. b. alias 759. Joh. 50. 248. 669. 675. 706. Nich. 84. Rob. 506 Massie Ger. 803. Will. 757. b. alias 789. Tho. 683. 690 Massyngberd Chr. 610. 690 Massinger Phil. 447. 536. Walt. ibid. Master Rich. 710 Masters Rob. 772. Will. 718 Masterson Rich. 158 Mayster Rich. 655 Mathew Rob. 834. Sim. 670. Tob. 123. 279. 280. 356. 588. 625. 772 Mauditor 770 Maw Leon. 781 Mawdley or Mawdlen Rich. 636. 666. 679 Maxfield Th. 779 May Edw. 365. Tho. 795. 826. Will. 155. 271. Mayer Wolfg. 783 Mayerne Theod. 798 Mayhew Rich. 557 : 559. 639. 640. 663 Maynard Jo. 639 Mayne Cath. 732. Jasp . 475 Mayow Rich. 559 Meagh Will. 578 Meara Edm. 381. Derm . 381. 655 Meetkirk Edw. 385. 851 Meddows Jam. 809 Meighen Rich. 458 Meldrum Jo. 826 Mellis Joh. 85 Melton Will. 19 Melvil 476 Merbeck , See Marbeck Meredith Joh. 780. Jonas 731. Ric. 614. 798. 809 Meres Franc. 771 Merlow Jo. 675 Morenda Cath. 107 Merick Jo. 600. 615. Will. 752. 855 Merrick Gell. 245. 595 Rowl . ibid. Messynger Rowl . 646 Metcalf Nich. 590 Mews Pet. 833 Mey Jo. 564. 728 Miagh or Meagh Will. 578 Michel Tho. 644 Michelbourne Edw. 853. 854 Middleton Rich. 757. b. alias 759. Tho. 509. alias 519. 536. 831. Will. — 246 Milbourne Rich. 773 M●ldenham Tho. 659 Milson Joh. 326 Mileson Rich. 878 Milton Jo. 373. 880. 881. 882. &c. Milward Joh. 755 Missenbuck Geor. 776 Modena Rinald 557 Mocket Tho. 898 Moket Rich. 368 Molineux Viv. 813 Molyns Joh. 222. 368 Monson Will. 287 Montmartin Gid . 783 Moor Rob. 535 More Alice 33. Cressac . 34. 35. Edw. 659. Franc. 392. 393. 815. Gabr. 761. Geor. 418. 419. 736. Marg. 33. 34. 36. Sir Tho. 13. 18. 32. 75. 144. 159. 525. Thom. 35. 298. Will. 103. 576. 659 Moreman Joh. 678. 679. 689 Moreton Joh. 547. 548. 549. Nich. 163. Will. 548. 813 Morgan Hen. 591. 670. Joh. 552. 553. Mer. 808. Rob. 632. Will. 519. alias 509. 615 Morley Geor. 344. Tho. 759. 760. Rich. 610. Morrice Evan. 768. Will. ibid. Morrice Tho. 775 Morris Andrew 860. Joh. 327. 878 Morton Edw. 889. John 635. 666. Tho. 310. 346. 417. 499. 628. 737. 798. Will. 25. Mortymer Will. 679 Morysine Rich. 81 Moryson Fynes . 765 Morwen John 67 Morwent Robert 661 Morin or Morwing Peter 156. 185 Moscroff Thomas 664 Moseley Humphrey 156 Mosse William 708 Mostyn William 898 Moulin Lew. 486. in Marg. 898. Peter 803. 877. 883 Mounson Thomas 796 Mountague James 280. 430. 619. Jonas 826. Richard 396. 442. 787. 788. 826. 627. Walter 502 Mountaigne Geo. 622. 626 Mountfort James 761. John ibid. Tho. ibid. Mowse William 708 Moyle William 838 Mugg Richard 670 Muscaster Richard 316. 512 Mullady William 613 Mullins John 222 Mundy George 847. John 757. b. alias 759 Mundyn John 286 Munloss John 880 Muriel Tho. 394. 765 Murray Pat. 796. Rich. 861 Murrey Robert 817. Tho. 398 Musgrave Chr. 803. Thomas 664 674 Mush John 426 Musket alias Fisher Greg. 427 Mylls Fr. 126 Myles Thomas 67 Myllyng Thomas 566 Myriell Thomas 765 N. NAbbes Thomas 311 Naileheart John 639 Nangle Peter 157 Napier Robert 719. Rich. 858 Nash Thomas 229. 755. b. alias 757. 762 Neale John 714. Tho. 219. 220. 416. 703 Neckham Rog. 660 Nedham Mar. 460. 882 Neile John 843. Rich. 409. 569. 626. 783. 814 Nelson Stephen 746 Neper John 469 Nettles Stephen 848 Nevill Alex. 50. 289. 587. Christ . 523. Hen. 773. 796. Tho. 587. 734. 808 Newbolt Thomas 676 Newbury Nath. 885 Newland John 639 Newell Robert 755. b. alias 757. 784 Newstead Christoph . 388 Newton Ad. 356. 831. 835. Fra. 606. Rob. 714. 829. Tho. 16. 69. 194. 288. 289 Neylan Dan. 616 Neyland James 702 Nicolls John 172. 173 Niccols Aust . 482. 543. Rich. 342. 343 Nicholas Pet. 652 Nicholson Jo. 897. Rich. 773 Nightingale Tho. 19. 656 Nikke Rich. 573. 574. Will. 574 Nipho Fab. 260 Noble Jo. 650 Noell Hen. 769 Nook Rob. 657 Norden Jo. 382 Norman Joh. 94. 651 Norrington Nath. 847 Norris Cuthb . 742. Hen. 762. Joh. ib. Norton 132 Norton Baldw. 716. Joh. 809. Sam. 513. Tho. 63. 72. 108. 121. 272. 297 Noude Beav . 770 Nowell Alex. 66. 150. 156. 163. 165. 271. 719. 744. 775. Joh. 756. b. alias 758. Laur. 146. 147 Nowers Alex. 389 Noy Will. 506 Nuce Tho. 289 Nugent Will. 158 Nutburne Will. 220 Nuttall Jo. 786 Nutter Jo. 739 Nuttall Jo. 786 O. OAtes Tho. 830 Ochine Bern. 82. 106 Oglethorpe Owen 593 Okever Jo. 832. 874 Oldesworth Mich. 818. Oldham or Owldham Hug. 561 562 Oleven Rich. Ep. 551 Olevian Ant. Franc. 823 Oliver Joh. 666. 654. 684. 897. 〈◊〉 . 897. Ormanet Nich. 714 Ortelius Abr. 705 Orton Joh. 650 Osbaldeston Lamb. 454. 805. 828. 833 Osborne Franc. 267. 268. Peter 725 Osullevan Phil. 163. 164 Othen Hyp. 807 Oudart Nich. 887 Overall Jo. 272. 601 Overbury Tho. 184. 330. 331 Overton Tho. 571. Will. 123. 299. 616 Oughtred Will. 469 Oxenbridge Joh. 734 Oxestierne Joh. 874 Oxford Vniversity 1. its antiquity 356 Owen Dav. 555. 803. Joh. 400. 523. 628. 784. 794. Lew. 250. 612. Morg. 819. Ow. 724. Rich. 592. Rog. 255 Owen Ow. 724 P. PAde Raym. 26. 97. 137 Paddie Will. 767. 783 Page Rich. 648. Sam. 469. Will. 648 Paget Ephr. 357. Euseb . ib. Paice or Pace Joh. 28. Rich. 25. 26. 38. 40. 70. 575 Paine Pet. 295 Palmer Jul. 700. Rich. 835. Tho. 713. Geo. 695 Palmes Geor. 695 Palsgrave Joh. 48 Panke Jo. 380 Papudo Ant. 675 Parentius Jo. 770 Parfey Rob. 583 Parker Hen. 45. 46. 295. 639. Matth. 98. 123. 175. 220. 393. 588. 589. Rich. 665. 786. Rob. 394. Rog. 758. b. alias 760. Tho. 672. 677. Will. 657 Parkhouse Joh. 642 Parkurst Joh. 52. 132. 141. 142. 273. 600 Parkinson Math. 564. 728 Parks Rich. 295 Parry Hen. 352. 519. alias 509. 621. 694. 708. Rich. 294. 330. 409. 622. W. 471 Parry or ap Harry Jo. 695. 697. 700 Parsons Phil. 861 Parsons or Persons Rob. 79. 164. 187. 224. 236. 240. 304. 305. &c. 365. 426. 460 Pasor Matth. 440 Paterson Jo. 868 Pates Rich. 79. 593. 594. 644. 667 Patrick Sim. 130. 791 Paybody Jo. 847 Payne Joh. 554. 676 Paynell Tho. 111. 112 Paul Joh. 689. Will. 634 Pavy Hugh 557 Peacock Tho. 480. 802 Pearson Matth. 815. Rob. 878 Pearson Dr. 828. 831 Peck Tho. 400. Rich. 848 Pedder Jo. 691. 708 Pedley Edw. 688 Peele Geor. 260 Peers Walt. 642 Pekms Jo. 674 Pelham Hen. 435. Will. 434 435 Pell Jo. 391. 871 Pellican Conr. 108 Pelling Jo. 777 Pembroke Mary Countess of 183. 219. 380 Pemble Will. 405 Pemberton Will. 751 Pendergast 177 Pendleton Edw. 700. Hen. 105 Penkethman Jo. 337 Pennant Edw. 592. 664. Joh. 664. 665 Penniewick Andr. 536 Penry Joh. 562 Penny Joh. or Marprelat 227. 228. 230 Penticost Rowl . 655 Pe●yr Nich. 644. 661 Percevall Joh. 2●● . 6●7 Percy Alg. 490. Hen. 390. 391. 795. Rich. 744 Periam Will. 287 Perin Jo. 776 Perkyns Chr. 722. Will. 366. 415 Perne Andr. 708. 709 Perot Jo. 18 Perrot Jam. 515. Joh. 674. Rob. 656 Perry Hen. 252 Persons Rob. See Parsons . Peryn Will. 84. 697 Pet Th. 750 Peto Will. 650. Will. or Pet. 587. 597 Peter or Petre Hen. 657 Peters Hug. 263 Petre Will. 683 Petreus Hen. 405 Petrucci Ludov. 387. 388 Pettie Geor. 194 Phayer Th. 102 Philippides Hier. 702. 706 Philipot Jo. 902. Tho. ibid. Philipps Arth. 900. Edw. 276. 881. Hen. 37. Joh. 629. 630. 755. 810. 881. Morg. 148. 149. 235. 592. Pet. 900. Rowl . 566. 656. 667. Steph. 873. Walt. 732 Philpot Jo. 79. 319. 411 Pickover Ralp . 411. 421. 766 Piers Jo. 490. 611. 612. 746. Will. 812 Pierce Th. 895 Pilkyngton Franc. 773. Jam. 590 John 771. Rich. 478. 479. Tho. 773 Pilsworth Will. 630 Pine Tertul. 742 Pinke Will. 463 Pinner Charl. 252 Pinson Joh. 552 Plaisted Jo. 12 Plankney Jo. 713 Playfere Th. 776 Plough Jo. 96 Plowden Edm. 176 Plummer Christ . ●76 Plunket Edw. 177. Ol. ib. Pat. 176. 177 Pitheus Pet. 734 Pits Arth. 508. Joh. 345. 346. and errors in his book ibid. Plancius Dan. 791 Pocklington Jo. 790 Poeton Pet. 812 Pointer Jo. 829 Pointz Fr. 54. Rob. 118. 119 Pole or Poole Dav. 596. Ol. 648 Pole Edw. 566. Hug. 645. Reno . 52. 82. 92. 93. 96. 100. 587. 656 Pollard Joh. 668. 673. Len. 81 Pomerel Will. 324 Ponet Joh. 175 Pontanus Felix 694 Pope Joh. 599. 548. 675 Popham Joh. 229. 292. 293. 369. Edw. 826 Pordage Sam. 336 Porter Hen. 781. Rich. 694. 756. Walt. 781. Will. 651. 656 Portu de Maur. 8. 555 Pory Jo. 725. 726 Possevin Ant. 181 Poteman Will. 566 Poticary Tho. 273 Potkyn Pet. 650 Potts Joh. 199. 718 Potter Rich. 759. Christ . 828. 831 Pound Tho. 191 Powell Dav. 74. 130. 196. alias 198. Ed. 46. 681. Gabr. 294. 394. 791. Griff. 383. Tho. 245. 716. 746. 816 Powle Jo. 690 Pownoll Nath. 312 Pratt Jo. 717 Pregian Jo. 804 Press Sim. 751 Preston Jo. 805. Tho. 726 Price Doctor 632 Price 486 Price Dan. 468. 477. 478. 787. 868. Hen. 266. Hug. 672. Samp. 468. Theod. 819. Will. 413 Prichard Humph. 304 Prideaux Edm. 851. Jo. 386 Prime Jo. 247 Primerose Dav. 849. Gilb. ibid. Jam. 864. Joh. 849. Steph. ibid. Prinne . See Prynne Prior Tho. 811 Prise or Price Jo. 73. Rich. 74 Prit a Minister 592 Proctor Jo. 80. Jam. 688 Prows Jo. 644 Prynne Hen. 8. Jo. 643. 666. Will. 109. 496. 497. 515. 539. 804 Puccius Franc. 223. 225 Puckring Joh. 229 Pullayne Jo. 115. 128 Pulton Ferd. 362 Purchas Sam. 821. 822 Purefoy Humph. 69. Tho. ibid. Pursell 561 Pursglove Rob. 604. 605 Puttenham 184 Pye Tho. 303. Will. 83. 697. 700. 708 Pygot Th. 553 Pyning Hen. 93 Q. QVarr Jo. 651 Quaterman Sext. 709 Quemmorford Edw. 687. Nich. 154 R. RAcster Jo. 768. 773 Radcliff Edw. 73. Ralph ibid. Rich. 755. b. alias 757 Rainbow Edw. 861 Rainolds Edm. 234. 235. 721. Hier. 234. Jam. 235. Joh. 184. 221. 233. 242. 248. 289. 290. 261. 313. 314. 335. 343. 351. 417. 418. Tho. 289. 505. 583. 689. 705. 712. Nich. 235. Will. 233. 234. 454 Raleigh Carew 374. Georg. 830. Walt. 150. 369. 370. &c. 390. 607. 791 Ramsey Geor. 814. Joh. 653. 666. 692. 871 Ramridge Jo. 696 Ramsden Hen. 522. Hug. 414 Randall Joh. 399 Randol Jo. 847. 848 Randolph Edm. 861. Rob. 196 alias 198. 854. Tho. 195. alias 197. 196. alias 198. 240. 637. 728. 739 Rand● Hen. 577 Rascius or Rescius Ant. 716 Rastall Jo. 38. 115. Will. 38. 43. 114. 115. Wenef . 114. 115 Rastell W. 112 Rateliffe Edw. 783. Jer. ibid. Ravens Jo. 774 Ravis Jo. 467. Tho. 617 Rawley or Raleigh Walt. 150 Rawlins Hen. 645. Rich. 563. 573 577 Rawlinson Jo. 475. 476 Rawson Rich. 86 Raynolds Jo. 573. Rob. 710 Reade Jo. 740. 746. Tho. 286. 778. 893. Rich. 694 Reading Jo. 492 Record Rob. 84 Reeve Rich. 690 Rede Jo. 646. 677. Rich. 718 Redman Jo. 65. 66. 647. 669. 697. Walt. 562. Will. 600 Regimorter Ass . 885 Regius Pet. 740 Rhead Alex. 392. 837. 838. Rich. 461. 767. Tho. 837 Reinolds Jo. 336 Remyngton Rich. 742. 753 Renniger Mich. 300. 783 Repingdon Phil. 295 Repps Will. 21 Rescius or Rascius Ant. 716 Reuter Ad. 440 Reyner Clem. 473 Reynolds Edw. 394. 396. 865. John 865 Rhead Alex. 392. 837. 838. Rich. 461. 767. Tho. 837 Rhese Jo. Dav. 296. 304 Rhese Jo. 73 Rian Dan. 713. Dermit . 655. Donat. 684 Rice ap Hugh 672 Rice Jo. 678 Richard the 3. King of Engl. 13 Rich Rob. 848 Richardson Jo. 807. Laur. 734 Rider Jo. 495. 628 Ridley Mar. 421. Tho. 779 Risden Edw. 180 Risdon Ed. ibid. Rishton Edw. 163. 179. 180 Ritwise or Rightwise Joh. 11. 15 Rivet And. 841 Rivet or Revet Tim. 755. b. alias 757 Roburts Fulk 840 Roberti Jo. 594 Roberts Jo. 75. Will. 664. 632 Robertson Tho. 15. 103. 104. 693 Robins Jo. 86. 697 Robinson Jo. 726. 744. Hen. 620. Nich. 595. Ralph 34 693. 806. Will. 749 875 Robsert . Amey 166 Robson Cha. 865. Sim. 614. 758. b. alias 760 Rachfort Sim. 10 Rodde Will. 693. 726 Rogers 727 Rogers Ben. 808. 835. Dan. 199. Franc. 587. Jo. 156. Rich. 403. 587. Tho. 341. 342 Rokeby Joh. 564. Will. 563. 564 Roos Brian 650 Rondell Phil. 167 Rosdell Chr. 76 Roper Joh. 30. Will. 33. 36. 37 Ross Alex. 372. Thom. 889 Rossaeus Will. 234 Royse Joh. 301 Rotheram Th. 547 Rouse Franc. 442 Rowland Tho. 655. Rich. 427 Rowlands Hen. 620 Rowlands Will. 778 Rowlandson Jam. 528 Rowley Will. 313. 437. 536 Rudd Ant. 608. 737. 743. Rudyard Ben. 466. 523 Ruffus Nich. 772 Rugge Jo. 725. 749. Will. 574 Ruggle Geor. 794 Rumphius Christ . 817 Runcorn Tho. 664 Rupert Pr. 886. Dudl . ibid. Runcorne Tho. 664 Rusaeus Ant. 848. Lud. 851 Russell Edw. 728. Geor. 780. Joh. 548. Will. 773 Russh Ant. 148. 733 Ruthall or Rowthall Th. 161. 565 Rycaut Paul 311 Rycks Jo. 39 Rydge Rich. 661 Rydley Nich. 78. 90. 154. 582. 705 Ryngsted Tho. 656 Rytoner Hen. 638 Ryves Georg. 781. Jo. 833 S. SAckvyle 258 Sackvyle Ch. 297. Rob. 745. Tho. 113. 297. 766. 767 Sadler Vinc. 416 Sagittary Fred. 886 Saintgeorge Hen. 319. 414 Saintjohns Ol. 866. 867 Saintmartin Leon. 514 Sall de la Joh. 456. See Jo. Hall. Salcot Jo. 572 Salisbury Hen. 226. 754. Will. 120 Saling Will. 640 Salisbury Joh. 151. 599. 678. Rob. 744. Tho. 246 Salkeld Jo. 397. 398. Lanc. 302. 724 Salley or Sawley Mil. 560 Salmon Pet. 874. Rob. ib. Salwey Ger. 177 Sampson Rich. 103. 642. 643. 665. Tho. 126. 153. 192. 193 Sanders Lanc. 106 Sanderson Rand. 885. Rob. 2. Tho. 392. 793 Sandwych Will. 669. 676. 694 Sandyford or Sandford Rog. 636 Sandys Ed. 265. 462. 463. Geor. 501. Mil. 520. alias 510 Sanford Jo. 461 Sansbury 302. 303 Saravia Adr. 403. 765 Sarmiento Ded. 371 Savage Geo. 123. 728 Savelle a family . 286 Savile Hen. 355. 356. 395. 396. 397. 514. Joh. 285. 286 Saunders Hug. 637. Nich. 162. 180. 272. 482. Patr. 835 Saul Arth. 703 Sawley Mil. 560 Saywell Will. 540 Scambler Edm. 596. 600. 756 Schlick Hierom. 745 Schouldham Rob. 651. 656. 657. Scory Ed. 564. Joh. 583. 584. 590. 591. Silv. 584 Scot Cuthb . 711. Reyn. 257. 258. Rob. 773. Tho. 547. 589. 846 Scudder 529 Scull Jo. 823 Scultet Abr. 222. 499. 779 Seaman Will. 542 Searchfield Roul . 622 Securis Joh. 158 Sedgwick Tho. 711 Sedlie 258. 624 Segar Will. 482 Seimore Edw. 799. Will. 799. See Seymour . Seintgerman Chr. 47 Sellar or Seller Jo. 868. Will. 470 Selden Joh. 245. 255. 413. 462. 627. 794 Selling Will. 640 Selwood Jo. 640 Senh●●●e Rich. 620. 621. 783 Serle Alex. 794 Seton or Seaton Joh. 710 Sever Hen. 553. Will. ibid. Sewell Hugh 719 Seymoure Ed. 71. 72. 884. Will. 886 Shackspeare Hug. 637 Shaghens Rich. 131 Sharp Lion. 523. 832. 835 Shaw Hen. 732. Jo. 414 Shaxton Nich. 190. 643 Sheafe Grind. 798. Tho. 790. 798 Sheffield Joh. 727. Will. 556. 557 Sheine 131. Joh. 668. See Sheyne Sheth Elias 131 Shjoy Will. 551 Sheldon Raph. 319. 364. 491. 549. 604 Sheldon Gilb. 369. Ed. 399. Raph. 319. 364. 491. 549. 604 Sheppard Alex. 806. Joh. 94. 709. Nich. 688. Will. 369 Shepery Jo. 51● 142 Shepreve Jo. 51 Sherburne Edw. 331. 901 Sherebourne Rob. 10. 573. 574 Sherley Ant. 471. 742. Rob. 471. 472. Tho. 472. Will. 870 Sherlock Geo. 158 Sherrey Jo. 63 Sheringham Rob. 862 Sherewood Rob. 22. Rub. 726 Sherow Jo. 675 Shert Jo. 725 Sherton Rob. 672 Sherwood Jo. 776 Sherwyn Ralp . 166 Shingleton Rob. 56 Shirbourne Jo. 648 Shirley Ant. 742 Shirwood Jo. 566 Sibbes Rich. 542 Sibthorp Rob. 835 Siddall Hen. 685. 707. 716 Sidney Hen. 180. 181. 730. Phil. 49. 182. 183. Rob. 762. Mary 606. See Pembrok . Silvester Jos . 378 Silvius Jac. 158 Simeon Jeff. 570 Simpson Chris . 760. Joh. 803. 819. Nich. 803 Singleton Is . 790 Sinews or Sinewse Will. 553 Sixesmith Tho. 333 Sixtinus Joh. 650 Skelton Jo. 20. 21 Skevyngton Tho. 572 Skerow Jo. 675 Skinner Cyr. 883. Ral. 104. 153. 688. Rob. 886. Will. 851 Skuish Jo. 23 Skypp Jo. 560. Will. 696 Slade Math. 337. 338. Sam. 770 Sleep Ant. 812 Slythurst ▪ Th. 697 Smectymnus 861. 898 Smith Ed. 725. Joh. 247. 251. 259. Hen. 231. Math. 64● . Mil. 345. 416. 417. 490. 622. Nich. 713. 718. 719. Rich. 100. 107. 108. 110. 175. 622. Sam. 383. 836. Seb. 792. 901. Tho. 11. 66. 155. 301. 302. 724. Will. 555. 594. 635. 637. 644. 728. 740. 835. Smyth see Smith Snell Geor. 840 Snoden or Snowden Rob. 620 Snow Will. 665 Solme Tho. 57 Somer Joh. 697 Somerset Hen. Marq. of Worc. 486. 487. Char. 797. Edw. 769. Will. ibid. Some or Soame Rob. 227. Tho. 57. 121 Somner Will. 147 Sonibanke Ch. 800 Sotho Ludov. 110. Pet. 109. Pet. Maj. 110. Sou●h Will. 752 South Jo. 820 Southwell Nath. 243 Southerne Tho. 642 Southwood Jo. 662. 677 Sowle Jo. 6 Spackman Norw . 787. Tho. 811 Sparke Noel 897. Rob. 871. Th. 290. 343. 328. 351. 352. 533. 576. 677. Will. 470. 517 Sparrow Ant. 742 Speckington VVill. 569 Speed Jo. 260. 537. Sam. 537 Speght Th. 320 Spelman Henr. 39. 452 Spencer Edm. 185. Hen. 887. Mil. 786. Th. 21 Spenser Jo. 263. 292. 335 Spicer Alex. 434. Rich. 843. VVill. 832 Sprint Jo. 405. 406. 481. 614. 665. 737. 749 Spotswood Rob. 817 Spurstow Will. 861 Squire Ad. 740. Jo. 805 Stafford Edw. 727. 770. Hen. 88. Rob. 386. 569. Rich. 829. Tho. 452. VVill. 829 Staller or Stallard Tho. 735. 766 Stambridge Jo. 7. 16. 659. Tho. 17. 562. 659 Standard Jo. 320. 530. 824 Standish Ed. 80. Hen. 24. 36. 80. 670. Jo. 80. Rich. 81 Stanford Ral. 730 Stanhop Edw. 726. 745. Geor. 835. Mich. 769 Stanley Jam. 557. 558. 637. 646. Hen. 727. Tho. 599. 659. 901. 902 Stanyhurst Rich. 375. 428 Stanywell or Stonywell Jo. 579. 637. 639 Staple Edw. 580. 671 Stapleton Tho. 179. 253. 254. 262. 482 Staunford VVill. 86 Staunton Laur. 758. b. alias 760 Stemp Tho. 195. alias 197. 708 Sterke Jo. 636 Sterne Rich. 856 Sternhold Tho. 62 Stephens Jer. 39 Steuart Jam. 886 Stevens Tho. 103. Dr. 134 Steukley Lew. 371 Stevenson Rob. 758. alias 760. 775. Steward Edm. 663. 687 Stewart Esm . 795. Fr. 792. 824. Rich. 532. Stiles Math. 893. 894 Still Jo. 608. 742 Stillington Rob. 566 Stinton Geor. 843 Stock Rich. 774. VVill. 718 Stocker Will. 718 Stokes Dr. 82 Stokes Rich. 393 Stokeslie Jo. 54. 575. 652. 675 Stonard VVill. 801 Stone Chr. 788. Tho. 749. VVill. 875 Stonywell Jo. 637. 639 Stopys or Stopes Rich. 664. 715 Storer Tho. 280 Storie Jo. 60. 131. 636 Stork Jo. 636 Stow Jo. 53. 320 Stradling Edw. 296. 290. ●●● ▪ 304. Jo. 300. 429 Stransham Edw. 738 Straytbarret Jam. 581 Stretsham Hen. 691 Strong VVill. 826 Stroud or Strode VVill. 826 Stubbes Laur. 654 Stuckins Ralp . 108. 822 Studley Joh. 289 Summer Hen. 673 Summers Jac. 756. alias 758 Summaster Th. 739 Sutcliff Math. 443 Sutton Chr. 412. 454. Dav. 158. Hen. 643. Tho. 407. 408 Suavenburgh Geo. 737 Swaddon VVill. 269. 788 Swawell Tho. 638 Sweit Gil. 873. Ol. 737 Swinburne Her. 386 Swinnerton Tho. 75 Sydeuore Rich. 640 Sydenham Geor. 645 Sylvester Edw. 634. Rob. 579. 604 Sylva de Gosem 123 Symings or Symmings Joh. 710 Symonds VVill. 334 Sympson Tho. 873 T. TAlbot 177. 243. Rob. 87. 88. Tho. 88. 319 Talley Dav. 649 Talot Rich. 650 Tanfeild Laur. 501 Tapsell Jo. 827 Turlton 174 Tate Fran. 348. 349. 412. Zouch 349 Tutham Joh. 728 Tavern●●● Jo. 94. Rich. 143. 144. 271. Rog. 145. 146. 346 Taler Jo. 100. Rob. 110 Taylor alias Cardmaker Jo. 102 Taylor Jo. 588. 667 Taylor Hibern . 131. Rob. 463. Tho. 868. VVill. 260 Taylour Franc. 499. VVill. 649 Temple Rob. 761. Tho. 895. VVill. 751 Tenison Phil. 394 Terry Joh. 435 Tesdale Chr. 83● Texeda Ferd. 845 Thelwall Eub. 746 Theyer Joh. 95 Thirlby Ch. 798. Joh. 712 Thomannus Casp . 786 Thomas Lew. 381. Rowl . 685. VVill. 74 Thompson Geor. 794. Rich. 622 Thornden or Thornton Joh. 559. 586. 639. 666 Thorndyke Herb. 391 Thorie Joh. 239 Thorie or Thorius Jo. 856 Thoris Math. 880 Thorius Rog. 422. 423 Thorne Gil. 784 Thornborough Edw. 788. 889. Gilb. 628. Joh. 397 Thornton Rich. 802. 826. Tho. 409. 754. See Thornton . Thorowgood Tho. 844 Thorp Joh. 453 Threlkeld Edw. 743 Throckmorton Nich. 74. 727. VVill. 668 Throwley Joh. 699 Thruston Malac. 894 Thrysk VVill. 664. 678 Thurcross Hen. 629. 810. 843. Tim. 810. 843 Thuanus Aug. 410 Thynne Ch. 296. Franc. 319. Tho. 53. VVill. 52. 53. 665. Tiarda Eizo 789 Tighe Rob. 358 Tilenus Dan. 838 Tillesley Rich. 391. 793. 851 Tindall Humph. 740. 774 Tinley Mart. 352. Rob. ibid. Todd Hugh 751 Toker Jo. 691 Tolley Dav. 14. 66. 681 Tomkins Gil. 799. Jo. ib. Nath. ib. Nic. ib. Tho. ib. Tomson Gil. 788. 618. Laur. 297. 298. Ralp . 744. 746. Rich. 776. Tho. 378 Tomworth Jo. 727 Tomstall Cuthb . 25. 65. 97. 590. 703. Ralph . 414. 740 Tooker Ch. 856. Jos . 875. VVill. 147. 385. 786. Tookey Tho. 717 Torporley Nath. 390. 484. 485 Torriano G. 423 Torshell Sam. 775 Townley Zou . 412. 839 Tounson or Tonson Rob. 621. 781 804 Towers Jo. 539. 812. Rob. 413 Townsend Ch. 477. Hayw. 274. 287. Rog. 672 Toy Griff. 722. 738 Tracy Rich. 83. VVill. ibid. Trafford Hen. 607 Traheron Barth . 105 Transham Edw. 738 Trapham Th. 875 Travers VValt . 741 Tregonnwell Jo. 666 Tremayne Rich. 723 Tresham Franc. 282. VVill. 126 Trent Councill 109 Trever Rich. 487 Trevier Ralph 705 Trigge Fr. 283 Triplet Tho. 501. 502 Trotter Hugh 674 Troutbeck Rob. 481 Trussell Jo. 380 Tuckney Anth. 844 Turbervile Geor. 240. 241. Jam. 594 Turnbull Cha. 282. Rich. 280. Will. 706. 730 Turner Franc. 877. Math. 843. Pet. 781. 888. Rich. 91. 669. 802. Rob. 258. 259. Rog. 855. Sam. 791. Tho. 828. Will. 120. 121. 802 Turpin Rich. 50 Twyne Brian 416. 489. Joh. 88. 160. 161. 329. Laur. 329. Tho. 118. 329. 103. 129. 161 Twiss Dr. 539 Tye Christop . 94. 702 Tylen Will. 64 Tyndale Will. 73. 38 Tynmouth Jo. 566 Tyro Tho. 839 Tyrrell 890 V. VAchan Rog. 642 Valentine Fr. 660 Valera Cypr. 724 Vane Cha. 895 Vannes Pet. 14. 26. 136. 137. 186. 716 Vavasor Will. 637 Vauce Rob. 712 Vaughan Edw. 573. Jo. Nic. 894. Rich. 752. 756. Rob. 519. alias 509. Rog. 641. Will. 450. 451. Vaus or Vaulx Laur. 130 Vaulx Rob. 712. Laur. 130 Vaux Fr. 892 Vchtman Theod. 896 Vdall Eph. 868. Jo. 229. Nich. 72. 73 Vere Edw. 118. 183. 727. Hen. 795 Vernatti 819 Vernon Geor. 332 Verstegan Rich. 427. 428 Vetablus Sam. 764 Vicars Jo. 536. 400. 758. b. alias 760. Tho. 375. 442. 449 Vicary Tho. 449 Victoria Ferdin . 662 Vignier Nich. 483 Villa Garcia Jo. 711. 716 Vincent Aust . 349. Tho. 416 Virgil Pol. 68. 73. 411. 638. 639. 696 Vives Jo. Lud. 55. 668 Vivian Th. 554 Vlmis ab Jo. 702. 706 Vnderhill Jo. 395. 609 Vnivers . of Oxon. 1 Vowell Jo. 270 Vnion Hen. 246 Vrswyke Christop . 10. 641. 544. 547. 557. 667 Vsher Hen. 617. Jam. 254. ●73 316. 375. 440. 853. Rob. 630 W. WAde Arm. 120. Will. ibid. Wadsworth Jam. 538 Wake Arm. 491. Is . 292. 491. 812 Wakefeld Rob. 22. 27. 39. 51. Tho. 50 Wakeman Rob. 461. 578 Wales Hen. Prince of 797 Wall Geor. 823. Will. 652. 661 Walker Geor. 840. Joh. 566. Rog. 612. 648. Walt. 887 Wallashe Tho. 639 Walkington Tho. 814 Waller Jo. 63 Wallis Jo. 446 Walpole 538 Walpoole Hen. 241 Walsall Sam. 781. 798 Walsingham Fr. 184 Walsh Jam. 157. Pet. 602. Nich. ibid. Will. 601. Rich. 158 Walter Jo. 817. Dav. ibid. Walton Is . 264. 475. 532 Waple Edw. 798 Warbington Rob. 583. See Parfey . Warburton Geor. 809. 888 Warcup Ral. 281. 287 Ward Rob. 90. Will. 91 Wardboys Jo. 661 Ware Jam. 165. Tho. 672 Warewyck Geor. 751. 762 Warford Will. 298 Warham Rich. 674. Will. 571. 643. 682 Warmington Will. 328 Warner Barth . 19. 260. 772● Joh. 675. 678. 684. 687. 701. Walt. 390. 391. 485. 743 Warwick Phil. 895. Tho. ibid. Waser Jo. 822 Washbourne Tho. 427 Washington Rich. 875 Wastell Sim. 414 Wasyn Tho. 640 Water Jo. 576 Waterhouse Geo. 767 Watkyns Joh. 731. 788 Watkinson Will. 189 Wats Jam. 734. 831. Rich. 841. Tho. 299. Will. 831 Watson Ant. 614. 728. Edw. 650. Joh. 193. alias 195. 606. Rich. 902. Tho. 100. 104. 190. 231. 701 Waynflete Will. 175 Webbe Eras . 756. Will. 656 Webley Humph. 583 Webster Rich. 350 Weever Jo. 245 Wedell Ral. 660 Weelks Tho. 786. Will. ibid. Weldon Ant. 497. 624 Wellesley Walt. 576 Wellington Joh. 643 Wells Joh. 522 Wells or Wellys Tho. 650. 655. 656. 662. 686 Welstede Hen. 813 Wendy Tho. 277 Wenman Tho. 419. 764 Wentworth Pet. 876. Tho. 837. 523 VVest Nich. 558. Reyn. 568. Tho. 870 Westcombe Clem. 821. Mart. 544. 891 Westcote 516. 517 Westby Tho. 675 Westfield Tho. 812 Westerman Will. 333 Weston Edw. 504. 505. Joh. 764. Hug. 93. 115. 125. Rob. 131. 713. 764. Will. 505 Westphaling Herb. or Harb . 123. 272. 280. 615 Wetheral Will. 657 Wetherell Tho. 873 Wharton Chr. 721. Geor. 16. Phil. 807. Tho. ibid. Wheatley Will. 528. 529 Wheeler Jonas 632 Whetcomb Jo. 320. 530 Whiddon Fr. 844. Ol. 169. 720. 737 Whitby Dan. 820. Ol. 847 White Anth. 813. Chr. 515. Franc. 333. 723. 818. Math. 864. 865. Rob. 394. Tho. 413. 415. Writhl . 394 Whitehead Hug. 654. See Whithead . Whiteheare Jo. 665 Whitfield Jo. 838. Tho. 837. 838 Whitgift Dr. 741 Whithead Dav. 135. See Whytehead . Whithalk Nich. 146 Whiting Joh. 832 Whitlock Bulst . 491. 794. Jam. 490. 491 Whitmay Andr. 577 Whittaker Laur. 789. Will. 135. 165. 234. 254. 303. 343. 744 Whitynton Rob. 21. 31. 653. See Whittingdon . Whittingdon Rob. 7. 15. 16. Whitty 177 Whittyngham VVill. 63. 73. 152. 153. &c. 688. 725. 726 Whyte Hen. 676. Joh. 100. 101. 128. 155. 324. 592. Pet. 219. Rich. 177. 323. 324. 428. Tho. 84. 170. 194. 708. 733. 766 Whytehead Mathemat . 285 Whytford Rich. 51 Whyting Rich. 51 Wickham Edw. 802. Hen. 835. 866. Will. 609. 610. 800. See Wykeham . Wicliff Jo. 459 Widdrington Tho. 890 Wigmore Mich. 386 Wilcocks Hen. 636. Joh. 647. Tho. 261 Wild Rob. 898. Will. 464. See Wylde . Willet Andr. 295. 348. 756 Williams Griff. 706. 810. Hen. 681. Hu. 876. Joh. 330. 400. 401. 534. 788. 795. 803. 804. 819. 822. 828. Ma●r . 864. Rich. 643. Rog. 245. Tho. 266. 739 Willis Franc. 279. 759. Rich. 89. 188. Tim. 752. Tho. 381 Wilks Tho. 733. Will. 298 Wilkins Geor. 437. Joh. 498. 843. Wilkinson Joh. 797. 816. 897. Rob. 817. Will. 743. 771 Willoughby Tho. 738 Wills Rich. 143 Wilson Ad. 819. Aaron 898. ●dm . 350. 820. Joh. 630. 801. 833. 834. Nich. 24. 681. Rich. 143. Tho. 153. 625. 688. 726. 803. See Wylson . Wilton Will. 673 Wimberley Gilb. 784 Winchcomb Abbey , the Regist . of it 25 Windebank Fr. 784. 785 Windon Ralph 715 Windsore Mil. 118. 416 Winefrid St. 605 Wingfield Rich. 97 Winter Tho. 54. 137. 577. 645. 673. Will. 74 Winwood Ralph 482. 759. 764. 772. Rich. 764 Wisdome Rob. 687. Sim ▪ 407 Withals Joh. 141 Wodenote Theoph. 835 Woddesbury Will. 659 Wodyngton Tho. 653 Wolcombe Rob. 329 Wolley Fr. 714. 715. Joh. 714. 722 Wolman Rich. 643. 668. 673. 682 Wolsey Tho. 7. 280. 569. 570. 571. 146. 673. 681. 682 Wood Bas . 814. Joh. 822. Mich. 94. in marg . 97. in marg . 124. Tho. 722. Owen 755. Rich. 746. 774 Wood à Rich. 433. Tho. 793 Woolton Joh. 230. 231. 609. 746. 770 Worsley Will. 561. 574 Worthington Tho. 169. 240. 433 Wotton Anth. 443. 758. b. alias 760. Brian 78. Ed. 77. Hen. 78. 398. 474. 530. 531. 712. Nich. 607. 644. Rich. 77 Wraughton alias Turner Will. 121 Wraxhall Rich. 649. 662 Wrenn Christ . 836. Jeff. 649. 672. Math. 628. 630 Wright Hen. 815. Nath. 894. Rob. 861. Walt. 693. 700. 708. Will. 714 Wriothsley Hen. 769 Writhioley Will. 83 Wyatt Rich. 18. Tho. 49. 50 Wyche Pet. 311 Wyburne Percival 834 Wygges VVill. 724. 752 Wyke VVill. 648 Wykeham VVill. 123 VVylde Jo. 808 VVylshman Walt. 367 VVylson Rich. 561. Thom. 708. 737 VVymesley Jo. 123. 125 VVynde Rob. 651. 662 VVynne Morg. 878 VVyrley VVill. 275. 363 VVystow Humph. 649 VVyther Georg. 724 VVythers Joh. 654 VVythington Ol. 730 Y. YArford Joh. 558 Yeldard Arth. 714 Yeates Jo. 443 Yelverton Christop . 151. Ch. 464. Hen. 151. 277. 463. 464. 534 Yetswiert Nicas . 199 Yloop 118 Ynge or Inge Hug. 565 Ynglish Jo. 590 Yong Edw. 898. Jo. 454 Young Jo. 509. alias 519. 567. 591. 644. Patr. 793. Tho. 595. 722. VVill. 812 York Rowl . 237. VVill. 661 Z. ZEigler Mark 887 Zouch Rich. 817. VVill. 625. 752. 806. 807 FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A71276-e7900 a In Bibliotheca Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum , edit . Parisiis 1585. in octavo , p. 97. Claruit 1501. b Joh. Baleus in lib. De Scriptorib . maj . Britanniae , cent . 8. num . 51. c Edit . Colon. 1609 in octavo , p. 212. Claruit 1502. d Francisc . à Sancta clara in Supplement . Historiae Provinciae Angliae , edit . Duac . in fol. 1671. p. 7. b. e Ut in quodam Manuscripto continent . Monumenta in Ecclesia Fratrum minorum ( vel Franciscanorion ) Londi●● . MS. in Biblioth . Cottoniana , sub effigie Vitellii , F. 12. f Ibid. g Ibid. h Ibid. i In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 99. a. k V●le Baleum in lib. De Scrip. maj . Brit. u● sup . Cont. 11. num . 59. l Tho. Bradwardin in lib. 3. De libero arbitrio contra Pelapium . Claruit 1504. m Jacob. Waraeus in lib. 1. De Scriptorib . Hibern . cap. 11. Claruit 1505. n Jo● . Baleus ut supra , cent . 8. num . 58. where 't is said that the King called St. Hawes ab interiori camera ad secretum cubiculum . Claruit 1506. o Ibid. in Bal. cent . 8. num . 91. p In Chron. ord . Fratrum eremit . Edit . Romae 1581. in qu. Fol. 92. b. q In cent . 9. Script . maj . Britan. num . 13. r Pol. Virgil. in Lib. 26. Angl. Hist . s Idem ibid. t Franc. Bacon Vis● . S. Alban , in his History of Henry 7. Printed at London in folio 1622. p. 209. u In the third Tom. of the Baronage of England , p. 217. b. w Baleus ut supra , Cent. 11. nu . 84. a See in the Preface of Tho. Hayne to his Gramm●● Latinae compendium ▪ Printed 1640. in octavo . From which Pref. one John Twell● a School-Master in , or near , Newarke , hath furnished himself with many materials for his Preface to his Grammatica Reformata , — Lond. 1883● in octavo , but without any acknowledgment on his part . Clar. 1511. * Printed at London in 1682 See there among the English Books in quarto , numb . 310. b Jac. Waraeus Eq. Au● . in Commant . de praesulibus Hiberniae . Dublin 1665. p. 156. c Idem Wareus in lib. 1. De Scriptoribus Hibern . cap. 12. & in Com. de praesulib . Heb. ut sup . p. 250. e In bib . Ord. fratrum praedicatorum , ut sup . p. 141. Clar. 1515. f See in his first Book De Scriptoribus Hibern . cap. 12. Clar. 1518. g See in the Epistles of E●as . Printed 1642. from p. 702. to 712. b In Offic. Praerog . Cantuar. Secus Ecc D. Pauli , in r●g . Ayloff , qu. 22. Clar. 1520 ▪ Claruit 1521. f In Reg. Epistolarum FF . ep . 89. vide etiam in ep . 90. g Vide Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 233. a. h Rot. Comput . Rectorum Coll. Exon , in thesaur . ibid. i In reg . antiq . coll . Merton . fol. 49. a. k In lib. cui tit . De Tribus Thomis , in Tho. More , cap. 1. l In Offic praerog . Cant , in reg . Ayloff ut supra Qu. 30. 152 2 / 3. m Vide Illustrium aliquot Anglorum encomia , per Thom. Newton Lond. 1589. p. 128. Clar. 1522. * Inter cod . MS. in Coll. Armorum Lond G. 4. fol. 6. n See the Baronage of England , Tom. 3. p. 304. b. o The Author of The art of English Poesie . See in Theatr. poetarum . pr. 1675. p. 230. p Job . Caius in Hist . Cantab. lib. 2. p. 126. q Reg. Vicecanc . Eccles . Eborac . incipiens 1504. * In Principum ac illustrium aliquot & eruditorum in Anglia virorum , enomi●s , Trophaeis , &c. Lond. 1589. p. 43. r In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 4● Claruit 1524. Claruit 1525. k Sixt. Senensis in Bib. Sancta . col . 1586. lib. 4. p. 243. a. Anton. Senensis in Bib. Ord. praedicatorum . Par. 1585. p. 100. l In cent . 9. num . 12. Scriptum Maj. Britan. * Ibid. n In lib. De Scriptoribus Anglicis , M S. inter cod . M S S. Selden , in bib . Bodl. p. 69. b. o Regist . Hadr. de Castello Episc . B. & Wellen. sub an . 1512. p Reg. Congregat . Univ. Oxon. notat . cum litera H. sub an . 1518. q Reg. Tho. Wolsey Episc . Bath & Wells . an . 1519. r Reg. Joh. Clerke Ep. Bath & Wells an . 1525. n In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Ox. lib. 1. p. 65. a. b. o In cent . 8. num . 66. p Baleus ut sup . cent . 9. num . 6. & Theod. Petreius in Bib. Cartusiana , edit . col . 1609. p. 294. q Reg. cong●eg . Univ. Ox. notat . cum lit G. fol. 173. b. Clar. 1530. a Valer. Andreas in Fastis Acad. Lovain . Edit . 1650. p. 284. b In cent . 11. num . 90. c In Aet . 16. nu . 934. Clar. 1530. d Ib. in Io. Bal. cent . 9. num . 19. Clar. 1530. e Ib. cent . 9. nu . 14. f In Bib. Cartus . ut sup . p. 157. g In Hist , & Antiq. Vnivers . Oxon. lib. 1. p. 248. a. h Rob. Keilwey in Relationibus quorundam casuum select . &c. fol. 181. i Joh. Leland in his Itineraries in com . Gloc. MS. in Archiv . Bib. Bod. k Vide Epist . Erasmi lib. 11. ep . 3. &c. l In lib. De fructu qui ex doctrina percipitur , p. 27. m In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 116. a. n Printed at Lond. 1649. p. 405. * Lib. Epist . Univ. Oxon. FF . ep . 85. & in reg . Congreg . H. fol. 74. b. n See in Jo. Fox this Book of Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. in Hen. 8. o Baleus & Pitseus , &c. p In Principum ac illustrium aliquot & eruditorum in Anglia virorum encomiis . — Lond. 1589. p. 25. r In Hist . Cantab. p. 59. s In reg . Epist . Univ. Oxon. FF . Ep. 83. t Vide Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Ox. lib. 2. p. 36. a. u Reg. Congreg . H. fol. 63. b. * Baronage of England . Tom. 2. p. 133. a. a Bal. De Script . maj . Britan. cent . 9. nu . 1. 1532 / 33. * See Jo. Fox in his Append. at the end of the Acts and Mon. of the Ch. b Jac. Waraeus in Comment . de praesulib . Hibern . Edit . 1665. p. 118 , 119. c In cent . 8. Script . Maj. Britan. num . 70. d In Aet . 16. ●c●ipt . Ang l. nu . 590. e In cent . 8. ut sup . num . 70. f Tho. More Gr. Grandson to Sir Thomas , in The Life of Sir Tho. More , printed about the Year 1627. cap. 1. p. 20. and J. H. in The Life ( also ) of the said Sir Tho. printed at Lond. in 8 vo . an . 1662. p. 4. g In Collectaneis quibusdam ad rem Historic . & Antiq. pertinent . MS. penes me A. W Vide etiam B. Twynum in Apol. Antiq. Acad. Oxon. lib. 3. Sect. 311. h The same House where Sir Joh. Danvers lately lived , where two Pyramids are at the gate . i In the Paper Office at Whitehall . k Tho. More in The Life of Sir Tho. More ; at the later end . l Ib. in Si● Tho. Mores life before mention'd . * So he saith in the said life . m Tho. More in the life of Sir Tho. More , p. 361 n Ib. p. 361. o Ib. p. 360 , 361. p MS. in archiv . bib . Bod. q Edit . Duac . 1588. & Col , Agrip. 1599. r Printed at Lond. 1662. oct . a Reg. fratrum Minorum , Lond. MS , in bib . Cotton . sub Effig . Vitellii . F. 12. fol. 68. b Reg. Hogen in offic . praerog . Cantuar. Qu. 26. 1535-36 . c Ut in notis quibusdam Br. Twyni , MS. d In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 237. e In cent . 8. nu . 74. † Baleus , in Script . maj . Brit. p. 101. post cent . 12. * Vide Hist , & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 220. a. & 242. a At the end of his p●raph in Ecclesiast . b In Fastis Lovan . per Val. Andream , Printed 1650. p. 283. c At the end of his Kotser Codicis . c In Bale cent . 9. nu . 73. & in Pits , aet . 16. nu . 957. d In 4. tom . collect . p. 328. e At the end of Wakfeld's Kotfer codicis , &c. See also in Rich. Paice his Pref. in ecclesiasten recognitum , &c. f Vid. Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 38. b. a Vide ibid. lib. 2. p. 214. b. b In Succincta explicatione Orbis terrae . Lips . 1597. p. 410. c In lib. suo , cui tit . est , De libris suis propriis — Lond. 1570. p. 13. a. * In Encomiis , Trephaeis , &c. illustr . virorum , &c. Lond. 1589. p. 43 , &c. Clar. 1537. d Franc. à S. Clara in Supplimento Historiae Provinciae Angliae , Edit . Duac . 1671. p. 8. a. e See more in a Book intit . Hist . Ecclesiastica de Martyrto Fr. ord . Minorum , &c. per Tho. Bouchier edit . Ingols . in 120. an . 1583. part . 2. fol. 26. 27. f Job . Stow in his Annals of England , under the Year 1538. g W , D●gd . in Chronica Ser. at the end of Orig. Jurid . h Franc. Godwin ep . Landav . in Comment . de praesulibus Angl. in Roff. i Pat 27. Hen. 8. p. 1. k Printed at Lond 1553 fol. 90. b. a In Hist . Maj. Britan. lib. 1. cap. 5. b In Archiv . tur . Schol. c Ibid. in Hist . Maj. Brit. lib. 3. cap. 1. campanis caenobii de Osneya nullae in Anglia meliores putantur . d Dr. Joh. Sporswood in his Hist . of the Church of Scotland , lib. 2. sub . an . 1539. Clar. 1539. e In Rerum Scoticarum Hist . lib. 7. f Lib. 1. n Baronage of England , Tom. 3. p. 307. a. o Baleus ut supra p. 106. post cent . 12. Clar. 1539. p In Fpist . Univ. Oxon FF . Ep. 88. q Ibid. ep . 87. r Ibid. ep . 89. s Reg. Act. cur Canc , Oxon , notat cum lit . ● invers . p. 18. t T●o , Bouchier in Hist . Eccies . de Martyrio Frat. Ord. Minorum Divi Francisci — Ingols . 1583. in 12. part . 2. fol. 42. b. * In Offic. Praerog cant . in reg . Alinger Qu. 29. † In cent . 8. Joh. Balei De scriptorib . Maj. Britan num . 75. ‡ Ibidem . * Ibid. in reg . Alinger , ut supra . Clar. 1540. u In Eucomiis , Tropheis , &c. illustr . & erudit . virorum in Anglia — Edit . 1589. p. 50. w Vide Epist . Erasm . lib. 19. ep . 15. x In cent . 9. Script . Maj. Britan. num . 31. Clar. 1540. a In Naeniis in mort . Tho. Viati , edit . Lond. 1542. P. 4. Vide etiam in Encomiis suis illustr . virorum , &c. p. 47. b Printed at Lond. in oct . an . 1565 and 1587. c Printed at Lond. 1587. fol. 16. d In the said Songs and Sonnets fol. 84. e In lib. suo cui tit . est , De illustrium quorundam encomits , cum Epigram . & Epitaphiis nonnullis . Lond. 1579. qu. p. 358. 154● . Clar. 1541. f His Sirname and Family did live at Sugworth in the Parish of Rodley in the time of Qa . Elizab. and before . g Edit . Lond. 1589. p. 81. b Edit . Lond. 1546. i Ed. ib. 1553. qu. fol. 89. k Geo. Edrycus vulgo Etheridge in Epist ad Lectorem praefix . Hypolit . Ovid. Phaed. resp . l In Epist . lib. 15. Epist . 14. Clar. 1542. m In Cygn . Cautione . Clar. 1543. n Fr. Godwinus in Comment . de praesulib . Angl. Edit . 1616. p. 86 in Eborac . o Rot. Pat. 23. Hen. 8. p. ● . p See Hist . & Antiq. Vnivers . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 36. a. q Brian . 〈◊〉 in Ap 1. lib. 3. §. 210. &c. * Jo. Baleus in Script . Maj. Britan. p. 105. inter cent . 12. & 13. † In Apparat. sac . Tom. 2. in lit . R. ‖ In lib. De illustr . Angl. script . r Vide Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 263. b. & l. 2. p. 177. b. Vide etiam in Lelandi Eucomiis , p. 18. s In Offic. Praerog . Cant. in reg . Pinnyng , Qu. 38. t Bal. cent . 9. nu . 32. u In Encomiis illustr . virorum , per Jo. Leland . p. 31. w Pits , in Aet . 16. num . 967. x Milo Windsere , in collectaneis suis ad rem Historic . pertinent . MS. penes me . y In reg . Congregat . H. sub an . 1518. z Ibid sub an . 1524. * In Excomiis erudit . v●●corum , ut supra . p. 83. a Rot. p●t . 13. H. 8. p. 1. b In reg . Epist FF . ep . 93. 145. &c. Clar. 1548. c In his Introduction to knowledge , cap. 35. d Ibid. cap. 7. e Joh. Ponet B. of Winchester . f In his Apology fully answering , &c. Tho. Martins Book , &c. Printed 1555. p 32. See more in T●● . Martin . g In Reg. Populwell in offic . Praerog . Cant. Qu. 29. b Ibid. * In lib. De script . maj . Britan. p. 105. post cent . 12. ‡ Ibid. cent . 9. num . 72. i Jo. Bale in lib. MS. De Scriptorib Anglicis , Inter Cod. MS. Selden . in bib . Bod. p. 201. b. k Vide Balium in t . Script . maj . Britan. cent . 9. nu . 79. l In Offic Praerog . Cant. in reg . Populwell . Qu. 37. m Baleus in Script . maj . Britan. p. 113. inter cent . 12. & 13. n Ib. in Off-Praerog . in reg . Lyon , Qu. 36. o Int. Script . Maj. Britan. ut supr . Cent. 9. nu . 59. p Papers of State , at Whiteha●l . * Int. Script . Maj. Britan. p. 107. in t . cent . 12. & 13. Clar. 1550. Clar. 1550. m Jo. Pits . in Aet . 16. nu . 983. Clar. 1550. n Vid. praefat . ad Guidon . Bonatum de Astronomia , edit Bas. 1550. Clar. 1550. o Joh. Bale in cent . 9. nu . 44. * Ut inter Cod. MSS. Radul . Sheldon de Beoly in Coll. Armorum . Lond. num . 113. p. 56. o Ibid. in Bal. ut sup . cent . 11. num . 93. p Ut in quibusd . Excerptis sive collect . Tho. Cati Antiquarii Oxon. MS. quondam in bib . Tho. Allen. * Rog. Ascham in his School-master , &c. edit . 1589. fol. 19. b. q Pag. 46. r Lib. 1. ep . 5. s In the Year 1551. * Ibid. in Bulco de Script . Maj. Britan. cent . 9. nu . 52. Clar. 155● . † Inter cod . MS. Selden . p. 33. b. * Laur. Humph. in Vita Joh. Juelli , p. 25. ‖ Rob. Hegge in Cat. Schol. & Soc. Coll. C. C. Ox. MS. Clar. 1551. s In Encomiis , trophaeis , &c. edit . 1589. p. 31. t Pat. 28. Hen. 8. part . 1. u Among the Papers of state . w Pat. 33. Hen. 8. p. 6. x Pat. 34. Hen. 8. part . 8. y Pat. 5. Ed. 6. part . 6. * Vide Jo. Pits De illustr . Angl. script . p. 53. † See in Ralph Brooks Discovery of errors in Camden's Britannia . a Rich. Paice in lib. cui●tit est . De fructu qui ex doctrina percipitur , &c. Bas . 1517. p. 24. ‖ Joh Fox in his Acts and Mon. of the Church , under the Year 1558. ‡ Jo. Bale ut supra , cent . 9. num . 66. b In cent . 9. num . 66. ut supra . c In Offic. praerog . Cant. in reg Powell Qu 17. * Rob. Parsons in his Treatise of three conversions , Vol. 1. part . 1. ch . 12. §. 31. 1552-53 . d In Encomiis , trophaeis , &c. ut supra , p. 12. 33. 62. e As in the Papers of state , in the Paper office at Whitehall . f Jo. Baleus ut sup . cent . 9. nu . 45. g In Encom . p. 62. h In Encom . illustrium aliquot virorum , edit . 1589. p. 128 Clar. 1552. I In Encom . ut sup . p. 12. 33. 62. k In Epigram . p. 61. &c. l In Encom . ut sup . p. 128. m In Office Praerog . Cant. in lib. quodam Administrationum ibid. incipient primo . Januar. 1571. n In lib de Script . Maj. Brit. cen . 8. nu 98. Clar. 1553 Clar. 1553. o Ibid. cent . 9. num . 47. p Ibid. in Ba● p. 110. inter cent . 12. & 13. * 〈…〉 cent . 11. 〈…〉 Britan. num 99. q John 〈…〉 Lond. 〈…〉 p. 5●3 . r Jo. Fox in Act. & Mon. Eccles. sub . an . 1555. * Brief discourse of the troubles at Frankford , &c. Printed 1575. p. 42. s Vide. Tert. part . trac●atus de tribus conversionib . Angl. cap. 6. t Pat. 6. Ed. 6. p. 1. * In lib de Script . Maj. Britan. cent . 8. num . 85. 1554-55 . † In Succinct . explicat . orbis terrae , — Lips . 1597. p. 410. a In Encomiis , Trophaeis , &c. edit . Lond. 1589. p. 65. b Reg. actorum Coll. Vnivers . p. 5. c Pat. 1. Ed. 6. p. 1. d Tho. Caius in Assert . Antiq. Acad. Oxon. Lond. 1574. in qu. p. 27. † Fr. Gedwin in Com. de praesul . Augl . in t . ●pisc . Cu●leol . 1555-56 . Clar. 1555. e J. Baleus in lib De Scriptorib . maj . Britan p. 111. in t . cent . 12. & 13. f Mich. Wood in his Epistle to the Reader before Stephen Gardiners Oration De vera obedientia , Printed at Roan 1553. oct . g Jo. Pits . De illustr . Angl. script . aet . 16. num . 1001. h Baleus ut sup cent . xi . nu . 41. p. 61. i Pat. 31. Hen. 8. p. 3. k See in the Second vol. of Chronicles published by Rap. Holinshed , p. 1168. l Vid. S●e●●an . in Comment . lib. 24. 25. m In lib. De Script . ut snpr . cent . 8 num . 91. 155●● . n Ut in reg . Wrastley in offic . praer●g . Cant. Qu. 28. Clar. 1556. C●ar . 1557. o In Bedfordshire . C●ar . 1557. p Reg. Gilb. Bourne Ep. B. & Well . ( quod ●●●pit 20. Ap. 1551 ) sub an 1554. * Ut in Offic. Armorum , G. 5. fol. 103. * Joh. Parkurst in Ludicris sive Epigram — Lond. 1573. p. 93. Clar. 1557. * Tho. Hatcher in cat . praeposit . soc . & schol . Coll. Regal . Cant. MS. sub an . 15●6 . † In Offic. praereg . Cant. in reg . Noodes , Qu 28. * Int. cod . MS. Rad. Sheldon de Beoly in com . Wig. Arm. in coll . Armorum Lond. num . 133. p. 146. a In 〈◊〉 . p●gerog . Cant. in Reg. Noodes , part . 2. Qu. 53. b In 〈…〉 & 〈…〉 Angl. — Lond. 1589. p. 75. & alibi . c In lib. Descript cent ▪ 9. nu 49. d In lib. 2. Antiq. Cant. e In Synon . G●●gr . in Sessoriac●m . f In Br●an . in l●●nis . See also in 〈◊〉 Lambards Perambu●ation of Kent , in 〈◊〉 , and elsewhere . g In Offic. praerog . Cant. in reg . Lostes Qu. 6. h In fine cap. intit . Law courts of England . i Sub Effig . Vespasia● D. 21. k Sir Will. Dugdale , l Col. MS. nu 72 & 222. * Baleus in t . Script . May. Britan. pag. 112. in t . cent . 12. & 13. m Ib. in Offic. praerog . ut sup . in reg . Noodes , part . 2. s Pat. 34. Hen. 8. p. 2. t Jo. Pi●sens in lib De 〈◊〉 Angliae Scriptorib . aet . 16 num 997. o Laur. Humphredus in Vita Jo. Juelle : edit . 1573. p. 10● . * In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon , lib. 1. p 277. p In Act & Man. Eccles . sub an . 1554 q Rob. Persons in his 〈◊〉 of ten pu●lick 〈◊〉 : Printed 1604. cap. 4. p 222. and cap. 5. p 311. 312. r Reg. 1. Act. societ . coll . Mert. fol. 32● . a. † Rot. camp . Rectorum Coll. Exon in scaccar . ibid. ‡ In lib. Epist . Univ. Oxon. FF . sol . 101. 102. * In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib 1. p. 252 a lib 2. p. 95 b. ‖ Pat. 1. & . 2. Ph. & Mar. p 1. a In Off●c prae●og . in reg . We●●s , Qu. 38. b Int. Script . Major . Britan. p. 113. c In his Acts and Monof the Church , &c. in the story of Joh. Merbeck . u Will. Camden in Britannia in Staffordsh . w See in the third vol. of a Book intit . Florum Historiae sacri collegii S. R. E. Cardinalium — Par. 1660. pag. 225. written by Ludov. Doni D' attichi , &c. x See in the History of the Council of Trent , written by Pietro Soave Polano , and translated into English by Sir Nath. Brent — Lond. 1620. p. 384. y Pat. 2. & 3. Phil. & Mar. p. 1. a In Principum ac illustr . aliquot virorum , &c. Encomiis . p. 86. & in Cygnea Cant. edit . Lond , 1658. p. 22. b In his Declaration of Edm. Bonners articles — Lond. 1561. fol. 69. c Mich. Wood a Printer , in his epist . to the Reader before Steph. Garamers Oration de vera obedientia , p● . at Roan , 1553. Clar. 1558. Clar. 1558. * In lib. De Script . Maj. Brit. p. 104. inter cent . 12. & 13. Clar. 1558. a Will. Harrison in his Historical Descript . of the Island of Britaine , lib. 1. cap. 24. b Brian . Twyne in Antiq. Acad. Oxon. Apol. lib. 3. sect 242 , & Mil. Windsore Alumnus Coll. Ball. in initio Mariae Reginae , in Collectaneis suis , MS. d In lib. De illust . script . cent . 9. nu . 34. e Mich. Wood in his Epist . to the Reader before his translation of Steph. Gardiner's Oration , De vera obedientia , Printed at Roan , 1553. in oct . † In Offic. Armorum Londini in Reg. vel lib. C. fol 72. b. * In Encomiis , Trophaeis , &c. eruditorum in Anglia virorum . p. 91. f Joh. Bale in lib. De script . c●nt . 9. nu 38. g Bassian Lan●●s de Placentia , in 〈◊〉 corp . 〈◊〉 lib. 2. cap. XI . h Joh. Bale . & Joh. 〈◊〉 i Pat. 1. R. Mar. p. 1. k Pat. 3. & 4. R. Phil. & Mar. p 6. l Camden in Annal. Elizab. sub an . 1559. m See in the Brief view of the state of the Church of England , &c. by Jo. Harrington Knight , Lond. 1653. p. 59. 60. 1559-60 . n P●t . 1. Reg. 〈◊〉 , p. 1. 1559-60 . p Reg. Gilb. Bourne Ep. B & Wells , quod incipit 20. Ap● 1551. q In Offic. praereg . Cant. in reg . Lostes . Qu. 23. r In lib. suo cui tu est De illustrium quorundam encomiis & Epitaphits nonmillis , &c. Lond. 1579 qu. p. 356. 357. s Reg. Univ. Ox. H. fol. 138. b. Clar. 1560. t In. Crg. Cant. edit . Lond. 1658. p. 22. Clar. 1561. * In a certain Book of Wills and Testaments , beginning an . 1569. in the custody of Mr. Ben. Cooper Registrary to the Office belonging to the Bishop and Archdeac . of Oxon. u Bal. de Scripe . maj . Britain . cent . 8. nu ▪ 9. Clar. 1561. Clar. 1561. w 〈…〉 x In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 267. y Ib. p. 268. a In Hist . & Antiq. Ox. lib. 1. p. 279. b. b Bate de Script . cent 9. n ▪ 54. Clar. 1562. * Vide Hist . Conc. Trident. Lib. 7. per Pet. Paul. 〈◊〉 . c Vale● . Andreas in Fastis Academicis 〈…〉 edit . 1650. p. 85. d Joh. Whyte ep 〈…〉 in initio libri sui cui tit . est Diacosio-Marryier . edit . 〈…〉 e 〈◊〉 Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Ox. Lib. 1. p. 267. f 〈…〉 Vica Jo. Juelli , edit . 1573. p. 42. & alii . g See in the Hist . of the reformation of the Church of England , part . 2. pag. 208. numb . 54. * Camden in Annal. Regin . Elizab. an . 1593. b In lib. de Script . cent . 9. nu . 71. i In Offic. praerog . Cant. in reg . Alen , Qu. 47. * In Bal. ut sup . k Ib. in Off. praerog . in reg . Stevenson Qu. 7. † See more in Theat . Poetarum , written by Edw. Phillips , Pr. at Lond. 1675. p. 211. * Franc. M●res , in the second part of Wits Commonwealth . Cler. 1564. Clar. 1564. l Hypercritica : or a rule of judgment for writing , or reading our histores . &c. Adde . 4. MS. penes me . A. W. m Joh. Pits . De illustr . Angl. Script . aet . 16. nu . 1014. n In lib. De script . cent . 9. nu . 83. * Camden in Annal. R. Elizab. an . 1565. o Baleus p. 110. inter cent . 12. & 13. * Lib. Certif . in Coll. Armorum , J. 13 fol. 77. ● . * George Gasc●●gne the Poet , in his Epist . to the young Gentlemen , set before his works . — Lond. 15●● . qu. Clar. 1566. * Cod. MS. D. Will. Dugdale in Museo Ashmoleano . E. 2. fol. 91. a. a In his Commentaries or Reports of divers cases . Printed at Lond. 1599. ●ol . 356. a. b Dr. Matthew Pateuson , in his Book intit . Jerusalem and Babel , or the image of both Churches ▪ Lond. 1653. second 〈◊〉 p. 587. c Lib. Cert●● . in Col● ▪ Arm. ut sup . J. 5. fol. 150. a. Clar. 1567. f In his Epitaph , printed by Joh. Norden in his Historical and Chorographical descript . of Middlesex . Lond. 1593. in qu. p. 22. i Pat. 27. Hen. 8. p. 2. k Fr. Godw. in Com. de praesul . Angl. inter Ep●●c . Asaphenses . * In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 1. p. 285. a. † Camd. in Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1569. 156 8 / 9. a Pat. 30. Hen. 8. p. 2. b Pat. 31. Hen. 8. p. 3. c One Will. Latimer was Dean of Peterborough , an . 1560. whether the same , I know not . d Sir Joh. Harrington in his Epigrams , lib. 4. Epig. 15. e See the same Author in his Brief view of the state of the Church of England , &c. Lond. 1653. p. 16. f Leon. Hutten in Cat. Dec. & can . Aed . ch . MS. * Pat. 2. Elizab. p. 14. g In a Book of Administrations in the Will-Office near St. Pauls Cath. in Lond. beginning in Dec. 1559. fol 162 a. n Joh. Pit. in Append. Cent. 2. nu . 86. o In a Book entit . The execution of Justice in England for maintenance of ●ub . and Christian p●●ce , &c. Printed at Lond. the second time in oct . an . 1583. p. 34. p M. Parker in Antiq. Eccles . Britan. edit . 1●●2 . vel 73. in Mathaeo . q Jo. Pits ut supra . q In a Book of A●●m ●●strations in the Will-Office near to St. Pauls Cath. beginning in Decemb. 1559. fol. 171. b. h In Britan. in cap. 1. De primis Inco●s , & in cap 4. De 〈◊〉 Britan. i Anon. MS. de quibusd . script . Angl. in man●b . quondam Gul. Crowe Ludimag . Cro●on . k Joh. Pits . De illustr . Angl. Script . aet . 16. nu . 1016. l In Lanc. visit . in the Heralds off . C. 37. at the end . m Ibid. in P●●s at supra . r In Discript . Hibern . cap. 7. Clar. 1570. s Ibid. t Ib. u Ib. t Vide A●●●al . Camde● , sub an . 1569. & 1571. a Printed at Trier in Germ. 1594. qu. fol. 43. 44. b Anthony Munday in his English Romayne life — Lond. 1590. qu. p. 25. c Vide Godwinum De Praesul . Angl. in Sarisb . p. 409. d Rob. Persons in A relation of a trial made before the K. of France , an . 1600. between the Bishop of Eureux and the Lord Plessis Mornay — Printed 1604. p. 53. 54. &c. e In Britan. in Wilts , in Sarisb . ibid. f Idom in Annal. R. Elizab. sub an . 1571. ad sin . g This on Psal . 69. ver . 9. was reprinted by it self , an . 1641. in qu. with an answer of the same author to some frivolous objections against the government of the Church . h H. Holland in lib. cui tit , est Herologia Anglica , &c. edit . in fol. 1620. p. 195. i Joh. Parkhurst in Epigram . juvenil . Lond. 1573. p. 61. k Ric-Stanyhurst in praelat ad Harmon , in Porphir . constitutiones — Edit . 1570. l Joh. Leland in Illustr , & eruditorum in Angl. Virorum Encomiis , &c. Lond. 1589. p. 95. & in Epigram . Job . Parkhursti Lond. 1573. p. 79. & 121. m In A brief discourse of the troubles began at Frankford , &c. printed 1575. qu. n In Encomiis , &c. ut supra , p. 27. n Vide Hist. & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib 2 p. 36 〈◊〉 . o 〈◊〉 De illustr . Angl. Script . at 16 nu . 1018. p 〈◊〉 Leland ut sup . in Encom . Troph . Epithalamus . &c. p. 38. * See more at large concerning that matter in Laur. Hum●●●● book 〈…〉 edit . 1573. p. 138. 139. q In Jo. Pits . ut sup . aet . 16. nu . 1019. r Jo. Leland in Encom . ut sup p. ●3 vide etiam in Cyg . Cant. script . per eund . Lelandum . r In cent . 8. nu . 99. s In lib. suo MS. De Scriptoribus Anglicis , inter cod . MS. Selden . in bib . Bed. p. 135. b. Clar. 1573. Clar. 1573. † Vide in Epigram . Jo. Parkhurst . p. 28. 157● . * The said Dr. Gardiner was buried on the S. side of the South isle of the Cath. Ch. of Norwych ; over whose grave was this inscription put in an arch of the wall . Georgius Gardiner Barvici natus , Cantabrig●e 〈◊〉 primo minor 〈◊〉 , 2 o Praebendarius , 3 o Archidiac . 〈◊〉 . & demum 28. Nov. an . 1573 factus est sacellanus D. Regine & Decanus huj●● Ecclesiae , in quo loco per 16 annos arexit . He died in winter time , 1589. a Edit , Tiguri 1576. in qu. Clar. 1574. Clar. 1574. b Franc. Taverner of Hexton in Hertfordsh . Esq . in a fol. MS. by him written , an . 1636. entit . The genealogie of the family of the Taverners of Northelmham in Norfolke , faithfully collected out of records and private evidence , &c. c St. Maries Pulpit was then of fine carved Ashler stone , joyning to the upper pillar of the South side of the body of the Church : which Pulpit was taken away when Dr. Joh. Owen was Vicechanc. about 1654 , and a framed pulpit of wood was set on the pedestall that upheld the frame of stone . d In cent . 8. num . 96. e See in Dr. Tho. James his Rologa Oxonie-Cantabrig , printed at Lond. 1600. p. 94. num . 343 , who there entitles the book De fame ; and saith it was written by Robert ( instead of Roger ) Taverner : Followed by Joh. Pits in append . ad lib. De illustr . Angl. Scriptorib . p. 903. * See Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 271. Clar. 1575. f In Britannia in Cornwall . * The said George Bulleyn became Rector of Bangor on the translation of Will. Chaderton from the See of 〈◊〉 to Li●● in June . an 1575. Clar. 1576. * Edward Leigh in his Treatise of religion and learning , &c. p. 216. g Camden in Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1569. & Gul. Vdall qui illum lequitur in Hist . Vitae & mortis Mariae Scotorum Regine - Lond. 1636. Angl. oct . p. 145. h R. Doleman alias Rob. Persons in his conference about the next succession to the Crown of England , part . 2. cap. 1. i Reg. of Administrations in the Will-Office , Lond. which begins 1. Jan. 1571. fol. 141. b. a In a book of Administrations in the Will-office , beginning 1. Jan. 1571 , 1578-79 b Joh. Leland in Principum ac illustrium aliquot & eruditorum in Anglia virorum , Encomiis , Trophaeis , &c. Edit . Lond. 1589. p 99. c Rich. Bancroft in his Dangerous positions lib. 2. cap. 1. and others . d Bal. cent . 8. num . 87. in append . e See a book entit . The ancient rites and monuments of the monastical and Cath. Ch. of Durham . Lond. 1672 in oct . p. 101. Which book was written by Anon ( one that had belonged to the choire of Durham , at the dissolution of Abbeys ) and published by Jo. Davies of 〈◊〉 . * Laur 〈◊〉 in Vita & Mart Jo. Juelli , printed 1573. p. 129 13●● . 131. f In Principum ac illustrium , &c. in Auglia virorum encomiis , trophaetis , &c. Lond. 1 , 89. p. 79. Clar. 1579. Clar. 1579. Clar. 1579. g Anon. MS. quandam in manibus Gul. Crowe . Ludimagistri Cro●●● h Rich. Stan●hurst in Descrip . Hybern . cap. 7. Clar. 1580. i Reg. Matric . P. pag. 745. Clar. 1580. k Ri● . Stany● . ut sup . cap. 7. Clar. 1580. Clar. 1580. l Idem ibid. Clar. 1580. m Id. ib. cap. 7. n Theod. Petreius in Biblioth . Carthusiana , edit . Col. 1609. p. 245 , 246. o Pat. 2. Elizab. p. 14. p In Principum ac illustrium , &c. in Auglia virorum eucomus , trophaeis , &c. Lond. 1589. p. 83. q In Cat. praeposit . soc . & schol . coll . Regal . Cant. MS. sub an . 1519. r In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 269. 270. 271. &c. s Brief discourse of the troubles begun at Frankford , 1554 — Printed 1575. p. 38. 39. t In Encomiis , trophaeis , &c. ut supra . p. 89. u In visib . Monarchia Eccles. lib. 7. num . 1833. w In illusr . Angliae scriptorib . aet . 16. num . 1025. x In Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1583. a In lib. De illustr . Augl . script . aet . 16. nu . 1025. b In Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub . an . 1583. c Ibid. & in Hibernia , in com . Kerriae . d Philip Osullie●an B●arrus Hibernus , in lib. cui tit . est , Historiae 〈◊〉 Ibe●●ae com pend●●n . Ulyssippon , 1621. in oct . Tom. 2. lib 4. cap. 16. * Tob. Mathew in Coneione Apologet. edit . Oxon. 1638. p. 61. f Tho. Fuller in his Ch. Hist . lib. 4. p. 114. g Rich. Stanyhurst in Descript , Hybern . h Sub effig . Vitelli● , F. 6. k Card. Will. Allen in his Modest defence of Engl. Cath. that suffer for their faith , &c. written against The execution of Justice . p. 11. l Concertatio Eccles . Catholicae in Anglia adversus Calvino-papistas , &c. Aug. Trev. 1583. p. 229. Ibid iterum 1594 fol. 74. 75. m Sir Will. Dugdale in his Chron. series at the end of Orig. Jurid sub an . 1559. 158. n Lib. Certis . in Coll. Arm. Lond. J. 5. fol. 14. * Gul. Camden in Annal. sub . an . 1584. o ●o . Priseus in lib. De illustr . Angl. script . aet . 16. nu . 1031. 1582-83 . p In Cygn , Cant. q Reg. act . O King ep . B. & Well . r In lib. 3. de schism . Angl. Clar. 1583. s In his Apology of Peirce Penniless , or strange news , &c. Printed 1593. in qu. Clar. 1583. t Ibid. u See Th. Nashes book intit . Have with you to Saffron-Walden , &c. w In Jo. Bales Declaration of Edm. Bonners articles , concerning the Clergy of London Diocess , &c. Lond. 1561. in oct . fol. 42. 43. &c. 46. 47. &c. x Ibid. fol. 76. b. y Ib. fol. 39. a. z Ib. a Ib. fol. 15. a. b In lib. De script . May. Brit. cent . 9. nu . 98. b In lib. De script . Maj. Brit. cent . 9. nu . 98. c In his Declaration of Bonners articles , as before , fol. 15. a. 57. b. 71. b. 76. b. * See Dr. Jo. Cosin's book intit . Apologie for sundry proceedings by jurisdiction Ecclesiastical , &c. Printed 1593. in qu part 2. chap. 12. p. 109. d Vide Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 134. a. † In a book of Administrations in the Will-Office near Pauls Cath. in London , beginning in Januar. 1580. fol. 108. b. 158● . † In Annal. Reg. Elizab. pro Gul. Camd. an . 1584. * In reg . Rutland in offic . praerog . Cant. Qu. 1. e Ric. Stanyhurst in Descript . Hibern . cap. 7. f Ibidem . g Ibid. Clar. 1584. h Clem. Reyner De Antiq. Ord. Bened. in Angl. &c. Tract . 1 Sect. 3. p. 233 , 234. i In reg . Act. cur . Canc. Ox. notat . in dors . cum lit . B invers fol. 194. b. k In Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1559. l Ibid. sub an . 1585. m Jo. Pits . De illustr . Aug. script . Aet . 16. num . 1035. n Camden ut sup . sub an 1584. o Jo. Pits . ut sup . q Raphael Holinshed in his Descript and Chron. of England p. 1550. &c. See in the third tome of The Baronage of England p. 411. a. r See in the Collection of Letters at the end of Archb. Vshers life , printed in fol. at Lond. 1636. num . 15. 16. s So in an old book of Funeral certificates , communicated to me by Sir Hen. St. George Kt. Clar. K. of Armes , fol 63. a. t Edm. Campian in his Hist . of Ireland , lib. 2. at the end . p. 138. u Pet. Ribadeneira in Bib. scriptorum ●oc . Jesu in Lit. G. w Printed at Lond. 1652 in oct . c p 1. p. 8 9. x Pag. 11. &c. y Camden in Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1576. a Part. 3. p. 201. b Vid. Annal. Camdeni . sub an . 1581. c Ibid. an . 1582. e See Edw. Le●gh's Treatise of religion and tearning . — Lond. 1656. fol. lib. 5. p. 324. f Perhaps Gervase Markham , qu. g Camdeni Britan. in Kent . h In Hist . & Antiq Vniv Ox. lib. 2. p. 265. b. i Edit . Ox. 1587. qu. * Jo. Pitseus in lib. De illustr . Angl. script . aet . 16. num . 1036. Clar. 1586. * In lib. De script . Maj. Britan. cent . 9. num . 92. Clar. 1587. Clar. 1587. Clar. 1587. a Reg. 3. electionum soc . C. Magd. an . 1542. † Vide. Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 1. p. 289. a. Clar. 1588. * In Princ. & illustr . aliquot & erudit . in Angl. virorum encomii , &c. Lond. 1589. p. 111. Clar. 1580. * Reg. act . Coll. Magd. fol. 11. a. a Gabr. Harvey LL. D. Oxon. in his Pierce's superarrogation , &c. Lond. 1573. qu. p. 92. b Tob. Mathew in Conc. Apologetica , edit . Oxon. 1628. p. 75. 1589-90 . Clar. 1589. c Camd. in 〈◊〉 Elizab. an . 1590. d Ibid. in Annalib . Camdeni , an . 1575. 77. & 88. vide Jac. Aug. Thuan. in Historiarum suit temp . lib. 89. p. 264. e Idem Camden in Britannia in cap. de morib . & consuetudinibus Britannorum . f lb. in Belgi● . 1590-91 . 1592 / 9● . Clar. 1590. g Ric. Stanyhurst in Descript . Hibern . cap. 7. Clas . 1590. h In Archivis bib . Bod. i Reg. Secund. col . S. Jo● . p. 60● Clar. 1590. k Book of Administrations in the Will-Office before quoted , beginning in Jan. 1586. l Reg. Univ. Oxon. KK . fol. 207. m Bezae Epist . 58. 59. * Preface to the Brief Discourse of the troubles began at Francsort , An. 1554. Printed in 4to . An. 1575. † Laeur . Hunmfredus in Vita & Mort. Jo. Juclli . Edit . 1573. p. 73. n Camden in Britan. in com . Northampt. o Idem in Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub An. 1591. p Pet. Ribadeneira in Append. ad N. Sanderum de Schism . Anglic. q See in Leycester's Commonwealth , printed 1641. p. 149. Clar. 1591. * In Apparat. Sac. de Scriptorth 〈◊〉 Edit . Col. Agrip. 1608. Tom. 2. p. 342. Clar ▪ 1591. 159 2●3 . a Vide in Epistalis Faeust . Socini ad amico — Racov. 1618. in oct . Ep. 3. ad Math Radecium . p. 102 , &c. * These disputes are remitted into the Biblietheca Fratrum P●l●norum , with this title , De statu frimi hominis 〈◊〉 disputatio , quam Faust . S●●inus per scripia habuit . 〈◊〉 per blore●● . an . 1578. b See the Relation of what 〈…〉 and some Spirits . &c. Lond. 1659. 〈◊〉 p. 400. 410. 413 , 419 , 〈◊〉 &c. Clar. 1592. c 〈…〉 〈◊〉 in Select . 〈◊〉 detum , Col. Agup . 1626. p. 106. 〈◊〉 Nath. 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 in Europt 〈◊〉 deli●iis , Edit . 〈◊〉 Clar. 1592. Clar. 1592. d Cu●bb . Curry-Knave in his Al●● for a paras printed at Lond. in Qu. fol. 14. Sir Edwin 〈…〉 p. 10● . * Author of the Preface to 〈◊〉 Dathan , and Abiram , &c. e Tho. Newton in Illustrum aliquot Anglorum Encomiis . Lond. 1589. p. 121. 159 3●4 f In a Book of Administrations in the Will-Office , near Paul's in Lond. beginning in Jan. 1591. fol. 90. g Reg. antiq . coll . Aenean . fol. 90. b. 159 3●4 . Clar. 1593 h Lib. Matric . P. p. 389. i Reg. antiq . coll . Ae● . fol. 38. Clar. 1593. k His Father was a poor Taylor , living in 〈◊〉 mostly situated in St. Mary's Parish . l Tho. 〈◊〉 Can. of 〈◊〉 some times Fellow of All 's . Col. * Sir 〈…〉 in his brief view of the State of the Church of England , & ● . Lo●d . 〈◊〉 o●t . p 64. m In ●ist . & Antiq liniv . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 139. a. n Ibid. 〈◊〉 p. 300. b. o Rob. Persons in A relation of a trial made before the K. of France , between the Bishops of Eureux and the Lord Plessis Mornay . Printed 1604. p. 57. 58. * In lib. Dr. illustr . Angl. Script . Aet . 16. nu . 1040. * Nic. Fitzberber . in E●● . Vit. Carl. A●ani , p. 39. q Vide C●m● . Annal. A. Elizab. sub An. 1589. r Ibid. sao An. 1594. ſ Fr. Godwinus in com . de●ra●●l . Angl. ad finem . intes Cardinales . t Anon. in lib. cui tit , Hypercritica , or a rule of Judgment , &c. MS. address 4. Sect. 2. u Camd. ut sup . in Annal. sub . An. 1588. w In lib. De illustr . Angl. Script . Aet . 16. Nu. 1041. x Tho. Bell in his Anatomy of Popish Tyran●t , lib. 2. cap. 2. parag . 1. 1594-5 a Reg. antiq . coll . Aenean . fol. 88. b. 〈◊〉 1●●4 . a Reg. antiq . coll . Aenean . fol. 88. b. b Reg. Gilb. Berkley ep . B. & Wells , An. 1562. &c. c Ibid. d Ibid. e Ibid. f Ib. sub an . 1572. h In Cat. 〈◊〉 Scriptorum soc . 〈◊〉 — Lugd. 1609. 〈◊〉 * In l●●b . Scri●t . 〈◊〉 Jesu in he R. in 〈…〉 . Clar. 1594. Clar. 1594. i The first part of Pa●quill● Apology , written against Jo. Penry's Trevise of 〈◊〉 . — Printed at Lond. in qu. An 1590. 〈◊〉 5. k Vide Hen. Morum in Hist . Provinc . Angl. Soc. Jesu . lib. 4. num . 13. l Card. Will. Alan in his Answer to the Libel , entit . The Execution of Justice , p. 14 , &c. m Gul. Camdenus in Annal. R. Eliz. part 3. sub an . 1584. n In lib. suo De nova Stella , lib. 1. cap. 9. o Jo. Weever in his Discourse of ancient Funeral Monuments . Lond. 1631. fol. p. 45 , 46. p Elias Ashmole in his Theatrum Chemicum Britannicuam . Lond. 1652. qu. p. 481. q Ibid. r Ibid. s In his Discourse before-mentioned . t Camden in Annal. Reg. Eliz. sub an . 1586. vide etiam sub an . 1581. u ●o . Stradlingus in lib. 1. Epigram . p. 31. 1595-6 . Clar. 1595. Clar. 1595. * Camden in Annal. Reg. Eliz. sub an . 15. 6. vide etiam in Baro●●g . Angl. To. 3. p. 412. † Ib. in Ca●d . an . 1566. * Vide Pi●s . De illustr . Angl. Script . aet . 16. nu . 9●6 . p. ●32 † 〈…〉 in Vita & morte Jo. Juelli , edit . 〈◊〉 p. 87 , 88. Clar. 1596. Clar. 1596. Clar. 1596. a Jo. Pits in lib. De illustr . Angl. Scriptorih . Aet . 16. nu . 1045. b Ibid. c See in Tho. Bell's Anatomy of Pepish Tyranny . Lond. 1603. lib. 1. p. 9. and in lib. 2. p. 25. d Sir Jo. Harr●ngton in his Epigrams , lib. 3. Epig. 1. e Hen. Morus in Hist . ●rovinc . Argl. Soc. Jesu . lib. 4. nu . 11. sub an . 158● . 1597-98 . Clar. 1597. Clar. 1597. f Lib. Matric . P. pag. 707. Clar. 1597. h In cont . 1. q. 3. cap. 3. * In epist . ded . lib. De Scriptura . † Nic. Benard in his Life and Death of Dr. Jam. Usher , printed 1656. p. 28. l See in Seldens Pref. to the Decem Scriptores , printed at Lond. 1652. p. 9 , 10. m In Jo. Pits . De illustr . Angl. Script . Aet . 16. nu . 1046. n Will. Dugdale in chronica serie , at the end of Orig. Jurid . o Camden , in Britan. in Salop. Clar. 1598. Clar. 1598. Clar. 1598. * Arthur Wilson in his History of Great Brittain , or of the Reign of K. Jam. I. Lond. 1653. p 111. a In Epist . suis , nu . 78. p. 480. b Job . Pits . in lib. De illustr . Angliae Script . Aet . 16. nu . 1404. c In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 309. a. & in lib. 2. p. 303. b. 311. a. d Reg. Univ. Oxon. L. fol. 246. a. 1599-1600 . Clar. 1599. e Reg. congr . & Convoc . Oxon. KK . fol. 24● . a ▪ Clar. 1599. * Reg. P. pag. 235. Clar. 1599. g Reg. Univ. GG . p. 76. h In Annal. Reg. Elizabeth sub an . 1599. i Dr. Hen. King in his Letter to Is . Walton , 13. Nov. 1664. set before Mr. Hookers Life published in 1665. by the said Walton . k Fascicul . Literarum , &c. by Jo. Hinkley . Lond. 1680. in oct . p. 107. l Ib. in Fasc . p. 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106. and in the Second part of the Nonconformists plea for peace , &c. Lond. 1680. in qu. p. 54. 64. and elsewhere in the said Book . m Ib. p. 100. n Nonconsormists plea for peace . Lond. 1679. in oct . in the 4. pag. of the Pref. and in 124 of the book . See Fascit . Liter . ut sup . p. 100 , 101 , 102. and in the Apol. for Nonconformists Ministry , &c. Lond. 1681. qu. p. 146. o In his Pref. to the 4. part of his book called Christian Directory , or a summ of practical Theology . Which 4. part is by him intit . Christian Politicks . Lond. 1673. fol. p In the fourth part of Christian Directory , chap. 3. q In Nonconformists plea for peace , p. 124. r In A●●al . Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1600. s Jo. Pits . in lib. De ●llustr Ang● . Script . A●t . 16. nu . 101● . 1600-1 . t In bib . D. Tho. Barlow , MS. Clar. 1600. u Will. Sanderson in The lives of Mary Q. of Scots and K. Jam. Printed 1656. p. 238. w In the Visitation Book of Sommersetshire , made 1573. x Jo. Owen . in lib. 1. Epigr. ad Hen. Principem Cambr. nu . 107. y Fr. Osborn in his first part of Advice to a Son. chap. 4. z Gelly Merick , Son of Dr. Rowl . Merick sometimes Bish . of Bangor , which Gelly was Knighted by the said E. of Essex at the sacking of Cadiz , an . 1596. a Sir Rob. Cecil , afterwards Earl of Salisbury . b In Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1600. c In Hist . & Anti● Univers . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 313. a. d Fines Morison in his book , intit . The Rebellion of Hugh Earl of Tyrone in Ireland . Lond. 1617. lib. ● cap. 1. an . 1601. e Car. Fitz-geofridus ex aul . Lat. Port. 1601-02 . a See Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 305. b. 1601-02 . b Rob. Persons in his second Vol. of Three conversions of England , &c. printed 1604. p. 220. c Lib. Epist . Jo. Calv. num . 306. d See Dangerous positions , &c. Lond. 1591. lib. 2. cap. 1. e See at the end of Pet. Frarins Oration against the unlawful insurrections of the Protestants , &c. Antw. 1566. f In Epigram . Juvenil . Lond. 1573. p. 57. g Edw. Leigh in his Treatise of religion and learning . lib. 4. cap. 2. Clar. 1602. Clar. 1602. h Reg. 1. coll . Aenean . fol. 91. a. i In Britannia , in com . Staff. k Jo. Pits . De illustr . Angl. Script . Aet . 17. nu . 1053. 1603-4 . C●a ▪ 1603. a Joh. Weever in his Ancient funeral M●●uments , &c. printed 1631. p. 427. b Ibid. ut Sup. c See A brief view of the State of the Church of England . &c. by Sir Joh. Harrington — Lond. 1653. oct . p. 147. d In lib. cu● tit . est . Laudes Academiae per●finae & Ox●niensis — H●nnon . 1625. p. 41. e In Affanis , &c. Oxon. 1601. lib. 2. Clar. 1604. Clar. 1604. f Camden in Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1586. Vide in Chronserie per Gul. Dugdale sub an . 1582. g Lib. Certif . in Offic. Armorum , l. 16. p. 212. h Camlen in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1605. i Printed at Oxon. 1605. * Godf. Goodman Bish of of Gloc in his Review of the Court of K. James by Sir A. W. — MS. in bib . Bo● . 75 , 76. † Ibid. p. 73. Clar. 1605. Clar. 1605. i Joh. Evelin of Sayes Court Esq Clar. 1605. Clar. 1605. a Vide Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 266. b. b See in Stew's Survey of London , in the chap. or part of temporal Government . * See Hist . & Antiq. univ . Ox. lib. 2. p. 343. b. c Ms. in Archiv . coll . c. c. 1606-7 . d In Speculo Moralium , lib. 4. cap. 2. e In octavo libro De celeberrimis Academ . Col. Agrip. 1602. p. 450 , 451. f In lib. 1. de Antiq. Acad. Cant. p. 45. & alibi . 1606-7 Clar. 1606. h Book of Administrat . in the Will-Office near S. Pauls Cath. beginning in Jan. 1614. i Camd. in Annal. Reg. Eliz. an . 1597. 1602. &c. Clar. 1606. k Sir Ant. Welden in The court and character of K. James . Lond. 1650. oct . p. 48 , 49. Clar. 1606. m Edw. Phillips in his Theatrum Poetanum , or collect . of Poets , &c. Lond. 1675. oct . p. 182. among the modern Poets . n See in Tho. Beards Theatre of Gods Judgments , lib. 1. chap. 23. o The eighth Trag. called Agamemnon was first of all published by the said 〈◊〉 at Lond. 1566. 〈◊〉 tw . p Dan. Featly in Funebri orat . D. Rainoldi . q See in Dr. Georg● Hakewill's Apol. of the power and prov . of God in the govern●m . of the world , printed 1635. p. 154. r In his First Decad. ep . 7. s In Delens Eccles . An●s . &c. cap. 69. t Se The friendly debate betw . a Conformist and Non - 〈◊〉 mist , part 2. Lond. 1669. 5th edit . p. 201. 16●● 36● 16●● 〈◊〉 a In Annal. Reg. Elizab. an . 1592. vide etiam in Britannia in com . Som. b Dugdale in chron . sei● ad finem Orig. jurid . an . 1592. & alii . * In illustrum aliquot Anglorum encomiis , p. 134 16●7 . Clar. 1607. * In lib. 1. Epigram . Clar. 160● . Clar. 1607. c Tho. Mills in his Cat. of Honour , p. 412. d In his Apology for Poetry . Lond. 1595. qu. e Sir Fr. Walsingham died 1590. and therefore he lived not there 20. years . Clar. 1608. Clar. 1608. Clar. 1608. a See in Jo. Stradings Epigrams , lib. 4. p. 151. 161. &c. b Humph. Prichard in his Pref. to Dr. Jo. D●● Rhese his book , intit . Cambrobritanicae Cymeraecave linguae institutione , &c. Lond. 1592. * Joh. Baleus , in cent . Script . Maj. Brit. 9. nu . 73. a Reg. Dorse● in Oss . c. prorog . Cant. 〈◊〉 . 113. b Lib. Certif . in Offic. Arm. 〈◊〉 . 10. fol. 33. c Vid. Camd. in Annal. Reg. Elizab. an . 1590. d Idem Camd. in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1604. e lb. sub . an . 1619. f Ib. eod . an . g Ibid. h Camd. in Annal. Reg. Eliz. sub an . 1577 , i In Princicum ac illustrium aliquct & eruditorum Anglia vir orum encomiis , &c. Lond. 1589. qu. p. 87. 1609-10 . 1609-10 . a Is . Wake in lib. cui tit . Rex Platonicus , in act . Secundae diei . 1609-10 . Clar. 1609. b In lib. 1. Epigram . c In lib. 1. De via & more contemnend . d See in the Additional collection of Letters , at the end of Dr. Jam. ushers life , printed in fol. 1686. let . 2. p. 2. e In the Anatomy of Popish Tyrannv . Lond. 1603. lib. 2. chap. 5. sect . 1. f In the Life of Father Parsons , at the end of The Jesuits downfall . Ox. 1612. p. 52. g See Camdens Annals of Q. Eliz. under the year 1602. and in Watsons Quodlibets of State. n Rob. Persons in his Manifestation of Folly. Printed 1602. fol. 89. b. cap. 7. o Reg. Actor coll . Ball. p. 125. See the whole story of his expulsion , which was no other than an resignation in Fa. Persons Brief Apology , fol. 192 , 193 , 194. &c. p Camden in Annal. Reg. Eliz. Sub an . 1580. q Ant. Possivin in Apparat. Sac. Tom. 2. in Rob. Persons . a Printed by R. Royston , p. 125. b p. 108. 109. c Printed at Lond. 1655. qu. d Printed at Lond. 1682. first edit . p. 28. e Vide Comdonum in 〈◊〉 Reg. El●zab . sub an . 1594. f In the life of Fa. Persons , printed at the end of The Jesuits Downfal , ah . 1612. p. 55 , 56 , &c. * In his Epigrams numb . 134. Clar. 1610. Clar. 1610. a Vide Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 40. * In Offic. prerog . in Reg. Cope , part . 2. qu. 12. * MS. in bib . Tho. Marshall nuper Rect. coll . Linc. † In lib. cui tit . est . De Scriptoribus Ecclesiast — Col. Agrip. 1631. p. 156. 1611-12 . Clar. 1 611. Cla● . 1611. * Tho. Coryat in his Letters from the Court of the Great Mogul , &c. Lond. 1616. p. 45. * One Joh. Bond Doct. of the Law , was a Recruiter in the Long-Parliament for Melcombe Regis in Dorsetshire , and so he continued till 1653. † The said Hon. Whyte died in the Siege of Bulloigne , an . 1544. † In Jo. Pits . De illustr . Angl. Script . aet . 17. nu . 1057. 16●2 . a Vide C●md . Annai . Reg. Eliz. sub an 1602. See also A relation of a Faction began at Wisbich , an 1595. &c. Printed 1601. p. 57. b Francof . 1613 : in fol. 1612-33 . * In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 308. lib. 2. p. 50. 51. 1612-13 c Viz. Zacheus Isham , an . 1683. Char. Hickman , 1684. Tho. Newey , 1685. Tho. Burton . 1686. Will. Bedford , 1687. Rich. Blak●way , 1688. Rog. Altham , Jun. 1689. Edw. Wake , 1690. Clar. 1612. d Rog. Widdrington in his Disputatio Theologica de jur . fidel . cap. to Sect. 4. p. 397. Clar. 1612. a In the first vol. of his works , Epigr. 113. b In Epigram . ad Hen. Princ. Wall. &c. nu . 48. See also in Char. Fitz-Geoffry's Affania . &c. lib. 1. Clar. 1613. Clar. 1613. Clar. 1613. Clar. 1613. 1614-15 . a So I find it in the Pedegree of the Slades ( of 17. or more generations . ) sent to me from Amsterdam by some of the Slades living there , in Ap. 1690. Clar. 1614. Clar. 1614. a Reg. 2. Act. coll . M●rton , p. 27. 35. 47. 53 , &c. b Reg. Univ. Oxon. KK . fol. 177. b. 1615-16 . * See Tho. ●ullers Ch. Hist . lib. 9. an . 1584. 1616-16 . Clar. 1615. Clar. 1615. Clar. 1615. * Hug. Paul. de Cressey in his Exomologesis , &c. cap. 11. a In his Vindication of himself against divers scandalous reflections made upon him by Mr. Rich. Baxter , cap. 3. Sect. 6. * Fr. Gedwin in Append. ad . Com de . praesul . Angliae . b In lib. Epigr. Lond. 1616. in oct . cent . 2. Epig. 40. c In prima parte Relat. Historic . p. 53 : 54. &c. d Vide Pits nu . 56. nu . 59. e See Hist . & Antiq. Univers . Oxon. lib. 1. 〈…〉 f Camden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1616. 1616 : a In his Britannia , in Berks. b Edit . Lond. 1587. oct . c In Britan , in Kent . in Queenborough . 1616-7 . d Baronag . Tom. 3. p : 414. b. 1616-7 . e Vide in Epigram . Jo. Sradling , lib. 3. p : 99. lib. 4. 141. & in Epigram . Johannis Bunbari Megalo Briranni , Cent. 2. Epigram : 52. f Vide Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 1. p. 9. 10. g In Britannia , in Dobunts . h In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. ut supr . i Camden in Annal Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1620. a See in Edward Terry's Voyage into East-India , printed at Lond. 1655. in oct . p. 60. &c. b Ibid. p. 73. c 〈…〉 * Reg. 1. coll . Aenean . fol. 92. ● 1617-18 . a Reg. Matric . Univ. Oxon. P. pag. 447. b See Sir Will. Dugdales book en●it . The anti●nt usage and bearing of suc● Ensigns of honour , as are called Armes , &c. Oxo● . 1681 and 82. in oct . p. 4. c Ib. in reg . matric . ut sup . d In manibus D. H●n . St. George Clare●t . Arg. Arm. e Pat. 2 Jac. 1. p. 1. 1617-18 . f In thes Defence of his labour in the work of the Ministry MS. 1617-18 . * Preb. of Oxgate in the Church of St. Paul. 1617-18 . Clar. 1619. * In his Witty Epigrams , in 4 books . Lond. 1618. lib. 2. Epig. 64. See also Epig 84 in lib. 2. a See in Arcb. Lauds Life , by 〈…〉 lib. 1. an . 1617. b See in J● . H●oker's Epistle dedicated to Sir Walt. Raleigh , set before his translation of Garald C●mbrersis his Irish History . Printed in the 2. vol. of R●●h Holi●sheds Chror — Lord. 1587. ●ol . c Fragm . Regalia , &c by Sir K. No●m●n , printed at Lond. in 〈◊〉 1650. p. 57. d Camden in Annal R. Elizab. an . 1595. e Vide ibid. an 1596. f W. Camden in Annal. Jac. 1. M.S. 〈…〉 . g Ibid 〈…〉 h 〈…〉 p. 59. i Deg. Wheare , in lib. suo De ratione & 〈…〉 hi●tori●s . Sect. 6. k In the Will-office near to S. Paul's Cati●●n 〈…〉 part 2. Qu. 93. * In his Letters printed 1672. p. 481. 〈…〉 m In Hist . 〈◊〉 Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 296. a. n By which he is to be understood , that he had been Prince D'amour of the Middl●●emple in the time of Christmas . o See Orig. Jurid . by Sir W. Dugdale , in his discourse of the Temples . 460. 461. a In Hibernia , in corn . West-Meath . b In Epist . sais , edit . Ingoldst . 1602. p. 50. c Tho. Na●●e in The Arclogy of Pierce Penniless . Or strange News , &c. Lond. 1593. qu. not paged . * Edit . Rom. 1675. fol. 462. 463. d T●● . Fuller in his Worthies , in He●●● e Ibid. in Th. Fuller . f In Epigrammat ib. edit . Lond. 1616. in oct . cent . 3. nu . 20. 464. Clar. 1618. 465. a Fuller in his Worthies in Somersetsh . b The nameless author of Hypereritica : or a rule of judgment for writing or reading our Histories , MS. in my Library . Address . 4. Sect. 3. 466. 〈…〉 Clar. 1619. Clar. 1619. Clar. 1619. Clar : 1619. a In his Apol. of the Treatise De non temerandis Ecclesiis , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. b In Britannia , in the latter end of his discourse of Cornwall . c Carol. Fitzgeffry Cornub. in Affaniis , lib. 3. d Joh. Dunbar Megolo-Britannus in Epigrammatib . suis , edit . in oct . apud L●nd . 1616. cent . 6. num . 51. 1620-21 . 1620-21 . Clar. 1620. * Reg M●tric . ● . pag 592. Clar. 1620. Clar. 1620 : Clar. 1620. Clar. 1620. Clar. 1620 : a Pat. 9. Jac. 1. p. 3. b Ch. Hist . by 〈…〉 lib. ●● . an . 1621. c Will. Hull D. D. in his Epist . dedi● . to 〈…〉 London before his book , entit . 〈…〉 d Camden in his Annals of K. Jam. 1. MS. saith he died on the 29. March. e Pat. 15. Jac. 1. p. 10. 1621 : g Pref. R. Hakluyt ad Orbem novum , scriptum per Mart. Angler Par. 1587. h In his Poems , printed at Lond. 1672. p. 5● . i Hackluytus ut sup . in Praef. k Nath. Torperler in Praefat. ad Declides coelometricas , &c. an . 1602. l Camden in Annal. Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1621. m So used to say Dr. G. Morley sometimes B. of Winton , and Dr. Joh. Pell . n Printed at Lond. 1650. Treat . 2. Lect. 26. a Tho. Fitzherbert . b Dr. Lanc. Andrews . c Job . Colleton . d Tho. Leake . e Tho. Lathwait . f See more of this matter in Godwin D : praesuti● . Angliae . Lond. 1616. lat . p. 219. a Reg. 2. Act. Societ . coll . Merton . p. 1●1 . b Ibid. c Jo. 〈◊〉 in lib. De illustr . Argl. 〈…〉 14. nu . 563. p. 471. d In Append. ad Epist . Vide etiam 〈…〉 ipsas Epistolas , Ep 100. Script . ad Hen. Savile . e In 〈…〉 Homel . in Gen. in t . opera S. 〈◊〉 f In N●t . ad Cor● . Y● . g In Pref. ad Gaudentii introduct . 〈◊〉 . h In 3. 〈…〉 232. Script . ad Ric. 〈…〉 i In his 〈…〉 upon the first part of the 〈…〉 k 〈◊〉 Rule of judgment for writing 〈…〉 . MS. Addres . 4. Sect. 2. 1621-22 . a In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 89. b. b Camden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1623. c Ibid. 1621-22 . c The said Answer , as Sir Herb. Croft saith , was penned for her by a Protestant Minister . d Edw. Sheldon second Son of Will. Sheldon of Boely Esq ; 1622 ▪ e In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 269. b. a In 〈◊〉 a Etigr . p. 1●9 . b In c●ent . 4. Epigram . Lond. 1616. 〈…〉 c In 〈◊〉 first vol. of his works , in his Etigr . p. 34. 〈…〉 d Lib. certif . in 〈◊〉 Armorum , l. 22. fol. 62. b. 〈◊〉 e In Hist . 〈…〉 l. niv . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 181. b. f Reg. Ma●tic . Univers Ox●n . P. pag. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Tho. Fulier in his Worthie . 1622-3 . g Printed at Amsterdam 1665. in qu. h Joh. Mich. Dilber in Disputat . Acad. i Ger. Jo. Vossius De Hist . Graecis k Idem in Hist . Pelag. * Joh. Meursus in Athen. 〈◊〉 Lugd. Bat. 1625. lib. 2. p. 291. vide etia● Dan. Hensium in Orat. su● in obit . Ph. Cluverii . Lugd. Bat. 1624. a See in a book intit . Poetici Cona●●● written 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 11. 12. b See in Camd. Britannia in Cumberland in his discourse of Wirkington . d Regist . Univ. Oxon. KK . sol . 95. b. e In his Britannia . in 〈…〉 in his dis● of 〈◊〉 f 〈◊〉 Gods. Goodman . Bish . of 〈…〉 of K. James , by Sir 〈…〉 h In 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 t lib. 2. p. 270 b. 1623-24 . 1623-24 . 508. Clar. 1623. Clar. 1623 ▪ a Jo. Pits in lib. 〈◊〉 . Angl. Script . 〈◊〉 17. p. 810. b Tho. Bell. in The 〈…〉 lib. 4. cap. 2. 3 , 5. §. 2. c Dr. Jo ▪ 〈◊〉 Senior . d In 〈…〉 1624 ▪ Clar : 1624. Clar. 1624. Clar. 1624. a Cam● . in A●●al . R. Elizab. sub an . 1601. b In bib . Eliae Ashmole Arm. * Sir Ant. W●ldan in T●e Court and Character of K. James . Lond. 1650. in oct . p. 110. c So 't is written on his mon●ment in the Chancel of Pangbourne Church in Berks. c R. A. E. in lib. suo cui tit . est Lessus in funere Raph. Thorii , &c. Lond. 1625. qu. a Rob. Persons in his Manifestation of the folly , &c. fol. 56. b. b Answer to certain points of a Libel , p. 31. &c. c In the Relation of the Faction began at Wisbich , 1595. &c. Printed 1601. qu. p. 18. d Ibid. p. 38. clar . 1●25 . Clar 1625. * See Rich. Verstegans epist , to the renowned English Nation , set before his book , intit . A restitution of decayed intelligence , &c. ‖ Gul. Barclay in lib. suo cui tit . est De regno & regali potestate adversus Buchananum , Brutum , Bo●rchierum & reliquos Monarchomacos , &c. Par. 1600. lib. 6. cap. 7. p. 438 , 439. See in Hen. Foulis his Hist . of Romish Treasons and Usurpations , lib. 7. cap. . 2. † Ib. in Gul. Barclay ut sup . * See in a book intit . De justa Henrici 3 abdicatione ▪ &c. Lugd. 1591. oct . lib. 2. cap. 16. p. 123. b The author of a Pamphlet against the Jesuits , intit . Another l●tter of Mr. A. C. to his dis●esuited kinsman concerning 〈◊〉 appeal , 〈…〉 & ● ▪ Printed 1602. qu. p. ●● . Clar. 1625. * In his Quodlibets , p. 257. † The author of a pamphlet against the Jesuits , called Another Letter , &c. as before , p. 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31. Clar. 1625. 1626 : a Lucy Countess of Huntingd●n . b In his second book of Epigrams , numb . 67. * Reg. Matri● . Univ. Oxon. P. pag. 31 ▪ * See Camdens Annals of Q. Eliz. under the year 1594. † 〈…〉 the end of his 〈…〉 Clar 1626. Clar. 1626. Clar. 1626. * See in 〈…〉 &c. a Reg. Congr . & Convoc . Un. Oxon. K. fol. 70. a & 72. b. b Ibid. fol. 70. b. c Vide in lib. 2. & 3. Affaniarum Caroli Fitzgeofridi , edit . 1601 : octa● . Clar. 1627. Clar. 1627. a Will. Prynne in his Canterburies Deom , printed 1646. p. 166. b Camden in Britan , in Northumb. c Iden ibid. 1628 , * In Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 161● . a Baronage of England , To● . 2. p. 442. b. b Camd. in Annal. 〈…〉 . MS. an . 16●● 1628-9 . 1628-9 . * Baronage of England , Tom. 3. p. 451. b. 1628-9 . Clar. 1628. Clar : 1628. Clar. 1628. a In his Additional notes to a Cat. of Scholrs of Univ. coll . in the 〈◊〉 of Q. Eliz. Which Cat. consists much of Sirnames only . b Ba 〈◊〉 of Engl. Tom. 3. p. 423. c Hypercritica , or a rule of judgment for writing , or reading our histories . MS. Address . 3. Sect. 3. d Camden in Annal. Reg. Eliz. an . 1597. e Idem in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. an . 1606. f See in the Running Register by Lew. Owen , Printed 2626. p. 91. g Pits De illstr . Argl. Script . Aet . 17. nu . 1061. h In Gall●a Christiana , Tom. 1. p. 548. * John Davies in his Pres. or Prol. before Joh. Halls translation of H●●r●cles upon the golden verses of Phyth●goras , &c. a See in The life of Dr. Tho. Morton Bish . of Durham , p. 132. &c. written by Joh. Barwick , D. D. Lond. 16●0 . qu. b In Britan. edit . 1607. in com . Monmouth . c See in the Collection of Letters , at the end of Archb. Ushers Life , Lond. 1686. fol. nu . 66. p. 307. and in p. 320. d In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 145. a. * Note that one Capt. Rhead a Scot. and a Secular Jesuit perverted a minister of the Church of England , and his family , and married his Daughter . — So in The plot discovered by Andr. ab Habernfield and Sir Will. Boswell to Archb. Land. about the beginning of the Civ . War. a Camden in Annal. 〈◊〉 Jacobi 1. MS. sub . an . 1621. b 〈…〉 † Camden in Annal. 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 c Joh. Drusius in Epist . ad Gram. Gra● . — Ab●l Curiard . in vita & 〈◊〉 Joh. 〈◊〉 & ahi ultra mare — 〈…〉 Arglus in Epist . ad Joh. Howson De 〈…〉 — Car. 〈…〉 in 3. lib. Epigram . &c. 1629-30 . Clar. 1629. a 〈…〉 Triumph of Truth , &c. part . 2. cap. 3. p. 62. b Lewis Owen in his Running register , pr. 1626. p. 99. c The said Friers always took Ch. Church to be theirs by succession , because that House did belong to their Predicessors the Franciscan Friers , commonly called the Grey Friers , before the dissolution of Religious Houses in England . 16●0-31 . * See more of this matter in the 〈…〉 16●0-31 . Clar. 1630. Clar. 1630 : a Jam. Wadsworth in his English Spanish Vilgrim , chap. 7. Clar. 1630. b In England's Worthies , in Sussex . c Camden in Annal. Jac. 1. sub an . 1612. MS. Clar. 1620. Clar. 1630. a I●aac Basire D. D. in his Ancient liberty of the Britannick Church , &c. Posit . 4. p. 40. b Ibid. c Theop. Ranaudus in Theologia antiqua de veri Martyris ad●quate suniti notione . Lugd. 1656. p. 7. d Is Baf●●e in Diatrib . 〈◊〉 antiquae Eccles . 〈◊〉 libertate , &c. Brugis 1676. Clar. 1630. a In Thesaur . coll . S. Joh. Bapt. in 〈…〉 Presidents and ●●●ligrees of the 〈…〉 b 〈…〉 Scotland , book 7. under the year 1606. See 〈…〉 Archb. Land , printed 1671. part . 1. p. 44. c 〈…〉 d Dr. Fr. Godwin in Comment . de Praesulib . Angliae in Episc . Roff. e Dr. Franc Godwin , &c. 1631 ▪ f In a Funeral discourse touching the late different deaths of two eminent Protestant Divines , at the end of the book entit . Puritanism the Mother , sin the Daughter , &c. written by B. C. Catholick Priest , printed beyond the Seas , 1633. oct . g Ib. p. 117. h Ib. p. 139. 140. * Printed at Lond. 1635. 39. qu. 591● † In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 1. p. 30● . b. 1631 / 2. a Lib. certific . in Offic. Armorum , J. 8. fol. 32. b. 1631-2 . b Vide in Charisteriis Deg. Wheari , Edit . Ox. 1628. p. 119. Clar. 1631. * Edw. Leigh in his Treatise of religion and learning , &c. Lond. 1656. fol. lib. 6. cap. 5. c Gul. Camden . in Annal. Reg. Ja● . 1. MS. sub . an . 1619. d Ibid sub . an . 1620. † Martii 10. an . 1620. Albertus Morton rediit e Germania , & Rex . ( Jac. 1. ) eo die non admisit . It● Camdenus in Annal. R. Jac. 1. MS. d In the Will-office near S. Pauls Cath. Ch. in reg . Swan , part 1. Qu. 65. e In. Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. ●t supr● , sub . an . 1621. f Lu●ov . Molinaeus in lib. suo cui tit . est , Patronus bonae fidei , &c. edit . in oct . an . 1672. in cap. continent . Specimen contra Durellum , p. 48. g See the Errours in a book called Legenda lignea , &c. printed at London 1653. in oct . chap. 37. p. 165. 166. a Dr. 〈…〉 Canon of Ch. Church , aged 7● . an . 1670. b As the said Dr. Gardiner hath informed me ▪ c See in the Append. to the Sphere of Manilius , &c. by Edw. Sherburne Esq p. 86. 1632 ▪ * In his Memorials of Engl. affairs , under the year 1632. p. 17. c Camden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1 ▪ 19. 1632 ▪ d Gul ▪ Bur●onus in Orat 〈◊〉 Tho : Alleni . Lond. 1632. qu. p. 6. e In Notis suis ad Eadmerum , edit . 1623. p. 200. f In Britannia , in cap. De Saxonibus . a In the Will-Office near to S. Pauls Cath. in reg . Russel , part . 1. 1632 ▪ 1632-3 . b See in A discourse of Bathe , and the hot waters there , &c. Lond. 1676. p. 166. written by Tho. Guidott . Clar. 1632 ▪ c In Reg. Evelyn Qu. 54. d In his Antipathy of the English 〈…〉 &c. Lond. 1641. qu. e Char C●dwin M. A. and Minister of Monmouth . a Tho. Fuller , in his Worthies of England , in Wales p. 16. b I●on in London . p. 207. in Marg. 1633 : c Pat. 7. Jac : 1. p. 4. d Pat. 9. Jac. 1. p. 29. e Camden in Annal. R. Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1611. f Ib. in pat . 9. Ja. 1. p. 43. g Ib. in Camd. in Annal Reg. Jac. 1 : sub eod . an . * Hist . of the reign of K. Ch. 1. by Ham. L'estrange — Lond. 1656. p. 13● : h In the Worthies of England by Tho. Euller . a See in his Poems written on several occasions . Lond. 1668. p. 31. b In Fragmenta aurea , or Poems . Lond. 1648. oct . p. 10. c See more in his works , printed at Lond. 1678. fol. pag. 4. d Hugh or Scren . Cressy in his Epist . Apologetical , printed 1674. §. ● . e Tho. Triplet in his Epist . dedic . before the L. Falkland's book of Infallibility , printed 1651. f In the Life of Archb. Laud. and also in his Observations on the Hist . of K. Ch. 1. written by Ham. L'estrange , printed 1658. p. 122. g See Hen. Hickmans Justification of the Fathers and Schoolmen , &c. Ox. 1659. sec. edit . p. 40. 41. h Bulstrode Whitlock in his Memorials of English effairs , printed , 1682. p. 70. a. * W. Dugd. in his Antiq. Warwickshire , p. ●10 Clar. 1633. a In Orat. sunchri Joh. Rainoldi , edit . 1608. b Dr. Hugh Weston sometimes Rector of Linc. coll . who was his great Uncle , See more of him under the year 1558. p. 93. Clar : 1633 : c Hen. Morus in Hist . provinc . Angl● Soc. Jesu , lib. 4 : nu . 15. d Tho. Bell in his Anatomy of Popish Tyranny , lib. 2. cap. 2. e In the Relation of the faction began at Wisbich , &c. printed 1601. qu. f Printed at S. Om●r , 1601. in oct . fol. 63. b. 64. &c. g Sir Ant. Weldon in his book intit . The Court of K. Charles continued unto the beginning of these unhappy times , &c. Printed at the end of The Court and Character of K. James . Lond. 1651. sec . edit . p. 194. 195. a Ham. L'estrange in his Hist . of the raign of K. Ch. 1. under the year 1634. b See in the Table of MSS. by Dr. James , quoted at the dne of the said Manuduction c In the Breviat of his life , p. 19. d In the Will-Office near to S. Pauls Cath. in reg . Seager , Qu. 84. e See at the end , in an append . to a book intit . A Divine Tragedy lately octed , or a collection of sundry memorable examples , &c. Printed beyond Sea , an ▪ 1636. qu. 1634 : Clar. 1634. Clar. 1634. Clar. 1634. * In the Will-Office , near to S. Pauls Cath. Ch. in Reg. Essex part 3. Qu. 143. Clar. 1634. Clar. 1634 : * Reg. Convoc . N. fol. 234. ● . a See in the latter end in his Poems . b A Gardiner at Twick●am in Mid. as 't is reported . c Pat. ● . Car. 1. p. 12. Clar. 1635. a Will. Prynne in Canterburies Do●me , printed 164● . p. 185 : b See in the Collection of Letters , at the end of Archb. Ushers Life , printed at Lond. in fol. 1686. c In Canterburies Doome , before mentioned pag. 448. See also p. 412. 559. 1636-37 . 1656-57 . a Printed at Lond. 1638. in tw . b In cent . 2 ▪ Epigram . n● . 16. c In lib ▪ 〈◊〉 Epigram p 28. &c. Clar. 1636. Clar. 1636. d Reg. Matric . P. p. 555. e In his Epigrams , nu . 14. f In his Fragmenta aurea , or Poems . Lond. 1648. p. 7. * Dr. G. M. B. of Wint. a In Opusc . Philosoph . p. 214. being the second of the Preface to his Examen Philosophia Rob. Fluddi Medici &c. b Judicium 〈◊〉 Rob. Fluddo , in the 268. pag of the said Opuscula . which Judicium is placed at the close of Gassindu ' s answer to R. Fludd . c In Opusculis , ut supra , p. 215. d In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 〈…〉 a. 〈◊〉 * 〈◊〉 at Lond. 1645. p. 184. 1637 ●8 . 1637 ●8 . a Camden in Annal. R. Jac. 1. sub an ▪ 1614. MS. b See in Sir Hen. Wottons Letters in Reliq . Wottonianae , printed 1672. p. 432. &c. c Ib. in Annal. Camd. sub . an . 1615. 1638 ●9 . 1638 ●9 . a Camden ut super in Annal ; Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1620. 1638 ●9 . Clar. 1638. Clar. 1638. 163● . 1639 : † Dr. Joh. Whetcombe Maidennutensium Pastor . He died suddenly in the house of Angel Grey Esabque ; of Kingston near Dorchester in Dorsetshire , before the year 1648. aged 60. a Isaac Walton . b Camd. in Annal. Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1619. a In Britannia in Com. 〈◊〉 b Idem Camden in Annal. Jac. 1. MS. Sub. an . 1616. c Ibid. an . 1617. d Baronage of Engl. Vol. 2. Tom. 3. p. 460. 1639-40 . e Entit . The Court of K. Charles continued unto the beginning of these unhappy times , &c. Lond. 1651. oct . p. 206. 1639-40 . 1639-40 . 1639-40 . Clar. 1639. * In his English Spanish Pilgrim , chap. 7. p. 65. † Will. Sanderson in the Reign and death of K. James . Lond. 1655. under the year 1620. p. 491. a In Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1●98 . a Barnab . Oley , in the life of George Herbert , Lond. 1652. and in 1675. 'T is not pag'd . b In his Anti-Arminianism ; or the Church of Englands old Antithesis , &c. printed 1630. p. 270. c See Canterb. Doom , p. 532. d In Append. to Anti-Arminianism , &c. * 〈…〉 e 〈…〉 p. 508. f Ibid. p. 510. g Rich. Baxter in his book intit . An ansavour● volume of Mr. Joh. Crandons anatomized . Lond. 1654. sec● . 1 p. 6. 1640-1 . Clar. 1640. Clar. 1640. a Pat. 14. Hen. 7. p. 2. Memb : 4. 1●00 . b In Cur. vel offic . Praerog . Cant. in reg . Moone . Qu. 10. c In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 130. b. d In lib. Epist . Univ. Oxon. notat . in dors . cum lit . ● . MS. * Ibid. Ep : 254 : a In the Visitation book of the County of Surry , made by the Deput●es of Clarenceaux King of Arms , an . 1623. in the coll . or Office of Arms. b In Birtan . in com . Dorset . c Jo. Budden in Vita obituque Job . Moreton● Archiep. Cant. — Lond. 1607. p. 5. d Fr. Godwin Ep. Lan●●v . in Com de Praesul . Angl. edit . 1616. p. 359. e In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 1. p. 233. f In lib. Episto●arum Univ. Oxon. ● . fol. 14● . b. g Pat. 2. Hen. 7. p. 1 m. 10 : h In Offic. Praerog . Cant. in reg . Moon Qu. 10. * Fr. Godwin in Com. de Presul . Angl. ut supra , p 295. k pat . 1. Rich. 3. p. 3. l pat . 8. Hen. 7. p. 2. m. 2. m Rich. Pace in lib. suo , cui tit . est De fructu qui ex doctrina percipitur . Bas. 1517. p. 27 , 28. 156● . n In reg . Moone ut ●upra . qu. 10. o In Offic : Praerog . Cant. in reg . Bodfeld Qu. 21. 1501 : p Jac. Waraeus in Comment de Praesulibus Hiberniae , Edit . Dubl . 1665. p. 250. q In Offic. ut supra in reg . Blamyr . Qu. 16. a Pat. 11. Hen. 7. p. 1. in dors . b Ibid p. 1. c Pat. 12. Hen. 7. p. 1. m. 5. d Pat. 15. H. 7. p. 1. m. 27. e Pat. 16. H. 7. p. 1. m. 1. f Reg. Epist . Univ. Oxon. FF . Ep. 518. g Franc. Godwin Ep. Land●v . in Com. de Praesul . Angl. in Cant. h Reg. Antiq. coll . Merton fol. 138. ● . 1502-3 . 1503 : k Vide Jac. 〈◊〉 ● in com . de 〈…〉 1665. p ▪ 171. l Ibid. p. 25● . m Pat. 11. Hen. ● . p. 1. m. 〈…〉 n In Hist. 〈…〉 o 〈…〉 p Pat. 〈◊〉 Hen. 7 ▪ p. 1. 〈◊〉 36. a Reg. Epist 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 † Pat. 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 b Reg. Act. congreg . Univ. Oxan . Aa . fol : 116 : a. c In fine eiusd . libri vel reg . Epistolam F. d Pat. 2. Hen. 7. p. 1 , m. 26. 1505 : a F. Godwin , in t . Episcop . Dunelm . p. 136. b Pat. 11. Hen. 7. m. 4. p. 14. c Pat. 18. Hen. 7. p. 1. m. 6. 1505 : d Hist . Eccles . Dunelm . & successio Episcoporum ejusd . Eccl. MS. in t . cod . Land. in bib . Bod. 4. L ▪ 5● . e In tom . 1. collect . p. 472. f Waraus ut supra , p. 291. Clar. 1505. g Reg. 〈◊〉 de Castello Ep. B. & W●llen● . a Jac. War. 〈◊〉 p. 38 ▪ b Ibid. p. 2●6 ▪ c Ibid. p. 88 ▪ d Ib. p. 99. e Ibid. 〈…〉 † In. 〈…〉 Clar. 1510. 151● ▪ * Fr. Godwyn in Com. de prasul . Angl. edit . 1616. p. 662. a In thesaur . vel turri coll . Linc. b In lib. vel reg . epistol . Univ. Oxon. F ▪ fol. 182. epist . 495. vide etiam epist . 484. c Ib. in F. ●p . 36● . d Pat. 8. Hen. 7. p. 1. m. 6. e Pat. 11 : Hen. 7. p. 2. m. 16. f Pat ●3 . Hen. 7. p. 2. m. 24. g Pat. 24. Hen. 7. p. 3. m. 11 ▪ h ( In cap. 4. * The said Hugh Pavy was afterwards Bish . of S. Davids . a Reg. Univ. Oxon. ● . contin . Acta Congreg . fol. ●9 . b. b Fat. 22. Hen. 7. p. 3. ● . ●3 . c Ib. in cod . ●eg . 〈◊〉 51. d In Comment . de praesul . Angl. edit . 1616. p. 331. e In Offic. Praerog . Cant. in reg . Holder . Qu. 7. 1514-15 . f In 〈…〉 C. 37. g Pat. 7. Hen. 8. p. 2. h Tho. Hatcher in his cat . of Provests . Fellows and S●hol . of Kings coll . in Cambr. MS. ●ub an . 1477. i But in the Kings writing for the the restitution of his temporalities , he is stiled Doctor of both the laws . Clar. 1514. * Jac. War. in lib. De Praesul . Hibern . p. 77. a Pat. 20. Hen. ● . p. 1. m. 26. b In reg . Holder , Qu. 18. in Offic. praerog . 〈◊〉 . c Pat. 8. Hen. 8. p. ● . d Ib. in reg . Holder . Qu. 25. e Pat. 〈◊〉 Hen. 8. p. 1. f In Principum ac illustrium aliquot eruditorum in Anglis virorum encomii● , &c. Lond. 1589. qu. p. 63. g In Offic● 〈◊〉 ut sup . in reg . Dingley , Qu. 25. h Pat. 31. Hen. 8. p. 3. i Joh. Leland in tom . 1. collect . p. 4●3 . k Reg. Univ. Oxon. 〈◊〉 fol. 237. l Pat 9. Hen. 8. p. 1. a Pat. 28. Hen. 8. p. ● b 〈…〉 Hib. p. 71. c Ibid. p. 199. d In 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 Clar. 1518. * 〈…〉 a 〈…〉 a 〈…〉 b 〈…〉 c 〈…〉 † 〈…〉 ‖ 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 d Fr. Godwin in Com. de prasul . Angl. p. 360. h Jac Waraeus ut sup . p. 11● . i In reg Tho. W'olsey Arch●ep . Ebor. fol. 155. * 〈…〉 a Reg. vel lib. Epistol . Univ. Oxon. FF . Epist . 22. 55. 109. &c. Vide Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 422. a. b In the Cat. of Chanc. Proct. and of Proceeders at Cambridge , at the end of Matth. Parkers Aniq. Britan. Ecclesiae — Printed in fol. 1572. or 73. c Pat. ●1 . Hen. 8. p. 2. m. ●6 . d Pat. 8. Hen. 8 : pag. 1 : 1522-23 . d Jac. War. ut supra , p. 1●1 . * Reg. congreg . Aa . fol. 125. a. e Pat. 8 Hen. 7. p. 2. m. 2. f Pat. 17. Hen. 7. p. 1. 〈◊〉 1● ▪ g Vide Hest . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p 161. b b Fr. Godwin in Com de praesul . Angl. edit . 1616. p. 407. † Jac. War. ut sup . p. 231. a In. cent . 8. num . 99. b In Aet . 16. num . 1020. Clar. 1526. * Qu. whether Megara , in which City Euclid was born : Clari 1527 : † Joh : Leland in 2 vol. Itin. fol. 45. d In Hist. Antiq. 〈◊〉 Oxon. Lib. 2. p. 227. 228 ▪ &c. e Pat. 〈…〉 f Ibid. g Pat. 〈…〉 h Pat. 16. Hen. 7. p. 2. m 13 Clar. 1529. a Pat. 2. Hen. 8. p. 1. b Pat. 10. Hen. 8. p. 2. m. 25. c In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 35. &c. 246 , 247. &c. h Jac. War. in Com. de Praesulib . Hibern . p. 128. a Pat. 9. Hen. 7. p. 1. b Pat. 18. Hen. 7. p. 1. m. 14. c Fr. Godwin in Com. de praesul . Angl. in t . Episc . Cantuar. d Vide Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 1. p. 239. a. e Ib. lib. 2. p. 416. b. f In his Treatise of Marriage , MS lib. 2. * Godwinus ut supr . in t . Episc . Bangor . a Edm. Camp●an in his Hist . of Ireland . printed . 1633. p. 120. b 〈…〉 Hib. p. 119. † Reg. ptim . Act. coll . Mert. fol. 253. &c. * Godwin ut supr . in t . ep . Men●● . ‖ Pat. 16. Hen. 7. p. 1 m. 1 a Pat. 20. Hen. 7. p. 2. m. 22. b Pat. 24. Hen. 7. p. 2. m. 17. c In Hist . & Antiq. univ . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 130. b. 131. a. d Godw. in Corn. de praesul . Angl. in t . ep . Cicester . e In ult . test . in reg . Hogen Qu. 41. in Offic. praerog . Cant. * Pat. 28. Hen. 8. p. ● . h Jo. Leland in tom . 1. collect . p. 472 : i Jac. War. in Corn. de praesul . Hib. p. 24. k Godwin at sup . in t . Ep. carleol . l See in Joh. Weever in his Ancient fun . ●onuments , &c. Printed 1631. p. 539. 540. m In Offic. Prarog . Cant. in reg . Dingley Qu. 6. † In Vita & morte Jo. Juelli . p. 268. 1539 : * Jac. War. ut sup . p. 128. Clar. 1540. Clar. 1541. a In reg . Pynning in Offic. Prarog . Cant. Qu. 1● . * Reg. Kitchin , ibid. Qu. 25. † Fr. Godw. in Com. de Praesul . Angl. in t . Ep. B. & Well . p. 442. ‖ Pat. 33. Hen. 8. p. 1. * In Osfic . praerog . Cant. in reg . Moryson , Qu. 11. a In Offic● praerog . Cant. in reg . Alenger , Qu. 20. b Job . Stow in his Survey of Lond. Printed 1633. p. 119. b. Joh. Weever in his Ancient Funeral Monuments , &c. p. 426. &c. c In Principum ac illustrium aliquot & crud . in Angl. virorum encomiis , &c. Printed 1589. p. 41. d Ja● W●r . ut sup . in Com. de praesul . Hibern . p. 128. 1548 : † In lib. H. 5. in coll . Arm. f●l . 17. 1549 : † Godwin ut supra in t . Episc . Gloc. * Jac. Waraeus in Com. de praesul . Hib. p. 148. 1550-1 . Clar. 1552. ‖ In Offic. Praerog . Cant. in reg . Tash . Qu. 15. † Jac. Wac . ut supra . p. 120 : Clar. 1554. * Ibid. p. 38. Clar. 1554. a Rob. Persons in The third part of a treatise entit . Of the three conversions of Eng. vol. 2. cap. 6. p. 336. b See in Jo. 〈◊〉 his Acts and M●n . of the Church , under the year 〈◊〉 . c Pat. 11. Hen. 8. p. 1. d Job . Vowell alias Hooker in his Cat. of the Bishops of Exeter , printed in the life of Qu. Eliz. in R. Holinsheds Chron. See also in Fr. Godwin in Com. de praesul . Angl. in t . Episc . Exon. e In the Antiquities of Warwickshire , by Will. Dugdale , p. 667 , 668. f Pat. 5. Ed. 56. p. 1. g Pat. 1. Mar. p. 2. h Ibid. i Pat. 1. Mar. p. 1. k Pat. 3. & 4. Phil & Mar. p. 1. l Pat. 33. Hen. 8. p. 3. 1555-6 . * In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxen. lib. 1. p. 265. b. g In Encomi●s , Trophaeis , &c. eruditorum in Anglia virorum , &c. p. 107. Clar. 1555. h In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 255. a. i Pat. 31. Hen. 8. p. 3. In Off●● praerog . Cant. in reg . Kitchin , Qu. 18. a Pat. 33. Hen. 8. p. 3. b Edit . Lond. 1616. p. 594. in t . Episc . Petroburg . a In the Acts and Mon. of the Church , sub . an . 1558. † In his Description of England , printed in the first vol. of Rap. Helinshed Chronicle . lib. 2. cap. 2. ‖ Under the years 1552. and 56. See also under the year 1558. Clar. 1557. * Camden in Britan. in com . Warwic . a The publisher of The life of the 70. Archb. of Canterb. Printed in ( Holland ) 1574. in oct . p. 28. in marg . a Pat. 1. & 2. Ph. & Mar. p. 1. b In Offic-praerog . Cant. in reg . Chayney . Qu. 62. c Reg. MS. p. 250. d Pat. 3. Elizab. p. 7. e Pat. ● . Ed 6. p. 1. f Fr. Godwin in Com. de praesul . Angl. in t . Ep. Roff. g Pat. 1. Mar. p. 1. i Pat. 2. Eliz. p. 14. k Pat. 1. Mar. p. 1. l In his book of Acts and Mon. of the church , under the year 1558. † In lib. 1. cap. 13. * In Offic. Praerog . Cant. 〈…〉 l Math. Parker at the end of Antiq. Eccre● . B●tan . published 15●2-● . in the life of Ma. Parker , p. 9. m Anon. in the Antient 〈◊〉 and monuments of the Monast . and Cath. Ch. of Durha● . Lond. 1672. in oct . p. 122. 1559-60 . n Pat. 4. Elizab. p. 10. * In his Review of the Court of K. James , written by Sir A. W. — MS. p. 89. o Pat. 1. & 2. Phil. & Mar. p. 14. p Printed beyond the Yeas about 1583. in oct p. 51. 52 q Pat. 1. & 2 : Ph. & Mar. p. 1. r In his book of Acts and mon. of the c● . an . 1559. * Laur. Humfredus in Vitae & mort . Jc. Juelli . edit . 1573. p. 179. Clar● 1562. s Pat. 2. Elizab. p. 14. t Pat. 2. & 3. Pb. & Mar. p. 1. Clar. 1562. u Joh. Vowell alias Hooker in his Cat. of the Bishops of Exeter , in the 3 vol. of Holinsheds chron . p. 1309. b. w The author of The execution of justice in England , &c. printed 1583. in oct . x Fr. Godwin in C●m . de Praesul . Angl. edit . 1616 p. 476. y Printed at Lond. 1677. in oct . in the Cat. of the Bishops of Exeter , in the beginning of the book num . 34. z Ibid. p. 127. a Pat. 37. Hen. 8. p. 5. b Fr. Godwin ut sup . p. 641. † Pat. 2. Elizab. p. 14. * In fine lib. De entiq . Eccles . Britan. — Edit . 1572. 2. in Matheo , pag. 14. a Godwin . ut supr . in t . Episc . Meneo . p. 616. b Pat. 2. Elizab. p. 14. * Sir Jo. Harrington in his Brief view of the state of the Ch. of Engl. &c. p. 171. c Ibid. in Godwin , inc . ep . Peterb . p. 594. d Pat. 4. & 5. Phil. & Mar. p. 1 : e Lanc. Andrews in Tortura Torti , &c. p. 146. f Sim. Gunton in his History of the Church of Peterborough , printed at Lond. in fol. 1686. p. 73. g Pat. 8. Car. 1. p. 13. h Pat. 10. Car. 1. p. 10. i Jac. Waraeus in Com. de praesul . Hibern . edu . 1665. p. 120. k Pat. 9. Elizab. p. 2. l Pat. 10. Elizab. p. 10. * In p. 1. Mar. p : 1. † Ibid. in Godwin ut supr . in t . ep . B. & . Wells . p. 4. 156● . b Pat. 3. Elizab. p. 9. c Fr. Godwin ut sup . inter Episc . Carleol . p. 153. 157● . a Pat. 2. Elizab. p. 11. * Thom. Hatcher in his MS. Catalogue of the Provosts , Fell. and Schol. of Kings coll . in Cambridge , under the year 1536. d Pat. 8. Eliz. p ▪ 9 ▪ * Pat. 2. Elizab. p. 11. † Jac. Waraeus in Com. de praeful . Hibem . p. 38. 157677. a Fr. Godwin ut sup . Int. ep . Cestr : b Pat. 3. Eliz. p. 9. 157● ▪ c Reg. Dodsworth in collect . suis MS. in bib . Bod. d Jac. War. ut supr . p. 199. f Fr. Godwin ut sup . in t . ep . Exon. g Joh. Vowell alias Hooker in his Cat. or Hist . of the Bishops of Exeter . 15●8 . † Vide Laur. Humfredum in Vita & morte Jo. Juelli , edit . 1573. p. 72 , 73. & in Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 1. p. 275. b. * Pat. 2. Elizab. p. 11. 157879. b Pat. 31. Hen. 8. p. 7. i Pat. 35. Hen. 8. p. 4. k Pat. 2. & 3. Ph. & Mar. p. 1 ▪ l In the Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. under the year 1558 ▪ m Ut in lib. MS. Administrationum in Offic. Praerog . Cant. incipiente 1. Jan. 1571. fol. 168. a. a Pat. 2. & 3. Phil. & Mar. p. 1. b In Britannia , in Ordovic● ●ulgo Flintshire . Ciar . * Jac. Waraeus in Com. de praesul . Hib●rn . p. 213 : 158384. e In Offic. praerog . Cant. in reg . Wa●son Qu. 1. f Jac. War. ut supr . p. 260. * Fr. Godwin in Com. de praesul , Anglia , in t . ep . Landav . p. 641. a Idem in t . ep . B. & Well . p. 444. b Reg. Godwin ep . B. & Wells an . 1584. c Sir. Jo. Harrington in his Brief view of the State of the Church of England , &c. Lond. 1653. p. 111. alias 113. d Jac. War. ut . sup . p. 199. e Pet. Heylyn in Exam. historic . edit . Lond. 1659. p. 221. a Brief view , &c. before-mention'd , p. 149. b Vide Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 1. p. 301. b. 302. a. c See in the book entit . The School master , or plain and pleasant way of teaching children , &c. written by Rog. Ascham — Lond. 1589. qu. p. 11. d Fr. Godwin ut sup . in t . Episc . London , p : 252. e In Offic. Praerog . Cant. in reg . Dixy part 2. Qu. 81. f Tbom. Fuller in his Church History , &c. lib. 9. sect . 10. a Brief view , &c. as before , p. 17 , 18. b Camden in Annal ● . Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1604. * See more of him in Illustrium aliquot Anglorum Encomia . Written by Tho. Newton , p. 115. a Jac. Waraeus in Com. de praesul . Hibern . edit . 1665. p. 252. 1594-95 . b Ib●d . p. ●52 . c Vide Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 〈…〉 d In Offic. Praerog . cant . in reg . Hayes , Qu. 62. e Jac. Waraeus 〈…〉 f Fr. Godwin ut sup . in t . ep . Glouc. p. 591. g Ibid. in Godwin , in t . Ep. Asaph , p. 664. h In Offic. Praerog . Cant. in t . reg . Wallop , part 2. Q. 69. 1601-02 . i Ibid. in reg . Weldon , qu. 122. k Jac. War. ut sup . p. 26● . l Ibid. p. 130. m Ibid. p. 2721. a Fr. Godwin in Com. de praesul . Angl. in t . episc . Elien . b See the Brief view of the state of the Ch. of Engl. &c. ( quoted before , in Tho. Godwin ) p. 80. c Ib. in Fr. Godwin in t . ep . Gloc. d Camden in Annal. R. Jac. 1. sub . an . 1607. e In Jo. Stow's Survey of London , printed 1633. and in W. Dugdales History of S. Pauls Cath. Ch. f Jac. Waraeus in Com. de praesul . Hib●rn . edit : 1665. p. 260. Clar. 1611. * Bries view of the state of the Church of England , &c. p. 152. g Pat. 9. Jac. 1. p. 21. h Ibid. in War. p. 140 a Ibid. p. 28. b Sir Joh. Harrington in his Brief view of the state of the Ch. of England , p. 96. c Godwin , in t . ep . Salisb. d By Sir Jo. Harr. ut sup . p. 93. alias 95. 1●16 . e So it is on his monument in the Ch. of S. Pet. and S. Paul at Bath● . f Pet. Heylin in his Observations on the History of the reign of K. Charles , published by Ham. L'Estrange-printed 1656. oct . p. 77. a Ib. in Godwin in t . ep . Bang . b Vide Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 316. b. c Camden in Annal. R. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1616. d In Offic. 〈◊〉 . cant . in reg . Cope part 2 Q ▪ 19. e Author of the 〈…〉 &c. before mention'd , p. 208. f Pat. 1● . Jac. ● . p. 30. u Pat. 8. Jac. 1. p. 52. w Jac. War. ut sup . p. 224. 1617-18 . a Idem Jac. War. p. 213. 224. 1621 ▪ b Fr. Godw. ut sup . in t . ep . S. Asaph ▪ c Pat. 2. Jac. 1. p. 31. d In Offic. praerog . Cam. in reg . Berkley part . 2. Qu. 65. e See the Preface to Aulieus Coquinariae . f Will. Sanderson in his Proem to the Reign and death of K. James . 1. printed 1655. fol. g So in the said Pre● to Aul. Coq . 1625-6 . a 〈…〉 p. 189. b In Britannia in 〈…〉 . a Pat. 21. Jac. 1. p. 28. b 〈…〉 of England in Northamp●●●shirc . * Pat. 8. ●ar . 1. p. 14 163● . 163● . a Pat. 10. Car. 1. p. 39. b Pat. 11. Car. 1. p. 14. c Pat. 11. ●ar . 1. p. 17. c Jac. War. ut supra . p. 189. d Ibid. p. 130. e Pat. 11. Car. 1. p. 25. f Pat. 14. Car. 1. p. 35. g Ib. in Jac. War. ut supra , p. 20● . a Reg. antiq . coll . Aenean fol. 95. a. b Pat. 9. Car. 1. p. 1● . c Pa● 1● . Car. 1. p. 15. † Iac. War. ut . up . in 〈…〉 pa●●ul . 〈…〉 * Pat. 8. Car. 1. p. 13. 1640-1 . † See in Canterburies Doom , printed in fol. 1646. p. 353. * Dr. P. Heylin in his History of the life and death of Dr. Will. Laud , lib. 3. part . 1. † See more in Ballio-Fergus written by Hen. Savage , printed at Oxon. 1668. p. 119. Clar. 1640. Notes for div A71276-e443030 a 〈…〉 . b 〈◊〉 Hobbes of Malmsbury in his Hist. of 〈…〉 of England , printed 1680. pg. 54. c In reg . Epistol . Univ. Oxon. ● Ep●●t . ● . d 〈…〉 e Pa● . 4. Ed. 6 part 5. f 〈…〉 g 〈…〉 h 〈…〉 i 〈…〉 k 〈…〉 l 〈…〉 m 〈…〉 n 〈…〉 o Tho. Hatcher of Kings Coll. in his Catalogue of Provosts , Fellows , and Scholars of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , MS● under th●●ear 〈◊〉 . p In Hist . & 〈…〉 . q In 〈◊〉 & Antiq Vniv. Oxon. lib…pag . 417 〈◊〉 . * Reg. Act. Cong●●g G. fol. 110. a. b. * In Hist ▪ & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 131. a In the 〈◊〉 Office near S. Paul's Cath. Ch. in Lond. in Re● . H●●der , Qu. 18. in the Will of Rich Bishop of Hereford . b In the Transcript of his Itineraries in bib . Bod. fol. 172. 2. * Laur. Humfred in 〈◊〉 & morte Jo● . 〈…〉 . p. 〈◊〉 . a Camden in his Remains , printed 163● . p. 14● . among the Sirnames . a 〈…〉 . an . 1566. b Edit . London , 1589. p. 5● . c In reg . 〈…〉 a In Visib . Monarch . edit . 1592. lib. 7. pag. 666. b Reg. Congreg . H. fol. 81. a. * See in The natural history of Staffordshire written by Dr. Robert P●ot , cap. 8. pag. 277. 296. * In lib Epist . 26. Epist . 39. † 〈…〉 Communi omnium linguarum . a Camden in Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub an . 1559. b At the end of the first Edition of Antiq. Britan. Ecclisia &c. by Matth. Parker Archb. of Cant. c Pat. 26. Hen. 8. p. & ▪ d In the Act. and Mon. of the Church , under the year 1533. e In Offic. Armorum in lib. C. 10. fol. 96. f George carltonus in Vita Bern. Gilpin . Edit . 1628. p. 32. a Reg. Congreg . H. fol. 1 ▪ 4. b. 17● . b a In Principum & cru●itorum in Aug i● Virorum 〈◊〉 , Tr●ph●is , &c. Lond. 1589. p. 96. b In 〈…〉 Lond. 1573. p. 45. 4● . * In his Acts and Monumments of the Church , under the year 1554. † See more of him in J● . Fox his Book of Acts and Mon of the Church , &c. under the year 1554. a 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 b 〈…〉 ‡ In Hist . & . Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. l. ● . p. 〈…〉 . a 〈…〉 p. 23. 45 , &c. * L●ur . Humfredus in Vit. 〈…〉 . † 〈◊〉 Univ. 〈◊〉 fol. 12. ● . a 〈…〉 Monarch edit . 1592. p. 6●0 . b 〈…〉 in 〈◊〉 . Decanorum & 〈…〉 . Winds . MS. pene● 〈◊〉 A. W. c T●o . ●ouchier in Hist Ecclesiastica de Martyr● fratrum 〈…〉 &c. edit . Ingolstad , 1583. part . 2. fol. 15. b. d Franc. a S. 〈◊〉 in Hist . 〈…〉 Frotrum Minorum , &c. edit . 〈…〉 1665. Sect. 15. p. 4. 〈◊〉 60. a 〈…〉 p. 690. * Vid. 〈◊〉 Saunders De 〈◊〉 . Monarch , edit . 1592. lib. 7. p. 666. a ●d . Grant in Orat de Vit. & Ob. Reg. 〈◊〉 , Edit . 1577. b Gul. Camden in Annal 〈…〉 sub an 1568 c 〈◊〉 Fox in his Book of Acts and Mo● . &c. under the year 1558. d Joh. pitt in Append. nom . 2● . &c. e In his Hist . of Cambridge . sect . 6. p. 91. a 〈…〉 Coll. Magd. B. fol. 〈…〉 . b In Cygn . Cant. c Rich. Stanyhurst in Descript . 〈◊〉 cap. 7 * George 〈◊〉 Bishop of 〈◊〉 . c In the reg . of Administrations , in the 〈◊〉 near St. Pauls Cathedral , beginning on the first day of Jan. 1571. fol. 42. a. d See in John Whytes 〈…〉 &c. Lond. 1553. fol 95. e In his book of 〈◊〉 Acts and 〈◊〉 . of the Church , &c. under the years 1556. and 58. * 〈…〉 &c. Lond. 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 . a See 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 boo● 〈…〉 b The Author of 〈…〉 Justice in England , printed the second time 1563. c 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 * In his Acts and Mon. of the Church , &c. under the year 1558. 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 . * 〈…〉 † 〈…〉 in his Review of the Court of K. 〈◊〉 by Sir A. W. MS. 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 in his last volume of 〈◊〉 , Printed 15●7 . p. 1874. &c. * See A view of 10 publick disputations , published by Robert 〈◊〉 , cap. 4. p. ●4 . a In 〈…〉 S. Joh. Bapt. Oxon. Script . per Christop . 〈…〉 . b 〈…〉 . * 〈…〉 or his continuator in the 〈…〉 year 1553. a In Vita Joh. 〈◊〉 edit 1573. p. 2●● &c. b 〈…〉 1536. * See Card. Will. Alans book called A sincere or modest defence &c. or An answer to the libel of English justice &c. p. 11. * See in Ro● . Persons brief 〈◊〉 in desence of Ecclesastical S●bordination in England , 〈…〉 * Math. Parker in the first Edit . of Antiq. Britan. Eccles. in 〈◊〉 . a Camden in Annal. Reg. Elizab. an . 1574. * In 1 part . tom . 5. Historiarum , l. 117. † Godwin in lib 〈…〉 est De 〈◊〉 Angliae , in London . b The continuator of T●o . Hatchers Cat. of Prov. Fell. and Scholars of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , MS. sub an . 1565. * Camden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1616. * 〈…〉 † 〈…〉 a See more of this matter in 〈…〉 ●ook intit . Observations on the History of 〈…〉 Esq . Lond. 1656 p. 73. b Idem in 〈…〉 , &c. printed 1650. p. 〈◊〉 . * 〈…〉 in his 〈…〉 &c. lib. 9. 〈…〉 1595. * 〈…〉 in Epist . 〈◊〉 . ad 〈…〉 . an . 1575. † 〈◊〉 in Ann. 1. Reg. 〈…〉 an . 15●5 . * Balliosergus &c. per Hen. Savage , p. 116. a In his preface to his Diatribe upon the first part of the Hist . of Tithes . b Reg. second . Act. Coll. Mert. p. 129. c In his preliminary discourse to the Brigant●s , alias Yorkshire . a 〈…〉 . b In Britan. in Le●s . c Tho. Fuller in 〈◊〉 of English in C●●shire . d See in a book intit . 〈…〉 Services and Anthems usually sung in the Cathedra's and 〈…〉 in the 〈…〉 England Collected by J●● . Coff●rd — Lond. 1663. p. 56. 137. 〈◊〉 . &c : a 〈…〉 1. written by Arth. Wilson — Lond. 1653. a In James Ch●fford Collection of Divine Services and Anthems usually s●●g in 〈◊〉 &c. Lond. 1663. oct . p. 45. 125. 185. b 〈…〉 in The Court and character of K. James . Lond. 1650 , in 〈◊〉 p. 106 , 107. a 〈…〉 . b 〈…〉 . c 〈…〉 . d 〈…〉 . * 〈…〉 Lond. 1670. p. 96. * MS. sometimes in the hands of 〈…〉 . a His Wife was named Mary , eldest Daughter of Sir Will. Ryther L. May or of Lond. b Aul. 〈◊〉 . or an answer to the Court and Char. of K. James , printed at Lond. 1650. p. 100. * In a book intit . Divine Services and 〈…〉 &c. Lond. 1663. 〈◊〉 a In his 〈…〉 &c. Lond. 1●58 . oct . p. 113. num . 43. etc. * 〈…〉 a 〈…〉 in Hist ; 〈◊〉 &c. Lond. 1674. p. ●01 ▪ b 〈…〉 in his 〈…〉 &c. Lond. 1630. qu. at the end , 〈…〉 . c Rich. Montague in his Pref. to his 〈◊〉 on the first part of the Hist . 〈◊〉 , &c. Lond. 〈◊〉 . 1. d 〈…〉 . * 〈…〉 Annal. R. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 16●1 . a See in the 〈…〉 written by 〈…〉 . b 〈…〉 , 1646. p. 531. a The continuator of Tho. Hatchers Cat. of Provosts , Fellows and 〈◊〉 of Kings Coll. in 〈◊〉 . MS. b 〈◊〉 in Annal. R. Jac. 1. MS. an . 1610. c 〈…〉 in his Court and 〈…〉 James printed 1650. in oct . p. 191. d See the 〈◊〉 of the life of Will. L●nd . printed 164● . p. 19. a In his Poems called Run and a great cast , being the second part of his Epigram● , printed 〈◊〉 . Epigr. 97. b 〈◊〉 . Ful●r in his 〈◊〉 of England , in Northamptonshire . c In the 〈◊〉 Office near St. Pauls Cathedral , in reg . L●e Qu. 24. * One Miles Spencer was Doctor of the Laws and Chancellour of 〈◊〉 , who dying about the ninetieth year of his age , was buried in the Cath. Ch. there . d Ibid in reg . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . * See in the book entit . The divine Services and Anthems usually sung in the Cathedrals and Coll●giate 〈◊〉 in the Church of England . collected and published by 〈…〉 — Lond. 1663. oct . * In the 〈…〉 &c. written by 〈◊〉 L'estrange , printed 〈…〉 an . 1656 , second 〈◊〉 p. 24 , 25. 〈◊〉 an . 16●5 . † In 〈◊〉 Jac. Reg. I. MS. 〈◊〉 an . 16●9 . a 〈…〉 . b 〈…〉 to his edit . of St. 〈…〉 . c Dr. Br. Wal●●● in 〈…〉 note before his edition of 〈…〉 on part of this 〈◊〉 . d lord . * Edit . in oct●●o 1616. cent . 6. 〈…〉 . * 〈…〉 in his 〈◊〉 of the Reign of K. Ch. 1. under the year 1630. a 〈…〉 Antiq Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 291. b Sir Anth. 〈◊〉 in his Court and 〈…〉 printed 1650. p. ● . * Camden in Anna. R. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1618. * In 〈◊〉 & Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib ▪ 1. p. 317. b. * Camb. in Annal. R. Jac. 1. MS. sub . an . 1619. a 〈…〉 b 〈…〉 c 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 . † 〈…〉 . a 〈…〉 . in his 〈◊〉 of England in Cambridgshire . * 〈…〉 in his W●rthies of England in Norwich . * 〈…〉 old cause 〈◊〉 unfolded , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . p. 〈◊〉 . a ●wofd● Prynne in his Canterburies Doome , &c. printed 1646. p. 355. b Here you 〈◊〉 out as to time , for 〈…〉 was not made Bishop of Land●ff till 16●9 which was eight years after Dr. Price his death . c Too ▪ ●●●er in his Church History , &c. lib. 11. Sect. 17. d Idem in the Worthies of England in Essex . * 〈…〉 Antiq. V●iv . Oxon , 〈…〉 * In biblio●h●ca Joh. Boss●rdi . * 〈…〉 … .. Oxon. 16●4 . † See The full view of the 〈◊〉 and actions of O● . Cromwell . printed 1600. in 〈◊〉 , pag. 31● . * 〈…〉 &c. lib. 2. cap. 16. & 〈…〉 . a 〈…〉 . b 〈◊〉 . an . 1618. c 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 † 〈…〉 d 〈…〉 e 〈…〉 f 〈…〉 g 〈…〉 x 〈…〉 * In 〈…〉 , lib. 〈◊〉 . p. ●07 ▪ * Printed at Lond. 1646. p ▪ 167. * Cariss●● . de Imputat . primi peccat● , cap. 17. † In Hist . & Antiq. V●iv . Oxon. l. 2. p. 44. b. † Reg. Univ. Oxon. N. fol. 145. ● . * See Hist . & Antiq. Vniv. lib. 2. p. 102. b. † 〈…〉 He was nephew , 〈…〉 c 〈…〉 . d Reg. Convocat . N. fol. 199. b. † Canterburies Doom , printed 1646. p. 539. * Teid . p. 541. e Vide Bal●●fergum , or a Comment on the Foundation and Founders of Ballio● Coll. p. 118. f Ibid. p. * See in the Epist . dedic . to Dr. Charles 〈◊〉 book , entit . The Royal Coll. of 〈…〉 established by Law , &c. Lond. 16●6 . qu. † See Lew. du Moulin his Patronut bona fidei in causa Puritan●rum contra Hierarchos Ang●ae &c. Lond. 1672 in specun . contra D●r●llum , p. 61. See also in Canterburies Deom in the Index for Lew●s and elsewhere . * So I have been informed by Dr. M●ch . Roberts sometimes Principal of Jesus Coll. his contemporary * To this Rich. Murray was near of kin a certain Gent. of quality named Mungo Murray Servant to King 〈◊〉 2. in his Exile , who dying at Antwerp in the times of U●●●●ation , was buried a● midnight in a poor Cloyster there , by Dr. George Morley an Exile for his Loyalty , at which Ceremony the Earl of Dysart his Kinsman was present . * See in Canterburies D●●me , p. 362. 363. * 〈◊〉 Lugd. Ba● . 16. ● . q● † 〈…〉 ‡ 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 * See in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 341. ● . * In Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 312. * The Arms tha● J●h . Milton did use and seal his Letters with , were Argent a spread Eagle with two heads gules , legg'd and break'd sable . † See in Jo. Milton's book 〈…〉 Edit . Hag. C●m . 1654. p. 61. &c. * Will. Sanderson in his Hist . 〈…〉 the year 1641. * The same , as 〈…〉 , with T●o . Ros● who was Library Keeper to his Majesty 〈◊〉 . * The Author of 〈…〉 , &c. printed 1677. p. 1● . † Sober sadness or , Historical Observations upon the proceedings , pretences , 〈◊〉 , of a preva●ing 〈◊〉 in both 〈…〉 , &c. 〈◊〉 1643. qu. pag. 3. * 〈…〉 1646. pag. 9. 
A71277	----	Athenæ Oxonienses. Vol. 2. an exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the most ancient and famous University of Oxford, from the fifteenth year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the end of the year 1690 representing the birth, fortune, preferment, and death of all those authors and prelates, the great accidents of their lives, and the fate and character of their writings : to which are added, the Fasti, or, Annals, of the said university, for the same time ... Wood, Anthony à, 1632-1695. 1692 Approx. 5135 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 236 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2005-12 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A71277 Wing W3383A ESTC R200957 12202663 ocm 12202663 56138 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng University of Oxford -- Bio-bibliography. 2005-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-09 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2005-09 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2005-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Athenae Oxonienses . An Exact HISTORY OF ALL THE Writers and Bishops Who have had their EDUCATION in The most ancient and famous Vniversity OF OXFORD , FROM The Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh , Dom. 1500 , to the End of the Year 1690. REPRESENTING The Birth , Fortune , Preferment , and Death of all those AUTHORS and PRELATES , the great Accidents of their LIVES , and the Fate and Character of their WRITINGS . To which are added , The FASTI or Annals , of the said University , For the same time . The SECOND VOLUME , Compleating the Whole WORK . — Antiquam exquirite Matrem . Virgil. LONDON : Printed for THO. BENNET at the Half-Moon in S. Pauls Churchyard . MDCXCII . THE INTRODUCTION . A General and perfect History of the Learning of the English Nation , is a Work of that Vse and Fame , that every advance towards that design hath so much the greater share and proportion of Glory , as it tends nearer in to the accomplishment of so vast an Vndertaking . And therefore it will naturally be the subject of wonder , why our Author should not rather chuse to carry the date of those Memoires as high as the first Original of Learning in Britain , and to extend enquiries as far as to the Schools and Societies of this Island , than to confine himself within the bounds of two Centuries only , and of one single Vniversity . It is to be own'd indeed , that even this so great a Work with a little alteration of the Model , might have been almost wholly compos'd of the Materials which our Author had here prepar'd ; if it had been his design to affect rather the Shew and Grandeur of the Frontispiece , than the Beauty and Strength of the Fabrick . But when the Reader shall consider what is here offer'd , he will have no reason to blame the modesty of our Author . That his Performance has exceeded his Promise , and that his Title only is below his Work. For first , As in Civil History , four great and remarkable Periods have usually been taken from the rise and fall of Monarchies ; so upon a general view of the best Authors , and their Writings , it is easie for us to observe four signal Epocha's in the Increase and Decay of Learning . The three first of those from the Nations which were successively the Seats of Empire and of Learning , may be nam'd the Chaldean , the Grecian , and the Roman ; and the last in honor of those that were the chief Favorers and Promoters of the restoration of Letters , the Alfonsine or Medicean . When the Empire was first settled in the East , whether among the Assyrians first , or afterwards among the Medes , or lastly among the Persians : Learning still continued within the Confines of Asia , their Philosophy as well as their Monarchy was confin'd to that great Continent , as being alike rather desirous of establishing its Power , than of inlarging its Dominions . The Native Riches of the Country made them despise Commerce with the West , and the in-born Wit of the Eastern Inhabitants seem'd to promise it self no improvement from the Society of those , who were at a greater distance from the Sun. Hence very improbable it is , that during this Epocha of Learning , so distant an Island , as this of Britain , should be sought out and cultivated , by those who had but a late , and that no great Intercourse even with the nearest Europeans : Especially since the People it self was so wealthy and so sensible of its own sufficiency , that even the greatest Advantages , which we either conceive or find in this Island , could hardly tempt them to so long and so unnecessary a Voyage . However , since I have no mind to contradict Etymologists , because I have no inclination to dispute with them . It may be own'd that some part of our Tongue , especially of the Cornish and Welsh Dialects , seems to retain some appearance of conformity with the Eastern Originals . Whether this Agreement of Words , and at least of some Letters in them , can be wholly ascrib'd to Chance ; or whether in all derivative Tongues there still remains some footsteps and traces of the common Language ; or whether , as in some words , the sense naturally directs different Nations to the same sound ; or whether , lastly , there was an antient correspondence between Asia , and Britain ; and the Phenicians , a Nation born for Trade , being tempted by the value of our Tin and other Metals , brought from the Coast of Syria , not only the Native Commodities of that Soil , but the Language , Customs , and Religion of those Countries : Certain it is , that our Correspondence , if any , was not with Scholars , but Seamen ; and consequently that whatever alterations our Tongue , our Vsages , and Religion might receive from them , our Learning could have no Advance or Improvement . In the second Period of Learning , when the Grecians had first made themselves Masters of the Arts , and Sciences , and afterwards of the Treasure of Asia : 'T is not wholly improbable that a vain-glorious People , fruitful of Colonies , and successful in Navigation , should carry their Trade beyond the Mediterranean , and place , even in this remote Island , the monuments of their Learning , and of their Power . For tho it would not be easie for our Antiquaries to find out the Altar which Ulysses erected in this Island ; and the search after the College of Athenian Philosophers , which the Learned King Bladud happily founded in this his Kingdom , might as successfully be made in Utopia , as Britain ; yet it is not hard , even in that age , to descry not only some remains of their Language , but some footsteps too of their Philosophy . For , as it appears from Cesar that the Druids , the antient Philosophers of this Island , us'd the Language of the Grecians , or at least their Characters ; so are the Notions of the Druids and Bards , such , as seem to confess the same Original . Whether the Neighbouring Colony of the Grecians at Marseils contributed to the cultivating this Nation , or whether the Scythians , that with a more than ordinary shew of probability have been prov'd to have Peopled this Island , having had formerly the advantages of a nearer Correspondence with the Greeks , brought hither the small stock of their borrow'd Knowledge ; and not only subdu'd , but informed us . However the matter is , our Author hath with prudence begun this History of Learning below the date of those remote and doubtful inquiries , as being Topicks already exhausted by the most fanciful Antiquaries , and which , as dark and barren Islands , can at best yield no praise to any other than their first Dise●verers . Afterwards Learning , like the Sun , having first enlightned the Eastern Countries , and then gradually proceeded to the Neighbouring Nations , at last took its progress to the West , and so far dispers'd its Beams , that even the most remote Islands were made Sharers in its influence . For when the Romans had subdu'd Greece , and brought from thence not only the Riches of the Country , but their Arts and Learning too , as the noblest spoils and marks of their Conquest ; Then began in Italy the third Period of Learning , which was so much greater than the former , as the Empire , under which it flourished , was more large and extensive . Wherever their Valour prevail'd , their Language and their Learning usually triumphed ; and Arts , as well as Laws , were imparted to their Provinces , from a Place which was equally the source of Learning , and the Seat of Empire . But during the Progress of the Roman Wars in England , their Arms left us no leisure to rival their Eloquence : They fear'd and commended our Courage , but had no occasion to envy our Learning . If we consider in Cesar , Tacitus , and Dio , the length of those Wars , the warmth of the opposition , and the variety of the success ▪ we shall easily find that from Julius Cesar to Severus , there is a continued Succession of Battels and Truces , and that Peace was nothing but a time of preparation for War. In this troublesome and active Age the ambition of the Britains was carried to other objects than Learning : Nor was it possible , that Arts should flourish in this Island , when the growth of the Wars not only interrupted the pursuit of Studies but prevented it . Afterwards when the Northern Nations invaded Europe , and the Saxons at last seated themselves in Britain : all Arts and Sciences fell in the ruin of the Roman Empire , and from thence commenc'd the dark Age of Barbarity , Superstition , and Ignorance . At that time all things concurr'd not only to the gradual loss , and decay , but to the sudden and final extirpation of Learning : At once Inundations and Fires destroy'd her choicest Libraries ; and Rapine , Force , and Envy , as it were combining with those Natural Causes of destruction , carried away the last remains of her Treasure . Some Schools are said indeed to have been erected for its support or restoration , and several Writers have rather from the mistaken sound of words , than any solid foundation in Antiquity , maintain'd that Greeklade and Lechlade were anciently founded here , as the common Seminaries of the Greek and Roman Learning in Britain . However probable it is that no care was taken for the Education of the Youth of the English Nation , till Schools were founded for them by Offa at Rome , by Iltutus and Dubritius in Wales , and by the Excellent Prince King Alfred at Oxon. Monasteries indeed in this Age there were without number , but such as were designed to be the Seats of Devotion , not of Learning , and whose antient Orders rather respected the severity of Discipline and regulation of Manners , than the improvement of Arts and Sciences . And tho afterwards in those Religious Societies , especially in that at Banchor , and among those of the Benedictine Order , there were some that applied themselves to study ; and tho in the heat of those Wars , that then reigned in Britain , the Privilege of Religion exempted the Monasteries from Rapine , and gave them leisure and security : Yet , whether it proceeded from the laziness of the Monks , the ignorance of the Age , or the want of Foreign Correspondence , certain it is that little of value was ever produced by the Cloyster , but what receives its price from its antiquity . And even in Bede himself the most general Scholar of that time , a man would rather admire the extent of his Learning , than approve its exactness and accuracy , and more commend his diligence in History , than either his judgment or discretion . In the succeeding Age the Danes and the Normans successively oppress'd us . The like Tyranny continued the same wast and spoil in the Cities , and the like face of Superstition and Ignorance in the Monasteries . At last indeed after the settlement of a short Peace amongst us , there was a small appearance of Learning in this Nation : The false Fires succeeded in the place of Night : Mystick Divinity , as a proper employment for Men of Leisure and Fancy , was entertain'd and flourish'd in all our Confraternities and Schools . Logick , that was design'd to direct the use and improvement of Reason was wholly turn'd into a subtilty of Disputation ; and as the Devotionists of that Age intirely apply'd themselves to their Legends , so men that pretended to a greater depth of Capacity , aspir'd to nothing higher than the niceties of Scholastick Distinctions . In the mean time all the Studies of Humane Learning , all the best Arts and Sciences lay wast and neglected . Their Painture was such as did not surpass the Dye of the Antient Britains : Their knowledg of the Tongues seldom equalled , and never exceeded the Languages of the Cross : Their Mathematicks extended only to the use of their Calendars . And in short , there was nothing tolerably attempted in any other Study than either History or Law. Law indeed , by the happy Genius of its Professors , or by the Emulation raised against the Canonists , upon the introduction of Ecclesiastical Constitutions ; or lastly , by the near insight into Feudal Tenures then first established among the Northern Nations , receiv'd even at that time not only Improvement but almost Perfection . Their Histories , tho they wanted Eloquence , Art , and Decency , were yet often supported by their truth and faithfulness ; and now at last upon account of the Matter , rather than the Writer , are recommended to us by their Antiquity . It must in the mean while be own'd , that many of those Historians , that are the most valuable Writers of that Age , even those that in their several Monasteries were design'd by the Crown to that Province , and rewarded for their care in it , are so little exact , and yet so unhappily long , that they speak much , but say little ; and give us matter enough to tire the Reader , and yet not enough to satisfie him : And in particular it will seem a wonder to any man , that in so notorious a thing , as the date of the Coronation , or the Death of our Kings , no Historian is silent , none is doubtful , and yet almost every one disagrees from each other . As to the Poetry of the Age , the beauty of Speech , and the Graces of measure and numbers , which are the inseparable ornaments of a good Poem , are not to be expected in a rude and unsettled Language ; And tho Chaucer , the Father of our Poets , had not taken equal care of the force of expression , as of the greatness of thought ; yet the refining of a Tongue is such a Work , as never was begun , and finished by the same hand . We had before only words of common use , coin'd by our need , or invented by our passions : Nature had generally furnish'd this Island with the supports of Necessity , not the instruments of Luxury ; the elegance of our speech , as well as the finess of our garb , is owing to foreign Correspondence . And as in Clothes , so in Words , at first usually they broke in unalter'd upon us from abroad ; and consequently , as in Chaucer's time , come not over like Captives , but Invaders : But then only they are made our own , when , after a short Naturalization , they fit themselves to our Dress , become incorporated with our Language , and take the air , turn , and fashion of the Country that adopted them . And this happy State of our Language we never saw , till the last Period of the Restoration of Learning first began in Italy , and diffus'd its influences into Britain . For tho 't is natural for us to dream always of hidden Treasures in the Tombs of our Ancestors ; and Fancy that oftentimes creates the Wealth , always improves the value of it ; and tho the search into Authors of an elder date , especially Antiquaries and Historians , is a necessary task for those that shall hereafter with inquisitive diligence and severe judgment undertake the general History of this Nation ; yet still it must be own'd , that Ore , however rich , must lose its Dross before it be refin'd into Metal , and that unpolish'd Materials , whatever they may be wrought into , are not yet a Fabrick It is confess'd , in the mean time , that the rudeness or ignorance of our Ancestors , the meaness of their Studies , or the carelessness of their performances was not the fault of our Nation , but the Age : Gildas and Bede challenge the precedence of the most Antient Historians of our neighbouring Nations : Our Alcuine gave Learning to one of the most flourishing Vniversities of Europe ; none elsewhere were more sub●il than our Schoolmen , nor more learned than Our Canonists : So that in that universal Cloud of ignorance Britain enjoy'd , if not always the dawn of the Day , yet at least comparatively the least share of Night . Now then , it is time for us to observe , that our Authors Work begins with the first progress , if not the earliest rise of Learning in this Island ; that if he had ascended higher , his Subject had been worse , and his Guides more uncertain . Records had been wanting , as well as Writers , and neither wou'd the Haven have been so good , nor the Buoys so visible , nor the Voyage so pleasant . For when in the middle of the 14th . Century the Art of Printing was discover'd , and a few years afterwards Constantinople was taken ; then the Exil'd Grecians , who had before given Learning to Italy , now by the incouragement of Alphonso in Naples , and the Family of the Medicee's in Florence , restor'd it to the World. And it was the particular happiness of England that as soon as the Italian Learning could reach this Northern Island ; about the first date of this Work in the beginning of the 15th . Century , then concurr'd a third Cause of the Restoration and Increase of Learning among us , the discovery of America , the incouragement of our Navigation , and the extent of our Foreign Correspondence . I shall not anticipate this Work so far as hereafter to observe the progress of Learning , and the steps that it made in this Island , nor to shew the gradual improvements of our Fathers in the best Studies among us ; yet thus much upon a view of this Period of Learning in Europe , and particularly in England , may without vanity be said , that Learning that came very slow to the Western , and the Northern Climates , hath yet like a rich and weary Traveller seem'd not only to fix her last Seat here , but to disperse among us the spoils of other Nations , and the gains of her former Travels . However unskilful therefore our Author hath been in the management of the Fabrick ; it is not to be denied , but that he hath intituled himself to the glory of a good Architect ; in the choice of a rich and fruitful , and that a new and unbroken Soil . Before this Age , and somewhat within it , Leland , who by the command of King Henry VIII . had undertaken to survey and perpetuate Books of the antient Monasteries , after the dissolution thereof , hath completed that Work with so great exactness , that Bale and Pits who have since attempted the same , have only made use herein of the Gorgons common Eye , and have reflected that single light only upon Posterity . But in this Work , unless we would set a value upon the Writings of mean and fanciful Authors , I mean Lloyd , and Fuller : Our Antiquary hath let himself into a new and full Harvest , and not condescended to gather the Gleanings of another hand . Thus far of the Extent of our Authors Work in respect to Time — It is now requisite that we consider the Latitude of it in respect of Place . It is indeed by its Title confin'd to one Vniversity only ; But either by the peculiar happiness of that famous Body in producing eminent Authors , or by the care of this Writer in inserting such of the other Vniversity as were likewise entred at Oxon , or studied in it , or assisted , oppos'd , or answer'd any Author of that Vniversity ; The Work , in its several commendable Digressions , seems almost to contain an exact and full History of Learning , and of the Learned Men in England . And , even as to the Vniversity it self , tho I have no mind to revive the Disputes of Caius and Twine on that Subject , which are now as happily ended , as they were unhappily begun , it may be observ'd that of those Authors that are recited by Pits , there are CCCLXXX of the Vniversity of Oxon , and only CX of the other Vniversity . And I dare upon inquiry affirm , that that eminent Body hath been as fruitful in the produce of eminent Authors in this last Century , as any of the former ; and it remains to be wish'd that some good Antiquary of the other Vniversity would convince us of our errour in this particular . Thus far as to the Subject of our Author ; as to his Management of it , there is much said in the Preface to the 1st . Vol. and neither have I leisure to add more , nor seems the matter it self to require it : The little particulars of several Mens Lives , especially the repetition of Passages already known , seem distastful to some Palates ; when indeed the common loss of all ancient Arts is to be imputed only to the want of timely observation : For while no Man writes what every Man knows , at last none know , what none have ever written . We have an esteem of Photius , Philostratus , and Eunapius , for the value of the Subject , rather than the excellency of the performance ; and the price of their Works is only inhans'd by the minute circumstances of their Lives , and Characters of Learned Men , which other Historians have omitted . Others there are that are offended at the disadvantageous Representations of eminent Authors in this Work , and the disobliging expressions of our Author concerning them . It is to be consider'd that all Antient Criticks , not only the most severe and morose , as Scioppius and Scaliger , but even the most polite , and easie men , as Sir Tho. More , have transgressed the rules of Civility and Complement , which are not to be learn'd from an Antiquary . 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A Sermon before the House of Commons on the Thanksgiving-day : by Dr. Jane , Dean of Gloucester . Sermons and Discourses upon several occasions by G. Stradling D. D. late Dean of Chichester — never before printed ; together with an account of the Author , octavo . A Voyage to the World of Cartesius : Written originally in French and now Translated into English by T. Taylor of Magd. Coll. Oxon. octavo . A Sermon before the Queen May 29. 1692. by F. Atterbury , Student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. ATHENAE OXONIENSES : THE HISTORY OF THE Writers of the University OF OXFORD , FROM THE Beginning of the Year of Our Lord 1641 , to the End of 1690. VOLUME II. GERVASE WARMSTREY , the eldest Son of Will. Warmstrey , principal Registrary of the Diocess of Worcester , by Cecelie his Wife Daug. of Tho. Smith of Cu●rdsley in Lanc. ( an Inhabitant of S. Aldates Parish in Oxford ) was born , and educated in Grammar Learning , within the City of Worcester , became a Student of Ch. Ch. in 1621 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards retiring to his native place , succeeded his Father in the before mention●d Office. While he continued in the University , he was numbred among the eminent Poets , especially upon his writing and publication of Virescit vulnere virtus . Englands wound and cure . — printed 1628. qu. Which being by many persons of known worth esteem'd an excellent piece , was by the Author dedicated to that great Patron of all ingenious men , especially of Poets , Endimion Porter Esquire , whose native place ( Aston under Hill , commonly called Hanging Aston , near to Campden in Glocestershire ) tho obscure , yet he was a great man and beloved by two Kings , James 1. for his admirable wit , and Ch. 1. ( to whom , as to his Father , he was a servant ) for his general learning , brave stile , sweet temper , great experience , travels and modern Languages . Our Author Warmstrey hath also written Various Poems — And other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . He concluded his last day on the 28 of May , in sixteen hundred forty and one , and was buried among the Graves of the Warmstreys , not far from the north door of , and within , the Cathedral Church of Worcester , leaving then behind him a widdow named Isabell . I shall make mention of his Brother Dr. Tho. Warmstrey , under the year 1665. JOHN THORNBOROUGH Son of Giles Thornborough , was born within the City of Salisbury , became a Semi-Com or Demie of S. Mary Magd. Coll. in the year 1570 aged 18 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and was made Chaplain to the Earl of Pembroke , with whom continuing for some time , that Count bestowed upon him the Rectory of Chilmark in Wilts , and thereby became the first that planted him in the Church of Christ . Soon after he became Chaplain in Ordinary to Qu. Elizabeth , by the endeavours of the said Count , and beneficed in Yorkshire : so that being put into the road of Preferment , he had the Deanery of York confer'd on him , ( upon the promotion of Dr. Mathew Hutton to the See of Durham to which being elected 28 Oct. 1589 , was soon after install'd . In 1593 he was made Bishop of Limerick in Ireland , where pe●forming many signal services for the Crown of England , he was translated to the See of Bristow , in 1603 , with liberty then given to him to keep his Deanery of York in commendam . But as for his Benefices in Yorkshire , which were the Rectories of Brandesburton and Misperton alias Kirkby over Carr , they were bestowed on Peter Rollocke Bishop of Dunkell , in the month of Aug. the same year . On the 17 Feb. 1616 , was translated to Worcester : whereupon his Deanery was given to Dr. George Meriton Dean of Peterborough , ( elected thereunto 25 Mar. 1617 ) and his Bishoprick of Bristow to Dr. Nich. Felton Master of Pemb. Hall in Cambridge , to which being consecrated 14 Dec. 1617 , sate there till the 14 March 1618 , on which day he was translated to Ely. As for Thornborough he was a person well furnish'd with Learning , Wisdom , Courage , and other as well episcopal as temporal , Accomplishments , beseeming a Gentleman , a Dean and a Bishop . But above all he was much commended for his great skill in Chymistry , a study but seldom followed in his time : And 't is thought that by some helps from it , it was that he attained to so great an age . A most learned (a) Chymist of this mans time tells us , that he knew a Bishop whose fame in Chymistry being celebrated of many , he visited , and after he had seen a little chymical tract , written with his own hand , he took him labouring in our gold , whence he studied to extract Vitriol , which he held his only secret ; whereupon he left him , for that he knew that he had neither before him the proper matter , nor the manner of working , according to the doctrine of Philosophers , &c. But who this Bishop was , unless our Author Thornborough , or a Bishop in Germany , whom he met in his Travels , I know not , nor doth it signifie much . His writings are these ; The joyful and blessed reuniting the two mighty and famous Kingdoms of England and Scotland into their ancient name of Great Britain . Oxon. 1605. qu. published under the name of John Bristoll . But several things therein being conceived to be derogatory to the honor of both Houses of Parliament , the Author was complained of only in the upper house , which was soon after passed over . In 1604 was printed at London , A Treatise of Union of the two Realms of England and Scotland : said in the title page to be written by J. H. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : sive Nihil , Aliquid , Omnia , in gratiam eorum , qui artem auriferam physico-chymicè & pie profitentur . Oxon. 1621. qu. The last will and testament of Jesus Christ touching the blessed Sacrament of the body and blood , &c. Oxon. 1630. qu. A discourse shewing the great happiness that hath , and may still accrue to his Maj. Kingdoms of Engl. and Scotland by reuniting them into one Great Britaine , in two parts . Lond. 1641. in tw . published under the name of Joh. Bristoll , but 't is not the same with the former . 'T was afterwards printed at Edenburgh in the Latin Tongue . Pax vobis , concerning the Unity and Peace of the Church . — This I think is not printed , nor other things that he had lying by him at the time of his death . He departed this mortal life in the Castle called Hartilborough in Worcestershire ( after he had been twice married ) on the ninth day of July , in sixteen hundred forty and one , and was buried on the north side of the Chappel behind the east end of the choire belonging to the Cath. Chur. of Worcester , near to a fair alabaster monument which he had fourteen years before erected for himself , with his Statua in his episcopal Robes curiously carved in stone , lying thereon . On the Canopy over his head , I find this written on the side of it , Denarius Philosophorum dum spiro spero . And on the north side is this . In uno , 2 0 , 3 2 , 4 1 , 10. non spirans spero . Over his head is this , Qui dormis attolle caput , quia in infirmitate virtus , in morte vita , in tenebris lux . And over his feet , mors nubecula transiens laborum finis , vitae janua , scala coeli , mihi lucrum . Besides these Sentences , is a large Inscription painted on a table hanging above his feet , which for brevity sake I now omit . See more in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 200 b. He had issue by his first wife , Sir Benj. Thornborough Kt. and Edw. Thornborough Archdeacon of Worcester , who died in 1645 ; and by his second named Elizab. Bayles of Suffolk , Sir Tho. Thornborough of Elmeley Lovet in Worcestershire Kt. &c. He had also a Brother named Giles , who was Subdean and one of the Canons of Sarum in the latter end of Qu. Elizabeth , as also Rector of Orcheston S. George in Wilts , who died in 1637 , leaving a Relict behind him named Jane . He had also a nephew of the same name , Preb. of Worcester in 1629 , who dying in 1663 , one Will. Owen M. A. was installed in his place 13 Feb. the same year . A little before this Bishops death , he told his Maj. K. Ch. 1. that he had outlived several that had expected to succeed him in the See of Worcester , and now , said he , I am afraid I shall outlive my Bishoprick , which almost had come to pass . JOHN DAWSON , a most eminent Preacher of his time , was born in Oxfordshire , particularly , as it seems , within the City of Oxon , became first of all conversant with the Muses in Ch. Ch. in Mich. term 1620 , aged about 15 years , took one degree in Arts , and afterwards entring into holy orders was made Vicar of Maydenhead in Berks , where and in the neighbourhood , he was much resorted to for his edifying preaching . After his death were published of his composition , by one H. M. Eighteen Sermons preached upon the incarnation of the nativity of Jesus Christ , &c. Lond. 1642. qu. The five first are on John 1. ver . 1. the four following on Joh. 1. ver . 2. and the nine following those four , are on Joh. 1. ver . 6. to ver . 14. Which learned Lucubrations promise no less than what they appear a compendious volumn of Divinity . He died in the prime of his years in the beginning of Septemb. in sixteen hundred forty and one , and was buried in the Parish Church of Cookham near to Maydenhead before mentioned , on the seventh day of the same month . Contemporary with the said Jo. Dawson , I find another of Ch. Ch. who after he had continued in the state of M. of A. about ten years , was admitted Bach. of Div. 1634 , but this person , who was of gentile parents in London , hath published nothing , as I can yet learn. I find also one Joh. Dawson Author of Paraphrasis metrica in Proverbia Salomonis . Lond. 1639. oct . but whether written by either of the former , or by a third , I cannot tell unless I can see the book . HENRY MARTEN Son of Anth. Marten of London , Son of Will. Marten of Okyngham in Berks , by Margaret his second Wife , daugh . of John Yate of Lyford in the said County , was born in the Parish of S. Michael of Basinghaugh within the said City of London , educated in Wykeham's School near Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1582 , took the degrees in the Civil Law , that of Doctor being compleated in 1592 , at which time he was an eminent Advocat at Doctors Commons , as afterwards in the High Commission Court. In 1595 he left his College , and became successively Judge of the Admiralty , twice Dean of the Arches , a Knight , and in 1624 Judge of the Prerogative in the place of Sir Will. Byrd deceased . In all which Offices and Employments he shew'd himself a most excellent Civilian , the best , for ought that I know , that ever appeared in our Horizon , and therefore highly venerated by all good and learned men . Towards his latter end he purchased a fair Estate , mostly lying in Berks , which his ungodly Son Harry squandred away . His Writings were many , and by some were thought very worthy of the press , but in whose hands they are now , or whether embezil'd with his Estate , I know not . All that I have seen are these : Several speeches in Parliament . As ( 1 ) Speech at a general Committee of both houses , 22 May 1628. ( 2 ) Sp. as to the rational part of the matter of a Conference had by a Committee of both houses concerning Sovereigne Power , an . 1628. &c. In which Parliament Sir Henry was a Burgess for the University of Oxon. Debates touching his Majesties Propositions , and the Duke of Buckingham &c. an . 1628. — See in Jo. Rushworths Collections , vol. 1. p. 521.617 . Several arguments and discourses in Parl. — See in a book entit . The Sovereigns prerogative and the Subjects privileges discussed , &c. 3 and 4 of K. Ch. 1. Lond. 1657. fol. p. 140 &c. p. 188. Besides other things among which is his Speech in Parl. concerning the petition of right . He paid his last debt to nature on the 26 of Sept. in sixteen hundred forty and one , aged 81 , and was buried in a Chappel joyning on the north side of the Chancel belonging to the Church of his mannour of Longworth near to Abendon in Berks. Over his grave , and that of his Wife , their son Harry Marten before mention'd , erected a comely monument , with an inscription thereon , the Contents of which , I shall now pass by for brevity sake . ROBERT BURHILL or Burghill received his first breath at Dymock in Glocestershire , but descended from those of his name , as I conceive , that lived at Thinghill in Herefordshire , was admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. 13 Jan. 1587 aged 15 years , Probationer Fellow thereof 20 Mar. 1584 , being then M. of A. and about that time in holy orders . At length having a parsonage confer'd on him in Norfolk , and a Residentiaryship in the Church of Hereford , he proceeded D. of Divinity . He was a person of great reading and profound judgment , was well vers'd in the Fathers and Schoolmen , right learned and well grounded in the Hebrew Tongue , an exact Disputant , and in his younger years a noted Latin Poet. He was much respected and valued by Sir Walt. Raleigh for his scholastical accomplishments , who finding him a person of great learning , had his assistance in Criticisms , in the reading and opening of Greek and Hebrew Authors , when he was composing the History of the World , during his confinement in the Tower of London . But let those things which he hath published , that have been taken into the hands of very learned men , speak his worth and excellency . The titles of which follow . Invitatorius panegyricus , ad regem optimum de Elizabethae nuper reginae posteriore ad Oxoniam adventu , &c. Oxon. 1603. in two sh . in qu. In controversiam inter Jo. Howsonum & Thomam Pyum S. T. Doctores de novis post divortium ob adulterium nuptiis &c. in sex commentationes , & Elenchum monitorium distinctus . Ubi & ad excusam D. Pyi ad D. Howsonum Epistolam , quâ libri Howsoniani refutationem molitur , & ad ejusdem alteram manu scriptam Epistolam ejusd . argumenti , quâ contra Alb. Gentilem disputat , diligenter respondetur . Oxon. 1606. qu. In the general Title before the second Edit . of Dr. Howson's Thesis printed herewith , the aforesaid large Title is thus abbreviated , Theseos defensio contra reprehensionem Thomae Pyi S. T. Doctoris . The Elenchus Monitorius at the end , contains 4 sheets . Responsio pro Tortura Torti contra Mart. Becanum Jesuitam . Lond. 1611. oct . De potestate regiâ & usurpatione papali pro Tortura Torti contra Parellum Andr. Eudaemon-Johannis Jesuitae . Oxon. 1613. oct . Assertio pro jure regio contra Martini Becani Jesuitae controversiam Anglicanam . Lond. 1613. oct . Defensio responsionis Jo. Buckridgii ad apologiam Roberti Card. Bellarmini . printed with the Assertio &c. Comment . in difficiliora Job . MS. in two folio's in Corpus Ch. Coll. Library . Which book Elias Wrench of the said Coll. transcribed in a fair character , and put the Hebrew into Hebrew letters , which before were in Latin. At the end of the said Commentary , in the second Vol. was added Paraphrasis poetica on the said book of Job by E. Wrench before mention'd , born in Glocestershire , Son of Elias Wrench , if I mistake not , Prebendary of Glocester , admitted scholar of C. C. Coll. 5 Jan. 1621 , afterwards Fellow , Bach. of Div. and in Apr. 1644 Rector of Trent in Somersetshire , ( by the presentation of the President and Fellows of his house ) where he died and was buried in the month of June 1680. Our Author Burhill also wrot a book entit . Tractatus contra Monarchomachos & Hierarchomachos pro Regibus & Episcopis . MS. in the Archives of Bodlies Library ; also , Britannia Scholastica : vel de Britanniae rebus scholasticis lib. 10. 'T is a Lat. Poem in qu. dedicated to Sir Tho. Bodley , and is reserved as a rarity ( for 't is a MS. ) in the Archives of his Library . The said ten books are thus entit . 1. Heroicus . 2. Provincia . 3. Heptarchia . 4. Alfredus . 5. Neotus . 6. Elfleda . 7. Parallismus . 8. Itinerarium . 9. Benemeriti . 10. Foxus , meaning Fox Founder of C. C. Coll. He also published a Sermon of Dr. Miles Smith B. of Gloc. preached at an Assize in Cirencester , on Jer. 9. ver . 23 , 24. At length upon the approach of the Civil War in England , our Author Burhill retired for quietness sake to his Rectory of Northwold near to Thetford in Norfolk , where dying in the month of Octob. or thereabouts , in sixteen hundred forty and one , was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , on the south side , near to the entrance thereof from the Church , as I have been informed by the Letters of Mr. Joh. Burrell Minister of Thetford , dated 3 May 1673 , who also tells me therein , that Dr. Burhill was had in general esteem of a very great Scholar , and a right worthy Churchman — That the memory of him is pleasant to those that knew him , &c. JOHN EATON a Kentish man born , became the first receiver of the exhibition which Rich. Blount gave to Trinity College , an . 1590 aged 15 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1603. Afterwards he became a Curat for several years in divers places , and at length in 1625 or thereabouts , he was made Minister and Preacher at Wickham Market in Suffolk , where he continued to the time of his death , being accounted by all the neighbouring Ministers , a grand Antinomian , if not one of the Founders of the Sect so called . His Works are , The discovery of a most dangerous dead faith . Lond. 1641. in tw . Abrahams steps of faith — printed with the former . The Honey-comb of free Justification by Christ alone , collected out of the meer authorities of Scripture , &c. Lond. 1642. in a thick quarto , published by Rob. Lancaster , who , in his Epistle before it , tells us that the Authors Faith , Zeal , and Diligence in doing his calling ; and his faith , patience , and cheerfulness in suffering for the same , were so exemplary , that they are worthy to be set forth as a pattern not only to all good People and Ministers now , but even all succeeding Generations , &c. Thus he , who was one of his admirers and sect : by which we are given to understand , that he suffered much from his Diocesan and others for his heterodox opinions . At length dying at Wickham Market before mention'd in sixteen hundred forty and one was there buried . In his pastoral charge succeeded one Zeph. Smith , who afterwards published Directions for Seekers and Expectants : or a guide for weak Christians in these discontented times , &c. on Psal . 119. ver . 102. Lond. 1646. qu. and perhaps other things . BARNABAS POTTER received his first being in this world within the Barony of Kendall in the County of Westmorland , became a Student in Queens Coll. in the beginning of the year 1594 aged 15 years . Where after he had undergone , with some hardship , the place of a poor serving Child and Tabarder , he was , when M. of Arts , made Fellow of the said College . Afterwards entring into holy orders , he became not only a puritanical Preacher in these parts , but at Totness in Devonshire , where he was much followed by the precise party . In 1615 he proceeded in Divinity , and in the year following was elected Provost of his College : which place he holding about 10 years , resign'd it , ( being then one of the Kings Chaplains ) and by his interest got his Nephew Christopher Potter to succeed him . In 1628 he , tho a thorough pac'd Calvinist , was made Bishop of Carlile , to which being consecrated in the Chappel of Ely house in Holbourn near London , on the 15 of March , had the temporalities thereof (a) given to him by the King on the 23 of the same month , in the year before mention'd . He hath written and published , Lectures on the sixteenth Chapt. of Genesis — When or where printed I know not . Lect. on the 12.13.14.15.17.18 . Chapters of Genesis . — Whether printed I cannot tell . He had also written Lectures on the Plagues of Egypt from Exodus , and on the Beatitudes from part of S. Luke , but are not , as I conceive , extant . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Baronets burial : Or a funeral sermon at the solemnities of that honorable Baronet Sir Edw. Seymours burial , on Deut. 34. ver . 5. Oxon. 1613. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon on Easter Tuesday at the Spittle , &c. This learned and godly Bishop gave way to fate in his Lodgings within the Parish of S. Paul in Covent Garden near London in the beginning of January in sixteen hundred forty and one : whereupon his body was buried in the Church belonging to that Parish on the sixth day of the same month : At which time he left behind him a widow named Elizabeth , but whether any Children I cannot tell . BARTHELMEW PARSONS a most laborious and frequent Preacher , was a Somersetshire man born , and of the same Family with Fath. Parsons the Jesuit , applied his mind to Academical studies in Oriel Coll. in the year 1590 aged 16 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , holy orders , and preached constantly for a time in these parts . In 1611 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being about that time Vicar of Collingbourne-Kingston , and Rector of Ludgarshall in Wiltshire ; at which places he was much followed and admired for his hospitality and preaching . He hath written and published Sermons , as ( 1 ) The barren tree's doome , on Math. 3.10 . Lond. 1616. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon on Psal . 82.6 . printed 1616. qu. ( 3 ) First fruit of the Gentiles , three Sermons on Math. 2. ver . 1.2 . &c. Lond. 1618. qu. ( 4 ) Dorcas or a perfect pattern of true discipline , on Acts 9.36 . Oxon. 1631. qu. ( 5 ) Boaz and Ruth blessed : or a sacred contract &c. on Ruth 4.11 . Oxon 1633. qu. ( 6 ) Four Sermons , on Acts 10.1.2 . Lond. 1635. qu. ( 7 ) Sermon on Ephes 6.12.13 . Oxon. 1637. qu. ( 8 ) History of Tithes : or , Tithes vindicated to the Presbyters of the Gospell , on Deut. 33.11 . Oxon 1637. qu. This Sermon hath also this lat . title , Honos est onus Levitarum . ( 9 ) Sermon at the funeral of Sir Franc. Pile Bt. at Collingbourne Kingston in the County of Wilts , 8 Dec. 1635 , on Isay 57.1.2 . Oxon. 1636. qu. and others which I have not yet seen . This venerable and frequent Preacher Mr. Barth . Parsons died in the latter end of February in sixteen hundred forty and one , and was buried under the south wall of the Chancel of the Church of Ludgarshall before mention'd on the 27 day of the same month , as the Register of that Church inform'd my sometimes acquaintance Tho. Gore of Alderton in Wilts Esq . GEORGE WEB or Webbe , a Ministers Son , was born at Bromham in Wilts , began to be conversant with the Muses in Univ. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1598 aged 17 years , admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. 8 May in the year following , took the degrees in Arts , holy orders , and about that time was made Minister of Steple-Ashton in his native Country , by the favour , if I mistake not , of the Earl of Pembroke , where also he taught Grammar , as he did afterwards , for a time , in Bathe . In 1621 Jul. 28. he was inducted Rector of the Church of S. Pet. and Paul within the City of Bathe , being then Bach. of Div. and three years after proceeded in that faculty . When K. Ch. 1. came to the Crown , he was made one of his Chaplains in ordinary , and in his Attendance at Court he baptized his first child by the name of Charles James , 13 May 1629 , which child died about an hour after . In 1634 he was made Bishop of Limerick in Ireland , to which being consecrated in S. Patricks Church near Dublin on the 18 of Decemb. the same year , his Rectory at Bathe was bestowed on his Son Theoph. Webbe , M. of A. of Mert. Coll. This Dr. Webbe , who sate at Limerick to the time of his death , was a person of a strict life and conversation ; and had so great a command of his Pen and Tongue , that he was accounted the best Preacher of his time in the royal Court , and the smoothest writer of sermons that were then published . His works are these , A brief Exposition of the Principles of Christian Religion , gathered out of the holy Scriptures , for the benefit of all that are desirous to hear sermons , and to receive the Sacrament with comfort . Lond. 1612. oct . ded . to his beloved hearers and congregation of Steple-Ashton and Semington . The practise of quietness , directing a Christian how to live quietly in this troublesome World. Lond. 1631. in tw . third edit . Arraignment of an unruly tongue , wherein the faults of an evil tongue are opened , the danger discovered , and remedies preserved &c. Lond. 1619. in tw . Agurs prayer : or , the christian choice , for the outward estate and condition of this present life , &c. Lond. 1621. in tw . It is grounded on Prov. 30.7.8.9 . To which are added the rich , and poore , mans prayer . Catalogus Protestantium . Or the Protestants Calender , containing a survey of the Protestant Religion long before Luthers dayes . Lond. 1624. qu. Lessons and Exercises out of Cicero ad Atticum . — pr. 1627. qu. Pueriles confabulatiunculae : or Childrens talke , in Engl. and Lat. — pr. 1627. qu. Several sermons — They are in number at least twelve , and were all published between the years 1609 and 1619. Among them I find these following ( 1 ) Gods controversie with England , preached at Paules cross on Hosea 4.1.2.3 . Lond. 1609. oct . ( 2 ) The Bride royal , or the spiritual marriage between Chr. and his Church . &c. on Psal . 45.13.14.15 . Lond. 1613. oct . 'T was delivered by way of congratulation upon the marriage between the Palsgrave and the Lady Elizabeth in a serm . preached 14 Feb. on which day the marriage was solemnized , an . 1612. Seven more of his sermons were published in 1610 , one in 1611 , one in 1612 , and another in 1616. He also translated into English the First comedy of Pub. Terentius called Andria . Lond. 1629. qu. The book is divided into two columes , the first hath the English , the other the Latine . Also the Second comedy called Eunuchus , which is divided in columes and printed with the former : both very useful for school-boyes , and are yet used , as his two former school-books are , in many schooles . What other things he hath published , I cannot yet find , nor do I know any thing else of him , only that he dying in Limerick Castle in the latter end of the year sixteen hundred forty and one ( being then detained prisoner there by the Irish Rebels ) was permitted by them to be buried in S. Munchins Churchyard in Limerick . But before he had lain 24 hours in his grave , some of the meaner sort of Rebels took up the body and searched it in hopes of finding rings or other choice things , but being frustrated , they reposed the body in the same place , as I have been informed by his Son. HENRY ROGERS an eminent Theologist of his time , a Ministers Son , and a Herefordshire man by birth , was admitted scholar of Jesus Coll. in 1602 aged 18 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy orders , and soon after was cried up for a noted preacher . At length being made Vicar of Dorston in his own Country , and Residentiary of the Cath. Ch. of Hereford , he proceeded in Divinity . This person having several years before fallen into the acquaintance of a Yorkshire man named John Perse alias Fisher a Jesuit , with whom he several times had disputes , the said Fisher did at length without Rogers his consent publish certain matters that had passed between them : whereupon our Author Rogers put out a book entit . An answer to Mr. Fisher the Jesuit his five propositions concerning Luther , with some passages by way of dialogue between Mr. Rogers and Mr. Fisher — printed 1623. qu. to which is annex'd Mr. W. C. his dialogue concerning this question , Where was the Church before Luther ? discovering Fisher's folly . Afterwards came out a Reply by Fisher or some other Rom. Cath. which made our Author Rogers to publish , The protestant Church existent , and their faith professed in all ages and by whom . Lond. 1638. qu. To which is added A catalogue of Counsels in all ages who professed the same . What other things he hath written or published I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , only that , as his Son in Law hath told me by Letters , he was buried under the Parsons seat in the Church of Wellington about four miles distant from the City of Hereford , but when , he added not , or that he was beneficed there . Yet that he died in the time of the civil War , or Usurpation , those of his acquaintance have informed me . ANTHONY STAFFORD an Esquires son , was born of an antient and noble Family in Northamptonshire , being descended from those of his name living at Blatherwicke in that County , entred a Gentleman Commoner of Oriel Coll. in 1608 , and in that of his age 17 , where by the help of a careful Tutour , but more by his natural parts , he obtained the name of a good scholar , became well read in antient history , Poets and other authors . What stay he made in that house , I cannot yet tell , or whether he took the degree of Bach. of Arts according to the usual course . Sure I am that in 1609 he was permitted to study in the publick library , purposely to advance his learning , having then a design to publish certain matters , and in 1623 , just after the Act , he was actually created M. of Arts as a person adorned with all kind of literature . His works are these . His Niobe , dissolved into a Nilus : or , his age drown'd in her own tears , &c. Lond. 1611 and 12. in tw . Meditations and resolutions , moral , divine , and political . cent . 1. Lond. 1612. in tw . Life and death of that great Cynick Diogenes , whom Lucretius stiles Canis coelestis , the heavenly dog , &c. Lond. 1615. in tw . The guide of honour : or , the ballance wherein she may weigh her actions &c. Lond. 1634 in tw . written by the author in foreigne parts . The female glory : or , the life of the Virgin Mary . — pr. at Lond. with cuts 1635 in oct . This little book , pen'd in a flourishing stile , was in another impression intit . The President of female perfection : or , the life &c. But the said book being esteemed egregiously scandalous among the Puritans , who look'd upon it as purposely publish'd to encourage the papists , Hen. Burton Minister of Friday street in London , did pretend to discover in his Sermon entit . For God and the King (a) several extravagant and popish passages therein , and advised the people to beware of it . For which , and nothing else ( as W. Prynne tells (b) us ) he was brought into the Starr-chamber , and there censured . But on the contrary this popish book of Staffords ( as he calls it ) with many scandalous passages in it were by the Archbishops special direction , professedly justified , both by Dr. Heylyn in his Moderate answer to Mr. Burton (c) , and by Christoph . Dow in his (d) Innovations justly charged , and this book neither called in nor corrected , so audaciously popish was he grown , in this particular , among many others , &c. See more in Canterburies Doome , p. 215.216.217 . Our Author Stafford hath also written , A just apology or vindication of a book intit . The female glory , from the false and malevolent aspersions cast upon it by Hen. Burton of late deservedly censured in the Starr-chamber &c. — Whether this book was ever published I know not : I once saw it in a quarto MS. in the library of Dr. Tho. Barlow , given to him by Sir Joh. Birkenhead . Honour and virtue , triumphing over the grave , exemplified in a fair devout life and death , adorned with the surviving perfections of Henry Lord Stafford , lately deceased : which honour in him ended with as great lustre as the sun sets in a serene sky , &c. Lond. 1640. qu. At the end of which are divers Elegies upon the death of the said Lord , mostly written by Oxford men , especially those of S. Johns Coll. Our author A. Stafford , who was Kinsman to the said Lord , hath also translated from Latine into English The oration of Justus Lipsius against Calumny . Lond. 1612. oct . What other things he hath written or translated I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died , as I have been informed , in the time of the Civil Wars . SHAKERLEY MARMION son and heir of Shak. Marm. Esq . sometimes Lord of the Mannour of Ainoe near Brackley in Northamptonshire , was born in the Mannour house at Ainoe in January 1602 and baptized there 21 of the said month , educated in Grammar learning in the free school at Thame in Oxfordshire , under Rich. Boucher commonly called Butcher LL. Bac. the then Master thereof , became a Gent. Com. of Wadham Coll. in 1617 , took the degrees in Arts , and soon after was cried up for a noted Poet and a copious writer of English comedy , which appeared by these his writings following , which afterwards were made public . Hollands Leaguer : or , a discourse of the life and actions of Donna Britannica Hollandia the Archmistris of the wicked women of Utopia . A comedy . Lond. 1632. quart . A fine Companion ; com . Lond. 1633. qu. Cupid and Psiche ; or , an Epick poem of Cupid and his mistress , as it was lately presented to the Prince Elector . Lond. 1637. qu. 'T is a moral poem contained in two books , the first having in it four sections , and the other three . The Antiquary ; com . Lond. 1641. qu. besides copies of verses dispersed in several books ; and other things in Ms . which he left ready for the press , but are either lost , or in obscure hands . This Poet Marmion who was descended from an antient and noble family , was a goodly proper Gentleman , and had once in his possession seven hundred pounds per ann . at least , but died , ( as the curse is incident to all Poets ) poor and in debt , about the beginning , or in the height , of the civil war. JOHN BARCHAM second son of Laur. Barcham of S. Leonards in Devonshire ( by Joan his wife dau . of Edw. Bridgman of the City of Exeter ) Son of Will. Barcham of Meerfield in Dorsetshire ( where his ancestors had lived more than three generations before him ) was born in the parish of S. Mary the Moore within the said City , entred a sojourner of Exeter Coll. in Michaelm . Term , 1587 , aged 15 years , admitted scholar of Co. Ch. Coll. 24 Aug. in the year following , Probationer-Fellow 21 June 1596. being then M. of A. and in orders . Afterwards , being Bach. of Div. he was made Chaplain to Dr. Bancroft Archb. of Cant. ( as afterwards he was to his successour ) Rector and Dean of Bockyng in Essex , and Doctor of his faculty . He was a person very skilful in divers Tongues , a curious Critick , a noted Antiquary , especially in the knowledge of Coins , an exact Historian , Herald , and , as 't is said , an able Theologist . He was also a strict man in his life and conversation , charitable , modest , and reserv'd in his behaviour and discourse , but above all he was remarkable for those good qualities which became a man of his profession . He hath written , The history or life of John King of England — which is the same that is in the History of Great Britaine , published by John Speed , and the same which sheweth more reading and judgment , than any life besides in that History . 'T is reported also (e) that he wrot , or at least had a chief hand in composing The hist . or life of Hen. 2. K. of Engl. — Remitted by Speed also in his said History . Which Hist. or Life , Dr. Barcham wrot ( as my Author (*) says ) in opposition , or rather to suppress the same , written by one Boulton a Rom. Catholick , who did too much favour the haughty carriage of Thomas Becket , &c. This Boulton was the same with Edmund Boulton , who wrot The elements of Armorie . Lond. 1610. qu. and the Carmen gratulatorium (f) de traductione corporis Mariae Reginae Scotorum à Petroburgo ad Westmonasterium . Dr. Barcham hath also written , The display of Heraldry . Lond. 1610. &c. fol. much used by Novices , and the best in that kind for method that ever before was published . This book being mostly composed in his younger years , he deemed it too light a subject for him to own , being then ( when published ) a grave Divine , Chapl. to an Archb. and not unlikely a Dean . Wherefore being well acquainted with John Guillim an Officer of Arms , he gave him the copy , who adding some trivial things to it , published it , with leave from the Author , under his own name , and it goeth to this day under the name of Guillims Heraldry . Our Author also published Crackanthorps book against Marc. Ant. de Dominis and wrot a preface to it . He also wrot a book concerning coins , in Ms . but where it is now I know not . Sure I am that he had the best collection of coines of any Clergyman in England , which being given by him to Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. ( who much desired them ) they came soon after , by his gift , to Bodlies library , and are at this day repos'd in the Gallery adjoining . At length our Author surrendring up his pious soul to him that first gave it , in the Parsonage house in Bockyng before mention'd , on the 25 of Mar. ( the Annuntiation ) in sixteen hundred forty and two , was buried in the chancel of the Church there : over whose grave , tho there be no memory put , yet it is contained in a book entit . Affaniae : sive Epigrammatum libri tres . Oxon. 1601. He had issue by Anne Rogers of Sandwich in Kent his wife , George , Henry , &c. In his Deanery of Bocking succeeded Dr. Joh. Gauden , but whether in the year 1642 , or in the year after , I cannot be positive . NATHANIEL SIMPSON was born at Skypton in the County and Diocess of York , admitted scholar of Trin. Coll. 28 May 1616 aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , became Fellow of the said house 1630 , and the year after Bach. of Div. He hath written Arithmeticae compendium . printed 1622. oct . The beginning of which is Arithmetica est scientia bene numerandi , &c. It was composed purposely for the use of the Juniors of the said Coll. but so scarce it is now , that I could never see but one copy . This Mr. Simpson died in Octob. ( on the same day that Edghill fight hapned ) in sixteen hundred forty and two , and was buried in Trinity Coll. Chappel . I have been informed by some of his Contemporaries , that he had not only enlarged that Compendium , but had other things of that nature , lying by him fit for the press . GABRIEL RICHARDSON a Ministers son and a Lincolnshire man born , was initiated a student in Brasnose Coll. 1602 , made fellow of it , 1607 , being then Bach. of Arts. The next year he proceeded in that faculty , took the sacred function upon him , and at length became Bach. of Divinity . This person , who was admirably well read in Histories and Geography , hath put out a book much valued by learned men intit . The state of Europe , in 14 books , containing the history and relation of the many Provinces thereof , &c. Oxon. 1627. fol. He had laying by him several volumes of Mss . of his own writing , containing the state of other parts of the world ; but coming into the hands of a careless person called Dr. Hen. Bridgman , he neglected , if not mutilated , them , to the great injury of the Author , who dying on the last day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred forty and two , was the next day ( being New-years day ) buried in the Church of S. Mary the Virgin within the University of Oxford . FRANCIS KINASTON son of Sir Edw. Kinaston Kt. was born of , and descended from , an antient and gentile family of his name living at Otely in Shropshire , became a Gent. Com. of Oriel Coll. under the tuition of Joh. Rouse alias Russe in 1601 , and in that of his age 14 , took one degree in Arts , and then left the University for a time without compleating that degree by Determination , being then more addicted to the superficial parts of Learning , Poetry and Oratory , ( wherein he excell'd ) than Logic and Philosophy . Afterwards he went to Cambridge , studied there for some time , was made M. of Arts , and in 1611 returned to Oxon , where he was incorporated in that degree . Thence he went to the Court , where being esteemed a man of parts , had the honor of Knighthood confer'd upon him in 1618 , and afterwards was made Esquire of the body of K. Ch. 1. This is the person who being every way accomplish'd , was made the first Regent of the College or Academy called The Musaeum Minervae an . 1635. and therefore worthily stiled by a polite and quaint (a) Gentleman , Palladii Patrimaeque virginis Protomystes . The first members of the said Coll. were Edward May , Tho. Hunt , Nich. Phiske , Joh. Spiedel , Walt. Salter and Nich. Mason , stiled also by the said person Flamines Deâ pleni , & mystici , Artium liberalium roris promicondi . Our Author Kinaston did draw up and publish ▪ The Constitutions of the Musaeum Minervae . Lond. 1636. qu. and translated from English into Lat. Jeff. Chaucer his Troilus and Cresseid which he entit . Amorum Troili & Creseidae libri duo priores Anglico-Latini . Oxon. 1635. qu. Which being beheld as an excellent translation , was usher'd into the world by 15 copies of Verses made by Oxford men , among whom are W. Strode the Orator , Dudley Digges and Sam. Kinaston of All 's . Coll. Tho. Gawen of New Coll. Maur. Berkley , Will. Cartwright , both of Ch. Ch. &c. Our Author and Translator having performed other things , which I have not yet seen , gave way to fate in sixteen hundred forty and two , or thereabouts , and was , as I suppose , buried at Oteley . This is the person also who by experience falsified the Alchimists report , that a hen being fed for certain days with gold , beginning when Sol was in Leo , should be converted into gold , and should lay golden eggs , but indeed became very fat . PETER SMART a Ministers Son of Warwickshire , was born in that County , educated in the College School at Westminster , became a Batler of Broadgates Hall 1588. aged 19 years , and in the same year was elected Student of Christ Church , where he was esteemed about that time a tolerable Latin Poet. Afterwards taking the degrees in Arts , he entred into orders , became Chaplain to Dr. W. James Bishop of Durham , who not only confer'd upon him a Prebendship in that Church , but also the Parsonage of Bouden , and was the chief instrument of promoting him to be one of his Majesties High Commissioners in the Province of York . But this person being puritannically given , took occasion in 1628. to preach against certain matters , which he took to be popish Innovations , brought into the Church of Durham by Mr John Cosin and his Confederates , as Copes , Tapers , Crucifixes , bowing to the Altar , praying towards the East , turning the Communion Table of Wood , standing in the middle of the Choire , into an Altar-stone railed in at the East end thereof , &c. But this his Sermon , or Sermons , preached several times to the people , being esteemed seditious , and purposely made to raise commotion among them , he was first questioned in the High Commission Court at Durham , then brought into the Commission Court at Lambeth , and at length transmitted thence to the High Commission at York : where for his said seditious Sermon or Sermons , and his refusal to be conformable to the Ceremonies of the Church , he was deprived of his Prebendship and Parsonage , degraded from his Ministry , fined 500 l. and imprisoned many years . At length when the Long Parliament began , he , upon petition and complaint , was freed from his Prison in the Kingsbench , ( where he had continued above eleven years ) was restored to all he had lost , ( tho he enjoyed them but a little while ) had reparations made for his losses , and became a witness against Archbishop Laud when the Presbyterians were sedulously raking up all things against , in order to bring , him to his Trial. Our Author Smart hath written and published The vanity and downfal of Superstition and popish Ceremonies , in two Sermons in the Cathedral Church of Durham , preached in July 1628 , on Psal . 13. part of the 7. verse — They were twice printed in that year , one impression whereof was at Edinburgh . A brief , but true historical , narrative of some notorious acts and speeches of Mr. John Cozens , and some other of his Companions contracted into Articles . Various Poems in Lat. and Engl. — These , which are called in one or more Auction Catalogues Old Smarts Verses , I have not yet seen , nor other matters of his composition . He departed this mortal life in sixteen hundred forty and two , or thereabouts , having several years before been the senior Prebendary of the Church of Durham , leaving then behind him this Character given by the Presbyterian , that he was a godly and judicious Minister , and a zealous enemy against superstition and the maintainers thereof . Also that he was the Protomartyr of these latter days of Persecution , &c. ALEXANDER GILL Son of A. Gill mentioned among the writers under the year 1635. was born in London , particularly , if I mistake not in S. Anns Parish , became a Commoner of Trin. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1612. and in that of his age 15 , exhibited to in his studies by the Society of Mercers in London , took the degrees in Arts , became an Usher under his Father in S. Pauls School , and under Tho. Farnabie the famous Schoolmaster in Goldsmiths-Rents ; under both which , he spent more than ten years . I find one Dr. Gill to have been Master of Okeham School in Rutlandshire , but whether the same with our Author , who was of an unsetled and inconstant temper , I know not . At length , after many changes , rambles , and some imprisonments , he succeeded his Father in the Office of chief Master of S. Pauls School , an . 1635. and in the latter end of the next year took the degree of Doct. of Divinity , being then accounted one of the best Latin Poets in the Nation . In 1640. he was removed from the said School , with an allowance of 25 l. per an . allotted to him in requital of it ; whereupon he taught certain youths privatly in Aldersgatestreet in London , to the time of his death . His works are Arithmeticorum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Printed at the end of N. Simpsons book called Arithmeticae Compendium , 1623. oct . Panthea . In honorem illustriss . spectatiss . omnibus animi corporisque dotibus instructiss . Heroinae , qua mihi in terris , &c. Printed in one sheet in qu. A Song of victorie , upon the proceedings and success of the wars undertaken by the most puissant King of Sweeden — This was written in Latine also , but I have not yet seen it : And was englished and explained with marginal notes by W. H. — Lond. 1632. qu. ΠΑΡΕΓΑ , Sive Poetici conatus , ab aliquammultis antehaec expetiti , &c. Lond. 1632. in 5. sheets in tw . Elegy on Thom. Earl of Strafford beheaded on Tower-hill May 12. an . 1641. — Besides these I have also seen a Ms . Book of Verses of his composition , made on these Subjects following ( 1 ) Sylva Ducis , made 1629 ; afterwards remitted among his poems in Poetici conatus . ( 2 ) Suedus Ren , an . 1631. ( 3 ) In ejus obit . 1632. ( 4 ) Annivers . 1633. ( 5 ) Annivers , 2. an . 1634. ( 6 ) Ann. 3. 1635. ( 7 ) In caedem Wallest . 1634. ( 8 ) Arx Skinkiana , 1635. ( 9 ) In Navarr . Reg. ( 10 ) Coopnelli Cingulum , 1629. ( 11 ) Ad eundem , 1629. ( 12 ) Epitaphium Rich. Pates , 1633. This Rich. Pates was a Master Commoner of Trin. Coll. who dying in that year , had a long Epitaph in prose set over his grave in the parish Church of S. Marie Magd. within the North Suburb of Oxon. ( 13 ) In obitum Gulielmi Paddy Eq. Aur. et M. D. ( 14 ) Ad D. Christoph . Yelverton . ( 15 ) In Obitum Edw. Vaughan , 1637. &c. At length after our Author Gill had made many rambles in this World , he did quietly , yet not without some regret , lay down his head and dye , towards the latter end of the year sixteen hundred forty and two , and was buried in the Church of S. Botolph without Aldergate in London . His Successor in S. Pauls School was Joh. Langley , sometimes Master of the College School in the City of Glocester , as I have elsewhere told you . TOBIAS CRISP third Son of Ellis Crisp of London Esq . was born in Breadstreet in the same City , an . 1600 , partly educated in Grammaticals in Eaton School near Windsore , and in Academicals in the University of Cambridge till he was Bach. of Arts. Afterwards , for the accomplishment of certain parts of Learning , he retired to Oxon , and in the begining of Febr. 1626. was incorporated in that degree as a Member of Balliol Coll. and towards the latter end of the said month he was admitted to proceed in that Faculty . Which degree being by him compleated , as a Member of the said house , in the Act following , celebrated in Jul. 1627. he became about that time Rector of Brinkworth in Witltshire ; where , being setled , he was much followed for his edifying way of preaching , and for his great hospitality to all persons that resorted to his house . Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion ( at which time he was Doctor of Divinity of some years standing ) he left his Rectory in Aug. 1642 , and being puritanically affected , he did , to avoid the insolencies of the Soldiers , especially of the Cavaliers , ( for whom he had but little affection ) retire to London , where his opinions being soon discovered , was baited by 52 opponents in a grand Dispute concerning the freeness of the grace of God in Jesus Christ to poor sinners , &c. By which encounter , which was eagerly managed on his part , he contracted a disease that brought him to his grave , as I shall anon tell you . After his death were published of his composition these things following . Christ alone exalted , in 14. Sermons . Lond. 1643. in oct . Vol. 1. Some of which Sermons savouring much of Antinomianisme , were answered by Steph. Geere , as I shall elsewhere tell you , and , if I mistake not , by one or two more . Ch. alone exalted , in 17. Sermons , on Phil. 3.8 , 9. Lond. 1644. oct . Vol. 2. Ch. alone exalted in the perfection and encouragement of his Saints , notwithstanding sins and trials , in eleven Sermons . Lond. 1646. ctc. oct . Vol. 3. Before which is the authors picture in a cloak . At length , many years after ( viz. in 1683. ) were , as an addition to the three former volumes , published in oct . Christ alone exalted , in two Sermons , found written with his own among several of his writings in the custody of his Son Mr. Sam. Crisp one of the Governors of Ch. Ch. Hospital in London ; who lately , with great Civility , informed me by his Letters that his Father Dr. Tobias Crisp dying of the Small Pox on the 27. of Feb. in sixteen hundred forty and two , was buried in a Vault pertaining to his Family , situated and being under part of the Church of S. Mildrid in Breadstreet , wherein his Father E. Crisp Alderman ( who died in his Shrivalty of London 13. Nov. 1625. ) was buried . Dr. Crisp left behind him many children , begotten on the body of his wife , the daugh●er of Rowl . Wilson Alderman and Sheriff of London , one of the Members of the Long Parliament , and of the Council of State , 1648-9 . See more in Obad. Sedgwick . THOMAS GODWIN second Son of Anthony Godw. of Wookey in Somersetshire , and he the second Son of Will. Godw. of the City of Wells , was born in that County , became a Student in Magd. hall in the beginning of the year 1602. and in that of his age 15. Four years after he was made Demie of Magd. Coll , where following the studies of Philology and the Tongues with unwearied industry , became at length , after he was Master of Arts , chief Master of Abendon School in Berks : Where , by his sedulous endeavours , were many educated , that were afterwards eminent in the Church and State. In the year 1616 , being then , and some years before , Chaplain to Dr. Montague Bishop of Bathe and Wells , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and in 1636 , was licensed to proceed in Divinity . Before which time , he being , as 't were , broken , or wearied out , with the drudgery of a School , had the Rectory of Brightwell near Wallingford in Berks. confer'd upon him , which he kept to his dying day . He was a person of a grave and reverend aspect , was a grace to his Profession , was most learned also in Latin , Greek and Hebrew antiquity , and admirably well versed in all those matters trequisite for the accomplishment of a Rector of an Academy . He hath transmitted to Posterity . Romanae Historiae Anthologia . An English exposition of the Roman antiquities , wherein many Roman and English offices are parallel'd , and divers obscure phrases explained . In 3 books . Oxon 1613 , &c. qu. Synopsis Antiquitatum Hebraicarum ad explicationem utriusque Testamenti valde necessaria , &c. lib 3. Oxon. 1616. &c. qu. Dedicated to Dr. Jam. Montague B. of B. and Wells , and Dean of his Majesties Chappel . Moses and Aaron , Civil and Ecclesiastical rites , used by the ancient Hebrews , observed , and at large opened , for the clearing of many obscure texts throughout the whole Scripture , in six books . — Printed 1625. in qu. Florilegium Phrasicon , Or a Survey of the Latine Tongue — When this book was first printed I know not , for I do not remember that I ever yet have seen the first edition . Three arguments to prove Election upon foresight of Faith — which coming in Ms . into the hands of Twisse of Newbury were by him answered . Soon after that answer being sent to our Author Godwin , he made a Reply , which was confuted by the Rejoynder of Twisse . The Presbyterian (a) writers say that tho Dr. Godwin was a very learned Man in the antiquities of the Hebrews , Greeks , and Latines , yet he was fitter to instruct Grammarians , than deal with Logicians , and had more power as Master of a School at Abendon , than as a Doctor of Divinity . They further add also that Twisse did by his writings and disputes whip this old Schoolmaster , and wrested that Ferula out of his hands which he had enough used with pride , and expos'd him to be derided by boyes . Dr. Godwin , after he had for some years enjoyed himself in great repose , in requital of his many labours , surrendred up his soul to God , 20. March in sixteen hundred forty and two , and was buried in the Chancel belonging to his Church of Brightwell before-mention'd ▪ He then left behind him a wife named Philippa Tesdale of Abendon , who at her own charge caused a Marble stone to be laid over his grave : the inscription on which , you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 201. a. JAMES MABBE was born of gentile Parents in the County of Surrey and Dioc. of Winchester , began to be conversant with the Muses in Magd. Coll. in Lent term , an . 1586 / 7 aged 16 years , made Demie of that house in 87 , perpetual Fellow in 95 , Mast . of Arts in 98 , one of the Proctors of the University in 1606 , and three years after supplicated the ven . congreg . of Regents , that whereas he had studied the Civil Law for six years together , he might have the favour to be admitted to the degree of Bach. of that faculty ; but whether he was really admitted , it appears not . At length he was taken into the service of Sir Joh. Digby Knight , ( afterwards Earl of Bristow ) and was by him made his Secretary when he went Embassadour into Spaine : where remaining with him several years , improved himself in various sorts of Learning , and in the Customs and Manners of that and other Countries : After his return into England , he was made one of the Lay-prebendaries of the Cath. Ch. of Wells , being then in orders , was esteemed a learned man , good Orator , and a facetious conceited Wit. He hath translated from Spanish into English , under the name of Don Diego Puede-Ser that is James may be ( 1 ) The Spanish bawd , represented in Celestina : or , the tragick comedy of Calisto and Melibea , &c. Lond. 1631. fol. ( 2 ) The Rogue : or , the life of Guzman de Alfarache . Lond. 1634. fol. 3d edit . Written in Span. by Matth. Aleman ( 3 ) Devout contemplations expressd in 42 Sermons upon all the Quadragesimal Gospels . Lond. 1629. fol. Originally written by Fr. Ch. de Fonseca ( 4 ) The Exemplarie Novels of Mich. de Cervantes Saavedra in six books . Lond. 1640. fol. There was another book of the said Cervantes entit . Delight in several Shapes , &c. in six pleasant Histories . Lond. 1654. fol. but who translated that into English I cannot tell , nor the name of him who translated his Second part of the History of Don Quixot Lond. 1620. qu. As for our Translator Mabbe , he was living in sixteen hundred forty and two at Abbotsbury in Dorsetshire in the family of Sir John Strangewaies , and dying about that time , was buried in the Church belonging to that place , as I have been informed by one of that name and family , lately fellow of Wadham College in Oxon. DAVID PRIMEROSE second Son of Gilb. Primerose a Scot and D. D. mention'd in the Fasti , an . 1624. was born in the City of S. Jean d' Angely within the Province of Xantoigne in France , educated in Philosophical learning in the University of Bordeaux , made an Excursion to this University of Oxon in his younger years for the sake of the Bodleian Library , and conversation of protestant Theologists , returned to Bordeaux where he proceeded Master of Arts , and visited other places of learning . Afterwards he went to Oxon again to improve his knowledge and studies by the learning and doctrine of Dr. Prideaux the Kings Professor of Divinity , entred himself a Sojourner of Exeter Coll. in 1623 , was incorporated Mr. of Arts in the latter end of that year , and soon after performed the exercise for the degree of Bach. of Divinity : Which being done to the great liking of all the auditory , Prideaux openly said before them in the Divinity School , thus , Accepimus responsionem tuam mi fili , tanquam ad ventantis Veris gratissimam primam rosam . Our Author Primerose hath written , Theses Theologicae de peccato in genere & specie . Genev. 1620. qu. Thes . Theol de necessitate Satisfactionis pro peccatis per christum Sal ●ur . 1 20. qu. Disputatio Theologica de divina praedestinatione , et annexis articulis , amplitudine mortis Christi , vi et efficacia gratiae dei , et usu liberi arbitrii in conversionis negotio , &c. Bas . 1621. Treatise of the Sabbath , and the Lords day , the nature and the original of both . — printed 1636. qu. with other things which I have not yet seen . After he had left Oxon he retired into France , and became Minister of the Protestant Church at Roan in Normandy , where I find him in sixteen hundred forty and two . How long afterwards he lived , or when , or where , he died , I know not , nor can I yet learn of any person , tho many that have been in those parts have told me that he was esteemed one of the learnedst reformed Divines in France . THOMAS SALESBURY son and heir of Sir Hen. Salesbury Bt , was born of an ancient and gentile family of his name living at Leweni near Denbigh in Denbighshire , became a Gent. Com. of Jesus Coll. about the beginning of the Reign of K. Ch. 1. but taking no degree , he retired ( after he had seen the vanities of the great city ) to his patrimony ; and having a natural genie to Poetry and Romance , exercised himself much in those juvenile studies , and at length became a most noted poet of his time , as it partly appears in this book following , which he wrot and published . The history of Joseph . Lond. 163 ... printed in English verse in 13 chapters , and all contained in about 16 sheets in quarto Daniel Cudmore Gent. did also exercise his mu●e on the same subject some years after : And in prose , that history is written by several persons in divers languages especially in that of the French , which being translated into English by Sir Will. Lower a Cornish Knight , was printed at London 1655 , oct . This Sir William , who was a noted poet , was son of John Lower of Tremere , a younger son of Sir Will. Lower of St. Winnow , in Cornwal , and died at London about the beginning of the year 1662 , but where buried , unless in the parish Church of S. Clements Danes within the Liberty of Westminster , where his Uncle Tho. Lower Esq ( to whom he was heir ) was buried 21 of Mar. 1660 , after he had laid dead since the 5 of Feb. going before , I know not . What other things our Author Salesbury hath written and published , I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , only that he , as formerly a member of Jesus Coll. was among several persons of quality , actually created Doctor of the Civil Law of this University in the year 1642 , he being then a Baronet , and that departing this mortal life in the summer time ( before the month of Aug. ) in sixteen hundred forty and three , ( at which time he left behind him a widdow named Hester ) was , as I suppose , buried in the Vault in Whitchurch joyning to Leweni before mentioned , near to the body of his Father Sir Henry , who died 2 Aug. 1632. The reader is to know , that there hath been one Thom. Salusbury , who translated into English The learned man defended and reformed , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . written originally in the Italian tongue by Dan. Bartolus a learned Jesuit ; as also Mathematical Collections , from Gal. Galilaei , &c. but his sirname differing in one letter from Salesbury , he must not be taken to be the same with Sir Thomas before mention'd , who was in time before him , and an active man in the Kings Cause in the beginning of the Rebellion 1642 , for which , tho he died soon after , his Family notwithstanding suffer'd for it . DUDLEY DIGGES the son of Sir Dud. Digges mention'd before under the year 1638. was born in Kent , particularly , as I conceive , in Chilham , became a Commoner of Univ. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1629 , where by his wonderful pregnant parts overcoming the crabbed studies of Logic , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in the beginning of Lent term 1631 , being then scarce 19 years of age . In the year following he was elected probationer-Fellow of All 's . Coll. as a Founders kinsman , and in Octob. 1635 he was licensed to proceed in Arts ; at which time prosecuting his studies with unwearied industry , advantaged by a great memory , and excellent natural parts , he became a great Scholar , general Artist and Linguist . In the beginning of the civil war , he wrot , An answer to a printed book , entit . Observations upon some of his Majesties late answers and expresses . Oxon. 1642. qu. 1647. third edit . He also wrot so subtile and solid a treatise of the differences between the King and Parliament , that such Royalists that have since handled that controversie have come far beneath him . The title of it is this . The unlawfulness of Subjects taking up Arms against their Sovereign in what case soever , with answers to all objections . Oxon. 1643. qu. It was reprinted at Lond. 1647. whereupon a complaint being made to the Committee of Complaints , the Printers and Publishers of it were to be tried at the Kings-bench . It was also published again at Lond. 1662 , in oct . part of which impression lying dead , there was a new title dated 16●9 put to it . At length being untimely snatch'd away to the great sorrow of learned men , by a malignant fever call'd the Camp disease , raging in the Garrison of Oxon , on the first day of Octob. in sixteen hundred forty and three , was buried in the outer Chappel of All 's . College . Of the said Disease Doctor Edward Greaves , Fellow of that house , wrot a little treatise entit . Morbus Epidemicus , &c. as I shall tell you when I come to him . JOHN SEDGWICK son of Joseph Sedg . a northern man born , sometimes Vicar of S. Peters Church in Marlborough , afterwards of Ogbourne S. Andrew , in Wilts . was born in the Parish of S. Peter , in the said town of Marlborough , educated in Grammar learning at that place ▪ and in Logic in Queens Coll , into which he made his first entry in Easter term , an . 1619 , and in that of his age 18. But making no long stay there , he translated himself to Magd. Hall , where he applyed his mind to Divinity before he was Bach. of Arts. In the time of Christmas 1621 he was admitted to the order of a Deacon by the Bishop of London , and in Nov. and Dec. following , being a Candidate for the degree of Bach. of Arts , had his Grace denied four times by the Regents because (a) that when he was to be admitted to the order of Deacon , he did belye the University in using the title of Bach. of Arts before he was admitted to that degree , &c. At length begging pardon for what he had done , and making a publick submission before the ven . house of Congregation of Regents , he was admitted to that degree , on the sixth of the said month of Dec. Afterwards he had some small Cure about Bishopsgate in London confer'd on him , took the degree of Master , and at length that of Bach. of Div. About which time he was a Preacher at Chiswick in Middlesex , afterwards Minister of Coggeshall in Essex , and a● length upon the breaking out of the Rebellion , was ma●● a member of a Sub committee for the advancement of money to carry on the War against the King , and by a factious party became Rector of S. Alphage near London Wall and Cripplegate , in the place of a loyal person , first shamefully abused , then ejected , and soon after dead with grief . In that place being setled , tho it was but for a short time , he exercised his gifts in preaching against Prelacy , and encouraging his Parishioners to Rebellion . He would dispute and reason much against Antinomians , as those that were his Contemporaries have told me ; and tho he seemed to be a Saint , yet he was (b) a Simoniake and perjur'd , standing both upon record . Also , as another (c) saith , Tho he had but one thumb , yet would he have had not an eare , had not his Majesty bestowed two on him , when twelve years since ( about 1633 ) they were sentenced to the pillory . Since which time he hath been such a grateful penitent , that in one day he was proved guilty but of simony , sacriledge , and adultery , &c. His works are , Sermons , as ( 1 ) Fury fiered , or crueltie scourged , on Amos 1.12 . Lond. 1625. oct . preached at S. Buttolphs without Bishopsgate . ( 2 ) The bearing and burden of the spirit , in two sermons on Prov. 18.14 . Lond. 1639. oct . ( 3 ) Eye of faith open to God , on .... Lond. 1640. in tw . ( 4 ) Wonder working God. or , the Lord doing wonders , on .... Lond. 1641. in tw . with Englands troubles , in qu. which I have not yet seen . Antinomianisme anatomized . Or , a glass for the lawless ; who denie the moral law unto Christians under the Gospel . Lond. 1643. qu. The substance of it is an extract from one of the books of Dr. Tho. Taylor . At length after all his actings to carry on the blessed cause , he did very unwillingly give up the ghost in Octob. in the year sixteen hundred forty and three ; whereupon his body was buried in the chancel of his Church of St. Alphage before mention'd , on the 15 day of the same month . What relates farther to his death and burial , let another (d) speak for me , as he had received it by letters from London . Joh. Sedgwick ( one of the three brothers (e) with four fingers on a hand ) hath spent his lungs , and caused Mr. Tho. Case to exercise his , which he did very mournfully in his Funeral sermon lately preached , telling the auditory , that his departed brother was now free from plunder , and that when he was ready to expire , he would often ask , how does the Army ? how does his (f) Excellency ? with many such sweet expressions , as moved some Citizen to send Mr. Case a fair new Gown , lest he chance to recurr to his old way of borrowing , &c. JOHN BAINBRIDGE son of Rob. Bainbr . by Anne his wife daugh . of Rich. Everard of Shenton in Leycestershire , was born at Ashby de la Zouch in the same County , educated in Emanuel Coll. under the tutelage of his Kinsman Dr. Joseph Hall , took the degrees in Arts , studied Physick , retired into his own Country , practised there and taught a Grammar school . At length publishing An astronomical description of the late Comet from 18 of Nov. 1618 , to the 16 of Dec. following , Lond. 1619. qu. he became acquainted with Sir Hen. Savile , who founding an Astronomy-lecture in this University in the year wherein the said book was printed , preferred our Author Bainbridge thereunto . Whereupon going to Oxon , he was entred a Master-Commoner of Merton Coll. was incorporated Doctor of Physick as he had stood at Cambridge , lived in the said Coll. for some years , ( the society of which house confer'd on him the superior Readers place of Lynacres lecture 1635 ) and afterwards in an house opposite to their Church . He also published , Procli sphaera . Ptolomaei de hypothesibus planetarum liber singularis , &c. Lond. 1620. qu. Ptolemaei canon regnorum . printed with the former . Both which were collated with Mss , put into latine , and illustrated with figures by the said Dr. Bainbridge , who also wrot , Canicularia : being a treatise of the Dog-star , and of the canicular days . Oxon. 1648. oct . published by Joh. Greaves , together with a demonstration of the Heliacal rising of Sirius , or the Dog-star for the parallel of Lower Aegypt . At length after he had been Savilian Professor of Astronomy about 24 years in this University , and superior Reader of Lynacres lecture in Mert. Coll. about 8 years , surrendred up his last breath in his house near the said Coll. on the third day of Nov. in sixteen hundred forty and three : whereupon his body being conveyed thence to the public schools , rested there for some time . Afterwards an Oration being delivered before the several degrees that were then left in the University , in praise of the defunct and his learning , it was accompanied by them to Mert. Coll. Church , and there solemnly deposited on the left side of Briggs his grave near to the high Altar . The Epitaph on his grave-stone , which was made by Mr. Greaves before mention'd , his successor in the Astronomy lecture , you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 89. b. 90. a. Many of his writings came after his death into the hands of the said Greaves , besides what is before mention'd , but whether worthy of the press , I cannot tell . Among them was his Discourse of the Periodus Sothiaca , which the said Greaves was about to perfect and publish , an . 1644. WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT the most noted Poet , Orator and Philosopher of his time , was born at Northway near T●wksbury in Glocestershire in Sept. 1611. ( 9. Jac. 1. ) and baptized there on the 26 day of the same month . His father Will. Cartwright was once a Gent. of a fair Estate , but running out of it , I know not how , was forced to keep a common Inn in Cirencester in the same County , where living in a middle condition , cansed this his son , of great hopes , to be educated under Mr. Will. Topp Master of the Free-school there . But so great a progress did he make in a short time , that by the advice of friends , his father got him to be sped a Kings-scholar at Westminster ; where compleating his former learning to a miracle under Mr. Lambert Osbaldeston , was elected Student of Ch. Ch. in 1628 , put under the tuition of Jerumael Terrent , went thro the Classes of Logic and Philosophy with an unwearied industry , took the degrees in Arts ( that of Master being compleated in 1635 ) holy orders , and became the most florid and seraphical Preacher in the University . He was another Tully and Virgil , as being most excellent for Oratory and Poetry , in which faculties , as also in the Greek tongue , he was so full and absolute , that those that best knew him , knew not in which he most excell'd . So admirably well vers'd also was he in Metaphysicks , that when he was Reader of them in the University , the exposition of them was never better performed than by him and his Predecessor Th. Barlow of Qu. Coll. His preaching also was so graceful , and profound withal , that none of his time or age went beyond him . So that if the Wits read his Poems , Divines his Sermons , and Philosophers his Lectures on Aristotles Metaphysicks , they would scarce believe that he died at a little above thirty years of age . But that which is most remarkable , is that these his high parts and abilities , were accompanied with so much candour and sweetness , that they made him equally beloved and admired of all persons , especially those of the Gown and Court , who esteemed also his life a fair copy of practick piety , a rare example of heroick worth , and in whom Arts , Learning and Language made up the true complement of perfection . He hath written , The Lady-errant . Trag. Com. Royal Slave . Trag. Com. Oxon. 1640. second edit . Acted before the K. and Q. by the Students of Ch. Ch. 30 Aug. 1636. See in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 344. b. 345. a. The Ordinary . Com. Siedge : or Love's convert . Trag. Com. Poems — All which were gathered into one Vol. and printed at Lond. 1651. oct . usher'd then into the world by many copies of Verses , mostly written by Oxf. men ; among whom were Jasper Mayne D. D. Joh. Castilion B. D. ( afterwards Dean of Rochester ) Robert Waring , Mart. Lluellin , Joh. Fell , Franc. Palmer , Rich. Goodridge , Tho. Severne , &c. all of Ch. Church . Hen. Earl of Monmouth , Sir Rob. Stapylton , Edw. Sherbourn ( afterwards a Knight ) Jam. Howell , Franc. Finch , Joh. Finch of Ball. Coll. Brethren to Sir Heneage Finch sometimes Lord Chanc. of England , Will. Creed of S. Joh. Coll. Joh. Birkenhead of All 's . Coll. Hen. Vaughan the Silurist and Eugenius Philalethes his brother , both of Jesus Coll. Josias How and Ralph Bathurst of Trin. Coll. Mathew Smallwood of Brasnose , Hen. Bold of New , and Will. Bell of S. Johns , Coll. &c. Our Author Cartwright also wrot , Poemata Graeca & Latina . An Off-spring of mercy , issuing out of the womb of crueltie . Or , a passion serm . preached at Ch. Ch. in Oxon , on Acts 2.23 . Lond. 1652. oct . Of the signal days in the month of Nov. in relation to the Crown and Royal Family . A poem . Lond. 1671. in one sh . in qu. besides Poems and Verses , which have Ayres (*) for several Voices set to them by the incomparable Henry Lawes servant to K. Ch. 1. in his publick and private musick ; who outliving the tribulations which he endured for the royal cause , was restored to his places after the return of K. Ch. 2. and for a short time lived happy , and venerated by all lovers of musick . He was buried by the title of Gentleman of his Majesties Chappel , in the Cloister belonging to S. Peters Church within the City of Westminster , 25 Octob. 1662. As for Cartwright , who had the Succentors place in the Church of Salisbury confer'd on him by Bishop Duppa , in the month of Octob. 1642 , was untimely snatch'd away by a malignant fever call'd the Camp-disease , that raged in Oxon. ( he being then one of the Proctors of the University ) to the great grief of all learned and vertuous men , and to the resentment of the K. and Qu. then there ( who very anxiously enquired of his health in the time of his sickness ) on the 29 of Nov. in sixteen hundred forty and three , and was buried on the first day of Dec. towards the upper end of the south isle joyning to the Choire of the Cathedral of Ch. Church . In his Proctorship succeeded Joh. Maplet M. A. of the same house , who served out the remaining part of the year , and in his Succentorship Rob. Joyner of Oxford . THOMAS MASTER son of Will. Master Rector of Cote near to a mercate town call'd Cirencester in Glocestershire , was born at Cote , but descended from the gentile family of the Masters living in the said town of Cirencester , initiated in Grammar learning by Mr. Henry Topp a noted Master of that place , afterward ripened for the University in Wykeham's school near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. after he had served two years of probation , an . 1624 , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1629 , holy orders , and at length in 1640 was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . At which time he was arrived to great Learning , was esteemed a vast scholar , a general Artist and Linguist , a noted Poet , and a most florid preacher . He hath written , Mensa lubrica Montgom . illustriss . Domino , D. Edwardo Baroni de Cherbury . Oxon. 1658. qu. second edit . the first having been printed on one side of a large sheet of paper . 'T is a poem written in Lat. and Engl. describing the game call'd Shovel-board play , published with Sir Henry Saviles Oration to Qu. Elizab. by Mr. Tho. Ba●low of Qu. Coll. in Oxon. an . 1658. printed there again in Dec. 1690. in half a sh . in qu. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . This Greek Poem which is printed with Mensa lubrica , was made by him on the Passion of Christ , 19 Apr. 1633. rendred into excellent Lat. verse by Hen. Jacob of Merton Coll. and into English by Abr. Cowley the Prince of Poets of his time : which Lat. and Engl. copies are printed with the Greek . Oxon. 1●58 . qu. Monarchia Britannica sub auspiciis Elizabethae & Jacobi in oratione quam pro more habuit in capella Coll. Novi 6 Kal. Apr. 1642. Oxon. 1661. qu. 1681. oct . published by his friend and acquaintance Joh. Lamphire Doct. of Phys . sometimes Fellow of New Coll , afterwards Comdens Prof. of History . Iter boreale : Oxon. 1675 , in two sheets and an half in qu. written in prose and verse , and dedicated to his Father Will. Master beforemention'd , 25 Sept. 1637. published by George Ent of the Middle Temple , son and heir of Sir George Ent Kt. then a sojourner and student in Oxon , being about that time entred a Member of Wadh. Coll. Which George Ent. the son wrot and published The grounds of Unity in religion : or , an expedient for a general conformity and pacification . printed in 1679 in one sheet in qu. In which year ( in Aug. or thereabouts ) he departing this mortal life , was buried in the Church belonging to the Temples in London . Our Author Master also hath written other Poems , as ( 1 ) Carolas redux , 1623. ( 2 ) Ad regem Carolum , 1625. ( 3 ) On Bish . Lake , 1626. ( 4 ) On Ben. Johnson , 1637. and ( 5 ) On Vaulx , but these , I think , are not printed . He was a drudge to , and assisted much Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury , when he was obtaining materials for the writing the Life of K. Hen. 8. Four thick Volumes in fol. of such materials I have lying by me , in every one of which I find his hand writing , either in interlining , adding , or correcting ; and one of those four , which is entituled Collectaneorum lib. secundus , is mostly written by him , collected from Parliament Rolls , the Paper Office at Whitehall , Vicar Generals Office , books belonging to the Clerks of the Councill , Mss . in Cottons Library , Books of Convocations of the Clergy , &c. printed Authors , &c. And there is no doubt , that as he had an especial hand in composing the said Life of K. Hen. 8. ( which as some say he turned mostly into Latine , but never printed ) so had he a hand in latinizing that Lords book De veritate , or others . At length being overtaken by a malignant feaver , the same which I have mention'd in Dud. Digges and Will. Cartwright , died thereof , to the great reluctancy of those that well knew him , in the Winter time , either in Dec. or Jan. in sixteen hundred forty and three , and was buried in the north part of the outer Chappel belonging to New Coll. His Epitaph is written in Latine by the said L. Herbert in his Occasional Verses , p. 94. who hath also written a lat . Poem in praise of his Mensa lubrica , which may be there also seen . But the said Epitaph must not be understood to have ever been put over his grave . WILLIAM CHILLINGWORTH son of Will. Chill . Citizen ( afterwards Mayor ) of Oxford , was born in S. Martins Parish there , in a little house on the north side of the conduit at Quatervois , in Octob. 1602 , and on the last of that month received baptism there . After he had been educated in Grammar learning under Edw. Sylvester a noted Latinist and Greecian , ( who taught privately in Allsaints Parish ) or in the Free school joyning to Magd. Coll. or in both , he became scholar of Trin. Coll. under the tuition of Mr. Rob. Skinner , on the second of June 1618 , being then about two years standing in the University , and going thro with ease the Classes of Logic and Philosophy , was adm . M. of A. in the latter end of 1623 , and Fellow of the said Coll. 10 June 1628. He was then observed to be no drudg at his study , but being a man of great parts would do much in a little time when he setled to it . He would often walk in the College grove and contemplate , but when he met with any scholar there , he would enter into discourse , and dispute , with him , purposely to facilitate and make the way of wrangling common with him ; which was a fashion used in those days , especially among the disputing Theologists , or among those that set themselves apart purposely for Divinity . But upon the change of the times , occasion'd by the Puritan , that way forsooth was accounted boyish and pedagogical , to the detriment , in some respects , of learning . About the same time being much unsetled in his thoughts , he became acquainted with one who went by the name of Joh. Fisher a learned Jesuit and sophistical Disputant , who was often conversant in these parts . At length by his perswasions , and the satisfaction of some doubts which he could not find among our great men at home , he went to the Jesuits Coll. at S. Omer , forsook his Religion , and by these motives (a) following , which he left among them under his own hand , became a Rom. Catholick , First because perpetual visible profession which could never be wanting to the Religion of Christ , nor any part of it , is apparently wanting to Protestant Religion ; so far as concern the points in contestation . ( 2 ) Because Luther and his followers , separating from the Church of Rome , separated also from all Churches , pure or impure , true or untrue , then being in the World : upon which ground I conclude that either Gods promises did fail of performance , if there were then no Church in the world , which held all things necessary and nothing repugnant to salvation ; or else that Luther and his Sectaries , separating from all Churches then in the world , and so from the true , if there were any true , were damnable Schismaticks . ( 3 ) Because if any credit might be given to as creditable Records as any are extant , the doctrine of Catholiques hath been frequently confirmed , and the opposite doctrine of Protestants confounded , with supernatural and divine miracles . ( 4 ) Because many points of protestant Doctrine , are the damned opinions of Hereticks , condemned by the primitive Church . ( 5 ) Because the prophecies of the Old Test . touching the conversion of Kings and Nations to the true Religion of Christ , have been accomplished in , and by , the Catholique Rom. Religion , and the Professours of it . ( 6 ) Because the doctrine of the Church of Rome is conformable , and the doctrine of the Protestants contrary to the doctrine of the Fathers of the primitive Church , even by the confession of Protestants themselves ; I mean those Fathers , who lived within the compass of the first 600 years ; to whom Protestants themselves do very frequently and confidently appeal . ( 7 ) Because the first pretended Reformers had neither extraordinary commission from God , nor ordinary mission from the Church , to preach protestant doctrine . ( 8 ) Because Luther , to preach against the mass ( which contains the most material points now in controversie ) was perswaded by reasons suggested to him by the Devil himself , disputing with him . So himself professeth in his book De missa privata , that all men might take heed of following him , who professeth himself to follow the Devil . ( 9 ) Because the protestant Cause is now , and hath been from the beginning , maintained with gross falsifications and calumnies ; whereof their prime controversie writers , are notoriously , and in high degree guilty . ( 10 ) Because by denying all humane Authority , either of Pope , or Councils , or Church , to determine controversies of Faith , they have abolished all possible means of suppressing heresie , or restoring unity to the Church . These were his motives , as my Author (b) tells me , who adds , that they were so strong , that he ( Chillingw . ) could never since frame his mind to Protestancy : And the profession of Catholique Religion not suting with his desires and designs , he fell upon Socinianism , that is no Religion , &c. To these motives which are owned and reprinted (c) by Mr. Chillingworth , he made an Answer three years or better before the first edition of his book called The Religion of Protestants , &c. came out . Which answer was not published for two reasons , one , because the motives were never publick , until the author of The direction to N. N. made them so . The other , because he was loth to proclaim to all the world so much weakness as he shew'd , in suffering himself to be abused by such silly sophismes . All which proceeded upon mistakes and false suppositions , which unadvisedly he took (d) for granted , as 't will quickly appear when the motives with his respective answers made to them and (e) printed , shall be impartially weighed in the ballance against each other . Tho Mr. Chillingworth embraced Protestantism very sincerely , as it seems , when he wrot his book of The Religion of Protestants , &c. yet notwithstanding not long before , and I think then also , he refused to subscribe the 39 Articles , and so consequently did not desert the Religion of Rome out of desire of preferment , or for temporal ends ( which the Author of The direction to N. N. objected to him ) by reason that this his refusal did incapacitate him for all places of benefit in England , a previous subscription of the said 39 Articles being the only common door that here leads to any such . This refusal was grounded on his scrupling the truth , only of one or two Propositions contained in (f) them : and these his small doubts too were afterwards fully satisfied and removed before his advancement in the Church , otherwise he could not have conscientiously subscribed the 39 Articles , which is indispensibly required of all persons upon any ecclesiastical promotion . But to return : so it was , that he finding not that satisfaction from the Jesuits concerning various points of Religion , or , ( as some say ) not that respect , which he expected , ( for the common report among his Contemporaries in Trin. Coll. was , that the Jesuits to try his temper , and exercise his obedience , did put him upon servile duties far below him ) he left them in the year 1631 , returned to the Church of England ( tho the Presbyterians said not , but that he was always a Papist in his heart , or , as we now say , in masquerade ) and was kindly received by his Godfather Dr. Laud then B. of London . So that fixing himself for a time in his beloved Oxford , he did , in testimony of his reconcilement , make a Recantation , and afterwards wrot a book against the Papists , as I shall anon tell you . For which his service he was rewarded with the Chancellourship of the Church of Salisbury , upon the promotion of Dr. Br. Duppa , to the See of Chichester , in the month of July 1638 , and about the same time with the Mastership of Wygstans Hospital in the antient Borough of Leycester : Both which , and perhaps other preferments , he kept to his dying day . He was a most noted Philosopher and Orator , and without doubt a Poet also , otherwise Sir Joh. Suckling would not have brought him into his Poem called The session of Poets ; and had such an admirable faculty in reclaiming Schismaticks and confuting Papists , that none in his time went beyond him . He had also very great skill in Mathematicks , and his aid and counsel was often used in making Fortifications for the Kings Garrisons , especially those of the City of Glocester , and Arundell Castle in Sussex . He was a subtile and quick Disputant , and would several times put the Kings Professor to a push . Hobbes of Malmsbury would often say that he was like a lusty fighting fellow , that did drive his Enemies before him , but would often give his own party smart back-blows . And 't was the current Opinion in this University , that he and Lucius Lord Falkland had such extraordinary clear reason , that if the great Turk , or Devil , were to be converted , they were able to do it . He was a man of little stature , but of great soul ; which if times had been serene , and life spared , might have done incomparable service to the Church of England . He wrot and published , The Religion of Protestants a safe way to salvation ; or , an answer to a book entit . Mercy and truth , or charity maintained by Catholicks , which pretends to prove the contrary . Oxon. 1636. 38. Lond. 1664. 74. &c. All which impressions were in fol. In which book the Author made very much use of Joh. Daillé a learned French Divine , as about the same time the L. Falkland did in his Writings ; who was wont to say , it was worth a Voyage to Paris to be acquainted with him . He calls him our Protestant Perron , &c. The book that The Religion of Protestants , &c. answer'd , was written by Edw. Knott a Jesuit , against Dr. Potters book entit . Want of Charity , &c. as I shall tell you , when I come to speak of him , under the year 1645. Before the said Relig. of Protestants , &c. went to the press , it was , at the desire of Dr. Laud , corrected and amended by Dr. Joh. Prideaux , who afterwards , among his friends would liken (g) it to an unwholsome Lamprey , by having a poysonous sting of Socinianism throughout it , and tending in some places to plain infidelity and atheisme . After it was published the general (h) character given of its Author was , that he had better luck in pulling down buildings , than raising new ones , and that he has managed his sword much more dexterous than his buckler , &c. yet the very same Author who reports this , doth in a manner vindicate him (i) elsewhere from being a Socinian , which may in some sort confute the Jesuit ( Edw. Knott ) before mention'd . It must be now known , that our Author being of intimate acquaintance with Joh. Hales of Eaton , he did use his assistance when he was in compiling his book of The Religion , &c. especially in that part , wherein he vindicates the English Church from schism , charged on her by Knott . And that he might more clearly understand Hales , he desired him that he would communicate his thoughts in writing , concerning the nature of Schism . Whereupon he wrot a Tract thereof , ( as I shall tell you when I come to him ) out of which our Author Chillingworth urged some Arguments , which as one (k) thinks are the worst in all his book ; and so it is thought by many more . However , if not , as some affirm , yet they have caused ill reflections not only on the private reputation of Hales and Chillingworth , but on the Church of England , as if it did favour the Socinian Principles . But as for an exact summary of the doctrines of his belief , after what manner to be qualified , and how little he favoured Socinianism , which that he did in an high degree , his adversaries of Rome , and some of the sectarian party at home , did constantly and malitiously (l) suggest . When the said book was in the press , Dr. Potter of Qu. Coll. wrot (m) to Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. 15 Sept. 1637 , that Knott the Jesuit was in Oxon , and had the sheets thereof sent to him as they came from the press , giving five shillings for every sheet , but this doth otherwise appear from Knott's words elsewhere . There was also another Jesuit called Will. Lacey then dwelling in Oxon , who perusing the said book gave his opinion of it in a Treatise entit . The judgment of an University-man on Mr. Chillingworth's book , which I shall elsewhere mention . Besides him were two or three more at least that answered it , as J. H. in Christianity maintained , or a discovery of sundry doctrines tending to the overthrow of Christian Religion contained in the answer to a book entit . Mercy and truth , &c. printed 1638. qu , the Author of The Church conquerant over humane wit , &c. printed the same year , and E. Knott in his Infidelity unmask'd , &c. Our Author Chillingworth hath also written , The apostolical institution of Episcopacy demonstrated . Lond. 1660. qu. there again in 64 , and 74. in fol. with The Religion of Protestants . Nine sermons — printed at Lond. 1664. and 74. in fol. with his Apost . Institution &c. and The Religion of Protestants , &c. These , I think , are all the things he hath written , except his Motives published by E. Knott , which being answer'd by him , as I have before told you , were replyed upon by the Author of a book entit . Motives maintained ; or , a reply to Mr. Chillingworths answer to his own motives of his Conversion to Cath. Religion . printed 1638 , in three sh . in qu. It must be now known , that in the beginning of the civil distempers , our Author Chillingworth suffer'd much for the Kings Cause , and being forced to go from place to place for succour , as opportunity served , went at length to Arundell Castle in Sussex , where he was in quality of an Engineer in that Garrison . At length the Castle coming into the hands of the parliamentarian Forces , on the sixth day of January 1643 , he was by the endeavours of Mr. Franc. Cheynell ( about that time Rector of Petworth ) made to Sir Will. Waller the prime Governour of those forces , conveyed to Chichester , and there lodged in the Bishops house , because that he being very sick , could not go to London with the prisoners taken in the said Castle . In the said house he remained to his dying day , and tho civilly used , yet he was much troubled with the impertinent discourses and disputes of the said Cheynell , which the royal party of that City looked upon as a shortning of our Authors days . He gave way to fate on the 24 of January ( or thereabouts ) in sixteen hundred forty and three , and the next day his body being brought into the Cath. Church accompanied by the said royal party , was certain service said , but not common Prayer according to the Defuncts desire . Afterwards his body being carried into the Cloyster adjoining , Cheynell stood at the grave ready to receive it , with the Authors book of The Religion of Protestants , &c. in his hand : and when the company were all setled , he spake before them a ridiculous speech concerning the Author Chillingworth and that book ; and in the conclusion , throwing the book insultingly on the corps in the grave , said thus , — Get thee gone then , thou cursed book , which hast seduced so many precious souls ; get thee gone , thou corrupt rotten book , earth to earth , and dust to dust ; get thee gone into the place of rottenness , that thou may'st rot with thy Author , and see Corruption . — After the conclusion , Cheynell went to the pulpit in the Cath. Church , and preached a sermon on Luke 9.60 . Let the dead bury the dead , &c. while the Malignants ( as he called them ) made a shift to perform some parts of the English Liturgy at his grave . About the time of the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. Oliver Whitby his great admirer , sometimes M. A. of this University , did put an inscription on the wall over his grave , which being for the most part in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 297. b. should also have been here inserted , but forasmuch as several faults are therein , as that he was D. of Divinity , Chauntor of Salisbury , and that he died in 1642 , I think it fit therefore to be omitted in this place . In his Chancellourship of Salisbury succeeded the learned and godly Dr. Joh. Earl on the 10 of Feb. 1643 , but who in the Mastership of Wygstans Hospital I cannot yet well tell . By his Will (*) dated 22 of Nov. 1643 , he gave to the Mayor and Corporation of Oxon 400 l. to be paid by 50 l. per an . in eight years . And as it is paid , he would have it lent to poor young Tradesmen by 50 l. a piece for ten years , they giving good security to repay it at ten years end , and to pay for it 40 s. per an . consideration . And the use and consideration so paid to be laid out in binding young poor Children , boys or girls , apprentices , allowing 8 l. a piece to every one , to bind him or her , out . &c. HENRY FITZ-SIMON the most noted Jesuit of his time , was (a) matriculated as a member of Hart Hall 26 Apr. 1583 , and in that of his age 14 , said then and there in the matricula to be an Irishman born , and the son of a Merchant in Dublin . In Decemb. following I (b) find one Henry Fitz-Simons to be elected Student of Ch. Ch. but whether he be the same with the former , I dare not say it . How long he continued in the University , or whether he took a degree , it no where appears . Sure it is , that he being in his mind then , if not before , a Rom. Catholick , he went beyond the seas , entred himself into the Society of Jesus , and made so great a proficiency under the instruction of Leonard Lessius , that he , in short time , became so eminent , that he taught publickly among them Philosophy for several years . At length retiring to his native Country , he endeavoured to reconcile as many persons as he could to his Religion , either by private conference , or publick disputes with protestant Ministers . In which work he persisted for two years without disturbance , being esteem'd the chief Disputant among those of his party , and so ready and quick that few or none would undertake to deal with him . In fine , he being apprehended for a dangerous person , was committed to safe custody in Dublin Castle in the year 1599 , where he continued about 5 years . As soon as he was setled there , which , as 't is said , he desired before , that it might be so , was several times heard to say , That he being a Prisoner , was like a beare tyed to a stake , and wanted some to bait him ; which expressions being looked upon as a challenge , Mr. Jam. Usher , then 19 years of age , did undertake , and did dispute with , him once , or twice , or more concerning Antichrist , and was ready to have proceeded farther , but our Author was , as 't is (c) said , weary of it and him . Afterwards , at the term of the said five years , being freed from prison , upon condition that he would carry himself quietly and without disturbance to the K. and the Realm , he went forthwith into voluntary exile into the Low Countries , where he spent his time in performing Offices requisite to his Function , and in writing books ; some of which have these titles . A catholick confutation of Mr. Joh. Riders clayme of antiquity ; and a caulming comfort against his caveat . Roan 1608. qu. Reply to Mr. Riders postscript , and a discovery of puritan partiality in his behalf — printed with the former book . Answer to certain complaintive letters of afflicted Catholicks for Religion &c. — printed with the former also . Justification and exposition of the sacrifice of the Mass , in 2 books or more — printed 1611. qu. Britannomachia Ministrorum in plerisque & fidei fundamentis , & fidei articulis dissidentium . Duac . 1614. qu. See before in Franc. Mason , p. 393 , 394. Catalogue of the Irish Saints — This I have not yet seen , and therefore cannot tell whether it be in Latine or in another Language . In the year 1608 he went according to summons to Rome , where being appointed for the mission of Ireland , he published his profession of the four vows ; and then being sent back to the Low Countries , he went again into Ireland , where he spent many years in confirming the Rom. Catholicks in their antient Religion and in gaining proselytes to his opinion . At length the Rebellion breaking out there in 1641 , of which he was a great Abettor and Encourager , was , after the Rebels began to be subdued , forced to fly for shelter into Woods and on Mountains , and to creep and sculk into every place for fear of being taken and hanged by the English Soldiers . In the beginning of the year 1643 he was forced to change his place , and retire for safety to a moorish and boggy ground , where sheltring himself under a Shepherds cote ( no better than a hovel ) which could not keep out the wind and rain , lived there in a very sorry condition , and had for his bedding a pad of straw , which would be often wet by the rising , and coming in of the water . Notwithstanding all this misery , he seemed to be very cheerful , and was ready to instruct the young ones about him , and comfort others . But being in a manner spent , and his age not able to bear such misery long , was with much ado taken away : And being conveyed to some of the brethren into a better place , expired among them on the Calends of Febr. the same year ; but where , or in what place buried , my informer tells me not . By his death the R. Catholicks lost a pillar of their Church , being esteem'd in the better part of his life a great ornament among them , and the greatest defender for their Religion in his time . GEORGE SANDYS a younger son of Edwin Archb. of York , was born at Bishops Thorpe in that County , and as a member of S. Maries Hall was matriculated in the University in the beginning of Dec. 1589 , and in that of his age eleven , at which time Henry his elder brother was remitted into the said Matricula , but both , as I conceive , received their tuition in Corp. Ch. Coll. How long George tarried there , or whether he took a degree , it appears not . In the month of Aug. 1610 he began a long journey , and after he had travelled thro several parts of Europe , visited divers Cities ( particularly Constantinople ) and Countries under the Turkish Empire , as Greece , Egypt , and the Holy Land. Afterwards he made a view of the remote parts of Italy , and the Islands adjoyning . That being done he went to Rome , the Antiquities and Glories of which place were in four days time shew'd unto him by Nich. Fitzherbert sometimes an Oxford student , who , as I have before told you , ended his days in 1612. Thence our Author went to Venice ( from whence he first set out ) and so to England . Where digesting his notes , and enterlarding them with various parts of Poetry , according to the fashion of that time , published them in English under this title . Sandys Travailes &c. in four books . Lond. 1615. 1621. 27. 32. 52. 58. 70. 73. &c. all in folio , and illustrated with several Maps and Figures , except the first edit . The said Travailes are contracted in the second part of Sam. Parchas his books of Pilgrims , lib. 8. The Author upon his return in 1612 or after , being improved in several respects by this his large journey , he became an accomplish'd Gent. as being Master of several Languages , of a fluent and ready discourse and excellent Comportment . He had also naturally a poetical fancy , and a zealous inclination to all humane learning , which made his company desir'd , and acceptable to most vertuous men and Scholars of his time . He also wrot and published , A paraphrase on the Psalms of David , and upon the Hymns dispersed throughout the Old and New Testam . Lond. 1636. oct . reprinted there in fol. 1638 , with other matters following under this title . Paraphrase upon the divine Poems , which contain a paraphrase on Job , Psalmes of David , Ecclesiastes , Lamentations of Jeremiah , and songs collected out of the Old and New Test . — The said Paraphrase on Davids Psalmes was one of the books that K Ch. 1. delighted to read in , as he did in G. Herberts Divine poems , Dr. Hammonds Works , Hookers Ecclesiast . policy , &c. while he was a Prisoner in Carisbroke Castle in the Isle of Wight . Paraphrase on the divine Poems , viz. on the Psalmes of David , on Ecclesiastes , and on the Song of Solomon . Lond. 1676. oct . Some , if not all , of the said Ps . of David , had vocal Compositions set to them by the incomparable Hen. and Will. Lawes , with a thorough bass for an Organ , in 4 large books or volumes , in qu. He the said G. Sandys translated also into English ( 1 ) The first five books of Ovids Metamorphosis . Lond. 1627. 32. 40. fol. methodized and expressed in figures . ( 2 ) Virgils first book of Aeneis . printed with the former . ( 3 ) Tragedy of Christs passion . Lond. 1640. written in lat . by Hug. Grotius ; to which Trag. Sandys put also notes . What other things he hath written and translated , I know not , nor any thing else of him only that he being then , or lately one of the Gent. of the privy Chamber to K. Ch. 1. gave way to fate in the house of his neice the Lady Margaret Wyat ( dau . of Sir Sam. Sandys and widdow of Sir Francis Wyat Kt. Grandson to Sir Tho. Wyat beheaded in Qu. Maries Reign ) called Boxley abbey in Kent , in the beginning of March in sixteen hundred forty and three , and was buried in the Chancel of the parish Church there , near to the door , on the south side , but hath no remembrance at all over his grave , nor any thing at that place , only this which stands in the common Register belonging to the said Church . Georgius Sandys Poetarum Anglorum sui saeculi facile princeps , sepultus fuit Martii 7. stilo Anglic. an . dom . 1643. One Tho. Philpot M. A. of Clare Hall in Cambr. hath in his Poems printed at Lond. 1646. in oct . a copy of verses , not to be contemn'd , on his death . I find another George Sandys , contemporary with the former and a Knight , who having committed felony , was executed ( at Tybourne as it seems ) on the fourth of March 1617. HANNIBAL GAMMON a Londoner born and a Gentlemans Son , became a Commoner of Broadgates hall in 1599. and in that of his age 17 , took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards was made Minister of S. Maugan in Cornwall , where he was much frequented by the puritannical party for his edifying and practical way of preaching . He hath published Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Gods smiting to amendment , &c. preached at the Assizes in Launceston 6. Aug. 1628. on Esay 1.5 . Lond. 1629. qu. ( 2 ) Praise of a godly woman , a wedding Sermon , &c. Lond. 1627. q. ( 3 ) Sermon at the Lady Roberts funeral , 10. Aug. 1626. &c. These two last I have not yet seen , nor another Sermon preached at the Assizes in Launceston , 1621 , which was printed that year . In 1641 he sided with the Presbyterians , and in 1643 he was chosen one of the Assembly of Divines , which is all I yet know of him . CALYBUTE DOWNING the eldest Son of Calyb . Downing of Shennington in Gloucestershire , near to Banbury in Oxfordshire , Gent. ( Lord of the mannors of Sugarswell and Tysoe in Warwickshire ) became a Commoner of Oriel Coll. in 1623 and in that of his age 17 or thereabouts took one degree in Arts , compleated it by determination , and then went , as it seems , to Cambridge , or beyond the Seas , where taking another degree , he entred into orders , was made Rector of Hickford , ( in Bucks . ) Doctor of the Laws , and had , ( as I have been informed by one that well knew him ) the Rectory of West-Ildesley in Berks , bestowed on him . About that time , he being a competitor for the Wardenship of All 's . Coll. when Dr. Gilb. Sheldon was elected , but lost it , did at length exchange W. Ildesley for the Rectory of Hackney near London , and was a great suitor to be Chaplain to Tho. E. of Strafford L. Lieutenant of Ireland , thinking that employment the readiest way to be a Bishop . And whilst he had hopes of that preferment , he writ stoutly in justification of that calling , and was ready ever and anon to maintain it in all Discourses . But being a reputed weathercock that turns which way soever the wind of his own humour and ambition blew him , did , upon some discontent , watch an opportunity to gain preferment , let it come what way soever . At length being esteemed by the Faction to be a Man fitted for any base employment , and one that ( what ever he counterfeited ) ever looked awry on the Church , in which ( being setled and in peace ) he could never hope to advance further than Rector of Hackney , was by them sent to feel the pulse of the great City of London . While therefore discontents did rise high in the North , the Scots having in an hostile manner entred the Kingdom , the people every where , especially in London , stirred up by some Agents to petition the King for that Parliament , which began 3. Nov. 1640 , our Author Downing did then ( viz. on the first of Sept. 1640 ) preach to the brotherhood of the Artillery Garden , and positively affirmed that for defence of religion and reformation of the Church , it was lawful to take up arms against the King. He having thus kindled the fire in the City , did , for fear of being questioned , ( for then it was not lawful to preach Treason ) retire privately to Little-Lees in Essex , the house of Robert Earl of Warwick , and common rendezvouze of all schismatical preachers in those parts , while in the mean time his Sermon , which did administer in every place matter of discourse , was censur'd as people stood affected , and in fine gave occasion to the Ringleaders of the Faction to enter upon serious examination and study of this case of Conscience : And , it seems , that they consulting (*) with the Jesuits on the one side , and the rigid Puritan on the other ; or indeed , because without admitting this doctrine , all their former endeavours would vanish into smoak , they stood doubtful no longer , but closed with these two contrary parties , yet shaking hands in this point of Rebellion , and subscribing to the Doctrine of Downing , as an evangelical truth . Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion soon after , he became Chaplain to the Regiment of John Lord Roberts in the Army of Robert Earl of Essex , where he preached and prayed continually against the King and his Cause . In 1643 he shewed himself a grand Covenanter , and thereupon was made one of the Assembly of Divines , but leaving them soon after , he sided with the Independents , and preached so seditiously that he was commonly (†) called Young Peters , or Hugh Peters the second , and often and bitterly preached against such Citizens of London that shew'd themselves zealous for an union or right understanding between the King and his Parliament . But behold , while he was in the height of these diabolical and rebellious actions , he was suddenly , and as I may say most justly , cut off from the face of the earth and was no more seen . His Works are these . A discourse of the state Ecclesiastical of this Kingdom in relation to the Civil , considered under three conclusions , &c. Oxon. 1633. &c. A digression discussing some ordinary exceptions against Ecclesiastical Officers — To these two discourses , tho his name is put , yet I have been informed by a certain D. of D. then living and well known to Downing , that he the said C. Downing was not the Author of them . Discourse of the false grounds , the Bavarian party have laid , to settle their own Faction , and shake the peace of the Empire , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. Discourse upon the interest of England considered , in the case of the deteinure of the Prince Elector Palatine his dignities and dominions — printed with the former book next going before . A discoursive conjecture upon the reasons that produce a desired event of the present Troubles of Great Britaine , different from those of Lower Germany , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. &c. Divers Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. preached before the renowned Company of Artillery 1. Sept. 1●40 . on Deut. 25.17 . Lond. 1642. qu. ( 2 ) Fast Serm. before the H. of Commons 31. Aug. 1642 , on 2. Thes . 3. ver . 2. — ( whether printed I know not , ) and others which I have not yet seen . This person who had a hot and rambling Head , laid it down very unwillingly , and gave up the Ghost at Hackney , about the beginning of the year sixteen hundred forty and four , to the great grief of his aged Father , who died in Nov. following . This Dr. Cal. Downing was Father to a Son of his own temper named George , a sider with all times and changes , well skil'd in the common Cant , and a Preacher sometimes to boot , a man of note in Olivers days , as having been by him sent Resident to the Lords States General of the United Provinces , a Soldier in Scotland , and at length Scout Master General there , and a Burgess for several Corporations in that Kingdom , in Parliaments that began there in 1654 and 56. Upon a foresight of his Majesty K. Ch. 2. his Restauration he wheeled about , took all opportunities to shew his Loyalty , was elected Burgess for Morpeth in Northumb. to serve in that Parl. begun at Westm . 8. May 1661 , was about that time sent Envoy Extraordinary into Holland , where to shew his zeal and love for his Majesty , he seized on three Regicides at Delft named John Barkstead , Joh. Okey and Miles Corbet , whom he forthwith sent into England to receive the reward of the Gallows . Afterwards being made Secretary to the Treasury and one of his Majesties Commissioners of the Customs , was by the name of Sir George Downing of East-Hatley in Cambridgeshire Knight , created a Baronet on the first of July 1603. BRIAN TWYNE Son of Tho. Twyne ( mentioned before , under the year 1613 p. 329 ) was admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. in a Surrey place on the 13. Dec. 1594 and in that of his age 15 or thereabouts . After he had taken the degrees in Arts , he was admitted Probationer-Fellow of the said House 3. Jan. 1605 ; about which time entring into Holy Orders , took the degree of Bach. of Div. five years after . In 1614 he was made Greek Reader of his College , performed his duty well , and about 1623 , left that and the House to avoid his being ingaged in a faction then between the President and Fellows ; knowing very well that if he favoured either side , expulsion would follow , because he had entred into a wrong County-place . Afterwards he became Vicar of Rye in Sussex ( in which County , at Lewes , as 't is supposed by some , he was born ) by the favour , as it seems , of the Earl of Dorset , but being seldom resident on the place , he spent the most part of his time in Oxon , in certain hired Lodgings in Penverthingstreet in the Parish of S. Aldate , where he continued to his dying day . The genius of this person being naturally bent to the study of History and Antiquities , he published a Book in vindication of the antiquity and dignity of the University of Oxon , against such matters that Londinensis , otherwise called John Cay had said in his book De antiquitate Acad Cantab. in derogation to Oxon , the title of it is this . Antiquitatis Academiae Oxoniensis Apologia , in tres libros divisa . Oxon. 1608. qu. To which books are these things added . Miscellanea quaedam de antiquis aulis & Studentium collegiis , quondam , & hodie , in universitate existentibus . Summorum Oxoniensis Academiae Magistratuum , hoc est Cancellariorum , Commissariorum , et Vicecancellariorum necnon Procuratorum , &c. catalogus . In the aforesaid Apology , tho sufficient judgment , yet greater reading , is shewed ; which hath occasioned many understanding men , to suppose , nay rather confidently believe , that he had the helps of Tho. Allen and Miles Windsore in the composition of the work , especially for this reason , that when he had fitted it for the Press , he was scarce 28 years of age . Howsoever it is , I shall not pretend to judge : sure I am that notwithstanding several persons have endeavour'd to pick flaws and errors thence , and have characteriz'd it to be rather a rude heap , than an exact pile , yet the body and general part of it remains as yet unanswer'd . The Author intended to reprint the said Work with additions , collected from many obscure places , but the grand Rebellion breaking out in 1642 , ( in the time of which he died ) his design was frustrated , and the Book it self interleav'd and filled with additions , together with many rarities , were , when the great fire hapned in Oxon ( which was soon after his death ) either burnt with the house wherein he died , ( having been there left by his Executor ) or else then conveyed away by such who commonly seek advantage by such disasters . I have heard some Masters of Arts , who then bore Arms for his Majesty in Oxon , say , that six or seven Volumes of his collections in quarto ( either of Greek , Mathematicks , Philosophy , Heraldry . Antiquities , &c. in all which he was well read , ) were offered to them by a beggerly Soldier for very inconsiderable prizes ; and Dr. Herb. Pelham sometimes of Madg. Coll. hath aver'd it for an unquestionable truth that two or three Vol. were offered to him by such indigent persons for six pence a peice , such is the sordidness of ignorance and poverty . Our Author Twyne was of a melancholick temper and sedentary life , and wholly spent his time in reading , writing and contemplation . He made it his whole endeavour to maintain the University Privileges and Liberties against its oppugners , and spent much mony and travel for that purpose , especially for the obtaining copies of the antient Charters and Bulls which formerly had been granted thereunto . He left no Library , Office , or place , wherein he thought were reposed monuments of Literature and Antiquity unperused , expecting in them something that might redound to the honor of his Mother , making thereby an incredible pile of collections . But so it was , that most of them , except some which he bequeathed to the University relating to controversial matters between the two Corporations , were , with great resentment let it be spoken , lost in the said fire . Had they , or his interleav'd Book , been saved , the work of the Hist . and Antiq. of Oxon , which was some years since published , might probably have been spared , or at least have come sooner to light , with much gratitude to the lucubrations of this industrious Antiquary ; but being lost , as I have told you , tho Dr. Langbaine of Qu. Coll. and one or more did make diligent search after it , I was forced to peruse the records in all those places , which he had done before , nay each College treasury of muniments , which were , except one , omitted by him , to the end that all local antiquities in Oxford , and other matters of Antiquity , not well understood by him , might be by me known , and in future time described , if ever the English Copy of the said Hist . and Antiq. of Oxon , may hereafter be published ; to which I intend to add the Antiquities of the Town or City of Oxon. Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. had an especial respect for our Author Twyne and employed him in drawing up the University Statutes now in use : which were afterwards corrected , methodized and furbisht over with excellent Latine by Dr. Pet. Turner one of the Savilian Professors , as I shall tell you hereafter . In the said noble work of gathering the Statutes together , our Author being the chief , if not the only , Drudge , ( for he transcribed them all under his own hand ) he was rewarded with the place of Custos Archivorum , founded and established by the Chancellour and Scholars of the University after the Statutes were compleated , an . 1634. Which place he enjoying about ten years , took his last farewell of this world in his Lodgings in S. Aldates Parish before mentioned , on the fourth day of July in sixteen hundred forty and four . Afterwards his body was buried in the inner Chappel , or Choire of Corp. Ch. College , to which House he had bequeathed in his last Will many choice Books , whereof some were Mss . of his own writing . What I have further to observe of our Author is , that tho he was accounted by divers persons an honest plain Man , one rather industrious than judicious , ( notwithstanding well skilled in the Mathematicks ) cynical than facetious , morose than pleasant , clownish than courteous , close than communicative , and that he was evilly spoken of by the Oxonian vulgar , as a Conjurer , or one busied in the Black Art , a betrayer of their Liberties and I know not what , yet he was a loving and a constant friend to his Mother the University and to his College , a severe Student and an adorer of venerable Antiquity . And therefore , forasmuch as his love was so , which none that knew him could ever say to the contrary , his memory ought to be respected by all vertuous and good men . REES PRICHARD was born , as it seems , at Llanymodyfri in Caermarthenshire , and being educated in those parts , he was sent to Jesus Coll. in 1597 , aged 18 years or thereabouts , ordained Priest at Wittham or Wytham in Essex by John Suffragan Bishop of Colchester , on Sunday 25. Apr. 1602 , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in June following , and on the sixth of Aug. the same year , had the Vicaridge of Llanymodyfri before mentioned , commonly called Landovery collated on him by Anthony Bishop of S. David . On the 19. of Nov. 1613 he was instituted Rector of Llamedy in the dioc . of S. David , ( presented thereunto by the King , ) which he held with the other Living by dispensation from the Archb. 28. Oct. 1613 , confirmed by the great Seal on the 29 of the same month , and qualified by being Chaplain to Robert Earl of Essex . In 1614. May 17. he was made Prebendary of the Collegiat Church of Brecknock by the aforesaid Anthony Bishop of S. David ; and by the Title of Master of Arts ( which degree he was persuaded to take by Dr. Laud his diocesan ) he was made Chancellour of S. David ( to which the Prebend of Llowhadden is annex'd ) on the 14. of Sept. 1626 upon the resignation of Rich. Baylie Bach. of Div. of S. Johns Coll. In Wales is a book of his composition that is common among the people there , and bears this Title . Gwaith Mr Rees Prichard , Gynt Ficcer &c. The works of Mr. Rees Prichard sometimes Vicar of Landovery in Caermarthenshire , printed before in 3 Books , but now printed together in one book , &c. with an addition in many things out of Mss . not seen before by the publisher ; besides a fourth part now the first time imprinted . Lond. 1672 in a thick 8● . It contains four parts , and the whole consist of several Poems and pious Carols in Welsh , which some of the Authors Countrymen commit to memory , and are wont to sing . He also translated divers Books into Welsh , and wrot somthing upon the 39 Artiticles ; which , whether printed I know not : some of it I have seen in Ms . He dyed at Llanymodifri about the month of Nov. in sixteen hundred forty and four , and was , as I presume , buried in the Church there . In his life time he gave Lands worth 20 l. per ann . for the setling a Free School at Llanymodifri , together with an House to keep it in . Afterwards the House was possessed by four School-Masters successively , and the mony paid to them . At length Tho. Manwaring ( Son of Roger sometimes Bishop of St. David ) who married Elizab. the only daugh . of Samuel , Son of the said Rees Prichard , did retain , ( as I have been informed by letters thence ) and seise upon , the said Lands under pretence of paying the School-Master in mony , which accordingly was done for an year or two . But not long after ( as my informer tells me ) the River Towry breaking into the House , carried it away , and the Lands belonging thereunto , are occupied at this time ( 1682 ) by Rog. Manwaring Son and Heir of Thomas before mentined ; so that the School is in a manner quite forgotten . WILLIAM LAUD Son of Will. Laud by Lucia his Wife , widdow of Joh. Robinson of Reading in Berks , and daugh . of Joh. Webbe of the same place , was born in S. Laurence Parish in the said borough of Reading , on the 7. of Octob. 1573 , educated in the Free-School there , elected Scholar of S. Johns Coll. in 1590 , where going thro with great diligence the usual forms of Logic and Philosophy under the tuition of Dr. John Buckeridge , was made Fellow in 1594 , and four years after Mast . of Arts , at which time he was esteemed by all those that knew him a very forward and zealous person . About that time entring into the Sacred Function , he read the Divinity Lecture newly set up in the Coll , and maintained by one Mrs. ... May. In 1●03 he was elected one of the Proctors of the University , and became Chaplain to the Earl of Devonshire , which proved his happiness , and gave him hopes of greater preferment . In 1604 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and in 1607 he became Vicar of Stanford in Northamptonshire . In the year following he proceeded D. of Div. and was made Chaplain to Dr. Neile Bishop of Rochester . In 1609 he became Rector of West-Tilbury in Essex , for which he exchanged his Advowson of North-Kilworth in Leicestershire . The next year his Patron the Bishop of Rochester gave him the Rectory of Kuckstone in Kent , but that place proving unhealthful to him , he left it , and was inducted into Norton by proxy . The same year viz. 1610 he resign'd his Fellowship , and the year following he was elected President of his College . In 1614 his Patron , then Bishop of Lincoln , gave him a Prebendship in that Church , and after that the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon , an . 1615 , on the death of Matthew Gifford Master of Arts. In the year 1616 the King gave him the Deanery of Glocester after the death of Dr. Rich. Field , and in the year following he became Rector of Ibstock in Leicestershire . In 1620 Jan. 22. he was installed Canon or Prebendary of the eighth stall in the Church of Westminster , ( in the place of Edw. Buckley D. D. who had succeeded Will. Latymer in that dignity 1582. ) and the next year after , his Majesty ( who upon his own confession had given to him nothing but the Deanery of Glocester , which he well knew was a shell without a kernel ) gave him the grant of the Bishoprick of S. David , and withal , leave to hold his Presidentship of S. Jo. Coll. in commendam with it , as also the Rectory of Ibstock before mention●d , and Creek in Northamptonshire . In Sept. 1626 he was translated to B. and Wells , and about that time made Dean of the Royal Chappel . In 1627 Apr. 29. he was sworn privy Counsellor with Dr. Neile then B. of Durham , and on the 15 of Jul. 1628 , he was translated to London . Much about which time , his antient acquaintance Sir Jam. Whitlock a Judge used to say of our Author Dr. Laud that (*) he was too full of fire , though a just and a good man , and that his want of experience in state matters , and his too much zeal for the Church , and heat , if he proceeded in the way he was then in , would set this Nation on fire . In 1630 he was elected Chancellour of the Univ. of Oxon , and in 1633 Sept. 19. he was translated to Canterbury , which high preferment drew upon him such envy , that by the puritan party , he was afterwards in the beginning of the Long Parliament , impeached of high Treason . He was a person of an heroick spirit , pious life , and exemplary conversation . He was an encourager of Learning , a stiff maintainer of the rights of the Church and Clergy , and one that lived to do honour to his Mother the University and his Country . Such a liberal benefactor also he was towards the advancement of learning , that he left himself little or nothing for his own use ; and by what his intentions were , we may guess that if the severe stroke of Rebels had not untimely sequestred , and cut him off , S. Pauls Cathedral had silenced the fame of antient wonders , our English Clergy had been the glory of the world , the Bodleian libr. in Oxon. had daily outstript the Vatican , and his publick structures had o'ertopt the Escurial . Whosoever also will read over the Breviat of his life and actions , pen'd by himself for private use , but purposely publish'd by his inveterate enemy W. Prynne with his rascally Notes and diabolical Reflections thereon , purposely to render him more odious to the common people ( followed therein by another (a) Villain ) will find that he was a man of such eminent vertues , such an exemplary piety towards God , such an unwearied fidelity to his gracious Sovereign , of such a publick soul towards the Church and State , of so fix'd a constancy in what he undertook , and one so little biassed in his private Interests , that (b) Plutarch , if he were alive , would be much troubled to find a sufficient parallel wherewith to match him in all the lineaments of perfect vertue . Next as for his great reading and learning , may be , by curious persons , seen in his works , ( and thereby easily perceive that he was versed in books as well as in business ) the titles of which follow . Several sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon preached before his Maj. at Wansted , 19 June 1621 , on Psal . 122.6 , 7. Lond. 1621. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. at Whitehall 24 Mar. 1621 , being the day of the beginning of his Maj. most gracious raigne , on Psal . 21.6 , 7. Lond. 1622. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. before his Maj. at Whitehall , on Psal . 75.2 , 3. Lond. 1625. qu. ( 4 ) Serm. at Westm . 6 Feb. at the opening of the Parl. on Psal . 122.3.4.5 . Lond. 1625. qu. ( 5 ) Serm. at Westm . 17 Mar. ( 1627 ) at the opening of the Parl. on Ephes . 4.3 . Lond. 1628. qu. ( 6 ) Serm. at Whitehall at a solemn Fast before the K. 5 Jul. 1626. on Psal . 74.22 . Lond. 1626. ( 7 ) Serm. at Paules Cross on the Kings inauguration , on Psal . 22.1 . — printed at Lond. Which seven Sermons were reprinted at the same place in oct . an . 1651. Speech delivered in the Star-chamber , 14 June 1637 , at the censure of Joh. Bastwick , Hen. Burton and Will. Prynne . Lond. 1637. qu. &c. Conference between him and Jo. Fisher . Lond. 1623. fol. published under his Chaplains name R. B. i. e. Rich. Baylie of S. Johns Coll. Reprinted 1639 and 1673. fol. Answer to the Exceptions of A. C. — printed with the former . Which Conference was look'd upon as a piece so solidly compacted , that one of our (c) Historians ( who shews himself to be none of Lauds greatest friends ) gives it the commendation of being the exactest Master-piece of polemique Divinity of any extant at that time , and farther affirms ▪ that he declared himself therein , so little theirs ( meaning the Papists ) as he had for ever disabled them from being so much their own , as before they were . Sir Edw. Deering also his profess'd adversary , in the Preface to the book (d) of speeches , could not but confess , that in the said book of Laud , especially in the last half of it , he had muzled the Jesuit , and should strike the Papists under the fifth ribb , when he was dead and gone ▪ and being dead , that wheresoever his grave should be , Pauls should be his perpetual monument , and his own book his Epitaph . It was answered by a Jesuit named Tho. Carwell alias Thorold a Lincolnshire man born , in a book intit . Labirinthus Cantuariensis . Par. 1658. fol. Replied upon by Dr. Meric Casaubon ( as I shall tell you elsewhere ) and by Mr. Edw. Stillingfleet . Various Letters , as ( 1 ) Letters of state , dispersed in the Cabala's and divers books . ( 2 ) Letter with divers Mss . to the University of Oxon. Lond. 1640 , with the answer of the University in one sh . in qu. which I have mention'd elsewhere . They were both written in Lat. but foolishly translated into Engl. by a precise person , purposely to bring an Odium on Dr. Laud. See Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 348. b. ( 3 ) Letter to the Univ. of Oxon. when he resigned his office of Chancellour . Oxon. 1641. in one sh . published by occasion of a base libel or forgery that ran under the said title . The University's Answer in Lat. is joyned to it , &c. Notes in Ms . on a book entit . Romes Master-piece , &c. Lond. 1643. qu. Which book was published by Will. Prynne , and by his endeavours was conveyed to him when he was Prisoner in the Tower of London , where he wrot the said notes . This book , with notes , coming after his death into the hands of Dr. Rich. Baylie , who married Dr. Laud's neice , came after his , into mine . Breviate or Diary of his life . Lond. 1644. in 10 sh . in fol. This was a pocket book , which he had wrot in the Lat. tongue for his own private use ; but restless Prynne having had a hint of such a thing , obtain'd an Order from the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed for the safety of the Kingdom , dat . 30 May 1643 , to seize upon his papers , letters , &c. By vertue of which order , he , with others , repaired to the Tower of London the next day early in the morning , and rushing suddenly into his Chamber before he was stirring from his bed , went directly to his breeches lying by the bed-side , and thrusting his hand into his pockets with very great impudence , took the said Breviate thence . Whereupon , thinking to plague the Archbishop as much as he could in his life time , and make him more odious to the Mobile , published it to the World , and caused , under hand , that a printed copy might be sent to him . But so it fell out , that the Publisher Prynne was extreamly mistaken ; for all judicious and impartial men did take it for the greatest piece of Justice from Prynns hands , that ever he before had done . For what the generality could not think before of the Archbishop , were then confirm'd of his character , which I have before told you , that he was a man of eminent vertues , exemplary piety , &c. Speech and Prayer spoken at his death on the Scaffold on Towerhill , 10 Jan. 1644. Lond. 1644 — 45. qu. This is call'd his Funeral Sermon , preached on Heb. 12.1 , 2. and is kept in Ms . under his own hand in S. Johns Coll. Library . It was answer'd by his implacable enemy Hen. Burton Minister of S. Mathews Ch. in Fridaystreet , Lond. in a Pamphlet bearing this title , The grand imposture unmasked : or , a detection of the notorious hypocrisie , and desperate impiety of the late Archb. ( so stiled ) of Canterbury , which he read on the scaffold at his Execution , 10 Jan. 1645. printed in two sh . and half in qu. Other Answers were published by Anonymi , which for brevity I shall now omit . Officium quotidianum : or , a manual of private Devotions . Lond. 1650 and 63. in oct . A summary of Devotions . Lond. 1667. in tw . published according to the copy written with his own hand in the archives of S. Johns Coll. Library . Variae epistolae ad clariss . Ger. Jo. Vossium . The number of them is 18 , and are printed in a book intit . Gerard. Jo. Vossii & clarorum virorum ad eum epistolae . Lond. 1690. fol. published by Paul. Colomesius . I have seen and perused a Ms . transcrib'd under the hand of Joh. Birkenhead , containing all the passages which concern the University of Oxon. since Dr. Laud's first nomination and election to the Chancellourship of the said University . It commences 12 Apr. 1630 , and ends 14 Dec. 1640 , bound up in a vellam cover in fol. and endorsed thus , Gesta sub Cancellariatu meo Oxon. This Ms . was communicated to me , when I was composing the Hist . and Antiq. of the Univ. of Oxon. by Dr. Peter Mews President of S. Johns Coll. wherein finding many useful things for my purpose ( which another may do for his , and therefore it escap'd Prynn's hands ) I thought it therefore not unworthy of a place here , as I could do of many other things under his hand , which I have seen reserved in private custody as choice monuments : but time calls me away , and I must hasten . Yet I cannot but let the Reader know , that there is a fol. Ms . going from hand to hand , entit . Wholsome Queries resolved by Dr. Laud , manifesting that Monarchy is no safe Principle for Protestants , &c. — sed caveat lector . At length in the beginning of the civil Distempers , this worthy Archbishop was upon suspicion of introducing Popery into the Nation , arbitrary Government , and I know not what ( aggravated in an high degree ) committed Prisoner first to the Black-rod , and afterwards to the Tower , where remaining about four years , was at length by the Votes of a slender house , beheaded on Tower-hill on the tenth day of January in sixteen hundred forty and ●our . Whereupon his body being buried in the chancel of the Church of Allhallowes Barkin which he before had consecrated , remained there entire till July 1663 , at which time being removed to Oxon , was on the 24 day of the same month , deposited with ceremony in a little Vault built of brick , near to the high Altar of S. Johns Coll. Chappel . Thus died and buried was this most reverend , renowned , and religious Arch-prelate , when he had lived 71 years , 13 weeks and four days ; if at least he may be properly said to dye ; the great example of whose vertue shall continue always , not only in the minds of men , but in the Annals of succeeding ages , with renown and fame . RICHARD BAKER son of Joh. Bak. of Lond. Gent. ( by Cath. his wife daug . of Reynold Scot of Scots hall in Kent Kt. ) a younger son of Sir Joh. Baker of Sissingherst in Kent Kt. Chancellour of the Exchequer and of the Council to K. Hen. 8. was born in Kent , particularly , ( as I have been informed by his (*) daughter ) at Sissingherst before mention'd , entred a Commoner of Hart Hall in 1584 , and was matriculated , in Mich. term that year , as a Kentish man born , and the son of a Gent. being then in the 16 year of his age : at which time several of the family of the Scots before mention'd studied then in the said Hall. After he had spent about 3 years in Logic and Philosophy in that house , then flourishing with men of note in several Faculties , he went to one of the Inns of Court , afterwards beyond the seas , and nothing was omitted by his Parents to make him an accomplish'd person . In 1594 , after the celebration of a most solemn Act , he was , with other persons of quality , actually created Master of Arts , and in 1603. May 17. he received the honour of Knighthood from K. Jam. 1. at Theobalds ; at which time this our Author ( who lived at Highgate near London ) was esteem'd a most compleat and learned person : the benefit of which he reaped in his old , age , when his considerable estate , was , thro suretiship , very much impaired . In 1620 he was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire , being then Lord of Middle Aston , and of other lands therein , and , if I mistake not , a Justice of the Peace . He was a person tall and comely , of a good disposition and admirable discourse , religious , and well read in various Faculties , especially in Div. and Hist . as it may appear by these books following , which he mostly composed when he was forced to fly for shelter to his studies and devotions . Cato variegatus . Or , Catoes moral disticks varied . Lond. 1636. 'T is a Poem . Meditations and disquisitions on the Lords Prayer . Lond. 1637. qu. there again 1640 fourth edit . qu. A copy of this book in Ms . being sent to his quondam Chamber-fellow Sir Hen. Wotton before it Went to the press , he returned this testimony of it ; I much admire the very character of your stile , which seemeth unto me to have not a little of the African Idea of S. Austins age , full of sweet raptures , and of researching conceits ; nothing borrowed , nothing vulgar , and yet all flowing from you ( I know not how ) with a certain equal facility . Med. and disq . on the three last Psalmes of David . Lond. 1639. Med. and disq . on the 50 Psal . Lond. 1639. Med. and disq . on the seven penitent . Psalmes . Lond. 1639. qu. Med. and disq . on the first Psal . Lond. 1640. qu. Med. and disq . on the seven consolatorie Psalmes of David , namely the 23.27.30.34.84.103 . and 116. Lond. 1640. in qu. Med. and Prayers upon the seven days of the week . Lond. 1640. in 16. which is the same , I suppose , with his motives of prayer on the seven days of the week . Apology for Laymens writing in Divinity . Lond. 1641. in tw . Short meditation on the fall of Lucifer . — printed with the Apology . A solliloquy of the soul , or , a pillar of Thoughts , &c. Lond. 1641. in tw . Chronicle of the Kings of England from the time of the Roman Government , unto the death of K. James , &c. Lond. 1641. &c. fol. Which Chronicle , as the Author saith , was collected with so great care and diligence , that if all other of our Chronicles were lost , this only would be sufficient to inform posterity of all passages memorable or worthy to be known , &c. However the Reader must know , that it being reduced to method , and not according to time , purposely to please Gentlemen and Novices , many chief things to be observed therein , as name , time , &c. are egregiously false , and consequently breed a great deal of confusion in the peruser , especially if he be curious or critical . There was another edition of it that came out in 1653 and 58 , in which last was added The history of the raigne of K. Ch. 1. with A continuation from his death to 1658. Lond. 1660. fol. made by Edw. Philipps , sometimes a student of Magd. Hall. Afterwards in 1671 , if I mistake not , came out another edit . in which was contained an addition of The first thirteen years of K. Ch. 2. that is , from the death of K. Ch. 1. to the Coronation of K. Ch. 2. as also the Occurrences of his Restauration by George late Duke of Albemarle , extracted from his Excellencies papers , &c. which , as I have been informed , were for the most part done by Sir Tho. Clarges , ( whose sister the said Duke had married ) and put into the hands of the said Philipps , but therein Mr. Philipps , attributing more to the Dukes glory than was true , he got the ill will of him . Therein are also added to the Reign of K. Jam. 1. and K. Ch. 1. the names of the Noble-men that they created , and other matters . But so it was , that the Author Baker , and his Continuator Philipps having committed very many Errors , Thom. Blount of the Inner Temple Esq . published Animadversions on that edit . of 1671 , and were printed in oct . at Oxon 1672. Which book containing only a specimen of the errors , may easily be discerned what the whole Chronicle containeth . But notwithstanding these Animadversions , the Chronicle , when afterwards it was several times reprinted , had none of the said errors therein corrected , but came out full of faults as before , and was greedily bought up by illiterate and inconsiderable persons . By the way it must be known , that the said Tho. Blount son of Myles Blount of Orleton in Herefordshire , the fifth son of Rog. Blount of Monkland in the same County , was born at Bordesley in Worcestershire , being of a younger house of an antient (a) and noble family of his name , but never advantaged in Learning by the help of an University , only his own genie and industry , together with the helps of his scholastical acquaintance during his continuance in the Temple , before and after he was Barrister . His Writings are many , and some perhaps not fit here to be put down ; among which are ( 1 ) The Academy of Eloquence containing a compleat English Rhetorick . Printed at Lond. in the time of the Rebellion and several times after . ( 2 ) Glossographia : or , a Dictionary interpreting such hard words , whether Hebr. Gr. Lat. Ital. &c. that are now used in our refined Engl. Tongue , &c. Lond. 1656. oct . Published several times after with additions and amendments . ( 3 ) The lamps of the law , and lights of the gospel ; or , the Titles of some late spiritual , polemical , and metaphysical new books . Lond. 1658. in oct . Written in imitation of J. Birkenheads Pauls Churchyard , and published under the name of Grass and Hay Withers . ( 4 ) Boscobel : or , the history of his Majesties Escape after the battel of Worcester , 3 Sept. 1651. Lond. 1660 , in oct . there again 1680. in oct . third edit . Translated into French and Portuguese ; the last of which was done by Pet. Gifford of White Ladies in Staffordshire , a R. Catholic . ( 5 ) The Catholic Almanack , for 1661. 62. 63. &c. which selling not so well as Joh. Booker's Almanack did , he therefore wrot ( 6 ) Booker rebuked : or , Animadversions on Bookers Alm. which made much sport among people , having had the assistance therein of Jo. Sargeant and Jo Austen . ( 7 ) A law Dictionary , interpreting such difficult and obscure words and terms , as are found either in our common or statute , antient or modern , laws , &c. Lond. 1671. fol. There again in 1691 , with some corrections , and the addition of above 600 words . ( 8 ) Animadversions upon Sir Rich. Bakers Chron. and its Continuation , &c. Oxon. 1672. oct . ( 9 ) A world of errors discovered in The new world of words , &c. Lond. 1673. fol. Written against Edw. Philipps his book intit . A new world of Engl. words , &c. ( 10 ) Fragmenta Antiquitatis , Antient tenures of land , and jocular customs of some Mannours . Lond. 1679. oct . ( 11 ) Boscobel , &c. the second part . Lond. 1681. oct . To which is added , Claustrum regale reseratum , Or the Kings Concealment at Trent in Somersetshire , published by Mrs. Anne Windham of Trent . Our Author Blount also wrot Animadversions upon Britannia , written by R. Blome , but whether printed I cannot tell ; and translated from French into English , The Art of making Devises . Lond. 1646. and 50. in qu. Written originally by Hen. Esti●nne Lord of Fossez : To which Blount added , A catalogue of Coronet-Devises , both on the Kings and Parliaments side , in the late Wars . At length upon the breaking out of the Popish Plot , being much affrighted by the violent current of that time ( he himself being a zealous Rom. Cath. ) he contracted the Palsie , as by his last letter sent to me , dated 28 Apr. 1679 , I was informed , adding therein , that he had then quitted all books except those of devotion . On the 26 of Dec. following , being S. Stephens day , he died at Orleton in Herefordshire , ( where he had a fair and plentiful estate ) in the year of his age 61 , and was buried in the Church there , and soon after had a comely monument put over his grave by Anne his relict , daugh . of Edm. Church of Maldon in Essex Esq . He then left behind him an imperfect Chronicle of England , which he and J. B. ( that 's all I know of him , for Mr. Blount would never tell me his name ) had for several years been compiling , but what became of it afterwards , I cannot tell . As for our Author Sir Rich. Baker , he hath written besides what I have already mention'd , Theatrum redivivum : or , the Theatre vindicated , in answer to Mr. Prynns Histrio mastix &c. Lond. 1662. octavo . Theatrum triumphans : or , a discourse of Plays . Lond. 1670 , oct . He also translated from Ital. into Engl. Discourses upon Corn. Tacitus . Lond. 1642. fol. They are in number 53 , and were written by Marquess Virgilio Malvezzi ; and from French into English , Letters of Monsieur Balsac , in 4 parts . Lond. 1638. oct . and 54 &c. with additions , in qu. He also wrot his own life , which he left in Ms . behind him , burnt or made wast paper by one Smith of Pater noster row , who married one of his daughters . At length after he had undergone many cares and troubles in this world , departed this mortal life in the Prison call'd the Fleet in Lond. on the 18 day of Febr. in sixteen hundred forty and four , and was , the day following , buried about the middle of the south isle joyning to S. Bridgets , commonly called S. Brides , Church near Fleetstreet in London . By his wife Margaret , dau . of Sir Geor. Manwaring of Ightfield in Shropshire Kt. ( for whose family this our Author was engaged for the payment of debts ) he had issue Thomas , Arthur , Cecilia , Anne , Margaret , &c. But whereas he saith in his (b) Chronicle , that K. Hen. 1. had by his Concubine Anne Corbet a natural daughter married to Fitzherbert his Lord Chamberlain , from whom , as he adds , is his family lineally descended through females , viz. thro Cummin , Chenduit , Brimpton , Stokes , Foxcote and Dyneley , is a great mistake ; for all , or most Chronicles , nay the Pedigree it self of Corbet which I have several times seen , say that the Concubine ( named in the said Pedegree Sybill ) and not the daughter , was married to the said Fitzherbert whom some call Henry the son of Herbert . WILLIAM STRODE the only son of Philip Strode sometimes living near Plimpton , and he a younger son of Sir Rich. Strode of Newneham or Newinham in Devonshire , was born in that County , elected Student of Ch. Ch. from the Coll. School at Westm . about the latter end of 1617 , and in that of his age 16 or thereabouts , took the degr . in Arts , holy orders , and became a most florid Preacher in the University . In 1629 he was chosen the public Orator of the University , being then one of the Proctors of it , and two years after was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . In 1638. Jul. 1. he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. and in the same month proceeded D. of Div ; before which time K. Ch. 1. had setled a Canonry of the said Church upon him that should be lawfully elected public Orator , but that pious Act hath been since annul'd by pretended Authority , and now such a thing seems totally to be forgotten among us . As for Strode , he was a person of great parts , but not equal to those of Cartwright , a pithy and sententious Preacher , exquisite Orator and an eminent Poet. He hath written , Passions calmed . Or , the setling of the floating Island . Lond. 1655. qu. 'T is a comedy , and was publickly acted before the K. and Q. in Ch. Ch. Hall 29 Aug. 1636. Speech made to Qu. Mary at Oxon. at her return out of Holland . Oxon. 1643. qu. Various Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. concerning swearing , on Math. 3.37 . Oxon. 1644. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. concerning death and the resurrection ; preached at S. Maries in Oxon. on Low Sunday 28 Apr. 1644 , on Colos . 3. ver . 3. Oxon. 1644. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. at a Visitation held at Linn in Norfolk , 24 Jun. 1633 , on Psal . 76.11 . Lond. 1660. qu. It was preached at the desire of Dr. Rich. Corbet Bish . of Norwich , to whom our Author , I think , was then Chaplain . Orations , Speeches , Epistles , Sermons , &c. — They were left behind him fairly written in several Volumes ; which coming into the hands of Dr. Rich. Gardiner Canon of Ch. Ch. came after , or before , his death , into those of Rich. Davies of Oxon Bookseller . Our Author Dr. Strode yielded to the stroke of death , to the great reluctancy of learned men , on the tenth day of March in sixteen hundred forty and four , and was buried in the Divinity Chappel , that is the isle most northward from the Choire , belonging to the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. I have seen several of his Poems that have had musical Compositions of two and three parts set to be sung , by the incomparable Mr. Hen. Lawes ; as also certain Anthems , particularly one to be sung on Good Friday , which had a composition also set thereunto by Rich. Gibbs Organist of Ch. Ch. in Norwych . I shall make mention of another Will. Strode elsewhere . WILLIAM BURTON the eldest son of Ralph Burton Esq . was born (b) in Leycestershire , at Lyndley , I suppose , near to Bosworth in that County , 24 Aug. 1575 , educated in the Grammar School at Sutton-colfield in Warwickshire , became either a Commoner or Gent. Com. of Brasn . Coll. in Mich. term , an . 1591 , where by the benefit of a careful Tutor , he became tolerably well read in Logic and Philosophy . On the 20 of May 1593 , he was admitted into the society of the Inner Temple , and in the month of June in the year following , he , as a member of Brasnose Coll. was admitted Bach. of Arts. Afterwards setling in the Temple , without compleating that degree by Determination , was made a Barrester : but his natural genie leading him to the studies of Heraldry , Genealogies , and Antiquities , he became excellent in those obscure and intricate matters , and , look upon him as a Gentleman , was accounted by all that knew him to be the best of his time for those studies , as it may appear by a book that he published , intit . The description of Leycestershire , &c. Lond. 1622. fol. Soon after the Author did very much enlarge , and enrich'd , it with Roman , Saxon , and other Antiquities , as by his letter (c) dated 9 June 1627 , written to Sir Rob. Cotton that singular lover of venerable Antiquity , it appears . 'T is now , as I have been informed , in the hands of Walt. Ch●twind of Ingestrey near to Stafford Esq who intends to publish it . I have seen (d) a common place book of English Antiquities made by our Will. Burton , which is a Manuscript in folio , composed mostly from Lelands several Volumes of his Itinerary , being the first of that nature that I have yet seen ; but it being a copy , and not written with his own hand , but by an illiterate scribe , are innumerable faults therein . This ingenious person who is stiled by a learned (e) Author of both his names The great ornament of his Country , died in his house at Fald in Staffordshire ( after he had suffered much in the war time ) on the sixth day of Apr. in sixteen hundred forty and five , and was buried in the Parish Church belonging thereunto called Hanbury Church , leaving then behind him several collections of Arms and Monuments , of Genealogies and other matters of Antiquity , which he had gathered from divers Churches and Gentlemens houses , and a son named Cassibilian Burton the heir of his Vertues as well as of other fortunes , who was born on the 9 of Nov. 1609 , but whether educated in this University I know not . His parts being different from those of his Father , he exercised them mostly in Poetry , and translated Martial into English , but whether extant I cannot tell you . In 1658 it then remained in Ms . which made a boon Companion (f) of his complain thus ; When will you do your self so great a right , To let your English Martial view the light . This Cass . Burton who had consumed the most , or better , part of the Estate which his Father had left him , died 28 Feb. 1681 , having some years before , given most of , if not all , the aforesaid Collections of his Father before mention'd to the said W. Chetwind Esq to be used by him in writing The Antiquities of Staffordshire . DANIEL FAIRCLOUGH , commonly called Featley , Son of John Featley ( somtimes Cook to Dr. Laur. Humphrey President of Madg. Coll. afterwards Cook of that of Corp. Chr. ) by Marian Thrift his Wife , was born at Charlton upon Otmore near to , and in the County of , Oxford , on the 5. of March or thereabouts in 1582 , educated in the Grammar School joyning to Madg. College , being then ( 1590 &c. ) Chorister of that house , admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. 13. Dec. an . 1594 , Probationer-Fellow 20 Sept. 1602 being then Bach. of Arts , and afterwards proceeding in that faculty , ( at which time he was Junior of the Act ) he became a severe student in that of Divinity . Soon after , having laid a solid foundation in the positive part , he betook himself to the Fathers , Councils , Schoolmen , &c. and in short time became eminent in them . His admirable disputations , his excellent Sermons , his grave , yet affable demeanour and his other rare accomplishments , made him so renoun'd , that Sir Tho. Edmonds being dispatched by King James , to lye Leiger ▪ Embassadour in France , he made choice of our Author to travel with him as his Chaplain . The choice he accepted and willingly obeyed , and spent 3 years in France in the house of the said Embassador . During that time he became the honor of the Protestant Religion and the English Nation ; insomuch as his many conflicts with , and conquests of , the learned Sorbonists in defence of the Protestants , and opposition to the Papists , caused even those his adversaries to give him this encomium that he was Featlaeus acutiss . & acerrimus . Upon his return into England , he repaired to his College , took the degree of Bac. of Div. 1613 and soon after became Rector of Northill in Cornwall by the favour of Ezeck . Arscot , Esq one of his Pupils and a Cornish man born . But before he was scarce warm there , he was sent for from thence to be domestick Chaplain to Dr. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury , and by him was prefer'd soon after to the Rectory of Lambeth in Surrey . In 1617 he proceeded in Divinity , and puzled Prideaux the Kings professor so much with his learned arguments , that a quarrel thereupon being raised , the Archbishop was in a manner forced to compose it for his Chaplains sake . The Archb. of Spalato being also present at the disputation , was so much taken with our Authors arguments that he forthwith gave him a Brothers-place in the Savoy Hospital near London , he being then Master thereof . About that time he had the Rectory of Alhallowes Church in Broadstreet within the City of London confer'd upon him by Canterbury ; which , soon after , he changed for the Rectory of Acton in Middlesex , and at length became the third and last Provost of Chelsey Coll. In 1625 he left Canterburies service ( being then married ) and retiring to Kennington near Lambeth , where his wife had a house , laid aside his polemical Divinity , wholly devoted himself to the study and practice of Piety and Charity , and composed his Ancilla Pietatis , which the next year was published . From that time to the beginning of the Civil War , may be many things here spoken of him , worthy of memory , as of his often disputes with persons of contrary Religion , his writing of books against the Church of Rome , &c. which shall now for brevity sake he omitted . In Nov. 1642 , after the King had encountred the Parliament-Soldiers at Brentford , some of the Rebels took up their quarters at Acton : who , after they had missed our Author Featley , whom they took to be a Papist , or at least that he had a Pope in his belly , they drank and eat up his Provision , burnt down a Barn of his full of Corn and two Stables , the loss amounting to 211 l. and at the same time did not only greatly profane the Church there by their beastly actions , but also burnt the rails , pull'd down the Font , broke the windows and I know not what . In Feb. following the said Rebels sought after him in the Church at Lambeth on a Lords day to murder him , but he having timely notice of their coming , withdrew and saved himself . In 1643 when the Bishops were altogether disinabled from performing their Office , and thereupon the Assembly of Divines was constituted , by the Blessed Parliament , then by some so call'd , our Author was appointed a member thereof , shewing himself among them to have more of Calvin in him than before , being ( as t is (*) said ) a Calvinist always in his heart , tho he shewed it not so openly till that time . But so it was , that our Author being a main stickler against the Covenant there , which he was to take , did in a letter to the learned Dr. Usher Primate of Ireland , then at Oxon , in the middle of Sept. the same year , shew to him the reasons why he excepted against it . A copy of which letter , or else another , which he about the same time wrot , being treacherously gotten (†) from him , was first carried to the Close Committee , and at length to the House of Commons . Whereupon our Author being judged to be a Spye and a betrayer of the Parliaments cause , was seised on , committed Prisoner to the Lord Petre's house in Aldergatestreet on the 30 of the said month , and his Rectories taken away , that of Acton being bestowed on the infamous Independent Philip Nye , and that of Lambeth on Joh. White of Dorchester , the old instrument of sedition , who afterwards got an order to obtain , and keep his Library of books , till such time that he could get his own back , which had a little before been seised on at Dorchester by the command of Prince Rupert . In the said Prison-house he continued till the beginning of March 1644 and then after much supplication made to the Parliament in his behalf ( he being then drawn very low and weak by the Dropsie ) he was remov'd for health sake to Chelsey Coll. of which he was then Provost , where spinning out a short time in Piety and holy Exercise , surrendred up his last breath to him that first gave it . He was esteemed by the generality to be one of the most resolute and victorious Champions of the reformed Protestant Religion in his time , a most smart scourge of the Church of Rome , a Compendium of the learned Tongues , and of all the liberal Arts and Sciences : Also , that though he was of small Stature , yet he had a great soul and had all learning compacted in him . He was most seriously and soundly pious and devout , and tam studio quàm exercitio Theologus insignis , &c. as 't is express'd in his Epitaph . What the Reader may further judg of him , may be by his works , the Catalogue of which follows . The life and death of Jo. Jewell somtime B. of Salisbury — 'T is an abridgment of the said Bishops life written by Laur. Humphrey D. D. drawn up by our Author whilst he was a Student in C. C. Coll. an 1609 at the command of Dr. Bancroft Archbishop of Canterbury . Which being by him concluded and sent to Lambeth , was suddenly printed and prefix'd to the said Jewells works , before he had time to revise it , and to note the errata therein . Most , if not all , of the said life is printed in English in a book intit . Abel redivivus , collected and written by Tho. Fuller — Lond. 1651. qu. History of the life and manner of death of Dr. Joh. Rainolds President of Corp. Ch. Coll. in Oxon. — It was delivered in a Lat. Oration from a pew set in that Coll. quadrangle , when the said Rainolds was to be inter'd in the Chappel there . Most , or all of the said life is remitted into the before mention'd Abel redivivus . Life and death of Rob. Abbot D. D. somtimes Bishop of Salisbury — Written in Latine also , as it seems , and remitted into Ab. rediv. in English . The Romish Fisher caught and held in his own net . Or , a true relation of his conference with Joh. Fisher and Joh. Sweet . Lond. 1624. qu. Appendix to the Fishers net , with a description of the Romish wheel and circle — Printed with the former book . A defence of his proceedings in the conference , together with a refutation of Mr. Fishers answer ( under the name of A. C. ) to a treatise intit . The Fisher caught in his own net . Lond. 1624. qu. The sum and substance of that which passed in a disputation between Dr. Featly and Mr. G. Musket , touching transubstantiation , 21. Apr. 1621. Lond. 1624. qu. True relation of that which passed in a conference at the end of Pater noster row , called Amen , touching transubstantiation , 18. Apr. 1623. Conference by writing between Dr. Featley and Mr. Jo. Sweet a Jesuit touching the ground , and last resolution of faith . Which five last things were printed with the Rom. Fisher caught . Ancilla Pietatis . or , the handmaid to private devotion , &c. Lond. 1626. oct . After which , were eight editions of it printed before the year 1676. The practice of extraordinary devotion — Printed with Ancilla Pietatis . In one of these two he makes the story of S. George the tutelar Saint of England a meer figment , for which he was forced to cry peccavi , and fall upon his knees before Dr. Will. Laud. A. B. Cant. as Will. Cartwright of Ch. Ch. hath noted it in the margin of a copy of the said book , which did belong to him . Summ of Saving knowledge delivered in a Catechisme consisting of 52 sections , answerable to the Sabbaths throughout the year . Lond. 1626. oct . Pelagius redivivus . Or , Pelagius rak'd out of the ashes by Arminius and his Scholars . Lond. 1626. qu. This book consists of two parallels , one between the Pelagians and Arminians , the other between the Church of Rome , the Appealer , ( viz. Rich. Mountague afterwards B. of Chichester ) and the Church of England in three Columes ; together with a writ of Errour sued against the Appealer , &c. Seven men in distinct books soon after Mountagues Appeale came forth , appeared against it , viz. G. Carleton B. of Chich. &c. See more in the said Carleton under the year 1628. The grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome in taking away the Sacred Cup from the Laity at the Lords Table , &c. Lond. 1630. qu. Two conferences : The former at Parys now stifled by the Romanists Bishop of Chalcedon , another at London with Mr. Everard a Romish Priest , disguised in the habit of a Lay Gentleman , unexpectedly met at a dinner in Noble street 25. Jan. 1626. — Printed with the Grand Sacrilege , &c. Clavis Mystica : A Key opening divers difficult and mysterious Texts of Holy Scripture , in 70 Sermons . Lond. 1636. fol. Which Sermons having several matters in them against the Papists and the Church of Rome , were as Prynne (a) saith obliterated before they went into the Press by the Licenser , Chaplain to Laud Archbishop of Canterbury . Defence of Sir Humph. Lynd 's Via tuta . Lond. 1638. qu. See in Sir H. Lynd under the year 1636. Answer to a piece intit . A case for a pair of Spectacles . Lond. 1638. qu. This , with a Supplement thereunto added , tho published by Dr. Featly , yet 't was originally written by the said Sir Humphrey . See more in Sir Humph. in vol. 1. p. 513. Transubstantiation exploded against the Bishop of Chalcedon . Lond. 1638. oct . Several Funeral Sermons . Lond. 1640. fol. published again with other Fun. Sermons , under the Title of The House of Mourning , &c. Lond. 1671. Vertumnus Romanus . Or , a discourse penned by a Romish Priest , wherein he endeavours to prove that it is lawful for a Papist in England to goe to a Protestant Church to receive the Communion , and to take the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy . To which are adjoyned animadversions in the margin , by way of Antidote , against those places where the rankest Poyson is couched . Lond. 1642. qu. Animadversions upon a book intit . A Safeguard from Shipwrack to a prudent Catholick , wherein is proved that a Catholique may goe to a Protestant Church and take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy . Lond. 1642. qu. Answer to the seaven articles exhibited against him to the Committee of plundred Ministers by three mechanick Brownists , in July 1643. — Which articles , with the answer , are extant in a book intit . The gentle Lash , &c. written , I think , by our Author Featley . The Dippers dipt . Or , the Anabaptists duck'd and plung'd over head and ears , at a disputation in Southwarke , 17. Oct. 1642. Lond. 1643. 44. 45. &c. Answered by Sam. Richardson an . 1645. Tractate against the Anabaptists contained in six Articles . Remarkable histories of the Anabaptists , with observations thereupon — These two last are printed with The Dippers dip't . Answer to a Popish challenge touching the antiquity and visibility of the true Church and other questions depending thereon . Lond. 1644. qu. Some Titles of this Book call it Roma ruens . His Manifesto and Challenge — Written upon report that he was turned Papist , an . 1644. Sacra Nemesis : The Levites Scourge , or Merc. Britannicus and Civicus disciplin'd . Oxon. 1644. qu. Divers remarkable disputes and resolves in the Assemb . of Divines related , Episcopacy asserted , truth righted , — In this , which is printed with Sacra Nemesis , is Dr. Featley's learned Speech against the Covenant , spoken in the said Assembly . Pedum Pastorale conc . hab . ad Cler. Oxon. ad Joh. 21.15 . Ultratraject . 1657. in 12o. Dr. Dan. Featley revived , proving that the Protestant Church ( and not the Romish ) is the onlie Catholick and true Church . Lond. 1660. tw . Preserv'd from the hands of the Plunderers in the beginning of the Civil War , carefully kept for many years and at length published by his Nephew Joh. Featley . The League illegal : or , an examination of the Solemn League and Covenant . Lond. 1669. qu. See in Jo. Gauden under the year 1662. and in Joh. Featley 1666. Doctrine of the Church of England maintained , in a justification of the 39 Articles of the Church of England , against Papists and Schismaticks , &c. Lond. 1660. quarto . Antiquity and Universality of the Protestant Faith — Printed with the former . He also published K. James his Cygnea Cantio . Lond. 1629. qu. wherein you may read a Scholastick Duel between that King and our Author ; who dying in Chelsey Coll. near Lond. on the 17. of April in sixteen hundred forty and five , was , according to his Will , buried in the Chancel of Lambeth Church . At which time a very great multitude of persons of Honor and Quality attended the Funeral Rites , and Dr. Loe , by some called Leo , preached a learned and pious Sermon : Which being afterwards printed , I shall now refer the Reader to it , if it may be had : wherein , as also in his life , written by his Nephew Jo. Featley before mention'd , ( from whence I have taken some materials ) you may receive farther satisfaction concerning those rare accomplishments of the party deceased . Over his grave was soon after a comly Monument erected , with an Epitaph engraven thereon ; a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 242. b. WILLIAM TWISSE written and called by some Outlanders and others , Twissius and Tuissius , was born at Speenhamlands in the Parish of Speen near Newbury in Berkshire . His Grandfather was by nativity a Teutonic , but in the prime of his years , he setled himself with his Family ( upon what account I know not ) in England : which probably may be the reason why Franc. Annatus a Jesuit , Antagonist to our Author Twissius , should say that he was natione Teutonicus , fortunâ Batavus , religione Calvinista , &c. His Father , who was a sufficient Clothier of Newbury , perceiving this his Son to have pregnant parts , sent him to the College at Winchester , where being elected a Child , and soon made ripe for the University in the School there founded by Will. of Wykeham , was elected Probationer-Fellow of New Coll. in the year 1596 , and two years after ( having by that time shaken off his wild extravagancies ) was admitted Verus Socius ; after which he diligently applied himself to the Theological Faculty for 16 years together . In 1604 he proceeded in Arts , and about that time taking Holy Orders , became a frequent and diligent Preacher in these parts , noted to the Academians for his subtile wit , exact judgment , exemplary life and conversation , and for the endowment of such qualities that were befitting men of his Function . In 1614 he proceeded Doct. of Divinity and about that time went into Germany as Chaplain to Princess Elizabeth Daughter of King James I. and Consort of the Prince Palatine , where continuing for some time , did improve himself much by the conversation he had with German Divines . After his return he exchanged the Rectory of Newton Longvill in Bucks , which the Society of New Coll. gave him before his departure beyond the Sea , for Newbury near to the place of his Nativity , with Dr. Nathan . Giles Canon of Windsor : where , being setled , he laid a foundation of his doctrine , and the seeds of his zealous opinion , tho not improved by his Auditors according to his wish . His plain preaching was good , his solid disputations were accounted by some better , and his pious way of living by others ( especially the Puritans ) best of all : yet some of New Coll. who knew the Man well , have often said in my hearing , that he was always hot-headed and restless . The most learned men , even those of his adverse party , did confess that there was nothing extant , more accurate , exact , and full touching the Arminian controversies , than what was written by this our Author Twisse . He also , if any one ( as those of his persuasion say ) hath so cleared and vindicated the cause from the objected absurdities and calumnies of his Adversaries , as that out of his labours , not only the learned , but also those that are best vers'd in Controversies , may find enough , whereby to disintangle themselves from the snares of Opposites . The truth is , there 's none almost that have written against Arminianism since the publishing any thing of our Author , but have made very honourable mention of him , and have acknowledged him to be the mightiest man in those Controversies , that his age hath produced . Besides Newbury , he was offer'd several preferments , as the Rectory of Benefield in Northamptonshire , a Prebendship in the Church of Winchester , the Wardenship of Wykehams Coll. there , and a Professors place at Franeker in Frisland . But the three last were absolutely refused , and the first he would not accept , unless he could obtain liberty of his Majesty ( in whose gift Newbury was and is ) to have had an able man to succeed him there . Besides also , upon conference with Dr. Davenant Bishop of Salisbury , Ordinary of that place , the King was well satisfied concerning Twisse , that he was unwilling to let him go from Newbury . In the beginning of the Civil War , began by the Presbyterians , an . 1641. -2. he sided with them , was chose one of the Assembly of Divines , and at length Prolocutor of them . Among whom speaking but little , some interpreted it to his modesty , as those of his persuasion say , as always preferring penning before speaking , and others to the decay of his intellectuals . But polemical Divinity was his Faculty , and in that he was accounted excellent . While he was Prolocutor he was one of the three Lecturers in S. Andrews Church in Holborn near London , which was given to him for his losses he sustained at Newbury , being forced thence , as his brethren said , by the Royal Party . He hath written , Vindiciae gratiae , potestatis ac providentiae dei . Hoc est ad examen libelli Perkinsiani ( Gul. Perkins ) de praedestinationis modo & ordine , institutum à Jacobo Arminio , responsio Sholastica , tribus libris absoluta . Una cum digressionibus ad singulas partes accommodatis , &c. Amstel . 1632. 1648. fol. A discovery of Dr. Jacksons vanities , &c. — Printed ( beyond the Sea ) 1631. qu. This was written against Dr. Tho. Jackson's Treatise of divine Essence and attributes , but the Doctor made no reply . Dissertatio de Scientiâ mediâ tribus libris absolutâ , &c. Arnhem . 1639. fol. Wherein Gabr. Penots book intit . Libertatis humanae propugnaculum , and that of Franc. Suarez De Scientia dei , are answer'd . Digressiones . Printed with the Dissertatio . Of the morality of the fourth commandment , as still in force to bind Christians : delivered by way of answer to the Translator (*) of Dr. Prideaux his Lecture concerning the doctrine of the Sabbath . Divided into two parts ( 1 ) An answer to the preface ( 2 ) A consideration of Dr. Prideaux his Lecture . Lond. 1641. qu. Treatise of Reprobation , in answer to Mr. Jo. Cotton . Lond. 1646. qu. Animadversiones ad Jacobi Arminii Collat. cum Franc. Junio & Joh. Arnold Corvin . Amstel . 1649. fol. published . by Andr. Rivet . The doubting conscience resolved , in answer to a ( pretended ) perplexing question , &c. Wherein is evidently proved that the Holy Scriptures ( not the Pope ) is the foundation whereon the Church is built , &c. Lond. 1652. oct . published by Sam. Hartlib . The riches of Gods love unto the Vessels of Mercy , consistent with his absolute hatred or reprobation of the Vessels of Wrath : Or , an answer to a book intit . Gods love to mankind manifested by disproving his absolute decree for their damnation : in two books . One against Mr. Sam. Hoard and the other against Mr. Hen. Mason Rector of S. Andrews Undershaft London . Oxon. 1653. fol. Two tracts in answer Dr. to H. ( Hammond ) the one concerning Gods decree definite or indefinite , the other about the object of predestination — Printed with the former book . The Synod of Dort and Ales reduced to practice , with an answer thereunto . The Scriptures sufficiency to determine all matters of Faith , made good against the Papists . Lond. in tw . Christian Sabbath defended against the crying evil in these times of the Antisabitarians of our age ; shewing that the morality of the Fourth Commandment is still in force to bind Christians unto the sanctification of the Sabbath day . Lond. 165. . qu. Fiveteen Letters to Mr. Joseph Mede — See in the 4 book of the said Mr. Medes works . Besides these , and something upon the Commandments , that are printed , he left behind him many Manuscripts ( mostly compleat ) of his own composition , which were carefully kept in the hands of his Son (†) Rob. Twisse a Minister in Westminster , but what became of them after his death , which hapned in the latter end of the year 1674 , I know not . Among them are ( 1 ) Examen Historiae Pelag , written by Ger. Jo. Vossius : put after the Authors death into the hands of Dr. G. Kendall to perfect , and afterwards to publish it , but never done . ( 2 ) Answer to a book intit . A Conference with a Lady about choice of Religion . Written by Sir Ken. Digby ( 3 ) Answer to the respective books concerning the Sabbath , written by Dr. Fr. White , Dr. Gilb. Ironside and Mr. E. Breerword . He hath also either answer'd , or animadverted upon certain matters of Nich. Fuller , Jos . Mede , the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker , Dr. Christ . Potter , Dr. Tho. Godwin , Dr. Tho. Jachson , and Mr. Joh. Goodwin , the Titles of which I shall now pass by for brevity sake . At length after he had lived 71 years ▪ departed this mortal life in Holborn , in sixteen hundred forty and five , and was buried on the 24 of July the same year near to the upper end of the poor folks Table , next the Vestry in the Collegiat Church of S. Peter within the City of Westminster . On the 14 of Sept. 1661 his body ●ith those of Thom. May the Poet , Will. Strong , Steph. Marshall , Ministers , &c. which were buried in the said Church of S. Peter , were taken up and buried in one large pit in the Ch. yard of S. Margaret , just before the back door of the Lodgings belonging to one of the Prebendaries of Westminster , having been unwarrantably buried there during the times of Rebellion and Usurpation . THOMAS HAYNE , Son of Rob. Hayne , was born in a Town commonly , but corruptly , called Thurciston , near to , and in the County of Leicester : At the last of which places having received his juvenile learning , was sent to the University , and matriculated as a Member of Lincoln Coll. in Mich. Term 1599 and in that of his age 17 ; where being put under the tuition of a noted and careful Tutor , obtained great knowledge in Philosophy , and the more for this reason , that he was taken off from various Recreations and Rambles by a lameness in his Legs from his Cradle . After he had taken a degree in Arts 1604 he became one of the Ushers of the School in the Parish of S. Laurence Pountney in London , erected by the Merchant Taylors ; and afterward being M. of Arts , Usher of the School belonging to the City of London in Ch. Church Hospital . He was a noted Critick , an excellent Linguist and a solid Divine , beloved of learned Men , and particularly respected by Selden . He hath written , Grammatices Latinae Compendium , an . 1637 , &c. Lond. 1640. in oct . To which are added two appendices . Linguarum cognatio : seu de linguis in genere , & de variarum linguarum harmoniâ dissertatio . Lond. 1639. oct . It was also printed , if I mistake not , in 1634. Pax in terrâ : seu tractatus de pace ecclesiasticâ , &c. Lond. 1639. oct . The equal ways of God in rectifying the unequal ways of man. Lond. 1639 &c. in oct . General view of the holy Scriptures : or , the times , places , and persons of holy Scripture , &c. Lond. 1640 fol. sec . Edit . Life and death of Dr. Mart. Luther . Lond. 1641. qu. He gave way to fate on the 27. of July in sixteen hundred forty and five , and was buried in the Parish Church of Ch. Ch. within Newgate in the City of London . Soon after was put a monument over his grave , about the middle of the Church , on the North side , and a large inscription thereon , which about 20 years after was consumed and defaced , with the Church it self , when the great fire hapned in London . In the said inscription he is stiled Antiquitatis acerrimus investigator , antiquitatem praematuravit suam . Publicis privatisque studiis sese totum communi bono coelebem devovit . Pacis Ecclesiae Irenicus pacificus jure censendus , &c. In the Library at Leicester is another inscription put up to his memory , which being perfect , you may take instead of the other . See Hist . et Antiq . Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 166. a. b. By his will , which I have seen , he gave to the said Library all his Study of books , except some few which he gave to the Library at Westminster . He gave also 400 l. to be bestowed in buying Lands , or Houses in , or near , Leycester of the yearly Rent of 24 l. for ever , for the maintenance of a Schoolmaster in Thurciston alias Thrushington or some Town near thereunto , to teach ten poor Children , &c. and for the maintenance of two poor Scholars in Linc. Coll. to come from the Free-School at Leycester , or in defect of that , from the School at Milton , &c. The Schoolmaster to have 12 l. yearly , and the two Scholars six pounds yearly , &c. In the said Will are other acts of Charity mentioned , which , for brevity sake , I now pass by . EDWARD LITTLETON Son and Heir of Sir. Edw. Littleton of Henley in Shropshire Knight , was born in that County an . 1589. became a Gentleman Commoner of Ch. Ch. in the beginning of the year 1606 , where by the care of an eminent Tutor , he became a proficient in Academical learning , took a degree in Arts an . 1609 , and from Ch. Ch. removed to the Inner Temple , where he made such admirable progress in the Municipal Laws , and was of such eminence in his Profession in a short time , that the City of London took early notice of , and chose him their Recorder , being also about that time Counsellor to University of Oxon. In the 8. of Car. 1. he was elected Summer Reader of his Society , and in the 10. of the said King ( Oct. 17. ) he was made Sollicitor-General . After which , upon the 6. of June next ensuing , he received the honor of Knighthood at Whitehall , at which time , and some years before , he was a Member of the Commons House of no small reputation . On the 27. of Jan. 15. Car. 1. he was made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and on the 23. of Jan. the next year , his Majesty confer'd upon him the utmost honor belonging to his Profession , by giving the Great Seal into his custody . In less than a month after , upon the 18. of Feb. he made (a) him a Peer of England , by the name of the Lord Littleton Baron of Mounslow in his Native Country , being then in great esteem for integrity and eminence in his Profession . Shortly after , the troubles in this Realm taking their rise , partly from the insurrection of the Scots and their entrance into this Realm , which hapned in Aug. next ensuing ( an . 1640 ) and partly from the predominancy of certain Members in the Long Parliament , then called by reason of that invasion , he retired to the King at York in June 1642 , having first conveyed the Seal thither . From which time to his death , which hapned in Oxon ( where in 1642 he was actually created Doctor of the Civ . Law ) he constantly attended his Majesty with great fidelity . He was Author of , Several Speeches , as ( 1 ) Speech at a conference with the Lords in Parliament concerning the Liberty of the Subject , and propriety in their Goods , 3. Apr. 1628. See in Jo. Rushworths Collections Vol. 1. p. 528. an . 1628. This with other Conferences were published by themselves in 1642. quarto . ( 2 ) Speech in the House of Commons at the passing of two Bills . Lond. 1641. qu. &c. Several Arguments and Discourses — See in Joh. Rushworths Append. p. 28. and in a book intit . The Sovereigns Prerogative and Subjects Privileges discussed , &c. Lond. 1657. fol. Reports in the Common Pleas and Exchequer in the 2.3.4.5.6 . and 7. of King Charles I. Lond. 1683. fol. These things I think are all that he hath extant , except his Humble submission and supplication to the House of Lords 28. Sept. 1642. which is more than once printed under his name , yet whether genuine I cannot tell . He was untimely taken from this world , to the sorrow of his Majesty , on the 27. of Aug. in sixteen hundred forty and five , being then a Colonel of a Foot Regiment in Oxon , and Privy Counsellor to his Majesty , and was buried between the two lower Pillars , which divides the first North isle from the second , on the North side of the Choire of the Cathedral of Ch. Church in Oxon. At which time Dr. Hen. Hammond the University Orator , did lay open to the large Auditory then present , the great Loyalty , prudence , knowledge , virtue , &c. that had been in the person that then lay dead before them . Over his grave was a costly monument of black and white marble erected in the month of May , an . 1683 , at the charge of his only daughter and Heir , Anne Littleton , the Widdow of Sir Thom. Littleton Bt , with a noble inscription thereon , wherein 't is said , that this Edward Lord Littleton was descended from Tho. Littleton Knight of the Bath , qui sub Edwardo IV. Justiciarius , Leges Angliae municipales ( prius indigestas ) in Enchiridion feliciter reduxit : Opus in omne aevum Jc tis venerandum , &c. GILES WIDDOWES was born at Mickleton in Glocestershire , elected Fellow of Oriel Coll. 1610 , being then Bac. of Arts of that House of two years standing , or more . Afterwards he proceeded in that faculty , entred into Orders , and became a noted Preacher . At length being made Rector of S. Martins Church in Oxon , he resign'd his Fellowship in 1621 , and lived in the condition of a Commoner for several years in Gloc. Hall , of which he was for the most part of his time Viceprincipal . He was a harmless and honest man , a noted Disputant , well read in the Schoolmen , and as conformable to , and zealous in , the established discipline of the Church of England , as any Person of his time , yet of so odd and strange parts , that few or none could be compared with him . He was also a great enemy to the schismatical Puritan in his Sermons and Writings , which being much offensive to his quondam Pupil Will. Prynne , a controversie therefore fell out between them , an . 1630 , and continued for some time very hot , till Prynne was diverted by other matters . He hath written , The schismatical Puritan : Serm. at Witney concerning the lawfulness of Church authority , for ordaining , &c. on 1. Cor. 14. ver . ult . Oxon. 1630. qu. Which being unadvisedly written , and much displeasing to Dr. Abbot Archb. of Cant. was as scurrilously answer'd by Prynne in his appendix to his Ante Arminisme . The lawless , kneeless schismatical Puritan . Or , a confutation of the Author of an appendix concerning bowing at the name of Jesus , Oxon. 1631. qu. and other things , as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen . He was buried in the Chancel of S. Martins Church before-mention'd on the fourth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred forty and five , having been before much valued and beloved , and his high and loyal Sermons frequented , by the Royal Party and Soldiers of the garrison of Oxford , to the poorer sort of whom he was always beneficial , as also ready at all turns to administer to them in their distressed condition . CHRISTOPHER POTTER Nephew to Dr. Barn. Potter mention'd under the year 1641 , received his first breath within the Barony of Kendall in Westmorland , became Clerk of Queens Coll. in the beginning of 1606 , and in that of his age 15 , afterwa●ds Tabarder , M. of Arts and Chaplain in 1613 , and at length Fellow of the said College . He was then a great admirer of Hen. Ayray Provost of that House ( some of whose works he published ) and a zealous puritanical Lecturer at Abendon in Berks. where he was much resorted to for his edifying way of preaching . In 1626 , he succeeded the said Dr. Barn. Potter in the Provostship of his Coll. and the next year proceeded in Divinity . Soon after , when Dr. Laud became a rising favourite in the Royal Court , he , after a great deal of seeking , was made his creature , and therefore by the precise Party he was esteemed an Arminian . In the latter end of 1635 , he being then Chapl. in Ord. to His Maj. he was made Dean of Worcester ( upon Dr. Rog. Manwarings promotion to the See of S. David ) having before had a promise of a Canonry of Windsore , but never enjoyed it , and in the year 1640 , he executed the office or Vicechancellour of this University not without some trouble from the members of the Long Parliament , occasion'd by the puritanical and factious party of the Univ. and City of Oxon. Afterwards the grand rebellion breaking out , he suffer'd much for the Kings cause , and therefore upon the death of Dr. Walt. Balcanquall , he was designed and nominated by his Maj. to succeed him in the Deanery of Durham , in the month of January 1645 , but died before he was installed . He was a Person esteemed by all that knew him , to be learned and religious , exemplary in his behavior and discourse , courteous in his carriage , and of a sweet and obliging nature , and comely presence . He hath written and published , A Sermon at the consecration of Barnab . Potter D. D. Bish . of Carlile at Ely House in Holbourne , 15. March 1628 , on John 21.17 . Lond. 1629. oct . It must be now noted that a certain Jesuit known sometimes by the name of Edw. Knott and sometimes by that of Nich. Smith , and at other times by Mathew Wilson ( which was his true name ) born at Pegsworth near Morpeth in Northumberland did publish a book intit . Charitie Mistaken , &c. whereupon our Author Potter answered it in another intit . Want of charity justly charged , on all such Romanists as dare affirme that protestancie destroyeth salvation , &c. Oxon. 1633. oct . Which book being perus'd by Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. he (b) caused some matters therein to be omitted in the next impression , which was at Lond. 1634. oct . But before it was quite printed , Knott before-mention'd put out a book intit . Mercy and truth . or , charity maintained by Catholiques . By way of reply upon an answer , fram'd by Dr. Potter , to a treatise which had formerly proved , that charity was mistaken by Protestants , &c. printed beyond the Sea 1634. in qu. Whereupon Will. Chillingworth undertook him in his book called The religion of Protestants , &c. which contains an answer only to the first part of Mercy and truth , &c. For tho Chillingworth had made ready , when this came out , a full examination and confutation of the second part , yet he thought not fit to publish it together with this , for reasons given in the close of the work . Afterwards Knott did publish Infidelity unmasked . or , a confutation of a book published by Mr. Will. Chillingworth , under this title . The religion of Protestants , &c. Gaunt 1652 in a large qu. Which is the last time that I find Knott mentioned ; for he dying at London on the fourth of January 1655 , according to the Eng. accompt ( buried the next day in the S. Pancras Church near that City ) no body , that I yet know , vindicated Chillingworth against him . Our Author Dr. Potter did also translate from Ital. into English The History of the quarrels of P. Paul 5. with the state of Venice . Lond. 1626. qu. Pen'd by Father Paul Sarp : And had lying by him at his death several MSS. fit to be printed ; among which was one intit . A survey of the new platforme of predestination ; which coming into the hands of Twisse of Newbury , was by him answer'd , as also Three Letters of Dr. Potter concerning that matter . At length departing this mortal life in Queens Coll. on the third day of March in sixteen hundred forty and five , was buried about the middle of the inner Chappel belonging thereunto . Over his grave was a marble monument fastned to the north Wall , at the charge of his Widow Elizabeth , Daughter of Dr. Charles Sonibanke sometimes Canon of Windsore , ( afterwards the Wife of Dr. Ger. Langbaine who succeeded Potter in the Provostship of the said College ) a Copy of which you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 124. b. In his Deanery of Worcester succeeded Dr. Rich. Holdsworth Archd. of Huntingdon and Master of Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge , and in his Deanery of Durham Dr. Will. Fuller Dean of Ely , but neither of them , I presume , were installed . WILLIIAM LOE took the degrees in Arts as a Member of S. Albans Hall , that of Master being compleated in 1600 , at which time he was much in esteem for Lat. Gr. and humane learning . Soon after he was made Master of the College School in Glocester , ( in which office he was succeeded by John Langley ) Prebendary of the Church there , Chaplain in ord . to K. Jam. 1. and Pastor of the English Church at Hambrough in Saxony , belonging to the English Merchant Adventurers there , in 1618 ; in which year he accumulated the degree of Doctor of Div. as a member of Merton Coll. His works are these . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Come and see . The Bible the brightest beauty , &c. being the sum of four sermons preached in the Cathedral of Glocester . Lond. 1614. qu. ( 2 ) The Mysterie of mankind made into a Manual , being the sum of seven sermons preached at S. Michaels in Cornhil , on Tim. 1.3.16 . Lond. 1619. oct . ( 3 ) The Kings shoe ; or Edoms doome , Sermon on Psal . 60.8 . Lond. 1623. qu. and another Serm. or Treatise called The Merchant real ; which I have not yet seen . Vox clamantis . A still Voice to the three Estates in Parliament . Lond. 1621. qu. I find (*) one Dr. Loe to administer comfort to Dr. Dan. Featley when he laid on his death bed , and afterwards to preach his funeral Sermon at Lambeth , printed at London 1645. qu. which Doctor I take to be the same with our Author , who , while he was Preb. of Gloc. did sometimes subscribe himself to certain Chapter-Acts by the name of Will. Leo. He died in the time of Usurpation , when the Church was destroyed for the sake of Religion ; but where or when , I cannot tell . After the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. one Hugh Nash M. of A. succeeded him in his Prebendship , which for some years had lain void . GABRIEL du GRES a Frenchman , studied sometimes among the Oxonians , afterwards went to Cambridge for a time , as it seems , and returning thence soon after , taught privately for several years the French Tongue in this University . His works are these . Grammaticae Gallicae compendium . Cantab. 1636. oct . Dialogi Gallico-Anglico-Latini . Oxon. 1639. 1652. and 1660. oct . Regulae pronunciandi ; & ut verborum Gallicorum Paradigmata . printed with the Dialogues . Life of Jean Arman du plessis Duke of Richelieu and Peer of France . Lond. 1643. oct . and other things , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen , nor know any thing else of the Author . THOMAS LYDYAT the son of Christop . Lydyat Lord of the Mannour of Aulkryngton commonly called Okerton near Banbury in Oxfordshire , and Citizen of London , was born at Okerton in the beginning of the year 1572 , and having pregnant parts while a youth , was by the endeavours of his Father elected one of the number of the Children of Wykeham's Coll. near Winchester at about 13 years of age , where being soon ripened in Grammaticals , was elected Probationer Fellow of New Coll. 1591. At which time being under the tuition of Dr. ( afterwards Sir ) Hen. Marten , made great proficiency in Logicals , and two years after was admitted verus Socius . After he had taken the degrees in Arts he studied Astronomy , Mathematicks , the Tongues and Divinity : in the last of which he had an eager desire to continue and improve himself , but finding a great defect in his Memory and Utterance , of which he often complained , ( particularly to Dr. Bancroft Bishop of Oxon his Diocesan , in his Epistle dedicatory to him of a Sermon preached at a Visitation while he was a rural Dean ) made choice rather to quit his place in the Coll. ( for the statutes thereof oblig'd him to Divinity ) and live upon that small patrimony he had , than to follow and prosecute the said study of Divinity . What farther I have to observe of him is ( 1 ) That the seven years next ensuing , after he had left his Fellowship of New Coll. ( which was 1603. ) he spent in the finishing and setting forth such books that he had begun in the College , especially that De emendatione temporum , dedicated to Pr. Henry , to whom he was Chronographer and Cosmographer . Which Prince being solely given up to all vertue , did gratiously accept of it , and had so great a respect for the Author , that had he lived he would have done great matters for him ; but dying in the flower of his youth , the hopes of our Author were interr'd with that Prince in his grave . ( 2 ) That at the end of those seven years Dr. Usher ( afterwards Archbishop of Armagh ) being in London found him out and had him with him into Ireland , where he continued in the Coll. near Dublin about two years . At the end of which he purposing to return for England , the Lord Deputy and Chanc. of Ireland , did , upon his motion , make him a joynt promise of a competent Maintenance upon his return back again thither . When he came into England the Rectory of Okerton before mention'd falling void , ( which he before had refused when Fellow of New Coll. upon the offer of it by his Father the Patron ) he did , after several demurrs , and not without much reluctancy of mind , accept of it in the year 1612. Where being setled , he did not only go over the harmony of the Gospels in less than 12 years , making thereon above 600 Sermons , but wrot also several books , and laid the foundation of others . All which in due time he would have published , had he not been unadvisedly engaged for the debts of one very near related to him . Which debts he being unable for the present to pay , ( having before spent his small patrimony for the printing of his books ) remained in the Prison call'd Bocardo in Oxon , and in the Kings bench and elsewhere , till such time Sir Will. Boswell ( a great encourager of deserving men ) Dr. Rob. Pink Warden of New Coll. and , if I am not mistaken , Dr. Usher before mention'd , had laid down the debt and released him . Dr. Laud also Archb. of Canterbury did give his assistance ( upon the desire of Sir Hen. Marten ) for the delivery of him from prison , but Selden who was desir'd and importun'd to contribute towards refused , it , for no other reason , as 't is thought , than that his Marmora Arundeliana , could not stand uncontradicted by him , and that instead of a most judicious , he gave him only the name of an industrious , Author for his labour . ( 3 ) That about that time he put up a Petition to K. Ch. 1. wherein among several things , that he desired was , that his Majesty would give him leave to travel into foreign parts , viz. into Turkey , Ethiopia , or the Abasen Emperors Country , to search and find Copies , especially of civil and ecclesiastical Histories to be published in print , or whatsoever Copies may tend to the propagation or increase of good learning : And farther also , whereas he had Leiger-Embassadors and Agents with his Confederates Emperors , Kings and Princes of other Countries , they might in his Majesties name , in behalf of Mr. Lydyat and his Assigns , move their Highnesses to grant the like privilege to him and his Assigns , &c. What the effect of this Petition was , I find not : however from thence his noble intentions and publick spirit may be discover'd . ( 4 ) That tho he was a person of small stature , yet of great parts and of a publick soul , and tho a poor and contemptible Priest to look upon , ( for so he was held by the vulgar ) yet he not only puzled Christop . Clavius and the whole College of Mathematicians , but also that great Goliah of literature Joseph Scaliger ; who , when he was worsted by our Authors Writings , ( tho he would never acknowledge it , howbeit great men , particularly the famous Usher , held it for granted ) he betook himself unmanly to his tongue , by calling him in a scornful manner a beggarly , beardless , and gelt Priest . ( 5 ) That as he was much esteemed by learned men at home , among whom were Usher before mentioned , Sir Adam Newton Secretary , and Sir Tho. Chaloner Chamberlain , to Pr. Henry , Dr. Jo. Bainbridge , Mr. Hen. Briggs , Dr. Pet. Turner , &c. who were his great acquaintance : so was he by the Virtuosi beyond the seas , who were pleased , and that worthily , to rank him with the Lord Bacon of Verulam and Mr. Joseph Mede . But when they heard that our Author and the said Mede , were very poorly prefer'd , they answer'd that the Englishmen deserved not to have such brave scholars among , since they made no more of , them . ( 6. ) That in the civil War which began an . 1642 , he suffer'd much at his Rectory of Okerton before mention'd , by the Parliament Party ; for in a letter written by him to Sir William Compton Kt. Governour of Banbury Castle , dat . 10 Dec. 1644 , I find that he had been four times pillaged by the Parliament Forces of Compton house ( commonly called Compton in the hole ) in Warwickshire , to the value of at least 70 l. and forced for a quarter of a year together to borrow a shirt to shift himself ; that also he had been twice carried away from his house , once to Warwick , and another time to Banbury . To the first of which places being hurried away on a poor jade , was infamously used by the Soldiers there , and so sorely hurt , that he was at the writing of the said letter not throughly whole , and he doubted scarce ever should be , &c. The cause of all which ill usage , was for that he had denied them money , and had defended his books and papers , and afterwards while a Prisoner in Warwick Castle , had spoken much for the King and Bishops . His Works are these ; Tractatus de variis annorum formis . Lond. 1605. oct . Praelectio Astronomica de naturâ caeli & conditionibus elementorum . Disquisitio physiologica de origine fontium . The two last were printed , and go always , with the first . Defensio tractatûs de variis annorum formis contra Josephi Scaligeri obtrectationem . Lond. 1607. oct . Examen Canonum Chronologiae Isagogicorum . Printed with the Defensio . Emendatio temporum ab initio mundi huc usque , compendio facta , contra Scaligerum & alios . Lond. 1609. oct . Explicatio & additamentum argumentorum in libello emendationis temporum compendio factae , de nativitate Christi & ministerio in terris . Printed 1613. oct . Solis & Lunae periodus , seu annus magnus . Lond. 1620. oct . &c. De anni solaris mensurâ Epistola Astronomica , ad Hen. Savilium . Lond. 1620. 21. oct . Numerus aureus melioribus lapillis insignitus , factusque Gemmeus ; è thesauro anni magni , sive solis & lunae periodi octodesexcentenariae , &c. Lond. 1621. in one large sheet on one side . Canones Chronologici , ne● non series summorum magistratuum & triumphorum Romanorum . Oxon. 1675. oct . Published from a Ms . in the library of Dr. Jo. Lamphire . Letters to Dr. Jam. Usher Primate of Ireland . — Printed at the end of the said Usher's life , 1686 , published by Dr. Rich. Parr . These , I think , are all the things that he hath extant . As for those many Mss . which he left behind him at the time of his death , are mostly these . Annotations upon that part of Mr. Edw. Breerwood's Treatise of the Sabbath , wherein he denies the Christian Sabbath on the Lords day or the first day of the week to be established jure divino , by Gods Commandment . — The beginning of this Mss . is , There was brought to me being Prisoner in the Kings Bench , on Friday Evening , 3 Dec. 1630. &c. Annotations upon some controverted points of the chronical Canons . — The beg . is , Notwithstanding there be divers , &c. A few Annotations upon some places or passages of the second and third Chapters of the book intit . Altare christianum . — The beg . is , There have been Christians ever since , &c. Treatise touching the setting up of Altars in Christian Churches and bowing in reverence to them or common Tables , and bowing the knee , or uncovering the head at the name , or naming of Jesus , occasionally made 1633. — Written upon the desire of some London Ministers , to declare his judgment therein : dedicated to Archb. Laud in gratitude for his releasing him from prison . In a postscript at the end of his discourse concerning bowing at the name of Jesus , he endeavours to answer the four Arguments of Bishop Andrews , which are in his Sermon on 2 Phil. 7.11 . Answer to Mr. Joseph Mede's treatise of the name of Altar or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , antiently given to the holy table — Written in Feb. 1637. Answer to the defence of the coal from the Altar . Evangelium contractum ex quatuor Evangeliis , &c. Written in Hebrew . Annales Ecclesiae Christi inchoati secundum methodum Baronii . This is written in Lat. but imperfect . Chronicon Regum Judaeorum methodo magis perspicu● . Written in Hebr. Mesolabum Geometricum . Chronicon mundi emendatum . Divina sphaera humanorum eventuum . The beginning is , Etiam absque eo foret &c. dedic . to the King , 1632. Problema Astronomicum de solis eccentricitate . The beginning is , Ternis Diatribis , &c. Diatribae ; & animadversiones Astronomicae , ternae . Circuli dimensio Lydyatéa , Archimidéa . Marmoreum chronicon Arundelianum , cum annotationibus , &c. This was afterwards printed in a book intit . Marmora Oxoniensia , published by Humph. Prideaux . All which Mss . with others treating of Divinity , Mathematicks and Astronomy , amounting to the number of 38 at least , were bound up in 22 Volumes , and reserved as rarities in the hands of Dr. Joh. Lamphire , lately Principal of Hart Hall. At length after our Author had lived at Okerton several years very poor and obscurely , surrendred up his soul to him that gave it , on the third day of April in sixteen hundred forty and six , and was buried the next day ( being the same day on which he had above 70 years before been baptized ) by the bodies of his Father and Mother in the Chancel of the Church at Okerton , which he before had rebuilt . Over his grave near to the south Window , and not far from the east end of the said Chancel , the Warden and Society of New Coll. did cause a stone to be laid at their charge , an . 1669. The inscription on which you may read in Hist . & Antiq . Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 149. a , as also the Inscription on his honorary monument in New Coll. Cloyster , pag. 155. WALTER RALEIGH second son of Sir Carew Raleigh of Downton in Wilts Knight , ( by Dorothy his wife daugh . of Will. Wroughton of Broadhinton in the same County , relict of Sir Joh. Thynne Knight ) elder Brother to the famous Sir Walter Raleigh , and both the Sons of Walter Raleigh of Furdell or Fardell in Devon. Esq . was born at Downton before mention'd , educated in Grammar learning in Wykeham's School near Winchester , became a Commoner of Magd. Coll. in Mich. Term 1602 ( ult . Eliz. ) being then 16 years of age . Afterwards proceeding in Arts , he was thought worthy , being a noted Disputant , to undergo the Office of Junior of the Act celebrated in 1608. About that time taking holy Orders , he became Chaplain to that most noble Count William Earl of Pembroke , in whose family spending some time , had the Rectory of Chedsey near Bridgwater in Somersetshire conferred upon him on the death of George Mountgomery , in the latter end of 1620 , and afterwards a minor Prebendship in the Church of Wells , and the Rectory of Streat with the Chappel of Walton in the same County . Much about the time of the lamented death of the said Count , he became one of the Chaplains in ord . to K. Ch. 1. and by that title he was actually created D. of D. in 1636. On the 13 of January 1641 , he was admitted Dean of Wells on the death of Dr. George Warburton , and on the breaking out of the Rebellion soon after , ( which hindred his farther advance in the Church ) he was persecuted , plunder'd , and forced to abscond for his Loyalty to his Prince . At length being taken Prisoner at Bridgwater by the Rebels 21 Jul. 1645 , he was sent to Banwell house as a Captive , and after several removes to his own at Wells , where being committed to the custody of a Shoe-maker ( David Barret a Constable of that City ) by the Committee of the County of Somerset , was treated by him far beneath his quality and function . Soon after having occasion to write a letter to his Wife , the rude Keeper endeavoured to take it from him and read it , supposing it might be a letter of intelligence to be sent to some noted Cavalier . But the Doctor preventing his sauciness , the Keeper thrust his sword into his groyn , shedding his blood as the blood of a dog ; of which wound he died about six weeks after to the great grief of the loyal party . His papers after his death , such as could be kept , were for more than 30 years reserved in obscurity . At length they coming into the hands of the worthy and learned Dr ▪ Simon Patrick , then Rector of S. Paul in Covent Garden , Preb. of Westm . and Dean of Peterborough , ( now Bish . of Ely ) he viewed , amended , and methodized them : which being done they were made publick under this title , Reliquiae Raleighanae . Being discourses and Sermons on several subjects . Lond. 1679. qu. The number of Sermons are 13. What other things he left worthy of publication were kept in Dr. Charles Gibbes's hands , ( whose sister Mary our Author had married ) but whether any of them are yet made publick , I know not . 'T is said that he wrot a Tract of Millinanism , he having for some time been much addicted to that opinion ; but that , as I have been informed , was long since lost . Those that remember him , have often said that he was a person not only of gentile behaviour , but of great wit and elocution , a good Orator and a Master of a strong reason , which won him the familiarity and friendship of those great men , who were the envy of the last age , and wonder of this ; viz. Lucius Lord Falkland , Dr. Hen. Hammond and Mr. Will. Chillingworth . The last of which was wont to (a) say , that Dr. Raleigh was the best Disputant that ever he met withal . He departed this mortal life on the tenth day of Octob. ( being Saturday ) in sixteen hundred forty and six , and was buried on the thirteenth of the same month before the Deans stall in the Choire of the Cath. Ch. of S. Andrew in Wells . Over his grave is not yet an inscription , only a rough marble stone , which had probably been laid there many years before the Doctors death . One Standish a Clergy-Vicar of that Cathedral , was afterwards questioned by the aforesaid Committee for burying him in the Church ; and his death being soon after call'd into question at an Assize or Sessions , there was a Jury of Rebels that brought in his murder either Ignoramus , or at least but Man slaughter ; for they said that the Doctor to shun the Keepers reading of a letter which he wrot to his Wife , ran upon the Keepers sword , &c. Much about that time the Committee turned the Doctors Wife and Children out of doors , and his Son ( as 't is (b) said ) was forced to fly the Country , for that he would have farther prosecuted the Law against the murderer of his Father . MATHIAS PRIDEAUX son of Dr. Joh. Prideaux Rector of Exeter Coll. was born in S. Michaels Parish in Oxon in the month of Aug. 1622 , became a sojourner of the said Coll. in the beginning of the year 1640 , was elected Fellow soon after , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1644 , and in the year following , he , by the name of Captain Mathias Prideaux , was , by vertue of the Chancellours letters , actually created Master of Arts. Under the name of this person was publish'd after his death , An easie and compendious introduction for reading of all sorts of Histories . Oxon 1648. qu. There again 1655. qu. To which is added A synopsis of the Councils , written by the Father of the Author Mathias , who , as 't is said , had a considerable hand in the Easie and comp . Introd . This Mathias Prideaux who was esteemed by his contemporaries an ingenious man , died at London of the Small pox in sixteen hundred forty and six , or thereabouts , to which place he receded after the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon to the Forces under the command of the Parliament . He had written one or more trite things , but were never published . JOHN GREGORY the miracle of his age for critical and curious learning , was born at Agmundesham commonly called Amersham in Bucks , on the 10 Nov. 1607 , applied himself to academical learning in the condition of a Servitour in Ch. Ch. an . 1624 , being then put under the tuition ( with his Master Sir Will. Drake ) of the most ingenious and learned Mr. George Morley , ( afterwards Bishop of Winchester ) where , for several years , spending sixteen , of every 24 , hours , he arrived to great learning , and took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1631. About which time being received into the favour of Dr. Duppa , the vigilant Dean of his house , he was by him made Chaplain or petty Canon of the Cathedral , and after that his own Domestick , and Prebendary of Chichester and Salisbury when he successively sate at those places as Bishop . He attained to a learned elegance in English , Latine , and Greek , and to an exact skill in Hebrew , Syriack , Chaldee , Arabick , Ethiopick , &c. He was also well vers'd in Philosophy , had a curious faculty in Astronomy , Geometry and Arithmetick , and a familiar acquaintance with the Jewish Rabbines , antient Fathers , modern Criticks , Commentators , and what not . His works are , Notes on the View of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Law , written by Sir Tho. Ridley Kt. Oxon. 1634. qu. second Edit . Ox. 1662. oct . there again 1675. 76. qu. In which notes ( he being scarce 26 years old when he wrot them ) he made an early discovery of his civil , historical , ecclesiastical , ritual and oriental Learning , through which he miraculously travel'd without any guide , except Joh. Dod the Decalogist , whose society and directions for the Hebrew tongue he enjoyed one Vacation at his benefice in Northamptonshire . Notes and Observations upon some passages of Scripture . Oxon. 1646. Lond. 1660. 65. 71. 83. qu. translated also into Lat. and remitted into the Critica sacra . From ●hich notes may easily be discovered his exact skill in the oriental Tongues . Certain learned Tracts , as ( 1 ) A discourse of the 70 Interpreters ; the place and manner of their interpretation . ( 2 ) Discourse declaring what time the Niceen Creed began to be sung in the Church . ( 3 ) Serm. upon the Resurrection , on 1 Cor. 15. ver . 20. ( 4 ) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ; or a disproof of him in the 3 of Luke ver . 36. ( 5 ) Discovery of an antient custom in the Ch. of Sarum , making an anniversary Bishop among the Choristers on Innocents day . ( 6 ) The several accounts of time among all nations from the Creation to the present age . ( 7 ) The Assyrian Monarchy ; being a description of its rise and fall . ( 8 ) Descript . and use of the terrestial globe . Which eight Tracts were printed under the title of Gregorii posthuma at Lond. 1650. 64. 71. 83. qu. with a short account of the Authors life set before them , written by his dearest friend John Gurgany ( son of Hugh Gurgany of London Priest ) sometimes a Servitour of Ch. Ch. afterwards Chaplain of Merton Coll. who dedicated them to Edw. Bysshe Clar. King of Arms , a Patron not only to the Author , but Gurgany , in the time of their Afflictions . Optica promota : seu , abdita radiorum reflexorum & refractorum mysteria , Geometricè enucl●ata . Lond. 1663. published then under the name of Jo. Gregorius . Observationes in loca quaedam excerpta ex Joh. Malatae chronographia . Ms . which after his death came into the publick Library at Oxon , where it now remains . Edm. Chilmead having afterwards prepared the whole work of Mal●ta for the Press , intended , as it seems , to prefix the said Observations , as a Preface , he having therein spoken something of the said Author ; but that Author being publish'd at Oxon in 1691 , Gregories Observations were laid aside , as containing things little material , and instead of them there is added a Preface or Prolegomena to Malata by Humph. Hody Bac. of Div. Fellow of Wadh. Coll. See the said Preface § . xliii . He the said Gregory did also translate from Gr. into Lat. ( 1 ) Palladius de gentibus Indiae , & Bragmanibus . ( 2 ) S. Ambrosius de moribus Brachmannorum . ( 3 ) Anonymus de Bragmanibus . Which Translations coming after his death into the hands of Edm. Chilmead Chapl. of Ch. Ch. came , after his , into those of E. Bysshe Esq . before mentioned , who published them under his own name , in 1665. as I shall tell you elsewhere . At length after an industrious and short life , he gave way to fate on the thirteenth day of March in sixteen hundred forty and six , and was buried on the left side of the grave of W. Cartwright in the isle joyning on the south side of the choire of the Cath. of Ch Church in Oxon. Some years before his death he being reduced to poverty , because he was deprived of the benefit of his two Prebendships , he retired to an obscure Ale house standing on the Green at Kidlington near Oxon , kept by one Sutton , Father to that Son whom our learned Author had bred up from a boy to attend him . There I say spending some time in great retiredness , died obscurely , and by the contribution of one or more friends , his body was conveyed to Oxon. CHARLES BUTLER was born at one of the Wycombs ( Great Wycombe I suppose ) in Bucks , entred a Student into Magd. Hall in the year 1579 , took a degree in Arts , and being made one of the Bible Clerks of Magd. Coll. was translated thereunto . Soon after , proceeding in that faculty , he became Master of the Free-school at Basingstoke in Hampshire , where continuing 7 years , with the enjoyment of a Cure of a little Church called Skewres , was promoted to the Vicaridge of Lawrence-Wotton three miles distant thence , ( a poor preferment God wot for such a worthy scholar , ) where , being setled , he wrot and published these books following , which shew him to have been an ingenious man , and well skill'd in various sorts of learning . The feminine Monarchy : or , a Treatise of Bees , Ox. 1609. oct . Lond. 1623. Ox. 1634. qu. translated into Latine by Rich. Richardson , sometimes of Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge , now , or lately , an Inhabitant in the most pleasant Village of Brixworth in Northamptonshire — Lond. 1673. oct . In this version he hath left out some of the ornamental and emblematical part of the English copy , and hath , with the Authors , scatter'd and intermix'd his own Observations on Bees , and what of note he had either heard from men skilful this way , or had read in other books . But this last translation being slow in the sale , there hath been a new title put to it , and said therein to be printed at Oxon. 1682. oct . Rhetoricae libri duo . Oxon. 1618. and 29. qu. Lond. 1635. oct . De propinquitate matrimonium impediente regula generalis . Oxon. 1625. qu. Oratoriae libri duo . Ox. 1633. qu. Lond. 1635. oct . English Grammar . Ox. 1634. qu. The principles of Musick . Lond. 1636. qu. He took his last farewel of this world on the 29 of March in sixteen hundred forty and seven , and in that of his age 88 , or thereabouts ( after he had been Vicar of Wotton St. Laurence before mention'd 48 years ) and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . EPHRAIM PAGIT or Paget , son of Euseb . Pag. mentioned before under the year 1617. p. 357. was born (a) of a gentile family in Northamptonshire , matriculated as a member of Ch. Ch. 25 of May 1593 aged 18 , but whether he took a degree , it appears not . Afterwards , thro some petit imployments , he became Parson of the Church of S. Edmund in Lombardstreet within the City of London , where he continued many years . He hath written , Christianographia : or , a description of the multitudes and sundry sorts of Christians in the world , not subject to the Pope , &c. Lond. 1635. 36. 40. &c. qu. Treatise of the Religion of the antient Christians in Britany . — pr. with some editions of the former book . Heresiographia : or , a description of the heresies of later times . Lond. 1645. and 48. 4th . edit . in qu. He hath also a serm . extant called The mystical Wolf , on Math. 7. ver . 15. Lond. 1645. qu. and other things , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . Upon the breaking out of the civil War , he was so molested and troubled , that meerly for quietness sake he was forced to leave his Benefice in his old age , being then commonly called Old Father Ephraim . So that retiring to Deptford in Kent , spent there the short remainder of his days in great devotion and retiredness , At length surrendring up his pious soul to God in the beginning of the year ( in Apr. as it seems ) sixteen hundred forty and seven , was buried according to his will in Deptford Churchyard . One of both his names ( his Uncle I think ) translated into English , Sermons upon Ruth , Lond. 1586. in oct . written originally by Lod. Lavater , but whether the said Ephraim Paget was educated in Oxon , I cannot justly say , tho two or more of his sirname and time , occur in our Registers . THOMAS COLEMAN was born in Oxfordshire , particularly , as it seems , within the City of Oxon , where several of his name and time have lived , made his first entry into Magd. Hall in the beginning of the year 1615 , and in that of his age 17 , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became so accomplish'd in the Hebrew Language , that he was commonly called Rabbi Coleman . Afterwards he was made Rector of Blyton in Lincolnshire , but being schismatically enclined , he left that place in the beginning of the civil War , 1642 , under pretence of persecution by the Cavaliers , and retiring to the great City , became a grand Covenanteer , an inve●gher against the King and his Party , against the Bishops and Orthodox Clergy , one of the Assembly of Divines , Rector of S. Peters Church in Cornhill in the place of a loyal Doctor ejected , and a Preacher before the Parliament . While he sate in the Assembly , to which he was chiefly called for his language in the Hebrew tongue , he behaved himself modestly and learnedly , maintaining among them the tenets of Erastus . His works are these . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Christians cause and complaint , &c. Fast-sermon before the House of Commons , on Jerem. 8.20 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 2 ) The hearts engagement , Serm. at S. Margarets in Westm . at the publick entring into the Covenant , 29 Sept. 1643 , on Jer. 30.21 . last clause . Lond. 1643. qu. There were then present some Noblemen and Gentlemen , many Soldiers and People of all sorts ; and looking on the Soldiers he told them that the Covenant was the Parliaments sword and buckler . For when the Cavaliers shall see you come arm'd with the Covenant , they will run , run , run away from the Lord of Hosts , &c. ( 3 ) Gods unusual answer to a solemn Fast , Fast-serm . before both houses on Psal . 65.5 . Lond. 1644. qu. preached upon the sad success that the Parliament Forces had in Cornwall . ( 4 ) Hopes defer'd and dashed , Fast-serm . before the H. of Com. on Job 11.20 . Lond. 1645. qu. He was not thanked for this sermon according to custom , but only ordered to print it , because the Presbyterian Party disliked him , for that he too slightly spoke of ministerial Authority , and seemed not to dislike the Independent &c. In his Epist . ded . to the H. of Com. he saith thus , There was never Sermon preached on these publick Fasts , that was received with such contrary Affections , and Censures as this ; some approving above commendation , others disliking below detestation , &c. Soon after George Gillespie a Presbyterian Minister of Edenburgh , educated in S. Andrews University , did not only preach against the said sermon in another delivered before the H. of Lords , and in a second elsewhere , but also printed them in vindication of the Presbyterians , whereupon our Author Coleman published , A brotherly Examination examined : or , a clear justification of those passages in a Sermon , against which the rev . and learned Commissioner Mr. Gillespie first in two several Sermons , and then in print , did preach and write . Lond. 1646. qu. To which is added , A short discovery of some tenets and principles which entrench upon both the honour and power of the Parliament — What else our Author hath written , I find not , only a thing called A modell as the Author of A Friendly debate (b) tells us , which was briefly viewed and answer'd in 1645 , but neither the Modell or Answer have I yet seen . He died suddenly about the beginning of the year sixteen hundred forty and seven , but where buried I cannot tell , because the register of St. Peters in Cornhill mentions him not . I find one Tho. Coleman Minister of Allhallows Barkin near the Tower of London , who published a Sermon intit . Justification justified , an . 1653 , but of what University he was , I know not yet . As for G. Gillespie before-mention'd , he was a high Covenanteer , had some good learning , but was very antiprelatical and bold beyond all measure . He wrot against the ceremonies , several pieces against the Erastians , and died about 1649. In the month of January 1660 , the tombstone of this Gillespie ( who had also written a seditious book , intituled his Last Will and Testament ) was , according to an order of the Committee of Estates in Scotland , fetcht from the burial place , and on a Market-day broke by the Common-hangman at the cross of Kirkadie , where he had formerly been Minister . THOMAS FARNABIE the most noted Schoolmaster of his time , Son of Tho. Farn. of London Carpenter , Son of ... Farnabie sometimes Mayor of Truro in Cornwall , was born in London about 1575 , became a Student in Mert. Coll. in the beginning of 1590 ; at which time , being a youth of great hope , he was entertained by Mr. Tho. French a learned Fellow of that House , who made him his Postmaster , and so consequently his Servitour , being the fashion then for Postmasters to serve those Fellows from whom they received their places . But this youth being very wild , tho of pregnant parts , made no long stay there , for being enticed to forsake his Religion and Country , he left the Coll. very abruptly , went into Spain , and was for some time educated there , in a certain Coll. belonging to the Jesuits . At length being weary of their severe discipline , he found a way to leave them , and then , being minded to take a ramble , went with Sir Fr. Drake and Sir Joh. Hawkyns in their last voyage 1595 , being in some esteem with the former . Afterwards , as 't is said , he was a Soldier in the Low Countries , being more addicted to that employment than to be a Scholar , and that being reduced to poverty , he made shift to be set on shoare in the Western part of England ; where , after some wandring to an fro under the name of Tho. Bainrafe ( the anagram of his sirname ) he setled at Martock in Sommersetshire , and taught the Grammar School there for some time with good success . For in the year 1646 , when Mr. Charles Darby was called to teach that School , he found in that Town , and in the neighbourhood , many that had been his Scholars , ingenious Men and good Grammarians , even in their grey hairs . Among whom it was then reported , that when he landed in Cornwall , his distresses made him stoop so low , as to be an Abcdarian , and several were taught their hornbooks by him . After he had gotten some feathers at Martock , he took his flight to London , and taught a long time in Goldsmiths-rents in Cripplegate Parish behind Redcross-street , where were large gardens and handsome houses , and great accommodations for the young Noblemen and other generous Youths , who at one time made up the number of 300 or more . The School-house was a large brick building , divided into several partitions or apartments , according to the distinctions of the Forms and Classes , under the care and circumspection of the respective Ushers allotted to attend them . In which time , while he taught there , he was made M. of A. of Cambridge , and soon after incorporated at Oxon. At length , upon occasion of some underhand dealing of his Landlords and frequent sicknesses in the City , he removed about 1636 to Sevenock in Kent , ( in the neighbourhood of which place , ( at Otford ) he had purchased an estate ) taught there the Sons of several Noblemen and Gentlemen ( who boarded with him ) with great esteem , grew rich , purchased an estate there also and near Horsham in Sussex . Upon a foresight of the Civil War , he was esteemed ill affected to the cause , for that when the protestation was urged in 1641 , he then said it was better to have one King than five hundred . Afterwards , being suspected to have favoured the rising of the Country for the King about Tunbridge , in 1643 , he was thereupon imprisoned first in Newgate , and thence removed on Shipboard , it being then urged in the House of Commons , whether he should be sent to America , ( further'd by some of his good neighbours in Kent , nay and by some that had been his Scholars , as I have heard , who sate in the two Houses ) but at length it being rejected , he was removed to Ely-house in Holbourn , where he remained for about an year before his death . He was the chief Grammarian , Rhetorician , Poet , Latinist and Grecian of his time , and his School was so much frequented , that more Churchmen and Statesmen issued thence , than from any School taught by one Man in England . The things that he hath written and published are these . Notae ad Juvenalis & Persii Satyras . Lond. 1612. oct . &c. Notae ad Senecae tragoedias . Lond. 1613. oct . &c. For which work he is commended by a certain (c) Poet who was his friendly acquaintance . Notae ad Martialis Epigrammata . Lond. 1615. oct . Genev. 1623. 33. &c. in tw . Notae ad Lucani Pharsal . Lond. 1618. oct . Index Rhetoricus Scholis & institutioni tenerioris aetatis ac commodatus . Lond. 1625. oct . Phrases Oratoriae elegantiores & poeticae . Lond. 1628. oct 5th . edit . Florilegium Epigrammatum Graecorum , eorumque latina versu à variis redditorum . Lond. 1629. in oct . &c. Notae ad Virgilium . Lond. 1634. in oct . Notae in Terentium . Lond. in tw . Notae in Ovidii Metamorph. libros 12. Lond. in tw . &c. Ib. 1677. &c. Systema Grammaticum . Lond. 1641. in oct . Index Rhetoricus & Oratorius , cum formulis Oratoriis & indice poetico . Lond. 1646. oct . Phrasiologia Anglo-Lat . Lond. in oct . Tabulae Grecae Linguae . Lond. in qu. Syntaxis . Ib. in oct . — Epistolae Variae ad doctiss . viros . Other things he hath written , as I conceive , but such I have not yet seen . He concluded his last day in sixteen hundred forty and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Sevenock commonly called Sennock be forementioned ; over whose grave was this Epitaph put . P. M. viri ornatissimi Thomae Farnabii Armigeri , causae olim Regiae reique publicae sed literariae vindicis acerrimi . Obiit 12 Junii 1647. Vatibus hic sacris qui lux Farnabius olim , Vate carens saxo nunc sine luce jacet . By his first Wife named Susan , Dau. of Joh. Pierce of Launcells in Cornwall , he had a Son named John , who followed his Fathers martial humour , being a Captain in the Kings Army ; to whom he left his estate in Sussex , where he lived in good esteem , and died about the beginning of 1673. By his second Wife Anne , Daugh. of Dr. John Howson Bishop of Durham , he had several children , one of which was named Francis , to whom he left his estate at Kippington in the Parish of Sennock , where he was lately living a Justice of Peace in good esteem , from whose mouth I formerly received several passages of his Fathers life , which are remitted into the former discourse : At which time he aver'd to me , that the great Grandfather of his Father , viz. the Father of him who was Mayor of Truro , was an Italian Musician . The memory of this eminent Schoolmaster is celebrated by several Authors , among whom is John Dunbar (d) a Scot who stiles himself Megalo-Britannus , Rich. (e) Bruch and others . DEGORIE WHEAR was born at Jacobstow in Cornwall , retired to the habitation of the Muses called Broadgates Hall , in the beginning of the year 1592 aged 19 , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1600 , elected Probationer-Fellow of Exeter Coll. in 1602 , and six years after leaving that House , travelled into several Countries beyond the Seas , whereby he obtained as well learning as experience . At his return he was entertain'd by the Lord Chandois , and by him respected and exhibited to . After his death our Author , with his Wife , retired to Gloc. Hall , where Dr. Hawley the Principal demised to him Lodgings , and then became acquainted so well with Mr. Tho. Allen , that by his endeavours , the Learned Camden made him his first Reader of the History Lecture which he founded in this University . Soon after he was made Principal of that Hall , the which , with his Lecture he kept to his dying day , and was esteemed by some a learned and gentile man , and by others a Calvinist . He hath written , De ratione & methodo legendi Historias dissertatio . Oxon. 1625. oct . printed there again in 1637. in oct . with this title , Relectiones hyemales , de ratione & methodo legendi utriusque historias , civiles & ecclesiasticas , &c. At length Nich. Horsman M. A. and Fellow of C. C. C. making a review of the second Edition , and adding thereunto Mantissa de Historicis gentium particularium , &c. was printed a third time at Oxon 1662. in oct . and had at the end , this Speech of our Author printed with it , viz. Oratio auspicalis habita in Scholis publicis cum primum L. An. Flori interpretationem aggrederetur author . The said Relectiones with the Mantissa were printed again at Cambridge 1684 in oct . with Gabr. Naudaeus his Bibliographia Politica , added thereunto , and Justus Lipsius his Epistle to Nich. Hacquevill De Historia , set before it . They were rendred into English , ( I mean the Relectiones and Mantissa only ) by Edmund Bohun of Westhall in the County of Suffolk Esq of whom by the way , I desire the Reader to know these things following , viz. that he was born at Ringsfield in the said County , being the only Son of Baxter Bohun , ( who , with his ancestors , have been Lords of the mannour of Westhall ever since 25. Hen. 8. ) that in the year 1663 , he was admitted Fellow-commoner of Queens Coll. in Cambridge , and continued there till the latter end of 1666 , when then he was driven out of that University by the plague that raged there , to his great hindrance in Learning . In 1675 , he was made one of the Commissioners of the Peace for the County of Suffolk , and continued so till the 2 of K. James 2. and then he was discharg'd . In the first year of K. Will. and Qu. Mary , he was restored to that office , upon the recommendations of the members of Parliament then sitting , without his seeking , and he now serves their Majesties in the said employment . This worthy Person hath written An Address to the Freemen and Freeholders of the nation , in three parts ; being the History of three Sessions of Parliament : The first of which began the 21. of Oct. 1678. and the last of them ended the 10. of Janu. 1680. Lond. 1682. and 83. qu. ( 2 ) A defence of the Declaration of King Ch. 2. against a pamphlet stiled , A just and modest vindication of the proceedings of the two last Parliaments — printed with , and added to , the Address ( 3 ) A defence of Sir Rob. Filmer , against the mistakes and representations of Algernoon Sidney Esq in a Paper delivered by him to the Sherriffs upon the Scaffold on Tower-hill , on Friday Dec. 7. 1683. before his Execution there . Lond. 1684. in 4. sh . and an half in fol. ( 4 ) The Justice of Peace his calling ; a moral Essay . Lond. 1684. oct . ( 5 ) A preface and a conclusion to Sir Rob. Filmers book . entit . — Paetriarcha ; or the natural Law of Kings , &c. Added to the second and perfect edition of that book — Lond. 1685. oct . ( 6 ) A Geographical Dictionary , representing the present and antient names of all the Countries , Provinces , remarkable Cities , &c. of the whole world , with a short historical account of the same and their present state . Lond. 1688. oct . ( 7 ) The history of the desertion : or , an account of all the publick affairs in England , from the beginning of Sept. 1688. to the 12 of Feb. following . Lond. 1689. oct . ( 8 ) An answer to a piece called , The Desertion discussed ; in a letter to a country Gentleman . printed at the end of The Hist . of desertion . The said Pamphlet called The Desertion discussed , was written by Jer● Collier of Cambridge ( 10 ) The Doctrine of Passive Obedience or Non-resistance no way concern'd in the controversies now depending between the Williamites and Jacobites . Lond. 1689. qu. In the 24 pag. of which book is a passage concerning Dr. Ken Bishop of Bathe and Wells ; which , Mr. Bohun is satisfied , is not true ; and therefore he desires that , and the whole paragraph , in which it is , may be cancel'd . ( 11 ) Life of Joh. Jewell Bishop of Salisbury , as I shall tell you by and by . He hath also translated into English several things , among which is ( 1 ) The origen of Atheisme in the Popish and Protestant Churches , shewn by Dorotheus Sicurus — Lond. 1684. qu. ( 2 ) An Apologie of the Church of England , and an Epistle to one Seignior Scipio a Venetian Gent. concerning the Council of Trent . Lond. 1685. in oct . written by Joh. Jewell sometimes B. of Salisbury . To which is added a brief of the Life of the said Jewell , collected by Mr. Bohun , from the large life of the said Person , written by Dr. Laur. Humphrey ( 3 ) The method and order of reading both civil and ecclesiastical Histories , as I have told you before ( 4 ) The universal Historical Bibliotheque : or an account of the most considerable books printed in all languages : wherein , a short account is given of the design of almost every book , and the quality of the author , if known . For Jan. Feb. and Mar. of the year 1687 — Discontinued by the death of George Wells a Bookseller , lately living in S. Pauls Ch. yard in London . ( 5 ) The 25. and 26 th book of the general History of the Reformation of the Church from the errors and corruptions of the Church of Rome , began in Germany by Mart. Luther . Lond. 1689. written in latin by Joh. Sleidan LL. D. with a continuation in three books from the year 1556. to the year 1562. ( 6 ) The present state of Germany : or , an account of the extent , rise , forme , wealth &c. of that Empire , &c. Lond. 1690. oct . written in lat . by Sam. Pufendorf under a borrowed name . What other things he hath written and translated I know not ; sure I am that our Author Whear , hath , besides the before-mentioned things , published these following . Parentatio Historica . Sive commemoratio vitae & mortis V. C. Guliel . Camdeni Clarentii , facta Oxoniae in Schola Historicâ , 12. Nov. 1626. Oxon. 1628. oct . Dedicatio imaginis Camdenianae in Scholâ Historicâ , 12. Nov. 1626. Oxon. 1628. oct . Epistolarum Eucharisticarum fasciculus . Charisteria . These two last are printed and go with Dedicatio Imaginis , &c. He hath also written Lectures on the three books of the Punick War , in Luc. Florus , which are now about to be published . At length departing this mortal life on the first of Aug. in sixteen hundred forty and seven , was buried on the third day of the same month in Exeter Coll. Chappel . His study of books and collections in MS. came , after his death , into the hands of his old Friend Francis Rouse Provost of Eaton Coll. near to Windsore , and his Lectures in MS. to Bodleys Library . He left also behind him a Widow and Children , who soon after became poor , and whether the Females lived honestly , 't is not for me to dispute it . HENRY MASON was born in a Market Town in Lancashire called Wygan or Wiggin , became a Servitour of Brasn . Coll. in the beginning of 1592 , elected one of Humph. Ogles Exhibitioners thereof 2. Nov. 1593 , took one degree in Arts two years after , entred into Holy Orders , and became Chaplain of Corp. Ch. Coll. in 1602. The next year he proceeded in Arts , and seven years after , was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . At length being made Chapl. to Dr. Jo. King B. of Lond. was by his endeavours , as I suppose , made Rector of S. Andrews Undershaft in that City ; where by his exemplary life , edifying and judicious preaching and writing he did great benefit , and was by all that knew him accounted a true Son of the Church of England . His writings are these . The new art of lying , covered by Jesuits under the veil of Equivocation . Lond. 1624. qu. there again 1634. in tw . Christian humiliation : or , a treatise of Fasting , with a brief discourse of Lent. Lond. 1625. qu. Epicures Fast : or , a short discourse discovering the licentiousness of the Rom. Ch. in her religious Fasts . Lond. 1626. in qu. Tribunal of the conscience : or , a treatise of examination . Lond. 1626. 27. qu. Short discourse declaring the condition of Worldly cares , with some remedies appointed for them . Lond. 1628. Certain passages in Mr. Sam. Hoards book entit . Gods love to mankind , &c. — Answer'd by Dr. Twisse under the name of Additions , in his Riches of Gods love to the vessells of mercy , &c. as I have told you before in Dr. Twisse . Hearing and doing the ready way to blessedness . Lond. 1635. in tw . Rules for right hearing of Gods word — printed with the former book . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Christians fast , &c. on Matth. 4.2 . Lond. 1627. qu. ( 2 ) Contentment in Gods gifts ; or some Sermon notes leading to equanimitie and contentation , on Joh. 20.3.4.5.6 . Lond. 1630. in tw . ( 3 ) Sermon on Luke 11.28 . This I have not seen , nor a MS. in fol. containing matters of Divinity , which he left in the hands of his acquaintance Dr. Gilb. Sheldon , afterwards Archb. of Cant. From whom it came to Dr. Dolben Bish . of Roch. afterwards of York , in whose possession it was when he died . At length when the Puritan or Presbyterian began to be dominant in 1641 , our Author Mason through vexation , occasion'd by that Party , was forced soon after to leave his Rectory of S. Andrew beforemention'd , purposely to make room for a godly brother . Afterwards he retired with his goods and books to Wygan his native place , where living in obscurity for some years , ( not without vexation by the Rebels ) surrendred up his most pious and devout Soul to him that first gave it , in his house situate , and being in a street there called Scoles , in the beginning of August in sixteen hundred forty and seven , and in that of his age 74 or thereabouts , and was buried on the seventh day of the same month in the yard or cemeterie , close to the ground-work of the pillar or buttress at the east end of the Church at Wygan : He had before given to the poor of that Town 13 l. per an . to bind poor children apprentices , his librarie of books to the School ; and a considerable number of Bibles to the poorer sort of people for their children there . JOHN VERNEUIL ( Vernulius ) was born in the City of Bourdeaux in France , educated in the University of Mountalban till he was M. of Arts , flew from his country for religion sake , being a Protestant , and went into England , where he had his wants supplied for a time by Sir Thom. Leigh . Afterwards he retired to the University of Oxon. in 1608 , and on the fourth day of Nov. in the same year , being then 25 years of age , he was matriculated in the University as a member of Magdalen Coll. from which House , as from others he received relief . In 1625 , he was incorporated Master of Arts , being then second-keeper of Bodleys Library , where he performed good service for that place , and wrot for the use of the Students there , these things following . Catalogus Interpretum S. Scripturae , juxta numerorum ordinem , quo extant in bibl . Bodl. Oxon. 1635. qu. sec . Edition . The first was began by Dr. Tho. James . Elenchus authorum , tum recentium quam antiquorum , qui in 4 libros sententiarum & Thomae Aquinatis summas , item in Evangelia Dominicalia totius anni , & de casibus conscientiae ; nec non in orationem Dominicam , Symbolum Apostolorum , & Decalogum scripserunt . This is printed with the Cat. Interpretum , &c. an . 1635. Nomenclator of such tracts and sermons as have been printed , and translated into English upon any place , or book of the Holy Scripture , now to be had in Bodleys Library . Oxon. 1637. 42. in tw . He also translated from French into English A Tract of the Soveraign Judge of controversies in matters of religion . Oxon. 1628. qu. written by Joh. Cameron D. D. of Saumaur , Divinity Professor in the Academy of Mountalban , afterwards Principal of Glascow in Scotland . And from English into Latine a book entit . Of the deceitfulness of mans heart . Genev. 1634. oct . written by Dan. Dyke of Cambridge . The said Joh. Verneuil died in his house within , and near , the East-gate of the City of Oxon , in the latter end of Septemb. in sixteen hundred forty and seven , and was buried on the last day of the same month in the Church of St. Peter in the East , within the said City ; at which time our publick Library lost an honest and useful servant , and his children a good Father . ROBERT PINK Son of Hen. Pink of Kempshot in the Parish of Winslade in Hampshire , was born there , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1596 , took the degrees in Arts , entred on the Physick line , was admitted Bach. in that faculty 1612 , afterward studied Divinity , was elected Warden of his Coll. 1617 , proceeded in Divinity , and was much esteemed by K. Jam. 1. for his dexterity in disputing , as by K. Ch. 1. for his eminent loyalty . He was a zealous defender of the University privileges and liberties , especially when he performed the office of Vicechancellour , and esteemed by all that knew him most eminent for his knowledge in Philosophy and Divinity . He hath written , Quaestiones selectiores in Logicâ , Ethicâ , Physicâ , Metaphysica inter authores celebriores repertae . Oxon. 1680. qu. published by Joh. Lamphire Principal of Hart Hall. Poemata Latina . Gesta Vicecancellariatus sui . 'T is a MS. containing the Acts and Gests of his Vicechancellourship of the University , from 26. July 1634. to 22. Jul. 1636. It is written in a little thin fol. containing 80 pages , and hath therein several of his speeches spoken in convocation . Which book I had the liberty to peruse , when I was composing the Hist . & Antiq. of Univ. of Oxon , and may be useful to curious men in other respects , if given to a publick place , many things being therein , that are not entred into the publick registers of the University . He died much lamented by the members of his Coll. because he had been a vigilant , faithful and publick spirited Governour , by the poor of the City of Oxon , because he had been a constant benefactor to them , by the Orphans , to whom he had been a Father , and generally by all who knew the great vertues , piety ▪ and learning of the Person , on the second day of Novemb. in sixteen hundred forty and seven . Whereupon his body was buried in the outer Chappel belonging to New Coll. between the pulpit and the screen , leaving then behind him certain matters fit for the press . In 1677 Dr. Ralph Bridoake Bishop of Chichester , who had in his younger years been patroniz'd by the said Dr. Pink erected , out of gratitude , a comely monument for him on the W. wall of the outer Chappel , at some distance from his grave . WILLIAM SLATYER a Sommersetshire man born , was matriculated as a Gentlemans Son of that County , and a member of St. Maries Hall in Lent time , an . 1600. aged 13 years . Whence translating himself to Brasn . Coll. was entred there as a plebeians Son of the same County in July , 1607. The next year he took a degree in Arts , was made Fellow of the said Coll , proceeded in that faculty , 1611. entred into holy Orders , was soon after beneficed , and in 1623 took the degrees in Divinity , being then in good esteem for his knowledge in English History , and his excellent vein in Lat. and English Poetry . His works are these . Palae-Albion : or , the Historie of Great Britaine from the first peopling of this Island to the Raign of K. James . Lond. 1621. fol. in Lat. and Engl. verse , the Lat. on one side and the English on the other ; with various marginal notes on the English side , relating to English History and Antiquity . Psalmes or Songs of Sion , turn'd into the language , and set to the tunes , of a strange land — Printed at London , but when , I know not , because not set down in the title . Psalmes in four languages and in four parts , set to the tunes of our Church — Printed at Lond. in tw . engraven on copper . Genealogia Regis Jacobi — Lond. 1630. 'T is in a thin fol. in lat . and Engl. and the Genealogie is derived from Adam . What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he giving way to fate at Otterden in Kent , where he was then , or before , ( as I presume ) beneficed , in the month of Oct. or Nov. in sixteen hundred forty and seven , was there buried , leaving behind him a Widow named Sarah . The Reader may be pleased now to know that one Will. Sclater a Bedfordsh . man born , was elected into Kings Coll. in Cambridge 1593 , was afterwards Vicar of Pitminster in Sommersetshire and a publisher of several Sermons , and Theological Tracts , as you may see in Oxford or Bodleys Catalogue of books ; but this Person whose Sirname differs from him that was the Poet before-mention'd , must not to be taken to be the same with him , as some to my knowledge have done . He died in 1626 and left behind him a Son of both his names , who was born at Pitminster , was Fellow of Kings Coll. also , and afterwards Minister of Columpton in Devon. Prebendary of Exeter and Doct. of Div. He hath several Sermons in print , of which one is entit . — Papisto-Mastix : or , Deborahs prayer against Gods enemies , on Judges 5.31 . Lond. 1642. qu. and hath published An exposition with notes on the fourth chap. of the Rom. Lond. 1650. qu. written by his Father , &c. HENRY WILKINSON was born within the Vicaridge of Halyfax in Yorkshire 9. Octob. 1566 , made his first entrie into the University in Lent term 1581 , elected Probationer-fellow of Merton Coll. by the favour of his Kinsman Mr. H. Savile the Warden , in the year 1586 , proceeded in Arts , applyed his mind to the sacred faculty , of which he was Bachelaur , and at length ( 1601 ) became Pastor of Waddesdon in Bucks . He hath written and published , A Catechisme for the use of the congregation of Waddesdon in Bucks — This hath been several times printed in oct . and the fourth impression came out at Lond. 1637. The Debt-book ; or , a treatise upon 13 Rom. ver . 8. wherein is handled the civil debt of money , or goods . Lond. 1625. oct . and other things which I have not yet seen . This Person being an old Puritan , was elected one of the Assembly of Divines in 1643 , and dying on the 19 of March in sixteen hundred forty and seven , was buried in the Church at Waddesdon before-mentioned , having had issue by his Wife Sarah , the only daughter of Arthur Wake ( of whom I have made mention in Isaac Wake an . 1632. p. 491. ) three daughters , and six sons , of which number Henry Wilkinson Senior , commonly called Long Harry , was one ; of whom shall be large mention made hereafter . MICHAEL HUDSON a Westmorland man (a) born , became a poor serving child of Queens Coll. in the year 1621. and in that of his age 16 , afterwards Tabarder , and in the year 1630 Fellow of that House , he being then Master of Arts. About that time he took holy Orders , married Capt ..... Pollards daughter of Newnham Courtney in Oxfordshire , and was beneficed in Lincolnshire : But when his Maj. K. Ch. 1. set up his standard , he left his Benefice , adhered to him , and after Edghill battle , retiring to Oxon , was in Feb. 1642. actually created Doctor of Divinity , and made Chaplain to his Majesty . About that time he being esteemed an understanding and sober Person and of great fidelity , was made Scoutmaster General to the Army in the north parts of England , under the command of William Marquess of Newcastle , whereby he did wonderfully advantage himself in the ways and passes of those parts . In that employment he continued some years , with very good success . At length his Maj. ( who usually called him his plain dealing Chaplain , because he told him his mind when others would , or durst not ) having an especial respect for his signal loyalty and courage , entrusted him and John Ashbournham one of the Groomes of his Bedchamber , with his Person , at what time he left Oxon in a disguise 27. Apr. 1646 , in order to surrender himself into the hands of the Scots , then besieging Newark on Trent . Afterwards his Maj. being setled for a time in Newcastle , a Serjeant at Arms , or his Deputy , was ordered by the Parliament 23 of May following , to fetch our Author Hudson to London , for conveying the King to the Scotch Army , and to bring Ashbournham with him , but they having timely notice , drew aside and escap'd the messenger . Afterwards Hudson crossing the Country in order to get to London , was discovered at Rochester , and apprehended on the 8 of June following , brought to London , and committed Prisoner to London-house . On the 18 of the same Month ▪ he was examined by a Committee of Parliament , and confessed that the King , when he left Oxon , crossed the Country , was at Henley in Oxfordshire , Harrow on the hill , at Brentford , and almost perswaded to go to London . Afterwards he went to St. Albans , and so to Harborow in Leycestershire , where the French Agent ( Monsieur de Montereal or Montrevil ) was to have met him , but came not . From thence he went to Stanford in Lincolnshire , and thence to Downham in Norfolk , where he lay at a petty Alehouse , and that sometimes he passed by the name of Hudsons Tutor , at other times by the name of Doctor , and sometimes went as Ashbournhams Servant . On the 18. of Nov. the same year , he broke out of Prison , and , as 't is (b) said , conveyed Letters from the King to Maj. Gen. Rowland Langhorne in Wales , which , I suppose , is false . In Janu. following , he was retaken by Maj. Gen. Sedenham Pointz , sent from Hull to London , and committed close prisoner to the Tower , with strict order given , that none should speak with him , but in the presence of his keeper . During his confinement there , he wrot , The divine right of government , natural and political , in two books — Printed 1647. qu. wherein he shews himself to be a Scholar , as he before had , by his martial feats , a couragious Soldier . But he making an escape thence in the beginning of 1648 , he went into Lincolnshire , where he raised a party of horse for his Majesty , and had engaged some of the Gentry of Norfolk and Suffolk in the like design . On the 6 of June 1648 , intelligence was brought to the Parliament that the Malignants , that is the Royalists , were up in Arms in Lincolnshire under the command of Dr. Hudson , and two days following were letters read from Col. Tho. Waite that he had suppressed the insurrection of Malignants at Stanford in Lincolnshire and had killed their commander Dr. Hudson . It seems the chief body of these Malignants so called , fled to Woodcroft house in the Parish of Helpson near to Peterborow in Northamptonshire about 7 miles distant from Stanford , where Hudson was barbarously killed on the 6 of June in sixteen hundred forty and eight . The manner of which was briefly thus . After the Rebels had entred into the house , and had taken most of the Royalists , Hudson with some of his couragious Soldiers went up to the battlements thereof , where they defended themselves for some time . At length upon promise of quarter they yeilded , but when the Rebels had got in among them they denied quarter : Whereupon Hudson , being thrown over the battlements , he caught hold of a spout or out-stone and there hung ; but his hands being beat or cut off , he fell into the moat underneath , much wounded , and desir'd to come on land to die there . Whereupon one Egborough ( servant to Mr. Spinks the intruder into the Parsonage of Castor belonging to the Bishop of Peterborough ) knocked him on the head with the but-end of his musket . Which being done , one Walker a Chandler or Grocer in Stanford , cut out his tongue and carried it about the Country as a trophie . His body for the present was denied burial , yet after the enemy had left that place , he was by some Christians committed to the earth . In Aug. 1684 , I was informed by the letters of Mr. Joh. Whitehall Preb. of Peterborough and Dean of Oundle that the body of the said Dr. Hudson was removed soon after his death to Uffington near Stanford in Lincolnshire where it was solemnly buried . Quaere . As for Egborough , he was not long after torn in pieces with his own gun , which burst while it was under his arm in Long Orton ; and Walker since , through poverty , quitted his trade , and was become a scorn and by-word to the boys when he passed through the streets of Stanford . JOHN WHITE usually called Patriarch of Dorchester or Patriarch White , son of John White , was born in the time of Christmas at Stanton S. John near to , and in the County of , Oxon , and was baptized there , 6. Jan. 1575 , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. after he had served two years of probation , in the year 1595 , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became a frequent preacher in these parts . In 1606 he left his Coll. and about that time became , as I suppose , Rector of Trinity parish in Dorchester , in the County of Dorset , where in the course of his Ministry he expounded the Scripture all over , and half over again , having had an excellent faculty in the clear and solid interpreting of it . So that his name being up in those parts , gave occasion to a neighbour (a) of his , ( a puritanical Physician ) to stile him Pastor & Minister fidelissimus , in quo praeter doctrinam insignem , ingeniique vim acrem , mirum judicium , deinde & sedulitas , pietas , atque fides incredibilis invicem certabant &c. But it must be known that these things were spoken of him after our Author White had bequeathed (b) to the said Physician of Dorchester one of his pieces of plate . He was for the most part of his time a moderate , not morose or peevish , puritan , and conformed to the ceremonies of the Church of England before , and when , Archb. Laud sate at the stern . But in the beginning of the Long Parliament , when the Saints raised a rebellion , he sided with them , and with his Sub-levites . ... Thompson and Will. Benne both Oxf. Students did in a miserable manner cozen the people thereabouts with strange (c) reports , viz. That Mass was said openly in Oxon , that none but Papists were about his Majesty , that 20000 Scots were already entred England , that they should not look on any book printed at Oxon , or published by his Majesties command . By which means they seduced almost all the Town to take the Covenant , assuring them most martyr-like that they would seal it with their blood , &c. But when Prince Rupert was in those parts , and the knowledge of these Proceedings were spread abroad , a party of his Horse retired to Dorchester , plunder'd the house of our Author White , and took away his library . So that he finding that place uneasie , he and his Sub-Levites fled , and White retiring to London , was made Minister of the Savoy Parish , and carried on the Cause there . So that whereas before the Rebellion broke out , he , by his wisdom , did keep the Inhabitants of Dorchester in good order and obedient to the Church , and also proved eminently useful in reforming the dissolute manners of the people thereof , it fell out that after the turn of the times , it was by his means stocked with such a factious and fanatical Crew , that all endeavours could not reform it , nor ever , as 't is thought , will , it continuing so to this day . In 1643 he was chosen one of the Assembly of Divines , took the Covenant , and sitting often with them at Westminster , shewed himself one of the most learned and moderate among them , and soon after did by order not only succeed Dr. Featley in the Rectory of Lambeth in Surrey , ( ejected thence ) but had his library conferred on him to keep and enjoy it till such time Dr. Featley could get back our Authors from the Soldiers under Prince Rupert . When the broils of the Nation were over , he repaired to Dorchester , and in Nov. 1647 , was designed Warden of New Coll. upon the death of Dr. Pink , by Will. Lord Say , and Nath. Fiennes his son ; but , if I am not mistaken , he refused that office . He was a person of great gravity and presence , and had always influence on the puritannical Party near to , and remote from , him , who bore him more respect , than they did to their Diocesan . His works are these . Commentary on the three first Chapters of Genesis , with large Observations on the same . Lond. 1656. 57. fol. Directions for the profitable reading of the Scriptures . — Printed in oct . Of the Sabbath . — Printed in qu. Way to the tree of life , in sundry directions — Pr. 1647. oct . 'T is the same , I think , which is called The Directory to perfection . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The troubles of Jerusalems Restauration : or the Churches Reformation , Fast-sermon before the H. of Lords , 26 Nov. 1645. on Dan. 9.15 . Lond. 1646. qu. with others which I have not yet seen . Ten vowes to the Parishioners of Dorchester — Ms . written about the year 1628 , answer'd by Dr. Gilb. Ironside who became Bishop of Bristow in 1660. At length having lived beyond the age of man , died suddenly on the 21 of July , in sixteen hundred forty and eight , and was inter'd in the Church porch of S. Peter in Dorchester , which is a Chappel belonging to Trinity Church before mentioned . Besides this John White , was another of both his names , a Ministers son , Doctor of Divinity , brother to Dr. Franc. White Bishop of Ely and a publisher of several books , born at S. Neots in Huntingdonshire , bred in Caies Coll. in Cambridge and afterwards became Vicar of Eccles in Lancashire . Whence , after he had continued some years , he was brought into Suffolk by Sir John Crofts , who bestowed on him the best Living that he had to give . He sent for him unknown from Eccles , where he lived in those distresses , which he was never able to look through . He furnished him with books fit for his studies , he honoured and countenanced him so much , that all the Country was satisfied he had a love and respect for him . He wrot a book called The way to the true Church , and A defence of it , against the two books that Joh. Fisher the Jesuit published , and other things as the Oxford Cat. will tell you . One T. W. P. ( Priest ) who had sometimes , as it seems , been of Cambridge , wrot a book against Jo. White called White died black . But John dying before he could make a reply , his brother Dr. Franc. White took up the bucklers , and forthwith published a book against the said T. W. intit . Orthodox faith and way to the Church explained , &c. Lond. 1617. qu. In the last (d) will and test . of the said John White without date , I find these things said of himself — Whereas for 20 years past by preaching and writing , published in two books , I engaged my self against Papistry ; I profess I have done therein nothing against my Conscience , but desire all men to assure themselves , that if any error hath escaped me , it hath passed me through oversight , when I always bended my self to that work of writing , with much humility to God , and such diligence as I was able to use : And having the books always by me , I writ nothing but what I found in antiquity , and in the writings publickly receiv'd in the Church of Rome it self ; and I constantly avouch , that what I have writ , is the truth , and have been the more confirmed therein by the unconscionable behaviour of my Adversaries against me , &c. This Will was proved 21 Feb. 1619 , being two or more years after his death , at which time he was Chaplain in ordinary to the King ; and his Father living , after he had spent 50 years in preaching the word of God. EDWARD HERBERT son of Rich. Herbert by Magd. his wife , dau . of Sir Rich. Newport of High●Arcall in Shropshire Knight , was born in the sometimes most pleasant and Romancy place in Wales called Mountgomery Castle , became a Gent. Com. of University Coll. in 1595 , aged 14 years , where being put under the tuition of an eminent Tutor , laid the foundation of that admirable learning , whereof he was afterwards a compleat Master . Thence he betook himself to travel , as also to certain military exercises , in foreign parts , whereby he became much accomplish'd . After his return , he was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Jam. 1. afterwards one of the Counsellors to that King for his military affairs , and sent Embassador to Lewes 13. King of France , to mediate for the relief of the Protestants in that Realm then besieged in several places . In which service continuing about five years , he was recalled (e) in July 1621 , because he had irreverently treated de Luyens the great Constable of France , and Edw. Sackvile was sent in his place . In the 22 of K. Jam. 1. he was (f) advanced to the dignity of a Baron of the Realm of Ireland by the name of Lord Herbert of Castle Island , and in 5 of Car. 1. to the title of Lord Herbert of Cherbury in Shropshire . He was a person well studied in the Arts and Languages , a good Philosopher and Historian , and understood men , as well as books , as it evidently appears in his Writings , the titles of which follow . De veritate , prout distinguitur à revelatione , à verisimuli , à possibile & à falso , &c. Par. 1624 and 1633. Lond. 1645. qu. &c. Translated into French and printed 1639. qu , much valued by learned men , and reposed , as 't is said , in the Popes Vatican . Answered by P. Gassendus in his third Tome ( the title of which is Opuscula philosophica ) from p. 411. to p. 419. in an Epistle directed to our Author Herbert — Lugd. 1658. fol. and by Mr. Rich. Baxter in his More reasons for the Christian Religion , &c. Printed at Lond. in tw . De causis errorum : una cum tractatu de religione Laici , & appendice ad sacerdotes ; nec non quibusdam poematibus . Printed with the book De veritate , &c. 1645. qu. Life and Reign of K. Hen. 8. Lond. 1649 and 72. fol. Both which editions being collated with the original Ms . in the Archives of Bodleys Library ( given thereunto by the Author in 1643 ) by certain Scholars of this University , was printed at Lond. again in 1682. fol. Expeditio Buckinghami Ducis in Ream insulam . Written by the Author in 1630 , published by Timothy Baldwin Doct. of Law and Fellow of All 's . Coll. — Lond. 1656. octav . Occasional Verses ( or Poems . ) Lond. 1665. oct . published by Hen. Herbert his son , and by him dedicated to Edward Lord Herbert Grandson to the Author . Others of his Poems I have also seen in the books of other Authors , occasionally written , particularly in that of Joshua Silvester , in t . Lacrymae lacrymarum ; or , the spirit of tears distilled for the untimely death of Pr. Henry . Lond. 1613 ▪ qu. There be others also of Sir Hen. Goodyere , Sir Will. Cornwallis , Jos . Hall , &c. De religione Gentilium , errorumque apud eos causis . Amst . 1663. qu. At length after our Author Herbert had sided with the Long Parliament , and had received satisfaction from the members thereof for their causing Mountgomery Castle to be demolished , upon the declining of the Kings Cause , he surrendred up his last breath in his house in Queen street near London in sixteen hundred forty and eight , and was buried in the Chancel of S. Giles Church in the Fields . Over his grave , which is under the south wall , was laid a flat marble stone with this Inscription engraven thereon . Heic inhumatur corpus Edwardi Herbert Equitis Balnei , Baronis de Cherbury & Castle-Island , auctoris libri cui titulus est De veritate . Reddor ut herbae ; vicessimo die Augusti anno domini , 1648. He was Father to Rich. Lord Herbert , and he to Edward , which last dying 21 Apr. 1691. was buried on the 28 of the same month near to the grave of his Grandfather . The Reader is to know , that one Edward Herbert an Esquires son of the County of Mountgomery , was matriculated in the University as a member of Qu. Coll. in the beginning of July 1608 aged 17 years , but he is not to be taken to be the same with the former who was Lord Herbert , tho Isaac Walton in the (h) life of Mr. George Herbert doth , and from him the society of the said Coll. I take him to be the same , who was afterwards a Knight and Attorney General , temp . Car. 1. SAMUEL FELL was born within the Parish of S. Clements Danes without Temple-Barr near London , elected Student of Ch. Ch. from Westminster School 1601 , aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1608 , elected Proctor of the University in 1614 , admitted Bac. of Div. in the year after , and about that time became Minister of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight . In the month of May 1619 he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. and the same year proceeded in Divinity , being about that time domestick Chaplain to King Jam. 1. In 1626 he was made Margaret Professor , and so consequently Prebendary of Worcester , ( which was about that time annected to the Professorship ) he being then a Calvinist . At length leaving his opinion , became , after great seekings and cringings , a Creature of Dr. Laud Archbishop of Canterbury , by whose means he was made Dean of Lichfield , upon the promotion of Dr. John Warner to the See of Rochester , an . 1637 , Dean of Ch. Ch. in the year after in the place of Dr. Duppa promoted to the See of Chichester , and would , without doubt , had not the Rebellion broke out , been a Bishop . In 1647 he was ejected from his Deanery and Vicechancellourship , after he had suffered much for his Loyalty , and for the preserving of the statutes and liberties of the University . Afterwards retiring to his Rectory of Sunningwell near Abendon in Berks , spent the short remainder of his life in obscurity . He hath written and published , Primitiae ; sive oratio habita Oxoniae in scholâ Theologiae 9 Nov. an . 1626. Oxon 1627. qu. Concio Latina ad Baccalaureos die cinerum , in Colos . 2.8 . Oxon. 1627. qu. and other things , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . He died in the Parsonage-house at Sunningwell before mentioned , on the first day of Febr. in sixteen hundred forty and eight , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . In his Deanery Edward Reynolds M. A. ( afterwards D. of Div. ) had violently been thrust in by the Authority of Parliament , in April 1648 , as I have at large told (*) you elsewhere . WILLIAM TIPPING second son of Sir George Tipp . of Dreycot and Whitfield in Oxfordshire Knight , by Dorothy his wife dau . of Joh. Burlacy of Little-Marlow in Bucks . Esq . was born in Oxfordshire , ( at Dreycot I think ) became a Commoner of Queens Coll. under the tuition of Mr. Joh. Langhorne in the latter end of 1614 aged 16 years , where making a considerable progress in Logicals and Philosophicals , took a degree in Arts. Afterwards he went to London , and spent some time in one of the Inns of Court , but his genie being theologically given , he retired to Oxon , lived a single life many years in Canditch in the north Suburbs thereof for the sake of scholastical company and of books , and was a Justice of the peace for Oxfordshire . In the beginning of the civil War he sided with the Presbyterians , ( being always puritanically affected ) took the Covenant , and at length was made one of the Visitors of the University of Oxon by the power of Parliament , an . 1647 , and the next year was actually created Master of Arts. He hath written , A discourse of Eternity . Oxon. 1633. qu. After the publication of which , he obtained the name among Scholars of Eternity Tipping , to distinguish him from others of his sirname . A return of Thankfulness for the unexpected recovery out of a dangerous sickness . Oxon 1640. oct . A Fathers Counsel : or , directions to young persons . Lond. 1644. oct . The preachers plea : or , a short declaration touching the sad condition of our Clergy , in relation to the smalness of their maintenance throughout the Kingdom . Lond. 1646. in tw . The remarkable life and death of the Lady Apollonia Hall widdow , deceased in the 21 year of her age . Lond. 1647. in tw . He gave way to fate at Waterstock near to , and in the County of , Oxon , on the second day of Febr. in sixteen hundred forty and eight , and was buried on the eighth day of the same month in the Chancel of the Church there . This person tho born to a fair estate , and so consequently might have taken those pleasures which the generality of Gentlemen do , yet he gave himself solely up to Learning , Piety , and Charity . He gave 20 shillings yearly to Allsaints Parish in Oxon for a Sermon to be preached there every Good Friday , and an hundred pounds towards the building of a Bridewell house without the north gate of the City , some years before the Rebellion broke out . JOHN GEREE a Yorkshire man born , became either a Batler or Servitour of Magd. Hall in the beginning of the year 1615 , and in that of his age 15 , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1621 , entred into holy orders , and became Minister of a market Town in Glocestershire called Tewkesbury . But being schismatically inclined , he refused to conform to certain Ceremonies in the Church of England , whereupon being silenced by Goodman his Diocesan , he lived by the helps of the Brethren . At length upon the change of the times in 1641 , he was restored by the Committee of Religion to his said Cure , where continuing till about 1645 , became Preacher of the Word at S. Albans in Hertfordshire , and in two years after , or less , at S. Faiths under Pauls in London : At all which places he was much resorted to by those of the Presbyterian Perswasion . He hath written and published these things following . Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) The downfal of Antichrist , &c. Sermon on 2 Thes . 2.8 . Lond. 1641. qu. dedicated to John White Esq . and the rest of the Committee for Religion . ( 2 ) Judahs joy at the oath , ( Covenant ) Serm. on 2 Cor. 15.15 . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 3 ) The red horse , or the bloodiness of war , Serm. at Pauls , 16 Jul. 1648. on Rev. 6.4 . Lond. 1648. qu. &c. Vindiciae voti : or , a Vindication of the true sense of the national Covenant in answer to the Protestation protested . Lond. 1641. qu. Vindiciae Eccles . Anglicanae : or , ten cases resolved , which discover , that tho there be need of Reformation in , yet not of Separation from , the Churches of Christ ; in England . Lond. 1644. qu. ded . to Mr. Rich. Capell sometimes of Magd. Coll. Proofs that the King may without impeachment of his Oath , touching the Clergy at his Coronation , consent to the abrogation of Episcopacy , and the Objections against it in two several Treatises printed at Oxon , fully answered . Lond. 1646. qu. in one sheet . Or thus as 't is in another Title , Case of Conscience resolved . Wherein it is cleared that the King may without impeachment of his oath , touching the Clergy at his Coronation , consent to the abrogation of Episcopacy , Lond. 1646. qu. in one sh . and half . Astrologo-mastix . The vanity of judicial Astrology . Lond. 1646. qu. Vindiciae Paedo-Baptismi : or , a Vindication of Infant Baptism in a full answer to Mr. Tombes 12 Arguments alledged against it in his Exercitation , &c. Lond. 1646. quart . Character of an old English Puritan , or Nonconformist . Lond. 1646. in 1 sh . in qu. Vindiciae vindiciarum : or , a Vindication of his vindication of Infant Biptism from the Exceptions of Mr. Harrison in his Paedo-Baptisme oppugned , and from the exceptions of Mr. Tombes &c. Lond. 1647. qu. A Catechisme in brief questions and answers &c. Lond. 1647. oct . Touching Supremacy in Causes ecclesiastical , shewing how that the Power civil and ecclesiastical , may act without encroachment of each other . — Written 1647. printed in qu. An Exercise , wherein the evil of Health-drinking is by clear and solid Arguments convinced . Lond. 1648. in two sh . in qu. The Sifters sieve broken : or , a Reply to Dr. Boughen's sisting his Case of Conscience , &c. touching the Kings Coronation Oath . Lond. 1648. qu. Answer to Mr. John Goodwins Might and Right well met ; wherein is cleared , that the action of the Army in secluding many Parliament men from the place of their discharge of trust , and the imprisoning of some of them , is neither defensible by the rules of solid reason , nor religion . Lond. 1649. qu. in 5 sheets . Whereupon Jo. Goodwin came out with a Reply the same year intit . Might overcoming Right , &c. What other things our Author Joh. Geree hath written , I know not . See more of him in Will. Pemble among these Writers in 1623. p. 405. All that I have more to say of him is , that he died in his house in Ivey lane near to Pater-noster-row in London in the latter end of the year ( in Febr. as it seems ) sixteen hundred forty and eight , but where buried , unless in S. Faiths Church before mentioned , I cannot tell . The Minister who preached his funeral Sermon told the Auditory that he died poor ; whereupon there was a Collection of money made among the Brethren for his Children . This is the same Mr. Geree a Minister , whom a noted (†) Author reports to have died with grief and trouble for the Murder of K. Ch. 1. ROBERT WELDON a man of parts during his stay in the University , took the degrees in Arts as a Student of Ch. Ch. that of Master being compleated in 1615. Afterwards he became Rector of Stony-Stratford in Leicestershire , wrot and published , The Doctrine of the Scriptures concerning the original of Dominion . Wherein Gods perpetual propriety in the sovereignty of the whole earth ; and the Kings great charter for the administration thereof by authoritative Records in both the Testaments , &c. is jure divino . — Lond. 1648. qu. In which book the Author shews himself to be well read in various sorts of Learning , and by some passages therein a Loyalist , and a sufferer for the Kings cause . GEORGE HAKEWILL son of John Hakewill of the City of Exeter Merchant , was born in the parish of S. Mary Arches within the said City and educated in Grammar learning there , became a Commoner of S. Alb. Hall in the beginning of the year 1595 and in that of his age 16 , where he became so noted a Disputant and Orator , that he was unanimously elected Fellow of Exeter Coll. at two years standing . Afterwards he proceeded in Arts , applyed himself to the deep researches in Philosophy and Divinity , entred into the sacred function , travelled beyond the seas , and at his return , became as noted for his Preaching and Disputes , as before he was for Philosophy . In 1610 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and the next year proceeded in Divinity . Afterwards he became the first sworn Chaplain that attended Prince Charles , by whose endeavours , I presume , he became Archdeacon of Surrey , an . 1616 , which was the highest dignity that he enjoyed , being hindred , I presume , from rising higher for his zealous opposing the match of the Infanta of Spain with his Master the Prince . The story of which was this : After he had with some pains written a small Tract against that match , not without some Reflections on the Spaniard , which could not be pleasing to the King , he caused it to be fairly transcribed by another hand . Which done , he unknown to the King presented it to the Prince . The Prince after he had perused it , shew'd it to the King , who being offended at it , commanded Tho. Murrey the Princes Tutor and Secretary , the Author Hakewill , William his brother , and all others who knew of , or were consenting to it , to be committed (d) to custody in Aug. 1621 , whence being soon after released , our Author Hakewill was dismist from his attendance on the Prince . So that tho his Learning was accounted by the generality polite , his Philosophy subtile , and Divinity profound , yet in this particular he was esteemed very rash and imprudent . A certain Author (e) tells us , that when he presented the said MS. to the Prince , he should say , Sir , I beseech you make use of this , by reading it your self , but if you shew it to your Father , I shall be undone for my good will. The Prince returned him many thanks , and assured him , it should never go farther than the cabinet of his own breast ; but withall he asked him to whom he had shew'd it , Hakewill replied , the Archbishop ( Abbot ) hath read it , who returning , said to him , Well done thou good and faithful servant . Besides him , he told the Prince , he had shewed it to Mr. Murrey his Tutor , who belike being better acquainted with his Masters perfidious disposition ( so are the words of the libellous Author ) than the other , did then disswade him from delivering it to the Prince , for saith he , he will betray you ▪ And it so fell out , for within less than two hours after his said engagement to the Doctor , he presented it to his Father , upon which he , or any thro whose hands or cognizance it had passed before , were all under a disgrace , and banished the Court , &c. The works of this our Author Hakewill are these . The vanity of the eye . Oxon. 1608. in oct . Written for the comfort of a young Gentlewoman who became blind by the Small pox . Scutum Regium adversus omnes Regicidas & Regicidarum patronos ab initio mundi usque ad interitum Phocae Imperatoris &c. lib. 3. Lond. 1612. oct . The antient and ecclesiastical practice of Confirmation , confirmed by Arguments drawn from Scripture , Reason , Councils , Fathers , and later Writers , &c. Lond. 1613. qu. Answer to a Treatise written by Dr. B. Carier by way of letter to his Majesty , wherein he layeth down sundry politick considerations , by which he pretendeth himself was mov'd , and endeavoureth to move others to be reconciled to the Ch. of Rome , &c. Lond. 1616. qu. Treatise against the match with the Infanta — This little thing , which is in MS. I have not yet seen . But another of the like nature I have lying by me , written by one Thomas Allured sometimes Secretary to Ralph Lord Ever President of Wales , the beginning of which is this . Though to advise may seem presumptuous , yet what is well intended , I am more than confident will be neither offensive to your Lordship , &c. 'T was written to the Marquess of Buckingham , who communicating it to the King , he was so much displeased , that the Author Allured was committed to custody 10 June 1620 , being a full year before Hakewill had written his Tract . Twelve Sermons concerning Davids vow to reform himself , his Family , and his Kingdom , on Psal . 101. Lond. 1621 , 22. oct . Besides which he hath other Sermons extant , as ( 1 ) Serm. preached at Barnstaple , on Judg. 5.51 . Lond. 1632. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. at the funeral of John Downe Bac. of Div. Rector of Instow in Devon. sometimes Fellow of Eman. Coll. in Cambr. on Dan. 12.3 . Oxon 1633. quart . Comparison between the days of Purim and that of Powder Treason — Printed 1626. qu. An Apology or Declaration of the power and providence of God in the government of the World , proving that it doth not decay , &c. in four books . Lond. 1627. To which were added two more — Lond. 1635. fol. 3d Edit . In the first of which are Hakewills Replyes to Bishop Goodmans Arguments and Digressions , which he had made on the first four books of the before mentioned Apol. or Declar. having been incited thereunto by Hakewills former confutation of some passages in Bish . Goodmans Fall of man , &c. relating to the eternity of the world , or for the universal and perpetual decay thereof , whereby Goodman would prove the fall of man. But this confutation made by our Author ( whether in MS. or printed I know not ) I have not yet seen . Discourse of the Lords day , on Rev. 1.10 . Lond. 1641. quart . Dissertation with Dr. Heylyn concerning the pretended Sacrifice in the Eucharist . Lond. 1641. qu. A Treatise rescuing Dr. Joh. Rainolds and other grave Divines , from the vain assaults of P. Heylyn , touching the History of S. George , pretendedly by him asserted . — This I have seen in a MS. fol. but whether ever printed I cannot tell . Quaere . He also translated into Latine The life of Sir Tho. Bodley , his Kinsman , which is in MS. in the publick Library . At length upon the promotion of Dr. Prideaux to the Bishoprick of Worcester , he was elected Rector of Exeter Coll. ( to which he had before been an especial benefactor ) but did little or not at all reside upon it : for the Civil War breaking then forth , he receded to his Rectory of Heanton near to Barnstaple in Devon. where he lived a retired life to the time of his death , which hapning in the beginning of April in sixteen hundred forty and nine , was buried on the fifth day of the same month in the chancel of the Church there . Over his grave was a stone afterwards laid , with this Inscription ingraven thereon , Reliquiae Georgii Hakewell S. Th. D. Archidiaconi Surriae , collegii Exoniensis & hujus Ecclesiae Rectoris , in spem resurrectionis hic repositae sunt , an . 1649. aetatis suae 72. I have seen a copy of his last will and testament , proved 2 May 1649 , wherein he desires that his body might be buried in Exeter Coll. Chappel , if it could conveniently be ; if not , at least his heart under the Communion table , or under the desk where the Bible lays , with this Inscription on a brass plate to be put on it , Cor meum ad te Domine . But this I presume was not done , because no such Inscription appears . However the Society of Ex. Coll. did afterwards , in honor to his memory , hang up his Picture painted to the life in his doctoral formalities on the Organ-loft at the east end of the isle , joyning to the south side of the Chappel . In the Rectory of the said Coll. succeeded Mr. ( afterwards Dr. ) John Conant , and in his Archdeaconry , Joh. Pearson D. D. of Cambridge , installed therein 26 Sept. 1660 , a learned man and famous for his Exposition of the Creed , and other books . He was afterwards the worthy Bishop of Chester , and died about the middle of July 1686. ARTHUR DUCK was born of a wealthy family living at Heavytre in Devonshire , ( the place where afterwards his Father built an Hospital ) became a Student in Exeter Coll. in the year 1595 and that of his age 15 , took one degree in Arts in June 1599 , and then was made Commoner of the said Coll. Afterwards he translated himself to Hart Hall , and as a member thereof proceeded in the said faculty , an . 1602 , and two years after was elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. But his genie leading him to the study of the Civil Law , he took the degrees in that faculty , and much about the same time travelling into France , Italy and Germany , was after his return made Chancellour of the dioc . of Bathe and Wells . In which office behaving himself with great integrity , prudence and discretion , was honoured by , and beloved of , Lake Bishop of that place , and the more for this reason , because he was beholden to him for the right ordering of his jurisdiction . Afterwards he was made Chancellour of London , and at length Master of the Requests , and was in all likelyhood in a certain possibility of rising higher , if the times had not interrupted him . In the beginning of 1640 he was elected Burgess for Q. Mynhead in Somersetshire to sit in that Parliament which began at Westminster 13 Apr. the same year , and soon after siding with his Maj. in the rebellious times suffer'd much in his estate , having 300 l. at one time given thence to one Serle a widdow . In the month of Sept. in 1648 , he and Dr. Ryves were sent for to Newport in the Isle of Wight by his Majesty , to be assisting to him in his Treaty with the Commissioners sent from Parliament . But that Treaty taking no effect , he retired to his habitation at Chiswick near London , where , living to see his Master murdered before his own door , he soon after ended his life . He was a person of smooth Language , was an excellent Civilian , and a tolerable Poet , especially in his younger days , and well vers'd in Histories whether ecclesiastical or civil . He hath extant , Vita Henrici Chichele Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis , sub Regibus Henric. V. & VI. Oxon. 1617. qu. remitted into the Collection of Lives published by Dr. Bates , an . 1681. De usu & authoritate Juris civilis Romanorum in Dominiis Principum Christianorum . lib. 2. Lond. 1●53 . and 79. oct . Leyd●● 1654. Lips . 1668. in tw . &c. In which book Dr. Gerard Langbaines labours were so much , that he deserved the name of Co-author . Dr. Duck paid his last debt to nature in the month of May in sixteen hundred forty and nine , and was buried in the Church at Chiswick in Middlesex ; to the poor of which place he gave 10 l. He left considerable legacies to Exeter and All 's . Colleges , and 10 l. to the poor of North Cadbury in Somersetshire , besides other gifts of charity elsewhere , which for brevity sake I now pass by . RICHARD ALLEN was born in , or near to , Abendon in Berks , was originally of Ball. Coll. and as a member of that house he took one degree in Arts. Afterwards he was made one of the first Scholars of Pembr . Coll , proceeded in his faculty , was made Fellow , and at length beneficed near Ewelme in Oxfordshire . He hath written , An antidote against heresie : or , a preservative for Protestants against the poyson of Papists , Anabaptists , &c. Lond. 1648. dedicated to his Uncles Sir Tho. Gainsford Kt , and Humph. Huddleston Esq . One of both his names , but after in time , was Pastor of Henfield in Sussex , and Author of Englands Distemper , their cause and cure according to the judgment of famous Princes , Peers , Parliaments , &c. occasion'd by a learned Frier , accusing the whole Nation of Perjury for abjuring Transubstantiation ; and sent to the Author for a reply . Lond. 1677. qu. in 3 sh and an half . Whether this Rich. Allen was ever of Oxon I know not . I shall make mention of Rich. Allein among these Writers under the year 1681. NICHOLAS DARTON a Cornish man born , was entred into Exet. Coll. either in the condition of a Batler or Servitour , in Mich. term 1618 aged 15 years , took one degree in Arts , afterwards holy orders , and at length became Minister of Killesbye in Northamptonshire . He hath extant , Several sermons , as ( 1 ) The true and absolute Bishop , with the Converts return unto him , on 1 Pet 2.25 . Lond. 1641. qu. dedicated to Will. Lord Say ; at which time , the Author , who was always before esteemed a Puritan , closed with the Presbyterian Party . He hath one or more extant , which I have not yet seen . Ecclesia Anglicana : or , his clear and protestant Manifesto , as an evangelical key sent to the Governour of Oxford , for the opening of the Church doors there , that are shut up without prayers or preaching , — Printed 1649. qu. JOHN PRIDEAUX was born in an obscure town called Stowford near to Lyfton in Devon , on the 17 of Sept. 1578 , became a poor Scholar of Exeter Coll. under the tuition of Will. Helme Bach. of Div. in Act term 1596 , and in 1602 was elected probat . Fellow of that house , being then Bach. of Arts. In the year after , he proceeded in that Faculty , and thereupon entred into holy Orders : so that being soon after noted for his great Learning and profound Divinity , he was elected Rector of his Coll. upon the death of Holland , in 1612 , he being then Bach. of Div. and the same year proceeded in the same faculty . In 1615 he was upon the promotion of Dr. Abbot to the See of Sarum , made the Kings Professor of Divinity , by vertue of which , he was made Canon of Ch. Ch. and Rector of Ewelme in Oxfordshire : And afterwards did undergo the Office of Vicechancellour of this University for several years , as I have elsewhere told you . In the Rectorship of his College he carried himself so winning and pleasing by his gentle government and fatherly instruction , that it flourished more than any house in the University with Scholars , as well of great , as of mean birth ; as also with many Foreigners that came purposely to set at his feet to gain instruction . So zealous he was also in appointing industrious and careful Tutors , that in short time many were fitted to do service in the Church and State. In his Professorship he behaved himself very plausible to the generality , especially for this reason , that in his Lectures , Disputes , and Moderatings , ( which were always frequented with many Auditors ) he shew'd himself a stout Champion against Socinus and Arminius . Which being disrellish'd by some , who were then rising and in authority at Court , a faction thereupon grew up in the University between those called Puritans or Calvinists on the one side , and the Remonstrants , commonly called Arminians on the other : which , with other matters of the like nature , being not only fomented in the University but throughout the Nation , all things thereupon were brought into confusion , to the sorrow of the Puritan , who had with all his might opposed Canterbury in his generous designs of making the English Church glorious . At length after he had sate 26 years Professor , he was one of those persons of unblemished reputation , that his Majesty , tho late , made a Bishop , by the endeavours , as some say , of James Marq. of Hamilton his somtimes Pupil . The See which he was design'd to govern was Worcester , to which being elected 22. of Nov. was consecrated at Westminster on the 19. of Dec. following , an . 1641 , but received little or no profit from it , to his great impoverishment . So that upon that account and for his adhering to his Maj. in the time of the Civil War , ( wherein he pronounced all those of his diocess that took up arms against him excommunicated ) he became at length Verus (*) Librorum helluo , for having first by indefatigable studies , digested his excellent Library into his mind , was after forced again to devour all his books with his teeth ; turning them by a miraculous faith and patience into bread for himself and his children , to whom he left no legacy , but pious poverty , Gods blessing , and a Fathers prayers , as it appears in his last will and testament . He was an humble man , of plain and downright behaviour , careless of money , and imprudent in worldly matters . All that knew him esteem'd him a noted Artist , a plentiful fountain of all sorts of learning , an excellent Linguist , a Person of a prodigious memory , and so profound a Divine , that they have been pleased to entitle him Columna fidei orthodoxae , and Malleus Heresecus , Patrum Pater , and ingens Scholae & Academiae oraculum . In him also ( as an ingenious (f) Author saith ) the heroical wits of Jewell , Rainolds and Hooker , as united into one , seem'd to triumph anew , and to have threatned a fatal blow to the Babylonish Hierarchy : Insomuch that he might have justly challenged to himself that glory , which sometimes Ovid , speaking of his own Country , Mantua Virgilium laudet , Verona Catullum Romanae gent is gloria dicar ego . As his learning was admired by forreigners , Sext. Amama , Rivet and others , so were his books , especially those written in Latine ; a cat . of which , and of the English follow . Tabulae ad Grammaticam Graecam introductoriae , &c. Oxon. 1608. 1629. 39. &c. qu. Tyrocinium ad Syllogismum legitimum contexendum . Heptades Logicae : sive monita ad ampliores tractatus introductoria . These two last are printed and go with the Tabulae , &c. Castigatio cujusdem circulatoris , qui R. P. Andream Eudaemon — Johannem Cydonium E Soc. Jesu seipsum nuncupat . Opposita ipsius calumniis in Epistolam Isaaci Casauboni ad Frontonem Ducaeum . Oxon. 1614. oct . Alloquium sereniss . Reg. Jacobo Woodstochiae habitum 24. Aug. 1624. pr. in one sh . in qu. Orationes novem inaugurales , de totidem Theologiae apicibus , prout in promotione Doctorum , Oxoniae publicè proponebantur in Comitiis . Oxon. 1626. qu. Lectiones decem de totidem religionis capitibus , praecipuè hoc tempore controversis prout publicè habebantur Oxoniae in vesperiis . Oxon. 1625. qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. at the consecration of Exeter Coll. Chap. on Luke 19.46 . Oxon. 1625. qu. ( 2 ) Purez Uzzah , Serm. before the K. at Woodstock , on 2. Sam. 6. ver . 6.7 . Oxon. 1625. qu. ( 3 ) Concio ad Art. Baccalaureos pro more habita in ecclesia B. Mariae Oxon. in die cinerum , in Act. 2.22 . an . 1616. Oxon. 1626. Twenty Sermons . Oxon. 1636. qu. The two first of which are entit . Christs counsell for ending law cases . Among them are the Consecration Serm. and Perez-Uzzah beforementioned . Nine Sermons on several occasions . Oxon. 1641. qu. Lectiones XXII , Orationes XIII , Conciones VI , & Oratio ad Jacobum Regem . Oxon. 1648 fol. Among which are contained the former Lections , Orations , and Speech to the K. Jam. at Woodst . Fasciculus controversiarum ad Juniorum aut occupatorum captum collegatus , &c. Oxon. 1649. 51. 52. qu. Theologiae Scholasticae Syntagma Mnemonicum . Oxon 1651. Conciliorum Synopsis . Printed with the Syntagma before-mentioned . Published in English at the end of An easie and compendious introduction , &c. mentioned before in Mathias Prideaux . Historie of successions in states , countries or families , &c. Oxon. 1653. &c. Epistola de Episcopatu . fol. a fragment of which I have seen in one folio sh . Euchologia : or , the doctrine of practical praying , being a legacy left to his daughters in private , directing them to such manifold uses of our Common-prayer-book , as may satisfie upon all occasions , without looking after new lights from extemporal flashes . Lond. 1655. 56. oct . &c. Dedicated to his daughters Sarah Hodges (*) and Elizabeth Sutton . The doctrine of conscience framed according to the form in the Common-prayer , left as a legacy to his Wife . — Printed in tw . Manuductio ad Theologiam polemicam . Oxon. 1657. oct . Published by Mr. Tho. Barlow , with an Epistle before it , in the name of the printer . Hypomnemata Logica , Rhetorica , Phys . Metaphys . &c. Oxon. in oct . Sacred eloquence : or , the art of Rhetorick , as it is laid down in Scripture . Lond. 1659. oct . What other things are published under his name I know not , unless a Comment on the Church Catechisme . pr. 1656. in oct . and therefore I am to add that he departing this mortal life , of a Feaver , at Bredon in Worcestershire , in the house of Dr. Hen. Sutton , ( Son of Will. Sutton D. D. Chanc. of Glocester and Rector of Bredon ) who married his daughter Elizabeth , on the twentieth day of July in sixteen hundred and fifty , was accompanied to his grave , in the Chancel of the Church there , by many Persons of quality in the neighbourhood of that place , on the 16. of August following . Over his grave was a plain stone soon after laid with an Epitaph composed by himself , ( the day and year of his death excepted ) engraven on a brass plate , fixed thereunto ; the copy of which is already (g) printed , wherein you 'll find that he was sometimes Chaplain to Pr. Henry , and afterwards to K. Jam. and K. Ch. 1. Before I go any farther , I shall take leave , upon the hint before-mentioned of Dr. Prideaux's making his College florish , to set down the names of such Outlanders that have retired to Exeter Coll. for his sake , have had Chambers there and diet , purposely to improve themselves by his company , his instruction , and direction for course of studies . Some of them have been Divines of note , and others meer Lay-men , that have been eminent in their respective Countries , wherein afterwards they have lived ; most of them are these . Joh. Combachius the Philosopher , Phil. Cluver the Geographer , Sixt. Amama Linguist , Nichol . Vignier and Dav. Primerose two learned Frenchmen : All whom are already mentioned among these Writers . Christian . Rumphius an eminent Physician ; see in the Fasti an . 1613. Jacobus Dorvilius commonly called D'Orville a Gentlemans Son of Heidelberg in Germany , matriculated as a member of Exeter Coll. in Mich. term 1615 , and in that of his age 19. Joh. Schermarius a learned German , who occurs a member of Ex. Coll. 1613 , in which year he had certain lat . verses published at Oxon. Jacobus Aretius and Frederick Dorvilius two other Germans , who are mentioned in the Fasti , an . 1613. and 15. Joh. Rodolphus Stuckius of Zurick in Helvetia , was a Sojournour of the said Coll. in Mich. term 1615 , and afterwards published some of Pet. Martyrs works , as I have before told you . Joh. Waserus a Native of the same place , entred Soj. in the same term and year , and afterwards the writer of Elementale Chaldaicum , and other things . Caesar Calendrinus entred into the said Coll. in the beginning of 1616. see in the Fasti 1620. Imanius Young or de Junge a Zelander , in Mich. term 1619. Paul Amaraut or Amarant a Germ. matriculated among the Exonians , 1619 aged 18. Christian Son of Herman Julius Viceroy to the K. of Denmark in the Isle of Gotland , Gregory and Errick Sons of Pet. Julius Lord of Alsted , Linberg , &c. in Denmark . Which three young men were instructed in Logick and Philosophy by Dr. Prideaux . Ovenius Julius elder brother to the said Christian , was also a Student in the said Coll. under Prideaux , who dying 26. Sept. 1607. aged 23 , was buried at the upper end of the S. isle joyning to the body of the Church of S. Mary the Virgin in Oxon. Afterwards Christian put up a monument over his grave , which is yet remaining , but defaced . Mark Zeiglier a German , was entred into the Coll. about 1624. Wibbo Jansonius Artopaeus , Finsoendensis Civis , Gen. was admitted into the Coll. in June 1635 aged 20. Hieronimus Ernesti Erffurto●Thuringus , was admitted to the Fellows table in the beginning of Aug. 1638 , and continued in the College till July 1641. Besides these and many more , which shall now be omitted , have been several of the Scotch nation that have been received into the said House , upon the same account , among which have been ( 1 ) Joh. Balcanquall : see in the Fasti 1612. among the Incorporations ( 2 ) .... Gilman who studied there 1613 , and some time after ( 3 ) Sam. Balcanquall , 1616. One of both his names occurs Fellow of Pemb. Hall in Cambridge 20 years after : See in the Fasti 1618 among the Incorporations ( 4 ) Rob. Spotswood M. of Arts of Glascow was admitted to the Fellows table in the beginning of the year 1613. He was afterwards raised by the favour of K. James and K. Ch. 1. unto great honours , as his singular virtues did merit . K. Jam. made him a Knight and a Privy Counsellour : K. Charles advanced him to be Lord President of the Sessions , and at length Principal Secretary of Scotland , in the place of William Earl of Lanerick , ( afterwards Duke of Hamilton ) when he revolted to the Covenateers of that Kingdom . After James Marquess of Montross had gained great victories against the said Cov. the said Sir Rob. Spotswood conveyed from the King at Oxon to him the said Montross letters pattents whereby he was made Vice-Roy of Scotland , and General of the Army there . But being soon after taken prisoner , upon the defeat of Montross near Silkerke , he was conveyed to S. Andrews , where , at length , they found him guilty of High Treason , lamented by many , because he never bore arms against them ; for his eminency laid in the way of peace , and knew not what belonged to the drawing of a sword . His treason being for conveying the said let . pat . he was beheaded at S. Andrews , in 1645 , leaving then behind him the general character of a most excellent and good man. He was a Gentleman of great abilities , both in the Art of Government and study of the law , hath written things in nature of our Reports of the law , which have been highly valued among Lawyers in Scotland . His Father was Dr. Joh. Spotswood the famous and orthodox Theologist of Scotland , consecrated Archbishop of Glascow in the Archbishps Chappel at Lambeth near London , according to the ceremonies of the Church of England , on the 20. of Oct. 1610. At which time Gawen Hamilton was consecrated Bishop of Galloway , and Andr. Lamb B. of Brechin . The said Dr. Spotswood was afterwards translated to St. Andrews , and dying on the fourth of the Cal. of Dec. an . 1639. aged 74 years , was buried in the Abbey Church at Westminster . ( 5 ) James Hamilton Earl of Arran , Baron of Evenu in Scotland , and of Ennerdale in Cumberland , eldest Son of James Marquess of Hamilton , was admitted a Noble man under the said Dr. Prideaux his tuition , 6. Jul. 1621. He was afterwards Marquess and Duke of Hamilton and Earl of Cambridge . ( 6 ) James Baylie Governour to the said Count , was admitted at the same time to the Fellows table with him . See in the Fasti 1621. among the Creations . It is farther also to be noted , that as the said College did send out many eminent men into the Church and State , that had been under the Government of Prideaux , so also many that did great mischief , and were enemies to them , as you may see at large in this work , in the lives and characters of several that had been educated in the said College . Some also of the English Nobility having been sent thereunto , have by the Principles that they have sucked in , proved no great friends either to the Church or State. Among such have been John Lord Roberts E. of Radnor a severe predestinarian , and a Promoter of the grand Rebellion . Philip Lord Wharton another Promoter ; Sir Anth. Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury , of whom shall be large mention made elsewhere , Philip the second , Earl of Pemb. and Mountgomery , who lived and died little better than a Quaker , &c. HENRY TOZER was born at North Tawton in Devonshire , entred into Exeter Coll. in 1619 , and in the year of his age 17 , took one degree in Arts , and then was made Prob. Fellow of his House 1623. Afterwards he proceeded in that faculty , took holy orders and became a useful and necessary Person in the society by moderating , reading to Novices and lecturing in the Chappel . At riper years he was admitted Bach. of Div , became an able and painful Preacher , had much of the Primitive Religion in his Sermons , and seem'd to be a most precise Puritan in his looks and life , which was the true reason why his preachings and expoundings in the Churches of S. Giles and S. Martin in Oxon. were much frequented by Men and Women of the Puritanical party . In 1643 , he was elected one of the Assembly of Divines , but refused to sit among them , choosing rather to exercise his function in Oxon before the K. or Parliament , or in his cures there , than venture himself among rigid Calvinists . In 1646 , a little before the garrison of Oxford was surrendred for the use of the Parliament , he was one of those noted Theologists , who had either preached at Ch. Ch. before his Majesty , or at S. Maries before the Parliament , that were nominated by the Chancellour of the University to have the degree of D. of D. bestowed upon them , but that also , he , as others , refused . In 1647. and 48 , he behav'd himself a stout Champion against the unreasonable proceedings of the Visitors appointed by Parliament . For which being by them posted up for an expell'd Scholar , revoked their sentence so far , that by an order dated 2. Nov. 16●8 , they impower'd him to have liberty to use his Chamber in Exeter Coll. as also that he enjoy a Travellers allowance for three years . Afterwards he went into Holland , and became Minister to the worshipful company of English Merchants at Roterdam . His works are these . Directions for a godly life , especially for communicating at the Lords table . Oxon. 1628. oct . There again the tenth time , 1680. oct . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) A Christian amendment , Serm. on New-years-day at S. Mart. Ch. in Ox. on 2. Cor. 5.17 . Oxon. 1633. oct . ( 2 ) Christian Wisdom , or the excellency , &c. of true wisdom , Serm. on 1. Kings 10.24 . Oxon. 1639. oct . ( 3 ) Sermon on Joh. 18.3 . Ox. 1640. &c. Dicta & facta Christi ex quatuor Evangelistis collecta , & in ordme disposita . Oxon. 1634. oct . He gave way to fate on the eleventh day of Septemb. in sixteen hundred and fifty ( old stile ) and was buried in the English Church at Roterdam , appropriated to the aforesaid Merchants , as I have been informed by Dr. Tho. Marshall lately Rector of Linc. College , who succeeded him in that office of Preacher there . HUMPHREY SYDENHAM was born of an antient and gentile family in a Market Town in Sommersetshire called Dulverton , became a Sojournour of Exeter Coll. in Lent term 1606 , took a degree in Arts as a member of that House , made Fellow of Wadham Coll. by the Foundress thereof , an . 1613 , and the year after proceeded in Arts , being the first of all that Coll. that took that degree . Afterwards he entred into the sacred function , was made Priest by Lewis Bishop of Bangor , in 1621 , had the Rectory of Ashbrittle in Sommersetshire bestowed on him , by the presentation of his Majesty an . 1627 , and three years after , that of Pokington in the said County by the same hand . About that time he was made Chaplain to Edward Lord Howard of Escrick ; so that thereby being capacitated to hold several Benefices , had the Rectory of Odcomb● in the same County given to him by his Maj. in Dec. 1644 , Sir Joh. Sydenham Bt. to whom that Rectory did belong , being then in his minority and a Ward . Which three Benefices , or at least two , he lost soon after by the Parliamentarian commissioners of Sommersetshire . He was a Person of a quaint and curious stile , better at practical , than School , Divinity , and was so eloquent and fluent a Preacher that he was commonly called Silver-tongue Sydenham . He hath published these Sermons following . Five Sermons preached upon several occasions . Lond. 1627. qu. ( 1 ) The Athenian Babler , on Acts 17.18 . ( 2 ) Jacob and Esau &c. on Rom. 9.18 . ( 3 ) Arraignment of an Arrian , on Joh. 8.58 . ( 4 ) Moses and Aaron &c. on Exod. 4.12 . ( 5 ) Natures overthrow and deaths triumph , on Eccles . 12.5 . preached at the funeral of Sir Joh. Sydenham Kt. at Brimpton 15. Dec. 1625. Other Sermons . Lond. 1630. qu. The first of which is called The passing bell , on Psal . 32.6 . ( 2 ) The rich mans warning peece , on Psal . 62.10 . ( 3 ) The waters of Marah and Meribah , on Rom. 12.1 . Sermons upon solemn occasions preached in several auditories . Lond. 1637. qu. They are 8 in number , and the first is entit . The well-tun'd Cymbal , on Psal . 15.16 . preached at the dedication of an Organ lately set up at Bruton in Sommersetshire . All which Sermons were at their preaching and publishing wonderfully cried up by most People of understanding ; but books have their credit or discredit from the fancy of their readers , as they please to like or dislike . He paid his last debt to nature in Sommersetshire in sixteen hundred and fifty , or thereabouts , but where buried , unless at Dulverton , I cannot tell , nor whether he had any other Sermons published after his death . JOHN SEAGER was educated in S. Maries Hall , where he was observed by his contemporaries to be studious and a good Disputant . Afterwards taking the degrees in Arts , he became Minister of Broadclist in Devonshire , and wrot A discovery of the World to come according to the Scriptures , &c. Lond. 1650 in a pretty thick oct . What other things he hath publish'd I know not , nor any thing else of him . SAMUEL YERWORTH , or Jeruvorthus as he writes himself in the title of the book following , was born in Dorsetshire , became a Student in Oriel Coll. in the year 1607 and in that of his age 16 or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , and afterwards , being noted for his excellency in the knowledge of the Hebrew tongue , taught and read it privately divers years in Oxon to young Students , and for their benefit wrot , Introductio ad linguam Ebraeam brevissima , praecipua duntaxat ejus documenta , eaque ex optimis Grammaticis collecta , complectens , &c. Oxon. 1650. oct . At the time when it was published he gave notice to the Reader , that if the said introduction should be kindly received , he would put forth a more full and compleat Grammar with Scholia added to each Chapter , as need should require , but whether the Grammar was acceptable among Scholars , and so consequently the Author stood to his promise , I know not . WILLIAM HEMMINGS Son of John Hemmings a Comedian or Actor of playes with Will. Shakespear , was born in London , elected from Westminster School a Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1621. aged 16 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1628 , and , at hours of recess from happier employments , than the delight of poetry , composed , The fatal contract , comedie . Lond. 1653. qu. printed from the original copy , by the care of A. T. and A. P. There again in 1661. qu. It was revived , (*) not many years since , under the title of Love and revenge , with some alterations ; and in 1687 it was reprinted as a new play under the title of The Eunuch , a Trag. This being founded on a French Chronicle , was said in the first edition of it , 1653. to be a French Comedie . The Jewes Tragedy : or , their fatal and final overthrow by Vespasian , and Titus his Son. Lond. 1662. qu. written agreeable to the authentick History of Josephus . Our Author Hemmings left behind him greater monuments of his worth and ability , but whether they are yet published , I cannot tell . However the Fatal contract having justly gained an esteem with men of excellent judgments , by several copies of it that flew abroad in Ms , was therefore published for the satisfaction of all Persons , especially such who had lighted upon imperfect copies . CHRISTOPHER LOVE Son of a Father of both his names , was born at Cardiff in Glamorganshire , became a Servitour of New Inn in Midsommer or Act term , 1635 , aged 17 years , took a degree in Arts , holy Orders and would with great impudence and conceitedness ascend the pulpit in the Church of S Peter in the Baylie joyning to the said Inn , and there hold out prating for more than an hour before Academical , as well as Lay , auditors . In 1642 , he proceeded Master of Arts , and was Junior of the Act then celebrated , at which time he performed the exercise of that office with more confidence than was seemly . He himself (a) tells us that when he was a Scholar in Oxon , and Master of Arts , he was the first Scholar that he knew of , or ever heard of in Oxon , that did publickly refuse in the Congregation house to subscribe unto those impositions , or Canons , imposed by the Archb. touching the Prelates and Common prayer . For which , tho they would not denie him his degree , yet he was expelled the congregation , never to sit as a member among them , &c. About that time he left the University , went to , or near , London , and became a sedulous preacher up of treason and rebellion — About the beginning of the Wars ( saith (b) he ) I was the first Minister that I knew of in England , who was accused of preaching treason and rebellion , meerly for maintaining in a Sermon , in Kent at Tenterden , the lawfulness of a defensive War , at the first breaking out and irruption of our troubles , &c So that being then esteemed a leading man in the blessed cause , he became Preacher to the Garrison of Windsore castle , then under the command of Collonel John Venn . In which office he shewed him so violent against the King and his cause , that he was usually stiled by the Royalists Venns principal fireman at Windsore . This Venn , by the way it must be known , did , while Governour of that Castle , exercise very great cruelty against the Royalists that were Prisoners there ; but being dismist of his employ and Col. Christopher Whitchcot put into his place , he retired to London , carried on the cause there with great zeal , was one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. and at length hung himself in his chamber , as some say , others , that he died suddenly in his bed , on the 7 of July at night , or early next morning , an . 1650. In the year 1644 , when the Commissioners from the King and Parliament met at Uxbridge to treat about peace , this our Author Love did very officiously put himself upon preaching before some of them , on the first day of their meeting , ( Jan. 30 ) being the Market-day . In which his Sermon , full of dire , he vented many passages very scandalous to his Majesties Person , and derogatory to his honour , stirring up the People against the Treatie , and incensing them against the Kings Commissioners , telling the said People that they came with hearts full of blood , and that there was as great distance between the Treatie and Peace as between Heaven and Hell , or words to that effect , with divers other seditious passages against his Maj. and the Treaty . Whereupon the Commissioners belonging to the King , putting up their complaints to those of the Parliament , they represented the matter to the Lords and Commons assembled at Westminster , who thereupon , (c) tho they could not with good conscience imprison Mr. Love , yet they did confine him ; and where should it be , but to that very house where his Mistress then lived , whom for two years going before , he had wooed with prayers , sermons and ugly faces . After this he was made Minister of S. Anns Church near to Aldersgate , a Recruiter of the Assemb . of Divines , and at length Minister of the Church of S. Lawrence in the Jewry in London , which he kept till Oliver Cromwell paid the debt , and brought him to the Scaffold when he least looked for it , which was upon this account . After the Presbyterians had been gull'd of their King by the Independents , the prime heads of them were resolved to set up his Son Ch. 2. Whereupon he being invited from beyond the Seas into Scotland , and there had taken the Covenant and was crown'd , the Presbyterians in England plotted to bring him in among them , and to that end corresponded with him , and supplied him and his , with money contrary to an Act of Parliament , then lately made , in that case provided . These matters being discovered , our Author Love , Mr. Tho. Case , Mr. Will. Jenkyns , and other London Ministers , as also one Dr. Roger Drake , ( a Physician as it seems ) were by authority of the Council of State taken into custody about the 7. of May 1651 , as being the chief Actors in the said treason , as they then called it . Soon after , it was resolved by the great Masters at Westminster , that Mr. Love the Minister , then Prisoner in the Tower , should be brought to his trial before the High Court of Justice on the 20. of June 1651 , not for any matter of doctrine , as it was then given out , but for high treason as they said , and conspiracy against the common-wealth of England . He and the rest ( as the Independent then said ) had outstript the Jesuit both in practice and project , as having not only tamper'd with mens consciences in private , ( beyond which the Jesuit doth very rarely venture ) but preached open rebellion and treason with a full mouth in the Pulpit . On the said day he made his first appearance in order to his trial , and one Jackson a Minister ( Arth. Jackson , as it seems ) refusing then to give in evidence against him , was for his contempt fined 500 l. and committed Prisoner to the Fleet. The next day he appeared again , and , as 't was then said by his enemies , in his carriage and behaviour he discover'd as much ridiculous impudence , equivocation and hypocrisie , as ever any Person did upon the like occasion , adding that in him you might have seen the true character of his faction , full of passion and spleen and void of all ingenuity . On the 25. and 27. days of the said month of June , he appeared again , and on the last of those two days he brought his counsel with him viz. Mr. Matthew Hale , Mr. John Archer , and Mr. Tho. Walter , but the two last , having not taken the Engagement , were not suffer'd to plead for him . At which time Mr. Love , as the Independent said , was full of malepert carriage , matchless impudence , obstinacy and impatiency . On the 5. of July he was condemned to be beheaded on Tower-hill on the 15 of the same month , but then several petitions being read in Parliament in his behalf , viz. one from divers Ministers , another from himself , and a third from his Wife , he was repriev'd till the 15. of Aug. following , and thence to the 22. of the same month . What farther may be said concerning his principles and profession , you shall have it from his own mouth which he spoke . When he was tried for his life , thus — God is my witness , I never drove a malignant design , I never carried on a malignant interest , I detest both . I still retain my covenanting principles , from which , through the grace of God , I will never depart , for any terrour or perswasion whatsoever — I do retain as great a keeness , and shall whilst I live , and as strong an opposition against a malignant interest , whether in Scotland or in England , or in any part of the world , against the Nation where I live , and have to this day , as ever I did in former times — I have all along engaged my estate and life in the Parliaments quarrel against the forces raised by the King. I gave my all , and did not only deem it my duty to preach for the lawfulness of a defensive war , but ( unless my books and wearing apparrel ) I contributed all I had in the world — and tho my life is endeavoured to be taken away , yet for all that I repent not of what I have done — I have in my measure ventured my all , in the same quarrel that you were engaged in , and lifted up my hands in the same Covenant , that took sweet counsel together , and walked in fellowship one with another . — I die cleaving to all those Oathes , Vowes , Covenants and Protestations that were imposed by the two Houses of Parliament , as owning them , and dying with my judgment for them , to the protestation , the vow , and the covenant , the solemn league and covenant . And this I tell you all , that I had rather die a Covenant keeper , than live a Covenant breaker , &c. As for his writings and works they are these . The debauched Cavilier : or , the English Midianite : wherein are compared by way of parallel the carriage or rather miscarriage of the Cavaliers , &c. Lond. 1642. Which Pamphlet , tho 't is but one sheet in quarto , yet forsooth he had a co-operator in writing it , and who should that be but one George Laurence of New Inn , as rank a Presbyterian as Love. Englands distemper , having division and errour , as its cause ; wanting peace and truth for its cure , &c. Serm. preached at Uxbridge 30. Jan. 1644. on Jerem. 33.6 . Lond. 1645. qu. His vindication from those scandalous aspersions cast upon him by the Malignant party , who charge him to be a hinderer of the treaty at Uxbridge , &c. — Printed with Englands Distemper , and by it self in one sh . in qu. at Lond. 1651. Short and plain animadversions on some passages in Mr. Will. Dells Sermon preached before the H. of Commons , 25. Nov. 1646. on Heb. 9.10 . Lond. 1646. and 47. qu. Which animadversions were replyed upon the same year by Dell. The reader is to note , that our Author Love preached the same day , being a solemn Fast , before the said H. of Commons ; but his Sermon being much displeasing to the Independents , and malepert against the then proceedings of Parliament , he had neither thanks given him , or order to print it , but Dell , a Minister attending on his excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax , being encouraged to print his , netled Love so much , that he forthwith wrot the said animadversions . Answer to an unlicensed Pamphlet annext to the Sermon , entit . A reply to Mr. Loves contradictions . Lond. 1647. oct . Which Reply to the contradictions of Mr. Loves Sermon , was written , as it seems , by Dell. His case — Pr. 1651. qu. and thereupon followed soon after Quaeries upon it , but who wrot them I know not . His vindication — Printed 1651. qu. pen'd by himself . His Advocate — Pr. 1651. qu. pen'd , as I have been informed , by himself . Several petitions to the Parl. in Jul. and Aug. Lond. 1651. qu. A full narrative of the late dangerous designe against the state , &c. Lond. 1651. qu. This is said to be written by him , and by him sent to the Parl. Wherein he setteth down his several meetings and several actings with Major Alford , &c. Mr. Tho. Case , Mr. Tho. Cawton , Dr. Drake , Mr. Rich. Drake , Maj. Rob. Huntingdon , Mr. Will. Jenkyns , &c. His Speech and Prayer on the Scaffold on Tower-hill , 22. Aug. 1651. Lond. 1651. qu. On which Sp. and Pr. were animadversions made and published by Anonymus , and on his decollation a Poem by Dr. Rob. Wild Rector of Ainoe in Northamptonshire intit . The tragedy of Christop . Love at Tower-hill . Lond. 1660 in one sh . in qu. Grace : the truth and growth and different degrees thereof . The sum and substance of the last 15 Sermons preached by him . Lond. 1652. in oct . there again 1654 , and a third time in 1657. qu. The first Sermon is on 1. Kings 14. part of the 13. vers . published with an Epistle before them , subscribed by Edm. Calamy , Simeon Ash , Jerem. Whitaker and Will. Taylor , dated 13. Feb. 1634. Sermon at the funeral of Mrs. B. being the last Sermon he ever preached , on Job 30.23 . — Printed with the book of Grace beforemention'd . Against the said Sermons were great complaints (d) made by divers Officers of the Army and other notorious Independents to the Parliament in 1652 , thus — several pamphlets have been lately published in vindication of Mr. Love , wherein they ( the Presbyterians ) account him a Martyr ( as in the pref . to his Sermons ) and charge the Parliament with injustice in putting him to death , &c. more particularly Mr. Edm. Calamy in his late Epistle before Mr. Loves Sermons ; and his funeral Sermon hangs out a flag of defiance to the State , proclaiming Mr. Love to die in , and for the , Lord : And the Saints ( meaning the Independents and Anabaptists ) he calls Murtherers , Traytors , Rebels , Blasphemers , &c. and chargeth the highest sins to have ascended into Pulpits and Thrones , &c. But upon examination , Mr. Calamy ( as 't is (e) said ) was not the Author of that Preface , but another , more violent than he . Heavens glory , Hells terror : or , two treatises , the one concerning the glory of the Saints with Jesus Christ , as a spur to duty , in 10 Sermons . The other of the torments of the damned , as a preservative against security , in 8 Sermons . Lond. 1653. 58. qu. Soules cordiall , in two treatises . Lond. 1653. oct . Treatise of effectual calling and election , in 16 Sermons on 2. Pet. 1.10 . Lond. 1653. qu. ibid. 1658. oct . This treatise hath an Epist . commend . before it , subscribed by E. Calamy , Jerem. Whitaker , Simeon Ash , Will. Taylor and Allen Geere . Scripture rules to be observed in buying and selling . Lond. 1653. on one side of a sh . of paper . The true doctrine of mortification and sincerity , in opposition to hypocrisie . Lond. 1654. in oct . Combate between the flesh and the spirit ; as also the woful withdrawing of the spirit of God , with the causes thereof , &c. being the sum and substance of 27 Sermons . Lond. 1654. 58. qu. Ded. by Will. Taylor to Edw. Bradshaw Mayor of Chester , and the Epist . to the reader is subscrib'd by E. Calamy , S. Ash , and Jer. Whitaker , before-mention'd . Sum or substance of practical Divinity : or , the grounds of religion in a catechistical way . Lond. 1654. in tw . Christians directory , tending to direct him in the various conditions that God hath cast him into , in 15 Sermons . Lond. 1654 and 58 qu. The Epist . to the Reader is subscrib'd by Calamy , Ash , Taylor and Geere before mention'd , all Presbyterians . The dejected Soules cure , tending to support poor drooping sinners , &c in divers sermons . Lond. 1657. qu. The ministry of the Angels to the heirs of Salvation . Or , a treatise of Angels . Lond. 1657. qu. Of the Omnipresence of God , in several sermons , began 13 May 1649 , and ended 3 June following . Lond. 1657. qu. The sinners Legacy to their posterity , on Lam. 5.8 . Lond. 1657. qu. These four last books have an Epist . commend ▪ before them , subscribed by Calamy , Ash , and Taylor before mentioned , as also by Will. Whitaker , Math. Poole and Jos . Church , Presbyterians . The penitent pardon'd . A Treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin , and the privilege of the pardon of sin . Lond. 1657. qu. Discourse of Christs ascension into heaven , and of his coming again from heaven , wherein the opinion of the Chiolists is considered and solidly confuted . Lond. 1657. qu. This , with The penitent pardoned , &c. is the substance of several Sermons : Both published by Calamy , Ash , Taylor , and Will. Whitaker before mention'd . The natural mans case stated : or , an exact map of the little world , Man , in 17 sermons . Lond. 1658. oct . These are all the things that he hath extant , as I conceive , and therefore I have nothing more to say , only that he was beheaded on Tower-hill on the 22 of August in sixteen hundred fifty and one . Whereupon his body being afterwards carried to his house , and there reposited for a time , was buried , with great lamentation by the Brethren , on the north side of the Chancel belonging to the Church of S. Laurence in the Jewry before mention'd : At which time Mr. Tho. Manton one of the chief Presbyterians in London preached his Funeral Sermon , which was afterwards made publick . It was observed by many , and looked upon as miraculous by the Brethren , that when the members of the Rump Parliament had passed their votes for his death , did happen one of the most terrible thunder claps that was ever heard . Also that that day on which he suffer'd , was seen a most clear sky ; but soon after his death , which was about two of the clock in the afternoon , the sky began to thicken , and at last was envelop'd in a black and dismal Cloud , and all that night and till the next morning , such thunder , lightning and tempest hapned , as if the machine of the world had been dissolving . This was the observation of the Presbyterian , who stuck not to say thereupon that God was angry at these things that had passed , &c. Yet the Independent , Anabaptist , and others , made another construction of the matter , which was published soon after in the common Mercury called Politicus , viz. That on the 22 of Aug. the old Tyrant ( Ch. 1. ) did first erect his Standard at Nottingham , and then Mr. Love and his Brethren did well to cry it down . But it being down , and themselves not set up ( as they expected ) then they deserted their first principles , and cryed up his son ; whose interest ( however disguised ) is the same with his fathers ; and he , by their instigation making way into England , entred and erected his Standard at Worcester also , upon the 22 of Aug. 1651 : upon which very day likewise it was , that Mr. Love , who having help'd to beat down the old malignant Standard , and then turning Apostate to set up the new one , lost his head upon Tower-hill , as a just judgment of God for his implacable Apostacy and Enmity , and for a terror to all the men of his Confederacy , &c. At the same time , and upon the same Scaffold , was beheaded Mr. Jo. Gibbons engaged in the same plot ; but as for others engaged therein and to be brought to their tryal , viz. Col. Joseph Vaughan sometimes a Leather-seller in London , Lieut. Col. ..... Jackson , Capt. Hugh Massey ( brother to Maj. Gen. Edw. Massey ) Dr. Drake , Mr. Th. Case , Mr. Arthur Jackson , Mr. W. Jenkyns Minister of Ch. Church in London , Mr. Th. Watson , Mr. Ralph Robinson , Mr. Rich. Heyrick , &c. were upon the motion of a certain noble person pardoned for Life and Estate , and freed both from Sequestration and Imprisonment . CLEMENT WALKER was born at Cliffe in Dorsetshire , educated in Acad. learning in Ch. Church , as I have been informed by his son Joh. Walker , sometimes a Gent. Com. of Linc. Coll. but in what year , or years , of the Lord , I know not , for his name occurs not in the Matricula , either under Ch. Church , or Broadgates Hall adjoyning , a receptacle mostly in the Reign of K. Jam. 1. for Dorsetshire men . Afterwards leaving the University without a degree , he retired to an Estate he had at Charterhouse near Wells in Somersetshire , where living in good repute , was esteem'd among the Gentry in those parts for his knowledge in secular affairs , and always taken to be , as really he was , an enemy to the Puritans , as making it his frequent theme to declaim against them . Before the Civil War commenc'd , he was made Usher of the Exchequer , but when the Puritans or Presbyterians were like to carry all before , he closed with , them , was elected one of the Burgesses for the City of Wells upon the retreat to his Maj. of Sir Ralph Hopton and Sir Edw. Rodney , who were elected to serve for that City in the Parliament began at Westminster 3 Nov. 1640. Afterwards he became a zealous Covenantier , and was Advocate to that Congregation of Murderers , that adjudged Rob. Yeomans and George Bowcher Citizens of Bristow to death , having had ( as 't is (a) said ) his hands stayned with his own Wives blood , before he dipped them so deep in those Martyrs at Bristow . About that time he and W Prynne , ( inseparable Brethren ) became great Enemies to Col. Nath. Fiennes for his cowardly surrendring up the City of Bristow , and were the chief men that brought him to a tryal for his life for the same . During the time that our Author Walker sate in the Parliament , he was a curious Observer , and diligent Enquirer after , not only the Actions , but the Counsels of those times . He was well read also , and notably vers'd in the Liberties and Privileges of Parliaments , and in the Statute Law of this Kingdom , as those that knew him well , have often affirmed it : And when he saw how the Independent Faction began to sway , and govern all things , then did he become a bitter enemy to Fairfax the General for his folly to be led by the nose by O. Cromwell , and to Cromwell for his devilish hypocrisie , falsness , tyranny , &c. and an indefatigable enemy in his Writings and Prayers against the said Independents that were then the Saints militant . But so it was , that tho he shew'd himself a zealous Presbyterian , yet he was very serviceable in many things to the Parliament , and did not at all get as others did , as his own (b) words , which I believe are true , averr it thus — I have served you ( the Parliament ) faithfully from the beginning , and have taken as much pains , and run as many hazards as most men in your service , wherein I have lost my health , and above seven thousand pounds of my estate , without any penny of compensation , as other men have had . Nor have I laid my hands upon any mans money or goods , or had any gainful Imployments from you . I was contented to serve my Country gratis , and some little honor I had gotten thereby , whereof you have now rob'd me , &c. by a roaving (c) Accusation shot at random at me , &c. Thus our Author : which service of his was performed till 1647 , when he saw the Independent Faction to grow mighty , he being then an elderly man and of a low stature . His works that are published are these . An Answer to Col. Nathan Fiennes relation concerning his surrender of the City and Castle of Bristow . — printed 1643 in 2 sheets in qu. But for some misconstruction made of a clause in the said answer , the Author was suddenly seiz'd and sent Prisoner to the Tower of Lond. by the Parliament , where he continued for some time . Articles of impeachment and accusation , exhibited in Parliament against Col. Nath. Fiennes touching his dishonorable surrender of the City and Castle of Bristow . Lond. 1643. in 2 sh . in qu. W. Prynne had a hand also in drawing up of the said articles : at the end of which is his letter to the said Fiennes . True and full relation of the prosecution , arraignment , tryal and condemnation of Nath. Fiennes late Colonel and Governour of the City and Castle of Brist . before a Counsel of War , held at S. Albans , during 9 days space , in Decemb. 1643. Lond. 1644. qu. The said Prynne was his co-operator in this work also . Declaration and protestation against the actings and proceedings of the Army and their Faction , now remaining in the H. of Commons . — This was written on the 19 of Jan. 1648 , the Author being then a member of that house secured , after he , with many of his fellows , had been by force taken thence . Six serious Queries concerning the Kings tryal by the High Court of Justice — The Authors name is not set to them , but by all believed to have been written by Walker . The mysterie of the two Juntoes , Presbyterian and Independent . Lond. 1647. in 3 sh . in qu. Historie of Independency , with the rise , growth and practices of that powerful and restless faction . Lond. 1648. qu. A list of the names of the members of the H. of Commons , observing which are Officers of the Army , contrary to the self denying ordinance : together with such sums of money , Offices and Lands , as they have given to themselves for service done , or to be done , against the King and Kingdom . Lond. 1648. This being printed in one sh . in qu. was soon after remitted into the first part of the Hist . of Independency . See more in George Wharton . Appendix to the Hist . of Independency , being a brief description of some few of Argyles proceedings , before and since he joyned in confederacy with the Independent Junto in England . Lond. 1648. qu. Parallel between Argyle and Cromwell . — This is printed with the Appendix . Anarchia Anglicana : Or , the history of Independency ; the second part . Lond. 1649. qu. Put out as the former part was , under the name of Theodorus verax . The High Court of Justice : or , Cromwells slaughter house , being the third part of the Hist . of Indep . Lond. 1651. qu. Out of which , as also the two former parts , were many things translated into Latine , and printed beyond the seas in a manual , 1653. After the Kings Restauration , one T. M. added a fourth part ; which , with all the things before mentioned from The mysterie of the two Juntoes , &c. were printed in one thick volume in qu. — Lond. 1661. Upon the coming out of the sec . part of the Hist . of Independency , the Author being discover'd by Cromwell , was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , 13 Nov. 1649 , where having got allowance of pen , ink , and paper , he wrot the third part of that history . He gave way to fate there , to the great grief of the Presbyterian Party , in the month of Octob. in sixteen hundred fifty and one : whereupon his body was conveyed to the Church of Allhallowes Barkin near to the said Tower , and there buried , as I have been informed by his said son John Walker . The next Writer that must follow according to time , was the greatest Royalist in the age he lived , and a person much reverenced by those who knew his Vertues and Piety . RICHARD STEUART was born of a gentile family in Northamptonshire , ( at Patishul I think ) became a Commoner of Magd. Hall in 1608 aged 14 or thereabouts , elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1613 , being then Bach. of Arts , proceeded in his Faculty , studied the Civil Law for a time , and took one degree therein . In 1624 he proceeded in the said Faculty , and in 1628 he was made Preb. of Worcester on the death of Rich. Potter Bach. of Div. About the beginning of March 1629 he had the Prebendship of North Aulton in the Church of Sarum confer'd upon him , and about that time was made Chapl. in ord . to his Majesty . In 1634 he became Dean of Chichester in the place of Dr. Franc. d ee promoted to the See of Peterborough , and soon after Clerk of the Closet , in the room of Dr. Math. Wren , and Prebendary of Westminster in his place , an . 1638. In which year he resigned his Prebendship of Worcester , and was succeeded therein by Will. Smith D. D. Warden of Wadham Coll. About the same time he was made Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral , and in Dec. or Jan. 1639 Provost of Eaton Coll. in the room of Sir Hen. Wotton deceased . He was also at the same time Dean of the Chappel Royal , and when Dr Williams Bishop of Linc. ( who kept the Deanery of Westminster in commendam with that See ) was translated to York , he was made Dean of that Collegiat Church , not in 164● , but in 1645. While he remained in the University , he was accounted a good Poet and Orator , and after he had left it a noted Divine , eloquent Preacher , and a person of a smart fluent stile . In the beginning of the Rebellion he suffer'd much for the Kings cause , lost all , and at length retiring to France , became a great Champion for the Protestant cause at Paris , where , at le Hostle de Blinville , he preached an excellent sermon of the English case , or Hezekiahs reformation , in vindication of ours . So that whereas Mr. Rich. Baxter in several of his publick Writings doth most uncharitably (*) suggest as if he , ( Dr. Steuart ) when at Paris , had a design to introduce the French Popery by preaching , it appears to the contrary not only in that , but in another sermon preached in defence of the Protestants against the Papists in an Auditory of Prelatists there . Besides also , he , with that publick spirited man Sir George Ratcliff , did go very far in making an accommodation between the Jansenists and the reformed Party , our Author being then Chaplain to his Maj. K. Ch. 2. His works are these . An answer to a letter written at Oxford and superscribed to Dr. Sam. Turner concerning the Church and Revenues thereof — Printed 1647 in 5 sheets and an half in qu. This afterwards came out under this title , A discourse of Episcopacy and Sacrilege by way of letter , written 1646. Lond. 1683. qu. The said letter was written not at Oxon , but rather at Ailesbury by Joh. Fountaine lately a Royalist , but then a Turn-coat . Three Sermons ( 1 ) On 1 Cor. 10.30 . ( 2 ) On Mat. 28.6 . ( 3 ) On 1 Cor. 15.29 . Lond. 1656 and 58. in twelv . Trias sacra : A second Ternary of sermons . Lond. 1659 in tw . Catholique Divinity : or , the most solid and sententious expressions of the primitive Doctors of the Church , with other ecclesiastical and civil Authors , &c. Lond. 1657. oct . Other sermons , as ( 1 ) The English case exactly set down by Hezekiahs reformation , in a Court sermon at Paris on 2 Kings 18.22 . Lond. 1659. oct . and before : published for the full vindication of the Church of England from the Romanists charge of Schism , and commended to the consideration of the late Author of The Grotian Religion discovered . The picture of K. Ch. 2. is set before the title . ( 2 ) Golden remains , or three sermons , the first on Phil. 4.17 . the second on Mark 6.20 . and the third on Heb. 10.1 , 2. Lond. 1661. in tw . &c. The old Puritan detected and defeated : or , a brief treatise shewing how by the artifice of pulpit Prayers , our Dissenters at all times have endeavoured to undermine the Liturgy of the reformed Church of England . Together with the fault and danger of such Prayers , whether vented ex tempore , or forethought by a speaker . Lond. 1682 , in one sh . in qu. said by the Bookseller , who printed it , that Dr. Rich. Steuart was the Author . See more in Rich. Sherlock , an . 1689. The design of this small treatise is , ( as also another of the same subject , viz. about the meaning of the 55 Canon published by Dr. Heylyn ) to make out and evidence that the 55 of K. Jam. 1. enjoyns only an exhortation to , or bidding of Prayer , and that that Canon contains an express and precise form of Prayer , not in the least to be deviated from by Ministers , and that the primary design and scope of this Canon , was not barely to lay down and prescribe matter , heads , and contents of Prayer , which were to be left to be worded and expressed according to the discretion of the Minister ; which last is owned to be the more general practice of our Divines , tho he saith it is directly against the intendment of the Canon . These are all the things that Dr. Steuart hath written , as I conceive , and therefore I shall only say , that when he lay upon his Death-bed at Paris in Nov. in sixteen hundred fifty and one , K. Ch. 2. gave him two visits , being then newly arrived there from his escape from Worcester Fight , and his concealment in England , and that he was interred in an open burying place in the suburbs of S. German , walled in , and some time before granted to those of the reformed Religion to bury the bodies of their deceased . His Epitaph over his grave , made some years after his decease , tells us that he died on the 14 of Nov. 1652 , but false , for it should be 1651 , for every one of the English Nation that was then at Paris , saith that he died shortly after K. Ch. 2. came into France after his Escape from Worcester Fight , which was in the month of Octob. 1651. See his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 182. HENRY IRETON eldest son and heir of German Ireton of Attenton in Nottinghamshire Esq . and brother to Sir Jo. Ireton Lord Mayor of London 1658 , was born there , or at least in that County , became a Gent. Com. of Trinity Coll. in the year 1626 and in that of his age 16 , took one degree in Arts in 1629 , but left the University without compleating that degree by Determination : At which time he had the character in that house of a stubborn and sawcy fellow towards the Seniors , and therefore his company was not at all wanting . Afterwards he went to the Middle Temple , learned some grounds of the common Law , became a man of a working and laborious brain , which in the end led him into some errors . When the grand Rebellion broke out , he , as a person natur'd to mischief , took up Arms against the King , and about that time married Bridget one of the daughters of Oliv. Cromwell then a Colonel of a Regiment , afterwards Lord Protector of England . By whose endeavours , he became first a Captain , afterwards a Colonel of a Regiment of Horse , and at length Commissary General upon the new modelling of the Army , in the beginning of the year 1645. About that time I find him an active man , and one very busie in breaking the Presbyterian Faction in the House of Commons , to the end that the Independents might get the King into their own clutches . His parts and abilities were such , his dissimulation so profound , and his mischievous designs had so clean a conveyance , that his Father-in-law Cromwell made frequent use of him when he was put to a push to compleat his wicked designs : And having always found him to be very capacious of overthrowing Monarchy , and a thorow-pac'd dissembler under the mask of Religion , ( being absolutely the best Prayer-maker and Preacher in the Army ) he , with Col. Joh. Lambert ( who had likewise studied in the Inns of Court and was of a subtle working brain ) did put him upon writing a Remonstrance on the Armies behalf for justice to be done on the King. Whereupon retiring in private for some days to Windsore Castle , as I have been informed , he drew up the Remonstrance , and after he had communicated it to Fairfax the Generalissimo ( whom he and Cromwell made a stalking horse , and to believe any thing ) and the prime Officers of the Army , they caused it to be delivered to the H. of Commons , by the hands of Col. Isaac Ewer and seven other Officers : Which done , it was printed under this title . A Remonstrance of his Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax , Lord General of the Parliament Forces , and of the general council of Officers held at S. Albans the 16 of Nov. 1648. presented to the Commons assembled in Parliament , the 20 instant , and tendered to the consideration of the whole Kingdom . Lond. 1648 , in 9 sheets in qu. Which Remonstrance being read to his Maj. at Newport in the Isle of Wight , he propounded four Queries thereupon against the power of the Army , which may be seen in his Works printed 1662. p. 671. The said Ireton also who was about that time one of the Commissioners of the Navy , did write , or at least had a chief hand in a certain Pamphlet called The Agreement of the people — meaning of the Army , published in the month of Jan. 1648 ; judiciously answer'd by Will. Ashurst Esq . a Parliament man for Newton in Lancashire and a Presbyterian . The said Agreement ( with a Petition ) was presented (*) to the Parliament in the name of all the Army , by Lieut. Gen. Tho. Hammond , and divers chief Officers thereof , on the 20 day of the same month of Jan. He the said Ireton was chiefly employed also , and took upon him the business of the pen in all the Declarations , Desires , Modules , and Transactions of the Army , nay and in all or most Letters written by Fairfax the General to the Parliament , before the K. was beheaded , being esteemed a person full of invention and industry , and skill'd in the common Law. About that time he became a busie man to bring his Maj. to his Tryal , had a hand in drawing up the Ordinance for it , and the Precept for proclaiming the High Court of Justice , sate as a Judge among the rest when he was tried , and was one of the Committee that appointed the time and place of his Execution . Afterwards , in June 1649 , he was appointed by Parliament the next Commander in chief under Cromwell in his Expedition for Ireland , that is to be Maj. General , and after his arrival , a Commission and Patent was sent to him to be President of Mounster . After Cromwell the Lord Lieutenant had given an account to the Parliament of affairs done there , he returned into England in June 1650 , at which time he left Ireton his Deputy to prosecute the Parliaments Interest there , and acting highly against such that they called Rebels , was , in his way to Limerick , taken with a sudden disease , ( some said the plague ) on the 16 day of November : whereupon being conveyed in all hast to Limerick , died there on the 26 of the said month , in sixteen hundred fifty and one . Afterwards Col. Edm. Ludlow , who was Lieut. Gen. of the Army there , did execute the Office of Deputy for a time by the appointment of the superior Power . On the 9 of Dec. the Parliament ordered a Bill to be brought in for the setling of 2000 l. per an . on the Wife and Children of Ireton , out of the Lands belonging to George Duke of Bucks , and on the 17 of the said month , his carcass being landed at Bristow , was pompously conveyed towards London , and laying in state for a time in Somerset house in the Strand , all hung with black , was hung over the common gate an Atchievment commonly called a Hatchment , with this Motto under his Arms depicted thereon , Dulce est pro patria mori , which was englished by an honest Cavalier thus , It is good for his Country that he is dead . On the sixth day of Febr. following , his body was interr'd with great state in the Chappel of K. Hen. 7. at Westminster ; at which time John Owen Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. preached ( not without some blasphemy ) on Dan. 12.13 . and had about that time Elegies made on his death , and a stately tomb erected over his grave with the Effigies of him and his wife thereon . After the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. his body , with that of Oliv. Cromwell , were taken up on Saturday 26 Jan. 1660 , and on Munday night following , were drawn in two several Carts from Westminster to the Red Lyon in Holbourne , where they continued that Evening . The next morning the carcass of Joh. Bradshaw President of the High Court of Justice ( which had been with great solemnity buried in S. Peter's Church at Westminster 22 Nov. 1659. ) was carried in a cart to Holbourn also : and the next day following that , ( which was the 30 of January , on which day K. Ch. 1. was beheaded in 1648. ) they were drawn to Tybourne on three several Sledges , followed by the universal outcry of the people . Afterwards they being pulled out from their Coffins , were hanged at the several angles of that triple tree , where they hung till the sun was set . After which , they were taken down , their heads cut off , ( to be set on Westminster Hall ) and their loathsome trunks thrown into a deep hole under the Gallowes , where they now remain . At the same time Iretons tomb was broken down , and what remained over the Graves of Cromwell and Bradshaw , were clean swept away , and no footstep left of their remembrances in that royal and stately burial place of our English Kings . While this Ireton lived came out a Pamphlet intit . Independency stript and whipt : or , Ireton's Petition , &c. 1648. qu. and after his death another called The Kingdom of Christ to the Parliament , from 1649 to 1652 , with the name of Hen. Ireton Deputy of Ireland in the Title page . But these I have not yet seen . FRANCIS WOODCOCK son of Rob. Woodcock was born in the City of Chester , applied his mind to Academical studies in Brasn . Coll. in Easter term 1629 , aged 15 years , took a degree in Arts , holy Orders from a Bishop , and then left the House , and had a Cure of Souls bestowed on him . But being always puritannically affected , he sided with the Presbyterians upon a defection of a predominant party in the Long Parliament , an . 1641 , became a Lecturer of S. Laurence Ch. in the Jewry in London , a Covenantier , one of the Assembly of Divines , and at length by ordinance of Parliament dat . 10. Jul. 1646 , was made Parson of S. Olaves in Southwark , having for some time before exercised his function in that place . He hath written and published , The two Witnesses , in several Lectures at S. Laurence Jewry , on Rev. 11. with the great question discussed , Whether the two Witnesses were slain or no. Lond. 1643. qu. made extant by vertue of an order of the Committee of the H. of Commons bearing date 27 of Apr. the same year . This book was afterwards reprinted . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Christs warning-piece , giving notice to every one to watch and keep their garments , Fast-sermon before the H. of Com. 30 Oct. 1644. on Rev. 16.15 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 2 ) Lex Talionis : or , God paying every man in his own coine , Fast-serm . before the H. of C. 30 Jul. 1645 on 1 Sam 2.30 . latter part . Lond. 1645. qu. ( 3 ) Joseph parallel'd by the present Parliament in his sufferings and advancement , Thanksgiving sermon before the H. of C. 19 Feb. 1645. for reducing the City of Chester by the Parl. Forces under the command of Sir Will. Brereton , on Gen. 49.23 , 24. Lond. 1646. qu. What other things he hath extant I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying in sixteen hundred fifty and one , or thereabouts , was buried in the Church of S. Olaves befotementioned . One of his sirname was by Act of Parl. dat . in Mar. 1659 — 60 , appointed among several other Ministers to approve of Ministers of the Gospel according to the Presbyterian way , which Act came soon after to nothing . He is the same person who was afterwards a frequent Conventicler , and has one or more Sermons extant in The morning exercise methodized . Lond. 1676. qu. THOMAS RYVES , who writes himself in some of his books Rivius , was the fourth son of John Ryves of Damery Court in Dorsetshire , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near to Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. as a native of Langton in the said County of Dorset , after he had served two years of probation , an . 1598 , where applying his studies to the faculty of the Civil Law , took the degrees therein , that of Doctor being compleated 1610 , about which time he was an eminent Advocate in Doctors Commons and the Court of Admiralty . Afterwards he was one of the Masters of Chancery , and Judge of the Faculties and Prerogative Court in Ireland , where he was held in great esteem for his knowledge in the Laws . At length upon the coming to the Crown of K. Ch. 1. he was made his Advocate , and by him knighted , was engaged in his Cause when the grand Rebellion broke out , wherein he gave good evidence of his Valour ; and notwithstanding he was then well stricken in years , yet he received several wounds in Fights and Skirmishes for his Cause . He was accounted a thorough-pac'd Scholar in all polite learning , was a pure Latinist , and Master of a smooth stile . He understood also the Common Law so well , that he was as fit to plead in Westminster Hall , as in his proper Courts , and therefore his , and the assistance of Dr. Duck , were required by his Maj. at the Treaty for Peace in the Isle of Wight . He hath written and published , The Vicars plea : or , that a competency of means is due to Vicars out of the several Parishes . Lond. 1620. quart . Regiminis Anglicani in Hiberniâ defensio adversus Analecten : lib. 3. Lond. 1624. qu. Imperatoris Justiniani defensio contra Alemannum . Lond. 1626. oct . Historia navalis antiqua : lib. 4. Lond. 1633. oct . Hist . navalis media : lib. 3. Lond. 1640. oct . What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he paid his last debt to nature on the second of January , or thereabouts , in sixteen hundred fifty and one , and was buried in the Church of S. Clements Danes without Temple-barr near London , on the fifth day of the same month , having suffer'd much in his estate for the Kings Cause , which he had stoutly defended . PETER TURNER a younger son of Dr. Peter Turner a Physitian , mention'd among the Incorporations in the Fasti , an . 1599 , was born , as it seems , in the parish of S. Helen within Bishopsgate in the City of London , in which parish his father lived and practised his Faculty , admitted Probation . Fellow of Mert. Coll. in 1607 , proceeded in Arts , and being not bound to any particular Faculty , as the Fellows in other Colleges are , became most admirably well vers'd in all kind of Learning . He was a most exact Latinist and Greecian , was well skill'd in the Hebrew and Arabick , was a thorough-pac'd Mathematician , was excellently well read in the Fathers and Councils , a most curious Critick , a Politician , Statesman , and what not . The first preferment that he had , whereby his parts were made manifest to the world , was the Professorship of Geometry in Gresham College , which he kept with his Fellowship , as afterwards he did the Savilian Professorship of Geometry in this University , obtained on the death of Hen. Briggs , in the year 1630. He was much beloved of Archb. Laud , and so highly valued by him , that he would have procured him to be one of the Secretaries of State , or Clerks of the Privy Council , &c. but being wedded to his College and a studious life ( entertaining hopes withal of being Warden thereof ) he denied those , and other honorable and beneficial , places . In 1636 he was actually created Doctor of Physick , and in the beginning of the grand Rebellion , was one of the first Scholars that went out and served his Majesty in the quality of a Volunteer (a) under the command of Colonel Sir John Byron ; for which , he did not only for the present suffer , as being a Prisoner of War , but was afterwards ejected by the Parliamentarian Visitors from all right he had to his Fellowship of Mert. Coll , and from his Professorship of the University . He wrot many admirable things , but he being too curious and critical , he could never finish them according to his mind , and therefore cancell'd them . He also made divers Translations from Greek into Lat. particularly some of the Epistles , from an old authentick MS , of Isidorus Pelusiota : Which Trans . were found among Hen. Jacobs Papers after his death . But that , with other Curiosities of our learned Turner , went afterwards into obscure hands . He hath extant in several books , Epistolae variae ad doctissimos viros . He had also a principal hand in framing (b) the University Statutes now in use , and was the sole person that made them run in good Latine , and put the Preface to them . He made the Caroline Cycle for the Election of Proctors , beginning in 1629 and ending in 1720 , and did many other matters for the benefit of Learning and this University . At length being in a manner undone by the Severities of the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 , he retired to the House of his Sister , the afflicted widdow of one Wats a Brewer living against the Compter Prison in Southwark near London , where spending the short remainder of his life in obscurity , surrendred up his soul to God in the month of January , in sixteen hundred fifty and one , and in that of his age 66 or thereabouts ; whereupon his body was buried in the Church of S. Saviour there . This person having been of a proud and haughty mind , because of his great parts , and intimate acquaintance with Archb. Laud and the great Heroes of that time , the snivling Presbyterians therefore , especially those of his College which he left behind him , as Alex. Fisher , Ralph Button , &c. did not stick to report that he died no better than a Brewers Clerk , because he often inspected the Accompts of his Sister before mention'd , and had a great care of her concerns . JOHN ARNWAY a Shropshire man born , became a Commoner of S. Edm. Hall in the year 1618 , and in that of his age 18 , took the degrees in Arts , entred into the sacred function , and had a cure of Souls bestowed on him . At length the Civil Wars breaking forth , he adhered to the Kings cause , suffer'd much for it in his own Country , went after him to Oxon , and was actually created D. of D. in 1642 , being about that time ( as I conceive ) made Archdeacon of Lichf . and Coventry , in the place of Dr. Ralph Brownrig promoted to the See of Exeter . He had then quitted a large fortune to serve his Prince , and thereupon was plunder'd by the Rebels , and lost his books and papers , which he could never recover . Afterwards upon the declining of the Kings cause , he went to the Hague in Holland , and afterwards to Virginia where he died . He hath written , The Tablet , or moderation of Charles the first , martyr . An Alarum to the Subjects of England . A few copies of these two little treatises were both printed together in a small character at the Hague , an . 1650 , afterwards reprinted at Lond. 1661. in oct . by the care of Will. Rider sometimes of Mert. Coll. who married the authors near kinswoman . Afterwards Dr. Arnway being reduced to necessity , left the Hague , and upon an invitation he went into Virginia to exercise his function among the English , where he died about Lyn haven , Elizabeth river or Nausunum , but when I cannot tell , unless about the year 1653. JOHN VICARS a Londoner born , descended from those of his name living in the County of Cumberland , educated from his infancy , or time of understanding , in School learning in Ch. Ch. Hospital in London , and in Academical , partly in Oxon. particularly , as it seems , in Queens Coll. but whether he took a degree it appears not . Afterwards he retired to his native place , became Usher of the said Hospital ( which he kept to , or near , his dying day ) and was esteemed among some , especially the puritannical party ( of which number he was a zealous brother ) a tolerable Poet , but by the Royalists not , because he was inspired with ale or viler liquors . In the beginning of the Civil Wars , he shewed himself a forward man for the Presbyterian cause , hated all people that loved Obedience , and did affright many of the weaker sort and others from having any agreement with the Kings Party , by continually inculcating into their heads strange stories of Gods wrath against the Cavaliers . Afterwards when the Independents began to take place , he bore a great hatred towards them , especially after they had taken away the Kings life . His works are these . A prospective glass to look into heaven : or , the celestial Canaan described . Lond. 1618. oct . 'T is a Poem . The Soules sacred Soliloquie , &c. sung in a most heavenly hymne — 'T is a Poem also , and printed with the former . Englands Hallelu-jah : or , Great Britaines grateful retribution for Gods gracious benediction in our many and famous deliverances since the Halcyon dayes of ever blessed Qu. Elizab. to these present times . Lond. 1631. oct . This is a Poem also , and his kinsman Tho. Vicars of Qu. Coll. hath a Copy of verses before it . Quintisence of cruelty : or , the Popish powder-plot related — 'T is a Poem and printed in a large oct . Englands remembrancer . Or , a thankful acknowledgment of Parliamentarie mercies to the English nation . Lond. 1641. a Poem in one sh . in qu. The sinfulness and unlawfulness of having or making the picture of Christs humanity , &c. Lond. 1641. in tw . God in the mount : or , Englands remembrancer , being a panegerick piramides erected to the honour of Englands God. &c. Lond. 1642. qu. a Poem . Looking glass for Malignants : or , Gods hand against God-haters . Lond. 1643. qu. in 6. sheets . In this book is much bitterness against the Kings followers , whom , he often stiles cormorants , against the Prelates also , especially Laud. God in the mount : or , Englands remembrancer , being the first and second part of a Parliamentary Chronicle , or a Chron. of the Parliament of England from 1641. to the month of Octob. 1643. Lond. 1644. Gods Arke overtopping the worlds waves : or , a third part of a parliamentary Chronicle , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. The burning bush not consumed : or , the fourth and last part of a Parliam . Chronicle , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. one J. Hart did put out in the year 1627. The burning bush not yet consumed , printed in oct . which title our author Vicars borrowed . These three last books , viz. God in the mount , &c. Gods Arke , &c. and The burnish bush , &c. were all printed together , with this general title , — Magnalia Dei Anglicana : or , Englands parliamentary Chronicle , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. Of which Chronicle one Joh. Hornius a Dutchman is very liberal in his character (c) thus — Chron. Vicarii qui priora belli complexus est , sermones potius sacros , quales ad populum habentur , quam historias continet , cum maxima operis pars Theologica sit , &c. Coleman-street-conclave visited ; and that grand impostor , the schismaticks cheater in chief ( who hath long , slily lurked therein ) truly and duly discovered ; containing a most palpable and plain display of Mr. John Goodwins self conviction , &c. and of the notorious heresies , errors , malice , pride and hypocrisie of this most huge Garagantua , &c. Lond. 1648. qu. in 7. sheets . Before the title is John Goodwins picture , with a windmil over his head , and weather cock upon it , with other Hierogliphicks or Emblems about him , to shew the instability of the man. The Schismatick sifted , &c. Soul-saving knowledge , &c. in oct . Picture of a Puritan , &c. — These three last I have not yet seen . Dagon demolished : or , twenty admirable examples of Gods severe justice and displeasure against the subscribers of the late engagement against K. Ch. 2. and the whole house of Peers , &c. Lond. 1660. in two sh●in qu. He the said J. Vicars translated also from Lat. into English ( 1 ) Mischiefs mysterie : or , treasons Master-piece , the powder-plot : invented by hellish malice , prevented by heavenly means , &c. Lond. 1617. qu. This is a Poem written in Latin by the rev . and learned Dr. Fr. Herringe , but much delated by Vicars ; whose labours therein are commended to the world by several copies of verses made by divers persons ; among whom are Thom. Salisbury M. A. of Cambridge , Joshua Sylvester , Nathan . Chamber of Greys-inn , &c. Afterwards Vicars making some additions to the said translation , repaired to Dr. Sam. Baker Chaplain to Laud B. of London , to have it licensed , but denied for several reasons . See in Canterburies Doome , p. 184. ( 2 ) Epigrams of that most witty and worthy Epigrammatist Mr. John Owen Gent. Lond. 1619. oct . ( 3 ) Babels Balm : or , the Honey-comb of Romes religion : with a neat draining and straining out of the rammish honey thereof ; sung in ten most elegant Elegies in Lat. by the most Christian Satyrist Mr. George Goodwin . Lond. 1624. qu. ( 4 ) The XII Aeneids of Virgil into English deca-Syllables . Lond. 1632. oct . What other things this Presbyterian Poet hath written and translated I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying after he had spent 72 years in this vain world , about the 12. of Apr. in sixteen hundred fifty and two , was buried in the north isle of the Church of Ch. Ch. Hospital beforemention'd . Over his grave was a large stone soon after laid , with an inscription thereon , but defaced , and consumed with the Church it self , in the grand conflagration that hapned in London , in the beginning of Sept. 1666. One Joh. Vicars of Magd. Coll. was admitted Bac. of Arts , Nov. 7. an . 1587. and another Joh. Vicars of Broadgates Hall was admitted Master of that faculty in the beginning of July the same year , but both these are too soon for John Vicars the author beforemention'd , who had a Son of both his names , matriculated in this University as a member of Queens Coll. in Mich. term 1631. aged 17. I have made mention of John Viccars among these writers under the year 1639. ARTHUR WILSON Son of Rich. Wilson of Yarmouth in Norfolk Gent. was born in that County , became a Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll. in the year 1631 being then about 33 years of age , where spending more than two years , was all the Academical education that he ever received , but whether he took a degree , or was actually created M. of A. as some of his relations hath told me , it doth no where appear in the registers . During his stay in the said Coll. he was very punctual in frequenting the Chappel and Hall , and in observing all orders of the College and University . He had little skill in the Lat. tongue , less in the Greek , a good readiness in the French , and some smattering in the Dutch. He had travelled in Germany , France and Spain in the quality of a Servant to Robert Earl of Essex , and was well seen in the Mathematicks and Poetry , and somthing in the Common Law of the Nation . He had composed some Comedies , which were acted at the Black-friers in Lond. by the Kings players , and in the Act time at Oxon , with good applause , himself being present ; but whether they are printed I cannot yet tell : sure I am that I have seen several specimens of his poetry printed in divers books . His carriage was very courteous and obliging , and such as did become a well-bred Gentleman . He also had a great command of the English tongue , as well in writing as speaking , and had he bestowed his endeavours on another subject than that of History , they would have without doubt seemed better . For in those things which he hath done , are wanting the principal matters conducing to the completion of that faculty , viz. matter from record , exact time , name and place ; which , by his endeavouring too much to set out his bare collections in an effected and bombastic style , are much neglected . The capacious title of these collections , is , The History of Great Britaine , being the life and raign of K. James the first , relating to what passed from his first access to the crown , till his death . Lond. 1653. fol. In which History ( which some call an infamous Pasquil ) you 'll find the Author to favour Rob. D'evereux the last Earl of Essex and his allies , and to underprize such as were more in the Kings favour than he . The reason is , because he from his youth had attended that Count in his chamber , and had received an annual pension from him several years . After his death , he was received into the Family of Robert Earl of Warwick , and by him made his Steward ; of whose Father , named Robert also , he maketh honourable mention in the said History ; in which may easily be discerned a partial Presbyterian veine that constantly goes throughout the whole work . And it being the Genie of those People to pry more than they should into the Courts and Comportments of Princes , do take occasion thereupon to traduce and bespatter them . Further also , our Author having endeavour'd in many things to make the world believe that K. James , and his Son after him , were enclined to popery , and to bring that Religion into England , hath made him subject to many errors and misrepresentations . He gave way to fate at Felsted , near to Little Lighes ( the seat of the Earl of Warwick ) in the County of Essex , about the beginning of October in sixteen hundred fifty and two , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . After his death the said History coming into the hands of a certain Doctor , had some alterations made therein ( as 't is (d) said ) by him , who shaped it according to his desire . In the year before the said Hist . was published , came out a most desperate and libellous book , full of lyes , mistakes , nonsense , &c. entit . The divine Catastrophe of the Kingly family of the house of Stuarts : or , a short History of the rise , raigne and ruin thereof . Wherein the most secret and Chamber-abominations of the two last Kings ( Jam. 1. and Ch. 1. ) are discovered , &c. Lond. 1652. oct . written by one who pretended to be a diligent observer of the times , named Sir Edw. Peyton Knight and Baronet , the same who had written and published A discourse concerning the fitness of the posture necessary to be used in taking the bread and wine at the Sacrament . Lond. 1642. qu. The said book called The divine Catastrophe , &c. being highly resented by the Royalists , the Author of it therefore was condemn'd of great baseness and ingratitude . His puritanical education had been at Cambridge for a time , and therefore he being out of my road , I have no more to say of him but this , that he was bred in Grammar Learning at S. Edmunds Bury , that after he had left the University , he setled on his patrimony in Cambridgshire , ( in which County , I suppose , he was born ) that afterwards he served in one or more Parliaments in the latter end of Jac. 1. and in others after , and was Custos Rotulorum for Cambridgshire , of which office he was deprived by the endeavours of the great favourite of K. Jam. 1. called George Duke of Buckingham . At length he siding with the Presbyterians in the time of grand rebellion , had his share of sufferings for that cause while the war lasted , wrot a sharp Pamphlet against the Kings violation of the rights and privileges of Parliament ( as he calls them ) by endeavouring to seize upon , and imprison five of the members thereof , 4. Jan. 1641. and was ready upon all occasions to blast the reputation of his Majesty and his followers . At length having lived to see the Line of the Steuarts extirpated for a time , died at Wicket in Cambridgshire in the beginning of the year 1657. JOHN GREAVES Son of John Gr. Rector of Colmore near to Ailresford in Hampshire , was born there , educated in Grammar and Polite learning under his Father , the most noted Schoolmaster in all that Country , became a Student in this Univ. in the fifteenth year of his age , an . 1617 , took a degree in Arts , and being Masters standing , was a Candidate for a Fellowship of Merton Coll. in 1624 , at which time shewing himself an admirable proficient in Philosophy , Latine and Greek Learning , was the first of five that was elected . Afterwards being made compleat Fellow and Master of Arts , he had more liberty to pursue his critical studies , much advanc'd by his acquaintance and familiarity had with Pet. Turner a senior Fellow of that House , who finding him a compleat Master and gentile withal , was by his endeavours brought into the favour of Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury . At length in the year 1633 , his worth and knowledge being well known to that worthy Person , he sent him to travel into the Eastern parts of the world to obtain books of the Languages for him . The voyage he performed not without great danger , and having satisfied himself with many curiosities , return'd in 1640 to the great content of his Patron , and three years after upon the death of Dr. Bainbridge , he became not only the Savilian Professor of Astronomy in this University , but also superior reader of Lynacres Lecture in Merton Coll. In the performance of which , especially that of Astronomy , his learning was so made manifest to the remnant of the Academians then left , that he gained thereby to himself an unperishing reputation . But then again the Parliamentarian visitation coming on , the impetuous Visitors ( mostly Presbyterians ) who did not , or at least would not , discern between Dunces and Scholars , threw him out of his Lecture , and right to his Fellowship , ( which by supreme authority he kept in Commendam with his Astr . Lecture ) and the rather for this cause that he avoided an answer to several articles of misdemeanour , ( pretended to have been committed by him while the King was in Oxon ) that were by the endeavours of some factious and puritanical Fellows put up to them and prosecuted . Among them I find these ( 1 ) That he betrayed the College in discovering to the Kings Agents 400 l. in the treasury , which thereupon was taken away for the Kings use . ( 2 ) That contrary to his oath he conveyed away a considerable part of the College goods , without the consent of the company , and thereby gratified Courtiers with them in other houses . ( 3 ) That he feasted the Queens confessors , and sent divers presents to them , among which was an holy thorne , and that he was more familiar with them , than any true Protestants use to be . ( 4 ) That he was the occasion of ejecting Sir Nath. Brent from his Wardenship for adhering to the Parliament , and bringing in Dr. Harvey into his place . ( 5 ) That he was the occasion why Mr. Edw. Corbet and Mr. Ralph Button ( puritannical fellows ) were turned out of their respective offices and chambers in the College , because they abode in the Parliaments quarters , &c. ( 6 ) That he gave leave to Father (e) Philips the Queens confessor , and Wyatt (f) one of her Chaplains , to come in the College library to study there , and that he put Mr. John French Fellow , out of his Chamber in Mert. Coll. and put them into it , &c. So that , I say , being ejected by the said Visitors , he retired to London , married and dyed soon after . He was a Person in great value , and much respected by learned men , particularly by Selden , who , had our Author lived , would have left to him part of his wealth , and have taken great care that Hen. Jacob and Pet. Turner should not want , but they all died before him . He hath written , Pyramidographia : or , a description of the pyramids in Aegypt . Lond. 1646. in a large oct . Translated into French and printed in a book of travels written in that Language . Our Author Greaves found and visited these Pyramids in his travels , an . 1638. and 39 , or the thousand and forty eighth year of Hegira . He went twice to Grand Cairo from Alexandria , and from thence into the Deserts ; and for the greater solemnity to view them , he carried with him a Radius of ten feet most accurately divided , besides some other instruments for the farther discovery of the truth . While he was there he made the measure of the foot , observed by all nations , in one of the rooms under the said Pyramids , with his name John Gravius under it ; which hath been noted by several Travellers . A discourse of the Romane foot , and Denarius : From whence , as from two principles , the measures and weights used by the Ancients , may be deduced . Lond. 1647. oct . Demonstratio ortus Syrii heliaci , pro parallelo inferioris Aegypti . Oxon. 1648. qu. published with Dr. Bainbridge his Canicularia . To which is subjoined out of Ulugh Beigh the Longitudes and Latitudes of the chiefest of the fixed Stars . Elementa linguae Persicae . Lond. 1649. qu. With which he published Anonymus Persa de Siglis Arabum & Persarum Astronomicis . The manner of hatching Chickens at Cairo — See in the Philosophical Transactions , numb . 137. p. 923. He published likewise in Arabick and Latine , Epochae celebriores , Astronomis , Historicis , Chronologiis Chaitaiorum . Syro-Graecorum , Arabum , Persarum , Chorasmiorum usitatae , ex traditione Ulugh Beigh ; together with the Geographical tables of Abul Feda . Both which pieces he illustrated with his learned notes . In like manner he set forth Astronomica Shah Cholgii Persae , together with the Hypotheses of the planets : to which likewise he subjoyned the Geographical Tables of Nassir Eddinus the Persian , and of Ulugh Beigh , as you may further see in the Bodleyan or Oxford Catalogue , where you 'll find his publication of the Description of the Grand Signiour's Seraglio , or the Turkish Emperors Court. Lond. 1650. 53. oct . written by one Robert Withers . He also left behind him at his death , Lemmata Archimedis , apud Graecos & Latinos , è vetusta codice MS. Arabico traducta , cum Arabum Scholiis . Which coming into the hands of Sam. Foster the Mathematician , were by him reviewed and amended , and remitted into the body of the Miscellanies , or Mathematical Lucubrations of him the said Foster : Many of which were translated into English and published by the care and industry of John Twisden C. L. M. D. whereunto he hath annexed some things of his own — Lond. 1659. fol. Other things our learned Author Greaves did intend to publish , ( among which was a Map or Maps of Aegypt , first of all made by him ) and the learned World might justly have expected them , had not death by a too hasty end of his life , put a stop to the course of his ingenious studies ; which hapning to the great grief of learned and vertuous men , in the month of October in sixteen hundred fifty and two , his body was , with the tears of many , accompanied to his grave in the Church of S. Benet Sherehog in London , as I was some years since informed by his learned Brother Dr. Tho. Greaves , whom I accidently met in London , when I was anxiously seeking after the place where his reliques had been lodg'd . See more of our Author Joh. Greaves in Dr. John Bainbridge , whom I have mention'd among these writers , under the year 1643. HENRY JACOB Son of Hen. Jacob ( whom I have before mention'd , under the year 1621 ) by his Wife Sarah , Sister to John Dumaresque of the Isle of Jersey Gent. was born in the Dioc. of London , and in his youthful years was sent by his Relations beyond the Seas to be educated in the Principles of his Father . At length being his good fortune to be put under the tuition of the famous Thomas Erpenius , did in a short time by the help of a natural Genie , become the prodigie of his age for Philological and Oriental learning . This is that Erpenius , who went beyond all the Curiosi of his time for severe and crabbed literature ; nay beyond Drusius the Belgick Critick , who would scarce give place to either of the Scaligers . For one (a) who knew them well saith , that Erpenius was integerrimus doctissimusque vir , Linguae Arabicae non peritior tantum quam Drusio , sed etiam multo peritissimus , &c. At two and twenty years of age or more , he came into England , and by the endeavours of Will. Bedwell ( with whom the profession of Arabick then only remain'd ) he was presented as a great rarity to that most noble and generous Count William Earl of Pembroke , Chancellour of this University , who forthwith for his encouragement , sent his (b) Letters to the University in his behalf , that he might be created Bach. of Arts , dated 24. Nov. 1628. in which he saith , that Hen. Jacob a young Scholar had bestowed divers years in the Low Countries in the study of good literature , and had his education principally under one Erpenius a famous Scholar , especially in the Oriental language ; in which learning he profited under him beyond the vulgar sort of Students , and beyond the ordinary measures of his age , &c. In compliance to which Letters , he was in January following , adorned with that degree . At the same time being commended to the patronage of Joh. Selden , Hen. Briggs , and Pet. Turner , ( men much famous in their generation ) our Author was by their endeavours elected Probationer-Fellow of Mert. Coll. in the year following . But then , he having not so much Logick and Philosophy to carry him through the severe exercises of that Society , the Warden and Fellows tacitly assign'd him Philological Lecturer . This being done , he was called away to follow Law-suites concerning his Patrimony , which being concluded , he fell into a dangerous sickness , and by the sudden loss of his Patron ( Pembroke ) his life was in jeopardy . Soon after that great encourager of learning Bishop Laud succeeding him in the Chancellourship of this University , a way was found out from Mert. Coll. statutes to make him Socius Grammaticalis , that is Reader of Philology to the Juniors , a place that had been disused for about an 100 years . So that being setled and made compleat Fellow , he spent some time with the famous Selden , an . 1636. in composing a book which he was then publishing — ubi ad interiorem Templum ( saith (*) he ) Amanuensis mihi in codice Regi tunc porrigendo operam praestitit mihi vir doctissimus Henricus Jacobus , &c. At which time , as 't is said , he taught , or at least improved , Selden in the Hebrew Language , and added several things , which Selden finding to be very excellent , let them stand . In the same year he was created Master of Arts , but upon the turn of the times , Brent then Warden of Mert. Coll. no friend to Laud , silenced him . In the year 1641 , he was upon the death of John Thimble elected superior Bedle of Divinity about the 14 of June , and in the beginning of Novemb. in the year following , he was created Bach. of Physick . But his head being always over-busie about critical notions , ( which made him sometimes a little better than craz'd ) he neglected his duty so much , that he was suspended once , if not twice , from his place , and had his Bedles staff taken from him . At length when the Parliamentarian Visitors sate , he lost it for altogether , and the right he pretended to his Fellowship in Mert. Coll. So that being destitute of maintenance , he retired to London , where the learned Selden exhibited to him , gave him his cloaths , and an old scarlet cloak , of which last his friends would mock him , and call him Young Selden , when they saw it on his back . But he being a shiftless Person , as most meer Scholars are , and the benefactions of friends not sufficing him , he sold that little Land he had at Godmersham in Kent to supply his necessities , and died before that was spent . He wrot many things , ( but he himself published nothing in his life time ) a Cat. of which is this . Oratio inauguralis , sub aditu praelectionis Philologicae publicè habita apud Collegium Oxonio-Merton , 4. Aug. 1636. Graeca & Latina Poemata . Description of Oakey hole near Wells , an . 1632 — Written in English verse . Annotationes in eam partem Orationis inaug . in qua ( viz. p. 6. ) dicitur , Oratione soluta scripsit Aristeus Proconnesius . Contained in about 5. sheets in qu. These four things beforemention'd were published at Oxon , while the Author lived , an . 1652. in qu. by his intimate friend Hen. Birkhead Fellow of All 's . Coll. To which he putting a Preface , he tells you therein , that this our Author had written and laying by him these things following . Etymotechnia Catholica , containing four Diatribes concerning the original of Letters . The first De ordine Alphabeti , the second De transitu Alphabeti , the third De numero , figura , potestate & divisione Literarum , and the fourth called Geographistor Etymotechnicus . Grammatica Ebraea . No English man before his time did ever endeavour to make one , after that way and manner which he did this . ΣΒΩ′ , vel Osiris inventus ; de coptiacis originibus commentatio . Geographumena . In which are many Assiriac and Egyptic antiquities discovered . Pancarpia , opus ex artibus & linguis miscellan . Imperfect . Excogitata Philosophica ; nempe de novâ ratione circa Monoptosyllogismum dialecticum , pridem semicirculariter figuratam , natalia ventorum conceptacula , &c. Magnetologia , in lib. 3. agentibus de triplici motu Magnetico Lapidali , Caelesti & Animali , &c. Before I go any farther the reader is to understand that this our Author Jacob being ejected in 1648 from Merton Coll. and so consequently from his Chamber , wherein he had left a trunk full of Books , as well written as printed , left Oxon , as I have before told you : And taking no care , or appointing any friend , for its security , his Chamber door before an year was expired was broke open for a new commer , who finding the trunk there , did let it remain in its place for a time . At length when no man inquired after it , as the then possessor thereof pretended , he secur'd it for his own use , broke it open and therein discover'd a choice treasure of Books . One of them being a Ms . and fit for the press , he disguised and alter'd it with another stile ; and at length after he had learned Hebrew and the Oriental Languages to blind the World , and had conversed openly with those most excellent in them as Pocock and Bogan of C. C. Coll. or any Grecian or Jew that came accidentally to the University , he published it under this title . Delphi Phoenicizantes ; sive tractatus , in quo Graecos , quicquid Delphos celebre erat , &c. è Joshuae Historiae , scriptisque sacris effluxisse , rationibus haud inconcinnis ostenditur , &c. Oxon. 1655. oct . To which is added , Diatriba de Noe in Italiam adventu ; ejusque nominibus Ethnicis , and a little tract De origine Druidum . Which three things are much commended by forreign Authors , particularly by Spizelius in his book De doctrina Senensium . The Reader is also to know farther , that Dr. Pet. Turner of Mert. Coll. being a great friend to Hen. Jacob , did borrow and peruse several of his elucubrations ; in which taking great delight , because his learning did partly lye that way , did either keep the originals by him , or at least took copies of them . At length the Doctor being involv'd in the same fate with his friend , retired with his Books for succour to his Sister , the Widow of one ▪ Wats sometimes a Brewer in Southwark ; where dying obscurely about an year before Jacob , his Papers came into the hands of his Nephew Will. Wats afterwards a Residentiary of Hereford , who having a Son of Bras . Coll. into whose possession they came , he communicated several of them to Moses Pengry Fellow of that House , ( a curious Person in Philological learning ) of which one was entit . De Mari rubro , and another De historia Beli & Draconis . Copies of which Pengry communicated to Mr. Rich. Reeves then Master of the School joyning to Magd. Coll. which he hath in his possession to this day . Our Author Jacob also , did put notes to most of the printed books in his study , ( which tho little , yet curious ) and particularly on Solinus his Hist . of the World , with Salmasius's notes to it : Which book coming , I know not how , into the hands of H. B. he transcribed the said notes or observations , and entring them , as it seems , into another Copy of his own , deleeted those of Jacob with Aquafortis , and sold the copy it self to an Oxford Bookseller , such was his sordid avarice . There is also another Ms . of his going about , entit . Libri Ebraeo Rabbinici in Bib. Bodleiana recensiti , an . 1629. A copy of which I have , written by the hand of the learned Dr. Langbaine . It was the first work that Jacob performed after he was setled in Oxon , at the desire and command of his Patron Will. Earl of Pembroke , being the same books , which , the said Count a little before had obtained out of Italy from the Baroccian Library . A copy of which Cat. or else another , I have seen written under the hand of Pet. Turner for Seldens use . To conclude , it must be now known that this miracle of learning ( a harmless , innocent , careless and shiftless Person ) who , by his studies , had brought his body into great indisposition , did some weeks before his end , retire with the advice of friends , to the City of Canterbury in the month of Sept. an . 1652 , where being kindly entertained by Dr. Will. Jacob a noted Physician of that place , but of no kin to , did from , him receive a cure of a gangreen in his foot . But soon after a tumour breaking out from one of his Legs , his radical moisture did , as from a flood-gate , violently run forth , and so ended his life on the 5 of Nov. following , about the year of his age 44. The next day the said Doctor buried him answerable to his quality , in the midst of the Parish Church of Allsaints in that City . Soon after , in a bright Moon-shining night , the resemblance of Hon. Jacob came into the bed-chamber of the Doctor , who being asleep , the resemblance laid his cold hand upon his face . Whereupon the Doctor awaking , looked up and saw H. Jacob staring upon him , with his beard turned up , as he used to wear it living ; whereat being strangely surprised , stirred himself , thinking that it might be a dream , but still the resemblance stood still ; so that the Doctor having not courage to speak to it , turned on the other side and laid in a cold sweat . After some time , he looked again , and saw him sitting on a little table near to his bed , but before morning he vanished . Another night the Maid going out of the house , saw the said resemblance standing on a Wood-pile , and was thereupon much affrighted . These stories the Doctor did confidently aver to be true , not only to Dr. Pet. Moulin Preb. of Canterbury but to others of note ; among whom , if I am not mistaken Dr. Meric Casaubon was one . They were sent to me by a second hand from Dr. Jacob , and whether true or not , you may judge , I shall not . NATHANIEL BRENT Son of Anchor Brent of Little Wolford in Warwickshire , a younger Son of Rich. Brent Gentleman , eldest Son of John Brent of the House of Brent of Cosington in Sommersetshire , was born at Little Wolford beforemention'd , became Portionist , commonly called Postmaster , of Merton Coll , in 1589 , admitted Probationer-Fellow of the said Coll. in 94. being then Bach. of Arts , proceeded in that faculty four years after , entred himself on the Law Line , became Proctor of the University in 1607 , travelled into several parts of the learned World in 1613. 14. &c. and underwent dangerous adventures in Italy to procure the History of the Council of Trent , which he translated into English , as I shall anon tell you ; and therefore to be remembred by posterity with an honorable mention . After his return he married Martha Dau. and Heir of Dr. Rob. Abbot Bish . of Salisbury , and neice to Dr. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury ; by the favour of which last , he had the Wardenship of Merton Coll. conferr'd on him , was made Commissary to him , Vicar general of England , being then Doctor of the Civ . Law , and at length judge of the Prerogative on the death of Sir Henry Marten by another hand . In 1629 , Aug. 23 , he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty at Woodstock , he being then and after accounted a zealous man for the Church and Prelacy . But when he saw the Presbyterians begin to be dominant , he sided with them , and because of a Pique that had been between the Abbots and Bishop Laud , he therefore became a frequent witness against the last at his trial , deserted Oxon and his College , when K. Ch. 1. garrisoned that place for his use , took the Covenant , and ran altogether with the rebellious rout . About the same time he was ejected his Wardenship of Mert. Coll. by his Majesties command , but restored again when Oxford Garison was surrendred for the Parliaments use , an . 1646. In the years 1647. and 48. he was appointed Arch-visitor of this University , and what he did there to promote the Presbyterian cause , the Hist . and Antiq. of the Univ. of Oxon. will tell you under those years . When an order was made against pluralities , he was forced to leave Mert. Coll. in 1650 , at which time , if I mistake not , he refused also the oath called the Engagement . He translated into English , as I have intimated before , The History of the Council of Trent , containing eight books . In which ( besides the ordinary Acts of Council ) are declared many notable occurrences , which hapned in Christendom , during the space of 40 years and more , &c. Lond. 1616. there again 1619. 1677. fol. Sir Nath. Brent did also review Vindiciae Ecclesiae Anglicanae , examine the quotations , and compare them with the originals , as I have told you before , in Fr. Mason , under the year 1621 : And what else he hath translated and written , is yet ( if any ) in Ms . At length after he had lived 79 years , he gave way to fate in his house in Little Britaine in the City of London , on the sixth day of November in sixteen hundred fifty and two . Whereupon his body was buried with great solemnity on the 17. of the same month in the Church of Little S. Barthelmew within the said City . I have seen a printed Epitaph made on him by John Sictor a Bohemian Exile , who , if I mistake not , had for some time before been exhibited to by Brent : The contents of which being large , I shall now for brevity sake pass by . I find one William Brent a writer , whose Great Grandfather William Brent of Stoke-lark in Glocestershire , was younger Brother to Richard Brent , Grandfather to Sir Nathaniel . Of which William Brent the Writer , I shall make some mention in Hen. Carey Earl of Monmouth , under the year 1661. CHRISTOPHER ELDERFIELD son of Will. Elderf . by Margaret his Wife , was born at Harwell near to Wantage in Berks , baptized there on the eleventh of Apr. 1607 , educated in School learning under Hugh Lloyd M. A. of Oxon , Vicar of Harwell and sometimes Chaplain to the Bishop of Bangor , which Hugh built a considerable part of the Vicaridge-house standing near the Churchyard , and was buried in the Chancel of Harwell on the 17 of May 1654. As for our Author Elderfield he was entred a Batler in S. Maries Hall in Mich. term 1621 , and being naturally inclin'd to good letters , made great proficiency in them , took the degrees in Arts , entred into Orders , and through several petit Employments became Chaplain to Sir Will. Goring Baronet , and Rector of a depopulated Town near to Petworth in Sussex , called Burton , having then only the House of the said Goring standing there . In the said House he spent his time in great retiredness , and wrot these books following , which shew him to have been well read in the Civil , Canon and Common Law , in School Divinity and other profound matters . The civil right of Tithes , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. Of Regeneration and Baptism . Lond. 1654. qu. The Author of these was a man of a single life , only wedded to his book , and so had only a spiritual issue to keep up his name . He was left both Father and Mother to the two said elaborate Treatises , and some conceive that the pains and travels of bringing forth the younger ( tho more spiritual ) manchild , did cost him his life . They are , and have been , both taken into the hands of learned men , and by them often quoted . The Author is stiled by the head (*) of the Presbyterian Party A very learned and great Conformist , and by others of moderate perswasion a most profound Clerk. He died at Burton , ( commonly called Burton place ) before mention'd , on the second day of December in sixteen hundred fifty and two , and was not buried according to his Will in the Chancel of the said Chap. or Church , ( which Sir Will Goring denied , because he left him not those Legacies he expected ) but in the body under the Readers seat . Over his grave , tho there be no monument , ( with inscription on it ) which the Testator desir'd , yet on the south Wall of the Chancel of Harwell Church before mention'd , is fastned a Tablet of Free-stone , with this written on it , which shall now go for his Epitaph for want of a better . Christopher Elderfield Clerk born in this Parish , gave by his last will and testament three hundred and fifty pounds , with two hundred fourscore and four pounds , whereof was bought so much land in the Parish of South Moreton , as is worth twenty pounds per an . And the other sixty and six pounds thereof residue ( according to a Decree in his Majesties Court of Chancery ) remain in the hands of the Church-wardens and other Officers of Hagborne : the benefit whereof he willed to be employed yearly in works of charity , bounty or piety , for the good of this Parish . But he expresly forbid that it should be added to the making up of taxes , or any other way perverted to the easing of able men upon any pretence , particularly he willed every Spring two good milch Cows to be bought and given to two the poorest men or widdows burdned with many children , toward their sustentation . He died Decemb. 2. an . dom . 1652. — Thus far the inscription . He also beside several Legacies which he left to several people , bequeathed to the University of Oxon his Manuscripts of Lyra on the Psalmes , the History of Tobit in Hebrew , with Rodolphus his Postills bound up with Lyra , Clemens Romanus , with the Tract of Purgatory bound up with it . He left also six and thirty pounds to be bestowed upon godly poor Ministers cast down by these times , meaning loyal Ministers ejected from their Livings . JOHN DIGBY was born of an antient and gentile family living in the Parish of Coleshill in Warwickshire , in the month of Febr. 1580 , became a Commoner of Magd. Coll. in 1595 , and the next year I find him to be one of the Poets of the University to bewail the death of Sir Hen. Unton of Wadley in Berks. Knight . Afterwards he travelled into France and Italy , and returned a well-qualified Gentleman . So that his Abilities and Fidelity being occasionally discerned by K. James , he was admitted Gentleman of the Privy Chamber , and one of his Majesties Carvers , in the year 1605 , being then newly created Master of Arts of this University . On the 16 of Feb. following he received the honor of Knighthood , and in Apr. 1611 he was sent Ambassador into Spain , as he was afterwards again in 1614. In the beginning of January ( about the third day ) 1615 , Sir Franc. Cottington was (a) sent into Spain to call him home , and about the middle of March following he returned into England . On the 3 of Apr. 1616 he was (b) admitted one of the Kings Privy Council , and Vicechamberlain of his Majesties Houshold in the place of Philip Lord Stanhope , who was persuaded by the Kings Letters to give up that Office. In July 1617 he was sent again into Spain , and the next year upon his return , he was (c) advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm 25 of Nov. by the Title of the Lord Digby of Shirebourne in Dorsetshire . In 1620 he was sent Ambassador to the Archduke Albert , and the next year following to Ferdinand the Emperor ; as also to the Duke of Bavaria . Whence returning in Octob. 1621 , he was again in 1622 employed Ambassador extraordinary to the Spaniard touching a Marriage between Prince Charles ( who followed him in few months after ) and Princess Maria Daughter to Philip 3. King of that Realm ; and on the 15 of Sept. the same year he was created Earl of Bristow . After his return he shew'd himself right able to appear before the English Parliament , where he worsted the greatest Minion ( Buckingham ) the Folly , Love , or Wisdom of any King since the Conquest ever bred in this Nation . As thro a prodigious dexterity he became the Confident of K. James , so likewise of his son K. Ch. 1. for a time , tho they drove on , if not contrary , divers designs . From that time till the beginning of the Long Parliament , we find no great matter of him , when then he being found guilty of concealing , some say of promoting , a Petition of the Gentry and Ministers of Kent , which was to be delivered to the Parliament , he with Thomas Mallet , were committed for a time to the Tower 28 March 1642. Afterwards perceiving full well what destructive Courses the Members of that Parliament took , he left them and became a zealous Adherer to the King and his Cause , for which at length he suffer'd Exile , and the loss of his Estate . He hath extant these things following . Several Speeches , as ( 1 ) Speech in the High Court of Parliament 7 Dec. 1640. About which time he spake another upon the delivery of the Scottish Remonstrance and Schedule of their Charges . ( 2 ) Sp. in the High Court of Parl. 20 May 1642. concerning an accommodation of Peace and Union to be had between the K. and his two Houses of Parliament . Lond. 1642. qu. in one sh . Reprinted at Caen in Normandy 1647. in fol. and qu. The speaking of which Speech giving displeasure to the H. of Lords , he thereupon spake ( 3 ) Another Speech 11 June 1642 in vindication of the former , and of accommodation . Lond. 1642. in 1 sh . in qu. Repr . at Caen in 1647. in fol. and qu. ( 4 ) Sp. at the Council Table in favour of the continuation of the present War. Oxon 1642. qu. It was spoken after Edghill Fight , and was reprinted at Lond. the same year . Other Speeches of his I have seen in MS. which for brevity sake I now pass by . A Tract wherein is set down those motives and ties of Religion , Oaths , Laws , Loyalty and Gratitude , which obliged him to adhere unto the King in the late unhappy Wars in England . Tract wherein he vindicateth his honor and innocency from having in any kind deserved that injurious and merciless censure , of being excepted from pardon or mercy either in life or fortunes . — These two Tracts have the general Title of His Apologie . Appendix containing many particulars specified in his first Tract ( meaning his Motives and tyes of Religion ) with the citations of the Chapters and Pages wherein they are cited — The said two Tracts with the Appendix were printed together , with the two Speeches before mention'd of an accommodation , at Caen in the year 1647. in a thin fol. reprinted 1656. qu. Answer to the Declaration of the H. of Commons of the eleventh of Febr. 1647 , in which they express the Reasons for their Resolution of making no more Addresses or receiving any from his Majesty — Printed ( at Caen ) 1648. qu. Dedicated to his good Country-men of England and Fellow-subjects of Scotland and Ireland . After this Answer was printed , it came into the mind of our Author the Earl of Bristow , to make some additions thereunto , as well to the Preface as Work it self . Which being so done , they were not printed , only reserved in MS , being larger than the Answer it self , as a copy (d) of them , which I have perused , shew . Besides these things he hath ( 1 ) Several Letters in the book called Cabala , Mysteries of State , &c. Lond. 1654. quart . ( 2 ) Several Letters in the Cabala , or Scrinia sacra . Lond. 1663. fol. and also hath translated from French into English Pet. du Moulins book Concerning the Protestants Faith , which he published in the name of Joh. Sanford his Chaplain . He hath also several scatter'd Copies of English Verses flying abroad ; to one of which , is an Ayre of 3 Voices set by the incomparable Hen. Lawes , in his Ayres and Dialogues , &c. Lond. 1653. fol. This great Count yielded to Nature at Paris on Friday the 21 of January in sixteen hundred fifty and two , and was buried there , in a piece of ground ( then , or before , a Cabbage Garden , as 't is said ) which Sir Rich. Browne Clerk of the Council had a little before bought to bury the bodies of Protestants that die in or near that City . A scurrulous (e) Writer saith , that He was buried in a mean Churchyard , with little solemnity , not one Lord appearing at his funeral , nor any other person of quality , except his second Son Mr. Joh. Digby , and a certain Knight . His eldest the Lord George Digby absented himself , tho he was in town , and not only so , but 't is said he forbore inviting any to save funeral expences : which being talked abroad , hath much crak'd his Reputation , because he is observed lavish enough upon other occasions , &c. But let the truth of these things remain with the Author , while I proceed to speak of other matters . This Earl left behind him his eldest son named George , whom I shall at large mention elsewhere , and another son named John born in London , entred a Nobleman into Magd. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1634 aged 16 , sided with the King in the beginning of the Civil War , an . 1642 , and being esteemed a valiant and good man , was made General of the Horse in the Army of Ralph Lord Hopton . When the King's Cause declined , he went into France , and sometimes followed the Court of K. Ch. 2. but getting nothing thence , he lived very obscurely , and came into England in 1654 , where continuing for a time among the afflicted Royalists , retired afterwards to Pontoise in France , entred himself among the Religious there , became a secular Priest , and said Mass daily there to the English Nuns , in which condition he was living there after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. as I have been informed by a Servant who then belonged to Walter Montague Abbat of Pontoise . ROBERT MEAD , Son of Rob. Mead a Stationer , was born at the Black Lyon in Fleetstreet , London , elected Student of Ch. Church from Westminster School , in the year 1634 , and that of his age 18 , took the degrees in Arts , bore Arms for his Maj. in the Garrison of Oxon , and at length was made a Captain . In May 1646 he was appointed by the Governor thereof one of the Commissioners to treat with those appointed by Fairfax the Generalissimo of the Parliament Forces then besieging Oxon , for the surrender thereof ; and in June following he was actually created Doctor of Physick . In 1648 he was deprived of all right he had to his Students place by the Visitors appointed by Parliament ; so that going into France , he was employ'd by our exil'd King , as an Agent into Sweedland . Afterwards he returned into England , took up his Quarters in the house of his Father , where being overtaken by a malignant fever , died soon after . He was , tho little , a stout and learned man , and excellent in the faculty of Poetry and making Plays . His eminent and general Abilities were also such , that they have left him a character pretious and honorable to our Nation . He hath written , The Combate of Love and Friendship , a Comedy . Lond. 1654 qu. formerly presented by the Gentlemen of Ch. Ch. in this University . He is also said by one or more Writers to have been the Author of , The costly Whore , a Com. — But whether true I cannot justly say , because a late (*) Author ( very knowing in such matters ) doubts it . This worthy person Captain Mead , who hath also written several Poems , some of which are occasionally printed in the books of other Authors , died in his Fathers house before mentioned on the 21 of Feb. or thereabouts , in sixteen hundred fifty and two , and was buried in the Church of S. Dunstans in the West in Fleetstreet , on the 23 of the same month , being then Ashwednesday . RICHARD JONES son of John Pew of Hentllan in Denbighshire , was born in that County , entred a Student in Jesus Coll. in the year 1621 , and in that of his age 18 or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , and was afterwards a Preacher . This is the person that wrot a book in his own Country Language , containing with admirable brevity all the Books and Chapters of the Bible . This book is called Gemma Cambricum , &c. Oxon. 1652. — Before which Jam. Howell hath a short Epistle in commendation of it . The Author died in Ireland ( but when 't is not known ) as I have been informed by Dr. Mich. Roberts sometimes Principal of Jesus College . RICHARD PARR a Lancashire man born , was entred a Student in Brasn . Coll. on the 2 of Sept. 1609 , aged 17 , elected Fellow thereof in 1614 , being then Bac. of Arts : Afterwards proceeding in that Faculty , he entred into the sacred Function and became a frequent Preacher in these parts . In 1624 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and two years after became Rector of Ladbrook in Warwickshire . But giving that place up two years after , upon the obtaining of the rich Parsonage of Eccleston ( where , as they say , he was born ) did proceed Doctor of his Faculty in 1634 , and about an year after became Bishop of the Isle of Man , in the place of Will. Forster deceased . He was a person very painful in reading the Arts to young Scholars , while he was of Brasn . Coll , and afterwards having a Cure of Souls , he was no less industrious in the Ministry , especially after he was made a Bishop . He hath written and published , Concio ad clerum habita Oxoniae in Comitiis , 12 July 1625 , in Apocal. 3.4 . Oxon 1628. oct . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The end of the perfect man , a Sermon at the burial of Sir Robert Spencer Knight , Baron of Wormleighton 6 Nov. 1627 , in Braynton Church in Northamptonshire , on Psal . 37. ver . 37. Oxon 1628. qu. and one or two more , which I have not yet seen . This person , who was a Sufferer for the Royal Cause during the time of the Rebellion , was living in Lancastire , as I have been informed thence , in the time of Usurpation ; but when he died I cannot yet tell . One Rich. Parr was of Exeter Coll , and afterwards a Writer , and is now ( an . 1690. ) living . One Elnathan Parr also was an eminent Divine in the Raign of K. Jam. 1. as his Works shew , but he was not of Oxon , but of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , was Bach. of Divinity and Rector of Palgrave in Suffolk . WILLIAM LYFORD son of Will. Lyf . Rector of Peysmere near to Newbury in Berks. was born there , ( to the poor of which place he was an especial benefactor at the time of his death ) became a Commoner of Magd. Hall in Lent term 1614 , aged 16 or thereabouts , Demie of Magd. Coll. 1617 , and perpetual Fellow five years after , he being then Master of Arts. Afterwards he took holy Orders and exercised his Function for some time in , and near , Oxford . In 1631 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and about that time became Minister of Shirebourne in Dorsetshire by the favour of John Earl of Bristow , where he was much resorted to for his edifying and practical way of preaching . At length the Civil War breaking forth and the Presbyterians carrying all before , he sided with , them , was made one of the Assembly of Divines , but sate not among them . He hath written and published several theological Tracts , which savour much of great Piety , Zeal , and sincerity to Religion , but withal they shew him to have been a zealous Calvinist . The Titles are these . Principles of Faith and good Conscience ; digested into a catechistical form . Lond. 1642. Oxon. 1652. in oct . &c. An Apology for our publick Ministry and Infant-baptism . Lond. 1652. 53. &c. qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The translation of a Sinner from death to life , by the free grace of God , Serm. at S. Maries in Oxon , on Tit. 3.5 . Oxon. 1648. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. on Dan. 3. from ver . 14. to 18. Lond. 1654. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. on 2 Cor. 2.15.16 . Lond. 1654. qu. ( 4 ) Serm. on Heb. 5.13.14 . Lond. 1655. qu. One of these last two , if I am not mistaken , is intit . The matching of the Magistrates Authority and the Christians true liberty in matters of Religion . Plain mans Senses exercised to discern both good or evil : or , a discovery of the Errors , Heresies , and Blasphemies of these times , &c. Lond. 1655. qu. His Legacy : or , an help for young people to prepare them for the Sacrament . Lond. 1656. 58 oct . Cases of Conscience propounded in the time of Rebellion , resolved . Lond. 1661. oct . Conscience informed touching our late Thanksgivings , in a plain and modest discourse . Lond. 1661. This I have not yet seen , and therefore cannot tell you in what Vol. 't was printed . At length this person , who was of great Modesty and Vertues , being tormented with a painful and sharp disease , by the Witchcraft , as 't is said , of certain Quakers , surrendred up his pious soul to God , on the third day of Octob. in sixteen hundred fifty and three , and was buried under the Communion Table in the Chancel of the Church at Shirebourne before mention'd . By his last Will and Test . he bequeathed to Magd. Coll. 120 l. towards the maintenance of a godly poor Scholar thereof , in way of restitution for a sum of money , which , according to a corrupt custom of his time , he did receive for the resignation of his Fellowship of that College . You may see more of him , his holy life and conversation , in some Memorials of him delivered , after his funeral sermon , by W. H. D. of D. prefixed to The plain mans senses exercised , &c. before mention'd . FRANCIS HOLYOKE who writes himself de sacrâ Quercu , was born at Nether Whitacre in Warwickshire , applied his mind to Academical Learning in this University , in the year 1582 , or thereabouts , particularly in Queens Coll. as his son Thomas hath informed me ; but whether he took a degree , it appears not . Sure I am , that after he had taught School partly here , but mostly in his own Country , was made Rector of Southam there , in Feb. 1604. And being esteemed a grave and learned person , was elected a Member of the Convocation of the Clergy 1 Car. 1. He hath written and published , Sermon of Obedience , especially unto Authority Ecclesiastical , &c. on Heb. 13.17 . preached at a Visitation of Dr. Will. Hinton Archd. of Coventry . Oxon. 1610. quart . Dictionarium Etymologicum , part 2. Riders Dictionary corrected and augmented . Wherein Riders Index is translated into a Dictionary Etymological , deriving every word from his native fountain , &c. Lond. 1606. &c. in a thick quarto . See more in John Rider , under the year 1632. p. 495. This Dictionary was afterwards published several times with the addition of many hundred words out of the Law , and out of the Latine , French , and other Languages , &c. This our Author concluded his last day on the 13 of Nov. in sixteen hundred fifty and three , and in that of his age 87 , and was buried in S. Maries Church in Warwick , having suffer'd much for the Kings Cause during the time of the grand Rebellion , which began in 1642. He left behind him a son named Thomas , whom I shall mention in his proper place . GEORGE SINGE son of Rich. Singe alias Millington , was born of gentile Parents at Bridgnorth in Shropshire , became a Commoner of Ball. Coll. in Mich. term 1609 , aged 15 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1616 , and afterwards became Chaplain , as it seems , to Dr. Christop . Hampton Archb. of Armagh , who not only made him his Vicar general , but Dean of Dromore . In 1638 , Nov. 11. he was (*) consecrated at Tredagh Bishop of Cloyne , and soon after was made one of the Kings Privy Council in Ireland ; but upon the breaking out of the Rebellion there in 1641 , he was forced to fly to Dublin for a time for his own security . At length upon the death of Dr. Joh. Maxwell in Feb. 1646 , he was , as 't is said , nominated to succeed him in the Archbishoprick of Tuam . The next year he went into England , and setling at his native place , died in few years after , as I shall anon tell you . He was a learned man , especially in Polemical Divinity , the Civil and Canon Law , and hath written , A Rejoynder to the Reply of Will. Malone Jesuit against Dr. Usher Primate of Ireland . Dubl . 1632. qu. and other things which I have not yet seen . He concluded his last day at Bridgnorth before mention'd , in Winter time , ( before the month of Jan. ) in sixteen hundred fifty and three , and was buried in the Church of S. Mary Magdalen there . He had a younger Brother named Edward , born at Bridgnorth also , and afterwards was Bishop of Cork , Cloyne and Ross in the said Kingdom of Ireland ; who , if I mistake not , had received some of his Education in this University . WILLIAM STAMPE son of Tim. St. of Br●wern-Abbey near to Chippingnorton in Oxfordshire Gent. was born in that County , entred a Student in Pembroke Coll. in the beginning of the year 1626 , and in that of his age 16. Afterwards being made Fellow of that House , he proceeded in Arts , entred into holy Orders , and exercised his Function in S Aldates Church joyning to his Coll. in 1637. Some time before the Rebellion brake out he was made Vicar of Stepney near London , where he was much resorted to by persons of orthodox principles for his edifying way of preaching . But when the restless Presbyterians had brought all things into confusion , he was violently thrust out , imprison'd , plunder'd , and at length forced to get away and fly for the safety of his life . At that time Oxford being the chief place of refuge for men of his condition , he made shift to get there about the beginning of 1643 , and his case being made known to the King then there , this Order (a) following was written by Lord Falkland his Secretary to the Vicechancellour of the University , that he have the degree of Doctor of Div. confer'd on him . The Kings Majesty taking into his princely consideration the great Sufferings of Mr. Will. Stampe , who hath not only undergone a long and hard Imprisonment of 34 weeks , but also is now outed of a very good Living , and all this for preaching Loyalty and Obedience to a disaffected Congregation to the extream hazard of his life . His Majesty being willing to repair these his Sufferings , and to encourage his known Abilities ( for which by special favour and grace , he is sworn Chaplain to his dearest son the Prince ) hath commanded me to signifie to you , that you forthwith confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity , &c. In obedience to which order he was actually created Doctor of that Faculty in July the same year . Afterwards upon the declining of the King and his Party , he followed the Prince beyond the seas , was afterwards made Chaplain to the Queen of Bohemia , and became a frequent Preacher among the Protestants at Charenton near to Paris , and a zealous Assertor of the English Liturgy . His works are these . Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) Serm. preached before his Maj. at Ch. Ch. in Oxford 28 Apr. 1643 , on Isa . 59.1.2 . Oxon. 1643. qu. ( 2 ) Spiritual Infatuation , delivered in several Sermons on Isa . 6.9 . &c. printed at the Hague 1650. in oct . Vindication of the Liturgy of the Church of Engl. — Whether printed I know not . He died of a fever at the Hague in Holland , about sixteen hundred fifty and three , and was buried in the Church of Loesdune near that Town or City , as I have been informed by the most rev . and learned Dr. Morley late Bishop of Winchester . In the said Church at Loesdune is a Bason , wherein according to the vulgar tradition , were baptized as many Children as there be days in the year , born at one birth of the body of Margaret Countess of Hennenberg . LANCELOT DAWES was born at Barton-Kirk in Westmorland , became a Student in Queens Coll. in the beginning of the year 1597 , aged 17 , and two years after being made a poor serving child , was , when Bach. of Arts standing , made Tabarder , and in the year 1605 M. of Arts and Fellow . While he continued there , he became , by a studious retiredness , and a severe discipline , a singular Ornament of that House . But being thence called to the pastoral charge of that place , which first welcom'd him into the world , he was quickly taken notice of , as worthy of a more eminent station in the Church , that is a Prebendship in the Cath. Church of Carlile ; to which he was accordingly prefer'd to the general liking of all the knowing and pious Divines in his Diocess , with whom , for a comprehensive and orthodox judgment , adorned with all variety of learning , he was ever held in great estimation . About that time he was made Doctor of Div. of the University of S. Andrew in Scotland and Rector of Ashby in his own County . His works are these . Sermons preached upon several occasions . Lond. 1653. qu. divided into two parts . The first containeth six Sermons under this general title , Gods mercies and Jerusalems miseries The first is on Jer. 5.1 . &c. In this first part are contained Two Sermons preached at the Assize holden at Carlile , touching sundry corruptions of these times . Oxon. 1614. oct . The first is on Math. 26.15 . the other on Psal . 82.6.7 . The second part containeth six more Sermons under this tit . The healing of the plague of the heart . The first is on Luke 12.32 . &c. Before this last part Tho. Tully M. A. of Queens Coll. hath an Epist . to the Reader in commendation of them . This Dr. Dawes who had submitted to the men in Authority during the time of Rebellion , died in the month of Febr. as it seems , in sixteen hundred fifty and three , and was buried under the Communion Table in the Chancel belonging to the Church at Barton Kirk before mentioned . Over his grave was afterwards a plain stone laid , with an Inscription thereon , wherein 't is said that he was Pastor of the said Church 48 years , and that he died in March 1654. Which last is false , for in the Will Office near S. Pauls Cathedral I find that Letters of Administration were issued out to William his Brother , dated the eleventh of March 1653 , whereby he was impower'd to administer the Goods , Debts , Chattels of him the said Lanc. Dawes lately deceased . Besides his Epitaph were made three copies of Verses , viz. one in Greek by the said Tho. Tully , another in Lat. and the third in English by Joseph Williamson and Clem. Ellis Bachelaurs of Arts of Qu. Coll. All which being fairly transcrib'd , were put in a frame and fastned to the Wall over the grave of the Defunct ; near whom , was his son of both his names buried 18 May 1655. EDMUND CHILMEAD was born at Stow on the Wold in Glocestershire , became one of the Clerks of Magd. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1625 , and in that of his age 16 or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1632 , and not long after was made one of the petty Canons or Chaplains of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Whence being ejected by the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 , he was forced , such were the then times , to obtain a living by that , which before was only a diversion to him , I mean by a weekly musick meeting , which he set up at the Black Horse in Aldersgat●street in London . He was a choice Mathematician , a noted Critick , and one that understood several Tongues , especially the Greek , very well . He hath written , De musicâ antiquâ Graecâ . Published at Oxon , at the end of Oxford Edition of Aratus , an . 1672. oct . Annotationes in Odas Dionysii . Printed also there , in the same Edition . He had likewise translated the aforesaid Odes into Lat. but that vrrsion is omitted . Versio Latina & annotationes in Joh. Malalae Chronographiam . Oxon. 1091. oct . See in the Prolegomena to that Author , written by Humph. Hody Bac. of Div. and Fellow of Wadh. Coll. § . 42. He hath written also a little thing De sonis , which , I presume , is yet in MS , as also , Catalogus Manuscriptorum Graecorum in Bib. Bod. pro ratione Auctorum alphabeticus , an . 1636. MS. in Bodleys Library , of great use to curious and critical Students . He hath translated from French into English ( 1 ) A Treatise of the Essence , causes , symptoms , prognosticks , and cure of Love , or Erotique Melancholy . Oxon. 1640. oct . Written by Jam. Ferrand Doctor of Phys . ( 2 ) Unheard of Curiosities concerning the Talismanical Sculpture of the Persians . Lond. 1650. in a large oct . Written by Jam. Gafferel . Also from Lat. into English ( 1 ) Discourse touching the Spanish Monarchy . Lond. 1654. qu. Written by Tho. Campanella . Which Translation laying dead on the Booksellers hands , Will. Prynne of Linc. Inn wrot an Epist . and caused this Title to be printed and put before the remaining copies , Thomas Campanella a Spanish Frier his advice to the King of Spayne for the obtaining of the universal Monarchy of the World. Lond. 1659. qu. ( 2 ) Treatise of the Globes . Lond. 1639 and 59. oct . Written by Rob. Hues ; and lastly from Ital. into English , The History of the rites , customs , and manner of life of the present Jews throughout the world . Lond. 1650. oct . Written by Leo Modena a Rabbin of Venice . At length this curious person resigning up his last breath in the prime of his years on the 19 of Febr. in sixteen hundred fifty and three , was buried in S. Botolphs Church without Aldersgate in London , having before , ( with Joh. Gregory another Critick ) received relief in his necessities from Edw. Bysshe Esq . then K. of Arms by the Parliaments Authority , and also assisted Sir Hen. Holbroke Kt. ( by whom he had been exhibited to ) in his Translation of Procopius of Caesarea his History of the Warrs of the Emperor Justinian , in 8 books , &c. Lond. 1653. fol. by exactly comparing the English with the Greek , as it was written by David Hoeschelius , who had it out of the Duke of Bavaria's library . GEORGE JOLLIFF or Joyliff , son of Joh. Jol. Gent. was born at East-Stower in Dorsetshire , entred a Commoner in Wadham Coll. in Lent Term , an 1636 / 7 , but before he had spent two years there , he retired to Pembr . Coll. and as a Member thereof took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1643 , being about that time a Lieutenant for the King under Ralph Lord Hopton . Afterwards he entred on the Physick line , and exercising himself much in Anatomy with the help of Dr. Clayton Master of his Coll. and the Kings Prof. of Physick , he made some discovery of that fourth sort of Vessels , plainly differing from veins , arteries , and nerves , now called the Lympheducts . Afterwards he went to Clare Hall in Cambridge , took the degree of Doctor of Physick there , and afterwards made a full and open discovery of the said Vasa Lymphatica in Anatomy Lectures in the Coll of Physitians , about the year 1653 , got to himself a great name , and was for a time much retired to for his knowledge in Physick . He lived mostly at Garlick hithe in London , and dying before the immortal Harvey , not without some perturbation of spirit , as having been bound for the debts of his Brother , was buried in the Church of S. James Garlick hithe , about 1655. CUTHBERT SYDENHAM son of Cuthb . Syd . Gent. was born at Truro in Cornwall , became a Commoner of S. Albans Hall in Lent term 1639 , aged 17 , continued there till the City of Oxford was garrison'd for the King ; at which time being entertained by some of the godly party , became a forward Zealot among them . About the year 1644 he became Lecturer of S. Nicholas Church in Newcastle upon Tyne , without any orders , unless those of the Presbytery , confer'd upon him ; where , by his constant and confident preaching , he obtained more respect from the Brethren than any grave or venerable Minister in that , or another Corporation , could do . In the latter end of 1650 he was actually created Master of Arts , by vertue of (*) Letters sent to the Members of Convocation from the Committee of Parliament for regulating the University of Oxon , which partly say , that he ( Mr. Cuth . Sydenham ) hath long since full time for taking the degree of Master of Arts , and is likewise of sufficient abilities in learning , whereof he hath given large and publick evidence , both by his Writings in asserting the cause of the Parliament , and otherwise . — That though he cannot for his pressing occasions perform his Exercises for that degree , yet he hath performed some part of them before the Enemies possessing Oxon , &c. Among several of his Writings , only these following , as yet , have come to my hands , viz. The false Brother : or , the Mapp of Scotland , drawn by an English Pencil . — Printed in quar . Anatomy of Joh. Lilbourn's Spirit and Pamphlets : or , a Vindication of the two honorable Patriots , Oliver Cromwell Lord Governour of Ireland and Sir Arth. Haselrigg Knight and Baronet : wherein the said Lilbourn is demonstratively proved to be a common lyar , and unworthy of civil converse . — Printed in qu. This Joh. Lilbourn being several times occasionally mention'd in this work , I shall be more large of him by and by . A Christian , Sober and plain exercitation of the two grand practical controversies of these times , Infant-baptisme and singing of Psalmes . Lond. 1653. in tw . Answer'd by Will. Kaye Minister of Stokesley in his book called Baptisme without bason , &c. Lond. 1653. qu. and by others . The greatness of the Mysterie of godliness , opened in several Sermons . Lond. 1654. 56. and 1672. in oct . and tw . Which book is the sum of ten Sermons on 1. Tim. 3.16 . and hath before the second Edition of it the Authors picture , with this written under it , Aet . 31. 1654. Hypocrisie discovered in its nature and workings , being the sum of seven Sermons on Luke 12. latter end of the first verse . Lond. 1654. oct . with his picture before it in a cloak . Printed there again in 1657. and 71. oct . This book was published by T. W. one of his perswasion , who in his pref . to it saith that , Cuthb . Sydenham was trained up under religious education from his Childhood , which made him often profess his jealousie of professors , especially such who had the advantage of a godly education through the many experiences and deceits of their own hearts — That he was extreme painful even to the visible wasting of his own bodily strength in the work of the Ministry , and his great care over his flock , &c. The said Sermons were taken from his mouth in short hand by the said T. W. who published them without any alteration . At leng●h our Author retiring to London to gain health , and to print some of his books , took up his Lodging in Axe-yard joyning to Kingstreet within the City of Westminster , where he died in the very beginning of the year ( about 25 of March ) sixteen hundred fifty and four , but where he was buried , I cannot tell ; for the register of S. Margarets Church , wherein Axe-yard is situated , mentions him not to have been buried in that Parish . Now as for John Lilbourne before-mention'd , he having been very famous for his infamy , I shall say these things of him . He was born of a good Family at Thickley-Punchardon in the County Pal. of Durham , and when very young was sent to London , and bound an Apprentice to a packer of Cloth in S. Swithins-lane . At which time and before , he was esteemed a youth of an high and undaunted spirit , of a quick and pregnant apprehension , and of an excellent memory , yet , always after , much addicted to contention , novelties , opposition of Government and to violent and bitter expressions . About the year 1632 , he , upon the dislike of his trade , had a mind to study the common Law , and therefore upon his , and the desire of his friends , he was taken into the service of Mr. Will ▪ Prynne of Linc. Inn ; who shortly after suffering for his Histrio-Mastix , ( as I shall tell you at large when I come to him ) his Servant Lilbourne took his Masters part , imprinted and vended a book or books against the Bishops ; for which being committed Prisoner to the Fleet , was afterwards whipped at a Carts tail from the said Fleet to Westminster ; the indignity of which he being not able to endure , railed all the way against his Persecutors . When he came to the Pallace yard , he stood in the Pillory two hours , and talking there to the People against the State , was gagg'd . In 1640 , he was released from his Prison by the Members of the Long Parliament , and soon after took upon him the place of a Captain in their Service ; and after the battle of Edghill being taken Prisoner at Brainford in the year 1642 , was carried to Oxon , and there arraigned for a Traytor for levying War against the Person of the King. Afterwards he being released , he was made a Lieutenant Colonel , and became for a time the Idol of the factious party . But he being naturally a great trouble-world in all the variety of Governments , became a hodg-podg of Religion , the chief ringleader of the Levellers , a great proposal maker , and modeller of state , and publisher of several seditious Pamphlets ; among which were ( 1 ) A Salva Libertate ( 2 ) Impeachment of High Treason against Oliver Cromwell , and his Son in Law Hen. Ireton Esq ( 3 ) The outcry of the young men and the Apprentices of Lond. or , an inquisition after the loss of the fundamental Laws and Liberties of England , &c. ( 4 ) The legal fundamental Liberties of the People of England revived . ( 5 ) Preparation to an hue and crie after Sir Arth. Haselrig , &c. For which , and for his endeavors to disturb the peace and subvert the Government of this Nation , he was committed Prisoner to Newgate in Aug. 1645 , where continuing a considerable while , several Petitions subscribed by hundreds of Citizens and others , as also by his Wife and many Women , were put up to the Parliament for his releasment . Afterwards he was transmitted to the Tower , where having too much liberty allowed him , he and his party spake very disgracefully of the two Houses of Parliament , to whom it appeared that there was a design of many thousands intended , under a colour of Petition , to dishonour the Parliament and their proceedings ; whereupon his liberty was restrained , and he was ordered to appear at the bar of the H. of Commons . This was in Jan. 1647 , and accordingly appearing he made a large answer to the information against him ; at which time the reading of proofs and examination of the business held till six of the Clock at night , and then the House ordered that he be remanded to the Tower , and tried by the Law of the Land , for seditious and scandalous practices against the State. Which order being not obeyed , for his party withheld him , under a pretence of a great meeting to be at Deptford in Kent about their Petition , that is , The Petition of many thousands of the free-born People of England , &c. it was ordered that the Officers of the Guards do assist the Sergeant in carrying him and Maj. Jo. Wildman to Prison , ( which was done ) and that the Committee of Kent take care to suppress all meetings upon that Petition , and to prevent all tumults , and that the Militia of London , &c. take care to suppress such meetings , and to prevent inconveniencies which may arise thereby and upon the said Petition . Afterwards he seems to have been not only set at liberty , but to have had reparations made for his sentence in the Star Chamber and sufferings before the Civil War began . But he being of a restless spirit , as I have told you , published a Pamphlet entit . Englands (*) new Chains discovered , &c. which was the bottom and foundation of the Levellers design , of whom he was the Corypheus : Whereupon being committed again about the beginning of 1649 , was brought to his trial in the Guild-hall , where after great pleadings to and fro , he was quitted by his Jury , to the great rejoycing of his party . Afterwards he went into the Netherlands , and there , as 't is said , became acquainted with the Duke of Buckingham , Lord Hopton , Captain Titus , &c. At length being desirous to see his native Country , he returned into England , where after he had continued some time in his projects to disturb the Government , he was apprehended and committed to Newgate , and at length brought to his trial at the Sessions-house in the Old Baylie , 20. Aug. 1653. but quitted again by his Jury . Soon after he was conducted to Portsmouth in order to his conveyance beyond the Seas , but by putting in for his peaceable deportment for the future , he return'd , fell into the acquaintance of the Quakers , became one of them , setled at Eltham in Kent , where somtimes he preached , and at other times at Wollidge , and was in great esteem among that party . At length departing this mortal life at Eltham on Saturday 29. of Aug. 1657 , his body was two days after conveyed to the house called The Mouth near Aldersgate in London , which was then the usual meeting place of Quakers : Whence , after a great controversie among a strange medley of People there , ( mostly Quakers ) whether the Ceremony of a Hearse-cloth should be cast over his Coffin , ( which was carried in the negative ) it was conveyed to the then new burial place in Morefields near to the place called now Old Bedlam , where it was interred . This is the Person of whom the magnanimous Judge Jenkins used to say , that if the World was emptied of all but John Lilbourne , Lilbourne would quarrel with John , and John with Lilbourne . This Jo. Lilbourne who was second Son of Rich. Lilbourne Esq by Margaret his Wife , Daughter of Thom. Hixon of Greenwich in the County of Kent , Yeoman of the Wardrobe to Qu. Elizabeth , had an elder Brother called Robert , who being puritanically educated , sided with the rout against his Majesty in the beginning of the rebellion , and being thorow-pac'd to Olivers interest , was by him advanced to be a Colonel of Horse , sometime before the Murther of K. Ch. 1. and therefore he thought he could do no less in civility than to requite him with having a hand in it . Afterwards he was made Major General of the North of England , and Commander in chief of all the Parliament Forces in Scotland . After his Majesties restauration , he surrendered himself upon Proclamation , was attainted and committed Prisoner during life . But his Father being then living , the Estate at Thickley devolved upon the said Roberts Children , begotten on the body of his Wife Margaret , only Daughter of Hen. Beke of Hadenham in Bucks Gent. viz. ( 1 ) Robert , born an . 1650 ( 2 ) Richard born 1652 ( 3 ) Ephraim born about 1662 ; &c. all which were living in 1688. This Col. Lilbourne spent the remainder of his days in close confinement , in St. Nicholas Island , called by some Plymouth Isle , near Plymouth in Devonshire ; where dying in August , an . 1665. aged 52 years or thereabouts , was buried , as his Son Richard thinks , at Plymouth . ALEXANDER GROSSE was a Devonian born , educated in Academicals in Gonvill and Caius Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards became a Preacher at Plympton in his own Country . But being desirous to receive instruction in matters pertaining to Divinity from Dr. Prideaux the Kings Professor of this University , he entred himself a Sojournour in Exeter Coll. was incorporated M. of A. and in Feb. 1632 , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . Soon after he obtained a License from the University to preach Gods word , became Rector of Bridford near Exeter , and at length of Ashberton , in his own Country ; where he , being a Presbyterian , and a sider with the times , was much frequented by People of that perswasion . He hath extant , Sweet and Soul-perswading inducements leading unto Christ , &c. Lond. 1632. qu. The happiness of enjoying and making a true and speedy use of Christ , &c. Lond. 1640. oct . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The Lord Jesus , the Soules last refuge ; Serm. at the funeral of Mr. S. H , on Rev. 22.20 . ( 2 ) Deaths deliverance , and Eliahes fiery Chariot : or , the holy mans trial after death , in two Sermons at Plymouth , one on the 16. and the other on the 19 of Aug. 1631. The former at the funeral of Tho. Sherwill a pious Magistrate of that place , on Isa . 57.1.2 . and the other ( Eliahes fierie chariot ) at the funeral of Mathias Nicolls Bac. of Div. Preacher to the Town of Plymouth , on 2 Kings 2.11.12 . All which Sermons were printed at Lond. 1640. oct . The mysterie of self denial : or , the cessation of mans living to himself , and the inchoations of Christs living in man. Lond. 1642. qu. Mans misery without Christ , opening the sinful , perplexed , dishonourable and Soul — destroying condition of man without Christ , &c. Lond. 1642. qu. The way to a blessed life , composed by way of Catechisme , &c. Lond. 1643. oct . or tw . This is sometimes called The fiery pillar , &c. Happiness of enjoying and making a true and speedy use of Christ , setting forth 1. The fulness of Christ . 2. Danger of neglecting Christ , &c. Lond. in qu. The Anatomy of the heart — printed in oct . This I have not seen , nor his book On sacred things , printed in tw . Buddings and blossomings of old truths : or , several practical points of Divinity , gathered out of the sacred Evangelist S. John , chap. 3. from the 22 verse to the end . Lond. 1656. oct . Published by a Presbyterian Minister called John Welden , then living at Stratcley in Armington in the County of Devon : Whose Preface to it shews that A Gross was a zealous and mighty man in the Presbyterian way , as by the character of him there appears . At length after he had in a manner spent himself in carrying on the beloved Cause , laid his head down and willingly died , in the beginning of sixteen hundred fifty and four ; and was buried at Ashberton beforemention'd . He had a Son of both his names , who became a Student in Exeter Coll. 1638 , but whether he lived to publish any thing I know not . WILLIAM ERBURY was born at , or near , Roath-Dagfield in Glamorganshire , became a Student in Brasn . Coll. in Lent term 1619. aged 15 years , took one degree in Arts , retired into Wales , took Holy Orders , and was there beneficed . But being always schismatically affected , he preached in Conventicles , and denying to read the Kings Declaration for pastimes after Divine Service on the Lords day , was summoned divers times to the High Commission Court at Lambeth , where he suffered for his obstinacy . In the beginning of the Long Parliament 1640 he shew'd himself openly , preached against Bishops and Ceremonies , and made early motions towards Independency . Whereupon , by the endeavours of those inclin'd that way , he was made a Chaplain in the Earl of Essex his Army ; and therein he sometimes exercised himself in Military concerns , but mostly in those relating to his function , whereby he corrupted the Soldiers with strange opinions , Antinomian Doctrines , and other dangerous errours ; and by degrees fell to grosser opinions , holding ( as a Presbyterian (a) Writer saith ) Universal redemption , &c. and afterwards became a Seeker and I know not what . At length he left that Army , and lived about London , and vented his Opinions there in 1645. Since which he betook himself to the Isle of Ely for his ordinary residence , and thence took his progress into one County or another , and there in private houses vented his opinions among the Godly under the habit of holiness . At S. Edmundsbury he used to exercise in private , and to declare himself for universal redemption , that no man was punished for Adams sin , that Christ died for all , that the guilt of Adams sin should be imputed to no man , &c. Not long after he went (b) into Northamptonshire , where in a private Meeting , the main scope of his exercise was to speak against the certainty and sufficiency of the Scriptures , alledging there was no certainty to build upon them , because there were so many several copies . After the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon in 1646 , we find him there to be Chaplain to a Regiment of Parliamenteers , to keep his Conventicles for them in an house opposite to Merton Coll. Church , ( wherein afterwards in the time of Oliver , the Royal Party had their religious Meetings ) and to study all means to oppose the Doctrine of the Presbyterian Ministers sent by the Members of Parliament to preach the Scholars into obedience , as I have (c) elsewhere told you . But being desir'd to depart thence , ( where he had maintained several Socinian opinions ) he went soon after to London , where venting his blasphemies in several places against the glorious divinity and blood of Jesus Christ , especially in his Conventicle at Christ Church within Newgate , where those of his opinion met once , or more in a week , was brought at length before the Committee for plunder'd Ministers at Westminster , where he began to make a solemn profession of his faith in Orthodox Language , to the admiration of some there that had heard ( and were ready to witness against him ) the said blasphemies : But the then Chairman took him up , and commanded him silence , saying , we know your tricks well enough , &c. To say the truth he had Language at command , and could dissemble for matter of profit , or to avoid danger ; and it was very well known he was only a meer Cant●r . However he is characterized by those of his perswasion to have been a holy harmless man , for which not only the World hated him , but also those of the Church , and add , that 't is hoped they did it ignorantly . On the 12 of Octob. 1653 , he , with John Webster sometimes a Cambridge Scholar , endeavoured to knock down Learning and the Ministry both together , in a disputation that they then had against two Ministers in a Church in Lombard-street in London , Erbury then declared that the wisest Ministers and purest Churches were at that time befool'd , confounded , and defiled by reason of Learning . Another while he said that the Ministers were Monsters , Beasts , Asses , greedy Dogs , false Prophets ; and that they are the Beast with seven heads and ten horns . The same Person also spoke out , and said that Babylon is the Church in her Ministers , and that the great Whore is the Church in her Worship , &c. So that with him there was an end of Ministers , and Churches , and Ordinances altogether . While these things were babled to and fro , the multitude being of various opinions , began to mutter , and many to cry out , and immediatly it came to a mutiny , or tumult , ( call it which you please ) wherein the Women bore away the bell , but lost ( some of them ) their kerchiefs : And the dispute being hot , there was more danger of pulling down the Church than the Ministry . This our Author Erbury hath written , The great Mysterie of Godliness : Jesus Christ our Lord God and Man , and Man with God , one in Jesus Christ our Lord. Lond. 1640. oct . Relation of a publick discourse between him and Mr. Franc. Cheywell in S. Maries Church in Oxon , 11. Jan. 1646. Lond. 1646. in 4 sh . in qu. published by Cheynell or some of Erburys Party . Ministers for tythes , proving they are no Ministers of the Gospel . Lond. 1653. qu. Sermons on several occasions , one of which is entit . The Lord of Hosts , &c. printed 1653. qu. An Olive leaf : or , some peaceable considerations to the Christian meeting at Ch. Church in London , Munday 9. Jan. 1653. The raigne of Christ , and the Saints with him on Earth a thousand years , one day , and the day at hand — These two last were printed at London 1654 in one sh . and half , and dedicated to Mr. John Rogers , Mr. Vavasor Powell and other Fanatical People at Ch. Ch. in London . His Testimony left upon record for the Saints of succeeding ages — printed with his Tryal at Westminster . This was published after his death at Lond. 1658. qu. What other things he hath written , or go under his name I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him only that he died in the beginning of the year ( in April I think ) sixteen hundred fifty and four , and was , as I conceive , buried either at Ch. Church beforementioned , or else in the Cemiterie joyning to Old Bedlam near London , Quaere . Within few days after was a silly and impudent Pamphlet written and published by J. L. entit . A small mite in memory of the late deceased and never to be forgotten Mr. Will. Erbury . printed at Lond. in Apr. 1654 in one sheet in oct . Whereunto are added Two new Songs ; one of which are brief touches on the 12. Chapt. of the Revelat. &c. to the tune of When the King enjoys his own again . The other touching the doing away of sin , through our Lord Christ in our Souls , &c. to the tune of Sound a charge . In my readings I meet with one Dorcas ( alias Mary ) Erbury , who was a great admirer and follower of James Nayler the Quaker , after the death of Will. Erbury . Which Dorcas ( who was his Widow ) did really confess , upon her examination for her villanies by a Magistrate , that the said Nayler was the holy one of Israel , and the only begotten Son of God , that he raised her , after she had been dead two days , and that he should sit at the right hand of the Father , and should judge the World with equity , &c. JOHN GRAYLE Son of Jo. Gr. of Stone in Glocestershire Priest , was born in that County , entred a Batler in Magd. Hall in the beginning of 1632 , aged 18 years , took the degrees in Arts and afterwards became a Puritannical Preacher . In 1645 or thereabouts , he succeeded one Mr. George Holmes in the Mastership of the Free-School at Guilford in Surrey , and afterwards was made Rector of Tidworth in Wilts . where he was much followed by the precise and godly party . He hath written against Will. Eyre of Sarum , A modest vindication of the Doctrine of conditions in the Covenant of Grace , and the Defenders thereof , from the aspersions of Arminianisme and Popery . Which W. E. cast on them Lond. 1655. qu. published after the Authors death by Constantine Jessop , who hath put a preface to it . What else our Author hath written ( unless Sermons ) I know not , nor any thing of him beside , only that he dying in the beginning of sixteen hundred fifty and four , was buried in Tidworth Church : At which time Dr. Hump. Chambers his neighbour preached his funeral Sermon before the Brethren , then in great numbers present . In the latter end of which Sermon , which is printed , as also in the Epistle before it , you may read much in commendation of our Author Grayle , who tho a Presbyterian , yet tinged he was with Arminianisme . HENRY ELSYNGE eldest Son of Hen. Els . Esq and he the Son of another Henry a Citizen of London , Son of John Elsynge of Daxworth in Cambridgshire , was (a) born in Surrey ; particularly , as I conceive , at Battersey , where his Father ( who was Clerk of the Lords House of Parliament , and a Person of great abilities ) mostly lived , educated in Grammar learning in Westminster School under Mr. Lamb. Osbaldeston , a Person very fortunate in breeding up many Wits , became Commoner of Ch. Church in the beginning of the year 1622 , took one degree in Arts , and afterwards , at several times , spent more than 7 years in travelling through various Countries beyond the Seas ; whereby he became so accomplished , that , at his last return , his company and conversation was not only desired by many of the Nobility , but Clergy also ; and was so highly valued by Dr. Laud Archb of Canterbury , that he procured him the place of Clerk of the House of Commons . This crown'd his former labours , and by it he had opportunity given to manifest his rare abilities , which in short time became so conspicuous , especially in taking and expressing the sense of the House , that none ( as 't was believed ) that ever sate there , exceeded him . He was also so great a help to the Speaker (b) and the House in helping to state the questions , and to draw up the orders free from exceptions , that it much conduced to the dispatch of business and the service of the Parliament . His discretion also and prudence was such , that tho faction kept that fatal , commonly called the Long , Parliament in continual storm and disorder , yet his fair and temperate carriage made him commended and esteemed by all parties how furious and opposite soever they were among themselves . And therefore it was , that for these his abilities and prudence , more reverence was paid to his stool than to the Speakers ( Lenthall ) Chair , who being obnoxious , timorous and interested , was often much confused in collecting the sense of the House , and drawing the debates into a fair question ; in which Mr. Elsynge was always observed to be so ready and just , that generally the House acquiesced in what he did of that nature . At length when he saw that the greater part of the House were imprisoned and secluded , and that the remainder would bring the King to a trial for his life , he desired to quit his place 26. of Dec. 1648 , by reason ( as he alledged ) of his indisposition of health , but most men understood the reason to be , because he would have no hand in the business against the King. He was a Man of very great parts , and ingenious education , and was very learned , especially in the Latine , French and Italian Languages . He was beloved of all sober Men , and the learned Selden had a fondness for him . He hath written , The antient method and manner of holding Parliaments in England . Lond. 1663. oct . 1675. in tw . mostly taken , as I presume , from a Manuscript book intit . — Modus tenendi Parliamentum apud Anglos : Of the forme , and all things incident thereunto , digested and divided into several chapters and titles , an . 1626 , written by Hen. Elsynge Father to the aforesaid Henry , who died while his Son was in his Travels . Tract concerning proceedings in Parliament — This is a Ms . and was sometimes in the hands of Sir Matthew Hale , who in his Will bequeathed it to Lincolns inn Library . Remonstrance of the State of the Kingdom — This is a Pamphlet in quarto , but when printed I cannot tell . After he had quitted his beneficial Office , he retired to his house at Hounslow in Middlesex , where contracting many infirmities of body occasioned by sedentariness , some distresses of his family , and by a deep melancholy for the sufferings and loss of his Sovereign , concluded his last day about the middle of the month of August , in sixteen hundred fifty and four , and in that of his age 56 : Whereupon his body was buried in his private Chappel ( which is the burying place of his Family ) at Hounslow , he having no other Epitaph or Monument than the Eulogie given as due to him by all that knew him . He left behind certain Tracts and Memorials of his own writing , but so imperfect , that his Executor would by no means have them published , least they should prove injurious to his worth and memory . THOMAS HORNE Son of Will. Horne of Cassall in Nottinghamshire , was born at West Halam in Derbyshire , became a Student in Magd. hall in the year 1624 , and in that of his age 15 , or thereabouts , and in 1633 he was advanced to the degree of Master of Arts. About that time he was made Master of a private School in London , afterwards of the Free-school at Leycester , where remaining two years , was translated to that of Tunbridge in Kent . At length after he had taught there about 10 years , he was , for his merits and excellent faculty that he had in pedagogie , preferr'd to be Master of the School at Eaton near Windsore , where he remain'd to his dying day . He hath written , Janua Linguarum : or , a collection of Latine sentences , with the English of them . Lond. 1634. &c. oct . This is all or most taken from Janua Linguarum reserata , written by J. A. Comenius . Afterwards Horne's Janua Linguarum was much corrected and amended by John Robotham , and lastly carefully reviewed by W. D. — Lond. 1659. oct . Which W. D. may be the same with Will. Dugard , sometimes Master of Merchant Taylors School . Quaere . Manuductio in aedem Palladis , qua utilissima methodus authores bonos legendi , indigitatur , sive de usu authoris . Lond. 1641. in tw . &c. Rhetoricae compendium Latino-Anglicè . Lond ▪ 1651. oct . Besides which he hath made learned observations on the Epitome of the Greek tongue , written by Ant. Laubegeois , but when or where , printed , I cannot tell , for I have not as yet seen it . He gave way to fate at Eaton on the 22 of Aug. in sixteen hundred fifty and four , and was buried in the Church or Chappel there , as I have been informed by Will. Horne his Son , Master of the Free-school at Harrow on the Hill in Middlesex . One Tho. Horne M. of A. became Rector of Methley in Yorkshire , on the death of Tim. Bright Doctor of Physick , in the latter end of Octob. 1615 , but him I take to be Th. Horne who was Fellow of Mert. Coll. and afterwards Canon of Windsore . Another Tho. Horne is now , if I mistake not , Fellow of Eaton Coll , and hath extant one or more Sermons . He was Son to Tho. Horne the Writer , was born at Tunbridge in Kent , and afterwards made Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , Chaplain to the Earl of S. Alban , and Senior Proctor of that University , about 1682. JOHN SELDEN the glory of the English Nation as Hugh Grotius worthily stiles him , Son of John Selden , by Margaret his Wife , the only Daughter of Thomas Baker of Rushington , ( descended from the knightly family of the Bakers in Kent ) was born in an obscure Village called Salvinton near to Terring a Market town in Sussex . His Father ( who died in 1617 ) was a sufficient Plebeian , and delighted much in Musick , by the exercising of which , he obtained ( as 't is said ) his Wife , of whom our famous Author Jo. Selden was born on the 16 of Decemb. 1584. After he had been instructed in Grammar Learning in the Free-school at Chichester under Mr. Hugh Barker of New College , he was by his care and advice sent to Hart Hall , in the beginning of Mich. term , an . 1600 , and committed to the tuition of Mr. Anth. Barker Fellow of the aforesaid Coll. under whom being instructed in Logick and Philosophy for about three years , ( which with great facility he conquered ) he was transplanted to the Inner Temple to make proficiency in the municipal Laws of the Nation . After he had continued there a sedulous Student for some time , he did by the help of a strong body and vast memory , not only run through the whole body of the Law , but became a prodigie in most parts of learning , especially in those which were not common , or little frequented or regarded by the generality of Students of his time . So that in few years his name was wonderfully advanced , not only at home , but in foreign Countries , and was usually stiled the great Dictator of Learning of the English Nation . The truth is his great parts did not live within a small ambit , but traced out the Latitudes of Arts and Languages , as it appears by those many books he hath published . He had great skill in the divine and humane Laws ; he was a great Philologist , Antiquary , Herald , Linguist , Statesman and what not . His natural and artificial memory was exact , yet his fancy slow , notwithstanding he made several sallies into the faculties of Poetry and Oratory to ease his severer thoughts and smooth his rough stile , which he mostly used in the Books by him published in Latine . The verses that he wrot , scatter'd in various books , were in Latine and English , and sometimes in Greek , and was thereupon numbred among our Poets : which perhaps may be the reason why he is brought (a) into the Session of them , thus . There was Selden and he sate close by the Chaire , Wainman not far off , which was very faire . He seldom or never appeared publickly at the Bar , ( tho a Bencher ) but gave sometimes Chamber-Counsel , and was good at conveyance . He was chosen a Burgess for several Parliaments , wherein he shewed himself profound by speeches and debates , yet mostly an enemy to the Prerogative . The first Parliament he appeared in , was that which began at Westm . 19. Feb. 1623. wherein he served for the Burrough of Lancaster : And in another which began 6. Feb. 1625. he served for Bedwin in Wilts , and was a constant member in all or most Parliaments following , during the Reign of K. Ch. 1. But that , in which he became most noted , was held in the beginning of 1628 ; wherein for contemptuous and seditious words then uttered , he was imprisoned for several months to the great regret of his fellow Members . He was a Burgess also of that unhappy Parliament that began at Westm . 3. Novemb. 1640 , which breaking forth into a rebellion , Selden adhered to it , and accepted from the members thereof a Commission to do them service . In 1643 , he was one of those Lay-men that were appointed to sit in the Assembly of Divines , at which time he took the Covenant , and silenced and puzled the great Theologists thereof in their respective Meetings . In Nov. the same year he was appointed by Parliament Chief Keeper of the Rolls and Records in the Tower of London , and on the 15. of Apr. 1645 , he was one of the 12 Commoners appointed to be a Commissioner of the Admiralty . In Jan. 1646 it was voted that 5000 l. should be given to him for his sufferings that he endured , for what he had said or done in Parliament , an . 1628 , which money was paid in May following , tho some there are that say that he refused , and could not out of conscience take it ; and add , that his mind was as great as his learning , full of generosity , and harbouring nothing that seemed base . He got his great knowledge in the Oriental Languages after he fell to the study of the Law , wherein arriving to eminence , as in other Learning , he is oftentimes mention'd not only by learned Authors of our own Nation , but by Foreigners . He had a very choice Library of Books , as well Mss . as printed , in the beginning of all or most of which he wrot either in the title , or leaf before it , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : Above all liberty , to shew , that he would examine things , and not take them upon trust . His works are these , Original of a Duel or single combate . Lond. 1610. qu. Jani Anglorum facies altera . Lond. 1610. oct . rendred into English , with large notes on it , by Redman Westcot ( alias Adam Littleton ) Gent. — Lond. 1683. fol. Notes and Illustrations on the first eighteen Songs in Mich. Draytons Poly-olbion . Lond. 1612. fol. The second part of this Poly-olbion was printed at Lond. in 1622 , but without any notes or illustrations . Titles of honour . Lond. 1614. in qu. There again in 1631 and 1671. fol. This book is in great esteem with Lay-Gentlemen . Analect 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Anglo-Britannic 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 &c. lib. 2. Francof . 1615. qu. &c. Notes on Joh. Fortescue de laudibus legum Angliae . Lond. 1616. oct &c. Which book having been before translated into English by Rob. Mulcaster a Lawyer , had notes then put to it by our Author Selden . Notes on the sums of Sir Ralph Hengham L. Ch. Justice to K. Ed. 1. — These are printed with the former notes . This Sir Ralph died 1308 and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of S. Paul within the City of London . De Diis Syris Syntagmata duo . Lond. 1617. corrected and amended , with additions of copious indices thereunto , by M. Andr. Beyer . — Lugd. Bat. 1629. in oct . Lips . 1672. Amst . 1680. in oct . History of Tithes . Lond. 1618. qu. In the preface , the Author reproaches the Clergy with ignorance and laziness , and upbraids them with having nothing to keep up their credit but beard , title and habit ; and that their studies reached no farther , then the Breviary , the Postills and Polyanthea . But the best of the Clergy being provoked by those expressions , he was so effectually answer'd by Tillesley of Oxon , Rich. Montague and Steph. Nettles of Cambridge , that he never came off in any of his undertakings with more loss of credit . There were Arguments about tithes , written against it by Will. Sclater ( of Cambridge ) and printed 1623. qu. but such I have not yet seen . Soon after Mr. Selden had published his History , he was called before the High Commission about the 22 of Dec. 1618. and forced to make a publick acknowledgment of his error and offence given unto the Church in the said book . Which usage sunk so deep into his stomack , that he did never after effect the Bishops and Clergy , or cordially approve their calling , tho many ways were tried to gain him to the Churches interest . The said Book or History was reprinted in 1680 in qu. with the old date put to it ; at which time the press and fanatical Party were too much at liberty , occasion'd by the Popish Plot. Whereupon Dr. Thom. Comber answer'd it in a book intit . An historical vindication of the Divine right of Tithes , &c. Lond. 1681. qu. Spicilegium in Edmeari 6 libros Historiarum . Lond. 1623. fol. Which book is much commended by Antiquaries and Criticks . Marmora Arundelliana cum aliquot inscriptionibus veteris Latii . Lond. 1628. in qu. Involved into Marmora Oxoniensia , publish'd by Humph. Prideaux M. A. and Student of Ch. Ch. now Prebendary of Norwych . Mare clausum : seu de dominio maris , lib. 2. Lond. 1635. fol. &c. First written as 't is (b) said in the Reign of K. Jam. 1. in answer to a book published by Hugo Grotius called Mare liberum . But the Author Selden stomaching the submission and acknowledgment which he was forced to make in the High Commission for his book of Tithes , as I have before told you , did not only suppress his Mare clausum , which he had written in the Kings defence , but carried an evil eye to the Court and Church for a long time after . But being a man of parts , and eminent in the retired Walks of Learning , he was looked upon as a person worth the gaining . Whereupon Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. took upon him to do , and at last effected , it ; and to shew what great esteem his Maj. and the Archb. had for the book then lately published , Sir Will. Beecher one of the Clerks of the Council was sent with a copy of it to the Barons of the Exchequer in the open Court , an . 1636 , to be by them laid up as a most inestimable Jewel among the choice Records , which concerned the Crown . In this book he did not only assert the Sovereignty or dominion of the British Seas to the Crown of England , but clearly proved , by constant and continual practice , that the Kings of England used to levy money from the Subjects ( without help of Parliament ) for the providing of Ships and other Necessaries to maintain that Sovereignty , which did of right belong unto them . This he brings home to the time of King Hen. 2. and might have brought it nearer to his own times had he been so pleased , and thereby paved a plain way to the payment of Ship-money , but then he must have thwarted the proceedings of the House of Commons in the Parliament going before , ( wherein he had been a great Stickler ) voting down under a kind of Anathema the Kings pretensions of right to all help from the Subject , either in Tonage or Poundage , or any other ways whatsoever , the Parliament not co-operating and contributing towards it . But howsoever it was , the Service was as grateful , as the Author acceptable from thenceforth , both a frequent and welcome guest at Lambeth house , where he was grown into such esteem with the Archbishop , that he might have chose his own preferment in the Court ( as it was then generally believed ) had he not undervalued all other Employments in respect of his Studies . But possibly there might be some other reason ( as my (c) Author saith ) for his declining such Employments as the Court might offer . He had not yet forgotten the Affronts which were put upon him about the Hist . of Tithes ( for in the notion of Affronts he beheld them always ) and therefore he did but make fair weather for the time , till he could have an opportunity to revenge himself on the Church and Churchmen , the King being took into the reckoning . For no sooner did the Archb. begin to sink in power and credit , under the first pressures of the Long Parliament , but he published a book in Greek and Lat. by the name of Eutychius , with some notes upon it ; in which he made it his chief business to prove that Bishops did not otherwise differ from the rest of the Presbyterrs , than doth a Master of a College from the Fellows thereof , and so by consequence that they differ'd only in degree , not order . And afterwards when his Majesty began to decline in the love of the Parliament , and that the heats grew strong between them , he was affirmed to have written An answer to his Majesties Declaration about the Commission of Array , which in effect proved a plain putting of the sword into the hands of the people . So hard it is for any one to discern the hearts of men by their outward actions , but the God that made them . But now let 's proceed to the other books that our learned Author hath written . De successionibus in Bona Defuncti secundum leges Hebraeorum . Lond. 1631. 36. Lugd. Bat. 1638. oct . Franc. ad Oderam 1673. qu. De successione in Pontificatum Hebraeorum . lib. duo . This is printed , and goes with the former book . De jure naturali & gentium juxta disciplinam Hebraeorum . lib. 7. Lond. 1640. fol. Argentor . 1665. qu. Brief discourse concerning the power of Peers , and Commons of Parliament in point of Judicature . Lond. 1640. in two sh . in qu. Written either by Selden , or by Sir Simonds D'ewes Kt. and Baronet . Answer to Harbottle Grimston's Argument concerning Bishops . Lond. 1641. qu. Discourse concerning the Rights and Privileges of the Subjects , in a conference desired by the Lords , and had by a Committee of both Houses , an . 1628. Lond. 1642. in qu. Privileges of the Baronage of England when they sit in Parliament . Lond. 1642. in oct . Versio & comment . ad Eutychii Ecclesiae Alexandrinae Origines . Lond. 1642. in qu. To which are added the said Eutychius his Annals , with Comments thereon by Edw. Pocock of C. C. Coll. Oxon. De anno civili & calendario judaico . Lond. 1644. qu. Lugd. Bat. 1683. oct . Uxor Hebraica , sive de nuptiis ac divortiis . lib. 3. Lond. 1646. Franc. ad od . 1673. qu. Fleta , seu comment . juris Anglicani sic nuncupatus . Lond. 1647. qu. Tractatus Gallicanus fet assavoir dictus de agendi excipiendique formulis . Dissertatio historica ad Fletam . These two last are printed , and go with , Fleta . Prefatio ad Historiae Anglicanae scriptores decem . Lond. 1652. fol. De Synedriis & Praefecturis veterum Hebraeorum . lib. 3. Lond. 1650. qu. Amst . 1679. qu. Which last Edition had divers corrections made to purge out the errors of the former , by reason of the many languages ( 20 in number ) therein . Vindiciae secundum integritatem existimationis suae per convitium de scriptione Maris clausi . Lond. 1653. qu. In which are many things said of himself . God made man. A Tract proving the Nativity of our Saviour to be on the 25 of December . Lond. 1661. oct . with the Authors picture before it . This posthumous book was answer'd in the first Postscript after a book intit . A brief ( but true ) account of the certain year , month , day and minute of the birth of Jesus Christ . Lond. 1671. oct . written by John Butler Bach. of Div. Chapl. to James Duke of Ormond , and Rector of Liechborow in the dioc . of Peterborough . The second Postscript is against Mich. Seneschal D. D. his tract on the same subject . This Butler , whom I take to be a Cambridge man , is a great Pretender to Astrology , and hath lately some sharp debates in print , in reference thereunto , with Dr. Hen. More of the same University . Discourse of the Office of Lord Chancellour of England . Lond. 167● . fol. To which is added W. Dugdales Cat. of Lord Chanc. and L. Keepers of England from the Norman Conquest . De nummis &c. Lond. 1675. qu. Bibl. nummaria . Lond. 1675. qu. Both which are dedicated to that sometimes curious Antiquary for Coynes Sir Simonds D'ewes Kt. and Bar. who being eminent in his time for those studies which he professed , and therefore much respected by our Author Selden , I shall say these things following of him , viz. ( 1 ) That he was born at Coxden ( the inheritance of his Mother ) near to Chardstock in Dorsetshire , on the 18 of Decemb. 1602 , according to the Julian Accompt . ( 2 ) That he was son of Paul D'ewes Esq . one of the six Clerks in Chancery , by Cecilia his Wife , daughter and heir of Rich. Symonds of Coxden before mentioned . Which Paul was son of Gerard D'ewes of Upminster in Essex , and he the son of Adrian D'ewes , a lineal descendant of the antient Family of Des Ewes , Dynasts or Lords of the dition of Kessell in the Dutchy of Gelderlandht , who came first thence into England in the time of K. Hen. 8. when that Dutchy had been much ruined , wasted and depopulated by the intestine Wars there raised and continued between Charles Duke thereof , and Philip the Archduke , and Charles the fifth his son . ( 3 ) That he was educated in the University of Cambridge , the antiquity of which he zealously asserted against that of Oxon. in a Speech spoken in a grand Committee of Parliament , in Jan. 1640 , as I have (d) elsewhere told you , and afterwards retired to his estate called Stow hall in Suffolk . ( 4 ) That he was a Burgess for Sudbury in the same County , to serve in that unhappy Parliament which began at Westminster 3 Nov. 1640 , and soon after he was made a Baronet , and in 1643 he took the Covenant . I find going under his name these things following , viz. ( 1 ) The Greek Postscripts of the Epistles to Timothy and Titus , cleared in Parliament : And an occasional Speech concerning the Bill of Acapitation or Poll money . printed 1641 in one sheet and half in qu. ( 2 ) Speech in a grand Committee touching the antiquity of Cambridge . ( 3 ) Sp. touching the priviledge of Parliament in Causes criminal and civil . Which two Speeches were printed in 1641. 42. qu. ( 4 ) Sp. in Parl. on the xi . of January concerning the proceedings against the eleven Bishops accused of High Treason , an . 1641 — 2. ( 5 ) The primitive practice for preserving truth : or , an historical narration , &c. Lond. 1645. qu. ( 6 ) Sp. in the H. of Commons , 2● Jul. 1644. qu. at the end of which is a Postscript by way of advice to all those who have gotten into their possessions either the Church Revenues or other mens Estates . Lond. 1646. qu. in 2 sh . ( 7 ) Journal of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Qu. Elizabeth , both of the House of Lords and H. of Commons . Lond. 1682. fol. Revised and published by Paul Bowes of the Middle Temple Esq . This person ( D'ewes ) who was a great searcher into Records , and the best of his time for the knowledge of Coins and Coinage , yet of a humourous and minical disposition , died in the beginning of the year 1650 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Stowlang●oft in Suffolk . I have seen a copy of his Will , written by himself in Latine , wherein are most particulars of his life recited . But let 's go forward with the Works of Great Selden , who hath also written , Of the Judicature of Parliaments : wherein the Controversies and Precedents belonging to the Title are methodically handled . Lond. 1681. oct . Englands Epinomis . Of the original of ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Testaments . Of the disposition or administration of Intestates goods . These three last were published by Redman Westcot before mention'd , with the English Translation of Jani Anglorum , &c. Lond. 1683. fol. Under his name is also published , Table-talke ▪ being the discourses or his sense of various matters of weight and high consequence , relating especially to Religion and State. Lond. 1689. qu. published by Rich. Milward who had observed his discourses for 20 years together . Letters to learned men — Among which are several to the learned and godly Dr. Usher Primate of Ireland , as at the end of his life printed in fol. you may see . Speeches , Arguments , Debates , &c. in Parliament . — He also had a great hand in , and gave directions and advice towards , that Edition of Plutarchs Lives , printed 1657 , with an addition of the year of the World , and the year of our Lord , together with many chronological notes and explanations out of divers Authors . He left behind him also divers MSS. of his own writing , ( some of which are since published , as before you may see ) among these are , ( 1 ) The life of Rog. Bacon . ( 2 ) Collections of many Records and Antiquities . ( 3 ) Collection of Notes and Records of various Subjects , marked with M. ( 4 ) Extracts out of the leiger books of Battel , Evesham , Winton , &c. ( 5 ) Vindication of his history of Tithes . This last I once saw in the library of MSS. belonging to his Godson named Joh. Vincent , son of August . Vincent sometimes Windsore Herald , but where it is now I cannot tell . At length after this great light of our Nation had lived to about the age of man , was extinguished at Lond. on the last of Nov. being S. Andr. day , in sixteen hundred fifty and four , in the large house called the Carmelite or White Fryers , then belonging to Elizabeth the Countess Dowager of Henry Earl of Kent , ( whose estate he , for several years , had managed and commanded , which was the reason he died very wealthy ) whereupon on Thursday the 14 of Decemb. following , he was magnificently buried in the Temple Church , on the south side of the round walk , in the presence of all the Judges , some of the Parl. men , Benchers and great Officers . His grave was nine foot deep at least , the bottom pav'd with bricks and walled about two foot high , with grey marble coarsly polished , each piece being yoated ( that is fastned with lead molted in ) with iron champs . Into this repository was the Corps in a woodden Coffin , covered with a black cloth , let down with a pulley or engine . Which being done , a stone of black polish'd marble six inches thick was let down also and made fast to the top of the repository with champs of iron yoated in , to the end that in future ages , when graves are dug there , it might not be remov'd . Upon the said marble stone was this engraven Hic inhumatur corpus Johannis Seldeni , or to that effect . Over the said sepulchre and stone was turned over , or made , an arch of brick , the diameter being about three foot , and above was left room to bury other bodies in future time . On the surface of the earth , even with the pavement of the Church , was soon after laid a plain marble with the Bakers Arms engraven thereon , and this Inscription , Johannes Seldenus J. C. heic situs est . Over which , in the wall , was fastned a white marble table , and thereon an Epitaph made by himself : a copy of which , with encomiastical Verses ( under his printed picture ) made by Dr. Ger. Langbaine , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 350. The learned Usher Primate of Ireland , preached his funeral Sermon but did not , or could not , say much of his sound Principles in Religion . Mr. Ric. Johnson Master of the Temple buried him according to the Directory , and said in his Speech , with reference to the saying of a learned man , that When a learned man dies , a great deal of Learning dies with him , and added , that if Learning could have kept a man alive , our brother had not died . But notwithstanding the said Usher's silence concerning our Author's Religion , Sir Matth. Hale , one of his Executors , hath often (a) profess'd that Selden was a resolved serious Christian , and that he was a great Adversary to Hobbes of Malmesbury his Errours ; and that he had seen him openly oppose him so earnestly , as either to depart from him , or drive him out of the room , &c. JOHN MURCOT son of Job Murcot by Joane Townsend his Wife , received his first being in the antient Borough of Warwick , and his first learning in the Kings School there under Mr. Tho. Dugard , who became Schoolmaster in 1633 , and after 15 years spent in that employment , was made Rector of Barford in that County . At 17 years of age our Author Murcot was entred a Student in Merton Coll. in Easter Term 1642 , being then committed to the tuition of Mr. Ralph Button Fellow of that house , a good Scholar but rigid Presbyterian . Soon after Oxford being garrison'd for the King , he , to avoid bearing Arms for him , went thence in a disguise to Mr. Joh. Ley Vicar of Budworth in Cheshire , where by continual lucubration for some years , he did much improve himself in practical Divinity . At length the Wars ceasing , he returned to his College , and continuing for some time there in godly exercise with his Tutor , was admitted Bach. of Arts : which being compleated by Determination he returned to Mr. Ley again , and became several ways useful to him in his Studies and Profession . At length being called to the Ministry at Astbury in Cheshire , ( where the said Mr. Ley had sometimes exercis'd his function ) he was ordained Minister according to the Presbyterian way at Manchester ; but continuing not long there , he was called to Eastham in Wyrrall in Cheshire , where before he was quite setled , he took to wife , at 25 years of age , one Hester the daughter of Ralph Marsden Minister of West Kirby in the said County : but before the consummation of Marriage , the people of the said place ( Marsden being dead ) gave him a call , where he preached the Gospel to the beloved people of God. From thence , after some time he removed to the City of Chester , where by his severe carriage he became ridiculous to the wicked . So that being in a manner weary of that place , he did , upon the receipt of another call go into Ireland , and at length setled himself and his family at Dublin , became one of the Preachers in ordinary to the Lord Deputy and Council , and by his often preaching and praying obtained a great flock of People to be his Admirers , especially Women and Children . The things that he hath written are , Several Sermons and Treatises , as ( 1 ) Circumspect walking , a Christians wisdom , on Ephes . 5.15.16 . ( 2 ) The parable of the ten Virgins , on Math. 25. from the first to the 14 vers . ( 3 ) Christ the Sun of righteousness hath healing in his wings for sinners , on Malach. 4.2 . ( 4 ) Christ his willingness to accept humbled sinners , on Joh. 6.37 . all which were published after his death at London 1657. qu. together with his life cantingly written , by Sam. Winter , Rob. Chambers , Sam. Eaton , Joseph Caryll and Tho. Manton , all , or most , Presbyterians . From which , a common Reader may easily perceive ; that our Author Murcot was a forward , prating , and pragmatical Precisian . Another Sermon of his is published , called Saving faith , on John 5.44 . Lond. 1656. qu. but that I have not yet seen . He gave up the ghost very unwillingly at Dublin on the third day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and four , and was buried with great lamentation of the brethren ( who always held him to be a pretious young man ) in S. Maries Chappel joyning to the Choire of Christ Church in the said City of Dublin , where , as I have been informed , is a Monument set up to his memory . JOSHUA HOYLE was born at Sorby , otherwise Sowerbie , within the Vicaridge of Halyfax in Yorkshire , received his first academical Education in Magd. Hall , and afterwards being invited to Ireland , became a Member of Trinity Coll. near Dublin ; where , in his Studies and Writings , he directed his course for the Schoolmen . In short time he became profound in the fac . of Divinity , took his Doctors degree therein , and at length was made Divinity Professor of the University of Dublin . In which Office he expounded the whole Bible through , in daily Lectures , and in the chiefest books ordinarily a verse a day ; which work held him almost 15 years . Some time before he had ended that Work , he began the second Exposition of the whole Bible in the Church of Trin. Coll. and within ten years he ended all the New Testament , ( excepting one book and a piece ) all the Prophets , all Salomon and Job : So that his Answer to Malone the Jesuit , did in part concur with both these Labours . He preached also and expounded thrice every Sabbath for the far greater part of the year , once every Holyday , and sometimes twice . To these may be added his weekly Lectures ( as Professor ) in the Controversies , and his Answers to all Bellarmine in word and writing , concerning the real presence , and his finishing in above 8 years time , his tome of the 7 Sacraments , ( for there he began ) and his last tome in 6 years ; and after that sundry years in the tome , or tomes , remaining . Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion in Ireland in 1641 he went into England , ( having always been a noted Puritan ) and retiring to London became Vicar of Stepney near that City ; but being too scholastical , he did not please the Parishioners . While he remained there , Jerem. Burroughs preached every morning at 7 of the clock , and Will. Greenhill at 3 in the afternoon : Which two persons , being notorious Schismaticks and Independents , were called in Stepney Pulpit by Hugh Peters ( the Theological Buffoon ) the morning star of Stepney , and the evening star , but never took notice of Dr. Josh . Hoyle . About the same time he was constituted one of the Assembly of Divines , and became a helper on of the evidence against Archb. Laud when he was to come to his trial , as to matter relating to the University of Dublin while he was Chancellour thereof . At length by the favour of the Committee of Parliament for the reformation of the Univ. of Oxon , he became Master or Head of Univ. Coll. and the Kings Professor of Divinity . He was a person of great reading and memory , but of less judgment , and so much devoted to his book that he was in a manner a stranger to the world and things thereof , a careless person , and no better than a mere scholar . However that which was in , made , him respected by the learned Usher Primate of Ireland , in whose Vindication he wrot , A Rejoynder to Will. Malone Jesuit his Reply concerning the real presence . Dublin 1641. in a thick quar . Which Reply was printed at Doway 1627. After which time the Author of it , Malone , was made Rector of the Irish Coll. at Rome , which he presided 6 years : then he went into Ireland , where he was Superior of the whole mission of the Jesuits for 3 years . Afterwards he was taken and committed by the Protestants , from whom getting loose , he went into Spain , and being made Rector of the Irish Coll. at Sevil , died there an aged man in Aug. 1659. As for Hoyle he gave way to fate on the sixth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and four , and was buried in that little old Chappel of University College , which was pulled down in 1668 , standing sometimes in that place , which is now the middle part of the present Quadrangle in that College . In his Mastership of that house succeeded Francis Johnson an Independent , and in his Professorship Dr. Jo. Conant then a Presbyterian . RICHARD SMITH was born in Lincolnshire 1566 , became a Student of Trin. Coll. about 1583 , went a course there ; but before he took a degree he left the Coll , went to Rome , ran another course in studies there , not in Philosophy , as he did at Trin. Coll. but in Divinity ; wherein making great proficiency , was sent by his Superior to Valladolid in Spain , where he took the degree of Doctor of Divinity . Thence , as I suppose , he went into the Mission of England , in which Employment he remained some years . From thence he was sent for to Rome to be consulted with about the affairs of the English Popish Clergy . Which being finished according to his mind , he was remitted into England again , and at length was by the Pope made Bishop ( titular only ) of Chalcedon in Greece , and by him commissionated to exercise episcopal Jurisdiction in England over the Catholicks there . The chief stage of his action was in Lancashire , where he appeared in his Pontificalia , with his horned Miter and Crosier , conferring of Orders , bestowing his Benediction , and such like , to the wonder of ignorant and poor people . At length the King having received notice of these matters , he renewed his Proclamation in 1628 ( one of a former date taking no effect ) for his apprehension , promising an hundred pounds to be presently paid to him that did it , besides all the profits which accrued to the Crown , as legally due from the person that entertained him . But the Bishop having timely notice of these matters , convey'd himself over into France , where he became a Confident of Armandus du Plessis Cardinal and Duke of Richlieu , who confer'd upon him the Abbatship of Charroux in the diocess of Poitou , which he kept , and received the profits of it till 1647 , and then Julius Cardinal Mazarine , took it into his own hands . The conveniency and validity of the episcopal power of the said Dr. Smith was made the subject of several books , which were written thereon , viz. in favour of him were ( 1 ) N. le Maistre a Sorbon Priest , in a book intit . De persecutione Episcoporum & de illustrissimo Antistite Chalcedonense . ( 2 ) The faculty of Paris , which censur'd all such that opposed him . In opposition to him or them , were ( 1 ) Daniel a Jesuit , or Dan. à Jesu , i. e. Joh. Floyd a Jesuit . ( 2 ) one Horucan . ( 3 ) Lumley an English man , and ( 4 ) Nich. Smith (*) a Regular , who , with his Brethren , did make so great a stir about this Bishops Authority , and were heightned to that animosity against the secular Priests , ( the Bishop being of that number ) that the Pope was forced to rouze and declare himself concern'd in so great a scandal to the Unity of the Rom. Church . And because he would not proceed to cure this Schism , until he rightly understood the original ground thereof , over he dispatched into England Gregory Panzani a Civilian and Rom. Priest , an . 1634. with a Commission of Oyer and Terminer of hearing and determining the Quarrel ; if not , to certifie to him the state of the cause , and where the fault lay . This was the upper Mantle of the Plot , which had readily in it enough to overspread more secret designs , so that they were not transparent to vulgar eyes . But tho his Instructions would not own any other lading , yet some , especially the puritannical party , held it for certain that they had taken in other contrivances of pernitious import to the Church and State of England . He tarried here till 1636 , having by that time procured an indifferent fair agreement between the Seculars and the Regulars . What else was to be done in the matter , was to be performed by Seignior George Con the Popes Agent , sent into England the same year of Panzani his departure . As for the Bishop of Chalcedon , he was a general read Scholar in the Controversies between the Papists and Protestants , in Histories whether civil or profane , and did great service for the Cause he professed . He hath written , An Answer to the Challenge of Thom. Bell an Apostate — Printed 1609. The prudential ballance of Religion ; wherein the Catholick and Protestant Religion are weighed together with the weight of Prudence and right Reason — printed in a thick oct . an . 1609. This is the first part , and is contained in two books : Afterwards were two other parts composed by the said Author , which I have not yet seen . Collatio doctrinae Catholicorum & Protestantium cum ipsis verbis S. Scripturae . Par. 1622. qu. Flores ecclesiasticae Historiae Gentis Anglorum . lib. 7. Par. 1654. fol. A survey of a late book intit . The just Vindication of the Church of England from the unjust aspersion of criminal schism , by John Bramhall Bishop of Derry . — printed 1654. Whereupon Bramhall came out with a Reply in 1656 ; but our Author being then dead the controversie ceased . He also wrot The life and death of the illustrious Lady de Monte acuto , which I have not yet seen . At length after he had lived 88 years in this vain and transitory world , gave way to fate at Paris on the eighth day of March in sixteen hundred fifty and four , which according to the French accompt is the 18 of March 1655 , and was buried near to the Altar in the Church of the English Nunnery of the Order of S. Austin , situate and being in the Suburbs of S. Victor there . Over his grave was a monument soon after put , with an inscription thereon , the contents of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 298. a. Before , or after , his death a MS. containing Several Letters , and Epistles to the Pope , to some Cardinals , Bishops , and Superiors , written by the said Smith B. of Chalcedon , came into the hands of Edw. Knott the Jesuit , and afterwards into those of Dr. Seth Ward late Bishop of Salisbury . See more of the said Bishop of Chalcedon in Will. Bishop , an . 1624. vol. 1. p. 415. EDWARD BOUGHEN a Buckinghamshire man born , was elected from Westm . School a Student of Ch. Ch. in the year 1605 aged 18 years , and after he had been some time standing in the degree of Master , was made Chaplain to Dr. Howson Bishop of Oxford . Afterwards he had some Cure at Bray in Berks , and in 1636 became Rector of Woodchurch in Kent ; whence being ejected by the Presbyterians in the time of Rebellion , he retired for a time to Oxon , where he was actually created Doctor of Divinity a little before the surrender of the Garrison there to the Parliaments Forces , an . 1646. Afterwards he resided at Chartham in Kent , but in what condition I know not as yet . His works are these . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon of Confirmation , preached at the first Visitation of John Lord Bish . of Oxon , 27 Sept. 1619 , on Acts 8.17 . Lond. 1620. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. concerning decency and order , on 1 Cor. 14.40 . Lond. 1638. qu. and two or more other Sermons which I have not yet seen , viz. one on 1 Cor. 1.10 . and another on 1 Joh. 4.1.2.3 . Both printed at Lond. in qu. 1635. Treatise shewing the nullity and invalidity of the Presbyterians Ordination of Ministers , according to the Parliaments Ordinance , an . 1644. — This book I have not yet seen , and therefore can say no more of it , only that it stood unanswer'd by the Presbyterians , either Scots or English . Principles of Religion : or , a short exposition of the Catechism of the Church of England . Oxon. 1646. and several times after at London , oct . One of which Editions bears this Title , A short Exposition of the Catechism of the Church of Eng. with the Church Catechism it self , and order of Confirmation , in English and Lat. for the use of Scholars . Mr. Geree's Case of Conscience sifted ; wherein is enquired whether the King can with a safe Conscience consent to the abrogation of Episcopacy . Lond. 1648. qu. See in Joh. Geree p. 65. who made a Reply to this . Two Letters to Mr. T. B. giving an account of the Church Catholique , where it was before the Reformation , and whether Rome were , or be , the Ch. Catholick . Lond. 1653. Answer'd by R. T. Esq . printed , as 't is said , at Paris , 1654 in a little oct . By which R. T. is meant , as I have been informed by some Rom. Catholicks , Thomas Read LL. D. sometimes Fellow of New Coll. in Oxon. This Dr. Boughen , as I have been informed , lived to see his Majesty restored , and what before he had lost , he did obtain . ISAAC COLF a Kentish man born of gentile Extraction , was educated in Ch. Ch. and as a Member thereof took the Degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated an . 1611. Afterwards entring into the sacred function he became at length Rector of S. Leonards Church in Eastcheap within the City of London , where he was much reverenced by the Orthodox Party for his Religion and Learning . In the beginning of the Civil Wars , commenc'd by the Presb. he was forced by them to give up his rectory to one H. Roborough scribe to the Ass . of Divines . Whereupon retiring to Chaldwell in Essex , the liberal man devised liberal things , viz. an Almeshouse for poor People at Lewsham in Kent , with a considerable maintenance . He hath written , Commentary on the eleven first verses of the fourth Chapt. of S. Mathew . Lond. 1654 oct . and other things which I have not seen . When , or where he died I cannot tell , or where his reliques were lodg'd . ALEXANDER GRIFFITH a Welsh man born , was educated in Hart Hall , took one degree in Arts , an . 1618 retired to his Country , and there had a School or a small cure , or both , conferred upon him . In 1631 , he proceeded in his faculty , being then , or after beneficed in South Wales ; but after the Rebellion broke out , he suffered for his Loyalty , and at length was sequestred from his Spiritualities . He hath written , Strena Vavasoriensis : or , a New-years gift for the Welsh Itinerants . Or an hue and crie after Mr. Vavasor Powell Metrapolitan of the Itinerants , and one of the Executioners of the Gospel by colour of the late Act for the propagation thereof in Wales , &c. Lond. 1654. in 4 sh . in qu. Therein is a true relation of the birth , course of life and doctrine of the said Vav . Powell . A true and perfect relation of the whole transaction concerning the petition of the six Counties of South Wales , and the County of Monmouth , formerly presented to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England for a supply of Godly Ministers ; and an account of Ecclesiastical revenues therein , &c. Lond. 1654. in 7. sh . and half in qu. He is supposed also to be Author of , or at least to have had a hand in , a Pamphlet entit . — Mercurius Cambro-Britannicus : or , News from Wales , touching the miraculous propagation of the Gospel in those parts , &c. Lond. 1652. in 3 sh . in qu. Of what other things he is the Author , or promoter , I know not , nor whether he lived to be restored to his Spiritualities . ROBERT GENTILIS Son of Aubrey Gentilis mention'd among these Writers under the year 1611. p. 314 : was born in London , matriculated as a member of Ch. Ch. 19. of Apr. 1599 , in the ninth year of his age , took the degree of Bach. of Arts as a member of Jesus Coll. in the beginning of July 1603 , was translated to S. Johns Coll. soon after , and became Collector in the Lent following for Proctor W. Laud of that House . Thence he was elected Probationer Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1607 , by the endeavours of his Father , who got him sped into that house by an argument in Law , as being under the statutable years . In the said Coll. he continued for some time , took a degree in the Civil Law , but turned a Rake-hell , became King of the beggars for a time , and so much given up to sordid liberty , if not downright wickedness , that he not only spent all that he could get from his Father , ( whom he would often abuse ) but also afterwards what he could get from his Mother , to whom also he was very disobedient , as she in her last will confesseth . Afterwards he travelled beyond the Seas , took up and became a sober man ; and at his return , was a retainer to the Royal Court , and received a Pension from the King. He hath translated from Ital. into English . ( 1 ) The history of the inquisition . Lond. 1639. qu. written by Paul Servita . ( 2 ) Of the success and chief events of the Monarchy of Spayne , and of the revolt of the Catalonians . Lond : 1639. in tw . written by Marquess Virgilio Malvezzi . ( 3 ) Considerations on the lives of Alcibiades and Coriolanus . Lond. 1650. in tw . written by the same Author . Also from French into English Le Chemia abrege : or , a compendious method for the attaining of sciences in a short time , together with the Statutes of the Academie founded by the Cardinal of Richelieu . Lond. 1654. oct . And lastly from Spanish , as it seems , into English , The antipathy between the French and the Spaniard . Lond. 1641. in tw . Ded. by the translator to Sir Paul Pindar Kt , to whom in his Epist . he promiseth something that shall be his own invention , that is to publish something of his own writing , but whether he was as good as his word , I know not . One Robert Gentilis a Monk of the Order of S. Benedict in the Monastery of Pontfract in Yorkshire wrot a book of Homelies , and therefore is numbred (*) among our English Writers , but Quaere whether he was not an Outlander . HUGH ROBINSON born in S. Maries Parish in the County of Anglesie , educated in Grammatical learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll , after he had served two years of Probation , an . 1605 , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1611 , and about 3 years after leaving his College , he became chief Master of Winchester School , afterwards Archdeacon of Winton , Canon of Wells , D of Div. and Archdeacon of Glocester in the place , as it seems , of Sam. Burton deceased . In the beginning of the Civil War when the Puritan or Presbyterian began to be dominant , he sided with them , took the Covenant , and having lost in the War time the profits of his Canonry and Archdeaconry , obtained the rectory of Hinton near Winchester in Hampshire , whence a Loyal Person a little before had been ejected . He was an excellent Linguist , able Divine , and very well seen in antient Histories . His works are these . Preces . written for the use of the children of Winchester School in Lat. and Engl. Grammaticalia quaedam , in Lat. and Engl. Antiquae Historiae Synopsis . All which were printed at Oxon. 1616. in a large oct . Scholae Wintoniensis Phrases Latinae . The latine phrases of Winchester School , &c. Lond. 1654. 64. oct . published by Nich. Robinson ( his Son ) Annalium mundi universalium , &c. Tomus Unicus , lib. 14. absolutus , &c. Lond. 1677. fol. Which book coming into the hands of Dr. Tho. Pierce Dean of Salisbury , he did , by the Kings command , revise , amend , and fill it up with many things that were wanting . He hath also written something in vindication of the Scotch Covenant , which I have not yet seen ; nor do I know any thing else of him , only that he dying on the same day , on which James Duke of Richmond died , ( so have I been informed by (*) his Daughter ) which was the 30 of March in sixteen hundred fifty and five , was buried near to , and within , the North door of the Chancel belonging to the Church of S. Giles in the Fields near to London . In his Archdeaconry of Gloc. succeeded one John Middleton in 1660. After him succeeded Edw. Pope , who dying in Jan. 1671 , John Gregory of Cambr. succeeded . CHRISTOPHER BENNET Son of Joh. Bennet of Raynton in Somersetsh . was born there , or in that County , became a Com. of Linc. Coll. in Mich. term in the year 1632 , and that of his age 15 , took the degrees in Arts , entred on the Physick line , but doctorated in that faculty elsewhere . Afterwards he was made a member of the Coll. of Physicians at London , and much frequented for his practice in that City . His works are , Theatri Tabidorum Vestibulum , &c. Lond. 1654 oct . Exercitationes Dianocticae cum historias demonstrativis , quibus alimentorum & sanguinis vitia deleguntur in plerisque morbis , &c. Lond. 1655. He hath also corrected and inlarged , Healths improvement : or , rules comprizing and discovering the nature , method , and manner of preparing all sorts of food used in this Nation . Lond. 1655. qu. Written originally by Tho. Moufet . This Dr. Bennet was buried on the second day of May in sixteen hundred fifty and five , in S. Gregories Church near to the Cathedral of S. Paul within the City of London , leaving then behind him , as 't is said , one or more things fit for the press . EDWARD WOOD Son of Tho. Wood alias à Wood or Awood Bachelaur of Arts and of the Civ . Law of this University , by Maria la Petite commonly called Pettie , his Wife , ( descended from a gentile and antient Family in the County of Oxon ) was born in the Parish of S. John Bapt. in an house opposite to the forefront of Mert. Coll. within the University of Oxon , educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school at Thame under his kinsman Will. Burt M. A , ( afterwards Warden of the Coll. near Winton and D. of D. ) elected Probationer Fellow of Mert. Coll. in 1648 , and in 1655 was installed one of the Proctors of the University , being then noted for a good Disputant , Orator , and Preacher . His works are , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Of the knowledge of God by the book of nature , in two Sermons on Rom. 1.19.20 . Oxon. 1656. and 74. oct . ( 2 ) Of the knowledge of Jesus Christ by the book of Scripture , in two Serm. on 2. Tim. 3.16.17 . — printed with the former two Sermons . ( 3 ) His last Sermon Preached at S. Maries in Oxon 20. March 1654. on Philip. 3.8 . first part — printed also with the former Sermons . All which were then acceptable to the generality for the good practical divinity contained in them , but since not . He died in his Proctorship on the 22 of the Month of May in sixteen hundred fifty and five , aged 28 years ( he being then the eldest of my Brethren ) and was buried two days after in Mert. Coll. Church , not far from the grave of his Father ; at which time were present the whole body of Convocation and Juniors of the University . JOHN ANGELL was born , as I conceive , in Glocestersh . where receiving part of his juvenile Education , made his first entry into Magd. Hall about the beginning of the year 1610. Afterwards taking the degrees in Arts and holy Orders , became a frequent and painful Preacher . At length about 1630 being made a Lecturer at Leycester , continued there several years , a Man mighty in Word and Doctrine among the Puritannical Brethren of that place , till about the year 1650 , at which time being forced by the Independent faction to leave his place , because he refused to take the Engagement , the Company of Mercers in London gave him a call , and chose him Lecturer of Grantham in Lincolnshire ; ( it being one of the Lectures that had been given to the said Company by Vicountess Camden ) whereupon setling at that place he shone ( as 't is (a) said ) as a burning light , until God translated him to shine above as a Star for ever . To which may be added , that as his name was Angell , so ( saith another (b) of his perswasion ) he was a man indeed of angelical understanding and holiness , a burning and shining light , &c. He hath written , The right government of the thoughts : or , a discovery of all vain , unprofitable , idle , and wicked thoughts , &c. Lond. 1659. oct . Four Sermons ( 1 ) The right ordering of the conversation , two Sermons on Psal . 50 , last verse ( 2 ) Fun. Sermon at the burial of John Lord Darcey , 27. Aug. 1636. on Psal . 39.5 . ( 3 ) Preparation to the Communion , on 1. Cor. 11.28 . — All printed at Lond. 1659. oct . He was buried in the Church at Grantham beforemention'd , on the sixth day of June in sixteen hundred fifty and five ; at which time being attended to his grave by many Divines of the neighbourhood , Mr. Laur. Sarson Bach. of Div. sometimes Fellow of Eman. Coll. in Cambr. did then deliver before them a large oration of mortality , and in praise of the Defunct . This Mr. Angell , who had the year before his death been appointed by Parliament an Assistant to the Commissioners of Lincolnshire for the ejection of such , who were then called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters , was several times heard to say before he fell sick , that it was his great desire to live to see the conclusion of the year 1660 , hinting that he was very confident that then would be great revolutions in the Kingdom of England . THOMAS WIDDOWES Son of Thom. Wid. Brother , I think , to Giles , mention'd under the year 1645. p. 44 , was born at Mickleton in Glocestershire , entred a Student in Gloc. Hall in 1626 aged 14 years , where continuing about 8 Terms was made Demy of Magd. Coll. by the favour of Dr. Frewen President thereof . Afterwards taking the degrees in Arts , he was by the endeavours of the same Person made Master of the College School at Glocester in the place of Joh. Langley an . 1640. at which time Dr. Frewen was Dean of the Cath. Church there . But Widdowes being soon after outed for his Loyalty , he became Minister of Woodstock , and Master of the School there , founded by Rich. Cornwell Citizen and Skinner of Lond. 27. Eliz. dom . 1585. where continuing for some time was removed to the Free school at Northleech in Glocestershire , a place of more value . He hath written , The just Devil o● Woodstock : or , a true narrative of the several apparitions , the frights and punishments , inflicted upon the Rumpish Commissioners sent thither to survey the Mannors and Houses belonging to his Majestie . Lond. 1649. qu. It is a diary , which was exactly kept by the Author for his own satisfaction , intending not to print it . But after his death the copy coming into the hands of another Person , 't was printed in Dec. 1660 , and had the year 1649 put in the bottom of the title , as if it had been then printed . The names of the Commissioners were Cockaine , Hart , Unton Croke , Careless , and Roe Captains ; Rich. Croke the Lawyer , afterwards Recorder of Oxon. and Browne the surveyor . The Book is very impartially written , and therefore worth the reading by all , especially the many Atheists of this age . Our Author also hath written , A short survey of Woodstock — Taken from antient Authors , and printed with the former . He hath also written , as I have been told certain matters pertaining to the faculty of Grammar , for the use of his Scholars , which I have not yet seen . He was buried in the Church of Northleech beforemention'd on the 26. of June in sixteen hundred fifty and five . In the year 1649 was printed in one sheet in qu. a Poem intit . The Woodstock scuffle : or , most dreadful apparitions that were lately seen in the Mannor-house of Woodstock near Oxford , &c. the beginning of which is , It were a wonder if one writes , &c. but who the Author of it was , I cannot tell . JOHN LATCH a Sommersetshire man born , descended from a gentile family of his name living at Upper Langford near to Churchill in the said County , was by the care of his Uncle Latch educated in Academical Learning in Oxon. particularly , as I have been informed , in S. Johns Coll , where he made a considerable proficiency in Literature . Afterwards he retired to the Middle Temple , studied the municipal Laws , but being very sickly , lived a solitary and studious life , and improved his natural talent as much as his abilities of body would permit . He hath written , Reports of divers causes , adjudged in the three first years of K. Ch. 1. in the Court of the Kings bench . Lond. 1662. fol. He paid his last debt to nature at Hayes ( as it seems ) in Middlesex , in the month of August in sixteen hundred fifty and five , and was buried in the Church there . Some years before his death he had embraced the R. Cath. Religion , partly , if not altogether , by the perswasion of one called Francis Harvey ( whose right Sirname was Hanmer ) a pretended Solicitor , and a Broker for letting out money , esteemed by the Fanatical Party of that time to be either a Rom. Priest or Jesuit , for by his endeavours his estate came to the Soc. of Jesus . Soon after fell out great controversies between Uncle Latch , who pretended to be Executor to his Nephew , and others entrusted by the R. Catholicks . What the event of the matter was , I know not , only that Hanmer was committed to Newgate Prison , for conveying away his Will , and the matter it self was examined by the Protector in Sept. following . FRANCIS GOLDSMITH or Gouldsmith Son and Heir of Franc. Golds . of S. Giles in the Fields in Midd. Esq . Son of Sir Franc. Goldsmith of Craford in Kent Knight , was educated under Dr. Nich. Grey in Merchant Taylours School , became a Gent. Com. of Pembroke Coll. in the beginning of 1629 , was soon after translated to S. Johns Coll. and after he had taken a degree in Arts , to Greys Inn , where he studied the common Law several years , but other learning more , and wrot . Annotations on Hugh Grotius his Sophompaneus , or Joseph , a Tragedie . Lond. 1652. oct . Which Trag. was , with annotations , printed then in English . He also translated from Lat. H. Grotius his Consolatory Oration to his Father , in verse and prose , with Epitaphs , and also his Catechism into English verse , intit . Luculenta è sacrâ scripturâ testimonia , &c. which translations were printed with the annotations beforemention'd . See more in Nich. Grey among these Writers , under the year 1660. What other things Fr. Goldsmith hath written or translated , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying at Ashton in Northamptonshire either in Aug. or Sept. in sixteen hundred fifty and five , was , I presume , buried there , leaving then behind him a Daugh. named Catherine , afterwards the Wife of Sir Hen. Dacres Knight . His Father Francis Goldsmith died 16. of Decemb. 1634 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church belonging to the Parish of S. Giles in the Fields near to London beforemention'd . TOBIE MATHEW the eldest Son of Dr. Tob. Math. Archb. of York , by Frances his Wife Daugh. of Will. Barlow sometimes Bishop of Chichester , was born , as it seems , in Oxon. while his Father was Dean of Ch. Church , matriculated as a member of that house in the beginning of March 1589 , being then eleven years of age , and the year following had a Students place conferred on him . By the benefit of a good Tutor and pregnant parts , he became a noted Orator and Disputant , and taking the degrees in Arts , he afterwards travelled into various Countries beyond the Seas . At his return he was esteem'd a well qualified Gentleman , and to be one well vers'd in the affairs of other Nations . At length leaving the Church of England by the perswasions of Fath. Parsons the Jesuit , to the great grief of his Father , he entred himself into the Society of Jesus , but whether he took holy Orders is yet to me uncertain . Afterwards growing famous for his eminency in the Politicks , he came into England upon invitation , in January 1621 , to the end that the King might (a) make use of his assistance in certain matters of State. On the 10. of Octob. 1623 he received the honor of Knighthood from his Maj. then at Royston , for his great zeal in carrying on the Spanish match to be had with Prince Charles ; at which time , not only the King , but the chief of the Nobility , and others at Court , had a high value for him , and so continued for several years after . He was highly valued by the most noble Tho. Earl of Strafford , with whom he went into Ireland and continued there for some time , to the end , that his advice and counsel might be used ; which , tho advantageous in several respects to that generous Count , yet it was disliked by many , especially those of the precise party , after they had understood Tob. Mathew's character from one Andr. ab Habernfield in a pretended discovery (b) of a plot of treason against the King , sent in a Letter from Sir Will. Boswell his Majesties Agent at the Hague to Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , in the month of Octob. 1640 , which runs thus , Sir Tob. Mathew a Jesuited Priest , of the order of Politicians , a most vigilant man of the chief Heads , to whom a bed was never so dear that he would rest his head thereon , refreshing his body with sleep in a chair for an hour or two ; neither day nor night , spared he his machinations , a man principally noxious , and himself the plague of the King and Kingdom of England ; a most impudent man , who flies to all banquets and feasts , called or not called ; never quiet , always in action and perpetual motion , thrusting himself into all conversations of superiors . He urgeth conferences familiarly , that he might fish out the minds of men . Whatever he observeth thence , which may bring any commodity or discommodity to the part of the conspirators , he communicates to the Popes Legat , and the more secret things he himself writes to the Pope , or to Cardinal Barbarino . In sum he adjoins himself to any mans company , no word can be spoken , that he will not lay hold on , and communicate to his Party . In the mean time whatever he hath fished out , he reduceth into a Catalogue , and every Summer carrieth it to the general consistory of the Politician Jesuits , which secretly meet together in Wales , where he is an acceptable guest . &c. He was a Person extremely hated by the Presbyterians , and more especially by Prynne , who spared not to say , because he was acquainted with Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. that he was sent into England by the Pope ( Urban the 8. with whom he was in great esteem ) to reconcile England to the Church of Rome ; in which work also , he ( as they further say ) received a Pension from the said Card. Barbarino the Protector of the English Nation at Rome . But letting these bare reports pass , I shall only tell you that he had all his Fathers name , and many of his natural parts ; was also one of considerable learning , good memory and sharp wit , mixed with a pleasant affability in behaviour , and a seeming sweetness of mind , though sometimes , according to the company he was in , pragmatical and a little too forward . He hath written and translated several things , but all that I have yet either seen or heard of , are only these . A rich Cabinet of precious Jewells . — When printed ( unless in 1623 ) or where , I know not . A collection of Letters . Lond. 1660. oct . Character of the most excellent Lady , Lucy Countess of Carlile — Printed with the collection : She being the Goddess that he adored , was the reason why Sir John Suckling brought him into the Poem called The Session ( or Court ) of Poets , thus . Toby Mathews ( Pox (c) on him ) what made him there ? Was whispering (d) something in some-bodies eare When he had the honor to be named in court , But Sir you may thank my Lady Carleil for't . The said Lucy was Daughter of Hen. Percy Earl of Northumberland , who dying issuless in Nov. 1660 , was buried in the Church at Petworth in Sussex by her Ancestors . Letters to several Persons ▪ Lond. 1660. oct . printed with the collection and character , with his picture before them . Among which letters , are perhaps those of his writing in the Cabala , Mysteries of state , published in 1654 , and in the Cabala or Scrinia Sacra , printed at Lond. 1663. He also wrot a book to shew the benefit that proceeds from washing the head every morning in cold water ; which I have not yet seen , and had gone far in the History of the late times , but leaving it imperfect , it never yet saw light . He translated into English ( 1 ) S. Austins confessions , printed in oct . sold in 1624 ( about which time it was printed ) for sixteen shillings a Copy , tho as one (e) saith it might have been afforded for 2 s. 6 d. ( 2 ) The Life of S. Teresa pr. about 1623. in oct . ( 3 ) The penitent Bandito : or , the history of the conversion and death of the most illustrious Lord Signor Troilo Savelli a Baron of Rome . printed about the same time . The second edit . of it came forth in 1663 in oct . He also translated into the Italian tongue , The Essaies of Francis Lord Bacon , printed at Lond. in oct . He concluded his last day at Gaunt in Flanders on the 13. of Octob. in sixteen hundred fifty and five , ( according to the accompt they there follow ) in the house of the third probation of the English FF of the society of Jesus , and was buried in a Vault under the Church belonging to them , without any kind of pomp or splendor in funeral , according to his will. On his Coffin of wood , was a leaden plate fastned , with this written thereon , Hic jacet D. Tobias Matthaei . JEROM TURNER Son of George Turner was born at Yeovill in Somersetshire , educated in Grammar learning there , made his first entry into the University in Easter term 1633 aged 18 years , and soon after being made Batler of S. Edmunds Hall , took the degree of Bach. of Arts as a Member thereof , in the year 1636 and compleated it by Determination . Not long after he became Schoolmaster of Beer ( belonging to Seaton in Devon ) where also he preached as an Assistant to his very good Friend Hugh Gundrey his Fathers kinsman , for the space of two years . Thence he removed to Axmonth in the said County , where he served as an Assistant also to Will. Hook then Minister of that place , ( afterwards in New England , and at length Master of the Savoy in the Strand near London ) with whom he continued about two years more . From thence he removed to Compton two miles from the place of his nativity , where he continued a while , and thence removed to Sir Thom. Trenchard to be his Chaplain , continuing there till 1641 , about which time , the Civ . War breaking out , he was forced to fly to Southampton for refuge , where he continued during the heat of the Wars , and preached with the great approbation of the Presbyterian Ministers and People there . So much , it seems , they were taken with his Sermons , that they earnestly perswaded him to print an exposition he had made on the first Chapter of the Epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesians , but he could not be prevailed upon to do it . The Wars being over , and Neitherbury a great country Parish in Dorsetshire being void of a Minister , he , by the sollicitations of friends went thither , and became their Pastor in the beginning of Oct. 1646 , where he continued a constant Preacher , doing good in his zealous way to his dying day . His love to learning was very great , and his delight to exercise himself was greater than his weak body could bear . He had a strong memory , which he maintained good to the last by temperance . He was well skill'd in Greek and Hebrew , was a fluent (f) Preacher , but too much addicted to Calvinisme . He hath transmitted to posterity , A Breast-plate for the keeping of the heart ; being the substance of certaine Sermons on Prov. 4.23 . former part . Lond. 1660. in oct . A rich treasurie for the promises , being the substance of other Sermons on Micah 7.19 . Lond. 1660. oct . Some , or all , of these Sermons , were published in 1650. in oct . Which two treatises ( The Breast-plate and Rich treasurie ) were published by Hugh Gundrey beforemention'd and one Joseph Crabb , who dedicated them to William Lord Sydenham , a member of Olivers Council , one of his Lords , and sometimes a Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll. in this University . Exposition on the first Chapt. of the Epist . of S. Paul to the Ephesians — whether this was published after his death I cannot tell . He paid his last debt to nature on the 27 of Novemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and five , and was buried ( I suppose ) in the Church of Neitherbury , having before married Joane , the Daugh. of George Scullard of Rumsey in Hampshire , and been appointed an Assistant to the Commissioners of Dorsetshire and Pool , for the ejection of such whom the godly party called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . GILES WORKMAN Son of Will. Workm . was born at Newton-Bagpath in Glocestershire , entred a Batler in Magd. Hall in the year of his age 18 , dom . 1623 , took the degrees in Arts and afterwards became Vicar of Wallford in Herefordshire , Master of the College School in Glocester , and at length by the favour of Matth. Hale Esq . ( afterwards L. Ch. Just . of the Kings-bench ) he became Rector of Alderley in Glocestershire . He hath written , A modest examination of Lay-mens preaching , discovered to be neither warranted by the Word of God , nor allowed by the judgment or practice of the Churches of Christ in New England , &c. Lond. 1646. in about 6. sh . in qu. What else he hath published , unless one or more Sermons , which I have not yet seen , I know not , nor any thing besides , only that he dying in sixteen hundred fifty and five ( as his eldest Son hath informed me ) was buried in the Church of Alderley beforemention'd . This Person who was a quiet and peaceable Puritan had a Brother called John Workman a schismatical Lecturer in Glocester , who by medling with things indifferent , created not only a trouble to his Diocesan , but to the Archb. of Canterbury , as you may fully see in Canterburies Doome . THOMAS WILLIS whom some pedagogical Writers call Volentius , was born of a gentile Family of his name living at Fenny compton in Warwickshire , began to be conversant with the Muses in S. Johns Coll , in Easter term 1602 , aged 19 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , and soon after became Schoolmaster at Thistleworth or Istleworth in Middlesex , where he spent near 50 years of his time in the instruction of youth , for whose use he wrot these things following . Vestibulum Linguae Latinae . A Dictionary for Children , consisting of two parts , &c. containing near ten thousand words , besides thrice the number derived from , and known by , them &c. Lond. 1651. oct . Phraseologia Anglo-Latina . Anglicisms latinized &c. Lond. 1655. oct . This is the same which hath another title sometimes set to it , running thus . Proteus vinctus . Sive aequivoca sermonis Anglicani , ordine alphabetico digesta , & latine reddita . To this Book was afterwards added — Paraemilogia Anglo-latina . Or , a collection of Engl. and Lat. Proverbs and proverbial sayings matched together . Both which were printed in one Vol. at Lond. 1672. oct . This last was wrot with a design to supply what was defective and wanting in our Author Willis his Phraseologia , &c. by Will. Walker , bred up in School learning under Joh. Clerk Bach. of Div. sometimes publick Schoolmaster of Lincoln , afterwards teacher of a private School in Fiskerton in Nottinghamshire and a Writer of school-books : under whom he the said Walker being ripen'd for the University , was sent to Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , where he took the degrees in Arts and one in Divinity ; afterwards he became Master of the publick School at Lowth in Lincolnshire , ( founded by K. Ed. 6. ) then Rector of Colsterworth in the same County by the donation of Dr. Tho. Pierce , as Prebendary , I think , of Lincoln , ( who had been for several years a great encourager of Mr. Walker's useful studies ) and at length Master of the Free-school at Grantham , where he continued to the time of his death which hapned in the beginning of January , or thereabouts , an . 1684. This person , who was very useful in his generation , hath written and published , ( 1 ) Treatise of English Particles , several times printed . ( 2 ) Troposchematologiae Rhetoricae libri duo . Lond. 1668. dedic . to his Patron Dr. Pierce ▪ before mention'd . ( 3 ) Explanations of the Royal , commonly called Lillyes , Grammar , in two parts . Lond. 1670. 74. oct . ( 4 ) Modest plea for Infant Baptism . Cantab. 1677. in tw . ( 5 ) English Examples of the Lat. Syntaxis , &c. Lond. 1683. oct . with his picture before it ; aged 59 years ; and other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen , particularly his Dictionary of English and Latine Idioms , and his book intit . De argumentorum inventione libri duo , &c. in oct . ROBERT MATON son of Will. Maton of Tudworth in Wilts , was born in that County , became a Commoner of Wadh. Coll. in Mich. term , an . 1623 , aged 16 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards holy Orders , but where beneficed , unless in his own Country , I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , but that , as to opinion , he was always in his heart a Millinary , which he never discovered in publick till the Rebellion broke out , and then the Press being open for all Opinions , he published these things following . Israels Redemption : or , a prophetical history of our Saviours Kingdom on earth , that is of the Church Catholick , and Triumphant , on Acts 1.6 . Lond. 1642. oct . Discourse of Gog and Magog , or the battle of the great day of God Almighty , on Ezek. 38.2 . — Printed with the former book . Comment on the 20 chap. of the Rev. Lond. 1652. quart . Israels Redemption redeemed : or , the Jews general and miraculous Conversion to the faith of the Gospel , and return into their own Land , and our Saviours personal reign on Earth , proved from the Old and New Test . &c. of purpose to satisfie all Gainsayers , and particularly Mr. Alex. Petrie Minister of the Scottish Church at Roterdam . Divided in two parts . Lond. 1646. qu. Which book being answer'd by the said Petrie , it came out again under this title with additions and amendments , A Treatise of the fifth Monarchy : or Christs personal reign on Earth one thousand years with his Saints , &c. Lond. 1655. qu. JOHN HALES a younger son of Joh. Hales , ( Steward to the family of the Horners in Somersetshire ) eldest son of Edw. Hales of Highchurch in the said County , son of Jo. Hales of the same place , son of Rich. Hales , by his wife the daughter of Beauchamp ; was born in the Parish of S. James within the City of Bathe and educated in Grammar Learning there . At 13 years of age he was sent to the University in the beginning of the year 1597 , and was for some time a Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. At length the prodigious pregnancy of his parts being discovered by the Hedge-beaters of Sir Hen. Savile , he was encouraged by them to stand for a Fellowship of Merton Coll. Whereupon an Election being appointed and made in 1605 ( 3 Jac. 1. ) and all the Candidates sifted and examined to the utmost , he was the first that was chosen . In which Election , as he shew'd himself a person of Learning above his age and standing , so thro the whole course of his Bachellourship there was never any one in the then memory of man ( so I have been informed by certain Seniors of that Coll. at my first coming thereunto ) that ever went beyond him for subtile Disputations in Philosophy , for his eloquent Declamations and Orations ; as also for his exact knowledge in the Greek Tongue , evidently demonstrated afterwards , not only when he read the Greek Lecture in that Coll. but also the publick Lecture of that Tongue in the Schools . His profound learning and natural endowments , ( not that I shall take notice of his affability , sweetness of nature and complaisance , which seldom accompany hard Students and Criticks ) made him beloved of all good men , particularly of Savile before mentioned , who found him , tho young , serviceable in his Edition of S. Chrysostom's Works , and therefore often-mention'd with honor by that noted Greecian Andrew Downes Greek Professor of Cambridge . Afterwards he was made Fellow of Eaton Coll , partly , if I mistake not , by the help of Savile , and partly by Sir Dudley Carleton , with whom he went , in the quality of Chaplain , when he was sent Embassador to the United Provinces , at what time the Synod of Dort was celebrated , an . 1618 , where our Author Hales did good service in several respects , so far as his capacity did permit him . From that time till about the year 1638 , no great matters occur memorable of him , only his acquaintance with Will. Chillingworth , whom he assisted in his great work , as I shall anon tell you , which made him to be noted among the learned , especially for certain opinions that were not thought fit to be by him entertained . In that year , I say , Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , who had received cognisance of his great worth , did send for him to Lambeth , sifted , and ferreted him about from one hole to another , in certain matters of Religion that he partly then , but more in his younger days , maintained : And finding him an absolute Master of Learning , made him , upon his complyance , one of his Chaplains , and procured a Canonry of Windsore for him , installed therein 27 of June 1639. which , with his Fellowship , was all that this most incomparable person , whom I may justly stile a walking Library , enjoy'd . He was a man highly esteemed by learned men beyond , and within , the Seas , from whom he seldom fail'd to receive Letters every week , wherein his judgment was desir'd as to several points of Learning . He was a very hard Student to the last , and a great Faster , it being his constant custom to fast from Thursday dinner to Saturday : And tho a person of wonderful knowledge , yet he was so modest , as to be patiently contented to hear the disputes of persons at table , and those of small abilities , without interposing or speaking a word , till desir'd . As for his justness and uprightness in his dealings , all that knew , have avouched him to be incomparable : For when he was Bursar of his Coll. and had received bad money , he would lay it aside , and put good of his own in the room of it to pay to others . Insomuch that sometimes he has thrown into the River 20 and 30 l. at a time . All which he hath stood to , to the loss of himself , rather than others of the Society should be endamaged . After the Civil War began , occasion'd by the iniquity of the restless Presbyterians , he was turn'd out of all , and into his Fellowship was thrust in by the Authority of Parliament , one Penwarden , who being afterwards touch'd in conscience for the wrong he had done so worthy a person by eating his bread , went and voluntarily would have resign'd up the place again to him , but Mr. Hales refused , telling him , that the Parliament having put him out , he was resolved never to be put in again by them . As for his Canonry of Windsore , it laid void till his Majesties Restauration , an . 1660 , and then 't was bestowed on Anth. Hawles D. D. sometimes of Queens Coll. in Oxon. At length he being reduced to necessity , was forced to sell the best part of his most admirable Library ( which cost him 2500 l. ) to Cornelius Bee of London Bookseller , for 700 l. only , as I have been informed by persons of unquestionable veracity . 'T is true that one of the Sedleian Family of Kent did invite him to live in his Family , with an Allowance of 100 l. per an , the keeping of two Horses and a Servants diet , but he being wedded to a retir'd and studious life , refused to accept of that generous offer ; yet about that time he accepted of a quarter of that Salary , with his diet , in the family of one Madam Salter ( Sister , if I mistake not , to Dr. Duppa B. of Sarum ) who lived near Eaton , purposely that he should instruct her son Will. Salter ; but he being blockish , Hales could do nothing upon him . Afterwards a Declaration issuing out , prohibiting all persons from harbouring Malignants , that is Royalists , he left that Family , notwithstanding rhe Lady desired him to the contrary , telling him , that she would undergo all danger that might ensue by harbouring him , and retiring to Eaton , he took up his quarters and sojourned in an house next to the Christopher Inn , belonging then to Hannah the widow of John Dickenson , ( a Servant from his youth to our Author Hales ) and afterwards the wife and widdow of one Sim. Powney ; which Hannah was very careful of , and respectful to , him , as having formerly at her Marriage received of his bounty . Other persons of the loyal party , would have exhibited to , had they not been equal sharers in affliction with , him , and therefore it was that he died in an obscure condition , much pitied by many then in being , but by more in the next generation , particularly by such ( which you 'll say is a wonder ) that were no friends to the Church of England , who did (a) reckon it not one of the least ignominies of that age , that so eminent a person of the Church of England ( as Hales was ) should have been by the iniquity of the times reduced to those necessities under which he lived , &c. And whereas he had been heard to say in his former days that he thought he should never dye a Martyr , yet he was known to live a Confessor , and died little less than a Martyr for the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England . The Publisher (b) of his Remains doth tell us , that He was a man of as great sharpness , quickness , and stability of wit , as ever this , or perhaps any , Nation bred . His Industry did strive , if it were possible , to equal the largeness of his capacity . Proportionable to his Reading was his Meditation , which furnished him with a judgment beyond the vulgar reach of man. So that he really was a most prodigious example of an acute and piercing wit , of a vast and illimited knowledge , of a severe and profound judgment , &c. He tells us also , that he was true and just in his secular Transactions , and charitable beyond example , and as a Christian , none was ever more acquainted with the nature of the Gospel , because none more studious of the knowledge of it than he . That he was sollicited to write , and thereby to teach the World , but would resolve against it ; yet did not hide his Talent , being so communicative that his Chamber was a Church and his Chair a Pulpit , and (c) was as communicative of his Knowledge , as the celestial Bodies of their Light and Influences . When the King and Court resided at Windsore , he was much frequented by Noble-men and Courtiers , who delighted much in his company , not for his severe or retired Walks of Learning , but for his polite Discourses , Stories and Poetry , in which last , 't is supposed , he was excellent ; for a noted (d) Poet of that time doth bring him into The Session of Poets , thus : Hales set by himself most gravely did smile , To see them about nothing keep such a coile , Apollo had spied him , but knowing his mind , Past by and call'd Falkland (e) that sate just behind . Those that remember and were well acquainted with Mr. Hales , have said , that he had the most ingenious Countenance that ever they saw , that it was sanguine , chearful , and full of air : Also that his stature was little and well proportion'd , and his motion quick and nimble . And they have verily supposed , that had not Extremities contributed to the shortning of his days , Nature would have afforded him life till he had been 90 years old or more . The things that he hath written are these . Oratio funebris in obitum Cl. Equitis Tho. Bodleii , 29 Mar 1613. Oxon. 1613. qu. printed again in 1681. in the Collection of Lives , published by Dr. Will. Bates . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. at S. Maries on Tuesday in Easter week , on Pet. 3.16 . Oxon. 1617. qu. and divers others ▪ which you may see in his Remains . One Joh. Hales hath a Sermon of Duells extant , on Numb . 35.33 . which I take to be the same with our Author , yet it is not printed in his said Remains . Another also Concerning the abuse of obscure and difficult places of Scripture , &c. Quaere . Dissertatio de pace & concordia Ecclesiae . Eleutheropoli 1628. in tw . This book which is much celebrated by famous Authors , is printed in the same character and at the same supposed place , as his Brevis disquisitio , and therefore by the generality is taken to be written by our Author . Brevis disquisitio , an & quomodo vulgo dicti Evangelici Pontificios , ac nominatim Val. Magni De Acatholicorum credendi regula judicium , solidè atque evidenter refutare queant . Eleuth . 1633. in 16. This book containeth , as the Puritan then said , Sundry , both Socinian and Pelagian Points , as also that the body which shall be raised in the Resurrection is not idem numero : And that Souls do not live till the Resurrection , besides other points , &c. 'T is true that certain of the principal Tenents were cunningly inserted therein , pretending them for the best Expedients to appease some Controversies between the Ch. of England and Rome . A Tract concerning Schism and Schismaticks , wherein is briefly discovered the original and cause of all Schism . — All or most of this Pamphlet was taken , as 't is said , from Socinus , and written about the year 1636 , partly , as some think , out of discontent , that he had no preferment confer'd on him , partly , as others say , for the encouragement of some great Masters of Wit and Reason to dispute the Authority of the Church , and partly at the request of his friend W. Chillingworth , who desired some such matter of , to be used by , him , in the composition of his book intit . The Religion of Protestants , &c. Several copies of it were transmitted from hand to hand , and one coming into those of Dr. Laud , he therefore sent for him , as I have already told you , entred into a long discourse with him about certain particulars therein , and being drawn over to his mind , our Author Hales , as 't is (f) said , recanted , and was then resolved ( tho before inconstant ) to be orthodox , and to declare (g) himself a true Son of the Church of England both for Doctrine and Discipline . This Tract was afterwards published without a name , in one large sh . in qu. an . 1642 , when the Press was open for every Opinion . And since it hath given great advantage and use to some that have not loved , nor are Lovers of , the Ch. of Engl. as ( 1 ) E. S. in his Irenicum . ( 2 ) Dr. Jo. Owen in his Plea for the Nonconformists . ( 3 ) The Author of Separation no Schism , wrot against Dr. Jo. Sharp's Sermon before the Lord Mayor , on Rom. 14.19 . ( 4 ) Andr. Marvell in his Rehearsal transpros'd , part 1. &c. So that advantage being taken by it , and the Tract several times printed , some of the orthodox Clergy have answer'd it ; among which have been ( 1 ) Rob. Conold M. A. in his Notion (h) of Schism in two letters . The last of which is against Hales . ( 2 ) Tho. Long B. D. in his Character of a Separatist , but more largely in his book intit . Mr. Hales's Treatise of Schism examined and censur'd , &c. One Philip Scot also , a Rom. Cath. doth modestly accost our Author in his Treatise of the Schism of England , Amsterd . 1650. in tw . but he goes another way to work . See more in Will. Page among these Writers , under the year 1663. Golden Remains . Lond. 1659. 73. 88. oct . These Remains consist of Sermons , Miscellanies , Letters and Expresses from the Synod of Dort , &c. Tract concerning sin against the Holy Ghost . Lond. 1677. oct . Tract conc . the Sacrament of the Lords Supper . — A just censure of which you may see in a book intit . An account of the Greek Church , &c. written by Tho. Smith B. of D. of Magd. Coll. printed 1680. p. 169. Paraphrase on S. Mathews Gospel . Tract concerning the Power of the Keys , and Auricular Confession . Miscellanies . — With these is printed his Tract concerning Schism before mention'd , according to the orig . copy . These four last things are printed and go with his Tract concerning sin against the Holy Ghost . At length having lived to the age of seventy and two years , concluded his last day at Eaton , in the house of Hannah Powney before mentioned , on Munday the nineteenth day of May , at about eight of the clock at night , in sixteen hundred fifty and six , and was , according to his desire , buried ( but little better than in private ) in Eaton College Churchyard . Over his grave was afterwards an Altar Monument erected , at the charge of one Pet. Curwen sometimes a Scholar of Eaton and his great Admirer , with an Inscription thereon , which partly runs thus : Musarum & charitum amor Johannes Halesius ( nomen non tam hominis quam scientiae ) hic non jacet , at lutum quod assumpsit optimum infra ponitur , nam certe supra mortales emicuit moribus suavissimis , ingenio subtilissimo , pectore pleno sapuit mundo sublimior adeoque aptior Angelorum choro , &c. WILLIAM HOWE son of Will. Howe , was born in London , educated in Merchant Taylors School , became a Commoner of S. Johns Coll. in 1637 , and in that of his age 18 , or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , entred upon the Physick line , bore Arms for his Maj. King Ch. 1. in Oxon , at what time the generality of Scholars then remaining in the University did the like ; and being very forward in expressing his Loyalty , was afterwards made Captain of a Troop of Horse . But upon the declining of his Majesties Cause , he desisted , prosecuted his study in Physick , retired to London , practised that Faculty , first in S. Laurence Lane , and then in Milkstreet , and was commonly called by the name of Doctor Howe . This person being a noted Herbalist or Simpler of his time , wrot and published , Phytologia Britannica , natales exhibens indiginarum stirpium sponte emergentium . Lond. 1650. oct . and obtained , co●rected and published a book of Mathew de L'obell the Kings Botanist , intit . Stirpium illustrationes ; plurimas elaborantes inauditas plantas , subreptitiis Jo. Parkinsoni rapsodiis ( ex codice Ms . insalutato ) sparsim gravatae , &c. Lond. 1655. qu. before which our Author Howe put an Epistle to the Reader . He died in his house in Milkstreet in the month of Aug. or beginning of Sept. in sixteen hundred fifty and six , and was buried , according to his will , I suppose , in the Church of S. Margaret within the City of Westminster , in a grave at least six foot deep , on the left side of the body of his Mother . He left behind him a choice Library of books of his Faculty , but how they were bestowed I cannot tell . JOHN PENDARVES son of Jo. Pend. of Crowan in the County of Cornwal , was born there , or at least in that County , admitted a poor Scholar or Servitour of Exeter Coll. on the eleventh of Decemb. in the year 1637 and in that of his age 15 , where by the benefit of a good Tutor , he became a tolerable Disputant . In the latter end of 1641 he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , and compleated it by Determination . At which time all things in the Nation tending to a confusion , he left the Coll. in July 1642 , sided with the rout , and by a voluble tongue having obtained the way of canting , went up and down ( unsent for ) preaching in houses , barns , under trees , hedges , &c. At length after several changes , he setled his mind on Anabaptism , and having got a numerous multitude of Disciples , made himself head of them ▪ defied all Authority , contradicted and opposed all orthodox Ministers in their respective Offices and Employments , challenged them to prove their calling , and spared not many times to interrupt them in their Pulpits , and to urge them to disputes . At length after several Challenges , Jasp . Mayne D. D. of Ch. Church ( who had been much troubled with him at Pyrton near Watlington in Oxfordshire ) undertook to be his Respondent . So that the eleventh of Sept. 1652 , being appointed for the Encounter in the Church at Watlington , were present innumerable people on each side ; but Pendarves being back'd with a great party of Anabaptists and the scum of the People , who behaved themselves very rude and insolent , the Disputation was so interrupted , that it came to nothing . This Fellow ( who was Lecturer at Wantage , and Pastor to the Anabaptists at Abendon in Berkshire ) tho he accounted himself a true born English man , yet he was so ill deserving to be reckoned so , as that like to another Herostratus , he ( with his brethren ) did endeavour by raising a desperate combustion to utterly undo the distressed and tottering Church of England , which in few years before was accounted glorious and renowned . And as we may really suppose that he did these things to no other end but to gain wealth and make himself famous to posterity ; so would it , ( I know ) be accounted worthy by some , if my omission of his name could bury him in oblivion . But so it is , that his Works are fled abroad , and have been , and are yet , entertained by , and taken into the hands of , many ; and therefore if I should do it 't would be to little purpose . The titles of such that I have seen are these . Arrowes against Babylon : or , Queries serving to a clear discovery of the Mystery of iniquity , Lond. 1656. qu. Answer●d by Will. Ley Minister of Wanting alias Wantage , Christop . Fowler of Reading and Joh. Tickell of Abendon , in Berks. Endeavours for reformation in Saints apparel . Queries for the People called Quakers . — These last two are printed with the Arrows against Babylon . Prefatory Epistle to a book intit . The Prophets Malachy and Isaiah prophecying to the Saints and Professors of this generation , &c. Lond. 1656. qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Of the fear of the Lord , on Rev. 15. former part of the fourth verse . Lond. 1657. qu. &c. with others , and other theolog . Tracts , which I have not yet seen , particularly the Disputation between him and Doctor Mayne , which Pendarves and his party printed , as I have heard , to their own advantage . At length after a short life spent in continual agitation , he surrendred up his last breath at London about the beginning of September in sixteen hundred fifty and six . Whose body thereupon being embowelled and wrap'd up in Sear-cloth by the care of the Brethren , and afterwards Preparations made for his Funeral , the body was some weeks after conveyed by water to Abendon in Berks. before mentioned : where being lodged in a Grocers house on a Saturday , was Praying and Preaching by the Anabaptists in the said house on Sunday , Munday , and Tuesday , not without Reflections on the then Government by Oliver , and endeavours made to raise Mutinies . About three of the clock in the Afternoon of the said Tuesday , being the 30 of Sept. and the next day after that of S. Michael , his body was conducted from the said house by the Brethren , to a little garden ground then lately purchased for a Burial-place for the Anabaptists , situate and being in Oxstreet at the west end of the said Town , where it was with great lamentation by them deposited . At the same time was such a great party of that Faction present , that Oliver being suspicious of some mischief that might arise , sent Maj. General Joh. Bridges with eight Troops of Horse to those parts , who taking up his quarters at Wallingford , many of his men attended in , and near , Abendon during the time of Praying , Preaching , and Burying . After the burial , were tumults raised by Preaching , which would have ended in blows , had not the Soldiers intercepted , and sent them home . SIMON BIRCKBEK son of Tho. Birck . Esq . was born at Hornbie in Westmorland , became a Student in Queens Coll. in the year 1600 , and that of his age 16 , where he was successively a poor serving child , Tabarder or poor child , and at length Fellow , being then Master of Arts. About which time ( viz. 1607. ) entring into holy Orders , he became a noted Preacher in these parts , was esteem'd a good Disputant and well read in the Fathers and Schoolmen . In 1616 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and the year after became Vicar of the Church of Gilling and of the Chappel of Forcet near Richmond in Yorksh . by the favour of his Kinsman Humph. Wharton Esq . Receiver general of his Majesties Revenues within the Archd. of Richmond , the Bishoprick of Durham and County of Northumberland . In which place being setled , he was much esteemed by the Clergy and Laity of the Neighbourhood , for his exemplary life and conversation . He hath written , The Protestants evidence , shewing that for 1500 years next after Christ , divers guides of Gods Church have in sundry points of Religion taught as the Church of England now doth . Lond. 1634. 35. qu. There again with many additions in fol. an . 1657. This book was valued by Selden and other learned men ; because therein the Author had taken great and worthy pains in producing out of every Century Witnesses to attest the Doctrine of the Ch. of Engl. in the points by him produced against the contrary doctrine of the Trent Council and Church of Rome . Answer to a Romish Antidotist . Lond. 1657. at the end of the former book , printed in fol. Treatise of Death , Judgment , Hell and Heaven . — He was buried in the Chappel of Forcet before mention'd , on the 14 of Sept. in sixteen hundred fifty and six , near to the Font there . Over his grave was soon after a grey marble stone laid , with an Inscription thereon engraven , which for brevity sake I shall now pass by , and only tell you , that this our Author Birckbek submitted to the men in power in the times of Usurpation , and therefore kept his Benefice without fear of Sequestration . RICHARD CAPEL was born of good Parentage within the City of Glocester , educated in Grammar Learning there , became a Commoner of S. Albans Hall in the beginning of the year 1601 , and in that of his age 17 , elected Demy of Magd. Coll. soon after , and in the year 1609 he was made perpetual Fellow of that House , being then Mast . of Arts , which was the highest degree he took in this University . While he continued there , his eminency was great , was resorted to by noted men , especially of the Calvinian Party , had many Pupils put to his charge , of whom divers became afterwards noted for their Learning , as Accepted Frewen Archb. of York , Will. Pemble , &c. Afterwards leaving the Coll. upon the obtaining of the Rectory of Eastington in his own Country , became eminent there among the puritannical Party for his painful and practical way of preaching , his exemplary life and conversation , and in doing many good offices for those of his function . When the book concerning Sports on the Lords day was ordered to be read in all Churches , an . 1633 , he refused to do it , and thereupon willingly resigning his Rectory , obtained licence to practice Physick from the Bishop of Glocester : so that setling at Pitchcomb near to Strowd in the said County , ( where he had a temporal Estate ) was resorted to , especially by those of his opinion , for his success in that faculty . In the beginning of the grand Rebellion he closed with the Presbyterians , was made one of the Ass . of Divines , but refused to sit among them , and was , as I conceive , restored to his Benefice , or else had a better confer'd on him . He was esteemed by those of his opinion an excellent Preacher , and one that kept close to the footings of Jo. Dod , Rob. Cleaver , Arth. Hildersham and Jo. Rainolds ; of the last of whom he would often say , that He was as learned a man as any in the world , as godly also as learned , and as humble as godly . He hath written , God's valuation of mans soul , in two sermons on Mark 8.36 . Lond. 1632. qu. Tentations ; their nature , danger , and cure ; in four parts . Lond. 1650. oct . &c. Each part came out by it self before that time . Brief dispute touching restitution in the case of usury . — Printed with the Tentations . This Brief dispute , with the Short discourse of Usury , by Rob. Bolton , and the Usurer cast , by Chr. Jellinger , M. A. are replyed upon by T. P. — Lond. 1679. Apology in defence of some Exceptions against some particulars in the book of Tentations . Lond. 1659. oct . Remaines : being an useful Appendix to his excellent Treatise of Tentations , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . He paid his last debt to nature at Pitchcomb before mention'd on the 21 of Sept. in sixteen hundred fifty and six , and was buried within the Precincts of the Church there . His Fathers name was Christopher Capel a stout Alderman of the City of Glocester , and a good friend to such Ministers that had suffer'd for Nonconformity . He was born at Hoo-capel in Herefordshire , and by Grace his Wife daughter of Rich. Hands , had issue Rich. Capel before mention'd . EDMUND WINGATE son of Roger Windg . of Bornend and Sharpenhoe in Bedfordshire Esq . was born in 1593 , became a Commoner of Queens Coll. in 1610 , and took one degree in Arts ; which being compleated by Determination , he retired to Greys Inn , where he had entred himself before that time a Student for the obtaining knowledge in the municipal Laws . But his genie being more bent to the noble study of Mathematicks , which had before been promoted and encouraged in Queens Coll. did at length arrive to great eminence in that faculty , and was admired by those few in London that then professed it . In 1624 he transported into France the Rule (*) of Proportion , having a little before been invented by Edm. Gunter of Gresham Coll , and communicated it to most of the chiefest Mathematicians then residing in Paris : who apprehending the great benefit that might accrue thereby , importun'd him to express the use thereof in the French Tongue . Which being performed accordingly , he was advised by Mounsier Alleawne the Kings chief Engineer to dedicate his book to Mounsier the Kings only Brother , since Duke of Orleance . Nevertheless the said work coming forth as an Abortive ( the publishing thereof being somewhat hastned , by reason an Advocate of Diion in Burgundy began to print some uses thereof , which Wingate had in a friendly way communicated to him ) especially in regard Gunter himself had learnedly explained its use in a far larger Volume . For albeit it were great presumption in Wingate to assume to himself the reputation of having better abilities to describe any of the uses thereof , yet he could averr upon his own knowledge , that he did forbear to explain its use , because he took it for granted , none would meddle with it , but such only who were already well able to understand how to number upon it , having before hand acquainted themselves with the manner of numbring upon Scales , and with the nature of Logarithms . After our Author Wingates return from France , where he taught the Kings daughter Henrietta Maria ( afterwards Queen of England ) and her Ladies the English Tongue , he importun'd Gunter to make a fuller Explanation how to number upon it , ( viz. the Rule of Proportion ) to the end that the use thereof might by that means be made more publick ; but his Answer was , That it could not be expected that the rule should speak ; intimating thereby , that the Practitioner should ( in that point ) rely much upon discretion , and not altogether depend upon precepts and examples . Some time before the grand Rebellion broke out , he the said Wingate became a Bencher of Greys Inn , ( having a seat then at Ampthill in Bedfordshire ) afterwards took the Covenant , was made Justice of the Peace , Recorder of Bedford , and had other places of profit confer'd on him . In 1650 , or thereabouts , he took the Oath called the Engagement , became known to Oliver , and was one of the six persons that were elected for the Town and County of Bedford to serve in that Parliament called by Oliver , that met at Westminster 3 Sept. 1654 , about which time he was appointed one of the Commissioners for his County of Bedford to eject such whom they then called ignorant and scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters . He hath written , The use of the rule of Proportion in Arithmetick and Geometry , wherein is inserted the construction and use of the same rule in Questions that concern Astronomy , Dialing , Geometry , Navigation , Gageing , &c. — printed at Paris in the French Language 1624 in oct . and at Lond. in 1645 and 58. in oct . Of natural and artificial Arithmetick ( or Arithmetick made easie ) in two books . Lond. 1630. oct . with an Appendix concerning equation of time . The first of which books , which treats of natural Arithmetick , is only a key to open the secrets of the other , performed by Logarithms ; and both borrowed from John Neper Baron of Markiston in Scotland and Hen. Brigges . But that way and method which our Author takes , is not by Multiplication and Division , but by Addition and Substraction , by which a man may resolve more questions in one hour than by the other in a whole day . In 1650 the first of the said books was reprinted at London in oct . and enlarged with divers Chapters and necessary Rules , and an Appendix of John Kersey Teacher of the Mathematicks in London , and Surveyour , born at Bodicot near Banbury in Oxfordshire , an . 1616 , and died in Chandois street near S. Martins lane in Westminster of a Consumption about 1677 , after he had published two volumes of Algebra in fol. &c. The second book was enlarged and reprinted by our Author Wingate at London 1652. oct . &c. Tables of Logarithmes of the right Sines and Tangents of all the degrees and minutes of the Quadrant : To which is annexed their use for the resolution of all the most necessary Problems in Geometry , Astronomy , Geography , and Navigation , &c. Lond. 1633. oct . It is printed with the Table of Logarithms of all numbers from 1 to 100000. contracted by Nathan . Roe Minister of Benacre in Suffolk . The construction and use of the Logarithmetical Tables , and resolution of Triangles , &c. — This book was first written and published in French , afterwards in English — Lond. 1635. oct . The said Treatise is nothing else but an orderly Compendium , as well of the Construction , as also of the joint and several uses of Briggs his Logarithmes of the Sines and Tangents of all the degrees and minutes of the Quadrant : And altho this our Authors Tables be not the very same as theirs , yet are they all taken and collected out of them , and do all participate of the self same nature and operation . An exact abridgment of all Statutes in force and use from the beginning of Magna Charta untill 1641. Lond. 1642 and 1655. oct . continued under all their proper titles , of all Acts in force and use , untill the year 1670 , &c. by T. M. — Lond. 1670 , in a thick oct . Thence continued to 1681. oct . This abridgment hath been made use of upon divers occasions both in studies and employments , especially at the Assizes and Sessions of Peace . The body of the Common Law of England , as it stood in force before it was altered by Statutes or Acts of Parliament or State ; together with a collection of such statutes as have altered , or do otherwise concern , the same . Lond. 1655. oct . 2d . edit . Ludus Mathematicus : or , an explanation of the description , construction , and use of the numerical table of proportion . Lond. 1654. oct . Construction and use of the line of proportion , whereby the hardest questions of Arithmetick and Geometry in broken and whole numbers are resolved by addition and substraction . Lond. in oct . Tactometria , seu Tetagne-nometria . or , the Geometry of Regulars practically proposed after an exact and new manner , with rules for gageing Vessels . Lond. in oct . The exact Surveighour of Land , to plot all grounds , to reduce and divide the same , by the plain Table , Theolodite , and circumferentur , &c. Lond. in oct . Maxims of reason : or , the reason of the common law of England . Lond. 1658. fol. Justice revived : Being the whole office of a Country Justice of Peace ; briefly and yet more methodically than ever yet extant . Lond. oct . said to be written in the title by E. W. of Greys Inn Esq . which I take to be our Author Edm. Wingate . Statuta Pacis : or , the table of all the Statutes which any way concerned the Office of a Justice of Peace , the several duties of Sherriffs , Head Officers of Corporations , Stewards in Leets , Constables , &c. Lond. in tw . The exact Constable , with his original , and power in the Offices of Church Wardens , Overseers of the Poor , Surveyours of the High-wayes , Treasurers of the County stock , and other inferior Officers , &c. Lond. in tw . said to be written by E. W. of Greys-Inn Esq . which I take to be our Author . He also published Britton ( sometimes Bishop of Hereford , as 't is said ) an antient treatise of the Law. Lond. 1640. oct . 2d . edit . What other Books he hath written or published I know not , nor any thing material of him besides , only that he dying in Greys-inn-lane in Holbourne near London , was buried in S. Andrews Church there , on the 13. day of December in sixteen hundred fifty and six , and that , ( as I have been informed ) he was Master of Arts of this University , and born at Sharpenho beforemention'd : Both which I take to be false because that his admission to that degree occurs not in the publick register , and that in the book of Matriculation subtit . Coll. Reginae he is matriculated as a Yorkshire man born ( his Father or Uncle having then Lands at Flamburg and Great Kelk in that County ) as his elder Brother Roger was , an . 1608. RICHARD STANWIX Son of James Stanw . was born of an antient and gentile Family within the City of Carlile in Cumberland , educated in the Free-school there under Mr. Tho. Robson somtimes of Queens College , admitted a poor serving Child of the said House , being then put under the tuition of Mr. Charles Robson , ( Son of Thom. beforemention'd ) about 1625 aged 17 years : where profiting much in good Letters , was made one of the Tabarders about the time that he was standing for the degree of Bach. of Arts , and Fellow , when Master . About that time entring into holy Orders , he was soon after , through the recommendations of his Provost Dr. Potter , made Chaplain to Tho. Lord Coventry L. Keeper of the Great Seal of England , and after his death to John Lord Finch , ( who succeeded him in that honorable Office of L. K. ) our Author then being Bach. of Divinity . Soon after the said L. Finch withdrawing himself to the Netherlands , upon the approaching troubles in the Long Parliament , which threatned his ruin , our Author returned to his College , where continuing for some time without expectation of any advancement in the Church , was at length prefer'd by Sir Rich. Saltonstall ( somtimes of Qu. Coll. ) to the rectory of Chipping-Warden in Northamptonshire , which he kept , during the time of the Civil War , to his death . He hath written , A holy life here , the only way to Eternal life hereafter : or , a discourse grounded on 2. Cor. 10.4 . Wherein this truth is especially asserted , that , a holy life , or the habitual observing of the Laws of Christ , is indispensably necessary to Salvation . Lond. 1652. oct . &c. Appendix laying open the common neglect of the said Laws among Christians , and vindicating such necessity of observing them from those general exceptions that are wont to be made against it — printed with the former . He had also prepared another book for the press concerning the Socinian controversies , which is not yet made publick . At length after he had submitted to the men in Power , during the times of Usurpation , yeilded to the stroke of death in sixteen hundred fifty and six , or thereabouts . Whereupon his body was buried in the Church of Chipping-Warden beforemention'd . To which place I did formerly send for his Epitaph , thinking therein to receive more knowledge of the Person , but no return hath been yet made . STEPHEN GEREE elder Brother to Jo. Geree mention'd under the year 1648. was a Yorkshire man born , and at 17 years of age , an . 1611 became a Student in Magd. Hall , where going through the courses of Logick and Philosophy , took one degree in Arts , afterwards Holy Orders , and was either a Minister or Schoolmaster , or both . In the time of rebellion I find him Minister of Wonnersh near to Guildford in Surrey , at which time being a zealous Brother for the cause that was then driven on by the Saints , he was removed to a better place called Abinger in the said County . His works are these . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The ornament of Women ▪ or , a description of the true excellency of Women , Serm. at the funeral of Mrs. Elizab. Machel , 15. Apr. 1639 , on Prov. 31.29.30 . Lond. 1639. in tw . and others which I have not yet seen . The Doctrine of the Antinomians by Evidence of Gods truth plainly confuted : In an answer to divers dangerous Doctrines in the seven first Sermons of Dr. Tob. Crisps fourteen , which were first published , &c. — Lond. 1644. qu. The golden meane , being some considerations , together with some cases of conscience resolved , for a more frequent administration of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1656. qu. What other Books or Sermons he hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him . ALAN BLANE or Blaney a Cumberland man born , Son of Tho. Blaney Rector of Acton or Ayketon in the same County , became a poor serving Child of Queens Coll. in the beginning of the year 1625 aged 16 years , ( afterwards Tabarder but never Fellow ) took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1632 , Holy Orders , and had a Benefice confer'd on him , but lost it in the time of Rebellion . Afterwards he retired to Standish in Glocestershire , lived there with the Tenant of the great farm belonging to Joh. Dutton of Shirburne in the said County Esq preached there and at Whitminster a small Curacy near it , but never had any living , or was a setled Incumbent in that Diocess , only much countenanced in his labours by the said Dutton : To whom he dedicated this book following . Festorum Metropolis . The Metropolitan feast : or , the birth day of our Saviour Jes . Christ , proved by Scriptures to be annually kept holy , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. published under the Name or Letter , B. who calls himself Pastor fido , in Exile . It was printed there again in 1654. oct . under the name of Alan Blaney , and answered by John Collins Bachelaur ( afterwards Doctor ) of Divinity and Minister of S. Stephens Church in the City of Norwich , in a book entit . A Caveat for old and new profaneness , &c. Lond. 1653. quart . In which book he also answers that of Edw. Fisher Esq . entit . A Christian Caveat to the old and new Sabbatarians : or a Vindication of our old Gospel Festivals , &c. Our Author Blaney translated also from Latin into English , Synagoga Judaica , &c. Written by Joh. Buxtorsius — Lond. 1656. qu. and perhaps other things . Much about that time he left Standish , and lived near Birkley , in Glocestershire . At length retiring to London died there , as I have been informed by the Chanc. of the Dioc. of Gloc. who made enquiry after him at , or near , Berkley . WILLIAM HIGFORD an Esquires Son , was born at , or near to , Alderton in Glocestershire , became a Gent. Com. of Oriel Coll. in 1595. and being soon after translated to that of Corp. Ch. was put under the tuition of Seb. Benefeild , where by the benefit of good discipline and natural parts he became a well qualified Gentleman . Afterwards taking a degree in Arts , he retired to his Fathers Seat , became a Justice of Peace and much respected by the Lord Chandois , and other Persons of quality in his Country . He left behind him a large book in MS. of his own writing intit . Institutions or advice to his Grandson , in 3. parts — Which being epitomized or contracted by Clem. Barksdale a Minister in Glocestershire , was by him published at Lond. 1658. in oct . Other matters fit for the press he left behind him ; which being not understood by his Children , were lost . He died in his House at Dixton near to Alderton beforemention'd , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Alderton on the sixth day of Apr. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , and in that of his age 77. His Father also had been educated in C. C. Coll. under the tuition of Will. Cole , and his Grandfather Sir John Higford , under Joh. Jewell , both whom , were afterwards zealous puritans , as the Son was . JAMES CRANFORD Son of Jam. Cranford Master of the Free-school at Coventry , was born in that City , became either Commoner or Batler of Ball. Coll. in Lent term 1617 , aged 15 years or thereabouts , took the Degrees in Arts , entred into the sacred function , became Rector of Brookhall or Brockold in Northamptonshire , and at length of S. Christopher Le Stocks near to the Old Exchange in London , which , if I mistake not , he obtained upon the ejection of a Loyalist in the beginning of the grand Rebellion . He was a painful Preacher as to the Doctrine he professed , ( being a zealous Presbyterian ) an exact Linguist , well acquainted with the Fathers , not unknown to the Schoolmen , and familiar with the modern Divines . He hath written , Confutation of the Anabaptists . Lond. in qu. Exposition on the Prophesies of Daniel . Lond. 1644. qu. Haereseo-Machia : or , the mischief which heresies do , and the means to prevent them , Serm. in Pauls before the Lord Mayor , 1 Febr. 1645 , on 2. Tim. 2.17 . Lond. 1646. qu. What other books he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he concluding his last day on the 27. of Apr. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , was buried in the Church of S. Christopher beforemention'd . In the beginning of the Rebellion he was appointed by the Presbyterians a Licenser of the Press in London , which gave him occasion to write several Epistles before Books that were to be published : one of which was set before a Book intituled , The tears of Ireland , wherein is represented a list of the unheard off cruelties of blood thirsty Jesuits and the Popish faction . Lond. 1642. oct . Which Book , as I have been informed by one of his perswasion , was also collected by him . Quaere . THOMAS BLAKE , a Staffordshire man born , was entred into Ch. Church in the year 1616 , and in that of his age 19 , ( but whether in the condition of a Student or Servitour , I know not , ) took the degrees in Arts , Holy Orders , and had some petite employment in the Church bestowed on him . At length when the Presbyterian began to be dominant , he adhered to that Party , took the Covenant , and soon after shewing himself a zealous Brother while he was Pastor of S. Alkmonds in Shrewsbury , ( where I find him in 1647 ) he received a Call , and was made Minister of Tamworth in Staffordshire and Warwickshire , where also being a constant Preacher up of the cause , was thought fit by Oliver and his Council to be nominated one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Staffordshire , for the ejecting of such , whom they then called ignorant and scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters . His works are these . Births priviledg : or , right of Infants Baptisme . Lond. 1644. qu. In which year one Charles Blackwood having published a Book intit . The storming of Antichrist in his two strong garrisons , of compulsion of conscience , and Infants baptisme , &c. Our Author came out with another book intit . Infants Baptisme freed from Antichristianisme against Mr. Blackwood , &c. Lond. 1645. qu. Afterwards our Author published . An answer to Mr. Tombes his Letter in vindication of the birth , priviledge or covenant holyness of believers and their issue , in the time of the Gospel , together with the right of Infants to Baptisme , &c Lond 1646. See more in Jo. Tombes . Vindiciae Foederis . A treatise of the Covenant of God with mankind , in the several kinds and degrees of it : wherein the condition of the Covenant of grace on mans part is asserted , &c. several corollaries containing many controverted heads of Divinity , &c. Infant Baptisme maintained in its Latitude , &c. Lond 1653. qu. The Covenant sealed : or , a treatise of the Sacrament of both Covenants polemical and practical ; especially of the Sacrament of the Covenant of grace , &c. Lond. 1655. qu. Commended to the Reader by the Epistles of Rich. Vines of S. Laurence Jewry in Lond. and Christop . Cartwright of York . Postscript to the rev . and learned Mr. Rich. Baxter , in which these following questions are friendly debated , &c. With an enquiry into the judgment of antiquity about several things in reference to justification — This Postscript is added to The Covenant sealed , &c. Mr. Joh. Humphreys second Vindication of a disciplinary , anti-erastian , orthodox , free admission to the Lords Supper taken into consideration Lond. 1656. qu. This is written by way of Letter . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Serm. on Gal. 2.15 . — Printed 1644. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. on Acts 20.36 . &c. printed 1658. qu. and others , which I have not ye● seen , nor his answer to B. Cox about Free admission to the Sacrament , and his meditations called Living truths in dying times . Printed 1665. in tw . He was bu●ied in the Church at Tamworth beforementioned on the eleventh day of June , in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , at which time being many of the Ministers and others of the neighbourhood present , Mr. Anth. Burgess of Sutton Colfield stept up into the Pulpit and preached his Funeral Sermon , wherein , in the conclusion , he said many things of the Defunct relating to his learning and godliness . The Sermon is scarce , and I could never see a copie of it , otherwise I might have been more large of our learned Author . GILBERT WATS of kin to Rotherham the second Founder of Linc. Coll. became either a Batler or Servitor of that house in the year 1607 , took the degrees in Arts , and in 1616. Nov. 9. was elected Fellow thereof for the County of York . Afterwards he became a very florid Preacher , tho seldom appear'd in publick , and in 1642 , when the K. and his Court were in Oxon he was actually created Doct. of Divinity . He was a Person that understood several Languages well , was esteem'd an excellent wit , and a Master of so smooth a Pen , whether in Lat. or English , that no man of his time exceeded him . He hath translated from Lat. into English the Lord Bacons Book intituled , De augmentis scientiarum . Lond. 1633. Oxon. 1640. qu. &c. In which work he hath come so near that English part which was originally written by the said Lord , that it is a hard matter to discover any difference in their stiles , as was the general vogue of Scholars living when the translation first came out . Since that time , but many years after , have been some who have wished , that a translation had been set forth , in which the genie and spirit of the Lord Bacon , had more appeared : And in a letter written and subscribed by certain Gentlemen to Dr. Will. Rawley his sometimes Chaplain , it appears that they were importunate for another version , — It is our humble sute to you ( say (*) they ) and we do earnestly sollicite you to give your self the trouble to correct the too much defective translations of the book De aug . Scientiarum , which Dr. Wats hath set forth . It is a thousand pities that so worthy a piece should lose its grace and credit by an ill expositor , since those Persons who read that translation , taking it for genuine , and upon that presumption not regarding the Latine Edition , are thereby rob'd of that benefit , which ( if you would please to undertake the business ) they might receive . This tendeth to the dishonour of that noble Lord , and the hindrance of the advancement of learning , &c. The said Dr. Wats also did translate from Ital. into Engl. Davila's book containing The History of the Civil Wars of France , but Sir Ch. Cotterell and William Aylesbury Esq . having had the start of him in that work , prevented him from printing it . He died at Erinsham near to Oxon , in his return from the City of Bathe , ( where he had overcome his antient body by too much sweating ) on the ninth day of Sept. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , and was buried in that Chancel of Allsaints Church in Oxon commonly called the College Chancel , as belonging to Linc. Coll. and not to the Parish of Allsaints . At which time he left behind him these three MSS. of his composition , which would have been published by the Author had he lived a little longer , viz. ( 1 ) Digressions on the advancement to learning . ( 2 ) An Apologie for the instauration of sciences . ( 3 ) Imperial Politicks . JOHN LANGLEY was born near Banbury in Oxfordshire , became a Com. or Batler of Magd. Hall about the year 1612 , took the degrees in Arts , and some years after was made Master of the College School in , and Prebendary of the Cath. Church of , Glocester . In which School teaching about 20 years , was elected Chief Master of that of S. Paul in Lond. in the room of Dr. Alex. Gill , in Jan. 1640 , where , as at Gloc. he educated many who were afterwards serviceable in Church and State. He was learned in the whole body of learning , and not only an excellent Linguist , Grammarian , Historian , Cosmographer and Artist , but a most judicious Divine , and so great an Antiquary , that his delight and knowledge in antiquities , especially those of our own Nation , doth deserve greater commendation , than I can now in a few lines express . He was beloved of learned men , particularly of Selden , and those that adhered to the Long Parliament , but had not much esteem from the Orthodox Clergy , because he was a Puritan , and afterwards a witness against Archb. Laud at his trial , as may be elsewhere (†) seen . He hath written , Totius Rhetoricae adumbratio in usum Scholae Paulinae . Lond. 1644. Camb. 1650. &c. oct . Introduction of Grammar . — Several times printed . He also translated from Lat. into English the Book of Polid. Virgil intit . De rerum inventoribus ; which book had been translated by Joh. Bale in the time of K. Ed. 6. but in old and rude English . Our Author Langley also had made several collections of Histories and Antiquities , that he had gathered in his travels through several parts of England ; which , after his death , coming into the possession ( as 't is said ) of his Brother living near Banbury , he sold them with his collection of Coins , merely for money sake . He died in his house joyning to S. Pauls School on the 13. day of Sept. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , and was buried in Mercers Chappel in Cheapside : At which time a Funeral Sermon on Acts 7.22 , touching the use of humane learning , was preached by Dr. Edw. Reynolds sometimes Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. wherein he said much to the honor of the Defunct . The reader is to note that one John Langley was Minister of West Tuderley in Hampshire , was elected one of the Ass . of Divines in 1643 , and afterwards became a publisher of several matters of Divinity ; but he is not to be understood to be the same with the former Joh. Langley . JOHN GUMBLEDEN a Hampshire man born , was entred a Batler of Broadgates Hall in the latter end of 1616 aged 18 years , made Student of Ch. Ch. soon after , took the Degrees in Arts , preached at Longworth in Berkshire several years , and was admitted to the reading of the sentences in 1632. Upon the turn of the times he sided with the Presbyterians , became Chaplain to Robert Earl of Leycester , and afterwards for a short time Rector of Coytie in Glamorganshire . He hath published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. on Gen. 6.5.6.7 . — printed 1626. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. on Gen. 22.1.2 . — print . 1627. qu. ( 3 ) Gods great mercy to mankind in Jesus Christ , at Pauls cross 1628 , on Isa . 53.6 . Oxon. 1628. qu. ( 4 ) Two Sermons preached before the Univ. of Oxon , on Matth. 11.28 . and on Acts 10.3.4 . Lond. 1657. qu , as also another on Acts 1. from 1. to 5 , which I have not yet seen . Christ tempted , the Devil conquered : or , a short exposition on a part of the fourth chapt . of S. Mathews Gospel . Lond. 1657. qu. He concluded his last day in Sept. or Oct. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Coytie beforemention'd . He had other things of the like nature fit for the press , laying by him ; which , had he lived , he would have published . JOHN FRENCH Son of Joh. Fr. of Broughton near to Banbury in Oxfordshire was born at Broughton , entred into New Inn 1633 aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , entred on the Physick line , practiced his faculty in the Parliament Army by the encouragement of the Fiennes men of Authority in the said Army , and at length became one of the two Physicians to the whole Army , under the conduct of Sir Tho. Fairfax Knight . In 1648 , at which time the Earl of Pembroke visited this University , he was actually created Doctor of Physick , being about that time Physician to the Hospital called the Savoy , and one of the Coll. of Physicians . His works are these . The Art of Distillation : or , a treatise of the choicest spagirical preparations performed by way of Distillation , &c. in 6. books . Lond. 1651. 53. &c. qu. The London Distiller , exactly and truly shewing the way to draw all sorts of Spirits and Strong-waters — printed with The Art of Distillation , &c. The Yorkshire Spaw : or , a treatise of four medicinal Wells , viz. the Spaw or Vitrilone Well , &c. their causes virtues and use . Lond. 1652. in tw . One J. F. Med. Doct. hath translated from Lat. into Engl. ( 1 ) A new light to Alchymie , and a treatise of Sulphure . Lond. 1650. qu. written by Mich. Sandivogius . ( 2 ) Nine books of the nature of things . Lond. 1650. qu. written by Paracelsus . ( 3 ) A Chymical Dictionary , explaining hard places and words , met withal in the writings of Paracelsus , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. Which J. F. this translator , I take to be the same with our Author Joh. French , who died in Oct. or Nov. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , at , or near , Bullogne in France he being then Physician to the English Army there . He had a Brother named William French of Caies Coll. in Cambridge , said also to be Doctor of Physick , and Physician to the Army in Scotland , where he died in the beginning of the year 1650. THOMAS LAURENCE a Ministers Son , was born in Dorsetshire , became Scholar of Ball. Coll. in 1614 , aged 16 years , elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1618 , being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he became a noted Preacher in the University , was made Prebendary of Lichfield , Doct. of Div , Chapl. in Ord. to K. Ch. 1. by the endeavours of Dr. Laud Archbishop of Cant , ( with whom he was in much esteem ) Master of Ball. Coll. and Marg. professor of the University 1637 : At which time he was accounted famous for Scholastical Divinity , a profound Theologist and Exquisite in the excellencies of the Greek and Lat. Tongues . After the declining of the cause of K. Ch. 1. and upon a foresight thereupon of the ruin of all things that would follow , he grew melancholy , careless , and did much degenerate in his life and conversation . At length , when the Commissioners appointed by Parliament came to visit the University , he resigned his Headship to prevent expulsion . Afterwards he submitted to their Authority , had a certificate (*) under the Commissioners or Visitors hands , dated 3. Aug. 1648 , whereby they attested that he had engaged to observe the Directory in all Ecclesiastical administrations , to preach practical Divinity to the People , and to forbear preaching of any of those Opinions that the reformed Church hath condemned . Being thus dismissed with the loss of all he had in the University , he retired to his Friend Coll. Valentine Walton one of the Kings Judges , to whom he had shew'd many singular curtesies while he was a Prisoner of War in Oxford Garrison , and at length , by exchange , had procured his release . I say that he retiring to the said Collonel , and laying open his condition before him , he did commiserate it so much , that he did not only exhibit to his wants for the present , but soon after setled upon him a little Chappelrey called Colne in the Parish of Somersham in Huntingdonshire , which he enjoyed to the time of his death . The Reader may be pleased here to note that Somersham with its appurtenances , being part of the Qu. jounture , the said Col. Walton got it to be setled on him and his posterity for ever , for the services he had done for the Parliament : And tho the Church thereof did belong to the Margaret professor of Cambridge , yet , by his power , he got the tithes of Colne to be separated from it , and be setled on the Chappel of Colne , ( whereby he made it a little rectory ) purposely , as 't is thought , for the sake of his learned Friend Laurence , who hath these things following going under his name , viz. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The duty of the Layty and Priviledge of the Clergy , preached at S. Maries in Oxon 13. July 1634 , being then Act-Sunday , on Exod. 20.21 . Oxon. 1635. qu. ( 2 ) Of Schisme in the Church of God , preached in the Cath. Ch. at Sarum , at the Visitation of Will. Archb. of Canterbury 23. May 1634 on 1. Cor. 1.12 . Oxon. 1635. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. before the Kings Maj. at White-hall 7 Feb. 1636 , on Exod. 3.5 . Lond. 1637. qu. In this Sermon he moderately stated the real presence , and thereupon suffered trouble for it : Also , for other passages therein , he was charged by the Puritans to be a grand Arminian . He hath also written , Index Materiarum & Authorum MS. fol. in the Bodleian Library , and other things fit for the press , as I have been credibly informed by those that well knew the Author , who dying in great obscurity at Colne in Huntingdonshire beforemention'd , was buried in the Chappel there on the tenth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven . Had he lived 3 years longer he would have been consecrated Bishop of a certain See in Ireland , to which he had been nominated some years before his death , but the name of the See I cannot now tell you . WILLIAM BURTON Son of Will. Burt. sometimes of Atcham in Shropshire , second Son of Tho. Burt. of Longnore near to Shrewsbury , Son and Heir of Edw. Burton of the same place , ( who died in 1558 ) was born within the precincts of the Austin Friers in London , as his Daughter (*) hath informed me , educated in Pauls School under Alex. Gill Senior , became a Student in Qu. Coll. in Easter term 1625 , aged 16 years , being then accounted a good Grecian . But having not wherewithal to maintain him , the learned Mr. Allen , who found him to be an ingenious youth , took him to him to Gloc. Hall and confer'd on him the Greek Lecture there , which he kept during his continuance in the University . In 1630 , he took the degree of Bach. of Civ . Law , but indigence , which commonly attends good wits , forcing him to leave the University , he became the Assistant or Usher of Mr. Tho. Farnabie the famous Schoolmaster of Kent : with whom remaining some years , was at length made Master of the Free-School at Kingston upon Thames in Surrey , where he continued till two years before his death ; at which time being taken with the dead palsie , he retired to London , where he lived to see the most part of his last book , called A Com. on Antoninus his Itinerary , printed . He was an excellent Latinist , noted Philologist , was well skill'd in the tongues , was an excellent Critick and Antiquary , and therefore beloved of all learned men of his time , especially of the famous Usher Archb. of Armagh . He hath written and published these things following . Laudatio funebris in obitum viri excellentiss . D. Thomae Alleni . Lond. 1632. Ox. 1633. qu. The said speech was spoken by the Author in the Refectory of Gloc. Hall before the body was carried thence . Afterwards another was spoken at the Grave in Trin. Coll. Chap. by George Bathurst , as I have elsewhere told you , which , with Burtons were both printed together . Annotations on the first Epistle of Clement the Apostle to the Corinthians Lond. 1647. and 52 in qu. Wherein , as much reading is shew'd by the Author , so some things therein do rankly smell of Presbytery . The said first Epistle being set forth in Latine by Patrick Yong in 1633 , was translated into English by our Author , who thereunto did add the said Annotations , as a very proper and sutable remedy , if rightly attended to , to cure the many distracting schismes of those loose and dissolute times , when published . Graecae Linguae Historia . Lond. 1657. oct . 'T is the sum of one or more speeches delivered in the refectory of Gloc. Hall 1631. Veteris Linguae Persicae Historia . Lond. 1657. oct . This printed with the former book , and before them is an Epistle written by way of commendations , by the learned Langbaine , friend to our Author Burton . A Commentary on Antoninus his Itinerary , or journeys of the Rom. Empire , so far as it concerneth Britain , &c. Lond. 1658. fol. with the Authors Picture before it . He also translated from Lat. into English a Book intit . The beloved City : or , the Saints Raign on Earth a thousand years , asserted and illustrated from 65 places of holy Scripture . Lond. 1643. qu. Written originally by Jo. Hen. Alstedius Professor of the University at Herborne . Our Author Will. Burton gave way to fate on the 28. of Decemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , and was buried the same day in a Vault , belonging to the Students of S. Clements Inn , under part of the Church of S. Clements Danes without Temple-bar near London , leaving then behind him several Papers and Collections of Antiquity , Manuscripts , and Coines , which came into the hands of Tho. Thynne Esq . sometimes his Scholar at Kingston , afterwards Gent. Com. of Ch. Church , then of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York , a Bt. after the death of his Father , ( Sir Hen. Fred. Thynne of Kemsford in Glocestershire ) possessor of the large estate belonging to Tho. Thynne of Longleet in Wilts , ( murdered by certain Forreigners 12. Feb. 1681 ) and at length Viscount Weymouth . There have been several Writers of both our Authors names , as Will. Burton of Leicestershire , Will. Burton a Divine and Will. Burton a Pretender to Astronomy , a Specimen of which he gave us in an Ephemeris for 1655 , which was printed at Oxon. WILLIAM AYLESBURY Son of Sir Thom. Aylesbury of the City of Westminster B● , was born in that City , became a Gent. Com. of Ch. Ch. in the beginning of 1628 aged 16 years , took one degree in Arts , and afterwards was by K. Ch. 1. made Governour to the Duke of Buckingham and his Brother the Lord Francis Villiers , with whom he travelled beyond the Seas . While he continued in Italy , it hapned that walking in the Garden of the House where he lodged , he was shot with a brace of bullets in his thigh , by men who watched him on the other side of the wall , ( a usual adventure in that Country ) and assoon as he fell , the men who had done it , leaped over the wall , and looking upon him , beg'd his pardon , and said they were mistaken , for he was not the man that they intended to kill , which was all the satisfaction he had . After his return into England , and had delivered up his charge of the two noble Brothers to the King , who highly approved of the care he had taken of their education , as it appears by the grant his Maj. was pleased to give him of the first place of Grome of his Bed-chamber , which should become void , the King was pleased to command him to translate Davila's History , ( he being a perfect Master of the Italian Language ) which he did with the assistance of his constant Friend Sir Charles Cotterel , and published it under this title . The History of the Civil Wars of France , written in Italian by Henry Canterino de Avila . Lond. 1647. fol. written in 15 Books , to which was a continuation of 15 books more . In the year following our Translator Aylesbury went beyond the Sea and dwelt at Antwerp with his Relations till 1650 , at which time being reduced to great straights , stole over into England , where he lived for some time among his friends and acquaintance , and sometime at Oxon. among certain Royalists there . At length Oliver Cromwell sending a second supply to the Island of Jamaica , he engaged himself in that expedition , in the quality of a Secretary to the Governour , as I have heard , where he died in the year sixteen hundred fifty and seven , otherwise had he lived till the Restauration of K. Charles 2. he might have chosen what preferment in the Court he pleased , by the help of Edward E. of Clarendon , who married his Sister . OBADIAH SEDGWICK elder Brother to John , mentioned under the year 1643. was born in the Parish of S. Peter in Marlborough in Wilts . and there , or near it , was educated in Grammar learning . In 1616 he was sent to Qu. Coll. being then 16 years of age , but making no long stay there , he retired to Magd. Hall , took the degrees in Arts , entred into the sacred function , and became Chaplain to Sir Horatio Vere Baron of Tilbury , with whom he went into the Low Countries in quality of a Chaplain . After his return he retir'd to Oxon. and performing certain exercise , he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences in the latter end of 1629. Afterwards he was Preacher to the Inhabitants of S. Mildrids Parish in Breadstreet within the City of London , which he quitting upon no good account before the beginning of the rebellion , he became the scandalous and seditious Minister ( as one (*) calls him ) of Cogshall in Essex . But soon after , upon appearance of the said rebellion , he retired to the said City again , and being a voluble Preacher , he was thought fit not only to exercise his parts at S. Mildrids beforemention'd , but also before both Houses of Parliament ; the Members of which constituted him one of the Assembly of Divines , as being a Covenanteer to the purpose . While he preached at S. Mildrids , which was only to exasperate the People to rebel and confound Episcopacy , 't was usual with him , especially in hot weather , to unbutton his doublet in the Pulpit , that his breath might be the longer , and his voice more audible to rail against the Kings Party , and those that were near to him , whom he called Popish Counsellors . This he did in an especial manner , in Sept. 1644 , when he , with great concernment , told the People several times that God was angry with the Army for not cutting off Delinquents , &c. Afterwards , about 1646 he became Minister of the Church of S. Paul in Convent Garden , where , as also sometimes in the Country , he kept up the vigour of a Presbyterian Ministry , which for divers years prospered according to his mind to the converting of many , and conviction of more . In 1653 he was appointed one of the number of triers or examiners of Ministers , appointed by Parliament , and the year after , he was by the members thereof constituted an Assistant to the Commissioners of London for the ejection of such whom they then called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters . At length finding himself decayed by his too zealous carrying on the Covenanting work , he resigned his charge in Convent Garden about two years before his death , and retired to Marlborough . Soon after the Earl of Bedford , upon some consideration , confer'd the said Church on the Son-in-law of our Author Sedgwick called Thomas Manton , as zealous a Presbyterian as the former , where he continued till the Act of Uniformity ejected him , as I shall tell you when I come to him As for our Author Sedgwick he hath these things following going under his name . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Military discipline for a Christian Soldier , on 1. Cor. 16.13.14 . Lond. 1639. oct . ( 2 ) Christs counsell to his languishing Church of Sardis : or , the dying and decaying Christian , &c. being the effect of certain Sermons on Rev. 3.2.3 . Lond. 1640. in a large oct . ( 3 ) Christ the life , and death the gaine , at the funeral of Rowl . Wilson a member of Parliament on 1. Philip. 1.21 . Lond. 1650. qu. Before which , is An account given of some years more than ordinary experience of the superlative worth of that eminent servant of Christ Rowl . Wilson ( beforementioned ) a member of the Parl. of England and of the honorable Counsell of state , and one of the Aldermen and Sherriffs of the City of London , by George Cokayne teacher of the Gospel at S. Pancras in Soper-lane in London . This Rowl . Wilson was Son of Rowl . Wilson a Merchant of London , was a Collonel in the Parliament Army , was nominated one of the Kings Judges , but refused to sit among them , and dyed much lamented by the Citizens of London , and those that were Lovers of the Parliaments cause , in the beginning of March 1649 , as having been a Gent. of excellent parts and great piety , of a solid , sober temper and judgment and very honest and just in all his actions . ( 4 ) The fountain opened and the water of life flowing forth for the refreshing of thirsty sinners , &c. in several Sermons on Isay 55.1.2.3 . Lond. 1657. qu. ( 5 ) The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of Salvation to poor Sinners , &c. in several Sermons on Rev. 3.20 . Lond. 1658. in tw . second edit . ( 6 ) Elisha's Lamentation , upon the suddain translation of Elijah , preached at the funeral of Mr. Will. Strong Preacher of the Gospel at Westminster Abbey , on 2. Kings 2.12 . Lond. 1654. qu. This Will. Strong had been Fellow of Catherine Hall in Cambridge , was afterwards Rector of More Chrichel in Dorsetshire ; which place he leaving in the time of the Rebellion , upon pretence of being disturb●d by the Cavaliers , he retired to London , became Minister of S. Dunstans in the West , one of the Assemb . of Divines , a holder forth before the Parliament and at length preacher of the Gospel at Westminst . Abbey , as before 't is said ; in which Church he was buried on the fourth day of July 1654. but removed to St. Margarets Church yard adjoining , after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. as I have elsewhere told you . He hath several Theological Treatises and many Sermons extant , as also The Parabole of the Prodigal , which I have not yet seen . Parliamentarie Sermons , as ( 1 ) Englands Preservation , &c. preached before the H. of Commons on Jer. 4 3. Lond. 1642. qu. ( 2 ) Hamane Vanity , on Esther 9.3 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 3 ) Thanksgiving Sermon , 9. Apr. 1644. on Psal . 3.8 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 4 ) An Arke against a deluge , &c. Fast Sermon on Heb. 11.7 . Lond. 1645. qu. 'T was preached 22. of Oct. 1644. for the uniting of the Army together . ( 5 ) Nature and danger of Heresies , fast Serm. on Rev. 12.15.16 . Lond. 1647. qu. He also preached three more , which I conceive were printed . Speech in Guildhall in Lond. 6. oct . 1643. to obtain money to carry on the warr , and for the Scots assistance . Lond. in qu. The best and worst malignant — Printed 1648. qu. This I have not yet seen . The doubting Christian resolv'd : A treatise of the nature , kinds , springs , and remedies of doubtings . Lond. 1653. oct . The humbled sinner resolved what he should do to be saved : or , faith in the Lord Jesus Christ the only way for sensible sinners , discovering the quality , objects , acts , &c. of justifying faith , &c. Lond. 1656. qu. The Shepherd of Israel : or , an exposition of the 23 Psalme , together with the Doctrine of providence , practically handled . Lond. 1658. Published by Humph. Chambers , Simeon Ash , Edm. Calamy and R. Byfield Presbyterian Ministers . Synopsis of Christianity , in a clear exposition of the Creed , ten Commandements and the Lords Prayer . Lond. in oct . Anatomy of secret sins , &c. wherein divers weighty cases are resolved , &c. together with the remissibleness of all sin , and the irremissibleness of the sin against the Holy Ghost . Lond. 1660. qu. The bowells of tender mercy sealed in the everlasting Covenant , &c. Lond. 1661. fol. A short Catechisme — What other things he hath written I know not , nor any matter else of him , only that he died very wealthy at Marlborough beforemention'd , ( being Lord of the mannour of Ashmansworth in Hampshire ) about the beginning of January in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , and was buried near to the body of his Father in the Chancel of Ogbourne S. Andrew near to the said Town of Marlborough in Wiltshire , not with his feet towards the East , but towards the South , because there wanted room to lay his body otherways . GERARD LANGBAINE a great ornament of his time to this University , was born at Barton kirke in Westmorland , educated in the Free-school at Blencow in Cumberland , became a Student in Queens Coll. under the tuition of Mr. Tho. Wetherall , in the beginning of 1626 , aged 18 years , where he was successively a poor serving Child , Tabarder , and at length Fellow , being then Master of Arts. In 1644 he was unanimously elected Keeper of the Archives or Records of the University , and in the latter end of the year following Provost of his College . In June 1646 , he was admitted D. of D. being then in general esteem for his great learning and honesty , skill in satisfying doubts and discretion in the composure of controversies , especially those between the two Bodies , the University and City . He was also an excellent Linguist , able Philosopher and Divine , a good common Lawyer , a publick spirited man , a lover of learning and learned men , beloved of us Usher , Selden and the great Goliahs of Literature . He was also an excellent Antiquary ; and , as judicious in his writings , so indefatigable in his studies , and of immense undertakings , as by those rapsodies of collections that he left behind him , appear . As for those things that he hath written and published , they are these . Notae in librum Dionisii Longini de grandi eloquentiâ sive sublimi dicendi genere , &c. Oxon. 1636. and 38. oct . The said Longinus is translated into Latin , and hath the Greek on one side , and the Lat. on the other , and the notes which are in Lat. are at the end of the book . These things I note , because the same work being done by other hands , this may be distinguished from it . Brief discourse relating to the times of K. Ed. 6. Or , the state of the times , as they stood in the raigne of K. E. 6. by way of preface to a book entit . The true Subject to the Rebell : or , the hurt of sedition , &c. written by Sir Joh. Cheek Knight — Oxon. 1641. qu. Life of Sir Joh. Cheek Kt. — Set also before the said book , which Langbaine reviewed , corrected and published , upon a foresight that a Rebellion would break out , as shortly after it did , against K. Ch. 1. of ever blessed memory . Episcopal inheritance : or , a Reply to the humble examination of a printed Abstract , or the Answers to nine Reasons of the House of Commons against the Votes of Bishops in Parliament . Oxon. 1641. qu. To which is added A Determination of the late learned Bishop of Salisbury ( Davenant ) englished . These two were reprinted at Lond. 1680. Review of the Covenant , wherein the original , grounds , means , matter , and ends of it are examined , &c. printed 1644 and at Lond. 1661. qu. Answer of the Chanc. Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford , to the Petition , Articles of grievance , and Reasons of the City of Oxon : presented to the Committee for regulating the Univ. of Ox. 24 July 1649. Oxon 1649 , in six sh . in qu. There again 1678 , and in a book intit . A defence of the Rights and Privileges of the Univ. of Oxon , &c. Oxon. 1690. qu. published by James Harrington Bach. ( soon after Master ) of Arts , and Student of Ch. Ch. Quaestiones Oxoniae pro more solenni in Vesperiis propositae an . 1651. Oxon. 1658. qu. published , with Verses following made by the said Author , by Mr. Tho. Barlow of Qu. Coll. among several little works of learned men . Platonicorum aliquot , qui etiamnum supersunt , authorum , Graecorum imprimis , mox & Latinorum , syllabus Alphabeticus . Oxon. 1667. oct . It was drawn up by our Author Langbaine at the desire of Archbishop Usher , but left imperfect : Which being found among his Papers , was , with some few alterations ( where there was found good reason of so doing ) placed at the end of Alcinoi in Platonicam Philosophiam introductio , published by Dr. Jo. Fell Dean of Ch. Ch. He the said Langbaine did also publish , ( 1 ) The Foundation of the Univ. of Oxon , with a catalogue of the principal Founders and special Benefactors of all the Colleges , and total number of Students , &c. Lond. 1651. in 3 sh in qu. mostly taken from the Tables of Joh. Scot of Cambr. which had been printed in 1622. ( 2 ) The foundation of the Univ. of Cambr. with a Cat. &c. — printed with the former Cat. in 3 sh . and taken from the said Tables . He also drudged much in finishing Archb. Usher's book intit . Chronologia sacra , but dying when he had almost brought it to an end , Barlow before mentioned compleated it . The said Langbaine translated into Lat. Reasons of the present judgment of the University concerning the solemn league and covenant , &c. and assisted Sanderson and Zouch in the composure of them . Also into English , A review of the Council of Trent , written in French by a learned Rom. Cath. Oxon. 1638. fol. wherein may be seen the dissent of the Gallican Churches from several conclusions in that Council . He gave way to fate on the tenth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , and was buried about the middle of the inner Chappel of Queens Coll. having a little before setled 24 l. per an . on a Free-school at the place of his Nativity ; towards the purchasing of which , he had received 20 l. from a certain Doctor of Oxon , who desired to have his name concealed . See his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 125. a. He left behind him 13 quartoes and 8 octavoes , in MS. with innumerable Collections in loose papers , all written with his own hand , collected mostly from antient Mss . in Bodlies Library and elsewhere , in order to some great work which he intended , if life had been spared , to have published . He also had made several Catalogues of Mss . in various Libraries , nay and of printed books too , in order , as we suppose , for an universal Catalogue in all kind of Learning . But whereas 't is (a) reported that he took a great deal of pains in the continuation of Br. Twyne's Apol. Antiq. Acad. Oxon , and that he was intent upon it when he died , I find no such thing : and those persons that had the perusal of his Library after his death , namely Dr. Barlow and Dr. Lamplugh , have assured me that they have seen nothing at all towards , or in order to , it . See more of Dr. Langbaine in Arth. Duck , an . 1649. SAMUEL HOARD a Londoner born , became either Clerk or Chorister of Allsoules Coll. in 1614 , aged 15 years , where continuing till he was standing for the degree of Bach. of Arts , he retired to S. Maries Hall , and as a Member thereof took the degrees in Arts. Afterwards being made Chaplain to Robert Earl of Warwick , was by him presented to the Rectory of Moreton near Ongar in Essex , and about the same time was admitted Bach. of Divinity . He was well read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , was a good Disputant and Preacher , a zealous Calvinist in the beginning , but a greater Arminian afterwards . He hath written , Gods Love to Mankind , manifested by disproving his absolute decree for their damnation . Lond. 1633. qu. 1673. oct . Answer'd by Twysse of Newbury and Davenant B. of Salisbury . Which book being quoted by Edw. Reynolds in some controversial Writings between him and Th. Pierce of Magd. College , the latter therefore upon that occasion sent for the book , and found (b) therein that the Author of it was a Convert from the Calvinistical Sect , which he there opposeth , and that he professeth in the entrance to give the reasons by which he was moved to change his opinion in some Controversies debated between the Remonstrants and their Opposites . — Behold the liberal and ingenious confession of that conscientious and learned Calvinist ; ( saith Pierce (c) of Hoard ) first I say conscientious , because he was not ashamed to retract his Errors , nor to publish his retraction ; nor did he fear what might follow by his contracting the displeasures of a revengeful party . Next I say learned , because he confuteth his former judgment , in an unanswerable manner , which is the likelier to be so , because an Answer hath been attempted by the learned men of that Party , who could arrive no higher than to attempt it ( neither of them avowing the very same Doctrines which he opposed ) and betray a dissatisfaction in other performances , why else was it attempted by more than one ? Last of all I say Calvinist , and then discover the reasons why the motives to his Repentance must needs presede his change of life . He disliked that Sect , before he left it , however his leaving of it might tread upon the heels of his dislike , &c. He hath also published , Several sermons , as ( 1 ) The Churches Authority asserted , on 1 Cor. 14 4. Lond. 1634. qu. preached at Chelmsford at the metrapolitical Visitation of William L. Archb. of Cant. ( 2 ) The soules misery and recovery : or , the grieving of the spirit , how it is caused and how redressed , on Ephes . 4.30 . Lond. 1636. oct . and 1657 in qu. with many additions , &c. He departed this mortal life on the 15 of Febr. in sixteen hundred fifty and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Moreton before mention'd . At which time , as I have been credibly informed , he left other things fit for the Press ; but m whose hands they are detained , I could never yet learn. JOHN WARNER son of Will. Warner of Harsfield in Glocestershire , was born in that County , entred into Magd. Hall in 1628 , aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , and at length became Vicar of Christ Church in Hampshire , where he was much resorted to by those of the Presbyterian persuasion . His works are these . Temporal losses spiritually improved , &c. Lond. 1643 , &c. Diatriba fidei justificantis , qua justificantis : or , a discourse of the objects and office of faith as justifying , &c. Oxon 1657. oct . and other things as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . HENRY PARKER the fourth son of Sir Nich. Parker of Ratton in the Parish of Willington in Sussex Kt. by Catharine his wife dau . of Joh. Temple of Stow in Bucks Esq . was born in Sussex , ( at Ratton I think ) became a Commoner of S. Edm. Hall in the latter end of 1621 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1628 , he being then a Member of Lincolns Inn , and about that time a Barrester . When the grand Rebellion began he sided with the Presbyterians , and became Secretary to the Army under Robert Earl of Essex , in which office he continued some years to his enrichment . Afterwards he turned , and became an Independent , went beyond the seas and lived for some time at Hamborough . At length when Oliver Cromwell came to be General , he was called thence to be a Brewers Clerk , that is , to be Secretary to the said Cromwell , with whom he was in great esteem . He hath written , A discourse concerning Puritans . Tending to a Vindication of those who unjustly suffer by the mistake , abuse , and misapplication of that name . Lond. 1641. in 9 sh . in qu. which is the second edit . much enlarged . Observations upon some of his Majesties late Answers and Expresses . Lond. 1642. qu. Answer'd by Dudley Digges of All 's . Coll. Of a free trade : a discourse seriously recommending to our Nation the wonderful benefits of trade , &c. Lond. 1648. in 5 sh . in qu. Answer to a poysonous seditious paper of David Jenkyns . Lond. 1647. qu. The Scots holy Warr : or , the mischief of the Covenant to Great Britaine . Lond. 1657. qu. He is also supposed to be Author of A political Catechisme : or , certain questions concerning the government of this land . Lond. 1643. qu. answer'd in his Majesties own words : as also of other Pamphlets which have the Letters H. P. put to them . This person who was a man of dangerous and anti-monarchical Principles , died distracted in the time of Oliver L. Protector , as I have been informed by Fab. Philipps of the Inner Temple Esq . There was another of both his names , who was a Barrister of Greys Inn , and a Burgess for Orford in Suffolk for that Parliam . which began at Westm . 17 Octob. 1679 , but he was a younger brother of Sir Philip Parker of that County , and tho able to write , yet he hath published nothing as I can yet learn. He died about the month of Sept. 1681 , and his Library was exposed to sale in Dec. following . ROBERT WARING son of Edm. War. of Lea in Staffordshire , and of Owlbury in Shropshire , was born (*) in Staffordsh . elected from Westm . school a Student of Ch. Ch. in the year 1630 , and that of his age 17 , took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards bore arms for his Maj. Ch. 1. with in the Garison of Oxon , was elected Proctor of the University in 1647 , and the same year History Professor , but deprived of it , and his Students place by the impetuous Visitors , authorized by Parliament , when they came to the University under pretence of reforming it . Afterwards he retired to Apley in Shropshire upon the invitation of Sir Will. Whitmore a great Patron of distressed Cavaliers , lived there obscurely for a time and buried his excellent parts in the solitudes of a Country life . Afterwards he travelled with the said person into France , where he continuing about an year , returned into England , sickned soon after , and died in Lincolns Inn Fields near London . He was a most excellent Lat. and Engl. Poet , but a better Orator , and was reckon'd among the great Wits of his time in the University . He hath transmitted to Posterity these things following . A publick conference betwixt the six Presbyterian Ministers and some Independent Commanders held at Oxford on the 12 of Nov. 1646. — Printed 1646. in two sh . in qu. An account of Mr. Prynns refutation of the University of Oxfords Plea , sent to a friend in a second Letter from Oxon — printed 1648. in 2 sh . in qu. The first Letter was written by Rich. Allestrie , as I shall tell you elsewhere . Effigies Amoris : sive quid sit amor efflagitanti responsum . Printed at Lond. about 1649 , in tw . published from the original copy by Mr. John Birkenhead on the desire of the Author , who would have his name conceal'd because of his Loyalty . The third Edit . came out , after the Restauration of his Maj. by Will. Griffith of Oxon , with an Epistle befo●e it written by him to the said Joh. Birkenhead then a Knight , wherein he gives not only a just character of our Author , but also of Sir John. To the said Edition is joyned our Authors Carmen Lapidorium , written to the memory of Ben. Johnson , which Griffith finding miserably mangled in Jonsonus virbius , or Verses on the death of Ben. Johnson , he , with his own hand , restored it to its former perfection and lustre , by freeing it from the errors of the Press . Mr. Griffith in his Praeloquium concerning our Author Waryng , saith that Cartwright , Gregory , Digges , &c. together with Jo. Birkenhead , were numina Oxonii tutelaria , every one of them had ingenium caelitus delapsum . quae quasi numina dum intra maenia retinuit sua , perstitet Oxonium , nec hostili cedens fraudi , nec infest is inimicorum succumbens armis , &c. The fourth Edition of it was printed at Lond. 1668 , and an English Edition of it came out in 1682 under the title of The picture of Love unveil'd , done by John Norris of All 's . Coll. who in his Preface to it , saith , that the Author of it is admired by him for sweetness of fancy , neatness of stile , and lusciousness of hidden sense , and that in these respects he may compare with any other extant , &c. At length our Author Waryng contracting a malignant disease , too prevalent for nature , he gave way to fate to the great reluctancy of all those who knew the admirable Vertues and Learning of the person . The next day , being the tenth of May in sixteen hundred fifty and eight , his body was conveyed to the Church of S. Michaels Royal , commonly called College hill , ( because Whittingdon Coll. stood there ) where , after his sorrowful friend and acquaintance Dr. Bruno Ryves ( afterwards Dean of Windsore ) had delivered an excellent Sermon to the numerous Auditory of Royalists , his body was deposited close under the south wall , at the upper end of the Isle on the south side of the Chancel . Ten days before , was buried in the said Church the most noted Poet of his time Jo. Cleaveland , and within few days after was buried in Waryngs grave the body of his eldest brother called Walt. Waryng , esteemed by some an ingenious man. Fourteen years after the death of Rob. Waryng was published A sermon preached at S. Margarets Westminster , at the funeral of Mrs. Susanna Gray , dau . of Hen. Gray Esq . of Enfield in Staffordshire , on 2 Sam. 12.15 to 24. Lond. 1672. qu. This sermon ( which I have not yet seen ) hath the name of Rob. Waring M. A. set in the title , as Author , which I take to be the same with our Author before mention'd . JOHN HARRIS son of Rich. Harris of Padbury in Bucks , sometimes Fellow of New Coll , and afterwards Rector of Hardwick in the same County , was born in the Parsonage house at Hardwick , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams school near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1606 , took the degrees in Arts , and became so admirable a Greecian , and so noted a Preacher , that Sir Hen. Savile used frequently to say that he was second to S. Chrysostome . In 1617 he was unanimously elected one of the Proctors of the University , and two years after was made Greek Professor thereof ; both which Offices he executed to his great honor and credit . Afterwards he became Prebendary of Winchester , Rector of Meonstoke in Hampshire , Doct. of Divinity , and at length in Sept. 1630 Warden of VVykehams Coll. near VVinchester , he being then Preb. of Whitchurch in the Church of Wells . In the beginning of the grand Rebellion raised by the Presbyterians , he sided with them , was elected one of the Assembly of Divines , took the Covenant and other Oaths , and so kept his Wardenship to his dying day . He hath written , A short view of the life and vertues of Dr. Arth. Lake sometimes Bishop of B. and Wells . Lond. 1629. in 6 sh . and an half in fol. As also several letters to the noted Anti-Arminian Dr. W. Twysse , of which one was Of Gods finite and indefinite decrees , another Of the object of Predestination , which , with Twysse's Answers , were published by Hen. Jeanes in a folio book which he published at Oxon 1653. Our Author Harris died at Winchester on the eleventh day of August in sixteen hundred fifty and eight , aged 70 years , and was buried in the Chappel belonging to the Coll. of W. of Wykeham near Winchester . Over his grave was soon after a Tomb-stone laid , with an Inscription on a brass plate fastned thereunto ; the contents of which I shall now for brevity sake pass by . In his Wardenship succeeded Will. Burt D. D. whom I shall mention elsewhere . ANTHONY FARINGDON was born at Sunning in Berks , admitted scholar of Trin. Coll. 9 June 1612 , aged 16 years , Fellow in 1617 , and three years after M. of A. About which time entring into holy Orders , he became a noted Preacher in these parts , an eminent Tutor in the College , and a worthy example to be imitated by all . In 1634 he was made Vicar of Bray near Maydenhead in Berks. ( being then Bach , of Div. ) and soon after Divinity Reader in the Kings Chappel at Windsore . At the first of which places continuing , not without some trouble , till after the civil distempers broke forth , was turn'd out thence , and at length out of all by the impetuous and restless Presbyterians . So that , lest he , his Wife and Children should be reduced to extremities and starve , Sir Jo. Robinson Kinsman to Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. and some of the good Parishioners of Milkstreet in London invited him to be Pastor of S. Mary Magd. there ; where preaching to the great liking of the loyal party , published some of the Sermons he had delivered to them , viz. Forty sermons . Lond. 1647. fol. the first vol. Afterwards were published by his Executor , Forty sermons . Lond. 1663. fol. The 2 vol. Fifty sermons . Lond. 1673. fol. The 3 vol. He gave way to fate in his house in Milkstreet , in the month of Septemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and eight , and was buried in the Church of S. Mar. Magd. there . He left behind him in MS. several memorials of the life of the famous John Hales of Eaton ; which , if life had been spared , he would have finish'd and made them publick . But what became of them afterwards I cannot tell , unless they were transmitted to the hands of Will. Fulman of C. C. Coll. who , to my knowledge , had taken great pains to recover the memory of that worthy person from oblivion . ROBERT HARRIS a famed puritanical Preacher of his time , was born at Broad-Camden in Glocestershire , an . 1578 , educated partly in the Free-school at Cheping-Camden , and partly in the Free-school at Worcester under Mr. Hen. Bright . Thence he removed to Magd. Hall in the latter end of 1595 , took one degree in Arts , holy Orders , and preached for some time near Oxon , ( at Stadham as it seems ) and at length being made Rector of Hanwell near to Banbury in Oxfordshire , was admitted to the reading of the Sentences in 1614. There he continued till the Civil War broke out in 1642 , in all which time be was a constant Lecturer in those parts , which , with other Lectures in mercat Towns , were the chief promoters of the Rebellion . Upon pretence of great trouble and danger that might ensue from the Soldiers of each party when the War began , he retired to London , was made one of the Assembly of Divines , and Minister of S. Botolphs Church near Bishopsgate in that City . In 1646 he was appointed one of the six Ministers or Apostles to go to Oxon to preach the Scholars into obedience ●o the Parliament , and about that time had the rich Rectory of Petersfield in Hampshire confer'd upon him , which he kept with Hanwell for a time . In 1647 he was made one of the Visitors of the University of Oxon by Authority of Parliament , and in the year following he was actually created Doct. of Div. and made President of Trin. Coll. by the said Authority , and so consequently Rector of Garsingdon near to Oxon. In 1654 he , with Dr. Jo. Owen , Dr. Tho. Goodwin , Dr. Hen. Wilkinson of Ch. Ch. Dr. Edm. Staunton of C. C. Coll. &c. were appointed Assistants to the Commissioners of Oxfordshire to eject scandalous and ignorant Ministers and School-masters , as they were then called ; in which office he , and they , were not a little busie . What else the Reader is desirous to know of him , may be seen in his life , ( such as 't is ) written by his Friend and Kinsman Will. Durham , whom I shall hereafter mention . In the mean time the Reader is to know that Dr. Harris wrot and published these things following . Nine and thirty sermons . Treatise of the Covenant of Grace . Remedy against Covetousness . — Most , or all , of which , having been printed severally , were printed in one Volume at Lond. 1635 , fol. and went by the name of Mr. Harris his works . Several sermons , being a supplement to his works formerly printed in fol. Lond. 1654. Soon after these sermons and the aforesaid works were all printed together with this title , Dr. Rob. Harris his works revised and corrected , and collected into one Volume , with an addition of sundry sermons , &c. Lond. 1654. 55. fol. Among which are two parliamentary sermons and his Concio ad clerum , 1. Oxoniae jamdudum habita , 2. Dein posthabita & repudiata , 3. Nunc demum in lucem edita , on Joh. 21. part of the 17 and all the 18 vers . This with another Lat. serm . of Dr. Dan. Featly were printed at Utrecht in 1657 in tw . and both intit . Pedum pastorale , &c. Advice and council to his family — Written in 1636 and printed at the end of his life . Two letters in vindication of himself from the slanders of an unknown Writer . — Printed 1648 in one sh . in qu. The said unknown Writer was the Author of A Letter from Oxon , dat . 17. Apr. 1648. which letter is the second part of Pegasus , or the flying horse from Oxon , bringing the proceedings of the Visitours and other Bedlamites there , by the command of the Earl of Montgomery . The slanders , as Dr. Harris calls them , were Non-residency ▪ exchange of Churches and Pluralities , as also the guilt of Covetousness , which he used to preach against . The Pluralities were , as the Author of the letter tells us , Hanwell worth 160 l. per an . Hanborough in Oxfordsh . towards 300 l. Beriton and Petersfield in Hampshire not above 500 l. or 600 l. more , besides 4 shill . a day for the Assembly Membership , and 10 shillings for Apostleship in Oxon. But the Reader must know , that he lost Hanwell in 1643 when he retired to London and was made one of the Ass . of Divines , and did not keep all the rest together , yet whether he was restored to Hanwell when the War ceased in 1646 , I cannot justly tell . He departed this mortal life in Trin. Coll. on the eleventh of Decemb. late in the night , in sixteen hundred fifty and eight , aged 80 years , and was buried at the upper end of the Chappel of that College . Over his grave was a fair monument set up in the Wall , with an inscription thereon , wherein he is said to have been per decennium hujus collegii Praeses aeternùm celebrandus . Perspicatissimus indolum scrutator , potestatis Arbiter mitissimus , merentium fautor integerrimus , &c. The rest you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 301. b. RICHARD LOVELACE the eldest son of Sir Will. Lovelace of Woollidg in Kent Knight , was born in that County , educated in Grammar learning in Charter house school near London , became a Gent. Commoner of Glocester Hall in the beginning of the year 1634 , and in that of his age 16 , being then accounted the most amiable and beautiful person that ever eye beheld , a person also of innate modesty , virtue and courtly deportment , which made him then , but especially after , when he retired to the great City , much admired and adored by the female sex . In 1636 when the King and Queen were for some days entertained at Oxon , he was , at the request of a great Lady belonging to the Queen , made to the Archb. of Cant. then Chancellor of the University , actually created , among other persons of quality , Master of Arts , tho but of about two years standing ; at which time his Conversation being made publick , and consequently his ingenuity and generous soul discovered , he became as much admired by the male , as before by the female , sex . After he had left the University he retired in great splendor to the Court , and being taken into the favour of George Lord Goring , afterwards Earl of Norwich , was by him adopted a Soldier , and sent in the quality of Ensign in the Scotch Expedition an . 1639. Afterwards , in the second Expedition , he was commissionated a Captain in the same Regiment , and in that time wrot a Tragedy called The Soldier , but never acted , because the stage was soon after suppress'd . After the Pacification at Berwick , he retired to his native Country , and took possession of his Estate at Lovelace place in the Parish of Bethersden , at Canterbury , Chart , Halden , &c. worth at least 500 l. per an . About which time he was made choice of by the whole body of the County of Kent at an Assize , to deliver the Kentish Petition to the H. of Commons , for the restoring the King to his Rights and for setling the Government , &c. For which piece of service he was committed to the Gatehouse at Westminster , where he made that celebrated song called Stone walls do not a prison make , &c. After 3 or 4 months prisonment , he had his liberty upon bayle of 40000 l. not to stir out of the Lines of Communication , without a Pass from the Speaker . During this time of confinement to London , he lived beyond the income of his Estate , either to keep up the credit and reputation of the Kings Cause by furnishing men with Horse and Arms , or by relieving ingenious men in want , whether Scholars , Musitians , Soldiers , &c. Also by furnishing his two Brothers Colonel Franc. Lovelace and Capt. Will. Lovelace ( afterwards slain at Caermarthen ) with men and money for the Kings Cause , and his other brother called Dudley Posthumus Lovelace with moneys for his maintenance in Holland to study Tacticks and Fortification in that school of War. After the rendition of Oxford Garrison , in 1646 , he formed a Regiment for the Service of the French King , was Colonel of it , and wounded at Dunkirk , and in 1648 returning into England , he , with Dud. Posthumus before mention'd , then a Captain under him , were both committed Prisoners to Peterhouse in London , where he fram'd his Poems for the Press , intit . Lucasta : Epodes , Odes , Sonnets , Songs , &c. Lond. 1649. oct . The reason why he gave that title was , because , some time before , he had made his amours to a Gentlewoman of great beauty and fortune named Lucy Sacheverel , whom he usually called Lux casta ; but she upon a strong report that Lovelace was dead of his wound received at Dunkirk , soon after married . He also wrot , Aramantha : A pastoral — printed with Lucasta . Afterwards a musical Composition of two parts was set to part of it by Hen. Lawes sometimes Servant to K. Ch. 1. in his publick and private Musick . After the Murther of K. Ch. 1. Lovelace was set at liberty , and having by time consumed all his Estate , grew very melancholy , ( which brought him at length into a Consumption ) became very poor in body and purse , was the object of charity , went in ragged Cloaths ( whereas when he was in his glory he wore Cloth of gold and silver ) and mostly lodged in obscure and dirty places , more befitting the worst of Beggars , than poorest of Servants , &c. After his death , his Brother Dudley before mention'd made a collection of his poetical papers , fitted them for the Press , and intituled them , Lucasta : Posthume Poems . Lond. 1659. oct . the second part , with his Picture before them . These are all the things that he hath extant : those that were never published , were his Trag. called The Soldier or Soldiers , before mention'd , and his Com. called The Scholar , which he composed at 16 years of age , when he came first to Gloc. Hall , acted with applause afterwards in Salisbury Court. He died in a very mean Lodging in Gun-powder Alley near Shoe lane , and was buried at the west end of the Church of S. Bride alias Bridget in London , near to the body of his Kinsman Will. Lovelace of Greys Inn Esq . in sixteen hundred fifty and eight , having before been accounted by all those that well knew him , to have been a person well vers'd in the Greek and Lat. Poets , in Musick , whether practical or theoretical , instrumental or vocal , and in other things befitting a Gentleman . Some of the said persons have also added in my hearing , that his common discourse was not only significant and witty , but incomparably graceful , which drew respect from all Men and Women . Many other things I could now say of him , relating either to his most generous mind in his Prosperity , or dejected estate in his worst part of Poverty , but for brevity sake I shall now pass them by . At the end of his Posthume Poems are several Elegies written on him by eminent Poets of that time , wherein you may see his just character . FRANCIS ROUS a younger son of Sir Anth. Rous Knight , by Elizab. his first wife daugh . of Tho. Southcote Gent. was born at Halton in Cornwall , and at 12 years of age became a Communer of Broadgates Hall , an . 1591 , where continuing under a constant and severe discipline , took the degree of Bach. of Arts ; which degree being compleated by Determination , he went afterwards , as it seems , to the Inns of Court , tho some there be that would needs perswade me that he took holy orders , and became Minister of Saltash in his own Country . Howsoever it is , sure I am , that he being esteemed a man of parts and to be solely devoted to the puritanical Party , he was elected by the men of Truro in his own Country to serve in Parliaments held in the latter end of K. James and in the Reign of K. Ch. 1. In 1640 also he was elected again for that Corporation , to serve in that unhappy Parliament which began at Westminster 3 Nov , wherein , seeing how violently the Members thereof proceeded , he put in for one , and shew'd himself with great zeal an Enemy to the Bishops , Prerogative , and what not , to gain the Populacy , a Name , and some hopes of Wealth which was dear unto him . In 1643 he forwarded and took the Covenant , was chosen one of the Assembly of Divines , and for the zeal he had for the holy cause , he was by authority of Parliament made Provost of Eaton Coll. near Windsore the same year , in the place of Dr. Rich. Steuart who then followed , and adhered to , his sacred Majesty . In the said Parliament he afterwards shew'd himself so active , that he eagerly helped to change the Government into a Commonwealth , and to destroy the negative Voice in the King and Lords . In 1653 he was by the Authority of Ol. Cromwell nominated a Member of the Little Parliament that began to sit at Westm ▪ 4 July , and was thereupon elected the Speaker , but with a collateral Vote that he should continue in the Chair no longer than for a month , and in Decemb. the same year he was nominated one of Olivers Council . But when the good things came to be done , which were solemnly declared for , ( for the not doing of which the Long Parliament was dissolved ) He (*) as an old bottle , being not fit to leave that new wine , without putting it to the question , he left the Chair , and went with his Fellow old bottles to Whitehall , to surrender their Power to General Cromwell , which he , as Speaker , and they by signing a Parchment or Paper , pretended to do . The colourable foundation for this Apostasie , upon the monarchical foundation , being thus laid , and the General himself ( as Protector ) seated thereon , he became one of his Council , and trusted with many matters , as being appointed in the latter end of the same year the first and prime Tryer or Approver of publick Preachers , and the year after a Commissioner for the County of Cornwall , for the Ejection of such whom they then called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters . Afterwards he sate in the following Parliaments under Oliver , and being an aged and venerable man , was accounted worthy to be taken out of the H. of Commons , to have a negative Voice in the other house , that is House of Lords , over all that should question him for what he had done , and over all the people of the Land besides , tho he would not suffer it in the King and Lords . This person who was usually stiled by the Loyal Party the old illiterate Jew of Eaton , and another Proteus , hath divers things ( especially of Divinity ) extant , wherein much enthusiastical Canting is used , the Titles of which follow . The art of Happiness , consisting of three parts , whereof the first searcheth out the happiness of Man. The second , &c. Lond. 1619. oct . at which time the Author lived at Lanrake in Cornwall . The diseases of the time attended by their remedies . Lond. 1622. oct . Oyl of Scorpions . The miseries of these times turned into medicines and curing themselves . Lond. 1623. oct . Testis veritatis . The Doctrine of K. James of the Ch. of England , plainly shewed to be one in the points of Predestination , Free-will , and certainty of Salvation . Lond. 1626. qu. Discovery of the grounds , both natural and politick , of Arminianisme — Printed with Test . ver . The only remedy that can cure a People when all other Remedies fail . Lond. 1627. in tw . The heavenly Academie . Lond. 1638. in tw . dedicated to John L. Roberts of Truro . Catholike Charity : complaining and maintaining that Rome is uncharitable to sundry eminent parts of the Cath. Church , and especially to Protestants , and is therefore uncatholike : And so a Romish book called Charitie mistaken , though undertaken by a second , is it self a mistaking . Lond. 1641. oct . Meditations endeavouring the edification and reparation of the house of God. The great Oracle . Even the main frame and body of the Scriptures , resolving the Question , Whether in mans free will and common grace stands the safety of man , and the glory of God in mans safety . The mystical marriage : or , experimental discoveries of the heavenly marriage between a Soul and her Saviour . Lond. 1653. in tw . All which treatises , in number eleven , were reprinted in one folio at Lond. 1657. under the title of Works of Francis Rous Esq . Or Treatises and meditations dedicated to the Saints and to the excellent throughout the three Nations . Before which works is the picture of the Author aged 77 years an . 1656 , engraven by the curious hand of Will. Faithorne . Parliamentarie Speeches , as ( 1 ) Sp. concerning the goods , liberties , and lives of his Maj. Subjects , &c. Lond. 1641. in one sh . in qu. ( 2 ) Sp. before the Lords in the upper house 16. of March 1640 against Dr. Jo. Cosin , Dr. Roger Manwairing and Dr. Will. Beale , upon the complaint of Mr. Pet. Smart . Lond. 1641. in one sh . in qu. ( 3 ) Sp. in the H. of Commons against making Dr. Jo. Prideaux , Dr. Th. Winniff , Dr. R. Holdsworth , and Dr. Hen. King Bishops , till a setled Government in Religion was established . Lond. 1642. in one sh . in qu. Mella Patrum : nempe omnium quorum per prima nascentis & patientis ecclesiae tria secula , usque ad pacem sub Constantino divinitûs datam , scripta prodierunt , atque adhuc minus dubiae fidei supersunt . Lond. 1650. in a thick large oct . Interiora regni dei . Lond. 1665. in tw . He also translated The Psalmes of David into English meeter . Lond. 1646. oct . This translation , tho ordered by the H. of Commons to be printed 4. Nov. 1645 , yet , if I am not mistaken , all or most of it was printed in 1641. The said Psalmes were also turned into Meter by Will. Barton . — pr. by order of Parl. 1645. oct . Our Author Rous gave way to fate at Acton near London , on the seventh day of January , in sixteen hundred fifty and eight , and was buried in Eaton Coll. Church , near to the entrance of that Chappel joyning thereunto , formerly built by Rog. Lupton Provost of the said College . Soon after were hanged up , over his grave , a Standard , Pennon , &c. and other Ensigns relating to Barons , containing in them the arms of the several matches of his Family . All which continuing there till 1661 were then pulled down with scorn by the loyal Provost and Fellows , and thrown aside as tokens and badges of damn'd baseness and rebellion . Those of his Party did declare openly to the World at his death that he needed no monument besides his own printed works and the memorials of his last will , to convey his name to posterity . And that the other works of his life , were works of charity , wherein he was most exemplary , as the poor in many parts would after the loss of him tell you , &c. The Poet of Broadgates called Ch. Fitz Geffry , did celebrate (a) his memory while he was of that house , and after his death Pembroke College ( built in the place of Broadg. ) did the like for his (b) benefaction to the members thereof . WILLIAM SANDBROOKE of Glocester Hall took one degree in the Civil Law in 1630 , and about that time entring into Holy Orders , became Rector of the Church of S. Pet. in the Baylie in Oxon , 1635 , where he was much frequented by Puritanical People and precise Scholars , as Rogers Principal of New Inn was , who had his turn in preaching there . In the beginning of the Civil Wars he left the University , and betook himself to a Sea employment , in the quality of a Chaplain , under the Earl of Warwick Admiral for the Parliament , but being weary of it by the year 1644 , he officiated as Vicar of S. Margarets Church in the City of Rochester by the leave of one Mr. Selvey the true Incumbent , who having a good temporal estate , allowed Sandbrooke the whole profits of the living . Afterwards he was appointed by the Presbyterian Party one of three Lecturers in the Cathedral there , purposely to preach down the Blasphemies and Heresies of Rich. Coppin and his besotted and begotted followers . This Mr. Sandbrooke hath published , The Church , the proper subject of the new Covenant , in three Sermons . Lond. 1646. oct . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Fun. Sermon on Col. 2.6 . — printed 1657. in oct . &c. which , and others , I have not yet seen . He died at Rochester in sixteen hundred fifty and eight , and was inter'd in the South Isle joyning to the Parish Church of S. Margaret beforemention'd , ( remarkable for being the place of burial of one of the Saxon Kings as the People there say ) on the fifteenth day of March , leaving then behind him the character of a godly and painful preacher . WILLIAM RUSSELL Son of a Father of both his names , was born at Wickware in Glocestershire , educated in the Grammar School at Wotton Underedge in the said County , became a Batler of Linc. Coll. in Lent term 1635 , took one degree in Arts , and then taught School for a time at Sadbury in his own Country . At length John Langley being called away to be chief Master of S. Pauls School , he became Master in his room of the publick College School in the City of Glocester , where by his singular industry , happy way of teaching , and by his great skill in the Tongues and holy Scripture , many learned youths were sent thence to the Universities . His works are these . The old Protestants conscientious enquiries concerning the new engagement — printed in qu. 'T was written against the Oath called the Engagement . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . The Holy Ghost vindicated — in oct . written against Joh. Biddle . He gave way to fate on the 5. of July in sixteen hundred fifty and nine aged 42 years , and was buried in S. Michaels Church within the City of Gloc. See his Epitaph in Hist & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. p. 167. a. b. He left behind him three most ingenious Sons and excellent Scholars , who were afterwards successively Masters of Arts and Fellows of Magd. Coll. The eldest was Samuel , who died 22. July 1670. aged 22 , the next was William who died 8. Dec. 1672 aged 22 , and the third was Richard who dying 21. of Oct. 1681. aged 28 years was buried by his said two Brethren on the south side of Magd. Coll. outer Chappel . One Rich. Russell a Rutlandsh . man born , as it seems , bred in the English Coll. of Secular Priests at Lisbon in Portugal , was by the K. of that Country designed to go into England as an interpreter to Don Francisco de Mello Earl of Ponte , Embassador extraordinary from the said K. to K. Ch. 2 , to settle the Marriage between him and Donna Catherina the Infanta of that Country . After Russels return into Portugal , he was rewarded for his pains with the Bishoprick of Portalegre , where he now lives , but whether of the same Family with Will. Russell beforemention'd I cannot tell . HENRY EDMONDSON or , as he writes himself Henricus Edmundus ab Edmundo , was born in Cumberland , and in the beginning of the year 1622 , and in that of his age 15 , he was entred a Student in Queens Coll. where , after he had undergone the servile places of a poor Child and Tabarder , was , when Master of Arts , admitted Fellow . Afterwards he was made Usher of Tunbridge School in Kent under Dr. Nich. Grey , and in 1655 , when Thomas Widdowes died , he was constituted by the Provost and Fellows of Qu. Coll. Master of the well endowed Free-school at Northleech in Glocestershire , where he continued to the time of his death . He hath written , Lingua Linguarum . The natural Language of Languages ; wherein it is desired and endeavoured , that tongues may be brought to teach themselves , and words may be best fancied , understood and remembred , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . &c. Homonyma & Synonyma Linguae Latinae conjuncta & distincta . Oxon. 1661. oct . and other things , as 't is probable . He was buried in the Church of Northleech on the 15 day of July in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , leaving then the character behind him of a most able Person in his profession , and of one , who had done great benefit for the publick by his sedulous and industrious education of youth . MICHAEL JERMIN Son of Alex. Jerm . Merchant and Sherriff of Exeter , Son of Mich. Jermin somtimes twice Mayor of the said City , was born at Knowston in Devonshire , entred a Sojournour in Exeter Coll. in the beginning of 1606 aged 15 years , admitted Scholar of C. C. Coll. 23. Sept. 1608 , Master of Arts in the latter end of 1614 , and Probat . Fellow of the said House 25 of Apr. in the year following . Afterwards he was made Chaplain to the Lady Elizabeth , Consort to the Pr. Elector Palatine of Rheine , made D. of Div. of the University of Leyden , in his passage thither or return thence , incorporated in the same degree at Oxon , in 1624 , constituted Chaplain to K. Ch. 1 , and at length in 1638 , or thereabouts , he was made Rector of S. Martins Church near Ludgate within the City of London , which was all the preferment , I think , that he enjoyed . He was always reputed a pious and laborious man in his calling , learned and well read in most parts of Divinity , as in these his labours following is evident . Paraphrastical meditations by way of commentarie on the Proverbs , &c. Lond. 1638. fol. Commentarie on Ecclesiastes , &c. Lond. 1639. fol. Exemplary life and death of Mr. ... Jurdaine — printed in qu. One Ferdin . Nicolls Minister of S. Marie Arches in Exeter , hath written The life and death of Ignat. Jurdaine sometimes Alderman of the City of Exeter . Whether he be the same Jurdaine , whose life Dr. Jermin wrot , I know not , for I have not yet seen it , nor The Fathers instruction to his Child , printed at Lond. 1658. oct . said to be written by Jermin . At length after he had suffer'd much for the royal cause in the time of the rebellion by sequestration of his rectory , plundering and other miseries , lived as opportunity served , and on the benevolence of some generous Loyallists . Afterward retiring to Kemsing near to Sevenoke in Kent , lived obscurely with his Son in law for about 7 years before his death . In fine , preaching at Sevenoke on the 14 day of August , being then the Lords day , in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , dropt dead from his horse in his return thence to Kemsing . Whereupon he was buried on the north side of the Altar , in the Chancel belonging to the Church of Kemsing . Over his grave was a marble monument set up near to the East Window , with an inscription engraven thereon ; a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 243. a. ZACHARIE BOGAN Son of Will. Bogan Gent. was born at Little Hempston in Devonshire , became a Commoner of S. Alb. Hall in Mich. term under the tuition of Ralph Button a Puritannical Fellow of Mert. Coll. in the year 1640 and that of his age 15 , admitted Scholar of C. C. Coll. 26. of Nov. the year following , left the University when the City of Oxon was garrison'd for the King , return'd after the surrender thereof to the Parliament , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in Mich. term 1646 , elected Prob. Fellow of the said Coll. in the year following , and afterwards proceeding in his faculty , became a retired and religious Student , and much noted in the University for his admirable skill in the Tongues . He hath written , Additions to Franc. Rous his Archeologiae Atticae — Printed several times before 1674. in qu. Of the threats and punishments recorded in Scripture , alphabetically composed with some brief observations on sundry texts . Oxon. 1653. oct . dedicated to his Father . Meditations of the mirth of a Christian life . Oxon. 1653. oct . grounded on Psal . 32.11 . and on Phil. 4.4 . dedicated to his Mother Joan. Comparatio Homeri cum scriptoribus sacris quoad Normam loquendi . Oxon. 1658. oct . Help to prayer , both extempore , and by a set forme : as also to meditation , &c. Oxon. 1660. oct . published after the Authors death by Dan. Agas Fellow of C. C. Coll. He also wrot a large and learned Epistle to Edm. Dickinson M. A. of Mert. College , set before a book going under his name , entit . Delphi Phaenicizantes , &c. Oxon. 1655. oct . At length this our Author Bogan , who had contracted an ill habit of body by studying , surrendred up his pious Soul to God on the first day of Septemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and nine ; whereupon his body was committed to the Earth about the middle of the north cloister belonging to the Coll. of Corp. Christi , joyning to the S side of the Chappel there . At that time , and before , the Nation being very unsetled , and the Universities expecting nothing but ruin and dissolution , it pleased Mr. Bogan to give by his will to the City of Oxon 500 l. whereas had the nation been otherwise , he would have given that money to his College . His picture drawn to the life hangs in the Council Chamber joyning to the Guild-hall of the City of Oxon. CHARLES HERLE third Son of Ed. Herle Esq . by Anne his Wife Daugh. of John Trefrie , was born at Prideaux Herle near Lystwithyel in Cornwall , where tho his ancestors have lived several generations in gentile fashion , yet they were originally of West Herle in Northumberland . At 14 years of age in 1612 , he became a Sojournour of Exeter Coll. in Mich. term , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1618 , and afterwards Holy Orders , but what were his employments or preferments that immediatly followed I know not : Sure I am that he was Rector of one of the richest Churches in England , which is at Winwick in Lancashire , before the eruption of the Civil War in 1642 , that at the eruption he , having always been esteemed a Puritan , sided with the Presbyterian Party , took the Covenant , was elected one of the Assemb . of Divines in 1643 , being then a frequent Preacher before the Long Parliament ; and in the year 1646 , July 22 , he was voted by the members of the said Parliament Prolocutor of that Assembly , after the death of Twysse . In 1647 he , with Steph. Marshall went with certain Commissioners appointed by the Parliament into Scotland , to give them a right understanding of the affairs in England , but what he did there , was chiefly to give constant notice of the Scots resolutions and the forwardness of their Levies . After the King was beheaded , he retired to his rectory of Winwick , having first received satisfaction from the Parliament for his Service , and losses he sustained at Winwick after he had fled to London for protection during the heat of the War ; where he was esteemed by the factious party the prime man of note and power among the Clergy . In 1654 he was by the Authority of Parl. appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Lanc. for the ejection of such whom they then called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and School-masters , in which office he , with Is . Ambrose of Preston , Edw. Gee of Eccleston , &c. shewed great severity against them . This Mr. Herle hath extant under his name these things following . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) A pair of Compasses for the Church and State , Sermon before the House of Com. at their monthly fast , ult . Nov. 1642 , on Zach. 8.19 . Lond. 1642. qu. ( 2 ) Davids Song of three parts , Thanksgiving Sermon before the H. of Lords for Gods great deliverance of the Parl. City and Kingdom from the late conspiracy against all three , ( that is for the discovery of the design of Nath. Tomkyns , Rich. Chaloner &c. ) to reduce London to the obedience of the K. on Psal . 95.1 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 3 ) Davids reserve and rescue , Serm. before the H. of C. 5. Nov. 1644 , on 2. Sam. 21.16.17 . Lond. 1645. 46. qu. ( 4 ) Sermon before the H. of Com. on 1. Kings 22.22 . Lond. 1644. qu. This I have not yet seen , and therefore I know not yet to the contrary but that it may be a Thanksg . Serm. 18. July 1644 for the victory over Pr. Rupert at Marston Moore near York . ( 5 ) Abrahams Offering , Serm. before the L. Mayor and Aldermen of London , on Gen. 22.2 . Lond. 1644. This also I have not yet seen , nor another on 2. Sam. 22.22 . printed there the same year , in qu. nor a Thanksgiving Sermon before the House of C. preached 12. May 1646 for the taking of several Towns in the West by the Parl. Forces , as also a Fast Sermon before the H. of Lords 24. June the same year . Microcosmography , in Essays and Characters — printed 1628. in oct . or tw . Contemplations and Devotions on all the passages of our Saviours passion . Lond. 1631. in oct . or tw . An answer to Dr. Fern. Lond. 1642. The same I suppose which is intit . An answer to misled Dr. Hen. Fearne according to his own method of his book , &c. — printed the same year in 6. sheets in qu. The independency on Scriptures of the independency of Churches : wherein the question of Independency of Ch. Government is temperately first stated , secondly argued , &c. Lond. 1643. in 6. sh . and half in qu. This book was answer'd by Sam. Rutherford D. D. of the New Coll. in S Andrews in Scotland , ( who died 1661 ) , replyed upon by Rich. Mather Minister of Dorchester in New England . Worldly policy and moral prudence ; the vanity and folly of the one , the solidity and usefulness of the other , in a moral discourse . Lond. 1654. oct . This came out again in the year following in oct . with this title Wisdomes Tripos , concerning worldly policy , moral prudence and Christian wisdome . What other things are published under his name I know not , nor any thing else of him only that he died at Winwick in the latter end of Septemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , and was buried on the 29 day of the same month in the Chancel of the Church there , as I have been informed by the Letters of Dr. Richard Sherlock his next successor in the Rectory of Winwick saving one . GRIFFIN HIGGS second Son of Griff. Higgs ( by Sarah Paine his Wife Dau. of Rob. Paine of Caversham in Oxfordshire ) Son of Nich. Higgs , descended of a wealthy and honest Family living in Glocestershire , was born at Stoke Abbat , commonly called South Stoke , near Henley in Oxfordshire , and was baptized there on the day of S. Sim. and Jude in the year 1589. After he had been trained up in Grammar learning at Reading , he was sent to S. Johns Coll. in the beginning of the year 1606 , where making great proficiency in Logick and Philosophy under Mr. Rich. Tillesley his Tutour , he was worthily esteemed the flower of the undergraduats of that house , whether for Oratory or Disputations . After he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , he wrot in Lat. verse . Nativitas , vita & mors D. Thomae White Militis , & Alderm . Civitatis Lond. & Fundatoris Coll. S. Johannis Bapt. Oxon. This is a MS. in the custody of the President of that house , and hath this beginning , Inclyto Whitaeae , primordia condere gentis . Also in prose . A true and faithful relation of the rising and fall of Thom. Tooker Prince of Alba Fortunata , Lord of S. Johns , with the occurrents which hapned throughout his whole dominion . — This is also a Ms . bound with the former , and hath this beginning , It hapned in the year of our Lord 1607 , the 31. of Oct. being All saints Eve , &c. This Book which is in fol. contains verses , speeches , playes , &c. as also the description of the Christmas Prince of S. Joh. Coll. whom the Juniors have annually for the most part elected from the first foundation of the College : And in the beginning of Qu. Elizabeths Reign , John Case afterwards Doctor of Phys . and a noted Philosopher did with great credit undergo that Office. When the said Tooker was elected Prince , he assumed these titles , viz. The most magnificent and renowned Thomas , by the favour of fortune , Prince of Alba Fortunata , Lord of S. Johns , High Regent of the Hall , Duke of S. Giles , Marquess of Magdalens , Landgrave of the Grove , Count Palatine of the Cloysters , Chief Baylive of Beaumont , High Ruler of (*) Rome , Master of the Mannour of Walton , Governour of Glocester Green , sole Commander of all titles , turnaments and triumphs , Superintendent in all solemnities whatsoever . The said Tooker who was Fellow of S. Johns Coll. was afterwards Bach. of Divinity , Prebendary of Bristow , &c. and the custom was not only observed in that Coll. but in several other Houses , particularly in Mert. Coll , where , from the first foundation , the Fellows annually elected , about S. Edmunds day in November , a Christmas Lord , or Lord of misrule , stiled in their registers Rex Fabarum and Rex regni fabarum : Which custome continued till the reformation of Religion , and then that producing Puritanisme , and Puritanisme Presbytery , the professors of it looked upon such laudable and ingenious customes as Popish , Diabolical and Antichristian . Our Author Higgs was , about the same time that he wrot and collected the said Folio Book , elected Probationer Fellow of Mert. Coll. an . 1611 , and taking the degree of Master , had Holy Orders confer'd on him and two small cures successively in that College gift . In 1622 he did undergo with great courage , tho of little stature , the procuratorial office of the University , and being afterwards Bach. of Div. was in the year 1627 sent to the Hague by his Majesty to be Chaplain to his Sister Elizabeth Qu. of Bohemia ; in which employment he continued at least 12 years . In the year 1629 / 30 , he performed his exercise at Leyden for the degree of Doctor of Divinity , and was forthwith created Doctor of that fac . by the famous Andrew Rivet . At length being called home from his service by his Majesty , he was by the endeavours of Dr. Laud made Rector of the rich Church of Clive or Cliff near to Dover in Kent , Chauntor of S. Davids , and upon the removal of Dr. Sam. Fell to the Deanery of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , was made Dean of Lichfield , in 1638 ( the Cathedral of which he adorned to his great charge ) and Chapl. in ord . to his Majesty . At length the Civil Wars breaking forth he suffer●d for his Majesties cause , was plundred , sequestred , lost his spiritualities , &c. So that retiring to the place of his nativity spent there the remainder of his days in great retiredness , study and devotion . He hath written besides those things beforementioned , Problemata Thologica . Lugd. Bat. 1630. qu. Miscellaneae Theses Theologicae . Lugd. Bat. 1630. qu. These were defended by him , when he was made Doctor at Leyden 12. Feb. 1630. according to the accompt there followed . He wrot other things worthy of the Press , but are not yet made publick . At length after he had spent most of his time in prosperity , and part in adversity , yet all in celebacy , he surrendred up his pious Soul to God at South Stoke beforemention'd on the 16 day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . About that time was a comly mon. set up in the wall over his grave , with a large inscription thereon , written mostly by himself , the contents of which shall now for brevity sake be omitted . By his last Will and Test . he gave 5 l. to the Church of S. Stoke , and 100 l. to buy Land for the poor of that town . Six hundred pounds also he gave to purchase free land of soccage to the value of 30 l. per an . for the maintenance of a Schoolmaster there , to be purchased by the Warden and Fellows of Mert. Coll. whom he appointed Patrons of the School to be erected there . He also gave several Books to the publick Library at Oxon , was a benefactor to S. Johns Coll. and a greater to Merton ; to the last of which he gave all his Library , that had been for the most part plundered in the time of rebellion , and put into the Library at Stafford . But upon several attempts that the members of that house made to gain it , they were as often repuls'd by the Staffordians to their great charge . He gave to the said Coll. also as much money that would clearly purchase 10 l. per an . to be bestowed on one of the society thereof to be keeper of the Library there . THEOPHILUS HIGGONS Son of Rob. Higgons , was born at Chilton near Brill in Bucks , educated partly in the Free●school at Thame in Oxfordshire , made Student of Ch. Ch. in 1592 aged 14 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1600 , he being then noted to be a young man of pregnant parts and a tolerable lat . Poet. During his residence in the said house , he was esteemed a Person to be much stained with Puritanisme , and to be violent against all such that were suspected to favour the Romish See. When he was Censor also , he was so zealous as to saw down a harmless maypole standing within the precincts of the said house , because forsooth he thought it came out of a Romish Forest . Upon the promotion of Dr. Ravis Dean of Ch. Ch. to the See of Glocester , he was honoured so far by him as to be taken into his service , and to be made his domestick Chaplain ; with whom continuing till about the time he was translated to London , made sute to be Lecturer at S. Dunstans Ch. in Fleetstreet : Which desire of his being obtained he was much followed there by all sorts of People for his sweet and eloquent way of preaching . But so it was that many of his contributary auditors thought that his long prayers and spitting pauses were too short , because the reverend Bishops ( yea his own Lord and Master ) were ever left out for wranglers and Antichristian Hierarchies . After he had been setled for some time in that place , he married a Wife , but in such a clandestine manner , that his Father , Relations and many of his Admirers did much blame him for it . So that being sensible of the disrespect that followed , and neglect of many that loved him before , he left his Wife , and went into the north parts of England . From whence returning soon after to London , he published a small book in print flatly against the absurdities , which he afterwards strongly seemed to maintain . But all this availed nothing , for being a Person very ambitious , and finding not preferment sutable , as he thought , to his merits , did thereupon , and by a contraction of debts occasion'd by his marriage , fall into a deep discontent . Which being quickly perceived by some , especially by one called Fludde a Priest ( the same I suppose with Joh. Floyd a Jesuit ) a Person excellently learned , as well in Philosophy as Theology , was by his endeavours drawn over to the Church of Rome , and forthwith did write a little Pamphlet Of venial and mortal sin , flat , as 't is said by some , against the principles of the Romish profession , but of this Pamphlet I can give no account because I have not yet seen it . Afterwards he ship'd himself for France , and being setled at S. Omers ( to which place his Father went afterwards to fetch him home , but could not ) he wrot , His first motive to adhere to the Roman Church , &c. with an appendix against Dr. Laur. Humphrey , Dr. Ric. Field , and Dr. Tho. Morton , &c. — printed 1609. in oct . Which motive , as he saith , was drawn up chiefly upon the detection of some egregious falshoods in the said Humphreys perverting S. Austin , and Fields traducing S. Ambrose , and learned Protestants in their writings , touching the question of purgatory , and prayer for the dead . But this was otherwise made apparent by Sir Edward Hoby's letter to him in answer to his motive ; to which , if it may be seen , I refer the Reader . Afterwards he went to Roan , where he lived for some time ; but finding not that which he expected , namely Respect , Preferment , and I know not what , was at length regained to the English Church by Dr. Tho. Morton Dean of Winchester ( afterwards Bishop of Durham ) who had answer'd one of his books , as I shall tell you anon . A scholastical examination of Mans iniquity and Gods justice . Lond. 1608 , written before he turned Papist . Apologie refuting Sir Edw. Hoby's Letter against his first motive . Roan 1609 in oct . Sermon at S. Pauls Cross 3 March 1610 , on Ephes . 2.4 , 5 , 6 , 7. in testimony of his hearty re-union with the Church of England and humble submission thereunto . Lond. 1611. qu. This recantation Sermon he made upon his being regained by Dr. Morton . Reasons proving the lawfulness of the oath of allegiance . Lond. 1611. qu. Mystical Babell : or Papal Rome . A treatise on Apocalips 18.2 . ( in two Serm. ) Lond. 1624. qu. After his regainment to the Ch. of England he was promoted to the rectory of Hunton near to Maidston in Kent , lived there till the Rebellion brake out , and afterwards being sequestred , as I have heard , lived in the house of one Dan. Collins of Maidston , where dying in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , a little before the Kings restauration , as the said Collins who was afterwards Jurat of Maidston told my friend , ( for his name stands not in the register there ) was buried in the Cemitery belonging to the Church of that place , near to the S. E. door of the Chancel , but hath no stone or mon. over his grave . WILLIAM ROWLAND Son of Griffin Rowland of the City of Worcester , was born there , became either a Batler or Sojournour of Exeter Coll. in the beginning of the year 1627 , aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders and was made either a Reader or Curate of S. Margarets Church in the City of Westminster . In the time of the rebellion when he saw the Church of England declining , he changed his Religion for that of Rome , and went to Paris , where by the name of Rolandus Palingenius he made a shift to get a livelyhood by his mendicant scribbles , his lepid veine , and art of Poetry among the English Gentlemen , and other Grandies of France . He hath written , Varia Poemata . Mostly in Lat. some in English and some in French , to which he would somtimes make additions of copies to them , on new Patrons , as they came to his knowledg , just as Payne Fisher afterwards did , to shark money from those who delighted to see their names in print . This Will. Rowland who wrot himself in the title of his Poems Gul. Rolandus Poeta Regius , was a boon Droll , a jolly companion and was generally called Doctor , having had that degree confer●d on him , ( as I have heard ) at Paris . At length retiring for health sake to a village called Vambre near to that great City , he having brought his body into a consumption by too much lifting , ended his days there in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , or thereabouts . I have seen a Book intit . Legenda lignea , &c. containing a character of some hopeful Saints revolted to the Church of Rome . Lond. 1653. oct . In which book p. 172 , &c. you may see a full , if not too smart , character of this Will. Rowland , but whether all is true that is said of him there , ( for the Book is full of scurrilities ) may be justly question'd . Since I wrot this , I find one Will. Rowland Master of Arts ( and Dr. of Physick as he writes himself ) to have translated into English ( besides several books of Physick that he hath written ) A Treatise of spirits and wind offending mans body . Lond. 1668. qu. Written by Dr. Jo. Fienus ; but the translation being by him dedicated to the vertuosi of the Royal Society , first founded 1660 , I cannot take him to be the same with the former . ROBERT DINGLEY Son of Sir Joh. Dingley of London Knight , and Nephew by the Mother to Dr. Hen. Hammond , was born in Surrey , entred a Student in Magd. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1634 aged 15 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became a great observer of Church ceremonies , and a remarkable Bower to the Altar when he came into the Chappel . But soon after the Presbyterians carrying all before , he , as a vain man , sided with , them , became an enemy to those things , which he before had a zeal for , and , for the love he bore to the cause , became , by the favour of his Kinsman Coll. Robert Hammond Governour of the isle of Wight , Rector of Brightestone alias Brixton or Brison in the said Isle , where he was much frequented by the godly party for his practical way of preaching , and hated by the Royallists for his activity in ejecting such that were by some called ignorant and scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters during the time that he was an Assistant to the Commissioners of Hampshire , an . 1654. 55. &c. He hath written , The Spiritual tast described : or , a Glimpse of Christ discovered in two parts , grounded on Psal . 34.8 . and on Malac. 4 ▪ 2. Lond. 1649. oct . Before which book , is the picture of the Author fat and jolly , in a Presb. Cloak . This book came out in 1651. with this title Divine relishes of matchless goodness , &c. The disputation of Angells : or , the Angell-Guardian . ( 1 ) Proved by the divine light of nature , &c. ( 2 ) From many rubs and mistakes , &c. ( 3 ) Applied and improved for our information , &c. chiefly grounded on Acts 12.15 . Lond. 1654. oct . As the former book was perused , and commended to the World by Tho. Goodwin Pres . of Magd. Coll. and Will. Strong , so this by Nich. Lockyer of New Inn , afterwards Provost of Eaton Coll. Messiah's splendor : or , the glimpsed glory of a beauteous Christian . — printed in oct . Divine Opticks : or , a treatise of the eye , discovering the vices and virtues thereof ; as also how that Organ may be tuned : chiefly grounded on Psal . 119.37 . Lond. 1655. in oct . Philosophical , Historical and Theological observations of Thunder , with a more general view of Gods wonderful works . Lond. 1658. ( oct . ) in which year he had a Sermon published on Job . 26.14 . in oct . which I have not yet seen . But our Author Dingley having said and preached some things not pleasing to the Quakers , he was animadverted upon by George Fox in his Great mystery of the great whore unfolded , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. p. 361. &c. He died at Brightestone beforemention'd , in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , with this inscription on his grave . Here lieth the body of Mr. Robert Dingley Minister of this place , second Son of Sir John Dingley Knight , who died in the fortieth year of his age , on the twelfth day of January 1659. JOHN SALKELD fourth Son of Edw. Salkeld Gent. second brother to George Salkeld somtimes of Corby Castle in Cumberland Esquire , lineally descended from Sir Rich. Salkeld Kt , Lord Warden of Carlile in the time of K. Ric. 3 , was born at Corby Castle , and when very young journied through Oxon beyond the Seas , but in what house he was entred , unless in Qu. Coll. I cannot tell . His continuance there , as I have been informed , was so short ( occasion'd by his Religion ) that we can scarce reckon him among the Oxonians . For so it was that his Father soon after conveyed him into Spain , entred him among the Jesuits in the University of Conimbria , where , as also at Corduba and Complutum he continued among them in the condition of a Jesuit many years , and was Assistant in the studies to the famous Jesuits Franc. Suarius ( who was his fellow student several years ) and Mich. Vasquez . Afterwards he was sent into Portugall , where he read Philosophy about six years , then into the English mission , but being taken and brought before K. Jam. 1 , who had several times heard of him and his eminency for learning , he entred into divers disputes with him at several times . At length being overcome by his solid arguments , Salkeld turned Protestant , was recommended to Dr. King Bishop of London for maintenance , and in Nov. 1613 , became , by the presentation of his Majesty , Vicar of Wellington in Somersetshire , ( being then Bach. of Div. ) where he used to boast of his conversion and to stile himself the Royal Convert . In 1635 he was made Minister of Church Taunton in Devonshire worth to him about 200 l. per an . whereupon one Walt. Travers was instituted Vicar of Wellington in his place , on the 16. of July the same year . But after the Civil Wars broke forth he suffer'd for the Royal cause , being esteemed by the obstinate and incredulous Presbyterians a Papist in his heart , or at least popishly affected . He was a Person profoundly read in Theological and other Authors , and K. Jam. 1. doth stile him in his works the learned Salkeld , of which character he would often glory . His works are , A Treatise of Angels , &c. Lond. 1613. oct . dedic . to K. Jam. 1. Treatise of Paradise and the principal contents thereof , &c. Lond. 1617. oct . ded . to Sir Franc. Bacon L. Keeper of the Great Seal . He gave way to fate at Uffculme in Devonshire ( having for 14 years before been sequestred of Church Taunton ) in the month of February in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , aged 84 years or more , and was buried in the Church there , as I have been informed by his son John Salkeld of Uffculme before mention'd , Gent. He then left behind him several things of his composition fit for the Press , among which were two concerning Controversies between Rome and the Church of Engl. and another of the end of the world ; which last , and one of the former , were conveyed to London by his son , to his Kinsman Sir Edw. VValker Garter K. of Arms , who communicating one of the said former things to Dr. Sam. Parker Chaplain to Dr. Sheldon Archb. of Canterbury , to know of him whether it was fit to be printed , he found it a solid piece , and the Author of it learned , but the design Cassandrian , &c. as by his letters I was informed . WILLIAM HICKS son of Nich. Hicks Gent. was born at Kerris in the Parish of S. Paulin near to the Mount in Cornwall , an . 1620 , and baptized there on the second day of January the same year . After he had been instructed in Grammaticals in the high School at Exeter under Mr. Will. Hayter and partly at Liskerd under one Granger , he became a Commoner of Wadham Coll. in Lent Term 1637 , and there ran thro the Classes of Logic and Philosophy . But being taken thence in the beginning of the Civil War , before he could be honored with a degree , he was by his Relations put in Arms against the King , and in short time became so fanatical in his opinion , that he was esteemed by some to be little better than an Anabaptist . So that being looked upon as a zealous brother for the Cause , he was made a Captain in the Trained Bands , and became very forward against those of the loyal party . He hath published , Revelation revealed : being a practical Exposition on the Revelation of S. John. Lond. 1659. fol. Which book laying dead on the sellers hands , was a new title afterwards put , bearing date 1661. with the Authors picture before it in a clock . Quinto-Monarchia , cum quarto 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : or , a friendly compliance between Christs Monarchy and the Magistrates , being a glass for the Quinto-Monarchians , and all others that desire to know under what dispensations of Providence we now live , &c. — printed and bound with Revelation revealed , &c. which was written ( as the common report went in Exet. Coll. and Cornwall ) by a Kinsman of Will. Hicks called Alexander Harrie a Ministers son in Cornwall , Bachelaur of Divinity , and sometimes Fellow of the said Coll. of Exeter ; which book ( Revelation rev . ) coming after his death into Hicks's hands , he published it under his own name , without any mention of A. Harrie , who was a learned man , and had in great veneration by those that knew him . This Mr. Hicks died at Kerris in the very beginning of March in sixteen hundred fifty and nine , and was buried on the third day of the same month in the Parish Church of S. Paulin before mention'd . Besides this Will. Hicks was another of both his names , Author of Oxford Jests , and afterwards of Oxfords Drollery . Which books ( several times printed in oct . ) answering not the expectation of Cambridge men , because they have supposed that they were written by a scholastical Wit , I desire ▪ therefore that they should know that the said Will. Hicks who stiles himself in the titles of his books a Native of Oxon , as having been born in S. Thomas Parish of poor and dissolute Parents , was bred a Tapster under Tho. Williams of the Star Inn Inholder , where continuing till after the Rebellion broke out , became a Retainer to the family of Lucas in Colohester , afterwards Clerk to a Woodmonger in Deptford , where training the young men , and putting them in a posture of defence , upon the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , obtained the name of Captain Hicks , and was there living in 1669 , when his book of Jests was ▪ published , which gave occasion of other books of the like nature to be afterwards made extant , as Cambridge Jests , London Jests , Englands Jests , Poor ▪ Robins Jests , Westminster Quibbles in verse , &c. This Hicks , who was a sharking and indigent Fellow while he lived in Oxon , and a great pretender to the art of Dancing , ( which he forsooth would sometimes teach ) was also Author of Coffee-house Jests , the third Edition of which came out in 1684 , and of other little trivial matters meerly to get bread , and make the pot walk . PHILIP TAVERNER son of Joh. Taverner of Wycombe ( Great Wycombe ) in Bucks , was born in that County , admitted a poor Scholar of Exeter Coll. 12 May 1634 , aged 17 years , took one degree in Arts , holy Orders , and was made Vicar of West Drayton and afterwards Minister of Hillingdon , both in Middlesex . He hath written , The Quakers rounds . Reply to Edm. Burrough Quaker . — Both which are animadverted upon by George Fox Quaker , in his book intit . The great mystery of the great whore unfolded , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. p. 283 and 308. The Grandfathers advice , directed in special to his Children . Lond. 1680 , 81. oct . published after the Authors death for the common good . What other books he hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died and was buried at Hillingdon , as I have been informed by those of the neighbourhood . TOBIE VENNER was born of gentile Parents at Petherton near to Bridgwater in Somersetshire , became a Commoner of S. Albans Hall in 1594 , aged 17 years , took one degree in Arts , entred upon the Physick line , practis'd that fac . for some time in these parts , afterwards at Bridgwater , and lastly in the City of Bathe and near thereunto . In 1613 he took both the degrees in Medicine , had then , and always after , the name of a plain and charitable Physitian , was resorted to by rich and poor , and venerated by all persons for his happy and successful practice in his faculty . He did not only shew the right way for living long , but acted it himself , confirming the theory of the one with the practice of the other for near 60 years . He hath written and published these things following . Via recta ad vitam longam : or , a Treatise wherein the right way and best manner of living for attaining to a long and healthful life is clearly demonstrated . Lond. 1620. 1650 &c. in qu. This plain book which was written in condescension to mean capacities , got him most of his practice . Compendious treatise concerning the nature , use and efficacy of the Bathes at Bathe . Advertisement concerning the taking of Physick in the Spring . Censure concerning the water of S. Vincents Rocks near Bristol . Brief and accurate treatise concerning the taking of the fume of Tobacco . — These four last were printed with Via recta . Philosophical discourse of dieterical Observations for the preserving of health — Printed 1620. qu. He died at Bathe on the 27 day of March in sixteen hundred and sixty , and was buried in the south Isle joyning to the great Church there dedicated to S. Peter . Over his grave was soon after put a very fair Monument , with the bust of the defunct , in the east wall , with a large inscription thereon , made by Dr. Rob. Peirce a Physician of Bathe , sometimes a Com. of Linc. College ; a copy of which , with most envious notes on it , you may see in a book intit . A discourse of Bathe , &c. printed 1676. in oct . p. 170. 171. written by a Physician of note in that City . HENRY HAMMOND son of Dr. John Hammond Physitian to Prince Henry , was born at Chersey in Surrey on the 26 of Aug. 1605 , educated in Grammar Learning in Eaton School near to Windsore , where he was much advantaged in the Greek Tongue by Mr. Tho. Allen Fellow of that College . In the year 1622 , Jul. 30 , he was made Demie of Magd. Coll. and the same year was admitted Bach. of Arts. In 1625 he proceeded in that faculty , and on the 26 of July the same year he was elected Fellow of that house , being then Philosophy Reader , and a singular ornament thereunto . In 1633 he had the Rectory of Penhurst in Kent confer'd on him by the Earl of Leicester , who a little before had been deeply affected with a Sermon that he had delivered at Court , and in the latter end of the same year he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . In 1638 he was licensed to proceed in the faculty of Divinity , and in 1640 he was made a member of the Convocation of the Clergy , called with the short Parliament that began the 13 of April the same year . In 1643 he had the Archdeaconry of Chichester confer'd upon him by Dr. Duppa Bishop thereof , and the same year he was nominated one of the Ass . of Divines , but sate not . About which time being forced to leave his Rectory by the Presbyterians , he retired to Oxon for shelter , and the year following was entertained by the Duke of Richmond and Earl of Southampton , to go , as their Chaplain , with them to London to treat with the Parliament for a composure of the unhappy differences in Church and State : so that behaving himself with great zeal and prudence , was also the same year appointed to attend the Kings Commissioners at Uxbridge for peace , where it being his lot to dispute with Rich. Vines a Presbyterian Minister that attended the Commissioners appointed by Parliament , he did with ease and perfect clearness disperse all the Sophisms that had been brought by him , or others , against him . In the beginning of 1645 , he was , upon the death of Dr. VVill. Strode , made one of the Canons of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , and Chaplain in ord . to his Majesty then there ; by vertue of which place , ( I mean the Canonry ) he became Orator of the University , but had seldom an opportunity to shew his parts that way . In 1647 he attended the King in his restraint at VVoobourne , Caversham , Hampton Court , and the Isle of VVight , but he being sequestred from the office of Chaplain to him about Christmas the same year , he retired to his Canonry in Oxon , and being elected Sub dean of his house continued there till the Visitors appointed by Parliament first thrust him out without any regard had to his great Learning and Religion , and then imprison'd him for several weeks in a private house in Oxon. Afterwards he was confin'd to the house of Sir Philip Warwick at Clapham in Bedfordshire , where continuing several months , was at length released . Whereupon retiring to Westwood in Worcestershire , the seat of the loyal Sir John Packington , ( to which place he had received a civil invitation ) remained there , doing much good , to the day of his death ; in which time he had the disposal of great Charities reposed in his hands , as being the most zealous promoter of Alms giving that lived in England , since the change of Religion . Much more may be said of this most worthy person , but his life and death being extant , written by Dr. Jo. Fell his great Admirer , I shall only now say that great were his natural abilities , greater his acquired , and that in the whole circle of Arts he was most accurate . He was also eloquent in the Tongues , exact in antient and modern Writers , was well vers'd in Philosophy , and better in Philology , most learned in school Divinity , and a great Master in Church Antiquity , made up of Fathers , Councils , ecclesiastical Historians and Lyturgicks , as may be at large seen in his most elaborate Works , the Titles of which follow . A practical Catechism . Oxon 1644. and Lond. 1646. qu. There again in 1652 , in two vol. in qu. This Catechism was first of all published upon the importune Request of Dr. Christop . Potter Provost of Queens Coll. to whom he had communicated , yet could never get him to set his name to , it . Of Scandal Oxon. 1644. qu. Of Conscience Lond. 1650. qu. Of resisting the lawful Magistrate under colour of Religion . Oxon. 1644. Lond. 1647. qu. Of Will●worship . Oxon. 1644. qu. Considerations of present use concerning the danger resulting from the change of our Church Government . — Printed 1644 and 46. Lond. 1682. qu. Of Superstition . Ox. 1645. Lond. 1650. qu. Of sins of weakness and wilfulness . Oxon. 1645 — 50. quart . Explication of two difficult texts Heb. 6. and Heb. 10. Printed with Sins of weakness , &c. Of a late or death-bed repentance . Ox. 1645. qu. View of the Directorie and vindication of the Liturgie . Ox. 1645. 46. &c. qu. Of Idolatry . Ox. 1646. Lond. 1650. qu. The Reader ●s now to understand that after the Lord Falklands book called A discourse of the infallibility of the Church of Rome , was published , came out a book written by a Rom. Cath. intit . A Treatise apologetical touching the infallibility of the Church Catholick , &c. printed 1645. Whereupon our Author Dr. Hammond wrot and published , A view of the Exceptions which have been made by a Romanist to the Lord Viscount Falklands Discourse of the infallibility of the Ch. of Rome . Oxon. 1646. quart . The power of the keys : or of binding and loosing . Lond. 1647. 51. qu. Of the word KRIMA . Of the Zelots among the Jews and the liberty taken by them , of taking up the Cross . Lond. 1647. qu. joyned with the second Edit . Of resisting the lawful Magistrate . Vindication of Christs representing S. Peter , from the Exceptions of Mr. Steph. Marshall . Lond. 1647. qu. joyned with the second Edit . Of resisting the lawful Magistrate . Of fraternal admonition and correption . Lond. 1647. 50. qu. Copie of some papers past at Oxon between Dr. Hammond the Author of the Practical Catechism and Mr. Franc. Cheynell . Lond. 1647 and 50 in qu. View of some Exceptions to the Practical Catechisme from the Censures affixt on them by the Ministers of London in a book intit . A testimony to the truth of Jesus Christ , &c. Lond. 1648. qu. Vindication of three Passages in the Pract. Catechism . Lond. 1648. qu. Humble Address to the Lord Fairfax and Council of War 15 Jan. 1648 to prevent the Kings murder . Lond. 1649. qu. Answer'd soon after by one who call'd himself Eutactus Philodemius . Vindication of the Address , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. An Appendix or Answer to what was returned by the Apologist . Lond. 1650. qu. This Apologist was the R. Cath. before mention'd , Author of A treatise apologetical , &c. Of the reasonableness of Christian Religion . Lond. 1650. in tw . Dissertationes quatuor , quibus Episcopatus jura ex S. Scripturis & primaeva antiquitate adstruuntur , contra sententiam D. Blondelli , &c. Lond. 1651. qu. Before which book is printed and set this following . Dissertatio de Antichristo , de mysterio iniquitatis , de diotrophe & de Gnosticis sub Apostolorum aevo se prodentibus . The Christians obligation to peace and Charity ; delivered in an Advent sermon at Carisbrook Castle , an . 1647. and now published with nine sermons more . Lond. 1652. qu. 2 edit . Paraphrase and Annotations upon all the books of the New Testament . Lond. 1653. and 59. fol. Letter of resolution to six Queries of present use to the Church of England . Lond. 1653. oct . The first Query is Of resolving controversie . Review of the Paraphrase and Annotations on the N. Test . with some additions and alterations , &c. — printed in oct . Of Schism : or , a defence of the Church of England against the exceptions of the Romanists . Lond. 1653. 54. in tw . Answer'd in a book intit . Schisme disarm'd , &c. to which is an Appendix in answer to Dr. John Bramhalls Just vindication of the Church of England . printed 1653 in a little oct . Both which were written by Jo. Sergeant alias Smith , born at Barrow in Lincolnshire , admitted a Student in S. Johns Coll. at Cambridge 1637 , aged 16 years , but before he took the degree of Bach. of Arts he was chosen by the Master Dr. W. Beale and some of the Seniors of that Society to be Secretary to Dr. Th. Morton Bishop of Durham , who had sent to them to make choice of a fit person for him out of that College , to which he was a great Patron and Benefactor . After he had continued there in good esteem about a year , he fell into some difficulties about Religion , and thereupon quitting that employment , being then Bach. of Arts , he went to the English Coll. of Seculars at Lisbon in Portugal an . 1642 , where he resumed and perfected his Studies , and was afterwards Prefect of Studies in the said College . In the year 1652 he returned into England , where he was elected Secretary of the secular Clergy , and put upon writing Controversie ; the titles of which I shall elsewhere mention as they lye in my way . Reply to a Catholick Gentlemans answer to the most material parts of the Book of Schisme . Lond. 1654. 55. qu. Account of H.T. his appendix to his manual of controversies concerning the Abbot of Bangors answer to Augustine — printed with the Reply . Vindication of the dissertations concerning Episcopacy , from the exceptions of the London Ministers in their Jus Divinum Ministerii Evangelici . Lond. 1654. qu. Of Fundamentals in a notion referring to practice . Lond. 1654. and 58. in tw . Account of Mr. Dan. Cawdrey's Triplex Diatribe , concerning Superstition , Will-worship , and Christmas Festival . Lond. 1654. 55. qu. This Account was answer'd by the said Cawdrey Minister of Billing magna in Northamptonshire , in a book intit . The Account audited and discounted , &c. Lond. 1658. The baptizing of Infants reviewed and defended from the Exceptions of Mr. Tombes , in his three last Chapters of his book intit . Antipaedobaptism . Lond. 1655. qu. Defence of the learned Hugo Grotius , &c. Lond. 1655. qu. Second defence of Hug. Grotius : or , a Vindication of the degression concerning him . Lond. 1655. qu. Answer to the Animadversions of the dissertations concerning Ignatius Epistles , and the Episcopacy in them asserted . — Printed in qu. The disarmers dexterity examined ; in a second defence of the Treatise of Schism . Lond. 1656. qu. Soon after Jo. Sergeant came out with Schism dispatch'd , &c. with an Appendix . Lond. 1656. in a large oct . being a Reply or Rejoynder not only to Dr. Hammond but to Dr. Bramhall . The degrees of ardency in Christs Prayer , reconciled with his fulness of habitual grace , in reply to the Author of a book intit . A mixture of scholastical Divinity , &c. by Hen. Jeanes . Lond. 1656. qu. Parenaesis , &c A discourse of Heresie in defence of our Church against the Romanist . Lond. 1656. oct . Continuation of the defence of H. Grotius , in an answer to the review of his Annotations . Lond. 1657. qu. To which is added a Postscript . Reply to some passages of the Reviewer in his late book of Schisme concerning his charge of Corruptions in the primitive Church and some other particulars — Printed with the Continuation of the defence , &c. The grounds of Uniformity , from 1 Cor. 14.40 . vindicated from Mr. Hen. Jeanes's Exceptions in one passage in the View of the Directory . Lond. 1657. qu. Paraphrase and Annotations on the book of Psalmes . Lond. 1659. fol. These Annotations were remitted by Mathew Poole into the second vol , of Synopsis Criticorum . — Lond. 1671. fol. with this character — doctissimus Hammondus , in quibus multa reperiet lector acumine plusquam vulgari , parique eruditione conscripta , nonnulla etiam singularia . The said Poole also selected much out of his Annotations on the whole New Test . The Dispatcher dispatched : or , an Examination of the Romanists rejoynder to Dr. Hammonds Replyes , wherein is inserted a view of their profession , and oral tradition , in the way of Mr. White . Lond. 1659. qu. By this Mr. White is meant Thom. de Albiis . Brief account of a suggestion against The Dispatcher dispatched . Lond. 1660. qu. Two Prayers . Lond. 1660. oct . The dayly practice of Piety : Also Devotions and Prayers in time of Captivity . Lond. 1660. oct . Spiritual sacrifice : or , Devotions and Prayers , fitted to the main uses , &c. — This I have not yet seen , and therefore I do not know how it differs from the former . His last words — Printed in a loose sheet . Solemn Petition and Advice to the Convocation , with his directions to the Laity how to prolong their happiness . Cambr. 1661. oct . Published by Thom. Smyth of Ch. Coll. in Cambr. Author of The rise and growth of Quakerism . De confirmatione sive benedictione , post baptismum , solenni , per impositionem manuum Episcopi celebrata , commentarius ex sententia ecclesiae Anglicanae . Lond. 1661. oct . Several sermons . Lond. 1664. fol. They are in number 31 , and some of them were before published . Of Hell-torments . Ox. 1664 in tw . Or An assertion of the existence and duration of Hell torments , &c. Oxon. 1665. oct . An accordance of S. Paul with S. James in the great point of Faith and Works . Oxon. 1665. oct . Answer to Mr. Rich. Smiths Letter concerning the sense of that Article in the Creed , He descended into Hell : dated 29 Apr. 1659. — Lond. 1684. oct . The said R. Smiths letter was dated from Little More-fields near Lond. in the said month 1659. This R. Smith being a curious person in matters of that nature , did make A Collection of several Expositions and Opinions of Christs descent into Hell , and had several Conferences with the learned Selden upon that Argument , which he left in writing behind him , as I shall elsewhere tell you . Paraphrase and Annotations upon the ten first Chapters of the Proverbs . Lond. 1683. fol. — All , or most of which books here set down , were by the care of Will. Fulman of C. C. Coll. published in four volumes in fol. at Lond. 1684. and at the latter end of the fourth Vol. was put an Appendix to the second vol. At length after this most famous and celebrated Author had spent his life in great retiredness , lucubration and devotion , he surrendred up his most pious soul to God , in the house of Sir John Packington before mention'd , on the 25 day of April in sixteen hundred and sixty , aged 55 years : whereupon his body was on the morrow in the evening , buried in the Chancel of Hampton Church near to Westwood before mention'd , with the whole office and usual rites of the Church of England , not at that time restored or practised by publick command . Over his grave was soon after a comely Monument erected , with an inscription thereon , composed by Dr. Humph. Henchman , afterwards B. of London , a copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 203. a. But a larger than that was made by the affectionate pen of Mr. Tho. Pierce , afterwards President of Magd. Coll. in Oxon , a copy of which you may see in the beginning of the first vol. of Dr. Hammonds works published by W. Fulman before mentioned . The Reader is to know that one Hen. Hammond wrote a book intit . Ouragraphy , or Speculations on the excrements of Urine , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . &c. But this Hen. Hammond who seems to have been a Physician , is not to be understood to be the same with our most celebrated Author before mention'd , who was brother to Tho. Hammond sometimes a Colonel , and afterwards a Lieutenant General in the Army , that the Long Parliament raised against K. Ch. 1. and afterwards one of the Judges of that blessed Prince , but died before the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. and so escaped the halter , or at least perpetual imprisonment and confiscation of estate . The said Dr. Hen. Hammond was also Uncle to Robert Hammond a Colonel of Foot in the said Army , made Governour of the Isle of Wight in the beginning of Sept. 1647 , and about the 14 of Nov. following his Majesty put his person in trust under the protection of him in the said Isle , after he was frighted away from Hampton Court. In the middle of July 1648 his Majesty declared to divers of his party about him , that the said Colonel was a man of honour , and had carried himself civilly and respectively to him . Afterwards it was believed that he forfeited the Kings good opinion of him , by that uncomely act of looking into his Majesties scrutore of letters , with a design to discover something , but did not . At that time his Majesties servants Mr. Ja. Harrington and Mr. Th. Herbert were in the Bowling●green at Carisbrook , waiting upon the King , who finding the weather somewhat cold , bid Herbert go for his Cloak : Herbert therefore entring the Bed-chamber , found Hammond the Governour ready to come forth with an Officer in his company , and Mr. Humph. Rogers who waited as Page at the Back-stairs , and , by insinuation , had let the said Governour come in . Herbert being informed of their designs , was afraid to reprove the Governour , but as he return'd to the Green with his Maj. Cloak , he gave the Page a sharp rebuke : with which the Governour being acquainted , threatned Herbert with a dismiss for censuring that act of his , and had doubtless expel'd him the Castle , if his Maj. out of his goodness had not past it by without reproaching the Governour , or taking notice thereof ; as I have been informed by letters from the said Tho. Herbert , created a Baronet after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. JAMES CHALONER a younger son of Sir Tho. Chaloner mention'd before , under the year 1615 , was born in London , and at 13 years of age 1616 , became a Communer of Brasnose Coll , where continuing 3 or 4 years , went afterwards either to travel or to the Inns of Court. Upon the breaking out of the Civil War in 1642 , he sided with the Parliament , and being a person of a mean fortune and ready to run with all Parties , he was chosen a Recruiter for Auldborough or Oldburg in Yorksh . to sit in that unhappy Parliament which began at Westminster 3 Nov. 1640 , upon the receeding of two loyal persons ( who had been elected by the Members of that Borough ) to his Majesty at Oxon. About the same time he took the Covenant , and afterwards siding with the Independents , was , by the power of Fairfax the Generalissimo , appointed Secretary to the Committee for the reformation of the University of Oxon in 1647 , and in the year following , upon Cromwells Invitation , one of the Judges of King Ch. 1. Afterwards he was appointed one of the three Commissioners by the said Fairfax to survey and take an account of the Isle of Man , an . 1652. which Isle had been given to him the said Fairfax by the Parliament for the great service he did them against the King , and at length was made Governour of one of the Castles there , known , if I mistake not , by the name of Peel Castle . He hath written , A short Treatise of the Isle of Man. Lond. 1656. fol. divided in six Chapters . Illustrated with Cuts , and published by Daniel King of Cheshire , at the end of the survey of Cheshire , intit . The Vale Royal of England , written by Will. Smith and Will. Webb Gentlemen . This Dan. King who was a pitiful pretender to Antiquities , was a most ignorant silly Fellow , ( as Sir Will. Dugdale hath informed me by letters , ) an errant Knave , and not able to write one line of true English . Afterwards he married a light Huswife , who stealing that money from him which for many years before he had been scraping together by his progging and necessitous tricks and shifts , died heart-broken for his loss near York house in the Strand within the liberty of Westminster , about 1664. As for Chaloner , who was esteemed by some an ingenious man , and a singular lover of Antiquities , he had made divers Collections of Arms , Genealogies , Seals , Monuments , &c. from antient Evidences : which being so done , were fairly written by him in paper books , and afterwards perused by the learned Dr. Rob. Sanderson an eminent Antiquary , as some of his Collections from the said books inform me . The said Chaloner also had made Collections of Arms , Monuments , &c. in Staffordshire , Shropshire , and Chester ; which coming into the hands of John son of Augustine Vincent Windsore Herald , were by him intit . Chaloners Collections for Staffordshire , Salop and Chester , marked with J. C. What became of them after his death , which hapned in Drewry-lane in January 1671 , I know not . In Mar. or Apr. in sixteen hundred and sixty , were Messengers sent from the superior Power then in being to take into their custody the said James Chaloner , and to secure his Castle for the use of his Majesty ; but he having received timely notice of their coming , he dispatched away himself by poyson , taken , as 't is said , in a Posset , made by his Concubine , whom he there for several years had kept , leaving then behind him a son named Edmund of about 19 years of age , begotten on the body of his lawful wife named Ursula , daughter of Sir Will. Fairfax of Steeton in Yorkshire . EDWARD GEE , Son , as I conceive , of Edward Gee , mentioned among the Writers in the first Vol. under the year 1618. p. 377 , was born at a Market Town in Oxfordshire called Banbury , an . 1613 , bred in Newton School in the Parish of Manchester in Lancashire , became a Communer of Brasn . Coll. in Mich. term , an . 1626 , took one degree in Arts , and left the University for a time . At length entring into the sacred Function , he proceeded Master in the said faculty 1636 , being about that time Chaplain to Dr. R. Parr Bishop of the Isle of Man , and a Minister in Lancashire . Afterwards , when the Rebellion broke out , he sided with the Presbyterians , took the Covenant , and for his great activity in prosecuting the holy cause , he became Rector of the rich Church of Eccleston in the said County , in the place of Dr. Parr before mentioned , and an active man while he was an Assistant to the Commissioners of the said County for the ejection of such whom they then ( 1654 , an . 2 Oliv. Protect . ) called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters . He hath written , A Treatise of Prayer and of divine Providence . Lond. 1653. 61. oct . The divine right and original of the civil Magistrate from God , grounded on Rom. 13.1 . Lond. 1658. in a large oct . Soon after was another part of this put out , concerning the Oath of Allegiance , which I have not yet seen . He died 26 of May , in sixteen hundred and sixty , and was buried in the Parish Church of Eccleston before mentioned . NICHOLAS GREY was born in London , elected Student of Ch. Ch. from the College School at Westminster in the year 1606 , aged 16 years , where making great proficiency in learning under the tuition of Mr. Sam. Fell , took the degrees in Arts , and being noted for a pure Latinist and Greecian , was made the first Master of Charter house or Suttons Hospital School . After he had taught there some years , he married against the Statute of that School and Hospital , so that thereby being made uncapable of the place , the Governours thereof gave him a Benefice , ( Castle Camps in Cambridgeshire I think ) where for some time he lived as 't were out of his Element . On the 29 of January 1624 , he was admitted chief Master of Merchant Taylors School , where continuing till 1631 , he was then , or soon after , made chief Master of the School at Eaton Coll , and at length Fellow of that house ; but whether he proceeded D. of D. in the Univ. of Oxon ( which degree was confer'd on him about that time ) I know not , for it appears not so in the publick Register . In the time of the Rebellion he was turned out from his Fellowship and Parsonage by the Presbyterians , was put to difficult shifts , and with much ado rub'd out for some years . At length obtaining the Mastership of Tunbridge School in Kent , in , or before , the Reign of Oliver , ( in the place of Tho. Horne made Master of Eaton School ) continued there till the Kings return , and then being restored to his Parsonage and Fellowship , was in hopes to spend his old age in peace , retiredness and plenty , but he died soon after , as I shall anon tell you . His works are these . Dictionary in English and Latine , Lat. and English . — Several times printed at London , but when first of all published , I know not . This Dict. mostly taken from that of Rider , had many additions put to it by Grey , but a second or third edit . of Holyok's Dict. coming out , prevented ( as 't is said ) the publication of them . He also published Luculenta è sacrâ scripturâ testimonia , ad Hugonis Grotii baptizatorum puerorum institutionem . Lond. 1647. 50. 55. &c. oct . Which Catechism was written by Hug. Grotius in Latine Verse , turned into Gr. Verse by Christ . Wase B. of A. and Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , ( since superior Beadle of Law in Oxon ) and into Engl. Verse by Franc. Goldsmith of Greys Inn Esq . This book is dedicated to John Hales Fellow of Eaton Coll. by Dr. Grey , who hath also published , Parabolae Evangelicae lat . redditae Carmine paraphrastico varii generis in usum scholae Tunbrigiensis . Lond. in oct . when printed I know not , for 't is not put down in the tit . or at the end . He gave way to fate , in a poor condition , at Eaton , in sixteen hundred and sixty , and was buried in the Choire of the Church or Chappel there , near to the stairs that go up to the Organ loft , on the fifth day of October , as I have been informed by the letters of John Rosewell B. D. sometimes Fellow of C. C. Coll. in Oxon , afterwards School-master of Eaton , Canon of Windsore and Fellow of Eaton College . EDWARD TERRY was born at Leigh near Penshurst in Kent , educated in Grammar in the Free School at Rochester , entred into Ch. Church in 1607 , and in the year after was elected Student thereof ; where ▪ with incredible industry , going thro the courses of Logick and Philosophy , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1614. In the year following he took a Voyage with certain Merchants into East India , where , after his arrival , he was sent for by Sir Tho. Roe Embassador from the King of England to the Great Mogul , with whom he lived as Chaplain in the Court of that mighty Emperor for more than two years . At his return he retired to his College , and having some small Cure bestowed on him , became at length Rector of Great Greenford in Middlesex , which he enjoyed about 30 years , and submitted to the men that bore sway in the time of Rebellion . He was an ingenious and polite man , of a pious and exemplary conversation , a good Preacher , and much respected by the Neighbourhood where he lived . He hath written and published , Several sermons , as ( 1 ) Lawless liberty , preached before the Lord Mayor of Lond. in the Cath. of S. Paul , on Psal . 2.3 . Lond. 1646. qu. ( 2 ) The Merchants and Mariners Preservation and Thanksgiving , preached 6 Sept. 1649 , to the East India Company , upon a late return of their Ships , on Psal . 107.30.31 . Lond. 1649. qu. and other Sermons published in 1641. in qu. which I have not yet seen . Catechisme for the use of the Parishoners of Gr. Greenford . Lond. 1646. oct . Sum of Religion — Printed 1647. qu. Characters of a wicked heart , hypocritical and sincere heart . — Printed in one sh● Voyage to East India . Wherein some things are taken notice of in his passage thither , but many more in his abode there , within that rich and most spacious empire ▪ of the Great Mogul . Lond. 1655. oct . with the Authors picture before it . The narrative of this voyage was written and disgested into order by the Author after his return thence , and by him dedicated and presented in MS. to Prince Charles , an . 1622. Afterwards it was added to the Travels of Pet. de la Valle , and abridged in Sam. Purchas his second part of Pilgrims , book 9. Corolarie of serious and heedful , but sad conclusions — Printed at the end of the Voyage before mention'd . Character of K. Ch. 2. with a short Apologie before it , an introduction to it , and conclusion after it . Lond. 1660. qu. From which King he expected the Deanery of Windsore to be confer'd upon him , but upon what ground , seeing that he suffer'd neither for his , or his fathers , cause , I know not . He departed this mortal life on the 8. day of Octob. in sixteen hundred and sixty , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Great Greenford beforemention'd , as I have been informed by his Son Edw. Terry a Non-conformist Divine , somtimes Master of Arts and Fellow of University College . THOMAS POWELL Son of Joh. Pow. Rector of Cantreffe near to , and in the County of , Brecknock , was born there in 1608 , made his first entrie into this University in 1625 , elected Scholar of Jesus Coll. in 162● , took the degrees in Arts and afterwards was made Fellow of that House . About which time applying his mind to the faculty of Theologie , he entred into the sacred function , and at length became Rector of the place of his nativity . In the time of the Civil War he suffer'd much for the Kings cause , and being sequestred of his spiritualities , ship'd himself beyond the Seas for a time . After the return of Ch. 2. to his Kingdoms , he was restored to them , was actually created D. of D. and made Canon of S David , and would without doubt have risen higher in the Church , had he not been untimely snatch'd away from it . He was a Person well vers'd in several sorts of learning , was an able Philosopher , a curious Critick , was well skill'd in various languages , and not to be contemn'd for his knowledge in Divinity . He hath written , Elementa Opticae : nova , facili & compendiosâ methodo explicata , &c. Lond. 1651. oct . Commended to the World by the copies of verses of Olor Iscanus and Eugenius Philalethes his Brother . Quadriga Salutis : or , the four general heads of Christian Religion surveyed and explained . Lond. 1657. oct . At the latter end of which are some annotations of the same Author in the Welsh tongue . A Catechistical Tract of the Lords Prayer , the Creed , and ten Commandements . — This I have not yet seen , and therefore I know not to the contrary , but that it may be the same with his Catechisme in Welsh and English . Humane industry : or a history of most manual Arts , deducing the original , progress and improvement of them , &c. Lond. 1661. in oct . This I have in my study , but his name is not set to it . He translated from Ital. into English — Stoa Triumphans . Two letters of the noble and learned Marquess Virgilio Malvezzi , one in praise of banishment , the other in contempt of honor ; and from French into English , ( 1 ) Recueil de novellis Lettres : or the last letters of Monsieur de Balsac . ( 2 ) The unfortunate Politick : or the life of Herod . He left behind him a Ms . of his composition unpublished , intit . Fragmenta de rebus Britannicis . A short account of the lives , manners , and religion of the British Druids and the Bards , &c. — As also two translations , one from the Latine , and another from the Italian , tongue . That from the Latine hath this title . The Insubrian Historie , containing an exact account of the various fates , civil commotions , battles and seiges acted upon the theater of Lombardie , and the adjacent parts of Italy , &c. written originally by the learned Puteanus . And that from the Ital. hath this , The Christian politic Favourite : or , a vindication of the politic transactions of the Count-Duke de S. Lucar , the great Minister of State and favourite counsellour to Philip the 4. of Spayne . Written originally by Virg. Malvezzi before mention'd . it was before traduced , but in this translation all things were righted therein , by our Author T. Powell , who giving way to fate at London on the last day of December in sixteen hundred and sixty , was the next day buried in the Church of S. Dunstan in the West in Fleetstreet , Lond. leaving then behind him the character of a most ingenious and polite Person . WALTER RUMSEY an Esquires Son , was born in Monmouthshire , at Llannover as I have been informed , became a Gent. Com. of Glocester Hall in 1600 , aged 16 years , but leaving that house without a Scholastical degree , retired to Greys-inn , studied the municipal Law , was made Barrester , Bencher , Lent-Reader 9. Car. 1 , and at length a Judge in South Wales , being then so noted for his profession that he was usually called The picklock of the Law. In 1640 he was elected one of the Knights for Monmouthshire to serve in that Parliament which began at Westminster 13. Apr. and might have been chosen again to serve in the Long Parliament , but refused it . He was an ingenious man , had a Philosophical head , was a good Musician , and most curious for graftng , inoculating and planting , and also for ordering of Ponds . But that which he is to be most noted for , is , that he having been always much troubled with flegme , was the first that invented the Provangg , or Whalebone instrument to cleanse the throat and stomack ; which hath not only been since used by noted Physicians and Vertuosi at home , but by those beyond the Seas . At length he wrot a book of it , and its use , entit . Organon Salutis . An instrument to cleanse the stomach . Lond. 1657. 59 oct . To which he added , Divers new experiments of the vertue of Tobacco and Coffey — Before both which are two Epistles written to the Author , one by Sir Hen. Blount in praise of Tobacco and Coffey , and the other by Jam. Howell in praise of those two and the Provangg . What other books our Author Rumsey hath written , I know not as yet , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying in his house at Llannover , about sixteen hundred and sixty was buried in the Parish Church there near to the bodies of his Relations . He had a Son named Edward , who was entred a Gentleman Communer of Broadgates Hall an . 1623 , 21. Jacobi 1. RICHARD ZOUCHE , or Zouchaeus as he somtimes writes himself , the Cadet of an antient and noble Family , was born of worthy parents in the Parish of Ansley in Wiltshire , educated in Grammaticals in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll , after he had served two years of probation , an . 1609 , aged 19 years , and after he had taken one degree in the Civil Law , became an Advocate of note in Doctors Commons . In the year 1619 he was admitted Doctor of the Civil Law , became the Kings Professor of that fac . in the year following , was chosen , by the endeavours of his kinsman Edward Lord Zouche L. Warden of the Cinque-ports , a Burgess , twice at least , for Hyeth in Kent , to serve in Parliaments in the latter end of K. Jam. 1 , became Chancellour of the Dioc. of Oxon , Principal of S. Albans Hall in 1625 , and at length Judge of the High Court of Admiralty . In 1648 when the Visitors appointed by Parliament sate in the University , he submitted to their power , and so consequently kept his Principality and Professorship during the times of Usurpation . After the Kings return he was restored to the Admiralty , tho he kept that honorable office but for a small time , was one of the Commissioners for regulating the University , and might have risen higher than the Admiralty had he lived . He was an exact Artist , a subtile Logician , expert Historian , and for the knowledge in , and practice of , the Civil Law , the chief Person of his time , as his works much esteemed beyond the Seas ( where several of them are reprinted ) partly testifie . He was so well vers'd also in the statutes of the University , and controversies between the members thereof and the City , that none after Twynes death went beyond him . As his birth was noble , so was his behaviour and discourse ; and as personable and handsome , so naturally sweet , pleasing and affable . The truth is , there was nothing wanting but a forward spirit for his advancement , but the interruption of the times , which silenc'd his profession , would have given a stop to his rise , had he been of another disposition . His works are these . The Dove , or passages of Cosmography . Lond. 1613. oct . This is a Poem , which he wrot in his younger days , and dedicated it to Edw. Lord Zouche his kinsman . Elementa Jurisprudentiae definitionibus , regulis , & sententiis selectioribus juris civilis illustrata Oxon. 1629. oct . 1636. qu. in 7. parts . Lugd. Bat. 1652. in 16o. Amstel . 1681. in tw . Descriptio Juris & Judicii feudalis , secundum consuetudines Mediolani & Norman . pro introductione ad Jurisprudentiam Anglicanam . Oxon. 1634. and 36. oct . Descript . Jur. & Judicii temporalis secundum consuetudines feudales & Normanicos . Oxon. 1636. qu. in 4. parts . Descript . Juris & Judicii Ecclesiastici secundum canones & constitutiones Anglicanas . Oxon. 1636. qu. in 4. parts . This book with Desc . Juris & Judicii tempor . &c. were reprinted with Dr. Mockets Tract De politia Eccl. Anglicanae . Lond. 1683. oct . Descr . Juris & Judicii sacri ; ad quam leges , quae ad religionem & piam causam respiciant , referuntur . Oxon. 1640. qu. Lugd. Bat. & Amstel . 1652. in 16o. Desc . Jur. & Jud. Militaris ; ad quam leges , quae rem militarem , & ordinem personarum respiciunt , referuntur . — Printed with the former . Des . Jur. & Jud. Maritimi ; ad quam quae ad navigationem & negotiationem maritimam respiciunt , referuntur . — Printed also with the former . Juris & Judicii fecialis , sive Juris inter gentes , & quaestionum de eodem explicato , &c. Oxon. 1650. qu. in two parts . Cases and questions resolved in the Civil Law. Oxon. 1652. oct . In the year following was published a book entituled , Specimen quaestionum Juris civilis , cum designatione authorum . Oxon. 1653. qu. There is no name to it , and therefore I cannot yet say 't was written by Dr. Zouche . It is now to be observed that Don Pantalion Sa , Brother to the Portuguese Embassador , having killed one Greeneway a Gentleman of Linc. Inn in the New Exchange within the liberty of Westm . on the 22. of Nov. 1653 , and thereupon imprisoned , there was a dispute between Oliver Cromwell and his Council , whether he might be tried for his life in the English Courts of Justice , and how . Whereupon our Author Zouche , who was then the living Pandict of the Law , being sent for from Oxon , he cleared their doubts ; whereupon Sa being tried by the Civ . Law , and executed on Tower-hill 10. July 1654 , our Author thereupon wrot this book following . Solutio quaestionis de Legati delinquentis Judice competente . Oxon. 1657. oct . Afterwards he published these books following . Eruditionis ingenuae specimina , scil . Artium , Logicae , Dialecticae , & Rhetoricae , nec non Moralis Philosophiae M. T. Ciceronis definitionibus , praeceptis & sententiis , illustrat . Oxon. 1657. in tw . Quaestionum Juris Civilis centuria , in 10 classes destributa . Ox. 1660. oct . Lond. 1682. in tw . the third Edit . The Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England asserted , against Sir Edw. Cokes Articuli Admiralitatis , in the 22 Chapter of his Jurisdiction of Courts . Lond. 1663 in a large oct . published by Dr. Tim. Baldwin Fellow of All 's . Coll. It was afterwards once or more reprinted . Our learned Author Dr. Zouche died in his Lodgings at Doctors Commons in Lond. on the first day of March in sixteen hundred and sixty , and was buried in the Church of Fulham in Middlesex , near to the grave of his eldest Daughter Catherine , somtimes the Wife of William Powell alias Hinson Esquire . He had a hand in the University Reasons against the Covenant , as I have before told you in Dr. Gerard Langbaine num . 150. HENRY CAREY or Cary Son of Sir Rob. Carey the first Earl of Monmouth of his name , was born in Buckinghamshire , became Fellow-communer of Exeter Coll. in Lent term 161● / 1● aged 15 years or thereabouts , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in Feb. 1613 , ( about which time he with Bevill Greenvill , of Ex. Coll. also , were nominated and elected Collectors for the Lent ensuing ) made Knight of the Bath at the creation of Charles Prince of Wales , in 1616 , and about that time was sent to travel into forreign Counties . In 1625 he was known by the name of the Lord Lepington , his Father being then created Earl of Monmouth , and in 1639 Earl of Monmouth , being then noted for a Person well skill'd in the modern languages , and a general Scholar ; the fruit whereof he found in the troublesome times of rebellion , when by a forced retiredness , he was capacitated to exercise himself in studies , while others of the Nobility were fain to truckle to their inferiors for company sake . He hath extant these things following . Speech in the H. of Peers ▪ 30. Jan. 1641 upon occasion of the present distractions , and of his Majesties removal from Whitehall . Lond. 1641. He translated from Italian into English ( 1 ) Romulus and Tarquin : or , de principe & tyranno . Lond. 1637. in tw . written by Marq. Virg. Malvezzi : In praise of which translation Sir John Suckling hath an admirable copy of verses , in his Fragm . aurea , &c. Lond. 1648. p. 24. ( 2 ) Historical relations of the united Provinces of Flanders . Lond. 1652. fol. written by Guido Cardinal Bentivoglio . ( 3 ) Hist . of the Wars of Flanders . Lond. 1654. fol. written by the said Cardinal . This translation hath the E. of Monmouths picture before it . ( 4 ) Advertisements from Pernassus in two centuries , with the politick touchstone . Lond. 1656. fol. written by Trajano Boccalini . ( 5 ) Politick discourses , in three books . Lond. 1657. fol. written by Paul Paruta a noble Venetian ; to which is added a Short Soloquie , in which Paruta briefly examines the whole course of his life . ( 6 ) Historie of Venice , in two parts . Lond. 1658. fol. written by the said Paruta , with the Wars of Cyprus , wherein the famous seiges of Nicossia and Famagosta , and the battle of Lepanta are contained . He also began to translate from the said Italian Language The Historie of France , written by the Count Gualdo Priorato , but died after he had made some progress therein . Afterwards it was finished by Will. Brent Esq , and printed at Lond. 1677. fol. being the same Person that had before wrot a book intit . A discourse upon the nature of eternity , and the condition of a separated Soul according to the grounds of reason and principles of Christian Religion . Lond. 1655 in a small oct . written while he was a Prisoner in the Gatehouse at Westminster . It was afterwards printed there again in 1674 in 6. sh . and an half in qu. By the way it must be known that tho we have had several of the Brents who have been Students in this University , yet this Will. Brent was not , but educated while a youth in the Coll. of English Jesuits at S. Omer . Afterwards being entred into the society of Greys-inn , he became a Barrister , and a Solicitor or such like Officer , under Tho. Earl of Strafford when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . He was born at Stoke Lark in Glocestershire , in the Parish of Ilmington in Warwickshire , and having suffered much for his Religion by Imprisonments , payments of money , and I know not what , lived privately several years at Foxcote in Warwickshire , and in his last days at London : He died in the Parish of S. Giles in the Fields near London , in the beginning of the year 1691 aged 80 years , or more . He the said Hen. Carey E. of Monmouth did also translate from French into English . ( 1 ) The use of the passions . Lond. 1649. oct . ( 2 ) Man become guilty , or the corruption of his nature by sin . printed at Lond. Both written by Joh. Franc. Senault ; before the first of which , is the picture of the said Earl ( a shoulder peice ) standing on a Pedestall . What other translations this noble Count hath made besides , unless The Hist . of the late Wars of Christendome , printed in fol. 1648. which I have not yet seen , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he giving way to fate on the 13 of June in sixteen hundred sixty and one , was buried in the Church of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire . He had an ingenious Brother named Thomas , whom I have mention'd in the Fasti 1613. One H. Cary a Lawyer hath written The Law of England : or , a true guide for all Persons concerned in Ecclesiastical Courts . printed 1666 in tw . but what relation he hath to the Earl I know not . WILLIAM TAYLOR was born at Kighley in Yorks . 30. Sept. 1616. entred a Batler in Magd. Hall in 1631 , took one degree in Arts , was made Schoolmaster of Keniton or Keynton in Herefordshire , proceeded in his faculty , went to Cirencester in Glocestershire about the latter end of 1639 , became Schoolmaster there in the place of Henry Toppe , then ejected by the puritanical Townsmen . But that Town being taken by storm by the Royal party , 2. Feb. 1642 , Toppe was restored . So that Taylor retiring to London , became Preacher at Bowe near that City , and afterwards Minister of S. Stephens Church in Colemanstreet , in the place of Joh. Goodwin turn'd out by the Parliament . But he meeting with opposition there , he exercised his function for some time in a Church in Woodstreet , and kept a Lecture at S. Giles near Cripplegate every Sunday , and another Lecture on a week day at S. Peters Cornhill . Afterwards being recalled by the Rump Parliament to S. Stephens , he kept it to his dying day . He was a frequent Preacher , not only in his own , but in other Churches and a laborious and learned man in his profession . He hath written and published , Sermons as ( 1 ) Serm. on Phil. 2.10 . and others , as 't is said , which I have not yet seen ; and also collected and reviewed several of Mr. Christop . Loves Sermons before they went to the press , and set epistles before some of them . He died on the fifth day of Sept. in sixteen hundred sixty and one , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of S. Stephen beforemention'd , at which time Dr. William Spurstow of Hackney preached his funeral Sermon , wherein he spoke many things to his honour , which for brevity sake I now omit . This Will. Taylor tho he was a zealous Presbyterian , yet he was a lover of the King in all revolutions , as a Doctor of his perswasion hath often told me . BARTEN HOLYDAY Son of Thomas Holyday a Taylor , was born in Allsaints Parish within the City of Oxford , in an house opposite to Linc. College , entred into Ch. Ch. and exhibited unto by his kinsman Dr. Ravis somtimes Dean of that House , an . 1605 , aged 12. or more years , and was , I think , at that time a Chorister . Afterwards , when he was about to take the degree of Bach. of Arts , he was elected one of the number of Students , being then noted to have a most admirable veine in Poetry and Oratory . In 1615 he proceeded in Arts , took Holy Orders soon after , became a most eloquent and quaint Preacher , and had two Benefices in the Dioc. of Oxon. confer'd on him , whereof one was the rectory of Crowell . In 1618 he went as Chaplain to Sir Franc. Steaart , when he conducted to Spaine Dedicus Sarmiento de Acunna the Earl of Gundamore , after he had continued several years in the English Court as an Embassador from the K. of that Country ; in which journey behaving himself in a facete and pleasant way , did much obtain the favour of that Count. Afterwards he became Chaplain to K. Ch. 1. and succeeded Mr. Will. Bridges , Son of Dr. John Bridges B. of Ox , in the Archdeaconry of Oxon. before the year 1626. In 1642 he was , by vertue of the Letters of the said King , actually created , with others , Doct. of Divinity , and sheltred himself in and near Oxon during the time of rebellion ; but when the royal Party declin'd , and the Independent had taken place , upon the installation of Oliver to the Protectorship , he , who before had lost his Livings , and the profits of his Archdeaconry , did side with that faction so far , as to undergo the examination of the Triers , or rather Spanish Inquisitors , in order to be inducted into the rectory of Chilton in Berks , in the place of one Tho. Laurence ejected for being not Compos mentis . For which act he was much blamed by his antient friends and acquaintance of the Orthodox Clergy , yet commended by some for making provision for a second Wife that he a little before , in his elderly years , had taken , and the Children to be had by her . After the Kings restauration he left that Living to make room for the true owner , returned to Eifley near Oxon. to live on his Archdeaconry , and might , had he not acted the vain man , been made a Bishop or at least a Dean of a rich Church . His poetry and sublime fancy were such , that fam'd him second to none in his time in the University , witness in some manner his smooth translation of rough Persius , which he made before he was 20 years of age , tho in these times much undervalued by Juniors . As Scaliger said of Claudian and his works , solo argumento ignobiliore oppressus addit de ingenio , quantum deest materiae , so may it be of Holyday and his Poem , viz. whatsoever is mean in Persius is so choicely adorned by his Genie , that if it stand out of the presence of ignorant and desperate emulation , it may be graceful . His Philosophy also , expressed in his book De Anima , and well languag'd Sermons , speak him eminent in his generation , and do enough shew him to have traced the rough , as well as the pleasant , pathes of Poetry . His works are these . Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) Three Sermons upon the passion , resurrection and ascension of our Saviour . Lond. 1626. qu. The first at Ch. Ch. on Goodfriday 1621. on 1. Cor. 2.8 . The second at S. Maries on Easter Tuesday 1623 on 1. Cor. 15.20 . and the third at Ch. Ch. on Ascension day 1625 , on 1. Pet. 3.22 . ( 2 ) Two Sermons at Pauls Cross , the first preached 24. of Mar. 1624 on Ezech. 37.22 . Lond. 1626. qu. The other preached the 5 of Aug. 1623 on Psal . 18.48.49 . — Printed there the same year . ( 3 ) Nature of Faith , on Heb. 11.4 . Lond. 1654. qu. ( 4 ) Motives to a godly life , in 10. Sermons . Oxon. 1657. qu. ( 5 ) Four Sermons against disloyalty , preached in the times of the late troubles . Oxon. 1661. oct . The first of which is Of Obedience on Exod. 20.12 . &c. Technogamia : or , the marriage of Arts , a Comedy . Lond. 1630. qu. acted publickly in Ch. Ch. Hall with no great applause 13. Febr. 1617. But the wits of those times being minded to shew themselves before the King , were resolved , with leave , to act the said Comedy at Woodstock ; whereupon the Author making some foolish alterations in it , it was accordingly acted on a Sunday night , 26. Aug. 1621. But it being too grave for the King , and too Scholastick for the auditory , ( or as some have said , that the Actors had taken too much wine before they began ) his Majesty ( Jam. 1. ) after two Acts , offer'd several times to withdraw . At length being perswaded by some of those that were near to him , to have patience till it was ended , least the young men should be discouraged , sate down , tho much against his will. Whereupon these verses were made by a certain Scholar . At Christ Church Marriage done before the King , Least that those Mates should want an offering , The King himself did offer , what I pray ? He offer'd twice or thrice to go away . Several witty copies of verses were made on the said Comedy , among which was that of Pet. Heylyn of Magd. Coll. called Whoop Holyday . Which giving occasion for the making other Copies pro and con , Corbert Dean of Ch. Ch. who had that day preached ( as it seems ) before the King with his band starch't clean , did put in for one ; for which he was reproved by the graver sort , but those that knew him well , took no notice of it , for they have several times said , that he loved to the last boys-play very well . Philosophiae polito-barbarae specimen , in quo de animâ , & ejus habitibus intellectualibus quaestiones aliquot , libris 2. illustrantur . Oxon. 1633. qu. Survey of the World in 10 books , a Poem Oxon. 1661. oct . Which passing the censure of Scholars , it was judged by them to be an inconsiderable piece , and by some , not to be his . But so it was , that it being published just before his death , it was taken for a posthumus work , which had been by him composed in his younger days . 'T is said by some that he was Author of a Com. called The Gentile Craft , but whether true , I doubt it . Sure I am he translated from Lat. into English ( 1 ) Satyrs of Persius . Oxon. 1616. sec . edit . There again 1635. Reviewed and amended , and also augmented with illustrations by the translator — Oxon. 1673. fol. In this translation he consulted above a dozen Expositors , yet in his preface to the translation , he hath these words , I may without ambition say , it is a new thing Persius understood . To have committed no faults in my translation ( saith he according to his elegant way of writing ) had been to translate my self and put off man. ( 2 ) Satyrs of Juvenal illustrated with notes and sculptures . Oxon. 1673. fol. At the end of which is the fourth Edit . of Persius before mention'd , both which were published by Will. Dewey of Tortdeane in Glocestershire Gent. whose Mother Dr. Holyday had taken to his second Wife . ( 3 ) Odes of Horace . Lond. 1652. oct . Whether printed before that time I know not . This translation is so near that of Sir Tho. Hawkins , printed 1638. in oct . or that of Hawkins so near this , that whether of the two is the Author , remains to me , as yet , undiscovered . This Dr. Holyday who was highly conceited of his own worth , especially in his younger days , died in the house belonging to the Archdeacon of Oxon. situated and being in a village called Eisley near to that City , on the second day of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and one , and was three days after buried at the foot of Bishop Kings monument , under the South wall of the Isle joyning , on the South side , to the choire of Christ Church Cathedral . At which time his bones being laid close on the right side to those of W. Cartwright and Jo. Gregory , what had it been for an admirer of those learned and pious men , to have put a memorial over their graves ? As for Sir Thom. Hawkins Kt. before mention'd he was an ingenious man , was as excellent in the fac . of Musick as in Poetry , and translated from the original , Unhappy prosperitie ; expressed in the history of Ael ▪ Sejanus and Philippa the Catanian , with observations on the fall of Sejanus . Lond. 1639 in oct . or tw . sec . edit . What other translations he hath made , or what books he hath written , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was of Nash Court in the Parish of Boughton under the Bleane in Kent , where dying in the latter end of 1640 , as it seems , was buried in the Parish Church of Boughton near to the graves of his Father Sir Tho. Hawkins Kt , and of Anne his Mother . He had an ingenious Brother named John Hawkins Doctor of Physick of London , and a Nephew called John Kirton Doctor of the same faculty , who is to be mentioned elsewhere . JOHN GOUGHE commonly called Goffe , Son of the Rector of Stanmer in Sussex , was born in that County , began to be conversant with the Muses in Merton Coll. an . 1624 , made Demie of that S. Mar. Magd. in 1627 , aged 17 years or more , perpetual Fellow 29. July 1630 , being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he entred into Orders , and became a Preacher in these parts . In 1642. Sept. 26. he was inducted into the Vicaridge of Hackington alias S. Stephen near to the City of Canterbury , in the place of James Hirst deceased . From whence being ejected soon after , for refusing the Covenant , was , with other loyal Clergy men , cast into the County Prison in S. Dunstans Parish in the Suburbs of the said City . In 1652 he , by the endeavours of his Brother William , whom I shall anon mention , was inducted into the rectory of Norton near Sittingbourne in Kent on the thirteenth day of March , and in the year 1660 , he being restored to his Vicaridge of S. Stephen , was actually created Doctor of Divinity in the beginning of December the same year , and inducted again according to the Ceremonies of the Church of England into the rectory of Norton , on the 4. of March following , which were all the spiritualities he enjoyed . He hath written a book intit . Ecclesiae Anglicanae ΘΡΗΝΩΔΙ'Α , in qua perturbatissimus regni & ecclesiae status , sub Anabaptistica tyrannide lugetur . Lond. 1661. oct . Also a large latine Epistle written to Dr. Edw. Simson , set before a book written by him intit . Chronicon Catholicum , &c. Lond. 1652. fol. He concluded his last day in the Parish of Norton beforementioned , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of S. Alphage in Canterbury on the 26. day of Nov. in sixteen hundred sixty and one . This Person who was a zealous Son of the Church of England , had an elder Brother named Steph. Goffe , originally of Mert. Coll , afterwards of S. Alb. Hall and a Bigot of the Church of Rome ; and another Brother named William , whether elder or younger I know not , who was originally a Trader in London , afterwards a Presbyterian , Independent , one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. and one of Olivers Lords ; who to save his neck from the Gallows , did , upon a foresight of the Kings return in 1660 , leave the Nation , and died obscurely in a strange Land. The Father of the said Goffes was Steph. Goffe somtimes Bach. of Arts of Magd. Coll , a good Logician and Disputant , but a very severe Puritan , eminent for his training up , while a Tutor , several that proved afterwards very noted Scholars ; among whom must not be forgotten Rob. Harris D. of D. sometimes President of Trin. Coll. in Oxon. THOMAS LUSHINGTON a famous Scholar of his time , was born at Sandwych in Kent , matriculated in the University , as a member of Broadgates Hall , in Lent term , 1606 / 7 aged 17 years , but how long he stayed there , it appears not . Sure it is , that he having had some publick employment in the Country or elsewhere , did not take the degree of Bachelaur , nor that of Master of Arts till 1618 , in which year he was a Communer of Linc. Coll. Not long after he returned to Broadgates again , and was there at the time when it was converted into the College of Pembroke , where he spent some years in Theological studies , took the degree of Bach. of Div. and soon after , for the great respect that Corbet B. of Oxon had for , made , him one of his Chaplains . In June 1631 , he became Prebendary of Bemister Secunda in the Church of Salisbury , on the promotion of the said Corbet to the See of Oxon , and in the year following proceeding in his faculty , the said Bishop took him with him when he was translated to Norwych , bestowed on him the rectory of Burnham-Westgate in Norfolk , and got him to be Chaplain to K. Ch. 1. When the grand rebellion broke out , he lost his spiritualities , and lived obscurely in several places , publishing then divers books to gain money for his maintenance . At length upon the return of K. Ch. 2 , in 1660 , he was restored to his spiritualities , and had offers made to him of great dignities in the Church , but being then aged and infirm , he chose rather to keep what he had with quietness , than be a Dean with riches . He was esteemed a right reverend and learned Theologist , yet in many matters imprudent , and too much inclined to the opinions of Socinus . His preaching also while he remained in the University , was generally well esteemed , and never gave distaste but in one Sermon , which , tho esteemed by some to be admirable , yet by more , blasphemous . An account of which you shall have , as it followeth . In the year 1624 ( 22. Jac. 1. ) nothing but War with Spain sounding in the ears of the vulgar upon the breaking off of the Spanish match with Prince Charles , it pleased this our Author Lushington to utter in his Sermon on Matth. 28.13 . at S. Maries on Easter Munday these words — Now the Pesant thinks it comes to his turn under pretence of his priviledge in Parliament , that he should dispose of Kings and Commonwealths , &c. Afterwards also thus . Nothing now contents the Commonalty but war and contention , &c. For which , as also for several other passages , reflecting on the Spanish match , he was called into question by Dr. Piers the Vicechancellour , and by him , was a time appointed for him to recant what he had said . Which being done , not without the consent of certain Doctors , the Repetitioner was commanded to leave out divers passages of the said Sermon , which he , according to custome , was to repeat the Sunday after , commonly called Low Sunday . His recantation Sermon , on Acts 2.1 . latter part , which he preached the very next day after the Repetitioner had delivered his four Sermons , I have seen , and therein I find , that his meaning for the first passage , was only to reprehend the seditious doctrines of Knox , Buchanan and others , and the tumultuary practices of the common People , formerly used both in town and country to affront their Prince , because of their privilege to elect Parliamentarie Persons . The word now hath the latitude of this age , that in Parliament I intended not locally in relation to the vulgar , who have a voice to elect Knights and Burgesses , but at the present , themselves hold no place personally in the Parliament , &c. As for other passages he said , he had no intent to cross the present resolution for War , but only to check the inordinate desire of it , somwhat too frequent in most mens mouthes , and it thought to him somewhat harsh to hear in the Chappel , give peace in our time O Lord , and presently in the Chambers , God send us war again , &c. Besides this recantation , ( which his friends caused to be put upon him least he should be called into question by the Parliament ) he was severely check'd by the Vicechancellour and Doctors for using certain passages not at all befitting the place , especially on such a text which treated concerning the resurrection of our Saviour . The truth is , this our Preacher was a Person more ingenious , than prudent , and more apt upon most occasions to display his fancy , than to proceed upon solid reason ; if not , he would not in his said Sermon have discanted on the whole life of our Saviour purposely to render him and his Attendants , Men and Women , objects of scorn and aversion , as if they had been a pack of dissolute vagabonds and cheats . But the best of it was , that tho he then assumed the Person of a Jewish Pharisee and Persecutor of Christ , yet presently after changing his stile , as became a Disciple of Christ , he with such admirable dexterity ( as 't is (*) said ) answered all the Cavillations and Invectives before made , that the loudly repeated applauses of his Hearers hindred him a good space from proceeding in his Sermon . He hath written and published these things following . Commentary on the Hebrews . Lond. 1646. 47. fol. Published under the Capital Letters of G. M. Animadverted upon by Rich. Porter Bach. of Div. Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge and Prebendary of Norwych in his book intit . God incarnate ; shewing that Jesus Christ is the only and most high God , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . In the Epistle dedicatory before it he saith , he was drawn to write that book by the importunity of some religious friends , and by the iniquity of a most blasphemous book , lately printed and called A commentary on the Hebrews , written by a nameless D. of D. who now resides in this County ( Norfolk ) but formerly in Broadgates Hall ( so it was then called ) wherein he hath vented such blasphemies against Jesus Christ , as ( without special revocation and repentance ) will in the end bring both himself , and all his seduced Sectaries , to that woful Broad gate , of which mention is made Matth. 7.13 . Lata est porta , quae ducit ad perditionem , &c. The said Commentary hath laid the axe to the root and foundation of our Christian Religion by ungoding Jesus Christ , and blasphemously denying his grand and most gracious work of Redemption . And it is to be feared that the pernicious Doctrines therein contained , have many Abetters and Favourers in these dangerous times ; albeit his Commentary is the first of all the Serpents nest that dared to peep out , and appear in our English Print , who both by his book , and by his personal insinuations , hath already ( as we know ) perverted many from the saving truth of the Gospel , to the evident danger both of theirs and his own soul : And his impious ambition to be the Ring-leader of this blasphemy , hath in this County ( Norfolk ) procured to him such a title and character , as was fastned on Marcion the Heretick by Polycarpus , when he called him Primogenitum Satanae , &c. Thus the Author before quoted . But the Reader must know that the said Commentary on the Hebrews , was long since written in the Lat. Tongue by a Foreigner , either Joh. Crellius , Slightingius , or by some other Socinian , and was translated into English by this our Author , not without some alterations and additions . He also published , Commentary on the Galathians . Lond. 1650. fol. Translated from Crellius , and wrot Logica Analytica , de principiis , regulis & usu rationis rectae , lib. 3. Lond. 1650. oct . dedicated by the Author to Thom. Some Esq . his then Patron . But the copy coming from the Author into the hands of Nich. Bacon great Nephew to Francis Viscount S. Albans , was by him published , propter operis perfectionem , ( as he saith ) in quo nihil dictum , quod non statim probatum est , vel à principiis , primo & per se notis , vel à propositionibus inde demonstratis ; deinde etiam propter ejus usum vel fructum eximium . There was another part written by the same Author De argumentatione , when this was published ; but whether ever it came to light I know not . The resurrection rescued from the Soldiers calumnies , in two sermons at S. Maries in Oxon , on Math. 28.13 , and on Acts 2. latter part of the first verse . Lond. 1659 , in tw . then published under the name of Rob. Jones , D. D. Treatise of the passions according to Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas . Treat . upon the Theology of Proclus . — These two last are written in Latine , and go about in MS. from hand to hand , and are not , as I conceive , yet printed . At length our Author retiring in his last days to some of his relations living at Sittingbourne near Milton in Kent , where he lived for some time in great retiredness , surrendred up his soul to God on 22 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and one , aged 72 years , and was buried in the south Chancel of the Church there . Over his grave was soon after set up against the south wall of the said Chancel a comely monument , containing an arch of Alabaster supported by two pillars of black marble ; between which is the statue or bust to the middle of our Author Lushington in his Doctor 's gown , holding his right hand on his breast , and having in his left a book , leaning on a cusheon . Over his head is an Urne , and under him a square table of black marble , with a large Inscription thereon , beginning thus , Siste viator , raro calcabis doctos simul & mansuetos cineres , &c. Under all are piles of books . On the stone that covers his grave is another Inscription , beginning thus , Hic jacet Thomas Lushingtonus olim Collegii Lincolniensis & Pembr . &c. The copies of both which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 335. b. in the first of which is an high character given of him . HENRY VAUGHAN Son of John Vaughan Gentleman , was born at Cathle or Cathlin in Merionethshire , became a Commoner of Oriel Coll. in Midsum . term 1632 aged 16 years : whence being elected Scholar of Jesus Coll. continued there for some time under a severe discipline , took the degrees in Arts , was made Fellow of that house , and afterwards became Preacher while King Ch. 1. kept his Court in Oxon in the time of the grand Rebellion . In July 1643 he was presented by the Univ. of Oxon to the Vicaridge of Penteg in Monmouthshire , by vertue of an Act made in Parl. began at Westm . 5 of Nov 3 Jac. 1. to disinable Recusants to present Persons to Livings in their gifts . What other Preferments he had , or what he suffer'd for his Loyalty , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he wrot , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. preached before the H. of Com. at Oxon. on Math. 5.20 . Ox. 1644. qu. &c. Conference had between him and Jo. Tombes B. D. in S. Maries Church in Abergavenny , 5 Sept. 1653 , touching Infant-baptism . Lond. 1656. qu. and that he died and was buried at Abergavenny about sixteen hundred sixty and one , as I was some years since informed by his Pupil Sir Leolin Jenkyns sometimes Principal of Jesus Coll. afterwards Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury . THOMAS CHALONER a younger son ( yet elder than James Chaloner before mention'd ) of Sir Tho. Chaloner Knight , was born (*) in Buckinghamshire ( at Steeple-Claydon near Buckingham as it seems ) became a Sojournor of Exeter Coll. in the beginning of 1611 , aged 16 years , but before he took a degree he left the College , and what was fit to accomplish his natural parts , which were good , were not omitted by his Father . He afterwards travelled into France , Italy and Germany , and returned a well bred Gentleman , but ting'd , as it seems , with antimonarchical Principles , if not worse . About that time he setled at , or near , Gisburgh in Yorkshire , where there is an Estate belonging to the Name and Family , was elected a Burgess for a Corporation in Yorksh . to serve in the Long Parliament , about 1643 , wherein he became a frequent Speaker , an enemy to the King , his Family , and Government , and a great stickler for their new Utopian Commonwealth . All which he did partly out of his natural inclination , and partly out of revenge for the loss which his Father endured ( and so consequently he ) for being deprived of the propriety of the Alum Mines in Yorkshire , which he had discovered about the latter end of Qu. Elizabeth . In 1647 , he with Col. Jo. Temple were appointed Commissioners of Parliament in Mounster , was one of the Kings Judges in 1648 , and soon after made a member of the Council of State. In 1658 he was elected a Burgess for Scarborough in Yorkshire , to serve in that Parliament called by Richard , to meet at Westm . 27 of Jan. ; but afterwards shewing himself a zealous Rumper , upon the turning out of the Fag ▪ end of that Parliament called the Rump by Col. Jo. Lambert and his Party , on the 13 of Oct. 1659 , he was committed to Prison by Ch. Fleetwood then made Commander in chief of all the Forces in England , where continuing till 27 of Decemb. following , was then released by the Members of the Rump Parliament , who had retaken their places the day before , and on the 2 of Jan. following he was appointed by the House one of the Council of State. This Tho. Chaloner was as far from a Puritan or Presbyterian , as the East is from the West , for he was a boon Companion , was of Harry Marten's gang , was of the natural Religion , and loved to enjoy the comfortable importances of this life , without any regard of laying up for a wet day , which at his last he wanted . The things that he hath published are these . An Answer to the Scotch Papers delivered in the H. of Commons concerning the disposal of the King's person . Lond. 1646. qu. In answer to which divers did exercise their pens , some scoffingly and some in earnest ; whereupon came out this Pamphlet intit . The justification of a safe and well-grounded Answer to the Scottish papers printed under the name of Mr. Chaloner his Speech ( or Answer ) which doth maintain the honour of the Parliament and interest of the Kingdom of England . Lond. 1646. qu. Written as 't was usually said by Tho. Chaloner . Afterwards came out against Chaloner , — Lex talionis : or , a Declaration against Mr. Chaloner , the Crimes of the times , and the Manners of you know whom . Lond. 1647. in one sh . in qu. and also An answer to a Speech without doers : or , animadversions upon an unsafe and dangerous Answer to the Scotch Papers under the name of Mr. Chaloner his Speech , &c. in one sh . in qu. A true and exact relation of the strange finding out of Moses his tomb , in a Valley near unto Mount Nebo in Palestina , &c. Lond. 1657. in about 3 sheets in oct . This book , at its first appearance , made a great noise , and pus●ed the Presbyterian Rabbies for a time : at length the Author thereof being known , and his story found to be a meer sham , the book became ridiculous and was put to posteriour uses . At length in the beginning of the year 1660 , upon a foresight that King Ch. 2. would be restored , he therefore ( knowing very well that his former actions would not endu●e the touchstone ) withdrew himself beyond the seas , and setling in a fearful condition at Middleburgh in Zeeland , died and was buried there about sixteen hundred sixty and one . Since my writing of this I find that this Mr. Chaloner published A speech containing a plea for Monarchy , an . 1●59 . But therein being several Restrictions , came out an Answer to it by way of Address to General George Monke . THOMAS CULPEPER or Colepeper , was born of a gentile Family at Harietsham in Kent , became a Communer of Hart Hall in 1591 , aged 13 years , departed thence without a degree , went to the Inns of Court , and afterwards to his Patrimony ; which is all I know of him , only that first he received the honour of Knighthood from K. Jam. 1. on the 23 of Sept. 1619 , secondly that he wrot , A Tract against the high rate of Usury , presented to the Parliament in 1623 — printed several times , ( the fourth Edit . of which came out at Lond. 1668 , prefac'd with a discourse by his son Sir Tho. Culpeper ) and thirdly that dying at Hollingbourne in Kent in sixteen hundred sixty and one , was buried in an Isle joyning to the Church there , on the 25 of January the same year , leaving then behind him the character of a good man. There is a stone over his grave , but hath no Inscription on it . CHRISTOPHER HARVEY ▪ a Ministers son of Cheshire , was born in that County , became a Batler of Brasenose Coll. in 1613 , aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated 1620 , holy Orders , and at length was made Vicar of Clifton in Warwickshire . His works are these . The right Rebell . A treatise discovering the true use of the name by the nature of Rebellion , with the properties and practices of Rebells . Appliable to all both old and new Phanatiques . Lond. 1661. oct . Faction supplanted : or , a caveat against the ecclesiastical and secular Rebells in two parts . 1. A discourse concerning the nature , properties and practices of Rebells . 2. Against the inconstancy and inconsistent contrariety of the same mens pretensions and practices , principles and doctrines . Lond. 1663. oct . pen'd mostly in 1642 , and finished 3 Apr. 1645. This book , I suppose ( for I have not seen it , or the other ) is the same with the former , only a new title put to it , to make it vend the better . Another book goes under his name called Conditions of Christianity ▪ printed at Lond. in tw . but that , or any other besides , I have not yet seen . CONSTANTINE JESSOP son of Joh. Jess . of Pembroke in Pembrokeshire Minister of Gods Word , was entred a Student in Jesus Coll. in 1624 , aged 22 years , whence , after he had gone a course , he went into Ireland , and was made Bach. of Arts of Trin. Coll. near Dublin . At his return he was incorporated in this University an . 1●31 , and in the year following proceeded in Arts , being about that time in holy Orders ; but what his Employment was between that time and 1640 I know not . Sure I am , that when the Presbyterians began to be dominant in 1641 , he closed with them , took the Covenant , succeeded Joh. Owen in the Ministry of that factious Town in Essex called Coggeshall , whence , after he had exercised his parts there for a time , he was translated to Winbourne-Minster in Dorsetshire , of which County he was an Assistant to the Commissioners for the ejection of such whom they then ( 1654 ) called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters . Afterwards he became Rector of Fyfield in Essex , where I find him in 1660 , which is all I yet know of him , only that he is reported by a Brother (*) to be a learned , faithful , and suffering Servant and Minister of Jesus Christ , and that he wrot these things following ; the last of which shews him to have been inclined to Arminianism . The Angell of the Church of Ephesus , no Bishop of Ephesus , on Rev. 2.1 . Lond. 1644. and 1660. qu. Concerning the nature of the Covenant of Grace ; wherein is a discovery of the judgment of Dr. Twysse in the point of Justification , clearing him from Antinomianism therein . Lond. 1655. qu. Written by way of Preface to Joh. Grayles book intit . A modest Vindication , &c. and contains 49 pages in a small character , being more in matter than Grayles book that follows it . He left behind him at his death a son of both his names , and a true son of the Church of England , who being importun'd when he proceeded D. of D. in this University 1685 to give the Author information concerning his Father and his Writings , he seemed not to care to have the memory of him perpetuated , otherwise the Author would have spoken more fully of him and his end . JOSEPH BROOKBANK son of Georg. Br. of Halyfax in Yorkshire , was entred a Batler in Bras . Coll. in Mich. term 1632 , aged 20 years , took one degree in Arts , entred into the sacred Function and had some petite Cure bestowed on him . At length retiring to London , he taught School in Fleetstreet , and exercised the Ministry there . He hath written and published , Breviate of our Kings whole Latine Grammar , vulgarly called Lillies : or , a brief grammatical table thereof , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . Well-tuned Organ : or , whether Musick be lawful in holy and public Assemblies . Lond. 1660. qu. Rebells tried and cast , in three Sermons , on Rom. 13.2 . &c. Lond. 1661. in tw . How long afterwards he continued among the living I know not , nor any thing else of him . BRIAN DUPPA or de Uphaugh was born at Greenwich in Kent on the tenth day of March an . 1588 , educated in Grammar learning in the condition of a Kings Scholar in the College School at Westminster while Dr. Lanc. Andrews was Dean of that Church , of whom he learned Hebrew . From thence he was elected Student of Ch. Ch. in the month of May 1605 , and thence to be Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1612 , being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that Faculty , he took holy Orders , travelled beyond the seas , and in the year 1619 he was unanimously elected one of the Proctors of the University . In 1625 he took the degrees in Divinity , being then Chaplain to the Prince Palatine , and in the year after he was made Dean of Ch. Ch. In 1632 and 33 he did execute the Office of Vicechanc. of the University with great moderation and prudence , and in June 1634 he was made Chancellor of the Church of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Franc. d ee promoted to the See of Peterborough . Soon after he was made Tutour to Prince Charles ( afterwards K. Ch. 2. ) which proved his future happiness , being then accounted by all a most excellent man. On the 19 of May 1638 he was presented to the rich Rectory of Petworth in Sussex , and being elected to the See of Chichester upon the translation of Dr. Rich. Mountague to Norwych , had restitution made (†) to him of the Temporalities of that See on the 12 of June the same year : which Church of Petworth , he kept , I presume , for some time in commendam with his See. In 1641 he was translated to Salisbury in the place of Dr. Jo. Davenant , who died on the 20 of Apr. the same year : but soon after Episcopacy being silenced by the Long Parliament , ( which the Presbyterians called The blessed Parliam . ) when a prevalent party therein turned the Nation topsie turvey , he retired to Oxon for a time to wait on his Majesty and the Prince , and left not the former till his last days . After his Maj. was beheaded , this our worthy Author and Bishop retired to Richmond in Surrey , where spending most of his time in great devotion and solitude till the happy Restauration of King Ch. 2. an . 1660 was translated to Winchester , on the 24 of Sept. the same year , to the great joy and comfort of many Lords and Gentlemen , as well as the reverend Clergy , who all had a deep sense and memory of his Prudence and Piety , owing then a lasting tribute , not only for his great example of vertue and godliness , but for those excellent seeds and principles so happily laid in the youth of the then Sovereign Lord the King. About that time he was made Lord Almoner , and began that conspicuous monument of his charity , an Almshouse , at the said place of Richmond . He was a man of excellent parts , and every way qualified for his Function , especially as to the comeliness of his person , and gracefulness of his deportment , which rendred him worthy the service of a Court , and every way fit to stand before Princes . He was beloved of K. Ch. 1. of happy memory , who made use of his pious Conversation during his imprisonment in the Isle of Wight , and so much respected by his son K. Ch. 2. that when this worthy Prelate laid on his death-bed at Richmond , he craved his blessing on his bended knees by his bed-side . He hath written and published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Souls soliloquie , &c. preached before the King at Newport in the Isle of Wight 25 Oct. 1648 , being the monthly Fast during the Treaty there , on Psal . 42.5 . Lond. 1648. qu. ( 2 ) Angells rejoycing for Sinners repenting , on Luke 15.10 . Lond. 1648. qu. &c. A Guide for the penitent : or , a modell drawn up for the help of a devout Soul wounded with sin . Lond. 1660. Holy rules and helps to devotion both in prayer and practice , in 2 parts . Lond. 1674 in tw . with the Authors picture before them : which book was published by Ben. Parry of C. C. Coll. 'T is said by some , particularly the Bookseller that printed The Church Hist . of Scotland , pen'd by Dr. Joh. Spotswood Archb. of S. Andrews , and printed at Lond. 1654. fol. &c. that he ( Dr. Duppa ) did write The life of the said Archbishop , which stands , and is put , before the said History . But the Reader is to know , that the person who wrot the Preface to the said History saith that the said life was pen'd by a reverend person of that Nation , meaning Scotland . So that if it be true which he delivers , Duppa an Englishman cannot be the Author ; yet Quaere . He surrendred up his pious soul to the great God that first gave it , on the 26 of March in sixteen hundred sixty and two , having the day before been visited by his Maj. out of his wonted piety and goodness . He died as he lived , honoured and beloved of all that knew him , a person of so clear and eminent candor , that he left not the least spot upon his life or function , maugre the busie sedition of those Brethren , who then , as before , black'd the very Surplice , and made the Liturgy profane . He had a more than ordinary affection to live at Richmond , where he privately resided several years in the late broken times , as I have before told you , but especially because it was the place where first he conveyed the Principles into the Prince . Afterwards his body being conveyed to York-house in the Strand , where it laid in state for some time , was decently conveyed thence on the 24 of April following to the Abbey Church of S. Peter at Westminster , where it was buried in the Area on the North side of the Chappel of S. Edward the Confessor . At which time Dr. Hen. King B. of Chichester , a most admirable and florid Preacher in his younger days , preached a Sermon to the great content of the Auditory , containing many Elogiums of the Defunct , which , as also his monuments of piety and charity , I shall for brevity sake now pass by . Soon after was a fair mon. mostly of white marble , fastned to the Wall over his grave , with an inscription thereon . In the Church Register of Lewsham in Kent , I find one Brian Son of Jeffry Duppa to be baptized there 18 March 1580 , having been born in the Vicaridge-house of that place . Which Jeffry Duppa who was Vicar , I take to be Father of Dr. Duppa , and Brian to be his elder brother deceased . HAMLETT PULESTON was born at Old Ailresford in Hampshire , admitted Scholar of Wadham Coll. 20 Aug. 1647 , aged 16 years , took a degree in Arts , and then was made Fellow of Jesus Coll. Afterwards proceeding in that Faculty he became a Preacher in these parts . He hath written a book intit . Monarchiae Britannicae singularis protectio : or , a brief historical Essay tending to prove God's especial Providence over the British Monarchy , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. He died at London in a poor condition , and in an obscure house , in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred sixty and two , but where buried I cannot tell . His Father Rich. Puleston was a learned Doct. of Div. was Parson of Abbotsworthy in Hampshire , and tho born at Bircot in the Parish of Dorchester in Oxfordshire , yet he was descended from the antient and gentile Family of the Pulestons commonly called Pilstons in Flintshire . WILLIAM FIENNES was the nearest Kinsman to William of Wykeham Founder of New Coll , as being lineally descended from William Lord Say killed in the battle at Barnet 2 Ed. 4. Dom. 1471 by his Wife Margaret dau . and heir of Will. de Wykeham Lord of the Mannour of Broughton near Banbury in Oxfordshire , Son of Sir Tho. de Wykeham Knight , Son of Will. Perot by Alice his Wife , Daughter of Will. Champneis by Agnes his Wife , Sister to Will. of Wykeham B. of Winton and Founder of New Coll. before mention'd . This person Will. Fiennes whom we are farther to mention , was born at Broughton aforesaid , being the eldest Son of Sir Rich. Fiennes ( to whom King Jam. 1. in the first year of his Reign had recognized and confirmed the dignity and honour of the Baron Say and Sele ) was trained up in Grammaticals in Wykehams School near Winton , became a Fellow Commoner of New Coll. at about 14 years of age , in 1596 ; where spending some time in Logicals and Philosophicals , was called home for a time . Afterwards he travelled beyond the seas , and at his return being invested in a fair Estate , did some years after give and obtain a vast sum of money towards the Wa● in the Palatinate , which was very pleasing to his ● . ● . K. Jam. 1. yet shewing kindness to his neighbours by leaving it to their pleasure to pay towards that War what they thought fit , he was , on notice given to his Majesty , committed to custody in the month of June 1●22 ; whence being soon after released , he was on the 7 of July 22 Jac. 1. Dom. 1624. advanced from a Baron ●o be Viscount Say and Sele , at which time he stood up 〈◊〉 the Privileges of Magna Charta , but after the grand Rebellion broke out he looked upon it as a ridiculous 〈◊〉 , such was the mutability of the man. The truth is , he being ill natur'd , cholerick , severe and rigid , and withal highly conceited of his own worth , did expect great matters at Court ; but they failing , he sided therefore with the discontented party the Puritan , and took all occasions cunningly to promote a Rebellion . For so it was , that several years before the Civil War began , he being looked upon at that time the Godfather of that Party , had meetings of them in his house at Broughton , where was (†) a room and passage thereunto , which his Servants were prohibited to come near : and when they were of a compleat number , there would be great noises and talkings heard among them , to the admiration of those that lived in the house , yet could they never discern their Lords Companions . At other times he would be present at their meetings in the house of Knightley at Fawsley in Northamptonshire ; where , as at other places in the Kingdom , they had their Council Chambers and chief Speakers : And what Embryo's were conceived in the Country , were shaped in Greys-Inn-Lane near London , where the Undertakers for the Isle of Providence did meet , brought them to pass and put them out to Nurse in London . In 1639 he was a great Favourer of the Scotch Covenant , and had much correspondence with the Scotch Commissioners : and when the Long Parliament began in 1640 ( for the continuance of which , he perswaded ( as 't is said ) his Majesty to consent ) shewed himself soon after so active therein , as in others before , that he with Pym , Hamden , and Strode , ( three of the five Members ) were esteemed Parliament-drivers , or Swayers of all the Parliaments wherein they sat . Whereupon his Majesty being fully satisfied that he was discontented ( as indeed he was , for want of Offices he had ran himself much into debt ) he confer'd upon him the Mastership of the Court of Wards 17 May 1641 , in the place of Francis Lord Cottington ( who some months before had given it up to please a new Favourite ) and admitted him to be one of his Privy Council . But all this satisfying not , he grew more active in the House when it was to be continued ; and when the King was forced from his Parliament to take up Arms in his own defence , then did he cause his House at Broughton to be fortified for the use of the Parliament , shewed himself an enemy to Prelacy , to Archb. Laud , an incliner to a Republick , and I know not what , to advance himself . In the month of Aug. the same year , he was made Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire by the Parliament , and was persuaded almost to fortifie the City of Oxon for their use , and to make Bulstrode Whitlock sometimes of S. Johns Coll. ( then a Member of Parliament ) Governour thereof , but for what reasons he could not be overcome , it appears not . At the same time he did endeavour to engage the People of the said County in a Rebellion , not only at Oxon , but afterwards at Woodstock , where he did protest upon his honour , after Edghill Fight , that the King had neither men , nor money , nor arms , but the Parliament had all these , &c. On the 27 of Dec. and 8 of Febr. in 1642 , his Maj. published two Proclamations commanding all the Officers of the Court of Wards to attend him at Oxon , but this Lord Say refusing to come , was outlaw'd and attainted of Treason . So that he being put out of his place , and a new Seal made for the use of the said Court , it was ordered then to remain in the custody of the said Francis Lord Cottington . In 1646 the Court of Wards was taken away by the Parliament sitting at Westminster , the Members of which did recompence the Lord Say for his loss as being Master , with the sum of 10000 l , and Sir Ben. Rudyard the Surveyour of the said Court , with the sum of 6000 l , and both with Lands from the Earl of Worcester's Estate . In 1648 he shew'd himself a zealous enemy in the House against a personal Treaty with his Majesty , and the same year was present with the Parliament Commissioners in the Isle of Wight , when they treated in order for Peace with the King. At which time this Lord Say did boldly urge to his Maj. a passage out of the three last and corrupted books of Mr. Rich. Hocker's Ecclesiastical Polity that tho the King was singulis major , yet he was universis minor , which was answer'd with great prudence and dexterity by his Maj. as may be elsewhere seen . At that time the Kings Arguments concerning several matters did so much work upon him , that at his return to London , he sided with that party in the House that voted that the Kings Answers to the Propositions were a firm ground for them to proceed upon for a Peace . After the King's death , he altogether sided with the Independents , as before he had done with the Presbyterians , became great with Oliver , who made him one of the other House , that is House of Lords . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. at what time he had acted as a grand Rebell for his own ends almost 20 years , he was rewarded forsooth with the honorable Office of Lord Privy Seal , while others that had suffered in estate and body , and had been reduced to a bit of bread for his Maj. cause , had then little or nothing given to relieve them , for which they were to thank a hungry and great Officer , who , to fill his own Coffers , was the occasion of the utter ruin of many . A person (*) of the Lord Say's persuasion , who had run with the times , as he did , purposely to raise a family , saith that he was a person of great parts , wisdom , and integrity , and (a) another who was taken to be a Puritan in his time , tells us that Say and Sele was a seriously subtil piece , and always averse to the Court ways , something out of pertinaciousness ; his temper and constitution ballancing him altogether on that side which was contrary to the wind ; so that he seldom tack'd about , or went upright , though he kept his course steady in his way a long time , &c. As for the things that he hath published , the titles of them are these . Several Speeches , as ( 1 ) Two Speeches in Parliament . One upon the Bill against the Bishops , and the other touching the Liturgy of the Church of Engl Lond. 1641. in two sh . in quart . ( 2 ) Sp. in the Guildhall , London , 27 Oct. 1642. Lond. 1642. qu. This was spoken just after Edghill Fight to encourage the Citizens to raise more money to carry on the War. At which time also were very earnest in their Speeches for that purpose , Philip Lord Wharton , Philip Earl of Pembroke , Henry Earl of Holland , and Will. Str●de one of the 5 Members . ( 3 ) Speech in Parliament against the Supremacy of the Bishops , and their power in civil Affairs . Lond. 1642. qu. This , with the former against the Bishops , were much applauded among the patriotical Party , whose sense they spoke out to the full , and were the core of the Canker bred in them against the Church . These Speeches also did the Clergy take to be their chief reason of their several years of Persecution that followed , and why they were banished from their Livings , for fear , forsooth , they should preach the People ( then in a great manner deceived ) into obedience to the King. After the War was ceased , and no Malignants there were ( as he called the Cavaliers ) to oppose him , he shew'd himself an Enemy to the Quakers , with whom he was much troubled at or near Broughton ; and thereupon wrot certain books against them , as I shall tell you by and by . The Scots designe discovered : relating their dangerous attempts lately practised against the English Nation , with the sad consequence of the same . Wherein divers matters of publick concernment are disclosed : and the book called Truths manifest is made apparent to be Lies manifest . — Lond. 1653 qu. This is usually called Vindiciae veritatis , or , an Answer to a Discourse intit . Truth it 's manifest , &c. Folly and madness made manifest . Or , Some things written to shew how contrary to the word of God , and practice of the Saints in the Old and New Testament , the doctrines and practices of the Quakers are , &c. Oxon. 1659. qu. This I think was printed before . The Quakers reply manifested to be rayling : or , a pursuance of those by the light of the Scriptures , who through their dark imaginations would evade the truth , &c. Oxon. 1659 — 60. qu. and other things which I have not yet seen . At length this noble Author , after he had spent 80 years mostly in an unquiet and discontented condition , had been a grand promoter of the Rebellion which began in 1642 , did die quietly in his bed , but whether in conscience , I cannot tell , on the fourteenth day of April in sixteen hundred sixty and two : whereupon his body was buried in Broughton Church among the graves of his Ancestors , and had over it , soon after , a rich and costly monument erected , more befitting a Hero , than a Rebell . He left behind him several sons living at the time of his death , among whom James his eldest son was one , who succeeding him in his Honours , was made L. Lieutenant of Oxfordshire , having always been reputed an honest Cavalier , and a quiet man. Nathaniel the second son , whom I shall mention elsewhere , &c. ROBERT SIBTHORPE was initiated in Academical Learning in Linc. Coll. as it seems , but leaving the University before he took a degree , entred into holy Orders , and taking to wife the daughter of Sir John Lamb of Rothwell in Northamptonshire Chancellour of Peterborough and afterwards Dean of the Arches , was put into the Commission of Peace , being then Rector of Water-Stratford in Bucks . by the gift of Sir Arth. Throcmorton of Paulerspury . About that time shewing himself a fierce Persecutor of the Puritans living near him , was , thro the means of his Father-in-law made Vicar of Brackley in Northamptonshire , and by the endeavours of Dr. Piers Vicechanc. of this University , Doctor of Divinity , an . 1624 , ( being then a Member of Linc. Coll. ) tho he before had not been honoured with any degree in this , or , as I presume , in any other University . He , with Rog. Manwaring were stiff assertors of the Kings Cause and Prerogative , and great promoters for the raising a Loan of money without the knowledge and assistance of his Parliament , an . 1626. For which service both had preferment , Manwaring being afterwards made Rector of Stanford Rivers in Essex , &c. and Sibthorpe Chaplain in ord . to his Maj. Prebendary of Peterborough and Rector of Burton Latimers in Northamptonshire ; from which two last he was violently ejected in the beginning of the Civil Wars . He was a person of little learning , and of few parts , only made it his endeavours by his forwardness and flatteries , to gain preferment . If you 'll believe one (b) that was no great friend to the Church of England , he 'll tell you that Sibthorpe and Manwaring were exceeding pragmatical , so intollerably ambitious and so desperately proud , that scarce any Gentleman might come near the tail of their Mules , &c. He hath published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) A counterplea to an Apostates pardon , on Jerem. 5.7 . Lond. 1618. qu. ( 2 ) Apostolical obedience , an Assize Serm. at Northampton on Rom. 13.7 . Lond. 1627. qu. The whole scope of which is to justifie the lawfulness of the general loan ( then set on foot by the Kings ill Counsellors , as one (c) saith , to keep off Parliaments ) and of the Kings imposing publick taxes by his own regal Power without consent in Parliament , and to prove that the People in point of conscience and religion , ought chearfully to submit to such loanes and taxes without any opposition . For which matters he was called into question , and censured by the Parliament . He hath other things extant , as I have been informed , but such I have not yet seen ; and therefore can only say that in the time of the Rebellion , he suffered very great calamities for his Majesties cause , but upon the return of K. Ch. 2. in 1660 , he was restored to his Prebendship , Rectory of Burton Latimers , and other Ecclesiastical Benefices , if he had any besides them , and that dying in a good old age , was buried on the 25 of April in sixteen hundred sixty and two , in the Chancel of the Church of Burton Latimers . One Robert Sibthorpe Son of a Father of both his names , Rector of Northcadbury in Somersetshire , became a Student of Ball. Coll. in 1613 aged 18 years , which is all I know of him , being not to be understood to be the same with the former . And another Rob. Sibthorpe I find to have been M. of A. of Cambridge , and afterwards Bishop of Kilfenore in Ireland . See more in the Fasti , among the incorporations , an . 1619. PETER HEYLYN Son of Henry Heylyn , descended from an antient Family of his name living at Pentrie-Heylyn in Mountgomeryshire , was born in a Market Town called Burford in Oxfordshire , on the 29 of Nov. 1599 , educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school there under Mr. Thom. North first , and after under Mr. Edw. Davys , where profiting in Trivials to a miracle , especially in Poetry , ( in which he gave several ingenious Specimens as occasion offer'd ) was in the year 1613 plac'd by his Father in Hart Hall under the tuition successively of two Tutors , viz. Mr. Joseph Hill , and Mr. Walt. Newbury a zealous Puritan . The next year he stood to be Demie of Magd. Coll , but being then put by , was the year following elected ; by which time he had made a considerable progress in Academical Literature . After he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , which was in Oct. 1617 , he read every Long vacation , till he was Master , Cosmography Lectures in the common refectory of the said College , of which the first being performed in the latter end of July 1618 , it was so well approved , that for that and his other learning , he was chose Probationer , and the year following , perpetual , Fellow of the said house . On the 22 of Feb. 1619 , he began the composing of his Geography according to the hint which he had taken the year before in his Cosmography Lectures , and finished it on the 29 of Apr. following . In Nov. the same year it was printed , and being dedicated to Prince Charles , he presented him ( being then at Theobalds ) with a copy of it , which was very graciously received . In 1623 , he was made Deacon and Priest by Dr. Howson Bishop of Oxon in S. Aldates Church , and the year after having augmented and corrected his Geography , 't was printed again and presented to the Prince , the Author being then introduced by Henry Lord Danvers , who then spake very affectionately in his commendations . About that time Dr. John Young Dean of Winchester presenting a Copy of it to the King , he approved of it well , but unfortunately falling on a passage therein , whereby the Author gave precedency to France before England , he became so much offended , that he gave order to the Lord Keeper to call in the Book : whereupon the Author , then at Oxon , being advised to repair to the Court and make use of the Prince to salve that sore , he gave such satisfaction concerning it in writing sent to the said Dean , that the King perusing it , rested very well contented with the matter . In 1625 he went into France , where spending about six weeks in several plac●● , wrot the particulars of the said journey in a Book , the original of which he presented to the said Lord Danvers , but a copy of it he kept by him , which at length ( 30 years after or thereabouts ) he publish'd to correct a false copy that had crept abroad . On the 24 April 1627 he answer'd pro forma on these questions . ( 1 ) An Ecclesia unquam fuerit invisibilis ? ( 2 ) An Ecclesia possit errare ? Both which he determined negatively contrary to the mind and judgment of Prideaux the Kings Professor of Divinity in his lecture De Visibilitate Ecclesiae , who thereupon fell foul upon him , calling him Bellarminian , Pontifician , and I know not what , and did his best to beat him from his grounds , but he held his own . This raised great clamour for the present , which Prideaux increased the munday after when Heylyn opposed Mr. Will. Haies of Magd. Hall , at which time he was once again proclaimed a Papist by him in the publick School of Divinity , which might have done him more mischief among his friends , but that ( as he saith ) God stood with him . On the 5 of Aug. following , being Sunday , Mr. Edw. Reynolds preaching to the University in the Chappel of Mert. Coll , ( of which he was Fellow ) touched upon the passages which had hapned between Prideaux and Heylyn , impertinently to his text , but pertinently enough unto his purpose , which was to expose Heylyn to disgrace and censure . But so it was that tho he was then present , yet it did little trouble him , as he himself acknowledgeth . In Feb. 1627 he was by the letters of the Lord Danvers , then Earl of Danby , commended to Dr. Laud B. of Bathe and Wells for his advancement in the Church : By vertue of which , he was received by him ; ( as our Author Heylyn tells you at large in the life of the said Bishop (d) published 1668 ) at which time having several private discourses together , Laud fell upon the business at Oxon. between Prideaux and him , adding withal , that he had read his supposition when he answered pro forma ; ( a copy of which Heylyn had given to him ) and found therein that it was so strongly grounded , that all the Prideauxes were not able to overthrow it in a fair way ; that also he would not have him discouraged by noise and clamours , telling him farther , that he himself had in his younger days maintained the same positions in a disputation in S. Johns Coll. for which he was much clamoured at by Dr. Abbot then Vicechancellour , ( afterwards Archb. of Cant. ) and made a by-word and reproach in the University ; but he thanked God he had overcome that difficulty and got the better of his Adversaries , and so might he . Finally he admonished him , to hold in that moderate course he found him in , and to apply his study to the making up of breaches in the walls of Christendome , &c. In the latter end of 1628 he went as Chaplain to the E. of Danby beforemention'd into the Isle of Guernsey , of which the said Earl was Governour , where continuing about 3 weeks , returned into England , drew up a discourse of that voyage , and in the Month of June in the year following , did present it to Laud then Bishop of London , to whose patronage , as it seems , he had committed it . The same year also ( 1629 ) he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and nominated one of his Maj. Chaplains in Jan. the same year . So that being Shipped and in hopes of a good wind , he thought it did concern him to do somewhat to be known at Court , especially by the great ones there . Whereupon he fell into a resolution to effect the History of S. George , Patron of the most noble Order of the Garter ; the studying and writing whereof took up all the spring time of 1630. He found it full of difficulties , the whole world being against him , and no path to follow , but at length he overcame it . Upon Act Sunday the same year he preached the University Sermon at S. Maries on this text , But while men slept the Enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away . Matth. 13.25 . In which Sermon he discovered (e) the great mystery of iniquity , which lay hid under the specious project of the Feoffes for buying in of impropriations , and was the first who ever gave publick notice of the danger of it , to the undeceiving of the People . It made much noise , and brought to him more envy , as he is pleased to say ( if I mistake not ) in his Historie of the life of Dr. Laud. The same year also on S. Mar. Magd. day he resigned his Fellowship , having been married almost two years before . In Oct. 1631 he was made Rector of Henningford in Huntingdonshire by the procurement of Dr. Laud , and on the first of Nov. following the K. gave him a Prebendship of Westminster , void by the death of Dr. George Darrell somtimes Fellow of All 's . Coll. Which matter , so soon as it came to the knowledge of Dr. Williams B. of Linc. and then Dean of Westminster , it put him to extreme vexation , because this our Author ( Heylyn ) was beloved of Dr. Laud , ( between which Bishops there was never a right understanding ) and that also there was likely to follow great discord between them , because of several affronts that Williams had before given him for his forwardness , high conceit of himself , and confidence . The next year the K. bestowed on him the rich Parsonage of Houghton in the Spring within the Bishoprick of Durham , void by the preferment of Dr. Aug. Lindsell to the Bishoprick of Peterborough ; which , for his own convenience , the King gave way that he should change it with Dr. Marshall for the rectory of Ailresford in Hampshire . In 1633 he proceeded D. of D. and in the Vespers then held had these 3 questions following to answer to . ( 1 ) An Ecclesia habeat authoritatem in determinandis fidei controversiis ? Aff. ( 2 ) An Eccles . habeat authoritatem decernendi ritus & ceremonias ? Aff. ( 3 ) An Eccles . habeat authoritatem interpretandi Scripturas sacras . Aff. All which , tho taken Verbatim out of the 20 Article of the Church of England , were so displeasing to Prideaux the Professor , that he fell into very great heats and passion , in which he let fall certain matters very unworthy of the place where utter'd , as also distastful to many of the auditory , ( among whom were James du Perron the Queens Almoner , afterwards Bishop of Angoulisme in France ) which after drew some censure on him . The particulars were these . ( 1 ) Ecclesia est m●ra chimera . ( 2 ) Ecclesia nihil docet nec determinat . ( 3 ) Controversiae omnes melius ad Academiam referri possunt quam ad Ecclesiam . ( 4 ) Docti homines in Academiis possunt determinare omnes controversias , etiam sepositis Episcopis , &c. Upon occasion also of mentioning the absolute decree , he brake into a great and long discourse , that his mouth was shut up by Authority , else he would maintain that truth contra omnes qui sunt in vivis , which fetcht a great hum from the Country Ministers then present . What therefore followed upon this , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 440. a. But so netled was Prideaux , that the K. by Heylyns means should take cognizance of that matter , that when he put in his protestation against the utterance of those things , alledged against him , into the hands of the Chancellour of the University in Aug. following , did at the same time ( the King being then at Woodstock ) cause a paper to be spread about the Court touching the business of the Vespers in the last Act , very much tending to Heylyns disgrace . Heylyn therefore being not able to brook it , ( for he was of an high and audacious spirit ) it so fell out , that when in Oct. following , came out his Maj. declaration concerning lawful sports , which raised much clamour against the King , and more against Dr. Laud ; Heylyn , for the appeasing it , fell upon a course of translating Prideaux his Lecture upon the Sabbath , and putting a preface to the same ; which being published in print in Hilarie term , an . 1633 , conduced much to his Majesties proceedings in what he had done , and also took off much of that opinion which Prideaux had among the Puritans . In 1638 he became Rector of South Warnborough in Hampshire by exchange with Mr. Tho. Atkinson of S. Johns Coll. for Islip near Oxon , and the same year he was put into Commission for the Peace for Hampshire . On Ap. 10. an . 1640 he was chose Clerk of the Convocation for Westminster , and soon after brought into great trouble by his old Enemy Williams B. of Lincolne , W. Prynne , and certain of his Parishioners of Ailresford . By the first , because Heylyn had been a favourite of Laud , and had continual contentions with him in the Coll. of Westminster about various matters relating to Religion and the Government of that College . By the second , because he had furnished the Lords of the Council , with matter out of his Histrio-Mastix to proceed against him in order to the loosing of his ears , &c. and by the last , because he had translated the Communion Table from the middle , to the upper end , of the Chancel of the Church at Ailresford , and brought in there certain Ornaments to be used in the celebration of Divine Service . In the year 1642 , leaving his Preb. of Westminster , and his Rectories in Hampshire upon a foresight of ruin to come , he followed the King to Oxon , where having little to live upon , did , by the Kings command , write the weekly intelligence called Mercurius Aulicus , which had been begun by John Birkenhead , who pleased the generality of Readers with his waggeries and buffoonries , far more than Heylyn . In the beginning of the year following ( 1643 ) he was voted a Delinquent in the H. of Commons sitting at Westm . because of his retirement to the King , and thereupon an order was sent to the Committee at Portsmouth to sequester his Estate , and seize upon his Goods . Which Order being put in execution , his incomparable Lib●ary was taken away and carried to Portsmouth . In 1644 h●s singular good Lord and Patron Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury being beheaded , his hopes of rising higher in the Church , were totally blasted : So that upon the loss of him and his spiritual estate , he stuck to his temporal ( for which he compounded in Goldsmiths Hall ) and to the earning of money by writing books . In 1645 he left Oxon , and shifted from place to place , like the old travels of the Patriarchs , and in pity to his necessity , some of his friends of the loyal party entertained him . The same year he setled for a time with his Wife and Children in Winchester , but that City with the Castle being treacherously delivered up to their enemies , he left them in a disguise , and being entertained by several Loyalists , removed at length to Minster-Lovel in Oxfordshire in 1647 ; where taking a farm of his Nephew Col. Hen. Heylyn in the year following , lived there six years or more exercising his Pen in writing of Books ; the publishing of which ( especially his Geography which he inlarged to a folio ) was a great relief to him . Thence he removed to Abendon in Berks , where he bought an house and land called Lacies Court , which being but five miles from Oxon , he was therefore furnished with Books at his pleasure , either from Shops , the Libraries of acquaintance there , ( particularly Barlow of Qu. Coll. ) or by his repair to Bodlies Library , and wrot several things in defence of the Church of England , and the true genuine sense thereof . Afterwards he suffer'd in his Estate by Decimation ; which trick being brought up by Oliver , while Protector , many Families thereby ( especially such that had before compounded ) were thereby undone . In 1660 upon his Majesties return to his Kingdoms , he was restored to his spiritualities , but never rose higher than Subdean of Westminster , which was a wonder to many , and a great discontent to him and his ; but the reason being manifest to those that well knew the temper of the Person , I shall forbear to make mention of that matter any farther . He was a Person endowed with singular gifts , of a sharp and pregnant wit , solid and clear judgment . In his younger years he was accounted an excellent Poet , but very conceited and pragmatical , in his elder a better Historian , a noted Preacher , and a ready or extemporanean Speaker . He had a tenacious memory to a miracle , whereunto he added an incredible patience in study , in which he persisted when his Eye-sight failed him . He was a bold and undaunted man among his friends and foes , ( tho of very mean port and presence ) and therefore by some of them , he was accounted too high and proud for the function he professed . On all occasions he was a constant Assertor of the Churches right and the Kings Prerogative , either in their afflicted or prosperous estate , a severe and vigorous opposer of Rebels and Schismaticks , a despiser of envy , and in mind not at all discouraged . He writ many books upon various Subjects , containing in them many things that are not vulgar , either for stile or argument , and wrot also History pleasant enough , but in some things he was too much a Party to be an Historian , and equally (*) an enemy to Popery and Puritanisme . His works which are very many are these . Spurius ; a Tragedie — Made in the year 1616. Acted privately in the Presidents Lodgings in Magd. Coll. but never printed . Theomachia ; a Com. — Made in the year 1618 , but not printed . Microcosmus ; A description of the great World. Oxon. 1622. 24 , &c. qu. Enlarged afterwards to a great folio , entit . Cosmography in four books . Lond. 1652. 1664. 77. 82. This Cosmography was the last book that its Author wrot with his own hand , ( 1651 ) for after it was finished , his eyes failed him , that he could neither see to write nor read without the help of an Amanuensis , whom he kept to his dying day . The Historie of that most famous Saint and Soldier of Jesus Christ S. George of Cappadocia ; asserted from the fictions of the middle ages of the Church , and opposition of the present . Lond. 1631. and 33. qu. The institution of the most noble Order of S. George , named the Garter . — Printed with the former . Catalogue of all the Knights of the Garter from the first institution to this present ; as also of the principal Officers thereunto belonging — Printed also with the Hist . of St. George , 1631. and 33. In which last edition , is , at the end , A review of the whole work ; consisting of additions and emendations . On the 2 day of Feb. 1630 being Candlemas day , the Author of the said History and its adjuncts , was brought by Dr. Laud B. of London ( a great incourager of learning and industry ) to his Majesty , being then in his Bedchamber at Whitehall , to whom he did present them . Whereupon his Maj. looking upon the book , he did graciously accept of it , and was pleased to hold some conference with the Author about that argument . Afterwards the Author presented several copies fairly bound to all such Knights of the Order of the Garter , and men of eminency that were then in London and Westminster , and was used by all of them with great respect , save only by Archb. Abbot , and William Earl of Exeter ; the first of which disliked the argument , and the other snapped him up for a begging Scholar , which he was after much asham'd of , when it came to be known . Soon after the said History was much impugned by a discourse of Dr. G. Hakewill , which was , as Heylyn saith , full of most base and malicious calumniations , both against the Person and Religion of the Author . Whereupon his Maj. having received notice of it from Laud , ( who had a copy of it sent to him from Oxon by Dr. W. Smith the Vicechancellour of that place , and he from Hakewill to be approved before it was to go to the press ) commanded Heylyn to consider of the matter , and withal sent him to Windsore to search into the records of the Order of the Garter there . Which command he accordingly obeying , occasioned a second edition of the said History , an . 1633 , as I have before told you , wherein he answer'd all Hakewills allegations , letting pass his slanders . Upon the coming out of which , Heylyn heard no more of Hakewill till a second edition of his book of the supposed decay of nature , entit . An Apol. or Declaration of the Power , &c. wherein Heylyn found a retraction of the passages which concerned S. George . About the same time Hakewill thinking better to sit silent than to come out with a reply , yet he thought it fit to acquaint his friends what sentiments he had of the said second edition of The Hist . of S. George , in several letters sent abroad ; one of which speaketh (†) thus In the second impression of his book ( The Hist . of S. George ) where he hath occasion to speak of the Roman writers , especially the Legendaries , he magnifies them more , and when he mentions our men , he villifies them more than he did in his first edition : But the matter is not much , what he saith of the one , or of the other , the condition of the man being such , as his word hardly passeth either for commendation or slander , &c. From the said Hist . of S. George , written by Heylyn , is a little Pamphlet taken and stoln , entit . The Hist . of that most famous Saint and Soldier S. George of Capadocia , &c. Lond. 1661 in 7. sheets in qu. Also another for the most part , intit . The Hist . of the life and Martyrdome of S. George the titular Patron of England , &c. Lond. 1664. in 8 sh . in qu. written in verse by Tho. Lowick Gent. And many things are taken thence also , with due acknowledgment , by E. Ashmole in his book of The Institutions , Laws , and Ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter . Lond. 1672. fol. An Essay called Augustus — Printed 1632 ; since inserted into Heylyns Cosmography . History of the Sabbath in two books . Lond. 1636. qu. twice printed in that year . Written to satisfie the scrupulous minds of some misguided zealots , who turned the observation of the Lords day into a Jewish Sabbath , not allowing themselves or others the ordinary liberties , nor works of absolute necessity , which the Jews themselves never scrupled at . About that time was published A letter to the Vicar of Grantham , by Dr. Jo. Williams Bishop of Linc. against the Communion Table standing Altar-ways ; whereupon Heylyn made a sudden and sharp reply , entit . A coal from the Altar : or , an answer to the Bishop of Lincolns letter to the Vicar of Grantham . Lond. 1636. qu. To which the Bishop in a year after return'd an answer under this title , The holy table , name , and thing , &c. pretending withal that it was written long ago by a Minister in Lincolnshire , against Dr. Cole a Divine in Qu. Maries raign : whereupon Heylyn made a reply as I shall anon tell you . Brief discourse in way of Letter touching the form of prayer appointed to be used by preachers before their Sermons . Can. 55. — Written at the request of the Bishop of Winchester in the year 1636 , and afterwards printed in the first part of Ecclesia Vindicata . Brief and moderate answer to the seditious and scandalous challenges of Hen. Burton late of Friday-street in two Sermons preached by him on the 5 of Nov. 1636 , and in the Apologie set before them . Lond. 1637. qu. Antidotum Lincolniense : or , an answer to a book entit . The holy table , name , and thing , &c. Lond. 1637. 38. qu. Another answer came out against the said Holy Table , &c. entit . Two looks over Lincolne : or , a view of his holy table , name , and thing , &c. Lond. 1641. in 4. sh . and an half ; written by Rich. Day , who stiles himself Minister of the Gospel , yet seems rather to be an enemy to the Ceremonies of the Church . In which book also Heylyns Coal from the Altar , is sometimes animadverted upon . An uniform book of articles to be used by all Bishops and Archdeacons in their Visitations . Lond. 1640 qu. De jure paritatis Episcoporum — MS. written 1640 upon a proposition in the Lords house , whether Bishops should be of the Committee for the preparatory examinations in the cause of Tho. Earl of Strafford . Printed afterwards and involved in his Historical and Miscellaneous Tracts . Reply to Dr. Hakewills dissertation touching the sacrifice of the Eucharist . Lond. 1641. qu. See more in George Hakewill , under the year 1649. An help to English history : containing a succession of all the Kings of England , and the English Saxons , the Kings and Princes of Wales , &c. As also of all the Archbishops , Bishops , Dukes , Marquesses , and Earles within the said dominions . In three tables . Lond. 1641 , &c. in oct . Published under the name of Rob. Hall Gent. Several additions to this book , were made by Christop . Wilkinson , a Bookseller living against S. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street , London ; the first edition of which additions , with the book it self came out in 1670. in oct . with the name put to the book of Pet. Heylyn , who made use of Dr. Franc. Godwins Commentarie of the Bishops of England , in his succession of Archb. and Bishops , and of Ralph Brook and August . Vincent their respective Catalogues of the succession of Kings , Dukes , Marquesses , Earls , &c. 'T is said also that in the same year , 1641. our Author Heylyn wrot and published a book intit . Persecutio Undecima , &c. Lond. 1641. 48. quarto , 1681. fol. but finding no such thing in his Diary , which I have several times perused , I cannot be so bold to affirm that he was the Author . History of Episcopacy ; in two parts . Lond. 1642. qu. Published under the name of Theophilus Churchman . This makes the second part of Ecclesia Vindicata , &c. Lond. 1657. qu. Historical narration of Liturgies , &c. — written 1642. Afterwards printed in the first part of Eccles . Vindicata . &c. Relation of Lord Ralph Hoptons victory near to Bodmin in Cornwall , on the 19 of Jan. 1642. Oxon. 1642 / 3. in one sh . in qu. Brief relation of the remarkable occurrences in the northern parts , viz. The landing of the Queens Majesty in the Bay of Burlington from Holland , and of the repulse given to the Rebels at the Town of Newark . Oxon. 1642. in 2 sh . in qu. View of the proceedings in the West for a pacification . Letter to a Gent. in Leycestershire about the Treatie at Uxbridge . shewing that all the overtures which have been made for peace and accommodation have proceeded from his Majestie only — Printed 1643 in 4. sh . in qu. The Roundheads remembrancer : or , a true and particular relation of the great defeat given to the Rebels by his Maj. Subjects of Cornwall , under the command of Sir Ralph Hopton , in Tuesday 16. May 1643. — Printed 1643 in one sh . in qu. This Pamphlet is generally said to have been written by Heylyn . Relation of the proceedings of S. Joh. Gell. — This is the same , if I mistake not , with a Pamph. intit . Theeves Theeves : or a relation of Sir Jo. Gells proceedings in Derbyshire in gathering up the rents of the Lords and Gentlemen of that Country by pretended authority from the two Houses of Parliament . printed 1643. qu. This Sir John Gell , who was Son of Tho. Gell of Hopton in Derbyshire Gent. became a Commoner of Magd. Coll. in this University in 1610 , left it without a degree , exercised himself in martial seats beyond the Seas , retired to his patrimony , was made a Baronet in Jan. 1641 , and being then a Presbyterian , took up arms soon after for the Parliament , became a Colonel and one of their Champions . Afterwards hating the proceedings of the Independents when they had murder'd the King , he entred into a plot against the Parliament , ( in which Coll. Euseb . Andrews being engaged , suffer'd death , an . 1650. ) for which being imprison'd , was at length tried for his life before the High Court of Justice , but being found only guilty of misprision of treason for concealing it , he was condemn'd to loose his estate and to perpetual imprisonment ; from the last of which he was released by order of Parliament 5. of Apr. 1653. He died in the Parish of S. Martin in the Fields in the City of Westminster in Nov. 1671 , aged 79 years or thereabouts , and was , as I suppose , buried at Hopton , ( Quaere ) having had this character given of him by the Presbyterians , while they were dominant , that he was a man beloved of his Country and feared by his enemies , valiant in his actions , and faithful in his ends to promote truth and peace . Of the same family was Rob. Gell D. D. of Pampisford in Cambridgeshire , and sometimes Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury ; which Doctor died in the very beginning of the year ( 25. of March or thereabouts ) 1665. The black ✚ Cross : shewing that the Londoners were the cause of this present rebellion , &c. The Rebells Catechisme , composed in an easie and familiar way ; to let them see the hainousness of their offence , &c. — Printed 1643. in 4. sh . in qu. Discourse in answer to the common but groundless clamour of the Papists nick-naming the religion of the Church of England by the name of a Parliament Religion — Written in 1644 at the request of George Ashwell of Wadham Coll. But when this book was printed , it had this title following put to it . Parliaments power in Lawes for religion : or , an answer to that old and groundless calumny of the Papists , nick-naming , &c. Oxon. 1645. in 6. sh . in qu. In another edition printed at Lond. 1653. in 7. sh . in qu. it hath this title . The way of reformation of the Church of England declared and justified , against the clamours of our Adversaries , reproaching the religion here by law established by the name of a Parliament religion , &c. This was afterwards printed in the first part of Eccles . Vindicata . Brief relation of the death and sufferings of the most reverend and renowned Prelate the L. Archb. of Canterbury , with a copie of his speech and other passages on the Scaffold more perfect than hath been hitherto imprinted . Oxon. 1644 in 4 ▪ sh . in qu. Bibliotheca Regia : or , the Royal Library , &c. Lond. 1649. 50. and 59. oct . Heylyns name is not set to it , but 't is generally known to be his collection from some of the works of K. Ch 1. In this book is inserted the conference between K. Ch. 1. and the Marquess of Worcester , at Ragland ; which by many is taken to be authentick , because published by Heylyn . See more among the Writers in the first vol. in Lewis Bayly , p. 486. Stumbling block of disobedience , &c. in answer to , and examination of , the two last sections in Calvins institutions against Soveraigne Monarchy — MS. written in 1644. printed at Lond. 1658. qu. with this title , The Stumbling block of disobedience and rebellion , cunningly laid by Calvin in the Subjects way , discovered , censured and removed . The promised seed — Written in vers . The undeceiving the People in the point of Tithes , &c. Lond. 1648. 51. Published under the name of Ph. Treleinie , which is an Anagram for Peter Heylyn . Reprinted at Lond. in qu. 1657. in the first part of Eccles . Vindicata . Theologia Veterum . The sum of Christian Theologie contained in the Creed according to the Greeks and Latines , &c. lib. 3. Lond. 1654. and 1673. fol. Full relation of two journies . The one into the main Land of France : The other into some of the adjacent Islands , in 5 Books . Lond. 1656. qu. These adjacent Islands are Guernsey and Jersie , &c. Survey of the estate of the two Islands Guernsey and Jersie , with the isles depending , &c. in one book . Lond. 1656. qu. This is printed with the former , and both were published by their Author Pet. Heylyn , because a little before a false copy of them had crept abroad under the title of France painted to the life , as I shall farther tell you anon . Observations on The Historie of the raigne of K. Charles , published by Hamon L'estrange Esq . for illustration of the storie , &c. Lond. 1656. oct . Upon the coming out of which observations L'Estrange printed another edit . of the said Hist . — Lond. 1656. fol. and at the end added a book intit . The Observator observed : or , animadversions upon the observations on the History of K. Charles , &c. Whereupon our Author Heylyn came out with this book following entit . Extraneus Vapulans : or , the Observator rescued from the violent but vaine assaults of Hamon L'Estrange Esq . and the back blows of Dr. Nich. Bernard an Irish Dean . Lond. 1656. oct . In our Authors Epist . to the reader before this book , dat . 7. June 1656 , he tells us that in one week of the last term , he was plundered twice , first of his name , and secondly of his good name . Of his name by one Will. Leak a Bookseller , who publishing a discourse of his ( Dr. Heylyns ) under the title of France painted to the life , by a false and imperfect copy , hath fathered it in Stationers Hall on one Rich. Bignall a Fellow to him utterly unknown . Secondly plundered of his good name by Ham. L'Estrange Esq . by loading him with abusive (a) language . Ecclesia Vindicata : or , the Church of England justified ( 1 ) In the way and manner of her reformation , &c. part . 1. ( 2 ) In the defence thereof , in an historie of Episcopacie , part . 2. &c. Lond. 1657. qu. Dedicated to Mr. Edw. Davys Vicar of Shilton in Berks ( near Burford in Oxfordshire ) somtimes his Master in the free-Grammar School at Burford . It contains all those five pieces before-mentioned , which I have told you were reprinted in Eccles . Vindicata . Respondet Petrus : or , the answer of Pet. Heylyn D.D. to so much of Dr. Bernards book entit . The judgment of the late Primate of Ireland , &c. as he is made a party by the said Lord Primate in the point of the Sabbath , &c. Lond. 1658. qu. 'T was not burnt as the report (b) was , or answer'd . An Appendix in answer to certain passages in Mr. Sandersons history of the life and raigne of K. Ch. &c. — Printed with Respondet Petrus : whereupon Will. Sanderson Esq . came out with a Pamphlet entit . Post-haste : A reply to Peter's ( Dr. Heylyns ) appendix to his treatise entit . Respondet Petrus . Lond. 1658. in 3. sheets in qu. Full of abusive language , and little or nothing to the purpose . Short view of the life and raigne of K. Charles ( the second Monarch of Great Britaine ) from his birth to his burial . Lond. 1658. in 6. sheets or more in oct . This life I take to be the same with that ( for they have the same beginning ) that was printed , with , and set before , Reliquiae sacrae Carolinae . Printed at the Hague 1648 / 9 in a large oct . Examen Historicum : or , a discovery and examination of the mistakes and defects in some modern histories , viz. ( 1 ) In the Church Hist . of Britaine by Tho. Fuller . To which is added , An Apologie of Dr. Jo. Cosin Dean of Peterborough , in answer to some passages in the Church Hist . of Britaine , in which he finds himself concern'd . ( 2 ) In the Hist . of Marie Qu. of Scots and of her Son K. Jam. 6. The Hist . of K. Jam. 1. of Great Britaine and the Hist . of K. Ch. 1. from his Cradle to his grave ; by Will. Sanderson Esq . — Lond. 1658. 9. in a large oct . Appendix in answer to some passages in a scurrulous Pamphlet called A post-haste reply , &c. ( or Posthast : a reply , &c. ) by Will. Sanderson Esq . — This Appendix is printed with Exam. Historicum . Soon after Th. Fuller came out with a thin fol. full of submission and acknowledgment , intit . The appeal for injured innocence , which was commonly bound with the remaining copies of his Ch. Hist . in quires ; and a foolish and scurrilous Pamphlet entituled Peter persued : or , Dr. Heylyn overtaken , arrested and arraigned upon his three appendixes . ( 1 ) Respondet (c) Petrus . ( 2 ) Answer to the (d) Post-hast reply . ( 3 ) Advertisements on three Histories , viz. of Mary Qu. of Scots , K. James and K. Charles , Lond. 1658 9. in 8 sh . in qu. written by Will. Sanderson before mention'd , of whom I desire the Reader to know these things following . ( 1 ) That he was born in Lincolnshire . ( 2 ) That in his younger days he was Secretary to George Villiers Duke of Buckingham while he was Chancellour of the University of Cambridge , and therefore , I presume , graduated there , tho scarce understood Latine . ( 3 ) That he suffer'd for the cause of his Maj. K. Ch. 1. and after the restauration of his son in 1660 , he was made Gent. in ordinary of his Majesties privy Chamber , and from him received the honour of Knighthood . ( 4 ) That dying in Whitehall on the 15 day of July 1676 , aged 90 or more , was buried in the north isle or transcept joyning to the Choire of S. Peters Church in the City of Westminster . Over his grave was soon after a monument of Alabaster erected on the north wall with the bust of the defunct ( in the place of Colonel ( Sim. ) Mathews which had been set up in the wall by the Parliament , but plucked down after the return of K. Ch. 2. ) at the charge of Briget his widow , daughter of Sir Edw. Tyrell Knight . His Histories before mention'd , are not much valued , because they are mostly taken from printed Authors and lying Pamphlets . The parable of the Tares expounded and applied in ten sermons , with three other sermons by the same Author . Lond. 1659 and 61. qu. Certamen Epistolare ; or , the letter combate managed by Pet. Heylyn and Mr. Rich. Baxter of Kederminster , &c. Lond. 1659. oct . Intercourse of Letters betw . Dr. Heylyn and Dr. Nich. Bernard of Greys Inn , touching the intended burning of the book called Respondet Petrus . — Printed with Cert . Epist . Letter combate part 2. containing the intercourse of Letters between Pet. Heylyn and Mr. Hen. Hickman of Magd. Coll. relating to the historical part of a book intit . A justification of the Fathers and Schoolmen , &c. Letter Combate part 3. containing a decertation about formes of Government , the power of Spartan Ephori , and the Jewish Sanhedrim , managed letter-wise betw . P. Heylyn and J. H. ( Jam. Harrington ) of Westminst . Esq . Appendix to the former Papers , containing an Exchange of Letters between Mr. Tho. Fuller of Waltham and Dr. Pet. Heylyn of Abendon . Examination of some passages in Mr. Fullers late Appeal for injured innocence . — These Letter Combates , Append . and Examination are printed with Certamen Epistolare , which is the general title to them . Historia Quinqu . Articularis : or , a delaration of the judgment of the Western Churches , and more particularly of the Church of England , in the five controverted points , reproached in these last times by the name of Arminianism , &c. part 3. Lond. 1660. qu. Postscript to the Reader concerning some particulars in a scurrulous Pamphlet intit . A review of Certamen Epistolare . In the same year ( 1660 ) was published a book intit . — Fratres in malo : or , the matchless couple represented in the writings of Mr. Edw. Bagshaw and Mr. Hen. Hickman , in vindication of Dr. Heylyn and Mr. Tho. Pierce . Lond. 1660. qu. said in the title to be written by M. O. Bach. of Arts , but all then supposed that Dr. Heylyn or Mr. Peirce , or both , had a hand in it . Sermon preached in the Collegiate Church of S. Peter in Westm . on Wednesday 29 May 1661 , on Psal . 31.21 . Lond. 1661. qu. History of the Reformation of the Church of England , from the first preparations to it made by K. Hen. 8. untill the legal setling and establishing of it under Qu. Elizab . &c. Lond. 1661. 1670 and 74. fol. A character of this book and its design , is given by Dr. Gilb. Burnet in his Pref. to the first vol. of The Hist . of the Reformation of the Church of England . Lond. 1679 and 81. fol. answer'd at large by Mr. George Vernon in his Life of Pet. Heylyn D. D. Lond. 1682. oct . p. 189. &c. As for our Authors Hist. of the Reformation , &c. it was answer'd in a book intit . — Plus ultra : or , Englands reformation needing to be reformed . Being an examination of Dr. Heylyns History of the reformation of the Church of England , &c. Lond. 1661. in 7 sh . in qu. said in the title page to be written by H. N. O. J. Oxon. which , whether meant by Henry HickmaN , I know not as yet . Cyprianus Anglicus : or , the History of the life and death of Will. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , &c. Lond. 1668. and 71. fol. Aërius redivivus : or , the Hist . of the Presbyterians , &c. Oxon. 1670. Lond. 1672. fol. Historical and miscellaneous Tracts . Lond. 1681. fol. Several of these are mention'd before , as ( 1 ) Eccl. Vindicata . ( 2 ) Hist . of the Sabbath , in 2 parts . ( 3 ) Hist . Quinqu articularis . ( 4 ) Stumbling block , &c. ( 5 ) Tract . de jure paritatis , &c. with Dr. Heylyn's life before them , written by George Vernon Rector of Bourton on the Water in Glocestershire , sometimes one of the Chaplains of All 's . Coll. Which life being alter'd and mangled before it went to the Press by the B. of Linc. ( T. Barlow ) and the Bookseller that printed it ; Hen. Heylyn son of Dr. Heylyn , made a protestation against it : and Dr. Joh. Barnard who married Dr. Heylyn's daughter , wrot his life to rectifie that of Vernon which was alter'd , and Vernon wrot another , published in oct . Our Author Heylyn also composed A discourse of the African Schisme , and in 1637 did upon Dr. Laud's desire draw up The judgment of Writers on those texts of Scripture on which the Jesuits found the Popedome and the Authority of the Rom. Church . Both which things , the said Dr. Laud intended , as materials , towards his large Answer to Fisher the Jesuit , which came out the year following . He also ( I mean Heylyn ) did translate from Lat. into Engl. Dr. Prideaux his Lecture upon the Sabbath , as I have before told you , and put the Scotch Liturgy into Latine an . 1639 , partly that all the world might more clearly see upon what grounds the tumults in Scotland , that then before brake out , had been raised . At length after our Author Heylyn had spent his time partly in prosperity and partly in adversity , paid his last debt to nature on Ascension day ( May 8. ) in sixteen hundred sixty and two . Whereupon his body being buried before the Sub-deans stall within the choire of S. Peters Church within the City of Westminster , had a monument soon after set up for him on the north wall of the Alley joyning on the north side of the said choire ; a copy of the inscription on which , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. pag. 205. JOHN LEY was born in the antient Borough of Warwick , on the 4 of Feb. an . 1583 , but descended from the Leys of Cheshire , educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school in the said Borough , became a Student of Ch. Ch. in 1601 , where continuing for some time after he was Master of Arts , was presented by the Dean and Canons to the Vicaridge of Great Budworth in Cheshire , and there continued several years a constant Preacher . Afterwards he was made Prebendary of the Cath. Ch. at Chester , Sub-dean thereof ( 1605 , ) a weekly Lecturer on Friday in S. Peters Church in the said City , and Clerk of the Convocation of the Clergy once or twice . But he having always been puritanically inclined , he sided with the Presbyterians upon the defection of the Members of the Long Parliament , an . 1641 , took the Covenant , was made one of the Assembly of Divines , Examiner in Latine to the said Assembly , Rector of Ashfield in Cheshire , and for a time Rector of Astbury or Estbury in the said County , Chairman of the Committee for the examination of Ministers , and of the Committee for Printing , one of the Ordainers of Ministers according to the Presbyterian way , &c. President of Sion Coll. about 1645 , and afterwards when Dr. Ed. Hyde was ejected from his rich Parsonage of Brightwell near Wallingford in Berks , he was appointed to succeed him by the Committee ; which , if I mistake not , he kept with other Benefices for a time . In 1653 he was appointed one of the Tryers for the approbation of publick Ministers , and in the year following an Assistant to the Commissioners of Berks. for the ejecting of such whom they then called scandalous , ignorant , and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . Soon after , upon pretence that he could enjoy but little peace or hope of settlement for after times at Brightwell , ( for the truth is he was much hated while he lived there ) he obtained the rich Rectory of Solyhull in Warwickshire from the Patron thereof Sir Sim. Archer of Umberslade near Tamworth Knight , before the year 1656 , where he continued for some time . At length breaking a vein within him , by overstraining himself in speaking , became very weak thereupon . So that being not able to go on in the Ministry , he resigned Solyhull upon some consideration given , and went to Sutton Colfield in the said County , where , after he had lived privately for a short time , gave up the ghost in a fair age . He was esteemed in his time a man of note , especially by those of the Presbyterian perswasion , well vers'd in various Authors , and a ready Preacher . His works are these . An Apology in defence of the Geneva Notes on the Bible , which were in S. Maries Ch. in Oxon publickly and severely reflected on by Dr. Joh. Howson . — When printed I know not . 'T was written about 1612 , and submitted to the judgment of Bish . Usher , who did well approve of it . Pattern of piety : or , the religious life and death of Mrs. Jane Ratcliff widow , and Citizen of Chester . Lond. 1640. oct . Several sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. on Ruth 3.11 . Lond. 1640. oct . ( 2 ) A monitor of mortality , in two funeral sermons occasion'd by the death of Joh. Archer , son and heir of Sir Sim. Archer of Warwicksh . Knight , and of Mrs. Harper of Chester , and her daughter Phebe of 12 years old . The first on Jam. 4.14 . and the other on Gen. 44.3 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 3 ) Fury of war , and folly of sin , Fast serm . before the H. of Com. on Jer. 4.21.22 . Lond. 1643. qu. &c. Sunday a sabbath : or , a preparative discourse for discussion of sabbatarie doubts . Lond. 1641. qu. Assisted in this work by the MSS. and advice of Archb. Usher . The Christian Sabbath maintained : in answer to a book of Dr. Pocklington stiled Sunday no Sabbath . Defensive doubts , hopes , and reasons for refusal of the Oath , imposed by the sixth Canon of the Synod . Lond. 1641. qu. Letter against the erection of an Altar , written 29 June 1635 to John , Bishop of Chester . Case of conscience concerning the Sacrament of the Lords Supper . — These two last things , were printed , and go , with Defensive doubts . Comparison of the parliamentary protestation with the late canonical Oath , and the difference between them ; as also the opposition between the doctrine of the Ch. of England and that of Rome , &c. Lond. 1641. quar . Further discussion of the case of conscience touching receiving of the Sacrament . — Printed with the Comparison . Examination of John Saltmarsh's new Query , and determination upon it , published to retard the establishment of the Presbyterial Government , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. Censure of what Mr. Saltmarsh hath produced to the same purpose , in his other , and latter books , which he calleth The opening of Mr. Prynns Vindication . Apologetical narrative of the late petition of the Common Council and Ministers of London to the honorable houses of Parliament , with a justification of them from the contumacy of the weekly Pamphleteers . — These two last things are printed with the Examinat . of J. Saltm . new Query , &c. Light for smoak : or a clear and distinct reply to a dark and confused answer in a book made and intit . The smoake of the Temple , by Joh. Saltmarsh late Preacher at Breasteed in Kent , now revolted from his pastoral calling and charge . Lond. 1646. qu. To this book is joyned — Novello mastix : or , a scourge for a scurrilous News-monger . In answer to the ignorant and malevolent aspersions cast upon that rev . and learned Divine Mr. Joh. Ley , by the Writer of a Pamphlet called ( by the figure Antiphrasis ) The perfect Passages — Said there to be written by C. D. Master of Arts. An after reckoning with Mr. Saltmarsh : or , an appeal to the impartial and conscientious Reader , &c. against his last paper called An end of our controversie ; or an answer or letter , to Mr. Ley's last large book . Lond. 1646. quar . This book , as Mr. Ley's special (a) friend hath told me , was written by the said Ley , yet the Reader is to know that in the title it is said that L. M. Student in Divinity wrot it . The said book called An end of our controversie , &c. was written in answer to Light for Smoake . This Saltmarsh , by the way it must be known , was descended from an antient family of his name living sometimes at Saltmarsh in Yorkshire , but whether born in that County , or at Strubby in Lincolnshire , where was a branch of his name living for three generations before his time , I know not , educated in Magd. Coll. in Cambridge , graduated there , and afterwards beneficed , being esteemed then a person of a (b) fine and active fancy , no contemptible Poet and a good Preacher . But upon the turn of the times in 1641 , he , as a mutable man , became , of a zealous observer , a violent opposer , of Bishops and Ceremonies . At that time he was a Preacher at Northampton , and at other places , where he was much followed by , and found esteem from , such who entitled themselves The godly . Afterwards he was Chaplain in the Parliament Army under Sir Tho. Fairfax , where he always preached the bonds of love and peace , praying that that might be the cord to unite Christians in unity . He medled not in the pulpit with Presbytery and Independency , but solely laboured to draw the soul from sin to Christ . Thus he lived among Soldiers in time of health ; and how his departure was from the Army a little before his death , you shall hear more anon , and in the mean time I shall tell you of several things that he hath written , besides what are before mentioned ( which shew him to be an Antinomian ) as ( 1 ) The Assemblies petition defended against his Exception . ( 2 ) Holy discoveries and flames — Printed in tw . 1640. ( 3 ) Free Grace ; or , the flowings of Christs blood freely to sinners ; being an experiment of Jes . Ch. upon one who hath been in the bondage of a troubled spirit , at times for twelve years till now , &c. Lond. 1645. in tw . ( 4 ) New Quere , &c. Lond. 1645. qu. 'T is about Church-Government , and 't is mention'd before . ( 5 ) Shadowes flying away . Lond. 1646. qu. Animadverted upon by Tho. Gataker in his Shadowes with substance , &c. Ibid. 1646. qu. ( 6 ) Dawnings of light , wherein the true interest of Reformation is opened in general , and in particular for the establishing of weaker judgments . Lond. 1646. in tw . ( 7 ) Maxims of Reformation . Printed with the former . ( 8 ) Reasons for unity , peace and love : in answer to Mr. Tho. Edwards his Gangraena — Lond. 1646. qu. ( 9 ) Groanes for liberty , &c. presented from the Presbyterian Brethren , reputed the most learned among them , in some Treatises called Smectymnus , to the honorable Court of Parliament an . 1641 by reason of the Prelates Tyranny . Lond. 1646. qu. ( 10 ) Beame of light discovering the way to peace . ( 11 ) Some Queries for the better understanding of Mr. Edwards last book called Gangraena . Lond. 1646. qu. ( 12 ) Parallel between Prelacy and Presbytery . Ibid. 1646. qu. ( 13 ) The divine right of Presbytery , asserted by the present Assembly , and petitioned for accordingly to the H. of Com. in Parliament , with reasons discussing this pretended divine right . Lond. 1646. in 3 sh . in qu. ( 14 ) Sparcles of Glory : or , Some beams of the morning star , wherein are many discoveries as to peace and truth . Lond. 1647. in tw . ( 15 ) Wonderful Predictions , declared in a message , as from the Lord , to his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax , and the Council of his Army . Lond. 1648. in one sh . in qu. with other things which I have not yet seen , as ( 1 ) Several sermons . ( 2 ) Practice of Policy , printed in tw . ( 3 ) Flagellum Flagelli , &c. against Dr. Jo. Bastwick , and lastly Animadversions on Mr. Tho. Fullers sermon , wherein he taxeth him of Popery . At length on the 4 of Decemb. 1647 , he being then at his house near to Ilford in Essex , told his wife that he had been in a trance , had seen a vision , and received a command from God , to go presently to the Army , to make known to them what the Lord had revealed to him , which would be the last work that he had to do for them , and taking leave of his wife , he hasted to London that night , and declared to Sir Hen. Mildmay a Parliament-man , that he was sent by the Lord with a message to the Army , to make known some things unto them which God had revealed unto him . The next day being Sunday , he with much ado got a horse , and about 3 of the clock in the afternoon rode towards Windsore the Head-quarter of the Army , and about 11 of the clock at night came to a certain Town about 7 miles distant from Windsore , where he laid that night , and spoke of many wonderful things that the Lord had revealed to him . But the man and woman of the house gave no credit at first to what he said , tho , before he left them , they did , and began to be taken with his preaching discourses . Before break of day the next morning , being Munday Dec. 6. he went towards Windsore , and being there about 9 of the clock , he repaired to the General Council , where some of the Officers were met in expectation of the General and the rest , to sit in Council ; before whom he spoke these words , with his eyes almost fix'd in his head , or rather as if he had come out of a trance with fear and trembling to express what he had received , I am come hither to reveal to you what I have received from God. That tho the Lord hath done much for you , and by you , yet he hath of late left you , and is not in your Councils , because you have forsaken him . God will not prosper your Consultations , but destroy you by divisions among your selves . I have formerly come to you like a lamb , but God hath now raised in me the spirit of a lyon , because you have sought to destroy the people of God. The controversie that is now before you , calls for the tenderest judgment , because it concerns the faithful ones , those imprison'd of your own members , having always stood by you through the greatest difficulties . — I advise all the faithful to depart from you , lest they be destroyed with you , &c. Afterwards he went to Sir Tho. Fairfax the General , but did not move his hat to him , saying , I have had a command from God not to honour you at all . — I have honoured you so much , that I have offended God in doting upon your person . — God hath revealed unto me , that he is highly displeased with your committing of Saints to prison , that he will not prosper you , nor can I honour you , &c. After he had parted with the General he went to Cromwell the Lieut. General , whom he met in the Hall in Windsore Castle , and being by him asked how he did , Saltmarsh stirred not his hat , but told him , The Lord was angry with him , for causing those godly men to be imprison'd , sleighted , and abused , for those engagements which he had formerly owned , and the persons such as he knew faithful in the cause of God : That the Armies falling off from their former principles , it would be their ruin and destruction , and would raise such factions among themselves , as would undo them , &c. Cromwell told him thereupon that some things were not so well as he could wish , and wondred such passages should fall from him . Saltmarsh then proceeded and declared to him as he had done to the general Council of the Army . At length Cromwell took a paper out of his pocket , which , he told Saltmarsh he had received from him , and there read it , some of which was not much different from what he had said . An Officer then present spake of something that had lately fallen from another Member of the Army relating to that purpose . Whereupon Saltmarsh replyed , Look you here now , out of the mouths of two or three witnesses the truth of God is confirmed . Whereupon Cromwell said I am glad that there is some tenderness of heart in you ; and then , after some other discourse , they parted . Afterwards Mr. Saltmarsh discoursed with other Officers , and with Hugh Peters , about the same matter ; and the next day being Tuesday Dec. 7. he went to Cromwell again and told him he had one thing yet to deliver to him , which God required of him , and that was , that he would immediately take effectual course for the enlargement of the Members of the Army that were committed for not complying with the General Council , and that he do not prosecute against those that have been faithful , &c. Afterwards he took his leave of the Officers , telling them that he had then done his errand , and must leave them , never to see the Army more . That night he went to London , and the next day he told divers of his friends there what he had done at Windsore , and then taking his leave , said his work was done , his message delivered , and desired them to be careful of his wife . On Thursday Dec. 9. he went from London very cheerful and well , and arrived that night at his house near Ilford , not sick at all , and told his wife what he had done . On Friday Dec. 10. he told his wife that he had now finished his course , and must go to his father ; and in the afternoon he complained that his head did ake , desiring to lay down upon his bed , where his wife took all possible care of him : But whatsoever he received for sustenance , he could not retain it , yet he rested well all that night . On Saturday Decemb. 11. an . 1647 , he was taken speechless in the morning , and in the afternoon about 4 or 5 of the clock , he died in great peace and quiet , leaving then the character behind him by some , of a bigotted enthusiastical person . Afterwards came out a book intit . Saltmarsh return'd from the dead in amico Philalethe : or , the resurrection of James the Apostle , &c. being an exposition on the fifth chap. of S. James . Lond. 1655. qu. published by S. G. Thus far , with as much brevity as I could , concerning this Jo. Saltmarsh who was full of poetical raptures and highly conceited of himself and parts . See more in Will. Prynne . Now let 's go on with Joh. Ley and tell you what other books he hath published . Elaborate annotations on the Pentateuch , &c. The first and second edit . enlarged , the text explained , &c. Lond. 1651. fol. Learned defence for the legality of Tithes , for , and towards , the maintenance of , Gospel Ministers . Oxon. 1653 , qu. General reasons grounded on Equity , Piety , Charity , and Justice against the payment of a fifth part to sequestred Ministers , Wives and Children . Lond. 1654. 55. quart . An acquittance or discharge from Dr. E. H. ( Edw. Hyde ) his demand of a fift part of the Rectory of Br. ( Brightwell ) in Berks. pleaded as in a Court of Equity and Conscience . Lond. 1654. qu. Letter to Dr. Edw. Hyde , in answer to one of his , occasion'd by the late insurrection at Salisbury . — Printed in 2 sh . in qu. 'T was dated at Brightwell 6 Apr. 1655. Debate concerning the English Liturgy , &c. between Edw. Hyde D. D. and Joh. Ley. Lond. 1656. qu. The Debate is carried on in Epistles between them . Discourse of disputations , chiefly concerning matters of Religion . Lond. 1658. qu. Animadversions on two printed books of Joh. Onely a Lay-Preacher . — Printed with the Discourse . Equitable and necessary considerations for the association of Arms throughout England and Wales . Petition to the Lord Protector by divers , for the establishment of themselves , and other their brethren , for their own lives , in the places to which they are admitted , to officiate as Ministers of the Gospel , without institution and induction by the Bishops . Comparison of the oath of the sixth Canon of the last Synod of Bishops , and the protestation set forth by the Parliament , in answer to a letter of Pedael Harlow Gent. — Printed in qu. This Harlow hath one or more things that are extant , and was a professed Creature of Henry Earl of Manchester . Attestation of the Ministers of Cheshire , to the testimony of the Ministers of the Province of London , against errors , heresies and blasphemies . — Pr. in qu. Exceptions many and just ; being an answer to two injurious Petitions against Tythes . — These are all the things that I hitherto know , that have been written by our Author Ley , and therefore I have no more to say of him but this , that after he had lived to see many mutations in Church and State , and had enjoyed many places of profit , and benefices belonging to other men of the Royal Party , purposely to gain wealth , did willingly give up the ghost at Sutton Colfield before mention'd , on the sixteenth day of May in sixteen hundred sixty and two , and was buried in the Church there , leaving then the character behind him by some , that he was one of the pillars of Presbytery ; and by others , a person learned and well read in the Fathers and Councils . One Mr. Ley a learned Divine , wrot a book about 1624. intit . The Christian Nomenclator , &c. against the Papists , mention'd in Joh. Gee's book intit . The foot out of the snare , &c. Lond. 1624. qu. p. 17. in marg . whether the same with our Author Joh. Ley I know not . HENRY JACKSON Son of H●n . Jacks . Mercer , was born in S. Maries parish within the City of Oxon , admitted Scholar of C. C. Coll. on the first of Dec. 1602 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , having for two years before been Clerk of the said house , admitted probat . Fellow thereof 5 of Sept. 1612 , to the reading of the Sentences five years after , and at length upon the death of Dr. Seb. Benefield , sometimes his Tutor , he became Rector of Meysey-Hampton near to Fairford in Glocestershire , which was all the preferment he ever look'd after ; for being a studious and cynical person he never expected or desired more . He was a great admirer of Rich. Hooker and Joh. Rainolds , whose memories being most dear to him , he did , for the sake of the first , industriously collect and publish some of his small Treatises , and of the latter , several of his Epistles and Orations . He also did diligently recognize , and added marginal notes , with a copious Index to , the twelve books of Jo. Lud. Vives , ( sometimes Rhetorick Reader of C. C. Coll. ) seven of the former of which , are De corruptis Artibus , the other five , De tradendis disciplinis . He had also made a Collection of several of the Works of Pet. Abaelard from antient MSS. of that Author , had revised , compared and collected them : All which he did intend at his own charge to publish , but the grand Rebellion breaking forth in 1642 , the Soldiers belonging to the Parliament rifled his house , scatter'd the said Collection , and made it so imperfect , that it could never be recovered . He hath written , Vita Ciceronis , ex variis autoribus collecta . Commentarii in Ciceronis Quaest . lib. quintum . Both which , dedicated by the Author to Dr. Seb. Benefield , are remaining under the Authors hand in my custody ; but whether they were ever printed I cannot tell . He also translated from English into Latine , Commentarii super 1 cap. Amos Openheim 1615. oct . written by the said Dr. Benefield , as I have elsewhere told you . Also Joh. Fryth's book of Baptisme , which he intituled De Baptismo & cognitione sui ; next Joh. Hoopers Lectures on the Creed , and lastly Hugh Latymers Oration to the Convocation concerning the state of the Kingdom to be reformed by the Gospel : Which last Translation had before been done by Sim. Gryneus . But whether these three last ( which are in MS. in my hands ) are published , I cannot tell : nor do I know any thing of the Translator besides , only , that he dying on the fourth day of June in sixteen hundred sixty and two , was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Meis . Hamp . near to the grave of Dr. Benefield before mention'd . I find another Hen. Jackson to be Author of The description of the little world or body of man , printed 1660 in oct . but of what University he was , if of any , I know not . THOMAS MERRIOT was born at Steeple Langford in Wilts . educated in Wykeham's School near Winchester , admitted true and perpetual Fellow of New Coll. an . 1610 , aged 21 years or more , took one degree in the Civil Law , and for a time taught in the Grammar-school joyning to the Cloister there . Afterwards being presented to the Vicaridge of Swaclyve near Banbury in Oxfordshire by the Warden and Society of the said Coll. he preached there and taught Grammar to the time of his death . He hath written , Vulgaria : sive miscellanea prosaica hinc inde decerpta ; ad discipulos non vulgares è ludis literariis , emittendos , quàm maximè conducentia ; modo solerter edoceantur &c. in novem classes distributa . Oxon. 1652. oct . Adagia selectissima , &c. Ib. eod . an . oct . He died at Swaclyve , on the 19 day of July in sixteen hundred sixty and two , after he had been Vicar of that place 38 years , and was two days after buried in the Church there . EDWARD STANLEY was born of gentile Parents in the Parish of S. Peter within the City of Chichester , educated in Wykeham's School , made perpetual Fellow of New Coll. 1608 , aged 20 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , left the said Coll. in 1623 , and was about that time made Master of the said School , and afterwards Prebendary of Winchester , and Doct. of Div. He hath published , Several Sermons ; three of which were preached in the Cathedral Church at Winchester . The first , on Sunday Aug. 19. an . 1660 , at the first return of the Dean and Chapter to that Church , on Psal . 14.7 . The second , on Jan. 30. an . 1661 , being the Anniversary of K. Ch. 1. of glorious memory , on Jer. 4.20 . And the third at the general Assize held at Winton 25 Feb. 1661. on Isay 1.26 . Lond. 1662. in oct . In which year the Author died and was buried at Winchester , leaving then behind him the character of a learned , godly and orthodox Minister of Gods word . HENRY JEANES Son of Christop . Jeanes of Kingston in Somersetshire , was born at Allensay in that County , as I have been informed by one of his rural disciples , became a Commoner of New Inn in Midsomer term , in the year 1626 aged 15 years , where pecking and hewing continually at Logick and Physicks , became a most noted and ready Disputant . After he had taken the degrees in Arts , he removed to Hart Hall , took holy Orders , and soon after was cried up for a learned Preacher in the University . In the beginning of Aug. 1635 , he was presented by Sir Joh. Windham to the Rectory of Beer-Crocomb and Capland in Somersetshire ; and soon after became Vicar of Kingston in the same County . At length , upon the change of the times in 1641 , he closed with the Presbyterians , notwithstanding he had before ( while he continued in the University ) been a scoffer of them , and when Dr. Walt. Raleigh was thrown out of Chedsey near Bridgwater , he became Rector of the Church there : where , during the times of Usurpation , he took into his family divers Youths designed for the University , and read to them ( contrary to his Oath ) Logick and Philosophy , and had often times set Disputations among them , while he himself moderated . He was a most excellent Philosopher , a noted Metaphysitian , and well grounded in polemical Divinity . He was also a scholastical man , a contemner of the World , generous , free-hearted , jolly , witty , and facetious , and in many things represented the humour of Dr. Rob. Wild the Poet. All which qualities do very rarely or seldom meet in men of the Presbyterian perswasion , who generally are morose , clownish and of sullen and reserved natures . The books that he hath written and published are many , the titles of most , if not all , follow . Treatise concerning a Christians careful abstinence from all appearance of evil , &c. Oxon 1640. 1660. oct . and qu. Want of Church-government no warrant for a total omission of the Lords Supper , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. Ox. 1653. oct . Vindication of Dr. Will. Twysse from the Exceptions of Mr. Joh. Goodwin in his Redemption redeemed . Oxon. 1653. fol. The Examiner examined : or , a Reply to Mr. Fulwoods Examination of want of Church-Government no warrant for omission of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1653. This Mr. Fulwood is the same with Franc. Fulwood sometimes of Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards Minister of West Alvington in Devonshire , Archdeacon of Totness , D. of D. and Canon of Exeter , an eminent Writer of his time . A mixture of scholastical Divinity with practical , in several Tractates . Oxon. 1656. qu. The titles of those Tracts are ( 1 ) Concerning the sinful fear of man. ( 2 ) Of Christs incarnation . ( 3 ) Of the resurrection of Christ . ( 4 ) Concerning the fulness of Christ , and ( 5 ) Of the excellency of Praise and Thanksgiving ; being all the effect of certain Sermons . Dr. Hammond's 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ; or , a greater ardency of Christs love of God at one time than another , proved to be utterly irreconcileable with his fulness of habitual grace , and perpetual happiness and impeccability of the Soul. Oxon. 1657. qu. Replyed upon by a third person in a book intit . The Refuter refuted . See in Will. Creed under the year 1663. Treatise concerning the indifferency of humane actions . Oxon. 1659. qu. Brief and scholastical discourse touching the nature of Thanksgiving , on Ephes . 5.20 . Oxon 1660. qu. Mostly the same mention'd in the fifth head of A mixture of scholastical Divinity , &c. Of original righteousness , and its contrary concupisence . Oxon. 1660. qu. Written against Dr. Jer. Taylor . Sermon ( enlarged into a Treatise ) concerning the last and general judgment , &c. on Rom. 2.16 . Oxon. 1660. qu. Certain Letters between him and Dr. Jer. Taylor concerning a passage of his ( Hen. Jeanes ) in his farther explication of original sin . Oxon 1660. qu. Uniformity in humane doctrinal Ceremonies , grounded on 1 Cor. 14.40 . Or , a reply to Dr. Hammonds Vindication of his grounds of Uniformity . Oxon. 1660. qu. Dr. Creed's voluminous defence of Dr. Hammonds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 briefly examined , and the weakness thereof fully discovered . Lond. 1661. qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The work of heaven upon earth , &c. Serm. at Taunton in Somersetsh . 11 May 1648 being a day set apart for the annual commemoration of the deliverance of that Town , by the relief which they received on the 11 of May 1645 , on Psal . 92. ver . 1. Lond. 1649. qu. and others ( besides what are before mention'd , ) as also an Answer to John Milton's book intit . Iconoclasies , &c. printed 1651. qu. and said to be written by one Jeans , which I have not yet seen . He gave way to fate in the City of Wells some few days before the fatal day of S. Barthelmew , in the month of August , in sixteen hundred sixty and two , and was buried in the Cathedral Church there . At which time one of his perswasion intended to preach a Sermon of Mortality , but Dr. Piers the then Bishop of that place , who had no affection for Jeanes , because he knew him to have been an Heretick and often had call'd him so , examined the Sermon least any thing therein might be spoken in commendation of him and his opinions . JOHN BIDDLE or Biddellus , as he is by some Authors written , Son of Edw. Bid. a Taylor , was born at Wotton Under Edge in Glocestershire , baptized on the 14. of January 1615 , and afterwards being a youth of great hopes , was , by the benevolence and exhibition of George Lord Berkley , educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school there , by John Rugg and John Turner successive Masters thereof . Under the last , he made so great proficiency in his studies that he englished Virgils Bucolicks and the Two first Satyrs of Juvenal . Both which were printed at Lond. in 1634 in oct . and dedicated to John Smith of Nibley in the said County Esq . Mecaenas of the Wottonian Muses . In the beginning of that year , ( having a little before composed , and recited before a full auditory , an elaborate oration in Latine , for the gracing the funeral of an honorable School fellow ) he was entred a Student of Magd. Hall , and for a time , if I mistake not , was put under the tuition of John Oxenbridge , a Person then noted to be of no good principles . Before he had taken the degree of Master of Arts , ( being about that time a Tutor in the said Hall ) he was invited to take upon him the care of teaching the School wherein he had been educated , by the Overseers thereof , but refused it ; and after he had compleated the said degree , which was in 1641 , he became Master of Crypt School within the City of Glocester , where for a time he was much esteemed for his diligence in his profession , severity of manners , and sanctity of life . At length the Nation being brought into confusion by the restless Presbyterians , the said City garrison'd for the use of the Parliament , and every one vented his , or their , opinions , as they pleased , he began to be free of his discourses of what he had studied there at leisure hours concerning the Trinity , from the holy Scriptures , having not then , as he pretended , convers'd with Socinian Books . But the Presbyterian Party , then prevalent there , having notice of these matters , and knowing full well what mischief he might do among his disciples , the Magistrate summoned him to appear before him ; and after several interrogatories , a form of confession under three heads , was proposed to him to make , which he accordingly did 2. May 1644 , but not altogether in the words proposed . Which matter giving then no satisfaction , he made another confession in the same month more evident than the former , to avoid the danger of imprisonment which was to follow , if he should deny it . Afterwards being more satisfied in his mind by reading various Authors , he drew up several arguments against the generally received deity of the Holy Ghost , which he intended shortly after to print ; but being betrayed by one , whom he took to be his sure friend , who had , as it seems , a copy of them , he acquainted the Magistrate and Parliament Committee then in the said City , of the matter . Whereupon , after they had perused them , they committed the Author , then labouring under a feaver , to the common Goal there , on the 2. of Decemb. 1645 to remain in that place till the Parliament should take cognizance of the matter . But a certain Person of note dwelling in Glocester , who had a respect for Biddle ( for the truth is except his opinions , there was little or nothing blame worthy in him ) he procured his liberty , by giving sureties for his appearance when it should please the Parliament to send for him . About the month of June in 1646 the learned Usher Primate of Ireland travelled through that City in his way to London , and having before heard of , spake to , and used , him with all fairness and pity , as well as with strength of arguments to convince him of his dangerous error , telling him that either he was in a damnable error , or else that the whole Church of Christ , who had in all ages worshipped the Holy Ghost had been guilty of Idolatry : But Biddle who had little to say , was no whit moved either by the learning , gravity , piety , or zeal of that good Archbishop , but continued , as 't is said , obstinate . After he had remained about six months at liberty in Glocester , he was cited to Westminster to make his defence ; but being put off by the Parliament to a Committee to be examined , his crime was by them laid closely to his charge . The crime he denied not , and desired withal that some Theologist , whom they should appoint , might dispute with him concerning that criminal matter in hand . But it being delayed from day to day , Biddle desired a certain Knight ( Sir Hen. Vane ) of that Committee that his cause might be heard , or he set at liberty . The Knight proposed it and shewed himself a friend to Biddle , who thereupon was confin'd more close than before . Whereupon came out his book for the satisfaction of all People with this title . Twelve questions or arguments drawn out of Scripture , wherein the commonly received opinion touching the Deity of the Holy Spirit is clearly and fully refuted — Printed 1647. in qu. Before which is printed a letter tending to the said purpose , written to the said Sir Henry Vane , a member of the H. of Commons : And at the end is An exposition of five principal passages of the Scripture alledged by the Adversaries to prove the Deity of the Holy Ghost . These , I say , being published , and making a great noise in the World , the Author was summoned to appear at the Bar of the H. of Com. & being asked whether he owned that book or Tw . questions , &c. and the opinions therein , he answered yea , and that they were his : Whereupon being remitted to his Prison , they ordered on the 6. of Sept. 1647 that the said Book , blasphemous against the Deity of Christ , be called in and burnt by the hand of the common Hangman , and that the Author be examined by the Committee of plunder'd Ministers : Both which were done , viz. the book burnt on the 8 of the same month , and he examined . While these things were in doing , the book vended so fast , that the same year it was printed again in oct . and afterwards answer'd by Matthew Poole M. A. of Eman. Coll. in Cambridge in his Plea for the Godhead of the Holy Ghost , &c. Soon after , or at the same time , was published of Biddles writing , A confession of faith touching the Holy Trinity according to Scripture . Lond. 1648. oct . It consists of 7 articles , each of which is confirmed all along by subjoyned proofs and reasonings on them ; which for the most part tend to disprove the Deity of our Saviour . Before the said confession is put a Preface against the Holy Trinity ; and about the same time came out of our Authors composition , The testimonies of Irenaeus , Justin Martyr , Tertullian , Novatianus , Theophilus , Origen , ( who lived in the two first centuries after Christ was born , or thereabouts ) as also of Arnobius , Lanctantius , &c. concerning that one God and the Persons of the Trinity , together with observations on the same . — Printed in oct . Upon the coming out of which things the Assembly of Divines , sitting at Westminster , made their endeavours to the Parliament , that he might suffer death , in the month of May 1●48 , but what hindred it , I cannot tell , unless it was the great dissention that was then in the said Parliament : However his confinement was made close . Some time after the publication of Biddles first book , it hapned that Joh. Cloppenburch D. D. and Professor in the University of Frisia was at Bristow in England , where meeting with Will. Hamilton a Scot , lately Fellow of All 's . Coll. in Oxon , the said William did not only then furnish him with a copy of that book , but debated the controversie with him . Afterwards upon the return of Cloppenburch to his own Country , he did excellently well answer it in Latine , which he had translated ( so much as he answer'd ) in a small treatise entituled , Vindiciae pro Deitate spiritus sancti , adversus Pneumatomachum Johan . Bidellum Anglum . printed at Franeker 1652. qu. It must be also noted that upon the publishing of the said book of Biddle ( I mean his Twelve questions ) Samuel Maresius D. D. and chief Professor of that faculty at Gronningen , did take occasion in his Epist . ded . before his first Vol. (*) entit . Hydra Socianismi ( written against Joh. Volkelius and Jo. Crellius ) to give this account of the growth of Socinianisme . — Vigesimus jam praeteriit annus ex quo pestilentissima haec nutrix , viz. Socinianismus in Sarmaticis paludibus primum nata , caput erexit , & per Germaniam , ac Belgiam nostram sibilis & halitu faedissimo grassata , etiam tetrum suum virus superato oceano intulit in Angliam , in quâ tristi hoc tempore dicitur incredibiles progressus fecisse , &c. As for the Confession of Faith , &c. beforemention'd , it was examined and confuted by Nich. Estwick Rector of Warkton in Northamptonshire , in a book published by him in qu. an . 1656 : Which being dedicated to Edward Lord Montague of Boughton , he takes occasion to say that Biddles writings have not been enclosed within the confines of our nation , but have taken their wings , and have fled beyond the Seas to the disreputation of our dear Country , in the reformed Churches , insomuch that Maresius Professor of Divinity at Groningen is bold to avouch ( I cannot say either truly or charitably ) that Socinianisme hath fixed its seat here in England , and displayed openly the banners of its impiety . — The said Estwick also had some years before held forth an antidote against the Poyson of Biddles Twelve arguments against the Deity of the Holy Ghost . Since which , as 't is usual in deceivers ( so Estwick words it ) Biddle grew worse and worse , and levied his forces against the Holy Trinity , and published notwithstanding other matters replenished with Socinian Tenents . Our Author Biddle continued yet in restraint and none of the Assembly durst venture to give him a visit , either out of charity , or to convince him of his errors ; nor indeed any Divine of note of the other party , only Mr. Pet. Gunning who had several friendy conferences with him . At length some of the Layty of London , and others of the Country would come to him , either to see or converse with him ; who being taken with his religious discourse , and Saint-like conversation , a certain Justice of Peace of Staffordshire prevailed so far with his keeper , that , upon security given for his appearance upon the least summons , he should be surrendred up to him . Whereupon he was conveyed into Staffordshire , and not only made by him his Chaplain , but also Preacher of a Church there . These matters soon after being known at London , John Bradshaw President of the Council of State his Capital enemy , sent a messenger for , and committed , him more close than before . Soon after the said Justice of Peace died , left Biddle a considerable Legacy , but in a short time devour'd by the frequent paying of the fees of a Prisoner . So that being in a manner reduced to great indigence , he was employed by Roger Daniel a Printer of London to correct the Greek Version of the Septuagint of the Old Testament , which he was about most accurately to publish : And this he did , knowing full well that Biddle was an exact Greecian , and had time enough to follow it . Which employment , and another in private , did gain him for a time a comfortable subsistance . In Feb. 1651 was published by the Parliament a general Act of oblivion , that restored , among others , our Author Biddle to his full liberty , which he improv'd among those friends he had gained in London , in meeting together every Sunday for the expounding of the Scripture , and discoursing thereupon , for the clearing of matters therein contained ; by which means the Doctrine of one God and Christ his only Son , and his holy spirit was so propagated , that the Presbyterian Ministers in London were exceedingly offended at it , but could not hinder it by secular power , which then favoured liberty of religion and conscience . About that time part of the second impression of his Twelve Arguments , the Confession of Faith , Testimonies , &c. which as I have told you were published in oct . laying dead on his , or the Booksellers , hands , there was this title put to them , The Apostolical and true opinion concerning the holy Trinity revived and asserted , &c. Lond. 1653. oct , but no alterations or augmentation made in them , as 't is expressed in the said title set before them , which were put and sold together in one volume , the Long Parliament being then dissolved . Afterwards was written and published by the said Biddle , A Twofold Catechisme , the one simply called a Scripture Catechisme , the other a brief Scripture Catechisme for Children . Lond. 1654. The last of which two was printed again by it self in 3 sheets in a little octavo the same year . Soon after , the Twofold Catechisme coming into the hands of certain Persons elected to sit in the Little Parliament ( called by Oliver ) which began at Westminster 3. Sept. 1654 , was a publick complaint by some made of it in the House , being instigated thereunto by frequent and open preachments against it . Whereupon Biddle being sent for , he gave answer to their interrogatories , and did not deny before them , but that he was the Author : So that the matter being refer'd to a Committee , he was examined by them , and in conclusion adhered to the answer that he had before given to the House . Reports therefore being made by the said Committee of such things that had passed , the House voted on the 12 of Dec. 1654 that the whole drift and scope of the said Twofold Catechisme is to teach and hold forth many blasphemous and heretical opinions , and that in the preface of the said Catechisme the Author thereof doth maintain and assert many blasphemous and heretical opinions , and doth therein cast a reproach upon all the Catechismes now extant . They then voted also that all the printed books entit . the Twofold Catechisme be burnt by the hand of the common Hangman . That the Sherriffs of London and Middlesex be authorized and required to see the same done accordingly in the New Pallace-yard at Westm . and at the Old Exchange . That the Master , Wardens , and Assistants of the company of Stationers in London , be required immediatly to make search for all the printed books as aforesaid , and seize all the said Books , and deliver them to the Sherriffs . The next day Biddle was brought to the bar of the House , and there , after it was read unto him , what had been done , he owned his Books , and was thereupon the same day committed Prisoner to the Gatehouse in Westminster , and his Books burnt by the Hangman in the beforemention'd places on the 14 of the same month . But this was not all , for the members of Parl. perceiving full well what mischief the said Twofold Cat. did do , and was likely more to do , and that many People were more greedy to buy , or obtain , it than before , the matter was agitated again in January following by the Committee , who resolved on the 16. of the same month , that the whole drift and scope , &c. and that it be burnt , &c. The particulars in the said Catechisme which moved them thereunto were partly these . ( 1 ) The infinite God is confin'd to a certain place . ( 2 ) God hath a bodily shape , hath a right and a left hand in a proper sense . ( 3 ) God hath passions in him . ( 4 ) God is not omnipotent and immutable . ( 5 ) The three Persons are not to be believed with our whole heart . ( 6 ) Jesus Christ hath not the nature of God dwelling in him , and that he hath only a divine Lordship , without a divine nature . ( 7 ) There is no Godhead of the Holy Ghost . ( 8 ) Christ was not a Priest whilest he was upon Earth , nor did he reconcile God unto us , &c. At the same time were other particulars gathered from his several books going under the general title of The Apostolical and true opinion concerning the holy Trinity , &c. The first of which runs thus , That God the Father only , separated from the Son and Holy Ghost , is the first cause of all things that pertain to salvation , &c. The rest I shall omit for brevity sake . These things being reported to the Parliament , they ordered the Committee to bring in a Bill for punishing the said Biddle ; which being accordingly done , they ordered as before that the Twofold Cat. be burnt , and the Master , Wardens , &c. to seize upon all copies , and to deliver them to the Sherriffs , in order to their burning , &c. In the mean time they consulted what to do with Biddle , but came to no result , tho pressed eagerly on by the Presbyterian Ministers to take away his life . On the 10. of Febr. following he , the Printer , and Bookseller of the said Catechisme , with another in the custody of a Messenger , as also Theauraw John (*) Tany ( who burnt the Bible and struck at several Persons with his naked sword at the Parliament door while the members were sitting ) were , upon their petitions to the Upper bench , all permitted to have liberty upon sufficient bail ( which they then put in ) to appear in that Court on the first day of the next term following , where then they were to be tried . On the 2. of May 1655 , they accordingly appeared , but were put off till the next term , 28. May following : Which day appearing , he and they were with much ado set at liberty . Afterwards Biddle falling into the company of one John Griffin , said to be an Anabaptist teacher , discourses pro and con were so high between them , that there was a publick dispute appointed to be held to decide the matter . The place wherein they were to dispute was the Stone Chappel in S. Pauls Cathedral , and the question , Whether Jesus Christ be the most High or Almighty God ? The time being come , they appeared , but Griffin being put to it for want of the true way of argumentizing , the disputation was deferr'd to another day . Whereupon Griffin being conscious to himself that he was not able to grapple with Biddle , he and his party brought it so to pass , that upon report of more blasphemies utter'd by Biddle , he was , by command from Oliver the Protector , seized , on the 3. of July ( being the day before they were to make an end of the Disputation ) an . 1655 and forthwith committed Prisoner to the Poultry Compter . Soon after , being translated to Newgate Prison , he suffered more misery , was brought to a publick trial for his life at the Sessions house in the Old Baylie , upon the obsolete and abrogated Ordinance , called the Draconick Ordinance , against blasphemy and heresie , of May 2. an . 1648. To the indictment hereupon , he prays counsel might be allowed to him to plead the illegality of it ; which being denied him by the Judges , and the sentence of a Mute threatned , he , at length gave into Court his exceptions ingrossed in parchment , and with much strugling , had counsel allowed him . But Oliver the Protector well knowing it was not for the interest of his government , either to have him condemned , or absolv'd , took him out of the hands of the law , caused him to be detain'd in Prison , with intentions to bestow him elsewhere . At length several prime Persons of the Anabaptistical party remaining in London ( some of whom , as 't is said , had entertained his opinions ) drawing up a petition in his behalf in the month of Sept. an . 1655 , presented it to Oliver , to obtain his mercy towards him under pretence of liberty of conscience . On the 28. of the same month they were to receive an answer to it , but before the said Oliver gave one , the Petition was read in the hearing of divers of them , under whose hands it had been presented : which being done many of them did disown it , as being alter'd both in the matter and title of , since they signed , it , and so looked upon it as a forged thing . They then desired , that the original which they had signed might be produced , but Jerem. Ives and some other of the contrivers and presenters of it , were not able to do , nor had any thing to say in excuse of so foul a miscarriage . However his Highness Oliver did then open before them the great evil of such a practice , and also , how inconsistent it was for them , who professed to be members of the Church of Christ , and to worship him with the worship due to God , to give any countenance to one who reproached themselves , and all the Christian Churches in the World , as being guilty of Idolatry ; shewing also that if it be true which Biddle holds , viz. that Jesus Christ is but a creature , then all those that worship him , with the worship due to God , are Idolaters , and that the maintainers of that opinion of Biddle , are guilty of great blasphemy against Christ , who is God equal with the Father , &c. Afterwards the Petitioners being dismiss'd , and Biddle understanding his doom , he wrot a Letter to Oliver , that he would be pleased to admit him into his presence for the hearing of his case . But being denied , and Oliver continually baited by Presb. and Indep . Ministers to have him banished , he the said Biddle as a reviver of the blasphemous opinion owned by Arrius , was removed from Newgate to Plymouth 10. Oct. 1655 , in order to his transportation to ths isle of Scilly beyond the lands end in Cornwall , there to remain in S. Maries Castle in close custody during life ; where for the present we 'll leave him , and in the mean time tell you , that his Twofold Catechisme was answered by Dr. John Owen then Dean of Ch. Church , and animadverted upon by Maresius before mention'd in his Preface to the Reader before his second (a) tome of Hydra Socinianismi , and by Nich. Arnoldus Professor of Divinity in Franeker in West-Frisen , in the latter end of his Preface to the Reader before his book (b) entit . Religio Sociniana , seu Catethesis Rucoviana major , &c. As for Maresius , he is very large against him , and deplores the sad condition of England , that after all the contests that it hath had against the Hierarchy , Arminianisme , Popery and I know not what , should at length be overwhelm'd with Socinianisme , all sort of Sectaries , Atheisme , &c. Which character , as falling from the Pen of a Person , well known to be no friend to Episcopacy , seems to be a considerable argument to prove ( even in his perswasion ) that the pretended strictness and severity of the then established Church Government , was not so an effectual remedy against all Libertisme in opinions and practice , as was the Episcoparian Government then lately thrown out of doors . After Biddle had continued Prisoner , not without improvement as to , and in , his opinion , to the beginning of the year 1658 , he , by the intercession of many friends , was conveyed from S. Maries Castle by Habeas Corpus to the Upper Bench at Westm , where appearing without any thing laid to his charge , was set at liberty by the L. Ch. Justice Jo. Glynn . While he was in Prison ( where the Protector allowed him a hundred Crowns per an . for his subsistance ) he solely gave himself up to the studying of several intricate matters , and of the various opinions concerning the Beast in the Apocalyps , Antichrist , and the personal raign of Christ on Earth ; which being digested according to his mind , he explain'd them , after his return , in Conventicles , held every Sunday in the afternoon , before his Disciples . Which being done , he published them with this , or the like , title . Learned notes on some of the Chapters of the Apocolyps . Or thus , An Essay to the explaining of the Revelation . When , or where , printed , or in what Vol. I know not , for I have not yet seen them or it . After Olivers death , and Richard set in the Throne , a Parliament was called , mostly consisting of Presbyterians , whom , of all men , he most dreaded . Whereupon by the advice of a noble friend then in Authority , he caused Biddle ( for whom he had a respect ) to be conveyed away privately into the Country ; where remaining till that Parliament was dissolved ( which was soon after ) he returned to the City and carried on his Conventicles and Disputes for some time without contradiction . At length his Majest . Ch. 2. being restored to his Dominions , and with him the Church of England , he took other measures , held his meetings more private , and but seldom . However his waters being narrowly watch'd , he was taken in the house of a certain Citizen while he was conventicling , in the beginning of July 1662 : whereupon being carried before Sir Rich. Browne , then lately Lord Mayor , was by him imprison'd , and used , as his party saith , with great cruelty , especially in this respect , that he hindred all Sureties or Bail to be given for him . So that by the filth of a Prison in hot weather , contracting a disease , he died thereof in the month of Septemb. ( one tells me the second , and another the 22d day ) about 5 of the Clock in the morning , to the great grief of his disciples , in sixteen hundred sixty and two : Whereupon his body being conveyed to the burial place joyning to Old Bedlam in Morefields near London , was there deposited by the Brethren , who soon after took care that an altar monument of stone should be erected over his grave with an inscription thereon , shewing that he was Master of Arts of the University of Oxon , and that he had given to the world great specimens of his learning and piety , &c. He had in him a sharp and quick judgment , and a prodigious memory ; and being very industrious withal , was in a capacity of devouring all he read . He was wonderfully well vers'd in the Scriptures , and could not only repeat all St. Pauls Epistles in English , but also in the Greek tongue , which made him a ready Disputant . He was accounted by those of his perswasion a sober man in his discourse , and to have nothing of impiety , folly , or scurrility to proceed from him : Also , so devout , that he seldom or never prayed without being prostrat or flat on the ground , as his life (c) which I have , attests . Soon after his death his Twofold Catechisme was turned into Latine , and printed in oct . 1665. The first called A Scripture Cat. was done by Anon. The other called A brief Scripture Cat. for Children , was done by a youth called Nathaniel Stuckey , and at the end of it was printed . ( 1 ) Oratiuncula de passione & morte Christi , made by the said Stuckey . ( 2 ) Exemplum literarum Jeremiae Felbingeri ad Joh. Biddellum , dated at Dantsick 24. Aug. Styl . vet . 1654. This Nath. Stuckey who had been partly bred up in Grammar and Logick by Biddle , or at least by his care , died 27. Sept. 1665 aged 16 years , and was buried close to the grave of Biddle , as it appears by an inscription engraven for him on one side ( at the bottom ) of Biddles monument . A certain (d) Author tells us that the said Biddle translated into English the Alchoran , and the book called The three grand Impostors , damn'd for shame . But upon what ground he reports these things he tells us not . Sure I am that there is no such thing mention'd in his life ; and whether there be such a book in rerum natura as the Three grand Impostors , meaning Moses , Mahomet and Christ , is by many knowing men doubted . After the coming to the Crown of England of William Prince of Orange , when then more liberty was allowed to the press than before , were several of John Biddles things before mention'd reprinted in the beginning of the year 1691 , viz. ( 1 ) His 12 questions , with An exposition of five principal passages , &c. ( 2 ) A confession of faith , &c. ( 3 ) The Testimonies of Irenaeus , &c. And before them , was set a short account of his life , taken from that written in Latine by J. F. as I have here in the margin told you . WILLIAM LENTHALL second Son of Will. Lenth . of Lachford in Oxfordshire , by Frances his Wife , Daughter of Sir Tho. Southwell of St. Faiths in the County of Norfolk , was born in a Market Town called Henley upon Thames in the said County of Oxon , in an house near to the Church there , in the latter end of June 1591 , descended from Will. (e) Lenthall or Leynthall a Gentleman of Herefordshire , who in the beginning of K. Edw. 4. married (f) with the Dau. and Heir of .... Pyperd of Lachford before mention'd . Which Pyperd also was descended from a younger Son of those of his name living at Great Haseley in Oxfordshire ; who , I mean the said younger Son , ( much in renown in the beginning of K. Edw. 3. ) performed military acts so valiantly against the Scots , that he did not only receive the honour of Knighthood from the King , but the mannour (g) of Lachford from his Father , to hold by Kings service of the mannour of Pyperd of Great Haseley before mention'd , in which Parish Lachford is situated . It is here to be noted by the way , that both the Haselies did for many descents (h) belong to the Pyperds , whose mannour-place was the same , which is now the Farm-place , situated near to the Church . But the Male line being there worn out in the raign of Ed. 3. the said mannour place , with the patronage of the rectory of Haseley , was given to the College at Windsore ; of the Dean and Canons of which , the said Farm-place is , and hath been for several generations , held by the said Lenthalls . As for Little Haseley , now called Haseley Court , ( where in the time of K. Hen. 8. was (i) a right fair mansion place , with marvellous fair walks toperarii operis and orchard and pools , belonging to Sir Will. Barentine , whose Daughter Marie , Anth. Huddleston Esq . took to Wife ) was also numbred among the antient possessions of the Pyperds , and was held of their mannour by Knights service . As for this Will. Lenthall , of whom we are now to speak , he became a Commoner of S. Albans Hall in the year 1606 , where continuing about 3 years , departed without the honour of a degree , and went to Lincolns Inn , where applying his mind to the study of the municipal Law , became a Counsellor of note , and in the 13. of Ch. 1. Lent-reader of the said Inn , being then , as before , noted for his practice in his profession . In the latter end of 1639 he was elected Burgess for the Corporation of Woodstock in Oxfordsh . to serve in that short Parliament which began at Westm . 13. of Apr. 1640 , and in Oct. following , he was chose again for the same place to serve in that unhappy Convention called the Long Parliament , begun 3. of Nov. the same year : At which time being elected Speaker , ( worth to him 2000 l. per an . ) he kept that honorable office , by siding with the leading Party , till its dissolution , without any adherance to the King , when , by force , he left that Parliament . Whether he acted justly in his place , 't is to be question'd , forasmuch as he was not only false to the members thereof in many things , but also kept correspondence with that noted Minister of State in France Cardinal Julius Mazarini , as 't is very well known . Being thus put into the road to get beneficial places , and so consequently riches , which he hungred after , by the continual importunities of his covetous Wife named Elizabeth , Dau. of Ambrose Evans of Lodington in Northamptonshire Gent , he became Master of the Rolls 8 Nov. 1643 worth , as 't is said , 3000 l. per an , one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal , 1646 , worth 1500 l. per an , Chamberlain of Chester , 1647 , in the room of James E. of Derby , a place of profit , as well as honour ; which last he occupying till 1654 , was succeeded by John Glynn Lord Ch. Justice , but obtained it again 14. March 1659. About the same time ( 1647 ) he became Chancellour of the Dutchy of Lancaster worth 1000 l. per an . and any thing else that he desired . Besides these honourable places , he had 6000 l. at one time given to him by the Parliament , and at another , the Rectory and Demesness of Burford in Oxfordshire , with a stately house there , lately belonging to Lucius Viscount Falkland , as the Author of the (*) Mystery of the good old cause reports , but falsly as I suppose , for about the year 1634 the said Will. Lenthall did , for the sum of 7000 l. or thereabouts , purchase of the said Lucius the Priory house ( the stately house before mention'd ) and Land belonging thereunto , descended to him from Elizabeth Dau. and Heir of Sir Laurence Tanfeild Lord Chief Baron of the Exchecquer , sometimes the Wife of Henry Lord Falkland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Father of Lucius . In Aug. 1648 when there was a debate in the Parliament house whether the Treaty should be with the King in the Isle of Wight , upon the propositions of Hampton Court , there were for it 57 yeas , and against it 57 noes : Whereupon he , as Speaker , turn'd the Scales to yeas , which was the best thing he ever did . Oliver once made a spunge of , and squeez'd from , him , 15000 l. and turning him ( and his tribe the Long Parliament ) out of doors , in 1653 , after he had sate it out in all changes and resisted many storms , and high complaints against him , he veered about to save himself , his great offices , and chiefly to avoid a new encounter or frown from the present power . So that he , that had been so long the Belweather in the H. of Commons , was thought fit for his compliance and money to be one of the Other House . In 1654 he was elected one of the Knights of Oxfordshire , and Burgess for the City of Glocester to serve in that Parliament called by Oliver , to meet at Westm . 3. of Sept. the same year ; of which Parliament he was chosen Speaker . When that Convention call'd the Rump Parliament was invited by the Army to sit again 6 May 1659 ( for they had been turn'd out by Oliver in 1653 ) he became Speaker also , as he had been before , and on the 23 of the said month , he was constituted and appointed Keeper of the Great Seal for the Commonwealth of England for eight days only next ensuing . But that Parliament ( which was filled up by the members , secluded thence in 1648 ) being dissolved on the 16 of March following , he endeavoured by his Agents to be chose a Burgess for the University of Oxon , to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 25 Apr. 1660 , as at one or two places besides , where he had canvas'd for votes ; but missing his design , he retired in private , and endeavoured to hide , or convey away , the vast deluge of wealth , which he had obtained , as also to secure to his posterity that estate he had purchased in the name of other People . But being at length to be called to an accompt for what he had done , the Healing Parliament that then met , resolved on the eleventh of June , that he the said Will. Lenthall be one of the twenty to be excepted out of the general Act of indempnity and oblivion , to suffer such pains , penalties , and forfeitures ( not extending to life ) as shall be thought fit to be inflicted by an Act hereafter to be made for that purpose . But that Act being soon after made , I find therein that if he the said Will. Lenthall should after the first of Sept. 1660 accept or exercise any office Ecclesiastical , Civil , or Military , should , to all intents and purposes in Law , stand as if he had been totally excepted by name in the said Act. And well it was that he escaped so , for had it not been for his money and the mercy of his (*) Prince , whereby he got a general pardon , he might have been totally sequestred of his Estate and made perpetual Prisoner . So that then being free , he became a witness on the Kings side against Tho. Scot the Regicide , when he and others of that gang were to be tried for their lives : And afterwards retiring to his house at Burford before mention'd , where he built a pretty Chappel joyning thereunto , shewing great love to Scholars and the neighbouring Clergy , we heard no more of him till the time of his death . He was a Person very inconstant and wavering in his Principles , of a slavish temper , a taker of all Oathes , whether Covenant , or engagement , or those to be faithful to Oliver and Richard , besides what he had before done to K. James and K. Ch. 1. He minded mostly the heaping up of riches , and was so besotted in raising and setling a family , that he minded not the least good , that might accrue to his Prince . As for those things that are published under his name , as either utter'd or written by him , are these following . Several Speeches as ( 1 ) Sp. to his Maj. in the High Court of Parl. 5. Nov. 1640 , when he was presented Speaker . ( 2 ) Sp. at his presenting these 3 Bills 1. for the shortning of Mich. term , 2. For the pressing of Marriners for the Kings Ships . 3. For the remainder of 6 intire subsidies . ( 3 ) Sp. in Parl. 13. May 1641. ( 4 ) Sp. in the Lords House of Parl. 22 Jun. 1641. concerning the bill for Tonnage and Poundage . ( 5 ) Sp. before the K. in the Lords H. of Parl. 3 Jul. 1641. concerning the passing of three bills , viz. of Poll-money , Star-Chamber and High Commission . ( 6 ) Sp. to both Houses of Parl. at the passing of the bill for Tonnage and Poundage , 2 Dec. 1641. ( 7 ) Sp. to Sir Tho. Fairfax Gen. of the Parl. Army , to congratulate his success and victories over the Kings Army , 14 Nov. 1646. ( 8 ) Sp. to his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax General , after the Army had granted the members of Parl. to sit in safety , 6 Aug. 1647. Several Letters , as ( 1 ) Letter to Sir Jac. Ashley , 4 May 1641. ( 2 ) Let. to the Vicech . and Heads of Houses of the Univ. of Oxon , together with the protestation and declaration with it , 8 Feb. 1641. ( 3 ) Let. to the Sheriffs of several Counties by the command of the H. of C. an . 1641. ( 4 ) Let. to all Corporations in England and to the Justices of Peace of all Counties , written about the same time . ( 5 ) Let. to the K. concerning the great affairs and state of the Kingdom . ( 6 ) Let. ( with that of the Speaker of the H. of Lords ) to the Lords , Justices and Council of the Kingdom of Ireland , dat . 4 Jul. 1643. Declaration , wherein is contained the grounds and reasons that moved him to absent himself from the service of the House , on Friday 30 Jul. 1647. Oxon. 1647. in one sh . in qu. This Declaration was written upon occasion of his going away with the Mace , and a party of the H. of Com. with him , to the Army at Windsore . Arguments , whereby Monarchy is asserted to be the best , most antient and legal form of Government ; in a Conference held at Whitehall with Oliver L. Protector and a Committee of Parl. in Apr. 1657 — Printed at Lond. with the Arguments and Speeches of other persons to the same purpose an . 1660. in oct . The design was to perswade Oliver to take upon him the Kingship of Gr. Britain and Ireland . All which Pamphlets , one excepted , were printed at Lond. in qu , and not one of them exceeds the quantity of a sheet of paper . I am perswaded that many more are extant under his name , or at least written by him without any name set to them , but such I have not yet seen . At length after a great deal of moyling , turmoyling , perfidiousness , and I know not what , he laid down his head and died in his house at Burford before mention'd , on that memorable day the third of Septemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and two , and two days after was buried without pomp in a little isle on the north side of the Church there , next below that isle where the costly tomb of Sir Laur. Tanfeild stands . At that time the body of his only Wife Elizabeth , who died the 19 of April foregoing ( buried in the Communion Chancel of Burford Church ) was taken up and laid close to that of her Husband . He forbad , as I have been informed , any excessive costs at his funeral , or for a monument to be put over his body , and was heard several times in his last hours to say , that he desired no other Epitaph than Vermis sum . So that as yet he hath no Monument , nor so much as any Stone over his grave , the floor being ( now , or at least lately ) covered only with sand , and unpaved . What remains more to be remembred of him ( if not too much already ) is his own confession on his death-bed made to Dr. Ralph Brideoak then Rector of Witney near Burford : who administring to him ghostly counsel , and desiring to know how he had kept and observed the fifth Commandment , remembring him that Disobedience , Rebellion , and Schism were the great sins against it , made this confession — Yes , there is my trouble , my disobedience not against my natural parents only , but against the Pater patriae , our deceased Sovereign . I confess with Saul , I held their clothes whilst they murdered him , but herein I was not so criminal as Saul was , for God thou knowest , I never consented to his death , I ever prayed and endeavoured what I could against it , but I did too much , almighty-God forgive me , &c. Then the said Doctor urged to him , to confess , if he knew any of those Villains that plotted and contrived that horrid murther , which were not then detected ; to which he answer'd , I am a stranger to that business , my soul never entred into that secret ; but what concerns my self I will confess freely . These things are especially laid to my charge , wherein indeed I am too guilty , as first that I went from the Parliament to the Army . 2. That I proposed the bloody question for trying the King. And 3. That I sate in Parl. after the Kings death . To the first , I may give this answer , that Cromwell and his Agents deceived a wiser man than my self , I mean that excellent King , and then might well deceive me also , and so they did . I knew the Presbyterians would never restore the King to his just Rights , these men ( the Independents ) swore they would . For the second no excuse can be made , but I have the Kings pardon , and I hope Almighty God will shew me his mercy also : yet even then , when I put the question , I hoped the very putting the question would have cleared him , because I believed four for one were against it , but they deceived me also . To the third I make this candid confession , that 't was my own baseness and cowardize and unworthy fear to submit my self to the mercy of those men that murthered the King , that hurried me on against my own conscience to act with them . Yet then , I thought also , I might do some good and hinder some ill . Something I did for the Church and Universities , something for the King when I broke the oath (*) of abjuration . Something also for his return ; but the ill I did , over-weighed the little good I would have done : God forgive me for this also , &c. He also confessed that he had no hand in , or gave any consent to , the murthering and ruining the Fathers of the Church , and also that he died a dutiful son of the Church of England , as it was established before the Rebellion broke out , &c. After which confession , which was done like a very hearty Penitent , he received the absolution of the Church with much content and satisfaction . He left behind him one only son named John , the grand Braggadocio and Lyer of the age he lived in , bred in C. C. Coll. in this University , made early motions , and ran with the times as his Father did , was a Recruiter of the Long Parliament , consented to the tryal of the King , was a Colonel while Oliver was Protector , from whom he received the honour of Knighthood on the 9 of March 1657 , was one of the six Clerks in Chancery , and for a time Governour of Windsore Castle . In 1672 he was elected High Sheriff of Oxfordshire , and in the latter end of 1677 he received the honour of Knighthood from his Maj. K. Ch. 2. This person who hath two , or more , Speeches in print , spoken in the times of Usurpation , died at Besills-Lee near Abendon in Berks ( the Mannour which his Father purchased of the Fettiplaces ) on the ninth day of Nov. 1681 , and was buried in the Church there , near to the body of his second wife named Mary Blewet , the widow of .... Stonehouse Baronet , by whom he had one only son named William , who took to wife Catherine Hamilton , of the noble Family of the Hamiltons in Scotland , particularly of those of Pasley , and by her had issue John and James Lental . He died at Burford on the 5 of Sept. 1686 , aged 27 years or thereabouts , and was buried near to the grave of his Grandfather . HUMPHREY CHAMBERS a Gentlemans son , was born in Somersetshire , became a Communer of University College in 1614 , aged 15 years , stood for a Fellowship in Merton Coll. in 1619 , but put aside as insufficient , notwithstanding he , like a vain man , had a little before taken occasion to display his Oratory in a flourishing Speech on the death of a Student of Univ. Coll. not in the Rectory or Chappel as the custom is , but in a pew set in the middle of the Quadrangle on purpose . After he had taken the degree of Master of Arts , he entred into holy orders , and in June 1623 was made Rector of Claverton in his own Country , on the death of Joh. Bewshen . Afterwards he took the degree of Bach. of Div. and was esteemed by the neighbouring Ministers an orthodox man : But when the times began to change in 1641 , he sided with the Presbyterians , took the Covenant , was made one of the Ass . of Divines , and maintained a horse and man at his own charge in actual service against the King. Soon after he had the rich Rectory of Pewsie near to Marlborough in Wilts . bestowed on him for his good service , by Philip Earl of Pembroke , as I have been informed ; for from thence a loyal person had been ejected . In 1648 he was actually created Doctor of Div. in the Pembrochian Creation and had several boones bestowed on him by that Convention called by the Presbyterian the Blessed Parliament . After the Kings Restoration he was suffer'd to keep his Parsonage because no body laid claim to it , he being then accounted the prime leader of the Faction in those parts ; but when the Act of Conformity was published , he quitted it and his life together . He hath written and published , Several Sermons ▪ as ( 1 ) Divine ballance to weigh religious Fasts in , Fast-sermon before the H. of Com. 27 Sept. 1643 , on Zach. 7.5.6.7 . Lond. 1643. qu. He was also one of three that preached before the House of Lords on the 22 of Oct. 1644 , being a Fast sermon upon the uniting of the Army together ; but whether 't was printed I find not . ( 2 ) Pauls sad farewell to the Ephesians , preached at the funeral of Mr. Joh. Grayle Minister of Tidworth in Wilts . on Acts 20.37.38 . Lond. 1655. quart . and others which I have not yet seen . Motive to peace and love — Printed 1649. qu. Animadversions on Mr. W. Dells book intit . The crucified and quickned Christian . Lond. 1653. qu. Apology for the Ministers of the County of Wilts . in their meetings at the election of Members for the approaching Parliament . In answer to a letter sent out of the said County , pretending to lay open the dangerous designs of the Clergy in reference to the approaching Parliament , by some of the defam'd Ministers of the Gospel of the same County . Lond. 1654 , in 4 sh . in qu. In the writing of which Apol. Dr. Chambers was assisted by Joh. Strickland , Adoniram Byfield and Pet. Ince , Presb. Ministers . Answer to the charge of Walt. Bushnel Vicar of Box in Wilts . published in a book of his intit . A narrative of the proceedings of the Commissioners appointed by Oliver Cromwell for ejecting scandalous and ignorant Ministers , &c. Lond. 1660. quar . Vindication of the said Commissioners . — Printed the former . He was one of the number of Assistants belonging to the said Commissioners , and carried himself very severe against the Ministers . What other books he hath published , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was buried in the Church of Pewsey before mention'd , on the eighth day of Septemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and two , with no other ceremony than that we would use to a dog ; and about the same time was his wife buried there also . In the said Rectory succeeded Rich. Watson D. D. sometimes Fellow of Gonvill and Caies Coll. in Cambridge , Chaplain to James Duke of York , and afterwards Prebendary of Wells and Salisbury , as I shall elsewhere at large tell you . JOHN GAUDEN Son of the Minister of Mayland in Essex , was born there , or at least in that County , educated in Grammar learning at S. Edmunds Bury in Suffolk , and afterwards , at about 16 years of age , was admitted a Student of S. Johns College in Cambridge under one Mr. Wright ; where making great proficiency in academical learning , took the degrees in Arts. In 1630 or thereabouts , he removed to Wadham Coll. in this University , where he became Tutor to Francis and Will Russell sons of Sir Will ▪ Russell Baronet , ( into whose family he about that time had matched ) and after their departure , to other Gentlemen of quality . While he continued there , the greatness of his parts were much improved by the greatness of industry , bestowing the most part of the day and night too in the study of divine matters . In 1635 he took the degree of Bach. of Div , was afterwards Chaplain to Robert Earl of Warwick , Rector of Brightwell near Wallingford in Berks , beneficed in Cambridgeshire , D. of D. and when the Assembly of Divines was to be setled in 1643 he was nominated one of them to the Parliament by Sir Dudley North and Sir Thom. Chichley ( Knights for Cambridgeshire to serve in the Long Parliament ) to sit among them , but by what trick Mr. Tho. Goodwin was substituted in his place , as a person more fit for the great designs then carrying on , you may see in our Author Dr. Gaudens book , intit . Anti-Baal-Berith , &c. printed at Lond. 1661. p. 89 90. At that time ( 1643. ) he being a Covenantier , as the Presbyterians and fanatical people generally affirm , tho positively (a) denied by himself , he had the Rectory and Deanery of Bocking in his own Country confer'd upon him , which he kept during the time of Usurpation ; and was , as before at Brightwell , and elsewhere , much resorted to for his most admirable and edifying way of preaching . After the death of Dr. Brownrig Bishop of Exeter , which was in Decemb. 1659 , he became Preacher of the Temple at London , and after the Restoration of K. Ch. 2. Chaplain in ordinary to him ; who taking notice that he , upon all occasions had taken worthy pains in the pulpit and at the press , to rescue his Majesty and the Church of England , from all the mistakes and heterodox opinions of several and different Factions , as also from the sacrilegious hands of those false brethren , whose scandalous conversation was consummate in devouring Church-lands , and then with impudence to make sacrilege lawful ; I say for these his services , his Majesty confer'd upon him the Bishoprick of Exeter , to which being consecrated in S. Peters Church at Westminster on the second day of Decemb. ( being the first Sunday in Advent ) in the year 1660 , sate there but little more than an year and a quarter . Afterwards he was translated thence to Worcester ( on Dr. Morleys Translation to Winchester ) in the beginning of the year ( in the month of May I think ) 1662 , where he soon after ended his course , having been esteemed by all that knew him a very comely person , a man of vast parts , and one that had been strangely improved by unwearied labour . His works are these . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The love of truth and peace , on Zach. 8.19 . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 2 ) Three Sermons preached upon several publick occasions . Lond. 1642. qu. The first of which preached before his Maj. is on Heb. 12.14 . The second before the Judges at Chelmsford in Essex , is on Zach. 8.16 . and the third at S. Maries in Oxon on Act Sunday 11 July 1641 is on Ephes . 4.23 . ( 3 ) Funeralls made cordials : Sermon prepared , and ( in part ) preached at the solemn interment of the corps of Rob. Rich , heir apparent to the Earldom of Warwick ( who died at Whitehall 16 of Feb. an . 1657 , aged 23 years , and was honorably buried on the 5 of March following ) at Felsted in Essex . Lond. 1658. qu. ( 4 ) Sermon preached at the Funeral of Dr. Ralph Brownrig Bishop of Exeter ( 17 Dec. 1659 ) on 2 Kings 2.12 . Lond. 1660. oct . ( 5 ) Slight healing of publick hearts , &c. Serm. in S. Pauls Cathedral before the Lord Mayor , Lord General , Aldermen , &c. 26 Feb. 1659 , being a day of solemn thanksgiving unto God for restoring of the secluded Members of Parliament to the H. of Commons , &c. on Jerem. 8.11 . Lond. 1660. qu. Therein is somewhat added above what was preached . ( 6 ) God's great demonstration and demands of justice , mercy , &c. Serm. on Micah 6.8 . before the H. of Com. at their solemn Fast before their first sitting , 30 Apr. 1660. — Lond. 1660. qu. And other Sermons which I have not yet seen . Certain scruples and doubts of conscience about taking the solemn League and Covenant , tendered to the consideration of Sir Laur. Bromfield and Zach. Crofton . Lond. 1643 and 1660. qu. Hierapistes : or , a defence by way of Apology of the Ministry and Ministers of the Church of England . Lond. 1653. qu. Christ at the Wedding : or , the pristine sanctity and solemnity of Christian Marriages . Lond. 1654. qu. The case of the Ministers maintenance by tithes , plainly discussed in conscience and prudence , &c. Lond. 1653. qu. It must be now known that Oliver Cromwell by his Declaration did require all persons not to entertain in any capacity whatsoever , any person engaged in the late Wars for the King , or who were any way assistant to his cause , prohibiting then also all such persons the exercise of any part of their Ministry . Whereupon this severity moved our Author to write this Pamphlet . A petitionary remonstrance presented to Oliver Protector 4 Feb. 1655 in behalf of his distressed brethren of the Church of England , deprived of all publick Employment by his Declaration 1 Jan. 1655. Lond. 1659. qu. At the same time Dr. Usher Primate of Ireland went from Riegate to Whitehall on purpose to the said Protector , to interceed for his indulgence towards them . He took also the safest opportunities for mediating for them for the space of more than a month , but was forced at last to retreat to his Country retirement ( and so to his grave ) with little success and less hope to his great grief and sorrow , using (b) this expression to our Author Dr. Gauden that he saw some men had only guts and no bowells , &c. But if another Author (c) may be believed , his intercessions did take effect . Ecclesiae Anglicanae suspiria : setting forth her former Constitution , compared with her present condition , in 4 books . Lond. 1659. fol. Antisacrilegus : or , a Defensative against the plausibleness , or guilded poyson of that nameless Paper , ( supposed to be the plot of Dr. Cornelius Burges and his Partners ) which attempts the Kings Maj. by the offer of five hundred thousand pounds , to make good by an Act of Parliament to the Purchasers of Bishops , &c. Lands , their illegal bargain for 99 years . Lond. 1660. in 2 sh . and an half in qu. Account of the life and death of Dr. Ralph Brownrig lately B. of Exeter . — This is at the end of his funeral Sermon before mention'd . The loosing of S. Peters bonds , setting forth the true sense and solution of the Covenant in point of conscience . Lond. 1660. qu. Answer'd by one Joh. Rowlands in a pamphlet printed in qu. the same year . Analysis of the Covenant . Lond. 1660. qu. Soon after came out two answers . The first of which was intit . after this rude manner , An anatomy or confutation of that idolized piece of nonsense and blasphemy of Dr. Gauden , &c. No name is set to it . The second was St. Peters bonds abide : by Zach. Crofton . Both which were printed at Lond. 1660. qu. These two were soon after replyed upon by John Russell of Chinkford in Essex , in a little piece in qu. intit . The solemn League and Covenant discharged : or , S. Peters bonds not only loosed but annihilated , &c. attested by our Author Gauden . Lond. 1660. in 3 sh . and half in qu. Whether the said Joh. Russell be the same with him who became Gent. Com. of Wadham Coll. 1630 , in which year Will. and Franc. Russell before mentioned were entred Students of the same house , I cannot yet tell . About the same time came out another book intit . An Anonymus Questionist in defence of Dr. Gauden , &c. And soon after this — Analepsis Analeptica . The fastning of S. Peters bonds in seaven links or proportions : or , the efficacy and extent of the solemn league and covenant asserted and vindicated against the doubts and scruples of Dr. Joh. Gaudens Anonym . Questionist , Mr. Joh. Russells St. Peters bonds not only loosed , &c. Dr. Featley his League illegal , falsly fathered on him , and The University of Oxon their reasons for not taking the Covenant , &c. — Written by Zach. Crofton Minister of S. Botolphs Aldgate in London . After this our Author Gauden came out with , Anti Baal-Berith : or , the binding of the Covenant and all Covenantiers to their good behaviour . By a just vindication of Dr. Gaudens Analysis ( that is , his resolving the Covenant to law and justice , to duty and conscience , to reason and religion ; or , to his dissolving it ) against the cacotomy of a nameless and shameless Libeller the worthy Hyperaspites of Dr. Burges . Also against the pitiful cavils and objections of Mr. Zach. Crofton , a rigid Presbyter , with an answer to that monstrous paradox , of No sacriledge no sin , to alienate Church lands , without and against all laws of God and man , &c. Lond. 1661. qu. The said Crofton came out soon after with a reply intit . Anti-Bereth-Baal , &c. Lond. 1661. qu. Considerations touching the Liturgy of the Church of England in reference to his Maj. late Declaration , &c. Lond. 1661. qu. Answer'd by a vain and idle book intit . Rhetorick restrained : or , Dr. Joh. Gauden Lord B. elect of Exeter , his considerations of the liturgy of the Church of England considered and clouded . Published under the name of Tho. Bold of Exon ; attested by Zach. Crofton , and printed at London the same year . Counsell delivered to 44 Presbyters and Deacons , after they had been ordained by him in the Cath. Ch. of Exeter , &c. 13 Jan. 1660. Lond. 1661. in Lat. and Engl. in 2 or 3 sh . in fol. printed also at Lond. in Lat. by it self . Life of Mr. Richard Hooker — This is written in a large Preface before Mr. Hooker's works , which Dr. Gauden pablished at Lond. 1661. fol. In the said life and preface , he doth with great confidence use divers Arguments to satisfie the world that the three books joyned to the five genuine books of the said Mr. Hooker , are genuine and pen'd by him , notwithstanding those poysonous assertions against the regal power , which are to be found therein . He hath also committed many errors as to several matters relating to his life and actions , which being made evident (d) elsewhere , I shall now pass them by and proceed . A pillar of gratitude , humbly dedicated to the glory of God , the honour of his Majesty , &c. for restoring of Episcopacy . Lond. 1661 / 2 in a thin fol. On which book hangs an old (e) story , written by a Presbyterian , but whether all true , I must leave it to the judgment of the Reader . He tells us that About the month of January 1661 a reverend gaudy Prelate did put forth A pillar of gratitude , &c. wherein having in many rhetorical strains bitterly scolded against his quondam Fellow - Covenantiers , he hath this angry and uncharitable passage , That the projects of Presbyterians have froth in their heads , and blood in their bottom ; as the water of those men that labour with the Stone and Strangury , and have their wounds from within . It pleased God within a few days after the publishing of this book to smite the Bishop with that tormenting distemper , which he there makes use of , to set off his false and scandalous impeachment of so considerable a part of the most conscientious and peaceable people in the Land. He lay in a very great extremity of torture , and by reason of the stopping of his water , his life was in great hazard , and so was forced to send for a Chyrurgeon , who , by making use of his Probe , did help him to make water , which was froth at the top , and blood at the bottom : And that the Lord might make him more sensible of it , he repeated the stroke a second time after the same manner , as we have been credibly informed from very eminent and considerable persons . We could heartily wish , that there were now alive another Mr. (f) Rogers of Wethersfield (g) who would deal effectually with the conscience of this proud Prelate , that he might be blessed with a more sanctified use of the hand of the Lord , in the visitation of the Strangury , then of his broken leg , in the former times , &c. Thus the nameless Author in his Mirabilis annus secundus . The first of which years was published in Aug. 1661 , the second in Aug. 1662 , and the third in Dec. the same year ; but whether any more followed I find not . They were published purposely to breed in the vulgar an ill opinion of the change of Government and Religion after the Kings Restoration . A just invective against those of the Army and their Abetters , who murthered K. Ch. 1. on the 30 of Jan. 1648 , with some other poetick pieces in Latin , referring to those tragical times , written 10 Feb. 1648. Lond. 1662. Discourse of artificial beauty in point of conscience , between two Ladies . Lond. 1662. oct . Discourse concerning publick Oaths , and the lawfulness of swearing in judicial proceedings , in order to answer the scruples of the Quakers . Lond. 1649. Lat. ibid. 1662. English . Prophecies concerning the return of Popery . Lond. 1663. qu. Published then with other Prophecies of that subject , written by Dr. Whitgift Archb. of Cant. Rob. Sanderson , Rich. Hooker , &c. The whole duty of a Communicant : being rules and directions for a worthy receiving the most holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1681. &c. in tw . He hath written other things which I have not yet seen , particularly a Tract about Tender Consciences , which is answer'd by Sam. Fisher . He gave way to fate in the Bishops Pallace at Worcester on the 20 of Sept. in sixteen hundred sixty and two , aged 57 , and was buried in the Chappel at the east end of the Choire of the Cath. Ch. there . Over his grave was soon after erected a fair monument , containing his Effigies to the middle , in his episcopal habit , with an inscription under it ; a copy of which is printed in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 328. a. What the disease was which took him out of this mortal life , I know not , Neither dare I say ( says (a) one ) for all the world , that the disease that befell him ( and of which he died ) befell him for his fierceness against the Presbyterians : and it was the very disease , unto which he had compar'd the Presbyterians sermons , and it befell him not long after he had made that odious comparison , &c. EDWARD BAGSHAW a younger Son of a Gentleman , descended from those of his name living in Derbysh . was born in London , became a Commoner of Brasnose Coll. under the tuition of Mr. Rob. Bolton in Mich. term , an . 1604 , took one degree in Arts four years after , setled in the Middle Temple , studied the municipal Law , and at length became a Bencher and a knowing man in his Profession . In 15 Car. 1. he was elected Lent-Reader for that Society , and beginning to read 24 Feb. did select for the argument of his discourse the Statute of 35 Ed. 3. cap. 7. wherein he laboured to suppress Episcopacy , by lopping off the branches first , and afterwards by laying the axe to the root of the tree . But after he had read once , Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterb . had notice of it , who forthwith acquainting the King , he commanded the Lord Keeper ( Finch ) to prohibit (b) him from proceeding any farther ; which accordingly was done . So that Bagshaw being looked upon as a discontented and seditious person , was the year following chose ( with Joh. White another Lawyer , known afterwards by the name of Century White ) a Burgess for the Borough of Southwark , to serve in that most wicked Convention that began at Westm . 3 Nov. 1640. But soon after , perceiving full well what mad courses the Members thereof took , he left them , ( after he had expressed his envy among them against the Bishops ) went to Oxon and sate in the Parliament there called by his Majesty : where continuing for some time , was taken by the Rebells in Oxfordshire , and sent to London to the House of Commons , who forthwith committed him Prisoner to the Kings-bench in Southwark 29 June 1644 , where he had been , with great Shoutings and Acclamations , elected Burgess of that place by the fiery Zealots for the Cause . Afterwards he suffered in his Estate in Northamptonshire , but what his requital was , after the return of his Maj. 1660 , ( about which time he was Treasurer of the Mid. Temple ) I know not . Sure I am that he hath these things following going under his name . The life and death of Mr. Rob. Bolton . Lond. 1633. qu. Wherein the Author shews himself a Calvinist , commends Calvin and Luther much , and speaks against the Innovations in the Church then used , with reference , I presume , to Laud , whom he had no affection for . Several Speeches , as ( 1 ) Sp. in Parliament , 7 Nov. 1640. Lond. 1640. qu. ( 2 ) Sp. in Parl. concerning Episcopacy and London Petition . Lond. 1640 / 1. qu. &c. Two Arguments in Parliament : The first concerning the Canons , the second concerning the Praemunire upon those Canons . Lond. 1641. qu. Treatise defending the Revenues of the Church in Tithes and Glebe . Lond. 1646. qu. Treatise maintaining the Doctrine , Liturgy , and Discipline of the Church of England . — These two last were written by their Author during his long imprisonment . Short censure of the book of Will. Prynne , intit . The University of Oxfords plea refuted . — Printed 1648. in 2 sh . in qu. Just Vindication of the questioned part of his reading had in the Middle Temple Hall , 24 Feb. 1639. Lond. 1660. qu. True narrative of the cause of silencing him by the Archb. of Cant. — Printed with the Just vindication . See Joh. Rushworths third volume of Collections , pag. 990. The Rights of the Crown of England , as it is established by Law. Lond. 1660. oct . Written by him also during his imprisonment . He departed this mortal life on the 12 day of Sept. or Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and two , and was buried in the Church at Morton-Pinkney in Northamptonshire , as I have been informed by his son Hen. Bagshaw D. D. sometimes a Student of Christ Church in Oxon , who having published several things , ought hereafter to be remembred in the Append. to these Athenae . I shall make mention of another Edw. Bagshaw , son of the aforesaid Edward , under the year 1671. WILLIAM COLE Son of Joh. Cole of Adderbury in Oxfordshire Bach. of Div. and sometimes Fellow of New College , was born , and educated in Grammar learning , there , entred a Student in the University in 1642 , and soon after was made one of the Portionists commonly called Postmasters of Merton Coll. by his Mothers brother Joh. French one of the senior Fellows of that house , and publick Registrary of the University . When he was standing for the degree of Bach. of Arts , he was made a publick Notary , to the end that he might supply the said place of Registrary when Mr. French was either absent or indisposed . In the latter end of 1650 he took one degree in Arts , his Uncle being then dead , left the University , retired to London , and lived several years at Putney near that City , where he became the most famous Simpler or Herbarist of his time . At length upon the Kings Restoration , in 1660 , he was made Secretary to Dr. Duppa Bishop of Winchester , in whose service he died . His works are these . The Art of Simpling : or , an introduction to the knowledge of gathering of Plants , wherein the definitions , divisions , places , descriptions , &c. are compendiously discoursed of , &c. Lond. 1656. oct . Perspicillum microcosmologicum : or , a prospective for the discovery of the lesser world , wherein Man is a Compendium , &c. — Printed with the former . Adam in Eden : or , Natures Paradise . The History of Plants , Herbs , Flowers , with their several original names , &c. Lond. 1657. fol. Into this book , if I am not mistaken , is remitted The Art of Simpl. As for the book intit . The Garden of Eden : or , an accurate description of all flowers , &c. which was printed in 1653 , 't was written by that learned and great Observer Sir Hugh Plat Knight . Our Author Will. Cole died either at Winchester , or at Farnham in Surrey in sixteen hundred sixty and two , aged 36 or thereabouts , but where buried I know not . I find another Will. Cole who published a book in t . A Rod for the Lawyers , who are hereby declared to be the grand Robbers and Deceivers of the Nation , &c. Lond. 1659. qu. But of what University he was , if of any at all , I know not . THOMAS WEAVER Son of Tho. Weav . was born in the City of Worcester , applied his poetical genie to Academical Learning in Ch. Ch. an . 1633 , aged 17 , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1640 , about which time he was made one of the Chaplains or petty-Canons of the Cathedral : from which place being ejected by the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 , he shifted from place to place and lived upon his wits , a Specimen of which he published to the world intit . Songs and Poems of Love and Drollery . — Printed 1654. in oct . In which book is a Ballad intit . Zeal over-heated : or , a relation of a lamentable fire which hapned in Oxon in a religious brothers Shop , &c. to the tune of Chivey Chase . The said religious brother was Tho. Williams a Milliner , living sometimes against Allsaints Church where holy Cornish teached , that is Hen. Cornish a Presbyterian Minister , Canon of Ch. Ch. by Authority of Parliament , an . 1648. But the said Songs and Poems being looked upon by the godly men of those times as seditious and libellous against the Government , he was imprison'd and afterwards tried for his life . Whereupon his book being produced in open Court ( after it had been proved that he was the Author of it ) the Judge read some pages , and then spake to this effect , — Gentlemen , the person that we have here before us is a Scholar and a man of wit. Our Forefathers had Learning so much in honor , that they enacted , that those that could but as much as read , should never be hanged , unless for some great crime , and shall we respect it so little as to put to death a man of parts ? I must tell you , I should be very unwilling to be the person that should condemn him , and yet I must be forced to it if the Jury bring him in guilty , &c. So that upon this harangue , too large to be all here set down , the Jury brought him in not guilty : Whereupon being set at liberty , he was ever after highly valued by the boon and generous Royalist . He hath also certain Epigrams extant , which I have not yet seen , and wrot the copy of verses called The Archbishop of (*) York's revolt , printed in the Poems of Joh. Cleaveland , besides divers pieces of Poetry printed in several books published in his time . After his Majesties return in 1660 he was made Excise-man for Leiverpole in Lancashire , and was commonly called Captain Weaver , but prosecuting too much the crimes of Poets , brought him to his grave in the Church there , in the prime and strength of his years , on the third day of January in sixteen hundred sixty and two . About the beginning of the year 1656 was a book published entit . Choice Drollery , with Songs and Sonnets . Which giving great offence to the Saints of that time , who esteem'd it a lewd and scandalous thing , it was order'd by the Protectors Council to be burnt , on the 8. of May the same year . But who the Author of that book was , I cannot yet tell . ROBERT SANDERSON a younger Son of Rob. Sanderson , was born at Rotheram in Yorkshire on the 19 of Sept. 1587 ( 29 Elizab. ) educated in the Grammar School there , sent by his Relations to Linc. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1601 , afterwards matriculated (a) a member of the University as a Ministers Son , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in Lent term 1604 , elected Fellow of the said Coll. 3. May 1606 , having then a Metaphysical brain and matchless memory . In Mich. term 1607 he was admitted Master of Arts , and in July following he compleated that degree by standing in the Act. In 1611 he was made Deacon and Priest by Dr. King B. of London , in 1614 he stood to be Proctor of the University , but missed it , and the year after he published his Logick Lectures that he had before read in the publick Refectory of Linc. Coll. So that his name being then famous , he was elected Proctor with great ease and willingness , an . 1616. The next year he was admitted Bach. of Div. and the year after that , became Rector of Wibberton near to Boston in Lincolnshire , but surrendred it up ( as he did his Fellowship ) in 1619 , because it was a bad air . The same year he became Rector of Bothby-paynel in the said County , was made Chaplain to Dr. George Mounteyne Bishop of Lincolne , and not long after Prebendary of the Collegiate Church of Southwell in the Dioc. of York and Preb. of Lincolne . Dr. Laud Bish . of Lond. got him to be Chaplain to K. Ch. 1. by commending him to be excellent in all casuistical learning , and accordingly in Nov. 1631 he was sworn Chaplain in Ordinary . So that having occasion to be somtimes near to him , the said King took great content in conversing with him , whereby our Author gained great credit from the Nobility , and greater from the Clergy , as being esteemed the most known casuist that this Nation ever produced . In 1636 he was actually created D. of D , on the very day that the K. and Court left Oxon , after they had been some days entertained there . In 1641 he , with two more of the Convocation of the Clergy ( for he had been usually elected for all Convocations for about 20 years before that time ) did draw up some safe alterations in the Service Book , and abated some of the Ceremonies that were least material , for the satisfaction of the Covenanteers , and Presbyterian Party in the Long Parliament . In July 1642 , he was nominated by his Majesty the Regius Professor of Divinity of this University , and the same year he was proposed by both Houses of Parliament to the King then at Oxon. to be one of the Trustees for the setling of Church affairs ( as Prideaux Bishop of Worcester was ) and was allowed of by the King to be so ; but that treaty came to nothing . In 1643 he was nominated one of the Assemb . of Divines , but sate not among them . In 1647 he had the most considerable hand in drawing up the University Reasons against the Covenant and negative Oath , and the same year he was sent for by the King , then at a more large imprisonment , with Dr. Hammond , Dr. Sheldon , and Dr. Morley to attend him , in order to advise with them how far he might with a good conscience comply with the proposals of the Parliament , for a Peace in Church and State ; which was allowed by the Independents , but denied by the Presbyterians . Afterwards he attended on his Maj. in the Isle of Wight , preached before him , and had many both publick and private conferences with him to his Majesties great satisfaction . About that time his Maj. translated into English our Authors Book De Juramento ; which being done , Dr. Juxon , Dr. Hammond and Mr. Tho. Herbert did compare what he had done with the original , as I shall anon tell you . The same year ( 1648 ) he was turned out of his Professorship of Divinity by the Parl. Visitors , and so consequently from his Canonry of Ch. Ch. and soon after he retired to his cure at Bothby , where living obscurely , took upon him to put the Kings Meditations in his solitude into Latine , which being half done , Dr. Earle prevented him from finishing it , by doing that work himself . While he remained there , he was plunder'd , imprisoned , wounded , and tho brought into a low and obscure condition , yet many receded to him for the resolution of cases of conscience . Which being also resolved by Letters , many of them have been preserved , and printed for the benefit of posterity . In Aug. 1660 he was restored to his Professorship and Canonry by his Majesties Commissioners , and by the commendations of Dr. Sheldon to his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , he was soon after made Bishop of Lincolne , receiving consecration thereunto in the Abbey Church at Westminster , 28. Oct. the same year . After which , retiring to his Mannour of Bugden in Huntingdonshire belonging to his See , he bestowed much money in repairing his House or Pallace there . All Authors especially those that are famous , do speak honorably of him . The learned Usher of Armagh stiles him judicious Sanderson , upon the return of a case he proposed to him ; and Hammond , that stayed and well weighed man Dr. Sanderson , &c. who receiveth things deliberately and dwells upon them discreetly . Besides also his great knowledge in the Fathers and Schoolmen , and profoundness in controversial Divinity , he was exactly vers'd in the Histories of our Nation , whether antient or modern , was a most curious Antiquary and an indefatigable searcher into antient records , as his labors in Mss . which he left behind him do evidently shew . One of them which is a large thick folio , I have seen and perused , containing , all under his own hand , collections from registers , leiger books , rolls , evidences in the hands of private Gentlemen , &c. evidences belonging to Cathedral and other Churches , &c. — This Book is endorsed with Cartae X , shewing that there were other Volumes , as indeed there are , in number about twenty , ( as I have been told by Hen. Symmons his somtimes Secretary ) which are , as I conceive , dispersed in several hands . He was also a compleat Herald and Genealogist , made several collections of English Genealogies , and also of monumental inscriptions and Arms in Churches and Windows wheresoever he went. His care also was so great for the preservation of them from ruin , that when he published Articles of Enquiry , in order to the visiting of his Diocess in 1661 , he , in the conclusion of them , desired the Ministers to make a return of all such monumental Inscriptions , and Arms in Windows , that were in their respective Churches . But many of them being ignorant of such matters , made very imperfect and halt returns . However he carefully preserved them so long as he lived , and what became of them after his death , I cannot tell . His published works are these . Logicae Artis Compendium . Oxon 1615. 18. 40. &c. oct . there again 1680 , the ninth Edit . in oct . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Two Sermons on Rom. 14.3 . and on Rom. 3.8 . Lond. 1622. qu. ( 2 ) Twenty Sermons . Lond. 1626. fol , among which are the two former . ( 3 ) Two Serm. on 1. Tim. 4.4 . and Gen. 20.6 . Lond. 1628. qu. ( 4 ) Twelve Serm. viz three ad Clorum , three ad Magistratum and six ad Populum . Lond. 1626. and 32. fol. ( 5 ) Two Serm. on 2. Pet. 2.16 . and Rom. 14 23. Lond. 1635. qu. ( 6 ) Twenty Serm. formerly preached , viz. sixteen ad Aulam , three ad Magistratum , and one ad Populum . Lond. 1656. fol. The next year were fourteen of his Sermons reprinted , to joyn with the aforesaid twenty , together with a large Preface , by the same Author . Which fourteen were thus divided , viz. Four ad Clerum , three ad Magistratum , and seven ad Populum . It was the fourth time that they were then printed . In 1660 they were all ( in number 34 ) reprinted in folio , and again in 1681 with another ad Aulam and another ad Clerum added , which make up the number of 36. ( 7th . edit . ) with the Authors life before them , written by Is . Walton , &c. As most books of later composure , so more , especially Sermons within the compass of a few years , undergo very different characters , and meet with a quite contrary entertainment in the World : And this I conceive comes to pass , because the way and manner of preaching is in a short time much altered from what it was but a little before . Insomuch that in compliance with the whimsical and ridiculous fickleness of an humoursome age , what of this kind was but just now received from the Press with all possible marks of acceptance and approbation , is soon after , as not suited to the fashionable mode of the nice and delicate palet of the present times , decryed and condemned by the same Persons as flat , dull and insipid . Notwithstanding this observation generally almost holds good , yet Dr. Sandersons Sermons , and indeed all his other genuine works , have not by their age lost the least of their former repute . For such is that solidity and clearness of reason which runs through all his discourses and writings , pen'd in such a manly and lasting a language , that so long as men make these the only tests and measures of their judgings and censures , as they do still , so must they needs likewise in after ages continue in the greatest esteem and veneration , and he be always placed in the highest and first rank of English writers . Two cases of conscience resolved . Lond. 1628. oct . Three more added — Lond. 1667. 8. oct . Another — Lond. 1674 and another in 1678. In all nine , and repr . 1678 and 1685. in oct . De juramenti promissorii obligatione praelectiones septem in Schola Theol. Oxon. 1646. Lond. 1647. 70. 76. and 83. in oct . Printed also at Lond. in Engl. 1655. oct . This is the book which I have before hinted , that was translated into English by K. Ch. 1. writ with his own hand , and by him shew'd to his Servants Jam. Harrington and Tho. Herbert , commanding them then to examine it with the original , which they did and found it accurately translated . Not long after his Maj. communicated it to Dr. Juxon B. of Lond , Dr. Hammond and Dr. Sheldon his Majesties Chaplains in ordinary , but the particular time when , I cannot tell . Oratio habita in Schola Theol. Oxon. cum publicam professionem auspicaretur , 26. oct . 1646. Lond. 1647. 70. 76. 83. oct . Censure of M● . A. A. his book of the confusions and revolutions of Government . Lond. 1649. The next year came out a reply to that censure by Anon. De obligatione conscientiae praelectiones decem , Oxonii in Schola Theol. habitae , an . 1647. Lond. 1660. 70. 76. 82. oct . The same in English came out with this title . Several cases of conscience discussed in 10 Lectures at Oxon. Lond. 1660. oct . Published at the instant desire of Rob. Boyle Esq . an encourager of Dr. Sandersons studies in the time of his affliction . Episcopacy ( as established by law in England ) not prejudicial to regal power , &c. Lond. 1661. 73. 83. oct . His judgment for setling the Church , in exact resolutions of sundry grand cases . Oxon. 1663. qu. This is at the end of a book intit . Reason and judgment : or , special remarks of the life of Dr. Sanderson late Bishop of Linc. Reprinted ( I mean His judgment ) at Lond. 1678. oct . Physicae scientiae compendium . Oxon. 1671. oct . Whether ever before printed I know not . His judgment concerning submission to Usurpers . Lond. 1678. oct . Pax Ecclesiae . Lond. 1678. oct . in English . These two with His judgment for setling , &c. before mention'd , and the Oxford reasons , are to be seen in his life printed in oct . Discourse concerning the Church , in these particulars . ( 1 ) concerning the visibility of the true Church . ( 2 ) concerning the Church of Rome , &c. Lond. 1688 in about 5 ●h . in qu. Published by Dr. Will. Assheton of Brasn . Coll. from a Ms . copy which he had from Mr. Josias Pullen of Magd. Hall in Oxon , Domestick Chaplain to the said Bishop at the time of his death . He also had the chief hand in a book intit . Reason● of the University of Oxon against the Covenant , &c. wherein the matters that refer to reason and conscience are his ; yet notwithstanding , tho Dr. Zouch drew up the Law part , the whole goes under his name . He also wrot ( 1 ) The large Preface before a book which he faithfully published out of the original copy , entit . The power communicated by God to the Prince , and the obedience required of the Subjects . Lond. 1660. 1. in qu. there again in 1683 oct . Written by Dr. Jam. Usher Archb. of Armagh ( 2 ) The Preface to a collection of Treatises made by the said Archb. bearing the title of — Clavi Trabales : or , nails fastned by some great Masters of Assemblies , &c published by Nich. Bernard D. D. — Lond. 1661. It consists of several Treatises written by Dr. Usher , Mr. Ric. Hooker , Lanc. Andrews , Adr. Saravia , &c. ( 3 ) Prophecies concerning the return of Popery . Printed in a book intit . Fair warning : the second part . Lond. 1663. and left a fragment of an Answer to Dr. Tho. Baylies Challenge : Which challenge a certain (*) Author calls a piece of transparent Sophistry , as was ever called Demonstration : And tho the weakness and inconsequence of it hath been sufficiently displayed , yet such is the pleasure of some men , that it hath been printed and reprinted with as much assurance , as if not the least notice had been ever taken of it . He also had the chief hand in reviewing the Common Prayer at the Savoy , an . 1661 being one of the Commissioners appointed for that purpose , and was the Author and Writer of several Letters to Dr. Hammond , in Dr. Hammonds works , about those knotty points , which are by the learned called the Quinquarticular controversie . Several Treatises also he had laying by him , which were esteemed by those that had seen them most worthy of publication ; but a little before his death , he caused them to be burnt , least after , they might come out imperfectly for lucre sake . He surrendred up his pious Soul to God on Thursday 29 of January , in sixteen hundred sixty and two , and was buried in the Chancel of his Church at Bugden before mention'd , in the 76 year of his age . Over his grave was soon after a marble stone laid , with an Inscription engraven thereon , made by himself , a Copy of which being printed in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. shall be now omitted , and in its room shall this be said , that whether you consider him in his writings or conversation , from his first book of Logick to his Divinity Lectures , Sermons and other excellent discourses , the vastness of his judgment , the variety of his learning , all laid out for publick benefit , his unparallel'd meekness , humility and constancy , you cannot but confess that the Church of England could not loose a greater pillar , a better man , and more accomplish'd Divine . Pray be pleased to see more of him in a book entit . The life of Dr. Sanderson late Bishop of Lincolne . Lond. 1678. oct . Written by Isaac Walton , and in the book before mention'd , entit . Reason and judgment : or , special remarks , &c. ROBERT VILVAIN a most noted Physician of his time , in the West parts of England , Son of Peter Vilvaine sometimes Steward of the City of Exeter by Anne his Wife , was born in the Parish of Allhallows in Goldsmith-street within the said City , and educated there in Grammar learning . In Lent term 1593 he became a Sojournour of Exeter Coll. aged 18 years , where going through all courses of Scholastical exercise with incredible industry was elected Fellow of that House in 1599 and the year after proceeded in Arts : At which time his genie leading him to the study of medicine , he entred on the Physick line , practised that faculty , and at length ( 1611 ) took both the degrees therein , and resigned his Fellowship . Afterwards he retired to the City of Exeter , practised there , and was much resorted to for his great knowledge and experience in Physick . In his younger years he was esteemed a very good Poet , Orator , and Disputant , and in his elder , as eminent for Divinity as his proper faculty , and might have honoured the World at that time with the issue of his brain , but neglecting so to do for the sake of lucre and practice , gave us nothing but scraps , whimseys and dotages of old age , which are these . Theoremata Theologica : Theological treatises in eight Theses of Divinity , viz. ( 1 ) Production of Mans Soul. ( 2 ) Divine Predestination . ( 3 ) The true Church regiment . ( 4 ) Predictions of Messiah . ( 5 ) Christs two Genealogies . ( 6 ) The revelation revealed . ( 7 ) Christs Millenar reign . ( 8 ) The Worlds dissolution . Lond. 1654. qu. To which are added , Supplements subjoyned , as ( 1 ) A supply concerning Holy-days and Christs birth-days feast . ( 2 ) An addition of Mans Soul. ( 3 ) An Ecclesiastical Polity . ( 4 ) Of Saints eternal raigne . ( 5 ) Of Christs eternal raign . ( 6 ) Several sorts of Essayes ; one of which is an Essay to Mr. Tho. Hobbes concerning his Leviathan . — To these the Author added , A Postscript of all forms — He also wrot A compend of Chronography : containing four thousand thirty years compleat from Adams creation to Christs birth &c. Lond. 1654. in 5. sh . in qu. Enchiridium Epigrammatum Latino-Anglicum . Or an Epitome of Essayes , Englished out of Latine , without elucidat explications ; containing six classes or centuries of ( 1 ) Theologicals . ( 2 ) Historicals , &c. Lond. 1654 in a thick oct . A Fardel of 76 Fragments . Or additional Essayes , which is the seventh classe — Printed with the Enchiridium . He was buried in the choire , on the north side of the high Altar of the Cath. Church in Exeter , in sixteen hundred sixty and two , and soon after had this Epitaph put thereon , the copy of which was sent to me by Rich. Izacke Esq . Chamberlaine and Antiquary of that City . Dormitorium Roberti Vilvaine Medicinae Doctoris , qui obiit Vicesimo primo die Februarii an salut . 1662 aetatis suae 87. He was a liberal benefactor to two Hospitals for poor Children in that City , and in the year 1633 gave 32 l. per an . for four poor Scholars ( each to have 8 l. per an . ) to come from that free School in the said City , founded by Hugh Crossing Esq . ( sometimes twice Mayor thereof ) to Exeter Coll , or any place else in Oxon , either Coll. or Hall. THOMAS BAYLIE a Wiltshire Man born , was entred either a Servitour or Batler of S. Albans Hall in Mich. term , 1600 ( 43. Elizab. ) aged 18 years , elected Demie of Magd. Coll. in 1602 , and perpetual Fellow of that House 1611 , he being then Master of Arts. Afterwards he became Rector of Maningford Crucis near to Marlborough in his own Country , and in 1621 was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , at which time , and after , he was zealously inclin'd to the puritanical party . At length upon the change of the times in 1641 siding openly with them , he took the Covenant , was made one of the Assemb . of Divines , and soon after had , for the love he bore to the righteous cause , the rich Rectory of Mildenhall in his own Country ( then belonging to Dr. Geor. Morley a Royalist ) confer'd upon him . Where being setled , he preached up the tenets held by the Fifth-monarchy-men , he being by that time one himself , and afterwards became a busie Man in ejecting such that were then ( 1654 and after ) called ignorant and scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters . He hath written , De merito mortis Christi , & modo conversionis , diatribae duo . Oxon. 1626. qu. Concio ad clerum habita in Templo B. Mariae Oxon , 5. Jul. 1622. in Jud. ver . xi . printed with the former . He hath also , as I have been informed , one or more English Sermons extant , but such I have not yet seen . After the restoration of his Majesty , he was turned out from Mildenhall ; and dying at Marlborough , in sixteen hundred sixty and three , was buried in the Church of S. Peter there , on the 27 day of March the same year : Whereupon his Conventicle at that place , was carried on by another Brother as zealous as himself . WILLIAM JAMES , or Jamesius as he writes himself , Son of Hen. James , ( by Barbara his Wife Daugh. of Will. Sutton , mention'd in the first Vol. p. 494. ) and he the Son of one James Citizen and Alderman of Bristow , was born at Mahone in Monmouthshire , educated in his first years of knowledge at Blandford Forum in Dorsetshire under his Uncle Will. Sutton , Son of the before mentioned Will. Sutton ; and being extraordinary rath ripe , and of a prodigious memory , was entred into his Accedence at five years of age . In 1646 he was elected a Kings Scholar of the Coll. at Westminster , where making marvellous proficiency under Mr. Busbye his most loving Master in the School there , was elected thence a Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1650. Before he had taken one degree in Arts , his Master made him his Assistant in the said School , and upon the removal of Adam Littleton into Edw. Bagshaw's place , he was made Usher and at length second Master . This Person while he was very young ( about 16 years of age ) wrot and published . ' ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ' in Linguam Chaldaeam . In usum Scholae Westmonast . Lond. 1651 in 6 sheets or more in oct . Dedic . to Mr. Rich. Busby his Tutor , Parent , and Patron ; and also had a chief hand in the English introduction to the Lat. Tongue , for the use of the lower forms in Westm . School — Lond. 1659. oct . He died in the prime of his years , to the great reluctancy of all that knew his admirable parts , on the third day of July , in sixteen hundred sixty and three , and was buried at the West end of S. Peters , called the Abbey Church in Westminster , near the lowest door , going into the Cloister . WILLIAM HAYWOOD a most excellent preacher of his time , was born ( being a Coopers Son of Ballance street ) in the City of Bristow , elected Scholar of S. Johns Coll. by the endeavours of John Whitson Alderman of that City ( an encourager of his studies ) an . 1616 aged 16 years , and was soon after made Fellow of that House . Dr. Laud had a respect for him and his learning , made him one of his Domestick Chaplains , Chaplain in Ord. to K. Ch. 1 , and in 1636 he was by his endeavours actually created D. of D. About that time he became Vicar of the Church of S. Giles in Fields near London , and in 1638 he was made Canon of the eleventh stall in the Collegiat Church at Westminster , in the room of Gabr. Grant deceased . But this Person being esteemed by the Puritan (*) a Licenser of Popish books , a purger of orthodox passages against Popery , Papists , Arminianisme , a great creature of Dr. Laud , and a practicer of Popish ceremonies , he was , in the beginning of the rebellion , thrown out of his Vicaridge upon the Petition and Articles (†) exhibited against him in the Long Parliament by his Parishioners , ●as imprison'd in the Compter , Ely house , and in the Ships , forced to fly , and his Wife and Children turned out of doors . At length being reduced to great want , he was forced to keep a private School in Wiltshire , under , and in the name of , his Son John , afterwards Fellow of Oriel Coll. At length upon the return of K. Ch. 2. he was restored to his Vicaridge , Canonry , and other preferments which he before had lost , enjoying them in quietness to his dying day . He hath extant , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Two Sermons preached in the Parish Ch. of S. Giles in the Fields by way of preparative upon the articles of the Creed . The first is on 1. Cor. 13.13 . and the other on Heb. 11.6 . Lond. 1642. qu. Out of which were some of the Articles framed against , charging , him , as guilty of Arminianisme . ( 2 ) Sermon tending to Peace : preached before his Maj. at Newport in the Isle of Wight , during the time of the Treaty , on Rom. 12.18 . Lond. 1648. qu. ( 3 ) Funeral Sermon prepared to be preached at the funeral of Walt. Norbane Esq . at Calne in Wilts , 13. Apr. 1659 , on Rom. 6.5 . Lond. 1660. qu. He hath also printed a Serm. on Rom. 5.5 . — Lond. 1660. qu. and another on Acts 23.5 . — Lond. 1663. qu. But these two I have not yet seen . Others also go from hand to hand in Ms , and , as I remember , I have seen one or two in Dr. Barlowes Library . He the said Dr. Haywood was buried in the Collegiat Church of S. Peter at Westminster , near to the bottom of the stairs leading up to the Pulpit , on the 17 day of July in sixteen hundred sixty and three , leaving then behind him the character of an excellent Tutor while he was Fellow of S. Johns Coll , a general Scholar , and a meek man in temper and conversation . Near to his grave was his beloved Son John Haywood Master of Arts before mention'd , ( who died 22. of Feb. following ) buried . WILLIAM CREED Son of Joh. Creed , wan born in the Parish of S. Laurence within the borough of Reading in Berks , elected Scholar of S. Johns Coll. in 1631 age 16 years or thereabouts , made the Senior Quadragesimal Collector when Bach. of Arts , being then Fellow of that College . Afterwards he proceeded in his faculty , entred into the sacred function , and became an eloquent Preacher . In the beginning of the rebellion he adheer'd to the cause of his Majesty , and in 1644 he was elected to , and executed the procuratorial office of this University . Two years after he was actually created Bach. of Div. for the Sermons he had preached at Oxon before the King and Parliament , and in the time of Usurpation he became Rector of East-Codeford or Codeford S. Marie in Wiltshire . In the month of June 1660 , ( his Majesty K. Ch. 2. being then restored ) he was made the Kings Professor of Div. in this University , in the beginning of July following Archdeacon of Wilts , in the place of Tho. Leach some years before deceased , and on the 13 of Sept. the same year Prebendary of Lyme and Halstock in the Church of Salisbury . He was a defender of the Church of England in the worst of times , was a good Schoolman , Divine and a noted Disputant . He hath written , The Refuter refuted : or Dr. Hen. Hammonds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 defended against the impertinent cavils of Mr. Hen. Jeanes . Lond. 1659-60 . qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Judah's purging of the melting pot ; an Assize Sermon at Salisbury on Isay 1.25.26 . Lond. 1660. qu. ( 2 ) Judah's return to their Allegiance , &c. on 2. Sam. 19.14.15 . Lond. 1660. qu. &c. He gave way to fate in his lodgings at Ch. Ch. in Oxon ( of which Ch. he was Canon as being Reg. Prof. of Div. ) on the 19 of July in sixteen hundred sixty and three , and was buried with solemnity in the next North Isle joyning to the choire of the said Cathedral , near to the reliques of Democritus Junior , being then accompanied to his grave by all the Degrees of the University . See his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 287. a. In his Archdeaconry of Wilts . succeeded Thom. Henchman very nearly related ( if not Son ) to Dr. Henchman Bishop of Sarum , in the beginning of Aug. the same year , and in his Professorship of Divinity Dr. Rich. Allestrie Canon of Ch. Ch. GEORGE KENDALL received his first being in this world at Cofton in the Parish of Dawlish or Dulish near to the City of Exeter in Devonshire , educated in Grammar learning in the said City , where his Father George Kendall Gent , mostly lived , was entred a Sojournour of Exeter Coll. in Lent term 1626 , and was made Prob. Fellow in the fourth year following , being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards by indefatigable industry he became a most noted Philosopher and Theologist , a Disciple and Admirer of Prideaux and his Doctrine , and as great an enemy to Arminius and Socinus as any . At the change of the times in 1642 , being then Bach. of Div , he closed with the Presbyterians then dominant , ( notwithstanding the King that year , to mitigate his discontent had zealously recommended him to the Society , to be elected Rector of Exeter Coll. on the promotion of Prideaux to the See of Worcester ) and about 1647 he became Rector of Blissland near to Bodmin in Cornwall . But being eagerly bent against that notorious Independent John Goodwin , left that Rectory some years after , and obtained the Ministry of a Church in Gracious-street in London , purposely that he might be in a better capacity to oppose him and his Doctrine . In 1654 he proceeded D. of D. and upon the restoration of K. Ch. 2. he left London , and became Rector of Kenton near Exeter , which he kept till the Act of conformity was published in 1662 , at which time giving it up , he retired to his House at Cofton , where he spent the short remainder of his days in a retired condition . His works are these . Collirium : or , an ointment to open the eyes of the poor Caviliers — This Pamphlet which I have not yet seen was published after the Cavaliers had been defeated in the West by the Forces belonging to the Parliament . Vindication of the doctrine commonly received in Churches concerning Gods intentions of special grace and favour to his elect in the death of Christ . Lond. 1653. fol. Of Christs prerogative power , prescience , providence &c. from the attempts lately made against them by Mr. John Goodwin in his book entit . Redemption redeemed . Digressions concerning the impossibility of Faiths being an instrument of justification , &c. — These two last things are printed with the Vindication of the doctrine , &c. Sancti Sanciti : or , the common doctrine of the perseverance of the Saints : as who are kept by the power of God through faith unto Salvation ; vindicated from the attempts lately made against it by John Goodwin in his book entit . Redemp . redeemed . Lond. 1654. fol. This book is animadverted upon by the said John Goodwin in his Triumviri : or the Genius , Spirit and deportment of three men , Mr. Rich. Resbury , Mr. John Pawson and Mr. George Kendall in their late writings against the free grace of God in the redemption of the world , &c. A fescu for a Horn-book : or , an Apologie for University learning as necessary to Country preachers : Being an answer to Mr. Hornes (*) books wherein he gores all University learning — Printed in fol. with Sancti Sanciti before mention'd . Fur pro Tribunali . Examen Dialogismi cui inscribitur Fur praedestinatus . Oxon. 1657. oct . De doctrina Neopelagiana . Oratio habita in Comitiis Oxon. 9. Jul. 1654. Twissii vita & victoria . De scientia media brevicola dissertatio in qua Twissii nomen à calumnis Francisci Annati Jesuitae vindicatur . Dissertatiuncula de novis actibus sint ne Deo ascribendi ? These three last things are printed and go with Fur pro Tribunali . At length after a great deal of restless agitation carried on for the cause , our Author died at Cofton before mention'd , on the 19 day of August in sixteen hundred sixty and three , and was buried in the Chappel joyning to his house there , leaving then behind him the character of a Person well read in Polemical Divinity , the character also of a ready Disputant , a noted Preacher , a zealous and forward Presbyterian , but hot-headed and many times freakish . I shall make mention of another George Kendall by and by . NICHOLAS CLAGETT was born within the City of Canterbury , entred a Student of Merton Coll. in the beginning of the year 1628 , took one degree in Arts , went afterwards to Magd. Hall , and as a member of that House took the degree of Master of that faculty , being then esteemed by the generality thereof a very able Moderator in Philosophy . Afterwards , at two years standing in that degree , he became Vicar of Melbourne in Derbyshire , and some years after Rector of S. Maries Church at S. Edmonds-bury in Suffolk , where he was held in great veneration by the precise party for his edifying way of preaching , and for his singular piety . He hath written , The abuses of Gods grace , discovered in the kinds , causes , &c. proposed as a seasonable check to the wanton libertisme of the present age . Oxon. 1659. qu. He paid his last debt to nature on the twelfth day of Sept. in sixteen hundred sixty and three , aged 56 years , or thereabouts , and was buried in the Chancel of S. Maries Church before mentioned . He left behind him a Son named William Clagett educated in Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge ( of which Univ. he was Doct. of Divinity ) afterwards Preacher to the honourable Society of Greys inn , Chaplain in Ord. to his Majesty , and Lecturer of S. Mich. Basinghaugh . This Person who died at London in the beginning of the year ( latter end of March ) 1688 , hath published several things , as ( 1 ) A discourse concerning the operations of the holy spirit : with a confutation of some part of Dr. Owens book upon that subject . In three parts . In the second part of which , is An answer to Mr. Jo. Humphreys animadversions on the first part . ( 2 ) Notion of Idolatry considered and confuted . Lond. 1688. &c. Another Son also he left behind him named Nich. Claget M. of Arts who is now , or at least was lately Preacher at S Maries in S. Edm. Bury before mentioned , Author of a Serm. intit . A perswasive to peaceableness and obedience , &c. Lond. 1683. qu. and of another preached at S. Edm. Bury before William Bishop of Norwich , &c. 4. May 1686. &c. JOB ROYS Son of a Father of both his names a Scrivener of London , and he the Son of another Job of Lubenham in Leycestershire , was born in the County of Middlesex , in the Parish , as it seems , of S. Giles Cripplegate , an . 1631 , educated partly in the Free-school at Abendon in Berks , ( founded by John Royse 1563 ) became a Student in Pembroke Coll. 1650 , and soon after was elected one of the Postmasters of Mert. Coll. where continuing under the tuition of a severe Presbyterian , became well qualified with the spirit , took one degree in Arts , an . 1655 , left the Coll. soon after , and retiring to the great City , became a puling Levite among the Brethren , for whose sake , and at their instance , he wrot and published , The spirits Touchstone : or , the teaching of Christs spirit on the hearts of Believers ; being a clear discovery how a man may certainly know , whether he be really taught by the spirit of God , &c. Lond. 1657 in a pretty thick octavo . What other books he published besides this , ( which was esteemed an inconsiderable canting piece ) I know not , nor any thing else of the Author , only that first , if you had set aside his practical Divinity , you would have found him a simple , shiftless and ridiculous Person , and secondly that dying in sixteen hundred sixty and three , was buried in some Church in , or near , London ; being then weary of the change of the times , and the wickedness , forsooth , that followed . DAVID JENKYNS received his first being in this world at Hensol in the Parish of Pendeylwyn called by some Pendoylon in Glamorganshire , became a Commoner of S. Emunds Hall in the year 1597 , at which time several Welshmen were Students there . After he had taken one degree in Arts he retired to Greys-Inn , studied the Common Law , and , when Barrester , was resorted to by many for his Counsel . In the first of Car. 1. he being then a Bencher , was elected Summer Reader , but refused to read . Afterwards he was made one of the Judges for South Wales , continued in that office till the Rebellion broke out , at which time he either imprison'd divers persons in his Circuit , or condemn'd them to dye , as being guilty of High Treason for bearing Arms against the King. At length being taken Prisoner at Hereford , when that City was surprized by the Parliament Forces in Decemb. 1645 , he was hurried up to London , and committed Prisoner to the Tower. Afterwards being brought to the barr in Chancery , he denied the Authority of that Court because their Seal was counterfeited , and so consequently the Commissioners thereof were constituted against Law : whereupon being committed to Newgate prison , he was impeached of Treason and brought to the barr of the Commons house ; but denying their Authority , and refusing to kneel , was for his contempt fined 1000 l. and remitted to his prison , and thence translated to Wallingford Castle . About that time he used his utmost endeavours to set the Parliament and Army at odds , thereby to promote the Kings Cause , but it did not take effect according to his desire . Afterwards passed an Act for his Tryal in the High Court of Justice , an . 1650 , so that our Author Jenkyns thinking of nothing but hanging , was resolved if it should come to pass , to suffer with the Bible under one Arm and Magna Charta ( of which he was a zealous defender ) under the other . But Harry Marten ( as 't is said ) urging to his Fellows that sanguis martyrum est semen ecclesiae , and that that way of proceeding would do them mischief , they thought good not to take away his life . Afterwards he was sent to Windsore Castle , where remaining till the month of January an . 1656 , was set at liberty , and then lived for a time in Oxon , where he became a constant Auditor of the Sermons of Dr. Edw. Hyde at Halywell , ( then lately ejected from his Rectory of Brightwell near Wallingford ) to whom all the loyal party of that City flocked to hear his Doctrine . After the Restoration of K. Ch. 2. 't was expected by all that he should be made one of the Judges in Westminster Hall , and so he might have been , would he have given money to the then Lord Chancellour ; but our Author scorning such an act after all his Sufferings , he retired to his Estate in Glamorganshire , then restored to him after the loss of it , and all he had , for many years . He was a person of great abilities in his profession , and his counsel was often used by Sir Jo. Banks and Will. Noy in their Attorneyships . He was also a vigorous maintainer of the Rights of the Crown , a heart of oke , and a pillar of the Law ; sole Author of his Sovereigns Rights , Englands Laws , and the Peoples Liberties when they were invaded and trampled under feet by restless and base men . His Writings are these , His Recantation ( or rather protestation ) delivered at Westm . 10 Apr. 1647. to Mil. Corbet the Chairman of the Committee for Examination . — Printed in a half a sheet . Vindication while he was Prisoner in the Tower , 29 Apr. 1647. — Pr. in 1 sh . in qu. This , when published , was referred to a Committee of Complaints , who ordered that the Printer and Publisher thereof should be tried at the Kings Bench. The Armies indemnity ; with a declaration shewing how every Subject of England ought to be tried for Treason , &c. — Written 10 June 1647. Sundry Acts of Parliament mentioned and cited in the Armies indemnity , set forth in words at large . — Pr. 1647. qu. Apologie for the Army , touching the eight Queries upon the late Declarations and Letters from the Army , touching Sedition falsly charged upon them . — Pr. 1647. quart . Discourse touching the inconveniences of a long continued Parliament , and the judgment of the law of the Land in that behalf . Lond. 1647. in one sh . and half in quart . Cordial for the good people of London : in a reply to a thing called An answer to the poysonous seditious paper of Dav. Jenkyns . By H. P. Barrester of Linc. Inn. — Pr. 1647 in 3 sh . in qu. See more in Hen. Parker among these Writers under the year 1657. His Plea delivered to the Earl of Manchester , and the Speaker of the H. of Commons sitting in the Chancery at Westminster , 14 Feb. 1647. — Pr. in one sh . in quar . Answer to the imputation put upon his Plea in Chancery , in Feb. 1647. — Pr. in one sh . in qu. Remonstrance to the Lords and Com. of the two Houses of Parliament , 21 Feb. 1647. — Pr. in one sh . in qu. Lex terrae , the Law of the Land. — To which are added some seeming Objections of Mr. Will. Prynne scatter'd in divers books , answer'd , and the truth thereof more fully cleared . All which little things before mention'd ( in number eleven ) were printed together at Lond. 1648 in twelves , and went by the name of Judge Jenkyns his works . They were also published there again in the same vol. in 1681 , at what time the said works were esteemed very seasonable to be perused by all such as would not be deluded by the unparallel'd arbitrary Proceedings and seditious Pamphlets of that licentious and ungrateful time . They were also printed again two years after that time in tw . Before the said Editions is his picture to the life , and underneath these Verses made by Joh. Birkenhead . Here Jenkyns stands , who thundring from the Tower , Shooke the Senats legislative Power : Six of whose words , twelve reams of Votes exceed , As Mountains mov'd by graines of Mustard seed . Thus gasping Laws were rescued from the snare , He that will save a Crown must know and dare . Preparative to the Treaty ( with the King ) tendered to the Parliament , Ass . of Divines , and Treaters , &c. — Pr. 1648. His Declaration while Prisoner in the Tower , 17 March 1647. Pacis consultum . The antiquity , extent and practice of several Country Corporation Courts , especially the Court Leet : with an abstract of the penal Statutes . Lond. 1657. oct . Published under Dav. Jenkyns his name , but disowned and disclaimed by him . Exact method for keeping a Court of Survey for the setting forth and bounding of Mannours , &c. Lond. 1657. This also was disowned by him . Difficult questions in Law proposed and resolved . — Printed with the Exact method , and disowned also . Rerum judicatarum centuriae octo . Lond. 1661. fol. in English . A proposition for the safety of the King and Kingdom both in Church and State , and prevention of the common Enemy . Lond. 1667. in tw . 2 edit . A Reply to the pretended Answer to it . — Printed with the former . I have seen a little thing intit . Conscientious Queries from Mr. Jenkyns : or , the grounds of his late Petition and Submission to the present power , an . 1651. Printed 1679. But this Jenkyns must be understood to be the same with Will. Jenkyns a Presbyterian Minister of London , one of Christop . Love's Plot for bringing in K. Ch. 2. from Scotland . Judge Jenkyns dyed at Cowbridge in Glamorganshire , on the sixth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and three , aged 81 or more , and was buried at the west end of the Church there . He died as he lived , preaching with his last breath to his Relations , and those that were about him , Loyalty to his Majesty , and Obedience to the Laws of the Land. CHARLES POTTER Son of Dr. Christop . Potter Provost of Queens College , was born in the Parish of S. Peter in the East in Oxon , became Student of Ch. Ch. in 1647 , aged 14 years , took one degree in Arts in 1649 , and was that year made the senior quadragesimal Collector . Soon after was published under his name , his Theses Quadragesimales in scholis Oxoniae publicis pro forma discussae , an . 1649 / 50. Oxon. 1651. in tw . Afterwards he took the degree of Master of Arts , travelled beyond the seas , became for a time a Retainer to Mr. Crofts , known soon after by the name of James Duke of Monmouth . , and at length , after he had changed his Religion for that of Rome , was made one of the Ushers to Henrietta Maria the Qu. Mother of England . He died in his Lodgings in Dukestreet near the Strand , in the middle of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and three , and was buried in the Church of S. Paul in Covent Garden , within the Liberty of Westminster , near to the grave of his great Uncle Dr. Barnab . Potter sometimes Bishop of Carlile . While the said Ch. Potter was an Undergraduat of Ch. Ch , Tho. Severne M. A. and Student thereof ( Son of Joh. Severne of Broadway , afterwards of Powick in Woocestershire ) was his Tutor , and wrot and composed the said Theses Quadragesimales , and therefore he ( who is now living at Worcester ) is to be taken for the Author of that book , much commended when it was first published . JOHN HULETT Son of Silvester Hul. Gent. was born in London , entred a Commoner in New Inn in the beginning of 1627 , aged 20 , took the degrees in Arts , afterwards travelled into several parts of the World , particularly into Russia and Muscovia , and improved himself in several sorts of Learning , especially in Geography and Mathematicks . After his return he setled in Oxon , taught Scholars those Arts , and became a useful person in his generation . He hath written and published , Several Ephemerides . Description and use of the Quadrant Quadrat Nocturnal . Printed several times in octav . He died in his Lodgings in Catstreet on the 21 day of December in sixteen hundred sixty and three , and was buried in the Church of S. Peter in the East within the City of Oxford ; leaving then behind several written Specimens of his profession , which without doubt might be useful if made extant . JOHN TOY Son of Joh. Toy was born and bred in Grammar Learning within the City of Worcester , became either a Servitor or Batler of Pembroke Coll. in 1627 , aged 16 years , took one degree in Arts , entred into Orders , and became Chaplain to the Bishop of Hereford ; under which title he took the degree of Master of Arts in 1634. Afterwards he was made Master of the Free , then of the Kings , School within the place of his nativity : which last he kept for 20 years space , and furnished the Universities with several hopeful youths . He hath written and published , Worcesters Elegie and Eulogie . Lond. 1638. quar . a Poem . Before which , Will. Rowland the Poet ( mentioned among these Writers under the year 1659. ) hath two Lat. Copies of Verses . Quisquiliae poeticae tyrunculis in re metrica non inutilis . Lond. 1662. oct . Fun. Serm. on Mrs. .... Tomkyns , on Job . 14.14 . — Printed 1642. qu. And whether he was Author of Grammatices Graecae Enchiridion in usum scholae Collegialis Wigooniae . Lond. 1650. oct . I know not yet to the contrary . He gave up the ghost on the 28 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and three , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Worcester . Over his grave was a Mon. soon after put , with an Inscription thereon , wherein he is stiled Vir ingenii perpoliti , industriae indefessae , eruditionis singularis , eximiae morum sanctitatis , vitae integer , pubis constituendae scientissimus , pietate , fide , modestia , gravitate , nullâque non virtute spectabilis , &c. WILLIAM PAGE received his first breath in the Parish of Harrow on the Hill in Middlesex , applied his mind to Academical Studies in Ball. Coll. in Mich. term 1606 , aged 16 , took the degrees in Arts , and in the year 1619 was elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. Afterwards , by the favour of Dr. Laud Bishop of London , he succeeded Dr. Joh. Denison in the Rectory of the Free-school at Reading , and about the same time was presented by the Society of the said Coll. to the Rectory of East Lockyng near to Wantage in Berks , which he kept to the time of his death , but his School not , for he was sequestred of it by the Committee of Parliament in 1644. In the year 1●34 he proceeded Doctor of Divinity , at which time and after , he was esteemed well vers'd in the Greek Fathers , a good Preacher and Disputant . He hath written , A Treatise of justification of bowing at the name of Jesus , by way of answer to an Appendix against it . Oxon. 1631. qu. An examination of such considerable reasons as are made by Mr. Prynne in a reply to Mr. Widdowes concerning the same Argument — Printed with the former . Of which Treatise , or Treatises , I find in a letter (a) written by Will. Baker ( Secretary to Dr. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury ) directed to the Author Page , these passages following — Good Mr. Page , my Lord of Canterbury is informed that you are publishing a Treatise touching the question of Bowing at the name of Jesus ; an Argument wherein Mr. Giles Widdowes foolishly and Mr. W. Prynne scurrilously have already to the scandal and disquiet of the Church exercised their pens . His Grace hath formerly shewed his dislike of them both , and hearing that you take up the bucklers in a theam of so small necessity , and of so great heat and distemper , which will draw a new Reply ( for Prynne will not sit down as an idle spectator ) and beget bitterness and intestine Contestations at home among our selves , he is much offended that you do stickle and keep on foot such questions , which may be better sopited and silenced than maintained and drawn into sidings and partakings . And therefore I am wished to advise you to withdraw your self from these or the like domestick broyles ; and if your Treatise be at the press , to gve it a stop , and by no means suffer it to be divulged , &c. This Letter being written at Lambeth 31 May 1632 , the Contents thereof flew to Fulham , where finding Dr. Laud B. of London , he wrot this following (b) Letter to the Vicechanc. of the Univ. of Oxon dated 22 June following , Sir , these are to pray and require you in his Majesties name that a book lately printed at Oxon , and made by Mr. Page of Allsoules College be presently set to sale and published . It is , as I am informed , in defence of the Canon of the Church , about bowing at the name of Jesus , and modestly and well written . And his Majesty likes not that a Book boldly and ignorantly written by Mr. Prynne against the Church , should take place as the Churches opinion against her self , or as unable to be answer'd by the Church , &c. What else our Author Page hath written are , Certain Animadversions upon some passages in a Tract concerning Schisme and Schismatiques , &c. Oxon 1642. qu. Which Tract was written by J. Hales of Eaton . The Peace-maker : or , a brief motive to Unity and Charity in Religion . Lond. 1652. in 16o. He hath also published a Serm. on 1 Tim. 5.3.4.5 . — Printed in qu. which I have not yet seen ; and also translated from Lat. into Engl. Tho. à Kempis his Treatise De imitatione Christi , in 4 books . — Oxon. 1639. in tw . Before which Translation ( by him amended and corrected ) he hath set a large Epistle to the Reader . This Dr. Page departed this mortal life in the Parsonoge-house of Lockyng before mentioned on the 24 of Febr. ( being then Ashwednesday ) in sixteen hundred sixty and three , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , as I have been informed by Mr. George Ashwell , who had the care of his Library and Interment committed to him . See more in Dr. Sam. Page under the year 1630. pag. 467. SAMUEL SMITH a Ministers Son , was born in Worcestershire , entred a Batler of S. Maries Hall in the beginning of 1603 ( 1 Jac. 1. ) aged 15 , left the University without a degree , became beneficed at Prettlewell in Essex , and afterwards , about the beginning of K. Ch. 1. in his own Country ; where continuing till the Rebellion began in 1642 , did then , or the year following retire to London for shelter , sided with the Presbyterians and became a frequent Preacher among them . Afterwards he returned to his Cure , had another confer'd on him in Shropshire , was an Assistant to the Commissioners of that County for the ejection of such whom they called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters , lived after his Majesties Restoration , and soon after was , as I have been informed , silenced . His works , which are mostly Sermons , are these . Davids blessed man : or , a short Exposition upon the first Psalme , &c. Lond. in oct . Printed the tenth time in 1638. and the fifteenth time in 1686. in tw . Davids repentance : or , a plain and familiar Exposition of the 51 Psalme , &c. Lond. 1618. 19. in tw . &c. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Joseph and his Mistris , &c. in 5 Sermons on Gen. 39.7.8.9 . &c. Lond. 1619. octavo . ( 2 ) Noahs dove : or , tydings of peace to the godly , fun . sermon on Psal . 37. ver . 37. Lond. 1619. oct . ( 3 ) Christs preparation to his own death , in three sermons on Luke 22.39.40.41 . Lond. 1620. oct . ( 4 ) Christs last Supper : or , the doctrine of the Sacrament , &c. in 5 sermons on 1 Cor. 11.28.29 . Lond. 1620. oct . ( 5 ) A christian taske , sermon at the Funeral of Mr. John Lawson Gent. at Prettlewell in Essex , 28 Dec. 1619 , on Psal . 90.12 . Lond. 1620. oct . ( 6 ) The great Assize : or the day of Jubilee ; in which we must make a general accompt of all our actions before Almighty ; in four sermons on the 20 Chapter of the Revel . &c. — Printed at Lond. one and thirty times , the last impression of which was an . 1684. octavo . At the end are Prayers to be said privately by single persons . ( 7 ) A fold for Christs sheep , in two sermons upon the first Chapt. of the Canticles , ver . 7.8 . — Printed two and thirty times ; the last impression of which was at Lond. 1684. oct . ( 8 ) The Ethiopian Eunuchs Conversion , the sum of 30 sermons upon part of the 8 Chapter of the Acts. Lond. 1632. oct . The Christians guide , with rules and directions for leading an holy life . As meditations and prayers suitable to all occasions — Printed several times in tw . The chief Sheppard : or , an exposition on the 23 Psal . Lond. 1625. oct . The admirable Convert : or , the miraculous conversion of the Thief on the Cross , &c. Lond. 1632. oct . Moses his prayer : or , an exposition of the 19 Psal . &c. Lond. 1656. oct . Looking-glass for Saints and Sinners : or , an exposition on the 2 Epist . of S. John. Lond. 1663. oct . He hath written other things which I have not yet seen , and was living an aged man near Dudley in Worcestershire , in sixteen hundred sixty and three . I have made mention of another Sam. Smith under the year 1620 , who was first of Magd. Hall and afterwards of Magd. Coll. and shall of a third , sometimes of S. Johns Coll. ( now living ) when his turn comes . EDWARD REYNELL a Cadet of the antient and gentile family of his name living at West Ogwell near to Newton Busshel in Devonshire , was admitted to the Fellows Table of Exeter Coll. 30 May 1629 , aged 17 years or thereabouts ; where continuing under the tuition of a noted Tutor till July 1632 , went ( as it seems ) to one of the Temples at London , and was at length made Barrister . But his genie being inclin'd more towards Divinity , he published these matters following in prose . Eugenia's tears for Gr. Britaines glory : or , Observations reflecting on these sad times . Lond. 1642. Advice concerning Libertinism ; shewing the great danger thereof , and exhorting all to zeal of the truth . Lond. 1659. in tw . Celestial amities : or , Soul sighing for the love of her Saviour . Lond. 1660. oct . The benefit of Afflictions . — Printed with Celest . amities , &c. Whether he hath written other things I know not , nor any thing else , only that he was a reserved and precise person , and dying at West-Ogwell after his Majesties Return ( about 1663. ) was buried there . I have sent once or more to his Nephew at West-Ogwell , and I have spoken several times to his Kinsman Dr. George Reynell lately Fellow of C. C. Coll. to have farther information of the said Edw. Reynell , but they like nice and capricious people desire that his name may be forgotten , and what he hath done may sink in the pit of oblivion . Such like Answers ▪ I have received from poor-spirited persons upon my enquiry after other Writers . ISAAC AMBROSE a Ministers Son , descended from those of his name living at Lowick , and they from the Ambroses antiently living at Ambrose Hall in Lancashire , was born in that County , became a Batler of Bras . Coll. in the beginning of the year 1621 , aged 17 years , took one degree in Arts , holy Orders , had some little Cure in his own Country confer'd on him , and afterwards relief from William Earl of Bedford , ( whereby he and his family were refreshed ) who caused him also , if I mistake not , to be put into the list of his Majesties Preachers appointed for the County of Lancaster . Afterwards , upon the change of the times in 1641 , he sided with the Presbyterians then dominant , took the Covenant , became a Preacher of the Gospel at Garstang , and afterwards at Preston in Amounderness , in his own Country , a zealous man for carrying on the beloved cause , and active against the orthodox Clergy when he was appointed an Assistant to the Commissioners for the ejecting of such whom they then ( 1654. 2 Oliv. Protect . ) called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters . He hath written , Prima , media , & ultima : or , the first , middle and last things ; wherein is set forth , 1. The Doctrine of Regeneration , or the new birth . 2. The practice of Sanctification , in the means , duties , ordinances , both private and publick , for continuance and increase of a godly life . 3. Certain Meditations of mans misery , in his life , death , judgment and execution : as also of Gods mercy in our redemption and salvation . — The Prima and Ultima were printed at Lond. in 1640. qu. sometimes bound in two vol. sometimes in one . The Media is chiefly taken out of the most eminently pious and learned Writings of our native practical Divines , with additions added to them of Ambrose's Composition . It was first printed at Lond. ( with his Prima and Ultima ) 1650. qu. The Authors whom he doth abridge in the said Media , are mostly Separatists , and 't is licensed by Mr. Charles Herle , and recommended to the world by John Angier , Thom. Johnson , and Joh. Waite B. D. in their respective Epistles before it . At length all three were printed at London in a large fol. 1674. with the Authors picture before them , aged 59 years , an . 1663 , reprinted 1682. and 89. fol. Redeeming the time ; serm . on Ephes . 5.16 . Lond. 1658. qu. Looking unto Jesus . A view of the everlasting Gospel , or the Souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation . Lond. 1658. qu. Printed with the former . In the penning of which , he took most delight , as being a subject , as he complains , almost wholly neglected by all others . Warre with Devils , Ministration of , and Communion with , Angells . — Printed also with the former . At the end of this Treatise , are subjoined two Letters , the first written by Rich. Baxter , dat . at Lond. 29 Nov. 1661. and the other by Will. Cole , dat . at Preston 8 Oct. 1661. He hath also a Sermon extant , preached at the funeral of the Lady Houghton , which I have not yet seen , nor others . He died suddenly , of an Apoplexy , as I have heard , but when , I know not . JAMES HEATH Son of Rob. Heath the Kings Cutler , living in the Strand leading from London to Westminster , was born , I presume , there , educated in Westminster School , became a Student of Ch. Ch. in Mich. Term 1646 , aged 17 , ejected thence by the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 , lived afterwards upon his Patrimony , and adhered to K. Ch. 2. in his Exile till it was almost spent , and then married , which hindred his restoration to his Students place in 1660. About that time having several Children , he was forced to write books and correct the Press for bread to maintain them . He was a good School-scholar , had a command of his Engl. and Lat. pen , but wanted a head for a Chronologer , and was esteemed by some a tolerable Poet. He hath communicated to the World , A brief Chronicle of the late intestine War in the three Kingdoms of England , Scotland and Ireland , &c. Lond. 1661. oct . enlarged by the Author and compleated from 1637 to 1663 , in four parts . — Lond. 1663. in a thick octavo . Some Copies have in them the pictures of the most eminent Soldiers in the said War , which makes the book valued the more by some Novices . But this Chronicle being mostly compiled from lying Pamphlets , and all sorts of News-books , are innumerable Errors therein , especially as to name and time , things chiefly required in History . To this Chronicle is added a Continuation from the end of 1662 to 1675. by Joh. Philipps ( Nephew by the Mother to Joh. Milton . ) — Lond. 1676. fol. Which Continuation is mostly made up from Gazets . Another Edit . is continued to 1691. Elegy upon Dr. Tho. Fuller , that most incomparable Writer , who deceased 15 of Aug. 1661. Lond. 1661. on one side of a sheet . This Dr. Th. Fuller was Author of The Ch. Hist . from the time of Christ till the year 1648 , and and of divers other things . The glories and magnificent triumphs of the blessed restitution of K. Ch. 2. from his arrival in Holland 1659 till this present , &c. Lond. 1662. in a large oct . It reaches to the month of May 1661 , and hath added to it the names of the then Companions of the Order of the Ga●ter , the Nobility , Archb. and Bishops , Judges , Baronets , and the Marriage of Catherina of Portugal to K. Ch. 2. and their noble reception by the City of Lond. by water from Hampton Court to their Landing at Whitehall 23 Aug. 1662. Flagellum : or , the Life and Death , Birth and Burial of Ol. Cromwell the late Usurper . Lond. 1663. The third Edit . came out with additions at Lond. 1665. all in oct . Elegy ( with Epitaph ) on the much lamented death of Dr. Sanderson late L. Bishop of Lincolne , who deceased in the latter end of Jan. 1662. Lond. 1663. on one side of a sh . of paper . A new book of Loyal English Martyrs and Confessors , who have endured the pains and terrors of death , arraignment , &c. for the maintenance of the just and legal Government of these Kingdoms both in Church and State. Lond. 1663. in tw . Brief but exact survey of the Affairs of the United Netherlands , comprehending more fully than any thing yet extant , all the particulars of that Subject , &c. Printed in tw . but when I know not , for I have not yet seen it . He died of a Consumption and Dropsie in Well-Close near to the Lame Hospital in the Parish of S. Barthelmew the Less in London on the 16 of August in sixteen hundred sixty and four , and was the third day after buried in the Church of that Parish , near to the Skreen-door , leaving then behind him several Children to be maintained by the Parish , as also the foundation of other matters , which he intended to have published if life had been spared . JOHN L'ISLE son of Sir Will. L'isle of Wootton in the Isle of Wight in Hampshire , Knight , was born there , became a Communer of the upper Order of Magd. Hall in the year 1622 , aged 16 or thereabouts , took a degree in Arts , went to one of the Temples , and at length became a Barrister and Counsellor of note . In the year 1640 he was chose a Burgess for Winchester to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 13 of Apr. and again for the same place in that unhappy Convention that met on the 3 of Nov. following . In which last Parl. he improved his interest to the purpose , bought State lands good cheap , was made Master of the Hospital of S. Cross near Winchester ( which belongs to a Divine ) upon the Ejectment of Dr. Will. Lewis ; which Office he voluntarily surrendring up into the hands of the Parliament in the latter end of June 1649 , it was confer'd upon John Cook the then Sollicitor General . In Dec. 1647 he was appointed one of the Commons to carry to his Maj. in the Isle of Wight the four Bills ( dethroning Bills ) and in Jan. 1648 was one of the Judges to condemn to death his said Majesty . Soon after he was constituted a Member of the Council of State , and one of the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal , helped in Parliament to change the Government from Kingly to Parliamentary , and from that to Kingly again , and did swear Oliver Protector at his first installing chief Magistrate , contrary to the four (a) Acts of Parliament which he helped to make , with others that made it Treason so to do . In 1654 , he by the name of John L'isle , one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal , and Recorder of Southampton , was chose Burgess for that place to serve in the Parliament which began 3 of Sept. the same year , was afterwards taken out of the House , to have a negative Voice in the other House , that is House of Lords , and made President of the High Court of Justice for a time ; by whose violence acted there , fell many gallant and heroick Spirits ; some of which I am now about to mention . He hath extant under his name , Several Speeches , as ( 1 ) Speech spoken in a common Hall , London , 3 Jul. 1645. concerning observations on the Kings Cabinet of Letters . See more in Tho. Browne , under the year 1673. ( 2 ) Speech while he was Pres. of the High Court of Justice at the pronouncing of sentence of death on Sir Hen. Slingsby of Red-house in Yorksh . and Dr. Joh. Hewit , Jun. 2. an . 1658. ( 3 ) Speech when he gave sentence of death on Colonel Edw. Ashton , Edm. Stacy , Oliv. Allen , Will. Carrent , Joh. Betteley , Hen. Fryer and Joh. Sumner , July 2. 1658 , &c. Which Speeches I have seen printed . Monarchy asserted to be the best , most antient , and legal form of Government , in a conference had with Oliver L. Protector at Whitehall , in Apr. 1657. — Pr. at Lond. 1660. in oct . with other Conferences and Speeches to the same purpose made by others ; among whom are Rog. Boyle Baron of Broghill in Ireland , Sir Charles Wolseley , Sir Rich. Onslow of Surrey , &c. all Oliver's Lords . A little before the Return of K. Ch. 2. he , with other Regicides , fled beyond the seas , and L'isle setling at Losanna , he was treated by the Magistracy of that Town as Chancellour of England , being always vested with the robe of that dignity . At length certain Irish-men taking it as a grand Affront that the people of that place should harbour him ( as they did Edm. Ludlow , Will. Goffe , Edward Whaley , &c. for a time ) and shew him so much respect and honour as they did , one of them ventred upon him ( as he was going to Church , accompanied with the chief Magistracy ) and shot him with a Musquetoon dead in the place , on the 21 of Aug. in sixteen hundred sixty and four . Which done , two more Irish men rode into the press , and trampling on the body of L'isle with their horses feet , fled into the Guards and escaped with little hurt . Afterwards he was buried with solemnity in the said Church there , as I have been credibly informed , leaving then behind him a Widow named Alice , who for entertaining one Joh. Hicks a Non-conformist Minister and a Follower of James Duke of Monmouth in the time of his Rebellion , was for High Treason therefore beheaded at Winchester on the 2 of Sept. 1685. In like manner did before fall one Isaac Dorislaus or Dorislaw a Dutch-man born , originally a Schoolmaster , and afterwards Doctor of the Civil Law at Leyden . Whence coming into England upon no good account , was entertained by Fulk Lord Brook , and by him appointed to read a History Lecture in Cambridge , which he was about to found some years before his death : But in his very first Lectures decrying Monarchy , was , upon the complaint of Dr. Jo. Cosin Master of Peter-house to the Vicechanc. ( which afterwards came to his Majesties knowledge ) silenced , and about that time marrying an English woman near to Maldon in Essex , lived there for some time . Afterwards he became Judge Advocate in the King's Army in one of his Expeditions against the Scots , Advocate in the Army against the King under Robert Earl of Essex , afterwards under Sir Tho. Fairfax , and at length one of the Judges of the Court of Admiralty , and an Assistant in drawing up and managing the Charge against K. Ch. 1. in order to his Execution . I say that this Dorislaus did fall as L'isle afterwards did , for he being thought to be the only fit man to be sent by the Parliament , as an Envoy to his Country-men , to prosecute their designs , he arrived at the Hague in good Equipage , in the beginning of May 1649 , his Majesty K. Ch. 2. being then there in his Exile . Which bold and impudent act being much regretted by certain generous Royalists attending his said Majesty , about 12 of them in disguise repaired to his Lodging , and finding him at supper , stab'd him in several places and cut his throat ; whereupon one of them said Thus dyes one of the Kings Judges . This generous Action was performed on the 6 of May or thereabouts , but reported by the generality to be performed by one Col. Walt. Whitford Son of Dr. Walt. Whitford of Monckland in Scotland by cleaving his head asunder with a broad sword . Afterwards they quietly departed , and 't was not known ( but privately ) for some time after , who did the fact . Within few days following , this desperate Attempt coming to the knowledge of the Parliament , they became so much enraged that they resolved to sacrifice the life of a certain Royalist of note , then in their custody : and certainly they had done it , had he not made a timely escape . Afterwards they caused the body of Dorislaus to be conveyed into England , and to be buried with solemnity in the Abbey Church at Westminster on the 14 of June following , where continuing till Sept. 1661 , was then taken up , with the bodies of other Cromwellians , and buried in a hole in S. Margarets Church-yard adjoyning . He hath published , as 't is said , several things , but all that I have seen of his , is De praelio Nuportano . Lond. 1640. in 4 sheets and half in qu. JAMES LAMB Son of Rich. Lamb was born in All-saints Parish within the City of Oxon , 2 Febr. 1598 , bred in the Free-school joyning to Magd. Coll , was a Communer for a time of Brasn . Coll. and as a member thereof took the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1615 , and then or soon after translated himself to S. Maries Hall. Afterwards he became Chaplain to Thomas Earl of Southampton , and after the Kings restoration in 1660 , he was not only actually created D. of D. as a member sometimes of the said Hall , but for his sufferings as a Loyalist was made Canon of Westminster and Rector of S. Andrews Church in Holbourn near London . He had a most exact stile in penning and in discoursing , was a sententious and acute Preacher , and above all had an excellent faculty in opening and explaining the Oriental Languages . He hath written , Grammatica Arabica . In 3. vol. in qu. Danielis Prophetiae Liber , Syriace . In one vol. qu. Collectiones ad Lexicon Arabicum spectantia , formâ oblonga . In 4. vol. oct . Flexio Verborum Arabicorum . In one octavo . All which are written with his own hand , and are at this day kept as rarities in the Bodleian Library . He died in sixteen hundred sixty and four , and was buried in the Abbey Church of S. Peter within the City of Westminster , near to the stairs going up to the Pulpit , and not far from the grave of Dr. Samuel Bolton , on the twentieth day of Octob. RICHARD BYFIELD half Brother to Nich. Byfield mentioned under the year 1622 , was born in Worcestershire and at 16 years of age in 1615 became either a Servitour or Batler of Queens Coll. in Mich. term . Afterwards taking the degrees in Arts , he left the University , and through some petite employments ( of which the Curacy or Lectureship of Istleworth was one ) became Rector of Long Ditton in Surrey , a leading man for carrying on the blessed cause , a reformer of his Church of Superstition ( as he called it ) by plucking up the steps leading to the Altar and levelling it lower than the rest of the Chancel , by denying his Parishioners ( particularly his Patron that gave him L. Ditton ) the Sacrament , unless they would take it any way , except kneeling , &c. He was one of the Assemb . of Divines a great Covenantier , an eager Preacher against Bishops , Ceremonies , &c. and being a frequent and constant holder forth was followed by those of the vicinity , especially such who were of his perswasion . In 1654 he was appointed an Assistant to the Commissioners of Surrey for the ejecting of all such whom they then called ignorant and scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters , and was not wanting in any thing , whereby he might express his zeal for the aforesaid cause . His works are these . The light of faith and way of holiness , shewing how and what to believe in all estates and conditions . Lond. 1630. oct . Doctrine of the Sabbath vindicated : or , a confutation of a Treatise of the Sabbath , written by Mr. Edw. Brerewood against Mr. Nich. Byfield . Lond. 1632. qu. The Power of the Christ of God : or , a Treatise of the power , as it is originally in God the Father , and by him given to Christ his Son , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Zions answer to the Nations Embassadors , &c. Fast Sermon before the H. of Commons 25 June 1645 on Isay 14.32 . Lond. 1645. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon on 1. Cor. 3.17 . Lond. 1653. qu. &c. The Gospels Glory without prejudice to the Law , shining forth in the Glory of God the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , for the Salvation of sinners , who through grace do believe according to the draught of the Apostle Paul in Rom. 3.34 . Lond. 1659. Beginning of the Doctrine of Christ . Lond. 1660 in tw . Whether any other matters were by him published , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that after he had been ejected from Long Ditton for Nonconformity , he retired to Mortclack in Surrey where dying in December , in sixteen hundred sixty and four , was buried in the Church there , leaving this character behind him among the Godly , and such that frequented his Conventicles , that he was a pious , good , and harmless man. He had another Brother called Adoniram Byfield , who became first to be known for the love he bore to the righteous cause , by being Chaplain to Colonel Cholmondiley's Regiment , in the Army of Robert Earl of Essex the Generalissimo for the Parliament , in 1642 , and soon after for his being one of the scribes to the Assemb . of Divines , and a most zealous Covenantier . He was afterwards Minister of one of the Collingborns in Wilts , was an Assistant to the Commissioners of that County for the ejection of such whom they then ( 1654 ) called scandalous , ignorant , and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . He died about the time of his Majesties restauration , as it seems , for on the 12 of Feb. 1660 Catherine his Relict had letters of administration granted to her , to administer the goods , debts , &c. of him the said Ad. Byfield of the Parish of S. Martins in the Fields in Middlesex lately deceased . JEREMY STEPHENS Son of Walt. Stephens sometimes Rector of Bishops Castle in Shropshire , was born there 1592 , entred a Student in Brasn . Coll. 29 March 1609 , where by continual lucubration he diligently ran through all the forms of Logick and Philosophy , and took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1615. In Decemb. the same year , he was made Deacon , and about that time Chaplain of All 's . Coll. In 1616 May 26 , he received the Orders of Priesthood , and in 1621 was made Rector of Quinton in Northamptonshire . Five years after that , he had confer'd upon him the Rectory of Wotton within a Mile of Quinton , which , with Quinton , were bestowed on him by K. Ch. 1. In 1628 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , and in 1641 was made Prebendary of Biggleswade in the Church of Lincolne , by the favour of Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , as a reward of his Labours , with Sir Hen. Spelman , in the Edition of the first tome or volume of the Councils . In 1644 he was sequestred from all his Ecclesiastical preferments by a Committee sitting at Northampton , plunder'd , imprison'd , barbarously used and silenced . After the Kings retur● in 1660 , he was restored to them , and for a requital of his sufferings had the Prebendship of Il●racomb in the Church of Salisbury confer'd upon him , upon the resignation of Edw. Davenant . He hath written and published these things following . Notae in D. Cyprian . de unitate Ecclesiae . Lond. 1632. oct . Notae in D. Cypr. de bono patientiae . Lond. 1633. oct . Both which were collated with antient Mss . by the care of certain Oxonian Theologists . Apologie for the antient right and power of the Bishops to sit and vote in Parliaments . Lond. 1660 , the question then of restitution being under debate . In the year 1663 he began to print the History of Sacriledge , designed and began by Sir Hen. Spelman , and left to Stephens to perfect and publish ; but that work sticking long in the Press , both the copy and sheets printed off , perished in the grand conflagration of London 1666. Besides these he finished and fitted for the Press divers other pieces , whereof the argument of some were superseded by the Kings happy restauration , such as , A comparison between the Belgick , Gallick , Bohemian and Scotch , with the English , Covenant . Account of the principles and practices of the Presbyterians . The Sequestration of the Clergy by Joh. Pym and Joh. White . Other things which he finished but prevented their publication by death , are these . Treatise of the Laws of England . The design of the Cormorants upon the Church Lands , defeated in the time of K. Hen. ( 5 ) effected in the days of K. Hen. 8. — and other things . He also published B. Gregorii magni , Episcopi Romani , de curâ pastorali liber verè aureus , accuratè emendatus & restitutus è Vet. Mss . cum Romanâ Editione collatis . Lond. 1629. oct . This was the Book that the most renown'd K. Alfred translated into the Saxon Language , and recommended to all the Diocesses of his Kingdom in that great dearth of learning , when scarce a Priest on the North of Humber was found able to translate the Lords Prayer , or to understand the Latine Service . This I say he published , being collated with antient Mss . by the care of several Oxford Doctors and Bach. of Divinity . In the year also 1633 he was joyned with Sir Hen. Spelman to assist in compiling and publishing the first Tome of the English Councils , a work that cost them seven years labour . And tho the Book bare the name of Spelman , yet is the assistance of our Author Stephens acknowledged by Spelman in the Preface to the Reader in these words . — Quo autem auspicio in lucem prodibunt ( me jam sane propemodum exhausto ) secundus & tertius ( viz. Tomus ) haud ausim polliceri . Nisi illos vir dilectus & bono natus publico Jeremias Stephens typis curaverit mandandos , cujus operâ primu● hic Tomus ( me adhuc tantum non invito ) in lucem prodiit . After this , viz. in 1641 Spelman died and was buried in the Abbey Church of S. Peter at Westminster , near to the door of S. Nicholas Chappel , 24. oct . and then some years after , our Author Stephens published Spelmans larger work of Tithes , to which he put a large Preface to the Reader ; also his Apologie of the Treatise , De non temerandis Ecclesiis . — with four little Treatises annexed thereunto , on the same subject by different hands . At length Mr. Stephens surrendring up his pious Soul to God at Wotton before mention'd , on the ninth day of January in sixteen hundred sixty and four , was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Over his grave was a comely Monument intended to be put , in the year 1672 , but whether yet performed I know not . The inscription which was designed to be engraven thereon , you may see a copy of it in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 224. a. SAMUEL EATON Son of Rich. Eat . Vic. of Great Budworth in Cheshire , was born in a little Village called Crowley in that Parish , and educated in this University , as his Relations have informed me ; but in what house , they cannot tell . In the publick register called the Matricula it appears that one Sam. Eaton a Cheshire man born and the Son of a Minister was matriculated or made a member of this University in Apr. 1602 ( 44. Elizab. ) he being then a Student of Broadgates Hall , and in the 17 year of his age . But whether this Person , who took the degrees in Arts , be the same Sam. Eaton , whom we are further to mention , I cannot tell , unless I could be certified that he was 80 years of age or more when he died , which was in 1664 as I shall tell you anon . After he had left the University , ( I mean him , whom I am now to speak of ) he entred into the sacred function , took Orders according to the Church of England , and was beneficed in his own Country ; but having been puritanically educated , he did dissent in some particulars relating to the ceremonies thereof : Whereupon , finding his place too warm for him , he revolted and went into New England ; where , he studied in the University , and preached among the brethren there . Afterwards , when a gap was made in the Church of England for the reception of all opinions , upon the violent proceedings of the Puritans , he returned to his native Country , sided with them and took the Covenant , kept pace afterwards with the Independents , took the Engagement , was an Assistant to the Commissioners of Cheshire for the ejection of such whom the Godly Party called scandalous , ignorant , and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and became a most pestilent leading Person in the trade of Faction in the said County and in Lancashire . In the time of the Rebellion he was Teacher of the Church at Duckenfield in the Parish of Stockport in Cheshire , and afterwards of Stockport where he feather'd his neast and was held in wonderful esteem by the Faction . At length , after his Majesties restauration , being silenced and forced thence , yet he carried on the trade of Conventicling in private , and was thereupon brought several times into trouble and imprison'd . Among several things that he hath written , take these following . The mysterie of God incarnate : or , the word made flesh , cleared up , &c. Lond. 1650 : oct . written against John Knowles a Socinian , who had answered our Author Eaton's paper concerning the Godhead of Christ . Vindication or farther confirmation of some other Scriptures produced to prove the divinity of Jesus Christ , distorted and miserably wrested and abused by Mr. John Knowles , &c. Lond. 1651. oct . The Doctrine of Christs satisfaction , and of reconciliation of Gods part to the creature — Printed with the Vindication . Discourse concerning the springing and spreading of Errour , and of the means of cure , and of preservative against it — Pr. also with the Vindic. Treatise of the Oath of Allegiance and Covenant , shewing that they oblige not . Lond. in qu. Answered by Anon. in his Vindication of the Oath of Allegiance . Printed 1650. qu. The Quakers confuted , &c. — Animadverted upon by that sometimes noted and leading Quaker called George Fox in his book entit . The great mysterie of the great Whore unfolded : And Antichrists Kingdom revealed unto destruction , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. pag. 1.2 . &c. See more of the works of this Sam. Eaton in John Murcot , under the year 1654 , and in Tim. Taylor under the year 1681. At length , after a life spent in continual action for carrying on the cause , he surrendred up his last breath at Denton in the Parish of Manchester in Lancashire ( where he had sheltred himself among the Brethren after his ejection ) on the ninth day of January in sixteen hundred sixty and four , and was buried in the Chappel there on the thirteenth day of the same month . Besides this Samuel , I find one Nathaniel Eaton , who published Inquisitio in variantes Theologorum quorundam sententias de Sabbato & die Dominico , &c. sub praesidio D. Gul. Amesii SS . J. P. Franak . 1633. oct , but this Nathaniel seems to have been bred in Cambridge , and the same who was the first Master of the Coll. at Cambridge in New England ; whence being ejected for his immoralities , he went to Virginia for a time , and thence to England . After the restauration of his Maj. K. Ch. 2. he conformed , was beneficed at Biddiford in Devonshire , and died in the Prison called the Kings-bench on the account of debt . NATHANIEL CANON a Gentlemans Son , was born at Reading in Berks , entred a Commoner of S. Maries Hall in 1597 aged 16 years , ( his Father then living in London ) took one degree in Arts , entred into the sacred function , became Minister of Wokingham or Okingham , and afterwards Vicar of Hurley , in his own Country , being then , or about that time , Bach. of Divinity . He hath published , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The Cryer ; Sermon at Pauls cross 5. of Feb. 1609 , on Esay 58.1 . Lond. 1613. qu. ( 2 ) Three Sermons , the first Discovering a double and false heart , on 1. Kings 21.9 . The second called The blessedsedness of the righteous , on Psal . 37. ver . 37. and the third , The Court of Guard , or Watch of Angels , on 1. Sam. 17.17.37 . Lond. 1616. oct . Besides these he hath at least four more Sermons extant , the first of which is on Psal . 119.136 . — Printed 1616. oct . another on 1. Pet. 4.4 . — Pr. 1619. oct . &c. He concluded his last day at Hurley before mentioned , after he had ran with , and submitted to , all mutations , in the month of Febr. in sixteen hundred sixty and four ; whereupon his body was buried in the Chancel belonging to the Church there on the 12 day of the same month . He was 46 years Vicar of Hurley , was a constant Preacher and much followed by the neighbourhood . SAMUEL AUSTIN a Cornish man born , was entred a Communer of Wadham Coll. under the tuition of Gilb. Stokes Chapl. of that house in 1652. aged 16 years , took one degree in Arts , compleated it by Determination and then went to Cambridge for a time . But such was the vanity of this Person , that he being extremely conceited of his own worth , and over-valuing his poetical fancy , more than that of Cleveland , who was then accounted by the Bravadoes the Hectoring Prince of Poets , fell into the hands of the Satyrical wits of this University , who having easily got some of his prose and poetry , served him as the wits did Tom. Coryat in his time , and published them under these titles . Naps upon Pernassus . A sleepy muse nipt and pincht , though not awakened , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . Characters — Printed with the former . Both which were usher'd into the world by more than twenty Copies of verses ( advantaging the sale of the book ) by such that had the name of , or at least pretended to be , Poets . Among them were Tho. Flatman , Tho. Sprat , and Sam. Woodford , since noted and famed for their Poetical works . Silvanus Taylour and George Castle of All 's . Coll the former better at Musick , the other at lying and buffooning , than Poetry . And among others , not now to be named , must not be forgotten Alexander Amidei a Jew and Florentine born , then a Teacher of Hebrew and other tongues in the University , afterwards a converted Christian and Reader of a Hebrew Lecture in Sion Coll. Lond. Our Author Austin hath also written and published A Panegyrick on K. Ch. 2. Lond. 1661. oct . wherein , just after the Preface , he promised to publish more Poems , conditionally the said Paneg. took ; the Subjects of which are there set down . But what prevented him , unless death , which hapned about the plague year in 1665 , I cannot tell . JOHN OSBORNE a forward zealot for carrying on the righteous cause , was the Son of John Osborne of Crediton in Devonshire ; whence , after he had been trained up in trivial learning , he was sent to New inn , in the year 1634 aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , and became a frequent Preacher up of the Presbyterian design . At length having sufficiently proved himself to be one of them , was made one of the Vicars of Bampton in Oxfordshire , in the place of a Loyalist ejected : where continuing till the Act of conformity put him out , preached in Conventicles in the Neighbourhood , and thereupon was imprison'd for several weeks in Oxford Castle . Afterwards being let loose , he retired to the great City , taught School and lived in S. Barthelmews Parish near little Britaine , to the time , as I take it , of his death . He hath published , The Mysterie of the resurrection , on Acts 24.15 . Lond. 1651. qu. Conference between him and Rich. Coppin of Westwell near Burford , at Burford in Oxfordshire , concerning the resurrection of the Body — Printed with The mysterie , &c. He also took a great deal of pains in making A catalogue of our English Writers on the Old and New Testament , and had printed about 8 sheets of it , but Will. Crowe of Suffolk , Schoolmaster of Croyden in Surrey ( the same , I mean , who hung himself about the latter end of 1674 ) coming out before him on the same subject in 1659 , prevented him from going any farther . This Cat , which hath been several times since printed , is called by some Osbornes , but by the generality Crowes , Catalogue . One John Osborne hath translated into English for the use of Schools , Comenius his Vestibuli linguarum auctuarium , &c. Printed several times , and in 1670 it was printed at London , in oct . Whether this Jo. Osborne be the same with the former , I cannot yet tell . GEORGE KENDALL son of Rich. Kendall of Rowel in Northamptonshire , was born in that County , became Batler of New inn , in the year 1630 , and that of his age 16 or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , and afterwards was actually created Master of that faculty when K. Ch. 1. was entertained at Oxon , an . 1636. He hath written a book entit . An Appendix to the unlearned Alchymist , wherein is contained the true receipt of that excellent Diopharetick and Diuretick pill , purging by sweat and urine , commonly known by Matthews Pill , &c. Lond. 1664. At which time he practiced Physick , but whether graduated here in that faculty , or licensed to practice it , it appears not . What other things he hath written I cannot tell , nor any thing else of the Author . THOMAS HALL son of Rich. Hall clothier , by Elizabeth Bonner his Wife , was born in S. Andrews Parish within the City of Worcester , about the 22 of July 1610 , bred up to Grammar learning in the Kings School there under the famous Hen. Bright , who perceiving him to be a youth of pregnant parts , was by his perswasion sent to Ball. Coll. in 1624 : But being his chance to be put under the tuition of a careless Tutor , he was removed to Pembroke Coll. then newly founded , and became Pupil to Mr. Tho. Lushington , reputed by the generality of Scholars eminent for his Philosophical learning . After he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , and had compleated it by publick Determination , he returned to his Country , and for a while taught a private School , and preached in the Chappels belonging to Kings Norton in Worcestershire . Afterwards being a frequenter of the Lectures at Bermingham in Warwickshire , maintained and held up by old Puritans , they so much operated on his spirit , that he relinquished his former principles , adhered to that party , and in many respects became an enemy to the Church of England , and in fine so rigid in his perswasion that he was disliked by the Brethren . Much about the same time he served the cure of Kings Norton under his Brother Mr. John Hall , who at length resigned it all unto him , and for his farther encouragement got the Free-school adjoyning to be added to it . Both which employments took up most of his time , and were all the preferments he ever had in the Church . For being a single person , a lover of books and learning , and of a retired and obscure life , never looked farther than his beloved Kings Norton . At the turn of the times in 1641 he shew'd himself openly a Presbyterian , and complied altogether with that party , not for preferment sake , but because they were against Bishops and Ceremonies . At length in 1652 having the testimony of godly and able men , had the degree of Bach. of Divinity confer'd upon him by the then members of the University , but with this condition that he should preach a Latine Sermon as part of his exercise , and an English Sermon instead of his other exercise : Both which , were , as I conceive , accordingly done , tho his admission appears not . He was accounted a Person by those of his own (a) perswasion of great integrity and single-heartedness in his Ministry , of a free and liberal heart , just , and one that lived much by faith , of an holy and unblamable life , of humble deportment and carriage , a great lover of peace , a plain and profitable Preacher , that he was much in communion with God in publick , abundant in thansgiving to God , careful how to spend his time , &c. His works are these . The Pulpit guarded with XVII arguments , proving the unlawfulness , sinfulness and danger of suffering private persons to take upon them publick preaching and expounding the Scriptures without a Call , &c. Lond. 1651. qu. Answer'd by one Tho. Collier , of whom more anon . Six arguments to prove our Ministers free from Antichristianisme , &c. — Printed there the same year in qu. The Font guarded with XX arguments , containing a compendium of that great controversie of Infant-Baptisme &c. Lond. 1651. 52. qu. The Collier in his colours , &c. wherein you have the filthy , false , heretical and blasphemous tenents of one Collier an Arrian , Arminian , Socinian , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. The said Tho. Collier was a husbandman , sometimes Teacher to the Church at York , and in 1652 a teacher at Westbury in Somersetshire . Praecursor praecursoris : or , a word to Mr. Tombes , currente calamo . Lond. 1652. qu. The loathsomness of long hair : or , a treatise containing many arguments against it , &c. Lond. 1654. oct . Reasons and arguments against painting , spots , naked breasts , arms , &c. Lond. 1654. oct . Vindiciae literarum . The Schools guarded : or , the excellency and usefulness of humane learning in subordination to Divinity and preparation to the Ministry , &c. Lond. 1654. 55. oct . Centuria sacra . About an hundred rules for the explaining and clearer understanding of the holy Scriptures &c. Lond. 1654. oct . Rhetorica sacra : or , a synopsis of the most material hopes and figures contained in the sacred Scriptures . Lond. 1654. oct . Histrio-mastix . A whip for Webster ( as 't is conceived ) the quondam Player . Or , an examination of one John Webster's delusive Examen of Academies . Lond. 1654. oct . Confutation of the Millinarian opinions , plainly demonstrating that Christ will not raigne visibly and personally on earth with the Saints for a 1000 years , &c. with a word to our Fifth-monarchy men . Lond. 1657. qu. Practical and polemical commentary or exposition upon the third and fourth chapters of S. Paul to Timothy . Lond. 1658. fol. Much commended by a man of his perswasion named Joh. Ley ( of whom I have spoken under the year 1662 ) in one of his books which he shortly after published . In which 't is said that for congruity of the truth with the holy text , pertinency and fulness of profitable matter , is the best that hitherto hath been extant in the Church of Christ . Apologia pro Ministerio Evangelico , in quâ planè & plenè ostenditur ejus necessitas , dignitas , efficacia & utilitas , &c. Francof . 1658 in oct . Printed in English also at Lond. 1660. qu. Beauty of holyness : or , a description of the excellency , amiableness , comfort and content , which is to be found in ways of purity and holiness . Lond. 1658. oct . Funebria Florae . The downfal of May-games ; wherein is set forth the rudeness , prophaneness , &c. in the said heathenish customes , &c. Lond. 1660 , there again the second and third time in 1661 in 7. sh . in qu. Samaria's downfall : or , a commentary by way of supplement on the five last verses of Hosea 13 , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. This is a supplement to Jer. Burroughs his Commentary , which was defective as to these five verses . Beauty of Magistracy , in an exposition of the 82 Psal . wherein is set forth the necessity , utility , dignity , duty and morality of Magistrates . Lond. 1660 qu. Assisted in this work by George Swinnocke M. A. and Minister of Great Kimbel in Bucks . Exposition on the fourth 5.6.7.8 and 9th Chapters of Amos — Lond. 1661. qu. Worcestershire petition for the Ministrie of England , with a defence of it . — printed in qu. Besides these books our said Author Tho. Hall did translate paraphrastically and grammatically the second book of Ovids Metamorph. which he entit . Phaetons folly : or , the downfal of pride : Also the first elegie of Ovids book De Tristibus . Both printed at Lond. 1655. oct . Furthermore he made an explanation and Grammatical translation of the thirteenth book of Ovids Metamorphosis , which he entit . Wisdoms Conquest , &c. Lond. 1651. oct . and finally left other matters at the time of his death fit for the press ; among which is his work upon the 71. Psalme . He died a Nonconformist on the thirteenth day of April in sixteen hundred sixty and five , and was buried in the Ch. yard of Kings Norton before mention'd , to the School of which place ( which he procured the Parishioners to build ) he gave his study of books in his life time . Also to the Library of Birmingham School , which was erected before that of Kings Norton , he was a good benefactor , and gave several volumes that he had bought , and prevailed with many of his Brethren to do the like . CORNELIUS BURGES was descended from the Burgesses of Batcomb in Somersetshire , but whether born there , I cannot justly say it . In the year 1611 he made his first entry into this University , but in what Coll. or Hall he took up his quarters is uncertain : Sure I am , that about the first foundation of Wadham Coll. he translated himself thereunto , and as a member thereof took the degree of Bach. of Arts. Afterwards retiring to Linc. Coll , he proceeded in the same faculty , took holy orders , and had some cure bestowed upon him , which I take to be the rectory of S. Magnus Church in London or the Vicaridge of Watford in Hartfordshire , or both : which two he afterwards held with his Lecture at S. Pauls . In the beginning of the raign of K. Ch. 1. he became one of his Chaplains in ordinary , and in 1627 took both the degrees in Divinity as a compounder ; at which time undertaking to answer the Doctors in the Divinity (*) Act , shew'd himself so sorry a Disputant and so sufficiently ignorant in the terms of Logick , that instead of saying negatur major and negatur minor , he could say nothing else but negatur id . Whereupon Prideaux the Regius Professor said to him openly with a merry jear , tu potes bene praedicare , sed non potes bene disputare , that he might probably be a good Preacher , tho he had shewed himself a silly Disputant . At that time and several years after , he shew'd himself a zealous man for the Church of England , and it could never be thought in the least by those that knew him that he would have swerved from it . But having not that preferment confer'd upon him which he expected , tho he was a pluralist , and looked (a) upon by the High Commission as one guilty of adultery , and a vexer of two Parishes with continual suits of Law , wherein he could find little or no remedy , he became (b) a scandalous and schismatical Lecturer , using many expressions in his Sermons that moved People to sedition . For which also being questioned , he became incensed against the Bishops , and afterwards very busie to pick holes in the coats of his Brethren , and rake up the very ashes of the dead to discover their corruptions . In 1635 he preached a Lat. Sermon to the London Ministers in S. Alphage Church near Sion Coll. wherein he pressed all to diligence in preaching , and spoke of the connivance of Bishops at the growth of Arminianisme and Popery ; for which being summoned into the High Commission Court and put to charge , made him afterwards implacable against them . Upon the approach of the troublesome times in 1640 , he , with Steph. Marshall , Edm. Calamy , Calybute Downing , &c. did first whisper in their Conventicles , then openly preach that for the cause of religion it was lawful for the Subjects to take up Arms against their lawful Soveraign . Which doctrine being also followed by the rest of the Elders , the People of London did violently rush into rebellion , and were found pliable by the faction in Parliament to raise tumults , make out-cries for justice , call for innocent blood , subscribe and prefer petitions against the holy Liturgy and the Hierarchy , and to strike at root and branch , especially if our Author Burges did but hold up his finger (c) to his Mirmidons , or Capt. ( afterwards Colonel ) John Venn sent his summons by his Wife , to assemble the zealots of the City . In the beginning of the Long Parliament he was appointed by the Lords one of the Sub-committee to settle Religion : who meeting in Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster , our Author Burges became speaker for his party the Presbyterians . In which office he made a vehement invective against Deans and Chapters and the unprofitableness of such Corporations , and did aggravate to debauchedness the lives of singing men , and they not only useless but hurtful by their vitious conversation . At the same time also being looked upon as a doughty Champion for the holy cause and a zealous Covenantier , 't was usual with him and the said Venn to lead up the tumults of the City to the Parliament doors to see that the godly party ( for so their faction was call'd ) in the House might not be out-voted , and then turning back and beholding the rabble , would say These are my band-dogs , I can set them on , and I can take them off again , &c. by which means above four parts in five of the Lords , and two parts in three of the Commons were frighted out of the house , to leave the Faction absolute Masters thereof . These things also he did when the most noble Earl of Strafford was tried for his life . So that being the Ring-leader of the rout , and the only scandal to his profession in all London , was thought fit by the blessed Parliament , ( as by the faction it was called ) to be one of those Godly Divines that were to hold forth before them , to be one of the Sub-committee for the advancement of moneys to carry on the War against the King , and to be with John White the Centurist , Assessors to the Ass . of Divines . But before that time Essex the General finding him a zealous instrument to carry on the cause , made him his Chaplain to that Regiment of Horse , which was next under him . In Dec. 1643 the Londoners sent Will. Gibbes and John Fowke Aldermen , and others of the common Council to the House of Commons to desire that the Cath. Church of S. Paul might be set open again , and that there might be a Lecture every Sunday night ( as was formerly used ) after the afternoons Sermon , and another on the week day , and that Dr. Corn. Burges might be the man , ( who having been several times put to his compurgators in that consistory , was the ablest and fittest for that Sunday-nights Lecture ) desiring their honors to allow the Doctor a pension of 400 l. per an . out of the revenues of the Cathedral , for his encouragement in that service . Which being a poor pittance , ( God wot ) they not only confirmed that pension , but gave him the Deans house thereof for his habitation ; both setled soon after by Act of Parliament . The first motion of this did proceed from the Militia of London , among whom the Doctor used to ride with his case of pistols , was called Colonel , and shew'd himself very officious to assist plundering at the Globe Tavern in Holbourne . Afterwards growing very rich , he purchased several Lands , as the mannour of Wells belonging to the Bishop thereof , and the habitation of the Dean there , which he mostly plucked down and rebuilt . And being so done he wrot a book to shew that there was no sacriledge or sin to alien or purchase the Lands of Bishops and Chapters : which being taken into the hands of many curious readers , had the licentiousness of a second impression , an . 1659. But upon the Kings restauration he lost all , having about an year before been offer'd twelve thousand and odd pounds for his House and Lands at , and near , Wells ; whereupon retiring to Watford in Hartfordshire before mentioned , lived obscurely there , and died in a mean condition , as I shall anon tell you . He hath written and published these matters following . A chain of Graces drawn out at length for reformation of Manners . Lond. 1622. in tw . New discovery of personal Tithes : or , the tenth part of mens clear gains proved due both in conscience , and by the laws of this Kingdom . Lond. 1625. oct . The fire of the Sanctuary newly discovered : or , a compleat Tract of Zeal . Lond. 1625. in oct . Which book , upon its Authors grand defect , was answer'd by Anon. in a Pamphlet intit . A whip , &c. printed 1643. Whereupon an old puritannical Poet named Francis Quarles ( the sometimes Darling of our plebeian judgments ) who seemed to have a great respect for our Author , came out with a Reply intit . The Whipper whip'd , &c. printed 1644 , wherein , in the first page he stiles Dr. Burges a man of singular parts , &c. Baptismal Regeneration of elect Infants , professed by the Church of England , according to Scriptures , the primitive Church , the present reformed Churches , and many particular Divines apart . Oxon 1629. qu. Vindication of the Reasons against Bishops Votes in Parliament . Lond. 1641. qu. Whether he was Author of the Reasons I know not . Several sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon at a publick Fast before the House of Commons , 17 Nov. 1640 , on Jer. 50.5 . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon before the H. of Com. 5 Nov. 1641. on Psal . 76.10 . Lond. 1641. qu. Wherein are many things of , and against , the Papists and Jesuits . ( 3 ) Serm. before the H. of Com. 30 March 1642 , on Jer. 4.14 . Lond. 1642. qu. ( 4 ) Vanity and mischief of the thoughts of an heart unwashed , Serm. before the H. of Com. on their day of humiliation 30 of Apr. 1645. on Jer. 4.14 . ( as before ) Lond. 1645. qu. ( 5 ) Necessity of agreement with God , Fast-serm . before the H. of Lords 29 Oct. 1645 , on Amos 3.3 . Lond. 1645. qu. besides others which I have not yet seen , as Serm. on 2 Chron. 15.2 , another on Ezra 10.2.3 , a third called Prudent silence , preached 12 Jan. 1648 : whether the same with that against the destroying of Kings , preached about the same time , I cannot tell : and lastly another on Amos 5.13 . printed 1660. in octavo . Sion Coll. what it is and doth . A vindication of that Society against two Pamphlets , &c. Lond. 1648. qu. His case as Lecturer in Pauls . — This is a little Pamphlet . By the way the Reader is now to know , that it hath been confidently affirmed that our Author before he was engaged in buying Bishops Lands , did concur with Dr. Joh. Hacket ( in his Answer to Dr. Hacket's Speech in 1641. ) that the alienating of any thing setled by divine right upon the Church , is sacriledge . This he confessed he did , but he was put upon it suddenly by the H. of Commons in May 1641 , and had no time given him but one hour . However afterwards he was so zealous in that point , that he , before he had purchased such , was a forward Preacher for it ; and after he had made purchases , he wrot and published a book intit . No sacrileege nor sin to aliene or purchase the Lands of Bishops or others , whose offices are abolished . Lond. 1659. 2 edit . Also A Case concerning the lawfulness of buying Bishops Lands . — This last I have not yet seen , nor another paper reported to be his , wherein the Kings Majesty is attempted by the offer of five hundred thousand pounds , to make good by an Act of Parliament the purchases of Bishops , Deans , and Chapters Lands for 99 years . Printed 1660. See more in Joh. Gauden among these Writers , an . 1662. num . 206. Apologie for purchases of Lands late of Bishops , Deans and Chapters . — This is a sheet in fol. and therein is shewed a great deal of reading ; but whether it was all pen'd by Burges , tho no doubt but he had a hand in it , I know not . Reasons shewing the necessity of Reformation of the publick ( 1 ) Doctrine ( 2 ) Worship , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. Which , tho in the title it is said , that divers Ministers of sundry Counties in England wrot , yet Mr. Baxter (*) saith that our Author Burges pen'd , them . They were answer'd by Dr. Joh. Pearson and Dr. Hen. Savage ; the former of which was replied upon by our Author Burges in a Postscript to a piece of his which I have not yet seen : Answer'd or rejoyn'd by the said Pearson in a little thing intit . Answer to Dr. Burges his word by way of Postscript , in vindication of No necessity , &c. Antidote against Antisobrius . — Printed about 1660. Some of the differences and alterations in the present Common-prayer book , from the book established by the Act in the fifth and sixth of Ed. 6. and first of Q. Eliz. — Printed in one sh . in qu. 1660. The book of Common-Prayer , &c. compared with the old Editions , and all the Alterations noted down . Lond. 1663. oct . I shall make mention of this work more anon , and in the mean time tell you that after the Kings Restauration , our Author Burges being deprived of all the Church-lands that he had purchased at very easie rates , and of his pension from S. Pauls Cathedral , notwithstanding he tugged hard to keep some , he retired to his house at Watford before mention'd , where exercising himself much in penitence , and in observing the duties of the Church , was at length reduced to such poverty , that he was forced to sell all or most part of his Library to buy bread . But that was not all ; for about that time he was so much troubled with a cancer in his neck and cheek , that all he could get , could not in the least cure it , or satisfie that hunger which it caused . Insomuch that being brought very low in body and purse , he sent to Sir Rich. Browne ( who was elected Lord Mayor of Lond. in 1660. ) for relief , and in his letter told him that he was brought to great want and poverty , and that he was eaten up with a cancer in his neck and cheek — I am ( saith (†) he ) reduced to want a piece of bread , as this bearer my son may better inform you ; but Sir mistake me not , I do not beg , I only acquaint you with my condition , and do you what is fit , &c. To which Sir Richard made return , and told the Doctor , that Tho he was the prime cause and motive of his Rebellion against the late King by his preaching and violent persuasions , yet if he would preach a Recantation sermon in S. Pauls Cathedral , he would take care that he should never want so long as he lived . But the reply made to it being this , that he was not then in a capacity to do it , Sir Richard rewarded him with 3 l. only . Afterwards dying obscurely and in want , was obscurely buried in the middle of the body of the Church at Watford before mentioned , on the ninth day of June in sixteen hundred sixty and five . About three weeks before his death , he sent certain Common-prayer books to the publick Library at Oxon , and in a spare leaf before the title of one of them , he wrot this note following with his own hand , dated at Watford 16 May 1665. I Cornelius Burges being an . 1627 by my dear and much honoured mother the renowned University of Oxford , made Doctor in Divinity , am much grieved that I am able to do nothing worthy of her , yet I humbly offer that I have , viz. the first book of the (a) first of Edw. 6 , as also the second book of Common-prayer 5 and 6 of Ed. 6. wherein this hath several Alterations , upon the censure of Bucer , extant in his book Scripta Anglicana . I also add a third book of Common-prayer renewed and established in 1 Elizab. which book is very hard to be had that was then printed : I could never see any other of that edition . I also add a fourth book of Common-prayer in (b) 12 o , wherein I have noted (c) all the differences between that book established by this great Parliament an . 1663 , and the former book established before . All these I most humbly and thankfully give to my said honorable mother of Oxford , ( I being ready to dye ) beseeching her to account of these four small mites , as our Lord and blessed Saviour did of the poor Widows two mites , that by casting in that , cast in all she had . — Cornelius Burges . The Common-prayer book wherein this note was written , was printed in fol. at Lond. 1549 , in the month of May. At the bottom of the title of which , is this written by Dr. Burges . This is one of the very first books of Common Prayer in the beginning of Edw. 6. which book at the Request of Archb. Cranmar , was reviewed and censured by Martin Bucer , and then reformed accordingly in the 5 of Ed. 6. which latter is the book still in force by the statute of 1 Eliz. and this ( meaning the Common-Prayer-book printed 1549 ) is repealed . KENELME DIGBY , the magazine of all Arts , or as one (d) stiles him The ornament of this Nation , son and heir of Sir Everard Digby of Dry-stoke in Rutlandshire Kt. by Mary his wife , daughter and sole heir to Will. Mulsho of Gothurst commonly called Gadhurst in Buckinghamshire , was born at Gothurst on the eleventh (e) day of July 1603 , ( 1 Jac. 1. ) yet Ben. Johnson for rhyme-sake will have (f) it June , thus ; Witness thy action done at Scanderoon Upon thy birth day the eleventh of June . About the year 1618 he was sent to Glocester Hall , after he had been trained up in the Protestant Religion , ( which afterwards he left for that of Rome ) and committed to the care of Tho. Allen , ( who used to say that he was the Mirandula of his age ) but to the tuition of another ; where continuing in the quality of a Gent. Com. for more than two years , he went beyond the seas for a time , and at his return received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty then at Hinchingbrook ( who before had restored to this our Author Digby his estate forfeited by his father ) on the 28 of Octob. 1623. In the year 1628 being then Admiral of a Fleet going to the Levant ( about which time I find him written , è secretiori conclavi ad Carol. 1. & in rebus maritimis Administrator praecipuus ) he acquired great honour by his gallant comportment at Algier , in reescating many English Slaves , and by bearing up so bravely in the resolute Onset on the Venetian Fleet in the Bay of Scanderoon , and making the Pantolini to know themselves and him better . This Onset was made ( as 't is reported ) on the eleventh of June ( his birth-day , as Ben. Joh. will have it ) yet a Pamphlet that was publish'd the same year , giving an account of all the Transactions of that Fight , tells us it was on the 16 of the same month ; which if true , then the fortune of that day is again mar'd . For this his Valour , and by his Travels into several Countries , and converse with the Virtuosi of most civilized Nations , he (g) became The ages wonder for his noble parts , Skill'd in six Tongues , and learn'd in all the Arts. He was not only Master of a good , graceful , and judicious stile , but also wrot an admirable hand , both fast and Roman . His person was handsome and gigantick , and nothing was wanting to make him a compleat Chevalier . He had so graceful elocution and noble address , that had he been dropt out of the Clouds in any part of the World he would have made himself respected ; but the Jesuits , who cared not for him , spoke spitefully , and said 't was true , but then he must have stayed there above six weeks . He had a great faculty , ( which proceeded from abundance of wit and invention ) of proposing and reporting matters to the Virtuosi , especially to the philosophical Assembly at Montpelier , and Royal Society at home . Which is the reason why many say , that as he was most exactly accomplish'd with all sorts of Learning , so was he guilty withall of extravagant Vanities . Nay one , (h) a most noted Author , doth not stick to say that this our eminent Virtuoso was the Pliny of our age for lying , having been provoked to say so , not only from the said Reports , but from another , which put men to a very great wonder , viz. of a City in Barbary under the King of Tripoli that was turned into stone in a very few hours by a petrifying Vapor that fell upon the place , that is , Men , Beasts , Trees , Houses , Utensels , &c. every thing remaining in the same posture , as Children at their Mothers breasts , &c. But this report the Reader is to understand that Sir Kenelme had from an Englishman , Mr. Fitton , residing in Florence , Library-keeper to the great Duke there , by Letter dated 2 Jul. 1656 , and he from the great Duke , who a little before had written to the Bassa of Tripoly to know the truth . Which strange accident being look'd upon as the great wonder of the world , was put into the common News-book of that time called Mercurius Politicus , as having been received from Sir Kenelme then residing at Tholouse in France , who sent a full account of it to a friend of his in England in Sept. following . But as no man knew better than Sir Ken. how to abound , and how to live like a Philosopher , for both were indifferent to him , so none of his time knew better how to take , and pocket up , Abuses ; which indeed belongs to a true Philosopher . In the beginning of the Civil Wars he shew'd himself active for the Kings Cause , and thereupon was forced to compound for his estate in 1649. Which being done , the Parliament then sitting , voted that he should depart the Commonwealth , and not return without leave from the House under pain of death , and confiscation of his estate . Notwithstanding which , he did afterwards return for a time , and , as 't is said , cringed to Oliver , but in what sense , whether in order for the good of the Rom. Catholicks , or for the carrying on of some publick design , I cannot now tell . About the same time he being Chancellour to Henrietta Maria the Queen Mother of England , she sent him as her Envoy from France to the Pope , was at his first coming to Rome highly venerated by all people , as being a person not only of a majestick port and carriage , but of extraordinary Parts and Learning . At length growing high , and huffing his Holiness , he was in a manner neglected , and especially for this reason , that having made a collection of money for the afflicted Catholicks in England , was found to be no faithful Steward in that matter . As for his Works they are these . Letter giving an account of the fight with the Venetians at the bay of Scandaroon . Conference with a Lady about choice of Religion . Par. 1638. &c. Lond. 1654. oct . Answer'd by Will. Twisse , but never published . Observations upon Religio Medici . Lond. 1643. 44. oct . &c. They were the conceptions of one night , and of an hasty birth . The said Rel. Medici was pen'd by Dr. Tho. Browne , as I shall elsewhere tell you . Treatise of the nature of Bodies . Par. 1644. fol. Lond. 1658. 1665. and 69. all three in qu. Answer'd by Alex. Rosse in a book intit . The philosophical Touchstone : or , observations on Sir Ken. Digby's Discourses of nature of Bodies and of the reasonable Soul , &c. in which his erroneous Paradoxes are refuted , &c. Lond. 1645. qu. Treatise of the nature of Mans Soul. Par. 1644. fol. Lond. 1645. 58. 69. qu. This , ( which was answer'd by Rosse also ) with the Treatise of the nature of Bodies , were translated into Latin by J. L. and had a Preface put to them by Tho. White who writes himself Thomas Anglus ex Albiis East-saxonum . — Par. 1651. folio . Observations on the 22 d Stanza in the ninth Canto of the second book of Spencers Fairy Queen . Lond. 1644. octavo . Institutionum peripateticarum libri quinque , cum appendice Theologica de origine mundi . Par. 1651. fol. set at the end of the two Translations made by J. L. before mention'd . Translated into English by the said Tho. White . — Lond. 1656. oct . Letters to the Lord George Digby concerning Religion . Lond. 1651. oct . Of the cure of Wounds by the powder of Sympathy . Lond. 1658. oct . Spoken in French in a solemn Assembly at Montpelier in France 1657. and translated into English by Rich. White . — Lond. 1660. Reprinted at Lond. with the Treatise of bodies , an . 1669. and translated into Lat. by Laur. Stransius of Darmstad in Hassia . It is also printed in the book intit . Theatrum sympatheticum , published by Joh. Andreas Endter , at Norimberg 1662. in qu. and is also printed in the German Language . This is the so much approved sympathetical powder , said to be prepared by Promethean fire , curing all green wounds that come within the compass of a remedy in a short time , and likewise the Tooth-ach infallibly . Discourse concerning the Vegitation of Plants , Lond. 1661. oct . and 69. qu. Spoken on the 23 of Jan. 1660 , in a large meeting of the Royal Society in Gresham Coll. — Printed in Lat. at Amsterd . 1663. and 69. in tw . under this title Dissert . de plantarum vegitatione . Choice and experimental Receipts in Physick and Chirurgery . Cordial and distilled Waters and Spirits , Perfumes and other Curiosities . — These two last things were translated out of several Languages ( for so they were collected and written ) by George Hartman sometimes Steward to Sir Kenelme the Collector , and by him published at Lond. 1668. oct . The first was printed afterwards under this title Medicina experimentalis . — Franc. 1677. oct . His Closet opened ; whereby is discovered several ways of making Metheglin , Sider , Cherry-wine , &c. Lond. 1669. 77. oct . Excellent directions for Cookery , &c. Lond. 1669. 77. octavo . Choice collection of rare chymical Secrets and Experiments in Philosophy . As also rare and unheard of medicines , Menstruums and Alkahests , with the true secret of volatizing the fixt salt of Tartar , &c. Lond. 1682. oct . &c. Published by Hartman before mention'd , who had operated for Sir Kenelme for many years . These are all the things which he hath written , that I yet know of , except , as some are pleased to say , ( which I scarce believe ) the Letter to Dr. Sam. Turner concerning the Church and the Revenues thereof . Lond. 1646. 47 , which he published at the request of the Earl of Dorset . See more in Rich. Steuart , under the year 1651. He also translated into English A Treatise of adheering to God. Lond. 1654. oct . Written by Albert the great , Bishop of Ratisbon . To conclude : he paid his last debt to nature in his house in Covent Garden , on the eleventh day of June in sixteen hundred sixty and five , and was buried in a Vault , built at his own charge , under the east end of the south Isle or Alley joyning the Choire of Ch. Ch. within Newgate in London , by the body of Venetia his sometimes wife , daughter and co-heir of Sir Edw. Stanley of Tongue-Castle in Shropshire ; to whose memory he had , some years before his death , erected over the said Vault a stately altar monument of black marble , and thereon had caused her bust , made of Copper gilt , to be fastned , with four inscriptions of Copper gilt to be affixed to the said monument . Which being done , he caused the draught or picture of the said monument , with the several inscriptions , to be entred in a large folio book of Vellam , containing the history of the family of Digby , which our Author caused to be made of all matters relating thereunto that could be found from record either remaining in the custody of his family , or in the Tower , or any office , in London ; together with the pictures of their monuments that could be found in any Church whatsoever , in which they had been buried . Which book , as his son John hath said , did cost his father about 1000 l. The next year after our Author Sir Kenelme was buried , the said monument with bust was spoiled and defaced when the Church it self was burnt in the dismal conflagration that then hapned in London . His study of books ( being a most admirable collection ) which he had conveyed into France in the time of the Rebellion , fell , after his death , for want of his being naturalized , into the French Kings hands , of whom being beg'd by a certain Gentleman , it was sold , as the report then went , for ten thousand Crowns . Sir Everard Digby , father to Sir Kenelme , was a most goodly Gentleman , and the handsomest man of his time , but much pitied for that it was his ill fate to suffer for the Powder-plot in 1605 aged 24 ; at which time when the Executioner pluck'd out his heart , ( when his body was to be quartered ) and according to the manner held it up , saying Here is the heart of a Traytor , Sir Everard made answer , Thou liest . This a most famous ( (†) Author mentions , but tells us not his name , in his Historia vitae & mortis . The said Sir Everard , was son of Everard Digby of Dry stoke before mention'd , sometimes Master of Arts and Fellow of S. John's Coll. in Cambridge , an . 1579 , a Publisher then , and after , of several books , ( as the Bodleian Catalogue will tell you ) among which is A Dissuasive from taking away the Goods and Livings of the Churchy , &c. Printed at Lond. in qu. This Everard the Writer died at Dry-stoke in 1592. or thereabouts . Sir Ken. Digby had a younger brother called Sir Joh. Digby , who very readily serv'd his Majesty K. Ch. 1. when his Parliament took up Arms against him , was a Colonel , and afterwards a Major Gen. in the western parts of England , while Mr. Joh. Digby , a younger son of John Earl of Bristow , was a Gen. there for his Maj. as I have elsewhere told you . JOHN LEWGAR was born of gentile parents in London , admitted Commoner of Trin. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1616 , and in that of his age 14 , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and in 1632 was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being about that time beneficed in Essex . After Will. Chillingwrrth returned from beyond the seas , he had several Conferences with him about matters of Religion ; wherein Chillingworth shewing himself a person of great dexterity , Lewgar was at length meerly by the force of his Arguments induced to believe that the Roman Church was a true Church , and that the Protestants were all in the wrong , as he used often to tell his friends , and withall to add , that Chillingworth was of no meek and winning spirit , but high and conceited , and so consequently unfit for a Religion that required Humility and Obedience , &c. Afterwards our Author Lewgar left his Benefice and Religion , and upon the invitation of Cecil Lord Calvert , called Lord Baltimore , ( who had been his intimate acquaintance while he was a Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll. ) travelled into Maryland , belonging to the said Lord ; where , after he had spent several years , and had buried his wife , he returned into England , some years before the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. with Father Andrew White a Jesuit , who had been sent thither to gain the Barbarians to his Religion . After which time he lived in Wild-street near Lond. in the house of the said Lord Baltimore , where he wrot , Erastus junior : a solid Demonstration by Principles , forms of Ordination , Common Laws , Acts of Parliament , that no Bishop , Minister , nor Presbyter , hath any Authority to preach , &c. from Christ , but from the Parliament . Lond. 1659. 60. Erastus senior : scholastically demonstrating this conclusion , that admitting Lambeth Records to be true , those called Bishops here in England , are no Bishops either in Order or Jurisdiction , or so much as legal , &c. Lond. 1662. oct . He died of the Plague in the Parish of S. Giles in the Fields near to London , in sixteen hundred sixty and five , by too much exposing himself in helping and relieving poor Rom. Catholicks , as I have been informed by his familiar friend Robert Pugh a secular Priest , who hath told me that he the said Joh. Lewgar hath published other things , besides Erastus jun. and Erastus sen . but the just titles of them he could not tell . One Joh. Lewgar nearly related to , if not descended from , the before mentioned J. Lewgar died in the Island called Barbadoes , an . 1675 , in which year also died Cecil L. Calvert . JOHN QUARLES son of Franc. Quarles the Poet , was an Essexian born , became a Batler of Exeter Coll. in the latter end of 1642 , and in that of his age 18 , bore Arms within the Garrison of Oxon for his Majesty , and was afterwards , as 't is said , a Captain in one of his Armies : but upon the declining of his Majesties Cause , he retired to London in a mean condition ; where he wrot several things meerly for maintenance sake ; among which were these , Regale lectum miseriae : or , the English bed of misery : in which is contained a Dream . Lond. 1649. oct . Elegy upon that never to be forgotten Ch. 1. late ( but too soon martyr'd ) King of England . Elegy and Epitaph on Arthur Lord Capell , beheaded 9 Mar. 1648. A curse against the enemies of peace . His farewell to England . — These four last things were printed with Reg. lect . miseriae , before mention'd . Afterwards he took his Rambles beyond the seas , but whether in the condition of a Tutor , or bare Traveller or Pilgrime , I know not . After his return , he lived as occasion served , and published , Fons lacrymarum : or , a fountaine of tears : from whence doth flow Englands complaint . Jeremiahs Lamentations paraphrased , with divine Meditations . Elegy upon that son of Valour Sir Charles Lucas . — These three last things were several times printed in oct . one Edition whereof came out in 1677. The tyranny of the Dutch against the English . Lond. 1653. oct , written in prose . Continuation of the history of Argalus and Parthenia . Lond. 1659. in tw . He also published in verse , The rape of Lucrece committed by Tarquin the 6. &c. Lond. 1655. in oct . Written by Will. Shakespear Gent , and added to it Tarquin banished : or , the reward of lust . Lond. 1655. oct . in verse . He hath also written , Divine Meditations upon several Subjects : whereunto is annexed Gods love , and Mans unworthiness , with several divine Ejaculations , Lond. 1659 , &c oct . Triumphant chastity ; or , Josephs self conflict , when by his Mistress was enticed to adultery : shewing the powerful motions betwixt the Flesh and the Spirit . Lond. 1683. oct . a divine Poem . This person J. Quarles , ( who perhaps hath written other things ) was esteemed by some a good Poet , and a great Royalist , for which he suffer'd , and lived therefore mostly in a poor condition . At length upon the raging of the Plague in and near London , he was swept away there , among thousands that died of that disease , in sixteen hundred sixty and five ; but where his carkass was lodged , I cannot tell . One Joh. Quarles occurs Archdeacon of Northampton , an . 1640 , and was living after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. but he is not to be taken with Joh. Quarles the Poet. ROBERT CODRINGTON was born of an antient and gentile family in Glocestershire , elected Demie of Magd. Coll. 29 at July 1619 , aged 17 years , being then some months standing in that house , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1626 , and afterwards ( upon his return from his Travels ) lived in the quality of a Gent. in Norfolk for several years , and there took to him a wife . At length retiring to London spent the remainder of his days , and there finished his course . This person , who was always accounted a Puritan , hath written and translated these things following . The life and death of the illustrious Robert Earl of Essex , &c. containing at large the Wars he managed , and the Commands he had in Holland , the Palatinate , and in England , &c. Lond. 1646. in about 7 sheets in qu. In this book he shews himself a rank Parliamenteir . Collection of many select and excellent Proverbs . The life of Aesop . — This is written in French and Latine ; which , with that written in English by Tho. Philipot , are put before Aesops Fables in English , illustrated with an 112 Sculptures by Francis Barlow — Lond. 1666. fol. He also translated from French into English ( 1 ) Treatise of the knowledge of God. Lond. 1634. Written by Pet. du Moulen . ( 2 ) Heptameron : or , the history of the fortunate lovers . Lond. 1654. in a thick oct . Written by Margaret de Valois Queen of Navarr , who divided it into eight days journey . This translation is dedicated to the lover of all good learning Tho. Stanley Esq . And also from Lat. into English ( 1 ) The History of Justin , taken out of the four and forty books of Trogus Pompeius , containing the affairs of all Ages and Countries , both in peace and war , from the beginning of the world , until the time of the Rom. Emperors . Lond. 1664. ( second edit . ) 1672. oct . 82. in tw . ( 2 ) Aesops Fables , printed in oct . ( 3 ) Ignoramus , a Com. — Lond. 1662. qu. with a supplement , which ( out of respect to the Students of the Common Law ) was hitherto wanting . ( 4 ) Prophecies of Christoph . Kotterus , Christiana Poniatovia , and Nich. Drabicius , three famous German Prophets , &c. Lond. 1664. oct . second edit . ( 5 ) Life and death of Alexander the Great , King of Macedon . In 10 books , Lond. 1673. oct . Written by Q. Curtius Rufus . He hath also translated ( from French ) the last vol. of Nich. Caussins Holy Court , which I have not yet seen : Nor do I know any thing else of him , only that he died of the Plague in Lond. in sixteen hundred sixty and five , but where buried I cannot yet tell , and that he had other matters lying by him fit for the Press . SAMUE● FISHER son of Joh. Fisher a Haberdasher of hats and Mayor of Northampton , was born there , or at least in Northamptonshire , became a Student in Trin. Coll. in Mich. term , an . 1623 , aged 18 years , took one degree in Arts , as a member thereof , at which time being puritanically inclined , he translated himself to New Inn , where , by the stay that he made , which was about two years after he had taken the degree of M. of A , he was throughly setled in his opinion , and as 't is verily thought , he entertained then more opinions and Principles than one of his coat ought to have done . About the year 1632 he was presented to the Vicaridge of Lydde in Kent ; where , under the character of a very powerful Preacher , he lived in Conformity ( tho continuing still in his Puritanism ) till about the year 1643 , near which time he held a strict confederacy with some of the religious Zealots of his Town , who applied themselves to him for spiritual advice in reference to their scruples of conscience , as to which of the new differing Sects they ought to adhere . Whilst their thoughts were herein wavering , our Author Fisher enjoyn'd himself and them to the observance of several Fast-days , wherein he , as the mouth of the rest , was to apply himself to God by Prayer , to require his immediate direction and guidance . After many of these religious Consults , during the continuance of their being dissatisfied , two persons professing themselves Anabaptists retired to Lydde , and under the title of Messengers of God desired of our Author the libe●ty of using his Pulpit the next Lords day ; wh●ch motion he seemed very inclinable to grant , but the Church-Wardens strictly forbad it . Whereupon the said Anabaptists on the Saturday following preached by turns in the open Market-place amongst a great concourse of people , wherein our Author had placed himself so near , as to have the conveniency of hearing their several Harangues . In the conclusion our Author desired a conference with them , and after some debate , he publickly disowned his former Tenents , revolted from the Ch. of England , and was immediately re-baptized , positively affirming that this opportunity was the return which God had made to his foregoing Fasts and Prayers ; and with this plausible pretence he gained several Proselites , renounced his Cure , and zealously propagated his opinions , as well by keeping a constant Conventicle , as by publick Challenges and Disputes with several of the neighbouring Ministers , and writing several controversial Pamphlets , all reprinted in fol. as I shall anon tell you . About 8 or 9 years after his Apostacy , he turned a very zealous Quaker , and in the company of one of that Sect he undertook a Voyage to Rome , whether under pretence of converting the Pope , I cannot say it . Upon their return thence about 1658 , his companion was in a very poor miserable condition , but our Author in a very gentile Equipage , having been ( as 't was credibly supposed in Kent ) made in his absence a Rom. Priest . In the year following , he , as a Quaker , held a publick disputation at Sandwich with Mr. Tho. Danson , as I shall tell you anon ; wherein several Proposals being made to him about his Religion , he first denied not that he had been at Rome , but that he received a pension from the Pope , he utterly denied ; which then , as 't was said , was very probable , if not true ; for it was reported from very good hands , that in his late Travels to Constantinople , and thence to Rome , he had as good bills of Exchange as most Gentlemen that travel , and yet it was well known then that he had no visible Estate ; and the Quakers that came to the Dispute , did report that he did bear his witness against the Pope and Cardinals of Rome , and yet they suffered him not to be medled with , &c. Secondly , it was sworn by sufficient and credible men of Sandwich that had some discourse with him at Dunkirk , that he told them , that he looked upon the Jesuits and Friers there to be sounder in Doctrine than those we call the Reformed Churches . And thirdly , that on the first day of the Dispute , he made very light of the charge of Popery against him , when Amesius against Bellarmine was produced ; and with a gesture of derision he replied that Bellarmine held many truths which must not be rejected because he held them , &c. As for the books which he published , the titles of them follow , but the respective years when they were published , I know not . Anti-diabolisme : or , the true account of a true Counterfeit . One word yet to the Disputers and Scribes of the Ashford disputation : or , an Epilogetical Postscript on the Apologetical Preface . Anti-babism : or , the Babish disputation at Ashford for Baby-baptisme disproved . The second part of Anti●babisme : or , a Review of their Review . Anti-rantism : or , Christ'ndom unchristn'd . Anti-sacerdotism . Sacerdotale delirium diliatum . The dotage of the Priests discovered . Or a new Edition , with no small addition in way of emendation , &c of the third part of that treble Treatise , which is extant about the Ashford Disputation , intit . A pathetical exhortation to the Pastors to oppose the growth of Anabaptisme , &c. — All which things being reprinted in fol. had this title set before them . — Christianismus redivivus . Christ'ndom both unchristned and new-christned ; or , that good old way of dipping and in Churching of Men and Women after faith and repentance professed , ( commonly , but not properly called Anabaptism ) vindicated from that two-edged sword of the Spirit ( the word of God ) from all kind of calumnies that are cast upon it , &c. Lond. 1655. fol. Rusticus ad Academicos in exercitationibus expostulatoriis , & Apologeticis quatuor . The Rusticks alarum to the Rabbines : or , the Country correcting the University and Clergy ; and ( not without good cause ) contesting for the truth , against the nursing mothers and their children . In four Apologetical , and expostulatory Exercitations . Wherein is contained , as well a general account of all Enquirers , as a general Answer to all opposers of the most truly catholick , and most truly Christ-like Christians called Quakers , and of the true Divinity of their Doctrine . By way of entire entercourse held in special with four of the Clergies Chieftains , John Owen D. D. Tho. Danson ▪ M. A. Joh. Tombes B. D. and Rich. Baxter of Kederminster , &c. Lond. 1660 in a thick quarto . with an additional appendix . A positive true testimony according to the external letter , to the internal and eternal light — Printed with the former , in Engl. and Lat. in two columes . Busie Bishop besides the business or Dr. Gauden overseen , &c. Lond. 1662. qu. This , which I have not yet seen , is the same I suppose , with the book about Tender consciences . Three disputations at Sandwych with Tho. Danson , an . 1659. Lond. 1664. oct . 3d. edit . Published by the said Tho. Danson sometimes fellow of Magd. Coll. Baptisme before or after faith and repentance . Lond. 1669. fol. The same I suppose , ( for I have not yet seen it ) with the folio before mention'd , Christianismus redivivus , &c , only the title alter'd . What else he , or others under his name , have published I know not , nor any thing else of him , save only , that after his Majesties restoration he lived obscurely in London , kept Conventicles , and thereupon was imprison'd in Newgate , and was accounted the Corypheus of the Quakers . At length being at liberty , he retired to a village called Dalston in the Parish of Hackney in the County of Middlesex , where he died ( of the plague as 't was said ) in Sept. or Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and five . This Person in his Disputes did always decline a direct answer to the question what University he was of , which gave some of the neighbouring Ministers in Kent occasion to suspect that the said Fisher was bred in some forreign Popish University ; and the rather because he would often plead for popish Tenents , tho when pressed to tell whether he did really believe them , he would pretend he did it disputandi gratiâ , to hold an argument for discourse sake . One or two of both his names have published several matters , and therefore they are to be remembred elsewhere . FRANCIS CHEYNELL son of John Cheynell Doct. of Phys . sometimes Fellow of C. C. Coll , by Bridget his Wife , was born in Catstreet in S. Maries Parish within the City of Oxon , an . 1608 and on the sixth of July the same year received baptisme there . After he had been educated in Grammar learning either in the School of that noted Greecian Edw. Sylvester ( who taught in Allsaints Parish ) or else in the Free●school of Magd. Coll , or in both , he became a member of this University in the beginning of the year 1623 : And being Bach. of Arts of two years standing , or more , he was by the intercession of his Mother ( then the Widow of Dr. Rob. Abbot Bish . of Salisbury ) made to Dr. Brent the Warden of Merton Coll. ( who had married Martha the only Daughter of the said Bish . by his first Wife ) elected Probationer fellow thereof , in the year 1629. After he had proceeded in Arts , he entred into the sacred function , and was a Curate in , or near , Oxon for a time . But when the face of things began to alter in 1640. and 41. he manifestly shew'd himself , what he was before but in part , viz. a Presbyterian , and an enemy to the Bishops and Ceremonies of the Church : So that closing with the mighty men of the predominant party , he took the Covenant , became one of the Ass . of Divines in 1643 , a frequent Preacher before the members of Parliament , Rector of the rich parsonage of Petworth in Sussex , in the place of an honest and loyal Doctor ejected thence , one of the Apostles to convert the University from loyalty to Presbyterie , an . 1646 , a Visitor appointed by Parliament 1647. — 48 to take possession of , and enjoy , the places of other Persons , as the Margaret Professorship of the University , and Presidentship of S. Johns Coll. But being forced to leave those two places soon after to his great grief ( he being then Doct. of Div. ) he retired to Petworth where he remained a useful member for the covenanting cause till the Kings restauration , and then , or at Bartholmew tide two years after , he was deprived of that Parsonage . I have said much of him (a) elsewhere , and therefore I shall only now tell you that he was accounted by many , especially by those of his party ( who had him always in great veneration ) a good Disputant and Preacher , and better he might have been , and of a more sober temper , had he not been troubled with a weakness in his head , which some in his time called craziness . He hath commended to posterity these things following . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Gods Alarum , Fast sermon before the H. of Commons 31. May 1643 on Zach. 2.7 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 2 ) The man of honour , Fast sermon before the H. of Lords 26 March 1645 on Psal . 49.20 . Lond. 1645. qu. ( 3 ) Plot for the good of prosperity , communicated in a Fast serm . before the H. of Com. 25. March 1646 on Gen. 18.19 . Lond. 1646. qu. &c. The rise , growth and danger of Socinianisme , &c. Lond. 1643. qu. 'T is the effect of 3. or more Sermons . Chillingworthi novissima . Or , the sickness , heresie , death and burial of Will. Chillingworth Clerk of Oxford , and in the conceit of his fellow soldiers , the Queens Arch-engineer and grand Intelligencer . &c. Lond. 1643. qu. Speech at the funeral of Mr. Chillingworth's heretical and mortal book . Prophane Catechisme collected out of Mr. Chillingworths works . — These two last things are printed with Chillingworthi novissima . Divers letters to Dr. Jasp . Mayne concerning false Prophets — Printed 1647. qu. Copy of some papers past at Oxford between the Author of the Practical Catechisme ( H. Hammond ) and Mr. Cheynell . Lond. 1647. qu. Published by Dr. H. Hammond . Truth triumphing over errour and heresie : or , a relation of a Disputation at Oxon in S. Maries Church between Mr. Cheynell and Mr. Erbury a Socinian , &c. Lond. 1646. 47. in one sh . in qu. Account given to the Parliament by the Ministers sent by them to Oxon. Lond. 1647 in about 8. sh . in qu. It must be now known that several socinian books being published about that time against the Holy Trinity by John Biddle , Jo. Fry and others , it was thought fit by the leading men or the Presbyterian party of the Univ. of Oxon. that one or more of them should make answer to them . Wherefore this our Author Cheynell being looked upon as a Goliah among them , he was at a meeting of the Delegates of the said University 19. Feb. 1649 desired (b) by them to set forth a book touching the vindication of the Trinity ; so that he undertaking the matter , came out a book written by him thus entituled . The divine Trinunity of the Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. Dedicated to the Univ. of Oxon. in a Lat. Epist . written by Cheynell . Much about the same time came out a book written by him bearing this title . A discussion of Mr. Frye's Tenents lately condemn'd in Parliament : and Socinianisme proved to be an unchristian doctrine — 'T is not said to be where printed , or when , or by whom written , but all then took it by the stile or Cheynell , as indeed it is . Whereupon Fry being not able to retort , wrot a book , not without railing , against the Presbyterian Clergy , entit . The Clergy in their Colours , &c. Lond. 1650. oct . wherein p. 7. he speaks of Cheynell thus . But to use such expressions causlesly , or from a spirit of malice , is worthy of reproof ; and therefore I may justly blame Mr. Cheynell ( the Author of the Divine Trin-unity ) for railing at my Bellows . If an ipse dixit , or foul mouthed Language be a sufficient confutation , I confess I am fully answered ; for he is plentiful in it . But what do I mean ? doubtless the sign was in Aries when he writ , and it might be in the Cuckoe-month too ; and therefore he is the more to be excused ; and till the man writes soberly , or I meet with one in his wits , that quarrels with my aforesaid book , I shall not be careful to vindicate it from blasphemy and errour , though the Doctor is pleased to bestow those liveries upon it , &c. — What other things our Author Cheynell hath written , I know not , nor any thing else of him only that after he was turn'd out from Petworth he retired to an obscure Village called Preston , lying between Chichester and Mydhurst in Sussex ( at which place he before had purchased an estate ) where dying in a condition , little better than distracted , in the month of Septemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and five was buried in the Church there , leaving then behind him several Sons . You may see more of him in William Chillingworth , under the year 1643. As for John Fry before mention'd , who was a man of more than ordinary parts , was of Bursey in Dorsetshire , but whether he was educated in this , or in another University , I cannot yet tell . 'T is true that one Jo. Fry became a Commoner of Exeter Coll , an . 1616 aged 17 years , but he was matriculated as a Native of Devon. and an Esquires Son , and so consequently cannot be the same with the former ; who in 1640 was one of the Burgesses elected by the men of Shaftesbury in his own Country to serve in that unhappy Parliament which began at Westm . 3. of Nov. the same year , but his election being voted void , he sided notwithstanding with the faction , was seemingly a Presbyterian , and afterwards all things to all men . So that being esteemed very capable of carrying on the beloved cause , he was first made a Committee man of his County , and afterwards was called into the House of Commons by the Independents , upon their excluding the active Presbyterians , purposely to carry on their designs against the King. Afterwards , he being very ready to keep pace with them , he not only subscribed his vote for the trial of his Majesty Ch. 1. but personally sate in judgment when sentence was past for his decollation . About that time he being observed by some of the H. of Commons to be a Person of strange principles in Religion , an Arrian , Socinian and I know not what , and also to be a Person of no good Morals , he was publickly complained of in the house by Colonel Joh. Downes one of the Regicides and afterwards a member of the Council of State. Whereupon Fry published The Accuser ashamed : or , a pair of Bellows to blow off the dust cast upon John Fry a member of Parliament by Col. Jo. Downes , who charged the said John Fry of blasphemy and errour . Printed at Lond. in Febr. 1648. in oct . To which he added ( 1 ) A word to the Priests , Lawyers , Royalists , Self-seekers , and rigid Presbyterians . ( 2 ) A brief ventilation of that chaffie and absurd opinion of three Persons or substances in the Godhead . Afterwards , he being exasperated by the Presbyterian Ministers and some Independents , he wrot and published , The Clergy in their colours : or , a brief character of them , &c. Lond. 1650 in 4. sh . in oct . Which , the next year was answered by J. D. Nephew , as 't was said , to Mr. John Davy of Taunton Magdalen in Somersetshire . Soon after the publication of the said Clergy in their colours , the Parliament took so much cognizance of the matter that they sate on Saturday 22. Feb. 1650 from morning to night in debate of certain passages published in the said books , as ( 1 ) In debate of that added to the Accuser ashamed , in the title running thus , that chaffie and absurd opinion of three persons or substances in the Godhead . ( 2 ) In that in p. 22. running thus — that gross and carnal opinion of three distinct Persons or subsistences in the Godhead : Persons and subsistences , are subsistences or accidents . As for the word Person , I do not understand that it can be properly attributed but to man. It is out of doubt with me , that if you ask the most part of men what they mean by a Person , they will either tell you 't is a man , or else they are not able to give you any answer at all . As for the word Accident , I suppose none will attribute that to God , for according to my poor skill , that word imputes no more but the figure or colour , &c. of a thing ; and certainly no man ever saw the likeness of God as the Scriptures abundantly testifie , &c. These things being discussed , it was resolved by the members of Parliament that they were erroneous , prophane and highly scandalous . Afterwards they proceeded to the book called The Clergy in their colours , wherein , p. 34 is this said by the Author — I cannot let pass one observation , and that is the strange posture those men put themselves into , when they begin their prayers before their Sermons , whether the fools and knaves in stage plays took their pattern from these men , or these men from them I cannot determine , &c. what wry mouths , squint eyes they make , &c. how like a company of conjurers do they mumble out the beginnings of their prayers , that the People may not hear them , &c. These passages being debated , the Parliament resolved that they were scandalous . Again also p. 42. thus — I must confess I have heard much of believing things above reason , and the time was when I swallowed that still : but I may say with S. Paul , &c. When I was a child , &c. Every man that knoweth any thing , knoweth this , that it is reason that distinguishes a man from a beast . If you take away his reason , you deny his very Essence , therefore if any man will consent to give up his reason , I would as soon converse with a beast as with that man , &c. These matters being debated it was resolved by Parliament that they were erroneous . Afterwards they resolved that the said book called The Accuser ashamed , and the other called The Clergy in their colours be burnt , and that the Sherriffs of London and Middlesex be authorized and required to cause all the printed copies of both the said books , and every of them , wheresoever they should be found , to be burnt , some in the New-Pallace-yard at Westm . and some at the Old Exchange . Not a word in the order , was there of the Hang-man , for that would have sounded ominous to the whole pack of them , then in pomp and great splendor . At the same time it was resolved that the said Joh. Fry be disinabled to sit as a member of Parliament ; so that being solemnly cashier'd he had more liberty to keep company with John Biddle , which he did , as with others of that opinion . This Person who had ran through most , if not all , religious , even to Rantisme , died soon after , and thereby saved the Hang-man his labour . JOHN ELLIS received his first breath in the Parish of Llanderkuin near to Harlech in Merionithshire , entred a Student in Hart Hall in the year 1617 , and in that of his age 18. or thereabouts , where going through with infinite industry the several classes of Logick and Philosophy , became M. of A. in 1625 and three years after was elected Fellow of Jesus Coll. being then in holy orders . In 1632 he was admitted to the reading of the sentences , and soon after going into Scotland ( upon what account I know not ) was made and admitted Doctor of his faculty in the University of S. Andrew , on the day before the Cal. of August 1634 , and in Oct. following was incorporated in this University . Before that time having taken to Wife Rebecka Daugh. of John Pettie of Stoke-Talmach near to Thame in Oxfordshire Esq . became Rector of Whitfield near that place ; which Benefice he keeping till about 1647 was made Rector of S. Maries Church in a Market town called Dolgelhy or Dolgethle in his own county , where he continued till the time of his death , siding with all parties and taking all Oathes . His works are these . Clavis fidei , seu brevia quaedam dictata in symbolum Apostolorum . Oxon. 1642. 43. oct . Translated into English by Will. Fowler a composer in the Art of Printing — Camb. 1669. oct . Comment . in Obadium Proph. Lond. 1641. oct . Defensio fidei : seu responsio succincta ad argumenta , quibus impugnari solet confessio Anglicana , una cum nova articulorum versione . Lond. 1660. He concluded his last day at Dolgethle before mention'd , in sixteen hundred sixty and five , and was buried in the Ch. yard there belonging to S. Maries Church aforesaid . In his Rectory succeeded his Kinsman Tho. Ellis Bac. of Div. sometimes Fellow of Jesus Coll , Son of Griffin Ellis of Dolbehman in Caernarvanshire , who having been well vers'd in British Histories , and a singular lover of Antiquities , made many additionals to the Historie of Cambria published by Dav. Powell , as I have before told you ; which being so done , the book was licensed and put into the Press at Oxon. But by that time he had printed 20 sheets or more , out came Percie Enderbie with his book entit . — Cambria triumphans , &c. Or antient and modern British and Welsh Historie . Lond. 1661. fol. In which book , Tho. Ellis finding that Enderbie had seized upon those materials that he had collected for the fabrick of his work , he did desist from going any further , and caused , what had been printed of his work , to be sold for wast paper . He died at Dolbehman ▪ in the beginning of the year ( in Apr. ) 1673 and was buried in the Church belonging to that town . As for Enderbie who was an Author of no considerable note , as having not had that just education which is requisite for a genuine Historian , hath done his work but very meanly , being mostly a scribble from late Authors , and gives not that satisfaction , which curious men desire to know . And therefore I am perswaded that had Ellis finished his work , 't would have been more acceptable to Scholars and intelligent Persons , as having had more opportunities and advantages by reason of his birth , and a continual succession of his family in Wales to know such matters , than Enderbie , who was a stranger ; ( for he was born at , or near to , the City of Lincoln , and knew little or nothing of Wales till he setled there by a clandestine Marriage with the Daughter of Sir Edw. Morgan of Lantarnam in Monmouthshire Baronet ) but upon some encouragement received from certain Gentlemen , and from the Library at Lantarnam , he undertook it partly for fame , but more for money , sake . This Person who translated into English The Astrologer anatomiz'd : or , the vanity of Star-gazing Art discovered , written by Benedict Pererius , died at , or near , Carleon in Apr. 1670 , leaving some other things ( as 't was said ) fit for the press , but if they be no better than his Cambria triumphans , 't is no matter if they suffer the same fate as the papers of Tho. Ellis did . Besides the before-mention'd John Ellis was another of both his names and a writer , bred in Cambridge , and afterwards Vicar of Waddesdon in Bucks , Father to Philip Ellis bred in Westminster School , but in no University in England , because he had changed his Religion for that of Rome , consecrated a titular Bishop in the Chappel belonging to S. James house in Westminster on Sunday 6. of May 1688. MATTHEW GRIFFITH was born of gentile Parents in London , became a Commoner of Brasn . Coll. in the beginning of May 1615 , aged 16 years or more , took one degree in Arts as a member of Glouc. Hall , then holy Orders and soon after became Lecturer of St. Dunstans Church in the West , under the inspection , as 't is (*) said , of Dr. John Donne , whose favourite he was . Afterwards he was made Rector of S. Mary Magd. near Old Fish-street in London by the presentation of the Dean and Chapt. of S. Paul , where shewing himself a grand Episcoparian , was in the beginning of the rebellion sequestred from his Rectory , plundered , and imprison'd in Newgate ; whence being let out , he was forced to fly , but taken and afterwards imprison'd in Peter-house . At length getting loose thence , he retired to the King at Oxon , by virtue of whose letters he was actually created D. of D. in June 1643 , and made one of his Chaplains . Afterwards , upon the declining of the Kings cause , he returned to London , and there by stealth read and continued prayers and other ordinances , according to the Ch. of England , to the poor Cavaliers during the Usurpation ; for which he suffer'd seven violent assaults , as 't is said , and five imprisonments , the last of which was in Newgate in the beginning of the year 1660. After the Kings return , he was restored to his Rectory , was made Preacher to the honorable Societies of the Temples and Rector of Bladon near Woodstock in Oxfordshire , but whether he was made a Prebend of a Church , or a Dean , which he much deserved , I know not . He hath written and published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon on Psal . 37. ver . 1. Lond. 1633. oct . ( 2 ) Pathetical perswasion to pray for publick peace , on Psal . 122.6 . Lond. 1642. qu. For several passages in which Sermon he suffered imprisonment . ( 3 ) Sermon touching the power of the King , on Eccles . 8.4 . Lond. 1643. qu. His name is not set to it , but the general report then and after was , that 't was his . ( 4 ) The fear of God and the King , pressed in a Serm. at Mercers Chappel 25. March 1660 on Prov. 24.21 . Lond. 1660. qu. &c. In which Serm. shewing himself too zealous for the Royal cause , before Gen. George Monk durst own it , was , to please and blind the fanatical party , imprison'd in Newgate , but soon after released . There was an answer made to this by John Milton , entit . Brief notes upon a late Sermon titled , The fear of God , &c. — Whereupon came out a little thing called No blind guides , &c. addressed to the Author in two sheets , in Rog. Lestrange his Apologie — Lond. 1660. qu. ( 5 ) Communion Serm. preached at Serjeants inn before the Judges , on Rom. 12.4.5 . Lond. 1661. qu. ( 6 ) Catholic Doctor and his spiritual Catholicon , on 1. John 1.7 . Lond. 1662. qu. ( 8 ) The Kings life-guard ; an anniversary Sermon preached to the honorable society of both the Temples , 30. Jan. 1664. on 1. Sam. 26.9 . Lond. 1665. qu. Besides which he hath others that are extant , but such I have not yet seen , as The Samaritan revived ; another called The blessed birth , &c. He hath also written , Bethel : or , a forme for families ; in which all sorts of both sexes , are so squared , and framed by the word , as they may best serve in their several places , for useful pieces in Gods building . Lond. 1654. qu. Brief historical account of the causes of our unhappy distractions , and the only way to heal them . Lond. 1660. oct . This is added to a second edition of the Sermon called The fear of God and the King , &c. This most zealous and loyal Person departed this mortal life at Bladon before mention'd , on the 14. of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and five , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . He had before broken a vein in the earnest pressing of that necessary point , study to be quiet and follow your own business . In the said Rectory of Bladon ( Woodstock being a Chappel of ease to it ) succeeded Henry Savage D. D. Master of Balliol Coll. of whom I shall make mention among these writers under the year 1672. THOMAS WARMESTRY son of Will. Warm . Registrary of the Cath. Church at Worcester , was born , and educated in Grammar learning , in that City , became a Student of Ch. Ch. in 1624 or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1631 , and had some spiritual cure in his own Country confer'd upon him soon after . In 1640 he was Clerk for the Diocess of Worcester in the two Convocations of the Clergy held that year , and in 1642 he retired for security sake ( the Nation being then in a combustion ) to the King at Oxon , where he was actually created D. of D. the same year , and afterwards lost what he had before obtained in the Church , notwithstanding he had always before been accounted a Puritan . After the Kings cause declined , he lived mostly in London , was the distributer of money ( obtained from generous Loyalists ) to sufferers for the royal interest , was chief confessor to loyal Martyrs , a constant and indefatigable visiter and comforter of sick and distressed Cavaliers , ( for so the Royalists were called ) very zealous also in converting Infidels , industrious in reclaiming the loose , and establishing the wavering , zealous and careful in preparing his auditors for the Sacrament of the Lords Supper and for death . After the Kings return in 1660 he was restored to what he had lost , was made Prebendary of Glocester , and in the year following Dean of Worcester , upon the death of Dr. Jo. Oliver ; in which Dignity he was installed 27. Nov. 1661. He hath written and published , A convocation speech against images , altars , crosses , the new canons and the oath . Lond. 1641 in 3. sh . in qu. Pax vobis : or , a charm for tumultuous spirits , being an advice to the City of London to forbear their disorderly meetings at Westminster . Lond. 1641. qu. Ramus Olivae : or , a petition for peace to his Maj. and the Houses of Parliament . Oxon. 1642. qu. Answer to one W. Bridges concerning the present war , and taking up Arms against the King — Printed 1643. qu. This W. Bridges , I take to be the same with him who wrot Some short annotations on The loyal convert . Lond. 1644. in 4. sheets in qu. but not the same , I presume , with Will. Bridges Preacher at S. Dunstans in the East , London , Author of Joabs counsel , and Davids seasonable hearing it , serm . before the H. of Com. at the publick fast 22. Feb. 1642 , on 2. Sam. 19.5.6.7.8 . Lond. 1643. qu. and of other things . I find one Will. Bridge to have been fellow of Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards a Minister in Norfolk , but to avoid the censures of Episcopal consistories , he , with Jerem. Burroughes withdrew themselves into the Low countries . Upon the change of the times occasion'd by the Presbyterians , Bridge returned , became Minister at Yarmouth in Norfolk , a frequent Preacher before the Long Parliament , a notorious Independent and a keeper up of that faction by continual preaching during the time of Usurpation , silenced upon his Majesties return , carried on his cause with the said Jer. Burroughs in Conventicles at Clapham in Surrey till about the time of his death , which hapned in 1670. I say this Will. Bridge who while he lived published several Sermons and Theological Tracts , and after his death had 8 of his Sermons made publick , which are entituled Bridges remains , &c. Lond. 1673. oct . with his picture before them , is not to be taken to be the same with Will. Bridges before mention'd , because of the different writings of their names . Dr. Warmestry hath also written . An hearty and friendly premonition to the City of London before their meeting in their common Hall 24 1648. whereby they have an opportunity to become the happy instruments of their own safety , and the peace and preservation of the Kingdom . Lond. 1648 in two sheet in qu. Vindication of the solemnity of the nativity of Christ — Printed 1648. qu. Answer to certain Queries propounded by one Joseph Hemming in opposition to the practice of the Church in the solemnity of the said nativity . — Printed with the Vindication . Sighs of the Church and Commonwealth of England . Lond. 1648. in tw . A box of Spiknard : or , a little manual of Sacramental instruction and devotion , especially helpful to the People of God , at , and about , the time of receiving the Lords Supper . Lond. 1664 third edit . in 12o. printed there again in 1671. and 74. in 24o. The baptized Turk : or , a narrative of the happy conversion of Signior Rigep Dandulo , the only Son of a silk Merchant in the isle of Tzio , &c. and of his admission unto Baptisme by Mr. Pet. Gunning at Exeter house Chappel , 8. Nov. 1657. Lond. 1658. oct . This narrative was drawn up by our Author Warmestry who caused the picture of the said Dandulo in a Turkish habit to be put before it . The countermine of union : or , the Jesuits mine of division , being a short platform of expedients for peace . Lond. 1660. What other books he hath extant I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying on the 30. of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and five , aged 60 or thereabouts , was buried by his Father , Grandfather , and other relations in the body of the Cathedral at Worcester , not far from the north door . Over his grave is an inscription engraven on a black marble , the copy of which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 279.6 . In his Deanery succeeded Dr. Will. Thomas of whom I shall make mention in his proper place . ROBERT POINTZ son of Sir John Pointz was born of , and descended from , an antient and noble family of his name living at Iron-Acton in Glocestershire , was educated for a time in the quality of a Gent. Com. in this University , but in what Coll. unless in that of Lincoln , ( for I cannot find him matriculated as yet ) I know not . Afterwards he studied for a time in one of the Temples , and when K. Ch. 1. was crown'd in 1625 he was made one of the Knights of the Bath . He hath written , A vindication of Monarchy and the government long established in the Ch. and Kingdom of England , against the pernitious assertions and tumultuous practices of the Innovators during the last Parliament in the raign of K. Ch. 1. Lond. 1661. qu. He was buried in the Church of Iron-Acton among the graves of his ancestors , on the tenth day of Nov. in sixteen hundred sixty and five , aged 79 years or thereabouts ▪ leaving then behind him a Son named John a Knight , who died in the Middle Temple at London in 1680 , and left behind him a relict named Anne ▪ but not the estate at Iron-Acton , because it had been conveyed away by his Father . One of his name and family called Captain John Pointz wrot and published The present prospect of the famous and fertile Island of Tobago , &c. with Proposals for the encouragement of all those that are minded to settle there . Lond. 1683. in 7 sh . in qu. Whether he was of any University I know not . JOHN EARLE received his first being in this vain and transitory world within the City of York , was admitted Probationer fellow of Merton Coll. in 1620 aged 19 years or thereabouts , and proceeded in Arts four years after . His younger years were adorned with Oratory , Poetry , and witty fancies ; and his elder with quaint preaching and subtile disputes . In 1631 he was one of the Proctors of the University and about that time Chaplain to Philip Earl of Pembroke , who , for his service and merits , bestowed upon him the Rectory of Byshopston in Wilts . Afterwards he was constituted Chaplain and Tutor to Charles Prince of Wales , after Dr. Duppa was made Bishop of Salisbury , was actually created Doct. of Div. in 1642 , elected one of the Ass . of Divines in the year following , but refused to sit among them , and Chancellour of the Cath. Ch. at Salisbury in the place of Will. Chillingworth deceased , in the latter end of the same year 1643. Afterwards he suffered , and was deprived of all he had , for adhering to his Majesty K. Ch. 1 , suffered in exile with his Son K. Ch. 2 , whom , after his defeat at Worcester , he saluted at Roan upon his arrival in Normandy , and thereupon was made his Chaplain and Clerk of the Closet . After the Kings return he was made Dean of Westminster , keeping his Clerkship still , was consecrated Bishop of Worcester , after the death of Dr. Gauden , on the last of Novemb. ( S. Andrews day ) 1662 , and at length was translated to the See of Salisbury 28. Sept. 1663 , void by the translation thence to London of Dr. Humph. Henchman . This Dr. Earl was a very gentile Man , a contemner of the world , religious , and most worthy of the office of a Bishop . He was a Person also of the sweetest and most obliging nature ( as one (a) that knew him well , tho of another perswasion , saith ) that lived in our age , and since Mr. Rich. Hooker died , none have lived , whom (b) God had blest with more innocent wisdom , more sanctified learning , or a more pious , peaceable , primitive temper , than he ; so that this excellent Person seem'd to be only like himself , and venerable Mr. Hooker , and only the fit man to make the learned of all nations happy , in knowing what hath been too long confin'd to the language of our little Island , I mean by his translation of the said Mr. Hooker's book called Eccles . Politie , as I shall tell you anon . He hath written , An Elegy upon Mr. Franc. Beaumont the Poet. — Afterwards printed at the end of Beaumonts Poems . Lond. 1640. qu. Put out with a poetical Epistle before them , subscribed by Laur. Blaik●lock a Bookseller near Temple-bar , afterwards an informer to the Committees of sequestration at Haberdashers and Goldsmiths-hall , and a beggar defunct in Prison . Micro-cosmography : or , a piece of the world characteriz'd in essays and characters . Lond. 1628. &c. in tw . Published under the name of Edw. Blount . He also translated from English into Lat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , which he entituled Imago Regis Caroli primi in aer●●mnis & solitudine . Hag. com . 1649 in tw . and also The Laws of Eccles . Polity , in 8. books , written by Rich. Hooker of C. C. Coll. This is in Ms . and not yet printed . Dr. Earl being esteemed a witty man , while he continued in the University , several copies of his ingenuity and poetry were greedily gathered up , some of which I have seen , particularly that Lat. Poem entit . Hortus Mertonensis . The beginning of which is Hortus delitiae domus politae , &c. He had also a hand in some of the Figures , of which about 10 were published , but which Figure or Figures claim him as Author , I know not . The Figure of six I have bearing this title , The figure of six , containing these six things , wit , mirth , pleasure , pretty observations , new conceits , and merry jests . These Figures were not published all at once , but at several times . At length this worthy Bishop retiring to Oxon when the King , Queen and their respective Courts setled there for a time , to avoid the plague then raging in London and Westminster , took up his quarters in University Coll. where dying on the 17. of Novemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and five , was buried near the high altar in Mert. Coll. Church , on the 25 day of the said month , being then accompanied to his grave from the publick Schools by an Herald at Arms and the principal persons of the Court and University . In the See of Salisbury succeeded Dr. Alexander Hyde sometimes Fellow of New Coll. of whom will be large mention made in his proper place . GEORGE WILDE son of Hen. Wilde a Citizen of London , was born in the County of Middlesex , elected Scholar of S. Johns Coll. from Merchant Taylors School in 1628 , aged 19 years , entred on the Civ . Law line , took one degree in that fac . 1634 , became one of the Chaplains to Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant , who had an especial respect for him , and would have prefer'd him above the Vicaridge of S. Giles Church in Reading had not the Civil distempers broke forth . In the heat of the rebellion he adhered to the cause of his Majesty , was an appointed Preacher before him and the Parliament in Oxon , being then in great esteem for his eloquent preaching , and therefore had the degree of Doctor of the Civil Law confer'd upon him . Afterwards being turned out of his Fellowship by the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 , he suffer'd much , yet kept up a religious meeting for the Loyalists in Fleetstreet London . After his Majesties restauration , he was , in requital for his loyalty , made Bishop of London-Derry in Ireland , where he was highly valued for his publick spirit , religious conversation and exemplary piety . In his younger years he was accounted a Person of great ingenuity , and in his elder , a man of singular prudence , a grace to the pulpit , and , when in Ireland , as worthy of his function as any there . He hath written , The Hospital of Lovers , or Loves Hospital , a Comedy — Acted in S. Johns Coll. publick refectory before the K. and Qu. 30. Aug. 1636 , but 't was not as , I conceive , printed . Hermophus , a Com. — written in Lat. and several times acted , but not printed . Sermon preached upon the 3. of March , in S. Maries Ch. in Oxon. before the House of Commons , on Psal . 122.8.9 . Oxon. 1643. qu. and other things , as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen . He departed this mortal life at Dublin on Friday 29. of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and five , and was buried in Christ Church there , at which time Mr. George Seignior his Chaplain , ( sometimes Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge ) preached his funeral Sermon , to which I refer the Reader for his farther character , being , as 't is said , made publick . In London-Derry succeeded Dr. Rob. Mossom Dean of Ch. Ch. in Dublin . THOMAS VAUGHAN , who stiles himself in all or most of his writings , which he published , Eugenius Philalethes , was the Son of Tho. Vaughan of Llansomfreid , but born at Newton in the Parish of S. Bridget near Brecknock in Brecknockshire , an . 1621 , educated in Grammar learning under one Matthew Herbert , entred in Jesus Coll. in Mich. term , 1638 , and was put under the tuition of a noted Tutor ; by whose lectures profiting much , he took one degree in Arts , was made Fellow of the said House , and afterwards taking holy Orders from Dr. Manwaring Bishop of S. David , had about that time the Rectory of S. Bridget before mentioned confer'd upon him by his kinsman Sir George Vaughan . But the unsetledness of the times hindring him a quiet possession of , he left , it , retired to Oxon , and in a sedate repose prosecuted his medicinal genie , ( in a manner natural to him ) and at length became eminent in the chymical part thereof at Oxon , and afterwards at London under the protection and patronage of that noted Chymist Sir Rob. Murrey or Moray Kt , Secretary of State for the Kingdom of Scotland . He the said Vaughan was a great admirer of the labours of Cornel. Agrippa , whose principles he followed in most of his works , and to whom , in matters of Philosophy , he acknowledged that next to God he owned all that he had , and therefore in his praise he did often passionately (c) break out into poetical streines , as that he was Natures Apostle , and her choice High-priest , Her mystical and bright Evangelist . &c. As he was a great admirer of Agrippa , so he was no great favourer of the Aristotelian Philosophy , condemning it as altogether imperfect and false , a meer Apothecaries drugg , a mixture of inconsistent contrary Principles , which no way agree with the harmony and method of nature . The whole Encyclopaedia of which , abating the demonstrative mathematical part , he (d) says is built on meer imagination without the least light of experience , and therefore he wishes that all true sons of his famous Oxford mother , would look beyond Aristotle and not confine their intellect to the narrow and cloudy horizon of his text . Our Author seems also to have had as little kindness for the Cartesian Philosophy as the former , for he says (e) that the Author of it was a whim and a wham , a Fellow that invented ridiculous Principles of his own , but hath cast them into such a method , that they have a seeming dependency , and ( Scholars ) mistake his knavery for his reason , &c. The truth is , our Author Vaughan was so wedded to his beloved Agrippa , that nothing could relish with him but his works , especially his Occult Philosophy , which he would defend in all discourse and writing . He was a great Chymist , a noted son of the fire , an experimental Philosopher , a zealous brother of the Rosie-Crucian fraternity , an understander of some of the Oriental Languages , and a tolerable good English and Latin Poet. He was neither Papist nor Sectary , but a true resolute Protestant in the best sense of the Church of England . His Works are these , Anthroposophia Theomagica : or , a discourse of the nature of Man and his state after death , grounded on his Creators Proto-chimistry , and verified by a practical examination of principles in the great world . Lond. 1650. oct . Dedicated to his brethren of the Rosie-Cross . Anima magica abscondita : or , a discourse of the universal spirit of nature , with the strange , abstruse , miraculous ascent and descent . Lond. 1650. oct . It is joyned with the former book , and they go both together . But the Reader is to know , that our Author having reflected on some of the Writings of Mr. Hen. More Fellow of Christs Coll. in Cambridge , particularly , as it seems , on his Psychodia Platonica ; More thereupon came out with a book intit . Observations upon Anthroposophia Theomagica and Anima mag . abscond . under the name of Alazonomastix Philalethes — Par. alias Lond. 1650. oct . Which observations being somewhat satyrical , charging our Author to be a Magician , and withal affirming that nothing but an implacable enmity to Immorality and Foolery , and a zeal of discountenancing Vanity , moved him to write against him , ( in which his Writings he stiles our Author a Mome , a Mimick , an Ape , a meer Animal , a Fool in a Play , a Jack-pudding , &c ) our Author thereupon came out with an Answer in vindication of himself , intit . The Man-mouse taken in a trap , and tortured to death for gnawing the Margins of Eug. Philalethes . Lond. 1650. oct . Written in the greatest buffoonry and scolding imaginable , out-stripping the pattern laid before him by his Adversary ; and not only plays and quibbles on his name like a Novice , but falls fouly on his University in a childish manner . All which doth fully make out the fantasticalness of the title . But this also was replied upon by the said More under the name of Alaz . Philalethes in a book intit . The second Lash against Vaughans Anthropos . Camb. 1651. oct . Which answer and reply of More did afterwards so little please him , tho they tended to a good end , that he thought not fit to have them translated into Latine , with the rest of his Philosophical Works , which were printed 1679. fol. See the general Preface to the said Works concerning the occasion and stile of the aforesaid Answer and Reply . Th. Vaughan hath also written , Magia Adamica : or , the antiquity of Magic , and the descent thereof from Adam downward , proved &c. Lond. 1650. oct . A perfect and full discovery of the true Coelum terrae , or the Magicians heavenly Chaos and first matter of all things . — Printed with Magia Adam . The second wash : or , the Moore scoured once more ; being a charitable Cure for the distractions of Alazonomastix . Lond. 1651. oct . The first wash was the Man-mouse This worthy person Dr. Hen. More ( of whom we heard no farther as to this matter ) was born of Calvinistical Parents in a Mercate Town in Lincolnshire called Grantham , and there for a while bred up under a Master of the same perswasion . At about 14 years of age he was sent to Eaton School near Windsore , where he usually spoke very slightly of the opinions of Calvin , and about three years after he was entred into Christs Coll. in Cambridge , where he became Fellow , a great Tutor , and a most noted Philosopher . He died on the third day of Apr. 1687 , aged 73 years , and was buried in the Chappel of Christs Coll , as I have been informed thence . Lumen de lumine : or , a new magical light discovered , and communicated to the world . Lond. 1651. oct . Aphorismi Magici Eugeniani . Printed with Lum . de lum . 〈◊〉 both dedicated to the Univ. of Oxon. Aula lucis : or , the house of Light : a discourse written in the year 1651. Lond. 1652. oct . Published not under the name of Eug. Philalethes , but under the two Letters of S. N. a modern Speculator , being the two last Letters of Thomas Vaughan . Large Preface with a short declaration of the physical work of the Fraternity of the Rosie Cross . — Set by him before a book intit . The fame and confession of the Fraternity of R. C. commonly of the Rosie Cross . Lond. 1652. oct . Which Fame and Confession was translated into English by another hand . I have seen another book intit . — Themis aurea . The laws of the Fraternity of the Rosie Cross . Lond. 1656. oct . Written in Lat. by Count Michael Maierus , and put in English for the information of those who seek after the knowledge of that honorable and mysterious Society of wise and renowned Philosophers . This English translation is dedicated to Elias Ashmole Esq . by an Epistle subscribed by N. L. T. S. H. S. but who he is or they are , he the said El. Ashmole hath utterly forgotten . Euphrates . A discourse of the Waters of the East ; or of that secret fountain , whose water flows from fire , and carries in it the beams of the Sun and Moon . Lond. 1655. ( oct . ) He hath also translated into English , The Chymists key to open and shut : or , the true doctrine of Corruption and Generation . Lond. 1655. Written by Hen. Nollius . He hath also left several Lat. Poems behind him , which are in the hands of his Brother Henry , called by some Olor Iscanus , esteemed by many fit to be published . One Eugenius Philalethes hath written , A brief natural history intermixed with variety of philosophical discourses upon the burning of Mount Aetna , with refutations , &c. Lond. 1669. oct . but by the language of it , it seems not to be written by our Eug. Phil. but another : and besides , when Olor Iscanus sent me a Cat. of his Brothers works , the title of that book was not put among them . One who calls himself Eireneus Philalethes a Citizen of the World , hath published Ripley redivivus , &c. and another who writes himself Eireneus Philoponos Philalethes , hath published The marrow of Alchemy , &c. in two parts . Lond. 1654. and 55. oct . Both which parts ( the second containing two books ) are written in verse , and so consequently the Author is to be numbred among the Poets . As for our Author Eug. Phil. alias Thom. Vaughan , he did accompany Sir Rob. Murrey before mention'd to Oxon , at what time the great Plague at London drove their Majesties and their respective Courts to that place , where he continued for a time . Soon after taking up his quarters in the house of Sam. Kem Rector of Albury near to Thame and Ricot in Oxfordshire , died there on the 27 of Febr. in sixteen hundred sixty and five , and was buried on the first of March following in the Church belonging to the said Village of Albury alias Oldbury ( about 8 miles distant from Oxon , ) by the care and charge of the said Sir Robert Murrey : Of whom , by the way , I must let the Reader know these things ; viz. That he was born of an antient and noble family in , or near , the High-lands in Scotland , that his youth was spent in good letters , partly in the University of S. Andrew , and partly in France , where he had afterwards a military Employment in the service of Lewis 13 , and was at length a Lieutenant-Colonel and an excellent Soldier . That he was General of the Ordnance in Scotland against K. Ch. 1. when the Presbyterians of that Kingdom first set up and maintained their Covenant . That at the Restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was made one of the Privy Council of the said Kingdom , and about the same time became one of the first Contrivers and Institutors of the Royal Society , of which he was made the first President . This person tho presbyterianly affected , yet he had the Kings ear as much as any other person , and was indefatigable in his undertakings . He was a single man , an abhorrer of Women , a most renowned Chymist , a great Patron of the Rosie-Crusians , and an excellent Mathematician . His several relations and matters of experiment , which are in the Philosophical Transactions , shew him to be a man well vers'd in experimental Philosophy . He died suddenly in his Pavilion in the garden at Whitehall , on the fourth day of July ( some hours after he had informed my friend of the death and burial of Eugen. Philalethes ) an . 1673. ( 25 Car. 2. ) and was , at the Kings charge , buried in the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster , near to the grave of Sir Will. D'avenant , sometimes Laureat Poet to the said King. I find another Rob. Moray son of a Scotchman , to be Author of a little Pamphlet intit . Composition-credit : or , a bank of credit made currant by common consent in Lond. more useful than money . Lond. 1682. in one sh . in qu. and Author of An advertisement for the more easie and speedy collecting of debts ; and of other things . But this person who was born in the Strand near London , was a Milliner and of the company of Cloath-workers , afterwards Clerk to the general Commissioners for the Revenue of Ireland , then Clerk to the Commissioners of the grand Excise of England , and in the latter end of 1679 the first inventer of the Penny-Post in London , which was carried on by one .... Docwray . GEORGE HOPKINS Son of Will. Hopk . was born at Beaudley in Worcestershire , 15 Apr. 1620 , educated partly there in School learning under Joh. Graile , and partly at Kinfare in Staffordshire , became a Batler of New Inn in Lent Term 1637 , took one degree in Arts in 1641 , and then left the University for a time , being puritannically affected . Afterwards he sided with the Presbyterians , took the Covenant , retired to Oxon after the Garrison thereof was surrendred for the use of the Parliament , submitted to the Visitors appointed by them , took the degr . of Master , and soon after became Minister of Allsaints Parish in Evesham in Worcestershire . In 1654 he was by the then Parliament appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Worcestershire for the ejection of such who were then called scandalous , ignorant , and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and soon after published , Salvation from sin by Jesus Christ : or , the doctrine of Sanctification ( which is the greater part of our Salvation ) founded upon Christ , who is both the meritorious and efficient cause of sanctifying grace , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . This book which is levelled against Antinomianism , was preached in seven sermons in a weekly lecture at Evesham on Math. 1.21 . In the Authors dedication of the book to the Borough of Evesham , he saith that to them he had dedicated himself to the work of the Gospel from his first beginning to be a constant Preacher of it , and saith afterward that Dr. Bayly preached to them part of The practice of Piety before he publish'd it . See among the Writers in the first Vol. p. 485 , 486. In 1662 our Author Hopkins left his Cure of Allsaints for want of Conformity , and retiring to Dumbleton in Glocestershire , died there at about one of the clock in the morning of the 25 of March ( Annunc . day ) in sixteen hundred sixty and six : whereupon his body was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . During the time he lived in that Town , he constantly , with his whole family , frequented the Parish Church and publick Prayers on Holydays and Sundays in the Afternoons when there was no Sermon . He never failed to receive the Holy Communion as oft as it was celebrated , and did all things required of a Lay-member of the Ch. of England . Besides his knowledge in Divinity , he was a very good Mathematician , an example of great candor and moderation , and such as is rarely found among the Nonconformists , &c. as I have been informed , by one of his near Relations . JAMES SCUDAMORE Son of Joh. Scud. of Kenchurch in Herefordshire , was born in that County , educated in Westminst . School , transplanted to Ch. Ch. in Midsomer term 1661 , aged 19 years , and soon after was made one of the Students of that house . This person who was poetically given , wrot Homer a la mode . A mock Poem upon the first and second books of Homers Iliads . Oxon. 1664. in 9 sh . in oct . and in the next year he took the degr . of Bach. of Arts. Afterwards retiring to his Relations then living in the City of Hereford , was drown'd in the River adjoyning , ( to the great reluctancy of all those that were acquainted with his pregnant parts ) as he was recreating himself by swimming , in the month of July in sixteen hundred sixty and six : whereupon his body was conveyed to the graves of his Relations , where he was , with great lamentation , inter'd . In 1681 was published in oct . Homer a-la-mode , the second part , in English Burlesque ; or a mock Poem upon the ninth book of Iliads . Invented for the Meridian of Cambridge , where the Pole of Wit is elevated by several degrees ; but who the Author of it was I know not . WILLIAM STREAT was born of gentile Parents in Devons . became either a Batler or Sojourner of Exeter Coll. in the beginning of the year 1617 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and was benefic'd in his own Country . Upon the change of the times in 1641 , he sided with the Presbyterians , and preached very schismatically , being about that time Rector of South-Pool near to Kingsbridge in Devonshire . When the Cause of K. Ch. 1. declined , he preached bitterly against him and his Followers , blasting them with the name of bloody Papists ; and when his Son K. Ch. 2. was in Exile he became a desperate enemy to , and continually preached against , him : And every trivial thing that he could hear , or read in those satyrical Prints called Merc. Politici and other Pamphlets against him , be sure he published in the Pulpit to his Parishioners , as I have been credibly informed by some Ministers of his Neighbourhood . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , an . 1660 he wheeled about as many covetous and poor spirited Saints did , sneak'd to the great men then in authority , conformed , and kept his rectory to his dying day , to the great reluctancy of the generous Royalists of those parts . He hath written a book entit . The dividing of the Hoof : or , seeming contradictions throughout sacred Scriptures , resolved and applied , &c. Lond. 1654 in a pretty thick qu. dedicated to God and Gods People . Other matters , they say , he hath published , but such I have not yet seen , nor do I know any thing else of this Author , ( who should rather have been buried in oblivion , than mention'd ) only that dying at South-Pool was buried in the Church there in sixteen hundred sixty and six , leaving then this character behind him among the said Ministers of his neighbourhood , that he was as infinite a rogue , and as great a sinner that could be , and that 't was pity that he did escape punishment in this life . ROBERT VAUGHAN was born of an antient and gentile family in Merionithshire , was entred a Commoner of Oriel Coll. in the year 1612 , and in that of his age 20 , where passing his course in Logick and Philosophy , retired without a degree to his patrimony in the said County called Hengwrt or Hengherst near Dolgethle , became noted for his admirable skill in the Histories and Antiquities of his own Country of Wales , having had a natural genie to them , and took infinite pains in describing the Genealogies of the most antient families thereof . The things of his composition that are extant are only these . British Antiquities revived . Oxon. 1662. qu. Pedegree of the Earl of Carbury ( Vaughan ) Lord President of Wales . Short account of the five tribes of Cambria . — These two last are printed with the first . He hath also several letters extant , (a) which he formerly wrot to the learned and religious Dr. Usher Primate of Ireland : in one of which dated 14 Apr. 1651 , he tells the said Primate that he had translated into the English Tongue The Annals of Wales , which he then sent to him to be perused . He died at Hengwrt before mention'd in sixteen hundred sixty and six ( being then a Justice of Peace ) as I have been informed by Mr. Thom. Ellis sometimes Rector of Dolgethle , and was buried in the Church of that Parish , wherein Hengwrt ( said (b) to be in Kyntons land in the Lordship of Huntyndon ) is situated . He left behind him a choice Library of MSS. in the British Tongue , now , as I have been informed ▪ in the custody of Sir William Williams of Greys Inn Baronet , occasion'd by a Law sute concerning it . JOHN FAIRECLOUGH commonly called Featley , Son of Joh. Featley of Oxon ( elder brother to Dr. Daniel Featley ) was born in Northamptonshire , became either Clerk or Choirister of All 's . Coll. in Mich. term 1620 , aged 15 years , took one degree in Arts four years after , and in 1626 had the honor to be the first Preacher of the Gospel in the infancy of the Mother Colony of S. Christophers in the Western Indies . How long he continued there , I know not : sure I am , that after his return he became beneficed in Surrey , Chaplain to K. Ch. 1. and Prebendary ▪ as it seems , of Lincoln . In the beginning of the Rebellion he lost all , was for a time Curate at Acton for his Uncle Dr. Featley ; and in June 1643 , he , with his Wife , Children , and Servants , shipped themselves for S. Christophers before mention'd ; where he and they continued several years . After his Majesties return in 1660 , he became one of his Chaplains , was installed Chantor of Lincoln in the same year , was in the next actually created D. of D. and soon after had the Vicaridge of Edwinstow in Nottinghamshire ( worth about 60 l. per an . ) confer'd on him by the Dean and Chapter of the said Church . He hath written and published , Several sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. to the West-India Company , on Josh . 1.9 . Lond. 1629. qu. ( 2 ) Obedience and Submission , at S. Saviours in Southwark at a Visitation 8 Dec. 1635. on Heb. 13.17 . Lond. 1636. qu. &c. A succinct history of the life and death of the learned and famous Divine Daniel Featley D. D. Lond. 1660. in tw . Printed at the end of a book intit . Dr. Dan. Featley revived : proving that the Protestant Church is the only Cath. and true Church . A divine Antidote against the Plague ; or mourning tears in Soliquies and Prayers : as 1. For this general Visitation . 2. For those whose houses are shut up of the Plague , &c. Lond. 1665. He also published a book intituled The league illegal . Lond. 1660. qu. Written by his said Uncle Dr. Featley , and ded . to Edw. Earl of Clarendon by the Publisher , who put an Introduction to the book . He died at Lincoln in sixteen hundred sixty and six , and was buried in one of the Chappels , joyning to the Cath. Church . Of the same family with this Dr. Jo. Featley , a true and zealous son of the Church of England , was Richard Fairclough commonly called Featley a non-conforming Minister , and a frequent Preacher in Conventicles , ( sometimes Minister of Wells in Somersetsh . afterwards a Preacher in the City of Bristow ) one or more of whose Sermons , you may see in the book called The morning exercise against Popery , &c. Lond. 1675. qu. He died 4 ▪ July 1682 aged 61 , and was inter'd in the burial place joyning to the Artillery Yard near London , in the presence of 500 Persons , who accompanied him to his grave . Of the same family , tho remote , was Sam. Fairclough born at Haveril in Suffolk , 1594. bred in Qu. Coll. in Cambr. and died 1677. You may read of him in The lives of sundry eminent Persons in this later age , &c. Lond. 1683. fol. collected by Sam. Clark , p. 153. JOHN WARNER received his first breath , as 't is said , in the Parish of S. Clements Danes within the liberty of Westminster , was elected Demie of Magd. Coll. as a Surrey man born an . 1599 aged 16 years , where being put under the tuition of a careful Person , made a considerable progress in his studies , took the degrees in Arts , and in 1605 was made perpetual Fellow of that house , being then esteemed a witty man , a good Logician and Philosopher . In 1610 he resigned his Fellowship , was about that time Rector of S. Dionyse Backchurch in London , and afterwards taking the degrees in Divinity was made one of his Majesties Chaplains , Prebendary of Canterbury , Governour of Sion Coll , Dean of Lichfield in the place of Dr. Aug. Lindsell ( promoted to the See of Peterborough ) an . 1633 , and in the year 1637 being nominated Bishop of Rochester upon the death of Dr. Jo. Bowles , was consecrated thereunto on the 14th , and installed 21 , of January the same year , being then noted for a good School Divine , and one well read in the Fathers . In 1639 he perceiving the want of a fixed Font in the Cath. Ch. of Canterbury , built one at his proper charge , which , whether more curious or more costly , was difficult to judge ; and the same year it was consecrated by John L. Bishop of Oxon. In the beginning of the Long Parliament he shew'd himself a zealous assertor of Episcopacy in the H. of Lords , speaking for the function as long as he had any voice left , and very pertinently and valiantly defended the antiquity and justice of Bishops votes in the H. of Parliament . Afterwards he did not only suffer with his Brethren , by having the Lands of his See taken away , but by compounding for his temporal Estate which was considerable . He hath written , Church Lands not to be sold : or a necessary and plain answer to the question of a conscientious Protestant , whether the Lands of Bishops and Churches in England and Wales may be sold ? — Printed 1646. 48. qu. Letters to Dr. Jer. Taylor concerning the Chapter of Original sin in the Unum necessarium — Printed in the said Dr. Taylor 's Collection of Polemical discourses . See more in Dr. Taylor among these Writers , under the year 1667. He hath also one or more Sermons extant which I have not yet seen , and perhaps other things . Quaere . At length he giving way to fate on the 14 of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and six , was buried in the Cath. Ch. of Rochester , and soon after had a stately monument erected over his grave , with a large Epitaph thereon , wherein 't is said that he died in the year of his age 86. By his last Will and Test . he left his personal estate , for an Hospital or Alms-house to be built as conveniently as might be near the Cath. Ch. of Rochester , and Lands for the maintenance therein of twenty poor Widows ( tho himself had always led a single life ) the Relicts of Orthodox and Loyal Clergy men , and a Chaplain to administer holy things to them according to the Church of England . To which Chaplain he bequeathed 50 l. per an . and to each of the Widows 20 l. per an . always reserving so much out of their exhibition , as may keep in good repair the said Hospital or Almeshouse . The election of the Chaplain is to be made out of Magd. Coll. in Oxon , and not out of any other House : And the election of the said 20 Widows , is to be made by his Executors for the time being , and after their decease , by such Trustees as they shall appoint . In his life time , and at his death , he gave a 1000 l. for the encrease of the Library of Magd. Coll. with books . Five hundred pounds at his death to buy books for the late erected Library at Rochester . Two hundred pounds in his life time for the reparation of Rochester Cathedral , and at his death he bequeathed 800 l. more . To the repair of S. Pauls Cath. Ch. in London he gave 1050 l. To ●he buying in of impropriations in the Dioc. of Rochester , to be laid to the smallest Vicaridges in the said Dioc. 2000 l. To S. Clem. Danes 20 l , to Bromley where his Bishops seat is , 20 l , and an yearly pension to S. Dionyse Backchurch . By his said last will also he bequeathed 80 l. per an . to issue out of his mannour of Swayton for the maintenance of four Scholars of the Scotch Nation to live and abide in Balliol Coll , to be chosen from time to time by the Archb. of Canterbury and Bishop of Rochester , and each to have 20 l. yearly till they were Masters of Arts , and then to return to their Country and there be Ministers of Gods word , &c. But the Overseers of the said Will being not willing to place the said Scholars in that College , neither the Master and Fellows thereof altogether willing to receive them , thoughts were had of making Glocester Hall a College for them ; and thereupon till they should come to a final resolution concerning that matter , the Scholars for the present time were placed there . At length when Dr. Tho. Good became Master of the said Coll. of Balliol , which was in 1672 , he took order that they should be translated thither , where they yet remain . JOHN WALL was born of gentile Parents in the City of London , elected from Westm . School a Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1604 aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders and afterwards exercised his function for several years in S. Aldates Church in Oxon. In 1614 he proceeded in Divinity , being about that time Chaplain , as I conceive , to Philip Lord Stanhop , and in 1632 he was installed Canon of his house in the place of Dr. L. Hutten deceased , which he kept to his dying day , notwithstanding the several revolutions in his time . In Nov. 1644 he was made Prebendary of Yatmister secunda in the Church of Sarum , given to him by Dr. Duppa Bishop thereof , which also keeping till his last day , was succeeded therein by Tho. Hyde of Qu. Coll. by the favour of Dr. Hyde B. of Salisbury . This Dr. Wall was a quaint Preacher in the age he lived , and Dr. Williams Bishop of Lincolne did use to give this character of him while he remained with him in his family , that he was the best read in the Fathers of any he ever knew . The truth is he was always a severe student , lived a retired life and spent his time in celebacy and books . His works are these . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon at Shelford in Nottinghamshire , on the death of Mr. John Stanhop Son and Heir to Philip Lord Stanhop Baron of Shelford ; whose Corps was translated from Ch. Ch. in Oxon , to the sepulchers of his Fathers in the Church of Shelford , on 2. Sam. 12.23 . Lond. 1623. oct . ( 2 ) Jacobs Ladder , on 1. Pet. 5.6 . Oxon. 1626. oct . ( 3 ) Alae Seraphicae . The Seraphins wings to raise us unto heaven , in six sermons , partly at S. Peters in Westminster , partly at S. Aldates in Oxon. Lond. 1627. qu. The first of which is entit . The Souls Ornament , on Cantic . 8.6 . ( 4 ) Christian progress , serm . at Shelford in Nott. on Matth. 21.9 . Oxon. 1627. oct . ( 5 ) The Lion in the Lamb : or , strength in weakness , serm . at Shelf . in Not. on Rev. 7.10 . Oxon. 1628. oct . ( 6 ) Christian reconcilement : or , God at peace with man in Christ , serm . at S. Maries in Oxon. on Rom. 5.11 . Lond. 1658. oct . ( 7 ) Sermon on Rom. 10.15 . Printed 1627. oct . This last I have not yet seen . Ramus Olivae ; sive concio habita ad clerum in templo B. Mariae Oxon 8. Junii pro inchoando termino , in Luc. 24.36 . Oxon. 1653. in a small oct . Dedicated to Oliver Cromwell . Solomon in solio : Christus in Ecclesia ; sive concio latinè habita ad clerum in templo B. Mariae Oxon. primo Maii , in Cantic . 3.9.10 . Oxon. 1660. oct . He paid his last debt to nature in his Lodgings in Peckwater quadrangle belonging to Ch. Ch. on the 20 of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and six , and was buried in the second Isle joyning to Ch. Ch. choir on the North side . See his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 287. The Reader is now to know that this Person having got a plentiful estate in , and from , his College , did a little before his death shew himself upon some small distast so ungrateful to it , that instead of bestowing moneys thereon to carry on the publick buildings belonging thereunto , he gave a thousand and twenty pounds to the City of Oxon , to be employed for certain charitable uses , and a greater sum to two (c) flattering Persons that wanted it not , or were any thing of kin to , or cared a straw for , him . The picture of this Dr. Wall drawn to the life , with his doctoral habit and square cap , hangs at this day in the Council Chamber belonging to the City of Oxon , joyning on the East side to the upper Gild-hall . Besides this John Wall was another of both his names and time , Bach. of Divinity , somtimes Minister in Colchester , afterwards Preacher of Gods word at S. Michaels Cornhill in London , Author of None but Christ : or , a plain and familiar treatise of the knowledge of Christ , exciting all men to study to know Jesus Christ and him crucified ; with a particular applicatory , and saving knowledge , in divers sermons on 1. Cor. 2.2 . Lond. 1648 , 50. 56. oct . But this John Wall who was a Presbyterian and much favoured by Sir Harbottle Grimstone , was , as it seems , educated in Cambridge . WILLIAM TOWERS son of Dr. Jo. Towers Bishop of Peterborough , was born in Northamptonshire , elected from Westm . School Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1634 , aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated , an . 1641. In the latter end of the year following he was made Prebendary of Peterborough , in the place of Dr. Jo. Pocklington deceased , and in 1644 Parson of Barnack in Northamptonshire : Both which were only titular to him for some years . In 1646 a little before the Garrison of Oxon was surrendred to the Parliament ( to which place he had retired for refuge ) he was actually created Bach. of Divinity ; and afterwards , being deprived of all his spiritualities , was patronized by Francis Lord Newport , and lived upon mean places and employments ; the last of which before his Majesties restauration , was the Curatship of Upton near Northampton . Afterwards he was restored to his Preb. of Peterborough and Parsonage of Barnack , and had that of Fisberton near Lincolne confer'd upon him . His works of learning are these . Atheismus Vapulans ; a treatise against Atheisme . Lond. 1654. oct . Published also before that time , without the authors name to it . Polytheismus Vapulans ; or a treatise proving that there is a God — Printed with the former book . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Sermon against murder ; occasion'd by the Massacre of the Protestants in the Dukedome of Savoy ; on Exod. 20.13 . Lond. 1655. qu. ( 2 ) Obedience perpetually due to Kings ; on Psal . 21.1 . Lond ▪ 1660. qu. ( 3 ) Thanksgiving Sermon for the blessed restauration of K. Ch. 2 ; on Psal . 21. former part of the first verse . Lond. 1660. qu. &c. At length this loyal and religious Person , W. Towers , going from his rectory of Fisberton to visit some friends living at Uffington near to Stanford in Lincolnshire , fell sick there , and dying on the 20. of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and six , was buried two days after in the Chancel of the Church at that place . Soon after was a little inscription put over his grave , but removed some years after , when the Chancel was new paved , after a burying vault had been made under part of it . JAMES SHIRLEY the most noted drammatick Poet of his time , did make his first entry on the stage of this transitory world in , or near , the Parish (*) of S. Mary Wool-church ( where the Stocks●market now is ) within the City of London , was descended from the Shirleys of Sussex or Warwickshire , as by his Arms ( if he had right to them ) painted over his picture hanging in the School-gallery at Oxon , appears , educated in Grammar learning in Merchant Taylors School and transplanted thence to S. Johns Coll. but in what condition he lived there , whether in that of a Servitour , Batler , or Commoner , I cannot yet find . At the same time Dr. Will. Laud presiding that house , he had a very great affection for him , especially for the pregnant parts that were visible in him , but then having a broad or large mole upon his left cheek , which some esteemed a deformity , that worthy Doctor would often tell him that he was an unfit Person to take the sacred function upon him , and should never have his consent so to do . Afterwards leaving this University without a degree , he went to Cambridge , where I presume he took those in Arts : so that soon after entring into holy Orders , he became a Minister of God's word in , or near to , S. Albans in Hertfordshire . But being then unsetled in his mind , he changed his Religion for that of Rome , left his Living and taught a Grammar School in the said Town of S. Alban ; which employment also he finding uneasie to him , he retired to the Metropolis , lived in Greys inn , and set up for a play-maker and gained not only a considerable livelyhood , but also very great respect and encouragement from Persons of quality , especially from Henrietta Maria the Queen Consort , who made him her servant . When the rebellion broke out , and he thereupon forced to leave London , and so consequently his Wife and Children , ( who afterwards were put to their shifts ) he was invited by his most noble Patron William Earl ( afterwards Marquess and Duke ) of Newcastle to take his fortune with him in the wars , for that Count had engaged him so much by his generous liberality towards him , that he thought he could not do a worthier act , than to serve him , and so consequently his Prince . After the Kings cause declined he retired obscurely to London , where , among other of his noted friends , he found Tho. Stanley Esq . who exhibited to him for the present . Afterwards following his old trade of teaching School , which was mostly in the White Fryers , he not only gained a comfortable subsistance ( for the acting of plays was then silenced ) but educated many ingenious youths , who afterwards proved most eminent in divers faculties . After his Majesties return to his Kingdoms , several of his plays which he before had made , were acted with good applause , but what office or employ he had confer'd upon him after all his sufferings , I cannot now justly tell . His works are these . The Wedding : A comedy . Lond. 1629. qu. Grateful Servant , com . Lond. 1630. qu. Love tricks : or the School of Complements — Pr. 1631. oct . Changes , or Love in a maze , com . — Pr. 1632. qu. The triumph of peace . A mask presented by the four houses or inns of Court before the K. and Qu. in the Banquetting house at Whitehall , 3 Feb. 1633 — Printed several times within the compass of one year . Witty fair one , com . Lond. 1633. qu. Contention for honor and riches , a maske . Lond. 1633. qu. The Traytor , trag . Lond. 1633. qu. Bird in a cage , com . Lond. 1633. qu. The last of these was dedicated to Will. Prynne then a Prisoner for high misdemeanors . Gamester , Comedies Lond. 1637. qu. Hide Park , Comedies Lond. 1637. qu. Example , Comedies Lond. 1637. qu. Young Admiral , Comedies Lond. 1637. qu. Lady of pleasure , Comedies Lond. 1637. qu. Dukes Mistress , trag . com . Lond. 1638. Royal Master , com . Lond. 1638. Maides revenge , trag . — Print . at the same place 1639. qu. S. Patrick for Ireland : The first part . A History . Lond. 1640. qu. Opportunity , com . Lond. 1640. qu. Pastoral called the Arcadia . Lond. 1640. qu. Loves cruelty , trag . Lond. 1640. qu. Constant Maid , com . Lond. 1640. qu. The last was also printed at the same place 1667. qu. Poems , &c. — Lond. 1646. oct . with his picture before them . Narcissus , or the self-lover . Lond. 1646. oct . Poetry . Via ad Latinam Linguam complanata , &c. Lond. 1649 oct . Written in English , and dedicated in fine language to William Son of Philip Lord Herbert . Before this book are several copies of verses in praise of the Author , made by the Poets of that time , among whom is Edward Sherburne Esq . Brothers . com . Lond. 1652. 53. oct . Sisters . com . Lond. 1652. 53. oct . Doubtful heir . tr . com . Lond. 1652. 53. oct . Imposture . tr . com . Lond. 1652. 53. oct . Cardinal , trag . Lond. 1652. 53. oct . Court secret , tr . co . Lond. 1652. 53. oct . The first five were acted at the private house in Black Friers , the last was never acted . They have the picture of the author before them , as before his Poems , and tho not like to it , yet it most resembles that in the School-gallery . Gentleman of Venice , tr . com . Lond. 1655. qu. Politician , tr . Lond. 1655. qu. Manuductio : or , a leading of Children by the hand to to the Lat. tongue , by a short vocabulary , and familiar formes of speaking , in Engl. and Lat. Lond. 1656. octavo . Honoria and Mammon . Lond. 1660. oct . The Scene Metropolis or New Troy , represented by young Gentlemen of quality , at a private entertainment of some Persons of honour . Before this play is a shoulder-piece of the author standing on a pedestall : And thereunto is added The Contention of Ajax and Ulisses for the armour of Achilles . Cupid and death . A private entertainment , represented with Scenes and Musick ▪ vocal and instrumental Lond. 1659. qu. Coronation Com. Humorous Courtier Com. Triumph of beauty , a maske . These last three I have not yet seen , and therefore I cannot tell when , or where , they were printed . He the said James Shirley was half author also of these two plays following , viz. The Ball , com . Lond. 1639. qu. Admiral . The trag . of Chabot of France . Lond. 1639. qu. Admiral . The other half author or partner was George Chapman a poetical writer in the raign of K. Jam. and K. Ch. 1 , and not the meanest of the English Poets of his time ; who dying 12 of May 1634 aged 77 years , was buried in the yard on the South side of the Church of S. Giles in the Fields near London . Over his grave near to the South wall of the Church , was soon after a monument erected , built after the way of the old Romans , by the care and charge of his beloved friend Inigo Jones the Kings Architect : whereon is engraven this , Georgius Chapmannus Poeta Homericus , Philosophus verus ( etsi Christianus Poeta ) plusquam celebris , &c. He hath been highly celebrated among men for his brave language in his translation of Homers Iliads , those I mean which are translated into Tessara-decasyllabons , or lines of fourteen syllables . Our author Shirley did also much assist his generous Patrone William Duke of Newcastle in the composure of certain Plays , which the Duke afterwards published ; and was a Drudge for John Ogilby in his translation of Homers Iliads , and Odysses , and some of Virgils works , into English verse , with the writing of annotations on them . At length after Mr. Shirley had lived to the age of 72 years at least , in various conditions , and had seen much of the world ; he , with his second Wife , Frances , were driven by the dismal conflagration that hapned in London an . 1666 from their habitation near to Fleetstreet , into the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields in Middlesex , where being in a manner overcome with affrightments , disconsolations , and other miseries occasion'd by that fire and their losses , they both died within the compass of a natural day : whereupon their bodies were buried in one grave in the yard belonging to the said Church of S. Giles on the 29 of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and six . I find one Henry Shirley Gent. author of a play called The martyr'd Soldier . Lond. 1638. qu. Which Henry I take to be brother or near kinsman to James . As for John Ogilby , who was a prodigie in that part of learning which he profess'd , considering his education , was born in , or near to , Edenburgh in Scotland , in the month of Nov. ( about the 17th day ) an . 1600. His Father , who was of antient and gentile extract , had run out of his estate , and being a Prisoner in the Kings-bench could give his Son but little education at School , however the youth being very industrious obtained some knowledge in the latine Grammar , and afterwards so much money , as not only to relieve his Father and get him out of Prison , but also to bind himself an Apprentice to one Draper a Dancing master living in Greys-inn-lane in Holbourn near London : Soon after he being dextrous in that art , and by insinuation into , and complying with , his Masters customers , got so much money from them as to buy out the remaining pa●t of his time , and set up for himself . But so it was that he being afterwards selected from the company of Masters to be one of those that should dance when the Duke of Buckinghams great Mask was to be represented , it hapned that by his high dancing and cutting of Capers according to the then mode , he did , by a false step , sprain a vein in the inside of his leg , which ever after occasioned him to go lamish . Afterwards he taught to dance the Sisters of Sir Ralph ( afterwards Lord ) Hopton at Wytham in Somersetshire ; where , at leisure hours he learned from that generous and accomplish'd Kt how to handle the pike and musquet , and all postures belonging to them . When Thomas Earl of Strafford became L. Lieutenant of Ireland , he was entertained by him to teach his art in his family , and having a command of his pen , as to the writing a good hand , was also employed sometimes to transcribe several matters for that most noble Count. In his family it was , that he first of all gave proof of his inclinations to Poetry , by translating some of Aesops Fables in verse , which , afterwards , when he came to understand latin better , and had communicated them to several Scholars , he made publick : And being then one of the Troop of Guard belonging to his Lord , he composed in English verse a witty thing entit . The character of a Trooper . About that time he became , by the favour of the said Lord , Master of the Revels in the Kingdom of Ireland , built a little Theater to act plays in , in S. Warburghs-street in Dublin , and was then and there valued by all ingenious men for his great industry in promoting morality and ingenuity : But the rebellion breaking out soon after in that Kingdom , he lost all , and was several times in jeopardy of his life , particularly when he had like to be blown up by gunpowder in the Castle of Refernam near Dublin . Much about the time that the war was terminated in England , he left Ireland , and in his return being wreckt at Sea , went to London in a poor condition . Thence , after some short stay , he footed it to Cambridge , where his great industry and greater love to learning being discovered , was encouraged by several Scholars there , who , in compliance to his zeal , resolved his many doubts put to them , and in fine made him so great a Master of the Latine tongue that he translated The works of Pub. Virgil Maro , which he published with his picture before them in a large oct . — Lond. 1649. 50. and dedicated them to his most noble Patron William Marquess of Hertford , and thereupon obtained a considerable sum of money in his pocket . At that time living in London , Aesop the Prince of Mythologists became his quarry , descanted on his plain song and paraphras'd his short and pithy sayings , whereby he rais'd his voice to such an heigth that he took the degree among the Minor Poets , after the publication of that author with this title : Fables of Aesop paraphrased in verse and adorn'd with sculptures . Lond. 1651. qu. In commendation of which Sir Will. D'avenant then a Prisoner in the Tower , and Jam. Shirley made verses . Hitherto his translation of Virgil continuing in a mean oct , he printed it in a royal folio with this title The works of Publius Virgilius Maro , translated , adorn'd with sculpture and illustrated with annotations . Lond. 1654. It was the fairest Edition that till then the English Press ever produced , and hath his picture before it also , as most of the books which he published have . The said sculpture and the very same cuts , were also by him put into the bare Latin Edition of that author , without annotations , which was by him published at London in 1658 , in a large fol. He also published the said author with sculpture and annotations in a large oct . — Lond. 1675. and 85. Which was much bought up by young Scholars and Gentlemen , such who could not spare money to purchase the folio , that being reserved for libraries and the Nobility . By the publication , with annotations , of that most noble author , Mr. Ogilby obtained the reputation of a good translator , a faithful interpreter , and of one that had dabled well in anothers Helicon . About that time , viz. 1654 , he , by his great and unwearied diligence accompanied with an unsatiable desire of obtaining knowledge , did learn the Greek tongue of one of his Country-men called David Whitford at that time Usher to Jam. Shirley before mention'd : And being in a manner Master of it , he put out Homer his Iliads translated , adorn'd with sculpture , and illustrated with annotations , Lond. 1660. fol. This author , the King of Pernassus , being by him performed with great cost and labour was by him dedicated to his most gracious Majesty K. Ch. 2. In the same year he put out The Holy Bible , according to the translation set forth by special command of K. Jam. 1. with the Liturgy and Articles of the Church of England , with chorographical sculpture . This was printed at Cambr. in a large fol. and on very large paper . In the beginning of the year following he received orders from the Commissioners for the solemnity of his Maj. Coronation , for the conduct of the poetical part thereof , as Speeches , Emblems , Mottoes and Inscriptions , and thereupon drew up for the present The relation of his Majesties entertainment passing through the City of London , to his Coronation : with a description of the triumphal Arches , and solemnity . Lond. 1661. in 10. sh . in fol. This I say was put out for the present , but by command from his Majesty , the author did , with most admirable sculpture , and speeches at large , publish it soon after in a royal folio ; and it hath been much made use of in succeeding coronations . About the same time ( 1662 ) he went into Ireland , being then by pattent made Master of the Revels there , after Sir Will. D'avenant had made some strugling for that place : And at Dublin he built a noble Theater , which cost him about 2000 l , the former being ruined in the troubles . Afterwards he put out Homer his Odysses translated , adorned with sculpture and illustrated with annotations Lond. 1665. fol. dedicated to his most noble Lord James Duke of Ormonde L. Lieutenant of Ireland . He then a second time betook himself to Aesop , became a Mythologist and not only paraphrased it , but was a designer of his own , or new , Fables therein . This was called the second Vol. being adorned with most admirable cuts and printed at Lond. 1665. fol. having been by him performed , during his retirement , in the time of sickness , at Kingston upon Thames . This author was afterwards published in lesser volumes with this title The Fables of Aesop , paraphrased in verse , adorned with sculptures , and illustrated with annotations . Lond. 1673. 74. in two vol. in oct . The next things that he composed were The Ephesian Matron , and The Roman Slave , two heroick poems dedicated to Thomas Earl of Ossory : And altho a second part met with a fate not common , yet it was esteemed equal with the former . Afterwards he wrot Carolies an Epick poem , in 12. books , so called from our miracle of Heroes K. Ch. 1. being the best pattern of true prudence , valour and christian piety . This was utterly lost in the grand conflagration that hapned in London , in the beginning of Sept. 1666 , when then the habitation of our author Ogilby in the White friers near Fleet-street was burnt , and he himself undone , having but 5 l. left to begin the world again . But so it was that he had such an excellent invention and prudential wit , and was Master of so good addresses , that when he had nothing to live on , he could not only shift handsomly , but would make such rational proposals which were embraced by rich and great men , that in short time he would obtain an estate again . He never failed in what he undertook , but by his great industry and prudence went through it with profit and honor to himself . Soon after the said conflagration he had his house in the White friers before mention'd rebuilt , set up a Printing-house therein , employed able workmen , became his Majesties Cosmographer , and Geographick Printer , and by proposals printed several books that he and his Assistants had translated and collected as ( 1 ) An Embassy from New Batavia to the Emperor of China , &c. Lond. 1669. fol. adorned with Maps , prospects and various sculptures , as all the books following which he published were ( 2 ) Description of Africa , &c. Lond. 1670. fol. This is the first part of his English Atlas . ( 3 ) Descript . of America , &c. Lond. 1671. fol. This is the second ( 4 ) Atlas Japanensis : Being remarkable addresses by way of Embassie from the East India Company of the Unital Provinces , to the Emperour of Japan , &c. Lond. 1670. fol. ( 5 ) Atlas Chinensis : Being the second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two Embassies from the East India Company of the Un. Prov. to the Viceroy of Simlamong , &c. Lond. 1671. fol. ( 6 ) Asia , the first part ; being an accurate description of Persia , and the several Provinces thereof , &c. Lond. 1673. 74. fol. The 2d part the author did not live to finish ; however this is looked upon as another part of the English Atlas ( 7 ) Description of Europe , not finished by the Author who intended it to be the fourth part of the Engl. Atlas . ( 8 ) Britannia . An Historical and Geographical description of Britanie , &c. The first part fol. All which are printed on imperial paper , adorned with maps , and most curious sculptures , and were carried on and sold by way of standing Lotteries . There also goes under his name , A pocket book of Roades in England , and a new map of the City of London , as it is new built , &c. Printed in one sheet of large paper . He also and Will. Morgan made A new and accurate Map of the City of London distinct from Westminster and Southwark , &c. which is six foot long and six foot deep , with a long narrow book to describe the places therein , as also A Map of London , Westminster , and Southwark , and A survey of Essex with the roads therein exactly measured , &c. At length Mr. Ogilby having lived to a fair age , gave way to fate on the fourth day of Sept. 1676. and was buried in the Vault under part of the Church of S. Bride alias Bridget in London : At which time many Persons of great knowledg usually said that had he been carefully educated , when a young man , in an University , might have proved the ornament and glory of the Scotch Nation . JAMES HOWELL was born (a) in Caermerthenshire , particularly , as I conceive , at Abernant , of which place his Father was Minister . In what year he was born , I cannot precisely tell you , yet he himself saith that (b) his ascendant was that hot constellation of Cancer about the midst of the Dog-days . After he had been educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school at Hereford , he was sent to Jesus Coll. in the beginning of 1610 aged 16 years , took a degree in Arts , and then , being a pure Cadet , a true Cosmopolite , not born to land , lease , house , or office , was in a manner put to it to seek his fortune ; but by the endeavours of friends and some money that his Father assisted him with , he travelled for three years into various Countries , whereby he advantaged himself much in the understanding of several languages . Some years after his return , he was sent into Spain 1622 to recover of the King of that place a rich English Ship , seized on by his Vice Roy of Sardinia for his Masters use , upon some pretence of prohibited goods therein . Three years after his return , ( in which interval he was elected Fellow of Jesus Coll. 1623 ) he was entertained by Emanuel Lord Scrope Earl of Sunderland and Lord President of the North , and by him was made his Secretary . So that residing in York for that purpose , he was by the Mayor and Aldermen of Richmond chose a Burgess for their corporation to sit in that Parliament that began at Westminster , in the year 1627. Four years after , he went Secretary to Robert Earl of Leycester Embassador extraordinary from our King to the King of Denmark ; before whom and his Children , he shew'd himself a quaint Orator by divers lat . speeches spoken before them , shewing the occasion of their Embassie , to condole the death of Sophia Qu. Dowager of Denmark , Grandmother to Ch. 1. K. of England . Afterwards going through several beneficial employments , particularly the assisting the Clerks of the Council , was , at length in the beginning of the Civil War , made one of those Clerks ; but being prodigally inclined , and therefore running much into debt , he was seized on by order of a certain Committee , ( after the King was forc'd from his Parliament ) and committed Prisoner to the Fleet. So that having nothing to trust to but his wits , and to the purchase of a small spot of ground upon Pernassus , ( which he held in fee of the Muses ) he solely dedicated himself to write and translate books ; which , tho several of them are meer scribbles , yet they brought him in a comfortable subsistance , during his long stay there . After the Kings return in 1660 , we never heard of his restauration to his place of Clerk of the Council , ( having before flatter'd Oliver and sided with the Commonwealths men ) only that he was made the Kings Historiographer , being the first in England that bore that title ; and having no beneficial employment , he wrot books to his last . He had a singular command of his pen , whether in verse or prose , and was well read in modern Histories , especially in those of the Countries wherein he had travelled , had a parabolical and allusive fancy , according to his motto Senesco non Segnesco . But the reader is to know that his writings having been only to gain a livelyhood , and by their dedications to flatter great and noble persons , are very trite and empty , stoln from other authors without acknowledgment , and fitted only to please the humours of Novices . His works are these . Dodena's Grove : or , the vocal Forest . Lond. 1640. 44. qu. Much cried up and taken into the hands of curious People at its first publication . The second part of it was printed at Lond. in 1650 oct . and tho not so much admired as the first ( which was translated into French and printed several times ) yet there was a translation made of it into the new refined French by one of the prime wits in the Academy of Breux Esprits of Paris — Par. 1652. qu. Ou le Parler des Arbres . Par. 1648. qu. The English copy I have not yet seen , this being different from the Vocal Forest , which bears another title in the French edit . The vote : or , a Poem-Royal , presented to his Majesty for a New-years gift , by way of discourse 'twixt the Poet and his Muse , cal . Jan. 1641. Lond. 1642 in two sh . in qu. Instructions for forreign travel . Lond. 1642 in tw . Dedicated to Prince Charles : There again with additions , 1650 in tw . Casual discourses and interlocutions between Patricius and Peregrin , touching the distractions of the times , with the causes of them . — Written by the author in the prison call'd the Fleet , presently after Edghill battle , being the first book that came forth for the vindication of his Majesty . Mercurius Hibernicus : or , a discourse of that horrid insurrection , and massacre which hapned lately in Ireland — Written in the Fleet 1643. Parables reflecting upon the times . Lond. 1644. in 2 sh . in qu. at the latter end of the second edit . o● Dodena's Grove . Englands tears for the present wars , &c. Lond. 1644. in two sh . and half in qu. There again in 1650 in tw . Put into lat . under this title Angliae suspiria & lacrymae , &c. Lond. 1646. in tw . Preheminence and pedegree of Parliaments in two sections . Lond. 1644 in tw . There again in 1677 in 3 sheets in qu. Vindication of some passages reflecting upon him in a book called The Popish Royal Favorite , pen'd by Mr. Prynne . Lond. 1644 in tw . Printed with the very next pamphlet before mentioned . A clearing of some occurrences in Spain at his Majesties being there , cited by the said Mr. Prynne out of the Vocal Forest — This is also printed with the former . Epistolae Ho-Elianae . Familiar letters domestic and forreign , divided into sundry sections , partly historical , political and philosophical . Lond. 1645. 47. qu. Lond. 1650. oct . There again 1655 and 73 in oct . All which impressions contained two vol. and had , to the last , added a third and fourth volume . Many of the said letters , were never written before the Author of them was in the Fleet , as he pretends they were , only feigned , ( no time being kept with their dates ) and purposely published to gain money to relieve his necessities . A nocturnal progress : or , a perambulation of most Countries in Christendome , performed in one night by strength of imagination — Written in the Fleet 1645. Lustra Ludovici : or , the life of Lewis 13 K. of France and of his Cardinal de Richelieu . Lond. 1646. fol. Divided into 7 lusters , and dedicated to Pr. Charles at his Court in the Isle of Jersey . An account of the deplorable and desperate condition that England stands in , an . 1647. in a letter to Francis Cardinal Barberini — Written from the Fleet 1647. Letter to the Earl of Pembr . concerning the times , and the sad condition both of Prince and People — Printed 1647 in two sh . in qu. Bella Scot-Anglica . A brief of all the Battels , and martial encounters which have hapned 'twixt England and Scotland , from all times to this present — Printed 1648. Corollary declaring the causes whereby the Scot is come of late years to be so hightned in his spirits — These two last are in 3 sh . in qu. The instruments of a King : or , a short discourse of Sword , Scepter , and Crown . Lond. 1648. in 2 sh . in qu. Winter dream — Written in prose and printed 1649 in 3 sh . in qu. A trance , or news from hell brought first to town by Merc. Acheronticus . Lond. 1649 in 2 sh . and half in qu. Written in prose . Inquisition after blood : to the parliament in statu quo nunc , and the Army regnant , &c. — Printed 1649 in two sh . in qu. Vision , or dialogue between the soul and the body . Lond. 1651. oct . &c. Survay of the signorie of Venice , of her admired policy and method of government ▪ Lond. 1651. thin fol. Discourse of the Interests of the Reipublick of Venice , with the rest of the states of Italy — Printed with the Survay . Some sober inspections made into the carriage and consults of the late Long Parliament , &c. Lond. 1653. oct . Dedicated to Oliver Lord Protector , whom he compares to Charles Martel , and complements him in smooth language . The fourth edition of this book came out in 1660 with several additions containing reflections upon government in general , with some prophetick paragraphs , and a supplement of divers signal passages , which the other three additions had not . Hist . of the Wars of Jerusalem Epitomiz'd — Printed in oct . Ah , Ha ; Tumulus , Thalamus : Two counter poems ; the first , an Elegy upon Edward late Earl of Dorset . The second an Epithalamium to the L. Marquess of Dorchester ; with an Hymeneum or Bridal-sonet of 4 stanzas , according to a choice Aire set thereunto by Mr. Will. Webb . Lond. 1653 in two sh . in qu. A Dialogue — Published and couched under the name of Polyander . Written about the time that Oliver began to be Protector . In this Dialogue he gives his opinion for a single Person against all other governments . The German diet : or , the ballance of Europe , wherein the power and weakness , glory and reproach , virtues and vices , &c. of all the Kingdoms and States of Christendom are impartially poysed . Lond. 1653 fol. The authors picture from head to foot is set before the title , leaning under a British oak . Parthonopoeia : or , the history of the most renowned Kingdom of Naples , with a list of their Kings , &c. Lond. 1654 fol. The first part of it was written by Scipio Mazzella ; englished from Ital. by Samson Lennard Herald of Arms. The second part was compiled by our Authors Jam. Howell , who , besides some supplements to the first part draws the thread of the story to these present times . Collected and translated from several modern Ital. authors . Londinopolis . An historical discourse , or perlustration of the City of London and Westminster , with the Courts of Justice , Antiquities , and new buildings . Lond. 1657. fol. 'T is a short discourse , mostly taken from Jo. Stow's Survey of London , and his continuators . Discourse of the Empire , and of the election of the King of the Romans , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . Lexicon tetraglotton . An English-French-Italian-Spanish-Dictionary . Lond. 1659. 60. fol. A particular vocabulary or nomenclature in English , Italian , French and Spanish of the proper terms belonging to several Arts and Sciences , to common professions and callings , both liberal and mechanick , &c. in 52 Sections . Lond. 1659. Printed with the former book . Proverbs ; or , old sayed sawes and adages in English , ( or the Saxon tongue ) Italian , French , and Spanish : Whereunto the British , for their great antiquity and weight are added — This is also printed with Lex . tetragl . A cordial for the Cavaliers . Lond. 1661. Answer'd as soon as it peep'd abroad by Rog. L'estrange in a book entit ▪ A caveat for the Cavaliers : which having given offence to divers Persons , he published a second edition of it , with his name and a preface to it . Soon after our author Howell set forth a vindication of his Cordial under this title . Some sober inspections made into those ingredients , that went to the composition of a late Cordial for the Cavaliers . Lond. 1661. Upon which L'estrange briefly reflects in the close of a piece of his intit . A modest plea both for the Caveat and Author of it . A French Grammar , and a dialogue consisting of all Gallicismes with additions of the most useful and significant proverbs , &c. — Printed at London twice , the last time was in 1673 fol. He also added to A French and English Dictionary , composed by Randle Cotgrave , Sundry animadversions , with supplements of many hundreds of words never before printed , with accurate castigations throughout the whole work . The parley of Beasts : or , Morphandra Qu. of the enchanted Island , &c. Tom. 1. Lond. 1660 fol. The second part of casual discourses and interlocutions between Patritius and Peregrin , &c. Lond. 1661. oct . Printed in a book intit . Divers historical discourses of the late popular insurrections in Great Britaine and Ireland . Apology for Fables mythologiz'd — Printed in the said book also . Twelve treatises of the late revolutions . Lond. 1661. octav . New English Grammar for Forreigners to learn English , with a Grammar for the Spanish or Castilian tongue , with special remarques on the Portugues dialect , for the service of her Majesty . Lond. 1662. oct . Discourse concerning the precedency of Kings , Lond. 1663. fol. Translated into Latine by B. Harris L. P. — Lond. 1664. oct . Poems on several choice and various subjects , occasionally composed . Lond. 1663. oct . Collected and published by one who calls himself Serjeant Major Payne Fisher , somtimes Poet laureat to Oliver . Treatise concerning Embassadors — Translated into Lat. by John Harmer of Magd. Coll. — Lond. 1664. oct . Concerning the surrender of Dunkirk , that it was done upon good grounds . Lond. 1664. oct . He also translated from Italian into English ( 1 ) S. Pauls late progress upon earth , about a divorce 'twixt Christ and the Church of Rome by reason of her dissoluteness and excesses , &c. Lond. 1644. oct . The Author of it ( whose name I cannot yet learn ) made it publick about the year 1642 , and being forced to fly from Rome for so doing , in the company and under the conduct of one that pretended friendship to him , was betrayed at Avignion , and there first hanged , and then burned . ( 2 ) A Venetian looking-glass : or , a letter written very lately from Lond. to Card. Barbarini at Rome by a Venetian Clarissimo , touching the present distempers in England . Printed 1648. in 3 sh . in qu. ( 3 ) An exact history of the late Revolutions in Naples , and of their monstrous successes not to be parallel'd by any antient or modern History . Lond. 1650. oct . Published in Ital. by Lord Alex. Giraffi . The second part of this History came out soon after by the same hand , who also translated it from Ital. In both which it appears , that the said Revolutions were occasion'd by the excessive Gabells laid upon common Vendibles ; which exciting the Mobile , headed by Tomaso Anello commonly called Masaniello a Fisherman , all things in Naples were for some time turn'd topsie turvy . ( 4 ) A letter of Advice sent from the prime Statesmen of Florence how England may come to her self again . Dated at Flor. 12. Mar. 1659 — Printed at the end of The second part of casual discourses , &c. before mention'd . He also ( Ja. Howell ) translated from French into English , The nuptials of Peleus and Thetis ; consisting of a Mask and Comedy , or the great royal Ball acted lately in Paris six times , &c. Lond. 1654. qu. and from Spanish into Engglish The process and pleadings in the Court of Spain upon the death of Anthony Ascham Resident for the Parliament of England , and of Joh. Baptista Riva his Interpreter , &c. Lond. 1651. fol. The said A. Ascham who was born of a gentile family , was educated in Eaton School and thence elected into Kings Coll. in Cambridge 1633 : Afterwards taking the degree of M. of Arts , closed with the Presbyterians in the beginning of the Rebellion , took the Covenant , sided with the Independents , became a great creature of the Long Parliament , ( by whose authority he was made Tutor to James Duke of York ) and an active Person against his Soveraign . At length being looked upon as sufficiently Antimonarchical , was by the Rump Parliament sent their Agent or Resident to the Court of Spain , in the latter end of the year 1649. In the beginning of June following he arrived at Madrid and had an appartment appointed him in the Court ; but certain English Royallists then in that City , taking it in great disdain that such a notorious Rebel ( one of the destroyers of their Nation as they call'd him ) should come there from the murtherers of his sacred Majesty of England , six of them named Joh. Guillim , Will. Spark , Valentine Progers , Jo. Halsal , Will. Arnet , and Hen. Progers , repaired to his lodging : Two of them stood at the bottom of the stairs , two at the top , and two entred his Chamber , of whom Spark being the first , drew up to the table where Ascham and another were sitting , and pulling off his hat , said Gentlemen I kiss your hands , pray which is the Resident ? Whereupon the Resident rising up , Guillim took him by the hair of the head , and with a naked dagger gave him a thrust that overthrew him . Then came in Spark and gave him another , and because they would make sure of their work , they gave him five stabs , of which he instantly dyed . Whereupon Jo. Bap. Riva his Interpreter thinking to retire to his Chamber , four others that were without the Chamber , gave him four wounds , whereof he presently expired . Afterwards five of the Englishmen took sanctuary , but were haled thence , imprison'd and Spark suffered . The sixth Person named Hen. Progers fled to the Venetian Embassadors house and so escaped . The said Anth. Ascham who was slain 6. June . 1650 , hath written A discourse wherein is examined , what is particularly lawful during the confusions and revolutions of government , &c. Lond. 1648. oct . and other things , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . But all this by the by ; as for Jam. Howell he published — Cottoni posthuma : Divers choice pieces of that renowned Antiquary Sir Rob. Cotton , &c. Lond. in oct . and the late Kings Declaration in lat . Fr. and Engl. an . 1649. At length after he had taken many rambles in this world in his younger years , and had suffered confinement in his last , gave way to fate in the beginning of Novemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and six , and was buried on the north side of the Temple Church in London , near the round walk . Soon after was a monument set up in the wall over his grave , with this inscription thereon . Jacobus Howell Cambro-Britannus , Regius Historiographus , ( in Anglia primus ) qui post varias peregrinationes , tandem naturae cursum peregit , satur annorum & famae , domi forisque huc usque erraticus , hic fixus 1666. This monument was pulled down in 1683 when the said Temple Church was beautified and repaired . JOHN GLYNNE third Son of Will. Glynne Esq . was born at Glyn-Llyvon in Caernarvanshire , ( the antient seat of his Ancestors ) bred in the Coll. school at Westminster , went full ripe in Grammar learning to Hart Hall in Mich. term 1621 aged 18 years , where continuing about 3 years , he retired to Lincolns Inn , became Barrister , a Counsellor of note and Bencher . Afterwards he was made Steward of Westminster , Recorder of London , and in 1640 was elected twice a Burgess for Westminster to serve in those two Parliaments called that year . In the last of which , commencing 3. of Nov. he was appointed one of those doughty Champions to bait the most noble and worthy Thomas Earl of Strafford , in order to bring him to the Block ; which being done , he shewed himself a great enemy to the Bishops and their function , a zealous Covenantier , a busie man in the Assembly of Divines , ( among whom he sometimes sate ) and what not to promote his interest and gain wealth . So that being then well known to be an useful member for carrying on the blessed cause , he was made Clerk of the Petty bag in Sir Edw. Wardour's place , ( a known Royalist ) esteemed to be then worth 1000 l. per an . and what other places he could not take because of his profession , he got them to be confer'd on his creatures (a) and kindred . In 1647 he with other Parliament men took a Pique against the Army and would needs have them disbanded : whereupon they impeached him and ten more of high treason on the 16 of June the same year , and forthwith by order of Parliament they were sent Prisoners to the Tower. In January following he was deprived of his Recorders place , but then wheeling about and flattering the Independents , he was made Serjeant at Law in Oct. 1648 and in July following Will. Steel Esq . was elected Recorder in his place , not , as 't is supposed , without consideration given to Glynne . In the beginning of the year 1655 he was sent into the West ( Hen. Rolls Ch. Justice refusing ) to arraign that brave and valiant Gent. Col. John Penruddock and others his Associats , taken at South Moulton , ( after the rising of the Cavaliers at Salisbury ) by Article-breaking Unton Croke . For which good service , ( as 't was then called ) and his complying principles to advance the Protectors interest , he was made L. Ch. Justice of the Upper Bench : To which office he was sworn 15 June 1655 , by Fiennes and L'isle Commissioners of the Great Seal . The last of which did then make a learned speech , wherein he spoke much in commendation of the good government ( as he term'd it ) that they then lived under . About that time our Author Glynne was made one of Olivers other House , that is House of Lords , and so long as that Person lived he was much favoured by him . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was made his eldest Serjeant at Law , by the corrupt dealing of the then L. Chancellor ; and on the 16. of Novemb . 1660 , he by the name of John Glynne of Henley Park in Surrey , &c. received the honour of Knighthood . Under his name are these things following extant . Divers discourses in the managing of the evidence against Tho. E. of Strafford . — See Joh. Rushworth's Trial of the said Earl. Replication in the name of all the Commons of England to the general Answer of Tho. Earl of Strafford , &c. 13 July 1641. Lond. 1641. in 2 sh . and half in qu. Several Speeches , as ( 1 ) Speech at the presenting the Sheriffs of London , in Octob. 1644. ( 2 ) Speech to the point of Jus divinum , and the Presbyterian Government . This was spoken for an whole hour together in Nov. 1644 , upon the advice of the Ass . of Divines , that the Presbyterian Government was jure divino , &c. Monarchy asserted to be the best , most ancient , and legal form of Government , in a conference had at Whitehall with Oliver Lord Protector , and a Committee of Parliament , in Apr. 1658 , and made good by several arguments . Lond. 1660. oct . besides other things which I have not yet seen . He departed this mortal life in his house situated in Portugal Row in Linc. Inn Fields near London on the 15 of Nov. in sixteen hundred sixty and six , and was buried with great solemnity ( being accompanied to his grave by three Heralds of Arms ) in his own Vault under the Altar in the chancel of the Church of S. Margaret within the City of Westminster , as I have been informed by his son Sir Will. Glynne of Bisseter alias Burncester in Oxfordshire Baronet , who dying 28 of Aug. 1690 , was buried also in the same Vault . See more of Sir Jo. Glynne in Sir Will. Jones in the first Vol. under the year 1640. p. 544. I have seen a book intit . A true accompt given of the proceedings of the right honorable Lord Glyn , the Lord Ch. Justice of England , and the honorable Baron Rog. Hill , one of the Barons of the Exchequer , in their Summer Circuit in the Counties of Berks , Oxon , &c. Lond. 1658. qu. But the Reader must know that this being writ in drolling verse by one that called himself Joh. Lineall , the L. Glynne was so far from having any knowledge of it , or consenting to its writing , that there was great enquiry after the Author to have him punished for his Abuses of , and smart Reflections on , him . GEORGE GRIFFITH was born at Penrhyn in Caernarvanshire , 30 Sept. 1601 , educated in Westm . School , elected Student of Ch. Ch. in 1619 , took the degrees in Arts , became an eminent Tutor in his house , and a Preacher in these parts . Afterwards Dr. John Owen Bishop of S. Asaph , ( to whom he was Chaplain ) conferr'd on him the Rectory of Llanvechen in Montgomeryshire , which he changed for Llanymynech , situated partly in Shropshire and partly in Montgomeryshire . In 1635 he proceeded D. D. being then , or about that time , Canon ( and as some say Archdeacon ) of S. Asaph , and Minister of Llanchinio in the said County of Montgom . In the time of the Rebellion he lost all or most of his Spiritualities , did good service for his Majesty and the Church in several respects , and therefore rewarded after his Majesties Restauration , as I shall anon tell you . While he lived at Llanymynech , whence , I think he was not ejected , he wrot , A modest Answer to a bold Challenge of an itinerant Preacher , ( Vav . Powell ) — Printed 1652. The beginning of which is , Accepi hodie chartulam , &c. To which Vav . Powell making a reply in most false and barbarous Latine , beginning , Domine in quartam ultimae diei hebdomadae , &c. our Author made a Rejoynder beginning thus , Ehem ! quid tandem video ? &c. All which being in order to a publick Disputation , Griffith afterwards , when he saw himself abused thereby , published , Animadversions on an imperfect relation in the Perfect Diurnall , numb . 138. Aug. 2. an . 1652. containing a narration of a Disputation between Dr. Griffith and Mr. Vavaser Powell near New Chappell in Montgomeryshire , 23 Jul. 1652. Lond. 1653. qu. See more in Vav . Powell , an . 1670. Our Author Griffith also wrot , Some plain discourses on the Lords Supper , instructing the ignorant in a due preparation for that holy sacrament , and representing the great danger of communicating amiss . Oxon. 1684. in tw . It was then corrected , and had an Epist . to the Reader set to it , by Andr. Allam M. A. and Vice-Principal of S. Edm. Hall. Our Author also took upon him the Translation of the new Common-Prayer-book in the Welsh Tongue ; but whether he ever finished it I know not . In a Convocation of the Clergy held 1640 , he made a motion for a new Edition of the Welsh Bible , set out many years before by Will. Morgan B. of S. Asaph . At length having successfully asserted the Truth and Cause of the Ch. of England in Wales , in the times of Usurpation , in disputing with Itinerants , keeping up the Offices and Ceremonies thereof , &c. he was by his Maj. grace and favour made Bish . of S. Asaph , to which being consecrated 28 of Oct. 1660 in K. Hen. 7. Chap. at Westm . sate there till the time of his death , and kept the Archdeaconry of S. Asaph in commendam with it . In 1662 , in a Convocation of the Clergy then held , he concurred (*) effectually in drawing up the Act of Uniformity , and making certain Alterations in the Common Prayer then set out , and 't is thought the form of baptizing those of riper years was of his composing . He died on the 28 of Nov. in sixteen hundred sixty and six , and was buried in the choire of the Cath. Ch. of S. Asaph . Soon after was a Monument placed over his grave , with this Inscription engraven thereon , Hic jacet corp . Rev. in Christo patris ac Dom. D. Georgii Griffith S. T. P. hujus Ecclesiae Asaph . Episc . sacratissimi , cujus altera melier pars , choro coelesti associata est , 28 die Novembris , an . Dom. 1666 , aetat . 65 & consecrationis 7 mo . Qui plura desiderat facile investiget . EDMUND GAYTON , or de Speciosa villa , as he intitled himself , Son of George Gayton of Little Brittaine in London , was born there , elected scholar of S. Johns Coll. from Merchant Taylors School in the year 1625 , aged 16 , became afterwards Fellow of that house , Master of Arts , superior Beadle of Arts and Physick of this University , in the place of Joh. Bell deceased , an . 1636 , Bachelaur of Phys . actually created , by vertue of a dispensation from the Delegates 1647 , turn'd out of his Beadleship in the year following by the Parliamentarian Visitors , lived afterwards in London in a sharking condition , and wrote trite things meerly to get bread to sustain him and his wife . After the Kings return in 1660 , he was restored to his place by the Kings Commissioners , but having got an itch in scribling , followed that sometimes , but more the Vices of Poets , of which number he pretended to be one , and one eminent he might have been , had he not been troubled with the faculty of too much lifting . He hath written some good , others most vain and trashy , things , as you may partly see by the Catalogue following , which according to method must be here set down , tho rather fit to be buried in oblivion . Epulae Oxonienses : or , a jocular Relation of a Banquet presented to the best of Kings , by the best of Prelates , in the year 1636 in the Mathematick Library at S. Jo. Bapt. Coll. — This is a song , and musical notes are set to it , in two parts , with this beginning , It was ( my stuff upon 't ) in thirty six , &c. Chartae scriptae : or , a new Game at Cards , called , Play by the book . — Printed 1645 qu. Written , if I am not mistaken , in verse . Pleasant notes upon Don Quixot . Lond. 1654. fol. Written in prose , mix'd now and then with verse ; which is accounted our Author's Master-piece . Hymna de febribus . Lond. about 1655. qu. in lat . verse . Will. Bagnals Ghost : or , the merry devil of Gadmunton , in his perambulation of the prisons of London . Lond. 1655. qu. Written mostly in verse , the latter end in prose . The title is in imitation of Shakespear's Comedy , called The merry Devil of Edmonton , which last word was changed into Gadmunton because it comes near the Authors name . Wit revived : or , a new excellent way of divertisement , digested into most ingenious Questions and Answers . Lond. 1660. in tw . Published under the name of Asdryasdust Tossoffacan . Poem upon Mr. Jacob Bobards Yew-men of the Guards to the Physick garden , to the tune of the Counter scuffle . Oxon. 1662 , on one side of a sh . of paper . He also was , ( if I mistake not ) Author of A ballad on the Gyants in the Physick garden in Oxon , who have been breeding feet as long as Garagantua was teeth . Ox. 1662. on one side of a large sh . of paper . Diegerticon ad Britanniam . Ox. 1662 , on one side of half a sh . of paper . Poem written from Oxon to Mr. Rob. Whitehall at the Wells at Astrop . Oxon. 1666 , in half a sh . of paper on both sides . To which Robin made an Answer , but 't was not printed . The said Edm. Gayton did also collect and publish Harry Martens Familiar letters to his lady of delight , &c. with other things of that Author , not without some enlargements of his own , which hath made many to suppose that they were not written by Marten , but devised by Gayton , who also wrot a buffooning answer to a letter called A copy of Henry Martens letter in vindication of the murther of King Charles : Which answer is printed with the letters before mentioned . At length this our vain and impertinent Author Gayton dying in his lodgings in Catstreet near the publick Schooles , on the 12 day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and six ( having had verses of his composition published but 7 days before ) was buried in S. Maries Church in Oxon. near to the entrance thence into the lower part of the Steeple , or near to the tomb of Edm. Croston , with monies given for that purpose by the Vicechancellor . Three days after his death there was a Convocation for the election of his successor in the Beadleship : In the beginning of which the said Vicechancellour ( Dr. Fell ) stood up and exhorted the Masters in a set speech to have a care whom they should choose , and desired them by all means that they would not elect a Poet , or any that do libellos scribere , adding withal that the late Beadle ( Gayton ) was such an ill husband , and so improvident , that he had but one farthing in his pocket when he died , &c. But notwithstanding this exhortation , which was just , the Black-pot-men , or such who are called Boon Blades , who , ( with shame be it spoken ) carry all before them in elections , did instead of electing a Master of Arts ( for there were two that stood ) to that beneficial place , ( which hath been done time out of mind ) did choose a Yeoman-Beadle ( Solad . Lichfield ) who had formerly kept a publick inn , and was good for nothing but for eating , drinking , smoaking , and punning . CHARLES HOOLE son of Charl. Hoole , was born at Wakefield in Yorks . educated in the Free-school there under Rob. Doughtie a Cantabrigian , who had taught in that school 50 years or more , sent to Linc. Coll. by the advice of his Kinsman Dr. Rob. Sanderson , in Mich. term 1628 , aged 18 years , where , by the help of a good Tutor , he became a proficient in the Greek and Hebrew tongues and in Philosophy . After he had taken one degree in Arts , he entred into the sacred function , retired to Lincolnshire for a time , and by the endeavours of Sanderson before mentioned , he was made Master of the Free-school at Rotheram in Yorkshire , and then proceeded in Arts. In the beginning of the Civil War he went to London , and by the invitation of certain noted Citizens he taught a private School there , between Goldsmiths-alley in Redcross-street , and Maidenhead-court in Aldersgate-street . Afterwards , leaving that place ( about 1651 ) he taught another private Grammar School in Token-house Garden in Lothbury , not far from the Royal Exchange ; where , as in the former School , the generality of the youth were instructed to a miracle . About the time of his Majesties restauration he was invited into Monmouthshire , with hopes of great reward , but promises answering not expectation , he returned to London ; and Dr. Sanderson being then made Bishop of Lincolne , he appointed him his Chaplain , gave him a Prebendship in the Church of Lincolne , and would have done greater matters for him if he had lived . About that time he became Rector also of Stock near to Chelmsford in Essex , where he mostly spent the remainder of his days with great content to himself and his Parishioners . He was a noted Royalist ( and therefore suffered for it in the beginning of the Wars ) was a good Latinist , Greecian and Hebritian and admirably skill'd in classical learning . He hath transmitted to posterity these things following . Pueriles confabulatiunculae , Anglo latinae , in varias clausulas distributae , &c. Lond. 1633. 53. &c. oct . Aditus facilis ad linguam latinam , &c. Lond. 1641. 49. &c. oct . in Lat. and Engl. Terminationes & exempla Declinationum & Conjugationum . Lond. 1650 , 57 , &c. in Engl. and Lat. in oct . Maturini Corderii Colloquia Scholastica . Lond. 1653. 71. &c. in Engl. and Lat. in oct . Plain and easie Primmer for Children , wherein the pictures of beasts and birds for each letter in the Alphabet , are set down , &c. Grammar in Lat. and Engl. Lond. 1654 oct . At first intended for the use of his private School , but since found the most necessary and easiest for attaining the lat . tongue , of any then extant . Aesopi fabulae . Lond. in oct . Engl. and Lat. The common rudiments of Latine Grammar , usually taught in all Schools . Lond. 1657. oct . The first part or book . The construction of eight parts of Speech . The second part or book . The examples of the English rules grammatically construed — The third part or book . The fourth edition of this Grammar in three parts was published in 1664 , having been before approved by Bishop Sanderson and others , to be the shortest , orderliest and plainest for ease , both of Master and Scholars that had been then extant . Examination of common Accidence . Lond. 1657. &c. Engl. and Lat. Vocabularium parvum , &c. Lond. 1657. oct . Engl. and Latin. Catonis distica de moribus . Lond. 1659. 70. &c. oct . Eng. and Lat. The Ushers duty : or , a platforme of teaching Lilies Grammar . Lond. 1659. in tw . The letters C. H. are set to it in the title , and therefore I suppose it was written by our Author Ch. Hoole . Dicta insignia septem sapientium Graeciae . Lond. 1659. 70. oct . in Engl. and Lat. Mimi Publiani , sive Senecoe proverbia . Lond. 1659. 70. oct . Examinatio Grammaticae latinae in usum scholarum adornatae , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . New discovery of the old art of teaching School , in four Treatises . Lond. 1660. oct . Written 1637 for the use and benefit of Rotheram school ; and after 14 years trial by diligent practice in London , it was published with Enlargements . Sententiae pueriles Angl. Lat. &c. Lond. 1681. octav . Printed then with Colloquia Corderii . Publii Terentii Comediae sex Angl. Lat. &c. Lond. 1676. octavo . Sententiae pueriles , &c. Lond. 1677. Engl. and Lat. Phraseologiae pueriles Angl. Lat. Lond. in oct . In the year 1653 he published the New Testam . in Greek , with all the positions of the most difficult words which are grammatically resolved in George Pasors Lexicon , put in the margin thereof . Afterwards were several Editions published , and that which came out in 1674 was ill corrected , and printed on bad paper , and in a worse character . He also translated from Lat. into English , The visible world : or , a picture or nomenclature of all the chief things that are in the world , and of mens employments therein . Lond. 1659. oct . The book which is adorned with pictures to make Children understand it the better , was originally written by Joh. Amos Commenius . This most noted Grammarian Ch. Hoole paid his last debt to nature at Stock before mention'd , on the 7 day of March in sixteen hundred sixty and six , and was buried in the chancel of the Church there , under an arch in the wall , near the Communion Table . I have been informed by one of his relations , that he the said Mr. Hoole hath 24 books and translations extant : which number is before set down , but whether in order as they came out , I cannot tell , for I have not yet seen all their editions . ISAAC ROET an Englishman of an antient and gentile family , studied for some time in Oxon , but in what Coll. or Hall , it appears not in the Matriculation-book , or whether he took any degree , from any of the Registers . He hath written a book intit . Pestis adumbrata in libris V. Aphorismorum , &c. Lond. 1666. oct . Which is all I know of him ; nor should I have known that he ever studied in the University , had he not in the title of the said book wrot himself olim Oxonienses . WALTER BUSHNELL Son of Will. Bushn . of Corsham in Wilts . became a Batler of Magd. Hall in Mich. term 1628 , aged 19 years , took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards was made Vicar of Box near Malmsbury in his own Country , where continuing in good esteem in the greatest part of the interrupted times , was at length ejected from his living in the Reign of Oliver : whereupon he wrot , A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Commissioners appointed by Oliver Cromwell , for ejecting scandalous and ignorant Ministers , in the case of Walt. Bushnell Clerk , Vicar of Box in the County of Wilts . — Which book being not permitted to be published , after he had made it fit for the Press , was , at his Majesties return , printed at Lond. in oct . an . 1660. About which time the Author being restored to his living , continued there to the time of his death ; which hapning in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred sixty and seven , was buried in the Church at Box , having then laying by him , one or more things fit to be printed , as I have been informed by some of the neighbourhood . GEORGE WITHER Son of George Wither , the first Son by a second venter , of the house of Wither of Manydowne near to Wotton S. Laurence in Hampshire , was born at Bentworth near Alton in the said County , on the eleventh day of June 1588 , ( 30 Eliz. ) educated in Gram. learning under the noted School-master of those parts called Joh. Greaves of Colemore , sent to Magd. Coll. in the year 1604 or thereabouts , where being put under the tuition of Joh. Warner , ( afterwards B. of Roch. ) whom , if I mistake not , he serv'd , made some proficiency (a) with much ado in academical learning ; but his genie being addicted to things more trivial , was taken home after he had spent about three years in the said house , and thence sent to one of the Inns of Chancery in London , and afterwards to Lincolns Inn , to obtain knowledge in the municipal Law. But still his genie hanging after things more smooth and delightful , he did , at length , make himself known to the world ( after he had taken several rambles therein ) by certain Specimens of Poetry ; which being dispersed in several hands , became shortly after a publick Author , and much admired by some in that age for his quick advancement in that faculty . But so it was , that he shewing himself too busie and satyrical in his Abuses stript and whipt , was committed Prisoner to the Marshalsea , where continuing several months , was then more cried up , especially by the puritanical Party , for his profuse powring forth of English rime , and more afterwards by the vulgar sort of people for his prophetical Poetry , in regard that many things were fancied by them to come to pass , which he pretended to predict . In 1639 he was a Captain of Horse in the Expedition against the Scots , and Quarter-master Gen. of the Regiment wherein he was Captain , viz. of that Regiment of , o● next under , the Earl of Arundel , General of the Forces in the said expedition . But this our Author , who was always from his youth puritannically affected , ( sufficiently evidenced in his Satyrs ) sided with the Presb. in the beginning of the Civil Wars rais'd by them an . 1642 , became an enemy to the King and Regality , sold the estate he had , and with the moneys received for it , rais'd a Troop of Horse for the Parliament , was made a Captain and soon after a Major , having this motto on his Colours , Pro Rege , Lege , Grege : but being taken prisoner by the Cavaliers , Sir Jo. Denham the Poet ( some of whose land at Egham in Surry Wither had got into his clutches ) desired his Majesty not to hang him , because that so long as Wither lived , Denham would not be accounted the worst Poet in England . About that time he was constituted by the said Long Parliament a Justice of Peace in Quorum for Hampshire , Surrey , and Essex , ( which office he kept 16 years ) and afterwards was made by Oliver Major Gen. of all the Horse and Foot in the County of Surrey , in which employment he licked his fingers sufficiently , gaining thereby a great Odium from the generous Royalist . After the Kings Restauration in 1660 , he lost all the lands that had belonged to Royalists and Bishops , which he before had either bought , or had confer'd upon him for the love and zeal he had to the blessed Cause . And being then look'd upon as a dangerous person to the King and State , especially for a scandalous and seditious libel that he had then dispersed , was committed Prisoner to Newgate ; and afterwards , upon his own confession , and the oaths of two persons , that he was the Author of it , he , by order of the H. of Commons , was sent in custody , and committed close prisoner to the Tower of London , to be debarr'd Pen , Ink , and Paper , and about the same time ( 24 of March 1661 / 2 ) an Impeachment was ordered to be drawn up against him . In both which Prisons he continued three years and more , wrot several things by the connivance of the Keeper , of which some were afterwards made publick , yet could never refrain from shewing himself a Presbyterian Satyrist . He began very early , being precisely educated from his childhood , to express and publish those conceptions , which the affections and inclinations to youth had awakened in him , endeavouring to season them with morality and piety , as subjects of that nature are capable of ; suiting them to the capacities of young-men , who delight to see their own natural passions , represented as 't were in a glass ; wherein they not only meet with some better things than they looked for , but with such notions also therewith mixed , as insinuated into their hearts that seasoning which made them much delighted with his Poems , and rendred him so generally known , that thousands , especially such youths that were puritannically educated , were desirous to peruse his future writings , and to take better heed of that , whereof else perhaps they had taken little or no notice , while others of generous education , and of more solid parts , looked upon them as the effects of a crazed brain , and esteemed Taylor the Water-Poet a fit match for him with his wild and rambling rimes . The things that he hath written and published are very many , accounted by the generality of Scholars meer scribbles , and the fancies of a conceited and confident , if not enthusiastical , mind . The titles of them follow . Iter Hibernicum ▪ or , an Irish Voyage . Written in verse . Iter Bor. or , a northern Journey . Written in verse . Patricks Purgatory . Written in verse . Philaretes Complaint . Written in verse . These four were called his Juvenilia , and tho the original MS. of them was lost , yet they were recovered and printed more than once . Prince Henries obsequies : or , mournful elegies upon his death . Lond. 1612. and 1622. oct . A supposed interlocution betw . the ghost of Pr. Hen. and Great Britaine . — Printed with the former . Abuses stript and whipt : or , satyrical essays , in two books . Lond. 1613. 14.15 . and 22. in oct . Satyr written to the King ( Jam. 1. ) when he was prisoner in the Marshalsea for his first book . Lond. 1614. 15. 22. in oct . Which first book is the same , I suppose , with Abuses whipt and stript , which stands first in the six of his poetical pieces that he published in 1622 , of which the said Satyr is one , intit . in the first edit . A Satyr dedicated to his most excellent Majesty . Eglogues . Lond. 1614. oct . at the end of The Sheppards pipe , written by Will. Browne of the Inner Temple , to whom one of the said Egl. is dedicated . The Sheppards hunting : being certain Eglogues made during the time of the Authors imprisonment in the Marshalsea . Lond. 1615 and 22. oct . Which book , as 't is said , contains more of poetical fancy than any other of his writings . Preparation to the psalter . Lond. 1619. in a thin fol. in prose . Soliloquy : or , the Authors preparation of himself unto the study and use of the psalter . — This , written in verse , is printed at the end of Prep , of the psal . Hymne of thanksgiving after sickness . — This also is printed with it . Fidelia ; a Poem . Lond. 1619. sec . edit . and 22. oct . Exercises on the first psalme , both in prose and verse . Lond. 1620. oct . Withers motto . Nec habeo , nec careo , nec curo . Nor have I , nor want I , nor care I. Lond. 1618. and 21. in oct . written in verse , and dedicated to any body . Whereupon Joh. Taylor a Water poet came out with a book intit . Taylors motto . Et habeo , & careo , & curo . I have , I want , I care . Lond. 1621. oct . dedic . to every body . This Joh. Taylor was born in the City of Glocester , went to school there , and having got into his Accidence , was bound an Apprentice to a Waterman in London , which , tho a laborious employment , yet such was his prodigious genie to Poetry , that he wrot very many things in that faculty , that made great sport in their time , and were most of them esteemed worthy to be remitted into a large folio . Had he had learning bestowed on him according to his natural parts , which were excellent , he might have equalled , if not excelled , many who claim a great share in the temple of the muses . Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1642 , he left London , retired to Oxon , ( where ha was much esteemed by the Court and poor remnant of Scholars for his facetious company ) kept a common Victualling-house , and did great service for the royal Cause , by writing bitter Pasquils against the Roundheads . After the Garrison of Oxon was surrendred , he retired to Westminster , kept a publick house in Phenix Alley near Long-Acre , and continued constant in his loyalty to the King. After whose murder , he set up a sign over his door of a Mourning Crown ; but that being esteem'd malignant , he pulled it down , and hung up his own picture , under which were these Verses written , There 's many a head stands for a signe , Then , gentle Reader , why not mine ? On the other side . Though I deserve not , I desire The laurel wreath , the Poets hire . He died in the year 1654 , aged 74 years , and was buried in the yard belonging to the Church of S. Paul in Covent Garden , as I have been informed hy his Nephew a Painter of Oxford , who gave his picture to the School Gallery there , where it now hangs , shewing him to have been of a quick and smart countenance . But all this of Taylor do I speak by the by . Now let 's proceed to the rest of the Works of G. Wither , which are these . Epithalamia : or , nuptial Poems upon the most blessed and happy Marriage between Frederick the 5. Count Palatine of the Rhine , and Princess Elizabeth sole daughter of K. James . Lond. 1622. oct . Canonical Hymnes and Songs . Hymnes and Songs of the Church . Lond. in tw . Songs of Moses and other Hymnes of the old Test . The scholars Purgatory , discovered in the Stationers Commonwealth , and described in a discourse apologetical , as well for the publick advantage of the Church , the State , and whole Commonwealth of England , as for the remedy of private injuries . — Where , or when printed , it appears not . 'T is written in prose , and printed in octavo . Britains remembrancer , containing a narration of the Plague lately past , a declaration of mischiefs present , and a prediction of Judgments to come , &c. Lond. 1628. oct . Written in verse 1625. Psalmes of David in lyrick verse illustrated . Lond. 1632. oct . or tw . Prophecy of our present calamity , and ( except we repent ) future misery . — Written 1628. Emblems illustrated : or , a collection of Emblems antient and modern . Quickned with metrical illustrations , both moral and divine : and disposed into lotteries , that instruction and good counsel may be fathered by an honest and pleasant recreation , in 4 books . Lond. 1634. 35. fol. Apology to the Lords of the Council , in justification of the reproof of Vices in his poems . Discourse concerning the plantations of Ulster in Ireland , with pre-conjectures of what consequences would probably ensue . — Printed in prose . Meditations on the ten Commandments . — Printed in verse with sculptures . This was lately published again under this title , Divine Poems ( by way of paraphrase ) on the ten Commandments : illustrated with 12 Copper plates ; shewing how personal punishments have been inflicted , &c. Lond. 1688. oct . Haleluiah : or , Britains second Remembrancer , bringing to remembrance , ( in praisful and penitential Hymns , spiritual Songs , and moral Odes ) Meditations , advancing the glory of God , &c. composed in a threefold Volume . The first contains Hymns occasional . 2. Hymns temporary . 3. Hymns personal , &c. Lond. 1641. in tw . The doubtful Almanack : or , very suspitious presages of great calamities yet to come — Printed in one sh . in qu. but when , unless in 1641. it appears not . Proclamation in the name of the King of Kings to all the Isles of Great Britaine . — Printed in a large oct . Campo-Musae : or , the Field-musings touching his military engagement for the K. and Parl. Lond. 1643. 44. octavo . Mercurius Rusticus . Print . 1643. This was written in imitation of the weekly intelligences then published , offering between jest and earnest , some particulars to consideration , relating both to Civil and Military transactions , and hinted notions then pertinent to those times , &c. The beginning of this Merc. Rust. ( to distinguish Merc. Rust . written by Dr. Ryves ) is this . By your leave Gentlemen , when seriousness takes not effect , perhaps trifling may , &c. Letter of advice touching the choice of Knights Cit. and Burgesses in Parl. &c. — Printed 1644. Vox pacifica : A voice tending to pacification of Gods wrath , and offering those propositions , or conditions ; by the acceptation or performance whereof , in some good measure , a firm and continual peace may be obtained , &c. Lond. 1645. oct . in 6. Books or Cantoes . What peace to the wicked — Pr. 1646. This , which is a Poem , is an expostulatory answer to a derisory question concerning peace . Justiciarius justificatus . Lond. 1646. This being an apologetical discourse in English , reflecting upon Sir Rich. Onslow of Surrey Kt , and Parliam . man , arose a debate in Apr. the same year , in the H. of Commons , occasion'd by the said Sir Richard , concerning several unhandsome expressions therein against him . At length in Aug. following it was voted by them that G. Wither author thereof should pay to the said Sir R. Onslow 500 l. for damages , and that the book be burnt by the hand of the common Hangman ; at which time Withers was then in prison for it and continued there about an year . Opobalsamum Anglicanum . An English balm lately pressed out of a shrub , and spread upon these papers , for the cure of some scabs , gangrenes and cancers , endangering the body of this Commonweale , &c. Lond. 1646 in 3 sh . and an half in qu. in verse . Amygdala Britannica : Almonds for Parrets . A dish of stone-fruit , partly shell'd and partly unshell'd : which ( if crack'd , pick'd and digested ) may be wholsom against those epidemick distempers of the brain , now predominant , &c. — Printed 1647 in qu. in double columes , in tw . sh . in verse . Carmen expostulatorium — Printed 1647. This was written to prevent the engaging these nations into a second war , when the dividing of the City and Army was then by some endeavoured . A si quis : or Quaeries , with other verses annexed — Printed 1648. Presented to the members of Parliament in their single capacities , related to the Authors particular interest . A petition and narrative to the Parl. — Pr. 1648. The tired petitioner — Printed in a single sheet in verse , about the same time . Carmen Eucharisticon : A private Thank-oblation exhibited to the glory of the Lord of Hosts for the timely and wonderful deliverance vouchsafed to this Nation in the routing of a numerous army of Irish rebels before Dublin by Mich. Jones Lieut. Gen. for the Parl. of England . Lond. 1649 , in one largesh . in qu. in double columns . Of which poem , and its author , several things are said by the writer of Mercurius Elencticus , numb . 19. p. 152. published 3. Sept. 1649. Se defendendo . — Not said when printed . 'T was an Apologie written by him in prose , to vindicate himself from such aspersions as had been injuriously , and without any probable cause cast upon him by malicious detractors . A thankful retribution . Lond. 1649 in vers . The British appeal , with Gods merciful replies on the behalf of the commonwealth of England contained in a brief commemorative Poem , &c. Lond. 1651. oct . The dark lantern , containing a dim discovery , in riddles , parables , and semi-riddles , intermix'd with cautions , remembrances , and predictions , &c. Lond. 1650 , 53 oct . in vers . Poem concerning a perpetual Parliament — Printed with the Dark lantern . A suddaine flash , on the stile of Protector . — Printed in oct . Westrow revived : a funeral poem . — Pr. in oct . Vaticinium casuale . Printed 1655. Boni ominis votum . Printed 1656. This poem was occasion'd by the summoning of extraordinary Grand Juries out of the eminent Baronets , Knights , Esquires , Gentlemen , to serve in their Counties at a Summer assize , 1656. A cause allegorically stated — Printed 1657 , with an appeal therein to all impartial censurers . Address to the members of Parl. in their single capacities — Printed 1657. a poem . Salt upon salt ; made out of certain ingenious verses upon the late storm , and the death of his Highness , &c. by which occasion is taken to offer to consideration the probable near approaching of greater stormes , and more sad consequences Lond. 1659. oct . in vers . A bitter-sweet passion of the Soul , expressed in a Hymne to God — Printed at the end of Salt upon salt . Poetick frenzie , occasion'd by Gen. Monks restoring the Parliament . — Printed in a large oct . Speculum speculativum : or , a considering glass ; being an inspection into the present and late sad conditions of these nations , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . poem . Glimmerings discovered , of what will probably ensue hereafter — Printed with the former . 'T is a Poem . Postscript in answer to some cavilling objections made against the Author of this considering glass , since the composing thereof — Printed also with the former . Fides Anglicana : or , a plea for the publick faith of these nations , lately pawned , forfeited , and violated by some of their former Trustees , to the rendring it as infamous , as Fides punica was heretofore , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . prose . Triple paradox , affixed to a counter-mure raised against the furious batteries of restraint , slander , and poverty , &c. Lond. 1661. oct . poem . Crums and scraps lately found in a Prisoners basket in Newgate . Lond. 1661. oct . poem . Metrical paraphrase on the Lords Prayer — Printed 1665. 1688. oct . vers . Memorandum to London , occasion'd by the pestilence in the year 1665. — Pr. in oct . a poem . Sigh for the pitchers , with three private meditations . Lond. 1666. oct . Fragmenta prophetica : or , his remains , being a collection of the several predictions dispersed throughout his works . Lond. 1669 oct . Before which is his picture in armour , and his head bare , adorn'd with a wreath of Laurel . An interjection , being a sudden ejaculation cast in at the collecting of Fragm . proph . Metrical paraphrase on the Creed . Lond. 1688. oct . vers . 'T is at the end of the 2d edit . of the Paraphrase on the 10 Com. before mention'd . Besides all these which I have mostly seen and perused , are many others which I have not seen , only their trite and imperfect titles , as they follow ( 1 ) The Scourge . ( 2 ) The Mistress of Philarete . ( 3 ) Vaticinium poeticum . All these written in verse , and the last reprinted in Fragm . Proph. ( 4 ) Caveat Emptor . in prose . ( 5 ) Britains Genius . Pr. in oct . ( 6 ) Carm. Ternarium semicynium . ver . ( 7 ) Speech without door . ( 8 ) His Disclaimer . These two last are in prose . ( 9 ) Know thy self . ver . ( 10 ) The Delinquents purgation . prose . ( 11 ) Sinners confession . vers . ( 12 ) A cordial confection , &c. prose . ( 13 ) Verses to the individual members of Parliament . ( 14 ) Epistolium vagum prosau-metricum . ( 15 ) Furor poeticus . ( 16 ) Three grains of Frankincense . ( 17 ) The Protector . The three last are in vers . ( 18 ) Epistle to the three Nations . ( 19 ) Epistle at random . Pr. in qu. ( 20 ) Ecchoes from the sixth trumpet reverberated , by a review of neglected remembrances . Pr. in oct . &c. Besides these 20 pieces and others , which were printed , were many others of his composition which were not , as ( 1 ) Exercises on the nine Psalmes , next following the first . These , which he intended to add to the Exercises on the first psalme ( printed 1620 ) were lost , and could never be recovered , ( 2 ) Treatise of antient Hieroglyphicks , with their various significations . Lost . ( 3 ) Persuit of happiness , being a character of the extravagancy of the authors affections and passions in his youth . Written in prose . ( 4 ) Riddles , Songs , Epigrams . ( 5 ) The Dutchess , in vers . ( 6 ) Domestick devotions , prose . ( 7 ) Funeral Elegie . ( 8 ) Tract of usury , &c. prose . ( 9 ) The confession of his faith , both in fundamentals , and in relation to most points controverted by men of several judgments in religion . ( 10 ) Precatory meditation and soliloquy with God , on the behalf of his children and their posterity , if they have any . ( 11 ) Discourse to a friend touching the consolations in close imprisonment . ( 12 ) Familiar Epistles . ( 13 ) The true state of the cause between the King and Parl. Wr. in prose . ( 14 ) Declaration in the Person of Oliver Cromwell , given into his own hand , and tending to the settlement of such a government as he never intended . Wr. in prose . ( 15 ) Private address to Oliver , offering things pertinent to his consideration . This written in prose and verse , was sealed up and given into his hands . ( 16 ) Addr. to Oliver for the third of Sept. 1658. Given also into his own hands . ( 17 ) Addr. to Rich. Cromwell : Given into his own hands . These four last things contained the duties and failings of Ol. and Richard , and forewarnings of what soon after came to pass . There also goes about in Ms . his Poem of the History of the pestilence , or proceedings of justice and mercy , being the same , I suppose , which I have before mention'd . He hath also translated from Greek into English , with the help only of two copies , The nature of man , printed 1636 in tw . Written originally by Nemesius . At length after this our author George Wither had lived to the age of 79 years , mostly spent in a rambling and unsetled condition , concluded this life on the second day of May in sixteen hundred sixty and seven : Whereupon his body was buried between the east door and south end of the Church , ( which stands north and south ) belonging to the Savoy Hospital in the Strand near London . One George Wither was a Dignitary in the Church and a Writer , before the former George was born , as I have told you in the Fasti an . 1565 , but what relation there was between them , I cannot tell . JAMES SMITH son of Tho. Smith Rector of Merston in Bedfordshire , and Brother to Dr. Tho. Smith sometimes an eminent Physician of Brasn . Coll , was born in the said Town of Merston , matriculated as a member of Ch. Ch. in Lent term 1622 / 3 aged 18 years , and soon after was transplanted to Linc. Coll. where he continued for some years a Commoner . Thence he was preferred to be Chaplain at Sea to Henry Earl of Holland , who was Admiral of a squadron of Ships sent for a supply to the Isle of Ree . Afterwards he was domestick Chaplain to Tho. Earl of Cleevland , who had an especial respect for him for his ingenuity and excellent parts . In his service he continued six years , had a benefice in Lincolnshire which he kept for a time , and in 1633 took the degree of Bach. of Div. by accumulation , being then much in esteem with the poetical Wits of that time , particularly with Philip Massenger , who call●d him his Son , Will. D'avenant , John Mennes , &c. From his Benefice in Lincolnsh . he removed to Kings Nimphton in Devons , and leaving a Curat there , he went as Chaplain to the before mention'd Earl of Holland Lieutenant General of the English Forces in the first expedition against the Scots . Returning thence soon after , he setled at Kings Nimphton , where he resided during all the changes of government , by compliance with the power that was uppermost . After his Majesties return , he was made one of the Canons of S. Peters Cathedral in Exeter , Archdeacon of Barnstaple , Chaplain to Edw. Earl of Clarendon , and in July 1661 , he was actually created Doct. of Divinity . In the next year he became Chauntor of Exeter in the place of Dr. S. Ward promoted to the Episcopal See of that place , and in 1663 was presented to the rectory of Alphyngton in Devonshire , ( at which time he resigned Kings Nymphton and his Archdeaconry ) where he finished his course . His chief works , that are of Poetry , are in Musarum delitiae : or , the muses recreation , containing several pieces of poetick wit. Lond. 1656 oct . second edit . ( See more in John Mennes under the year 1670. ) and also in another book entit . Wit restored , in several select poems . Lond. 1658. oct . Which book , I say , is mostly of our author Smiths composition . At the end of which is his translation , or poem , called The innovation of Penelope and Ulysses , a mock poem . Lond. 1658. oct . And at the end of that also , is Cleavlands Rebel Scot , translated into Latine . He also composed . Certain Anthems — Not the musical , but poetical , part of them ; which are to this day used and sung in the Cath. Ch. at Exeter . At length paying his last debt to nature at Alphyngton on the 20. day of June in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , his body was conveyed to Kings Nimphton before mention'd , and was buried in the Chancel belonging to the Church there , near to the body of Elizabeth his first Wife . Over their graves was soon after put a comely monument , with an inscription thereon , ( enlarged after the death of his second Wife , who died 4 years after him ) the contents of which , shall now for brevity sake be omitted . JOHN BERY or Bury was born in Devonshire , admitted Scholar of C. C. Coll. 9. Feb. 1597 , and in the year 1603 , he being then Bach. of Arts , became tanquam socius of Balliol Coll. or the first Fellow that was put in there , to receive the benefaction of Peter Blundell , by the appointment of Sir John Popham L. Ch. Justice of the Kings bench . Afterwards he took the degree of Master , and retiring to his own Country , became Minister of Heavietree , Canon of Exeter and Rector of Widworthie . In Dec. 1643 were the Chancellors letters read in a Convocation of Doctors and Masters in the behalf of him the said Bury ( then Bach. of Div. as in the said letters is expressed ) that he might be actually created Doctor of that faculty , but he being then absent in the Kings service , he was to have that degree confer'd upon him , when he should desire it ; but whether he did so , or was diplomated , it appears not in the registers . He hath written and published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The School of godly fear , an Assize Sermon at Exeter 20. March 1614 on 1. Pet. 1.17 . Lond. 1615. qu. ( 2 ) The moderate Christian , preached at Exeter at a triennial visitation , on 1. Cor. 10. vers . ult . Lond. 1631. qu. &c. Gods method for mans salvation : or , a guide to heaven , leading between errors on both hands , &c. Lond. 1661. in two sheets in oct . 'T is a Catechisme for the use of his Parishioners at Widworthie . What else he hath published , I know not , nor any thing besides of him , only that he dying on the 5 day of July in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , aged 87 years , or thereabouts , was buried in the Cathedral Church at Exeter , having been before a liberal Benefactor to the Work-house belonging to that City , as I have been informed by his Son Arthur . GEORGE HUGHES , distinguished , while living , from others of his sirname , by the addition of Plymouth to his , was born (a) of a Plebeian family in Surrey , particularly , as I have been informed by a learned (b) Nonconformist , in the Borough of Southwark , was sent by his relations to Corp. Ch. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1619 , where continuing in the condition of a Clerk or Chorister till he had compleated his Bachelaurs degree by Determination , translated himself to Pembroke Coll , took the degree of Master of Arts as a member thereof , entred into the sacred function , and for a time exercised the Ministry in , and near , Oxon. Afterwards he was Lecturer of Allhallows Church in Breadstreet within the City of London , took the degree of Bach. of Div. in the year 1633 , and about that time became Vicar of S. Andrews Church in the then factious town of Plymouth in Devon. where continuing in great liking among the godly party , did , for benefit and interest sake , side with the Presbyterians in the beginning of the most wicked rebellion raised by them , was a zealous and forward man against the King , his Party , and Bishops , took all oaths that followed , was an enemy to the Orthodox Clergy , and in 1654 was one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Devon. to eject such who were then called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters . In 1662 when the Act of conformity took place , he left his cure in Plymouth , lived there , and exercising his function in private , that is in Conventicles , among the Brethren , contrary to the Act , was , with Tho. Martin the late Lecturer of that Church ( a Conventicler also ) conveyed into S. Nicholas Island near Plymouth , an . 1665 , where they remained about 9 Months . In which time our author Hughes wrot an answer to Joh. Serjeants book entit . Sure-footing . At length his health being much impaired , as the Brethren reported , and his legs black and swoln , he was offer'd his liberty , upon condition of giving security of a 1000 l , not to live within 20 miles of Plymouth : Which being accordingly effected by the Brethren without his knowledge , he retired to Kingsbridge in Devonsh , found entertainment in the house of one Daniel Elley a Brother , and was much frequented to the last by the fanatical party . He was the most noted Presbyterian ( if not Independent ) of his time in Devonshire , and a most eager defender of his , against the prelatical , party , and ceremonies of the Church of England . His works are these . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Fun Sermon on 2. Kings 13.14 . Printed 1632. qu. ( 3 ) Fun. Sermon on Psal . 16.10 . — Pr. 1642. qu. ( 4 ) Drie rod blossoming , printed 1644. qu. ( 5 ) Vae-eugae-tuba : or , the Wo-joy-trumpet , &c. Fast serm . before the H. of Commons 26. May 1647. on Rev. 11.15 . Lond. 1647. qu. &c. Exposition on the small prophets . Lond. 1657. fol. Sure footing in Christianity examined . Lond. 1668. oct . Exposition on the book of Job . Lond. 1669. fol. Aphorismes , or select propositions of the Scripture truly determining the doctrine of the Sabbath — Printed 1670. 71. oct . Exposition on Genesis , and on 23 Chapters of Exodus Amsterd . 1672. fol. and other things which I have not yet seen . He paid his last debt to nature in the house of D. Elley of Kingsbridge before mention'd in the beginning of July in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , and was buried in the Church there near to the Pulpit . Over his grave is this inscription fastned to a pillar just opposite to the Pulpit . In memoriam suaveolentem aeternùm colendam viri desideratissimi Georgii Hughes SS . Th. B. Plymudensium nuper pastoris vigilantissimi , sacrae sensus paginae penitiores eruere , homines concione flectere , precibus Deum , mirè edocti . Qui ( solis aemulum ) ab oriente auspicatus cursum ( ortu Londinâs ) occidentale dehinc sidus diu claruit , lucem in vitâ spargens undique , moriens luctum : Vitaeque ( verè vitalis ) curriculo in an . lxiv perducto optima perfunctus , perpessus mala , requiem tandem invenit ; animo quidem in caelis , corpori verò in subjacente tumulo , ipsis Julii nonis , an . salutis MDCLXVII . Symmistae longè charissimi Georgii Geofridi A. M. cujus exuviae ante ter-novem annos ibidem sitae , nunc primum in cineres solvuntur , novis miscendos . Nacta sacros cineres servata fideliter urna , Haec uterum satio tibi foecundabit inertem . O faelix tumuli matrix , de morte renatos Olim tam claros hosce enixura Gemellos ! Posuit honoris & amoris ergô Thomas Crispinus Exoniensis . The said Tho. Crispin a rich Fuller of Exeter , and founder of a Free-school in Kingsbridge about the year 1670. was at the charge of setting up the said marble monument , and Mr. Joh. Howe who married Hughes his daughter drew up the inscription , as I have been informed by a neighbouring Minister of that place . RICHARD HEYRICK a younger Son of Sir Will. Heyrick of Beaumannour in Leycestershire Kt , ( who fined for Alderman of London and died about 1653 ) was born in London , educated in Merchant Taylors School , became Commoner of S. Johns Coll. in the beginning of the year 1617 aged 17 , took the degrees in Arts , was elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1624 and about that time entred into holy Orders . Afterwards he was beneficed in Norfolk , made Warden of Christs Coll. in Manchester in Lancashire , sided with the Presbyterians in the beginning of the rebellion , took the Covenant , was made one of the Ass . of Divines , carried on the cause with great zeal , was in the plot , for which Christop . Love suffered , and afterwards became an Assistant to the Commissioners of Lancashire for the ejection of such , whom they then ( 1654 ) called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters . Upon the approach of his Majesties restauration , he seemed to be zealous for it , and turning about , as many of his party did , kept his Wardenship to his dying day . He hath extant , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Three sermons preached in the collegiat Church of Manchester , the first on Psal . 122.6 . the second 2. Thes . 2.15 and the third on Gen. 49.5.6.7 . Lond. 1641. in oct . ( 2 ) Qu. Esthers resolve , or a Christian pattern for heaven born resolution ; Fast Sermon before the House of Com. on Esther 4.16 . Lond. 1646. qu. Besides others which I have not yet seen , among which is A Sermon on 2. of Kings 11. ver . 12. Lond. 1661. qu. He departed this mortal life on the sixth day of Aug. in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , aged 67 and was buried in the Collegiat Church of Manchester . Soon after was a comely monument put over his grave at the charge of Anna-Maria his Relict , with a large inscription thereon made by his antient and entire friend Mr. Tho. Case a London Minister , who had been intimately acquainted with him while he was a student in the University of Oxon ; part of it runs thus . Siste viator morae pretium est ; sub eodem cippo cum venerabili Huntingdono primo hujus collegii Custode , jacet decimus quartus ab eo successor Ricardus Heyrick , Gulielmi Heyrick equitis Aurati filius , Collegii Om. Animarum apud Oxonienses socius olim studiosissimus , ecclesiae de North-Reps in agro Norfolciensi deinde pastor fidissimus , hujusce denique collegii per triginta duos annos ( multa alia ultro sibi oblata Beneficia aversatus hâc solâ dignitate contentus ) Custos sive Guardianus vigilantissimus . Qui judicium solidum cum ingenio acutissimo , singularem zelum cum prudentia eximia , gravitatem summam cum egregia morum suavitate , generis nobilitatem , nominis celebritatem & quaecunque minores animas inflare solent , cum humilitate unicâ felicissime temperavit . Infelices sui seculi errores non effugit modo , sed & strenuè fugavit , &c. JEREMY TAYLOR tumbled out of his mothers womb into the lap of the muses at Cambridge , was educated in Gonvill and Caius Coll. there till he was M. of A. Afterwards entring into holy orders , he supplied for a time the Divinity Lecturers place in the Cath. of S. Paul in London , where behaving himself with great credit and applause far above his years , came to the cognisance of that great encourager of learning , ingenuity , and virtue , Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. who thinking it for the advantage of the world that such mighty parts should be afforded better opportunities of study and improvement , than a course or constant preaching would allow of , he caused him to be elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. an . 1636 : Where being setled , love and admiration still waited upon him ; while he improved himself much in Books . But this the Reader is to know that tho he came in meerly by the paramount interest of the said Archb , yet it was done against the statutes of the Coll , in these two respects . First because he had exceeded the age , with in which the said statutes make Candidates capable of being elected , and secondly that he had not been of three years standing in the University of Oxon , only a week or two before he was put in . However he being a Person of most wonderful parts and like to be an ornament thereunto , he was dispenced with , and thereby obtained in that house much of that learning , wherewith he was enabled to write casuistically . About the same time he was in a ready way to be confirmed a member of the Church of Rome , as many of that perswasion have said , but upon a Sermon delivered in S. Maries Church in Oxon on the 5. of Nov. ( Gun-powder-treason day ) an . 1638 , wherein several things were put in against the Papists by the then Vicechanc , he was afterwards rejected with scorn by those of that party , particularly by Fr. à S. Clara his intimate acquaintance ; to whom afterwards he expressed some sorrow for those things he had said against them , as the said S. Clara hath several times told me . About that time , he became one of the Chaplains to the said Archb. of Cant , who bestowed upon him the rectory of Uppingham in Rutlandshire , and other matters he would have done for him in order to his advance in the Church , had not the rebellion unluckily broke out . In the year 1642 he was with others , by virtue of his Maj. letters sent to this University , actually created D. of D. in that noted Convocation held on the first day of Nov. the same year , he being then Chaplain in Ord. to his said Majesty , and a frequent Preacher before him and the Court in Oxon. Afterwards he attended in his Majesties Army in the condition of a Chaplain ; where tho he had not a command of his time and books . yet he laid the foundation of several Treatises in defence of Episcopacy , the Liturgy , Ministry , and Church of England . Upon the declining of the Kings cause , he retired into Wales , where he was suffer'd under the Loyal Earl of Carbury of the Golden Grove in Caermerthenshire to officiat , and keep School , to maintain him and his Children . From which , tho it continued but a few years , were several youths most loyally educated , and afterwards sent to the Universities . In this solitude he began to write his excellent discourses , which are enough of themselves to furnish a Library , and will be famous to all succeeding generations for the exactness of wit , profoundness of judgment , richness of fancy , clearness of expression , copiousness of invention , and general usefulness to all the purposes of a Christian . By which he soon after got a great reputation among all Persons of judgment and indifferences , and his name grew greater still , as the world grew better and wiser . When he had spent some years in this retirement , in a private corner , as 't were , of the world , his family was visited with sickness , and thereby lost the dear pledges or Gods favour , three sons of great hopes , within the space (a) of two or three months . And tho he had learned a quiet submission unto the divine will , yet the affliction touched him so sensibly , that it made him desirous to leave the Country : And going to London , he there for a time officiated in a private Congregation of Loyalists to his great hazard and danger . At length meeting with Edward Lord Conway a Person of great honour and generosity , that Lord , after he had understood his condition , made him a kind profer ; which our author Taylor embracing , it carried him over into Ireland , and setled him at Portmore , a place made for study and contemplation ; which he therefore dearly loved . And there he wrot his Cases of conscience , a book that is able alone to give its author immortality . By this time the wheel of providence brought about the Kings happy restauration , and out of a confused Chaos beauty and order began to appear : Whereupon our loyal Author went over to congratulate the Prince and Peoples happiness , and bear a part in the universal triumph . It was not long after his sacred Majesty began the settlement of the Church , and Dr. Taylor being resolved upon for the Bishoprick of Downe and Connor , was consecrated thereunto at Dublin on the 27. of January 1660 , and on the 21. of June 1661 , he had the administration of the See of Dromore granted to him by his Majesty , in consideration , that he had been the Churches Champion , and that he had suffer'd much in defence of its cause . With what care and faithfulness he discharged his office , all upon the place knew well , and what good rules and directions he gave to his Clergy , and how he taught them the practice of them by his own example . Upon his being made Bishop , he was constituted a Privy Counsellor , and the University of Dublin gave him their testimony , by recommending him for their Vicechancellor , which honorable office he kept to his dying day . He was esteemed by the generality of persons a compleat Artist , accurate Logician , exquisite , quick and acute in his reasonings , a Person of great fluency in his language and of prodigious readiness in his learning . A noted (b) Presbyterian also ( his Antagonist ) doth ingeniously confess that Dr. Taylor is a man of admirable wit , great parts , hath a quick and elegant pen , is of abilities in critical learning and of profound skill in antiquity , &c. and another (c) who knew him well tells us , that he was a rare Humanist , and hugely vers'd in all the polite parts of learning , and had throughly concocted all the antient Moralists , Greek , and Roman Poets , and Orators ; and was not unacquainted with the refined wits of the later ages , whether French or Italian , &c. But he had not only the accomplishments of a Gentleman , but so universal were his parts , that they were proportion'd to every thing . And tho his spirit and humour were made up of smoothness and gentleness , yet he could bear with the harshness and roughness of the Schools , and was not unseen in their subtilities and spinosities . His skill was great both in the civil and canon Law and casuistical Divinity : And he was a rare conductor of Souls , and knew how to counsel , and to advise ; to solve difficulties and determine cases , and quiet consciences . To these may be added his great acquaintance with the Fathers and ecclesiastical Writers , and the Doctors of the first and purest ages both of the Greek and Lat. Church ; which he hath made use of against the Rom. Catholicks , to vindicate the Church of England from the challenge of innovation , and to prove Her Antient , Catholick , and Apostolical . Add to all these , he was a Person of great humility , had nothing in him of pride and humour , but was courteous and affable and of easie access . He was withal a Person of great charity and hospitality : And whosoever compares his plentiful incomes with the inconsiderable estate he left at his death , will be easily convinc'd that Charity was steward for a great proportion of his revenue . To sum up all in a few words of another (*) author , this great Prelate had the good humour of a Gentleman , the eloquence of an Orator , the fancy of a Poet , the acuteness of a Schoolman , the profoundness of a Philosopher , the wisdom of a Chancellour , the sagacity of a Prophet , the reason of an Angel , and the piety of a Saint . He had devotion enough for a Cloister , learning enough for an University , and wit enough for a Coll. of Virtuosi : And had his parts and endowments been parcel'd out among his poor Clergy that he left behind him , it would perhaps have made one of the best Diocese in the world . His works of learning are very many , and all that he hath written , are , I conceive , set down in the following Catalogue . The Golden Grove : or a manual of dayly prayers and letanies , fitted to the days of the week , &c. — This is sometimes called The Guide of Infant devotion , and was composed at the Golden Grove in the County of Caermerthen before mention'd . Several impressions have been made of it , mostly in the Vol. called twelves , one of which was made at Lond. 1656 or thereabouts , and the fourteenth impression came out in 1683. Festival Hymns according to the manner of the antient Church . An Apologie for authorized and set forms of Liturgy , against the pretence of the spirit . &c. Lond. 1649. qu. Of the sacred order and offices of Episcopacy by divine institution , Apostolical tradition and Catholick practice . Or thus , Episcopacy stated . &c. Oxon. 1642. qu. The real presence and spiritual of Christ in the blessed Sacrament , proved against the doctrine of Transubstantiation . Lond. 1654. oct . Discourse of the liberty of prophecying . Lond. 1647. qu. In the writing of which book the author made use of a like stratagem ( as Hales did in writing his book of Schisme ) to break the Presbyterian power , and so countenance divisions between the factions , which were too much united against the loyal Clergy . For in the said book ( as a certain (d) author saith ) he insists on the same Topicks of schisme and heresie , of the incompetency of Councils and Fathers to determine our Ecclesiastical controversies , and of scrupulous consciences ; and urgeth far more cogent arguments , than Hales did , but still he had prepared his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an antidote to prevent any dangerous effect of his discourse . For the judicious reader may perceive such a reserve ( tho it lay in ambuscado , and is compacted in a narrow compass ) as may easily rout those Troops , which began too soon to cry victoria , and thought of nothing else but of dividing the spoil . And if the learned author did this and was blameless , the goodness of the end in such cases denominating the action , I see no cause (e) why our author , whose ends were for the restoring of peace , seeing he represented the causes of the war so frivolous and inconsiderable , ought to be represented as a Criminal or Adversary . This book of Liberty of prophecying was animadverted upon by Sam. Rutherford Prof. of Divinity in the University of S. Andrew in his Free disputation against pretended liberty of conscience , &c. Lond. 1649. qu. Vindication of the Glory of the divine attributes , in the question of original sin . Lond. 1656. in tw . Measures and offices of Friendship ; in a letter to the most ingenious and excellent Mrs. K. P. Lond. 1657. 2d . edit . in tw . By this K. P. is to be understood Katherine Philipps the Wife of Jam. Philipps of the Priory of Cardigan Esq . daughter of John Fowler of Bucklesbury in Lond. Merchant , by Katherine his Wife , daughter of Dan. Oxenbridge Doctor of Physick . Which Kath. Fowler alias Philipps ( by the way it must be observed ) was born in the Parish of S. Mary Wool-church in Lond , and baptized there on the eleventh of Januar. 1631 , bred up in a School at Hackney under Mrs. ... Salmon , where she then much delighted in Poetry , notwithstanding brought up in the Presbyterian way . After her marriage with Ja. Philipps , she went into Ireland with the Vicountess of Dungannon ( Trevor ) and at Dublin she translated from French into Engl. the Tragedy called Pompey , which was several times acted in the new Theater there , with great applause , an . 1663. and 64. in which last year it was made publick . While she was young , she was very forward in English learning , by the blessedness of a quick and happy memory : At riper years she was esteemed the most applauded Poetess of our Nation , and not without reason , since her name is of a fresh and lively date from a publish'd Vol. in fol. of her poetical Works , bearing this title . Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philipps the matchless Orinda . To which is added Monsier Corneille's Pompey and Horace's Tragedies ; with several other translations out of French. Lond. 1667. fol , with her picture , a shoulder piece , before them standing on a pedestal , and underneath written Orinda . These Poems which were first printed in oct . an . 1664 , without the translations , are commended to the world by the Poems of Abr. Cowley , Tho Flatman , Jam. Tyrrell Esq . &c. At length she being overtaken with the small pox , died of it in Fleet-street , and was buried 22 June 1664 , in the Church of S. Bennet Sherehog ( at the end of Syths-lane ) in London , under a great grave-stone , where her Father , Grand-father , and Gr. mother were before buried . Dr. Taylor hath also published Sermon at S. Maries in Oxon upon the 5 or Nov. 1638. on Luke 9.54 . Oxon. 1638. qu. All which books , and sermon before mention'd , were printed in one Vol. under this title . A collection of polemical and moral discourses . Lond. 1657. fol. To a third Edition of which collection , wherein are omitted The Golden Grove , and the Sermon at S. Maries , are added ( 1 ) A disswasive from Popery , the first and second part ; written while he was B. of Downe and Connor and received with so general approbation , that several impressions of them were made in qu. and oct . This Disswasive from popery was answered first by a book bearing this title . Truth will out : or a discovery of some untruths smoothly told by Dr. Jer. Taylor in his Disswasive from popery , &c. — Printed 1665. qu. written by his friendly Adversary Edward Worsely a Jesuit , of the Family of Worseley in Lancashire : And secondly by John Sargeant a Sec. Priest , in one of his Appendices to Sure footing in Christianity , as I shall elsewhere tell you . ( 2 ) Unum necessarium : or the doctrine and practice of repentance rescued from popular errors , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . ( 3 ) Two answers to the Bishop of Rochesters ( Warner ) two letters , concerning the chapter of original sin in the Unum necessarium . Lond. 1656. in tw . ( 4 ) A discourse of confirmation . ( 5 ) Two letters to Persons changed in their religion . This was first Pr. at Lond. 1657 in tw . and put at the end of the second edit . of Measures and offices of friendship . ( 6 ) Three letters to a Gentlewoman that was tempted to the communion of the Romish Church . The said edit . containing the said six Treatises or Books , bears this general title 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Or a collection of Polemical discourses ; wherein the Church of England is defended in many material points , &c. Lond. 1674. in a large fol. The other books that our author Dr. Taylor hath written and go under his name are these . New and easie institution of Grammar , for the use of the youth of Wales . Lond. 1647. oct . This is commonly said to be his , yet there have not been wanting some that have said that it was written by Dr. Taylors Usher or Assistant named Will. Wyatt . See more in the Fasti , an . 1661. among the created Bachelaurs of Div. Twenty five Sermons preached at Golden Grove ; being for the Winter half year ; beginning on Advent Sunday and continuing till Whitsunday . Lond. 1678. fol. the fifth edit . with his picture before them , as before many of his other books . Twenty seven sermons preached at Golden Grove ; being for the Summer half year , beginning on Whitsunday and ending on the 25 Sunday after Trinity . Lond. 1678 fol. sixth edit . A supplement of eleven Sermons , preached since his Maj. restauration . Lond. 1678. fol. seven of them were before printed at Lond. 1664. fol. To which , three more being added , were printed again at the same place an . 1667. fol. The ninth Sermon of the said eleven , is that preached at S. Maries in Oxon before mention'd . The general title set before the said twenty five , twenty seven , and the supplement of eleven , Sermons , with other things contained in the said Vol. runs thus . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . A course of Sermons for all the Sundays in the year , &c. with a supplement of eleven Sermons preached since his Maj. restauration . Whereunto is adjoyned , A discourse of the divine institution , necessity , sacredness and separation of the office Ministerial , &c. written by the special command of K. Ch. 1. with Rules and advices to the Clergy , &c. This great vol. is closed with a Sermon on 1. Joh. 3.2 . preached at the authors ( Dr. Taylor ) funeral by George Rust , who succeeded him in the See of Dromore , as I shall anon tell you . A short Catechisme for the institution of young persons in the christian religion . Lond. 1652. oct . or tw . An explication of the Apostolical Creed — Printed with the Short Cat. and both composed for the use of the Schools in Wales . A discourse of Baptisme , its institution and efficacy upon all believers . Lond. 1652. qu. A consideration of the practice of the Church in baptizing infants of believing parents , and the practice justified — Printed with the former Discourse . The great exemplar of sanctity and holy life , according to the christian institution , described in the life and death of Jesus Christ . In three parts . Lond. 1653. fol. sec . edit . Lond. 1667. fol. 4th . edit . The sixth edit . of which book bearing the title of Antiquitates Christianae , &c. is printed together with another book entit . Antiquitates Apostolicae . Or the Lives , Acts and Martyrdoms of the holy Apostles of our Saviour , &c. Written by Will. Cave D. D. Chapl. in ord . to K. Ch. 2. sometimes of S. Johns Coll. in Cambr. since Minister of Islington near Lond , Canon of Windsore , and author of several books . Clerus Domini : or , a discourse of the divine institution , necessity , sacredness and separation , of the office Ministerial , &c. Lond. 1655 in a thin fol. This is mention'd before , but not so full . A farther explication of the doctrine of original sin . Lond. 1656. oct . The first explication is in his Unum necessarium before mention'd , cap. 7. Both which explications , being very heterodox , were generally condemned . A collection of Offices , or forms of Prayer , in cases ordinary and extraordinary , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . The Psalter or Psalmes of David , after the Kings translation , with arguments to every psalme . — Pr. with the Collection of Offices . See before in the first Vol. in Christoph . Hatton , an . 1591. p. 223. The Ephesian Matron . Lond. 1659. in tw . Certain letters to Hen. Jeanes concerning a passage of his ( Jeanes ) in the explication of original sin . Oxon. 1660. published by the said H. Jeanes . The worthy Communicant : or , a discourse of the nature , effects and blessings , subsequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper , &c. Lond. 1660. 67. &c. octavo . Cases of conscience , occurring in the duty of him that ministers , and him that communicates . — Pr. with the Worthy Com. Letter concerning praying with the spirit , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. set before Hen. Leslie B. of Downe and Connor his Discourse of praying with the spirit and with understanding , in two serm . preached at Hillsborough , an . 1659 , on 1 Cor. 14. ver . 15. Lond. 1660. qu. Rule and exercise of holy living , &c. together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian , &c. Lond. 1668 , eighth edit . The twelfth edit . came out in 1680. and all printed in tw . and oct . Rule and exercise of holy dying , &c. Lond. 1668. eighth edit . The twelfth came out in 1680 , and all printed in tw . and oct . Ductor Dubitantium : or , the rule of conscience in all her general measures , serving as a great instrument for the determination of cases of conscience . In four books . Lond. 1660. fol. which was the first edit . I think . There again 1676. third edit . Rules and advices to the Clergy of the dioc . of Downe and Connor , &c. Dubl . 1661. oct . Lond. 1663 , &c. See before . Discourse of artificial beauty in point of Conscience , between two Ladies . — Pr. 1662. oct . A disswasive from Popery to the people of Ireland . Lond. 1664. qu. This seems to be different from the two parts of the Disswasive before mention'd . Qu. Succinct narrative of the life of Dr. Jo. Bramhall Archb. of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland . — This is in , or at the end of , the Sermon preached at his funeral 16 Jul. 1663 by our Author Dr. Jer. Taylor . Which sermon is numbred among those before mention'd . Discourse upon the Beatitudes . — Left by the Author unfinish'd . Christian consolation taught from five heads . 1. Faith. 2. Hope . 3. Holy Spirit . 4. Prayer . 5. The Sacraments . Lond. 1671. oct . Contemplations of the state of Man in this life , and in that which is to come . Lond. 1684. oct . Moral demonstration proving that the Religion of Jesus Christ is from God. Lond. 1687. oct . set at the end of A copy of a letter written to a Gentlewoman newly seduced to the Ch. of Rome , printed then again at Lond. ( being one of the five letters before mention'd ) with some other little works of the said Author . The said Moral demonstration had before been printed with one of the edit . of his Cases of Conscience . These are all the books and sermons as I conceive , that this most worthy and eminent Author hath written , and therefore I shall only add , that he being overtaken with a violent fever , surrendred up his pious soul to the omnipotent at Lisburne alias Lisnegarvy on the thirteenth day of August in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , and was buried in a Chappel of his own erection on the ruins of the old Cathedral of Dromore . In that See succeeded his most dear and excellent friend , ( who preached his funeral sermon , and afterwards made it publick ) named George Rust D. D. sometimes Fellow of Christs Coll. in Cambridge , a learned Divine and an eloquent Preacher ; who dying in Dec. ( about S. Thomas day ) in . 1670 , was buried in the same Vault , wherein the said B Taylor had been deposited . After him succeeded in the same See ( Dr●more ) Dr. Essex Digby , and him Capel Wisem●n Dean of Raphoe , sometimes Fellow of All 's . College , an . 1683. STEPHEN SKINNER Son of Joh. Skin . of London Gent. was born either in that City , or in the County of Middlesex , applied his studies to academical learning in the condition of a Communer , as it seems , in the royal foundation called Christ Church , an . 1638 , aged 16 years or thereabouts : but before he could take one degree , the most unnatural Rebellion broke out to the great horror and reluctancy of all good men : so that travelling beyond the seas , he made progress in the studies of Arts and Philosophy in several Universities , with very great improvement . In 1646 or thereabouts , he returned to his native Count●y ; and the Garrison of Oxford being that year reduced for the use of the Parliament , he returned to the then disconsolate Muses , and took both the degr . in Arts that year . Afterwards he finished his rambles in several Countries , as in France , Italy , Germany , the Spanish Netherlands , &c. visited the Courts of dive●s Princes , frequented several Universities , and obtained the company and friendship of the most learned men of them . At length upon the renovation of the University of Heidelberge by Charles Lewis Elector Palatine , he was adorned there with the degr . of Doctor of Physick , and held in admiration by all learned men at that place . Afterwards returning once more to his native Country , and to his Mother the Univ. of Oxon ( then quite alter'd to what he had left it ) was there incorporated in the same degr . an . 1654. About which time setling within the City of Lincoln , practised his faculty there and in the neighbourhood with good success , and therefore much reso●●ed to by persons of all quality , and beloved of the Gent●y . He was a person well vers'd in most parts of learning , understood all books whether old or new , was most skilful in the oriental Tongues , an excellent Greecian , and in short a living library . He hath written , Prolegomena Etymologica , with a large preface to it ; and these things following . Etymol●g●con linguae Anglican●e . E●ym . Botanicum . E●ymol●gica Exp●sitio vocum forensium . Etymol . vocum omnium Anglicarum . Etym ▪ Onomasticon . &c. He died of a malignant fever at Lincolne before mention'd on the fifth day of Septemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , and was buried in the Cath. Church there . After his death his before mention'd Works , which had been by him left imperfect , came into the hands of Thomas Henshaw of Kensington near London Esq . who correcting and digesting them , and adding many words to them of his own , were publ●●hed 〈…〉 ( with an Epistle before them to the Reader ▪ of M● . H●●sh●w's writing ) an . 1671. fol. with this 〈◊〉 E●y●●l●gicon linguae Anglicanae , &c. In which book 〈◊〉 Wo●ds ▪ and Additions , and Explanations , that have 〈…〉 H put to them , were done by the said Th. 〈◊〉 a noted Critick , sometimes a Communer of Univ. 〈◊〉 ▪ and therefore hereafter to be numbred among the 〈◊〉 W●●t●rs . See more of Dr. Skinner in Hist . & 〈◊〉 Univ. Ox●n . lib. 2. pag. ●80 . JOHN READING born of sufficient Parents in Buckinghamshire , was admitted a Student in Magd. Hall in 〈…〉 of the year 1604. aged 16 years , took the 〈…〉 , that of Master being compleated in 1610 , 〈…〉 , a little b●fore the Cami●ia , he had 〈◊〉 ●imself a 〈◊〉 of S. Alb. Hall. On the last 〈…〉 1612 ●he was ordained Deacon by John Bishop of 〈◊〉 in the Church of Nowenham Courtney , and on the 〈◊〉 of June 1614 , he was made a Priest by the said Bish●p in the Church of Dorchester , in the County of Oxon. 〈◊〉 that time he became Chaplain to Edward Lord 〈◊〉 of Har●●gworth Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Governour of Dover Castle : with whom going to D●ver , where he preached divers Sermons , he was , at the instant request of the Parishioners of S Maries , ( who 〈◊〉 very much taken with his preaching ) made Mini●●●● of that Church ● Dec. 161● . So that being setled there , he was very much resorted to for his frequent and edifying Sermons , and held in great esteem by the neighbourhood , especially by the puritanical party . Afterwards he was made Chapl. in ord . to K. Ch. 1. and Bach. of of Divinity , but whether of this University , it appears not . Upon the change of the times , occasion'd by the violent Presbyterians , he seemed much to discountenance them in his Sermons and Discourses , and therefore in Apr. 1642 his study of books at Dover was plundered by one .... Sandys of Northborne in Kent a Militia Officer , who usually shew'd his valour by plundring several of the loyal inhabitants in the County of Kent ; and in Nov. following he was , by the command of Sir Edw. Boys a Parliamenteer , taken violently , by Soldiers out of his study ( being then upon his Paraphrase upon the whole Evangelist of S. John , and had gone as far as the 8 and 9 verse of the 5 chap. ) and sent to prison and banishment for a year and seven months , and not at all restored to his Cure of Souls at Dover : Which Sir Edward , that he might comply with the Schismaticks , did prosecute , so long as he lived , our Author Reading , to his utter undoing . On the 27 of Jan. following ( 1642 ) his Majesty having had notice of his Sufferings , sent his letters to Archb. Laud then a prisoner in the Tower , that he bestow the Parsonage of Chartham in Kent upon him , then void by the death of Dr. Isaac Bargrave Dean of Canterbury : Which being accordingly done , as much as laid in the Arbishops power , Mr. Reading did not receive any profit from it , or from a Prebendship of Canterbury , about that time bestowed on him , because much opposed by Sir Nath. Brent Vicar-General . In the month of July 1644 , Sir Will. Brockman did freely bestow upon him the Parsonage of Cheriton in Kent , and about the same time he was appointed by the Ass . of Divines to be one of the nine Divines to write Annotations on the New Test . Not long after , upon the discovery of a plot for the taking of Dover Castle by the Cavaliers , he was inhumanely seised on in a cold winter night in his house in Cheriton , by the command of Major Boys ( Son of Sir Edw. before mention'd ) and hurried to Dover Castle , and the next day sent to that of Leedes , with many others of the Town of Dover . Where continuing for some time , he composed the book called The guide to the holy city . At length being discharged from his imprisonment by the Committee of those parts , they ordered also his Goods that had been plundered should be restored to him . However Boys of Chilham a Sequestrator ( different from either of the former ) had money of him before he would part with them . On the 10 of March 1650 , he publickly disputed ( upon the receipt of a Challenge some days before ) with Sam. Fisher an Anabaptist in Folkston Church in Kent . The subject of the debate was , Whether all Christians indefinitely were equally and eternally obliged to preach the Gospel without ecclesiastical ordination , or contrary to the commands of the civil Magistrate , or to that purpose . Fisher pleaded the affirmative , fetching most of his Arguments from Jer. Taylors Discourse of the liberty of prophecying . After the debate was ended , our Author Reading thought himself obliged to answer several passages in the said book of Dr. Taylor , which gave too great a seeming advantage to Fanaticism and Enthusiasm . In the year 1660 , May 25 , ( about which time he was restored to his Cure at Dover ) he spake a short Speech to his Maj. Ch. 2 , at his first landing there , to take possession of those Kingdoms from whence he , by a barbarous Usurpation , had been ejected : Which being done , he presented to him a large Bible with gold Clasps in the name of the Corporation of Dover . About that time he was restored to his Prebendship of Canterbury and Rectory of Chartham near it , which he kept to his dying day . He was , in the opinion of many , a severe Calvinist , and one , who had not only defended the irresistability of Grace in several Sermons , in opposition to what Joh. Goodwin had delivered in the same Parish Ch. of S. Mary in Dover , but in his oral disputes with Fisher the Anabaptist , being then as zealous in disproving that mans tenet of Universal Redemption , as he was in asserting Paedobaptism against Reading . Farther , since his Maj. return , he did in a publick Sermon in the Cath. Ch. at Canterbury reprehend and disprove some doctrine to that effect , which had been in the same place then lately delivered by Dr. Thom. Pierce Prebendary of that Church . He hath written and published , Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) A fair warning after sickness . Lond. 1623. qu. ( 2 ) Job's hour ; a funeral Sermon at Dover 10 Mar. 1623. Lond. 1624. qu. ( 3 ) Moses and Jethro : or the good Magistrate , preached at S. Maries in Dover , on the election day , on Exod. 18.24 . Lond. 1626. qu. ( 4 ) Davids soliloquy , containing many comforts for afflicted minds , in sundry sermons at S. Maries in Dover , on Psal . 42.11 . Lond. 1627. in tw . ( 5 ) Characters of true blessedness , preached in the same Church 21 Sept. 1637 , at the funeral of Mrs. Alice Percivall wife of Anth. Percivall Esq . on Psal . 84.4.5 . Lond. 1638. in tw . dedic . to the said Anthony then Captain of Arcliff Bulwark near Dover , Comptroller for his Majesties Customs in Kent , &c. with several other sermons printed 1621. 1642. &c. which I have not yet seen . Brief instruction concerning the holy Sacrament , for their use who prepare themselves to receive the Lords Supper . Lond. 1645. oct . A guide to the holy city : or directions and helps to an holy life , &c. Oxon. 1651. qu. An antidote against Anabaptisme , in a reply to the plea for Anabaptists . Or animadversions on that part of Liberty of prophecying , which in sect . 18. p. 223. beareth this title , A particular consideration of the opinions of the Anabaptists . Lond. 1654. qu. In another title of this book , which bears date 1655 , it runs thus , A particular answer to all that is alledged in favour of the Anabaptists by Dr. Jer. Taylor , in his book called The liberty of prophecying . In the 18 Section of which , the Doctor hath mention'd more , or things in more plausible terms , than ever the Anabaptists have alledged for their own opinions . Survey of the controverted points concerning ( 1 ) Infant baptism . ( 2 ) Pretended necessity of Dipping . ( 3 ) The dangerous practice of re●baptizing . — This was printed with the Antidote 1654. qu. and is sometimes called Anabaptisme routed , &c. An Evening sacrifice : or prayers for a family , in these times of calamity . Speech made before K. Ch. 2. on the shore , where he landed at Dover , 25 May 1660. Lond. 1660. on one side of a sh . of paper . To which is added a Lat. copy of Verses , with their English , by Rich. Bradshaw . This our Author Mr. Reading , who had spent his time partly in prosperity and partly in affliction , surrendred up his last breath on the 26 of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , and was buried on the 30 of the said month in the chancel of his parish Church of Chartham near to Canterbury before mention'd , leaving then behind him fit for the press ( 1 ) Several Sermons preach'd before the King. ( 2 ) Comments on the whole Bible . The former are in the hands of Joh. Reading his son , living in Essex ; and the other in those of William , another son living in Dover . ( 3 ) A whip for sacriledge . Written in answer to a Pamphlet of Anth. Parsons intit . The great case of tithes . This Whip is contained in 13 sheets , and is now in the hands of Basil Kennet M. A. of the University of Dublin , Rector of Dimchurch , and Vicar of Postling in Kent . ( 4 ) A Lat. MS. in fol. containing a large Comment , Paraphrase , and Explication on the whole New Testament , dedic . to General George Monke , and sent to be printed at Lond. in 1666 , but being prevented by the great fire that hapned there that year , it was delivered into the hands of Dr. Wrenn Bishop of Ely ; and whether it be recovered from the hands of his heirs or executors , I know not . The said Mr. Kennet hath also another Tract concerning Proper sacrifice , in vindication of Sir Edw. Deering from the attempts of a popish Priest or Jesuit ; but being imperfect , 't was not design'd , I presume , by the Author Mr. Reading for the press . WILLIAM THOMAS was born in a mercate Town in Shropshire called Whitchurch , and educated in Gram. learning in the Free-school there . In 1609 , May 17 , he was admitted a Student of Brasn . Coll. aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1615 , and in the year 1616 Jan. 4. he was admitted Rector of Ubley alias Obley near to Pensford in Somersetshire , by the free and unsolicited bounty of Th. Egerton Baron of Ellesmere and Lord Chancellor of England . This person Will. Thomas , being always a Puritan , closed with the Presbyterians when they raised a Rebellion against his Majesty , 1642 , was a frequent preacher against his Cause and Followers , and was esteemed one of the chief Ministers in his time of that perswasion in the neighbourhood where he lived . He afterwards took the Engagement , as before he had the Covenant , and in 1654 1654 he was appointed an Assistant to Olivers Commissioners for the ejecting such whom they then called scandalous , ignorant , and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . Afterwards he ran thro the remaining part of the changes , and took the Oaths again , after his Maj. return , of Allegiance and Supremacy . His works are these . The dead speaking : or the living names of two deceased Ministers of Christ , viz. Mr. Sam. Oliver Pastor of Wells , and Mr. Sam. Croke , &c. containing two several speeches delivered at the funerals of them . Lond. 1653 , qu. With them is printed a Sermon preached at the funeral of Sam. Oliver , by Joh. Chetwind sometimes of Exeter Coll. then a godly brother , and after the Kings return Prebendary of Bristow . Rayling rebuked : or a defence of the Ministers of this Nation , by way of answer to the unparalelled calumnies cast upon them in an Epistle lately published by Tho. Speed Merchant of Bristow , unhappily became the Quakers Advocate , &c. Lond. 1656. qu. Answer'd by George Fox Quaker , in his book intit . The great mystery of the great whore unfolded , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. p. 237. &c. The Protestants practice : or the compleat Christian , being a true and perfect way to the celestial Canaan Lond. 1656. in tw . A vindication of Scripture and Ministry , in a rejoynder to a reply not long since published by Tho. Speed , formerly ( but unsutably ) Merchant in the City of Bristol , and a Preacher lately ( but more sadly ) Merchant and Quaker , &c. Lond. 1657. qu. Answer'd also by G. Fox in the aforesaid book , p. 104 105. &c. A preservative of piety , in a quiet reasoning for those duties of Religion that are the means and helps appointed of God for the preserving and promoting of Godliness , &c. Lond. 1662. qu. Exposition on Ruth . Lond. 166 ... in tw . The Countries sense of Londons sufferings in the late most lamentable fire , discovered in the opening and improving the lamentation of Jeremiah . Lond. 1667. oct . Scriptures opened , and sundry cases of conscience resolved , in plain and practical answers to several questions upon the Proverbs of Salomon , Jerem. Lam. Ezeck . and Daniel . Lond. 1675 and 83. oct . He died at Ubley before mention'd in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Over his grave was soon after a Mon. put up by his son Mr. Sam. Thomas with this inscription following . Hic jacet Gulielmus Thomas ecclesiae hujus Rector plus quàm quadragenarius , qui populum docuit , publicè & domatim , sermone & exemplo . Quem non tam mors rapuit quàm ille mortem ; munere scilicet , priùs cedere coactus , quàm mundo , vitam , quam pro grege diutius insumere , ut Pastor , non potuit , avidissimè summo pastori reddidit , Nov. 15. an . dom . 1667. aetat . 74. I shall make mention of another William Thomas , under the year 1689. WILLIAM HILL son of Blackleech Hill , was born at Cudworth in Warwickshire , at which time , his father , who in his younger years had been a petty Attorney , was then Bailive of Hemlingford hundred , which is one of the four hundreds in Warwickshire and the largest ; by which employment gaining a considerable subsistance , lived in a fashionable condition , and bred up his children very well . This William being trained up in Grammar in his own Country , became a Student in Merton Coll. about the beginning of Mich. term , 1634 , aged 15 years , being then esteemed a sober and ingenious youth , and soon after was made one of the Postmasters of the said Coll. After he had taken one degree in Arts he was a Candidate for a Fellowship of that house , and shewing himself a most excellent proficient in Greek , Latine and Physicks , was elected Prob. Fell. an . 1639. But soon after the time that he was admitted Bach. Fellow , he was prefer'd to be Master of the Free-school at Sutton Colfield in his own Country , and soon after to a rich Wife , tho the Daughter of a plain country man : which school he brought into great credit during his abode there . In 1641 he proceeded in Arts , and having not long after buried his wife , he removed to London , where , having obtained a considerable practice in Physick , he married a young lass , daughter of one Mr. Burges a Physitian , son of Dr. Joh. Burges sometimes Parson of Sutton Colfield before mention'd , who brought him forth a child that lived , within the seventh month after marriage . In 1649 and 52 , he had leave from the Delegates of the University to accumulate the degrees in Physick ; but whether he did so , it doth not appear in our Registers . Afterwards , ( as before ) being a man of those times and a sider with factious people , he was prefer'd to be chief Master of the great school at Dublin in Ireland , where continuing till the Restauration of K. Ch. 2 , was then , as it seems , forced to leave that place . So that removing to Finglass a Village near to that City , taught there privately to the time of his death . He hath writen , Dionysii orbis descriptio Graec. Lat. commentario critico & geographico ( in quo controversiae pluraeque quae in veteri Geographia occurrunt , explicantur , & obscura plurima elucidantur ) ac tabulis illustrata . Lond. 1658. 59. 1663. 1679. &c. in a large oct . used in many schools , and by most Juniors of the University of Oxon. He hath also epitomized some of the works of Laz. Riverius a Physitian , which I have not yet seen ; nor a certain MS. of his which he wrot to justifie his lawful begetting of the aforesaid child by himself : which MS. he shewed to two Physitians for their approbation before it went to the press ; but they looking upon the work as done by a meer scholar , unknowing in the world , returned it with seeming content , and afterwards jeer'd him behind his back for an antidated Cuckold . He died of a pestilential fever , which took away most of his family , in the month of November , in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , and was buried on the 29 of the said month , just before the Ministers seat in the Church at Finglas before mentioned . I find another Will. Hill , of Merton Coll. also , ( the son of a Committee-man , a notorious Schismatick of Herefordshire ) who became one of the Bible-Clerks of that house in the latter end of 1647 , and afterwards did all , or most of his , Exercise with much ado , for the degree of Bach. of Arts , and so abruptly left the College . But while he continued there , he shew'd himself a Dunce , a Tale-bearer to the Parliamentarian Visitors that then acted in the University , and a factious person . Soon after his Father provided for him a Parsonage that had belonged to an honest man , and a wife : the first of which he keeping till his Majesties Restauration , was then ejected and put to his shifts . At length repairing to London , he fell into the company of desperate Fanaticks , as Fifth-Monarchy men , Anabaptists , Independents , &c. and did seemingly plot with them to surprize the King at Whitehall , the Lord Chancellor Clarendon , George Duke of Albemarle , Major Gen. Sir Rich. Browne , &c. to have the Tower , Windsore Castle , and other Holds delivered to them , and of reducing the Kingdom to a free state . These things being freely imparted to him by one , or more of the said Fanaticks , knowing that he and his Father had been Vil●ains in the time of Usurpation , he secretly betrayed a● to the said Sir Rich. Browne . Whereupon the said Sir Rich. putting him into a way to gain more intelligence , which he accordingly did , draw'd them on , till almost the time that they were to rise and be in Arms , which was to be on the Vigil of Allsaints day , an . 1662. But two days before that time , when all things were in a manner made ready , some of the principal Actors were seized on by the said Sir Rich. Browne , and Sir Joh. Robinson L. Mayor of London , according to the directions of the said Will. Hill , viz. Tho. Tonge , George Phillips , Franc. Stubbs , Jam. Hind , Joh. Sallers , and Nath. Gibbs . All which coming afterwards to a Trial at Justice●Hall in the Old Baily , four of them were condemned and afterwards suffer'd at Tybourne , on the 22 of Dec. following , viz. Tongue , Phillips , Gibbs and Stubbs . Soon after came out a Pamphlet in qu. intit . A brief Narrative of that stupendious Tragedy late intended to be acted by the satanical Saints of these reforming times , humbly presented to the Kings Majesty , &c. Before which is printed and set A Narrative of the said plot , written by the said Will. Hill to the Kings most excellent Majesty : and in the Pamphlet following , wherein is the trial and condemnation of the said persons , Hill is one of the principal speakers , as being a chief witness . Afterwards for a reward of his Loyalty , he had a considerable Benefice bestowed upon him in Glocestershire ; but being hated by one party for his falsness , and by another for his factiousness , did enjoy it but few years , he dying upon the place . JOHN EEDES Son of Nich. Eedes , was born in the City of Salisbury , entred a Student in Oriel Coll. 1626 , aged 17 years , took one degree in Arts , and afterwards became a Minister in the Isle of Shepie ; whence being ejected in the time of the Rebellion , suffer'd much by imprisonment in Ely House , and other miseries . At length returning to his native Country , he became Curate of Broadchalke , which , with much ado , he held for about two years , and then was made Vicar of Hale in Hampshire . He hath written in answer to Will. Eyre of Salisbury , The orthodox doctrine concerning justification by faith , asserted and vindicated . Lond. 1654. qu. After his Maj. Restauration he did not return to Shepie , but continued at Hale ( which is not far from Surum ) where he was first rob'd in his own house , and then murdered , by Thieves , in sixteen hundred sixty and seven or thereabouts , and was buried in the Church there . What other things he hath published , or left behind him fit for the press , I cannot tell . WILLIAM D'AVENANT made his first entry on the stage of this vain world in the Parish of S. Martin within the City of Oxford , about the latter end of the month of Febr. and on the third of March following , an . 1605 / 6 , he received baptism in the Church of that Parish . His Father John Davenant was a sufficient Vintner , kept the Tavern now known by the name of the Crown , ( wherein our Poet was born ) and was Mayor of the said City in the year 1621. His Mother was a very beautiful Woman , of a good wit and conversation , in which she was imitated by none of her Children but by this William . The Father who was a very grave and discreet Citizen ( yet an admirer and lover of Plays and Play-makers , especially Shakespeare , who frequented his house in his journies between Warwickshire and London ) was of a melancholick disposition , and was seldom or never seen to laugh , in which he was imitated by none of his children but by Robert his eldest son , afterwards Fellow of S. Johns Coll , and a venerable Doct. of Div. As for William , whom we are farther to mention , and may justly stile the sweet Swan of Isis , was educated in Grammar learning under Edw. Sylvester , whom I shall elsewhere mention , and in Academical in Linc. Coll. under the care of Mr. Dan. Hough , in 1620. 21 , or thereabouts , and obtained there some smattering in Logic ; but his genie , which was always opposite to it , lead him in the pleasant paths of Poetry , so that tho he wanted much of University learning , yet he made as high and noble flights in the poetical faculty , as fancy could advance , without it . After he had left the said Coll , wherein , I presume , he made but a short stay , he became servant to ( Frances ) the first Duchess of Richmond , and afterwards to Foulk Lord Brook , who being poetically given ( especially in his younger days ) was much delighted in him . After his death ( an . 1628. ) he being free from trouble and attendance , betook himself to writing of Plays and Poetry , which he did with so much sweetness and grace , that he got the absolute love and friendship of his two Patrons Endimyon Porter and Hen. Jermyn afterwards Earl of S. Alban ; to both which he dedicated his poem , which he afterwards published , called Madagascar . Sir John Suckling also , was his great and intimate friend , who exercis'd his fancy on that book , and other of his Poems , but could not let him pass without this censure in his (a) Session of Poets . Will. Davenant asham'd of a foolish mischance , That he had got lately travelling into France ; Modestly hoped the handsomness of his muse Might any deformity about him excuse . Thus Sir John , son of Sir Joh. Suckling of Whitton in Middlesex Knight , sometimes (†) one of the Secretaries of State , afterwards Controller of the Houshold to K ▪ Jam. and K. Ch. 1. to which last he was of the Privy Council : who dying 27 March 1627 ( at which time Sir John the Poet was 19 years of age ) was buried in the Church of S. Andrew in the City of Norwych . The said mischance which Sir John mentions , hapned to D'avenant by lying with a handsome black girl in Axe yard in Westminster , on whom he thought when he spoke of Dalga in his Gondibert , which cost him his nose ; and thereupon some Wits were too cruelly bold with him , and his accident , as Sir Jo. Mennes , Sir Jo. Denham , &c. After the death of Ben. Johnson he was created Poet Laureat , an . 1637 : At which time Tho. May the translator of Lucan , a candidate for that place , was put aside ; which ever after , especially when the times were changed , caused him in his writings to be an enemy to the King and his Cause . In the month of May 1641 our author D'avenant being accused to be one of the conspirators to seduce the Army against the Parliament , he absconded , but upon the issuing out of a Proclamation to have him and others taken , he was apprehended at Faversham in Kent , and committed to the custody of a Serjeant at Arms. Among the said conspirators Hen. Percy Esq . Brother to the Earl of Northumberland was one , who afterwards lived and died a perfect Hobbist at Paris . Hen. Jermyn Esq . ( afterwards E. of S. Alban ) Sir John Suckling Kt. &c. were two more , who all escaped : But D'avenant being bailed in July following , he fled towards France , and in his way thither he was seized on by the Mayor of Canterbury , and strictly examined ; upon which Sir John Mennes hath a pleasant Poem . After he had spent some time there , he returned , was entertained by William Marquess of Newcastle , and by him made Proprefect or Lieutenant General of his Ordnance . In Sept. 1643 he received (†) the honour of Knighthood from his Maj. near to Glocester , that City being then besieg'd , at which time Sir William was in great renown for his Loyalty and Poetry . But upon the declining of the Kings cause , and all things thereupon , especially the Church , being visibly tending to ruine , he retir'd again into France , changed his Religion for that of Rome , and setling for a time in Paris , where Charles Prince of Wales then was , he began to write his Romance in verse called Gondibert , and had not wrot scarce two books , but being very fond of , did print , them with a large Epistle to Hobbes of Malmsbury , and Hobbes's excellent Epistle to him , before them . The Courtiers who were then with the said Prince , could never be at quiet for the discourse had about this piece , which was the reason why some there ( George Duke of Buckingham Sir John Denham , &c. ) made Satyrical verses on him and his poem . Afterwards having laid an ingenious design to carry a considerable number of Artificers , chiefly Weavers , from France to Virginia ( being encouraged thereunto by Henr. Maria the Qu. Mother of England , who got leave for him so to do from the K. of France ) he did effect it so far , that he and his company were ship'd in their way thither , and had got on the main Ocean ; but being soon after seized on by certain Ships belonging to the Parliament of England , he was carried Prisoner , first to the Isle of Wight an . 1650 and afterwards to the Tower of London , in order to be tried for his life in the High Court of Justice , an . 1651 , but upon the mediation of Joh. Milton and others , especially two godly Aldermen of York ( to whom he had shewed great civility , when they had been taken prisoners in the North by some of the Forces under William Marquess of Newcastle ) he was saved , and had liberty allow'd him as a prisoner at large . At that time Tragedies and Comedies being esteemed very scandalous by the Presbyterians , and therefore by them silenced , he contriv'd a way to set up an Italian Opera to be performed by Declamations and Musick : And that they might be performed with all decency , seemliness and without rudeness and profaneness , John Maynard Serjeant at Law and several sufficient Citizens were engagers . This Italian Opera began in Rutland-house in Charterhouse-yard , and was afterward translated to the Cock-pit in Drewry-lane , and delighting the eye and ear extreamly well , was much frequented for several years . So that he having laid the foundation of the English Stage by this his Musical Drammas , when plays were , as damnable things , forbidden , did , after his Majesties restauration , revive and improve it by painted sceenes , at which time he erected a new company of Actors , under the patronage of James Duke of York , who acted several years in a Tennis court in Little Lincolns inn Fields . He hath written and published , The tragedie of Albovine King of the Lombards . Lond. 1629 qu. Just Italian , Trag. Com. Lond. 1630. qu. Cruel Brother . Trag. Lond. 1630. qu. Coelum Britannicum . Masque at Whitehall . 18. of Feb. 1633. — This is attributed to D'avenant , but Th. Carew and Inigo Jones drew it up . Triumphs of Prince D'amour . A masque presented by his highness at his pallace in the middle Temple , the 24 of Feb. 1635. Lond. 1635. qu. Platonick Lovers , Tr. Co. Lond. 1636. &c. The Wits , Com. Lond. 1636 &c. Britannia Triumphans : A masque presented at Whitehall by the Kings Maj. and his Lords on Sunday after Twelfth night , an . 1637. Lond. 1637. qu. In this Masque Sir W. Davenant was assisted by Inigo Jones surveyor of his Majesties works . Temple of Love : Masque before the Queen at Whitehall . Salmacida Spolia . A Masque presented to the K. and Qu. at Whitehall 21. Jan. 1639 Lond. 1639. qu. The Subject was set down by D'avenant and Inigo Jones , the invention , ornament , scenes , &c. by the said Jones ; and what was spoken or sung was by the said D'avenant then her Majesties servant , and the musick belonging to it , composed by Lewis Richard Master of her Majesties Musick . Unfortunate Lovers , Tr. Lond. 1643. 49. qu. Madagascar , with other poems . Lond. 1648. oct . 2d . Edit . Love and honour , Tr. Co. Lond. 1649 qu. A discourse upon Gondibert , an heroick poem . Par. 1650. in tw . This was written by way of pref . to his Gondibert in prose , dat . at the Lower in Paris 2. Jan. 1649 / 50. To which is added the answer of Th. Hobbes of Malmsbury . Gondibert , an heroick poem , in 3. Books . Lond. 1651. qu. On the first two , finished before the author took his voyage towards Virginia , Abr. Cowley hath an excellent copy of verses ; and so hath Edm. Waller , which is remitted into his Poems on several occasions , printed at Lond. 1668. p. 166.167 . The third book of the said Gondibert , or most part of it , was finish'd during his imprisonment in Cowes Castle in the Isle of Wight , an . 1650. But such who took themselves to be the Wits of that time , as Sir Joh. Denham , Jo , Donne Sir Allen Brodrick , &c. did club together and made abusive verses on that poem , in a little book entit . Certain verses written by several of the authors friends to be reprinted with the second edition of Gondibert . Lond. 1653. oct . in 1. sh . and an half : whereupon Sir W. D'avenant came out with a little thing intit . The incomparable Poem Gondibert vindicated from the Wit-cabals of four Esquires , Clinias , Dametas , Sancho and Jack pudding . Lond. 1653. oct . in 1. sh . Which , tho it seems to be written by D'avenants friend , yet he himself was the author . It was printed at the end of a second Edition of the said Certain verses , &c. with Hero and Leander a mock Poem . The first days entertainment at Rutland house by Declamations and Musick . Lond. 1657. oct . Published in Sept. 1656 , notwithstanding the nicety of those times . Play-house to be let , containing the History of S. Franc. Drake , and the cruelty of the Spaniards at Perue . Com. News from Plymouth , Com. Law against Lovers , Co. The Distresses . Tr. The Siege . Co. or Tr. Co. Fair favourite . Co. A Panegyrick to his excellency the Lord Gener. Monk. Lond. 1659. On one side of a sheet of paper , printed in the beginning of March the same year . A Poem upon his Majesties most happy return to his dominions . Lond. 1660 qu. The Siege of Rhodes , Tr. Com. in two parts . Lond. 1663 qu. &c. Poem on the Kings most sacred Majestie . Lond. 1663. qu. Man 's the Master , Com. Lond. 1669. qu. Poems on several occasions . The Tempest , or the enchanted Island . Com. Lond. 1676. qu. This play was originally Shakespears ( whom and his works D'avenant much admired ) as those that have seen his Sea Voyage may easily discern . The seventh or last canto of the third book of Gondibert . Lond. 1685. oct . never before printed . Most of which Comedies , Tragedies , Trag. Com. Masques and Poems were printed together in a large folio — Lond. 1672. — 3. with the authors picture before them ( adorned with a wreath of Lawrel ) and a notch in his nose , as over the first letter of his sirname . At length this noted and celebrated author having lived to about his grand climecterical year , made his last exit in his house in Little Lincolns-inn Fields , in the Parish of S. Clement Danes near London , on the seventh day of April in sixteen hundred sixty and eight , and was two days after buried in the s . Cross Isle , or south trancept of the Abbey Church of S. Peter within the City of Westminster , without any Lawrel upon his Coffin , which , I presume , was forgotten . His body was deposited in the very place , or near it , where his Antagonist Tho. May the English Lucan had been buried , of whom I shall speak more anon , and in the mean time give you the Epitaph of Sir Will. D'avenant , made on him soon after his death , which runs thus . Here lies a Subject of immortal praise , Who did from Phoebus hand receive his bayes : Admir'd by all , envied alone by those Who for his glories made themselves his foes : Such were his virtues that they could command A general applause from every hand : His Exit then , this on record shall have , A Clap did usher D'avenant to his grave . In the office of Poet Laureat succeeded Joh. Driden , Son of Erasmus Driden of Tichmersh in Northamptonshire , third Son of Erasm . Driden of Canons Ashby in the same County Baronet : which John was born at Oldwincle ( called by some Aldwincle ) near to Oundle in the same County , ( being the very same place that gave breath to Dr. Tho. Fuller the Historian ) educated in Grammar learning in the College School in Westminster , elected thence a Scholar of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , an . 1650 , and is now highly celebrated among ingenious men for his poetry , and other polite learning . As for Tho. May before mentioned , he was the Son of Tho. May of Mayfield in Sussex Knight , by his Wife , the Daughter of .... Rich of Hornden on the hill in Essex , was educated in all kind of humane learning when he was a youth , and in Academical in his manly years in Cambridge . Afterwards , his genie being chiefly enclined to Poetry , he retired to , and mostly lived in , the City of Westminster , where performing divers things for the honour of this nation , never paralell'd by any English man before , was graciously countenanced by K. Ch. 1. and his royal Consort ; but he finding not that preferment from either , which he expected , grew discontented , sided with the Presbyterians upon the turn of the times , became a Debauchee ad omnia , entertained ill principles as to Religion , spoke often very slightly of the Holy Trinity , kept beastly and atheistical company , of whom Tho. Chaloner the Regecide was one ; and endeavour'd to his power to asperse and invalidate the King and his cause . Among several things that he hath written and translated , some are these ( 1 ) The Trag. of Antigone the Theban Princess . Lond. 1631. oct . ( ● ) The Heir , a Com. Acted 1620. Lond. 1633. qu. ( 3 ) The victorious raign of K. Ed. 3. in 7. books . Lond. 1635. oct . Written in verse by the special command of K. Ch. 1. ( 4 ) The raign of Hen. 2. Lond. in oct . Written also in verse , and dedicated to K. Ch. 1. ( 5 ) Trag. of Cleopatra Qu. of Aegypt . Acted 1626. Lond. 1639. oct . Dedic . to Sir Ken. Digby . ( 6 ) Trag. of Julia Agrippina Empress of Rome . Acted 1628. Lond. 1639. oct . ( 7 ) Supplementum Lucani , lib. vii . Lugd. Bat. 1640. oct . Written in so lofty and happy Lat. Hexameter , that he hath attained to much more reputation abroad , than he hath lost at home . ( 8 ) The old couple , Com. Lond. in qu. ( 9 ) Historiae Parliamenti Angliae Breviarium , tribus partibus explicitum . Lond. 1649 or thereabout , in oct . It was afterwards translated into English by the Author , with this title . Breviary of the History of the Parliament of England , in three parts , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . see . edit . Before which is the picture of the author in a cloak , with a wreath of Laurel over his head . He hath also translated from Lat. into Engl. ( 1 ) Lucans Pharsalia ; or the civil wars of Rome , between Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar . In 10 books . Lond. 1635. oct . third edit . with annotations made by Th. May on each book . ( 2 ) A continuation of the subject of Lucans Historical poem , till the death of Julius Caesar . in 7. books . Lond. 1635. oct . sec . edition , with annotations made by Tho. May on each book . ( 3 ) Virgils Georgicks , four books . Lond. 1622. oct . with annotations on each book . ( 4 ) Selected Epigrams of Martial . Lond. 1629. oct . At length this Person Tho. May ( who had been favoured by the rebellious Parliament so much , as to be made their Historian ) going well to bed , was therein found next morning dead , an . 1650 occasion'd , as some say , by tying his night-cap too close under his fat chin and cheeks , which choak'd him , when he turned on the other side . Afterwards his body being conveyed to the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster , was buried on the west side of the large south Isle or transcept there : And soon after had a large monument of white marble set in the w. Wall over his grave , with this inscription thereon made by March. Nedham . Quem Anglicana Respub . habuit vindicem , ornamentum literaria , secli sui Vatum celeberrimus , deliciae futuri , Lucanus alter plusquam Romanus , Historicus fidus , Equitis aurati filius primogenitus Thomas Maius h. s . e. Qui paternis titulis claritatis suae specimen usque adeo superaddidit , ut à supremo Anglorum senatu ad annales suos conscribendos fuerit ascitus . Tandem fide intemeratâ Parliamento praestitâ , morte inopinâ noctu correptus diem suum obiit id . Nov. A o libertatis humanae restitutae M.DC.Lo. IIo. A o libertatis Angliae restitutae M.DC.Lo. IIo. Aetatis suae Lv. Hoc in honorem servi tam bene meriti , Parliament . Reipub. Angl. P. P. Soon after was an Epitaph made in answer to it , beginning thus . Asta viator , & poetam legas Lucani interpretem , quem ita feliciter Anglicanum fecerat , ut Maius simul & Lucanus videbatur , &c. But before his body had rested in the said South Isle eleven years , 't was taken up , with other bodies that had been unwarrantably buried there , from 1641. to his Majesties restauration , and buried in a large pit in the yard belonging to S. Margarets Church in Westminster , where to this day it continueth . At the same time his monument also was taken down , and throw'd aside ; and in the place of it was set up that of Dr. Tho. Triplet , an . 1670. ALEXANDER HUISH was born in the Parish of S. Cuthbert within the City of Wells , became either a Batler or Commoner of Magd. Hall , 1609 , from whence being taken by the Foundress of Wadham Coll. was made by her one of the original Scholars thereof , an . 1613 , and in the same year he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , being the first of all that obtained that degree as a member of that College . Afterwards being Master of his faculty , he entred into holy Orders , became a noted Preacher , and in the year 1627 was admitted to the reading of the sentences . Afterwards he was made Rector of Beckington , and of Hornbloton in Sommersetshire , the last of which he obtained on the death of Thom. Clarke , by the presentation thereunto of Joh. Milbourne Esq . in the beginning of Febr. 1638. Afterwards he became a sharer of afflictions for the Kings cause in the sad time of rebellion , and tho driven from place to place , yet , in the quiet repose that he sometimes obtained , he did improve his talent for the publick good of learning . After the return of his Maj. Ch. 2. an . 1660 he was restored to what he before had lost , and the same year Sept. 12 , he was collated to the Prebendship of Whitlackington in the Church of Wells ; the gift of which he had before obtained . He was a person well read in the Fathers , a noted Critick , a good Linguist , and a solid and sober Divine . He hath written , Lectures on the Lords Prayer ; in three parts . Lond. 1626. qu. He also was much assisting to Dr. Brian Walton in the compleating the Polyglot Bible ; was one of the four correctors of it at the Press , and took great pains in the Septuagint translation , the Greek text of the New Testament and the vulgar latine , compared with the most antient Alexandrian MS copy with the old edit . of the Septuagint , printed at Rome according to the Vatican copy , and Rob. Stephens his edition of the Greek text of the New Testament ; and did diligently collect the various readings of the Alexandrian Copy , which are throughout the work put under the Roman edition of the Septuagint , and Stephens's edition of the Greek text of the New Testament . In the sixth vol. of the said Polyglot Bible , our author Huish hath a Greek Hymn with the latine to it ; written by him on S. Hilaries day , 13. Janu. ( Styl . vet . ) 1657 / 8 in the year of his great climacteric 63. At length having lived beyond the age of man , and done extraordinary benefit for the common good , died in the beginning of the year ( in Apr. as it seems ) in sixteen hundred sixty and eight , and was buried either at Beckington or Hornbloton . In his Prebendship succeeded Henry Dutton Bach. of Div. sometimes Fellow of Corp. Chr. Coll. in Oxon , to which he was collated on the 22. of April , in the same year . See more of Alex. Huish in the first vol. an . 1617 in John Flavell nu . 447. GEORGE HALL son of Dr. Joseph Hall sometimes Bishop of Exeter , and afterwards of Norwich , was born at Waltham Abbey in Essex , ( where his Father had been a constant Preacher for above 20 years ) had the seeds of virtue sown in him very early by his said Father , who , when this his Son was ripe for the Univ. sent him to Exeter Coll. an . 1628 aged 16 years : Where living in the condition of a commoner under a noted and careful Tutor , he became Fellow of that house , an . 1632 , and afterwards proceeding in Arts , took holy Orders , became Archdeacon of Cornwall , and Vicar of Mayhenet in that County . What his sufferings were in the time of rebellion I know not : Sure I am that several years before his Majesties restauration , he was first preacher of S. Barthelmews near to the Old Exchange , and afterwards Vicar of S. Botolphs Church without Aldersgate , in London ; and that after his Majesties restauration he became one of his Chaplains , Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. G. Goodman who had held it in Commendam with the See of Glocester , Doctor of Divinity actually created , and Archdeacon of Canterbury . At length upon the death of Dr. Hen. Ferne , he was consecrated Bishop of Chester , on the eleventh day of May , an . 1662 , and about the same time had the rectory of Wigan in Lancashire confer'd on him by Sir Orlando Bridgman then chief Justice of the Common-pleas : Which rich rectory he kept in Commendam with his See to his dying day . He hath written and published , Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) Gods appearing for the tribe of Levie , Serm. preached at S. Pauls 8. Nov. 1655 to the Sons of the Ministers , on Rom. 8.31 . Lond. 1656. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. at Court , on Psal . 7.9 . Lond. 1666. oct . &c. He hath also written a book against Papists and Popery entit . The triumphs of Rome over despised protestancy . Lond. 1655. qu. there again 1667. oct . He paid his last debt to nature in the rectory house at Wigan before mentioned , on the 23. of Aug. in sixteen hundred sixty and eight , and was buried at the east end of the Rectors Chancel there . Over his grave was soon after a large marble stone laid , with this inscription thereon . P. M. S. ejus repostus pulvere in sacro cinis expectat istic ultimae sonum Tubae , mendace qui ne falleret titulo lapis sonum hoc sepulchro jussit incidi suo . Georgius Hall S. Th. Pr. Ecclesiae dei servus inutilis , sed cordatus , D. Josephi Hall Praesulis pientissimi , primo Exoniensis , dein Norwicensis , scriptis semper victuri filius , ( imo umbra potius ) sex inter septemque annos sedit , non meruit , Cestriae Episcopus ; denatus aetatis suae anno LV. Christi vero MDCLXVIII . — Mirare lector Praesulis modestiam , aliunde quaeras caetera . By his last Will and Test . he gave to Exeter Coll. after the decease of his Wife Gertrude , ( who was afterwards buried under the same marble ) his Golden cup and all his Estate of land at Trethewen in S. Germans in Cornwall , to the end that they be employed to the best commodity and advantage of the said Coll. by the Rector and Fellows thereof , with the advice of Dr. John Fell Dean of Ch. Ch. if he be then living . WILLIAM WALLER son of Tho. Waller Knight , Lieutenant or Constable of Dover Castle and chief Butler of England , as he is sometimes stiled , by Margaret his Wife , Daughter of Sampson Lennard Lord Dacre , was born at Knolle in Kent , matriculated at his first coming to the University as a member of Magd. Hall in Mich. term an . 1612 , aged 15 years , but making no long stay there , was translated to Hart Hall , where he spent most of his time during his abode in Oxon. Afterwards he went to Paris , and in an Academy there he learn'd to fence and manage the great Horse . Thence he went to the German Wars , where he served in the Army of the confederate Princes against the Emperour . After his return he was knighted at Wansted 20. June 1622 , and took to Wife Jane Daughter and Heir of Rich. Reynell of Fourd in Devonshire Knight , who dying at Bathe in the Month of May 1633 was buried in the south trancept of the Church of S. Pet. and S. Paul there ; over whose grave is a very fair monument erected , and thereon the statua's of her and her husband lying at length . Afterwards taking to him a second Wife , he was elected a Burgess for An●over in Hampshire to serve in that most unhappy Parliament , that began at Westm . 3. Nov. 1640 , wherein he shew'd himself an active person against the prerogative and every thing that looked that way . Soon after when the rebellion broke out , he was for his great knowledge in martial affairs , constituted ( tho little in person ) by the said Parliament one of their Generals to fight against their King , an . 1642 , in which year , and after , he performed , in the opinion of those of his perswasion , many notable exploits , yet not without great violation and injury to the Church , and its orthodox members , and therefore flatter'd and cajoul'd by the Parliament with several sums of money ; part of which , was given , as a largess , to his soldiers , the more to encourage them in their service . About that time , that he might shew his zeal for the beloved cause , he took the Covenant twice in the H. of Commons , meerly to put forward some that had not taken it before , and was not wanting on all occasions to promote and carry on the War. But being soon after very unfortunate by loosing two Armies in the service of the said Parliament , caused a diminution of his former fame , which was raised up near to a competition or emulation with Robert Earl of Essex the Captain General . In Jan. 1646 when Winchester Castle was disgarrison'd , it was given to him as part of a reward for his former service , but the next year shewing himself active among the Presbyterians in the H. of Commons against the designs of the Independents , was one of the eleven members impeached by the Army of high treason . Whereupon absconding for a time , returned and took his place , but in the very next year ( 1648 ) he was with forty more members turned out of the House by the Army on the 6. of December , and on the 11. of Jan. following , he was committed Prisoner to S. James's house , and afterwards to Windsore and Denbigh Castles , and to the Tower of London during the raign of Oliver , as many of his brethren the Presbyterians were , least he , and they should carry on plots for the bringing in of the King , or at least cross the designs of the said Oliver . So that all that time being esteemed by the generality of Royalists an honest man , and a Patriot of his Country , was committed to custody upon suspicion of being engaged in Sir George Booth's Insurrection , in Aug. 1659 , where continuing till the beginning of Nov. following , gave then Bail for his farther appearance . What he got by his sufferings at the Kings restauration , an . 1660 , I know not ; sure I am he was no looser . Under this Persons name were printed these things following . Letter to Robert Earl of Essex General of the Parliament forces concerning a great victory obtained by him at Malmsbury in Wilts . dated 23. March 1642. Lond. 1643. Mar. 28. in one sh . in qu. Tho this victory was very inconsiderable , scarce worthy to be taken notice of , yet to encourage the party , it was made a very bloody matter . Full relation of the late proceedings , victory and good success obtained by the Parl. Forces under his conduct at the taking of the Town and Castle of Arundell in Sussex , Dec. 20. and Jan. 6. an . 1643 — Sent to Will. Lenthall Speaker of the H. of Com. and printed in one sh . in qu. Narration of a great victory obtained by the Parl. forces under his conduct at Alton in Surrey 13. Dec. 1643. Lond. 1643. in 1. sh . in qu. Letter of a great victory obtained against Col. Sir James Long High Sherriff of Wilts . at the Devises , Lond. 1644. in 1. sh . in qu. or more . It is dated 13. Mar. 1644. concerning these his victories , tho little , or inconsiderable , yet they were highly cried up by the Godly Brethren . See more in a book very partially written by a grand Presbyterian named Josiah Ricraft a Merchant of London , entit . A survey of Englands Champions , and truths faithful Patriots . Or a Chronological recitement of the principal proceedings of the most prosperous Armies raised for the preservation of Religion , the Kings Majesties Person , the priviledges of Parliament , and the liberty of the Subject , &c. with a most exact narration of the several victories , &c. with the lively portraitures of the several commanders . Lond. 1647. oct with the authors picture before it . Divine meditations upon several occasions ; with a dayly directory . Lond. 1680. oct . They were written in his retirement from business and publick employ , and hath set before them his picture engraven to the life . He hath also written , Vindication for his taking up Arms against the King — This he left behind him in MS , but whether publish'd I cannot tell . In 1680. was published in one sh . in folio , Sir Will. Waller his vindication by a friend that understood his life and conversation . Military discourse of the ordering of Soldiers — This he also left behind him in MS. but whether printed I know not . He departed this mortal life in his house at Osterley Park in Middlesex on the ninth day of Sept. in sixteen hundred sixty and eight , and was buried in the new Chappel near the Chancel , in the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster : Whose funeral , as to honour , being then falsly managed by an Herald Painter , without the advice of any of the Officers of the Coll. of Arms , his atchievment , helmet with a false crest , banners , &c. which were hung over his grave by the said Painter , were soon after plucked down by the aforemention'd Officers , and thrown aside as false things . He left behind him a Son of both his names , sometimes a Gent. Com. of Wadh. Coll , afterwards a Knight , and Justice of Peace for the County of Middlesex , &c. RICHARD RHODES a Gentlemans Son of London , was educated in Westminster School , transplanted thence to Ch. Ch. and soon after was made Student thereof , being then well grounded in Grammar and in the practical part of Musick . He wrot and compos'd , Flora's Vagaries , a Comedy — Which , after it had been publickly acted by the Students of Ch. Ch. in their common Refectory on the 8. of Januar. 1663 , and at the Theatre-Royal by his Majesties Servants , was made publick at Lond. 1670 and afterwards in 1677. qu. This Person who only took one degree in Arts ( at which time he made certain compositions in Musick of two or more parts , but not , as I conceive , extant ) went afterwards into France , and took , as I have heard , a degree in Physick at Mountpelior : But being troubled with a rambling head , must needs take a journey into Spain , where , at Madrid , he died and was buried , in sixteen hundred sixty and eight . In which year also George More M. of A. and Fellow of Oriel Coll , died there also , being then in attendance on the English Embassador . JOSEPH ALLEIN son of Tobie Alleine , was born in a Market Town in Wilts . called The Vies or Devises , an . 1633 , and being when a Child forward to learn , was educated in Grammar there ; which faculty , he in a short time conquering , was instructed by a Minister of that , or a neighbouring , place in the art of Logick . At 16 years of age he was sent to Linc. Coll. ( being then well skill'd in the Lat. and Gr. tongue ) where continuing till 8. of Nov. 1651. was then admitted Scholar of that of Corp. Chr. and in short time after , if the Wilts . Fellowship should happen to be void , as it did , he would consequently have been Fellow . But he esteeming himself as most admirably well gifted for extempore prayer , as indeed he was by those of his party , who took him to be a pretious young man ( for he and his friend could hardly ever walk or discourse together , but before they parted , they must , at his request , go and pray together ) he humbly desired the President of the said Coll. that upon the next vacancy of a Chaplainship , he would confer that office upon him , purposely ( as was conceived by some ) that he might shew his excellencies in publick twice in a day . I say that he being sollicitous for that place , his acquaintance would often disswade him from taking it , as being much inferior to a Fellowship : yet take it he did , prised it , and looked upon it as his honour and happiness to enjoy it . This was , I presume , in the beginning of the year 1653 , for in July that year , he , as Chaplain of Corp. Ch. Coll. was admitted Bach. of Arts. But before he could stay to take the degree of Master , he received a Call to assist George Newton Minister of Taunton S. Magdalen in Somersetshire , an . 1655 : where being ordained in a publick association meeting of the Brethren , he administred all ordinances jointly with Mr. Newton . Soon after our author Joseph received another Call to take to Wife a fair and holy Sister ; which being (a) effected , he would ( as in jest ) complain to his intimate friend of C. C. C. of the inconveniences of marriage , viz. that whereas he used to rise at four of the clock in the morn ▪ or before , his loving spouse would keep him in bed till about six . Also whereas he used to study 14 hours in a day , she would bring him to eight or nine . And lastly that whereas he used to forbear one meal a day at least for his studies , she would bring him to his meat , &c. At Taunton in this employment under Mr. Newton he continued till Barthelmewtide , called by his party The black day , an . 1662 , at which time being deprived of it for non-conformity , sate silent for a time to his great regret . At length receiving a third Call for the propagation of the Gospel , he would by all means forsooth go into China to do it , but being disswaded by the Brethren he fed the flock of Gods people in private . At length he being snap'd for a Conventicler , was committed to prison at Ilchester , where he continued some years not without teaching and preaching , and writing letters to the chosen of God in Taunton . Several pieces of his practical divinity he hath written , of which these are published . A most familiar explanation of the Assemblies shorter Catechisme . Wherein their larger answers are broken into lesser parcels , thereby to let the light by degrees into the minds of the learners — When this was first printed , I cannot find . Sure I am the last edition came out at Lond. 1674. in oct . A most brief help for the necessary , but much neglected , duty of self examination to be dayly perused . — Printed with the former book . Letter of Christian councell to a destitute flock . — Printed with the former also . Christian letters full of spiritual instructions , &c. Lond. 1672. oct . They are about 40 in number , and were all written in prison to persons of his Church . Five more were added to the second edit . — Lond. 1677. oct . Cases of Conscience , &c. Lond. 1672. oct . This goes under his name , and without doubt he was the Author of it . Remains : being a collection of sundry directions , sermons , sacrament speeches and letters , not heretofore published . Lond. 1674 ▪ oct . The true way to happiness , in a serious treatise , shewing ( 1 ) What conversion is not , &c. ( 2 ) What conversion is , &c. — This book commended in two Epistles , one by Mr. Rich. Baxter , the other by Rich. Alleine , was printed at Lond. 1675. oct . It is the same book , with that of the same author which was publ . in 8o. an . 1672 entit . An alarum to the unconverted , &c. The other part of the title is altogether the same with this before mention'd ; and at the end of this new impression ( if they be different in more than their titles ) is a copy of English verses , said to be made on the reading of Mr. Jos . Alleine's book entit . An alarum to the unconverted , which plainly shews that they are the same . Mr. Baxter (b) tells us that he was also author of , The Synopsis of the Covenant . Or God speaking from mount Gerizim , &c. — Printed in Mr. Rich. Alleine's book , entit . Heaven opened , &c. being the third part of his Vindiciae poetatis ; In which book is also printed another shorter piece , entit . A Sololoquie representing a believers trial in Gods Covenant , &c. — Also another shorter than that called , A form of words expressing mans covenanting with God. — Besides these he hath also written , Prayers for his peoples use — And a little thing entit . A call to Archippus ; to perswade the silent Nonconformists , to pity Souls — And left behind him at his death several Theological MSS written and composed by him , but all , or most , are imperfect , except this , Theologiae Philosophicae , sive Philosophiae Theologicae specimen : In quo aeterni dei providentia solius natur● lumine comprobatur , &c. Written an . 1661 , and licensed for the Press , but being Lat. and Greek , and such books having too few buyers in England , none yet are found that will be at the charge of printing the said book . He gave up the Ghost in Novemb. in the year sixteen hundred sixty and eight , and was buried in the Chancel of Taunton S. Magd. At which time Mr. G. Newton preached a Sermon before a large auditory , mostly consisting of Dissenters , wherein were many things said to the great honour of the person that then laid dead before him . Over his grave was only this engraven on a stone , Here Mr. Joseph Allein lies To God and you a sacrifice . Not long after was published his life (c) written by Mr. Rich. Baxter ( who wrot also the introduction ) Rich. Alleine , Rich. Faireclough , George Newton , his Widow Theodosia Alleine , and two conforming Ministers , who conceal their names . From which Sermon and canting farce or life , especially that ridiculous discourse of Theodosia , the reader may easily understand what a grand zealot for the cause this our author Jos . Alleine was , and how his life was spent in actions busie , forward , ( if not pragmatical ) and medling without intermission . The said Theodosia a prating Gossip and a meer Zantippe finding Jos . Alleine to be a meer Scholar and totally ignorant of Womens tricks , did flatter , sooth him up and woe , and soon after married , and brought , him to her Luer . After she had buried him , and being not able to continue long without a consort , she freely courted a lusty Chaundler of Taunton , alienated his affections by false reports , from a young Damsel that he was enamoured with , and by three days courting , they were the fourth day married , as I have been credibly informed by several persons of Taunton , and so obtained him meerly to supply her salacious humour . In 1●91 . our author Alleine had another book put out under his name entit . A sure Guide to heaven , &c. printed in tw . RICHARD GOVE a Gentlemans Son , was born at South Tavistock in Devonsh . became a Commoner of Magd. Hall in Lent term , an . 1604 aged 18 years , where going through the courses of Logick and Philosophy , he took the degree of M. of A. an . 1611. Afterwards entring into holy Orders , he became Chaplain to John Lord Paulet , and in Aug. 1618 was by him presented to the rectory of Henton S. George in Somersetshire ; at which place , much about the same time , he taught a Grammar School . In the time of the rebellion he was outed thence for his loyalty , as some of his relations have said , but I think false ; and afterwards retiring to the City of Exeter , closed so much with the Presbyterians , that he became Minister of S. Davids Church there , and for several years was much frequented by them . About the time of his Majesties restauration , he went to East Coker in Somersetshire , ( where he had lived for some time before he went to Exeter ) at which place he taught School for some time , and afterwards was made Minister of it . His works are , The Saints hony-comb full of Divine truths , touching both Christian belief and a Christian life , in two cent . Lond. 1652. oct . The Communicants guide , directing both the younger and elder sort how they may receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1654. oct . Pious thoughts vented in pithy ejaculations . Lond. 1658. oct . as also A Catechisme , print . in oct . which I have not yet seen . He died on the vigil of the Nativity of our Saviour , in sixteen hundred sixty and eight and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of East Coker before mention'd , but hath neither inscription or monumental stone over his grave . JOHN DENHAM the only Son of Sir Joh. Denham Knight , sometimes chief Baron of the Exchecquer in , and one of the Lords Justices or Commissioners of , Ireland , by Eleanor his Wife one of the Daughters of Sir Garret More Kt , sometimes Baron of Mellifont in that Kingdom , was born within the City of Dublin , but being brought thence very young , at what time his Father was made one of the Barons of the Exchecquer in England , an . 1617 , he was educated in Grammar learning either in London or Westminster , and being made full ripe for the University , was sent to Trinity Coll , where he became a Gent. Com. in Michaelm . term , an . 1631. aged 16 years . But being looked upon as a slow and dreaming young man by his seniors and contemporaries , and given more to cards and dice , than his study , they could never then in the least imagine , that he could ever inrich the World with his fansie , or issue of his brain , as he afterwards did . From Trin. Coll. where he continued about 3 years , and had been examined in the publick Schools for the degree of Bach. of Arts , he went to Lincolns inn , where tho he followed his study very close to the appearance of all persons ▪ yet he would game much , and frequent the company of the unsanctified crew of Gamesters , who rook'd him sometimes of all he could wrap or get . But his Father having received notice of these matters , took him severely to task , with many threatnings to cast him off if he did not forbear from so doing . Whereupon he wrot a Little Essay against Gaming , shewing the vanities and inconveniencies , which he presented to his Father to let him know his detestation , of it . After his Fathers death , ( who died 6. Jan. 1638 and was buried in Egham Church in Surrey ) he fell to gaming again , and shortly after squandred away several thousands of pounds that were left him , &c. In the latter end of the year 1641 he published the Tragedy called The Sophy , which took extremely much and was admired by all ingenious men , particularly by Edm. Waller of Beaconsfield , who then said of the author that he broke out like the Irish rebellion , threescore thousand strong , when no body was aware , or in the least suspected it . Shortly after he was prick'd High Sherriff for Surrey , and made Governour of Farnham Castle for the King : But he being an inexpert soldier , soon after left that office , and retired to his Maj. at Oxon , where he printed his poem called Coopers hill : which hill is in the Parish of Egham in Surrey above Runney mead , hath a very noble prospect , and the author of it from thence doth admirably well describe several places in his view there , which he mentions in that most celebrated poem . In 1648 he conveyed or stole away James Duke of York from S. James's in Westminster , then under the tuition of Algernon Earl of Northumberland , and carried him into France to the Prince of Wales and the Qu. Mother , and not long after was sent with William ( afterwards Lord ) Crofts as Envoyes to the King of Poland by the said Prince , then K. Ch. 2. In 1652 or thereabouts , he return'd into England , and being in some streights ( for by gaming and the War he had squandred away much of his Estate at Egham and elsewhere , and the rest ordered to be sold by the Parliament 15 July 1651 ) he was kindly entertain'd by the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton ; where , and sometimes at London , he continued with that Count more than an year : In which time he did translate one of Virgils Aeneids and burlesqu'd it , but whether he ever publish'd it , I know not . K. Ch. 1. did grant to him the reversion of the place of Surveyor of his buildings after the decease of Inigo Jones : Which place he entring upon at the restauration of K. Ch. 2. an . 1660 ( for the said Jones (a) died 21. July 1651 aged 79 years or thereabouts , and was buried in the Church of S. Bennet near to Pauls-wharf in London ) he enjoyed it to the time of his death , and got by it 7000 l. In the year following he was made a Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Ch. 2. and became much renown'd in the Court of that King for his ingenuity ; but upon some discontent arising from a second match , he became craz'd for a time , and so consequently contemptible among vain Fops . Soon after being cured of his distemper , he wrot excellent verses on the death of Abr. Cowley the Prince of Poets , and some months after followed him . The things that he hath written and translated have been many , but those that are published are only these . The Sophy : a tragedy . Lond. 1642. qu. and 1667. oct . Coopers hill : a poem . Oxon 1643 in one sh . and an half in qu. Printed again with additions at Lond. 1650 and 55 in qu. There again in 1667. 68. in oct . A poem it is which for the Majesty of the stile , is , and ever will be the exact standard of good writing . It was translated into Latin verse by Moses Pengrey , as I shall elsewhere tell you . An Essay against gaming . Lond. in about 3 sh . in oct . This I have not yet seen . Cato Major , of old age , a poem . Lond. 1648. in tw , in 4 parts , &c. The destruction of Troy : or an Essay upon the second book of Virgils Aeneids . Lond. 1656. in 4 sh . and an half in qu , written in the year 1636. Panegyrick on his excellency the Lord General George Monk , Commander in chief , &c. — Printed at Lond. in one sh . in qu. in the month of Mar. 16●● / ●● . Tho the name of John Denham is not set to it , yet the frequent report was then among the Academians that he was the author of it . Various poems and translations . Lond. 1667 68. &c. oct . Among which is The Destruction of Troy , Cato Major , before mention'd , and A Poem on Mr. Abr. Cowleys death and burial among the antient Poets : Which last was a little before printed by it self , in one sheet in fol. in Aug. 1667. Among them also , as I remember , is The Prologue to his Majesty at the first play presented at the Cock pit in Whitehall , being part of that noble entertainment which their Majesties received Nov. 19. an . 1660 , from his Grace the D. of Albemarle . Which Prologue was printed by it self at Lond. 1660. on one side of a broad sheet or paper . A new version of the Psalmes of David — This I have not yet seen , only mention of it in an excellent copy of verses made in its commendation by Mr. Sam. Woodford sometimes of Wadham Coll , in his Occasional compositions in English rimes . Lond. 1668. p. 146. The true Presbyterian without disguise : or , a character of a Presbyterians way and actions . Lond. 1680. in half a sh . in fol. The name of Sir John Denham is set to this poem , but then question'd by many whether ever he was the author of it . See other works of his poetry in Sir Will. D'avenant , before mention'd . He died at his Office ( near to Whitehall ) which he before had built , in March in sixteen hundred sixty and eight , and was buried on the 23 of the same month , in the s . cross isle or trancept of the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster , near to the graves of Jeffry Chaucer and Abr. Cowley . In the year 1666 were printed by stealth in oct , certain poems entit . Directions to a painter , in four copies or parts , and each dedicated to K. Ch. 2 in verse . They were very satyrically written against several persons engaged in the War against the Dutch , an . 1665 , and at the end of the said four parts , is a copy entit . Clarindons house-warming , Sir John Denhams name is set , yet they were then thought by many to have been written by Andrew Marvell Esq . and after that his epitaph ; both bitterly reflecting on Edw. E. of Clarendon , his house called Clarendon house and his ways of scraping up wealth . To which Directions tho The Printer that printed them , being discovered , stood in the pillory for the same . GEORGE BATE a most noted Physitian of his time , Son of John Bate of Burton or Bourton in Buckinghamshire , was born at Maidsmorton near to Buckingham , became one of the Clerks of New Coll. in the beginning of 1622 aged 14 years , was thence translated to Qu. Coll. for a time , and thence to S. Edm. Hall , took the degrees in Arts as a member of the last , entred on the Physick line , and took a degree in that faculty 1629 , at which time being licensed to practice , exercised it , in , and near Oxon. for some years among precise and puritanical people , he being then taken to be one of their number . In 1637 he proceeded in his faculty , and became thereupon more noted among men , especially when K. Ch. 1. ( to whom he was chief Physitian ) and his Court kept their residence several years in Oxon in the time of the grand rebellion . Afterwards when his Maj. and his cause declined , he retired to London , closed with the times for interest sake , became Physitian to the Charter-house , Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians , and at length chief Physitian to Oliver while he was General , and afterwards when Protector , and did not stick ( tho he pretended to be a concealed Royalist ) to flatter him in an high degree . Upon the restauration of King Ch. 2. an . 1660 he got in with the Royal party , ( by his Friends report that he by a dose given to Oliver hastned him to his end ) was made chief Physitian to K. Ch. 2. and a member of the Royal Society . His published works are these . The Royal Apologie : or , the declaration of the Commons in Parliament , 11. Feb. 1647. canvassed . — Printed 1648 in about 14 sh . in qu. There was also a book entit . The Regal Apologie , printed , as 't is said , at Paris the same year in qu , but who the author of it was , I know not ▪ unless the King himself . Elenchus motuum nuperorum in Anglia , simul ac Juris regii ac Parliamentarii brevis narratio . Par. 1649. Franc. ad Maen . 1650. 51. qu. Which being communicated to Dr. Pet. Heylyn before it went to the Press , or else when the second part was joyned to it , were by him made many observations on it , which much tended to the honor of the King and Church . This first part of Elenchus was translated into English by an unknown hand , and printed at Lond. 1652 in oct . The second part of the said Elenchus , wherein the author was assisted by some papers lent to him by Sir Edw. Hyde L. Chanc. of England , was printed at Lond. in Lat. 1661 , and at Amsterdam in the year following , in oct . and reprinted with the first part at Lond. 1663 in oct . &c. Of which two parts and their author , hear what a learned (b) writer says ( after he had condemned George Hornius , Honorius Reggus , a Scotch (c) Anonymus , and Salmonetus (d) Scoto-Britannus , who have written very falsly concerning our English affairs ) thus — Eorum omnium qui hactenus de rebus apud nos nuper gestis scripserunt latino idiomate , unus Bateus dignus est , qui legatur ; quanquam etiam ab Anonymo scriptore propensi nimium in Puritanos animi nuper est accusatus , &c. A third part of Elenchus motuum was slightly composed , and continued from Newer books to the year 1669 by Tho. Skinner a Doctor of Phys . of this University ; published in Latine with the former parts , at Lond. 1676 , which would have been far better performed by our author Bate , if he had lived but one year longer . At length after the impressions had all in a manner been vended , one A. Lovel M. A. of Cambridge , gave us a translation of all the Elenchi , but not well done — Pr. at Lond. 1685 oct . In which year he had two translations of other mens works extant , the mentioning of which , as being not pertinent , is now to be omitted . But the two parts published by Dr. Bate , having several passages in them that gave offence , not only to the Papists , but Cavaliers for the reason before given , one Robert Pugh who had been one Officer in the Kings Army , wrot an answer to them entit . Elenchus Elenchi , &c. Par. 1664. oct . To which Bate made a reply , but as his Son hath told me , he did not publish it , only put it in Ms in the Cottonian Library ; and upon that report did I in my Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. say as much in the life of (e) Dr. Bate . Whereupon Pugh having had notice of , or else had read , it , he made a search after it in the said Library , ( as he himself hath told me several times ) but could not find it , otherwise he would have made a Rejoynder . Now here by the way , I must let the Reader know that this Rob. Pugh was born at Penrhyn in the Parish of Eglos-Rosse in Caernarvansh . and educated in the Jesuits Coll. at S. Omers : Afterwards coming into England , he bore Arms for the King , and was a Captain in that War that began 1642 : Which being done without the consent of the Superiors of his Order , he himself being then a Jesuit , he was ejected from among them . Afterwards he entred himself among the secular Priests , became confessor to Henrietta Maria the Qu. Mother of England , and by P. Innocent the 10. was created Protonotarius Publicus Apostolicus , an . 1653. Besides the former book , he wrot Bathoniensium & Aquis granensium Thermarum comparatio , variis adjunctis illustrata . Lond. 1676. oct . Written by way of Epistle to his patron Roger Palmer Earl of Castlemaine , dated at Bathe 7. Kal. Aug. 1675 : Also another book Of the several states and governments that have been in England since 1642. Which is in Ms in the said Earls hands . I have seen also a Lat. Ode of his composition , made on the immature death of Sidney Mountague , who either died of a wound , or in the flames or waters , in the Sea fight between the Engl. and Dutch , on the 5 of the Kal. of Jun. 1672 , being then in the Ship of his kinsman Edw. Earl of Sandwich . 'T is printed on one side of a broad sh . of paper . At length upon the breaking out of the plot called by some The Popish Plot , and by others Oats's Plot , he was , with other Priests , committed to Newgate Prison in London ; where being not able to undergo hardship , and coldness of weather , he surrendred up his last breath about 12 of the Clock at night , on the 22 of January 1678 , aged 69 years or thereabouts : whereupon his body was buried the next day in the yard or burying place , belonging to the parish of Christ-church , situate north west at some distance from the said Church , within Newgate , London ; where , I remember , I saw his grave , soon after , under the middle part of a brick wall , on the north side of the said yard . He was a person of a most comely port , well favour'd , and of excellent parts , and therefore he deserved a better end . Our author Dr. Bate also , with Franc. Glisson and Ahasuerus Regemorter Doctors of Physick and Fellows of the Coll. of Physitians did compile a book entit . De Rachitide , sive morbo puerili , qui vulgo the Rickets dicitur . Lond. 1650. oct . Chiefly composed by Glisson : which book was afterwards translated into English by Philip Armin. — Lond. 1651. oct . and about that time also by Nich. Culpeper , as I conceive , who writes himself a Student in Physick and Astrology , author of divers Physical Books and Almanacks . Dr. Bate died in his house in Hatton Garden in Holbourn near London , 19. April in sixteen hundred sixty and nine : Whereupon his body was carried to Kingston upon Thames in Surrey , and was buried by that of his wife Elizabeth ( who died 17 Apr. 1667 ) in an isle or rather a vestry , joyning on the north side of the Church there . Over his grave is a monument fastned to the east wall of the said vestry , between the two east windows , with an inscription thereon , which for brevity sake I shall now omit ; and only tell you ( 1 ) That after his death was published Pharmacopoeia Bateana . In qua octingenta circiter pharmaca pleraque omnia è praxi Georgii Batei Regi Car. 2o. Proto-medici excerpta , &c. Lond. 1688 and 1691. oct . by the care of J. Shipton an Apothecary and ( 2 ) That whereas there hath been one George Bate who hath published The lives , actions and execution of the prime actors and principal contrivers of that horrid murder of our late pious and sacred soveraign K. Ch. 1. &c. Lond. 1661. oct . he is not to be understood to be the same with the Doctor , but another far inferior to him in all respects , one that had ran with the mutable times , and had after his Majesties restauration endeavoured , by scribling , to gain the favour of the Royalists . RICHARD MATHER son of Tho. Mather by Margaret his wife , was born at Lowton in the parish of Winwick in Lancashire , an . 1596 , educated in Grammar learning in the School at Winwick , distant about 4 miles from Lowton , and thence was called to teach a publick School at Toxteth Park near to Leverpool in the said County , an . 1612 , where pretending to receive a new light within him , was converted to godliness , an . 1614. Thence he went to Oxon and was admitted a Student in Brasn . Coll. 9. May 1618 , being then about 22 years of age ; where he met with some that had been his Scholars , and became acquainted with a most zealous and godly Divine , from whom he gained much in his studies . Afterwards being invited by the people of Toxteth to take upon him the ministry there , he returned into his own Country , and preached the first Sermon among them on the 30. of Nov. following , and about that time married Catherine daughter of Edward Holt of Bury in Lancashire . For 15 years , or more , he preached every Sunday at Toxteth , and on Tuesdays at Prescot , and was much frequented at both places by the precise party . But so it was that he being a severe Calvinist and little or no friend to the Church of England , he was suspended for nonconformity to ceremonies , an . 1633 , but quickly restored , and soon after was suspended again by the Visitors when they visited Chester Diocess . In 1635 he , with his family , left Lancashire and removed to New England , where putting in at Boston , in Aug. the same year , the People of Dorchester in that County gave him a call to be their Minister : Whereupon setling at that place , he continued among them in the labourious work of the Gospel to his dying day . He hath written , Answer to 32 Questions . Lond. 1643. qu. Discourse about the Church Covenant . Lond. 1643. qu. These two things pass under the name of the Elders of New England , but Mather was the author of them . Answer to Mr. Charl. Herle and to Mr. Sam. Rutherford ; wherein is defended the congregational way of Church Government , and how it differs from the Presbyterian . Lond. 1646. qu. An heart-melting exhortation , together with a cordial consolation , presented in a letter from New England to his dear Country-men of Lancashire , &c. Lond. 1650. in tw . Tho the name of Will. Tomson a Lancashire man born and Pastor of Braintry in N. Engl. is set to this book with that of Mather , yet Mather was the sole author of it , as his Son hath informed me . A Catechisme : or , the grounds and principles of Christian religion , set forth by way of question and answer , &c. Lond. 1650. oct . Sermons on the second Epistle of S. Peter — They were transcribed by him for the press , but are not yet made publick . Treatise of justification . Cambr. in N. E. 1652. qu. He also prepared for the press . A defence of the Churches in New England — Written against W. Rathbond Minister of the Gospel : And had a principal hand in drawing up The platform of Church discipline , agreed unto by the Elders and Messengers of the Churches assembled in the Synod at Cambridge in N.E. an . ●648 . He also left behind him a Ms of his composition , to prove that the power of rule and government in the Church belongs only to the Elders , and not to the Fraternity . At length after he had spent the greatest part of his time in the zealous Ministry of the Gospel , surrendred up his pious Soul to him that first gave it , on the 22. Apr. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine : whereupon his body was buried at D●rchester in New England before mention'd . He had several Sons that were Nonconforming Ministers as ( 1 ) Samuel , whom I shall mention among these writers under the year 1671. ( 2 ) Nathaniel sometimes Minister of Barnstaple in Devonsh , afterwards at Rotterdam in Holland , now Pastor of a congregation in London . ( 3 ) Eleazer , who died Pastor of the Church at Northampton in N. Engl. after he had been a preacher there eleven years . ( 4 ) Increase , or as he writes himself in his lat . books , Crescentius Matherus , born at Dorchester in N. E. educated in Harwarden Coll. in Cambridge there , and thence , after six years standing , removed to Ireland , where in Trin. Coll. near Dublin he proceeded Mast . of Arts 1658 aged 19 years or thereabouts . In 1661 he returned to his native Country , was elected President of the Coll. wherein he had been educated , an . 1681 , and in May 1688 he came into England to acquaint K. Jam. 2. from the principal Gentlemen in N. Engl. the state of his Subjects in that territory , whose civil liberties and properties were then invaded in an intolerable manner . This person who is also now , or at least was lately Pastor of a Church at Boston in his native Country hath written several things as ( 1 ) Discourse concerning the mystery of Israels salvation , on Rom 11.26 . Lond. 1669. oct . ( 2 ) The first principles of N. Engl. concerning the subject of Baptisme and Communion of Churches Cambr. in N. E. 1675. qu. ( 3 ) A brief history of the war with the Indians in New England , from the 24 of June 1675 ( when the first English man was murthered by the Indians ) to 12 of Aug. 1676 , when Philip alias Metacomet was slain , &c. together with a serious exhortation to the Inhabitants of that land . Boston in N. E. 1676 qu. Afterward , reprinted at Lond. ( 4 ) Some important truths about conversion , delivered in sundry Sermons Lond. 1674. oct . ( 5 ) The divine right of Infant baptisme asserted and proved from scripture and antiquity . Bost . in N. E. 1680. qu. ( 6 ) Practical truths tending to promote godliness in the power of it . Bost . in N. E. 1682. ( 7 ) Diatriba de signo filii hominis , & de secundo Messiae adventu , &c. Amstel . 1682. oct . ( 8 ) An Essay for the recording of illustrious providences : wherein an account is given of many remarkable and very memorable events , which have hapned in this last age , especially in N. England . Boston in N. Engl. 1684. oct . with his picture before it . ( 9 ) Discourse concerning the person , office and glory of Jesus Christ. Bost . in N. E. 1686 oct . ( 10 ) De successu Evangelii apud Indos in Nova Anglia , Epistola ad cl . virum D. Joh. Leusdenum Ling. Sanctae in Ultrajectanâ Academia professorem scripta . Lond. 1688. in one sheet in oct . ( 11 ) The wonders of free grace : or , a compleat History of all the remarkable Penitents that have been executed at Tyburn , and elsewhere , for these last thirty years . To which is added a Sermon preached in the hearing of a condemned person , immediatly before his execution . Lond. 1690. in tw . &c. This Mr. Mather who is a person of learning , candor and civility , hath a son by his wife , the daughter of the famous Mr. John Cotton of N. England , named Cotton Mather , now Pastor of a Church in Boston , and in great reputation among the people , in N. Engl , author of Late memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions , clearly manifesting , not only that there are witches , but that good men ( as well as others ) may possibly have their lives shortned by such evil instruments of Satan . Lond. 1691. sec . Edit . HENRY BYAM son of Laur. Byam of Luckham alias East Luckham near Dunster in Somersetshire Clerk , was born there on the last of Aug. 1580 and in Act term 1597 was sent to Exeter Coll. where he continued in the condition of a sojourner till he was elected a Student of Ch. Ch. 21. Dec. 1599. In both which houses , he , by the advantage of an ingenious and liberal education , joyned with his own diligence and industry , soon became one of the greatest ornaments of this University and the most noted person there for his excellent and polite learning : which being seconded with judgment and experience , when he began to serve at the altar , made him like a burning and shining light , and to be looked upon as the most acute and eminent preacher of his age . Much about the time that he took the degree of Bach. of Div. an . 1612 he was called home into his own Country , and succeeded his Father in the rectory of Luckham before mention'd , and Will. Fleet in that of Selworthy adjoyning . From which time till the rebellion broke out , nothing occurs memorable of him , only that about the year 1636 he became Prebendary of Exeter , and when a Parliament afterwards was conven'd , he was , by the unanimous consent of the Clergy of the Diocess wherein he liv'd , elected to be their Clerk in convocation . In the beginning of the Civil War he was the first person that was seised on , in the parts where he lived , by Rob. Blake then a Captain of Dragoons , afterwards General at Sea under Oliver ; from whom , after some time of imprisonment , making an escape , he fled to the King at Oxon , where , among many Loyalists , he was actually created Doct. of Divinity . Before that time he had raised both men and horse for his Majesty , and then , or after , had engaged his five Sons in that just quarrel ( of which four were Captains ) exposing all his estate , whether spiritual or temporal ( which was not inconsiderable ) to rapine , plunder and sequestration , his children to distress and danger , and himself to many grievous shifts and exigencies . His wife and daughter also that were left at home , were so much troubled by the Rebels , that they endeavouring to avoid their cruelties by flight over the Sea into Wales , were both drowned . All these sufferings our author Dr. Byam patiently endured , that he might keep a good conscience , not out of any base or greedy desire of reward , but meerly out of generous and religious principles . When the Prince of Wales ( afterwards K. Ch. 2. ) fled from England , this our author went with him , first to the Island of Scilly , and afterwards to that of Jersey , where the Prince left him , as his Chaplain , to preach in his Chappel in the Castle called Elizabeth , and there he remained till that garrison was taken by the Parliament forces . From which time till the Kings return , he lived in a poor and obscure condition ; but as soon as that glorious star appeared in the British firmament , he was made Canon of Exeter and Prebendary of Wells : And then when he might have obtained what he would have asked , he contented himself only with what his Majesty was pleased freely to bestow upon him . However had not his own modesty stood in the way , 't is well known his Maj. bounty towards him had not rested here , but he must have died a Bishop . Which honorable function he really deserved not only for sanctity of life but for learning , charity and loyalty , scarce to be equall'd by any in the age he lived . His works are these . Thirteen Sermons , most of them preached before his Maj. K. Ch. 2. in his exile . Lond. 1675. in oct . They were deliver'd before the K. in the Island of Scilly and Jersey , at which time this worthy Dr. was Chapl. in Ord. to his Majesty , who was his constant Auditour , admiring equally his learning and his loyalty . Among them are these two lat . sermons . Osculum pacis : concio ad clerum habita Exoniae in trien . visitat . D. Jos . Hall Episc . Exon , in S. Marc. cap. 9. ver . ult . And Nativitus Christi ; conc . in ad . S. Mar. Ox. habita pro gradu an . 1612 , in Matth. cap. 1. ver . 18. Also , if I mistake not , is his Sermon entit . A return from Argier , preached at Minhead in Somers . 16. Mar. 1627 , at the readmission of a relapsed Christian into our Ch. on Rev. 2. part of the 5. vers . Lond. 1628. qu. All which 13 Sermons were published by Hamnet Ward M. D. Vicar of Sturmister-Newton-Castle in Dorsetshire . He the said Dr. Byam hath other elaborate pieces that were fairly written with his own hand and ready for the press , if the Executor will oblige posterity so far as to publish them : but these I have not yet seen . At length after he had lived to a great age , and had seen many changes in the world , concluded his last day on the 16. of June , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Luckham , on the 29 of the same month , in sixteen hundred sixty and nine . On the wall near to his grave , is a comely monument fastned . with this inscription thereon , made by Dr. Ward before mention'd . Non procul hinc sub marmore congenito , sepultum jacet corpus Henrici Byam ex antiquiss . Byamorum familiâ oriundi , SS . Theologiae Doctoris insignissimi , hujus ecclesiae & proximae Selworthianae Rectoris , Pastorisque vigilantissimi , ecclesiae Cath. Exon. Canonic● , ecclesiaeque Wellensis Prebendarii , sereniss . Majestatis Car. II. Regis Capellani & Concionatoris ordinarii , necnon ejusdem saeviente illâ tyrannide & semper execrandâ Phanaticorum rebellione , terrâ marique comitis , exulisque simul . Ex meliore luto ejus constructum corpus post annos tandem octoginta & novem , an sal . Millesimo sexcentesimo sexagesimo nono , morti non triumphanti quam invitanti placide cessit . Sed extat adhuc viri hujus optimi celebrius multo hoc & ornatius monumentum non marmore perituro , sed typis exaratum perpetuis , scripta scilicet ejus plane divina ; ubi animi vires & summum ejus ingenii acumen intueberis simul & miraberis . Lugubrem hunc lapidem honoris & reverentiae indicem posuit filius ejus obsequentiss . Franciscus Byam . RICHARD SAMWAIES son of Ric. Sam. was born at Illminster in Somersetshire , of which his Father was Vicar , was admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. 26. Mar. 1630 aged 16 years , was afterwards Fellow , M. of A. and in holy Orders . In 1648 he was ejected his Fellowship by the Visitors appointed by Parliament , and afterwards , being a shiftless person , suffer'd great misery and hardship for his loyalty . In 1660 he was restored to his Fellowship by the Kings Commissioners , was actually created Bach. of Div ; and on the death of Hen. Jackson , became Rector of Meisey-Hampton in Glocestershire . He hath written , Englands faithful reprover and monitor , under 9 heads ; directed first to the Church of England , 2 to the inferior Ministers of the Gospel , 3 to the Nobility and Gentry , &c. with a postscript . Lond. 1653. in oct . Besides which he had one or more books fitted for the press , but were lost . He died 21. Aug. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Meisey-Hampton , near to the grave of his predecessor , H. Jackson before mention'd : Whereupon Will. Fulman succeeded him in that rectory as I shall tell you hereafter . One Peter Samwaies hath written An exposition on Catechistical principles , but whether he was related to the former , or was of this University , I cannot yet tell . HENRY KING the eldest Son of Dr. John King , ( whom I have mention'd in the first vol. of this work , under the year 1621 ) by Joan his wife , daughter of Hen. Freeman of Staffordshire , was born in the same house and chamber at Wornal in Bucks . wherein his father had received his first breath , in the month of January 1591. and was baptized there on the 16 of the said month , educated partly in Grammar learning in the Free-school at Thame in Oxfordsh . and partly in the College School at Westminster : from which last he was elected a Student of Ch. Ch. in . 1608 , being then put under the tuition of a noted Tutor : Afterwards he took the degrees in Arts , entred into holy Orders , became a most florid preacher , and successively Chapl. in ord . to K. Jam. 1. of pious memory , Archdeacon of Colchester , Residentiary of S. Pauls Cathedral , Canon of Ch. Ch , Chapl. in Ord. to K. Ch. 1 , D. of D. and Dean of Rochester , in which Dignity he was installed 6. Febr. 1638 , but whether in the room of Dr. John Richardson , who occurs (a) Dean of that Church in Apr. 1636 ( in which month and year he died ) or in that of Dr. Walt. Balcanquall , who had the grant of the Deanery of Durham made to him in 1638 , but not installed therein till May 1639 , I cannot justly tell . In 1641 he was made Bishop of Chichester , ( being one of those persons of unblemished reputation that his Majesty , tho late , promoted to that honorable office ) to which being consecrated ( at Westminster as it seems ) on the 19. of Decemb. the same year , sate there , without any removal , saving only that by the members of the Long Parliament , to the time of his death . When he was young he delighted much in the studies of Musick and Poetry , which , with his wit and fancy made his conversation much accepted . When he was elder , he applied himself to Oratory and Philosophy , and in his reduced age fixed on Divinity ; in which faculty he became eminent , as his Sermons partly shew , which remain'd fresh in the minds of his Auditors many years after his death . His works are , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Sermon preached at Pauls cross 25. Nov. 1621. upon occasion of that false and scandalous report ( lately printed ) touching the supposed apostacy of Dr. John King late B. of Lond. on Joh. 15.20 . Lond. 1621. qu. To which is added The examination of Tho. Preston taken before the Archb. of Cant. at Lambeth 20. Dec. 1621 concerning his being the author of the scandalous report of Bishop Kings apostacy . ( 2 ) Davids enlargement : the morning Sermon on Act Sunday , on Psalm 32.5 . Oxon. 1625. qu. See more in John King in the first vol. an . 1638. p. 526. ( 3 ) Sermon of deliverance , at the Spittle on Easter Munday , on Psal . 91.3 . Printed 1626. qu. ( 4 ) Two Sermons at Whitehall in Lent , on Eccles . 12.1 . and on Psal . 55.6 . Printed 1627. in qu. ( 5 ) Serm. at Pauls on his Maj. inauguration , on Jer. 1.10 . Printed 1640. in qu. ( 6 ) Sermon at Whitehall 29. May being the happy day of his Maj. inauguration and birth , on Ezek. 21.27 . Lond. 1661. qu. ( 7 ) Serm. at the funeral of Brian Bishop of Winchester in the Abbey Ch. of Westm . 24. Apr. 1662 , on Psal . 116.15 . Lond. 1662. qu. ( 8 ) Visitation Serm. at Lewis , 8. Oct. 1662 , on Titus 2.1 . Lond. 1663. qu. ( 9 ) Sermon preached 30. Jan. 1664 at Whitehall , being the day of the Kings Martyrdome , on 2 Chron. 35.24.25 . Lond. 1665. qu. Exposition on the Lords Prayer , delivered in certain Sermons , on Matth. 6.9 . &c. Lond. 1628. qu. It must be now observed that this worthy Bishop being at divine Service on Sunday in a certain Church ( at Langley , I think , in Bucks . ) and hearing there a Psalm sung , whose wretched expression quite marr'd the Pen-mans matter , and his devotion , he did at his return home that evening , try whether from the version of our Bible , he could not easily and with plainess , suiting the lowest understanding , deliver it from that garb , which indeed made it ridiculous . From one to another he passed on until the whole book was run through : Which done , he could not resist the advice and importunity of better judgments than his own , to put it to the press . He was , as he confess'd , discouraged , knowing that Mr. George Sandys , and then lately one (b) of our pretended Reformers had failed in two different extremes . The first too elegant for the vulgar use , changing both meter and tunes , wherewith they had been long acquainted ; the other as flat and poor , as lamely worded , and unhandsomly rimed as the old , which with much confidence he undertook to amend . He therefore ventur'd in a middle way , as he (c) himself said , aiming without affectation of words , and endeavouring to leave them not disfigur'd in the sense . This version soon after came out with this title . The Psalmes of David from the new translation of the Bible , turn'd into meter , to be sung after the old tunes used in Churches . Lond. 1651. 54. in tw . &c. He hath also written , Poems , Elegies , Paradoxes and Sonnets . Lond. 1657. oct . When these poems were first published , all the report was that Dr. Philip King Brother to the said Hen. King was the author , and thereupon it was put into the Bodleian Catalogue under the said Philips name . Several letters — Among which are extant one or more to the famous Dr. Usher Primat of Ireland ; and another to Isaac Walton concerning the three imperfect books of Rich. Hooker's Ecclesiastical Politie , dat . 13. Nov. 1664. — Pr. at Lond. 1665. oct . Divers Lat. and Gr. poems — Many of which are extant in several books . What remains to be observ'd of this Prelate is , that he was always puritannically affected , and therefore to please the Puritan he was promoted to the See of Chichester : That after Episcopacy was silenced by the Long Parliament he mostly lived in the house of Sir Rich. Hobart ( who had married his Sister ) at Langley near to Colebrook in Bucks : That being restored to his See at the return of K. Ch. 2. became esteemed by many persons of his neighbourhood and diocess , the Epitome of all honors , virtues and generous nobleness , and a person never to be forgotten by his Tenants , and by the Poor : That also being not removed to a better See , became discontented , as I have heard , and a favourer thereupon of the Presbyterians in his Diocess : And lastly that dying on the first day of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , was buried on the South side of the Choir ( near the Communion Table ) belonging to the Cathedral Church of Chichester . Soon after was a comly monument put over his grave , with an inscription thereon , wherein 't is said that he was antiquâ eâque regiâ Saxonium apud Danmonios in agro Devoniensi , prosapiâ oriundus , that he was natalium splendore illustris , pietate , doctrinâ & virtutibus illustrior , &c. Near to his body was in short time after buried his eldest Son named John , to whose , as also to the , memory of the said Bishop King , did his Widow Anne , Daughter of Sir Will. Russell of Strensham in Worcestersh . Kt and Bt ( now the Wife of Sir Tho. Millington Dr. of Phys . ) erect the said monument at her proper charges . JOHN TRAPP Son of Nich. Trapp of Kemsey , as it seems , in Worcestershire , was born at Crome D'abitot commonly called Crumdebitot in the same County , 5 June 1601 , educated in Grammar learning in the condition of a Kings scholar under Mr. Hen. Bright in the Free-school at Worcester , and made great proficiency in the three learned Languages . In 1618 he made his Academical entry into Ch. Ch. and lived there some years in the condition , as it seems , of a Servitour , under the tuition of Mr. George Jay a Student of that house , and partly by the benefaction of Dr. Corbet then Dean thereof . After he had compleated the degree of Master of Arts , an . 1624 , he was invited to Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire , to teach a Free school there : where shewing great industry in that employment , had the small Vicaridge of Weston upon Avon in Glocestersh . ( about two miles from his school ) confer'd upon him : both which places , ( with the Church of Luddington in Warwicksh . for some time ) he kept about 47 years . He was by those of the puritannical party esteemed to be a person endowed with several virtuous qualifications , and to be one of the prime Preachers of his time . Yet this the Reader must know , that upon the breaking out of the Rebellion , he closed with the Presbyterians , took the Covenant , and in his Preachings and Discourses became violent against the King , his Cause and his Adherents , yet lost nothing for so doing , but was a gainer by it , as he was by the publication of these books following , taken into the hands and admired by the Brethren , but by others not . Gods Love-tokens : or , the afflicted mans lessons , brought to light , and laid before him , &c. on Rev. 3.19 . Lond. 1637. oct . Theologia Theologiae : or , a true treasure of holy truths touching Gods word , and God in the word . Being a discourse on Hebr. 1. ver . 1.2.3 . Lond. 1641. oct . Comment upon the four Evangelists and the Acts of the Apostles . — When this was first published I know not ; sure I am that his Exposition of S. Joh. the Evang. was pr. at Lond. 1646. qu. Comment upon all the Epistles of the Apostles , and upon the Revelation . — Pr. in qu. A decad of common places . — Pr. in qu. Clavis to the Bible . Or , a new comment upon the Pentateuch , or 5 books of Moses , wherein are first difficult places explained ( 2 ) Controversies discussed , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. Comment on Joshua , Judges , Ruth , first and second of Sam. first and sec . of Kings , and first and sec . of Chronicles . Solomonis ΠΑΝΑ′ΡΕΤΟΣ : or , a Commentary upon the books of Proverbs , Ecclesiastes , and the Song of Songs ; wherein the text is explained , some controversies are discussed , divers common places are handled , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. Com. or Exposition upon all the books of the New Test . wherein the text is explained , some controversies are discussed , &c. with a Decad upon these ten heads , Abstinence , Admonition , Alms , Ambition , Angels , Anger , Apostacy , Arrogance , Arts and Atheism . Lond. 1656. fol. sec . edit . with the Authors picture before it . In this folio book are contained the Comment . on the four Evangelists and Acts of the Apostles ; Com. upon the Epistles of the Apost . and upon the Rev. as also A Decad of com . places before mention'd . Com. or Exposition upon the twelve minor Prophets . Wherein the text is explained , some controversies discussed , &c. Lond. 1654. fol. The righteous mans recompence . Or , a true Christian characterized and encouraged . Grounded on Malac. 3.16.17.18 . — Printed with the Com. or Expos . upon the twelve min. Proph. Com. on Proverbs , Ecclesiastes , the Song of Songs , Isaiah , Jeremiah , Lamentations , Ezekiel and Daniel . Lond. 1656 and 60. fol. In this folio is contained the Com. on the Proverbs , Eccles . and Song of Songs , before mentioned , which were pr. in qu. 1650. Com. on Ezra , Nehemiah , Esther , Job and Psalmes . Lond. 1656. fol. At length this voluminous Author paying his last debt to nature on the 17 of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , was buried in the Church of Weston upon Avon in Glocestershire before mentioned near to the grave of sometimes wife . What other things he left behind him fit for the press I know not . Since my writing of this , I find that our Author Trapp was appointed an Assistant to the Commissioners of Warwickshire , for the ejection of such whom they then ( in Olivers Raign ) called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . WILLIAM PRYNNE , a most noted and frequent Writer of his time , was born at Swainswick near Bathe in Somersetshire , an . 1600 , at which time his Father ( as afterwards this his son whom we now mention ) was a Tenant to Oriel Coll. educated in Grammar learning ( as I conceive ) within the same City of Bathe , became a Commoner of the said Coll. of Oriel under the tuition of Giles Widdowes an . 1616 , took one degree in Arts in 1620 , went afterwards to Linc. Inn to obtain knowledge in the Common Law , where he was made successively Barrester , utter Barrester , Bencher and Reader . At his first coming to that Inn he became a great follower and admirer of that noted Puritan Dr. John Preston then Lecturer there ; who finding him to be of an enterprizing nature , hot-spirited , and eager in pursuit of any thing that was put into him , he was looked upon by Preston and his party as the fittest person to adventure upon such exploits which a more sober and considerate man durst not have appeared in . Whereupon he was put into the road of writing , not without the helps and advice of Preston and the Brethren , and having made or gotten a Common-place-book , published several matters against the loosness and debauchery ( so he took it ) of the times , as against drinking of healths , long or womanish hair , Stage-plays , wherein the Queen ( Henr. Maria ) was in a gross manner reflected upon several times , and other matters relating to the Church , Discipline and Members thereof ; which were altogether looked upon as aliene from his profession , and pragmatical and impudent for him so to do . About the time of Christmas an . 1632 , he published a book intit . Histriomastix , &c. wherein breathing out nothing but disgrace to the Nation , infamy to the Church , reproaches to the Court , dishonour to the Queen , and some things which were thought to be tending to the destruction of his Majesties person , as Dr. Pet. Heylyn an enemy to our Author Prynne tells (a) us ; great complaints therefore were made of that book , notwithstanding it had been licensed by Mr. Tho. Buckner Chaplain to Dr. Abbot Archb. of Canterbury . Before I go forward with this matter , you may be pleased to hear what a certain (b) Author saith of it , thus — About this time ( meaning the latter end of 1632 ) Mr. Prynne published his book called Histrio-mastix , by license of Archb. Abbot's Chaplain , which being against Plays , and a reference in the table of the book , to this effect , Women actors notorious Whores , relating to some Women actors mentioned in his book as he affirmeth — It hapned , that about six weeks after this , the Queen acted a part in a Pastoral , at Somerset-house , and then the Archbishop Laud , and other Prelates , whom Prynne had angered , by some books of his against Arminianism , and against the jurisdiction of the Bishops , and by some prohibitions which he had moved , and got to the High Commission Court. — These Prelates and their instruments , the next day after the Queen had acted her Pastoral , shewed Prynne's book against Plays , to the King , and that place of it , Women actors notorious Whores , and they informed the King and Queen , that Prynne had purposely written this book against the Queen and her Pastoral , whereas it was published six weeks before that Pastoral was acted . Yet the King and Queen , though thus exasperated , did direct nothing against him , till Laud set Dr. Heylyn ( who bare a great malice to Prynne for confuting some of his doctrines ) to peruse Prynne's books , and to collect the scandalous points out of them ; which Heylyn did , though ( as Prynne affirms ) not at all warranted by the text of his book ; but these two Gentlemen were well matched , and alike in other things , though so much different in Divinity , or shew of it , &c. Thus our Author here quoted , of whom I shall hereafter make large mention . Upon the said Complaints concerning that book , Heylyn being appointed to collect such passages out of it that were esteemed scandalous to the King , Queen , State , and Government of the Realm , did , after some time , deliver them in writing to Sir John Coke or Cook Secretary of State and to Dr. Laud Bishop of London : the last of which , did soon after , on a Sabbath-day morning go to Will. Noy Attorney Gen. and charged him to prosecute Prynne for the said book , which Noy did rigorously enough . Afterwards Prynne was sent for before the Lords in the Inner Star Chamber , where being examined about the said matters , was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , on the first day of Febr. 1632 , where remaining without permission of Bayle till the month of Feb. 1633 , was at last brought to a Trial in the Court of Star Chamber , ( having been first pre-condemned by the Gentlemen of his own profession ) and afterwards sentenced by that Court on the 17 day of the said month , thro the eager prosecution of the said Noy , to be fined 5000 l. to the King , expelled the University of Oxford , and Lincolns Inn , degraded and disinabled from his profession in the laws , to stand in the Pillory , first in the Pallace-yard in Westminster , and three days after in Cheapside , in each place to loose an ear , ( tho this last part of his censure was much moderated in the execution ) to have his book called Histriomastix publickly burnt before his face by the hand of the Hangman , and remain prisoner during life . After this sentence was executed ( which was in May an . 1634. ) he was remitted to his prison : But all this was so far from working any remorse in him , that it rather hardned him in his ways : for on the 11 of June following , as soon as he could provide himself of pen , ink , and paper , he wrot (c) a most sharp and libellous Letter to Dr. Laud then Archb. of Cant. touching his censure in the said Court , and that which the Archb. in particular had declared against him . With this letter the Archb. acquainted his Majesty , who thereupon commanded him to refer it to Attorney Noy . Noy sent for Prynne from his prison , and demanded of him , whether the letter was of his own hand-writing or not : to which Prynne cunningly replied , that he could make no answer to that demand , unless he could see the letter , and might read the same . No sooner was the letter put into his hands , and Noy's back turn'd a little towards him , but presently he tore it to pieces , and flung the pieces out of the window , to the end that the said letter might not rise in judgment against him , if the Attorney should proceed to an Ore-tenus , as he meant to do . For this affront , and the principal passages of the letter , the Attorney acquaints their Lordships in open Court , but there was no remedy : for being there was no proof of the misdemeanour but the letter it self , and that the letter could not be brought in evidence as it should have been , the Archb. thought it a more noble act to remit the Crime , than trouble the Court , or any of his Majesties Ministers in the prosecution of it . But herein Prynne sped better than some others , who had before been snarling at him , and laboured to expose him to scorn and danger . In Apr. the same year ( which is a step back in this discourse ) he was solemnly degraded in the Univ. of Oxon , and his name dashed out of the Matricula . In 1636 he published two books at once , or immediately after each other . One of them was called The Quench Coal , in answer to that called A coal from the Altar , against placing the Communion-table altarwise . The other named The unbishoping of Timothy and Titus , against the Apostolical institution of Diocesan Bishops . But that which was entituled to him by the name of a Libel , was his Pamphlet called News from Ipswich , intended chiefly against Dr. Wrenn then Bishop of Norwych , who had taken up his dwelling in that Town : and fell as scandalously foul on the Archb. himself , and some of the other Bishops also , and such as acted under them in the present Service . For therein he descants very trimly ( as he conceived ) on the Archb. himself with his Arch-piety , Arch charity , Arch-agent for the devil , &c. With like reproach he fell on the Bishops generally , calling them Luciferian Lord Bishops , execrable Traytors , devouring Wolves , &c. with many other odious names not fit to be used by a Christian , and more particularly on Wrenn , &c. In Midsummer term he was brought to his Trial in the Star Chamber , for what he had done ; but his Answer was so libellous and full of scandal , that no Counsellor could be found to put his hand to it , according to the course of that Court. So that instead thereof he exhibited a cross bill against the Archb. and his Confederates , ( as he called them ) charging them with the greatest part of those Reproaches which had been made the subject matter of his former libels : which being signed by no hands but by his own , and tendred so to the Lord Keeper , was by him rejected , and himself taken pro confesso , his obstinacy in not answering in due form of Law , being generally looked upon by the Court as a self conviction . On the 14 of June an . 1637 , he received his sentence , which briefly was to this effect , that he be fined 5000 l. to the King , to loose the remainder of his ears in the Pillory , to be branded on both cheeks with the letters S. L. for a schismatical libeller , and to be perpetually imprison'd in Caernarvan Castle . At the pronouncing of which sentence the Archb. made a long and elaborate speech in vindication of himself and the rest of the Bishops from any design to bring in Popery , or innovating in the Government and forms of Worship , here by Law established . On the 30 of the said month the Lords censure was put in execution in the Pallace-yard at Westminster ; at which time suffer'd also by clipping of ears John Bastwick Dr. of Physick , not of this , but of another , University ; and Hen. Burton Bac. of Div. Minister of S. Mathews Church in Friday-street in London . On the 27 of July following , our Author Prynne was removed from the Tower to the Fleet , and the same day , being guarded , he began his journey towards Caernarvan Castle in Wales : from which time till the 5 of Aug. when then he arrived at Caernarvan , he was met , saluted , bless'd and exhibited to , by the godly party in all chief Towns that he passed thro . But such a haunt there was to the said Castle when he was there , that for the prevention of all intelligence and correspondence to be held between him and Burton in Lancaster Castle , or with the said Party , the State found it necessary to remove him to Mount Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersey . So that by vertue of a warrant dated 27 Aug. Prynne was conveyed thither , not without great danger , in January following : where being well used , tho closely shut up , he exercised his pen in writing divine and profitable Meditations . In 1640 , Nov. 7. an order issued out from the blessed House of Commons ( as by the said godly party it was called ) for his releasment from his prison , as also for the releasment of Bastwick , who was then in S. Maries Castle in the Isle of Scilly , and for Burton in Castle Cornet in the Isle of Guernsey . So that our Author Prynne and Burton , who were Prisoners at no great distance , met together at Guernsey , and travelled in each others company to London : In whose passage thither , divers of the godly party met them at Dartmouth , Exeter , Lime , Dorchester , Salisbury , Andover , Basing and elsewhere , visited them , blest them , and accompanied them on horse-back some part of their way . On the 28 of the same month they triumphantly entred London , being then accompanied by thousands on foot , and horse-back , and in coaches , with rosemary and bays in their hats , crying Welcome home , welcome home , God bless you , God be thanked for your return , &c. to the great defiance and contempt of Authority and Justice . On the 30 of the said month , they were both presented by their Keepers , who came with them , to the Commons House , where they had liberty granted to frame new Petitions in their own names , according to their own liking , and to present them to the house as soon as they could prepare them . The 3 of Dec. following Prynne presented a large Petition , fully shewing his sufferings , and the grand tyranny , as he call'd it , of the Archbishop , &c. for which afterwards he had (d) a large requital . Not long after , upon the leaving of the House of Commons by divers Members , purposely to adhere to his Majesty , he was elected a Recruiter for a Borough in Cornwall , to serve in that most unhappy Parliament , So that being setled in the House , he became the most busie and pragmatical person of the Herd , and so inveterate and implacable against the Bishops , but more in an especial manner against Laud in private action and speech with him while he was Prisoner in the Tower , in publick speeches against him in the Parliament-house , and in writing and publishing books and Pamphlets of , and against , him , that he could scarce take quiet rest till he had fetch'd off his head , in requital of his ears , that he ( as Prynne pretended ) had taken off before . But of these matters when it was too late , and that he had fully seen to what great woe , misery and confusion the godly party had brought the King and the Nation , he did heartily repent , and wished that when they had cut off his ears they had cut off his head . During the sitting of the Long Parliament he shew'd himself a zealous Covenantier in ordering and setling Presbytery , but when the Independents began to overtop the Brethren , he shew'd himself a bitter enemy to them , and advanced much the Kings Cause , especially in his declension . In 1647 he was appointed one of the Visitors for the Univ. of Oxon by the said Parliament , and how busily he behaved himself the●e in Apr. 1648 , I have told you elsewhere . See in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 1. sub an . 1648. On the 6 of Dec. 1648 , he , with other members of the H. of Com. were turn'd out from the House by the Army , and imprison'd for that they were zealous for peace and in bringing the King to his Parliament . Whereupon he became a bitter enemy to the said Army , and Oliver their Leader ; doing them also much mischief by publishing divers Pamphlets against them and their tyranny . Soon after he conveyed his Estate away to one or more of his Relations , and thereupon denied the paying of taxes , and stood in open defiance to Oliver ; for which he was imprison'd in Dunster Castle in Somersetshire , and brought into trouble . He then stood much upon Magna Charta , the liberty of the Subject ( for which he was beloved by several Cavaliers ) and I know not what . But all that he did being to little purpose , he bent his mind and pen for some time against the Papists , Jews , Quakers , &c. and in writing books of Divinity ; which being not answer'd , or seem'd to be regarded , he grew , as 't were , weary of himself , began to look up at last , and to settle on more moderate and quiet courses . On the 21 of Feb. 1659 , he , as a secluded Member of the Commons house , being restored to sit again , became instrumental for the Kings Restauration , and so forward and bold that he openly spoke in the house , when it was not then seasonable for such expressions , that if the King must come in , it was safest for them that he should come in by the Votes , who had made the War against his father , &c. Which I say being then unseasonably spoken , he was sent for by General Monk and his privy Counsellors , and admonished to be quiet ; and then it was the business of Mr. Will. Morice to keep the then expiring Parliament steddy and clear from intermedling in the change of Government ; in which case he did excellent service , punctually observing the directions of the General , who passionately longed for their dissolution . In Apr. 1660 he the said Prynne was chose a Burgess for the City of Bathe to sit in the Healing Parliament that began at Westm . 25 of the said month ; and after his Maj. Restauration , he , instead of being made one of the Barons of the Exchequer , which , as 't is said , he sought after , was made chief Keeper of his Maj. Records in the Tower of London , with 500 l. per an . salary , ( but afterwards much lessened ) purposely to employ his head from scribling against the State and Bishops . But so it was that he extracting thence several books , did in some of them particularly in his two tomes of An exact chronological Vindication , &c. endeavour to bring an odium upon the Bishops and their function by giving an history in them of the Popes Usurpations upon the King and Subjects of England and Ireland . In Aug. the same year he was appointed one of the six Commissioners for appeals and regulating the Excise ; and in the month of Apr. 1661 he was again elected a Burgess for Bathe to sit in that Parl. that began at Westm . 8. of May the same year : But in July following being discontented at some proceedings in the House , he published a seditious paper against them intit . Sundry reasons tendred to the most honorable House of Peers , &c. against the new intended bill for governing and reforming Corporations . This Pamphlet coming into the hands of several Members of Parliament , who much complained against it , the House appointed a Committee to examine and enquire after the Author , the Printer and Publisher thereof . The Committee met and soon found that Prynne was the Author of it : And accordingly on the 15 of the said month of July the whole matter was reported to the House : who , thereupon , being highly provok'd , Prynne unable to conceal it any longer ( for 't was proved that he had sent that paper to the Printing-house , and that he had corrected the Proof sheet and revise with his own hand ) he flew to the Printing-house and commanded the Compositors to distribute the form , for they would be searched . Which being done , Prynne desired to be heard , and ( unable to evade the evidence ) confessed himself to be the unhappy Author . Then speaking largely , setting forth what service he had done for the King formerly , how kind and civil the King had been to him , &c. alledging that he had no mischievous intent , but was sorry for what he had done , and humbly craved their pardon ; the House then unanimously called upon him to withdraw , and afterwards proceeded to debate it , and resolved upon the question That the said printed paper intit . Sundry reasons , &c. is an illegal , false , scandalous , and seditious Pamphlet . Prynne afterwards was called in again to receive the sense of the House , which was as aforesaid . Then Mr. Speaker ( Sir Edw. Turner ) worthily told him , how sorry he was that a person of his years and experience should commit so foul an offence , and one that had formerly much , and yet now deserved to suffer all his punishments over again , as imprisonment , pillory , &c. But the House had considered his late services and hazards for his Majesty , and in contemplation of them , and his expressions of his sorrow , ( which truly seemed very great ) the House shewed mercy unto him . Prynne then did thankfully acknowledge the justice of the H. in their judgment of his great offence , that the said paper was an illegal , false , scandalous and seditious pamphlet , that he did humbly submit thereunto , and did render most humble thanks to the H. and every Member thereof for their mercy and favour to him : which words he spake with great sense of his own offence , and the Houses goodness , not offering to justifie the least line of his paper , which his conscience told him he could not . Whereupon the H. being satisfied with his confession and recantation , they did remit his offence , and Prynne sate down in his place . From which time to the day of his death we heard of no more libels published by him . The books and little pamphlets that he wrot , were theological , historical , political , controversial , &c. but very few of his own profession : all which are in number near 200 , as the titles following shew , bound up in about 40 volumes in fol. and qu. in Linc. Inn Library : To which , an eminent (*) Sage of the Law who had little respect for those published in his time , promised to give the Works of John Taylor the Water-poet to accompany them . 'T was not only he , but many others afterwards , especially Royalists , that judged his books to be worth little or nothing , his proofs for no arguments , and affirmations for no testimonies , having several forgeries made in them for his and the ends of his brethren . They are all in the English Tongue , and by the generality of Scholars are looked upon to be rather rapsodical and confus'd , than any way polite or concise , yet for Antiquaries , Criticks , and sometimes for Divines , they are useful . In most : of them he shews great industry , but little of judgment , especially in his large folio's against the Popes Usurpations . He may be well intituled Voluminous Prynne , as Tostatus Abulensis was 200 years before his time called Voluminous Tostatus : for I verily believe , that if it rightly computed , he wrot a sheet for every day of his life , reckoning from the time when he came to the use of reason and the state of Man. His custom when he studied was to put on a long quilted cap which came an inch over his eyes , serving as an Umbrella to defend them from too much light , and seldom eating a dinner , would every 3 hours or more be maunching a roll of bread , and now and then refresh his exhausted Spirits with Ale brought to him by his servant . Thou that with Ale , or viler liquors , Did'st inspire Wythers , Prynne , and Vicars , And teach , though it were in despight Of nature , and the stars to write , &c. Thus Hudibras , part 1. — He was a right sturdy and doughty Champion for the Cause , a Puritan Beutifew , an inveterate enemy against the hierarchy of Bishops , especially upon his imprisonment and sufferings for his H●strio mastix , a busie , pragmatical and medling man without end , and one that had brought his body into an ill habit , and so consequently had shortned his days , by too much action and concernment day and night . M. Nedham the Weather-cock tells (a) us , that he was one of the greatest paper worms that ever crept into a closet or library , &c. and others that he never intended an end in writing books , and that his study or reading was not only a wearisomness to the flesh , but to the ears : Nay a printed Petition , whereby some Wags , under the name of the peaceable and well affected people of the three Nations , did shew that whereas Will , Prynne Bencher of Linc. Inn had for many years last past ( reckoning backward from 1659 , in which year the said Petition was published , ) been an indefatigable and impertinent Scribler , and had almost nauseated the sober part of the said Nations with the stench of his carion pasquills and pamphlets , for some whereof he had suffered under the hierarchy in the time of the late King , &c. that he might have an act of amnesty and pardon for all his Treasons , Seditions , Jesuitismes , Contempts of Government , misunderstanding of the Scripture , Law and Reason , Misquotations and misapplications of Authorities to his pasquills , &c. Which Petition I say being published , and cried in Westm . Hall and about London streets , did so extreamly perplex Prynne for a time , that he became in a manner craz'd . To conclude : I must now let the Reader know , that there was no Writer of his time , nor ever before , except Bale , that was given more to calumny and railing in his Writings than he , especially against the Bishops , true Churchmen of England , Episcoparians and Papists , while in the mean time his Brethren that deserved justly to be chastised by his pen , were omitted . As for his railing at the Episcoparians , all readers of his books pen'd against Dr. Laud and the Bishops may in a plentiful manner behold ; and what he says against the Papists , let it be truth or not truth , may also in them be easily discern'd . But for these last , the Papists , let one of their (b) number , who is a grave Writer , characterize our Author Prynne for an egregious lye that he hath committed against a red-letter'd-man and against the English Papists , when he would have them all massacred in 1666. — Yet of late this poysonous humour of calumniating Gods Saints is become the principal character of the new reformed Gospel . I will add one example more of a Calumniator , at least parallel to these ; viz. Mr. Will. Prynne a late stigmatized Presbyterian , who in his not long since published censure of Archb. Whitgift , charges S. Anselme (c) that he induced Sir Walt. Tyrrell to murder K. Will. Rufus . Now by the consent of all Historians , Tyrrell himself was no murderer , for it was by the unhappy casual glancing of an arrow that the King was slain . However it hapned , yet certain it is that at that time S. Anselme was an exil'd person in France : and whereas at the Kings burial many noble men met , but few mourn'd for his death , yet saith a late Protestant (d) Historian , of all mourners Anselme expressed most cordial sorrow at the news ▪ That blasphemous tongue therefore must expect that such envenomed darts as these , shot against heaven it self , will , if he repent not , one day descend upon his own head , and the wounds made by them never be cured . But alas , what repentance can be expected in such a person who is inveteratus dierum malorum , when we see in his decrepit age his rancorous tongue against innocent Catholicks yet more violently set on fire of hell , so far as to sollicite a general Massacre of them by publishing himself , and tempting others to damn their souls also , by publishing through the whole Kingdom that in the last fatal calamity by fire , hapning to London ( 1666 ) they were the only Incendiaries . This he did , tho himself at the same time confessed that not the least proof could be produced against them : But , said he , it concerns us that this report should be believed . Complaints of this most execrable Attentate were made , and several Oaths to confirm this were offer'd ; but in vain . However surely there is a reward for the innocent oppressed . And whatsoever Mr. Prynne may think , doubtless there is a God who judges the World. Let him therefore remember what the spirit of God says , Quid detur , What must be given to thee , and what must be assigned to thee for thy portion , O deceitful Tongue ? Sharp darts cast by an almighty arm with devouring coals ( of Juniper ) &c. The books and pamphlets that this unwearied Writer hath published are these . The perpetuity of a regenerate mans estate , against the Saints total and final Apostacy . Lond. 1627. qu. Healths sickness . Or a compendious and brief discourse , proving the drinking , and pledging of healths , to be sinful and utterly unlawful unto Christians &c. Lond. 1628. qu. The un-loveliness of Love-locks , and long ( womanish ) hair . Ibid. 1628. qu. Brief survey and censure of Mr. Cozens his couzening devotions . Ibid. 1628. qu. This was written against the Private devotions that were published by John Cosin , afterwards Bishop of Durham , as containing Arminianisme in them , as Prynne says ; who adds that it was one of the (e) reasons why Laud Archb. of Cant. did malign him and caused his Histrio-mastix to be called into question . Anti-Arminianisme : or the Church of Englands old antithesis to new Arminianisme , &c. Lond. 1630. It was twice pr. that year in qu. Appendix concerning bowing at the name of Jesus . — See more in Giles Widdowes , under the year 1645 , who by the strangeness of his parts , was fitted as 't were on purpose to duell with Prynne ( as Don Quixot with the Wind-mill , which no man else was Knight errant enough to encounter ) about the said matter . God no impostor or deluder : or , an answer to a Popish and Arminian cavil in defence of free will and universal Grace , wherein Gods tender of Grace , &c. Lond. 1629. 30. qu. Lame Giles his haultings , together with an appendix concerning the popish original and progress of bowing at the name of Jesus . Ibid. 1631. qu. Written against Giles Widdowes before mention'd . Histrio-mastix : The playes scourge , &c. against the intollerable mischief and abuses of common playes and play-houses . Ibid. 1633. qu. Books written during his imprisonment in the Tower of Lond. Appendix , supplementum , & Epilogus , ad Flagellum Pontificis ; touching the parity of Bishops and Presbyters jure divino — An. 1635. This Flagellum was written by Joh. Bastwick Dr. of Phys . of Padua , sometimes of Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards a Practitioner at Colchester in Essex , in which County he was born . A breviate of the Bishops intollerable usurpations and encroachments upon the Kings prerogative , and Subjects liberties ; with an appendix to it — An. 1635. Certain Queries propounded to the bowers at the name of Jesus , and the Patrons thereof — An. 1636. The unbishoping of Timothy and Titus ; proving them no diocesan Bishops of Ephesus and Crete , and that Presbyters have a divine right to ordain Ministers , as well as Bishops , with a Postscript — Print . 1636 , reprinted with additions at Lond. 1660. qu. the Bishops then being about to be restored by K. Ch. 2. Looking●glass for all Lordly Prelates — An. 1636. Certain Queries propounded to Bishops , &c. — An. 1636. Instructions for Church Wardens concerning visitatation — articles , fees , oathes , &c. — An. 1636. News from Ipswich , discovering certain late detestable practices of some domineering Lordly Prelates , to undermine the established doctrine and discipline of our Church , &c. — Printed , as 't is said , at Ipswich ( but false ) an . 1636 in one sh . in qu. Published under the name of Matthew White , three times in that year , and another time in 1641. He the said Prynne had also a special hand in the writing of a book intit . A divine Tragedy lately acted : or , a collection of sundry memorable examples of Gods judgment upon Sabbath breakers , &c Printed by stealth an . 1636. qu. At the end of which is an Appendix , pr. in another character , containing the sufferings of Prynne for his Histrio-mastix , and the miserable end ( as 't is there said ) that befel Will. Noy the chief instrument of his sufferings . Catalogue of such testimonies in all ages , as plainly evidence Bishops and Presbyters to be both one , equal and the same in jurisdiction office , &c. by divine law and institution , &c. — An. 1637. reprinted in qu. in double columes , an . 1641. A quench coal , with an appendix to it , in answer to A coal from the altar , and other Pamphlets . touching altars , and bowing to , or towards , them — An. 1637. An humble remonstrance against the tax of ship●money lately imposed , laying open the illegality , injustice , abuses and inconveniences thereof — Written 1636. corruptly printed without the authors privity at Lond. 1641. qu. Since which time 't was reprinted by a perfect copy at Lond. 1643 in 4. sh . in qu. Additions to the first part of a dialogue between A. and B. concerning the Sabbaths morality , and the unlawfulness of pastimes on the Lords day — Twice printed in 1636. The antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy , both to legal monarchy and civil unity . Or an historical collection of the several execrable treasons , conspiracies , rebellions , state-schismes , contumacies of antimonarchical English , British , French , Scottish , and Irish Lordly Prelates , against our King , Kingdoms , &c. — Enlarged and published by authority , since the authors enlargement and return from exile — Lond. 1641. qu. in two parts . All the bad things concerning Bishops which Prynne could pick and rake out of Histories , he hath at large set down , but the good things he hath omitted , such was , and is the charity , of him and the Brethren . Those matters also which Dr. Godwin B. of Hereford did out of a puritanical peak collect against the antient Cath. Bishops , he also very readily hath collected together to bring an odium on their function . Books compiled by Prynne during his close imprisonment in Mount-Orgueil Castle in Jersey . Mount-Orgueil : or divine and profitable meditations raised from the contemplations of these three leaves of natures volume , 1. Rocks . 2. Seas . 3. Gardens . Lond. 1641. qu. A poetical description of Mount-Orgueil Castle to the Isle of Jersey . The Souls complaint against the bodies encroachment on her : and comfortable co●dials against the discomforts of imprisonment . — This is a poem . Pleasant purge for a Rom. Catholick to evacuate his evil humours , consisting of a century of polemical epigrams — These three last things are printed and bound up with Mount-Orgueil : or divine , &c. The reader is to observe that during the time of Prynn's imprisonment was published a book intit . Woodstreet-Compters plea for its prisoner . Or , the sixteen reasons which induce Nathan . Wickins , late servant to Mr. Will. Prynne , but now prisoner in the said Compter , to refuse to take the Oath ex officio , wherein , &c. — Printed 1638 in 10. sh . in qu. Which book , tho put out under the name of Nath. Wickins , yet it was generally supposed that Prynne was the chief composer , because of the many quotations therein . Books written by W. Prynne since his enlargement and return from exile ; not to mention his Petition to be recalled from exile , &c. which was printed . New discovery of the Prelates Tyranny , in their late prosecutions of Mr. Will. Prynne , Dr. John Bastwick and Mr. Hen. Burton . Wherein the joint proceedings against them in the High commission and Star-chamber , &c. Lond. 1641. qu. In which book he does Archbishop Laud a great deal of injustice , especially in this respect , that all the things that make against him , or sounds ill to his name , he with great zeal scrapes together , whilst any thing that sounds to his honour , or the least good that he hath done , he doth omit . A soveraign antidote to prevent , appease and determine our unnatural destructive Civil Wars and dissentions , wherein , &c. Lond. 1642 in three sh in qu. It was twice printed . Vindication of Psal . 105. ver . 15. ( Touch not my anointed and do my Prophets no harm ) from some false glosses lately obtruded on by Priests and Royalists . Ibid. 1642 and 44. in 1. sh . in qu. The treachery and disloyalty of Papists to their Soveraigns , with the soveraign power of Parliaments and Kingdoms , in 4. parts . Ibid. 1643 in a large qu. Appendix manifesting by sundry Histories that in the antient Roman Kingdom and Empire , &c. the supreme Soveraignty of power resided not in Emperors and Kings themselves , but in their Kingdoms , &c. — This is printed at the end of The treachery and &c. Romes Master-piece . Or , the grand conspiracy of the Pope and his Jesuitical instruments , to extirpate the Protestant rel●gion , re-establish popery , subvert laws , liberties , peace , parliaments , by kindling a Civil War in Scotland , &c. Lond. 1643 and 44 in 5. sh . in qu. see more in Dr. Will. Laud under the year 1644. who made notes in the margin of the said book , so far , and so much , as to vindicate himself from certain aspersions laid upon him in the said book . The opening of the great seal of England : containing certain brief historical and legal observations , touching the original , antiquity , progress , use , necessity of the great zeal of the Kings and Kingdom of England hi respect of charters , &c. Ibid. 1643 in 5. sh . in qu. or thereabouts . The doom of cowardise and treachery . Or a looking glass for cowardly and corrupt Governors and Soldiers , who through pusillaminity or bribery , betray their trusts to publick prejudice , &c. Lond 1643 in 10. sh . in qu. or thereabouts . Written in relation to Nath. Fiennes his surrendring up Bristow for the Kings use . See more in Nath. Fiennes and Clem. Walker . Popish Royal favourite . Or , a full discovery of his Maj. extraordinary favour to , and protection of notorious Papists , Priests , Jesuits , &c. manifested by sundry letters of Grace , Warrants , &c. Ibid. 1●43 in about 10. sh . in qu. Answer'd by N. D. in a book intit . — Vindiciae Caroli Regis . Or , a loyal vindication of the King , &c. Pr. 1645. qu. Moderate apology against a pretended calumny : in answer to some passages in The preheminence of Parliaments , published by James Howell , &c. Ibid. 1644 in one sh in qu. Check to Britannicus for his palpable flattery , &c. Lond. 1644. Written against M. Nedham concerning some passages in one or two of his Merc. Britan. in Vindication of Nath. Fiennes . Whereupon came out soon after a pamphl . intit . A check to the checker , &c. The falsities and forgeries of the Anonymous author of a Pamphlet intit . The fallacies of Mr. Will. Prynne discovered , in a short view of his book intit . The Soveraignty of Parliaments — The opening of the Great Seal , &c. Ibid. 1644 in 1. sh . in qu. Four serious questions touching excommunication and suspension from the Sacrament . Lond. 1644. qu. Twelve considerable serious questions touching Church-government . Ibid. 1644. in 1. sh . in qu. Independency examined , unmasked , refuted by 12 new particular interrogatories , &c. Lond. 1644 in two sh in qu. This was answer'd by a brother-sufferer of Prynne ( Hen. Burton ) and his late companion in tribulation . Lond. 1644. It was twice pr. in that year . A fuller reply to certain brief observations and anti-queries on Mr. Prynns 12 questions about Church government , &c. Ibid. 1644. in tw . sh . in qu. Brief animadversions on Mr. John Goodwins Theomachia , &c. Lond. 1644 in one sh . in qu. True and full relation of the prosecution , arraignment , tryal and condemnation of Nath. Fiennes , late Colonel and Governour of the City of Bristol , &c. Ibid. 1644. qu. Clem. Walker was half author of this pamphlet . Just defence of John Bastwick Dr. of Physick against the calumnies of John Lilbourne Lieut. Col. and his false accusations : written in way of reply to a letter of Mr. Vicars , &c. Lond. 1645. in 5. sh . in qu. The lyer confounded : or , a brief refutation of John Lilbourne , &c. Ibid. 1645. Truth triumphing over falshood , antiquity over novelty : or , a seasonable vindication of the undoubted ecclesiastical jurisdiction , right , legislative , and coercive power of Christian Emperors , Kings , Magistrates Parliaments , in matter of Religion , Church government , &c. in summoning of , and presiding in Councils , &c. in refutation of John Goodwins Innocencies triumph , and his dear brother B●rtons Vindication of Churches commonly called Independent , &c. Lond. 1645. qu. Hidden works of darkness brought to publick light ▪ or , a necessary introduction to the history of the Archbish . of Cant. Tryal , &c. Ibid. 1645. fol. Suspension suspended : or , the Divines of Sion Coll. late claim of the power of suspending scandalous persons , from the Lords Supper , &c. is briefly examined , discussed , refuted , &c. Lond. 1646 in 6. sh . in qu. Vindication of four serious questions of grand importance , concerning excommunication , and suspension from the Lords Supper , &c. against a rev . brother (*) of Scotland in a Sermon at S. Margarets Westminster 5. Sept. 1645. Ibid. 1645. 6. in 9. sh . in qu. Answer'd by Joh. Saltmarsh in his pamph . intit . The opening of Mr. Prynns new book called a Vindication : or , light breaking out from a cloud of differences , or late controversies , wherein are inferences upon the Vindication , &c. Lond. 1645 in 6 sh . in qu. Fresh discovery of some prodigious new wandring blazing stars and firebrands , stiling themselves New lights , firing our Church and State into new combustions . Divided into 10 sections , comprising , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. 2d . edit . To which are added of Prynn's collection Letters , papers , and a petition , lately sent from the summer Islands touching the schismatical , illegal , tyrannical proceedings of some Independents there , &c. Diatrophes catechised : or , 16 important questions touching the ecclesiastical jurisdiction and censures , &c. Ibid. 1646. in two sh . in qu. 3d edit . Twelve questions of publick concernment , touching the regulation of some abuses in the law and legal proceedings . Lond. 1646. qu. Scotlands antient obligation to England and publick acknowledgment thereof for their brotherly assistance and deliverance of them . Ibid. 1646. qu. Scotlands publick acknowledgment of Gods just judgments upon their nation for their frequent breach of faiths , leagues , oathes , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. Canterburies Doom . or , the first part of a compleat history of the commitment , charge , tryal , condemnation , execution of William Laud late Archb. of Cant. &c Ibid. 1646. fol. Minors no Senators , Lond. 1646. in 2. sh . in qu. Written against young men ( under age ) sitting in the House of Commons . A Gag for Longhaird Rattle heads . Lond. 1646. qu. Plain and short expedient to settle the distractions of the Kingdom . Ibid. 1647. Counter-plea to the cowards apologie . Ibid. 1647. Account of the Kings Majesties revenues and debts . Ibid. 1647. Declaration of the Officers and Armies illegal injurious proceedings and practices against the XI impeached members Lond. 1647. Eight queries upon the declaration , and late letter of the Army . Ibid. 1647. Nine queries upon the printed charge of the Army against the XI members . Ibid. 1647. The Hypocrites unmask'd . Lond. 1647. New Presbyterian light , springing out of Independent darkness . Ibid. 1647. The total and final demands of the Army . Ibid. 1647. Brief justification of the XI accused members from a scandalous Libel . Ibid. 1647. A plea for the Lords . Ibid. 1647. The levellers levell'd , &c. Lond. 1647. A pamphlet with such a title March. Nedham published the same year . The sword of Christian Magistracy supported : or , a full vindication of Christian Kings and Magistrates authority under the Gospel , to punish Idolatry , Apostacy , Heresie , Blasphemy and obstinate Schisme with pecuniary , corporal , and , in some cases , with capital punishments . Lond. 1647 qu. Translated into latine by Wolfgangus Meyerus , and printed in Germany , an . 1650. Vindication of Sir Will. Lewes from his charge . Ibid. 1647. The said Sir William was one of the XI . accused members . Full vindication and answer of the XI . accused members , viz. Denz Hollis , &c. to a late printed pamphlet entit . A particular charge or impeachment in the name of Sir Tho Fairfax and the Army against the XI members . Ibid. 1647. in 6. sh . in qu. The Lords and Commons first love to , zeal for , and earnest vindication of their injuriously accused and impeached members , and violated priviledges . &c. Ibid , 1647. in 3. sh . in qu. The University of Oxfords plea refuted . Or , a full answer to a late printed paper , intit . The priviledges of the Univ. of Oxf. in point of Visitation , &c. Lond. 1647. in 8 sh . in qu. Soon after came out a Pamphlet of one sh . intit . An account of Mr. Prynne's refutation of the Univ. of Oxf. plea , &c. Pen'd by Rob. Waring as I have told you before ; and another in two sh . intit . A short censure of the book of Mr. Will. Prynne intit . The Univ. of Oxf. &c. Written by Edw. Bagshaw . The said Refutation of Oxf. plea , published by Prynne , was all taken from the papers of Dr. Laud Archb. which he had seized upon at Lambeth some years before ; I mean the very same papers , which he the said Archb. had collected and framed in 1635 , when he endeavoured to visit the Univers . of Oxon. as Archbishop of Canterbury . Nine proposals by way of interrogation , to the General , Officers , and Soldiers of the Army , concerning the justice of their proceedings in law or conscience against the Parliament . Lond. 1647. qu. Twelve Queries of publick concernment . Ibid. 1647 in half a sh . in qu. Publick declaration and solemn protestation of the Freemen of England , against the illegal , intollerable , undoing grievance of Free-quarter . Ibid. 1648. in 8. sh . in qu. The Machevillian Cromwellist . Ibid. 1648. Irenarches redivivus . Or , a brief collection of sundry useful statutes and petitions in Parliament ( not hitherto printed ) concerning the necessity , institution , office , oathes , &c. or Justices of peace . Lond. 1648. in 8 sh . in qu. Ardua regni Or , 12 arduous doubts of great concernment to the Kingdom . Ibid. 1648. The case of the impeached Lords , Commons and Citizens truly stated . Ibid. 1648. in 3. sh . in qu. Practical law controuling , countermanding the common law , and the sword of war , the sword of Justice . — Printed , as 't is said , in the title at Exeter 1648. Plea for the Lords . Or , a short yet full and necessary vindication of the judiciary and legislative power of the House of Peers . Lond. 1648. and 58. qu. The petition of right of the Free-holders and Freemen of the Kingdom of England . Lond ▪ 1648. A new magna charta . Lond. 1648. The County of Somerset divided into several Classes . Ibid. 1648. Mercurius Rusticus , containing news from several Counties of England , and their joynt addresses to the Parliament . Ibid. 1648. Just and solemn protestation and remonstrance of the Lord Mayor , Common-council-men , and Free-men of Lond. Ibid. 1648. The substance of a speech made in the H. of Com. on Munday 4. Dec. 1648 touching the satisfactoriness of the Kings answer to the propositions of both houses for settlement of a firm lasting peace , &c. Lond. 1648 in 18. sh . in qu. Three editions of which came out in less than within the compass of one year . This Speech , as those of Prynnes opinion say , did so admirably well state the said Kings answer with such solid reasons , arguments and precedents out of Divinity , Law and History , that no man took up the bucklers against him . Appendix for the Kingdoms better satisfaction of some occurrences since the said speech — This was printed with , and added to , one of the editions of the said Speech . True and perfect narrative of the Officers and Armies forcible seizing divers members of the Commons house , Dec. 6. and 7. Lond. 1648. Second part of the narrative concerning the Armies force upon the Commons house , and members . Ibid. 1648. Protestation of the secured and secluded members . Ibid. 1648. Vindication of the imprison'd and secluded members of the H. of Com. from the aspersions cast upon them in the majority of the House , in a paper lately printed and published intit . An humble answer of the general counsel of Officers of the Army under Thom. Lord Fairfax , &c. Lond. 1649. in 5 sh . in qu. Demand of his ( Prynnes ) liberty to the General . 26. Dec. 1648 , with his answer thereto , and his answer and declaration thereupon . Remonstrance and declaration of several Counties , Cities , and Boroughes against the unfaithfulness of some of their Knights , Citizens and Burgesses . Lond. 1648. Brief memento to the present un parliamentary Juncto , touching their present intentions and proceedings to depose and execute K. Charles , Jan. 1. an . 1648. Ibid. 1649. in tw . sh . in qu. Reprinted at Lond. 1660. qu. Impeachment of high treason against Lieutenant Gen. Cromwell , and other Army-Officers ... Jan. 1648. Four considerable positions for the sitting members , Judges and others to ruminate upon , ... Jan. 1648. Six propositions of undoubted verity , fit to be considered of in our present exigency , by all loyal Subjects and conscientious Christians . Six serious Queries concerning the Kings trial by the new high Court of Justice . Lond. 1648. Books written by the said W. Prynne after the murder of K. Ch. 1. Proclamation proclaiming Charles Pr. of Wales , King of Gr. Britaine , France and Ireland , 1. Feb. in the first year of his raign — An. 1648. Declaration and protestation of the Peers , Lords and Barons against the Usurpations of some members of the Common House , 8. Feb. 1648. Publick declaration and protestation of the secured and secluded members of the H. of Com. against the treasonable and illegal late acts and proceedings of some few confederate members of that House , since their forcible exclusion , 13. Feb. 1648. New Babele's confusion : or , several votes of the Commons assembled in Parliament , against certain papers , intit . The agreement of the People , &c. Lond. 1649. in one sh . in qu. See in Hen. Ireton under the year 1651. Prynne the member reconcil'd to Prynne the Barrester . Or , an answer to a scandalous pamphlet intit . Prynne against Prynne : Wherein is demonstrated that Will. Prynne Utter Barrester of Linc. Inn in his Soveraign power in Parliaments and Kingdoms , is of the same judgment with , and no ways contradictory to , Will. Prynne Esq . a member of the H. of Commons in his Memento , &c. Lond. 1649 in 4 sh . in qu. First part of an historical collection of the antient Councils and Parliaments of England , from the year 673 till an . 1216 &c. Ibid. 1649 in 4. sh . in qu. Legal vindication of the liberties of England against illegal taxes , and pretended Acts of Parliament lately enforced on the people : or , reasons assigned why he ( Prynne ) can neither in conscience , law , or prudence submit to the new illegal tax and contribution of 90 thousand pounds the month , lately imposed on the Kingdom . Lond. 1649 in 8. sh . in qu. Reprinted with additions in 1660. Arraignment , conviction and condemnation of the Westmonasterian Junctoes engagement . Ibid. 1650. Brief apologie for all Non-subscribers , and looking-glass for all apostate Prescribers and Subscribers of the new engagement , &c. Ibid. 1650 in 2 sh . qu. The time serving Proteus and Ambidexter Divine , uncased to the world . Lond. 1650. qu. This was written against one John Durie , as I have told you in the Fasti , in the first vol. an . 1624. Sad and serious considerations touching the invasive war against our Presbyterian Brethren of Scotland — Written in Dunster Castle during his close imprisonment there , in Sept. 1650. A Gospel plea ( interwoven with a rational and legal ) for the antient setled maintenance and tenths of the Ministers of the Gospel . Lond. 1653. Reprinted with the second part thereof , an . 1659. Jus Patronatus : or , a brief legal and rational plea for Advowsons and Patrons antient , lawful , just , and equitable rights and titles to present Incumbents to Parish Churches or Vicaridges upon vacancies , &c. Ibid. 1654. in 7. sh . in qu. Declaration and protestation against the illegal , detestable and oft condemned tax and extorsion of Excise in general , and for hope in particular . Ibid. 1654. qu. First part of a seasonable , legal and historical vindication and chronological collection of the good old fundamental liberties , rights , laws , government of all English Free-men . Lond. 1654. 55. qu. The second part of this was printed at Lond. 1655. qu. New discovery of free-state tyranny , containing four letters in his own vindication , sent to John Bradshaw and his Associates . Ibid. 1655. qu. Brief polemical dissertation , concerning the true time of the inchoation and determination of the Lords day sabbath , from evening to evening . Lond. 1655. qu. The Quakers unmasked , and clearly detected to be but the spawn of Romish frogs , Jesuits and Franciscan Fryers , sent from Rome to seduce the intoxicated giddy-headed English nation , &c. Ibid. 1655 in 5. sh . in qu. printed there again in 1664. An old Parliamentary prognostication made at Westminster for the present new year , and puny members there assembled . Lond. 1655. Seasonable vindication of free admission to , and frequent administration of , the holy Communion , to all visible Church members , regenerate , or unregenerate , &c. Ibid. 1656 qu. New discovery of some Romish Emissaries , Quakers , as likewise of some popish errours , unadvisedly embraced , persued by our anti-communion Ministers . Discovering the dangerous effects of their discontinuing the frequent administration of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1656. qu. Legal vindication of two important Queries of present general concernment , clearly discovering from our statute , common , and cannon laws , the bounden duty of Ministers and Vicars of parish Churches , to administer the Sacraments , as well as preach to their parishioners , and the legal remedies against them , in case of obstinate refusal . Ibid. 1656. in qu. It was twice pr. in that year . Short demurrer to the Jews long discontinued barred Remitter into England ; comprising an exact chronological relation of their first admission into England , their ill deportment , misdemeanours , condition , sufferings , &c. Lond. 1656. sec . edit . in qu. The second part of the said Short demurrer , &c. was printed at the same place also in 1656 ▪ qu. A summary collection of the principal fundamental rights , liberties , properties of all English Free men . Ibid. 1656. qu. Two editions , the second of which was much enlarged . Lords Supper briefly vindicated , and clearly demonstrated to be a Grace-begetting , Soul-converting ( not a meer confirming ) ordinance . Lond. 1657. Answer'd by S. S. Minister of the Gospel in a book intit . Holy things for holy men : or , the Lawyers plea non-suited , &c. Lond. 1657. 8. qu. The subjection of all Traytors , Rebels , as well Peers as Commons , in Ireland , to the laws , statutes and tryals by Juries of good and lawful men of England , in the Kings bench at Westm . for treasons perpetrated by them in Ireland &c. Being an argument at law made in the court of the Kings bench , term . Hillar . 20. Car. Reg. in the case of Connor Magwire an Irish Baron , &c. Lond. 1658. and 81. qu. Probable expedient for future peace and settlement . Ibid. 1658. Twelve serious Queries proposed to all conscientious electors of Knights , Citizens and Burgesses , for the Assembly Ibid. 1658. Twelve several heads of publick grievances , and useful necessary proposals of the western Counties , Cities and Boroughs , to their Knights , Citizens and Burgesses , an . 1658. Eight military Aphorismes , demonstrating the usefulness , unprofitableness , hurtfulness and prodigal expensiveness of all standing English Forts and Garrisons , to the people of England , &c. Lond. 1658 in 5. sh . in qu. The first part of a brief register , kalendar and survey of several kinds , forms of all Parliamentary writs , &c. Ibid. 1659. Beheaded Dr. John Hewyts Ghost , pleading , yea crying for exemplary justice against the misnamed high Court of Justice . Lond. 1659. qu. The true good old cause rightly stated , and the false uncased . Ibid. 1659 two edit . in one sh . in qu. Answer'd by Anon. in 3. sh . in qu. intit . Mr. Prynns Good old cause stated and stunted 10 years ago , &c. and by Hen. Stubbe in his Commonwealth of Israel , &c. The Reipublicans and others spurious good old cause , briefly and truly anatomized , to preserve our native Country , Kingdom , legal Government , &c. Ibid. 1659. three edit . in 3 sh . in qu. In answer partly to this came out soon after A Christian concertation with Mr. Prynne , Mr. Baxter , and Mr. Ja. Harrington , for the true cause of the Commonwealth , being an answer to Mr. Prynns ▪ Anatomy of the Republick and his True and perfect narrative . To part of Mr. Baxters Holy Commonwealth with some reflections on his Catholick key . — Written by John Rogers . New cheaters forgeries detected , disclaimed , &c. Lond. 1659. True and perfect narrative of what was done , spoken by and between Mr. Prynne , the old and newly forcibly late secluded members , the Army officers , and those now sitting , both in the common Lobby , house and elsewhere , on the 7. and 9. of May , &c. Lond. 1659 in 14. sh . in qu. Whereupon came out a pamphlet of one sh . in qu. intit . The character or Ear-mark of Mr. Will. Prynne , author of a great many scandalous pasquills , &c. Ten considerable Queries concerning Tithes , &c. against the Petitioners and petitions for their total abolition , as Antichristian , Jewish , burdensome , &c. Ibid. 1659. in 1. sh in qu. Answer to a proposition in order to the proposing of a Commonwealth or Democracy . Ibid. 1659. Concordia discors : or , the dissonant harmony of sacred publick oathes , protestations , leagues , covenants , ingagements , lately taken by many time-serving Saints , Officers , without scruple of conscience , making a very unpleasant consort in the ears of our most faithful , &c : Lond. 1659 in 6. sh . in qu. The remainder of A Gospel plea for the tithes and setled maintenance of the Ministers of the Gospel . Ibid. 1659. A brief necessary vindication of the old and new secluded members , from the false malicious calumnies ; and of the fundamental rights , liberties , privileges , &c. from the late avowed subversions . 1. of Joh. Rogers in his Christian concertion with Mr. Will. Prynne and others . 2. of March. Nedham in his Interest will not lie , &c. Ibid. 1659. in 8. sh . in qu. Short , legal , medicinal , useful , safe , easie prescription to recover our Kingdom , Church , Nation from their present dangerous distractive , destructive confusion , and worse than Bedlam madness , &c. Lond. 1659 in one sh . and half in qu. Conscientious , serious , Theological and Legal Queries propounded to the twice dissipated , self-created Anti-parliamentary Westminster Juncto , and its members . To convince them of , humble them for , &c. Ibid. 1660 in 6. sh . and half in qu. It was printed in Nov. 1659. Seven additional Queries in behalf of the secluded members , propounded to the twice broken Rump now sitting , the Cities of Westm . London &c. Ibid. 1660 in one sh . in qu. It was published in Dec. 1659. Case of the old secured , secluded , and twice excluded members , briefly and truly stated , for their own vindication , &c. Lond. 1660 in 1. sh . in qu. published in Decemb. 1659. Full declaration of the true state of the secluded members case , in vindication of themselves and their privileges , and of the respective Counties , &c. Ibid. 1660. published 5. Jan. 1659 in 7. sh . and half in qu. Remonstrance of the Noblemen , Knights , Gentlemen , Clergy-men , Free●holders , Citizens , Burgesses , and Commons , of the late Eastern , Southern , Western association , who desire to shew themselves faithful and constant to the good old cause , &c. Ibid. 1659. Ten Queries upon the ten new commandments of the general Council of the Officers of the Army , 22. Dec. 1659. Printed in 1. sh . in qu. Brief narrative of the manner how divers members of the H. of Commons , that were illegally and unjustly imprisoned or secluded by the Armies force in Dec. 1648 and May 7. an . 1659 , coming on the 27 Dec. 1659 to discharge their trust , were again shut out by the pretended order of the members sitting &c. Lond. 1660 in 1. sh . and an half in qu. This was published in the latter end of Dec. 1659. Six important Queries proposed to the re-sitting Rump of the Long Parliament , fit to be satisfactorily resolved , &c. — Printed in Dec. 1659 in one sh . on one side . The privileges of Parliament , which the members , Army , and this Kingdom have taken the protestation and covenant to maintain — Reprinted in 1. sh . in qu. 5. Jan. 1659 the day appointed to remember them . Copy of the presentment and indictment found and exhibited by the Gr. Jury of Middlesex on the last day of Hilary term , 1659 against Coll. Matthew Alured , Coll. John Okey , and others for assaulting and keeping Sir Gilb. Gerard ( and other members ) by force of Arms out of the Commons house of Parl. on 27. Dec. 1659. Lond. 1660. Three seasonable Queries proposed to all those Cities , Counties and Burroughs , whose respective Citizens , &c. have been forcibly excluded , unjustly ejected and disabled to sit in the Commons H. by those now acting at Westm . Ibid. 1660. It was published about the latter end of Dec. 1659 , on one side of a sh . of paper . Humble petition and address of the Sea-men and Water-men in and about the City of Lond. to the L. Mayor , Aldermen and Commons of the City of Lond. in Com. Council assembled , for a free and legal Parliament , &c. Ibid. 1660. Seasonable and healing instructions , humbly tendered to the Free-holders , Citizens and Burgesses of England and Wales , to be seriously commended by them to their respective Knights , Citizens , Burgesses , elected and to be elected for the next Parliament , 25 Apr. 1660. Books and Pamphlets written after the restauration of his Maj. K. Ch. 2. Second part of a brief Register , Kalendar , and Survey of the several kinds of Parliamentary Writs ( relating to the H. of Commons ) &c. Lond. 1660. qu. Bathonia rediviva . The humble address of the Mayor , Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Bathe to the Kings most excellent Maj. presented by Mr. Prynne , 16 June 1660. Lond. 1660. The first part of the signal loyalty of Gods true Saints and pious Christians ( as likewise of Pagans ) towards their King , both before and under the Law and Gospel , expressed in and by their constant public prayers , supplications , intercessions , thanksgiving for them . Lond. 1660. quart . The 2 part of ●ig . Loyalty ; together with various forms of prayers , supplications , votes , acclamations , ceremonies and solemnities used at the Coronations of Emperors and Kings , especially of the Kings of England . Ibid. 1660. quart . Vindication of Christian Kings , transcribed out of Joh. Hus . Ibid. 1660. qu. Sundry reasons humbly tendered to the most honorable H. of Peers , by some Citizens and Members of Lond. and other Cities , Burroughs , Corporations and Ports against the new intended bill for governing and reforming Corporations . — Some few of these reasons were published , and the rest suppressed . A short sober pacific examination of some exuberances in , and ceremonial appurtenances to , the Common Prayer , &c. Lond. 1661. qu. Brevia parliamentaria rediviva : in 13 sections , containing several catalogues of the numbers , dates of all bundles of original Writs of summons and elections , newly found , or formerly extant , in the Tower of London , &c. Ibid. 1662. qu. Apology for tender consciences , touching not bowing at the name of Jesus . Ibid. 1662. qu. The fourth part of a register and survey of the several kinds and forms of Parliamentary Writs , &c. Lond. 1664. qu. The first Tome : or , an exact chronological vindication and historical demonstration of our British , Roman , Saxon , Danish , Norman , English Kings supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction , in , over all spiritual , or religious affairs , causes , persons , &c. within their Realms of England , Scotland , Ireland , and other dominions , from the original planting of Christian Religion , &c. to the death of K. Rich. 1. an . 1199. Lond. 1666 , in a large fol. The second Tome of an exact chronological vindication , &c. from the first year of K. John 1199 to the death of K. Hen. 3. dom . 1273 , &c. Ibid. 1665. in a large fol. This second Tome came out before the first . Aurum Reginae : or concerning Queen-gold , &c. Lond. 1668. qu. Animadversions on the fourth part of Sir Edw. Cokes Institutes of the Laws of England , &c. Lond. 1669. fol. The History of K. John , K. Hen. 3. and K. Edw. 1. wherein the antient Soveraign dominion of the Kings of England , Scotland , France and Ireland , &c. is asserted and vindicated against all incroachments and innovations whatsoever , &c. Lond. 1670. in a thick fol. He also did revise , rectifie in sundry mistakes , and supplied with a preface , marginal notes , several omissions and exact tables , a book intit . An exact abridgment of the Records of the Tower of London , from the Reign of K. Ed. 2. unto K. Rich. 3. of all the Parliaments holden in each Kings reign and the several Acts in every Parliament , &c. Collected by Sir Rob. Cotton Kt. and Bar. — Lond. 1657. fol. &c. Besides these , and others which I have not yet seen , our Author Prynne hath published the works of other persons , as ( 1 ) Truth gloriously appearing from under the sad cloud of Obloquy : or , a vindication of the practice of the Church of Christ in the Summer Islands , &c. Lond. about 1650. Written by Nath. White Bac. of Div. and Pastor of the Church of Christ at Summer Islands . ( 2 ) A discourse of the Spanish Monarchy . Written by Tho. Campanella : which having been translated into English by Edm. Chilmead , and published 1654 , had a new Preface put to it by Prynne , with a Title bearing the date of 1659. ( 3 ) A breviat of the life of Will. Laud Archb. of Cant. published purposely to make him odious to the vulgar sort of people , yet the rational part , I mean those persons that were not guided by Presbyterian clamours , entertained other kind of thoughts of the Archb. than they had before . The original of this Diary was found after his death by Mr. Will. Dugdale and others , who were commanded by Authority to search for that and other matters , which he the said Prynne unwarrantably got into his custody . Several Pamphlets also are fathered upon him , of which he was not in the least Author : among which are ( 1 ) Mola Asinaria : or , the unreasonableness and insupportable burden now pressed upon the shoulders of this groaning Nation , by the headless head , and unruly rulers , &c. held forth in a remonstrance , &c. Lond. 1659. in 1 sh . in qu. ( 2 ) Two letters ; one from Joh. Audland a Quaker to Will. Prynne , the other , Will. Prynne's Answer . Lond. 1672. in 3 sh . in fol. written by Samuel Butler , Author of the much celebrated Poem called Hudibras ; of whom by the way , I desire the Reader to know , that he was born in the Parish of Strensham in Worcestershire , and baptized there 13 Feb. 1612. His father named Sam. Butler was a person of a fair estate , near 300 l. per an . but most of it lease-lands held of Sir Tho. Russell Grandfather to Sir Franc. Russell Bt , Lord of the Mannour of Strensham before mention'd . The son Sam. Butler , whom we are farther to mention , was educated in Grammar learning in the Coll. School at Worcester under Mr. Hen. Bright , and from thence went , as his brother now living affirms , to the University of Cambridge , yet others of the neighbourhood say to Oxon , but whether true I cannot tell . Sure I am that one Sam. Butler was elected from Westm . school a Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1623 , but making little stay there , he was not matriculated , and so consequently the place of his nativity and age are not remaining on record ; otherwise had he been made a member of the University , we should have known whether he was the same , who was afterwards the famed Author of Hudibras . After Sam. Butler had continued in Cambridge about 6 or 7 years , but in what Coll. or Hall his brother knows not , he was taken into the service of Elizabeth Countess of Kent : in whose family living several years , he did , for a diversion , exercise his parts in Painting and Musick , and at length became so noted for the first , that he was entirely beloved of Sam. Cooper the Prince of Limners of his age . Great Selden who was much conversant in the family of that Countess , had an esteem for , and would often employ , him to write letters beyond sea , and translate for him . At riper years he studied the Common Law , but did not practise it , only lived on the jounture of a widow that he had married . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he became Secretary to Richard Earl of Carbury L. President of the Principality of Wales and of the Marches thereof , who , as 't is said , made S. Butler Steward of Ludlow Castle when the Court there was revived . Afterwards he became Secretary to George Duke of Buckingham when he was made Chancellour of the University of Cambridge , and had promises of places and employments of greater value and credit from Edward Earl of Clarendon when he was L. Chanc. of England , especially for this cause , that his Majesty had a respect for him , and the more , for his poem called Hudibras ; the first part of which came out in 8o. an . 1663 , and was not only taken into his Majesties hands , and read by him with great delight , but also by all Courtiers , loyal Scholars and Gentlemen , to the great profit of the Author and Bookseller . Afterwards came out a second part , and both printed together with several additions and annotations : And at length a third and last part , but without annotations , as by the copy printed 1678 appears . In 1682 was published in 8o. Butlers Ghost : or , Hudibras . The fourth part : with reflections on these times . But whether he was the Author of , I know not , for I have not yet seen , it . This Sam. Butler who was a boon and witty companion , especially among the company he knew well , died of a Consumption , 25 of Sept. 1680 , and was , according to his desire , buried six foot deep in the yard belonging to the Church of S. Paul in Covent Garden within the Liberty of Westminster , viz. at the west end of the said yard , on the north side , and under the wall , of the Church ; and under that wall which parts the yard from the common high way . As for our voluminous Author Will. Prynne , he died in his lodgings in Lincolns Inn on the 24 of Oct. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , and was buried in the Walk under the Chappel there , which stands upon Pillars . Over whose grave , tho there is no Epitaph , only his name and Obit , which are now worn out , yet I shall venture to give you this Epitaph that was then made upon him . Here lies the corps of William Prynne , A Bencher late of Lincolns Inn , Who restless ran through thick and thin . This grand scripturient paper-spiller , This endless , needless margin-filler , Was strangly tost from post to pillar . His brains career were never stopping , But pen with rheume of gall still dropping , Till hand o're head brought ears to cropping . Nor would he yet surcease such theams , But prostitute new virgin-reams To types of his fanatick dreams . But whilst he this hot humour hugs , And for more length of tedder tugs , Death fang'd the remnant of his lugs . NATHANIEL FIENNES second son to Will. Fiennes Vicount Say and Sele , of whom I have made mention before , was born at Broughton in Oxfordshire , educated in Grammar learning in Wykeham's school near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. at his first entry therein , because he was a Founders kinsman , an . 1624 aged 16 years ; where continuing about 5 years , departed without a degree , and went to the Inns of Court , or to travel , or both . In 1640 he was elected Burgess for Banbury to sit in that Parliament which began at Westm . in Apr. the same year , and again for the same place , to sit in that , that commenc'd the 3 of Nov. following : wherein shewing himself very busie and zealous for the Cause , had a Commission given to him to be Captain of a Troop , and afterwards to be Colonel of a Regiment , of Horse , under Robert Earl of Essex the Capt. Gen. of the Parliament Forces raised to fight against the King. Afterwards shewing himself a zealot for the Covenant , and professing himself in all respects to be a thorough-paced Parliamenteer , was made Governour of the Garrison of Bristow , when first taken in for the use of the Parliament . Where , being no sooner setled , but he used many insolencies and barbarities , too many here to be named : among which was ( 1 ) His causing the Kings Proclamation , forbidding all Sea-men and Marriners , and all Officers of his Navy , to take employment under Robert Earl of Warwick , lately made Admiral of the Kings royal Navy by the Parliament , to be burnt in the publick market-place there , 4 March 1642 , by the hands of one of the City Sargeants , being then the chief market-day , notwithstanding he connived at the publishing it the day before . ( 2 ) In causing to be murdered , under the notion of Plotters against the Parliament , two eminent Citizens of Bristow , Rob. Yeomans and George Bowcher ( notwithstanding his Maj. sent letters in their behalf , to have their lives spared ) to the extream horror and amazement of all honest men , and the great grief of his Majesty , who could not choose , but look upon it as the most barbarous act which the impudence and cruelty of the said Rebellion had produced against him . ( 3 ) In his , and his murtherous , Crews , contempt and profanation of Gods holy Worship and Service , and permitting the rending of Surplices , tearing the book of Common-Prayer , breaking down Organs , exterminating the whole Liturgy out of the Congregations , &c. ( 4 ) His discountenancing and driving away the orthothodox Ministers and substituting in their places , the most infamous and notorious Schismaticks that he could pick out of Bristow and other places , as Joh. Tombes of Lemster , ( Edm ) Cradock , .... Bacon , .... Walter , .... Simonds , and one Mathew Hazard ; whom tho I name last , yet deserves to have precedency of all the rest , as being a main Incendiary in the Rebellion , violently egged on by his wife , whose disciple the silly man was . But at length the said City of Bristow being by Col. Fiennes surrendred to Pr. Rupert for the use of his Majesty , 27 July 1643 , he was thereupon called into question , and articles were drawn up against him by the restless proceedings of Will. Prynne and Clem. Walker . So that he being tryed for his life for the same , before a Council of War , sitting at S. Alban , in Dec. the same year ( notwithstanding he had made a large defence for what he had done in open Parliament on the 5 of Aug. going before ) he was sentenced to lose his head for a Coward by the name of Nath. Fiennes alias Fines , alias Fenys , alias Fienes ; but by the intercession of his father and others of his relations , he was pardoned , and by the palpable flattery and prevarication of Merc. Britannicus alias March. Nedham , he was justified for what he had done as to that matter : See more in the Works of W. Prynne . Afterwards , tho he the said N. Fiennes was not trusted in any military matter , yet he became an active man in the Parliament , and was made a Commissioner in several matters . But when he saw the Cause of the Presbyterians decline , especially upon the purging of the House of 40 of them ( whereof he was one ) by Col. Tho. Pride , he struck in with the Independents , took the Engagement , became great with Oliver , a Member of all , or at least of most of the Parliaments held between the dissolution of the Rump Parliament , and the return of his Maj. King Ch. 2 , was made one of the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal , after Oliver was installed L. Protector , one of his Privy Council , Lord Privy Seal in June 1655 , a Member and Speaker of the other House alias House of Lords ; and tho before he had shew'd himself an Antimonarchist , yet then , when he saw what Oliver aimed at , became a lover of Kingship and Monarchy , purposely to gain honor , and riches for the establishing a family which he , and the rest of the godly party aimed at . His Works are these . Several Speeches in Parliament , as ( 1 ) Speech in the House of Commons , in answer to the third Speech of Lord Geo. Digby concerning Bishops and the City of Londons petition , spoken 9 Feb. 1640. Lond. 1641 , in 4 sh . in qu. The beginning is , Mr. Speaker , two things have fallen into debate this day , &c. ( 2 ) Second Speech in the Com. House of Parl. touching the Subjects liberty against the late Canons and the new oath . Lond. 1641. in tw . sh . and an half in qu. ( 3 ) Speech concerning the proffer of the City of Lond. by the Lord Mayor to disburse 6000 l. towards the suppressing of the Rebellion in Ireland . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 4 ) Speech containing unparallel'd reasons for the abolishing of Episcopacy , &c. Lond. 1642. qu. In this is contained his Speech against Bishops before mention'd , and shews that Episcopacy is an Enemy to Monarchy . ( 5 ) Speech or relation made in the H. of Com. concerning the surrender of the City and Castle of Bristow , 5 Aug. 1643 , with the transcripts and extracts of certain letters , wherein his care for the preservation of the City doth appear . Lond. 1643 , in 3 sh . and an half in qu. This was answer'd by Clem. Walker . True and exact relation of both the ●●ttels fought by his Excellency Rob. E. of Essex and his forces against the bloody Cavaliers . The one of the 23 of Oct. last near Keynton below Edghill in Warwicksh . the other at Worcester , by Col. Browne , Capt. Nath. and Joh. Fiennes and Col. Sandys and some others , &c. Lond. Nov. 9. an . 1642. in two sh . in qu. Letter to the Lord General ( Essex ) concerning Bristoll . Lond. 1643. in 1 sh . in qu. Reply to a Pamphlet intit . An answer to Col. Nath. Fiennes's relation concerning his surrender of the City of Bristol . Lond. 1643. in 2 sh . in qu. Other Speeches in Parl. as ( 1 ) Speech before his Highness ( Ol. Protector ) and both Houses of Parl. 20 Jan. 1657 , being the first day of their sitting . Lond. 1657. in 3 sh . and an half in qu. ( 2 ) Speech to both Houses of Parl. 27 Jan. 1658. Lond. 1659. qu. &c. Monarchy asserted to be the best , most antient , and legal form of Government , in a Conference had at Whitehall with Oliver L. Protector and Committee of Parliament , &c. in Apr. 1657. Lond. 1660. oct . He also had an especial hand in a certain book called by an (a) author a Legend or Romance , intit . Anglia rediviva , being the Hist . of the motions , actions , and successes of the Army , &c under Sir Tho. Fairfax , &c. published by Joshua Sprigge , as I shall elsewhere tell you , but how true that report is I cannot tell . At length our Author Fiennes retiring , after his Majesties return , to Newton Tony near Salisbury in Wilts . where he had an estate that came to him by his second wife , Frances , daughter of Rich. Whitehead of Tuderley in Hampshire , continued there to the time of his death ; which hapning on the 16 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , was buried in the Church there . Soon after was a monument put over his grave to his memory , as also to his two daughters Frances and Elizabeth , who both died in the flower of their age . This Nath. Fiennes had a younger brother called John , who was a Colonel for the Parliament , and afterwards one of Oliver's Lords , and tho a Sectary , yet he was no great stickler , notwithstanding guided partly by Nathaniel , but more by old subtilty , the Father . Another there was , who was the fourth brother , named Richard , of whom I know no great matter , only that he had a daughter named Mary , who was married to William , the only surviving son of Nath. Fiennes ; which Mary dying in child-bed 23 Oct. 1676 , was buried in the Church at Broughton near to the grave of her Grandfather William Vic. Say and Sele . HENRY FOULIS or de Foliis second son of Sir Henry , son of Sir Dav. Foulis , ( of an antient family in Scotland ) Baronets , was born at Ingleby Mannour in Clievland in Yorkshire , educated in Grammar learning , and in the Presbyterian way , within the City of York , became a Communer of Qu. Coll. under the tuition of Mr. Tho. Tully , 6 June 1654 , aged 16 years and thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1659 , and on the 31 of Jan. the same year he was elected Fellow of Linc. Coll. Afterwards entring into holy orders , he applied himself for a time to the study of Divinity , and was admitted to the reading of the sentences in 1667. But his genie being naturally inclin'd to the study of certain parts of History , he waved his proper profession and betook himself to the writing and publishing of books of that faculty : The products of which , do evidently shew him to have been a true son of the Church of England , a hater of Popery , Presbytery and Sectarism . He was endowed with a most happy memory , understood books and the ordering of them so well , that with a little industry he might have gone beyond the great Philobiblos Jamesius . He had also in him a most generous and public spirit , a carelesness of the world and things thereof , ( as most bookish men have , ) a most becoming honesty in his dealings , a just observance of collegiate discipline , and a hatred to fangles , and the French fooleries of his time . He hath written and published , The history of the wicked plots and conspiracies of our pretended Saints , the Presbyterians , &c. Lond. 1662. Oxon. 1674 , both in fol. Which book , tho full of notable girds against that party , yet it hath been so pleasing to the Royalists , ( who have found much wit and mirth therein ) that some of them have caused it to be chained to desks in publick places , and in some country Churches , to be read by the vulgar . But as by the publishing of this book he hath much displeased the Presbyterians , of whom some (b) have fallen foul upon him in their Writings for so doing ; so hath he more displeased another party for the writing of this book following . The history of the Romish Treasons and Usurpations , with an account of many gross corruptions and impostures of the Church of Rome , &c. Lond. 1671 and 81. fol. Which book , had it not fallen into the hands of a knavish Bookseller , might have been extant in the life time of the author , and so consequently more compleat and exact than now it is . At its first publication I was enformed by a letter written by a noted man of that party that the Papists did look upon the said book as a simple thing — That he ( the Author ) fought against his own shadow , and that all sober Catholicks did disallow much of what he combats against . — That he prayed much to the Lord that he might live to see his book published , and then nunc dimittis , but it was not granted him , &c. This Mr. Foulis had laid the foundations of other books , which he intended to advance and have them published , but the day before he died he committed them to the flames , as many other notes he did , which would have been serviceable to some scholars . He ended his days , in the prime of his years , occasion'd by a generous and good natur'd intemperance , on the Vigil of the Nativity of our Saviour , in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , and was buried under the north wall , at the upper end of the Chancel of S. Michaels Church , within the City of Oxon. on the 26 of Dec. being S. Steph. day . In his grave was afterwards buried William Stone , LL. Bach. sometimes Principal of New Inn , who died 22 June 1685. SAMUEL CLARKE , right famous for oriental learning , son of Thom. Clarke of Brackley a market town in Northamptonshire , was born there , or at least in that County , became a Student in Mert. Coll. in Lent term 1638 , aged 15 years , where continuing about three years , left the University , then , with the City , about to be garrison'd for the Kings use . Some time after the surrender thereof to the Parliament , he returned to his College , submitted to the Visitors , and the same year ( 1648 ) he took the degree of M. of Arts. The next year , July 24 , he was designed the first Architypographus of the University , and for his better encouragement in that Office , had the grant of the superior Beadleship of the Civil Law ( when it should fall void ) given to him , and after his death to his Successors in that place for ever . In 1650 he was Master of a Boarding-school at Islington near London , where continuing for some time , did give his assisting hand towards the correcting and publishing of the Polyglott Bible . In 1658 he made another return to the University , and upon a foresight of the death of him that held the superior Beadleship of Law , was elected Architypographus , 14 May 1658 , and on the 29 of the same month , superior Beadle of the Civil Law : both which places he kept to his dying day , and shew'd himself a most necessary and useful person in the concerns thereof belonging to the University . — Vir Graecis (c) latinisque literis probe instructus , & in studiis philologicis versatissimus , &c. His Works are these . Variae lectiones & observationes in Chaldaicum Paraphrasin . These are in the sixth Vol. of the Polyglott Bible , beginning in pag. 17. You are to understand that in this Vol. which consists chiefly of notes on the many versions of the other precedent Volumes , there are divers number of pages , and therefore I cannot better refer you to his Notes , than I have done already . Scientia metrica & rhythmica ; seu tractatus de Prosodia Arabica ex authoribus probatiss . eruta . Oxon. 1661. oct . Septimum Bibliorum Polyglott 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 volumen , cum versionibus antiquissimis , non Chaldaica tantum , sed Syriacis , Aethiopicis , Copticis , Arabicis , Persicis contextum . This is yet in MS , and not printed . He did also accurately describe and turn into Latine from the original Autographe in Cambridge publick Library , Paraphrastes Chaldaeus in lib. Paralipomen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 n. Which book Dr. Edm. Castell consulted when he composed his Lexicon Heptaglotton , as he tells you in the Preface to the first Vol. of that elaborate work : And it is mention'd to be the labour of Mr. Sam. Clarke in the Proposals of the University of Oxon for printing of MS , published in Sept. in half a sheet of paper , an . 1681 Our Author Clarke also took great pains in the Hebrew Text , Chaldee , Paraphrase , and the Persian Gospells in the Polyglott Bible ; which last he translated into Latine . This Translation is placed next after the several Versions of the Apocryphal books . There also goes under his name a Translation out of Hebrew into Latine , the Mishna of the first Massěceth or Tract of the Talmud , called Beracoth , i. e. about their prayers and forms of blessing . See more in Tho. Greaves an . 1676. He paid his last debt to nature , in his house in Halywell , in the Suburb of Oxon , on the 27 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , and was buried in the middle of the body of the Church ( belonging to the said Parish of Halywell ) dedicated to the Holy Cross . Two days after his death was an election made for his successor in the place of Beadle and Architypographus : for which stood Tho. Bennet M. A. of Ch. Ch. then Corrector of the University press , being put up by his Dean Dr. Joh. Fell , as being the most fit person that could be then thought on . But Bennet stirring little in the matter , supposing the Masters could not otherwise but choose , tho then they had little or no respect for , him , they elected a boon companion , not at all fit to be Archityp . named Norton Bold M. A. and Fellow of C. C. Coll. who had been put aside from being elected ( when he stood ) after the death of Edm. Gayton mention'd under the year 1666. This being done to the discontent of Dr. Fell , ( as Lichfields Election was after Gayton's death ) who could not otherwise but look upon it as a great contempt of his generous design , he upon a foresight of the short life of the then superior Beadle of Div. ( Tim. Wilkins ) obtained a Mandamus that Mr. Bold should be translated to that place , and thereby make his once more vacant , and so consequently bring his man therein . Soon after Wilkins died , and a Convocation thereupon being called Oct. 6. an . 1671 , Bold was translated to that place ( by virtue of the said Mandamus ) to his advantage and somewhat of disgrace . At that time were Candidates for the supply of that vacancy Mr. Bennet before mention'd , Noah Perkinson M. A. of Hart Hall. and Gowin Knight M. A. and Fell. of Mert. Coll. But before the Election was to be made , Perkinson desisted , and Knight by the perswasions ( some say threatnings ) of Dr. Fell , desisted : So that then the Masters were left to Hobsons choice , to choose Bennet and no body else . Whereupon they perceiving full well that Dr. Fell was resolved to get his man in meerly by his Authority , without any application to them , and Bennet's little stirring for it ( only for form sake ) without applying himself , according to the manner , with cap in hand to gain votes , they were resolved to cross the matter . So that when the Election was to be on the 10 of the same month , a majority of the Masters joyned together , ( headed and encouraged chiefly by a clownish factious person ) did in despight of Dr. Fell , his Mandamus and Authority , of the Heads of Houses , Seniors , and the sober party , set up and choose a meer stranger , who lived remotely from Oxon , named Christop . Wase , ( sometimes Fellow and Bach. of Arts of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards a Schoolmaster at several places ) to the very great-discomposure of Dr. Fell , and something to the discredit of the University , as if not able to afford a man to execute the said Office. Afterwards Wase came to Oxon , was sworn and took possession of his place : But Dr. Fell , who had received a character of , would never let , him execute the Archityp . place , because , as he usually said , he was not fit for it , as being not a person of sobriety , &c. So that from the death of Mr. Clarke to this time , the superior Beadleship of the Civ . Law and the Architypographers place hath been joyned . WILLIAM EYRE Son of Giles Eyre of White in Wilts . was born in that County , became either a Batler or a Communer of Magd. Hall , an . 1629 , aged 16 years ; where continuing under a severe discipline till he had taken the degrees in Arts , was appointed a Tutor in that House , and about the same time entred into the sacred function . But being always schismatically enclined , he sided with the factious party in the time of the Rebellion against K. Ch. 1 , became a rigid Calvinist , an enemy to Tithes , and a purchaser of Church Revenues . In those sad times of calamity he was made Minister of S. Edmunds Church in the City of Salisbury , where , by his doctrine , he advanced much the blessed Cause , and in 1654 he was made an Assistant to the Commissioners of Wilts , for the ejection of such that were then called scandalous , ignorant , and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters ; in which office he shew'd himself very forward against those people , of which , some were his acquaintance and contemporaries in Oxon. After the Kings restauration he proceeded in his usual preaching , but in 1662 was silenced for Nonconformity , and lived for a time at , or near to , Salisbury . But finding that place and neighbourhood uneasie , he retired to Milksham near to Chippenham in Wilts , where he had purchased an Estate , and continued there to the time of his death . His works are , An Assize Sermon at Salisbury , on Psal . 45.6 . Lond. 1652. qu. Vindiciae justificationis gratuitae : Justification without conditions : or , a free justification of a sinner , &c. vindicated from the Exceptions and Objections which are cast upon it by the Assertors of conditional Justification , &c. against Mr. Ben. Woodbridge , Mr. Jam. Cranford , and Mr. Rich. Baxter . Lond. 1654. qu. Answer'd the same year by Mr. Baxter in his book intit . An admonition to Mr. Will. Eyre of Salisb. concerning his miscarriages in a book lately written for the justification of Infidels , against Mr. B. VVoodbridge , &c. Sermon on Acts 20.9 . Lond. 1658. oct . What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was buried in the Church at Milksham before mentioned on the 30 of Januar. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , as the Register of that Church enforms me , which , I presume , follows the English Accompt , and not the common . Another VVill. Eyre I find , who was long before this mans time educated in Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge , between whom and the learned Usher Primate of Ireland passed many letters ; some of which were De Textus Hebraici veteris Testamenti variantibus lectionibus , an . 1607. — Pr. at Lond. 1652. The said VVill. Eyre was living at Colchester in Essex , an . 1617. ( 15 Jac. 1. ) EDMUND VAUGHAN son of the Minister of Ashted in Surrey , and nephew to Dr. Rich. Vaughan sometimes B. of London , was born in that County , admitted Chorister of Corp. Ch. Coll. an . 1621. aged 12 years , afterwards he was successively Clerk , Scholar and Fellow of that House , Bach. of Div. and at length Rector of Pichford alias Pisford in Northamptonshire . He hath written , The life of Dr. Thom. Jackson sometimes President of Corp. Ch. Coll. in Oxford — 'T was printed and set before the said Dr. Jacksons Commentary on the Creed , an . 1653 , and afterwards before the collection of his works , an . 1672. fol. This Mr. Vaughan died on the Purification of the Virgin Mary in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Pichford , after he had suffer'd much , as a true son of the Church of England , and as a loyal man to his Prince and his cause , in the time of the grand rebellion began and carried on by a predominant party in both Houses of Parliament . THOMAS SWADLIN born in Worcestershire , applied his mind to Academical studies in S. Johns Coll. in the beginning of the year 1615 aged 16 years or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , holy Orders and had some little cure bestowed on him . At length about the time that Dr. Laud became Bishop of London , he was made Minister of S. Botolphs Church without Aldgate there , where for his ready and fluent way of preaching , he was much frequented by the Orthodox party ; but in the beginning of the grand rebellion , he being esteemed as one of Dr. Lauds creatures , he was imprison'd in Gresham Coll. and afterwards in Newgate , was sequestred , plunder'd , and his wife and children turn'd out of doors . At length he with much ado getting loose , but in a manner distracted by the great miseries he endured , he retired to Oxon , where he was created D. of Div. an . 1646 ; about which time , and after , he taught School in several places meerly to gain bread and drink , as in London , and afterwards at Paddington , &c. Upon the restauration of his Majesty K. Ch. 2. he was re-invested in S. Botolphs Church , but being wearied out there by the contentiousness of his parishioners , he left it , and in the year 1662 , he was presented to the Vicaridge of S. James in Dover upon the removal of one John Davis an Independent Preacher , and to the Rectory of Hougham near to that place , by the favour of Dr. Juxon Archb. of Canterbury ; but the yearly valuation of both not exceeding 80 l. per an . he was , at length , being grown crazy and infirm , presented ( unsought after ) to the Rectory of Allhallows Church in Stanford in Lincolnshire , by the favour of Edw. Earl of Clarendon , L. Chanc. of England ; about 1664 ; which he kept to his dying day . His works are these . Sermons , meditations and prayers upon the plague . Lond. 1636. 37. oct . The sermons are on 2. Chron. 7.13.14 . on Matth. 6.2.5.16.33 . &c. The Soveraigns desire , peace : The subjects duty , peace , in 3. sermons : the first on Psal . 112.6 , the second on Rom. 13.1 , and the third on Rom. 15.2 . Lond. 1643. qu. Which Sermons were preached in the Summer-time an . 1642 at S. Pauls Cath. and S. Botolph near Aldgate , but such offence was given to the nice and precise party for several passages in them ( tho they contained praying for peace , and preaching for obedience to the King ) that he was as a Malignant imprison'd from the 29. Oct. to 26. Dec. 1642. In all which time being unseen and unheard , he , by his letter sent to the Lord Mayor for releasment , was sent for to him . But being there accused of several things by John Levet a Tallow chandler , which were only praying for peace and preaching up obedience at an unseasonable time , he was remitted back to prison , not to Crosbie House , where he was detained before , but to Gresham Coll. where he continued a long time , and afterwards in Newgate , where he had scarce straw allow'd him to lie in , whilst his Majesty was exclaimed against , when he afforded the Rebels better usuage . He hath also written and published , The Scriptures vindicated from the unsound conclusions of Card. Bellarmine ▪ and the controverted points between the Church of Rome and the reformed Church , stated according to the opinion of both sides . Lond. 1643. qu. Manual of Devotions suiting each day ; with prayers and meditations answerable to the work of the day ; as also each mans calling . viz. the Noble-man , the Soldier , the Lawyer , Tradesman &c. Lond. 1643. in tw . The Soldiers Catechisme , composed for the Kings Army &c. Lond. 1645. oct . the eighth edit . The Jesuit the chief , if not the only state-heretique in the world : or , a Venetian quarrel disgested into a dialogue — Pr. 1647. qu. Mercurius Academicus : communicating the intelligence and affairs of Oxford , to the rest of the passive party thorowout the Kingdom . Commencing from Munday in Easter-week , 1648. — Pr. in 1. sh . in qu. How many sh . or numbers followed , I know not , for I have only yet seen the first . There was also a Merc. Academicus that began to come out at Oxon. in the beginning of Jan. 1645 , but who wrot it , I know not . A Letter of an Independent to Mr. John Glynne Recorder of Lond. — Pr. 1645 in tw . sh . in qu. His name is not set to it , only common report makes him the Author . To all Paupertatis ergò Nè peream fame . To some Gratitudinis ergò Ne peream infamiâ . Whether it be better to turn Presbyterian , Roman , or , continue what I am , Catholick in matter of religion . Lond. 1658. in two sh . in qu. Six and thirty questions propounded for resolution of unlearned Protestants &c. — Pr. 1659. qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. on Psal . 136.26 . Print . 1639. qu. ( 2 ) Divinity no enemy to Astrology , serm . for the society of Astrologers , in the year 1643 preached , as it seems , on Matth. 2.2 . ( 3 ) The hand of God ; or , King Davids choice , on 2. Sam. 24.14 . Lond. 1647. qu. &c. Twelve anniversary Sermons on the funeral of K. Ch. 1. Lond. 1661. qu. Among them is one on 1. Sam. 10.27 , another on 1. Kings 21.19 , a third on Ps . 169.30 , &c. What other things he hath written and published I know not , and therefore I can only say that he died on the ninth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , and was buried the next day in the Chancel of Allhallows Church in Stanford before-mention'd , and that his last words were Hic vixit temporibus quibus Carolum primum magnae Britanniae , Franciae & Hiberniae Regem farino more trucidarunt Rebelles . Which he would have to be put over his grave . JOHN DAVENPORT son of John Davenport , and elder brother to Christopher Davenport commonly called Franc. à Sancta Clara ( whom I shall in his proper place mention ) was born in the City of Coventry in Warwickshire , an . 1597 , and in Grammatical learning there educated . In the beginning of the year 1613 he was by his Relations sent to Merton Coll ; where continuing about two years under the tuition of Mr. Sam. Lane , was for a certain reason , which I shall tell you in the life of the said Christop . Dav. translated to Magd. Hall , where continuing under a severe and puritanical discipline for some time , he left it without a degree , retired to London , became a noted preacher among the Puritans , and at length Minister of S. Stephens Church in Coleman-street . In 1625 he retired to Magd. Hall for a time , performed his exercise for the degree of Bach. of Div , accumulated and took that degree , and in short time after retired to London again ; where , by the Brethren he was esteemed a person of excellent gifts in preaching and in other qualities belonging to a Divine . About the year 1630 he was appointed by certain factious and discontented persons one of the Feoffees for the buying in of impropriations ; but that project , tho seem'd good to some , being quash'd , he , about the year 1633 , left his pastoral charge under pretence of opposition by the Prelates , because he scrupled at certain ceremonies , but without a certificate or testimony to shew what he was or what he had been , and forthwith went beyond the Seas to Amsterdam without a call or invitation . At that place he endeavouring to be a Minister in the English congregation , and to joyn with them in all duties , he was much opposed by Mr. John Paget an Elder or one of the chief Ministers there , and especially for this reason , that he would not agree with him in all things relating to baptisme . Whereupon our author Davenport , taking these , and other matters , in great disdain , he wrot in his own defence , Letter to the Dutch classis , containing a just complaint against an unjust doer ; wherein is declared the miserable slavery and bondage that the English Church at Amsterdam is now in , by reason of the tyrannical government and corrupt doctrine of Mr. Jo. Paget their Minister — Printed 1634. qu. Certain instructions delivered to the Elders of the English Church deputed , which are to be propounded to the Pastors of the Dutch Church in Amsterdam — Pr. the same year in a qu. paper . About the same time he wrot ( 1 ) A report of some passages or proceedings about his calling to the English Ch. in Amsterdam against Joh. Paget . ( 2 ) Allegations of Scripture against the baptizing of some kind of infants . ( 3 ) Protestation about the publishing of his writings . Which three things were pr. at Amsterd . 1634. qu. In the year following most of the aforesaid little scripts were answered by Paget , and at the same time were answer'd by him the complaints of one Will. Best , a member of Davenports perswasion . Whereupon Best came out with The Churches plea for her right ; or a reply to an answer &c. Amst . 1635. qu , and soon after our author Davenport with An Apolegetical reply to the answer of W. B. Roterd. 1636. qu. About the same time Davenport who took these matters very ill , refused to joyn with the Ministers in their meetings , took away many of their disciples , such especially that had an esteem for his notable learning and singular parts , and preached and prayed to them in private houses . In the beginning of the rebellion , he returned into England , as other Nonconformists did , and had a cure bestowed on him , but finding matters not to go current with his humour , he , by the perswasive letters of Mr. John Cotton of New England ( who was esteemed the misleader of him and John Goodwin ) went into that Country and became Pastor of Newhaven there , where he continued in great esteem with those of his perswasion , to the time almost of his death . His other writings are these . Catechisme containing the chief heads of Christian religion . Lond. 1659. oct . Published at the desire , and for the use of the Church of Christ at Newhaven in New England . In this Catechisme one Will. Hook a teacher there , had a hand ; I mean the same Will. Hook who was sometimes Minister of Axmouth in Devonshire , author of ( 1 ) New Englands tears for old Englands fears , &c. Print . 1640-1 . qu. ( 2 ) The privileges of the saints on earth above those in heaven . Pr. in oct . ( 3 ) Sermon in New England in behalf of old England . Pr. 1645. qu. and other Sermons . He died in , or near , London , 21. March 1677. aged 77 years and was committed to the earth in the burial place situated on the north side of the New Attillery-yard or Garden , near to the said City . See more of him in Jerom Turner an . 1655. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Messiah is already come , on Acts 2.36 . Lond. 1653. qu. ( 2 ) Gods call to his people to turn unto him , &c. in two Sermons on two publick fasting days in N. England . Lond. 1670. qu. ( 3 ) Saints Anchor-hold in all Storms and Tempests ( on Lam. 3.26 , ) — Printed 1661 in tw . and others , among which is his Sermon on 2. Sam. 1.18 . — Lond. 1629. qu. The power of congregational Churches asserted and vindicated ; in answer to a treatise of Mr. Jo. Paget , entit . The defence of Church government exercised in classes and synods . Lond. 1672. oct . He also had a considerable hand in writing The life of Mr. John Cotton before mention'd , published by John Norton Minister of Boston in N. England , and had formerly with Dr. Rich. Sibbs published certain works of Dr. John Preston viz. his New Covenants , or Saints portion , in 14. sermons , with four other added , an . 1629. qu. &c. At length he having lived beyond the age of man , surrendred up his Soul to God , at Boston in New England ( to which place he had removed from Newhaven in 1668 ) on the thirteenth day of March in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , and was inter'd there , in the tomb of the said Mr. Cotton , for whom , in his life time , he had an extraordinary respect . He left behind him An Exposition on the Canticles , contained in an 100 sheets in a small hand-writing : Which being esteemed very fit for the press , was recommended by Dr. Sam. Anely , and Mr. Ed. Veal , and accordingly proposals were made for the printing it , to be sold for 7. sh . in quires , in Mich. term an . 1687. But soon after , the printing of it was stop'd , and the merchant who design'd afterwards to publish it , died ; so 't is question'd now , whether ever it will see light . JOHN MAYNARD , esteemed by those of his perswasion an eminent and judicious Divine , was born of a gentile family in Sussex , at , or near , Riverfield , became a Commoner of Queens Coll. in the beginning of the year , 1616 , compounded for the degree of Bach. of Arts as a member of that house , and afterwards translated himself to Magd. Hall. In 1622 he took the degree of Mast . of Arts as a Compounder , entred into holy Orders , and at length became Vicar of Maighfield in his own Country . But when the rebellion broke out , he shew'd himself more a Puritan , and preached with more liberty , than he did before ; whereupon being appointed one of the Ass . of Divines , he took the Covenant , held forth several times before the members of the Long Parliament , had other preferments , I presume , bestowed upon him ; and in 1654 he was appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Sussex , for the ejection of such , whom they then called ignorant and scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters . His writings are Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Sermon preached before the House of Commons at their solemn Fast , 26 Feb. 1644. on Prov. 23. ver . 23. Lond. 1645. qu. ( 2 ) A shadow of the victory of Christ , Fast●serm . before the H. of C. 28. Oct. 1646. on Phil. 3.21 . Lond. 1646. qu. &c. The young mans remembrancer and old mans monitor . Lond. 1669 oct . The Law of God ratified by the Gospel of Christ : or , the harmony of the doctrine of faith , with the law of righteousness , wherein many of the types and rites of the ceremonial law are unfolded &c. delivered in several sermons . Lond. 1674. oct . What became of this reverend author after his Majesties restauration , I mean whether he conformed or was ejected , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that about 1670 he became a benefactor to Magd. Hall , and that his Library was exposed to sale by way of auction , several years after his death , 13. June 1687. I find another John. Maynard who published a book entit . The XII wonders of the world , set and composed for the Viol de Gambo , the Lute and the voice to sing the verse , &c. Lond. 1661. fol. But this was no Divine but a most admired Lutenist at the famous School of S. Julians in Hertfordshire . Another John Maynard , who was an eminent Lawyer I shall mention hereafter , under the year 1690. WILLIAM SEDGWICK son of Will. Sedgw. of Lond. Gent. was born in Bedfordshire , became a Com. of Pemb. Coll. in Mich. term , an . 1624 aged 15 years : Where being put under the tuition of George Hughes profited more in Div. than Philosophy . After he had taken the degrees in Arts , he entred into the sacred function , and became Rector of Farnham in Essex where he behaved himself conformable to the Ch. of England , but upon the turn of the times in 1●41 , he closed with the Presbyterians , ( having before been instructed in their principles by his Tutor ) put in a Curate into Farnham , and became Chaplain to the Regiment of Sir Will. Constable a Parliamentarian Commander , the same who was afterwards one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. After the loyal Clergy had been ejected from their Livings , he became the chief Preacher of the City of Ely , and was commonly called The Apostle of the isle of Ely , but what he enjoyed there and elsewhere for several years he lost after his Maj. restauration for want of conformity . He was a conceited whimsical person , and one very unsetled in his opinions : sometimes he was a Presbyterian , sometimes an Independent , and at other times an Anabaptist . Sometimes he was a Prophet and would pretend to foretel matters in the pulpit to the great distraction of poor and ignorant people . At other times , having received revelations , as he pretended , he would forewarn people of their sins in publick discourses , and upon pretence of a vision that Doomesday was at hand , he retired to the house of Sir Franc. Russell in Cambridgshire ( whose daughter , Henry , the son of great Oliv. Cromwell had married ) and finding divers Gentlemen there at Bowles , called upon them to prepare themselves for their dissolution , telling them that he had lately received a revelation that Doomesday would be some day the next week . At which the Gentlemen being well pleased , they , and others , always after called him Doomesday (*) Sedgwick , and the rather for this reason that there were others of his sirname that pretended to prophecy also . He hath written and published , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Zions deliverance , and her friends duty : or the grounds of expecting , and means of procuring Jerusalems restauration : Preached at a publick Fast 29. June 1642 before the House of Commons , on Isaiah 62.7 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 2 ) Some flashes of Lightning in the Son of man ; in eleven Sermons . Lond. 1648. oct . These Sermons seem to have been preached on Luke 17.20.21.22 . &c. The Leaves of the tree of Life , for the healing of the nations , opening all wounds of this Kingdom , and of every party , and applying a remedy to them &c. Lond. 1648 qu. This book , as soon as 't was published ( which was in the latter end of 1647 ) the author went to Carisbrook Castle in the Isle of Wight , and desired the Governours leave to address himself to K. Ch. 1. then a Prisoner there . Mr. Jam. Harrington one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber being acquainted with the occasion , told his Maj. that a Minister was purposely come from London to discourse with him about his spiritual concerns , and was also desirous to present his Maj. with a book he had lately written for his Majesties perusal ; which , as he said , if his Majesty would please to read , might , as he imagined , be of much advantage to him , and comfort in that his disconsolate condition . The King thereupon came forth , and Sedgwick in decent manner gave his Maj. the book . After he had read some part thereof , he returned it to the author , with this short admonition and judgment . By what I have read in this book , I believe the author stands in some need of sleep . These words being taken by the author in the best sense , he departed with seeming satisfaction . The next day came one John Harrington Esq . Son of Sir John Harrington and Epigrammatist in the time of Queen Eliz. and K. James 1. and being admitted into the Castle upon the like charitable account , desired to have some discourse with his Majesty , but his Maj. having heard some odd things of him from Jam. Harrington before mention'd , that he was a canting and prophetical Presbyterian , thanked him likewise for his good intentions , without discoursing with him upon any point . Whereupon Harrington wishing his Maj. much happiness , withdrew . Justice upon the Army-remonstrance : or , a rebuke of that evil spirit that leads them in their Councils and actions . With a discovery of the contrariety and enmity in their ways &c. Lond. 1649 qu. A second view of the Army-remonstrance : or , justice done to the Army ; wherein their principles are new model'd , brought out of obscurity into clearer light , &c. Lond. 1649. in 5. sh . in qu. This last seems somewhat to contradict the former , but in such a canting fashion , that I know not what to make of it , unless the Author meant to claw with them in their own way . Animadversions on a letter and paper , first sent to his Highness ( Oliv. Cromwell ) by certain Gentlemen and others in Wales : And since printed and published to the world by some of the subscribers &c. Lond. 1656 qu. Animadversions upon a book intit . Inquisition for the blood of our Soveraign . Lond. 1661. oct . What other things this our author hath written and published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that after the return of K. Ch. 2. he lived mostly at Leusham in Kent , but leaving that place about 1668 , retired to London , where he soon after died . I have been several times promised an account of his death and burial , but my friend Dr. S. C. of Gr. in Kent stands not to his word . NATHANIEL HARDY son of Anth. Hard. was born in the Old Baylie in the Parish of S. Martin Ludgate in London , on the 14 of Sept. 1618 , became a Commoner of Magd. Hall in 1632 , where continuing several years under the course of a severe discipline , went thence to Hart Hall for a time , and took the degree of Mast . of Arts , an . 1638 and in the next year he was admitted into full Orders . Afterwards he retired to the great City , became a florid and very ready Preacher , and at the turn of the times was insnared with the fair pretences of the Presbyterian party ; but at the treaty at Uxbridge between the Commissioners appointed by the King , and those by the Parliament , to treat about Peace , an . 1644 , he was present , and being desirous to be impartially informed in the truth of that Controversie , he was fully convinced of his error , chiefly by the Arguments of Dr. Hen. Hammond . So that then being in the 26 year of his age , he immediately , as 't is said , upon his return to London , preached a Recantation Sermon , and ever after , even in the worst of times , he attested his loyalty to the King , and conformity to the Church in discipline , as well as in doctrine , in his ministerial function . Of these matters I have been informed by his (a) friend ; but this must be known , that in all , or most of , the times of usurpation he was Minister of S. Dionyse Back-Church in London , and tho frequented by some Loyalists , yet by more Presbyterians . His said friend also hath informed me that he kept up a Lecture in the said Church , which was called The Loyal Lecture , whereby many of the then suffering Clergy were relieved . Also that that year on which the King was beheaded and ever after , till near the time of the return of K. Ch. 2 , he preached his funeral Sermon . In the year 1660 he , by his forward endeavours , got to be one of those Ministers that went with the Commissioners , appointed by the City of London , to the Hague , in order to his Majesties restauration : And being there on a Sunday ( 20. May ) he , with great confidence preached a Sermon before his Majesty on the 29 verse of the 26. chapter of Isaiah , wherein he applied his discourse to the then present Estate of affairs in England so pathetically and learnedly , that there was not any one present , but admired his elegancy and learning , and seemed much to be satisfied with those things that he had delivered . After his Majesties return he was actually created Doctor of Divinity , as a member formerly of Hart Hall , was made Vicar of S. Martins Ch. in the Fields within the liberty of Westminster , Archdeacon of Lewis and Dean of Rochester ; in which last Dignity he was installed ( upon the promotion of Dr. Ben. Laney to the See of Peterborough ) on the 10. of Dec. 1660 , being about that time Rector of Henley in Oxfordshire , and a frequent preacher before his Majesty . He hath published . Several Sermons preached upon solemn occasions , as ( 1 ) Justice triumphing , or the spoilers spoiled , at Pauls for the miraculous discovery of the Powder Plot , on the 5. of Nov. 1646 , on Psal . 9.16 . Lond. 1656 sec . edit . qu. ( 2 ) Faiths victory over nature ; or the unparallel'd president of an unnaturally religious father ; at the funeral of Joh. Rushout son and heir of Joh. Rushout Merch. and Citizen of Lond , on Heb. 11.17 . Lond. 1648. qu. ( 3 ) The arraignment of licentious liberty and oppressing tyranny , Fast serm . before the House of Peers in the Abbey Church of Westm . 24. Feb. 1646 , on Hosea 5.10.11.12 . Lond. 1647. qu. ( 4 ) The safest convoy , or the strongest helper , before Sir Thom. Bendish Bt. his Maj. Embassador now resident with the Grand Signior at Constantinople , on Isa . 43 former part of the 2. vers . Lond. 1653. qu. ( 5 ) Love and fear the inseparable twins of a blest matrimony , charactarized in a serm . at the nuptials between Mr. Will. Christmas and Mrs. Elizab. Adams Daughter of Tho. Adams sometimes Ald. and L. Mayor of Lond. on Ephes . 5.31 . Lond. 1653. qu. ( 6 ) Divinity in mortality , or the Gospels excellency and the preachers frailty , at the funerals of Mr. Rich. Goddard late Minister of the Parish of S. Gregories near Pauls , who died 12. May 1653 and and was buried 16. of the same month , on 2. Cor. 4. former part of the 7. verse . Lond. 1653. qu. ( 7 ) A divine prospective : representing the just mans peaceful end , at Catherine Creechurch 14. Aug. 1649 at the interment of the remains of Sir Joh. Gayer Kt , deceased 20. July 1649 , on Psal . 37. ver . 37. Lond. 1654 qu. ( 8 ) Mercy in her beauty : or , the heighth of a deliverance from the depth of danger , on Phil. 2. former part of the 27 vers . Lond. 1653. qu. It was preached upon his late unexpected recovery of a desperate sickness . ( 9 ) Thankfulness in grain : or , a good life the best return , on the same occasions on Psal . 116.9 . Lond. 1654. qu. ( 10 ) Deaths alarum : or , securities warning-piece , at the funeral of Mrs. Mary Smith ( Daughter of Mr. Isaac Colf formerly Minister of Gods word at Chadwell in Essex , and late Wife of Mr. Rich. Smith of Lond. Draper ) who died 9. Nov. 1653 , on Matth. 24.44 . Lond. 1654. qu. ( 11 ) The epitaph of a godly man : or , the happiness by death of holiness in life , at the funeral of Mr. Adam Pemberton of the parish of St. Forsters ( Vedastus ) Foster-lane , who died 8. Apr. 1655 , on Phil. 1.21 . Lond. 1655. qu. ( 12 ) Safety in the midst of danger , in the Ch. of Allhall . Barkin 4. Jan. 1655 upon the anniversary commemoration of that dismal fire , which hapned in the said parish , 4. Jan. 1649 , on Exod. 3. ver . 2. latter part . Lond. 1656. qu. ( 13 ) The pious Votary and prudent Traveller , characterized in a fun . sermon occasion'd by the voyage of Nath. Wych Esq . President to the East Indies , on Gen. 28.20.21 . Lond. 1658. qu. Preached at S. Dion . Backchurch , 14. Mar. 1657. ( 14 ) Mourning , lamentation and woe , Pr. after the great fire in London — Lond. 1666. qu. This I have not yet seen nor certain funeral sermons , as ( 1 ) On Rob. E. of Warw. ( 2 ) On Mr. Tho. Bowyer . ( 3 ) On Mrs. Anne Dudson . ( 4 ) On Sir Th. Adams . ( 5 ) On Mrs. A. Colquit . &c. He hath also written and published , The first general epistle of S Joh. the Apostle , unfolded and applied . In two parts . — The first printed at Lond. 1656. in qu. was delivered in 22 Lectures on the first chapt . and two verses of the second , in S. Dionyse Backchurch . The second part printed at Lond. in 1659. in qu. was delivered in 37 Lectures on the second chapt ▪ from the third , to the last verse , in the said Church . At length this active and forward man , who had little or no character among the true Loyalists , especially that part of the Clergy who had suffered in the times of usurpation , giving way to fate in his house at Croydon in Surrey on the first day of June , in sixteen hundred and seventy , was buried on the 9 day of the same month in the Chancel of S. Martins Church in the Fields before mention'd . Soon after his Widow erected a mon. on the north wall of the said Chancel to his memory , with an inscription thereon , which being printed in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 375. Col. 2. shall be now omitted . His funeral Sermon on 2. Cor. 5.1 . preached by Dr. Sim. Patrick is extant , wherein you may see his character at large . In the Vicaridge of S. Martin , succeeded Dr. Tho. Lamplugh , and in the Deanery of Rochester , Dr. Peter Mew ; the former was afterwards B. of Exon. and Archb. of York , and the other B. of B. and Wells , and Winchester . WILLIAM NEILE the eldest Son of Sir Paul Neile Knight , one of the Ushers of the Privy Chamber to King Ch. 2 , eldest Son of Dr. Rich. Neile Archb. of York , was born in the Archb. Pallace at Bishops Thorp in Yorkshire , 7. Dec. 1637 , became a Gent. Com. of Wadham Coll. for the sake of Dr. Wilkins the Warden thereof , an . 1652 , where by the instruction of him and Dr. Ward , he improved his nat . genius very much in the Mathematicks . In July or Aug. 1657 he divulged his invention of the equating of a streight line to a crooked or parabole . The demonstration of which is at large set down in a book entit . De Cycloide & Corporibus inde genitis , &c. Ox. 1659. qu. p. 91.92 . Written by John Wallis D. D. one of the Savilian Professors of the University of Oxon. to which place I refer the reader , where he may see also what benefit hath been made of it by Dr. Christop . Wrenn and Will. Viscount Brounker . Mr. Neile hath written , De motu , lib. 1. Of Morality , in one book . Whether these two are printed I cannot tell . He died in his Fathers house at White Waltham in Berks. 24. of Aug. in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was buried in the Church there , to the great grief of his Father , and resentment of all Virtuosi and good men that were acquainted with his admirable parts . See more of him , and his invention in the Philosophical Transactions , an . 1673. nu . 98. p. 6146. One Sir Will. Neale Knight , who had been Scout-master General to K. Ch. 1 , and a stout proper man and a good Soldier against his enemies in the grand rebellion , died in Greys-inn-lane in Holbourne on the 24 of March , the last day of the year , 1690 , aged 81 years and was buried according to his desire near the west door fast by the Christning pew , in S. Pauls Church in Covent Garden , within the liberty of Westm , but he was no kin to the former Will. Neile , because he was of the Neales of Wollaston near Northampton . JOSHUA CHILDREY son of Robert Childrey , was born within the City of Rochester , where being educated in Grammar learning , became a Student in Magd. Coll. in Lent term 1640 aged 17 years , and about that time was made one of the Clerks of the said house . But soon after leaving the University upon the eruption of the civil war , he returned to his native Country , and came not again till the Garrison of Oxon was surrendred for the use of the Parliament , at which time taking the degree of Bach. of Arts , was two years after that expelled by the Parliamentarian Visitors . Afterwards he taught School at Faversham in Kent , yet not without some disturbance by the godly party , where continuing till his Maj. restoration , was made Chaplain to Henry Lord Herbert , was actually created D. of D. and had the Rectory of Upway in Dorsetshire bestowed on him . In the year 1663 Jan 23 , he was collated to the Archdeaconry of Salisbury , on the death of Dr. Anth. Hawles , and on the first of June 1664 he was collated to the Prebendship of Yatminster Prima in the Church of Salisbury by Dr. Earle Bishop of that place , he being then accounted a learned and religious Divine , a good Astrologer , and a great Virtuoso . His works are , Indago Astrologica : or , a brief and modest inquiry into some principal points of Astrology , as it was delivered by the Fathers of it , and is now generally received by the Sons of it . Lond. 1652. in 2. sh . in qu. Syzygiasticon instauratum : or , an Ephemeris of the places and aspects of the Planets , &c. calculated for the year 1653. Lond. 1653 oct . His chief design is to prove the aspects of the Planets related to the Sun , of greater efficacy in the change of the air , then when respecting the earth as center , &c. Britannia Baconica : or , the natural rarities of England , Scotland and Wales . According as they are to be found in every Shire . Historically related , according to the precepts of the Lord Bacon , &c. with observations upon them , and deductions from them , &c. Lond. 1661. oct From which book Dr. Rob. Plot took a hint for the writing The natural History of Oxfordshire . As for the other works of his which are not extant , you may be pleased to know from his letter (*) dated at Upway 12. Jul. 1669. written to Mr. Hen. Oldenburg Secretary of the Royal So●ciety concerning some observations of the weather , philosophical collections , Portland and Purbeck stones serving for fewel , shifting of tydes at Weymouth , &c. thus — In my next ( God willing ) I shall send you part of my collections of Naturalls out of voyages and itineraries . In the mean time take this brief account of my studies so far as concerns Philosophy . Some two years before the happy return of the King , I bought me as many paper books of about 16 sheets apiece , as my Lord Verulam ( Bacon ) had Histories at the end of his Novum Organon : Into which books ( being noted with the figure and title given them by my Lord ) I entred all Philosophical matters , that I met with observable in my reading , and intend ( God willing ) to continue it . This I acquaint you with , to let you see , how earnest and serious I have been for several years in that which is the business of the Royal Society , tho indeed I first fell in love with the Lord Bacons philosophy in the year 1646 , and tried several experiments ( though such as I now reckon be not of any moment ) in 1647. 48. 49. 50 ; and besides these , I have two larger paper books in folio , one of which I call Chronologia naturalis , and the other Geographia naturalis ; the former containing the time of all droughts , comets , earthquakes , &c. and the other the natural rarities of Countries . These paper books cannot be expected to be yet full , and God knows whether I shall live to see them filled . But , God willing , such and so as they are , I intend to bequeath them to the Royal Society , whensoever I die . &c. He concluded his last day at Upway before mention'd ( having never been of the said Society ) on the 26. of Aug. in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . In the latter end of Sept. following , succeeded him in his Archdeaconry John Sherman Doct. of Div. of Camb. who dying in the parish of S. Sepulchre in London ( after a short injoyment of that Dignity ) viz. in the latter end of the year ( in March ) 1670 , was succeeded in the beginning of May following by John Prideaux D. D. as I shall elsewhere tell you . Besides this John Sherman was another of both his names , but before him in time , educated in Gramar learning in the Charter-house School , in Academical in Trin. Coll. in Camb. where he arrived to great eminence in several sorts of literature . He wrot a book entit . White salt or a sober correction of a mad world in some well wishes to goodness . Lond. 1654. oct . and another called The infallibility of the holy Scripture asserted , &c. Lond. 1664. qu. &c. This learned , religious and conscientious Person , died in Aug. as it seems , an . 1663. EDWARD FORD the eldest Son of Sir John Ford Knight , was born at Uppark in the parish of Harting in Sussex , became a Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1621 aged 16 years , but before he took a degree he left that House , and whether afterwards he travelled or studied in the Inns of Court , I know not . Sure it is that about the beginning of the Civil War , he was prick'd High Sherriff for Sussex , adheer'd to the King at Oxon , from whom he received the honour of Knighthood there , 4. Oct. 1643 and about that time had a commission to be a Colonel in his Army against the Rebels ; for which afterwards he suffered equally with other Royalists . In Nov. 1647 when the King made his escape from Hampton Court , he , with Dr. Steph. Goffe were committed to safe custody , as being suspected for the design of the Kings escape . In 1656 he , upon Olivers encouragement , and invitation of the chief Citizens of London , raised the Thames water into all the highest streets of that City , ninety three foot high , in four eight-inch pipes , to the wonder of all , and honor of the nation : done at his own charge , and in one years time , with his rare engine that he had invented for that purpose ; by which several parts of the nation did afterwards find benefit in the draining of Mines and Lands , much better and cheaper than any other device before . 'T was he also that made the great water Engine against Somersethouse , for the serving the Inhabitants of the Strand , and of other parts adjoyning , with water ; which hindring the prospect of Qu. Cath. the Royal Consort of K. Ch. 2 , she found means to have it pluck'd down . Some time after his Majesties restauration he invented a new way of farthings , of which he made demonstration to the King and Council so plainly , that they were satisfied that they could not possibly be counterfeited , and that one farthing could not be like another , but that they should differ in some little thing . And having then a design to get a patent for the making of them for England , was put aside by Pr. Rupert , and at length was content with one only for Ireland : To which place taking a journey soon after , died there before he could effect his design . He hath written and published , A design for bringing a river from Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire to S. Giles in the Fields near London : The benefits of it declared , and the objections against it answer●d Lond. 1641. in 5. or 6. sh . in qu. Experimental proposals how the K. may have money to pay and maintain his Fleets , with ease to the people ; London may be rebuilt , and all proprietors satisfied ; money may be lent at 6 l. per cent . on pawns , and the fishing trade set up , and all without straining or thwarting any of our laws and customs . Lond. 1666. qu. Defence of Bill-credit — Printed at the end of the former pamphlet . About the year 1663 he printed an ingenious proposal for the raising of money by bills of exchange , which should pass current instead of money , to prevent robbery , but this I have not yet seen . He died in Ireland , on the 3. of Sept. in sixteen hundred and seventy , and his body being brought into England , was buried in the Church at Harting by its Ancestors . He was a great Virtuoso of his time , yet none of the Royal Society , and might have done greater matters , if that he had not been disincouraged for those things he had done before . HENRY YELVERTON Baronet was born of an antient and gentile family at Easton Manduit or Mauduit in Northamptonshire , baptized there 6 of July 1633 , educated in Grammar learning in S. Pauls School in London , admitted a Gent. Com. of Wadham Coll. in 1650 , where he made as great proficiency in several sorts of learning as his age was capable of , and became so exact a Latinist and Greecian , that none of his time went beyond him . He hath written , A short discourse of the truth and reasonableness of the religion delivered by Jesus Christ . Wherein the several arguments for Christianity are briefly handled , the miracles done by our Saviour , Apostles and Christians , &c. Lond. 1662. oct . To which is added , A disquisition touching the Sybils and Sybilline writings , &c. Written by John Twysden , Broth. to Sir Rog. Twysden of Kent , both the Uncles of Sir H. Yelverton , who hath also written something in vindication of the Church of England against Edw. Bagshaw of Ch. Ch. which I have not yet seen ; and a preface to a book of Dr. Tho. Morton Bish . of Durham entit . The Episcopacy of the Church of England justified to be Apostolical , from the authority of the Primitive Church , &c. Pr. in oct . Which Bishop Sir Hen. had kept in his family several years in the time of that Bishops persecution , and was as tender of him , as of his parent , shewing thereby , as indeed he was , a true Son of the Church of England . He died in the flower of his age on the 3. of Octob. in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was buried at Easton Manduit among the graves of his relations , leaving then behind him by Susan his wife , sole daughter and heir of Charles Lord Grey of Ruthen , Charles his eldest Son , afterwards a Noble-man of Ch. Ch. and called up to the House of Lords , where he took his place as Lord Grey of Ruthen . He died of the small pox , unmarried , in his Lodgings in the Pall-mall , within the liberty of Westm . on the 17. of May 1679 , and was , as I suppose , buried at Easton Manduit . CHRISTOPHER AIRAY was born at Clifton in Westmorland , became a Student in Queens Coll. in Mich. term 1621 , where going through the servile offices , was made Fellow when Master of Arts : About which time entring into holy Orders according to the statutes of that House , he became a Preacher , was actually created Bac. of Div. in 1642 , and afterwards made Vicar of Milford in Hampshire . He hath written , Fasciculus Praeceptorum Logicalium in gratiam juventutis Academiae ( Oxon ) compositus . Oxon. 1660. sec . edit . in oct . and other things , as 't is said , but such I have not yet seen . He died on S. Lukes day , in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was buried in the Chancel of his Church of Milford before mention'd· Over his grave was soon after put this epitaph . Memoriae sacrum Christopheri Airay S. T. Bac. olim Coll. Reg. Oxon. socii , & hujus ecclesiae Vicarii vigilantissimi , viri summae integritatis , judicii acerrimi & ingenii literarum omnium capacis ; qui deficillimo seculo inter aestuantes rerum fluctus clavum rectum tenuit . Mortalitati tandem exuit 18. Oct. annos natus 69. &c. SAMUEL KEME or Kem was born according to the (a) Matricula , in the City of London , became a Batler or Com. of Magd. Hall in the beginning of Act term 1621 aged 16 years , but how long he continued there I know not . Sure I am that a certain (b) author tells us , that for those few weeks he wore a gown in Magd. Hall he obtained the title of a most notorious lyer that ever wore long ears . In 1624 he was elected Demie of Magd. Coll , at which time he said that he was born in Surrey , and that he was in the nineteenth year of his age . In that House he continued till after he was Bach. of Arts , and then taking holy Orders he had a cure bestowed on him . In 1636 , the King being then in Oxon , he was actually created Bach. of Divinity ; about which time he became Rector of the Church at Oldbury commonly called Albury near Ricot in Oxfordshire , and a retainer , if I mistake not , to the family of Edward Wray of Ricot Esq , Patron of the said Church , by virtue of his marriage with Elizabeth the dau . and heir of Francis L. Norris Earl of Berks. At the turn of the times in 1641 , he put a Curate into his Living , sided with the Rebels , took the Covenant , was made Chaplain to , and Captain of a Troop of Horse in , the Regiment of Basil Earl of Denbigh , prayed and preached often to encourage the Soldiers to fight , laid open to them the righteousness of their cause , preached against the K. and his followers , and endeavoured to make them believe , that all that were about him , were Papists or at least popishly affected . When any Officer of the Regiment was kill'd he was ready to preach his funeral Sermon , particularly that of Major Pinkney slain in the beginning of July 1644 , and was ready at all hours to do the like , provided the party died not a natural death . When he was with the said Earl at Wolverhampton , he preached twice there before his Lordship as Quarter-master General (c) to Sir Tho. Middleton , and within two hours after his last Sermon , he fell to practice on one of his brethren , and plundered a Townsman to the value of 500 l , tho the man was as notorious as any in Coventry , Banbury , or Colchester . &c. This Keme was asked at Namptwich by a Brick-layer , why the Earl of Denbigh gave offence by wearing long hair ? To which he made answer ( being then the chief leader in cases of conscience ) That to wear long hair was not against the rule , but to have it was the thing forbidden by the Apostle , for truly ( said he ) if my Lord should have long hair of his own , I hold my self bound to tell him of it , but that which his Lordship wears , is not his own hair , and if S. Paul were in England he would not mislike it , tho it reached down as low as his knees . Such Levites as this Keme were Sprat and Lorkin the two twins of Greenwich , where they libell'd and blasphemed every Sunday , according to their talents . In Nov. the same year ( 1644 ) he went with his Colonel , Basil Earl of Denbigh and the other Commissioners , constituted by Parliament , to treat with his Majesty at Oxon for peace , where he , with great confidence , preached before them , and about that time was made a Major , and became very active in several places within this Kingdom to carry on the cause as well by fighting as preaching . Afterwards he took all oathes to keep what he had and to gain more , took all advantages to rake and scrape what he could together , meerly to satisfie his unsatiable desire . The truth is he was a man of a very servile spirit , a flatterer , a time-server , an Epicure , a Lecher , &c. and yet always a pretender to Saintship . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he turned about , endeavoured to express his Loyalty , took the oathes again , as he had done when he took the Academical degrees , and when he entred on the Minister , and all to keep his living of Albury and the trade of eating and drinking . He hath published , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The Martialists dignity , on Deut. 23.14 . — Printed 1640. qu. ( 2 ) The messengers preparation for an address to the King for a well grounded peace , preached at Oxon. 24. Nov. 1644 before the Commissioners of both Kingdoms , the morning before their presenting the propositions to his Majesty , on Esther 4.16 . Lond. 1644. qu. Dedic . to the said Commissioners . ( 3 ) The King of Kings his privy marks for the Kingdoms choice of new members , &c. preached at Bristol at the choice of new Burgesses of that City 28. Feb. 1645 , on Prov. 10. ver : 10.11 . Lond. 1646. qu. The said City was then under the command of the Parliament . ( 4 ) The Olive-branch , &c. on 2. Thes . 3.16 . Lond. 1647. qu. ( 5 ) Serm. on 1. Cor. 13. ver . 14. Lond. 1647. qu. This last , with others which he hath published , I have not yet seen . He died at Albury before mention'd on the 22 of Octob. in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was two days after buried in the Chancel of the Church there , near to an inscription , which he before had caused to be painted on the wall to the memory of Anne Ball only daughter of John Ball Citizen and Skinner of London , Jemimah Pelham eldest dau . of Herbert Pelham of Lincolnsh . and of Feriars Court in Essex Esq . and of Mary Bridger second daughter of Samuel Bridger of Dursley in the County of Glocester . Which three Women had been the wives of him the said Samuel Keme , who at his death left behind him a young buxom Widow , with whom he had a good portion , but left her nothing , as having spent all that he could get to satisfie his Epicurisme . JOHN STRICKLAND was born of , and descended from , an antient and gentile family of his name in the County of Westmorland , became a Batler of Qu. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1618 aged 17 years , took the degrees of Arts , holy Orders and was made Chaplain , as I have been informed , to the Earl of Hertford . In the month of May 1632 he was admitted Bach. of Div. and in Dec. following he became Rector of Middleton alias Pudimore Milton in Somersetshire by the presentation of Sir John Horner Knight . &c. This person , who was always puritanically affected , sided with the rebellious party in the beginning of the Civil War , took the Covenant , was made one of the Assembly of Divines , preached frequently before the Long Parliament , exciting the members thereof to proceed in their blessed cause , prayed several times (*) blasphemously , and in 1645 or thereabouts , was made Minister of S. Peters le poor in London , where he exercised his gifts against the King and his party , and was never wanting to excite his Auditors to carry on the said Cause . Afterwards he was made Minister of S. Edmunds Church in Salisbury , was constituted an Assistant to the Commissioners of Wilts . for the ejection of such whom they then ( 1654 ) called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and took upon him great authority in his Apostleship , especially if he had to do with the loyal and suffering Clergy . He hath published , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Gods work of mercy in Sions misery , Fast-Sermon before the House of Commons , 27. Dec. 1643 on Isay 10.20 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 2 ) A discovery of peace . or , the thoughts of the Almighty for the ending of the peoples calamities , &c. on Jer. 29.11 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 3 ) Immanuel : or , the Churches triumph in God with us , &c. Thanksgiving serm . before the House of Lords , 5. Nov. 1644. on Psal . 26.7 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 4 ) Mercy rejoycing against Judgment , Fast-serm . before the House of Commons 29. Oct. 1645 , on Isay 30.18 . Lond. 1645. qu. In his Epist . dedic . to the House of Com. he desires them to have a care how they plant the towns in Cumberland and Northumberland with able preachers , that they reform the Universities , &c. He hath other Sermons extant which I have not yet seen . See more of him in Hum. Chambers under the year 1662. p. 207. This Mr. Strickland , who is stiled by one (†) of his opinion Praeco fidelissimus , and so he was esteemed by the factious party , was ejected from his Living for his refusal to conform to the service and ceremonies of the Church of England , an . 1662 : Whereupon keeping Conventicles in , and near , Salisbury , was several times , as I have been informed , imprisoned . At length giving way to fate , in sixteen hundred and seventy , was buried on the 25 of Octob. in the Church of S. Edmund before mention'd , being then accompanied to his grave by many of his perswasion . VAVASOR POWELL , having often told his friends , and the Brethren , not without boasting , that he was once a member of Jesus Coll. in Oxon , I shall therefore upon his word number him among these writers . Be it known therefore that this person who was famous in his generation for his ill name among those that were not of his opinion , was born in the borough of Knacklas in Radnorshire , Son of Rich. Howell an Ale-keeper there , by Penelope his Wife , Daughter of Will. Vavasor of Newtowne in Montgomeryshire He was brought up a Scholar saith the publisher (a) of his life , but the writer (b) of Strena Vavasoriensis tells us that his employment was to walk Guests horses , by which finding no great gain at such a petty Ale-house , he was elevated in his thoughts for higher preferment , and so became an Hostler ( I would say Grooms ) to Mr. Isaac Thomas an Inn-keeper and Mercer in Bishops Castle in Shropshire , &c. The time that he came to the said Coll. must be , if true , about 1634 , at which time he was 17 years of age , being then encouraged in his studies and exhibited to by his Uncle (c) Erasmus Howell , but whether he was matriculated , or avoided it to save a little money , as many have done that intend to take no degree , I know not , nor what stay or progress he made in his studies in the said Coll. Sure it is , that soon after , his said Uncle got him to be setled at Clun in Shropshire , where he taught School first , and then was Curat , or as Strena (d) saith took upon him the habit of Sir John , and lest without ordination ( under the Episcopal government ) he might incur the danger of suspension , borrowed of an old decayed Minister ( his near kinsman ) his letters of Orders , raiseth out the other , and inserts his own , name , and under colour of these counterfeit letters , he goes unsent , and begins to thunder out of the pulpits as if he had been a fiery spirit raised out of hell . But by reason of his inconformity , and the many errors he had broached , his calling was question'd , and the orders being well scan'd , were found spurious and counterfeit , and he bound to appear at the next great Sessions to be held for the County of Radnor ; ( where he frequently preached after he had left Clun ) so that upon his appearance and indictment for nonconformity , forging of orders and seditious doctrine , he was with much ado reprieved from the Gallows — Being thus disinabled to preach in Churches , he exercised his function in houses , railing always much against the Common prayer , and when hunted from thence he would preach in fields , under hedges , on the side of hills , and in obscure valleys , so that Radnorshire which before was a dark country ( saith the canting and ridiculous account of his life ) came to have much light , and in short space many eminent professors were begotten in it : at which Satan began to rage exceedingly , and stirred up some of his instruments to persecute the truth , laying wait for his time and liberty , some by a judicial way , some by violence till they drove him out of his Country — He therefore finding the persecution so hot against him ( so are his (d) own words ) that he could not be permitted to serve the Lord there , he did by the advice of his brethren , leave his native Country of Wales , and by the guidance and providence of God was carried and conducted safely to London , where he arrived in Aug. 1642. Being therefore setled in that place ( then free for all opinions ) he preached for two years together almost every day , either in Churches or Houses , venting with great malice all that he read or heard against the King and his proceedings , thundred out strange notions and unheard of blasphemies , and took all occasions to promote the blessed and righteous cause . At two years end he setled at Dartford in Kent , where he spread his errors for two years more , to the great (e) cheating and seducing poor souls . No sooner was Wales reduced under the power of the Parliament , an . 1646 , but he received a call , and was desired to exercise his gifts in his own Country : Whereupon he retired to the Synod , that is the Ass . of Divines , to gain a Testimonial from them , but Steph. Marshall questioning him about his ordination , told him that unless he would be ordained , or take Orders from the Presbytery , they could not approve of him . To which he answer'd that he was willing to be tried as a Christian , and as a Scholar , but had some doubts about ordination , &c. At length after some arguings about that matter , they gave him a certificate of his religious and blameless conversation , and of able gifts for the work of the Ministry , subscribed by Herle the Prolocutor and 17 of the Assembly , 11. Sept. 1646 , being by that time patched up with several notorious Independents , of whom Philip Nye , Pet. Sterry , &c. were of the number . Upon his return into Wales , in the latter end of the said month , there was great joy expressed among the Brethren , but the honest and loyal party perceived full well that he returned (f) not out of any affection to the cause , but for his own designs , security and advantage , and became as active and vigorous as the perpetual motion of a tongue , or the invention of a wicked brain could possibly be for the rooting out of the Ministry , branding the calling as Anti-christian , and rendring their persons by all scandalous aspersions to become odious to the people . And for the more speedy effecting thereof , he , together with others of the same cut promoted the Act for propagation of the Gospel in Wales , so really intended by the pious care and charity of those members of Parliament , yet by the unworthy managing thereof by our author and his fellow Itinerants , it proved like another Ephesian image of Diana for the benefit only of this Demetrius and his tradesmen , the silver shrines taking up the whole devotion of that worship , &c. By virtue of the said Act most of the Ministers and Schoolmasters were silenced , and none were left to preach the Gospel save only Vav . Powell and certain ignorant Itinerants , who were , as 't were , his Journey-men . There was not one day but he rode about the Country like an Apostle to scatter his doctrine among simple people , insomuch (g) that there was but few , if any , of the Churches , Chappels , Town halls in Wales wherein he did not preach Christ : yea very often upon Mountains and very frequent in Fairs and Markets , &c. For his encouragement in this he had a stipend and salary of an hundred pound yearly , allowed him out of the Prebends , Deans , and Chapters and other tithes , besides the vast emoluments of many other sequestred benefices in North Wales , and the wages of divers of the Itinerants and Schoolmasters , who were the Journey-men and Stipendiaries , he being accounted the Metropolitan of them . Farther also he and they , or such as were their Agents , had (h) the disposal of above forty thousand pounds per an . in Tithes , Gleabes , Impropriations , Rents reserved , and other ecclesiastical Benefices and Promotions from the year 1649 inclusive , till the latter end of 1653 , at which time it was unaccounted for . In that , and the year after , he spoke against Oliver to his face , preached publickly against , and wrot letters to , him , for assuming to himself the office of a single person , that is , the Protectorship , for which he was more than once imprison'd , to the terror of his party . In the latter end of 1654 he raised and headed a party of Phanaticks on the rising of the Cavaliers at Salisbury , and did all his endeavours to keep down their rising in Wales : So that by his great Authority and gains in those parts , he , from a poor boy , ( a Groom or Ostler , as the Author of Strena tells you ) became great and wealthy , purchased some of the Kings Fee-farm Rents and Lordships , for the most part in another mans name , and to perpetuate his memory built for himself a very fair and sumptuous house in Kerry in Montgomeryshire . In 1657 I find him in Oxford , where , being minded to shew his parts , he did , by the help of some of the Brethren there , get into Allsaints Pulpit on Wednesday 15 July the same year ; and having got together a great Auditory in a very short time as well of Scholars as Layicks ( many of whom came purely out of novelty ) he did first of all very plentifully rail against the Universities and humane Learning , and then against certain persons in Oxon : among which was Mr. Hen. Hickman Fellow of Magd. Coll , for whom he told the Auditory that the Pope would provide for him a Miter , and the Devil a Frying-pan , &c. said upon no other account , as was conceived , but because the said Mr. Hickman spoke publickly in the Divinity-school in the last Vespers when he disputed upon this question An Ministri Anglicani habeant validam ordinationem ? that the Church of Rome for ought he knew , was a true Church , or to that effect ; not that he was drawn to say so by force of argument , but opinion . Upon the approach of the Kings restauration , he was seized upon and imprison'd at Shrewsbury , and according to the opinion of those of his perswasion , he suffered much : of which matter hear what one (i) of his mind doth cantingly deliver , Mr. Vav . Powell who is accounted by many Ministers and others , that knew him well , to be a man of God , mighty in Scriptures , an able and painful Preacher of the Gospel in a great part of North and South Wales , usually preaching as that learned , eminent and holy man of God John Calvin did , six or seven times , or oftner every week , to the saving of many from their sins and from hell and swift destruction thereby , was seized upon and imprison'd at Shrewsbury , as also many of his friends in several northern Counties in Wales , not for any crime committed by him or them ; yea and divers of their houses plundered by Soldiers , shewing no warrant for their proceedings therein . This was about the latter end of Feb. 1659 , &c. He tells us also , that in South Wales some of the Congregation , with that precious man of God Mr. Jenkin Jones , who preached the Gospel in several Counties as Mr. Vavasor Powell did , was imprisoned also , as was Thom. Gwinn a Gentleman Cavalier in Wales , who about 1657 , was wrought upon by the Ministry of the said Jones , and brought over to his party : But the said Jones and Gwinn were not imprisoned till his Maj. Restauration . About that time all the lands and tenements that had been purchased by V. Powell were taken from him , and he removed from Shrewsbury where he was much haunted by his party , into Mountgomeryshire , and there kept in close custody , and from thence to the Prison called the Fleet in London . In 1662 he was translated thence to Southsea Castle near Portsmouth , where continuing 5 years , became intimate with Edw. Bagshaw of Ch. Ch , who also was committed Prisoner to that place while Powel was there . In 1667 he was removed by Habeas Corpus obtained in Mich term ; and being set at liberty , he retired to Wales ; but before ten months end , falling to the trade of conventicling and preaching Sedition , he was made Prisoner again at Cardiff 1668 , and the year following was sent to the Fleet again , ( being then at Lambeth , because not then rebuilt , after it had been burnt down by the dismal Conflagration that hapned in Lond. 1666 ) where he continued till he was discharged by death . He was a person of good natural parts , but a grand Schismatick , a busie body , pragmatical , bold , and an indefatigable enemy to Monarchy and Episcopacy . What his Religion was I cannot justly tell you : some held him to be an Anabaptist , others a Fifth-monarchy man and a Millinary : sure it is he was neither Presbyterian or Independent , but a most dangerous and pestilent man , and one that did more mischief to his native Country of Wales , than can be imagined . As for those Books and Pamphlets which go under his name , they are these . Disputation between him and Joh. Goodwin concerning universal Redemption , held in Colemanstreet , Lond. 31 Dec. 1649. Lond. 1650. qu. The Reader may be pleased now to know that V. Powell , upon this dispute , supposing himself able to encounter any Minister in Wales , did after his settlement there send a bold challenge to any Minister or Scholar , that opposed him or his brethren , to dispute on these two questions , ( 1 ) Whether your calling or ours ( which you so much speak against ) be most warrantable , and nearest to the word of God ? ( 2 ) Whether your mixt ways , or ours of Separation , be nearest the word of God ? This Challenge being sent flying abroad 11 of June 1652 , it came into the hands of Dr. George Griffith of Llanymynech in Shropsh . who looking upon it as sent to him , he returned an answer in Latin two days after , with promise on certain conditions , to dispute with him , either in private or publick . On the 19 of the same month , V. Powell returned a reply in Lat. from Redcastle , but so full of barbarities , that any School-boy of 10 years of age might have done better . After this the Doctor made a rejoynder in elegant Latine , wherein he corrected Powell for his false Grammar , Barbarisms and Solecisms , and did set a day whereon they should meet to dispute on the aforesaid questions : but the time , place , and method , with conveniences being discussed and delayed from time to time , the disputation was not held till the 23 of July following . At that time both parties meeting in the company of their frends , Powell's cause fell to the ground , meerly , as 't was conceived , for want of Academical learning , and the true way of arguing . So that he being then much guilty of his own weakness , endeavoured to recover it and his reputation by putting a relation of the Dispute in the News-book called the Perfect Diurnal , as if he had been the Conqueror . Which relation redounding much to the dishonour of the Doctor , he the said Doctor did publish a Pamphlet intit . Animadversions on , &c. See more in George Griffith among these Writers , an . 1666. p. 270. V. Powell hath also written and published , Scriptures concord : or , a Catechisme compiled out of the words of the Scripture , &c. Lond. 1647. oct . sec . edit . ibid. 1653. fifth edit . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Christ exalted by the Father , God the Father glorified , and Mans redemption finished , preached before the L. Mayor of Lond. Lond. 1649. qu. &c. Christ and Moses excellency : or , Sion and Sinah's glory ; being a triplex treatise , distinguishing and explaining the two Covenants of the Gospel and the Law , &c. Lond. 1650. oct . Dialogue between Christ and a Publican , and Christ and a doubting Christian . Common-prayer book no divine service . A small curb to the Bishops career , &c. Lond. 1660. in 5 sh . in qu. The bird in the cage chirping , &c. Lond. 1661 — 2. oct . Written while he was in Prison . The Sufferers Catechisme — Written also when he was in Prison . Brief Narrative concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners in Wales against the ejected Clergy — Written upon the spreading of a report that he was put in the Fleet Prison for a great part of the Revenew of the Tythes of Wales : from which aspersion , as the Brethren called it , tho a friend of his had written a Pamphlet called Examen & purgamen Vavasoris an . 1653 , yet not knowing how far such a report might influence to the reproach of the Gospel , he did publish the said Pamphlet . The young-mans conflict with the Devil — Printed in oct . This I have not yet seen . Sinful and sinless swearing . An Account of his Conversion and Ministry . Lond. 1671. oct . 'T is a canting and enthusiastical piece . A confession of Faith concerning the holy Scriptures — Printed with the said Account , as also two little Appendices . Some gracious , experimental , and very choice Sayings and Sentences . — Pr. also with the said Account . Certain Hymns . — There also . His death-bed Expressions . A new and useful Concordance of the Bible : with the chief acceptations and various significations contained therein . Also marks to distinguish the commands , promises and threatnings . Lond. 1671 and 73. oct . This was mostly done by V. Powell , but finished by N. P. and J. F. &c. Commended to the world by Edw. Bagshaw and J. Hardcastle , and afterwards by Jo Owen D. D. Collection of those Scripture-Prophecies which relate to the call of the Jews , and the glory that shall be in the latter days . — Printed at the end of the said Concordance , to which was afterwards ( 1673 ) added near nine thousand Scriptures omitted in the former Edition : with the addition of the Scripture Similies , &c. — The most ingenious Mrs. Kath. Philipps of the Priory of Cardigan hath among her Poetry a Poem upon the double murder of K. Ch. 1 , in answer to a libellous copy of rimes made by V. Powel , but in what book those rimes are , or whether they were printed by themselves , I cannot tell . He died in the Fleet prison before mention'd on the 27 of Oct. in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was buried at the lower or west end of the fanatical burial place near to Bunhill and the New Artillery garden in the Suburb of London in the presence of innumerable Dissenters that then followed his corps . Over his grave was soon after erected an altar-monument of free stone ; on the plank of which , was engraven this epitaph made by his dear friend E. Bagshaw before mention'd . Vavasor Powell , a successful teacher of the past , a sincere witness of the present , and an useful example to the future , age , lies here interred , who in the defection of so many , obtained mercy to be found faithful ; for which being called to several prisons , he was there tried , and would not accept deliverance , expecting a better resurrection . In hope of which he finished this life and testimony together , in the eleventh year of his imprisonment , and in the 53 year of his age , Octob. 27. an . 1671. In vain Oppressors do themselves perplex , To find out arts how they the Saints may vex . Death spoils their plots , and sets the oppressed free , Thus Vavasor obtain'd true liberty . Christ him releas'd , and now he 's joyn'd among The martyr'd Souls , with whom he cries How long ! Rev. 6.10 . I have been informed by M. Ll , who knew and was acquainted with V. Powell , that he was wont to say that there were but two sorts of people that had Religion , viz. the gathered Churches and the Rom. Catholicks , and would not allow it to the Church of England men or to the Presbyterians . He farther informed me , that when he preached , a mist or smoak would issue from his head , so great an agitation of spirit he had , &c. and therefore 't was usually reported by some , especially those that favoured him , that he represented the Saints of old time , that had rayes painted about their heads . JOHN HARMAR an excellent Greecian of his time , was born at Churchdowne commonly called Chursden near to , and in the County of , Glocester , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , became a Semicommoner or Demie of Magd. Coll. 1611 , aged 17 years or more , being then about an years standing in the University , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1617 , which was the highest Acad. degree he took , tho afterwards he was always called by the name of Doctor Harmar . About that time he entred into holy Orders , was Usher of the School joyning to his College , and a Preacher for some time in these parts . At length he became the chief Master of the Free-school at S. Alban in Hertfordshire , and thro some petite and pedagogical employments , ( of which the under-Mastership of the Coll. school at Westm . was one ) the Kings Greek Professor of this University and Rector of the Donative of Ewhurst in Hampshire ; the Patron of which being a convicted Recusant , the Vicechancellor and Masters did elect and present him thereunto , 30 March 1659 by virtue of the Chancellours letters ( Rich. Cromwell whom he highly flatter'd ) written in his behalf . But losing those two places after the Restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he retired to Steventon in Hampshire , where he mostly lived on the Joynture of his wife . He was a most excellent Philologist , and a tolerable Latine Poet ; was happy in rendring Greek into Latine , or Latine into English , or English into Greek or Latine , whether in prose or verse ; which we now call transversing and transprosing . But as in these he did excell , and therefore often made use of by Scholars , so did he go beyond all that I knew of his condition , that affected popular applause , he being of so credulous a humour , as to take all that was said or done to him , to redound to his honour and credit , much like the humour of Tom Coryate , who was a Whetstone for the Wits of his time . Besides all this , he being also a meer Scholar , and therefore mostly in a poor and shabbed condition , whether in his way of living , or habit , he flatter'd all Men and Powers that were uppermost , whether lawful or usurping , and endeavoured to make himself known to all Patrons of Learning , if it were only for a meals meat , or gain applause . He hath written and published these things following . Praxis Grammatica : verum & genuinum declinationum & conjugationum usum liquidò indicans &c. cum sententiis & facetiis . Lond. 1622. 23. oct . Janua Linguarum : sive methodus & ratio compendiaria & facilis ad omnes linguas , ad latinum verò maximè aperiens , &c. Lond. 1617. qu. the sixth edition . There again in 1631. Eclogae sententiarum & similitudinum , è D. Chrysostomo deceptae , Graec. & Lat. cum annot . Lond. 1622. oct . Protomartyr Britannus . Seu Elegia sacra in conversionem & Martyrium S. Albani . Lond. 1630. qu. in one sh . Lexicon etymologicon Graecum , junctim cum Scapula . Lond. 1637. fol. De lue venerea , libellus . This I have not yet seen , only a lat . copy of verses written in praise of it in the Poems of Tho. Philipot M. A. of Clare Hall in Cambr. Epistola ad D. Lambertum Osbaldestonum , cui intexitur Apologia pro honoratiss . illustrissimoque viro ac Domino , D. Johanne Williams Archiep. Eborac . & Angliae Primate . Lond. 1649. oct . Oratio Oxoniae habita , in schola publicâ Linguae Graecae assignatâ , 15 Kal. Aug. 1650. Lond. 1650. oct . Dedicated to Francis Rous , afterwards one of Olivers Lords . Oratio sereniss . Protectoris elogium complectens , Oxoniae habita quinto Kal. Maii 1654. Oxon. 1654. qu. Ad Protectorem carmina de pace cum Belgis sancitâ . This is printed with the Oration , and both are contained in less than two sh . Oratio gratulatoria inaugurationi nobiliss . honoratissimique Domini , D. Richardi Cromwelli &c. in Oxoniensis Academiae Cancellariatum consecrati &c. Oxon. 1657. oct . Oratio steliteutica Oxoniae habita 14 Oct. 1657. sive stricturae in hujus aevi delatores & pasquillos , & in Terrae filios ( quos vocant ) eorumque similes , Elisae ; qui in Comitiis Oxoniensibus , mense Julio annuatim celebrari solitis , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . This was published purposely to flatter the Presbyterian and Independent Heads of the University , for which he was laughed at by the Masters and Juniors . Vindiciae Academiae Oxoniensis : sive oratio apologetica , quâ exercitiorum Academicorum in trimestre vacat . à crimine vindicatur , Oxon. 1662. oct . Marci Tullii Ciceronis vita , ex optimis quibusque scriptoribus delibata , & in compendium reducta . Oxon. 1662. in a little oct . in 3 sh . Oratio panegyrica in honor . Car. 2. &c. in Angliam , plaudente orbe Britannico , remigrantis , habita Oxoniae 27 Maii 1660. Oxon. 1660. 63. oct . Poemata Gr. & Lat. de Rege & Regina , & in nuptias Regias . These Poems are printed with the 2 edit . of the said Oration , and both are contained in 2 sh . in a large oct . He also translated from Lat. into English , ( 1 ) The mirrour of humility , or two eloquent and acute discourses upon the nativity and passion of Christ , &c. Lond. 1618. oct . Written by Dan. Hensius . ( 2 ) From English into Gr. and Lat. The lesser or shorter Catechism , made by the Ass . of Divines . — Lond. 1659 , 60. oct . Dedicated to Rich. Cromwell , the Parliament and University of Oxon. ( 3 ) From Engl. into Lat. A treatise or discourse concerning Embassadors . Lond. 1664 , oct . Written by Jam. Howell , and one or more of the Plays of Margaret Duchess of New-castle , for which he was well rewarded . He paid his last debt to nature at Steventon in Hampshire ( near to Newbury in Berks. ) on Allsaints day in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was buried in the Churchyard there , partly , if not altogether , at the charge of Nich. Lloyd M. A. and Fellow of Wadham Coll , who always had a singular respect for him , and for his most excellent knowledge in the Greek and Latine Tongues . RICHARD GARDINER was born , and bred in Grammar learning , within the City of Hereford , made Student of Ch. Ch. in 1607 or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became a quaint Preacher and Orator . At length by the favour of K. Jam. 1 , who had been much pleased with a Speech that he had spoken before him in the Scotch tone when he was Deputy Orator , he gave him the reversion of the next Canonry of Ch. Ch : which afterwards falling void by the death of Dr. Tho. Thornton , he was installed therein 1629 , and in the year following taking the degrees in Divinity , he was made one of the Chaplains in ord : to King Ch. 1. In 1648 he was thrust out of his Canonry by the Parl. Visitors , and for 12 years together lived obscurely in Oxon. After the return of K. Ch. 2 , he was restored to what he before had lost , and whatsoever he got from that time to the day of his death , he bestowed on charitable uses , his kindred , and the College which gave him breeding . He hath published Many Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. at S. Maries on Act Sunday 1622 , on Gen. 45.8 . Oxon. 1622. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. on Christm . day , on S. Joh. 1. the beg . of the 14 verse . Ox. 1638. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. on Easter day at Ox. in S. Peters Church in the East , on Rom. 8.11 . Ox. 1638. qu. ( 4 ) Serm. conc . the Epiphany , on Math. 2. ver . 2. Ox. 1639. qu. ( 5 ) Serm. at S. Pauls Church on his Maj. day of inauguration , 27 March 1642 , on 1 Tim. 2.1.2 . Lond. 1642. qu. ( 6 ) Sixteen Serm. preached in the Univ. of Oxon and at Court. Lond. 1659. oct . The first is on Luke 13.23.24 . The sec . on Joh. 2.11 . and the third on Luke 7. part of the 47 verse , &c. ( 7 ) Serm. at Bow Church in Lond. on the Anniversary meeting of Herefordshire Natives , 24 Jun. 1658 , on S. Joh. 19.27 . Lond. 1659. oct . Concio ad Clerum in Templo B. Mariae 14 Feb. in 1 Tim. 4.14 . Ox. 1631. qu. Specimen Oratorium . Lond. 1653. in 2 sh . in oct . In which is ( 1 ) A Letter from the Univ. of Oxon. to K. Jam. 1. to thank him for his Works which he gave to the publick Library . ( 2 ) Oration in the Convocation when the Members of the Univ. received them . ( 3 ) Fun. Oration on Dr. Budden , 1620 , ( 4 ) Oration in K. Hen. 7. Chappel at Westminster 11 Nov. 1640 , when the Dean of Chichester was presented Prolocutor to the Convocation . ( 5 ) Gratulation for the Kings safe returne from Edghill battle 29. Oct. 1642. This little book was published again in 1657 , and in 1662. in a little oct . with the additions of ( 1 ) Art. Bac. ex . Ed. Ch. Oxon Progymnasmata ( 2 ) Epistolae nonnullae è cumulo exceptae , nomini Subdecani inscriptae . ( 3 ) Orationes & Epistolae , &c. All which were again printed at Oxon 1668. 1675 &c. He died on the 20 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred and seventy , aged 79 , and was buried in one of the isles joyning to the choire of Ch. Ch. Cathedral , on the north side . You may see his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , lib. 2. p. 287. a. In his Canonry succeeded Rob. South D. D. and Student of Ch. Ch , being but the fourth Canon of his stall since the foundation of the Cathedral by K. Hen. 8. The first wos Tho. Day LL. Bac. 1546. The second was Tho. Thornton D. D. an . 1567 and the third Dr. Gardiner , 1629 , as before I have told you . HENRY THURMAN the Son , if I mistake not , of Edw. Thurman Rector of Hallingbury in Essex ( who had been thrown out of his living by the Committee of Religion for a scandalous and malignant Priest , an . 1643 ) was educated in Westminster School , and thence elected a Student of Ch. Ch. in 1648. Afterwards taking the degrees in Arts , and keeping pace with the Presbyterian discipline , became a Preacher some years before his Majesties restauration ; but when he saw how matters were like to be carried upon his return , he became very vehement in his preachings and discourses against the Presbyterians and Independents : So that gaining the name of one of the Royal party , had a cure bestowed on him in Sussex . He hath written , A defence of humane learning in the Ministry : Or a treatise proving that it is necessary a Minister ( or Preacher ) should be skill'd in humane learning . Oxon. 1660. oct . Dedicated to Dr. John Wall a rich Canon of Ch. Ch. with a flattering Epistle before it , for which he was then rewarded , but not altogether to his mind . This book being published in Mich. term 1659 , was look'd upon as a seasonable piece of service , because the Universities and Ministry did then lay at stake , and had certainly gone to the pot , had not Monk come opportunely out of Scotland for their relief . This Mr. Thurman , died about sixteen hundred and seventy , in Sussex as one or two of his contemporaries in Ch. Ch , have informed me , but where buried they could not further add . CORBET OWEN son of Will. Owen of Pontsbury in Shropshire Minister , was born at Hinton in that County , an . 1646 educated in the first rudiments of Grammar in a private School in Shrewsbury under one Scofield a loyal Parson ( emulated by the Town Free-school under the government of the Saints ) where he profited very much , and more might he have done , had not his friends sent him into France , and thence into Flanders to be touched by the then exil'd King for the cure of the Kings Evil , of which he was once so lame that he went upon crutches . In the month of May 1658 he made his first entry into Westminster School , and in the year following , he was elected one of the Kings Scholars there , where 't was usual with him to speak 40 or 50 smooth and elegant verses ex tempore , in little more than half an hour . In 1664 he was elected Student of Ch. Ch. and in short time was well vers'd in the most crabbed subtilities of Philosophy . After he was Bach. of Arts he applied himself to the study of Physick , in which he made so wonderful a progress , that had he lived , he would have gone beyond all of his time in that faculty . In 1670 he proceeded M. of A. and had there been an Act celebrated that year ( which was put off because of the death of the Duchess of Orleance ) he would have performed the exercise belonging to the Senior of that solemnity , and thereby would , as 't is probable , have shew'd himself as excellent for Oratory , as he had the year before done for his poetry . He was the most forward person of his age in the University for his polite learning . He was enriched with a great and happy memory , a most accurate judgment , and with a clear and quick wit. He hath written , Carmen Pindaricum in Theatrum Sheldonianum , in solennibus magnifici operis Encaeniis . Oxon. 1669 in 4. sh . in qu. Divers poems . MS. — with translations of Poetry , particularly the Otho of Monsieur de Corneille , ( often acted on the French stage ) which he rendred into English vers . He died to the great reluctancy of all those who were well acquainted with the wonderful pregnancy of his parts , about the 18. day of January in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was buried in the Church at Cundore in Shropshire . Soon after was a large epitaph made for , by one that intirely loved , him ; but whether it was put over his grave , I know not . The beginning is this . Siste viator , & irrita naturae virtutisque molimina , vel risu vel lachrymis prosequere , &c. JOHN MENNES the third Son of Andr. Mennes Esq . ( by Jane his second Wife , Daughter of John Blechendon Esq . ) Son of Matthew Mennes , was born in the Parish of S. Peter in Sandwich in Kent , on the eleventh of May 1598 and was educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school there . In the 17th year of his age , or thereabouts , he became a Com. of Corp. Ch. Coll. where continuing for some years , did advance himself much in several sort● of learning , especially in Humanity and Poetry and somthing in History . Afterwards he became a great Traveller , a most noted Sea-man , and as well skil'd in marine affairs , in building of Ships , and all belonging thereunto , as any man of his time . In the raign of K. Jam. 1 , he had a place in the Navy-Office , and in the raign of K. Ch. 1. he was made Controller of it . In 1636 I find him a Militia-Captain and in 1639 he was Captain of a Troop of horse in the expedition against the Scots . In 1641 I find him a Vice-Admiral , and by that title did he receive the honor of Knighthood from his Majesty at Dover , in the month of Feb. the same year . Afterwards , upon the breaking out of the rebellion , he closely adhered to the cause of his Majesty , and in 1642 I find him Captain of a Ship called the Rainbow for his Maj. service while Robert Earl of Warwick was Vice-Admiral , but how long he continued in that employment I cannot tell ; sure I am that when his Majesties cause declined , he left the nation and for a time adheered to Pr. Rupert while he roved on the Seas against the Usurpers in England ; who being successless , he retired to K. Ch. 2 in Exile , took his fortune as other Royalists did , yet always in a gay , cheerful and merry condition . After the return of his Majesty from his Exile , he had the place of chief Controller of the Navy conferred on him , which he kept to his dying day , being accounted by all that knew him to be an honest and stout man , generous and religious , and well skill'd in Physick and Chimistry . This Person who was always poetically given , and therefore his company was delightful to all ingenious and witty men , was author of the greater part of a book intit . Musarum dilitiae : or , the Muses recreation , containing several pieces of poetick wit. Lond. 1656. oct . 2d . edit . James Smith whom I have mentioned under the year 1667 had so great a hand in that book that he is esteemed the author almost of half of it . Sir John Mennes hath also written . Epsom Wells , a poem . — Printed in qu. and divers other poems scattered in other mens works . He hath also extant a mock poem on Sir Will. D'avenant and his Gondibert , and did assist , as I have been credibly informed , Sir John Suckling in the composition of some of his Poetry ; on whom , and his Fine Troop of Horse that ran away when they were to engage with the enemy , he wrot a scoffing ballad . At length he having lived beyond the age of man , concluded his last day in the Navy-Office in Seething-lane within the City of London , on Saturday the 18. of Febr. in sixteen hundred and seventy : Whereupon his body was buried at the upper end of the Chancel of the Church of S. Olaves in Hart-street , on the 27 day of the same month . Soon after was a neat monument erected over his grave , with an inscription thereon , much becoming the person for whom it was set up . His eldest Brother , which his Father had by his first Wife Elizabeth Warham , was named Matthew , who was created Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Ch. 1. The second was named Thomas , who was buried in the Church of S. Peter in Sandwych , in Janu. 1631. EDWARD LEIGH Esq . Son of Hen. Leigh , was born at Shawell in Leycestershire , 24. of March 1602 , being the day and year on which Qu. Elizabeth deceased , bred in Grammar learning under one Mr. Loe of Walshall in Staffordshire , became a Communer of Magd. Hall under the tuition of Will. Pemble , an . 1616 , ran through the severe discipline then and there used , and proceeded in Arts in 1623 : But before his Regency was expired , he went to the Middle Temple and studied the common Law , ( wherein he made considerable progress ) yet before he had been there two years , he , with others were forced thence by tho great plague that violently raged in London , an . 1625. So that instead of retiring into the Country , he went into France and spent there half an year with great improvement to himself and his studies . After his return he spent some years in the said Temple , not only in the study of the Laws but of Divinity and History ; in both which in his elder years he attained to some eminence . Afterwards he retired to Banbury in Oxfordshire , and became a constant hearer for some time of that noted puritanical preacher Will. Wheatley . But he dying in 1639 our author Leigh receeded to London , where continuing till the civil distempers broke forth , was upon the withdrawing of divers members of that unhappy convention called the Long Parliament , to the King at Oxon , chose a Recruiter or Burgess for the Town of Stafford . Afterwards , upon a vacancy , he was appointed one of the House of Commons to sit in the Ass . of Divines ( as did Philip Earl of Pembroke , Will. Visc . Say &c. of the House of Lords ) with Joh. Selden , Franc. Rous , Bulstr . Whitlock , &c. other members of the said house ; where he behaved himself as learnedly as most of the Divines then sitting . He was also then a Colonel of a regiment for the Parliament , was Custos Rotulorum for the County of Stafford , and afterwards was numbred among those Presbyterian members that were turned out of the House of Commons by the Army 6. Dec. 1648 and imprisoned thereupon in the publick Inn called the Kings head in the Strand . From which time till towards the Kings restauration ( when he with the rest of the ejected members then living , were restored by General Monk to their places in Parliament ) he had little else to do but to write books , the titles of which , among others , which he wrot before that time , do follow . Selected and choice observations concerning the twelve first Caesars &c. Oxon. 1635. oct . To which he added six more , making up the number 18 , which were printed with the former , in another Edition . The observations on the rest that followed , were made by Henry Leigh the authors eldest Son , M. of A. of Magd. Hall , which being printed with the former at Lond. 1657 in oct , had this title put to them Analecta Caesarum Romanorum . Afterwards they were illustrated with their several effigies and coines — Lond. 1664. oct , and in another Edit . that came out in 1670 in oct . they had observations of the Greek Emperours added to them by the same hand . Treatise of Divine promises , in 5. books . Lond. 1633 , there again the third time 1650 , and the fourth in 1657. octavo . Critica sacra , on the Hebrew words of the old , and on the Greek of the New , Testament . Lond. 1639 and 46. in qu. There again in two parts in fol. 1662. In which book , the author expressing his great skill in the Languages , was the reason therefore why the learned Usher primate of Ireland had a respect and kindness for him . Supplement to the Critica sacra . Lond. 1662. fol. A Treatise of Divinity in three books . Lond. 1646. qu. The Saints encouragement in evil times : or , observations concerning the Martyrs in general . Lond. 1648. 51. oct . Annotations on all the New Test . Lond. 1650. fol. A philological Commentary : or , an illustration of the most obvious and useful words in the Law , with their distinctions and divers , acceptations , as they are found as well in Reports antient and modern , as in records and memorials never printed . Lond. 1652. 58. 71. oct . A Systeme or body of Divinity in 10 books Lond. 1654. and 62. fol. Treatise of religion and learning in 6. books Lond. 1656. fol. Which book , laying dead on the Booksellers hands , had this title put to it in 1663. Faelix consortium : or , a fit conjuncture of religion and learning , in one entire volume , consisting of six books , &c. From which Treatise Will. Crowe of Suffolk , Master of the Free-school at Croydon in Surrey took many things when he composed his Elenchus Scriptorum in sacram scripturam , &c. Lond. 1672. octavo . Choice French proverbs . Lond. 1657. 64. oct . Annotations on the five poetical books of the old Test . viz. Job , Psalmes , Proverbs , Ecclesiastes and Canticles . Lond. 1657. fol. Second considerations of the High Court of Chancery . Lond. 1658. in 2 sh . in qu. England described : or , the Counties and Shires thereof briefly handled . Lond. 1659. oct . Copied mostly from Camden . Choice observations on all the Kings of England from the Saxons to the death of K. Ch. 1. Lond. 1661. oct . Three Diatriabes or discourses , 1. Of travel . 2. Of money . 3. Of measuring , &c. Lond. 1671. oct . This book is called in another edit . 1680. The Gentlemans guide in the three discourses , &c. He also published The Magistrates Authority , in two Sermons , Lond. 1647 qu. penn'd by Christopher Cartwright B. of Div. and Minister at York . To which our Author Leigh put a preface , to vindicate himself against a lying pamphlet , as he calls it , which entitles him , a man of a fiery disposition , and one generally made chair-man upon any business that doth concern the Clergy . He paid his last debt to nature in his house called Rushall Hall , on the second day of June , in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Rushall near to Walshall , a Market Town in Staffordshire , before mention'd , as I have been informed by letters written to me by his Son Henry . EDMUND STANTON son of Sir Franc. Stanton Knight , was born in Bedfordshire , became a Communer of Wadham Coll. in the beginning of the year 1615 aged about 14 years , was admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. on the 4 of Oct. the same year , and afterwards Fellow and M. of A. About which time taking holy Orders , he became Minister of Bushy in Hertfordshire ; but his title to the Rectory being weak , he changed it with Dr. Seaton for the Church of Kingston upon Thames in Surrey . In 1634 he took the degrees in Divinity , and being puritanically affected , he sided with the Presbyterians in the beginning of the civil distempers , was made one of the Assembly of Divines 1643 became a frequent Preacher within the City of London , and sometimes before the members of the Long Parliament . In 1648 he was , for the services done for the cause , constituted President of Corp. Ch. Coll. by the authority then in being , and so long as he kept that place he shewed himself a zealous brother for the carrying on of the Presbyterian discipline . Soon after he took the oath called the Engagement , as before he had done the Covenant ; but upon the restoration of K. Ch. 2. being ejected to make room for him , whose bread he had eaten for 12 years , he retired to a Market Town in Hertfordshire called Rickmansworth , where exercising his function among the Brethren till S. Barthelmews day , an . 1662 , was then silenced for Nonconformity . He hath published , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Rupes Israelis : the rock of Israel , preached at S. Marg. Westm . before the House of Com. at their monthly Fast 24. Apr. 1644 , on Deut. 32.31 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 2 ) Phinehas's zeal in execution of judgment , Fast-serm . before the House of Lords , 30 oct . 1644. on Psal . 106.30 . Lond. 1645. qu. ( 3 ) Sermon at Great Milton in the County of Oxon 9. Dec. 1654 , at the funeral of Mrs. Elizab. Wilkinson late Wife of Dr. Hen. Wilkinson Princ. of Magd. Hall , on 1. Thes . 4.14 . Oxon 1659. qu. To which is added 1. A narrative of her godly life and death , 2 Verses and Elegies on her death , made by certain Presbyterian Poets of the Univ. of Oxon. viz. John Wallis D.D. W. Carpender M. A. of Christ Church Edm. Hall of Pemb. Coll , Dr. Hen. Wilkinson the Husband , &c. He the said Dr. Stanton hath other Sermons extant which I have not yet seen . Dialogue or discourse between a Minister and a Stranger . Lond. 1673. oct . Treatise of Christian conference . — Pr. with the Dialogue . He concluded his last day at Bovingden in Hertfordshire ( after he had exercised his gifts there in private for some years ) on the 14 day of July in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried in the Church there . His life , such as 't is , was written by one Richard Mayow ; wherein the reader may satisfie himself more of the Doctor , but not so fully , as may be wished , unless he reads the Appendix to it , written by Will. Fulman of C. C. Coll. Sam. Clark in his collection of printed lives 1683 , involves all or most of that written by Mayow , without taking any notice of the Appendix , either because he had not seen it , or that it was too satyrical , or made much against the Doctor , as it doth with unquestionable veracity . Mayow was sometimes Minister of Kingston upon Thames , but ejected thence for nonconformity 1662 , and was author of a book called A treatise of closet prayer . Pr. in oct . MERIC CASAUBON son of the most learned Isaac , son of Arnold , Casaubon by Joanna Rosseau his Wife ; which Isaac married the Daughter of Henry Son of Rob. Stephan , both eminent men of their times , as their works manifest . This Person Mer. Casaubon whom we are now to mention , who was descended from both sides of learned Parents , was born within the City of Geneva in France , in the month of Sept. 1599 , and at 9 years of age being brought into England by his Father , was instructed by a private Master till 1614 , at which time he was sent to Ch. Ch. in this University ; where being put under a most careful Tutor Dr. Edw. à Meetkirk the Kings Hebr. Professor , was soon after elected Student of that House , and afterwards making a very considerable progress in Logick and Philosophy , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1621 , at which time he was much noted for his sufficiences in the arts and sciences . In the same year , tho he was then young , he published a Book in defence of his Father , against the calumnies of a certain Rom. Catholick , as I shall tell you in the Catalogue following : Which making him known to K. Jam. 1 , he ever afterwards had a good opinion of him . That book brought him also into credit abroad , especially in France , whence he had offers and invitations for some promotion there , his Godfather Meric de Vic ( sometimes Governor of Calis ) being then , or soon after , Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of that Kingdom . The next book that he published was Vindicatio patris , &c. written by command of K. James in defence of his Father and the Church of England against the Puritans of those days , of which book he gave a farther account in his Necessity of reformation . About that time , he being beneficed in Somersetshire , ( at Bledon ) by the favour of Dr. Andrews B. of Winton ▪ and Bach. of Div. did chiefly design to go on where his Father had left off against Baronius his Annals , but was diverted by some accidental occasions or provocations . At length when he came to maturity of years , for such a work , and had acquainted Archb. Laud his great friend and patron with his design , ( who was very ready to place him conveniently in Oxon or Lond. according to his desire , to the end that he might be furnished with books necessary for such a purpose ) the troubles and divisions began in England : so that he having no certain place , was forced to sell a good part of his books , and in conclusion after 20 years sufferings , more or less , he was grown so old and crazy in body , that he could not expect to live many years , and thereupon was forced to give over that project . Some years after his publication of the said two books , he was made Prebendary of Canterbury , ( by the favour of Dr. Laud if I mistake not ) Rector of Ickham 4 miles distant thence , and in 1636 he was actually created Doct. of Div. by command from his Majesty , when he and his Queen were entertained by the muses there . In the beginning of the Civil War that followed , he lost all his spiritual promotions and lived retiredly with that little he had left . In 1649 one Mr. Greaves of Greys Inn an intimate acquaintance with our Author Casaubon , brought him a message from Ol. Cromwell then Lieu. General of the Parliament forces to bring him to Whitehall to confer with him about matters of moment , but his Wife being then lately dead , and not , as he said , buried , he desired to be excused . Afterwards Greaves came again , and our author being in some disorder for it , fearing that evil might follow , he desired to tell him the meaning of the matter ▪ but Greaves refusing , went away the second time . At length he return'd again and told him that the Lieu. Gen. intended his good and advancement , and that his particular errand was that he would make use of his Pen to write the History of the late War , desiring withal that nothing but matters of fact be impartially set down , &c. To which he returned answer , that he desired his humble service and hearty thanks be returned for that great honour done unto him , and withal , that he was uncapable in several respects for such an employment , and could not so impartially engage in it , but that his subject would force him to make such reflections as would be ungrateful , if not injurious , to his Lordship . Notwithshanding this answer , Cromwell seemed so sensible of his worth , that tho he could not win him over to his desires , yet he acknowledged a great respect for him , and as a testimony thereof , he ordered that upon the first demand there should be delivered three or four hundred pounds by a certain Bookseller in London ( whose name was Cromwell ) whensoever his occasions should require , without acknowledging any benefactor at the receipt of it . But this offer , as I have been informed by our authors Son John Casaubon a Chirurgion of Canterbury , he scorned to accept , tho his condition was then mean. At the same time it was proposed by the said Greaves ( who belonged to the library at S. James ) that if our author would gratifie him in the foregoing request , Cromwell would restore unto him all his Fathers books , which were then in the Royal Library there , ( given by K. James , who had invited him into England ) and withal a Patent for 300 l. per an . to be paid to the family so long as the youngest Son of Dr. Is . Casaubon should live ; but this also was refused . Not long after there was a proposal made by the then Sweedish Ambassador in England from Christina Qu. of Sweedland to our author M. Casaubon , whereby he was invited by the said Queen into her Country to have the government of one , or inspection of all her Universities , and for an encouragement she proposed not only an honorable Salary for himself , but offered to settle 300 l. per an . upon his eldest Son during life : But this also was waved , with full design to spend the remainder of his days in England . After the Kings return he was restored to his Spiritualities , and went on in writing books , which he continued almost to his last . He was a general Scholar , but not extraordinary in any one sort , unless in criticisms , wherein his Fathers notes might probably have set him up . He was also a religious man , loyal to his Prince , exemplary in his life and conversation , and very charitable to the poor . The Writings and Translations which he published were many , as the Catalogue following will tell you . Pietas contra maledicos patrii nominis & religionis hostes . Lond. 1621. oct . Vindicatio patris adversus impostores , qui librum ineptum & impium De origine idolatriae nuper sub Isaaci Casauboni nomine publicavit . Lond. 1624. 25. in 8. sh . in qu. Which book Of the original of idolatry , was translated out of a French copy by Abr. Darcy , ( Isaac Casaubon having been dead about 10 years before ) and was dedicated to Prince Charles , and presented to K. James and all the Lords of the Council . It is said to have been written before Isaac Casaubon was born , but his name being fraudently inserted in the title page , Meric the Son who was then a Student of Ch. Ch. informed his Majesty by Letters of the wrong done to his Father by making him the author of such a book contrary to his Genius and constant profession , being full of impertinent allegations out of obscure and late authors , whom his Father never thought worthy the reading , much less the using their authority . After his Majesties perusal of that letter he was much incensed at the matter , and Dr. Mountaigne Bishop of Lond. had (a) much ado to make his Chaplains peace for licensing it , the printer and translator being for some time kept in prison . Yet after all this , the same translation was printed at Amsterdam , with a justificatory preface of the former edition , to make the book more vendible for their own profit , tho discredit to the memory of others . He the said Mer. Casaubon hath also written , Notae & emendationes in Optatum Afrum Milevitani Episcopum de schismate Donatistarum . Lond. 1631. oct . Translation out of Gr. into English of , and notes upon , Marc. Aurel. Antoninus his meditations concerning himself . Lond. 1634. 35. qu. Revised and corrected — Lond. 1664. oct . 3d. edit . &c. Treatise of use and custome , in things natural , civil , and divine . Lond. 1638. qu. The use of dayly publick prayers in three positions ▪ Lond. 1641. qu. Notae & emendationes in Marci Antonini Imperatoris de seipso & ad seipsum libros XII . Lond. 1643. oct . Guil. Xylander did first of all make the said book publick in Gr. and Lat ▪ Which version our author did mend in many places , and made it new , &c. The original cause of temporal evils . Lond. 1645. qu. Discourse concerning Christ his incarnation and exinanition . Lond. 1646. qu. Before which is an introduction Concerning the principles of Christianity and Divinity . De verborum usu , & accuratae eorum cognitionis utilitate , Diatriba . Lond. 1647. in tw . De quatuor linguis commentationis pars prior : quae , de lingua Hebraica : & , de lingua Saxonica . Lond. 1650 oct . The author had not opportunity of finishing the other two tongues , Gr. and Lat. Some annotations on the Psalmes and Proverbs — Done at the earnest request of certain Booksellers , whereof our author hath given a farther account in the first part of Credulity , p. 106. Which Annotations were in the last edit . of the Assemblies Annotations on the Bible , reprinted with some additions . Notae in Hieroclem de providentia & fato . Lond. 1655. octavo . Treatise concerning Enthusiasme , as it is an effect of nature ; but is mistaken by many for either divine inspiration , or diabolical possession . Lond. 1655. 56. oct . Translation into Engl. of , and notes on , Luc. Florus Hist . of the Romans . Lond. 1658. 59. oct . Notae in Epicteti Enchiridion . Lond. 1659. oct . Notae in Cebetis tabulam . Lond. 1659. oct . Notae in Paraphrasin Enchiridii . Lond. 1659. oct . De nupera Homeri Editione Lugdunâ-Batavicâ , Hackiana dissertatio . Lond. 1659. oct . Dissertatiuncula super loco Homerico , quo Dei in hominem tam mentes quam fortunas imperium asseritur . Printed with the former book , 1659. Vindication of the Lords prayer as a formal prayer , and by Christs institution to be used by Christians as a prayer . Lond. 1660. oct . The first occasion of writing this treatise , was the relation of a strange affront done publickly unto Christ , or , if you will , more punctually to the Lords Prayer in the chief Church of Oxon , by one ( Dr. John Owen ) that had under the usurping powers the chief ●●vernment of that famous University from 1652 to 1657. Concerning the heinousness of which affront , viz. by putting on his hat when the Lords Prayer was repeating by the preacher , see in Mr. Tho. Longs book intit . No Protestant but Dissenters plot , &c. p. 167. 168. See also in Apologia pro Ministris in Anglia ejectis ; written , as 't is said , by Mr. Hen. Hickman , who blames him also for it . This action is denied by Dr. Owen that he ever did it , in a letter (b) to Dr. Lew. du Moulin , but therein he doth err much , for several now living in Oxon know it well enough . A King and his Subjects unhappily fallen out , and happily reconciled , in a Serm. at Canterbury on Hosea 3. ver . 4.5 . Lond. 1660. qu. The question to whom it belonged antiently to preach , and whether all Priests might or did . Discussed out of antiquity , as also what preaching is properly . Lond. 1663. qu. Notae & emendationes in Diog. Laertium de Vitis , &c. Philosophorum . Lond. 1664. fol. Of the necessity of reformation in , and before , Luthers time , occasioned by some virulent books written by Papists , but especially by that entit . Labarinthus Cantuariensis . Lond. 1664. qu. Answer concerning the new way of infallibility , lately devised to uphold the Rom. cause ; the holy Scriptures ; the antient Fathers and Councils laid aside , against J. S. ( the author of Sure-footing ) his letter lately published . Lond. 1665. qu. The said letter by J. S. that is Joh. Sargeant contained exceptions against some passages in the former book , viz. Of the necessity , &c. which letter was printed at the end of Sure footing in Christianity , and follows the four Appendixes relating to Dr. Tho. Pierce , Dr. Dan. Whitby , Dr. J. Stillingfleet and Dr. Jer. Taylor — Printed 1664 in a large oct . Notae in duas posteriores Terentii Comaedias . Amstel . 1669. in tw . Letter to Dr. Pet. du Moulin D. D. and Prebendary of Canterb. concerning natural experimental Philosophy , and some books lately set out about it . Cambr. 1669 in 5. sh . in qu. Of credulity and incredulity in things natural and civil , &c. in two parts . — The first was printed at London 1668. oct . The second in Things divine and spiritual , was printed at the same place also 1670. oct . In this last part he takes a view of John Wagstaff's book entit . The question of witchcraft debated , Lond. 1669. oct . But these two parts lying dead on the Booksellers hands , they printed a new title to them running thus , A Treatise proving Spirits , Witches and supernatural operations by pregnant instances and evidences , &c. Lond. 1672. oct , the Author being then dead . Notae in Polybium . Amstel . 1670. oct . in the third Vol published by Jac. Gronovius . Notae & emendationes in Hieroclis commentarium . Lond. 1673. oct . Variae Epistolae ad Ger. Joh. Vossium & alios . He also enlarged and amended the third edition of his Fathers Commentary on Aul. Persius his Satyrs , Lond. 1647. oct . And made fit for the press a book entit . A true and faithful relation of what passed for many years between Dr. John Dee and some spirits , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. To which book M. Casaubon wrot a large preface confirming the reality ( as to the point of spirits ) in the said Relation . At length , after a life spent partly in adversity , but mostly in prosperity , he gave way to fate on the 14 of July , in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried in the south part of the first cross Isle joyning southward to Ch. Ch. Cathedral in Canterbury . Over his grave was soon after erected a handsome monument , the inscription on which , you may read in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon , Lib. 2. p. 282. b. He had a design in his last days of writing his own life , and would often confess that he thought himself obliged to do it out of gratitude to the divine providence , which had preserv'd and delivered him from more hazardous occurrences than ever any man ( as he thought ) beside himself had encountred with , particularly in his escape from a fire in the night time , which hapned in the house where he lived , while he was a boy , in Geneva . Also by his recovery from a sickness while of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , when he was given over for a dead man : Which recovery was made by a young Physitian that gave Chymical physick to him . In his wonderful delivery from drowning when overset in a boat on the Thames near London , the two Water-men being drowned and he bouyed up by the help of his priests coat . In his bearing several abuses , fines , imprisonments , &c. laid upon him by the fanatical reformers in the time of his sequestration , and other memorables . But these things being by him deferred from time to time , were , at length , hindred by death , which seized on him sooner than he expected . GILBERT IRONSIDE son of Ralph Ironside Bach. of Div. somtimes Fellow of Univ. Coll. ( afterwards Minister of Long Bridie ) by his wife dau . of Will. Gilbert M. A. of Madg. Coll. and superior Beadle of Arts of the Univ. of Oxon , was born at Hawksbury near to Sadbury in that County , on the 25 of Nov. ( S ▪ Catherins day ) an . 1588 , admitted Scholar of Trin. Coll. 28 May 1605 , Fellow 1613 , being then M. of A , and Bach. of Div. in 1619. At length he became Rector of Winterbourn Stepleton , and Winterbourn Abbots ( joyning together ) in Dorsetshire : both which he keeping till after the Kings restauration , was made Preb. of Thokerington in the Church of York , in Oct. 1660 ; about which time being nominated to the See of Bristow , was consecrated thereunto ( being first created D. D. ) in S. Peters Church at Westm . on the 6. of January 1660. That which I am to take notice of him further is , that tho he was never Chaplain to any spiritual or temporal Lord , or to any King or Prince , or enjoyed any Dignity in the Church , ( except the little Preb. beforemention'd ) yet being wealthy , he was looked upon as the fittest person to enter upon that mean Bishoprick . He hath written Seaven questions of the Sabbath . Oxon. 1637. qu. Besides which and a Sermon printed in 1660 , he had laid the foundation of other Theological treatises , and had in some manner brought them to perfection , but Civil Wars breaking forth , and old age following , the publication of them was hindred . He died at Bristow on the 19. Sept. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried in the Cathedral there , near to the entrance into the Bishops Stall , as I have been enformed by his Son of both his names , lately Bishop of that See. See more in Joh. White among these writers , an . 1648. p. 61. FRANCIS DROPE a younger Son of Tho. Drope B. D. Vicar of Comnore near Abendon in Berks , and Rector of Ardley near Bister in Oxfordshire , was born in the Vicaridge House at Comnore , made Demy of Madg. Coll. in 1645 , and ejected thence by the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 , he being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards he assisted Mr. Will. Fuller in teaching a privat School at Twickenham or Twittenham in Middlesex , where continuing till his Majesties return in 1660 , was restored to his place , actually created M. of A , made Fellow of the said Coll. in 1662 , and afterwards Bach. of Div. and Preb. of Lincoln . He hath written on a subject which he much delighted in , and wherein he had spent a considerable part of his time ; but was not printed till after his death . The title of which is , A short and sure guide in the practice of raising and ordering Fruit-trees . Oxon. 1672. oct . A large and laudable account of which , you may see in the Philosophical Transactions , numb . 86. p. 5049 , &c. He died on the 26. of Sept. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried near to the grave of his Father in the Chancel of the Church of Comnore beforemention'd . SAMUEL MATHER the eldest Son of Rich. Mather mention'd before , under the year 1669. nu . 289. was born at Much-Woolton in Lanc , 13. May 1626 , transported with his Father and Family to New England 1635 , educated in Harwarden Coll. at Cambridge there , took the degrees in Arts , returned into England in 1650 , became one of the Chaplains of Madg. Coll. by the favour of Mr. Tho. Goodwin then President , and was , as t is said , incorporated in the degree of M. of A. tho no such thing occurs in the publick register . Afterwards , being known be a man of parts and gifts , he received a call to go to Leith in Scotland , to be there a publick Preacher . In 1655 he removed to Dublin in Ireland , where he became a Senior Fellow of Trin. Coll. and preached as a Lecturer in S. Nicolas Church there , and also before the L. Deputy and Council in his turn . At which time tho he was a congregational man , and in his Principles respecting Ch. Government a high Nonconformist , yet he was observed by some to be civil to those of the Episcopal persuasion , when it was in his power to do them a displeasure : And when the L. Deputy ( Hen. Cromwell ) gave a Commission to him and others in order to the displacing of Episcopal Ministers in the Province of Mounster , he declined it , as he did afterwards to do the like matter in Dublin , alledging that he was called into that County to preach the Gospel , and not to hinder others from doing it . He was a religious man in the way he professed , and was valued by some who differed from him as to opinion in lesser and circumstantial points in religion . After his Majesties restauration he was suspended from preaching , till his Majesties pleasure should be known , for two Sermons which were judged seditious , and being afterwards ejected and silenced for Nonconformity , preached to the brethren in privat so long as he lived . He hath written , Wholsome Caveat for a time of liberty — Printed 1652. in oct . A defence of the protestant religion , in answer to Fiat Lux. Dubl . 1671. qu. An Irenicum : or , an Essay for union among Reformers . Lond. in qu. The figures or types of the old Testament explained and improved . Dubl . 1683. qu. He died on the 29. of Octob. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried in the Church of S. Nicolas within the City of Dublin , where he used formerly to preach a morning Lecture . OWEN PRICE a Mountgomeryshire man born , was put in Scholar of Jesus Coll. by the Parl. Visitors , 12. Oct. 1648 ; whence , after he had continued 4 years therein , he was called to the charge of a public School in Wales , where he advanced his Scholars much in Presbyterian principles . In the year 1655. making a return to the University , he was entred into Ch. Ch , ( of which , if I mistake not , he was made Student ) and in the year following , did , by the favour of the deligated power of the Chancellour , accumulate the degrees in Arts. Soon after he became Master of the Free-School near Madg. Coll , where by his industry and good way of teaching , he drew many youths of the City , whose Parents were fanatically given , to be his Scholars . But upon the Kings restauration being ejected for Nonconformity , taught School , in which he much delighted , in several places , as in Devonshire , Besills-Lee near Abendon , &c , became useful among the brethren , and a noted Professor in the Art of Pedagogy . He hath written and published , The Vocal Organ : or , a new art of teaching Orthography , by observing the instruments of pronunciation , and the difference between words of like sound , whereby any outlandish , or meer Englishman , woman , or child , may speedily attain to the exact spelling , reading , writing or pronouncing of any word in the English tongue , without the advantage of its fountains , the Greek and Latine Oxon. 1665. oct . English Orthography : teaching 1. The Letters of every sort of print . 2. All Syllables made of Letters . 3. Short Rules by way of question and answer for spelling , reading , pronouncing , using the great letters and their points . 4. Examples of all words of like sound , &c. Oxon. 1670. oct . He died in his House near to Madg. Coll. 25. Nov. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was two days after buried in the Church of S. Peter in the east , near to the door leading into the belfry , within the City of Oxon. JOHN WHITE was a Wiltsh . man born , became a Servitor of S. Albans Hall in Mich. terme an . 1600 ; whence , after he had continued for some time , went to Mert. Coll. and there was entertain'd in the condition of a Servitour to Mr. ( afterwards Sir ) Isaac Wake , but whether he made a longer stay in Merton Coll. or in S. Alb. Hall , I know not ; we will not contend for , and therefore let the Albanians take , him . After he had left the University without a degree confer'd on him , he took holy orders , and had a Cure bestowed on him in his own Country at Monkton-Deverel , and at length became Vicar of Chert●n near to the Devises : From which place being ejected in the time of the Rebellion he practiced Physick at Conock . Afterwards being restored in 1660 , he set himself to the writing of poetry in his old age ; the effects of which are contained in three volumes full of fooleries and impertinencies , entit . Miscellanea Variegata , Anagrammata , Epigrammata , Distica &c. The first vol. contains Anagrams , Epigrams , &c. on the Kings and Nobility of England — Printed at Lond. 1663 in a large thin oct , in the 79 year of the authors age . The 2d Vol. is on the Bishops and Clergie — Lond. 1664 in thin oct , in the 80 year of the authors age . The third is on the Gentry and other persons — Lond 1665. in a thin oct . in the 81. year of the authors age . In all which books are also several copies of English verses . He yeilded to nature at Cherton beforementioned on the 6 of Dec. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there on the north side of Communion Table , near the wall . Soon after was this inscription set up on the said wall . John White Vicar of Cherton was buried neare this place the 8 th day of December An. Dom. 1671. EDWARD BAGSHAW son of Edw. Bagsh . mentioned before , under the year 1662 , p. 211. was born at Broughton in Northamptonshire , educated in Westm . School , elected thence a Student of Ch. Ch , on the first of May 1646 aged 17 years , yet capable of that place an year before , but hindred from coming to Oxon , because it being a Garrison for the King , the discipline in that house was omitted . While he continued in the state of Under-Graduat and Bach , he did set an high value upon , and expressed himself very often intolerably impudent , saucy and refractory to the Censor , and thereupon was either Sconst , or put out of commons , or forced to make his Palinody in a Declamation in the public Hall. Farther also when quadragesimal Disputations were publickly performed in the Schools , he would , without any provocation , take the questions , either of an Under-Graduat or Bachelaur , purposely to dispute with him and so consequently shew his parts , and be shouldred out , or carried out into the quadrangle on the Shoulders of his Admirers . When a Sen. Bachelaur of Mert. Coll. ( E.W. ) above the standing of Master of Arts , was present in the Schools in his formalities , according as the Statute of his House required , Bagshaw in despight of those things , which he call'd trifles , did express some scorn towards him and therefore being reprehended by the Senior Bach , he sent a challeng to him to dispute , but the other scorning to encounter with , caus'd , him to be kick'd into better manners . In the year 1651 Bagshaw proceeded in Arts , ( an year being then allowed to him ) and was Senior of the Act then celebrated , and being soon after put in Office , he shew'd himself a turbulent and domineering person , not only in his College but in the University , where 't was common with him to disturb the Vicechancellour with interposed speeches , without formalities , and his hat cock'd : which posture also he used when he read the Catechist Lecture in his House . In June 1656 he was appointed to officiat as second Master of Westm . School in the place of Joh. Vincent , and in Dec. 1657 he was by the then Governours of that School made the second Master . But soon after , he shewing himself too busie in that office , pragmatical and ungrateful to the chief Master Rich. Busby , he was by his endeavours outed of that place in May 1658 and Ad. Littleton sometimes of Ch. Ch. was put into his room . Soon after he became Vicar of Amersden near Bister in Oxfordsh . in the place of Mr. Rich. Watkins sometimes of Ch. Ch. also , upon his removal to Whichford in Warwickshire , and in 1659. Nov. 3. he took upon him holy orders ( as he himself confesseth ) from the hands of Dr. Ralph Brownrig B. of Exeter . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was entertained by Arthur Earl of Anglesie to be his Chaplain , and then left Amersden , but finding not preferment to be thrust upon him , which he expected ( so confident he was of his own merit and abilities ) he grew highly discontented , and as he had alwaies before shew'd himself opposit to that Government that was in being , so then did he to the Hierarchy , which before he had in some degree defended , such was the mutability of the man. In Dec. 1662 , he upon his then return from Ireland , ( where he had been gaping after great matters , but without success , and therefore enraged ) retired to London among the faction , and being looked upon as a dangerous person , as having then lately written and preached several matters against his Majesty , and present Government , Ch. and Bishops , he was seized on by order of the Council and committed prisoner to the Gatehouse in Westminster : where continuing till the 16 of Jan. was removed thence to the Tower of London , and thence after a tedious imprisonment to Southsea Castle near Portsmouth , on the 5 of Apr. 1664. How long he continued there , I know not : sure I am that upon his release , and return to London , he fell to the old trade of conventicling and raising sedition , for which being ever and anon troubled , had at length the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy tendred to him , but he bogling at them at first , and afterwards denying to take them , was committed prisoner to Newgate , where he continued 22 weeks before his death . He was a person of very good parts ( which he himself knew too well ) well learned , but of a hot and restless head , and was ( as an eminent (a) presbyterian who wrot against him saith ) an Anabaptist , Fift Monarchy Man , and a Separatist , and a man of an txtraordinary vehement spirit , who had been exasperated by many years hard and grievous imprisonments — And that the Nonconformist Ministers of England were so far from being of his mind and spirit , that when Mr. Baxter had written three books against him , as an Anabaptist , or a Millenary , no one Minister of England wrot in his defence nor pleaded for him . To these things I shall add , that while he continued in Oxon , he was a very troublesom person , of a huffing , proud and scornful carriage , was very loose in his morals , over familiar with another mans wife , ( yet living in Oxon ) was false , undermining , and no credit given to his words or promises . The books and pamphlets which he hath written are these . Dissertationes duae anti-socinianae , &c. Lond. 1657. qu. Discussio istius quaestionis , An bona Infidelium opera sint peccata ? Aff. Printed with the Dissertat . De monarchiâ absolutâ dissertatio politica , &c. Oxon. 1659. qu. Appendix de monarchia mixta ; at the end of the former book . These two were wrote against Monarchical Government ; of which hear Mr. Baxters (b) Character . — The arguments in this discourse seem to be such poor , injudicious , slender stuff , that it was one occasion of my writing 20 arguments against Democracy , which I put into the book , which I have since revoked , viz. Political Aphorismes or holy Commonwealth , &c. — Which book was published at Lond. 1657 in a thick oct . Practical discourse concerning Gods decrees , part 2. Oxon. 1659. qu. Dedicated to John Bradshaw who condemned K. Ch. 1. to die , and in his epist . complements in an high degree that famous Regicide . The said Discourse written to Tho. Pierce Rector of Brington in Northhamptonsh . is the sum of two sermons , and was answer'd by Laur. Womack Archdeacon of Suffolk at the end of a book , without his name set to it , Entit . — Arcana Dogmatum Anti-Remonstrantium : or , the Calvinists Cabinet unlocked , &c. under this title , Reflections upon a practical discourse , lately printed at Oxon. Which Reflections touching upon some passages relating to Bagshaw's quarrel with Mr. Rich. Busby , he presently concluded that the said Mr. Pierce ( somtimes of Madg. Coll ) was the author , not only of them , but of the Arc. Dogm . &c. and therefore first of all in some one piece of his he nibbles at Pierce's name and writings , but finding him unconcern'd at , as not to take notice of , it , he soon after published , A true and perfect narration of the differences between Mr. Busby and Mr. Bagshaw , the first and second Masters of Westm . School . London . 1659 in 4 sh . in qu. and in the preface to it , doth give himself ease upon Pierce , by answering the calumnies ( as he calls them ) in he said Reflections that were thrown upon him . Whereupon Pierce finding a grand mistake in the matter , came out with a reply soon after , written by way of Letter to Dr. Pet. Heylyn , to vindicate himself as being not the author of those Reflections , &c. Saintship no ground of Soveraignity : or , a treatise tending to prove , that the saints barely considered as such , ought not to govern . Oxon. 1660. oct . The great question concerning things indifferent in religious worship , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. The second part of the great question concernig things indifferent in religious worship , &c. Lond. 1661. qu. The necessity and use of heresies : or , a third and last part of the great question about indifferent things in religious worship , &c. — pr. 1662. qu. Discourse about Christ and Antichrist : or a demonstration that Jesus is the Christ , &c. on Joh. 13.17 . and Acts 26.8 . Lond. 1661. qu. Treatise about the resurrection — pr. with the Discourse about , &c. Exercitationes duae , altera Theologica de presbyteris et episcopis , altera Academica de philosophiâ veteri , ejusque usu , unâ cum duabus rationibus ejusd . argumenti , &c. Lond. 1661. qu. Letter unto a person of honour and quality , containing some animadversions upon the Bishop of Worcester ( Dr. G. Morley ) letter . London . 1662 in one sh . and an half in qu. The said Bishops letter was written to Mr. Baxter in Vindication of himself from his misreports . But to this letter of our author , which was subscribed by D. E , came out the same year three answers one by S. H. ( Sam. Holden ) Bach. of Arts of Ball Coll. A second called A letter with animadversions upon the animadverter on the B. of Worcesters Letter , by J. C. M. D. in two sh ▪ in qu. And the third by Rog. L'estrange entit . A whip for the Schismatical animadver . upon the Bish . of Worcesters Letter . Lond. in qu. But whilst the said Whip was in the press came out , The second part of animadversions , with an answer to all that R. L'estrange intends to write . Lond. 1662 qu. subscribed by D. E. The soberest excesses of which , L'estrange took notice of in his pamphlet called A memento , being chiefly a paraphrase on Sir Fr. Bacons Essayes . But our author Bagshaw not returning any thing to the particulars therein charged upon him , tho challenged by L'estrange , both before and afterwards , to call him to make a particular proof of what he had said concerning him , he came out at length in print against L'estrange with a pamphlet Entit . A Letter to Edw. Earl of Clarendon L. high Chanc. of England , &c. Lond. 1661. qu. wherein he not only endeavours to vindicate himself , as to his former actions in relation to Church and State , but also to use all means possible by little and false stories to vilifie and calumniate L'estrange . Whereupon the same year , the said L'estrange published an answer thereunto entit . Truth and Loyaltie vindicated from the reproaches and clamours , of Mr. Edw. Bagshaw , &c. Lond. 1662. And tho our author Bagshaw in these three foregoing papers was so forward as to appear in public for Mr. Baxter , yet afterwards he had no thanks (c) from him for his Labour , saying that it troubled him that Mr. Bagshaw had wrot so unskilfully for him against the then Bish . of Worcester . Treatise about the spiritual nature of God and his worship ( grounded on Joh. 4.24 . ) Lond. 1662. qu. Brief enquiry into the grounds and reasons , whereupon the infallibility of the Pope and Church of Rome is said to be founded . Lond. 1662 qu. Answered by Ser. Cressy in a book entit . A non est inventus . See in Hugh Cressy under the year 1674. Antidote against Mr. Baxters treatise of Love and Unity , viz. the cure of Church devision . London . 1671. qu. Which being answer'd by Mr. Baxter in his Defence of the Principles of Love , &c. Lond. 1671. oct . our author came out with a Reply in 5. or 6. sh . in qu. which I have not yet seen . Mr. Baxter calls it a Libell , as he doth the Antidote , in his book entit . A Second admonition to Mr. Bagshaw , written to call him to repentance for many false doctrines , crimes , and especially fourscore palpable untruths in matters of fact published by him in two small Libells , &c. Lond. 1671. oct . To this Sec. adm . of Mr. Baxter our author published a third answer , intit . in part , A review , or all Mr. Baxters calumnies confuted — This was soon replyed upon by Baxter in a small piece bearing this title . The Church told of Mr. Edw. Bagshawes scandall , and warn'd of the dangerous snares of Satan , &c. now layd for them in his Love-killing principles , &c. Lond. 1672. qu. Ready way to prevent sin . Lond. 1671. oct . This I have not yet seen , nor his Discourse of Conscience — Pr. in qu. nor his Letter to Sir Jo. Robinson Lieut. of the Tower — Written I suppose when he was a prisoner there . Mr. Baxter tells us that E. Bagshaw wrote and published The life and death of Mr. Vav . Powell that faithfull Minister and Confessor of Jesus Christ , &c. — Printed 1681. in oct : But how true his report is I cannot tell , because there are such silly things and such canting and impertinent stuff in it , that no generous Scholar , or a Scholar of Academical breeding , as Bagshaw was , would or could be author of it . T is true that he did finish and compleat Vav . Powells little thing called A Collection of those Scripture prophecies which relate to the call of the Jews , &c. added to his Concordance of the Bible , yet I cannot beleive that he was author of the said life . At length after his time had been spent in a continued agitation , in opposition to all that was in relation to the Church setled by Law , he unwillingly laid down his head , and died in an house in Tuttlestreet within the City of Westminster , on the 28. of Dec. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried on the first of Jan. following about the middle of the yard , called the Fanatical burial place near Bunhill , and on the north side of the New Artillery garden near London , being then accompanied to that place by near a 1000 of Protestant Dissenters . Over his grave was soon after built an altar monument , on which was this inscription ( made by Dr. Jo. Owen ) engraven . Here lies interred the body of Mr. Edward Bagshaw minister of the Gospell , who received from God faith to embrace it , courage to defend it , and patience to suffer for it ; which by the most despised , and by many persecuted , esteeming the advantage of birth , education and learning as things of worth to be accounted loss for the knowledge of Christ. From the reproaches of pretended friends , and persecutions of professed Adversaries , he took Sanctuary by the will of God in eternal rest , the 28. Dec. 1971. On the plank of black marble which covers the monument , are the Armes of Bagshaw , impaling the pretended Armes of Peacock , the said Bagshaw having some years before his death taken to wife a virtuous and superannuated maid ( but perfectly blind ) named Margaret , the daugh . of John Peacock of Chawley in the parish of Comnore near Abendon in Berks , but had no issue by her . WILLIAM NICOLSON son of Christop . Nicolson a rich clothier , was born at Stratford near to Hadleigh in Suffolk , on the first day of Nov. 1591 , educated in Grammar learning in the School joyning to Madg. Coll , being then choirester of that House . Afterwards , having made an entrance into the Logical Class , he was made one of the Clerks , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1615 , at which time , I conceive , he was Chaplain to Henry Earl of Northumberland , then a prisoner in the Tower of London and Tutor to his son the Lord Percy . But his cheif delight being exercised in the fac . of Grammar , and therefore noted by many for it , he was made Master of the Free-School at Croydon in Surrey ; to which office he was admitted 3 Jul. 1616 , in the place of one Robert Davys Bach. of Arts of Oxon , then displaced for his frequent hunting with dogs , and neglecting the School . From that time to the beginning of 1629 he continued there , doing great benefit by his instruction , and then being succeeded by one Joh. Webb M. of A. of Madg. Hall , our author retired into Wales , where having a little before obtained the rectory of LLandilo-vaour or LLandellovar in Caermerthenshire , was made soon after Residentiary of S. David , and Archdeacon of Brecknock in the place of one Isaac Singleton , in the beginning , as it seems , of the rebellion . In 1643 he was elected one of the Ass . of Divines , but never , as I conceive , sate among them , and soon after loosing his spiritualities , he taught a private School in Caermerthenshire , and by his writings defended and maintained the Church of England ( then exceedingly clouded ) against its Adversaries . After the Kings restauration , he was by the endeavours of Edward Earl of Clarerdon L. Chanc. of England designed Bishop of Glocester by his Majesty , ( by vertue of whose letters he was diplomated Doct. or Div. in the beginning of Dec. 1660. ) and on the sixth of Jan. following he was consecrated thereunto in the Abbey Church of S. Peter within the City of Westminster , after it had laid void several years , by the death of Godfrey Goodman . Which Bishoprick he kept , without any translation to another See , to his dying day , keeping in Commendam with it the Archdeaconry of Brecknock , and the Rectory of Bishops-Cleeve in Glocestershire . He was a right learned Divine , well seen and read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , but above all , most excellent he was in the critical part of Grammar , in which faculty none in his time , or perhaps before , went beyond him . His writings which shew him to be a person of great erudition , prudence , modesty and of a moderate mind , are these . A plain , but full , exposition of the Catechisme of the Church of England , enjoyned to be learned of every child , before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop . Lond. 1655. 61. 63. 71. qu. &c. Apologie for the discipline of the antient Church , intended especially for the Church of England . Lond. 1659. qu. Exposition on the Apostles Creed , delivered in several Sermons . Lond. 1661. fol. An easie Analysis of the whole book of Psalmes Lond. 1662. fol. He died in the Bishops Pallace at Glocester on the fifth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , and was buried on the eigth day of the same month in a little isle joyning , on the South side , to the Virgin Maries Chappel , in the Cathedral there . Over his grave was afterwards a blew stone laid , and on the wall near it a table of black marble erected , with this inscription following in golden letters . Aeternitati S. In spe beatae resurrectionis , hîc reverendas exuvias deposuit Theologus insignis , Episcopus verè primitivus Gulielm . Nicolson , in agro Suffolciano natus , apud Magdalenenses educatus , ob fidem Regi , & Ecclesiae affictae praestitam , ad sedem Glocestrensem meritò promotus , an . 1660. In concionibus frequens , in Scriptis nervosus , legenda scribens , & faciens scribenda . Gravitas Episcopalis in fronte emicuit , pauperibus quotidianâ Charitate beneficus , comitate erga Clerum & literatos admirandus , gloriae ac dierum satur , in palatio suo ut vixit piè decessit Febr. 5. anno aetatis LXXXII , Dom. MDCLXXI . Elizabetha conjux praeivit , in hoc sacello sepulta Apr. xx , an . Dom. MDCLXIII . Owenus Brigstock de Lechdenny in Comitatu Caermerthen Armiger , praedictae Elizabethae nepos , hoc grati animi monumentum ( executore recusante ) propriis sumptibus erexit , an . MDCLXXIX . The said Brigstock was Grandson to the said Elizabeth . GRIFFITH WILLIAMS was born in the parish of Llanruc near to Caernarvon in Caernarvonshire , educated in a private School in Caernarvon , applyed his muse to Academical learning in Ch. Church , in the latter end of 1603. aged 16 years , but before he was honoured with a degree , he left that House , and by the perswasions of John Williams ( afterwards B. of Lincoln ) he removed to Cambridg , where he prefer'd him to a Tutor , patroniz'd him , further'd his entrance into the Ministry , and , after he had attained to the degree of M. of A. got him to be Chaplain to Philip Earl of Montgomery , being about that time also ( 1614. ) Parson of S. Bennet Sherhogg in London . About the time that he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , he was made Parson of Lhan-Lhechid in Wales , where he received good encouragement in the Ministry from Sir John Wynne Baronet and Sir Rich. Wynne his son , and was infinitely admired for his excellent way in preaching and for his religious life and conversation . He was then accounted a person very well read in scholastical and historical Divinity , as also in the Fathers , Schoolmen and Councils , and therefore it was that he was made one of the Chaplains to K. Ch. 1. he being then D. D. In 1628 he became Prebendary of the eighth Stall in the collegiate Church of Westminster , in the room of Dr. Laud , who till then had kept it in commendam with his Bishopricks , and in 1633 he was made Dean of Banger , ( installed therein 28 Mar. 1634. ) and Archdeacon of Anglesy ; which Deanery had before been enjoyed by Edm. Griffith . Afterwards he was designed to be Tutor to Pr. Charles ; but Archb. Laud commending to his Majesty Dr. Duppa for that Employment , our Author Williams ( who had been Tutor to the Lord Charles Herbert Son to Philip Earl of Pembroke and Mountgomery , I mean that Charles who died at , or near , Florence , an . 1634. ) was then put aside to his great discontent . In 1641 , he was , at the motion of his ever honored Lord ( the said Earl ) made to the King , constituted Bishop of Ossory in Ireland , to which See being consecrated on the ●● of Sept. in the same year , had then leave given to him to keep his Deanery and Archdeaconry in commendam . In the beginning of the Rebellion he adhered to the Cause 〈◊〉 his Majesty , and the first book that he wrot in his 〈◊〉 against the Rebels was his Vindiciae Regum , &c. for which he was fetch'd away from his house at Apethorpe in Northamptonshire by a Troop of Soldiers and carried Prisoner to Northampton , where the Committee , that were appointed by the Parliament to meet and sit there , had the said book in their hands . Afterwards he retired to Oxon , and printed his Discovery of Mysteries ; and on that very day he was preaching at S. Maries before the House of Commons , the Soldiers from Northampton went and plunder'd his House , and all his Houshold-stuff at Apethorp , where his Wife and Children then resided , and sequestred his Lands for the use of the Parliament . The next winter following he wrot his Jura Majestatis , and according to his poor abilities , out of the means he had in Wales , he gave unto his Majestys own hands every winter for three years together the testimony of his loyalty and affection to the utmost of his power . Upon the the declining of the Kings cause , this our author being then brought very low , the said Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery offered to procure him a Benefice in Lancashire worth 400 l. per ann . conditionally that he would submit himself to the Parliament , but he refused it , as he did also the importunat invitation of his singular good friend Dr. Williams Archb. of York for the same purpose . Soon after he retired into Wales , where for 12 years together ( as he saith ) having not one penny of Ecclesiastical means , nor 20 l. per an . in all the world to maintain himself and servants , of any temporal estate , he was forced to live upon a little Tenement , for which he paid 2 l. 10 s. per ann . to Sir Gr. Williams , and 4 l. Land per ann . besides of his own . So that he lived worse than a poor Curat , with oaten-bread , barley-bread , buttermilk and somtimes water , being not able to keep any drop of ale or beer for two lusters of years . He went attir'd in very mean cloaths , ( as he farther adds ) and was forced to do many servile works himself about his House , Garden and Cattel : And all this he did , as he said , rather than accept of means , benevolence , or maintenance from the Usurpers , Rebels and the Robbers of Christ's Church . He then also perswaded , as he had done before , some of the Earl of Pembrokes children , who had been his Scholars to adheer to his Majesty , altho their Father was misled to adheer to the Parliament , but they refused . Hen. Cromwell also Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , while his Father was Protector of England , offer'd him , as he did other Irish Bishops an 100 l. per ann . if he , or they , would submit to the then Government and conform in their Ministry , but he scorn'd that motion also , as he farther tells us . After the Kings return in 1660 , he was restored to his Bishoprick , Deanery and Archdeaconry , but rose no higher , or was translated to any other place , because the King was informed that he had kept pace with the Parliamenteers , particularly with Philip Earl of Pembroke ; and that also he enjoyed his Deanery even in the times of Usurpation , paying a small Rent to the Usurpers , and not only suffered the Deanery House to go to ruine , but helped it forward by selling some of the Wainscot of it ; which last is yet frequently reported by the Neighbours at Bangor . Afterwards he retired into Ireland , lived as privately as might be , obtained what he could from the Revenues of his Bishoprick to make Reparations on the Cath. Church belonging thereunto . The Works that he hath written and published are these . The delights of the Saints . A most comfortable Treatise of grace and peace , &c. Lond. 1622. oct . Seven Gold Candlesticks or 7 Lights of Christian Religion . Lond. 1627. qu. The true Church shewed to all men , that desire to be members of the same , in 6. books . Lond. 1629. fol. The best religion ; wherein is largely explained the sum and principal heads of the Gospel . Ibid. 1636. fol. This book contains 24 Sermons at least , which he had formerly preached , and mostly published , besides some treatises , among which is The delights of the Saints , before mention'd . Vindiciae Regum : or , the grand rebellion , that is a looking glass for Rebels , whereby they may see , how by ten several degrees they shall ascend to the heighth of their design , &c. Oxon. 1643. qu. The discovery of Mysteries : or , the plots and practices of a private faction in this present Parliament to overthrow the established religion , &c. — Printed 1643. qu. Jura Majestatis : the rights of Kings both in Church and State ; granted 1. By God , 2. Violated by rebels and 3. Vindicated by the truth . Oxon. 1644. qu. The only way to preserve peace , Sermon at the publick fast 8. March , at S. Maries in Oxon , before the H. of Commons , on Amos 5.6 . Oxon. 1644. qu. The great Antichrist revealed ; before this time never discovered : And proved to be neither Pope nor Turk , nor any single Person , nor the succession of any one Monarch , or Tyrant in any policy ; but a collected path or multitude of hypocritical , blasphemous and most scandalous wicked men , that have fulfilled all the prophecies of the Scripture , &c. Lond. 1660. fol. Seven treatises very necessary to be observed in these bad days , to prevent the seven last vials of Gods wrath , that the seven Angels are to pour down upon the earth ; Revel . 16. &c. Lond. 1661. fol. The declaration of the just judgment of God , 1. Upon our late Kings friends . 2. Upon the Kings enemies that rebell'd and warr'd against him , &c. — This is printed at the end of the Seven Treatises , &c. Four Treatises ; suffering of the Saints , burning of Sodom , &c. — Lond. 1667. qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The happiness of Saints , on Joh. 20.26 . — Printed 1657. qu. ( 2 ) Gods war with the wicked , Rebels and Murtherers , on Isa . 57.21 . ( 3 ) The property and prerogative of true Saints , on Joh. 10.27.28 . ( 4 ) The monstrous murther of the most holy Jesus parallel'd to the murther of Kings . on Acts 7.32 . ( 5 ) The four chief duties of every Christian man , on 1. Pet. 2.17 . ( 6 ) The chiefest cause why we should love God , on 1. John 4.19 . ( 7 ) The lively picture of these hard times , on Jer. 14.10 . ( 8 ) The grand rebellion , &c. Psal . 106.16 . ( 9 ) The tragedy of Zimri that slew his King , that was his Master , on 2. Kings 9.31 . All these Sermons , ( except the first ) with others , were printed in folio an . 1662. Other Sermons , as ( 1 ) Description of the four Beasts , explained in 4 Sermons , on Rev. 4.8 . Lond. 1663. qu. ( 2 ) The ejection of four devils , on Matth. 17.21 . Lond. 1664. qu. ( 3 ) The saving Serpent , on John 3.14 . Ibid. 1664. qu. ( 4 ) The monstrous murther of two mighty Kings , on 2. Cor. 24.23 . Ibid. 1665. qu. ( 5 ) The faithful Shepherd , on Psal . 80.1 . Ibid. 1665. qu. ( 6 ) The flying Sea , on Psal . 114.5 . — Printed 1665. qu. ( 7 ) The only way to preserve life , preached before the House of Commons at Oxon , on Amos 5. ver . 6. — Pr. 1666. qu. Besides all these , he hath several other Sermons , which I have not yet seen . He hath also written a book of his sufferings in the time of the grand rebellion , which was published in English , an . 1664 , but this neither , have I yet seen . At length this good old Bishop giving way to fate in Feb. or the beginning of March , in sixteen hundred seventy and one , was buried in his Cath. Church at Kilkenny . By his last Will and testam . dat . 16. of Oct. 1671 and proved in the Prerogative Court at Dublin on the eleventh of Apr. following , he bequeathed his Lands in Ireland called Fermoile , worth forty pounds per an . to be setled upon eight poor distressed Widows , for whom he had erected eight several Alms-houses in the Parish of S. Kenny in his Diocess . In the said Will was a passage by him inserted concerning the noble James Duke of Ormonde , L. Lieut , of Ireland for not promoting him , ( as 't is thought ) to a higher Bishoprick : Which being esteemed scandalous , was struck out of his Will , when proved . JOHN AILMER was born of gentile Parents , in Hampshire as it seems , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. after he had served two years of probation , an . 1652 , took the degrees in the Civil Law , that of Doctor being compleated in 1663 , being then and before accounted an excellent Greecian and a good Greek and Lat. Poet , as it appears by this book , which he composed when a young man. Musae sacrae : seu Jonas , Jeremiae threni , & Daniel Graeco redditi carmine . Oxon. 1652. oct . and also by divers Gr. and Lat. verses , dispersed in various books . He died at Petersfield , on Good Friday , Apr. 5. in sixteen hundred seventy and two , and was buried in the Church at Havant in Hampshire , as I have been informed by the Letters of my sometimes friendly acquaintance Mr. Isaac Walton , dated at Farnham 26. May 1683. HENRY SAVAGE son of Francis Sav. was born of a gentile Family at Dobs hill in the Parish of Elderfield commonly called Eldsfield in Worcestershire , became a Communer of Ball. Coll. in the year 1621 aged 17 years or thereabouts ; and taking the degree of Bach. of Arts in Nov. 1625 , was three years after made Probationer Fellow of the said Coll. and two years after that , ( 1630 ) he was compleated Master of his faculty . In the beginning of the grand rebellion , he travelled into France with William Lord Sandys ( whose Sister the Lady Mary he afterwards married ) and by the opportunity of that journey , he not only learned the Language of that Country , saw the fashions of their Clergy and Universities , but learn'd to shake off the morosity and rusticity which commonly attends severe Students . Soon after his return , he obtained the Mastership or Headship of his House , and in the year following was admitted Doctor of Divinity . After the restauration of K. Ch 2 , and a submission to the Powers in the time of Usurpation , he became Chaplain in Ord. to his Majesty , Prebendary of Glocester , an . 1665 , and Rector of Bladon near Woodstock in Oxfordshire on the death of Dr. Matth. Griffith . He hath written and published , Quaestiones tres in novissimorum comitiorum vesperiis Oxon. discussae , an . 1652. viz. An Paedobaptismus sit licitus ? aff . &c. Oxon. 1653. qu. Soon after , these questions were answer'd by John Tombes of Magd. Hall. Thesis Doctoris Savage , nempe Paedobaptismum esse licitum confirmatio , contra refutationem Mri. Tombes nuper editum , &c. Oxon. 1655. qu. Vindicatio ejus à calumniis Mri. Tombes . Printed at the end of Thesis Confirmatio , &c. Reasons shewing that there is no need of such reformation of the publick , 1. Doctrine , 2. Worship , 3. Rites and Ceremonies . 4. Church Government , and 5. Discipline as is pretended , &c. Lond. 1660 qu. This small piece , as likewise another of Dr. John Pearson , ( since B. of Chester , the very learned Author of the much commended book on the Creed , of the Vindiciae Epistolarum S. Ignatii &c. ) entit . No necessity , &c. which came out in qu. much at the same time with this of our author Savage , were wrot against a Pamphlet called Reasons shewing the necessity of reformation , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. See in Corn. Burges , an . 1665. Which , tho in the title , it is said to have been wrot by divers Ministers of sundry Counties in England ; yet Mr. Baxter saith (a) that Dr. Corn. Burges was the Person that penned The necessity of reformation , &c. meaning , I conceive , the said Reasons , which so much , as he farther affirms , offended the Episcopal party . This is yet further rendred the more probable , because , that besides a reply made by Will. Hamilton Gent. to Dr. Pearsons No necessity , &c. Cornel. Burges ( as possibly judging himself more concern'd than any body else in the success of these Reasons , &c. ) in a Postscript to a Treatise of his , annexed a brief answer to Dr. Pearson ; who not long after in a short piece vindicated himself from what was said in the said Postscript against his No necessity , &c. The said Reasons shewing , &c. were answer'd again more fully in the Retractions of John Ellis . Dr. Savage hath also written , The dew of Hermon which fell upon the hill of Sion : or , an answer to a book entit . Sions groans for her distressed , &c. Offered to the Kings Majesty , Parliament and People . Lond. 1663. qu. Some copies of the impression of this book ( The dew , &c. ) have this title Toleration with its principal objections fully confuted : or , an answer to a book entit . Sions groans , &c. Balliofergus : or , a Commentary upon the foundation , founders and affairs of Balliol College ; gathered out of the records thereof and other antiquities , &c. Oxon. 1668. qu. But the author having had no natural genie to the study of Antiquities and History , neither a timing head , nor indeed record enough from his Coll. ( for there is no Register of Acts of the Society above the year 1520 ( 12. Hen. 8. ) nor no antient rolls of Accompts wherein the state of the Coll. is every year represented , as also the names of the Fellows ) he hath committed many foul errors therein , especially in this respect that he hath made the said Coll. of Ball. Father or Parent to many eminent men , which never studied , or were conversant with the muses , therein ; as Joh. Duns Scotus , Dr. Tho. Gascoigne , Steph. de Cornubia , &c. while in the mean time he hath omitted others that have studied there and have been of great fame in their time , as Richard Son of Ralph sometimes Archb. of Armagh , commonly called by Writers Ricardus Armachanus , Tho. de Wylton , Rich. Rotheram , Cardinal Joh. Moreton Archb. of Cant. Cuthb . Tonstall B. of Durham , &c. Natalitia Collegii Pembrochiani Oxonii , 1624. Printed with Balliofergus , &c. This Dr. Savage died in Ball. Coll. on the second day of June in sixteen hundred seventy and two , and was buried in the Chappel belonging thereunto , next below the steps leading to the altar , being the first that was ever known , to have received sepulture therein . In his Headship of Ball. Coll. succeeded Dr. Thom. Good , whom I shall mention elsewhere . ABIEZER COPPE , the Son of Walt. Coppe , was born in the antient Borough of Warwick in Warwickshire , 20. May 1619 , educated in Grammar learning there , and at about 17 years of age was sent to All 's . Coll. in the beginning of 1636 , where continuing but for a short time ( in the condition of a Servitor I think ) he became one of the number of Portionists , commonly called Postmasters , of Mert. College ; at which time , tho he was put under the tuition of a good Tutor , ( Ralph Button I think ) yet being naturally vitious , all lectures or examples could not reform , or make , him live like a Christian : And it was then notoriously known that he would several times entertain for one night or more a wanton huswife in his Chamber ( under that called Oxoniam quare , as I have heard ) in the little or old quadrangle , to whom carrying several times meat , at the hour of refection , he would make answer , when being asked by the way , what he would do with it , that it was a bit for his cat . At length the Civil War breaking forth , he left the University without a degree , adhered to the blessed Cause , and at first was a Presbyterian : But the gap being widened for all heresies to come in , he became an Anabaptist , and after a Ranter , Muggletonian , and what not to satisfie his wandring head and filthy lusts . The stage of most of his villanies was Warwickshire , where and in the neighbourhood , and in other of his rambles , he had , while he was an Anabaptist , baptized seven thousand People , as he brag'd to some Oxford Scholars while he was a Prisoner in Coventry . After he had left that opinion and had turned Ranter , 't was usual with him to preach stark naked many blasphemies and unheard of villanies in the day-time , and in the night be drunk and lye with a Wench that had been also his hearer stark naked . He was wont to say , when he was reprehended for swearing , that tho it was usual with him in common discourse and in his preachings , yet 't was not formally but materially , as thus , By Gods wounds I shall be saved , and the like : But he said these things when he was imprison'd for his rogueries , and not before . When also he was check'd by the Brethren of the Anabaptistical party for leaving them , he would swear that he would rather hear an Arch Angel blaspheme and curse God , than hear a Presbyterian or Anabaptist preach . About the time of his publishing the Fiery flying Roll , he was for that and other rascallities imprison'd at Coventry , where 't was usual with him , after he had swore and cursed most of the day , to be drunk at night : And when he was to be removed thence to London , a Brother of his Religion brought a collection of fifty pounds to pay his debts there . This brother , while he remained in that City , preached twice in one day , and towards night he preached in the Prison to Coppe and others of his gang : Which being done , they enjoyed the creature so much , that they were all down-right drunk . To omit many other of his pranks that he acted then and before , I shall tell you what he hath written , viz. A fiery flying roll , &c. Lond. 1649. This book I have not yet seen , and therefore I cannot give a full account of it . In the month of January the same year , he , as a most notorious sectarist , and author of that book , was removed from Coventry to the Prison called Newgate in London , where , as before , he did little else but swear and curse , and obstinately held forth to all People that came to see him that God could not damn him : and having smooth arguments for what he had said , induced many to be of his Religion . On the 2. of Feb. following , it was voted by the members of Parliament ( who by their most imparallel'd actions , had been , and were then , the occasion of all Englands woes and miseries , and so let it stand upon eternal record to their eternal shame ) that the said book entit . A fiery flying roll , doth contain many horrid blasphemies and damnable and detestable opinions , and that the said book and all the copies of it that could be found should be burnt by the hands of the common hangman , &c. which accordingly was done . The errors that Coppe held , which he afterwards recanted were these ( 1 ) That there is no sin . ( 2 ) That there is no God. ( 3 ) That man or the meer creature is very God. ( 4 ) That God is in man , or in the creature only , and no where else . ( 5 ) That cursing and swearing is no sin . ( 6 ) That adultery , fornication and uncleaness is no sin . ( 7 ) That community of Wives is lawful , &c. Afterwards for fear of corporal punishment , or perpetual exile in an obscure place , Coppe recanted , and published another book , after he had been an year and an half in prison , entit . Copp's return to the way of truth , in a zealous and sincere protestation against several errors ; and in a sincere and zealous testimony to several truths ; or , truth asserted against , and triumphing over , error ; and the wings of the fiery flying roll clip't , &c. Lond. 1651. qu , Before which is a large preface shewing what the author Coppe had been , and was then , to the Parliament . Letter in answer to another of Mr. John Dury . — Printed with Copp's return ; as also another to March. Nedham . Afterwards Coppe was set at liberty , was kindly entertained among those of his opinion , and being at Burford in Oxfordshire preached there A recantation Sermon , 23. Dec. 1651 , but whether printed I cannot tell . Sure it is that John Tickell a Minister of Abendon in Berks. ( somtimes of Ch. Ch. ) did write Animadversions on it , which are printed at the end of his Bottomless pit smoaking in familisme . Oxon. 1652. oct . He the said Coppe published also a book written by J. F. entit . John the Divines Divinity : or , the confession of the general assembly , or Church of the first born in heaven . Lond. 1649. Before which book Coppe hath put an Epistle dated at London 13 Jan. 1648 , two or three days ( as he saith ) before the eternal God thundred at Great S. Ellens ( in Lond. ) This book is a silly thing , full of blasphemies , and more fit for a posterior use , than to be read by any man of Reason or Sobriety . Afterwards the Name of Coppe being odious , he did upon the Kings restauration , change it to Higham , and practising Physick at Barnelms in Survey , and sometimes preaching in Conventicles to maintain him and his , went for divers years by the Name of Dr. Higham . At length being brought low by certain Infirmities which he had contracted in his Rambles by Drinking and Whoring , died there in the month of Aug. in sixteen hundred seventy and two : whereupon he was buried by the Name of Dr. Higham on the south side of the body of the Church there , under the seats , on the 23 day of the same month . One Joh. Higham hath published a book called A Looking-glass for Loyalty , printed 1675. oct . but he is not to be taken for the same with the former , nor for another Joh. Higham a R. C. Bookseller of S. Omers , living in the Reign of K. Jam. 1 , who translated from Spanish into English Meditations upon the Mysteries of our holy faith . S. Omers 1619. in two , or more , tomes in qu. HENRY WHISTLER an Oxfordshire man born , was elected Scholar of Trin. Coll. 1601 , aged 16 years , and four years after was made Fellow thereof . So that taking the degree of M. of A. he entred into holy Orders , became Rector of Little Whitnam in Berks , Bach. of Div. 1615 , and about that time Rector of Whitchurch in the south part of Oxfordshire , near to which place he was born . He hath written and published a rapsodical piece intit . Aim at an Upshot for Infant baptism by the good will of Christ , as Priest , Prophet , and King , &c. Lond. 1653. qu. He died in sixteen hundred seventy and two , and was buried in the Chancel of his Church at Whitchurch before mention'd . Over his grave is this Inscription , Here lieth the body of Henry Whistler Bachelaur of Divinity , who departed this life the 24 day of Aug. in the year of our Lord 1672 , in the 86 year of his age , having been Rector of this Parish 56 years . PHILIPP NYE was born of a gentile Family in Sussex , entred a Commoner of Brasnose Coll. 21. July 1615. aged 19 years or thereabouts , but making no long stay there , he removed to Madg. Hall , where being put under the tuition of a puritanical Tutor , continued till he had taken the degrees in Arts. About that time he entred into holy orders and had some cure bestowed on him , but where , unless in S. Michaels Church in Cornhill , Lond. where I find him in 1630 , I cannot justly tell . But so it was that he being Schismatically enclined , did , with others of his perswasion leave his Cure , purposely to avoid the censures of Episcopal Consistories , and went beyond the Seas into Holland about 1633 , where continuing for the most part at Arnheim in Gelderland , till about the latter end of 1640 , at which time the Members of the Parl. ( afterward called the Long Parl. ) were very dominant and prevailing , he returned , and became soon after by the favour of Edward Lord Kimbolton , ( about that time Earl of Manchester ) Minister of Kimbolton in Huntingdonshire : And tho he then and before shew'd himself a severe censurer of Bishops , and those of the Episcopal Clergy for medling in civil affairs , as excentrick to their calling , yet he , with Hugh Peters , Steph. Marshall , &c. did go beyond any of them in that matter , more than for 7 years together . In 1643 he was appointed one of the Assembly of Divines , became a great Champion for the Presbyterian cause , and a zealous assertor of the solemn League and Covenant . In July the same year , he , with Steph. Marshall ( whose Daughter he had taken to Wife ) were sent by the Parliament into Scotland to expedite their Covenant , where in set speeches he (b) told the People that they were to enter into such a Covenant and League , as would never be forgotten by them and their posterity , and both have occasion to remember it with joy : Also that such an oath it is , as for matter , persons and other circumstances , that the like hath not been in any age , sufficiently warranted by both humane and divine story ; for as God did swear for the salvation of men and kingdoms , so kingdoms must now swear for the preservation and salvation of kingdoms , to establish a Saviour Jesus Christ in England , &c. After his return both houses of Parl. took the Covenant 25. of Sept. the same year ; at which time Nye made some observations from the Pulpit touching the said Covenant , shewing the warrant of it from Scripture , and was about the same time partly rewarded for his good service with the Rectory of Acton near London , in the place of Dr. Dan. Featley ejected . But soon after disliking the proceedings of the said Ass . of Divines , he dissented from them for a time , as others did , being incited thereunto by certain Politicians , with promises of reward , especially if they would oppose them and their intended discipline to be setled . So that then closing with the rising party , the Independents , especially with the Grandees of the Army , he did , by their favour , hold rich Offices , and his counsel in political affairs was often used by them . In Dec. 1647 he with Steph. Marshall , were sent by them to the King at Carisbrook Castle in the Isle of Wight , with the Commissioners then appointed to carry the four bills ( the four dethroning votes ) and had for their pains 500 l. apiece given to them . About that time also , he was employed by the said Grandees to get subscriptions from the Apprentices in London and factious people against a personal treaty with the King , while the Citizens of that place were petitioning for one : See more in Jos . Caryl . In Apr. also the next year , he with the said Marshall and Jos . Caryl were employed by the Independents to invite the secured and secluded members to sit in the House again , but they effected nothing . In 1653 he was appointed one of the Triers , or rather Spanish Inquisitors , for the approbation of publick Preachers ; in which office he acted the Politician so much that he did not only get his Son to be Clerk to them , but also enriched himself with bribes , underhand-dealing , and with a Living of 400 l. per an . by the help of the said Marshall , one of that number . In 1654 he with Dr. Laz. Seamon , Sam. Clark , Rich. Vines , Ob. Sedgwick , Jos . Caryl , &c. were appointed Assistants to the Commissioners appointed by Parl. to eject such whom they then called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and Schoolmasters , in the City of London , where he especially , and they acted with no little rigor to the utter undoing of many loyal Persons . In 1660 , after his Majesties restauration , it was debated by the Healing Parliament for several hours together , whether he and John Goodwin that infamous and blackmouth'd Independent , should be excepted for life , because they had acted so highly ( none more except Hugh Peters ) against the King , and had been instrumental in bringing all things into confusion . At length it came to this result , that if Philip Nye Clerk should after the first of Sept. in the same year accept or exercise any office Ecclesiastical , Civil or Military , should to all intents and purposes in Law stand as if he had been totally excepted from life . In Nov. 1662 he was vehemently suspected to be in that plot , for which George Philips , Th●m , Tongue , &c. were executed , but how he freed himself from that suspicion I know not . Sure it is that he was a most dangerous and seditious Person , a politick Pulpit driver of Independency , an insatiable esurient after riches , and what not to raise a family and to heap up wealth . He hath written , Letter from Scotland to his Brethren in England concerning his success of affairs there . Lond. 1643. qu. Steph. Marshalls name is also subscribed to it . Exhortation to the taking of the solemn league and Covenant for reformation and defence of religion , &c. — Printed at Lond. in Feb. 1643 and there again once or twice . That edit . which came out in 1645 is in tw . The excellency and lawfulness of the solemn league and covenant , set forth in a speech to the H. of Commons and the reverend Assembly of Ministers , at the taking of the said covenant , 25 Sept. 1643. Lond. 1660. second edit . qu. Apologetical narration submitted to the honourable Houses of Parliament . Lond. 1643. qu. In this narration are joyned with Phil. Nye , others , as Thom. Goodwin , Sidrach Simpson , Jerem. Burroughs and Will. Bridge , all formerly in exile , but then members of the Ass . of Divines . In an answer to this by Anon , 't is said that it was written by Tho. Goodwin and Phil. Nye only , as the title of the said answer tells you thus . An anatomy of Independency : or , a brief commentary and moderate discourse upon The Apologetical narration of Mr. Tho. Goodwin and Mr. Phil. Nye . Lond. 1644. qu. An Epistolary discourse about toleration . Lond. 1644. qu. In this discourse are joyned with him Tho. Goodwin and Sam. Hartlib . The keys of the Kingdom of Heaven and power thereof according to the word of God , &c. Lond. 1644. sec . edit . Thom. Goodwin had also a hand in this book . Mr. Anth. Sadler examined , or his disguise discovered ; shewing the gross mistakes , and most notorious falshoods in his dealing with the Commissioners for approbation of publick preachers in his Inquisitio Anglicana , &c. Lond. 1654. qu. Tho no name is set to this pamphlet , yet 't was generally reported that it was wrot by Joh. Nye Bach. of Arts of Magd. Coll. and Clerk to the said Triers or Commissioners , assisted therein by his Father . The Principles of faith , presented by Tho. Goodwin Ph. Nye , &c. to the Committee of Parliament for religion , by way of explanation to the proposals for propagating the Gospel . Lond. 1654. qu. Beames of former light , discovering how evil it is to impose doubtful and disputable formes for practices upon Ministers , especially under the penalty of ejection for nonconformity unto the same , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. Case of great and present use , &c. — Printed 1677. oct . The lawfulness of the oath of Supremacy , and power of the King in Ecclesiastical affairs , with Qu. Elizabeths admonition , &c. Lond. 1683. qu. It was then reprinted , and in 1687 being printed again , it was dedicated by Hen. Nye , the Authors Son , to K. Jam. 2. Vindication of Dissenters ; proving that their particular congregations are not inconsistent with the Kings supremacy in Ecclesiastical affairs — Printed with The Lawfulness , &c. 1683. Some account of the nature , constitution and power of Ecclesiastical courts — Printed with the former also , an . 1683. The Lawfulness of hearing the publick Ministers of the Church of England : proved by Phil. Nye and John Robinson . Lond. 1683. qu. He hath also a Sermon extant preached before the Citizens of London , an . 1659 — Printed that year in qu. and perhaps more ; and something about catechising , which I have not yet seen . He died in the Parish of S. Mich. Cornhill , or near it , in Lond. in the month of September , in sixteen hundred seventy and two , and was buried on the 27 day of the same month in the upper Vault under part of the said Church of S. Michael . I have been informed by those that knew this Mr. Nye , that he had much more moderation in his last years , than he ever before shewed . To which I then made answer that good reason he had so to be , because he was altogether incapacitated from being otherwise . JOHN WILKINS Son of Walt. Wilk . Citizen and Goldsmith of Oxon , was born at Fawlsley near to Daventry in Northamptonshire , in the house of his Mothers Father Joh. Dod the Decalogist , educated in Grammar Learning under Edw. Silvester a noted Greecian , who taught a private School in Allsaints Parish in Oxon , entred a Student in New Inn in Easter Term an . 1627 , aged 13 years ; but making no long stay there , he was removed to Magd. Hall under the tuition of Mr. Joh. Tombes , and as a Member thereof took the degrees in Arts. Afterwards entring into holy Orders , he became Chaplain to William Lord Say , and afterwards to Charles Count Palatine of the Rhyne and Prince Elector of the Empire , with whom he continued for some time . At length upon the breaking out of the Rebellion , he closed with the Presbyterians , having always before been puritanically affected , and took the Covenant . Afterwards being designed by the Committee for the reformation of this University to be Warden of Wadham Coll , he was actually created Bach. of Div. in the Pembrochian Creation , 12 Apr. 1648 , and the next day was put into possession of his Wardenship in the place of a loyal person then ejected . The next year he was created Doct. of Div. and about that time took the Engagement , that is , to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it was then established without a King or House of Lords . In 1656 or thereabouts , he took to wife Robina the widow of Pet. French , sometimes Canon of Ch. Ch. and sister to Oliver Cromwell Protector of England : which marriage being contrary to the Statutes of Wadh. Coll. because they prohibit the Warden thereof from marrying while he is Warden , he obtained a dispensation from Oliver to keep it notwithstanding . Afterwards by the favour of Richard Cromwell , who succeeded Oliver in the Protectorship , he had the Headship of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge confer'd upon him ( upon the death of Dr. Jo. Arrowsmith ) in the beginning of 1659 , which is the best preferment in that University . But being ejected thence the next year , about the time of his Majesties Restauration , he became Preacher , as it seems , to the honorable Society of Greys Inn , Minister of S. Lawrence in the Jewry in London , in the place of Dr. Ward , took the Oaths again , which he before had taken , when he took his Academical degrees , and entred into the Ministry , and became a member of the Royal Society , of , and to , which he was one of the Council , and at length a considerable benefactor . Soon after he was made Dean of Rippon ( in the room , as I suppose , of Tho. Dod D. D. Rector of Malpass in Cheshire , and sometimes Chapl. in ord . to K. Jam. and K. Ch. 1. who dying 10 of March 1647 , was buried in the Church of Malpass ) and at length by the endeavours of George Duke of Buckingham then in favour with K. Ch. 2 , he obtained upon the death of Dr. George Hall the Bishoprick of Chester , to which he was consecrated in the Chappel at Ely house in Holborn on the 15 of Nov. 1668 , by Dr. Cosin Bishop of Durham , Dr. Laney B. of Ely , and Dr. Ward Bishop of Salisbury ; at which time Dr. Jo. Tillotson Preacher of Lincolns Inn , delivered an excellent sermon upon that occasion . This Dr. Wilkins was a person endowed with rare gifts , he was a noted Theologist and Preacher , a curious Critick in several matters , an excellent Mathematician and Experimentist , and one as well seen in Mechanecismes and new Philosophy ( of which he was a great (a) Promote● ) as any of his time . He also highly advanced the study and perfecting of Astronomy , both at Oxford whilst he was Warden of Wadh. Coll , and at London whilst he was of the Royal Society ; and I cannot say to the contrary that there was any thing deficient in him but a constant mind and setled principles . Dr. Gilb. Burnet tells (b) us that this Dr. Wilkins ( who was for a Comprehension and a limited indulgence for Dissenters in Religion ) was a man of as great a mind , as true a judgment , as eminent virtues , and of as good a soul as any he ever knew , &c. And one or more of the Royal Soc. say that all that knew Bishop Wilkins must needs acknowledge him for his universal insight into all parts of learning , solid judgment , rare prudence and dexterity in the management of worldly affairs and transactions , universal charity , ingenuity , temper and moderation of spirit , to have left behind him but few equals , &c. To pass by the Characters given of him in discourse by the great men of the Church of England , as by Archb. Sheldon , B. Fell , Archb. Dolben , &c. who did malign him for his wavering and unconstant mind in Religion , which I know will be displeasing to many , I shall give you a cat . of his works . The discovery of a new world : or a discourse tending to prove that 't is probable there may be another habitable world in the Moon . Lind. 1638. 40. oct . and there again in 1684. which is the fourth edit . Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage to the world in the Moon — Printed with the Discovery . Discourse concerning a new Planet : tending to prove that 't is probable our Earth is one of the Planets , Lond. 1640. in oct . The Authors name is not put to any one of these three things ; but they are so well known to be his , that Langrenus in his Map of the Moon ( dedicated to the King of Spain ) names one of the spots of his Selenographick Map after his name . Mercury , or the secret Messenger : shewing how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance . Lond. 1641. The publication of which was occasion'd by the writing of a little thing called Nuncius inanimatus , by Fr. Godwin . Mathematical Magick : or the wonders that may be performed by mechanical Geometry in two books . Lond. 1648. 1680. oct . The last edit . hath the Authors picture before it in his Lawn sleeves . Ecclesiastes : or , a discourse of the gift of preaching , as it falls under the rules of art . Lond. 1646. 47. 51. 53. 56. and 1675. oct . Discourse concerning the beauty of Providence , in all the rugged passages of it . Lond. 1649. in tw . Lond. 1677 fifth edit . in oct . Discourse concerning the gift of Prayer , shewing what it is , wherein it consists , and how far it is attainable by industry , &c. Lond. 1653 and 1674 oct . Essay towards a real Character and a philosophical Language . Lond. 1668. fol. An account of which is in the Philosophical Transactions , num . 35. The Reader may be pleased now to know that one George Dolgarno a Scot , wrot a book intit . Ars signorum , vulgo character universalis & lingua philosophica . Lond. 1660 ▪ 61. oct . This book , before it went to the Press , the Author communicated to Dr. Wilkins , who from thence taking an hint of a greater matter , carried it on , and brought it up to that which you see extant . This Dolgarno was born at Old Aberdene , and bred in the University at New Aberdene , taught a private Grammar School with good success for about thirty years together , in the Parishes of S. Michael and S. Mary Magd. in Oxford , wrot also — Didascalocophus : or , the deaf and dumb mans Tutor . Oxon. in oct . and dying of a fever on the 28 of Aug. 1687 , aged 60 or more , was buried in the north body of the Church of S. Mary Magd. in the Suburbs of Oxon. Dr. Wilkins hath also written , An alphabetical Dictionary : wherein all English words according to their various significations , are either referred to their places in the philosophical Tables , or explained by such words as are in those Tables . — This is printed with the Essay . Of the principles and duties of natural Religion , two books . Lond. 1675. oct . Published by Jo. Tillotson , D. D. Sermons preached upon several occasions . Lond. 1682. oct . They are in number 15 , and were published by the said Dr. Tillotson . Our learned and critical Author Dr. Wilkins died of the terrible disease of the Stone , in the house of the said Dr. Tillotson , then in Chancery-lane in London , on the 19 of Nov. in sixteen hundred seventy and two , and was buried on the 12 of Dec. following under the north wall of the Chancel of the Church of St. Lawrence in the Jewry before mention'd : At which time Dr. Will. Lloyd , then Dean of Bangor , preached his funeral Sermon ; which having been since twice printed , you may see his full character therein , as also in the Epist . dedic . of Dr. Seth Ward made to Dr. Jonath . Goddard , put before the Inquisitio in Bullialdi Astronomiae fundamenta . JASPER MAYNE made his first entry on the stage of this transitory world in a Market Town in Devonsh . called Hatherlagh , an . 1604 , entred into Ch. Ch. in the condition of a Servitor , 1623 , being then encouraged in his studies by Dr. Duppa . Afterwards he was chosen into the number of Students , took the degr . in Arts , holy Ord. and became a quaint Preacher and noted Poet. At length , by the favour of the Dean and Canons of the said house , he was made Vicar of Cassington near Woodstock , and of Pyrton near Watlington , in Oxfordshire . In the beginning of the Rebellion , when the King took up his abode in Oxon , he was one of those many Divines that were appointed to preach before him , the Court , and Parliament , and for his reward was actually created Doct. of Div. 1646. Two years after he was deprived of all right he had to his Students place , and soon after of the Vicaridge of Pyrton , and at length of Cassington . So that being in a manner put to his shifts , he was prefer'd to be Chaplain to the Earl of Devonshire , and so consequently to be a Companion with Th. Hobbes of Malmsbury , between whom there never was a right understanding . After the Kings return he was made Canon of Ch. Ch. in Jul. 1660 , and about that time was not only restored to his Vicaridges , but was made Archdeacon of Chichester , in the place of Dr. Hammond deceased , and Chaplain in ord . to his Majesty . All which he kept to his dying day , and was ever accounted a witty and a facetious Companion . He hath written and published , The City match : a Comedy . Oxon. 1639 , &c. fol. The amorous War , Tr. Com. Oxon. 1658. 59. qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon concerning Unity and Agreement , in Carfax Church in Oxon. 9 Aug. 1646. on 1 Cor. 1.10 . — Printed 1646. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. against false Prophets , on Ezek. 22.28 . — Pr. 1647. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. against Schisme , or the separations of these times , on Heb. 10.24.25 . Preached in the Church of Watlington in Oxfordshire , with some interruption , 11 Sept. 1652 , at a publick dispute held there betw . Jasp . Mayne D. D. and one Joh. Pendarves an Anabaptist . Lond. 1652. qu. See more in J. Pendarves , p. 127. A late Sermon against false Prophets vindicated by letter from the causeless Aspersions of Mr. Franc. Cheynell . — Printed 1647. qu. See more in Fr. Cheynell , pag. 246. The Peoples Warr examined according to the Principles of Scripture and Reason , &c. In answer to a letter sent by a person of quality , who desired satisfaction . — Pr. 1647. qu. These two last things , with the three Sermons before mention'd , were commonly bound together , and sold with this general title to them , Certain sermons and letters of defence and resolution , &c. Lond. 1653. qu. One J. M. D. D. wrot a book intit . Difference about Church Government , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. Whether written by our Author Jasp . Mayne I cannot justly tell , neither whether J. M. of Oxon , Author of Policy unveiled : or maxims and reasons of State. Printed in qu. in the times of Usurpation , be the same with Jasp . Mayne , or another . Qu. Concio ad Acad. Oxon. pro more habita , inchoante Termino , 27 Maii 1662 , in Gal. 5.1 . Sermon at the consecration of Herbert Lord Bishop of Hereford , on 1 Tim. 4.14 . Lond. 1662. qu. He also did render into English from the original , part of Lucian's Dialogues , an . 1638 : To which afterwards he adjoyned the other Dialogues , as they were formerly translated by Franc. Hicks . — Lond. 1663. 64. fol ; And translated from Lat. into Engl. Dr. John Donn's Epigrams , which our Author Mayne intit . A sheaf of miscellany Epigrams . Lond. 1652. oct . He made his Exit on the 6 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and two , and was buried in the second isle joyning , on the north side , to the Choire of the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Over his grave was laid soon after a marble stone , at the charge of his Executors Dr. Rob. South and Dr. Jo. Lamphire ; the short Epitaph on which you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 282. b. The said Dr. Mayne by his will gave 500 l. towards the rebuilding of S. Pauls Cathedral , and a 100 l. a piece to his Vicaridges of Cassington and Pyrton , but nothing to the place of his Education because he ( as Dr. Jo. Wall had done ) had taken some distaste for affronts received from the Dean of his Coll , and certain Students , encouraged by him , in their grinning and sauciness towards him . JOHN DOUGHTIE was born of gentile Parents at Martley near Worcester in Worcestershire , educated in Grammar learning in Worcester , under Mr. Hen. Bright , as it seems , and at 16 years of age , or more , became a Student in this Univ. in Lent Term 1613. After he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , he was one of those many prime Scholars that were Candidates for a Fellowship in Merton Coll. an . 1619 , and being throughly sifted by Sir Hen. Savile the Warden , was forthwith chosen and made senior of the Election . After he had compleated the degree of M. of Arts , he entred into Orders , and became much frequented for his edifying Sermons . In 1631 he was admitted to the procuratorial Office , but before he had served four months of that year , he was deprived of it , and the reason why , is told (a) you elsewhere . About that time he became Chaplain to the Earl of Northumberland , and on the 11 of Jan. 1633 he was presented by the Warden and Society of Merton Coll. to the Rectory of Lapworth in Warwickshire : where continuing till the beginning of the Civil War , he left all there , purposely to avoid sequestration and imprisonment , and forthwith retired to the King at Oxon. Soon after meeting with Dr. Duppa Bishop of Salisbury , he preferred him to be Lecturer of S. Edmunds Church within that City ; where continuing about two years , at which time the Kings Forces were routed in the West , he retired to London , and for some time found relief in the house of Sir Nath. Brent then living in Little Britaine . After his Majesties Restauration he became one of the Prebendaries of Westminster , Rector of Cheame in Surrey , and was actually created Doct. of Divinity . His works are these , Discourse concerning the abstruseness of divine Mysteries , together with our knowledge of them , on Rom. 12.16 . Oxon. 1628. qu. Disc . touching Church schismes , on Rom. 16.17 . — Printed with the former Discourse . The Kings cause rationally , briefly and plainly debated , as it stands de facto , against the irrational misprision of a deceived people . Oxon. 1644 , in 6 sh . in qu. Phil-Iren-Alethius . Velitationes polemicae . Or , polemical short discussions of certain particular and select Questions . Lond. 1652. oct . The two letters J. D. are only set to it , and it was then , and is , taken to be of Doughties composition . There is a great deal of good reading , and skill in the Gr. tongue shew'd in the book . Analecta sacra : sive excursus philologici super diversis sacrae scripturae locis , &c. part 2. Lond. 1658. and 1660. in a thick oct . He died at Westminster , after he had lived to be twice a child , on the day of the Nativity of our Saviour in sixteen hundred seventy and two , and was buried in the Abbey Ch. of S. Peter there , near to the body of Dr. Brian Duppa sometimes Bishop of Winchester , in the Area on the north side of the Chappel of S. Edward . Over his grave was soon after a stone laid , with this inscription thereon . Johannes Doughtie S. T. D. hujus Ecclesiae Prebendarius : obiit xxv . Decemb. MDCLXXII . aetatis suae lxxv . IMMANUEL BOURNE a Ministers son , was born in Northamptonshire , 27. Dec. 1590 , entred in Ch. Ch. an . 1607 , but whether in the condition of a Student , Commoner or Servitour , I know not , and took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated not till 1616. About that time , he , by the favour of Dr. Will. Piers Canon of Ch. Ch. and Rector of S. Christophers Church near the Exchange in London , became preacher there , and was patronized in his studies and calling by Sir Sam. Tryon Kt. an Inhabitant in that parish . In 1622 he was made Parson of Ashhover in Derbyshire , which he kept several years , and was resorted to much by the puritanical party . At length when the rebellion broke forth in 1642 , he sided with the Presbyterians , and being there-molested by the loyal party at Ashover and near it , he went to London , where he became preacher to the Congregation in S. Sepulchres Church , and was much admired by the Brethren . In the raign of Oliver , ( about 1656 ) , he , by the favour of those then in authority , became Rector of Waltham in Leycestershire , conformed at his Majesties restauration , and on the 12. of March 1669 was instituted and inducted into the Rectory of Ailston in the said County . This person who was well read in the Fathers and Schoolmen , hath written and published these things following . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The Rainbow , Sermon at Paules Cross 10. June 1617 on Gen. 9.13 . Lond. 1617. qu. ( 2 ) The Godly mans guide , on Jam. 5.13 . Lond. 1620. qu. ( 3 ) The true way of a Christian to the new Jerusalem : or , a threefold demonstration , &c. on 1 Cor. 5.17 . Ibid. 1622 qu. ( 4. ) Anatomy of Conscience , &c. Assize Serm. at Derby , on Rev. 20.11 . Ibid. 1623. qu. &c. A light from Christ , leading unto Christ , by the starr of his word . Or , a divine directory for self examination and preparation for the Lords Supper , &c. Lond. 1645. oct . In another edition or another title Pr. there in a thick oct . the said book hath this title , A light , &c. Or , the rich Jewel of Christian Divinity , &c. by way of Catechism or dialogue . Defence of Scriptures , and the holy Spirit speaking in them , as the chief Judge of Controversies of faith , &c. Lond. 1656. qu. Vindication of the honor done to the Magistrates , Ministe●s and others — Printed with the Defence , &c. and both contained in a relation of a disputation at Chesterfield in Derbyshire , between some Ministers and James Nayler an erring Quaker . The said Defence and Vindication were both answer'd by George Fox a ringleader of Quakers , in his book entit . The great mysterie of the great whore unfolded , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. p. 127. &c. Defence and justification of Ministers maintenance by tithes , and of Infant-baptisme , humane learning , and the Sword of the Magistrate , &c. in a reply to a paper sent by some Anabaptists to the said Im. Bourne . Lond. 1659. qu. Animadversions upon Anth. Perisons ( Parsons ) Great case of tithes — Printed with the Defence and justification , &c. A Gold chaine of directions with 20 gold linkes of love to preserve love firme between husband and wife , &c. Lond. 1669. in tw . dedicated to his Patron John Lord Roos . What other matters he hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him only that he dying on the 27. of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and two , was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Ailston before mentioned , and that soon after , was a little inscription put over his grave , wherein 't is said that he died in the eighty second year of his age . JOSEPH CARYL was born of gentile Parents in London , became a Commoner or Sojournour of Exeter Coll ▪ in the beginning of 1621 , aged 17 years , where , by the benefit of a good Tutor and discipline , he became in short time a noted Disputant . In 1627 he proceeded in Arts and entring into holy Orders , exercised his Function in , and near , Oxon for some time . At length , being puritanically affected , he became preacher to the honorable Society of Lincolns Inn , where he continued several years with good liking and applause . In 1642 and after , he became a frequent Preacher before the Long Parliament , and a Licenser of books for the Cause : And in the year following being a zealous Covenantier and a pretender to reformation , he was elected one of the Ass . of Divines , among whom he frequently sate and controverted matters of Religion . In 1645 he was made Minister of the Church of S. Magnus near London bridge , by the factious party there , because he was an enemy to the Bishops and a zealous preacher up of rebellion , where for many years he carried on the cause without interruption . In January 1646 he , with Steph. Marshall , both by that time notorious Independents and great siders with the Army raised by the said Parliament to pluck down the K. and his party , were appointed Chaplains to the Commissioners sent by the said Parliament to the King , then at New-castle , in order for an accommodation of peace . Thence , by easie journeys , they accompanied the K. and Commissioners to Holdenly in Northamptonshire ; where his Maj. making some continuance , without any of his Chaplains in Ordinary to wait upon him , ( because they disrelish'd the Covenant ) they the said Ministers , upon the desire of the Commissioners , did offer their service to preach before the K. and say Grace at Meales , but they were both by him denied , the K. alwaies saying Grace himself , with an audible voice , standing under the State. So that our author Caryl and Marshall , ( to whom the King nevertheless was civil ) did take so great disgust at his Majesties refusals , that they did ever after mightily promote the Independent slander of the Kings obstinacy . T is said that Marshall did on a time put himself more forward than was meet to say Grace , and while he was long in forming his Chaps , as the manner was among the Saints , and making ugly faces , his Maj. said Grace himself and was fallen to his meat , and had eaten up some part of his dinner before Marshall had ended the blessing , but Caryl was not so impudent : yet notwithstanding tho they then fully saw the great civilities , moderation , sweet temper , humility , prudence , and unexpressible devotion in his Majesty , yet there was no reluctancy in them , as there were in some of the Commissioners , especially in Maj. Gen. Rich. Browne . In Sept. 1648 our author Caryl was one of those five Ministers that went with other Commissioners appointed by Parliament to treat of peace at Newport in the Isle of Wight : where tho he preached before them , yet his Maj. would not accept of him or of any of the rest among his Chaplains then with him , to pray or preach before him ; which did again enlarge his disgust . The same year , January 30 , some hours before the K. suffer'd death , the Committee of parl . ordered that he , Phil. Nye and other Ministers should attend the said King to administer to him those spiritual helps , as should be sutable to his then present condition , but the K. being acquainted with it , he would not be troubled with them : so that all the desires that our author had to serve , or rather impertenize , his Maj. were frustrated . In Apr. the next year , he with Marshall and Nye were employed by the Grandees of the Army to invite and cajole the secured and secluded Members to sit in the Parliament House among the Independents , but they effected nothing . In Sept. 1650 he and Joh. Owen an Independent Minister , were by order of Parliament sent to Scotland to attend Ol. Cromwell , who desired their company at that place to receive comfort by their prayers and preachings . In the latter end of 1653 he was appointed one of the Triers for the approbation of public Ministers , in which office he lick'd his fingers sufficiently ; and in the year after he was constituted an Assistant to the Commissioners of London , appointed by Parliament for the ejecting of ignorant and scandalous Ministers and School-Masters , as they were then by the godly party so called . In 1659. Nov. 1. he with Whally , Goffe , &c. began their journey towards Scotland to give George Monke General of the Army there , a right understanding of affairs in England , in order to the avoiding effusion of more blood , but they returned unsatisfied , and on the 14. of March following , he was , with Edw. Reynolds and others , appointed by Act of Parliament to approve of and admit Ministers according to the Presbyterian way . But that being null'd at the Kings restauration , he receeded to his cure at S. Magnus , where he continued till the Act of Uniformity ejected him . His works are these Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The works of Ephesus , explained in a Serm. before the House of Commons at their solemn Fast 27. Apr. 1642 , on Rev. 2. ver . 2.3 . Lond. 1642. qu. ( 2 ) The nature , solemnitie , grounds , propertie & benefits of a sacred Covenant , &c. preached to those that were to take the Covenant , 6. Oct. 1643 , on Nehem. 9.38 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 3 ) The Saints thankfull acclamation at christs resumption of his great power and the initials of his kingdome , Thanksgiving Sermon before the H. of C. 23 ▪ Apr. 1644 , for the great victory given to the parl . Army under the command of the Lord Fairfax at Selby in Yorks . and to other of the parl . forces in Pembrokesh . on Rev. 11.16.17 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 4 ) Arraignment of unbelief as the grand cause of our nationall non-establishment , Fast Serm. before the H. of C. 28. May 1645 , on Isay 7.9 . Lond. 1645. qu , ( 5 ) Heaven and earth embracing , or God and man approaching , Fast Serm. before the H. of C. 28. Jan. 1645 on Jam. 4.8 . the former part of the vers . Lond. 1646. qu. ( 6 ) Joy out-joyed , &c. Th. giv . Serm. at S. Martins in the fields , 19 Feb. 1645 for reducing the City of Chester by the Parl. forces under the command of Sir Will. Brereton , on Luke 10.20 . Lond. 1646. qu. ( 7 ) Englands plus ultra , both of hoped mercies and required duties , Th. giv . Serm. before both Houses of parliament , L. Mayor and Aldermen , and Ass . of Divines 2. Apr. 1646 , for recovering of the West and disbanding 5000 of the Kings horse , &c. on Psal . 118.17 . Lond. 1646. qu. Hugh Peters was the other person that held out before the said auditory on the same day , on Psal . 31.23 : which Sermon was printed twice in 1646. Besides these he hath other Sermons which I have not yet seen viz. ( 1 ) Fast Serm. before the H. of C. 29. July 1646 : At which time Jeremiah Whitaker held forth before the said House , as Sam. Bolton and Simeon Ash did before the Lords . ( 2 ) Thanksgiving Serm. before the Parl. at S. Marg. West . Oct. 8. on Psal . 111.1.2.3.4.5 . ( 3 ) Fast . Serm. before the Parl. 24. Sept. 1656 , on Jer. 4. part of the ninth verse and ( 4 ) Fast and Thanksgiving Sermon , bef . the parl . in Aug. and Oct. 1659 , &c. Sermons upon other occasions as ( 1 ) Davids prayer for Solomon , Lond. 1643. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. pr. 1657. ( 3 ) Farewell Serm. at S. Magnus on Rev. 3.4 . Lond. 1662 oct . Printed with other Farewell Sermons of certain Lond. Ministers of the presb . and Indep . persuasion , who were ejected from their respective Churches for nonconformity on S. Barth . day 1662. The names of them were Edm. Calamy , Dr. Th. Manton , Tho. Case , Will. Jenkins Rich. Baxter , Dr. Th. Jacomb , Dr. Will. Bates , Thom. Watson , Tho. Lye , and Matth. Mead. The pictures of all which are in the title page , and the title in the middle of them running thus . The farewell Sermons of the late London Ministers preached 17. Aug. 1662 , &c. Our author Jos . Caryl hath also written and published Exposition with practical Observations on the book of Job , delivered in several Sermons and Lectures in S Magnus Church , &c. — Printed at Lond. in 11 Volumes in qu. Afterwards published in two large folios . The first of which was printed at Lond. 1676. and the other in 1677 with the authors picture before it . Which volumes are epitomised in the second vol. of Math. Poole's Synopsis Criticorum . The nature and principles of Love , as the end of the commandment , declared in some of his last Sermons . Lond. 1674. oct , with an Epist . prefix'd , by Jo. Owen D. D. Gospel-Love , Heart-purity , and the flourishing of the righteous , being his last Sermons . Lond. 1674 75. oct . He also had a prime hand in a book entit . An English Greek Lexicon containing the derivations and various significations of all the words in the New Testament , &c. Lond. 1661 ( oct ) The others that joyned with him in this work were George ( some call him Thomas ) Cockayne , Ralph Venning , Will. Dell , Matth. Barker , Will. Adderley , Matth. Mead and Hen. Jessey , all Nonconformists . Also a hand in another book called Saints Memorials : or , Words fitly spoken , like apples of gold in pictures of silver . Being a collection of divine Sentences by several Presbyterian Ministers . Lond. 1674. oct . Those parts which Caryl composed are ( 1 ) The Palmtree Christian . p. 51. ( 2 ) Practical and Experimental considerations and characters of the real Christian . p. 57. ( 3 ) On Gospel Charity . p. 65. ( 4 ) The heart anatomized . p. 74. ( 5 ) Divine Sentences ; or , a guide to a holy life . p. 77. After which , in p. 109 follows his Elegy and Epitaph . The other persons that had hands in the said Saints Memorials , were Edm. Calamy , and James Janaway , whom I have , and shall mention elsewhere , as also Ralph Venning sometimes of Emmanuel Coll. in Cambr. who among several things that he hath published , are Orthodox Paradoxes : or , a beleiver clearing truth by seeming contradictions . Lond. 1647. tw . To which is added an Appendix : or the triumph of assurance over the law , sinn , the world , wants , and present enjoyments . He hath also several Sermons extant as A warning to backsliders , &c. preached at Paules before the L. Mayor and Alderm . of Lond. on Rev. 2.5 . Lond. 1654 qu. &c. He died on the 10 of March 1673 and was buried in the presence of very many Nonconformists ; at which time Rob. Bragge preached his funeral Sermon entit . A Cry for Labourers in Gods harvest , on Matth. 9 38. Lond. 1674. qu. At the end of which Sermon are the titles of nine books which had been written and published by Ralph Venning . As for our author Jos . Caryl , who was a learned and zealous Nonconformist , he died in his house in Bury street in London on the 25. of Febr. in sixteen hundred seventy and two , but where buried , unless in the Church of S. Magnus before mention'd , wherein he had for many years posses'd his auditors with many unworthy things against K. Ch. 1. and his Son , their followers and the prelatical party , I know not . — Several elegies were made on him after his death , of which two or more , I have seen extant . JOHN RILAND . son of Rich. Ril . of Radbrook in Glocestershire , was born at Over-Quinton in that County , educated in Grammar learning at Stratford upon Avon in Warwicksh . under John Trapp , became a Student in Magd. Hall , in 1633 aged 14 , and soon after of Magd. Coll , where taking the degrees in Arts , became perpetual Fellow of that House , in 1641. Afterwards he submittted to the parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 , was made Archdeacon of Coventry by Dr. Frewen B. of Lichfield , on the death of Dr. Jo. Arnway , Rector of Bilton by Tho. Boughton Esq an . 1660 , and of Birmingham ( both in Warwicksh . ) by Sir. Sam. Marrow , 1665. He hath written and published . Several Sermons viz. ( 1 ) Dooms-day book opened , an Assize Serm : at Warwick , on Rev. 20.12 . Lond. 1660. qu. ( 2 ) Elias the second his coming to restore all things , on Isay 1.26 . Oxon 1662. qu. ( 3 ) Moses the peace-maker , his offers to make one of the two contending brethren , on Acts 7. 26. Oxon. 1662. qu. ( 4 ) Confirmation reviv'd , on Psal . 1.3 . Lond. 1663. qu. 'T is a Visitation Sermon , and 't was preached at Coventry before Dr. Hacket B. of Lich. and Cov. He died on the third day of March , in sixteen hundred seventy and two , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Birmingham before mention'd . Over his grave was a marble table fixed soon after to the wall , with this inscription Engraven thereon . M. S. Johannis Riland ( nèc non chariss . conjugis Ciciliae & filiolae unicae Mariae ) Coventriae Archidiaconi & Parochiae hujus Ministri , simul & ornamenti . Qui Atheos pariter & Fanaticos , & quicquid deprivati moris & fidei , scelerosa aetas ; non tantum scriptis & sermonibus , ( utrisque licet nervosè ) sed constanti & indeflexo vitae inculpatae decursu castigavit . Post absoluta Oxoniae juventutis tyrocinia in Coll. Magdal . ubi non dudum commoratus est , quin socius cooptatus : post vitam variisque locis & plagis injuriâ temporum peractam ; hic tandem consedit , hic moriebatur 3 o Martii anno Salutis 1672 aetatis 53. RICHARD BRATHWAYTE second son of Tho. Brath . of Warcop near Appleby in Westmorland , Son and heir of Thom. Brathw . of Barnside , son of Richard Br. of Ambleside in the Barony of Kendall , became a Commoner of Oriel Coll. an . 1604 aged 16 , at which time he was matriculated as a Gentlemans son and a Native of the County of Northumberland . While he continued in that House , which was at least three years , he avoided as much as he could , the rough pathes of Logic and Philosophy and traced those smooth ones of Poetry and Roman History , in which at length he did excell . Afterwards , he removed to Cambridge , as it seems , where also he spent some time for the sake of dead and living authors , and then receeding to the north parts of England , his father bestowed on him Barnside before mention'd : where living many years , he became Captain of a Foot-Company in the Trained-bands , a Deputy-Lieutenant in the County of Westmorland , a Justice of peace and a noted wit and poet . He wrot and published several books in English , consisting of Prose and Poetry , highly commended in the age wherein published , but since slighted and despised as frivolous matters , and only to be taken into the hands of Novices . The titles of them are these . Golden-Fleece , with other poems . Lond. 1611. oct . The Poets willow : or , the passionate Shepheard : with sundry delightful and no less passionate sonnets , describing the passions of a discontented and perplexed Lover . Lond. 1614. oct . Written in Lyrick and Anacreontick measures . Annotations upon some of the Sonnets before mention'd — These are printed at the end of The Poets Willow . The Prodigall's teares : or , his farewell to vanity : a treatise of Soveraigne cordialls , &c. Lond. 1614 oct . The Schollers Medley : or , an intermixt discourse upon historical and poetical relations , &c. — Pr. 1614. qu. Essayes upon the five senses . Lond. 1620. oct . there again . 1635. in tw . Natures Embassie : or , the wild-mans measures : danced naked by 12 Satyres . Lond. 1621. oct . Divine and moral essayes . Printed with Natures Embassie , &c. The Shephards tales . Printed with Natures Embassie , &c. Omphale : or , the inconstant Shepheardess . Printed with Natures Embassie , &c. Odes : or Philomel's teares . Printed with Natures Embassie , &c. Times curtaine drawne ; divers poems . Lond. 1621. oct . The English Gentleman containing sundry excellent rules or exquisite observations , tending to direction of every Gentleman , of selecter rank and quality , how to demean , or accommodate himself in the manage of publick or private affaires . Lond. 1630. and 33. qu. There again with enlargments , 1641. fol. The English Gentlewoman containing , &c. Lond. 1631. 33. qu. There again with enlargments 1641. fol. Discourse of detraction . Lond. 1635. in tw . Chistian resolves and divine contemplations — Pr. with the Disc . of detract . The Arcadian princess : or , the triumph of Justice Lond. 1635. oct . Survey of History : or , a Nursery for Gentry : A discourse historical and poetical , &c. Lond. 1638. qu. Pr. again in 1652. qu. being then , I think , epitomized . A spiritual spicery containing sundry sweet tractates of devotion and piety . Lond. 1638. in tw . With which was printed a translation of A christian diall ; by which he is directed , how he is to dispose of his houres while he is living , &c. written by Joh. Justus Lanspergius a Carthusian , who died 1539. Mercurius Britanicus : or , the English Intelligencer . Tra. Com. — Printed the second time , 1641. qu. Times treasury or Academy , for the accomplishment of the Engl●sh Gentry in arguments of discourse , habit , fashion , behaviour , &c. all summed up in Characters of honour . Lond. 1655. 56. qu. Congratulatory poem to his Majestie upon his happy arrivall in our late discomposed Albion . Lond 1660. in 2. sh . in qu. Tragicemedia , cui titulum inscribitur Regicidium perspicacissimis judiciis accuratius perspecta , pensata , comprobata Lond. 1665. or thereabouts . What other things he hath written and published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that in his latter days he removed upon an employment or rather a second Marlinge , to Appleton near Richmond in Yorkshire , where dying on the fourth day of May in sixteen hundred seventy and three , was buried in the Parish Church of Catherick near that place ; leaving them behind the character of a well bread Gentleman and a good Neighbour . WILLIAM LACEY was born in a Market Town in Yorkshire called Scarborough , became a Student in this University ( in Magd. Hall as he used to say ) in 1600 aged 16 years or thereabouts , but whether in the condition of a Batler or Servitor , I know not , nor what continuance he made there . After he had left the University , without the taking of any degree , he retired for a time to his native Country , and thence , by the perswasion of a certain person , to the English Coll. at Rome ; where , a little after his arrival , Father Persons the Rector thereof gave up the Ghost . Thence he went to Nancy in Loraine , where he entred himself into the Society of Jesus , an . 1611 , at which time he bound himself by oath to observe the four vows . Afterwards he taught Humanity for some years at S. Omers , or was , as a certain (a) author tells us , Reader of Poetry and Master of the Syntax , ( an . 1622. ) About that time being sent on the mission into England , he setled in the City of Oxon. where , and in the Neighbourhood , he administred to the R. C. till towards the latter end of his life . He lived many years in a poor cottage without the east gate of that City , standing on the site of the habitation sometimes belonging to the brethren of the Holy Trinity . In the said cottage did then live two Ro. Cath. Virgins of mean condition , named Mary and Joan Meakyns , who from their Childhood had dedicated themselves to piety and good works , always lived singly and arrived both of them beyond the age of man. These two antiquated Virgins were owners of the cottage and did very carefully attend this Father , and took as much care of him , as if he had been their own Father or Brother . His fare was course , his drink of a penny a gawn or gallon , his bed was under thatching , and the way to it was up a ladder . With these two , I say , he lived in a most retir'd and devout condition , till God was pleased to translate them to a better place , and then the Father was removed to the Dolphin Inn in Magd. Parish in the suburb of Oxon , the Hostes of which was one of his perswasion , where he ended his days . He was esteemed by all , especially by those of his opinion , a learned Man , well vers'd in the Poets , of a quiet disposition and gentile behaviour : which made him therefore respected , and his company to be desired , by certain Scholars of the University , especially by Tho. Masters and other ingenious men of New Coll. But this their civility to , and esteem of , him was not while the Presbyterians governed , who made it a most dreadful and damnable thing to be seen in the company of Papists , especially of Romish Priests , but before the rebellion broke forth upon their account , when then the Men of the Church of England had a respect for Papists , as they now have for Presbyterians . The things that this Father hath written are , The judgment of an University man concerning Mr. Will. Chillingworth his late Pamphlet in answer to charity maintained — Printed 1639. qu. Reprinted at Camb. in 1653 in oct . in a preface to a book then and there published . The character that Edw. Knot the Jesuit gives (b) of this book is that it is a witty , erudite and solid work . Heantomachia : Mr. Chillingworth against himself . The total sum . — These two are printed at the end of The Judgment , &c. At length this Father Lacey , who had lived to be twice a child , died in the Dolphin Inn before mention'd , on the seventeenth day of July , in sixteen hundred seventy and three , aged 89 years , and two days after his body being carried to Somerton near Dedington in Oxfordshire , ( to which place he usually retired ) was buried in the Church there , noted for the splendid monuments of the Fermours , Lords of that Town and Roman Catholicks From the same family of this Will. Lacey was descended John Lacey the Comedian , born near Doncaster in Yorks , originally an apprentice to John Ogilby a Dancing master , afterwards one of the best and most applauded of our English actors belonging to the Kings Play-house , and from an Actor to be Author of these Comedies ( 1 ) The Old Troop : or Monsieur Raggou . Lond. 1672. qu. ( 2 ) The dumb Lady : or the Farrier made Physitian . Lond. 1672. qu. ( 3 ) Sir Hercules Buffoon , or the poetical Squire . Lond. 1684. qu. This Person who was of a rare shape of body and good complexion , and had served his Majesty in the time of the rebellion in the quality of a Lieutenant and Quarter-master under Coll. Charles Gerard ( afterwards Earl of Macclesfield ) died on the 17. of Sept. 1681 and was two days after buried in the farther Church-yard of S. Martin in the Fields , I mean in that yard on the other side of S. Martins-lane , within the liberty of Westminster . His Maj. Ch. 2. who had a great respect for , caused several pictures of , him to be drawn according to several postures which he acted in several parts , and do now , or else did lately , remain at Windsore and Hampton Court. JOHN THEYER was born of gentile Parents at Cowpers-hill in the Parish of Brockworth near to , and in the County of , Glocester , began to be conversant with the Muses in Magd. Coll. an . 1613 aged 16 years or thereabouts , where continuing about three years , partly under the tuition of John Harmur , retired to an Inn of Chancery in London called New Inn , where spending as many years in obtaining knowledge in the Common Law , he receeded to his patrimony , and , as years grew on , gave himself up mostly to the study of venerable antiquity , and to the obtaining of the antient monuments thereof , ( Manuscripts ) in which he did so much abound , that no private Gentleman of his rank and quality did ever , I think , exceed him . He was a bookish and studious Man , a lover of learning and the adorers thereof , a zealous Royallist , and one that had suffer'd much ( in the rebellion that began 1642 ) for the Kings and Churches cause . He hath written , Aerio-Mastix : or , a vindication of the Apostolical and generally received government of the Church of Christ by Bishops , against the scismatical Aerians of our time . Wherein is evidently demonstrated that Bishops are jure divino , &c. Oxon. 1643. qu. Dedicated to King Ch. 1. who afterwards made use of it in his Writings to Alexander Henderson a Presbyterian Scot , who died at Edenburg , 31. Aug. 1646 of grief , as some then said , because he could not perswade the said King to sign the propositions for peace which the members of Parliament sent to him at Newcastle by their Commissioners to treat with him for that purpose . In the same year ( 1643 ) our author Theyer was adorned with the degree of Master of Arts — Ob (c) merita sua in Rempub. literariam & ecclesiam , by virtue of the Kings Letters sent to the Vicechanc . and Convocation , dat . 6. July the same year . About which time he the said Theyer being discovered to be a man of parts , was perswaded to embrace the Rom. Catholick Religion by Father Philipps a Scot , confessor to Henrietta Maria the Queen Consort . He hath also written , A friendly debate between the Protestants and the Papists — MS. But before it was quite fitted for the Press the author died , and what became of it afterwards I know not . His death hapned at Cowpers hill , on the 25 of Aug. in sixteen hundred seventy and three , and two days after was buried among his Ancestors in the Church yard at Brockworth before mention'd , particularly near to the grave of his Grandfather ... Theyer who had married the Sister of one Hart the last Prior of Langthony near Glocester . He then left behind him a Library of antient Manuscripts consisting of the number of about 800 , which he himself had for the most part collected . The foundation of it was laid by his Grandfather who had them from Prior Hart , and he from the library of Langthony when it was dissolved , besides houshold stuff belonging to that Priory . Afterwards Charles Theyer ( Grandson to our author John Theyer who in his last will had bequeathed them to him ) did offer to sell them to the University of Oxon , but the price being too great , they were sold to Robert Scot of London Bookseller , who soon after sold them to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. to be reposed in his library at S. James , he having first , as I have been informed , cull'd them . ROWLAND STEDMAN was born at Corfton in the Parish of Didlebury in Shropshire , 1630 , admitted Communer of Ball. Coll. 13. Mar. 1647 , and the year following removed to Univ. Coll. In 1655 he was admitted Master of Arts , and soon after became Minister of Hanwell near Brentford in Middlesex ; where continuing till 1660 he removed to Okingham or Wokingham in Berks , and thence , two years after , was ejected for Nonconformity . Afterwards he was entertained , in the condition of a Chaplain , by Philip Lord Wharton , in whose service he died . He hath written , The mystical Union of believers with Christ : or , a treatise wherein the great mysterie and priviledg of the Saints Union with the Son of God is opened , &c. Lond. 1668. oct . Sober Singularity : or , an antidote against infection by the example of a multitude ; being practical meditations on Exod. 23.2 . &c. Lond. 1668. oct . He died at Ubourne or Wobourne ( where the Lord Wharton hath a Seat ) near to Beaconsfield in Bucks . on the 14. of Sept. in sixteen hundred seventy and three , and was buried two days after in the Church there , leaving then behind him the character of a zealous Nonconformist . GEORGE CASTLE son of John Castle sometimes Doctor of Physick of this University , was born in the County of Middlesex , in London as it seems , educated partly in Grammar learning in the Free-school at Thame in Oxfordshire while Dr. Will. Burt was the Master , admitted a Communer of Ball. Coll. 8. Apr. 1652 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , elected Probationer Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1655 , being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he applied his Studies to Medicine with the help of his Fathers notes , took the degrees in that faculty , that of Doctor being compleated in the year 1665 , being about that time a member of the Royal Society , and a Candidate , as it seems , of the Coll. of Physitians . He hath written , The Chymical Galenist : A treatise wherein the practice of the Ancients is reconciled to the new discoveries in the Theory of Physick , &c. Lond. 1667. oct . Reflections on a book intit . Medela Medicinae . — Printed with the former book . Afterwards by the favour of his intimate and dear friend Martin Clifford Master of Suttons Hospital alias the Charter-house , he became Physitian there and practised his faculty with good success : But giving himself the liberty of too frequent indulgments , either to please his friend , or patient , or both , was taken away by death in the prime of his years on the twelfth day of Octob. ( or thereabouts ) in sixteen hundred seventy and three , and was , I suppose , buried in the Chap. belonging to the said Hospital . By the way I must tell you that the said Mart. Clifford had been educated in Westminster School , and thence elected into Trin. Coll. in Cambridge an . 1640 , where he arrived to good learning , and might have been eminent had not the Wars hindred his progress . He was the author of A treatise of humane reason , Lond. 1675 in 4. sh . in tw . Which book being made publick in Aug. 1674 , it hapned that Dr. B. Laney Bishop of Ely dined with many persons of quality in Octob. following in the Charterhouse ; and whether he then knew that Mart. Clifford the Master was author of it , is uncertain . However he being then asked what he thought of that book , answer'd that 't was no matter if all the copies were burnt and the author with them , knowing by what he had read in the book that the author makes every mans private fancy , judge of religion , which the Rom. Catholicks have for these 100 years cast upon protestantisme . In Decemb. following were published Observations upon a treat . intit . Of hum . reason . Lond. 1675. in 3. sh . in tw . commonly reported then to be written by the same hand , and soon after another thing intit . Plain dealing : or , a full and particular examination of a late treatise intit . Humane reason . Lond. 1675 in 7. sh . in tw . said in the title to be written by A. M. a Country Gentleman . Whereupon came out a reply called An Apology for the discourse of humane reason , &c. Lond. 1680 , in 7. sh . in tw . with a Review of , and an appendix to , it , written by Alb. Warren , who , at the end of all , hath added Cliffords Epitaph , and just character , to which I refer the reader . This Mr. Clifford died on the 10. of Decemb. or thereabouts , an . 1677 and was buried in the Chap. belonging to Suttons Hospital . Soon after was elected into his place of Master of that Hospital William Erskyne Esq . a member of the Royal Society , Cupbearer to his Majesty and a younger Son of John Earl of Marr. THOMAS WHARTON was descended from the antient and gentile family of his name living in Yorkshire , educated in Pemb. Hall in Cambridge , retired to Trin. Coll. in Oxon. before the Civil Wars broke out , being then Tutor or Governour to John Scrope the natural and only Son of Emanuel Earl of Sunderland , whom he begat on the body of his servant-maid named Martha Jeanes Daughter of John Jeanes a Taylor , living sometimes in the Parish of Turfield near to Great Wycomb in Bucks . When the rebellion began our author Wharton left the Univ. and retired to London , where he practised Physick under Dr. John Bathurst a noted Physitian of that place . After Oxford Garrison was surrendred for the use of the Parliament in 1646 , he retired to Trin. Coll. again , and as a member thereof was actually created Doctor of Physick in the beginning of the year 1647 , by virtue of the letters of Sir Thomas Fairfax Generalissimo of the Parliament Army . Afterwards he retired to London , was admitted a Candidate of the Coll , of Physitians the same year , Fellow thereof an . 1650 , and for 5. or 6. years was chosen Censor of the said Coll , he being then a person of eminent esteem and practice in the City . He hath written , Adenographia , seu descriptio Glandularum totius corporis . Lond. 1656. oct . Amstel . 1659. oct . In which book he hath given a more accurate description of the Glands of the whole body , than was formerly done . And whereas authors have ascribed to them very mean uses ( as supporting the divisions by vessels , or imbibing the superfluous humidities of the body ) he assigns them more noble and considerable uses , as the preparation and depuration of the Succus nutritius , with several other uses belonging to different Glands , as well for conservation of the individual , as propagation of the species . Amongst other things we ought particularly to take notice of his being the first who discovered (d) the Ductus in the Glandulae Maxillares , by which the Saliva is conveyed into the mouth . He hath also given (e) an admirable account of morbid Glands and their differences , and particularly of Strumae and Scrophulae , how new Glands are often generated , as likewise of the several diseases of the Glands of the Mesentery , Pancreas , &c. Which opinions of his he often illustrates by Anatomical observations . What else he hath written I find not , nor any thing besides of him , only that he dying in his house in Aldersgate-street in the month of October in sixteen hundred seventy and three , was , as I suppose , buried in the Church of S. Bottolph , situat and being without Aldersgate in London . GEORGE SWINNOCK was born in the antient Borough of Maidstone in Kent , an . 1627 , brought up religiously when a Child in the family of Rob. Swinnock a most zealous Puritan of that Town , educated in Cambridge till he was Bach. of Arts , went to Oxon to get preferment in the latter end of 1647 , at which time he entred himself a Communer of Magd. Hall. Soon after he became one of the Chaplains of New Coll , and on the sixth day of Octob. following ( 1648 ) he was made Fellow of Ball. Coll , by the authority of the Visitors appointed by Parliament . In 1650 he became Vicar of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire , and thereupon resigning his Fellowship on the 24 of Nov. the same year , took the degree of Master of Arts six days after . In 1660 or thereabouts , he was made Vicar of Great Kimbel in Bucks , and in Aug. 1662 , being ejected tor nonconformity , he was received into the family of Rich. Hamden of Great Hamden in the said County of Bucks Esquire , and continued with him for some time in the quality of a Chaplain . At length upon the issuing out of his Majesties Declaration for liberty of conscience , in the latter end of the year 1671 he retired to his native place , where he continued in preaching and praying among the Godly till the time of his death . His works are these . The dore of Salvation opened by the key of regeneration : or , a Treatise containing the nature , necessity , marks and means of regeneration . Lond. 1660. &c. in oct . and in qu. commended to the Readers by the Epistles of Edw. Reynolds D. D , Tho. Watson of S. Stephens Walbroke in Lond. and Mr. Rich. Baxter , written in Jan. 1659. This book was printed the third time at Lond. 1671. oct . The Christian mans calling : or , a treatise of making Religion ones business , wherein the nature and necessity of it is discovered , &c. Lond. 1661. &c. qu. The second part of this book , which directeth Parents , Children , Husbands , Wives , Masters , Servants , in prosperity and adversity to do their duties , was printed at Lond. 1663 , &c. qu. and the third part there in 1665 , &c. qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Pastors farewell and wish of welfare to his people : or , a valedictory Serm. on Acts 20.32 . Lond. 1662. qu. It was preached , as it seems , at Gr. Kimbell before mention'd . ( 2 ) The fading of the flesh , and flourishing of faith : or , one cast for eternity , &c. Funeral sermon on Mr. Caleb Swinnock of Maidstone , on Psal . 73.26 . Lond. 1662. qu. To which is added by the said Author The gracious persons incomparable portion . ( 3 ) Men are Gods , Gods are Men , two Assize sermons . — These I have not yet seen , and therefore I cannot tell you the Texts . Heaven and Hell epitomized , the true Christian characterized , as also an exhortation with motives , to be speedy about the work of Conversion . Lond. 1663. qu. The beauty of Magistracy : in an exposition of the 82 Psal . wherein is set forth the necessity , utility , dignity , duty and morality of Magistrates . Lond. 1660. &c. qu. Assisted therein by Tho. Hall , of whom I have spoken under the year 1665. p. 235. Treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being , attributes , works and word , opened and applied . Lond. 1672. oct . The Sinners last sentence to eternal punishment , for sins of omission : wherein is discovered the nature , causes and cure of those sins . Lond. 1675 and 79. oct . What other things this Mr. Swinnock ( who was accounted an eminent Preacher among those of his perswasion ) hath written , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died on the tenth day of Novemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and three , and was buried in the Church at Maidstone before mention'd . In that most virulent and diabolical Pamphlet called Mirabilis annus secundus (f) is a story of one Mr. Swinnock a Minister in S. Martins lane near Canon street in London , sometimes Chaplain to one of the Sheriffs of that City , who for his Conformity to the Ch. of England , and for wearing a Surplice , which he began to do on the 21 of Sept. 1662 , ( after he had often said among the brethren , he would rather burn than conform , &c. as the Author of the said Mirab. an . saith ) it pleased the Lord ( as he further adds ) to strike him with sickness , which proved a violent burning feaver , whereof within a few days after , before another Lords day came about , he died , &c. Who this Mr. Swinnock was , I cannot tell , neither doth the Author set down his Christian Name , otherwise we might have said something more of him , and something to the disproof of that most vile Author . THOMAS BROWNE was born in the County of Middlesex , elected Student of Ch. Ch. in 1620 , aged sixteen years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1627 , made Proctor of the University in 1636 , and the year after domestick Chaplain to Archbishop Laud , and Bach. of Divinity . Soon after , he became Rector of S. Mary the Great , called Aldermary , in London , Canon of Windsore in 1639 , and Rector of Oddington in Oxfordshire . But upon the breaking out of the grand Rebellion , he being forced from his Church in London by the impetuous Presbyterians , he retired to his Majesty ( to whom he was Chaplain ) at Oxford : By virtue of whose letters he was actually created Doct. of Div. in Feb. 1642 , having then only the profits of Oddington coming in to maintain him . Afterwards he lost all for his Loyalty , lived partly beyond the Seas in the condition of Chaplain to Mary Princess of Orange ; at which time he became acquainted with divers learned men in Holland , and suffered equally as other generous Royalists did . After the return of his Majesty , he was restored to what he had lost , kept some of his Spiritualities , especially Windsore , to the time of his death , without any other promotion in the Church . He hath written and published , A copy of the Sermon preached before the University at S. Maries in Oxon. 24 Dec. 1633 , on Psal . 130.4 . Oxon. 1634. qu. I have seen a Serm. of his on Joh. 11.4 . preached before his Parishiones of Aldermary while he was Chapl. to Archb. Laud. Which Serm. being esteemed a blasphemous piece by the puritanical party of the said Parish , they complained of it to the said Archbish . who , instead of having him punished , was made ( said they ) Canon of Windsore ; and afterwards , when the Archbishop's Writings were seized on at Lambeth , the Sermon was found lying on his Table : But this I presume was never printed . He hath also written , A Key to the Kings Cabinet : or , animadversions upon the three printed speeches of Mr. L'isle , Mr. Tate and Mr. Brown ( Members of the H. of Commons ) spoken at a Common hall in London , 3 July 1645 , detecting the malice and falshood of their blasphemous Observations upon the K. and Queens letters . Oxon 1645. qu. The said Speeches were spoken by Joh. L'isle , Zouch Tate and Mr. Browne . Our Author Th. Browne wrot also a treatise in defence of H. Grotius against an Epistle of Cl. Salmasius De posthumo Grotii , published under the name of Simplicius Virinus . — Hag. 1646. in oct . But the said Treatise or Answer I have not yet seen ; nor was he known to be the Author of it , till after his death , at which time Isaac Vossius ( to whom he had sent a printed copy of it formerly , but never told him who was the Author ) found the Manuscript of it , written with his own hand , with a Title page , owning himself therein to be the Author of it . Dissertatio de Therapeutis Philonis adversus Henricum Valesium . Lond. 1687. oct . Put at the end ( under the name of Tho. Bruno ) of the interpretation of S. Clements two Epistles to the Corinthians , made by Pat. Junius , Gottifredus Vendelinus and Joh. Bapt. Cotelerius ; published by Paulus Colomesius . Our Author Browne also did translate from Lat. into Engl. Camden's second Vol. of the Annals of Qu. Elizabeth , from the beginning of the year 1589 to the end of 1602 : Which Translation bears this Title , Tomus alter & idem . Or the history of the life and raigne of that famous Princess Elizabeth , &c. Lond. 1629. qu. To which Translation our Author Browne added An Appendix , containing Animadversions upon several passages , corrections of sundry errours , and additions of some remarkable matters of the History ( before mention'd ) never yet printed . He died at Windsore on the sixth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and three , and was buried without , and on the south side of , the Kings Free-Chappel there , dedicated to S. George . Over his grave was soon after erected , at the charge of Dr. Isaac Vossius Canon of that Chappel ( sole Executor to our Author Browne ) a monument of free stone , with a plank of marble thereon , ( joyning to the south wall , between two Buttresses of the Chappel ) and an inscription engraven upon it , made by the said Vossius : from which I am informed that he the said Browne was esteemed by all that knew him Vir apprimè doctus & eruditus , Criticus acutus , facundus Orator , felix Philologus , Antiquitatum Chronologiaeque cultor solertissimus , Aenigmatum Dilemmatumque conscientiarum dubitantium Oedipus admodum Christianus , &c. One Tho. Browne was elected from Eaton School into Kings Coll. in Cambridge an . 1550. was afterwards Master of Westminster School , Prebendary of the collegiat Church there 1565 , Doctor of Div. and a worthy and learned Divine . He wrot a Tragedy called Thebais , and dying in 1584 or thereabouts , was buried at Westminster . What relation there was between this and the former , Thom. Browne , I know not , nor whether he was related to another Thom. Browne , whom I shall mention among these writers under the year 1682. JAMES JANEWAY a Ministers son , was born , as it seems , at Lilly or Lulley in Hertfordshire , became a Student of Ch. Ch. in 1655. or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , and became Tutor for a time to one George Stringer in his mothers house at Windsore , the same I mean , who was afterwards a Commoner and M. of A. of the said College . So that our author who had all his education under Presbyterians and Independents , did , after his Majesties restauration , set up a Conventicle at Redriff near London , where to the time of his death he was much resorted to by those of his persuasion , and admired for a forward and pretious young man , especially by those of the female sex . His works are , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Death unstung , preached at the funeral of Tho. Mousley an Apothecary , with a brief narrative of his life . ( 2 ) Serm. at the funeral of Tho. Savage . ( 3 ) The duties of Masters and Servants , on Ephes . 6. ver . 5.6 7.8.9 . — Printed in the Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate , Lond. 1674 and 76. ( 4 ) Mans last end , fun . Serm. on Psal . 89 48. Lond. 1675. oct . Heaven upon Earth : or , the best friend in the worst of times . Lond. 1670. &c. oct . Delivered in several Sermons . A token for Children ; being an exact account of the conversion , holy and exemplary Lives and joyful deaths , of several young children . Lond. 1671. the first part in oct . The second part was printed there also in 8o. an . 1672. Invisible realities , demonstrated in the holy life and death of Mr. John Janeway Fellow of Kings Coll. in Cambridge . Lond. 1673. &c. oct . This Jo. Janeway who was elder brother to James our author , was born at Lilly in Hertfordshire , 27. Oct. 1633 , bred in Paules School under Mr. Joh. Langley , became a zealous Presbyterian , and dying in June 1657 , was buried in Kelsall Church in Hertfordsh . This life is recommended to the world with an Epistle , written by Mr. Rich. Baxter . The Saints encouragement to diligence in Christs service : with motives and meanes to Christian activity . To which is added , as an example to prove the point handled , The death-bed experiences of Mistris B. Lond. 1673. oct . Legacie to his Friends containing 27 famous instances of Gods providences in and about Sea-dangers and deliverances , with the names of several that were Eye-witnesses to many of them . Lond. 1674. 75 oct . Before which book is the authors picture in a cloak , aged 38 years , and at the end of it is a Sermon intit . Sea-dangers and deliverances , on Acts 27.18.19.20 . by Joh. Ryther a Nonconformist of Wapping near London . The said Legacie is several times made use of by Increase Mather in his Essay for the recording of illustrious providences . Saints memorials : or , words fitly spoken , like apples of gold in pictures of silver . Being a collection of divers sentences , Lond. 1674. oct . Edm. Calamy , Ralph Venning and Jos . Caryl had a hand , besides Janeway , in the said memorials . He died on the sixteenth day of March in sixteen hundred seventy and three , and was buried 4 days after in the Church of S. Mary in Aldermanbury within the City of London , near to the grave of his father . At which time his friend Mr. Nath. Vincent preached his funeral Sermon ; which being extant , the reader may satisfie himself more of the character of Mr. Janeway therein . Several Elegies I have seen , that were made on his death , as that by Ralph Venning , who saith he died on the 10. of March , another by Anon. who tells us the 12. of the said month , &c. but both false . HUGH CRESSEY or Cressy son of Hugh Cressey a Counsellour of Lincolns Inn , by ( Margerie ) his wife , dau . of Dr. Tho. D'oylie a Physitian of London , was born in a market Town in Yorksh . called Wakefield , ( descended from an antient and gentile family of his name living sometimes at Holme near Hodsack in Nottinghamshire ) and being educated in Grammar learning in his native country , was , at 14 years of age , sent to the University of Oxon. in Lent term an . 1619 , but for want of a vigilant Tutor , he lost much time , yet having good natural parts , did , in the fourth year after his coming to the Univ. take the degree of Bach. of Arts , and in 1625 being a candidate for a Fellowship of Merton Coll. he was elected Probationer , and the year after was made true and perpetual Fellow : So that what time and learning he before had lost , was , by a strict and severe discipline then and there observed , recovered and advanced . After he had taken the degree of M. of Arts and had entred into holy Orders , he became Chaplain to Thom. Lord Wentworth while he was President of the North , and afterwards when he was Earl of Strafford ; but what he obtained from that most noble Lord while he enjoyed that honourable employment I know not . In 1638 he went in the quality of a Chaplain , as I conceive , with his most honoured Lord Lucius Viscount Falkland when he went into Ireland , and in the year after returned into England , but had nothing then and there conser'd upon him . In the latter end of 1642 he became , by the favour and interest of the said Viscount ( then one of the Secretaries of State ) Canon of Windsore , in the room of Dr. Gilb. Primerose deceased , but was never installed in that Dignity ; and much about the same time had the Deanery of Laighlen in Ireland confer'd upon him : In which year all things being in a confusion , he received no profits from either Dignity . So that being destitute of a comfortable subsistance , especially in the next year when he lost his most beloved Lord Falkland at Newbury fight , he travelled as a Tutor with Charles Berkley Esq . ( afterwards Earl of Falmouth ) an . 1644 , and upon a foresight that the Church of England would terminate through the endeavours of the peevish and restless Presbyterians , he began to think of setling himself in the Church of Rome . At length , after mature consideration , he renounced his religion and made a publick recantation at Rome of his errours and heresie ( as they are there called ) before the Inquisition , an . 1646. Which being so done , he returned to Paris , and there published his Motives that induced him to change his religion , not that he was so considerable , a person that all the World should take notice of it , but that he might (a) give some proof both of the mature advice and also reasonableness of his change . A certain (b) author tells us that it was not devotion , but necessity , and want of a subsistence which drove him first out of the Church of England , and then into a Monastery : And (c) another that he became a Roman Catholick , and was insnared to that new choice by the hopes and promise of being to be admitted an idle Drone or Monk in the Charterhouse at Paris , where he might live as warmly , as lapt all over in Lambskins , and like a Bee in a plentiful hive fed with the purest amber honey , &c. But how such a bait should allure him , no man that understands the rules of that order can easily imagine it so to be , considering that the Monks thereof spend most of their time , whether early or late , in prayer , in fasting , loneness and abstinence from all flesh whatsoever , &c. Of this I am sure that when he wrot and published his Motives , his mind became so humble , that it was his eager desire to be a Monk of the English Coll. of Carthusians at Neiuport in Flanders , a poor place God wot , and very slenderly endowed , as the Prior thereof , Peter Bilcliff a Yorkshire man born , did once tell me . But so it was , that he being diswaded from that Order , because he could never be in a capacity , or Master of so much time as , to vindicate himself or the Roman Catholick Church by writing , he took upon him the habit of the Benedictine Order , as I shall anon tell you . As soon as his Motives called Exomologesis were made publick , he sent a copy into England to his dear friend Dr. Henry Hammond , who in a kind letter return'd him thanks for the book , and without the least exception against the stile , gave (d) this judgment of it , that an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 did privily run through the whole contexture of the book . He did not interpret wherein the fallacy consisted , but added , we are friends , and I do not purpose to be your Antagonist . At the end of the letter , he kindly invited him into England , assuring him that he should be provided of a convenient place to dwell in , and a sufficient subsistence to live comfortably ; and withal , that not any one should molest him about his religion and conscience . Our author Cressey had reason to believe that the said invitation was an effect of a cordial friendship , and he was also inform'd that he was well enabled to make good his promise , as having the disposal of great charities , and being a very charitable man himself . Yet rendring such thanks as gratitude required of him , he told him that he could not accept of so very kind an offer , being engaged almost by vow to leave all pretensions to the World , and to embrace poverty for his portion . Besides also , such a friend as this , he had many more , several near his Majesty ; among whom , one especially there was of the highest rank , to whom formerly , upon the rebellion in Ireland , he being destitute of a present subsistance , he did acknowledge all gratitude due , for by his care alone , he was provided of a condition both honorable and comfortable . So that if he had lost all other friends , he had reason to assure himself he would have freely contributed , rather than extremity of want should have forced him to quit the world . But to return ; while he continued at Paris , Henrietta Maria the Queen of England was very civil to him , and being about to leave that place , she assign'd him an hundred crowns to furnish him in his journey towards a Monastery . Afterwards , upon an invitation , he went to Doway , took upon him the habit of the Benedictine order in the Coll , of the English Monks of that Order there : And being setled , he changed his name from Hugh Paulin , ( which he received at the Font in Wakefield Church ) to Serenus de , Cressy , lived according to their discipline for 7 years or more , and afterwards became one of the Mission in England . At length upon the Kings Marriage with Catherine the Infanta of Portugal , he became one of her Servants and mostly lived in Somerset house in the Strand , within the liberty of Westminster , &c. One of his (e) Adversaries tell us , that Cressy was an author grave and sober , whose reason was very keen and sharp , one that he was the Coripheus of the Roman party : which is true , but I must take leave here to tell the reader , that while he continued in Oxon he was accounted a quick and accurate Disputant , a man of a good nature , manners and natural parts , and when in Orders , no inconsiderable preacher . But after he had spent di●ers years in a religious order , and was returned into England , his former acquaintance found great alterations in him as to parts and vivacity , and he seemed to some to be possest with strange notions , and to others , a reserved Person and little better than a Melancholick . Which mutation arose , not perhaps known to him , upon his solely giving himself up to religion , the refinedness of his soul , and the avoiding of all matters relating to humane and profane learning , as vanities . His works are these , Exomologesis : or , a faithful narration of the occasions and motives of his conversion to Catholick unity . Paris 1647. and 53. in oct . In the last edition is an Appendix , in which are cleared certain misconstructions of his Exomologesis , published by J. P. author of the Preface to the Lord Falklands Discourse of infallibility . This Exomologesis was the golden calf which the English Papists fell down to and worshipped . They brag'd that book to be unanswerable , and to have (*) given a total overthrow to the Chillingworthians , and book and tenents of Lucius Lord Falkland . Sancta Sophia : or , directions for the prayer of contemplation , &c. extracted out of more than XL treatises , written by the late rev . Father Aug. Baker a Monk of the English congregation of the holy Order of S. Benedict . Doway 1657. in 2. vol. in a large oct . Certain patterns of devout exercises of immediate acts and affections of the will — Printed with S. Sophia . Roman-Catholick doctrines , no novelties : or , an answer to Dr. Pierces Court Sermon , miscalled The primitive rule of reformation . — Print . 1663. in oct . A non est inventus , returned to Mr. Edw. Bagshaw's enquiry , and vainly boasted discovery of weakness in the grounds of the Churches infallibility — Pr. 1662. oct . Letter written to an English Gent , 16. July 1662 , wherein Bishop Morley is concern'd — Printed among some of the said Bishops treatises — Lond. 1683. qu. The Church History of Britanny from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman conquest , &c. — Printed at Roan in Normandy 1668. fol. 'T is mostly taken from ( 1 ) Annales Ecclesiae Britannicae . Printed at Leodes 1663 in 4. vol : written by Mich. Alford alias Griffith a Jesuit . ( 2 ) The first and 2 vol. of Monast . Anglic. Printed at Lond. 1655. and 1661. fol. ( 3 ) The Decem Scriptores Hist . Anglicanae . Printed there also in 1652. fol. and the collection in Ms . ( contained in several folios ) made from several antient Mss . relating to English antiquities , ( chiefly in the Cottonian Library ) by Aug. Baker before mention'd . Many severe censures have been given by learned men of the author Cressy for publishing many Miracles and Monkish stories in the said Ch. Hist . of Britanny , particularly by that great Master of the English language , Edward , somtimes Earl of Clarendon , who knew him well in the University to be much averse to such matters , as also the author of Reflexions upon the devotions of the Rom. Church , &c. Lond. 1674. oct . Yet let this be said of him , that forasmuch that he doth mostly quote his authors for , and leaves , what he says , to the judgment of the Readers , he is to be excused , and in the mean time to be commended for his grave and good stile , proper for an Ecclesiastical Historian . After it was published , he went forward with a second volume , which was to conclude about the time of the dissolution of Monasteries made by K. Hen. 8 ; but before he had finished 300 years after the Norman Conquest he died . Answer to part of Dr. Stillingfleets book , entit . Idolatry practised in the Church of Rome . — Printed 1672. in oct . Fanaticisme fanatically imputed to the Cath. Church by Dr. Stillingfleet , and the imputation refuted and retorted &c. — Printed 1672. oct . Question why are you a Catholick ? Pr. 1673. oct . Qu. why are you a Protestant ? Pr. 1673. oct . Epistle Apologetical to a Person of honour , touching his vindication of Dr. Stillingfleet — Print . 1674. oct . The Person of honour was Edw. E. of Clarendon . Reflections on the Oath of Supremacy — This I have not yet seen . He also published Sixteen revelations of divine love , shewed to a devout servant of our Lord , called mother Juliana an Anchorete of Norwych , who lived in the days of K. Ed. 3. Printed 1670. oct . and dedic . by Cressy to the Lady Mary Blount of Sodington , Widow of Sir George Blount ; and also changed from old into modern , English , more compendiously , a book written before the change of religion , entit . An abridgment of the book called the cloud of unknowing , and of the counsel referring to the same . This is not printed but in Ms . and was shewed to me by Fath. Wilfrid R a Benedictine Monk. See more in Maur. Chawney in vol. 1. p. 160. At length Mr. Cressey having lived to about the age of man , he surrendred up his last breath at East Greensted in Sussex , in the house of Rich. Caryl Esq . on the tenth day of Aug. ( S. Laurence day ) in the year sixteen hundred seventy and four , and was buried in the Church there , as I have been informed by the Superior of his order on this side of the river Trent in England , named Gregory Mallet alias John Jackson , who dying in the Sheldonian Family on the 10. Sept. 1681 , was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Long Compton in Warwickshire . THOMAS TRAHERNE a Herefordshire man born , was entred a Communer of Brasn . Coll. on the first day of March 1652 , took one degree in Arts , left the house for a time , entred into the sacred function , and in 1661 he was actually created Mast . of Arts. About that time he became Rector of Credinhill commonly called Crednell near to the City of Hereford , afterwards Domestick Chaplain to S. Orlando Bridgman Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , and Minister of Tuddington ▪ called by some Teddington , near Hampton Court in Middlesex , and in 1669 Bach. of Divinity . He hath written , Roman forgeries : or , a true account of false records discovering the impostures and counterfeit antiquities of the Church of Rome . Lond. 1673. oct . Christian Ethicks : or , divine morality , opening the way to blessedness , by the rules of virtue and reason . Lond. 1675. oct . He died at Teddington before mention'd , in the house of S. Orl. Bridgman , and was buried on the tenth day of Octob. in the Church there , under the reading desk , in sixteen hundred seventy and four . This Person who always led a single and a devout life , was well read in primitive antiquity as in the Councils , Fathers , &c. DAVID WHITFORD a Scotch man born , Son of Dr. Walter Whitford of Monkland , Bishop of Brechen , and of the house of Milneton , was elected one of the Students of Ch. Ch , from Westm . School an . 1642 aged 16 years , bore Arms for his Majesty soon after within the Garrison of Oxon , and elsewhere , took one degree in Arts , after the surrender of that garrison , and in 1648 was thrown out of his Students place by the impetuous Visitors appointed by Parliament . So that at present being out of all employ , he adhered to the cause of K. Ch. 2 , paid his obedience to him when in Scotland , served him in the quality of an Officer at Worcester fight 1651 , at which time he came to obtain his rights and inheritances , then most unjustly usurped by Fanaticks ; was there wounded , taken Prisoner , brought to Oxon and thence among other Prisoners carried to London , where by the importunity of friends he was released . Afterwards he was relieved by Edw. Bysshe Esq . K. of Arms , and became Usher to James Shirley the Poet when he taught School in the White-fryers near Fleetstreet in London . After the Kings return in 1660 , he was restored to his Students place , was actually created Master of Arts , and having had no preferment bestowed upon him for his Loyalty , ( as hundreds of Cavaliers had not , because poor , and could not give bribes and rewards to great and hungry Officers ) he was taken into the service of John , Earl ( afterwards Duke ) of Lauderdale , and became his Chaplain , I mean that Earl whose Sirname was Maitland , who dying at Tunbridge Wells in Kent on S. Bartholomews day 1682 , his body was conveyed by Sea to Scotland , and there deposited in a Church of his own erection called Lauder Church , where is the Mansion House and Seat of his Family . The said Dav. Whitford who was always accounted an excellent Greecian and Philologist , hath published , with a translation in latin verse , Musaei , Moschi & Bionis , quae extant , omnia . London 1655. qu. in Gr. and Lat. Selectiora quaedam Theocriti Eidyllia , in Gr. and Lat. Both dedicated to Bysshe before mention'd , who is by Whitford stiled Asylum & perfugium afflictis & egenis . He also translated into Latine the said Bysshe his notes an old authors that have written of Armes and Armory as I shall tell you when I come to speak of that Person , under the year 1679. He also wrot an Appendix to The compleat History of the Wars in Scotland under the conduct of James Marquess of Montrose or Montross , as I have been credibly informed by those that knew him well : which History was written by the learned and famous Geor. Wishart D.D. as I shall tell you elsewhere . What other things this Mr. Whitford hath written , published , or translated , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying suddenly in his Chamber in Ch Ch. in the morning of the 26. of Octob. in sixteen hundred seventy and four ( at which time his Bedmaker found him dead , lying on his bed with his wearing apparel on him ) was buried in the south trancept joyning to the Cathedral Church there , near to the body of his elder Brother called Adam Whitford Bach. of Arts and sometimes Student of the said house , who was buried 10. of Feb. 1646. There was another elder Brother , a stout and desperate man , called Colonel Walter Whitford , who had a prime hand in dispatching that notorious Villain Is . Dorislaw , as I have told you before in Jo. L'isle , pag. 228. Which Colonel was not executed in Scotland by the covenanting party there in June 1650 ( as a certain (a) author tells us ) as having been one of the party under the illustrious and truly valiant Montross before mention'd , but is still ( Sept. 1691. ) living in Edenburgh , and in opinion a R. C. The said author tells (b) us also , that about the same time ( June 1650 ) one Spotswood another Officer , Son of a Bishop was beheaded on the said account , at which time was an acknowledgment made , as he farther adds , that he was one of those that murdered Dr. Dorislaus in Holland . EDWARD HYDE son of Hen. Hyde (c) of Pyrton in Wilts . ( by Mary his Wife , Daughter and Heir of Edw. Langford of Trobridge in the same County ) third Son of Laur. Hyde of Gussage S. Mich. in Dors . descended from an antient and gentile family of his name living at Northbury in Cheshire , was born at Dinton near Hindon in Wilts . on the 16. of Febr. or thereabouts an . 1608 , entred a Student of Magd. Hall in Lent term 1622 , went , after he had taken one degree in Arts to the Middle Temple where he studied the Law. In the beginning of the year 1640 he was chosen Burgess for Wotton Basset in his own Country , to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 13. of Apr. the same year , and again for Saltash in Cornwall to serve in that unhappy Parl. that began on the third of Nov. following : and when the troubles began betwixt the King and Parliament , he left the House of Commons and went with the King to York , and afterwards to Oxford , where he continued most of the time that that place was in the Kings hands , was made Chancellour of the Exchequer , a Privy-counsellor , and a Knight . At length upon the declining of the Kings cause , he with the Lords Culpeper and Capel accompanying Prince Charles , ship'd themselves at Pendennis Castle in Cornwall for the Isle of Scilley , then for Jersey , and afterwards for France . From which time our author Hyde adhering closely to the said Prince , and attending his motions in foreign parts , he was by him , when King , sent Embassador into Spain , made his Secretary of State , and at length L. Chanc. of England at Bruges in Flanders , 29. Jan. 1657. After the Kings restauration he was elected Chancellour of the University of Oxon , made Baron of Hindon in Wilts , Viscount Cornbury in Oxfordshire ( of which he was afterwards Lord Lieutenant ) and Earl of Clarendon near Salisbury . After he had held the honourable Office of Lord Chancellour for seven years or more , the Great Seal was taken from him , 30. Aug. 1667 , and about 4 months after retired into France , where he remained seven years , spending his time in several places there . Under his name were these things following published . Several Speeches , as ( 1 ) Speech in the House of Lords concerning the Lord Presidents Court and Council in the North , an . 1640. ( 2 ) Sp. at a conference between both Houses , 6. Jul. 1641 , at the transmission of several impeachments against the Lord Chief Baron Davenport , Baron Trevor and Baron Weston . Lond. 1641. qu. &c. besides several arguments and debates . See in John Rushworths book called Historical Collections , in the first vol. of the second part , an . 1640 and in the Impartial Collection , &c. of Dr. John Nalson . A full answer to an infamous and traiterous Pamphlet intit . A Declaration of the Commons of England in Parliament assembled , expressing their reasons and grounds of passing their late resolutions touching no further address or application to be made to the King. Lond. 1648. qu. Several Speeches in Parl. during his office of L. Chancellour , from his Majesties Restauration to 1667. — They are in number at least 10 , and were printed in fol. papers . The difference and disparity between the Estates and Conditions of George Duke of Buckingham and Robert Earl of Essex . — See in Reliq . Wottonianae , &c. Lond. 1672 octav . Animadversions on a book intit . Fanaticism fanatically imputed to the Cath. Church by Dr. Stillingfleet , and the imputation refuted and retorted , by Ser. Cressy . Lond. 1674. oct . It was printed twice in that year , and once in 1685. oct . Brief view and survey of the dangerous and pernicious Errors to Church and State , in Mr. Hobbes book intit . Leviathan . Oxon. 1676. qu. Letter to his daughter Anne Duchess of York , upon a report of her inclinations towards Popery , and at the same time another to the Duke upon the same subject . — Written about 1670. It was printed at Lond. 1681. 82. He hath also written ( 1 ) A History , or an Historical account of Ireland , MS , which Edm. Borlace made use of without acknowledgment , in his book , or books , which he published of the affairs of that Kingdom : so Dr. Jo. Nalson in his Pref. to his second vol. of his Impartial collection of Records , &c. ( 3 ) History from the beginning of K. Ch. 1. to the restauration of K. Ch. 2. MS ; as also an account of his own life , which being hereafter to be published , you may be pleased to take this present discourse of him , only as a Specimen of a larger to come . He died of the terrible disease of the Gout at Roan in Normandy , on the ninth day of Decemb. ( according to our accompt ) in sixteen hundred seventy and four ; whereupon his body being conveyed into England , 't was buried on the north side of the Capella Regum , in S. Peters , commonly called the Abbey , Church in Westminster . The Reader may be pleased now to know , that besides this Edw. Hyde have been two more , of both his names and time , that have been Writers , as Edw. Hyde jun. an enthusiastical person , who , among several things that he hath written , hath published A wonder and yet no wonder : A great red Dragon in Heaven , &c. Lond. 1651 : And Edw. Hyde first cosin to our Author Edw. E. of Clarendon , as I shall tell you at large elsewhere . JOHN VAUGHAN a most noted and learned Lawyer of his time , was born at Trowscoed in the County of Cardigan , educated in Grammar learning in the Kings School within the City of Worcester ; whence , after he had remained there 5 years , he was sent to Ch. Ch. in this Univ. in the 15th . year of his age , and thence at 18 , he went to the Inner Temple , where for some time he chose rather to follow his Academical Studies of Poetry and Mathematicks , than the municipal Laws of England . At length falling into the acquaintance of the learned Selden and others , was instructed by them in the value of civil learning : so that soon after he applied himself closely to the course of that Study , particularly of the said laws , which he after made his profession ; but when he began to become noted and admired in the Parliament that began 3 Nov. 1640. ( of which he was a Burgess for the Town of Cardigan ) the Civil War broke forth and gave a stop to his Proceedings . Whereupon leaving London , he retired to his own Country , and mostly lived there till the restauration of K. Ch. 2. Afterwards being elected Knight for the County of Cardigan , to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 8 May 1661 , his Majesty was about that time pleased to take notice of his great worth and experience . Afterwards he confer'd the honour of Knighthood upon him , and in few days after , viz. May 22. an . 1668 , he was solemnly sworn Serjeant at Law in the Court of Chancery in Westm . Hall , and the next day was sworn L. Ch. Justice of the Common Pleas. He hath written and collected , Reports and Arguments , being all of them special Cases and many ; wherein he pronounced the resolution of the whole Court of Common Pleas , at the time he was L. Ch. Justice there . Lond. 1677. fol. Published by his son Edw. Vaughan Esq and other things , as 't is said , fit to be printed . He died in sixteen hundred seventy and four , and was buried in the Temple Church near the grave of Jo. Selden . Over his grave was a large marble stone soon after put , and over that was erected a marble Table in the south wall , near the round walk , with this Inscription thereon . Hic situs est Johannes Vaughanus Eq. Aur. Capital . Justiciar . de Com. Banco , filius Edwardi Vaughan de Trowscoed in agro Dimetarum Ar. & Leticiae uxoris ejus , filiae Johannis Stedman de Strata florida in eodem Com. Arm. unus è quatuor perdocti Seldeni Executoribus , ei stabili amicitia studiorumque communione à tyrocinio intimus & praecarus . Natus erat xiiii . die Sept. an . Dom. 1608. & denatus x. die Decemb. an . Dom. 1674. qui juxta hoc marmor depositus adventum Christi propitium expectat . Multum deploratus . JOHN OXENBRIDGE son of Dan. Oxenb . sometimes Doct. of Phys . of Ch. Ch. in this University , and a Practitioner of his faculty at Daventrey commonly called Daintrey in Northamptonshire , ( and afterwards in London ) was born in that County , became a Communer of Linc. Coll. in 1623 aged 18 years , and thence translating himself to Magd. Hall , took the degrees in Arts , and soon after became a Tutor there : but being found guilty of a strange singular and superstitious way of dealing with his Scholars by perswading and causing some of them to subscribe , as Votaries , to several articles framed by himself , as , he pretended , for their better government , as if the Statutes of the place wherein he lived , and the authority of the then present government , were not sufficient , he was distutor'd (*) in the month of May 1634. Afterward he left the Hall , and shewing himself very scismatical abroad , was forced to leave the Nation : whereupon he , with his beloved Wife called Jane Butler , went to the Islands of Bermudas , where he exercised his Ministry . At length the Long Parliament making mad work in England in 1641. &c. he , ( as other Schismaticks did ) returned , preached very enthusiastically in severally places in his travels to and fro , while his dear Wife preached in the house among her Gossips and others . So that he being looked upon as a zealous and forward brother for the cause , he had some spirituality bestowed on him , and at length was made Fellow of Eaton Coll. near Windsore , in the place of one Simonds deceased , who had been thrust into the place of Dr. David Stokes , in the time of the rebellion . Upon his Majesties restauration , Oxenbridge was outed of his Fellowship , and afterwards retiring to Berwick upon Twede , he held forth there till the Act of conformity silenced him an . 1662. Afterwards he went to the West Indies and continued there at Syrenham for a time in preaching and praying . At length , having received a call , he went to New England , where he finished his course . This Person was composed of a strange hodg-podg of opinions , not easily to be described , was of a roving and rambling head , spent much , and I think died but in a mean condition . And tho he was a great pretender to Saintship , and had vowed an eternal love to his Wife before mention'd , who died 22. Apr. 1655 , yet before he had remained a Widower an year , he married a religious Virgin named Frances , the only Daughter of Hezekiah Woodward the scismatical Vicar of Bray near Windsore , who dying also in the first year of her Marriage ( in Childbed I think ) aged 25 years , he took soon after , as I have been told , a third Wife , according to the fleshly custom of the Saints of that time . He hath written , A double Watchword : or , the duty of watching , and watching to duty ; both echoed from Revel . 16.5 . and Jer. 50.4.5 . Lond. 1661. oct . and perhaps other things . He died at Boston in New England in sixteen hundred seventy and four , and was buried there . In the Church or Chappel belonging to Eaton Coll. was a monument with a large canting inscription set up by this D. Oxenbridge for his first Wife Jane Butler , wherein 't is said that while he preached abroad she would preach and hold forth in the House . But the said inscript . or Epitaph giving great offence to the Royallists at the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , they caused it to be daub'd or covered over with paint . There was also a Monument and Inscription set up for his second Wife , the contents of which and the other I have , but this last is not defaced . JONATHAN GODDARD son of Henry Goddard a Ship-carpenter of Deptford , was born at Greenwich in Kent , became a Communer of Magd. Hall in the beginning of 1632 aged 15 years , where continuing till he was standing for the degree of Bach. of Arts , he then left that House , and went , as I presume , beyond the Seas . On the 20 of Jan. 1642 he was created Doctor of Phys . of the Univ. of Cambridge , at which time he was a practitioner of that faculty in London , afterwards in the Army raised by the Parliament , and at length to Oliver Cromwell , with whom he went as his great confident into Ireland , and into Scotland after the murder of K. Ch. 1. In 1651 he , by the said Olivers power , became Warden of Mert. Coll. and in January the same year , he was incorporated Doctor of his faculty in this University . Afterwards he was elected Burgess for the University to serve in the Little Parliament an . 1653 , and made one of the Council of State in the same year . About that time he became Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians at London ; afterwards of the Royal Society , and Professor of Physick in Gresham Coll. When he was ejected his Wardenship of Mert. Coll. ( which was in 1660 ) he lived mostly in that of Gresham , where ( being an admirable Chymist ) he had a Laboratory to prepare all Medicines that he used on his Patients , besides what he operated for his own satisfaction . He was also a zealous member of the Royal Society for the improvement of natural knowledg among them : and when any curious experiment was to be done , they made him their Drudg till they could obtain to the bottom of it . He hath written , A discourse concerning Physick and the many abuses thereof by the Apothecaries . Lond. 1668. oct . An account of which is in the Philosophical transactions , num . 41. He is said (a) to have written of this matter ( of the Abuse of Physick ) more warily and with greater prudence than Christ . Merret . Discourse setting forth the unhappy condition of the practice of Physick in London , &c. Lond. 166. . qu. Proposal for making wine . See in the Hist . of the Royal Soc. Pr. 1667. p. 143.230 . Experiments of the Stone called Oculus mundi . See in the Hist . of the Royal Soc. Pr. 1667. p. 143.230 . Some observations of a Camelion . — See in the Philosophical Transactions . nu . 137. p. 930. &c. Experiments of refining gold with Antimony . — See there also , nu . 139. p. 953. &c. And left behind him at his death Lectures read at Chirurgeons Hall ; and other matters in 2 vol. in qu. fit , as 't is said , for the press . He had also laying by him at his death , Arcana medicinalia : Published at the end of the second Edit . of Pharmacopoeia Bateana , by Ja. Shipton an Apothecary — Lond. 1691. oct . He died suddenly of an apoplexy at the end of Woodstreet in Cheapside , in his going home from the Crown Tavern in Bloomsbury ( where a club of Virtuosi sometimes met ) to his Lodgings in Gresham Coll. about eleven of the clock in the night of the 24. of Mar. in sixteen hundred seventy and four , and was the third day after buried in the middle of the Chancel of Great S. Helens Church in London . He was Master of a most curious Library of books , well and richly bound , which he intended to bestow on the Library belonging to the Royal Society , but he dying intestate , it came into the hands of the next Heir , viz. his Sisters Son , a Scholar of Caies Coll. in Cambridge . I find an excellent character of this our author Dr. Goddard given by Dr. Seth Ward in his Epist . dedic . (b) before Praelectio de Cometis & inquisit . in Bullialdi Astronom . Philolaicae fundamenta ; and in the Epist . ded . before Delphi (c) Phoenicizantes , &c. published by Edmund Dickenson of Mert. Coll. To both which I refer the reader if he be curious to know farther of him . RICHARD SMITH the Son of a Clergy man named Richard Smith a Native of Abendon , ( by Martha his Wife , Daughter of Paul Darrel or Dayrell of Lillingston Darrel in Bucks Esq . ) Son of Richard , Son of another Ric. Smith of Abendon in Berks. sometimes Gent. Usher to Qu. Elizabeth , was born at Lillingston Darrel before mention'd , an . 1590 , and after the beginning of the raign of King James 1. was sent to the Univ. of Oxon , where his stay being short , he was not matriculated , and therefore I cannot positively tell you of what Coll. or Hall he was a member . Thence he was taken away by his Parents , and put a Clerk to an Attorney belonging to the City of London , but his mind hanging after learning , he spent all the time he could obtain from his employment in Books . At riper years he became Secondary of the Poultry Compter within the City of London , a place of good reputation and profit , being in his time worth about 700 l. per an . which he executed many years , but upon the death of his Son an . 1655 ( begotten on the body of his Wife Elizab. Daughter of George Deane of Stepney ) to whom he intended to resign his place , he immediatly sold it , and betook himself wholly to a private life , two thirds of which at least he spent in his Library . He was a person infinitely (d) curious in , and inquisitive after , books , and suffered nothing considerable to escape him , that fell within the compass of his learning , desiring to be Master of no more than he knew how to use . He was constantly known every day to walk his rounds among the Booksellers shops ( especially in Little Britaine ) in London , and by his great skill and experience he made choice of such books that were not obvious to every mans eye . He lived in times , which ministred peculiar opportunities of meeting with books , that were not every day brought into publick light : And few eminent Libraries were bought , where he had not the liberty to pick and choose . Hence arose , as that vast number of books , so the choiceness and rarity of the greatest part of them , and that of all kinds and in all sorts of learning , especially in History , of which he had the most considerable Writers of all ages and nations , antient and modern , especially of our own and the neighbouring nations , of which , as 't was thought , there was scarce any thing wanting that was extant . He was also a great collector of Mss . whether antient or modern that were not extant , and delighted much to be poring on them . He collected also abundance of pamphlets published at , and before , the time of reformation of religion relating to Ecclesiastical affairs , and it was supposed , that the copies of some of them were not then extant in the World , and therefore esteemed as choice as Mss . Among the books relating to history were his collection of Lives , the Elogia of illustrious men , the authors who have written the lives and characters of Writers , and such who have writ of the foundations of Monasteries . Nor was he the owner of this choice treasure of books as an idle possessor , or did he barely turn over the leaves , but was a constant peruser of , and upon his buying , did generally collate , them , observed the defects of impressions , the all arts used by many , and compared the differences of editions : concerning which and the like cases , he , with great diligence and industry , entred many memorable and very useful remarks and observations upon very many of his books under his own hand . He hath written , Letter to Dr. Hen. Hammond concerning the sense of that article in the Creed , He descended into Hell — Dated from his house in Little Moorfields near London , ( where he mostly lived after he had buried his Son ) in Apr. 1659. Which Letter being answer'd by Dr. Hammond in the same month , were both afterwards published , an . 1684. See more in Dr. Hammond under the year 16●0 . p. 161. This I think is all that R. Smith hath extant . Those things that are not , are these , Observations on the three grand Impostors . Exposition on these words used in the form of Marriage , with my body I thee worship — Written in qu. Collection of expositions of Baptisme for the dead — Wr. in qu. Collection of several expositions and opinions of Christs descent into hell — See more in Dr. Hammond before mentioned . Miscellaneous tracts , chiefly Theological . Collection of Arms belonging to the name of Smith , in colours — MS. in oct . Vita S. Simonis Stock Angli Carmelitae . Collected from the Writings and Mss . of John Bale . Life of Hugh Broughton and Cat. of his works . — He also translated from Latin into English . ( 1 ) The fifth book of Histories of Corn. Tacitus . ( 2 ) The order of receiving the new Bishop after his consecration , before he enter into the Cathedral Church of Salisbury ; taken out of an old Ms . ritual belonging to that Church ; and from French into English Bosquires Sermon before the company of Shoomakers in France , an . 1614. on the Festival of S. Crispin and Crispiana . Besides these and others of his writing and translations , he made ten thousand instances or remarks with his own hand either of authors in , or before the title , or in the margin of their works . This Mr. Rich. Smith who was a man of an excellent temper , great justice , &c. died 26. March in sixteen hundred seventy and five , and was buried in the Church of S. Giles near to Cripplegate in London . Soon after was a marble monument erected over his grave for him , his Wife and Children , with an inscription thereon , which for brevity sake I shall now pass by . Afterwards there was a design to buy his choice Library for a publick use , by a collection of moneys to be raised among generous persons , but the work being publick , and therefore but little forwarded , it came into the hands of Richard Chiswell a Bookseller living in S. Pauls Ch. yard , London : who printing a catalogue of , with others added to , them , which came out after Mr. Smiths death , they were exposed to sale by way of Auction , to the great reluctancy of publick spirited men , in May and June 1682. HEZEKIAH WOODWARD the youngest of the nine Children of his Father , was born in Worcestershire , and after he had spent six years , or more , in a Grammar school , was sent to Oxon in the beginning of the year 1608 , and setled in Ball. Coll. where being put under a careful Tutor , took a degree in Arts in the latter end of the year 1611. Afterwards he retired to London , taught school there several years , and was esteemed eminent in his profession ; but having been always puritanically affected , he sided with the Presbyterians upon the change of the times in 1641 , was a great Zealot and frequent Preacher among them either at S. Mary in Aldermanbury , or near it . Afterwards he took the Covenant , and shewed the use and necessity of it in his discourse and preachings : but soon after , when he saw the Independents and other factious people to be dominant , he became one of them , and not unknown to Oliver ; who having quartered more than an year in the Vicaridge-house at Bray near Maydenhead in Berks , during the time of the Rebellion , ( in which time he had opportunity to know the Parish to be very large , being a whole Hundred of it self ) he sent afterwards thither our Author Woodward , being then his Chaplain or at least Favourite , under the notion of doing some eminent good to that great place , and to take care of it and the souls therein . This was about the year 1649 , at which time one Mr. Brice , the then Vicar , left it , and was afterwards Minister of Henley in Oxfordshire . Here he continued ten years or more , and had the good opinion of the rabble and factious people , but of others of sense and judgment , not . He was always very invective in his sermons ( which by the sober party were accounted dull ) against the King , his Followers , whom he call'd Malignants , the Church of England , her Rites , Ceremonies , and all Forms of Worship : and it is commonly now reported among the Inhabitants of Bray , that he wrot a book against the Lords Prayer ; which was answer'd by Brice before mention'd . He was also an eager man , and spent much time in preaching against observation of times and days , as Christmas , Easter , &c. against May-poles , Morices , Dancing , &c. He had a select Congregation out of his Parish of those that were to be saved , who frequently met to pray in the Vicaridge-house : which if he had stayed an year longer or more , would have destroyed all that were to be saved by falling upon them ; for he was a great Dilapidator , suffered some of the Offices , Stable and Wood-house to fall , made Hey-lofts of the Chambers , and suffered one side of the Hall ( the assembling room ) to drop down . Insomuch that Dr. Edw. Fulham who succeeded him at the Kings restauration , was forced to build it up in the first month he had it , and Mr. Fr. Carswell in short time succeeding Dr. Fulham , spent about 150 l. to make the house habitable . He received his maintenance out of the then Augmentation Court , neglecting his tithes , and put whims into the peoples heads that they were Romish and Antichristian , and only pleased himself in taking presents of the peoples free will offering , as most becoming the Gospel . By these courses he had almost ruined a good Vicaridge , for there are but few there now , but what are so principled , as they think it a piece of service to the establish'd Religion to cheat or rob the Church , and an age is scarce able to repair that mischief which he hath done there , as other Saints elsewhere . I have been informed from that place by a very good hand , that he was a man very censorious and ready to damn all those that did not comply with him in his fancies : also that he always denied to pay , and cheated the wife of Mr. Faringdon his Predecessor in the Vicaridge , of her fifths , or fifth part of the revenews of the said Vicaridge , which he by Law was to pay and she to receive ; and he thought it a sin to pay her , being the wife of one of the Antichristian Crew of the Ch. of England , tho she lived near him and he knew full well that she had five or six small Children ready to starve , and her Husband a learned man. He would not administer the Sacrament in the Church to his Parishioners , nor baptize their Children , unless they were of his private Church , and would not so much as keep company with , or come near , those that were not of his mind . He hath left an ill name behind him , and none there have any esteem for his memory , only Anabaptists , Quakers , or such that tend that way . In this course he continued till his Majesties Restauration an . 1660 , and then leaving the place to prevent Ejection , he retired to Uxbridge , where he carried on the trade among the Brethren , either more or less , to the time of his death . His printed works are these . Gate to Sciences . — Written when he was a Schoolmaster . The Childs patrimony laid out upon the good nurture or tilling over the whole man. In two parts . Lond. 1640. qu. &c. This came out afterwards again with the title alter'd . Vestibulum : or , a manuduction towards a fair Edifice by their hands who are designed to open the way thereunto . — Printed with The Childs Patrimony . The Churches Thanksgiving to God her King , &c. Lond. 1642. qu. The Covenant cleared to the Consciences of all men , &c. Ibid. 1643. qu. Three Kingdoms made one by the Covenant , &c. — Pr. 1643. Cause , use , and cure of fear , &c. — Pr. 1643. The Kings Chronicle ; in two sections . Wherein we have the acts of the wicked and good Kings of Judah fully declared , with the ordering of their militia , and grave observations thereupon , &c. Lond. 1643. qu. Dedicated to the high court of Parliam . and written purposely to point out the bad actions of his Majesty , who then stood in his own defence against the inveterate Presbyterians and tumultuous factions in London . The Sons patrimony and daughters portion , &c. Lond. 1643. qu. Inquiries into the causes of our miseries , &c. Lond. 1644. qu. Written partly against a book entit . An antidote against the contagious air of Independency , &c. by D. P. P. Lond. 1644. qu. Short Letter intreating a friends judgment upon Mr. Edwards book call'd Antipologia , with a large but modest answer thereunto , &c. Lond. 1644. qu. Lords-day the Saints holy-day , Christmas an Idol-day , &c. Lond. 1648. qu. About which time came out , Christmas-day the old Heathens feasting-day in honor to Satan their Idol-God , &c. Whether written by Woodward , quaere . A just account in truth and peace by Brethren , lovers of , and fellow-helpers to both , why they must open themselves to the view of the world , speaking to them as the house top , &c. — Pr. at Lond. in qu. Appeal to the Churches of Christ , for their righteous judgment in matters of Christ , the concernments of all his glory , over whom there is a defence , whether Christs way be not poured forth in scripture to be traced by the footsteps of his near ones . — Pr. at Lond. in qu. Conference of some Christians in Church fellowship about the way of Christ with his people and the result therefrom , &c. — Pr. at Lond. in qu. Infant baptism , and the first quere thereupon . Whether all Parents how notorious soever for wickedness , are priviledged upon account of their own baptism , to present their infants thereunto . The negative maintained — Pr. at Lond. in qu. An inoffensive answer to remove offences taken from some passages in a printed book , other some from report , which are cleared to be wholly mistaken by the Author of the Dialogue concerning the practical use of Infant baptisme , in his Postscript to his scond part , p. 103. &c. Lond. 1657. qu. He hath also other things extant , which I have not yet seen , and had others fit for the press lying by him at the time of his death ; which hapning at Uxbridge in Middlesex , 29 of March in sixteen hundred seventy and five , aged 87 years or thereabouts , his body was carried to Eaton near Windsore and buried in the Churchyard there near the grave of his sometimes wife Frances Woodward , who was ( as I have been told ) inter'd some years before him in the said yard . He had one only daughter named Frances , who became the second wife of John Oxenbridge Fellow of Eaton Coll. and dying in child-bed in the 25 year of her age , was buried in the Chappel there , and hath a monument over her grave , as I have before told you . HENRY BEESLEY son of Rob. Beesl . Chaplain of Merton Coll , was born in the Parish of S. Peter in the East in the City of Oxon , 22 Jul. 1605 , and in Mich. term 1621 was made either Clerk or Portionist of the said College , where continuing till he was Bach. of Arts , retired to S. Albans Hall , took the degree of Master as a member thereof , and was for his ingenuity made one of the Terrae filii in the Act following . Soon after he became Tutor in the Country to Tho. Pope the young Earl of Downe , whose Guardian Joh. Dutton of Sherbourne in Glocestershire , Esq . did , for the great care he took on his Pupil , bestow on him the Rectory of Swerford near to Ch●pping-Norton in Oxfordshire ; which was all the preferment , I think , that he enjoyed to his dying day . Afterwards he became a sufferer in the time of the Rebellion , lived poorly , and therefore for that his Loyalty , he was not only restored to what he had lost upon the King's restauration , but also was actually created Doct. of Div. He was accounted a witty man and a good Poet in his younger years , and in his elder a good Preacher and sober Divine . He hath published , The souls conflict , &c. portrayed in eight several sermons , six whereof were preached before the King at Oxon. Lond. 1657. &c. oct . and other sermons which I have not yet seen . He died 29 May in sixteen hundred seventy and five , and was buried under the Communion-table at the east end of the Chancel of the Church of Swerford before mention'd . Tho. Pope E. of Downe who was his Patron , died in S. Maries Parish in Oxon 28 Dec. 1660 , aged 38 years , leaving behind him one only daughter named Elizab. begotten on the body of Elizab. his wife , dau . and one of the heirs of Will. Dutton of Sherbourne in Glocestershire Esq . Which said Elizab. his daughter was first married to Henry Francis Lea of Dichley in Oxfordshire , and afterwards to Robert Earl of Lindsey . The Earldom of Downe went , after the death of the said Thomas , to Thom. Pope Esq . his Uncle , whose male issue also dying , the Estate went away among three daughters , the eldest of which was married to Sir Francis North afterwards L. North of Guilford . Both the said Earls were buried at Wroxton near Banbury in Oxfordsh . among the graves of their Ancestors . HENRY WILKINSON Senior , commonly called Long Harry , son of Hen. Wilk . mentioned before under the year 1647 , was born at Waddesdon in Bucks , became a Com. of Magd. Hall in Lent term 1622. aged 13. years , where making great proficiency in his studies , took the degrees in Arts , became a noted Tutor , Master of the Schools and Divinity Reader in his House . In the year 1638 he was admitted Bach. of Div , preached frequently in and near Oxon , yet not without girds against the actions , and certain men , of the times . On the 6. of Sept. 1640. he preached in his turn in S. Maries Ch. in Oxon , on Rev. 3.16 . So then because thou art luke-warm , &c. Which Sermon being very bitter against some ceremonies of the Church , very base also and factious , and intended meerly to make a party for the Scots , was summon'd the same day to make his recantation in a form then prescrib'd for him . But he obstinatly refusing to do it , was suspended from all execution of his Priestly Function within the University and Precincts thereof according to the Statute , till he should make his Palinody . Soon after when that unhappy Parliament , called the Long Parl , began , he complained to the Members about the latter end of Nov. of the usage he had received from the Vicechancellour . Whereupon according to the command of the Committee of Religion in the H. of Com. the Vicehanc . sent up a copy of his sermon with his exceptions against it : which being received from the hands of Dr. Rich. Baylie Dec. 9. was by them perused , but they finding nothing , as they said , that might make him guilty of punishment , they released him from his suspension and gave order that his sermon should be printed , which accordingly was done . Upon this our author Wilkinson grew very bold , preach'd and discours'd what he pleas'd , setled afterwards in London to carry on the Cause , was made Minister of S. Faith , under Paules , one of the Ass . of Divines , became a frequent Preacher before the Members of Parliament , and Rector of S. Dunstans in the West about 1645. At which time being esteemed a grand zealot for promoting the designs then on foot , he was constituted by the said Members one of the six Ministers to go to Oxon in 1646 , ( after the surrender of the Garrison there ) to draw off by their preaching the Scholars from their Orthodox Principles to the Presbyterian persuasion , and soon after one of the Visitors to break open , turn out , and take possession : For which service he was not only rewarded with a senior Fellowship of Madg. Coll. ( which he kept till he took to wife a holy woman call'd the Lady Carr ) but also with a Canonry of Ch. Church , a Doctorship of Divinity , and after Cheynells departure with the Margaret professorship of the University . After his Majesty was restored he was ejected , and thereupon went to London , continued a Non-conformist , lived and had his meetings at Clapham in Surrey near London , especially when the Kings toleration was published in the latter end of 1671 , whereby he gained from the Brethren a considerable maintenance . He was a good Scholar , always a close Student , an excellent Preacher , ( tho his voice was shrill and whining ) yet his Sermons were commonly full of dire and confusion , especially while the rebellion continued . Under his name were these things following published , viz. Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Sermon against Lukewarmness in religion , on Rev. 3.16 . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 2 ) Babylons ruin , Jerusalem's rising , Fast serm . before the House of Com. 25 Oct. 1643. on Zech. 1.18.19.20.21 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 3 ) The gainfull cost , Fast Serm. before the H. of Lords 27. Nov. 1644. on 1. Chron. 21.24 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 4 ) Miranda , Stupenda . Or the wonderful and astonishing mercies which the Lord hath wrought for England in subduing and captivating the pride , power and policy of his Enemies , Thanks-giving Serm. before the H. of Com. for the surrender of Oxon , preached 21. Jul. 1646 on Numb . 23.23 . Lond. 1646. qu. In his Epist . ded . to the H. of Com. he doth seriously exhort them to think of a sudden reformation of that University : and perhaps he had thoughts then of being a Visitor and to get what might be obtained while the Sun shined . ( 5 ) Serm. on Luk. 17.27.28 . — Published in The morning exercise at Cripplegate , Lond. 1661. qu. ( 6 ) Serm. on 2. Thes . 2. from ver . 3. to 10. — Published in The morning exercise against popery , preached in Southwark — Lond. 1675. qu. ( 7 ) How we must do all in the name of Christ , on Col. 3.17 . — Publ. in The Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. 76. qu. What other things are published under his name I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying at Clapham before mention'd , in the beginning of June in sixteen hundred seventy and five , his body was thereupon conveyed to Drapers Hall in Lond , and thence conducted with solemnity by hundreds of the Brethren to the Church of S. Dunstan in Fleetstreet before mention'd , where it was in●e●'d . I shall make mention of another Henry Wilkinson under the year 1690 , who for distinction sake , was commonly called Deane Harry . THOMAS HOLYOAKE or Holyoke son of Francis Hol. mention'd under the year 1653 , was born at Stony Thorp near to Southam in Warwickshire , educated in Grammar learning under one Mr. White at Coventry , became a student in Queens Coll. in Michaelm . term 1632. aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , made Chaplain of the said Coll. and in the beginning of the Civil War , when Oxford became the Seat of K. Ch. 1. and garrison'd for his use , he was put into Commission for a Captain of a Foot Company , consisting mostly of Scholars . In which office doing good service , had the degree of Doct. of Div. confer'd upon him by the favour of his Majesty , tho no such matter occurs in the public register of the University , which was then somtimes neglected . After the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon for the use of the Parl. he , by the name of Tho. Holyoake , without the addition of Master , Bac. or D. of D , obtained a License from the University to practice physick : whereupon setling in his own Country he exercised that faculty with good success till 1660. In which year his Maj. being restored to his Kingdoms , Thomas Lord Leigh Baron of Stoneleigh in Warwickshire presented him to the Rectory of Whitnash near Warwick , and soon after was made Prebendary of the collegiat church of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire . In 1674 Robert Lord Brook conferr'd upon him the Donative of Breamour in Hampshire ( which he had by the marriage of his Lady ) worth about 200 l. per an , free from presentation , institution , and episcopal visitation ; but before he had enjoy'd it an year or thereabouts , he died to the great grief of his family . He hath written , A large Dictionary in three parts : 1. The English before the Latine . 2. The Latine before the English . 3. The proper names of Persons , places and other things , necessary to the understanding of Historians and Poets . Lond. 1677 in a thick larg folio . Before which is an Epistle written by the authors son Charles Holyoake of the Inner Temple , whereby he dedicates the book to Fulke L. Brook , and author written by Dr. Thom. Barlow B. of Lincolne , wherein are many things said of the work and its author . But this the reader is to know , that the foundation of the said Dictionary was laid by his father Fr. Hol. before mention'd , and upon that foundation is the largest Dictionary made that hath been ever yet published in England . The said Dr. Holyoake , who was much respected in the neighbourhood where he lived , for his ingenuity and humanity , died of an high Feaver at Breamour on the tenth day of June in sixteen hundred seventy and five . Whereupon his body was conveyed to Warwick and there interred by that of his father , in the great Church there dedicated to S. Mary the Virgin. THOMAS WOOLNOUGH a ministers Son of Gloustershire , as it seems , became either Batler or Com. of Magd. Hall , 1648 , trained up there acording to the presbyterian way , took a degree in Arts , afterwards had a cure in the interval , and at length became Rector of S. Michaels Church in Glocester , where he was frequented for his edifying way of preaching . He hath extant , Fideles aquae : or , some pious tears drop'd upon the hearse of the incomparable Gentlewoman Mistris Sarah Gilby , together with some Elegies upon her Grandmother and Brother . Lond. 1661. oct . Dust returning to the earth : Sermon at the interment of Tho. Lloyd Esq late of Wheaten-Hurst in the County of Gloc. 22. Dec. 1668 on Eccles . 12.7 . Lond. in the Savoy 1669 qu. and one or more things , as t is said , which I have not yet seen . He died 20. June in sixteen hundred seventy and five , and was buried in the church of S. Michael before mention'd , near to the body of Eleanor his sometimes wife , dau . of Gaspar Estecourt of Radbourough in Gloucestersh . Gent. descended of a knightly family of his name in Wilts . Which Eleanor died on the ides of Decemb . 1665. BULSTRODE WHITLOCK son of Sir James Whitlock Knight , by Elizab. his wife , daugh . of Edw. Bulstrode of Hugeley or Hedgley-Bulstrode in Bucks , Esq , was born in Fleetstreet in London , in the house of Sir George Croke ( Serjeant at Law ) his Mothers Uncle , on the 6 of Aug. 1605 , educated in Grammar learning in Merchant Taylors School , became a Gent. Com. of S. Johns Coll. in Mich. term , an . 1620 ; at which time he was principally recommended to the care and oversight of his fathers contemporary and intimate friend Dr. Laud , then President of that House , who shewing to him several fatherly kindnesses , our author Whitlock did many years after make some returns when the said Doctor , then Archb. of Cant , was to be brought to a trial for his life , especially in this respect when he refused to be one of the Commissioners , or number of the Committee appointed by Parl , to draw up a charge against him . But before our author had taken a degree , he went to the Middle Temple , where , by the help of his father , he became a noted proficient in the Common Law , well read also in other studies , and in time made for himself a large provision from them and a retired contemplation . At length when the Long Parliament was to sit , he being then a Counsellour at Law , he was chose a Burgess for Marlow in Bucks , to serve therein , and shewing himself very active in baiting the most noble Thomas Earl of Strafford , became noted in the House for a man of parts . In 1642 he , for his activeness for the cause then driving on , was made one of the Deputy-Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire , at which time a new Lieutenant was constituted by the Parliament ; and soon after was named one of the Commissioners to treat for peace with the King at Oxon in the name of the Parliament , and one of the Lay-Gentlemen to sit among the Ass . of Divines . In 1644 he became Attorney of the Dutchy of Lancaster , Commissioner again for peace , and in the same year when Rob. E. of Essex was about to prove Ol. Cromwell an Incendiary , he gave him the said Oliver timely notice of the design , ( he being privy to it ) and thenceforth he became very gratious with that most active person , who , with his party were very willing to engage him as far as they could to them . In 1645 he was appointed one of the Commissioners for the Admiralty , and being then suspected to hold intelligence with the Kings party , was in danger to have lost all , had he not freed himself from that suspicion , especially by his urging his losses that he had sufferd by the said party for his adhering to the Parliament : in consideration of which he had afterwards given to him 2000 l. In 1646 he was sent for to the Leaguer before Oxon by Sir Tho. Fairfax the General of the Parl. forces , who being admitted one of his Council of War , he did oftentimes , being a friend to the Univ. of Oxon , express his unwillingness that any thing of damage should be done to it , and pressed for honorable t●●ms to be offer'd to the Garrison there . In 1647 O. Cromwell used his advice in many things , and therefore by his power it was that in the beginning of March in the said year he was made one of the four Commissioners of the Great Seal . In 1648 Ph. E. of Pembrok , who was then lately made Constable of Windsore Castle , and keeper of the Forest adjoyning , constituted him his Lieutenant of those places in the month of July : and in the same year , he was not only named one of the Kings Serjeants , ( which he refused to accept ) but was made one of the 3 Commissioners of the new Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England , 8. Febr ; at which time the King Great Seal was publickly broken in the H. of Commons . And farther also on the 14. of the said month he was elected one of the 30 persons for the Council of State , wherein he sate and acted according to his ability . In the month of June 1649 he was made High Steward of the City of Oxon by the Mayor and Citizens thereof , in the room of the Earl of Berks : Whom , they , for his Loyalty , displaced , and about the same time they made him their Recorder . In July following he was constituted keeper of the Kings Meddals and Library , which in 1647 he had hindred from being sold : And that employment he the rather took , because he was put upon it by Selden and other learned men , and that he himself , being accounted learned , took great delight in such matters . However being not alwaies at leisure to attend those places he had a Deputy allowed him , and one John Dury a Traveller did the drudgery of the place . On the 24. of Nov. 1651 he was continued one of the Council of State , and likewise on the same day in the year following . In the beginning of Nov. 1653 he set forth with a gallant retinew in the quality of an Embassador into Sweedland , being impowred thereto by Oliver and the Little Parliament , and had a thousand pounds per ann . for his Salary . In which Embassie and Country behaving himself with great prudence to the liking , and with the approbation , of all , Christina Queen of that Country made him a Knight of the honorable Order of Amaranta , of which Order the Queen herself is Soveraign , and wears the badg thereof ( which is a rich Jewel tied to a crimson riband ) under her left breast . You may be pleased to see more of this Order in Elias Ashmole's book intit . The institutions , lawes and ceremonies of the Order of the Garter . Lond. 1672. fol. chap. 3. p. 123. and the copy or draught of the badge between pag. 94. and 95. After his return thence , which was in July 1654. he was in Aug. following made one of the Commissioners of the Exchequer or Treasury ; for in his absence alteration , or pretended reformation being made in the Chancery , he stood off at his return from being any longer Commissioner of the Seal . In January 1656 , he being then Serjeant at Law , was chose Speaker of the H. of Commons pro tempore , upon the indisposition of him lately chosen , and in the year following he was summoned by Oliver the Protector to sit in the other House by the name of Bulstrode Lord Whitlock : which summons he obeying , had thereupon a negative voice in that House over the people , tho he had helped to put it down when it consisted of King and Lords . In Aug. 1659 he was made President of the Council of State ; in Octob , one of the Committee of Safety ; on the first of Nov , keeper of the great seal pro tempore by the appointment of the said Committee , and on the 30 of Jan. following he retired into the country for fear of being sent prisoner to the Tower by some prevalent Members in the in the Rump Parl. then newly restored , for his being a member of the Committee of Safety . At which time he leaving the Seal with his wife , lock'd up in a desk , she forthwith delivered it to Lenthal the Speaker . From which time , to that of his death , we heard but little of him , only that he lived retiredly , mostly at Chilton in Wilts . near Hungerford in Berks , that he had been an observing person thro all changes , guided more by policy than conscience , and that he had advantaged himself much in Civil affairs by his relation to the publick , and his eminent station . To which I add that he was an excellent Com. Lawyer , was as well read in books as in men , and well vers'd in the Oriental Tongues , and therefore belov'd of Selden ( who would have made him one of his Executors ) and the Virtuosi of his time . The things that he hath extant are these , Several Speeches viz. ( 1 ) Speech at a conference of both Houses , 17. Feb. 1641. Lond. 1642. qu. ( 2 ) Sp. to the Qu. of Sweden , an . 1653. The beginning of which is , Madam , by command of my Superiors , the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England &c. ( 3 ) Speech in Lat. to the said Qu. in May or Jun. 1654. The beginning of which is , Multo equidem cum taedio ferrem , &c. ( 4 ) A learned and godly speech , spoken when Serjeant Willam Steel Recorder of the City of London , was made L. Chief Baron in the Court of Exchecquer at Westm . 28. May 1655. ( 5 ) Sp. to the Mayor , Aldermen and Common-Council of London 9. Aug. 1659. ( 6 ) Another Sp. to them , 8. Nov. the same year : — which two Sp. are published in one sh . in qu. Several discourses in the trial of Tho. E. of Strafford — See in Jo. Rushworths Trial of Tho. E. of Straff . Monarchy asserted to be the best , most ancient and legal form of government , in a conference had at Whitehall with Oliver Lord Protector and a Committee of Parliament in Apr. 1657. Lond. 1660. oct . Made good by way arguments in at least five Speeches then by him spoken . Memorialls of the English affaires : or , an historicall account of what passed from the beginning of K. Ch. 1. to the restauration of K. Ch. 2. Lond. 1682. fol. This is no more than a Diary which he began and continued for his private use . In this book you 'll find divers of his discourses made on various occasions . It was published by Arth. Earl of Anglesie , but with a very bad index to it , which is a disadvantage to the book in many respects . He also left behind him several manuscript volumes of his own writing , which are not determin'd by the heir whether they may , or shall , be published . Several things in his life time were fathered upon him , among which was a little thing published in Jan. 1659. entit . My Lord Whitlocks Reports on Machiavil , &c. wherein the author tells us that when Whitlock was chose a member of the Long Parl. he had then no interest , but contented himself with seeing the fashions of the Parl. house . At length Pyms discerning eyes , spying that curiosity , presently attacqued his unconcerned , undetermined mind , and with the proffers of greatness and popularity brought him over to his design , and became his Second , &c. Also that when he , with other Commissioners , attended the King at Oxon with propositions from both houses in order to peace , the K. shewed to the Commissioners during their stay there great respect , but of Commissioner Whitlock he took small notice , &c. which implanted in him ever after an implacable malice to him and his posterity , &c. That he was sent to make speeches against the young King at Guild hall when he was at Worcester , which he did with so much vigour and confidence , that Tichbourne the next day durst throw the Kings declaration into the fire made at the Exchange , &c. with other passages which for brevity sake I now omit . At length he dying of the stone in his house at Chilton Park on the 28. of July in sixteen hundred seventy and five , was buried in an isle joyning to the Church of Falley or Fawley near Marlow in Bucks , which he had built for a burying place for his family . Among the sons that he had by Rebecca his wife , daughter of Thom. Benet Alderman of London , was James Whitlock , first a Captain , afterwards Fellow of All 's . Coll , then a Colonel in the parliament Army , one of the Knights for Oxfordshire to serve in that Parliament which began at Westminster 3. of Sept. 1654 , knighted by Oliver 6. Jan. 1656 , Burgess for Aylesbury in Bucks , to serve in the Parl. which began at West . 27 Jan. 1658 , &c. THOMAS TOMKINS son of Joh. Tomk . somtimes Organist of S. Pauls Cathedral , was born in Aldersgate-street ( in the Parish of S. Botolph ) in London , educated in Virtue and Learning from his cradle by the care of his Uncle Nathan . Tomkins Prebendary of Worcester , became a Commoner of Ball. Coll. in Act term 1651 , probat . Fellow of All 's . in 1657 , and taking the degree of M. of A. was elected one of the Proctors of the University for year 1663. Afterwards he became Chaplain to Dr. Sheldon Archb. of Canterbury , Rector of Lambeth in Surrey , Monks-Risborow in Bucks . and at length Chancellour of the Cath. Ch. of Exeter , and D. of D. The Archb. valued him so much that he kept him many years Chaplain in his house , and resolving never to part with , made , him Rector of Lambeth before mention'd , which he kept to his dying day . The books that he hath published are these . The Rebells plea examined : or , Mr. Baxters judgment concerning the late warr , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. Short Strictures : or , animadversions on so much of Mr. Zach. Croftons ( Fastning of S. Peters bounds ) as concern the reasons of the Univers . of Oxon concerning the Covenant , Lond. 1661. oct . The inconveniencies of toleration : or , an answer to a book called . A proposition made to the K. and parl , &c. Lond. 1667. qu. The modern pleas for toleration , comprehension , &c. considered and discussed . Lond. 1675. oct . This book came out the second time with this title , The new distemper : or , the Dissenters usual pleas for comprehension , toleration and renouncing the Covenant considered and discussed . Lond. 1680. oct . To which is a large Preface written by Sam. Thomas Chantour of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. now Vicar of Chard in Sommersetsh . The first edition of this book ( 1675 ) is reflected upon by Mr. Rich. Baxter in his Apol. for the Nonconformists ministry , &c. from p. 147. to p. 154. This Dr. Tomkins died at Exeter in sixteen hundred seventy and five , and his body being carried into Wocestershire , was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Marton near Droitwych ▪ Soon after was a marble table fastned to the wall , over his grave , with this inscripton thereon . Thomas Tomkins SS . Theologiae Professor , Coll. Om. An. Oxon. olim Socius , reverendiss . Archi-Episcopo Cantuariensi à sacris , Ecclesiae cathedralis Exon. Cancellarius , Lambethanae , &c ▪ Rector : Ecclesiae Anglicanae contra Schismaticos assertor exiimius . Vir ingenio , judicio , memoriâ , literaturâ & eloquentiâ clarus . Exoniae morbo correptus , obiit Augusti 20 an . Dom. 1675 ▪ aetat . 37. Cujus corpus huc translatum , hic subtus quiescit . Over his grave is laid a flat stone , with an inscription thereon , containing his name , dignity , and death , which for brevity sake I now omit . In his Rectory of Lambeth succeeded Dr. George Hooper of Ch. Ch , in Monks-Risborow John Wolley M. A. of Trin. Coll. and in his Chancellourship Dr. Joh. Copleston of Cambridge Canon of Exeter , the same who was elected Provost of Kings Coll. in that University , 24. Aug. 1681. THOMAS WILLIS the most famous Physitian of his time , was born at Great Bedwyn in Wilts . 27. Janu. 1621. His father was Tho. Willis of North Henxsey near Abendon in Berks . somtimes a retainer to S. Johns Coll , ( but no Graduat ) afterwards Baillive or Steward to Sir Walt. Smith of Bedwyn , and in his last days a constant inhabitant of N. Henxsey , before mention'd . Which last Thomas was son of another Thomas , a Taylor , as I have been informed , who mostly lived at Kennington near Abendon also . As for Thomas our author he was bred in Grammar learning under Edw. Sylvester , who taught a private School in Allsaints parish in Oxon , to whom he went every day from N. Henxsey . In 1636 he became a retainer to the family of Dr. Tho. Iles Canon of Ch. Ch. and was his Batler there , where applying himself very severely to his studies took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1642. About that time Oxford being garrison'd for the King , he , among the Scholars that were then remaining , bore arms in his defence , and all the time that he could obtain , he bestowed on his beloved study of Physick . In 1646 , the Garrison being then surrendred for the use of the Parliament , he took the degree of Bachelaur of that faculty , fell to the practice of it , and every Munday kept Abendon Market . So that by his great care and industry he in short time became famous in these parts , setled in S. John Baptists parish , in an house opposite to Merton Coll. Church , and was sent for far and near for his help , while in the mean time Mr. John Fell ( whose sister he had married , ) Mr. Joh. Dolben , and somtimes Mr. Rich. Allistry did constantly exercise in his house ( as they had partly before done in his lodgings in Canterbury quadrangle ) the Liturgy and Sacraments according to the Church of England , to which most of the Loyallists in Oxon , especially Scholars that had been ejected in 1648 , did daily resort . In 1660 , after his Majesties restauration , he became Sedlies professor of Natural Philosophy , in the place of Dr. Josh . Cross then ejected , and shortly after he was created Doctor of his faculty , and upon the foundation of the Royal Society was made fellow of it . In 1666 after the dismal conflagration at London , he upon the invitation of Dr. Sheldon Archb. of C●nt , went to the City of Westminster , took a tenement in S. Martins Lane , and in very short time after he became so noted , and so infinitely resorted to , for his practice , that never any Physitian before , went beyond him , or got more mony yearly than he . About that time he was made one of the Coll. of Physitians , who for the most part had him in great esteem . The truth is , tho he was a plain man , a man of no carriage , little discourse , complesance or society , yet for his deep insight , happy researches in natural and experimented Philosophy , Anatomy , and Chymistry , for his wonderful success and repute in his practice , the natural smoothness , pure elegancy , delightful unaffected neatness of lat . stile , none scarce hath equal'd , much less outdone , him how great soever . When at any time he is mention'd by authors , ( as he is very often ) it is done in words expressing their highest esteem of his great worth and excellency , and placed still , as first in rank , among Physitians . And further also , he hath laid a lasting foundation of a body of Physick chiefly on Hypotheses of his own framing . See more in the Epistle to the reader before his works printed at Geneva , in two vol. an . 1676. His works are these . Diatribae duae Medico-philosophicae de fermentatione , altera de febribus . Hag. Com. 1659. oct . Lond. 1660. 65 &c. in tw . Answer'd by Edm. de Meara a Doctor of Physick of Bristow , and Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians . See more in Rich. Lower , an . 1690. Dissertatio Epistolica de Urinis . Printed with the former book . Cerebri Anatome . Lond. 1664. oct . Amstel . 1667. in tw . Whatsoever is anatomical in that book , the glory thereof belongs to the said R. Lower , whose indefatigable industry at Oxon produced that elaborate piece . De ratione motus musculorum . Printed with Cer. Anat. Pathalogiae cerebri & nervosi generis specimina , in quo agitur de morbis convulsivis & de scorbuto . Oxon. 1667. qu. Lond. 1668. Amstel . 1669. &c. in tw . An account of which is in the Philosophical transactions , num . 31. Affectionum quae dicuntur Hystericae & Hypochondriacae Pathologia spasmodica , vindicata contra responsionem epistolarem Nathan . Highmore M. D. Lond. 1670. qu. Leyd . 1671. in tw . &c. Exercitationes Medico-physicae duae 1. De sanguinis accensione , 2. De motu musculari . This is printed with the book next before going , and an account of both of them are in the Phil. Transact . num . 57. De anima Brutorum , quae hominis vitalis ac sensativa est , exercitationes duae , &c. Lond. 1672. in qu. and oct . &c. Amstel . 1674 in tw . And also of this , num . 83. All which books except Affectionum quae dicuntur , &c. and that De anima Brutorum , were translated into English by S. P. Esq . — Lond. 1681. fol. Pharmaceutice rationalis : sive Diatriba de medicamentorum operationibus in humano corpore . Part. 2. Oxon. 1674. and 75 in tw . and qu. Published by Dr. Jo. Fell , who in a Postscript added to the authors preface , gives some running account of the said author , but false as to his parent . This Pharmaceutice was translated into English by Anon-Lond . 1679. fol. but being not well done it was corrected by S. P. Esq . before mention'd , and involved in the former translation of 1681. Afterwards came out The London practice of physick : or the whole practical part of physick contained in the works of Dr. Willis , faithfully made English and printed together for the publick good . Lond. 1685. oct . with his picture before it . What are therein made English of his works are ( 1 ) His first and second parts of the Pharmaceutice rationalis . ( 2 ) His tract of Convulsive diseases . ( 3 ) His tract of the Scurvy . ( 4 ) His tr . of the Diseases of the brain , and Genus nervosum . ( 5 ) His tr . Of Feavers : The other parts of his works being Theoretical are therein omitted . This translation is said to be different from that containing the same pieces , contained in his former translations of all his works in fol. A plain and easie method for preserving those that are well from the infection of the plague , or any contagious distemper , in City , Camp , Country , Fleet , &c. and for curing such that are infected with it — This was written in 1666 , but not printed till the latter end of 1690. At length after a great deal of drudgery , that he did undergo in his faculty , ( mostly for lucre sake ) which did much shorten his life , he concluded his last day in his House in S. Martins-lane before mention'd , on the eleventh day of Nov. in sixteen hundred seventy and five : whereupon his body was conveyed to the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster and there inter'd in the large isle or trancept , joyning to the North side of the choire , near to the body of Mary his first Wife , Daughter of Samuel Fell D. D. sometimes Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon : Which Mary died on the Vigil of Allsaints an . 1670. The said Dr. Willis ( who left behind him the character of an orthodox , pious , and charitable physitian ) did , some years before his death , settle a salary for a Reader to read prayers in S. Martins Church in the fields in Westm . early and late every day , to such servants and people of that parish , who could not , through multiplicity of business , attend the ordinary service dayly there performed . All his Latin works were printed in two vol. in qu. at Geneva 1676 , as I have before told you , and at Amsterdam 1682. qu. by Gerard Blasius M. D. and ordinary professor of the same faculty at that place . JOSHUA STOPFORD a Lancashire man born , was entred into Brasnose Coll. in Mich. term 1654 , aged 18 years , being then or soon after Scholar of that House , went afterwards to Magd. Coll , and as a member thereof took the degree of Bach. of Arts , an . 1657. Afterwards he entred into Orders , became Preb. of Donington in the Church of York , ( collated thereunto by Archb. Frewen 9. Nov. 1660 ) and about the same time Vicar of S. Martins Church in Conystreet there . In the month of Apr. 1670 he was created Master of Arts , and in the next month he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences , being at that time Rector of Allsaints Church in the said City of York . He hath written , Pagano-Papismus : or , an exact parallel between Rome-Pagan and Rome-Christian in their doctrines and ceremonies . Lond. 1675. oct . publ . in Mich. term 1674. Before this work is a catalogue of books and authors made use of by this writer , which is very considerable both for number and value : To which piece is joyned another of smaller bulk , written by the same author , entit . The ways and methods of Romes advancement ; or , whereby the Pope and his Agents have endeavoured to propagate their doctrines , discovered in two Sermons preached 5. Nov. 1671 on Rev. 18.23.24 . — A catalogue of authors of the like nature with the former , is also prefix'd ; and in the Epistle to the Reader 't is said , that those two Sermons were published to vindicate them and their author from the unjust aspersions and false accusations cast upon them by a generation of men , who make lies and calumnies a constituted part of their religion . He died in the month of Novemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and five , and was , I presume , buried in the Church of All 's . before mention'd , and not in the Cathedral , because he resign'd his Prebendship in 1663. He was a person very well read in substantial and noted authors , and might , had life been spared , done good service for the Church of England , of which he was a most zealous member . FRANCIS ROBERTS son of Hen. Roberts (a) of Alslake in Yorkshire , was born there , or at least in that County , entred a Student in Trin. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1625 aged 16 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1632 , entred into the sacred function , and had some little ▪ cure bestowed on him , but what I cannot tell . Sure I am that he being always puritanically affected , closed with the Presbyterians in the beginning of the Civil Wars , went to London , took the Covenant and became Minister of S. Augustins there , in the place of a noted Loyalist ejected . In 1649 Feb. 12 he was presented to the rectory of Wrington in Somersetshire by his especial Patron Arthur Lord Capell , Son of the most loyal and generous Arthur Lord Cap. then lately beheaded ; which rectory was then void by the death of another Presbyterian called Samuel Crook . In this rectory our author Roberts shewing himself a zealous man of those times , was among several Ministers of his County ( of whom Richard Fairclough was one and Ralph Farmer another ) constituted an Assistant to the Commissioners for the ejectment of such , whom they then ( 1654 ) called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . After his Majesties return , he , rather than loose his living , and so consequently the comforts of this world , did turn about , took the Oathes again ( whereby he denied all those that he had taken in the interval ) and conform'd himself , without hesitation , to the ceremonies of the Church of England , and was nominated the first Chaplain by his Patron , to serve him after he was made Earl of Essex , 13. Car. 2. What preferments he had afterwards confer'd upon him I know not , only that the degree of Doctor of Div. was confer'd on him by the University ( I think ) of Dublin , at what time his Patron ( a favourer of such people ) was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , in the place of John Lord Roberts , an . 1670. Under the said Dr. Robert's name were these things following published . Several sermons as ( 1 ) A broken spirit , God●● sacrifice , Fast sermon before the House of Lords 9. Dec. 1646. on Psal . 51.17 . Lond. 1647. qu. Preached for the removing of the great judgment of rain and waters then upon the Kingdom . ( 2 ) Checquer of Gods providences , made up of black and white , fun . Serm. on Psal . 68.13 . Lond. 1657. qu. and others which I have not yet seen . Believers evidences for eternal life ; collected out of the first epistle of S. John , which is Catholick &c. Lond. 1649. 55. oct . Clavis Bibliorum . The Key of the Bible ; unlocking the richest treasury of the Holy Scriptures . Whereby 1. The Order . 2. Names . 3. Times . 4. Penmen . 5. Occasion . 6. Scope , and 7. Principal parts containing the subject matter of the books of the Old and New Test . are familiarly , and briefly opened , &c. Edinburg and Lond. 1649. oct . with the authors picture before it , aged 40. Afterwards it was printed in qu. and fol. and the fourth Edit . was published 1675. The communicant instructed : or practical directions for the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1651. oct . with the authors picture before it . This was afterwards reprinted at least three times . Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum . The Mystery and Marrow of the Bible ; viz. Gods Covenant with man in the first Adam before the fall ; and in the last Adam Jesus Christ , after the fall , from the beginning to the end of the world ; unfolded and illustrated in positive aphorismes and their explanations , &c. Lond. 1657. in two vol. in fol. The true way to the tree of Life : or , the natural man directed unto Christ . Lond. 1673. oct . What other things he hath written , unless A Synopsis of Theology or Div. which is mentioned by the author of the Cat. of books in the Libr. at Sion Coll. Lond. I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying at Wrington before mention'd in the latter end of sixteen hundred seventy and five , was , as I presume , buried in the Church there . On the 28. of Jan. the same year , his immediate successor Mr. Joh. Powell was instituted to the rectory of Wrington , then void by the late death of Dr. Fr. Roberts . THOMAS TULLY son of George Tully , was born in S. Maries parish in the City of Carlile in Cumberland 22. Jul. 1620 , educated partly in the Free-school there under Mr. John Winter , and afterwards at Barton Kirk in Westmorland , entred in Queens Coll. in Mich. term , an . 1634 , where , by the benefit of a good Tutor , Ger. Langbaine , and a severe discipline , he became a noted Disputant , and at length through several advances , Fellow of the said College . In 1642 he was actually created Master of Arts , and soon after , Oxford being garrison'd , he became Master of the Grammar School at Tetbury in Glocestershire . After the surrender of the Garrison , he returned to his College , and became a noted Tutor and Preacher , and in 1657 he was admitted Bach. of Divinity . Soon after he was made Principal of S. Edm. Hall , so that whereas from the surrender of the said Garrison and before , there were very few or no Students in that House , only some of Queens Coll. that lodged there , he , by his diligence and severe government , made it flourish , equal with , if not beyond , any Hall in Oxon. After his Majesties return to his Kingdoms he obtained a Doctorship of Divinity by creation , a Chaplainship to his Majesty by a friend , the rectory of Grigleton alias Grittleton near Malmsbury in Wilts . by a quondam Pupil , and at length in the month of Apr. 1675 the Deanery of Rippon in Yorksh . from his Maj. by the death of Dr. John Neile , who had that Deanery confer'd upon him in the month of May , an . 1674. by the death of the preceeding Incumbent . This Dr. Tully was a pious man , and many ways very learned , chiefly read in the more antient Writers , yet not so wholly addicted to the perusal of them , but that at some time he took delight to converse with later authors . Those that knew him and his constitution , accounted it his great misfortune that he did betake himself to write controversie , when as throughout the whole managery of it , he laboured under many bodily ills and infirmities , which first by lingring decays , did sensibly impair , and at last wholly shatter , his weaker frame and constitution . He was a Person of severe morals , puritanically inclin'd , and a strict Calvinist ; which , as may be reasonably presum'd , was some stop to him in his way to preferment ; the want of which he did in some degree resent , seeing so many of his juniors in the University , and all the Kings Chaplains twice told over ( during the time he served him ) not more deserving than himself , advanced before him . He hath written , Logica Apodictica , sive tractatus brevis & dilucidus de Demonstratione ; cum dissertatiunculâ Gassendi eodem pertinente . Oxon. 1662 in 2 sh . in oct . Which tract is commonly bound up at the end of Manuductio ad Logicam , written by Philip de Trieu , sometimes chief professor of Philosophy in the Jesuits Coll. at Doway . A letter to a friend in Wilts . upon occasion of a late ridiculous pamphlet , wherein was inserted a pretended prophecy of Thom. Becket . Lond. 1666. in two sheets in qu. The said letter was written to Tho. Gore of Alderton Esq . who gave Dr. Tully the rectory of Grigleton , and the Prophecy was published by one W. Tinker alias Littleton a Minister , who therein usurped Dr. Tully's name to his disparagement . Praecipuorum Theologiae capitum Enchiridion didacticum . Lond. 1665.68 . &c. oct . Appendicula practica de coena Domini . Printed with the Enchiridion . Symboli Apostolici Expositio . Ox. 1673. octavo . Precationis Dominicae Expositio . Ox. 1673. octavo . Justificatio Paulina sine operibus ex mente Ecclesiae Anglicanae omniumque reliquorum quae reformatae audiunt , asserta & illustrata , &c. Oxon. 1674. qu. Dissertatiuncula de sententia Paulinâ , &c. Printed with Just . Paulina , written chiefly against Mr. George Bulls book entit . Harmonia Apostolica , and Mr. R. Baxters Aphorismes . But Mr. Baxter sitting not still ( as he never yet hath done ) published an answer to it bearing this title . A treatise of justifying righteousness , in two books . 1. A treatise of imputed righteousness , &c. with an answer to Dr. Tully's Letter , ( which he calls angry ) 2. A friendly debate with the learned and worthy Mr. Christop . Cartwright , containing first his animadversions on his Aphorismes with my answer . Secondly his exceptions against that answer , thirdly my reply to the sum of the controversies agitated in those exceptions . All published instead of a fuller answer to the assaults of Dr. Tully's Justificatio Paulina . Lond. 1676. oct . The Aphorismes of Mr. Baxter here defended against Dr. Tully were answer'd as to some passages ( 1 ) By Will. Eyre of Salisbury in his Vindiciae justificationis gratuitae , &c. ( 2 ) By John Crandon Minister of Fawley in Hampshire , more largely in a just volume intit . Mr. Baxters Aphorismes exoriz'd and authoriz'd , &c. Lond. 1654. qu. To both which Mr. Baxter quickly after publish'd distinct replies , placed at the end of his Apol. — Lond. 1654. qu. One called An admonition to Mr. Will. Eyre , &c. and another , An unsavoury volume of Mr. John Crandons anatomiz'd , &c. But Crandon died before this answer against him came out . The said Aphorismes also were excepted against and animadverted upon at their first coming forth 1650 , by many learned men ( some of whom wrot upon the motion and desire of their author himself ) among whom , were Mr. George Lawson , Dr. John Wallis , Mr. John Warren , and Mr. Christoph . Cartwright were the chief ) which being ( as he himself confesseth ) then but crude and defective for want of time , and use of writing , ( this being his first ) some suspected it of errour in doctrine , some of novelty , some of divers undigested expressions , and some overvaluing it , received those imperfections with the rest . Upon this he published his suspension of these Aphorismes , then his fuller explication and defence of them in his Apologie , &c. Afterward his additional explication and defence both in his Confession of faith (a) &c. and in his Four Disputations of Justification (b) &c. And tho he hath in these three several pieces thus largely explain'd himself and his Aphorismes , yet Dr. Tully ( as he complains ) fell notwithstanding upon him , without taking notice of any of those following treatises , which clear and illustrate his former doctrine in these points . But whatever hath been the Doctors dealing towards him on this account , at which he seems to be so much concern'd , of this I am assured that his publishing the above named book , consisting of two parts , the far greater part of the former being by his own acknowledgment written 3 or 4 years before , and nothing newly added , and immediatly directed against the Doctor , but barely the 6.7 . and 8. Chapters , with the answer to the Doctors letter , and the latter part being wholly made up of papers which had passed so many years before between the learned Mr. Christ . Cartwright and himself concerning his Aphorismes : his publishing , I say , these in answer to the Doctors book which came out some time after , was generally looked upon as a scornful slighting and very unfair way of his . And tho he thinks fit to call the Doctor in the general Epistle to the Reader more than once a worthy Person , yet for all this in the very entrance on the 6 Chapt. of the first part , he sufficiently discovers his anger against him in liberally bestowing on a great part of his Justificatio Paulina this foul character , viz. that it is defective in point of truth , justice , charity , ingenuity , and pertinency to the matter . But his published papers wrot long before those books , to which they are very improperly by him called answers , is not unusual with him : and the ingenious and learned Mr. Hen. Dodwell hath not long since complained of this his unjust usuage in relation to himself . To conclude : since the publishing of the said Justificatio Paulina , the author thereof is charactarized by some Church men and Fanaticks to have been a main pillar of the Chur. in defence of her true doctrine . Nay , and long before it was published , a certain hot headed Fanatick , tells us in a book (*) afterwards by him made extant , that he , Tully , with Mr. Tho. Barlow did keep this University of Oxon from being poyson'd with Pelagianism , Socinianisme , Popery , &c. The other things that Dr. Tully hath written , are these , A Letter to Mr. Rich. Baxter occasion'd by several injurious reflections of his upon a treatise entit . Justificatio Paulina . Oxon. 1675. qu. Animadversions on Mr. Baxters pamphlet entit . An appeal to the light . Oxon. 1675. qu. Printed with the aforesaid letter . At length our author Dr. Tully , after he had spent his last years in a weakly and lingring condition , surrendred up his pious Soul to God , in the Parsonage house at Grigleton before mention'd , on the fourteenth day of January in sixteen hundred seventy and five , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there . In his Deanery which he had not enjoyed an year , succeeded Dr. Tho. Cartwright sometimes of Qu. College , in his Principality of S. Edm. Hall , Steph. Penton M. A , sometimes Fellow of New Coll. who was elected thereunto by the Provost and Fellows of Queens Coll. ( Proprietaries of the said Hall ) on the 15 of Feb. 1675 , but with this condition that he resign his rectory of Tingwick in Bucks . and that the society of New Coll. present a Fellow of that of Queens thereunto , which was accordingly done ) and in his Rectory of Grigleton , Rich. Hine M. of Arts of Merton Coll. EDWARD WEST son of Tho. West of the antient borough of Northampton Gent. became a Communer of Ch. Ch. in the year 1651 and there received a severe discipline under a Presbyterian Tutor . After he had taken one degree in Arts , he translated himself to S. Maries Hall , where continuing till he was Master of that faculty , took the Ministry upon him according to the Presbyterian way and was benefic'd . After his Majesties restauration he lived in , and near , London a Nonconformist to his dying day , being in high value for his edifying preaching among the Brethren in Conventicles . Under his name are published , Several sermons , as ( 1 ) How we must govern our tongues , on Ephes . 4.29 . — 'T is in the Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. and 76. qu. ( 2 ) Purgatory a groundless and dangerous doctrine , on 1. Cor. 3.15 . — 'T is the 24 sermon in The morning exercise against Popery , &c. preached in Southwark . Lond. 1675. qu. &c. His Legacy ; being a discourse of the perfect man. Lond. 1679. in a small oct . 'T is grounded on Psal . 37.37 . At length this zealous person having preached twice to his congregation on the Lords day , being then the 30. of January and finished his work , departed this life in the night of the same day , and went to his rest in the 41 year of his age , in sixteen hundred seventy and five . Whereupon his body was buried towards the West end of Tindals Cemetery , commonly called the Fanatical burial place , joyning to the New Artillery Yard or Garden near London . Over his grave was soon after erected an Altar-monument of white stone , built on a brick foundation with this inscription engraven thereon . The Saint whose dust this stone doth hide , Sung Epicedium first , then dy'd . His life he spent lost man to save , And yet 's not silent in the grave . Reader no more , but underneath he lies , Who , whilst he liv'd , th' world had one good , one wise . EDWARD TURNOUR son of Arthur Turnour of Little Parendon in Essex Serjeant at Law , was born (c) in Essex , educated in Grammar learning partly under a private Tutor , but chiefly in the Free-school at Abendon in Berks. under Dr. Tho. Godwin the famous Schoolmaster there , became a Gent. Com. of Queens Coll. in Mich. term 1632 , aged 15 years , where spending about 10 terms in Logicals and Philosophicals , he afterwards retired to the Middle Temple , applied himself severely to the studies of the Municipal Laws , and took the usual degrees belonging thereunto . After his Majesties restauration he became Attorney to James Duke of York , received the honour of Knighthood , was elected Speaker for the Parliament that began at Westminster 8. May 1661 , afterwards made Solicitor Gen. to his Majesty , Lord chief Baron of the Exchequer 1671 and the same year Serjeant at Law. Under his name were printed . Several speeches as ( 1 ) Sp. to the House of Commons when they chose him Speaker , 8. May 1661. Lond. 1661. in one sh . in fol. ( 2 ) Sp. to his Maj. when he was presented to him by the House of Com. to be their Speaker , 10. May 1661. Lond. 1661. in 1. sh . in fol. ( 3 ) Sp. after the L. Chanc. had declared the Kings approbation of the choice of the H. of C. Lond. 1661. in 2. sh . in fol. ( 4 ) Sp. to the King at the passing of the bill for confirmation of the Act of oblivion , 8. July 1661. Lond. 1661. in 1. or 2. sh . in fol. ( 5 ) Sp. to the K. at the adjournment of the Parl. 30. July 1661. Ibid. 1661. in 2. sh . in fol. ( 6 ) Sp. upon the Parliaments adjournment 20. Dec. 1661 , Ibid. 1661. in 2. sh . fol. In which Speech , as 't is (d) said he compared the restitution of our monarchy , to the return of the tide after a very low ebb , at which very time there hapned at London-bridge a very strange double tide ; which by the troublesome and factious party , was looked upon as a prodigie . ( 7 ) Sp. upon the Commons reasons and address presented to hi● Maj. 28. Feb. 1662. As also his report of the substance of his Majest . gracious answer thereunto . Lond. 1662. in two sh . in fol. or thereabouts . ( 8 ) Sp. to his Maj. representing the humble thanks of the H. for his gracious acceptance of their endeavours , in the service of his Maj. and of the publick , &c. 17. May 1664. ( 9 ) Sp. to his Maj. and both Houses of Parl. at Oxon , at the prorogation of the Parl. 21. Oct. 1665. Oxon. 1665. in fol. ( 10 ) Sp. to the Kings Majesty at the prorogation of the Parliam . 8. Feb. 1666 ▪ Lond. 1666. in 2. sh . in fol. or thereabouts . These are all that I have seen , ( besides several of his discourses in the trial of the Kings Judges , an . 1660 ) and therefore I have no more to say only that he the said Sir Edw. Turnour with Justice W. Ellis being appointed to go as Judges of the Assize for the Norfolk Circuit in the month of Feb , in the Lent then ensuing , died at Bedford on the fourth of March following , in sixteen hundred seventy and five : Whereupon his body being conveyed to London , laid there for some days in state . After which , he was ( dignâ pompâ ) carried to Little Parendon before mention'd ; and according to his own command , he was inter'd in the Chancel of the Church there under the marble stone that covered the grave of his first Wife . THOMAS GREAVES younger Brother to John Greaves mention'd under the year 1652 p. 87. was born at Colmore in Hampshire , mostly educated in the Charterhouse School near London , admitted Scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll. 15. Mar. 1627 , where making great progress in Log. Phil. and other learning he took the degrees in Arts. Afterwards he became Deputy Professor of the Arabick Lecture , in the absence of Mr. Edw. Pocock , an . 1637 , Bach. of Div. in 1641 , Rector of Dunsby in Lincolnshire in the times of Usurpation , and of another place near London , had the degree of D. of D. confer'd upon him in 1661 , and a Prebendship in the Church of Peterborough in the place of Mr. Will. Towers deceased , an . 1666 , being then Rector of Benyfield in Northamptonshire : Which last he resigned some years before his death , through trouble from his Parishioners , who , because of his slowness of speech and bad utterance , held him insufficient for them and it , notwithstanding he was a man of great learning . His works are these . De Linguae Arabicae utilitate & praestantia ; oratio Oxonii habita 19. Jul. 1637. &c. Ox. 1639. in 3. sh . in qu. Observationes quaedam in Persicam Pentiteuchi versionem . They are in the sixth Tome of Bib. Polyglot . p. 48. Annotationes quaedam in Persicam interpretationem Evangeliorum . In the said sixth Tome p. 56. Which annotations were translated into Lat. by Sam. Clerk. This learned person Dr. Greaves did , in his latter days , retire to Weldon in Northamptonshire , where he had purchased an Estate ; and dying there on the 22. of May in sixteen hundred seventy and six , was buried in the Chancel of the Church at that place . Over his grave was soon after a plain gravestone laid in the N. East corner of the said Chancel , with this inscription thereon . Thomas Gravius S. Th. D. Ecclesiae Petroburg . Praebend . vir summae pieta●is & eruditionis ; in Philosophicis paucis secundus , in Philologicis peritissimis par ; in Linguis Orientalibus plerisque major ; quarum Persicam notis in appendice ad Biblia Polyglotta doctissime illustravit . Arabicam publicè in Academiâ Oxon professus est ; dignissimus etiam , qui & Theologiam in eodem loco profiteretur . Poeta insuper & Orator insignis , atque in Mathematicis profundè doctus . Reipublicae Literariae & Ecclesiae Christianae flebilis obiit Maii 22. an . 1676. aet . suae 65. I find one Thom. Greaves a Minister to have written A brief summ of Christian Religion , &c. Lond. 1656. oct . whether by the former , or another , Thomas Greaves , I cannot yet tell . JOHN TOMBES was born in a Market Town called Beaudley in Worcestershire , became a Batler of Magd. Hall in the beginning of Lent term an . 1617 aged 15 years , where , in short time after , he shewed himself a most excellent Disputant , a person of incomparable parts , and well vers'd in the Greek and Hebrew Languages . In 1623 he was appointed Catechisme Lecturer of the said Hall , in the place of Will. Pemble deceased ( whose Pupil he had been ) and the next year proceeding M. of A , he became a noted Tutor there . About that time he entred into holy Orders and shortly after was esteem'd so famous for his preaching , that he was much courted to be one of the Lecturers at S. Martins Ch. commonly called Carfax in Oxon : which cure he at length taking , was much followed for his excellent Sermons , especially by the puritanical party , who held him in great admiration . In 1630 he left the University and became a Preacher in the City of Worcester , and the next year after he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . But he continuing at Worcester not long , he went by vertue of a call to Leonminster , commonly called Lemster , a Market Town in Herefordshire , of which place he became Vicar , beloved of the Parishioners and Neighbourhood , and resorted to far and near for his familiar and practical way of preaching . As it was suspected while he was in Oxon , so was it at Lemster and elsewhere confidently believed , that he would in time ( having no preferment given to him sutable to his merits ) do a great deal of mischief to the Church of England , as most great Scholars have done for want of it . In the year 1641 when the restless fury of the Presbyterians vented out into a dismal rebellion , this our author sided with them , and in the following year when Nath. Fiennes managed Bristow for the Parliament , and made mad work there in ejecting loyal Citizens from the Corporation and Orthodox Ministers from the Church , he , upon invitation , came in to him ; and thereupon he and his followers made him Minister of Allsaints Church in the place of one Williamson an Orthodox man then ejected . While he continued there , which was till Aug. 1643 ( at which time the City was surrendred to the Kings party ) he did a great deal of hurt by his schismatical preaching . Afterwards going to London , he became Master of the Temple , where he preached against the errors of the Antinomians , ex male intellectâ doctrina ( as he (*) says ) de justificatione peccatoris , &c. But being supplanted of that place by Rich. Johnson sometimes of Bras . Coll. an . 1647 , he went to Beaudley , at what time Mr. Rich. Baxter preached at Kidderminster , another Market Town about three miles distant from that place . And 't is verily thought that he was put upon the project of going there , purposely to tame Baxter and his party , who then carried all the Country before them . They preached against one anothers doctrines , Tombes being then a Preacher at Beaudley , which he kept with Lemster , newly restored to him , being before forced thence by the royal party , and published books against each other . Tombes was the Coryphaeus of the Anabaptists , and Baxter of the Presbyterians . Both had a very great company of auditors , who came many miles on foot round about , to admire them . Once , I think oftner , they disputed face to face , and their followers were like two Armies : And at last it came so to pass that they fell together by the ears , whereby hurt was done , and the Civil Magistrate had much ado to quiet them . All Scholars there and then present , who knew the way of disputing and managing arguments , did conclude that Tombes got the better of Baxter by far . In the year 1653 he being then , as before , frequently in London , he was by ordinance appointed one of the Triers for the approbation of publick Ministers , but what preferment he got by that employment ( which most of them had obtained ) I find not , unless it was the Parsonage of Rosse and the Mastership of the Hospital at Ledbury , both in Herefordshire , which he kept with Lemster and Beaudley . About the year 1658 he married Elizabeth the Widow of Wolstan Abbot of the City of Salisbury , by whom enjoying an Estate , lived mostly there to the time of his death . At the Kings restauration in 1660 , when he then saw to what a woful condition this poor Nation of England had been brought unto by restless men and their several opinions as to religion , he willingly submitted , sided with the Royal party , but yet would never accept of either Benefice or Dignity , which was offer'd to him . Set aside his Anabaptistical Positions , he was conformable enough to the Church of England , would frequently go to Common prayers and receive the Sacrament at Salisbury , and often visit Dr. Ward Bishop of that place , who respected Tombes for his learning . Dr. Sanderson sometimes the learned Bishop of Linc. had a great esteem for him , and so had one of his successors Dr. Barlow ; but the same respect that the last bore to our author , the same he paid to all , of what sect soever , that were learned . In 1664 he was present at the Oxford Act , and there in the Vespers he did modestly challenge to maintain against any person certain Anabaptistical Tenents , but none there did think it then convenient to grapple with him , and the rather for this reason that he had made those matters his study for more than 30 years , and that none ever before , went beyond him . He seemed to many to be a very pious and zealous Christian , and would never be violent , especially in his latter days , against any party that was opposite to his opinion , but be charitable and complesant . His body was little and neat limb'd ; he had a quick searching eye , and was so exceeding apprehensive that he would find out the end , upon the first entry , of the Disputes . He hath written and published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Vae Scandalizantium : or , a treatise of scandalizing , &c. preached at Lemster in Herefordsh . on Luke 17.1.2 . Oxon. 1641. oct . ( 2 ) Jehovah Jireth , or Gods providence in delivering the godly , in two Sermons in Bristol , on a Thanksgiving day 14. March 1642 for the deliverance of that City from invasion and plot by the Malignants , on 2. Pet. 2.9 . Lond. 1643. qu. Before which is set by the author , A short narrative of the said bloody and damnable plot . ( 3 ) The Leaven of pharisaical Will-worship ; preached at Lemster 24. Nov. 1641 ▪ on Matth. 5.9 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 4 ) Anthropolatria . The sin of glorying in men , especially in Ministers of the Gospel , on 1. Cor. 3.21 . Lond. 1643. 45. 47. qu. ( 5 ) True old light exalted above pretended new light : or , a treatise of Jesus Christ , &c. in nine Sermons . Lond. 1660. qu. He hath also , as it seems , a Sermon extant on 1. Cor. 7.14 . which I have not yet seen , only mention of it in the title of a book written by Mr. Baxter running thus . Plain Scripture proof of Infant-Church membership and baptisme . Being the whole arguments at a publick dispute with Mr. Tombes at Beaudley , and answers to his Sermon upon 1. Cor. 7.14 . with all his letters by Messengers , and his calling for answers in pulpit and in point , with many things relating to Mr. Thomas Bedford and Dr. Ward , and others upon that subject . Printed 1652 or thereabouts , and in an . 1656. Two Treatises , and an appendix to them , concerning Infant-baptisme , &c. Lond. 1645. qu. Written mostly against Steph. Marshall Minister of Finchingfield in Essex . An examen of a Sermon of Mr. Steph. Marshall about Infant-baptisme , in a Letter sent to him in 4. parts . Lond. 1645. qu. An apologie for two treatises , and an appendix to them , concerning Infant-baptisme , published 15. Dec. 1645. against the unjust charges and complaints of Dr. Nathan . Homes , Mr. John Geree , Stephen Marshall , John Ley and William Husley ; together with a Postscript by way of reply to Mr. Blakes answer to Mr. Tombes Letter , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. See in Tho. Blake under the year 1657. p. 133. Exercitation about Infant-baptism , in 12 arguments , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. A serious consideration of the oath of the Kings Supremacy . Lond. 1649. qu. Antidote against the venome of a passage in the first direction of the Epist . ded . to Mr. Baxters book of the Saints everlasting rest . Lond. 1650. qu. Praecursor : or , a forerunner to a large view of a dispute concerning Infant●baptism , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. Anti paedobaptisme : or , no plain or obscure scripture proof of Infants baptisme , or Church membership , being the first part of the full review of the dispute about Infant-baptisme , &c. against St. Marshall , John Geree , Rich. Baxter , Tho. Cobbet , Tho. Blake , Josias Church , Nath. Stephens , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. Anti-paedob . or the second part of a full review and dispute concerning Infant baptisme , &c. against the Writings of St. Marshall , Dr. Nath. Homes , Dr. Daniel Featley , Dr. H. Hammond , Th. Blake , Tho. Cobbet , Rob. Bailee , Joh. Brinsley , Cuthb . Sydenham , Tho. Fuller , &c. Lond. 1654. qu. Anti-paedob . or , the third part ; being a full review of a dispute concerning Infant-bapt . &c. against St. Marshall , Rich. Baxter , J. Geree , Th. Blake , Th. Cobbet , Dr. N. Homes , John Drew , Jos . Church , Will. Lyford , Dr. D. Featley , Jo. Brinsley , C. Sydenham , Will. Carter , Sam. Rutherford , Joh. Cragge , Dr. H. Hammond , Joh. Cotton , Th. Fuller , Jo. Stallam , Tho. Hall and others , &c. Lond. 1657. qu. Refutatio positionis ejusd . confirmationis paedobaptismum esse licitum affirmantis ab Hen. Savage S S. Th. D. in comitiorum vesperiis Oxon. mense Jul. 1652 propositae . Lond. 1653. quart . Plea for Anti-paedobaptists against the vanity and falshood of scribled Papers , intit . The Anabaptists anatomized and silenced , in a publick dispute at Abergavenny in Monmouthshire 5 Sept. 1653 betwixt Mr. Joh. Tombes , Joh. Cragge and Hen. Vaughan touching Infant-baptisme . Lond. 1654. qu. Relation of a conference had between Joh. Tombes B. D. and Hen. Vaugen M. A. at Abergavenny 5 Sept. 1653 , touching Infant-bapt . Lond 1656. oct . Relation of a dispute had between Joh. Tombes B. D. Respondent , and Joh. Cragge M. A. Opponent , at Abergavenny 5 Sept. 1653 , touching Infant-bapt . Lond. 1656. octav . Animadversiones quaedam in Aphorismos Richardi Baxter de justificatione . Published by the said Baxter without the Authors knowledge , an . 1658. I never saw this book , only the mention of it made in our Authors Epist . ded . before his Animadversiones in librum Georgii Bulli. Short Catechisme about Baptisme . Lond. 1659 , in one sh . in oct . Felo de se . Or Mr. Rich. Baxters self-destroying ; manifested in 20 Arguments against Infant-baptisme , &c. Lond. 1659. qu. A discussion of Mr. Rich. Baxters ten reasons of his practice about Infant baptisme , delivered in a serm . at Beaudley on Colos . 3.11 . Lond. 1659. qu. Romanisme discussed : or an answer to the nine first Articles of H. T. ( Turbervill ) his Manual of controversies . Lond. 1660. qu. Sephersheba : or the oath-book . Being a treatise concerning swearing , &c. Lond. 1662. qu. Delivered in 20 catechistical lectures at Lemster , an . 1636. Saints no smiters , &c. a treatise shewing the doctrine and attempts of Quinto-Monarchians or fift Monarchy-men about smiting Powers to be damnable and antichristian . Lond. 1664. qu. Theodulia : or , a just defence of hearing the sermons and other teaching of the present Ministers of the Ch. of England , against a book unjustly intit . ( in Greek ) A Christian testimony against them that serve the image of the beast , &c. Lond. 1667. oct . Emanuel or God-man . A treatise wherein the doctrine of the first Nicene and Chalcedon Councils , concerning the two Nativities of Christ , is asserted against the lately vented Socinian doctrine . Lond. 1669. oct . Animadversiones in librum Georgii Bullii , cui titulum fecit Harmonia Apostolica , &c. Lond. 1676. oct . What other things our Author Tombes hath written and published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died at Salisbury in sixteen hundred seventy and six , and that he was buried on the 25 day of May in St. Edmunds Ch. yard there , over against the Steeple , on the north side , at a good distance : And lastly , that soon after was put over his grave a flat stone with this Inscription thereon . Here lyeth the body of Mr. John Tombes Bachelour of Divinity , a constant Preacher of Gods word , who deceased the 22 of May , an . 1676. aged 73. GILBERT COLES Son of Edm. Coles of Winchester , Priest , was born at Burfield in Berks , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll , after he had served two years of probation , an . 1637 , took the degrees in Arts , and in 1648 , or thereabouts , became Fellow of the Coll. near Winchester , but soon after was ejected by the Visitors appointed by Parliament . Afterwards he was elected Fellow again by the Society of New Coll , for the great respect they had for him , he being about that time Rector of East-Meon in Hampshire , and accounted by many a learned man. Afterwards he became Rector of Easton near Winchester , Doct. of Divinity , and Rector of Ash in Surrey . He hath written , Theophilus and Orthodoxus : or , several conferences between two friends ; the one a true son of the Church of England , the other faln off to the Church of Rome . Ox. 1674. qu. He died in sixteen hundred seventy and six , and was buried in the Church of Easton before mentioned . Over his grave , his widow soon after caused a stone to be laid , with this Inscription thereon , Gilb. Coles S. T. P. hujus ecclesiae Rector , Coll Winton . Socius . Obiit 19 Junii 1676 , anno aetatis suae 59 , Moerens conjux posuit hoc . HENRY STUBBE the most noted person of his age that these late times have produced , received his first breath in an obscure Village called Partney near Spilsbye in Lincolnshire , on the 28 of (a) Febr. an . 1631 , at which place his Father , who was a Minister , then lived , but he being Anabaptistically inclin'd , was forced to leave it ; and thereupon he , with his Wife and Children went into Ireland , and there at Tredagh he found an Employment , which was , if you 'll believe a nameless satyrical Author (b) the Office of Beadle of the Beggars , as being well acquainted with the executive part of Power at the Carts tail . Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion in that Country in 1641 , the Mother fled with our Author and another Child towards England , and landing at Leverpoole in Lancashire , they all beated it on the hoof thence to London , where she gaining a comfortable subsistance by her needle , sent her son Henry , being then 10 years of age , to the Coll. School at Westminster . At that time Mr. Rich ▪ Busbie was the chief Master , who finding the boy to have pregnant parts to a miracle , did much favour and encourage him . At length Sir Hen. Vane junior ( the same who was beheaded on Tower-hill 1662. ) coming casually into the school with Dr. Lamb. Osbaldeston , he did at the Masters motion take a kindness to the said boy , frequently reliev'd him with money , and gave him the liberty to resort to his house , and to (c) fill that belly which otherwise had no sustenance but what one penny could purchase for his dinner : and as for his breakfast he had none , except he got it by making some bodies exercise . Soon after , Sir Henry got him to be a Kings scholar , and his Master perceiving him to be beyond his years in proficiency , he gave him money to buy books , cloaths , and his teaching for nothing . In the beginning of the year 1649 , Sir Henry got him to be sped for a Students place in Ch. Church , where shewing himself too forward , pragmatical and conceited , ( being well stock'd with impudence at school ) was often kick'd and beaten : And in the year after abusing the Censor morum ( Will. Segary that noted Disciplinarian ) in a speech that he utter'd , was , for so doing , and his impudence in other respects , whipt by him in the publick refectory . The same year the Oath called the Engagement being fram'd by the then Parliament , was some time after sent to the University by him . — 'T was I ( saith he ) that brought the Engagement down to Oxon ( though I took it net , being then an Undergraduat ) and having got Dr. S. F. ( Sam. Fell as it should seem ) (d) and Dr. R. ( Reynolds ) to be turned out , I saved the remains of the Cavaliers of Ch. Ch. and Queens Coll , and gave them opportunities to live securely and educate others in their principles , &c. While he continued Undergraduate it was usual with him to discourse in the publick Schools very fluently in the Greek Tongue , as it was at the same time with one John Pettie of Balliol , afterwards of Queens Coll , and others , whose names are forgotten . But since the Kings restauration , we have had no such matters , which shews in some part , that Education and Discipline were more severe then ( as indeed they were ) than after , when Scholars were given more to liberty and frivolous studies . After he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts and determined , he went into Scotland , and served in the Wars there for the Parliament from 1653 to 1655. Upon his return he took the degree of Master , and in the beginning of the year following ( an . 1657 ) he was , upon the death of Mr. Franc. Yonge of Oriel Coll , prefer'd upon the motion made of Dr. Joh. Owen Dean of Ch. Ch. to Mr. Thom. Barlow the Head-keeper of the Bodleian Library , to be the second-keeper of the same . Which Office he holding three years , being all that time much favoured by the Head-keeper , did , by the benefit of a prodigious memory , most wonderfully advantage himself in several sorts of Learning . At length Dr. E. Reynolds being restored to his Deanery of Ch. Ch. in the latter end of 1659 , ( a little before which time , viz. in Feb. Stubbe was complained of in the Parliam . house , as one that palliated in print Sir Henry Vane's wickedness ) he not only ejected him from his Students place in the said house , but found means to remove him from the Library , and especially for this reason , that he had written and published a most pestilent book called A light shining out of darkness , wherein are many things said against the Universities and Clergy . But if you 'll believe the Author , he 'll tell (e) you that that book ( which he calls the Invidious Queries ) was written to terrifie the Presbyterians and make them more complacential , yet withall protests that they contained no tenets of his ( for he knew they were not defensible against the learned and judicious Episcoparians , tho they had force and address enough against the more ignorant Presbyterians ) but were written to excuse those who had made those to be their Assertions which were his doubts ; and this he declared in the Preface to that book . He tells us also , that what he wrot in that book and others , was against the Presbyterian Clergy , the Presbyterian Universities and the Usurpations of Oliver and Richard. After his Ejection he retired to Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire to practise the Faculty of Physick , which he for some years had studied , and after the Kings restauration he made early and voluntary Applications to Dr. Geor. Morley for his Protection in his retirement , assuring him of an inviolable passive Obedience , which was all he could or would pay till the Covenant was renounced . When the restauration of the Bishops was made , he , at the first motion of the said Dr. Morley then his Diocesan , received confirmation at his hands , and soon after took occasion to publish a translation concerning the arts of Grandure and Submission ( which I shall anon mention ) and in the Dedication thereof to make this mention of himself . I have at length removed all the Umbrages I ever laid under : I have joyned my self to the Church of England , not only upon account of its being publickly imposed ( which in things indifferent is no small consideration , as I learned from the Scottish Transactions at Perth ) but because it is the least defining , and consequently the most comprehensive and fitting to be national . In the year following he took a journey to the Island of Jamaica , being designed Physitian of that place by his Majesty , who , as he (f) saith , honored him with that title . In which place , having been mostly sick during his abode there , he would have otherwise advanced himself much in the knowledge thereof , and in experiments and things philosophical : For which reason also it was why he did not accept of an invitation to go to Mexico and Peru to practise his Faculty there . After his return , in 1665 , he lived for some time in and near London , and thence going to Stratford before mentioned , and afterwards to Warwick , setled in the last of the said places , practised Physick , and in the Summer-time retired to Bathe : at both which places he gained repute and many Patients by the diligence and care he took in his Profession . As for his Writings , they are many , and of various subjects ; some of which that he published before the Kings restauration , were against Monarchy , Ministers , Universities , Churches , &c. provoking all men to whom those interests were dear . — He then trampled ( as (g) one that wrote against him saith ) on the ashes of his martyr'd Sovereign , defended and adored his murtherers , stiled all our Kings a succession of Usurpers , endeavoured the extirpation of Monarchy , and planting a Democracy of Independents , Anabaptists , Fifth-monarchy men and Quakers , in its room . He hath represented the meekest , justest and best of Kings , as an hateful Tyrant , and called our now Soveraign ( Ch. 2. ) an Usurper . He then did write malitiously against Ministry , Universities , &c. and vindicated the Quakers and the rest of the wildest and most dangerous Phanaticks , &c. But why our Author Stubbe did write so , he 'll tell (h) you 't was to serve his Patron Sir Hen. Vane , and to express his gratitude to him , who relieved him when he was a child and after , and that because the quarrels (i) and animosities grew high betwixt the Presbyterians and Sir H. Vane's Friends , he sided therefore with him . — My youth ( saith (k) he ) and other circumstances incapacited me from rendring him any great services ; but all that I did , and all that I wrot , had no other aim ; nor do I care how much any man can inodiate my former Writings , as long as that they were subservient to him , &c. The truth is , all that knew him here in Oxon , knew this of him for certain , that he was no frequenter of Conventicles , no taker of the Covenant or Engagement , no contracter of acquaintance with notorious Sectaries , that he neither enriched , or otherwise advanced himself during the late troubles , or shared the common odium and dangers , or prosperity of his Benefactor . Some years after the Kings restauration , he took pet against the Royal Society ( for which before he had a great veneration ) and being encouraged by Dr. Jo. Fell , no admirer of that Society , became in his Writings an inveterate Enemy against it for several pretended reasons : among which were , first that the members thereof intended to bring a contempt upon antient and solid Learning , upon Aristotle , to undermine the Universities , and reduce them to nothing , or at least to be very inconsiderable . Secondly , that at long running to destroy the established Religion and involve the Nation in Popery and I know not what , &c. So dextrous was his pen , whether pro or con , that few or none could equal , answer , or come near , him . He was a person of most admirable parts , had a most prodigious memory , tho his enemies would not acknowledge it , but said he read Indexes ; was the most noted Latinist and Greecian of his age ; and after he had been put upon it , was so great an enemy to the Virtuosi of his time , I mean those of the R. Society , that , as he saith , they alarm'd him with dangers and troubles even to the hazard of his life and fortunes . He was a singular Mathematician , and thoroughly read in all political matters , Councils , ecclesiastical and profane Histories . He had a voluble tongue , and was very seldom known to hesitate either in publick disputes or common discourse . His Voice was big and magisterial , and his mind was equal to it . He was of a high generous nature , scorn'd money and riches , and the adorers of them : which being natural to him , was one of the chief reasons why he hated the Presbyterians , whom he always found to be false , undermining , poor spirited , void of generous souls , sneaking , sniveling , &c. He was accounted a very good Physitian , and excellent for those matters that compleat it , as Simpling , Anatomy and Chymistry : and in the times of Usurpation , that is while Oliver and Richard ruled , when then he thought it the Nations interest to subvert the true Monarchy of England , he was passionately addicted to the new Philosophy , and motion'd several ways for the introducing it amongst the Gentry and Youth of this Nation : and the reason was , as he ( l ) saith , that it would render all the Clergy contemptible , lessen the esteem and reverence in the Church , and make them seem egregious Fools in matters of common discourse . But as he was so admirably well qualified with several sorts of Learning and a generous Spirit , so he was very unhappy in this , that he was extream rash and imprudent , and wanted common discretion to manage his parts . He was a very bold man , utter'd any thing that came into his mind , not only among his Companions , but in publick Coffey-houses , ( of which he was a great frequenter ) and would often speak his mind of particular persons , then accidentally present , without examining the company he was in , for which he was often repremanded , and several times threatned to be kick'd and beaten . He had a hot and restless head ( his hair being carret-colour'd ) and was ever ready to undergo any enterprize , which was the chief reason that macerated his body almost to a Skeleton . He was also a person of no fix'd Principles , and whether he believed those things which every good Christian doth , 't is not for me to resolve . Had he been endowed with common sobriety and discretion , and not have made himself and his learning mercenary and cheap to every ordinary and ignorant Fellow , he would have been admired by all , and might have pick'd and choos'd his Preferment . But all these things being wanting , he became a ridicule , and undervalued by sober and knowing Scholars and others too . His Writings and Translations are these . Horae subsecivae : seu Prophetiae Jonae & Historiae Susannae paraphrasis Graeca versibus heroicis . Lond. 1651. oct . To which are added his Translation into Greek of Miscellanea quaedam Epigrammata à Th. Randolpho , W. Chrashavio , &c. Epistola Lat. cum Poematibus Lat. & Graec. ad D. Hen. Vane Domini Hen. Vane de Raby Eq. aur . fil promogen . Ox. 1656. printed on one side of a sheet . The said Hen. Vane was then a Student or Sojourner in the Univ. of Oxon. but wore not a gown , and soon after died . Otium literarum . Sive Miscellanea quaedam poemata . Ox. 1656. oct . They are printed with the Poems of Hen. Birchead of All 's . Coll. In the said vol. are our Author Stubbe his Deliciae Poetarum Anglicanorum in Graecum translatae , which were printed again at Oxon. 1658. in oct . and had at the end added to them by him Elogiae Romae & Venetiarum . A severe enquiry into the late Oneirocrita ; or , an exact account of the grammatical part of the Controversie between Mr. Thom. Hobbes and John Wallis D. D. Lond. 1657. qu. In the said book the Author Stubbe , a great admirer of the said Hobbes , with whom he was intimately acquainted , doth speak freely of Dr. Wallis , and why he doth so , is because , as he tells (m) us , he was Sub-scribe to the Tribe of Adoniram ( i. e. Adoniram Byfield was Scribe to Assembly of Divines ) and had been an active Preacher in the first War , and decyphered ( besides others , to the ruin of many loyal persons ) the Kings Cabinet taken at Naseby ; and , as a monument of his noble performances , deposited the original , with the decyphering , in the publick Library at Oxford . He tells us also that he the said Doctor was then the glory and pride of the Presbyterian faction , which our Author Stubbe hated for his Patrons sake . In the said Enquiry he tells us that he hath penned a farther discourse upon that subject : but that , I suppose , was never printed . The Savilian Professours case stated . Together with the several reasons urged against his capacity of standing for the publick office of Antiquary in the University of Oxon. Which are enlarged and vindicated against the Exceptions of Dr. Joh. Wallis &c. Lond. 1658. in 3 sh . and an half in qu. The famous Dr. Rich. Zouche who had been an Assessor in the Chancellours Court for 30 years or more and well vers'd in the Statutes , Liberties , and Privileges of the University , did , upon great intreaties , stand for the said place of Antiquary or Custos Archivorum thereof ; but he being esteemed a Royalist , Dr. J. W. was put up and stood against him , tho altogether uncapable of that place , because he was one of the Savilian Professors , a Cambridge man , and a stranger to the usages of the University . At length by some corruption , or at least connivance , of the Vicechancellour , and perjury of the senior Proctor ( Byfield ) W. was pronounced elected . Whereupon our Author Stubbe who was an eye and an ear-witness of all that had most unjustly passed , he therefore wrot and published the said book . The Commonwealth of Israel , or a brief account of Mr. Prynne's anatomy of the Good old cause . Lond. 1659. in oct . An Essay in defence of the Good old Cause , or a discourse concerning the rise and extent of the power of the Civil Magistrate in reference to spiritual Affairs , &c. Lond. 1659 oct . Vindication of the honorable Sir Hen. Vane from the false Aspersions of Mr. Baxter . Lond. 1659. oct . The same year I find another book published to that purpose intit . A Vindication of Sir Hen. Vane from the lyes and calumnies of Mr. Rich. Baxter . Printed at Lond. A letter to an Officer of the Army concerning a select Senate , mention'd by them in their proposals to the late Parliament . Lond. 1659. qu. Miscellaneous positions concerning Government . Lond. 1659. qu. They are , I suppose , the proposals of a model for the Government of the three Nations , mention'd by his (n) Antagonist Mr. Glanvill . A light shining out of darkness , or certain Queries , &c. Lond. 1659. qu. Printed twice that year , the second edition of which hath therein several Additions ; and an Apology for the Quakers , written by the said Stubbe . The Commonwealth of Oceana put in a ballance , and found too light . Or an account of the Republic of Sparta , with occasional animadversions upon Mr. Jam. Harrington and the Oceanistical model . Lond. 1660. qu. The Indian Nectar , or a discourse concerning Chocolata , &c. Lond. 1662. oct . Concerning the said subject one Antonio Colminero of Ledesma a Spaniard and Doct. of Physick hath learnedly written , and not unlikely the first of all that hath so done . It was rendred into English by one who call'd himself Capt. James Wadsworth , under this title , Chocolate : or an Indian drink , &c. Lond. 1652. oct . Which book our Author Stubbe had seen , and has , as I conceive , followed him in some things . As for the said Wadsworth , the Reader may know that he was the same who wrot The English (o) Spanish Pilgrim , born in Suffolk , ( son of Jam. Wadsworth Bach. of Div. of Eman. Coll. in Cambr. afterwards a Rom. Cath. ) bred in puerile learning at Sivil and Madrid in Spain , in Grammar and Academical among the Jesuits at S. Omers , but at riper years left them , and returned to the Church of England , was living in Westminster in the time of Oliver , an . 1655 , at which time he was characterized by an English (p) Historian to be a Renegado Proselyte-Turncote , of any Religion and every trade , and is now living 1655 a common hackney to the basest catch-pole Bayliffs and too boot a Justice of the Peace in his bench book , enters him and his wife Pimp and Bawd in his Precinct . The miraculous Conformist : or , an account of several marvellous cures performed by the stroaking of the hands of Mr. Valentine Greatrak . Oxon 1666. qu. with a Physical discourse thereupon , &c. Before I go any farther with the remaining titles of our Author Stubbes's books , I must make a digression , and tell you why this book was written , and who the subject of it was . Be it known therefore that this Val. Greatrakes son of Will. Gr. Esq . was born at Affane in the County of Waterford in Ireland , on S. Valentines day ( 14 Feb. ) 1628 , was bred a Protestant in the Free-school at Lismore , and at 13 years of age was designed to be a Student in the Coll. at Dublin , but the Rebellion breaking out in that Nation , he was forced with his mother to fly for refuge into England , where by the favour of his Uncle Edm. Harris brother to Sir Edw. Harris Knight , his mothers father , he was for the present time relieved . After his death , his mother , for his farther progress in literature committed him to the charge of a certain Presbyterian called Joh. Daniel Getsius a High German , Minister of Stoke Gabriel in Devonshire , with whom he spent some years in studying Humanity and Divinity , and found from his hands much favour and love . After 5 or 6 years absence , he returned to his native Country , at that time in a most miserable and deplorable Estate , which made him retire to the Castle of Caperquin , where he spent an years time in contemplation , and saw so much of the madness and wickedness of the world , ( as he (q) saith ) that his life became a burthen to him , and his soul was as weary of this habitation of clay , as ever was Gally-slave of the oar , which brought his life even to the threshold of death ; so that his legs had hardly strength to carry his enfeebled body about , &c. In 1649 , or thereabouts , he became a Lieutenant in the Regiment of Roger Earl of Orrery then acting in Munster against the Irish , Papists and others , then called the Rebels , and in 1656 a great part of the Army there of the English being disbanded , he retired to his native country of Affane , the habitation of his Ancestors , and by the favour of the then Governor he was made Clerk of the Peace of the County of Corke , Register for Transplantation , and Justice of the Peace . After his Majesties Restauration , he was removed , as I have heard , from his employments , and grew thereupon discontented . In 1662 or thereabouts , he had an impulse , or a strange perswasion in his mind , ( of which he was not able to give any rational account to another ) which did very frequently suggest to him that there was bestowed on him the gift of curing the Kings Evil : which for the extraordinariness of , he thought fit to conceal , it for some time , but at length he communicated it to his wife , and told her that he did verily believe that God had given him the blessing of curing the said Evil , for whether he were in private or publick , sleeping or waking , still he had the same impulse , but her reply was to him , that she conceived this was a strange imagination : yet to prove the contrary , a few days after there was one Will. Maker of Salterbridge in the Parish of Lismore that brought his son Will. Maker to his house , desiring his wife to cure him , who was a person ready to afford her charity to her neighbours , according to her small skill in Chirurgery . On which , his wife told him there was one that had the Kings Evil very grievously in the eyes , cheek and throat : whereupon he told her that she should now see whether this were a bare fancy or imagination as she thought it , or the dictates of Gods Spirit on his heart ; and thereupon he laid his hands on the places affected , and prayed to God for Jesus sake to heal him , and then he bid the Parent two or three days after to bring the child to him again , which he accordingly did , and then he saw the eye was almost quite whole , and the node which was almost as big as a Pullets egg , was suppurated , and the throat strangely amended , and in a month discharged it self quite , and was perfectly healed . Then there came to him one Margaret Mack-shane of Ballinecly in the Parish of Lismore , who had had the Evil seven years and upwards , far worse than the former , whom he cured to the wonder of all ; and soon after his fame increasing , he cured the same disease in very many other people for three years following , not medling with any other distempers , till about the end of those three years he cured some that were troubled with Agues ; all done by stroaking with his hands . Afterwards he had the like Impulse on him , discovering that he had given him the gift of Healing ; which the morning following he told to his wife and brother , but neither of them could be prevailed with to believe it , tho for his own part he had a full assurance thereof within him . This Impulse he had on the Sunday after Easter-day , 2 Apr. 1665 , early in the morning , and on Wednesday following he went to one Mr. Deans house at Lismore , where there came into the house to him a poor man , that with a pain in his loins and flank went almost double , and had a most grievous ulcerous leg very black , wherein were five ulcers ; who desired him for Gods sake that he would lay his hands on him , and do him what good he could . Whereupon he put his hands on his loins and flank , and immediately run the pains out of him , so that he was released , and could stand upright without the least trouble . Then he put his hand on his ulcerous leg , which forthwith changed colour and became red , and three of the five ulcers closed up , and the rest within few hours afterwards ; so that he went out well that could hardly by the help of his staff craul in , and in two days after he fell to his labour , being a Mason by trade . After this , he cured many diseases of all sorts by stroaking , and his name was wonderfully cried up . But the Clergy being jealous of these matters , he was cited to the Bishops court , and by their authority was prohibited to proceed any farther in his course . In Jan. 1665 he went into England , and by the invitation of Edward Lord Conway he repaired to Ragley in Warwickshire , to cure , by stroaking , his Lady , who for many years had laboured under a most violent Head-ach , but with all his endeavours he could not cure her : yet continuing there three weeks , he cured innumerable people in those parts , which caused therefore our Author Hen. Stubbe , who then practised Physick at Stratford on Avon in that County , and was dayly at ●agley with the Lord , and an eye-witness of the cures , to write the said book called The miraculous Conformist , &c. Afterwards Mr. Greatrakes repairing to Whitehall by command from his Majesty and performing several cures there and in London , but more mistakes , as 't is said , caused Dav. Lloyd , a Reader or Chaplain of the Charter house thereupon to write Wonders no miracles : or , Mr. Val. Greatrakes gift of healing examined , &c. Lond. 1666. qu. Written upon occasion of a sad effect of his stroaking , March 7. an . 1665 , at one Mr. J. Cressets house in Charter house yard . In which book the Author reflecting much on Mr. Greatrakes and his reputation , making him but little better than a Cheat , that person therefore came out with his vindication intit . A brief account of Mr. Val. Greatrakes and divers of his strange cures by him lately performed . Lond. 1666. qu. Written by himself in a letter to the honorable Rob. Boyle Esq . and thereunto did annex the Testimonials of several eminent and worthy persons of the chief matters of fact therein related . From this digression let 's now proceed to go on with our Author Stubbe , who had a marvellous dexterity in writing books on all occasions . Philosophical observations made in his sailing from England to the Caribe-Islands , and in Jamaica , &c. — Remitted into the Philosoph . Transact . num . 27 , an . 1667 , and num . 36. an . 1668. Legends no Histories : or a specimen of some animadversions upon the History of the Royal Society . Lond. 1670. in a large qu. Which History was written by Mr. Tho. Sprat . Animadversions upon The History of making Saltpeter , pen'd by Mr. Tho. Henshaw . — Printed and bound with Legends no Histories , &c. Animad . upon The Hist . of making of Gunpowder , written also by the said Mr. Henshaw . — Pr. and bound with Legends , &c. also , and to it is added An additional review , written by Hen. Stubbe . The Plus ultra reduced to a Non plus . Or a specimen of some animadversions upon the Plus ultra of Mr. Jos . Glanvill &c. with divers enquiries made about several matters . Lond. 1670. in a large qu. Written under pretence of vindicating his faculty against a passage in the Plus ultra , which seemed to assert that the antient Physitians could not cure a cut-finger ; which Glanvill denied ever to have affirmed or thought . Censure on certain passages contained in The History of the Royal Society , &c. Oxon. 1670 , in about seven sh . in qu. Dedicated to Dr. Joh. Fell , and soon after answered by two Anonymi in the same year , pr. in qu. The former of which was written by way of letter to Mr Stubbe . Campanella revived ; or an enquiry into The Hist . of the Roy. Soc. &c. Lond. 1670. qu. Letter to Sir N. N. relating the cause of the quarrel between Hen. Stubbe and the Royall Society , and an Apology against some of their cavills . — Printed with Campanella revived . Postscript concerning the quarrel depending between Hen. Stubbe and Dr. Christop . Merrett . — Pr. also with Campanella . Reply unto the letter written to Mr. Hen. Stubbe in defence of The history of the Royal Society . Oxon. 1671 quart . Reply to a letter of Dr. Hen. More ( printed with Mr. Glanvill's Prefatory answer to Hen. Stubbe ) with a censure upon the Pythagorico-Cabbalistical Philosophy promoted by him . Oxon. 1671. A Preface against Ecebolius ( alias Joseph ) Glanvill , Fellow of the Royal Society , &c. — These two last are printed with the Reply unto a letter written to Mr. Hen. Stubbe , &c. Medice cura te ipsum . Or the Apothecaries plea in some short and modest animadversions upon a late Tract entit . A short view of the fraudes and abuses of the Apothecaries &c. by Christop . Merrett Dr. of Phys . Lond. 1671. quart . An epistolary discourse concerning Phlebotomy in opposition to George Thomson Pseudo-Chymist , a pretended disciple to the Lord Verulam . Lond. 1671. qu. A discourse concerning the Sweating Sickness temp . Hen. 7. Relation of the strange Symptoms hapning by the bite of an Adder and the cure thereof — These two last are printed with the Epistolary discourse , &c. A caveat for the Protestant Clergy : or , an account of the sufferings of the English Clergy upon the restitution of Popery in the dayes of Qu. Mary Lond. 1671. 78. in two sh . in oct . This is said to be written by Hen. Stubbe , but not I suppose by our author , but by another of both his names , whom I shall anon mention . A justification of the present warr against the united Netherlands , &c. illustrated with Sculptures . In answer to a Dutch treatise entit . considerations upon the present state of the united Netherlands , &c. Lond. 1672. 73. qu. A farther justification of the present warr against the United Netherlands , illustrated with several Sculptures . Lond. 1673. qu. For the compiling of these two last books , the author was allowed the use of the Paper Office at Whitehall , and when they were both finished he had given him 200 l. out of his Majesties Exchequer , and obtained a great deal of credit from all people , especially from the Courtiers and all that belonged to the Kings Court. In the month of Octob. the same year ( 1673 ) when the marriage to be between James Duke of York and Josepha Maria the Princess of Modena was controverted in the House of Commons , where were 180 voices for , and 188 against it , then did this our author Stubbe , about the latter end of the said month , write and publish , The Paris Gazette — Which being against the said marriage and for the breaking it off , gave great offence to many . It was printed in half a sheet , as one of our Gazetts are now , and was by the author with great confidence and impudence presented to several Parliament men . Whereupon a Writ being issued out against him , he was taken in the beginning of the next month , hurried in the dark from one private Prison to another , threatned with hanging , and was put to a great deal of charge . So that all the credit he had got before , was lost among the generallity . Directions for drinking the Bath-water . Ars Cosmetica ; or beautifying Art. — These two go under his ( Stubbes ) name , and are printed at the end of James Cook his translation from Lat. into English of a book written Originally by Joh. Hall entit . Select observations on Eminent persons in desperate diseases . Which translation was reprinted with additions in 8 o , an , 1679. He also translated from Lat. into English ( 1 ) Introduction to Geography . Oxon 1657 , oct . Written by Philip Cluver . ( 2 ) The Arts of Grandure and submission . Lond. 166● . and 1665 oct . Written by John Casa Archb. of Benevento . ( 3 ) The History of the United Provinces of Achaia . Lond. 1673. qu. in 4 sh . and half , written by Jacobus Gothofredus , and others , as it seems , which I have not yet seen . I have now no more to say of this learned person only that he being at Bathe attending several of his Patients living in and near Warwick then there , he was sent for to come to another at Bristow , in very hot weather ; to which place therefore going a by-way at 10 of the clock in the night , on the twelfth day of July in sixteen hundred seventy and six ( his head being then intoxicated with bibbing , but more with talking , and snuffing of powder ) was drowned passing through a shallow River ( wherein , as 't is supposed , his horse stumbled ) two miles distant from Bathe . So that his body being taken up the next morning and his death examined by the Coroner , was the next day after that ( being Friday ) buried in the great Church at Bathe dedicated to S. Peter and S. Paul , in the grave of Dr. Pet. Wentworth , joyning on the North side to the stately Tomb of Dr. Jam. Mountague somtimes Bishop of that City , situat and being on the north side of the body of that Church . At which time his Antagonist Mr. Glanvill preached his funeral Sermon , but said no great matter of him ; and soon after a certain Physitian of that place , who seemed to be glad for his death , made this Epitaph following on him : Which , tho not yet put on his grave , shall be here set down to his memory . Memoriae Sacrum . Post varios casus & magna rerum discrimina , tandem heic quiescunt mortalitatis exuviae Henrici Stubbe , Medici Warwicensis , quondam ex Aede Christi Oxon , ●ei Medicae , Historicae ac Mathematicae peritissimi , judicii vivi , & Librorum heluonis ; qui quum multa scripserat , & plures sanaverat , aliorum saluti sedulo prospiciens , propriam neglexit . Obiit aquis frigidis suffocatus , 12 die July A.D. 1676. aetatis suae ... Besides this Hen. Stubbe was another of both his names and time , a nonconforming Minister , and somtimes a preacher in the City of Wells , where I find him as an Assistant to the Commissioners appointed by Parliam . to eject such whom they then ( 1654 ) called scandalous and ignorant Ministers and School-masters ; who hath among several things pertaining to Divinity , written ( 1 ) Great Treaty of peace . exhort . of making peace with God. Lond. 1676. 77. oct . ( 2 ) Disswasive from conformity to the world . Lond. 1675. in 8o. ( 3 ) Gods severity against mans iniquity . Printed with the Disswasive . ( 4 ) Gods gracious presence , the Saints great privilege , a farewel Sermon to a Congreg . in Lond , on 2. Thes . 3.16 . — Printed also with the Disswasive . ( 5 ) Conscience the best friend : or the happy Effects of keeping a good Conscience , very useful for this age . Lond. 1685. in tw , and other things which I have not yet seen ; among which is his answer to the Friendly debate , an . 1669 in oct . When he died I know not ; sure I am that after his death , which was in London , his books were exposed to sale by way of Auction 29. Nov. 1680. EDWARD REYNOLDS son of Austin Reynolds one of the Customers of Southampton , ( by Bridget his wife ) son of John Reynolds of Langport in Somersetshire , and he the son of another John , was born in the parish of Holy-rood within the said borough of Southampton , in the month of Nov. 1599 , bred up in Grammar learning in the Free-School there founded by K. Ed. 6. in the 7. year of his raign , became one of the Portionists or Postmasters of Merton Coll. in 1615 , and Probationer Fellow in 1620 , in which place ( which he got by his skill in the Greek tongue ) as also throughout his Bachelaurship , he shewed himself a good Disputant and Orator . After he had taken the degree of Master he entred into holy Orders and became a noted Preacher , ( tho of an hoarse voice , ) afterwards Preacher to the honorable society of Lincolns Inn , and Rector of Braunston or Braynton in Northamptonshire . At length the grand rebellion breaking forth in 1642 he sided with the Presbyterian party ( having long before that time been puritanically affected ) and in the year 1643 he became one of the Assembly of Divines , a Covenantier , a frequent preacher in London , and somtimes before the Long Parliament . In 1646 he was appointed by the Parliament one of the six Ministers to go to , and settle in , Oxon to preach the Scholars into obedience to the said Parliament , afterwards one of the Visitors to brake open , turn out , and take possession , Dean of Ch. Ch. in the place of Dr. Sam. Fell ejected , and Vicechancellour of the University ; at which time he became Doctor of Div. by actual creation , and what not . But being forced to leave his Deanery in the latter end of 1650 because he refused to take the Independent Engagement , he retired to his former cure for a time : Afterwards he lived mostly in London , preached there and flatterd Oliver and his Gange , and after his death , being then Vicar of S. Lawrence in the Jewry , he did the like to Richard , and was the Orator or Mouth of the London Ministers to welcome that Mushroom Prince to his Throne , 11. Octob. 1658. Also when hopes depended on Monke's proceedings from Scotland , he struck in with him , and who more ready than he ( Dr. Reynolds ) and other Presbyterians , when he and they saw how things would terminate , and could not be otherwise holpen , to bring in the King , after his long exile , by using his interest in the City of London , where he was the pride and glory of the Presbyterian party . When the secluded Members were restored to sit in Parliament , they restored him to his Deanery of Ch. Ch. on the eleventh of March 1659 , with hopes to continue there and carry on the Presbyterian discipline . In May following ( 1660 ) when his Majesty was at Canterbury in order to his restauration , he and Edm. Calamy another zealous Presbyterian , were admitted his Chaplains on the the 26. of that month , and after his restauration he preached several times before him , as he did also before the Houses of Parliament . But in the latter end of June following , he being desired to leave his Deanery , to make room for an honest and Orthodox man , he was in the next month elected , by vertue of the Kings Letter , Warden of Mert Coll , choosing rather to have somthing than nothing . Soon after , upon the feeling of his pulse , the King bestowed on him the Bishoprick of Norwych ; which See , he willingly taking without a Nolo , was , after he had taken the Covenant , and had often preached against Episcopacy and the Ceremonies of the Church of England , consecrated thereunto in S. Peters Church within the City of Westminster , on the sixth day of January an 1660 ; by vertue of which Bishoprick he became an Abbat , ( a strange preferment , me thinks , for a Presbyterian ) I mean Abbat of S. Bennet in the Holme , which he kept ( with great regret to his quondam Brethren , whom he then left to shift for themselves ) to his dying day . He was a person of excellent parts and endowments , of a very good wit , fancy and judgment , a great Divine , and much esteemed by all parties for his preaching and florid stile . A writer (a) of another persuasion tells us that he was a person of great authority , as well as fame , among the men of the Calvinistical perswasion , &c. and many there were that were of the like opinion : One that knew him well saith (*) that he was a person of singular affability , meekness and humility , of great learning , a frequent preacher and constant Resident : And it was verily thought by his contemporaries , that he would have never been given to change , had it not been to please a covetous and politick (b) Consort , who put him upon those things he did . His works are these , The vanity of the creature , on Eccles . 1.14 . Sinfulness of sin , on Rom. 7.9 . and on 6.12 . Use of the Law , on Rom. 7.13 . Life of Christ , on 1. Joh. 5.12 . An explication of 110. Psal . Meditations on the holy Sacrament of the Lords l●st suppper . Explication of the 14 chapter of Hosea , in seven humiliation Sermons . Treatise of the Passions and faculties of the soul of man. All or most of which having been printed several times , in qu. were all printed in one folio at London an . 1658 , with the authors picture before them , and went by the name of Dr. Reynolds his works . They were much bought up , read and commended by men of several persuasions and one (c) ( who was es●e●me● by all that knew him a jovial wet Presbyterian ) that had read them several times could not forbear to write two short Poems in commendation of them . Thirty Sermons preached on several solemn occasions . — They were preached between the year 1634 and that of his death , and some of them had been printed several times . At length they were reprinted in the second impression of his works , at Lond. 1679 fol. Among them is his Lat. Sermon preached at Oxon. 1649 entit . Animalis homo , on 1. Cor. 2.14 ▪ He also wrot the Ass . of Divines Annotations which are on Ecclesiastes , which being admirably done , it was wished by many learned men of the Presbyterian perswasion that the rest had been all wrote pari filo , & eruditione . He also was the author of the Epistolary preface to Will. Barlee's Co●reptory Correction , &c. of some notes of Tho. Pierce concerning Gods decrees , especially of Reprobation : which book of Barlee with the said Ep. Preface , a second of Tho. Whitfield , and a third of Dan. Cawdrey somtimes of Cambridge , were printed at Lond. 1656. qu. At length this learned Bishop Dr. Reynolds , who probably hath written other things besides those I have already mention'd , made his last change in this world on the 28 of July in sixteen hundred seventy and six , and was buried at the upper end of the Chappel ( built by him 1662 ) joyning to the Bishops Pallace in in Norwych . Over his grave was soon after fastned marble to the wall , with this Epitaph engraven thereon . H. I. S. I. Edoardus Reynolds SS . T. P. primus a reditu Regis Caroli II. felicissimo Norvicensis Episcopus , quod honoris fastigium uti minime ambivit , ita pietate , prudentiâ , comitate , modestiâ , loco non animo elatus , maxime decoravit . Pastorum merentium pater amantissimus , pacis pietatisque culior devotissimus , potestatis arbiter equus & mitissimus . Quantus fuerit Theologus , tam multifaria lectione instructus , quam Scripturis potens , tam felix eorundem interpres & fidelis Praeco , silente hoc marmore , Scripta eloquuntur , caput eruditum , os facundum , cor caeleste spirantia , expirante authore suavissimo ; cui nihil inerat duri acerbi praeter calculi stranguriaeque cruciatus , quos christiana , adeo atque invicta tulit side & patientia , ut albi lapilli , licet mortis instrumenta tessera forent vitae & victoriae , immortalitatis ascriptus est Jul. XXIIX . A. D. 1676 aetatis suae 76. Mortalitatis exuviae prope hinc depositae Augusti IX . Sacellum hoc ab ipso fundatum , dicatumque , denuo consecravit . In his Deanery of Ch. Ch. succeeded Dr. George Morley , afterwards the most worthy Bishop of Winchester , in his Wardenship of Merton Coll. Sir Tho. Clayton a Physitian , and in his Bishoprick Dr. Anthony Sparrow of Cambridge , translated from the See of Exeter . THOMAS BRANKER son , if I mistake not , of Tho. Branker somtimes Bach. of Arts of Exeter Coll. was born in Devonshire , admitted Batler of said Coll. 8. Nov. 1652 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , elected Probationer Fellow 30. June 1655 , being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards taking the degree of Master , he became a Preacher , but refusing to conform to the Ceremonies of the Church of England , left his fellowship in 1662 , retired into Cheshire , where conforming and tak●ng upon him Orders from a Bishop , became Minister of Whitegate : At which time being well known to William Lord Brereton , for his sufficiencies in Mathematicks and Chimistry , he gave him the Rectory of Tilston ; but he keeping that not long , was afterwards made master of the well endowed School at Macclesfield in the said County , where he finished his course . He hath written , Doctrinae Sphaericae adumbratio Ox. 1662. Usus Globorum artificialium Ox. 1662. A Table of odd numbers less than one hundred thousand , shewing those that are incomposit , and re●●●ving the rest into their Factors or coefficients , &c. — This is added by Branker to a translation which he made from High-D●●ch into English of An introduction to Algebra . Lond. 1668. qu. written by Rhonnius : A laudable account of which Table , and of the translation , you may see in the Philosophical Transactions , num . 35. p. 688.689 . See in the Fasti of the first vol. p. 871. He gave way to fate in Novemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and six , and was buried in the Church at Macclesfield before mention'd , leaving then behind the character of an able Mathematician . WILLIAM MORICE son of Evan alias John Morice a Native of Caernarvanshire and Chancellour of the Diocess of Exeter , by Mary his wife , daugh . of Joh. Castle of Devonshire , was born in the Parish of S. Martin in the City of Exeter , educated in Grammar learning there , and in the beginning of the year 1619 or thereabouts , he was sent to Exeter Coll. ( through his Mothers motion ) by Sir Nich. Prideaux of Souldon in that County , who some years before had taken her to be his third wife ; where continuing in the state of a Sojourner under the tuition of Mr. Nath. Carpenter ( not without considerable proficiency in learning ) till he was Bach. of Arts , was sent for home , and married to one of the Grand-daughters of the said Sir Nicholas , by Humph. Prideaux his eldest son deceased . In the year 1640 he was put into the Commission of Peace for the aforesaid County , and five years after was elected Knight for that Shire , upon a recruit , to serve in the Long Parliament . In 1651 he was made High Sheriff of the said County , in 1656 he setled himself and his family at Werington , which he then , or lately , had purchased of Sir Franc. Drake ; and in 1658 he was chose a Burgess for Westport in Cornwall to serve in Richard's Parliament that began at Westminster , 27. of Jan. the same year : And being related by his wife to General George Monke , he was intrusted by him with all his concerns in Devonshire , while he was Governour of Scotland , and discharged himself so faithfully and prudently therein , as to recommend himself so far to the Generals esteem , that on his coming into England he made choice of him for his chief , if not only , Confident in the management of that great affair of the Kings restauration , and the rather for this reason that our author being generally esteemed a Presbyterian , it would please the great Masters at Westminster who were most of that Religion . Upon the said Monke's coming to London , the secluded Members from all parts of the Kingdom came thither , and were by his means restored to the House of Commons , of which number our author Mr. Morice was one . This Gentleman was somewhat allied to him , as I have told you , but more in his favour , than his blood ; for he had a great opinion of his prudence and integrity . He was one that much conversed with books and had then lately written one against the practice of Independent teachers , who would admit none in Parochial Cures , to the Lords Supper , but such only as , being distinguished by their separation , were most peculiarly their own flock . This had rendred (d) him very grateful to the Presbyterians , whose cause he seemed most to serve ; for the Ministers of the Church of England were generally contented with the exercise of their Religion in private Houses , tho even these also , were often disturbed by Soldiers and Constables , who used to hale them from their very Communion Tables upon the more solemn Festivals of their despised Church ; rending their Surplices , where any were used , and tearing their Mass-Book ( for that was the name by which the crafty Statesman , and the more jugling Gospeller taught the undiscerning multitude to call the English Liturgy ) into pieces . The General , from and before the beginning of his enterprize , had pretended to be a Presbyterian , and had not then renounced his faith ; but at that time it most behoved him to appear one , and to act his part well in it ; for it was his last : wherefore our author Morice was received into his house , which much pleased the Masters at Westminster , who were mostly of that Religion as I have before told you ; some few only excepted , who , by beholding the calamities of the Church , and their own errors , had been converted (e) to a better esteem of Episcopacy ; which the learning of our author could not but favour : So that he was looked upon to have the good repute only of a Presbyterian . Him the General retained as his Elbow-Counsellor , and a State-Blind ; concealing his own sense of things , and very often speaking contrary to his own thoughts , that so he might better understand the sense of others and take his measures accordingly . About the same time Mr. Morice received a letter from the King by Sir Joh. Greenvill ( afterwards Earl of Bathe ) to excite him to influence the General to his restauration , which he answered with assurance of his utmost zeal and affection for that service : whereupon in Feb. 1659 he received from his Majesty by the hands of the said Sir John ( with approbation of the General ) the Seal and Signet , as the badge of the Secretary of States Office : About which time it was his business to keep the then expiring Session of Parliament steddy , and clear from intermedling with the change of the Government ; in which case he did excellent service , punctually observing the directions of the General , who then passionately longed for their dissolution . On the 10. of March following , he was , by the Generals motion , made a Colonel of a Regiment of Foot , and Governour of the Fort and Island of Plymouth , and after he had joyned with the General in the great secret of the restauration , he was not only knighted by his Majesty , then at Canterbury , in his way to London , 26. May 1660 , but had the Office of Secretary confirm'd unto him , and then sworne also one of his Majesties Privy Council . In 1661. he was chosen for Plymouth to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 8. of May , but he being much taken up with his new Employment , he could not do his duty in the House , so well and truly as he wished he could . How influential Sir William was in his Majesties reduction and establishment , may easily be collected from the Letters under the hands of his Majesty , and Sir Edw. Hyde L. Chancellour , now in the custody of Henry Earl of Clarendon : And may perhaps be made more manifest unto the World upon the publication of an History said to be written by the said Sir Edw. Hyde , ( afterwards E. of Clarendon ) who was most particularly acquainted witth all the steps made in the transacting of that whole affair . At Michaelmas in the year 1668 Sir W. Morice did , upon his humble desire made to his Majesty , resign his Secretariship , and was succeeded by Sir John Trevor , son of Sir Joh. Trevor Kt ; so that retreating into the Country , he passed the rest of his life in a quiet retirement at Werington before mention'd , situate in the west part of Devonshire , where he erected a fair Library , valued at twelve hundred pounds ; which was the principal divertisement and most sensible pleasure he took during the last years of his life . He hath written and published , Coena quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : The new enclosures broken downe , and the Lords Supper laid forth in common for all Church Members , having a dogmatical faith and not being scandalous . In a Diatribe and defence thereof . Lond. 1656. 57 ▪ qu. This book being afterwards much enlarged , came out again with this title , The common right to the Lords Supper asserted in a Diatribe and a defence thereof , &c. Lond. 1660. fol. The first edition of this book came out as it seems in 1651. qu. in answer to one Humph. Saunders , who had written a book of administring the Sacrament to a select company . Letter to Gen. Monke , in answer to his of the 23. of Jan. directed to Mr. Rolle , to be communicated to the Gentlemen of Devonshire — This Letter is dated 28. Jan. 1659 , and is said to be written by an excluded Member of Parliament , particularly by W. Morice , as the general Voug then was , yet it is subscribed by R. M. He died on the twelfth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and six , and was buried in Werington Church , in an Isle belonging to his Family . His eldest son William Morice Esq . was made a Baronet 20. of April 1661. MATTHEW HALE son of Rob. Hale Esq . a Barrester of Lincolns inn , by Joan his Wife Daughter of Matthew Poyntz of Alderley in Glocestershire Gent , was born at Alderley on the first day of Nov. an . 1609 , educated in Grammar learning at Wotton Under-edge ( the Seat of his ancestors ) in the same County , not in the Free-school there , but under one Mr. Staunton the scandalous Vicar ( so he was accounted by Orthodox Clergy of the neighbourhood ) of that Town , became a Communer of Magd. Hall under the tuition of Obadiah Sedgwick ( mention'd under the year 1657. p. 138. ) in Mich. term 1626 , where continuing about three years , laid the foundation of some learning and knowledge which he afterwards built upon , and might have proceeded farther had not his thoughts been diverted by certain juvenile vanities . Afterwards , upon the advice of Sir Jo. Glanvill Serjeant at Law , who occasionally observed (a) in him a clear apprehension of things , a solid judgment and a great fitness for the study of the Law , he was taken off from the design of being a Soldier , which he intended , and was admitted a Student in Lincolns inn , 8. Nov. 1629 : And being then deeply sensible how much time he had lost , and that idle and vain things had over-run , and almost corrupted his mind , he resolved to redeem the time he had lost : And therefore for many years together he studied at the rate of 16 hours a day , threw aside all fine clothes , and betook himself to a plain fashion , which he continued to use in many points to his dying day . Will. Noy the Attorney General , being of the same Inn , took early (b) notice of him , directed him in his studies , and grew to have such friendship for him , that he came to be called Young Noy . The learned Selden also soon found him out , who tho much superior to him in years , yet he came to have such a liking of him and also of Mr. John Vaughan of the Inner Temple , ( afterwards L. Ch. Just . of the Common pleas ) that as he continued in a close friendship with them while he lived , so he left them at his death two of his Executors . By his acquaintance it was that he persued other learning than that of his profession : so that by great industry , accompanied with good natural parts , he became well read in the Civil and Rom ▪ laws , attained to a great readiness in Arithmetick , Algebra and other mathematical sciences . He obtained also a great insight in Philosophy , whether experimental or theoretical , Physick , Anatomy and Chirurgery . He was well acquainted with the antient Greek Philosophers , but want of occasion to use them , wore out his knowledge of the Greek tongue : And tho he never studied the Hebrew , yet by his great conversation with Selden , he understood the most curious things in the Rabinical learning . But above all these , he seemed to have made the study of Divinity the chief of all others , to which he not only directed every thing else , but also arrived at that (c) pitch in it , that those who have read , what he has written on that subject , will think , that it hath had most of his time and thoughts . Some years before the unhappy Wars broke forth , he was called to the Bar , and when they did break forth he sided with the Presbyterians , having been for the most part , when young , educated under severe Puritans and under a puritanical discipline . And being esteemed a plain honest man , a Person of great integrity and profound in the Law , he was entertained by both , as well loyal as Presbyterian , parties . In 1643 he took the Covenant , and , as I have been often informed , he appeared several times with other Lay-persons among the Assembly of Divines . He was then in great esteem with the Parliament , and was employed by the members thereof , as to his counsel , about several matters , particularly in the reducing the Garrison of Oxford to their service ; who , as a Lawyer , was added to the Commissioners appointed by them , to treat with those appointed by the King : And in that capacity he did good service by advising them , especially Fairfax the Generalissimo , to have in his eye a preservation of that place , ( Oxon ) so famous for learning , from ruin . Afterwards , tho the loss of the blessed K. Ch. 1. was a great grief to him , yet he took the oath called the Engagement , and thereby was the more enabled to plead and practice his profession . In Jan. 1651. he with Will. Steel Esq . Recorder of the City of London , Charles George Cock Esq , Sir Hen. Blount Kt , John Fountaine Esq . a common Lawyer , Hugh Peters Clerk , Joh. Rushworth of Linc. inn , Sir Anth. Ashley Cooper Bt , &c. were appointed by the Parliament to consider of the reformation of the Law ; and accordingly they met several times in the room formerly called the House of Lords , but what the result of their meeting was , I cannot yet tell . On the 25. of Jan. 1653. our author Hale was by writ made Serjeant at Law , and soon after one of the Justices of the Common Bench , in which place he acted with great justice and integrity , not without the displeasure sometimes , as 't is said , of the Protector . In 1654 he was one of those 5 Knights who were elected for the County of Glocester to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 3. of Sept. purposely , as 't is (d) said , to obstruct the mad and wicked projects then on foot , by two parties , that had very different principles and ends . In 1658 he was elected one of the Burgesses of the Univ. of Oxon to serve in that Parliament called Richards Parliament , which began at Westm . 27. Jan. the same year , and in Ap. 1660 he was elected one of the Knights for Glocestershire , to serve in that Parliament called the Healing and blessed Parliament , which began at the same place on the 25 of the said month . Which Parliament calling the King home from his Exile , he was soon after made Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Knighted . In the month of May 1671 he was , upon the death of Sir John Keeling advanced to the place of L. Ch. Justice of the Court of Kings Bench , and on the 18 of the said month took the usual Oathes before the Lord Keeper , and his seat accordingly on that Bench. He was an (e) unwearied Student , a prudent man , a solid Philosopher , a famous Lawyer , the Pillar and Basis of justice , ( who would not have done an unjust act for any worldly price or motive ) the ornament of his Majesties Government , and honour of England ; the highest faculty of the soul of Westminster Hall , and pattern to all the reverend and honorable Judges , a godly serious practical Christian , the lover of goodness and all good men , a lamenter of the Clergies selfishness , and unfaithfulness , &c. a great contemner of riches , pomp and vanity of the world , a pattern of honest plainess and humility , &c. As for his works relating to learning they are these . An essay touching the gravitation and non-gravitation of fluid bodies and the reasons thereof . Lond. 1674. oct . Difficiles nugae , or , observations on the Torricellian experiment . Lond. 1674. oct . Upon which two ingenious discourses Dr. Hen. More of Cambridge hath written Remarks , so far forth as they may concern any passages in his Enchiridion Metaphysicorum , &c. Lond. 1676. oct . Contemplations moral and divine . In two parts . Lond. 1676 , &c. in a large oct . Directions touching and keeping the Lords day . Lond. 1676 , &c. in a large oct . Poems on Christmas day . Lond. 1676 , &c. in a large oct . Contemplations mor. and div . The sec . part . Lond. 1677. oct . They were both printed together at Lond. 1679. oct . The primitive origination of mankind considered and explained according to the light of nature . Lond. 1677. fol. This book came out a little before the authors death , and why he published it , I shall give you these three reasons . ( 1 ) Because that some writings of his ( Contempl. mor. and divine ) did without his privity come abroad in print , which he never intended : And this book might have had the same fate , if not in his life time , yet after his death . ( 2 ) Because possibly there had been some more care been used by him in the digesting and writing thereof , than of some others that have gone abroad in publick . ( 3 ) That altho he could never be brought to value the writings of his that were then published ( as worthy of publick view ) yet he found them well accepted by many , which encouraged him to let this book come abroad under his own name , wherein he used more care than in those lesser tracts , &c. Observations touching the principles of natural motion , and especially touching rarefaction and condensation , together with a reply to certain Remarks touching the gravitation of Fluids . Lond. 1677. oct . These observations being in answer to Dr. Hen. Mores Remarks before mention'd , were replied upon by the said Doctor — Lond. 1678. The primitive origination of mankind , considered and examined according to the light of nature . Lond. 1677. fol. An account of which is in the Philosophical Transactions , nu . 136. p. 917. Londons liberty : or , a learned argument of law and reason , an . 1650 — This came out afterwards with this title . Londons liberties : or , the opinions of those great Lawyers , Lord Ch. Justice Hale , Mr. Justice ( will ) Wild , and Mr. Serjeant Maynard , about the election of Mayor , Sherriffs , Aldermen and Common council men of London , and concerning their charter , &c. Lond. 1682. fol. At which time the press was at liberty without control . Discourse touching provision for the poor . Lond. 1683. in tw . Short treatise touching Sherriffs accompts . Lond. 1683. oct . To which is joyned his Tryal of witches at the Assizes held at Bury S. Edmonds , on the 10. of March 1664 , which was published by its self in oct . in 4. sh . an . 1682. Pleas of the Crown : or , a methodical summary of the principal matters relating to the subject . Lond. 1685. sec . edit . in oct . The first edit . came out in 1678. oct . His judgment of the nature of true religion , the causes of its corruption , and the Churches calamity , by mens additions and violences ; with the desired cure . Lond. 1684. qu. Written in three discourses at several times , published by his great friend and admirer Mr. Rich. Baxter and by him dedicated to the honourable Judges . To this book is annex'd The judgment of Sir Franc. Bacon , &c. and somewhat of Dr. Is . Barrow on the same subject . Several tracts , as ( 1 ) A discourse of religion on three heads ; first the ends and uses of it , secondly the life of religion and superadditions to it , and thirdly the superstructions upon it , and animosities about it . ( 2 ) A treatise touching provision for the poor , before mentioned . ( 3 ) A letter to his Children , advising them how to behave themselves in their speech . ( 4 ) A letter to one of his Sons , after his recovery from the small-pox . Lond. 1684. in oct . Discourse of the knowledge of God and of our selves , first by the light of nature , secondly by the sacred Scriptures . Lond. 1688. oct . Brief abstract of the Christian religion . Considerations seasonable at all times for the cleansing of the heart and life — These two last were printed with Discourse of the knowledge of God , &c. He hath also translated into English The life of Pomponius Atticus , written by his contemporary and acquaintance Cornel. Nepos , &c. — Lond. 1677. oct . To which are added by our author Hale . Observations political and moral thereupon . — He also wrot the preface to , and published , the Abridgment of many cases and resolutions , &c. made by Judge Henry Rolle , as I shall tell you when I come to him , and under his ( Hale's ) name ought to be put The perjur'd Fanatick : or , the malicious conspiracy of Sir John Croke of Chilton , Henry Larimore and other Fanaticks , against the life of Rob. Hawkins Clerk , and late Minister of Chilton , occasion'd by his suit for tithes . Discovered in a trial at Ailesbury , before Sir Matth. Hale Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer . Lond. 1685. in 10. sh . in fol. Which Rob. Hawkins was afterwards Vicar ( but a poor one if not scandalous ) of Beckley in Oxfordshire . These , I think , are all that are published under the name of Judge Hale : The rest that he hath written and not yet extant are many ; among which are ( 1 ) Concerning the Secondary origination of mankind . folio . ( 2 ) Concerning religion . fol. in 5. vol. ( 3 ) Of Policy in matters of religion . fol. ( 4 ) De anima . fol. written to Mr. Rich. Baxter . ( 5 ) De anima . fol. Transactions between him and the said Mr. Baxter , &c. and many others as you may see (f) elsewhere : And left behind him as a Legacy to Linc. inn Library several volumes of collections made by him , mostly from records in the Tower , and divers matters relating to Glocestershire ; all which may be of great use to Lawyers and Antiquaries . At length after this most learned and religious person had lived to the age of 67 , he gave way to fate on Christmas day , 25. Dec. in sixteen hundred seventy and six : whereupon his body was buried on the 4. of Jan. following in the yard belonging to the Church of Alderley , among the graves of his Mothers Ancestors . At which time Evan Griffith , the pious Minister of that place , preached his funeral sermon on Isay 57.1 . which was afterwards , as I have been informed , made extant by him the said Griffith sometimes of Oriel Coll. in Oxon ( as it seems ) who dying in the beginning of June 1681 ( after he had been one of the Wednesdays Lecturers at Wotton Under-edge in Com. Gloc. several years ) was buried at Alderley before mention'd . To conclude ; all that I shall farther say of this worthy person Sir Matth. Hale , whom we have now brought to his grave , shall be the very same words which conclude his life , written by a Native of Edenburgh called Gilbert Burnet D. D. sometimes Professor of Div. in the Univ. of Glascow , but then ( 1682 ) Preacher at the Rolls in Chancery-lane , running thus . He was one of the greatest patterns that this age hath afforded , whether in his private deportment as a Christian , or in his publick employments , either at the bar or on the bench . Which character being without doubt true , as most things of him in the said life are , yet I must take leave to tell the reader , that most knowing and observing men had a better esteem of Judg Hale before the said life was published , than after ; as also in some respects , before the publication of Additional notes on the life and death of Sir Matth. Hale . The author of which ( Mr. R. Baxter the learned and most eminent Nonconformist ) takes often occasion to reflect in them (g) on the Church of Englands and its Orthodox Sons . THOMAS FORD was born of a Plebeian Family in Devons , entred a Batler in Magd. Hall in Easter term , an . 1619 aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , entred into Orders and became a very faithful Tutor in his House for several years . But being puritanically educated ( as all in his time of the said House were ) and not able to endure certain passages acted in the University , preached a very factious sermon at S. Maries on 2. Thes . 2.10 , for , which he was banished thence , an . 1631 , as I have at large elsewhere (a) told you . So that retiring into his own Country to get preferment , he was kept back from it , by the endeavours of Archb. Laud , till such time that he should make his peace and recantation for what he had done . At length the small cure of Oundle in Northamptonshire , being bestowed upon him , he continued there , as I conceive , till the grand rebellion began : At which time finding no opposition , he retired to the City of Exeter , and became much resorted to for a time by those of the Presbyterian perswasion . But leaving that place , when garrison'd for his Majesty , he retired to London or near it , became one of the Ass . of Divines , in the room of Mr. Bolls deceased , an . 1644 , and frequently preached up the cause there . Afterwards upon the declining of the Kings interest , he went to Exeter again , was made Minister of S. Laurence Church there , became the prime leader of the faction , took the Engagement , as before he had done the Covenant , and was one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Devon ▪ for the ejection of such whom they then called scandalous , ignorant , and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . After his Majesties restauration he continued in his cure , till silenced for Nonconformity , an . 1662 , so that preaching in private among the brethren , he obtained a livelyhood from them to the time of his death . A certain Doct. of Divinity of his time and perswasion , that knew him well , hath several times told me , that this our author was a man of very great parts and of unbyassed principles , one and the same in all times and changes . He hath written , A treatise tending to prove the lawfulness of singing Psalmes . Lond. 1657 in oct . or tw . 'T is grounded on Ephes . 5.19 . One John Foord hath written Expositio libri Psalmorum . Lond. 1646. qu. Published by Thom. Paget , but whether he was ever of Oxford I cannot tell . The Sinner condemned of himself : Being a plea for God , against all the ungodly , proving them alone guilty of their own destruction , &c. Lond. 1668 in oct . containing 256. pages . He preached once before the Lords of the Long Parliament , at a Fast held 29. Ap. 1646. and once , as it seems , before the Commons 30. July 1645 , and his sermons without doubt were published , but such I have not yet seen , nor a little thing printed in tw . going under the name of Thom. Ford , entit . The Anatomy of the times . This Tho. Ford of Exeter died in the latter end of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and six , and was buried on the 28 day of the same month , in the Church of S. Lawrence before mention'd , near to the bodies of his Wife Bridget and several of his Children that had been there buried before him . I find one Thomas Ford , who entitles himself Philothal . to be author of — Virtus rediviva . A Panegyrick on our late K. Ch. 1. &c. attended with several other pieces from the said pen , viz. ( 1 ) A theatre of Wits : being a collection of Apothegms . ( 2 ) A century of familiar Letters . ( 3 ) Loves Laberynth , a Trag. Comedy . ( 4 ) Fragmenta Poetica : or poetical diversions ; concluding with a Panegyrick on his sacred Majesties return . Lond. 1660. oct . But whether he was ever of Oxon. I cannot yet tell , nor whether he was the same T. Forde who translated into English Lusus fortunae , &c. Lond. 1649. oct . GEORGE DIGBY son and heir of John Digby Earl of Bristow , was born in the City of Madrid in Spain , in the month of Oct. 1612 , made his first entry into Magd. Coll. 15. Aug. 1626 and was then entred a Noble man there : At which time , and so long as he continued there , he was very familiar , and held great correspondence , with Pet. Heylyn Fellow of that House ; by whose directions and conversation he improved himself much in several sorts of learning . In 1636 , just after his Majest . had left Oxon , where he had been splendidly entertained by the members of the University , and by the Archbishop at S. Johns Coll , he was , among other Persons of honor , actually created Master of Arts , being then esteemed a Person of good parts , and in hopes to do the State service . In the beginning of the Long Parliament ( of which he was a member ) he became one of the eminent Darlings of the People , as being a Person discontented ; and therefore was appointed one of the Committee to prepare a charge against the most noble and eminently conspicuous Thomas Earl of Strafford , 11. Nov. 1640 , and appointed one of the managers of the evidence against him . But upon a discovery of the unjust practices against him , he became his Advocate , tho all the advantage he got by it , was that he lost his own esteem , both among the House of Commons , and among the Faction . From that time he became their declared enemy , by being a bold friend of truth and justice , which he shewed in a Speech at the passing of the Bill of Attainder against the said Earl , 21. Apr. 1641 , ordered to be burnt , as I shall tell you anon , and therefore was posted up by some , in the head of those called Straffordians . He was also a friend to the Bishops and their function , when both were called into question about that time , and a zealous enemy to the Covenant : All which do appear in speeches uttered in good language and sweetness . On the 10. of June 1641. he was expell'd the House of Commons , not only for exceptions taken by them for words spoken concerning an oath , which Colonel G. Goring confessed he had taken to be secret to , saying he was a perjur'd Person , but because he was , the day before , made a Baron , and introduced into the upper House the very same 10. of June . In the beginning of January following he went on a message from his Maj. to Kingston upon Thames to certain Gentlemen there ( some say to give Coll. Tho. Lundsford a visit ) in a Coach with 6 horses , and no other equipage with him , save only a servant riding by him , and a Companion in a Coach. But his appearance there being represented to the Parliament as in a warlike manner , and every Coach horse reckoned for a Troop , the House of Commons made a complaint thereof on the 10. of the same month to the House of Lords : Whereupon it being voted that he then took up Arms for his Majesty , he was proclaimed Traitor , banished and made the publick hatred of the Puritans or Presbyterians . But the King soon after leaving the Parliament , because of their desperate proceedings , he drew by degrees many Lords and Commons after him , together with this Lord from beyond the Seas , and therefore he was excepted by the Parliament in a treaty of peace with the King at Oxon , in the latter end of the year 1642. In 1643 he was made one of the Secretaries of State to his Majesty , and high Steward of this University in the place of Will. Lord Say who adher'd to the Parliament , and in the next year he would have been question'd for an Incendiary by the Parliament sitting at Oxon , because of a Mutiny that hapned among the Soldiers of the Garrison there ; but it was dissolved before the members could do any thing in the matter . In the latter end of 1645 , he being then a stirring active man , he went into Ireland , where he did good service for his Majesty , and underwent great hazards of his life , but upon the declining of the Kings cause , he left that place , and on the 24. of Oct. 1648 he was exempted from pardon by the Parliament . Afterwards upon the death of his Father he became Earl of Bristow , and Knight of the Garter , being then in exile beyond the Seas , suffering much by the loss of his Estate . After the Kings return he was restored to what he had lost , and the year after was installed ( with others ) Knight of the said Order , became a frequent Speaker in Parliaments , and an enemy to Clarendon while he was Lord Chancellour . Under his name were printed these things following . Several Speeches as ( 1 ) Speech in Parl. 9. Nov. 1640. concerning grievances and a triennial Parliament . Lond. 1641. qu. Printed in the 1. vol. of John Nalson's Impartial Collection &c. p. 505. ( 2 ) Speech in the H. of Com. to the bill of triennial Parliaments , 19. Jan. 1640. Lond. 1641. qu. Remitted into the third part of Joh. Rushworth's Historical Collections . ( 3 ) Sp. in the H. of Com. concerning Bishops and the City Petition , 9. Feb. 1640. Lond. 1640. in 4. sh . in qu. Remitted into the said 3d. part of Hist . Coll. with other discourses of our author Digby . This Sp. spoken 9. Feb. is called the L. Digby's third speech . ( 4 ) Sp. in the House of Com. to the bill of Attainder of the Earl of Strafford , 21. Apr. 1641. Lond. 1641. in two sh . in qu. Remitted into John Rushworth's Trial of the E. of Strafford , p. 50. and into Joh. Nalson's Impart . Coll. vol. 2. p. 175. On the 13 of July following , it was ordered by the H. of Com. that one part of the said speech should be publickly burnt on Friday after , at 10. of the clock in the morn . by the hands of the common hangman in the Pallace-yard at Westminster , and another part in Cheapside , and the rest , or third part , in Smithfield . All which was accordingly done because the said speech contained matters untrue and scandalous , ( so the predominant party in the House said ) as they had reference to the proceedings of the Committees of the Lords of the House , and that of the Commons , and to the evidence of the Witnesses produced in the cause of Strafford , &c. ( 5 ) His last speech concerning the Earl of Strafford , occasioned upon the reading of the bill of Attainder touching the point of treason , 23. Apr. Lond. 1641 in two sh . and half in qu. This also was burnt . ( 6 ) Sp in the H. of Lords 20. July 1660 upon the bill of Indempnity . Lond. 1660. in one sh . in qu. ( 7 ) Two speeches , with some observations upon them . Lond. 1674. qu. The first was spoken in the H. of Peers at the first reading of the bill against Popery , 15. Mar. 1672 , the King being then present . The other , in the H. of Com. 1. July 1663 in vindication of himself and Sir Rich. Temple . Several Letters , as ( 1 ) Letter to the Queens Majesty , dated at Middleborough in Zealand 21. Jan. 1641 , ( to which place he fled when he was banished ) wherein he intimates that he would willingly wait upon his Majesty from thence , as well as from any place in England , over and above the service which he might do for him there ; and accordingly he returned into England , not to London , ( notwithstanding the vote of the H. of Peers , that if he appeared not in 20 days , he should be proclaimed Traytor ) but to his Majesty at , or near , York . The said Letter was printed in 1642. qu. ( 2 ) Letter to the Qu. Majesty , dated at the Hague 10. Mar. 1642. This also was printed at Lond. 1642. qu. Which Letter , with another from Tho. Eliot Esq . written to the said Lord Digby , dated at York 27. May 1642 , being intercepted by the Rebels , were ordered to be printed by the Parliament . 1. Aug. 1642 , with envious observations written upon them by Anonymus . ( 3 ) Divers Letters , written at Oxon , in Dec. 1643 tending to divide the Parliament at London . They were intercepted by the Rebels , and printed at Lond. 16 of Jan. following , in a pamphlet entit . A cunning plot to divide and destroy the Parliament and the City of Lond. Printed in about 6. sh . in qu. ( 4 ) Divers Letters , written in design to betray Abendon for the Kings use : Printed at Lond. in Feb. 1644. qu. There was an intercourse of Letters for about 10. weeks between our author the Lord Digby and Sergeant Major General Rich. Browne ( afterwards a Baronet and Lord Mayor of Lond. in 1660 ) for the delivery of the Garrison of Abendon in Berks. to the King then at Oxon , but after Browne , in a false manner , had dril'd the said Lord on so long , which he could not in honour do longer , then did he communicate the Letters to the Parliament , and they to a Committee , who caused them to be printed . ( 5 ) Letter in the Kings name to the Irish Commissioners . Lond. 1645. qu. Answered by the Lord Muskerry one of those Commissioners . They were both intercepted by the forces belonging to the Parliament , and printed with this title , Two remarkable letters concerning the Kings correspondence with the Irish Rebels . ( 6 ) Several other Letters &c. These also were intercepted , and with others had this title put to them . The Lord Digby's Cabinet and Dr. ( Steph. ) Goffs negotiations ; together with his Majesties , the Queen and the Lord Jermins and other letters , taken at the battel at Sherborn in Yorks . about the 15 of Oct. last . ( 1645 ) Also observations on the said Letters . Lond. 1646. qu. 'T is a villanous pamphlet and much like the horrid publication of the martyr'd Kings Cabinet by the malicious machination of the Juncto of Rebels . ( 7 ) Two Letters to the Lord Taaff the Rebels General in Munster . Lond. 1647. qu. The first was dated at Kilkenny 20. Aug. and the other at Wexford on the last of the said month , an . 1647. Which Letters being found in the Lord Taaff's Cabinet after a fight in Ireland , were sent to the Parliament in England , who caused them forthwith to be published . I have seen also a letter of the Lord Digby sent to John Lord Roberts , for the surrender of Plymouth to the King , an . 1644 , and others to General Leven for peace , an . 1645 , but whether printed , I know not . Sure I am that those Letters that were taken in his Cabinet at Shirebourne in Dorsetshire , an . 1645 by the Parliament forces , were ordered to be printed in Dec. the same year . Letters between him and Sir Ken. Digby Kt. concerning religion . Lond. 1651. oct . Elvira ; or , the worst not always true ; a Comedy . — Upon the writing of which , he the L. Digby ( and not Sir Kenelm ) was brought into the poem called The session of Poets , made by Sir John Suckling . Excerpta è diversis operibus patrum latinorum . MS. He also translated from French into English The three first books of Cassandra the famed Romance . Printed in oct . At length this eminent Count having lived to the age of 64. years or more , died at Chelsey near London in Middlesex , having been much afflicted with the Gout , on Tuesday the 20. of March in sixteen hundred seventy and six , and was buried in the Church there : whereupon his Garter was given to Sir Thomas Osbourn Earl of Danby , Lord Treasurer of England . JOHN PRICE , or Pricaeus as he writes himself in his books , wherein he shews himself the greatest Critick of his time , was born in London , as one of his contemporaries (b) hath enformed me , elected Student of Ch. Ch. from Westminster School 1617 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , left the University without a degree , or being matriculated , ( otherwise I might have spoken of his Parentage ) and was taken into the retinew of Mr. Howard one of the sons of Tho. Earl of Arundel , he being then a R. Catholick . At length he went beyond the Seas , and settling for a time in a certain University there , took the degree , as t is said , of Doctor of Law , for by that name or title he was written when he borrowed an old MS. copy of L. Apuleius from Archb. Lauds MSS. in Bodlies Library . Afterwards he returned into England , where continuing for some time , he went into Ireland , and was taken into the service of Tho. Earl of Strafford L. Lieutenant of that Realm , and then became acquainted with Dr. Usher the learned and religious Primat thereof . But the said most noble Count being brought into trouble and question'd by the Parliament , in 1640 , he returned into England , and published certain Pamphlets for the Kings cause , but what the titles of them are I could never learn : certain it is ▪ that he for so doing was cast into prison and remained there for some time . Afterwards being enlarged , he went beyond the Seas , and at length into Italy about 1652 , and setling in Florence , was received into the Court of Cosmo the great Duke of Tuscany , who made him Supervisor of his Medals , yet enjoyed little health there and much solitude . Afterwards the said Duke made him Professor of the Greek Language in the University of Pisa , where he was held in great veneration not only for his great sufficiencies in that Tongue , but also in Divinity , for his great knowledge in the Fathers , and in polite and curious learning . His works are , Notae & observationes in Apologiam L. Apulei Madaurensis Philosophi platonici . Par. 1635. qu. To which are added certain fragments of Antiquity , in copper cuts . Matthaeus ex S. Paginâ , sanctis Patribus Graecisque ac Latinis Gentium scriptoribus ex parte illustratus . Par. 1646. oct . Annotationes in epistolam Jacobi . Par. 1646. in a little octav . Acta Apostolorum ex S. pagina , sanctis Patribus Graecisque ac Latinis Gentium scriptoribus illustrata . Par. 1647. in tw . In undecim Apuleianae metamorphoseos , sive Milesiarum libros annotationes uberiores . Goud . 1650. in a large thick oct , with Pricaeus his picture before it , in a cloak . Towards the publishing of this book , he borrowed an ancient copy of it from Archb. Laud's MSS. Index scriptorum qui in Hesychii Graeco vocabulario laudantur confectus , & alphabetico dispositus . This is printed at the end of the former book , viz. In undecim , &c. 'T is also printed at the end of Hesychius's Lexicon , published by Corn. Schrevelius , an . 1668. Commentarii in varios Novi Testamenti libros . Involved in the fifth tome of the Criticks . — Lond. 1660. fol. Among these , his Commentaries are those on Matthew , Acts of the Apostles , and James before mentioned , remitted . Annotationes in Psalmorum librum . Involved in the said 5 tome of Criticks . — Lond. 1660. fol. Epistles to several learned men in Lat. and English . — This great Critick who had a rambling head , left the territory of the Duke of Tuscany , and went to Venice under pretence of putting out Hesychius his Lexicon there ; and afterwards going to Rome , he was received , as I have heard , into the retinew , or at least patronage , of the famous Card. Franc. Barbarini the Protector of the English Nation , lived in his last days in the Covent of S. Augustin in that great City , where dying in sixteen hundred seventy and six , or thereabouts , was buried in the Church or Chappel there . I have sent once or twice for the exact time of his obit , and for a copy of his Epitaph , if there be any over his grave ; but as yet I have received no answer . I shall make mention of another John Price among the Incorporations in the Fasti , under the year 1680 , but he was Doctor of Divinity . GASPER HICKS a Ministers son , was born in Berks. entred a Batler or Com. of Trin. Coll. in Mich. term 1621 , aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and at length became Vicar of Lanerake in Cornwall , where he continued a constant Preacher under the name of a Puritan several years . At length , upon the change of the times , he openly expressed his zeal for the Cause in his Sermons , more than before he had done : but finding that place uneasie to him , when the Royalists were dominant in that County , he retired to the great City , became one of the Ass . of Divines , a frequent Preacher in London , and sometimes a Holder-forth before the Members of the Long Parliament . Afterwards upon the declining of the Kings Cause , he returned again to his Vicaridge , and had something added to it in consideration of his sufferings . In 1654 he was appointed an Assistant to the Commissioners of Cornwall for the ejecting such whom they then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and ever after , ●ll the Act of Conformity came forth , he was esteemed there the chief of the Presbyterian Ministers . He hath ●●blished , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The glory and beauty of Gods portion , Fast-sermon before the H. of Commons 26 June 1644 , on Isay 28.5.6 . Lond. 1644. qu. The Author complaining either in this , or another sermon , that he had been plundred and wanted books , the H. of Commons gave him 30 l. to buy more . ( 2 ) Serm. at the funeral of Will. Strode Esq . a member of the H. of Com. 22 Sept. 1645. on Acts 13.36 . Lond. 1645. qu. ( 3 ) The advantage of afflictions , Fast-serm . before the H. of Lords 28 Jan. 1645 , on Hosea 5.15 . Lond. 1646. qu. and other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . After the Act of Conformity was published , he was turn'd out of Lanerake , lived there , and near it , several years , not without keeping up private meetings , for which he was sometimes brought into trouble : At length giving way to fate in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , was , according to his desire , buried in the porch of the Parish Church of Lanerake before mentioned . At his interrment on the 10 of Apr. the same year , were present very many of the godly Party living near to , and remote from that place . THOMAS CAWTON son of Tho. Cawton a learned and religious Puritan , ( sometimes of Queens Coll. in Cambridge ) was born , as it seems , at Wivenhoe near to Colchester in Essex , his Father being then Parson of that place , educated in Hebrew , Syriake and Arabick tongues at Roterdam in Holland under Mr. Rob. Sheringham , then an Exile for his Loyalty , as Tho. Cawton the Father was for preaching against the murder of K. Ch. 1 , and for being in the same plot with Christop . Love , for the raising of moneys to supply the Army of K. Ch. 1 , when he was about to come into England ( from Scotland ) to gain his right there . Afterwards our Author Tho. Cawton was by his father setled in the University of Utrecht ; whence , after he had spent 3 years in Academical learning , he came into England , and at length to Merton Coll. in Oxon. for the sake , if I mistake not , of Mr. Sam. Clark an eminent Orientalian : where , at his first coming , and after , he was much esteemed , and held in great respect for his admirable knowledge in the oriental tongues . In the beginning of the year 1660 he was admitted Bach. of Arts , at which time was publickly read his Testimonial , dated 18 May 1659 , subscribed by Joh. Leusden the ordinary Professor of the Holy Tongue in Utrecht . Where : in , among other things , I find (c) this of Cawton — Totum vetus Testamentum Hebraicum partim punctatum , partim non punctatum perlegit & explicuit — Regulas Grammaticae & syntaxeos Hebraicae optime perdidiscit . Deinde in lingua Chaldaica Danielis & Paraphrasibus Chaldaicis , in lingua Syriacâ Novi Test . & in lingua Arabica , & commentariis Rabbinorum strenuè sese exercuit . Denique quaestiones philologico-Hebraicas circa Vetus Test . Hebraeum movere solitas , ita perdidiscit , ut summo cum honore duas disputationes philologicas publicè defenderit , priorem de versione Syriaca veteris & Novi Test , posteriorem vero , de usu linguae Hebraicae in philosophia Theoretica , illius fuit Respondens , hujus vero author & Respondens . Certe in disputatione hac componenda & in ejusdem strenua defensione , ingenium & eruditionem suam omnibus palam fecit , &c. Afterwards our Author Cawton continuing for some time in Mert. Coll. was at length , upon the resetling of the English Liturgy in the University , called thence , and afterwards setling within the City of Westminster , lived a Nonconformist and kept religious meetings in private to his last . His works , besides the former , are these . Dissertatio de usu linguae Hebraicae , in Philosophia theoretica . Printed at Utrecht . And wrot also the life of his Father intit . The life and death of that holy and rev . man of God Mr. Tho. Cawton sometimes Minister of the Gospel at S. Barthelmews behind the Royal Exchange , and lately Preacher to the English Congregation of Rotterdam in Holland , &c. Lond. 1662. oct . The Life tho it seem● to be written by another person , yet the son was the Author ; who caused to be added to it his fathers sermon intit . Gods rule for a godly life , &c. preached before the Lord Mayor and his brethren the Aldermen of London at Mercers Chappel 25 of Feb. 1648 , on Philip. 1.27 . Lond. 1662 ; being the Sermon for which the Author was committed Prisoner to the Gatehouse in Westminster . Balaam's wish : or , the vanity of desiring without endeavouring to obtain the death of the upright . Lond. 1670. 75. oct . 't is a Sermon . He died on the tenth day of Apr. in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , aged 40 years or thereabouts , and was buried in the new Church in Tuttle street within the City of Westminster ; at which time Mr. Hen. Hurst his friend and sometimes Fellow collegian , spoke before a large Auditory a Funeral discourse : in the latter end of which are many things deservedly said of the Defunct ; which being made publick , I refer the Reader to it . RICHARD HOLLAND was born within the City of Lincoln , and for a time educated in this University , but took no degree . Afterwards he taught the grounds of Geography and Mathematicks among the young scholars for about 50 years , grew wealthy , and being always sedulous in his employment , several afterwards became eminent by his instruction . He wrot for their use , Globe notes . Oxon. 1678. oct . sec . edit . Notes how to get the angle of the parallax , or a Comet . Oxon. 1668. oct . He died on the first day of May in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , aged 81 years , and was buried very deep behind the south door of the Parish Church of S. Peter in the East within the City of Oxon. His employment in instructing young scholars , was afterwards taken up by Joh. Caswell M. A. of Wad . Coll. afterwards Vice-principal of Hart Hall. Besides this Rich. Holland , is another of both his names , M. of A. and Rector of S. George's Church in Stanford in Lincolnshire , Author of one or more sermons . BRUNO RYVES kinsman to Dr. Tho. Ryves mentioned under the year 1651. p. 83. was born in Dorsetshire , made one of the Clerks of New Coll. in 1610 , where continuing till he was Bach. of Arts , became one of the Chaplains of Magd. Coll. 1616. Soon after he proceeded in Arts , became a most noted and florid Preacher , Vicar of Stanwell in Middlesex , Rector of St. Martins de le Vintry in London , Chaplain to his Maj. Ch. 1. and in 1639 proceeded Doct. of Div. But the Rebellion breaking out soon after , he was sequestred of his Rectory by the Presbyterians , plunder'd and forced to fly ; and at length losing his Vicaridge , he shifted from place to place , and by the favour of his Majesty had the Deanery of Chichester and the Mastership of the Hospital there , conferr'd upon him , tho little or no profit accrued thence till after the restauration of K. Ch. 2. About which time being sworn Chaplain in ord . to him , had the Deanery of Windsore confer'd on him , in which he was installed 3 Sept. 1660 , and so consequently was Dean of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire . Afterwards he became Rector of Acton in Middlesex , was sworn Scribe of the most noble order of the Garter , 14 Jan. 1660 , and about that time was made Rector of Haseley near to , and in the County of , Oxford ; which , I think , is annexed to his Deanery , as the Deanery of Wolverhampton is , but all separated by Mr. Baxter (*) thereby to make him a great Pluralist , without any consideration had to his great sufferings occasion'd by the Presbyterians . He hath written , Mercurius Rusticus : or , the Countries complaint , recounting the sad events of this unparralel'd Warr. — Which Mercuries , in number at least 19 , commencing from 22 Aug. 1642 , came out in one sheet , sometimes in two , in qu. Merc. Rustic . The second part , in number 5 , giving an account of Sacriledges in , and upon , several Cathedrals . — After the Warr was ended , all these Mercuries were pr. an . 1646 and 47. in oct . and had to them added ( 1 ) A general bill of mortality of the Clergy of London , &c. Or , a brief martyrologie and catalogue of the learned , grave , religious , painful Ministers of the City of Lond. who have been imprison'd , plundered , &c. for their constancy to the Protestant Religion and their Loyalty , from 1641 to 1647 , about which time it came out by it self in one sheet only , pr. on one side . ( 2 ) Querela Cantabrigiensis : or , a Remonstrance by way of Apology for the banished members of the flourishing University of Cambridge . Written by a member thereof . ( 3 ) Micro-Chronicon : or , a brief Chronologie of the time and place of the Battles , Sieges , Conflicts , and other remarkable passages , which have hapned betwixt his Majesty and the Parliament , from the beginning of the unhappy dissentions to the 25 of Mar. 1647. Which Micro-Chron . I take to be written by our Author Ryves , and to have been partly collected by him from Englands Iliads in a Nu●-shell , written by George Wharton . ( 4 ) A Catalogue of the names of all , or most part of , the Lords , Knights , Commanders and Persons of Quality slain , or executed by law martial , on both sides , from the beginning of this unnatural War , to the 25 of Mar. 1647. This also I take to be collected by Ryves . The Reader may be pleased now to take notice , that that edition of Merc. Rusticus which came out in 1647 , had more in it than that of 1646. However Rich. Royston the Bookseller being minded to make another edition , he followed only that which came out in 1646. so that the third edit . which he made in 1685 hath less in it than that of 1647. Dr. Ryves hath also written and published Several sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. on 1 Tim. 6.10 . — Pr. in qu. 1652. ( 2 ) Fun. Serm. on 2 Tim. 4.7 . — Pr. 1656. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. before the H. of Commons , 15 Jan. 1661. — Whether printed I know not as yet , for I have not seen it . He died at Windsore on the 13 day of July in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was buried in the Alley or Isle joyning on the south side to his Majesty's Chappel of S. George there . Over his grave is this inscription engraven on a marble table fastned to the south Wall. Brunus Ryves S. Theologiae Professor , Reg. majestati à sacris , liberarum Windsorensis & Wolverhamptonensis capellarum , à restitutione sereniss . Caroli 2. Regis Decanus primus ; nobilissimi ordinis à Periscelide Scriba , Fide in rebus Regis promovendis . Zelo in rebus Ecclesiae promovendis . Affectu in rebus Regni promovendis . Toto nuperae rebellionis tempore nemini secundus , celeberrimis hujus seculi concionatoribus , à primo juventutis flore ad extremam usque senectam annumeratus , hic sepultus jacet , beatam expectans resurrectionem . Obiit Julii 13. an . dom . 1677. aetatis suae 81. Some are pleased to say that this Dr. Ryves hath written An exposition on the Church Catechisme , printed in qu. but mistaken , as I conceive , because it seems to have been written by one Edm. Reeves . Quaere . WILLIAM BERKLEY a Knights son , was born of an ancient and honorable family near to , and in the Diocess of , London , elected probationer Fellow of Merton Coll. in 1625 , and four years after was admitted Master of Arts. In 1630 he travelled into various Countries , and at his return he was much valued for his experience and knowledge in many matters . In 1646 he was sent to Virginia about publick concerns , and in 1660 when Colonel Mathews the then Governour of that Country died , this our Author being then a Knight , was ( in consideration of the service he had done there in defending the people thereof from being kill'd by the Natives , and destroying the great number of the Indians without the loss of three men of his own ) made Governour thereof by the unanimous Votes of all that Country , and there continued in that honorable Office till 1676 , in which year he was sent for into England , where he soon finished his course . He hath written , The lost Lady , a Trag. Com. Lond. 1639. fol. Description of Virginia — Printed in fol. and said in the title to be performed by an eye-witness . The Laws of Virginia now in force , collected out of the Assembly records , and digested into one vol. Revised and confirmed by the grand Assembly , 23 Mar. 1661. &c. Lond. 1662. fol. Published by Franc. Moryson , and by him dedicated to Sir Will. Berkley , in whose Epistle 't is said that Sir William was Author of the most and best of the said Laws , and that little addition had been made to what he himself had done during the time of his Government , only what vitious excrescencies had grown in the body of them , by the corrupt humour of the times . This Sir Will. Berkley was buried in the middle Chancel of the Par. Church of Twittenham or Twickenham near Hampton Court in Middlesex on the 13 of July in sixteen hundred seventy and seven . Afterwards a Vault being made for the Lord J. Berkley in the south Chancel of the said Church , Sir William's body was removed to it , and there deposited 4 Septemb. 1678. TIMOTHY WOODROFFE son of Rich. Woodr . sometimes Vicar of Sherton , and afterwards Rector of Garsdon near Malmsbury in Wilts , was born in that County , ( at Sherston as it seems ) educated in Grammar learning at Malmsbury under Rob. Latymer , who taught school there 40 years , and was Master to Tho. Hobbes the famous Philosopher . In 1610 , T. Woodr . being then 16 years of age , he was sent to Balliol Coll. in Lent term , and ●hen matriculated as a Ministers son . After he had taken the degrees in Arts he translated himself to S. Albans Hall , and as a member thereof he was admitted and proceeded Master of that faculty . About that time he entred into holy orders , and became Chaplain in the family of the St. Johns of Lidyard St. Johns in his own Country , but before he had continued long there , he , by the favour of Dr. Williams B. of Linc. and L. Keeper of the Great Seal of England , was prefer'd to the Vicaridge of Inglesham near Highworth in Wilts , which being about 14 , or more , miles from Oxon , gave him the opportunity of spending much of his time in Ball. College , where he set up a Divinity Lecture , and himself read it for several years , he being then Bach. of Divinity . In the beginning of the Civil War he suffered much by both Armies , and was plundered of a very good library : whereupon he left his Living and removed to London , and thence , without his seeking , he was invited to Great Dunmow in Essex , where he was recieved as an Angel , and became a frequent Preacher . Not long after he was invited by Sir Rob. Harley Knight of the Bath to be one of the Preachers in the Minster or Cath. at Hereford ; from whence by his favour he was again , in the year 1649 , removed to the Parsonage of Kingsland in the same County ; where after many years painful preaching and much good done in the Neighbourhood by the practice of Physick ( wherein he always gave his advice and remedies gratis ) he finished his course . He hath written and published , Heavens Alarum &c. Serm. on Hosea 4.3.4 . Lond. in tw . A religious Treatise upon Simeons song : or instructions advertising how to live holily and dye happily . Lond. 1659. oct . Built on Luke 2.29.30 . and composed for the use of Sir Rob. Harley before mentioned , when weakness and old age confin'd him to his chamber . Before this book is a commendatory Epistle subscribed by Joh. Row and S. Wood , who stile the said book a sound and savoury discourse , and such that wanteth not a pleasant quickness to hold on the Readers appetite , &c. He died in the month of August in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was buried in the Church of Kingsland before mentioned . Among several Children that he left behind him at the time of his death , were Tim. Woodroffe sometimes of Magd. Coll , now a Physitian at S. Albans in Hertfordshire , and Benj. Woodr . D. of D. and Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. JOHN WAGSTAFFE son of John Wags . Citizen of London , descended from those of his name of Hasland Hall in Derbyshire , was born in Cheapside within the City of London , became a Commoner of Oriel Coll. in the latter end of 1649 , took the degrees in Arts , and applied himself to the study of Politicks and other learning . At length being call'd from an academical life to the inheritance of Hasland by the death of an Uncle , who died without male-issue , he spent his life afterwards in a single estate . But before he left Oxon he wrot and published , Historical reflections on the Bishop of Rome , chiefly discovering those events of humane affairs which most advance the Papal Usurpation . Oxon. 1660. qu. This book , tho much commended at its first appearance , yet the author was laughed at , because that he , being a little crooked man , and of a despicable presence , should adventure to encounter with so great person as the Pope . After he had left the University he wrot and published , The question of Witchcraft debated : or , a discourse against their opinion that affirm Witches . Lond. 1669. oct . To which is added Lucians dialogue , called Lovers of lyes , translated by another hand . But an answer coming out against the said book , intit . The opinion of Witchcraft vindicated , Lond. 1670. oct , written by R.T. and reflections made on it by Dr. Casaubon in his book of Credulity and Incredulity , our Author Wagstaffe came out with a second edition , and additions therein . — Lond. 1671. oct . For the writing of which book he was also laughed at by wags of this University , because , as they said , he himself look'd like a little Wizard . It was also frequently reported , that he was Author of a libellous Pamphlet intit . Sundry things from several hands concerning the University of Oxford , viz. ( 1 ) A petition from some well affected therein . ( 2 ) A model for a Colledge reformation . ( 3 ) Queries concerning the said University , and several persons therein . Lond. 1659 , in one sheet and half in qu. But I think to the contrary , that he was not the Author , but rather one of the Students of Ch. Ch. that sedulously endeavoured to lay it at the door of Wagstaffe , who dying in his Lodgings opposite to the end of Chancery-lane in Holbourn on the second day of Septemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , aged 44 or thereabouts , was buried in Guildhall Chappel within the City of London , under the Seats on the left hand , as you enter into that Chappel . This person died in a manner distracted , occasion'd by a deep conceit of his own parts , and by a continual bibbing of strong and high tasted Liquors . WILLIAM SQUIRE or Esquire , whose Father was a Proctor in the Archbishops Court at York , was born in Yorkshire , entred a Student in Trin. Hall in Cambridge , an . 1647 , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in that University , 1650. went thence to Oxon for preferment , and entring himself a Batler in Brasn . Coll. was incorporated in this University in the same degree in 1652. Soon after obtaining a Chaplainship in All 's . Coll , and taking the degree of Master of Arts , he was elected Fellow of Univ. Coll , where continuing for some time after his Majesties Restauration , was by the favour of Dr. Sheldon B. of London promoted to the Rectory of Raulaston or Rolleston in Derbyshire near Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire . Afterwards , being sensible of the increase of Popery in the Nation , he published these two books . The unreasonableness of the Romanists , requiring our Communion with the present Romish Church : or , a discourse drawne from the perplexity and uncertainty of the Principles , and from the contradictions betwixt the Prayers and Doctrine of the present Romish Church , to prove that it is unreasonable to require us to joyne in Communion with it . Lond. 1672. oct . Some more considerations , proving the unreasonableness of the Romanists , in requiring us to return to the Communion of the present Romish Church . Lond. 1674. in oct . He died at Raulaston before mentioned , in the beginning of September , in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was buried in the chancel of the Church there , under a black marble stone , which had been laid over the grave of one of his Predecessors , on the fourth day of the same month . In his Rectory succeeded Tho. Wickham Mast . of Arts of Trin. Coll. in Oxon. JAMES HARRINGTON Esq . was born at Upton in Northamptonshire , on the first Friday in January , an . 1611 , became Gent. Commoner of Trin. Coll. in 1629 , left it before he took a degree , travelled into France , Germany and Italy , learned the Languages of those Countries , returned an accomplish'd Gentleman , and afterwards for some years waited upon the Prince Elector Palatine in his Chamber . In the beginning of the Civil War 1642 he sided with the Presbyterians , and endeavoured to get into the H. of Commons to sit as a member there , but could not . In January 1646 he went as a Volunteire with the Commissioners appointed by Parliament to go to the King at Newcastle to treat for a Peace and Settlement , and bring him nearer to London . In the month of May 1647 , he , with Thom. Herbert , were admitted Grooms of the Bed-chamber to the said King then at Holdenbie in Northamptonshire , upon the dismissing first of some of his old Servants , and secondly upon the desire of the Commissioners , they being ordered so to do by the Parliament . His Majesty , it seems , had taken notice that those two persons had followed the Court since his coming from Newcastle : and being satisfied with the report he had received concerning them , as to their sobriety and good education , was willing to receive them into his service to wait upon his person in his Bed-chamber with Mr. Jam. Maxwell and Mr. Patrick Maule ( afterwards Earl of Penmaure in Scotland ) who were then the only persons of the Bed-chamber that were remaining . While our Author Harrington was in this capacity , his Maj. loved his company , and did choose rather ( finding him to be an ingenious man ) to discourse with him , than with others of the chamber . They had often discourses concerning Government , but when they hapned to talk of a Commonwealth , the K. seemed not to endure it . At that time it was that Harrington finding his Maj. quite another person , as to his parts , religion , morals , &c. than what were represented by the faction , who gained their ends by lyes and scandals , he became passionately affected with , and took all occasions to vindicate him in what company soever he hapned to be ; but then again it being sometimes imprudently done , he did suffer for it in those captious times , as by this story 't will appear . His Majesty being hurried away from Holdenby to the Head-quarters of the Army , and from thence conveyed by slow paces to Hampton Court , and thence jugled into the Isle of Wight , ( where he treated with the Commissioners of Parliament for peace ) and from Newport there , hurried away by Lieut. Coll. Ralph Cobbet to Hurst Castle in Hampshire , on the last of Nov. 1648 , it hapned that Harrington , who was then with his Maj. as one of the Grooms of the Chamber , did one morning fall into discourse with the Governour of that Castle and some other Officers of the Parl. Army , concerning the late Treaty at Newport , wherein he magnified the Kings wisdom in his arguments with the Commissioners upon the propositions for Peace and Satisfaction the Parliament had in his concessions , and probability in a happy event , if this force in removing him to Hurst Castle had not interven'd and made an unhappy fracture , ( which created parties ) enlarging also upon his Majesties learned disputes with Mr. Rich. Vines and other Presbyterian Divines , with such moderation as gained applause from all those that heard him argue . Which discourse , how inoffensive soever and without exception at any other time or place , truth is not at all times seasonable nor safe to be spoken , as by our Authors example was evidenced . For those captious persons with whom he held discourse being full of jealousie , and apt to wrest his words to the worst sense , they withdrew a little , and at their return they told him plainly they were dissatisfied with what he had said . He desired them to instance wherein , they replied in all particulars : which , when he began to repeat for his own satisfaction and their better understanding , they interrupted him , and told him in plain terms they could not suffer his attendance (*) any longer about the King. With which proceedings and dismiss , without acquainting him with the occasion , 't was ill resented by the King , who had Harrington in good esteem , looking upon him as a Gentleman qualified with special parts , and having found him trusty , his service was the more acceptable , yet blamed him nevertheless for not being more wary amongst men that were at such a time full of jealousies , and very little obliging to his Majesty . Being thus dismist , and Herbert only left to attend the K. in his chamber , I think he was never admitted again when the King was afterwards conveyed to Windsore , and so to St. James's . However he was with him on the Scaffold when he suffered death , where , or else a little before , he received a pledge of his Majesties affection . From that time always , even when Oliver raigned , he would speak of the said King with the greatest zeal and passion imaginable , and would often say to his Companions , that his death gave him so great grief , that he contracted a disease by it , and that never any thing went more near to him than the death of that most wise and pious Prince . Before I go any farther with Harrington , I will here make a little digression concerning the condition then of his Majesty . Herbert was only then left to wait upon the K. in his Bed-chamber , ( for the other two were before dismist ) who , tho sickly and in an aguish condition , yet he held out by his careful observing his Majesty's instructions : without which , as the times then were , it had been impossible for him to have kept his station . To this deplorable condition his Maj. being thus reduced , he could not choose but have some melancholy apprehensions , as indeed he had , for accordingly about midnight , there was an unusual noise in the said Hurst Castle , that awakened him out of his sleep , and was in some marvel to hear the Draw-bridg let down at that unseasonable hour , and some Horsemen enter , who being alighted , the rest of the night was in a deep silence . The King being desirous to know the matter , he rung his silver bell long before break of day ; ( which , with both his watches , he usually laid upon a stool near the wax Lamp that was set near them in a large silver bason ) upon which call , Herbert opened the Bed chamber door to know his Maj. pleasure . The K. told him he would rise ; and as he was making ready , he ask'd him if he heard the noise that was made about midnight . Herbert answer'd he did , as also the falling of the Draw-bridg , but he being shut up in the back-stair room next to the Bed chamber , and the door by the Governours order being bolted without , he neither could nor would without his Maj. order adventure out at such a time of night . The K. then bid him go and learn what the matter was , which he did accordingly , and knocking at the back-stair door , the Soldiers unbolted it without ; so that entring into the next room he happily found Capt. ( Joh. ) Reynolds there alone by a fire , and after some discourse , he enquired of him who they were that came so very late into the Castle last night , and their errand . The Captain in a joking way bad him be wary in carrying news to the K. for he was among supercilious superintendants , and his Comrade was served for an example . Herbert thanked him for his friendly caution , and at length got out of him who the Commander was that came so late into the Castle , but would not discover what his business was . Whereupon he returned to his Majesty , and told him it was Major Tho. Harrison that came so late into the Castle ; Are you sure it was Major Harrison , said the King ? May it please your Majesty ( said Herbert ) Captain Reynolds told me so : the K. then making a little pause , said , then I believe it , but did you see Major Harrison ? No , Sir , said Herb. Then the K. said , Would not Capt. Reynolds tell you what the Major's business is ? Herbert then replied , that he did what he could to be informed , but all that he could then learn from the Captain was , that the occasion of Harrisons coming would be known suddenly . The King said no more , but bad him attend in the next room , and forthwith his Maj. went to his prayers . In less than an hour the K. opened the Bed-chamber door and beckoned to Herbert to come in and make him ready . Herbert was in some consternation to see his Maj. so much discomposed , and wept : which the K. observing , asked him the meaning of it ; Herbert replied , because I perceive your Maj. so much concerned at the news I brought : said the K. thereupon , I am not afraid , but do you not know that this is the man ( Harrison ) who intendeth to assasianate me , as by letter I was informed during the late Treaty ? To my knowledge I never saw the Major , tho I have often heard of him , nor ever did him injury . The Commissioners indeed hearing of it , represented it from Newport to the House of Lords : what satisfaction he gave them I cannot tell ; this I can , that I trust in God who is my helper , I would not be surprised , but this is a place fit for such a purpose . Herbert , I trust to your care , go again and make farther enquiry into this business . Immediately after Herbert went out , and finding an opportunity to speak in private with Capt. Reynolds ( who being a Gent. well educated and at all essays ready to express civility towards the King , with whom he most times walked upon a long narrow passage of stony ground joyning to the Castle , and was always courteous to his servants ) he told him that the Major's business was to remove the King thenee to Windsore Castle , within three days at farthest . Herbert believing the King would be well pleased with the exchange , by leaving the worst , to enjoy the best , Castle in England , returned to his Majesty with a mirthful countenance , little imagining ( God knows ) the sad consequence ; but as soon as the King heard Windsore named he seemed to rejoyce at it . The Major tarried two nights at Hurst Castle , and when it was dark ( having given orders for the Kings removal ) he departed to the place from whence he came , and what passed between the King and him in his Majesties going from Hurst Castle to Windsore you shall have an account hereafter . Now let 's return to our Author Harrington , who when he thought that after the death of his Master , Monarchy would never be restor'd , he followed his own genie , which chiefly laid towards the Politicks and Democratical Government . He made several Essays in Poetry , as in writing of Love verses and translating of Virgils Eclogues , but his muse was rough , and Harry Nevill an ingenious and well-bred Gentleman , and a good ( but conceited ) Poet being his familiar and confident friend , disswaded him from tampring with Poetry , and to apply himself to the improvement of his proper talent , viz. Politicks and political reflections . Whereupon he wrot The Commonwealth of Oceana , and caused it to be printed without his name by stealth at London . At the appearance of which , it was greedily bought up , and coming into the hands of Hobbes of Malmsbury , he , would often say that H. Nevill had a finger in that pye ; and those that knew them both were of the same opinion : And by that book and both their smart discourses and inculcations daily in Coffee houses , they obtained many Proselytes . In 1659 , in the beginning of Mich. term , they had every night a meeting at the then Turks head in the New Pallace yard at Westm . ( the next house to the stairs where people take water ) called Miles Coffee house , to which place their disciples and Vertuosi would commonly then repair : and their discourses about Government and of ordering of a Commonwealth , were the most ingenious and smart that ever were heard , for the arguments in the Parl. house were but flat to those . This Gang had a Balloting-box and balloted how things should be carried , by way of Tentamens ; which being not used or known , in England before upon this account , the room every evening was very full . Besides our Author and H. Nevill , who were the prime men of this Club , were Cyriack Skinner a Merchants son of London , an ingenious young Gentleman and scholar to Jo. Milton , which Skinner sometimes held the Chair ; Major John Wildman , Charles Wolseley of Staffordshire , Rog. Coke , Will. Poultney , ( afterwards a Knight ) who sometimes held the Chair , Joh. Hoskyns , Joh. Aubrey , Maximilian Pettie of Tetsworth in Oxfordsh . a very able man in these matters , and who had more than once turn'd the Council●board of Oliver Cromwell , Mich. Mallet , Ph. Carteret of the Isle of Guernsey , Franc. Cradeck a Merchant , Hen. Ford , Major .... Venner Nephew to Dr. Tob. Venner the Physitian , Tho. Marryot of Warwickshire , Hen. Croone a Physitian , Edw. Bagshaw of Ch. Ch. and sometimes Rob. Wood of Linc. Coll. and Jam. Arderne , then , or soon after , a Divine , with many others besides Antagonists and Auditors of note , whom I cannot now name . Dr. Will. Petty was a Rotaman and would sometimes trouble Ja. Harrington in his Club , and one ... Stafford a Gent. of Northamptonshire , who used to be an Auditor , did with his Gang come among them one evening very mellow from the Tavern and did much affront the Junto , and tore in pieces their Orders and Minutes . The Soldiers who commonly were there , as Auditors and Spectators , would have kick'd them down stairs , but Harrington's moderation and perswasion hindred them . The doctrine was very taking , and the more because as to humane foresight there was no possibility of the Kings return . The greatest of the Parliament men hated this design of Rotation and Balloting , as being against their power . Eight or ten were for it , of which number Hen. Nevill was one , who proposed it to the House , and made it out to the Members thereof that except they embraced that way of Government they would be ruined . The modell of it was , that the third part of the Senate or House should rote out by Ballot every year , so that every ninth year the said Senate would be wholly alter●d . No Magistrate was to continue above 3 years , and all to be chosen by Ballot ; then which choice nothing could be invented more fair and impartial , as 't was then thought , tho opposed by many for several reasons . This Club of Commonwealths men lasted till about the 21 of Feb. 1659 ; at which time the secluded members being restored by Gen. George Monke , all their models vanished . After the Kings restauration our Author Harrington retired and lived in private , but being looked upon as a dangerous person , he , with Maj. Joh. Wildman , and Prais-god Barbon a notorious Schismatick , were committed Prisoners to the Tower of London 26 Nov. 1661 , where continuing for some time , Harrington was transmitted to Portsey Castle and kept there for several months . Afterwards being set at liberty , he travelled into Italy , where talking of Models , Common-wealths and Government , he was reputed no better than a whimsical or crack'd-brain'd person . 'T is true that his close restraint , which did not agree with his high spirit and hot and rambling head , was the protractick cause of his deliration or madness ; I do not mean outragiousness , for he would discourse rationally enough and be facetious in company , but a deep conceit and fancy that his perspiration turned into flies and sometimes into bees . Which fancy possess'd him a whole year before he died , his memory and discourse being then taken away by a disease . So that he , who had been before a brisk and lively Chevalier , was then made a sad sample of Mortality to H. Nevill ( who did not leave him to his last ) and others of his intimate acquaintance , who much lamented his loss . He hath written and published these things following . The Commonwealth of Oceana . Lond. 1656. in a thin fol. dedicated to Oliver Lord Protector , and the model therein admired by a noted author H. Stubbe (a) who was ready to cry out , as if it were the Pattern in the mount . In the praise whereof , he saith , he would enlarge , did he not think himself too inconsiderable to add any thing to those applauds , which the understanding part of the world must bestow upon him , and which , though eloquence should turn Panegyrist , he not only merits but transcends . Yet the said authors mind being soon after changed , he wrot Animadversions on Oceana as erroneous . The said Oceana was answer'd by Matthew Wrenn son of Matthew B. of Ely in his Considerations , as I shall elsewhere tell you . Afterwards our Author came out with a reply , wherein he reflects on the Club of Virtuosi which use to meet in Dr. Jo. Wilkins his lodgings in Wadham Coll. to make experiments , and communicate their observations in order to carry on a discovery of nature , in these words , that the University wits or good company are good at two things , a diminishing of a Commonwealth and the multiplying of a Lowse . — He also in several places insinuates as if the Considerations of the Commonwealth of Oceana were not wrot by Mr. Wrenn , but composed by the University , or at least by some eminent persons in it , which is false . Soon after Wrenn wrot a Rejoynder to Harrington's Reply , intit . Monarchy asserted &c. and afterwards our Author with Politicaster , as I shall anon tell you . Mr. Rich. Baxter also wrot something against the said Oceana and Sir Hen. Vane's Modell : in answer to which Harrington wrot a paper of Gibberish as Baxter calls it , scorning at his ignorance in Politicks . Whereupon he the said Baxter wrot his Political Aphorismes , called A holy Commonwealth (b) pleading in the beginning for the divine universal Soveraignty and next for Monarchy as under God , and next seeing they were all for new modelling ) how piety might be secured and promoted by Monarchy . This Holy Commonwealth ( said to be written upon the invitation of our Author Harrington , to which is annexed a treatise of the late Wars to satisfie Sir Franc. Nethersole by what reasons he was moved to engage himself in the Parliaments War ) contains very many most pernicious Principles and dangerous Tenets , and therefore were afterwards retracted by the Author , as having been unseasonably printed . Many Principles are taken out thence by many of his Adversaries , and thrown in his dish and objected against him : And in 1683 , Jul. 21 , the book was publickly burnt in the School-Quadrangle at Oxon by a decree then passed in the Convocation-house , as containing several matters therein destructive to the sacred persons of Princes , their State and Government , and of all humane society . Our Author Harrington hath also written these things following . The use and manner of the Ballot — Pr. on one side of a sheet of paper . In the middle of which is a fair cut representing the Session of Magistrates belonging to a Commonwealth . The prerogative of popular Government . A political discourse in two books , the former containing the first preliminary of Oceana , enlarged , interpreted and vindicated from all such mistakes or slanders as have been alledged against , under the notion of Objections . The second concerning Ordination , against Dr. Hen. Hammond , Dr. Lazarus Seaman , and the Authors they follow . Lond 1658. qu. The said Lazarus Seaman had been one of the Ass . of Divines , was Master of Peterhouse in Cambridge , and Minister of Allhallowes Breadstreet in London . Which two last places he lost after his Majesties return , lived afterwards a Nonconformist , mostly in Warwick-Court near Warwick-Lane in London , where he died about the 9 of Sept. 1675 , much lamented by the Brethren in regard he was a learned man. He hath two or more Sermons extant preached before the Long Parliament , and A vindication of the judgment of the reformed Churches concerning Ordination and laying on of hands , &c. Lond. 1647. qu. and other things . Aphorismes political . Lond. 1659. sec . edit . in two sh . and an half . They are in number 120. Politicaster : or , a comical discourse in answer to Mr. Wrenns book intit . Monarchy asserted , against Mr. Harringtons Oceana . Lond. 1659. Brief direction shewing how a fit and perfect model of popular Government may be made , found , or understood . Lond. 1659. in two parts . The first contains 10 models ; the second part proposeth a model of a Commonwealth fitted unto the present state of this nation , under five propositions or heads . Printed in 3 sh . and a half . The Art of Law-giving . Lond. 1659 in a little oct . Pour Enclouer le canon . Ibid. 1659. in one sh . in qu. Discourse upon this saying : The Spirit of the nation is not yet to be trusted with liberty , lest it introduce monarchy , or invade the libertie of Conscience . Ibid. 1659. in two sh . in qu. A proposition in order to the proposing of a Common-wealth or Democracie — Pr. on one side of a sh . of paper . Discourse shewing that the spirit of Parliaments , with a Councill in the intervals , is not be trusted for a settlement , lest it introduce monarchy and persecution for conscience . Lond. 1659 in one sh . and an half . At the end are Certain maxims calculated unto the present state of England , by the same hand . A parallel of the Spirit of the people with the Spirit of Mr. Rogers . And an appeal thereupon unto the reader , whether the Spirit of the people , or the Spirit of men like Mr. Rogers , be the fitter to be trusted with the Government . Lond. 1659 in one sh . in qu. Of this Mr. Rogers who was a noted Anabaptist of his time , I shall speak more at large in the conclusion of our author Harrington . Valerius and Publicola : or , the true forme of a popular Commonwealth extracted è puris naturalibus . Lond. 1659. in 5. sh . in qu. written by way of dialogue . At the end of which is A sufficient answer to Mr. Stubbe his Letter to an officer concerning a select Senate . These last seven things , with his Aphorismes Politicall , I have seen bound all together , with this general title put to them . Political discourses : tending to the introduction of a free and equal Commonwealth in England . Lond. 1660. qu. Before which is the authors picture , which shews him to be an handsome man , and of a delicate curl'd head of hair . Letters between him and Dr. Pet. Heylyn containing a decertation about forms of Government , the power of the Spartan Ephori and the Jewish Sanhedrim . Lond. 1659 in oct . These letters are printed in the third part of The Letter Combate , published by the said Dr. Heylyn . The Rota : or , a model of a free state , or Equal Commonwealth : once proposed and debated in brief , and to be again more at large proposed to , and debated by , a free and open Societie of ingenious Gentlemen . Lond. 1660 in 4. sh . in qu. Published in the beginning of Feb. 1659. About which time John Milton published a Pamphlet called The readie and easie way to Establish a Free Commonwealth . Lond. 1659 / 60 in two sh . and an half . In answer to which came out a waggish censure , pretended to be made by the Rota , Printed in two sh . in the latter end of March 1660. And a little before , was a sh . in qu. printed , intit . Decrees and Orders of the Committee of Safety , of the Commonwealth of Oceana , purposely to make the Junto of the Commonwealths men ridiculous , it being then newly dispers'd upon Monks restitution of the Secluded Members of Parliament . The Stumbling-block of disobedience cunningly imputed by P. H. unto Calvin , removed in a Letter to the said P. H. ( Pet. Heylyn ) — This Letter which hath J.H. set to it , was printed in two sheets in qu. about 1659. The wayes and meanes whereby an equall and lasting Commonwealth may be suddenly introduced and perfectly founded , &c. Lond. 1660. in one sh . in qu. published in the beginning of Feb. 1659. He also translated from Lat. into English , two of Virgils Eclogues and Aeneis , which he thus entituled . An Essay upon two of Virgils Eclogues , and two of his Aeneis towards the translation of the whole . Lond 1657. 58. oct ; and in 1659 was printed in 8o. his translation of the third , fourth , fifth and sixth books of the said Virgil's Aeneis . This eminent author died within the City of Westminster in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of S. Margarets Church there , next to the grave of Sir Walt. Raleigh , under the south side of the Altar where the Priest stands . Over his grave was this inscription soon after put . Hic jacet Jacobus Harrington Armiger , filius maximus natu Sapcoti Harrington de Rand in Com. Linc. Equitis Aurati , & Janae ( uxoris ejus ) filiae Gulielmi Samuel de Upton in Com. Northampton . Militis , qui obiit Septimo die Septembris aetatis suae sexagessimo sexto , an Dom 1677. Nec Virtutes nec animi dotes ( Arrha licet aeterni in animam amoris dei ) coruptione eximere queant corpus , &c. The said Sir Sapcote Harrington was younger brother to Sir Jam. Harrington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire Baronet , sons of Sir Edw. Harrington Baronet , ( by his wife , daughter and heir of Rob. Sapcote of Elton in Huntingdonshire , Esq ) younger brother to John Lord Harrington , sons of Sir Jam. Harrington Kt. ( by Lucie his wife daughter of Sir Will. Sydney Kt. ) son of Sir Jo. Harrington Knight , who was Treasurer of the Army to K. Hen. 8. Now as for Mr. Rogers before mention'd , whom our author Harrington answered in his Parallel of the Spirit , &c. as 't is before told you , his Christian name was John , a notorious fifth Monarchy man and Anabaptist , living in Aldersgatestreet in London , and the title of his book which was answered , runs thus A Christian concertation with Mr. Prynne , Mr. Baxter and Mr. Harrington for the true cause of the Commonwealth , &c. Lond. 1659. This Mr. Rogers was a busie pragmatical man , and very zealous to promote a quarrel between his party and Oliver Cromwell , for his seemingly running with them till he had got the reins of Government into his own hands , and then to leave them with scorn . He , with Christop . Feake as impudent and forward as himself , were the Coryphaei of their party ( as Love in his time was of the Presbyterians ) and were not wanting upon all occasions to raise a commotion . Wherefore it being thought requisite to secure , Oliver caused , them to be imprison'd at Lambeth and to debar their party to have access to them , in Dec. or thereabouts 1654. ( Rogers being then of S. Thomas the Apostles in Southwark . After they had remained there for some time , Rogers had prevailed so far with his party as to present an Address ( which he himself had drawn up ) to the said Oliver for his enlargment . Whereupon , on the 7 of Feb. the same year , Rogers was brought before the Protectors Council sitting at Whitehall , who told him what a high charge there was against him , and that he was not a Prisoner for the cause of Christ , but suffered as a busie body , and an evil-doer , &c. At length it being desired by his friends that the cause might be debated between his Highness the Protector and himself , it was with his Highness his consent granted . Whereupon in the evening of the said day , Rogers with some of his friends were admitted into his Highness's presence , where being told of an high charge exhibited against him , Rogers charged them , that brought it in , to be Drunkards and Swearers . The Protector asked him which of them was so , that brought it in , but he could name none of them that he knew . The Protector pressed him for Scripture for his actings . He said the Scripture was positive and privative : And being asked which of those evil Kings that he mention'd , that God destroyed , he would parallel to this present State ? he gave no positive but privitive answer . Whereupon the Protector shewed what a disproportion there was , those being such as laboured to destroy the people of God ; but his work ( speaking of himself ) was to preserve them from destroying one another , and if the sole power was in the Presbyterians , they would force all to their way , and they ( the Fifth Monarchy men ) would do the like and so the re-baptized persons also : And his work was to keep all the Godly of several judgments in peace , &c. And when Rogers cried down the national Ministry and national Church , mention'd to be antichristian , the Protector told him that it was not so , for that was to force all to one form , that was national , which was then done ( as he said ) in this Commonwealth , &c. Afterward Maj. Gen. Tho. Harrison , Col. Charles Rich and some others made an address to the Protector to desire the release of him , Feake and others , or to try them . The Protector shewed how he kept them from tryal out of mercy , because if they were tried , the Law would take away their lives . So he was remitted to his Prison and Feake and the rest were there to continue . On the 30 of March 1655 , Oliver and his Council ordered that the said Rogers should be removed to Windsor Castle : whereupon the next day he was carried there , and his wife rode after him . RICHARD ATKYNS , whose birth was neither glorious nor contemtible , as having been descended from Gentry on his fathers side and Nobility on that of his mother . His father was son and heir of Rich. Atkyns of Tuffleigh in Glocestershire Esq ( at which place , this our author , as I conceive , was born ) chief Justice of West Wales and of Qu. Elizabeths Council of the Marches of Wales , and brother to Sir Edward . Atkyns of Lincolns Inn , one of the Barons of the Exchecquer . His mother was second daughter of Sir Edwyn Sandys of Latimer in Bucks , Baronet , by his wife the Lady Elizab. Sandys dau . and heir of Will. Lord Sandys of the Vine near Basingstoke in Hampshire , descended from the Bray's , Barons . After he had been partly educated in English and Grammar learning under two bad Masters , he was sent to the College School at Glocester , where being compleated for the University , he was at 14 years of age sent to Balliol Coll , an . 1629 and continued there at least two years in the quality of a Gent. Commoner , studying the Zegardines Philosophy more than that of Aristotle or Ramus . Thence he went to Lincolns Inn , and soon after travelled into France with the son of the Lord Arundel of Wardour by a second venture , but that son dying there before they went farther , he returned , improv'd himself with the accomplishments of a Courtier , and then married , which towards his latte● end proved his ruin . Afterwards , upon the breaking out of the Civil Wars in England , he raised a Troop of Horse at his own charge for the King , and did him good service ; for which afterwards he suffered much in his estate . After his Majesties restauration , he was made ( being then a Colonel ) one of the Deputy-Lieutenants of Glocestershire , where , and in that capacity , he expressed himself not only loyal upon all occasions , but an affectionate son of the Church of England . He was an ingenious and observing man , and saw the vanity of this world sooner than others , tho of elder years ; which fitted him the better for another . He hath written and published The original and growth of Printing , &c. Lond. 1664· in 4. sh . in qu. His Vindication . Lond. 1669. qu. Relation of several passages in the western War of England , wherein he was concerned . Sighs and Ejaculations . — These two last were printed with the Vindication . At length being committed prisoner to the Marshalsea in Southwark for debt , died there on the 14. of Sept. in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and two days after was buried without any publick solemnity in the Parish Church of S. George the Martyr , within the said Borough of Southwark , by the care and appointment of Sir Rob. Atkyns one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas , and Edw. Atkyns Esq . afterwards one of the Barons of the Exchecquer , both nearly related to the defunct . WILLIAM LUCY descended from an antient and gentile family of his name living at Charlcote in Warwickshire , was born at Husboorne ( as 't is said in ) Hampshire , became a Commoner of , and was entred as a Knights son in , Trin. Coll. an . 1610 , took one degree in Arts and then went to Lincols Inn and studied the Municipal Laws for some time . Afterwards upon second thoughts , and perhaps a desire of a sedate and Academical life , he went to Caies College in Cambridge , lived several years there on his Estate , and at length took the degree of Bach. of Divinity . About which time being made Chaplain to George Duke of Bucks , by his Majesties special recommendations , ( who then told the Duke that he should have an eye on him , as occasion served ) he was admitted Dr. of Div. at which time some scruples being made , the K. by his letters to the Univ. of Cambridge approved of what was done . Much about the same time he became Rector of Burgh-cleere and High-cleere in Hampshire ; where continuing in a quiet repose till the grand Rebellion broke out , was often disturb'd for his Loyalty , and at length sequestred . After his Majesties restauration he became Bishop of S. David by his nomination ; to which being Consecrated in S. Peters Church in Westminster , on the second day of Decemb. 1660 , sate there till the time of his death . He was a person of signal Candor , and vertues requisite in a Church man , which in the worst of times gained him great esteem from the very enemies of his Order and Function . He hath written and published , Observations , censures and confutations of notorious errors in Mr. Hobbes his Leviathan , and other his books . Lond. 1663. qu. put out under the name of Theophilus Pyke , ( Lucius ) Occasional animadversions on some writings of the Socinians and such Hereticks , of the same opinion with Mr. Hobbes . — Printed with the Observations , &c. Treatise of the nature of a Minister in all its Offices . Lond. 1670. qu. Answer to Dr. Patr. Forbes concerning the necessity of Bishops to Ordaine : in answer to a question proposed in these late unhappy times by the author what is a Minister ? — Pr. with the Treatise of , &c. besides one or more Sermons which are extant . He died on the fourth day of Octob. in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was buried in the Collegiat Church of Brecknock in Wales . Over his grave is the Effigies of the Defunct to the middle part , in a Gown and Lawn Sleves , curiously fram'd from Alabaster , with the right hand holding a book , and the left resting on a deaths head : All set up in the wall near his grave , with this inscription in golden letters on a black Marble . M.S. Vigilantissimi Praesulis Gulielmi Lucy , qui veterum natalium prosapiâ , morum candore miro , ingenii acumine perspicaci , literaturae reconditioris claritate , integritate vitae spectabili , virtutis emnigenae praesidio ad amussim ornatus , & ad gradus episcopalis apicem faeliciter evectus voce praesidebat & exemplo , meritis & pietate , sacrâ infulâ dignissimus . Aequum servavit in utraque sorte mentem adversis fulvi probatus instar auri , non fractus unquam fuit , nec epatus rebus prosperis . Ecclesiae Anglicanoe fulgebat sidus lucidum , verbi divini ( dum res tulit ) concionator assiduus , veritatis orthodoxae vindex acerrimus , ordinis hierarchi decus & propugnaculum , & sedis Menevensis per annos octodecim ingens ornamentum . Satur dierum & maturus coelo huic mundo placidè nec invitus valedixit , Octobris die quarto , anno aetatis 86 ▪ Dom. MDCLXXVII . JOHN ROWE son of Joh. Rowe of Crediton in Devonshire , was born there , or at least in that County , entred a Batler in New Inn in the beginning of 1642 aged 15 years , but being soon after taken thence , because the City of Oxon was garrison'd for his Majesties use , and the said Inn made a Mint-house , his friends sent him to Cambridge . where taking the degree of Bach. of Arts , retired to Oxon in 1648 , to get preferment by the Visitation then and there made by order of Parliament . So that setling himself in that Inn againe , was incorporated in the same degree in the beginning of Dec. and on the 12 of the said month was admitted M. of Arts , as a Member of the said Inn or Hall , and much about the same time was put in Fellow of Corp. Ch. Coll. in a Lincolnshire place by the Visitors then sitting in Oxon. Afterwards he was Lecturer at Witney in Oxfordshire , where his Sermons were much frequented by persons of the Presbyterian persuasion ; but leaving his fellowship soon after , he became preacher at Tiverton in his own Country for a time , and as a Minister of Devonshire he was appointed an Assistant to the Commissioners thereof , for the ejection of such that were then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and School Masters . Thence , upon the death of Will. Strong an . 1654 , he was called to succeed him as preacher in St. Peters , commonly called the Abbey Church within the City of Westminster : At which place his Sermons being constant , and much taking with the men of those times , he was frequented by the chiefest of the Quakers , to the conversion , as t is said , of some . On the 14 of March 1659 he was appointed by Act of Parl. one of the Approvers of Ministers according to the Presbyterian way , but the vigour of that Act soon after ceasing , and he , after his Majesties restauration , being deprived for want of Conformity , he set up a privat meeting , in the parish ( I think ) of S. Andrew in Holborn near London , where he was assisted by Theoph. Gale. His works are these , Tragi-Comoedia . A relation of the strange and wonderful hand of God , discovered at Witney , in the Comedy acted on the 3. Feb. 1652. Oxon. 1653. qu. The said Comedy was acted by young men of the Country in an old upper room in a public Inn there , but the floor falling under them , in the middle of Play , some were slain and many hurt . Three Sermons preached on that occasion , on Rom. 1. 18. — Printed with the Relation . In which Sermons the author takes great liberty in speaking against Plays and the Actors of them . Several other Sermons as ( 1 ) Mans duty in magnifying Gods work , Sermon on a public day of Thanksgiving , before the Parliament , 8. oct . 1656 , on Job 36.24.25 . Lond. 1657. qu. The said Thanksgiving was celebrated for the great victory obtained against the Spanish West-India Fleet. ( 2 ) The Saints temptations ; wherein the nature , kinds , occasion of temptation , and the duty of the Saints under temptation , are laid forth . As also the Saints fence , &c. in Sermons . Lond. 1674 oct . ( 3 ) Emanuel or the Love of Christ , explicated and applied in his incarnation , being made under the Law , and his satisfaction , in 30 Sermons . Lond. 1680. Published by Sam. Lee somtimes Fellow of Wadham Coll. He also preached a Sermon at the interment of Joh. Bradshaw ( President of the H. Court of Justice that condemned K. Ch. 1. to die ) in the Abbey Ch. at West . 22. of Nov. 1659 , on Isay 57.1 . but whether it was ever printed I cannot tell . Sure 't is , that he took great Liberty in speaking much to the honor and praise of that monster of men . Heavenly mindedness and earthly mindedness , in two parts . Lond. 1672. in tw . with an Appendix of laying hold on eternal life . He also the said Jo. Rowe collected most of the materials of his Fathers life entit . The life and death of John Rowe of Crediton in Devonshire ▪ Lond. 1673. in tw . and was one of the three ( Thom. Manton and George Griffith being the other two ) who published Thirty and one select sermons preached on several occasions . Lond. 1656. written by Will. Strong sometimes preacher in the Ab. Ch. at Westm . He also left behind him at the time of his death , several things fit for the press , as ( 1 ) The love of Christ in his intercession . ( 2 ) A discourse concerning the person and office of the holy spirit . ( 3 ) A discourse &c. of the Trinity , ( 4 ) Sermons upon the first eighteen verses of the first Chapt. of the Gosp . of S. John , and also upon the 15 chap. All which may be published hereafter . He died in , or near to , Greys-inn-lane in Holbourne , in sixteen hundred seventy and seven : whereupon his body was conveyed to the burial place joyning to the New Artillery Garden and Bunhill fields , near London , and there buried in the presence of very many persons of his perswasion , towards the East end of that place . Soon after was erected over his grave an Altar-monument of a brick foundation , covered with a plank of marble of a brown colour , with this inscription engraven thereon . Here lyeth the body of John Rowe , sometimes preacher in the Abbey at Westminster , who died Oct. XII . in the 52 year of his age , an . 1677. I find one John Row to have published Institutiones Linguae Ebraicae . Amst . 1649 in tw . but he must not be understood to be the same with the former because he was a Schoolmaster in Scotland , and afterwards an Independent Minister in Aberdene , Principal of the Kings Coll. there , an . 1652 and Primarius of that University . Another John Rowe is now of the Middle Temple , and did lately publish Judge Will. Dallisons book of Reports , &c. FRANCIS VERNON was born near Charing cross in the Parish of S. Martin in the Fields within the liberty of Westminster , but descended from those of his name in Worcestershire , was elected Student of Ch. Ch. from Westminster School , an . 1654 aged 17 years or thereabouts , took his rambles before , and partly after , he was Master of Arts. At length being possess'd with an insatiable desire of seeing , he travelled into various parts of the world , was taken by Pyrats , sold and endured much misery . Afterwards , being let loose , he retired to his native Country with intentions to spend his time there , but having got an itch of rambling ventred again , tho disswaded to the contrary , and was afterwards hack'd to pieces in Persia . He hath written , Oxonium Poema . Oxon. 1667. in 3 sh . and an half in qu. But the author being absent when 't was printed , are committed many faults therein , especially in the Margin . Letter to Mr. Hen. Oldenburg , dat . Jan. 10 , an . 1675 , giving a short account of some of his observations in his travels from Venice through Istria , Dalmatia , Greece , and the Archipelago , to Smyrna , where this Letter was written . — This is printed in the Philosophical Transactions , num . 124. p. 575. an . 1676. Afterwards being in Persia , arose between him and some of the Arabs a small quarrel concerning an English Pen knife , that Mr. Vernon had with him ; who shewing himself cross and peevish in not communicating it to them , they fell upon him and hack'd him to death near Spahan or Aspachan a City in Persia , in sixteen hundred seventy and seven or thereabouts . Whereupon his body was conveyed to that City and there inter'd . He then left behind him a piece of po●etry to be printed , and several observations made in his travels not fit to be published , because imperfect and indigested . THOMAS MANTON son of Tho. Manton of Whimpole in Devonshire , was born in that County , as 't is said in the publick (a) matricula , ( tho one of his perswasion who knew him well , hath lately informed me that his birth was at Laurence Liddyard in Somersetshire ) and at 15 years of age in 1635 was entred a Servitour in Wadham Coll. in Lent term , where continuing till 1639 , he translated himself to Hart Hall , being then accounted by those ( yet living ) that well knew him a hot-headed person , and as a member thereof he took the degree of Bach. of Arts. Afterwards upon the turn of the times he became preacher , tho not in holy Orders , at Culliton in Devon. whence , under pretence of some disturbance , either by his Diocesan , or the Royal party , he went to London , adhered to the Presbyterians , and being a forward and florid Preacher among them , became , after he had taken the Covenant , Minister of Stoke Newington in Middlesex , and in 1647 and after , a preacher before the members of the Long Parliament . When the Independents ruled , he closed with them , took the oath called the Engagement , and made a flattering speech to Oliver ( to whom he was Chaplain ) when he was inaugurated Lord Protector in Westminster Hall , and in the latter end of the same year ( 1653 ) he was by him made one of the Triers , or rather Spanish Inquisitors , for the approbation of godly preachers . In the beginning of 1654 he was by the favour of the Delegates ( appointed by the Chancellour of this University ) actually created Bach. of Divinity , and soon after , upon the resignation of his Wifes Father called Obad. Sedgwick , he became Rector of S. Pauls Church in Covent-garden near London , where he was much frequented by Presbyterians and Independents for his fluent and practical way of preaching . In the beginning of Sept. 1658 when the Titmouse Prince called Richard was inaugurated to the Protectorate according to the Humble petition and advice , our author Manton , the peculiar Chaplain to that dignity , as Prelate of the Protectorship , said prayers and blessed him , his Council , Armies , and People , and so concluded that scene . In the latter end of the year 1659 he was by Act of Parliament ( I mean that Parl. to which the secluded members were restored by General Monk ) constituted one of the Triers or Approvers of Ministers according to the Presbyterian way , and in the beginning of the year following , he took holy Orders at Westminster from Thomas Bishop of Galloway . Soon after his Majesty being restored to his Kingdoms ( towards which he pretended to be a helper when he could not hinder it ) he was sworn one of his Chaplains in Ordinary , and in that quality , he was , by vertue of his Majesties Letters , actually created Doctor of Divinity among several Royallists , who had in a most miserable manner suffer'd for their Loyalty . He then , as 't was observed by curious men present in the Convocation house , looked like a person rather fatted up for the slaughter , than an Apostle , ( being a round , plump and jolly man ) but the others ( the Royallists ) resembled Apostles by their most macerated bodies and countenances , and were indeed , in that respect , pitied by many , comforted , and bless'd by true Hearts as they passed the streets . After his Majesties restauration he did not read the English Liturgy in his Church in Covent garden , neither did the Parishioners enjoy it from the mouth of another , till the latter end of 1661 , at which time they petitioned the Bishop of London to have it read unto them . In the interim this fat Doctor had a fat Deanery design'd him by his Majesty upon a supposal that he would conform ; and 't was verily thought that he would have taken it , ( as Reynolds had the Bishoprick of Norwych ) could he have been ascertain'd that the Kings declaration about Ecclesiastical affairs ( published at his restauration ) would have indulged him while he was a Dean , as then while he was a parochial Minister , or , as 't is said (b) , had not a female Saint who had read many of his books and wrot much of his Sermons , extracted from them every sentence that made for the Covenant , for the government by presbytery , for the honor of Smectymnus , or that made against the Bishops and Liturgy of the Church ; all put in a Letter and sent by her to him . Which of these two , was the reason , I am not certain : Sure it is that while these things were agitating , and after he had taken a great deal of pains , as a commission'd person by his Majesty , in the Savoy conference about the Liturgy , the Act of uniformity was published , and rather than he would conform , he not only refused the Deanery , but left his rectory at Barthelmew day , an . 1662. Afterwards he did set up a Conventicle in Covent-garden , and tho imprison'd for it for some time in the Gate-house , yet , as 't was thought , he got more from the Brethren , than if he had been a Dean , or had continued in his rectory . His works are these , Many Sermons as ( 1 ) Meat out of the Eater : or , hopes of Unity in and by divided and distracted times , Fast sermon before the House of Commons 30. June 1647 ▪ on Zech. 14.9 . latter part . Lond. 1647 qu. ( 2 ) Englands spiritual languishing , with the causes and cure , Fast serm . before the H. of Com. 28. June 1648 on Rev. 2.3 . Lond. 1648. qu. ( 3 ) The blessed estate of them that die in the Lord , on Rev. 14 13. ( 4 ) Sermon before the L. Protector and Parl. on a publick day of humiliation , 24. Sept. 1656. on Amos 4.12 . ( 5 ) The Saints triumph over death , Fun ▪ serm . on Ch. Love , 25. Aug. 1651. on 1. Cor. 15.57 . Lond. 1658 ▪ oct . ( 6 ) Sermon on Matth. 15.7.8 . — Printed in the book called The morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1661. qu. ( 7 ) Farewel sermon at Barthelmew-tyde , on Heb. 12.2 . Lond. 1662. oct . This sermon tho put out under his name , yet it was disclaimed by him under his hand in the common News of Sept. 24. an . 1663. published by Roger L'estrange ( 8 ) How we ought to improve baptisme , on Acts 2.38 . — Printed in the Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. and 76. qu. ( 9 ) Serm. on 2. Thes . 2.15 . — Published in the Morning exercise against popery in Southwark . Lond. 1675. qu. ( 10 ) Serm. on Rom. 5.12 . — Published in The morning exercise methodized , &c. Lond. 1676. qu. ( 11 ) Twenty sermons on the Psalms , Acts , &c. Lond. 1678. qu. with his picture before them , published by Dr. Will. Bates . ( 12 ) Eighteen sermons on the second Chapt. of the sec . Epist . to the Thess . containing the description , use , growth and fall of Antichrist , &c. Lond. 1679 oct . ( 13 ) Sermons on the 119 Psal . Lond. 1681. fol. They are in number 190 and have his picture before them . This is called The first vol. of Sermons . ( 14 ) A second Volume of sermons in two parts . The first containing 27 sermons on the 25 of S. Matthew ; forty and five on the 17 of S. John , and twenty and four on the sixth to the Romans . The second part containing 45 sermons on the eighth to the Romans , and 40 on the fifth Chapt. of the sec . Epist . to the Corinthians , &c. Lond. 1684. 85. fol. ( 15 ) The third Vol. of sermons , in two parts . The first containing sixty six sermons on the eleventh Chapt. to the Hebrews . To which is annex'd A Treatise of the life of faith . The second part contains A Treatise of self denial , with several sermons on the sacrament of the Lords Supper , and other occasions , &c. Lond. 1689. fol. Besides these there is now ( May 1691 ) prepared for the press a fourth Vol. in fol. of select sermons on several Texts . A practical commentary or exposition on the Epistle of S. James . Lond. 1651. 53. qu. Exposition on the Epistle of S. Jude . Lond. 1652. qu. Smectymnus redivivus , being an answer to a book entit . An humble remonstrance , &c. Lond. 1653. 60. 61. This book called Smectymnus , was written , as I have elsewhere told you , by Steph. Marshall , Edm. Calamy , Thom. Young , Matth. Newcommen , and Will. Spurstow , and first of all published in 1641 , being the year after the said Humble remonstrance was published . Practical exposition of the Lords Prayer . Lond. 1684. oct . with his picture before it . He also made some additions to the second edition of The life and death of Ignatius Jurdaine sometimes Alderman of Exeter , written by Ferdinando Nicolls Minister of S. Mary Arches in Exeter — Lond. 1655. in tw : Also an Epistle commendatory before A Commendatory or Exposition on the second Epist . to the Corinth . Lond. 1655. fol. Written by Dr. Rich. Sibbs ; was one of the three that collected and published Thirty and one select sermons , written by Will. Strong , and wrot the Epistle to the reader before the second edit . of The larger and lesser Catechismes of the Assemb . of Div. Lond. 1658. qu. with several other little things of the like stamp . He paid his last debt to nature , after he had ran through many changes , on the 18. of Oct. ( S. Lukes day ) in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was accompanied to his grave , in the Church at Stoke-Newington near London before-mention'd , by hundreds of the brethren : At which time Dr. Will. Bates one of his perswasion ( the same , who also had been offered a Deanery , with our author , if he would conform ) preached his funeral Sermon : Which being published , the Reader , if curious , may see therein the character and encomiums of him the said Dr. Manton . JOHN PARRY son of Edw. Parry sometimes Bishop of Killaloe in Ireland , was born in the City of Dublin , educated in Trin. Coll. there till he was Bach. of Arts : Afterwards going to Oxon in the latter end of 1650 , was incorporated there in the same degree , and about that time being made Fellow of Jesus Coll. he proceeded in Arts. At his Majesties restauration he went into Ireland in the quality of a Chaplain to James then Marquess ( afterwards Duke ) of Ormonde L. Lieutenant of that Realm , took the degree of Bach. of Div. at Dublin 26. Jan. 1660 , and in the next year returning to Oxon for a time , was incorporated in the same degree . In 1662 Feb. 19 he , by the name of John Parry S. T. prof . was installed Prebend of Bugthorp in the Church of York , on which day also Rob. Mossom D.D. was installed Preb. of Knaresburg in the same Church . Afterwards , by the favour of Ormonde , he became Dean of Ch. Ch. in Dublin , about the latter end of the year 1665 , ( in the place of Dr. Mossom before mention'd , made Bishop of Derry ) and at length Bishop of Ossory ( in the place of Griffith Williams deceased ) by the same hand , an . 1672 , with liberty then given to him to keep his Deanery in Commendam . He hath written . Tears well directed : or pious reflections upon our Saviours sufferings , and our own sins , &c. Lond. 1666. oct . Discourses and ejaculations upon the holy festivals of the Circumcision , Epiphany , Resurrection and Penticost — These two , which are printed together , are grounded upon several parts of Scripture . Sermon on Nehem. 13. ver . 14. Ox. 1670. Pious meditations and prayers . Lond. 1673. oct . He also wrot the large Epistle to Sir James Ware , set before The Comment . of the Bishops of Ireland , written by that Knight , and digested , fitted for the press and published a book written by his Father entit . David restored : or an antidote against the prosperity of the wicked and afflictions of the just ; in a seasonable discourse on the 73 Psalm . — Printed in oct . 1600. This Dr. Jo. Parry died 21. of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was buried near to the body of his Father in the Church of S. Audoen in Dublin . In the See of Ossory succeeded his Brother Dr. B. Parry , as I shall tell you among the Writers in the next year . ARTHUR BRETT was descended of a gentile family , but where born , unless in the City of Westminster I know not : In 1653 he was elected a Student of Ch. Ch. from Westm . School , and afterwards taking the degrees in Arts , became one of the Terrae filii in the Act celebrated in S. Maries Church 1661 , ( Rob. Field of Trin. Coll. being the other ) at which time he shew'd himself sufficiently ridiculous . This person who was a great pretender to poetry , wrot and published , Poem on the restauration of K. Ch. 2. Lond. 1660. qu. Threnodia . On the death of Henry Duke of Glocester . Oxon. 1660. in 2. sh . and an half in qu. Patientia Victrix : or , the book of Job in lyrick vers . Lond. 1661. oct . What other things he hath published I cannot tell : Sure I am that he taking holy orders afterwards , had some mean employment bestowed on him , but grew so poor , being , as I conceive , somewhat crazed , that he desired the almes of Gentlemen , especially of Oxford Scholars whom he accidentally met with in London : In which condition I saw him there in 1675. He died in his mothers house in the Strand near London about sixteen hundred seventy and seven , but where his lean and macerated carkass was buried ( unless in the yard of S. Clements Ch. without Temple-bar ) I know not . WILLIAM PETRE second son of Will. Lord Petre , was born in his Fathers house at West Thorndon in Essex , became a Gent. Com. ( with his Brother Robert , afterwards Lord Petre ) of Exeter Coll. about the beginning of Lent term , an . 1612 aged 10 years , and soon after , when Wadham Coll. was finished by his great Aunt Dame Dorothy Wadham , he was translated thither and became the first Gent. Com. or Nobleman thereof . Afterwards leaving the University , without the taking of a degree , he went to the Inns of Court , travelled and became a Gen. of many accomplishments . He hath translated into English The lives of Saints , with other feasts of the year according to the Roman Calendar . St. Omer . 1669. Written in Spanish by Pet. Ribadeneira of the Society of Jesus . To which are added a translation by the same hand of all those Saints which have been put into the Calendar since the authors ( Ribadeneira ) edition , until the year 1669 , besides those Feasts of Spain which the author himself hath inserted . This Mr. Will. Petre died 16. January in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , in his house at Stanford Rivers in Essex ( where he had an estate left him by his Father ) and was buried in the Church there , as I have been informed by his Sisters Son , that most generous and well bred Gentleman Ralph Sheldon of Beoly in Worcestershire , commonly called Great Sheldon . WILLIAM JEMMAT or Gemote was born in the borough of Reading in Berks. of which his Father had been twice Mayor in the Reign of Qu. Elizabeth , educated in the Free school there , became a Student in Magd. Coll. an . 1610 , took one degree in Arts , which being compleated by Determination , he retired to Magd. Hall , took the degree of Master as a member thereof , holy orders , and became preacher for a time at Leachlade in Glocestershire . Afterwards he was made Minister of Nettlested in Kent , Chaplain for a time to the Earl of Northumberland , and for 14 years a licensed Lecturer at Istleword in Middlesex . At length leaving that Cure in 1640 or thereabouts , he went to his native place , exercised his function in praying and preaching there among the Brethren , took the Covenant , became Minister of S. Giles Church in the said borough of Reading , and was much followed and admired by those of his perswasion . He hath written and published these things following . Several Sermons , in number about seven — Printed at Lond. 1623. 24. 27. 28. 1643. 44. &c. Among them is one entit . S. Matthews conversion , &c. another The Spiritual Trumpet , &c. and a third The rock : or , a settled heart in unsettled times , &c. Abridgment of Dr. John Prestons works . Lond. 1648. 58. oct . Exposition of the historical prophecy of Jonah . Lond. 1666. qu. dedic . to the Lady Cecilia Knollys . Now and ever , &c. Lond. 1666. qu. This I have not yet seen . He also collected and published Five Sermons , preached by Tho. Taylor of Cambr. on occasion of the Gun-powder-treason — Lond. 1620. qu , did also put into order , correct and publish the said Doct. Plain and pithie exposition of the twelfth chapter of S. Johns Revelation . Lond. 1633. qu. entit . Christs victory over the Dragon , &c. and lastly his book entit . Christ revealed : or , the old Testam . explained , &c. Lond. 1635. qu. Before which Sermons , Exposition and Christ revealed , our author Jemmat hath put Epistles , as also before the said Taylor 's Commentary on the Epist . of S. Paul to Titus . Which Taylor commonly called the Illuminated Doctor , had for several years been a Minister in Reading , where he was held in great veneration by Jemmat in his tender years , and indeed by all that were his Auditors there . Mr. Jemmat hath also translated into Lat. some part of Dr. Thomas Goodwins works , which were printed at Heidelberg in 1658. oct . with his name thus set in the title Interprete Guil. de Magno conventu , that is William of the Great convention , Moot or Mote . At length after he had shew'd himself a mutable man according to the times he lived in , died full of years on the 28. of January in sixteen hundred seventy and seven : At which time he left a considerable legacy of books to the Church of S. Giles before mention'd : in the chancel whereof he was buried on the 31. of the said month . He had two Sons that were Ministers , one named John who was Vicar of the said Church , and the other Samuel , who lived and died Rector of Eastling in Kent . CHRISTOPHER FOWLER son of Joh. Fowl. of Marlborough in Wilts . was born there , became a Servitour of Magd. Coll. in 1627 aged 16 or thereabouts , where continuing till he was Bach. of Arts , he retired to S. Edm. Hall , took the degree of Master of that faculty , as a member thereof , entred into holy Orders , and preached for some time in and near Oxon , and afterwards at West Woodhey near Dunnington Castle in Berks. At length upon the turn of the times in 1641 he closed with the Presbyterians , ( having before been puritanically affected ) took the Covenant and became a very conceited and fantastical preacher among them . For by his very many odd gestures and antick behaviour ( unbeseeming the serious gravity to be used in the pulpit ) he drew constantly to his congregation a numerous crowd of silly Women and young People , who seemed to be hugely taken and enamour'd with his obstreporousness and undecent cants . He was then , as I conceive , Minister of S. Margarets Church in Lothbury , London , to which City he retired for safety , under pretence of being disturbed by the Malignants , as he called them , at Dunnington ; and soon after being a zealous Brother for the cause , he became Vicar of S. Maries Church in Reading , an Assistant to the Commissioners of Berks , for the ejection of such that were then called by the Godly party scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and at length Fellow of Eaton Coll. near Windsore , notwithstanding he had refused the Engagement . After his Majesties restauration he lost his Fellowship of Eaton , and being deprived of his cure at Reading for nonconformity , retired to London , and afterwards to Kennington near Newington S Mary in Surrey and carried on the trade of conventicling to his last . His works are these . Daemonium meridianum . Satan at noon , or antichristian blasphemies , anti-scriptural divilismes , &c. evidenced in the light of truth , and punished by the hand of justice . Being a sincere relation of the proceedings of the Commissioners of the County of Berks against John Pordage , late Rector of Bradfield in Berks. Lond. 1655. qu. Notes and animadversions upon a book of Jo. Pordage entit . Innocency appearing , &c. — Printed at the end of Daem . merid . This John Pordage , who was the Son of Sam. Pordage Citizen and Grocer of the Parish of S. Dionise Backchurch in London ( who died in the latter end of the year 1626 ) was called Doctor by a charientismus , and had been preacher at S. Laurence Church in London before he came to Bradfield . From which last , being ejected by the said Commissioners , as having been conversant with evil spirits , as they said , and for blasphemy , ignorance , scandalous behaviour , divilisme , uncleanness , and I know not what , he therefore wrot the said book of Innocency appearing , &c. in his own vindication . But that book availing nothing , he continued notwithstanding ejected , and as the Commissioners said , he took part with the great blasphemer Abiezer Coppe , and appeared in his behalf before , when he was accrimated by , them of various foul matters . Daemon . merid . the second part , discovering the slanders and calumnies cast upon some corporations , with forged and false articles upon the author , in a Pamphlet entit . The case of Reading rightly stated , &c. by the Adherents and Abettors of the said Joh. Pordage . Lond. 1656. qu. A word to Infant-baptisme , and a glaunce to Mr. Pendarves his Arrows against Babylon , &c. Answer to the Mayor , Aldermen and Assistants of Reading in Berks. to a scandalous pamphlet entit . The case of the Town of Reading stated — These two last are printed with the second part of Daemon . Merid. Sober answer to an angry Epistle directed to all publick teachers in this nation , and prefix'd to a book called ( by Antiphrasis ) Christs innocency pleaded against the cry of the chief priests , written in hast by Tho. Speed Quaker and Merchant of Bristow , &c. Lond. 1656. qu. Sim. Ford a Minister in Reading assisted our author Fowler in the composition of the said book , which was soon after animadverted upon by that noted Quaker called George Fox in his book entit . The great mystery of the great Whore unfolded , &c. Several Sermons as ( 1 ) How Christians may get such a faith , as may be not only saving at last , but comfortable and joyful at present , on 2. Pet. 1.8 , This is in the Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. and 76. qu. ( 2 ) Scriptures to be read by the common people , on 1. Thes . 5.27 , in The morning exercise against popery preached in Southwark . Lond. 1675. qu. ( 4 ) Sermon on S. John 19.42 . — Printed 1666. qu. This , or any others besides , that he hath published , I have not yet seen . At length this our author Ch. Fowler , who was esteemed a little better than crazed or distracted for some time before his death , departed this mortal life in Southwark , in the latter end of January in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was buried within the precincts of S. John Baptists Church near Dowgate ( in the Ch. yard I think ) in London . As for John Pordage before mention'd , commonly called Dr. Pordage ( whom I have heard Mr. Ashmole commend for his knowledge in , or at least his great affection to , Astronomy ) was restored to Bradfield after his Majesties return , lived there several years , leaving behind him a Son named Samuel of Linc. inn , author of Herod and Mariamne Trag. and of The Siege of Babylon Trag. Com , also of Eliana a Romance , and of a Translation of Troades . Which Samuel was Steward to Philipp the second , Earl of Pembroke , and not to Old Philipp or Philipp the first , as I have told you among the Writers in the first Volume , pag. 336. NATHANIEL STEPHENS son of Rich. Steph. Minister of Staunton Barnwood in Wilts , was born in that County , became a Batler of Magd. Hall in Lent term an . 1622 , aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , and afterwards became a puritannical Preacher in his own Country . At length upon the change of the times he closed with the Presbyterians , took the Covenant , preached frequently against the Kings Followers and Prelacy , and was not wanting on all turns to carry on the blessed cause . At length having the Rectory of Fenny Drayton or Draiston in the Clay in Leycestershire confer'd on him , wrot and published , A precept for the baptisme of Infants out of the New Test . &c. partly against the Cavills of Mr. Everard in his late treatise intit . Baby-baptisme routed , &c. Lond. 1651. qu. Animadverted upon by Joh. Tombes in his first part of Antipedobaptisme . Plain and easie calculation of the name , mark and number of the name of the beast , &c. Lond. 1656. qu. grounded on Rev. 13.18 . Which book is much commended by Matth. Poole in his fifth vol. of Synopsis Criticorum , on the Rev. and doth acknowledge that he had some MS. notes from our Author concerning that matter which he had made use of in that volume . Vindiciae fundamenti : Or a threefold defence of the doctrine of original sin : Together with some other fundamentals of Salvation : The first against the exceptions of Mr. Rob. Everard in his book intit . The Creation and the Fall of man. The second against the Examiners of the late Assemblies Confession of Faith : The third against the Allegations of Dr. Jer. Taylor in his Unum necessarium , and two lesser Treatises of his . Lond. 1658. qu. After his Majesties restauration , he the said Mr. Stephens kept his Rectory of Fenny-Drayton , because the owner of it had been some years before dead , but upon the publication of the Act of Uniformity in 1662 he left it because he would not conform , resided for some time in the said town , and preached thereabouts as a Nonconformist . At length after several disturbances , he removed to Stoke-Golding two miles distant from Fenny-Drayton , and preached there in Conventicles , till he was disabled by lameness some years before his death ; which hapning in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , was buried in the Church-yard of Stoke-Golding on the 24 of Feb. the same year . One of both his names an Esquire , was appointed one of the Commissioners of Glocestershire , 1654 , for the ejection of such whom they then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , who had before been educated in this University . THEOPHILUS GALE son of Theoph. Gale D. D. and sometimes Prebend . of Exeter , was born in Devonshire , became a Commoner of Magd. Hall after the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon , made Demy of Magd. Coll. by the Visitors appointed by Parliament an . 1648 , and afterwards Fellow . In the year 1652 he proceeded in Arts , became a frequent Preacher in the University and a great resorter to the Presbyterian and Indep . meetings , especially that of Tho. Googwin in the Presidents Lodgings of his College . At the Kings return he lost all the right he had to his Fellowship , to make room for the true owner , and being then wholly addicted to nonconformity , travelled beyond the seas as a Tutor to the sons of Philip Lord Wharton . After his return he lived in London , was for some time an Assistant to Joh. Rowe in carrying on the work of preaching in his private congregation in Holbourne , and published these books following , which shew him to have been a person of great reading , an exact Philologist , and Philosopher . The court of the Gentiles . Or a discourse touching the original of humane literature both of Philology and Philosophy from the Scriptures and Jewish Church , &c. part 1. of Philology . Oxon. 1669 , and there again 1672 , both in qu. The second part which is Of Philosophy , was printed at Oxon. 1671 , and at Lond. 1676 , both in qu. Of these two parts there is a laudable account in the Philosophical Transactions , num . 74. p. 2231. an . 1671. The third part Of the vanity of Pagan Philosophy , was pr. at Lond. 1677 , and the fourth Of Reformed Philosophy , was pr. there the same year , and both in qu. These four books or parts shew the Author to have been well read in , and conversant with , the Writings of the Fathers , the old Philosophers , and those that have given any account of them or their works : As also to have been a good Metaphysician and School-Divine . The true Idea of Jansenisme , both historick and dogmatick . Lond. 1669. oct . The large preface to it was written by Dr. Joh. Owen . Theophilie : or a discourse of the Saints amity with God in Christ , &c. Lond : 1671. oct . The Anatomie of Infidelity : or an explication of the nature , causes , aggravations and punishment of unbelief . Lond. 1672. oct . Discourse of Christs coming , and the influence with the expectation thereof , &c. Lond. 1673. oct . Idea Theologiae , tam contemplativae quam activae ad formam S. Scripturae delineata . Lond. 1673. in tw . Wherein the love of the World is inconsistent with the love of God , Sermon on 1 Jo. 2.15 . Lond. 1674. and 76 in The Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . Philosophia generalis in duas partes disterminata , una de ortu & progressu philosophiae , &c. Altera 1. De minorum gentium philosophia . 2. De novem habitibus intellectualibus . 3. De philosophiae objecto , &c. Lond. 1676. oct . Ars sciendi ; sive Logica novâ methodo disposita , & novis praeceptis aucta . Lond. 1682. oct . This is Joh. Clauberg's Logick , and Ars cogitandi ( called the Jansenists Logick ) digested into one volume , with some alterations and enlargments . A summary of the two Covenants . — This is set before a book by him published , intit . A discourse of the two Covenants , &c. Lond. 1678. fol. Written by Will. Strong sometimes Preacher in the Abbey Church at Westminster . This learned and industrious person Mr. Gale did design to have published other matters , but was cut off in the prime of his years ( aged 49 or thereabouts ) at Newington Green near London in Middlesex , where then his habitation was , in the latter end of Feb. or beginning of March in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , and was buried in the burial place of Dissenters joyning to the New Artillery Garden and Bunhill Fields in Cripplegate Parish near London . He left all his real and personal estate for the education and benefit of poor Presbyterian and Independent Scholars , to be managed by certain Nonconformists for their use . All his Library also he gave to the Coll. in New England , except such philosophical books which are needful for Students of his opinion in Old England . JOHN GODOLPHIN the third son of Joh. Godolphin Esquire , of the ancient and gentile family of Godolphin in Cornwall , was born in the Island of Scilly beyond the lands end , in the said County , in the Castle there which belonged to his name , on S. Andrews Eve , an . 1617 , became a Commoner of Glocester Hall in Mich. term 1632 , where profiting much in Logick and Philosophy , ( as afterwards in the Civil Law ) under the tuition of Will. Sandbrooke , was four years after admitted to the reading of any book of the Institutions , that is , to the degree of Bach. of the said Law. In the beginning of 1643 he was actually created Doctor of his faculty , being then puritannically inclined ; and going afterwards to London , he sided so much with the men there in power , that after he had taken the wicked oath called the Engagement , he was by Act of Parl. 30 Jul. 1653 constituted and appointed with Will. Clerke Doct. of the Civ . Law and Charles George Cock Esq . Judges of the Admiralty , and in the middle of Jul. 1659 , ( Clerke being then dead ) he and Cock were constituted again , yet to hold and exercise the said office but till 10 of Dec. following . After his Majesties restauration he was made one of his Advocates , being then esteemed a learned man , and as well read in Divinity as in his own faculty , as may be seen in the books following of his writing . The holy Limbeck ; or an extraction of the Spirit from the letter of certain eminent places in the holy scripture . Lond. 1650. in tw . Other copies have this title The holy Limbeck ; or a semicentury of spiritual extractions , &c. The holy arbour , containing the whole body of Divinity : or the sum and substance of Christian Religion . Lond. 1651. in a thin fol. A view of the Admiral jurisdiction , wherein the most material points concerning that jurisdiction are fairly and submissively discussed &c. Lond. 1661. oct . A Catalogue of such that have been dignified with the office of Lord high Admiral in this Kingdom , &c. Printed at the end of the said View , and all or most taken from Sir Hen. Spelman's Glossary in the word Admiralius . The Orphans legacy : or a testamentary abridgment in three parts . 1. Of last Wills and Testaments . 2. Of Executors and Administrators . 3. Of Legacies and Devises , &c. Lond. 1674. qu. &c. Repertorium Canonicum : or , an abridgment of the Ecclesiastical Laws of this Realm consistent with the temporal ; wherein the most material points &c. Lond. 1678. 80 , &c. qu. He also translated into English out of Garsias alias Ferrand , An extract of the antient Laws of Oleron . Lond. 1661 , printed with The view of Admiral jurisdiction before mention'd : to which translation he put marginal observations . He died in , or near , Fleetstreet , on the fourth day of Apr. in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried in the north isle of Clarkenwell Church near London . As for Ch. Geor. Cock before mentioned , he was of the Inner Temple and a Counsellor there , but whether he was ever of this Univ. I cannot tell . However this I know of him , that he being a great Antimonarchist , was in some manner contributary to the death of K. Ch. 1 , that he was one of those 21 persons that were appointed to be of a Committee to consult of a reformation of the Law , in Jan. 1651 , he being then living and residing in Norwych ; that he was one of the Commissioners of the Prerogative Court , one of the High Court of Justice in Nov. 1653 , and author of a canting , whimsical and enthusiastical book intit . English-Law : or , a summary survey of the houshold of God on earth , and that both before and under the Law ; and that both of Moses and the Lord Jesus , &c. Lond. 1651. in a thin fol. To which is added , Essay of Christian Government , under the regiment of our Lord and King , the one immortal , invisible , &c. Prince of Peace , Emanuel . Written by the same hand . THOMAS GOOD became scholar of Ball. Coll. in the latter end of 1624 , aged 15 years , Bach. of Arts in the beginning of Mich. term 1628 , and on the 29 of Nov. the next year , he was admitted probationer Fellow of that house , ran thro all exercises of the Coll. and University till he was Bach. of Div. in 1639. Afterwards , tho he was absent in the times of distraction , yet he kept his Fellowship and submitted to the men of the interval . At length having obtained a small Cure at Coerley in his native Country of Shropshire , he resigned his Fellowship in 1658 , and at the Kings restauration was , as a Sufferer for the Kings Cause , ( as 't is said in the Univ. Reg. of that year ) actually created D. of D. About that time he was made one of the Residentiaries of the Cath. Ch. of Hereford and Rector of Winstanstow in his own Country , and at length , on the death of Dr. Savage , Master of Ball. Coll. He was in his younger years accounted a brisk Disputant , and when resident in his Coll. a frequent Preacher , yet always esteemed an honest and harmless Puritan . A noted (†) author of the Presbyterian perswasion tells us that he was one of the most peaceable , moderate and honest Conformists of his acquaintance , and subscribed the Worcestershire agreement for concord , and joyned with the Presbyterians in their association and meetings at Kedirminster , and was the man that drew the Catalogue of Questions for their disputations at their meetings , and never talked then to them of what he afterwards wrot in his book called Dubitantius & Firmianus : which , when published he lost his credit among them and was lesser esteemed by Mr. Baxter the pride and glory of that party . He hath written and published , Firmianus and Dubitantius : Or certain Dialogues concerning Atheisme , Infidelity , Popery and other Heresies and Schismes , &c. Oxon. 1674. oct . Animadverted upon by the said Mr. Baxter in a letter directed to him , dat . 10 Feb. 1673 in the Apologie here quoted from pag. 142 to 146. A brief English Tract of Logick — Printed 1677. in a little oct . of 2 sh . and an half . He had , as I have been informed , other things laying by him at his death fit for the press , but of what subject they treated , or in whose hands they are gotten , I know not . He died at Hereford on the ninth day of Apr. in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried in the Cathedral Church there . On the 24 day of the same month , was elected in his place of Master of Ball. Coll. John Venn M. A. and Fellow of that House . BENJAMIN WELLS second son of John Wells the famous Mathematician of Deptford in Kent , was born there , or at least in that County , became a Communer of S. Albans Hall in 1632 aged 16 years , took one degree in Arts , and then being translated to that of S. Mary , was admitted Master as a member thereof , an . 1639 , and the next year was elected Probat . Fellow of All 's . College . Afterwards entring on the Physick line , he was admitted to practise that faculty in Dec. an . 1650 , having been about that time in some of the Western Plantations . Afterwards he setled at Greenwich alias East Greenwich in his native County , where he practised his faculty , but being of a morose temper , tho able in his profession , was but little resorted to by Patients , which was the reason he died very indigent . He hath written , A treatise of the Gout , or Joint Evil. Lond. 1669. in tw . and translated into English The Expert Physitian : learnedly treating of all agues and feavers . Lond. 1657. oct . Written originally by Dr. Brice Bauderon . This Mr. Wells died at East Greenwich before mentioned , in April in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried in the Church there on the 13 day of the same month . John Wells Esq . the father before mention'd , was Store-keeper of the naval Arsenal at Deptford , a charge of good credit , and requiring extraordinary application , was much valued for his mathematical sufficiencies by Briggs , Gunter , Gellibrand , Oughtred , &c. and learnedly wrot — Sciographia , Or the art of Shadows , plainly demonstrating out of the Sphaere how to project both great and small circles , upon any place whatsoever , with a new conceit of the reflecting of the Sun beams upon a Dial , &c. Lond. 1635. oct . He married Catherine daughter of Thom. Wallenger Esq . by Benedicta Gonson his wife , who dying 5 Jul. 1634 , aged 47 , was buried in the Church at Deptford . Afterwards Joh. Wells went into Hampshire , and lived and died at Brembridge , as 't is said , leaving a son of both his names to succeed him in his office at Deptford . FRANCIS POTTER was born in the Vicaridge house at Meyre in Wilts , on Trinity Sunday , an . 1594 , educated in Grammar learning in the Kings school at Worcester under Mr. Hen. Bright , became a Communer of Trin. Coll , under the tuition of his elder brother Hannibal Potter , in the latter end of the year 1609 , took the degrees in Arts and one in Divinity , and continued in the Coll. a close Student till his father died an . 1637 , and then succeeding him in the Rectory of Kilmanton , ( sometimes called Kilmington and Culmington ) left the University for altogether , retired to that place , led a single and monkish life , without the conversation of ingenious men , till the day of his death . He was from a boy given to drawing and painting , and the Founders picture that hangs in the Refectory of Trin. Coll. is of his copying . His genie laid most of all in the Mechanicks , had an admirable mechanical invention , and excellent notions for the raising of water , and making Water-engins : many of which inventions being presented to the Royal Society about the time of its first erection , were highly approved by them , and forthwith the members thereof admitted him one of their number . About the year 1640 he entertained the notion of curing diseases by transfusion of blood out of one man into another : the hint whereof came into his head from Ovid's story of Medea and Jason . Which matter he communicating to the Royal Society about the time of its first erection , was entred into their books . But this way of transfusion having ( as 't is said ) been mention'd long before by Andr. Libavius , our author Potter ( who I dare say never saw that Writer ) is not to be esteemed the first inventer of that notion , nor Dr. Rich. Lower , but rather an Advancer . He hath written and published , An interpretation of the number 666. Wherein not only the manner , how this number ought to be interpreted , is clearly proved and demonstrated ; but it is also shewed , that this number is an exquisite and perfect character , truly , exactly and essentially describing that state of government , to which all other notes of Antichrist do agree . Oxon. 1642. qu. Which book ( as one (*) saith ) is the happiest that ever yet came into the world ; and such as cannot be read ( save of those persons that will not believe it ) without much admiration , &c. A book also called The key of the Scripture , written by a London Divine , wherein , being large upon the Revelations , he prefers the said Interpretation before all others . It was afterwards translated into French , Dutch and Latine ; the last of which was done by several hands and severally printed . One copy was all or mostly performed by Tho. Gilbert of S. Edm. Hall , printed at Amsterd . 1677. oct . And that , or the other , was partly remitted into Matth. Poole's Synopsis Critic . in the second part of the fourth volume , on the Revelations . What answers were made to the said Interpretation , that were printed , I think there were none : sure I am that one Lambert Morehouse Minister of Pertwood , about 6 miles from Kilmanton , accounted by some a learned man and a good Mathematician , did write against it , and seemed to be angry with the Author that 25 is not the true , but the propinque root : To which the Author replied with some sharpness . The MS. of this controversie , Morehouse gave to Dr. Seth Ward B. of Salisbury , an . 1668 , before which time he was prefer'd by Dr. Henchman then B. of that place to the spiritual Cure of Little Langford in Wilts , where he died about 1672. He was a Westmorland man by birth , was educated , I think , in Clare Hall in Cambridge , and wrot other things , but are not printed . As for our author Potter , he lived to a good old age , died perfectly blind at Kilmanton between Easter and Whitsuntide ( in the month of Apr. I think ) in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried in the chancel of the Church there . His memory is preserved in Trin. Coll. by a Dial that he made and set up on the north side of the old Quadrangle , where it doth yet remain . His fathers name was Rich. Potter an Oxfordshire man born , sometimes Fellow of the said Coll. of the holy Trinity , and afterwards Vicar of a little mercate Town in Wilts , and Rector of Kilmington or Kilmanton in Somersetshire before mention'd . ABRAHAM WOODHEAD son of Joh. Woodh . of Thornhill in Yorks . was born at Maltham in the Parish of Albonsbury alias Ambury in the said County , entred a Student in Univ. Coll. under the tuition of Jonas Radcliff an . 1624 , aged 16 years or thereabouts , and soon after was made Scholar . Afterwards going thro the several classes of Logick and Philosophy with very great industry , he took the degrees in Arts , became Fellow in 1633 , entred into holy Orders , passed a course in Divinity , and in 1641 was elected one of the Proctors of the University ; which office being quitted , ( not without trouble , occasion'd by the denying of the Grace of Franc. Cheynell , of which he complained to the Long Parliament ) he travelled into France with a Gent. Com. of his House called Thomas Radcliff son of Sir Geor. Radcl . and afterwards with Thom. Culpeper and Thom. Strode both of the same House . At length setling for a time in Rome he was entertained by George Duke of Buckingham , whom he instructed in Mathematicks , and was much respected by him . After his return into England , ( being depriv'd of his Fellowship by the Visitors appointed by Parliam . for absence and non-appearance , an . 1648. ) he lived for some time in York house in the Strand near London , by the appointment of the said Duke ; but Arthur Lord Capell being informed of the great merits of the person , he entertained , and learned of him , the Mathematical Sciences . In 1660 he was restored to his Fellowship by his Maj. Commissioners , and remained in his Coll. for a time : But his opinion , as to Religion , being then alter'd ( as it had been since he was at Rome , which he always very warily conceal'd ) got leave of the Master and Society to be absent , as intending again to travel , with the allowance of 20 l. per an . So that retiring to London , he afterwards setled at Hoxton alias Hogsden , near to that City , where he lived very obscurely and retiredly , upon that allowance that the College made to him as a Traveller , all therein , except one , knowing not to the contrary , but that he was beyond the seas . There , I say , being setled , he not only caused Youths to be trained up in the R. Cath. Religion ( of which certain members of Parliament did openly make mention in the House , after the Popish Plot was discovered ) but also wrot and published divers books in vindication of the Church of Rome , and thereby gained the character by the men of that party of the prime Champion of England to stand up for their Cause . A noted (*) Author of the English Church saith that the author of the Guide in Controversies ( Ab. Woodhead ) is a person most highly famed among the Roman Catholicks , and that he is , in his opinion , the most ingenious and solid writer of the whole Rom. Party . His Works plainly shew him to have been a person of sound and solid judgment , well read in the Fathers , and in the polemical Writings of the most eminent and renowned Defenders of the Church of England , who have quite down from the Reformation successfully managed the Protestant Cause against Rome . He was so wholly devoted to retirement , and the prosecutions of his several studies , that no worldly concerns shared any of his affections , only satisfying himself with bare necessaries ; and so far from coveting applause or preferment ( tho perhaps the compleatness of his learning and great worth might have given him as just and fair a claim to both as any others of his perswasion ) that he used all endeavours to secure his beloved privacy , and conceal his name : And altho he obtained these his desires in great part , yet his calm , temperate , and rational discussion of some of the most weighty and momentous Controversies under debate between the Protestants and Romanists , rendred him an Author much fam'd , and very considerable in the esteem of both . He hath written very many things , some of which were published in his life time , and some after his death , all without his own name or initial letters of it , set to them . The Catalogue of most of them follow . A brief account of ancient Church Government , with a reflection on several moderne Writings of the Presbyterians [ The Assembly of Divines their Jus divinum Ministerii Anglicani , published 1654 , and Dr. Blondel's Apologia pro sententia Hieronymi , and others ] touching this subject . Lond. 1662 and 85 in four parts in a thin quart . This book was generally reported to have been written by him , yet a certain R. Catholick , who was originally of Univ. Coll , and much pretended to know all the Works that Mr. VVoodhead had written , ( which he had with great zeal bought and collected for the honour he had to the author ) hath several times told me that he was not the author of that book , but Obad. VValker . The Guide in Controversies : or a rational account of the doctrine of the Romane Catholicks concerning the ecclesiastical Guides in Controversies of Religion : reflecting on the later Writings of Protestants ; particularly of Archb. Laud and Dr. Stillingfleet on this subject . — This book is divided into four discourses ; the two first of which were printed at London 1666. in qu. But before they could appear in publick they were burnt in the grand conflagration at London , except a very few copies that were saved , and vended abroad . The other two discourses were published at London 1667 , qu. and there again , altogether , with additions and some alterations , an . 1673. qu. In the composition of this book ( The Guide ) I have been credibly informed by several R. Catholicks , that one Perkins a learned man of that perswasion did assist the author . Part of the third discourse is refuted in a book intit . A second discourse in vindication of the protestant grounds of faith against the pretence of infallibility in the Rom. Church , in answer to [ The Guide in Controversies , by R. H. ] and against [ Protestancy without Principles ] and [ Reason and Religion , &c ] both written by E. W. I say refuted by Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet Chaplain in ord . to his Majesty . — Lond. 1673. oct . Exercitations concerning the Resolution of Faith , against some exceptions — Printed 1674. qu. These Exercitations are in vindication of some part of the third discourse from what was said against it by Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet in the Second discourse , just before named . An appendix to the four discourses concerning The Guide in Controversies : Further shewing the necessity and infallibility thereof , against some contrary Protestant Principles — Printed 1675. qu. Some copies of this book have this title , A discourse of the necessity of Church Guides for directing●Christians in necessary faith , &c. The second part of the Appendix ( printed with the former ) containeth . Annotations on Dr. Stillingfleet's answer to N. O's considerations of his Principles — These two parts contain an Answer to what Dr. Stillingfleet in a piece of his called An answer to several late Treatises occasion'd by a book intit . [ A discourse concerning Idolatry practised in the Church of Rome &c. ] hath said against our author ( Woodhead ) his book named Dr. Stillingfleets Principles &c. considered , which I am now about to set down . Dr. Stillingfleets principles giving an account of the faith of Protestants , considered . Paris 1671. oct . This is answer'd in Dr. Stillingfleets first part named An answer to several late treatises , &c. before mention'd . Considerations on the Councill of Trent : being the fifth discourse concerning The Guide in controversies . — Printed 1671. qu. 'T is said that there is a sixth part which is concerning the alienation of Church lands , but Quaere . The Roman Churches devotions vindicated from Dr. Stillingfleets misrepresentations — Printed 1672. oct . The Rom. doctrine of repentance and indulgence , vindicated from Dr. Stillingfleets mis-representations — Printed 1672. oct . These three last books were published under the initial Letters of N. O. or O. N : And the two last are briefly replyed upon by Dr. Stillingfleet in the general preface to his first above named ; wherein having only touched on Seren. Cressy's piece entit . Fanaticisme fanatically imputed , &c. wrot against him , saith these things of our author N. O. ( Woodhead ) compared with Ser. Cressy ( whose book he affirms to be rayling and the author mad ) is a meer pattern of meekness , and that he writes pertinently without the others bitterness and passion : And elsewhere in the same Preface he stiles him a moderate man. An historical narration of the life and death of our Saviour Jes . Christ , in two parts . Oxon. 1685 qu. Published by Obad. Walker , and then said ▪ not to be of his composition , but of his Tutor Ab. Woodhead . Before it went to the press it was viewed by Dr. Will. Jane the Kings Professor of Divinity , who made some deletions and corrections in it ; yet afterwards they were put in again by Mr. Walker , when it was in the Press . Several exceptions were made against divers passages therein , and great clammoring there was in the University against the book , particularly by Dr. George Reynell of C. C. Coll ; yet on the 13 of Oct. the same year when Mr. Nath. Boys of Univ. Coll. was introduced into his late Majesties ( K. Jam. 2. ) presence , he , his Majesty was not then only pleased to commend him for his Sermon as being an ingenious and well pen'd discourse , ( I mean that Sermon which he had preached in S. Maries Church on 26. Jul. going before , being then a Thanksgiving day , for which he was forced to make his palinody on the first of Aug. following in the Apodyterian , for several things therein savouring of Popery ) but also the said Historical narration lately published , as he said , by the Head of Univ. Coll , for a very good book and wondred why any one should find fault with it , &c. Two discourses concerning the adoration of our B. Saviour in the Eucharist . The first contains , Animadversions upon the alterations of the Rubrick in the Common Service in the Common prayer book of the Church of England . The second , The Catholicks defence for their adoration of our Lord , as believed really and substantially present in the holy Sacrament of the Eucharist Oxon. 1687. qu. Published in an . 1686. by Mr. Walker without licensing by the Vicech , by vertue of the Kings license granted to him to print certain books ( laying by him ) at Oxon. But A.C. of Trin. Coll. obtaining , by another hand , the said book ( while t was in printing ) sheet by sheet , from L. Lichfield the Printer , came out an answer to it about a month after entit . A discourse of the holy Eucharist in the great points of the real presence and adoration of the Host . In answer to the two discourses lately printed at Oxon on this subject . To which is prefix'd a larg historical Preface relating to the same argument . Lond. 1687. qu. Published in Feb. 1686 , and written , as t was then reported , by Will. Wake of Ch. Ch. Another book also was published against it entit . A reply to two discourses lately printed at Oxford concerning the adoration of our blessed Saviour in the Eucharist . Oxon. 1687. qu. Published in the latter end of May that year , and written , as t was then commonly reported , by Doctor Hen. Aldrich Can. of Ch. Ch. In the introduction to this book 't is said that a scandalous report was industriously spread about the nation , as if Oxford Converts came in by whole shoales , and all the University were just ready to declare . Upon the comming out of the first answer , Mr. Walker perceiving that he had been falsly dealt with by the Printer in permitting his book to go away sheet by sheet , as 't was printed , he set up Cases of Letters and a Press in the back part of his Lodgings belonging to him as Master of Univ. Coll. where he caused to be printed another book of Mr. Woodheed entit . Church government , part V. A relation of the English reformation , and the lawfulness thereof , examined by the Theses delivered in the four former parts . Oxon. 1687. qu. with K. Alfreds picture in the title , cut in a wooden bordure . This was published in the beginning of Apr. the same year ; but the zealous men of the Church of England , then in the University , perceiving that Mr. Walker would cut their own throats at home , ( as they said , ) were resolved to answer whatsoever he published . So that about the 13. of June following were published Animadversions on the eight Theses laid down , and the inferences deduced from them , in a discourse entit . Church government , part V. lately printed at Oxon. Oxon. at the Theater 1687. qu. Two discourses . The first concerning the spirit of Martin Luther , and the original of reformation . The second concerning the celebracy of the Clergy . Oxon. ( in Mr. Walkers lodgings ) 1687. qu. This was published in a very short time after Church Government . To the said two discourses came out An answer to some considerations on the Spirit of Mart. Luther , and the original of the reformation , lately printed at Oxon. Oxon at the Theater 1687. qu. Published on the 10. of Aug. the same year , and written by Mr. Franc. Atterbury of Ch. Ch. Pietas Romana & Parisiensis : or a faithful relation of the several sorts of charitable and pious works eminent in the Cities of Rome and Paris . The one taken out of a book written by Theodor. Amydenus , the other out of that by Mr. Carr. Oxon ( in Mr. Walkers Lodgings ) 1687. oct . Answered in a book entit . Some reflections upon a treatise called Pietas Romana & Par. lately printed at Oxon ; To which are added , &c. Ox. 1688. qu. Written by James Harrington B. A. of Ch. Ch. since a Barrester of the Inner Temple . The Pietas Parisiensis before mentioned was written by Tho. Carre Confessor of Sion . — Printed at Paris 1666. in tw . Motives to holy living : or , heads for meditation , divided into considerations , counsels and duties . Together with some forms of devotion in Letanies , Collects , Doxologies , &c. Oxon. ( in Mr. Walkers Lodg. ) 1688. qu. Published by him about the 12 of July the same year . Catholick Theses . Ox. 1689. qu. Concerning images and idolatry . Ox. 1689. qu. Succession of the Clergy . Antient Church Government . Apocalyps paraphrased . A larger discourse concerning Antichrist . The reader may now be pleased to know that when Mr. Walker left Oxon , which was on the 9. of Nov. 1688 to prevent the insults of the rabble , upon the comming into England of the Pr. of Aurange , he caus'd to be lodged in the house of a certain Boatman near Oxford Wharff many printed copies of certain books , written by our author Woodhead , that had not then been sold , and the copies of these four last books that were then about half finished , to the end that they might be conveyed by water to London , there to be disposed of as he should think fit ; but the waters being then too high for their passage , the said books , remained in the Boatmans hands till the 23. of Dec. following : At which time some of Col. Mordants Soldiers , then in Oxon. searching the house of the said Boatman a reputed Fanatick , under pretence for the finding out a P. Priest which he was suspected to harbour , they discovered the said books , and finding , upon examination , that they belonged to Mr. Walker , they seized on , and convey'd , them away to the Colonels quarters , with intentions to have them publicly burnt ; but upon farther consideration , they , at length , after they had detained them several weeks , did , as I have heard , restore them to the person , whom Mr. Walker had appointed to look after them . But to return : It was also reported very frequently that he ( Woodhead ) wrote Gods benefits to mankind . Oxon. 1680. qu. Published by Mr. Walker as his own ; nay and many stick not to say ( which is a wonder to me ) that he was the author of The whole duty of man , and of all that goes under the name of that author . He the said Abr. Woodhead did also translate from Lat. into English S. Augustine's Confessions : with the continuation of his life to the end thereof , extracted out of Possidius , and the Fathers own unquestion'd works . Printed 1679 in a large oct . And from Spanish into English . ( 1 ) The life of the holy mother S. Teresa ; foundress of the reformation of the discalced Carmelites , according to the primitive rule . Printed 1669. &c. qu. Written originally by her self . ( 2 ) The history of her foundations . ( 3 ) Her death and burial and the miraculous incorruption and fragrancy of her body . This S. Teresa was born 28. Mar. 1515 , died 4. Oct. 1582 and was buried first at Alva , and afterwards in the Monastery of S. Joseph of Avila , in Spain . ( 4 ) Her Treatise of the manner of visiting the Monasteries of discalced Nunns . These three last were printed with her Life . ( 5 ) The second part of the works of S. Teresa of Jesus , containing 1 The way of perfection . 2. The Castle interior or the seven mansions , &c. Printed 1669. qu. ( 6 ) The holy life of Gregory Lopez , a Spanish Hermit in the West Indies . Printed 1675. in oct . 2d . edit . This Greg. Lopez was born at Madrid 4. Jul. 1542 , died at Sancto●fe near Mexico , 20. Jul. 1596 , and had his life afterwards written by Franc. Loza and translated into several Langages . Mr. Woodhead also changed the stile of a book called The Scale ( or Ladder ) of perfection , written by Walt. Hilton a Carthusian in the time of K. Hen. 6. Which book having been printed an . 1494 , he , I say , changed many antiquated words therein , and rendred them more intelligible for ordinary capacities — Lond. 1679. oct . He also changed the stile of another treatise of the same author , written to a devout man of secular Estate , teaching him how to lead a spiritual life therein — Printed with The Scale , &c. At length after this most pious , learned and retired person Mr. Woodhead had lived to the age of man , surrendred up his most devout soul to God in his little Cell at Hogsden before mentioned , in sixteen hundred seventy and eight : whereupon his body was conveyed to S. Pancras Church near Holbourn in Middlesex ( distant about half a mile from the back part of Greys Inn ) and was buried in the yard there , about 22 paces distant from the Chancel of that Church , on the south side . Afterwards was a raised altar-monument built of brick , covered with a thick planke of blew Marble , put over his grave ; and on the said planke , was this ingraven . A. W. obiit Maii 4. A.D. 1678 aetatis suae LXX . Elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei ; & mansi in solitudine , non quaerens quod mihi utilis est , sed quod multis . This monument being built 2 or 3 years after his death , those that put it up , caus'd his grave to be opened to view the coffin and body , that they might be sure that it was the person for whom the said monument was erected : And had K. Jam. 2. continued in his throne two years longer , his body would have been removed to the Chappel in Univ. Coll. and there had a monument erected over him equal to his great merits and worth . WILLIAM WHITE who writes himself Guliel . Phalerius , was born of plebeian parents in a market town called Witney in Oxfordshire , in the month of June 1604 , was entred a Student in Wadham Coll. in Act term 1620 , took the degrees in Arts , holy orders and preached for a time near Oxon. At length the Mastership of the Free-School joyning to Madg. Coll. falling void , it was confer'd upon him some years before the Civil War began : where being setled , several persons by his care and industry proved afterwards eminent . But being ejected thence in the fatal year of 1648 , he did , about that time , privately obtain of Dr. Duppa Bishop of Salisbury the Rectory of Pusey near Faringdon in Berks , situated within his Diocess , and kept it during the interval by the favour of friends and the smalness of its profits . After the Kings return Dr. Th. Pierce President of Magd. Coll. ( who had sometimes been his Scholar ) procured the Rectory of Appleton near Abendon in the same County , of the Society of that house , to be confer'd upon him : both which Livings he kept to his dying day and built houses on them , having been always accounted a noted Philologist , and a loyal and pious Divine . He hath published several small tracts , of which these only have come to my sight . Ad Grammaticam ordinarium Supplementa , & paedagogica alia , &c. Lond. 1648 and 52. oct . Via ad pacem ecclesiasticam . Lond. 1660. qu. Paraphrasis cum annotatis ad difficiliora loca catechismi Anglicani . Printed 1674 in Lat. and Engl. He died at Pusey before mention'd on the first day of June ( about the first hour of the morn ) in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , as I have been enformed by letters written from one of his quondam Scholars living in those parts . HENRY GREISLEY son of Joh Gr. of Shrewsbury Gent. became a Student of Ch. Ch. from Westm . School , an . 1634 , took the degrees in Arts , adheer'd to his Majesties cause in the time of the rebellion , for which he suffer'd by ejection from his house and expulsion from the University by the impetuous Visitors , an . 1648. He hath translated from French into English ( 1 ) The Prince . Lond. 1648. oct . Written by Sieur de Balsac ( 2 ) The Christian man : or the reparation of nature by grace . Lond. 1650. in a large qu. Written originally by Jo. Franc. Senault . Besides which translations he hath certain Specimens of Poetry extant , which have obtained him a place among those of that faculty . After his Majesties restauration he became beneficed in the Church , and on the 19 of Apr. 1672 he was installed Prebendary of Worcester in the place of Will. Owen M. A. deceased . This Mr. Greisley died about the beginning of June in sixteen hundred seventy and eight and was succeeded in his prebendship by Mr. Joseph Glanvill . I find R. G. sometimes M. of A. of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. to be the translator of A discourse of Constancy . Lond. 1654. oct . Written in Lat. by Just . Lipsius , but who he was , unless Rob. Gomershall , I know not . Quaere . NATHANIEL HOLMES commonly called Homes , Son of George Hol. Minister of Kingswood in Glocestershire was born (a) in Wilts . became a Communer of Magd. Hall in the latter end of 1616 aged 17 years ; whence , after he had continued there for a little while , he was translated to Exeter Coll. for the sake of John Prideaux whom he much admired , and as a member thereof took the degree of Bach. of Arts. Afterwards returning to Magd. Hall , he took the degree of Master and became a frequent preacher for a time in these parts . What his preferments were in the Church afterwards , I find not , unless it was a cure in Glocestershire . Sure I am that he took the degrees in Divinity as a member of Exeter Coll. that of Bach. in 1633 and that of Doctor four years after ; and also that being a severe Calvinist , he did upon the defection of the members of the Long Parliament , close with the Presbyterians , and when the rout of Orthodox Ministers in and near London was made in 1642 and 43 , he obtained one or more cures , of which the Church of S. Mary Stayning was one . But being soon after delivered from the Presbyterian contagion , as he call'd it , he with Hen. Burton B. D. and Minister of Friday-street in London , became great advancers of the faction , set up (b) their Independent congregations in the beginning of the year 1643 , and would admit no man to the sacrament , but such as were members of the same , or baptize any children , tho born within the Parish , ( for which they were supposed to serve ) but of such that should enter into their New Covenant , and that they challenged to themselves a power of examining the lives and conversations of the members of their said congregation , casting out whom they please , and for what they list , and not admitting any to the Eucharist , nor the children of any to baptisme , till they had satisfied the Church , that is themselves , in the sincerity of their repentance , and be again restored by them : Also that neither of them would permit the Sacrament of the Lords Supper to be administred in their parishes at Easter in 1643. Besides a congregation or more in London , our author Holmes had several in the Country particularly at Dover ; and like a Bishop of a diocess he would go twice or thrice in a year to visit , purposely to pray and preach to them , and in one of his Sermons to the members there , he prayed God to bless and remember them who had but a bit once in a quarter or half a year . He was accounted by many , especially those of his perswasion , a profound Divine , and to be well skill'd in the Tongues , particularly in the Hebrew , and by others a mutable and fantastical person . When the Act of conformity was published he left his cure or cures , and spent most of his time in the parish of S. Giles without Cripplegate , London , where he kept , or at least frequented , Conventicles . He hath written , Usury is injury : cleared in an examination of its best apology , alledged by a Country Minister out of Dr. Ames in his cases of conscience . Lond. 1640. qu. The new world ; or the new reformed Church discovered out of the 2. Epist . of Pet. ch . 3.13 . first briefly opened before some of the Nobility and others in the Country : Afterwards more fully delineated and prosecuted before the honorable House of Commons 30 May 1641. Lond. 1641. qu. Besides this he hath other Sermons extant as ( 1 ) Gods gracious thoughts towards great sinners , in two Sermons , on Isaiah 55.8.9 . ( 2 ) Thanksgiving Sermon before the H. of Com. in Ch. Ch. Lond. 6. Oct. 1659. on Psal . 33.1 . Lond. 1659. qu. &c. Vindication of baptizing believers . In some animadversions upon Mr. Tombes his exercitations about infant baptisme , as also upon his examen , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. Daemonology and Theology : the first , the malady , demonstrating the diabolical arts and devillish hearts of men . The second , the remedy , demonstrating , God a rich supply of all good . Lond. 1650. oct . This was answer'd by Anon. Character of the crying evils of the times . Lond. 1650. octavo . Church cases cleared : Wherein are held forth some things to reclaim professors that are slack-principled , Antichurchians , Nonchurch-seekers , Church levellers ; with a pacificatory preface . The resurrection revealed : or the dawning of the day-star , about to rise and radiate a visible incomparable glory , far beyond any since the creation , upon the universal Church on earth for a thousand years yet to come before the ultimate day of the general judgment to the raising of the Jews , &c. Lond. 1654. &c. fol. in 7. books . This piece is looked upon by some to be learnedly written , who take the author to be a perfect Chiliast or Millinarian , as Mr. Jos . Mede , Dr. Hen. More and many other Orthodox , as well as Hetrodox , Divines . Peter Sterry that high flown Blasphemer , and Joseph Caryl perused this book , and gave their judgments thereof , and the last of them an Imprimatur in the title . Whence 't is very easie and proper to observe how ready and extreamly forward the last pretended Reformers were not only to countenance but patronize the many generally exploded opinions ( in matter of religion ) of their Brethren however hetrodox , erroneous and groundless ; insomuch that Divines by publick appointment were ordered to peruse their books , and after a transient cursory view of , to represent , them to the world in extravagant lavish characters of their extraordinary worth and excellency . As for the author Holmes , tho he was accounted a Millinarian , yet he doth not contend for a carnal , sensual and gross liberty and worldly to be enjoyed before the general resurrection by the Saints , but spiritual , purified and refin'd freedom from the dominion and enslaving vassalage of sin and corruption to be exercised in holiness and sanctity . Open door for mans approach to God. Lond. 1650 qu. Of Gospel musick — Printed in qu. This , and the next going before , I have not yet seen . In the year 1652 was published by him the said Dr. Holmes a folio book containing 16 several treatises , as ( 1 ) Christs offering himself to all sinners , as concerning all objections , on John 6.37 . ( 2 ) Mistakes about prayer . ( 3 ) Faith in abstract , in its high acting , above outward sense , inward sensation and natural reason . ( 4 ) Antidote against Antinomianisme . ( 5 ) Gods gracious thoughts . This is mention'd before , ( 6 ) Gods gracious expressions engaging to comfort them that accept of his grace , on 1. Cor. 1.3.4 . ( 7 ) Moderation of spirit , for quietation of mind in trying times , on Phil. 4.5 . ( 8 ) Necessaria . Or the Body of Div. necessary to salvation , on Rom. 8.29.30.31 . ( 9 ) Soul-cordials against sore discomforts , in a Com. or explications and applications of the whole 43. Psal . ( 10 ) The gracious heart is not to seek great things in grievous times , on Jer. 45. ver . 5. former part . ( 11 ) Gods saving a people with a notwithstanding their sins , on Psalm . 106.8 . ( 12 ) The Christian Hammerers against the Antichristian horns , on Zech. 1.21 . latter part . ( 13 ) The Churches glory and defence , from Isay . 4. ver . 5. ( 14 ) The only happy people , described out of Psal . 144.15 . ( 15 ) The malady of a mixt Communion . ( 16 ) Commentary literal or historical , and mystical or spiritual , on the whole book of Canticles . — These 16 things I say were printed for the author in one vol. at Lond. 1652. fol. with the general title to them of The works of Nathaniel Holmes . But they laying dead on the Booksellers hands , they printed a new title to them , with the year of our Lord 1669 , which hath made them move among some of the Brethren . Ten Exercitations in vindication of The resurrection revealed . Lond. 1661. fol. An essay concerning the Sabbath ; or the Sabbath day rest from controversie , &c. Lond. 1673. oct . The brazen serpent or Gods grand design , &c. Lond. 1673. qu. Besides several other things which I have not yet seen , as The peasants peace , &c. At length this Dr. having lived till he was almost blind , departed this mortal life in the Parish of S. Giles without Cripplegate before mention'd , in the month of June , as I conceive , in sixteen hundred seventy and eight ; and was buried , as I suppose , according to his will , in the Chancel of the Church of S. Mary Aldermanbury in London , close to the worthy Ministers there interred . He died rich , left behind him a Widow called Sarah , a Daughter named Bethiah , and a Brother called Nehemiah Holmes of Machin in Hertfordshire Clerk. GILES COLLIER son of Giles Collier of Pershore in Worcestershire , was born there , or at least in that County , became either a Batler or Servitour of New inn , in Lent term 1637 , aged 15 years , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , and departed for a time , closing then with the Presbyterians . In 1648 when the Parliamentarian Visitors were in Oxon he proceeded in Arts , took the Covenant and afterwards became Vicar of Blockley near Evesham and Shipson in Worcestershire , and a busie man when he was made an Assistant to the Commissioners of Worcestershire for the ejection of such whom the Godly party called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , an . 1654 and after . At his Majesties restauration he continued in Blockley , and when the Act of uniformity was published he conformed , not without the regret of some Loyallists in the neighbourhood , whom he had much displeased in the interval . He hath written , Vindiciae thesium de sabbato : or a vindication of certain passages in a sermon of the morality of the Sabbath , from the exceptions of which they are subjected by Edw. Fisher Esq . in his book called A Christian Caveat , &c. Lond. 1653. 56. qu. Appendix wherein is briefly examined this bold assertion of Edw. Fisher , viz. There is an equal authority and equal antiquity for the observation of the 25 of Dec. as for the Lords day . Answer to 15 questions lately published by Edw. Fisher Esq . and the suggestions therein delivered against suspending ignorant and scandalous persons from the Lords Supper — These two last things were printed with the Vindiciae thesium . Fun. Sermon on Isaiah 57.1 . — Printed 1661. qu. He died at Blockley in the latter end of July , in sixteen hundred seventy and eight and was buried on the 30. day of the same month in the Church there . In the said Vicaridge succeeded Sam. Scattergood of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , as I shall elsewhere tell you . BENJAMIN PARRY younger Brother to Joh. Parry before mention'd , was born , as I conceive , in Dublin , admitted in Arts in Trin. Coll. there , on the 5. of Decemb. 1648 , came with his Brother to Jesus Coll. in this University , took the degrees in Arts , and after his Majesties restauration , he was , by the favour of his Commissioners appointed to visit this University , made Greek Reader , and so consequently Fellow , of C. C. Coll. In 1663 Feb. 26 he was installed Preb. of Knaresbergh in the Church of York , ( he being then Bach. of Div. ) upon the resignation of Dr. Rob. Mossom ; which Dignity he resigning upon his going into his own Country , was succeeded therein by Dr. Will. Asshton , in Feb. 1673. On the first of May 1674 he was made Dean of Kilkenny , and thence was translated to the Deanery of S. Patrick at Dublin on the 24 of March following . On the 27. of Jan. 1677 he was consecrated Bishop of Ossory in the place of his Brother deceased , which he kept to his dying day , that shortly after followed . He hath written , Chymia Caelestis : Drops from heaven , or pious meditations on several places of Scripture . Lond. 1659 , 73 in tw . And also made fit for the press and published Holy rules and helps to devotion , &c. Lond. 1674. in tw . Written by Dr. Duppa Bishop of Winton . This Dr. Parry , who , I suppose , hath published no other things , died on the fourth day of Octob. in sixteen hundred seventy and eight ( having a little before been married , but not to his content ) and was buried near to the graves of his Brother and Father in S. Audoens Church in Dublin . In the See of Ossory succeeded Dr. Mich. Ward Provost of Trin. Coll. near Dublin , and soon after he was translated to London-Derry . PETER LEYCESTER son of Pet. Leycest . Esq , was born at Nether Tabley in Cheshire , 3. March 1613 , became a Gent. Com. of Brasn . Coll. 13. Oct. 1629 , but leaving that house without a degree , he went , I presume , to the Inns of Court. Afterwards he retired to his patrimony , where , besides the pleasures of a Country life , he exercised himself much in the study of History and Antiquities . After the restauration of his Majesty an . 1660 ( for whose cause he before had suffer'd ) he was created a Baronet and probably had he sought , he might have had beneficial places confer'd on him , but such was the love he had to his native Country , that postponing all matters of profit , he studied and laboured to revive its antiquities , that had almost been buried in oblivion , which he afterwards published with this title , Historical antiquities in two books . The first treating in general of Great Britaine and Ireland ; the other containing particular remarks of Cheshire , and chiefly of Bucklow hundred . Lond. 1673 fol. But therein having made Amicia Daughter of Hugh Cyveliok Earl of Chester a Bastard , was as to that matter answer'd in a book intit . A defence of Amicia , &c. by Sir Tho. Manwaring of Peover in Cheshire Bt ; who , with this our author Pet. Leyc . were descended from her . Whereupon Sir Peter came out with An answer to Sir Tho. Manwarings book entit . A defence of Amicia , &c. Lond. 1673. oct . Addenda : or some things to be added to the former answer to Sir Thomas Manwarings book , to be placed immediatly after pag. 90. Lond. 1673. oct . He also wrot , A reply to Sir Tho. Manwarings answer to Sir Pet. Leycesters Addenda . Lond. 1674. oct . and Sir Tho. Manwarings Law cases mistaken , and the antient Law misunderstood , and the new law misapplied , &c. Lond. 1674. oct . There was a waggish and merry Ballad that went from hand to hand in Ms , concerning these petite controversies between the two Baronets , and great sport there was made among idle and vain Gentlemen concerning the punctilio's and minute things they insisted on ; but at length at an Assize held at Chester 1675 their controversies were decided by the Justices Itinerant , who , as I have heard , adjudged the right of the matter to Manwaring . As for our author Sir Peter , he dyed at Nether-Tabley on the eleventh day of Octob. in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried by his Ancestors in our Ladies Chappel on the north side of the Church at Great Budworth in Cheshire . Over his grave was soon after set up a comly monument for him and his Lady , ( who died 26. of Jan. following aged 59 years ) the inscription whereof being large , I shall now for brevity sake omit . THOMAS VINCENT second son of John Vincent sometimes a Gent of Lincolns Inn and afterwards a Minister , was born in the antient Borough of Hertford in the month of May 1634 , educated partly in Grammar learning in Westminster school and partly in that at Felsted in Essex , and in 1648 became a Student of Ch. Ch. by the favour of the Parliamentarian Visitors then and there sitting . In 1654 he proceeded in Arts , at which time the Governour of his house had so great opinion of him , that he chose him Catechist , which usually belongs to a senior Master . Soon after he left Oxon and became Chaplain to Robert Earl of Leycester , and afterwards , tho not in Orders from a Bishop , he was made Minister of S. Mary Magdalens Church in Milkstreet in London ; which place he keeping till the day of S. Barthelmew an . 1662 , left it because he would not conform : Whereupon retiring to Hoxton alias Hogsden near London , preached in a Conventicle there to his dying day , being always held in great esteem for his piety by those of his perswasion . He hath written , Spiritual antidote for a dying soul . Lond. 1665. oct . Gods terrible voice in the City by plague and fire . Lond. 1667. oct . Of Christs certain and sudden appearance to judgment . Lond. 1667. oct . and several times after : the sixth edit . came out in 1683. and the book it self is grounded on Rev. 22.20 . last part . Answer to the sandy foundation of Will. Pen the Quaker . Defence of the Trinity , Satisfaction by Christ , and Justification of Sinners . Lond. 1667. in tw . or sixt . Wells of salvation opened : or words whereby we may be saved . With advice to young men . Lond. 1669. oct . Explicatory Catechisme : or an explanation of the Assemblies shorter Catechisme , wherein all the Answers are taken asunder under Questions and Answers , the Truths explained and proved , &c. Lond. 1673 , &c. oct . The true Christians love of the unseen Christ : or a discourse chiefly tending to excite and promote the decaying love of Christ in the hearts of Christians . Lond. 1677. 84. in tw . Appendix concerning Christs manifestation of himself to them that love him . — Printed with The true Christians love , &c. Holy and profitable Sayings . Lond. 1680. Printed on one side of a sh . of paper . Several sermons , as ( 1 ) Fire and Brimstone from Heaven , from Earth , in Hell : or three discourses , 1. Concerning the burning of Sodome and Gomorrah formerly . 2. Concerning , &c. Lond. 1670. oct . contained in several sermons . ( 2 ) Wherein doth appear the blessedness of forgiveness , and how it may be attained , on Psal . 32.1 . Lond. 1674. 76. qu. in The Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate , published by Sam. Aneley . ( 3 ) Sermon on 1 Tim. 4.1.2 . and part of the third verse . — This is the seventeenth sermon in The morning exercise against Popery &c. preached in a Conventicle in Southwark . — Lond. 1675. qu. ( 4 ) Serm. on Isa . 57.1.2 . — Printed 1667 oct . This I have not yet seen , nor certain controversial Writings between him and Dr. VVill. Sherlocke . This Mr. Vincent died at Hogsden before mentioned in the Parish of S. Leonards Shoreditch in the month of Octob. ( the 15 day as it seems ) in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried in the new Churchyard belonging to Cripplegate Parish , ( as his Brother Nathaniel hath informed me ) at which time Sam. Slater preached his funeral sermon on Heb. 13.7 , afterwards published (*) under the title of Vincentius redivivus ; in the beginning of which he tells us that the said Mr. Vincent was buried 27 of Oct. 1678. SILAS DOMVILLE or D'omvill alias Taylor son of Silvanus Taylor a Committee man for Herefordshire in the time of the rebellion , a busie man against the Kings party , and a Commissioner for Herefordshire and certain Counties in Wales for the ejecting of scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and School-Masters , was born at Harley near Muchwenlock in Shropshire , on the 16 of July 1624 , bred in the Free-Schools at Westminster and Shrewsbury , became a Communer of New Inn in the beginning of the year 1641 , but being soon after called thence , without the taking of a degree , upon the eruption of the Civil Wars , he took part with the Rebels upon his fathers instance , and at length became a Captain under Colonel , afterwards Major General , Edw. Massey ; and when the Wars ceased he was made by his fathers endeavours a Sequestrator of the Royalists in Herefordshire , and had in those times great power there ; which he used so civilly and obligingly that he was beloved of all the Kings party . His father setled upon him a good estate in Church Lands which he had bought , and had the moity of the Bishops Pallace in Hereford setled on him , ( the other part Col. John Birch had got into his clutches ) on which he laid out much mony in building and altering . Upon the rising of Sir George Booth in Cheshire , in the beginning of Aug. 1659 , he received a Commission to be Captain of a Troop of Horse for the Militia of the City of Westminster , and shew'd himself very active in that employment ; but at the Kings return , he lost all and was in a manner ruined . Soon after , by the favour of certain persons whom he had before obliged , he became Commissary of the ammunition and warlike provision at Dunkirke , and five years after ( about 1665 ) he was , by the endeavours of Sir Paul Neile and others , made keeper of the Kings Store-houses for Shipping and other marine matters at Harwich a Sea-port Town in Essex , where he continued to the time of his death . This person being a great lover of Antiquities , did in the times of usurpation ransack the Library belonging to the Church of Hereford , of most , or at least the best Mss therein , and did also garble the Mss in the Library of the Church at Worcester , and the evidences pertaining thereunto ; among which , as I have heard , he got the original grant of K. Edgar : whence the Kings of England derive their right to the soveraignty of the Seas , which is printed in Mr. Seldens book called Mare Clausum , lib. 2. He had got also into his hands a quarto Ms of great antiquity which treated of the Philosophers stone in Hieroglyphicks , with some few lat . verses underneath : And being limn'd with very great curiosity it was presented to the view of his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , who offer'd 100 l. for it , but was refused by the owner . This person commonly called Captain Taylor hath written , The History of Gavel-kind , with the Etymology thereof ; containing also an assertion that our English laws are for the most part those that were used by the antient Britains , notwithstanding the several conquests of the Romans , Saxons , Danes and Normans . Lond. 1663. qu. Observations and remarks upon many special occurrences of British and English History — Printed with the former book . At the end of which is an Anonymus Ms . by him publish'd entit . Brevis relatio de Willielmo Comite Normannorum , &c. The original of which is in the Archives of Bodlies Library , communicated to him by Dr. Tho. Barlow the head keeper of that Library . He had also written and published several pamphlets before the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , but his name being not put to , would never after own , them . He also laboured four years or more in collecting various antiquities , as Armes , monumental Inscriptions , &c. in many places of Herefordshire , during his employment there under the two Protectors : Which being now , or at least lately , in the hands of Sir Edw. Harley of Brompton Brian , may serve as an Apparatus for him who shall hereafter write the Antiquities of that County . He wrot also The description of Harwich , and all its appurtenances and antiquities ; which is now in Ms . in a private hand . He had great skill not only in the practical , but theoretical part of Musick , did compose several lessons , some of which were tried and played in the publick School of that fac . in this University , while Dr. Wilson held the chair , before his Majesties restauration ; and after that time , he being well acquainted with that most admired Organist to the Queen , called Matthew Lock , ( who had married one Garnons a Herefordshire Woman ) he did compose several Anthems ; two , or more of which were sung in his Majesties Chappel ; which being well performed , his Maj. was pleased to tell the author that he liked them . He had also good skill in the Mathematicks and the Tongues , and might have proved excellent in them , had his continuance in the University been longer , or had he not spent most of his time in military matters . He died on the fourth day of Novemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Harwich before mention'd . He died much in debt , so that all such Mss . and Papers that were then laying by him ( some of which he had before pawned ) were with his goods seized on by his Creditors . His Father Silvanus Taylor before mention'd , who also had been one of the High Court of Justice , and a grand Oliverian wrot and published , Common good : or , the improvement of Commons , Forrests and Chases by enclosure : Wherein the advantage of the Poor , the common plenty of all , and the increase and preservation of timber , with other things of common concernment , are considered . Lond. 1652. in 7. sh . and an half in qu. Dedicated to the supreme authority of the Nation the Parliament of England . He had a son of both his names , sometimes a Communer of Wadham Coll. afterwards M. A. and Fellow of that of Allsouls , an ingenious man , and well skill'd in the practical part of Musick , who died at Dublin in Ireland in the beginning of Nov. 1672. MARCHAMONT NEDHAM was born in a Market Town called Burford in Oxfordshire , in the month of Aug. 1620 , and on the 21. of the said month received baptisme there . He was son of a Father of both his names , born of gentile parents in Derbyshire ( sometimes Bach. of Arts of S. Johns Coll. and Gloc. Hall , afterwards an Attendant on the Lady Elizab. Lucas Sister to John Lord Lucas , and Wife of Sir Will. Walter of Sarsden near Burford before mention'd ) by Margery his Wife , Daughter of John Collier the Host of the George inn , then the principal place for the reception of Guests in Burford . But the said Father , dying in the year following , the Mother was the next year after that ( scil . in 1622 ) married to Christoph . Glynn Vicar of the said Town , and Master of the Free-school there : which Glynn perceiving his Son-in-law to have very pregnant parts , did take him under his tuition , and spared not to encourage his forwardness . At about 14 years of age he was sent to All 's . Coll. where being made one of the Choristers , continued there till 1637 , at which time he took the degree of Bach. of Arts. So that being not capable of keeping that place any longer , because inconsistent with his degree , he retired to S. Maries Hall for a time . At length being invited to London , he had confer'd upon him an Ushers place in Merchant Taylors School then presided by one Mr. Will. Staple ; but how long he continued there I cannot justly tell . Sure it is , that upon the change of the times , he became an under-clerk in Greys inn , where by vertue (a) of a good legible court-hand , he obtained a comfortable subsistance . Soon after siding with the rout , and scum of the people , he made them weekly sport by railing at all that was noble in his intelligence called Merc. Britan. wherein his endeavours were to sacrifice the fame of some Lord , or person of Quality , nay of the King himself , to the beast with many heads . Diego writeth (b) that Barcaeus meeting with the Devil sitting at his ease upon a chair , bid him rise up and give place to his betters . The tale was moraliz'd in Britanicus , who might very well have challenged the precedency of Satan , and to have thrust him out of his chair , the seat of the scornful , wherein he sate several years , and out-railed all the Shimies and Rabsekehs , and out-lyed all the Simmeasses and Psedolusses that ever sate in that chair . So that this Nedham being become popular , and an active man in person among the rout , he was commonly called Capt. Nedham of Greys inn , and what he said or wrot was looked upon as Gospel . About that time he studied Physick , followed the chymical way , and in 1645 began to practice it , and by that and his writing , maintained himself in very gentile fashion . But so it was , that whether by his imprisonment in the Gatehouse for his aspersions of his Majesty , in the opening or explaining his Cabinet Letters , an . 1645 , or for some scorn or affronts put upon him , he forthwith left the blessed cause , and obtaining the favour of a known Royallist to introduce him into his Majesties presence at Hampton-court , an . 1647 , he then and there knelt before him , and desired forgiveness for what he had written against him and his cause : which being readily granted , he kiss'd his Majesties hand , and soon after wrot Mercurius Pragmaticus : which being very witty , satyrical against the Presbyterians and full of Loyalty , made him known to and admired by the Bravadoes and Wits of those times . But he being narrowly sought after , left London , and for a time sculk'd at Minster Lovel near Burford in Oxfordsh . in the house there of Dr. Pet. Heylyn . At length being found out , imprison'd in Newgate and brought into danger of his life , Lenthall the Speaker of the House of Commons , who knew him and his Relations well , and John Bradshaw President of the High Court of Justice , treated him fairly , and not only got his pardon , but , with promise of rewards and places , perswaded him to change his stile once more , meaning for the Independents , then carrying all before them . So that being brought over , he wrot Merc. Politicus , so extream contrary to the former , that the generality for a long time , especially the most generous Royallists , could not believe that that intelligence could possibly be written by the same hand that wrot the M. Pragmaticus . The truth is , these last were written for about an year and an half , and were endeavoured by the Parliamenteers to be stifled , but the former ( the Politici ) which came out by authority , and flew every week into all parts of the Nation for more than 10 years , had very great influence upon numbers of inconsiderable persons , such who have a strange presumption that all must needs be true that is in print . He was then the Goliah of the Philistines , the great Champion of the late Usurper , whose pen in comparison of others , was like a weavers beam . And certainly he that will , or can , peruse those his Intelligences called Merc. Politici , will judge that had the Devil himself ( the Father of all lies ) been in this Goliahs office , he could not have exceeded him , as having with profound malice calumniated his Soveraign , scurrility abused the Nobility , impudence blasphemed the Church and Members thereof , and industry poysoned the People with dangerous principles . At the happy return of the times in 1660 he being conscious to himself that he might be in danger of the halte● once more , sculk'd ( some said fled into Holland ) till s●ch time he could get his pardon , or that the Act of Oblivion should pass . In the mean time were not wanting some forward Loyallists to complain of , and write against , him : Among which was a nameless author entit . A rope for Pol. or a hue and crie after March. Nedham the late scurrulous News-writer , print . ( in May ) 1660. qu , wherein he sheweth to the world the horrid blasphemies and revilings against the Kings Majesties Person , his cause and his friends , published in his weekly Politicus . In Apr. also the same year , was put forth A conference between Tho. Scot and March. Nedham concerning the present Affairs of the Nation ; wherein many of Nedhams rogueries are ript up and laid open to the world . In the beginning also of Jan. before going , when great hopes depended upon Monks proceeding , a poem entit . A New-years gift for Politicus , said to be written by Will. Kilburne , flew about , wherein he tells you that Nedham wrot , Politicus , Intelligencer ( As famous as old Meg Spencer ) Pragmaticus , The Spy , what not ? Britanicus ; The Counter plot Of Hell , &c. But notwithstanding all verbal and printed complaints , he , for money given to an hungry courtier obtained his pardon under the Great Seal , which was his defence oftentimes , particularly at Oxford Act in 1661 , when then several set upon him in S. Maries Church to hale him before a Justice , and so to prison for treason : so that I say being free , and at liberty by vertue of that Seal , which he several times produced , he exercised the faculty of physick to his dying day among the Brethren , which was a considerable benefit to him . He was a person endowed with quick natural parts , was a good humanitian , Poet and boon Droll : And had he been constant to his Cavaleering principles he would have been beloved by , and admired , of all ; but being mercenary , and valuing money and sordid interest , rather than conscience , friendship , or love to his Prince , was much hated by the Royal Party to his last , and many cannot yet endure to hear him spoken of . Among several things that he hath written and published , these following have only come to my sight . Mercurius Britanicus , communicating the affairs of Great Britaine for the better information of the people . — These Mercuries began about the middle of Octob. 1643 , and were carried on thence week by week every Munday in one sh . to the latter end of 1646 , or beginning of 1647. I have seen a Trag. Com. intit . Merc. Britanicus or the English intelligencer , reprinted in 1641. qu. but the author of that was Rich. Brathwayte . A check to the checker of Britanicus : or the honour and integrity of Coll. Nath. Fiennes revived , re-estated from certain prejudices and mistakes , occasion'd by late misreports . Lond. 1644. qu. A Hue and crie after the King , &c. — Generally reported to have been written by this author , particularly ( 1 ) By the writer (c) of the Brief Chron. of the late intestine war , &c. who tells us that when the King fled from Hampton Court in Nov. 1647 to the Isle of Wight , one Nedham published a most execrable and blasphemous paper called A hue and crie after the King , &c. But how it can be so , I cannot judge , unless our author Nedham could write treason and loyalty in one breath ; for at that time and some weeks before , he wrot Merc. Pragm . as I shall anon tell you ( 2 ) The writer of the witty (d) Poem entit Merc. Britanicus his welcome to Hell , wherein reckoning up most of the Intelligencies that were wrot for the Parliament , saith thus . Amongst all these ( dear son Britanicus ) Thou hast shew'd thy self the best Mercurius ; Thou hast out-slander'd Slander , and prevail'd , And every railing Rogue thou hast out-rail'd . Thou bravely didst thy Soveraigne vilifie , Persu'dst his honour with an Hue and Cry. Abus'd the Queen with scandals , &c. But the Reader is to know , notwithstanding these Writers , that the Hue and Cry was not written when the K. left Hampton Court , but after his defeat at Naseby , an . 1645. Our author Nedham hath also written , The case of the Kingdom stated according to the proper interests of the several parties engaged , &c. — When first published , I know not : the third edition was printed at Lond. 1647. in qu. The Levellers level'd : or the Independents conspiracy to root out Monarchy . An interlude . Lond. 1647. in two sh . in qu. Said in the title to be written by Merc. pragmaticus . See in Will. Prynne , under the year 1669. p. 320. Mercurius pragmaticus , communicating intelligence from all parts , touching all affairs , designs , humours and conditions throughout the Kingdom , especially from Westminster and the Head-quarters . — There were two parts of them , and they came out weekly in one sheet in qu. The former part commenced the 14 Sept. 1647 , and ended the 9 Jan. 1648. The other which was intit . Merc. pragm . for K. Ch. 2 , &c. commenced 24 Apr. 1649 , but quickly ended . There were now and then other Pragmatici that peeped forth , but they were counterfeit . A plea for the King and Kingdom , by way of answer to a late remonstrance of the Army . Lond. in Nov. an . 1648 in 3 sh ▪ in qu. Digitus Dei : or Gods Justice upon treachery and treason , exemplified in the life and death of the late James Duke of Hamilton , being an exact relation of his traiterous practices since the year 1630 , &c. with his epitaph . Lond. 1649. in 4 sh . in qu. In the year before came out a book intit . The manifold practices and attempts of the Hamiltons , and particularly of the present Duke of Hamilton now General of the Scottish Army , to get the Crown of Scotland ; in a letter from a Malignant in London to his friend in Scotland . Lond. 1648. qu. But who the author of this was I cannot tell Mercurius Politicus . Comprising the sum of forein intelligence , with the affairs now on foot in the three Nations of England , Scotland and Ireland . — These Mercuries came out weekly every Wednesday in two sheets in qu. commencing with the 9 of June 1649 , and ending with the 6 of June 1650. At which time being Thursday he began again — Now appeared in print ( saith a certain (e) writer ) as the weekly Champion of the new Commonwealth , and to bespatter the King ( Ch. 2. ) with the basest of scurrulous raillery , one Marchamont Nedham , under the name of Politicus , a Jack of all sides , transcendently gifted in opprobrious and treasonable droll , and hired therefore by Bradshaw to act the second part to his starcht and more solemn treason — Who began his first Diurnal with an invective against Monarchy and the Presbyterian Scotch Kirk , and ended it with an Hosanna to Oliver Cromwell , who in the beginning of June returned by the way of Bristoll from Ireland to London , &c. These Mercurii Politici ( wherein were many discourses against Monarchy , and in behalf of a Free-state , especially in those that were published before Ol. Cromwell gaped after the Supremacy ) were constantly carried on till about the middle of Apr. 1660 , when then ( as several times before ) the author was prohibited by order of the Council of State. By vertue of which order , Hen. Muddiman and Giles Dury were authorized to publish their Intelligence every Munday and Thursday , under the titles of Parliamentary Intelligencer and Mercurius Publicus , which continued ( Dury soon after giving over ) till the middle of Aug. 1663 , and then Rog. L'estrange published the Intelligence twice every week in quarto sheets , under the titles of The publick Intelligencer and The News . The first of which came out 31 of Aug. and the other on the 3 of September an . 1663. These continued till the 29 of Jan. 1665 , at which time L'estrange desisted because in Nov. going before were other kind of News-papers published twice every week in half a sheet in folio . These were ▪ called The Oxford Gazette , and the first commenced 7 Nov. 1665 , the King and Queen with their Courts being then in Oxon. These for a little time , were written , I think , by Hen. Muddiman : But when the said Courts removed to London , they were intituled and called The London Gazette ; the first of which that was published there , came forth on the 5 of Feb. following , the King being then at Whitehall . Soon after Mr. Joseph Williamson Under-Secretary of State , procured the writing of them for himself ; and thereupon employed Charles Perrot M. A. and Fellow of Oriel Coll. in Oxon , who had a good command of his pen to do that office under him , and so he did , tho not constantly , to about 1671. After which time they were constantly written by Under-Secretaries , belonging to those that are Principal , and do continue so to this day . The publick Intelligencer , communicating the chief occurrences and proceedings within the Dominions of England , Scotland and Ireland , &c. — These Mercuries came out weekly every Munday , but contained mostly the same matter that was in the Politici . The case of the Commonwealth of England stated : or the equity , utility and necessity of a submission to the present Government , against all scruples and pretences of the opposite parties , viz. Royalists , Scots , Presbyterians , Levellers , &c. Lond. 1649. in two parts in quarto . There again in 1650 , in qu. also . Discourse of the excellency of a Free-state above Kingly government . Lond. 1650. qu. published with the former . An appendix added out of Claud. Salmasius his Defensio Regis and Mr. Hobbes De corpore politico . Tryal of Mr. Joh. Goodwin at the bar of religion and right reason , &c. Lond. 1657. qu. The great accuser cast down , &c. An answer to a scandalous book intit . The Triers or Tormentors tried and cast , &c. Written by Mr. Joh. Goodwin . Lond. 1657. qu. The said Goodwin did not reply in another Pamphlet , only in a book (f) which he the year after published against other persons , doth characterize our author Nedham as having a foul mouth which Sathan hath opened against the truth and mind of God , &c. as being a person of an infamous and unclean character for the service of the Triers , &c. A man that curseth whatsoever he blesseth , and blesseth whatsoever he curseth , &c. That his book hath a double image visibly stampt upon it , like our Philip and Mary Coine , and therein is a Nye (g) of Oxford learning , as well as a Mouth of Oxford railing in the composition , &c. Interest will not lye : or a view of Englands true interest in reference to the Papist , Royallist , Presbyterian , &c. in refutation of a treasonable Pamphlet intit . The interest of England stated . Lond. 1659. in 6 sh . in large quarto paper . The moderate informer , communicating the most remarkable transactions both civil and military in the Commonwealth of England , &c. — It commences with the 12 of May 1659 , but not carried on for above two or three weeks . Nedham , it seems , was put out of his place of writing the weekly news in the time of Richard L. Protector , occasion'd by the Presbyterians : yet notwithstanding tho Joh. Can was put in his place , yet in spight of opposition he carried on the writing of his Mercuries . Newes from Brussels , in a Letter from a near Attendant on his Majesties person , to a person of honour here , dat . 10 March stil . vet . 1659. — There is no name to this Letter , ( full of rascallities against K. Ch. 2. and his Court ) but the general report was then , that it was written by M. Nedham , and conveyed to the Printer or Bookseller by that notorious Schismatick and grand Zealot for the Good Old Cause called Praise-God Barebone . It was answer'd about a week after in another thing in qu. intit . The late news or message from Brussels unmasked ; but by whom it ▪ was written I know not . A short History of the English Rebellion completed in verse . Lond. 1661. qu. 'T is a collection of all such verses which he before had printed before each of his Merc. pragmat . and was then by him published to curry favour with the Royallists . This short History was printed again in 1680. qu. when the Presbyterians were busie to carry on their designs under the pretence of the Popish Plot. He did prefix to it The true character of a rigid Presbyter , and added the Coat of Arms of Sir John Presbyter to that edit . of 1661 , but the said character was not of his writing . Discourse concerning Schooles and Schoolmasters Lond. 1663. in one sh . and an half in qu. Medela medicinae . A plea for the free profession and renovation of the art of Physick , &c. Lond. 1665 in a large oct . Answer'd by two Doctors of that faculty , Fellows of the Coll. of Physitians at London , namely Joh. Twysden in his Medicina veterum vindicata , &c. and Rob. Sprackling in his Medela ignorantiae , &c. Our Author Nedham (g) saith that four Champions were employed by the Coll. of Physitians to write against this book . Two of which ( he saith ) are gone already : The third I hear ( saith he ) is often buried in ale at a place called The hole (h) in the Wall , and the fourth hath asked me pardon before company , confessing that he was set on by the brotherhood of the confederacy . An epistolary discourse before Medicina instaurata , or a brief account of the true grounds and principles of the art of Physick , &c. by Edw. Bolnest M. D. Lond. 1665. A pacquet of Advices and Animadversions sent from London to the men of Shaftsbury , &c. Occasioned by a seditious Pamphlet intit . A Letter from a person of Quality to his friend in the Country , &c. Lond. 1676. qu. Of which book and its author , you may see in another intit . An account of the growth of Popery and Arbitrary Government in England . Lond. 1678. in a thin fol. p. 22. Written by Andr. Marvel Esq . A second Pacquet of Advices &c. occasion'd by several seditious Pamphlets spread abroad to pervert the people , since the publication of the former Pacquet , &c. Lond. 1677. qu. This answers first a Pamphlet intit . Some considerations upon the question , whether the Parliament be dissolved by its prorogation for 15 months . ( 2 ) Another intit . The long Parliament dissolved , written by Denzill L. Holles : the author of which being sought after , his Chaplain , a Nonconformist , named Cary or Carew , own'd it to free his Lord ; whereupon he was committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , in the beginning of Feb. 1676. This Cary after his Lords death lived in Hatton Garden in Holborne , and practised Physick . ( 3 ) A letter from a person newly chosen to sit in this Parliament , to a Bencher in the Temple ; with a pretended answer of the Bencher to the same . ( 4 ) A narrative of the cause and manner of the imprisonment of the Lords , now close prisoners in the Tower of London : The said two Pacquets of Advices were written as 't is (i) said by Nedham , and he encouraged thereunto by Edm. Warcup a Justice of Peace , and Thomas Earl of Danby . Christianissimus Christianandus : or , reasons for the reduction of France to a more Christian state in Europe . Lond. 1678. in 10 sh . in qu. Besides all these , he hath written several other small things , which I have not yet seen . He hath translated into English Mare clausum , printed in fol. 1652 or thereabouts ; but he being then no way affected to Monarchy , gave himself therefore the license to foist in the name of a Commonwealth instead of the Kings of England , and also to suppress the Epist . ded . to the King. He also added an Appendix to it concerning the Soveraignty of the Kings of Great Britaine on the sea , intit . Additional Evidences , which he procured , as 't was thought , of Joh. Bradshaw . All which , besides treasonable Comments and false Glosses , were done in the life time of the learned author Joh. Selden . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. the English copy was corrected , perfected and restored , by J. H. Gent. and pr. at London 1662. fol. He the said Nedham also hath written a Preface before the book intit . A new idea of the practice of Physick , written by (k) Frane . de le Boe , Sylvius ; published in English at London in 1675. oct . In which Pref. towards the latter end , our author Nedham saith that he had then ( 1675 and before ) a purpose to publish some Essays to discover what may be done by able men towards an advancement of knowledge in the power of Plants , by the examining their natures by the principles and operations of the Chymists : also that he was about to form divers Treatises for publick view , &c. By the way it must be known that our author in the said Preface doth shew himself a great disliker of the common way of the first studying of Physick in the Universities , and seems also to run down University promotions or degrees , calling them in derision the doctoral confederates , the scholastic family of a fine breed , who come to town with the learned Cushion , Cap , and Scarlet — The Apothecaries boys are able to tutour them in Town-practice — They vaunt and make a noise with their anatomical rattle — spend much time in Anatomy — neglect the chymical way , &c. Several things are fathered also upon him , of which he was not in the least the author , as the publication of The Speeches of Oliver Cromwell , Hen. Ireton and Joh. Bradshaw , intended to have been spoken at their execution at Tyburne , 30 Jan. 1660 , &c. Lond. 1660. in one sh . and half in qu. said in the title to be published by Marcham . Nedham and Payne Fisher , Servants , Poets and Pamphleteers to his infernal Highness . At length this most seditious , mutable and railing author M. Nedham died suddenly in the house of one Kidder in D'eureux Court near Temple bar , London , in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried on the 29 of Novemb. ( being the Vigil of S. Andrew ) at the upper end of the body of the Church of S ▪ Clements Danes , near the entrance into the chancel . Soon after , that Church being pull'd down and rebuilt , and the letters on his grave taken away or defaced , you shall have in their place this Epitaph made on him an . 1647 , printed at the end of Merc. Britanicus his welcome to hell . Here lies Britanicus , Hell's barking Cur , That son of Belial , who kept damned stir : And every Munday spent his stock of spleen , In venomous ▪ railing on the King and Queen . Who , though they both in goodness may forgive him , Yet ( for his safety ) we 'll in hell receive him . With this person may well be coupled Henry Care , several times reflected upon by Rog. L'estrange in his Observators , for a poor sniveling Fellow ; who after he had wrot several things in the behalf of the Church of England , and the Presbyterians ▪ and had reflected on both the Universities in several of his Writings as popishly affected , was at length prevail'd upon in the time of King Jam. 2. to write for the Rom. Catholicks , against the Church which he before had eagerly defended : where by it was made manifest , that what he wrot , was not for Religion or Conscience sake , which he before did pretend , but meerly for Interest . After his death , which hapned in Aug. 1688 , was an Elegy written in his commendation , printed on one side of a sheet of paper , and a satyrical thing called Henry Cares last Will and Testament . JOHN NEWTON son of Humphrey Newton of Oundle in Northamptonshire , and he the second son of Joh Newt . in Axmouth in Devo●sh . was born in Northamptonshire , became a Communer of S. Edm. Hall in Mich. term 1637 , aged 15 years , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1641 , and in the year following was actually created Master of that faculty among several Esquires , Gentlemen and Soldiers that belonged to the K. and Court then residing in this University . At which time his genie being naturally inclined to Mathematicks and Astronomy , he , by continual industry , made great proficiency in them , which he found advantageous to him in the times of Usurpation . After his Majesties return he was actually created Doct. of Div , made one of the Kings Chaplains , and Rector of Rosse in Herefordshire , in the place , I think , of Mr. Joh. Tombes ejected ; which he kept to his dying day . He hath written these things following , mostly printed in qu. Astronomia Britannica . Exhibiting the doctrine of the Sphere , and theory of Planets decimally by Trigonometry and by Tables , &c. in 3 parts . Lond. 1656. 57. qu. Help to calculation , with tables of Declinat . Ascensions , &c. Lond. 1657. qu. Trigonometria Britannica : shewing the construction of the natural and artificial Sines , Tangents , and Secants , and table of Logarithms , and the use of the said Canon in the resolution of all Triangles , plain or spherical , &c. in two books . Lond. 1658. fol. one composed by our author Newton , the other translated from the lat . copy of Hen. Gellibrand . Chiliades centum logarithmorum . Printed with the former . Geometrical Trigonometrie , &c. Lond ▪ 1659. Mathematical Elements , in three parts . Lond. 166● . 63. qu. A perpetual Diary or Almanack . — Engraven on copper , and printed on one side of a sheet of paper , 1662. Description of the use of the Carpenters Rule . Lond. 1667. Ephemerides : or Diary shewing the interest and rebate of money at six per cent . &c. Lond. 1667. Chiliades decem logarith●o●um . Lond. 1667. Tabula partium proportionalium . Lond. 1667. The scale of interest : or the use of decimal fractions , &c. part 2. Lond. 1668. oct . School pastime for young Children : or an easie and delightful method for the teaching of Children to read English directly . Lond. 1669. oct . Art of practical gauging of casks and Brewers tuns , &c. Lond. 1669. Introduction to the Art of Logick . Lond. 1670. 78. in tw . Introd . to the Art of Rhetorick . Lond. 1671. in tw , which as to its form and method , is the same with that of Ch. Butler , and for invention and disposition , with that of the first part of Mich. Radau's Orator extemporaneus . But these two Introductions , I presume , are , or at least most part of them , involved in The English Academy that follows . The Art of natural Arithmetick in whole numbers and fractions , vulgar and decimal , &c. Lond. 1672. oct . The English Academy : or , a brief Introduction to the seven liberal Arts , Grammar , Arithmetick , Geometry , Musick , &c Lond. 1677. oct . Most of which Arts having before been published singly by themselves , are in this book epitomized , and chiefly intended for the instruction of young Scholars , who are acquainted with no other than their native language . Cosmographie : or a view of the terrestial and celestial Globes , in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid Geometrie , &c. Lond. 1679 oct . Introduction to Astronomie , in two parts . Introd . to Geography . — These two are printed with the Cosmography . This learned , but capricious and humerous person , Dr. Newton , died at Rosse before mentioned , on the day of the Nativity of our Saviour , in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , and was buried in the chancel of the Church there under the south wall , as I have been informed by a Gentleman of the neighbourhood in those parts . He had an elder brother named Humph. Newton Bach. of the Civ . Law , and sometimes Fellow of All 's . Coll. who dying on the 6 of Sept. 1659 , was buried in the Chappel of that College . Besides the said Joh. Newton , I find another , M. of Arts , sometimes Fellow of Clare Hall in Cambr. and afterwards Vicar of S. Martins Ch. in Leycester , author of a Sermon intit . The penitent recognition of Josephs Brethren , &c. Lond. 1684. quart . ANTHONY PALMER son of Anth. Palm . was born at Great Comberton in Worcestershire , became a Student in Balliol Coll. an . 1634 , aged 16 years , admitted Fellow thereof , after he had taken one degree , 29 Nov. 1640 ; and in the year after being then Master of Arts , he entred into holy Orders . But all things at that time being in a very sad confusion in the Nation , he sided with the Presbyterians then dominant , took the Covenant , had some employment among them , and was all things to all men , such was the mutability and vanity of the person . At length the rich Rectory of Bourton on the Water in Glocestershire being made void , he got into it , resign'd his Fellowship in Octob. 1649 , took the Engagement , and was afterwards an Assistant to the Commissioners of the said County , for the ejecting of such whom the Brethren called scandalous , ignorant , and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , that is , loyal and orthodox Clergymen , being about that time ( 1654 ) Anabaptistically inclin'd , and a great favourer of those of that perswasion and their Tenets . About the time of his Majesties Restauration he was by the force of some of the Royallists of his Town driven from his charge , as having been a most pernitious person as to his doctrine , and a great enemy to the Loyal party : whereupon he withdrew and put in a Curate , but he being disturb'd , they got one to read the Common-Prayer . In the year following there was published in that Villanous imposture called , Annus Mirabilis : or the year of prodigies and wonders , &c. Printed 1661. a story (*) concerning this matter , and an account of a strange judgment that befel two of his Disturbers , viz. one , who was soon ▪ after suddenly striken with death , and another , who was smitten in a very strange manner , &c. After our author Palmer had been forced to leave that comfortable harbour , he retired to London , where we find him to have had a hand in , or at least consenting to , that stupendious Tragedy , which was intended to be acted by the Satanical Saints , in Nov ▪ 1662 , for which George Phillipps , Tho Tonge , Franc. Stubbs , &c. suffered 22. Dec. the same year . Afterwards he carried on the trade of conventicling to his last , and thereby obtained a comfortable subsistance from the brethren . His works are these , A Scripture raile to the Lords table , against Mr. Jo. Humphrey's treatise of Free admission to the Sacrament . Lond. 1654. oct . or tw . Memorials of Godliness and Christianity ; with the way of making religion ones business , &c. Lond ▪ in tw . The Christians Freedome by Christ , or Gods deed of Gift to the Saints . Lond. in tw . The Gospel new Creature ; wherein the work of the Spirit is opened , in awakening the soul ; to the gaining pardon of sin , and an interest in Jesus Christ is plainly opened , &c. Lond 1658 1674. oct . The Tempestious soul Calmed by Jesus Christ — These two last are grounded upon certain texts of Scripture . He hath written other things which I have not seen , and therefore I shall only tell you , that he taking his last farewel of this world on the 26. of January in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , was buried in the phanatical burial place joyning to Old Bedlam near to Morefields by London ; where some years since I saw an altar monument of stone over his grave . Several of the Sirname of Palmer have been writers , and one Thom. Palmer who was Minister of S. Laurence Pountney in London did zealously assert the former rebellion as well with his Sword as Pen. Upon his Maj restauration being ejected , he retired into Derbyshire , where we find him at Aston carrying on the cause by preaching , but being thence ejected , he became an Itinerant preacher , and a gatherer of Churches here and there , and in the month of July or thereabouts , an . 1663 , he was secured in Nottingham for preaching in Conventicles . But soon after getting loose , we find him engaged in that fanatical hellish plot in the north parts of England , which was discovered in the beginning of Oct. 1663 , and for which several suffered death at York ▪ and elsewhere : But what became of Tho. Palmer I know not as yet . Sure I am that his name was in his Majesties Proclamation for his apprehension , and was therein described to be a tall man , flaxen haired and to be between 40 and 50 years of age . JOSEPH HENSHAW son of Thomas , son of Will. Henshaw of Sussex , descended from those of his name in Cheshire , was born in the Parish of S. Giles Cripplegate Lond , educated in Merchant-Taylors School ▪ became a Communer of Madg. Hall in 1621 , aged 18 years or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , holy orders and became Chaplain to Sir Jo. Digby Earl of Bristow . In 1634 I find him Parson of Stedham with Hayshot in Sussex , and about that time Preacher at the Charterhouse and Vicar of little S. Bartholomew , in London . In 1639 he proceeded Doctor of Div. being then Prebendary of Chichester and much in renown for his admirable way of preaching ; but when the nation was turn'd topsie turvey by the iniquity of the Presbyterians and other discontented people , he was dispoyl'd of all , suffered much for the royal cause , was a brand snatch'd out of the fire , and lived for sometime at Chiswick in the house of the Lady Paulet . At length , after his Majesties restauration , he was made Dean of Chichester in Sept. 1660 , upon the promotion of Dr. Ryves to the Deanery of Windsore , and by vertue of the Kings Conge d' eslire , being elected to thee see of Peterborough 15. Apr. 1663 , upon the removal of Dr. Laney to Lincoln , was soon after consecrated , and on the 28. of May ( Ascension day ) installed . He hath written and published , Horae Succissivae : or spare houres of meditations upon our duty to God , others and our selves . Lond. 1631. There again 1640. in tw . being the fifth edit . In the year 1620 was published in ●● a book entit . — Horae Subsecivae . Observations and discourses , but this book was written by Gilbert Lord Cavendish , who died before his father ▪ Will. Earl of Devonshire , which William departed this life in 1625. Our author Henshaw hath also written Dayly thoughts : or , a Miscellany of Meditations holy and humane . Lond. 1651. oct . the third edit . with enlargements . He departed this mortal life in his house or lodgings in S. James street , Covent●Garden with the liberties of Westminster on Sunday the ninth day of March in sixteen hundred seventy and eight : whereupon his body being conveyed into Sussex , was buried in the Church of East●Lavant near Chichester , close by the body of his only wife Jane , somtimes daughter of Thomas May of that place , and near to a son that he had buried there . JOHN BISCOE son of Rob. Biscoe was born at Great Wycombe commonly called Hygh●Wycombe in Bucks , became a Commoner of New Inn in the latter end of the year 1622 aged 16 years , took one degree in Arts , left the University about two years after , entred into the sacred function , and became a preacher at Abendon in Berks. When the puritan began to be dominant , he put in for one , having alwaies been precisely educated , closed with the Presbyterians in the time of their rebellion and took the Covenant ; and being found very ready to carry on and propagate the cause , he was made Minister of S. Thomas in Southwark , took the Engagement , was made an Assistant to the Commissioners of Surrey for ejecting of such who were called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and about the same time had the charge of the Church of S. George in the said Borough confer'd on him , as I have been informed by those that knew the man ; where , or else at S. Thomas , continuing till after his Majesties restauration , was ejected for Nonconformity . He hath written and published , The glorious mystery of Gods mercy : or , a pretious cordial for fainting soules , &c. Lond. 1647. oct . This book is the effect of certain Sermons . The grand trial of true conversion , or sanctifying grace , appearing and acting first and chiefly in the thoughts ; wherein is opened the mystery of iniquity in mans thoughts , &c. Lond. 1655. oct . This also , as it seems , is the effect of certain Sermons . The Mystery of free grace in the Gospel , and mystery of the Gospel in the Law — Printed in oct . Whether he hath any other things extant , I cannot tell : sure I am , that , after his ejection he removed to several places , and preached in Conventicles ; and that in his last days removing to the place of his nativity ( High Wicombe ) concluded his last there ▪ to the great lamentation of the brethren , in sixteen hundred seventy and nine : whereupon his body being conveyed to the Church at that place , was buried on th● ninth day of June , the same year , in the north isle joyning thereunto . JEREMIAS WELLS a Londoner born , bred in Merchant Taylors School , became Scholar of S. Johns Coll. in 1665 , junior Collector of the University when Bach. of Arts , and one of the first persons that spoke in verse in the first Encaenia at the dedication of Sheldons Theater , an . 1669. Afterwards , being Master of Arts and Fellow of his House , he was made Lecturer of St. Michaels Cornhill , and Curat to Dr. Edward Layfield of Allhallows Barkin , in London . He hath written , Poems upon several occasions . Lond. 1667. oct . Character of a London Scrivener — Printed with the Poems . He was buried in the Church of Allhallows Barkin before mention'd , 24 of August , in sixteen hundred seventy and nine , having before taken to wife the daughter of Dr. Layfield before mention'd , widdow of Sir John Mennes , and alwaies accounted an ingenious man. JOHN MAYOW descended from a gentile family of his name living at Bree in Cornwall , was born in the parish of S. Dunstan in the West in Fleetstreet , London , admitted Scholar of Wadham Coll. 27. Sept. 1661 aged 16 years , cho●e probationer●fellow of All 's . Coll. soon after , upon the recommendations of Hen. Coventrie Esq . one of the Secretaries of State ; where , tho he had a Legists place and took the degrees in the Civil Law , yet he studied Physick , and became noted for his practice therein , especially in the Summer time , in the City of Bathe , but better known by these books , which shew the pregnancy of his parts : De Respiratione , tractatus unus . Oxon. 1668. 69. &c. oct . De Rachitide , tract . un . Oxon. 1668. 69. &c. oct . Of both which tracts is a large account given in the Philosophical Transactions , nu . 41. p. 833. an . 1668. De Sal-nitro & spiritu nitro-acerbo . Ox. 1674. in a large oct . De Respiratione Faetûs in utero & ovo . Ox. 1674. in a large oct . De motu musculari & spiritibus ani malibus . Ox. 1674. in a large oct . Of these three last ( with which were printed again the two first ) is a large account given in the Philosophical Transact . nu . 105. p. 101. &c. And all five , were printed together at the Hague 1681. oct . He paid his last debt to nature in an Apothecaries house , bearing the sign of the Anker in Yorkstreet near Covent Garden , within the liberty of Westminster ( having been married a little before not altogether to his content ) in the month of Sept. in sixteen hundred seventy and nine , and was buried in the Church of S. Paul in Covent Garden . One Joh. Mayo was Minister of Catistock in Dorsetshire , and published certain Sermons , in 1630 and after , but of what University he was , I know not yet , nor where Jo. Maio was bred , who was author of the Popes Parliament , wherein are throughly delivered , and brightly blazed out , the paltrie trash and trumperies of him and his poling prelates , &c. whereunto is annexed the life of Pope Joan. Lond. 1591. qu. JOHN SMITH the eldest son of a Gentleman , was born in Bucks , admitted a Communer of Brasn . Coll. 7. Aug. 1647 aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , entred on the Physick line , proceeded in that faculty 1659 , and at length became one of the Coll. of Physitians , and eminent for his practice in London . He hath written and published , The Portraict of old age : wherein is contained a sacred Anatomie both of soul and body , and a perfect account of the infirmities of age incident to them both : Being a Paraphrase upon the six former verses of the twelfth Chapter of Ecclesiastes Lond 1666. oct . &c. T is a philosophical discourse , tho upon a sacred theme , and therein is to be met with an ingenious observation concerning the antiquity of the doctrine of the bloods circulation . See in the Philosoph , Transactions , numb . 14. p. 254. Matth. Poole in his second vol. of Synopsis , makes an honorable mention and use of it . This learned Doctor died in his house in the Parish of S. Helen the Great in London , in Winter time , either in Octob. or Nov. in sixteen hundred seventy and nine , and was buried in the Church there , in a vault near his wife . One John Smith a Physitian published The compleat practice of Physick , wherein is described , &c. Lond. 1656. in tw : but he is not the same , I suppose , with the former : Quaere . JOHN BIRKENHEAD son of Randall Birkenhead of Northwych in Cheshire Sadler , was born there , became a Servitour of Oriel Coll. under the tuition of Humphrey Lloyd ( afterwards B. of Bangor ) in the beginning of the year 1632 aged 17 years ; where continuing till he was Bach. of Arts , became Amanuensis to Dr Laud Archbishop of Cant , who taking a liking to him for his ingenuity , did by his Diploma make him Master of Arts , an . 1639 and by his letters commendatory thereupon , was elected Probationer-Fellow of All 's . Coll. in the year following . After the rebellion broke out , and the King and his Court hid setled themselves in Oxford , this our author Mr. Birkenhead was appointed to write the Mercurii Aulici ; which being very pleasing to the Loyal party , his Majesty recommended him to the Electors , that they would chuse him Moral Philosophy Reader : which being accordingly done , he continued in that office , with little profit from it , t●ll 1648 , at which time he was not only turn'd out thence , but from his fellowship . Afterwards he retired to London , suffered several imprisonments for his Majesties cause , lived by his wits in helping young Gentlemen out at dead lifts in making Poems , Songs , and Epistles , on , and to , their respective Mistresses , as also in translating and writing several little things , and other petite Employments . After his Majesties restauration he was by vertue of his letters sent to the University , actually created Doctor of the Civil Law , and in 1661 he was elected a Burges for Wilton to serve in that Parliament which began at Westminster on the 8. of May the same year . In 1662 Nov. 14 he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty , King Charles the Second and in Jan. 1663 he was constituted one of the Masters of Requests in the place of Sir Rich. Fanshaw when he went Embassador into Spain , ) he being then also Master of the Faculties , and a member of the Royall Society . A certain (a) Anonymus tells us that this Sir Joh. Birkenhead was a poor Alehouse-keepers son , and that he got by lying ( or buffooning ) at court , to be one of the Masters of Requests and Faculty Office , and in boons at Court 3000 l. The truth is had he not been given too much to bantring , which is now taken up by vain and idle people , he might have passed for a good wit. And had he also expressed himself grateful and respectful to those that had been his benifactors in the time of his necessity , which he did not , but rather slight them , ( shewing thereby the baseness of his spirit ) he might have passed for a friend and a loving companion . He hath written , Mercurius Aulicus : communicating the intelligence and affairs of the Court ( at Oxon ) to the rest of the Kingdom — The first of these was published on the first of Jan. 1642 and were carried on till about the end of 1645 ; after which time they were published but now and then . They were printed weekly in one sheet , somtimes in more , in quarto , and contain a great deal of wit and buffoonry . Mercurius Britanicus pen'd by Foul-mouth'd Nedham , no more his equal than a Dwarf to a Gyant , or the goodness of his cause to that of the Kings , tells us that (b) the penning of these Mercurii Aulici was the act of many , viz. Birkenhead the Scribe , Secretary Nicholas the informer , and George Digby the contriver . Also that an assesment of wits was laid upon every Coll , and paid weekly for the communion of this thing called Mercurius Aulicus . But let this lyer say what he will , all that were then in Oxford knew well enough that John Birkenhead began , and carried them on , and in his absence P. Heylyn supplied his place and wrote many of them . News from Pembroke and Montgomery : Or Oxford Manchester'd , &c. — Printed in 1648 in one sh . in qu. 'T is a faigned speech , as spoken by Philip Earl of Pembroke in the Convocation house at Oxon. 12. Apr. 1648 when he came to visit and undoe the University , as Edward Earl of Manchester had done that of Cambridg , while he was Chancellor thereof . T is exceeding waggish , and much imitating he way of speaking of Pembroke . Paules Churchyard . Libri Theologici , Politici , Historici , nundinis Paulinis ( una cum templo ) prostant venales , &c. Printed in 3 several sheets in qu. an . 1649. These Pamphlets contain feigned titles of books and Acts of Parliaments , and several questions ; all reflecting on the reformers and men of those times . The four-legg'd Quaker . A ballad to the tune of the dog and elders maid . Lond. 1659. in 3. columes on one side of a sh . of paper . Such another almost you may see in Sir Joh. Denhams Poems and translations . The Assembly man. ( or the character of an Assembly man ) written 1647. Lond. 1662 / 3 in three sheets in qu. The Copy of it was taken from the author by those who said they could not rob , because all was theirs ▪ so exciz'd what they liked not , and so mangled and reformed it that t was no character of an Assembly , but of themselves . At length after it had slept several years , the author publish'd it to avoid false copies . It is also reprinted in a book entit . Wit and Loyaltie revived in a collection of some smart Satyres in verse and prose on the late times . Lond. 1682. qu. said to be written by Abr. Cowley , Sir Joh. Birkenhend and Hudibras alias Sam ▪ Butler . He hath also several scatter'd copies of verses and translations extant , to which are vocal compositions set by Hen. Lawes , as ( 1 ) Anacreons Ode , called The Lute , Englished ( from Greek ) and to be sung by a Bass alone . ( 2 ) An anniversary on the nuptials of John Earl of Bridgwater , 22. Jul. 1652. He hath also extant A Poem on his staying in London after the Act of banishment for Cavaliers , and another called The Jolt , made upon the Protectors ( Cromwell ) being thrown out of the Coach seat or box of his own Coach , at what time for recreation sake , who would needs , forsooth , drive the Coach himself in Hyde Park , drawn by six great German horses , sent him , as a present , by the Count of Oldenburgh , while his Secretary John Thurloe sate in the Coach , in July 1654 He the said Sir Jo. Birkenhead died within the Precincts of Whitehall , on the 4. of Dec. or thereabouts in sixteen hundred seventy and nine , and was buried on the sixth day of the same month near to the School door in the Church-yard of S. Martin in the fields within the City of Westminster , leaving then behind him a choice Collection of Pamphlets , which came into the hands of his Executors Sir Rich. Mason and Sir Muddiford Bramston . See more of him in Rob. Waring among these writers , an . 1658. p. 143. Besides this Joh. Birkenhead , was another of both his names a Divine , who published a Sermon in 1644. on Rom. 13.5 . in qu. THOMAS HOBBES son of Tho. Hobbes Vicar of Westport within the liberty of Malmsbury and of Charlton in Wilts , was born at Westport on the 5. of Apr. 1588 , which day was then Goodfriday , by a memorable token that such , whom the world call Hobbists , have several times said , that as our Saviour Christ went out of the world on that day to save the men of the world , so another Saviour came into the world on that day to save them , or to that effect . After he had been educated in Grammar learning at Malmsbury under one Rob. Latymer , he was sent to Madg. Hall in 1602 , where being puritanically educated , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , an . 1607 : which being compleated by Determination , was , upon the recommendations of the then Principal , taken into the service of Will. Cavendish Baron of Hardwick , ( afterwards Earl of Devonshire ) with whom being in great estimation for his sedulity , temperate and jocund humour , was by him appointed to wait on his eldest son the Lord Will. Cavendish , several years younger than Hobbes . Soon after he travelled with him into France and Italy , where he not only improved himself much by learning the languages belonging to those Countries , but also as to men and manners . In the mean time he finding the foundation of that learning which he had laid in the University to decay , and in some manner to be forgotten , made use of all the spare houres that he could obtain , to retrieve it first , and then to build upon it afterwards , minding more the Gr. and Lat tongue , than Logick and Philosophy , because these two last seemed to be neglected as vain matters by prudent men . After his return into England , he diligently applied himself to the perusal of Histories and the Poets , and somtimes to the Commentaries of the most eminent Grammarians , not that he might write floridly , but in a good latine stile , and with more consideration find out the congruity of words , and so to dispose of them that his reading might be perspicuous and easie . Amongst the Greek Historians he had Thucidides in more esteem than the rest ; which , at spare hours , he translating into English , was , after it had been approved by several persons , published about the year 1628 , to the end that the follies of the Democratic Athenians might be laid open to the men of our Country . The same year William Earl of Devonshire before mention'd dying , after this our author had served him 20 years , partly in the office of Secretary , he travelled the next into France with the son of Sir Gervas Clifton : in which peregrination he began to make an inspection into the elements of Euclid and to be delighted in his method , not only for the Theorems therein , but for the art of reasoning . In 1631 he was recalled home by the Earl of Devonshire , to the end that he might instruct his eldest son of 13 years of age in several sorts of juvenile Literature . After he had served in that office three years , he travelled with him , as his governour , into France and Italy . While he remained at Paris , he began to make diligent search into the fundamentals of natural science ; which , when he perceived to be contained in the nature and variety of motion , he first of all sought after what motion that might be which causes sense , understanding ▪ representations and other proprieties of Animals : And what he did in this , he once or twice in a week communicated to Marinus Marsennus a Minim , conversant in all kind of Philosophy , and a good man as to life and conversation . In 1637 he returned into England with his Pupil , ( since his benevolent Patron ) and remained with him in great respect in his family ; from whence he continued Commerce by letters concerning natural knowledg with Marsennus . In the mean time the Scots , after they had ejected there Bishops , took up arms against their King , being encouraged thereunto , and favoured , by the Presbyterian Ministers and others of the La●-party of England . To stop their careere , a Parliament was called in England , began at Westm 3. Nov. 1640 ; from the proceedings of which Convention , our author Hobbes perceiving in the beginning , that a Civil war would suddenly follow , he retired forthwith to Paris , that he might with peace and quietness follow his studies there , and converse with Marsennus , Gassendus and other eminent persons for learning and reasoning . While he remained at Paris , he wrote his book De cive , which afterwards he reviewed , and added many things thereunto . Soon after the Parliamenteers prevailing , many Royallists of great note , particularly the Prince of Wales , retired to Paris : About which time a Nobleman of the Province Languedoc invited our author to go with him there , to live and to be maintained with necessaries by him ; but being commended to the Prince that he might teach him the Elements of Mathematicks , he continued of Paris , followed that employment very diligently , and all the spare time that he could obtain he spent in writing a book entit . Leviathan , not only most known in England 〈◊〉 also in neighbouring Nations , which he procured to 〈…〉 at London , while he remained at Paris in the 63 year of his age . Soon after , being recalled home to the house of his Patron the Earl of Devon , he published two books , one De Corpore , and another De Homine . The first was oppugned by two Theologists , who were afterwards ashamed ( as 't is said ) of what they had done ; the other rested untouched . Soon after he published others , the titles of which I shall give you anon , and only now say , that tho he hath an ill name from some , and good from others , yet he was a person endowed with an excellent Philosophical soul , was a contemner of riches , mony , envy , the world , &c. He was charitable and beneficial to his Relations and others . He was a severe lover of Justice , and endowed with great Morals . Among those that he lived with and was conversant , he was cheerful , open , and free of his discourse , yet without offence to any , which he endeavoured always to avoid . Many writers do speak honorably of him in their respective works , and Dr. Sam. Sorbiere his great acquaintance doth mention him with venerable respect in the Relation (a) of his voyage into England , and tells us also that his picture ( which was drawn by the hand of Sam. Cooper the Prince of Limners of the age he lived in ) hangs in his Majesties Closet at Whitehall . His Picture also hath been in great esteem in France , insomuch that the Vertuosi thereof have come as 't were in Pilgrimage to the house of Sorbiere to see it . Outlandish Gentlemen also , when they came to London , during the life time of the author , did make it one of their employes to visit him , and Cosmo Prince ( since the Great Duke ) of Tuscany , went to him more than once , in the month of May 1669 and discoursed and was pleasant with him . He also expressed so great veneration for him , that he and some of his Genltemen carried with them all his published works . His Majesty also K. Ch. 2. delighted in his company when he learned Mathematicks of him , and express'd his esteem so much of him after his restauration , that he allowed him a pension of an 100 l. per an . out of his Exchecquer . He was most excellently well skill'd in the Lat. and Gr. tongues , was a great Critick and Poet and above all a Philosopher and Mathematician ; yet in his last dayes , after he had been exasperated by certain Academians , especially of Oxon , he express'd himself in his writings an enemy to the Universities , Scholastical Divinity , Metaphysicks , Aristotle , Duns Scotus , &c. To conclude : A man he was of excellent parts , ( as a noted (b) author tells us ) of great wit , some reading and somewhat more thinking . — One who had spent many years in foreign parts and observation , understood the learned , as well as the modern , languages , had long the reputation of a great Philosopher and Mathematician , and in his age had conversation with very many worthy and extraordinary men ; to which , it may be , if he had been more indulgent in the more vigorous part of his life , it might have had an influence upon the temper of his mind , whereas age seldom submits to those questions , enquiries and contradictions , which the laws and liberties of conversation require : And it hath been always a lamentation amongst Mr. Hobbes his friends , that he spent too much time in thinking and too little in exercising those thoughts in the company of other men of the same , or of as good faculties ; for want whereof his natural constitution , with age , contracted such a morosity , that doubting and contradicting men were never grateful to him . — In a word , besides his eminent parts of learning and knowledg , he was always looked upon as a man of probity and a life free from scandal , &c. The books and other things that he hath written are these . De Mirabilibus Pecci . This is a lat . poem and was printed at Lond about 1636 , and the second time there in 1666 in qu. Translated into English by a person of quality , and printed with the Latin at Lond. 1678. oct . It treates of the wonders of the Devills arse in peak , near Chatsworth in Derbyshire . Such a book also entit . The wonders of the peake , was written by Charles Cotton Esq — Lond. 1681. qu. a poem . Elementa Philosophica de Cive Par. 1642. &c. Answer to Sir Will. D'avenants Epist . or pref . to Gondibert . Par. 1650. in tw . afterwards printed with Gondibert in qu. Humane nature : or the fundamentall Elements of policie ; being a discoverie of the faculties , acts and passions of the soul of man. Lond. 1650 in tw . &c. De Corpore Politico : or of the Elements of the Law. Lond. 1650 in tw . &c. Leviathan : or the matter , forme and power of a Commonwealth . Lond. 1651 fol. Reprinted there again with its old date , an . 1680 fol. Turned into lat . by another hand , and printed at Amsterd . 1668. qu. &c. Review of the Leviathan — Print . only with the English editions ; and in the place of that , in those of the Lat. is an Appendix consisting barely of three chapters . As for the Review and the writing thereof , an eminent (c) author will give you a better account than I can : therefore I pray go to him . It is said by one (d) who was no friend to K. Ch. 2. or Monarchy , that the author Mr. Hobbes being at Paris when his book was published , he sent one of them as a present to the King of Scots , which he accepted in regard he had been his Tutor in the Mathematicks , but being afterwards informed by some of his Priests , that that book did not only contain many Principles of Atheism and gross impiety , ( for so they call every thing that squares not with the Clergy interest ) but also such that were prejudicial to the Church , and reflected dangerously upon the Majesty of Soveraign Princes ; therefore when Mr. Hobbes came to make a tender of his service to him in person , he was rejected , and word brought him by the Marquess of Ormonde , that the King would not admit him , and withal told him the reason : By which means Mr. Hobbes declines in credit with his friends there of the Royal Stamp , &c. Many have been the authors that have written against this Leviathan , as may be seen in Auctarium Vitae Hobbianae , and partly in the body of this work : But more by far have been the censures of it , and those severe too , as having no true Divinity , or true Philosophy or true policy in it . The author several times saith that the law of nature is the law of God , and yet all wickedness is lawful by the law of nature . — That no Homicide , or Selfcide , or Fratricide , or Patricide is against the law of nature . If so , 't is a wise law that forbids nothing . Also that there must be a law of God winking at most unnatural impieties : That which forbids nothing is no law . As for policy , he lays the foundation of the government in the populace , which overthrows all government , and that might is right : But if he had consulted the Scripture , the word of God would have shewed that the foundation of government was not laid in the people . Read the Assyrian monarchy and the rest , and you 'll find that the beginning of government was not in the people . See the story of Romulus and there is the contrary . 'T is true , people are causa sine qua non , but no finite . The power of the key , is not given by God out of the commune of the people , nor the power of the sword . As for Philosophy , 't is enough that he kicks off Aristotle , a man admired by all ages and all persons , as a wise secretary of nature . There are some things or scales of the Leviathan which the Reader cannot conceive to be impregnable as yet , till he see farther and plainer proofs of them as ( 1 ) That the Soveraign hath no power but from the people , and that it is only the mutual consent of the major part , transferring their natural right upon him that makes it so . cap. 18. ( 2 ) That the Parent hath no right or power of dominion over the Child by generation , as his Parent , or because he begat him , but only by the Childs consent , either express , or by other sufficient arguments declared . cap. 20. ( 3 ) That the Victor can have no right or dominion over the vanquished , but only by the vanquisheds consent , &c. ibid. And as for those matters which are looked upon as blasphemous by some Scholars , and others , I shall refer the reader to a little pamphlet entit . A Beacon set on fire , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. p. 14.15 . This book of the Leviathan which hath a great name among , and is much celebrated by many , contains in it ( notwithstanding some very odd principles ) good learning of all kinds , politely (e) extracted and very wittingly and cunningly disgested , in a very commendable method and in a vigorous and pleasant stile : which hath prevailed over too many , to swallow many new tenets as maxims without chewing ; which manner of diet , for the indisgestion , Mr. Hobbes himself did much dislike , &c. At length after the Parliament had censur'd it , ( as also the book of Purgatory written by Tho. de Albiis ) in the month of Oct. 1666 , ( in which month a Bill was brought into the House against Atheisme and Profaneness ) and some of the principal Heads of this University had found therein , as in that De Cive , several positions destructive to the sacred persons of Princes , their state and government , and of all humane society , the venerable Convocation did , by their judgment and decree past among them on the 21. of July 1683 , condemn them as pernitious and damnable , and thereupon caused the said two books to be publickly burnt ( with others of the like nature ) in their School court or quadrangle , just after the dissolution of that Convocation . Our author Hobbes also hath written , Compendium of Aristotles Rhetorick and Ramus his Logick . Letter about liberty and necessity . Lond. 1654. in tw . There again 1684. oct . 3d. edit . On this letter were observations made and written by Dr. Ben. Laney , as I have told you in the Fasti an . 1617. Elementorum Philosophiae sectio prima de corpore ; part . 4. Lond. 1655. oct . There again in English , 1656. qu. &c. Six Lessons to the professors of Mathematicks of the institution of Sir Hen. Savile ( viz. Ward and Wallis ) Lond. 1656. qu. The marks of the absurd Geometry , rural Language , &c. of Dr. Wallis . Lond. 1657. oct . De Homine sect . 2. Lond. 1657. qu. Amstel . 1668. qu. The questions concerning liberty and necessity , and chance , stated and debated between him and Dr. Bramhall Bishop of London-Derry . Lond. 1656. qu. Examinatio & emendatio Mathematicae hodiernae &c. in sex dialogis . Lond. 1660. Amstel . 1668. qu. Dialogus Physicus , seu de natura aeris . Lond. 1661. oct . Amstel . 1668. qu. Considerations upon the reputation , loyalty , manners and religion of Tho. Hobbes , by way of a letter to a learned person . Lond. 1662. and 1680. oct . De duplicatione cubi . Lond. 1661. Amst . 1668. qu. Problemata physica , una cum magnitudine circuli . Lond. 1662. Amst . 1668. qu. De principiis & ratiocinatione Geometrarum , contra fastuosum professorem Geometriae . Amst . 1668. qu. Quadratura circuli , cubatio sphaerae , duplicatio cubi ; una cum responsione ad objectiones Geometriae professoris Saviliani Oxoniae editas , an . 1669. Lond. 1669. qu. Responsio ad objectiones Wallisii Oxoniae editas , an . 1669. ad . quadraturam circuli , &c. Lond. 1671. Rosetum Geometricum , sive propositiones aliquot frustra antehac tentatae , cum censura brevi doctrinae Wallisianae de motu . Lond. 1671. qu. There is some account given of this book in the Philosophical Transactions , nu . 72. an . 1671. Three papers presented to the Royal society against Dr. Wallis , with considerations on Dr. Wallis his answer to them . Lond. 1671. qu. Lux Mathematica , &c ▪ Lond. 1672. qu. Censura doctrinae Wallisianae de libra ▪ Lond. 1672. qu. Rosetum Hobbesit . Lond. 1672. qu. Principia & problemata aliquot Geometrica ante desperata , nunc breviter explicata & demonstrata . Lond. 1674. qu. Epistola ad D●m . Ant. à Wood authorem Historiae & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. Dated 20. Apr. 1674 , printed in half a sheet on one side . It was written to the said Mr. Wood upon his complaint made to Mr Hobbes of several deletions and additions made in , and to , his life and character ( which he had written of him in that book ) by the publisher ( Dr. Jo. Fell ) of the said Hist . & Antiq. to the great dishonor and disparagement of the said Mr. Hobbes . Whereupon , when that History was finished , came out a scurrilous answer to the said Epistle , written by Dr. Fell , which is at the end of that History . Letter to William Duke of Newcastle concerning the controversie had with Dr. Laney Bishop of Ely about liberty and necessity . Lond. 1676 in tw . Decameron Physiologicum : or ten dialogues of natural philosophy , &c. Lond. 1678 oct . To which is added the Proportion of a straight line to hold the arche of a Quadrant . An account of this book is in the Philos . Transact . nu . 138. p. 965. His last words and dying Legacy — Printed on one side of a sheet of paper in Dec. 1679 , published by Charles Blount ( Son of Sir Hen. Blount ) from the Leviathan , purposely to weaken and expose Hobb●s's doctrine . Much about the same time was published , His memorable sayings in his books , and at the Table — Printed on one side of a broad sheet of paper , with his picture before them . Behemoth . The History of the Civil Wars of England from 1640 to 1660. Lond. 1679. 80. 82. oct . In which book ( containing many faults ) are several things against religion , antient learning , Universities , &c. Vita Thomae Hobbes : Written by himself in a lat . poem . It was printed at Lond. in qu. about 3. weeks after the authors death , viz. in the latter end of Dec. 1679 , and a fortnight after that , about the 10 of Jan. it was published in English verse , by another hand . — Lond. 1680. in 5. sh . in fol. The said lat . copy was reprinted , and put at the end of Vitae Hobbianae auctarium . Historical narration of heresie and the punishment thereof . Lond. 1680 in 4. sh . and an half in fol. There again in 1682 oct . It is mostly taken out of the second chapter De Haeresi of his Appendix to the Leviathan in latine , and seems to have been wrot purposely to vindicate its author from all default in the publication of the Leviathan . For after he hath deduced from our Saviours time the different punishments ( by way of History ) by laws enacted and inflicted on those who were declared Hereticks throughout the several ages of the Church , ( having told what was done in other parts of the world relating to this point ) he proceeds to reckon up the many laws here in force against Hereticks , from the first profession of Christianity , down to the ●ate Civil Wars , and saith that the Court of High Commission had the sole power of declaring what was heresie , according to the mind of the first four general Councils ( that is according to the faith declared in the Nicene Creed , as is manifest from the Councils themselves ) invested in them , in all Qu. Elizabeths Raign , that after this Court was taken away at the beginning of the late troubles , thereby to satisfie the restless clamours of the Presbyterian party against it , no body stood then empowered by lawful authority either to declare what was heresie , or to punish any one proved to be this way obnoxious . At this time he saith his Leviathan came forth ; for the writing of which , he could not be deemed heretical : And the reasons which moved him to compose and publish that book , ( so much justly excepted against ) he there gives and then concludes . So that 't is manifest he aimes and levels at this as his end in this narration , viz. to vindicial himself from the imputation of disturbing the peace contrary to the known laws of the realm by his setting forth such monstrous and dangerous tenets and principles in his Leviathan . He addeth also that at the first Parliament , after the Kings restauration , the Episcoparians and Presbyterians accused it of heresie , and yet there was no law then which declared what it was . The falsity of the said Historical narration of Heresie , is shewn in a small treatise entit . The Leviathan heretical : or the charge exhibited in Parliament against Mr. Hobbes justified , &c. written by John Dowell Vicar of Melton-Mowbray in Leycestershire — Oxon. 1683. in tw . In which book p. 137 the author saith that Oliver gaining ths Protectorship , was so pleased , with many of his principles laid down in the Leviathan , which tended to justifie and support his usurpation , that the great place of being Secretary was profer'd to him . Vita Thomae Hobbes . Written by himself in prose , and printed at Caropolis alias London before Vitae Hobbianae auctarium , an . 1681. oct . There again 1682. qu. A brief of the art of Rhetorick . containing in substance all that Aristotle hath written in his three books of that subject — Printed in tw . but not said when . Afterwards it was published in two books — Lond. 1681. oct . The first bearing the title of The Art of Rhetorick , and the other of The Art of Rhetorick plainly set forth ; with pertinent examples for the more easie understanding and practice of the same . To which is added , A dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England . — He hath also written , An answer to Archb. Bramhalls book , called The catching of the Leviathan . Lond. 1682. oct . Seven philosophical problems and two propositions of Geometry . Lond. 1682. oct . Dedicated to the King in the year 1662. An apology for himself , and his writings — In which he sets forth that those things he delivered in the Leviathan , were not his own opinions , but submitted to the judgment of the Ecclesiastical power , and that he never maintained any of them afterwards , either in writing or discourse : Adding also , that what is in it of Theology , contrary to the general warrant of Divines , was not put in as his own opinion , but propounded with submission to those , who had the Ecclesiastical power . Historia Ecclesiastica carmine Elegiaco concinnata . Aug. Trinob . i. e. Lond. 1688. oct . Besides all these , he hath other things in Ms , not yet printed , among which is His defence in the matter relating to Dan. Scargil Bach. of Arts of C. C. Coll. in Cambridge , written in one sheet ; a copy of which Sir John Birkenhead had in his possession ; which , after his death , came into the hands of Hen. Birkenhead . See in Vitae Hobbianae auctarium . p. 108.109 . Mr. Hobbes hath also translated into English ( 1 ) The History of the Greecian War , in eight books Printed in 1628. and afterwards at Lond. in 1676. fol. Written originally by Thucidides . ( 2 ) The Voyage of Ulysses ; or Homers Odysses , book 9.10.11.12 . Lond. 1674. oct . in English verse . ( 3 ) Homers Iliads and Odysses . Lond. 1675. and 77. &c. in tw . in Engl. vers . Before which is a preface concerning the virtues of heroick Poesie . What other things go under his name , I know not as yet : sure it is , if several persons of credit may be believed , that a certain Scholar , who was made a Bishop sometime after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , did say it openly in the time of Oliver , ( he having been bred under Presbyterians and Independents ) that he had rather be author of one of Mr. Hobbes his books , than to be King of England . To conclude ; about two months before the death of this noted author , he was seized with an acute pain in making water , caused by a strangury , or ulcer in the bladder : which continuing for a considerable time , he made use of some medicines by the advice of a Chirurgion , yet the Physitian judged it incurable by reason of his great age , and natural decay . But he finding little benefit of the said medicines , he asked the Chirurgion , whether he thought his distemper curable ; to which being answered , it would be very difficult to make a perfect cure , and the best that could be expected was ease for the present , he thereupon made this expression , I shall be glad then to find a hole to creep out of the world at ; seeming then to be more afraid of the pains he thought he should endure before he died , than of death . About the 20. of Nov. his Patron the Earl of Devons . being to remove from Chatsworth to Hardwyke in Derbyshire , Mr. Hobbes would not be left behind , and therefore with a feather-bed laid in a coach , upon which he lay warm clad , he was safely conveyed to Hardwyke , and was , in appearance , as well after that little journey , ( being but 10. miles ) as before it . But within few days after , he was suddenly stricken with a dead Palsie , which stupified his right side from head to foot , and took away his speech , and 't is thought his reason and sense too , which continued about 7 days before he died . So that being so suddenly seized , he did not take the Sacrament , nor seem to desire the company of any Minister , which in charity may be imputed to his want of understanding , tho 't is well known , as the E. of Devonshires Chaplain hath said , he several times ( within two years after his death ) received the Sacrament from him with seeming devotion . He dyed at Hardwyke before mentioned , about 10 of the clock at night , on the fourth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and nine : Whereupon his body being wrap'd up in a woollen shroud and coffin'd ; was two days after accompanied by most of the E. of Devonshires Family and some of the neighbourhood , ( after they had received a funeral entertainment ) to the Parish Church called Hault-Hucknell ; where , in an Isle joyning to the Church , he was inter'd with the service in the Common-prayer book , close to the rail of the monument of the Grandmother of the then present Earl of Dev. Soon after was a Marble stone , with an inscription thereon laid over his grave , the contents of which , and a farther account of the person , you may at large see in Vitae Hobbianae auctarium , following the life in prose before mention'd ( written by himself ) and published by Rich. Blackbourne , born in London , sometimes M. of A. of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards Doctor of Phys . of Leyden in Holland : The materials of which were all , or at least the most part , taken from the English life in M● ▪ of Thom. Hobbes , largely and more punctually written by John Aubrey his antient acquaintance , born at Easton-Piers near Malmsbury , bred under the same Master ( who had been a Pedagogue above 40 years ) that educated Hobbes in Grammatical learning ; afterwards he became Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll. in Oxon , then a Student in the Middle Temple , and afterwards a member of the Royal Society . Mr. Hobbes by his last Will and Test . dat . 25. Sept. 1677. did bequeath to Mary Tirell , Daughter of his deceased Bro●ther Edm. Hobbes 40 l. To Eleanor Harding Daughter of the said Edm. 40 l. To Elizab. Alaby Daughter of Thomas Alaby 200 l , for her furtherance in marriage : which Eliz. was then an Orphan and committed to the tuition of M● ▪ Hobbes Exec. to the said Tho. as also an 100 l ▪ ( which th● Earl of Devon. gave him to dispose in his will ) to be equal●ly divided among the Grandchildren of his said B●othe● Edm. Hobbes ; to the eldest of which named Thom. Hobbes he had before given a piece of Land. He also lef● considerable Legacies to his Executor James Wheldon a servant to the Earl of Devonshire , who before had , for many years , been his Amanuensis . EDWARD BYSSHE , or Bissaeus , as he writes himself , Son of Edw. Bysshe of Burstow in Surrey Esq . a Counsellor of Linc. Inn , was born at Smallfield in the Parish of Burstow , the capital tenement of which , he and six of his Ancestors , or more , were not only Lords of , but of divers other Lands in Horne near thereunto , and elsewhere in the said County ; and some of them also owners of the Mannour of Bysshe or Bysshe Court , situated and being between Burstow and Smallfield . As for our author whom we are now to mention , he became a Communer of Trin. Coll. in 1633 aged 18 years , but before he took a degree he went to Lincolns Inn , studied the Common Law , and was made a Barrester . In 1640 he was chosen a Burgess for Blechenley in Surrey to serve in that Parliament that began at Westminster 3. Nov. the same year , and afterwards taking the Covenant , he was about 1643 made Garter King of Arms in the place of Sir John Borough who had followed his Majesty to Oxon. On the 20 of Oct. 1646 there were votes (a) passed in the House of Commons that he the said Bysshe should be Garter K. of Arms and Clarenceaux , and Will. R●ley should be Norroy or the Northern K. of Arms , and that a committee be appointed to regulate their fees : so that if Bysshe was ever invested in the said office of Clarenceaux ( as several of the Coll. of Armes say he was ) then did he succeed Arthur Squibb , who had obtained that office by the endeavours of his (b) Son in Law Sir John Glynn a noted and leading member in that Parliament , upon the recess to his Majesty at Oxon of Sir Will. Le Neve . Howsoever it is , sure I am that in the greatest part of the interrupted times our a●thor Bysshe was both Garter and Clarenceaux , his genie being more adequat to Arms and Armory , in which he did excel , than to the municipal laws . In 1654 he was elected Burgess for Rigate in Surrey to serve in that Convention ( called the Little Parliament ) that met at Westm . 3. Sept. the same year , and in 1658 a Burgess for Gatton in the same County , for that Convention that met at the same place 27 Jan. in that year . After the Kings restauration he was forced to leave his Gartership , to make room for Sir Edw. Walker , who had that office conferr'd on him by his Majesty , on the death of Sir Hen. S. George , an . 1644. and with much ado obtaining the place of Clarenceaux , ( Sir Will. Le Neve being then distracted ) had the honour of Knighthood conferr'd upon him . In 1661 he was chosen Burgess for Blechenley to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 8. of May the same year : which continuing 17 years or more , he became a Pensioner ( as 't is (c) said ) and received 100 l. every Session , and yet was very poor . In the rebellious times he was a great gainer by being a Parliament man , and thereupon became an encourager of learning and learned men , particularly that noted Critick John Gregory of Ch. Ch. He had a very choice Library of books , all richly bound with gilt dorses , but after the Kings restauration running much in debt , became at length necessitous , and not only took dishonest courses by issuing out divers Grants of Armes under hand , as Clarenceaux , to the undoing of the Heralds Office , meerly to supply his necessities , but also sold many of his books , which cost him much , for inconsiderable prizes . He had been one that understood Armes and Armory very well , but could never endure to take pains in Genealogies , and in his younger years was esteemed a worthy and virtuous Person , but in his latter not , being th●n much degenerated as to manners . His works of learning are these . Notae in librum Nichola● Upton , de studio militari . Notae in Johannis de Bado aureo libellum de Armis . Notae in Henrici Spelmanni Aspidologiam . These three things which were all printed together at Lond. 1654. fol. we●e written by Sir ▪ Ed. Bysshe in English , but translated into Latine by Dav. Whitford , to whom he exhibited after his expulsion f●om the Univ. of Oxon. for several years . He also p●t out under his own name a translation from Gr. into Lat. with some notes and corrections , entit . Palladius de gentibus Indiae & ●ragmanibus . Lond. 1665. qu. in Gr. and Lat. To which he added ( 1 ) S. Ambrosius de moribus Brachmannorum . ( 2 ) Anonymus de Bragmanibus : Both in Gr. and Lat. Of which three pieces , see more in Jo. Gregory , under the year 646. Sir Ed. Bysshe also gave out among his acquaintance , before the Kings restauration , that he wou●d write The Survey , or Antiquities of the County of Surrey , ●ut when after that time he was fix'd in his Clarenceauxship , and had got a Knighthood , he did nothing but deturpate , and so continued worse and worse till his death ; which hapning in the Parish of S. Paul in Covent-garden on the 15 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred seventy and nine , was obscurely buried , late in the night , in the Church of S. Olaves in the Jewry within the City of London , by Mr. Green the Minister of that Church , Nephew to the Relict of the Defunct . JOHN SHIRLEY son of Jo. Shi● . of London Bookseller , was born in the Parish of S. Botolph ▪ Aldersgate in London , 7. Aug. 1648 , entred into Trin. Coll. in Lent term 1664 , became Scholar of that House in 1667 , took the degrees in Arts , made Terrae filius in 1673 , but came off dull . Soon after he was elected Probationer Fellow of his Coll. being then esteemed a person of some parts ▪ but behaving himself very loosely , was expell'd when the year of his Probationship was expir'd , or rather before . So that retiring to the great City , he married an Inn-keepers Daughter of Islington , corrected the Press , and wrot and scribled for bred several trite things , as A short compendium of Chirurgery , containing its grounds and principles , more particularly treating of impostumes , wounds , ulcers , fractures and dissolutions . Lond. 1683. sec . edit . in oct . In the title of which he writes himself Med. Doctor , though never took it in this Univ. or any other degree in that faculty . Discourse of the generation and birth of man , &c. — Printed with the former . The art of Rowling and Bolstring , that is the method of dressing and binding up the several parts , &c. Lond. 1682. oct . printed with the sec . edit . of the Compendium before mention'd . Life of the valiant and learned Sir Walt ▪ Raleigh K● , with his trial at Winchester . Lond. 1677. oct . 'T is the same that was a little before prefix'd to the works of the said Sir Walter , printed in fol. He hath also written and published little things of a sheet , and half a sheet of paper , but what they treat of , I know not . He died at Islington near London before mention'd , on the 28. of Dec. in sixteen hundred seventy and nine , and was buried in the Ch. yard there two days after . One John Shirley Gent. hath written The History of the Wars of Hungary : or , an . account of the miseries of that Kingdome , &c. Lond. 1685. in tw . and one John Shurley M. A. and Gent. hath written Ecclesiastical History epitomized ; containing a faithful account of the birth , life , and doctrine , &c. of the holy Jesus : with the lives of the Apostles , &c. in two parts — Lond. 1682. oct . But whether either of these two was of Oxon , I cannot yet tell ; nor whether J. Shirley author of The renowned History of the life and death of Guy Earl of Warwick &c. Lond. 1681. qu. be the same with our author John Shirley of Oxon. DANIEL CAPEL son of Rich. Capel mention'd under the year 1656 , was born in the City of Glocester , educated in the Coll. School there under Will. Russell , was first Demie and afterwards Fellow of Magd. Coll , and about the time that he took the degree of M. of A. which was in 1651 , he became a preacher . Afterwards he was successively Minister of Morton , Alderley and Shipton in his own Country ; which last he resigning because , as I presume , he would not conform , he fell to the practice of Physick in the Town of Strowd in Glocestershire , where he continued to the time of his death . He hath written , Tentamen medicum de variolis , and one or two little things besides , which I have not yet seen . He died at Strowde in sixteen hundred seventy and nine or thereabouts , and was buried in the Church there . The next that follows , a most excellent School Divine and Philosopher , is Fr. à S. Clara , not known or called Christop . Davenport , after he had entred into a religious order . CHRISTOPHER DAVENPORT son of Joh. Dav. ( by Elizabeth Wolley his Wife the fifth Son of Hen. Dav. Alderman of Coventry , Grandson to a younger Brother of the Davenports of Henbury in Cheshire , was born in the antient City of Coventry in Warwickshire , and in Grammar learning there educated . At about 15 years of age , he , and his Brother John , were sent to Merton College , in the beginning of the year 1613 , and became Pupils to Mr. Sam. Lane Fellow of that House . They were only Batlers and took the Cooks Commons , but the Warden Sir Henry Savile , having received notice of them and their condition , he dismiss'd them unless they would become Commoners : But their Parents being unwilling , John thereupon went to Magd. Hall , and became afterwards a noted Puritan , and at length an Independent , but Christopher continued longer in the Coll. especially upon Sir Henries recess to Eaton , but upon his return withd●ew . So that having spent about two years among the Mertonians , he , by the invitation of some Rom. Priest then living in or near Oxon , went to Doway an . 1615 , where remaining for some time , went to Ypres (a) and entred into the Order of Franciscans among the Dutch there , 7. Oct. 1617. Afterwards he returned to Doway , and was entred into the House of the English Recollects there , of the same order , 18. Oct. 1618 , which was then built for them and dedicated to S. Bonaventure the same year . After he had ran a course there , and had read for some time a Lecture , he went into Spain and in an University there ( Salamanca I think ) he improved himself much in the supreme faculty . Thence he returned ▪ to Doway , where he read first Philosophy , and afterwards became chief Reader of Divinity in the said Coll. of S. Bonaventure , and in fine was made Doctor of Divinity of his order , but not of any University . At length he became a Missionary in England , where he went by the name of Franciscus à Sancta Clara , and at length was made one of the Chaplains to Henrietta Maria the Royal Consort of K. Ch. the first , and became highly honored of all of his profession , and of many Scholars too ▪ ( whether Protestants or Papists ) for his great learning . After his settlement in England , where he continued going and coming more than 50 years , he did very great service for the R. Cath. cause by gaining disciples , raising ▪ money among the English Catholicks to carry on publick matters beyond the Seas , in writing of books for the advancement of his Religion and Order , by his perpetual and unwearied motion day and night to administer among the Brethren , and by tendring his service to consult and help warping Protestants &c. When Dr. Laud was made Archb. of Canterbury , he became his acquaintance , not to make use of him as an instrument to reconcile us to the Church of Rome , as inveterate Prynne would have it , but for that he was much respected by the Queen , that he was a person of excellent parts , civil behaviour and of great complisance . This acquaintance , I presume , had its original from our authors desire of having a book of his composition to be licensed for the Press , through the means of Dr. Aug. Lindsell Chaplain to the said Archbishop , who soon finding him to be a person of learning and great moderation did acquaint his grace of the man and his work . Howsoever it was , sure I am , that when articles of impeachment (b) were drawn up against Archb. Laud in the beginning of the Long Parliament , 't is said in the seventh article that for the advancement of Popery and Superstition within this Realm , the said Archb. hath wittingly and willingly received , harboured and relieved divers popish Priests and Jesuits , namely one called Sancta Clara alias Davenport a dangerous person and Franciscan Frier , who hath written a popish and seditious book , entituled Deus , natura , gratia , &c. wherein the thirty nine articles of the Church of England , established by Act of Parliament are much traduced and scandalized . The said Archbishop had divers conferences with him , while he was in writing the said book , and did also provide maintenance and entertainment for one Monsieur St. Giles a popish Priest at Oxon , &c. To which article the Archbishop made this (c) answer . I never saw that Franciscan Frier ( Sancta Clara ) in my life , to the utmost of my memory , above four times , or five at most . He was first brought to me by Dr. Lindsell , I did fear he would never expound them ( the Articles ) so as the Ch. of England might have cause to thank him for it . He never came to me after , till he was almost ready to print another book , to prove that Episcopacy was authorized in the Church by divine right , and this was after these unhappy stirs began . His desire was , to have this book printed here , but at his several addresses to me for this , I still gave him this answer : That I did not like the way , which the Church of Rome went concerning Episcopacy : And howsoever , I would never give way that any such book from the pen of any Romanist , should be printed here : And the Bishops of England are very well able to defend their own cause and calling , without calling in any aid from Rome , and would so do when they saw cause ; and this is all the conference I ever had with him — Our author S. Clara did at that time abscond , and spend most of those years of trouble in obscurity , sometimes beyond the Seas , sometimes at London , other times in the Country , and now and then in Oxon at the publick Library , where he was with great humanity received by Mr. Tho. Barlow Head keeper thereof , as our author doth very gratefully acknowledge in one of his works . At length , after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , when a marriage was celebrated between him and Catherina of Portugal , he became her Theologist , or one of the chief Chaplains about her ; and was the third time chose Provincial Minister of his Order for the Province of England : After the expiration of which ( for it lasts , if I am not mistaken , but for three years ) he was once or twice chosen again to that office before his death , being accounted the greatest and chiefest pillar of his order , and the onliest person to be consulted about the affairs thereof . He was excellently well vers'd in School divinity , the Fathers and Counsels , Philosophers and in Ecclesiastical and Profane Histories . He was a Person of very free discourse , but Cressy was reserv'd ; of a vivacious and quick countenance , the other clouded and melancholy , and quick of apprehension , but the other not , or at least would not : All which accomplishments made his company acceptable to great and worthy Persons . As for the books which this noted author hath published , mostly written in Latine , are these . Tract . adversus judiciariam Astrologiam . Duac . 1626. oct . This I have not yet seen , nor is it printed among his Works . Paraphrastica Expositio articulorum confessionis Anglicae . This was printed first by it self , and afterwards at the end of Tract . de Praedest . following . This book was much talk'd against by the Jesuits , who by all means would have it burnt , but being soon after licensed in Rome , gave a stop to any farther rumour of it . However in Spain it was censur'd , and how and why , let the author tell you in his own (d) words sent to me , thus — You told me that Mr. Leiburne shew'd you the Index Expurgatorius of Spain , wherein was named the book of articles , published by me . There was here ( in London ) a Spanish Embassador under the Rebels , named Alonso , who had great malice to the last King , and being informed by a knave that the book was dedicated to , and accepted by , the King , whom he esteemed his enemy , he surreptitiously procured in Spain to have it censured : He endeavoured to have it so done at Rome , but they answered as Pilate , Non invenio causam , and therefore it passed safe — This man ( Alonso ) had been a Jesuit , and was esteemed not only to have left them rudely , but to have given himself over to get money , &c. — In a letter also from Mr. Middleton to Archb. Laud dated at Venice in Dec. 1635 , I find these passages , that the book of S. Clara rellished not well with the Catholicks , and that there was a consultation about it , and some did extrema suadere , and cried ad ignem . Father Tho. Talbot a Jesuit of Paris told him so by letter , who talking with the Popes Nuntio at Paris about it , he told him 't was the best course to let it dye of it self , to which the Nuntio , a moderate man , was inclinable . Tractatus de praedestinatione , de meritis & peccatorum remissione , &c. Ludg. Bat. 1634. qu. In the year following the said book came out with this title Deus , natura , gratia : sive tractatus de praedestinatione de meritis , &c. This book was dedicated to K. Ch. 1. to seduce him ( if you 'll believe (e) Prynne ) to his religion , and induce him to establish the Romish religion amongst us by his royal authority , as he pretends to prove it from the dedicatory Epistle : also that the whole scope of the book it self , with the paraphrastical exposition of the articles at the end of it , was to (f) reconcile , reduce both our King , Church and the articles of our Religion , which he comments upon , to the Church of Rome . He also endeavours to prove (g) that St. Giles before mention'd , living in the Venetian Embassadors house in London an . 1635 , was the author of that book , and that it was printed at London , but he is much mistaken , and makes a confused story of the said two books , which is needless now to tell you . Systema fidei : sive tractatus de concilio universali , &c. Leod. 1648. qu. Opusculum de definibilitate controversiae immaculatae conceptionis dei genetricis . Tractatus de schismate speciatim Anglicano . Fragmenta : seu Historia minor provinciae Angliae Fratrum minorum . Manuale Missionariorum Regularium , praecipuè Anglorum S. Francisci , &c. Printed 1658 , and at Doway 1661. in octav . Apologia episcoporum , seu sacri magistratus propugnatio , &c. Col. Agrip. 1640. oct . Liber dialogorum , seu summa veteris Theologiae dialogismis tradita . Duac . 1661. in oct . Problemata scholastica & controversialia speculativa , &c. Corollarium dialogi de medio statu animarum , &c. Paralipomena philosophica de mundo peripatetico . This was published at Doway , under the name of Francisc . Coventriensis , an . 1652. in oct . All these , except the three first ( most of which had been printed in little volumes by themselves ) were printed in two volumes in fol. at Doway , an . 1665 , which cost the author ( having no contribution given him towards the press ) 220 l. Religio philosophiae Peripati discutienda ; in qua offertur epitome processus historiae celeberrimi miraculi , à Christo nuperrimè patrati , in restitutione Tibiae abscissae , & sepultae , ab Aristotile in suis principiis examinati . Duac . 1662. oct . Supplementum Historiae Provinciae Angliae , in quo est chronosticon continens catalogum & praecipua gesta Provincialium Fr. Min. Provinciae Angliae . Duac . 1671. fol. to be put at the end of Fragmenta , seu Hist . Min. &c. Disputatio de antiqua Provinciae praecedentia . Printed there also the same year , and to be put in the same vol. at the end of Supplementum Hist . This Disputatio was also printed in qu. in two sh . an . 1670. Enchiridion of Faith , in a dialogue concerning christian religion . — Printed under the name of Franc. Coventrie 1655. oct . Explanation of the Romane Catholic belief — Printed 1656 and 1670 in one sh . in oct . 'T is reported by a nameless author (i) that he ( S. Clara ) wrot and published , The Christian Moderator ; or persecution for Religion condemned , &c. Lond. 1652. in qu. sec . edit . and that he , whom he calls that famous or rather infamous Priest , presented one of them to a Lady , who told it to a reverend Minister of this City ( London ) that he was the author of that book . But let this Anon. say what he will ; sure I am , that I have been informed by R. Catholicks of unquestionable veracity , that neither he , nor William Birchley , was the author , but one John Austen born at Walpole (k) in Marshland in the County of Norfolk , and bred in S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge ; which house he leaving , and his religion too , about 1640 , entred himself into the Society of Lincolns Inn , with intentions to follow the municipal Laws ; but the Rebellion breaking out soon after , he was driven thence . It is to be noted by the way , that this Austen being a man of good parts , and much in esteem with the R. Catholicks , he did write and publish several books , that is to say ( besides the three parts of The Christian Moderator which he put out under the name of W. Birchley ) ( 1 ) Two vol. of Devotions after the old way , printed in octavo , and afterwards reprinted in 1672 , with a preface to them , written by Joh. Sergeant . He also wrot a third volume , which is not yet published . ( 2 ) Treatise in behalf of the oath of Allegiance . ( 3 ) Letter from a Cavalier in Yorkshire to a friend , written in the time of war , and other things ; among which must not be forgotten , A punctual Answer to Dr. Joh. Tillotsons book called The rule of Faith , &c. Six or seven sheets of which were printed off , but for what reason all were not finished , I cannot tell . He died in his house in Bow street in Cov. Garden near London , in the summer time , an . 1669 , and was buried in the Ch. of S. Paul there . Two parts of the said Christian Moderator being esteemed by certain Protestants to be like a venemous potion , as full of dangerous Ingredients , &c. was examin'd and animadverted upon in a book called Legend● lignea , &c. p. 29.30 . &c. One Will. Austen of Linc. Inn Esq . who died 16 Jan. 1633 , wrot — Devotionis Augustinianae flamma : or certain devout and learned Meditations , &c. printed at Lond. after his death 1637. fol. but of what kin he was to John I know not . As for our author Christop . Davenport , alias Sancta Clara , who mostly went by the name of Francis Hunt , and sometimes by that of Coventrie , died in Somerset house in the Strand near London , on the 31 of May , early in the morning ( being then Whitmunday ) in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was buried ( not according to his desire in the Vault under Somerset house Chappel , which the Queen opposed ) but in the Church belonging to the Savoy Hospital in the said Strand . It was his desire many years before his death , to retire to Oxon in his last days , there to die , purposely that his bones might be laid in S. Ebbes Church , ( to which the mansion of the Franciscans or Grey Friers sometimes joyned , and in which several of the Brethren were antiently interred ) particularly by those of his old friend Joh. Day a learned Frier of his order ( born at the Mill in the Parish of S. Cross alias Halywell near Oxon ) who was buried at the west end of the said Church near the Font , an . 1658 , but troubles coming on by the breaking out of the Popish Plot , his design was frustrated . JOHN WILMOT Earl of Rochester , Viscount Athlone in Ireland , and Baron of Adderbury in Oxfordshire , was born at Dichley near Wodstock in the said County , .... Apr. 1648 , educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school at Burford , under a noted Master called John Martin , became a Nobleman of Wadham Coll. under the tuition of Phineas Bury Fellow , and inspection of Mr. Blandford the Warden , an . 1659 , actually created Master of Arts in Convocation , with several other noble persons , an . 1661 ; at which time , he , and none else , was admitted very affectionately into the fraternity by a kiss on the left cheek from the Chancellour of the University ( Clarendon ) who then sate in the supreme chair to honour that Assembly . Afterwards he travelled into France and Italy , and at his return frequented the Court ( which not only debauched him but made him a perfect Hobbist ) and was at length made one of the Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. and Controller of Wodstock Park , in the place of Sir W. Fleetwood deceased . He was a person of most rare parts , and his natural talent was excellent , much improved by learning and industry , being throly acquainted with all classick Authors , both Greek and Latine ; a thing very rare ( if not peculiar to him ) among those of his quality . He knew also how to use them , not as other Poets have done , to transcribe and steal from , but rather to better and improve , them by his natural fancy . But the eager tendency and violent impulses of his natural temper , unhappily inclining him to the excesses of Pleasure and Mirth ; which with the wonderful pleasantness of his unimitable humour , did so far engage the affections of the Dissolute towards him , that to make him delightfully ventrous and frollicksome to the utmost degrees of riotous extravagancy , they for some years heightned his spirits ( enflamed by wine ) into one almost interrupted fit of wantonness and intemperance . Some time before his death , were several copies of his verses printed ( besides what went in MS. from hand to hand ) among which were , A Satyr against mankind — Printed in one sheet in fol. in June 1679. Answer'd in another sheet in the next month by one Mr. Griffith a Minister . Andr. Marvell who was a good Judge of wit , did use to say that Rochester was the only man in England that had the true vein of Satyr . On nothing ; a Poem . — Printed on one side of a sheet of paper in 2 columes . But notwithstanding the strict charge which the Earl of Rochester gave on his death bed to those persons , in whose custody his papers were , to burn all his prophane and rude Writings , as being only fit to promote Vice and Immorality , by which he had so highly offended the Omnipotent and sham'd and blasphem'd that holy Religion into which he had been baptized ; yet no sooner was his breath out of his body , but some person , or persons , who had made a collection of most of his Poetry in Manuscript , did , meerly for lucre sake , ( as 't was conceived ) publish them under this title , Poems on several occasions . Antwerp alias Lond. 1680. oct . Among which , as those before mention'd are numbred , so many of his composure are omitted , and there is no doubt but that other mens Poems are mixed among them . They are full of obscenity and prophaneness , and are more fit ( tho excellent in their kind ) to be read by Bedlamites , than pretenders to vertue and modesty : and what are not so , are libellous and satyrical . Among them is a Poem intit . A Ramble in S. James's Park , p. 14 , which I guess is the same with that which is meant and challenged in the preface to the Poems of Alex. Radcliff of Greys Inn intit . The Ramble , an anti-heroick Poem , together with some terrestial Hymns , and carnal Ejaculations . Lond. 1682. oct . as the true composure of the said Radcliff , but being falsly and imperfectly published under the Earl's name , is said there to be enlarged two thirds , above what it was , when before in print . The Reader is to know also that a most wretched and obcene and scandalously infamous Play , not wholly compleated , passed some hands privately in MS , under the name of Sodom , and fathered upon the Earl ( as most of this kind were , right or wrong , which came out at any time , after he had once obtained the name of an excellent smooth , but withall a most lewd Poet ) as the true author of it ; but if that copy of verses inserted among his printed Poems before mention'd , in pag. 129. wrot upon the author of the Play call'd Sodom be really his , then questionless the writing of this vile piece is not to be laid to his charge ; unless we should suppose him to have turned the keenness and sharpness of his piercing Satyr ( for such is this ) upon himself . He hath also written , A Letter to Dr. Gilb. Burnet , written on his death bed . Lond. 1680. in one sh . in fol. And that he was the author of it , the Doctor himself acknowledgeth in the History (†) of some passages of the life and death of John Earl of Rochester . About the same time also was published a sheet in fol. intit . The two noble Converts ; or the Earl of Marlborough and the Earl of Rochester , their dying Requests to the Atheists and Debauchees of this age : but this was faigned and meerly written by a Scribler to get a little money . In Nov. 1684 was a Play of Joh. Fletchers published intit . Valentinian : a Tragedy as 't is altered by the late Earl of Rochester , and acted at the Theatre-Royal . Lond. 1685. qu. To which is put , by a nameless Writer , a large Preface concerning the Author and his Writings , wherein among too many things , and high●flown surfeiting Encomiums , that are by him given of the said Count , is this , — For sure there has not lived in many ages ( if ever ) so extraordinary , and I think I may add , so useful a person , as most English men know my Lord to have been , whether we consider the constant good sense and the agreeable mirth of his ordinary conversation , or the vast reach and compass of his invention , and the wonderful depths of his retired thoughts , the uncommon graces of his fashion , or the inimitable turns of his wit , the becoming gentleness , the bewitching softness of his civility , or the force and fitness of his Satyr ; for as he was both the delight and wonder of Man , the love and the dotage of Women , so he was a continual curb to impertinence , and the publick censor of folly , &c. — In another place he saith thus , He had a wit that was accompanied with an unaffected greatness of mind , and a natural love to justice and truth : a wit that was in perpetual war with knavery , and ever attacking those kind of vices most , whose malignity was like to be most diffusive , such as tended more immediately to the prejudice of publick bodies , and were of a common nusance to the happiness of humane kind . Never was his pen drawn but on the side of good sense , and usually imployed like the Arms of the ancient Heroes , to stop the progress of arbitrary oppression , and beat down the bruitishness of head-strong will ; to do his K. and Country justice upon such publick State-Thieves , as would beggar a Kingdom to enrich themselves , &c. — To pass by other characters , which the said Anonymus too too fondly mentions of the Count , I shall proceed and tell you that he hath also written , Poems , &c. on several occasions : with Valentinian a Tragedy . Lond. 1691. oct . They were published in the latter end of Feb. 1690. but the large Preface before mention'd is there omitted . These Poems , which are different from those that came out in 1680 , have before them an admirable Pastoral on the death of the Earl of Roch. in imitation of the Greek of Moschus , made by Oldham ; and among them songs and letters , as also ( 1 ) A copy of English verses made on the Kings return , in a book intit . Britannia rediviva , printed at Oxon. under the name of the University , 1660. qu. ( 2 ) A Lat. and English copy on the death of Mary Princess of Orange , in another book of verses published under the name of the said University , at Oxon. the same year in qu. But these three copies were made , as 't was then well known , by Rob. Whitehall a Physitian of Mert. Coll , who pretended to instruct the Count ( then 12 years of age ) in the art of Poetry , and on whom he absolutely doted . ( 3 ) The translation of the ninth Elegy in the second book of Ovids Amours ; which was published in a thing intit . Miscellany Poems : containing a new translation of Virgils Eclogues , Ovids love Elegies , Odes of Horace , &c. by the most eminent hands . Lond. 1684. oct . At length , after a short , but pleasant , life , this noble and beautiful Count paid his last debt to nature in the Rangers Lodge in Woodstock Park , very early in the morn . of the 26 of July in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was buried in a vault under the north Isle joyning to Spelsbury Church in Oxfordshire , by the body of his Father Henry sometimes the generous , loyal and valiant Earl of Rochester , the same who had been Commissary General of the Army in the Scotch Expedition , an . 1639 under Thomas Earl of Arundel the General , and had then a troop of horse under him , and the same who had married Anne the Widow of Sir Harry Lee of Dichley before mention'd , and Daughter of Sir John St. John of Wiltshire . Which Henry Earl of Roch. dying beyond the Seas , in his attendance on his Majesty , on the 19 of Feb. 1657 , aged 45 years , was , by leave obtained , privately buried in the before mention'd Vault , being the place of sepulture only for the family of Lee , since honored with the title of Earl of Lichfield . The said John E. of Rochester left behind him a son named Charles , who dying on the 12 of Nov. 1681 , was buried by his father on the 7 of Dec. following . He also left behind him three daughters , named Anne , Elizabeth , and Malet ; so that the male line ceasing , his Majesty Ch. 2. confer'd the title of Rochester on Laurence Viscount Killingworth , a younger son of Edward Earl of Clarendon . STEPHEN CHARNOCK son of Rich. Charnock an Attorney or Solicitor , descended from an antient family of his name living in Lancashire , was born in the Parish of S. Catherine Creechurch in London ; educated in Eman. Coll. in Cambridge , mostly under the tuition of Mr. Will. Sancroft , spent afterwards some time in a private family , and a little more in the exercise of his Ministry in Southwarke , in the time of the Rebellion . In 1649 , or thereabouts , he retired to Oxon , purposely to obtain a Fellowship from the Visitors appointed by Parliament when they ejected scholars by whole shoales ; and in 1650 he obtained a Fellowship in New Coll. and thereby for several years did eat the bread of a worthy Loyallist . In 1652 he was incorporated Master of Arts as he had stood in Cambridge , and two years after he did undergo the office of Proctor of the University , being then taken notice of by the godly Party for his singular gifts , and had in reputation by the then most learned Presbyterians ; and therefore upon that account he was the more frequently put upon publick Works . After he had discharged his office , he received a call to go into Ireland , where exercising his Ministry for about 4 or 5 years , he was held in admiration by the Presbyterian and sometimes by the Independent , and had the concurrent applause of some that were of different sentiments from him in matters of Religion : and such also who did not love his opinion , did notwithstanding commend him for his learning . After the King was restored in 1660 , he was ejected from his publick exercise , ( being then , as I conceive , Bach. of Div. of Dublin ) returned into England , and in and about London he did spend the greatest part of 15 years without any call to his own work , whereby he took advantage to go now and then either into France or Holland . In the five last years of his life , he became more known by his constant preaching in private meetings in the great City , gaining thereby infinite love and applause from the Brethren , who held him to be a person of excellent parts , strong reason , great judgment , and ( which do not often go together ) curious fancy . They also esteemed him to be a man of high improvements and general learning , that his chief talent was his preaching gift , in which he had few equals , that also he was good in the practice of physick , in which he had arrived to a considerable measure of knowledge , and lastly that he was a true son of the Church of England in that sound doctrine laid down in the articles of Religion , and taught by our most famous antient Divines and Reformers , &c. As for his Writings they are many , yet he published nothing while he lived . However after his death , his friends made extant these things following to prevent false copies , which were then likely to creep abroad . A Sermon of reconciliation to God in Christ , on 2 Cor. 5.19 . Lond. 1680. qu. Treatise of divine providence , 1. In general . 2. In particular , as relating to the Church of God in the world , Lond. 1680. oct . Before which is an Epistle written by Rich. Adams and Edw. Veel , who , as I think , published the said book . This was afterwards involved in his Works . His Works , containing several discourses upon the excellence and attributes of God. Lond. 1682. in a large fol. published by the said two persons R. Adams and E. Veele . His Works , vol. 2. containing several discourses upon various divine Subjects . Lond. 1683. fol. with a Supplement . He died in the house of one Rich. Tymms a Glazier in the Parish of White Chappel near London , on the 27 of July in sixteen hundred and eighty , aged 52 years or thereabouts : whereupon his body being conveyed to Crosby house belonging to Sir Jo. Langham ( in which house Tho. Watson M. of A ▪ sometimes of Eman. Coll. in Cambr. Pastor of S. Stephens Church Walbrook in Lond. in the times of Usurpation and the author of The art of divine contemplation , and of other things , did hold forth by praying and preaching as our author Charnock did ) was thence accompanied by great numbers of the Brethren to S. Michaels Church on Cornhill in London ; where , after John Johnson his contemporary in Emanuel and New Coll , had held forth in a funeral Sermon , ( wherein many things were spoken in praise of the defunct ) his body was committed to the earth on the 30 day of the same month , at the bottom of the Tower under the Belfry . I must now , having a just opportunity laid before me , tell the Reader , that the name of Charnock is antient , and in Lancashire is now , or at least hath been lately , Charnock of Charnock , from whence was originally descended Thom. Charnock a noted Chymist and Rosacrucian of his time , born at Feversham ( some say in the Isle of Thanet ) in Kent , an . 1526 , and being very covetous of knowledge , he travelled all England over to gain it , fixed in Oxon for a considerable time , where it hapned that he fell into such acquaintance , that it proved his future comfort . About that time he became known to Mr. James S. a spiritual man living in the Close at Salisbury , who being a noted Chymist , he entertained Charnock to be his Operator . In 1554 he obtained the secret from his said Master ( Jam. S. ) who dying about that time , left him inheritor of it , but lost it by firing his Tabernacle on New years-day at noon , an . 1555. Soon after he learned the secret again , but not of Will. Byrd sometimes Prior of Bathe , who had bestowed a great deal of pains and money to obtain it , but of another , because Byrd had been dead several years before . Whereupon Charnock began anew with the help of a servant , and again by himself alone : in which work continuing 9 months , which was within a month of his reckoning , the Crows head began to appear black ; but a War being proclaimed against the French , an . 1557 , and he thereupon , by the malice of a Gentleman ( who was his neighbour ) prest for a Soldier , his operations were frustrated , and all cast aside . On the first of January the same year , he began to write The Breviary of natural Philosophy , and on the 20. of July following he ended it : In the title and end of which , he stiles himself an unlettered Scholar , and Student in the most worthy science of Astronomy and Philosophy . This Breviary is written in old English verse , which , in the next Century , coming into the hands of the most renowned Mercuriophilus Anglicus , who sometimes writes himself James Hasolle , ( Elias Ashmole ) was among other authors of the like nature , published by him under this title , Theatrum Chemicum Britanicum . In 1562 Charnock married Agnes Norden at Stokeland-Bristow four miles from Bridgwater in Somersetshire , being then , or soon after , setled there , but afterwards at a place called Comadge ; and in the year after he buried Absolon his Son. In 1566 he finished his book called The principal rules of natural Philosophy , figuratively set forth to the obtaining of the Philosophers stone . In which year also he dedicated a book of The Science to Qu. Elizabeth , and dated the Rolle at Stockland , as he himself saith ; which Rolle is written in Latine , being the same , I presume , with the Emblematical Scrowle , supposed to be invented by George Ripley , the inside of which , was composed , as Charnock says , by a great Master of the Hermetick Philosophy , and written by a Master of his pen. Some notes in the void spaces of it were written by Charnock's hand , which shew that he did not ( or at least throughly ) understand it . In 1572 he wrot the Poesie of the Rolle ; which Rolle seems to me to have been a kind of a Vade mecum , or a Manual that the Students of the Hermetick Science carried about with them , and also to be taken from Raymandus Lullius . The same year he wrot Aenigma ad Alchimiam , and Aenigma de Alchimia , both in English Verse , and printed in Theat . Chem. before mention'd . In 1573 he wrot , as himself saith , the fragment Knock the Child on the head . See Theat . Chem. pag. 425 , and in the year after he confessed that he never saw The white ferment to the red , till the fiftieth year of his age . In 1576 appeared The difficulty of the Philosophical number in the Rolle . This Rolle so often mentioned , is religiously kept to this day in a house at Comadge before mention'd ; where for his Studies and carrying on of his Operations , he made a little room and contrivance for the keeping his Work , and so ingeniously ordered , that no accident of fire could befall him , as it did on New-years day 1555. It joyns as a Closet to that which was his Chamber , to make a Servant needless , and the work of giving attendance more easie to himself . On the door was drawn by his own hand with course Colours , but rudely , an Emblem of his Work : So likewise about the walls in his Chamber , are several pieces of his painting differing from each other , some of which are obscure and almost woren out . Several fragments written by him , are published in the said Theat . Chem Brit. but therein are omitted Charnocks Poesie upon the white and red rose , and verses on the Philosophers Dragon which eateth up her owne tale , &c. This Rosacrucian Charnock paid his last debt to nature in his house at Comadge , and was buried within the precincts of the Church at Otterhampton near to Bridgwater , 21. Apr. 1581. HENRY MARTEN commonly called Harry Marten , son of Sir Hen. Mart. mention'd among these writers under the year 1641 p. 4. was born within the City of Oxford , particularly , as I conceive , in the parish of S. John Bapt , in an house opposite to Mert. Coll. Church , then lately built by Hen. Sherburne Gent. and possess'd at the time of Harry's birth by Sir Henry his father . After he had been instructed in Grammar learning in Oxon , he became a Gent. Com. of University Coll. in the beginning of 1617 aged 15 years ; where , and in public , giving a manifestation of his pregnant parts , had the degree of Bach. of Arts confer'd upon him in the latter end of 1619. Afterwards he went to one of the Inns of Court , travelled into France , and at his return his father found out a rich wife for him , whom he married somthing unwillingly , and therefore afterwards living a part from her , and following other creatures , she was for sometime distemper'd . In the beginning of the year 1640 he was elected one of the Knights of Berks , to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 13. Apr ; and again ( tho not legally ) in Oct. to serve in that unhappy Parliament that began at the same place on the 3. of Novemb. following . In which last Parliament he shew'd himself , out of some little pique , the most bitter enemy against the K. in all the House , as well in action as speech ; for which being first reprimanded while the Presbyterians swayed therein , was afterwards for the incontinence of his tongue committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , but soon after released . He was an enemy also to the Kingly Office , and all belonging thereunto , especially the Regalia , which he caused to be sold : for being authorized by the said Parliament about 1642 , he forced open a great iron Chest within the College of Westminster , and thence took out the Crown , Robes , Sword and Scepter belonging antiently to K. Edw. the Confessor , and used by all our Kings at their inaugurations ; and with a scorn greater than his lusts and the rest of his vices , he openly declared that there should be no further use of those toyes and trifles , &c. And in the jollity of that humour he invested George Wither ( an old puritan Satyrist ) in the royal habiliments : who being crown'd and royally arrayed ( as well right became him ) did first march about the room with a stately garb , and afterwards with a thousand apish and rediculous actions exposed those sacred ornaments to contempt and laughter . Had the abuse been (a) stript and whip'd , as it should have been , the foolish fellow possibly might have passed for a Prophet , tho he could not be reckoned for a Poet. The said H. Marten was a taker of all Oaths , whether that of Allegiance , Covenant , Engagement , &c. The last of which being by him taken , he would by all means , as the Independent Gang did , make the Covenant an old Almanack out of date , to the end that he and they might be rid of that tie of preserving his Majesties person and authority , &c. as the Presbyterians would with regret frequently say . He was also an eager enemy against Lords , Gentry , Lawyers and Clergy , and a protestor for a Community of wealth , as well as of women . He was also a grand prodigal in not only spending 3000 l. per an . which his father and other relations left him ( mostly lying in Berks ) but several thousand pounds , and a 1000 l. per an . given to him and his heirs for ever out of the Duke of Buckinghams estate , by Parliament , in consideration of his losses ( not of his members ) for the holy and blessed cause . This viper , which had been fostered in the bosome of Parliament , was against the Parliament it self , and against all Magistrates , like a second Wat Tyler , all pen and Inkhorn men must down . This his levelling doctrine is contained in a Pamphlet called Englands troubles troubled , wherein all rich men whatsoever are declared enemies to the mean men of England , and ( in effect ) warr denounced against them . Besides all this , he being a Colonel , plundered so much where ever he came ▪ that he was commonly called the plunder-master general , and all whatsoever he got that way , he spent to satisfie his filthy lusts . In 1648 he forbad the people to stand bare at a Sessions in Barkshire and do homage and fealty to the Lords ; but in this he gull'd them , ( tho they were not sensible of it ) because he gave that which was not their due . Yet notwithstanding he rob'd them of that which was their due , as of their horses , goods , money , &c. which he plundered from them , under pretence forsooth , for service of the State , and did beat those that defended their own . So that while he flatter'd them to be the supreme authority and Lords Paramount , and the Parliament to be their servants , he used them like slaves conquer'd by the Parliament . On the 8. of Dec. the same year , being the day after the Parliament house was purged of the Presbyterians , in came Ol. Cromwell out of the Country , bringing in under his protection our sanctified Member Harry Marten , who had spent much time in plundering the Country , had often bas●ed the House and disobeyed many of their orders , sufficient to have made an honest man liable to sequestration : But great was the privilege of the Saints ; for there was nothing done in it , because it fortun'd that day that the case of the secured Members was reported to the House : which Harry interrupting , desired them to take into consideration the deserts of the Lieu. General , ( Cromwell ) which , with all slavish diligence , was presently done . So Harry by this device escaped free , who in the beginning of the next month , was , ( with Hugh Peters ) a zealous sollicitor in Parliament to have the Statute of banishment against the Jewes repealed , according to their Petition for the same purpose then put up to the House . About the same time Cromwell finding him a man fit for his purpose , put him into the roll for one to sit as Judg upon the life of his Sovereign ; in which Tragedy he acted his part so unconcernedly that he valued the life of his Prince no more than that of a dog ; yet afterwards as the report (b) goes , he , in a speech in the House , upon the debate whether a King or no King ? He made answer that if they must have a King , he had rather have had the last than any Gentleman in England , for he found no fault in his person , but office . On the 14. of Feb. following , which was about a fortnight after the King was beheaded , he was appointed one of the thirty to be of the Council of State , and in the beginning of July 1649 , he brought into the House an accompt of his arrears , which came to 25000 l. whereupon it was ordered that 1000 l. in Land should be setled upon him and his heirs : About which time the Welsh Counties were set on work to desire H. Marten for their Commander in chief . Afterwards Harry perceiving Oliver to aim at high things , he left him , fided with the Levellers , and would have done them good service , had not the Parl. given him 3000 l. more to put him upon the holy Sisters . In Nov. 1651 he was appointed again one of the Council of State , and had in a manner what he desired ; but after Oliver had made him ( as many a wiser person ) his shooing horn , merely to serve his turn , he turn'd him off , and publickly called him a noted Whoormaster ( as he did Th. Chaloner a Drunkard and a vitious Liver ) at the dissolution of the reliques of the Long Parliament . To conclude , he was a man of good natural parts , was a boon familiar , witty , and quick with repartees , was exceeding happy in apt instances , pertinent and very biting ; so that his company being esteemed incomparable by many , would have been acceptable to the greatest persons , only he would be drunk too soon , and so put an end to all the mirth for the present . At length after all his rogueries acted for near 20 years together were past , was at length called to an account for that grand villany of having a considerable hand in murthering his Prince : of which being easily found guilty , was not to suffer the loss of his life as others did , ( for it was then commonly reported that if they hung him , his body would not hold together because of its rottenness ) but the loss of his estate and perpetual imprisonment , for that he came in upon the Proclamation of surrender . So that after one or two removes from Prison to Prison , he was at length sent to Chepstow Castle in Monmouthshire , where he continued another twenty years not in wantonness , riotousness and villany , but in confinement , and repentance if he had pleased . Under his name go these things following . Several Speeches as ( 1 ) Speech at the Common Hall 28. Jul. 1643 concerning Sir Will. Waller and what course now is to be taken . Lond. 1643 qu. ( 2 ) Speech in Parl. &c. The independency of England endeavoured to be maintained against the claim of the Scottish Commissioners , in their late answer upon the bills and propositions sent to the King in the Isle of Wight . Lond. 1648 in 3 sh . and an half in qu. The Parliaments proceedings justified , in declining a personal treaty with the King , &c. Lond. 1648 in 3 sh . in qu. Familiar Letters to his Lady of delight . Oxon. 1663. Lond. 1685. qu. Politick and Oeconomical Letters — Printed with the first , and I think with the sec . Edit . of the said Familiar Letters . In the beginning of the said Letters , is that in justification of the murther of K. Ch. 1 : See more in Edm. Gayton , under the year 1666. p. 271. Our author Marten was also the principal cause of publishing the letters of the King and Queen called the Cabinet , besides other things which have not yet come to my sight . I have seen also under his name A Speech in the H. of Com. before his departure thence , 8. June 1648. Printed in one sh . in qu. but t is a piece of roguery fathered upon him . This person , who lived very poor and in a shabbed condition in his confinement , and would be glad to take a pot of ale from any one that would give it to him , died with meat in his mouth , that is suddenly , in Chepstow Castle before mention'd , in Sept. in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was on the ninth day of the same month buried in the Church of Chepstow . Some time before he died he made this Epitaph by way of Acrostick on himself , which runs thus . Here , or elswhere ( all 's one to you , to me ) Earth , aire , or water gripes my ghostless dust , None knowing when brave fire shall set it free . Reader , if you an oft tryed rule will trust , You 'l gladly doe and suffer what you must . My life was worn with serving you and you , And now death's my pay , it seems , and welcom too . Revenge destroying but it self , while I To birds of prey leave my old cage and fly ▪ Examples preach to the eye , care ( then mine sayes ) Not how you end , but how you spend your dayes . Aged 78. Another Epitaph was made by his daughter who usually attended him , which for brevity sake I now omit . JOSEPH GLANVILL was born at a Sea-port Town in Devons . called Plymouth , became a Batler of , and entred into Commons in , Exeter Coll , 19 Apr. 1652 , aged 16 years , where being put under a good Tutor ( Sam. Conant M. A. ) and severely disciplin'd in religion , Logick and Philosophy , makes me wonder , considering that that House was then one of the chief nurseries for youth in the University , why he should afterwards lament that his friends did not first send him to Cambridge , because , as he used to say , that new Philosophy and the art of Philosophizing were there more than here in Oxon , and that his first studies in this University did not qualifie him for the world of action and business . After he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , he went to Linc. Coll. in the beginning of July 1656 , where taking the degree of M. of Arts in the beginning of 1658 , was about that time made Chaplain to old Franc. Rous one of Olivers Lords and Provost of Eaton Coll. But he dying soon after , Glanvill return'd to Oxon , continued in Linc. Coll. for a time and became a great admirer of Mr. Rich. Baxter , and a zealous person for a Commonwealth . After his Majesties restauration , he turned about , became a Latitudinarian , a great pretender to the new Philosophy , wrot and published The vanity of Dogmatizing , to gain himself a name among the Virtuosi , was made a member of the Royal Society , entred into holy orders according to the Church of England , and , by the favour of Sir James Thynne , was presented to the Vicaridge of a Mercate Town in Somersetshire called Frome-Selwood in the beginning of Nov. 1662 , in the place of John Humphrey a Non-conformist . In 1666 Jun. 23 ▪ he was inducted Rector of the great Church in Bathe dedicated to S. Pet. and S. Paul , and in July 1672 he changed Frome for the rectory of Streat with the Chappel of Walton annex'd , in Somersetshire , with Rich. Jenkins M. A. So that by vertue of the presentation to those two Churches by Tho. Thynne Esq , Jenkins was instituted to Frome and Glanvill to Streat and Walton , on one and the same day viz. 26. July 1672. About that time he was made one of the Chaplains in ordinary to K. Ch. 2. and at length by the endeavours of Henry Marquess of Worcester ( to whom our authors Wife pretended some alliance ) he became one of the Prebendaries of Worcester , in the place of Hen. Greisley deceased ; in which dignity he was installed 22. June 1678. A certain author named Hen. Stubbe who wrot much against , and did not care for , him , saith (a) that Mr. Glanvill was the most impudent Lyer in the world , that he would prove him a lyer , and so ignorant and illiterate a fellow that he was not fit to come into any learned company or to open his mouth among them . He tells (b) us also that he did not understand Greek only to read it , — he could (c) not construe Aristotle , — he knew (d) not Logick either in the practice or notion , — that he (e) was an ignorant and inconsiderate fellow , — that as much as he pretends to have studied Aristotle and the peripatetick Philosophy , yet he did not (f) know that Aristotle held the gravity of the air , and was therefore followed by the Avicennists and Averroists , &c. — that he was against (g) the fertility of the way of notion and dispute ; concerning which he affirmed that it produced no practical useful knowledg . He charged (h) him with impiety and indiscretion , with decrying the learning of the Lord Bacon , yet to excuse his errour and insolence , he made use of his great name , and thought it a sufficient apology that he could shew that the subject of his most obnoxious periods and passages were to be found largely and often insisted on by so great and learned a man. He tells us also that he was a renegado Presbyter , Latitudinarian , a proud and conceited person , &c. But all these things , with many more , having been spoken by a rash person , and one that was well known not to abound with good nature and seldome to have spoken well of any body , I shall take the liberty to give this character of him , Glanvill , ( with which those that knew him , as I did partly , will without doubt concur ) viz. that he was a person of more than ordinary parts , of a quick , warm , spruce and gay-fancy , and was more lucky , at least in his own judgment , in his first hints and thoughts of things , than in his after-notions , examined and disgested by longer and more mature deliberation . He had a very tenacious memory , and was a great Master of the English Language , expressing himself therein with easie fluency , and in a manly , yet withal a smooth , stile . He catcht at all occasions , as well in his discourse , as in his writings , of depreciating that renowned Master of reason and celebrated advancer of knowledge Aristotle , and of undervaluing his philosophy , altho it hath been received in the Schools for many ages as if great authority , with general approbation and advantage ; and in the place of it he substituted many pretty new fangled and fantastical Hypotheses of that Philosophy , which bidding defyance to the old , boasts it self in the winning and glorious title of being new . This also must be said , that he did not blame the use of Aristotle in the Universities among the junior Students , but did altogether disapprove the streightness and sloath of elder dijudicants , from whom a more generous temper might be expected , than to sit down in a contended despair of any farther progress into Science , than hath been made by their idolized Sophy , ( as he is pleased to term it ) and depriving themselves and all this world of their liberty in Philosophy by making a Sacramental adherence to an heathen authority : And this it was , together with the pedantry and boyishness of humour that drew from him those reflections he directed against Aristotle , in the Letter which I shall anon mention . He did more especially applaud and recommend that more free and generous way ( as they call it ) of promoting learning , now for some years carried on and professed ( tho not at this time ( 1690 ) and several years since , with that active vigour , as at first ) by the Royal Society : The institution of which , its religious tendency towards the advancement of true substantial and solid improvements , and great benefit which hath , and may accrue thence to humane life by that real and useful knowledge there aimed at , and in part obtained , he hath with some shew and appearance , at least of reason , defended against H. Stubbe ; and all this against the old way which he calls a bare formal Scheme of empty airy notions , sensless terms and insignificant words , fit only to make a noise and furnish men with matter of wrangling and contention , &c. His reflecting on his University education with such regret and disatisfaction , ( declaring often in common discourse , that his being trained up in that trite and beaten road , was one of his greatest unhappinesses that had ever befalen him ) as it savoured plainly of too much arrogance thus rashly to condemn the statutable continued practice of such a learned body , which doth not , ( as is by our modern Virtuosi falsly pretended ) so slavishly tye up its youth to the magisterial dictates of Aristole , as not to be permitted in any cases to depart from his somtimes erroneous sentiments , but gives them free and boundless liberty of ranging and conversing with the many and different writers , who set up with the specious name of new Philosophy , referring still to the authority of Aristotle as unquestionable in the performance of public exercise ; So neither did it seem to consist with those grateful returns which his more benign mother , the University , might here reasonably looked for from him , as some slender requital for her so frankly bestowing on him the ground-work , or foundation at least , of all that learning , which afterwards rendred him so mightily known and famous to , and among , some people . Mr. R. Baxter , to whom our author wrote a large (a) courting Letter , dat . 3. Sept. 1661 ( wherein it appears that he admired his preaching and writings ) saith that he (b) was a man of more than ordinary ingeny , — that he was (c) one of themselves here ( tho an Originist ) a most triumphant Conformist , and not the greatest contemner of Nonconformists , — and famous for his great wit , &c. which last commendation is given of him by the most famous Th. de Albiis (d) an eminent writer of another persuasion . As for the books that this our author Glanvill hath written , ( the titles of which follow ) some of them are new vamp'd , have fresh titles , and somtimes new dedications put to them : which , whether it was so contrived to make the world believe that he was not lazy , but put out a book every year , I leave to others to judge . The vany of Dogmatizing : or confidence in opinions , manifested in a discourse of the shortness and uncertainty of our knowledg , and its causes ; with some reflections on Peripateticisme , and an apologie for philosophy . Lond. 1661. oct . All , or most of this book is contained in Scepsis scientifica , &c. as I shall tell you by and by . It was answered by Thom. Anglus ex Albiis East-Saxonum in his book entit . Sciri , sive Sceptices & Scepticorum a jure disputationis ex●lusio . Lond. 1663. in tw . By this Tho. Anglus we are to understand to be the same with Tho. White , second son of Rich. White of Hutton in Essex Esq . by Mary his wife , daughter of Edm. Plowden the great Lawyer in the raign of Qu. Elizabeth : which Th. White having been alwaies from his childhood a Rom. Catholick , became at length a Secular Priest and a most noted Philosopher of his time , as his published writings , much sought after and admired by many , shew . Hobbes of Malmsbury had a great respect for him , and when he lived in Westminster , he would often visit him , and he Hobbes , but seldom parted in cool blood : for they would wrangle , squabble and scold about philosophical matters like young Sophisters , tho either of them was 80 years of age ; yet Hobbes being obstinate , and not able to endure contradiction , ( tho well he might seeing White was his Senior ) yet those Scholars , who were somtimes present at their wrangling disputes , held that the Laurel was carried away by White ; who dying in his lodging in Drury lane between the hours of two and three in the afternoon of the sixth day of July , an . 1676 aged 94 years , was buried almost under the Pulpit in the Church of S. Martin in the fields within the liberty of Westminster , on the ninth day of the same month . By his death the R. Catholicks lost an eminent ornament from among them ; and it hath been a question among some of them whether ever any Secular Priest of England went beyond him in philosophical matters . Our author Glanvill hath also written , Lux Orientalis : or , an Enquiry into the opinion of the Easterne Sages concerning the pre-existence of Soules , being a key to unlock the grand mysteries of Providence , &c. Lond. 1662. oct . There again 1683. See at the end of this Cat. of our authors works . Scepsis Scientifica : or confest ignorance , the way to Schisme ; in an Essay to the vanity of Dogmatizing and confident opinion . Lond. 1665. qu. A reply to the exceptions of the learned Tho. Albius , &c. Or thus . — Scire / i tuum nihil est ; or the authors defence of the vanity of Dogmatizing , &c. Printed with Scep . Scient . A Letter to a friend concerning Aristotle — Printed also with Scep . Scient . Some philosophical considerations touching the Being of Witches and Witchcraft . In a letter to Rob. Hunt Esq . Lond. 1666. qu. But all or most of the impression of this book being burnt in the great fier at Lond. in the beginning of Sept. the same year , it was reprinted there again 1667. qu. The said Phil. consid . were answer'd by John Webster practicioner in physick and chirurgery in the W. Riding of Yorshire , in a book which I shall anon mention . A blow at moderne Saducisme , in some philosophical considerations about Witchcraft . Lond. 1668 , &c. qu. See more towards the latter end of this Cat. of books . Relation of the famed disturbance at the house of Mr. Mumpesson — Printed with the Blow at Mod. Sad. This disturbance in the house of Tho. Mompesson of Tidworth in Wilts . Esq . was occasion'd by its being haunted with evil Spirits , and the beating of a drum invisibly every night , from Febr. 1662 to the beginning of the year following and after . Reflections on drollery and Atheisme — Pr. also with A Blow at Mod. Sad. Palpable evidence of Spirits and Witchcraft , in an account of the famed disturbance by a Drummer in the house of Mr. Mumpesson , &c. Lond. 1668. This is most , if not all , the same with the former , only the title alter'd . A Whip for the Droll , Fidler to the Atheist ; being reflections on Drollery and Atheisme . Lond. 1668. This is also mostly the same with Rest . on droll . and Ath. before-mention'd . 'T is reprinted , as if it was a new thing , by Dr. Hen. More among the additions to the Sec. edit . of Saducismus triumphans . Plus ultra : or , the progress and advancement of knowledge since the dayes of Aristotle , &c. Lond. 1668. oct . An account of which book you may see in the Royal or Phil. Transactions . nu . 36. Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Fast Sermon on the Kings Martyrdome , on Rom. 13.2 . Lond. 1667. ( 2 ) Catholic Charitie , recommended in a Serm. before the L. May. of Lond. on 1. Pet. 1. part of the 22 verse , in order to the abating the animosities among Christians that have been occasion'd by differences in religion . Lond. 1669. qu. ( 3 ) Seasonable recommendation and defence of reason in the affairs of religion against infidelity , Sceptisme and fanaticisme of all sorts , on Rom. 12. latter part of the first verse . Lond. 1670. oct . See more Sermons following . The way of happines in its difficulties and encouragements : cleared from many popular and dangerous mistakes , Lond. 1679. oct . This had also another title put to it the same yeare , with alterations thus . A discourse concerning the difficulties of the way to happines , whence they may arise , and how they may be overthrowne ; with an account of the shortness and vanity of the animal religion , &c. in oct . A Seasonable recommendation and defence of reason in the affaires of religion , against infidelitie , Sceptisme , and Fanaticismes of all sorts . Lond. 1670. qu. Philosophia Pia : A discourse of the religious temper and tendences of the experimental Philosophy which is profest by the Royal Society . Lond. 1671. oct . A Praefaratory answer to Mr. Hen. Stubbe , the Doctor of Warwick , wherein the malignity , hypocrisie and falshood of his temper , pretences and reports , &c. in his animadversions on Plus ultra , are discovered . Lond. 1671. oct . A farther discovery of Mr. Stubbe , in a brief reply to the last Pamphlet against Jos . Glanvill . Lond. 1671. oct . Ad Clerum Somersetensem Epistola ΠΣΟΣΦΩΝΗΣΙΣ . Pr. in one sh . in oct . at the end of the Farther discovery . An earnest invitation to the Lords Supper . Lond. 1673. 74. 77. in tw . Seasonable reflections and discourses in order to the conviction and cure of the scoffing and infidelity of a degenerate age . Lond. 1676. oct . Made up of four Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) The sin and danger of scoffing at religion , on 2. Pet. 3.3 . ( 2 ) The Churches contempts from profane and fanatick Enemies , on Psal . 123.3.4 . ( 3 ) Moral Evidence of a life to come , on Matth. 22.32 . ( 4 ) The serious considerations of a future judgment , on Acts 17.31 . Essays on several important subjects in Philosophy and Religion . Lond. 1676. qu. Which Essays ( being 7 in number ) except the last , were published singly before by the author ; whose preface to them gives a particular account of his new furbishing and vamping them up in this collection . An Essay concerning preaching : written for the direction of a young Divine , &c. Lond. 1678. oct . A seasonable defence of preaching , and the plain way of it . — Printed with the Essay concerning , &c. Saducismus triumphans : or , full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions , in two parts . — The first treats of the possibility , the second of the real existence of them ; with a Letter of Dr. Hen. More on the same subject . The first part consists of his Considerations about Witchcraft , &c. reprinted herein the fifth time . The second part is made up of an Answer to part of Mr. John Websters Display of suppos'd Witchcraft , &c. Lond. 1667. fol. and of our authors former narrative of the Daemon of Tidworth , and a second relation printed with it inlarged , together with a collection of 26 modern relations . The authors imperfect preface to the second part gives an account of the several editions of his former treatise of Witches , and relates the many motives which induced him to those large additions in this edition . The person who perused his papers after his death , disgested his materials ( that were left somewhat incompleat ) into order and distinctness , tied the pieces methodically together , and supplied what was wanting by advertisements scatter'd through the whole work . The last advertisement is the most considerable , and as an appendage to the first part concerning the possibility of apparitions , &c. is added an easie , true , and genuine notion , and consistent explication of the nature of a spirit , translated out of the two last Chapters of Dr. More 's Enchiridion Metaphysicum , &c. Lond. 1681. oct . and there again in 82 with large additions of the said More the publisher of both editions : An account of which additions he gives in the beginning of the work . Some discourses , Sermons and remains . Lond. 1681. qu. with his picture before them . Before these Sermons , in number eleven , ( most of which came out in small vol. ) is prefix'd a short preface of Anth. Horneck the publisher of the said Discourses , &c. In which is briefly drawn our authors character , mostly as to his eminent ministerial endowments , in very lively and graceful strokes . The zealous and impartial Protestant , shewing some great , but less heeded , dangers of popery , &c. in a Letter to a member of Parliament . Lond. 1681. qu. This book being published a little before the authors death , was so displeasing to some Parliament men , that they would have called the author to an account for it if he had lived a little longer . Letter to the Earl of Bristol , with another to a friend of the usefulness of the universal character , with the way of learning it . — MS : which I think is not extant . See more of our author Glanvil and some of his writings in Rob. Crosse , under the year 1683. He hath also published Two Discourses , viz. A discourse of truth , by Dr. Geor. Rust Bishop of Dromore , and The way to happiness and salvation . Lond. 1677. in tw : which discourses came out afterwards ( 1683 in oct . ) with this title , Two choice and useful treatises : The one Lux orientalis , &c. The other a discourse of truth , by the late reverend Dr. G. Rust L. Bish . of Dromore in Ireland , with Annotations on them , by Dr. Hen. More as I suppose . These Annotations are full as large as the discourses themselves , on which they are written . The title to the latter Annotations on Dr. Rusts discourse run thus , Annotations upon the discourse of truth : In which is inserted by way of digression , A brief return to Mr. Baxters reply , which he calls a placid collation with the learned Dr. Hen. More , occasioned by the Doctors answer to a letter of the learned (*) Psythophorist ; ( which letter of Mr. Baxter , Dr. More published without the authors knowledge in the sec . edit . of our author Glanvils Saducismus triumphans &c. ) whereunto is annexed a devotional Hymn , translated for the use of the sincere Lovers of true piety . Lond. 1683. oct . Mr. Glanvill hath a pretty large letter before Dr. Rust's discourse concerning the subject and the author of it . The Annotator to the reader , before his Annotations on the last discourse , endeavours to make people believe that Dr. More is not author of the abovenamed Digression against Baxter , but the beginning of this Epist . doth implicitly own the same Person to be author . To conclude ; Mr. Glanvill died in his House at Bathe on the fourth day of Octob. in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was buried in his Church of S. Pet. and S. Paul there , on the 9th day of the same month ; at which time Jos . Pleydell Archdeacon of Chichester preached his funeral Sermon , which afterwards was made extant . In his Rectory of Bathe succeeded Will. Clement of Ch. Ch , in his Prebendship of Worcester Ralph Battell or Battle , M. of A. of Peter house in Cambridge , and in his Rectory of Streat with Walton , Charles Thirlby Archdeacon of Wells . MYRTH WAFERER son of Rich. Myrth Waferer of Grewel in Hampshire Gent , became a Portionist of Mert. Coll. in 1624 aged 16 years or thereabouts , took one degree , and then translated himself to S. Alb. Hall , where applying his mind to the study of Div , took the degree of M. of A. as a member of the said House , and at two years standing in that degree , he wrot and published , An apology for Dr. Dan. Featley against the calumnies of one S. E. in respect of his conference had with Dr. Smyth Bishop of Chalcedon , concerning the real presence . Lond. 1634. qu , at which time he lived at ( if not Minister of ) Odyham in Hampshire . In 1640 I find him Parson of Compton in Surrey , and in Decemb. that year , to be called (a) into question by the Parl. then sitting , for speaking scandalous words concerning those Lords that petitioned his Majesty in the North ( at York ) by saying that Lesley did not stick to say that the southern Lords were the cause of his coming on , &c. But how he was acquitted of that trouble it appears not . In the time of the rebellion he suffer'd for the Kings cause , but upon the return , he was rewarded ( being then Rector of Upham in Hampshire ) with a Prebendship in the Church at Winchester and a Doctorship , by creation , of this University , as a member of S. Alb. Hall. He died on the 5. of Nov. in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Winchester , having several years before , wrot one , or more books fit for the press . Quaere . EDWARD GREAVES younger Brother to John Greaves mention'd under the year 1652. p. 87 , was born at , or near , Croyden in Surrey , admitted Prob. Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1634 , entred on the Physick line , took both the degrees in that faculty in this University , that of Doctor being compleated in 1641 , in which year and after he practised with good success in these parts . In 1643 , Nov. 14 , he was elected by the Mertonians the superior Lecturer of Physick in their Coll. to read the lecture of that faculty in their publick Refectory , founded with the moneys of Tho. Lynacre Doctor of Physick : But when the Kings cause declined , he retired to London , practised there , and sometimes in the City of Bathe , became a Member of the Coll. of Physitians , Physitian in ord . to his Maj. Ch. 2 , and at length a pretended Baronet . He hath written and published , Morbus Epidemicus , an . 1643. Or the new disease , with the signs , causes , remedies , &c. Oxon. 1643. qu. Written upon occasion of a disease called Morbus campestris , that raged then in Oxon , the King and the Court being there . Oratio habita in aedibus collegii Medicorum Londinensium 25 Jul. 1661 , die Harvaei memoriae dicato . Lond. 1667. qu. He died in his house in Covent Garden on the 11 of Nov. in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was buried in the Parish Church of that place dedicated to St. Paul , within the Liberty of Westm . He had an elder brother called Nich. Greaves , who from a Communer of S. Maries Hall , became Fellow of All 's . Coll. in 1627 , afterwards Proctor of the University , and a Dignitary in Ireland . There was another Brother called Tho. Greaves , whom I have mention'd among these writers under the year 1676. NICHOLAS LLOYD son of George Lloyd a Minister of Gods word , was born at Wonson alias Wonsington near Winchester in Hampshire , educated in Wykehams School there , admitted Scholar of Wadham Coll. from Hart Hall 20. Oct. 1653 aged 19 years , and afterwards Fellow and Master of Arts. In the year 1665 when Dr. Blandford Warden of that Coll. became Bishop of Oxon , our author Lloyd was made his Chaplain ( being about that time Rector of S. Martins Ch. in Oxon ) and continued with him till he was translated to Worcester . At length the Rectory of Newington S. Marie near Lambeth in Surrey falling void , the said Dr. Blandford , as Bishop of Worcester , presented him to it , an . 1672. which he kept to his dying day . He hath written , Dictionarium Historicum , Geographicum , Poeticum , gentium , hominum , deorum gentilium , regionum , insularum , locorum , civitatum , &c. ad sacras & profanas historias , poetarumque fabulas intellegendas necessaria , nomina , quo decet ordine , complectens & illustrans , &c. Oxon. 1670. fol , mostly taken from the Dictionaries of Car. Stephanus and Phil. Ferrarius . Afterwards the author made it quite another thing , by adding thereunto , from his great reading , almost as much more matter as there was before , with many corrections , &c. — Lond. 1686. fol , whereunto is added a Geographical Index . An account of this book and of the authors first undertaking to write it , you may at large see in The universal historical Bibliotheque , &c. for the month of March 1686. — Lond. 1687. qu. cap. 12. p. 149 , &c. written by Edm. Bohun Esq . Mr. Lloyd died at Newington before mention'd , on the 27. of Nov. in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there , leaving then behind him , among those that well knew him , the character of a harmless quiet man , and of an excellent Philologist . EZRAEL TONGUE was born in the antient Mannour or Town of Tickhill near Doncaster in Yorkshire , on the eleventh of Nov. 1621 , and being educated in Grammar learning in those parts , he was by the care of his Father , Hen. Tongue Minister of Holtby in that County , sent to Univ. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1639 , where continuing under a severe discipline till he was Bach. of Arts , which was about the time that the grand rebellion commenc'd , he chose rather to leave the Coll. being puritanically inclin'd , than stay with other Scholars and bare arms for the King within the Garrison of Oxon. So that retiring into the Country , he taught a little School within the Parish of Churchill near to Chippingnorton in Oxfordshire : where continuing for some time , return'd to Oxon. upon the surrender of its Garrison to the Parliament forces , setled in his Coll. and soon after submitting to the authority of the Visitors appointed by the said Parl , was by them constituted Fellow thereof in the place of Mr. Hen. Watkins then ejected , an . 1648. Thence , after he had spent an year or more therein , he went into Kent and married Jane the Daughter of one Dr. Edw. Simson , who , being antient , resign'd his living ( Pluckley I think ) to him , and then took the degrees in Divinity in this University . But he being much vex'd with factious Parishioners and Quakers , left his Benefice , and in the year 1657 he procured himself to be made Fellow of the new erected Coll. at Durham ; where being appointed one of them that should teach Grammar , he followed precisely the Jesuits method , and the boys under him did by that course profit exceedingly . But that Coll. being dissolved in the beginning of 1660 , or rather a little before ; he returned into the South parts , setled at Islington near London , and in a large Gallery in a house belonging to Sir Thomas Fisher , he taught boys after an easie method , too large now to tell you . He had also there a little Academy for Girls to be taught Latine and Greek , and , as I have been informed , one of them at 14 years of age could construe a Greek Gospel . Afterwards , this person , who had a restless and freakish head , went with Coll. E. Harley to Dunkirk and was there a Chaplain for some time : Which place , with the garrison , being sold by the English , he returned , and that Colonel setled him in the Vicaridge of Lentwarden in Herefordshire . But that being a poor thing , he soon after left it , and by the favour of the Bishop of London he obtained the cure of S. Mary Stayning in that City , scarce worth 20 l. per an . unless benevolence make it more . Being setled there , the grand conflagration hapned , which burnt down his Church and Parish to the ground , an . 1666. So that being for the present destitute of a subsistance , he went soon after in the quality of a Chaplain to the garrison of Tangier , where remaining till the Church of S. Michael in Woodstreet was rebuilt , and the Parish of S. Mary united with it , he was sent for home and made Rector of that Church ; which , with a Lecture elsewhere , he kept to his dying day . He was a person very well vers'd in Lat. Gr. and Poetry , and always took a very great delight to instruct youth . He understood Chronology well , and spent much time and money in the art of Alchimy . He was a person cynical and hersute , shiftles in the world , yet absolutely free from covetousness , and I dare say from pride : But above all that he is to be remembred for , is , that he was the first discoverer to his Majesty of that Plot commonly called the Popish Plot , and by many Oates his Plot , about the 25. of Sept. 1678 , having a little before been told of it by Titus Oates , who conferr'd together what to do in that matter . He hath written , A short compendium of Grammar . — Printed in two sheets at most in oct . Noun Substantives the names of things declare , And Adjectives , what kind of things those are , &c. And in 6 or 8 verses more are comprehended the concords , &c. Observations , directions and enquiries concerning the motion of sap in trees — Remitted into the Philosophical Transactions , an . 1670 num . 57. Enquiries relating particularly to the bleeding of Walnuts — Rem . into the same Trans . num . 58. Letter about the retarding of the ascent of sap , &c. and concerning the running of sap in trees — There also numb . 68. The Royal Martyr — Whether printed , I cannot tell , because R●g . L'estrange refused to licence it , an . 1678. The Jesuits unmasked : or , political observations upon the ambitious pretences and subtile intreagues of that cunning society , presented to all high powers as a seasonable discourse at this time . Lond. 1678. qu. The new design of the Papists detected : or , an answer to the last speeches of the five Jesuits lately executed , viz. Thom. White alias Whitebread , Will. Harcourt alias Harison , John Gavan alias Gawen , Anthony Turner and John Fenwick . Lond. 1679. in 2. sh . in fol. An Answer to the objections against the Earl of Danby , concerning his being accessary to the murdering of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey . Lond. 1679 in one sh . in folio . There is no name to it , but the general vogue then was that Dr. Tongue was the author . An account of Romish doctrine in case of conspiracy and religion . Lond. 1679. qu. Jesuits Assassins : or , the Popish Plot further declared , and demonstrated in their murtherous practices and principles . Lond. 1680 in 9. sh . in fol. the first part . Whether the second was ever published I know not . The northern Star. The British monarchy , &c. Being a collection of many choice antient and modern prophecies : wherein also the fates of the Roman , French , and Spanish monarchies are occasionally set out . Lond. 1680. fol. He also compleated and published the Chronicon , written by the aforesaid Dr. Edward Simson sometimes Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , printed at Oxon 1652. folio . see more in Thom. Jones , an . 1682. He also translated from French into English . ( 1 ) Popish mercy and justice . Being an account , not of those massacred in France by the Papists , formerly , but of some later persecutions of the French Protestants . Lond. 1679. qu. ( 2 ) Jesuitical Aphorismes : or , a summary account of the doctrine of the Jesuits , and some other popish Doctors , &c. Lond. 1678. 79. qu. ( 3 ) The Jesuits morals : or , the principal errors which the Jesuits have introduced into Christian morality , &c. printed several times , particularly at Lond. in 1680. fol. ( 4 ) Abridgment of controversie , &c. Written by Ch. Drelincourt . ( 5 ) Combat Romaine , &c. by the same author ; and other things , as I conceive , which I have not yet seen . He died in the house of that factious Dissenter , called the Protestant Joyner , alias Steph. Colledge ( who kept him in his house , had much ado with him , and had been at great charge to keep him in order , for the carrying on of the cause then in hand ) on the eighteenth day of December , in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was on the 23 of the same month conveyed by a numerous train ( most of them of the godly party ) from Scotch-Hall in the Black Friers , to St. Michaels Church in Woodstreet within the City of London ; where his funeral Sermon was preached by Thom. Jones sometimes of University Coll. in Oxon , and therein highly characterized . Afterwards the body was reposed in the Vault of the Churchyard of S. Mary Stayning before mentioned . He the said Dr. Tongue left behind him , at his death , two written folio's touching Alchymy , which was the art wherein he was most excellent and took delight , besides certain MSS. of his composition concerning Divinity which he wrot at Durham and elsewhere , but whether fit for the Press , I know not . Some time before his death he invented among other things , the way of teaching Children to write a good hand in twenty days time , after the rate of 4 hours in a day , by writing over with black ink , copies printed from copper Plates in red Inke . After his death R. Moray Projector of the Penny-Post did cause to be engraven several Plates , and then to be printed off with red ink , by which means boys learn to admiration . JOHN CORBET Son of Rog. Corb. Shoomaker , was born , and educated in Grammar learning , within the City of Glocester , became a Batler of Magd. Hall in the beginning of the year 1636 , aged 16 years and in 1639 he was admitted Bach. of Arts. Afterwards he was made a Master of one of the Schools , and a Lecturer , in that City ; but when it was garrison'd for the Parliament use , he became Dinner-Chaplain to Col. Edw. Massey Governour thereof , preached seditiously , vilified the King and his party in a base manner , and would several times say in common discourse , and in the Pulpit sometimes , that (a) nothing hath so much deceived the world as the name of a King , which was the ground of all mischief to the Church of Christ . When the War was terminated he was called to be a Preacher at Bridgwater in Somersetshire ; whence , after some time spent in holding forth , he went to the City of Chichester , where he was frequented by schismatical people . At length being called to a richer Cure , he went to Bramshot in Hampshire ; where being setled , it was his desire made to the Delegates of the Convocation of this University , that they would dispence with him for ten terms absence , and give him leave to accumulate the degree of Bach. of Divinity . Which desire being granted , his supplicate in order thereunto followed 14 May 1658 , and granted simpliciter , conditionally that he perform all exercise requisite for the said degree : But whether he did so , or was admitted to that degree , it appears not in the Register . At Bramshot he continued till the Act of Uniformity cast him out , an . 1662 , and then he retired to London , ( as most Nonconformists did ) where he lived privately , taking no employment till his first wife died , and then he lived in the house with Sir Joh. Micklethwaite President of the Coll. of Physitians , and afterwards with Alderm . Webb ; about which time he married a daughter of Dr. W. Twyss , and then lived privately with Mr. Rich. Baxter at Totteridge in Hertfordshire . At length the Kings license or toleration being published in the middle of March 1671 , he was invited by the godly party to Chichester , where he preached till a month before his death : at which time removing to London to be cut of the stone in the bladder , he died as soon as he came to that City without effecting his desire . One of his (b) perswasion tells us , that he was a man so blameless in all his conversation , that he never heard one person accuse or blame him , except for Nonconformity — that he was of so great moderation and love of peace that he hated all that was against it , and would have done any thing for concord in the Church , except sinning against God and hazarding Salvation , &c. He hath written and commended to posterity , An historical relation of the military Government of Gloucester , from the beginning of the Civil Warr between King and Parl. to the removal of Col. Massie from that Government to the command of the Western Forces . Lond. 1645. in 18 sh . in qu. A Vindication of the Magistrates of the City of Gloucester from the calumnies of Robert Bacon printed in his relation of his usuage there , which he intitles The Spirit of Prelacy yet working , or truth from under a cloud . Lond. 1646. qu. Ten questions discussed , which tend to the discovery of close Antinomianisme . — Printed with the Vindication . The interest of England in the matter of religion , unfolded in the solution of three questions , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . in two parts . Answer'd first by R●g . L'Estrange in his Interest mistaken : or the holy cheat , &c. Lond. 1661 and 62. in oct . Wherein it appears that our author Corbet justifies in his said book the Presbyterian cause of 1641 , that he excludes the Royal Party that served the late King from having any hand in the restoring of this , that he revives the pretended misdemeanours of the Bishops as occasioners of the last Warr , that he maintains the actings of the Presbyterians according to the Covenant , that he makes the two Houses participate of the Soveraignity , and denies the lawfulness of the English Ceremony , &c. ( 2 ) By an Anonymus in his book intit . The Presbyterians unmasked , &c. Lond. 1676. oct . Which book came out again ▪ in 1681 , under the title of The Dissenter disarmed , &c. supposed verily to be written by Sam. Thomas Chanter of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. This is the author whom Mr. Baxter stiles (c) A shamless Writer , who published a bloody invective against Mr. Corbets pacificatory book , called The Interest of England , as if it had been written to raise a War. The Kingdom of God among men ; a tract of the sound state of Religion , &c. Lond. 1679. oct . The point of Church-unity and schisme discussed . An account of himself about conformity . — These two last are printed with The Kingdome of God , &c. Discourse of the Religion of England , asserting that reformed Christianity , setled in its due latitude , is the stability and advancement of this Kingdome . — In 2 parts . Self-employment in secret : containing , ( 1 ) Evidences upon self-examination . ( 2 ) Thoughts upon painful afflictions . ( 3 ) Memorialls for practice . Lond. 1681. in tw . Published after the Authors death , with a prefatory Epistle , by Joh. How. An account given of the principles and practices of several Nonconformists . Wherein it appears that their Religion is no other than what is profest in the Church of England , &c. Lond. 1682. qu. An Enquiry into the oath required of Nonconformists by an Act made at Oxon. Wherein the true meaning of it and the unwarrantableness of taking it , is consider'd . Lond. 1682. in 3 sh . in qu. An humble endeavour of some plaine and brief explications of the decrees and operations of God about the free actions of men , more especially of the operations of divine grace . Lond. 1683. qu. Remaines — Lond. 1684. in tw , being most of the 9 Tracts which he left behind him to be published . He the said J. Corbet had also laboured much in compiling the first vol. of Historical Collections , published by Joh. Rushworth ; and dying on the 26 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred and eighty , was buried in the Church of S. Andrew in Holbourne near London , as I have been informed by the Letters of Mr. Rich. Baxter , dated 22 of Feb. following . Besides this Jo. Corbet , was another of both his names , Minister of Bonyl one of the collegiat Churches of the Provostry of Dunbarton in Scotland ; who , for not submitting to the Covenant , was ejected from that Kingdom and went into Ireland , where he published The ungirding of the Scotish armour , &c. Dubl . 1639. qu. and The Epistle congratulatory of Lysimachus Nicanor to the Covenanters in Scotland , &c. printed the year following in qu. Which Mr. Corbet , who was an ancient man , and a Minister of Galloway , had his head cut off by two Swiniards in the time of the Rebellion in Ireland , an . 1641. See more in the Epistle to the Reader written by Andr. Allam of S. Edm. Hall , set before the said Epistle congratulatory , &c. Printed at Oxon 1684. qu. Which Epistle was written ( as I have been informed by a Scottish Writer since I wrot these things ) by John Maxwell Bishop of Ross in Scotland , who therein compares the Presbyterians to the Jesuits . Sed qu. ANTHONY SADLER son of Tho. Sadl . of Chilton in Wilts . was born in that County , entred in S. Edm. Hall in the condition of a Batler , in Lent term 1627 , admitted Bach. of Arts and in Orders , an . 1631 , being then 21 years of age : Soon after he became Chaplain to an Esquire of his name in Hertfordshire , and in the beginning of the Civil War Curat of Bishopsstoke in Hampshire , afterwards Chaplain to the Lady Let. Paget Dowager , and at length being presented to the Living of Compton-Hayway in Dorsetshire , was refused to pass by the Triers , an . 1654 , and thereupon no small trouble passed between him and them . Soon after he was made Vicar of Mitcham in Surrey , where I find him in much trouble , an . 1664 , ( occasion'd by Rob. Cranmer of London Merchant an inhabitant of that place ) and afterwards to be Doctor of Div. and Chapl. extraord . to his Majesty . He hath written and published , Inquisitio Anglicana : or the disguise discovered , shewing the proceedings of the Commissioners at Whitehall for the approbation of Ministers , &c. Lond. 1654. in three sh . in qu. Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Benedictio , Valedictio : or , the remembrance of thy friend and thy end , being a farewell serm . preached at the house of Letitia Lady Paget Dowager deceased , on 2 Cor. 13.11 . Lond. 1655. oct . ( 2 ) Mercy in a miracle ; shewing the deliverance and duty of the King and People , on Matth. 8.25 . Lond. 1661. qu. It was preached at Mitcham in Surrey 28 Jun. 1660 , in a solemn congregation for the restauration of his Maj. to his royal throne , &c. A divine Masque . Lond. 1660. qu , ded . to the Lord Gen. Monke . Strange news indeed , from Mitcham and Surrey ; of the treacherous and barbarous proceedings of Rob. Cramer Merchant of London , against A. Sadler Vicar of Mitcham , &c. Lond. 1664. in one sh . in qu. Schema sacrum in ordine ad ordinem Ecclesiae Anglicanae ceremoniarum . Lond. 1683. on a broad side of a sheet of paper , written in English , partly in verse and partly in prose . This is the second or third edition , but when the first came out I know not , nor any thing else of the author , only that he died in sixteen hundred and eighty , or thereabouts , leaving then behind him the character of a man of a rambling head and turbulent spirit . RICHARD ALLESTRY or Allestree , son of Robert , son of Will. Allestry of Alveston in Derbyshire , was born at Uppington near to Wreken in Shropshire , educated in Grammar learning mostly in the Free-school at Coventry , where Philem. Holland taught , became a Commoner of Ch. Ch. in Lent term an . 1636 , aged 15 years , being then put under the tuition of Mr. Rich. Busby , and about half an year after was made Student of that House . In 1642 he put himself in actual arms for his Maj. under Sir Joh. Byron , and when Oxford was garrison'd for the King , he bore a musket among the Scholars for his service . In 1643 he proceeded Master of Arts , and the same year had like to have lost his life by the pestilential disease that then raged within the garrison of Oxon. Soon after he took holy Orders , and became a noted Tutor in the House ; but when the Parliament Visitors came under pretence of reforming the University , he , with hundreds more , were ejected . So that being put to his shifts , he was soon after entertained as Chaplain to Francis Newport of Shropshire Esq . afterward L. Newport of High-Arcal : with whom continuing till Worcester fight , he did , after the Kings miraculous escape from the Rebells there , attend him at Roan in Normandy , and received his dispatches to the managers of his Affairs in England . Soon after coming to Oxon , where he found his friends Mr. Joh. Dolben and Mr. Jo. Fell living privately , and performing the Offices of the Church of England to the loyal party there , he joyned with them , and continued there till Sir Anth. Cope of Hanwell near Banbury prevailed with him to live in his family ; which for several years he did , having liberty allowed him to go or stay as his occasions required . By which advantage he was enabled to step aside , upon Messages from the Kings friends , which he managed with courage and dexterity . But in the Winter of 1659 being snapt at Dover , in his return from his Majesty in Flanders , he was examined by the Committee of the Council of Safety , and committed Prisoner to Lambeth house , where he continued till things moved towards his Maj. restauration . In 1660 he was made Canon of Ch. Ch. and soon after actually created D. of Div , and about that time made one of the Lecturers of the City of Oxon , to instill principles of Loyalty among the Citizens , who before had been led aside by schismatical Teachers . In 1663 , he being then one of the Kings Chaplains in ordinary , became Reg. Prof. of Div. upon the death of Dr. Creed , and two years after he was made Provost of Eaton Coll. near Windsore upon the death of Dr. Joh. Miredith , which was all the preferment he enjoyed , being little enough for such a sufferer as he had been , and one that had often ventured his neck to do his Majesty service . He was a good and most affectionate Preacher , and for many years by his prudent presiding in the Professors chair , he did discover perhaps as much learning as any , and much more moderation as to the five controverted points than most of his Predecessors . He was also a person richly furnished with all variety of choice solid learning , requisite to recommend him with the greatest advantage to the more intelligent world for one of the most eminent Divines of our age . He hath written and transmitted to posterity , The privileges of the Univ. of Oxford in point of Visitation , in a letter to an honorable personage . — Pr. in one sh . and an half in qu. 1647. Whereupon W. Prynne came out with his University of Oxfords plea refuted , &c. and in answer to that R. Waryng wrot An account of Mr. Prynns refutation , &c. and Ed. Bagshaw sen . with his Short censure , &c. Eighteen Sermons , whereof 15 were preached before the King , and the rest upon public occasions . Lond. 1669. fol , most of which had been before published singly . Of the authority and usefulness of the Scripture ; serm . on 2 Tim. 3.15 . Oxon. 1673. qu. Forty Sermons , whereof twenty one are now first published , the greatest part preach'd before the King , and on solemn occasions . Oxon. 1684. fol. These were published by Dr. Joh. Fell B. of Oxford , and had the 19 sermons before mention'd added to , with his picture before , them . He died in January in sixteen hundred and eighty , and was buried in Eaton Coll. Chappel , on the north side of the high Altar or Com. table . Over his grave was , soon after , laid a black marble stone , with this engraven thereon . Ricardu● Allestree Praepositus , obiit 28 Jan. 1680 : And on the north wall was set up a white marble table , with this inscription thereon . H.S.I. Ricardus Allestree Cathedrae Theologicae in Universitate Oxoniensi Professor Regius ; Ecclesiae Christi ibidem Praebendarius ; & Collegii hujus Etonensit Praepositus . Muniis istis singulis ita par , ut & omnibus major . In disputationibus irrefragabilis , concionibus flexanimus , negotiis solers , vita integer , pietate sanctus . Episcopales infulas eadem industria evitavit , qua alii ambiunt ; cui rectius visum , Ecclesiam defendere , instruere , ornare , quam regere . Laboribus studiisque perpetuis exhaustus , morte , si quis alius , praematura obiit vir desideratissimus Januarii xxviii . an . MDCLXXX aetatis LXI . Nobile sibi monumentum areae adjacentis latus occidentale quod à fundamentis propriis impensis struxit , vivu● sibi statuit . Brevem hanc tabellam haeredes Defuncto posuere . The fabrick here mentioned was a new Grammar school , which cost Dr. Allestry about 1500 l. Dr. Zach. Cradock of Cambridge who had been installed Canon resid . of Chichester , on the 11 of Febr. 1669 , succeeded him in the Provostship of Eaton , by vertue of the election thereunto of the Fellows : so that Edm. Waller the Poet , who had tug'd hard for it , was put aside . Of the same family with Dr. Allestree , was another of both his names of Derby , author of several Almanacks before the Rebellion began , one of which for the years 1629 and 1633 , I have seen ; but whether he was educated in Oxon , I cannot yet tell . WILLIAM BEN or Benne , was born at , or near to , Egremond in Cumberland in Nov. 1600 , educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school at S. Bee , transplanted thence to Qu. Coll. where , if I am not mistaken , he was a Servitour . Afterwards leaving the place without a degree , upon the obtaining a presentation to Okingham in Berks , he setled there ; but one Bateman his contemporary in Oxon having got another Presentation thereunto , they both , rather than go to law , did joyntly perform the duties and received the profits thence . At length our Author Ben became Chaplain to the Marchiones of Northampton living in Somersetshire , left his interest in Okingham to Bateman , and continuing in the service of the said Marchiones till 1629 , he did by vertue of a call from John White the Patriarch of Dorchester , go to that place , and by Whites endeavours was made Rector of Allhallowes Church there , where he continued in great respect from the precise party till S. Barthelmews day an . 1662 , excepting only two years , in which time he attended the said White when he was Rector of Lambeth in Surrey , in the place of Dr. Featley ejected . Besides his constant preaching at Allhallowes he preached gratis on a week-day to the Prisoners in the Goale , situated in his Parish , where being much frequented by the neighbourhood , and so consequently the room , wherein he held forth , not spacious enough to contain the Auditory , he caused a Chappel to be built within the Prison walls , in good part , at least , at his own charge . After his ejectment from Allhallowes for Nonconformity , he lived in Dorchester to the time of his death , but for his preaching in Conventicles there and in the neighbourhood , he was often brought into trouble , and sometimes imprison'd and fined . He hath written , Answer to Mr. Franc Bampfields letter , in vindication of the Christian Sabbath against the Jewish . Lond. 1672. 77. oct . It is printed with the said Bampfields judgment for the observation of the Jewish Sabbath : wherein Bens Answer begins p. 9. and ends in p. 86. Soul-prosperity , in several sermons , on Joh. 3.2 . Lond. 1683. oct . This book contains 12 sermons at least . He died in the latter end of the year ( 22 of Mar. as I have been informed ) of sixteen hundred and eighty , and was buried in the yard belonging to his sometimes Church in the antient Borough of Dorchester in Dorsetshire before mention'd . What I have farther to observe of this perperson is ( 1 ) That he was one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Dorsetsh . and Pool for the ejection of such whom they then ( 1654 ) called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . ( 2 ) That tho he lived to be 80 years of age , yet he never used Spectacles , tho he read and wrot much , writing all his Sermons generally as large as he delivered them , except the words of the texts of Scripture cited by him . ( 3 ) That it was always his custom , especially when he was at home , to pray in his Study seven times in a day , and in his prayers to give God thanks for certain deliverances of him from dangers , which hapned 5 June 1636. 23 Oct. 1643 , 12 Aug. 1645 , &c. See more in Franc. Bampfield , an . 1683. JOHN DOBSON a Ministers son , was born in Warwickshire , became Demie of Magd. Coll. about 1653 , perpetual Fellow in 1662 , being then Master of Arts and a most celebrated Preacher ; and in the year after he did repeat memoriter , in Dominica in Albis the four Easter sermons to the wonder of the auditory , in the University Church of S. Mary . In the month of Sept. the same year ( 1663 ) he was expel'd the University for being author of a Libel in vindication of Dr. Tho. Pierce against Dr. Hen. Yerbury ; so that all the credit that he before had gained by his preaching , was lost among some : but being soon after restored , he continued in his Coll , took the degree of Bach. of Div. and afterwards became Rector or Cold Higham near to Tocester in Northamptonshire and of Corscomb in Dorsetshire by the favour of Sir Will. Farmor of Easton Neston , sometimes his Pupil ( if I mistake not ) in Magd. Coll. He hath written Queries upon Queries : or Enquiries into Certain Queries upon Dr. Pierce's sermon at Whitehall , Feb. 1. Lond. 1663. in two sh . in qu. Dr. Pierce his preaching confuted by his practice . Sent in a Letter by N. G. to a friend in London . — This was printed in half a sheet in qu. and was first published in Oxon. 28 Aug. 1663. It is written in prose and verse : the beginning of the first is , Dear George , I send thee a copie of a Lampoon upon the President of Maudlins , &c. and the beginning of the other , which is the Lampoon , runs thus , Near to the ford , o're which an Ass Or an Ox at least did pass , &c. About 8 or 10 days after was published in Oxon. another libel intit . Dr. Pierce his preaching exemplified in his practice . Or , an antidote to the poison of a scurrilous Pamphlet sent by N.G. to a friend in Lond. &c. Which libel , tho written by Dr. Pierce , yet Dobson took it upon him upon a close inquisition after the author , to save the Doctor : whereupon the Vicech . by his Bannimus dat . 10 of Sept. 1663 , stuck up in publick places in the University , did expel the said Dobson , and discommune for ever the Bookseller called Edmund Thorne living near the East gate of Oxon , for selling the said libel or libels . Our Author Dobson hath also published , Sermon at the funeral of the Lady Mary Farmor , Relict of Sir Will. Farmor Bt , who died at Lond. 18 Jul. 1670 , and was buried 5 of Aug. following at Eston-Neston in Northamptonshire , on 1 Thess . 4.13 . Lond. 1670. qu. He died in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred eighty and one , but where he was buried , unless at Corscomb , I know not . TIMOTHY TAYLOR son of Tho. Taylor of Hempsted in Hertfordshire , was born in that County , became a Student in Qu. Coll. 1626 , aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1634 , ( at which time he was of S. Maries Hall ) holy orders , and then became Vicar of Almeley in Herefordshire , where he preached twice every Sunday ; but the Chancellour of the Dioc. commanding him to turn his afternoons Sermon into a Catechisme Lecture , he upon that occasion setled himself to study the second Commandment more elaborately and industriously than before he had done , and so became dissatisfied concerning Episcopacy and the Ceremonies of the Church . Afterwards being troubled in the Bishops Court for Nonconformity , he did by consent leave Almeley , and lived about three years in a small Peculiar exempt from Episcopal Jurisdiction called Longdon in Shropshire ; where continuing till the Rebellion began , he sided with the Presbyterians , afterwards with the Independents , and became Pastor to a Congregational Church at Duckenfield in Cheshire . Thence removing into Ireland about 1650 , at which time he took the Engagement , he became Minister of Carickfergus there , and much resorted to by Presb. and Independents . After the restauration of his Maj. Ch. 2 , he was silenc'd , and thereupon removing to his hired house called the Grange near Carickfergus , carried on the trade of preaching in private , whereby he gained a comfortable subsistance . In 1668 he removed to Dublin , took charge of a Church of Dissenters there , as Colleague with Sam. Mather , and after his death with Nath. Mather his bother● and continued in that employment till his death . He hath written , A defence of sundry Positions and Scriptures alledged , to justifie the congregational way . Lond. 1645. qu. It contains about 130 pages . Defence of sundry Positions and Scriptures for the congregational way justified , the sec . part . Lond. 1646. It contains about 46 pages . The running title on the top of every leaf is Congregational way justified . In the composition of both which books he had the joint help of Sam. Eaton of Cheshire . Soon after was published by a Presbyterian Minister called Rich. Hollingworth of Manchester in Lancashire a book intit . Certain Queries propounded to such as affect the Congregationall way , and especially to Mr. Sam. Eaton and Mr. Tim. Taylor , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. What other things our author Taylor hath published , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died of a Lethargie on the 31 of May in sixteen hundred eighty and one , and that he was buried on the third of June following in the Church of S. Michan in Oxmantowne near to Dublin . GEORGE NEWTON a Ministers son , was born in Devonshire , entred a Batler of Exet. Coll. in Mich. tetm 1617 aged 16 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1624 , entred into holy orders , became Minister of Hill-Bishops near Taunton , and in Apr. 1631 was made Vicar of Taunton S. Magd. by the presentation of Sir Will. Portman Bt , and Rob. Hill Gent. After his settlement in that Vicaridg he behaved himself conformible for a time ; but upon the breaking out of the rebellion , he sided with the Presbyterians , having alwaies been puritanically educated , preached against the K. and his followers when Taunton was garrison'd for the Parliament , and became a mighty man in that interest and much followed and adored by factious people . In 1654. he was by ordinance appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners for the ejecting of such whom the godly party called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters ; in which employment he sufficiently gave an helping hand to the undoing of many loyal persons ; and afterwards by his and the preaching of other Presbyterians and Independents , ( who ridiculously make preaching only , their religion ) the said Town of Taunton became the most factious place in all the Nation . In 1662 about S. Bartholmews day , he was deprived of his Vicaridg for Nonconformity , and for the present that place was supplied by Mr. Thom. James fellow of All 's . Coll. in Oxon , much frequented by the loyal party there , and by the Gentry adjoyning . Afterwards our author Newton preaching in several Conventicles very seditiously , he was seised on , imprison'd for several years , and justly suffer'd as a mover of sedition . He hath written and published , An exposition with notes unfolded and applyed on Joh. 17 , delivered in sermons preached weekly on the Lords day in the Congregration in Taunton Magdelene . Lond. 1660 in a pretty large fol. It is dedicated to Col. John Gorges Governour of the City of London-Derry in Ireland , whom the author calls his brother . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Magna Carta : or , the Christians charter epitomized , on Psal . 91.16 . Lond. 1661. in tw . ( 2 ) Serm. at the fun . of Mr. Jos . Allein , on Luke 23.28 . Lond. 1672. and 77. oct . &c. An account of the godly life and practice of Mr. Joseph Allein and of the course of his Ministrie in Taunton . Lond. 1672. and 77. oct . See more in Jos . Allein among these writers , p. 299.300 . This G. Newton died in sixteen hundred eighty and one , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Taunton S. Magd. Soon after was a mon , with inscription put over his grave : the contents of which follow . Hic jacet corpus Georgii Newton Artium Magistri , qui obiit 12. Junii , 1681 , anno aetatis 79 , postquam officium Evangelistae in hoc oppido ( viz. Taunton ) per 50 annos fideliter prestiterat . Non fictis maestam lachrymis conspergite tumbam , Pastoris vestri nam tegit ossa pii . Vestra Salutifero planxit peccata flagello Delicti sensu corda gravata levans . Absolvet pensum sancti & mercede recepta Nunc caeli regno , ut stella corusca micat . GEORGE WHARTON descended from an antient and gentile family living in Westmorland , richly posses'd with lands and inheritances therein , was born at Kirbykendal in that County 4. Apr. 1617 , spent some time in the condition of a Sojourner in Oxon. 1633. and after , but his natural Geny to Astronomy and Mathematicks was so predominant , that little or nothing of Logic and Philosophy could take place , in him . Afterwards he retired to his Patrimony , prosecuted his genius ( which was assisted by Will. Milbourne Curate at Bransepeth near Durham ) and by the name of George Naworth ( Wharton ) of West-Awckland published Almanacks : But being soon discontented at the then growing rebellion , he turn'd all his inheritance into money , espous'd his Majesties cause and interest , and raised a gallant Troop of horse therewith . After several generous hazards of his person in Battle , he was at last totally routed by the rebellious party near Stow on the Would in Glocestershire , where the noble and valiant Sir Jacob Astley was taken Prisoner , and himself received several scars of honour , which he carried to his grave . Afterwards he retired to Oxon , the then seat of his Majesty , and had , in recompence of his losses , confer'd upon him an employment under Sir Joh. Heydon then Lieutenant General of the Ordnance , which was to receive , and pay off , money for the service of the Magazine and Artillery ; at which time Edward Sherburne Gent. ( afterwards a Knight ) was Commissary General of the said Artillery . It was then , that at leisure houres , he followed his studies , was esteemed a member of Queens Coll. being entred among the students there , and might , with other officers , have had the degree of Master of Arts confer'd on him by the members of the Ven. Convocation , but he neglected it . After the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon , at which time the Kings cause did dayly decline , our author Wharton was put to his shifts , and lived as opportunity served , went to the great City , lived as privately as he could and wrote several small things for a livelyhood . But they giving offence to the great men then in power , he was several times seized on , and imprison'd , as in the Gatehouse at Westminster , in Newgate and at length in Winsore Castle : At which time being threatned with greater punishment he found Will. Lilly his Antagonist a friend . After his Majesties restauration he became Treasurer and Pay-Master to the Office of his Majesties Ordnance , repaid Lilly his curtesie , gained so well by his employment , that purchasing an estate , he was , in consideration of his former sufferings under , and for , K. Ch. 1 , and for particular services to K. Ch. 2 , created a Baronet , by patent dated 31. Dec. 1677 ; which honor , his son Sir Polycarpus Wharton now enjoyes . Sir George was alwaies esteemed the best Astrologer that wrote the Ephemerides of his time , and went beyond W. Lilly and Jo. Booker the idolls of the Vulgar , was a constant and thro-pac'd Loyallist , a boon Companion , a witty Droll and waggish Poet. He hath written , Hemeroscopions , or Almanacks from 1640 to 1666. — Printed all in oct . The six first came out under the name of George Naworth and therefore by Lilly usually called Noworth . The rest ( that for 1646 being , as it seems , omitted ) came partly out under the name of Captaine George Wharton , and partly under George Wharton Esq . In that Alman . which he published in 1644 , he began to fill the blank leaves of the respective months with Chronological notes : which continuing so ( now and then interruptedly ) till 1657 he then put them at the end of every Almanack under the title of Gesta Brittannorum , and commenc'd them from 1600 , whereas before they were but from Dec. 1641. These Gests are all , or most part , involved in an octavo book called The Historians Guide , &c. In all the said Almanacks is a great deal of satyrical poetry , reflecting on the times and rebellious persons thereof ; which since hath been collected together and printed in his works . Mercurio-caelico Mastix . or , an anti-caveat to all such , as have ( heretofore ) had the misfortune to be cheated and deluded , by that great and traiterous Impostor Joh. Booker , in answer to his frivolous Pamphlet , Entit . — Mercurius-Caelicus : or , a caveat to all the people of England . Oxon. 1644. in . tw . sh . in qu. Englands Iliads in a Nutshel . or , a brief Chronologie of the battailes , sieges , conflicts , &c. from Dec. 1641 to 25. of Mar. 1645. Oxon. 1645 oct . Taken from his Almanacks for 1644. and 45. Mostly involv'd also in the said Hist . Guide , &c. An Astrological judgment upon his Majesties present March begun from Oxon 7. May 1645 — Print . in qu. Bellum Hybernicale : or Irelands Warr Astrologically demonstrated from the late celestial congress of two malevolent Planets , Saturne and Mars , in Taurus , the Ascendent of that kingdome , &c. — Printed 1647. qu. Merlini Anglici Errata . Or the errours , mistakes , &c. of Mr. Will. Lilly's new Ephemeris for 1647 — Printed 1647. Mercurius Elencticus : communicating the unparallel'd proceedings at Westminster , the Head-quarters , and other places , &c. — Printed by stealth in London . This Mercury which began 29. Oct. 1649 , came out sheet by sheet every week in qu ; and continuing interruptedly till 4. Apr. 1649 , it came out again with numb . 1. and continued till towards the end of that year . I have seen several things that were published under the name of Merc. Elenct , particularly the first and second part of The last Will and Test , of Philip Earl of Pembroke , &c. Pr. 1649. qu , but whether George Wharton was author of them I know not . A List of the names of the members of the H. of Commons : observing which are Officers of the Army , contrary to the self-denying ordinance , together with such sums of money , offices and lands , as they have given to themselves for service done , and to be done , against the King and Kingdom — Printed in one sh , in qu. 1648. It was all taken from the first part of The Hist . of Independency , written by Clem. Walker . In the said List are the names of an 100 persons ; and to it was added a second Century , by the same author Wharton , printed on one side of a sh . of paper , the same year , and subscribed M. El. i. e. Merc. Elencticus . The reader is to note that in 1657. and 58 came out Two Narratives of the late Parliament ( so called ) their Election and appearing , &c. with the account of the places of profit , sallaries and advantages which they hold and receive under the present power , &c. — Pr. in qu. but by whom they were written I know not . Sure it is that the author borrowes several things from the said Hist . of Indep , and the said List , or Two Centuries ; and from them all put together , doth borrow the author of another book entit . The mystery of the good old cause , briefly unfolded in a cat . of such members of the late Long Parliament that held offices both Civil and Military , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . Who the author of this Mysterie was , I cannot yet tell : Sure it is , if Sir Will. Dugdale told me right , that Clem. Spelman , who was Cursitor Baron , published about the same time a Character of the Oliverians , on one side of a sheet ; which Clement ( after he had written and published a large preface to his fathers ( Sir Hen. Spelman ) book , De non temerandis Ecclesiis and some other little things , ( as I suppose ) he concluded his last day in June ( after Whitsontide ) an . 1679 : whereupon his body was buried in St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet , London . G. Wharton hath also written , A short account of the Fasts and Festivals , as well of the Jews as Christians , &c. The Cabal of the twelve Houses Astrologicall , from Morinus — Written 1659. and approved by Will. Oughtred . A learned and useful discourse teaching the right observation and keeping of the holy Feast of Easter , &c. Written 1665. Apotelesma : or , the nativity of the World , and revolution thereof . Short discourse of yeares , months , and dayes of yeares . Somthing touching the nature of Ecclipses ; and also of their effects . Of the Crises in diseases , &c. Of the mutations , inclinations and eversions of Empires , Kingdomes , &c. Discourse of the names , Genus , Species , &c. of all Comets . Tract teaching how Astrology may be restored from Morinus , &c. Secret multiplication of the effects of the Starrs from Cardan . Sundry rules , shewing by what Laws the weather is governed , and how to discover the various alterations of the same . — He also translated from Latin into English The art of Divining , by the Lines and Signatures , engraven in the hand of man , &c. Written by John Rothman M. D. Lond. 1652. oct . This is sometimes called Whartons Chiromancy . Most of which foregoing treatises , were collected together and publishd an . 1683 in oct , by John Gadbury , born at Wheatley near to , and in the County of , Oxon , 31. Dec. 1627 , Son of Will. Gadb . of that place farmer , by his stoln Wife the Daughter of Sir John Curson of Water-perry Knight , bound an Apprentice to Tho. Nicholls a Taylor living in the Parish of S. Peter in the Baylie in Oxon , left him after the great fire hapned in that City 1644 , and having a natural genius to the making of Almanacks , improved it at London under Will. Lilly then called the English Merlin , and afterwards set up the trade of Almanack-making , and Fortune-telling for himself ; in which he became eminent . Our author Wharton hath also written , Select and choice poems — Composed during the Civil War , which I have before mention'd . At length dying in his house at Enfield in Middlesex , on the tenth day of Aug. or thereabouts , in sixteen hundred eighty and one , was buried on the 25 day of the same month , in the Chappel of S. Peter ad vincula within the Tower of London , leaving then behind him the character of a most loyal and generous Chevalier . JOHN TROUGHTON son of Nathan . Trought . a Clothier , was born in the City of Coventry , educated in the Free-School there under Sam. Frankland , became Scholar of S. Johns Coll. an . 1655 , afterwards Fellow and Bach. of Arts ; but upon the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , being ejected , to make room for one who had been expel'd by the Visitors in 1648 , he retired to a mercate town in Oxfordshire commonly called Bister ; where living a moderate Nonconformist , read Academical learning to young men , and somtimes preached in private , whereby he got a comfortable subsistence . Upon the issuing out of his Majesties Declaration for the toleration of religion , dat . 15. Mar. 1671 this Mr. Troughton was one of those four ( Dr. Hen. Langley , and Tho. Gilbert and Hen. Cornish Bachelaurs of Div. being the other three ) who were appointed by the principal heads of the Brethren to carry on the work of preaching within the City of Oxon. The place where they held their meetings was in Thamestreet , without the north gate , in an house which had been built , a little before the Civil War began , by Tom. Pun , alias Tho. Aires ; where each person endeavouring to shew his parts , this our author Troughton was by the auditory of Scholars ( who came among them meerly out of novelty ) held ●he best , and was by them most applauded . The truth is tho the man had been blind , occasion'd by the small pox , ever since he was four years old , yet he was a good School Divine and Metaphysitian and was much commended while he was in the University for his disputations . He was not of so busie , turbulent and furious a spirit as those of his persuasion commonly are , but very moderate : And altho he often preached as occasions offer'd themselves in prohibited Assemblies , yet he did not make it his business by employing all the little tricks and artifices , too frequently practiced by other hot-headed zealots of his fraternity , viz. by vilifying and railing at the established ordinances of the Church , libelling the conformable ministry , by keeping their meetings at the very time when the services and administrations of the Church are regularly performing , &c. He did not , I say , by these and such like most unwarrantable contrivances endeavour to withdraw weaker persons from the sacred bosome of the Church , in order to fix and herd them in associated defying Conventicles . He was respected by , and maintain'd an amicable correspondence with , some of the conformable Clergy , because of his great knowledg and moderation . He hath written and published , Lutherus redivivus : or , the Protestant doctrine of justification by faith only , vindicated . And the plausible opinion of justification by faith and obedience proved to be Arminian , Popish and to lead unavoidably to Socinianisme . part 1. Lond. 1677. oct . This is reflected on by Tho. Hotchkis in his preface to the second part of A discourse concerning imputed righteousness , &c. Lond. 1678. oct . Luther . Rediv. or , the Protest . doctr . of justif . by Christs righteousness imputed to believers , explained and vindicated . part . 2. Lond. 1678. oct . Letter to a Friend touching Gods providence about sinful actions ; in answer to a Letter intit . The reconcilableness of Gods prescience , &c. and to a postcript of that Letter . Lod. 1678. oct . Popery the grand Apostasie . Being the substance of certain Sermons preached on 2. Thess . 2. from ver . 1. to 12 , on occasion of the desperate plot of the Papists against the K , Kingdome and Protestant religion . To which is added a Sermon on Rev. 18.4 . preached 5. Nov. 1678. Lond. 1680. oct . An Apologie for the Nonconformists , shewing their reasons , both for their not conforming and for their preaching publickly , tho forbidden by Law. Lond. 1681. quart . An Answer to Dr. Stillingfleets sermon and his defence of it ; so much as concerneth the Nonconformists preaching . — Printed with the Apologie . This learned and religious person Mr. Jo. Troughton died in an house of one of the Brethren , situat and being in Allsaints Parish within the City of Oxon. on the 20 of Aug. in sixteen hundred eighty and one , aged 44 years ; whereupon his body was carried to Bister before mentioned , alias Burchester , and buried in the Church there . At which time Abrah . James a blind man , Master of the Free-school at Woodstock ( sometimes of Magd. Hall ) preaching his funeral sermon , did take occasion not only to be lavish in the commendations of the Defunct , but to make several glances on the government established by law . So that an Auditor there named Sam. Blackwell M. A. and Vicar of Bister ( a zealous man for the Church of England ) complaining to the Diocesan of him , James was glad to retract what he had said before him , to prevent an ejection from his School , which otherwise would inevitably have come to pass . Now I am got fnto the name of Troughton , I cannot , without the guilt of concealment , but let the Reader know this story of one of that name , which is this . While his Majesty K. Ch. 1. of ever blessed memory was a Prisoner at Carisbrook in the Isle of Wight an . 1648 he was his own Chaplain , as not thinking it fit to accept of any of the Presbyterian Ministers upon that account , albeit , as occasion offered , he thanked , and was civil to , them when they applied themselves to him for that purpose . Among others one Troughton who was Chaplain to Col. Rob. Hammond Governour of the Isle of Wight , and Preacher to the Soldiers of the Garrison of Carisbrook , would many times be in the Presence Chamber when his Majesty was at dinner : And tho he was a young man , yet he was a scholar , had good education , and would argue notably in defence of some Tenents he held in opposition to certain ceremonies and discipline in the Episcopacy . The King usually after meals would walk for near an hour , and take many turns in the Presence-Chamber ; and when he found the Chaplain there , he would pleasurably enter into disputation with him , and the Chaplain would be very earnest in defence of his opinion . The K. never check'd him for his confidence , but allowed him his liberty , and would be very pleasant and merry with him . The K. being a good Logician and well read in History and matters of Controversie , gained ground of his Opponent , and would please himself with one passage which hapned , and that was this . During their discourse , the Chaplain then standing at the end of the Presence-Chamber , between a Lieutenant of the Garrison ( who had a Sword in his hand and was earnestly listning to what the K. said in the Debate ) and a Gentleman who was not known there , the King , in the heat of his discourse , suddenly disarmed the Lieutenant by taking the Sword out of his hand , which made him look strangely , and the more when his Majesty drew it , for that put the Chaplain into a fright also , he not imagining the reason , until the stranger ( better understanding the Kings meaning ) fell upon his knees , and the K. laying the naked Sword upon his shoulder , confer'd upon him the honour of Knighthood , telling him withal , it was to perform a promise to his Relations . This strangers name was John Duncomb of Battlesdon in Bedfordshire Esq . who was afterwards a servant to K. Ch. 2 , sworn a member of his Privy Council 22. May 1667 , being then , or about that time , one of the Commissioners of his Majesties Treasury , and at length upon the resignation of Sir Anth. Ashley Cooper , Chancellour and Under-Treasurer of the Exchecquer , about the 20. of Novemb. 1672. As for the Chaplain , Troughton , tho Tho. Herbert then one of the Grooms of his Maj. Bedchamber ( from whom I had this story ) could not tell me his Christian name , yet I take it to be William , and him to be the same Will. Troughton , who afterwards was beneficed in Salisbury in the time of Oliver , silenc'd for Nonconformity after his Majesties restauration , lived there several years after keeping his Conventicles , as he did afterwards at Bristow , and now , if living , in or near , London , where we shall leave him for the present , till an opportunity may be had to make farther mention of him . CHARLES GIBBES the sixth son of Sir Ralph Gibbes , was born at Hunnington in Warwickshire , near to a Market Town called Shipson in Worcestershire , on the 4. of Nov. 1604 , admitted a student in this Univ. in the beginning of 1620 , and taking the degree of Bach of Arts in the latter end of 1622 , was chosen Probationer-Fellow of Merton Coll. two years after ; where going thro the severe exercise then used , ( since , especially after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , much decayed ) he became a noted Disputant , Orator and quaint Preacher . In Apr. 1638 he was presented by the Warden and Fellows of his Coll. to the Rectory of Gamlinghay in Cambridgshire , and thereupon leaving the house he setled there , without hopes of being translated to another place . At length being involv'd in great troubles for his Loyalty , he resign'd that Rectory in 1647 to prevent Sequestration , retired to Canterbury and taught a private School there with good success . After the blessed time of his Majesties restauration , he was made Parson of Stanford-Rivers in Essex , which he enjoyed 21. years , Prebendary of Westminster , which he kept 19 years , and Doctor of Div. by creation of this University . He hath written and published , Thirtie and one Sermons preached to his parishioners of Stanford Rivers in Essex , upon several subjects and occasions . Lond. 1677. qu. He also took a great deal of pains in collecting and fitting for the Press several Sermons and discourses of Dr. Walt. Raleigh ( who married the Sister of this our author Gibbes ) but before they were finished , he paid his last debt to nature ; which hapning at Stanford Rivers on the 16 of Sept. in sixteen hundred eighty and one , was buried in the Church there , leaving then behind him the Character of a Loyal and Religious person , and of a charitable and a good neighbour . RICHARD ALLEIN son of Rich. All. Rector of Dicheat or Dichet in Somersetshire , was born there , entred a Commoner of S. Alb. Hall in Mich. term 1627 aged 16 years , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , went to New Inn , being puritanically affected , and not only compleated that degree by Determination , as a member thereof , but continued there , in the study of the supreme faculty , till after he was Master of Arts. At length taking holy orders , he assisted his father , and became a frequent preacher in his own Country . In the middle of March 1641 , at which time he shew'd himself a zealous person for the blessed cause then driving on , he became Rector of Batcomb in the same County , in the place of Rich. Bernard deceased ; ( who had held that Rectory from Novemb. 1613 to that time ) where , being setled , he became a preacher up of sedition , a zealous Covenanter , ( and therefore several times disturb'd by the Cavaliers in those parts ) and one of the number that subscribed The testimony of the Ministers of Sommersetshire to the truth of Jesus Christ and to the solemn League and Covenant . Printed at Lond. 1648. qu. In 1654 he , with his father , were constituted Assistants to the Commissioners appointed by Parliament for the ejection of such whom they and their brethren called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters in the same County ; in which office they shew'd themselves severe enough : But upon his Majesties restauration our author Allein putting a curb to his activity , was soon after ejected for Nonconformity . So that removing from place to place for a time , setled at length at Frome-Selwood , where he remained , not without preaching somtimes in private , to his dying day . He hath written and published , Vindiciae Pietatis : or , a vindication of Godliness in the greatest strictness and spirituality of it , from the imputations of folly and fancy , on Ephes . 5.15 . and on Joh. 1.47 . Lond. 1664. and 69. oct . Several directions for the attaining and maintaining of a godly life . Lond. 1669 Pr. with Vindiciae Pietatis . The Godly mans portion and sanctuary : being a second part of Vindiciae Pietatis , on Psal . 4.9 . Lond. in oct . Heaven opened : or , a brief and plain discovery of the riches of Gods Covenant of Grace : Being the third part of Vindiciae Pietatis . Lond. in oct . The World Conquered : or , a believers victory over the World , laid open in several Sermons , on 1. Joh. 5.4 : Being the fourth part of Vind. Pietat . Lond. 1668. oct . All which pieces were printed together at London 1671 in oct . and were entit . The Works of Mr. Rich. Allein in four parts . Dedicated to the Inhabitants of the Parish of Batcombe . Godly feare : or , the nature and necessity of feare , and and its usefulness ; both to the driving sinners to Christ , and to the provoking Christians on in a godly life , through the several parts and duties of it till they come to blessedness . Lond. 1674. oct . This book consists of Sermons preached on several texts . A rebuke to Back-Sliders , and a spur for Loiterers , in several Sermons lately preached to a private Congregation . Lond. 1677 &c. oct . A Companion for Prayer : or , directions for improvement in grace and practical godliness in times of extraordinarie danger . Lond. 1680. in tw . Instructions about Heart-work . What is to be done on Gods part and ours , for the cure and keeping of the Heart , that we may live in the exercise and growth of Grace here , and have a comfortable assurance of glory , to eternity . Lond. 1682 oct , with a preface of Dr. Sam. Annesley , alias Aneley to it . To the second edit . of this , which came out in 1684 , was added our author Alleins book entit . A Companion for prayer , &c. He also had a hand in writing The life of Joseph Alleine , his kinsman , and digested , fitted for the Press and published his Remaines , &c. See more in the said J. Alleine , among these writers , page 300.301 . At length this our zealous author concluding his last day at Frome Selwood before mention'd , in the house of one Rob. Smith , ( wherein he had lived several years and had kept Conventicles ) on the 22. of Decemb. in sixteen hundred eighty and one , was buried in the Church there , in , or about , the midst of the middle alley : At which time Rich. Jenkins M. of A. ( somtimes of Gloc. Hall ) a Luke-warm Conformist and Vicar of that place , ( the same who married Tho. Thynne of Longleat Esq . to Elizabeth Countess of Ogle , heir to the illustrious Family of Percy ) preached his funeral Sermon , containing many pathetical Encomiums of him , having several times before also visited him in his sickness . THOMAS HERBERT son of Christop . Herbert , son of Thomas Herbert somtimes Alderman of the City of York , descended ( being a younger brother ) from Sir Rich. Herbert of Colebroke in Monmouthshire Knight , was born in Yorkshire , particularly , as I conceive , within the City of York , admitted Commoner of Jesus Coll. in 1621. under the tuition of Mr. Jenkyn Lloyd his kinsman ; but before he took a degree , his Uncle called Dr. Ambr. Aikroyd fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambr. brother to his mother Jane , ( dau . of Jo. Aikroyd of Folkerthorpe in Yorkshire ) invited him to that house , where his continuance being short , he went thence to London to wait upon that most noble Count William Earl of Pembroke , who owning him for his kinsman and intending his advancement , he sent him to travel in 1626 , with allowance to defray his charges . So that spending some years in travelling into Africa and Asia the great , he did at his return wait on the said noble Count ; who inviting him to dinner the next day at Baynards Castle in London , died suddenly that night , whereby his expectation of preferment from him being frustrated , he left England a second time and visited several parts of Europe . After his return he married , and setling in his native Country , delighted himself more with the converse of the Muses , than in the rude and brutish pleasures which most Gentlemen follow . In the time of the rebellion he adhered to the cause of the Parliament , and by the endeavours of Philip Earl of Pembroke , he became not only of the Commissioners of Parliament to reside in the Army of Sir Thomas Fairfax , but also a Commiss . to treat with those on the Kings side for the surrender of Oxford Garrison . Afterwards he attended the said Count , especially at that time ( in Jan. 1646 ) when he , with other Commissioners were sent from the Parliament to the King at Newcastle to treat about peace , and bring him nearer to London . When his Majesty came thence and was setled at Holdenby in Northamptonshire , jealousies increased which begat fears ; against which there was then no fence . The Commissioners persuant to instructions , addressed themselves altogether , on a certain time , unto the King , and acquainted him therewith , and humbly prayed his Majesty to dismiss such of his servants as were there , and had waited upon him at Oxon. This their application was in no wise pleasing to the King , he having had long experience of the loyalty and good affection of those his servants , as it appeared by his countenance , and the pause he made , ere he gave the Commissioners any answer . Howbeit , after some expostulation and deliberation , he condescended to what they proposed , they not opposing the continuance of Mr. Jam. Maxwell and Mr. Patr. Maule their attendance upon his royal person , as Grooms of his Majesties Bedchamber , in which place they had several years served the King. Next day his Majesties servants came , as at other times , into the presence Chamber , where all dinner time they waited ; but after his Majesty rose from dinner , he acquainted them with what had passed 'twixt him and the Commissioners , and thereupon they all knelt and kissed his Majesties hand , and with great expressions of grief for their dismiss , they poured fourth their prayers for his Majesties freedom and preservation , and so left Holdenby . All that afternoon the King withdrew himself into his Bedchamber , having given order that none should interrupt him in his privacy . Soon after this , his Majesty purposing to send a message to the Parliament ; he , after dinner called Philip Earl of Pembroke to him and told him that he would have Mr. Herbert come into his Chamber , which the Earl acquainting the Commissioners with , Mr. Tho. Herbert , our author , was brought into the Bedchamber by Mr. Maxwell , and upon his knees desired to know the Kings pleasure : He told him he would send a message to the Parliament , and having none there that he usually employed , and unwilling it should go under his own hand , called him in for that purpose . Mr. Herbert having writ as his Majesty dictated , was enjoyn'd secrecy , and not to communicate it to any , until made publick by both Houses , if by them held meet ; which he carefully observed . This errand was , as I conceive , His Majesties message for Peace , dated from Holdenby 12. May 1647. About a week after , the King was pleased to tell the Commissioners , that seeing that Mr. Jam. Levingston , Hen. Moray , John Ashburnham and Will. Legge were for the present dismist , he had taken notice of Mr. Jam. Harrington and Mr. Tho. Herbert , who had followed the Court from Newcastle , and having received satisfaction concerning their sobriety and education , he was willing to receive them as Grooms of his Bedchamber , to wait upon his person with Mr. Maule and Mr. Maxwell ; which the Commissioners approving , they were that night admitted , and by his Majesty instructed as to the duty and service he expected from them . So as they thenceforth attended his Royal Person , agreeable to that great trust , with due observance and loyalty , and were by Maule and Maxwel affectionately treated . Being thus setled in that honorable office and in good esteem with his Maj. Mr. Herb. continued with him , when all the rest of the Chamber were removed , till his Majesty was , to the horror of all the world , brought to the block . It was then that Mr. Herbert was fully satisfied that the King was not the Man that the Presbyterians , Independents , and other factious people ( who obtained their ends by lies and slanders ) made him to be . He clearly found that he was no Papist , no obstinate Person , no cruel or bloody Man , no false dealer , &c. but purely a man of God , which made him in an high manner lament his untimely death . His Majesty tho he found him to be Presbyterianly affected , yet withal he found him very observant and loving , and therefore entrusted him with many matters of moment , among which was his sending by him from the Isle of Wight his gracious Message to the Parliament , which in the evening he gave it sealed up to him , ( directed to the Speaker of the Lords House ) with a Letter to his Daughter the Princess Elizabeth , who was then at S. James's with her Governess . The wind was then averse and much ado Mr. Herbert had to cross the Sea. But no delay was suffer'd in regard the King had commanded him to hasten away , that his Letters might be delivered next day before the Lords rose . When he was Landed at S. Hampton , he took post , and it may not be forgotten , that at one stage the Postmaster ( a malevolent person ) understanding from whom the pacquet came , and that it required extraordinary speed , he mounted him upon an horse that had neither good eyes or feet , so as usually he stumbled much , which , with deep ways and dark weather , would have abated his hast and endanger the Rider : Yet so it fell out by good providence , that the horse , albeit at full Gallop most of that 12 miles riding , neither stumbled nor fell , at which the People at the next stage admired . The Kings pacquet was within the time limited delivered to William Lord Grey of Werk , at that time Speaker . Which done Mr. Herbert waited on the young Princess at S. James's . who gave him her hand to kiss , and was overjoyed with his Majesties kind Letter , to which her Highness the next day returned an answer by the said Mr. Herbert , who at his arrival at Carisbroke , had the Kings thanks for his diligence : And for a badge of the fair esteem that K. Ch. 2. had of him for faithfully serving his royal Father during the two last years of his life , he did , after his restauration , by Lett. Pat. dat . 3. July 1660 advance him to the dignity of a Baronet by the name of Thomas Herbert of Tinterne in Monmouthshire , because Little Tinterne about half a mile from Tinterne Abbey was his own estate and the seat of Tho. Herbert before mention'd . He hath written , A relation of some years travels into Africa and the greater Asia , especially the territories of the Persian Monarchy , and some parts of the oriental Indies and Iles adjacent . Lond. 1634. 38. &c. 1677. which is the fourth impression , wherein many things are added , which were not in the former . All the impressions are in fol. and adorn'd with Cuts . He also , at the proposal of John de Laet his familiar friend , living at Leyden , did translate some books of his India occidentalis , but certain business interposing , the perfecting of them was hindred . He left behind him at his death an historical account of the two last years of the life of K. Ch. 1. the Martyr , which he entit . Threnodia Carolina ; written by him an . 1678. in qu. on this account . viz. that the Parliament a little before taking into their consideration of appointing 70 thousand pounds for the funeral of the said King , and for a monument to be erected over his grave , Sir Will. Dugdale then Garter , King of Armes , sent to our author Sir Thomas living at York , to know of him whether ever the said King spoke in his hearing , where he would have his body bestowed in burial ; to which Sir Tho. returning a large answer , with many observations and things worthy of note concerning that King , Sir William thereupon being much taken with it , as containing many things which he never heard of before , did desire him by another Letter to write a Treatise of the actions and sayings of the said King from his first confinement to his death ; which he did accordingly . About the same time , the author of this book , having occasion to write to Sir Thomas for information of certain persons then , or about that time , attending the King , he thereupon sent him several Letters in answer to his Queries , with divers other matters by way of digression : which Letters contain , as it seems , the chief contents of Thren . Car. and are several times quoted in this work . He also assisted the said Sir Will. Dugdale in his compiling the third vol. of Monast . Anglic. as I shall tell you when I come to speak of that Knight in the Fasti , an . 1642. At length this worthy person Sir Thomas Herbert , who was a great observer of men and things in his time , died in his house at York on the first day of March ( S. Davids day ) in sixteen hundred eighty and one , aged 76 years , and was buried in the Church there , commonly called S. Crux or S. Cross , situated in the street called Fossegate . Over his grave was a monument soon after erected , by his Widow Elizabeth , Daughter of Sir Gervas Cutler of Stainborough in Yorksh . Knight , with a large inscription thereon . Wherein we are instructed that he took to his first Wife , Lucia Daughter of Sir Walt. Alexander Servant to K. Ch. 1 , by whom he had issue Philip , Henry Heir to his Father , Montgomery , Thomas , William , &c. This Sir Thomas a little before his death gave several Mss . to the publick Library at Oxon , and others to that belonging to the Cathedral at York ; and in the Ashmolean Musaeum there are certain collections of his , which he made from the registers of the Archbishops of York , given thereunto by Sir W. Dugdale Knight . I find one Tho. Herbert to be author of a poem entit . An Elegy upon the death of Thomas Earl of Strafford , &c. Printed in one sh . in qu. an . 1641. but him I take not to be the same , with our author Sir Thomas , nor to be the same with Sir Tho. Herbert Knight , Clerk of the Council at Dublin , of Hen. Cromwell L. Lieutenant of Ireland , an . 1657. 58. With the said Letters which the author of these Athenae Oxon. received from Sir Tho. Herbert , he received from him an account of the last days of K. Ch. 1. of ever blessed memory , with an earnest desire , that if he should have any occasion to make mention of that most pious and good King , that he would by no means omit him for these reasons . ( 1 ) Because in the said account there are many things that have not been yet divulg'd . ( 2 ) That he was grown old and not in such a capacity as he could wish to publish it , and thirdly that if he should leave it to his Relations to do it , they , out of ignorance or partiality , may spoil it . Upon his desire , and these reasons given , he did then promise him to find some place to receive it in a work that he was then consulting , which is this of the Athenae Oxonienses : And this place under Tho. Herbert the author of that account being most proper , as I conceive , shall be here set down . How therefore the said King was taken out of the Scots hands at Newcastle and thence carried to Holdenby in Northamptonshire , and thence hurried away to the Army and to Hampton Court , and thence frighted or jugled into the Isle of Wight , and thence hurried to Hurst Castle and afterwards to Windsore , I shall tell you hereafter in the Fasti following , in the history or characters of those men , ( that I shall there mention ) who were actors in those matters . When his Majesty was conveyed from Hurst Castle to that of Windsore and there for a time setled , just before Christmas day an . 1648 , he seemed to take more delight than in any place he had been since his leaving Hampton Court : For there he had the liberty to walk when and where he pleased within the Castle , and on the large Tarras without , which looks towards the Coll. of Eaton , and hath a delightful view of the River Thames , of many pleasant hills and valleys , villages and fair houses far and near : so as no place in this Kingdom may compare with it , save the little Castle or Lodge in Greenwich Park , which has the sight of the great and noble City of London , the Thames , and Ships of great burden dayly under sail passing to and fro , with other things enumerated by John Barclay in his Argenis . The greatest part of the forenoon the K. spent in prayer and other exercises of piety ; and part of the afternoon he appointed for health by recreating himself in walking , usually in the Tarras before mentioned , the Governour of the said Castle Coll. Chr. Whitchcot , as in other places , being for the most part in his company , ( for want of others ) to discourse with . None of the Nobility and but few of the Gentry , were suffered to come into the Castle to see the King , save only upon the Sundays to Sermons in S. Georges Chappel , where the Chaplain to the Governour and Garrison preached . Collonel Whitchcot behaved himself nevertheless very civilly towards the King , and his observance was taken notice of by his Majesty : The Soldiers also there gave no offence , either in language or behaviour towards , or any that serv'd , him . Whilst his Majesty continued at Windsore , little passed worth the taking notice of , only ( 1 ) That one night as the King was preparing to go to bed , he wound up both his watches as his custom was , one being gold , the other silver , and missing his diamond seal , a table that had the Kings armes cut with great curiosity , and fix'd to the gold watch by a gold chain , he could not imagine when , or where , he dropt it , yet thought he had it the day before when he looked upon his watch , as he walked in the long Tarras . At length after Mr. Herbert had made great search for it in the walks that his Majesty frequented , but in vain ; his Majesty the next night discern'd it sparkling at one end of his Chamber by the help of the Charcole fire , and the wax-lights then burning in the said Chamber . ( 2 ) That on another night his Majesty appointed Mr. Herbert to come into his Bedchamber an hour sooner , than usual , the next morning , but so it hapned he overslept his time , and awakened not till the Kings silver bell hastned him in . Herbert ( said the King ) you have not observed the command I gave last night ; and thereupon he acknowledged his fault . Well ( said the K. ) I will order you for the future , you shall have a gold alarum-watch , which as there may be cause , shall awake you : write to the Earl of Pembroke to send me such an one presently . He wrot , and the Earl immediatly sent to Edw. East his Watch-maker in Fleetstreet about it , of which more will be said at his Majesties coming to S. James's . ( 3 ) That on a third night an accident hapned which might have proved of ill consequence , if God in his mercy had not prevented it . Mr. Herbert lodged in a little back room near his Majesties Bedchamber towards Eaton Coll. It had a back stair , which was at that time ramb'd up with earth to prevent any passage that way . In this room he had a pallet , which , for that the weather was very sharp , he laid somewhat too near the Chimney , near which were two baskets fill'd with Charcoal for the use of his Maj. Bedchamber . While Mr. Herbert was asleep a basket took fire , either from some sparkle from the charcoal in the Chimney , or some other way he knew not off , but the room was soon hot and the fire got to the Pallet-bed , which quickly rouzed Mr. Herbert out of his sleep ; who thereupon ran to the Kings Bedchamber door , and in a frightful manner with that noise awakened the King. Those without , being Soldiers , hearing the Kings Chamber was on fire , desired entrance that they might help to quench it , but through the goodness of God , those within , without other assistance , did suppress it by stifling it with clothes , and confining it to the Chimney which was spacious . Mr. Herbert did humbly beg his Majesties pardon for the disturbance he gave , not knowing how to help it , the King said he did but his duty . Soon after the Governour acquainted his Majesty that he was in few days to be removed thence to Whitehall . To which his Majesty made little or no reply , seeming nothing so delighted with his remove , as he was with the former , viz. from Hurst to Windsore Castles , and turning himself about said God is every where alike in wisdom ▪ power and goodness . Some information he had received , how preposterously things went in both Houses of Parliament , and how that the Officers of the Army were hatching a thing called The agreement of the people , designing thereby an alteration of the government , and trial of his Person by some way that was extraordinary and unpresidented . So that immediatly he retired into his Bedchamber , and was a good while private in his addresses to God , ever having recourse to him by prayer and meditation , in what condition soever he was , as being the surest way to find comfort . The day prefix'd being come , ( which was about (a) the 9. of January 1648 ) his Majesty took Coach near the Keep in Windsore Castle , at which time was a Guard all along of Musquets and Pikes ; both Officers and Soldiers expressing civility as he passed by . At the great gate a party of Horse commanded by Major Tho. Harrison was drawn up into the Market place and Pescod street end in the Town of Windsore , who followed the Coach , which passed through Brainford , Hammersmith , and the direct way to his Majesties House at S. James within the liberty of Westminster . His Lodgings there were furnished by Mr. Clem. Kinnerslie his Majesties Servant in the Wardrobe , strict guards were placed and none suffer'd to attend in his Maj. Bedchamber only Mr. Thom. Herbert before mentioned . His usual diet was kept up , and the Gentlemen that formerly waited were permitted to perform their respective services in the presence , where a state was placed , and for a few days all things were with decency and honor observed . Sir Fulk Grevill was Cup-bearer , and gave it upon his knee : Mr. Anthony Mildmay was Carver : Captain Preston was sometimes Sewer and kept the Robes : Mr. Anstey was Gent. Usher : Capt. Burroughs , Mr. Firebrass , Mr. Muschamp had their places : Capt. John Joyner or Jeoner was Cook , Mr. Babington Barber , Mr. Reading Page of the Back-stairs , and some others also waited . The Kings dishes were brought up cover'd , the say was given , and all things were performed with satisfaction in that point . But to return a little , it is very well worth the observation , that so soon as the King came into his Bed-chamber , before he either eat or drank , or discours'd with any , he went to prayer or to reading in the Bible . Whilst he was in this sorrowful condition , none of his Nobility , Chaplains , or Counsellors , nor any of his old Attendants had the liberty to repair to him to converse about any matters ; yet he had private notice that the H. of Commons in a resolve had declared that by the Laws of England it was treason in the King to levy War against the Parliament and Kingdom : which resolve , as he had farther been informed , they sent up unto the Lords for their concurrence , who , assoon as they had heard it read rejected it , and after some debate did pass two votes , &c. He had also information from private hands of the late proceedings in the House of Commons , and of their violent secluding and seizure of several members by force , by some eminent Army-officers , under a notion of purging the House , as also of their Votes passed concerning him . By which he was very apprehensive of their ill intentions towards him and his government , and did believe that his enemies aimed at his deposing , and confinement in the Tower , or some such like place , and that they would seat his Son the Prince of Wales in his Throne , if he would accept of it , but as to the taking away his life by trial in any Court of Justice or sub dio , in the face of the people , he could not believe , there being no such precedent , or mention in any of our Histories . 'T is true his Grandmother Mary Queen of Scots suffer'd under Qu. Elizabeth , but in England she was no Sovereign , but a subject to Law. And indeed some Kings of England had been lamentably murdered by Ruffians in a clandestine way , as the Chronicles inform us , but the facts were neither owned , or approved of by any King. These were his Majesties imaginations till he came unto his trial in Westm . Hall , when then he alter'd his mind . Nevertheless his faith overcoming his fear , he continued his accustomed prudence and patience , ( so as no outward perturbation could be discerned ) with Christian fortitude , submitting to the good pleasure of the Almighty , sometimes sighing , but never breaking out into passion , or uttering a reproachful or revengeful word against any that were his Adversaries , only saying God forgive their impiety . For about a fortnight after his Majesties coming to St. James's House , he constantly dined in the presence-chamber , and at meals was served after the usual state , the Carver , Sewer , Cup-bearer , and Gent. Usher attending and doing their Offices respectively . His Cup was given upon the knee , as were his covered dishes , the say was given , and other accustomed Ceremonies of State observed , notwithstanding this his dolorous condition , and the King was well pleased with the observance afforded him . But soon after the case was alter'd , for the Officers of the Army being predominant , they gave order at a Council of War , that thenceforth all state , ceremony or accustomed respect unto his Majesty at meals should be forbourn , and his menial servants tho few in number , should be lest'ned . And accordingly the Kings meat was brought up by Soldiers , the dishes uncovered , no say , no cup upon the knee or other accustomed Court-state was then observed , which was an uncouth sight to the King , he then saying that the respect and honour denyed him , no Soveraign Prince ever wanted , nor yet Subjects of high degree according to antient practice , and adding , Is there any thing more contemptible than a despised Prince ? So that seeing things were so ordered , the best expedient he had to reconcile them , was to contract his diet to a few dishes out of the bill of fare , and to eat in private . His eating was usually agreeable to his exercise , and his abstinence was in no wise displeasing . His temperance preserved his health , especially in the two last years of his life and reign , without any indisposition or recourse to Physick : So as in all probability , had not his thread of life been immaturely cut , he might have surpassed the age of any of his Royal Ancestors . On Friday the 19 of Jan. his Majesty was removed from S. James to Whitehall and lodged in his Bedchamber . After which a Guard of Musquetiers were placed , and Centinels set at the door of his Chamber . Thenceforth Mr. Herbert ( who constantly lay in the next room to the King , according to the duty of his place ) was ordered to bring his pallet into his Majesties Bedchamber , to the end that he might be nearer to his royal Person , and so accordingly he did rest every night after , during his Maj. life , in the said Bedchamber near the royal bed . The next day , Jan. 20. the King was removed in a Sedan or close chair from Whitehall to Sir Thom. Cottons House near the West end of Westm . hall Guards were placed on both sides of King-street , in the Pallace-yard and Westm . hall . As his Maj. was carried through the Garden door belonging to Whitehall ( which is between the two gates leading to King-street ) none but Mr. Herbert went bare by him , because no other of his Majesties Servants were permitted by the Soldiers . At Cotton house there was a Guard of Partizans , Collonel Francis Hacker sometimes , and Col. Hercules Hunks at other times , commanding them . His Majesty being summoned by Hacker to go to the Court then sitting in Westminst . Hall , where Serjeant John Bradshaw was President and seated in a chair , and about 72 persons , Members of the House of Commons , Officers of the Army , and Citizens of London sate upon benches some degrees above one another , as Judges ; Hacker , I say , by order of the Court ( which was erected in the same place where the Judges of the Kings-bench use to hear causes ) brought his Majesty to a velvet chair opposite to the President , at which time John Cook the Sollicitor General was placed on the Kings right hand . I shall pretermit the Judges names , the formality of the Court and the proceedings there , by way of charge , as also his Majesties replies , in regard all those particulars have been published at large by several writers . Nor indeed was much to be observed , seeing his Majesty having heard the allegations against him , would sometimes smile , but not acknowledge their jurisdiction , or that by any known law they had any authority to proceed in that manner against the King , it being without example also : whereupon the Court made no farther proceedings on that day . Afterwards his Majesty was conveyed to Cotton house , where Sir Tho. Cotton the Master thereof and Mr. Kinnerslie of the Wardrobe did make the best accommodation they could in so short a time in the Kings Chamber . The Soldiers that were upon the Guard were in the very next Chamber to that of the King ; which his Majesty perceiving he commanded Mr. Herbert to bring his pallet and place it on one side of the Kings bed , which he did and there slept . Sunday the 21. of Jan. Dr. Will. Juxon the good Bishop of London had ( as his Majesty desired ) the Liberty to attend the King , which was much to his comfort , and ( as he said ) no small refreshing to his spirit , especially in that his uncomfortable condition . The most part of that day was spent in prayer and preaching to the King. Munday 22. Jan. Col. Hacker brought his Majesty the second time before the Court then sitting , as formerly , in Westminster Hall. Now the more noble the person is , the more heavy is the spectacle and inclines generous hearts to a sympathy in his sufferings . Here it was otherwise , for assoon as his Majesty came into the Hall , some Soldiers made a hideous cry for justice , justice , some of the Officers joyning with them : At which noise the King seemed somewhat abashed , but overcame it with patience . Sure , to persecute a distressed soul , and to vex him that is already wounded at the heart , is the very pitch of wickedness , yea the utmost extremity malice can do or affliction suffer , as the learned Bishop of Winchester ( Bilson ) saith in one of his Sermons preached before Qu. Elizabeth upon Good Friday , which was here very applicable . As his Majesty returned from the Hall to Cotton house , a Soldier that was upon the Guard said aloud as the King passed by God bless you Sir : The King thank'd him , but an uncivil Officer struck him with his cane upon the head , which his Majesty observing said , The punishment exceeded the offence . Being come to his apartment in Cotton house , he immediatly fell upon his knees and went to prayer ; which being done , he asked Mr. Herbert if he heard the cry of the Soldiers in Westminster hall for justice ? he answer'd he did , and marvell'd much at it , So did not I ( said the King ) for I am well assur'd , the Soldiers bare no malice towards me , the cry was , no doubt , given by their Officers , for whom the Soldiers would do the like if there were occasion . His Majesty likewise demanded of him how many there were that sate in the Court and who they were ? he replied there were upward of threescore , some of them members of the House of Commons , others Commanders in the Army and others Citizens of London , some of whom he knew , but not all . The King then said he viewed all of them , but knew not the faces of above eight , and those he named . The names , tho Mr. Herbert told me not , yet they were generally supposed to be Thomas Lord Grey of Grobie , William L. Monson , Sir Henry Mildmay , Sir John Danvers , Oliver Cromwell who had shew'd seeming civility to him at Childerlie , Newmarket and Hampton Court , Major Harrison , Lieut. Gen. Tho. Hammond , &c. Tuesday 23. Jan. The King was the third time summoned , and , as formerly , guarded to the Court : where , as at other times , he persisted in his judgment , that they had no legal jurisdiction or authority to proceed against him . Upon which Cook the Solicitor began to offer some things to the President of the Court , but was gently interrupted by the King , laying his staff upon the Solicitors arme ; the head of which being silver , hapned to fall off , which Mr. Herbert ( who , as his Majesty appointed , waited near his Chair ) stoop'd to take it up , but falling on the contrary side , to which he could not reach , the King took it up himself . This was by some looked upon as a bad Omen . But whereas Mr. Herbert puts this passage under the 22 of Jan. is a mistake for it hapned on the first day of the Trial when the charge was read against the King. The Court sate but a little time that day , the K. not varying from his principle . At his going back to Cotton house there were many men and women crouded into the passage behind the Soldiers , who , as his Majesty pass'd said aloud God almighty preserve your Majesty ; for which the King returned them thanks . Saturday 27. Jan. The President came into the Hall and seated himself in his Scarlet Gown : whereupon the K. having quick notice of it , he forthwith went , seated himself in his chair , and observing the President in his red Gown , did imagine by that sign that it would be the last day of their sitting , and therefore he earnestly press'd the Court , that altho he would not acknowledge their jurisdiction for those reasons he had given , yet nevertheless he desired that he might have a conference in the Painted Chamber with a Committee of Lords and Commons before the Court proceeded any farther : whereupon the President and Court arose and withdrew . In which interval the K. likewise retired to Cotton house , where he and Dr. Juxon were private near an hour , and then Colonel Hunks gave notice that the Court was sate . The King therefore going away , he seated himself in the Chair : The President told his Majesty that his motion for a conference with a Committee of Lords and Commons had been taken into consideration , but would not be granted by the Court in regard he would not own their jurisdiction , nor acknowledge them for a lawful assembly . Whereupon the King with vehemency insisted that his reasonable request might be granted that what he had to offer to a Committee of either House might be considered before they pronounced sentence . His Majesty had the former day mov'd the President that the grounds and reasons he had put in writing for his disavowing their authority might be publickly read by the Clerk , but neither would that desire be granted . The President then gave judgment against the King , who , at the Presidents pronouncing it , was observed to smile and lift up his Eyes to Heaven , as appealing to the Divine Majesty the most supreme Judge . The King at the rising of the Court was with a guard of Halberdiers returned to Whitehall in a close chair through King-street : Both sides whereof had a guard of Foot soldiers , who were silent as his Majesty passed , but shop-stalls and windows were full of People , many of which shed tears , and some of them with audible voices prayed for the King till he was carried through the Privy garden door to his Bedchamber ; whence after two hours space he was removed to S. James's . Nothing of the fear of death , or indignities offer'd , seem'd a terrour or provok'd him to impatience , nor uttered he a reproachful word reflecting upon any of his Judges , albeit he well knew that some of them were , or had been , his domestick servants ; nor against any member of the House , or Officer of the Army , so wonderful was his patience , tho his spirit was great , and might otherwise have express'd his resentment upon several occasions . It was a true Christian fortitude to have the mastry of his passion , and submission to the will of God under such temptations . The same night , after which sentence was pronounced , Coll. Hacker , who then commanded the Guards at S. James's about the King , would have placed two Musquetiers in the Kings Bedchamber ; with which his Majesty being acquainted , he made no reply , only gave a sigh . Howbeit the good Bishop Dr. Juxon and Mr. Herbert apprehending the horrour of it , and disturbance it would give to the King in his meditations and preparation for his departure out of this uncomfortable world , they never left the Col. till he had reversed his order by withdrawing those men , representing it as the most barbarous thing in nature . The King now bidding a farewel to the World , his whole business was a serious preparation for death , which opens the door unto eternity . In order thereunto he laid aside all other thoughts and spent the remainder of his time in prayer and other pious ejaculations and exercises of devotion , and in conference with that meek and learned Bishop before mentioned , who , under God was a great support and comfort to him in that his afflicted condition . And resolving to sequester himself , so as he might have no disturbance to his mind nor interruption to his meditations , he ordered Mr. Herbert to excuse it to any that might have the desire to visit him . I know ( said the K. ) my Nephew the Prince Elector will endeavour it and some other Lords that love me , which I would take in good part , but my time is short and precious , and I am desirous to improve it the best I may in preparation : I hope they will not take it ill , that they or any have not access unto me , only my Children : The best office they can do now , is to pray for me . What he had said , it fell out accordingly , for his Electoral Highness accompanied with James D. of Richmond , William Marq. of Hertford , Thomas Earl of Southampton , and Mountague E. of Lindsey with some others , having go leave , came to the Bedchamber door , where Mr. Herbert , persuant to the Kings command , acquainted his Highness and the said Noblemen with what the King gave him in charge , and thereupon they acquiesced , and presented their humble duty to his Majesty with their prayers : which done , they return'd with hearts full of sorrow as appeared by their faces . The Prince of Wales also , then in Holland , did by the States Embassadors interceed to the Parliament , and used all possible means to prevent , or at least to defer , his Majesties execution , and applyed themselves likewise to the Army . At this time ( Jan. 30. Mr. Herbert should have said ) came to S. James's Edm. Calamy , Rich. Vines , Jos . Caryl , Will. Dell , and some other London Ministers who presented their duty to the King , with their humble desires to pray with him , and perform other offices of service if his Majesty would please to accept of them . The King returned them thanks for their love to his Soul , hoping they and all other good Subjects would in their addresses to God be mindful of him , but in regard he had made choice of Dr. Juxon , whom for many years he had known to be a pious and learned Divine and able to administer ghostly comfort to his Soul , sutable to his present condition , he would have none other . The Ministers were no sooner gone , but John Goodwin Minister in Coleman street came likewise upon the same account to tender his service , whom the King also thanked and dismist with the like friendly answer . Mr. Herbert about this time going to the Cockpit near Whitehall , where the Lodgings of Philip Earl of Pembroke were , he then , as at sundry times , enquired how his Majesty did and gave his humble duty to him , and withal asked if his Majesty had the gold Watch he sent for , and how he liked it . Mr. Herbert assured his Lordship the K. had not yet received it . The Earl fell presently into a passion , marvell'd thereat and was much troubled least his Majesty should think him careless in observing his commands , and told Mr. Herbert that at the Kings coming to S. James's , he , as he was sitting under the great elm tree near Sir Ben. Rudyerds Lodge in the Park , seeing a considerable military Officer of the Army going towards S. James's , he went to meet him , and demanding of him if he knew his Cosin Tom Herbert that waited on the King , the Officer said he did , and was going to S. James's . The Earl then delivered to him the gold watch that had the Larme , desiring him to give it to Mr. Herbert to present it to the King. The Officer promised the Earl he would immediately do it . My Lord ( said Mr. Herbert ) I have sundry times seen and past by that Officer since , and do assure your Lordship he hath not delivered it to me according to your order and his promise , nor said any thing concerning it , nor has the King it I am certain . The Earl was very angry , and gave the Officer his due character and threatned to question him . But such was the severity of the times , that it was judged dangerous to reflect upon such a person , so as no notice was taken of it . Nevertheless Mr. Herbert at the Earls desire did acquaint his Majesty therewith , who gave the Earl thanks , and said , had he not told the Officer it was for me , he would probably have delivered it : he well knew how short a time I should enjoy it . This relation is in prosecution of what is formerly mentioned , concerning the Clock or Larm-watch which his Majesty would have to lay by Mr. Herbert's Pallet to awaken him at the hour in the morning which his Majesty should appoint when he was at Windsore . The name of this Officer Mr. Herbert told me not , only that he was executed after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , and therefore I take him to be either Major Harrison or Col. Hacker . That evening Mr. Hen. Seymour a Gent. belonging to the Bed-chamber of the Prince of Wales , came by Col. Hacker's permission ( who commanded the Guards at S. James's ) to his Majesties chamber door , desiring to speak with the King from the said Prince : and being admitted he presented to the King a letter from him , dated at the Hague 23 Jan. 1648 ; old stile . At Mr. Seymour's entrance he fell into a passion , having seen his Majesty in a glorious , and now in a dolorous , state : and having kist the Kings hand , he clasp'd about his legs and mourned in a most lamentable condition . Hacker came in with this Gentleman , and beholding these things was very much abash'd . But so soon as his Maj. had read his sorrowing letter , and heard what his servant had to say , and he imparted to him what his Maj. thought fit to return , the Prince's servant took his leave , and was no sooner gone but the King went to his devotion , Dr. Juxon praying with him , and reading some select Chapters out of the sacred Scripture . The same evening also the K. took a ring from his finger , having an emrold set therein between two diamonds , and gave it to Mr. Herbert , and commanded him , as late as 't was , to go with it from S. James's to a Lady living then in Canon row on the back-side of Kingstreet in Westminster , and to give it to her without saying any thing . The night was exceeding dark , and Guards were set in several places , ( as at the Houses , in the Gardens , Park , at the gates near Whitehall , in Kingstreet and elsewhere ) nevertheless getting the Word from Col. Math. Tomlinson ( then there , and in all places wheresoever he was about the K. so civil both towards his Majesty and such as attended him , as gained him the Kings good opinion , and as an evidence thereof gave him his gold pick tooth case as he was one time walking in the Presence Chamber ) Mr. Herbert pass'd currently , tho in all places where Sentinels were , he was bid stand till the Corporal had the Word from him . Being come to the Lady's house he delivered her the Ring : Sir ( said she ) give me leave to shew you the way into the parlour ; where being seated , she desired him to stay till she returned : In a little time after she came and put into his hands a little Cabinet closed with 3 seals , two of which were the Kings Arms , and the third was the figure of a Roman : which done , she desired him to deliver it to the same hand that sent the ring ; which ring was left with her : and afterwards Mr. Herbert taking his leave , the Word served him in his return to the King , at which time he found that Dr. Juxon was newly gone to his Lodging in Sir Hen. Henns house near S. James's gate . Mr. Herbert gave the Cabinet into the hands of his Majesty , who told him that he should see it opened next morning . Morning being come , the Bishop was early with the King , and after Prayers his Majesty broke the seals and shew'd them what was contained in the Cabinet . There were Diamonds and Jewels , most part broken Georges and Garters . You see ( said he ) all the wealth now in my power to give to my Children . That day the Bishop preached before the King on Rom. 2.16 . In the day when God shall judge , &c. inferring from thence , that Altho Gods judgments be for some time deferred , he will nevertheless proceed to a strict examination of what is both said and done by every man. Yea the most hidden things and imaginations of men will most certainly be made to appear at the day of judgment , when the L. Jes . Ch. shall be upon his high tribunal , &c. It may not be forgotten that Sir Hen. Herbert Master of the Revells , and Gent , in ord . of his Maj. Privy Chamber , ( one that cordially loved and honour'd the King , and during the War had suffer'd considerably in his estate by sequestration and otherwise ) meeting Mr. Tho. Herbert his kinsman in S. James's Park , first enquired how his Majesty did , and afterwards presenting his duty to him , with assurance that himself with many others of his Majesties Servants did frequently pray for him , desir'd that his Maj. would be pleased to read the second Chapter of Ecclesiasticus , for he should find comfort in it , aptly suting his present condition . Accordingly Mr. Herbert acquainted the King therewith , who thanked Sir Harry , and commended him for his excellent parts , being a good Scholar , Soldier , and an accomplish'd Courtier , and for his many years faithful service much valued by the King , who presently turned to that Chapter , and read it with much satisfaction . Munday Jan. 29. the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Glocester her brother came to take their sad farewell of the K. their father and to ask his blessing . The Princess being the elder was the most sensible of her royal fathers condition , as appeared by her sorrowful look and excessive weeping . Her little brother the Duke seeing his sister weep , he took the like impression , tho by reason of his tender age , he could not have the like apprehension . The K. raised them both from off their knees , he kist them , gave them his blessing , and setting them on his knees , admonish'd them concerning their duty and loyal observance to the Queen their mother , the Prince that was his successor , Love to the D. of York and his other relations . The K. then gave them all his Jewels save the George he wore , which was cut in an Onix with great curiosity , and set about with 21 fair Diamonds , and the reverse set with the like number : and then again kissing his children had such pretty and pertinent answers from them both , as drew tears of joy and love from his eyes . And then praying God almighty to bless them , he turned about , expressing a tender and fatherly affection . Most sorrowful was this parting , and the young Prince shedding tears and crying most lamentable , moved others to pity that formerly were hard-hearted : And at the opening the chamber door the K. returned hastily from the window , kissed them , blessed them and so parted . This demonstration of a pious affection exceedingly comforted the K. in this his affliction , so that in a grateful return , he went immediately to Prayer , the good Bishop and Mr. Herbert being only present . That day the K. eat and drank very sparingly , most of it being spent in Prayer and Meditation . It was some hours after night ere Dr. Juxon took leave of the King , who willed him to be early with him the next morning . After Dr. Juxon was gone to his Lodgings , the King continued reading and praying more than two hours after . The K. commanded Mr. Herbert to lye by his bed-side upon a Pallat , where he took small rest , that being the last night his gracious Soveraign and Master enjoyed . But nevertheless the King , for four hours or thereabouts , slept soundly , and awaking about two hours before day , he opened his curtain to call Mr. Herbert , ( there being a great cake of wax set in a silver bason that then , as at all other times , burnt all night ) and perceiving him to be disturb'd in his sleep , called again and bid him rise , for said his Maj. I will get up , having a great work to do this day , and then asking Herbert what troubled him , he told his Majesty he was dreaming : I would know your dream said the King , which being told , his Majesty said it was remarkable . Jan. 30. Tuesday . Herbert ( saith the K. ) this is my second marriage day , I will be as trim to day as may be , for before night I hope to be espoused to my blessed Jesus . He then appointed what cloaths he would wear , Let me have a shirt more than ordinary ( said the K. ) by reason the season is so sharp , as probably may make me shake , which some observers will imagine proceeds from fear : I would have no such imputation , I fear not death , death is not terrible to me , I bless God I am prepared . Death indeed only sets men free from the misery of this world and breaks asunder the chains of bondage , &c. These , or words to the same effect , his Maj. spake to Mr. Herbert as he was making ready . Soon after came Dr. Juxon B. of London precisely at the time his Maj. the night before had appointed him . Mr. Herbert then falling upon his knees , he humbly beg'd his Majesties pardon if he had at any time been negligent in his duty while he had the honour to serve him . The King then gave him his hand to kiss , having the day before been graciously pleased under his royal hand to give him a certificate , expressing that the said Mr. Herbert was not imposed upon him , but by his Maj. made choice of to attend him in his Bed-chamber , and had served him with faithfulness and loyal affection . At the same time his Maj. delivered to him his Bible , in the margin whereof , he had , with his own hand , wrot many annotations and quotations , and charged him to give it to the Prince of Wales so soon as he returned , repeating what he had enjoyned the Princess Elizabeth his daughter , and that He the Prince would be dutiful and indulgent to the Queen his mother , ( to whom his Maj. wrot two days before by Mr. Seymour ) affectionate to his brothers and sisters , who also were to be observant and dutiful to him , their Soveraigne : And forasmuch as from his heart he had forgiven his enemies , and in perfect charity with all men would leave this world , he advised the Prince his son to exceed in mercy , not in rigour , &c. And as to Episcopacy it was still his opinion that it is of apostolic institution , and in his Kingdom exercised from the primitive times , and therein , as in all other his affairs , he prayed God to vouchsafe , both in reference to the Church and State a pious and discerning Spirit , &c. and that it was his last and earnest request that the Prince would read the Bible , which in all the time of his affliction had been his best instructor and delight , and to meditate upon what he read , as also such other books as might improve his knowledge , &c. He likewise commanded Mr. Herbert to give his son the Duke of York his large Ring Sundial of silver , a Jewel his Maj. much valued : it was invented and made by Rich. Delamaine a very able Mathematician , who projected it , and in a little printed book did shew its excellent use in resolving many questions in Arithmetick and other rare operations to be wrought by it in the Mathematicks . To the Princess Elizabeth he gave the Sermons of Dr. Lanc. Andrews sometimes B. of Winchester and Prelate of the Garter , Archb. Laud's Conference between him and Joh. Fisher the Jesuit , which book ( the K. said ) would ground her against Popery , and Mr. Hooker's Ecclesiastical Politie . He also gave him a paper to be delivered to the said Princ. Elizabeth to be printed , in which his Maj. asserted Regal Government to have a divine right , with proofs out of sundry authors , civil and sacred . To the Duke of Gloc. he gave K. James's Works and Dr. Hammonds Practical Catechisme . He gave also to Mountague E. of Lindsey L. High Chamberlain , Cassandra ; and his gold Watch to Mary Duchess of Richmond : All which , as opportunity served , Mr. Herbert delivered . His Maj. then bid him withdraw , which being done , his Maj. with the Bishop were in private together about an hour ; and then Mr. Herbert being call'd in , the Bishop went to Prayer , and reading the 27 chapt . of the Gospel of S. Mathew , which relates to the passion of our blessed Saviour , the K. after the Service was done , asked the Bishop If he had made choice of that Chapter , being so applicable to his present condition ; the B. answered , May it please your Maj. it is the proper lesson for the day , as appears by the Kalendar . Whereupon his Maj. was much affected with it , as so aptly serving a seasonable preparation for his death that day ▪ His Maj. abandoned all thoughts of earthly concerns , continued in prayer and meditation , and concluded with a cheerful submission to the will and pleasure of the Almighty , saying he was ready to resign himself into the hands of Christ Jesus , and with the Kingly Prophet , as 't is expressed in the 31 Psal . ver . 5. Into thy hands , &c. Col. Franc. Hacker then knocked easily at the Kings door , but Mr. Herbert being within , would not stir to ask who it was that knock'd : At length the Col. knocking the second time a little louder , the K. bade him go to the door , he guess'd the business : So Mr. Herbert demanding wherefore he knock'd , the Col. said he would speak with the King , the K. said Let him come in : The Col. in a trembling manner came near and told his Majesty , Sir it is time to go to Whitehall where you may have some further time to rest . The K. bade him go forth and told him I will come presently . Some time his Maj. was private , and afterwards taking the good Bishop by the hand , looking upon him with a cheerful countenance , said Come let us go ; and bidding Mr. Herbert take with him the silver clock that hung by his bed-side , said Open the door , Hacker has given us a second warning . The K. passed thro the Garden into the Park , where making a stand , asked Mr. Herbert the hour of the day , and taking the clock into his hand , and looking upon it , gave it to him and said Keep this in memory of me , which Mr. Herbert kept to his dying day . The Park had several Companies of Foot drawn up , who made a guard on each side as the K. passed , and a guard of Halbertiers in company went , some before , and others followed , the King. The drums beat and the noise was so great , as one could hardly hear what another spoke . Upon the Kings right hand went the Bishop , and on the left Col. Mathew Tomlinson , with whom his Maj. had some discourse by the way : Mr. Herbert was next behind the K , and after him the Guards . In this manner went the K. thro the Park , and coming to the stairs leading into Whitehall , he passed along thro the Galleries to his Bed-chamber ; where after a little repose , the Bishop went to Prayer : which being done , his Maj. bid Mr. Herbert bring him some bread and wine ; which being brought the K. broke the manchet and eat a mouthful of it , and drank a small glass full of Claret , and then was sometime in private with the Bishop , expecting when Hacker would the third and last time give warning . In the mean time his Maj. told Mr. Herbert what sattin cap he would use ; which being provided , Mr. Herbert , after prayer , addrest himself to the Bishop , and told him the K. had ordered him to have a white sattin night-cap ready , but he being not able to endure the sight of the violence that they would offer to the K. on the Scaffold , he could not be there to give it to the K. when he should call for it . The good Bishop bid him then give him the cap , and that he should wait at the end of the Banquetting house near to the Scaffold to take care of the Kings body , for ( said he ) that and his interment will be our last office . Colonel Hacker came soon after to the Bed-chamber door and gave his last signal : The Bishop and Mr. Herbert weeping , they both fell upon their knees : The K. thereupon gave them his hand to kiss , and help'd the Bishop up for he was aged . Col. Hacker attending still at the chamber door , the K. took notice of it , and said Open the door and bid Hacker go , he would follow him . A Guard was made all along the Galleries , and the Banquetting house , but behind the Soldiers , abundance of men and women crowded in , tho with some peril to their persons , to behold the saddest sight that England ever saw : And as his Maj. passed by with a cheerful look he heard them pray for him : The Soldiers did not rebuke any of them , for by their silence and dejected faces they seemed rather afflicted than insulting . There was a passage broke thro the wall of the Banquetting house , by which the K. passed unto the Scaffold ; where , after his Maj. had spoken and declared publickly that he died a Christian according to the profession of the Church of England ( the Contents of which have been several times printed ) the fatal stroke was given by a disguised person . Mr. Herbert during this time was at the door leading to the Scaffold much lamenting , and the Bishop coming from the Scaffold with the royal corps , which was immediately coffin'd and covered with a velvet Pall , he and Mr. Herbert went with it to the Back-stairs to have it embalm'd ; and Mr. Herbert , after the body had been deposited , meeting with the Lord Fairfax the General , that person asked him how the King did ? whereupon Herbert being something astonished at that question , told him the King was beheaded , at which he seemed much surpriz'd : See more in the said Gen. Fairfax in the Fasti following , among the Creations of Doctors of Civil Law , under the year 1649. The royal Corps being embalmed and well coffin'd , and all afterwards wrapt up in lead and covered with a new velvet Pall , it was removed to S. James's where was great pressing by all sorts of people to see the King , a doleful spectacle , but few had leave to enter or behold it . Where to bury the K. was the last duty remaining . By some Historians 't is said the K. spoke something to the Bishop concerning his burial . Mr. Herbert both before , and after the Kings death , was frequently in the company with the Bishop , and affirmed that he never mentioned any thing to him of the Kings naming any place where he would be buried : Nor did Mr. Herbert ( who constantly attended his Maj. and after his coming from Hurst Castle was the only person in his Bed-chamber ) hear him at any time declare his mind concerning it . Nor was it in his life time a proper question for either of them to ask , notwithstanding they had oftentimes the opportunity , especially when his Maj. was bequeathing to his royal children and friends , what is formerly related . Nor did the Bishop declare any thing concerning the place to Mr. Herbert , which doubtless he would upon Mr. Herbert's pious care about it : which being duly considered , they thought no place more fit to interr the Corps than in the Chappel of K. Hen. 7. at the end of the Church of Westm . Abbey ; out of whose Loyns K. Ch. 1. was lineally extracted , &c. Whereupon Mr. Herbert made his application to such as were then in power for leave to bury the Kings body in the said Chap. among his Ancestors , but his request was denied for this reason that his burying there would attract infinite numbers of all sorts thither , to see where the K. was buried ; which , as the times then were , was judged unsafe and inconvenient . Mr. Herbert acquainting the Bishop with this , they then resolved to bury the Kings body in the royal Chap. of S. George within the Castle of Windsore , both in regard that his Maj. was Soveraign of the most noble Order of the Garter , and that several Kings had been there inter'd , namely King Hen. 6. K. Ed. 4. and K. Hen. 8. &c. Upon which consideration Mr. Herbert made his second address to the Committee of Parliament , who , after some deliberation , gave him an Order bearing date 6 Feb. 1648 , authorizing him and Mr. Anth. Mildmay to bury the Kings body there , which the Governour was to observe . Accordingly the Corps was carried thither from S. James Feb. 7. in a Hearse covered with black Velvet , drawn by six Horses covered with black cloth , in which were about a dozen Gentlemen , most of them being such that had waited upon his Maj. at Carisbrook Castle and other places since his Majesties going from Newcastle . Mr. Herbert shew'd the Governour Col. Witchcot the Committees Order for permitting Mr. Herbert and Mr. Mildmay to bury him the late King in any place within Windsore Castle that they should think fit and meet . In the first place , in order thereunto they carried the Kings body into the Deans House , which was hung with black , and after to his usual Bed-chamber within the Pallace . After which they went to S. George's Chap. to take a view thereof , and of the most fit and honorable place for the royal Corps to rest in . Having taken a view , they at first thought that the Tomb-house built by Card. Wolsey would be a fit place for his interment , but that place tho adjoyning , yet being not within the royal Chappel they waved it : For if K. Hen. 8. was buried there , ( albeit to that day the particular place of his burial was unknown to any ) yet in regard his Maj. K. Ch. 1. ( who was a real Defender of the Faith , and as far from censuring any that might be ) would upon occasional discourse express some dislike in K. Henry's proceedings in misemploying those vast Revenews the suppressed . Abbeys , Monasteries and other religious Houses were endowed with , and by demolishing those many beautiful and stately Structures , which both express'd the greatness of their Founders and preserved the splendor of the Kingdom , which might at the reformation have in some measure been kept up and converted to sundry pious uses . Upon consideration thereof , those Gent. declined it , and pitch'd upon the Vault where K. Ed. 4. had been inter'd , being on the north side of the Choire , near the Altar , that K. being one his late Maj. would oftentimes make honorable mention of , and from whom his Maj. was lineally propagated . That therefore induced Mr. Herbert to give order to N. Harrison and Hen. Jackson to have that Vault opened , partly covered with a fair large stone of Touch raised within the Arch adjoyning , having a range of iron bars gilt , curiously cut according to Church work , &c. But as they were about this work , some Noble-men came thither , namely the Duke of Richmond , the Marq. of Hertford , the Earl of Lindsey , and with them Dr. Juxon B. of London , who had license from the Parliament to attend the Kings body to his grave . Those Gent. therefore Herbert and Mildmay thinking fit to submit and leave the choice of the place of burial to those great persons , they in like manner viewed the Tomb-house and the Choir , and one of the Lords beating gently upon the Pa●ement with his staff , perceived a hollow sound , and thereupon ordering the stones and earth to be removed , they discovered a descent into a Vault where two Coffins were laid near one another , the one very large of an antique form , and the other little . These they supposed to be the bodies of K. Hen. 8. and Qu. Jane Seymour his third wife , as indeed they were . The Velvet Palls that covered their Coffins seemed fresh tho they had laid there above 100 years . The Lords agreeing that the Kings body should be in the said Vault inter'd , being about the middle of the Choir , over against the eleventh stall upon the Soveraigns side , they gave order to have the Kings name and year he died cut in lead ; which , whilst the Work-men were about , the Lords went out and gave Puddifant the Sexton order to lock the Chappel door , and not suffer any to stay therein till farther notice . The Sexton did his best to clear the Chappel , nevertheless Isaac the Sextons man said that a Foot Soldier had hid himself , so as he was not discern'd : and being greedy of prey , crept into the Vault , and cut so much of the Velvet Pall that covered the great body , as he judged would hardly be missed , and wimbled also a hole thro the said Coffin that was largest , probably fancying that there was something well worth his adventure . The Sexton at his opening the door espied the sacrilegious person , who being searched , a bone was found about him , with which he said he would ha●t a knife . The Governour being therefore informed of , he gave , him his reward ; and the Lords and others present were convinc'd that a real body was in the said great Coffin , which some before had scrupled . The girdle or circumscription of capital letters of lead put about the Kings Coffin had only these words King Charles , 1648. The Kings body was then brought from his Bed-chamber down into S. George's Hall ; whence , after a little stay , it was with a slow and solemn pace ( much sorrow in most faces being then discernable ) carried by Gentlemen of quality in mourning . The Noblemen in mouring also held up the Pall , and the Governour with several Gentlemen and Officers and Attendants came after . It was then observed that at such time as the Kings body was brought out from . S. George's Hall , the sky was serene and clear , but presently it began to snow , and the snow fell so fast that by that time the corps came to the west end of the royal Chappel the black velvet Pall was all white , ( the colour of innocency ) being thick covered over with snow . The Body being by the Bearers set down near the place of burial , the Bishop of London stood ready with the Service book in his hands to have performed his last duty to the K. his Master , according to the order and form of burial of the Dead set forth in the book of Common Prayer ; which the Lords likewise desired , but would not be suffer'd by Col. Whitchcot the Governour of the Castle , by reason of the Directory , to which ( said he ) he and others were to be conformable . Thus went the White King to his grave in the 48 year of his age and 22 year and 10 month of his Reign . To let pass Merlins Prophecy , which some allude to the White Sattin his Maj. wore when he was crowned in Westm . Abbey , former Kings having on purple Robes at their Coronation , I shall conclude this Narrative with the Kings own excellent expression running thus — Crownes and Kingdoms are not so valuable as my honor and reputation . Those must have a period with my life , but these survive to a glorious kind of immortality when I am dead and gone ; a good name being the embalming of Princes and a sweet consecrating of them to an eternity of love and gratitude amongst posterity . MARTIN LLEWELLIN , Lluellyn or Lluelyn ( so many ways I find him written ) the seventh son , without any daughter between , of Mart. Lluellyn , was born in London on the 12 of Decemb. 1616 , and on the 22 of the said month was baptized in the Church of Little S. Barthelmew near Smithfield . In 1636 he was elected a Student of Ch. Ch. from Westm . School , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1643 , at which time he bore arms for his Majesty , and was at length a Captain . In 1648 he was ejected by the Visitors appointed by Parliament ; so that afterward going to the great City , he prosecuted then his genius as much to Physick , as before it had to Poetry . In 1653 he obtained the favour of the men in power , then in the University , to be admitted Doctor of Physick , and so consequently took the Oaths that were then required , and afterwards became Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians . In 1660 he was sworn Physitian to his Majesty , at that time newly return'd to his Kingdoms , and in the same year he was not only made Principal of the Hall of S. Mary the Virgin , but one of the Commissioners appointed by the King for regulating the University of Oxon , in which office he shew'd himself active enough . In 1664 he left the University , and setling with his wife and family in a market Town in Bucks . called Great Wycombe , practised his faculty there , was made a Justice of the Peace for that County , and in 1671 was elected Mayor of that Corporation ; in which offices he behaved himself severe against the Phanaticks . He hath written , Men-miracles . A Poem . Printed 1656. in oct . Divers Poems . Printed 1656. in oct . Satyrs . Printed 1656. in oct . Elegies . Printed 1656. in oct . Divine Poems . Printed 1656. in oct . Among his Elegies is one upon Rob. Burton alias Democritus Junior of Ch. Ch , another upon the eminent Poet and Orator Will. Cartwright , a third upon Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. and a fourth upon Sir Hen. Spelman the Antiquary . Verses on the return of K. Ch. 2 , James Duke of York , and Henry Duke of Glocester . Lond. 1660. in 3 sh . in folio . Elegie on the death of Henry Duke of Glocester . — Printed 1660. ( in a fol. paper . ) Wickham wakened : or , the Quakers Madrigall in rime dogrell . — Printed 1672 in one sheet in qu. Written while he was Mayor of Wycombe against a Practitioner of Phys . who was a Quaker and took much from his practice . He died on the 17 of March in sixteen hundred eighty and one , and was buried in the middle of the north isle joyning to the Chancel of the Church of Gr. Wycombe before mentioned . Over his grave was soon after a black marble stone laid , with this inscription thereon . Hic jacet Martinus Lluelyn eruditus Medicinae Doctor , ex Aede Christi olim Alumnus , saeviente Civilis belli incendio ( dum Oxonium praesidio muniebatur ) cohorti Academicorum fideli Praefectus erat adversus ingruentem Rebellium ferociam : posteaquam sereniss . Carolo secundo inter juratos Medicus , & Colleg. Med. Lond. socius . Aulae sanctae Mariae dudum Principalis , dein hujusce comitatus Irenarcha , necnon municipii hujus semel Praetor , Regiae authoritatis & religionis Eccles . Angliae legibus stabilitae strenuus assertor , inconcussus amator , celeberrimus insignis Poeta . Qui res egregias & sublimes pari ingenio & facundia depinxit . Bino matrimonio foelix septem liberos superstites reliquit , Laetitiam & Martinum ex priore , Georgium , Ricardum & Mauritium , Martham & Mariam ex posteriore nuper amantissima conjuge , Georgii Long de Penn Generosi filiâ . Heu ! quam caduca corporis humani fabrica , qui toties morbos fugavit , ipse tandem morbo succumbit Anhelus doctorum & proborum maximum desiderium . Obiit xvii . Martii MDCLXXXI annoque aetatis LXVI . THOMAS CASE son of George Case Vicar of Boxley in Kent , was born in that County , became Student of Ch Ch. upon the recommendations of Tob. Mathew Archb. of York , in the year 1616 ; aged 17 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , preached for some time in these parts , and afterwards in Kent , at , or near , the place of his nativity . At the turn of the times in 1641 , he closed with them , and being schismatically addicted , he became an enemy to the Bishops and Liturgy , a great Boutifieu and firebrand in the Church , a leader and abettor of the pretended reformation , and what not to vent his spleen , to become popular in the City of London , and so consequently to get preferment and wealth , which before he wanted , and therefore discontented . About the same time he was made Minister of S. Mary Magd. Ch. in Milkstreet in Lond , upon the sequestration thence of a Loyalist , where it was usual with him at his invitation of the people to the Lords table for the receiving of the sacrament to say (a) You that have freely and liberally contributed to the Parliament for the defence of Gods Cause and the Gospel draw near , instead of You that do truly and earnestly repent , &c. To the rest he threatned damnation , as coming unwillingly to the holy sacrament . In 1643 , he , as a grand lover of the cause , was made by ordinance of Parliament one of the Ass . of Divines , being then , as before and after , a frequent Preacher before the members of the said Parliament , and about that time the Thursdays Lecturer at S. Martins in the Fields . He was so zealous a Covenanteer also , that he published a Sermon about the solemn League and Covenant , advised all to take it , and was angry with those that did not , tho they understood it not . He was , during the War , ( as most of the Brethren were ) a common Preacher of Rebellion . Atlength he , and they , being cozened of their King , and the designs they had upon him , by the Independents , he became a bitter enemy to that party , plotted with Love , Jenkyns , &c. and with the Scots , to bring in his son K. Ch. 2 , an . 1651 , Case being about that time Minister of S. Giles in the Fields near London ; but their Plot being discovered , and Love the Corypheus suffering for the rest , our author Case , with his Brethren that were in the Conspiracy , made (b) a Petition to Oliver by way of acknowledgment and submission for what they had done . In the year 1653 he made it his endeavours to be one of the Triers for the approbation of Ministers , appointed by Oliver , but was rejected ; yet when the Presbyterians began to lift up their heads in the latter end of 1659 , upon the generous proceedings of General Monk , he was constituted by Act of Parl. dated 14 of Mar. that year , one of the Ministers for the approbation and admission of Ministers according to the Presbyterian way . But that foppery being soon after laid aside , he , himself , upon the coming out of the Act of Conformity an . 1662 , was laid aside also ; yet ever after so long as he lived , he was not wanting to carry on the beloved Cause in Conventicles for which he sometimes suffer'd . He hath written and published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Two Serm. before the House of Commons , on Ezek. 20.25 . and on Ezra 10.2.3 . Lond. 1642. sec . edit . ( 2 ) Gods rising , his Enemies scattering , before the H. of C. at their Fast 26 Oct. 1642 , on Psal . 68.1.2 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 3 ) The root of Apostasy and fountain of true Fortitude , Thanksgiving Serm. before the H. of C. 9 Apr. 1644 , for the great Victory given to Sir Will. Waller , and the Forces with him , against the Army of Sir Ralph Hopton , on Dan 11.32 . Lond. 1644. qu. ( 4 ) Deliverance-obstruction : or the set-backs of Reformation , Fast Serm. before the H. of Lords 26 Mar. 1646 , on Exod. 5.22.23 . Lond. 1646. qu. ( 5 ) A model of true spiritual Thankfulness , Thanksgiving Serm. 19 Feb. 1645. for reducing the City of Chester by the Parl. forces under the command of Sir Will. Brereton , on Psal . 107.30.31 . Lond. 1646. qu. ( 6 ) Spiritual whoredome , discovered in a Fast Serm. before the H. of C. 26 May 1647 , on Hosea 9.1 . Lond. 1647. qu. ( 7 ) Serm. before the H. of C. 22 Aug. 1645 , being the day appointed for the solemne Thanksgiving unto God for the Parliament forces their gaining of Bathe and Bridgwater , Scarborough , and Sherburne Castle , and for the dispersing of the Club-men , and the good success in Pembrokshire , on Isa . 43.14 . Lond. 1645. qu. Other Sermons , as ( 1 ) Gods waiting to be gracious unto his people , together with Englands encouragements and cautions to wait on God , delivered in certain Sermons at Milk-street in Lond. on Isa . 30.18 . Lond. 1642. qu. ( 3 ) Sermon on Ezek. 50.5 . Lond. 1643. qu. ( 4 ) Jehosaphats caution to his Judges , on 2 Chron. 19.6.7 . Lond. 1644. 45. qu. This Sermon , which I have not yet seen , was preached , if I mistake not , in Aug. 1644 , upon the occasion of a Court Martial : From the Epistle before which , and from the Sermon it self , the Independents took great advantage , and quoted it when the Presbyterian Plot was discovered , to bring into England K. Ch 2. an . 1651 ; at which ▪ time Chr. Love who was the chief man in that Plot , and our Author Case another , were to be brought to their Trial. The Sermon is all for revenge of blood , innocent blood , spilt ; and 't is in a most high and desperate manner a downright provocation to do justice upon Delinquents , that is Cavaliers , or those that adhered to the King , to spare not one of them living ▪ &c. ( 5 ) The quarrel of the Covenant , with the pacification of the quarrel , in 3 Sermons on Lev. 26.25 . and on Jer. 50.5 . Lind. 1644. qu. ( 6 ) The vanity of vain glory , funeral Sermon at the burial of Kingsmyll Lucy , on 1 Cor. 1. ver . 29. with 31. Lond. 1655. in tw . ( 7 ) Sensuality dissected , Serm. before divers Citizens of London born in Kent — Lond. 1657. ( qu. ) ( 8 ) Eliahs abateman ; or corruption in the Saints , Sermon at the funeral of Walt. Roswell M. A. at Chatham in Kent , on Jam. 3.17 . Lond. 1658. in tw . ( 9 ) Serm. on Prov. 31.19 . Lond. 1658 oct . ( 19 ) Fun. Serm. on Malack . 3.17 . Lond. 1659. qu. ( 11 ) Farewell Sermon at Barthelmewtyde , on Rev. 2.5 . Lond. 1662. oct . ( 12 ) How the Sabbath ought to be Sanctifyed , on Isa . 58.13.14 . Lond. 1674. 76. qu. 'T is in the Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . ( 13 ) Sermon on 2. Tim. 1.13 , preached in the Morning Exercise at S. Giles in the feilds , in May 1659 : which Serm. is extant in a book entit . The morning Exercise methodized , published by our author Case , with his Epistle before it — Lond. 1676 qu. Besides these , and other Sermons which I have not yet seen , he hath published , The Morning Exercise : or some short notes taken out of the Morning Sermons , which divers Ministers of the Gospel in the City of Lond. preached at S. Giles in the fields , in the month of May 1655. Lond. 1655. in tw . Imitation of the Saints , opened in practical meditations . Lond. 1666. qu. Mount Pisgah : or a prospect of heaven . Being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first Epistle of S. Paul to the Thess . from the 13 verse to the end of the chapt . Lond. 1670. qu. Dedicated to Sir Rob. Booth L. Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland , whose Mother the author Case had married . Correction , instruction : or a treatise of afflictions , first conceived by way of privat meditations , after digested into certain Sermons . Lond. 1671. in tw . At length after our author had lived in continual agitation for carrying on the cause he professed , died in sixteen hundred eighty and two : whereupon his body was buried at the upper end of the Church called Christ Church within Newgate in London ; and had soon after laid over his grave a large white stone , just below the steps going to the altar , with this Inscription thereon . Heic molliter dormit Thomas Case fideliss . Jesu Christi Minister , in hâc urbe & alibi , perquam plurimos annos egregius Concionator . In Aede Christi Oxon educatus , in hoc templo Christi tandem sepultus . Obiit 30. Maii , an . aetatis 84. annoque Domini 1682. BENJAMIN NEEDLER son of Tho. Needl . of (c) Lanum in Middlesex , was born in that County , elected Scholar of S. Johns Coll. from Merch. Taylors School , an . 1642. aged 18 years , afterwards fellow and a cringer to the Presbyterian Visitors of the University , in 1648 , by submitting to their power and accepting of , by way of Creation , the degree of Bach. of the Civ . Law. Whether he afterwards took orders from a Bishop , I know not : sure I am , that he being a well gifted brother for praying and preaching , he was some years after made Minister of Margaret Moses in Friday street within the City of London , where continuing till after his Majesties restauration , was ejected for Nonconformity , an . 1662. He hath written , Expository notes , with practical observations , towards the opening of the five first chapters of the first book of Genesis ; delivered by way of Exposition in several Lords dayes Exercises . Lond. 1655 in a large oct . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. on Math. 5.29.30 . — 'T is the third Serm. in the Morning Exercise at Cripplegate , preached in Sept. 1661. — Lond. 1661. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. on Math. 4.10 . — 'T is the thirteenth Serm. in the Morning Exercise against Popery , preached in Southwark , &c. — Lond. 1675. qu. ( 3 ) The Trinity proved by Scripture , Serm. on 1. Joh. 5.7 , in the Morning Exercise Methodized , &c. preached in S. Giles in the fields , in May 1659. — Lond. 1676. qu. What other things goe under his name , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying at Northwarnborough in Hampshire , ( where for some years he had exercis'd his function in privat ) in the month of May or June , in sixteen hundred eighty and two , was according to his will , as I presume , buried frugally in some Church yard , I think in that of Northwarnborough before mention'd : At which time he left behind him a son called Culverwell Needler , another named Benjamin , and a Brother in Law called Rich. Culverwell Minister of Grundesburgh . HENRY MUNDY was born in a Market Town called Henley in Oxfordshire , became one of the Portionists of Merton Coll. in the beginning of the rebellion , took one degree in Arts , in 1647 , and kept pace with the interrupted times to enjoy some petit employment . In 1656 May 20 he was elected Master of the Free-Grammar School at Henley before mention'd , which being well endowed and replenish'd with Scholars , was very beneficial to him . At length following the practice of Physick , it fell to decay , and had not death prevented Justice , he would have been ejected . He hath written and published , Commentarii de aere vitali . 2 De esculentis . 3 De potulentis , cum corallario de perergis in victu . Oxon. 1680. in a large oct . He died by a fall from his horse , in his return to Henley from the house of John Lord Lovelace at Hurley , on the 28. of June in sixteen hundred eighty and two , aged about 58 years ; and the next day his body was buried in the North Chancel of the Church at Henley . In the said School succeeded Dan. Ashford M. A. and Vice-Pr . of Hart Hall ( somtimes of Wadh. Coll. ) who by his industry and vigilancy made it flourish . PHILIPP HUNTON son of Ph. Hunt. of Andover in Hampshire , was born in that County , became either Batler or Servitour of Wadham Coll. in Lent terme 1622 , of which House he was afterwards Scholar , and Master of Arts. At length entring into the sacred function , he became successively Schoolmaster of Aburie in Wilts , Minister of Devises , afterwards of Hatchbury , and in fine of Westbury in the said County ; and as Minister of the last place , he was appointed an Assistant to the Commissioners of Wilts . for the ejecting of such whom the Presbyterians , Independents and other factious people called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , an . 1654. In the beginning of the year 1657 he was appointed the first Provost of the new College at Durham erected by Oliver the Protector ; which , with the Academy there , being soon after dissolved , he retired to Westbury , and continued at that place till 1662 , at which time being ejected for Nonconformity , held notwithstanding afterwards Conventicles in the places where he lived . He hath written , A treatise of Monarchy , containing two parts . 1. Concerning Monarchy in general . 2. Concerning this particular Monarchy , &c. Lond. 1643 qu. Answer'd by Dr. Hen. Ferne in his Reply to several Treatises , &c. and by Sir Rob. Filmer in a piece of his called The Anarchy of a limited and mixed monarchy . Lond. 1646 qu. Reprinted at Lond. 1652 and 1679. oct . This Sir Robert , by the way must be known , was son of Edward Filmer of East Sutton in Kent , by Elizabeth his wife daugh . of Rich. Argall of the same place Esq , and was , as I conceive , educated in Trin. Coll. in Cambridge . Our author Hunton hath also written , A Vindication of the treatise of Monarchy . Lond. 1644. qu. As for the said Treatise of Monarchy which hath been and is still in great vogue among many persons of Commonwealth and Levelling Principles , was reprinted when the Press was open , in 1680 , when then the factious party endeavoured to carry on their designs , upon account of the Popish Plot. But forasmuch , as 't is said therein , that the Soveraignity of England is in the three Estates , viz. King , Lords and Commons , that proposition was condemned by the judgment and decree of the University of Oxon in their Convocation , held 21. July 1683 , and the book it self wherein it is , was then publickly burnt in the School-quadrangle . Afterwards , as soon as the Prince of Orange was come into England , at which time the Nation was in a hurry , it was again printed at Lond. in January 1688 qu. with the date of 1689 put to it . Under our authors name goes also a book entit . Jus Regum , &c. Lond. 1645. qu. But this I have not yet seen , and therefore I can say nothing of it : Nor no more of the author , ( who was a man of parts ) only that he dying in the month of July in sixteen hundred eighty and two , was buried in the Church of Westbury in Wilts before mentioned , having some years before married a widdow with a good joynture , which maintained him , and kept up his port . THOMAS JONES son of John Williams , was born , and brought up in juvenile learning , at Oswestrie in Shropshire , entred into Jesus Coll. in the beginning of the grand rebellion , left it soon after , returned when Oxford garrison was surrendred for the use of the Parl , an . 1646 , became fellow of Univ. Coll. by the authority of the Visitors appointed by the said Parliament , in 1648 , to whom he then submitted and acknowledg'd the use of the Covenant , and in the year following he took a degree in Arts , being at that time and after a zealous person for carrying on the righteous cause . In 1652 , he being then Master of his faculty , he wrot Vita Edwardi Simsoni S. T. D. ex ipsius autographo excerpta , which is set before the said Simsons Chronicon Catholicum , printed at Oxon. 1652. fol. and in 1654 he took holy orders , as 't is said , from a Bishop . About that time he became Rector of Castle in Montgomerieshire in the dioc . of S. Asaph , and learned the Welsh tongue , purposely to serve those parts , when the Orthodox Clergy were miserably consumed by an act of propagation . From that place being ejected , upon one Wynns's discovery of a dormant title , he removed to the service of the Lord President and Council of Wales at Ludlow Castle , an . 1661 , and thence to be domestick and naval Chaplain to James Duke of York , in 1663 : In whose service continuing till 1666 , or after , was then by the means of Dr. Morley B. of Winchester ( for some words spoken against him derogatory to his person and function ) dismiss'd thence . So that soon after retiring to his rectory of Landurnog in the dioc . of Bangor , ( which he some time before had obtained ) found there but little quiet also from Dr. Morgan his Diocesan , being ( as our author (a) saith ) set on by the B. of Winchester . In 1670 Winchester call'd him to an account for an action of slander at the Kings-bench , for saying that he was a promoter of Popery and a subverter of the Church of England , attested upon oath by Bangor and two of his Chaplains : whereupon our author was fined 300 l. or mor , and the Rectory of Landurnog was sequestred for the payment of it . Which fine Winchester offer'd to remit wholly , if he would confess he had spoken those words against him and ask forgiveness : But when he would not , the sequestration continued , and 20 l. of it was sent to our author , and some given for the repairing of the Cathedral of Bangor , and the rest for other pious uses . About the same time he was condemn'd and censur'd ab officio & beneficio by his Diocesan , occasioned by some controversie that hapned between them about a reading Pew in the Church at Landurnog , the particulars of which you may read at large (b) elsewhere . So that being in a manner undone , did , much about the time of the breaking out of the Popish Plot , publish , Of the heart , and its right Soveraigne : and Rome no Mother-Church to England . Or , an historical account of the title of an English Church ; and by what Ministry the Gospel was first planted in every County . Lond. 1678 oct . A remembrance of the rights of Jerusalem above , in the great question , where is the true Mother Church of Christians ? — Printed with the former book . At that time the author taking part with Tit. Oates , his old acquaintance Ez. Tongue , Steph. Colledge , &c. and other factious people to gain their ends by making a disturbance in the nation by be Popish Plot , he wrote and published , Elymas the Sorcerer : or a Memorial towards the discovery of the bottome of this Popish Plot , &c. Published upon occasion of a passage in the late Dutchess of Yorks declaration for changing her religion . Lond. 1682 , in 8. sh . in fol. This book was written and published in Spleen against the Bishop of Winchester , grounded upon a passage in The Historie of Calvinisme , written by Monsieur Lewes Maimburgh (c) a French Jesuit , wherein he resolves the Dutchess of Yorks declaration for Popery , into the seeming encouragement of two of the most learned Bishops in England . One of these our author Jones doth endeavour to make the Reader to understand ( tho he nameth him not ) to be Winchester . Notice of this book therefore comming to the said B. of Wint. he would have prosecuted the matter so far in his own vindication , as to have the said Elymas the Sorcerer to be publickly burnt , and the author to the further punished : But before he could compass his design , the author died . However Winchester , that he might not sit silent , published his own vindication , as to M. Maimburghs words , in his preface to certain treatises that he published in 1683. Rich. Watson also D. D. of this University and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of York did answer it in a book entit . A fuller answer to Elymas the Sorcerer : or to the most material part ( of a feigned memorial ) towards the discovery of the Popish Plot , &c. in a letter addressed to Mr. Thom. Jones . Published at Lond. in Feb. 1682 in 8. sh . in fol. with the date in the title of 1683 set to it . Our author Jones also published his Sermon preached at the funeral of Ez. Tongue D. D. which I have not yet seen . At length this person , who was troubled with a rambling and somtimes craz'd pate , dying at Totteridge in Hertfordshire on Sunday the eight of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and two , was buried in the Chappel or Church of that place . He had a little before been received into the house there belonging to Franc. Charlton Esq , the same who was suspected to be in Monmouths rebellion an . 1685 , and the same whose Sister Magaret had been married to Mr. Rich. Baxter . HENRY BLOUNT third son of Sir Tho. Pope Blount of Tittenhanger in Hertfordshire Knight , son of Will. Blount of Blounts hall in Staffordshire , was born at Tittenhanger before mention'd , which is in the parish of Ridge , on the 15. of Decemb. 1602 , educated in the Free-School at S. Alban , where , by the help of his pregnant parts , he made such large steps in learning that before he was 14 years of age he was transplanted to Trinity Coll , of which he became a Gent. Commoner , and there , not so much upon his relation to Sir Tho. Pope the Founder thereof , as upon account of his own intrinseck worth , and the facetiousness of wit so peculiar to him , he had in a particular manner the deference and respect of the said Coll. After he had taken one degree in Arts , he retired to Greys Inn , studied the municipal Law , and at length , upon his retreat thence , sold his Chamber to Tho. Bonham of Essex the Poet. In 1634. May 7 , he embarked at Venice for Constantinople in order to his voyage into the Levant , returned about two years after , became one of the Gentlemen Pensioners to K. Ch. 1 , and by him Knighted 21. Mar. 1639. Afterwards he attended him at York , Edghill Battle and at Oxford for a time , and then leaving him , he retired to London , where being esteemed a Cavalier was called before the House of Commons and question'd by them for his adherence to his Majesty : But he remonstrating to them that he did no more than what his place required , that is his duty to wait , he was acquitted . So that closing with that party , he was appointed one of the Committee of 21 persons in Jan. 1651 to consult about the reformation of the Law , to consider of the inconveniences in it , and mischiefs which frequently arised from the delays , and other irregularities in the administration thereof , and about that time he shewed himself active against the payment of Tythes , and endeavoured that every Minister should not have above an 100 l. per an . for his pains in administring the Gospel : In 1654. Jul. 5. he , with Dr. Rich. Zouch , Dr. W. Clerk , Dr. Will. Turner Civilians , Mr. Lucy , &c. sate in the Upper Bench in Westm . Hall for the trial of Pontalion Sa brother to the Portugues Embassador , three more Portugueses and an English boy , for a murther and a riot committed by them in the New Exchange , and on the 1. of Nov. 1655 he was appointed one of the Committee to take into consideration the Trade and Navigation of the Common wealth , &c. He was esteemed by those that knew him a Gentleman of a very clear judgment , great experience , much contemplation ( tho not of much reading ) and of great foresight into Government . He was also a person of admirable conversation , and in his yonger years was a great Banterer , which in his elder he disused . He hath written and published A relation of a voyage into the Levant . Lond. 1636. 37 , qu , &c. In other editions in tw . it hath this title , A voyage into the Levant , being a brief relation of a journey performed from England , by way of Venice , through the Turkish Empire and Egypt , unto Grand Cairo , &c. It was so well esteemed abroad , that ( as I have been enformed ) it hath been translated into French and Dutch : In the first of which Languages I have seen a book entit . Voyage de Levant Par. 1632 qu. written by D. C. He also wrot ( as I have been enformed by some of his relations , tho his sons know nothing of it ) a pamphlet entit . The Exchange Walke ; printed much about the time that Hen. Nevill published his pamph . called The Parliament of Ladies , &c. 1647. This Sir Hen. Blount , whom I have mentioned in Joh. Lylie in the first vol. p. 257. and in Walt. Ramsey in this , p. 166. died on the ninth day of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and two , and was buried privatly on the eleventh day in a vault joyning to the Church of Ridge , leaving then behind him two ingenious sons , one named Tho. Pope Blount a Baronet , author of , Censura , celeberiorum authorum , sive tractatus in quo varia virorum doctorum de clarissimis cujusque seculi Scriptoribus judicia traduntur , &c. Lond. 1690. fol , as also of Essayes on several subjects : and another called Charles , who published , — Anima Mundi : or an historical narration of the opinions of the Antients , concerning mans soul after this life . Lond. 1679. oct . The Manuscript copie of this book ( in which the father was suppos'd to have a considerable hand ) went about the City of London with many gross passages in it . Afterwards being printed , it was taken for granted that the said book was published according to that copy . But those errors were all decryed and exploded in the impression ; and with those corrections Rog. L' estrange the Licenser was prevail'd upon at the instance of a particular friend , to license it . Afterwards L' estrange hearing the clamours that were raised about this book , and the fate to which it was doom'd , he waited upon Dr. Compton Bishop of London , laid the matter before him ; and his Lordship ( thinking the book however inconvenient to be published ) was pleased to rest satisfied , with the bare suppression of it : But advantage was taken , in the Bishops absence , of burning it , contrary to his Lordships promise , and as 't was believ'd , to his order . The said Mr. Ch. Blount also published , Great is Diana of the Ephesians , or the original of Idolatry , together with the politick institution of the Gentiles Sacrifices . Lond. 1680 , oct . Also , Janua Scientiarum : or , a compendious introduction to Geography , Chronology , Government , History , Phylosophy and all gentile sorts of literature . Lond. 1684 oct ; and a little pamphlet for the Liberty of the Press , besides his publication in English , with philological notes on each chapter , of The two first books of Philostratus , concerning the life of Apollonius Tyaneus , written Originally in Greek . — Lond. 1680 in a thin fol. Soon after suppressed and only a few copies dispersed . THOMAS BROWNE eldest son of Th. Br. Gent. was born in S. Michaels Cheap , or in the parish of S. Michael in Cheapside in London , on the 19 of Nov. an . 1605 , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School near Winchester , entred a Commoner of Broadgates Hall ( soon after known by the name of Pembroke Coll ) in the beginning of the year 1623 , took the degrees in Arts , as a Member of the said Coll , entred on the physick line , and practised that faculty for some time in these parts . Afterwards he travelled beyond the Seas , was made Doctor of Physick at Leyden , and after his return he was incorporated in this University , an . 1637. About which time , he , by the perswasions of Tho. Lushington his somtimes Tutor , retired to the City of Norwych , where being setled he was much resorted to by Patients for his admirable skill in Physick , which he practiced there with good success for many years , was made Socius honorarius of the Coll. of Physitians at London , and at length , in the latter end of Sept. 1671. had the honour of Knighthood confer'd upon him by his Maj. Ch. 2 , then at , and near , the City of Norwych . He hath written , Religio Medici . Lond. 1642. &c. oct . in English . Answerd in a book intit . Medicus Medicatus , written by Alex. Ross a Scot , and had English Observations put on it about the same time by Sir Ken. Digby , and Annotations by another . Afterwards the book it self was translated into Latine by Joh. Meryweather M. A. of Cambridge , and had latine annotations put to it by a certain German , who subscribes himself L. N. M. E. M. Printed at Strasburgh 1652. in oct : whose preface to it tells us that the book it self , which is translated into French , Italian , Dutch , German , &c. hath been much taken into the hands of curious and learned men , who have read it with great delight . See more there of the author Browne and of his Relig. Med. in the said translat . Pseud . Epidem . Enquiries into very many received Tenents , and commonly presumed truths , or enquiries into common and vulgar errours . Lond. 1646 in a little fol. There again 1650. and 57 &c. The sixth edit . in 1673 was enlarged by the author with many explanations , additions , alterations , &c. T was answer'd by the said Alex. Ross in his — Arcana Microcosmi : Or the hid secrets of mans body discovered , &c. Lond. 1652 oct . &c. And in a book written by Joh. Robinson M. D. entit . Eudoxa , seu questionum quarundam Miscelleniarum examen probabile , &c. Lond. 1656. oct . The Reader may be pleased now to know that there hath been published under Dr. Tho. Brownes name , a book bearing this title . Natures Cabinet unlocked , wherein is discovered the natural causes of Metalls , Stones , Pretious Earths , &c. — Printed 1657 in tw . A dull worthles thing , stole for the most part out of the Physicks of Magirus by a very ignorant person , a Plagiary so ignorant and unskilful in his rider , that not distinguishing between Laevis and Levis in the said Magirus , hath told us of the Liver , that one part of it is gibbous and the other light : And yet he had the confidence to call this scribble Natures Cabinet , &c , an arrogant and fanciful title , of which our authors ( Browne ) true humilitie , would have no more have suffer'd him to have been the father , than his great learning could have permitted him to have been the author of the said book . For it is (*) certain that as he was a Philosopher very inward with nature , so was he one that never boasted his acquaintance with her . Sir Tho. Browne hath written also , Urn-burial : or , a discourse of Sepulchral Urns , lately found out in Norfolke , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . &c. The Garden of Cyrus : or , the Quincunical , Lozenge or Net-work plantations of the Antients , artificially , naturally , mystically considered , with sundry observations , &c. — Printed with Urn-burial . Certaine Miscellany Tracts : ( 1 ) Observations upon several plants mention'd in Scripture ( 2 ) Of Garlands , and coronary or garden-plants ( 3 ) Of the Fishes eaten by our Saviour with his Disciples , after his resurrection from the dead . ( 4 ) Answer to certain equeries relating to Fishes , Birds , Insects . ( 5 ) Of Hawkes and falconry , antient and moderne . ( 6 ) Of Cymbals , &c. ( 7 ) Of ropalie or gradual verses , &c. ( 8 ) Of Languages and particularly of the Saxon tongue . ( 9 ) Of artificial Hills , mounts or burrowes in many parts of England . ( 10 ) What place is meant by that name . ( 11 ) Of the answers of the Oracle of Apollo at Delphos to Croesus King of Lydia . ( 12 ) A prophecie concerning the future state of several nations . ( 13 ) Musaeum Clausum , or Bibliotheca abscondita , &c. — All these were printed at Lond. 1686 in oct . with the authors picture before them ( shewing him to have been an handsome man ) and an Epistle written by Dr. Tho. Tennison the publisher of them , who saith that there is on foot a design of writing the authors life , and that there are already some memorialls collected for that purpose by one of his antient friends , and puts the Reader in expectation of receiving hereafter some other remaining brief Discourses ; among which is his Repertorium : or , some account of the Tombes , Monuments , &c. in the Cath. Ch. of Norwich . This learned and worthy Physitian ( whose works were published in fol. 1686 , with his picture also before them ) died in his house in Norwych , on the 19 day of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and two , and was buried within the Railes at the East end of the Chancell , in the Church of S. Peter in Mancroft within the said City . Over his grave was a Monument soon after erected by his Relict Dame Dorothy , who had been his affectionate wife 41. years , with this inscription thereon . M. S. Hic situs est Thomas Browne M. D. & Miles , An. 1605 Londini natus , generosâ familiâ apud Upton in agro Cestrensi oriundus , Scholâ primum Wintoniensi , postea in Coll. Pembr . apud Oxonienses , bonis literis haud leviter imbutus ; in urbe hâc Nordovicensi Medicinam , arte egregiâ & faelici successu professus . Scriptis , quibus tituli , Religio Medici & Pseudodoxia Epidemica , aliissque per orbem notissimus . Vir pientissimus , integerrimus , doctissimus . Obiit Octob. 19 , an . 1682. Pie posuit maestissima conjux D a Dor. Br. There is also an English Epitaph , which , for brevity sake , I shall now pass by . THOMAS TANNER son of a wealthy Citizen of London , was born in the Parish of S. Matthew in Friday-street within that City , an . 1630 , educated in Paules School , and thence sent to Pembroke Hall in Cambridge , where he took the degree of Bach. of Arts. Afterwards going to Oxon when the Visitours appointed by Parl. sate there , he was incorporated in the said degree in Feb. 1650 , and about that time was made one of the Fellows of New Coll. by the said Visitors . In less than two years after he proceeded in Arts , having some time before had the degree of M. of A. confer'd on him at Edinburgh in his rambles into Scotland , where the Doctors being taken with the forwardness , prettiness and conceitedness of the Youth , did confer on him that degree . In the beginning of May 1660 he was admitted the Sen. Proctor of the University , but being soon after ejected his fellowship of New Coll. by the Kings Commissioners , to make room for that person , whose bread he had eaten for 10 years , he removed to Hart Hall , where he continued till his Proctorship was terminated : by which office he and his brother Proctor were great gainers by the many creations in several degrees that year made . Afterwards he retired to Greys Inn , of which he was about that time a Barrister , and having consumed a considerable part of the estate left him by his relations , travelled beyond the Seas , was at Rome , and in Flanders he served in the wars as a volenteer for one Summer . After his return , having by that time but little left , he took holy orders , threw himself upon the Church , ( a usual thing with Bankrupts ) became Minister of Colleton in Devon. and of another Church in Sommersetshire : Both which he kept for some years , but having an unsetled head , he got himself to be made Chaplain to Dr. Morley Bishop of Winchester , who giving to him the Rectory of Brixton or Brightstone in the Isle of Wight , he setled there for a time : But the aire agreeing not with his constitution , Mr. James Rudyerd presented him to Winchfield in Hampshire : so that being thereby incapacitated to hold Brixton with it , he changed Brixton for North Waltham near to Basingstoke in the same County ; both which he kept together for about three years and then finished his course , occasion'd sooner , than otherwise it might have been , by too much drudging at his study to carry on the duties required of him . He hath written and published , The entrance of Mazzasini . or , some memorials of the state of France between the death of the Cardinal of Richlieu , and the beginning of the late Regency . Oxon. 1657. oct . But his contemporaries then in the University , knowing him to be too forward and conceited , did generally report that he was not the author of the said book , but another mans plagiary . Whereupon he came out with another part entit . The entrance of Mazzarini , continued through the first years Regency of Anna Maria of Austria , Qu. Dowager of France , and Mother of the present Monarch Louis xiv . &c. Oxon 1658. oct . And in the Epistle before it to the Reader , he saith that he was only a divulger of things that were before publick in other Languages , intimating that this , as the former book , were rather translations from , or collections out of , other authors , than barely his own compositions . Euphuia , or the Acts and Characters of good nature . Lond. 1665. oct . After the writing of this book the author entred into holy Orders and afterwards published , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) A call to the Shumalite , or to the scatter'd and divided Members of the Church , on Cantic . 6.13 . Lond. 1673. qu. ( 2 ) Wisdome and Prudence exhibited , preached before L. Ch. Justice Rainsford and L. Ch. Just . North , in their late Western Circuit , on Prov. 8.12 . Lond. 1677. qu. &c. Primordia : or , the rise and growth of the first Church of God described . Lond. 1683. oct . To which are added Two Letters of James Rudyerd Esq . written to our author Tanner : One about The multiplying of mankind till the flood , the other concerning The multiplying of the children of Aegypt . He died in the month of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and two , and was buried in the Church at Winchfield before mention'd , leaving then behind him in the hands of Elizabeth his widdow , the second part of Primordia in manuscript . WILLIAM GOUGH commonly called Goffe , son of Will. G. Minister of Earl-Stoke in Wilts , was born there , became a Sojournour of Exeter Coll. under the tuition of Dr. Narcissus Marsh , in Mich. term 1671. aged 17 years ; but when his Tutor was made Principal of S. Alban Hall , he was translated to that House , and took one degree in Arts as a member thereof , an . 1675. Afterwards leaving the University , he repaired to London , where he sided with the whiggish party upon the breaking out of the Popish Plot , an . 1678 , industriously carried on the cause then driven on , and wrot Londinum Triumphans : or , an historical acccount of the grand influence the actions of the City of London have had on the affaires of the Nation , for many ages past : shewing the antiquity , honor , glory and renowne of this famous City , the grounds of her rights , privileges and franchises , the foundation of her Charter , &c. Lond. 1682 in a large octavo . He died of the Small Pox about the beginning of Nov. in sixteen hundred eighty and two , and was buried in the parish Church of S. Dunstan in Fleetstreet , commonly called S. Dunstans in the West , in London . ROBERT WICKENS son of Joh. Wickens , of (a) Shitlanger in Northamptonshire , was born in that County , entred a Servitour of Ch. Ch. in Lent terme , an . 1632 aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , ( that of Master being compleated in 1639 ) holy Orders , and about that time taught School near Campden in Glocestershire , and afterwards at Worcester . At length , he being made Rector of Todenham in Gloc. ( where for some also he had taught Grammar ) on the death , as I presume , of Dr. Tho. Iles , wrot and published , Latinum & Lyceum Graeca cum Latinis , sive Grammaticae artis in utrâque Linguâ lucidissima 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Oxon. 1654. oct . Grammatices Graecae Enchiridion . Printed with the former book . A compleat and perfect Concordance of the English Bible , composed after a new and most compendious method . Oxon. 1655. in a thick oct . He died on the 29. of Nov. in sixteen hundred eighty and two , and was buried on the first of Decemb. following in the Chancel of the Church of Todenham before mentioned . OBADIAH HOWE son of Will. Howe of Tattersal in Lincolnshire Priest , was born in Leycestershire , became either Batler or Com. of Madg. Hall in 1632 aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , and in the time of the rebellion , ( siding with the rout ) became Rector of Stickney , and some years after his Majesties restauration , Vicar of Boston , in Lincolnshire . He was a person in Joh. Goodwins opinion (b) of considerable parts and learning , and yet ( he believed ) much more in his own . He hath written , The Universalist examined and convicted , destitute of plaine sayings of Scripture , or evidence of reason : In answer to a treatise intit . The Universalitie of Gods free Grace in Christ to mankind . Lond. 1648. qu. The Pagan Preacher silenced , &c. Lond. 1653. Written in answer to Joh. Goodwins book entit . The Pagans debt and dowry , &c. first published at London in 1652 and again in 1671. oct . The said Pagan Preacher was replyed upon by Joh. Goodwin in his Preface to his Triumviri , &c. Severall Sermons as ( 1 ) The Royal Present , as it was delivered in a Sermon , in the Parish Church of Boston , 9 Oct. 1663 , at the Archd. Visitation , on Isa . 16.13 . Lond. 1664. qu. ( 2 ) Elohim : or God and the Magistrate , on Psal . 82.6 . Ibid. 1663. qu. &c. In 1674 our author Howe accumulated the degrees in Divinity , became much respected for his learning in Lincolnsh . and dying in the winter time in sixteen hundred eighty and two , was buried in his Church at Boston before mentiond . I find one Will. Howe to have been Minister of Gedney in Linc. a grand Presbyterian , and Independent in the time of Oliver , but what he hath written I know not . Since I wrot this I find one O. H. Minister of the Gospel to have written Meetness for heaven , promoted in some brief meditations on Col. 1.12 . &c. Lond. 1690. in tw . Designed for a funeral Legacy by the said O. H. but whether the same with Ob. Howe , I know not . Qu. HENEAGE FINCH the eldest Son of Sir Heneage Finch of Kensington in Midd. Kt , Serjeant at Law and Recorder of London , by Frances his Wife , Dau. of Sir Edm. Bell of Beaupre in Norfolk Kt , was born (d) in Kent , particularly , I presume , at Eastwell , on the 23. of Dec. 1621 , educated in Westminster School , became a Gent. Communer of Ch. Ch. in Lent term 1635 , continued there two or three years , went to the Inner Temple , where by his sedulity and good parts he became a noted proficient in the municipal Laws , was successively Barrester , Bencher , Treasurer , Reader , &c. In 1660 on the 6 of June he was made Sollicitor general to his Majesty , and on the day after , being then a Knight , he was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet , by the name of Sir Heneage Finch of Raunston in Buckinghamshire . The next year he was Autumn or Summer Reader of the Inner Temple , choosing then to read upon the Statute of 39. Elizab. concerning The payment and recovery of the debts of the Crown ; which Statute ( tho ever seasonable and then most necessary ) was never before read upon ( as 't was then reported ) by any but himself . The reading and entertainment lasted from the 4th to the 17 of Aug. The former , was with great strength of reason , depth of Law , and admirable sense , and the other , with as great variety as could be imagined , carried on . The first days entertainment was of divers Peers of the Realm and Privy Counsellors , with many others of his noble friends . The second of the Lord Mayor , Aldermen and chief Citizens of London . The third ( which was two days after the former ) of the whole College of Physitians , who all came in their caps and gowns . The fourth was of another long robe for all the Judges and Advocates ( Doctors of the Civil Law ) and all the Society of Doctors Commons . The fifth was of the Archbishops , Bishops and chief of the Clergy ; and the last which was on the 15 of Aug. was of the King , Duke of York , Lord Chancellour , most of the Peers and great Officers or Court , the Lords Commissioners of Scotland and Ireland , &c. In Apr. the same year ( 1661 ) he was chosen Parliament man for this University , but did us no good , when we wanted his assistance , for the taking off the tribute belonging to Hearths . In 1665 , after the Parliament then sitting at Oxon , had been prorogued , he was created , in a full Convocation , Doctor of the Civil Law , he being then one of the four members of Parliament , that had communicated the thanks of the honorable H. of Commons , lately sitting in the said Convocation House , to the members of the University for their Reasons concerning the solemn League and Covenant , negative Oath , &c. made 1647. Which creation being concluded , in the presence of several Parliament Men , ( besides the said four ) the Vicechancellour stood up and spoke to the publick Orator to do his office . Whereupon he making a most admirable harangue , said among other things to this effect , that the University wished they had more Colleges to entertain the Parliament men , and more Chambers , but by no means no more Chymneys , &c. at which Sir Heneage changed his countenance , and drew a little back . In 1670 he was constituted the Kings Attorney General , and upon the removal of Shaftesbury from being Lord Chancellor , he was made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , 9. Nov. 1673. Shortly after which he was advanced to the degree of a Baron of this realm by the title of Lord Finch of Daventre in Northamptonshire , and upon his surrender of the Great Seal to his Majesty on the 19. of Dec. 1675 , he received it immediatly back again with the title of Lord high Chancellor of England . In the most boisterous and ticklish times , when the swoln waves beat highest , ( occasion'd by the Popish Plot ) he behaved himself with so regular , exactly pois'd and with such even steadiness , whilst others , whose actions not being so justly ballanced , either were discharged from their Offices , or else they themselves by an ungenerous cowardise voluntarily resign'd them up , as unwilling manfully to encounter approaching difficulties , of which they pretended to have prospects ; that he still stood firm in the good opinion of his Prince , and which is more to be admired , at that time , when many worthy Ministers of State , were by the malice of designing men , branded with the old infamous character of Evil Counsellours , in order to have them to be run down and worried by the violent outrages of the unthinking , giddy and head-strong multitude . During all which time and clamour against persons , ( which continued from Oct. 1678. to the beginning of the year 1681 , after the Oxford Parl. was dissolved ) he was neither bandied against , or censur'd in the more private seditious Cabals , nor was his Master publickly addressed to for his removal . In 1681. May 14 , or thereabouts , he was created Earl of Nottingham , as a mark of the great satisfaction his Majesty had in the many faithful services which his Lordship had rendred the Crown , being then a person of so eloquent and fluent speech , and of so great sapience , that he was usually stiled the English Roscius and the English Cicero . A noted (e) author tells us that his great parts and greater vertues , are so conspicuous , that it were a high presumption in him to say any thing in his commendation , being in nothing more eminent than in his zeal for , and care of , this Church of England . See his character most excellently described under the name of Amri , in the second part of a poem entit . Absalom and Achitophel , Lond. 1682. first edit . p. 30. Under the name of this worthy person are published , Several speeches and discourses in the trial of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. — He being then Sollicitor General . See in the book entit . An exact and most impartial accompt of the indictment , arraignment , trial and judgment ( according to Law ) of 29 Regicides , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. 1679. oct . Speeches to both Houses of Parliament , 7. Jan. 1673 , 13. of Apr. and 13. Oct. 1675. 15. Feb. 1676. 6. March 1678 and 30. of Apr. 1679. — These were spoken while he was Lord Keeper and Chancellour . Speech at the sentence of Will. Visc . Stafford , 7. Dec. 1680 — Printed in one sh . in fol. and in The Trial of the said Visc . p. 212.213 . At which time he performed the office of L. High Steward of England . Answers by his Majesties command , upon several Addresses presented to his Maj. at Hampton Court , 19 May 1681. Lond. 1681. in 1. sh . in fol. His Arguments : upon which he made the Decree in the cause between the honorable Charles Howard Esq . plaintiff ; Henry late Duke of Norfolk , Hen. Lord Mowbray his Son , Henry Marq. of Dorchester and Richard Marriott Esq . Defendants : wherein the several ways and methods of limiting a trust of a term for years , are fully debated . Lond. 1685 in 9 sh . in fol. He also left behind him written with his own hand , Chancery Reports — MS in fol. in the hands of his Son Daniel Earl of Nottingham . At length his body being worn out with t●o much business , which his high station and office required , he yeilded to nature in his house in Queen-street near Covent Garden , on the 18. of Decemb. in the afternoon , in sixteen hundred eighty and two : whereupon his body was buried on the 28 of the same month in the Church of Raunston before mention'd , near Oulney in Bucks . On the 20 of the said month his Majesty was pleased to commit the custody of the Great Seal to the right honorable Sir Francis North , Lord Ch. Justice of the Common-pleas , with the title of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England , and on the 22 , he was sworn at the Council-board , and took his place as Lord Keeper . This noble Earl of Nottingham left behind him several Sons , the eldest of which named Daniel , who had been sometimes Gent. Com. of Ch. Ch. succeeded his Father in his honors , having been before a Parliament Man , one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and Privy Counsellour . The second is named Heneage , bred also in the said House , and afterwards in the Inner Temple , who became Sollicitor General in the place of Sir Franc. Winnington , but removed thence about the 21 Apr. 1686 , and Sir Tho. Powis put in his place , about five days after . He hath been several times elected Burgess by the University of Oxon. to serve in Parliaments for the members thereof . ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER Baronet , Son of Sir John Cooper of Rockbourne in Wilts . Kt. and Bt , by Anne his Wife Dau. and sole Heir of Sir Anth. Ashley of Wimbourne S. Giles in Dorsetshire , was born at Wimbourne on the 22. of July 1621 , ( 19. Jac. 1. ) became a Fellow Commoner of Exeter Coll. in Lent term 1636 under the tuition of Dr. Prideaux the Rector thereof , and continued there about two years . Afterwards he went to Lincolns Inn to study the municipal Law , and in the latter end of 1639 , he was elected one of the Burgesses for Tewksbury in Glocestershire to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 13. Apr. 1640. In 1642 he sided with his Majesty , being then , as 't is said , High Sherriff of Dorsetshire , became Governour of Weymouth , and raised some forces for his use . But the mind of this person being mutable , he left the royal cause , went in to the Parliament and served them , was made Colonel of a Regiment of Horse and took the Covenant . But when the Presbyterians thought themselves sure of him , whip , he was gone ( as one (*) saith ) and in a trice commenced a Brother Independent : which was a wise part , and no trick of a changling , to shift principles like shirts , and quit an unlucky side , in a fright , at the noise of a new prevailing party , with whom he staid , till he grew up to the size of a great Commonwealths man , and made hay in the Sun shine , until the Commonwealth , and Cromwell were brought to bed of a strange new kind of Monarchy in the House of Commons ; a three or four hundred-headed Monarchy called The Fifth Monarchy ; and in those days it was also called , Cromwells little Parliament : in which his little Lordship became one of the Princes among a Drove of Changlings , &c. In 1645 he was elected Sherriff of Norfolk , and the next year Sherriff of Wilts , both approved of , and consented to , by the members of Parliament . In Jan. 1651 , he having before taken the Engagement , he was one of those 21 persons who were appointed by Parliament to sit as a Committee , to consider of the inconveniences which were in the Law , &c. and soon after he was chose one of the Council of State to Oliver : in which high office he continued till that person was Protector . In June 1653 he was constituted Knight for Wilts . to serve in the said Little Parliament that began at Westm . on the 4. of July the same year ; but therein having spied out Olivers purpose of matching to another sort of Monarchy of his own , Sir Anthony then resolved , like a constant steady man to his own main point , to trepan his fellow members and strike in with him , and lent him thereupon a helping hand towards the confounding of Fifth Monarchy , to make way for a new one under the name of Protector ; in which seene of affairs he was made a Protectorian Privy-counsellour . In Aug. 1654 he was appointed by ordinance one of the Commissioners for Wilts , Dorsetshire and Pool for the ejection of such whom the Godly Party then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and about the same time he was elected a. Burgess for Pool before mention'd , and for Tewkesbury in Glocestershire , to serve in that Parl. ( called by Oliver , then Protector ) that began at Westm . 3. of Sept. the same year . At which time he aspiring to become the Protectors Son-in-Law , Cromwell ( who well enough understood him ) either disdaining , or not daring to take him so near into his bosome , took occasion also to quit him out of his Council . So that being out of such publick employs , he was at leisure to make court to all private Malecontents against the Protector ; and wheresoever he found a sore , there he rub'd hardest till the end of the Raign of Richard. In 1656 he was elected a Parliament man for Wilts . to serve in that convention that met at Westminster 17 of Sept. the same year , and in 1658 he was elected again for that which began at the same place 27. of January : In both which the friends and favourites of Sir Anthony say that he endeavoured to cross the designs of Oliver and Richard. But the last being soon after laid aside , Sir Anthony thought it high time of necessity , to turn back to the old honest point of the compass , and get in again , to be thought a new man of his Majesties party . To this end , notwithstanding he had been nominated one of the Council of State after the deposing of Richard , ( May 15 1659 ) he joyned partly with the Presbyterians , and privately engaged with Sir George Booth , was of the Cabal , kept intelligence with him , and had a party in Dorsetshire , which should be ready to assist him , if little success should crown his beginnings . But Sir Geor. party being dispers'd in Aug. 1659 in the County of Chester , where he first appeared , the Rump Beagles did trace the scent of the Abettors of that rising so closely , that Sir Anth. being shrewdly suspected to have a most considerable hand in it , and to have kept intelligence with the King then in exile , was publickly accused of it in the Rump Parliament then sitting . So that being called to the bar of the House , he made answer so dexterously to their objections , that he stopt the mouthes of his Accusers , and most of the Members , having a great opinion of his fidelity , did then dismiss him . After this , he perceiving full well that in short time Monarchy would be restored , he studied all the ways imaginable ( especially when it could not be hindred ) to promote it . He corresponded with Monk , then in Scotland , when he took discontent that the Rump Parliament ( which was invited to sit again by the Army on the 6. of May 1659 ) was thrust out of doors on the 13 of Oct. following . So that he being very forward in that affair , he was on the 2 of Jan. following ( the Rump having been a little before readmitted to sit ) nominated one of the Council of State , and about 9 days after had the Regiment of Horse , then very lately belonging to Charles Fleetwood ( commonly called the Lord Fleetwood ) given to him to be Colonel thereof . Soon after Monks coming to Westminster , he became very great with him , and was , for his sake , not only made Governour of the Isle of Wight , but one of the Council of State , by the Rump , and secluded members then newly added to them , on the 16. of March 1659 ; on which day they dissolved themselves . In the beginning of 1660 he was chosen one of the Knights of Wilts . to serve in that Parliament called the Healing Parliament , began at Westm . 25. of Apr. the same year , at which time the authority of the Council of State ceased . In the latter end of May following he went with General George Monk to Dover to meet the King then about to take possession of his Kingdoms , after 12 years absence thence . The next day , being May 26 , he was sworn a Privy Counsellour to his Majesty , being at that time at Canterbury , in his way to London , to be received by his Subjects there ▪ at which time Sir Anthony took one or more Oathes . In the beginning of Oct. following when his Majesty was pleased to issue out the grand commission of Oyer and Terminer for the Trial of the Regicides , directed to several noble persons , choice was made of Sir Anthony to be one : So that he sitting upon the Bench first at Hicks-hall and afterwards at the Old Baylie , with others that had been deeply engaged in the then late grand rebellion , caused Adrian Scrope Esq . one of the Regicides that then was tried , to say (†) of himself and them thus , his words being directed to Sir Orl. Bridgman Lord Chief Baron of the Exchecquer , the chief Judge then in that affair — But my Lord I say this , if I have been misled , I am not a single person that have been misled . My Lord I could say ( but I think it doth not become me to say so ) that I see a great many faces at this time , that were misled as well as my self ; but that I will not insist upon , &c. As for the faces which he meant , that then sate as Judges on him , were taken at that time to be those of Sir Anthony Ash . Cooper , Edward Earl of Manchester , Will. Visc . Say and Seal , John Lord Roberts , Denzil Hollis Esq . afterwards Lord Hollis , Arthur Annesley Esq . afterwards Earl of Anglesey , &c. But to return : Sir Anth. Ash . Cooper being put into the road to gain honour and riches , he was in the year following , on the 20. of Apr. ( three days before his Majesties Coronation ) advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm , by the title of Lord Ashley of Wimbourne S. Giles . Afterwards he was made Chancellour and Under-Treasurer of the Exchecquer ( in which places he was succeeded by Sir John Duncombe , about the 20 of Nov. 1672 ) and upon the death of Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord Treasurer , he was made one of the five Commissioners by his Majesty , for the executing the said office , on the first of June , an . 1667. About that time he was Lieutenant of Dorsetshire , and a person in great favour with the K. and Court. In Dec. 1671 he , with Sir Thomas Clifford , were the principal advisers of his Majesty to shut up the Exchecquer , ( which was accordingly effected on the first of January following ) and in granting injunctions in the case of Bankers . In the beginning of March following , he , with the said Sir Thomas , were great promoters of the indulgence for liberty of Conscience ; effected also by the Kings Proclamation for that purpose , dat . 15. of the same month , 1671 ; which was the source of all misfortunes that followed , even to the Popish Plot , an . 1678. But that Indulgence or Toleration was happily annull'd by the Parliament , which did begin to re-sit , 4. Feb. 1672. On the 27. of Apr. 1672 , he was by Letters Pat. then bearing date , created Lord Cooper of Paulet and Earl of Shaftesbury , and at that time tugging hard for the Lord Treasurers place , his Majesty was pleased to advance him higher , that is to be Lord Chancellour of England , 17. Nov. the same year , and on the 28 of the same month , he gave the office of Lord Treasurer to the said Sir Thomas , then Lord Clifford . 'T is reported by a (a) nameless author , but of no great credit , that when his Majesty ( upon an occasional hearing of this Lords ( Shaftesbury ) publick sagacity in discussing publickly some profound points ) did as in a rapture of admiration say , that his Chancellour was as well able to vye ( if not out-vye ) all the Bishops in point of Divinity , and all his Judges in point of Law ; and as for a Statesman , the whole world in forreign Nations , will be an evident witness , &c. Before I go any farther it must be known that altho his Majesty did publish his Declaration of War against Holland , with a manifesto of its causes , on the 17. of Mar. 1671 , seconded by the French Kings Declaration of War by Sea and Land against the States , dat . 27. of the same month , in pursuance of which the English and French had a sharp engagement with the Dutch , 28. May 1672 , off of Southwould-bay , ( the D. of York being then Admiral ) yet this War was not communicated to the Parliament till they did re sit 4. Feb. 1672 : In the opening of which Session , I say that Shaftesbury did , in a speech the next day , promote and much forward the said War , and enforced it moreover with a Rhetorical flourish Delenda est Carthago , that a Dutch Commonwealth was too near a Neighbour to an English Monarch , &c. By which advice the Triple-League which had been made between us , the Dutch and the Sweed , in the latter end of the year 1667 ( at which time William Albert Count of Dona Embassador from Sweedland was here in England ) was broken , and thereupon an alliance was made with France : In which act we are to thank Henry Coventry Secretary of State , for his pains , if his own affirmation may be credited , when he went into Sweedland , 1671. In the same Session of Parliament , Shaftesbury had a principal hand in promoting and establishing the Test , to render Papists uncapable of publick employments : And this he did ( as 't is thought ) because he perceiving the Court to be sick of him , provided himself , by having a hand therein , with a retreat to the favour and applause of the populacy . On the 9. of Nov. 1673 ( he being then President of his Majesties Council for trade and plantations ) the Great Seal was taken from him by the endeavours of James Duke of York , who found him untractable , and not fit , according to moderation , for that high place ( or as another tells (b) us for his zeal and activity in promoting the Bill for the aforesaid Test ) and thereupon he grew much discontented , and endeavoured several times to make a disturbance . On the 16. of Feb. 1676 , he , with George Duke of Buckingham , James Earl of Salisbury and Philip Lord Wharton were sentenced by the H. of Lords to be committed Prisoners to the Tower , under the notion of contempt , for that they refused a recantation for what the day before was spoken by them , viz. that Buckingham ( just after the King had ended his Speech to both Houses at their then meeting ) endeavouring to argue from Law and reason that the long prorogation was null'd and that the Parliament was consequently dissolved , was seconded by Salisbury , Shaftesbury and Wharton . For which reason , I say , and for endeavouring to raise sedition , they were sent to the Tower. Buckingham , Salisbury and Wharton were , by petition to his Majesty , freed thence in the beginning of May following , but Shaftesbury remained there till the beginning of Dec. next ensuing , notwithstanding he before ( Jun. 22. an . 1677 ) had moved for a Habeas Corpus to the Kings Bench , which was granted , yet the Judges declared they could not release him . In Sept. 1678 upon the breaking out of the Popish Plot , he became head of the factious party , who making it more terrible than 't was , endeavoured all ways imaginable to promote their interest thereby . To stop Shaftesbury's mouth therefore , and so consequently please his party , his Majesty vouchsafed to constitute him Lord President of his Privy Council ( consisting then but of 30 ) 21. Apr. 1679 , but he shewing himself too busie and forward , and little , or not at all , to keep pace with the Kings moderate humour , he was laid aside on the 5 of Octob. following , and was succeeded in that honorable office by John Lord Roberts , who behaving himself much like a Gentleman , was soon after created Earl of Radnor . After this Shaftesbury plays his old game by recurring to the People , remov'd into the City , and , to vent his spleen , became the most bitter enemy in the H. of Lords against the Duke of York , especially at that time ( 15. of Nov. 1680 ) when William Lord Russell , eldest Son of William Earl of Bedford , did , in the head of more than 200 of the House of Commons , carry up a Bill to the House of Lords for the disinheriting the said Duke of the Imperial Crown of Britaine . Then and there , I say , he was so heated with passion ( being excellently well opposed in what he then said by George Earl of Halyfax ) that he talked almost all the time , being ten of the Clock at night before they gave over . But all that he then and afterwards said effecting nothing , he wrot , or caused to be written abusive Pamphlets , and endeavoured , with others by an Association , to depose the King in case he , and his Parliament held at Oxon in Mar. 168● should disagree , which he fully expected . But his trayterous designs being discovered , he was seized on in his House in London by one of his Majesties Serjeants at armes , on the 2. Jul. 1681 , examined by the Council , ( the K. being then present ) and forthwith was committed close Prisoner to the Tower for High Treason , in compassing and imagining the death of the King , and endeavouring to depose him from his Crown and Dignity , and to raise armes to that purpose . On the 24. of Nov. following there was a Bill of indictment of High Treason against him , read before his Majesties Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer in the Sessions-house in the Old Baylie , London , and afterwards (c) proved by several sufficient Witnesses ; but the fanatical Jury pack'd on purpose by the then fanatical Sheriffs Tho. Pilkington and Sam. Shute , they returned the Bill Ignoramus , and so forthwith Shaftesbury was set at liberty . Upon which deliverance , the seditious party made Bonefires and caused a medal to be cast : of which medal Dryden the Poet Laureat made a witty Poem . In Octob. 1682 when Dudley North and Pet. Rich the loyal Sheriffs of London were sworn , a Warrant was issued out against , to apprehend , him : Whereupon he sculk'd for a time till an opportunity wafted him over the Seas to Holland , where he remained to the time of his death . He hath written divers things of which these are some . The fundamental constitutions of Carolina . Lond. in 7. sh . in fol. These constitutions are in number 120 , and at the end are eleven rules of precedence to be observed in Carolina . When these constitutions were printed , it appears not , either in the title , or at the end of the book . They are dated on the first of March 1669 , and so I presume they were soon after printed . Several Speeches as ( 1 ) Speech at the Lord Treasurers ( Clifford ) taking his Oath in the Exchecquer , 5. Dec. 1672. Printed in one sh . in fol. 1672. ( 2 ) Several Speeches to both Houses at the opening of the Parliament , 4 ▪ and 5. of Feb. 1672. Printed in fol. papers 1672. ( 3 ) Speech to Serj. Edw. Thurland in the Exchecquer Chamber , when he was made one of the Barons of the Exchecquer , 24. January 1672. Pr. in one sh . in fol. Reprinted afterwards in half a sheet in fol. at Lond. 1681 because it was much for the Kings Prerogative , and contained therein , as 't is said , a good character of the Duke of York , shewing thereby the great mutability in opinion of this our author , who then ( 1681 ) was a severe enemy against both . ( 4 ) Speech to both Houses of Parliament , 27. oct . 1673. pr. in a fol. sheet . ( 5 ) Speech in the House of Lords , 20. Octob. 1675. upon the debate of appointing a day for the hearing Dr. Thom. Sherley's ease . Lond. 1675. qu. This case of Dr. Sherley was against Sir John Fagge who detained a large Estate from him in Sussex . With the said Speech was printed that of George Duke of Bucks , spoken in the House of Lords , on the 16. of Nov. the same year , for leave to bring in a Bill for Indulgence to all Protestant Dissenters ; together with the protestation and reasons of several Lords for the dissolution of that Parliament , &c. These two Speeches are said to be printed at Amsterdam , but were not . ( 6 ) Speech in the H. of Lords 25. Mar. 1679. upon occasion of the Houses resolving it self into a grand Committee to consider of the state of England . ( 7 ) Speech lately made by a noble Peer of the Realm . Printed in half a sheet of paper in fol. like a Gazette , in the latter end of Nov. 1680 : The beginning of which is this , My Lord in the great debate concerning the Kings Speech , &c. pretended to have been spoken in Parliament , but 't was not . Which Speech being full of rascallities , was , by order of the House of Lords burnt by the hand of the common Hangman before the Royal Exchange , and in the Pallace-yard at West . on the 4. of Dec. following . Therein , in the Shuboleth of factions , which he could truly pronounce , he had cajoled the Brethren of Scotland : But in the latter end of Jan. following , came out an answer to it by Anon. intit . A Letter from Scotland , written occasionally upon the Speech made by a noble Peer of this Realm : written by a better Protestant than the author of it , tho a servant to his Royal Highness the Duke of York . Two seasonable discourses concerning this present Parliament . Oxon ( alias Lond. ) 1675. qu. The first discourse is thus entit . The debate or arguments for dissolving this present Parliament , and the calling frequent and new Parliaments . The other discourse is A Letter from a Parliament man to his friend concerning the proceedings of the H. of Com : this last Sessions , began 13. Oct. 1675. The first discourse contains 10 pages , the other seaven : And tho no name is set to them , yet it was very well known to all , that Shaftesbury wrot them ; who tells us in the said Letter that the said Parliament consists of old Cavaliers , old Round-heads , indigent Cavaliers and true Country Gentlemen . The first of which discourses , if not both , together with the Speech before mention'd on the 20. of Oct. 1675 , and the protestation and reasons aforesaid , are all answer'd in the body of a book which I shall anon mention , entit . A pacquet of Advices , &c. part . 1. A Letter from a person of quality to his friend in the Country — Printed 1675. qu. It contains 32 pages , and speaks much in the praise of some of the temporal Lords , but gibes at the spiritual bench , particularly at Ward of Salisbury , whom he makes a very rogue . It is also chiefly , as I remember , against the Test , and was published after the Parl. had been prorogued 22. of Nov. the same year . It was answer'd by March. Nedham in his pamphlet entit . A pacquet of Advices and Animadversions sent from London to the men of Shaftesbury , &c. part . 1. As for the Test it self , which was the same with the corporation oath and part of the Declaration required to be subscribed in the Act of Uniformity , only with this additional clause , I do swear that I will not at any time endeavour an alteration of the government either in Church or State , was brought into the House by Robert Earl of Lindsey , but violently opposed by Shaftesbury , altho this very clause too had passed the Parliament long before , meeting with little opposition , in a particular Bill , which concerned only Nonconformist Preachers , known by the name of The Oxford or The five-mile Act , which hath been ever since so loudly clamoured against by that party . His case at the Kings bench on his confinement to the Tower Lond. 1679 in 4. sh . in fol. Expedient for the setling of the nation , discoursed with his Majesty in the House of Peers at Oxford , 24. March 1680. Lond. 1681 in one sh . in qu. The expedient was for setling the Crown on James Duke of Monmouth . No Protestant Plot : or the present pretended conspiracy of Protestants against the Kings Government , discovered to be a conspiracy of the Papists against the King and his Protestant Subjects . Lond. 1680 in 4 sh . and an half in qu. Tho no name is put to this , yet the general report was that the Earl of Shaftesbury was the author , or at least found materials for it , and that his servant who put it in the Printers hands , was committed to prison . Not long after the publication thereof ( which was partly answer'd in a pamphlet intit . A plea for succession in opposition to popular exclusion , &c. Lond. 1682 in 5 sh . in folio ) came out by the same hand , The second part of no Protest . Plot , &c. Lond. 1682 in 4. sh . and an half in qu. great part of which is concerning the duty and power of Grand Juries , with reference still to the Earl of Shaftesbury . Afterwards came out a third part in qu. containing about 20 sheets ( written as 't was vulgarly said by Rob. Ferguson a Scot by the appointment and consent of Shaftesbury ) which mostly reflects on the printed (d) proceedings against Shaftesbury , when the indictment of High ▪ Treason was charged against him . It endeavours also at large to lessen the credit , and invalidate the Testimony of those several witnesses , which appeared against the said Earl , when the before mention'd indictment was charged against him , by representing them singly in the blackest and most malicious characters that can be . It doth more than ordinarily reflect (e) upon Edmund Warcup a Justice of Peace in Middlesex , as if he had corrupted and managed most of the evidences against the said Count. He is also touched upon in the (f) first and second part , which I shall now for brevity sake omit , and only tell you that all three parts contain chiefly a vindication of Shaftesbury , as to his not being in the least concern'd in any plotting design against the King , and that they are taken to task by Roger L'estrange in some of his Observators . They were written as well as the bad subject of them could bear ; and the third part which is very libellous was answer'd by a pamphlet entit . A letter to a friend containing certain observations upon some passages , which have been published in a late libell entit . The third part of no Protestant Plot. Lond. 1682. in 3 sh . in qu. Written chiefly in vindication of James Duke of Ormonde and his administration of affairs and government in Ireland . A modest account of the present posture of affairs in England , with particular reference to the Earl of Shaftesbury's case . And a vindication of him from two pretended Letters of a noble Peer . Lond. 1682 in 5. sh . in fol. Which two letters supposed to belong to George Earl of Halyfax , were doubtless forged and ●eigned , only purposely to give Shaftesbury a greater liberty and scope of railing at , and libelling , the said Count. But this the reader must know , that tho there is no name to this Modest account , and therefore it cannot be reasonably fastned upon our author , yet the general report was , at its publication , that 't was his , and at that time it was judged to be so by Rog. L'estrange in two or three of his Observators ( weekly intelligences ) that then came out , in which he reflected on the falseness of it ; as 't was also in a smart and ingenious answer to it , pen'd by John Northleigh of Exeter Coll. Besides also , I conceive that scarcely any body besides Shaftesbury would have adventured on such insolent and bold arraignments of some chief Ministers of State , not sparing the Government it self . He also made the little (g) short Speech intit . The Earl of Essex's Speech at the delivery of the petition to the King 25. of Jan. 1680 ; which petition was , that the King would change his mind from the setting of the Parl. at Oxon , to be at Westminster : Answer'd in a letter sent to him by Anon. in half a sh . in fol. as big as the speech and petition . He was also deeply supposed to have written A vindication of the Association , which was seized on in the hands of his servant ( Stringer ) as he was going to the Press with it in the beginning of Dec. 1682 : who being examined about it confessed that it was written by Rob. Ferguson a Nonconformist Minister , author of , as he added , The second part of the growth of Popery ▪ Whereupon soon after a Messenger was sent to Brill in Holland to demand the body of him the said Ferguson and of Shaftesbury , but the States refused so to do , as the common Letters dat . 13 January following told us . Much about the same time I was informed by Letters also that since the said Earls retirement to Amsterdam , he printed and published a book there , in which he endeavoured to free himself from all cause of Jealousie , and aspersions cast on him : upon which a back friend of his immediatly dispers'd a satyrical reply in opposition thereunto . Which coming early to his Lordships hands , he printed a second book , justifying the validity of the first , but he did so much confound himself therein , that the States had then a jealousie , that he came among them for some other intent , than barely his Majesties displeasure with him . At length dying at Amsterdam of the Gout , on the 21. of January in sixteen hundred eighty and two , his body was conveyed into England and buried at Wimbourne S. Giles in Dorsetshire beforemention'd . What Epitaph there is over his grave , I know not , and therefore in its place take this character of him , given by a most ingenious (h) author . For close designs and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious , bold , and turbulent of wit : Restless , unfixt in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd , impatient of disgrace , &c. In friendship false , implacable in hate , Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the State , &c. Before his death came out several Pamphlets in vindication of him , but very partially written by his admirers : At the time of his death or thereabouts was published The compleat Statesman : demonstrated in the life , actions and politicks of that great Minister of State Anth. Earl of Shaftsbury , &c. Printed in tw . at Lond. in Hillary term 1682. And after his death was published ( besides some Memoirs of his life , which made against him ) under the name of Philanax Misopappus a book intit . — Rawleigh redivivus ; or the life and death of the honorable Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury . Lond. 1683. oct . with his picture before it . It is divided into two parts , and dedicated to the protesting Lords , but partially written , and containeth many errors , and slightly passeth over , and omits many of his actions during the time of Rebellion , wherein he had a prime hand . There were also published Elegies on him pro and con , as also A supplement to his last Will. and Test . written in verse ; the particulars of which , I shall now for brevity sake pass by . THOMAS HUNT son of Hen. Hunt , was born in the City of Worcester , an . 1611 , became a Student in Pembr . Coll. 1628 , Master of Arts in 1636 , but whether ever Bach. of that faculty it appears not ; and therefore Hen. instead of Tho. Hunt in the Fasti 1630 , among the Bachelaurs , is to be taken away . Afterwards he went into the Country and taught a private School , then to London and taught in the Church of S. Dunstan in the East , and at length being preferred to the Mastership of the Free-school of S. Saviours in Southwark , did much good among the Youth there , as elsewhere he had done , by his admirable way ( accompanied with much industry ) in teaching . For the use of whom he wrot , Libellus Orthographicus : or , the diligent School-boys Directory , &c. Lond. 1661 , and several times after in oct . One Edit . of which bears this title — Libel . Orthograph : Or the diligent School-boys Directory , very useful for Grammar scholars , Apprentices , &c. or any that desire to be exactly perfect ( especially ) in the English Orthography . Abecedarium Scholasticum : or the Grammar Scholars Abecedary . Lond. 1671 ▪ oct . or thus in the title of another edition . — Abecedarium Scholasticum : Or the Grammar Scholars Flower-garden , wherein are these following flowers ; to wit Proverbs , proverbial Sayings , Sayings also on several subjects . What other things he hath written , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died 23 January , in sixteen hundred eighty and two , and was buried in the Church of S. Saviour in Southwark , close to the wall in the corner , on the left hand of that door that leads from the Bull Churchyard or Bull-head Churchyard into the said Church . The Reader may be pleased now to know , that besides this , hath been another , Thom. Hunt , who , tho no Oxford man by education , yet having been famous in his generation among certain schismatical persons for several things that he hath written and published , I shall therefore give you these brief memoirs of him , viz. That he was born in London , in the Augustine Friers , as I conceive , near the Old Exchange , was first Scholar , then Fellow , and Master of Arts of Queens Coll. in Cambridge , where he was esteemed a person of quick parts , and of a ready fluence in discourse , but withall too pert and forward . Thence he went to Greys Inn , where before he had been entred a Student , and making proficiency in the municipal Laws , was made Barrister , was had in repute for his practice , and acknowledged by most persons to be a good Lawyer . In 1659 he became Clerk of the Assizes of Oxford Circuit , but ejected from that office at his Majesties restauration ( to his great loss ) to make room for the true owner . Afterwards he lived and followed his profession at Banbury in Oxfordshire , was Steward for a time to part of the Duke of Buckinghams Estate , and afterwards to the Duke of Norfolk , &c. He hath written and published , ( 1 ) Great and weighty considerations relating to the Duke of York , or Successor to the Crown , &c. considered . And an answer to a Letter , &c. Lond. 1680. in 9 sh . in fol. ( 2 ) An Argument for the Bishops right in judging in capital Causes in Parliament , &c. To which is added A postscript for rectifying some mistakes in some of the inferior Clergy , mischievous to our Government and Religion . Lond. 1682. oct . For the writing of which Argument , &c. he expected no less than to be made Lord chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland : But falling short of that honorable office , which ●e too ambitiously catch'd at , and considering the loss of another place which he unjustly possessed , he soon after appeared one of the worst , and most inveterate enemies , both to Church and State , that was in his time , and the most malicious , and withall the most ignorant Scribler of the whole herd , and thereupon stiled by a noted (f) author , Magni nominis umbra . The said Postscript was reprinted the same year , with a large and most scandalous Preface to it , containing very groundless and abusive reflections on the Universities , and the rankest raillery imaginable on the whole body of the Clergy ; and thereunto were annexed Great and weighty considerations , &c. before mentioned . But the said Postscript being wrot with a plain design to overthrow what he had maintained in the body of his book , occasioned ( besides what Rog. L'Estrange said against it in some of his Observators , which came out soon after its publication ) Edw. Pelling Rector of S. Mart. Church within Ludgate . Lond. ( the supposed author of Protestant Apostate , &c. Lond. 1682. qu. ) to point out from p. 21. to 35 , the true original , ( viz. Persons book of Succession put out under the name of N. Doleman ) from whence he transcribed many of his most pernicious and destructive Principles , as well in the Great and weighty Considerations , &c. considered , as in the Postscript . Soon after one Wa. Williams of the Middle Temple Barrester did put out an Answer to the said Postscript intit . An answer to sundry matters contained in Mr. Hunts Postscript , to his Argument for the Bishops Right in judging capital Causes in Parliament , viz. 1. As to his publishing a scandalous letter to the Clergy , &c. Lond. 1683. in 4 sh . in qu. Dr. G. Hicks also in the preface to Jovian , or an Answer to Julian the Apostate , as also in the first edit . of the book it self p. 237 , and elsewhere in the same work , doth plainly insinuate that this factious and rebellious author contributed no considerable assistance towards the composing of Julian the Apostate , being a short account of his life , &c. written by Sam. Johnson : And Mr. Tho. Long of Exeter , in the Epist . to the Reader before his Vindication (g) of the Primitive Christians , &c. points at several foul passages in the said Julian , clearly to be seen in Mr. Hunts Postscript ; and in the very entrance of the Appendix to the Vindication , and in other places , doth positively affirm , that both Hunt and Johnson have borrowed great part of their respective Libels from Joh. Miltons villanous defence of the Murther of K. Ch. 1. Mr. Hunt hath also written ( 3 ) A defence of the Charter and municipal Rights of London . Lond. 1683. qu. For the publishing of which he was ordered to be taken into custody : whereupon he fled into Holland in June , or thereabouts , an . 1683 , aged about 56 years . See more in the first Vol. of this work , p. 308. The said Defence was answer'd by Anon. by way of Letter to a friend in a treatise intit . The Lawyer outlaw'd : or , a brief answer to Mr. Hunts defence of the Charter , &c. Lond. 1683. in 5 sh . in qu. It is also taken for granted by one (h) , who may reasonably be supposed to have fully known the truth of what he asserts in this matter , that tho Tho. Shadwell the Poet ( bred in Cambridge ) be author of the rough draught of the following libel , yet the finishing of it was done by Tho. Hunt : which piece is thus intit . Some reflections on the pretended parallel in the Play called , The Duke of Guise ; in a letter to a friend . Lond. 1683. in 4 sheets in quar . RICHARD OWEN son of Cadwallader Owen sometimes Fellow of Oriel Coll , afterwards Minister of Llanvechen in Mountgomeryshire , was born in that County , entred into the said Coll. an . 1620 , aged 15 years , or thereabouts , and made Fellow thereof in 1627 , he being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards he proceeded in that faculty , took holy Orders , and in 1635 he was presented by the University of Oxon to the Vicaridge of Eltham in Kent , by vertue of an Act of Parliament began at Westm . 5 Nov. 3 Jac. disinabling Recusants to present to Livings . In 1638 he resigned his Fellowship , and the same year took the degree of Bach. of Divinity , being about that time also Rector of S. Swithins London Stow. In the beginning of the Civil Wars he adhered to his Majesty , and was thereupon thrown out of his Livings , that of S. Swithins being lost in 1643 or thereabouts , and suffered much , for about 17 years time , for the royal Cause . After the return of K. Ch. 2. he was restored to what he had lost , became Minister of S. Mary Cray in Kent , was actually created Doctor of Div. of this University , and in high esteem for his holy life and conversation , for his orthodoxness in judgment , conformity to the true , antient Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England , and in the former revolutions for his Loyalty to his sacred Majesty . He hath written and publ . Sermon at S. Maries in Oxon , on S. Lukes day 1637 , on 2 Cor. 8.18 . — I have seen this in manuscript , which for its rarity went from hand to hand , but whether ever made publick I know not . Paulus Multiformis . Concio ad clerum Londinensem , in 1 Cor. cap. 9. ver . 22. — Lond. 1666. qu. He hath also translated into English all , or most of the Satyrs of Juvenal , which I have not yet seen , and hath written something of Controversie . He died about the latter end of January in sixteen hundred eighty and two , and was buried in the chancel of the Church at Eltham before mention'd , having had some Dignity in the Church in those parts . RICHARD TOWGOOD or Toogood , was born near Brewton in Somersetshire , became a Servitour or poor Scholar of Oriel Coll. an . 1610 , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and preached for some time in these parts . Afterwards he retired to the City of Bristow , was made Master of the School in the College Green there , and thence he was removed to the Pastorship of Allsaints Church . Afterwards he took the degree of Bach. of Div. and was made one of the Chaplains to K. Ch. 1 ; to whose cause adhering in the time of the Rebellion , he suffered much for it , being then Vicar of S. Nicholas Ch. in Bristow : but at the return of his son , he was restored , was made , as I conceive , Preb. of Bristow ; and upon the promotion of Dr. Glemham to the See of S. Asaph , had the Deanery thereof given to him by his Majesty , in requital of his Sufferings , which he kept to his dying day . He hath published Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Disloyalty of Language questioned and censured , preached against the licentiousness of seditious tongues , on Job 34.18 . former part of the 18 verse . Printed at Bristow 1643. oct . To which is added , A brief Corollarie , questioning and censuring rebellious actions . The running title of which in the Corollary it self is this , Who can touch the Lords anointed and be guiltless ? ( 2 ) A singular Master-piece of furious Sedition , preached Jan. 15. an . 1642. on Psal . 94.20 . — Printed with Disloyalty of Language questioned , &c. ( 3 ) The almighty his gracious token of love to his friend Abraham , preached in the Cath. Ch. of Bristow 3 Jan. 1674 , on Acts 7.8 . former part . Lond. 1676. qu. &c. He died in sixteen hundred eighty and three , and was buried in the north isle of the choire at Bristow , over against the tomb of Sir Charles Vaughan . Soon after was a flat stone laid over his grave with this inscription thereon . Richardus Towgood S. T. B. obiit Aprilis 21. An. Dom. 1683. aetatis suae octogesimo nono . Spes mea reposita est in caelis . In his Deanery succeeded Sam. Crossman Bach. of Div. of Cambridge and Preb. of Bristow , son of Sam. Crossm . of Bradfield Monachorum in Suffolk , who had it confer'd upon him by his Maj. in the beginning of May following . He hath written and published several things , as The young mans Monitor , &c. Lond. 1664. oct . and several sermons , among which are Two sermons preached in the Cath. Ch. of Bristol , 30 Jan. 1679 , and 30 Jan. 1680. being the days of publick humiliation for the execrable murder of K. Ch. 1. Printed at Lond. 1681. qu. Also A Serm. preached 23 Apr. 1680 in the Cath. Ch. of Bristol before the Gentlemen of the Artillery company newly raised in that City . Pr. at Lond. 1680. qu. And An humble plea for the quiet rest of Gods ark , preached before Sir Joh. Moore L. Mayor of Lond. at S. Mildreds Ch. in the Poultrey , 5 Feb. 1681. Lond. 1682. qu. &c. He died 4 Febr. 1683 aged 59 years , and was buried in the south isle of the Cath. Ch. in Bristow . After him followed in the said Deanery Rich. Thompson , as I shall tell you elsewhere . MATHEW SMALWOOD son of Jam. Smal. of Middlewick in Cheshire , was born in that County , became a Student in this Univ. 1628 aged 16 years , Scholar of Brasn . Coll. two years after , took the degrees in Arts , and left the University for a time . In 1642. Nov. 1. he was actually created Master of Arts , being then in holy Orders , and a sufferer in those times , if I mistake not , for the royal cause . After his Majesties restauration in 1660 , he was actually created D. of D. by vertue of the Kings Letters for that purpose , was about that time made a Dignitary , and in 1671 Dean of Lichfield in the place of Dr. Tho. Wood promoted to the See thereof . He hath published Several Sermons , as one upon Gen. 5.24 . another on Prov. 11.18 . a third on Math. 5.34 . &c. All printed after his Maj. restauration . He died at Market Bosworth in Leicestershire on the 26 of Apr. in sixteen hundred eighty and three , being then there to attend the funeral of Sir Wolstan Dixey , and was some days after buried in the Cath. Church of Lichfield . In his Deanery succeeded Dr. Lancelot Addison of Qu. Coll. in Oxon. JOHN DURELL son of Jo. Durell of S. Hillary in the Isle of Jersey , was born there , entred a Student in Merton Coll. in the latter end of the year 1640 , aged 15 years , having then a chamber in S. Albans Hall ; but before he had spent two years there , ( which was under Mr. Tho. Jones ) he left that antient house , Oxford being then garrison'd for his Majesty and the Scholars in arms for him , and forthwith retired to France ; where , at Caen in Normandy , he took the degree of Master of Arts in the Sylvanian Coll. 8. of July 1644. About which time he studied Divinity , carried it on for at least two years at Samaur under the famous Divine and Writer Moses Amyraldus Divinity Reader in that University . Afterwards he retired to his own Country , continued there for a time among his Relations , but at length being expuls'd thence with Monsieur Le Conteur and Dan. Brevint , both born in Jersey , our author Durell , who was the first that left that place , took his journey to Paris , and there received Episcopal Ordination in the Chappel of the honorable and truly noble Sir Rich. Browne Knight , his Majesties then Resident in France , from the hands of Thomas Bish . of Galloway , ( after the Kings restauration of Orkney ) about 1651. So that being a native of Jersey , ordained in France , and by a Scotch Bishop , doth make a certain (a) Writer doubt whether he was Ecclesiae Anglicanae Presbyter , as our author stiles himself in his books . Soon after he resided at S. Maloes , and acquainting his friends with the condition he was then in , he was thereupon kindly invited by the reformed Church at Caen , by an express on purpose , to come there and become one of their Ministers in the absence of Monsieur Sam. Bochart the famous Orientalian , Philologist and Critick , ( author of Geographia sacra , &c. and of that Latin Letter to Dr. George Morley at the end of that book ) who was then going into Sweden . Not long after the Landtgrave of Hessen having written to the Ministers of Paris to send to him a Minister to preach in French at his Highness's Court , he was by them recommended to that Prince : from whom likewise he received a very kind invitation by Letters , which he kept by him to the time of his death . But the providence of God not permitting him to go to either of those places , he became at length Chaplain to the Duke de la Force Father to the Princess of Turein , Monsieur Le Couteur being invited likewise at the same time to the reform'd Church of Caen , and Brevint to another Church in Normandy , where he was prefer'd to be Chaplain to the Prince of Turein . Before I go any farther , I must tell you that about 1642 the Duke of Soubize living near to the Court at Whitehall , and finding it troublesome , and sometime impossible by reason of his infirmities , to go to the VValloons Church in the City of London , had commonly a French sermon preached before him in his own house every Sunday . This being found very commodious to the French living near thereunto , it was thought convenient upon the death of the said Duke , to set up a French Church about the Strand : And it being in a manner setled , that in the City did so highly resent it , that ever after the members thereof did endeavour by all means possible to pull it down . Upon the Kings restauration the French Church in the City addressed his Majesty to have the French Congregation at VVestminster broken , and forbidden to assemble , because it was not established by lawful authority . That at VVestminster did present an humble suit to his Majesty that he would be pleased to continue it . His Maj. upon consideration of the matter , granted both their requests by breaking the Congregation at VVestm . and by setting up a new Church under the immediate jurisdiction of the Bishop of London , wherein divine Service should be performed in French according to the book of Common Prayer by Law established , his Majesty providing for one Minister , and they themselves allowed to add to him as many as by them should be thought convenient , provided that the said Ministers be presented to the Bishop of London and by him instituted . By vertue of the said Grant the Liturgie of the Church of England was first read in French in the Fr. Ch. at VVestm . assembled by the Kings special favour in the Chappel of the Savoy in the Strand , on Sunday 14 July 1661 , and the same day in the morning our author Durell , ( who had the chief hand in setting up this Church according to this new model ) did preach , and in the afternoon Le Couteur , then Dean of Jersey : from which time , he with others were constant Preachers for several years following , and much resorted to and admired by all . In the beginning of Apr. 1663 he ( Durell ) was made Preb. of North Aulton in the Church of Salisbury , ( being then Chapl. in ord to his Maj. ) and in Feb. following he succeeded Dr. A. Hawles in his Prebendship of VVindsore , and about that time was made Prebendary of Durham , and had a rich Donative confer'd on him . In the latter end of 1669 he was actually created Doctor of Divinity , as a member of Merton Coll , by vertue of the Chancellours Letters read in a full Convocation , held on the 13 of Octob. going before , whereby we are informed that his fame was so well known to them ( the Academians ) especially for the great pains he had taken in the Church , that he could hardly propose any thing to them in his behalf , in which they would not be willing to prevent him . The most noble Chancellour farther adds , that of his parts and learning they were better Judges than himself , but had not so much experience of his Loyalty , Fidelity and Service to his Majesty as himself , &c. In July 1677 he became Dean of Windsore in the place of Dr. Br. Ryves deceased , and so consequently Dean of VVolverhampton ; and had he lived some years longer , there is no doubt but he would have been promoted to a Bishoprick . He was a person of unbyassed and fixed Principles , untainted and steady Loyalty , as constantly adhering to the sinking cause and interest of his Soveraign in the worst of times ; who dar'd with an unshaken and undaunted resolution to stand up and maintain the honour and dignity of the English Church when she was in her lowest and deplorable condition . He was very well vers'd also in all the Controversies on foot between the Church and the disciplinarian Party ; the justness and reasonableness of the established Constitutions of the former , no one of late years hath more plainly manifested , or with greater learning more successfully defended against its most zealous modern oppugners than he hath done , as by his Works following is manifest . Several of his professed Adversaries do give him great commendations , particularly Lewis du Moulin , who saith (b) that he is in familiari progressu vir civilis ingenio , ore probo , pectore niveo , oratione profluente & lenocinante , &c. And one of another perswasion named Father Simon , Priest of the Congregation of the Oratory calls (*) him a learned English Protestant . But now let 's proceed to the Works of Learning by him published , which are these , Theoremata Philosophiae rationa●is , moralis , naturalis & supernaturalis , quorum veritatem tueri conabitur in Coll. Sylvano Acad. Cadomensis , &c. 8 Jul. 1644. Cadom . 1644. quart . The Liturgy of the Church of England asserted in a Serm. on 1 Cor. 11.16 . Lond. 1661. 62. qu. ded . to Jam. Duke of Ormonde . It was preached in French at the first opening of the Savoy Chap. for the French , 14 Jul. 1661. Translated into English by G. B. Doctor of Phys . A view of the Government and public Worship of God in the reformed Churches beyond the Seas ; wherein is shewed their conformity and agreement with the Church of England , as it is by Law established . Lond. 1662. qu. Tho this book ( wherein the author speaks several things of himself ) was wrot in English , yet the adverse party thought fit to rally up their scatter'd forces , and appear against it in different languages . One is in French , intit . An Apologie for English Puritans : The Writer of which neither mentions Dr. Durell , or any body else in the title ; and tho an Independent , yet he pleads the cause of the Presbyterians . The other Answer , which is an Apologie also , is said by a certain (c) person to have been written by Hen. Hickman , bearing this title , Apologia pro Ministris in Anglia ( vulgo ) Nonconformists , an . 1662 , Aug. 24 die Bartholomaeo dicto , ejectis , &c. And tho this , and others are stiled Apologies , yet our author Durell saith (d) they are Satyrs , and no other but famosi adversus Ecclesiam Anglicanam libelli . Dr. Lew. du Moulin designed once to translate the said View of the Government , &c. ( which is often quoted by many eminent Writers , and highly commended ) into Latine for the sake and use of Foreigners ; but VVill. Jenkyns the noted Presbyterian Minister deter'd him from his purpose , threatning him with no lesser punishment than that of eternal damnation , if so pernicious a book , ( as he was pleased to call it ) in which the concord of the Church of England , with all the reformed Churches as to Church Government and divine Worship , should be by his means communicated to Foreigners . The Doctor himself hath told us this , saying that for this reason he let fall the work after he had began it , having proceeded no farther in it than the translation of the Preface , which Dr. Durell had by him , as wrot with Moulins own hand . This , and more , concerning the whole matter , may be seen in our Authors Responsio ad Apologistae prefationem , going next before his Vindici● , &c. As for Jenkins before mention'd , a most rigid Presbyterian , he had been Pastor of the Black Fryers , and afterwards of Ch. Ch. in London , had been engaged with the Presbyterian Ministers in their Plot to bring in K. Ch. 2. from Scotland 1651 , ( for which he had like to have gone to the pot , with his dear brother Love ) was ejected from Ch. Ch. for Nonconformity , an . 1662 , and carrying on afterwards the trade of Conventicling , was several times imprison'd and otherwise troubled . He hath written many things not now to be mentioned , among which is The busie Bishop , or the Visitor visited , &c. Lond. 1648 , written in answer to a Pamphlet published by J. G. called Sion Coll. visited . He hath also several Sermons extant ; two , or more , were preached before the Long Parliament , and a fun . sermon also on 2 Pet. 1.15 . was preached 12 Sept. 1675 , by the occasion of the much lamented death of the learned Dr. Laz. Seaman . But several passages therein giving offence , came out soon after an Answer to some part of it , intit . A vindication of the conforming Clergy from the unjust aspersions of heresie , &c. in a letter to a friend . Printed in qu. He had a chief hand also in Celeusma which I shall anon mention , and wrot other things . He died in the Prison called Newgate in Lond. on the 19 of January 1684 , ( at which time were 80 Dissenters or more then and there remaining ) and on the 24 of the same month his corps , being attended by at least 150 Coaches , was inter'd in the burying place called by some the Phanatical , and by others Tyndales Burying place , joyning on the north side to the New Artillery Garden or Yard near London . Soon after was printed and published An Elegy on that reverend and learned Minister of the Gospel , Mr. Will. Jenkyns : who finished his Testimony , &c. A comment on which , with many things concerning Mr. Jenkyns himself , you may see in the 2 vol. of The Observator , num . 209.210 . written by Rog. L'estrange Esq . wherein also you 'll find his Petition to the Supreme Authority the Parliam . of the Commonwealth of England , for the pardon of his life and estate , for being engaged in the Plot before mention'd ; in which Petition being asserted by him that Possession and strength give a right to govern , and success in a cause or enterprise proclaims it to be lawful and just , &c. it was , by the decree and judgment of the Univ. of Oxon past in their Convocation 21 July 1683 , burnt with certain books in the School Quadrangle , as destructive to the sacred person of Princes , their state and government , &c. Our author Dr. Durell hath also written against the aforesaid two Apologies a book intit . Sanctae Ecclesiae Anglicanae adversus iniquas atque inverecundas schismaticorum criminationes Vindiciae , &c. Lond. 1669. qu. In which Vindiciae , the author doth only by the by sometimes take notice of the former or first Apologist , as thinking him unworthy of any larger confutation , but the other ( Hickman ) he answers more fully and designedly in his citations following his second edition . As for the character given of the said Vindiciae , hear what Mathew Scrivner saith in the place before cited , in relation to his answer to Hen. Hickman , — Justo volumine contemptissimi istius capitis veternos nuper obtrivit Durellus , fecitque vanissimum autorem inter pueros immodestiae & amicitiae suae infelicissimum deplorare exitum . And what Lew. du Moulin (f) delivers of it , is , that it is more offensive to the Puritans than the other book intit . A view of the Government , &c. — And therefore against it came out soon after a small piece intit . — Bonasus vapulans : or , some Castigations given to Mr. Joh. Durell for fowling himself and others in his English and Lat. book . Lond. 1672. in a small oct : said to be written by a Country Scholar , yet generally believed to have been pen'd by Hickman before mentioned . Which book with some additions and alterations , came out again with this new title . The Nonconformists vindicated from the abuses put upon them by Mr. Durell and Mr. Scrivner . Lond. 1679. oct . Of which edition and notorious falsities expressed in the title , I shall give you an account when I come to H. Hickman . Dr. L. du Moulin published also another book against it , without his name set to it , bearing this title , Patronus bonae fidei , in causa Puritanorum , contra Hierarchas Anglos : ut disceptatur in specimene confutationis Vindiciarum clariss . viri Joh. Durelli , cujus periculum fit , cum passim in ejus opere tum Maxime in capite primo , in quo agitur de authoribus nuperorum motuum in Anglia . Lond. 1672. oct . This book hath five distinct running titles , all differently paged , to the end that the sheets so printed might the better by that means escape the Searchers of the Press . The titles are 1. Epistola . 2 Specimen . 3. Prodromus . 4. Defensor . and 5. Patronus , &c. This Patronus bonae fidei , tho fraught with scurrilities , and the utmost malice and bitterness , in which the author ( whose excellency laid in ill natur'd Satyr ) could possibly express himself against the Ch. of England and some of her most eminent , as well dead as living , Propugners ; yet it is cited more than once , as a piece of notable authority in Will. Jenkyns's Celeusma , seu clamor ad caelum , &c. Lond. 1677. qu. In which book when the author refers you to the said Patronus bonae fidei , the Writer thereof ( Moulin ) is characterized as doctissimus , clariss . and eruditiss . possibly , as we may justly conceive , for his performance in that work . Nay 't is not only quoted as a very authentick piece by the said Jenkyns , but is cited by Dr. Tho. Godden the great and eminent Rom. Cath. Writer against the Church of England in his Dialogues wrot in defence of Catholicks no Idolaters , against Dr. Stillingfleet , as a Treatise to be credited in its account of some practices and usuages in the Ch. of England , but chiefly of bowing towards the Altar . To which citation from Du Moulin , Dr. Stillingfleet replies in his book (g) intit . Several Conferences between a Romish Priest , a fanatic Chaplain , and a Divine of the Ch. of England , being a full answer to the late Dialogues of T. G. In the pages here quoted in the margin you 'll find an account of the great Knight-service which L. du Moulin did for the Papists , and what wonderful good use they made of him , besides the sharp character given of his performance in Patronus bonae fidei , which , I presume , could not be over pleasing to that proud and haughty French-man . A farther account of him and his Writings is in Dr. Rob. Grove his Defensio (h) suae responsionis ad nuperum libellum qui inscribitur Celeusma , &c. adversus reputationem ab authore Celeusmatis editum : but more particularly from the said Groves former piece called (i) Responsio ad Celeusma , &c. In the 15 page of this last mention'd book , you have this close and smart character of some of this French Doctors most considerable performances thus . Erat aliquando tempus cum tu excusatius peccares , cum esses olim Irenaeus Philadelphus , an . 1641 , qui à te laesi erant , temeritati tuae veniam dabant ; cum Paraenesin scriberes an . 1656 te opus viribus tuis majus aggredi putabant ; cum Causae jugulum peteres anno 1671 delirare credebant ; cum Bonae fidei Patronum ederes 1672 insanire videberis ; nunc autem postquam Ecclesiae Anglicanae progressus ad Papismum emisisti , omnes te jam furore arbitrantur , &c. Altho these Vindiciae of Dr. Durell are well known to be written in good Latin , yet Dr. Du Moulin makes (k) such a boasting fulsome comparison between the goodness of Dr. Durell's stile in this book , and that of his own in his Patr. bon ▪ fidei &c. by a strange kind of modesty , giving himself the preeminence in such unbecoming extravagant Language , that Mr. Mat. Scrivener could not but take particular notice of , and reflect on this notable piece of self flattery ( among other passages relating only to himself ) in the margin of the Preface before his Body of Divinity : — Lond. 1674. fol. What other books our author Durell hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that dying on Friday the 8 day of June , about 8 of the clock at night , in sixteen hundred eighty and three , was buried on the 12 day of the same month about the middle of the north isle joyning to the choire of the Chap. o● Ch. of S. George within the Castle at Windsore , in a small Vault of brick built for that purpose , and intended for his wife also after her decease . Soon after was a flat black marble stone laid , with a little inscription thereon containing his name , title and obit , as also his age when he died , which was 58. In his Deanery succeeded Dr. Franc. Turner , and in his Prebendship of Durham Dr. Jo. Montague Master of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , Brother to the present Earl of Sandwych . WILLIAM BELL was born in the Parish of S. Dunstan in the West in London , on the 4 of Feb. 1625 , educated in Merch. Taylors School , elected Scholar of St. Johns Coll. in 1643 , afterwards Fellow , but in 1648 ejected thence by the Visitors appointed by Parliament , he being then Bach. of Arts , and well skill'd in the practical part of Musick . Afterwards he lived in several places as opportunity served , was in France , an . 1649 , and about 1655 he had a small benifice in Norfolk confer'd on him , but could not pass the Triers . When his Majesty was restored in 1660 , he became Chaplain in the Tower of Lond. to Sir Joh. Robinson Lieutenant thereof , and in the year after he was actually created Bach. of Divinity . In 1662 he was presented by the President and Society of S. Johns Coll. to the Vicaridge of S. Sepulcher in London , void by the Nonconformity of Tho. Gough sometimes of Kings Coll. in Cambridge ( who died 29 Oct. 1681 , aged 77 years ) and in 65 he was made Prebendary of S. Pauls Cathedral by Dr. Henchman Bishop of London . In 1667 he had the Archdeaconry of S. Alban confer'd upon him by the said Bishop , was the same year sworn Chapl. in ord . to his Majesty , and in 1668 he proceeded Doctor of his faculty , and was for his eminence in preaching made soon after one of the Lecturers of the Temple , &c. He hath published , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) City security stated , preached at S. Pauls before the Lord Mayor , on Psal . 127. latter part of the first vers . Lond. 1660. qu. ( 2 ) Joshuahs resolution to serve God with his family : Recommended to the practice of the Inhabitants of S. Sepulchers Parish from 24 of Josh . 15. latter part . Lond. 1672. qu. sec . edit . ( 3 ) Serm. preached at the funeral of Mr. Anth. Hinton late Treasurer of S. Barthelmews Hospital , 15 Sept. 1678 , at S. Sepulchers . Lond. 1679. qu. He the said Dr. Bell was buried in the Chancel of S. Sepulchers Church before mentioned , on the 26 day of July in sixteen hundred eighty and three , leaving then behind him a precious name among his Parishoners for his Charity , Preaching , and other matters , of which they could not speak enough ; and was soon after succeeded in the said Vicaridge by Edw. Waple Bac. of Div. of S. Johns Coll. in Oxon. On the marble stone which covers the said Dr. Bell's grave I find this written . M. S. Heic jacet Gulielmus Bell SS . Theologiae Professor , Ecclesiae hujus Pastor vigilantissimus ; vir optimus , ingens Ecclesiae Anglicanae ornamentum , si primaevam spectes pietatem , faelicissimum ingenii acumen , morum suavitatem & integritatem ; partibus regiis inconcussam fidelitatem , vel charitatem ( denuo ) vix imitabilem . Nec plus dicere decorum , nec fas minus . I tu , & fac similiter . Pientissimam exhalavit animam Julii 19. an . Chr 1683. aetatis 58. As for Th. Gough before mentioned who was D. D. he was buried in the Church of S. Ann Blackfriers 4 Nov. 1681 , at which time Dr. Joh. Tillotson Dean of Canterbury preached his funeral sermon ; which , with an account of his life therein , being extant , you may , if you please , satisfie your self more of the person , who , as t is said , did translate several things into Welsh , as the Bible , Whole duty of man , A catechisme , &c. Besides the said Will. Bell , I find another of both his names , Master of Arts , and late preacher of the word at Hyton in Lancashire , author of The excellency , necessity and usefulnes , of patience , As also of The patience of Job , and the end of the Lord : or , the glorious success of gracious suffering opened and applyed . Both which were printed at Lond. 1674 in oct , with a pteface to them written by Mr. Rich. Baxter . Which Will. Bell who was a Nonconformist and living at Sinderland in the Parish of Ashton-Underline in Lancashire in June 1668 , I take to be the same with him who was author of ( 1 ) Well doing , well done to , Serm. on Jer. 22.15 . — Printed 1650. qu. ( 2 ) Enucks Walk , on Gen. 5.24 — Printed 1658. oct . ( 3 ) Incomparable company keeping , or a conversation on earth in heaven . Pr. in oct . Whether this Will. Bell be the same W. Bell , ( son of Joh. Bell of Chigwell in Essex ) who was matriculated in this University , as a member of Ch. Ch. an . 1634 aged 17. years , ( but took no degree there ) I know not . Quaere . JOHN BARNARD or Bernard the son of a father of both his names Gent , was born in a Market Town in Lincolnshire , called Castor , educated in the Grammar School there , whence going to Cambridg he became a Pensioner of Queens Coll , and thence journying to Oxon to obtain preferment from the Visitors there , appointed by Parliament , in the latter end of 1647 , was actually created Bach. of Arts in the Pembrokian creation , 15. Apr. 1648 , and on the 29 of Sept. following , he was by order of the said Visitors then bearing date , made fellow of Linc. Coll. In 1651 he proceeded in Arts , and about that time became a preacher in , and near , Oxon. At length wedding the dau . of Dr. Pet. Heylyn then living at Abendon , became Rector of a rich Church in his own Country called Waddington near Lincoln , the perpetual advowson of which he purchased , and held for some time with it the Sinecure of Gedney in the same County . After his Majesties restauration he conformed , and not only kept his Rectory , but was made Preb. of Asgarby in the Church of Lincoln . In 1669 he took the degrees in Divinity , being then in some repute in his Country for his learning and orthodox Principles . He hath written , Censura Cleri : or , against scandalous Ministers , not fit to be restored to the Churches livings , in point of prudence , piety and fame . Lond. 1660 in 3 sh . in qu. This was published in the latter end of 1659 or beg . of 1660 to prevent such from being restored to their Livings that had been ejected by the Godly party , an . 1654. 55 , &c. His name is not set to this pamphlet , and he did not care afafterwards , when he saw how the event proved , to be known that he was the author . Theologo-Historicus : or , the true life of the most rev . Divine and excellent Historian Peter Heylyn D. D. Sub-Dean of Westminster . Lond. 1683 oct . Published , as the author pretended , to correct the errours , supply the defects and confute the calumnies of a late writer , viz. George Vernon M. A. Rector of Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire , who had before published the said Doctors life . Answer to Mr. Baxter's false accusations of Dr. Heylyn — Printed with the Theologo-Historicus , &c. Catechisme for the use of his Parish . — This I have not yet seen , and therefore cannot tell you when or where 't was printed . This Dr. Barnard died at Newarke in his journey to the Spaw , on the 17. of August in sixteen hundred eighty and three , and was buried in the Chancel of his Church at Waddington before mention'd , as I have been enformed by his son of both his names , lately Fellow of Brasn . Coll , who also told me that he left behind him a Manuscript chiefly against Socinianisme , which is not yet printed . JOHN OWEN son of Hen. Owen sometimes a petty Schoolmaster at Stokenchurch , afterwards Vicar of Stadham near Watlington , in Oxfordshire , was born in the said Town of Stadham , bred in Grammar learning , mostly under Edw. Sylvester , who taught School for many years in Allsaintes Parish in Oxon , entred a Student in Queens Coll. in 1628 , instructed in Logic and Philosophy by Tho. Barlow Fellow thereof , and took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being taken and compleated in 1635 ; at which time , as the cumstom and statute is , he swore allegiance and fidelity to the King , his heirs , and lawful successors . Which Oath is taken by all who take but one degree : And this for one is to be noted of all such whom I have , and shall mention in this Work. About the same time he entred into holy Orders , and when made Priest swore canonical Obedience to the Bishop his Diocesan . Afterwards he became Chaplain to Sir Rob. Dormer of Ascot in the Parish of Great Milton near the place of his nativity , where he served and did all things requisite to his Office according to the Church of England , and taught also the eldest son of the said Knight . About that time he became Chaplain to John L. Lovelace of Hurley in Berkshire , where continuing till the turn of the times , he sided then with the rebellious rout , preached against Bishops and their Courts , Common Prayer Book , Ceremonies , &c. Afterwards he was made Minister of Fordham in Essex , took the Covenant , became Pastor of factious Coggeshall in the same County , where lately that noted Presbyterian Ob. Sedgwick had held forth . But then he perfectly beholding that the Independents grew prevalent , he changed his mind , adhered to them , and endeavoured to ruin the Presbyterians . He violated all Oathes , as of canonical Obedience , Solemne League and Covenant , &c. and being a man of parts was more enabled to do greater mischief by them , especially in preaching up Sectarisme , as he did ever and anon wheresoever he came . By the doing of these things he became endeared to Ol. Cromwell , who had him ever after in great respect , and in some things relied on his Council . In the latter end of 1648 , when K. Ch. 1. was beheaded , he in his discourses and Sermons applauded (a) the Regicides and declared the death of that most admirable King to be just and righteous , preached against K. Ch. 2. and against all the Loyal party . In 1649 June 7. was a Thanksgiving by the Parliament Officers of the Army , Lord Mayor and Citizens at Ch. Ch. in London for Cromwells victory over the Levellers , at which time Tho. Goodwin and this our author Owen ( who had about that time taken the Engament ) preached to them out of the Politicks ; and on the day after a Committee was appointed to consider how to prefer those two Preachers to be Heads of Colleges in this University , as a reward for asserting the late proceedings of Parliament and Cromwell , upon the aforesaid Thanksgiving day . It was not then thought fit that such men should serve God for nothing : In the times of S. Peter and S. Paul Godliness was great gain , but in the days of the late Saints Gain was great godliness . On the 17. Sept. 1650 , it was ordered by the Parliament , according to the desire of Ol. Cromwell then General of the forces , that he and Joseph Caryl should go into Scotland , and on the 18 of March following , it was ordered by them that he should be Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. In which place being soon after setled , he with Tho. Goodwin President of Madg. Coll. ( the two Atlases and Patriarchs of Independency ) did , with some others who were their admirers , endeavour to setle Independency in the University according to Cromwells mind , but in their designs they found much opposition from the Presbyterians , with whom they had several clashes concerning the promoting of their doctrine . In the year 1652 he was made Vicechancellour , in which Office , he being then also one of the Visitors , ( for by that time several Independents had been added to them ) he endeavoured to put down Habits , Formalities and all Ceremony , notwithstanding he before had taken an Oath to observe the Statutes and maintain the Privileges of the University , but opposed in this also by the Presbyterians . While he did undergo the said Office , he , instead of being a grave example to the University , scorned all formality , undervalued his office by going in quirpo like a young Scholar , with powdred hair , snake-bone bandstrings , ( or bandstrings with very large tassels ) lawne band , a large set of ribands pointed , at his knees , and spanish leather boots , with large lawne tops , and his hat mostly cock●d . On the 10. of Dec. 1653 he the said Owen , Tho. Goodwin , R. Fairclough the elder , Nich. Lockyer , Jos . Caryl , &c. were presented to the Parliament to be sent Commissioners , by three in a Circuit , for ejecting and setling Ministers according to the rules then prescrib'd , but that project taking not effect , there were Commissioners appointed by Oliver for approbation of publick preachers , whereof John Owen was one of the chiefest ; and in the year following Commissioners from the Layty , and Assistants to them from the Clergy , in every County , for the ejecting of such whom they then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , that is Loyal and Orthodox Divines . At which time John Owen and Tho. Goodwin were appointed for the County of Oxon , together with Thankful Owen Pres . of S. Jo. Coll , Sam. Wells Minister of Banbury , Joh. Taylor Min. of Broughton , Cristoph . Rogers , Ambr. Upton , Pet. French , Hen. Wilkinson , Ralph Batton , Hen. Cornish Canons of Ch. Ch. Edm. Stanton Pres . of C CC. Rob. Harris Pres . of Trin. Coll. Franc. Howell of Ex. Coll. Mr. Brice of Henley , &c. In 1654 Owen stood to be elected Burges for the University of Oxon , to sit in a Parliament then called , and rather than he would be put aside , because he was a Theologist , he renounced his orders , and pleaded that he was a meer Layman , notwithstanding he had been actually created D. of Div. in the year before : But his election being question'd by the Committee of Elections , he sate only for a little time in the said Parliament . While he was Vicechanc. he preached frequently , blasphemed God with bold and sensless effusions , and in his Sermons and Prayers he did often confound the Royal Family . He had a wonderful (b) knack of entitling all the proceeding of his own party , however villainous and inhuman , nay any the least revolutions or turn of affairs , which hapned to be in favour of his own cause , to an especial Providence , to the peculiar and plainly legible conduct of heaven ; which he zealously preached up , as sufficient to unty the strictest bonds of faith , allegiance and all other Oaths to overlure all the obligations of conscience and religion . He could easily make the transactions of the three kingdoms to be the fulfilling of many old prophetical predictions and to be a clear edifying comment , on the Revelations , still te●ching ( as most of the Brethren did ) that to persue a success in villany and rebellion , was to follow the guidant of providential dispensations . He was also then , while he was Vicechancellour , so great an enemy to the Lords Prayer , that when some Preachers concluded their own with it , which was very seldom done by any , especially the Presbiterians and Independents , ( because it was looked upon , forsooth , as formal and prelatical so to do ) he would with great snearing and scorn , turn aside or sit down and put on his hat . Which act of his being looked upon as diabolical , especially by the Royal party , it gave occasion to Dr. Mer. Casaubon to write and publish A vindication of the Lords Prayer , &c. as I have told you elsewhere . In 1657 when Rich. Cromwell ( son of Oliver ) was elected Chancellour of this University , our author Owen was removed from his Vicechancellourship , and the year after , when he was made Protector , he was , by the endeavours of the Presbyterians , removed also from his favour , and St. Maries Pulpit cleansed of him and Goodwin . All which our author taking in great scorn , he , out of spite , set up a lecture at another Church , using these (c) words , I have built Seats at Maries , but let the Doctors find Auditors , for I will preach at Peters in the East ; and so he did for a time and many flocked to him . In the latter end of 1659 he was outed of his Deanery of Ch. Ch , and then retired to Stadham , ( the place of his birth ) where a little before he had bought Land and a fair dwelling House . There he lived for some time , called together some of his party to preach , and many of his Disciples went from Oxon to hear him and receive comfort from his doctrine ; but they being several times silenc'd by Soldiers of the Militia Troop belonging to the County of Oxon , and sorely threatned , that Congregation was broken . After all this ( when our author for his rebellious actions , blasphemies , preachings , lyings , revilings , perjuries , &c. was not excepted from the Act of Oblivion , which was much wondred at and desired ) Sir E. Hyde then Lord Chancellour treated (d) him with all kindness and respect , and designed him , if he could not Conform , to employ his time and abilities in writing against the Papists , and not to violate public Laws and endanger public Peace by keeping Conventicles . Whereupon Owen gave his word that he would be obedient to his commands , but being not long after found preaching to about 30 or 40 of the godly party , in his house at Stadham , by an officer of the Militia Troop , he was complained of to the Lord Chancellour . Soon after Owen having received intelligence that that great person was very angry , upon information of the matter made to him while he was at Cornbury in Oxfordshire , he wrote to Dr. Tho. Barlow ( whom he had obliged with the like kindness in the raign of Oliver ) and desired him to mediate on his behalf to the said person . Whereupon Barlow went from Oxon to Cornbury , where the L. Chanc. hearing his Errand he (e) told him then that Dr. Owen was a perfidious person in that he had violated his engagements , and therefore he would have nothing ▪ to do with him , but leave him to the penalty of those laws he had transgressed , &c. Upon this our author resolved to go to New England , but since that time the wind was never in a right point for a voyage . After this he setled in London , set up a Church , preached and prayed , having been encouraged thereunto ( as t is said ) by the Papists ; and at length burying his wife , married ( after 60 years of age ) the young widdow of Thom. D' oyley his neighbour , ( younger brother of Sir Joh. D' oyley of Chesilhampton near Stadham Baronet ) and took all occasions to enjoy the comfortable importances of this life . A certain Nonconformist ( J. H. ) doth charactarize (f) our author thus . He is a reverend man , a Doct. of Div. of much gravity and of long standing , excellent in learning and all sorts of it for his profession , of dignity in his time as much as any have been capable of , a person of noted constant piety and a studious life , of universal affability , ready presence and discourse , liberal , graceful and courtious demeanour , that speak him certainly ( whatsoever he be else ) one that is more a Gentleman than most in the Clergy , and that he is accordingly favoured somtimes with the Princes converse , and the general veneration of the people , &c. Thus the author here quoted , whom I take to be Joh. Humphrey ; but another , (g) ( a great Loyallist ) several times before quoted , saith that this our author Dr. Owen was the Prince , the Oracle , the Metropolitan of Independency , the Achitophel of Oliver Cromwell — Or which is more than all a servant of Jesus Christ in the the work of the Gospel , and that as in the same sense as the innocent , m●ek and devout Christian is the servant of the Devil in the work and vassalage of sin . He also often stiles him a blasphemer and perjur'd person , a libeller of authority after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , that he praised god for shedding the blood of Christian Kings and their loyal subjects , that he was guilty of reiterated perjuries against that God whom he confidently affirmed to be inspirer of all his prayers ; and therefore ( as he further adds ) he ought in conscience , before he departs this life , to give satisfaction to the English Church and Nation , for those mischiefs which his Councells , Preachings , Prayers and writings drew not only upon the Royal Family and Church , but upon the lives , liberties and fortunes of so many loyal Gentlemen , who were either murthered in cold blood and imprisoned and banished , &c. Another high-flown (h) Loyallist tells us of Dr. Owen that there is scarce a Principle of Blasphemy or Rebellion in the Alcoran that that wretch hath not vouched upon divine authority . He is a person of such a rank complexion that he would have vy'd with Mahomet himself both for boldness and imposture , &c. Much more of such black language the said author here quoted hath in his ( 1 ) preface Bishop Bramhalls treatise , which he published , but shall be now omitted . Here you see the Characters given by persons of several perswasions according as their affections led them , but what I my self knew of him , which may , I hope , be mention'd without offence , envy or flattery is , ( let rash and giddy heads say what they please ) that he was a person well skil'd in the Tongues , Rabinical learning , Jewish rites and customs ; that he had a great command of his English Pen , and was one of the most gentile and fairest writers , who have appeared against the Church of England , as handling his Adversaries with far more civil , decent and temperate language than many of his fiery Brethren , and by confining himself wholly to the cause without the unbecoming mixture of personal slanders and reflection . Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet saith that this our author Owen treated him with civility and decent Language , for which he thank'd him ; and Mr. Hen. Dodwell , that he is of a better temper than most of his Brethren , as abstaining from personal slanders in confining himself wholly to the cause . His personage was proper and comely , and he had a very graceful behaviour in the Pulpit , an (i) eloquent Elocution , a winning and insinuating deportment , and could by the persuasion of his oratory , in conjunction with some other outward advantages , move and wind the affections of his admiring Auditory almost as he pleased . The things that he hath written are these . A display of Arminianise , being a discovery of the old Pelagian idol , Freewill , with the new Goddess contingency , &c. Lond. 1643. 49. qu. The duty of pastors and people distinguished : or , a brief discourse touching the administration of things commanded in religion , &c. Lond. 1644. qu. The Principles of the doctrine of Christ : unfolded in two short Catechismes , wherein those Principles of Religion are explained , the knowledge whereof is required by the late Ordinance of Parl , before any person is admitted to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper . Lond. 1645. oct . Written for the use of the Congregation at Fordham in Essex , the author being then Pastor there . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) A vision of unchangeable free mercy , &c. Fast Sermon before the House of Commons 29. Apr. 1646 , on Acts 16.11 . Lond. 1646 , qu. To which is added A short defence about Church Government . ( 2 ) Fast Sermon before H. of Commons , 31. Jan. 1648 , on Jerem. 15.19.20 . Lond. 1649. qu ▪ To which is added A discourse about toleration , and the duty of the Civil Magistrate about Religion . In the epist . dedicatory before the said Sermon , he doth insolently father the most hellish action of the preceeding day ( the decollation of K. Ch. 1. ) on the great dispensation of Providence , in order to the unravelling of the whole web of iniquity , interwoven of Civil and Ecclesiastical tyranny , in opposition to the kingdom of the Lord Jesus . But therein , and in the Sermon , being several positions destructive to the sacred persons of Princes , their state and government , &c. they were condemned by the University of Oxon , as pernicious and damnable , in their Convocation held 21. Jul. 1683 , and thereupon burnt by the hand of their Marshal in the School quadrangle before the Members of the said University , then , and there , present . ( 3 ) The shaking and translating of heaven and earth , Serm. before the H. of Com. 19. Apr. 1649 , a day of extraordinary humiliation , on Heb. 12.27 . Lond. 1649. qu , the author being then Minister of Coggeshall in Essex . ( 4 ) The Stedfastnes of promises , and the sinfulnes of staggering , preached at S. Marg. in Westm . before the Parliam . 28. Feb. 1649. being a day of solemn humiliation , on Rom. 4.20 . Lond. 1650. qu. ( 5 ) The branch of the Lord , the beautie of Zion , &c. Two Sermons , one at Berwick , the other at Edenburgh , on Isa . 56.7 . Edenburgh 1650. qu. ( 6 ) The advantage ( or advancement ) of the Kingdome of Christ , &c. Sermon of Thanksgiving preached to the Parliam . 24. Oct. 1651. for the destruction of the Scots army at Worcester , &c. on Ezeck . 17.24 . Oxon. 1651. and 54. qu. ( 7 ) The labouring Saints dismission to rest , &c. Serm. at the funeral of Henry Ireton Lord Deputy of Ireland , in the Abbey Church of Westm . 6. Feb. 1651. on Dan. 12.13 . Lond. 1652. qu. ( 8 ) Concerning the Kingdome of Christ and the power of the Civil Magistrate about things of the worship of God , preached before the Parliament , 13. Oct. 1652 , being a day of solemn humiliation , on Dan. 7.15.16 . Oxon. 1652. qu. ( 9 ) Gods work in founding Zion , preached before the Protector and Parl. 17. Sept. 1656. on Isa . 14.32 . Oxon. 1656. qu. ( 10 ) Gods presence with a people , the spring of their prosperity , with their special interest in abiding with him , preached to the Parl. of the Com. Wealth of Engl. &c. at Westm . 30. Oct. 1656. being a day of solemn humiliation , on 2. Chron ▪ 15.2 . Lond. 1656. qu. ( 11 ) The glory and interest of nations professing the Gospel , opened in a Serm. at a private fast to the Commons assembled in Parliam . 4. Feb. 1658. on Isa . 4.5 . Lond. 1659. qu. ( 12 ) How we may bring our hearts to receive reproofs , on Psal . 141.5 . This is in the Supplement to the morning Exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. and 76. qu. Besides these Sermons he hath also others extant , that I have not yet seen ; among which is ( 1. ) A Thanksgiving Sermon , before the Parl. at S. Marg. in Westm . 25. Aug. 1653. ( 2 ) Sermon on 1. Joh. 1.3 . printed 1658. qu. And thirdly another Sermon , as it seems , called Mene Tekell , which , as t is said , was published by him : wherein asserting that Birthright and proximity of blood give no title to Rule or Government , and that it is lawful to preclude the next Heir from the right of Succession to the Crown , it was therefore censured , and condemn'd to be burnt , by the whole body of Convocation of the Univ. of Oxon. 21. July 1683. Dr. Owen hath also written , Escholl : A cluster of the fruit of Canaan , brought to the bordures , for the encouragement of the Saints , travelling thither wards , with their faces towards Sion . Or rules of direction for the walking of the Saints in Fellowship , according to the order of the Gospel . Lond. 1648. 55. 56. in oct . and tw . Eben-Ezer : Being an exposition on the first 10. verses of the third Chapter of Habukkuk , in two Sermons , one at Colchester , the other at Rumford , in memory of the deliverance of Essex Countie and Committee , 1648. Salus Electorum Sanguis Jesu . A Treatise of the redemption and reconciliation that is in the blood of Christ , with the merit thereof , and the satisfaction wrought thereby ; wherein the whole controversie of universal redemption is fully discussed in four books . Lond. 1649. qu. Appendix upon occasion of a late book published by Mr. Joshua Sprigg , containing erroneous doctrine . — This is printed with Salus Elect. Primier for Children . — This little book which was written for the training up of children in Independency , I have not yet seen , and therefore I cannot tell you where or when 't was printed . Of the death of Christ , the price he paid , and the purchase he made . Or the satisfaction and merit of the death of Christ cleered . and universality of redemption thereby oppugned , &c. Lond. 1650. qu. Diatriba de justitia divina , seu justitiae vindicatricis vindiciae , &c. Oxon. 1653. oct . The doctrine of the Saints perseverance explained and confirmed , &c. against Joh. Goodwins Redemption redeemed , &c. Lond. 1654. fol. Vindiciae Evangelicae : or the mystery of the Gospel vindicated , and Socinianisme examined , in consideration of a Catechisme called A Scripture Catechisme , written by John. Biddle M. A , and the Catechisme of Valentinus Smalcius , commonly called The Racovian Catechisme . Oxon. 1655. qu. Vindication of the testimonies of the Scripture concerning the deity and satisfaction of Jesus Christ , &c. against Hugo Grotius — Printed with Vindiciae Evangelicae . Vindication of some things formerly written about the death of Christ and the fruites thereof from the animadversions of Mr. Rich. Baxter — Printed also with Vind. Evang. Of the mortification of sin in Beleivers , &c. resolving cases of conscience thereunto belonging . Lond. 1656. oct . &c. A review of the Annotations of Hugo Grotius , in reference to the doctrine of the deity and satisfaction of Christ , &c. with a defence of the charge formerly laid against them . Oxon. 1656. qu. Written in answer to Dr. H. Hammond . Catechisme ; or , an introduction to the worship of God , and discipline of the Churches of the New Testam . — Printed 1657. oct . &c. Animadverted upon by Geor. Fox the Quaker in his Great mystery of the great whore unfolded , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. p. 263. Of the true nature of Schisme , with reference to the present differences in religion . Oxon. 1657. oct . Review of the true nature of Schisme , with a vindication of the congregational Churches in England from the imputation thereof unjustly charged on them by Mr. Dan. Cawdrey Minister of Billing in Northamptonshire . Oxon. 1657 oct . Of Communion with God the Father , Son and Holy Ghost , each person distinctly ; in love , grace and consolation : or the Saints fellowship with the Father , Son and Holy Ghost , unfolded . Oxon. 1657. qu. In this book ( as in some other of his works ) he doth strangely affect in ambiguous and uncouth words , canting , mystical and unintelligible phrases to obscure sometimes the plainest and most obvious truths : And at other times he endeavours by such a mist and cloud of sensless terms to draw a kind of vail over the most erroneous doctrines . But against this book came out another , long after , written by Dr. Will. Sherlock , entit . A discourse concerning the knowledge of Jesus Christ and our union and communion with him , &c. Lond. 1674 , &c. Which book at its first coming out made a great noise and found many Adversaries , viz. besides Dr. Owen , who wrot a vindication as I shall tell you anon , was ( 1 ) Rob. Ferguson a noted Scotch Divine , who taught boys Grammar and University learning at Islington near London , in his book called The interest of reason in religion , &c. Printed in oct . ( 2 ) Edw. Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esq . in his Divine will considered , &c. as it seems . ( 3 ) Antisozzo , or Sherlocismus enervatus , &c. Pr. in oct . said to be written by Benj. Alsop a Nonconforming Minister , who since the death of their famous A. Marvel hath been Quibler and Punner in ordinary to the dissenting party , tho he comes much short of that person . It was the first piece in which he bestowed his pretensions to wit and buffoonry , and it was admired much by the Brethren . Besides these , Tho. Danson put in his answer entit . A friendly debate , &c. and one or two more viz. the author of Speculum Sherlockianum , supposed to have been written by Hen. Hickman , and Prodromus : or a character of Mr. Sherlocks book called A discourse , &c. Lond. 1674. oct . Written by Sam. Rolle sometimes Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge . Afterwards Sherlock made a Reply to Owens Vindication , and Fergusons Interest of reason , &c. ( not taking any particular notice of Polhill and Antisozzo ) in a second piece called A defence and continuation of the discourse concerning the knowledge of Jesus Christ and our union and communion with him , with a particular respect to the doctrine of the Church of England &c. Lond. 1675. oct . Dr. Owen hath also written , A defence of Mr. John Cotton from the imputation of self-contradiction , charged on him by Mr. Dan. Cawdrey , written by himself not long before his death . Lond. 1658. oct , whereunto is prefixed by our author Owen . An answer to a late treatise of Mr. Cawdrey about the nature of Schisme . Nature , power and danger of temptation . Oxon. 1658. octavo . Pro sacris scripturis adversus hujus temporis Fanaticos exercitationes Apologeticae quatuor . Oxon. 1658. oct . Of the divine original , authority , self evidencing light and power of the Scripture , &c. Oxon. 1659. oct . Vindication of the integrity and purity of the Hebrew and Greek text of the Scripture — Printed with The Divine Original , &c. Considerations on the Prologomena , and Appendix to the late Biblia Polyglotta — This , which is also printed with The Divine Original , &c. was written against Dr. Brian Walton . A paper containing resolutions of certain questions concerning the power of the supreme Magistrate about religion , and the worship of God ; with one about Tythes . Lond. 1659 in one sh . in qu. Answer'd soon after by a Quaker in another sheet entit . A Winding-sheet for Englands Ministry , which hath a name to live but is dead . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . sive de natura , ortu , progressu & studio verae Theologiae , Libri 6. &c. Oxon. 1661. qu. Digressiones de Gratia universali scientiarum ortu , &c. Pr. with the former book . Animadversions on a Treatise entituled Fiat lux , &c. Lond. 1662. oct . Which book , Fiat lux : or a general conduct to a right understanding and charity in the great combustion and broiles about religion in England , between Papists and Protestants , Presb. and Independents , printed the same year in oct , was written by a learned Franciscan Fryer called John Vincent Cane , who dying in , or near , Somerset house in the Strand , within the liberty of Westm . in the month of June 1672 , was buried in the Vault under the Chappel belonging to that House . About 1665 he , ( Cane ) published a little thing entit . Diaphanta , written by him , partly against Mr. Edw. Stillingfleet , in which he endeavours barely to excuse Catholick religion against the opposition of several Adversaries . It is briefly animadverted on by the said Mr. Stillingfleet in a Postscript to his reply to Mr. Joh. Sargeants Third Appendix ; which reply is placed as an Appendix at the end of Mr. Joh. Tillotsons book called The rule of faith . He also wrot An account of Dr. Stillingfleets late book against the Church of Rome . Together with a short postill upon his text . Print . 1672. in oct . The title of which in the first page of this book , is ΤΩ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΩ Stillingfleeton . He also wrot A Dialogue between a Knight and a Lady about Popery ; and Letters under the name of Diaphanta in tw . Besides this Jo. Vinc. Cane , was one John Keynes a Jesuit , born , as I have heard his acquaintance say , at Compton Painsford in Somersetshire , author of Doctor Stillingfleet against Dr. Stillingfleet ; which being answer'd , he came out with a reply entit . Dr. Stillingfleet still against Stillingfleet : or a reply to Dr. Stillingfleets answer to a book called Dr. Stillingfleet against Dr. Stillingfleet , &c. — But all this being spoken by the by , let 's now go forward with Owen , who hath also written , Vindication of the animadversions on Fiat Lux. Lond. 1664. oct . A peace-offering ; in an Apology and humble plea for indulgence and liberty of conscience . Lond. 1667. qu. Indulgence and toleration considered in a Letter to a person of honour — Printed with the Peace offering . Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews : Also concerning the Messiah , &c. with an Exposition and discourses on the two first chapters of the said Epist . to the Hebrews . Lond. 1668. fol. Truth and innocence vindicated ; in a survey of a discourse concerning Ecclesiastical Polity . Lond. 1669. oct . By the publishing of which book , written against Samuel Parker , he thought ( as 't is (*) said ) to have put a stop to the whole proceedings of Parliament , and to have involved the nation in confusion and blood . A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity : As also of the person and satisfaction of Christ &c. Lond. 1669 in tw . &c. He the said Dr. Owen was also supposed to be the author of A sober answer to A friendly debate between a Conformist and Nonconformist ; written by way of Letter to the author thereof . Lond. 1669. oct . Published under the name of Philagathus ; but the true author , as it since appears , was Sam. Rolle a Nonconformist , before mention'd . Practical exposition on the 130. Psalm , wherein the nature of the forgiveness of sin is declared and the truth and reality of it asserted , &c. Lond. 1669. 1680 qu. Exercitations concerning the name , original , nature , use and continuance of a day of sacred rest , wherein the original of the Sabbath from the foundation of the World , the morality of the fourth commandment , &c. are inquired into , &c. Lond. 1671. oct . Discourse concerning evangelical Love , Church peace and unity , &c. written in vindication of the principles and practice of some Ministers and others . Lond. 1672. oct . Plea for Nonconformists , tending to justifie them against the clamorous charge of Schisme . Lond. 1674. oct , wherein are two printed sheets on the same subject , by John Humphrey . Discourse concerning the holy spirit ; wherein an account is given of its name , nature , personality , dispensation , operations and effects , &c. Lond. 1674. fol. Answered by Will. Clagett of Cambridge in a book entit . A discourse concerning the operations of the holy spirit ; with a confutation of some part of Dr. Owens book on that subject . Lond. 1680. &c. oct . It consists of three parts , in the last of which the author proveth that the Antients make not for Dr. Owens turn , as Dr. Owen insinuats by adorning his margin with quotations out of the Fathers . Vindication of some passages in a discourse concerning Communion with God , from the exceptions of Will. Sherlock . Lond. 1674. oct . Soon after came out a book against this , entit . A discourse concerning the imputation of Christs righteousness to us and our sins to him , with many questions thereunto pertaining , resolved : Together with reflections more at large upon what hath been published concerning that subject by Mr. Rob. Ferguson in his Interest of Religion , and Dr. Owen in his book stiled Communion with God ▪ Lond. 1675. oct . Written by Tho. Hotchkis Rector of Staunton near Highworth in Wilts , sometimes M. of A. of Corp. Ch. Coll. in Cambridge . Exercitations , and an exposition on the third , fourth and fifth Chapters of the Ep. of S. Paul the Ap. to the Hebrews Lond. 1674. fol. This is the second Vol. of the exercitations before mention'd . The first vol. is an exposition on the first and second Chapters , and the exposition on all five , is contracted by Matth. Pole ( who stiles it Lucubratio non vulgari doctrina conscripta ) and put into the fifth vol. of Synopsis . The nature , power , deceit and prevalency of the remainder of indwelling sin in Believers ; together with the ways of its working and means of prevention . Lond. 1675. oct . It was also printed in 1668. in oct . The nature of Apostasie from the profession of the Gospel , and the punishment of Apostates , in an exposition o● Hebrews chap. 6. ver . 4.5.6 . Lond. 1676. oct . The reason of faith ; or an answer unto the enquiry , whether we believe the Scripture to be the word of God ; with the causes and nature of that faith wherewith we do so . Lond. 1677. oct . The doctrine of justification by faith through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ , explained , confirmed and vindicated . Lond. 1677. qu. Briefly answered by the aforesaid Tho. Hotchkis in a Postscript at the end of the second part of his Discourse concerning imputed righteousness . Lond. 1678. oct . The causes , ways and means of understanding the mind of God as revealed in his word with assurance therein . And a declaration of the perspicuity of the Scriptures , with the external means of the interpretation of them . Lond. 1678. oct . The Church of Rome no safe guide : or reasons to prove that no rational man , who takes due care of his eternal salvation , can give himself up to the conduct of that Church in matters of religion . Lond. 1679. qu. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : or a declaration of the glorious mystery of the person of Christ , God and Man : with the infinite wisdome , love and power of God in the contrivance and constitution thereof . As also of the grounds and reasons of his incarnation , &c. Lond. 1680. qu. A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews , viz. on the 6.7.8.9 and tenth chapters . Wherein , together with the explication of the text and context , the Priesthood of Christ as typed by those of Melchisedeck and Aaron with an account of their distinct Offices , &c. are declared , explained and confirmed . Lond. 1680. fol. This is the third vol. of exposition on Hebrews . A brief vindication of the Nonconformists from the charge of Schisme , as it was managed against them in a Sermon preached before the L. Mayor ; by Dr. Stillingfleet Dean of S. Pauls . Lond. 1680. qu. A character , first of this Answer , 2. of Mr. Baxters , which is in qu. 3. Of the Letter written (a) out of the Country to a person of quality in the City , 4. Of B. Alsops book call'd Mischief (b) of imposition , 5. Of The Rector of Sutton committed with the Dean of Pauls , or a defence of Dr. Stilling fleets Irenicum , &c. against his late Sermon entit . The mischief of separation , against the author of The Christian temper ( said to be written by John Barret M. of A. ) in a (c) Letter to a friend ; I say the respective characters of these five answers to Dr. Stillingfleets Sermon before mention'd , together with that of The peaceable design renewed , &c. wrot by John Humphrey ( with which Dr. Stillingfleet begins first ) are to be found in the preface to the said Doctors Unreasonableness (d) of separation , &c. Which characters as are thus given , are reflected on by a short piece entit . Reflections on Dr. Stillingfleets book of the unreasonableness of separation . Lond. 1681. qu. Written by a Conformist Minister in the Country , in order to peace . The nature and efficacy of the sacrifice of Christ , as typed by all the sacrifices of the Law , the erection of the Tabernacle according to the heavenly pattern ; with the institution of all its utensils and services ; their especial signification and end , &c. Lond. 1681. An enquiry into the original , institution , power , order , and communion of Evangelical Churches , the first part . Lond. 1681. qu. Answer to a Discourse of the unreasonableness of separation , written by Dr. Stillingfleet — Printed with the Enquiry . Discourse of the work of the holy spirit in prayer , with a brief enquiry into the nature and use of mental prayer and formes . Lond. 1681. oct . An humble testimony unto the goodness and severity of God in his dealing with sinful Churches and Nations : or , the only way to deliver a sinful Nation from utter ruin by impendent judgments : in a discourse on Luke 13.1 . 2. 3. 4. 5. Lond. 1681. oct . Printed with the Discourse of the work , &c. The grace and duty of being spiritually minded ; declared and practically improved . Lond. 1681. 82. qu. This is the sum of certain of Sermons . A brief instruction in the Worship of God , and discipline of the Churches of the New Testam . by way of question and answer , with an explication and confirmation of those answers . Lond. 1682. oct . &c. Meditations and discourses on the Glory of Christ , in his person , office and grace , with the difference between faith and sight , applyed to the use of them that believe . Lond. 1683. 84. &c. oct . Opus Posth . Treatise of the dominion of sin and grace ; wherein sins reign is discovered , in whom it is , and in whom it is not ; how the law supports it , how grace delivers from it , by setting up its dominion in the heart . Lond. 1688. oct . The true nature of a Gospel Church and its government ; wherein these following particulars are distinctly handled . 1. The subject matter of the Church . 2. The formal cause of a particular Church . 3. Of the policy of the Church in general , &c. Lond. 1689. qu. Afterwards came out certain Animadversions on the said book , but by whom written , I cannot tell . A brief and impartial account of the nature of the Protestant religion , its present state in the World , its strength and weakness , with the ways and indications of the ruin or continuance of its publick national profession . Lond. 1690. qu. Continuation , or the second part of that book formerly printed , the difference between faith and sight , being the meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ , applyed unto converted sinners , and Saints under spiritual decays , in two chapters from John 17.24 . Lond. 1691. oct . Our author Dr. Owen , with Dr. Tho. Jacomb , Dr. Will. Bates , Dr. Jo. Collings , Mr. Pet. Vinke , Joh. How , Dav. Clarkson and Ben. Alsop did undertake in June 1682 to finish the English Annotations of the Holy Scripture , in 2. vol. in fol. which were began by Matthew Pole or Poole , and carried on by him to the 58 chapt . of Isaiah , and there is no doubt but that Owen did his share in that work ; who also hath written prefaces and epistles before divers books , by way of recommendation , among which are his and Dr. Tho. Goodwins epist . before Dr. T. Taylors works : A preface also to the Exposition of the song of Solomon , written by Jam. Durham sometimes Minister of the Gospel in Glascow — Printed 1669. in qu. An Epist . commend . ( with another by Mr. Baxter ) to The Christians dayly walk in holy security and peace , written by Hen. Scudder — Printed 1674. the eleventh edit . An ep . by way of recom . to A new and useful concordance of the Holy Bible , &c. Another before The Ark of the Covenant , and a large preface to The true Idea of Jansenisme , as I have already told you in Theoph. Gale , &c. But as for Jo. Bradshawes Ultimum vale , being the last words that are ever intended to be spoke of him ; as they were delivered in a Sermon preach'd at his interment , printed in two sh . in qu. and said to be written by John Owen D. D. Time-server general of England , is not his , but fathered upon him by one who desired then to make sport in the great City . At length he the said Dr. Owen having spent most of his time in continual agitation to carry on the cause , to promote his own interest and gain the applause of people , he did very unwillingly lay down his head and die at Eling near Acton in Middlesex on S. Barthelmews day in sixteen hundred eighty and three , having a little before been knowing of , and consenting to , the Presbyterian Plot that was discovered some time before his death : Whereupon his body was conveyed to a house in S. James's , where resting for some-time , was , on the 4. of Sept. following , attended by about 20 mourners and 67 coaches that followed , to the Fanatical burying-place , called by some Tyndales Burying-place , joyning on the North side to the New Artillery-garden , near London ; where it was buried at the East end thereof . Soon after was an Altar-tomb of freestone erected over his grave , covered with a black marble plank , with a large inscription thereon , part of which runs thus . Johannes Owen S. T. P. Agro Oxoniensi oriundus , patre insigni Theologo Theologus ipse insignior , & seculi hujus insignissimis annumerandus : Communibus humanarum literarum suppetiis , ménsura parum communi instructus ; omnibus quasi ordinata Ancillarum serie suae jussis familiari Theologiae , &c. — Obiit Augusti 24. anno à partu virginio 1683 Aetat . 67. Besides this John Owen , I find another of both those names , Chaplain to Henry Lord Grey of Ruthen , author of Immoderate mourning for the dead prov'd unreasonable and unchristian , &c. Sermon on 2. Sam. 12.21.22.23 . Lond. 1680 in oct , and perhaps of other things . WILLIAM GUISE , or Guisius as in his book following he is written , Son of John Guise , was born of a knightly family living at Abloads Court near to Glocester in Glocestershire , became a Communer of Oriel Coll. an . 1669 aged 16 years , afterwards Fellow of that of All 's , Master of Arts and in holy Orders . In 1680 he resign'd his Fellowship , being about that time married and in great esteem for his Oriental learning , but soon after cut off by the small pox to the great reluctancy of all those who were acquainted with his pregnant parts . After his death Dr. Edw. Bernard Savilian professor of Astronomy published a book which Mr. Guise turn'd into Lat. and illustrated with a Commentary , entit . Misnae pars : ordinis primi Zeraim tituli septem . Ox. 1690. qu. Before which is put the translation into Latine by Dr. Edw. Pocock of Mosis Maimonides praefatio in Misnam . Mr. Guise died in his House in S. Michaels Parish in Oxford , on the third of Sept. in sixteen hundred eighty and three , and was buried in that Chancel called the College Chancel in St. Michaels Church within the said City . Soon after was set up a monument over his grave at the charge of his Widow named Frances , Daughter of George Southcote of Devonshire Esq . with an inscription thereon , beginning thus . MS. Gulielmi Guise Equestri apud Glocestrenses familia orti , è Coll. Oriel . in Coll. Omn. Anim. asciti , Linguar . ( praecipue Orientalium ) peritissimi , Critici , Rhetoris , Mathemat . Theologi , in omnibus adeò eximii , ut raro quisquam in singulis ; in juventute , ut raro quisquam in senio : quem , ne perfectionis humanae apices transiret , &c. HENRY BOLD fourth Son of Will. Bold of Newstead in the Parish of Buriton in Hampshire , sometimes Capt. of a Foot company , descended from the antient and gentile family of the Bolds of Bold-hall in Lancashire , was born in Hampshire , elected Probationer-fellow of New Coll. from Winchester School , 1645 or thereabouts , ejected thence by the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 , and afterwards going to the great City , became a member of the Examiners office in Chancery and excellent at translating the most difficult and crabbed english into latine verse . He hath written , Poems Lyrique , Macaronique , Heroique , &c. Lond. 1664. oct . Ded. to Col. Hen. Wallop of Farley-Wallop in the County of Southampton ; and to The ingenious he saith thus — If thou wilt read so ; if not so : it is so , so , and so farewell — Thine upon liking H. B. Among these Poems is Scarronides ; or Virgil Travestie , &c. He hath also written , Latine Songs with their English : and Poems . Lond. 1685. oct . Collected and perfected by Capt. Will. Bold his Brother . This Hen. Bold died in Chancery-lane near Lincolns inn on the 23. of Oct. ( being the first day of the Term ) in sixteen hundred eighty and three , aged 56 or thereabouts , and was buried in the Church at Twyford ( West Twyford ) near Acton in the County of Middlesex . I shall make mention of another H. Bold in the Fasti an . 1657. WILLIAM SCROGGS son of Will. Scroggs , was born in a Market Town in Oxfordshire called Dedington , became a Communer of Oriel Coll. in the beginning of the year 1639 aged 16 years , but soon after was translated to that called Pembroke , where being put under the tuition of a noted Tutor , became Master of a good Latine stile and a considerable Disputant . Soon after , tho the Civil War broke forth , and the University emptied thereupon of the greatest part of its Scholars , yet he continued there , bore arms for his Majesty , and had so much time allowed him , that he proceed Master of Arts in 1643. About that time he being designed for a Divine , his Father procured for him the reversion of a good Parsonage ; but so it was that he being engaged in that honorable , tho unfortunate , expedition of Kent , Essex and Colchester , an . 1648 , wherein , as I have been credibly informed , he was a Captain of a Foot Company , he was thereby disingaged from enjoying it . So that entring himself into Greys inn , studied the municipal Law , went through the usual Degrees belonging to it , was made Serjeant at Law 25. June 1669 and Knighted ; and the same year , on the 2 of Nov. he was sworn his Majesties Serjeant . In 1678 May 31. he was made L. Chief Justice of the Kings Bench , upon the resignation of Sir Richard Rainsford ; but not long after his advancement , the Popish conspiracy was discovered : So that his place obliging him to have the chiefest hand in bringing some of the principal conspirators concern'd therein to publick justice , he , in several trials of them , behaved himself with so undaunted a courage and greatness of spirit , giving such ample testimony of his true zeal for the Protestant cause , that he gained thereby for a while an universal applause throughout the whole Nation , being generally esteemed as a main Patriot and support of his Country , whose all , seem'd then ( especially to the fanatical party ) to lay at stake , and to be threatned with apparently impendent ruin . But at length the implacable and giddy headed rabble being possess'd with an opinion , that he had not dealt uprightly in the trials of some of the conspirators , ( he mitigating his zeal when he saw the Popish Plot to be made a shooing-horn to draw on others ) which caused articles of impeachment to be drawn up against him , ( read in the H. of Commons and ingrossed , and on the 17 of Jan. 1680 sent up to the H. of Lords ) he was removed from his high office about the eleventh of April 1681 meerly to stop their mouthes and so obtain quietness . Whereupon Sir Francis Pemberton Kt. was sworn to the said office on the next day , as it seems , and the day following that he paid his duty to his Majesty . Soon after Sir William retired to his Estate at Weald hall near Burntwood in Essex , where he enjoyed himself for a time in a sedate repose . He was a person of very excellent and nimble parts , a good Orator and a fluent Speaker , but his utterance being accompanied with some stops and hesitancy , his Speeches effected more in the reading , than they did when heard with the disadvantage of his delivery . Under his name were printed , Several Speeches , as ( 1 ) Speech before the L. Chancellor , when he was made L. Ch. Justice of the Kings Bench — Printed in half a sh . in fol. ( 2 ) Sp. in the Kings Bench in Westm . hall on the first day of Mich. term , 1679. Lond. 1679 in 3 sheets in fol. Answer'd by an idle fellow , and remarks made on it , in one sh . in fol. entit . A New years gift for Justice Scroggs , &c. He hath other Speeches extant , as I shall tell you by and by . Notes on the writing found in the pocket of Laur. Hill , when he and R. Green were executed , 21. Feb. 1678. — Pr. in one sh . in fol. Answer to the Articles against him , given in by Titus Oates and Will. Bedlow , in Jan. 1679. Lond. 1680 in two sh . and an half in fol. He hath also several discourses , arguings , and speeches printed in divers Tryals and Condemnations while he was Lord Chief Justice as in ( 1 ) The Tryal of William Staley Goldsmith for speaking treasonable words against his Majesty , &c. 21. Novemb. 1678. Lond. 1678. fol. ( 2 ) Tryal of Edw. Coleman Gent. for conspiring the death of the King , subversion of the government , &c. 28. Nov. 1678. Lond. 1678. fol. This Coleman was , as I have heard , a Ministers Son , had been bred in Cambridge and was some years before reconcil'd to the Ch. of Rome by a R. Priest . ( 3 ) Tr. of Will. Ireland , Thomas Pickering and Jo. Grove for conspiring to murder the King , &c. 17. Dec. 1678. Lond. 1678. fol. ( 4 ) Tr. of Rob. Green , Hen. Berry and Laur. Hill for the murder of Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey Kt. &c. 10. Feb. 1678. Lond. 1679. fol. ( 5 ) Try. and condemnation of Tho. White alias Whitebread , Provincial of the Jesuits in England , Will. Harcourt , pretended Rector of London , John Fenwick , Procurator of the Jesuits in Engl. John Gavan alias Gawen , and Ant. Turner , all Jesuits ; for High Treason in conspiring the death of the K. the subversion of government , &c. 13. and 14. of June 1679. Lond. 1679. fol. ( 6 ) Try. of Rich. Langhorne Esq . Counsellor at Law , for conspiring the death of the King , &c. 14. June 1679. Lond. 1679. fol. ( 7 ) Tr. of Sir George Wakeman Bt. Will. Marshall , Will. Rumley and Jam. Corker , Benedictine Monks , for High Treason , in conspiring the death of the King , &c. 18. Jul. 1679. Lond. 1679. fol. But the generality of people supposing that Scroggs had dealt very unjustly with Wakeman , in letting him go free , and not condemning him to be hang'd , came out Observations on the tryals of the said persons , by one that called himself Tom Tickle foot the Tabourer , late Clerk to Justice Clodpate — Lond. in 3 sh . in fol. In which pamphlet the author intimates as if Scroggs was a Butchers Son. Soon after this , came out two other Pamphlets to the same purpose , one entit . The Tickler tickled , in 2. sh . and an half in fol. and the other A dialogue between Clodpate and Ticklefoot , in 3 sh . in fol. both reflecting on Scroggs , as also a piece of poetry that was published at that time called Scroggs upon Scroggs , in tw . sh . and an half in fol. ( 8 ) Tr. conviction and condemnation of Ad. Brommich and Will. Atkins for being Romish Priests , at Stafford Assize , 13. Aug. 1679 and Of Charles Kerne another R. Priest , at Hereford Assize 4. of Aug. the same year . Lond. 1679. in 5. sh . in fol. ( 9 ) Tr. and condemnation of Lionel Anderson alias Munson , Will. Russel alias Napier , Charles Parris alias Parry , Hen. Starkey , Jam. Corker and Will. Marshall for High Treason as Romish Priests , &c. together with the trial of Alex. Lumsden a Scotch man and the arraignment of David Joseph Kemish for the same offence , &c. 17 Jan. 1679. Lond. 1680. fol. ( 10 ) Tr. of Sir Tho. Gascoigne Bt. for High Treason in conspiring , &c. 11. Feb. 1679. Lond. 1680. fol. Which Sir Thomas being found guiltless and set at liberty , he left the Nation and feeling for a time among the Engl. Benedictine Monks at Lambspring in Germany , was there seen and visited by Will. Carr an English Gent. sometimes Consul for the English Nation in Amsterdam , in his rambles in those parts ; of whom he makes (†) this mention — From the Princes Court ( meaning of Hessen ) I directed my journey to Hanover , taking Lambspring in my way , a place where there is a Convent of English Monks ; and there I met with a very aged worthy and harmless Gent. Sir Tho. Gascoigne , a person of more integrity and piety than to be guilty , so much as in thought , of what Miscreants falsly swore against him in the licentious time of plotting , &c. ( 11 ) Tr. of Roger Earl of Castlemaine for High Treason in conspiring the death of the King , &c. 23. Jun. 1680. Lond. 1681. fol. The reader is to note that this tryal was not published immediatly after it was done , as all others were , but in Janu. following , which was more than half an year after the said Trial had been passed : And 't is thought that it would never have been printed , had it not been to bring an odium upon Scroggs ( to the end that he might be turned out of his office , for his partiality , as 't was by many thought , in the said Tryal ) for his too much baiting of Titus Oates , endeavouring ( as they farther added ) to lessen his evidence . ( 12 ) Tr. of Hen. Care Gent. upon information brought against him , &c. charging him to be the author of a scandalous , false , and malicious book entit . The weekly pacquet of advice from Rome ; or the History of Popery , particularly of that of the first of Aug. 1680 , wherein Scroggs is scandalized as to the Tryal of Sir Geor. Wakeman , &c. 2. Jul. 1680. Lond. 1680. fol. ( 13 ) Tr. of Elizah . Cellier , &c. 11. Jun. 1680. Lond. 1680. fol. in 4 sh . In all which Tryals our author Scroggs being chief Judge and Speaker , they were by his authority printed . At length he giving up the ghost at Weald-hall before mention'd on Thursday the 25 of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and three , was buried in the Parish Church belonging thereunto ( Southweald ) : The late Industrious Garter Sir W. D. informed me by his Letters dat . 28. Jun. 1684 that the said Sir Will. Scroggs was the son of an one ey'd Butcher near Smithfield Bars , and his Mother was a big fat Woman with a red face , like an Alewife , that he was a very ill humour'd man , and as I have heard he would never pay his tithes — His boldness got him practice by the Law , and some wealth , wherewith he purchased a Lordship called Weald , &c. But the Reader must know that the said person ( Sir W. D. ) never speaking well of him after he had refused to pay the Fees of his Knighthood , to the Coll. of Armes of which he was to have had a considerable share , he is therefore desir'd to suspend his belief of the said character given of him the said Sir W. Scroggs till farther proof may be made to the contrary . JOHN OLDHAM son of Joh. Oldham a Nonconformist Minister , and he the son of Joh. Oldham sometimes Rector of Nun-eaton near Tetbury in Glocestersh . was born at Shipton ( of which his Father was then Minister ) near the said Town of Tetbury and in the same County , on the ninth day of Aug. 1653 , bred in Grammar learning under his Father till he was nigh fit for the University , afterwards sent to the School at Tetbury , where he spent about two years under the tuition of Henry Heaven , occasion'd by the desire of one Yeat an Alderman of Bristow , who had a Son then there under the said Master , whom Oldham accompanied purposely to advance him in his learning . This occasion'd his longer stay at School , than else he needed , but conduced much to his after advantage . In the beginning of June 1670 he became a Batler of S. Edmunds Hall under the tuition of Will. Stephens Bach. of Div , where he was observed to be a good Latinist , and chiefly to addict himself to Poetry , and other studies tending that way , to which the bent of his Genius led him more naturally than to any other . Four years after he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , but went away and did not compleat it by Determination . So that living for some time after with his Father , much against his humour and inclinations , got to be Usher of Croyden Free-school in Surrey , where he continued for about three years : In which time he became acquainted with John Earl of Rochester , who seemed much delighted in the mad , ranting and debauched specimens of Poetry of this author Oldham . Afterwards he was Tutor to the Grandsons of Sir Edw. Thurland ( a late Judge ) living in Surrey , with whom he continued till 1681 , and then being out of all business and employ , he retired to the great City , set up for a Wit , and soon after became Tutor to a Son of Sir Will. Hicks near London : where , at his leisure hours , by the advice and encouragement of Dr. Rich. Lower , he applyed himself to the study of Physick . At length being made known to that most generous and truly noble William Earl of Kingston , he was taken into his patronage , lived with him in great respect at Holme-Pierpont in Nottinghamshire , where he made his last exit , as I shall tell you anon . This noted Poet hath written , Satyrs upon the Jesuits , ( in number four ) with a prologue written in the year 1679 upon occasion of the plot , ( Popish Plot ) together with the Satyr against vertue , and some other pieces by the same hand . Lond. 1681. 82. oct . The first Satyr is called Garnets Ghost , &c. which was printed against the authors consent — Lond. 1679 in one sh . in fol. The Satyr against vertue was committed to the privacy of two or three friends , from whose hands it stole out in print , against the authors knowledge — Lond. 1679. qu. Some new pieces never before published , viz. ( 1 ) Horace his art of poetry imitated in English . ( 2 ) Paraphrase upon Horace : Book 1. Ode 31. and Book 2. Ode 14. ( 3 ) The praise of Homer , an Ode . ( 4 ) Two pastorals out of Greek , Bion. One in imitation of the Greek of Moschius , bewailing the death of the Earl of Rochester , the other in lamentation of Adonis , imitated out of the Greek of Byon of Smyrna , ( 5 ) Paraphrase upon the 137 Psalme . ( 6 ) Paraph. on the Hymne of S. Ambrose , ode . ( 7 ) A letter from the Country to a friend in Town , giving an account of the authors inclinations to Poetry , in vers . ( 8 ) Upon a Printer that exposed him by printing a piece of his , grosly mangled and faulty . — All these were printed in , one Vol. in oct . at Lond. 1681. He wrot also a Satyr in Pindarique verse supposed to be spoken by a Court-Hector : inserted in the Poems of John Earl of Rochester , printed 1680. p. 115 : Which is the same with his Satyr against Vertue before mention'd . Poems and Translations . Lond. 1683. oct . Remains , in verse and prose . Lond. 1684. oct . Which Remains consist of ( 1 ) Counterpart to the Satyr against Vertue , in person of the author . ( 2 ) Virg. Eclogue 8 , the enchantment . ( 3 ) Verses to Madam L. E. upon her recovery from a late sickness . ( 4 ) El. on the death of Mrs. Catherine Kingscourt a child of excellent parts and piety . ( 5 ) A Sunday thought in sickness . ( 6 ) To the memory of his dear friend Mr. Charles Morwent : a large Pindarique . ( 7 ) To the memory of the worthy Gent. Mr. Harman Atwood : Pindarique . ( 8 ) Character of a certain ugly old Parson . This last is the worst and most offensive of all the rest . These Remains are usher'd into the world by the commendatory Poems of Joh. Dryden Esq . Thom. Flatman , Naham Tate , Tho. Durfey , Tho. Andrews , and Tho. Wood of New Coll. There is also an Anonym . with an Eclogue , and another with an Epitaph on the Author . As for Charles Morwent , on whom the large Pindarique before mention'd was made , which makes about the third part of the Remaines , was born at Tetbury in Glocestershire , his father being an Attorney there , bred up in Grammar learning under Mr. Th. Byrton M. A. of Linc. Coll , at Wotton under Edg in the said County , became a Commoner of S. Edm. Hall in 1670 , and Bach. of Arts four years after . Soon after he retired to Glocester , fell sick of the Small Pox , died of it , and was inter'd in the Cathedral there , where there is a monument over his grave . He was a handsome , gentile and good natur'd man , and very well beloved in the said Hall. Our Author Oldham made also a little Poem , to which Musick was set by a Doctor of that faculty , bearing this title , A second Musical Entertainment on Cecilia's day , 22 Nov. 1684. The words by the late ingenious Mr. Joh. Oldham &c. set to Musick in two , three , four , and five parts . Lond. 1685. qu. By Dr. Joh. Blow Master of the Children , and Organist to his Majesties Chappel Royal. To conclude : this most celebrated Poet died in the house of his munificent Patron at Holme Pierpont before mentioned in sixteen hundred eighty and three , and was buried in the Church there . Soon after was a monument put over his grave , with this inscription thereon . M. S. Jo. Oldhami Poetae , quo nemo sacro furore plenior , nemo rebus sublimior , aut verbis felicius audax ; cujus famam omni aevo propria satis consecrabunt carmina . Quem inter primos Honoratissimi Gulielmi Comitis de Kingston Patroni sui amplexus Variolis correptum , heu nimis immatura mors rapuit , & in caelestem transtulit chorum . Natus apud Shipton in agro Glocestrensi , in . Aula S. Edmunti Graduatus . Obiit die Decembris nono , An. Dom. 1683. Aetatis 30 ROBERT CROSSE son of Will. Crosse of Dunster in Somerseishire , was born there , or at least in that County , became either Batler or Commoner of Linc. Coll. in Mich. term 1621 , aged 16 years , where employing his Studies in Philosophy and Disputation , took the degree of Bach. of Arts. On the 14 of Dec. 1627 he was elected Fellow of the said Coll , so that taking the degree of Master the next year , he entred into holy Orders , became a great Tutor and Aristotelian , and much noted in the University for a learned man. In 1637 he was admitted ●o the reading of the Sentences , and being puritannically inclined , sided with the Presbyterians in the beginning of the Civil Wars . In 1643 he was nominated one of the Ass . of Divines , took the Covenant , and sometimes sate among them , and in 1648 submitting to the Parliamentarian Visitors , he was named and appointed by the Committee for the reformation of the University to succeed Dr. Sanderson in the Kings Professorship of Divinity of this University ; but he refusing to accept it , had soon after the rich Vicaridge of Great Chew near Pensford in Somersetshire confer'd on him . So that resigning his Fellowship in 1653 , he setled at Chew , and in the next year he was constituted an Assistant to the Commissioners appointed by Parliament for the ejecting of ignorant and scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters ( as they were then called by the Faction ) in Somersetshire . In 1660 at the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he conformed , and because there was no body to claim his Living , he continued there to the time of his death . While he remained in the University he was accounted a noted Philosopher and Divine , an able Preacher , and well vers'd in the Fathers and Schoolmen ; but when he lived in the Country , he had ( if you 'll believe his conceited Antagonist (a) Glanvill ) a reputation for learning among his neighbours , and was accounted a Philosopher in the peripatetick way , — and by employing his younger years in the Philosophy of Disputation , had gained (b) to himself the reputation of a great Scholar , and a Disputant among his country Admirers , &c. But these , and other his foolish commendations of him that follow , as that he is a (c) person that understands the Quiddities and Haeccieties the Praecissiones formales and the Objectivae , the Homogeneities and Hetrogeneities , the Categorematice's and the Syncatagorematice's , the Simpliciter's and the Secundum Quid's , &c. meerly to undervalue his learning , because of his undervaluing him , ( Glanvill ) the Royal Society and experimental Philosophy , I shall now pass by as needless to insert , and tell you that he wrot , Exercitatio Theologica de insipientia rationis humanae gratiâ Christi destitutae , in rebus fidei , 1 Cor. 2.14 . Oxon. 1655. qu. I desire the Reader now to know , that after Mr. Joseph Glanvill had setled himself in the City of Bathe , and had written certain things against Aristotle , and the Academical way of Education , 't was the desire of some neighbouring Scholars that our Author Crosse a noted Philosopher after the antient way should be brought acquainted with him . In the year therefore 1667 Glanvill was conducted to his house at Great Chew , where after the usual Civilities were passed , Crosse did in a sufficient manner vindicate Aristotle ; and knowing Glanvill to be one of the Royal Society , and an undervaluer of Academical learning as to Aristotle and his Philosophy , he did plentifully then declaim against the proceedings of that Society . Glanvill thereupon being surprized , he did not then much oppose him , but afterwards by letters and common discourses he did to the purpose , especially against this Hypothesis of Crosse that Aristotle had more advantages for knowledge than the Royal Society , or all the present age had , or could have , and for this strong reason , because he did totam peragere asinam , &c. Whereupon fell out a great difference between them ; and Mr. Hen. Stubbe then a Summer-practitioner of Physick at Bathe , bearing no good will to the conceited proceedings of Glanvill , took Crosse's part and encouraged him to write against the Virtuoso . Soon after our author Crosse provided a book , which Glanvill (d) call'd a Fardel , tho Stubbe not , but a good and seasonable book , yet rejected by the Licensers ( as Glanvill adds ) both at Oxford and London for its incomparable railing and impertinence . However Glanvill obtaining the contents of it , sent it in a private Letter to Dr. Nath. Ingelo Fellow of Eaton Coll. near Windsore , who sending it also to a friend in London , he caused it to be printed , and intituled The Chew Gazet , and dispersed the copies ( an 100 only , for no more were printed ) into private hands , to the end ( as Glanvill (e) says ) that his shame might not be made publick , &c. that a specimen also of the learning he shews in school scraps and little ends of verse , and Childrens phrases ( which are all his reading ) might be discovered . After the Letter was abroad , Crosse wrot Ballads against him , and made him and his Society ridiculous ; while other Wags at Oxon , who seemed to be pleased with these Controversies , made a dogrel Ballad on them and their proceedings ; the beginning of which is , Two Gospel Knights Both learned wights And Somersets renowne a , The one in Village of the Shire But Vicaridge too great I fear , The other lives in towne a , &c. Mr. Glanvill tells (f) us also , that our Author Crosse hath written a book called Biographia , which gives rules , how Lives are to be written , &c. to correct Dr. Fell for his way of writing the life of Dr. Hammond , because he denied a License to print his book . At length Mr. Crosse having lived to a fair age , departed this mortal life about 4 of the clock in the morn . of the 12 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred eighty and three , and was buried in his Church of Chew magna before mention'd , leaving then behind him the character among grave and sobber persons of an able Theologist and Philosopher . GEORGE RITSCHEL , the eldest son of George Ritschel a Bohemian , by Gertrude his wife , was born at Deutschkana in the borders of Bohemia , on the 13 of Febr. styl , nov . an . 1616 , sent by his Relations when 17 years of age to the University of Straesburg , where he continued about 7 years . At length his father dying , and Ferdinando 2. driving the Protestants out of his Dominions , he , rather than he would conform to the Ch. of Rome , agreed with his younger brother , that he should have the Estate to which he was heir , conditionally that he would furnish him with money to travel into foreign parts . Which being agreed to , our Author G. Ritschel went into England , and setling for a time in Oxford , was there , on the 3 of Decemb. 1641 , entred into the publ . or Bodleian library under this form Georgius Ritschel Deutchkanan , Bosellus ; but the Rebellion breaking openly out in the year following , he went to the Hague , Leyden , and Amsterdam . In 1643 he travelled into Denmark , where he spent above an year at Copenhagen and Sora , and in 1644 he visited Poland , and from Dantzick he went into England , where continuing for some time in London , journied thence to Oxon , took up his quarters in Kettle Hall , ( a member of Trin. Coll. ) became a severe and constant Student in the Bodleian library , and wrot and published a book during his stay in the University , as I shall anon tell you ; but whether he took a degree therein , it appears not . After he had left the University , he became chief Master of the Free-school at Newcastle upon Tyne ; whence , after he had continued there several years , he was removed to the Vicaridge of Hexham in Northumberland , where he continued Minister almost 28 years . He hath written , Contemplationes Metaphysicae ex natura rerum & rectae rationis lumine deductae , &c. Oxon. 1648. oct , dedicated to Sir Cheyney Culpeper , and Nich. Stonghton Esq . Before which is a Preface to shew what Metaphysicks are , and their use . This was reprinted at Frankfort in 1680 , by the care of Magnus Hesenthalerus the late famous Professor of Wertemberg , with an Epist . ded . of the said Hesenthalerus to Wolfgangus principal Officer to the Duke of Wertemberg , with the title changed thus , Georgii Ritschel contemplationes Metaphysicae , quas rerum ex natura , rectaeque rationis lumine deductas , Oxoniae Anglorum 1648 olim publicatas ipsummet per Autorem auctas , revisas , emendatas : ab amica Magni Hesenthaleri manu impetratas exquisitio plurium Literatorum voto , &c. He hath also written another book intit . Dissertatio de ceremoniis Ecclesiae Anglicanae , quâ usus earum licitus ostenditur , & à superstitionis & idolatriae crimine vindicatur . Lond. 1661. oct . This book , which got him great credit with his Diocesan Dr. Jo. Cosin , is commended by Dr. Durell in his S. Eccles . Anglicanae Vindiciae . Afterwards at the request of the said Hesenthalerus , our author Ritschel sent to Wertemberg his Ethica Christiana , in 2 vol. qu. with another Latin quarto called Exercitationes sacrae , which Hesenthalerus desired , and promised to take care of the printing them , and engaged his son to take the like care , if he should die before they were began : Whether they were printed is not yet certain . He also at his death left with his son two MSS. ready for the press , one De fide catholica , and the other against the English Quakers , both in qu. and in Latine . This learned author who for a time had been Tutor in his travels to the sons of the Prince of Transylvania , died on the 28 of Decemb. in sixteen hundred eighty and three , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Hexham before mentioned , sometimes a Cathedral dedicated to St. Andrew ; in the Vicaridge of which his son named George Ritschel lately of S. Edm. Hall succeeded him . Soon after was a monument put over his grave , with this inscription thereon : Sub hoc marmore sacrae reconduntur reliquiae Georgii Ritschel Patria Bohemi , religione reformati , qui saeviente in Protestantes Ferdinando secundo omnibus gentilitiis haereditatibus exutus , sed Argentorati , Lugduni Batavorum , aliarumque Academiarum exterarum spoliis onustus , quicquid eruditionis in istis florentissimis Musarum Emporiis viguit , secum detulit Oxonium , an . Dom. 1644 , qua celeberrima Academia consummatis studiis aliorum commodo studere coepit ; & contemplationibus Metaphysicis , vindiciisque ceremoniarum Eccles . Anglicanae , aliisque scriptis eruditissimis editis toto orbe statim inclaruit . Tanta fame auctus Ecclesiam Augustaldensem ad quam electus erat , & cui praefuit annos plus minus 27 magis Augustam & tantum non cathedralem , qualis olim fuerit , reliquit , &c. You may read more of the Encomiums of this worthy person in the sermon preached at his funeral by one Major Algood Rector of Simonbourne in Northumberland , and in an Elegy on his death at the end of it . — Printed at Lond. 1684. quart . FRANCIS BAMPFIELD third son of John Bampf . (a) of Portimon in Devons . Esq . was born in that County , became a Commoner of VVadham Coll. in 1631 , aged 16 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1638 , and afterwards holy Orders from a Bishop . But being puritannically inclined , he sided with the rebellious party in 1642 , took the Covenant , preached up the Cause in several places , and was all things to all men except those of the royal party . At length , on the death of VVilliam Lyford , he became Minister of Shirebourne in Dorsetshire , having before taken the Engagement , an . 1653 , where he continued , carrying on the trade among the factious people , not without great disturbance from Quakering Witches , as he pretended , till the Act of Uniformity cast him out , an . 1662. Afterwards he lived in the said Town for some time , kept Conventicles , was imprisoned (b) for so doing several times , and forced to remove his quarters . At length retiring to London , the common refuge of such people , he preached in Conventicles there , was several times committed upon that account , and continued a Prisoner for about the ten last years of his life , at several times . He was always a person so strangely fickle and unsteady in his judgment , that he was first a Church man , then a Presbyterian , afterwards an Independent , or at least a fider with them , an Anabaptist , and at length , almost a compleat Jew , and what not . He was also so enthusiastical and canting , that he did almost craze and distract many of his disciples by his amazing and frightful discourses . He hath written , His judgment for the observation of the Jewish , or seventh day Sabboth ; with his Reasons and Scriptures for the same . Sent in a Letter to Mr. Will. Ben of Dorchester , &c. Lond. 1672 and 1677. oct . See more in VVill. Ben under the year 1680 , p. 507. who by one (c) of his perswasion is commended for a pious man , for his holiness of life and for his dexterous preaching . All in one . All useful Sciences and profitable Arts in one book of Jehovah Aelokim , copied out , and commented upon in created Beings , comprehended and discovered in the fulness and perfection of Scripture-knowledges . The first part — Printed 1677 in 45 sh . in fol. The design of which fantastical and unintelligible book is for the advancement and augment of useful Arts , and of profitable Sciences in a scripture way , and that all Philosophy be taught out of the Scripture , and not from Heathen Authors . The Author shews himself dissatisfied with his Academical education , and is clearly against that way ; and would , if he could , have his own Idea take place : and vainly endeavours to represent the many pretended inconveniencies of those methods which have been so long established in our Universities , saying (d) that Enthusiastick Phantasmes , humane Magistralities , self-weaved Ratiocinations , forc'd Extractions , indulg'd Sensuations , and unsetling Scepticismes have laid , some of the most , claim to the highest advance of humane learning , that hath been hitherto made . 'T is full of bombast great swelling and forc'd language , and oftentimes unintelligible . The house of wisdome . The house of the sons of the Prophets . An house of exquisite enquiry , and of deep research : where the mind of Jehovah Aeloim in the holy Scripture of truth , in the original words and phrases , and their proper significancy , is diligently studied , faithfully compared and aptly put together for the farther promoting and higher advancing of Scripture knowledge , of all useful Arts , and profitable Sciences , in the one book of books , the word of Christ , copied out and commented upon in created Beings . Lond. 1681. in 7 sh . in fol. In which fantastical book , the Author would have the Hebrew Tongue and Language to be the universal character over all the inhabited earth , to be taught in all Schools , and Children to be taught it as their mother language . He proposes a way for the erection of Academies to have it taught , and all Philosophy to proceed from Scripture , to have all books translated into that language , and I know not what . What other things he hath written and published I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , only ( 1 ) That he having been convicted , and committed for preaching at Pinmakers-Hall in London , was brought on the 24 ▪ of Feb. 1682 to the Sessions held at the Old Bayly , where being tendred the Oaths , he said that the King of Kings forbad him to take them , and thereupon was re-committed to Newgate Prison . ( 2 ) That he was brought thither again about the 18 of Apr. 1683 , and refusing them , was sent to Newgate , from whence he came . ( 3 ) That he and one Griffith , Reynolds , and Warner , who had laid a long time in Newgate for refusing the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy , were on the 18 of Jan. 1683 indicted for the same , and found guilty at the Old Bayly , and lastly that our Author Bampfield dying in the said Prison of Newgate , on Saturday the sixteenth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred eighty and three , his body was two or three days after followed with a very great company of factious and schismatical people to his grave , in the new burying place bought by the Anabaptists in Glass-house Yard joyning to Aldersgate street in London . THOMAS GAWEN son of a Minister of the City of Bristow of both his names , was born in a market Town in Glocestershire called Marifield , educated in Wykehams School near VVinchester , made perpetual Fellow of New Coll , an . 1632 , aged 22 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , travelled , was at Rome , and accidently sometimes fell into the company of John Milton the Antimonarchist . After his return , he became Chaplain to Dr. Curl Bishop of VVinchester , who gave him a Prebendship in that Church , and the Rectory , as I conceive , of Exton in Hampshire , he being then much valued for his Learning , Greek and Latin Poetry . About the latter end of 1642 , he having the year before left his Fellowship , he was appointed by the said Bishop to be Tutor to his son , then a Commoner of Magd. Coll , where being esteemed a person of admirable breeding , his company was much desired and courted by reason of his travels and discourse , which savoured at that time nothing of Popery , but rather an aversion from it ; of which great notice was taken among those with whom he commun'd . Afterwards upon the delivery up of his charge , and a foresight of the ruine of the Ch. of England , he travelled again to Rome with the heir of the Dorcestrian Pier ponts , spent some time there and in other parts of Italy , and returning thro France , met with an intimate friend of his ( then lately of Magd. Coll. ) at Paris , with whom having several conferences , that person found his discourse changed , and some tincture therein of the Romish dye . Whereupon he acquainting Dr. Steph. Goffe of the person , he desired his company , but could not by any means perswade him to come within the verge of the Court of the Queen Mother of England then there , and the reason of it was , as they conceived , because he would keep his opinion undiscovered , to the end that he might afterwards gain some profit from the Ch. of England . After his Majesties return , he was restored to what he had lost , became Rector of Bishops-stoke in Hampshire and of Fawley , but the last he never enjoyed , because not inducted thereunto . About that time he being discovered to be what he was , a Rom. Catholick , he willingly left all he had , and to prevent danger that might ensue from his clerical brethren , he procured himself , by the endeavours of Dr. Goffe and L. Abbat Mountague , to be sworn a Servant to Henrietta Maria the Qu. Mother before mentioned . Afterwards he went a third time to Rome , married an Italian woman well born , and had a child by her ; but because he had nothing with , left , her and the child , and returned to his native Country , his wealth being kept for the children of his brother , who was then P. of the P. P. at London . About that time he took up his quarters in the City of VVestminster , lived a retired life , a perpetual Student in religionary Controversies , and wrot many things , of which some are extant , as , A brief explanation of the several mysteries of the holy Mass , and of the actions of the Priest celebrating , very necessary for all Roman Catholicks , for the better understanding thereof . Lond. 1686. oct . Certain Reflections upon the Apostles Creed touching the Sacrament . Divers Meditations and Prayers , both before , and after the Communion . — These two last , go and are bound with the Brief Explanation , &c. Other things also which he left behind him , that are not as yet , I suppose , extant , are ( 1 ) A treatise of mental prayer . ( 2 ) How to gain a Jubilee or Indulgence . ( 3 ) Of the name of God Jehovah . ( 4 ) Meditations belonging to spiritual exercise . ( 5 ) Treatise touching the reading of Saints lives , &c. And among the Translations into Latine which he made , was Joh. Cleavelands Poem called The Rebel Scot ; and among those from Spanish into English The life of S. Vincent of Caraffa the General of the society of Jesus . He died in his house situated in the Pall-Mall within the Liberty of the City of VVestminster , on the 8 day of March in sixteen hundred eighty and three , and was buried in the Church of S. Martin in the Fields within the said City , leaving then behind him the character among men , especially those of his perswasion , of a learned and religious person . THOMAS GORE was born of an antient and gentile family living at Aldrington alias Alderton in VVilts . an . 1631 , at which place his Ancestors , who originally came from Whitlegh near Melkesham in the said County , have lived about 300 years . In the time of the Rebellion he was educated in Grammar learning at Tetbury in Glocestershire under Mr. Tho. Tully , where being rip'ned for the University , became a Commoner of Magd. Coll. in the month of May 1647 , under the tuition first of Joh. King Fellow of that House , and afterwards , with leave from the President , under the said Mr. Tully Fellow of Qu. Coll. After he had continued in Magd. Coll. more than three years , and had perform'd his exercise for the degree of Bach. of Arts , he retir'd to Lincolns Inn , whence after he had spent some time in the municipal Laws , he receeded to his Patrimony at Alderton , where prosecuting his natural Genius which he had to Heraldry and Antiquities , wrot and published these things following . A Table shewing how to blazon a coat of Arms ten several ways . — Printed 1655 on one side of a single sheet , and taken verbatim , as it seems , from Joh. Fern's book called The blazon of Nobility , &c. Nomenclator Geographicus Latino Anglicus , & Anglico-Latinus alphabeticè digestus ; complectens plerorumque omnium M. Britanniae & Hiberniae regionum , Comitatum , Episcopatuum , Oppidorum , Fluviorum , &c. nomina & appellationes , &c. Oxon. 1667. oct . To which the Author did afterwards add many other things , with an intention to come out with another edition . Series alphabetica , Latino-Anglica , nomina gentilitiorum , sive cognominum plurimarum familiarum , quae multos per annos in Angliâ floruere : è libris quà manuscriptis quà typis excusis , aliisque antiquioris aevi monumentis latinis collecta . Oxon. 1667. oct . This book was afterwards crept into a thick quarto , by the additions of the etymologies of the words and many little annotations concerning the Arms of the said Families , but before the Author could put it into the press , he was snatch'd away by death . Catalogus in certa capita , seu classes , alphabetico ordine concinnatus , plerorúmque omnium authorum ( tam antiquorum quàm recentiorum ) qui de re heraldica , Latinè , Gallicè , Ital. Hispan . Germ. Anglicè scripserunt . Oxon. 1668. in 4 sh . and an half . To which the Author making many additions , with prefaratory discourses of Arms and Armory , it was printed again at Oxon 1674. in 16 sh . in qu. After this the Author growing wealthy , and noted for a rich man , became High-Sheriff of Wilts . an . 1680 , whereupon suffering in his reputation by some of his neighbouring gentry , he wrot and published , Loyalty displayed , and falshood unmask'd : or , a just Vindication of Tho. Gore Esq . High-Sheriff of the County of Wilts . in a letter to a friend . Lond. 1681. in 1 sh . qu. He gave up the ghost at Alderton before mention'd , on the 31 of March ( Easter Munday ) in sixteen hundred eighty and four , and was buried in the Church there , among the graves of his Ancestors ; leaving then behind him several pieces of Heraldry of his own composure , collections of Arms out of several Churches and Houses which he had made in his Journeys , additions to , and corrections of , the books that he had published , and a choice collection of Heraldry books , and books relating to that faculty , as well printed as in MS. WILLIAM CLARKE son of George Clarke , by his wife the sister of Will. Prynne Esq , was born at Swainswyke near Bathe in Somersetshire , became a Communer of Oriel Coll , an . 1657 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts 1661 , and on the 30 of Mar. 1663 was made Fellow of his House . About that time applying his mind solely to the study of Physick , left his Fellowship three years after , retired to his native Country , and practised it in the City of Bathe , where I saw him in 1678 , and his book intit . The natural history of Niter : or , a philosophical discourse of the nature , generation , place and artificial extraction of Niter , &c. Lond. 1670. oct . Translated into Lat. and printed beyond the Seas , after a full account of it had been made publick in the Philosophical Transactions , numb . 61. p. 2008. Afterwards the Author retired to Stepney near London in Middlesex , where he practised his faculty with good success , and dying on the 24 of Apr. in sixteen hundred eighty and four , was buried in the Church there on the 27 of the same month . He was usually called there Dr. Clarke ; but whether he ever took that degree elsewhere , I cannot tell . I am sure he was only Bach. of Arts of this University . DANIEL WHISTLER son of Will. Whistl . of Elvington in the Parish of Goring in the dioc . of Oxford , was born at Walthamstow in Essex , educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school at Thame , admitted Prob. Fellow of Merton Coll. in Jan. 1639 , aged 20 years or thereabouts ; where going thro the severe exercise then kept up , proceeded in Arts four years after . About that time obtaining leave of his Society to travel , he crossed the seas to Holland , took the degree of Doctor of Phys . at Leyden , an . 1645 , and returning the year following to his Coll. was incorporated Doctor of his faculty in this University 1647. Afterwards he submitted to the power of the Visitors appointed by Parliament , kept his Fellowship , ( tho absent ) became superior Reader of Lynacres Lecture , but read not , because he was practising his faculty in London ; and in 1653 he went as chief Physitian to the Embassy made by Bulstrode Whitlock into Sweedland . After his return he was made Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians , Fellow of the Royal Society when first instituted , and at length upon the removal of Dr. Tho. Cox for being whiggishly inclined , he was made President of the said College , about S. Lukes day 1683. He hath written and published , Disputatio medica inauguralis de morbo puerili Anglorum quem patrio idiomate indigenae vocant The Rickets , quam deo suppetias ferente , &c. Lond. 1645 and 1685. qu. This noted Doctor , tho he had married a rich widdow , and did obtain about 1000 l. per an . by his practice , many years before his death , yet he died in the Coll. of Physitians very much in debt , and worse than nothing , on Sunday the eleventh day of May in sixteen hundred eighty and four : whereupon his body was buried , but a little better than in private , towards the upper end of the north isle or alley joyning to the Church called Christ Church in London , which is near the said Coll. of Phys . THOMAS LYE son of Tho. Lye or Leigh , was born at Chard in Somersetshire , 25 of Mar. 1621 , entred a Servitour of Wadh. Coll. under his learned and faithful Tutor Mr. George Ashwell in Mich. term 1636 , elected scholar thereof 29 Jun. in the year following , took one degree in Arts by the name of Tho. Leigh , ( by which name also he had been matriculated ) went afterwards to Cambridge when Oxford was garrison'd for his Majesty , took the degree of Master of Arts there in July 1647 , being then or lately , Master of the school at Bury S. Edm. in Suffolk , returned afterwards to Oxon for preferment , was made Chaplain of Wadh. Coll , and incorporated Master of this University by the name of Tho. Lye , in the month of May 1649. Soon after he was made Minister of Chard before mentioned , and on the 24 of Aug. 1651 , he preached a farewell sermon , as being under the sentence of banishment , because he would not swear against the beloved Covenant . In 1654 he was appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Somersetshire for the ejection of such whom the Saints then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . In 1658 , upon the receipt of a Call , he entred on the pastoral charge of Allhallowes Church in Lombard-street in London , on the 20 of Nov. or thereabouts ; and by Act of Parl. of the 14 of March 1659 , he was made one of the Approvers of Ministers according to the Presbyterian way : which Act being soon after annulled , upon a foresight of his Majesties restauration , he himself two years after was ejected for Nonconformity . He hath extant , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The fixed saint , held forth in a farewell Serm. at Allhallowes in Lombardstreet 17 Aug. 1662 , on Phil. 4.1 . Lond. 1662. qu. It was reprinted the same year in octavo , among other farewell Sermons at Barthelmew tide , with his picture , very like him , with other pictures of Nonconformists , that then preached in and near London , set in the title . ( 2 ) Sermon on Luke 17.10 . — Printed in The morning Exercise against Popery , preached in Southwark . Lond. 1675. qu. ( 3 ) By what spiritual rules may catechising be best managed , on Prov. 22.6 . Printed in The supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. and 76. qu. ( 4 ) The true believers union with Christ , on 1 Cor. 6.17 . — Pr. in The morning exercise at S. Giles in the fields near Lond. in May 1659. Lond. 1676. qu. In which Morn . exerc . one John Tillotson hath also a sermon . An explanation of the shorter Catechisme , composed by the Assembly of Divines 1647. With a plain and familiar method of instructing the younger sort in that Cat. Lond. in oct . Several times printed . The Childs delight : together with an English Grammar . Lond. in oct . Several times printed . A new Spelling-book : or reading and spelling English made easse : wherein all the words of our English Bible are set down in an alphabetical order and divided into their distinct Syllables . Together with the grounds of the English Tongue laid in verse , wherein are couch'd many moral Precepts . Lond. 1674. oct . &c. What other Sermons or books are published under his name , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying at Bednal green near London , on the seventh day of June in sixteen hundred eighty and four , was buried in the Ch. of Clapham in Surrey : in which Town he had usually held forth in Conventicles with Dr. Hen. Wilkinson , commonly called Long Harry , and Will. Bridge , sometimes Minister of Yarmouth . He also for a better livelyhood instructed the sons of Nonconformists . JOSHUA SPRIGGE son of Will. Sprigge sometimes servant to Will. Lord Say , afterwards Steward of New Coll , was born at Banbury in Oxfordshire , became a Commoner of New Inn in Midsummer term an . 1634 , aged 16 years , left it without a degree , journied into Scotland , and became Master of Arts at Edinburgh , and a Preacher . A little before the Rebellion began he retired to London , was a Preacher at S. Mary Alderm , afterwards took the Covenant , was made Minister of S. Pancras Ch. in Soperlane , and at length a retainer to Sir Tho. Fairfax General of the Parliament Army . In 1648 he was constituted one of the Fellows of All 's . Coll. by the Committee and Visitors appointed by Parliament to reform the University , and in the year following he was incorporated M. of A. as he had stood at Edinburgh . While he continued in All 's . Coll , he was of civil conversation , but far gone in Enthusiasme ; and blamed much by some of the Fellows then there , for his zeal of having the history of our Saviours Ascension curiously carved from stone over that Coll. gate , to be defaced , after it had remained there since the foundation of that House . About that time he was esteemed also a noted Independent , and afterwards very well known to be a great favourer of factious and blasphemous persons , particularly that grand Impostor James Naylor Quaker , in whose behalf , he did , in the head of an 100 men , deliver a Petition in favour of him to Oliver L. Protector . After the Kings return , he retired to an Estate which he had purchased at Crayford in Kent , lived privately there , and frequented Conventicles . At length , upon the death of James Lord Say , which was in the latter end of 1673 , he married his widow named Frances , daughter of Edward Viscount Wimbledon , with whom he had great familiarity during the time of her first Husband . But she being a holy Sister , and kept , or caused to be kept , Conventicles in her house , they , upon trouble ensuing , removed to Highgate near London , where our Author - Sprigge died , as I shall tell you anon . He hath extant these things following , viz. Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) God a Christians all , himself nothing , on Gen. 5.24 . — Printed 1640. ( 2 ) A Testimony to approaching glory , in five Sermons delivered at S. Pancrass Church in Soperlane . Lond. 1649 sec . edit . In which Sermons are contained several blasphemies , as certain (a) Pamphlets inform us . See more in Joh. Owen . ( 3 ) A farther Testimony , &c. Printed in oct . This I have not yet seen , ( 4 ) The dying and living Christian , &c. on Rom. 14.8 . Lond. 1648. oct , and others , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . Anglia rediviva ; Fnglands recovery : Being the History of the motions , actions and successes of the Army under the conduct of Sir Tho. Fairfax Knight , Capt. General of all the Parliament forces in England . Lond. 1647. fol. Characterized falsly by an outlandish (b) author to be opus rude & moles indigesta , &c. This book goes under the name of J. Sprigge , but if a knowing (c) author saies true , Nath. Fiennes second son to Will. Lord Say had a chief hand in compiling the said book . Certaine weighty considerations humbly tendred and submitted to the consideration of such of the Members of the High Court of Justice for the trial of the King , as they shall be presented unto . Lond. 1648. in two sh . in qu. Solace for Saints in the saddest times — Printed in oct . This I have not yet seen . News of a new world from the word and works of God , compared together ; evidencing that the times of the man of sin are legally determined , and by the same right the days of the son of man are already commenced ; with an account of the times of Gog and Magog , and of the three last Viols . Lond. 1676. oct . Besides these , he hath other things , without doubt , extant , but I cannot yet in all my searches find them out . He died at Highgate before mention'd in the month of June in sixteen hundred eighty and four : whereupon his body being carried to Crayford aforesaid , was buried in the Church there . About a fortnight after his beloved wife Frances dying , was , I presume , buried near him . So that the Estate of him the said J Sprigge went to his younger brother William , who hereafter is to be mention'd as a writer . RICHARD HAYTER son of Will. Hayt . of the City of Salisbury , was born in Wilts , became a Commoner of Madg. Hall in 1628 aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , retired to Salisbury , lived three as a Lay-man , and wrote The meaning of the Revelation : or , a paraphrase with questions on the Rev. of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Divine , &c. wherein the Synchronismes of Mr. Joseph Mede , &c. are called into question , &c. Lond. 1675. qu. Errata Mori . The errours of Henry More Doct. of Div. contained in his Epilogue annex'd to his exposition of the Revelation of S. John , in which these questions are debated , &c. — This was made ready for the Press in Apr. 1683 , and another book , but whether yet printed I cannot tell . He died on the 30. of June in sixteen hundred eighty and four , and was buried in the Parish Church of S. Thomas in Salisbury ; which is all I yet know of him , only that he and Joh. Warner are by the Printers mistake put among the Masters of Arts in the Fasti , an 1634. as Masters of Magd. College , instead of Madg. Hall , and that by another mistake in this vol. p. 254 , he hath set down the death of Dr. H. More before mentioned , to be on the 3. of Apr. instead of the first of Sept. 1687. PETER GUNNING son of Pet. Gunn . Minister of How in Kent , by Elianor Trest his wife , ( a Kentish woman of a good family ) was born at How on the eleventh , and baptized on the 16 of Janu. 1613 , bred up in the Free-School at Canterbury , where being found remarkably ripe for the University , he was at 15 years of age sent to Clare Hall in Cambridge , of which House he was soon after made Fellow ; having been , from his first admittance , very much in the Eye of all that University , as having and never wanting in any kind of exercise either grave or jocose , as also noted for one whose extraordinary parts and indefatigable industry and study promised great things . After he was Master of Arts he took upon him the cure of Little S. Maries Church in Cambridge , chosen to it by the Master and Fellows of Peter House , all Colleges being ambitious some way or other to make him theirs . When the grand rebellion began , or at least about to begin , he was very zealous in opposing the attempts of the then spreading Schism and troubles , and did not forbear to protest publickly against the faction when it was most formidable . In a Sermon also at S. Maries in Cambr. he vehemently and convincingly urged the University to publish a formal protestation against the rebellious League : And being occasionally about that time in Kent ( upon a short visit to his mother lately then a widow ) he was hunted about and forced to lye in Woods , and at length was imprison'd for having assisted some Forces , belonging to the King at Tunbridge , with the charity he had moved a neighbouring Congregation to by two Sermons . Thence he was forced to his College to take the Covenant , which he resolutely denying so to do , was thrown out of his Fellowship , and soon after one John T ... n who took it , was put therein . But before he left Cambridge , he with Mr. Barrow , afterwards B. of S. Asaph , Mr. Ward afterwards B. of Salisbury , and Mr. John Barwick , with two or three others did write a resolute and well pen'd Treatise against the Covenant , which was afterwards published . In the beginning of the year 1644 if not before , he with the said Mr. Barrow , his great companion and fellow-sufferer , journied to Oxon , then his Majesties head-quarter , and being forthwith made known to that most worthy patron of learning Dr. Rob. Pink Warden of New Coll , he entred them Chaplains of that House , where they had lodging and diet . In July the same year , Mr. Gunning was incorporated Master of Arts of this University , but whether Mr. Barrow was , or took any other degree , it appears not in the publick register . About the same time Mr. Gunning became Curat for Mr. Jasp . Mayne at Cassington , four Miles North-west distant from Oxon , in which service continuing about two years , he endured several affronts and abuses by the Parliamentarian Soldiers from Abendon and elsewhere , either by interrupting him with base Language , or by pulling him out of the Church . Besides the constant duty at New Coll. and his reading Prayers and Preaching every Sunday at Cassington , he somtimes preached either before the King , or Parliament sitting at Oxon. In consideration of which , he was one of those many that had the degree of Bach. of Div. confer'd upon him , and accordingly he was admitted on the day before the Garrison of Oxon was surrendred for the use of the Parliament : So that he having been incorporated , and afterwards admitted to a superior degree with us , is the reason why I now put him among the Oxford Writers , tho indeed Cambridge is more properly his Mother . After the surrender of Oxon. he undertook the charge and tuition of Christopher , afterwards , Lord Hatton and Sir Franc. Compton , in both whom , he instill'd most excellent Principles of Loyalty . Afterwards he was Chapl. to Sir Rob. Shirley father of Rob. ( which last was made Lord Ferrers of Chartley , ) who setled on him about an 100 l per an . for his life , being more particularly moved thereunto for his great abilities , and the learning which he shew'd in the silencing a Popish Priest , with whom he held two or three set disputations for the satisfaction of his Patron and others that engaged him in them . Not long after Sir Rob. Shirley dyed in the Tower , having been committed to that place for his Loyalty ; so that thereupon Mr. Gunning betaking himself to the holding a constant Congregation in the Chappel at Exeter house in the Strand , did , by his reading the English Liturgy , Preaching , and administring , assert the cause of the Church of England with great pains and courage , when the Parliament was most predominant : And his Sermons and Prayers being performed very regularly according to the antient usuage of the Church , great numbers of well affected and honest people flocked to them , as others did to other Loyal Preachers in several parts in , and near , the City of London , whereby thousands being confirmed in the communion of the Church of England , as in other parts of the Nation , was thereby frustrated and taken away the groundless reproach cast upon the true Protestants by the Romanists that their Church was lost . Besides these his Labours , for which he was often sent for and reprov'd by the Usurper Oliver , he would on the week days look out all sorts of Sectaries and dispute with them openly in their own Congregations : Nor was there any considerable Sect , whether Presbyterian , Independent , Anabaptist , Quaker , Brownist , Socinian , &c. but that he held with them , some time or other , a set publick disputation in defence of the Church of England . About the time of the Kings restauration he was posses'd of the Rectories of Cotesmore in the County of Rutland and of Stoke-Brewen in Northamptonshire , which he long before had title to , but kept out for his Loyalty . The Vicaridge of S. Martin in the Fields in Westminster was first design'd him , and a Prebendship of Canterbury : The last he had , but the other not , as being thought more for the service of the publick to fix him for a while in the University of Cambridge , where being first made D. of D. and Master of Corp. Ch. Coll. and soon after of S. Johns , he was for a little while Margaret Professor ; and as soon as Dr. Ant. Tuckney was removed , he was made Reg. Professor of Divinity as the fittest man for that Chaire that could be then chosen , to settle the University right in their Principles again , after many corruptions had crept in there by means of the Rebellion . I say that he did not only succeed the said Tuckney in the Divinity Chaire , but also in the Mastership of S. Johns Coll ; who having been lawfully ejected from both , as having had no right title to either , yet such was the goodness of Dr. Gunning that he allowed him a very considerable annuity during his life . Which act of his , being excellent and singular , is here remembred to his everlasting fame , and the rather for this reason , that no Presbyterian or Independent was ever known to allow any Loyallist , whose places they had occupied for several years , the least farthing , but rather rejected and avoided them , vilified , scorn'd and exposed them to the Plebeians , as empty , formal , and starch'd nothings . These things I have known , and do remember them as done in this University , and the like without all doubt was used at Cambridge : and yet so it is , that some of the dreggs of these men that yet remain among us , have not been content with the Kings clemency to keep their places to this day , but take all occasions , upon the least interruption in the Nation , to breed faction among us , jealousies in the people of the violent comming in of Popery , make continual clamours after preferment , as if they had deserv'd it as well as sufferers , and I know not what . But now to return to the worthy person whom we are further to mention : Be it remembred therefore that upon the death of Dr. Hen. King he was promoted to the See of Chichester ; to which being Consecrated on the sixth day of March ( the third Sunday in Lent ) an . 1669 , sate there till the death of Dr. Benj. Lan●y Bishop of Ely , which hapning towards the latter end of 1674 , he was translated to that See , on the fourth day of March the same year , with a particular acknowledgement from his Majesty of his steaddiness to the Church , having kept up the face thereof in the worst of times . In all the several preferments that he went thro from the first to the last , he was first thought of by his Prince , or Patron , before he himself made any application whatsoever . While he continued in Cambridge he was a constant Preacher , and looked upon as so umblameable in his life and practice , that his schismatical and factious Adversaries were sorry that they could not possibly fasten the least spot on him . He was admired by great Scholars , as well abroad , as at home , for his profund Divinity , was noted much also in England for his diffusive Charity ; for what he had not spent in his life time by supplying Scholars at Cambridge , by his large endowments and bountiful benefactions in that place , by his great summs laid out on his Sees , as well as formerly on his Livings , by his dayly relieving at his door from his Table all sorts of indigent and distressed persons , and by privately supplying others with a plentiful hand , he disposed the remainder by his last Will and Test . to be laid out for the augmentation of poor Vicariges . Under his name go these things following : A contention for truth : in two several publick disputations before thousands of people in the Church of S. Clement Danes , without Temple Bar , on the 19. and 26. of Nov. ( 1657 ) between Mr. Gunning on the one part and Mr. ( Hen. ) Denn on the other , concerning the baptisme of Infants , whether lawfull or unlawfull . Lond. 1658. qu. Schisme unmasked : or a late conference betwixt Mr. Pet. Gunning and Mr. John (*) Pierson Ministers , on the one part , and two Disputants of the Rom. perswasion on the other . Wherein is defin'd , both what Schisme is , and to whom it belongs , &c. Paris 1658. in tw . This conference is said to have been began in May 1657. The large Preface to it was written by two Catholick Disputants , who published the whole , and 't is presum'd not so fairly on the Protestants side , as in truth and justice they ought to have done . View and corrections of the Common Prayer , an . 1662 , — At which Mr. Baxter , if I mistake not , carped . The Paschall or Lent-Fast Apostolical and perpetuall . Lond. 1662. qu. This at first was but a Sermon preached before the King , who forced it into the Press by his repeated commands ; and thereupon he added so much to it , as to make it a compleat Treatise on that subject . Appendix containing an answer to the late printed objections of the Presbyterians against the Fast of Lent. — Printed with the former book . See in the Fasti 1669 among the incorporations , in Will. Saywell . At length , this worthy Bishop , who continued single all his days , wholly addicted to his studies and the service of God , and had made preaching and doing all the good offices proper to a Bishop so much his delight , that , according to the usual saying , he died in his calling ; did surrender up his pious soul to God on Sunday the sixth day of July in sixteen hundred eighty and four ; whereupon his body was buried with due solemnity in the Cathedral Church of Ely. As Dr. Fr. Turner somtimes Fellow of New Coll , succeeded him in the Mastership of that of S. Johns , chiefly by his means , so did he likewise in the Bishoprick of Ely ; between whom there passed many affectionate endearments . Much more may be said of this most pious and learned Bishop , but he being not totally ours , I shall omit it , and commend you to his large character given of him in a book entit . A discourse delivered in two Sermons preached in the Cathedral at Ely , in Sept. 1684 &c. p. 4.5 . &c. Written , spoken and published by Humph. Gower D. D. Master of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge ( in the place of Dr. Turner before mention'd ) and one of the Prebendaries of Ely , printed 1685. in qu. WILLIAM DURHAM son of Joh. Durh. of Willersley near Camden in Glocestershire , was born there , educated in Grammar learning under one Mr. Sturby who kept a private School at Broadway in the same County , became a Student of New Inn in 1626 aged 15 years , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and when about an years standing in the degree of Master , he was made Curat to Dr. Thom. Bunbury Rector of S. Maries Church in Reading . In the beinning of the Civil War he left that place , retired to London , and there , after some short stay , was chosen preacher of the Rolls in Chancery Lane , at which time he took the Covenant . From thence , by a presentation , he went into Berks . and became Rector of Burfield , being about that time Bach. of Divinity , and thence was translated to the rich Rectory of Tredington in Worcestershire , which before , I cannot say immediatly , had been enjoyed by Dr. Will. Smith somtimes Warden of Wadham Coll. After his Majesties restauration he was ejected thence to make room for Dr. Joseph Crowther of S. Johns Coll. who before had obtained a presentation thereunto : whereupon our author Durham retiring to London , lived there for some time without a cure . A length upon his Conformity to the Church of England , Sir Nich. Crispe presented him to the Rectory of S. Mildred in Breadstreet within the City of London ( to which Parish , that of S. Margaret Moses was joyned after the dreadful fire in the said City ) where he finished his course . He hath extant Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Maran-Atha : The second Advent , or Christs comming to jugdment , an Assize Serm. at Warwick , 25. of July 1651. on Jam. 5.9 . Lond. 1652. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. before the Artillery Company at S. Andrews Undershaft , 30 Aug. 1670. on 1. Cor. 16.13 . Lond. 1671. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. before the L. Mayor and Court of Aldermen at at S. Mary le Bow , 21. Nov. 1675. on Prov , 29.1 . Lond. 1676. qu. A serious exhortation to the necessary duties of families and personal instruction , for the use of Tredington Parish — Printed in 1659 in tw . The life and death of that judicious Divine and accomplished preacher Rob. Harris D. D. lately President of Trinity Coll. in Oxon , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . He died on the seventh day of July in sixteen hundred eighty and four and was buried in the Chancell of the Church of S. Mildred before mentioned , in a vault belonging to the Ministers thereof , just under the Communion Table . ROBERT SHARROCH a Ministers son was born at Adstock near to , and in the County of , Buckingham , educated in Wyekhams School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll. an . 1649 or thereabouts , took the degrees in the Civil Law , that of Doctor being compleated in 1661 , became afterwards Rector of Horewood in Buckinghamshire , Prebendary of Winchester , Rector of Bishops Waltham in Hampshire , a Justice of Peace for that County , and at length Archdeacon of Winchester in the place of Dr. Walt. Darrell deceased ; in which Dignity he was installed 28. Apr. 1684 , being then accounted learned in divinity , in the Civ . and Com. Law , and very knowing in Vegitables and all pertaining thereunto . He hath published , The History of the propagating and improvement of Vegitables , by the concurrence of Art and Nature : shewing the several ways for the propagation of Plants usually cultivated in England , as they are increased by Seeds , Off-sets , Suckers , &c. Oxon 1660 and 1672 oct . An account of which book you may see in the Philosophical Transactions , numb . 84. p. 5002. Hypothesis de Officiis secundum humanae rationis dictata seu naturae jus , unde casus omnes conscientiae quatenus notiones à naturâ supersunt dijudicari possint , &c. Oxon. 1660. oct . In this he writes against the Principia and Rationes of Hobbes of Malmsbury , belonging to Ethicks and Politicks . This book came out at Oxon again , in 1682 in a large octavo , with many additions to it , with the title a little alter'd and enlarg'd , and dedicated to the King. Judicia ( seu Legum censurae ) de variis in continentiae speciebus , &c. Oxon. 1662 in a large oct . De finibus virtutis Christianae . The ends of Christian religion , &c. justified in several discourses . Oxon 1673. qu. contained in ten Sermons . He also reviewed and compared with several copies Provinciale vetus provinciae Cantuariensis , cum selectioribus Linwodi annotationibus . Oxon. 1664. in a thick oct . He concluded his last day on the eleventh of July in sixteen hundred eighty and four and was buried in the Church of Bishops Waltham before mention'd . In his Archdeaconry was installed Tho. Clutterbook D. D. Rector and Vicar of South Stoneham near Southampton , in his Prebendship Sam. Palmer M. A. somtimes of Mert. Coll. and in Bishops Waltham succeeded Franc. Morley M. A. of Ch. Ch. great Nephew to Dr. Morley Bishop of Winton , who about the said time had a Prebendship bestowed on him in the said Church of Winton on the resignation of Dr. Geo. Beaumont , by the said Bishop . WILLIAM MASTERS second son of Sir Will. Mast . of Cirencester in Glocestershire Knight , was born there , admitted Bach. Fellow of Mert. Coll. from that of Ch. Ch. by the the Committee of Parliament and Visitors of the University , 25. Mar. 1650 , being then an Undergraduat ; took the degree of Master of Arts about two years after , and under the name of a Student in Theology did publish these two things following , he being then 26 years of age . Essayes and observations Theological and Moral . Wherein many of the humours and diseases of the age are discovered and characterized , &c. Lond. 1653. oct . Drops of Myrrhe : or Meditations and Prayers — These are printed with the former book , and are fitted to divers arguments in that work . Afterwards the author was beneficed at Woodford Roe in Essex , was Bach. of Divinity , Rector of S. Vedastus in Foster Lane in Lond. and a Minor Preb. in S. Pauls Cathedral ; but what else he published , I cannot yet find . He died in the month of Sept. or thereabouts , in sixteen hundred eighty and four , and was buried in the Church of Woodford before mention'd . By his last will and test . he gave to the Univ. of Oxon 5 l. per an , to have two Sermons preached every year in S. Maries Church there , viz one on Shrove Sunday and the other on the last Sunday in June . GEORGE MORLEY son of Francis Morley Esq , by Sarah Denham his wife , sister to Sir Joh. Denham one of the Barons of his Majesties Exchecquer , was born in Cheapside within the City of London , on the 27. of Febr. 1597. He lost his father when he was six years of age , his mother when 12 , and that little Patrimony that he was born to , by his father's being engaged in other mens debts . At 14 years of age , or thereabouts , he was elected one of Kings Scholars of the Coll. at Westminster , and in the beginning of the year 1615 he became Student of Ch. Ch , where with very great industry running thro all the Classes of Logick and Philosophy , he took the degrees in Arts. After he had continued in that royal foundation seven years in the degree of Master , he was invited by Robert Earl of Caernarvon and his Lady to be Chaplain in their house , where he lived till he was 43 years of age , without having , or seeking , any preferment in the Church . After this , he was prefer'd to the Rectory of Hartfield in Sussex , which , being a Sinecure , he exchanged with Dr. Rich. Steuart , then Clerk of the Closet to his Majesty , for the Parsonage of Mildenhall near Marlborough in Wiltshire . But before he had that charge , he had a Prebendship of Ch. Ch. bestowed on him by the K. ( to whom he was Chaplain in Ord. ) an . 1641 , which was the only preferment he ever desired , and of which he gave the first years profit to the King , towards the charge of his wars , which were then commenc'd against him by a prevalent party of Presbyterians in the Long Parliament : At the beginning of which , he preached one of the first solemn Sermons before the Commons , but so little to their gust and liking , that they commanded all the rest of the Sermons , but not his , to be printed . Yet after this , he being then Doctor of Divinity , he was nominated one of the Assembly of Divines by both Houses , as Dr. Prideaux B. of Worcester , Dr. H. Hammond , &c. were , but neither he , or either of them , appeared among them . As for his part , he always remained with his Majesty , did him what service he could , as long as the war continued . After which he was employed by his Majesty , then a prisoner at Hampton Court , to engage the University of Oxon not to submit to the illegal Visitation , that had been began , but for the present intermitted , because of the violent proceedings of the Army . Which affair he managed with such success , that the Convocation did presently pass an Act for that purpose , but with one dissenting voice only , tho they were then under the power of the enemy , that is the Parliament forces . After this , he was chosen by the Members of the University , with some other Assistants named by himself , to negotiate the making good of their Articles which were framed at the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon , to the said forces : which he did to that degree , as to gain time for the getting in of their rents , and to dispose of themselves , I mean as many of them , as were resolved not to submit to their new Masters . Soon after , he was one of the first that was deprived of all that he had in Oxon , or elsewhere , for not submitting to them , tho he was offer'd by one of the Grandees of the H. of Commons , to keep all that he had , without being put to say or do , or subscribe any thing against his Conscience , if he would but then give his word only , that he would not actually appear against them or their proceedings . See in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. 391. a. b. 393. a. 394. a. 395. a. 396. a. &c. After this he was one of the Divines that was sent for by the King to assist at the Treaty in the Isle of Wight ; which proving ineffectual , he resolved ( having first assisted the gallant Arthur Lord Capell , as his confessor , before his execution , in the beginning of Mar. 1648 ) to quit his Country and find out the young King , and never to return till he and the Crown and the Church were restored . With this resolution he left England in the 51. year of his age , and found him at the Hague , where he was graciously received by him . From thence he went first with him into France , and from thence with him to the Scotch Treaty at Breda , and there preach'd the last Sermon that the K. heard before he went into Scotland : whither being not suffer'd to carry any of his own Divines with him , he the said Dr. Morley went thereupon to the Hague , and after some short stay there , he went with his dearest friend Dr. Jo. Earle to live at Antwerp , where they continued together in the house of Sir Charles Cottrel Master of the Ceremonies , for the space of one year or thereabouts . At which time Sir Charles being called thence to be Steward to the Queen of Bohemia , and Dr. Earle to attend on his Higness James Duke of York then in France , Dr. Morley continued still in Antwerp with the Lady Frances Hyde ( her Husband Sir Edw. Hyde being then Embassador for the King in Spain ) and all the time he was there , which was about 3. or 4 years , he read the Service of the Church of England twice every day , catechiz'd once a week , and administred the Communion once a month to all the English in the Town , who would come to it , as he did afterwards at Breda for 4 years together in the same Family . But betwixt his going from Antwerp and his comming to Breda , he was invited by the Queen of Bohemia to the Hague to be her Chaplain : And he thereupon knowing her condition to be necessitous , thought himself so much the rather oblig'd both in Conscience towards God , and in duty to the Royal Family ( for she was Sister to K. Charles 1. ) to wait on her , and accordingly he did , and readily officiated both in her family , and in the English Church there , about two years and an half , without expecting or receiving any Salary or gratuity at all for so doing . There , as in all other places , where he lived , especially at Breda , he was blest with a retirement full of satisfaction to himself and with many opportunities of doing much good to others also . For besides the constant reading of the Prayers of the Church , his Catechizing of young persons , his administring the holy Sacraments , and his devoutest supplications for the K. and the Church in private , he visited the sick and buried the dead , and relieved many , whom their Loyalty had impoverished . His learned acquaintance abroad were Andr. Rivet , Dan. Heinsius and Claud. Salmasius , whom he often visited ; to the last of which , then abiding at Leyden , the King sent our author Morley to give him thanks in his name for the Apology he had published for his martyr'd Father , but not with a purse of Gold as Joh. Milton the impudent lyer reported . But his acquaintance was more intimate with the famous Sam. Bochart , to whom he wrote a Latine Letter from Paris , declaring his reasons of not coming to the French Congregation : To which Mr. Bochart printed an answer in Latine the year following . And as he was zealous for the Church , so he was also for his Royal Master , w●tness the large Epistle he wrote in Latine to Triglandius to vindicate his Master from the false aspersion of Popery . For his friends at home ( of whom he never lost any but by death only ) were eminent both for parts and quality : the chiefest of which were Lucius L. Falkland , and Sir Francis Wenman of Oxfordshire , both long since dead , and Edward Earl of Clarendon , who died long after them . Among the Clergy were Dr. Rob. Payne , Dr. H. Hammond and Dr. Rob. Sanderson ( late B. of Linc. ) who were all Canons of Ch. Ch. at the same time with him . To these may be added many more as Mr. W. Chillingworth , Dr. Gilb. Sheldon Archb. of Cant , Dr. Earl of Salisbury , &c. with the two last of which , he kept a constant friendship for above 40 years , and enjoyed the company of Dr. Earl very often abroad , which made his banishment less tedious to him . After his Majesties return , this most worthy person Dr. Morley was first made Dean of Ch. Ch , ( being then Chapl. to the Duchess of York ) whence , after he had restored those that had been illegaly ejected in 1648 , &c. and had filled up the vacant places , he was called to be Bishop of Worcester , to which See he was Consecrated in the Abbey Church at Westm , on the 28. of Octob. 1660 , and in the beginning of the next year had the honour to preach the Kings Coronation-Sermon , and soon after made Dean of the Chappel Royal in the place of Dr. Sheldon . In 1662 he was upon the death of Dr. Duppa translated to the See of Winchester , ( confirmed therein 14. May the same year ) where he hath truly verified the saying that the King gave when he bestowed the said Bishoprick on him that he would never be the richer for it , For besides his expences in building and repairing his Palace at Winchester , he hath laid out much more than the supplies the Parliament gave him in the Act , which impowred him to lease out Waltham Park , and his Tenements which were built out of Winchester House in Southwark . He spent 8000 l. in repairing the Castle at Farnham , before the year , 1672 , and afterwards spent more , and above 4000 l. in purchasing Winchester House at Chelsey to annex it to the See , which when he came to , he found not an house to dwell in , yet afterwards , left two fair ones to his successors . At that time also he had not purchased one foot of Land or Lease , as if he had taken more care to enrich the poor than his Relations , and what his benefaction was to the Coll. that gave him education , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 285. a. In the first year of his Translation he visited his Diocese in person , and went into the Isle of Wight , where had not been a Bishop before , in the memory of man. In July 1664 he came to Oxon and visited in person those Colleges which of right belonged to him as B. of Winchester , was received , and entertained with great solemnity in all , only in Co. Ch. Coll. finding stubborness he bound some to their good behaviour . Daniel Agas one of the Fellows , who had been educated there under the Presbyterians , accused the Bishop of injustice before his face , for granting and sending Letters to the Coll. in behalf of Tho. Turner ( son of Dr. Th. Turner ) to come in Scholar , for which his impudence he was put out of Commons for 3 weeks . This worthy Doctor who was most famous for his great charity and benefaction while he sate at Winchester , was a person of approved and throly tried Loyalty , not of the number of those lukewarm irreligious Temporizers , who had learn'd politickly to shift and quit their Principles to make them suit to the times , and so pliably to tack about , as still to be ready to receive what ever revolution and turn of affairs should happen , and by an easie submission to that government which was uppermost , alway to stand fair for promotion under a succession of continued usurpations , tho of a quite different nature and complexion . He was so firmly setled in , and fixed to , the Ch. of England that he constantly bore up against , and became impregnable either by the attempting allurements of a splendid papacy , or the reproachful and ignominious treatment of the ruder disciplinarian party . He had courage enough to own a persecuted Church , and an exil'd Prince , and as he vindicated on all occasions the honour and dignity of the former , both against the open assaults and batteries of her professed Adversaries , and the mo●e sly and undermining insinuations of her pretended friends ; so did he act with no less vigour , by leaving no projects unattempted , which carried in them any reasonable probability of success , whereby he might affect his Majesties restauration to his Crown and just rights : which altho managed with his utmost skill , industry and best interest , yet fell short of his design . And as he was a constant Adherer to his Master in his sufferings , who reposed so great confidence in his experienc'd fidelity , as to admit him to the honorable privacy of his most important and weighty concerns , so he was upon , and since the restauration , rewarded by him , as I have before told you , for his many eminent and good services done by himself , and , upon his engagement , by others , for the Royal Cause and Family . He was a great Calvinist , and esteemed one of the main Patrons of those of that persuasion . He was a good and pious Prelate , who by temperance and a regular exercise did arrive to a good old age , having enjoyed ease and quiet for many years , since that time he was forced to eat his bread in forreign Countries . In the 74 year of his age , and after , he was without any remarkable decay , either in his limbs or senses . His usual course then was , to rise about 5 of the clock in the morning , Winter and Summer , and to go to bed about eleven at night , and in the coldest mornings never to have a fire , or warm his bed at night . He eat but once in 24 hours , and had never either Gout , Stone , Stranguery , or Head-ach , but enjoyed almost a constant health from his infancy , having never kept his bed for any sickness , but twice only . Afterwards his grinders began to cease , and those that looked out of the windows began to be darkned , and other infirmities followed to conduct him to his long home , where , that he might safely arrive , and that it might be to him a place of everlasting rest and happiness , he did humbly in his last dayes beg all good mens prayers . As for his works of learning , they are these . Sermon at the coronation of K. Ch. 2. in the Collegiat Church of S. Peter in Westm . 23. Apr. 1661 , on Prov. 28. 2. Lond. 1661. qu. Letter to a friend in Vindication of himself from Mr. Baxters calumny . Lond. 1662. qu. in six sh . and an half . The writing of which was occasion'd by some passages in Mr. Baxters Address to the inhabitants of Kiderminster before his book entit . The mischief of self-ignorance in the benefits of self-acquaintance . These reflected on that account which our author Morley had before briefly , both in a Sermon at Kederminster ( soon after he , as Bishop of Worcester , had prohibited Baxter to preach there ) and in a conference held in his own house with him , in the presence of Dr. Warmstry Dean of Worcester concerning a very groundless and dangerous exception made by the Commissioners of the Presbyterian persuasion ( appointed by his Majesty to meet others of the Episcopal Divines at the Savoy in the Strand , an . 1661. to review the book of Common Prayer in order to a design'd accommodation between both parties ) against a solid , sound position at that time laid down in a due and regular form of reasoning by the Commissioners nominated to appear in the Churches behalf . But as to the letter before mention'd Baxter in his Second part of the Nonconformists plea for peace , &c. and in his Apologie for the Nonconformists Ministers , &c. endeavours to answer some parts of it , and the Bishop ( Morley ) is mention'd by name among many others in the title to this last piece . It may not be now amiss here by the by to take notice that as Mr. Baxter is extreamly guilty of still throwing upon the tired Reader the self same nauseated matter very often , so he seems to take no greater delight in the telling any other story than that concerning the Savoy Papers , viz. the proceedings of the Divines on both sides in persuance of his Majesties Commission , that their reply to the answer of the Episcopal Divines return'd to their general and particular exceptions against the Liturgy ( all which are contained in a piece , printed at Lond. 1661. qu. without any Printer's or Bookseller's name to it entit . The grand debate , &c. ) and also The petition of peace , with the reformation of the Liturgy , &c. ( that is in their common and ordinary acceptation of that charming word Reformation , with an abolition and destruction of the Liturgy ; for it was of this nature ) printed also after the same sculking manner with the former , — Lond. 1661. qu , were never answered either by word or writing , altho great importunity had been used to procure replyes to these three several Papers . Mr. Baxter is generally said to have penned The Petition of Peace ; with the reformation of the Liturgy , &c. before mention'd . He himself saith that these two were drawn up in eight dayes , but not by whom , and that a poor reading Curate , whom they were forced to use for copies , keeping some for himself , gave them to the Printer thro meer poverty to get a little money , and that by his means they came out very false and without their knowledge , as did also those other Papers called The grand debate , &c. Mr. Baxter thinks himself qualified with such a peculiar excellency and knack of talking about these Papers , that I find him not a little angry with Dr. Joh. Hinckley , barely for being so bold and daring as to pretend to write somthing relating to them ; for he himself saying that he believed no man then ( viz. 1671. ) living could give an account of them besides himself , he judged questionless that the Doctor herein had too rudely invaded his sole Province . Yet notwithstanding this , ( together with a great deal of talk about their Sentiments and reception of his Majesties Declaration about Ecclesiastical affairs , the reduction and model of Episcopacy made by the learned Usher Primate of Ireland , and that other of Dr. Hall Bishop of Norwych , subscribed to by Dr. Rich. Holdesworth , either of which , they would , as he saith , have willingly allowed of ) he with a great deal of confidence repeated in the preliminary introductions to most of his very many late most bitter pieces against the Church , ( as if he could not otherwise by any means begin a treatise , unless these hughly beloved relations did kindly usher the following very uneven , unconcocted , roving , often repeated and medley stuff ) will hardly perswade us to believe , that he hath been so little conversant with books , especially such as have been wrot against his own party and himself , as not to have very well known that Roger L'estrange in a book of his entit . The relapsed Apostate , &c. published not long after those three Papers above mention'd , had fully , and at large answered his Petition for peace , animadverted on many parts of the reformed Liturgy , and that moreover he had in a Supplement to his Relapsed Apost . refuted the Two papers of proposals concerning the Discipline and Ceremonies of the Church , together with a single sheet in form of petition to his Majesty , and that the Papers compriz'd in The great debate , &c. were briefly also touched and reflected on in the same Supplement , &c. Mr. L'estrang taketh notice also of this unwarrantable boast and vaunt of Mr. Baxter concerning these Papers in a late preface to the third edit . of The relapsed Apostate , &c. Lond. 1681. qu , therein citing Baxters words to that purpose , out of the Preface to his answer to Dr. Stillingfleets Charge of Separation , &c. Mr. Baxter indeed ( altho in some of his books he saith expresly that none of the above named Papers were ever answer'd by any ) confesseth that two small treatises , one entit . Pulpit conceptions , popular deceptions : or the grand debate resum'd in the point of Prayer , viz , in defence of prescribed forms , &c. Lond. 1662. qu. and the other Concerning Lent-Fast , had been wrot against some single parts occurring in those three Papers above mention'd , as also that L'estrange had said somthing against their Liturgy , and that he had no more to say ( this last in his answer to a Letter of Dr. Hinckley ) yet mentions nothing even there of L'estranges answers to any of their other Papers . But all this being spoken by the way lets now return to our author Morley and his other writings . Epistola apologetica & paraenetica ad Theologum quendam Belgam scripta . Lond. 1663. in two sh . and an half in qu , written at Breda 7. Jun. 1659. This came out again with several of our authors treatises ( which I shall anon mention ) under this title . Epistola ad virum clariss . D. Cornelium Triglandium , unum ex Pastoribus Hagiensibus & Principi Auriaco à studiis conscripta , in quâ agitur de sereniss . regis Car. 2. erga reformatam religionem affectu , &c. Lond. 1683. qu. The author of this ( as writing to a Protestant , who was a favourer of his Masters interest , and with whom he had before held some correspondence by Letters ) fully clears K. Ch. 2. from all the least ground of suspicion of his enclining to Popery throughout his whole time of exile , contrary to what some English men had reported either thro ignorance or hatred ; and which was by an easie credulity too greedily entertain'd by some foreigners . After this he vehemently presseth the Dutch ( as desiring that this his Epistle might be communicated to other Dutchmen of the like perswasion with the person to whom it was immediatly directed ) with strong reasons drawn from the several perswasive heads vigorously to employ their speedy and utmost endeavours to restore his Majesty to his lawful throne and just rights . The Summe of a short conference betwixt Fath. Darcey a Jesuit , and Dr. Morley at Bruxells , 23 June 1649. Stil . Nov. Lond. 1683. qu. An argument drawne from the evidence and certainty of sense , against the doctrine of Transubstantiation . Vindication of the argument drawne from sense , against Transubstantiation , from a pretended answer to it , by the author of a pamphlet called A treatise of the nature of Catholick faith and heresie . Answer to Father Cressy's Letter — This , which is about religion and the Clergy of England , was written in 1662. Sermon before the King at Whitehall , 5. Nov. 1667 , on 1. Cor. 14.33 . Answer to a Letter written by a Rom. Priest , 1676. Letter to Anne Duchess of York , some few months before her death , written 24 Jan. 1670. — This Duchess , who was dau . of Sir Edw. Hyde Lord Chanc. of England ( afterwards E. of Clarendon ) was carefully principled in the doctrine of the Protestant faith by our author Morley while he continued at Antwerp in the family of her father , yet died in the faith of the Rom. Church . Ad clarissimum virum Janum Ulitium Epistolae duae , de invocatione Sanctorum . Written on the first of July , 1659. The aforesaid Summe of a short conference , &c. with all the things that follow to these two Epistles , were with the Epistle to Corn. Trigland , &c. printed together in one vol. in qu. an . 1683. Soon after was published by L. W. a book entit . A revision of Dr. Morley's Judgment in matters of religion : or , an answer to several treatises of his , written on several occasions , concerning the Church of Rome . Which book was answer'd by another called The revision revised : or a vindication of the right rev . father in God George L. Bish . of Winton , against , &c. Lond. 1685. qu. Letter to the Earl of Anglesey , of the meanes to keep out Popery , and the only effectual expedient to hinder the growth thereof . Lond. 1683 , At the end of A true account of the whole proceedings betwixt James Duke of Ormonde and Arthur Earl of Anglesey . Printed in fol. Vindication of himself from divers false , scandalous and injurious reflections made upon him by Mr. Rich. Baxter in several of his writings . Lond. 1683. qu. What else he hath published , I know not , unless A character of K. Ch. 2. Lond. 1660. in one sheet in qu. then vulgarly reported to be by him written ; much about which time other Characters were published , as that by Dr. Wall. Charlton , &c. He made also an Epitaph on K. Jam. 1. an . 1625 , which was afterwards printed at the end of Dr. John Spotswood's Church Hist . of Scotland . At length after this most worthy and pious Bishop had liv'd to a fair age , spent all in celebacy , and had done much good , he surrendred up his soul to God in Farnham Castle about three of the clock in the morn . of the 29. of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and four : whereupon his body was conveyed to Winchester , and buried in a little vault in the body of the Cathedral there , betwixt two pillars , ( just opposite to those , between which Bishop Will. Edendon was buried ) at the foot of the steps ascending to the Choire on the north side . Soon after was an altar-tombe erected over his body , and the inscription put thereon , which he the said Dr. Morley had made for himself in the eightieth year of his age : The contents of which being too large for this place , shall be now omitted , and especially for this reason , because there is nothing in it , but what is mention'd before in his life . BENJAMIN WOODBRIDGE the Son of a Minister of Gods word , by his Wife , the Daughter of that noted Puritan called Rob. Parker , author of the four books De descensu Christi ad inferos , was born near Highworth in Wilts , became either Batler or Commoner of Magd. Hall in Mich. term , 1638 , aged 16 years : where he continued for some time under the tuition of Will. Eyre . But before the time came that he could be adorned with a degree , the times changed and the Civil War thereupon began . So that he removing to New England , he answer'd in the University of Cambridge there , several positions ( which were about that time printed ) for the taking the degree of Master of Arts. After his return thence , he retired to Oxon , and as a member of Magd. Hall , he was admitted to the same degree , an . 1648 , being about that time a Minister in Salisbury . Afterwards setling at Newbury in Berks. where he was much resorted to by those of the Presbyterian perswasion , he was constituted one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of that County , for the ejection of such , whom that party and the Independents then ( 1654 ) called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . After the restauration of his Majesty K. Ch. 2. he became one of his Chaplains , and a Canonry of Windsore was offer'd to him , but he bogling long with himself , whether he should take that Dignity or not , it was at length bestowed on a Son of the Ch. of England . Soon after he being silenc'd by vertue of the act of conformity ( for he seemed then to hate a surplice and the Common-prayer ) he preached in private to the Brethren , but being often disturbed , and imprison'd once or twice , he , at length , by the perswasion of some of his friends took holy Orders from the hands of Dr. Earl Bishop of Salisbury , in the Church of S. Peter in the East in Oxon , in Octob. 1665 , with a resolution to be conformable to the Church of England . But finding not preferment , sutable to his desire , to be confer'd upon him , and a grand neglect and scorn of the Brethren , he return'd to his former opinion ( which some then call'd his rags ) and preached several times in Conventicles to the great disturbance of the government , the peace of Newbury and the neighbourhood . When the Proclamation for toleration or indulgence of Religion was issued out , 15 of March 1671 , he became so audacious , that he did not only preach publickly in the Market place there to the Brethren , but disturbed , or caused to be disturbed the good people in their going to Church . Upon the breaking out of the Popish Plot , an . 1678 , when then the Fanaticks took all advantages to promote their respective interests , he did then appear more publick again to the disturbance of the peace , preached every Sunday in a Conventicle at Highcleere in Hampshire , and generally once in a week at Newbury before mention'd , which is not far off that place . At length upon the breaking out of the Presbyterian Plot in June 1683 , he sculk'd and retired to Inglefield in Berks , where , as I have been informed , he constantly , if his health permitted him , frequented the publick service of the Church of England and Sermons in the Church there , to the time of his death . He hath written , Justification by faith : or , a confutation of that Antinomian errour , that justification is before faith , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. 'T is the sum of a Sermon preached at Salisbury , and is contained in 3. or 4. sh . of paper . It must be now known that one Tho. Warren Parson of Houghton in Hampshire preached at a Wednesdays Lecture in Salisbury in April 1651 , and therein letting fall several passages which Will. Eyre a Minister in that City then present conceived to be very wide from the Orthodox faith ; did desire a conference with him after its conclusion . Which being accordingly held with him , they parted without any satisfaction to each other . The next day Eyre preached in the same place and maintained what he had disputed upon the day before . Whereupon our author Woodbridge being much concern'd at the matter , ( for he was present at all these transactions ) took Warrens part , preached the next Wednesday following on the same Subject that Warren had done before . Afterwards he and Eyre , at a conference about the matter in the publick meeting place after Sermon , made it a publick quarrel and defied each other . So that Woodbridge being much concern'd at it , he published the aforesaid Sermon and entituled it Justification by faith , &c. in the body of which is contained the contents of the disputation with him by VV. Eyre before mention'd . The famous Rich. Baxter saith (a) that the sight of the said Sermon of Mr. VVoodbridge of so much worth in so narrow room , did cause him to bless God that the Church had such a man , and especially Newbury , who had so excellently learned a pastor before , ( meaning Dr. Twysse ) who had mistaken so much in this very point — Also (b) that the said Sermon is one of the best , easiest and cheapest preservatives against the contagion of this part of Antinomianisme as any , &c. But by the way I must tell the Reader that as the said Mr. Baxter was enclining (c) to Arminianisme , so our author VVoodbridge was in some points , who hath farther written . The method of grace in the justification of sinners against Mr. Eyre his Vindiciae Justificationis gratuitae , &c. Lond. 1656. qu. The Apostolick Protestant doctrine of justification by faith , asserted . — Printed with The method of Grace , &c. Church members set in joynt : or , a discovery of the unwarrantable and disorderly practice of private Christians , in usurping the peculiar office and work of Christs own Pastors , viz. publick preaching , &c. Lond. 1656. 57. qu. He also preached an excellent Sermon before K. Ch. 2. while he was his Chapl. on Acts 17.11 . but whether printed I cannot yet tell : sure I am that he published Moses and Aaron : or , the rights of the Church and State , containing two disputations , &c. pen'd by James Noyes somtimes of Newbury in New England — Lond. 1661. At length this Mr. VVoodbridge , who was accounted among the Brethren a learned and mighty man , and had brought upon himself a very ill habit of body by his too too much agitation for the cause , gave up the Ghost at Inglefield before mention'd , on the first day of November , in sixteen hundred eighty and four : whereupon his body being attended by multitudes of Dissenters to Newbury , was buried in the Church there on the fourth day of the same month . As for Tho. VVarren before mention'd , he also wrot against Mr. Eyre in a book entit . Unbelievers , no subjects of justification , nor mystical union , vindicated against Mr. Eyre's objections , in his Vindiciae justificationis gratuitae , with a refutation of that antifidean and antievangelical error , asserted therein , viz. The justification of a sinner before , or without faith . Printed in qu. He hath also two or more Sermons extant , and perhaps other things . JOHN DALE son of Anth. Dale of Gilfield in Yorkshire , was born there , or in that County , became a Student in Qu. Coll. an . 1634 aged 15 years , or thereabouts , where continuing till he was Bach. of Arts , was elected into a Yorkshire Fellowship of Magd. Coll. In 1648 he submitted to the authority of the Visitors appointed by Parliament , and in the year after he became Bach of Divinity and kept pace with the men then and afterwards in power , that is with Presbyterians and Independents . About the time of his Majesties restauration he was presented by the President and Fellows of his Coll. to the rectory of Stanlake in Oxfordshire , and soon after , upon an exchange for another in Yorkshire , was inducted into the rectory of Longworth in Berks , ( near Stanlake ) but deprived of it soon after for Simony . He hath written and published . The Analysis of all the Epistles of the New Testament , &c. Oxon. 1652. oct , and had written another book , as I have heard , fit for the press , but was never printed . He died at Stanlake before mention'd , on the 14 day of Nov. in sixteen hundred eighty and four , and was 3 days after buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Soon after the Pres . and Fell. of the said Coll. presented to the said rectory of Stanlake one of their society named Thomas Smith D. D , who keeping it not long surrendred it up to the College . SETH BUSHELL son of Adam Bushell , was born at Kuerdin in the Parish of Leyland near Preston in Amoundernes in Lancashire , became a Commoner of S. Maries Hall in 1639 , continued there till about the time that the Univ. and City of Oxon , were garrison'd for the King , and then retired to his own Country . In 1654 he returned for a time , and took both the degrees in Arts in that year , being then , as it seems , Minister of VVhitley in Yorks ; and in 1665 he took the degree of Bach. of Div. at which time he was Minister of Euxton in his own County . Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he became Vicar of Preston , and in the three last years of his life Vicar of Lancaster , where he finished his course . He hath published , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) A warning piece for the unruly , in two Serm. on 1. Thes . 5.14 . at the metrapolitical Visitation of the most rev . Fath. in God Richard L. Archb. of York , held at Preston in Lanc. and there preached . Lond. 1673. qu. ( 2 ) The Believers groan for Heaven , preached at the funeral of the right honorable Sir R. Houghton of Houghton Baronet , at Preston in Amoundernes , on 2. Cor. 5.2 . Lond. 1678. qu. And another preached on the 25. day of the first month an . 1658. which George Fox Quaker , answers in his book entit . The great mystery of the great whore unfolded , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. Cosmo-meros , The worldly portion : or the best portion of the wicked , and their misery in the enjoyment of it opened and applied . Lond. 1682 in tw . It is the substance of several Sermons , under some abridgments , on Luke 16.25 . Directions and helps in order to a heavenly and better portion , enforc'd with many useful and divine considerations — Printed with Cosmo-meros , &c. At length giving up the Ghost at Lancaster in sixteen hundred eighty and four , was buried in the Church there , and soon after had this Epitaph put over his grave . P. S. Exuvias en hic deposuit Seth Bushell , SS . Th. Pr. Deo & Ecclesiae Anglicanae reformatae usquam devotissimus , utrique Carolo angugustissimis temporibus piè fidelissimus , familiae suae , quibusque notus fuerat meritò charissimus : postquam hanc suam ecclesiam vitâ inculpabili & assiduis concionibus per triennium faeliciter rexisset , quo tempore ( inter alia pietatis specimina ) Parochi domum modò corruituram & instauravit & auxit . Immortalitati verò natus , coel●que maturus , spe resurrectionis terris valedixit , anno salutis 1684 , aetatis 63. die Novemb. sexto . NICHOLAS LOCKYER son of VVill. Lock . of Glastenbury in Somersetshire , was born in that County , entred either Batler or Commoner of New Inn , in 1629 aged 17 years , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , but whether that of Master it appears not : And about the same time entring into holy Orders according to the Church of England , had some Cure conferr'd on him , but upon the change of the times , occasion'd by the iniquity of the Presbyterians , he closed with , preached frequently among , them , took the Covenant , and afterwards preaching among the Independents he took the Engagement . On the 10 of Dec. 1653 he was one of the Independent Ministers that were presented to the Parliament to be sent Commissioners by three in a Circuit for the ejecting and setling of Ministers according to the rules then prescribed , but that project taking not effect , he was appointed one of the Commissioners by Oliver in the latter end of the said year for the approbation of publick Preachers . In June 1654 , he being then Fellow of Eaton Coll , in great favour with Oliver , ( to whom he was Chaplain ) and entrusted in several Commissions , the then Delegates of the University ordered that he the said Mr. Lockyer sometimes of New Inn and Master of Arts of 12 years standing might have the degree of Bach. of Divinity confer'd on him , but whether he was admitted to that degree , or was ever Master of Arts of this University , it appears not , as it is told you before . In the latter end of 1658 , he became Provost of Eaton Coll ▪ in the place of Franc. Rouse deceased , was deprived of it at his Majesties restauration , and two years after , when the act of Conformity was published he lost an Ecclesiastical Benefice : So that carrying on the trade of conventicling and plotting , he was shrewdly suspected , with Ph. Nye , to have had a hand in that stupendious Tragedy intended to be acted by the satanical saints , on the King , royal Family , Court and Loyal party , in Nov. 1662 , for which George Phillips , Tho. Tongue , &c. suffered death . He hath written . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Fast Sermon before the House of Commons 28 Oct. 1646. on Isa . 53.10 . Lond. 1646. qu. ( 2 ) Fast Serm. bef . the H. of Com. 3. Aug. 1659 — This I have not yet seen , and therefore know not the Text. The summ of other Sermons do here follow . A divine discovery of sincerity , according to its proper and peculiar nature , &c. Lond. 1643. oct , delivered in three Sermons on 2. Cor. 11.12 . Baulme for bleeding England and Ireland : or , seasonable instructions for persecuted Christians , &c. Lond. 1643. 49. oct , contained in the sum or substance of 20 Sermons on Colos . 1.11.12 . England faithfully watcht with , in her wounds : or Christ as a father sitting up with her Children in their sowning state . Lond. 1646. qu , painfully preached on Colos . 1. Christ communion with his Church Militant . Lond. 1647. oct . and 1672 , which is the fifth edition : First preached and afterwards published for the good of Gods Church in general . The said fifth edit . which is in oct . also , hath the authors picture before it , in a cloak , with 4 verses engraven under it . The two first of which run thus , Note well the substance of this shade so bright , Lo , 't is a burning and a shining light . An olive leaf : or a bud of the spring , viz. Christs resurrection , and its end , viz. the correction of sinners and a Christians compleat relief . Lond. 1650 oct . A Stone cut out of the mountain : A lecture sermon preached at Edenburgh concerning the matter of visible Church — Printed in tw . Refuted by Jam. Wood a Scotch man in his Pamphlet published 1654. qu. I mean the same James Wood who was afterwards Professor of Div. and Provost of S. Salvators Coll. in the University of St. Andrew , who died about the year 1664. Whether he be the same Jam. Wood who was Chaplain to , and a constant companion with the most noble James Marquess of Montross when he made his first war against the Covenanteers in Scotland , and accompanied him when he left that Nation , after his Maj. K. Ch. 1 , had commanded him to lay down his armes and disband , I know not . Quaere . Spiritual inspection : or , a review of the heart , needful for this loose and lascivious season — Pr. in oct . The young mans call and duty — Pr. in a small oct . Useful instructions for the People of God , in these evil times . Lond. 1656. oct . Delivered in 22 Sermons . A memorial of Gods judgments spiritual and temporal : or sermons to call to remembrance &c. Lond. 1671. oct . First preached in six sermons , and then published for publick use . What other things he hath published I cannot tell , nor do I know any thing else of him , only that he spending his last days at Woodford in Essex , where he kept , or at least frequented , Conventicles , died a wealthy man on the 13. of March or thereabouts , in sixteen hundred eighty and four : whereupon his body was buried some days after in the Church of S. Mary of Mountfallon , commonly called Whitechappel near London , leaving then behind him two Daughters called Abigail and Elizabeth . NATHANAEL HEIGHMORE son of a Father of both his names , sometimes Rector of Candel-purse or Cundel-purse in Dorsetshire , was born (*) in the Parish of Fordingbridge in Hampshire , elected Scholar of Trin. Coll. in 1632 , took the degrees in Arts , studied Physick , admitted Bach. of that fac . in 1641 and in the latter end of the next year was actually created Doctor thereof . Afterwards retiring into the Country , setled at length at Shirebourne in Dorsetshire ; where and in the neighbourhood he became famous for the happy practice in his faculty , and for the great love that he expressed to the Clergy of those parts ; from whom , as 't is said , he never took a fee , tho much employed by that party . This person , whose memory is celebrated by divers authors , hath written , Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica . Hag. Com. 1651. fol. To which he afterwards added an Appendix , but before he could perfect it to his mind , he died . The History of generation ; with a general relation of the manner of generation as well in plants , as Animals . Lond. 1651. oct . Discourse of the cure of wounds by sympathy — Pr. with The Hist . of Gen. De histerica passione & de affectione hypochondriaca ; theses duae . Oxon. & Amstel . 1660. oct . De histerica & hypochondrica passione responsio Epistolaris ad Doctorem Willis medicum Londinensem celeberrimum . Lond. 1670. qu. He also discovered a new Ductus in the Testicles , but whether published in a book by it self , I know not . He died on the 21. of March , in sixteen hundred eighty and four , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Candel purse before mentioned , near the body , as I suppose , of his Father . Afterwards was laid a plain marble stone over his grave , with this inscription thereon . Positae sunt hic reliquiae viri admodum docti Nathanaelis Heighmore in Med. Doctoris ; in spem resurrectionis ad vitam aeternam . Qui obiit Martii 21. An. Dom. 1684. Aetatis suae 71. ROBERT WOOD was born in the Parish of Pepperharrow near Godalming in Surrey , educated in Grammar learning in the School at Eaton near Windsore , was made one of the Eaton Postmasters of Merton Coll. in 1642 , took the degree of Master of Arts seven years after , having a little before submitted to the authority of the Parliamentarian Visitors , elected Fellow of Linc. Coll. by their order , dated 19. Sept. 1650 in the place of Thankful Owen made President of S. Johns Coll , went afterwards with the leave of his Society into Ireland and became a Retainer to Henry Cromwell L. Lieutenant of that Kingdom , who sent him as a spye into Scotland to give him an account how affairs stood there . Afterwards he returned into England , became one of the first Fellows of the Coll. at Durham , founded by Oliver Protector , an . 1657 , a great Commonwealths man and a frequenter of the Rota-Club of Jam. Harrington . After his Majesties restauration , he was turn'd out of his Fellowship of Linc. Coll by the Kings Commissioners , and thereupon going into Ireland again , he ▪ for lucre sake ( for he was a covetous Person ) expressed his Loyalty so much , that he became Doctor of Phys . there ( and of the Law as I have heard ) and Chancellour of two Diocesses , whereof Meath was one . So that purchasing an Estate in that Country , which he afterwards sold to buy one at Sherwill in Essex , he setled for a time in England , and became Teacher of the Blew-coated-children in Ch. Ch. Hospital in London in the Art of Mathematicks and Navigation . At length giving up that place , he went again into Ireland and was made one of the Commissioners of his Majesties revenue , and at length Accomptant-general to the Commissioners of the said revenue there , which he held at the time of his death , being then one of the Royal Society in England . Will. Oughtred the famous Mathematician saith (g) of this Dr. Wood ( who had been sometimes his Scholar ) that he is Philosophiae atque Medicinae studiosus , vir optimus atque doctissimus , qui non calamo solum , & scriptorum examinatione , n●quid forte mihi in computationibus erroris exciderit , amicum praestitit officium , sed etiam bene maximam horum partem ( meaning his Clavis Mathematica ) Anglicè non ita pridem edendam transtulit . Besides which he hath written , The times mended : or , a rectified account of time by a new Luni-solar year ; the true way to number our days . Lond. 1681. in 4. sh . and an half in fol. An account and abstract of which , is in the Philosophical Collections , written by Mr. Rob. Hook , numb . 2. p. 27. an . 1681. A new Al-mon ac for ever ; or a rectified account of time ( beginning with March 10. an . 1680 / 1 ) by a Luni-solar year , or by both luminaries : that is by the moons monthly course primarily ; so as the first of the month shall always be within about a day of the change , and yet adjusted to the Suns yearly course also , viz. keeping within about a week thereof at a medium . Described in , and dedicated to the most noble order of the Garter . — Printed the same year , with the Times amended , &c. An account of which is also in the said Philosophical Collections , p. 26. He also wrot some things in Mathematicks , not yet published ; one piece whereof , he was pleased out of great friendship , and 〈◊〉 long acquaintance sake to dedicate to Mr. George T●●let a Teacher of Gentlemen in London the faculty of Mathematicks . This Dr. Wood died at Dublin in Ireland on the ninth day of April in sixteen hundred eighty and five , aged 63. or thereabouts , and was buried in St. Michaels Church there , notwithstanding he had desired his friends , some days before his death , that he might be buried in the Ch. yard of the Parish Church where he should happen to dye , thinking that Churches were the less wholsome for corps being buried in them . THOMAS OTWAY son of Humph. Otway Rector of Wolbeding in Sussex , was born at Trottin in that County , on the 3. of March 1651 , educated in Wykeham's School near Winchester , became a Communer of Ch. Ch. in the beginning of 1669 , left the University without the honor of a degree , retired to the great City , where he not only applied his muse to Poetry but sometimes acted in plays , whereby he obtained to himself a reputation among the ingenious , and a comfortable subsistence to himself , besides the favour and countenance of Charles Fitz-Charles commonly called Don Carlos Earl of Plymouth , one of the natural Sons of K. Ch. 2. In 1677 he went in the quality of a Cornet , with the new rais'd English , forces , design'd for Flanders ; but getting little or nothing by that employment , returned with the loss of time to London , where he continued to the day of his death , by writing of plays and little poetical essays . He was a man of good parts , but yet sometimes fell (†) into plagiary , as well as his contemporaries , and made use of Shakespear , to the advantage of his purse , at least , if not his reputation . After his return from Flanders , which was in a poor condition , Rochester the biting Satyrist brought him into his Session (a) of Poets thus . Tom Otway came next , Tom Shadwells (b) dear Zany , And swears for Heroicks , he writes best of any ; Don Carlos his pockets so amply had fill'd , That his mange (c) was quite cur'd and his lice were all kill'd . But Apollo , had seen his face on the stage , And prudently did not think fit to engage The scum of a Playhouse , for the prop of an age . As for his works , which have been approved by the generality of Scholars , a Catalogue of them follows . Alcibiades , a Tragedy . Lond. 1675. 87. qu. 'T is writ in Heroick verse , and was the first fruits of the authors labours . Don Carlos Prince of Spain , Trag. Lond. 1676. 79. Titus and Berenice , Trag. Lond. 1677. qu. Cheates of Spaine , a Farce — Printed with Tit. and Ber. Friendship in fashion , a Comedy . Lond. 1678. qu. The Poets complaint of his muse ; or a satyr against Libells , a Poem . Lond. 1680. qu. The History and Fall of Caius Marius ; Trag. Lond. 1680. qu. The Orphan ; or the unhappy marriage ; Trag. Lond. 1680. 84. &c. qu. The Soldiers fortune ; Com. Lond. 1681. qu. Venice preserv'd ; or , a plot discovered . Lond. 1682. qu. The Atheist ; or , the second part of the Soldiers fortune . Lond. 1684. qu. Windsor Castle , in a monument to our late Sovereign K. Ch. 2. of ever blessed memory ; a poem . Lond. 1685. qu. He also translate● from Lat. into English The Epistle of Phaedra to Hyppolytus , in Ovids Epistles , translated by several hands — Lond. 1680. 81. oct . Also The sixteenth Ode of Horace , in a book entit . Miscellany Poems containing a new translation of Virgils Eclogues , Ovids Elegies , Odes of Horace , &c. Lond. 1684. oct . In which Miscellany Poems , is our author Otway's Epistle to R. D. in verse , p. 218. He englished also The History of the Triumvirates ; the first part of Julius Caesar , Pompey and Crassus . The second part of Augustus , Antony and Lepidus . Being a faithful collection from the best Historians and other authors , concerning that revolution of the Rom. government , which hapned under their authority . Lond. 1686. oct . Written originally in the French language . At length after he had lived about 33 years in this vain and transitory world , made his last exit in an house on Tower-hill ( called the Bull as I have heard ) on the 14. of Apr. in sixteen hundred eighty and five : whereupon his body was conveyed to the Church of S. Clement Danes within the liberty of Westminster , and was buried in a vault there . In his sickness he was composing a congratulatory Poem on the inauguration of K. Jam. 2. THOMAS MARSHALL , or Mareschallus , as in his Observ . in Evang. he writes himself , son of a father of both his names , was born at Barkbey in Leicestershire , educated there in Grammar learning under Francis Foe Vicar of that Town , entred a Batler in Linc. Coll. in Mich. terme an . 1640 , aged 19 years , and on the 31. of July in the year following he was elected one of Rob. Trapps Scholars in that House : much about which time he being a constant auditor of the Sermons of the most learned and religious Primate of Ireland Dr. Usher , delivered in Allhallowes Church joyning to his Coll , his affections were so exceedingly wrought upon , that he was alwaies resolv'd from thence forth to make him the pattern of all the religious and learned actions of his life , and therefore ever after he could not endure those that should in their common discourse or writings reflect in the least on that sacred Prelate . Soon after Oxford , being garrison'd upon the breaking out of the rebellion , he bore Arms therein for his Majesty , in the Regiment of Henry Earl of Dover , at his own proper cost and charges , and therefore in 1645 when he was a Candidate for the degree of Bach. of Arts , he was admitted thereunto without paying fees . But upon the approach of the Parliamentary Visitation he left the University , went beyond the Seas , and became Preacher to the Company of English Merchants at Roterdam and Dort , in the place of Henry Tozer deceased . In 1661 he was admitted Bach. of Div , and four years after publishing observations on the Evangelists , did thereby revive his memory so much in his Coll. that the Society chose him fellow thereof without his knowledge or seeking , 17. Dec. 1668. In the year following he proceeded in his faculty , was elected Rector of his Coll. an . 1672 , upon the promotion of Dr. Crew to the See of Oxon , and afterwards was made Chaplain in Ord. to his Majesty . In the month of May an . 1680 he became Rector of Bladon near Woodstock in Oxfordshire , and upon the promotion of Dr. Frampton to the See of Glocester , he was nominated Dean of that Church in Jan. 1680 ; in which Deanery being installed on the 30. of Apr. 1681. he gave up Bladon in Feb. 1682. He was a person very well vers'd in books , was a noted Critick , especially in the Gothick and English Saxon tongues , a painful preacher , a good man and governour , and one every way worthy of his station in the Church . He hath written , Observationes in Evangeliorum versiones perantiquas duas , Gothica scil . & Anglo-saxonica , &c. Dordrecht . 1665. in a thick large quarto . The Catechisme set forth in the book of Common-prayer , briefly explained by short notes , grounded upon holy Scripture . Oxon. 1679. oct . and several times after . The said short notes were drawn up and composed by our author upon the desire and motion of Dr. John Fell Bish . of Oxon , to be used by the Ministers of his Diocess in the catechising of the Children of their respective Parishes . In other editions that followed soon after , was added An Essay of questions and answers framed out of the same notes , for the exercise of youth , by the same hand which Catech. with notes and essay , were translated into Welsh by John Williams a Cambridge Scholar , Tutor to a certain person of quality in Jesus Coll. in this University — Printed at Oxon. 1682. oct . He the said Dr. Marshall did also take a great deal of pains in compleating the large English life of the aforesaid Dr. Usher , ( published by Rich. Parr sometimes Fellow of Exeter Coll. ) but died before it was published ; which hapning suddenly in his lodgings in Linc. Coll. early in the morning of the 19. of Apr. ( being then Easter Sunday ) in sixteen hundred eighty and five , was buried in that Chancel , commonly called the College Chancel , of the Church of Allhallows alias Allsaints within the City of Oxon. By his last Will and Test . he gave to the publick Library of the Univ. of Oxon , all such of his books , whether Manuscript or printed , that were not then in the said Library , except only such that were in his said will otherwise disposed : And the remaining part to Linc. Coll. Library , I mean such that were not there , at that time , already , &c. Also so much money , which was raised from his estate , that came to 600 l. and more , he gave to the said College ; with which was purchased fourteen pounds per an . a fee-farm rent , issuing out of the mannour of Little Dean in Glocestershire , and twelve pounds per an . a rent-charge , out of some Lands in Brill in Bucks . Which benefaction three Scholars of Linc. Coll. do now successively enjoy . In his Deanery succeeded Will. Jane D.D. Can. of Ch. Ch. and the Kings Professor of Div. in this Univ. of Oxon ; and in his Rectory of Linc. Coll. Fitzherbert Adams Bach. of Div. and Fellow of the said House , who hath since been a considerable Benefactor thereunto , and may in time be a greater . Besides the said Tho. Marshall , ( who was always taken to be an honest and conscientious Puritan ) was another of both his names , author of The Kings censure upon Recusants , that refuse the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ; delivered in three Serm. Lond. 1654. qu. and of other things . JOHN MARSHAM second son of Tho. Marsham Citizen and Alderman of London , descended from the antient family of his name in Norfolk , was born in the Parish of S. Barthelmew in London , 23. Aug. 1602 , educated in the Coll. School at Westminster under Dr. John Wilson , became a Communer of S. Johns Coll. under the tuition of Mr. Tho. Walker ( afterwards Master of Univ. Coll. ) in the beginning of the year 1619 , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1625 , in which year he went into France and wintred at Paris . In the two following years he visited most parts of that Nation , and of Italy , and some of Germany , and then returned to London . In 1629 he went through Holland and Gelderlandht to the siege of Boldoc or Balduck , and thence , by Flushing , to Bologne and Paris to attend Sir Tho. Edmonds , Embassador extraordinary , to swear the peace at Fountaine Bleau . During his abode in London he studied the Municipal Laws in the Middle Temple , and in 1637 / 8 he was sworn one of the six Clerks in Chancery . In the beginning of the Civil War , he left London , followed his Majesty and the Great Seal to Oxon and thereupon was sequestred of his said place by the members of Parl. sitting at Westm , plundred and lost to an incredible value . After the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon and the declining of the Kings cause , he returned to London and compounded among several hundreds of Royallists for his real estate : At which time he betook himself wholly to his studies and lived in a retired condition . In the beginning of the year 1660 he served as a Burgess for the City of Rochester in that happy Parliament that recalled the King , and took away the Court of Wards ; about which time being restored to his place in Chancery , he had the honor of Knighthood confer'd upon him on the first of July 1660 , being then of Whornplace in Kent , and three years after was created a Baronet . He was a person well accomplish'd , exact in Histories whether civil or profane , in Chronology and in the Tongues . Pere Simon calls him in a preface to a work of his Le grand Marsham de Angleterr , and Monsieur Corcaoy the K. of France his Libr. keeper and all the great and learned men of Europe his contemporaries acknowledg him to be one of the greatest Antiquaries and most accurate and learned Writer of his time , as appears by their testimonies under their hands and seals in their letters to him , which would make a vol. in fol. He hath written , Diatriba Chronologica . Lond. 1649. qu. Most of which was afterwards remitted into the book that follows . Chronicus Canon Aegyptiacus , Ebraicus , Graecus & disquisitiones . Lond. 1672. fol. This was reprinted in Lower Germany in qu. with a new Index , and Preface , wherein are given to the author , very great Encomiums by a Forreigner unknown to him . There are many things worthy to be inserted thence , which , for brevity sake I shall now pass by . He also wrot the Preface set before the first vol. of Monasticon Anglicanum . Lond. 1655. which he entit . ΠΡΟΠΥΛΑΙΟΝ Johannis Marshami . Printed in 7 sheets and an half in fol. but much disliked and disrellish'd by the Rom. Cath. party . He also left behind him at his death unfinished . ( 1 ) Canonis Chronici liber quintus : sive Imperium Persicum . ( 2 ) De Provinciis & Legionibus Romanis . ( 3 ) De re nummaria , &c. At length departing this mortal life at Bushy hall in Hertfordshire on the 25. of May in sixteen hundred eighty and five , his body was thereupon conveyed to Cuxton near Rochester in Kent ( where he had an Estate ) and buried in the Church there . He left issue behind him , begotten on the body of Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Will. Hammond of S. Albans in East Kent , two Sons , viz. Sir John Marsham now of Cuxton Baronet , who is writing The History of England much more exact , as 't is said , than any yet extant , and Sir Robert of Bushy hall Knight , who succeeded his Father in the place of Six Clerk. In the possession of the first of these two is Sir Johns Library , which tho diminished by the fire that hapned in London 1666 , yet it is considerable and highly to be valued for the exquisite remarks in the margin of most of the books ; and in the possession of the other is his Cabinet of Greek Medals , as curious as any private collection whatsoever . ANDREW ALLAM the son of a sufficient Plebeian of both his names , by Bridget Derling his Wife , was born at Garsingdon near to , and in the County of , Oxon , in Apr. 1655 and baptized there on the 23 of the same month , educated in Grammar learning in a private School at Denton in the Parish of Cudesdon near to his native place , under a noted Master named Will. Wildgoose M. of Arts of Brasn . Coll. ( much fam'd for his dexterity in Pedagogy ) became a Batler of S. Edmunds Hall in Easter term 1671 ; where , had it not been his misfortune to fall under the tuition of a careless and crazed person , he might have prov'd a prodigy in several sorts of learning . After he had taken the degrees in Arts , he became a Tutor , Moderator , a Lecturer in the Chappel , and at length Vice-principal of his House . In all which offices he behaved himself much to the credit , honor and flourishing thereof . In 1680 , at Whitsontide , he entred into holy Orders , and in 83 he was one of the Masters of the Schools ; which last place he executed with very great judgment and prudence . He was a person of eminent virtues , was sober , temperate , moderate and modest even to example . He understood the controversial writings between Conform●sts and Nonconformists , Protestants and Papists , far beyond his years , which was advanc'd by a great and happy memory : And I am perswaded had he not been taken off by the said Offices , he would have gone beyond all of his time and age in those matters , and might have proved an useful and signal member to the Church of England , for which he had most zealous respect . He understood the world of men well , authors better , and nothing but years and experience were wanting in , to make , him a compleat walking Library . His works that are extant are ( 1 ) The learned Preface , or Epistle to the Reader , with a dedicatory Epist . in the Printers name , set before The Epistle Congratulatory of Lysimachus Nicanor , &c. to the Covenanters of Scotland , &c. Oxon. 1684. ( 2 ) The Epistle , with the account therein of Dr. Rich. Cosins's life , set before the said Cosins's book , entit . Ecclesiae Anglicanae Politeia in tabulas digesta . Oxon 1684. in a thin fol. The ded . Epist . to Sir Leolin Jenkins in the Printers name , was written by Christoph . Wase superior Beadle of Law in the Univ. of Oxon. ( 3 ) The Epistle before , with a review and correction of , the book entit . Some plain discourses on the Lords Supper , &c. Written by Dr. George Griffith B. of S. Asaph — Oxon. 1684. oct . ( 4 ) Five or six sheets of his own hand writing and composure , containing corrections in , and addit . to , a book entit . — Angliae Notitia ; or the present state of England , &c. written by one who had been also of S. Edm. Hall. They were made by Mr. Allam in the edit . of that book , printed at Lond. 1684. and were all , as I presume , inserted in that edition which came out at that place in 1687 , but without any acknowledgment , ( with shame be it spoken ) from the author of that Notitia , who neither returned those thanks that he ought , out of common civility , to have done , or granted him his company or acquaintance , when he went to Lond , to desire it , purposely to communicate such things by word of mouth , which he could not , without great trouble , by his Pen , concerning various matters in that book . ( 5 ) He also began , and made divers additions in Helvicus his Historical and Chronological Theatre , as occasion required , and would have quite finished the supplement at the end , from 1660 to 1685 , had he not been cut off by cruel death . These things were printed with that author at Lond. 1687 fol : But the Reader is to understand , that whereas there was a colom in that book of the said editi-of 1687 made , to contain the names of the famous Jesuits , from the first foundation of their order , to the year 1685 , which was not in any of the Latine editions , 't was not done by Allam , but by a busie body , nor that passage under the year 1678 which runs thus . Titus Oates discovers a pretended Popish Plot. ( 6 ) He had laid the foundation of a Notitia Ecclesiae Anglicanae ; wherein he would have spoken of the foundation of all Cathedrals , with a touch of their Statutes and Customs . Which done , to set down the names of the present Bishop , Dean , Archdeacon , Cannons and Officers of each Cathedral , but death also prevented the finishing this . He also many times lent his assisting hand to the author of this present work , especially as to the Notitia of certain modern writers of our Nation , while the said author was day and night drudging after those more antient . For the truth is ( which hath been a wonder to him since his death ) he understood well what he wanted and what would be fit for him to be brought into this work , which none else in the University could , ( as he and the author knew full well to their great reluctancy ) or would give any assistance or encouragement . Further it must not be forgotten that he translated into English The Life of Iphicrates , written in Lat. by Corn. Nepos and remitted into the book of Lives of that author , translated by several Oxford hands — Oxon. 1684. oct . p. 99 , &c. At length after a great deal of fear of , and avoidance from , the disease called the Small pox , he was in unseasonable weather overtaken by it : so that being not able to overcome its encounters , he did surrender up his spotless soul , ( being too worthy for this world , and the people he lived with ) and was wedded to his Saviour Jesus Ch. on the 17. of June ( about noon ) in sixteen hundred eighty and five : whereupon his body was buried the same day , late at night , at the west end of the Church of S. Peter in the East in Oxon , under the South wall , joyning on the S. side of the tomb-stone of Silv. Wood. ROBERT WHITEHALL son of Rich. Whiteh . somtimes Bach. of Div. of Ch. Church , afterwards Rector of Agmundesham commonly called Amersham and of Addington in Bucks , was born at Amersham , educated mostly in Westminster School under Mr. Rich. Busby , became Student of Ch. Ch. in 1644. or thereabouts , ejected thence by the Parliamentarian Visitors in 1648 for giving this answer to , when required of , them , whither he would submit to their authority , My name 's Whitehall , God bless the Poet , If I submit , the King shall know it . But he cringing afterwards to his Countrymen and Neighbours , the Ingoldesbies , especially to Rich. Ingoldesbie the Regicide ( before whom he often acted the part of a Mimick and Buffoon purposely to make him merry ) he was , upon submission made to the Committee for regulating the Univ. of Oxon , put in by them Bachelaur-fellow of Merton Coll , an . 1650. Afterwards he proceeded in Arts , was Terrae Filius with Joh. Glendall of Brasn . Coll. 1655 , entred on the Physick line , and by vertue of the Letters of Rich. Cromwell Chancellour of this Univ. of Oxon , he was actually created Bach. of Phys . in 1657. Since which time he made divers sallies into the practice of Physick , but thereby obtained but little reputation , and lesser by his Poetry , to which he much pretended , having been esteemed no better than a meer Poetaster and time-serving-Poet , as these things following partly shew . The Marriage of Arms and Arts , 12. Jul. 1651 , being an accompt of the Act at Oxon to a friend . Lond. 1651. 'T is a Poem in one sh . in qu. and hath in the title the two Letters of R.W. set down , being then , as since , generally reported to be his ; and he would never positively deny it . The occasion of the writing of it was this , viz. that an Act having not been solemnized for several years before , it became such a novelty to the then Students of the University ( most of which had been put into places by the Visitors ) that there was great rudeness committed by them and the concours of people in getting into places and thrusting out strangers , during all the time of that solemnity , in S. Maries Church . Whereupon the Vicechancellour Dr. Greenwood of Brasenose a severe and cholerick Governour , was forced to get several Guards of Musquetiers out of the Parliament Garrison then in Oxon , to keep all the doors and avenews , and to let no body in , only such , whom the Vicech . or his Deputies appointed . There was then great quarrelling between the Scholars and Soldiers and thereupon blowes and bloody Noses followed . Carmen gratulatorium Olivero Cromwell in Protectorem Angliae inaugurato , 1653. Printed in half a sheet on one side . Carmen Onomasticon Gratulatorium Richardo Cromwell in Cancellarii officium & dignitatem faeliciter electo , an . 1657 Pr. in half a sh . on one side . The Coronation , a Poem . Lond. 1661. in one sh . in qu. Carmen gratulatorium Edvardo Hide , equiti aurato , summo Angliae & optato Oxoniae Cancellario , &c. Printed on one side of a sh . in Lat. and English , an . 1660. Urania , or a description of the painting of the top of the Theater at Oxon , as the Artist lay'd his design . Lond. 1669 in 3. sh . in fol. &c. Verses on Mris. Mary More , upon her sending Sir Tho. Mores Picture ( of her own drawing ) to the Long Gallery at the public Schools in Oxon. Oxon. 1674. on one side of a large half sheet . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Iconicum quarundam extranearum ( numero 258 ) explicatio breviuscula & clara apprimè Epheborum aliquot proenobilium in usum exculta , quâ ad SS . Scripturas alliciantur . Quibus singulis accessit symbolum , cum sententiolâ concinnâ ex autoribus Graecis & Latinis depromptâ . Being an Epigrammatical explanation of the most remarkable stories throughout the Old and New Testament after each Sculpture or cut . Oxon. 1677 in a large and thick quarto . It must be noted that the author had bought from Holland as many Cuts of the Old and New Test . that cost him 14 l. Each Cut he caused to be neatly pasted in the middle of a large quarto paper , on which , before , was printed a running title at the top , and six English verses at the bottom to explain the Cut or Picture . Which being so done , in twelve copies only , he caused each to be richly bound , and afterwards presented a very fair copy to the King , and the rest mostly to persons of quality : of which number was Charles son and heir of Joh. Wilmot Earl of Rochester , for whom he pretended 't was chiefly compos'd . Gratulamini mecum . Or , a congratulatory Essay upon his Majesties recovery . Lond. 1679. in one sh . in fol. Written upon his Majesties being freed from an Ague at Windsore , in Sept. 1679. The English Recabite : or , a defyance to Bacchus and all his Works . A Poem in 67 Hexasticks , &c. Lond. 1681. in four sheets in fol. See more of him in his old friend Edm. Gayton , p. 271 , a Poet of the like stamp . This Mr. Whitehall died on the eighth day of July , in sixteen hundred eighty and five , and was buried the next day in the south part or Isle of Merton College Church , having for several years before hang'd on that house , as an useless member . JOHN ROBERTS son and heir of Richard Lord Roberts of Truro in Cornwall , was born in that County , entred a Fellow Commoner of Exeter Coll. under the tuition of Dr. John Prideaux , an . 1625 , where he continued two years or more , and after his fathers death he succeeded him in his honour . In the beginning of the grand rebellion raised by a prevalent party of Presbyterians in that unhappy Convention , afterwards called the Long Parliament , he adhered to the cause that was then by them carried on , was made a Colonel in the Army of Robert Earl of Essex , and Governour for a time of the Garrison of Plymouth in Devonshire against his Majesties forces ; but when he afterwards beheld how things would terminate , he withdrew and acted little or nothing during the times of Usurpation . After his Majesties restauration , he retired to the Court , and in 1662 he was made Lord Privy Seal in the place of William Lord Say deceased ; but giving not that content which was expected , he was sent into Ireland to be Lord Lieutenant there ▪ in Sept. 1669 , and his Government being disliked , he was recalled in May following . In Octob. 1679 he was made Lord President of his Majesties Council upon the removal of Anthony Earl of Shatfsbury , and soon after he was made Earl of Radnor . He hath written , A discourse of the vanity of the creature ; grounded on Ecclesiast . 1.2 . Lond. 1673. oct . and one , or more books , as I have been enform'd , fit for the Press . He died at Chelsey near London on the 17 day of July in sixteen hundred eighty and five ; whereupon , about 8 days after , his body was conveyed to Lanhedriock near Bodmin in Cornwall , and buried in the Church there . ARTHUR ANNESLEY son of Sir Franc. Annesley Baronet , Lord Mount-Norris and Viscount Valentia in Ireland , was born in Fish-Shamble street in S. Johns Parish within the City of Dublin , on the tenth day of July , an . 1614 , became a Fellow Commoner of Magd. Coll. in 1630 , or thereabouts , continued there under the tuition of a careful Tutor three years or more , and having laid a sure foundation in literature , to advance his knowledg in greater matters , he returned to his native Country for a time . In 1640 he was elected (a) Knight for Radnorshire to serve in that Parliment which began at Westm . 3. Nov. 1640 , but his election being questioned , Charles Price Esq . then elected also , was voted by the Committee of Elections to stand as more lawfully elected , yet soon after he left that Parliament and followed the K. to Oxon , where he sate in that called by his Majesty . In the time of the rebellion our author Annesley was entrusted by both Houses of Parliament , or appointed by them one of the Commissioners for the ordering and governing the affairs in Ireland , an . 1645 or thereabouts , and became (b) instrumental there to preserve the British and Protestant Interest , Country and Garrisons from being swallowed up by Owen Oneill's barbarous Army , or falling into the body of Irish hands , &c. Afterwards he went into England , complied with the Parliament , Ol. Cromwell and his party , took the Oath called the Engagement , as before he had the Covenant : But when he saw that K. Ch. 2. would be restored to his Kingdoms , he then , when he perceived that it could not be hindred , struck in and became instrumental for the recalling of him home , as many of his perswasion did , and thereupon they soothed themselves up and gave it out publickly , that they were as instrumental in that matter , as the best of the Royal party , nay they stuck not to say , that if it was not by their endeavours his Majesty would not have been restored . At that time he was made a Privy Counsellour , and , to shew his zeal for his Majesties cause , he procured himself to be put in among the number of those Justices or Judges to sit first at Hicks-hall and afterwards at the Old Bayly on the Regicides , where one of them , named Adrian Scrope , did reflect upon him , as 't was by all there present supposed , and of others too , as having before been misled as well as himself , as I have told you in Anthony E. of Shaftsbury , under the year 1682. In the year following , ( 1661 ) a little before his Majesties Coronation , he was by Letters Pat. bearing date on the 20 of Apr. created a Baron of this Kingdom by the title of Lord Annesley of Newport-Paynel in Bucks . ( of which Town one Thom : Annesley Great Uncle to Sir Franc. Annesley before mention'd had been High Constable ) as also a Count by the title of Earl of Anglesey , as comming more near to his name , than another place , or Town . Afterwards he enjoying certain Offices of trust , was , at length , made Lord Privy Seal about the middle of Apr. 1673 , and kept it till Aug. 1682 , at which time , he was deprived of it ( some have thought unjustly ) for several reasons , as I shall anon tell you : whereupon retiring to his Estate at Blechingdon in Oxfordshire , which he , some years before , had purchased , vindicated himself by writing an account of the whole proceeding of that affair , as I shall tell you by and by . He was a person very subtle , cunning and reserv'd in the managery and transacting his affairs , of more than ordinary parts , and one who had the command of a very smooth , sharp and keen Pen. He was also much conversant in books , and a great Calvinist , but his known countenance and encouragement given to persons of very different perswasions in matters of Religion , hath left it somwhat difficult , at least in some mens judgments , peremptorily to determine among what sort of men , as to point of Religion , he himself ought in truth to have been ranked . Yet it is to be observed that he did not dispense his favours with an equal hand to all these , the dissenting party having still received the far largest share of them , who did all along generally esteem him and his interest securely their own , especially after the Popish Conspiracy broke out , when then , out of policy , he avoided and shook off his numerous acquaintance of Papists , as it was notoriously observed by them , and of other pretenders to Politicks , meerly to save themselves , and to avoid the imputation of being Popishly affected . As for his published writings they are these , The truth unvailed , in behalf the Church of England , &c. being a vindication of Mr. Joh. Standish's Sermon ( on 2 Cor. 5.20 ) preached before the King and published by his Majesties command . Lond. 1676 in 3 sh . in qu. This being an answer to some part of Mr. Rob. Grove's Vindication of the conforming Clergy from the unjust aspersions of heresie , containing some reflections on the said Sermon ; was replied upon by the said Grove in a treatise intit . Falshood unmask'd , &c. Lond. 1676 in 3. sh . and an half in qu. Reflections on that discourse which a Master of Arts ( once ) of the Univers . of Cambridge calls Rational . Presented in Print to a person of honour , an . 1676 concerning Transubstantiation — Printed with Truth unvailed , &c. Which discourse was also answer'd by another , in a piece intit . Roman tradition examined , as it is urged as infallible against all mens senses , reason and holy Scriture , &c. Lond. 1676. qu. A Letter from a person of honour in the Country , written to the Earl of Castlehaven : Being observations and reflections upon his Lordships Memoires (c) concerning the Warrs in Ireland . Lond. 1681. oct . Which Letter coming into the hands of James Duke of Ormonde , and finding himself and his Government of Ireland therein , reflected upon , with great disadvantage , as he thought ; he wrot and published a Letter to the E. of Anglesey , dated at Dublin , 12 Nov. 1681 , to vindicate himself . Anglesey thereupon made a reply in another , and printed it with Ormonde's Letter at Lond. about the beginning of Apr. 1682 , both contained in two sh . in fol. Ormonde therefore represented the case in writing to the King , on the 17 of June following : which being read openly before the Council then sitting at Hampton Court , his Maj. declared that he would hear the matter thereof in Council ; and did order that a copy of the said Representation should be delivered to Anglesey , and that he appear and make answer thereunto , at a Council to be holden at Whitehall , on the 23 of the said month . In obedience to this , Anglesey , tho much troubled with the Gout , appeared , made a short speech to his Majesty in vindication of himself , bandied the matter with Ormond , and then put in his answer to Ormond's representation or complaint against him . These things being done , another Council was held 13 July , at which time Ormond delivering a paper to the Board containing several charges against him , it was then ordered that a copy of it should be sent to Anglesey , and that he return an answer thereunto on the 20 of the said month , at Hampton Court. But no Council being then held , ( notwithstanding Anglesey had made answer to Ormond's particular charges against him the next day ) the matter was defer'd till the 27 of the same month . Another Council being therefore there held on that day , the charges and answers were debated . Which done , and the Lords concerned being withdrawn , this resolution passed by the Council on Anglesey's letter to the Earl of Castlehaven , viz. That it was a scandalous libel against his late Majesty , against his now Majesty , and against the Government . When the Parties , or Lords concern'd , were called in again , the Lord Chancellour only told Anglesey that the King conceived him faulty in the clause , pag. 32. of the said Letter to the Earl of Castlehaven , wherein the Committees of the Parliament of Ireland were mention'd as having been in at the intrigues of the Popish Faction at Court. After which a farther hearing was appointed to be on the 3 of Aug. following , but Anglesey continuing extream ill of the Gout , and finding himself prejudg'd by the Lords of the Council on the 27 of July , he wrot a Letter on the 2 of Aug. to his Majesty ; which being openly read in Council the next day , he did in some manner ( as 't was said ) resent it for some passages therein , yet nothing appear'd entred to be done thereupon . Afterwards the Earl of Castlehaven ( James Touchet ) was called in several times and question'd about his Memoires ; which he acknowledging to be his , the said book in conclusion was by his Majesty and Council judged to be a scandalous Libel against the Government . On the 9 of the said month of Aug. 1682 , the Privy Seal , by command from his Majesty , was taken away from Anglesey by Sir Leolin Jenkins Principal Secretary of State , without any farther hearing , and was given to George Marquess of Halyfax . Besides the aforesaid Letter of the E. of Anglesey written to the Earl of Castlehaven , containing Observations , &c. was another book published intit . Brief reflections on the Earl of Castlehavens Memoires , &c. written by Dr. Edm. Borlase , ( Author of The Hist . of the execrable Irish Rebellion , &c. ) and printed at London 1682. oct . But the said Author , who commends Anglesey's Letter , was not regarded . Afterwards our Author Anglesey wrot , A true account of the whole Proceedings betwixt James Duke of Ormonde and Arthur Earl of Anglesie before the King and his Council , &c. Lond. 1682 , in 18 sh . in fol. and A Letter of Remarks upon Jovian . Lond. 1683. in two sh . in qu ; which Jovian was wrot by Dr. George Hicks Dean of Worcester . In the beginning of the year 1686 he began to be admitted into the favour of King James 2 , but being about that time seized with a Quinsey in his throat , died soon after as I shall anon tell you , leaving behind him The History of Ireland , MS. and The Kings right of indulgence in spiritual matters with the equity thereof asserted . — Which book being put into the hands of Hen. Care , he caused it to be published at Lond. in Nov. 1687. in 10 sh . and an half in qu. with the date of 16S8 . put at the bottom of the title . So that that person , who in the time of the Popish Plot had shew'd himself the most bitter enemy in the Nation against the Papists , and Duke of York , by publishing The weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome , and other things , was , when the said Duke came to the Crown , taken so much into favour , as to be made a Tool to print matters for the abolishing of the Test and Penal Laws , the publishing of which book was one . At length after our Author Arthur Earl of Anglesey had acted the part of a Polititian , for more than 45 years , he gave way to fate in his house in Drury-lane within the Liberty of Westminster , on Easter Tuesday , the 6 of Apr. in sixteen hundred eighty and six : whereupon his body being conveyed to Farnborough in Hampshire , where he had an Estate , was buried in the Church there . He left behind him a choice Library of Books , which were exposed to sale , by way of Auction , in Oct. Nov. &c. following . JOHN DOLBEN son of Will. Dolb. D. D. was born at Stanwick in Northamptonshire , of which his father was Rector , elected a Student of Ch. Ch. from Westm. school , an . 1640 , aged 15 years , bore arms for a time in Oxon , when made a Garrison for his Majesty ; and having made proof of his Courage in that service , he was appointed an Ensign , and at length a Major in one of the Armies belonging to his Majesty ; but after the surrender of Oxford , the declension of the Kings Cause , and his Army disbanded , he returned to Christ Church again , and took the degree of Master of Arts in 1647 , and the next year was ejected from his Students place by the Visitors appointed by Parliament . Soon after , he took to wife Catherine daughter of Ralph Sheldon ( elder brother to Dr. Gilb. Sheldon then lately Warden of All 's . Coll. ) with whom he lived during the time of Usurpation in S. Aldates Parish in Oxon , and assisted Mr. Joh. Fell in keeping up the Orders and Ceremonies of the Church of England in a private house opposite to Mert. Coll. Church . After the Kings restauration he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. 27 Jul. 1660 , in the place of John Pointer then ejected , and soon after was created Doctor of Divinity : At which time the Uncle of his Wife being Bishop of London and in great favour with the King , he was , upon his recommendation , deservedly made not only Archdeacon of London in the place of Dr. Thom. Paske deceased , but afterwards Clerk of the Closet and Dean of Westminster , upon the promotion of Dr. Earle to the See of Worcester ; in which last dignity he was installed 5 Dec. 1662. In 1666 he was made Bishop of Rochester in the place of Dr. Warner deceased , to which See being consecrated in the Archb. Chappel at Lambeth on the 25 of Nov. the same year , he had then liberty allowed him by his Majesty to keep his Deanery in commendam . Afterwards he became Almoner to his Majesty , and at that time and before that place was manag'd to the benefit of the Poor with great justice and integrity . At length upon the death of Dr. Sterne Archb. of York , he was , by vertue of the Kings Conge d'eslire , elected to that See 28 Jul. 1683 , and soon after viz. Aug. 16. being translated thereunto in the Archb. Chap. at Lambeth , was on the 23 of the same month enthronized . He was a man of a free , generous , and noble disposition , and withall of a natural bold and happy Eloquence . As he imitated his Uncle Bishop Williams in the greatness of his parts and abilities , so he by a certain hereditary right succeeded him in his Honours , both in his Deanery of Westminster , and his Archbishoprick of York . He was not very careful to print his Sermons , which much deserve to be publish'd ; but such as are set forth are these . Several Sermons , viz. ( 1 ) Sermon before his Majesty on Good Friday at Whitehall , 24 Mar. 1664. on Joh. 19. part of the 19 ver . Lond. 1665. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. before the K. on Tuesday 20 June 1665 , being the day of solemn Thanksgiving for the late Victory at sea , on Psal . 54.6.7 . Lond. 1665. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. before the K. 1666 , on the like occasion , on Psal . 18.1.2.3 . Land. 1666. qu. &c. He died of the Small Pox on the eleventh day of Apr. in sixteen hundred eighty and six : whereupon his body was conveyed from Bishops Thorp to York , and there inter'd in the Cathedral . When he was promoted to the See of York Dr. Franc. Turner succeeded him in Rochester , and Dr. Tho. Sprat in the Deanery of Westminster : and an year and a half after his death , Dr. Tho. Lamplugh B. of Exeter succeeded him in the See of York , as I shall tell you elsewhere . Soon after was put a large and comely Monument over his grave , with this inscription thereon . Hic situs est Johannes Dolben filius Gulielmi S. Th. Professoris , Ex antiqua familia in Cambria septentrionali oriundus , Natus Stanvici in Agro Northampton . Mart. 20. A. D. 1624. Anno aetatis 12 Regiam scholam Westmonast . auspicato ingressus , Singulari istius loci genio plenus 15 exivit . In numerum Alumnorum Aedis Christi Oxon electus . Exardente bello civili Partes regias secutus est , in pugna Marstonensi Vexillarius . In defensione Eboraci graviter vulneratus Effuso sanguine consecravit locum Olim morti suae destinatum . A. D. 1656. à Rev. Episc . Cicestrensi sacris ordinibus initiatus , Instaurata Monarchia factus est Aedis Christi Canonicus . Deinde Decanus Westmonasteriensis . Mox Carolo II. Regi optimo ab Oratorio Clericus , Episcopus postea Roffensis Et post novennium Regis Eleemosynarius . Anno denique 1683. Metropol . Eboracens . honore cumulatus est . Hanc provinciam ingenti animo & pari industria administravit Gregi & Pastoribus exemplo Intra 30 circiter menses seculi laboribus exhaustis Caelo tandem maturus Lethargia & Variolis per quatriduum lecto affixus . A. D. 1686 , aet . 62 , Potentis . Princ. Jac. II. altero , die dominico Eodem die quo praeeunte anno sacras Synaxes In Eccles . sua Cathed . septimanatim celebrandas instituerat Caelo fruebatur . Maestissima conjux , magni Gilberti , Cantuariensis Archiep. Neptis Ex qua tres liberos suscepit Gilbertum , Catharin . & Johan . Monumentum hoc posuit Desideratissimo Marito . In aede Christi sub illius auspiciis partim extructâ Bromleiensi Palatio reparato , in Caenobio Westmon . conservato ; In Senatu & Ecclesiis , Eloquentiae gloriâ ; In Diocoesibus suis Episcopali diligentia , In omnium priorum animis ; justâ veneratione semper Victuro . WILLIAM COVENTRIE fourth son of Tho. Lord Coventrie , sometimes Keeper of the Great Seal of England , by Elizabeth his wife , daughter of John Alderley of London , was born either in the City or Suburb of London , became a Gent. Com. of Queens Coll. in the beginning of the year 1642 , aged 14 years ; but leaving that house without a degree , he travelled beyond the Seas , and at his return seemed to adhere to the cause of K. Ch. 2. After his restauration he was elected a Burgess for the Town of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk , to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 8 May 1661 , and two years after was actually created Doctor of the Civil Law of this University , being about that time Secretary to his Royal Highness James Duke of York . In 1665 , Jun. 26 , he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty , and was afterwards sworn one of his Majesties most honorable Privy Council , being then esteemed , upon all accounts , qualified for noble employments ; for at that time , if I mistake not , he was Secretary to the Navy ; ( the said Duke being then General at Sea , in the Wars against the Dutch ) by which employment he got a considerable estate in money , which ever after kept up his port according to his quality . But at length behaving himself displeasing to the said Duke , when there was need of him , he was removed from his service : whereupon setling at Minster Lovel near Witney in Oxfordshire , became much respected by the neighbouring Gentry ; for whose sake , he was the first that found out a way for the ease of him , or them , that should bear the Office of Shrievelty : For whereas before , it was usual for the High Sheriff to expend four or five hundred pounds ere he could be quit of his Office , he then ( in Octob. 1675 ) by certain Articles which he framed , and were afterwards subscribed by the Gentry to stand to , brought that sum to 50 or 60 l , and the first High Sheriff of Oxfordshire that enjoyed the benefit of the said Articles , was Sir Edm. Fetyplace of Swinbroke near Burford Baronet , who was elected to that office in Nov. the same year . Among several things which the said Sir Will. Coventrie wrot , and published , without his name set to them , were these . Englands appeal from the private Cabal at Whitehall to the great Council of the Nation , the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled . — Printed 1673. in 7 sh . in qu. Letter written to Dr. Gilb. Burnet , giving an account of Cardinal Pole's secret powers : From which it appears that it was never intended to confirm the alienation which was made of the Abbey-Lands . To which are added two Breves that Card. Pole brought over , and some other of his Letters , that were never before printed . Lond. 1685. in 5 sh . in qu. He hath also written another thing , to which his name was set , intit . The Character of a Trimmer . His opinion of 1. The Laws and Government , 2. Protestant Religion . 3. The Papists , 4. Forraign Affairs . Lond. 1689. in 6 sh . in qu. sec . edit . the first of which had not his name set to it . At length this honorable Knight retiring to Tunbridge Wells in Kent for the sake of the Water there to cure his distemper , died at Somerhill near thereunto , of the gout in the Stomach , which the Physitians took to be the Stone , on Wednesday 23 of June in sixteen hundred eighty and six ; whereupon his body was conveyed to Penshurst in the said County , and buried in the Church there . He bequeathed 2000 l. to the French Protestants that were then lately come into England upon their expulsion from their own Country upon account of Religion , and 3000 l. for the redemption of Captives at Algiers , as the current report then went , appointing Dr. Compton B. of London , and Dr. Jo. Fell B. of Oxon , Overseers of his gift . JOHN FELL son of Dr. Sam. Fell sometime Dean of Ch. Ch. by Margaret his wife , daughter of Tho. Wyld of the Commandery in the Suburbs of Worcester Esq . was born at Suningwell near to Abendon in Berks , educated mostly in the Free-school at Thame in Oxfordshire , ( founded by John Lord Williams ) made Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1636 , aged eleven years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1643 , about which time he was in arms for his Majesty within the Garrison of Oxon , and afterwards was an Ensign . In 1648 he was turn'd out of his place by the Parliamentarian Visitors , he being then in holy Orders ; from which year , to the Kings Restauration , he spent his time in Oxon in a retired and studious condition , partly in the Lodgings of his brother-in-law Mr. Tho. Willis in Canterbury Quadrangle pertaining to Ch. Church , and afterwards partly in his House situate and being over against Merton Coll. Church ; wherein he and others kept up the devotions and orders of the Ch. of England , administred the Sacrament and other duties to the afflicted Royalists then remaining in Oxon. After the Kings restauration he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. in the place of Ralph Button ejected , on the 27 of July 1660 , and Dean of the said Church on the 30 of Nov. following , being then one of his Majesties Chaplains in Ordinary , and Doctor of Divinity by actual creation . By his constant residence in Oxon in the time of Usurpation , he could not otherwise but behold with grief to what a miserable condition the whole University , and in particular those of his quondam Coll. were reduced to as to Principles in Religion , and he knew that things could not be reformed suddenly but by degrees . His Predecessor Dr. Morley , in that short time that he governed the Coll. restored the Members thereof then living , that had been ejected in 1648 , and such that remained factious Dr. Fell either removed or fix'd in loyal Principles ; yet when the Organ and Surplice were restored , there were not wanting those that to the great concern and resentment of the Dean , Dr. Dolben , Dr. Allestree , and others , us'd both of them with contempt and Indignity . As by his unwearied diligence he endeavour'd to improve his College with Learning and true Religion , so also to adorn it with Buildings ; for no sooner he was setled , but he took upon him a resolution to finish Wolsey's great Quadrangle . The north side of it which was left void and open in Wolsey's time , was began to be supplied with Buildings sutable to the rest of the Quadrangle , by his father Dr. S. Fell , and was by him , the College and Benefactors , carried on to the top , and had all the frame of timber belonging thereunto laid ; but before the inside could be finished and the top covered with lead , the Civil War began . In that condition it continued expos'd to weather till the Reformers took place , who minding their own concerns and not at all the publick , took the timber away and employed it for their private use . This imperfect Building , I say , was , by the benefaction of Dr. Joh. Fell , the then present Canons , and others of the House , as also by the benefaction (a) of certain generous persons that had been formerly Members thereof and of others , quite finished for the use of two Canons , together with that part between the imperfect Building on the north side of the great gate , and the N. W. corner of the said Quadrangle . The next Fabrick that he undertook was that in the Chaplains Quadrangle , and the long range of building joyning thereunto on the East side . For whereas Philip King Auditor of Ch. Ch. had built very fair Lodgings of polish'd Free-stone about 1638 , in , or very near that place , whereon the said long range was afterwards erected , they were by carelesness burnt on the 19 of Nov. 1669 , and with them the south east corner of the said Quadrangle , besides part of the Lodgings belonging to the Canon of the second stall , which was blown up with Gun●powder to prevent the spreading of the fire towards the Library , Treasury and Church . These Buildings being burnt and blown up , were by the care of Dr. Fell rebuilt , viz. the east side of the Chaplains Quadrangle , with a straight passage under it , leading from the Cloister into the Field , which was finished in 1672 , and the long range before mention'd , in 1677 and 78. The third Fabrick , which by his care was also erected , were the Lodgings belonging to the Canon of the third Stall , situate and being in the passage leading from Wolsey's Quadrangle , to that of Peckwater , which were finishing in 1674. And lastly the stately Tower over the great and principal gate next to Fishstreet , began on the old foundation ( laid by Wolsey ) in June 1681 , and finished in Nov. 1682 , mostly with the moneys of Benefactors , whose Arms are with great curiosity ingraven in stone on the roof that parts the Gate-house and the Belfry . To this Tower was translated from the Campanile of the Church , the Bell called Great Tom of Christ Church , after it had been several times cast , an . 1683 , and on the great Festival of the 29 of May 1684 , it first rang out , between 8 and 9 at night ; from which time to this , a Servant toles it every night at 9 , as a signal to all Scholars to repair to their respective Colleges and Halls , as he did , while 't was in the Campanile . In 1666. 67. 68. and part of 69 , Dr. Fell was invested with the office of Vicechancellour , in which being setled , his first care was to make all degrees go in Caps , and in publick Assemblies to appear in Hoods . He also reduced the Caps and Gowns worn by all degrees , to their former size or make , and ordered all Cap-makers and Taylors to make them so ; which for several years after were duly observed , but now , especially as to Gowns , an equal strictness is not observed . His next care was to look narrowly towards the performance of public exercise in the Schools , and to reform several abuses in them ; and because Coursing in the time of Lent , that is the endeavours of one party to run down and confute another in disputations , did commonly end in blows , and domestick quarrels , ( the refuge of the vanquish'd side ) he did by his authority annul that custom . Snce that time as those publick disturbances , which were the scandal of the University , did cease ; so likewise that vehemence and eagerness in disputations which was increas'd by those intestine broils having lost the incentives of malice , feuds and contentions did in great measure abate , and at length fall . However Dr. Fell , that he might as much as possibly support the exercises of the University , did frequent Examinations for degrees , hold the Examiners up to it , and if they would , or could , not do their duty , he would do it himself , to the pulling down of many . He did also sometimes repair to the Ordinaries , ( commonly called Wall Lectures from the paucity of Auditors ) and was frequently present at those Exercises called Disputations in Austins , where he would make the Disputants begin precisely at one , and continue disputing till 3 of the clock in the afternoon ; so that upon his appearance more Auditors were then present , than since have usually appeared at those Exercises . It was his endeavour before , and while , he was Vicechancellour , as also the endeavours of some of his friends and fellow-sufferers , to reduce the University to that manner and form , as to Preaching , Disputing , Discipline , Opinion , &c. as 't was while Dr. Laud was Chancellour thereof ; but because of the twenty years interval , wherein a most strange liberty , loosness in manners and religion had taken place , they could not do it ; and I remember that many made it a ridiculous thing , that he and they should in the least think of such a matter , which a whole age could not do , nor that also , unless a succession of good Kings came , that should be of the same mind and opinion with Ch. 1. of ever blessed memory . He was a most excellent Disciplinarian , kept up the exercise of his house severely , was admirable in training up Youth , of noble extraction , had a faculty in it peculiar to him and was much delighted in it . He would constantly on several mornings in the week take his rounds in his Coll , go to the Chambers of Noblemen and Gent. Commoners , and examine and see what progress they made in their studies . He constantly frequented divine Service in public four times in a day , and had , besides , Prayers twice every day in his own family . He was a most zealous Favourer of the Ch. of England , and none , that I yet know of , did go beyond him , in the performance of the rules belonging thereunto . He was a great encourager and promoter of Learning in the University , and of all public works belonging thereunto , witness not only the Edifices before mentioned , but his sollicitation for the building of the publick Theater , to the end that the house of God might be kept free for its own use : He likewise advanced the learned Press , and improv'd the Manufacture of Printing in Oxford in such manner as it had been designed before by that public spirited person Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury ; and certainly it would have been by him effected , as other matters of greater concern relating to Religion and Learning , had not the iniquity of the restless Presbyterians prevented him . He was also a person of a most generous spirit , undervalued money , and disburs'd it so freely upon learned , pious and charitable uses , that he left sometimes for himself and his private use little or nothing . He was an eager defender and maintainer of the University and its Privileges ( especially while he executed the office of Vicechancellour ) against the Oppugners of them , and always endeavour'd to advance its Liberties ; for which he often gained the ill opinions of the Citizens . He was a bold and resolute man , and did not value wha● the generality said or thought of him so that he could accomplish his just and generous designs : which being too many to effect , was the chief reason of shortning his days . His charity was so great that he was a husband to the afflicted widow , a father to the orphan , and a tender parent to poor Children . He constantly allowed an yearly pension to a poor man of S. Thomas in the Suburb of Oxon , purposely that he should teach gratis 20 or 24 poor children of that Parish to read ; some of which he afterward bound Apprentices or made Scholars . He was a person of great morals and vertues , spent his time in celebacy , of an unspotted life , and unquestionable reputation . On the 8 of Jan. 1675 he was elected Bishop of Oxon by the Chapter of Ch. Ch. by vertue of a Conge d'eslire sent to them from his Majesty , and on the sixth of Febr. following , being then Shrove Sunday , he was consecrated in the Chappel of the Bishop of Winchester at Chelsey near London ; at which time liberty was given to him to keep his Deanery in commendam , purposely to keep him in his Coll. that he might do farther good therein , and in the University . No sooner he was setled in his See , but he betook himself to the rebuilding the Palace belonging thereunto , at Cudesden near Oxon : whereupon examining what had been done in order to it by any of his Predecessors , which was no considerable matter , he undertook and finished it , as I have told you in the first vol. p. 634 , yet enjoyed but a little time in it . As for his Works pertaining to Learning , they are these . The life of the most learned , Rev. and Pious Dr. Hen. Hammond . Lond. 1661 &c. oct . Before which time , he was supposed to be author of The interest of England stated : or a faithful and just account of the aimes of all parties now pretending ; distinctly treating of the designments of the R. Cath , Royalist , Presbyterian , Anabaptist , &c. Printed in 1659 in two sh . in qu. but how true it is , I cannot tell , because I heard of it but very lately , and that from no considerable hand . It was answered by March. Nedham as I have told you in my discourse of him . The vanity of scoffing ; in a letter to a Gent. Lond. 1674 qu. No name is set to it , only then generally reported to be his . Responsio ad epistolam Thomae Hobbes Malmsburiensis . See at the end of Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The Character of the last days , preached before the King , on 2. Pet. 3.3 . Oxon. 1675. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. preached before the H. of Peers , 22. Dec. 1680 , being the day of solemn humiliation , on Matth. 12.25 . Oxon. 1680. qu. &c. Account of Dr. Rich. Allestree's life — This is in the preface before the said Doctors Forty Sermons , published by our author Dr. Fell , who also reviewed and illustrated with marginal notes the works of S. Cyprian , which he published under this title Sancti Caecilii Cypriani Opera recognita & illustrata , per Johannem Episcopum Oxoniensem . Pr. 1682 fol. in the printing house joyning on the east side of the Theater , erected at the charge of the University of Oxon on the motion of Dr. Fell , an . 1674. To which book were added Annales Cyprianici , by Dr. John Pearson Bishop of Chester . He also translated into English Of the Unity of the Church . Printed also in the same house 1681. qu. Written originally by S. Cyprian . See more of his works in Pat. Young in the first vol. p. 794 and in Ger. Langbaine and Tho. Willis in this , p. 141 and 403. Dr. Fell also published or reprinted every year while he was Dean of Ch. Ch , viz. from 1661 to the time of his death , a book , commonly a classical author , against New-years tide to distribute among the Students of his House . To which books he either put an Epistle , or running notes , or corrections . These I have endeavoured to recover , that the titles might be known and here set down , but in vain . The first piece which he published of the incomparable author of The whole duty of man , was The Ladies Calling ; before which he put an Epistle to the Reader , giving an account after what a private manner the copy thereof , accompanied with a letter , was conveyed to his hands . This Epistle is left out in the folio edit . of that authors works , as also Dr. Hammonds Epistle before The whole duty of man , and that of Dr. Humph. Henchmans before The Gentlemans Calling , which two books had been published by the said Doctors . Dr. Fell also published in the year 1675 two other pieces written by the same author , viz. The Government of the Tongue , and The Art of Contentment , and last of all The lively Oracles given to us , &c. which was first printed at Oxon 1678. oct . In 1684 all the works of the said excellent author were printed together in a pretty large folio , and fair character , at Oxon and London . The whole duty of man , The decay of Christian piety , and The Gentlemans Calling ( which altho published by Dr. Henchman some years before The decay of Christian Piety , is in this Edit . placed after it ) make the first part , which is printed at London , and the four pieces above-named make the second part , printed at Oxon. Before the whole volume is placed a general preface of Dr. Fells composition ; wherein among other things he points at no less than five spurious pieces , which have expresly , or by a designed implication boldly usurp'd on the name and authority of this unknown celebrated author . In this edition of his works compleat , Dr. Fell hath inserted in the margin of the four last pieces , which make the second part of the said vol. ( if not too , of The Gent. Calling , and The decay of Christ . Piety ) the heads and contents of each section , with useful marginal abbreviations , which were till then wanting in all the parts , except only in The whole duty of man. He caused also at his own proper charge the Hist . and Antiq. of the Univ. of Oxon , to be translated into latine , and kept two men in pay for doing it , besides what he did himself , which was considerable , and the Author , which was less : And being so done he caused it , at his own charge also , to be printed with a good character on good paper ; but he taking to himself liberty of putting in and out several things according to his own judgment , and those that he employ'd being not careful enough to carry the whole design in their head as the Author would have done ; it is desir'd that the Author may not be accountable for any thing which was inserted by him ; or be censur'd for any useless repetitions or omissions of his Agents under him . At length this most godly , learned and zealous person , having brought his body to an ill habit and having wasted his spirits by too much zeal for the publick , he surrendred up his pious soul to God , to the great loss of learning , and of the whole University , about three of the clock in the morning of the tenth of July ( being then Saturday ) in sixteen hundred eighty and six , leaving then behind him the general character of a learned and pious Divine , and of an excellent Greecian Latinist and Philologist , of a great assertor of the Church of England , of another Founder of his own College , and of a Patron of the whole University . He was buried on the 13 day of the same month in the Divinity Chap. which is the Isle most northward from the choir of the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. in a little vault built of brick , under the Deans seat on the right hand , and under the seats adjoyning Eastward : His Monument long since promis'd by his Executors , is yet to be expected . JOHN JONES son of John Jones of Llang-Ellian in Denbighshire , became a Student in New Inn , in Act term 1675 , aged 20 years , was translated afterwards to Trin. Coll. and as a member thereof taking the degree of Bach. of Arts , 1681 , was soon after made Usher of the Free-school at S. Alban in Hertfordshire , where , as in the University , he was esteemed a good latin Poet. He hath written , Fanum S. Albani Poema carmine Heroico . Lond. 1683 in 4. sh . in qu. dedic . to Sir Harbottle Grimston Knight and Bt , Master of the Rolls . He died in sixteen hundred eighty and six , and was buried in the large Church of S. Alban before mention'd , with this epitaph soon after put over his grave . H. S. E. Johannes Jones Wallus , Scholae S. Albanensis Hypodidascalus literatissimus . Qui , dum Ecclesia haec Anno 1684 publicis impensis instauraretur , exsculpsit sibi quoque monumentum ; quod inscripsit Fanum S. Albani , poema carmine Heroico , hoc lapide , hâc Aede , aevoque perrennius omni , &c. JOHN BENNET son of a Father of both his names , was born in S. Margarets Parish within the City of Westminster , elected from the Coll. School there , a Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1676 , took one degree in Arts and wrot , Constantius the Apostate : Being a short account of his life , and the sense of the primitive Christians about succession . Wherein is shewn the unlawfulness of excluding the next heir upon the account of Religion ; and the necessity of Passive Obedience , as well to the unlawful oppressor as legal persecutor . Being a full answer to a late pamphlet entit . Julian the Apostate , &c. Lond. 1683. oct . Afterwards the author proceeded in Arts , studied Physick , and dying of a violent feaver on the 6. of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and six , was buried on the south side of the body of the Cathedral of Christ Church in Oxford . WILLIAM GOULD was born of gentile parents at Parhams farm in the Parish of Alston in Wiltshire , entred a Com. of Oriel Coll. 19 of May 1658 , where being extravagant in his life and conversation , was forc'd thence , but taking up in time , and making a through reformation in him self , obtained the Chancellors letters for the accumulating the degrees in Arts an . 1666 , wherein I find this character of him , that he is a man of very good parts and learning and well qualified to do service in the Church , &c. But whether he was admitted Bach. or Master of Arts , it appears not . About that time being in holy Orders , he became Rector of Kenn near Exeter in his own Country , a most loyal and orthodox person and a good preacher . He hath published , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Domus mea domus orationis , preached at S. Peters in Exeter , on Matth. 21.13 . Lond. 1672 qu. ( 2 ) Conformity according to the Canon justified , and the new way of moderation reproved , preached in the Cathedral Church of S. Peter in Exeter , at the Visitation of Anthony Bishop of Exeter , on 1. Cor. 14.20 . Lond. 1674. qu. ( 3 ) The generosity of Christian love , on 1. Cor. 13.5 . Lond. 1676. qu. ( 4 ) The primitive Christian justified , and Jack Presbyter reproved ; or a scripture demonstration , that to be innocent and persecuted is more eligible than to be prosperously wicked ▪ preached in his Abbey Church of Bathe , on Job 36.21 . Lond. 1682. qu. He died in the latter end of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and six , and was buried on the first of Novemb. in the Church of Kenn before mention'd , where there is a Monument and Epitaph over his grave . THOMAS JACOMBE son of Job . Jac. was born at Burton Lazers near to Melton Mowbray in Leycestershire , became either a Batler or a Communer of Magd. Hall in Easter Term an . 1640 , aged 18 years , left it upon the eruption of the Civil Wars , went to Cambridge , and taking the Covenant became Fellow of Trin. Coll. there , in the place of a Loyallist ejected ; and having the degree of Master of Arts in that University confer'd on him , became a person of high repute , ( as one (a) of his perswasion tells us ) for his good life , good learning and excellent gravity , greatly beloved of the then Master , who lov'd an honest man and a good Scholar with all his heart . About that time taking Orders according to the Presbyterian way , he retired to London and much about the same time that he became Minister of S. Martins Church joyning to Ludgate , he became one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of London for the ejecting of such whom the faction then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters . From that time to his silencing , he was a very zealous person for promoting the cause , and in very great esteem by those of his perswasion , as the aforesaid author tells us , for his piety , parts , prudence , sound , judicious , practical , spiritual , substantial preaching : yet another (b) of a contrary perswasion , who lived afterwards , as now , in very great esteem for his loyalty and learning , represents (c) him to have been the prettiest , nonsensical , trifling Goose . cap , that ever set pen to paper . On the 14 of March 1659 he was one of those Zealots , who , by Act of Parliament , were appointed Approvers of Ministers according to the Presbyterian way , before they were to be setled in Church Livings ; but that being soon after laid aside upon his Majesties restauration , he himself was ejected from S. Martins and laid aside also for Nonconformity , at Bartholmew tide in 1662 , he being about that time Doct. of Divinity . Afterwards he followed the trade of Conventicling , for which he was brought several times into trouble , and at length became Chaplain to the Countess of Exeter , in whose service he died . He hath extant , Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Enochs walk and change , funeral Sermon on Gen. 5.24 . preached at the burial of Mr. Rich. Vines sometimes Master of Pembr . Hall in Cambridge , in the Church of S. Laurence Jewry , London , 7. Feb. 1655. Lond. 1657. qu. third edit . To which our author Jacombe hath added A short account of the life and death of Mr. Rich. Vines . ( 2 ) The active and publick spirit , preached at S. Pauls 26. oct . 1656 , on Acts 13. former part of the 36 vers . Lond. 1657. qu. ( 3 ) Gods mercy for mans mercy , preached at the Spittle before the L. Mayor , Aldermen , &c. of Lond. on Matth. 5.7 . Lond. 1657. qu. ( 4 ) Two farewell Sermons at Bartholmew tide , on John 8.29 . Lond. 1662. oct . His picture is before the title , among other pictures of Nonconformists that preached farewell Sermons in London . ( 5 ) Several Sermons preached on the whole eighth Chap. of the Epistle to the Romans : eighteen of which were preached on the first , 2.3 . and fourth verses of the said eighth Chapt. Lond. 1672. 3. qu. This is sometimes called his Commentary on the eighth Chap. to the Romans . ( 6 ) How Christians may learn in every state to be content , on Phil. 4.11 . This is in The supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. and 76. qu. ( 7 ) The Covenant of redemption , on Isa . 53.10 . This is in The morning exercise methodized , &c. preached at St. Giles in the Fields , in May 1659. Lond. 1676. qu. ( 8 ) The upright mans peace at his end , opened in a fun . discourse ( or Serm. ) 8. Dec. 1681. upon the death of Mr. Matth. Martyn Citizen of London . Lond. 1682. qu. &c. He hath also written , A treatise of holy dedication both personal and domestick ; recommended to the Citizens of London upon their entring into their new habitations . Lond. 1668. oct . This was written after the grand conflagration of London , and published after the Citizens had returned to their habitations when rebuilt . A short account of the life of Mr. Will. Whittaker late Minister of S. Mary Magd. Bermondsey in Southwark . Lond. 1674. 5. oct . This is set before Mr. Whittakers eighteen Sermons preached upon several texts of Scripture . Dr. Jacombe also was one of the eight Nonconforming Ministers that undertook in 1682 to finish the English Annotations on the Holy Scripture , in two vol. in fol. began by Matthew Pool and by him carried on to the 58 Chapter of Isaiah ; and no doubt there is but that he did his share in that great work . At length he giving way to fate in the house of ( Frances ) Countess of Exeter , situat and being in Little Britaine , on the 27. of March ( being then Easter Sunday ) in sixteen hundred eighty and seven , was buried five days after in the Church of St. Anne within and near , Aldersgate , in the City of London , in the presence of very many , as well Conformist , as Nonconformist , Divines . I find one Sam. Jacombe Bach. of Div ▪ to have been sometimes Fellow of Qu. Coll. in Cambridge and afterwards Minister of S. Mary Wolnoth in Lombards●r●et in London in times of Usurpation , author of two or more Sermons , of which one is entit . Moses his death , preached at Ch. Church in London at the funeral of Mr. Edw. Bright Minister there . — Lond. 1657. qu. Which S. Jacombe , who was buried in his own Church of S. Mar. Woln. on the 17. June 1659 , I take to have been brother of the before mention'd Dr. Tho. Jacombe . EDWARD SHELDON a younger Son of Edw. Sheldon of Beoley in Worcestershire Esq . was born there , on the 23 of Apr. 1599 , became a Gent. Com. of Gloc. Hall , in the time of Dr. Hawley Principal thereof , about 1613 , where spending three or more years , did afterwards travel beyond the Seas , and became Master of two languages ( besides the Lat. ) at least . Some years after his return , he setled on his Patrimony at Stratton near to Cirencester in Glocestershire , which at length he lost , or was forced to quit , for the cause of K. Ch. 1. and for his Religion , in the time of the grand rebellion raised and carried on by restless people . He hath translated from French into Engl. ( 1 ) The holy life of Gaston Joh. Bapt. de Renty a Nobleman of France . Lond. 1658. oct , mangled by an Irish Priest when it went to the press . It was printed there again with corrections , an . 1683. oct , ( 2 ) The rule of Cath. Faith , &c. Lond ▪ 1660 , there again ( tho said in the title to be printed at Paris ) with its old date , an . 1672 , both in oct . This book was originally written by Franc. Veron D. D. ( 3 ) Christian thoughts for every day in the month . Lond. 1680. in tw . ( 4 ) The Counsels of wisdom . or a Collection of the Maxims of Solomon , &c. with reflections on the Maxims . Lond. 1680. oct . in two parts . Dedic . by the Translator to Qu. Catherine . This Mr. Sheldon who spent most of his time in studies and devotion , paid his tribute common to the condition of the living , in a good old age , in his house situate and being in S. James's street near to S. James's house , within the liberty of Westminster , on the 27 of March in sixteen hundred eighty and seven : Whereupon his body was buried in the Chappel belonging to the said house of S. James's . He had several Sons , among whom Lionel Sheldon a Benedictine , Doct. of Divinity , and Chaplain to Anne Duchess of York after she had changed her religion for that of Rome , was one , and Dominick Sheldon another , lately a Colonel of Horse , of prudent and couragious conduct in Ireland , in the Army of K. Jam. 2. against that of K. Will. 3. Among his daughters were Mary ( one of the Dressers belonging to Queen Catherine ) Wife of Sir Sam. Tuke of Cressing-Temple in Essex Kt and Bt , a person sometimes of compleat honour and ingenuity , a Colonel in the Army of his Majesty K. Ch. 1. and one of the prime Officers in that noble and generous expedition of Kent , Essex and Colchester , an . 1648 , ( for which he had like to have lost his life ) afterwards a sufferer for his religion and loyalty , author of that celebrated Trag. Com. called The adventures of five hours . Lond. 1662 , 64 and 1671 qu. He died in his house in the Parish of S. Mary le Savoy in the Strand near London , in May or June 1674 , but where buried unless in the Church of that Parish , or in the Chap. at Somerset-house I know not . He the said Mr. Sheldon had another Dau. named Frances who was one of the Maids of honour to Qu. Catherine before mention'd , and was Uncle to Ralph Sheldon of Beoley Esq . commonly called Great Sheldon . THOMAS WASHBOURNE a younger Son of Joh. Washbourne of Wychenford in Worcestershire Esq . was born there , entred a Communer of Balliol Coll , in the beginning of the year 1622 , aged 16 or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , being then esteemed a tolerable Poet , holy Orders , and in 1636 he was admitted to the reading of the sentences . In the time of the rebellion he had a Prebendship in the Cath. Ch. of Glocester confer'd upon him , and suffer'd for the Royal cause , but when his Majesty K. Ch. 2. was restor'd , he was setled and installed in it , actually created Doctor of Divinity and became Rector of Dumbleton in Glocestershire . He hath written and published , Divine Poems . Lond. 1654. oct . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Serm. at the funeral of Charles Cocks Esq , on Psal . 90.9.10 . Lond. 1655. qu. ( 2 ) The repairer of the breach , preached in the Cathedral of Glocester 29 May 1661 being the anniversary of his Majesties birth day , and happy entrance into his imperial City of London , on Isa . 58.12 . Lond. 1661. qu. &c. He died on the sixth day of May in sixteen hundred ▪ eighty and seven , and was buried in our Ladies Chappel within the Cathedral Church of Glocester . Soon after was a little monument set up on the wall over his grave , with an inscription thereon , wherein 't is said that he was Theologus vere Christianus , vere primitivus , per annos 44 Eccl. Cath. Gloc. Prebendarius , and that he desired to have this written on his mon. that he was primus Peccatorum , minimus Ministrorum Dei , &c. EDMUND HALL was born , and educated in Grammar learning , within the City of Worcester , entred into Pemb. Coll. in 1636 aged 16 , left the Univ. before he took a degree , sided afterwards with the forces raised by the Parliament against his Majesty K. Ch. 1 , took the Covenant and at length became a Captain among them . When the Kings cause declined and the war ceased , he retired to his Coll , was made Fellow thereof , and in 1649 he took the degree of Master of Arts ; much about which time he express'd himself an Enemy to Oliver for his diabolical proceedings , and was thereupon committed to custody , as I shall tell you anon . About that time he became , tho a Calvinist , a conceited and affected preacher several years in these parts , kept pace with the leading men during the Interval , complemented with the times at his Majesties restauration , and endeavoured to express his loyalty , yet could not endure to be called Captain . Afterwards he became Minister of a Market Town in Oxfordsh . named Chipping-Norton , where being much frequented by the neighbourhood obtained the character , from some , of a fantastical , and from others , of an edifying , preacher . About the latter end of 1680 , the rectory of Great Risington near North Leech in Glocestershire falling void , it was conferr'd upon him by Sir Edm. Bray Knight , and soon after he took to him , in his elderly years , a fair and comely Wife . His Sermons preached before the University of Oxon , had in them many odd , light and whimsical passages , altogether unbecoming the gravity of the Pulpit : And his gestures being very antick and mimmical , did usually excite somewhat of laughter in the more youthful part of the auditory . His works are these , Lazarus's soares lick'd — Written against Dr. Lazarus Seamon , who affirmed in a book ▪ published about 1648 that an Usurper ought to be submitted to , proving it from Christs paying tribute money to Caesar . Lingua Testium . Manus Test . Digitus Test . These three pamphlets , the titles of which at large , I could never get from the author , were wrot by him against Oliver , to shew that he had slain the Witnesses , was very Antichrist , and impossible for him to raign above three years and an half : Whereupon being imprison'd by the Council of state , continued there twelve months , and then with much ado , upon good Bail given , he obtained his liberty . A scriptural discourse of the Apostacy and the Antichrist , by way of comment , upon the twelve first verses of 2. Thes . 2. &c. in 4 parts — Printed 1653. in about 20 sh . in qu. with a Preface to it of about four . Discourse of slaying the Witnesses , and the immediat effects thereof — Printed with the former . These two last he wrot while he was a Prisoner . Sermon at Staunton Harcourt Church in the County of Oxon , at the funeral of the Lady Anne Harcourt , who deceased 23. Aug. 1664 , on Ezek. 24.16 . Oxon. 1664. oct . A funeral speech at her grave — Printed with the Sermon . This Lady Anne Harcourt , Daughter of Sir Will. Waller sometimes a General of one of the Parliaments Armies , was the Wife of Sir Philip Harcourt Knight , son and heir of Sir Simon . Which Philip dying at , or near , London , was buried by her , about the 12 of Apr. 1688 , leaving then a son behind him named Simon , Recorder of Abendon . Our author Mr. Hall died in the month of August or thereabouts , in sixteen hundred eighty and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Great Risington before mention'd . His elder Brother Thomas Hall I have at large mention'd already among these Writers , under the year 1665. p. 233. WILLIAM PETTY son of Anthony Petty a Clothier , was born in a little haven Town in Hampshire called Rumsey , on the 26 of May 1623 , and while a boy he took very great delight in spending his time among Artificers there , as Smiths , Carpenters , Joyners , &c. whose trades , in some respects , he understood so well in short time at 12 years of age , that he could work at them . At that time he went to the Grammar School there , had some smattering in the latin , and at about 15 years of age he entred into the Greek tongue . Soon after he went to Caen in Normandy , and with a little stock of Merchantdizing that he then improved , maintained himself there , learned the French tongue , and at 18 years of age the Arts and Mathematicks . Afterwards he retired to Paris , studied Anatomy and read Vesalius with Hobbes of Malmsbury , who lov'd his company exceeding well , and was not wanting on all occasions to forward his pregnant genie . So that in short time being accomplished with such parts of learning that began then to be in great esteem in England , he returned ( after he had visited the Netherlands ) into England , and on the 6. of March 1647 a patent was ordered for him , by the members of Parliament , to endure for 17 years , to teach his art of double writing . At that time , being a man of fortune , he sided with the people then in authority , went to Oxon when the great rout of loyal Scholars was made by the Parliamentarian Visitors , setled there for some time , followed the faculty of Physick , exercised Anatomy and Chymistry much among young Scholars , to his and their great benefit , and became deputy professor of Anatomy for Dr. Thom. Clayton , who being possest with a timorous and effeminate humour , could never endure the sight of a mangled or bloody body . On the 7. of March 1649 he , by the commendatory letters of certain persons then in authority , written to the Delegates of the University , was actually created Doctor of Physick , he being about that time made Fellow of Brasn . Coll. in the place of Nath. Hoyle Bach. of Divinity , and in Dec. 1650 his name was wonderfully cried up for being the chief person in the recovery to life of one Anne Green , who was hang'd in Oxford Castle on the 14 of the same month , for making away her bastard child ; at which time , instead of recovering her , he intended to have her made an Anatomy . In the beginning of January following , he was unanimously elected Anatomy professor of the University , upon Claytons renouncing his interest therein , purposely to serve him , and shortly after , he was not only made one of the Coll. of Physitians at London , but Musick professor of Gresham Coll , which last place he obtained by the interest of his dear friend Capt. Joh. Graunt . In 1652 , he being recommended to the Parliament to be one of the surveyors of Ireland , he procured a patent for that purpose , and in Aug. the same year , he took a voyage thither , practiced his faculty in Dublin among the chief of that City , got to be Clerk of the Council there , and Secretary to the L. Lieutenant . In Dec. 1654 he began to survey , ( for which he received 365 l. per an , ) which was done in ten months time or thereabouts , with that exactness , that there was no estate to the value of 60 l. per an . but he did exactly shew it to its true value , and made maps of all that he had done . Those that he employed for the Geometrical part , were ordinary persons , that circumambulated with their box and needle , not knowing what they did , but our author Petty knew right well how to make use of their Labours . 'T is said that by this employment , he obtained an estate in Ireland worth about 10000 l. per an , but a great part of it being refunded , because their former owners were declared innocent , as to the then late rebellion , he had left him about 5 , or 6000 l. yearly , and could from Mount-Mangorton in Kerry behold 50000 acres of his own Land. But this survey was but a single proof of the great el●vation of his understanding genius , which like a meteor moved above the spheer of other Mortals . In Jan. 1658 he was elected one of the Burgesses of Westlow in Cornwall to serve in Richards Parliament , which began at Westm . on the 27 of the same month , wherein he was a considerable actor , as I have heard ; but that Parliament being soon after dissolved and Richard laid aside , he went into Ireland , whence returning after his Majesties restauration , and introduced into his presence , his Majesty was much pleased with his ingenious discourses , and seemed to be delighted in him . About that time the Royal Society being instituted , he was appointed one of its first members , and afterwards one of the Council belonging thereunto , being then esteemed the prime person to advance experimental Philosophy and Mechanicks . On the 11. of Apr. 1661 he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty , and did afterwards ( as some say ) design to be Earl of Kilmore in Ireland , but that project , which he knew the effect would cause great envy , came to nothing . In the beginning of the year 1663 he became famous in Ireland by the success of his new invention of the Double bottom'd Ship against the judgment and resolution of almost all mankind ; for in July the same year , when first the Ship adventur'd from Dublin to Holyhead , she stayed there many days before her return , and 't was pleasant to consider how her Adversaries insulted , and having first established the conclusion , that she was cast away , did afterwards discourse the several necessities why it should be so . Some said it was impossible her Mast could be sufficiently planted against a strong gale , others said she was gone to Land at O Brasile , &c. But her return in triumph with those visible advantages above other vessels , did check the derision of some , and becalm'd the violence of others , the first point having been clearly gain'd that she could bear the Seas . She then turned in against wind and tide into that narrow harbour ( Holyhead ) amongst the rocks and ships with such dexterity , as many antient Sea-men did then confess they had never seen the like . About the same time Thomas Earl of Ossory and other persons of honour were imbarqued in her , and drove to and again within the bar near Dublin . It then blew very hard , insomuch that a small Holland vessel ( famous for a good sailer ) which set sail with her , was in appearance after looked upon to be over set , whilst she inclined not above half a foot more to one side than another , so that it was truly then called The pad of the Sea. It appeared very much to excel all other forms of ships , in sailing , in carriage , in security and many other such benefits , but at length in its return home from a certain voyage , it was destroyed by a common fate , and by such a dreadful tempest , as overwhelmed a great Fleet the same night : So that the antient fabrick of Ships had no reason to triumph over that new model , when of 70 sail that were in the same storm , there was not one escaped to bring the news . In a word tho this invention succeeded not , while it was only supported by private purses , it will ( as one (a) observes ) undoubtedly produce great effects , if ever it shall be retrieved upon the publick stock of the Nation , &c. A model of it ( tho lost ) was given by the inventor thereof to the Royal Society , made with his own hand , and it is at this day kept in the repository at Gresham College . To conclude , he was a person of an admirable inventive head , of a prodigious working wit , and of so great worth and learning , that he was both fit for , and an honour to , the highest preferment . He hath written , Advice concerning the education of youth , &c. Lond. 1647. qu. Written to Mr. Sam. Hartlib under the two letters of W. P. Advice for the advancement of some particular parts of learning . Lond ▪ 1648. written to Sam. Hartlib . This title which I have received from a second hand , may be ( for I have not yet seen it ) the same with the Advice before mentioned . A brief of proceedings between Sir Hierom Zanchy and him , with the state of the controversie between them . Lond. 1659. in 2 or 3. sh . in fol. The articles then put up against him relating to his actions in Ireland , were ( 1 ) That he the said Doctor Petty had received great bribes . ( 2 ) That he had made a trade of buying debenters in vast numbers against the statute . ( 3 ) That he had gotten vast summs of money , and scopes of land by fraud . ( 4 ) That he had used many foul practices , as Surveyor and Commissioner , for setting out lands . ( 5 ) That he and his fellow Commissioners had placed some debenters in better places than they could claim , denying right to others . ( 6 ) That he and his fellow Commissioners had totally disposed of the Armies security ; the debt still remaining chargeable on the state . All which , were according to the said Brief of proceedings , cleared by Petty : what the event of the matter was I cannot have . Reflections upon some persons and things in Ireland , by letters to and from him : ( Doct. Petty ) with Sir Hierom Zanchy's speech in Parliament . Lond. 1660. oct , written mostly against his busie and envious Antagonist Zanchy , of whom I shall speak elsewhere . A treatise of taxes and contributions : shewing the nature and measures of Crown-lands , assessments , customs , poll-moneys , lotteries , benevolence , &c. Lond. 1662 and 67. in about 10. sh . in qu. Discourse made before the Royal society , 26. Nov. 1674 concerning the use of duplicate proportion , in sundry important particulars . Lond. 1674 in tw . See in the Philosoph . Transact . nu . 109. p. 209. A new Hypothesis of springing , or elastique motions — Printed at the end of the said Discourse . An apparatus to the history of the common practices of Dying — See in The Hist . of the Royal Society , written by Tho. Sprat , — Lond. 1667. qu. part 2. p. 284. &c. Treatise or discourse about the building of Ships — It was presented by the author in MS , to the R. Society about 1665 , contained in about a quire of paper of his own writing ; but William Lord Brounker President of the Council pertaining to that Society , took it away and kept it in his possession till 1682 and after , perhaps to the time of his death , saying it was too great an Arcanum of state to be commonly perused . The author , tho he had no copy of it by him , yet Dr. Rob. Wood who lived in Ireland had one . Colloquium Davidis cum anima sua ( accinente paraphrasim in 104 psalmum ) de magnalibus dei . Lond. 1679 in two sh . in fol. This thing which is in latin Hexameter , was composed by the author 25 of March 1678 , under the name of Cassid . Aureus Minutius . Political Arithmetick ; or a discourse concerning the extent and value of land , people , buildings , husbandry , manufacture , commerce , fishery , artizans , seamen , soldiers , publick revenues , &c. as the same relates to every County in general , and more particularly to the territories of his Majesty of Great Britain , and his neighbours of Holland and France — This was presented in MS , by the author , to his Majesty Ch. 2 ; and Sir Joseph Williamson had a copy of it , but was not printed till Mich. term 1690 , 'T is in oct , as the other volumes of Pol. Arithm. are . Another Essay in political Arithmetick concerning the growth of the City of London : with the measures , periods , causes and consequences thereof , an . 1682. Lond. 1683. 86 in 3 sh . in oct . Observations upon the Dublin-bills of mortality , 1681. and the state of that City . Lond. 1683 in 3. sh . in oct . He had also long before assisted , or put into a way , John Graunt in his writing of Nat. and Pol. Observations of the bills of mortality of Lond. Maps of Ireland , being his actual survey of that whole kingdom — These were printed in fol. 1685. and were then valued at 2 l. 10 s. in quires . Essay concerning the multiplication of mankind . Lond. 1686. oct . With this was printed the second edit . of Another Essay in Pol. Arith. &c. Further observations upon the Dublin bills ; or accompts of the houses , hearths , baptismes and burials of the City . Lond. 1686. oct . Two Essays in Political Arithmetick , concerning the people , housing , hospitals of London and Paris ; with observations on the Cities of London and Rome . Lond. 1686. 7. oct . Five Essays in political Arithmetick . viz. 1. Objections from the City of Rey in Persia , and from Monsieur Aurout , against two former Essays answer'd , and that London hath as many people , as Paris , Rome and Rouen put together . 2. A comparison between London and Paris in 14 particulars . 3. Proofs , that in London within its 134. Parishes in the bills of mortality , there live about six hundred ninety six thousand People . 4. An estimate of the people , &c. Lond. 1687. oct . A treatise of taxes and contributions , particularly fitted for the state of Ireland — Lond. 1691. qu. Printed in a book entit . A Collection of three state Tracts , &c. Treatise of naval philosophy , &c. Lond. 1691 oct . Qu. whether the same with the Treatise or disc . about building of Ships , before mention'd . The Political Anatomy of Ireland , &c. Lond. 1691. oct . Verbum Sapienti : or , an account of the wealth and expence of England , &c. Ibid. 1691. oct . This is animadverted upon in a pamph . intit . A letter from a Gent. in the Country to his friend in the City , &c. Lond. 1692. qu. This learned Vertuoso Sir Will. Petty died in his house in Piccadilly-street , almost opposite to S. James's Church , within the liberty of Westminster , of a Gangreen in his foot , occasion'd by the swelling of the Gout , on the sixteenth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred eighty and seven : whereupon his body was carried to Rumsey , the place of his nativity , and buried in the Church there near the bodies of his father and mother . By his wife Elizabeth daughter of Sir Hardress Waller Kt , and Relict of Sir Maurice Fenton , he had issue two sons , viz. Charles created Baron of Shelborne in Ireland soon after his fathers death , and Henry , and a daughter named Anne . He had also a natural daughter more like to him than any other of his children , who was an Actress in the Dukes Play-house an . 1680 and after . Could I have seen Sir Will. Petty's life , written by himself , which is in MS. in the hands of his brother in Law Waller , I might have spoken more fully and punctually of him , but the owner of it living remote from the author of this book , and altogether unknown to him , he could never gain a sight of it . THOMAS PITTIS son of a father of both his names , a Captain somtimes of the trained Bands in the Isle of Wight , was born at Knighton there , became a Commoner of Trin. Coll. in the latter end of 1652 , took one degree in Arts , and then translated himself to Linc. Coll. where he was esteemed by his Contemporaries a tolerable Disputant . Afterwards he took the degree of Master , and was made one of the Terrae Filii , but his speech being much disliked by the Godly party of those times , he was expel'd the University , an . 1658. Afterwards he was prefer'd to the Rectory of Gatcombe in the Isle of Wight , took the degree of Bach. of Div. 1665 , became Vicar of the Parish of Holy Rood in Southampton by the favour of Dr. Morley B. of Winchester , made Lecturer of Ch. Church in London , ( being about that time one of his Maj. Chapl. in Ord. ) proceeded in Div. in 1670 , and had the Rectory of Lutterworth in Leicestersh . bestowed on him by the King , which he exchanged with the successor of Mr. Rob. Clarke ( somtimes of Linc. Coll. ) for the Rectory of S. Botolph without Bishopsgate , London . So that before his death he was Rector of Gatcombe , Chapl. in Ord. to his Majesty , Lecturer at Ch. Church , and Rector of S. Botolph before mention'd . His works are these . A private Conference between a rich Alderman and a poor Country Vicar , made public . Wherein is discoursed the obligation of Oaths , which have been imposed on the Subjects of England . Lond. 1670. oct . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Serm. before the Artillery Company , on Luke 3.14 . Lond. 1677. qu. ( 2 ) An old way of ending new Controversies , preached to the Comptroller and Gentlemen of the Society of the Inner Temple , 8. Jan. 1681 , on 1. John. 2. former part of the 24. ver . Lond. 1682. qu. &c. A discourse of Prayer : wherein this great duty is stated , so as to oppose some principles and practices of Papists and Fanaticks ; as they are contrary to the publick Formes of the Church of England , established by her Ecclesiastical Canons , and confirmed by Acts of Parl. Lond. 1683. oct . A discourse concerning the trial of Spirits : wherein enquiry is made into mens pretences to inspiration , for publishing doctrines in the name of God , beyond the rules of Sacred Scripture , in opposition to some Principles of Papists and Fanaticks , as they contradict the Doctrine of the Church of England , defined in her Articles of Religion , established by her Ecclesiastical Canons , and confirmed by Acts of Parliament . Lond. 1684 oct . Dedic . to Sir Edw. Worsley Kt , Deput . Gov. of the Isle of Wight . This Dr. Pittis died on the 28. of Decemb. ( Innocents day ) in sixteen hundred eighty and seven ; whereupon his body was conveyed from the Parish of S. Botolph before mentiond into the Isle of Wight . and there buried at Westcowes , as I have been informed . CLEMENT BARKSDALE son of Joh. Barks . was born at Winchcombe in Glocestershire on S. Clements day , 23. Nov. 1609 , educated in Grammar learning in the Free-School at Abendon in Berks , entred a Servitour in Mert. Coll. in the beginning of Lent terme 1625 , but making little stay there , he translated himself to Gloc. Hall under the tuition and Patronage of Deg. Whear the Principal , where continuing a severe Student several years , he took the degrees in Arts , entred into the sacred Function and in 1637 he supplyed the place of Chaplain of Lincoln Coll. at the Church of Allsaints , commonly called Alhallowes in the City of Oxon. But being called thence the same year , he was made Master of the Free-School at Hereford , Vicar Choral there , and in short time after Vicar of Alhallowes in that City . In 1646 , the Garrison of Hereford which had been a little before surprized by the Parliam . Forces , he was rescued out of the danger of that time and placed at Sudeley Castle near the place of his Nativity , where he exercised his Ministry and submitted to the men then in power : And after that he sheltred at Hawling in Coltswold , where he taught a private School with good success . After the Kings restauration , he was , by his Majesties gift , setled in the Parsonage of Naunton near Hawling and Stow on the Wold in Glocestershire , which he kept to the time of his death . He was a good Disputant , a great admirer of Hugh . Grotius , a frequent preacher , but very conceited and vain , a great pretender to Poetry and a writer and translater of several little Tracts , most of which are meer Scribbles : The titles follow . Monumenta literaria : sive ●obitus & Elogia doctorum Virorum , ex historiis Jac. Aug. Thuani . Lond. 1640. qu , and several times after with additions or corrections , in oct . A short Practical Catechisme out of Dr. Hammond , with a paper monument ▪ Lond. 1649. oct . Adagilia Sacra Novi Testamenti , Selecta & exposita ab Andr. Schotto . Oxon. 1651. in tw . They were drawn into a Compendium by Barksdale . Nympha Libethris : or the Co●swold Muse , presenting some extempore Verses to the imitation of young Scholars . In four parts . Lond. 1651. oct . I have a book in my Study entit . — Annalia Dubrensia . Upon the yearly celebration of Mr. Rob. Dovers Olimpick Games upon Cotswold Hills , &c. Lond. 1636 qu. This book , which hath the running title on every page of Cotswold Games , consists of verses made by several hands on the said Annalia Dubrensia , but nothing of the Cotswold Muse of Barksdale relates to them , which some , that have only seen the title of it , think it to be the same . The said Games were begun , and continued at a certain time in the year for 40 years by one Rob. Dover an Attorney of Barton on the Heath in Warwickshire , son of John Dover of Norfolk , who being full of activity , and of a generous , free and publick Spirit , did , with leave from K. Jam. 1. select a place on Cotswold Hills in Glocestershire , whereon those Games should be acted . Endimion Porter Esq . a native of that County , and a servant to that King , a person also of a most generous spirit , did , to encourage Dover , give him some of the said Kings old clothes , with a Hat and Feather and Ruff , purposely to grace him and consequently the solemnity . Dover was constantly there in person well mounted and accoutred , and was the chief Director and Manager of those Games , frequented by the Nobility and Gentry , ( some of whom came 60 Miles to see them ) even till the rascally Rebellion was began by the Presbyterians , which gave a stop to their proceedings , and spoyled all that was generous or ingenious elsewhere . The verses in the said book called Annalia Dubrensia were composed by several Poets , some of which were then the chiefest of the Nation , as Mich. Drayton Esq . Tho. Randolph of Cambridg , Ben. Johnson , Owen Feltham Gent. Capt. Joh. Mennes , Shakerley Marmion Gent. Tho. Heywood Gent , &c. Others of lesser note were Joh. Trussell Gent. who continued Sam. Daniel's History of England , Joh. Monson Esq . Feryman Rutter of Oriel Coll , Will. Basse of Moreton near Thame in Oxfordshire , somtimes a Retainer to the Lord Wenman of Thame Parke . Will. Denny Esq . &c. Before the said book of Annalia Dubrensia is a cut representing the Games and Sports , as men playing at Cudgells , Wrestling , Leaping , pitching the Bar , throwing the iron Hammar , handling the Pyke , leaping over the heads of men kneeling , standing upon their hands , &c. Also the dancing of women , men hunting and coursing the Hare with Hounds and Greyhounds , &c. with a Castle built of boards on a hillock , with Guns therein firing , and the picture of the great Director Capt. Dover on horsback , riding from place to place . But all this being spoken by the by lets proceed with the remaining titles of books written by Barksdale . Life of Hugo Grotius . Lond. 1652 in tw . Taken from Meursius his Athenae Batavae , and other authors that occasionally speak of that learned person . Noctes Hiberniae : winter nights exercise . The first night ; being seven Decads of sacred sentences put into English vers . Lond. 1653 in one sh in oct . V. Cl. Elogia Anglorum Camdeniana . Lond. 1653 in about two sheets in oct . Taken from those Elogia which Camden sets down at the end of every year of his Annalls of Qu. Elizabeth . The disputation at Winchcombe , 9. Nov. 1653. Oxon. 1653. oct . This disput . was between Barksdale then Minister of Sudeley , Respondent , and Christoph . Helme Minister of Winchcombe and Joh. Wells Min. of Tewksbury , Opponents . It was printed again at London , 1654 , with some papers both before and after , containing several Letters and other matters ; published by N. N. The said papers being reviewed , wherein are contained some short notes concerning the government of the Church , the Liturgy and forms of Prayer , Ordination and power of Ministers , were reprinted at Lond. 1657. oct . An Oxford conference of two young Scholars , touching their studies . Lond. 1659. in one sh . in oct . A modest reply , in three Letters , touching the Clergy and Universities . Lond. 1659. oct . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The Sacrifice ; at S. Maries in Oxon , on Psal . 51.17 . Lond. 1655. oct . ( 2 ) The Kings returne ; at Winchcombe , 24. May 1660 , on 2. Sam. 15. part of the 25. verse . Lond. 1660. qu. ( 3 ) Sermon at Glocest . on Psal . 122.6 . Oxon. 1680. qu. &c. Of Contentment , a little treatise . Lond. 1660 in 240. and 1679. which is the fourth edit . In defence of the Liturgy . Oxon. 1661. in one sh . in qu. Memorials of worthy persons . Two Decads . Lond. 1661. in tw . The third Decad was printed at Oxon. 1662. in oct . The fourth there also , 1663. in oct . A remembrance of excellent men , &c. Lond. 1670. oct . This , which goes for the fift Decad , contains the characters of 9 Divines , and one Lay-man , taken , and scribled as the rest of the Decads were , from the Sermons preached at their Funerals , their Lives , and Characters occasionally given of them , in publick authors . Masora . A collection out of the learned Master Joannes Buxtorfius's Commentarius Masoreticus . Lond. 1665. oct . Collection of Scriptures illustrated by Mr. Rich. Hooker . Lond. 1675. oct . Three Ministers communicating their collections and notions touching several Texts , at their weekly meetings . Lond. 1675. oct . Letter touching a College of Maides , or a Virgin-Society . — Written 12. Aug. 1675. Printed in half a sh . in oct . Hugonis Grotii Annotationes selectae , and VII Capita S. Matthaei Oxon. 1675 in two sh . in oct . Behold the Husband man. A short discourse on Jam. 5.7 . Lond. 1677. in tw . Learne to die , a little discourse . Lond. 1679. oct . Bezae Epitaphia Selecta . Lond. 1680. oct . Angl. Lat. Sententiae Sacrae . Lond. in oct . Angl. Lat. Aurea dicta . The Kings gratious words for the Protestant Religion of the Church of England , collected from his Majesties Letters , Speeches , &c. Lond. 1681. in 3. sh . in qu. Memorials of Alderm . Whitmore , Bish . Wilkins , Bish . Reynolds and Alderm . Adams . Lond. 1681 in 3 sh . in oct . Collected from the Sermons preached at their Funerals . Religion in verse . Ox. 1683 in 1 ▪ sh . in oct . The old Gentlemans wish ▪ or the reformed old Gentleman . — Printed on half a side of a sheet of paper 1684. Of authors and books — Pr. on one side of half a sh . of paper , 1684. A Grateful mention of deceased Bishops — Pr. on one side of a broad sh . of paper 1686. Written , as the two former papers , in dogrel Rime ; and other things of the like stamp . He hath also translated from Lat. into English . ( 1 ) A discourse 1. of God and his Providence . 2. Of Christ his miracles and doctrine . Lond. 1652. in tw . sec . edit . Written originally by H. Grotius . There were some annotations put on that Discourse by Barksdale . ( 2 ) H. Grotius his judgment in sundry points controverted , out of his vote for the Churches peace : printed with the former translation . ( 3 ) The Mourner comforted , written also by way of an Epist . Consolatory by the said H. Grotius : printed also with the former . ( 4 ) Of authority in sacred things . Lond. 1651. oct . ( 5 ) Part of the Law of War and Peace . Pr. in oct . ( 6 ) For the truth of Christian Religion , &c. the first part — Lond. 1669 in tw . fourth edit . ( 7 ) Against Paganisme , Judaisme , Mahumatisme , &c. the sec . part — Lond. 1676. oct . ( 8 ) Part of the Hebrew Commonwealth . Lond. 1653 in tw , Written by Pet. Cuneus . ( 9 ) The learned Maid , or whether a Maid be a Scholar ? A logick exercise . Lond. 1659 oct . Written by Anna Maria ● Schurman , whose picture 〈◊〉 before the said translation , aged 52 years an . 1659. ( 10 ) A conference of faith . Lond. 1679. in tw . Written by Sebast . Castelio . ( 11 ) Of Obedience , his modest Apol. and defence of himself . Printed with the Conference , and written originally by the said Castelio . ( 12 ) S. Cyprian of Virgins , of Prayer and of Patience , also S. Basil of Solitude Lond. 1675. oct . &c. He also published somthing of Will. Higford , as I have told you in him , under the year 1657 , p. 133. and several little things written by other persons , which I have not yet seen . At length Mr. Barksdale having lived to a fair age , he concluded his last day on the 6. of January or thereabouts , in sixteen hundred eighty and seven , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Naunton in Glocestershire before mention'd , leaving then behind him the Character of a frequent and edifying Preacher , and a good Neighbour ▪ SAMUEL PARKER an eminent writer of his time , was born in the antient Borough of Northampton in the month of Sept. 1640. His father was John Parker , who having been bred towards the Law , he betook (a) himself , as his best practice , to be a subcommittee man , or as the stile ran one of the Assistant-Committee in Northamptonshire in the time of the Rebellion . Afterwards scraping up wealth , and gaining credit thereby , he became one of the number of those that gave Sentence against Arthur Lord Capell , Rob. Earl of Holland and James Duke of Hamilton , who were all beheaded . In 1650 he published a remarkable book called The government of the people of England , precedent and present , &c. and by vertue of a return dated 21. June 1655 , he , by the name of Joh. Parker of the Temple , one of the Commissioners for the removing obstructions at Worcester House in the the Strand near London , was the next day sworn Serjeant at Law , Oliver being then Lord Protector . On the 18. of Jan. or thereabouts , an . 1659 he was appointed by the Parliament one of the Barons of the Court of Exchecquer , but being soon after removed thence before , or at , the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , we heard no more of him afterwards . As for Samuel whom we are farther to mention , he was by the care of his Parents , severe Puritans and Schismaticks , puritanically educated in Grammar learning at Northampton , and being made full ripe for the University , he was by them sent to Wadham Coll. in Midsomer or Act term 1656 , and being by them committed to the tuition of a Presbyterian Tutour , he did , according to his former breeding , lead a strict and religious life , fasted , prayed with other Students weekly together , and for their refection feeding on thin broth , made of Oatmeal and and water only , they were commonly called Grewellers . He and they did also usually go every week , or oftner , to an house in the Parish of Halywell near their College , possessed by Bess Hampton an old and crooked Maid that drove the trade of Laundrey ; who being from her youth very much given to the Presbyterian Religion had frequent meetings for the Godly party , especially for those that were her Customers . To this house I say ( which is commonly called the ninth house belonging to Mert. Coll. ) they did often resort , and our author Parker was so zealous and constant a hearer of the Prayers and Sermons there held forth , a receiver of the Sacraments and such like , that he was esteemed one of the preciousest young men in the University . Upon the Kings return in 1660 , he being then Bach. of Arts , he was for some time at a stand what to do , yet notwithstanding he did Pray , Cabal and Discourse to obstruct Episcopal Government , Revenews and Authority ; but being discountenanc'd in his doings by the then Warden of his Coll , Dr. Blandford , who , as 't is said , did (b) expel him , but false , he went to Trin. Coll , and by the prevailing advice of Dr. Ralph Bathurst a Senior Fellow thereof he was (c) rescued from the chains and fetters of an unhappy education , which he afterwards publickly avouched in print . So that ever after being a zealous Anti-puritan and strong Assertor of the Ch. of England , did cause an abusive and foul-mouthd ▪ (d) author to say that he was worse than his Contemporary Foullis , ( meaning Hen. Foulis of Linc. Coll. ) the original of whose name tho stinking and foul , as he saith , and in nature foul , yet he was alwaies the same person in Principles , that is a bitter enemy against the Presbyterians . In 1663 our author Parker proceeded Master of Arts as a Grand-Compounder and a member of Trin. Coll , and afterwards entring into holy Orders he was frequently in London , and became , as 't is said , Chaplain to a Nobleman and a great Droller on the Puritans , &c. In 1665 he published his Tentamina and dedicating them to Dr. Sheldon Archb. of Cant. made himself thereupon known to that great person . About that time he became Fellow of the Royal Society , and in 1667 , just after Easter , leaving Oxford for altogether , he was summoned to Lambeth the Michaelmas after , and being made one of the Chaplains to the said Archbishop , was thereby put into the road of preferment . In June 1670 he was install'd Archdeacon of Canterbury , in the place , as it seems , of Dr. W. Sancroft , and on the 26 of Nov. following he had the degree of Doctor of Div. confer'd on him at Cambridg , at which time William Prince of Aurange or Orange was entertained there . On the 18. of Nov. 1672 he was installed Prebendary of Canterb. as he himself hath told me , and about that time had the Rectories of Ickham and Chartham in Kent bestowed on him . In the beginning of 1685 he resigned his Prebendship , purposely to please his friend Dr. Joh. Bradford , but that person dying about 6 weeks after his instalment , Dr. Joh. Younger of Magd. Coll. in Oxon did succeed him by the favour of Josepha Maria the Royal Consort of K. Jam. 2 , to whom he had spoken an Italian Oration in the said Coll. when she was entertain'd at Oxon , 1683. On the 17 of Octob. 1686 he was Consecrated Bishop of Oxon at Lambeth in the place of Dr. Fell deceased , and had liberty then allow'd him to keep his Archdeaconry in Commendam with it . Before I go any further with his person , the Reader is to understand these brief things following , viz. that after the death of Dr. Hen. Clerk President of Magd. Coll. a Citation was stuck up to warn the Fellows to an election of new Governour , but before the time was come to do it , came a Mandamus from K. Jam. 2. to the Society , to elect to that Office a junior Master of Arts named Anth. Farmer formerly of Cambridge , then Demy of the said Coll ; but the Society taking little or no notice of it , they elected according to their Statutes one of their Society named Joh. Hough Bac. of Div. on the 15. of Apr. 1687 : whereupon his Majesty resenting the matter , it was tried and discussed before his Ecclesiastical Commissioners newly erected by him : Before whom there were then attested such vile things relating to the Life and Conversation of Farmer , that he was thereupon laid aside . On the 22. of June following the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners removed Mr. Hough from his place , which was notified by a paper stuck up on the West door of the Chappel , on the 2. of Aug. following , subscribed by the said Commissioners ; whereupon his Majesty sent his Mandate of the 14. of the said month to elect Dr. Sam. Parker B. of Oxon , to be their President ; but they being not in capacity to elect him because of their Oaths and Statutes , his Maj. sent to Oxon three Commissioners to examine matters and put his Mandate in execution . So that after they had sate in the College two days , examined affairs and had commanded Dr. Hough thrice to deliver up the Keys of the Presidents Lodgings , which he refused ; they thereupon installed in the Chappel the Proxy of Dr. Parker , ( Will. Wiggins Clerk ) President , with the usual Oaths : which being done they conducted him to the Presidents Lodgings , broke open the doors , after thrice knocking , and gave him possession , 25. of Octob. 1687. On the 2. of Nov. following Dr. Parker took possession of them in his own person , being then in a sickly condition , where he continued to the time of his death which was shortly after , as I shall tell you anon . So that whereas he was first a Presbyterian and afterwards a true Son of the Church of England , he was then esteemed by the generallity , especially when his Reasons for abrogating the Test , were published , very popishly enclined . It was about that time said (e) that he seemed very much to favour the Cath. Cause — that he proposed in Council , whether it was not expedient , that at least one College in Oxford should be allowed Catholicks , that they might not be forced to be at so much charges , by going beyond the Seas to study — The same Bishop inviting two Noblemen , ( R. Cath. ) to a banquet , drank the Kings health , to an heretical Baron there , wishing a happy success to all his affairs ; and he added , that the Faith of the Protestants in England , seemed to him but to be little better than that of Buda was before it was taken ; and that they were for the most part meer Atheists that defended it &c. Thus a certain Jesuit of Liege to another at Friburg , in a letter (f) dat . 2. Feb. 1687. And father Edm. Petre another Jesuit one of the Privy Council to K. Jam. 2. tells (g) us in the same month that the Bishop of Oxon has not yet declared himself openly : the great obstacle is his wife , whom he cannot rid himself of ; his design being to continue Bishop , and only change Communion , as it is not doubted but the King will permit , and our holy father confirm : tho I do not see how he can be further useful to us in the Religion in which he is , because he is suspected , and of no esteem among the Hereticks of the English Church : nor do I see that the example of his Conversion is like to draw many others after him , because he declared himself so suddenly . If he had believ'd my counsel , which was to temporize for some longer time , he would have done better , but it is his temper , or rather zeal , that hurried him on , &c. But to let pass these and other matters which are related of him by that party , the Roman Catholicks , I shall proceed to give you an account of his published writings , which are these . Tentamina Physico-Theologica de Deo , sive Theologia Scholastica , &c. lib. 2. Lond. 1665. qu. This book , ( an account of which is in the Philosoph . Transactions numb . 18. ) is answer'd by N. Fairfax M. D. in his book entit . Of the bulk and selvedge of the world . These Tentamina are much enlarged in a book , in a large quarto , entit . Disputationes de Deo , &c. as I shall tell you by and by . A free and impartial censure of the Platonick Philosophy . Lond. 1666. qu. Ox. 1667. oct . At which time , as his Adversary tells (h) us , he was proclaimed under the hand of another mascarade Divine The wonder of his age . An account of the nature and extent of the divine dominion and goodness , as they refer to the origenian hypothesis concerning the preexistence of soules , &c. — This book which is printed with the Free and impartial censure , is briefly reflected on by Anon. in a book entit . — Deus justificatus , or the divine Goodness vindicated , &c. Ox. 1667. Lond. 1668. oct . A discourse of Ecclesiastical Polity , wherein the authority of the Civil Magistrate over the Consciences of subjects in matters of external Religion is asserted , &c. Lond. 1669. 79. oct . Of which book hear what Mr. Baxter (i) says — I can shew you a Manuscript of one both impartial and truly judicious , even the late Judge Hale , expressing so great dislike of that Debate ( The Friendly Debate ) and Ecclesiastical Policy , as tending to the injury of Religion it self , that he wisheth the authors would openly profess that they would write for themselves , and no more so abusively pretend it is for Religion , &c. A defence and continuation of the Eccles . Politie , &c. ( against Dr. Owen ) Together with a Letter from the author of The Friendly Debate . Lond. 1671. oct . On the said book ( Ecclesiast . Politie ) and Reproof to the Rehearsal , a certain Scotchman named Rohert Ferguson a Divine of some note , hath written reflections in a book entit . A sober enquiry into the nature , measure and principle of moral virtue , &c. Lond. 1673 oct . A discourse in vindication of Bishop John Bramhall and the Clergy of the Church of England , from the Fanatick charge of Popery : together with some reflections upon the present state of affairs , &c. — This discourse was published by way of Preface to a Treatise of the said Bishop . — Lond. 1672. and by it self in oct . Lond. 1673. In the said Discourse or book is a great deal of rallery against Dr. Joh. Owen , his doctrine and writings , but more especially against some passages of his book of Evangelical Love , Church peace ▪ &c. and much said in defence of that sharper way which he took in his former answer to the Doctor , and somewhat against Baxter's Grotian religion discovered . Whereupon our author Parker being esteemed by the Nonconformists a forward , proud , ambitious and scornful person , was taken to task , purposely to clip his wings or take him shorter , by their buffooning Champion Andr. Marvell somtimes one of John Miltons companions , in a book which he published entit . The Rehearsal transpros'd : or animadversions upon a late book entit . A Preface shewing , &c. Lond. 1672. oct . Which title , The Rehearsal , &c. was taken from a Comedy then lately published by George Duke of Buckingham called The Rehearsal , wherein one Mr. Bayes acteth a part . Afterwards our author Parker wrot an answer to Marvell , who stiles him throughout his book Mr. Bayes , entit . A reproof to the Rehearsall transpros'd , in a discourse to its author . Lond. 1673 oct . Besides which answer , came out five more against Marvell , viz. 1. Rosemary and Bayes : or Animadversions upon a treatise called The Rehearsall transpros'd , &c. Lond. 1672 in 3. sh . in qu. ( 2 ) The Transproser rehears'd ; or the fifth act of Mr. Bayes Play , &c. Oxon 1673 oct . Written by Rich. Leigh somtimes Commoner of Qu. Coll. ( 3 ) Gregory Father-Greybeard with his vizard off ; or news from the Cabal in some reflections , &c. in a letter to our old friend R.L. from E.H. Lond. 1673. oct . subscribed Edm. Hickeringhill ( 4 ) A common place book out of The Rehearsall transpros'd , digested under these several heads &c. Lond. 1673. oct . ( 5 ) Stoo him Bayes ; or some animadversions upon the humour of writing Rehearsals transpros'd . Oxon. 1673. oct . All , or most of which answers ( which were to the first part of The Rehearsall transpros'd ) were wrot in a buffooning , burlesquing and ridiculing way and stile ; in which fashion of writing , Marvell himself had led the way . Besides Marvell's answer to the said Preface of Dr. Parker , I find another small piece wrot against it , partly entit . The authority of the Magistrate about Religion discussed ; in a rebuke to the prefacer of the late book of Bish . Bramhalls , &c. Lond. 1672. oct . by J. H , supposed to be Joh. Humphrey . Before I go any farther the Reader is to note that this Pen-combat exercised between our author and Marvell was briskly managed with as much smart , cutting and satyrical wit on both sides , as any other perhaps of late hath been , they endeavouring by all the methods imaginable , and the utmost forces they could by any means rally up , to blacken each others cause , and to set each other out in the most ugly dress : ( their pieces in the mean while , wherein was represented a perfect trial of each others skill and parts in a jerking , flirting way of writing , entertaining the Reader with a great variety of sport and mirth in seeing two such right Cocks of the Game , so keenly engaging with sharp and dangerous weapons ) And it was generally thought , nay even by many of those who were otherwise favourers of Parkers cause , that he ( Parker ) thro a too loose and unwary handling of the debate ( tho in a brave , flourishing and lofty stile ) laid himself too open to the severe strokes of his snearing Adversary , and that the odds and victory laid on Marvell's side : Howsoever it was , it wrought this good effect upon our author , that for ever after it took down somewhat of his high spirit , insomuch that tho Marvell in a second part replyed upon our authors reproof , yet he judged it more prudent rather to lay down the Cudgels than to enter the Lists again with an untowardly Combatant so hughly well vers'd and experienc'd in the then , but newly , refin'd art ( tho much in mode and fashion almost ever since ) of sportive and jeering buffoonry . And moreover it put him upon a more serious , sober and moderate way of writing in other good treatises which he since did set forth , and which have proved very useful and beneficial to the publick . The Reader may be pleased now to know by the way , for here I think it very proper to be brought in and no where else , that the said Andr. Marvell was son of Andr. Marv. the facetious , yet Calvinistical , Minister of Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire , that being very well educated in Grammar learning was sent to Cambridge , particularly , as I conceive , to Trin. Coll , where obtaining the Mastership of the Lat. tongue became Assistant to Joh. Milton when he was Lat. Secretary to Oliver , and very intimate and conversant with that person . A little before his Majesties restauration the Burghers of his native place of Kingston before mention'd did choose him their Representative to sit in that Parliament that began at Westm . 25. of Apr. 1660 , and again after his Maj. rest . for that which began at the same place , 8. May 1661 , and they loved him so well that they gave him an honorable pension to maintain them . From which time to his death , he was esteemed ( tho in his conversation very modest and of few words ) a very celebrated wit among the Fanaticks , and the only one truly so , for many years after . He hath written , besides the two parts of The Rehearsal transpros'd ( 1 ) A book entit . Mr. Smirk , or the Divine in mode , being certain annotations upon the Animadversions on Naked truth ; together with a short historical Essay concerning general Councils , Creeds and impositions in matters of Religion . Lond. 1676. qu. Which Historical Essay , was afterwards printed by it self in fol. The person whom he calls Mr. Smirk , author of Anim. on Naked truth , was Dr. Franc. Turner Head or Master of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridg , conceiv'd and taken by Marvell to be a neat , starcht , formal and forward Divine . ( 2 ) The rise and growth of Popery , &c. Lond. 1678. fol. The second part of which , from the year 1677 to 1682 , was pen'd by Rob. Ferguson before mentioned ; said to be printed at Cologne , but really at Lond. 1682. qu. This Andr. Marvell , who is supposed to have written other things , as I have told you in Joh. Denham , p. 303. died on the 18. of Aug. 1678. and was buried under the Pewes in the South side of the Church of S. Giles in the fields , near London . Afterwards his Widow published of his Composition Miscellaneous Poems . Lond. 1681. fol , which were then taken into the hands of many persons of his perswassion , and by them cried up as excellent . Soon after his death one Benj. Alsop then a Conventicling Minister about Westminster did put in very eagerly to succeed Marvell in Buffoonry , partly expressed in his Antisozzo written against Dr. Will. Sherlock , in his Melius inquirendum against Dr. Joh. Goodman ( Chapl. in ord . to K. Ch. 2. and Rector of Hadham ) his Serious and compassionate enquiry , &c. and in his Mischief of impositions against Dr. Stillingfleets Sermon entit . The mischief of Separation , &c. In all which pieces , upon little or no ground pretending to wit , he took more than ordinary pains to appear smart , but the ill natur'd jokes did still commonly hang off ; and when he violently sometimes drag'd them into a sentence , they did not in the least become their place , but were a disgrace to , rather than an ornament of , his seemingly elaborate and accurate periods . This person took upon him to act a part ; for the due and laudable performance of which , neither the natural bent of his own genius , nor any acquired improvements this way , have in any measure tolerably qualified him , notwithstanding the poor well wisher to punning laboured under all these discouraging disadvantages , that he did still couragiously go on in a way of pleasing , and at the same time exposing , himself , and furnisht his Readers with matter only of laughter at him , and not at those whom he endeavoured to vilifie , and was in 1682 and after cried up as the main witmonger surviving to the fanatical party , which argued a great scarcity of those kind of creatures among them , when such little things , as this person , were deemed by them fit for that title . As for the other books which our author Parker hath written , the titles are these . Disputationes de Deo , & providentia divina . Disp . 1. An Philosophorum ulli , & quinam Athei fuerunt , &c. Lond. 1678. qu. In which is much of his Tentamina de Deo involved . See a character of this book and its author in Dr. Hen. More 's Praefatio generalissima set before the translation of the first tome of his Philosophical volume — Lond. 1679. fol. One Antonius le Grand a french man born and a Cartesian Philosopher of great note , now , or lately , living in London ( author of 1. Institutio (k) Philosophiae secundum principia D. Renati Descartes , &c. much read in Cambr. and said in the title to be wrot in usum juventutis Academicae . 2. Historia (l) Naturae , and thirdly of a small piece in tw , maintaining a great paradox , called De carentia sensus & cognitionis in Brutis , &c. ) published a book against some passages in the said Disp . de Deo , in which our author hath impartially examined and deservedly censur'd certain principles of the Cartesian Philosophy as grosly atheistical , and destructive of Religion . This piece of Le Grand is entit . Apologia pro Renato Descartes , &c. Lond. 1679. oct . A Demonstration of the divine authority of the Law of Nature and of the Christian Religion , in two parts . Lond. 1681. qu. The case of the Church of England briefly stated , in the three first and fundamental principles of a Christian Church . 1. The obligation of Christianity by divine right . 2. The jurisdiction of the Church by div . right . 3. The institution of Episc . superiority by div . right . Lond. 1681. oct . An account of the government of the Christian Ch. in the first six hundred years . Particularly shewing , 1. The Apostolical practice of diocesan and metrapolitical Episcopacy . 2. The Usurpation of patriarchal and papal Authority . 3. The War of 200 years between the Bishops of Rome and Constantinople , of universal Supremacy . Lond. 1683. oct . Religion and Loyalty : or a demonstration of the power of the Christian Church within it self , Supremacy of soveraign Powers over it and duty of passive Obedience or Non-resistance to all their commands , exemplified out of the Records , &c. Lond. 1684. oct . Religion and Loyalty . The second part : Or the History of the concurrence of the imperial and ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Government of the Church , from the beginning of the Raign of Jovian , to the end of Justinian . Lond. 1685. oct . Reasons for abrogating the Test , imposed upon all Members of Parliament , 30 Oct. 1678. Lond. 1688. qu. This book was licensed by Rob. Earl of Sunderland Sec. of State under K. Jam. 2 , on the 10 of Dec. 1687 , and on the 16 of the said month it being published , all or most of the impression of 2000 were sold before the evening of the next day . Several Answers , full of girds and severe reflections on the Author , were soon after published , among which was one bearing this title , Samuel L. Bishop of Oxon his celebrated reasons for abrogating the Test , and notions of Idolatry , answered by Samuel Archdeacon of Canterbury . Lond. 1688 in about six sh . in qu. Written by John Philipps Nephew by the mother to John Milton . A discourse sent to the late K. James , to perswade him to embrace the Protestant Religion , with a letter to the same purpose . Lond. 1690. in about 5 sh . in qu. It was usually said that he was also author of A modest answer to Dr. Stillingfleets Irenicum . Lond. 1680. oct . and of another thing called Mr. Baxter baptized in blood ; and reported by (m) A Marvell to be author also of Greg. Father Greybeard before mentioned ; but let the report of these matters remain with their authors , while I tell you that this our celebrated Writer Dr. Sam. Parker dying in the Presidents Lodgings in Magd. Coll. about seven of the clock in the evening of the twentieth day of March in sixteen hundred eighty and seven , was buried on the 24 of the same month in the south isle or part of the outer Chappel belonging thereunto . In the See of Oxford succeeded Timothy Hall , as I shall tell you elsewhere , in his Presidentship Bonaventure Gifford a Sorbon Doctor and a secular Priest , Bishop elect of Madaura , ( in partibus Infidelium ) who being installed therein by proxy 31. of March 1688 , took possession of his seat in the Chappel , and Lodgings belonging to him as President , on the 15 of June following ; and in his Archdeaconry succeeded in the beginning of 1688 , one Dr. John Battleley of Cambridge . WINSTON CHURCHILL son of John Churchill of Wotton Glanvile in Dorsetshire , descended from those of his name living sometimes at Churchill in Somersetshire , was born in London , became a Convictor of S. Joh. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1636 , aged 16 years , left it without a degree , adher'd to the Cause of his Maj. in the time of the Rebellion , and afterwards suffer'd for it . In the beginning of the year 1661 he was chose a Burgess for Weymouth in Dorsetshire ( being then of Minterne in that County ) to serve in that Parl. which began at Westm . 8 of May the same year , was made Fellow of the Royal Society soon after , and in the latter end of 1663 a Knight . About that time he became a Commissioner of the Court of Claimes in Ireland , and had afterwards a Clerkship of the Green-Cloth confer'd upon him , from which being removed in the latter end of 1678 , was soon after restored to it again . This person , tho accounted a worthy Gent. in many respects , a great Royalist , and a sincere lover of his Majesty and the Church of England , yet a nameless and satyrical (*) author tells us that he was a Pentioner in the aforesaid Parl. ( which continued till July 1679 ) and a principal labourer in the great design of Popery and arbitrary Government , that he preferred his own daughter to the Duke of York , and had got in Boons 10000 l : also that he had published in print that the King may raise money without his Parliament . The book , wherein he mentions that passage , is intit . Divi Britannici : Being a remark upon the lives of all the Kings of this Isle , from the year of the World 28●5 unto the year of grace 1660. Lond. 1675. fol. In the said book ( which is very thin and trite ) are the Arms of all the Kings of England , which made it sell among Novices , rather than for the matter therein . The aforementioned passage of raising of money , being much resented by several Members of Parl. then sitting , the leaf of the remaining copies wherein it was , was reprinted without that passage , purposely to please and give content . This worthy Gent. Sir Winst . Churchill died on the 26 of March in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , being then eldest Clerk-Comptroller of the Greencloth , and was buried three days after in the Ch. of S. Martin in the Fields within the City of Westminster . He had a son commonly called Colonel John Churchill , who had been much favoured by James Duke of York and by him and his endeavours first promoted in the Court and State. This person was by the favour of K. Ch. 2. created a Baron by the name and title of John Lord Churchill of Aymouth in Scotland , in the latter end of Nov. 1683 , at which time were also created ( 1 ) Edward Viscount Camden , Earl of Ganesborough , ( 2 ) Coniers Lord Darcy , Earl of Holderness , ( 3 ) Thomas Lord Windsore Governour of his Maj. Town and Garrison of Kingston upon Hull , Earl of Plymouth , ( 4 ) Horatio Lord Townsend , Viscount Townsend of Raynham , ( 5 ) Sir Tho. Thynne Baronet , Baron Thynne of Warmister and Viscount Weymouth , ( 6 ) Col. George Legg of his Majesties most honorable Privy Council and Master General of the Ordnance , Baron of Dartmouth , and ( 7 ) William Lord Allington Constable of his Majesties Tower of London , Baron of Wymondley in England . After the decease of K. Ch. 2 , the said Lord Churchill was much favoured by the said Duke , then K , by the name of Jam. 2 , and by him promoted to several Places of trust and honour , but when his help was by him required , he deserted him in the beginning of Nov. 1688 , and adhered to the Prince of Aurange then arrived in the West parts of England . In the month of Feb. following , the said Prince being then K. of England by the name of Will. 3. he was by him appointed to be one of his Privy Council among divers honorable persons then named and appointed also , and in the beginning of Apr. 1689 he was created Earl of Marlborough ; at which time were also created and advanced to great honours these persons following , viz. ( 1 ) Prince George of Denmark and Norway , to be Baron of Okingham , Earl of Kendal and Duke of Cumberland , ( 2 ) Charles Marquess of Winchester , to be Duke of Bolton , ( 3 ) William Bentick Esq . ( a Dutch man ) Groom of the stole to his Maj. to be Baron of Cirencester , Visc . Woodstock and Earl of Portland , ( 4 ) Thom. Visc . Fauconberg to be Earl of Fauconberg , ( 5 ) Charles Visc . Mordant , to be Earl of Monmouth , ( 6 ) Ralph L. Mountague Visc . Mount Hermer , to be Earl of Mountague , ( 7 ) Henry Sidney Esq . to be Baron of Milton and Visc . Sidney of Sheppy in the County of Kent , ( 8 ) Rich. Visc . Lumley of Waterford in Ireland , to be Visc . Lumley of Lumley Castle in the County Pal. of Durham , and ( 9 ) Hugh Visc . Cholmondley of Kellis in Ireland , to be Baron Cholmondley of Namptwich in Cheshire . Afterwards John Earl of Marlborough went into Ireland , was a Lieut. Gen. there and did his Maj. good service in the Wars had against the Army of K. James 2. in that Country , and afterwards returned full fraught with honour and glory , and continued in the good opinion of many for some time . At length upon some distast taken against him , the reason why , let the Statesmen and Polititians tell you , he was deprived of all his Places and Employments by his Maj. K. Will. 3 , about the middle of January 1691 , viz. of his place of Lieut. General , his command of Captain of the third Troop of Guards , of his Reg. of Phusileers , and of his place of Gent. of the Bedchamber . GEORGE STRADLING fourth son of Sir John Stradling of S. Donats Castle in Glamorganshire Kt , was born there , became a Com. of Jesus Coll. in Lent term 1636 , aged 15 years , took one degree in Arts , was elected junior Collector of the Bachelaurs in Lent 1640 / 1 , chosen Fellow of All 's . Coll. two years after , proceeded in Arts , and kept his Fellowship during the times of trouble and usurpation , being then accounted a rare Lutinist , and much valued by Dr. Wilson the Musick Professor . After the Kings Restauration he was made Chaplain to Dr. Sheldon B. of London , and was actually created D. of D. in 1661. On the 30. of July 1663 he was install'd a Preb. of Westminst . On the 22 of Jul. 1671 he was installed Chantor of the Cath. Ch. of Chichester , and on the 21 of Dec. 1672 he was installed Dean thereof , ( in the place of Dr. Nath. Crew promoted to the See of Oxon. ) He hath written , Sermons and Discourses upon several occasions . Lond. 1692. oct . Sermon on Joh. 19.15 . Lond. 1675. qu. He died on the 19 of Apr. in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , and was buried near the choire of S. Peters , commonly called the Abbey Church , within the City of Westminster . In his Deanery succeeded one Dr. J. Hawkins Minister in the Tower of London . HENRY KEEPE son of Charles Keepe sometimes an Officer in the Exchecquer , and in the Army of K. Ch. 1. against his Rebels , was born in Feuter , commonly called Fetter , lane , in the Parish of S. Dunstan in the West in London , entred a Gent. Com. in New Inn in Midsomer term , an . 1668 , aged 16 years , departed without a degree confer'd on him , went to the Inner Temple , studied the municipal Law , and wrot , Monumenta VVestmonasteriensia : or an historical account of the original , increase and present state of S. Peter's or the Abby-church of Westminster . With all the Epitaphs , Inscriptions , Coats of Armes , and Atchivements of honour to the tombes and grave-stones , &c. Lond. 1682. oct . In which book is involved Reges , Reginae , Nobiles & alii in Ecclesia collegiatâ B. Petri VVestmonasterii sepulti , usque ad an . 1600 , published by VV. Camden , as I have elsewhere told you . These Monumenta VVestm . were afterwards describ'd at full with a pencil , and were design'd to be engraven on copper plates , and the book to be enlarged to a folio . Which work being very chargeable to be carried on , there were papers of proposals printed to obtain money from such that would subscribe to them ; but what the event of the matter was I cannot tell . The Genealogies of the high-born Prince and Princess George and Anne , of Denmark , &c. shewing the lineal descent of those two noble and illustrious families , &c. from the year of Grace , M , to this present year MDCLXXXIV . &c. Lond. 1684. oct . A true and perfect Narrative of the strange and unexpected finding the Crucifix and gold chain of that pious Prince St. Edward the King and Confessor , which was found after 620 years interment , &c. Lond. 1688. in 5 sh . in qu. Published under the name of Charles Taylour Gent , and by him dedicated to K. James the 2 , by an Epist . set before it , wherein the Author tells us , that his father had served in the quality of a Cornet of Horse in Sir VV. Courtney's Regiment in all the Wars against his Enemies : And in the book it self p. 5 , he tells us that he had belonged to the Quire of VVestminster 18 years . He the said H. Keepe hath also made some collection of Antiquities relating to York , as some Booksellers have told me , but such I have not yet seen . He died in Carter lane near S. Pauls Cath. in London , about the latter end of the month of May in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , and was buried in the Church of S. Gregory joyning to the said Cathedral . This person had changed his name , with his Religion for that of Rome , in the Raign of K. Jam. 2 , his lodgings also several times , and died , as I have heard , but in a mean condition . JOHN BARBON son of Euseb . Barbon of Holcott in Northamptonshire , was born there , admitted a poor Scholar of Exeter Coll , 7 Sept. 1640 , aged 16 years , and took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being confer'd on him in Febr. 1647. The next year he was expel'd by the Visitors , and living afterwards in a mean condition , became much about the time of his Majesties Restauration Vicar of Dallington , and at length Rector of Pitchford commonly called Pisford , in Northamptonshire , where he ended his days . He hath written The Liturgie a most divine service ; in answer to a late Pamphlet stiled Common prayer-book no divine service . Wherein that Authors 27 reasons against Liturgies are wholly and clean taken away ; his 69 Objections against our ven . Service-book are fully satisfied , &c. Oxon. 1663. qu. with a large preface to it . Defence of Episcopacy . — This is printed with the former , and was wrot in way of answer to the said author's 12 Arguments against the Bishops . This Writer , Mr. Barbon , who was well read in various Authors , died on the 23 of June in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , and was buried in the Church at Pisford before mention'd . He had some time before wrot the life of his wife , but because there were some trifling stories in it , it was not printed . WILLIAM FULMAN the son of a sufficient Carpenter , was born in a town famous for the birth , or at least habitation , of Sir Phil. Sidney , called Penshurst in Kent , in the month of Nov. 1632 , and being a youth of pregnant parts while the most learned Dr. Hammond was Parson of that place , he took him into his protection , carried him with him to Oxon in the time of the troubles , procur'd him a Choristers place in Magd. Coll. and caused him to be carefully educated in Grammar learning in the School joyning to that house , under the tuition of Mr. Will. White the vigilant Master thereof : And being there well grounded in School learning , that worthy Doctor put him upon standing for a Scholars place in Corp. Ch. Coll. where shewing himself an exact Proficient in classical learning , was forthwith elected in 1647 ; and put under the tuition of an excellent Tutor but zealous Puritan , named Zach. Bogan . The next year he was ejected , among other young men , by the Parliamentarian Visitors , to the great loss of his learning ; and tho his Patron Dr. Hammond was involved in the same fate , yet he took him closer to him , and made him his Amanuensis , in which office he found him very serviceable and useful . After he had arrived to the state of man , he became , by that Doctors endeavours , Tutor to the son and heir of the antient and gentile family of Peto of Chesterton in Warwickshire , where he found a comfortable harbour during the time of the Church of Englands disconsolate condition . At length , upon his Majesties return , he was restored to his Scholarship , was actually created Master of Arts , and made Fellow of his House ; where continuing several years a severe Student in various sorts of learning , was , upon the death of Mr. Rich. Samwaies , presented by the President and Fellows of his College to the Rectory of Meysey-Hampton near Fairford in Glocestershire , where he finished his course . He was a most zealous son of the Church of England and a grand enemy to Popery and Fanaticism . He was a most excellent Theologist , admirably well vers'd in ecclesiastical and profane history and chronology , and had a great insight in English History and Antiquities ; but being totally averse from making himself known , and that choice worth treasured up in , his great learning did in a manner dye with , him . Had his indulgent Patron lived some years longer , or he himself had taken those advantages as others did for their promotion in the Church upon account of their sufferings for the Royal cause , he might without doubt have been a Dean ; but such was the high value that he set upon himself and his sufferings , that he expected Preferment should court him and not he it . Besides also he had not in him a complisant humour , unless sooth'd up , flattered or admired , neither any application , whether to advantage himself in learning , experience , or for his own commodity , and therefore not known , and so consequently , as his merits deserved , not so much admired , as otherwise he would have been ▪ He wrot much , and was a great Collector , but published little , as Academiae Oxoniensis Notitia . Oxon. 1665. qu. Published again in the same vol. at London 1675 , with very many additions and corrections taken from Historia & Antiquitates Univ. Oxon , published the year before ; the several sheets of which , as soon as they were wrought off from the Press , were by its Author sent to Mr. Fulman at Meysey-Hampton . Appendix to the Life of Edm. Stanton D. D. wherein some passages are further cleared , which were not fully held forth by the former Authors . Lond. 1673. in 1 sh . in oct . Written upon the publication of the partial Life of that Doctor by one Will. Mayow a Nonconformist Divine . See more in Edm. Stanton , under the year 1671. Corrections of , and Observations on , the first part of The History of the Reformation of the Church of England . Which Correct . and Observ . are remitted into the Appendix to the second vol. of the said Hist . of the Reform . written by Gilb. Burnet D. D. — Lond. 1681. fol. p. 411. &c. But the Reader may be pleased to know that some of the said Observations are omitted , and others curtail'd , to the great dislike of their Author , who had applied himself with very great care and diligence for several years , on the like Subject of The History of Reformation , and so consequently was abler to judge more critically of such a matter than other persons . He also reviewed the whole copy of the second vol. of the said Hist . of the Reform . before it went to the Press , and with great judgment did correct such errors that he found in it . He also with great pains sought after , and found out , the Works of K. Ch. . 1. of ever blessed memory , and collected them into one large vol. with intentions to write the Life of that most religious Prince , and to set it before them ; but he being unexpectedly taken with the Small Pox , the Bookseller R. Royston employed Rich. Perincheif D. D. to draw up a history of it . Which being so done , not without the notes of Fulman , it was printed before the said Collection , with the name of Perincheif to it , an . 1662. fol. and so consequently the whole work was look'd upon and esteemed as due to him , which otherwise was to have been due to Fulman . Our author also did take a great deal of pains in writing the Life of the famous Joh. Hales of Eaton , and had obtained many materials towards it , but for want of application to persons for farther information of the man , that work was left imperfect . Also the Life of his founder Rich. Fox Bishop of Winchester , with an account of the learned Men , Writers , Bishops , &c. of C. C. Coll , but for want of application also , and endeavours to obtain Record from several Offices in Lond. and Westm . to which I did often advise him , and tell him where matter migh be had , that work was also left imperfect : And what he did as to the publication of the works of Dr. Hammond , I have already told you in the life and character of that person . At length this our learned author being overtaken with a malignant fever , in a very unseasonable time , which he did not , nor would take care to prevent the danger that might ensue , died of it at Meysey-Hampton early in the morn ▪ of the 28 of June in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , leaving then behind him a great heap of Collections , neatly written with his own hand , but nothing of them perfect . All which being afterwards conveyed to C. C. Coll. to be , according to his desire , put into the Archives of the Library of that house , what had it been for those that had the care , to have permitted the author of this Work the perusals of , them , when they could not otherwise but know that they would have been serviceable to him in the promotion of this Work , then almost ready for the Press . But such is the humour of the men of this age , that rather than they 'll act a part for the public good and honour of learning , they 'll suffer choice things to be buried in oblivion . Mr. Fulman , who died to the reluctancy of many learned men , was buried in the Churchyard , at the east end of the chancel of the Ch. at Meysey-Hampton before mentioned , near to the body of his then late wife , named Hester , Grandaughter , by the father , of Dr. Rog. Manwaring sometimes Bishop of S. David . ROBERT CARY son of George Cary of Cockington in Devonshire Gent , was born there , adm . to the Communers table in Exeter Coll. 4 Oct. 1631 , aged 16 years , where continuing till Oct. 1634 , was then adm . scholar of Corp. Ch. Coll , and in the year after took the degree of Bach. of Arts ; but whether he was ever Fellow of the said house , I know not . In 1638 he was licensed to proceed in Arts , and in Nov. 1644 , he , as a Kinsman to Will. Marquess of Hertford , Chanc. of the Univ. of Oxon , was actually created Doctor of the Civ . Law by vertue of his letters then read in Convocation . Afterwards he became Rector of East Portlemouth near Kingsbridge in Devonshire , and Archdeacon of Exe●er , being then accounted very learned in curious and critical learning . He hath written , Palaeologia chronica : A chronological account of antient time , in three parts , 1. Didacticall . 2. Apodeicticall . 3. Canonicall . Lond. 1677. fol. A large account of which is in the Philosophical Transactions , numb . 132. pag. 808.809 , &c. What other things he hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying at East Portlemouth before mentioned in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , was buried on the nineteenth day of Septemb. the same year in the Church there . THOMAS FLATMAN an eminent Poet of his time , was born in Aldersgate street in the Suburb of London , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams school near Winchester , elected Fellow of New Coll. in 1654 , left it before he took a degree , retired to the Inner Temple , of which he became a Barrester and equally ingenious in the two noble faculties of Poetry and Painting or Limning , as several choice pieces shew , the titles of the former of which are these . A Pindariqu ' Ode on the death of the truly valiant and loyal George Duke of Albemarle late General of his Majesties Forces , &c. Lond. 1670. in 3 sh . in fol. reprinted in his Poems and Songs following . Poems and Songs . Lond. 1674. oct . there again with additions and amendments , 1676. oct . and lastly with more additions in oct . 1682 , with his picture before them . A Pindariqu ' Ode on the death of Thomas Earl of Ossory . Lond. 1681. in 2 sh . in fol. Which Earl ( the eldest son of James Duke of Ormonde ) died at Westminster to the great grief of many , at about 7 of the clock in the evening of the 30 of Jul. 1680. This Poem , that pleased the author best , as it did the generality , was printed in the last edition of his Songs and Poems . Soon after the publication of the said Ode , it was read and perused by the said Duke , who being in an high manner pleased with it , he sent to the author a mourning Ring , with a Diamond in it , worth a 100 l , as a reward for his labour and ingenuity . On the death of K. Ch. 2. a Pindariqu ' Ode . Lond. 1685. in two sh . in fol. At the latter end of which are Gratulatory Verses on K. Jam. 2. In the year 1660 came out under the two letters of T. F. a book called — Virtus rediviva . A Panegyrick on the late King Charles the first of ever blessed memory , attended with several ingenious pieces from the same pen. Whether Thom. Flatman was th● author of these Poems I cannot justly tell , because they are not among his Songs and Poems . In the next year was published a piece in prose , intit . Don Juan Lamberto : or , a comical history of the late times , with a wooden cut before it containing the pictures of Giant Desborough with a great club in his right hand and of Lambert , both leading , under the arms , the meek Knight , i. e. Richard Cromwell ; which book vending very fast , a second part was added by the same hand , with the Giant Husonio before it , and printed with the second impression of the first part . Lond. 1661. qu. To both which parts ( very witty and satyrical ) tho the disguis'd name of Montelion Knight of the Oracle , &c. is set to them , yet the acquaintance and contemporaries of Th. Flatman always confidently aver'd that he the said Flatman was the author of them . He also translated from Lat. into English , The Epistle of Laodomia to Protesilaus ; which is in Ovids Epistles translated from Lat. into Engl. by several hands . — Lond. 1681. oct . sec . edit . At length , he having lived to the age of 53 or thereabouts , gave way to fate in his house in Fleetstreet , Lond. on the eighth day of Decemb. in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , and was three days after buried in the Church of S. Bride alias Bridget , near to the rails of the Communion-table , under a grave-stone with inscription and verses thereon , which he had sometime before caused to be laid on his son , there buried . This person ( whose father , a Clerk in the Chancery , was then living in the 80 year of his age or more ) was in his younger days much against marriage , to the dislike of his said father , and made a song describing the cumbrances of it , beginning thus : Like a dog with a bottle ty'd close to his tail , Like a Tory in a bog , or a thief in a jayle , &c. But being afterwards smitten with a fair Virgin , and more with her fortune , did espouse her 26 Nov. 1672 ; whereupon his ingenious Comrades did serenade him that night , while he was in the embraces of his Mistress , with the said song . SETH WARD a most noted Mathematician and Astronomer of his time , was born in a little market town in Hertfordshire called Buntingford , and on the 15 of Apr. 1617 , was baptized there . His father was an Attorney of good repute among his neighbours , who perceiving his son very forward to learn , he taught him common Arithmetick , and caus'd him to be carefully educated in Grammar learning . When he was fitted for the University he was sent to Sidney Coll. in Cambridge , where he became Servitour to Dr. Sam. Ward Master of that house , who being much taken with his ingenuity and industry , as also with the suavity of his nature , did soon after make him Scholar of the said house : And because he was of the same Sirname , many supposed that he was of kin , occasion'd by the Doctor 's great kindness to him : But there was no relation at all between them , only the consimility of their dispositions , which made a greater tye of friendship than blood perhaps could do . His genie was then much inclining to the Mathematicks , which being , as 't were , natural to him , he quickly and easily obtained them . Mr. Cha. Scarborough then an ingenious young Student and Fellow of Caies Coll. in the same University , was his great acquaintance , and both being equally Students in that faculty and desirous to perfect themselves , they took a journey to Mr. Will. Oughtred living then at Albury in Surrey , to be informed of many things in his Clavis Mathematica , which seemed at that time very obscure to them . Mr. Oughtred treated them with great humanity , being very much pleased to see such ingenious young men apply themselves to those studies , and in short time he sent them away well satisfied in their desires . When they returned to Cambridge , they afterwards read the Clav. Math. to their Pupils , which was the first time that that book was read in the said University . Mr. Laur. Rook a disciple of Oughtred , I think , and Mr. Ward 's friend , did admirably well read in Gresham Coll. on the sixth Chapt. of the said book , which obtained him great repute from some , and greater from Mr. Ward , who ever after had an especial favour for him . In 1643 he with the Master and several of his Coll. were , for the Kings Cause , imprison'd in S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , and ejected from their several places ; much about which time he and Mr. P. Gunning , Mr. Is . Barrow , Mr. Jo. Barwick &c. did write a well pen'd treatise against the Covenant which was made publick . After his release , he was civilly and kindly received by his friend and neighbour Ralph Freeman of Aspden in Hertfordshire Esq . and upon the ceasing of the Civil War , he was entertained in the quality of a Chaplain to Thomas Lord Wenman of Thame Park in Oxfordshire . In 1649 , his mind being then changed as to orthodox Principles , he , by friends made to the Committee for the reformation of the University of Oxon , became Astronomy Professor thereof , in the place of Mr. Joh. Greaves then ejected , ( who , upon an infallible foresight that he should be turn'd out put Ward upon , to gain , it , because he would be sure , as far as his power laid , to get an able Successor ) and about that time he entred himself a Gentleman Commoner in Wadham Coll , for the sake of VVilkins then Warden of that House . In Oct. the same year he was incorporated Master of Arts , and admitted to his Professorship , and soon after took the Independent Oath called the Engagement , the effect of which was to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England , as it was then established without a King or House of Lords . In 1654 he proceeded D. of D. in which year Mr. Joh. Wallis the other Savilian Professor proceeding also , fell out a Controversie between them ( occasion'd by Wallis ) who should have seniority : which being decided by the Vicechanc. on VVards behalf , VVallis went out grand Compounder , and so got superiority , as I shall largely tell you in the Fasti of that year . In 1656 or thereabouts he obtained of Dr. Brownrigg , the silenc'd Bishop of Exeter , the Chantorship of that Church then void , and in the year following gaining an interest among the Fellows of Jesus Coll. he was elected by them to be their Principal , upon the resignation of Dr. Mich. Roberts , but Franc. Howell of Exeter Coll. an Independent got it from him by his interest used to Oliver the Protector . In 1659 he was elected President of Trin. Coll. by a majority of Fellows , made by the interest of Dr. Ralph Bashurst , but being soon after forced to leave that place to make room for the right owner Dr. Han. Potter , who had in a most woful manner endured great hardship , from the time of his ejection in 1648 , the Politician retired to the great City , where he became Minister of S. Lawrence in the Jewry , upon the promotion of Reynolds to Norwich , and in the same year ( 1660 ) he was installed in his place of Chantor of Exeter . At that time it was his endeavours to make his Loyalty known by being imprison'd at Cambridge , by his ejection , his writing against the Covenant , and I know not what . About that time he became a member of the Royal Society and soon after Dean of Exeter , where being setled , he wound himself in a short time , by his smooth language and behaviour , into the favour of the Gentry of the neighbourhood . In 1662 Dr. Gauden Bishop of Exeter being translated to VVorcester , he was by the endeavours of a considerable party of the Gentry of Devonsh . ( who were of the H. of Commons ) advanced to that See : And being consecrated thereunto 20 July 1662 , sate there but few years ; for on the death of Dr. Hyde , he was translated to Salisbury 12 Sept. 1667. In 1671. Nov. 25 , he was made Chancellour of the most noble Order of the Garter , by the restitution of K. Ch. 2 , after that place had been occupied by Lay-persons about 154 years . He was a benefactor to the Royal Society , gave a Pendulum Clock thereunto , which goes for a week together , to perpetuate the memory of his dear and learned friend Laur. Rook. Also , about 1672 he gave a considerable sum of money towards the making of the River at Salisbury navigable to Christ Church in Hampshire , and in 1679 he bestowed a 1000 l. on Sid●ey Coll. in Cambridge . In 1683 he built an Hospital or College at Salisbury for the entertainment of ten poor widows of Ministers of Gods word , and in 1684 he built an Alms-house at the place of his nativity for four antient men , and four antient women , who had lived handsomely , and brought by misfortune to poverty , &c. His Works , as to learning are these . A philosophical Essay towards an eviction of the being and attributes of God , the immortality of the souls of men , and the truth and authority of Scripture . Oxon. 1652. oct . &c. De cometis , ubi de cometarum natura disseritur . Nova cometarum Theoria , & novissimae cometae historia proponitur . Praelectio Oxonii habita . Oxon. 1653. qu. Inquisitio in Ismaelis Bullialdi Astronomiae philolaicae fundamenta . Printed with the book De cometis . Idea Trigonometriae demonstratae in usum juventutis Oxon. Oxon. 1654. qu. The method of which , mention'd in the Preface to this book , Mr. Oughtred challenged for his . Vindiciae Academiarum . Containing some brief animadversions upon Mr. Joh. Websters book , stiled The Examen of Academies . Oxon. 1654. qu. Before this book is an Epistle written to the author by one who subscribes himself N. S. i. e. John Wilkins of Wadh. Coll , being the two last letters of both his names . Appendix concerning what Mr. Hobbes and Mr. Will. Dell have published on the same arguments . — Printed at the end of Vindiciae Academiarum . As for Dell he had been educated in Cambridge , and Webster , who was then , or lately a Chapl. in the Parl. Army , had , as I conceive , been educated there also : See in Thom. Hall , under the year 1665 , among the titles of his books p. 234 , and in Will. Erbury , an . 1654. p. 104. In Thomae Hobbii philosophiam exercitatio Epistolica , ad D. Joh. Wilkinsium Guardianum Coll. Wadhami . Ox. 1656. octav . Appendicula , ad calumnias ab eodem Hobbio ( in sex documentis nuperrimè editis ) in authorem congestas , responsoria . Printed with the Exercitatio epistolica . Astronomia Geometrica , ubi methodus proponitur qua primariorum Planetarum Astronomia sive Elliptica sive circularis possit Geometricè absolvi . Lond. 1656. oct . Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Against resistance of lawful powers , preached 5 Nov. 1661. on Rom. 13.2 . ( 2 ) Against the Antiscripturists , pr. 20 Feb. 1669 , on 2 Tim. 3.16 . ( 3 ) Concerning sinfulness , danger and remedies of infidelity , pr. 16 Feb. 1667 , on Heb. 3.12 . ( 4 ) Sermon before the H. of Peers at Westm . 10 Oct. 1666 , on Eceles . 11.9 . ( 5 ) Serm. concerning the strangeness , frequency and desperate consequence of impenitency , preached 1 Apr. 1666 , soon after the great Plague , on Rev. 9.20 . ( 6 ) Serm. against Ingratitude , on Deut. 32.6 . ( 7 ) An Apologie for the mysteries of the Gospel , preached 16. Feb. 1671 on Rom. 1.16 . Some of which Sermons having been severally printed at several times were all printed in one vol. at Lond. 1673 ▪ 74. oct . and then said to have been all preached at Whitehall , except the fourth . ( 8 ) The Christians victory over death , preached at the funeral of George Duke of Albemarle , &c. in the collegiat Church of S. Pet. Westm . 30 Apr. 1670 , on 1. Cor. 15.57 . Lond. 1670. qu. ( 9 ) The Case of Joram , preached before the House of Peers , 30. Jan. 1673 on 2. Kings 6 , last vers . Lond. 1674. qu. He also collected viewed and reviewed the Determinationes Theologicae , Tractatus de justificatione and Praelectiones de peccato originali of Dr. Samuel Ward before mentioned ; which he caused to be printed and published at London . In the beginning of the year 1683 arose a controversie between him the said Dr. Ward Bishop of Salisbury and Dr. Tho. Pierce Dean of the Cathedral Church there , occasion'd by the denial , upon the first asking of Pierce for a Prebendship in the said Church for his Son Robert : which denial being much resented by Pierce , notwithstanding the reversion of it had been before promised by the Bishop , he studied revenge and forthwith rais'd a controversie by maintaining that the King had right of giving and bestowing of the Dignities in the Church of Salisbury and not the Bishop . Which controversie being laid before his Majesties Commissioners for Ecclesiastical affairs , they ordered Dr. Pierce to write a Narrative of that matter ; which being done , Dr. Ward answered it , but 't was not printed : Whereupon Pierce wrot A Vindication of the Kings Soveraign rights , &c. which was printed at Lond. 1683 in 12. sh . in fol. Afterwards the controversie being carried on by the black and dismal malice of Pierce , it did so much discompose the Bishop , especially by the several journies to London in unseasonable time and weather , that by degrees his spirits were exhausted , his memory gone , and totally unfit for business . About a month before he died , he took very little sustenance , and lived only on the stock and died a Skeleton ; which hapning in his house at Knightbridge near London on Sunday morn . the sixth of January , being the day of Epiphany , in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , his body was afterwards conveyed to Salisbury and buried in the Cathedral there . What epitaph he hath over his grave , I know not , notwithstanding I have more than once sent for it ; and therefore take this character of him given by Mr. Oughtred in his pref . to Clavis mathem . running thus . — Vir prudens , pius , ingenu●s , nec mathesi solum sed & omni politioris literaturae genere cultissimus , &c. He tells us there that he was the first in Cambr. that expounded his Clav. Math. and that he had taken a large journey to see him in his hidden and retired condition , at which time , by his importunate desire , he did correct , add many things to , and republish his said book of Clav. Math. There had been formerly several learned Letters passed between him , and Ballialdus and Hevelius , which are yet kept private . THOMAS CARTWRIGHT son of Tho. Cartwright sometimes Schoolmaster of Brentwood in Essex , was born in the antient Borough of Northampton on the first of Sept. 1634 , educated in the School there , and being puritanically educated under Presbyterian Parents , was sent to Magd. Hall , where spending two terms in the study of Logick , was forcibly put into Queens Coll. by the Visitors appointed by Parliament , an . 1649 , and at that time was put under the tuition of Mr. Tho. Tully . Afterwards he was made Tabarder , and Chapl. of the Coll. for a time , but before he was elected Fellow , he left the House , ( having before been ordained Priest by Dr. Robert Skinner B. of Oxon. ) and became Vicar of Walthamstow in Essex , and a very forward and confident preacher for the cause then in being . In 1659 I find him Chaplain to Joh. Robinson Esq . Alderman and then Sherriff of London and a Preacher at S. Mary Magd. in Milkstreet , but whether he did then enjoy the Vicaridge of Barking in Essex , which he did after his Majesties restauration , I cannot tell . After the Kings return he shew'd himself very forward to express his loyalty , was made domestick Chaplain to Henry Duke of Glocester , procured himself to be actually created D. of D , tho not of full standing for it , was made Preb. of Twyford in the Cathedral Church of S. Paul , Minister of S. Thomas Apostle in London , Preb. of Shalford in the Church of Wells , and Chaplain in Ord. to his Majesty . In Nov. 1672 he was installed Prebend of Durham , struck in on the death of Dr. Tully his quondam Tutor , and was made Dean of Rippon in the latter end of 1675. Afterwards putting in with great boldness , before his Seniors , for a Bishoprick , particularly for that of S. David , but put aside by Dr. L. Womack , was at length made Bishop of Chester on the death of the most learned and religious Dr. John Pearson : to which See being consecrated , with Dr. Lloyd to S. David , and Dr. Parker to Oxon , at Lambeth , on the 17. of Octob. 1686 , had liberty then allowed to him to keep the Vicaridge of Barking and the Rectory of Wigan in Lanc. which he before had obtained , in commendam with his Bishoprick . In the next year , he being then in favour with K. James 2 , and ready upon all occasions to run with his humour , purposely to obtain a translation to a better Bishoprick , he was by him not only added to the number of Ecclesiastical Commissioners , but also appointed one of the three Delegates or Commissioners ( Sir Rob. Wright Ch. Just . of the Kings-Bench , and Sir Thomas Jenner one of the Barons of the Exchecquer , being the other two ) to go to Oxon , to examine and determine the affairs relating to Magd. Coll ; and what they did there in ejecting the President and Fellows thereof , a book entit . An impartial relation of the illegal proceedings against S. Mary Magd. Coll. in Oxon &c. Lond. 1689. qu. sec . edit , collected by a Fellow of that Coll , will at large tell you . At that time this Bishop making it his sole endeavours to be gracious with the then great and leading men , and to shew himself in all publick assemblies , particularly in those , wherein the Rom. Cath. Bishops were consecrated , he gained the ill will so much of the Sons of the Church of , that when the Pr. of Aurange made his expedition into , England , he , out of fear of suffering for what he had acted , and of the insults of the rabble ( then committing great disorders in London and most parts of the Nation ) did withdraw himself in private , sculk , and in a disguise fled into France ; where repairing to his royal Master K. Jam. 2 , then lately come thither , to avoid imminent danger in England , had by him , upon the news of Dr. Wards death the Bishoprick of Salisbury confer'd on him : and while he abode at S. Germains he did usually read the Liturgy of the Church of England in his Lodgings to such Protestants that came thither to him . Afterwards he went with his said Master towards Ireland , landed there on Tuesday the 12 of Mar. 1688 , and on Sunday following being at Cork , he received the Sacrament from the hands of the Bishop of that place . On Palm Sunday Mar. 24 , he went to Dublin with the King , and on Easter-day , and the Octaves of Easter 1689 he again received the Sacrament at Ch. Ch. there , from the B. of Meath , to which Ch. B. Cartwr . went dayly to prayers . Afterwards being overtaken with the Country disease called the Flux or Disentery , he finished his course there , as I shall anon tell you . He hath extant . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) Gods arraignment of Adam , on Gen. 3.9 . Lond. 1659. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. before the King at Whitehall on Jude 22.23 . Lond. 1676. qu. ( 3 ) Sermon in the Cath. Ch. of S. Pet. in York before the Judges of Assize , on Judges 17.6 . Lond. 1677. qu. ( 4 ) Sermon preached at Holy-Rood house 30. Janu. 1681 before her highness the Lady Anne , on Acts 7.60 . Edinb . and Lond. 1682 qu. The author was then with James Duke of York , who , with his Royal Consort and the Lady Anne his Daughter were retired to that place upon the command of his Majesty , to put a stop to the fury of the Faction , then driving on their designs upon prosecution of the Popish Plot. ( 5 ) Sermon preached to the Gentlemen of Yorkshire at Bow Church . Lond , 24 June 1684 on Prov. 24.21.22 . Lond. 1684. qu. ( 6 ) Sermon preached upon the anniversary solemnity of the happy inauguration of K. Jam. 2 , in the Collegiat Church of Rippon , 6. Feb. 1685 , on 1. Kings 8.66 . Lond. 1686. qu. He hath also extant a Serm. on 2. Chron. 7.9.10 , and another on Rev. 14.13 , which I have not yet seen : And there is also extant under his name A Sp. spoken to the Society of Magd. Coll , 16. Nov. 1687 ; which , ( much commended ) with several of his Discourses , you may see in An impartial relation , &c. before mentioned . At length after he had declared himself to be a member of the Communion of the Church of England , in which he had always lived , had taken the blessed Sacrament and the Churches absolution , he surrendred up his Soul to God at Dublin on Munday morning 15 of April in sixteen hundred eighty and nine . On the day before in the afternoon , while the ven . Minister that usually attended him was at Church , the titular Bishop of Clogher and Dean of Ch. Ch. made his Lordship a visit ; and after the first civilities were past , one of them in latine desired him to be mindful of eternity , and to prepare for death . His servant being present , answer'd them that his Lordship had prepared himself already . They afterwards told him in latine there was but one God , one Faith , one Church . To which the Bishop replyed , I believe so , and hope that I have made my peace with God. They again repeated There is but one God , one Church , intending , as was supposed , to enlarge upon that subject : whereupon the Bishop answer'd somewhat short , I know all this as well as you , but I am not able to answer you for the failing of my spirits ; and therefore I desire you to forbear talking with me any more about this , for I have done already what , I hope , is necessary for my salvation . Hereupon they seeing they could not effect any thing with him , nor engage him in a discourse , took their leaves , and they themselves gave out , that the Bishop of Chester was dying , and that he would dye a Protestant . As soon as he was dead , the said Bishops servant acquainted Will. Earl of Powis and Dr. Anth. Dopping Bishop of Meath with his death , who , with the Earl of Longford , took care for his funeral after this manner . On Tuesday Apr. 16 , the body was carried early in ths morning from the house where he died , to that of the B. of Meath , which was near , where several rooms were hung with black ; and that where the body lay , was furnished with many Lights in sconces , and eight large Tapers on stands about the Body , which was covered with a fair Velvet Pall. In the afternoon all the Nobility , Clergy , Judges and Gentry , of both Religions , that were in Town , among whom were the E. of Powis and the L. Chancellour came thither : And about six in the evening his body was carried in a velvet Herse drawn with 6 horses , cloathed in black , and attended by the King at Armes , the aforesaid company in near 30 Coaches , and a multitude of common people to Christ Church in Dublin , where the Sub-Dean and Choire met the Body at the Church door , and sung it into the Choir , which was very much crowded . The Service was solemnly performed with several Anthems , and the Body afterwards inter'd in the North-east end of the Choir , by the Bishop of Meath in his Episcopal habit . It was then commonly reported that K. Jam. 2. did nominate Dr. Jam. Arderne Dean of Chester to succeed Dr. Cartwright in his Bishoprick ; but how true , I cannot tell . Sure it is , that K. Will. 3. being then in the Throne , he nominated to that See Dr. Nich. Stratford Dean of S. Asaph , who thereupon was consecrated thereunto in the Bishop of Londons Chappel at Fulham near London , on the 15 of Sept. 1689. JOHN SHAW a Ministers Son , was born at Bedlington in the County Pal. of Durham , educated in Grammar learning for the most part under Tho. Ingmethorp Rector of Great Stainton in the said County , was , at his first coming to the University , entred a Student in Qu. Coll. but making little stay there , he became a Batler of that of Brasnose , 2. Apr. 1629 aged 15 years or thereabouts , took one degree in Arts , and retiring soon after to his native Country , took holy Orders and exercised the Ministry for some years in the northern parts of England . In 1645 he was instituted and inducted Rector of Whalton in Northumberland , but not then admitted , because he was esteemed by the faction a zealous Royallist . Afterwards , with much ado , he obtained the Church of Bolton in Craven in Yorkshire , which being worth but 50 l. per an , ( supposed then enough to maintain a malignant Minister ) he was permitted to keep it during the sad affliction of the Church of England . In 1661 , his Maj. K. Ch. 2. being then setled in the regal Throne , he was admitted to the Church of Whalton by John L. Bishop of Durham , was about the same time made Preacher of the Parochial Chappel of S. John in the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne , and chosen a member of the Convocation for Yorkshire ( as he was again in 1679 ) and Procurator Cleri for the Archdeaconry of Northumberland . He hath written , The Pourtraicture of the Primitive Saints in their actings and sufferings according to S. Paul's canon , Heb. 11. One part whereof to verse 23 was preached at Newcastle , 1652. The other , from verse 22 to the end , was preached at the same place , an . 1659. — Both which were afterwards published in qu. Origo Protestantium : or , an answer to a popish manuscript of N. N's , that would fain make the Protestant Catholick Religion bear date at the very time when the Roman popish commenced in the world , wherein Protestancy is demonstrated to be elder than Popery . Lond. 1677. and 79. qu. Answer to the Jesuits letter — Printed with the former book , and the Jesuits letter with it . No reformation of the established religion . Lond 1685. oct . This loyal , religious and learned person died on the 22 of May in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , and was buried in the Chap. or Church of S. John in Newcastle before mention'd , just before the altar . Soon after his ingenious Son Joh. Shaw belonging to the Cath. Church of Norwich bestowed an epitaph on his Fathers marble , part of which runs thus . Hic quod remanet Johannis Shaw hujus Ecclesiae Pastoris , Deo , Ecclesiae , Patriae , Regi pie fidelis , &c. Besides this John. Shaw was another of both his names and time , Minister of Hull in Yorkshire , author of several Sermons , among which are ( 1 ) Britannia rediviva : or , a soveraign remedy to cure a sick commonwealth , preached in the Minster at York before the Judges at the Assize , 9. Aug. 1649 ( 2 ) The Princess Royal , preached at the same place before the Judges 24 , Mar. 1650. &c. And among other things he hath published a book entit . Mistriss Shawes tomb stone ; or the Saints remains , being a brief narrative of some few remarkable passages in the holy life and happy death of Mrs. Dorothy Shaw the Wife of Mr. John Shaw , who died oh the 10. Dec. 1657. Lond. 1657. oct . WILLIAM ANNAND son of Will. Annand Parson of Air the Head-Burgh royal of the Shire of Air in the Dioc. of Glasgow in Scotland , was born in the said Burgh , an . 1633 , and being 5. years of age was conveyed by his Father with his family into England , in the time of the great rebellion and Presbyterian tyranny , an . 1638 , they being forced to make their escape thither on account of their loyalty to their Prince and their adherence to the Episcopal government then established by law in that Kingdom . He was descended of the Annands of Auchterellon an antient family in the Shire of Aberdene and Parish of Ellon , but now their estate there is out of their hands . In 1651 our author W. Annand became a Scholar of Univ. Coll , and tho then put under a Presbyterian Tutor and Discipline , yet he took all occasions to frequent Sermons preached by loyal persons in , and near , Oxon. In 1656 , he being then Bach. of Arts , he took holy Orders according to the Church of England from the hands of Dr. Thomas Fulwar Bishop of Ardfert or Kirrie in Ireland , in the beginning of Aug , and the same year we find him preacher of Gods word at Weston on the Green near Bister in Oxfordshire , where he found great encouragement from Sir Fr. Norris Lord of that Town . After he had proceeded in Arts , he became Vicar of Leighton Budezard in Bedfordshire , where continuing in good repute for his ready and edifying way of preaching till 1662 , he then went , in the quality of a Chaplain , with his Grace John Earl of Middleton Lord high Commissioner of Scotland , when he left the Court at Whitehall to go to that Kingdom . In the latter end of 1663 he was instituted to the Tolbooth Church at Edinburg , where continuing several years , was transplauded to the Trone Church of that City , which is also a Prebendship . In Apr. 1676 he was by the presentation of his Majesty , under his royal hand , with the Privy Seal of his Kingdom of Scotland appended thereto , made Dean of Edinburgh , and on Oct. 1. an . 1685 he commenced Doctor of Div. in the University of S. Andrew . His works as to learning are these . Fides Catholica : Or the doctrine of the Cath. Church , in eighteen grand ordinances , referring to the Word , Sacraments and Prayer , in purity , number and nature , catholickly maintained and publickly taught against hereticks of all sorts . Lond. 1661. 62. in a pretty thick qu. Solutions of many proper and profitable questions sutable to the nature of each ordinance , &c. — Print . with Fides Catholica , &c. Panem quotidianum : or , a short discourse tending to prove the legality , decency and expediency of set forms of prayer in the Churches of Christ , with a particular defence of the book of Common prayer of the Church of England . Lond. 1661. qu. Pater noster . Our Father or the Lords Prayer explained , the sense thereof , and duties therein , from Scripture , History , and Fathers methodically cleared , and succinctly opened . Lond. 1670. oct . Mysterium Pietatis ; or , the mystery of godliness , &c. Lond. 1671. oct . Doxologia : or glory to the Father , the Churches Hymn , reduced to glorifying the Trinity . Lond. 1672. oct . Dualitas : or , a twofold subject displayed and opened , conduceable to godliness and peace in order : first Lex loquens , the honor and dignity of Magistracy , with the duties thereupon , &c. secondly Duorum unitas , or the agreement of Magistracy and Ministry at the election of the honorable Magistrates of Edinburgh , and opening of the diocesan synod of the rev . Clergy there . Edinburg . 1674. qu. He died at about one of the Clock in the Morn . of the 13 of June in sixteen hundred eighty and nine : whereupon his body was conveyed in the evening of that day , to the vestry of that part of S. Giles's Church which is called the High Church of Edinburgh , ( in which Church , as Dean , he did ordinarily preach ) at the very same time that Duke Gordon surrendred up the Castle there to the Convention . On the 15 of the said month he was honorably interr'd in the Grey Friers Church , but without a funeral Sermon , because not permitted by the Presbyterians , in whose hands the Magistracy then was . As his life was pious and devout , so was his sickness and death to the great comfort of those then present with him . He received his Viaticum from the hands of Dr. Alex. Monro Principal of K. James's Coll. at Edinburgh ; and his colleague in S. Giles's Church named Dr. John Strachan Professor of Div. at Edinb . did assist after the manner of the Church of England . They and several other Ministers and Layicks communicating then with him , he regretted with tears the overthrowing of their Church , saying , he never thought to have outlived the Church of Scotland , yet hoped others should live to see it restored , &c. His Father Will. Annand before mentioned , lived very obscurely divers years after he came into England : But at length obtaining the Vicaridge of Throwley in Kent , 1649 , and afterwards the rectory of Leveland in the same County , the Usurper then ruling , he caused his Son to be educated in learning in a good condition . RICHARD SHERLOCK was born at Oxton in Cheshire , and originally ( as 't is said ) a Student in Magd. Hall , where he obtained a part of Acad. learning . Thence he was translated to Trin. Coll. near Dublin , where he proceeded Master of Arts in 1633 , entred into the sacred function , and soon after became Minister of several small Parishes in Ireland , united together , and yeilding no more than 8O l. per an . At length upon the breaking out of the rebellion in that Country , he journied into England and became Chaplain to a Regiment of his Majesties forces at Namptwich in Cheshire : But that place being taken by the Parliament forces in Jan. 1643 , he retired to Oxon , where he became Chaplain to the Governour of the Garrison there , and at length , by the favour of Dr. Pink Warden of New College , he was made one of the Chaplains of that House , much about the time that P. Gunning and Is . Barrow were made Chaplains also . In 1646 he had the degree of Bach. of Div. confer'd on him , in consideration of several Sermons that he preached either at Court , or before the Parliament in Oxon , but in the year 1648 , or thereabouts , being thrown out of his Chaplains place by the Visitors , he became Curat for Dr. Jasp . Mayne in an obscure Village called Cassington near Woodstock in Oxfordshire , who allowing him 16 l. per an . for his pains ( for the Vicaridge there is esteemed to be worth but 50 l. yearly ) he gave a good part thereof away to the poor of that place . At length leaving that Cure , upon the ejection of the Doctor , about 1652 , he went into Lancashire , became Chaplain to Sir Rob. Bindlosse of Borwick hall in the Parish of Warton Bt ; where , as long as he continued , he was very much troubled with the People called Quakers , against whom he wrot several things , as I shall tell you anon . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , an . 1660 , he was made Doctor of Div. of the Univ. of Dublin , and about that time by the favour of his honorable Patron Charles E. of Derby ( whose Chaplain he was ) Rector of Winwick in Lancashire , a place (a) among other fat benefices of England of greatest name . He was a person of a most pious life , exemplary conversation , of great charity , hospitality , and so zealous a man for the Church of England that he was accounted by precise persons popishly affected and a Papist in Masquerade . He hath written and published , The Quakers wild questions objected against the Ministers of the Gospel , &c. briefly answered . Lond. 1654. oct . 1656. qu. Animadverted upon by a noted Quaker called Rich. Hubberthorne in a book entit . A Reply to a book set forth by the Priest of Borwick-hall in Lancashire , called Rich. Sherlock , &c. Lond. 1654. qu. and by another more noted than he , named George Fox in his book called The great mystery of the great Whore unfolded , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. p. 242.243 . &c. A discourse of the holy spirit , his workings and impressions on the souls of Men — This is also against the Quakers . Discourse of divine revelation , mediat or immediat . Discourse of error , heresie and schisme . — These three last pieces , are printed with The Quakers wild Questions , &c. The principles of holy Christian Religion : or , the Catechisme of the Church of England paraphras'd , &c. Lond. 1656. oct . Written for the use of Borwick-hall . The thirteenth impression of this book came out at Lond. 1677. oct . Sermon preached at a visitation held at Warrington in Lanc. 11. May 1669 , on Acts 20.28 . Lond. 1669. qu. Mercurius Christianus . The practical Christian : A treatise explaining the duty of self-examination , &c. Lond. 1673. oct . Confessions , Meditations and Prayers in order to the receiving of the holy Communion of the body and blood of Christ . — Printed with Merc. Christ . The second part of the practical Christian consisting of meditations and psalmes , illustrated with notes , or paraphrased ; relating to the hours of prayer , &c. Lond. 1675. oct . The practical Christian : or the devout Penitent . A book of Devotion containing the whole duty of a Christian in all occasions and necessities , &c. in 4 parts . 1. Of self examination , confession of sins , &c. 2. Of the Communion of the holy body and blood of Christ . 3. Of the hours of Prayer and occasional meditations . 4. Of the four last things , death , judgment , hell and heaven . Lond. 1676. 77. &c. Several short , but seasonable , discourses touching common and private prayer , relating to the publick offices of the Church . &c. Oxon. 1684. oct . &c. This book contains , 1. The irregularity of a private prayer in a publick congregation , which was first printed 1674 in 4 sh . in qu. 2. Dr. Steuarts judgment of a private prayer in publick , &c. 3. A discourse of the differences between long prayers prohibited and continuance in prayers commanded . 4. Meditations upon our going to Church , with short directions ▪ for our demeanour in the House of God , &c. 5. Sermon preached upon the Archbishop of Yorks provincial Visitation at Warrington . At length this most holy , zealous , mortified and seraphical Dr. Sherlock having spent all his time in holy and chast celebacy , surrendred up his most pious ▪ soul to God in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , and was buried on the 25 of June within the Chancel , at the first entrance into it out of the body of the Church at Winwick before mention'd ; at which time his friend and acquaintance Tho. Crane M. A. preached his funeral Sermon , which being extant you may see a full account therein of the great piety , charity , hospitality , strictness of life , &c. of him the said Dr. Sherlock . Some years before his death he caused his Grave-stone to be laid in that place where his body was afterwards buried , and ordered for his epitaph , to be engraved in brass and sixt upon his stone , this following . Exuviae Richardi Sherlock S. T. D. indignissimi hujus Ecclesiae Rectoris ; Obiit 20 die Junii , anno aetatis 76. an . dom 1689. Sal infatuum conculcate . Whereupon a certain Person reflecting upon it , and much honouring his pious memory , did subjoyn and add this further inscription . En viri sanctissimi modestia ! Qui Epitaphium se indignum inscribi volebat ; cum vita & merita ejus laudes omnes longe superarent . In the Rectory of Winwick succeeded Thom. Benet M.A. Fellow of Univ. Coll , lately one of the Proctors of this University , now Master of the said Coll. WILLIAM THOMAS son of John Thomas , was born on the bridge in the Parish of S. Nicholas in the City of Bristow , on the second day of Feb. 1613 , educated in Grammar learning at Caermethen in Wales , by the care of his Grandfather Recorder of that Town , became a Student in S. Johns Coll. in Mich. term 1629 , thence translated to that of Jesus , ( of which he was made Fellow when Bach. of Arts ) proceeded in that faculty , took holy Orders , and before the Civil War began , he became Vicar of Penbryn in Cardiganshire . Afterwards being sequestred for his loyalty , he taught School at Laughern in Caermerthenshire , where , after a while , he read the common prayer and preached , yet not without some disturbance occasioned by Olivers Itinerant preachers . After his Majesties restauration in 1660 , he became Chauntor of the Cathedral Church of St. David , in the place of Dr. Griff. Higges deceased , was actually created Doct. of Divinity , made Chaplain to James Duke of York , and about that time had the Living of Llanbedder in the Valley , in Pembrokshire confer'd upon him . In 1665 , Nov. 25. he was installed Dean of Worcester in the place of Dr. Tho. Warmestry deceased , and about that time he gave up Llanbedder for the Rectory of Hampton Lovet , six miles distant from Worcester . On the 27. of January 1677 he was consecrated ( with Dr. Sancroft to the See of Cant. ) Bishop of S. David , at which time liberty was given him to keep his Deanery in commendam with it , and in the middle of Aug. 1683 he was translated to the See of Worcester in the place of Dr. James Fleetwood deceased , where he sate to the time of his death in good respect from the Clergy and Laity . He hath written Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Serm. at the Assize at Caermerthen , on Exod. 20.16 . Lond. 1657. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. before the right honorable the Lords assembled in Parliament , in the Abbey Ch. of S. Pet. Westm . upon the Fast-day appointed , 10. Apr. 1678. on Luke 13.3 . Lond. 1678. qu. ( 3 ) The mammon of unrighteousness detected and purified , preached in the Cathedral of Worcester 19 Aug. 1688 , on Luke 16.9 . Lond. 1689. qu. Apology for the Church of England in point of separation from it . Lond. 1678. 9 oct . Written in the time of Usurpation . A pastoral letter to his Clergy of Worcester Dioc. about catechising — Printed , with many things expung'd , since his death . It was , as 't is said , written in answer to Dr. G. Burnet Bishop of Salisbury his Pastoral letters about Oathes , an . 1689. Roman Oracles silenced : or the prime testimonies of antiquity produced by Hen. Turbervil in his Manual of controversies . Lond. 1691. Published in the beginning of Mar. 1690. This worthy Bishop Dr. Thomas died on the 25 of June , in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , and was buried according to his desire in the north east corner of the Cloyster belonging to the Cathedral Church of Worcester , at the foot of the steps , in the way from the Deanery to the Cathedral . Soon after was a plain stone laid over his grave with this inscription thereon . Depositum Gulielmi Thomas S. T. P. olim Decani Wigorniensis indigni , postea Episcopi Menevensis indignioris , tandem Episcopi Wigorniensis indignissimi , meritis tamen Christi , ad vitam aeternam resurrectionis candidati . — Sanctissimus & doctiss . Praesul , pietatis erga Deum , erga Regem fidelitatis , charitatis erga Proximos illustre exemplum expiravit . An. redemptionis MDCLXXXIX , Aetatis LXXVI , Junii XXV , & moribundus hoc quicquid supra est epitaphii pro modestia sua tumulo inscribi jussit . THOMAS MANWARING a younger Son of Philip Manwaring Esq . was born of an antient and gentile family in Cheshire , either at Over-Peover or Baddily , on the 7 of Apr. 1623 , became a Commoner of Brasn . Coll. 24. of Apr. 1637 ; where continuing about 3 years , receeded without an Academical degree to his Fathers house , and after the death of his elder Brother became Heir to the Lands of his Ancestors . In the time of the grand rebellion he sided with the dominant party , took the usual Oathes then prescribed , was Sherriff of Chester in the reign of Oliver , an . 1657 , and after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he was created a Baronet , 22. Nov. 1660. He hath written and published , A Defence of Amicia daughter of Hugh Cyveliok Earl of Chester , wherein is proved that she was not a Bastard . Lond. 1673. oct . Written against Sir Pet. Leycester . A reply to an answer to The defence of Amicia , wherein is proved that the reasons alledged by Sir Pet. Leycester concerning her illegitimacy are invalid , &c Lond. 1673. oct . An answer to Sir Pet. Leycester's Addenda . Lond. 1673 / 4. oct . He died in the month of July in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , and was buried by his Wife , Father and Mother , in a vault under a Chappel on the North side of the Chancel of the Church of Over-Peover before mentioned . See more in Peter Leycester under the year 1678 , p. 463. SAMUEL DERHAM son of Will. Derham of Weston , called by some Weston Subter Wethele , near Camden in Glocestershire , was born in that County , entred a Student in Magd. Hall , in Mich. term 1672 aged 17 years , took the degrees in Arts , entred on the Physick line , took one degree in Physick and published , Hydrologia Philosophica : Or , an account of Ilmington waters in Warwickshire , with directions for drinking of the same . Oxon. 1685. oct . Experimental observations touching the original of compound bodies — Printed with Hydr. Philos . Afterwards he proceeded in his faculty , had then , and before some practice in it , and dying of the small pox on the 26. of Aug. in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , in his house in S. Michaels parish within the City of Oxon , was buried at the upper end of the north Chancel of the Church belonging to the said Parish . OBADIAH GREW was born at Atherston in the Parish of Manceter in Warwickshire , in Nov. 1607 , partly educated in Grammaticals under Mr. Joh. Denison his Uncle , admitted a Student in Ball. Coll. under the tuition of Mr. Rich. Trimnell , an . 1624 , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders at 28 years of age from the hands of Dr. Rob. Wright Bishop of Cov. and Lichfield , and had some cure I presume bestowed on him in his own Country . In the beginning of the Civil War , he sided with the Presbyterians , took the Covenant , and about that time became , upon the desire of the Mayor , Aldermen and principal Citizens of Coventry , Minister of the great Parish of S. Michael in that City : In which place The soundness of his doctrine , ( as those of his perswasion have told me ) the sanctity and prudence of his conversation , the vigilancy and tenderness of his care , were of that constant tenor ; that he seemed to do all that , which S. Gregory wrot a whole book ( De cura Pastorali ) to tell us it should be done . By which means he ever obtained the love and respects of the City of Coventry , and his ends for their good , amongst the Citizens thereof . Of his integrity and courage also , they farther add this instance , viz. In the year 1648 when Oliv. Cromwell , then Lieut. Gen. of the forces in England , was at Coventry , upon his March towards London , the said Ob. Grew took his opportunity to represent to him the wickedness of the design then more visibly on foot , for taking off the King , and the sad consequences thereof , should it take effect ; earnestly pressing him , to use his endeavours to prevent it ; and had his promise for it : And afterwards when the design was too apparent , he wrot a letter to him to the same purpose , and to mind him of his promise . Which letter was conveyed by an honest Gent. ( since Mayor and Alderman of Coventry , now , or lately , living ) to a Messenger then waiting at Whitehall , and by him delivered into Cromwells own hand , &c. In 1651 he accumulated the degrees in Divinity , and in the next year he compleated that of Doctor by standing in the Act ; much about which time he preached the Concio ad clerum with applause . In 1654 he was appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Warwickshire for the ejection of such whom they then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and continued after , till his Majesties restauration , in good repute among the Precisians . He hath written , A Sinners justification by Christ : or , the Lord Jesus Christ our righteousness . Delivered in several Sermons on Jer. 23.6 . Lond. 1670. oct . Meditations upon our Saviours parable of the prodigal son , being several sermons on the 15 Chapter of S. Lukes Gospel . Lond. 1678. quart . Both written and published at the request , and for the common benefit , of some of his quondam Parishioners of S. Michael in Coventry . What other things he hath written , that are fit for the Press , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died on the 22 of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , and that his body was buried in the Chancel of the said Church of S. Michael . This Divine was the Father of Dr. Nehemiah Grew a Physitian of good note and practice in London , whose publish'd works are so well known and valued , that divers of them have been translated into Latin and French , by learned forraigners ; and many eminent persons both at home and abroad , have returned him their thanks with great respect : and it is believed that he hath still much under his consideration relating both to Philosophy and the practice of Physick . Among several things that he hath written and published are ( 1 ) Musaeum Regalis Societatis . Or , a description of the natural and artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Societie and preserved at Gresham Coll. Lond. 1681. fol. ( 2 ) The Anatomy of the History of Plants and Vegetables . Lond. 1683. fol. &c. JOHN GOAD son of Joh. G. of Bishopsgate street in London , was born in St. Helens Parish there , 15 Febr. 1615 , educated in Merchant Taylors School , elected Scholar of S. Johns Coll. and admitted in his due course and order by the just favour of Dr. Juxon the then President , an . 1632. Afterwards he became Fellow , Master of Arts , Priest and in 1643 Vicar of S. Giles's Church in the North Suburb of Oxon , by the favour of the Pres . and Fellows of his College : where continuing his duty very constant , during the time that the Garrison was besieged by the Parliament Forces , did undergoe great dangers by Canon Bullets that were shot from their Camp adjoyning , in the time of Divine Service . On the 23. of June 1646 he was presented to the Vicaridge of Yarnton near Oxon , by the Chancellour and Masters of this University , by vertue of an Act of Parliament begun at Westm . 5. Nov. 3. Jac. 1 , disinabling Recusants from presenting to Church Livings , and in the year following he was , in consideration of his Sermons preached either before the King , or Parliament , at Oxon , or both , actually created Bach. of Divinity . In 1648 he was sollicited by Dr. Franc. Cheynell one of the Visitors appointed to visit the University of Oxon , to return to his College and Fellowship , he having heard of , and partly known the great worth and merit of him ; but , because he would not conform himself to the new Directory , he refused to go , and with much ado keeping Yarnton till the Kings restauration , did then , contrary to his friends expectation , take the offer of Tunbridge School in Kent : But being scarce setled there , he was in July 1661 made chief Master of Merchant Taylors School in London . In which place continuing with good success and great applause till Apr. 1681 , at which time the great and factious City was posses'd , by the restless Presbyterian Ministers , of the sudden introduction to Popery among them , he was summoned to appear before the chief Heads of the Society of Merchant Taylors . In obedience to which summons he appearing , and then charged with certain passages savouring of Popery in his Comment on the Church of England Catechisme which he had made for the use of his Scholars , he was by them discharged with a considerable gratuity in Plate from them . The particulars of this affair being too many for this place , you may see them at large in a Postcript to a book entit . Contrivances of the Fanatical Conspirators , in carrying on the treasons under umbrage of the Popish-Plot , laid open : with Depositions , &c. Lond. 1683. in 8 sh . in fol , written by Will. Smith a Schoolmaster of Islington near London , who stiles therein Mr. Goad a pious and learned person , so extraordinarily qualified ( for his profession ) that a better could not be found in the three kingdoms . Mr. Goad being thus dismist he took a house in Piccadilly in Westminster ; to which place many of the gentiler sort of his Scholars repairing to be by him farther instructed , he set up a private School , which he continued to , or near , the time of his death . In the beginning of 1686 , K. Jam. 2. being then in the Throne , he declared himself a Rom. Catholic , having many years before been so in his mind , for in Dec. 1660. he was reconcil'd to that Faith in Somerset house by a Priest belonging to Hen. Maria the Qu. Mother , then lately return'd from France . This person who had much of Primitive Christianity in him , and was endowed with most admirable morals , hath written , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . An advent Sermon preached at S. Paules , on Luke 21.30 . Lond. 1664. qu. ( 2 ) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Sermon of the tryal of all things , preached at S. Paules , on 1 Thes . 5.21 . Lond. 1664. qu. &c. Genealogicon latinum . A previous method of Dictionary of all Latine words ( the compounds only excepted ) that may fruitfully be perused before the Grammar , by those who desire to attain the Language in the natural , clear and most speedy way , &c. for the use of the Neophyte in Merchant Taylors School . Lond. 1676. oct . 〈◊〉 . edit . Declamation , whether Monarchy be the best form● of government — This is at the end of a book entit The English Orator , or Rhetorical descants by way of Decla●mation . Lond. 1680. oct , written by Will. Richards of Trin. Coll. in Oxon. But the grand work which he laboured in from about the year 1650 to the time that it was published , but hindred from finishing it sooner , thro the manifold avocations and the vastness of the enterprize is that intit . Astro Meteorologica : or Aphorismes and discourses of the bodies Celestial , their natures and influences , discovered from the variety of the alterations of the air , temperate or intemperate , as to heat or cold , frost , snow , hail , fog , raine , wind , storme , lightnings , thunder , blasting , hurricane , &c. Lond. 1686. fol. The whole discourse is founded on sacred authority and reason . About the time of his death was published of his Composition . Autodidactica : or a practical Vocabulary , being the best and easiest method , yet extant , for young beginners , to attain to the knowledg of the Latin tongue . Lond. 1690 oct , and after his death was published under his name . Astro-Meteorologia sana ; sive Principia Physico-Mathematica , quibus mutationum aeris , morborum epidemicorum , cometarum , Terrae Motuum , aliorumque insigniorum naturae effectuum ratio reddi possit . Lond. 1690. qu , with his picture before it , very much resembling him while living , aged 62 , an . 1677. He also wrot a book Concerning plagues , their number , natures , kinds , &c. Which , while in printing , was burnt in the dismal conflagration of London , an . 1666. At length this learned and religious person concluding his last day on Munday the 28. of Octob. ( S. Simon and Jude ) about 5 of the Clock in the morn . in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , was buried on the Wednesday following among the graves of his Relations in the Church of Great S. Helen in Bishopsgate street in London . Soon after were published several Elegies on his death , two of which I have seen : One was made by Joshua Barnes Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , which begins thus , Can then a father of our Israel die , And none step forth to sound an Elegy ? The other was made by his great Admirer James Wright of the Middle Temple Esq , the beginning of which also is this . Goodness inspire me , while I write of one , Who was all Goodness ; but alas ! he 's gone . THOMAS SYDENHAM son of Will. Sydenham of Winford Eagle in Dorsetsh . Esq . was born there , became a Communer of Magd. Hall in Midsomer term , an . 1642. aged 18 years or thereabouts , left Oxon while it was a Garrison for his Majesties use , and did not bear Arms for him as other Scholars then and there did , went to London , fell accidentally into the company of a noted Physitian called Dr. Tho. Cox , who finding him to be a person of more than ordinary parts , encourag'd and put him into a method to study Physick at his return to the University . After the said Garrison was delivered to the Parliament Forces he retired again to Magd. Hall , entred on the Physick Line , was actually created Bachelaur of that faculty in the Pembrockian Creation , in Apr. 1648 , having not before taken any degree in Arts ; and about that time subscribing and submitting to the authority of the Visitors appointed by Parliament , he was , thro the endeavours of a near relation , made by them Fellow of All 's . Coll , in the place of one of those many then ejected for their Loyalty . After he had continued for some years there in the zealous prosecution of that Faculty , he left the University without the taking of any other degree there ; and at length setled in Westminster , became Doctor of his Faculty at Cambridge , an exact observer of diseases and their Symptoms , famous for his practice , the chief Physitian from 1660 to 1670 , and in his last dayes Licentiat or Permissus of the College of Physitians . He was a person of a florid stile , of a generous and publick Spirit , very charitable and was more famous , especially beyond the Seas , for his published books , then before he had been for his practice , which was much lessened after the year 1670 , when then he was laid up with the terrible disease of the Gout . He was famous for his cool regimen in the Small-pox , which his greatest Adversaries have been since forc'd to take up and follow . He was also famous for his method of giving the Bark after the Paroxysm in Agues , and for his Laudanum . He hath written , Methodus curandi febres propriis observationinibus superstructa , &c. cui etiam accessit sectio quinta de Peste sive morbo pestilentiali . Lond. 1668. oct , sec . edit . more large and corrected than the former . Observationes Medicae circa morborum acutorum historiam & curationem . Lond. 1676. 85. oct , with his picture before them . An account of these Observat . are in the Philos . Transact . nu . 123. p. 568 , and a just character in Dr. W. Cole's Epist . to our author , printed with Dissert . Epist . following . Epistolae responsoriae duae . Prima de morbis epidemicis ab an . 1675. ad an . 1680. Written to Rob. Brady Doct. of Physick , Master or Head of Caies Coll. in Cambr. and the Kings Professor of Phys . there . Secunda de Luis venereae historia & curatione . Written to Henry Paman Doct. of Physick , Fell. of S. Joh. Coll. in Camb , Pub. Orator of that Univ , and Professor of Phys . in Gresham Coll. Both these Epistles were printed at Lond. 1680. and 85. oct . with two short Epistles set before them written by the said Doctors , Brady and Paman , which our author answers . Dissertatio Epistolaris ad Spectatiss . & doctiss . virum Guliel . Cole M. D. de observationibus nuperis circa curationem variolarum confluentiam , necnon de affectione hysterica . Lond. 1682. 85. oct . The three last books were reprinted at Amsterdam , 1683. oct . with several corrections in them . Tractatus de Podagrâ & Hydrope . Lond. 1683 , 85. oct . All which books were reprinted at Lond. 1685. with an useful index . Schedula monitoria de novae febris ingressu , Lond. 1686. oct . This learned Doctor died in his house in the Pall-mall in the Suburbs of Westm . on the 29. of Decemb. in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , and was buried in the South Isle near to the S. door of the Church of S. James there . He had an elder brother named William Sydenham an active man in the Rebellion against K. Ch. 1. was a Colonel of Horse and Foot , Governor (*) of Weymouth and Melcomb Regis , and Commander in chief in Dorsetshire ; afterward one of O. Cromwells Council and a Lord of his other House , had a great command in the Isle of Wight , was one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury , a great Rumper , and one of the Committee of Safety , &c. HENRY HURST a late noted Preacher of the Nonconformists party , son of Hen. Hurst somtimes Vicar of Mickleton in Glocestershire , was born there , entred a Batler of Madg. Hall after the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon to the Parliament forces ; and being Puritannically educated from his childhood , he submitted to the power of the Visitors when they came to reform , or rather deform the University , an . 1648. In the latter end of the next year he was made by them Probationer-Fellow of Mert. College , where , as in the public Schools , he shew'd himself a quick , dexterous and smart Disputant . After he had taken the degrees in Arts , he became a frequent preacher in these parts , ( without any Orders from a Bishop ) especially in the Church or Chappel of S. Cross of Halywell in the Suburbs of Oxon , where he was much frequented by those of his perswasion , and somtimes by others too , for his edifying way of Preaching . Much about the time of his Majesties restauration he left the College and preached in London with the good approbation of those of his party . So that upon the vacancy of the Church of S. Matthew in Fridaystreet in London , he was , by the majority of the Parishoners votes , elected the Rector thereof . In 1662 he was ejected at Barthelmew-tide for Nonconformity ; whereupon taking all opportunities , he preached in Conventicles , for which he was somtimes brought into trouble . In the latter end of the year 1671. when then an Indulgence of Liberty was granted to Nonconformists , he preached openly in London and somtimes at his native place , where those of his party would usually say that the Gospel was then come among them : But that Indulgence being soon after annul'd upon the petition of the Parliament made to his Majesty , he return'd to his customary preaching in private , and about 1675 his preaching being much admired by Elizabeth Countess or Anglesey , he was taken into the service of her Family and made Chaplain to her Lord ; with whom he continued several years . Upon the breaking out of the Popish Plot in Sept. 1678 he shewed himself very active in aggrevating the concerns thereof in his preachments and common discourses : And it was usual with him to vent his mind in Conventicles , ( not without some passion , ) many things savouring of Treason . But when the Fanatical , which was generally call'd the Presbyterian , Plot broke out in June 1683 he sculk'd , being closely sought after , and was several times in danger of being brought into trouble . When K. Jam. 2. came to the Crown , and another Indulgence was soon after allowed , he preached openly again and continued his Lectures in and near London to the time of his death . His works are these . Several Sermons as ( 1 ) The inability of the highest improved natural man to attain a sufficient and right knowledge of indwelling sin , discovered in three Sermons preached at S. Maries in Oxford , all on Rom. 7. latter part of the 7 verse . Oxon. 1659. oct . The running title on the top of every page is The natural mans blindness . In an Epistle to the Reader set before them , ( which cut the very sinews , as t is said , of Pelagius and Socinus in some of their doctrines ) written by one of the authors perswasion named Hen. Wilkinson D. D. Princ. of Magd. Hall , is this Character given of the author , viz. that he was sufficiently known to him and many others to be a godly , learned , and orthodox Divine , and that through his modesty , and low opinion of himself , did deny , for a long time , his consent to the making of those Sermons of publick use , &c. ( 2 ) Whether well composed religious vowes , do not exceedingly promote religion ? on Psal . 116.12 . and 14. — This is the thirteenth Sermon in The Morning Exercise at Cripplegate , preached in Sept 1661 — Lond. 2661. qu. ( 3 ) Kings and Emperours not rightful Subjects to the Pope , on Acts 26.2 . — This is the third Sermon in The Morning Exercise against Popery , preached by Nonconformists in Conventicles in Southwark — Lond. 1675. qu. ( 4 ) The faithful and diligent Servant of the Lord , a funeral discourse on the death of Mr , Tho. Cawton , on Luke 12.43 . Lond. 1677. qu. ( 5 ) How we may best cure the love of being flattered ? on Prov. 26.28 , in the continuation of The Morning Exercise , 1682. ( 6 ) How we may enquire after news , not as Athenians , but as Christians , for the better managing our prayers and prayses for the Church of God ? on Acts 17.21 . — Preached in Oct. 1689. The revival of Grace , in the vigour and fragrancy of it , by a due application of the blood of Christ , a Sacrifice , a Testator , and bearing a curse for us ; particularly each for the exciting and increasing the graces of the believing Communicant . Lond. 1678. oct . Dedicated to his Patron Arthur Earl of Anglesie . Annotations upon Ezekiel and the twelve lesser Prophets — In continuation of M. Poole's Annotations of the holy Scripture . At length this learned and religious Nonconformist preaching on the Lords day in a Conventicle or Meeting-House in , or near , Covent Garden within the Liberty of Westminster , on a Lords day Apr. 13 , was taken with an apoplectical fit : whereupon being conveyed to a Goldsmiths house adjoyning , expired the next day , ascending , as t were , from the Pulpit to the Throne , in sixteen hundred and ninty , aged 61 , or thereabouts . Afterwards his body was buried in the yard ( near the Sun-Dial within the Railes ) belonging to the Church of S. Paul within the said Cov. Garden , ( wherein he before had buried 3 of his children ) at which time Rich. Adams M. A. somtimes Fellow of Brasn . Coll. ( a Nonconformist Divine ) preached his funeral Sermon . Which being extant the Reader may see more of the person at the latter end thereof , p. 21.22 . &c. ABRAHAM WRIGHT son of Rich. Wr. Citizen and Silk dier of London , son of Jeffr. Wr. of Longborough in Leycestershire , was born in Black-Swan Alley in Thamestreet in the Parish of S. James Garlickhith , in Lond. on the 23. of Decemb. 1611 , educated in Grammar learning partly in Mercers-Chapel School in Cheapside , but mostly in Merchant-Taylors School under Dr. Nich. Grey , elected Scholar of S. Johns Coll. an . 1629 by the endeavours of Dr. Juxon President there , who finding him to be a good Orator , especially in proper and due pronuntiation , ( which in his elderly years he retained in his Sermons and public Offices ) favoured him then and afterwards in his studies . In 1632 he was elected Fellow , and having then a Genie which enclined him to Poetry and Rhetorick , did , while Bach. of Arts , make his collection of Delitiae Poetarum , being then esteemed also an exact master of the Latine tongue , even to the nicest criticisme . On the 30. Aug. 1636 , at which time Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. entertained the King and Qu. at S. Johns Coll , he spoke an English Speech before them when they entred into the Library to see , and be entertained in it at a dinner ; and after dinner he was one of the principal persons that acted in the Comedy called Loves Hospital , or The Hospital of Lovers presented before their Majesties in the public refectory of that House . The chief Actor was the author Mr. Geor. Wilde , and the others , who were all of that House , were Joh. Goad , Humph. Brook ( now one of the Coll. of Physitians ) Edm. Gayton , Joh. Hyfield , &c. On the 24. of Sept. 1637. our author Wright took holy Orders from Dr. Franc. White Bishop of Ely in the Chappel at Ely House in Holbourn near London , and on the 22. of Dec. 1639 he was ordained Priest by Dr. Bancroft B. of Oxon in Ch. Ch. Cathedral ; at which time he preached the Sermon , which was afterwards printed with 4 more : And it being then well approved , and thereupon he accounted an elegant preacher , was the reason why he did frequently appear in S. Maries Pulpit in Oxon , before the City of Lond. at S. Pauls , and before K. Ch. 1. when he resided in Oxon , in the time of the grand Rebellion . In 1643 he took to him a wife from Yarnton near Oxon , and in Aug. 1645 he became Vicar of Okeham in Rutlandshire , by the favour of Dr. Juxon B. of London , and thereupon received Institution from Dr. Towers B. of Peterborough ; but as for Induction he altogether refused , because he was then to have taken the Covenant ; so one Benj. King a Parliamenteer was put into that Vicaridge . Afterwards Mr. Wright went to London and resided there in a retired condition till after the decollation of K. Ch. 1. About that time Sir Geo. Grime or Graham of Peckham near Camberwell in Surrey gave him entertainment in his House ; and because he would not be idle , he instructed Sir George's son in Lat. and Gr. learning , read the Common Prayer on all Sundays and Holydays , and on principal Feasts he preached and administred the Sacraments . About 1655 he was prevailed with to leave Peckham and to live in London , where he was chosen by the Parishoners of S. Olave in Silverstreet to be their Minister and to receive the profits of that little Parish , of which he was in effect the Relator , tho formally to take actual possession of the Living he would not , ( as his nearest Relation hath told me ) because he would avoid Oaths and Obligations . This employment he kept 4 years and preached constantly twice every Sunday , once there , and once in some other Church , baptized and buried according to the Common Prayer , ( as the Relator adds ) and gave the Sacrament according to the Liturgy of the Church of England : whereupon being esteemed one of the Cavalier Ministers of London , as Dr. J. Hewit , Dr. J. Pearson , &c. were , had his share in troubles and was once or more examined for keeping intelligence with the Loyal party . About our Lady day in 1659 he left S. Olaves Ch. to prevent new impositions and engagements then offer'd to such as were in any public Ministry and applyed himself to his private studies . After his Majesties restauration , Benj. King before mention'd did by his Hand and Seal , 2. Aug. 1660 resign up all his title and pretensions to Okeham , whereupon he returned in Oct. following and had peaceable possession delivered to him of the Church there . A little before he had left London to go to Okeham , he was offerd to be Chaplain to the Queen of Bohemia only sister to K. Ch. 1. but he waved that honor and went to Okeham . He was a person of open and profess'd affections for Conformity and no favourer of Sectaries and their Conventicles , and therefore not belov'd by the Dissenters of his Parish , which was always full of them . His Life and Conversation was sober and reserv'd , was a man very charitable to widdowes and fatherless children , and gave money to them and others , amounting to the twentieth part of the true value of his Living . His works , as to learning are these . Delitiae delitiarum , sive Epigrammatum ex optimis quibusque hujus novissimi seculi Poetis in amplissima illa Bib. Bodleiana , & pene omnino alibi extantibus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in unum corollum connexa . Oxon. 1637. in tw . Five Sermons in five several stiles or waies of preaching . The first in Bishop Andrews way , before the late King upon the first day of Lent. The second in B. Halls way ▪ before the Clergy , at the authors own Ordination in Ch. Ch. in Oxon. The third in Dr. Maynes and Mr. Cartwrights way , before the University at S. Maries in Oxford . The fourth in the Presbyterian way , before the City at S. Paules in Lond. and the fifth in the Independed way , never preacht . Lond. 1656. oct . The first is on Matth. 9.15 . ( 2 ) On Deut. 33.8 . ( 3 ) On Cant. 2.2 . ( 4 ) On Luke 16.9 . ( 5 ) Luke 9.23 . The chief end in printing these Sermons , was first to shew the difference between the University and City breeding up of preachers , and to let the people know that any one that hath been bred a Scholar is able to preach any way to the capacity and content of any auditory . And secondly that none can do this , but they only , that have had such education : yet notwithstanding ordinary capacities are more taken with Cloak and Lay mens preaching , than that of the Gown . A practical Commentary or Exposition upon the book of Psalmes , wherein the text of every Psalme is practically expounded according to the doctrine of the Cath. Church , in a way not usually trod by Commentators ; and wholly applyed to the life and salvation of Christians . Lond. 1661. fol. &c. Practical Commentary upon the Pentateuch or five books of Moses . Lond. fol. He also made a collection of Poems , which he intituled , Pernassus biceps . Or several choice pieces of Poetry , composed by the best wits that were in both the Universities before their dissolution . Lond. 1656 oct . The Epistle before them in the behalf those then doubly secluded and sequestred members , was written by the Collector Wright , and those verses of his composition in the said book are in p. 1.54.121.122.126 and 128. He hath also compleated other books , which are not yet printed as ( 1 ) A comical entertainment called The Reformation , presented before the University at S. Johns Coll. Written while he was an Undergraduate . ( 2 ) Novissima Straffordii : sive quaestio Straffordiana , prout à Parliamento exercebatur . 'T is a Narrative of Tho. Earl of Strafford's tryal , written in pure Latine and stile of Tacitus . ( 3 ) Several Sermons , besides an imperfect collection towards the compleating A practical Commentary on the other parts of the Bible , besides what he had already done , some books whereof are finished . This Mr. Wright , who refused , for quietness and solitude sake , several preferments in the Church after his Majesties restauration , departed this mortal life in a good old age on Friday the ninth of May in sixteen hundred and ninety , and was , on the Sunday following , buried in the Church at Okeham before mentioned . He left behind him a son named James Wright born at Yarnton near to , and in the County of , Oxon , in the house of James Stone , father to his mother Jane , entred in 1666 , ( without being educated in any Univ ) into the Society of New Inn near London ; from whence he removed three years after to the Middle Temple , where , at the end of the usual time of study , he was called to Bar. This person hath written and published The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland , collected from records , antient Manuscripts , Monuments on the place and other authorities , illustrated with Sculpture . Lond. 1684 in a thin fol. To which was put an Addition — Lond. 1687 in 2 sh . and an half in fol. He hath also published little trivial things of History and Poetry , meerly to get a little money , which he will not own . THEODORE HAAK was born at Newhausen near Wormes in the Palatinate , on the day of S. James S. V. an . 1605 , educated in Grammar , and in the Reform'd Religion in those parts , travelled into England in 1625 , retired to Oxon about the beginning of Aug. the same year , while the two Houses of Parliament were sitting there , continued half an year in obtaining Academical learning , and afterwards at Cambridg as much . Thence he went and visited several Cities and recesses of the Muses beyond the Seas , returned in 1629 , became a Communer of Glocester Hall , continued there near three years , but took no degree , and soon after was made a Deacon by Dr. Jos . Hall Bishop of Exeter . In the time of the German Wars he was appointed one of the Procurators to receive the benevolence money which was raised in several Diocesses in England to be transmitted into Germany , which he usually said was a Deacons work , and when the Wars broke out in this Nation he seemed to favour the interest of Parliament , having been alwaies Calvinistically educated . The Prince Elector did afterwards kindly incite him to be his Secretary , but he , loving Solitude , declined that employment , as he did the Residentship at London for the City of Hamburgh , and for Fred. 3. King of Denmark , &c. The Reader may be pleased now to understand that when the Synod of Dort was celebrated in 1618 , care was then taken that the most learned and pious Divines of the United Provinces should make a new and accurate Translation of the Bible , and Annotations to be put thereunto : In which work they were assisted by many eminent and able Divines from most of the reformed Churches , and particularly from England by Dr. Geo. Carleton Bishop of Chichester , Dr. Jo. Davenant B. of Sarum , Dr. Hall B. of Exon , Dr. Sam. Ward of Cambr. &c. by whose great and assiduous Labours , jointly for many years together , the said Annotations were compleated , and came forth in print first , an . 1637. These Annotations I say , commonly called the Dutch Annotations , being thought very fit , and of great use , by the Assembly of Divines sitting at Westm . to be translated into English by the hand of Th. Haak , it was ordered and ordained by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parl. 30. of March 1648. for the encouragement of the said undertaker Theod. Haak , that he , or whom he should assign , should have the priviledge of printing and vending the said Annotations for the space of 14 years : ( which terme should begin from the time of the first impression ) So that none else , under what pretence soever should be permitted to intermeddle in printing the whole , or any part thereof , upon the pain of forfeiting a thousand pounds to the said Theod. Haak , &c. Afterwards the work going forward and the whole Englished by Haak , it came out with this title The Dutch Annotations upon the whole Bible , together with their translation according to the direction of the Synod of Dort , 1618. Lond. 1657. in two vol. in fol. Before which , is an exact narrative touching the work , and the said translation . Besides the translation of this great work Mr. Haak hath translated into High Dutch several English books of practical Divinity , as ( 1 ) Of the deceitfulness of mans heart , written by Dan. Dyke ( 2 ) The Christians daly walke , &c. written by Hen. Scudder , ( 3 ) The old Pilgrim , being the Hist . of the Bible , written by Anon. but not yet printed , as other translations , which he had made , are not . He also translated into High Dutch in blank verse , half the Poem called Paradise lost , written by Joh. Milton ; which comming into the hands of J. Secbald . Fabricius the famous Divine at Heidelberg , he was so much taken with it , that in a Letter sent to the Translator he tells him — incredible est quantum nos omnes afficerit gravitas stili & copia lectissimorum verborum , &c. He also made ready for the Press before his death about 3000 Proverbs out of the Germ. into the English tongue , and as many into the Germ , from the Language of the Spaniard , who are famous for wise sayings and had most part of them from the Arabians . This Mr. Haak who was several years Fellow of the Royal Society , hath Observations and Letters in the Philosophical Collections , which were published in the beginning of May 1682 , and perhaps in the Transactions , Quaere . At length this virtuous and learned person departing this mortal life in the house of his kinsman Fred. Slare or Slear M. D , situate and being in an Alley joyning to Fetter Lane , on Sunday the ninth day of May in sixteen hundred and ninety , was buried three days after in a vault under the Chancel of S. Andrews Church in Holbourn near London : At which time Dr. Anth. Horneck a German , preached his Funeral Sermon , wherein were delivered several remarks of Mr. Haaks life ; but that Sermon being not yet extant , I cannot therefore refer you to it . Among the many great and learned acquaintance which Mr. Haak had , were Prince Rupert , Dr. Usher Primate of Ireland , Dr. Williams Archb. of York , Joh. Selden , Dr. Hall Bishop of Exeter , Dr. Predeaux B. of Worc. Dr. Walton B. of Chester , Dr. Wilkins B. of the same place , Briggs and Pell Mathematicians , Dr. W. Alabaster the Poet , ( whose Manuscript called Elisaeis he had by him , and kept it as a choice relique of his deceased friend to the time of his death ) Sir Will. Boswell Ambassador at the Hague , who encouraged him to keep and continue his correspondence with the learned Marseanus , and others of later time . JOHN RUSHWORTH was born of Gentile Parents in the County of Northumberland , educated for a time in this University in the latter end of the Raign of K. Jam. 1 , but left it soon after without being matriculated , and retiring to London , he entred himself a Student in Lincolns Inn , of which he became a Barrister . But his Geny then leading him more to State affairs than the Common Law , he began early to take in Characters Speeches and passages at conferences in Parliament and from the Kings own mouth which he speak to both the Houses , and was upon the stage continually an eye and an ear witness of the greatest transactions . He did also personally attend and observe all occurrences of moment during the eleven years interval of Parliament , in the Star-Chamber , Court of Honour and Exchecquer Camber , when all the Judges of England met there upon extraordinary cases ; and at the Council Table when great causes were tried before the K. and Council . Afterwards when matters were agitated at a great distance , he was there also , and went on purpose , out of curiosity , to see and observe the passages at the Camp at Berwick , at the fight at Newborne upon Tyne , with the Scots at the Treaty at Rippon and at the great Council at York , an . 1640. Soon after , when that Parliament called the Long Parliament began , which was on the 3. of Nov. the same year , he was chosen an Assistant to Hen. Elsing Clark of the Commons House , by which means he was privy afterwards to all circumstances in their proceedings : And both Houses having confidence in , they sent their addresses by , him to the King then at York , being forced thither by their violent proceedings : And it so fell out that he rode several times with that expedition between London and that City , which is 150 miles , that he performed the journey in 24 hours . In 1643 he took the Covenant and was a great man among the Presbyterians ; and being near of kin to Sir Thomas Fairfax ( for his father and mother were Natives of Yorkshire of antient extract ) he became Secretary to him when he was made Generalissimo of the Parliament Forces ; in which Office he obtained , or at least might have so done , what wealth he pleased , which might , had he husbanded it well , have supported his necessities in his last days . In 1646 when the Garrison of Oxon was besieg'd by the said Generalissimo , his help was somtimes required , and when the Treaty for the delivery of it up for the use of the Parliament was in agitation , he was often posting to London upon intermessages and fatigues , till it was concluded . In 1649 he attended his Master , ( then Lord Fairfax ) with several great Officers of note to the University of Oxon , where being all splendidly entertain'd by the then chief Members thereof of the Presbiterian and Independent perswasion , he was actually created Master of Arts , and at the same time , he , as a Member of Queens Coll , was made one of the Delegates to take into consideration the affairs then depending between the Citizens of Oxon , and Members of the said University . After his Lord had laid down his Commission as General , he took up his quarters for some time in Linc. Inn , and being in great esteem by the men of those times , he was in January 1651 constituted one of the Committee to consult about the Reformation of the Common Law. In 1658 he was chosen a Burges for Berwick upon Twede , ( near to which place he had received his first breath ) to serve in that Parliament called Richards Parl , which began at Westm . 27. Jan. the same year , and again for the same place for that which commenc'd 25. of Apr. 1660 , but for that which began in May 1661 , he was not . In Sept. 1667 , at which time Sir Orl. Bridgman was made L. Keeper of the Great Seal , he was by him made his Secretary , and continuing in that Office so long as his Lord kept his , he was then again in a capacity of enriching himself , or at least to lay up some thing for a wet day . Afterwards when the Popish Plot broke out and the Presbyterians and other discontented people began to be dominant , he was elected Burges for the same place to serve in that Parl. which began 6. Mar. 1678 , as he was afterwards for that which commenc'd 17. Oct. 1679 , and for the Oxford . Parl. that followed ; he being then , as alwaies before , esteemed no great friend to the Church of England and Prelacy . After the dissolution of Oxford Parliament , he lived very retiredly and obscurely within the City of Westminster ; but at length being committed prisoner for debt to the Kings bench , he finished his course there as I shall anon tell you . His works are these . Historical Collections of private passages of State , weighty matters in Law and remarkable proceedings in five Parliaments . Beginning the 16 year of K. James , an . 1618 and ending the fifth year of K. Charles , an . 1629 , digested in order of time . Lond. 1659 fol. There again by stealth , bearing the same date , an . 1675. When the author was fitting this book for the Press he made use of certain Manuscripts in the hands of Bulstr . Whitlock one of Olivers Lords , and when it was finished he presented it to the view of Oliver himself , but he having no leisure to peruse it , he appointed the said Whitlock to do it Jan. 1657 , and accordingly running it over more than once , he made some alterations in , and additions to , it . After it was finished at the Press , he dedicated the book to Richard Cromwel then L. Protector . Historical Collections . The second part , containing the principal matters which hapned from the dissolution of the Parl. on the 16. of Mar. 4. Car. 1. 1628 / 9. until the summoning of the other Parliam , which met at Westm . 13. Apr. 1640 , with an account of the proceedings of that Parl ; and the transactions and affairs from that time , until the meeting of another Parl. on the 3. of Nov. following . With some remarkable passages therein , during the first sixth months , &c. Lond. 1680. in two vol. in fol. At the end of the last is a large Appendix , containing Star-Chamber Reports , for the years 1625. 26. 27 and 1628 , Articles of Peace , entercourses and Commerce , with several other things . The tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford , L. Lieutenant of Ireland , upon an impeachment of High Treason by the Commons assembled in Parliament , in the name of themselves and all the Commons of England : begun in Westm . Hall 20. Mar. 1640 and continued before judgment was given until the 10. of May 1641 , &c. Lond. 1680. fol. To which is added a short account of some other matters of fact transacted in both Houses of Parl , precedent , concomitant , and subsequent to the said tryal , with some special arguments in Law relating to a bill of attainder . — But the publisher of the said Collections , having , as 't is said , concealed truth , endeavoured to vindicate the then prevailing distractions of the late times , as well as their barbarous actions , and with a kind of rebound to libel the government at second hand ; it pleased Joh. Nalson LL. D. of Cambridge to publish in vindication of the real truth An impartial Collection of the great affairs of State ; from the beginning of the Scotch Rebellion , an . 1639. to the murther of K. Ch. 1. &c. Printed at Lond. in two vol. in fol. The first extending to the end of 1641. was printed an . 1682 , and the other to the said murther , an . 1683 ; both published by his Maj. special command , &c. Afterwards were Reflections made on the said Impartial Collection by Rog. Coke Esq a Descendant from Sir Edw. Coke the great Lawyer , printed with his Treatises of the life of man , &c. Lond. 1685. fol. This Dr. Nalson who was an eminent Historian , and otherwise well qualified , hath written besides the former volumes ( 1 ) The Countermine : or , a short , but true discovery of the dangerous principles , and secret practices of the dissenting party , especially the Presbyterians : shewing that Religion is pretended , but Rebellion is intended . And , &c. Lond. 1677. oct . &c. ( 2 ) The common interest of King and people , shewing the original , antiquity and excellency of Monarchy compared with Aristocracy and Democracy , and particularly of our English Monarchy : and that absolute , Papal and Presbyterian popular supremacy are utterly inconsistent with prerogative , property and liberty . Lond. 1678 oct . ( 3 ) A true copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice , for the trial of K. Ch. 1. as it was read in the H. of Commons , and attested under the hand of Phelps , Clerk to that infamous court . Lond. 1684. fol. With a large introduction by the said Nalson . He hath also translated into Engl. The History of the Crusade ; or the expeditions of the Christian Princes for the Conquest of the Holy Land. Lond. 1685 fol. Written originally in French by the fam'd Monsieur Maimbourgh . What other things he hath written or translated I know not as yet , or any thing else of him only that he died at , or near , the City of Ely on the 19. of March , or thereabouts ( according to the English accompt ) an . 1685. to the great loss of the true Sons of the Church of England , of which he had been a zealous Member . Our author Rushworth hath also written The History of the Civil War of England — This which is the fift vol. is in MS , and not yet published . Several Letters to the Parliament , and to particular Members thereof — These he wrote while the War continued , and were subscribed by himself and not by Gen. Fairfax as the printed copies shew . What other books he hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he spent the six last years ( or thereabouts ) of his life in the Prison called the Kings bench in Southwark , where being reduced to his second childship , for his memory was quite decayed by taking too much Brandy to keep up his spirits , he quietly gave up the Ghost in his lodging in a certain Alley there , call'd Rules Court , on Munday the twelfth of May in sixteen hundred and ninety , aged 83 years or thereabouts . Whereupon his body was buried on Wednesday following , behind the Pulpit , in the Church of S. George within the said Borough of Southwark . He had no son , only daughters , virtuous women , of which one was married to Sir Franc. Vane of the North. HENRY WILKINSON junior , commonly called Dean Harry , son of Will. Wilk . of Adwick , or Adwickstreet , in the West Riding of Yorkshire Priest ; was born there , an . 1616 , instructed mostly in Grammar learning in Edw. Sylvesters School in Allsaints Parish within the City of Oxon , entred a Communer of Magd. Hall in 1631 , took the degrees in Arts , entred into holy Orders , and became a noted Tutor in , and moderator or Dean of , his House . At length upon the eruption of the Civil War in 1642 , he left the University , adher'd to the Parliament party , took the Covenant and became a forward and frequent preacher among them . After the Garrison of Oxon was surrendred to the Parliament Forces , he returned to the University , and by the authority of the then dominant party he was created Bach ▪ of Divinity , made Principal of his Hall and Moral Philosophy Reader of the University . Afterwards we find him one of the most frequent and active preachers among the Presbyterians in the University , whether at S. Maries , S. Martin commonly called Carfax , S. Pet. in the East , &c. being then Doct. of Divinity , and took all the ways imaginable to make his House flourish with young Students . At length the Act of Conformity being published in 1662 , he , rather than conform , left his Principallity ( tho perswaded to the contrary by some of the Heads of the University , purposely to keep him there , because he was a good Disciplinarian ) and lived for some time in these parts . Afterwards , upon the receipt of a Call , he lived by the help of the Brethren at Buckminster in Leycestershire , where he exercised his gifts in Conventicles , as he did afterwards at Gosfield in Essex , and in 1673 and after , at Sybill-Hennyngham near to that place , and a length at Great Connard near Sudbury in Suffolke ; at which last place he finished this mortal life , as I shall tell you by and by , having before suffered by imprisonments , mulcts and loss of his Goods and Books for preaching in Conventicles against the Act. He was a zealous person in the way he professed , but oversway'd more by the Principles of education than reason . He was very courteous in speech and carriage , communicative of his knowledge , generous , and charitable to the poor ; and so publick spirited ( a rare thing in a Presbyterian ) that he alwaies minded the common good , more than his own concerns . His works as to learning are these , Conciones tres apud Academicos Oxonii nuper habitae . Oxon. 1654. oct . The first is on Psal . 119.9 . The second on Eccles . 2.1 . and the third on 1. Pet. 4.11 . Brevis tractatus de jure divino diei dominici . Ibid. 1654. 58. oct . Conciones sex ad Academicos Oxonienses . Ib. 1658. oct . Among which are the former three . De impotentia liberi arbitrii ad bonum spiritale . Oxon 1658. oct . Print . with Conc. Sex. Epistolarum decas . Oxon 1658. oct . Print . with Conc. Sex. Oratio habita in schola moralis philosophiae . Oxon 1658. oct . Print . with Conc. Sex. Conc. duae ap . Ox. nuper habitae . Ibid. 1659. qu. Both on 1. Cor. 16.22 . Concio de brevitate opportuni temporis Oxon habita ad Bac. die Cinerum , 7. Mar. 1659. Ib. 1660. qu , preached on 1. Cor. 7.29 . Several English Sermons , as ( 1 ) Sermon at Haseley in the County of Oxon , at the funeral of Margaret , late wife of Dr. Edw. Corbet Pastor of Hasely , on Col. 1.27 . Ox. 1657. oct . ( 2 ) Three decads of Sermons lately preached to the University in S. Maries Ch. in Oxon. Ox. 1660. qu. ( 3 ) Several Sermons concerning Gods All-Sufficiency , and Christs preciousness . Lond. 1681. oct . &c. Catalogus librorum in Bibl. Aul. Madg. Oxon. Ox. 1661. oct . The doctrine of contentment briefly explained , and practically applied in a Treatise on 1. Tim. 6.8 . Lond. 1671. oct . Characters of a sincere heart , and the comforts thereof , collected out of the word of God. Lond. 1674. oct . Two treatises concerning ( 1 ) Gods All-Sufficiency . ( 2 ) Christs Preciousness . Being the substance of some Sermons long since preached in the Univ. of Ox. Lond. 1681. oct . These two treatises are the same with the Several Sermons before mention'd , with some alterations in , and additions to , them , purposely to please his friend and favourer ( one of his perswasion ) called Joh. Clark of S. Edm. Bury Esq . by a dedication to him , set before them . Praelectiones Morales . MS. in Magd. Hall Libr. They are his Lectures that he read in the Moral Philosophy School while he was public Reader of that Lecture . At length , after the latter part of the life of this zealous Theologist had been spent in trouble and adversity for the cause he professed , he very devoutly surrendred up , his soul to God at Great Connard before mention'd , on the 13 day of May in sixteen hundred and ninety : Whereupon his body being conveyed to Mildin or Milding near Lavenham in Suffolk , by very many persons of his perswasion , and by some others too , was buried in the Church there on the 15 day of the same month . Soon after was a stone laid over his grave , with a short inscription thereon . EZEKIEL HOPKINS son of the Curat of Sandford , a Chappel of ease to Crediton , in Devonshire , was born there , became a Choirister of Magd. Coll. 1649. aged 16 years or thereabouts , Usher of the School adjoyning when Bach. of Arts , Chaplain of the said Coll. when Master , and would have been elected Fellow , had his County been elegible , in all which time he lived and was educated under Presbyterian and Independent discipline . About the time of his Majesties restauration he became Assistant to Dr. Will. Spurstow Minister of Hackney near London , with whom he continued till the Act of Conformity was published ; in which time being noted for his fluent and ready preaching , some of the parishioners of S. Mattew Fridaystreet in London would have chosen him to be their Rector , but Mr. Henr. Hurst another Candidate carried that place away from him by a majority . Afterwards the parishioners of Allhallows , or else of S. Edmund , in Lombardstreet did elect him to be their Preacher , but the Bishop of London would not admit him because he was a popular preacher among the Fanaticks . Afterwards he went to the City of Exeter , where he became Minister of S. Maries Church there , and much approved and applauded for his elegant and dexterous preaching by Seth Bishop of that City . At length John Lord Roberts hearing him accidentally preach to his very great delight , he did afterwards freely offer to him the place of Chaplain when he went in the quality of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , an . 1669. Which Office he very freely accepting , went accordingly with him , and in the latter end of that year , or in the beginning of the next , he was by that Lord made Dean of Raphoe . Soon after the said Lord being recalled into England , he recommended his Chaplain to his Successor , who also taking especial notice of , confer'd on , him the Bishoprick of Raphoe , an . 1671 , so that by vertue of Letters Pat. dat . 27. of Oct. the same year , he was Consecrated thereunto 29. of the same month . In the latter end of Octob. 1681 he was translated to London Derry in the place of Dr. Mich. Ward deceased ; where continuing till the Forces in Ireland under the Earl of Tirconnel stood up in the defence of K. Jam. 2. against K. William 3 , he retired into England in 1688 , and in Sept. 1689 he was by the parishioners of S. Mary Aldermanbury in London elected to be their Minister , upon the removal of Dr. Stratford to the See of Chester . He hath written , Several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The Vanity of the World , on Eccles . 1.2 . Lond. 1661. oct . ( 2 ) Serm. at the funeral of Algernon Grevill Esq . second brother to the right hon . Rob. Lord Brook who departed this life Jul. 21. at Magd. Coll. in Oxon , and was buried at Warwick on the 6. of Aug. 1662 , on Ecles . 9.5 . Lond. 1663. qu. ( 3 ) Sermon preached at Ch. Ch. in Dublin Jan. 31. an 1669. on 1. Pet. 2.13.14 . Dubl . 1671. qu. All which were reprinted at Lond. 1685. oct . ( 4 ) Serm. on John. 7.19 . ( 5 ) Serm. on Gal. 3.10 . — These two last were printed at the end of the Exposition f●llowing . An Exposition on the 10 Commandments . Lond. 1692. qu. Published in the beginning of Aug. 1691. with his picture before it , by the care of Dr. Edw. Wetenhall Bishop of Cork and Ross , author of the Epistle before it , dated at Peckham place , 3. Jul. 1671. This Bishop Hopkins died on the 19. day of June in sixteen hundred and ninety , and was buried on the 24. of the said month in the Church of S. Mary Aldermanbury before mention'd . He had an elder brother named John , Bach. of Arts of Wadham Coll , who died before he took the degree of Master , and a younger called James , Bach. of Arts of Corp. Ch. Coll. who dying also before he was Master of Arts , in Octob. or thereabouts , an . 1663 was buried at Hackney near London . They were all three comly and ingenious persons , and beloved of their Contemporaries in their respective Colleges . THOMAS FRANKLAND a Lancashire man born , was entred a Student in Brasnose Coll. on the first of May , an . 1649 , aged 16 years , took a degree in Arts , and in 1654 was made Fellow thereof . Afterwards proceeding in his Faculty , he became a preacher ( tho not in Episcopal Orders ) in these parts . In 1662 he was admitted one of the Proctors of the University , and in the year after , being then in holy Orders , he was with much adoe ( his Grace being denied three times as I shall till you elsewhere ) admitted to the reading of the Sentences . Afterwards he applied his studies to the Faculty of Physick , setled in London and pretended to be a Doctor of that Faculty of Oxon , when he was in the company of Cambridg men , and to be Doctor of Cambridg , when in the company of Oxford men . At length being a Candidate to be Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians , which he could not be without being Doctor , he produced a forged Certificate or Diploma to attest that he was Doctor of that Faculty , and thereupon he was at length admitted Fellow of the said Coll , and afterwards was Censor thereof . But he being of an haughty , turbulent and huffing spirit , and therefore much dislik'd by the Society , especially the Juniors , some of them , whom he had much displeased , were resolv'd to take him shorter and humble him . Whereupon , they having received a hint that he was no Doctor , they sent privately to Dr. Jam. Hyde the Kings Professor of Physick and Mr. Ben. Cooper the public Registrary of the Univ. of Oxon , that they would search the Registers thereof , and certifie them whether he the said Tho. Frankland ever took the degree of Doctor of Phys . among them : whereupon they , upon their search , finding no such matter , did accordingly certifie them of it . Afterwards they sent a Latine Letter to the Vice-chancellour , Doctors , Proctors and Masters of the University to acquaint them with the forgery of the said Thom. Frankland , desiring them withall that they would certifie the President and Community of the Coll. of Physitians that he was no Doctor of Phys . of their University , which they accordingly did , in Nov. 1677. However this being a just reason for his ejection ▪ yet notwithstanding , by the connivance of the Seniors of the said College , he did continue afterwards among them , but lost much of his Credit , and Practice too , as I have heard . This person , who was esteemed a good Scholar while he continued in Oxon , hath written and published . The Annals of K. James and K. Charles the first , containing a faithful History and impartial account of the great affairs of State , and transactions of Parliament in England , from the tenth of K. James , 1612 , to the eighteenth of K. Charles , 1642. Wherein several passages , relating to the late Civil Wars ( omitted in former Histories ) are made known . Lond. 1681. in a large folio . It was also commonly reported , that he was author of a book entit . The honors of the Lords Spiritual asserted , and their privileges to vote in Capital Cases in Parl. maintained by Reason and Precedents , &c. Lond. 1679. in 7. sh . in fol. but how true I cannot tell . Quaere . He died in the Prison called the Fleet in London , about Midsomer , in sixteen hundred and ninety , and was buried in the middle Isle of the Church of S. Vedastus in Foster-Lane within the said City , as I have been lately enformed thence . JOHN CAVE son of Joh. Cave Impropriator and Vicar of Great Milton in Oxfordshire was born at Stoke-Line near Bister in the same County , educated in the Free School at Thame , became Demy of Magd. Coll. an . 1654 , and on the 24. Sept. 1660 , he being then Bach. of Arts , was elected Fellow of that of Lincoln : At which time conforming himself to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England , notwithstanding he had been disciplin'd under Presbyterians and Independents , he afterwards took the degree of Master and entred into holy Orders . Afterwards he was made Rector of Cold Overton commonly call'd Coleorton in Leicestershire , and Chaplain to Dr. Crew when he was made Bishop of Durham . Which Doctor bestowing on him the Church of Gateside near Newcastle upon Tyne , he afterwards changed it with Rich. Werge for Nailston in Leicestershire : which with Coleorton and a Prebendship of Durham ( which he also obtained by the favour of the said Bishop ) he kept to his dying day . He hath published Several Sermons as ( 1 ) A Serm. preached at the Assizes in Leicester , 31. Jul. 1679. on Micah . 4.5 . Lond. 1679. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. to a country audience on the late day of Fasting and Prayer , Jan. 30. on Tim. 1.2 . ver . 1.2 . Lond. 1679. qu. ( 3 ) The Gospell preached to the Romans , in four Sermons , of which two were preached on the 5. of Nov. and two on the 30. of Jan ; all on Rom. 1.15 . Lond. 1681. oct . ( 4 ) The duty and benefit of submission to the will of God in afflictions , two Serm. on Heb. 12.9 . Lond. 1682. qu. ( 5 ) King Davids Deliverance and Thanksgiving ; applyed to the case of our King and Nation ; in two Sermons , the one preached on the second , the other on the ninth , of Sept. 1683 , the first on Psal . 18.48 . the second on Psal . 18.49 . Lond. 1684. qu. ( 5 ) Christian tranquility : Or the Government of the passion of joy and grief , Serm. upon the occasion of the much lamented death of that hopeful young Gent. Mr. Franc. Wollatson ( Wollaston ) an only son and heir to a very fair estate , preached at Shenton in Leycestersh . Lond. 1685. qu. This Mr. Cave died in the beginning of Oct. in sixteen hundred and ninety , aged 52 years or thereabouts , and was buried in the Church at Coleorton before mention'd . In his Prebendship succeeded Sam. Eyre D. D. of Lincolne Coll. JOHN MAYNARD the eldest son of Alex. Mayn . of Tavistock in Devons . Esq . was born there , became a Communer of Exeter Coll. in the beginning of the year 1618 , aged 16 years or thereabouts , took the degree of Bach. of Arts , but before he determined , or completed that degree by Determination in Schoolstreet , he went to the Middle Temple studied the Municipal Law , was called to the Bar , and , being a favourite of Will. Noy Attorney General , was much resorted to for his Counsel . In the year 1640 he was chosen a Burgess for Totness in his County , to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 13. Apr. and again for the same place , to serve in that Parl , that began there 3. Nov. following : In which last , he being noted for his activity , and readiness in pleading , he was appointed on of the Committee to draw up Evidence against the most noble Thomas Earl of Strafford , whom afterwards he baited to some purpose in the name of the Commons of England . Afterwards he managed the Evidence against Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant , took the Covenant , was one of the Lay-men nominated in the Ordinance of the Lords and Commons to sit with the Ass . of Divines , got then much by his practice and became a considerable gainer in a Circuit that was appointed by order of Parliament , an . 1647. In 1653 ( 1. Oliv. Protect . ) he was by Writ dated 4. Feb , called to the degree of Serjeant at Law , having before taken the Engagement , and on the first of May following he was by Patent made the Protectors Serjeant , and pleaded in his and the then Causes behalf against several Royallists that were tried in the pretended High Court of Justice , wherein several generous Cavaliers and noble Hearts received the dismal Sentence of death . Afterwards he continued in great repute under that Usurper , was setled in his place of the Protectors Serjeant by Let. Pat. under the Great Seal of England , continued so in Richards Raigne and obtained wealth as he pleased . After his Maj. Restauration , in 1660 , he wheeled about , struck in with his party , took those Oaths that he had done before to K. Ch. 1 , and by Writ dated in the beginning of June , he was called again to the degree of Serjeant , was made the Kings Serjeant by the corrupt dealing of a great man of the Law , on the 9. of Nov , and Knighted on the 16 of the same mouth , an . 1660 ; at which time he was appointed one of the Judges , but by several excuses he got clear off from that employment . In the beginning of 1661 he was elected Burgess of Beralston in Devonshire to sit in that Parliament that began at Westm . 8. of May in the same year , wherein for some time he shewed himself a Loyal person : But when he saw to what end the several affairs and interests of men tended to , the increase of Pensioners therein , and Popery in the Nation , he stood up for the good of this Country , and thereupon was esteemed by some a Patriot . After that Parliament was dissolv'd , he was elected a Burgess in his own Country to serve in the next three Parliaments that were called by K. Ch. 2 , and in that which began on the 17. of Oct. 1679 , ( which , because of several Prorogations , did not sit till 21. of Oct. 1680 ) he was one of the Committee appointed to mannage the Evidence against William Viscount Stafford , impeached of High Treason relating to the Popish Plot , but he being then an aged man , he was not so eager in that employment , as he was before against Strafford . When K. Jam 2. came to the Crown , he was chosen Burgess for Beralston again , to sit in that Parliament that begun at Westm . 19. May 1685 , and when the Prince of Aurange became King by the name of Will. 3 , he , with Anth. Kecke of the Inner Temple Esq , and Will. Rawlinson Sergeant at Law , were on the 2. of Mar. or thereabouts , an . 1688 constituted Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England . In the year following he was chosen Burges for Plymouth to sit in that Parl. that began at Westm . 20. Mar , 1689 , but being then grown very infirm by his great age , he gave up his place of Commissioner soon after : whereupon their Majesties did in the beginning of June 1690 constitute Sir Joh. Trevor Knight Speaker of the House of Commons , the said W. Rawlinson then a Knight and Sir Geo. Hutchins , Commissioners of the said Great Seal , and on the third of the said month , being all three sworn , their Majesties were pleased to deliver to them the Seal , with their Commissions . This Sir Joh. Maynard was a person , who , by his great reading and knowledge in the more profound and perplexed parts of the Law , did long since procure the known repute of being one of the chief Dictators of the Long Robe , and by his great practice for many years together did purchase to himself no small Estate . And however obnoxious he hath rendred himself on other accounts , yet I judg my self , out of the sense of public gratitude , obliged to speak here thus much in his just vindication , viz. that he did alwaies vigorously espouse the Interest and Cause of his Mother the University of Oxon ( contrary to what others of his Profession , on whom she hath laid equal engagements , have too commonly done ) by alwaies refusing to be entertained by any against her : And when ever persons delegated by her authority for the management of her public litigious conce●ns have applyed themselves to him for his advice and assistance , he did most readily yeild both , by acting his best on her behalf . This Sir Jo. Maynard hath these things following extant under his name . Several discourses in the management of the evidence against Thom. Earl of Strafford . Sev. disc . in the man. of the Ev. against Will. Archb. of Cant. — These Discourses you may see at large in the Collections (*) Joh. Rushworth . Speech to both Houses of Parliament 24. of Mar. 1640 in reply upon the Earl of Straffords Answer to his Articles at the Barr. Lond. 1641. qu. See in the Trial of the said Count upon an impeachment of High Treason , published by Jo. Rushworth Esq , wherein are many Arguings of this our author Maynard : of whom and his actions relating thereunto , are these verses (a) extant . The Robe was summon'd , Maynard in the head , In legal murder none so deeply read : I brought him to the Bar , where once he stood , Stain'd with the ( yet un-expiated ) blood Of the brave Strafford , when three kingdoms rung With his accumulative active tongue , &c. Other verses of him are also in mother poem entit . A dialogue between the Ghosts of the two last Parliaments , at their late interview ; published in the beginning of Apr. 1681 , which for brevity sake I shall now omit . Speech at the Committee at Guildhall in Lond. 6. Jan. 1641. concerning the breaches and priviledges of Parliament . Lond. 1642 in 1. sh in qu. Londons Liberty : or , a learned argument of Law and Reason before the L. Mayor and Court of Aldermen at the Guildhall , an . 1650. Lond. 1682 fol. See more in more in Sir Matth. Hale , p. 426. Reports and Cases argued and adjudged in the time of K. Ed. 2 ; and also divers memoranda of the Exchecquer in the time of K. Ed. 1. Lond. 1079. in fol. published according to the antient MSS. then remaining in the hands of him the said Sir Jo. Maynard . Speech and Arguings in the Trial of Will. Visc . Stafford , &c. — See the said Trial printed at Lond. in fol. 1680 / 1. wherein are also several of his Discourses . At length after this Sir Joh. Maynard had lived to a great age and had acted Proteus like in all changes to gain riches and popularity , he gave up the ghost in his house at Gonnersbury in the Parish of Elyng in the County of Middl. on the ninth day of Octob. in sixteen hundred and ninety ; whereupon his body , attended by certain Officers of Arms and a large train of Coaches , was in few days after buried in the Church at Elyng . In his time lived also another Sir Joh. Maynard , Knight of the Bath and second brother to the Lord Maynard , chose Burgess for Lestithel or Lestuthiel in Cornwall to sit in that unhappy Parl. that began at Westm . 3. Nov. 1640 , wherein expressing a pique to the Army by endeavouring to have them disbanded , an . 1647 , he was by them impeached of High Treason , turn'd out of the H. of Commons and committed Prisoner to the Tower of London . He was a zealous Covenantier , a sharp (b) Antagonist to the Independent Faction and hath some little things extant going under his name : Among which is A Speech in the H. of Commons , wherein is stated the case of Lieu. Coll. Joh. Lilbourne , &c. Lond. 1648. qu. These things I thought fit to let the Reader know , because both these Maynards have been taken for each other in History . Whether this last be the same Sir Jo. Maynard who was of Graveney in Surrey , and died in the beginning of the year 1664 , or thereabouts , I know not as yet . Quaere . Another Joh. Maynard I have mention'd under the year 1669 p. 335 , but he was a Divine : And another I find , who was a Devonian born , bred in Exeter Coll , and afterwards was made Rector of Goodleigh in his own Country , but this person , who died at Goodleigh in 1627 , hath not published any thing . RICHARD LOWER the late eminent Physitian , was born of a gentile family at Tremere near Blissland and Bodmin in Cornwal , elected from the College School at Westminster a Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1649 , aged 18 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being compleated in 1655 , entred upon the Physick Line , and practised that Faculty under Dr. Tho. Willis , whom he helped , or rather instructed , in some parts of Anatomy , especially when he was meditating his book De Cerebro , as I have elsewhere told you . In Apr. 1664 , he , in his travels with the said Doctor to visit Patients , made a discovery of the medicinal water at East Throp commonly Astrop near Kings-Sutton in Northamptonshire , the Doctor being then , as usually , asleep or in a sleepy condition on horsback . Afterwards , our author Lower imparting his discovery to the Doctor , they in their return , or when they went that way again , made experiments of it , and thereupon understanding the virtue thereof , the Doctor commended the drinking of it to his Patients . Soon after the water was contracted into a Well , and upon the said commendations , 't was yearly , as to this time it is , frequented by all sorts of people . In 1665 our author Lower took the degrees in Physick , practised the transfusion of blood from one Animal into another , and as if he had been the first discoverer , took the invention of it to himself in his book De Corde , but mistaken , as I have told you elsewhere . See my discourse of Franc. Potter , under the year 1678. p. 454. However the members of the Royal Society took the hint from his practice and made experiments of it in the year following . In 1666 he followed Dr. Willis to the great City , and setling at first in Hatton Garden , practised under him and became Fellow of the said Society . Afterwards , growing famous , he removed to Salisbury Court near Fleetstreet , and thence to Bowstreet , and afterwards to Kingstreet near Covent Garden ; where being much resorted to for his succesful practice , especially after the death of Dr. Willis , an . 1675 , he was esteemed the most noted Physitian in Westminster and London , and no mans name was more cried up at Court than his , he being then also Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians . At length upon the breaking out of the Popish Plot in 1678. ( about which time he left the Royal Society , and thereupon their experiments did in some manner decay ) he closed with the Whiggs , supposing that party would carry all before them : But being mistaken , he thereby lost much of his Practice at and near the Court , and so consequently his Credit . At that time a certain Physitian named Tho. Short a R. C. struck in , carried all before him there , and got riches as he pleased ; but he dying in the latter end of Sept. 1685 , most of his Practice devolved on Dr. Joh. Radcliffe . The works of Dr. Lower are these Diatribae Thomae Willisii Med. Doct. & Profess . Oxon de Febribus vindicatio , contra Edm. de Meara . Lond. 1665 oct . Amstel . 1666. in tw . An account of this book you may see in the Philos . Transactions , num . 4. p. 77. Letter concerning the present state of Physick , and the regulation of the practice of it in this Kingdom , by way of Letter to a Doct. of Phys . Lond. 1665. Tractatus de corde ; item de motu & colore sanguinis & chyli in eum transitu . Lond. 1669 , 70. oct . &c. ibid. 1680. oct . fourth edit . Amstel . 1669. 71. oct . An account also of this book you may see in the said Transactions , num . 45. p. 909. &c. num . 73. p. 2211. Dissertatio de origine catarrhi & de venae sectione . This was printed at first with the book De Corde , and afterwards by it self — Lond. 1672. oct . An account also of it , is in the said Transactions . This learned Doctor Lower died in his house in Kingstreet near Covent Garden , on Saturday the 17. day of January in sixteen hundred and ninety ; whereupon his body being conveyed to St. Tudy near Bodmin in Cornwall , ( where some years before he had purchased an Estate ) was buried in a vault under part of the south side of the Church there . By his last Will and Test . he gave ( as it was then said ) a 1000 l. to St. Bartholomews Hospital in London , 500 l. to the French Protestant Refuges , 500 l. to the Irish Prot. Refuges , 50 l. to the poor of the Parish of S. Paul in Cov. Garden , 40 l. to the poor of two Parishes in Cornwall where he had land , &c. He then left behind him two daughters , one called Loveday , the other Philippa , both then unmarried . Sir Will. Lower the Poet was of the same family and born also at Tremere , but when he died his Estate did not go either to the Father or Brethren of the Doctor , which was then much regretted by the Family . ATHENAE OXONIENSES : THE HISTORY OF THE Archbishops and Bishops Of the UNIVERSITY of OXFORD , FROM The Beginning of the Year MDCXLI . to the End of the Year MDCXC . JOHN THORNBOROUGH sometimes of S. Mary Magdalens Coll , was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in Ireland , an . 1593 , translated thence to Bristow 1603 , and to Worcester in the latter end of the year 1616. He departed this mortal life in the month of July , in sixteen hundred forty and one , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 1.2 . In the See of Bristow he was succeeded by Nich. Felton D. D. and Master of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge , consecrated thereunto on the 14 of Dec. 1617 ; where sitting about 15 months , he was translated to Ely , 14 Mar. 1618 : And in the See of Worcester succeeded Dr. Jo. Prideaux , as I shall tell you elsewhere . BARNAB . POTTER sometimes Provost of Queens College , was consecrated Bishop of Carlile in the latter end of the year 1628 , and died in the latter end of sixteen hundred forty and one , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 6. Soon after his Bishoprick was given to the learned Dr. Jam. Usher Primate of Ireland , to keep in Commendam with Armagh in consideration of his great losses sustained in that Kingdom by the Rebellion that a little before that time broke out : The revenues of which , tho much abated by the Scotch and English Armies quartering there , as also by the unhappy Wars that soon after followed in England , yet he made shift to subsist upon it , with some other helps , until the Houses of Parl. seized upon all Bishops Lands : And tho in consideration of his great losses in Ireland , as also of his own merits , they allowed him a pension of 400 l. per an . in consideration for what they had taken away , yet he did not receive that sum above once , or twice at most : For the Independent Faction over-topping the Presbyterian , an end was put to the payment thereof . From the time of his death , which hapned in the latter end of 1655 , the See of Carlile laid void till 1660 , and then Dr. Rich. Sterne of Cambridge succeeded , installed or enthronized therein on the 4 of Jan. the same year . The said Dr. Usher , a most reverend man , famous for Religion and Literature throughout Europe , an eminent Pillar of the Protestant Cause against the Papacy , and of the Commonwealth of Learning , died on Friday 21 of Mar. 1655 , and on the 31 of the said month ( 1656 ) Oliver L. Protector sign'd a Warrant directed to the Lords of the Treasury for the sum of 200 l. to bear the charges of his funeral ; which sum was paid to Nich. Bernard D. D. And this he did out of an honorable respect to the memory of so pious and learned a Champion of the Protestant Cause as he was . On Thursday the 17 of Apr. following , his body was conveyed from Riegate in Surrey , where he died , to S. George's Church in Southwark , at which place , about 12 of the clock , his friends and many of the Clergy met the corps and accompanied it thence to Somerset house in the Strand : where laying for some time , it was accompanied thence to the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster , where , after the said Dr. Bernard had preached before the large Auditory a sermon , it was inter'd ▪ GEORGE WEB or Webbe sometimes of University , afterwards of Corp. Christi , College , was consecrated B. of Limerick in Ireland , an . 1634 , and died in the latter end of sixteen hundred forty and one , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 7. In the See of Limerick succeeded one Rob. Sibthorpe Bishop of Kilfenore , mentioned in the first vol. p. 835 , and in this p. 181. ROBERT WRIGHT was born in the Parish of S. Alban in Hertfordshire , and at 15 years of age , an . 1574 , he was elected Scholar of Trin. Coll , and in 1581 Fellow , being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty , he took holy Orders , was made Rector of Sonning in Berks , of Hayes in Middlesex , Chaplain to Qu. Elizabeth , Doctor of Divinity , Rector of Borton on the water in Glocestershire , Canon Resid . and Treasurer of Wells , Chaplain in ord . to K. Jam. 1 , and in 1613 the first Warden of Wadham Coll , but resigned that office soon after , because he was not permitted to take to him a wife by Dame Dorothy the Foundress thereof . In 1622 he became Bishop of Bristow , was consecrated thereunto at Lambeth on the 23 of March the same year ( Dr. Jo. Featley then preaching the Consecration sermon on Joh. 20.22 . ) but had not restitution made (a) to him of the Temporalities of that See till the 4 of Apr. following . In 1632 he was translated to Lichf . and Coventry , the Temporalities of which he received (b) on the 3 of Dec. the same year , at which time he gave up the Treasurership of Wells , which he kept in commendam with Bristow . In Dec. 1641 when then he saw what mad work the Members of the Long Parliament made , and what farther they would do concerning the Hierarchy , he did , with eleven more Bishops , draw up a Protestation in behalf of themselves , against their unreasonable actions : which being first presented to the King , who refused to have any thing to do with it , it was transmitted to the H. of Commons , who thereupon impeaching the said Bishops of High Treason , they were all committed to custody , viz. ten of them , of which Lichfield was one , to the Tower , and two ( Durham and Norwich ) to the Black Rod ; but before Lichfield was conveyed thither , he spoke an eloquent Speech at the bar of the H. of Commons , in answer for himself , which was afterwards printed in one sh . in qu. After he had continued Prisoner about 18 weeks to his great charge , he was released : Whereupon retiring to Eccleshal Hall in Staffordshire , ( the Seat belonging to his Bishoprick ) which about that time was fortified for his Majesty , and kept for his service by Dr. Bird a Civilian , died therein in Jul. or Aug. in sixteen hundred forty and three , at which time the said place was besieged by Sir Will. Brereton and his Forces under the command of the Parliament ; but where his body was buried , unless in the Cath. Ch. at Lichfield , which he desired in his last Will. and Test . dat . 3 May 1643 , I know not . On the 17 day of the said month of Aug. his Maj. nominated Dr. Accepted Frewen Dean of Glocester and President of Magd. Coll. to succeed the said Dr. Wright in the See of Lich. and Coventry , Dr. Will. Brough to be Dean of Glocester , and Dr. Joh. Oliver to be Pres . of Magd. Coll. The Reader may be pleased now to know that the said Dr. Wright having been much given up to the affairs of the world , he did in short time gather up so much wealth from the Church , as not only to purchase the rich Mannour of Newnham Courtney in Oxfordshire of Hugh Audley of the Inner Temple Esq . and Tho. Audley his brother for the sum of 18000 l. ( which mannour they some years before had bought of the Pollards ) but Lands also in other places . All which he leaving to his only son Calvert Wright sometimes Gent. Com. of Wadh. Coll , he proved so ill a husband , as to sell the said Mannour , some years before the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , to John Robinson of London Esq . afterwards a Knight and Baronet , and Lieutenant of the Tower ; in the Church of which place he was afterwards buried . As for Calv. Wright he died in a mean condition in the Prison called the Kings Bench in Southwark , in the Winter time 1666. WILLIAM LAUD sometimes Fellow , afterwards President of S. Johns Coll , was consecrated Bish . of S. David in the Chappel belonging to the house of the Bishop of London , ( with Joh. Davenant to Sarum and Dr. Val. Cary to Exeter ) by the Bishops of London , Worcester , Chichester , Ely , Landaff and Oxon , on the 18 of Nov. 1621 , the Archbishop ( Abbot ) being then thought irregular for casual Homicide . Thence he was translated to Bathe and Wells , in Aug. 1626 , thence to London in Jul. 1628 , and at length to Cant. in Sept. 1633. He was beheaded on Tower-hill near London on the tenth of January , in sixteen hundred forty and four , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 30.31 . &c. The See of Cant. lying void till 1660 , was then supplied by Dr. Juxon B. of London , as I shall elsewhere tell you . MORGAN OWEN a Ministers son , received his first breath in Caermerthenshire , was admitted a Student in Jesus Coll. in the beginning of 1608 , aged 23 years , and being afterwards made one of the Chaplains of New Coll. did , as a member thereof , take the degree of Bach. of Arts by the name of Owen Morgan , an . 1613 , he being then a Preacher . In 1616 he was admitted M. of A , as a Member of Hart Hall , was afterwards well beneficed in his own Country of Wales , and a useful man in the Church there . When Dr. Laud became B. of S. David he then knew the man and his zeal for the Church , and therefore when he became Chanc. of the University , he was by his endeavours actually created Doctor of Divinity , as a Member of Jesus Coll. an . 1636. Soon after , that he might shew himself grateful to his Mother the Univ. of Oxon , he , at his own charge ( being a rich man ) enclos'd the south yard belonging to S. Maries Church with a fair free stone wall , and built also of the same stone ( most curiously carved and engraven ) the beautiful Porch leading from the high street into the said Church , with the image of our Lady and a babe in her arm , at the top of it . Which being finished about two or three years after , 't was not only disgusted by the Puritan , and defaced by the Parliament Soldiers in the beginning of the Troubles , an . 1642 , but laid in Laud's dish as an article against him at his Tryal , that he did oblige the said Dr. M. Owen to build it , permitted him as Chancellour of the University , and connived at all when 't was finished . About the beginning of March 1638 he was elected Bishop of Landaff in the place of Dr. VVill. Murrey deceased , ( who before had been B. of Kilfenore in Ireland ) which election being (c) consented to by the King on the 19 of the same month , he was soon after consecrated , but the day when I know not ; and on the 9 of Apr. following the Temporalities of the said See were (d) restored to him . In Dec. 1641 , he was one of the Bishops that were impeached of High Treason for subscribing the Protestation mention'd before in Dr. R. VVright , and thereupon being committed Prisoner to the Tower , remained there till about VVhitsontide following . Afterwards he retired to his own Country , suffered there for his Loyalty and for being a Bishop , and one promoted by Laud ; much about the time of whose death , this Dr. Owen died also . By his Will dated 14 Dec. 1644 , and proved 12 of Dec. 1645 , it appears that he was rich and possessed of several Lands , which went , I presume , to Morgan Owen his brothers son . He endowed the Free-school at Caermerthen ( where in his younger years he had taught ) with 30 l. per an . charged upon the Impropriation of St. Ismaels in the said County , about which time the present Fabrick of the said School was erected . THOMAS HOWELL elder brother to Jam. Howell mention'd among the Writers under the year 1666 , was born (e) in Caermerthenshire , admitted into Jesus Coll. ( of which he was Scholar and afterwards Fellow ) an . 1604 aged 16 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became a painful Preacher in these parts for a time , and soon after elsewhere . Afterwards he was made Chaplain in ord . to K. Ch. 1 , Rector of VVest Horsley in Surrey , of S. Stephens in VValbroke near London , D. of D. and Canon of VVindsore an . 1636 in the place of Dr. Tho. Horne deceased . But in the beginning of the Troubles , he being forced thro vexation to leave S. Stephens ( tho by many accounted a puritannical Preacher , and afterwards VVest Horseley , his Maj. thereupon nominated him to the See of Bristow on the death of Dr. Tho. VVestfield , in July 1644 , and soon after was consecrated at Oxon , Dr. Usher Primate of Ireland assisting then at the Ceremony . This worthy person , who was accounted a meek man and a good Preacher , died in sixteen hundred forty and six ; whereupon his body was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Bristow , near to the entrance out of the south isle into the Choire . Soon after was a plain stone laid over his grave , but no inscription thereon , only Expergiscar . One Mr. Thom. Howell published A sermon preached at the funeral of Sir Rob. Butler , an . 1622 — 3. Whether the same with him who was afterwards Bishop of Bristow I know not . LEWES JONES was born in Merionithshire , became a Student in this University in 15●2 or thereabouts , but in what house I cannot tell . In 1569 , he being then Bach. of Arts , he was elected Fellow of Allsoules Coll. and about that time taking holy Orders , went , without the taking of any other degree in this University , into Ireland , where he was made Dean of Casshels , and afterwards being nominated to the See of Killaloa in that Country , was consecrated thereunto on the 23 of Apr. 1633. In 1641 when the rebellion broke out there , and great miseries followed thereupon , he retired to Dublin , where dying (f) on the second of Nov. in sixteen hundred forty and six , aged 104 years , was buried in the Church of S. Werburgh , commonly called S. Warborough , in the said City . In the See of Killoloa succeeded Dr. Edw. Parry , Father to John and Benjamin successively Bishops of Ossory , and after him succeeded Dr. Edward Worth , who dying at Hackney near London in the beginning of Aug. 1669 , was buried on the sixth day of the same month in the Church of S. Mildrid in Breadstreet in London . GEORGE ANDREW received his first breath in a Market Town called Daventry , commonly Daintry in Northamptonshire , became a Batler of Magd. Hall in Lent term , an . 1588 aged 15 years or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts as a member of that Hall , and about that time holy Orders . Afterwards journying into Ireland , he was made Dean of Limerick , and thence being advanced to the See of Ferns and Laighlin , was consecrated thereunto in S. Patricks Church ( of which he was Chauntor ) near Dublin , on the 14 of May 1635. In the beginning of the rebellion he was forced thence , and retiring to London , lived for some time there in an obscure condition . At length he giving way to fate in the month (g) of Octob , in sixteen hundred forty and eight , was buried in the Church of S. Clement Danes without Temple bar , within the liberty of the City of Westminster . In his Bishoprick succeeded Robert Price , in the latter end of 1660 , of whom mention shall be made hereafter . LANCELOT BULKLEY the eleventh Son of Sir Rich. Bulk . was born at Beaumarish in the Isle of Anglesie , entred a Communer of Brasn . Coll. in the beginning of 1587 , aged 18 years , where continuing till he was Bach. of Arts , translated himself to S. Edm. Hall , and as a member thereof he took the degree of Master in the same faculty , an . 1593. Afterwards he went into Ireland , became Archdeacon of Dublin , Doctor of Divinity there , and at length Archb. of the said City ; to which being consecrated in the Church of S. Peter at Tredagh , on the 3. of Oct. 1619 , was soon after made by K. Jam. 1. Privy Counsellour of that Kingdom . He lived to be spectator of the miseries that befell that Realm , occasion'd by the rebellion that broke out in 1641 , at which time securing himself in the City of Dublin , escaped the malice of the Rebels , and lived in a disconsolate condition several years after . At length arriving to 82 years of age , departed (h) this mortal life at Taulaughta , on the eighth day of Sept. in sixteen hundred and fifty : whereupon his body being conveyed to Dublin , was buried in S. Patricks Church there . In his Archbishoprick succeeded Dr. Jam. Margetson sometimes of Peter House in Cambridge , in the latter end of 1660 , after the said See had laid void 10 years . JOHN PRIDEAUX Rector of Exeter Coll , and the Kings Professor of Divinity of the Univ. of Oxon , was consecrated Bishop of Worcester in the month of Decemb. 1641 , and died in Sept. in sixteen hundred and fifty , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 68.69 &c. After his death , the See lay void till the restauration of K. Ch. 2. and then Dr. George Morley succeeded , as I have told you among the said Writers . NATHANIEL CONOPIUS a Cretan born , trained up in the Greek Church and became Primore to Cyrill Patriarch of Constantinople , who for his religious life and conversation had a respect for him . When the said Cyrill was strangled by the Visier , ( the Grand Signior of the Turks being not then returned from the Siege of Babylon ) Conopius to avoid the like barbarity fled thence and went into England , and addressing himself with credentials from the English Agent at Constantinople to Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant , that worthy person sent him to Balliol Coll , and allowed him a comfortable subsistance during his abode there . Afterwards he became one of the Chaplains or Petty Canons of Ch. Church , but whether he took a degree in this University , I know not . In the beginning of Nov. 1648 he was expelled the University by the Barbarians , I mean the Parliamentarian Visitors , and had nothing left to maintain him as a Scholar and Divine . So that because of the barbarity of such who called themselves Saints , he returned into his own Country among the Barbarians and was made Bishop of Smyrna commonly called Le Smerne , about the year 1651. While he was in Oxon , he had a book of Musick laying by him , which as he (i) said was of his own composition : And being well skill'd in that faculty , his Country●men in their Letters sent to , stil'd , him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ; but the notes were such , as are not in use with , or understood by any of , the Western Churches . When he died , or what he wrot after he had left England I know not . It was observed that while he continued in Ball. Coll. he made the drink for his own use called Coffey and usually drank it every morning , being the first , as the Antients of that House have informed me , that was ever drank in Oxon. You may see more of this Conopius in the Epistles of Ger. Joh. Vossius written to learned men , lately published , part 2. p. 145. RICHARD PARR sometimes Fellow of Brasnose College was made Bishop of Sodor or the Isle of Man about the year of the Lord 1635 , and dyed in the times of Usurpation , but the year when I cannot tell , tho several times I have sent Letters to know it . See more of him among the Writers p. 96. The See of Man laid void till 1662 , and then in June Dr. Isaac Barrow being elected to govern it , was consecrated thereunto in K. H. 7. Chap. at Westm . on the 5. of July 1663 , and not before , at which time his Nephew , Son of his Brother Thomas , called Dr. Isaac Barrow Master of Trin. Coll. in Cambr. preached the Consecration Sermon . This worthy and godly Bishop , who was Son of Isaac Barrow of Spiney-Abbey in the County of Cambridgeshire Esq , was educated in S. Peters Coll. commonly called Peter House in Cambridge , of which he became Fellow , but turn'd out thence by the Presbyterians an . 1643 or thereabouts : whereupon going to Oxon , and his eminency being known there , he was made one of the Chaplains of New Coll , by the most loyal and generous Warden thereof Dr. Pink , where continuing till after the garrison of Oxon was surrendred for the use of the Parliament , shifted afterwards from place to place , and suffered with the rest of the loyal and orthodox Clergy till the most blessed return of K. Ch. 2. At which time he was not only restored to his Fellowship , but also made one of the Fellows of Eaton Coll. near Windsore , which he held in Commendam with the Bishoprick of Man. In Apr. 1664 he was made Governour of the Isle of Man by Charles Earl of Derby , governed it piously and prudently , held that office all the time he was Bishop of Man , and sometime after his translation to S. Asaph . He was a great benefactor to the Island , especially to the Clergy , did collect by his great care and pains from pious persons one thousand eighty one pounds eight shillings and four pence , with which he bought all the impropriations in the Island from the Earl of Derby , and setled them upon the Clergy as every one had need . He ordered them all to teach School in their respective Parishes , and allowed 30 l. per an . for a Free-school , and 50 l. per an . for Academical learning . He got also one hundred pounds a year setled ( which was like to have been lost ) upon the Clergy , which was given by K. Ch. 2 , and gave 135 l. of his own money , for a lease upon lands of twenty pounds a year , which is setled towards the maintenance of three poor Manks Scholars in the College at Dublin , that in time there might be a more learned Clergy in the Island . He gave likewise 10 l. towards the making a bridge over a dangerous water and did many other good works there . Afterwards going into England for healths sake , and continuing in a house of the Countess of Derby in Lancashire called Cross-hall , he received the news of his Majesties conferring on him the Bishoprick of S. Asaph . See more of him in Hen. Glemham among these Bishops , under the year 1667. p. 670. ROGER MANWARING was born at Stretton in Shropshire , educated in Grammar learning in the Kings School at Worcester under Hen. Bright , entred a Student in this University in the beginning of the year 1604 , and soon after was made one of the Clerks of All 's . Coll. After he had run through the usual courses of Logick and Philosophy , he took the degrees in Arts , being about that time , as I conceive , one of the Chaplains of that House . At length being made Vicar of S. Giles in the fields near London , he took the degrees in Divinity , and was made Chaplain in Ordinary to K. Ch. 1 , before whom , while he was in his attendance at Oatlands , he preached two Sermons in July 1627 , entit . Religion and Allegiance , on Eccles . 8.2 . Lond. 1627. qu. and about the same time preached them at his Country cure . In the year following , on the fourth of May , he preached on the same subject in his Church of S. Giles before mention'd ; for which , as also for his former Sermons , he was the same year , June 14 , censur'd in Parliament to be imprisoned , fined 1000 l , to make submission and to be disinabled to have or enjoy any preferment or office . At that time John Pym , a busie Man in the House of Commons , brought into the House a charge against him that he endeavoured to destroy the King and Kingdom by his Divinity , &c. On the 21 of the said month he made his submission , and in the next month following he was presented by the King to the rich rectory of Stanford Rivers in Essex ( void by the promotion of Dr. Richard Mountague to the See of Chichester ) with license to hold it and his other Living with it . On the 9. of Jan. following he procured his pardon , which in the next month made some stir in the Session of Parliament that then was . In the month of May 1633 he was made Dean of VVorcester , in the place of Dr. VVill. Juxon promoted to the See of Hereford , where he made some alterations for the better in that Church ; and in Dec. 1635 he was nominated Bishop of S. David , on the translation of Dr. Theoph. Field to Hereford . On the 28 of February following he was consecrated thereunto by Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury and his Assistants in the Chap. at Lambeth , where he sate till his function was silenced . On the 22. Feb. 1640 were several complaints made against him in the Long Parliament , but not for the present prosecuted , because the members thereof were employed on greater matters . Afterwards the rebellion breaking out , he was imprison'd , violently persecuted from place to place , lost all his Spiritualities , and had only some small temporal Estate left to maintain him and his Family . He was a person that had some curiosity in learning , but greater zeal for the Church of England : He was of a pious life and conversation , charitable , and tho ( with Sibthorpe ) accounted a Sycophant by the Puritans , yet by the Royallists he was esteemed worthy of the function of a Bishop . He finished his course at Caermerthen , after he had endured many miseries , on the first day of July in sixteen hundred fifty and three , and was buried in the Collegiat Church of Brecknock near to the high altar , leaving then behind him some things fit for the press , as I have been informed by one of his near Relations . It is said that he was much resolved on three things , 1. The redemption of Captives . 2. The conversion of Recusants . 3. The undeceiving of seduced Sectaries , and that he kept three diaries , one for the transactions of his own life , another for the publick affairs of the Church and Kingdom , and a third for the remarkable passages of providence that hapned in the World. The see of S. David continuing void till after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , it was then supplied by Dr. Will. Lucy , as I shall tell you under the year 1677. GEORGE SINGE alias Millington sometimes a Com. of Balliol Coll , was consecrated Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland , an . 1638 , and dying in sixteen hundred fifty and three , was buried at Bridgnorth in Shropshire . He is characterized (*) to be Vir gravis admodum & doctus , praesertim in Polemicae Theologiae & juris utriusque scientia , procerioris praeterea staturae , formae decorae & generosae conversationis , &c. See more of him among the Writers , p. 97. THOMAS WINNIFF a grave , learned and moderate Divine , was born , as 't is said , at Shirebourne in Dorsetshire , admitted a Batler or Sojournour of Exeter Coll. in Lent term , an . 1593 aged 18 years , elected Prob. fellow thereof , 30 June 1595 , admitted Master of Arts in 1601 , and about that time entring into holy Orders , he became a noted Preacher and a Tutour . In 1609 he left the College , because he had an Ecclesiastical Benefice confer'd on him , but the name of it I know not , unless Lambourne in Essex , which he enjoyed many years , and at length bought the advowson thereof of Rob. Taverner Gent , which he afterwards by his will gave to his Nephew Peter Mews . About that time he was Chaplain to Pr. Henry , and afterwards to Pr. Charles , which last he much displeased in two matters , first that in a certain harangue which he occasionally delivered in the beginning of Apr. 1622 he compared (a) Frederick King of Bohemia to a Lamb , and Count Spinola to a bloody Wolf , which also displeased the King ; and secondly that in some little particulars , he expressed himself an enemy to his marriage with the Infanta of Spain . For these matters he had like to have lost his Spiritualities , had not his Maj. K. Jam. 1. highly valued him for his learning . In 1624 Nov. 10. he was installed Dean of Glocester in the place of Dr. Rich. Senhouse promoted to the See of Carlile , and after the said Kings death being made Chaplain to his Successor Ch. 1. had the Deanery of S. Pauls Cathedral confer'd on him , an . 1631. Afterwards upon the translation of Dr. Williams to York in 1641 he was nominated by the King Bishop of Lincoln purposely to please the Puritan , and was soon after consecrated . But the rebellion breaking out the next year , occasion'd by a prevalent party in both Houses of Parliament , who silenced the Bishops and caused their Lands to be sold , this holy Bishop received little or no profit from the Lands belonging to his See , only trouble and vexation as a Bishop . Afterwards he retired to Lambourne , spent there for the most part the remainder of his days and justly obtained this character from a (b) learned Bishop that none was more mild , modest and humble , yet learned , eloquent and honest , than Bishop Winniffe . He died in the summer time in sixteen hundred fifty and four , and was buried in the Church at Lambourne . Soon after was erected a comly monument over his grave , on which 't is said , that he was made Bishop of Lincoln 1642 Ex eorum numero Episcoporum , quibus incumbebat nutantis episcopatus molem , pietatis ac probitatis suae fulcimine sustentare , &c. RICHARD SMITH sometimes a Student in Trinity College , was made Bishop of Chalcedon by Pope Urban 8 , an . 1624 or thereabouts , and died in the latter end of the year sixteen hundred fifty and four , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 114. HENRY TILSON a Yorkshire man born , was entred a Student in Balliol Coll. in the beginning of the year 1593 , took one degree in Arts as a member of that house four years after , tho in the Fasti , 1596 I have said , by an errour , of Univ. Coll , and soon after was elected one of Skyrlawes Fellows of the said Coll. of University , and took the degree of Master as a member of that house . In Oct. 1615 he was made Vicar of Rachdale in Yorkshire , by the death of R. Kenion , and afterwards being made known to that most generous Count Thomas Earl of Strafford , he became his Chaplain , went with him in that quality to Ireland , when that Count was made L. Lieutenant thereof . Soon after he was by him made Dean of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity , ( commonly called Ch. Ch. ) in Dublin , where continuing in good esteem for his learning and piety , had the See of Elphine . confer'd on him , to which being consecrated on the 23. of Sept. 1639 , endured soon after great misery by the rebellion that broke out in Ireland 1641. Afterwards he retired to his native Country , setled at Southill hall in Yorkshire , spent there the chief part of his time , and dying (c) in peace 31. of March in sixteen hundred fifty and five , aged 80 years or thereabouts , was buried in the Chancel of the neighbouring Church of Dewsbury . In the said See of Elphine succeeded John Parker D. D. in the latter end of the year 1660. NICHOLAS MONKE or Le Moyne , third Son of Sir Tho. Monke of Potheridge in Devonshire Knight , Son of Tho. Monke of the said place Gent , by Frances his Wife ( Widow of Joh. Basset of Umbersley in the said County Esq . ) Daughter of Arthur Plantagenet , natural Son of K. Edw. 4 , by Elizabeth Lucy , as is suppos'd , his Concubine , was born in Devonshire , either at Potheridge , or at Marton ; at the last of which places his Father lived when this Nich. Monke came first to Wadham Coll , an . 1626 aged 17 years or thereabouts . After he had spent several years in that house in the condition of a Commoner , he proceeded in Arts in 1634 , entred into holy Orders , was beneficed in his own Country , and suffered in the time of the rebellion as other Loyallists did . Afterwards he was permitted to keep some little cure by the endeavours of his Brother George while he was chief Commander under Oliver Cromwell in Scotland , was persecuted , as 't is said , by the Triers appointed by Oliver , but at length had the Rectory of Kilkhampton in Cornwall worth 300 l. per an . bestowed on him by his kinsman Sir John Greenvill , ( afterwards Earl of Bathe ) which he freely gave him without symony , purposely to oblige him to serve the publick when ever he had occasion to make use of him , he having then an eye upon his Brother George in Scotland , whom his family had obliged likewise . I say that this good benefice being bestowed on him , he was by his Brothers interest fix'd therein and ready to perform what laid in his power to serve the interest of the Royal Family . In 1659 he agitated with his said Brother by Letters to , and soon after in Person in , Scotland in order to influence him for the restauration of K. Ch. 2. to his Kingdoms , being put upon it chiefly by the said Sir Jo Greenvill and some of the Gentry in the West who were of kin to Monke : So happy it was for his Maj. to employ the said Sir John , and so lucky for him to send his Clerk Mr. Monke thither , where he omitted nothing of his instructions , but prudently managed them , as may reasonably be inferred from the good effect they had . Thus did the sense of allegiance and the love of his Country prevail with his Brother against all hazards : And , if I should speak right the revenge of slights was some part (d) of grain in the Scales . In the year following ( 1660 ) his endeavours and desires being effected , he was by the interest of the said Sir John , ( minded thereunto by Gen. Monke ) made Provost of Eaton Coll , in the month of June , then , or lately , enjoyed by Nich. Lockyer sometimes Chaplain to Oliver Cromwell lately Protect . In the beginning of Aug. following , he was actually created Doctor of Divinity , by vertue of the Kings Letters sent to the University for that purpose , and soon after being nominated by his Majesty to the See of Hereford , which had laid void for 14 years by the death of George Cook , he was consecrated thereunto on the sixth day of January ( Epiphany day ) in the Abbey Church of S. Peter at Westminster , by the Archb. of York , Bishops of Durham , Chichester , Lincolne and Peterborough : But before he had enjoyed that See a full year , he concluded his last day in his Lodgings in the Old Pallace-yard in Westminster , on the seventeenth of December in sixteen hundred sixty and one ; whereupon his body was buried on the twentieth of the said month in S. Edmunds Chappel within the Precincts of the said Church of S. Peter . In the See of Hereford succeeded Dr. Herbert Croft , of whom may future mention be made , and of his works , as to learning . BRIAN DUPPA sometimes Fellow of Allsouls Coll , afterwards Dean of Christ Church , was consecrated Bishop of Chichester , an . 1638 , translated to Salisbury in 1641 , and thence to Winchester in 1660. He concluded his last day in sixteen hundred sixty and two , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers p. 176. He was so bountiful in his Legacies to Ch. Church that the money might serve to found a new , and not to compleat an old , College . He left Legacies to Allsouls Coll , to the Cath. Churches of Chichester , Salisbury and Winchester , and erected an Hospital at his own charge in the place of his nativity , as I have elsewhere told you : Over the door of which may this be engraven That a poor Bishop vowed this House , but a great and wealthy one built it . In the See of Winchester succeeded Dr. George Morley , of whom I have made large mention among the Writers , under the year 1684. p. 581. JOHN GAUDEN sometimes of Wadham College was consecrated Bishop of Exeter in the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster , on the 2. of Decemb. ( being the first Sunday in Advent ) an . 1660 , and translated thence to Worcester ( on Morleys going to Winchester ) in the beginning of 1662 ; in which year in Septemb. he died . See more of him among the Writers under the same year p. 207. In the said See of Worcester , succeeded Dr. John Earle , and him Dr. Rob. Skinner , as I shall tell you anon , under the year 1670. ROBERT SANDERSON sometimes Fellow of Lincolne College , was consecrated Bishop of Lincolne on the 28 of Octob. 1660 , and died in the latter end of the year sixteen hundred sixty and two , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers p. 213. He was succeeded in the said Bishoprick by Dr. Benj. Laney Bishop of Peterborough , who after he had sate there four years was translated to Ely. WILLIAM JUXON son of Rich. Juxon of Chichester , son of John Juxon of London , was born , as 't is said , within the City of Chichester in Sussex , educated in Merchant Taylors School , became Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in 1598 , and Bach. of the Civil Law in 1603 , being about that time a Student in Greys Inn in Holbourne near London . Soon after he took holy Orders , and in the latter end of the year 1609 , he was made Vicar of the Church of S. Giles in the north suburb of Oxon ; where continuing about six years , he was much frequented for his edifying way of preaching . In 1621 he was elected President of his College , and in the next year he proceeded in the Civil Law. In 1626 and after , he did execute the office of Vicechancellour of this University , and in January 1627 , he being then one of his Majesties Chaplains in Ordinary , he was made Dean of Worcester in the place of Dr. Jos . Hall promoted to the See of Exeter . On the 10. of July 1632 , he was , at Dr. Lauds suit , ( then Bishop of London ) sworn Clerk of his Majesties Closet ; which office was by that great person procured for him to the end (f) that he might have one that he might trust near his Majesty , if he grew weak or infirm . In the beginning of the year 1633 , he was elected Bishop of Hereford in the place of Dr. Franc. Godwin deceased , was about that time made Dean of the Kings Chappel , and on the translation of Dr. Laud to the See of Cant. ( which was on the 19 of Sept. the same year ) he was translated to London , that City being then in its height of giddiness and faction . About that time he was called to be one of his Majesties Privy Council , who , finding him to be a person of uprightness and justice , did confer upon him the great office of Lord Treasurer , on Sunday the sixth of Mar. 1635. Which office no Churchman had since Hen. 7 time , as Doct. Laud (g) observes , who adds this , I pray God bless him to carry it so , that the Church may have honour , and the King and the state service and contentment by it . And now if the Church will not hold up themselves under God , I can do no more . In this office which he enjoyed till 1641 he kept the Kings Purse when necessities were deepest and clamours loudest , to the great content of all that had to do with him . In the time of the rebellion , began and carried on by the restless Presbyterians , he suffer'd as other Bishops did , was outed of the House of Lords with his Brethren , and lost the Lands belonging to his Bishoprick , as the rest did . In 1648 he had the honour and happiness , if it may be so called , to attend K. Ch. 1. of blessed memory in his most disconsolate condition , and to administer comfort , ghostly counsel and the Sacrament to him , and to be also present with him on the Scaffold , when he was beheaded before his own door by his most rebellious Subjects , to the great horrour and amazement of all the world . Afterwards this holy Bishop retired to his Mannour of Little Compton in Glocestershire , near to Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire , where he spent several years in a retired and devout condition , and now and then , for healths sake , rode a hunting with some of the neighbouring and loyal Gentry . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he was translated to the See of Canterbury , on Thursday 20 of Sept. 1660 , to the rejoycing of all those , that then loved order in the Church . The solemnization was in the Chappel of K. Hen. 7. at Westminster ; where , besides a great confluence of Orthodox Clergy , many persons of honour , and Gentry , gave God thanks for the mercies of that day , as being touched at the sight of that Good man , whom they esteemed a Person of primitive sanctity , of great wisdom , piety , learning , patience , charity and all apostolical Virtues . He died in his Pallace at Lambeth on the fourth day of June in sixteen hundred sixty and three , aged 81 years : whereupon his body being embalmed , was conveyed to Oxon in great Pomp on the 7 of July following , where laying in state the next day , and part of the ninth , in the Divinity School , accompanied always by some of the Heralds of Arms , was then , ( after an eloquent speech had been openly spoken by the University Orator in the Convocation house adjoyning , in praise of the defunct , and dispraise of the Presbyterians and Independents ) conveyed in great state on mens shoulders ( the Heralds and all the Degrees of the University attending ) through Catstreet , and so up the High-street to Quatervois , and thence , through the North gate , to S. Johns Coll. After it was placed in the Chappel there , an Anthem sung , a speech delivered near the grave by Mr. Will. Levinz , and the usual service for burial performed by Dr. R. Baylie the President of that College , the body was solemnly inter'd at the upper end thereof before the altar , in a grave wall'd with bricks , adjoyning on the south side to that then made , to receive the body of his Predecessor Dr. Will. Laud , which in few days after was there reburied . As for the benefaction of this worthy Arch-prelate Dr. Juxon ( besides that to S. Pauls Cathedral , to the Archbishops Pallace at Lambeth &c. ) is mention made (h) elsewhere ; and as for his estate , that which remained when all his benefactions were disposed , went to his Brothers Son , Sir Will. Juxon Baronet , now living at Little Compton before mention'd . This Dr. Juxon hath only extant one Sermon on Luke 18.31 . HENRY HALL son of Thom. Hall sometimes a member of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , ( afterwards a Minister in the City of Wells , whence he was prefer'd by the Dean and Canons of Ch. Ch. to the Vicaridge of Marcham near to Abendon in Berks ) was born in Somersetshire , particularly , as I conceive , in the said City of Wells , became a Batler of Linc. Coll , an . 1630 , aged 16 years or thereabouts , and took the degrees in Arts. In the beginning of the rebellion he became Chaplain to James Marquess of Ormonde in Ireland , by whose favour he was made Prebendary of Ch. Ch. in Dublin , and Dean of a certain Church in the said Kingdom . After the ill success and declension of the Marquess there , he return'd into England , lived for a time at Badmington in Glocestershire with the Marquess of Worcester , and in 1654 had the Vicaridge of Harwell in Berks , confer'd on him by John Loder of Hinton in the said County Gentleman : Where continuing till his Majesties restauration , he returned to Ireland , was actually created Doctor of Div. at Dublin , and on the 27 of January 1660 , he was (i) consecrated Bishop of Killala and Achonry in the Church of S. Patrick near to the said City of Dublin . He gave way to fate on the 23 of July in sixteen hundred sixty and three , in the Bishops house at Killala , which he in a manner had rebuilt from the ground , and was buried in the Cathedral Church there ; whereupon Thomas Bayly D. D. succeeded him in his Sees . Besides the said Hen. Hall , I find another of both his names , Bach. of Div. sometimes Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , author of Heaven ravished , or a glorious prize , Fast Sermon before the H. of Com. 29. May 1644 on Matth. 11.12 . Lond. 1644. qu. and of other things , as I suppose . ACCEPTED FREWEN the eldest Son of Jo. Frewen the puritanical Rector of Nordiam or Northiam in Sussex , was born (k) in Kent , educated in the Free-school at Canterbury , became a student , and soon after a Demie , of Magd. Coll , about the beginning of the year 1604 aged 16 years ; where making great proficiency in Logick and Philosophy , he was elected Probat . Fellow of that House about S. Mary Magd. day , an . 1612 , he being then Master of Arts. About that time he entred into the sacred function , and became a frequent preacher , as being puritanically enclin'd . In 1622 he attended in the Court of Prince Charles , while he was in Spain courting the Infanta , and in 1625 he was made Chaplain in Ordinary to the said Prince then King. In 1626 he was elected President of his Coll , and in the next year he proceeded in Divinity . In 1628 and 29 he executed the office of Vicechancellour of this University , and on the 13. of Sept. 1631 , he being then , or about that time , Prebendary of Canterbury , he was installed Dean of Glocester upon the removal of Dr. George Warburton thence to the Deanery of Wells . In 1638. and 39 , he , upon the sollicitations of Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. and Chancellour of this Univ. ( whose Creature then he was ) did undergo the said office of Vicechancellour again , and on the 17 of August 1643 , he was nominated by his Majesty to succeed Dr. Wright in the See of Lichfield and Coventry : But so it was , that the times being then very troublesome , he was not consecrated till the next year , that is to say on a Sunday in the month of Apr. following ; at which time the solemnity was performed in the Chappel of Magd. Coll , by the Archb. of York , Bishops of Winchester , Oxford , Salisbury and Peterborough . But this preferment being then but little better than titular , because that the Hierarchy was about that time silenc'd , he retired to London , and lived there , and partly elsewhere , among his Relations for several years . At length after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he was elected to the See of York on the 22. of Sept , translated on the 4. of Octob , and enthronized in the person of Tob. Wickham Preb. of that Church on the 11. of the same month , an . 1660. At that time the See of Lichfield being not supplied by another for about the space of an year , in expectation that Mr. Rich. Baxter would take it , ( for the King intended it for him conditionally he would conform ) Dr. Frewen had the benefit of that too , all the fines for renewing , and for the filling up lives , to his very great profit , besides what he got from York . At length Mr. Baxter the Coryphaeus of the Presbyterian party refusing it , least he , in an high manner , should displease the Brethren , it was offer'd to Dr. Richard Baylie President of S. Johns College , and Dean of Sarum , who had been a very great sufferer for the Kings cause , but he refusing it because Dr. Frewen had skim'd it , it was thereupon confer'd on Dr. John Hacket of Cambridge , as I shall anon tell you . This Dr. Frewen who was accounted a general Scholar and a good Orator , but hath nothing extant only a Latin Oration , with certain verses , on the death of Prince Henry , ( for his Moral Philosophy Lectures are not yet made publick ) died at his Mannour of Bishops Thorp near York , on the 28 day of March in sixteen hundred sixty and four , and was buried on the third day of May following , under the great east window of the Cathedral Church of S. Peter in York . Soon after was erected a splendid monument over his grave , with an inscription thereon ; which being too large for this place shall now for brevity sake be omitted . His Father John Frewen before mention'd , was a learned Divine and frequent preacher of his time and wrot ( 1 ) Fruitful instructions and necessary doctrine , to edifie in the fear of God , &c. Lond. 1587 in tw . ( 2 ) Fruitful instructions for the general cause of reformation , against the slanders of the Pope and League , &c. Lond. 1589. qu. ( 3 ) Certain choice grounds and principles of our Christian Religion , with their several expositions , by way of questions and answers , &c. Lond. 1621. in octav . and other things . He died in 1627 , ( about the latter end ) and was buried in Nordiam Church , leaving then behind these Sons , viz. Accepted before mention'd , Thankful , Stephen , Joseph , Benjamin , Thomas , Samuel , John , &c. which John seems to have succeeded his Father in the Rectory of Nordiham , but whether the said Father was educated in Oxon , I cannot yet tell . Qu. As for Dr. Hacket before mention'd who was an eminent person in his time for learning and a publick spirit , I shall now take this opportunity to speak at large of him , tho I have partly mention'd him already in the Fasti under the year 1616. p. 824 , and elsewhere in the first volume . Born therefore he was in the Strand near Exeter-house in the Parish of S. Martin in the Fields within the Liberty of Westminster , on the first day of Sept. 34. Elizab. Dom. 1592. His Father was Andr. Hacket of Putferin in Scotland , a senior Burgess of the City of Westminster , and afterwards of the Robes to Prince Henry , who , being a zealous Protestant , took great care to breed up this his only Son to that religion . When he was very young therefore , he put him to the Coll. School at Westminster , and his Master Mr. Ireland finding in him a great propensity to learning , was very kind to him , as also was Dr. Lanc. Andrews the Dean of the Ch. there , who , in the necessary absence of the Master , being accustomed to come into the School and examine the boys , took this youth into his particular favour , and continued it to him , as long as the Bishop lived . Being made ripe for the University , he was in the year 1608 ( with the pious Mr. George Herbert ) elected to go to Trinity Coll. in Cambridge , by the favour of Dr. Tho. Nevill Master of that Coll , ( who told his Father when he addressed to him about his Son , that he should go to Cambridge , or else he would carry him upon his back ) and being there entred he was put under the tuition of Dr. Edw. Simson author of Chronicon ab exordio mundi , &c. Soon after he was so much noted for his painful studies , sober life , and great proficiency in learning , that he was elected Fellow of that House assoon as he was by the rules thereof fit for the same . Afterwards he grew into that credit that he had many Pupils put to his charge and those of the best families in England , and then betaking himself to the study of Divinity , he took holy Orders in 1618 from the hands of Dr. John King B. of London , who had a great affection for him , and expressed the same on divers occasions ; but above all others Dr. John Williams Bishop of Linc , observing his great learning , and knowledge in the Tongues , chose him his Chaplain immediatly after the Great Seal was committed to his charge , an . 1621. Two years he spent in that Bishops service before his time was come to commence Bach. of Divinity , and then beg'd leave to go to Cambridge to keep the publick Act , an . 1623 , which he performed according to expectation ; and then returning to Court to his Master , he prefer'd him to be Chaplain to K. Jam. 1 , before whom he preaching several times to that learned Prince's good liking , he was the next year , by the recommendations of his Master , presented to the Church of S. Andrew in Holbourn near London , ( then within his Majesties disposal by reason of the minority of Thomas Earl of Southampton ) and suddenly after , he was by the same means made Parson of Cheame in Surrey , fallen likewise in his Majesties gift by the promotion of Dr. Ric. Senhouse to the Bishoprick of Carlile : which two Livings he held till the most execrable rebellion broke out in 1642 , and was constantly resident upon one of them . In 1628 he commenced Doct. of Div. at Cambridge , where he preached a Sermon highly applauded by the learned auditory of that time : And returning to Holbourne and his duty there , he became very famous for excellent preaching , and decent order in his charge . In 1631 his old Master the Bishop of Lincoln gave him the Archdeaconry of Bedford void by the death or resignation of Nich. Walker D. D. who had succeeded therein one George Eland an . 1629. To which charge he usually went once in a year ( commonly after Easter ) and exhorted the Clergy thereof to keep strictly the Orders of the Church . Afterwards finding his Church of S. Andrew in Holbourne much in decay , he eagerly sollicited his great friends and acquaintance to contribute to its reedification or at least repair , and about the year 1639 he had obtained divers thousands of pounds for that purpose ; but the unparalell'd rebellion following soon after , the members of the Long Parliament ( mostly a prevalent party of Presbyterians ) did seize on that , and all the money , collected for the repair of St. Pauls Cathedral in London to carry on their rebellion against their King. In the beginning of the Civil War , he was named one of the Committee , with divers eminent Bishops and Pastors , to consider of what was amiss in the English Liturgy and Church government and to rectifie the same , in hopes by that means to expel the cloud then appearing over the Church ; but the Lords and Commons dash'd that good intent by passing a Bill for taking away the Government of the Church by Bishops : Yet before the passing thereof , the Clergy being allowed liberty to speak for themselves , they all with one consent made the said Dr. Hacket their mouth to speak their sense of the matter ; which being the next day perform'd with general applause of all , except those that nothing could please , it did for the present put a stop to that Bill ; yet soon after by a new question it past , without a second hearing of the learned Doctor . Afterwards , he being silenced by them at S. Andrews in Holbourne , he retired to Cheame , where he also used the Liturgy till forbidden by the Parliament . Afterwards he suffered by imprisonment by the Army under Robert Earl of Essex when they went to fight against their King , and being released he retired to Cheame , which he kept during the times of Usurpation . After his Maj. restauration , the Bishoprick of Gloc. was offer'd to him , but he refusing it , the then L. Chanc. made advantage of it and caused it to be confer'd on Dr. Nicolson . Afterwards being made B. of Lichfield and Cov. as I have before told you , as also in the Fasti , an . 1616 , he repaired to Lichf . in the Spring time , an . 1662 and finding the Cathedral there quite ruined in the time of the most wicked rebellion , he set himself to the rebuilding thereof and finished the same in about eight years time , making it far more beautiful than it was before , with the expence of 20000 l , a thousand of which he had of the Chapter , and the rest was of his charge and of his procuring from Benefactors . On Christmas Eve in 1669 the said Cathedral was dedicated by him with the usual ceremonies required in such a matter , and in feasting three several parties of men for three days . He also laid out a 1000 l. in repairing the house of his residence there , that of his predecessors having been destroyed in the time of the said rebellion , and did much endeavour to settle a pious and laborious Clergy in his Diocess , by his own example of constant preaching . This worthy Bishop died on the 28 of Oct. 1670 , and was buried in his own Cathedral , where is a very noble and conspicuous monument over his grave , erected by his Son Sir Andrew Hacket of Moxhull in Warwickshire , sometimes one of the Masters in Chancery . After his death were A century of Sermons , that had been preached by the said Bishop published , with his life written at large , set before them , by Thomas Plume D. D. of Cambridge , afterwards Archdeacon of Rochester . WILLIAM BAYLY a Scotch man born , obtained most of his learning in the University of Glascow , compleated it in this University of Oxon , returned to his native Country , but outed thence by the Covenantiers . Afterwards , if I mistake not , he went into Ireland , whence being driven by the rebellion that broke out in 1641 , retired to Oxon , where his Majesty K. Ch. 1. had taken up his head quarter , and was by his Maj. command actually created Doctor of Div. in Feb. 1642. In the next year Rob. Dawson Bach. of Div. and Bishop of Clonfort and Kilmacogh in Ireland departing this mortal life at Kendal in Westmorland , ( the place of his nativity ) his Majesty was pleased to grant the said Bishopricks to Dr. Bayly before mention'd . Whereupon being consecrated at Oxon on the second day of May 1644 , by Dr. Usher Archbishop of Armagh and two Irish Bishops , sate there , without any translation to another See , till the time of his death ; which hapning (l) at Clonfort before mention'd , on the eleventh day of Aug , in sixteen hundred sixty and four , was buried in the Cathedral Church there . In the said Sees of Clonfort and Kilmacogh succeeded Edw. Wolley Doctor of Divinity , of whom I shall make mention in the Fasti , among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1642. WILLIAM PAUL a person of good parts and well vers'd in Ecclesiastical and Civil Laws , was born in Eastcheap within the City of London , became a student in this University an . 1614 , aged 15 years or thereabouts , and soon after one of the Clerks of Allsouls Coll. About Allsaints time in 1618 he was elected Fellow of the said house , and after he had proceeded in Arts he took holy Orders , and preached frequently in these parts . In 1632 , he being then Rector of Brightwell alias Baldwin Brightwell near Watlington in Oxfordshire , he proceeded in Divinity , answered the Divinity Act with general satisfaction , was about that time made one of the Chaplains to his Majesty K. Ch. 1. and afterwards Residentiary of Chichester . A little before the rebellion broke out , he preached a Sermon at the Episcopal Visitation of Dr. Bancroft B. of Oxon on Acts 17.22 . Then Paul stood up in the midst of Mars hill , and said , ye men of Athens , I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious . In the time of the rebellion he did suffer in some part for his loyalty , and therefore upon his Majesties restauration an . 1660 he was made one of his Chaplains , and Dean of Lichfield in the place of Dr. Griff. Higgs who died the year before . Afterwards being esteemed wealthy , and knowing in secular affairs , he was by the endeavours of Dr. Sheldon Archb. of Cant. ( somtimes his fellow Collegiat ) promoted to the See of Oxford , upon the translation of Skinner to Worcester , in hopes that he would rebuild the Bishops Pallace at Cudesden : And having in part promised so to do , he had liberty allow'd him to keep the rectory of Brightwell before mention'd , and the rich rectory of Chinnor in Oxfordshire ( which he some years before had obtained ) in Commendam with his Bishoprick . Soon after being consecrated , but the day when I know not , and installed or enthronized on the 7 of January 1663 , he bought , and laid in at Cudesden a considerable quantity of timber , but before any thing else could be done in the matter , he died ; which hapning at Chinnor on the 24 of May in sixteen hundred sixty and five , his body was conveyed to Brightwell before mention'd and buried in the Chancel of the Church there . Soon after was a comly monument set up against the wall , over his grave , at the charge of his disconsolate Widow , the beginning of which is this . Posteris & aeternitati sacrum . Hic subtus conduntur sacrae ( heu quantillae ) viri magni reliquiae Gulielmi Paul , infans ad magna natus Londini , an . 1599. Clarus olim ex virtute suâ quam ex urbe nomen habiturus , &c. In the See of Oxon succeeded Walt. Blandford D. D. as I shall tell you elsewhere . ROBERT PRICE the fourth Son of John Price of Runasse in Merionithshire Esq , was born there , or in that County , educated in Westminster School , elected Student of Ch. Ch. an . 1625 , aged 18 years , took one degree in Arts , entred upon the Law line , and was adm . Bach. of that faculty in 1632. Afterwards he took upon him the sacred function , was made Chaplain to the most noble Thomas Earl of Strafford , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , who gave him the Deanery of Connor in that Kingdom , at which time he was esteem'd well vers'd in the Ecclesiastical Laws . On the 30 of Apr. 1639 he was admitted Doctor of the Laws of the University of Dublin , and going soon after into England , was incorporated Doctor of that faculty at Oxon. In the time of the rebellion in Ireland he lost all there , and suffer'd much for the royal cause , but being restored to what he had lost after his Majesties return , was , in requital of his sufferings , made Bishop of Fernes and Laighlin in the said Kingdom ; to which Sees being consecrated (*) in the Cathedral Church of S. Patrick on the 27 of January 1660 , sate there to the time of his death , which hapned in sixteen hundred sixty and five , as I have been informed by one of his successors in the said Sees named Dr. Narcissus Marsh , now Archb. of Cashiells , who also told me that Dr. Rich. Boyle succeeded Dr. Price in those Sees . JOHN EARLE sometimes Fellow of Merton Coll , afterwards Dean of Westminster , was consecrated Bishop of VVorcester ( on the death of Gauden ) in the latter end of Nov. 1662 , and thence translated to Salisbury in the latter end of Sept. an . 1663. He died in Nov. in sixteen hundred sixty and five ; under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 251. In VVorcester succeeded Dr. Skinner , and in Salisbury Dr. Hyde , as I shall tell you hereafter . GEORGE WILDE sometimes Fellow of S. Johns Coll. was consecrated in S. Patricks Church near Dublin Bishop of London-Derry in Ireland on the 27. of January 1660 , by John Archb. of Armagh , Griffin Bishop of Ossory and Robert B. of Kilmore . He departed this mortal life in the month of Decemb. in sixteen hundred sixty and five , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 252. In the said See succeeded Robert Moss●m author of The Preachers Tripartite in 3 books , &c. and him Dr. Mich. Ward , and him Dr. Ezek. Hopkins . JOHN WARNER sometimes Fellow of Magd. Coll , was consecrated Bishop of Rochester in January 1637 , ( the temporalities of which See were (m) delivered to him on the 30 of the said month ) and died in Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and six , under which year you may see more of him among the writers , p. 258. In the said See succeeded John Dolben D. D , of whom I have made mention among the said Writers . GEORGE GRIFFITH sometimes Student of Christ Church was consecrated Bishop of S. Asaph in the latter end of Octob. 1660 , and died in sixteen hundred sixty and six ; under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 270. He succeeded in the said See , after it had laid void 9 years , one Dr. Joh. Owen of Cambridge , of whom I have made mention in the first vol. of this work p. 628. But whereas I have said there that he was author of Herod and Pilate reconciled , &c. which I took from Mercurius Publicus , published 4. June 1663 , wherein 't is said that Dr. Owen late Bishop of S. Asaph was the author , it proves an errour , for David Owen was the writer of it , as I have told you in the said vol , in the Fasti p. 803 , wherein the first part of the title is omitted , for whereas the title there , is , The concord of a Papist and Puritan for the coercion , deposition and killing of Kings , it should be Herod and Pilate reconciled : or the concord of a Papist , &c. Camb. 1610. qu , reprinted under Dr. John Owens name in 1663 , and so it was put in the said News book called Merc. Pub. which caused the errour by me made . ALEXANDER HYDE fourth Son (n) of Sir Laurence Hyde of Salisbury Knight , second Son of Laur. Hyde of Gussage S. Michael in Dorsetshire , third Son of Robert Hyde of Northbury in Cheshire , was born in S. Maries Parish within the said City of Salisbury , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll , after he had served two years of Probation , an . 1617 aged 20 years or thereabouts , and took the degrees in the Civil Law , that of Doctor being compleated in 1632. In the month of May 1637 he was made Subdean of Salisbury on the death of Giles Thornborough , and on the 5 of Jan. 1638 he was collated to the Prebendship of South Grantham in the said Church , upon the resignation of Dr. Humph. Henchman , he being then possest of a Benefice elsewhere . What were his sufferings in the time of the rebellion , ( if any ) , or his merits afterwards , to be advanced to a Bishoprick , let others speak , while I tell you that after his Majesties restauration , he was by the endeavours of his kinsman Sir Edw. Hyde Lord Chanc. of England , not only made Dean of Winchester , an . 1660 , in the place of Dr. Joh. Yonge some years before dead , ( who had succeeded in that Deanery Dr. Thomas Morton , an . 1616 ) but also advanced upon the death of Dr. Joh. Earle to the See of Salisbury : To which receiving consecration in New Coll. Chappel , 31. Dec. 1665 ( the K. and Qu. with their Courts being then in Oxon ) from the Hands of the Archb. of Cant , assisted by the Bishops of Winchester , Gloc , Peterb , Limerick and Oxon ) enjoyed it but a little while to his detriment . In his Deanery succeeded Will. Clark D. D. of Cambridge , who dying in the Parish of S. Giles in the Fields near London , Rich. Meggot D. D. of Qu. Coll. in Cambridge , Canon of Windsore , Rector of S. Olaves in Southwark and Vicar of Twittenham in Middlesex , was installed in his place , 9. Oct. 1679. As for Dr. Hyde , he died to the great grief of his Relations , on the 22 day of August in sixteen hundred sixty and seven aged 70 years , and was buried in the South isle near the Choir of the Cath. Church of Salisbury . Afterwards was a black marble stone laid over his grave , with an inscription thereon , the beginning of which is this . Siste viator , hac itur in patriam hisce vestigiis in coelum , &c. His eldest Brother Laur. Hyde Esq , was of Heale , near Salisbury , whose Widow Mrs. Mary Hyde did for a time conceal in her house there , K. Ch. 2. in his flight from Worcester battle , an . 1651 , when then he removed incognito from place to place till he could obtain a passage over Sea into France . The next was Sir Rob. Hyde , who , by the endeavours of his kinsman Sir Edw. before mention'd , was made Lord Chief Justice of the Common pleas . He died suddenly on the Kalends of May 1665 aged 70 , and was buried in the said Isle . Soon after was erected on the wall , near his grave , a splendid monument with his bust in white marble , and a large inscription thereon beginning thus . H. S. E. ordini par paterno , fraternoque Robertus Hyde Eq. aur . Laurentii Hyde militis filius secundus , &c. Another Brother he had called Sir Hen. Hyde , who adheering to his Maj. K. Ch. 2 in his exile , was by him sent Ambassador to the Grand . Seignior at Constantinople , and demanding audience in his name , he was ( by bribes given ) delivered to some of the English Merchants there , who shipping him in the Smyrna Fleet , was conveyed into England . Soon after he being committed to the Tower of London , he was brought before the High Court of Justice , where he desired to plead in the Italian Language , which , he said , was more common to him than the English . But it being denied him , he was at length condemned to die : whereupon he lost his head on a Scaffold erected against the Old Exchange in Cornhill , on the fourth day of March an . 1650. It was then said by the faction in England , that he did , by vertue of a Commission from Charles Stuart as K. of Great Britaine , act in the quality of an Agent to the Court of the Great Turk , with intent to destroy the trade of the Turkey Company , and the Parliaments interest , not only in Constantinople , but also in Mitylene , Anatolia and Smyrna . That also he had a Commission to be Consul in that matter , with an aim likewise to seize upon the Merchants goods for the use of Charles King of Scots : For the effecting of which design , he presumed to discharge Sir Tho. Bendish of his Embassie , being Leiger there for the state of England , &c. The said faction also reported , and would needs perswade the People in England , that those that abetted Sir H. Hyde at Smyrna had the heavy hand of judgment fell upon them . This Sir Hen. Hyde after his decollation , was conveyed to Salisbury and buried there in the Cathedral among the graves of his Relations . Another Brother , younger than him , was Edward Hyde D. D sometimes Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards Rector of Brightwell near Wallingford in Berkshire : From which being ejected in the time of Usurpation , he retired with his Wife and Children to Oxon , and hiring an apartment within the precincts of Hart Hall , lived there several years , studied frequently in Bodlies Library , and preached in the Church of Halywell in the suburbs of Oxon to the Royal Party , till he was silenc'd by the Faction . In 1658 he obtained of his exil'd Majesty by the endeavours of Sir Edw. Hyde before mention'd his kinsman , ( then , tho in banishment , Lord Chancellour of England ) Letters Patents for the Deanery of Windsore ( in the place of Dr. Chr. Wren deceased ) dated in July the same year ; but he dying at Salisbury of the Stone , a little before the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he was never installed in that Dignity . He hath written and published several books which were taken into the hands of , and perused by , the Royal Party , as ( 1 ) A Christian ●egacy , consisting of two parts : preparation for and consolation against death . Lond. 1657. oct . ( 2 ) Christ and his Church : or , Christianity explained , under seven Evangelical and Ecclesiastical heads Oxon. 1658. qu. ( 3 ) Vindication of the Church of England . Ibid. 1658. qu. ( 4 ) Christian vindication of truth against errour . Printed 1659. in tw . ( 5 ) The true Catholick tenure , &c. Cambr. 1662. oct . and other things , as you may see in Joh. Ley among these Writers , an . 1662. Another Brother , the tenth in number , was Sir Frederick Hyde Knight , the Queens Serjeant , an . 1670 , and one of the chief Justices of South Wales , who dyed in 1676. Also another called Francis , who was Secretary to the Earl of Denbigh Embassador , and died at Venice without issue . And among others must not be forgotten Dr. Thomas Hyde Fellow of New Coll , afterwards Judge of the Admiralty , and also the eleventh and youngest Brother of them all , named James Hyde , Dr. of Physick , lately Principal of Magd. Hall. HUGH LLOYD was born in the County of Cardigan , became a Servitour or poor Scholar of Oriel Coll. an . 1607 or thereabouts , took the degrees in Arts , translated himself to Jesus Coll , of which I think he became Fellow , and in 1638 he proceeded in Divinity , being about that time Archdeacon of S. David and well beneficed in his own Country . In the times of Usurpation and Rebellion he suffered much for the Kings cause , was ejected and forced to remove from place to place for his own security : In consideration of which and his episcopal qualities , he was consecrated to the See of Landaffe on the second day of Decemb. ( being the first Sunday of that month ) an . 1660 , by the Archb. of York , Bishops of London , Rochester , Salisbury and Worcester : at which time six other Bishops were also consecrated . He died in June or July , in sixteen hundred sixty and seven , and was , as I suppose , buried at Matherne in Monmouthshire , where the House or Pallace pertaining to the Bishop of Landaff is situated . In the said See succeeded Dr. Francis Davies , as I shall tell you elsewhere . JEREMY TAYLOR originally of the University of Cambridge , afterwards Fellow of Allsouls Coll. in this University , was consecrated Bishop of Downe and Conner in Ireland , an . 166● , and died in Aug. in sixteen hundred sixty and seven ; under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 282. GEORGE HALL sometimes Fellow of Exeter Coll , became Bishop of Chester in the room of Dr. Henry Ferne deceased , an . 1662 , and dying in sixteen hundred sixty and eight , ( under which year you may see more of him among the Writers p. 297 ) was succeeded in that See by Dr. Joh. Wilkins , of whom I have largely spoken elsewhere already . HENRY KING sometimes Canon of Ch Church , afterwards Dean of Rochester , was consecrated Bishop of Chichester , an . 1641. and died in the beginning of Octob. in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers p. 308. In the said See of Chichester succeeded Dr. Pet. Gunning as I have elsewhere told you . HENRY GLEMHAM a younger Son of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham in Suffolk Knight , by Anne his Wife , eldest daughter of Sir Tho. Sackvile Knight , Earl of Dorset , was born (a) in the County of Surrey , became a Commoner of Trin. Coll in 1619 aged 16 years , being then put under the tuition of Mr. Robert Skinner . Afterwards he took the degrees in Arts , holy Orders , and became well beneficed before the rebellion broke out ; at which time suffering more for his loyalty than merits , was upon his Majesties restauration , made Dean of Bristow in the place of Dr. Matthew Nicholas promoted to the Deanery of S. Pauls Cath. in London ; where continuing till 1666 , he was , by the endeavours of Barbara Dutchess of Cleavland , made Bishop of S. Asaph in the latter end of that year , in the place of Dr. George Griffith deceased . He gave way to fate at Glemham Hall in Suffolk on the seventeenth day of January in sixteen hundred sixty and nine , and was buried in the Vault that belongs to the Family of Glemham , in the Parish Church of Little Glemham in the said County . To the said See of S. Asaph , was translated Dr. Is . Barrow Bishop of the Isle of Man , on the 21. of March 1669 , to the great rejoycing of the true Sons of the Church in the Diocese thereof . After he was setled , he repaired several parts of the Cathedral Church , especially the North and South Isles , and new covered them with lead , and caused the East part of the choir to be wainscoted . He laid out a considerable sum of money in building and repairs about his Pallace at S. Asaph , and the mill thereunto belonging . In the year 1678 he built an Almes house for eight poor Widows , and did endow it with twelve pounds per an . for ever . The same year he procured an Act of Parliament for the appropriating of the Rectories of Llaurhaiader and Mochnant in Denbighshire and Mountgomeryshire , and of Skeiviog in the County of Flint , for repairs of the Cathedral Church of S. Asaph and the better maintenance of the choire there ; and also for the uniting several Rectories that were Sinecures , and the Vicaridges of the same Parishes , within his said Diocese of S. Asaph . He also intended to build a Free-school and to endow it , but was prevented by death . Yet since that time his successor Dr. Will Lloyd Bishop of S. Asaph did recover from Bishop Barrow's Executors 200 l. towards a Free-school at S. Asaph , an . 1687. This most worthy Bishop Dr. Barrow died at Shrewsbury , about noon of the 24 of June ( Midsomer day ) an . 1680 , and on the 30 of the said month his Corps was lodged in his house called Argoed hall in Flintshire , and from thence carried on the first of July to his Palace at S. Asaph , and the same day to the Cathedral Church there , where after Divine Service and a Sermon , the said Corps was decently inter'd by Dr. Nich. Stratford Dean of S. Asaph on the South side of the West door in the Cathedral Church yard , which was the place he appointed . Over his grave was soon after laid a large flat stone , and another over that , supported by Pedestals . On the last of which is this inscription engraven . Exuviae Isaaci Asaphensis Episcopi , in manum Domini depositae in spem laetae resurrectionis per sola Christi merita . Obiit dictus reverendus Pater festo Divi Johannis Baptistae , anno Domini 1680 Aetatis 67 & Translationis suae undecimo . On the lower stone , which is even with the ground , is this inscription following , engraven on a brass plate fastned thereunto , which was made by the Bishop himself . Exuviae Isaaci Asaphensis Episcopi , in manum Domini depositae in spem laetae resurrectionis per sola Christi merita . O vos transeuntes in Domum Domini Domum orationis , orate pro Conservo vestro ut inveniat miserecordiam in die Domini . The said brass plate was fastned at first , as 't is there reported , over the said West door , but afterwards taken down , and fastned to the lower stone , next the body . But so it was , that as soon as this last Epitaph was put up , the contents thereof flew about the nation by the endeavours of the godly faction , ( then plump'd up with hopes to carry on their diabolical designes upon account of the Popish Plot then in examination and prosecution ) to make the world believe that the said Bishop died a Papist , and that the rest of the Bishops were Papists also , or at least popishly affected , and especially for this reason , that they adhered to his Majesty and took part with him at that time against the said Faction , who endeavoured to bring the Nation into confusion by their usual trade of lying and slandering , which they have always hitherto done to carry on their ends , such is the religion of the Saints . But so it is , let them say what they will , that the said Bishop was a virtuous , generous and godly man , and a true Son of the Church of England : And it is to be wished that those peering , poor spirited and sneaking wretches would endeavour to follow his example , and not to lye upon the catch , under the notion of religion , to obtain their temporal ends , private endearments , comfortable importances , filthy lusts , &c. The said Bishop was Uncle to a most worthy , religious and learned Doctor of both his names , as I have elsewhere told you , who dying 4. May 1677 , aged 47 years , was buried in the great , or south cross Isle of Westm . Abbey , near to the monument of the learned Camden , sometimes Clarenceaux K. of Armes . WILLIAM PIERS son of William Piers a Haberdasher of Hats , Nephew , or near of kin , to Dr. John Piers sometimes Archb. of York and a Native of South Hinxsey near Abendon in Berks , was born in the Parish of Allsaints within the City of Oxon , in Aug , and baptized there on the 3. of Sept. an . 1580. In 1596 he was made Student of Ch. Church , and taking the degrees in Arts , fell to the study of Divinity , and was for a time a Preacher in and near Oxon. Afterwards being made Chaplain to Dr. King Bishop of London , he was prefer'd to the Rectory of S. Christophers Church near to the Old Exchange in London and Vicaridge of Northall in Middles . In 1614 he proceeded in Divinity , being about that time Divinity Reader in S. Pauls Cathedral , and in 1618 he was made Canon of Ch. Church , and soon after Dean of Chester . In 1621. 22. 23. he did undergo the office of Vicechancellour of this University , wherein behaving himself very forward and too officious against such that were then called Anti-Arminians , he gained the good will of Dr. Laud then a rising star in the Court , and so consequently preferment . In 1622 he was made Dean of Peterborough in the place of Hen. Beaumont promoted to that of Windsore , and in 1630 had the Bishoprick thereof confer'd on him , by the death of Dr. Tho. Dove , to which being elected , he had the temporalities thereof given (b) to him on the 30 of Oct , and installation on the 14 of Nov. the same year . While he sate there , which was but for a short time , he was esteemed a man of parts , knowing in Divinity and the Laws , was very vigilant and active for the good both for the ecclesiastical and civil estate . In Oct. 1632 he was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells , upon the translation of Dr. Curle to Winchester ; the temporalities of which See being given (c) to him on the 20 of December the same year , he continued there , without any other translation , to the time of his death . As for his actions done in his Diocese of Bath and Wells before the grand rebellion broke out , which were very offensive to the puritanical party , ( who often attested that he brought innovations therein and into his Church , suppressed Preaching , Lectures , and persecuted such who refused to rail in the Lords Table , &c. in his Diocese ) let one of them named William Prynne a great enemy to the Hierarchy (d) speak , yet the reader may be pleased to suspend his judgment , and not to believe all what that partial , cropear'd and stigmatized person saith . When the Bishops were silenc'd , and their Lands sold by that Parliament , called by the faction the blessed Parliament , he lived retiredly on a considerable estate of his own , ( sometimes at Cudesden near Oxon ) and married a second Wife , which is well known to all the neighbourhood there ; yet the said Mr. Prynne would needs perswade (e) us that he was reduced to such extremity that in November 1655 he went to an honorable Knight of his acquaintance in Westminster and complained to him that he had not bread for him and his to put in their mouthes , intreating his favour to procure any Lect. or Curates place for him tho never so mean ( which he , by all the friends he had , could no where obtain ) to keep him from starving . Whereupon the Knight minded him of his former speeches and cruelty towards other Lecturers and Ministers , whom ( as he added ) he reduced to extreme poverty ; wishing him to take special notice how God had justly requited him in his own kind , so as himself would now turn Lecturer , or the meanest Curate under others , in his old age , to get but a meer subsistence , and yet none would entertain him , as himself confessed , in any place . So as the judgment threatned against Ely his posterity , 1. Sam. 2.36 . was then actually fallen on that great Prelate , &c. In 1660 he was restored to his Bishoprick , and by the great fines and renewings that then came in , he was rewarded in some degree for his sufferings : but his said second Wife , too young and cunning for him , got what she could from the children he had by his first Wife , and wheedling him to Walthamstow in Essex got thousands of pounds and his plate from him ( as the common report at Wells is ) which of right should have gone to his said Children . He died at that place in the month of Apr. in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was privately buried in the Parochial Church there by the care of his said Wife . He hath two Sermons in print , preached during his restraint in the Tower with other Bishops that were committed thither by the Parliament an . 1641 , both on 2. Cor. 12.8.9 . — Lond. 1642. qu. He left behind him a Son of both his names , actually created D. of D. an . 1661 , tho of lesser merit than sufferings , and another called John Piers , who being a Lay-man , had a Lay-prebendship in the Church of Wells bestowed on him by his Father . He lived mostly at Denton in the Parish of Cudesden near Oxon , ( where his Father had setled an estate on him ) and dying 28. Nov. 1670 , was buried in the Church at Cudesden : whereupon his Prebendship was converted to the use of a Clergy-man . ROBERT SKINNER second Son of Edm. Skinner Rector of Pitchford or Pisford in Northamptonshire , ( by Bridget his Wife Daughter of Humph. Radcliff of Warwickshire ) Son of Thomas Skinner of the Parish of Ledbury in Herefordshire , and he the Son of Stephen , was born at Pisford , educated in Grammar learning in a School at Brixworth near to that place , admitted Scholar of Trinity Coll , an . 1607 , aged 16 years , and six years after Fellow , he being then Bach. of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in his faculty , he took holy Orders , and became a noted Tutor in the Coll , and some of his Pupils proved afterwards men of note , as Will. Chillingworth , Rich. Newdigale a Judge , &c. In 1621 he was admitted to the reading of the sentences , and afterwards going to London was unexpectedly chose Preacher of S. Gregories Church near S. Pauls Cathedral , where preaching twice every Sunday for nine years , obtained love , honour and applause , especially from the Puritans . When Dr. Laud became Bishop of London , he caused him to be sworn Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty , and endeavoured to take him off from the principles that he then professed , was made Rector of Launton near Bister in Oxfordshire and Minister of Greensnorton . In the month of July or thereabouts , an . 1636 he being elected Bishop of Bristow , was , as Bishop elect of that place , diplomated Doctor of Div. of this University , on the 13 of August the same year , and having the temporalities thereof given (f) to him on the 20 of January following , had liberty allowed to him to keep Launton and Greensnorton in Commendam with the said See. In the beginning of 1641 he was translated to the See of Oxon , on the death of Dr. Bancroft , and soon after being one of the twelve Bishops that subscribed a Protestation in behalf of themselves against the immoderate Proceedings of the Parl. then sitting , was impeached by the members thereof of High Treason , and committed Prisoner to the Tower of London , where continuing 18 weeks to his great charge , was , upon bail , released : Whereupon retiring to his Rectory of Launton , which he kept also in commendam with Oxon , lived there retiredly , and submitted so much to the men of those times , that he kept the said Rectory , when the rest of his Spiritualities were lost , meerly , as 't was supposed , for the bare maintenance of himself and children ; in which time , he did usually , as 't is said , read the Common Prayer , and confer Orders according to the Ch. of Engl. After his Maj. return in 1660 , he was restored to his Bishoprick , became one of his Maj. Commissioners of the Univ. of Ox. for the visiting and rectifying it then much out of order , but was not translated to a richer See which he much expected , occasion'd by a great and potent enemy at Court , who maligned him because of his submission in some part to the Usurpers . In the month of Oct. 1663 he was translated to the See of Worcester upon the removal of Dr. Earle to that of Sarum , where he became esteemed more by his many Tenants , than family or friends , because of his goodness as a Landlord . He died in sixteen hundred and seventy , and was buried in a Chappel at the east end of the Choir of the Cath. Ch. at Worcester . Over his grave was soon after laid a flat marble stone , with this inscription engraven thereon . H. I. E. Rev. in Ch. Pater ac Dom. Robertus Skinner Coll. S. Trinitatis Oxon Socius , Carolo primo Britanniarum Monarchae à sacris , Doctoratum in SS . Theologiâ almae Matris diplomate oblatum sine ambitu cepit . A Rectoriâ Launton Dioeceseos Oxon ad Episcopatum Bristoliensem evocatus , ( tantus ecclesiae filius meruit cito fieri parens ) mox ad sedem Oxoniensem translatus . Turre Londinensi à Perduellibus diu incarceratus , tam sine culpâ , quam examine exivit . A Carolo II. ad sedem Vigorniensem promotus , postquam Presbyteris sanciendis assuetam dextram sufficiendis Praesulibus mutuam dedisset ( eorumque quinque à suo collegio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) omnibus ante sacrilegam usurpationem Episcopus superstes . Junii 14. A. D. 1670 Octogenarius ad summam animarum Episcopum ascendit , prius gratiâ , nunc gloriâ consecratus . While he lived in the times of Usurpation he was supposed to be the sole Bish . that confer'd Orders , and after his Majesties return an hundred and three persons did at once take holy Orders from him in the Abbey Ch. at Westm , and very many frequently in his respective Dioceses where he successively sate : so that at his death , it was computed that he had sent more Labourers into the Vineyard , than all the brethren he then left behind him had done . He hath extant , A sermon preached before the King at Whitehall , 3 Dec. on Psal . 96.9 . Lond. 1634. qu. and another preached in S. Gregories Ch. 1628 , which I have not yet seen . THOMAS BAYLY an English man born , was originally of this University , afterwards of Dublin in Ireland , whence flying in the time of the Rebellion , he retired to Oxon , and there became one of the Petty Canons or Chapl. of Ch. Ch. as the Antients there have informed me , but how long he continued in that place , I cannot tell . After his Maj. restauration he became D. of D. and Dean of Downe , and upon the death of Dr. H. Hall was made B. of Killala and Achonry , to which receiving consecration (g) on 5 June 1664 , sate there till the time of his death ; which hapning in July or thereabouts in sixteen hundred seventy and one , was buried , as I presume , near the body of his Predecessor in the Cath. Ch. of Killala . Qu. JOHN LESLEY was born of the antient family of his name of Balquhaine in the north parts of Scotland , and nearly related to both the Count Lesleys , who successively have rendred themselves conspicuous by their Arms in Germany , received some Academical education in his own Country ( at Aberdene as I have heard ) and afterwards for some time in Oxon ; but whether he took a degree there in Arts it appears not . Afterwards he travelled into Spain , Italy and Germany , but most in France , where he perfected his Studies , and became remarkable for the most polite and abstruse points of Learning . He spoke French , Spanish and Italian equal to the Natives , and had such an extraordinary command of the Lat. Tongue , that it was said of him when he was in Spain , solus Lesleius Latine loquitur . He was from his tender years conversant in Courts , where he learned that address and freedom which was peculiar to his Education , and gave a particular air even to his Preaching . Whence it was said of him , and another Bishop of his name , that no man preached more gracefully than the one , nor with more authority than the other . These accomplishments introduced him to be treated , even with familiarity , by several Princes and great men abroad : And he was particularly happy in the good esteem of his Master K. Ch. 1 , who admitted him to sit at his Council-Table both in Scotland and Ireland , ( as his father K. James had done for the first ) in both which he was continued by K. Ch. 2. His chiefest advancement in the Ch. of Scotland was the Episcopal See of the Isles , where sitting several years , not without trouble from the Faction , he was translated to the See of Raphoe in Ireland , an . 1633 , and the same year was made one of his Maj. Privy Council in that Kingdom . When he first came to the said diocess , he found the Revenew of the Bishoprick much embezel'd , several Gentlemen in that Country having ingrossed great part of it to themselves , and combin'd together to maintain what they had got : But so it was , that he by his activity , did , tho a stranger , retrieve from them by an expensive sute at Law what they had gotten , and by that means increased the revenew of the said See of Raphoe near a third part . He built a noble and stately Pallace for his Successors the Bishops of Raphoe , there being none in that diocess before his access to it . He contriv'd it for strength as well as beauty , which proved of good use in that broken Country , for it held out against the Irish , during the whole Rebellion of 1641 , and preserved great part of that Country . When the said Rebellion broke out , and the Irish Rebels spread over the Country , and all men forced to fight for their lives , and particularly those under his Protection and in his diocess , yet he would not take upon him any military command , as not becoming his character , tho in effect he performed the Office of a General among them , even to the exposing his person , whenever there was occasion ; of which a remarkable instance is told us in the Epist . to the Reader to the Hist . of the execrable Irish Rebellion , written by Dr. Edw. Borlase , viz. That when Sir Ralph Gore at Matchribeg , with many other Brittish Inhabitants , were reduced to great extremity by a long Siege , and a necessity of a sudden Surrender of themselves without hope of quarter , to the enraged cruelty of the Irish ; the Bishop sallied forth amidst the flames of the whole Country , and relieved him , at that time reduced to such streights , as he and they were forced to cast their dishes into Ball. I say that after the Laggan Forces consisting of three Regiments had refused the hazard of a Relief , the said Bishop with his Company , Tenants and Friends did attempt and perfect it , evidencing at that instant , as much personal valour as regular conduct , which is at this day remembred in Ireland with much astonishment . After the Rebellion , when his Majesties Cause ( K. Ch. 1. ) was there maintained by the Royallists and such that had fled into Ireland after the declension of his Cause in England , he raised a Foot-Company , and maintained them at his own charges , while his affairs had any prospect , for he was loyal , if it was possible , to excess . He endured a Siege in his Castle of Raphoe before he would surrender it to Oliver , and held out the last in that Country . He declared then against the Presbyterian , as well as Popish , pretences for Rebellion , and would neither joyn in the Treason nor Schism of those times , but held unalterably to the practice , as well as principles of the Ch. of England ; whose Liturgy he continued always in his family after he was thrust out of the Church . And even in Dublin , he had frequent Confirmations and Ordinations ; for which , tho he was persecuted by the faction , yet he persisted , and several of present Irish ) Clergy ( of whom the Archb. of Tuam is one ) were then as Confessors admitted into holy Orders by him . After his Majesties restauration , he went into England to present himself to him , and flew with that zeal that he rode from Chester to London , which is 150 miles , in 24 hours . In 1661 he was translated to the See of Clogher , upon the translation thence of Dr. Hen. Jones to Meath , ( who had succeeded in Clogher Dr. James Spotswood a Scot , buried in S. Benedicts Chappel in the Abbey Church at Westminster 31. March 1645. ) and afterwards his Maj. would have promoted him to a See more profitable in requital of his great sufferings , but he excused himself , and was resolved to end his labours among those with whom he had suffer'd , and where his influence was most beneficial . He was a person very temperate , which was the reason that he attained to a great age , and was so great a stranger to Covetousness that he hardly understood money , which yet he took care to employ to the best uses . His memory was prodigious in his younger years , not only natural but acquired , for he had studied and wrot of the Art of memory and improv'd it to great advantage . He wrot several Treatises curious and learned , which were designed to see the light , but were all lost together with his great Library of many years collection , and several Mss . which he had brought from forreign Countries , partly by the Irish , and partly by the Protestant Army in the time of K. Will. 3. an . 1689.90 . He died in sixteen hundred seventy and one , aged an hundred years and more , being then , as 't was computed , the antientest Bishop in the world , having been above 50 years a Bishop . His death hapned at his Seat called Castle Lesley alias Glaslogh , and was there buried in a Church of his own building , which he had made the Parish Church by vertue of an Act of Parliament for that purpose in Ireland : Which Church was consecrated to S. Salvator . Sir James Ware in his Commentary of the Irish Bishops (*) tells us , that this Bishop Lesley was Doct. of Div. of Oxon , and his Son named Charles Lesley a Minister in Ireland hath informed me that he was not only Doct. of Div. but of both the Laws of Oxford : How true these things are I cannot tell ; sure I am that I cannot find his name in any of the registers of Congreg . or Convocation , or that he took any degree there . GILBERT IRONSIDE sometimes Fell. of Trin. Coll , was made B. of Bristow in the year 1660 , and died in Sept. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 357. In the said See succeeded Dr. Guy Carleton , as I shall tell you under the year 1685. WILLIAM NICOLSON sometimes one of the Clerks of Magd. Coll , succeeded Dr. Godfrey Goodman in the See of Glocester , an . 1660 , and died in the beginning of Feb. in sixteen hundred seventy and one , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 362. In the said See succeeded John Prichett , as I shall tell you under the year 1680. GRIFFITH WILLIAMS sometimes a member of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , afterwards of the Univ. of Cambr. became Bishop of Ossory in 1641 , and died in the latter end of sixteen hundred seventy and one ; under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 363. In the said See succeeded Dr. John Parry , as I have told you among the said Writers an . 1677. p. 448. JOHN WILKINS sometimes of New Inn , afterwards of Magdalen Hall , was consecrated Bish . of Chester , an . 1668 , on the death of Dr. George Hall , and died in Nov. in sixteen hundred seventy and two ; under which year you may also see more of him among the Writers , p. 370.371 . In the said See succeeded the learned Dr. Joh. Pearson born at Creake in Norfolk , bred in Eaton School , admitted into Kings Coll. in Cambridge an . 1631 , commenced M. of A , became Chaplain to George Lord Goring at Exeter , Preb. of Sarum , Preacher at S. Clements Eastcheap , and afterwards at S. Christophers , in London . In 1660 he was installed Archd. of Surrey , after it had laid void about eleven years , ( being then D. of D. ) was afterwards Master of Jesus Coll. in Cambr. Preb. of Ely , Chapl. in ord . to his Maj , and Master of Trin. Coll. in the said Univ. I say that he succeeding Dr. Wilkins in Chester , was consecrated to that See ( with Dr. Pet. Mews to Bath and Wells ) on the ninth day of Febr. an . 1672 , having before published an Exposition on the Creed , &c. After his death , which I have mention'd elsewhere , succeeded in the See of Chester Dr. Thom. Cartwright . The said Dr. Joh. Pearson had a younger brother named Richard , born also at Creake , bred in Eaton School , admitted into Kings Coll. in 1646 , was afterwards M. of A , Professor of the Civil Law at Gresham Coll , and kept his Fellowship with it , went out Doct. of the Civ . and Canon Law upon the coming of the Prince of Tuscany to Cambr. in the beginning of 1669 , he being then Under-keeper of his Maj. Library at S. James . He was a most excellent Scholar , a most admired Greecian , and a great Traveller : He died in the summer-time , an . 1670 , being then , as 't was vulgarly reported , a Rom. Cath. FRANCIS DAVIES a Glamorganshire man born , became a Student of Jes . Coll. an . 1628 , aged 17 years , took the degr . in Arts , and was made Fellow of the said House . About that time entring into holy Orders , he became beneficed in Wales , and in 1640 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences . Afterwards suffering much for the Kings Cause , lived as opportunity served , and was involved in the same fate as other Royalists were . But being restored to what he had lost , after his Maj. restauration , he was actually created D. of D. in the beginning of the year 1661 , being then Archd. of Landaff in the place of Tho. Prichard . In. 1667 he was made Bishop of Landaff on the death of Dr. Hugh Lloyd , paid his homage on the 4 of Sept. the same year , and about that time was consecrated . He concluded his last day in the latter end of sixteen hundred seventy and four , and was buried , as I have been informed by some of the Fellows of Jes . Coll , in the Cath. Ch. at Landaff . In the said See of Landaff succeeded Dr. Will. Lloyd sometimes of S. Johns Coll. in Cambr , consecrated thereunto on the 18 of Apr. 1675 , where sitting till the death of Dr. Henshaw , he was translated to Peterborough , and confirmed therein 17 of May 1679. Besides the beforemention'd Franc. Davies , was another of both his names the e in Davies excepted , but before him in time , author of A Catechism , wherein is contained the true grounds of the articles of the Christian Faith contained in the Lords Prayer and Creed , &c. Lond. 1612. oct . ded . to Mr. Tho. Digges , but whether he was of Oxford , I cannot yet tell . Qu. WILLIAM FULLER son of Tho. Fuller , was born in London , educated in the Coll. School at Westminster , became a Communer of Magd. Hall in 1626 or thereabouts , aged 18 years , took the degree of Bach. of the Civil Law six years after , as a Member of S. Edm. Hall , having translated himself thither some time before . About that time he entred into holy Orders , was made one of the Chaplains or Petty-Canons of Ch. Ch , and when the K. had taken up his head quarter at Oxon in the time of the Rebellion , he became Chapl. to Edw. L. Littleton L. Keeper of the Gr. Seal there . Afterwards , upon the declension of the Kings Cause , he suffer'd as others did , taught a private School at T●●ttenham or Twickenham in Middlesex , in the Reigns of Oliv. and Richard , and endeavoured to instil Principles of Loyalty into his scholars . At length upon the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was nominated Dean of S. Patricks Church near Dublin , and in August the same year he was actually created Doct. of the Civ . Law , as a member of S. Edm. Hall , by vertue of the Chancellours Letters written in his behalf , which say that he is a worthy and learned person and hath suffered much for his Loyalty to his Majesty , &c. Afterwards he went into Ireland , was installed Dean of the said Ch. on the 21 of Oct. following , and continuing in that dignity till 1663 , he was made Bish . of Limerick and Ardfert in that Kingdom ; to which being consecrated (*) on the 20 of March the same year , according to the English accompt , sate there ( tho much of his time was spent in England ) till 1667 , and then upon Dr. B. Laney's removal to Ely , on the death of Dr. Math. Wren , he was translated to the See of Lincoln ( after he had taken a great deal of pains to obtain it ) on the 28 of Sept. the same year . He paid his last debt to nature at Kensington near London , on the 22 of Apr. in sixteen hundred seventy and five ; whereupon his body being carried to Lincoln , was buried in the Cath. Ch. there . In the afternoon of the very same day that he died , Dr. Tho. Barlow Provost of Qu. Coll , did , by the endeavours of the two (†) Secretaries of State , ( both formerly of his Coll. ) kiss his Majesties hand for that See , and accordingly was soon after consecrated . The said Dr. Fuller did once design to have written the Life of Dr. Joh. Bramhall sometimes Primate of Ireland , and had obtained many materials in his mind for so doing ; wherein , as in many things he did , he would without doubt have quitted himself well , as much to the instruction of the living , as honor of the dead : And therefore it was lamented by some , that any thing should divert him from doing so acceptable service . But the providence of God having closed up his much desired life , has deprived us of what he would have said of that most worthy Prelate . See in the beginning of the said Dr. Bramhall's Life , written by Joh. L. Bish . of Limerick . — Lond. 1677. fol. WALTER BLANDFORD son of a father of both his names , was born at Melbury Abbats in Dorsetshire , became a Servitour or poor Scholar of Ch. Ch. an . 1635 , aged (a) 19 years , admitted Scholar of Wadh. Coll , on the 1 of Oct. 1638 , at which time he said he was born in 1619 , took the degrees in Arts , and in 1644 , Jul. 2 , he was admitted Fellow of the said Coll. In 1648 when the Visitors appointed by Parliament to eject all such from the Univ. that would not take the Covenant or submit to their power , they did not eject him , which shews that he did either take the Covenant or submit to them ; and about the same time obtaining leave to be absent , he became Chapl. to John Lord Lovelace of Hurley in Berks and Tutor to his son John , to whom also afterwards he was Tutor in Wadh. Coll. In 1659 he was elected and admitted Warden of that Coll , and in the year after , in Aug. he was , among many , actually created D. of D , being about that time Chapl. to Sir Edw. Hyde L. Chanc. of Engl , who obtained for him the same year a Prebendship in the Ch. of Glocester , and a Chaplainship in ord . to his Majesty . In 1662 and 63 he did undergo the office of Vicechanc. of this Univ , not without some pedantry , and in 1665 he being nominated Bishop of Oxon , on the death of Dr. Will. Paul , was elected thereunto by the Dean and Chapter of Ch. Ch. on the 7 of Nov , confirmed in S. Maries Ch. in Oxon on the 28 of the said month , and on the 3 of Dec. following , in the same year of 1665 , ( the K. and the Q. with their Courts being then in Oxon ) he was consecrated in New Coll. Chap. by the Bishops of London , Glocester and Exeter . Soon after he was made Dean of the Royal Chappel , and upon the death of Dr. Skinner , was translated to the See of Worcester in the Ch. of S. Mary Savoy in the Strand near London on the 13 of June 1671. This Dr. Blandford who lived a single man , and never at all was inclined to Marriage , died in the Bishops Pallace at Worcester , on Friday the 9 of July in sixteen hundred seventy and five , and was buried in the Chappel next beyond the east end of the Choir belonging to the Cath. Ch. there , commonly called Our Ladies Chappel . Afterwards was set up in the Wall that parts the said Chap. and the east end of the Choire , a monument of Northamptonshire marble , and in the middle of it was fix'd a black marble table , with a large inscription thereon , part of which runs thus . H. S. I. Gualterus Blandford SS . T. P. &c. ad primorum Ecclesiae temporum exempla factus , & futurorum omnium natus : summis honorum fastigiis ita admotus , ut perpetuo super invidiam , citra meritum consisteret : non seculi artibus , assentatione , aut ambitu , sed pietate , modestia , animi dimissione & dignitatum fuga clarus . Ab Academiae gubernaculo ad Ecclesiae clavum , ( quaeque anceps magis procuratio ) ad conscientiae Principis regimen evocatus , muneribus omnibus par , quasi unico impenderetur . Nimirum eruditione recondita Academiam , sanctissima prudentia Dioecesim , illibata pietate Aulam , illustrabat . Donec perpetuis laboribus , & morbo diutino ( quem invicta animi constantia tolleraverat ) confectus , facultatibus suis Deo , Ecclesiae , Pauperibus distributis , &c. 'T is said in the Epitaph , that he died in the year of his age 59 , and on the 16 of July , which should be the 9 , as I have told you before . In the See of Worcester succeeded him Dr. Jam. Fleetwood , as I shall tell you elsewhere . EDWARD REYNOLDS sometimes Fell. of Merton Coll. and afterwards Dean of Ch. Ch , was consecrated B. of Norwych in the beginning of Jan. 1660 , and died in sixteen hundred seventy and six , under which year you may see more among the Writers , p. 420. In the said See succeeded Anth. Sparrow D. D. Bish . of Exeter , who after his Translation , was confirmed on the 18 of Sept. the same year , where he sate to the time of his death . This learned Doctor , who was the son of a wealthy father named Sam. Sparrow , was born at Depden in Suffolk , educated in Queens Coll. in Cambr , of which he was successively Scholar and Fellow , but ejected thence , with the rest of the Society , for their Loyalty , and refusing the Covenant , an . 1643. Soon after he was prevail'd upon to take the benefice of Hankdon in his native Country , but by that time he had held it 5 weeks , where he read the Common Prayer , he was ejected thence by the Committee of Religion sitting at Westminster . After the restauration of his Maj. he returned to his Living , was elected one of the Preachers at S. Edmunds Bury , and made Archd. of Sudbury , as I have told you in the Fasti under the year 1577. Soon after he became Master of the Coll. wherein he had been educated , and thereupon left his charge at S. Ed. Bury , and in short time after resigned Hankdon to his Curate , having before expended in reparations there 200 l. On the 3 of Nov. 1667 he was consecrated Bish . of Exeter , upon the Translation thence of Dr. Ward to Salisbury ; where sitting with great commendations till the death of Dr. Reynolds , was then translated to Norwich , as I have before told you . He hath published ( 1 ) Rationale upon the book of Common Prayer of the Ch. of England . Lond. 1657. &c. in tw . ( 2 ) Collection of Articles , Injunctions , Canons , Orders , Ordinances , &c. Ibid. 1661. qu , besides a Sermon concerning Confession of sins and the power of absolution , &c. He died towards the latter end of the month of May , an . 1685 , and in the next month he was succeeded by Dr. Will. Lloyd B. of Peterborough , who continuing there till after K. Will 3. came to the Crown , was then ejected as a Non-juror , or one that would not violate his Oath so the former King. WILLIAM LUCY sometimes of Trin. Coll. in this Univ , afterwards of Caies in Cambr , was consecrated B. of S. David on the first Sunday in Advent , an . 1660 , and died in the beginning of Octob. in sixteen hundred seventy and seven , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 443. In the See of S. David succeeded Dr. Will. Thomas , as I shall tell you when I come to him . GILBERT SHELDON the youngest son of Rog. Sheldon of Stanton in Staffordshire , near to Ashbourne in Derbyshire , was born there on the 19 of July 1598 , and had his Christian name given to him at his Baptization by Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury , to whom his father was a menial Servant . In the latter end of 1613 he became a Communer of Trinity Coll , and proceeding in Arts seven years after , was , in the year 1622 elected Fell. of that of All 's , and about the same time took holy Orders . Afterwards he was made domestick Chapl. to Thom. Lord Coventry L. Keeper of the Great Seal , who finding him to be a man of parts , recommended him to K. Ch. 1. as a person well vers'd in Politicks . In 1634 he proceeded in Divinity , being then , as it seems , Preb. of Gloc , and in the latter end of the year following he was elected Warden of his Coll. About the same time he became Chapl. in ord . to his Maj , was afterwards Clerk of his closet , and by him designed to be Master of the Hospital called the Savoy and Dean of Westm , that he might the better attend on his royal person ; but the change of the Times and Rebellion that followed , hindred his settlement in them . During the time of the said Rebellion he adhered to his Maj. and his cause , and therefore was not only ejected his Wardenship , but also imprison'd with Dr. H. Hammond in Oxon , and elsewhere , by the Visitors appointed by Parliament , an . 1648 , to the end that their eminency in the Univ. might not hinder their proceedings , and to keep them both from attending the King at the Treaty in the Isle of Wight . After he was released , he retired to his friends in Staffordshire , Nottinghamshire , and Derbyshire , whence and where , from his own purse and from others which he made use of , he sent constantly moneys to the exil'd King , followed his Studies and Devotions till matters tended to a happy restauration of his Maj. On the 4 of Mar. 1659 Dr. Joh. Palmer , who had usurp'd his Wardenship almost 12 years , died , at which time there being an eminent foresight of his Maj. return , there was no election made of a Successor , only a restitution of Dr. Sheldon ; who instead of re-taking possession in person ( which he never did ) was made Dean of his Maj. Chap , royal and nominated to succeed Dr. Juxon in London , upon his translation thence to Canterbury : Whereupon being consecrated thereunto in the Chap. of K. H. 7. at Westm , by the Bish . of Winchester , ( delegated thereunto by Canterbury , ) assisted by York , Ely , Rochester and Chichester , on the 28 of Oct. ( S. Sim. and Jude ) an . 1660 , sate there , as one thought fittest to take charge and care of that great and populous City , till the decease of the said Dr. Juxon ; and then being elected to succeed him in Canterbury by the Dean and Chapter thereof , on the 11 of Aug. 1663 , the Election was confirmed on the 15 of the same month by his Majesty ( to whom Dr. Sheldon had been for some time before one of his Privy Council ) and thereupon was translated with great solemnity in the Archb. Chap. at Lambeth , the 31 of the said month . On the 8 of Sept. following Dr. Humph. Henchman Bish . of Salisbury was elected to the said See of London , and on the 15 he was translated thereunto in the Ch. of S. Mary le Bow , where he sate to the time of his death . In 1667 Dr. Sheldon was elected Chancellour of the Univ. of Ox. but was never install'd , or ever was there after that time , no not so much as to see his noble work call'd the Theater , or ever at Canterbury to be there personally installed Archbishop , or upon any other occasion while he was Archbishop . At length arriving to a fair age , he surrendred up his soul to God on Friday about 7 of the clock at night , of the 9 day of Nov. in sixteen hundred seventy and seven : Whereupon his body was privately inter'd in the parochial Ch. of Croyden in Surrey , near to the tomb of Archb. Whitgift ( according to his own special direction ) upon Friday evening , the 16 of the said month . Soon after was a most stately monument erected over his grave by his heir Sir Joseph Sheldon , then lately L. Mayor of London , son of his elder brother Ralph Sheldon of Stanton before mention'd , with a large inscription thereon , part of which runs thus . Fortiter & suaviter hic jacet Gilbertus Sheldon antiqua Sheldoniorum in agro Staffordiensi natus , &c. vir omnibus negotiis par , omnibus titulis superior , in omnibus magnus , in propriis bonus , utriusque fortunae dominus . Pauperum parens , literatorum Patronus , Ecclesiae stator , de tanto viro pauca dicere non expedit , multa non opus est . Norunt praesen tes , posteri vix credent , &c. He hath only extant A Sermon before the King at Whitehall 28 June 1660 , being the day of solemn Thanksgiving for the happy return of his Maj on Psal . 18.49 . Lond. 1660. qu. His works of piety and charity were many in his life time , as first the building of the Theater at Oxon , which cost him more than 16 thousand pounds , besides the gift of 2000 l. to buy lands worth an 100 l. per an . to keep it in repair . This noble Structure was built chiefly for the celebration of the public Acts , yet since neglected . ( 2 ) The fair Library at Lambeth House , built at his own charge . ( 3 ) Two thousand pounds towards the Structure of S. Pauls Cathedral . ( 4 ) Considerable sums of money to Trin. Coll. in Oxon , and Trin. Coll. in Cambr , besides great and large sums of money annually bestowed , some to publick , and some to private charities . His Legacies at his death for charitable uses came to 1500 l , which afterwards were paid , part to All 's . Coll , part to the Church of Canterbury , part to the Hospital of Harbledowne in Kent , and the rest to indigent persons . I have heard Sir Joseph Sheldon before mentioned say , ( who was afterwards buried near to the body of his Uncle ) that from the time of Dr. Sheldon's being made Bishop of London to the time of his death , it did appear in the book of his Accompts that he had bestowed upon publick , pious and charitable uses , about threescore and six thousand pounds . In his Archbishoprick succeeded Will. Sancroft D. D. Dean of S. Pauls Cath. Ch. in Lond. and sometimes Fellow of Eman. Coll. in Cambridge ; who , after he had been nominated by the King ( thro the endeavours of James Duke of York ) was consecrated in the Abbey Ch. of S Peter at Westm , on Sunday the 27 of Jan. 1677. What he hath written and published except ( 1 ) Modern policies taken from Machiavel , Borgia , and other choice authors , by an eye witness . Lond. 1652 , in tw . ( 2 ) Serm. on the first Sunday in Advent ( 1660 ) at the consecration of John Bishop of Durham , William Bishop of S. Dav. &c. Lond. 166● . qu. and ( 3 ) Serm. preached to the H. of Peers , 13 Nov. 1678 , being the Fast day appointed by the King , &c. Lond , 1679. qu. I say , what he hath published besides these things let others speak , while I tell you that after he had sate in the said See , without the exception of any , and had behaved himself with great prudence and moderation , was , after K. Will. 3. came to the Crown , deprived with five other Bishops for not swearing Allegiance and Supremacy to that Prince and his Queen . JOHN PARRY sometimes of Trin. Coll. near Dublin , afterwards Fell. of Jesus Coll. in this Univ , was consecrated Bish . of Ossory in Ireland on the death of Griff. Williams in the beginning of the year 1672 , and died a little before the Nativity in sixteen hundred seventy and seven ; under which year you may see more among the Writers , p. 448. In the said See succeeded his brother Ben. Parry , as I am now about to tell you . BENJAMIN PARRY sometimes of Trin. Coll. near Dublin , afterwards of Jesus in this Univ , and at length Fellow of Corp. Ch. was consecrated Bish . of Ossory in Jan. 1677 , and died in the beginning of Octob. in sixteen hundred seventy and eight , under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 462. In the said See succeeded Dr. Michael Ward , as I have elsewhere told you . RALPH BRIDEOAKE son of Rich. Brid . ( by Cicely his wife dau . of John Booth of Lancashire ) and he the son of another Richard of Adbaston , was born , as I have been informed , at Chitham Hill near Manchester in the said County , was admitted a Student in Brasn . Coll. 15 Jul. 1630 , aged 16 years , took one degree in Arts , and determining soon after , his Disputations did so much please Dr. Pink Warden of New Coll , then Vicechancellour of the Univ , that he forthwith , upon enquiry that his condition was mean , made him a Pro-Chaplain of the said New Coll. In 1636 , he , among many others , was actually created Mast . of Arts , by vertue of his Maj. Letters dated at Oxon , he being then accounted a good Greecian and Poet : But having nothing to keep up the degr . of Master only his employment in the said Coll , he became Curat of Wytham near Oxon , for Dr. Joh. Brikenden sometimes of Magd. Coll , and Corrector of the Press in Oxon. In which last employment , hapning to correct a book of Dr. Tho ▪ Jackson President of C. C. Coll , to whom he had often recess , that Doctor had such an affection for him , that upon the vacancy of the Free-school at Manchester , founded by Bishop Hugh Oldham ( of which the President of the said Coll. for the time being is Patron ) he forthwith gave the government of it to him . So that being soon after setled there , he , by his interest and great forwardness , became Chaplain to the Earl of Derby , whom and his family he much , pleased : And when Latham House in Lanc. belonging to the said Count was besieged by the Forces belonging to Parliament , he was all the time in it , and did good service . When the Kings Cause declined he stuck close to the said family , and managed , as 't is said , most of the Estate belonging to it . In 1651 his Lord James Earl of Derby being engaged for K. Ch. 2. at Worcester fight , and before , he was , after the loss of the day , taken by the Parliamenteers in Cheshire : Whereupon he being like to lose his life , this his Chaplain Mr. Brideoake , with others , were desired to sollicit the Grandees at Westminster to save him ; and Will. Lenthall the Speaker of the House of Com. being much plyed by the said Chaplain with more than ordinary reason and application , Lenthall thereupon ( when he saw nothing could save his Lords life ) finding him to be a man of parts and business , made him his own proper Chaplain , and soon after Preacher of the Rolls in Chancery lane : Which act of his , tho noble and generous , yet he was clamour'd at , and gained the ill will of divers members of Parliament , for his entertaining openly , and afterwards preferring , a Malignant , as they term'd him . Soon after by Lenthall's endeavours he became Vicar of a Market Town in Oxfordshire called Witney , where being setled , he preached twice every Lords day , and in the Evening catechised the Youth in his own house , outvying in labour and vigilancy any of the godly Brethren in those parts . He also , by his Patron 's means , got the Rectory of the said place ( which had been leased out ) to be annexed to the Vicaridge , whereby it became one of the richest Rectories in Oxford Diocess ; and not long after he was made Minister of S. Bartholmew near the Royal Exchange in London , where in holding forth , preaching , and laying about him in the Pulpit , he equalled any of the holy Brethren of that City . On the 14 of March 1659 he was appointed one of the Commissioners by Act of Parliament for the approbation and admission of Ministers of the Gospel after the Presbyterian mode : but that Act soon after vanishing upon the approach of his Majesties restauration , he , by his unwearied diligence and application , was made Chaplain to his Majesty , installed Canon of Windsore , in the place of Dr. Thom. Howell B. of Bristow ( several years before dead ) on the 11 day of July , and actually created Doct. of Div. in the beginning of Aug. following , an . 1660. About that time he became Rector of the rich Church of Standish in his native Country , given formerly to him by the Earl of Derby , but hindred from enjoying it by the Triers in Oliver's Reign , between whom and him , followed some controversie concerning that matter , but how terminated I cannot tell . In Sept. 1667 he was made Dean of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Rich. Baylie deceased , and in Feb. 1674 he was by the endeavours of Lodovisa Dutchess of Portsmouth ( whose hands were always ready to take bribes ) nominated by the King to be Bishop of Chichester , on the translation of Dr. P. Gunning from thence to Ely. So that being consecrated thereunto on the 18 day of April an . 1675 , had liberty then allowed to him to keep his Canonry of Windsore in commendam with that See , which he did to his dying day . This person , who had spent the chief part of life in continual agitation , for the obtaining of Wealth and setling a Family , ( for he was a married man and left behind him 3 sons at his death ) was suddenly taken from this world as he was visiting his diocess , on the fifth day of Octob. in sixteen hundred seventy and eight : Whereupon his body being conveyed to Windsore , was buried in Bray's Chappel , joyning on the south side to the outer Chappel of S. George in the Castle there . Soon after was a fair altar monument erected over his grave , with his Statue from head to foot , adorned with Pontificalia ( all curiously cut from one entire piece of Alabaster ) laying thereon , with this inscription engraven upon it . M. S. maturus Deo mortalitatem exuit Rev. in Christo Pater Radulphus Brideoake . Vir audacter probus , magnus , sed humilis . Ingens Atticae , & omnis eloquentiae Thesaurus . Exule Carolo II. bonis omnibus mulctatus , reverso à sacris , hujus capellae Canonicus , Decanus Sarisburiensis , postea Cicestrensis Episcopus ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΣ ΦΙΛΑΤΑΘΣ , Dioeceseos tanquam Familiâs Pater . Qui ( alienae salut iconsulens immemor suae ) dum Gregem visitaret , grassante febri correptus Episcopali munere immortuus est , iii non . Octob. MDCLXXVIII , aetatis suae LXIV . Marito optimo monumentum hoc posuit conjux moestissima M. B. that is , Mary Brideoake , second daughter of Sir ..... Sal. tonstall of Okenden in Essex Kt , by his second wife . JOSEPH HENSHAW sometimes a Communer of Magdalen Hall became Bishop of Peterborough , upon the translation of Dr. Laney to Lincolne , in the beginning of the year 1663 , and died in the latter end of sixteen hundred seventy and eight , leaving then behind him this character in his diocess , that he was a learned man and a good Preacher , but so proud and unhospitable , that in that respect he deserved not the name of a Bishop . I have already mentioned him among the Writers , under the year 1678 , pag. 473 , and therefore I shall only say that Dr. Will. Lloyd succeeded him in Peterborough , and confirm'd in that See on the 17 of May 1679. Afterwards he was translated to Norwich , where sitting with good approbation till after K. Will. 3. came to the Crown , he was then depriv'd , as I have before told you in Dr. E. Reynolds . JOHN PRICHETT son of Walt. Prich . of Hillenden in Middlesex , ( afterwards Alderman of Lond. as his Relations have told me ) was born there , or in that County , admitted a Student of Queens Coll. in Mich. term 1622 , aged 18 years , took the degrees in Arts as a member of S. Edm. Hall , that of Master being compleated in an Act celebrated 1629. Afterwards marrying an Oxford Woman of inferiour note , he became beneficed in his own Country , but whether he suffer'd for any Cause during the Civil War I know not . Sure 't is that he being Vicar of S. Giles Church near Cripplegate in London , after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , and esteemed a rich man , as indeed he was , he , by the endeavours of Dr. Sheldon , Archb. of Cant , had the poor Bishoprick of Glocester confer'd on him , after the death of Dr. Nicolson , with leave allowed to him to keep the said Ch. of S. Giles in commendam with it . So that being consecrated thereunto on the third day of Nov. ( being the first Sunday of that month ) an . 1672 , sate there till the time of his death , which hapning at Harefield in Middlesex , ( where he had an Estate ) on the first day of January in sixteen hundred and eighty , was buried on the seventh day of the same month under the Pulpit of the Church there . In the said See succeeded Dr. Rob. Frampton of Oxon , who sitting there with great liking till after K. Will. 3. came to the Crown , was then deprived of his Bishoprick , for not taking the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy . JOHN PARKER was born in the City of Dublin , educated partly in the University there , and partly in this , as a Member of Ch. Ch , as I have been not only informed there by certain Seniors , but also from Dublin . Afterwards he retired to his native place , became Prebendary of S. Michan , and much in respect there for his Religion and Learning . Afterwards , in the times of Usurpation , he was deprived (*) of all his Spiritualities by O. Cromwell , and by him cast into Prison upon suspicion that he was a Spy from the Marquess of Ormonde . Afterwards being freed by exchange , he constantly adhered to the said Marquess as long as he continued in Ireland : But when he withdrew himself thence into France , Mr. Parker went into England , where making a shift to rub out till his Majesties return , went then into his own Country , and being nominated Bishop of Elphine , was consecrated thereunto in S. Patricks Church on the 27 of Jan. 1660 , he being then Doctor of Divinity . In 1667 , Aug. 9 , he was by Letters Patents then dated , made Archbishop of Tuam in the room of Dr. Sam. Pullen , and afterwards Archb. of Dublin in the place of Dr. Mich. Boyle translated to Armagh : He died in the beginning of January in sixteen hundred eighty and one , and was buried , as I conceive , at Dublin : Whereupon Dr. Francis Marsh succeeded him in the See there . The said Dr. Parker hath extant A sermon preached before both Houses of Parliament in Ireland , on 2 Sam. 19.14 . — printed 1663. qu. and , as I conceive , others . HENRY BRIDGMAN the third son of Dr. John Bridgman B. of Chester ( who died an . 1652 aged 77 years ) was born in Northamptonshire , entred a Communer of Oriel Coll. in the year 1629 aged 16 or thereabouts , elected Fellow of that of Brasnose , 6 Dec. 1633 , he being then Bach. of Arts : Afterwards he was actually created Master of that faculty , and in 1639 he resign'd his Fellowship , being then , by the endeavours of his father , beneficed or dignified , or both . In the time of the Rebellion he did his Maj. faithful service , and therefore was a sharer in afflictions , as other Loyalists were , occasioned by the violent Proceedings of the Presbyterians . After his Majesties Restauration , he was elected Dean of Chester in July , in the place of Dr. Will. Nicolls , ( who died in 1658 ) was actually created D. of D. in the beginning of Aug. following , and soon after installed in his Deanery , and on the 22 of Septemb. 1660 installed Preb. of Stillington in the Ch. of York , being about that time Parson of Bangor in Flintshire and of Barrow in Cheshire . At length upon the Translation of Dr. Is . Barrow to the See of S. Asaph , being nominated Bishop of the Isle of Man by the Earl of Derby , he was consecrated thereunto at Chester on Sunday the second of Octob. 1671 , having had liberty before granted to him to keep his Deanery in commendam with it . What the merits of this person were , except his Loyalty and his benefaction to the Deans house at Chester , let others speak , while I tell you that he giving way to fate on the 15 of May in sixteen hundred eighty and two , ( after he had had two Wives ) was buried , as I suppose , in the Cath. Ch. at Chester . Qu. In his Deanery succeeded James Arderne or Arden D. D , whom I shall mention in the Fasti , an . 1673 ; and in the See of Man succeeded Dr. John Lake , who , after nomination thereunto by William Earl of Derby , and the issuing out of a Commission for his consecration in the beginning of Decemb. 1682 , was accordingly soon after consecrated . This person , who was born in Yorkshire , was educated in S. John's Coll. in Cambridge , was afterwards Rector of S. Botolphs Church near Bishopsgate in London , instituted Rector of Prestwych in Cheshire 17 Octob. 1668 , collated to the Prebendship of Friday Thorp in the Church of York upon the resignation of Hen. Bagshaw Bach. of Div , in Apr. 1670 , was afterwards a Preacher in that City , and on the death of Dr. Rob. Feild he was installed Archdeacon of Clievland , 13. Oct. 1680. Before he had continued two years in the See of Man , he was , upon the death of Dr. Will. Goulson , elected Bishop of Bristow , to which he was translated in the Ch. of S. Mary le Bow in London , on the 12 of Aug , and on the first of Sept. following , an . 1684 , he was installed by proxy , with leave then allow'd him to keep his Prebendary , &c. in commendam with it . See more of him in Guy Carleton , an . 1685. EDWARD RAINBOW son of Tho. Rainbow A Minister , by Rebecca his wife dau . of Dav. Allen Rector of Ludbrough in Lincolnshire , was born at Bliton near Gainsborough in the said County , 20. Apr. 1608 , educated in Grammar learning successively at Gainsborough , Peterborough , and at Westminster , entred a student in Corp. Christi Coll in Oxon , in Jul. 1623 , his elder brother John being about that time Fellow of the said House , but before he had quite spent two years there , he was translated to Madg. Coll. in Cambridge , where he was adm . one of the Scholars of Frances Countess Dowager of Warwick , daugh . of Sir Christop . Wray L. Ch. Justice of England . Afterwards taking the degrees in Arts he became Fellow , a noted Tutor in that House , Master thereof in Oct. 1642 , ( in the place of Dr. Hen. Smith deceased ) continued therein in the time of Rebellion without being ejected with others that denied the Covenant , commenc'd Doctor of Div. in 1646 and in 1650 lost his Mastership for refusing a Protestation against the King , that is the Oath called the Engagement . Afterwards he became Minister of Chesterford near Audley inn in Essex , married Elizabeth , dau . of his predicessor Dr. Hen. Smith , and in the beginning of the year 1659 became Rector of Benefield in Northamptonshire ; which tho of considerable value , yet by the favour of friends he did not undergo the examination of the Tryers of that time , as he had not done for Chesterford . Upon his Majesties return in 1660 he was restored to his Mastership , was made Chaplain to his Majesty , Dean of Peterborough the same year , and in 1662 Vicech . of Cambridge . In 1664 he became Bishop of Carlile , upon the Translation thence of Dr. Rich. Sterne to the See of York , where sitting till the time of his death , was then succeeded by Dr. Tho. Smith somtimes Fellow of Qu. Coll. in this University . See in the Fasti in the first Vol. p. 861. but more in a book entit . The life of the right rev . fath . in God Edw. Rainbow D. D. late L. Bishop of Carlile . Lond. 1688. oct , written by one Jonathan Banks Bach. of Arts of Cambridge and School-Master of Applebey in Westmorland , who composed it by the help of some papers and a diary of the Bishop , which the widow of the said Bishop , furnished him with . He the said Dr. Rainbow published Labour forbidden and commanded , two Sermons at S. Paules Cross on Joh. 6.27 . Lond. 1635 , and another at the Funeral of Susanna Countess of Suffolk , 13. May 1649 , on Ecclesiastes 7.1 . &c. PETER GUNNING somtimes Fellow of Clare Hall in Cambridge , afterwards one of the Chaplaines of New Coll. in Oxon , &c. became first Bishop of Chichester , afterwards of Ely ; and dying in July in sixteen hundred eighty and four ( under which year you may see more of him among the writers p. 577. ) he was succeeded in Ely by Dr. Franc. Turner , B. of Rochester sometimes Fellow of New Coll , who for refusing the Oath of Alleg. and Supremacy to K Will. 3. was deprived of it . GEORGE MORLEY somtimes Dean of Ch. Church , was first Bishop of Worcester ( where he was received and inthronized with very great solemnity on the 12. of Sept. 1661 ) and afterwards of Winchester on the death of Dr. Duppa ; who dying in the latter end of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and four ( under which year you may see more of him among the writers p. 581. ) was succeeded in Winchester by Dr. Pet. Mews B. of Bathe and Wells . GUY CARLETON was born of an antient and gentile family at Brampton Foot in Gilsland within the County of Cumberland , educated in the Free-School at Carlile under Mr. Tho. Robson , and admitted a poor serving child of Queens Coll , under the tuition of Charles son of the said Tho. Robson , an . 1621 aged 17 years or thereabouts . Afterwards he was made Tabarder , Fellow , and in 1635 one of the Proctors of the University , Vicar of Bucklesbury near to Newbury in Berks , &c. At length upon the breaking out of the grand Rebellion he took part with his Majesty , and did him good service , being then accounted an excellent Horsman in a double sense , for which he had his share in sufferings as other Loyallists had . After the Kings Restauration , he was made one of his Chaplaines , was actually created D. of D. in the beginning of Aug. 1660 , made Dean of Carlile in the place of Dr. Tho. Comber somtimes Master of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , ( some years before dead ) and on the 2. of Nov. the same year was installed Prebendary of Durham . In 1671 , he was nominated Bishop of Bristow on the death of Dr. Gilb. Ironside , to which See being consecrated in S. Peters Church at Westm , on the eleventh day of Febr. in the same year , had , much about that time , liberty allowed him to keep his Prebendship in Commendam . In 1678 he was translated to Chichester on the death of Dr. Brideloake , and was confirmed therein on the eighth day of January the same year , but had not the name there for a Scholar , or liberal Benefactor , as his predicessor and kinsman had , named Dr. George Carleton . This Dr. Guy Carleton died in the City of Westminster during his attendance in Parliament , on the sixth day of July in sixteen hundred eighty and five : whereupon his body was conveyed , as I have been informed , to Chichester , and buried in the Cath. Ch. there . In the Bishoprick of Bristow succeeded ▪ Dr. Will. Goulson a Leicestershire man born , educated in S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards was Chaplaine to the Duchess of Sommerset . He was consecrated at Lambeth on the ninth day of ▪ Febr. 1678 ; and dying at his Rectory of Symondsbury in Dorsetshire ( to which he had been presented by the said Duchess ) on the fourth day of Apr. an . 1684 , was buried on the 18. day of the same month in the Chancel of the Church of that towne . In the See of Chichester succeeded Dr. Carleton , the Bishop of Bristol , viz. Dr. Joh. Lake , in Aug. or Sept. 1685 ; who was one of the seven Bishops that were committed Prisoners to the Tower , on the 8. of June 1688 , for contriving , making , and publishing a Seditious Libel against his Majesty ( K. Jam. 2. ) and his Government , that is for subscribing a petition to his Majesty , wherein he and the rest shewed the great aversness they found in themselves to the distributing and publishing in all their Churches , his Majesties then late Declaration for Liberty of Conscience , &c. After K. Will. 3. came to the Crown he was one of the Bishops that denied the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy to him , and on his death bed , in the latter end of Aug. 1689. he did publickly declare against them . In the said See succeeded Dr. Sim ▪ Patrick Dean of Peterborough , who was consecrated thereunto on the 13. of Octob , following . This Bishop Lake who had been Rector of S. Botolphs Ch. without Bishopgate , London , hath written ( 1 ) A Serm. preached at Whitehall 29. of May 1670 being the day of his Majesties birth and restaurat . Lond. 1671. qu. ( 2 ) The Character of a true Christian , preached in the Parish Church of S. Botolph Bishopsgate at the funeral of Will. Cade Deputy of the Ward . Lond. 1690. qu , and other things as I conceive , but such I have not yet seen . JOHN DOLBEN son of Dr. Will. Dolben , ( by Elizabeth his wife , daugh . of Hugh Williams of Cyctiwillair in Caernarvanshire , a Captain somtiemes in Holland ) son of Joh. Dolben of Haverford West in Pembrokshire , ( descended from those of his name in Denbighshire ) by his wife Alice sister to Sir Tho. Middleton of Chirk Castle in the said County of Denbigh , became Bishop of Rochester in the place of Dr. Warner an 1666 , and in 1683 was Translated to the Archiepiscopal See of York . He died in the beginning of the yeer , sixteen hundred eighty and six , under which year you may see more of him among the writers p. 600. In the said See , after it had laid void till Nov. 1688 , did succeed Dr. Tho. Lamplugh Bishop of Exeter , who upon the Prince of Aurang's arrival in the West , left Exeter and retired to London to pay his respects to King Jam. 2 ; which being taken very kindly by that King , he translated him to York on the 15 of the said month . The said Dr. Joh. Dolben was great Nephew to Dr. Joh. Williams Archb. of York , and had much of his boldness and confidence in him but little of his learning : And whereas I have told you that the said Archb. Williams was , upon supposal , buried at Aberconway ( where he had built an House in the place of that wherein he was born , which he caused to be called Lincolns Inn ) is false , for he was buried in the Church of Llandegay ( which signifies the Church of S. Gay in the British language ) near Bangor in Caernarvanshire , in which parish Penhryn the Seat somtimes of Archb , Williams is situated . He died at Glodded of a Quinsey in his throat , which being sudden , he told his attendants then by him that nothing troubled him more than that he should dye like a beast , that had alwaies liv'd like a Gentleman , &c. Afterwards his body being conveyed to Penhryn , was thence carried to the Church at Llandegay , and there buried in a little Vault at the upper end of the Chancel . Some years after , his Nephew and heir called Sir Griffith Williams erected on the north wall of the said Chancel a very fair monument , containing the Effigies of the Archbishop kneeling , carved and wrought from white marble , with a large inscription under it , made by Dr. Joh. Hacket his sometimes Chaplain ; the contents of which being large , I shall now for brevity sake pass by . But whereas the said Doctor saith that he died 25 March 1650 is false , for he died on that day in 1649 , aged 68 years or more . JOHN FELL D. of D. and Dean of Christ Church in Oxon , became Bishop of Oxford on the translation of Dr. Henry Compton to London , in the latter end of the year 1675 , and dying in July in sixteen hundred eighty and six , ( under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 602. ) was succeeded in the said See by Dr. Samuel Parker , as I have among the Writers told you , and shall among these Bishops . He the said Dr. Fell left behind him the character among some men of a Valde vult person , who by his grasping at and undertaking too many affairs relating to the public ( few of which he throly effected ) brought him untimely to his end to the loss of learning , &c. JOHN LLOYD son of Morgan Lloyd was born of an antient family at Pentaine in Caermerthenshire , became a Student in Merton Coll. in Lent term 1655 , aged 15 years or thereabouts , and took one degree in Arts as a member of that house . Afterwards he became Fellow of that of Jesus , Principal thereof on the resignation of Sir Leolin Jenkyns , D. of D. and Treasurer of Landaff . In 1682. 83. and 84 he did execute the Office of Vicechancellour of this University ; and on the death of Dr. Laur. Womack being nominated by K. Jam. 2. to succeed him in the See of S. David , was consecrated thereunto at Lambeth on the 17 of Oct. 1686. Afterwards retiring to Oxon in a dropsical condition , died in Jesus Coll. on the thirteenth day of Febr. following , being then the first Sunday in Lent : Whereupon his body was buried at the upper end of the Chappel belonging to that Coll , near to the grave of Sir Leol . Jenkyns before mention'd . To the said See was nominated by the said King Dr. Tho. Watson of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , consecrated thereunto at Lambeth 26 June 1687 , and afterwards , upon dislike of his person and for that he had been recommended by the L. Dover to the said King , he did suffer and endure many affronts and intolerable abuses from the Rabble , in Dec. 1688 , just after the said King had left England for France . JAMES ETKINS or Atkins son of Henr. Atkins Sheriff and Commissary of Orknay , was born in the Town of Kirkwall in the Stewartry of Orknay in Scotland , educated in the Coll. of Edinburgh , where he commenced Master of Arts , afterwards he retired to Oxon to compleat his Learning , especially his Divinity , by the advice , instruction and lectures of Dr. Prideaux an . 1637. 38. &c. Soon after he , upon recommendations , became one of the Chaplains to James Marquess of Hamilton at that time his Majesties High Commissioner for Scotland : In which station he did acquit himself so well to the satisfaction of his noble Patron , that upon his return to England he procured a Presentation for him from his Majesty to the Church of Birsa in the Stewartry of Orknay : where Continuing some years , his prudence , diligence and faithfulness in the discharge of his Office did procure him much of veneration and respect from all persons , especially from his Ordinary , who confer'd upon him the dignity of Moderator to the Presbytery . In the beginning of the year 1650 , when the noble James Marq. of Montross landed in Orknay , this Dr. Atkins was nominated by the unanimous Votes of the said Presbytery to draw up a Declaration in their names and his own ; which , with their approbation and consent , was published , containing very great expressions of Loyalty , and constant resolution firmly to adhere to their dutiful Allegiance . For this the whole Presbytery being deposed by the general Assembly of the Kirk at that time sitting at Edinburgh , the said Doctor was likewise excommunicated , as one that conversed with the said Marquess , against whom they had emitted the like Brutum Fulmen . At that time the Scottish Council past an Act to apprehend him the said Doctor , to the end that he might be tried for his life ; but upon private notice from his Kinsman Sir Archibald Primerose at that time Clerk to the said Council , he fled into Holland , where he sculked till 1653 , and then returning into Scotland , he transfer'd his family to Edinburgh , where he resided quietly and obscurely till the year 1660. Upon the return then of his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , he attended Dr. Tho. Sydserf Bishop of Galloway ( the only Scottish Bishop who had the good fortune to survive the calamities of the Usurper's Government ) to London , where the Bishop of Winchester presented him to the Rectory of Winfrith in Dorsetshire , and continuing there till the year 1677 ▪ he was elected and consecrated Bish . of Murray in Scotland , to the great rejoycing of the Episcopal Party . In 1680 he was translated to the See of Galloway , with dispensation to reside at Edinburgh , because it was thought unreasonable to oblige a reverend Prelate of his years to live among such a rebellious and turbulent People as those of that Diocess were : the effects of whose fiery zeal hath too frequently appeared in affronting , beating , robbing , wounding , and sometimes murthering the Curates . He had the oversight of the said Diocess for 7 years , which he so carefully governed , partly by his pastoral Letters to the Synod , Presbyteries and Ministers , and partly by his great pains in undertaking a very great journey for a man of his age and infirmities to visit his Diocess , that had he resided on the place , better order and discipline could scarce be expected . He died at Edinburgh of an Apoplexy , on the 28 of Octob. in sixteen hundred eighty and seven , aged 74 years : Whereupon his body was decently inter'd in the Church of the Grey Friers there , at which time John then Bish . of Dunkeld ( since deceased ) preached his funeral Sermon . His death was sadly regretted by all good and pious men , who knew him to be a man of great reputation for his sincere piety , constant Loyalty , singular learning and true zeal for the Protestant Religion , according to the Constitutions of the Church of England , of which he lived and died a worthy Member . Upon his Coffin was fastned this Epitaph , Maximus Atkinsi pietate , & maximus annis , Ante diem , invitâ religione , cadis , Ni caderes , nostris inferret forsitan oris , Haud impune suos Roma superba Deos. He was very zealous and vigorous in opposing the taking off the Penal Laws in Scotland ; at which time , notwithstanding he was so infirm by age and sickness that he could not walk , yet he was daily conveyed to the Parliament , where he declared publickly his aversion to the abolishing the said Penal Laws , and to use his interest with the Nobility and Gentry of the Parl. in perswading them to a firm and constant adherence to the Protestant Religion , and to oppose all the designs that might be prejudicial to the same . SAMUEL PARKER sometimes of Wadh , afterwards of Trin. Coll , and Archd. of Canterbury , became B. of Oxford on the death of Dr. Fell , an . 1686 , and dying in the latter end of sixteen hundred eighty and seven , ( under which year you may see more of him among the Writers p. 616 ) was succeeded in the same See by Timothy Hall , as I shall tell by and by . SETH WARD sometimes of Sidney Coll. in Cambridge and afterwards of that of Wadh. in Oxon , &c. was first made B. of Exeter and afterwards of Salisbury ; who dying in the beginning of Jan. in sixteen hundred eighty and eight , was succeeded in that See by Gilb. Burnet D. D. sometimes Preacher of the Rolls in Chancery lane in London , consecrated thereunto , according to the form prescribed in the book of Common Prayer , in the Chappel belonging to the B. of London's house at Fulham , by the B. of London , Winchester , Lincoln , Landaff , S. Asaph and Carlile , on Easter-day , 31 of March 1689. The said Dr. Ward , did , about his Majesties restauration 1660 endeavour to make his Loyalty known by being imprison'd at Cambr , by his ejection , his writing against the Covenant and I know not what , but not a word of his cowardly wavering for lucre and honour sake , of his putting in and out , and occupying other mens places for several years , &c. See among the Writers , p. 627. HUMPHREY LLOYD the third son of Rich. Lloyd D. D. and Vicar of Ruabon in Denbighshire , by Jane his wife the daughter of Rudderch Hughes Clerk , of the family of Maes●y Pandy , was born at Bod●y Fudden in the Parish of Trawsfynydd in the County of Merioneth , in Jul. or Aug. an . 1610 , became a Com. of Oriel Coll. for a time , afterwards of Jesus where he was Scholar , and thence again to Oriel Coll , of which he became Fellow in 1631 and a great Tutor for many years . When the K. and Court were setled in Oxon he became known to Dr. Joh. Williams Archb. of York then there , who made him his Chapl. and gave him the Prebendship of Ampleford in the Church of York , which he kept to his death . After the decease of his father , which was in the time of the Troubles , he succeeded him in the Vicaridge of Ruabon , but was soon deprived of it and his Prebendship by the Usurpers , till restored again to both by the happy Revolution in 1660. On the 13 of Aug. 1661 he was made Canon of S Asaph , and in the month following he was actually created D. of D. On the 14 of Dec. 1663 he was installed Dean of S. Asaph in the place of Dr. Dav. Lloyd deceased , and on the 19 of Dec. 1664 he resigned the Sinecure of Northop in Flintshire , in which he was succeeded by Mr. Will. Stone Princ. of New Inn in Oxon. In 1673 he was removed from Ruabon to the Vicaridge of Gresford , vacant by the death of his elder brother Mr. Sam. Lloyd , and soon after succeeding Dr. Rob. Morgan in the See of Bangor , was consecrated thereunto in the Chap. of London house in Lond. on Sunday the 16 of Nov. 1673 by Dr. Hinchman B. of London , Dr. Morley of Wint , Dr. Ward of Sal , Dr. Dolben of Roch. &c. at which time Dr. Will. Lloyd , who was afterwards successively B of Landaff , Peterb . and Norwich , preached the Consecration Sermon , and on the 5 of Jan. following he was installed at Bangor by proxy . In 1685 he procured the Archdeaconries of Bangor and Anglesie and the Sine-cure of Llanrhaider in Kinmerch to be annexed to the Bishoprick of Bangor , by Act of Parl. for ever , and two thirds of both the comportions of Llanddinam to the Ch , for the support of the Fabrick and the maintenance of the Choir of Bangor , and the other third for the maintenance of the Vicaridges belonging to Llanddinam . He ordered the four bells formerly bestowed by B ▪ Hen. Rowlands on the Ch. of Bangor to be all new cast , and added a fifth bell bigger than the former , all at his own charge . He died on Friday the 18 of Jan. in six●een hundred eighty and eight , and was buried in the grave of B. Rowlands on the north side of the Altar , in the Cath. Ch. of Bangor , leaving then behind him three sons named John , Francis Archdeacon of Merioneth and Rector of Llandyrnoe , and Richard Registrary of Bangor , as also a Relict named Jane the daugh . of John Griffyth of Llyn Esq , widow of Owen Brereton of Burros Esq . The inscription on the Monument , which , I presume , is by this time put over his grave , runs thus . M. S. Humphredi Lloyd S. T. P. Episcopi Bangor , qui è familia Lloydorum de Dulasseu oriundus , in agro Merviniensi natus & in Acad. Oxon. educatus . Postquam causae regiae sub Carolo Martyre strenuus Assertor & Confessor extitisset , sub Carolo secundo primo Decanatu Asaphensi , dein Episcopatu Bangor . insignitus . Huic Ecclesiae per tria annorum lustra praefuit & benefecit . Obiit xv . Kal. Feb. MDCLXXXVIII , aetatis suae LXXVIII . THOMAS CARTWRIGHT sometimes of Qu. Coll , afterwards Prebendary of Durham , Dean of Rippon , &c. became B. of Chester , on the death of Dr. Jo. Pearson , an . 1686 , and dying in the beginning of sixteen hundred eighty and nine ( under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 629. ) was succeeded in the said See by Dr. Nich. Stratford Dean of S. Asaph , sometimes Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Oxon. WILLIAM THOMAS sometimes Fellow of Jesus Coll , afterwards Dean of Worcester , B. of S. David , and at length of Worcester , where dying in June in sixteen hundred eighty and nine , ( under which year you may see more of him among the Writers , p. 635. ) he was succeeded in that See by Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral , to which he was consecrated in the Chappel of the B. of London at Fulham , with Dr. Simon Patrick to Chichester and Dr. Gilb. Ironside to Bristow , on the 13 of Octob. following . TIMOTHY HALL the son of a Turner of Wood , was born in the Parish of S. Catherine near the Tower of London , ( where his father obtained some estate in houses ) became a Student in Pembroke Coll. in the beginning of the year 1654 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , trained up there under a Presbyterian discipline , ( which caused him ever after to be a Trimmer ) took one degree in Arts , left the College without compleating it by Determination , and what preferment he enjoyed afterwards in , or near , the great City , I know not : sure I am , that several years after his Majesties restauration , he became Rector of Allhallowes Staining in Mark lane in London ; in which place we find him in 1688 , when then , in the month of May or June , he , by vertue of his Majesties Declarations for Liberty of Conscience bearing date 4 and 27 of Apr. going before , did read in his Church , ( when the generality of London Ministers refused ) the said Declarations in the time of Service on a Sunday , or at least gave half a Crown to another ( the Parish Clerk I think ) to do it : for which great service , his then Maj. K. Jam. 2 , did confer upon him the Bishoprick of Oxon , void by the death of Dr. Sam. Parker ; an act so egregiously resented by the true sons of the Church of England , that they look'd upon it as a matter to bring their Church into contempt , by throwing upon it such an obscure person to be a father , as he had before , two or more , &c. without any regard had to merit . He was consecrated at Lambeth by the Archb. of Canterbury , Bishops of Chichester and Chester , on the seventh of Octob. 1688 ; but when he came into these parts to see and take possession of his house at Cudesden , the Dean and Canons of Ch. Ch. refused to install him , the Gentry to meet or congratulate him , the Vicech . and Heads to take notice of him , or any Master or Bachelaur to make application to , or take holy Orders from , him : So that when he was in Oxon , at Whitsontide in the month of May 1689 , Baptista Bishop of Man then there , did that duty in Magd. Coll. Chappel on the 26 of the said month , at which time 84 persons or thereabouts were ordained Ministers . This Mr. Hall , called by some Doctor , and by others Sir , Hall , died miserably poor at Hackney near London , on the tenth day of Apr. in sixteen hundred and ninety , and was buried in the Church there on the 13 of the same month . In the said See of Oxon succeeded John Hough D. D. President of Magd. Coll. This Bish . Hall hath published two Sermons , viz. one at the Funeral of Major Rob. Huntingdon , who died suddenly of an Apoplexy 14 Aug. 1685 , aged 70 or more : And the other at Mercers Chappel after he was Bishop : but neither of these have I yet seen . The said Rob. Huntingdon Esq ( son of Rob. Huntingdon of Yarmouth in Norfolk ) was Commissioner of the Excise at London , had been a Major in a Regiment in the Parliament Army , left them when he saw they would take away the life of King Ch. 1. ( to whom he had been very civil in the time of his affliction , which that King acknowledges in his works ) hated Oliver for his diabolical Proceedings , and was hated by him again so much that he imprisoned him several times . His body was buried in the Ch. of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire , of which Town he was Impropriator , by vertue of a Lease from Allsoules Coll. EZEKIEL HOPKINS sometimes a member of Magd. Coll , afterwards a Preacher near London , and in Exeter , and Dean of Raphoe in Ireland , was first made B. of Raphoe and afterwards of London Derry in that Country , who dying in June in sixteen hundred and ninety ( under which year you may see more of him among the Writers p. 647. ) Dr. George Walker was designed to succeed him , but he dying of his wound or wounds received in passing over the River Boyne in Ireland , when K. Will. 3. went with his Army to encounter that of K. Jam. 2 , in the beginning of July following , the said Bishoprick of London Derry was confer'd by his Majesty K. Will. 3. in the beginning of Decemb. following , on Dr. Will. King Dean of S. Patricks Church near Dublin ; at which time his said Majesty did dispose of other vacant Bishopricks in Ireland , viz. the Archbishoprick of Cashiell on Dr. Narciss . Marsh B. of Ferns , &c. the Bishoprick of Clogher , on Dr. Richard Tenison B. of Killala , the Bishoprick of Elphine on Dr. Sim. Digby B. of Limerick , the Bishoprick of Ferns on Dr. .... Vigures Dean of Armagh , the Bishoprick of Limerick on Dr. Nath. Wilson Dean of Raphoe , the Bishoprick of Clonfert on Dr. Will. Fitzgerald Dean of Cloyne , and the Bishoprick of Killala on Dr. ...... Lloyd Dean of Achonrey . FASTI OXONIENSES . An. Dom. 1641. An. 17. Car. 1. THE Chancellour of the University this year , was Dr. Will. Laud Archb. of Canterbury ; but he being accused of divers capital crimes in both Houses of Parliament , and thereupon committed first to private custody , and afterwards to the Tower of London , he made a resignation on the 22 of June of all authority and academical administration belonging to him in the University . Which resignation under his hand and seal , he sent with his Letter of the 25 of the said month to Oxford , giving therein very great tokens , in a lamenting manner , of his love and affection to the University . Both which being received , they were , after a new Chancellour had been elected , answer'd with great affection and piety . On first of July following , the said resignation being published in Convocation , Philip Herbert Earl of Pembroke and Mountgomery , &c. High Steward of the University was then elected Chancellour , and on the eight of the said month was installed in his House called Bay●ards Castle in London . The Vicechancellour of the University this year was John Prideaux D. D. Rector of Exeter Coll , design'd by the new Chancellour Oct. 7 , and soon after became Bish . of Worcester . But now Hierarchy dayly declining and Bishops not only ejected from the number of Peers in Parliament , but also divers Ecclesiastical Persons deprived of acting in secular affairs as aliene from their profession , this our worthy Vicechancellour both a spiritual and a temporal Judge next to the Chanc. in academical causes , being thereupon thought not fit ( at least with safety ) to execute his office , the Chanc. by his Letters dated 2 of Mar. this year , appointed a Laical person named Giles Sweit LL. D. his Commissary or Deputy to supply his turn in the Courts of Civil affairs of the University . Which office , tho it was for some time performed by him , ( such were the times that required it ) yet the like example we never before , or since , had . Proctors Baldwin Acland of Exet. Coll. May 15. Abrah . Woodhead of Vniv . Coll. May 15. Bach. of Arts. May 13 Pet. Mews of S. Joh. Coll. May 13 Will. How of S. Joh. Coll. The first of these two , was afterwards successively Bish . of Bathe and Wells , and Winchester . 25. Tho. Leigh of Wadh. Coll. — He afterwards wrot his name Tho. Lye , as you may see among the Writers under the year 1684. p. 575. Jun. 25. Rob. Frampton lately of C. C. C , now of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards B. of Glocester . Jul. 1. Joh. Newton of S. Edmunds Hall. Oct. 19. Giles Collier of New Inn Nov. 9. George Hopkins of New Inn 11. Nathaniel Johnson of Hart Hall — I set him down here , not that he was afterwards a Writer , but to distinguish him from Nath. Johnston M. D. of Pomfret in Yorkshire now living , author of certain books , and the collector of Antiquities of one of the Ridings in Yorkshire . Nov. 18. Joh. Humphrey of Pemb. Coll. Dec. 4. Thom. Pierce of Magd. Coll. Jan. 18. Joh. Chetwind of Exet. Coll. The first and the last of these three are living , and they having published several books , are hereafter to be remembred . Feb. 18. Tho. Vaughan , alias Eugenius Philalethes of Jes . Coll. Mar. 3. Joh. Pendarves of Exet. Coll. 24. Sam. Brunsell of Magd. Hall. — See among the created Doctors , an . 1660. Admitted in all , this year , 223. Bach. of Law. Jun. 26. Tim. Baldwin of All 's . Coll. Dec. 4. Humph. Newton of All 's . Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Doctors of the Civil Law , an . 1652. The other I have mention'd among the Writers in Joh. Newton , an . 1678. p. 472. Mast . of Arts. May 13. George Sikes of S. Joh. Coll. — He took the degree of Bach. of Arts 9. Ap. 1638 , but then omitted by me to be put down under that year , because I did not know that he was a Writer . See more of him among the created Bach. of Div. an . 1649. 20. Joh. Biddle of Magd. Hall. 22 Rob. Mead of Ch. Ch. 22 Joh. Towers of Ch. Ch. Jun. 5. Hen. Birkhead of All 's . C. Jul. 1. Joh. Osborne of New Inn. 7. Will. Hill of Mert. Coll. 8. Hen. Greisley of Ch. Ch. Dec. 4. Tho. Greenfield of Pemb. Coll. — This is the same Thomas Greenfield , who , as I suppose , was afterwards Preacher to the honorable Society of Linc. Inn at Lond , and author of A Fast-sermon at S. Marg. Westm , 12. Jun. 1661 , on Isa . 58.5.6.7 . Lond. 1661. qu. and of other things , as I conceive ; which is all I know of him , only that he was Son of Joseph Greenf . Minister of one of the Combes in Somers . Dec. 4. George Rogers of Linc. Coll. 16. Anthony Palmer of Ball. Coll. Adm. 122. Bach. of Phys . Jul. 10. Nath. Heighmore of Trin. Coll. Two only , besides him , were admitted this year . Bach. of Div. May 15. Thom. Wood of Ch. Ch. — See among the Doctors of Div this year . Oct. 22. Tho. Greaves of C. C. Coll. Nov. ... George Kendall of Ex. Coll. Franc. Cheynell of Mert. Coll. was a Candidate for the said Degree in the month of December , but denied by the Regents for two reasons ; one of which was , that he had preached against his Majesties Declaration . Adm. 5. Doct. of Law. Jun. 26. Will. Basset of All 's . Coll. Jul. 6. Hen. Janson of All 's . Coll. The first of these two died at or near Miskin in Glamorganshire , in the beginning of 1677. Dec. 4. Joh. Nourse of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards a Captain of a Foot company in the service of his Maj. against the Rebels at Edghill fight , where he was kill'd about the 23 of Octob. 1642. Doct. of Phys . Jul. 13. Tho. Nourse of Linc. Coll. — He was an eminent Physitian of his time , and was of great practice in the City of Westminster , especially after his Majesties restauration . He died on (a) the nineteenth day of June 1668 , aged 69 years , and was buried in one of the Cloisters belonging to the Abbey Ch. of S. Pet. at Westminster . Jul. 8. Edw Greaves of All 's . Coll. Jul. 8. Joh. Sambach of Gloc. Hall. 10. Edw. Lenton of Magd. Hall. 10. Franc. Goddard of Exet. Coll. Doct. of Div. Jul. 8. John Gauden of Wadh. Coll. — He was afterwards successively B. of Exet. and Worc. Mar. 13. Tho. Wood of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards B. of Lichf . and Cov. and being now living , he is hereafter to be remembred among the Bishops . Incorporations . April 2. Henry Stanley Doctor of Physick of Padua . — He was the Son of Henry Stanley , and took that degree in the said University , 1637. Ap. 3. Edw. Dynham Doct. of Phys . of Mountp●lier — He was a Londoner by birth and took that degree in the said Univ , on the 19 of March 1639. Feb .... Miles Martin B. A. of Dublin . Mar. 3. Tho. Locke B. A. of Dublin . The last was lately Scholar of Trin. Coll. there : And whether either of them were afterwards men of note , I know not . This year Rich , Crashaw of Cambridge was incorporated , not that it appears so in the publick register , but in the private observations of a certain Master of Arts that was this year living in the University ; but in what degree he was incorporated those observations mention not . This person who was the Son of an eminent Divine named Will. Crashaw , was educated in Grammar learning in Sutton● Hospital called the Charter-house near to London , and in Academical , partly in Pemb. Hall of which he was Scholar , and afterwards in Peter House of which he was Fellow ; where , as in the former House , his admirable faculty in Latin and English Poetry was well known . Afterwards he was Master of Arts , in which degree , 't is probable , he was incorporated : But being soon after thrown out of his Fellowship , as many others of the said University of Cambridge were , for denying the Covenant in the time of the rebellion , he was for a time put to his shifts . At length upon an infallible foresight that the Church of England would be quite ruined by the unlimited fury of the Presbyterians , he changed his religion and went beyond the Seas , and took up his abode for a time in the great City of Paris : But being a meer Scholar and very shiftless , Mr. Abr. Cowley the Poet , did , upon intimation of his being there , find him out in a sorry condition , an . 1646 or thereabouts . Whereupon exhibiting to him , as much as laid in his power , for the present , did afterwards obtain for him Letters of commendation from Henrietta Maria Queen of England , then in those parts , and some relief . Afterwards he journied into Italy , and by virtue of those Letters he became (b) Secretary to a Cardinal in Rome , and at length one of the Canons or Chaplains of the rich Church of our Lady at Loretto some miles distant thence , where he died and was buried about 1650. Before he left England he wrot certain Poems , which were intit . Steps to the Temple , because in the Temple of God , under his wing , he led his life , in S. Maries Church near to Peter House before mention'd . There , as 't is (c) said , he lodged under Tertullians roof of Angels . There he made his nest more gladly than Davids swallow near the House of God , where like a primitive Saint he offer'd more prayers in the night , than others usually offer in the day . There he pen'd the said Poems called Steps to the Temple for happy Souls to climb Heaven by . To the said Steps are joyned other Poems intit . The delights of the Muses , wherein are several Latin Poems ; which tho of a more humane mixture , yet they are sweet , as they are innocent . He hath also written Carmen Deo nostro , being Hymns and other sacred Poems , addressed to the Countess of Denbigh . He was excellent in five Languages besides the Mother Tongue , viz. in Hebrew , Greek , Latin , Italian and Spanish ; the two last whereof tho he had little use , yet he had the knowledg of them , &c. Creations . Nov. 18. James Casaubon of Exeter Coll. was actually created Master of Arts , which is all I know of him , only that he studied for some time in that House for the sake of the Rector Dr. Prideaux , meerly to advance himself in the knowledge of Divinity . This year was a Student and Sojournour in the University for the sake of the Bodleian Library one Fabian Philipps of the Middle Temple Barrister , who some years before , in times of vacation , had also studied there , under the title of Juris studiosus . — This person who was eminent in his time , considering that his parts were never advanc'd , when young , by Academical education , was born at Prestbury in Glocestershire on the Eve of S. Michael an . 1601. His Father was Andrew Philipps of an antient family in Herefordshire , born to a good estate in Lempster and near it , and his Mother was a Bagehott of a good family also and heir to one of her Brothers . When he was very young he spent some time in one of the Inns of Chancery , and thence translated himself to the Middle Temple , where , by his assiduity and continual lucubration , accompanied with a happy memory , he became a Proficient in some sorts of learning , and at length a great lover and adorer and well vers'd in some parts , of , and in , ven . antiquity . He was always a zealous Assertor of the Kings prerogative , and so passionate a lover of K. Ch. 1. that two days before he was beheaded he wrot a Protestation against his intended murder , which he printed and caused to be put on posts and in all common places . He was afterwards , if not before , Philizer for London , Middlesex , Cambridgshire and Huntingdonshire , and did spend much money in searching and writing for the asserting of the Kings prerogative , yet got nothing by it , only the employment of one of the Commissioners appointed for the regulation of the Law , worth 200 l. per an , which lasted only for two years . Among many things that this worthy person hath written are these ( 1 ) Considerations against the dissolving and taking away the court of Chancery and the Courts of Justice at Westminster , &c. Lond. 1653 , Written when all the Courts of Justice in Westm . hall were voted down by the Little , called by some , Barebones , Parliament ; for which he had the thanks of Lenthall the Speaker , and Keepers of the Liberties of England . ( 2 ) Tenenda non tollenda ; or the necessity of preserving tenures in capite by Knights service , &c. Lond. 1660. ( 3 ) Restauranda . or the necessity of publick repairs , by setling of a constant and royal yearly revenue for the King , &c. Lond. 1662. qu. ( 4 ) The Antiquity , legality , reason , duty and necessity of prae-emption and pourveyances for the King ; or compositions for his conveyance , &c. Lond. 1663. ( 5 ) The antiquity and legality of Fines upon original writs in Chancery , &c. Ibid. 1663. ( 6 ) The mistaken recompence by the excise for the pourveyance and Tenures , &c. Ibid. 1664. ( 7 ) A perspective glass : or some reasons against the registring Reformation , &c. Ibid. 1669. ( 8 ) A reforming Registry : or a representation of the very many mischiefs which will unavoidably happen by the needless , chargable and destructive way of Registries , proposed to be erected in every County of Engl. and Wales , for the recording of all deeds , evidences , mortgages , &c. Ibid. 1671. qu. &c. ( 9 ) Ligeantia lugens : or Loyalty bewailing the want of pourveyance and tenures . ( 10 ) Some reasons for the continuance of the process of arrest . Ib. 1671. qu. ( 11 ) Regale necessarium : or the legality , reason and necessity of the rights and privileges justly claimed by the Kings Servants , &c. Ib. 1671. qu. ( 12 ) The antient , legal , fundamental and necessary rights of Courts of Justice , in their writs of Capias , arrests and process of outlawry , and the illegality , many mischiefs and inconveniences which may arrive to the People of England , by the proposals tendred to his Majesty and high Court of Parl. for the abolishing of that old and better way and method of Justice , and the establishing of a new by peremptory summons and citations in actions of debt . Lond. 1676. 77. ( 13 ) Reasons against the taking away the process of arrest , which would be a loss to the Kings revenue , &c. Ibid. 1675. ( 14 ) Necessary defence of the Presidentship and Council in the principality and marches of Wales , in the necessary defence of England and Wales protecting each other . ( 15 ) Ursa Major & Minor. Shewing that there is no such fear , as is factiously pretended of popery and arbitrary power . Lond. 1681. ( 16 ) Plea for the pardoning part of the Soveraignty of the Kings of England . Ibid. 1682 ( 17 ) Investigatio Jurium antiquorum & rationalium regni sive Monarchiae Angliae , &c. The established government of England , vindicated from popular and Reipublican principles and mistakes , with a respect to the Laws of God , Man , Nature and Nations . Lond. 1686. 87. fol. ( 18 ) Legale necessarium . Or a true and faithful accompt of the antiquity and legality of his Majesties and our Kings and Princes rights of and unto fines and amerciaments imposed and forfeited in his Courts of Justice , &c. He hath also written — Veritas inconcussa : or that K. Ch. 1. was no man of blood but a martyr for his people . Lond. 1660. oct , and other things not yet printed . At length having lived to a great age , he surrendred up his Soul to God on the 17 of Nov. 1690 , and was buried near to the body of his Wife , in the south west part of the Church of Twyford near to Acton in Middlesex . Some years before he died he made his own epitaph , which begins thus . Ms Fabiani Philipps Armigeri , Med●● Temp●i socii , qui quosdam perfidos & ingratos nimium amicos amando , seipsum non uti potuit amavit , curis librisque consenuit , &c. But whether it is put over his grave I know not . An. Dom. 1642. An. 18. Car. 1. Chanc. Philip Earl of Pembroke , &c. sometimes a Nobleman of New Coll. Vicechanc. &c. The year of Vicechancellourship of Dr. Prideaux Bishop of Worcester being ended , and he about the feast of S. John Bapt. not only quitting all right therein , without laying down the Ensigns of his office as the manner is , but rather leaving the University abruptly , as the advantage of time offer'd ; the office for some time laid void , and nothing of it was done but by Deputies . The which , for what reason it so hapned , is perhaps at this time too great a trouble for me to tell . For now the University the mother of togated peace being affrighted with the unwonted rumours of a civil war , the Muses deserted , and the adorers of them every where dispersed , knew not ( as if put between the anvil and the hammer ) which way to turn it self , or seek rest . The administration therefore of its government , was successively according to the manner of our Predecessors committed to Deputies , of whom the first was Dr. Rob. Pink Warden of New Coll ; who for his Loyalty in raising and setling the University Militia for the defence of it from the common incursions of the enemy , and for endeavouring to make the Citizens provide also men and arms for the defence of their City , they being then backward in so doing , he was afterwards treacherously seized on at Aylesbury , carried to Westminster and committed Prisoner to the Gatehouse there , about the 12 of Sept. After him Dr. Tolson Provost of Oriel succeeded as Provicechancellour , continuing in the said office ( none , as I think , intervening ) till the 7 of Feb. following ; a little before which time he being nominated by the Chancellours Letters sent to the University , was , on the same day in a Convocation then held , sworn and admitted . Vicechancellour by the consent of the Doctors and Masters then present . Proct. Edw. Young of New Coll. Ap. 20. Tristiam Sugge of Wadham Coll. Ap. 20. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 20. Sam. Smith of S. John Coll. — He is now , or at least was lately Chaplain or Ordinary to the Prison called Newgate in London , and hath certain things extant . June 14. George Griffith of Magd. Hall. — This person who was a Mountgomeryshire man born , I take to be the same , who was afterwards a notorious Independent , a frequent preacher before Oliver and the Parliaments in his time , a publisher of certain Sermons , preacher at the Charterhouse near London , and the same who was silenced after his Majesties restauration for his high actings in the interval , and I think for Nonconformity . July 8. Will. Richardson of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters of Arts , an . 1645. Oct. 25. Will. Lloyd lately of Oriel , now of Jes . Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of S. Asaph , and is now living . Nov. 29. Arthur Bury of Exet. Coll. Nov. 29. Tho. Long. of Exet. Coll. These two , who have published several books , especially the last , are hereafter to be numbred among the Writers . Dec. 13. Bartholm . Ashwood of Exet. Coll. Mar. 4. Ezrael Tongue of Vniv . Coll. The first of these last two , hath published several things , and is now , or at least lately , living a Nonconformist Divine . Adm. 135. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Two only were admitted this year , viz. Barnaby Love of New Coll. June 9. and Donney Hodges of Ex. Coll. July 4. The others were by creation , some of which I shall mention anon . Mast . of Arts. March 26. Christoph . Love of New Inn. Apr. 23. Rich. Parr of Exet. Coll. 30. John Nelme of Magd. Hall — He hath a Sermon extant on Psal . 118. ver . 21. to 26 — printed 1660. qu. and perhaps others . Quaere . May 14. John Dale of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards known by the name of Analysis Dale . See among the Writers under the year 1684. June 18. Tho. Willis of Ch. Ch. 28. Walt. Blandford of Wadh. Coll. Jul. 6. Joh. Maudit of Exet. Coll. — This person who was the son of Isaac Maudit of the City of Exeter , was afterwards a Chaplain in the Army raised by the Parl. again●t the King , one of the Proctors of the University , and published ( 1 ) The Christian Soldiers great Engine , Sermon before the Lord General ( Fairfax ) at S. Maries in Oxon , 20 May 1649. qu. ( 2 ) A letter to his Excellency the Lord Gen. Monke , containing the instrumental causes of the ruine of Government and Commonwealths , &c. This was printed at Lond. in Feb. 1659 in one sh . in qu. What other things he hath published I know not : sure I am , that after the restauration of K. Ch 2. he left his Benefice in Devonsh . to avoid Conformity , and died soon after . Adm. 112. ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . was admitted this year only created . See among the Creations . Bach. of Div. Jun. ... John Hillersden of C. C Coll. — He was the only person that was admitted this year ; the others were created . In 1671 he became Archdeacon of Buckingham on the death of Dr. Giles Thorne , and dying , Joh. Gery LL. D. was installed in his place 29 Nov. 16●4 . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law was admitted or licensed to proceed this year , only created ; the names of which you shall have under the title of Creations . Doct. of Phys . Jun. 28. Hugh Barker of New Coll. Jul. 7. Rog. Puliston of Magd. Coll. 8. Thom. Duke of S. Maries Hall. ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was admitted or licensed to proceed this year , only created ; the names of which you may see under the title of Creations . Incorporations . May 20. Thom. Gifford Doct. of Phys . of the Univ. of Leyden in Holland . — He had that degree confer'd upon him in the said Univ. in the month of May 1636. Oct. 10. Nich. Davies Doct. of Phys . of Leyden . — He had that degree confer'd upon him there , in the month of Apr. 1638. This person , or one of both his names , was incorporated in 1660. Jul. 8. Will Clegge M. A. of Dublin Jul. 8. Thom. Turner M. A. of Jesus Coll. in Cambr. Nov. 1. Charles Prince of Wales Mast . of Arts of Cambridge — He was afterwards King of England &c. by the name of K. Ch. 2. His Maj. Ch. 1. had then , after his return from Edghill fight , taken up his quarters in Oxon , and on the same day was a great Creation in all faculties , as I shall tell you by and by . Dec. 7. Will. Harvey sometimes of Caies Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards Doctor of Phys . of the Univ. of Padua , and at his return into England , of Cambridge , was then incorporated Doctor of the said faculty in this University . — This person who was son of Tho. Harvey Gent. by Joan Halke his wife , was born at Folksten in Kent on the second day of Apr. 1578 , sent to a Grammar school in Canterbury at 10 years of age , and at 14 to Gonvil and Caies Coll. in Cambr. At 19 years of age he travelled into France and Italy , and at 23 he had for his Instructors in Medicine at Padua Eustac . Radius , Joh. Tho. Minadous and H. Faber ab Aquapend . At 24 he became Doct. of Phys . and Chirurgery , and returning into England soon after , he practised Phys . in London and married . At 25 , or thereabouts , he was made Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . at London , and at 37 , Professor of Anatomy and Chirurgery : About which time ( which was in the year of our Lord 1615 ) he discovered the wonderful secret of the Bloods circular motion , by which the anatomical part of Physick seemed then to be rising towards the Zenith of Perfection . At 54 years of age he was made Physitian to K. Ch. 1 , ( having , as 't is said by some , been Physitian to K. Jam. 1. ) and adhering to him in the beginning of the troubles , he attended him at Edghill battel . Thence going with him to Oxon , was there incorporated , as before 't is told you . In 1645 he was elected Warden of Merton Coll. by vertue of the Kings letters sent to the Society of that house for that purpose , but in the year following , when Oxford Garrison was surrendred for the use of the Parliament , he left that office and retired to London . In 1654 he was chosen President of the Coll. of Physitians , but refused to accept of that honorable place : And after he had lived to see his doctrine ( the circulation of the blood ) with much ado established , ( being the only man as one (a) saith that did so ) he surrendred up his soul to him that gave it , on the 30 of June an . 1657. Soon after his body being lap'd up in lead , it was conveyed to Hempsted in Essex , and deposited in a Vault under part of the Church there . Several monuments of his learning , which have been , and are received into the hands of all curious men , as well abroad as at home , are extant , as the Oxford or Bodletan Catalogue will partly tell you ; ( besides his New Principles of Philosophy , containing Philosophy in general , Metaphysicks , &c. ) but more in MS. he hath left behind him ; the titles of which you may see in the Epist . dedicat . before An historical account of the Colleges ( Coll. of Phys . ) Proceedings against Empricks , &c. Lond. 1684. qu. Written by Charles Goodall Doctor of Phys . Feb. 1. Joh. Bathurst M. A. of Cambr. Feb. 1. Tho. Browning M. A. of Cambr. The first , who was of Pembr . Hall , was afterwards Doctor of Phys . a practitioner in London , and a Burgess for Richmond in Yorksh. to serve in that Parl. called by Oliver , an . 1656 , and for that called by Richard , 1658. Feb. 11. Morgan Godwin Doct. of the Civ . Law of the University of Dublin . — Which degree was confer'd upon him there 5 Octob. 1637. He was originally of Ch. Ch , afterwards of Pemb. Coll , and as a member thereof took the degree of Bach of the Civil Law in this University an . 1627 , being about that time Archdeacon of that part of Shropshire which is in Hereford Diocess , confer'd upon him by his father Dr. Franc. Godwin Bishop of Hereford , whose Annales rerum Anglicarum , &c. he translated into English , as I have told you in the first vol. p. 497.498 . What other things he hath translated , or what written , I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was a Native of the Isle of Anglesie . Feb. 21. Rob. Creygton D. D. of Trin. Coll. in Cambr. — He was incorporated M. of A. an . 1628 as in the Fasti of that year , in the first vol. p. 861. I have told you . He wrot the Preface to Dr. Rich. Watsons book called Epistolaris Diatribe , &c. dated at Brussels 25 May 1658 ; which book was printed at Lond. 1661. in tw . Francis Walsal D. D. of Cambr. was incorporated the same day . — This person who was forced away from his benefices by the severity of the Presbyterians , did now attend the King in Oxon , and did afterwards participate of afflictions with other Royalists . In 1660 , after his Majesties return , I find him Rector of Sandey in Bedfordshire , Prebendary of Westminster , and author of ( 1 ) The bowing of the heart of Subjects to their Soveraigne , Sermon preached 24 May 1660 , being a day of Thanksgiving for the raising up his Excellency the L. Gen. Monke &c. to deliver this Nation from thraldome and slavery , on 2 Sam. 19.14 . Lond. 1660. qu. ( 2 ) Cordifragium : or the sacrifice of a broken heart , Serm. at S. Pauls in Lond. 25 Nov. 1660 , on Psal . 51.17 . Lond. 1661. qu. and of other things . CREATIONS . After the battel at Edghill in Warwickshire between his Majesties Forces and those belonging to the Parliament , the King retired to Oxon , and setling for a time in Ch. Ch. it was his pleasure that there should be a Creation in all faculties of such that had either done him service in the said battel , or had retired to him at Oxon for shelter to avoid the barbarities of the Presbyterians then very frequent throughout the Nation . Some called this Creation the Caroline Creation . Bach. of Arts. From the first of Nov. to the 16 of Jan. were about 35 young Students actually created Bachelaurs of Arts , in the head of whom was Tho. Wood or à Wood of Ch. Ch. Nov. 1. — This person , when he heard that the Forces belonging to the King and Parliament were drawing up to fight each other at Edghill , threw off his gown , ran thither , did his Majesty good Service , return'd on horseback well accoutred , and afterwards was made an Officer . See more among the Creations in 1647. The next that follow are these , Mathew Skinner of Trin. Coll. son of Dr. Rob. Skinner Bishop of Oxon. — He was afterwards Doctor of Phys . Will. Slater . Hen. Dudley , &c. Dec. 20. Conway Whitterne of Pemb. Coll. — He was afterwards Captain of a Foot Company in his Maj. Service . Jan. 16. Hen. Berkley of Or. Coll , a younger son of Sir Hen. Berkley of Yarlington in Somersetshire Knight . Will. Norrys of Pemb. Coll. was created about that time . — He was afterwards a Corner in the Lord Hoptous Army , &c. Bach. of Law. From the 1 of Nov. to the 16 of January , were actually created 15 Bachelaurs , at least , of the Civil Law , of whom John Sutton , George Walker , Will. Birkenhead and Rich. Blome son of Joh. Blome of Brecknockshire Gent. were of the number . Which last I here set down , not that he was a man of note , but only to distinguish him from one of both his names , who was originally a Ruler of Paper , and now a Scribler of books . See in the first vol. p. 389.390 . I find also to be created Bach. of the Civ . Law , an Inhabitant of S. Aldates Parish in Oxon called John Holloway Official to the Archdeacon and Registrary , of Berkshire : which ▪ John was father to Rich. Halloway sometimes Fellow of New Coll , and afterwards a Counsellor of the Inner Temple , and a person for several years well reputed in these parts for his upright dealing in his profession . To which I must add , that in 1677 he was by writ called to be Serjeant at Law , and in 1683 he was knighted and made one of the Justices of the Kings Bench in the place of Just . Thom. Raymond . In th● beginning of July 1688 he and Sir Joh. Powell another Just . of the same Bench , did receive their Quietus from K. Jam. 2 , because they had a little before given in their minds and opinions to the Jury in the Court of the Kings Bench at Westm , at which time they were two of the four Judges in the Proceedings and Tryal in the case of William Archb. of Cant , and six Bishops , that the Petition of the said Archb. and Bishops to his Maj , wherein they shewed the great averseness they found in themselves to the distributing and publishing in all their Churches his Majesties then late Declaration for liberty of Conscience , &c. was not libellous or seditious as Sir Rob. Wright L. Ch. Justice and Just . Rich. Alleb●ne the other two Judges did . Which act of Justice Holloway being much applauded by the true sons of the Church of England , yet for other matters he was one of those many persons that were excepted out of the Act of Indemnity or Pardon of their Majesties K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary , dated 23 May 1690. Mast . of Arts. From the first day of Nov. to the 21 of Feb , were more than an hundred and forty Masters actually created , of which number were these following . Nov. 1. James Duke of York . — He was afterwards King of England by the name of K. James the 2. Dom. Henr. Howard . Tho. Bosvile or Boswell a Kentish man ( of Aynsford I think ) and a Colonel in the Kings Army . — One Tho. Boswell who had been knighted by his Maj. at Durham in the beginning of May 1642 , was buried in S ▪ Maries Church in Oxford 25 Oct. 1643. Whether he was the same who was created Master of Arts , or the same Sir Tho. Boswell who had a daughter named Isabel the wife of Tho. Gifford Doctor of Physick before mentioned , I cannot justly tell . George Manwaring an Officer in the Kings Army . Will. Dugdale one of the Officers of Arms called Rougecroix , now ( 1642 ) lodging in Hart Hall. — This noted person who was son of John Dugdale , son of James Dugdale of Clether●w in Lancashire Gent , was born at Shustock in the County of Warwick , on the 12 of Sept. 1605 ( 3 Jac. 1. ) at which time was a swarm of Bees in his fathers garden , then esteemed by some a happy presage on the behalf of the Babe . This accident being many years after related by Mr. Will. Dugdale to the famous Figure-flinger Will. Lilly , he thereupon very readily told him that that swarm of bees did foretell that the Infant should in time prove a prodigy of industry , &c. But the Reader is to know , that the said Lilly told him the said Will. Dugdale so , after most of his industry was made public . His first education in Grammar learning was under one Thom. Sibley Curat at Nether Whitacre near to Shustock before mentioned , with whom continuing till he came to ten years of age or more , was afterwards sent to the Free-school at Coventry then presided by one James Cranford , father of James Cranford , mentioned among the Writers , pag. 133. After he had continued in the said School till almost he was 15 years of age , he was taken home by his father , from whom he received instructions in reading that noted Law-book called Littletons Tenures , and some others of that profession , besides History : In all which he soon after , by his indefatigable industry , became well vers'd . In the latter end of 1622 , ( his father being then grown infirm ) he took to him a wife , and in 1625 ( 1 Car. 1. ) his said father being then dead , he purchased the Mannour of Blythe in the Parish of ●hustock : At which place setling soon after , he composed most of his Books , particularly that of The An●iquities of Warwickshere illustrated . His natural inclination tending then chiefly to the study of Antiquities and History , he was not a little encouraged thereto by one Sam. Roper a Barrester of Lincolns Inn , much esteemed for his knowledge and abilities in those studies : with whom ( by reason he was Cosin-German to Rich. Seawell who had married his sister ) he had first acquaintance about the year 1618 , and with whom he afterwards many times conversed . After Mr. Dugdale was setled at Blythe commonly called Blythe Hall , because situated on the River Blythe , he read The Description of Leycestershire , written and published by Will. Burton of Lindley in that County Esquire , ( about 8 miles distant from Blythe Hall : with which being much taken , and thereby encouraged to do something of that nature for Warwickshire , he was introduced into his acquaintance by one Mr. Fisher Dilke of Shustock , a near Kinsman of the said Burton , to the end that he might receive instructions for the management and promotion of his studies . Mr. Burton being very much taken with the forwardness of the young man in his most early attempts , he was resolved to encourage him in his labours to the utmost of his power . Whereupon he brought him into the acquaintance of Sir Sim. Archer of Vmberslade in the Parish of Tamworth in the said County of Warwick Knight ; who being much affected with the studies of Heraldry and Antiquities , and having made very choice and considerable Collections out of divers antient Writings relating to the said County , and the families thereof , he did not only communicate to him what he had got together , but brought him acquainted with most of the Gentlemen of note in the County . These Gentlemen having perused the labours of Mr. Burton before mention'd , were thereupon desirous thro Sir Sim. Archer's incitation , to preserve the honor of their Families by such a work , as the said Mr. Burton had done for Leycestershire ; and for that purpose they would ( as afterwards they did ) communicate to him the sight of their antient Deeds and Evidences . Among the said Gentlemen , he found none more knowing in , and forward to encourage such a work , than Sir Sim. Clarke of Brome Court in the Parish of Salford , who with all freedom imparted to him not only divers antient Writings of consequence , but also the Leiger-book of the Priory of Kenilworth , from which he found copious matter , as by his frequent quotation of it in The Antiquities of Warwicksh . it appears . The acquaintance of the said three persons , Burton , Clarke , and Archer , he endeavoured to continue with all observance imaginable , especially with the last , which began about 1630 ; but so it fell out that our Author Dugdale could not be more forward to continue , than Sir S. Archer was to promote , it , and withall to encourage him in his great designs ; which did evidently afterwards appear , as the sequel will tell you . In Easter term 1638 Sir Simon with his Lady intended to go to London , and thereupon importun'd Mr. Dugdale to accompany them in that Journey , assuring him that it would be worth his labour if he could spare so much time from his beloved study . This being easily assented to , they had several discourses in their way for the promotion of his designs ; and when they were at their journeys ●nd ▪ the first matter that Sir Simon did , he brought our Author Dugdale into the acquaintance of the learned Sir Hen. Spelman , a person famous for his knowledge in Antiquities , but then near 80 years of age , This worthy Knight received him with great humanity , and after some discourse and ●ight of several of his Collections relating to The Antiquities of Warwickshire , he found that he was a great Proficient , and had made a considerable progress in those studies ; and then told him , that seeing he was a person so much inclined to that learning , he thought him very fit to serve the King in the Office of Arms , and that the most noble Thomas Earl of Arundel , then Earl Marshal of England , having , by virtue of that great office , the nomination of all such as were admitted into that Society , would esteem it a good service to the publick , to prefer such thereunto , as were thus naturally qualified and found sedulous in those studies ; offering to recommend Mr. Dugdale to his Lordship for that purpose . Soon after Sir Henry having acquainted his Lordship of him and his fitness for the office , he was introduced into the presence of that honorable person by Sir George Gres●eley of Drakelow in Derbyshire Baronet , who was then in London , and well known to his Lordship . During Mr. Dugdale's stay in London , he repaired sometimes to the Lodging of Sir Hen. Spelman , who among several discourses concerning their faculty , he told him that one Roger Dodsworth a Gent. of Yorkshire had taken indefatigable pains in searching of Records and other antient Memorials relating to the Antiquities of that County , but especially touching the foundations of Monasteries there , and in the northern parts of the Realm : which work he did not a little commend to the pains and care of some industrious and diligent searchers into hidden Antiquity ; affirming , that out of his great affection thereto , in his younger years , he had got together the Transcripts of the foundation Charters of divers Monasteries in Norfolk and Suffolk , ( himself being a Norfolk , man ) much importuning Mr. Dugdale to joyn with Dodsworth in that most commendable work , which , by reason of his youth and forwardness to prosecute those studies , might in time be brought to some perfection , as Mr. Dugdale hath informed me by his Letters , adding withall , that he the said Mr. Dugd. did readily incline , and within few days following casually meeting with Mr. Dodsworth in the Lodgings of Mr. Sam. Roper at Linc. Inn , and acquainting each other what they were then in hand with , as to their farther progress in those studies , they readily engaged themselves to prosecute what Transcripts they could from any Leiger books , publick Records , original Charters , or other Manuscripts of note in order thereto ; but still with this reservation , that Mr. Dugdale should not neglect his Collections touching The Antiq. of Warwickshire ; wherein he had by that time made a considerable progress . During his stay in London , he became acquainted with one Rich. Gascoign● a Yorkshire Gentleman , who also stood much affected to those studies , especially as to matter of Pedigree , wherein he had taken some pains for divers northern Families , especially for that noble and antient Family of Wentworth : And having great interest with Sir Christop . Hatton of Kirby in the County of Northampton Knight of the Bath , ( afterwards created Lord Hatton ) a person highly affected to Antiquities , and who had not spared for any charge in obtaining sundry choice Collections from publick Records , Leiger books , and antient Charters and divers old MSS , he brought him to that most worthy person , ( then lodging in an Apothecaries hous● without Temple-bar ) by whom he was welcomed with all expressions of kindness , and readiness in furthering his studies . In order thereunto he soon after brought him acquainted with his near Kinsman Sir Tho. Fanshaw at that time the Kings Remembrancer in the Exchequer : By reason of which great Office he had the custody of divers Leiger-books and other choice Manuscripts , especially that notable Record called the Red book , as also Testa de Nevill , Kerby's Quest , Nomina Villarum and others : to all which , by his favour , he had free access . Nor was he less careful to obtain the like access for him to the Records in the Tower of London , by his interest with old Mr. Collet , the chief Clerk at that time there under Sir John Burroughs ; whom he amply rewarded with sundry kind gratuities for his friendliness in assisting Mr. Dugdale with what he thought proper for his purpose , from those rarities there reposed . He also about that time was introduced by the said Mr. Roper into the acquaintance of Sir Tho. Cotton Baronet , whereby he had free access to that incomparable Library in his house near Westminster Hall , began and set up by his father that noted Antiquary Sir Rob. Cotton Baronet , where finding rare MSS. and original Charters in that incomparable Treasury , made such Collections thence as were of singular use in several Volumes , which have since been made publick by the press . He was likewise introduced by the said Mr. Roper into the acquaintance of Mr. Scipio Squire then one of the Vicechamberlains of the Exchequer , thro whose kindness and favour , he had access to that venerable Record called Domesday-book , as also to the Fines , Plea-Rolls , and sundry other Records remaining in the Treasury there . Nor was Sir Christ . Hatton backward in giving him all possible encouragement in those his studies : For having seconded Sir H. Spelman in recommending him to the Earl of Arundel , that Earl sent for him in Septemb. following ( an . 1638 ) and obtained the Kings Warrant to create him a Pursevant at Arms extraordinary , by the title of Blanch Lyon , and thereupon so created him at the Kings royal Pallace of Richmond in Surrey upon the 24 of that instant Sept. Also upon the removal of Mr. Edw. Walker then Pursevant called Rogue-Croix to the Office of Chester Herald , his Lordship obtained his Majesties Letters Pat. for creating him Rogue-Croix Pursevant in ordinary , bearing date 18 of Mar. 1639. By which means having a Lodging in the Heralds Office , and some benefit by funerals and other ways , with the yearly Salary of 20 l. out of the Kings Exchequer for his support , he thenceforth spent the greatest part of his time in London , in order to the augmenting his Collections out of the Records in the Tower and other places in and near the said City , till by the influence of a very forward and predominant Party in the most unhappy Parliam . that began at Westm . 3 Nov. 1640 , which aiming at the subversion of Religion established , ( which came afterwards to pass ) and unjustifiable extirpation of monarchick Government , whereby nothing less could be expected than the profaning of all places of Gods publick Worship , destruction of monuments in Churches , and defacing whatsoever was beautiful and ornamental therein , the said Mr. Dugd. therefore receiving encouragement from Sir Chr. Hatton before mention'd , then a member of the H. of C. for Higham-Ferres in Northamptonsh , who timely foresaw the near approaching storm , did in the summer time 1641 ( taking with him one Will. Sedgwick a skilful Arms-painter ) repair first to the Cathedral of S. Paul within the City of London and next to the Abbey Church of Westminster , and there made exact draughts of all the monuments in each of them , copied the Epitaphs according to the very letter ; as also of all Arms in the Windows or cut in stone : All which being done with great exactness , Mr. Dugdale rode to Peterborough in Northamptonshire , Ely , Norwich , Lincoln , Newark upon Trent , Beverley , Southwell , Kingston upon Hull , York , Selby , Chester , Lichfield , Tanworth , Warwick , and did the like in all those cathedral , collegiate , conventual and divers other parochial Churches , wherein any tombs and monuments were to be found , to the end that the memory of them ( in case if that ruin then eminent might come to pass ) might be preserved for future and better times . As it was feared , so it soon after fell out , all things thro the influence of the predominant party in that Parliament looking every day more and more that way , insomuch as in the middle of January following the King himself , his Queen and royal issue , forc'd by tumults , were constrained to betake themselves for safety to other places , viz. the King , Prince and Duke of York unto the City of York , and the Queen to her own relations in France . His Majesty being therefore necessitated at that time to continue in those northern parts , where many of the Nobility attended him , he did by his Warrant under his royal Signet manual , bearing date 1 June 1642 , command the said Mr. Dugdale forthwith to repair thither to him according to the duty of his place . Upon the reception of which he obeyed and continued at York till about the middle of July , at which time he received his Majesties farther command to attend Spencer Earl of Northampton then L. Lieutenant of the County of Warwick , who was endeavouring to secure the chief places of that County and near it , and to disperse the Forces under the Lord Brook , which he had gathered together for the Parliament , by the Trained-Band Soldiers and other loyal persons under him . But they having secur'd the Castles of Banbury and Warwick , Mr. Dugdale did ( by command from his Maj. who was advised at York of their proceedings ) in his Coat of Arms , with a Trumpet sounding before him , repair to those Castles , and required them to disband and to deliver up their Arms , requiring also the said L. Brook and his Adherents to disband , &c. Accordingly the Castle of Banbury , with all the Arms and Ammunition therein were delivered up , but the Castle of Warwick being a place of more strength and defended by a greater number of Soldiers , under the command of Sir Edw. Peto of Chesterton in that County Knight , they did contemn the said Summons , &c. Afterwards when the King marched southward from York , and had taken up his quarters for some time at Stonley house about 4 miles distant from Coventry , on the 19 of Aug. 1642 Mr. Dugdale did , by his Majesties special Warrant dated the next day , summon the said City of Coventry ( a little before taken in for the use of the Parliament ) with his Coat bearing the Kings Arms thereon and a Trumpet sounding before him , to the end that the Defenders deliver up their Arms to his Majesty , and depart peaceably to their respective homes , &c. but they obstinately denying his Summons , he proclaimed them Traytors , and forthwith returned . Afterwards he attended the King at Kineton commonly called Edghill in Warwickshire , where the grand battel between him and his Army and that belonging to the Parliament was fought on the 23 of Oct. 1642. Which battel being finished and the royal party victorious , he attended his Maj. to Oxon , and thence to Reading and Brainford , his Maj. intending for London ; but finding the power of the Rebels much recruited by the Inhabitants of that populous City , he did , after some skirmishes had at Brainford ( where the royal party took many Prisoners ) return to Oxford , fix his chief residence there , and fortified that City with Bulwarks for the better security thereof . So that Mr. Dugdale being bound by his place to attend his Majesty , he setled for a time in Hart Hall , and on the 1 of Nov. 1642 he was actually created Master of Arts , as I have before told . About that time he committed to writing the most memorable passages in the battel at Edghill : and that the relation of all particulars might be the better understood , he went to that place in Feb. following , being accompanied with some Gentlemen of note . At which time taking with him a skilful Surveyor , he rode to Banbury ( the Castle there being then his Majesties Garrison ) and thence to the field where the battel was fought , which he exactly surveyed , and noted where each Army was drawn up , where the Canons were placed , and the graves where the slain persons were buried ; observing also from the relation of the neighbouring Inhabitants the certain number which lay buried in each pit or grave : Which by a just computation did not amount to full one thousand , tho the report of the Vulgar made them at least five thousand . Returning thence to Oxford , he continued there by his Majesties command until the surrender of that Garrison for the use of the Parliament , 24 June 1646 , which wanted not 4 months of 4 years , ( his Estate in the Country being all that while sequestred ) in which time he notwithstanding got a subsistance by attending the Funerals of several noble persons and of others of great quality ( some of which were slain in the Wars ) according to the duty of his Office. On the 16 of Apr. 1644 he was created Chester Herald upon the promotion of Sir Edw. Walker to be Norrey , and soon after he took a journey to Worcester , within which Diocess the southern parts of Warwickshire lye : where , having perusal of the Registers both of the Bishop and Dean and Chapter , he thence extracted several Collections , in order to his historical work of Warwickshire , as he before had done at Lichfield ( within which Diocess the rest of the said County lies ) as by the quotations in the elaborate work of The Antiq. of Warwicksh . ( afterwards made public ) it appears . While he continued in Oxon. where he had leisure enough to follow his studies , he applied himself to the search of such Antiquities as were to be found in the famous Bodlelan Library , as also in the Libraries of certain Colleges , and in private hands , as he thought any way conduceable to the furtherance of the work designed by Rog. Dodsworth and himself touching the Monastery-foundations before mention'd ; as also of whatsoever might relate to matter of History in reference to the Nobility of this Kingdom : in which he found very much for that purpose , whereof he made great use in his Volumes intit . The Baronage of England , since published . After the surrender of Oxford , Mr. Dugdale repaired to London and made his Composition in Goldsmiths Hall for at least 168 l. After which having proceeded very far in collecting materials in the Country for his designed work of Warwickshire , he repaired again to London for the farther perusal of the Records in the Tower and other places , and there perfected his Collection touching the Antiquities of that County , where hapning to meet with Mr. Dodsworth , he told him how he had bestowed his time in Oxon and elsewhere , by gaining materials in order to that work of the Monasteries , and Mr. Dodsworth did the like to him : whereby Mr. Dugd. did understand that he had transcribed many Foundation-Charters and other Grants of consequence , relating to the Monasteries of Yorkshire , and some other northern Counties , which he copied for the most part from the Originals remaining in sundry large chests deposited in S. Maries Tower at York . This Tower , with all such evidences therein , was accidentally blown up in the War time ; so that had not Mr. Dodsworth made his Collections thence before that accident fell out , the loss would have been irreparable . Other matters that he collected thence are now in many volumes remaining in the Bodleian Library by the gift of Thomas Lord Fairfax , who also , to his great honour be it spoken , shew'd himself very generous to all such Soldiers at York that could retrieve any of the said Charters that were so blown up . After Mr. Dugdale's communication with Mr. Dodsworth concerning each others Collections , he waited upon the Lady Eliz. Hatton to Calais in the month of May 1648 , there to meet with the Lord Hatton her husband from Paris : which being so done , he went back with that Lord thither ; and making stay there about three months , he , thro the favour of Mons●er Franc. du Chesne son to the learned Andr. du Chesne deceased , had a view of divers excellent Collections made by the said Andrew , relating to divers Monasteries in France , Normandy , and other parts of that Kingdom . Among which discovering divers things of note touching divers Religious Houses in England formerly called Priories Aliens ( which had been Cells to sundry great Abbies in foreign parts ) he took copies of them , of which he made good use in those volumes called Monasticon Anglicanum , afterwards published ; and then returned into England , having Letters of safe conduct under the Sign manual and Signet of the then Queen of England Henrietta Maria , bearing date at S. Germans in Lay , upon the third of Aug. This so fair and industrious Collection being got together by Mr. Dodsworth , as hath been observed , as also that made by Mr. Dugdale gathered out of divers Leiger-books and other authentick MSS. at Oxon , did encourage them to proceed in perfecting the work . Whereupon they resolved to go to the Records in the Tower of London , to which having free admission , they made a perfect and thorough search , and took copies of all that they deemed most material for their work . Which being done , they retired to the Cottonian Library , making the like search there , and left nothing omitted from the multitudes of Leiger-books there , that might serve them in that most elaborate work . Their business being there finished , Mr. Dugdale discovered many bundles of papers of State , which were original Letters and other choice memorials obtained by Sir Rob. Cotton from sundry hands , some whereof were the Transactions between Cardinal Wolsey , Thom. Cromwell ( afterwards Earl of Essex ) Secretary Will. Paget , Sir Will. Cecil Lord Burleigh , Secretary Francis Walsingham and others , relating as well to foreign , as domestick , affairs : As also the Letters and Papers of Mary Qu. of Scots , Thomas Duke of Norfolk , &c. All which Mr. Dugdale sorted methodically , both as to time and otherwise , and caus'd them to be bound up with clasps , and Sir Tho. Cotton's Arms impressed on each side of every book , with the Contents in the beginning , what each book contained : All which amounted to 80 volumes , and were made useful to all lovers of historical learning . The Collections of the two volumes of the Monastery Foundations , intit . Monast . Anglic. being thus compleated , and the publishing of them by the Press , desired , an offer was made to several Booksellers of the Copies , upon such different terms as might have defrayed the charge of those Transcripts so made from Records and otherwise , as hath been observed . But the Booksellers not willing to adventure on them , Mr. Dodsworth and Mr. Dugdale joined together , and hired several sums of money to defray the cost and expence of them . The care of which work as to the Printing , lay totally on Mr. Dugdale , because Mr. Dodsworth died in Lancashire about the midst of August , an . 1654 , before the tenth part of the first vol. came off from the Press . The first vol. being finished an . 1655 , a stop was made for some years of bringing the second to the Press , until the greatest part of the impression was sold , whereby money might be had to go on therewith . Mr. Dugdale therefore having with no small pains and charge finished his Collections in order to his designed historical work of Warwicksh . Antiquities , and at length perfected the frame thereof , was at the whole charge of Printing , and Paper for publishing the same ; and continued in London to correct the Press himself , by reason that the ordinary Correctors were not skil'd at all in the Pedigrees . Which book was finished and expos'd to sale an . 1656. In the time of his continuance in London , he casually met with one Mr. Reading a Northamptonshire Gent , who had been Clerk of the Nisi prius for the midland-Circuit , and with whom he had been formerly acquainted . This Mr. Reading knowing Mr. Dugdale to be an indefatigable searcher into Records , he friendly invited him to his house at Scrivners Hall ( near Silverstreet ) promising to shew him divers old MSS , original Charters , and other ancient Writings . So that he going thither accordingly , he brought forth five antient MSS. in folio , which were Chartularies of the Lordships and Lands first given to the Cath. Ch. of S. Paul in London . All which he freely lent , to carry with him to his house in Warwickshire till Mich. term ensuing , and then upon the restoration of them , he should have use of as many more . But in the said Term when he went to London to restore them , ( whence he had extracted what he thought fit , as to any historical use ) he found that Mr. Reading was dead , and had constituted one Mr. Williams a Barrister of the Temple his Executor . Whereupon Mr. Dugd. addressing himself to that person to desire a sight of the rest ▪ he brought him to Scrivners Hall and there shew'd him many other Manuscript-books , original Charters , old Rolls , and other very antient Writings in bags and hampers , relating to the said Cathedral of S. Paul. All which he freely lent to Mr. Dugdale ( amounting to no less than ten Porters burthens ) to be carried to his lodgings . Being thus in his private custody , he first bestowed pains to sort them into order , and afterwards made extracts from them of what he found historical in reference to that Cath. Ch. And to the end that the memory of those many antient monuments therein , which were afterwards utterly destroyed ( the Church also being made a Horse-garrison by the Usurpers ) might be continued to posterity , Mr. Dugdale did by the help and favour of sundry worthy persons , who voluntarily offered to be at the charge of the plates , in which the Representations were cut in brass , as also the prospects of that whole Fabrick ( inside and outside ) accomplish the same . Further also having succinctly framed an historical narration of the first foundation and endowment of the said Church , as also of all the Chantries , and what else was most memorable therein , or relating thereto , made it publick by the Press , an . 1658. But as the longest day hath its evening , so did it at last please the omnipotent to put a period to the tyrannous actions of the said Usurpers by the most miraculous Restauration of King Ch. 2. an . 1660 , which was about ●● years after the most execrable murder of his royal Father . At which time to prevent the importunity of others , who aimed at the Office of Norroy King of Arms , void by the promotion of Sir Edw. Walker to the Office of Garter ( whom I shall mention by and by ) Sir Edw. Hyde Kt , then Lord Chancellor , and afterwards Earl of Clarendon , having seen the Antiquities of Warwickshire and the first vol. of Monasticon , did move the King on the behalf of Mr. Dugdale for the said place . Whereupon it being readily granted , there was a special Warrant made under the royal Signet to prepare a Patent for the same : Which Patent , after his Majesties return , passed the Great Seal accordingly on the 18 of June 1660. At the same time the second vol. of Mon. Angl. was in the Press , and the next year 't was published : During the printing of which , he laboured about his historical work of Imbanking and drayning the Fens and Marshes , deduced out of public Records and antient MSS , at the instance of the Lord Gorges and others , who were the principal Adventurers in that costly and laudable Undertaking for drayning the great Level , extending into a considerable part of the Counties of Cambridge , Huntingdon , Northampton , Norfolk and Suffolk . This book was adorned with several exact Maps of the parts and places so drayned , and was published in 1662. Further also having been much importun'd by Dr. Sheldon Archb. of Canterbury and the Earl of Clarendon Lord Chancellour to perfect that Collection began by the learned Sir Hen. Spelman , for his intended second vol. of the Provincial Councils in England , Mr. Dugdale did in order thereunto make diligent search for all such materials that might be got , either out of the Cottonian Library , or otherwise : Which being done he made Transcripts of them , and methodized the same for the Press . So that the whole vol. amounting to 200 sheets in folio , all of it except 57 , were totally of Mr. Dugdale's Collection . It was printed in 1664 , but very full of faults , occasion'd , if I am not mistaken , by the absence of the said Mr. Dugdale . Will. Somnore the Antiquary of Canterbury took a great deal of pains to correct a printed copy of it , with his pen in the margin : which copy is yet remaining in the Library belonging to the Ch. of Canterbury . At the same time also the second part of Sir Hen. Spelmans Glossary , which begins with the letter M , was brought to Mr. Dugdale to have it fitted for the Press : for so it was , that Sir Henry having lest it very imperfect , much of it being loosly written , and in sundry bits of paper , he took pains to dispose thereof into proper order by transcribing many of those loose papers , and afterwards by marking such parts of it , for differencing the character , as needed . The first part also that had been published by Sir Henry , an . 1626 , was afterwards considerably augmented and corrected by its Author : Which also being brought to Mr. Dugdale , and by him review'd and made fit for the Press , were both printed together , an . 1664. But the second part which Sir H. Spelman le●t imperfect , as is before told you , comes far short of the first . After this , Mr. Dugdale having in many years labours in the search of Records for those works already published , perused the notes that he had taken of the Lord Chancellours , L. Treasurers , Masters of Rolls , Judges of all the Courts in Westminster Hall , Kings Attorneys and Sollicitors ; as also of the Serjeants at Law , Courts of ●us●ice and Inns of Court and Chancery for Students in that excellent Profession , he compiled that historical work intit . Origines Juridiciales , adorned with exact cuts in copper plates of the Arms in the windows throughout all the Inns of Court and Serjeants Inns , which was first made public by the Press , an . 1666 ; but the grand Conflagration soon after hapning , many of the copies were burnt . Further also , he having in the course of his Collections formerly made at Oxon in the time of the Rebellion extracted from sundry choice MSS. divers special notes relating to antient Nobility of this Kingdom ; and being not ignorant that those Volumes of Monasticon would yield many excellent materials of that kind , he then became encouraged to go to the Tower of London , Exchequer , Office of the Rolls in Chancery lane ( which were the chief treasures of Records ) as also to the Archbishops principal Registers , and Registers of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , of Wills and Testaments , Dispensations for Marriages , &c. Whence and out of sundry MSS. in private hands , monumental inscriptions , and other Authorities , which , after the greater part of 30 years labour he had got together , he at length compiled that large work intit . The Baronage of England . In making which Collections he omitted nothing of consequence which related to the Foundations and Endowments of the Cathedral and Collegiat Churches in England and Wales , consisting of secular Canons , as also of what else he could observe concerning those Monasteries that were already published , to the end that use might be made of them as Additaments to those volumes : And in the year 1673 he published all those Additaments , together with what he had so gathered for those cathedral and collegiate Churches before specified . But the said Volumes of the Baronage hanging long at the Press , came not out till the year 1675 and 1676 , being then and soon after taken into the hands , not only of his Majesty and royal issue , but also by the prime Nobility of the Nation . Towards the end of the said year 1676 , Sir Edw. Walker Garter , Principal K. of Arms departing this mortal life at Whitehall , ( Mr. Dugd. being then in Warwick●hire ) much dispute grew between Henry then Earl of Norwich ( afterwards Duke of Norfolk ) as Earl Marshal of England , and the King , for the nomination of a person , unto whom his Majesty should by his Letters Patents make a grant of that Office ; the Chancellour of the Garter on the Kings behalf , as Soveraign of that most noble Order , strenuously insisting upon his Majesties right to nominate by reason that the said Office of Garter was an employment meerly belonging to that Order ; and chiefly for attending at all Installations and Festivals , and performing other services unto the Soveraign and Knights Companions thereof . The Earl on his part , as Earl Marshal and chief Superintendent of the Office and Officers of Arms , pleading the usage of his Predecessors in that honorable Office of Earl Marshal to nominate and recommend to the King , upon the death and vacancy of any King of Arms , Herald or Pursevant , such person or persons to supply the place , as he shall think most fit and most properly qualified for that service . In which contest one Sir Will. Haward Knight ( a person well accomplish'd with learning , especially in point of Honour and Arms ) having obtained the favour of divers great men to move his Majesty on his behalf , the K. did thereupon much incline to , to have that office confer'd upon , him . The Earl of Norwych on the other part , accounting it no little derogation to his Office of Earl Marshal to be refused the like privilege as his Predecessors in that great place had been permitted to enjoy ( for which he produced some late Presidents , acknowledging , tho he had nothing to do as to any superintendency over him as an Officer of the Garter , yet , as Garter was Principal K. of Arms , he was subordinate to his authority ) did obtain the favour of the Duke of York , upon this great dispute , to speak to his Majesty on his behalf . The King therefore asked the said Count ( Earl Marshal ) whom he had a design to nominate and recommend , he answer'd Mr. Dugdale ; tho 't is well known he had another person ( Th. Leigh Chest . Her. ) in his eye , ( against whom such objections might have been justly taken , as that he would have failed of his aim had he stuck to him ) whereupon his Maj. immediately replied , Nay then I am content . So that the matter being thus ended , the Earl Marshal caused his Secretary to advise Mr. Dugdale thereof by the Post that night , and earnestly to press his speedy coming up to London , he then being at Blythe Hall in Warwickshire . This news did not a little surprize him , because he was so far from any thoughts of that Office , that upon some Letters from certain honorable persons ensuing Sir E. Walkers death , earnestly desiring his speedy repair to London , in order to his obtaining that Office , he excused himself in respect of his age , he being then above 20 years older than any other Officer in the Coll. of Arms then living , as he then told me , being then with him at Blythe Hall when those Letters came to him . After serious consideration what to resolve on therein , having a far greater desire to wave it , than otherwise , as he then said , he grew fearful that his Majesty so readily assenting to the Earl Marshal's nomination of him , should not take it well in case he did refuse what was so intended him as a favour . And doubting also the Earl Marshal's displeasure for not complying with him therein , did at length conclude with himself that it was by God Almighties disposal thus cast upon him , and therefore he resolved to accept of it . So that within few days after repairing to London , he was welcom'd by the Earl Marshal with many noble Expressions for his ready acceptance of his Lordships favour herein . On the 26 of Apr. 1677 was passed the Patent for his Office of Garter , and on Thursday 24 of May following ( being then Holy Thursday , ) he was solemnly created Garter in the College of Arms by Henry Earl of Peterborough , who then exercised the Office of Earl Marshal , as Deputy to the Earl of Norwych , by vertue of his Majesties immediate Warrant for that purpose : And the day following ( 25 May ) Mr ▪ Dugd. being brought before the King in the old Bed-chamber at Whitehall by the Earl Marshall , he then received the honor of Knighthood , ( much against his will because of his small estate ) at which time his Majesty put the badge of his office , hung in a gold chain , ( usually worn by Garter K. of Armes ) about , his neck . On the first of June following he took his oath of Garter Principal K. of Armes , in a solemn chapter held by the Soveraign and certain of the Knights Companions of that most noble Order , in the red room at Whitehall : which Oath was administred to him by Seth Bishop of Salisbury Chancellour of the Garter , one of the Officers of that order then kneeling on his Majesties left hand . As to the exercise of his office of Norroy , when he was Provincial K. of Armes for the northern parts of this Realm , the books of his visitation of the several Counties under his charge remaining in the Coll. of Armes , will sufficiently manifest his care therein , as by taking exact notice of all collaterals , viz. Uncles , Aunts , Brothers and Sisters in the descents there drawn . Also by publickly disclaiming all such as did take upon them the titles of Esquire or Gentlemen without just right , and truly registring the Armes of all such as could shew any justifiable right thereto . His care also was manifested in defacing such Tablets of Armes , as he found in any publick places which were fictitious , and by pulling down several Atchievments ( commonly called Hatchments ) irregularly and against the law of Armes hung up in any Churches or Chappels within the precincts of his Province ; the particulars whereof are expressed in that large book , in the Office or Coll. of Armes , covered with russet leather , and called the Earl Marshalls book . Further also to vindicate the just rights of his said office , he commenced a sute at the common law against one Randal Holme a Painter of the City of Chester , who had boldly invaded the office of him the said Norroy , by preparing Atchievments for the funeral of Sir Ralph Ashton of Middleton in the County of Lancaster Kt , and giving directions for a formal proceeding at the solemnity thereof : whereupon he had a verdict against him the said Holme , at the general Assizes held at Stafford , in March an . 1667 , and recovered good damages with costs of suit . The titles of such books , touched on before , which are published under Sir Will. Dugdales name are these ( 1 ) Monasticon Anglicanum : sive Pandectae caenobiorum Benedictinorum , Cluniacensium , Cisterciensium , Carthusianorum , à primordiis ad eorum usque dissolutionem ex Mss ad Monasteria olim pertinentibus , Archivis turrium Lond. Ebor. &c. Lond. 1655. and 82. fol. Adorned with the prospects of Abbeys , Churches , &c. ( 2 ) Monastici Anglicani volumen alterum , de Canonicis Regularibus Augustinianis , scil . Hospitaliariis , Templariis , Gilbertinis , Praemonstratensibus & Maturinis sive Trinitaniariis . Cum appendice ad vol. primum de Caenobiis aliquot Gallicanis , Hibernicis , Scoticis , necnon quibusdam Anglicanis antea omissis , à primordiis , &c. Lond. 1661. fol. Adorned with the prospects of Abbeys , Churches , &c. These two large volumes tho they were published under the names of Roger Dodsworth of Yorkshire and Will. Dugdale of Warwickshire , yet the chiefest now of the Coll. of Armes have several times informed me that they were both collected and totally written by Dodsworth , as the original which they had seen do testifie : And Dr. Barlow hath several times told me that much about the time of death of Dodsworth they were offer'd to him to be bought , that he might take some order to have them published . Howsoever it is , sure I am that Sir William did take great pains to have them published , did methodize and order them , correct them when at the press and made several indexes to them . This Roger Dodsworth was the Son of Matthew Dodsworth Esq . ( Registrary , as I have heard , of the Church of York ) by Elianor his Wife , Daughter of Ralph Sandwith Esq , was born on the 24 July 1585 at Newton Grange in the Parish of S. Oswald in Ridale in Yorkshire , being the house and possessions of his Mothers Father ; but whether he was ever educated in any University , I could never learn. This Person who had a natural propensity to Histories and Antiquities , began early to make collections of them , especially such that related to Yorkshire , and afterwards was much encouraged in his labours by Sir Thomas , afterwards Lord , Fairfax , who for several years allowed him a pension . He was a Person of wonderful industry , but less judgment , was always collecting and transcribing , but never published any thing . He died in the month of August 1654 , and was buried in the Church of Rufford in Lancashire . After his death the said Lord Fairfax took into his possession , not only all the old Mss which he had obtained from several hands , but also all his proper collections which he had written from Mss , Leigher books , evidences in the Tower at York , in the custody of many Gentlemen , not only in Yorkshire but other northern Counties , as also his collections of monumental and fenestral inscriptions , &c. which being done , he communicated them to Dr. Nat. Johnston a Physit . of Yorkshire , with hopes that he would extract from them , and make and compleat a book of Antiquities of the West Riding of Yorkshire , which he hath not yet done , being , as I have been informed , weary of the work . When the said Lord Fairfax died , he bequeathed the said old Mss , and collections ( which last amounted to 122 volumes at least ) to the publick Library in Oxon , but were not conveyed thither till June 1673 ; which being then a wet season , most of them took wet , and had it not been for the author of this book , who with much ado obtained leave of the then Vicechancellour to have them conveyed into the muniment room in the School-Tower , purposely to dry them on the leads adjoyning , which cost him a months time to do it , they had been utterly spoiled . The other books that Sir William Dugdale hath published are there . ( 3 ) The Antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated from records , leiger-books , manuscripts , charters , evidences , tombes and armes : Beautified with maps , prospects and portraictures . Lond. 1656. fol. The foundation of tnis book ( which is his Master piece ) was laid on the collections of divers antiquities for the said County made and gathered by Sir Simon Archer Knight , whom I have mention'd in the first vol. of this work , p. 504 : which Sir Simon dying at Warwick , about the beginning of 1666 , was gathered to the graves of his Fathers in Tamworth Church . ( 4 ) The History of S. Pauls Cathedral in London from its foundation till these times : extracted out of original charters , records , le●ger-books and other Manuscripts : Beautified with sundry prospects of the Church , figures of tombes and monuments . Lond. 1658. in a thin folio . ( 5 ) The History of imbanking and draining of divers fens and marshes , both in foreign parts and in this Kingdom ; and of the improvement thereby . Extracted from record● , Mss and other authentick testimonies . Lond. 1662. fol. Adorned with several Cuts . ( 6 ) Origines juridiciales : or historical memorials of the English laws , Courts of Justice , forms of Trial , punishment in cases criminal , law writers , law books , grants and settlements of estates , degree of Serjeant , inns of Court and Chancery . Also a chronologie of the Lord Chancellours , and Keepers of the great Seal , L. Treasurers , Justices itinerant , Justices of the Kings Bench , &c. Lond. 1666. 1672. &c. fol. In the said Chronologie or Chronica series , are many faults . ( 7 ) Monastici Anglicani , volumen tertium & ultimum : Additamenta quaedam in volumen primum , ac volumen secundum , jampridem edita : Necnon fundationes , sive dotationes diversarum ecclesiarum cathedralium ac collegiatarum continens ; ex archivis regiis , ipsis outographis , ac diversis codic . Manuscriptis decerpta . Lond. 1673. fol. Which , so soon as published , the faction commonly reported , that it was made extant purposely to introduce popery , they being then exasperated against it . To this book is only the bare name of Will. Dugdale set , without any mention of Dodsworth , tho no doubt there is but some of his collections are therein . Some time before it was published , Mr. Dugdale desired the author of these Athenae Oxon , that if in his searches towards the work of Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , he could meet with any materials towards the completion of the said third vol. of Mon. Anglic. he would by all means help him to them . Whereupon for the great respect he had to the author , and such a noble work as that was , he soon after sent to him copies of many evidences , as first those four inserted in p. 11. concerning Wallingford . Secondly eleven others in p. 13 ▪ 14.15 , concerning Littlemore Nunnery within the precincts o● Sandford in Oxfordshire , which by a mistake Sir William hath added to Sandford in Berkshire . Thirdly three copies of Charters in p. 18. concerning the Hermitage of Muswell in the Parish of Piddington . Fourthly four copies in p. 30.31 . concerning Horkesley a cell to the Abbey of Tefford . Fifthly the six copies mentioned in p. 55.56.57 , concerning the Priory of Cold-Norton in Oxfordshire . Sixthly the twelve copies in p. 62.63.64 concerning the Lands belonging to the Knight Templers of Sandford near to , and in the County of , Oxon , which I transcrib'd from a leiger book containing all the evidences belonging to the preceptory of Sandford ; near which place was the Nunnery of Littlemore before mentioned situated . The said leiger-book which was then my proper book , is now in Bodlies Library . Seventhly that copy in pag. 77. b. concerning Otteham Priory . Eighthly those copies of Charters in p. 83.84.85 . concerning the Hospital of Brackley in Northamptonshire . Ninthly that Charter in p. 96. a. concerning the Hospital of Ginges in Essex , otherwise called Gynge-M●nteygney . Tenthly that large Charter concerning the Priory of Newinton-Longaville in Bucks , and others . He the said Sir Will. Dugdale was also assisted in the said third vol. of Mon. Angl , by Sir Thomas Herbert Baronet , but the number of Charters which he transcribed and sent to him , I cannot justly tell you . He was a great collector of antient Mss , a singular lover of Antiquities , and there is not doubt , but that he having had more leisure than I , did his share therein . Sir Will. Dugdale hath also published ( 8 ) The Baronage of England : or an historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English Nobility in the Saxons time , to the Norman Conquest ; and from thence , of those who had their rise before the end of K. Henry the thirds Reign . Deduced from publick records , antient Historians and other authorities . Lond. 1675. fol. Tom. 1. ( 9 ) The Baronage of England : or an historical account , &c. from after the end of K. Henry the thirds Reign , and before the eleventh of K. Rich. 2. deduced , &c. Lond. 1676 in a thin fol. Tom. 2. ( 10 ) The Bar. of Engl. or an historical account , &c. from the 10. of Ric. 2. until this present year , 1676 , deduced , &c. Ibid. 1676. in a thin fol. Tom. 3. These the two last were printed , and do always go , together . Augustin Vincen● sometimes Windsore Herald and ClerK of the Records in the Tower of London had laid a Foundation of a Baronage of England , but he dying before it was finished , it was taken in hand and continued by his Son John Vincent , who intituled it — He●●●logia Anglica . Or a Geneological history of the succession and creation of all our Princes , Dukes , Earls and Vicounts since the Norman conquest to this day . This I have seen in a thick fol. manuscript , [ for 't is not yet published ) containing many quotations from the records in the Tower of London , but 't is a very slight and trite thing in comparison of that of Sir W. Dugdales . The said three Tomes of the Baronage of England he gave , with other of his books , to the Coll. of Armes , but two of the Kings , and other Heralds there tell me that there are a world of faults in them ; and they dare not depend upon the generality of matter relating to pedegree therein . The author also sent to the Writer of these Athenae and Fasti Oxon , copies of all the Tomes , with an earnest desire that he would peruse , correct and add to them what he could obtain from record or other authorities . Whereupon spending a whole long vocation in that matter , he drew up at least 16 sheets of corrections , but more additions ; which being sent to the author , he remitted a good part of them into the margin of a copy of large paper of his three Tomes of Ba●onagium . ( 11 ) A short view of the late troubles in England ; briefly setting forth their rise , growth and tragical canclusion . As also some parallel thereof with the Barons wars in the time of K. H. 3 , but chiefly with that of France , called the holy league , in the Reign of Hen. 3. and Hen. 4 , late Kings of that Realm . Oxon. 1681. fol. To this book is added A perfect narrative of the Treaty at Vxbridge ; which , having been before extant , was thought by the generality of Scholars to be superfluous , yet it made the book a folio , which otherwise might have been made an ordinary quarto . This book ( A short view , &c. ) was presented by the Vice-chancellour of Cambridge , in the name of the members of that University to Queen Catherine , 27. Sept. 1681 at which time their Majesties were entertained there , ( 12 ) The antient usage in bearing of such ensigns of honour as are commonly called Armes . Oxon. 1682. oct . There are two editions of this book , one of which was published in Oxon , 4. Feb. 1681 and the other in the beginning of the year 1682. 'T is mostly taken from Will. Wyrley's book entit . The true use of Armory , &c. see in the first vol. of these Athenae p. 363. ( 13 ) A true and perfect catalogue of the Nobility of England . Printed with The antient usage , &c. To which is added , A true and exact list of all the present Knights of the Garter , &c. as they now stand in S. Georges Chap. in Windsore Castle , 10. Sept. 1681. ( 14 ) A Cat. of the Baronets of England ; from the first erection of that Dignity until the 4 of Jul. 1681. inclusive . Printed also with The antient usage , &c. The second edit . reacheth to the 6. of Dec. the same year . To both these editions are added , first An exact alphabetical Catalogue of all the Shires , Cities , Burrough-Towns , Cinque ports in England ; specifying the number of the Knights of the Shires , Citizens , Burgesses and Barons of the Cinque-ports , they do respectively elect , to serve as their Representatives in Parliaments , &c. collected and written by Charles Hatton Esq , Son of Christopher L. Hatton . Secondly A true and perfect Cat. of the Nobility of Scotland , with a list of the Royal Burroughs therein , &c. collected and written by the same hand ; and thirdly A true and p●rf . Cat. of the Nobility of Ireland , with a list of all the Shires , Cities and Burroughs of Ireland , which make returns of Parliament , &c. collected and written also by the same hand , ( 15 ) A perfect copy of all the summons of the Nobility to the great Councils and Parliaments of this Realm from the 49 of Hen. 3 ▪ to this present ; with Catalogues of such Noblemen , as have been summoned to Parliament in right of their Wives , &c. Lond. 1686. fol. Further also our author Sir W. Dugdale took a great deal of pains in publishing the second vol. of Councils , and Glossary of Sir Hen. Spelman , as I have before told you . At length this most industrious Person contracting a great cold at Blythe Hall by attending too much his worldly concerns , died thereof in his Chair , about one of the Clock in the afternoon of the tenth day of February ( S. Scholastica's day ) an . 1685. Whereupon his body being conveyed to the parochial Church of Shustock in Warwickshire before mention'd , was on the 12 of the same month deposited in a stone-coffin , laying in a little vault , which he before had caused to be made under the north side of the Chancel of the Church there . It was laid near another stone-coffin in the said vault , containing the remains of his then late Wife named Margery , Daughter of John Huntbache of Seawell in Staffordshire Gent , who died 18 Decemb. 1681 , after she had continued his Wife from the 17 of March 1622. Sir Will. Dugdale did also in his life time , erect over the said vault a strong tomb of Free-stone , in form of an altar , joyning to the North wall , with his Armes and those of his Wife carved on the South side thereof : And above it he caused to be fixed on the wall a tablet of white marble , bordered with the like Free-stone , on which was engraven his epitaph made by himself . By his last Will and Testament he bequeathed all his Manuscripts and Collections of Antiquities to the Musaeum of Elias Ashmole in Oxon , who divers years before had married one of his Daughters ; where they remain , and are of great use to curious and critical persons . To conclude , had this indefatigable person sequestred himself from worldly troubles , and totally addicted himself to his studies , and had minded the publick , more than his private , concerns , the world might have justly enjoyed more of his lucubrations , and those more true and accurate , than such that are already published , especially those in his latter days : Yet however what he hath done , is prodigious , considering the great troubles that he had endured for his loyalty , and the cumbrances of this world that he had run through ; and therefore his memory ought to be venerated and had in everlasting remembrance for those things which he hath already published , which otherwise might have perished and been eternally buried in oblivion . Le ts now go on with the Creations . Nov. 1. Sir Rich. Byron Knight a most valiant Colonel in the Kings Army , and Brother to John Lord Byron . Joh. Newton of S. Edm. Hall — He was afterwards a noted Mathematician . Thom. Smith of Queens Coll. Thom. Lamplugh of Queens Coll. Thom. Tully of Queens Coll. The two first of these three were afterwards Bishops . Edw. Walker Herald of Armes by the title of Chester — This Person who was second Son of Edw. Walker of Roobers in the Parish of Nether Stowey in Somersetsh , by Barbara his Wife , Daughter of Edw. Salkeld of Corby Castle in Cumberland , was born at Roobers , bred a servant in the family of Thomas Earl of Arundell Earl Marshall of England , to whom afterwards being Secretary , he gave him the Pursevants place called Rogue-Croix in the Coll. of Armes . In 1639 when that noble Count was made General of the English Forces in the Scotch expedition , this Mr. Walker was by him made Secretary of War , and executed that Office till the return of the said Army to London . Afterwards when his Majesty and the Royal Family were by the endeavours of that unhappy Parl. that began 3. Nov. 1640 , forced from London in Jan. 1641 , Mr. Walker followed him into the North parts of England , and was with him at Edgh●ll fight and afterwards at Oxon , where he was actually created Master of Arts , being then Chester Herald as I have before told you . In the latter end of 1643 he was made Norr●y King of Armes in the place of Sir Henry St. George promoted to the office of Garter , and in the year following , upon the death of the said Sir Henry , he was made Garter , and on the 2. of Feb. the same year ( 1644 ) he received the honor of Knighthood . This Person who with great diligence and observation had committed to writing in a paper book the several occurrences that passed in the K. Army and the victories obtained by his Majesty over his rebellious Subjects , the book was seized on at the fatal battle at Naseby by some of the forces belonging to the Parliament , then Victors . Afterwards it was presented to their General called Sir Thomas Fairfax , who perusing it , found one passage therein which was very observable to him , viz. that whereas he ( Walker ) had taken occasion (*) to speak of the Irish and call'd them Rebells ; his Majesty , who before that time had perused the book , did , among several alterations made therein with his own hand , put out the word Rebells with his pen , and over it wrot Irish . This book was after his Majesties restauration regain'd , and is now , or at least was lately , in the hands of Sir Joh. Clopton who married the Daughter and Heir of Sir E. Walker , who also hath written The order of the Ceremonies at S. Georges feast at Windsore , which is printed in quarto . After his Majesties return , he was confirmed in his Gartership and made one of the Clerks of the Privy Council ; and dying suddenly in Whitehall , 19. Febr. 1676 , his body was conveyed to Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire , and buried in the Church there , among the graves of the Cloptons of Clopton in that Parish . In his office of Garter K. of Armes succeeded Will. Dugdale , Norroy , as I have before told you , and in his Clerkship of the Privy Council Sir Tho ▪ Dolman of Shaw near Newbury in Berks. Nov. 1. Matthew Smalwood of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards Dean of Lichfield . Ferdinando Marsham Esq . — He was Brother to Sir Joh. Marshaw the Critick . Jervais Hollis a Parliament man for Great Grimesby in Lincolnshire — He had lately retired to his Majesty , because of the violent proceedings against him his said Maj. in the Parliament sitting at Westminster , being then Serjeant Major , and in the next year he sate as a member in the Parl. held at Oxon. George Wentworth another Parliament Man for Pomfraict in Yorkshire — He also left that Parliament , retired to his Majesty , and sate in Oxford Parliam . 1643. On the said first of Nov. were more than 70 persons actually created Master of Arts , among whom , towards the latter end of the solemnity , when it grew dark , some did obtrude themselves that were not in the Catalogue of those to be created , which was signed by his Majesty . One of them was named Henry Leighton a Scot , mostly educated in France , but at this time ( 1642 ) actually in Armes for his Majesty , and soon after was an Officer . Some years after the declining of the Kings cause , he setled for altogether in Oxon , read and taught the French language to young Scholars , and for their use wrot and published ( 1 ) Linguae Gallicae addiscendae regulae . Oxon 1659. in tw . Published afterwards again with many additions to the great advantage of the learner . ( 2 ) Dialogues in French and English , &c. This Person who might have been more beneficial to mankind than he was , had his principles been sound , ( which were not , and therefore in some respects he debauched young men ) died by a fall down stairs in S. Johns Coll. ( where he had a Chamber allowed him by the society ) on the 28. of January 1668 : whereupon his body was buried the next day in the Church of S. Giles in the north suburb of Oxon. Dec. 20. Tho. Penruddock of S. Maries Hall — He was a younger Son of Sir Joh. Penruddock , whom I shall mention among the created Doctors of the Civ . Law. Edward Sherburne Commissary General of his Majesties Attillery in Oxon was actually created Master of Arts on the same day — This Person who hath been greatly venerated for his polite learning , was born in his Fathers house in Goldsmiths Rents near Red-cross-street in the Parish of S. Giles Cripplegate in London , on the 18. of Sept. 1618 , Son of Edw. Sherburne Esq , a Native of the City of Oxon , and Clerk of his Majesties Ordnance within the Kingdom of England , Son of Hen. Sherburne Gent , a Retainer to C. C. Coll. in this University , but descended from the antient and gentile family of his name now remaining at Stanyhurst in Lancashire . After our author Edw. Sherburne , whom I am farther to mention , had been mostly trained up in Grammar learning under Mr. Thomas Farnabie who then taught in Goldsmiths-rents before mentioned , he was privately instructed for a time in his Fathers house by one Charles Aleyn then lately Usher to the said Mr. Farnabie , but originally a member of Sidney Coll. in Cambridge ; I mean the same Ch. Aleyn who wrot a Poem entit . The battle of Crescy and Poictiers , and afterwards The History of Hen. the seventh . Lond. 1638 oct , written in verse also , with The battle of Bosworth ; who dying about 1640 , was buried under the north wall of S. Andrews Church in Holbourn near London . In 1640 his Father thinking it fit for his better education to send him abroad to travel , he set forward at Christmas that year and continued beyond Sea till about three quarters of a year , having spent his time in viewing a considerable part of France , and was intended for a journey into Italy , but then unfortunately called back by occasion of his Fathers sickness , who , not many weeks after his return dyed some few days before Christmas 1641. Immediatly after his death , he succeeded his Father in the Clerkship of his Majesties Ordnance , granted him by patent 5. Feb. 13. Car. 1. and about the months of Apr. and May he was outed by warrant of the then House of Lords , and committed to the Black rod for only adhering to the duty of his place and allegiance to his Prince , where he lay for several months at great expences , and charge of fees , till having in the beginning of Oct. following gain'd his Liberty , he went immediatly to the King , who made him Commissary General of his Artillery . In which condition he served him at the battle of Edghill , and during the four years Civil War ; while in the mean time he was depriv'd of an estate of 160 l. per an , ( till a debt of 1500 l. was satisfied by way of extent out of the Land of Ord of Ord in Northumberland ) his house plundered , and all his personal estate and houshold goods taken away , among which was the loss of a study of books , as considerable in a manner that he bought and obtained after his Majesties restauration , which was great and choice , and accounted one of the most considerable belonging to any Gent. in , or near , London . After Edghill battle he retired with his Majesty to Oxon , where he was created M. of A. as I have before told you , and was not wanting while he continued there to improve himself in learning as other Gentlemen did . After the rendition of Oxford to the Parliament forces , he lived for some time in the Middle Temple at London in the Chamber of a near Relation of his called Tho. Stanley Esquire , at which time he published some pieces which I shall anon mention . While he continued there , you cannot but imagine that he was liable , ( as indeed he was ) to frequent midnight scarches and proclamation banishments out of the Lines of communication , as being a Cavalier , which the godly party then called Malignant ; till at the return of Sir George Savile ( afterwards Marquess of Halyfax ) from his travels about 1651. or 52 he was invited to take upon him the charge of his concerns , and sometime after by his honorable Mother the Lady Savile her good favour , he was recommended to undertake the tuition of her Nephew Sir John Coventry in his travels abroad . In the beginning of March therefore in 1654 he left England with his charge , ran through all France , Italy ▪ some part of Hungary , the greater part of Germany , Holland and the rest of the Low Countries , and returned about the end of Oct. 1659. By which voyage he did advance and promote his bookish inclination , by conference with learned persons , when he came to such places that could afford him their desired converse , more than what he could obtain at home . After his Majesties restauration he found a person put into his place of Clerk of his Maj. Ordnance within the Kingdom of England ( after his old sequestrators were dead ) by a Relation of the Gent. whose care and tuition he had undertaken , I mean by that busie man Sir Anth. Ashley Cooper , ( afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury ) so that he was forced to plead the ●ight of his Patent before the House of Lords e're he could get readmittance . After some time of the Kings settlement he met with a discouragement worse than the former ; for by the politick Reducers of the charge of his Majesties revenue and treasure , he was retrenched from the best perquisites of his office to the value of no less than 500 l. per an . and never received any consideration more than what the King was pleased of his own bounty to confer upon him which was 100 l. per an . in compensation of quadruple the loss he sustained . This Person who hath been always an intimate friend and acquaintance as well of the antient Greek and Latine as of the choicest modern Poets , both Italian , French and Spanish hath written and translated . ( 1 ) Medea , a Tragedy . Lond. 1648. oct , translated from Lat. into English , verse , with annotations : 'T is one of Seneca's Tragedies . ( 2 ) Seneca's answer to Lucilius his Quaere , why good men suffer misfortunes , seeing there is a divine providence ? Lond. 1648. oct , written originally in Lat. prose , and translated into English verse . It was dedicated by Mr. Sherburne to K. Ch. 1. during his captivity in the Isle of Wight , which he was pleased most graciously to approve and accept of ( 3 ) Salmacis , Lyrian and Sylva , forsaken Lydia , the rape of Hellen , a comment thereon , with several other Poems . Lond. 1651. oct . On which three translations , as also annotations on each of them , the most ingenious Thomas Stanley before remembred ( mention'd also in the Fasti , 1640 ) did make an excellent copy of verses , as also upon the mutual friendship between him and our author Ed. Sherburne ; the beginning of which is this . Dear friend ! I question , nor can I yet decide Whether thou more art my delight or pride ? ( 4 ) The Sphere of Marcus Manilius made an english Poem . Lond. 1675. fol. 'T is adorned with Cuts , and an account thereof is in the Philosophical Transactions , num . 110. p. 233. It was chiefly intended by its author for the use of the young Gentry and Nobility of the Land , to serve as their initiation in the first rudiment of spherical learning . ( 5 ) A Catalogue ( with a character ) of the most eminent Astronomers , antient and moderne : Which , with other matters , as first Of the Cosmical System , secondly A Cosmographical-Astronomical Synopsi● , &c. are added by way of an Astronomical Appendix to The Sphere of Marc. Man. before mention'd . ( 6 ) Troades : or the Royal Captives , a Trag. Lond. 1679. oct . Written originally in Lat. by L. An. Seneca , englished with Annotations , by Mr. Sherburne . He had likewise laying by him another Trag. of Seneca ( Hippolitus and Phaedra ) long since by him translated , with Annotations . Which three Tragedies , viz. Medea , Troades and Hippolitus , he endeavours to prove that they belong only to the Philosopher , among all the rest that go under the name of Seneca . The sixteenth Idillium of Theocritus in N. Tates Miscellanies is ascribed to him , and perhaps other things in other books . In 1682. Jan. 6. his Majesty K. Ch. 2 did , in consideration of his great sufferings , and the long and faithful services by him performed to his royal Father of blessed memory and to himself , confer upon him the honor of Knighthood in his private Bedchamber at Whitehall ; having also suffered several indignities from the faction in the time of the Popish Plot , who endeavoured to out him of his place , for being , as they supposed a Rom. Cath. After K. Jam. 2 ▪ had abdicated the Government and left the Nation , he was outed for altogether and put to trouble : So that whereas he before for 19 years together had suffered for his Loyalty to his Prince , and had in some manner suffered after his restauration , as I have told you before , so now doth suffer upon account of his Religion , being living near London in a retired , yet cheerful , and devout condition , spending his time altogether in books and prayer . Henry Sherburne younger Brother to Edw. before mention'd , was then also Dec. 20. actually created Master of Arts — He was soon after made Comptroller of the Ordnance in the Army of Ralph Lord Hopton , but how long he continued in that employment , I know not . While he continued in Oxon he drew an exact ichnography of the City of Oxon , while it was a Garrison for his Majesty , with all the fortifications , trenches , bastions , &c. performed for the use of Sir Tho. Glemham the Governour thereof , who shewing it to the King , he approved much of it and wrot in it the names of the bastions with his own hand . This ichnography , or another drawn by Rich. Rallingson , was by the care of Dr. John Fell engraven on a copper plate and printed , purposely to be remitted into Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , lib. 1. between p. 364. and 365. This Henry Sherburne , who was an ingenious man , was kill'd in a mutiny that hapned among some of the Soldiers in Oxon , on the 12 of June 1646 : Whereupon his body was buried the next day in the Chur. of S. Peter in the East in the said City . January 16. In a Convocation then celebrated were these following persons actually created Masters of Arts , by vertue of the Kings Mandamus then read , viz. Henry Lord Seymour , Son of Will. Marq. of Hertford — He was Knighted by his Maj. on the 17 of Jan. 1644. See among the Doctors of Phys . an . 1645. Sir John Stawell — See among the Doctors of Physick this year . Amia● Paulet Esq . Joh. Stawell Esq . Mr. Edw. Stawell . Rob. Hawley a Captain — Francis Lord Hawley one of the Gent. of the Bedchamber to James Duke of York died 22 of Dec. 1684. aged 76 or thereabouts ; but whether Robert was nearly related to him I know not . Joh. Stanhop — He was Master of the Horse , as it seems , to the Marquess of Hertford . George Strangwaies an Officer — He was one of the antient and gentile family of his name in Dorsetshire . Geor. Trimme , Secretary to the Marq. of Hertf. Anth. Lightfoot Servant to Prince Charles . R●g . Sanders a Captain . Rich. Knightley , &c. All which , with others , were lately come to Oxon , among the forces under the conduct of the said William Marquess of Hereford . In the same convocation were others also created , by vertue of the Letters of the said Marq. ( soon after Chanc. of this Univ. ) which were then read : The names of some of them follow . Edw. Windham Esq ▪ Edw. Kirton Esq . — He was a Parliamentary Burgess for Milborne in Somersetsh , to serve in the Parl. began at Westm . 3. Nov. 1640 , but leaving it , because of the violent proceedings of the members thereof , he retired to his Majesty at Oxon , and late in the Parl. there , 1643. Tho. Lower Esq . — He was also a Burgess for Eastlow in Cornwall , but leaving the said Parliament he retired to Oxon , and sate there . I take this person to be the same who was Son and Heir of Sir W. Lower of S. Winnow in Cornw. Knight , which Thomas dying a Bachelaur 5. Feb. 1660 was buried in the Parish Church of S. Clement Danes within the Liberty of Westminster , as I have elsewhere told you . ... Bampfield a Colonel . Joh. Miller a Captain . Hugh Windham . Hugh Smith . Franc. Chalk or Chock of Avington in Berks — He was Knighted 26. Oct. 1643. All which , with others , did attend the said Marq. of Hertford when he came to Oxon. Feb. 1. Anth. Goslyng was then created by vertue of a dispensation pass'd in convocation . Feb. 21. was another convocation celebrated , and therein a Creation of Masters made to the number of about eleven : Among whom were , Paul Boston of Cambridge — After his Majesties return he became Minister of S. Brides Parish in London ; whence being forced by the dreadful fire that hapned in 1666 he became Reader of S. Giles in the Fields in Middlesex . Rich. Powell a Retainer to the Lord Mowbray . Will. Jay a Retainer to the Marq. of Hertford . Charles Whittaker Secretary under Sir Edw. Nicholas one of the Secretaries of State. &c. Aston Cockaine was also about the same time created , but neglected to be registred . Bach. of Phys . From the first of Nov. to the 31. of Jan. were actually created 17 Bach. of Phys . or more ; of which number were , Nov. 1. Hen. Jacob of Mert. Coll. Nov. 1. Edw. Buckoke of Trin. Coll. Nov. 1. Will. Croot of Exet. Coll. Nov. 1. Hen. Sawyer of Magd. Coll. Nov. 1. Steph. Boughton of Magd. Coll. The aforesaid Edw. Buck. was created Dr. of the same faculty in 1645. Dec. 10. Jam. Hyde of Corp. Ch. Coll. Dec. 10. George Rogers of Linc. Coll. The first of these last two was afterwards the Kings professor of Phys . and the other a publisher of certain things of his faculty , and is now , or at least lately was , living . Jan. 31. Nich. Oudart . Jan. 31. Tho. Champion or Campion . Jan. 31. Tho. Johnson . Of the first I have spoken already in the Fasti ; under the year 1636. p. 887. Of the second I know nothing only that one of both his names was a noted Poet in the Reign of K. Jam. 1. see in the Fasti under the year 1624 , p. 848. And of the other you may see more among the created Doctors of Phys . 1643. Bach. of Div. From the first of Novemb. to the 21. of Feb. were about 70 Bachelaurs of Div. actually created ; of which number were these following . Nov. 1. Caesar Williamson lately M. A. of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge — After the declining of the Kings cause he went into Ireland , became Fellow of the College at Dublin , where being esteemed a good Orator , was put upon several Harangues ex tempore , and wrot a Panegyrick on Henry Cromwell Lord Lieutenant of the said Kingdom , which I have seen several times quoted . Afterwards the College gave him a Living at , or near , Tredagh , where he ended his days in a craz'd condition about 4 or 5 years after his Majesties restauration . Edw. Sylvester of Ball. Coll. was created the same day — This person who was a professed Tutor in the Latin and Greek tongues for many years in a private house in Allsaints Parish in Oxon , was born at Mansfield in Nottinghamshire , and had his sole education in the said Coll. He was the common drudge of the University either to make , correct or review the Latine Sermons of certain dull Theologists thereof before they were to be delivered at S. Maries ; as also the Greek or Latin verses of others ( as dull as the former ) that were to be put in , or before , books that occasionally were published . He lived to see several of his Scholars to be heads of Houses in this University : Among whom were John Owen Dean of Ch. Ch , John Wilkins Warden of Wadham Coll , Hen. Wilkinson Princ. of Magd. Hall , who , with other Scholars of his that were Doctors , Bachelaurs of Div. Law and Phys , and Masters of Arts , had an annual feast together ; to which their Master was always invited , and being set at the upper end of the table . he would feed their minds with learned discourses , and criticisms in Grammar . He died on the first of Dec. 1653 aged 67 or more , and was buried in the Chancel of Allsaints Church in Oxon. Near to his grave was afterwards buried his Brother Henry Sylvester , sometimes Mayor of the City . Rob. Wild of Cambridge was also created the same day , Nov. 1. — He was afterwards a Covenantier , Rector of Aynoe in Northamptonshire , in the place , as I conceive , of an honest Cavalier sequestred ●rom it , ejected thence for Nonconformity after the Kings restauration , being then D. of D. and much celebrated for his Poetry , which he wrot in behalf of the Presbyterians , as John Cleavland did against them . Some of his works are ( 1 ) The tragedy of Christ . Love at Tower-hill . Lond. 1660. 'T is a Poem in one sh . in qu. ( 2 ) Iter boreale . Attempting something upon the successful and matchless March of the L. Gen. George Monck from Scotland to London . &c. Lond. 1660. A Poem in 2 sh . and an half in qu. Another Iter boreale you may see in Rich. Eedes in the first vol. p. 280 , a third in Rich. Corbets Poems , and a fourth in Thomas Master in this vol. p. 19. There is extant an ingenious Lat. Poem entit . Iter australe , a Regimensibus Oxon , an . 1658 expeditum , printed the same year in 3. sh . and an half in qu. Which Poem was written by Thom. Bispham a Gent. Com. of Qu. Coll. ( Son of Dr. Sam. Bispham a Physitian of London ) and by him dedicated to the Provost thereof Tho. Barlow , who had the author in his company when he and some of the society of that House went the College progress into Hampshire and other places , Dr. Wild hath also written ( 3 ) A Poem upon the imprisonment of Mr. Edm. Calamy in Newgate , printed on one side of a broad sheet of paper , an . 1662 , whereupon came out two Poems at least in answer to it , viz. First , — Anti-boreale . An answer to a lewd piece of Poetry upon Mr. Calamy's late confinement . Secondly , Hudibras on Calamy's imprisonment and Wilds Poetry : both printed the same year , and each on one side of a sheet of paper . In 1668 and 1670 was published in oct , — Iter boreale , with large additions of several other Poems , being an exact collection of all hitherto published ; written by the said Dr. Wild , author also of ( 4 ) A Letter 〈◊〉 Mr. J. J. upon his Majesties Declaration for liberty of conscience . Lond. 1672. qu ; Against which came out soon after , Moon-shine : being an answer to Dr. Wilds letter and his poetica licentia , pr. in qu. the same year ( 5 ) Certain Sermons , as ( 1 ) The arraignment of a sinner , on Rom. 11.32 . Lond. 1656 , qu. ( 2 ) Sermon on Rom. 1.32 . Ib. 1656. qu. &c There are extant some of his Poems , with some of John Wilmots Earl of Rochester and others in a collection , intit . Rome Rhym'd to death , but whether genuine I cannot tell . This Dr. Wild who was a fat , jolly and boon Presbyterian died at Oundle in Northamptonshire , about the beginning of Winter , an . 1679 , and soon after had a Poem written on his death , intit . A pillar on the grave of Dr. Wild , besides another called A dialogue between Death and Dr. Wild ; both printed in folio sheets , an . 1679. In the month of May 1672 there had like to have been a Poetical war between this Dr. Wild and Tho. Flatman , but how it was terminated I cannot tell . Nov. 1. Christop . Ayray of Qu. Coll. Nov. 1. Nich. Greaves of All 's . Coll. Nov. 1. Jonathan Edwards of Jes . Coll. The last , who was fellow of his House , was esteemed by those thereof a learned man , as were his contemporaries Jam. Birch , Philip Flower and Dan. Evans , all three Bachelaurs of Div. and fellows of the said Coll. No. 1. Jaspar Mayne of Ch. Ch. No. 1. Rob. Joyner of Pemb. Coll. The last succeeded Will. Cartwright in the Succentorship of Salisbury . Jan. 16. Aylmer Lynch of Cambridge . Jan. 16. Edw. Fulham of Ch. Ch. Jan. 16. Henry Myriell of Cambr. Jan. 16. Joh. Gurgany of Mert. Coll. The first of these four , was , after his Majesties restauration , made Prebend of Stratford in the Church of Salisbury , and of Welton-Westhall in the Church of Linc. The third ( Hen. Myriell ) died 22. Apr. 1643 aged 33 years , and was buried in Allsaints Church in Oxon. As for Fulham and Gurgany , there will be mention made of them in these Fasti , an . 1660. Tho 't is said that Nath. Conopius a Greecian , and about this time one of the petty Canons of Ch. Ch. was actually created Bach. of Div , yet no thing appears in the University register of that matter . Doct. of Law. From the first of Nov. to the 21. of Febr. were actually created 60 or more Doctors of the Civil Law , the names of most of which do follow . Nov. 1. Rob. Lord Pierpont , Vicount Newark and Earl of Kingston upon Hull , sometimes a Gent. Com. of Oriel Coll. was actually created Doct. of the said faculty — He was now Lieutenant General of all his Majesties forces within the Counties of Lincolne , Rutland , Huntingdon , Cambridge and Norfolk , and lost his life in his service near to Gaynsborough in Lincolnshire , 30 of July 1643. The most Loyal Sir Franc. Wortley hath an Elegy on him in his Characters and Elegies , which being just and deservedly spoken of him , I shall refer the Reader to it ; but the book , I doubt , is scarce to be seen or had . This most noble Count Pierpont was Father to Henry Marq. of Dorchester , born at Mansfield in Nottinghamshire , an . 1606 , educated for some time in Eman. Coll. in Cambr , and afterwards was a hard Student for 10 or 12 hours every day . Upon the breaking out of the Civil War in 1642 he adhered to his Majesty , was with him at Oxon after the battel at Edghill , and had a degree confer'd on him , or at least was incorporated , tho neglected to be registred by the common scribe of the University . He was then esteemed a learned man , as being well read in the Fathers , Schoolmen , Casuists , the Civil and Can. Law and reasonably well vers'd in the common Law , having about that time been admitted a Bencher of Greys Inn. In 1649 he applyed his study to Medicine and Anatomy , and in 1658 he was admitted Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . at Lond , and became their pride and glory . He hath published ( 1 ) Two speeches spoken in the House of Lords . One Concerning the rights of Bishops to sit in Parliament , 21 of May , and the other Concerning the lawfulness and conveniency of their intermedling in temporal affairs , on the 24 of the same month — Lond. 1641. in one sh . and an half in qu. ( 2 ) Speech to the Trained-bands of Nottinghamshire at Newark , 13 July 1642 — Lond. 1642. qu. ( 3 ) Letter to John Lord Roos , written the 13 , and printed on one side of a sheet of paper on the 25 of Feb. 1659. It was written upon occasion of some differences between the said Lord Roos and his Wife Anne , Daughter of the said Marquess : From which Lord the said Anne was afterwards for her whorishness lawfully divorced by sentence of the Court-Christian , and then commonly known by the name of the Lady Anne Vaughan . As soon as the said Letter was received by the Lord Roos , he wrot another in answer to it , in a buffooning stile , 25 Feb. 1659 , assisted therein by Sam. Butler , afterwards known by the name of Hudibras : which being printed also on one side of a sh . of paper , the Marq. made a reply with another paper entit . ( 4 ) The reasons why the Marq. of Dorchester printed his letter , 25. Feb. 1659 , together with his answer to a printed paper , called , A true and perfect copy of the Lord Roos his answer to the Marquess of Dorchesters Letter , written 25. Februar . 1659. — Printed 20. of March 1659 on one side of a sh . of paper . He the said Marquess , hath , as 't is probable , other things extant , or at least fit to be printed , which I have not yet seen . He died in his house in Charterhouse yard near London , 8. Decemb. 1680 ; whereupon his body , after it had laid in state for some time , was conveyed to his antient Seat called Holme-Pierpont in Nottinghamshire , where it was buried in the Church of that place among the sepulchers of his name and family . Soon after was published an Elegy on this noble and generous Marquess , by John Crouch sometimes his domestick servant ; which being too large for this place , shall be now omitted . Rob. Dormer Earl of Caernarvan , was actually created at the same time , Nov. 1 , — This most loyal Count , who was Mercurio magnus , sed Marti major , was kill'd the next year at Newbury fight , and soon after had an Elegy made on him by Sir Francis Wortley before mention'd , which is printed among his Characters and Elegies . His body was for the present deposited ▪ in Jesus Coll. Chappel , but soon after removed to his seat in Bucks . James Lord Compton , — He was afterwards Earl of Northampton , Lieutenant of the County of Warwick , as also of the City of Coventry , Recorder likewise of the said City , as also of Northampton and of Tamworth , and did excellent service for his Majesty in the time of the Rebellion , especially by his routing the Parliament Forces near Banbury , 6 of May 1643. He died at Castle-Ashby in Northamptonshire , 15 Dec. 1681 , and was buried in a Vault by his Ancestors , under the Church of Compton Winniate commonly called Compton in the hole in Warwickshire . He had a younger brother named Sir Charles Compton a most valiant person , and one that had done his Maj. great service in the said Rebellion . He died in the latter end of Nov. 1661 , ( being then a Parl. man for the Town of Northampton ) and was buried at Sywell in Northamptonshire . Robert Lord Rich. — The same , if I mistake not , that was afterwards Earl of Holland . Colonel Sir John Byron Knight of the Bath , lately Lieutenant of the Tower of London . — He was about this time made Field-Marshal of all his Majesties Forces in the County of Worcester , Salop , Chester , and North-Wales , and in the 19 of Car. 1. was advanced to the title of Lord Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire . Sir Will. Le Neve Kt , Clarenceaux King of Arms. — This person was of the antient family of his name living at Aslacton in Norfolk , received some Academ . education in Caies Coll. in Cambridge , and afterwards by the favour of the Earl Marshal of England was created Herald extraordinary by the title of Mowbray , 29 June 1624. Soon after he was made York Herald , was imployed into France in the first of Car. 1 , and from thence attended Qu. Henrietta Maria into England ; who with Sir Hen. S. George then Richmond Herald , were royally rewarded by her Majesty , with the (a) gift of a thousand French Crowns . He was also employed to attend upon his Majesties Embassage , which was sent in the year 1629 unto the French King Lewis 13 , and at the Ceremonies done thereat , he there performed his office in his Coat of Arms , as it appears in a French relation about that time printed . At his return from thence , the King rewarded him with a Chain of gold of good value , and a Medal of his Portraicture . Afterwards he was made Norroy , and at length Clarenceaux ; and closely adhering to his Majesties cause , was not only several times in danger of his life by summoning certain Garrisons to be delivered up to his Majesty , and afterwards upon denial , by proclaiming the Soldiers of those Garrisons Traytors , in his Coat of Arms and Trumpet sounding , but also lost his Estate during the time of Usurpation . I have seen several of his Collections concerning Ceremonies , which are often quoted in the book of Elias Ashmole Esq . intit . The institution , laws and Ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter . I have also seen other of his Collections and fenestral Inscriptions , which have been used and quoted by others , and may be of great use to some that are curious and critical in those matters . At length being craiz'd or distemper'd in his brain , was kept up close in a house of Lunaticks at Hogsden alias Hoxton near London : So that being not in a capacity of being restored to his place of Clarenceaux after his Majesties return , much less at his Coronation in the beginning of 1661 , his Office was confer'd on Sir Edw. Bysshe , who kept it to his dying day . This Sir Will. Le Neve who had been very knowing and well vers'd in matters of Arms , Armory , and all matters pertaining thereunto , dyed at Hogsden before mention'd : whereupon his body being conveyed to the Church of S. Bennet near Pauls Wharf in London ( in which Parish the Coll. of Arms is situated ) was therein buried , 15 Aug. 1661. After his death most of his Collections came into the hands of Sir Edw. Walker , some of which he gave to the said Coll. and others he left to Sir John Clopton who married the said Sir Edward's Daugh. and Heir . Henry Hastings Esq . was actually created also Doctor of the Civ . Law on the same day , Nov. 1. — He was created Lord Hastings of Loughborough in Leycestershire , 22 Oct. 1643. Christopher Lewknore Esq . — He was a Burgess for the City of Chichester , to serve in that Parl. that began 3 Nov , 1640 , but he leaving it because of the violent Proceedings of the Members thereof , he retired to Oxon , adher'd to his Majesties cause , sate in the Parliament there 1643 , and on the 18 of Dec. 1644 , he being then a Colonel in his Majesties Army , received the honour of Knighthood . Thom. Hanmore . — His bare name only standing in the Register , I can say nothing of him , only by conjecture ; viz. That he was Sir Tho. Hanmer Baronet , who had been Burgess for the Town of Flint in that Parliament that began at Westm . on the 13 of Apr. 1640. Sir Rob Stapylton Knight . — This person who was the third son of Rich. Stapylton of Carleton in Moreland in Yorkshire Esq , was educated a Rom. Cathol . in the Coll. of the English Benedictines at Doway in Flanders , and being too gay and poetical to be confin'd within a Cloyster , he left them , went into England , turned Protestant , was made one of the Gentlemen in ord . of the privy Chamber to Prince Charles , followed his Majesty when he left London , was Knighted 13 Sept. 1642 , followed him after Edghill Battel to Oxon , where he was actually created Doct. of the Civil Law , a before 't is told you , suffered when the Royal Cause declined , lived a studious life in the time of Usurpation , and at length upon the restauration of K. Ch. 2. ( if not happily before ) he was made one of the Gent. Ushers of the Privy Chamber belonging to him . He hath written ( 1 ) The slighted maid , a Comedy . Lond. 1663. qu. ( 2 ) The step mother , Trag. Com. Lond. 1664. qu. ( 3 ) Hero and Leander ▪ Trag. Lond. 1669. qu : And translated into English ( 1 ) Pliny's Panegyrick ; a speech in Senate , &c. Oxon. 1644. qu. Illustrated with Annotations by Sir Robert Stap. ( 2 ) The first six Satyrs of Juvenal , with Annotations clearing the obscurer places out of History , Laws and Ceremonies of the Romans . Oxon. 1644. oct . Dr. Bart. Holyday used often to say that he made use of his Translation of Juvenal , which Sir Robert borrowed of him in MS. when he was about to publish the said six Satyrs . ( 3 ) The Loves of Hero and Leander , a Greek Poem . Oxon. 1645. qu. in 3 sh . and at Lond. 1647. in oct . It was written originally by Musaeus . To which Translation he hath added Annotations upon the Original . ( 4 ) Leanders letter to Hero , and her answer . Printed with The Loves , &c. 'T is taken out of Ovid , and hath Annotations put to it by Sir Rob. ( 5 ) Juvenals sixteen Satyrs . Or , a survey of the manners and actions of mankind , with arguments , marginal Notes and Annotati●ns , clearing the obscure places out of the Hist . Laws and Ceremonies of the Romans . Lond. 1647. oct , with Sir Rob. Picture before it . It is dedicated to Henry Marquess of Dorchester , ( as one or two of the former books are ) who seems to have been a favourer of his muse . This last book being much enlarged by him , was printed in a very fair fol. at Lond. 1660 , bearing this title — Mores Hominum : The manners of men described in sixteen Satyrs by Juvenal , as he is published in his most authentick copy , lately printed by command of the King of France . Whereunto is added the invention of seventeen designs in pictures , with arguments to the Satyrs . Before this book is the Effigies of Sir Robert , curiously engraven , but represented too young . ( 6 ) The history of the Low Country Warrs ( or de Bello Galgico ) &c. Lond. 1650. fol. Written in Lat. by Famianus Strada . What other Books he hath written and translated I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he paying his last debt to nature on the eleventh day of July , an . 1669 , was buried near to the Vestry door in the Abbey Church of S. Peter at Westminster . He was Uncle to Sir Miles Stapylton of Yorkshire , younger Brother to Dr. Stapylton a Benedictine Monk : which last wrot himself and was usually called Benedictus Gregorius Stapylton , being President of the English Benedictines . He died in the Monastery of the English Benedictines at Delaware in Loraine , 4 Aug. 1680 , and was there inter'd . Will. Kelligrew Esq . sometimes a Gent. Com. of S. Johns Coll. — He was afterwards a Knight and a publisher of several books , and therefore to be mentioned at large hereafter , he being now living . Sir Will. Walter of Sarsden in the Parish of Churchill in Oxfordshire Baronet . — He was son and heir of Sir John Walter sometimes Chief Baron of the Exchequer , and dying on the 23 of March 1674 aged 74 years , was buried in the Parish Church of Churchill before mention'd . Sir John Monson or Mounson of South Carleton in Lincolnshire Knight of the Bath and Baronet . — This person , who was son of Sir Tho. Mounson of the same place Baronet , was born in the Parish of S. Sepulcher in London , not bred in any University , only spent some time in one of the Inns of Court , whereby he became as good a Lawyer as any in London , and as wise a man as any now ( 1642 ) in Oxon , when then he assisted in all Councils , and was in all Treaties , particularly in that concerning the surrender of the Garrison of Oxford to the Parliament , an . 1646. He afterwards suffered much for his Loyalty , and at length was permitted a quiet retirement . He hath written ( 1 ) An Essay of afflictions by way of advice to his only son . Lond. 1661. 62. Written in the time of the unhappy Wars . ( 2 ) Antidote against the errors of opinions of many in their dayes , concerning some of the highest and chiefest duties of religion , viz. Adoration , Almes , Fasting and Prayer . Printed with the former book . ( 3 ) Supream power and common right , &c. This I have not yet seen , and therefore I cannot give you a fuller title , nor the time when printed . He died in the year 1684 , aged 84 or more , and was buried in the Church of South Carleton before mentioned , among the graves of his Ancestors . The report among his Relations at this day is , that when he was in Oxon in the War time he was made Doctor of Physick , but false ; for he being versed in the Common , thought it convenient to be created Doctor of the Civil , Law , and among those doth his name stand . Sir Christopher Hatton Knight of the Bath . — He was created Lord Hatton of Kirbye in Northamptonshire , by Let. Pat. bearing date at Oxon 29 Jul. 1643 , and about that time was made privy Counsellor to K. Ch. 1. and Controller of his Houshold , he being then accounted a friend to all that loved the King and Ch. of England , for which he suffered in a high degree . Some time after the restauration , his Majesty was pleased , of his own accord , in consideration of his vast Sufferings and eminent Loyalty , to make him one of his privy Council , and as a testimony of further favour , he not only made him Governour of the Isle of Guernsey for his life , but confer'd the reversion of that Government on his son , as a lasting mark of honour on his family . This Christop . L. Hatton was a principal Mecaenas of Learning , and more especially of Antiquities , wherein his skill and knowledge did far surpass any within the compass of his orb ( the Nobility ) that I know . Sir Brian Palmes of Ashwell or Astwell in Rutlandshire Kt. — This loyal Knight , ( son of Sir Guy Palmes ) who had been educated in Trin. Coll , was chose a Burgess for Aldbu●g in Yorkshire , to serve in that Parl. which began at Westm . 13 Apr. 1640 , but whether he did sit in the Parl. at Oxon 1643 I know not . He died in 1654. Sir Will. Brounker Kt , late Commissary general of the Musters in the Scotch Expedition an . 1639 , now Vicechamberlain to Prince Charles and one of the privy Chamber to K. Ch. 1 , was then also ( Nov. 1. ) actually created Doctor of the Civil Law. — This loyal Knight , who was son of Sir Hen. Brounker President of Mounster in Ireland , by Anne his wife sister of Henry Lord Morley , was created Vicount of Castle-Lyon in the said Kingdom 12 Sept. 1645 , and dying in Wadham Coll. in the middle of Nov. following , was buried on the 20 of the said month in the isle joyning , on the west side , to the north Trancept of the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , leaving then behind him a son named William , aged 25 years or thereabouts , of whom I shall speak at large under the year 1646. Winefrid the widow of the said L. Brounker ( dau . of Will. Leigh of Newenham in Warwickshire ) died 20 July 1649 , after she had lost and won vast sums of money by gaming : whereupon her body was conveyed to Oxon , and buried by that of her husband . Many years after was a large marble stone laid over their graves , and in the wall near it was erected a splendid monument of Aladaster containing their Statua's sitting , both leaning on a table that stands between them . Sir Nich. Byron of Norfolk , was also then created Doctor of the Civ . Law. — He was Uncle to John Lord Byron , was a Colonel and an excellent Commander of foot . K. Ch. 1. did so much value him , that in all warlike engagements he would have him always near to him . I have been told by persons that had degrees confer'd upon them in these Creations , that Thomas , Robert (*) and William Byron , all Knights , valiant Colonels for his Majesty and brothers to the most couragious Lord Byron before mention'd , had degrees confer'd on them , but in what faculty they knew not , nor are they registred . For the truth is the public Scribe or Registrary of the University that now was , being given more to bibbing and smoaking than the duty of his Office , many learned and valiant persons are omitted by him . Nay , those also that are by him remembred have only their bare names , and sometimes only their Sirnames , set down , without the addition of their Titles , Quality , Office , or place of habitation . Sir Tho. Byron before mentioned was buried on the left side of the grave of William Lord Grandison in a little isle joyning on the south side of the choire of Ch. Ch. Cathedral in Oxon , 9 Feb. 1643. Wingfield Lord Cromwell . — He was , after the death of his father , Earl of Arglas in Ireland . Sir Thom. Salisbury Baronet , sometimes of Jesus Coll. in this University . Will. Chadwell Esq . — He was a Burgess for Michel in Cornwall to serve in that Parl. that began at Westm . 3 Nov. 1640 : which Parliament he leaving because of the violent proceedings therein , retired to his Majesty at Oxon , and sate in the Parl. there . Ferdinando Stanhope Esq . — He was a Burgess for Tamworth in Staffordshire for the said Parliament , but leaving it , he retired to his Majesty and sate in Oxford Parliament : This worthy person , who was a younger son of Philip Earl of Chesterfield , was made a Colonel of Horse in the Kings Army , and was soon after slain at Bridgford in Nottinghamshire . John Dutton of Sherbourne in Glocestershire Esq . — He was one of the Knights for that County to sit in the said Parliament ; but being frighted thence by the tumults that came up to the Parliament door , as other Royalists were , he conveyed himself away privately to Oxon , and sate there . He was a learned and a prudent man , and as one of the richest , so one of the meekest , men in England . He was active in making the defence , and drawing up the Articles , of Oxon , when the Garrison was to be surrendred to the Parliament : for which and his steddy Loyalty he afterwards was forced to pay a round sum in Goldsmiths Hall at London . John Lufton of S. Johns Coll. — He was now Rector of Ibstock in Leycestershire , where being always esteemed a great Royalist and Episcoparian , was therefore forc'd thence by the faction : So that flying to Oxon as an Asylum , he was created Doctor of the Civil Law , and often preached there . He died ( at Ibstock I think ) an . 1647. or thereabouts . Daniel Vivian of New Coll. — He was a Founders Kinsman , and dying at Farndish in Bedfordshire , an . 1670 , was there , I suppose , buried . Brome Whorwood of Halton in Oxfordshire Esq , sometimes a Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll. — This person tho he stuck close to K. Ch. 1. in his necessities , yet he did not to his son K. Ch. 2 , after whose restauration he was several times elected Burgess for the City of Ox. He died in the Old Pallace Yard at Westminster , 12 Apr. 1684 , and was buried in the Church of Halton near to the grave of his father Sir Thom. Whorwood Kt , leaving then behind him a natural son named Thomas , begotten on the body of his servant named Catherine daugh . of Thom. Allen of the Parish of S. Peter in the East in Oxon , Baker . Sir Thom. He le of Devonsh . Bt. — He was Burgess for Plimpton in the Parl. that began 13 Apr. 1640 , and with Sir Joh. Hele ( both Lords of great Estates in their Country ) and Walt. He le of Winston did retire to his Majesty at Oxon , adhere to him , and thereby brought his Cause into great credit for the justness of it , as also rich contributions thereunto , and many forces to maintain it . Will. Dowdeswell of Pembr . Coll. — This person who was accounted a learned man among those of his Society , became Preb. of Worcester in 1660 , in the place of Francis Charlet M. A. some years before that dead ; and had , if I mistake not , other Spiritualities in the Church . In his Prebendship succeeded Dr. George Benson Archdeacon of Hereford , an . 1671. On the same day ( Nov. 1. ) were also created Doctors of the Civil Law Joh. Knotsford ( a Knight I think ) Joh. Wandeston , Will. Atkyns , Joh. Palmer , and one Peachy ; or at least were permitted to be created when they pleased ; which is all I yet know of them . Nov. 10. Will. Smith Esq . sometimes a Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll. — He was a Burgess for one of the Cinque-Ports called Winchelsey , for that Parl. that began at Westm . 3 Nov. 1640 , but left it , went to Oxon , and sate in the Parl. there 1643. Dec. 20. Sir Tho. Manwaring Kt , Recorder of Reading in B●rks . Hen. Moody sometimes a Gent. Com. of Magd. Hall. — I take this person to be the same with Sir Hen. Moody Bt , ( son of Sir Hen. Moody of Garsdon in Wilts . Knight and Baronet ) who was now in some esteem at Court for his poetical fancy . The father who had been a well bred Gent , died in 1630. Dec. 20. Tho. Thory . Dec. 20. George Thorald . Sir Joh. Heydon or Heyden Kt. Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance belonging to his Majesty . — He was of the family of the Heydens in Norfolk , was as great a Scholar as a Soldier , especially in the Mathematicks , suffered much for his Majesties Cause , and died in the Winter time , an . 1653. One Joh. Haydon Gent. was entred into the publick or Bodleian Library , under the title of Juris Municipalis studiosas an . 1627 : Whether the same with the former I cannot tell . I have made mention of Sir Christop . Heyden ( who perhaps was father to Sir John ) in the first vol. of this work , p. 278. Jan. 31. Edw. Lord Littleton , Lord Keeper of the Great Seal . Sir John Banks Kt. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas , was actually created Doctor of the Civil Law the same day . — This worthy person was born of honest parents in Cumberland , at Keswick as 't is said , became a Commoner of Qu. Coll. in this University , an . 1604 , aged 15 years , left it before he took a degree , entred himself a Student in Greys Inn in Holbourne near London , where applying himself most severely to the study of the Common Law , became a Barrester and a Counsellor of note . In the 6 of Car. 1. he being then a Knight , and Attorney to Pr. Charles , he was constituted Lent Reader of that house , and in the 7 of Car. 1. he was made Treasurer thereof . In 1640. 16 Car. 1. he was made (a) L. Ch. Just . of the Kings Bench , and soon after following his Majesty when he was forc'd by tumults from Westm , he was made one of his Privy Council at Oxon , and L. Ch. Just . of the Com. Bench or Pleas ; where dying 28 Dec. 1644 , was buried in the north trancept joyning to Ch. Ch. Cathedral . See his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq . Vniv . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 289. a. Sir Francis Crawley of Luton in Bedfordsh . Kt , one of the Justices of the Common Pleas , was also then actually created Doct. of the Civ . Law. — You may read much of him in the Memoires of the lives and actions of excellent Personages , &c. published by Dav. Lloyd M. A. — Lond. 1668. fol. Sir Rob. Forster Knight , one of the Justices of the Common Pleas , was then also created . — He was the youngest son of Sir Thom. Forster Kt. one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in the time of K. Jam. 1 , was , after he had left the University , a Student in the Inner Temple , where he became a Barrester and Counsellor of note . In the 7 of Car. 1. he was elected Summer Reader of that House , in the 12 he was made Serjeant at Law , and in the 15 of the said Kings Raign one of the Justices of the Kings Bench , and about that time a Knight . Afterwards he followed his Majesty to Oxon , sate in the Parl. there , as Sir Joh. Banks and Sir Franc. Crawley did , suffered as other Royalists when the Kings Cause declined , and compounded for his Estate . After his Majesties restauration , he was made L. Ch. Just . of the Kings Bench 31 May 1660 , and in Octob. (b) following L. Ch. Just . of the Common Pleas. He died on the fourth day of Octob. 1663 , aged 74 years , and was buried in the Church at Egham in Surrey , where there is a comely monument in the wall over his grave , in the body of the said Church . Febr. 7. Sir Rob. Heath L. Ch. Just . of the Com , Pleas , was then actually created Doctor of the Civ . Law. — This noted and loyal person was born in the Parish of Eatonbridge in Kent and baptized in the Church there , educated in the knowledge of the Common Law in the Inner Temple , made Recorder of London 10 Novemb. 1618 , in the place of Rich. Martin deceased , Summer Reader of the same Temple in 1619 , Sollicitor General in the year following , ( being then of Micham in Surrey , and Justice of the Peace for that County ) Attorney General in 1625 , Serjeant at Law 1632 , one of the Justices of the Common Bench in 1640 , and two years after , or more , Lord Chief Just . of the Common Bench or Pleas , he being then with his Maj. at Oxon. He hath extant Objections in a Conference discoursed by the Lords and held by a Committee of both Houses against the Rights and Privileges of the Subject , 3 Apr. 4 Car. 1. Lond. 1641. qu. Upon the declining of the Kings Cause he fled beyond the sea , being an excepted person by the Parliament , and died at Caen in Normandy about the end of Aug. 1649 , leaving then behind him a son named Edward , who had his fathers estate restored to him after his Majesties return from his exile . One Rob. Heath Esq . wrot and published , Clarestella , together with other occasional Poems , Elegies , Epigrams and Satyrs . Lond. 1650. in tw . but what kin he was to Sir Rob. Heath the Judge , or whether he was of this University , I know not as yet . Sir Sampson Emre Knight , sometimes written Evers , Serjeant at Law , was created the same day . — This person , who was the third son of Sir Franc. Ewre Kt , Brother to Ralph Lord Ewre , had been his Majesties Attorney Gen. in Wales , was now with him in Oxon , sate in the Parliament there , and was afterwards a Sufferer for his Cause . Rob. Holbourne a Counsellor of Linc. Inn , was also created Doct. of the Civ . Law the same day . — In 1640 he was chose Burgess for Michel in Cornwal to serve in that Parl that began at Westm . 3. of Nov. the same year , and on the 15 of Dec. following he argued two hours in the H. of Com. in justification of the Canons . In 1641 he was Lent Reader of the same Inn , and soon after leaving the Parl. because of their desperate proceedings , he retired to his Maj. at Oxon , sate in the Parl. there , 1643 , and in the latter end of that year was made the Prince's Attorney , in the place of Sir Ric. Lane , one of his Majesties Privy Council and a Knight . In the latter end of 1644 he was present at the Treaty at Vxbridge in behalf of his Majesty , as he was afterwards at that in the Isle of Wight : About which time retiring to London , he was forced to compound for his Estate , but not permitted to abide in any of the Inns of Court. He hath published , The Reading in Lincolns Inn 28 Feb. 1641 , upon the Statute of the 25 of Ed. 3. cap. 2. being the Statute of Treasons . Oxon. 1642. in two sh . in qu. ; and revived The transactions of the high Court of Chancery , both by practice and president , &c. originally collected and written by Will. Tothill Esquire . Feb. 7. Charles Roser Esq . Feb. 7. Degory Collins Esq . Sir Troylus Turbervill Kt , was created the same day . — This most valiant person who was of the Turbervills of Moreden in Dorsetshire , was afterwards Captain Lievtenant of the Kings Life-guard of Horse , and was slain at his Majesties going from Newark to Oxon , towards the latter end of August 1645. Sir Thom. Thynne Kt , was also created the same day . — I take this to be the same Sir Thom. who was a younger son of Sir Thom. Thynne of Longleat in Wilts . Kt ▪ and the same who was father , by his wife the daughter of Dr. Walt. Balcanquall sometimes Dean of Durham , to Thom. Thynne of Longleat , who was murdered in the Pall-Mall at Westm. on the 12 of Feb. 1681. Feb. 21. John Penruddock of Compton-Chamberlaine in Wilts . Esq . was then ( being in the service of his Majesty ) actually created Doctor of the Civ . Law , and three days after had the honor of Knighthood confer'd upon him by his Majesty . — He was father to Colonel John Penruddock , who , when a youth at Blandford school , and after when a Fellow Com. of Qu. Coll. in this University delighted in books , when a man in arms ; which , in his maturer years he willingly put on to redeem the liberties of three enslaved Kingdoms , tho with the loss of his own life by the axe in the Castle of Exeter , 16 May 1655. Let therefore all military men of Honour approach with devotion his altar-tomb , and offer up their tributary tears , as due victims to distressed valour . Adrian Scrope of Cockrington in Lincolnshire Esq , was actually created the same day . — This most valiant person , who was son of Sir Jervais Scrope of the same place and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1634 , did most loyally attend his Majesty at the fight at Edghill , where receiving several wounds , was left among the dead , as a dead person , there , but recovered by the immortal Dr. Will. Harvey , who was there , but withdrawn under a hedge with the Prince and Duke , while the battel was in its height . 'T is reported that this Adr. Scrope received 19 wounds in one battel in defence of his Majesties Cause , but whether in that fought at Edghill I cannot justly say it : sure I am that he was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Ch. 2. an . 1661. There was another Adrian Scrope a Soldier also , but taking part with the Parliament , became one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. as I shall elsewhere tell you . Feb. 21. Franc. Baker Esq . Feb. 21. Edw. Bosworth Gent. Feb. 21. Tho. Bosworth Gent. Feb. 21. Joh. Wentworth Gent. Feb. 21. Thom. Morrys Gent. Mar. .... John Godolphin of Glouc. Hall. This year , but the month , week or day when , I know not , ( being omitted by the Registrary ) was actually created Doctor of the Civ . Law Rob. Levinz M. A. of Linc. Coll. now in arms for his Majesty , and a very zealous person for his Cause . He was son of Will. Levinz of Seukworth , joyning to Botley , near Abendon in Berks , ( who exercised the trade of Brewing in the Parish of S. Peter in the Baylie , within the City of Oxon ) and he the son of Will. Levinz sometimes Alderman and Apothecary of the said City . This Robert who was afterwards a Captain , did considerable service according to his capacity , but upon the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon . to the Parliament , he betook himself to his book again , as some hundreds of Scholars did that had bore arms . After the murder of K. Ch. 1 , he engaged himself for his son , received a Commission from him for the raising of Forces and blank Commissions for divers Officers . But he being at length discovered by certain inquisitive persons employed purposely to find out plots against the State , he was hurried before a Court-Marshal , where acknowledging their allegations against him and the justice of his Cause , was by them sentenced to be hang'd . Whereupon he was hurried away in a Coach from the Mewse ( guarded by a Troop of Horse ) to the Exchange in Cornhill , where he was executed about noon on the 18 of July 1650 , aged 35 years , leaving a widow behind him , daugh . of Sir Peregrin Bertie , son of Robert Earl of Lindsey . These things I here set down because the said Dr. Levinz was afterwards numbred among the Loyal Martyrs . Doct. of Phys . From the 1 of Nov. to the 31 of Jan. were more than 20 Doctors of Physick actually created , of which number were these that follow . Nov. 1. Sir Rich. Napier Kt , originally of Wadh. Coll , afterwards Fellow of that of Allsoules , was then actually created Doctor of Phys . — This person who was Nephew and Heir to Rich. Napier Rector of Linford in Bucks , a younger son of Sir Rob. Napier of Luton-Hoe in Bedfordshire Bt , was afterwards one of the first members of the Royal Society , a great pretender to Vertue and Astrology , made a great noise in the world , yet did little or nothing towards the publick . He died in the house of Sir John Lenthall at Besills-Lee near Abendon in Berks , 17 Jan. 1675 , and was buried in the Church at Linford before mentioned ; the Mannour of which , did belong to him ; but after his death his son Thom. sold it for 19500 l. or thereabouts . The said Sir Richard drew up a book containing A collection of Nativities , which is now in MS. in the hands of Elias Ashmole Esq . Nov. 1. Francis Smith of Brasn . Coll. Nov. 1. Thom. Smith of Linc. Coll. Nov. 1. Joh. Hinton . Nov. 1. George Roe . The said Joh. Hinton was afterwards a Kt , and Physitian to K Ch. 2. and his Queen . Dec. 20. Will. Hunt. Dec. 20. Andr. Pindar . Jan. 16. Joh. Merret a Captain in Cornwall . Jan. 16. Walt. Charlton of Magd. Hall. Jan. 31. Thom. Baylie lately of Hart Hall. Jan. 31. Thom. Hayes a Physitian in the Kings Army . Jan. 31. Sir Hen. Manwaring Kt. The first of these last three , was son of Dr. Ralph Baylie sometimes Fellow of New Coll , and afterwards a Physitian of note at Bathe ; which Thomas practising afterwards at Newbury in Berks , died there of a high infection in the prime of his years . As for the last , Sir H. Manwaring , I find one of both his Names and a Knight too , author of The Seamens Dictionary : or an exposition and demonstration of all the parts belonging to a ship . Lond. 1670. qu. Whether the same I cannot tell . Sir Joh. Terryngham Kt. High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire , was created the same day . — He died on the second day of May 1645 , and was buried in S. Maries Church in Oxon. Sir John Stawell Kt. of the Bath sometimes Gent. Com. of Queens Coll , was also created the same day . — He was one of the Knights for Somersetshire to serve in that Parl. which began at Westm . 3 Nov. 1640 , but leaving it when the King was forced to leave Westminster , he retired to him at Oxon , and sate there for a time in the Parliament conven'd there . That which is chiefly memorable of this most worthy person , is , that he being one of the most eminent men in Somersetshire for Estate , Wisdom and Prudence , did , after he had undergone all the principal services and employments for his Country , viz. High Sheriff , Deputy Lieutenant , and Knight for the Shire in several Parliaments , most loyally and courageously take up arms , with three of his sons , raised three Regiments of Horse and two of Dragoons and of Foot upon his sole charge in defence of his Maj. K. Ch. 1 , as also of the Laws of this Kingdom , and Rights of the Subject , invaded by wicked Conspirators under colou● of reformation , an . 1642. He was then a Colonel of Horse , and soon after was made Governour of Taunton , and continued there till remanded . Upon the declining of the Kings Cause , he was not admitted to his composition , as others were , tho comprized within the Articles of Exeter upon the surrender of that City to the Powers at that time prevailing : and the reason was because they thirsted not only after his large Estate , but conspired also to take away his life . He endured in those times of affliction long and tedious Imprisonments in the Press-yard in Newgate and other Goales , and after in the Tower of London : And did with admirable Wisdom and Courage approve himself an eminent Assertor of the Laws and Liberties of the Kingdom , by making such a defence in their several bloody Tribunals , ( viz. at their Vpper Bench bar and High Court of Justice ) as that he put to silence those bold Judges , who sate there with design to take away his life . And tho he was reduced to the greatest want and misery which his severe opposers by sale of his Lands , cutting down his Woods and demolishing the principal Seat of his family at Cotholstone could bring upon him , yet by the subsistance which his aged Mother the Lady Elizabeth Griffin afforded him , which was all he had , he most chearfully underwent the same , lived to see the happy restauration of K. Ch. 2 , and to be again elected one of the Knights for the County of Somerset to sit in that Parl. which began at Westm . 8 May 1661. After he had continued there some months , his urgent affairs drew him to his house at Ham three miles distant from Somerton in his own Country ; where dying 21 Feb. 1661 , aged 62 years , was buried on the 23 of Apr. following on the south side of the Chancel of the Church at Cotholstone , five miles distant from Taunton . There goes under the name of this most loyal person , his Petition and Remonstrance to the Parliament and O. Cromwel , as also his Vindication , printed 1653 and 55. fol. In the latter end of Jan. 1682 his Maj. K. Ch. 2. was graciously pleased to create Ralph Stawell Esq . a Baron of England by the name and stile of Lord Stawell of Somerton , in consideration of the eminent Loyalty and Sufferings of his father before mention'd during all the time of the Troubles , and the many good and acceptable Services performed by him . Jan. 31. Sir Rob. Lee Knights . Jan. 31. Sir Joh. Paulet Knights . The last , who had been sometimes of Exeter Coll , as it seems , was a younger son of the Lord Paulet . James Young lately of Qu. Coll : in Oxon , eldest son of Dr. John Young Dean of Winchester , was created the same day . Jan. 31. Nathan . Heighmore sometimes of Trin. Coll. Jan. 31. Christop . Merret sometimes of Gloc. Hall. Mar. 4. Rob. Bosworth of Brasn . Coll. — He was chose Burgess for the City of Hereford to sit in Richards-Parliament began at Wes●minster 27 of January 1658. Doct. of Div. From the 1 of Nov. to the 21 Feb. were between 40 and 50 Doctors of Divinity actually created ; most of whom follow . Nov. 1. Rob. Payne Canons of Ch. Ch. Nov. 1. George Morley Canons of Ch. Ch. The last of which was afterwards successively Bishop of Worcester and Winchester . Barten Holyday sometimes of Ch. Ch. now Archdeacon of Oxford , was created the same day . Nov. 1. Hen. Stringer of New Coll. Nov. 1. Joh. Meredith of All 's . Coll. Nov. 1. Jer. Taylor of All 's . Coll. The first of these last three had been Greek Professor of this University , and was afterwards Warden of his Coll : whence being ejected he retired to London , where dying in Febr. 1657 , was buried in the Church of the Black Fryers . The second was now , or about this time Fellow of Eaton Col , and Master of Wigstons Hospital at Leycester : from both which being ejected in the times of Usurpation , he suffered equally with other Loyalists : At length upon his Majesties return he was not only restored to his Fellowship and Hospital , but elected Warden of All 's . Coll. in the place of Dr. Sheldon promoted to the See of London , and made Provost of Eaton Coll. in the room of Dr. Nich. Monk advanced to the See of Hereford . See his Epitaph in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 2. pag. 185. b. The third , Dr. Taylor , was , after his Maj. return , made Bishop of Downe and Conner in Ireland . Nov. 1. .... Mason of Cambridge . Nov. 1. .... Sherwood of Cambridge . The first of these two was perhaps Charles Mason of Kings Coll. who was afterwards Rector of the Church of S. Peter le Poore in London , author of ( 1 ) Concio ad Clerum Londinensem in Eccles . S. Alphagi . Lond. 1676. qu. ( 2 ) Miles Christianus , preached to the Artillery Company 16 Octob. 1673 , at S. Mich. in Cornhill , on 2 Tim. 2.3 . and of other things . He died in the time of Winter 1677. Peter Hausted M. A. of Cambridge was also actually created D. of D. the same day . — This noted person was born at Oundle in Northamptonshire , educated in Queens Coll. in the same University , entred into holy Orders when M. of A , became Curat of Vppingham in Rutlandshire , and at length Rector , as 't is said , of Hadham in Hertfordshire . Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion , or thereabouts , he became Chaplain to the noble and loyal Spencer Earl of Northampton , stuck close to him in all Engagements , was with him in the Castle of Banbury in Oxfordshire , when stoutly defended against them : where concluding his last day in the year 1645 , was either buried in the precincts of that Castle , or else in the Church belonging to Banbury . This person who was always accounted an ingenious man and an excellent Poet , hath written and published several things , as , ( 1 ) The Rival Friends , a Comedy . Lond. 1632. qu. Acted before the K. and Qu. at Cambridge , 19 Mar. 1631. ( 2 ) Senile odium : Comedia Cantabrigiae publicè Academicis recitata in Coll. Reginali ab ejusdem Collegii juventute . Cantab. 1633. in tw . ( 3 ) Ten Sermons preached upon several Sundays and Saints-days . Lond. 1636. qu. To which is added An Assize Sermon . ( 4 ) Ad populum . A lecture to the people , with a Satyr against Separatists . Oxon. 1644 , &c. in three sh . in qu. 'T is a Poem , and the title of it was given by K. Ch. 1 ; who seeing it in Manuscript with the title of A Sermon to the People , he alter'd it , and caused it to be called A Lecture , &c. being then much pleased with it . He also translated into English Hymnus Tobaci , &c. Lond. 1651. oct . See in the first vol. p. 422 , at the bottom . Nov. 1. George Roberts sometimes Fellow of Trin. Coll. in this University , now Rector of Hambledon in Bucks . — This person who was a general Scholar and a most accurate Preacher , was afterwards thrown out of his Living by the Usurpers , and suffered much for his Loyalty . After his Majesties return he was restored to his Living , and on the 9 of August 1660 he was install'd Archdeacon of Winchester , in the place of Dr. Edw. Burby some years before dead . Dr. Roberts died at Istleworth in Middlesex about the middle of March an . 1660 , and was buried in the chancel of his Church at Hambledon before mention'd , on the 17 of the same month . Over his grave was soon after erected a comely Monument , with an inscription thereon made by Dr. Ralph Bathurst . In his Archdeaconry was installed on the 19 of the said month of March Dr. Thom. Gorges sometimes Fellow of All 's . Coll. Gilb. Wats Bach. of Div. of Linc. Coll. was actually created D. D. the same day . James Fleetwood of Cambridge was also then created . — He was the seventh son of Sir George Fleetwood of the Vache in the Parish of Chalfont S. Giles in Bucks . Knight by his wife Catherine (*) daugh . of Henry Denny of Waltham in Essex , and Sister to Sir Edw. Denny Earl of Norwich : And being , when a child , very forward to learn , he was sent to Eaton School , where being rip'ned for the University , was admitted Scholar of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , an . 1622. After he was four years standing in the degree of Mast . of Arts , he became Chaplain to Dr. Wright Bishop of Lichfield , by whom he was presented to the Vicaridge of Prees or Priss in Shropshire , and soon after collated to the Prebendship of Eccleshall belonging to the said Church of Lichfield , but before he was admitted or installed , the rebellion broke out . Afterwards being forced for his Loyalty to forsake his preferment , he betook himself to the Wars , and became Chaplain to the Regiment of John Earl of Rivers , and in the quality of a Chaplain he continued to the end of the said Wars . In 1642 he was by the Kings special command honored with the degree of Doct. of Div. for the service he did for him at Edghill fight , and soon after he was made Chaplain to Charles Prince of Wales , and Rector of Sutton-Colfield in Warwickshire . After the Wars were ceased , and he ejected thence , he became Tutor to three Earls , viz. to the Earl of Lichfield , E. of Kildare and the E. of Sterling : Afterwards to two Dukes , namely to Esme Duke of Richmond and Lenox , with whom he travelled into France ( where he died ) and to Charles who succeeded him in his Dukedoms . After the restauration of K Ch. 2. he was the first that was sworn Chaplain in ord . to him , was made Provost of Kings Coll. in Cambridge in June 1660 , and about that time Rector of Anstey in Hertfordshire and of Denham in Bucks . On the 29 of Aug. 1675 , the Archbishop of Cant. being then at Croydon , and the B. of London ( Henchman ) languishing and near his end , he the said Dr. Fleetwood was consecrated Bishop of Worcester , not in the Chap. at Lambeth , or in that at Fulham , nor in Bow Church because unfinished , but in the Church of S. Peter le Poore in Broadstreet in London , in the place of Dr. Walt. Blandford deceased ; at which time his old friend and acquaintance Dr. Charles Mason sometimes of Kings Coll. was Rector of the said Church and procured for him a neighboring Hall to keep his Consecration Feast in . He died on the 17 of July 1683 , aged 81 years , and was buried near the body of Bishop Gauden in our Ladies Chappel within the Precincts of the Cath. Ch. at Worcester . In his Provostship of Kings Coll. succeeded Sir Tho. Page Knight , about Michaelmas 1675 , a person of great experience , learning , and infinite accomplishments , ( who died 8 Aug. 1681 ) and in his Bishoprick Dr. Will. Thomas , as I have elsewhere told you . After Easter in 1687 was erected over the grave of the said B. Fleetwood a large marble Monument , with an Epitaph of his own making , which being too large for this place , shall be now omitted . Tho this Bishop was a very loyal person , yet several of his Family of the Vache were great Parliamentiers and Cromwellians , among whom was George Fleetwood one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1 , for which he lost the Vache and his other Estate . Nov. 1. John Watkins of All 's . Coll. Nov. 1. Hen. Kelligrew of Ch. Ch. Will. Chillingworth of Trin. Coll. was put into the same roll with the former persons , by his Majesty , to be created D. D. but he came not to take it , nor was he diplomated . Nov. 10. John Earle sometimes Fellow of Mert. Coll. now Chaplain to Charles Pr. of Wales . Dec. 20. John Arnway of S. Edm. Hall. Dec. 20. Thom. Bradley of Exet. Coll. Dec. 20. Thom. Warmstry of Ch. Ch. ..... Staunton of Ch. Ch. ..... Hodges of Ch. Ch. These two last were created the same day , or at least were allowed their degrees when they would please to call for them ; but whether they were educated in Ch. Ch. it appears not , and therefore I presume they were Strangers that came with , and attended , the Kings Court , lodging now in that house . I find one Thom. Hodges to be Rector of Kensington near London before the rebellion broke out , a Preacher sometimes before the Long Parliament , one of the Ass . of Divines , and a Covenantier . After his Majesties restauration he became Rector of S. Peter's Church in Cornhill , London , and Dean of Hereford in the place of Dr. H. Croft made Bishop thereof an . 1661 ; which Deanery he holding to the time of his death , was succeeded therein by Dr. George Benson about Midsummer , an . 1672. This Tho. Hodges hath extant ( 1 ) A Glimps of Gods glory , Sermon before the H. of Com. at a solemn Fast , 28 Sept. 1642 , on Psal . 113.5.6 . Lond. 1642. qu. ( 2 ) The growth and spreading of Heresie , Fast-serm . before the H. of Com. 10 Mar. 1646. on 2 Pet. 2.1 . Lond. 1647. qu ( 3 ) Inaccessible glory : or the impossibility of seeing Gods face whilst we are in the body : Serm. at the funeral of Sir Theod. de Mayerne in the Church of S. Martin in the Fields , on Friday 30 of Mar. 1655. on Exod. 33.20 . Lond. 1655. qu. and perhaps other things , but such I have not yet seen , nor can I believe him to be the same with Hodges before mentioned who was created D. of D , because I cannot find him written or called Doctor till after his Majesties return . Another Thom. Hodges I find who was Rector of Soulderne near Deddington in Oxfordshire , and Bach. of Divinity , not of this University but of that of Cambridge , and afterwards one of the Chaplains of Allsouls Coll , in the time of Oliver , which he kept with his Rectory . This person who was also a zealous Presbyterian , was born at Oundle in Northamptonshire , first admitted into Emanuel Coll , and thence taken and made Fellow of that of S. John the Evangelist ; the Master and Society of which presented him to the Rectory of Soulderne before mention'd . When the Act of Uniformity came out he prevailed so much with the said Society that they nominated his friend to be his Successor , viz. one Will. Twyne Fellow of the said Coll : and then Hodges leaving the place , he retired to Okingham in Berks , and became Chaplain to the Hospital there , where he died and was buried about the month of January 1688 , as I have been informed from Soulderne . The said Mr. Hodges hath written ( 1 ) A Treatise concerning Prayer , containing particularly an Apology for the Lords Supper . Lond. 1656. in tw . ( 2 ) A Scripture Catechisme towards the confutation of sundry errours of the present times . Lond. 1658. oct . Besides which two things , he hath also several Sermons extant as ( 1 ) The hoary head crowned , a fun . serm . on Prov. 16.31 . ( 2 ) The creatures goodness as they came out of Gods hands , and the good mans mercy to the brute creatures , &c in two sermons , printed twice at least . ( 3 ) A cordial against the fear of death , preached before the University of Oxon , on Heb. 2.15 . Oxon. 1659. qu. and one , two or more which I have not yet seen . This Thomas Hodges , tho he lived in Oxon several years yet he was neither incorporated , or took any degree in Divinity . Dec. 20. Edw. Wolley M. of A. or Bach. of Div. of Cambridge , and at this time one of the Chapl. to his Majesty was actually created Doct. of Div. — He was born in the antient borough of Shrewsbury , educated in the Kings School there , transplanted thence to St. Johns Coll. in the said University , where he took the degrees in Arts ; and afterwards adhering to the cause of his Majesty , retired to Oxon to attend , and preached sometimes before , him there . When his Majesties cause declined he suffered as other Royallists did , attended his Son in his adverse fortune , while he himself endured great misery . After the return of K. Ch. 2. he became Rector of a Church in Essex ( Finchingfield I think ) to settle the inhabitants thereof in loyal principles and to undo and invalidate the doctrine which that most notorious Independent Steph. Marshall had instil'd into them . In 1665 he was promoted to the Episcopal See of Clonfort and Kilmacogh in Ireland , to which being (†) consecrated at Titam on the 16. of Apr. the same year , sate there for some time , and was held in great veneration for his admirable way Of preaching and exemplary life and conversation . Among several things that he hath extant , are these ( 1 ) Eulogia . The Parents blessing their Children ; and the Children begging ( on their knees ) their Parents blessings , are pious actions , warrantable by the word of God and practiced by Gods saints and servants . Lond. 1661. &c. oct . ( 2 ) Eudoxia . A module of private prayers , or occasional helps in retired devotions . Printed with the former book . ( 3 ) Loyalty amongst Rebels , the true Royallist , &c. Lond. 1662. oct . ... Edmonds M. A. of S. Johns Coll. in Cambr. ... Earskin B. D. of Magd. Coll. in Cambr. Both which were actually created the same day . Jan. 16. Christoph . Prior M. A. of Ball. Coll. — On the 24 of Dec. 1641 , he was collated to the Prebendship of Slape in the Church of Salisbury , in Sept. 1643 he became Prebend of Barton Davy in the Church of Wells , and in the latter end of the same year Principal of New Inn in the place of Christoph . Rogers , who some time before had fled from Oxon to the Parliament . This person , who was always esteem'd a good Greecian , and well furnish'd with other parts of learning , dyed about half a year before his Majesties return , and thereby prevented not only his restauration to what he had lost for the Kings cause , but his promotion to higher Dignities . Will. O' dis of New Coll. sometimes Proctor of the University was actually created the same day — He was afterwards slain by the Parliament Soldiers , without any provocation given on his part , between Adderbury in Oxfordshire ( of which place he was Vicar ) and the Garrison of Oxon , about 1644. Jan. 16. Henry Ancketyll of Wadh. Coll. Jan. 16. Hugh Halswell of All 's . Coll. Jan. 16. Joh. Metelfer or Meltalfer of Cambr. Jan. 16. ( Edw. ) Hyde of Cambr. The last of these four , I take to be the same Edward Hyde , who is mention'd in Alexander Hyde among the Bishops nu . 34. ... Fowler of Ch. Ch. was created the same day . — On Matthew Fowler of Ch. Ch. took the degree of Bach. of Arts an . 1637 , as I have in the Fasti of that year told you : So that if the said Fowler be the same with the other , then was he created D. D. at 5 years standing in the degree of Bachelaur . The said Matthew Fowler was now deeply engaged in his Majesties service , for which afterwards he suffered as other Royallists did . After his Majesties restauration he became Rector of the rich Church of Whitchurch in Shropshire in the place of Dr. Nich. Bernard deceased , where he continued to his dying day . He hath published besides Totum hominis , mention'd in the Fasti an . 1637 , a Sermon entit . The properties of heavenly wisdome , preached at the Assizes held at Shrewsbury in the County of Salop. — Lond. 1681-2 . qu. He died on S. Stephens day 1683 , aged 66 years , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Whitchurch before mention'd . Soon after was a black marble monument set up in the north wall over his grave , with an inscription thereon , wherein 't is said that he was almost 22 years Rector of the said Church , that he was descended of the antient family of his name living in Staffordshire that he was first of the Vniversity of Oxon , and afterwards of Cambridge and the ornament and glory of both , and that when he was a young man of Ch. Ch , he was one of the chief of those many Scholars that stood up , and valiantly defended the Kings cause , &c. Other persons also occur created the same day , or at least were nominated by his Majesty , to be promoted Doctors of Divinity , when they were pleased to make intimation to the Vicechancellour , as one Ramsd●n of Linc. Coll , King of Magd. Hall , Babington of Ch. Ch. &c. Jan. 31. Rob. Marks of Merton Coll. Jan. 31. Rich. Langston of Merton Coll. Jan. 31. Will. Cox of New Coll. Jan. 31. John Jones of Bras . Coll. Thom. Hook of Cambr. was created the same day . Feb. 21. William Bayly a Dignitary in Ireland — He was soon after made Bishop of Clonfort and Kilmacogh in that Country . Feb. 21. Thom. Browne of Ch. Ch. Feb. 21. Mich. Hudson of Qu. Coll. Feb. 21. Thom. Bourman of Cambr. One Rob. Boreman or Bourman Brother to Sir Will. Bourman Clerk of the Green-cloth to K. Ch. 2. was Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambr , and afterwards D. of D. and Rector of S. Giles Church in the Fields n●●● London , but what relation he had to the said Thomas , I cannot yet tell . This Robert , who seems to be of the family of the Boremans in the Isle of Wight , hath written several things , among which are ( 1 ) The Countrymans Catechisme : or the Churches plea for tithes . Lond. 1651. qu. ( 2 ) The triumph of learning over ignorance , and of truth and falshood . Being an answer to four quaeries , first whether there be any need of Vniversities ? &c. Lond. 1653. qu. ( 3 ) Life and death of Freeman Sonds Esq . ( 4 ) Relation of Sir George Sonds narrative of the passages on the death of his two Sons . Both printed at Lond. in qu. The said Freeman Son of Sir George was hanged for murdering his Brother . ( 5 ) A mirrour of Christianity , and a mirrour of charity ; or a true and exact narrative of the life and death of Alice Dutchess Duddeley &c. Lond. 1669. qu. The said Dutchess who had been the Wise of Sir Rob. Dudley , died in her house near the Church of S. Giles in the fields 22. Jan. 1668 aged 90 years . ( 6 ) Sermon on Philip. 3.20 . Ibid. 1669. qu. This person Dr. Boreman , after he had spent his time in celebacy , died at Greenwich in Kent in the Winter time , 1675. Mar. 4. Laurence Hinton of Mert. Coll. Prebend of Winchester — He died at Shilbolton or Chilbolton in Hampshire ( of which he was Rector ) an . 1658. 24. Will. Sherbourne of S. John Coll. in this Univ. and Prebend of Hereford — He suffered afterwards much for the Kings cause , and lost all his spiritualities , but being restored to them again after his Majesties return , enjoyed himself in a quiet repose for almost 20 years . He died at Pembridge in Herefordsh . ( of which he was Rector ) in the month of Apr. 1679 aged 92 years . An. Dom. 1643. An. 19. Car. 1. Chanc. the same , viz. Philip Earl of Pembroke and Mountgomery &c. but he being thought unworthy to bear the said office by the King and University , forasmuch as he was actually against the former in the present War , and altogether neglected the other , the K. authorized (a) the members thereof to make choice of another : wherefore they calling a convocation on the 24 of Octob. did elect (b) for their Chancellour , one that had been formerly of Magd. Coll , viz. Will. Marquess of Hertford , Vicount Beauchamp , Baron Seymour , &c , and on the 31 of the said month they admitted and installed him in the House of convocation , ( then in the north chap. joyning to S. Maries Church ) in the presence of the Bishops of Bathe and Wells , Salisbury , Rochester and divers of the Nobility that were then in the University . Vicechanc. Joh. Tolson D. D. Provost of Oriel , who continuing in his office till the 18 of Nov , Dr. Pink before mention'd succeeded him . Proct. George Wake of Magd. Coll. Apr. 12. Will. Cartwright of Ch. Ch. Apr. 12. The senior Proctor having sprain'd his leg , or else put it out of joynt , and therefore not able to come to the convocation house to be admitted , that ceremony ( a dispensation being first granted ) was performed in his Chamber at Magd. Coll. As for the other Proctor , he dying 29. Nov. Mr. Joh. Mapl●t of the same house succeeded , Dec. 9. This year in the month of Oct. the courts of Parliament assembled in the Schools , and there sate for some time ; so that upon that account , and that the other Schools were employed as Granaries , all exercises and lectures ( if any at all ) were performed in S. Maries Church . Bach. of Arts. July 4. Joh. Ahier of New Coll. — See among the Masters an . 1646. Dec. 2. John Lakenby of Magd. Coll. — This person who was the Son of Simon Lakenby of Shadford in the County Pal. of Durham , did afterwards retire to S. Edm. Hall , and lived there a close student till the Garrison of Oxon was surrendred , an . 1646. At which time perceiving the English Church tottering , he went beyond the Sea , changed his religion , and was entred into the English Coll. at Doway . After some time spent there , he returned into England , became Usher to James Shirley when he taught in the White Fryers at London in the time of Oliver , but being seized on , and imprisoned for some time , was at length released , and died in London in a mean condition . He was accounted famous among those of his opinion for the Greek and Latin tongues and for ecclesiastical history . Feb. 16. John Douch of Trin. Coll. — This person who was a Dorsetshire man born , hath extant A Serm. on 1. Sam. 10.24 . Print . 1660. qu. Adm. 73. Bach. of Law. But two this year were admitted , viz. John Jennings of S. Johns Coll. Apr. 20 and Thomas Godwin sometimes a member of this University . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 12. Gilb. Coles of New Coll. Apr. 12. Nich. Ward of Sydney Coll. in Cambr. 20. George Jolliff of Pemb. Coll. May 4. Mart. Llewellin of Ch. Ch. June 2. John Fell of Ch. Ch. June 2. Rich. Allestree of Ch. Ch. The first of these last two was afterwards Bishop of Oxon. 26. Will. Scroggs of Pembr . Coll. Jul. 7. Will. Joyner alias Lyde of Magd. Coll. The last of these two , who was Son of Will. Joyner Gent , was born in the Parish of S. Giles in the north suburb of Oxon , educated partly in the Free-school at Thame , but more in that within the City of Coventry , elected Demy of Magd. Coll. an . 1636 , and afterwards Fellow . But upon a foresight of the utter ruin of the Church of England by the Presbyterians in the time of their rebellion , he changed his Religion for that of Rome , renounced his Fellowship and became a Retainer to the most noble Henry Marquess of Worcester at Ragland , and after his death to Walt. Mountague L. Abbat of S. Mart. near Pontois in France , in whose family there , he spent some years , and afterwards returned to his native Country . In 1687 he was restored to his Fellowship by his Maj. K. Jam. 2 , but outed thence after a years enjoyment . He hath written ( 1 ) The Roman Empress , a Comedy . Lond. 1670. qu. ( 2 ) Some observations upon the life of Reginaldus Polus Cardinal , of the blood royal of England , sent in a pacquet out of Wales , &c. Lond. 1686. oct . This person , W. Joyner , is now living in an obscure village in Bucks , near Thame in Oxfordshire , in a most retired , studious and devout condition , and also in a capacity of publishing other things if he please . Feb. 8. Will. Beaw of New Coll. Feb. 8. Dan. Whistler of Mert. Coll. Mar. 21. Will. Howe of S. John. Coll. Adm. 39 ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . or of Div. was adm . this year only created . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law or Physick was adm . this year only created . Doct. of Div. July 6. Nich. Greaves of All 's . Coll. — He was the only person that was admitted or licensed to proceed this year . Incorporations . June 15. Hen. Ferne D. D. of Cambridge — This learned person who was originally of S. Maries Hall in Oxon , was afterwards Bish . of Chester . Dec. 9. Sir John Lamb Kt. Doct. of the Laws of Cambridge and Dean of the Arches . — This worthy Knight who had been a great persecutor of the Puritans , was now forced by them to leave his station and retire to his Majesty at Oxon , where for a time he found security . Afterwards he suffered much for the royal cause , paid a large summ of money for his composition , and was in a manner utterly ruin'd . He died in London ( in the Bell Inn , as 't is said , in S. Martins-lane ) in the beginning of the year 1647. Jan. 31. Paul Knell Mast . of Arts of Clare Hall in Cambridge , now Chaplain to a Regiment of Curiasiers in his Majesties Army , was then incorporated in the same degree — He hath written and published ( 1 ) A Looking-glass for Levellers , Sermon on Luke 20.14 . Lond. 1648. qu. ( 2 ) Israel and England paralelled , Serm. on Amos 3.2 . Lond. 1648. qu. ( 3 ) The life-guard of a loyal Christian , Serm. on Isay 43.2 . Lond. 1648. qu. Which three Sermons , with two more , were afterwards published with this title , Five seasonable sermons preached before eminent Auditories , &c. Lond. 1660. In the year following was this title put to them Five seasonable Sermons preached before the Kings Majesty beyond the Seas , and other eminent Auditories in England , formerly prohibited , but now published and dedicated to his Majesty . Mar. 21. Will. Holder Mast . of A. of Pembr . Hall in Cambridge — You may see more of this person , who was about this time Rector of Blechington in Oxfordshire , among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1660. John Cruse or Cruso M. A. of the said University , was incorp . the same day . CREATIONS . Notwithstanding the chief members of the University had the last year put up a Petition to his Majesty against the promiscuous conferring of degrees and the danger that the University was like to fall into , if some remedy in the matter was not taken , as namely that the solemn Arts and Sciences would be destroyed , the fountain of the University treasury dried up ( because that few or none that were created paid any fees ) and hopeful Scholars discouraged and the University dishonored ; yet nevertheless his Majesty could not otherwise at this time but recommend ( as he did the year before ) several of his faithful subjects to have degrees confer'd upon them , tho with this caution ( as the Chancellour of the University did the like in his recommendatory Letters ) that they should pay all o● most of the fees belonging to each degree . The names of most of such persons that were actually created in several faculties , are here set down . Bach. of Arts. Oct. 17. Martin Barnes , created in Convocation . Feb. 8. Tho. Culpeper of Vniv Coll. was created by vertue of the letters of the Chanc. of the University . — He was afterwards Fellow of All 's . Coll , and a Writer , and therefore to be numbred hereafter among the Oxford Authors . Bach. of Law. Jan. 31. Will. Hinson . Mar. 18. John Baldwin — He was created in respect had to his loyalty and faithful service to his Majesty , and extraordinary sufferings and imprisonment for religion and the laws . Both these were created by vertue of the Chancellours letters , tho Baldwin had not been educated in any University . On the 9 of May this year Tho Fletcher a Student in the municipal Laws had liberty granted to him , ( tho then absent ) to take the degree of Bach. of the Civil Law , when he should come to the University . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 16. Sir Franc. Lee Kt. Jun. 16. Will. Killingtree Esq . The last of these two was buried in the middle isle of those three that joyn on the north side of the choir of Ch. Ch. Cathedral in Oxon , 4. Aug. 1643. Jul. 6. John Theyer Gent , sometimes a Student in Magd. Coll. — He was created by vertue of his Majesties rescript written with his own hand to Sir Edw. Nicholas his Secretary , which was the same day sent to the venerable convocation , to the end that the members thereof freely (*) bestow that honor upon him who hath well deserved of his Majesty and the Church . The said Mr. Theyer had a little before presented to his Majesty on the Mount in Merton Coll. garden , a book which he had dedicated to him , as I have told you among the Writers , an . 1673 , p. 380. July 18. Rich. Evans B. A. of Magd. Coll. — He was then created Master because he had lately done for the King service in the Western parts of England , and for that also he was now about to go into Ireland . Oct. 17. Rich. Rallingson B. A. of Qu. Coll. — He was then created Master by vertue of the Kings letters , which say that by our direction , and for our service he hath drawn a mathematical scheme or plot of this garrison ( Oxon ) wherein he hath given us good satisfaction , and is very like to be useful to us in our fortifications , &c. among the created Doctors of Div. 1661. Oct. 17. John Poston Oct. 17. Cave Beck The last of these two hath published The universal character , by which all nations may understand one another . Lond. 1657. oct , and perhaps other things . Dec. 9. John Coke or Cook. Jan. 31. Dan. Southmead Bac. of Arts of this University was then created Master . Mar. 18. Will. Zanchie who had rendred both his life and fortunes in the Kings service under the command of Richard Vicount Molineaux , and thereby had lost time in the University , was actually created Mast . of Arts by vertue of the Kings Letters , dat . 10. of Jan. this year . Bach. of Phys . Oct. 17. Franc. Metcalf of S. Maries Hall. Feb. 8. John Catchpole of Christs Coll. in Cambridge . Bach. of Div. Oct. 17. James Bardsey — He was a stranger as it seems , and the only Bach. of Div. that was created this year . In the month of May it was granted to Edw. Willisford then absent , that he might be created , when he came to the University , but whether he came or was admitted it appears not ; perhaps he was the same Mr. Willisford who was lately ejected from Peter house in Cambridge for denying the Covenant . Doct. of Law. Apr. 12. George Owen one of the Heralds of Armes by the title of York . May 29. Rich. Colchester , was then also actually created — He is stiled in the publick reg . dignissimus vir , and de republica optime meritus . One Rich. Colchester of Westbury in Glocestershire Esq . was one of the six Clerks in the High Court of Chancery , and died in the troublesome times , about 1646 : whether the same Quaere . June 16. Jeffry Palmer of the Middle Temple Esq . — This worthy Gentleman who was son of Thom. Palmer of Carleton in Northamptonshire , by Catherine his wife daughter of Sir Edw. Watson of Rockingham Kt , sister to the first Lord Rockingham , was chosen Burges for Stanford in Lincolnshire to sit in that Parliament which began at Westm . 3. Nov. 1640 , wherein he was a manager of the evidence against Thomas Earl of Strafford , and seemed to be an enemy to the prerogative . But afterwards he perceiving full well what mad courses the members of the said Parliament took , he boldly delivered his mind against the printing of that Declaration called the Grand remonstrance ; for which he was committed to custody in Nov. 1642. Afterwards being freed thence , he retired to Oxon , sate in the Parliament there , and was esteemed a loyal and able person in his profession . Upon the declining of the Kings cause , he suffered as other Royallists did , lived obscurely in England , and upon pretence of plotting with the Cavaliers against Oliver the Protector , he was imprison'd in the Tower of London , in the month of May 1655. On the 31. of May 1660 , his Majesty being then newly restored , he was made Attorney General , and about that time chief Justice of Chester and a Knight , and on the 7 of June following he was created a Baronet . He hath collected and written Reports bearing this title , Les Reports de Sir Gefrey Palmer Chevalier & Baronet , &c. Lond. 1678. fol. He paid his last debt to nature at Hamsted in Middlesex on the fifth day of May , an . 1670 aged 72 : whereupon his body being conveyed to the Hall of the Middle Temple , laid there in state for a time , attended by three Heralds of Armes . Afterwards it was conveyed to the Seat of his Ancestors at Carleton in Northamptonshire before mention'd , and there buried in a Vault under part of the Parish Church . What inscription there is for him over his sepulcher I cannot tell : sure I am that Dr. Thom. Pierce hath composed a most noble (*) epitaph on him , as also on his Wife Margaret ( Daughter of Sir Franc. More of Fawley in Berks ) who died on the 16. of the Cal. of May 1655 aged 47 years ; but it being too long for this place I shall only give you the beginning . Galfridus Palmer vir ad omnia , praesertim optima , usque quaeque comparatus , &c. July 18. John Philipot Herald of Armes by the title of Somerset — This person who was of Eltham in Kent , was born at Folkston in that County , and having a genie from his childhood to Heraldry and Antiquities , was , from being an Officer of Armes extraordinary called Blanch Lyon , created Officer in ordinary called Rouge-Dragon , 19 of Nov. 1618 , and on the 8. July 1624 Herald by the title of Somerset : In which capacity he was employed by his Majesty to make a presentation of the most noble Order of the Garter to his Highness Charles Lodowick Prince Elector , in the Army at Bockstell or Bockstall in Brabant . In the beginning of the Presbyterian rebellion in 1642 , he was one of those Loyal Heralds who followed his Majesty , was with him at Oxon , but took up his quarters two miles distant thence , at a place called Chawley in the Parish of Comnore : where being seized on by certain Parliament Soldiers of the Garrison of Abendon was conveyed thence a Prisoner to London , in 1644 or thereabouts . But being soon after set at liberty , he spent the short remainder of his days in London in great obscurity . At length yielding to nature , I cannot say in want , was buried within the precincts of S. Bennets Church near to Paulswharf on the 25 of Nov. 1645. He hath written ( 1 ) Catalogue of the Chancellours of England , the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and the Lord Treasurers of England . With a collection of divers that have been Masters of the Rolls . Lond. 1636. qu. ( 2 ) Additions to Will. Camdens Remains concerning Britaine . Lond. 1637 , &c. qu. ( 3 ) Villare Cantianum ; or , Kent surveyed and illustrated , being an exact description of all the Parishes , Boroughs , Villages and Mannours of the County of Kent . Lond. 1659. fol. Published by , and under the name of , Thom. Philipot his Son , as I have told you among the Incorporations in the Fasti , under the year 1640. ( 4 ) An Historical Catalogue of the High Sheriffs of Kent . This is added to the said Villare Cautianum . He the said Joh. Philipot hath also written , as 't is said , a book proving that Gentry doth not abate with Apprenticeship , but only sleepeth , during the time of their indentures , and awaketh again when they are expired . But this book I have not yet seen . Aug. ... Sir John Borough Kt , Garter Principal King of Armes — His Grace did then pass in a Convocation to be Doctor of the Civil Law , but whether he was admitted , it appears not ( as several Creations do not ) in the publick register . This person who was the Son of a Dutch man , a Brewer by trade , living in Sandwych in Kent , as I have been informed at the Office of Armes , was educated a Scholar , and afterwards in the com . Law in Greys Inn , but his genie inclining him much to the study of Antiquity , he obtained the office of Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London , where by his searches he laid the foundation of certain books . In 1623 he , by the favour of the Earl Marshal , to whom he was then , or lately , Secretary , was sworn Herald extraordinary by the title of Mowbray , because no person can be King of Armes before he is Herald , and on the 23 of Dec. the same year , he was created Norroy King of Armes at Arundel-house in the Strand , in the place of Sir Rich. S. George created Clarenceaux . On the 17 of July 1624 , he received the honour of Knighthood , and in 1634 he was made Garter King of Armes in the place of Sir Will. Segar deceased . This learned and polite person , who writes his Sirname in Latine Burrhus , hath written ( 1 ) Impetus juveniles , & quaedam sedatioris aliquantulum animi epistolae . Oxon. 1643. oct . Most of the epistles are written to Philip Bacon , Sir Franc. Bacon afterwards Lord Verulam , Thom. Farnabie , Tho. Coppin , Sir Hen. Spelman , &c. ( 2 ) The Soveraignty of the British Seas , proved by records , history and the municipal laws of the Kingdom . Lond. 1651. in tw . It was written in the year 1633. He hath also made A collection of records in the Tower of London , which I have not yet seen . He died in Oxon , to which place he had retired to serve his Majesty according to the duty of his office , on the 21. of Octob. 1643 , and was buried the next day at the upper end of the Divinity Chappel joyning , on the north side , to the choire of the Cath. of Ch. Church in the University Of Oxon. Octob ▪ 31. Sir George Radcliff Kt , sometimes a Gent. Com. of Vniv . Coll , was , after he had been presented by Dr. Rich. Steuart Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral , actually created Doctor of the Civil Law in a Convocation celebrated in the north Chappel ( commonly called Ad. Bromes Chap ) of S. Maries Church . — He afterwards suffered much for the Kings cause , ( as he in some part had done before for the sake of the most noble Thomas Earl of Strafford ) was with him in his exile , and died some years before his restauration . You may read much of him in the Memoires of the lives , actions , &c. of excellent personages , &c. by Dav. Lloyd M. A. pag. 148. 149 ▪ &c. Nov. 18. Thom. Bird a Captain in the Kings Army and about this time Governour of Eccleshal in Staffordshire , was then actually created . — After his Majesties restauration , he became one of the Masters in ordinary of the High Court of Chancery and on the 12 of May 1661 he received the honor of Knighthood from his Majesty . Jan. 31. Sir Rich. Lane Knight , Lord chief Baron of the Exchecquer , was then actually created Doctor of the Civ . Law with more than ordinary ceremony — This worthy person who was the Son of Rich. Lane of Courtenhall in Northamptonshire by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Clem. Vincent of Harpole in the said County , was educated from his youth in the study of the Com. Law in the Middle Temple , where he made great proficiency beyond his contemporaries , was called to the Bar and became a Counsellour of note . In the 5. of Char. 1. he was elected Lent Reader of his Inn , but did not read because of the pestilence , and when the Long Parliament began he was so much esteemed for his great knowledge in the Law that the most noble Thomas Earl of Strafford made use of him to manage his cause when he was tried for high treason in the latter end of 1640. Soon after he was made Attorney to Prince Charles ; at which time seeing what strange courses the members of Parliament took , when the King had given them leave to sit , he entrusted his intimate friend Bulstrode Whitlock a Counsellour of the Middle Temple with his Chamber there , all his goods therein , and an excellent Library ; and forthwith leaving London he retired to the King at Oxon , where in 1643 he was made Serjeant at Law , Lord chief Baron of the Exchecquer , a Knight on the 4 of Jan. the same year , and about the same time one of his Majesties honourable Privy Council . In the latter end of the next year he was nominated one of the Commissioners by his Maj. to treat of Peace with those of the Parliament at Vxbridge , and on the 30 of Aug. 1645 he had the Great Seal delivered to him at Oxon , on the death of Edward Lord Littleton . In May and June 1646 , he was one of the prime Commissioners to treat with those appointed by Parliament for the surrender of the Garrison of Oxon , and soon after conveyed himself beyond the Sea to avoid the barbarities of the Parliament . In his absence his Son was conducted to the said B. Whitlock , then in his greatness , to the end that the said goods of his Father , then in his possession , might be delivered to him for the use of his said Father , who then wanted them ; but Whitlock would not (a) own that he ever knew such a Man as Sir Richard , and therefore he kept what he had of his , to the great loss of him the said Sir Richard , who died , as a certain (b) author tells us , in the Isle of Jersey before the month of Aug. 1650 , but false as I presume , because that on the 22 of Apr. 1651 a (c) Commission issued forth from the Prerogative Court to the Lady Margaret his Relict , to administer the goods , chattels and debts of him the said Sir Richard late of Kingsthorp in Northamptonshire , who died in the Kingdom of France This Sir Rich. Lane who was an eminent Professor of the Law hath written Reports in the Court of Exchecquer , beginning in the third , and ending in then ninth of K James 1. Lond. 1657 fol. On the 29 of Jan. 1657 the Great Seal was delivered by his Majesty at Bruges in Flanders to Sir Edw. Hyde Knight . Sir John Glanvill Kt , Serjeant at Law , was created the same day ( Jan. 31. ) and admitted in the house of Congregation and Convocation , as Sir Rich. Lane was . — This Sir John was a younger Son of John Glanvill of Tavistock in Devonshire one of the Justices of the Common Bench , ( who died 27 July 1600 ) and he the third Son of another John of the same place , where and in that County their name was gentile and antient . When he was young , he was not educated in this University , but was ( as his Father before him ) bred an Attorney , and afterwards studied the Common Law in Lincolns Inn , and , with the help of his Fathers notes , became a great proficient . When he was a Counsellour of some years standing , he was elected Recorder of Plymouth and Burgess for that place to serve in several Parliaments . In the 5. of Char. 1. he was Lent Reader of his Inn , and on the 20 of May 1639 , he was made Serjeant at Law , at which time having engaged himself to be a better Servant to the King than formerly , ( for in several Parliaments he had been an enemy to the Prerogative ) he was in the year following elected Speaker for that Parliament which began at Westm . on the 13 of April , in which he shew'd himself active to promote the Kings desires . On the 6 of July the same year , he was made one of the Kings Serjeants ( being then esteemed an excellent Orator , a great Lawyer , and an ornament to his profession ) and on the 7. of Aug. 1641 , he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty at Whitehall . Afterwards when the King was forced to leave the Parliament , he followed him to Oxon , and was very serviceable to him in many respects . In 1645 he was disinabled from being a member of Parliament sitting at Westminster for his delinquency , as t was then called : So that retiring to his home after the Kings cause declined , he was committed to Prison , where continuing till he had made his composition , was released in 1648. Under his name are these things extant ( 1 ) Enlargements and aggravations upon the sixth , seventh and eighth articles against George Duke of Buckingham , an . 1626. See in John Rushworths Collections , under the year 1626. ( 2 ) Speech at a general committee of both Houses 23. May 1628 , wherein he delivers the reasons of the Commons House , why they cannot admit of the propositions tendered unto them by the Lords , concerning Soveraign power . Printed in qu. See in a book entit . The Soveraigns Prerogative and the Subjects Privileges discussed , &c. in the 3 d. and 4 th . years of K. Ch. 1. Lond. 1657. fol. p. 145.186 . ( 3 ) Sp. in Parl. concerning the petition of right . ( 4 ) Two speeches before the K. in the H. of Lords , when he was presented by the H. of Commons as their Speaker 15 Apr. 1640. See in the said Collections under the year 1640 , p. 1121.1123 . ( 5 ) Speech in the upper House of Parl. for the redress of present grievances , in Dec. 1640. &c. with other things , &c. After the return of his Majesty K. Ch. 2. he was made his Serjeant also , and dying on the second day of Octob. 1661 , was buried in the Church at Broad Hinton in Wiltshire , the Mannour of which , he some years before had bought . In Sept. 1673 , Winifrid his Widow put a monument over his grave , with an inscription thereon , which for brevity sake shall be now omitted . One John Glanvill of Exeter Coll. took the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1622 , and afterwards that of Master , but he is not to be understood to be the same with Sir John , because he was never bred in any University , as his Son hath informed me . The said Sir John Glanvill had an elder Brother called Sir Francis an Inhabitant of Tavistock ; who , when young , being very vicious , was disinherited by his Father and the Estate setled on Sir John : But Sir Francis becoming afterwards a sober man , Sir John restored to him the Estate . See in The life and death of Sir Matthew Hale , &c. Written by Gilb. Burnet D. D. — Lond. 1682 in a large octavo , p. 11. Feb. 19. Sir Rich. Vivian Knight — He had been elected a Burgess for Tregony in Cornwall to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 3. Nov. 1640 , but leaving it in 1642 he retired to Oxon and sate in the Parl. there , an . 1643. Sir Peter Ball of the Middle Temple Knight , Son and Heir of Giles Ball of Mamhed in Devon. was created the same day — In 1632 he became Recorder of the City of Exeter , afterwards the Queens Sollicitor and now ( 1643 ) her Attorney , and upon the declining of the Kings cause a great sufferer . After his Majesties return he was restored to what he had lost , became Recorder of Exeter again , after that place had been occupied by two Cromwellians named Edm. Prideaux and Tho. Bampfield . At length the infirmities of age coming upon him he surrendred that office in 1676. Feb. 20. John Bodvill Esquires . Feb. 20. Owen Griffith Esquires . The first of these two , was a Knight for Anglesie , to serve in the Parl. began at Westm . 3. Nov. 1640 , but leaving it in 1642 sate in the Parl. at Oxon. March 21. Ambr. Manaton Esquires . March 21. Peirce Edgecombe Esquires . The first of these last two , who was of Erecarrell in Cornwall , was Parliament man for Lanceston in that County , and afterwards sate at Oxon , suffered for the Kings cause , and dying in 1650 , or thereabouts , was buried in the Church at South Petherwyn . The other was a Parliament man for Cameilford in the said County , and afterwards sate at Oxon , for which also he suffered in his Estate . This year was , among others , nominated to be created Doctor of the Civil Law , one Colonel Bard , but whether he was admitted I cannot tell — I take this person to be the same with Henry Bard Son of George Bard Vicar of Stanes in Middlesex , who after he had been educated in Grammar learning in Eaton Coll. School was admitted in Kings Coll. in Cambridge an . 1631. Whilst he was Scholar , he made an excursion to Paris , upon the customary leave of absence ( which is but for 9 weeks in a year ) without the College or his Relations privity . After he was made Fellow , he travelled for some years into France , Germany , Italy , Turkey , Palestine , Aegypt , Arabia and sent a large account of his several travels to his contemporary Dr. Charles Mason . After his return he lived high , as he had done before , without any visible income , and gave a fair Alcoran to Kings Coll. Library , supposed to be stoln by him out of a Mosque in Egypt ; which being valued but at 20 l , he made answer that he was sorry that he had ventur'd his neck for it . This person who was a compact body of vanity and ambition , yet proper , robust and comely , did , upon the approach of the grand rebellion , retire to his Majesty K. Ch. 1. at York , where making himself known to be a Traveller and Master of several languages , especially of the French , which the Queen took notice of , he had a Commission given him to be a Colonel , and afterwards to be Governour of Camden house in Glocestershire , ( which , when he quitted , he burnt ) and then for a time of Worcester . On the 22 of Nov. 1643 , he received the honour of Knighthood , and soon after being made a Baronet , his ambition was so great , that being not content with that station , he , by his , and the endeavours of others , was created Baron of Brombry and Vicount Bellomont in Ireland , 8. July 1645. Afterwards being taken Prisoner in one of his Majesties unfortunate battles , he wrot to the Parliament and told them that he had taken up armes neither for religion ( for there were then so many that he knew not which to be of ) nor for that moustrap , the Laws , but to re-establish the King in his Throne , and therefore seeing that the time was not yet come , he desired leave that they would discharge him , that he might relinquish the Land , which accordingly was done . After the murder of K. Ch. 1 , he was sent by his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , then ●n Exile , Embassador to the Emperour of Persia , upon hopes of great assistance of money from that Court , in consideration of great Services done to the Persian by the English Ships at Ormus : But so it was , that he being unhappily overtaken in his travels in that Country by a Whirlwind , was choak'd by the Sands , giving thereby a period to his vain hopes of being the grand Master of Malta , having been a Roman Catholick several years before he died . He left behind him a Widow , not so rich , but that she received relief upon her petition after his Majesties return , from Kings Coll. in Cambridge , and two Daughters who were of his religion , one of which was afterwards Mistress to Prince Rupert , as I have elsewhere told you . He had also a Brother called Maximilian Bard a rich Milliner in London , who was employed by the Long Parliament to buy for them Horses in the time of their rebellion . This Brother , as 't is supposed , furnished him with money in his travels and high living , being a great admirer of his accomplishments , and as much despised by him . Doct. of Phys . May 9. Sir Henry St. George Knight , Garter Principal K. of Arms , was then actually created Doctor of Physick — This person who was the eldest Son of Sir Rich. St. George Clarenceaux King of Armes , was born of an antient family at Hadley St. George in Cambridgshire , bred up to Heraldry , and by the endeavours of his Father became first of all Rouge-Rose extraordinary in the Office or Coll. of Armes , commonly called the Heralds Office , afterwards Blewmantle , and in the latter end of 1615 Richmond , Herald of Armes . In 1627 he was joynt Embassador with the Lord Spencer and Peter Yonge Gent. Usher , and dayly waiter to K. Ch. 1 , to invest the King of Sweden with the order of the Garter , which being done , that King not only knighted him and Pet. Yonge at Darsaw in Prussia , but gave them the Armes of the King of Sweden to be used by them and their posterity for ever , as an augmentation to their own Armes . Afterwards he was Norroy King of Armes and at length Garter , and dying in Brasnose Coll. 5. Nov. 1644 , was buried in the north west corner of the west isle joyning to the north transcept of the Cathedral of Ch. Church in Oxon , leaving then Issue behind him a Son named Thomas , afterwards a Knight , Norroy , and now ( 1691 ) Garter Principal King of Armes ; Henry another Son , afterwards Norroy , a Knight and now ( 1691 ) Clarenceaux King of Armes , and lastly a third named Richard an Esq , who became Vlster King of Armes of the Realm of Ireland in the place of Will. Roberts of Lincolns Inn Esq , and Doctor of the Civil Law of Dublin , an . 1660 ; which place he surrendring in 1683 , was succeeded therein by Athlone , Pursevant or Officer of Armes , named Rich. Carney , who , before ( while he was Athlone ) had received the honor of Knighthood from the Earl of Arran , and is the first King of Armes of that Kingdom that had that honour confer'd on him . The said Sir H. S. George Garter King of Armes , who died at Oxon , hath published nothing , only made collections of several matters relating to his profession , particularly A Catalogue of the Nobility of England according to their Creations , as they were in 1628 , &c. Ms fol. It begins with George Villers Duke of Buckingham , and ends with Sir Franc. Cottington Kt and Bt , Lord Cottington of Hanworth . This Cat. is involved in A new Catalogue of Dukes , Marquesses , Earls , Viscounts , Barons , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . Collected and published by Tho. Walkley . May 9. Thom. Johnson , whom I have mention'd among the created Bachelaurs of Phys . an . 1642 , was actually created also Doct. of Physick , in consideration of the large Testimony of his industry ( before this year ) published — He was born near Hull in Yorkshire , bred an Apothecary in London , and afterwards lived and kept a shop on Snow hill ; where by his unwearied pains , advanced with good natural parts , he attained to be the best Herbalist of his age in England . His works as to his profession are ( 1 ) Mercurius Botanicus in duabus partibus , &c. Lond. 1634. oct . ( 2 ) Thermae Bathonicae . ( 3 ) His enlarging and amending Joh. Gerards Herball , or general History of Plants , Lond. 1636. fol. ( 4 ) His translation of Ambr. Parey his Works of Chirurgery . Lond. 1634. fol. &c. This Dr. Th. Johnson was now ( 1643 ) a Lieutenant Coll. in the Garrison of Basing house in Hampshire , whence going with a party on the 14. of Sept. 1644 , to succour certain of the Forces belonging to that house which went to the Town of Basing to fetch provision thence , but beaten back by the enemy ( headed by that notorious Rebel Col. Rich. Norton ) he received a shot in his shoulder , whereby contracting a feaver , he died in a fortnight after in the said House : At which time his worth did justly challenge funeral tears , being then no less eminent in the garrison for his valor and conduct as a Sold , than famous through the Kingdom for his excellency as an Herbarist and Physitian . Nov. 18. Spencer Lucie a Colonel in the Kings Army , Son of Sir Tho. Lucie of Charlcot in Warwickshire Knight . Jan. 31. Henry Nisbett , who had spent several years in the study of Physick in the University of Padua , was then actually created Doctor of that faculty by vertue of the Letters of the Chancellour of this University — He was a Scot born , or at least of Scotch extract , but what he hath extant relating to his faculty I know not . Feb. 27. Hen. Hanks — His bare name only stands in the reg . as created Doctor of Physick , and therefore I can say no more of him . Mar. 21. Will. Glanvill Esq . — He was Burgess for Cameilford in Cornwall to serve in the Parliament began at Westminster 3. Novemb. 1640 , but leaving it , he retired to Oxon and sate in the Parliament there . Doct. of Div. Apr. 12. Evan Owen Bach. of Div. of Jes . Coll. in Oxon , was then created D. of D. May 29. Jeb . Weeks Preb. of Bristow , and Bach. of Div. of Cambr. above 20 years standing . — This Doctor , a jocular person , was now a Preacher in Oxon , sometimes either before the King or Parliament , and suffered much for the royal Cause . Afterwards he was made Dean of S. Burian in Cornwal upon the promotion of Dr. Creighton to that of Wells , and after his death the said Deanery was annex'd to the Bishoprick of Exeter . June 15. Joseph Goulson Bach. of Div. of Cambridge and Preb. of Winchester , was created in Congregation by vertue of the Kings Letters as Owen and Weeks were . — In his last Will and Test . proved 3 Apr. 1674 , he is said to be Nuper Decanus Ecclesiae Cath. S. Trinitatis Cicestrensis in Com. Sussex . June 16. Matthew Griffith Priest , sometimes of Brasn . Coll , afterwards of Gloc. Hall. July 18. Will. Stampe of Pembr . Coll. Oct. 17. Rich. Langham . — Of him I know nothing . Thom. Hyde Preb. of Stratford in the Church of Sarum , sometimes of Ball. Coll , now , as it seems , of S. Edm. Hall , was actually created the same day . — This person who was of the family of the Hydes of Wiltshire , became not only Preb. of Teynton Regis with Yalmeton in the said Church of Salisbury , but also Chauntor thereof , in Nov. 1660 , upon the promotion of Dr. Humph. Henchman to be Bishop thereof . He died about the beginning of Sept. 1666 ; whereupon his Prebendship of Teynton with Yalmeton , was confer'd on Gab. Thistlethwayt sometimes Fellow of New Coll , on the 10 of the same month , and his Chauntorship on Dr. Joh. South on the 24. John Allibond of Magd. Coll , was created the same day , Oct. 17. — This worthy Doctor , who was a Buckinghamshire man born , and lately the chief Master of the Free-school joyning to Magd. Coll , was a most excellent Lat. Poet and Philologist , and hath published , Rustica Academia Oxoniensis nuper reformatae descriptio : una cum comitiis ibidem , 1648 habitis . 'T is a Latin Poem , and was twice printed in 1648. He died at Bradwell in Glocestershire , ( of which place he was Rector ) an . 1658. Joh. Hewit of Cambridge , was actually created also the same day . — This is the person who was Minister of S. Gregories Church near S. Pauls in London , and who suffer'd death by the axe on Tower-hill 8 June 1658 , for conspiring against the then Power and Authority . He hath extant several Sermons , among which are Nine select Sermons preached at S. Gregories . Lond. 1658. oct ; as also A Speech and two Prayers on the Scaffold , when he was to be beheaded — Lond. 1658. qu. and A letter to Dr. George Wild , written the day before his Execution ; printed with his Speech and Prayers . Oct. 19. Rob. Hall of Exeter Coll. — This worthy person , who was the eldest son of Dr. Joseph Hall Bishop of Exeter , was now Canon residentiary and Treasurer of the Cath. Ch. there , suffered for his Majesties Cause , lost all , but restored upon his Majesties return . He was a learned man , a constant Preacher , very hospitable and pious . He died on the 29 of May 1667 , aged 61 years , and was buried in the north side of the Choire of the said Cath. Ch. at Exeter . Nov. 16. Walt. Hungerford of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Preb. of Wells and Rector of Buscot in Berks , where dying 18 Nov. 1681 , was buried in the Church there . Feb. 22. George Edgeley of Cambridge . — In the Letters of the Chancellour of the University , written in his behalf and read in Convocation , I find these things of him . He is Prebend of Chichester and Rector of Nuthurst , a grave and orthodox Divine . — He is a person that hath expressed his Loyalty by his active services and passive sufferings in these times of hostility for the defence of his Majesties Person , Religion and the Laws . — He is so deserving this honour ( D. of D. ) that he is beyond all manner of exception . — He is a Senior of the University of Cambr. &c. In the same Congregation wherein Dr. Edgeley was created , were Letters from the Chanc. read in behalf of Tho. Edwards formerly of this University , now Vicar of Keinton in Hertfordshire , to be Doctor of Divinity , but whether he was admitted it appears not . On the 29 of Dec. also , were letters read in behalf of Joh. Bury Bach. of Div. and Can. resid . of Exeter , to be created Doctor of the said faculty ; who being then absent in the Kings Service , was to have the said degree confer'd on him when he should desire it . An. Dom. 1644. An. 20 Car. 1. Chanc. William Marquess of Hertford . Vicechanc. Dr. Rob. Pinke again , Aug. 24. Proct. Will. Creed of S. Joh. Coll. May 1. Franc. Broad of Mert. Coll. May 1. Bach. of Arts. Jul. 5. Rich. Watkins of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters , an . 1647. 6. Edw. Littleton of S. Maries Hall , afterwards of All 's . Coll. — See among the Masters in 1648. Edw. Sclater of S. Johns Coll. was admitted the same day . — This person who is now living hath published several things , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred at large . Nov. 2. Mathias Prideaux of Exet. Coll. Feb. 15. Thomas Carles of Ball. Coll. Of the last of these two , you may see more among the Masters , 〈◊〉 . 1649. Adm. 53. ☞ Not one Bach. of Law was this year admitted , nor created . Mast . of Arts. Jun. 4. Tho. Jones of Mert. Coll. 21. Thom. Pierce of Madg. Coll. Adm. 29. ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . was this year admitted ; nor one Bach. of Div , only one by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which was properly a Creation . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law , Physick , or Divinity , was admitted this year , only incorporated and created , as I am now about to tell you . Incorporations . Divers worthy persons , who had been formerly of Cambridge , or lately ejected thence , retiring now to Oxon for safety , were incorporated , as they had stood in their own University . Among such I find these following . Mar. 26. Thom. Westfield D. D. now Bishop of Bristow , and a Sufferer for his own and his Majesties Cause . — See among the Incorporations in the Fasti of the first vol. an . 1611. Apr. 4. Tho. Yardley M. A. of Trin. Coll. All which were admitted into the house of Congregation and Convocation . Jun. 4. Joh. Boteler M. A. of S. Joh. Coll. All which were admitted into the house of Congregation and Convocation . Jul. 10. Pet. Gunning M. A. of Clare Hall. All which were admitted into the house of Congregation and Convocation . Aug. 7. Tho. Bayly M. A. and Sub-dean of Wells . All which were admitted into the house of Congregation and Convocation . As for Joh. Boteler , several of both his names have been Writers , and one Joh. Butler hath written against Joh. Selden , as in the pag. 110. of this work you may see . And as for Tho. Bayly , I have made mention of him in the first vol. p. 486. 487 ; but as for Isaac Barrow , who , as 't is said , was also incorporated this year , appears not in the Register as incorporated Master of Arts , or created Bach. of Div , otherwise I should have made a Chapter or Number of him among the Bishops , as I have done of Pet. Gunning among the Writers , who was incorporated and took a degree here . Creations . This year were no Creations in Arts , only of one in Musick : The rest were in the three great faculties , and of them only Doctors . Doct. of Musick . Mar. 10. John Wilson now the most noted Musitian of England , omnibus titulis & honoribus Academicis in professione Musicae par , & in Theoria & praxi Musicae maxime peritus ( as it is said in the publick Register of Convocation ) was then presented and actually created Doctor of Musick . — This eminent person who was much admired by all that understood that faculty , especially by his Maj. K. Ch. 1 , an exact judge therein , was born at Feversham in Kent , and being naturally inclin'd in his youth to vocal and instrumental Musick , became at mans estate so famous for it , that he was first made a Gent. of his Maj. Chappel , and afterwards his Servant in ordinary in that faculty . So that ever after giving his Majesty constant attendance , had oftentimes just opportunities to exercise his hand on the Lute ( being the best at it in all England ) before him to his great delight and wonder ; who , while he played , did usually lean or lay his hand on his shoulder . After the surrender of the Garrison at Oxon , an . 1646 , he spent some years in the family of Sir Will. Walter of Sarsden in the Parish of Churchill in Oxfordshire , who , with his Lady , were great lovers of Musick . At length , upon the desire of Mr. Tho. Barlow of Qu. Coll. ( then Lecturer at Churchill ) made to his quondam Pupil Dr. Joh. Owen Vicechancellour of this University , he was constituted Musick Professor thereof , an . 1656 ; which , with other helps from some Royalists in these parts ( he having then a Lodging in Ball. Coll. ) found a comfortable subsistance . Upon the return of K. Ch. 2. to his Dominions , he was restored to his places belonging to his Majesty , and was made one of the Choire at Westminster : All which he kept to his dying day . He hath published ( 1 ) Psalterium Carolinum . The devotions of his sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings , rendred into verse , se● for three Voices , and an Organ or Theorbo . Printed about 1656 in fol. ( 2 ) Cheerful Ayres or Ballads , first composed for one single Voice , and since set for three Voices . Oxon. 1660. qu. in 3 vol : then usher'd into the world by certain Poets of this University . ( 3 ) Ayres for a Voice alone to a Theorbo or Bass-Viol , &c. These are in a book intit . Select Ayres and Dialogues . Lond. 1653. &c. fol. In which book are , besides Dr. Wilson's labours , the compositions of several Masters of Musick , viz. of Dr. Charles Colman , Henry and Will. Lawes , Will. Webb , Nich. Laniere or Laneare an Italian , one of the private Musick to K. Ch. 1 , and an excellent Painter , ( who died about the beginning of the rebellion ; ) Will. Smegergill alias Caesar , Edward Colman and Jeremy Savile . ( 4 ) Divine Services and Anthems , the words of one of which are extant in James Clifford's Collection of Divine Services and Anthems , &c. Lond. 1663. oct . p. 235. But above all things that our Author Wilson hath published , is highly valued by curious men , a Manuscript of his framing , containing Compositions , partly to be play'd on the Lute , but chiefly on a Treble or Bass , set to several Odes in the first book , and in others , of Horace , on some part of Ausonius , Claudian , Petronius Arbiters Fragment , Statius , &c. This book which is in folio , bound in Russia leather , with silver clasps , he gave to the publick Library at Oxon before his Majesties restauration , but with this condition , that no person should peruse it till after his death . 'T is in the Archives of the said Library , numb . 102 , and hath , several copies of verses put before it , or in the beginning , made in praise of the author and the book : One of the copies being made by that excellent Latin Poet Hen. Birkhead of All 's . Coll , was afterwards remitted into his book intit . Poematia , &c. Oxon. 1656. p. 122.123 . This Dr. Wilson , who was a great Humourist and a pretender to Buffoonry , died in his house at the Horse Ferry within the Liberty of Westminster on the 22 day of Febr. 1673 , aged 78 years , ten months and 17 days : whereupon his body was buried in the little cloyster belonging to the Abbey Church of S. Peter within the said City of Westm . He did often use to say for the honour of his Country of Kent , that Alphonso Farabosco was born of Italian Parents at Greenwich , and Joh Jenk●ns at Maidstone ; both highly valued and admired not only in England but beyond the Seas for their excellent compositions in Musick , especially for Fancies . The last was living 10 years or more after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , but we have not yet his picture in the Musick School , as that of Dr. Wilson hanging near to that of Nich. Laniere before mention'd . Doct. of Law. Apr. 6. Will. Pleydell Esq . — He was a Burgess for Wotton Basset in Wilts . to serve in that Parliam . which began at Westminster 3 Nov. 1640 , but leaving it afterwards , retired to Oxon , and sate there . .... Lloyd was created the same day and admitted into the house of Congreg . and Convocation . — His christian name I cannot yet learn , or in what Coll. or Hall in this University , or in that of Cambridge , educated . May 1. George Boncle or Bonkley of Greenwich in Kent Esq . — On the 30 of Jan. following he received the honour of Knighthood , being about that time Deputy-Governour of the Garrison of Oxon ; but afterwards being taken by the Forces belonging to the Parliament , he was committed Prisoner to Lambeth house , where he shortly after expired . He had before obtained great fame for his valour and activity in the relief of Basing house in Hampshire . June 10. Sir Thom. Blackwell of Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire Kt. — He had lately at his own charge raised many men and arms for his Majesties service , and had fought most valiantly in divers battels for him . He afterwards suffer'd much for the royal Cause and compounded for his Estate . June 12. Henr. Bate . — He was admitted and actually created Doct. of the Civ . Law by vertue of the Letters of the Chancellour of the University , and of those of the Marquess of Newcastle , which say that he had paid his fees already by the large contribution he hath given to his Majesty in his service , and losses sustained by the Rebels , &c. Jul. 10. Sir Robert Fenne Kt. Nov. 4. Rob. Cary M. A. lately of C. C. Coll. in this University . — He was Kinsman to the Marquess of Hertford Chancellour thereof . This year was actually created Doct. of the Civ . Law Sir James Ware of Ireland Kt , as his son hath by his letters informed me , but the day or month he cannot tell ; neither doth it appear in the acts of the publick Register , this , or in the , year following , because omitted , as it seems , among many that were actually created in several degrees from the 1 of Nov. 1642 till the surrender of Oxon , 1646. — This worthy person Sir Jam. Ware , who , by his pen , hath done admirable service for the credit of the Irish Nation , I desire the Reader by the way ( if not too tedious ) to take these observations of him following . He was born in Castle-street within the City of Dublin , about two of the clock in the morn . of the 26 of Novemb. an . 1594. His father was Sir Jam. Ware Kt , sometimes Secretary to two of the Lords Justices or Deputies of Ireland , and afterwards Auditor General of that Kingdom ; who finding his said son to make early advances towards learning , spared neither cost or labour to encourage him therein . At 16 years of age he caused him to be entred a Student in Trinity Coll. at Dublin , where making great proficiency in his studies , was in less than six years made Master of Arts. In 1629 or thereabouts , he received the honour of Knighthood from Adam Lord Viscount Ely and Rich. Boyle Earl of Cork , they both being at that time Lords Justices of Ireland , and in 1632 he became , upon the death of his father , Auditor General of Ireland : Notwithstanding which place of trouble , as well as of profit , and the cumbrances of marriage , he wrot and published several books , the titles of which I shall anon set down . In 1639 he was made one of the Kings Privy Council in Ireland , and when the Rebellion broke out there , he suffered much in his Estate . In 1644 , he with the Lord Edward Brabason ( afterwards Earl of Meath , ) and Sir Hen. Tichbourne Kt , were sent by James Marquess of Ormonde , then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , to K. Ch. 1. at Oxon , about the affairs of that Kingdom . Which being concluded to their minds , they returned ; but in their way , they were taken on the seas by a Parliament Ship , just after Sir James had flung over board the Kings packet of Letters directed to Ormonde : Whereupon being all conveyed to London , were committed Prisoners to the Tower , where continuing eleven months , were then released upon exchange . Afterwards Sir James returned to Dublin , continued there for some time , and was one of the hostages for the delivery of that City to Coll. Mich. Jones for the use of the Parliament of England . Afterwards the said Colonel , thinking it not convenient for several reasons , that he should remain there , commanded him to depart ; so that by vertue of his pass he went into France , where he continued an year and an half , mostly at Caen and partly at Paris . In 1651 he left that Country , went into England , and setling in London , wrot several books , and published one or more there . Upon the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he went into Ireland , and by special order was restored to his place of Auditor General , and continued a privy Counsellor there . His works are these ( 1 ) Archiepiscoporum Casseliensium & Tuamensium vitae , duobus expressae commentariolis . Dubl . 1626. qu. This book was afterwards involved in his De praesulibus Hiberniae commentarius . ( 2 ) Caenobia Cisterciensia Hiberniae . Included afterwards in his Disquisitiones de Hibernia , &c. ( 3 ) De praesulibus Lageniae , sive provinciae Dubliniensis lib. unus . Dubl . 1628. qu. Included also in his Comment . de praesulibus Hib. ( 4 ) De scriptoribus Hiberniae libri duo . Dubl . 1639. qu. A great part of which is taken out of the book of Joh. Bale intit . De script . maj . Britan. and from Rich. Stanyhurst his book intit . The Description of Ireland . ( 5 ) De Hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus disquisitiones . Lond. 1654 and 1658. in a thick oct . ( 6 ) De praesulibus Hiberniae commentarius , à prima gentis Hibernicae ad fidem Christianam conversione ad nostra usque tempora . Dubl . 1665. fol. ( 7 ) Note ad Bedae epist . Apologeticam . Dubl . 1664. oct . ( 8 ) Notae ad Historiam Abbatum Weremuthensium & Girwicensium per Bedam composit . Dubl . 1664. oct . ( 9 ) Notae ad Bede Epistolam ad Egbertum . Ib. eod . an . oct . ( 10 ) Notae ad Egberti dialogum , de institutione ecclesiastica . Ib. eod . an . oct . ( 11 ) Notae ad rem Historicam & Antiquariam spectantes ad opuseula , S. Patricio , qui Hibernos ad fidem Christi convertit , adscripta , &c. Lond. 1656. oct . He also wrot and published Rerum Hibernicarum Henrico 7 regnante Annales . Pr. at the end of his Disquisit . de Hibernia , and De praesul . Hib. comment . Also Rerum Hib. Hen. 8. Ed. 6. & Maria regnantibus Annales , ( which are at the end of the said book De praesul . ) besides the publication of Campians Hist . of Ireland , the Chronicle of Mered. Hanmer , that of Hen. Marleburrough , and The view of Ireland , by Edm. Spenser . At length Sir James having lived beyond the age of man , and by his endeavours had gotten a fair estate , departed this mortal life at Dublin on Saturday Decemb. the first , an . 1666 , and was buried on Tuesday following in a burying place appointed for his Family within the Church of S. Warborough in the said City . He had a choice Collection of antient MSS , ( many of which related to Ir●sh affairs ) procured from many persons as well in Engl. as Irel , a catalogue of which was printed at Dublin an . 1648. in ● sh . and an half in qu. All or most of which MSS. came into the hands of Hen. Earl of Clarendon , when he was Lord Lieutenant of Irel. an . 1686 , who soon after brought them with him into Engl. and deposited them in the custody of Dr. Tho. Tenison Vicar of S. Martins Church in the Fields , in Westm ; a Catalogue of which is lately made extant by Edm. Gibson B. A. of Qu. Coll. in Ox. This year also , about the beginning thereof , as it seems , was a proposal made by vertue of a letter sent to the Vicechancellour , that Rich. Fanshaw Esq . Servant to Prince Charles , should have the degr . of Doctor of the Civil Law confer'd upon him ; but whether he was presented thereunto , tho diplomated he might be , it appears not in the publick Register . Howsoever it is , sure I am that certain Masters now living in the University , did many years after report that he had that degree confer'd on him here , yet whether personally presented thereunto , they could not positively affirm . — This right worthy and loyal person Richard Fanshaw ( originally of the University of Cambr. ) was descended of the family of Fanshaw of Fanshaw gate in Derbyshire , being the (*) great Grandchild of John Fanshaw of that place , brother of Henry Fanshaw , and father of Tho. Fanshaw Esquires , who were successively Remembrancers of the Exchequer to Qu. Elizabeth : Which Thomas was father to Sir Hen. Fanshaw Kt , ( who died of an Apoplexy at the Assizes in Hertford 10 Mar. 1615. ) father of Thomas sometimes Lord Viscount Fanshaw of Dromore in Ireland ▪ father of him who is now , or at least was lately , L. Visc . Fanshaw : Which three last , have also been Remembrancers of the Exchecquer to K. Jam. 1. K. Ch. 1. and 2. The said Rich. Fanshaw ( brother to Lord Thomas ) of whom we are farther to speak , was , for his early abilities taken into the Employment of the State by K. Ch. 1. an . 1635 , and then sent Resident to the Court of Spain : Whence being recall'd in the beginning of the Troubles ( 1640 / 1 ) into Engl. he followed the royal interest during all the calamitous times that followed , and was employed in several weighty matters of State. In 1644 he was appointed Secretary at War to Charles Prince of Wales , ( afterwards King ) whom he attended into the Western parts of Engl , and thence into the Isles of Scilly (†) and Guernsey . In 1648 he was appointed Treasurer of the Navy under the command of Prince Rupert , which he managed till the year 1650 , when then he was prefer'd by his Majesty to the dignity of a Baronet , and sent Envoy extraordinary to the Crown of Spain ; and being thence recalled into Scotland , he there served in the quality of Secretary of State : Which weighty and difficult Employment he performed in that conjuncture with great satisfaction of all parties , notwithstanding he never took Covenant or Engagement . Thence he attended his Maj. at Worcester , was at the battel there ( 1651 ) taken Prisoner , and conveyed to Lond. by the Rebels ; where continuing in close custody till he contracted a great sickness , had liberty allow'd him , upon Bayle given , for the recovery of his health to go to any place he should choose , provided he stirred not five miles from the place without leave from the Parliament . During which time and other vacant hours he made several Translations and wrot divers Poems , as I shall tell you by and by . In Feb. 1659 he repaired to his Maj. K. Ch. 2. at Breda , who there knighted him in Apr. 1660 , and made him his Secretary of the Latin Tongue ( in which he did excell ) and Master of the Requests . In 1661 he being then Burgess for the University of Cambridge , he was sworn one of the privy Council of Ireland , and sent Envoy to the Crown of Portugal , with a dormant Commission to be Embassador , which he was to make use of as occasion should require . In 1662 he was again sent to that Crown with the title of Embassador ; and at his return thence in 1663 he was sworn one of his Majesties privy Council and took his place accordingly , and in January the same year he was sent Embassador to both the Crowns of Spain and Portugal : in which time the foundation of Peace betwixt those Crowns and England was laid by him . His deportment during his former Employments in those Courts won him such high value and estimation with the Princes , that his reception was most splendid and magnificent , exceeding all that were before : which those Kings declared was done as a particular respect to the person of the Embassador , and was not to be a precedent for succeeding Embassadors . He hath written ( 1 ) Divers Poems . Lond. 1664. oct , Printed with his Translation of Il pastor fido . The first of the said Poems is An ode upon occasion of his Majesties proclamation , an . 1630 , commanding the Gentry to reside upon their Estates in the Country . ( 2 ) A summary discourse of the Civil Wars of Rome . Lond. 1664. oct . extracted out of the best Lat. Writers in prose and verse . He hath translated from English into Lat. verse The faithful Shepherdess : a Pastoral . Lond. 1658. written originally by Joh. Fletcher Gent , and from Lat. into English ( 1 ) The fourth book of Virgils Aeneis on the Loves of Dido and Aeneas . Lond. 1664. oct . ( 2 ) Two odes out of Horace relating to the Civil Wars of Rome , against covetous rich men . Ibid. 1664. oct . He hath translated from Italian into English , — I l pastor fido : The faithful Shepherd , a Pastoral . Lond. 1646. qu. 1664. oct . Written originally by Guarini , a Native of Ferrara in Italy : And from Spanish into English an Historical Poem called — Querer per solo querer : To love only for Loves sake . Lond. 1671. qu. 'T is a dramatick Romance , was originally written by Anton. de Mendoza and translated and paraphrased by our author at Tankerley Park in Yorkshire , 1654 , when then he had obtained leave from the superior power to range beyond 5 miles within Lond. To this is joyned another Translation by the same hand intit . — Fiestus de Aranjuez . Festivals represented at Aranjuez . He also translated from Portuguese into English , The Luciad : or Portugals historical Poem . Lond. 1655. 56. &c. fol. Written originally by Lewis de Camoens . Besides these Translations , he hath performed others as I have been enformed , which continue partly in MS , and hath written other Poems as well Lat. as English , which for brevity sake I shall now pass by the mentioning . At length this worthy person being overtaken with a violent Feaver at Madrid in Spain on the fourth of June 1666 , during the time of his being there Embassador , died thereof on the 16 of the same month , old stile , aged 59 years : Whereupon his body being embalmed , was ( after his funeral had been solemnized there , 25 , of the said month ) conveyed by his disconsolate Lady , with all his Children then living , by land thro France to Calais , whence it was transported to England , and landed near Tower-hill at London . Thence it was removed to Lincolns Inn fields , to the Pine Apples , which was then his Ladies hired house . The next day the corps was carried to Allhallowes Church in Hertford , and there deposited in the Vault of his father in law Sir John Harrison , until the 18 of May 1671 ; on which day it was removed into the Parish Church of Ware in the said County , and there laid in a new Vault made and purchased on purpose for him and his family , together with a fair Monument erected for him and his Lady , near the old Vault where all his Ancestors of Ware Park lye interred . Doct. of Phys . May 1. Sir Arth. Aston Kt , Governour of the Garrison of Oxford , was created Doctor of Phys . with great solemnity , and admitted by the Vicechancellour with this clause , Honoratiss . Domine tu dabis fidem ad observand . statuta , libertates & consuetudines hujus Vniversitatis . — This person , who was of an antient and knightly family in Lancashire , was a great Traveller , had spent most of his time in Wars in several Countries beyond the Seas : Whence coming in the beginning of the grand Rebellion , into Engl , with as many Soldiers of note that he could bring with him , joyned himself and them to his Majesties Forces , commanded the Dragoons at Edghill fight , and with them did excellent service . Afterwards , his Majesty having a great opinion of his valour and conduct , made him Governour of the Garrison of Reading in Berkshire , where he beat the Earl of Essex , General of the Parl. Forces , thrice from that place , till having received a dangerous Wound he was forced , as 't is said , to devolve his Command upon Col. Rich. Feilding , called Lord Feilding , of the family of those of his name at Newenham Padox in Warwickshire , who afterwards surrendring that Garrison to the use of the Parliament upon quick and easie terms , suffered much in his reputation for so doing , yet recovered it afterwards in the battels at Newbury and Naseby . As for Aston who was lately made Governour of the Garrison of Oxford and afterwards expressed himself very cruel and imperious while he executed that office , broke his leg by a fall from his horse on Bullington Green near Oxon on the 19 of Sept. this year , and on the 25 of Dec. following being discharg'd of his office , to the great rejoycing of the Soldiers and others in Oxon , Colonel Will. Legge was placed in his room , and in his Sir Tho. Glemham 8 Oct. 1645 , who kept the said Garrison till it was surrendred to the Parliament . Sir A. Aston had , at that time , his broken leg cut off to save his life , and in its place had one of Wood put : So that being recovered and in a posture to do his Majesty farther service , he went with the flower of the English Veterans into Ireland , where he became Governour of Drogheda commonly called Tredagh , about which time he laid an excellent plot to tire and break the English Army . But at length the said Garrison being overpower'd and soon after taken by Ol. Cromwell and his Forces , in September 1649 , all the Defendants were put to the sword , and Aston the Governour ( a zealous R. Catholick ) was hewen in pieces , and his brains beat out of his head with his wooden leg . He then left behind him a daughter named Elizabeth Thompson alias Aston . May 1. Rob. Croke May 1. Lister Blount The first of these two , was of the family of the Crokes of Chilton in Bucks , was a Burgess for Wendover in the same County to serve in the Parl. began at Westm . 3 Nov. 1640 , but leaving it , he retired to Oxon , and sate in the Parl. there . One Rob. Croke was knighted by his Maj. at Whitehall 9 Aug. 1641 , but whether the same with the former ( who is not stiled Kt. in the Register ) I cannot tell . Jul. 10. Joh. Castle Esq . — He was father to George Castle mention'd among the Writers , an 1673. p. 381. Dec. 12. Will. Thomas of Trin. Coll. in Oxon , was then admitted into the house of Congreg . and Convoc . Doct. of Div. Apr. 2. James Dugdale Chaplain to the Marquess of Hertford . — He had been forced for his Loyalty out of Somersetshire , where he was Vicar of Evercreech and Rector of Shepton Beauchamp , did suffer also afterwards for his Majesties Cause ; but upon the return of K. Ch. 2. he was restored to what he had-lost , and was made , as I have been informed , Canon of Wells . He died about the beginning of the year 1661. Jun. 10. Tho. Bunbury of Ball. Coll. — He had succeeded Dr. Joh. Denison in the Vicaridge of S. Maries Church in Reading , but being put out thence by the Presbyterians , when that Town came into their possession , he fled to Oxon for protection . Dec. 12. Thom. Stephenson of Qu. Coll. in this Univ. — He was then created because his Majesty had present and special occasion to employ him in places more remote about certain weighty affairs . Mar. 24. Joh. Pitt Warden of Wadham Coll. An. Dom. 1645. An. 21 Car. 1. Chanc. William Marquess of Hertford . Vicechanc. Sam. Fell D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch. Jul. 29. He was some days before nominated Vicech . by the Chanc. Proct. Charles Whear of Gloc. Hall Apr. 16. Joh. Michel of Ball. Coll. Apr. 16. In defect of a statutable Master of Corp. Ch. Coll. ( whose turn it was this year to elect a Proctor ) because that the generality of the Society were now absent , the Election fell to the Halls , who elected Whear before mention'd , son of Degorie Whear Princ. of Gloc. Hall. Bach. of Arts. Jul. 9. Thom. Marshall of Linc. Coll. 12. Joh. Drope of Magd. Coll. The last of these two was now numbred among the minor Poets of the University . See among the created Masters of Arts , an . 1660. Feb. 7. Joh. Barbon of Exeter Coll. Feb. 7. Edw. Wood of Trin. afterwards of Mert. Coll. These four Bachelaurs were all of the 40 admitted this year , that proved afterwards Writers . They were now , as the rest of the Scholars were , in actual service for his Majesty within the Garrison of Oxon. ☞ Not one Bach. of the Civ . Law was this year either admitted or created . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 21. Pet. Mews of S. Joh. Coll. 30. Will. Richardson of Ch. Ch. — He was presented by the University to the Vicaridge of Brayles in Warwickshire , an . 1651 , by vertue of an Act of Parl. began at Westm . 5 Nov. 3 Jac. 1. to disinable Recusants to present to Church Livings . He hath written A Protestant Catechisme . Printed 1681. qu. published purposely against the Papists then under Hatches , because of the Popish Plot. Jun. 5. Arthur Bury of Exet. Coll. Adm. 20. or thereab . Bach. of Phys . Only two were admitted by vertue of the Chancellours letters , viz. Pet. Eliot of C. C. Coll , Master of Arts and Preacher , and Tho. King M. A. of Brasn . Coll : Both which were admitted 26 Feb. being then in actual service for his Majesty in Oxford . ☞ Not one Bach. of Div. was admitted this year . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law , Phys , or Div , was admitted or licensed this year , only incorporated and created . Incorporations . Several persons who were lately forced to leave the University of Cambridge for their Loyal●y , and others , who had formerly been of that University , their respective Cures and Dignities , retired to Oxon to avoid the Cruelties and Barbarities of the Presbyterians , and were this year either incorporated or created . Those that were incorporated are these following . Aug. 12. .... Edshaw M. A. of Cambr. Aug. 12. .... Sharpington M. A. of Cambr. Aug. 12. .... Pindar Bach. of Div. of Cambr. Aug. 12. Tho. Fuller D. of D ▪ of Cambr. now Bishop of Ardfert in Ireland . — In the year 1600 he was made Archb. of Cashells in the said Kingdom . He hath one or more Sermons extant . Will. Fuller D. of D. of the same Univ. and Dean of Ely was incorporated the same day . — This worthy person who had , as it seems , succeeded Dr. Hen. Caesar in the said Deanery , an . 1636 , ( or else afterwards Dr. Rich. Love ) was about the middle of March this year ( 1645 ) made Dean of Durham on the death of Dr. Christop . Potter , and without doubt would have risen higher had it not been for the iniquity of the times . He was the son of Andrew Fuller of Hadleigh in Suffolk , at which place he was born , was educated in all kind of Learning in Cambridge , and afterwards became famous for it , his prudence and piety . He was also a good Linguist and an excellent Preacher , preached several times before his Majesty ( to whom he was Chaplain in ord . as he had been to K. Jam. ) while he was in Oxon this year , to his great approbation . In the beginning of the Rebellion , 1642 , he was sequestred from his Church of S. Giles near Cripplegate , London , plundered , imprison'd , and spoiled of all for his Loyalty to his Prince by the impetuous and restless Presbyterians . After Oxford was surrendred , he retired to London , and lived there obscurely till the time of his death , which hapning on Holy Thursday ( May 12. ) 1659 , aged 79 years , was denied rest in his sometimes Church of S. Giles before mention'd : Whereupon his body being conveyed to S. Vedastus in Foster lane , was there buried at the upper end of the south isle . Soon after was a comely Monument put over his grave by his daugh . the wife of Dr. Brian Walton , and upon his Majesties restauration his Deanery of Ely was confer'd on Dr. Hen. Ferne. Under this Doctor Fuller's name goes a Sermon intit . The mourning of Mount Libanon . Printed 1628 , and perhaps other things . Aug. 12. Lodowick Wemmys or Weems D. D. of Cambr. and Prebendary of the fourth stall in the collegiate Church at Westm , in the place of Dr. Joh. Holt , was then incorporated . Thom. Wilson D. of D. of the said University , was incorporated the same day . — He was originally of Merton Coll , and was Bach. of Div. of this University an . 1621 , at which time he was Preb. of S. Pauls Cath. Ch. in London and had been Sub-Almoner under Bishop Mountague . In 1625 Jan. 10. he was installed Preb. of Westminster in the place of Dr. Hen. Caesar resigning ; and about the same time was made D. of D. of Cambridge . In 1640 he occurs Arch. of Westminster , but he is not to be taken to be the same with Tho. Wilson beneficed at Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire , because he died in 1638. Thom. Some or Soame D. D. was incorporated also the same day . ( Aug. 12. ) as he before had stood at Cambridge . — He had been Fellow of Peter House , was now Canon of Windsore , Preb. of S. Pauls in London , Vicar of Stanes in Middlesex , and , if I mistake not , Rector of Haseley near to , and in the County of Oxon ; in which last Benefice he was succeeded by Dr. Edw. Corbet of Mert. Coll. This Dr. Some who hath one or more Sermons extant , died at Stanes , as it seems , in the beginning of the year 1649 , leaving a son then behind him called Henry . Will. Beale D. D. sometimes of Pemb. Hall , afterwards Master of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , now one of his Majesties Chaplains , was incorporated the same day . — This most worthy person who had been much favoured by Dr. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , and by him promoted , and therefore esteemed an Arminian and popishly affected by the inveterate Puritans , did suffer much in the beginning of the Rebellion raised by them , as first for his having a hand in gathering and conveying the plate belonging to the University of Cambr. to his Majesty , he was violently hurried thence Prisoner to London , suffered great indignities from the Rabble in his way thro that City to the Tower , where continuing some years was at length exchanged . Secondly by being plunder'd and thrown out of his Headship of S. John's Coll. before mentioned , for the same reason , and for denying their wicked Covenant , and lastly sequestred of all other his Spiritualities . After his Exchange , he fled to Oxon the common Asylum of afflicted Royalists , where he exercised his function , sometimes before his Majesty , and at other times before the remnant or the royal Court there remaining . After the Kings Cause declined he went beyond the Seas , where he died heart-broken in 1651. or thereabouts . David Stokes D. D. of the said Univ. was incorporated the same day . — This most loyal Doctor was educated in the College School at Westminster and thence elected into Trin. Coll. in the same University an . 1610 ; afterwards he was Fellow of Peter House , Fellow of Eaton Coll , Canon of Windsore , and Rector of Binfield in Berks : All which preferments he losing in the time of the Rebellion , was put to his shifts as other Royalists were , retired to Oxon for refuge , and there exercised his function for a time as others did . After his Majesties return , he was restored to what he had lost , lived several years in great quiet and repose with much content to himself , and died 10 of May 1669. He hath written and published ( 1 ) An explication of the twelve minor Prophets , Hosea , Joel , &c. wherein the difficult places are unfolded , the seeming contradictions are reconciled , according to the best Commentators now extant , &c. Lond. 1659. oct . ( 2 ) Verus Christianus . Or directions for private devotions and retirements , with an Appendix , containing some private Devotions of Bishop Andrews never before extant . Oxon 1668 , in tw . ( 3 ) Several sermons , which I have not yet seen , nor his Truths champion , &c. pr. in oct . George Bardsey D. D. of Qu. Coll. in the said Univers . was also then ( Aug. 12. ) incorporated . — He died in Oxon , in January 1645 , and was buried on the twentieth day of the same month in that chancel commonly called The College chancel in S. Michaels Church joyning to the north gate of the said City . Aug. 12. .... Peake D. D. of Cambr. Aug. 12. .... Andrews D. D. of Cambr. The christian name of the first of these I cannot yet recover , and therefore I can say nothing of him . The other I take to be Nich. Andrews , whom I have mention'd among the Incorporations in the first vol. an . 1626. p. 853. Aug. 12. Brian Walton D. of D. of the same University was also then incorporated ▪ — This most learned and loyal Doctor was born in Cleavland in the North Riding of Yorkshire ; an . 1600 , admitted first in Magd. Coll. under Mr. Joh. Gooch as a Sizer or Servitour , and thence removing to Peter House under one Mr. Blake , 4 Dec. 1616 ; took the degree of M. of A. as a member thereof , an . 1623. About that time , or before , he taught school in Suffolk , and served as a Curate there . Thence he removed to London and lived for a little time under the rev . and learned Divine Mr. Rich Stock Rector of Allhallows Breadstreet in London . After his death he became Rector of S. Martins Orgar in the said City , and of Sandon in Essex , at both which places he was highly valued by the orthodox party for his Learning and Religion . In 1639 he commenced D. of D , at which time he was Preb. of S. Pauls Cathedral , Chaplain to his Majesty , and a person of great esteem , especially for his skill in the Common Laws of this Realm , so far , I mean , as they related to the patrimony and liberties of the Church , as it appears by a little book written by him in defence of the Tithes within the City of London , according to the proportion of two shillings and nine pence the pound rent . Upon the breaking out of the diabolical Rebellion , he was assaulted by the faction , abused , sequestred and forced to fly : Whereupon retiring to Oxford , he did there lay the ground of a most noble design , which afterwards he did live to accomplish . For upon the declining of his Majesties Cause , he returned to London , and residing with his father in law Dr. Will. Fuller , then a great sufferer for the royal cause , as he was , he had time and leisure at command , as being debar'd the exercising of his ministerial function , ( tho often disturb'd for his loyalty ) of proceeding in the work , with the advice of the most learned and religious Dr. Vsher Primate of Ireland , his said father in law , Dr. Bruno Ryves , and some others residing in London , yet not without the leave and license of Dr. Juxon Bishop of that City . I say that this most worthy person Dr. B. Walton being most eminent for his learning , especially in the holy Scriptures and Eastern Languages , did undertake and happily perform the publishing of the Biblia Polyglotta , printed at Lond. in six volumes in folio , an . 1657 , wherein the sacred Text was , by his singular care and oversight , printed , not only in the vulgar Latine , but also in the Hebrew , Syriake , Chaldea , Samaritan , Arabick , Aethiopick , Persick and Greek Languages , each having its peculiar Latin translation joyned therewith ; and an Apparatus fitted for each , for the better understanding of those tongues . In this great Work , tho he met with infinite disturbances and discouragements , by reason of the times , wherein the Usurping Powers ruled , and a multitude of other difficulties , yet he most happily accomplished it in about four years space : which , when published , was by the generality of Scholars esteemed the most absolute and famous edition of the Bible that the Christian World had , or is like to enjoy . In this most noble work , so far as concerned the correcting of it while at the Press , and in collating of Exemplars , he had the assistance of several learned persons , of whom Edm. Castle or Castell Bach. of Div. was the chiefest , Vir in quo eruditio summa magnaque animi modestia convenere , &c. as he doth characterize him ; yet if you 'll believe that learned person , who was afterwards Doctor of Div , Arabick Professor of Cambridge and Preb. of Canterbury , he 'll tell you in his Preface to his Lexic●n Heptaglotton , printed in Lond. 1669 , that he had more than an ordinary hand in that Work , as indeed he had , and therefore deserved more matter to be said of him than in the said Pref. to Bib. Polyglot . is . The other persons were Alex. Huish of Wadh. Coll. Sam. Clarke ( Clericus ) of Mert. Coll. ( of both whom I have spoken already ) and Thom. Hyde , since of Qu. Coll. in this University . He had also some assistance from Dr. D. Stokes , Abr. Wheelock , Herb , Thorndyke , Edw. Pocock , Tho Greaves , Dudly Loftus , &c. men most learned in their time . Towards the printing also of the said great and elaborate work , he had the contribution of moneys from many noble persons and Gentlemen of quality , which were put into the hands of Sir Will. Humble Treasurer for the said Work , as Charles Lod●wick Prince Elector , William Marq. of Hertford , Will. Earl of Strafford , Will. E. of Bedford , Will. Lord Petre , Will. L. Maynard , Arth. L. Capell , John Ashburnham of his Maj. Bedchamber , Sir Rob. Sherley Bt , Will. Lenthall Mast . of the Rolls , Joh. Selden of the Inner Temple Esq , Joh. Sadler of Linc. Inn Esq . Joh. He le Esq . Tho. Wendy Esq . afterwards Kr. of the Bath , and others , as Mountague Earl of Lindsey L. Chamb. of England , George E. of Rutland , Mildmay E. of Westmorland , John E. of Exeter , Tho. L. Fairfax , Bapt. L. Noel Visc . Camden , Sir Will. Courtney , Sir Anth. Chester and Sir Will. Farmer Baronets , Sir Franc. Burdet Kt. and Joh. Wall D. D. Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. After his Majesties restauration the Author Dr. Walton presented his said six vol. of Bib. Polyg . to , which being well received by , him , he not only made him his Chaplain in ordinary , but for his great Vertues , Learning , Loyalty , Sufferings , and indefatigable industry for the public benefit of Learning , did advance him to the See of Chester ; to which being consecrated in the Abbey Church of S. Peter in Westminster on the second day of December an . 1660 , sate there ( tho a little while ) to the time of his death . In Sept. 1661 he , with a good retinue , went to take possession of his See , and when he came to Lichfield , many persons of very good worth , who had ridden from Chester to that City , which is 50 miles , did meet and congratulate him there , and very many others in his way thence to Chester . On the tenth day of the said month all the Gentry almost of the whole County of Chester , and the Militia both of Country and City , went out to meet him , and the day following the spiritual Militia ( the true Sons of the Church of England ) went to their reverend Diocesan upon the road . All which , and others , having brought him to his Pallace with the loud acclamations of thousands of people , blessing God for so happy a sight , he forthwith put on his Episcopal robes and hasted to the performance of his devotions in the Choire . When he entred the body of the Cathedral Church , Dr. Hen. Bridgman the Dean and all the members of the Cathedral , habited in their Albes , received a blessing from his Lordship , sung Te Deum , and so compassing the Choir in manner of procession , conveyed him to his chair : This was on the eleventh of the said month of Sept. a day not to be forgotten by all the true Sons of the Church of England , tho curs'd then in private , by the most rascally faction and crop-ear'd whelps of those parts , who did their endeavours to make it a maygame and a piece of foppery . After his Lordship had made some continuance there and was highly caress'd and entertained by noble and generous spirits , he return'd to London , fell sick , and died in his house in Aldersgate-street , on the 29 of Nov. an . 1661 to the great reluctancy of all learned and loyal persons . On the 5 of Dec. following he was buried in the south side of the Cathedral Church of S. Paul , ( of which he was Prebend ) opposite to the monument of Sir Christopher Hatton sometimes Lord Chancellour of England , being then attended to his grave by three Heralds of Armes in their formalities . Soon after was a noble monument put over his grave , with a large inscription thereon running thus . Manet . heic novissimam , &c. Here awaiteth the sound of the last trump Brian Walton Lord Bishop of Chester . Reader , look for no farther epitaph on him , whose very name was epitaph enough . Nevertheless , if thou lookest for a larger , and louder one , consult the vocal oracles of his fame , and not of this dumb marble . For let me inform thee ( if it be not a shame to be ignorant ) this was he that with the first brought succour and assistance to the true Church , sick and fainting under the sad pressure of persecution . This was he that fairly wiped of those foul and contumelious aspersions cast upon her pure and spotless innocence by those illiterate and Clergy-trampling Schismaticks . This was he that brought more light and lustre to the true reformed Church here establish'd ; whilst , maugre the malice of those hellish Machinators , he , with more earnest zeal and indefatigable labour than any , carried on , and promoted the printing of that great Bible in so many Languages . So that the Old and New Testament may well be his monument , which he erected with no small expence of his own . Therefore he little needs the pageantry of pompous titles emblazoned , or displayed in Heralds books , whose name is written in the book of life . He died on S. Andrews Eve , in the 62 year of his age , in the first year of his consecration , and in the year of our Lord God 1661. — This worthy person Dr. Walton hath written besides Bibl. Polyg . these two books ( 1 ) Introductio ad Lectionem Linguarum Orientalium . Lond. 1655. oct . ( 2 ) The considerator considered : or , a brief view of certain considerations upon the Biblia Polyglotta , the Prolegomena and Appendix thereof , &c. Ibid. 1659 oct . See in Jo. Owen among the Writers under the year 1683. p. 561. Aug. 12. Richard Dukeson D. of D. of Cambr. — He was Minister of the Church of S. Clement Danes within the Liberty of Westminster , of which being sequestred by the violent and restless Presbyterians , because of his Orthodox principles , as also plundered of his goods and forced to fly for his own security , retired at length to Oxon , where for a time he exercised his function . After his Majesties return in 1660 he was restored to what he had lost , and lived several years after in a quiet repose . Aug. 26. William Brough D. of D. of the said University — He had been educated in Christs Coll. there , was afterwards Rector of S. Michaels Ch. in Cornhill , London , Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty , and Canon of Windsore , in which Dignity he was installed on the first of Feb. 1638. This person , who had been much favoured by Dr. Laud Archb. of Cant. and therefore esteemed by the Puritans an Arminian , popishly affected and I know not what , was , in the beginning of the rebellion raised by them , sequestred of his Rectory , plundered , his Wife and Children turned out of doors and he himself forced to fly : Whereupon , retiring to Oxon , the common mother and refuge in , those times of afflicted Royallists , he was , in considerations of his sufferings and loyalty , promoted by his Majesty to the Deanery of Glocester , ( upon the nomination of Dr. Frewen to the See of Lichfield and Cov. ) in Aug. 1643 , and was possest of it , as much as then could be , in Apr. following , in which month Dr. Frewen was consecrated . He hath written ( 1 ) The holy Feasts and Fasts of the Church , with meditations and prayers proper for Sacraments , and other occasions leading to Christian life and death . Lond. 1657. in tw . They are grounded on certain texts of Scripture . ( 2 ) Sacred principles , services and soliloquies : or , a manual of devotions made up of three parts . 1. The grounds of the Christian Religion , &c. 2. Dayly and weekly forms of prayer . 3. Seven charges to conscience , delivering ( if not the whole body ) the main Limbs of Divinity , &c. Lond. 1659. 1671. &c. in tw . and other things , as it seems . Quaere . After the Kings return , he had restored to him what he had lost , had other preferments given to him , and dying on the fifth day of July , an . 1671 was buried in the Chappel of S. George at Windsore . In his Deanery succeeded Dr. Thomas Vyner and in his Canonry Peter Scott LL. D , both of Cambridge . CREATIONS . The Creations made this year did partly consist of Military Officers , and partly of Cantabrigians that had taken Sanctuary at Oxon , most of all which follow . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 22. Charles Fox Captains in the Kings Army , presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. Apr. 22. Payne Fisher Captains in the Kings Army , presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. Apr. 22. Joh. Beeton Captains in the Kings Army , presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. Apr. 22. Nich. Bertie Captains in the Kings Army , presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. Apr. 22. Rob. Johnson Captains in the Kings Army , presented to their degrees by Capt. Rob. Levinz of Linc. Coll. The said Payne Fisher who was Son of Sir Will. Fisher , and one of the Captains of the Life-guard to K. Ch. 1. at Oxon , was Father to Payne Fisher an Officer also in the Kings Army , and afterwards Poet Laureat to Oliver Protector , being now living an aged man. Nich. Bertie was of the noble Family of Bertie Earl of Lindsey , and all afterwards sufferers for the royal cause . Alexander Walwyn another Captain was also created the same day . Aug. 26. Joh. Squire B. A. of Jesus Coll. in Cambr. Aug. 26. Joh. Pattison B. A. of S. Joh. Coll. in Cambr. These two Bachelaurs , were then created Masters , because they before had , as they did this year , bear armes for his Majesty in Oxon. Dec. 3. Matthias Prideaux of Exet. Coll. a Capt. in his Majesties service . Mar. ... Rob. Bingham Secretary to the Marquess of Dorchester . Bach. of Phys . Dec. 3. Will Sparke of Magd. Coll. — See more of him among the created Doctors of Physick , an . 1661. Bach. of Div. Feb. 21. John Barwick Mast . of Arts of 19 years standing , Priest and late Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , did then supplicate the ven . congregation that he might have the degree of Bach. of Div. confer'd upon him : Which being granted simpliciter , he was without doubt then admitted and created , tho it appears not in the register so to be . — He had been lately turn'd out of his fellowship , being then , I suppose , Chaplain to Dr. Tho. Morton Bishop of Durham ; who , as 't is said , gave him , about this time , a Prebendship in that Church . After his Majesties return he became Doct. of Div. Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty , and was in consideration of his great sufferings installed Dean of Durham on the first of Nov. 1660 , in the place of Dr. Will. Fuller , who died in the year before going . On the 15 of Oct. 1661 , he was elected Dean of S. Pauls Cathedral in Lond , in the place of Dr. Matthew Nicholas deceased : whereupon being installed in that Dignity on the 19 day of the same month , his Deanery of Durham was confer'd on Dr. Joh. Sudbury , and accordingly was installed therein on the 15 of Feb. following . This worthy person Dr. Barwick hath published ( 1 ) The fight , victory and triumph of S. Paul , accommodated to Thomas ( Morton ) late Lord Bishop of Duresme , in a Sermon preached , at his funeral in the par . Church of S. Peter at Easton-manduit in Northamptonshire , on Mich. day , on 2. Tim. 4.7.8 . Lond 1660. qu. ( 2 ) A summary account of the holy life and death of Thomas late Lord Bishop of Duresme , printed with the said Sermon : which Bishop died at Easton-manduit before mention'd on S. Matthews day , an . 1659. aged 95 years . ( 3 ) Deceivers deceived : or the mistakes of wickedness ; &c. Sermon at S. Pauls Cathedral 20. Oct. 1661 , on Prov. 14. part of the 8 ver . Lond. 1661. qu. See more of him in Peter Gunning among the Writers , an . 1684. p. 577. and in his epitaph following which was set over his grave in the Cathedral Church of S. Paul within the City of London . S. Amori & Aeternitati , &c. in English thus that it might be understood by vulgar capacities — Sacred to Love , and to generations to come . Thou that passest by , whosoever thou art , bring hither thine eyes , and understanding also , intuitively both to look and lament . For within this marble Wardrobe are folded up the thin worn weeds of the valuable , substantial , and well accountred Soul of John Barwick Doctor of Divinity , to whom Westmorland may well boast to have given first breath and being : Next Cambr. may boast to have given him his first admission , and S. Johns Coll. there a Fellowship in that foundation . From which Fellowship ( which still makes more for his honour ) he was unjustly ejected by a pack of Parricides ; who notwithstanding , regardless of the rage of those bloody times or his own blood-spitting malady ( equally pernicious ) boldly attempted , and successfully managed matters of the greatest difficulty and danger , in the behalf of the King and Church : And for that cause was shut up in a dire and loathsome prison , where he suffered inhumane and barbarous usage , yet with a constant and undaunted spirit . And in the end , he saw by the miracle , as it were of a new creation , the revisal of both Crown and Mitre , himself playing the Man-midwives part , and vigorously assisting at the new birth of both . Last of all , for his active services and passive sufferings , he was dignified with the Deanery of Durham , which he held a few months , and afterwards of S. Pauls , which he enjoyed three years , tho either of them too short a season ; yet discharged both with singular care and fidelity ; living and dying a Batchellour , and strictly chast , and sanctimonious both in soul and body . And being much debilirated by a long and lingring consumption , here he rests in the Lord , and deposits his last remains among those ruinous ones of S. Pauls Church , being confident of the resurrection both of the one and other . He died in the 53 year of his age , and of our Lord 1664. Reader , if thou desirest to know more of this reverend Church-man , go home and learn , by the conspicuous copy of his sincere devotion what it is to be a true Christian indeed . — After his death succeeded in the Deanery of S. Pauls Dr. Will. Sancroft Dean of York , in Oct. or thereabouts in 1664. Doct. of Law. Apr. 16. Colonel Will. Legge Governour of the Garrison of Oxford — He was afterwards one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to K. Ch. 1. and 2. Apr. 16. Colonel George L'isle Governour of the Garrison of Faringdon in Berkshire — On the 21. of Dec. following , he had the honour of Knighthood confer'd upon him , being then , as 't is (*) said , Master of the Kings●Houshold , and highly valued for his great valour and prudent conduct in martial affairs . This person , I take to be the same , with the most magnanimous Sir George L'isle , who was afterwards deeply engaged in that as honorable as unfortunate expedition of Kent , Essex and Colchester , an . 1648 , in which last place he with the Forces under him for his Majesty , being besieged by Fairfax the Parliament General and those under his conduct , he was , ( after the surrender thereof ) shot to death in cold blood with the most renowned Sir Charles Lucas , on the 28 of Aug. the same year : At which time they being both obscurely buried , their funeral was afterwards , viz. on June the 7 , an . 1661 , with great solemnity celebrated at Colchester by the loyal Inhabitants thereof and Gentry adjoyning : The particulars being too many for this place , must for brevity sake be now omitted . Apr. 22. Colonel Will. Leighton , who hath this character given of him in the publick register , fide & fortitudine pro Principe & pro Patria insignis , was actually created with due solemnity on that day , in Convocation — He was descended from , or at least near of kin to , Sir Will. Leighton Kt , an excellent Musitian , author of a Poetical piece entit . Vertue triumphant : or , a lively description of the four Cardinal vertues . Published in 1603 and dedic . to K. Jam. 1. See more of him in the first vol. p. 342. Nov. 28. Sir Thomas Gemham Kt , sometimes a Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll. in this University , now Governour of the Garrison of Oxford , was actually created in the House of Convocation with very great solemnity : At which time the Vicechancellour spoke a short and pithy speech to the assembly before he was presented , shewing to them the holiness of his life and conversation , the invincibleness of him and his party at York and Carlile , of which Cities he was successively Governour , and tho brought to famine and pestilence , yet yielded neither , but upon honourable conditions , &c. This right valiant and prudent commander was the Son of Sir Hen. Glemham of Little Glemham in Suffolk Kt , by Anne his Wife eldest Daugh - of Sir Thomas Sackvile Knight , Earl of Dorset ; and after he had thrown off his gown , betook himself to the German Wars , then the great nursery for English Gentlemen , where gaining much experience , was made fit for the service in the Wars at home . In 1639 he was a Lieutenant Col. in the regiment of the Earl of Arundell in the Scotch expedition then undertaken , as also in the next , if I am not mistaken , that was took in the year following . Afterwards taking part with his Majesty against his rebellious Subjects in England , did him admirable service in the Garrisons before mention'd and was highly venerated by all military Men. When he died , I cannot justly say ; sure I am , that by his last Will and Test . dated 22. Jan. 1647 and proved 13 Mar. 1649 he appointed his younger Brother Dr. Hen. Glemham his Executor , who caused his body to be buried at Little Glemham before mention'd , as I have been enformed by some of his relations . Doct. of Phys . May 6. Adrian Metcalfe Bach. of Phys . was then created Doct. of that faculty — In 1642 , Nov. 1. he was actually created M. of Arts , and perhaps is the same ( but mistaken by the Registrary ) with Franc. Metcalf created Bach. of Phys . an . 1643 , as before 't is told you . Aug. 12. the most noble ... Seymour was then actually created , and admitted to give his suffrage in the house of Congregation and Convocation — Whether this person be the same with Henry Lord Seymour , who was created M. of A. an . 1642 , as I have before told you , I know not , nor yet to the contrary but that he may be Robert Seymour another Son of William Marquess of Hertford , who became a Noble man of Christ Church , an . 1635. aged eleven years . Oct. 30. Edward Buckoake Bach. of Phys . was created Doctor by vertue of the Chancellours letters , which say that his Majesty hath thought him worthy to serve his Highness Prince Charles in the place of Physitian , and therefore that he might be the more capable of that honour , he desires that the Convocation would confer on him the honour of Doctor of Physick , &c. — He was afterwards a Physitian of some note in Yorkshire . Doct. of Div. July 10. Edward Aylmer or Elmer M. A. of Queens Coll. in Cambridge was created D. D. by vertue of the Letters from the Chanc. of the University and Prince Rupert — This person who was Grandson to John Aylmer or Elmer sometimes Bishop of London , being forced from his station by the barbarities of the Presbyterians , took refuge in Oxon , and under the said Prince . He had a kinsman named Joh. Aylmer Rector of Bletneso and Melchbourne in Bedfordshire before the Civil Wars broke out , who was Son of Tobell , the fifth Son of the said Bishop Aylmer . Dec. 17. Philip King was then actually created D. of D. — This person who was a younger Son of Dr. John King sometimes Bishop of London , was originally a Student of Ch. Ch. afterwards Orator of the University , Rector of S. Botolphs Church near Billingsgate in London , Prebend of S. Pauls Cathedral Church and Archdeacon of Lewes : But being sequestred of S. Botolphs and forced to fly by the faction , he took sanctuary at Oxon , lived afterwards in a retired condition till his Majesties return ; at which time being restored to what he had lost , lived for some time in a quiet and sedate repose . At length paying his last debt to nature on the 4 of March 1666 , was buried at Langley in Bucks , where he had a Sister married to Sir Rich. Hobart . Besides this Ph. King I find another of Cambr. who was incorporated M. of A. of this University 23. March 1614 , a second born in Oxfordshire , who became Auditor of Ch. Ch. in 1608 or thereabouts aged 35 , and a third born in Nottinghamshire and the Son of a Minister , who being entred into Ch. Ch. in 1624 took one degree in Arts four years after . I find also another , perhaps one of the two next before going , who dying at Bathe , was buried in the great Church there by the name of Mr. Philip King of Oxford , 23. Sept. 1635. &c. An. Dom. 1646. An. 22. Car. 1. Chanc. William Marquess of Hertford . Vicechanc. Dr. Sam. Fell again , without any nomination from the Chancellour , because he had left Oxon at the surrender of it to the Parliament Forces , 24 of June this year . Proctors Rich. Wyatt of Oriel Coll. Apr. 8. Byrom Eaton of Brasn . Coll. Apr. 8. But the Senior Proctor dying in his Fathers house ( Dr. Tho. Wyatt ) at Ducklington near Witney in Oxfordshire in the beginning of Octob , his place was supplied by a Deputy till the 25 of Feb. following : At which time Mr. James Farren of the said Coll. of Oriel ( who had been elected by the Masters of that house ) was admitted therein by the consent of the Committee for regulating the University . Bach. of Arts. July 22. Joshua Childrey of Magd. Coll. Oct. 21. Steph. Skinner of Ch. Ch. Oct. 21. Zachar. Bogan of C. C. Coll. Feb. 9. John Betts of C. C. Coll. The last is now living , and one of the Coll. of Physitians . Mar. 18. Rob. Wood of Merton , afterwards of Linc , College . Adm. 47. Bach. of Law. Five were admitted , but not one of them was afterward either a Writer , Bishop or man of note . Mast . of Arts. July 1. Thankful or Gracious Owen of Linc. Coll. — This person , who was the Son of Philip Owen , was born at Taplow in Buckinghamshire , became a Sojournour of Exeter Coll , under a Puritanical Tutor , in the year 1635 , aged 16 years , elected Fellow of Linc. Coll. in the beginning of Aug. 1642 , he being then Bach. of Arts , but soon after left the University and so consequently did not bear arms for his Majesty , as other Scholars did , within the Garrison of Oxon. Upon the surrender of the said Garrison for the use of the Parliament he returned to his Coll , took the degree of Master , as 't is before told you , submitted to the Visitors appointed by the said Parliament , being then esteemed a Presbyterian . But the Independents at that time carrying all before them , he became one of their number , a Preacher in their private congregations , Proctor of the University in 1650 and the same year upon Cheynells marching off , President of S. Johns College and a noted Polititian for carrying on the then cause . In the latter end of 1653 he was appointed by Oliver one of the Commissioners for the approbation of publick preachers , and in 1654 he was appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Oxfordshire ( as certain Heads of other Colleges were ) for the ejection of such who were then called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , and was not wanting upon all occasions to promote the Independent interest in the University . In 1660 he was forced to leave his beloved Presidentship to make room for the right owner Dr. Rich. Baylie , who for 12 years going before had suffer'd much for his Loyalty : So that retiring to London he took up his quarters at length in Hatton Garden and was not wanting to carry on the congregational way upon all occasions . This person , with James Baron , did , after Dr. Thomas Goodwins death , publish certain of his Theological works in two volumes in fol. and set before them a preface . See more among the Creations , under the year 1653. This Mr. Owen , who had a good command of the Latin tongue , died suddenly in his House in Hatton Garden in Holbourn near London , on the first day of April ( Good Friday ) 1681 , and was buried near to the grave of the said Dr. Goodwin in the yard , called by some Tyndales , and by others The fanatical , burying place , joyning on the north side to the New Artillery-yard or Garden near London . Some time before his death he had almost prepared for the press a book entit . Imago Imaginis . The design of which was to shew that Rome Papal is an image of Rome Pagan , as I have been informed by one of his perswasion , who is remembred among the Writers under the year 1669. July 4. Thomas Clutterbook or Clotterbook of Magd. Coll. — This person is the same , I suppose , who was doctorated in Divinity elsewhere , and installed Archdeacon of Winchester , 31. Jul. 1684. See more in Robert Sharrock among the Writers , under the year 1684. Nov. 10. Joshua Ahier of New Coll. — This Loyal Gentleman , who was the Son of Guy Ahier of S. Saviours in the isle of Jersey , translated from French into English The Elements of Logick . Oxon 1647 oct . Written originally by Pet. du Moulin . A translation of the said book had been before made with the authors approbation , and printed at Lond. 1624. oct , by one Nathan . de Lawne Bach. of Arts of Cambridge , educated in the Grammar Free-school in the City of Norwych , whence he was sent by the Mayor , Sherriffs and Aldermen thereof to C. C. Coll. in the said University , an . 1618. Nov. 10. Steph. Skinner of Ch. Ch. — He then accumulated the degrees in Arts. Dec. 9. Will. Lloyd of Jes . Coll. Jan. 26. George Stradling of All 's . Coll. Adm. 39. Bach of Phys . Dec. 3. John Baber of Ch. Ch. — He was then admitted by vertue of the Letters of Colonel John Lambert Governour of the Garrison of Oxford for the Parliament : which Garrison was surrendred for their use on the 24 of June this year as I shall tell you anon . 8. Thom. Willis of Ch. Ch. 8. Humph. Brooke of S. John Coll. The last of these two did , on the eleventh of Nov. going before , supplicate the ven . Convocation that he might accumulate the degrees of Master of Arts and Bach. of Phys . which was granted : See among the Doctors of Phys . an . 1659. Besides these three , who were all that were this year admitted , were two that were licensed to practice Phys . viz. Peter Dewever of Brasn . Coll , and Edward-Atkinson Chirurgeon to his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax the Generalissimo of the Parl. Army . Bach. of Div. July 23. Gilb. Stoaks of Wadh. Coll. — This person , who was the Son of a Gentleman of Devonshire , had taken one degree in Arts as a member of Hart Hall , an . 1608 ; at which time being noted for his Scholarship , he was afterwards made the Junior of the first two Chaplains of Wadham Coll , by the Dame Dorothy the Foundress thereof . Afterwards he became an indefatigable Student in Philosophy and Theology , and a continual Disputant even to his last among the Juniors in the time of Lent , being a usual thing in his time and before for grave Seniors to take the questions of quadragesimal Disputants to try and ferret them from one hole to another with subtilities : But since , that custome is esteem'd forsooth pedantick and ridiculous , to the decay in some respects of disputation . He died on the 16 of Oct. 1654 aged 71 years ( being then , or some time before Rector of Chilton Cantlow in the Dioc. of Wells ) and was buried in the outer Chappel of Wadham Coll. He had written much , but published nothing , yet left behind a book , by him written in latine , treating of the Holy Eucharist , which , by the judgment of some , was thought fit to be published . He was the only person that was admitted this year , having several years before performed all his exercise in order thereunto . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law was admitted or created this year . Doct. of Phys . June 17. James Hyde of C. C. Coll. — This person , who was the eleventh Son of Sir Laur. Hyde of the City of Salisbury Knight , became after his Majesties restauration the Kings Professor of Physick of this University and Principal of Magd. Hall. He dyed 7. May 1681 , aged 64 years and was buried in the isle joyning to the north side of the Chancel of S. Peter in the East within the City of Oxon. In the month of January 1641 , the members of Parliament sent the Oath called the Protestation ( made by them ) to the University of Oxon to be taken by all there , of the University , that were upward of 18 years of age ; whereupon the generality of the Academians did take it , yet some with limitations and exceptions : Others absented themselves because they did not rightly understand it , but this Mr. Jam. Hyde then Fellow of C. C. Coll. did plainly refuse it , which none else did beside . 'T is true that Dr. Ralph Kettle President of Trin. Coll did wave it , yet for no other reason , but that he was an old man and had taken many oathes already , &c. Nov. 16. John Wilby of Mert. Coll. was then admitted into the House of Congregation and Convocation . — In 1638 he took the degree of Bach. of the said fac . at Cambridge . ☞ Not one Doctor of Div. was adm . or licensed this year , only created . Incorporations . Apr. 9. Joh. Wedderbourne Doct. of Phys . of the University of S. Andrew in Scotland , was then incorporated by vertue of the Letters of the Chanc. of the University , which tell us that he is one of his Majesties Physitians in ordinary and a Gentleman of known learning and vast experience . — He was originally a Professor of Philosophy in the said University , but that being too narrow a place for so great a person ▪ he left it , travelled into various Countries , and became so celebrated for his great learning and skil in Physick , that he was the chief man of his Country for many years for that faculty . Afterwards he received the honour of Knighthood , and was highly valued when he was in Holland with the Prince , 1646. 47. At length tho his infirmities and great age forced him to retire from publick practice and business , yet his fame contracted all the Scotch Nation to him : And his noble hospitality and kindness to all that were learned and vertuous , made his conversation no less loved , than his advice was desired . One of his name and family named James Wedderbourne , had spent some time in Oxon for the sake of the publick Library , but the particular year when , I cannot justly tell . He was afterwards Doct. of Div , Prebendary of Whitchurch in the Church of Wells upon the resignation of Dr. Joh. Harrys of Winchester , in May 1631 , and being some years after made Bishop of Dumblayne in his own Country , Tho. Row Bac. of Div. was adm . to his Prebendship , 30. June 1638. Octob. ... Edmund Wilson ( Anglus-Oxoniensis ) Son of John Wilson , was incorporated Doct. of Phys . as he had stood in the University of Padua — This person who was admitted to the degree of Bach. of that faculty at Cambridge , 9. Apr. 1638 , and to that of Doctor at Padua in Jan. 1641 / 2 , I take to be the same with E. Wilson author of — Spadacrene Dunelmensis . Or a short treatise of an antient medicinal fountain or vitrioline spaw near the City of Durham . Together with the constituent principles , virtues and use thereof . Lond. 1675. &c. oct . as also the same who published The spirit of salt , with the true oyle , or spirit of sulphure , &c. Printed in qu. 1665. Oct. 15. Thomas Cox Doct. of Phys . of Padua , Son of Thom. Cox of Somersetshire — This Gentleman , who had taken the said degree at Padua , in Decemb. 1641 , was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians , and President thereof , but being whiggishly inclined , was deprived of that office in Octob. 1683 ; whereupon Dr. Daniel Whistler was put into his place about S. Lukes day in the same month . Afterwards Dr. Cox put himself in prison purposely to compound for his debts , and died as Dr. Whistler did . Nov. ... Will. Currer of Yorkshire , Doct. of Phys . of Leyden ( where he took that degree in 1643 ) was then incorporated . Dec. 17. Will. Marshall Mast . of Arts of Sydney Coll. in Cambridge was then incorporated in the same degree . Feb. 12. Edw. Emilie of Ch. Ch. Doct. of Phys . of Leyden , was then incorporated Dr. of Phys . — In 1652 or 53 he held up his hand at the bar , at an Assize held in Oxon , for coyning , but being freed , he went to London , practiced his faculty in the Parish of S. Olaves Silver-street , and died there in the beginning of the year 1658 , leaving then a relict behind him named Elizabeth . Mar. 22. Richard Jackson alias Keurden Bach. of Arts of Emanuel Coll. in Cambridge . — In 1638 he became a Communer of S. Maries Hall in this University , but upon the breaking out of the rebellion he went to Cambridge , where continuing till Oxford Garrison was surrendred , he retired to his Hall again , and was incorporated Bach. of Arts. See more among the created Doctors of Physick 1663. CREATIONS . The Creations this year did mostly consist of Scholars , not of those only that were factious , after the Garrison was surrendred , but of those that were Orthodox , or had suffered for their Loyalty . Bach. of Law. June 17. Noah Bridges of Ball. Coll. lately Clerk of the Parliament that sate at Oxon , 1643. and 44 , was then actually created Bach. of the Civil Law , being at that time esteemed a most faithful Subject to his Majesty . — He was afterwards author of — Lux Mercatoria : Arithmetick natural and decimal , digested into a more easie and exact method for resolving the most practical and useful questions that hath been yet published . Lond. 1661 , and perhaps of other things . This person , who had a lodging allowed him in Ball. Coll , during the time of the War , is not to be taken to be the same ( as some blundering persons that understand but little of authors and books , have done ) with Noah Biggs the author of The vanity of the craft of Physick , &c. Lond. 1650. 51. qu. Alexander Dyer of Wadh. Coll , who for many years together had been trained in the Courts Ecclesiastical and Civil at London , &c. was created the same day . Aug. 4. Miles Smith of Magd. Coll , who had been admitted Bach. of Arts an . 1638 , was actually created Bach. of the Civil Law by vertue of the Chancellours letters directed formerly to the Convocation . — This person , who should have been mention'd among the Writers , could I have obtained full information of him , was a Ministers Son of , or near to , the City of Glocester , and nearly related to Dr. Miles Smith sometimes Bishop of that City , was at his first coming to Magd. Coll. a Servitour , as his contemporaries have informed me , was now a sufferer for his Majesties cause , and after his restauration a retainer and secretary to the Archb. of Canterbury . He hath published The Psalmes of K. David paraphrased into English Meeter . Lond. 1668. oct . and perhaps other things . He had a Son of both his names sometimes a Gent. Com. of Trin. Coll , who dying in the Parish of S. Peter in the East 17. Oct. 1682 aged 18 , his body was conveyed thence to Lambeth near London I think , and there buried . The said Dr. Smith Bishop of Glocester had a Son called Miles as I have elsewhere told you , which is all I know of him . Mast . of Arts. June 17. James Aston of S. Johns Coll , a Captain in the Kings Army — Afterwards he was a suffererer for his Majesties cause , but after his restauration he became well beneficed , and in Ap. 1682 Canon of Wells . July 1. Nathaniel Reading of Mert. Coll. 20. Giles Oldisworth Bach. of Arts of Cambridge was then actually created Master , by vertue of the Chancellours Letters written in his behalf , and read in a Convocation held on the 21. of Feb. going before — This loyal Divine , who was the son of Robert Oldisworth Esq . by Miriel his Wife , Daughter of Nich. Overbury and Sister to Sir Thomas , who was poyson'd in the Tower of London , was born at Coln-Rogers in Glocestershire , an . 1619 , educated in the College School at Westminster , elected Scholar of Trinity Coll. in Cambridge 1639 , forced thence for his allegiance to the King , retired to Oxon , and was there created Master , as before I have told you , he being then Rector of the Church of Bourton on the Hill near to Morton in the Marsh cammonly called Morton Henmarsh in Glocestershire . He hath written and published ( 1 ) The stone roll'd away , and life more abundant : viz. The holy Royallist : or secret discontents of Church and Kingdom , reduced unto self-denial , moderation and thankfulness . Lond. 1663. 64. qu. Before it , is his Majesties picture , as being dedicated to him , from whom he had received , as it seems , some kind of preferment after his restauration . Into the body of this discourse , p. 370 , is haled in ( 2 ) A Sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Dorothie Rutter , Wife of Mich. Rutter Esq . who died in Child-bearing . 'T is without a text , and dedicated to Sir Joh. Hales of Warwick Bt , Nephew to the said Dorothy . In this volume the author inserts many trivial , impertinent and weak passages , yet seems to shew some considerable reading in the Fathers , and other old authors , to have been honest , loyal and a zealous stickler to his capacity for the establishment of the Church of England in its whole constitution . ( 3 ) The race set before us , shewing the necessity laid upon Gospel believers , to run with diligence thorow all Gospel duties , Sermon preached at Mercers Chap. in Lond. on the 11 of May 1665 , on 1. Cor. 9.24 . Oxon. 1666. qu. He hath also other things extant , which I have not yet seen , viz. ( 4 ) Visitation Sermon , preached at Camden in Glocestershire ( on 2. Cor. 7.1 ) printed , as it seems , in 1662. qu. ( 5 ) The Father of the faithful tempted , &c. a funeral Sermon , &c. Oxon 1677. ( 6 ) Sir Tho. Overburies Wife unvail'd , &c. printed in tw . 'T is a Poem , and call'd by some The illustrious Wife , &c. This author Giles Oldisworth died 24. Nov. 1678 and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Bourton on the Hill before mention'd . Aug. 5. Tho. Vincent of Ch. Ch. lately in service for his Majesty in remote parts , was then created by vertue of his Majesties Letters formerly sent to the University — He was a Dorsetshire man born and afterwards a sufferer for the royal cause . Dec. 17. Thom. Willis formerly of S. Johns Coll. in this University , had then the degree of Master confer'd on him by vertue of the Letters of Sir Thomas Fairfax General of the Parliament Army , which partly say that Of his approved ability and integrity for learning and life , he had been sufficiently informed , &c. He was presented to his degree by Mr. Joh. Goad of the same Coll. See more of him among the created Doct. of Div. an . 1670. Mar. 11. Rich. Mansell of Ball. Coll. who had been adm . Bach. of Arts in 1643 , was then created Master of that faculty by vertue of the Letters of the said Sir Tho. Fairfax , wherein 't is said that he was then a Parliamentarian Officer — He was one of the Guard belonging to the said Fairfax , as a senior Fellow of Ball. Coll. hath informed me . Bach. of Div. June 6. In a Convocation then held , the Vicechancellour signified to the members thereof that several Preachers of this and the University of Cambridge had preached several laudable Sermons before the King , Court , and Parliament , at Oxon : For which their pains , the Delegates , appointed by the University , could think of no other way to requite them but by conferring on them Degrees : which matter being at length decreed by them , and approved by the Chancellours Letters , their names then were publickly read , with liberty given to the said persons to be created when they pleased . Among those that were created this year , are these following . Jun. 17. Rich. Sherlock Chapl. of New Coll. Jun. 17. James Masters of S. Alb. Hall. Jun. 17. Joh. Castilion of Ch. Ch. Jun. 17. Will. Towers of Ch. Ch. Jun. 17. Tho. Joyce of Hart Hall. Jun. 27. Rowland Nicolls of Magd. Coll. Jun. 27. Thom. Norgate of Ch. Ch. The first of these two last , became Chancellour of the Diocess of lile , in the room of one Hen. Marshall M. A , an . 1667 , and the other was now Chaplain to Sir Thom. Glemham Governour of the Garrison of Oxon. June 22. Rich. Harwood of Magd. Hall. 23 Pet. Gunning Chaplain of New Coll. 23 George Ashwell of Wadh. Coll. 23 Will. Creed of S. Johns Coll. 23 Geor. Gisbie of S. Johns Coll. The last being afterwards ejected , was restored to his Coll. in 1660 , and dying 13. May 1664 , was buried in the Chappel of S. Johns Coll. 'T is said that on the same day Isaac Barrow Chaplain of New Coll. ( afterwards B. of Man and S. Asaph ) was actually created also Bach. of Div , yet he occurs not registred . July 1. Joshua Mynne of Ch. Ch , lately of Peter House in Cambridge . 10. Josias How of Trin. Coll. — This person , who was now in good esteem for his ingenuity , hath published A sermon before the King at Ch. Ch , on Psal . 4.7 . Printed as 't is said , in red letters , an . 1644 or thereabouts , in qu , but this I have not yet seen . He hath also several copies of verses that are extant in various books , which shew him to have been a good Poet. He was put out of his Fellowship by the Parliamentarian Visitors an . 1648 , was restored in 1660 , but was no gainer by his sufferings as many honest Cavaliers were not by theirs . He is now living and will tell you the reason why , &c. Others were created this year , which for brevity sake I shall now omit to set down : However the Reader must know , that several persons besides , were allowed to take the same degree of Bach. of Div ; among whom were Obadiah Walker of Vniv . Coll. and Ant. Hodges Chapl. of New Coll , but they refused that favor . Doct. of Phys . April 9. Peter Massonet lately of the City of Geneva , now second or under Tutor to James Duke of York , was then actually created . June 23. Charles Scarborough of Merton Coll , lately Fellow of that of Caies in Cambr. was then actually created by vertue of the Letters of the Chancellour of the University , in which 't is said that he was Master of Arts of Cambridge of 7 years standing and upwards , and that he was spoiled of his Library in the beginning of these troubles ; and afterwards for his conscience deprived of his Fellowship at Cambridge , &c. His Letters testimonial under the hand of the famous Dr. Will. Harvey , say also that he is well learned in Physick , Philosophy and Mathematicks , &c. While he abode in Mert. Coll , he did help the said Dr. Harvey then Warden of that House , ( in his Chamber at the end of the Library there ) in the writing his book De generatione Animalium , which was afterwards published by the said Harvey . Afterwards he became a most learned and incomparable Anatomist , one of the Coll of Physitians , principal Physitian to K. Ch. 2. ( from whom he received the honour of Knighthood on the 15. of Aug. 1669 ) and to his royal Highness James his Brother , while Duke of York , and when King , Physitian to the Tower of London , and afterwards to K. Will. 3. &c. He was the first that introduced (a) Geometrical and Mechanical speculations into Anatomy , and applyed them as well in all his learned conversation , as more particularly in his famous Lectures upon the Muscles of humane Bodies for 16 or 17 years together in the publick Theater at Surgeons Hall , which were read by him with infinite applause and admiration of all sorts of learned men in the great City . He is also most admirably well skill'd in the Mathematick Arts , and was so esteemed by the famous Mr. Will. Oughtred , who speaks thus (b) of him after he had given a just character of Mr. Christop . Wren — Accessit & alter Hortator vehemens D. Car. Scarborough Doctor Medicine , suavissimis moribus , perspicatissimoque ingenio Vir ; cujus tanta est in Mathesi solertia , & supra fidem faelix tenaxque memoria , ut omnes Euclidis , Archimedis aliorumque nonnullorum ex Antiquis propositiones recitare ordine & in usum proferre potis sit , &c. He hath extant under his name ( 1 ) Syllabus Musculorum , which is added to The Anatomical administration of all the Muscles of an humane body as they rise in dissection , &c , revived with additions by Will. Molins Master in Chirurgery . This book , which hath been several times printed in oct . is , and ever will be used , as having a prospect of two excellent ends especially : one to shew all the Muscles as they naturally rise in dissection , the other , to place every one of them by his proper Antagonist . ( 2 ) Trigonometry . printed in qu. He hath also compendiously methodized the Grammar of the famous Will. Lilye , which shews him to have been a critical Grammarian , as indeed he is ; but this I have not yet seen , nor his Elegy upon Mr. Abr. Cowley , which goes from hand to hand in Ms . This worthy person is now living in great repute and veneration at Court , within the liberty of Westminster ; of whom you may see more in the discourse of Dr. Seth Ward among the Writers in this vol. num . 522. June 23. Rob. Mead M. A. of Ch. Ch. and a Captain in his Majesties service . William Lord Brouncker Vicount of Castle Lyons , Son of Sir Will. Brouncker , ( mention'd among the created Doctors of the Civil Law under the year 1642 ) was actually created Doctor of Physick the same day — This noble person , did then solely addict himself to the study of Mathematicks , and at length became a very great Artist in that faculty . He was afterwards Fellow of the Royal Society and President thereof for about 15 years : which society he did much honour and advance by his learning and experience . The places of honour and profit which he held , were the Chancellourship of her Majesties Courts , and keeping of her Great Seal , one of the Lords Commissioners for the executing the office of the Lord High Admiral , and the Mastership of S. Catherines Hospital near to the Tower of London : which last place he obtained in Nov. 1681 , after a long suit of Law had depended between him and Sir Rob. Atkins a Judge , concerning the right thereof . He hath extant under his name Experiments of the recoiling of Guns , mention'd in the Hist . of the Royal Society , and Several Letters to Dr. Jam. Vsher Primate of Ireland , which are at the end of his life published by Dr. R. Parr . He died in his house in S. James-street within the liberty of Westm , on the 5. of April early in the morning an . 1684 aged 64 years , and was buried on the 14 of the same month in a little vault which he had caused to be made , eight foot long and four broad , in the middle of the choir belonging to the Hospital of S. Catherine before mention'd : Which choir he a little before had divided in the middle , with a good skreen ( set up at his own charge ) whereby he hath spoiled the beauty and state of it . Hen. Brouncker younger brother to the said L. Brouncker , was created the same day , Jun. 23. — After the death of Will. Lord Brounker , this Henry succeeded him in his honour , and dying about the 4 of January 1687 , was buried at Richmond in Surrey , where there is a mon. over his grave . Doct. of Div. Jun. 6. In a Convocation then held , the Vicechancellour signified to the Members thereof , &c. as before , under the title of Bach. of Div , this year : Whereupon these persons following were created , either for their preaching before the Court or Parl. at Oxon , or for their Sufferings for the Royal Cause . Jun. 17. Matthew Brookes of Mert. Coll. Jun. 17. Jasp . Mayne of Ch. Ch. Jun. 17. Thom. Swadlin of S. Joh. Coll. Jun. 17. Tho. Philpot of New Coll. This last , Tho. Philpot son of Dav. Philpot , was born at Michel Dever in Hampshire , educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , made perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1609 , and afterwards taking holy Orders , he became Rector of Turveston and Akeley in Buckinghamshire . In the beginning of the Civil War he suffered much for his Loyalty and a good Conscience , suffer'd also by the loss of his Goods and Imprisonment ; and therefore retiring to Oxon , was there actually created D. of D. He hath published ( 1 ) An adieu to the Duke of Glocester : or , a Sermon preached in a poor Parish Church ( Turweston or Turveston ) near Buckingham 23 Sept. 1660 , on Eccles . 3.20 . Lond. 1660. qu. ( 2 ) The Cripples Complaint , &c. Sermon on S. Joh. 5.7 . Lond. 1665. qu. He died in 1669 or thereabouts , and was , I suppose , buried at Turveston . Jun. 22. Ger. Langbaine Prov. of Qu. Coll. Jun. 22. Thomas Bravell of Magd. Coll. 23. John Croft now of Wadham Coll. — He was a younger son of Sir Hen. Croft of Teddington in Bedfordshire , was first a Com. of Linc. Coll , afterwards Fellow of that of Allsoules , M. of A. and beneficed ; but suffering for his Majesties Cause he retired to Oxon , and was there created D. of D. as 't is here said . After his Majesties restauration , he was , by the endeavours of William Lord Croft his brother , promoted to the Deanery of Norwich in the place of Dr. Joh. Hassall some years before deceased ; in which being instal'd 7 Aug. 1660 , sate there to the time of his death , which hapning on the 27 Jul. 1670 , he was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Norwich . His said Brother Will. Lord Croft , died either in Aug. or Sept. 1677. Will. Stutevile of Ch. Ch. who had lately done his Maj. special service in the West , was actually created the same day , June 23. Tristram Sugge of Wadh. Coll. was also created the same day . — This person who was born at Yeovill in Somersetshire , had been public Metaphysick Reader and Proctor of the University . Afterwards he was ejected by the Visitors in 1648 , and suffer'd much in the interrupted times for his Loyalty . In 1660 he was restored to his Fellowship , and dying on the 27 of January in the same year , was buried in the Chappel of Wadham Coll. He was esteemed by all that knew him a profound Philosopher and Divine , and very fit to publish what he had written of those Subjects ; but since his death his papers are gotten into such hands , that it is doubted whether ever they will see light . Jul. 1. Edward Boughen of Ch. Ch. Aug. 13. Joh. Pottinger of New Coll , the famous Master of Wykeham's School near Winchester . — He resigned the said Mastership soon after , was succeeded by Mr. Will. Burt , and died in 1659. This year it was allowed by the Members of the ven . Convocation that Hen. Tozer , Joh. Proctor and Baldwin Acland of Exeter Coll , Rob. Barker of New Coll , Rich. Washington of Vniv . Coll , Edm. Diggle of Magdalen , and John Good of New , Coll , might have liberty when they pleased to be created Doctors of Divinity , but they all refused then , and the next year , to accept of that favour . At the same time also Isaac Basire and Rich. Dukeson of Cambr. Thom. Bunbury of Ball. Coll , Rob. Sibthorp of Linc. Coll , Will. Haywood of S. Johns Coll , &c. who had fled to Oxon , as an Asylum , and there had several times preached before his Majesty and the Members of Parliament , had each a license given to them under the public Seal of the Univ. to preach the word of God throughout England . This year Jun. 24 , being Wednesday and Midsummer day , the Garrison of Oxford was surrendred for the use of the Parliament ; at which time marched out in a body eastward about 3000 Soldiers , besides 500 or thereabouts northward , and a little before and after them , five hundred more , mostly Horsemen and private persons engaged in the Siege . On Munday going before , Prince Rupert and Pr. Maurice his brother , with their attendants , departed ; and those that followed them the next day , were about 300 persons , most of them of quality , and their attendants . When the forces belonging to the Parliament were entred , who were all Presbyterians , Independents or worse , were among them their Chaplains of the same perswasion , who forthwith , upon all occasions , thrust themselves into the pulpits , purposely by their rascally doctrine to obtain either Proselites , or to draw off from their loyal Principles and orthodox Religion the Scholars and Inhabitants . Among them were Hugh Peters that diabolical Villain and Pulpit-buffoon , Will. Dell Chapl. to Sir Tho Fairfax , John Saltmarsh , Will. Erbury , &c. and what they did there besides , during their stay , is too large a story now to tell you . In Sept. following , were seven Presbyterian Ministers ( who had formerly their education in this University ) appointed by Parliament , sent to Oxon , to preach at S. Maries and elsewhere , to draw off the Scholars from their loyal principles , but Edw. Corbet one of them , being about that time called thence , the six carried on the work , yet found opposition by the Independents and other Sectaries , of whom Will. Erbury was one , yet all , upon any occasion , would joyn together to pluck down and persecute the Malignants , that is Cavaliers and Royalists . So that whereas before the surrender , there was no place in England more loyal to their Prince , orthodox , and observant of the Ceremonies of the Church of England , than the Scholars and the generality of the Inhabitants of Oxon were ; so after the entry of the said Parliamenteers , there appeared nothing but confusion , darkness , &c. Hell was broke loose upon the poor remnant , and they were over-run by Sectaries , Blasphemers , Hypocrites , Exciters to Rebellion , Censurers , Covetous persons , men of self-pride , envy , and what not . So that those of the Gown that could not brook such persons , did either leave the University , or abscond in their respective houses , till they could know their doom by the approaching Visitation . The Soldiery did declare their impudence so much , that they forbore not to preach in some of the Pulpits , and to thrust themselves into the public Schools , and there , in the places of Lecturers , speak to the Scholars against humane learning , and challenge the most learned of them to prove their Calling from Christ , &c. But let the restless Presbyterians be thanked for the original of all these Evils and others that followed ; who , to fill their coffers , raise families , please and cherish their private lusts and endearments and nothing else , care not what mischief they do , or what ruin they bring upon this poor Nation , so that they might obtain their own unworthy ends . An. Dom. 1647. An. 23 Car. 1. Chanc. the same , viz. William Marquess of Hertford , &c. who continuing in his office till the beginning of February , Philip Earl of Pembroke and Mountgomery was about that time restored ; and according to an order of the Lords in Parl. dated 2 March , he was desired to go to Oxford and re-take possession of his place . According to which order he went in the beginning of the next year , as I shall tell you by and by . Vicechanc. Dr. Sam. Fell without any nomination by the Chanc. So that being discharged of his office by order from the Visitors , 8 Oct. this year , because , as they said , he was neither nominated , or lawfully admitted thereunto , yet notwithstanding he took no notice of that order , but supplied the place still , either in his own person or by Deputies . Proct. Rob. Waring of Ch. Ch. Apr. 29. Hen. Hunt of Magd. Coll. Apr. 29. Notwithstanding an order issued out from the Visitors authorized by Parl. for the removal of the sen . Proctor , dated 20 January this year , yet he continued therein till ▪ new Proctors were elected . Bach. of Arts. Mar. 30. David Whitford of Ch. Ch. Mar. 30. John Murcot of Mert. Coll. April 2. Henry Mundy of Mert. Coll. April 2. John Flower of New Inn. See more of the last among the created Masters of Arts an . 1648. May 22. John Finch of Ball. Coll. — This most worthy person , who was younger brother to Sir Heneage Finch ( afterwards Earl of Nottingham ) and both the sons of Sir Heneage Finch , brother to Thomas Earl of Winchelsey , was bred in Grammar learning under Mr. Edw. Sylvester , who taught in Allsaints Parish in Oxon ; and when at about 15 years of age he became Gent. Com. of the said Coll. of Balliol . After he had taken one degree here , he applied his mind to the study of physick , but leaving the University when it was turn'd topsie turvie the next year by the Visitors , he some time after travelled into Italy , became Doctor of his family there ( at Padua as it seems ) and publick Reader of it in several places . Afterwards he was made Consul of the English at Padua , and prefer'd by all the Italians and Greeks ( tho himself much opposed it ) to be Syndick of that whole University , an honour no English man ever had before . In contemplation and memory of his excellent Government , they did set up his Statue in marble , and the great Duke , ( invited by the fame of his learning and virtues ) did make him the public Professor at Pisa ; all Princes striving who should most honour a person ( so vastly above his years ) so knowing and meritorious . After his Majesties restauration , he returned to his native Country , and giving a visit to Edw. E. of Clarendon L. Chancellour , he was by him conducted to his Majesty ; and being by him presented as a rarity , his Majesty no sooner saw , but instantly confer'd upon , him the honour of Knighthood ( Jun. 10. an . 1661 ) as a person who abroad had in an high degree honoured his Country . In 1665 he was sent Resident for his Maj. of Great Britaine with the Great Duke of Tuscany , and upon his arrival at Florence Sir Bernard Gascoigne ( a known friend to the English nation ) did with an undeniable civility press him to take a quarter at his own house , till he should be farther provided ; which he accordingly accepted , and the Duke was pleased to employ the said Sir Bernard to his Majesties Resident with such notices and respects as he found then convenient . In the end , all things being agreed upon , as to the manner and dignity of his reception , the said Resident made his entry in a very noble coach , being attended with an answerable train , in rich Liveries , and a great number of other coaches , beside the whole Factory of Legorne , who very kindly appeared in a handsome equipage to do him all possible honour . Thus attended , he went to the pallace , and received Audience , first from the Great Duke , and two days after from the Dutchess and Prince , acquitting himself with a singular grace throughout the whole Ceremony . Afterwards he shewed himself dexterous and happy in his public Ministry , as also in his private conversation , whereby he gained to himself the esteem and good will of all men . When he had continued there some years he returned , and was sent Embassador to Constantinople , and continued there , with very great esteem also . After he had quitted that office , he returned to London , and dying early in the morn , of the 18 of Nov. 1682 , ( being then Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians ) he was buried in the Chap. of Christs Coll. in Cambridge , to which House he had been a great benefactor . He had a brother named Francis Finch , bred up also under E. Silvester , was afterwards a Gent. Com. of Ball. Coll , but leaving it without a degree , went to London , studied the Law and became a Barrister of one of the Temples , but before he had long practised he died , yet lives still in those several pieces of ingenuity he left behind him , wherein he falls not short of the best of Poets : And because Poeta est finitimus Oratori , he might have proved excellent in that too , having so incomparable a Precedent as his brother Sir Heneage Finch . Among the several specimens of his Poetry which I have seen , is a copy of verses before Will. Cartwrights Poems , an . 1651 , as there is of his brother John : Another before a book intit . Ayres and Dialogues for one , two and three Voices . Lond. 1653. fol. published by Hen. Lawes . In the body of which book he hath a Poem intit . Caelia singing , to which the said Lawes composed an Ayr of two parts to be sung , &c. June 22. Edm. Dickenson of Mert. Coll. Jul. 1. Rich. Werge of Trin. Coll. The first of these two , who is now living in Westminster in good repute for his practice in the faculty of Physick , hath published several things , and therefore ought to be remembred hereafter among Oxford Writers . The other , Rich. Werge , will be at large mention'd among the created Masters , an . 1648. Jul. 13. William Bell of S. Johns Coll. Jul. 13. Sam. Ladyman of C. C. Coll. Of the last , you may see more among the Masters 1649. Jan. 19. Franc. Drope of Magd. Coll. Adm. 58. Bach. of Law. But one admitted this year , viz. Rich. Fisher Fellow of All 's . Coll , who had , with the rest of the Scholars , born arms for his Majesty . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 2. Joh. Lydall of Trin Coll. — He was an ingenious man , an excellent Philosopher , a great Tutor , and might have honoured the world with his Learning had his life been longer spared . He died 12 Oct. 1657 , aged 32 years or thereabouts , and was buried in the Chappel belonging to his Coll. He had been ejected his Fellowship , but was allowed to take Pupils . Jul. 8. Rich. Watkins of Ch. Ch. — This person , who was son of Hen. Watkins mention'd among the Doct. of Div. in the Fasti of the first vol. under the year 1619 , was afterwards author of a pamphlet intit . News from the dead . Or a true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene , who being executed at Oxford 14 Dec. 1650 , afterwards revived , &c. Oxon. 1651. qu. printed twice in that year . To which are added Poems written upon that subject by divers Oxford Scholars . He was afterwards Vicar of Amersden in the dioc . of Oxon , and is now Rector of Whichford in Warwickshire , and of Bourton on the Hill in Gloc. Jul. 13. Joh. Humphrey of Pemb. Coll. — He is now living a Nonconformist . Dec. 9. Joh. Dolben of Ch. Ch. — It doth not appear that he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , and therefore I suppose he did now accumulate . He was afterwards Bishop of Rochester and Archb. of York . Feb. 1. Joh. Barbon of Exet. Coll. Feb. 1. Edw. Sclater of S. Joh. Coll. Adm. 52. or thereabouts . Bach. of Phys . But one admitted this year , named George Tanstall of Magd. Hall , Apr. 2. Some were created , but more admitted to practice Physick , among whom was Thomas Holyoake of Queens Coll. ☞ Not one Bach. of Div. was admitted only created . ☞ Not one Doctor of the Civil Law was admitted only created . Doct. of Phys . May 22. Joh. Skinner of Magd. Hall. He was afterwards Hon. Fell. of the Coll. of Phys . Jul. 24. John Maplet of Ch. Ch. ☞ Not one Doctor of Div. was either admitted or created . Incorporations . May 20. Dan. Whistler Fellow of Mert. Coll. and Doct. of Phys . of the Univ. of Leyden . Jul. 10. Sam. Bruen M. of A. of the University of S. Andrew in Scotland . — He was afterwards put in Fellow of Brasn . Coll , by the Visitors appointed by Parliament , and was one of the Proctors of the University . Rich. Bonner M. of A. of Gonvil and Caies in Cambr. was incorporated the same day . Jan. 17. Henr. Downe a Devonian born , and Doct. of Phys . of the Univ. of Caen in Normandy . CREATIONS . The Creations were in most faculties , either mostly of such that had bore Arms for , or otherwise useful to , his Majesty . Bach. of Arts. Nov. 2. Will. Browne of Magd. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. an . 1665. Rob. Whitehall of Ch. Ch. — He afterwards cringed to the Visitors , and became Fellow of Mert. Coll. Besides these two were six . of Magd. Coll , that had born arms , created , of which Edw. Philipps was one , different from him of Magd. Hall , who was afterwards a Writer : Two also of Jesus and one of Ball ; all afterwards ejected . Bach. of Law. Three were created , of which two , who were of New Coll. were afterwards ejected . Mast . of Arts. June 17. Amos Waldrond — He was then , as it seems , created , because in a Convocation then held , that degree was granted to him by the Members thereof . He had been admitted a Student in Trin. Coll. in Cambr. 18 Nov. 1637 , was elected Scholar of that House in Easter Term 1641 , and admitted Bach. of Arts in Jan. following . Afterwards he entred into holy Orders , had a Rectory confer'd on him , but being forced thence by the Presbyterians , was taken into the protection of Will. Marquess of Hertford and by him made his Secretary : which place he now ( 1647 ) enjoyed . It was also then granted by the Convocation that John King lately a Student of Ch. Ch , son of Dr. Hen. King Bishop of Chichester , might be created M. of A. in any Congregation or Convocation ; but whether he was so , it appears not . Jul. 8. Thom. Reading of Ch. Ch. lately freed from prison , wherein he had for a long time been detained from the Offices , not of a good Citizen , but from those of the University , was then actually created . At the same time the University Delegates did grant to Thom. Rastall Bach. of Arts of Ch. Ch. ( lately an Undergraduat of the University of Cambr. ) that he might have the degr . of M. of A. confer'd on him , in consideration of the several services he had done for his Majesty ; but whether he was adm . I cannot tell . On the 2. of Nov. three Bach. of Arts , who had been Soldiers in the Garrison of Oxon , were also then created Masters , but in the year after were ejected : And on the 24 of Jan. following it was dispenced with by the said Delegates , that Tho. Wood Bach. of Arts of Ch. Ch. of 5 years standing , who was the first young Scholar or Undergraduat that voluntarily left the Univ. to serve his Maj. at the battel of Edghill , might be presented to the degr . of Mast . in any Congregation ; which was accordingly done , but not registred . The next year he being deeply engaged in the Cavaleering Plot at Oxon , in order for the relief of the distressed Royalists besieged in Colchester , he was forced thence to save his neck : Whereupon going into Ireland , he became an Officer in the Regiment of Col. Hen. Ingoldsby ( his quondam School-fellow at Thame ) against those that were then called Rebels ; where , at Tredagh , he ended his days of the Country disease called the Flux , an . 1651. Bach. of Phys . Feb. 1. Edm. Gayton of S. Johns Coll. — He was turned out of his place the next year , and soon after compounded for his estate , for the sum of 47 l. About the same time it was allowed to three Masters to be created Bachelaurs of Physick , two of which ( of Exeter Coll. ) were afterwards ejected : Whereupon one of them going to Padua was there made Doctor , and incorporated here after his Majesties restauration , and the other actually created , as I shall tell you when I come to the year 1660. Bach. of Div. Nov. 2. Will. Walwyn of S. Johns Coll. Nov. 2. Joh. Goad of S. Johns Coll. The first of these two who was son of Franc. Walwyn of Muggwell street in Lond. was elected , from Merch. Tayl. school , Scholar of S. Johns Coll , 1634 or thereabouts , aged 17 years , was afterwards Fellow , M. of A. and a noted Preacher . In 1648 he was ejected his Fellowship , suffered much in the interval , but at length obtaining the Vicaridge of East Coker in Somersetshire , published ( 1 ) God save the King : or a Sermon of Thanksgiving for his Majesties happy return to his throne , on 1 Sam. 10.24 . Lond. 1660. qu. ( 2 ) A character of his sacred Maj. &c. Besides these two , were four more created , and three that had liberty to be created when they pleased . Some of those that were created had preached before the King and Parl. Doct. of Law. Nov. 23. George Wilde of S. Johns Coll. — He was the only person that was created this year , and after his Majesties restauration he became Bishop of London-Derry in Ireland . Doct. of Phys . May 8. Capt. Anthony Morgan sometimes of Magd. Coll , was actually created by vertue of the Letters sent to the Univ. from Fairfax General of the Parl. Army , which say that he hath faithfully behaved himself in the public Service , meaning the service of the Parliament . Thom. Wharton of Trin. Coll. was created the same day by vertue of the Lett. from the said Gen. which say that he was sometimes a Student in this Vniversity , and afterwards improved his time in London in the study of all parts of Physick , &c. In a Convocation held 17 June it was granted to John French M. A. of New Inn , now a Physitian in the Parl. Army , that he might accumulate the degrees of Bach. and Doct. of Phys . but he did not . — See more in the next year , where you 'll find him actually created . This year flocked to the University several poor Scholars , whom some call'd the scum of Cambridge , many poor School-masters , Pedagogues from Belfries , Curates and sometimes Vicars , as also Parl. Soldiers , especially such that had been lately disbanded , to gain preferment by the Visitation approaching ; for this year the Visitors could make nothing of it , as I have elsewhere (*) told you . They were commonly called Seekers , were great frequenters of the Sermons at S. Maries , preached by the 6 Ministers appointed by Parliament , and other Presbyterian Ministers that preached in other Churches in Oxon , and sometimes frequenters of the Conventicles of Independents and Anabaptists . The generality of them had mortified Countenances , puling Voices , and Eyes commonly , when in discourse , lifted up , with hands laying on their breasts . They mostly had short hair , which at this time was commonly called the Committee cut , and went in quirpo in a shabbed condition , and looked rather like Prentices , or antiquated School-boys , than Academians or Ministers , and therefore few or none , especially those of the old stamp or royal party would come near to , or sort themselves with , them , but rather endeavour to put scorn upon them and make them ridiculous , &c. This year was a Sojourner and Student in Oxon , for the sake of the public Library , Pet. Laur. Scavenius a noble Dane ; who , after his return to his own Country , became a learned man and a publisher of certain books , whereby he obtained an increasing admiration from his Countrymen . An. Dom. 1648. An. 24 Car. 1. Chanc. Philip Earl of Pemb. and Montgomery , &c. who took possession of the chair in his own person , in a Convocation held Apr. 12. Vicechanc. Edward Reynolds sometimes Fellow of Merton Coll , who being designed to this office ( thro the recommendations of the Chancellour ) by an order of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , 18 of Feb. 1647 , he was first declared Doct. of Div. by another order , and afterwards presented to his office , before the Chanc. sitting in his chair in Convocation , by Sir Nath. Brent Warden of Mert. Coll , on the 12 day of the said month of Apr. Proct. Joshua Cross of Linc. Coll. Adm. 12 Apr. Ralph Button of Mert. Coll. Adm. 12 Apr. The said Proctors , who were godly Brethren , were designed to their office by the same Authority that the Vicechanc. was , without any regard had to the Caroline Cycle , which appointed New , and Allsoules , Coll. to elect Proctors for this year : And being admitted on the said day ( Apr. 12. ) by the same Authority , Will. Bew or Beaw of New Coll. ( afterwards Bishop of Landaff ) who had been chosen by the Society of New Coll , for their Proctor on the first Wednesday in Lent 1647 , was put aside , as also one Ed. Allason , who ( as 't is said in the Visitors Register ) was chose by those of Allsoules ; yet whether he was of that House , or had taken the degree of M. of Arts , I cannot yet find . Bach. of Arts. Nov. 3. Dan. Greenwood of Brasn . Coll. Nov. 3. Rich. Adams of Brasn . Coll. Of these two I shall speak more among the Masters an . 1651. Mar. 16. Josias Banger of Magd. Coll. Mar. 16. Dan. Capell of Magd. Coll. Of the first of these two , I shall speak more among the Masters in 1651. The other is mention'd among the Writers . Adm. 37. Bach. of Law. Aug. 4. Will. Scot of All 's . Coll. — This person , who was the only Bachelaur admitted this year , had before spent six years in the study of humane literature and in the Civ . Law in Cambridge , whence coming to get preferment here from the Visitors , was by them made this year Fellow of All 's . Coll , by the endeavours of his father Thom. Scot , who being a great creature of Oliver Cromwell was by him nominated to be one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. of ever blessed memory in the latter end of this year , and accordingly did fit , but paid the debt for it after his Majesties restauration . Mast . of Arts. Jul. 6. George Hopkins of New Inn. Jul. 6. Giles Collier of New Inn. Jul. 6. Ezrael Tongue of Vniv . Coll. Jul. 20. Sam. Clark of Mert. Coll. Oct. 17. Joh. Chetwynd of Ex. Coll. Nov. 16. Benj. Woodbridge of Magd. Hall. Dec. 12. Sim. Ford of Magd. Hall. The last of these two was afterwards a Student of Ch. Ch , and is now living in Worcestershire , a Conformist to the Church of England . Dec. 12. Joh. Rowe of New Inn. — He was about this time made Fellow of C. C. Coll. 14. Edward Littleton of All 's . Coll. — This person , who was son of Adam Littleton of Stoke S. Mildrid in Shropshire , of the antient and gentile family of the Littletons in that County and elsewhere , became a Commoner of S. Maries Hall in the beginning of the year 1641 aged 15 years or thereabouts , and in 1647 he was elected Fellow of the said Coll. of All 's . In 1656 he was installed one of the Proctors , and continued in his House , as I conceive , till his Majesties restauration . He hath written and published , De juventute : Oratio habita in Comitiis Oxoniensibus . Lond. 1664. in 10 sh . in qu. This Oration was spoken by him when he was Rhetorick Reader of the University of Oxon. The second edit . of this came out at Lond. 1689. qu. Which , by an Epist . before it , the author dedicates to Westminster School , wherein he was educated in Grammar Learning , to All 's . Coll , wherein he was educated in Academicals , to Linc. Inn , where he had studied the Common Law , and to the Island of Barbadoes , where he , as a Judge , had administred the Law. Feb. 13. Will. Ley of Ch. Ch. — He occurs not either matriculated of any House , or Bach. of Arts of this University , and therefore I suppose he was a Stranger put in Student of Ch. Ch. by the Visitors . I take him to be the same Will. Ley ( son of Joh. Ley mention'd among the Writers , an . 1662. p. 190. ) who was afterwards Minister of Wanting alias Wantage in Berks , Author of A Buckler for the Church of England , in answer to Mr. Pendarves his Queries called Arrowes against Babylon , &c. Oxon. 1656. qu. Adm. 38. or thereab . ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys , Bach. of Div , Doct. of Law , Doct. of Phys , or Doct. of Divinity , was admitted or licensed to proceed this year . INCORPORATIONS . The Incorporations this year did mostly consist of Can●abrigians who had lately come to this University for preferment from the Visitors , when the great rout of Royallists were by them made in this University . Bach. of Arts. About 20 were incorporated , of which number were these . June 10. Rich. Maden of Magd. Coll. in Cambridge . — This person , who afterwards took the degree of Master , as a member of New Inn , I set down here , not that he was afterwards a Writer , but to distinguish him from another of both his names who was author of certain Sermons of Christs love towards Jerusalem , Lond. 1637. qu. and perhaps of other things . Jul. 4. Peter Pett of Sydney Coll. — He was soon after made Fellow of All 's . Coll , became a great Vertuoso , and at length a Kt. and a Writer , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Writers , with honour . Oct. 10. Jam. Ward of Harwarden Coll. at Cambridge in New England — His testimony dated 3 Dec. 1646 is subscribed by Hen. Dunster President , and Sam. Danforth Fellow , of that Coll ; but whether this J. Ward published any thing afterwards , I know not . After he was incorporated , he was admitted Master . See among the created Bach. of Phys . 1649. Dec. 8. Joh. Rowe of Cambridge in Old England . — Two days after he was admitted Master , as I have before told you . Mast . of Arts. Seven or more Masters of the said Univ. of Cambridge were incorporated , but such obscure persons they were that nothing can be said of them . Oct. 10. Will. Hamilton M. A. of the Univ. of Glascow in Scotland . This person , who was noted among the Presbyterians for a learned man , was put in Fellow of All 's . Coll. this year by the Visitors , but left it in 1651 because he refused the Independent Oath called the Engagement . Afterwards he took his rambles , setled and had some place bestowed on him , but what I cannot tell . Among several things that he hath written is a Pamphlet intit . Some necessity of reformation , &c. Printed 1660 / 1 in reply to a Pamphlet written by the learned Dr. Joh. Pearson intit . No necessity of Reformation , &c. in answer to Reasons shewing the necessity of reformation , &c. See in Corn. Burges p. 237 , in Hen. Savage p. 366 , and in Jo. Biddle p. 198. There were also 4 English-men who were Masters of Arts of the University of S. Andrew incorporated , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer , Bishop , or man of note . Two of them were at present of Merton Coll , who afterwards were prefer'd by the Visitors to be Fellows of Colleges in the places of Royalists ejected , viz. one of Wadh. and another of Brasn . Coll. Doct. of Phys . Apr. 14. Edm. Trench ( Anglo-Nordovicensis ) Doct. of Physick of Bourges in France . — He took that degree there in 1638. John Micklethwait a Yorksh. man born , who had taken the degree of Doct. of Phys . at Padua in Italy , 1638 , was incorporated also the same day , Apr. 14. — He was now one of the Coll. of Physitians , was , several years after , President thereof , Physitian in ord . to K. Ch. 2 , from whom he received the honour of Knighthood ; and dying on Friday 28 July 1683 , aged 70 years , was buried in the lower end of the Church ( on the north side ) of S. Botolph without Aldersgate , London . George Rogers of Linc. Coll. Doct. of Phys . of Padua , was incorporated the same day . Apr. 14. — He is now , as I conceive , or at least was lately , President of the Coll. of Physitians , hath published certain things , and therefore is to be remembred hereafter . Oct. 13. Rob. Waydesden Doct. of Phys . of Cambridge , was then incorporated . CREATIONS . There were two or more Creations this year in all faculties , which were called the Pembrockian Creations , because they were made by the command of Philip Earl of Pembroke Chancellour of the University , while he continued in Oxon , to brake open Lodgings and give possession to the new Heads of the Presbyterian Gang. The Creations were made on the 12 , 14 and 15 of April , and those that were not then created , are not to be numbred among those of Pembrockian Creations . Bach. of Arts. Twenty and three were created , ( of which ten were of Magd. Hall ) yet but two were afterwards Writers , as I can yet find , viz. Apr. 15. Joh. Barnard of Linc. Coll. Apr. 15. Tho. Neast of Magd. Hall. The last was afterwards made Fell. of New Coll. by the Visitors . See more among the Masters , an . 1650. Bach. of Law. Apr. 14. Benjamin Needler of S. Johns Coll. — He was the only person that was created Bach. of Law. He is mentioned among the Writers under the year 1682. Mast . of Arts. Among 61 Masters that were created , are these following . Apr. 12. Charles Dormer Earl of Caernarvan , Grandson , by the Mother , to Philip Earl of Pembroke . Apr. 12. James Herbert Sons of the Earl of Pembroke . Apr. 12. John Herbert Sons of the Earl of Pembroke . Apr. 12. Sir Will. Cobbe of Adderbury in Oxfordshire . Visitors of the Univ. appointed by the Parliam . Apr. 12. Will. Tipping of Draycot Esq . in Oxfordshire . Visitors of the Univ. appointed by the Parliam . Apr. 12. Joh. Cartwright of Aynoe in Northampt●shire , sometimes of Brasn . Coll. Visitors of the Univ. appointed by the Parliam . Apr. 12. Joh. Wilkinson Gent. Visitors of the Univ. appointed by the Parliam . All these , besides three more , whose Christian names occur not , were presented by Sir Nath. Brent to the new Vicechanc. Dr. Reynolds , at which time the Chancellour of the Univ. sate in the supream chair in the Convocation-house . Apr. 14. Lieut. Col. Tho. Kelsey , commonly called Colonel Kelsey , now Deputy-Governour of the Garrison of Oxon , for the Parliament , was then actually created M. of A. — This person , who had been a mean Trader in Birchin-Lane in London , ( a godly Button-maker as I have heard ) was a great Creature of Ol. Cromwell , who made him a Commissioner of the Admiralty worth 500 l. per an . and Major Gen. for Kent and Surrey , the Salary for one of which Counties came to 666 l. 13 s. 4 d , per an . besides the Revenues due to him as being Governour of Dover Castle . After his Majesties restauration , when then he was deprived of all his places , he took upon him the trade of Brewing in London , lived at least 20 years after , and died but in a mean condition , as I have heard . Francis Allen a Captain in Oxford Garrison was created the same day . — He afterwards lived at , or near , Abendon , and died but in a sorry condition . One of both his names , a Goldsmith in Fleetstreet , London , son of the poor Vicar of Gretton in Northamptonshire , was one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. and a constant Rumper , but whether of any kin to the Captain I cannot tell . Thom. Wait , another Judge of the said King , was the son of an Ale-house Keeper of Market Overton ; but he was not created . Latimer Cross lately Manciple of Magd. Hall , now Steward of Magd. Coll. — He died 3 Dec. 16●7 , and was buried in Magd. Coll. Chappel ; whereupon his Stewardship was bestowed by the then President on a godly brother called Elisha Coles . Francis Howell of Exet. Coll. — He was afterwards one of the Proctors of the University , moral Philosophy Reader , and at length Principal of Jesus Coll. by the favour of Ol. Cromwell , as being an Independent to the purpose . After his Majesties restauration , he was turn'd out of his Principality ; so that living mostly in , and near , London , a Nonconformist and a Conventicler , died at Bednal Green in Middlesex on the 8 or 10 of Mar. 1679. Afterwards his body being conveyed to the phanatical Burying-place joyning to the New Artillery yard near London , was there buried in the presence of a great many Dissenters . Sam. Lee of Magd. Hall , was created also the same day . — He was afterwards made Fellow of Wadham Coll , became a Writer and Publisher of several Books , and is now living in New England . John Milward of New Inn was created the same day , Apr. 14. — This person , who was soon after made Fell. of C. C. Coll. by the Visitors , continued always after a Nonconformist , and died so . Under his name is published a Sermon intit . How we ought to love our neighbour as our selves , on Matth. 22.39 . Printed in the Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate in London , an . 1674. 76. quart . Joh. Flower of New Inn , was also created the same day . — What preferment he had confer'd upon him by the Visitors I know not : sure I am that he was soon after Preacher of God's Word at Ilmington in Warwickshire , and afterwards at Staunton in the County of Nottingham , where I find him in 1658 , and that he was author of ( 1 ) The free and honorable servant , set forth in his privileges and prerogatives , &c. Lond. 1652. oct . ( 2 ) Several Queries concerning the Church of Jesus Ch. upon earth , briefly explained and resolved &c. Lond. 1658. oct . What other things he hath published I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , only that he was son of Will. Flower of Cubley in Derbyshire Gent , and that he became a Commoner of New Inn in Act term 1640 , aged 16 years . Jenkyn Lloyd of Jesus Coll , was also created the same day . — See more among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1661. Apr. 15. Rich. Werge of Trin. Coll was actually created in the second Pembrokian Creation . — This person , who was a Shoomakers son , was born at Witney in Oxfordshire , became Servitour of the said Coll , in the beginning of the year 1642 , aged 17 years , and this year was made Fellow thereof by the Visitors , being by them taken to be a godly brother for the Cause , as indeed he was . Afterwards he became Rector of Nelson or Nailson in Leycestershire , which he exchanged with Mr. Joh. Cave of Coleorton for Gateshead or Gateside near New Castle upon Tyne , he being then a Conformist . He hath written and published ( 1 ) A Sermon preached in S. Maries Church at Gateshead in the County Pal. of Durham , on Hos 5.12 . Lond. 1683. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon in S. Mar. at Gateshead , &c. at the funeral of George Johnson Gent. deceased , 29 May 1683 , on Heb. 9. part of the 27 ver . printed in qu ; whereunto is added an Elegy by a friend . This R. Werge died about Michaelmas 1687 , and was buried in the Church of S. Mary at Gateshead . Apr. 15. Rob. Gorges of S. Edm. Hall. — He was soon after made Fellow of S. Johns Coll. by the Visitors , became one of the Proctors of the Univ. in 1653 , afterwards Secretary to H●n . Cromwell L. Lieutenant of Ireland , Doct. of the Civil Law of Dublin , and an enjoyer of several places of honor and trust , as also of an estate , in that Kingdom . At length he became Secretary to Frederick Duke of Schomberg General of his Majesties Forces , and Scout-master general , in Ireland , &c. Ambrose Vpton of New Inn , was created the same day . — He was soon after one of those many , that were this , and the next year , made Fellows of All 's . Coll. by the Visitors . In 1651 he became , by the favour of Ol. Cromwell , Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , in the place of Dr. John Mills ejected for refusing the Engagement ; but being discharged of that place about the 13 of Mar. 1659 to make . room for the said Mills , then restored by the Rump Parl. and secluded Members added to them , he retired to London , and lived for some time there a Nonconformist . Afterwards he went into Ireland , got a place there belonging to the Customs , and lived in good fashion for several years . Afterwards returning into England , he concluded his last day at Lond. about 7 or 8 years since , and was buried at Ch. Ch. within Newgate in the said City , as I have been enformed by one of his perswasion , ( a congregational man ) who farther told me that he was of the antient family of the Vptons in Devonshire . Jan. 6. George Kellam Secretary to the Committee of Lords and Com. for affairs of foreign concernment , the Navy and Customs , was then actually created by vertue of the Letters of the Chanc. of the University , which say that he is a Gent. whose parts and good affections to the Cause are very considerable , and found no less useful in the way of his employment , &c. Bach. of Phys . Apr. 14. Thom. Sydenham of Magd. Hall. — He was soon after put in Fellow of All 's . Coll. by the Visitors . There was but one more created , who was of Ch. Ch. and ran with all mutations , but good for nothing , and not worth the naming , unless it be for his antient and gentile extraction . Bach. of Div. Apr. 12. Francis Cheynell of Mert. Coll. now one of the Visitors appointed by Parl. to reform the University , was then actually created Bach. of Div. — This person was to have been Bach. of Div. in Decemb. 1641 , but unjustly ( as he said ) kept back from his degree because he preached against Arminianisme , that is against the Kings Declaration , for which his Grace was then denied . It was then also ( 12 Apr. 1648. ) desired and granted in Convocation that he might be declared Bach. of Div , he having performed his Exercise seven years before , and not lose his seniority , but be seated among the Bach. of Div. of that year , &c. The next day , when the Chancellour and Visitors , with a great rabble following them , went from College to College to give the new Heads possession , they put this Mr. Cheynell into possession of the Presidents Lodgings in S. Johns Coll. See more in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , lib. 1. p. 403. a. b. 404. a. Apr. 12. John Wilkins M. A. of Magd. Hall. — The next day the said Visitors gave him possession of the Wardens Lodgings of Wadham Coll. Henry Langley M. A , Master of Pembr . Coll. and one of the six or seven Ministers appointed by Parliament to preach the Scholars in to obedience to them , was created the same day — On the 26 of Aug. 1647 he was made Master of the said Coll , by order of Parliament , and on the 8 of Oct. following , he was established therein by the Visitors . In 1648 he became Canon of Ch Ch , in the place of Dr. George Morley , by the same power , and had possession given to him thereof in this month of April . See more of him among the created Doctors of Div. an . 1649. Henry Cornish M. A. of New Inn , another of the Ministers . — He was soon after put into possession of one of the Canonries of Ch. Ch. See in Hist . & Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 260. a. See also among the created Doct. of Div. under the year 1649. The said four Bachelaurs of Div. were presented to the Vicech . Dr. Reynolds , by Dr. Joh. Wilkinson Principal of Magd. Hall the senior Theologist of the University and the design'd and nominated President of Magd. Coll. April 14. Henry Wilkinson junior of Magd. Hall. April 14. Edw. Hinton of Merton Coll. April 14. Rob. Rogers of New Inn. May 19. Thom. Gilbert of S. Edm. Hall — This person , who hath written and published several things , and is now living in Oxon a Nonconformist , aged 80 years or more , is hereafter to be numbred among the Writers . Aug 4. Thomas Borrace a Student in Divinity for at least twenty years , was then actually created — This zealous Presbyterian was now ( 1648 ) a forward Preacher up of the cause in the Church of S. Martin , and in that of Allsaints within the City of Oxon. His usual form of prayer for the King , before his Sermons , was , that if God took any pleasure in him , he would do so and so , &c. When he was created Bach. of Div. he took the oath of Allegiance , but with this salvo — I take this Oath so far forth as it doth not contradict the national Covenant . Feb. 9. George Marshall M. of A. of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , a Student in Divinity for twenty years at least , Chaplain to the Garrison of Oxon belonging to the Parliament , and the designed and nominated Warden of New Coll , was then also created . Johan Progulbicki born in the Province or Dukedome of Samogitie in Poland , was created the same day — He was now , or at least lately , Deacon or Catechist of the Church of Keidun in the said Dukedome , and one of the Scholars of the illustrious Prince Janusius Radzevill the chief Fautor and Patron of the reformed Church in those part . This Progulbicki had spent before this time four years in several Universities in Germany and Holland . Mar. 8. Isaac Knight Chaplain to Fairfax the Generalissimo of the Parliament Army . Doct. of Law. April 14. Samuel Aneley of Qu Coll. — This person , who wrot himself afterwards , and was called , by the name of Annesley , because it is the same with a noble name , hath written and published several things , and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter among the Oxford Writers . He is now , or at least was lately , living a Nonconformist Divine , either in , or near , London . See in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 1. p. 404. b. Jan. 5. John Miils LL. Bach. one of the Visitors and Canon of Ch. Ch. — He had been lately Judge Advocate of the Parliament Army , and was this year put into possession of his Canonry , but in 1651 being turned out thence for denying the Oath called the Engagement , Ambr. Vpton succeeded , as I have before told you . On the 13. of March 1659 he was restored to his Canonry by the Rump Parliament , with the secluded members added to them , but soon after , upon his Majesties restauration , he was forced to leave it to make room for Dr. Edw. Pococke . See Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Ox , lib. 2. p. 259. a. 261. a. Soon after , by the favour of Dr. Edward Reynolds , he became Chancellour of Norwich , and died in , or near Doctors Commons in London , about the beginning of the year 1676. Doct. of Phys . April 12. Joh. Palmer alias Vaulx Bach. of Phys , of Queens Coll , now a Recruiter of the Long Parliament , was actually created Doct. in the presence of the Chancellour — The next day he was put into possession of the Lodgings belonging to the Warden of All 's . Coll. by the said Chancellour and Visitors , Dr. Sheldon the Warden being then dismist by them and imprison'd . See Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Ox. lib. 1. p. 402. b. 403. a. Apr. 14. Tobie Garbrand alias Herks Bach. of Phys . and Principal of Gloc. Hall , was also actually created — In 1660 he being turn'd out from his Principality , he retired to Abendon in Berks , practised his faculty there , and dying 7. Apr. 1689 , was buried in S. Helens Church in that Town . Samuel Thompson of Magd. Hall — This person , who was Son of Will. Thomp . of Westbury in Wilts , Minister of Gods word , wrot Exercitations and Meditations on some texts of holy Scripture , and most in Scripture phrase and expression . Lond. 1676. oct . In the title of this book , he writes himself Master of Arts and Doct. of Physick , but whether he was Mast . of Arts of this University , it appears not in the publick register . April 14. John French of New Inn. — I have spoken of him at large among the Writers . Apr. 15. Peter Dormer of Magd. Hall — He was the fifth Son of Fleetwood Dormer of Grange in Bucks , and a Neighbour and Relation to the Earl of Caernarvan . Feb. 9. Humphrey Whitmore of S. Maries Hall was then created by vertue of the Letters sent to the Convocation from Fairfax the General , now Lord Fairfax , which say that he is a Physitian of note and eminency in those Cities and Towns where he hath lived , — and that he hath been a member of both Vniversities , &c. Mar. 8. Abraham Huard alias Lomprè sometimes of the University of Caen in Normandy , was then created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that his affections to the cause of the Parliament have exposed him to sufferings — That he is a Protestant of France , and his quality and sufferings have been made known to me by persons of honour , Gentlemen of quality and Physitians of this Kingdom , as also by one Mr. Joh. Despaigne one of the French Ministers of London , &c. Doct. of Div. Apr. 12. Edward Reynolds M. A. Dean of Ch. Church by order of Parliament , and actually put into possession of it by the breaking open the doors belonging to the Dean in the morn . of this day , by the Chancellour , Visitors and a band of the Soldiers of the Garrison of Oxon , was declared Doct. of Div , in a Convocation held in the afternoon , by order of Parliament . — He was not presented Doctor according to the usual manner and custome , only stood near the Chancellours Chair while the order of the said Parliament was reading : And the reason for this unusual way was , because there was no Vicechancellour , to whom he should be presented , and if he had been presented to the Chancellour , he could not have returned any Latine , for he understood it not . After the said order was read and he seated among the Doctors , another was produced , by vertue of which he was to be Vicechancellour : which being read , he was admitted by Sir Nathan . Brent , as I have before told you , in the beginning of this year , and thereupon he took his place . Apr. 12. Rob. Harris Bach. of Div. of Magd. Hall — The next day he was put into possession of the Presidents lodings of Trinity Coll , by the breaking open the doors thereof ; a little before which time the old and loyal President had withdrawn himself to avoid imprisonment . Afterwards he removed his family to the said Lodgings , but before they were setled there three quarters of a year , the new President employed a Painter to do some work there for him , in the week before that of the Act , if one had been solemnized , an . 1649. Which Painter pulling down some old boards and shelves , found two bags sealed , and a paper in the mouth of each , which signified that there was an 100 l. in each bag : And tho they were covered with dust about half an inch thick , yet Dr. Harris and his Wife ( solely addicted to money and reformation ) presently own'd them , and said confidently that they were theirs ; but oportet mendacem esse memorem : For first he had not been setled in his Lodgings scarce 3 quarters of a year , and the baggs were so old and overcovered with dust , as if they had laid there 40 years . Secondly , his Wife said at first that they were left there by a friend , who desir'd her to lay them up , but she refused to take any charge of them , yet he told her he would leave them , and so hid them in that place where the Painter found them . Thirdly , on better consideration , Dr. Harris said that he himself laid them there , and that it was money he designed for his Daughters : And tho no man believed him , yet he aver'd it verbo sacerdotis . This money being most probably left by Dr. Ralph Kettle sometimes President ( who died in 1643 ) was claimed by his Executor , who , or Mr. Fanshaw Kettle for him , went to Dr. Harris and desired of him to see the baggs , for he knew his Uncles seal and hand-writing , but the old Gentleman who had the money in possession would neither shew baggs , or seal or writing ; which was a manifest argument that they were none of his ; For first if the baggs were of his sealing and superscribing , why did he not shew them to convince people , or what need he to have feared to shew his own hand and seal ? Secondly if they were not of his sealing , why did he swear they were his ? All these passages do manifestly shew that the money was not his but another mans , as indeed all people did think so , it being then the common discourse of Town and Country , and could not be convinc'd to the contrary . Doubtless if it had been his , Will. Durham his Kinsman , author of the said Dr. Harris his Life , would have made mention of , and vindicated the Doctor in , it , as in other matters of smaller account he hath done . A little before this discovery , was another made by the new President and Fellows of Magd. Coll. of 1400 l. in old gold or spurroyals by the breaking open a chest in their Treasury , which , tho originally deposited there by the Founder , pro litibus & placitis defendendis , ( so 't is said in the statutes of that House ) etiam pro possessionibus si opus fuerit amplioribus acqu●rendis , & pro repentinis ( quod absit ) incendiis & ruinis maneriorum , &c. yet upon pretence of knowing no such statute , they shared the said summ of money among them , Hen. Wilkinson senior , one of the Visitors and then Vicepresident of the Coll , being the chief man that promoted that affair . And in the next week following ( in July ) Dr. Reynolds the Vicechancellour and the two Proctors , whose hands also did in a grievous manner itch after money , would needs have broken open Bodlies chest , but being disswaded by Mr. John Rouse the chief Library keeper , who had lately a key thereof and had told and assur'd them that nothing was therein , they forbore . The next day also came one of the new Savilian professors , scarce warm in his place , I mean him , who before had been a witness (*) against Archbishop Laud in order to bring him to his Trial and consequently to the Block , and the same who was successively a preacher up of treason and rebellion in two Churches in London in the time of the Presbyterian rebellion ; I say that he , with Ralph Button Can. of Ch. Ch. his Guide and a poor spirited person , did go to the same Mr. Rouse for the Key of Sir Hen. Saviles chest , but after they knew he had it not , and that there was no money in it , they did not break it open , tho they said they would and came for that purpose . These things I am the more punctual to relate , that the world might know , that the said persons , who call'd themselves the Saints of God , minded more and sought after the bread , livelyhood , being and money of other persons , than reformation which they according to Ordinance and their own consciences ought to have done . Ap. 12. Humph. Chambers of Vniv . Coll. Ap. 12. .... Caldicot a Minister . Of the first is large mention made among the Writers under the year 1662. The other , whose Christian name I cannot yet recover , was an obscure man , a Covenantier and one that was lately possest of a rich Benefice belonging to a loyal person ejected . Edward Corbet Master of Arts of Mert. Coll , was created the same day — He was born at Pontsbury in Shropshire , of the antient family of the Corbets in that County , was admitted Probationer Fellow of the said Coll. 1624 , took the degrees in Arts , became one of the Proctors of the University , an . 1638 , married Margaret the Daughter of Sir Nathan . Brent , turned with the times , being always puritannically affected , made one of the Ass . of Divines , a preacher before the Long Parliament , one of the Preachers in Oxon 1646 to preach the loyal Scholars into obedience to the Parliament , ( but quitted that employment soon after , whereby that duty laid on the shoulders of six only ) one of the Visitors of the University , ( yet seldome or never sate among them ) Orator and Canon of Ch. Ch. in the room of Dr. Hen. Hammond , ( which two places he soon after threw up , as being a person of conscience and honesty ) and at length Rector of Great Haseley in Oxfordshire , in the place , as 't was said , of Dr. Tho. Some , where he continued to the time of his death . He hath written and published Gods Providence , Sermon before the House of Commons at their Fast , 28. Dec. 1642 on 1. Cor. 1.27 . Lond. 1647. qu. There goes under the name of Edw. Corbet a little book called The Worldlings Looking-glass : or the danger of loosing his Soul for gain . Printed 1630 oct . but I cannot tell whether our Edw. Corbet was the author of it , because I have not yet seen the book it self . He departed this mortal life at London on the 5. of Januar. 1657 aged 55 years or thereabouts , and was buried on the 14 day of the same month , near the body of his late beloved Wife , in the Chancel of Great Haseley before mention'd : Over whose grave he the said Dr. Corbet had before laid a large Marble stone . Ap. 14. Christop . Rogers M. A , Principal of New Inn and one of the Visitors . Ap. 14. .... Harding Rector of Brinkworth in Wilts . The first of these two was about the same time put into actual possession of a Canonry of Ch. Ch. by the Visitors , ( in the place of Dr. Rich. Gardiner ejected ) according to an order of Parl. bearing date in the beginning of Mar. 1647. This person when he usually preached at S. Maries this year , before his Majesty was beheaded , he would in his long prayer before Sermon desire that God would open the Kings eyes to lay to heart all the blood that he had spilt , &c. that he would prosper the Parliament and their blessed proceedings , &c. He ●as a person of most reverend aspect , yet of no parts , only had a plain way of preaching to please Women and ignorant People . He was an easie man and apt to be guided by the perswasions of others , and therefore by Cheynell and Wilkinson Senior , two violent and impetuous Presbyterians he was put into the roll of Visitors , meerly to make a nose of wax of him . The other , ... Harding was a most violent Presbyterian , an indefatigable Preacher against the King and his cause , and because he would not conform after his Majesties restauration , tho courted to it , he was turned out of his Rectory . This year the generality of the Heads of Houses , Professors and Lecturers , Doctors and Bach. of Divinity , Masters and Bachelaurs of Arts , Undergraduats , Beadles , College Servants , and sometimes Bedmakers and scrapers of Trenchers , to the number of several hundreds , were thrown out of their respective places , and soon after banished the University by the Visitors , for not submitting to their power from Parliament and acknowledging their Covenant , &c. An. Dom. 1649. An. 1. Car. 2. Chanc. Philip Earl of Pemb. and Mountgomery , who dying at the Cock-pit near Whitehall , on the 23 of January this year , was buried in the Cathedral Church at Salisbury among the graves of those of his family on the 8. of Febr. following : From which time till Jan. ensuing , the Chancellours place laid void . Soon after the said Earls death came out against him several Satyrical prints , among which were ( 1 ) His last Will and Testament , Printed in one sheet in fol , ( 2 ) Pembrokes Pass from Oxford to his grave . 'T is a Poem printed on one side of a sheet of paper , and hath this beginning , Hence Mountebank of honour , hence away , &c. At the end is his Epitaph . ( 3 ) The life and death of Philip Herbert , the late infamous Knight of Berkshire , once Earl of Pembroke and Mountgom . &c. having by a degenerate baseness betrayed his Nobility , and entred himself a Commoner amongst the very scum of the people . Printed in one sheet in qu. by way of interlude , with Poetry . Vicechanc. Edw. Reynolds D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch. was re-admitted Aug. 30 , having been nominated a little before by the Chancellour . Proct. Joh. Maudit of Exet. Coll. Apr. 4. Hierome Zanchy of All 's . Coll. Apr. 4. The last was elected contrary to the Caroline Cycle , because it did appoint Queens Coll , to joyn with the said Coll. of Exeter ; but so it was that that Coll. being not in a capacity of yielding a person zealous and sutable to the times , the members of All 's . therefore did choose , by recommendations of the Committee and Visitors , one of their number lately made Fellow thereof , but whether incorporated M. of Arts , as he had stood in another University , it appears not in the publick register , and therefore what I have to say of him shall be set down . here . This Hierome Zanchy , who was born of a gentile family , was bred in Cambridge , but being more given to manlie exercises than Logick and Philosophy , he was observed by his contemporaries to be a boisterous fellow at Cudgelling and Foot-ball-playing , and indeed more fit in all respects to be a rude Soldier than a Scholar or man of polite parts . In the beginning of the rebellion , he threw off his gown , and took up armes for the Parliament , and soon after became a Captain , a Presbyterian , an Independent , a Preacher , and I know not what . When the War was ceased , and the Kings cause declined , he obtained a Fellowship of All 's . Coll. from the Committee and Visitors , and was the first , or senior , of those many , that were by them put into the said Coll , in the places of Loyallists ejected by them an . 1648 and 49. But before he had served the least part of his Proctorship ( about a month only ) he returned to his Military employment , went in the quality of a Commander into Ireland to fight against those that were then called Rebels ; and doing good service in short time was made a Colonel of a Regiment of Horse , and as a Colonel he had 474 l. and 10 s. per an . for his Salary , besides other advantages . In 1651 and 52 , I find him Commander in chief of the Parliament forces in the County of Tipperary , where , as those of his party said , he did excellent service for the cause , being then a thorough-pac'd Anabaptist , and in 1654 he , with Joh. Reynolds Commissary General , were elected Knights for the Counties of Tipperary and Waterford to serve in the Parliament that assembled at Dublin that year . In 1658 , he being then a Knight by the favour of Hen. Cromwell , he was , by the endeavours of Col. Charles Fleetwood a pitiful Anabaptist and Son-in-law to Ol. Cromwell , chosen Burgess for Woodstock in Oxfordshire to serve in Richards Parliament that began at Westm . 27. Jan. that year ; at which time living much , as he had done some time before , in the house of the said Fleetwood in Westminster , did often hold forth in Conventicles among the Anabaptists . It was observed then that he was a dull man , as indeed he was ab origine , for by his rebaptization when he went into Ireland , and his herding among the Anabaptists , he did improve it to the purpose , otherwise had he continued among the Presbyterians or Independents who were accounted a more ingenious sort of people , he might have improved himself perhaps in something of ingenuity . Under this person● name was published ( 1 ) A Sermon on 1. of John 2.18 , &c. printed in oct . but when I know not , for I have not yet seen it . ( 2 ) Speech in Parliament in Dublin , printed in Sir Will. Petty's book intit . Reflections upon some persons and things in Ireland , &c. p. 70 71 &c. It is a most rude and nonsensical thing , and only fit to be read to make people laugh at the absurdity of the person . See more in Sir Will. Petty among the Writers , an . 1687. p. 611. where you 'll find this Zanchy to concern himself much , meerly out of envy , against that curious and polite Gentleman . What other things he hath extant I cannot tell , nor any thing else of him , only that he died in Ireland about the latter end of K. Charles 2. as I have been informed by those that knew him . Bach. of Arts. June 5. Joh. Rotheram of Linc. Coll. June 5. Charles Perot of Oriel Coll. Of the first you may see more among the Masters 1652 , and of the other among the Mast . in 1653. June 11. Henry Hurst of Magd. Hall — He was soon after made Prob. Fellow of Mert. Coll. by the Visitors . 27. Charles Potter of Ch. Ch. 27. John Tickell of New Inn. The last who was afterwards made Student of Ch. Ch , by the Visitors , is said in the publick (a) register of Convocation to be Vir provectioris aetatis & firmatae eruditionis . This person who is now , or at least was lately , living did afterwards publish several things , and therefore he is to be numbred hereafter among the Writers of this University . July 6. Walter Pope of Wadh. Coll. — See among the created Doct. of Phys . 1661. Nov. 6. Edw. Bagshaw of Ch. Ch. Nov. 6. Tho. Cole of Ch. Ch. Of the last of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1651. Dec. 17. Theophilus Gale of Magd. Coll. — He is said in the pub . reg . (b) of Convoc . to be Vir provectioris aetatis & uberioris spei juvenis . Jan. 18. Joh. How of Brasn . Coll. — He was soon after made Fellow of that of Magd. by the Visitors , and is now living a Nonconformist Minister in London , and a Preacher in Conventicles . He hath written and published several things , and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter among the Writers of this University . Feb. 19. Thomas Danson Chaplain of C. C. Coll. — He was soon after made Fellow of that of Magdalen , and is now a Nonconformist Minister living at Abendon in Berks , and a Preacher in Conventicles there . He hath written and published several Books , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred . Feb. 23. Will. Carpender of Ch. Ch. Feb. 23. Lewis Atterbury of Ch. Ch. Feb. 23. Will. Crompton of Ch. Ch. Of the first of these three you may see more among the Masters , an . 1652 , and of the second among the Doct. that were licensed to proceed , an . 1660. The last ( W. Crompton ) is now a Nonconformist Divine living and holding forth at Columpton in Devonshire , and having published several things , he is hereafter to be remembred among the Writers . Thomas Jones of Vniv . College was admitted the same day , ( Feb. 23. ) Adm. 88. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. I find but one to be admitted this year , named Joh. Gunter , somtimes of Queens Coll. in Cambridge , now of that of S. Johns in Oxon. He was soon after made Fellow of New Coll , by the Committee of Parl. appointed for the reformation of the University and Visitors . Mast . of Arts. April 11. Edw. Hicks of Oriel Coll. — Whether he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts in this Univ. it appears not . See more of him among the created Doctors of Div. 1660. 28. Joh. Billingsley of C. C. Coll. — This person , who was lately made Fellow of the said Coll. by the Visitors , was afterwards a Writer and Publisher of several books , and is now , or at least was lately , living a Conformist in Derbyshire ; and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter among the Writers . June 25. Will. Finmore of Ch. Ch. — He was installed Archdeacon of Chester on the 6. of March 1666 , having been a little more than half an year before made Prebendary of the Cathedral Church there . He died in the beginning of 1686 and was succeeded in his Archdeaconry by John Allen M. of A. Fellow of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , and Chaplain to Dr. Pearson B. of Chester , and author of one or more Sermons that are extant . July 14. Rob. Wood of Mert. Coll. — He was afterwards made Fellow of that of Linc. by the Visitors . 21. Samuel Ladyman of C. C. Coll. — He was the Son of John Ladyman of Dinton in Bucks , became a poor Scholar or Servitour of the said Coll , in Lent term 1642 aged 17 years , and in 1648 submitting to the authority of the Visitors , he was by them made that year Fellow thereof , in a Lincolnshire place . Soon after he became a frequent Preacher in these parts , and being a noted person among the Presbyterians he received a Call and forthwith went into Ireland and was beneficed there . He hath published The dangerous rule , Sermon preached at Clonmel in the Province of Mounster in Ireland before the Judges , on 2. Sam. 19.29 . Lond. 1658 in tw . and perhaps other things , which is all I know of him . Nov. 24. Henry Chapman of Magd. Hall — This Bachelaur , who was well advanc'd in years , was admitted Mast . by order of the Presb. Delegates of the University , who were well satisfied with the testimonial Letters of John Wallis the Mathematick Professor , written in his behalf to them , wherein he doth abundantly commend the said Chapmans ingenuity , industry and knowledg in various tongues . Nov. 27. Edm. Dickenson of Mert. Coll. 29. Edw. Wood or à Wood of Mert. Coll. Dec. 13. Thom. Careles of Ball. Coll. — He was the Son of Philip Careles of Lothbury near the Royal Exchange in London , became a Student of the said Coll. in the beginning of the year 1640 aged 15 years , and was afterwards Scholar and Fellow , and in the last year , did submit , as I conceive , to the power of the Visitors . In 1651 , he being then esteemed an ingenious man , as indeed he was , he was made choice of to be Terrae filius with Will. Levinz of S. Johns Coll. to speech it in the Act celebrated that year , being the first Act that was kept after the Presbyterians had taken possession of the University , and soon after , having obtained the name of a florid Preacher among the remnant of the Royalists in the University by his preaching often in S. Aldates Church , he was preferr'd to be Rector of Barnsley , and afterwards to be Vicar of Cirencester , in Glocestershire . He hath published A Sermon preached at the Cath. Ch. in Glocester on S. Georges day , on which day his Majesty was solemnly crown'd , on Psal . 21.3 . Lond ▪ 1661. qu. What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he dying 7. Octob. 1675 was buried in his Church at Cirencester . Mar. 11. Edm. Hall of Pembr . Coll. 14. Henry Hickman of Magd. Coll. The last was originally of Cambridge , whence going to Oxon , when Bachelaur of Arts , he entred himself into Magd. Hall , and in 1648 he was made Fellow of Magd. Coll. by the Visitors . He was afterwards a noted Writer , a person of great repute among those of the Presbyterian perswasion , and is now living in Holland and therefore to be remembred hereafter among Oxford Writers . Admitted 39. or thereabouts . Bach. of Phys . Not one was admitted only three created and one incorporated . The famous Mountebank of his time called Joh. Puntaeus an Italian and a Chymical Physitian , who , for many years before this , had exercised his Art in several places within this Kingdom , had license given to him to practice chirurgery throughout all England , Nov. 16. After his Maj. restauration he lived at Salisbury and died rich and full of years . ☞ Not one Bach. of Div. or Doct. of Law was admitted , only created and incorporated ; as I shall tell you by and by . Doct. of Phys . June 8. Francis Barksdale of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was lately made Fellow of that Coll. by the Visitors , was then admitted by the favour of Fairfax the Gen. and Cromwell the Lieut. Gen. lately at Oxon , but with this condition that he perform all exercise requisite for the said degree , within an year after his admission . It was also their pleasure that Will. Hill sometimes of Mert. Coll , might accumulate the degrees of Bach. and Doct. of Physick , but whether he did so , it appears not . July 14. Daniel Malden M. of A. of Qu. Coll. in Cambr. who had studied Physick 7 years at least , and had read his solemn Lecturers in the School of Medicine , was then admitted by vertue of the Letters of the Chancellour of this Universe , which say that he was recommended to him by the Lord General — that he had improved his studies by travelling abroad — that he is affected to the cause , and that he hath engaged himself and shed blood for the Parliament , &c. Oct. 30. Gedeon Chabraeus a Student in Phys . ( commended to the chief members of the University with great Elogies ) who had learnedly and laudably performed his exercise for the degree of Doct. of Physick , was then admitted in the House of Convocation — I find one Dr. Shawbry a Physitian of Cambridge to have been buried in the Church of S. Peter in the East in Oxon , 22 Nov. 1643 , but what relation there was between him and the former I cannot tell , because their names differ . Doct. of Div. April 6. Michael Roberts Bach. of Div. and lately made Principal of Jesus Coll , by the Committee of Parliament for the reformation of the University , was then presented and admitted without Scio's or Deponents for his abilities , because there wanted Doct. of Div. to do that office . — He resigned his Principality into the hands of Oliver the Protector an . 1657 , lived many years after obscurely ( yet rich ) in Oxon , and dying in the Parish of S. Peter in the East 3. May 1679 , was buried in the yard belonging to that Church , close to the wall , under the upper window of the body of the Church . He hath written in Lat. An Elegy on George Duke of Albemarle Lond. 1670. qu. which is all , as I conceive , that he hath published . INCORPORATIONS . The Incorporations this year were mostly of Cambridge men , who came to Oxford for preferment from the Committee and Visitors . Bach. of Arts. April 24. Joh. Billingsley , lately of S. Johns Coll. in Cambr. and Bach. of Arts of one years standing there — On the 28 of the said month of Apr. he was admitted M. of A. as I have before told you . May 23. Ant. Radcliff Bach. of Arts of Magd Coll. in Cambr. — He was lately made Student of Ch. Ch. by the Visitors . See among the Doct. of Div. under the year 1681. 26. Jam. Bedford B. of A. of two years standing of Eman. Coll. in Cambr. — Of this person , who was lately made one of the junior Fellows of Qu. Coll. in this Univ , by the Visitors , you may see more among the Bach. of Div. under the year 1657. Oct. 16. Joh. Johnson of two years standing Bach. of Eman. Coll. — He was lately made Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in this Univ. by the Visitors , and in the year following Fellow of New Coll. See more among the Masters under the year 1650. Besides these four were 7 more incorporated , that were about this time prefer'd to Fellowships in this University by the Committee and Visitors . Mast . of Arts. May 8. Tho. Lye or Leigh M. A. of Cambr. — He was about this time Chapl. of Wadh. Coll. Oct. 10. Samuel Cradock M. A. Fellow of Eman. Coll. — This person , who did not go to Oxon for preferment , as I conceive , because I find him not Fellow of any House there , was afterwards Bach. of Div. and Rector of North Cadbury in Somersetshere by the gift of the Master and Society of his Coll , about 1656. Among several things that he hath written and published are these ( 1 ) The harmony of the four Evangelists , and their text methodized according to the order and series of times , wherein the entire history of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , is methodically set forth . Lond. 1668. 69. fol. ( 2 ) The Apostolical History ; containing the Acts , Labours , Travels , Sermons , Discourses , &c. of the holy Apostles from Christs Ascension to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus , &c. Lond. 1672. 73. fol. ( 3 ) Knowledge and practice : or , a plain discourse of the chief things necessary to be known , believed and practised , in order to Salvation , &c. Ibid. 1673. qu. sec . or third edit . ( 4 ) A supplement to knowledge and practice : wherein the main things necessary to be known and believed in order to salvation are more fully explained , and several new directions given for the promoting of real holiness both of heart and life . Lond. 1679. qu. ( 5 ) A serious diss●asive from some of the reigning and customary sins of the times , viz. Swearing , lying , pride , gluttony , drunkenness , uncleanness , &c. Ibid. 1679. qu. In the title to the said last two books 't is said that the author was Late Rector of North Cadbury , so I suppose he was dead before 1679. Oct. 23. Joh. Wallis Geometry Prof. of the Univ. of Oxon , Oct. 23. Seth Ward Astronomy Prof. of the Univ. of Oxon , The first of these two was originally of Eman. Coll. in Cambridge and after Fellow of that of Queens , in the same University , then Minister of S. Martins Church in Ironmonger-lane , and after of that of Gabriel Fen-church , in London , in the time of the Presbyterian rebellion , from both which Churches had certain Loyalists been ejected ; and having procured an order from the Committee for the reformation of the University of Oxon , dated 14. June 1649 , whereby he was established Geom. Profess in the place of the most learned and loyal Dr. Peter Turner a little before ejected , ( who afterwards died obscurely ) did go to Oxon , and there was admitted to his place on the same day he was incorporated M. of A. As for the other , Ward , who was admitted also the same day to his Professorship , after incorporation , I have made mention at large among the Writers . Jan. 18. Joshua Sprigge M. A. of Edinburgh — He was lately one of those many that was put in Fellow of All 's . Coll. by the Visitors . Besides these five were six or more of Cambridge incorporated , who all ( one excepted ) had gotten places in Colleges . Bach. of Phys . Only one was incorporated , named Joh. Arnold Bach. of Physick of Leyden , May 24. — This person , who was originally an Apothecaries boy , and had with great shift got to be Bach. of Physick at Leyden , was put in Fellow of Mert. Coll , by the Visitors in Feb. following , an . 1649. Bach. of Div. Apr. 24. Nath. Hoyle Bach. of Div. of Dublin — He was in the year before made Fellow of Brasn . Coll. by the Visitors , but what were his merits or learning I cannot tell . Aug. 30. Sam. Syllesbie Bach. of Div. of Qu. Coll. in Cambr. — Nor of him . Joh. Worthington B. D. of Eman. Coll. in the same University , was incorporated the same day — He was afterwards Master of Jesus Coll. there , in the times of Usurpation , being then esteemed by all a Presbyterian , Doctor of Divinity , and Rector of S. Bennet Fink in London , which he kept till the Church was burn'd down in the grand conflagration which hapned in Lond. in the beginning of Sept. 1666. He hath written ( 1 ) A form of sound words : or a scripture Catechisme , shewing what a Christian is to believe and practice in order to salvation . Lond. 1673. 74. &c. oct . It was licensed for the press 8. Nov. 1672 , at which time the author was dead . ( 2 ) The great duty of self-resignation to the divine will. Lond. 1675. &c. oct . ( 3 ) The doctrine of the resurrection , and the reward to come , considered , as the grand motives to an holy life . Discoursed of from 1. Cor. 15.58 . Lond. 1689. 90. ( 4 ) Charitas Evangelica : A discourse of Christian love . Lond. 1691 , oct . published by the authors Son. Doct. of Phys . July 14. Lewis du Moulin Doct. of Physick of the University of Leyden ( incorporated in the same degree at Cambridge , 10. Oct. 1634 ) was incorporated in the same degree at Oxon — This person , who was a French man born , and Son of the famous Peter du Moulin a French Protestant , was lately establish'd Camdens Professor of History in this University by the Committee of Parliament for the reformation thereof . After the restauration of his Majesty , he was turned out of his Professorship by his Majesties Commissioners , for the regulating of the University : Whereupon retiring to the City of Westminster , lived there a most violent Nonconformist . The books that he hath written are these ( 1 ) Epistola ad Renatum Veridaeum ( i. e. Andream Rivetum ) in qua aperitur Mysterium iniquitatis novissimè in Angliâ redivivum , & excutitur liber Josephi Hall , quo asseritur episcopatum esse juris divini . Eleutheropoli ( alias Lond. ) 1641. qu. Published under the name of Irenaeus Philadelphus . An answer to this book written by the said Joseph Hall Bishop of Exeter , came out soon after entit . Theophili Iscani ad calumniosam Ir. Philadelphi Epistolam responsio . Quâ Anglicanae Ecclesiae sana fides pietasque , & episcopalis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 institutio Apostolico-divina , à D. Jos . Hallo Exon. Episcopo pridem defensa , asseritur . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 2 ) Apologia pro Epistola ad Renat . Veridaeum . Lond. 1641. qu. ( 3 ) The power of the Christian Magistrate in sacred things , &c. Lond. 1650. oct . ( 4 ) Oratio auspicalis : cui subjuncta est Laudatio Clariss . Viri Guil. Camdeni . Oxon. 1652. qu. Dedicated to Joh. Owen Dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. ( 5 ) Paraenesis ad Aedificatores imperii in imperio , in qua defenduntur jura Magistratus adversus Moseum Amyraldum , & caeteros Vindices potestatis ecclesiasticae Presbyterianae . In praefatione excurritur in Joh. Dallaei Apologiam pro duabus Synodis . Lond. 1656. Dedicated to Oliver Cromwell . It was the opinion then of some eminent and judicious persons , that the said book did give a notable blow to those severe ones of the Presbyterian way , who build a jurisdiction within a jurisdiction : And also that it did conduce to the uniting of all interests , rendring the Magistrate his due , and stating the right of Churches . ( 6 ) Corollarium ad Paraenesim suam ad Aedificatores imp . in imp . &c. Lond : 1657. oct . ( 7 ) Epistola ad Amicum , in qua gratiam divinam , seque defendit , adversus objecta clariss . Viri Johan . Dallaei in prefatione libri in Epicritam . Ibid. 1658. in tw . ( 8 ) Of the right of Churches and of the Magistrates Power over them . Wherein it further made out , first , the nullity and vanity of ecclesiastical power , &c. secondly , the absurdity of the distinctions of power and laws in ecclesiastical and civil , &c. Ibid. 1658. oct . Dedicated to the Parliament of England . ( 9 ) Proposals and reasons whereon some of them are grounded , humbly presented to the Parliament towards the setling of a religious and godly government in a Commonwealth : with a short account of the compatibility of the congregational way , with the Magistrates ordering all-matters of religion in a national publick way , &c. Lond. 1659. qu. ( 10 ) Morum exemplar seu characteres , &c. Hag. Com. 1662 in tw . ( 11 ) Patronus bonae fidei , in causa Puritanorum , contra Hierarchos Anglos : ut disceptatur in specimine confutationis vindiciarum clariss . Viri Joh. Durelli , &c. Lond. 1672 oct . See in Joh. Durell among the Writers , under the year 1683. p. 553. That this book ( Patronus , &c. ) might escape the searchers of the Press , ( as the author saith in his Admonitio ) he was forced five times to change the running title of the book and the number of pages , each new title beginning with a new number . The titles are ( after two Admonitions to the Reader ) 1. Praefatio sive epistola ad rev . Pastores Ecclesiarum reformat in Gallia , &c. 2. Specimen confutationis Vindiciarum Durellianarum . 3. Prodromus . 4. Defensor Veritatis , and then Patronus bonae fidei . For the writing and publishing of this book he was committed to Custody . ( 12 ) Jugulum causae : seu nova , unica , compendiaria , unâ propemodum periodo comprehensa , ratio : per quam totus doctrinarum Romanensium complexus , de quibus lis est inter protestantes & Pontificios , &c. Lond. 1671. oct . To this are prefix'd about 60 Epistles to several persons . ( 13 ) Papa Vltrajectinus . ( 14 ) Fascieulus . ( 15 ) A short and true account of the several Advances the Church of England hath made towards Rome : or a model of the grounds , upon which the Papists for these 100 years , have built their hopes and expectations , that England would ere long return to Popery . Lond. 1680. qu. Soon after came out an answer to this book entit . A lively picture of Lewis du Moulin , drawn by the incomparable hand of Monsieur D'aille late Minister of Charenton , &c. Lond. 1680. qu. ( 16 ) The conformity of the discipline and government of those who are commonly called Independents to that of the antient Primitive Christians . Ibid. 1680. qu. ( 17 ) Moral reflections upon the number of the Elect ; proving plainly from Scripture evidence , &c. that not one in a hundred thousand ( nay probably not one in a Million ) from Adam down to our times , shall be saved . Ibid. 1680. qu. To this , one Edw. Lane ( mention'd in the F●sti 1639 ) made a quick answer entit . Mercy triumphant , &c. ( 18 ) His last words , being his retraction of all the personal reflections he had made on the Divines of the Church of England ( in several of his ) signed by himself on the 5 and 17 of Oct. 1680. Lond. 1680. in 2 sh . and an half in qu. Published after his death by Dr. Gilb. Burnet as it seems . The chief Divines that he had abused were Dr. Edward Stillingfleet Dean of S. Pauls , now Bishop of Worcester , Dr. Joh. Durell Dean of Windsor and Dr. Simon Patrick Dean of Peterborough now Bishop of Ely. ( 19 ) An additional account of the Church of Englands advances towards Porery . This was published by a Fanatick after the authors death , without the knowledge of his Wife or other Relations . See His last words , p. 15.16 . ( 20 ) An Appeal to all the Nonconformists in England to God and all the Protestants , in order to manifest their sincerity in point of obedience to God and the King. Lond. 1681. qu. ( 21 ) A sober and unpassionate Reply to the Author of The lively picture of Lewis du Moulin — Printed with the Appeal . ( 22 ) An Ecclesiastical History . The design of this being known to several of his perswasion before his death , the book it self came afterwards into the hands of a Nonconformist ; which , whether published , I know not . See more in His last words p. 17. He also fil'd , smooth'd and polished a book entit . Celeusma , &c. written mostly by Will. Jenkins , of whom I have made mention in John Durell among the Writers an . 1683. What other books this Lew. du Moulin hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he was a fiery , violent and hot-headed Independent , a cross and ill natur'd man , and dying on the 20 of Octob. 1680 aged 77 years , was buried within the precincts of the Church of S. Paul in Covent Garden , within the Liberty of Westminster , in the Parish of which he had before lived several years . CREATIONS . The Creations this year were made in all faculties , especially in that Creation called by some the Fairfaxian Creation , that is that Creation which was made when the Lord Fairfax Generalissimo of the Parliam . Army and his Lieut. Gen. Cromwell were created Doctors of Law , and when others afterwards were created by the said Generals nomination when he was entertained by the then Members of the University . Bach. of Arts. May 19. Robert Scrope , lately made Fellow of Linc. Coll. by the Visitors , was then actually created Bach. of Arts , being done in the same Convocation that Fairfax and Cromwell were created Doctors of the Civil Law , as I shall tell you by and by . — He was a younger son of Adrian Scrope of Wormesley in Oxfordshire Esq , sometimes a Gent. Com. of Hart Hall , and afterwards a noted Puritan , which made him take up Arms for the blessed Cause in the beginning of the Presbyterian Rebellion ; in which being first a Captain was at length a Colonel of a Regiment of Horse . When K. Ch. 1. of ever blessed memory was tried for his life by a pack of Hell-Hounds , this person sate and was one of his Judges in that dismal Tragedy , and afterwards signed the bloody Warrant for severing his head from his body . Just after his Majesties restauration Sir Rich. Browne ( soon after elected L. Mayor of Lond. ) did accidentally meet him in the Speakers Chamber , ( to whom , I suppose , he came to surrender himself upon his Maj. Proclamation ) and when the said R. Browne was acquainted who he was , he drew up , and said , to him , What a sad case have we brought this Kingdom unto ? Whereupon Scrope answer'd Why ? Saith Browne then , Do you not see how it is ruined , now the King is murthered ? &c. To which Scrope made answer , I will not make you my Confessor , or words to the same effect . All which being witnessed against him at his Tryal , as words to justifie what he had done , Browne being then L. Mayor elect , were the chief Cause of his Execution , otherwise , as 't was then thought , he would only have suffer'd perpetual imprisonment and the loss of his Estate , as many others of the same Gang did . He suffer'd by hanging , drawing and quartering , with Tho. Scot , Greg. Clement and Joh. Jones , at Charing Cross on the 17 of Octob. 1660 : Whereupon his Quarters were not hanged up as others were , but given to his Relations to be buried . His death was then much pityed by many , because he was a comely person , beg'd the Prayers of all good people , and that he was of a noble and antient family , being descended from the Scropes Barons of Bolton . After his death were printed under his name his Speech and Prayer spoken at the Gallows . May 31. Aubrey Thompson of Qu. Coll. — He was then created by the favour of Fairfax and Cromwell lately in Oxon. Jul. 14. Franc. Blackwall an Assistant to , or an Officer about , a Captain in the Parl. Army . — He is stiled in the common Register Optimae indolis & eruditionis Adolescens . In 1657 I find one Capt. Blackwall to be Treasurer of the Army ; whether the same I cannot tell . Mar. 14. Edw. Reynolds lately of Merton , now of Magdalen Coll. — He was about this time made Fellow of Magd. Coll. by the Visitors . See among the Doct. of Div. an . 1676. 20. Brook Bridges of Gl●c . Hall , lately a Student of Trin. Coll. in Cambr. — He was son of Coll. John Bridges Governour of Warwick , and was about this time made Fellow of New Coll. by the Visitors . Bach. of Law. Jun. 5. Vnton Croke a Captain in the Parl. Army was then created by vertue of a Dispensation from the Delegates of the University . — This person , who was son of Vnton Croke of Merston near Oxon , Counsellour at Law ( descended from the antient family of the Crokes of Chilton in Bucks . ) had been made a Captain or at least a Lieutenant for his ventrous service done in seizing on and carrying away with his party ( to Abendon Garrison where he was a Soldier ) many horses belonging to the Royalists of Oxford Garrison , while they were grazing in the meadows joyning on the east side to Magd. Coll. He was afterwards a Major , and in 1658 made High Sheriff of Oxfordshire by Richard and his Council , and soon after a Colonel of a Regiment of Horse . This is the Gentleman , who became infamous to the Royalists and all true generous Hearts for his falsness in denying and breaking the Articles which he had made with the truly loyal Col. Joh. Penruddock when he and his party were taken by him and his at South Molton in Devonshire , 15 March 1654 , ( after they had retreated from Salisbury where they first rose ) at which time they endeavour'd , but in vain , to redeem the Kingdom from Slavery and Tyranny . For this Service done by Croke , his father was called to the degree of Serjeant at Law by Oliver , by a Writ bearing date 21 of June following , and he himself , if I mistake not , to that of Major of a Reg. of Horse . After his Majesties restauration , when he and his Reg. were disbanded , he was shun'd and hated by Gentlemen and Royallists where he abode , whether in D●vonshire , ( from whence he married his wife ) at Cheddington in Bucks , in Oxford , or at the Wick in the Parish of Hedington near Oxon , or elsewhere . He is now , or at least was lately , living in a gouty condition , at or near London . He has a younger brother named Charles Croke sometimes Com. of Ch. Ch , who , after he had taken many rambles , been a Soldier and seen the vanities of the World , published Youths Vnconstancy , &c. Lond. 1667. oct . Dec. 18. Rob. King lately made Fellow of All 's . Coll. by the Visitors , was created by vertue of an order from the Delegates of the University . — This person , who was a younger son of Sir Rob King Kt , Commissary of the Musters in Ireland in the time of the Lord Lieut. Hen. Cromwell , was after his Majesties restauration made a Baronet , and elected several times a Parliament-man in that Kingdom . He had an elder brother called Henry who was also made Fellow of All 's . Coll. by the Visitors , and another elder than he named John , who was by King Ch. 2. made Baron of Kingston in the same Kingdom . Jan. 18. Peter Pett of All 's . Coll. was admitted by vertue of an Order from the said Delegates . Besides the three before mention'd , Rowl . Hunt who had been lately made Fellow of the said Coll , was created also this year , which is all I know of him , only that he was a Salopian born . Mast . of Arts. Those that were created this year Masters of Arts , were mostly Officers that attended Fairfax the General and Cromwell his Lieut. Gen. to Oxon , when they were invited thither by the then Members of the University , to see what a Godly Reformation the Committee and Visitors had made therein . May 19. Sir Hardress Waller Kt , was the first that was presented by Zanchy the junior Proctor : which being done , he was conducted up to Cromwell ( just before presented to the degree of Dr. of the Civ . Law ) sitting on the left hand of him that then held the Chancellours chair ( Dr. Chr. Rogers Deput . Vicechanc. ) and with due Ceremony was seated on his left side . — This person was son and heir of George Waller of Groombridge in Kent Esq , by Mary his wife daugh . of Rich. Hard●ess Esq , Relict of Sir Will. Ashenden Kt ; ( which George was elder brother to Sir Thom. Waller , father of Sir Will. Waller , lately one of the Parl. Generals , mention'd among the Writers , an . 1668. p. 297. ) and marrying with the daugh . and co-heir of Sir Joh. Dowdall or Dovedall of Limerick in Ireland Kt , enjoyed fair inheritances by her , and spent most of his time , there . In the beginning of the grand Rebellion he was a Royalist in opinion , but with the more gainfuller times he turn'd Presbyt●●ian , and at length a strong Independent , and thereupon was made a Committee-man , and afterwards a Colonel of Horse . He had been lately one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1 , and sate when Sentence past upon him for his decollation ; for which service he was afterwards made Major Gen. of the Army in Ireland : Where continuing till the revolution of affairs brought Monarchy again into England , he did , upon the issuing out of the Kings Proclamation , surrender himself to mercy : Whereupon being brought to his trial , for having a hand in the murther of his said Prince , he shew'd very great reluctancy for what he had done , and was thereupon conveyed from his prison in the Tower to the Isle of Wight , there to continue during his life , an . 1660 aged 56 years . Whither he was afterwards removed thence I cannot tell , nor where he died . May 19. Colonel Tho. Harrison was presented next by Zanchy , and conducted by him on the other side . — This person , who was the son of a Butcher or Grasier of Newcastle under Line in Staffordshire , was , after he had been educated in some Grammar Learning , placed with one Hulke or Hulker an Attorney of Cliffords Inn , and when out of his time , became a kind of a Pettisogger as 't is said ; but finding little profit thence , he betook himself , from the pen , to the sword in the Parliament Army when they first raised a Rebellion against their King ; and having a tongue well hung , he did , by his enthusiastical Preaching and great pretence to piety , so far insinuate himself with the deluded Army , that he pass'd from one Command to another till he attained to be a Major and a great Confident of Ol. Cromwell , and so consequently his close friend in breaking the Presbyterian faction in both Houses , in depriving them of their King , and at length in bringing him to the block , as by these particulars it doth appear . First , he was the person appointed by Oliver , or at least the Adjutators of the Army , to go to Hurst Castle where the King was Prisoner , to the end that he should enform the Governour thereof that he deliver his Majesty up ▪ to a party of Horse that should be ready to receive him , in order to his conveyance to Windsore Castle , and so to Westminster to be tried . This was by Harrison done about the 15 of Dec. 1648 , for on the 21 following he was conveyed thence towards Windsore . See more in Jam. Harrington among the Writers , an . 1677. p. 438. Secondly , that after his Majesty had left Hurst Castle and was conveyed from Milford , three miles distant thence , by a party of the Rebels Horse to Winchester , and thence to Alton and so to Alresford , this Major Harrison appeared in the head of another party between that place and Farnham to the end that he might bring up the rear . His party was drawn up in good order , by which his Maj. was to pass , and the Major in the head of them gallantly mounted and armed , with a Velvet Montier on his head , and a new Buff-coat on his back , with a Crimson silk Scarf about his waist richly fring'd . The King as he passed by on horse-back with an easie pace , as delighted to see men well hors'd and arm'd , the Major gave the King a bow with his head , Alla soldad , which his Majesty requited . This was the first time that the King saw the Major ; at which time Tho. Herbert Groom of the Bedchamber ( from whom I had this story ) riding a little behind the King , his Majesty call'd him to come near and ask'd him who that Captain was , and being by him told that it was Major Harrison , the King viewed him more narrowly and fix'd his eyes so steadily upon him , as made the Major abashed and fall back to his party , sooner than probably he intended . The K. said he looked like a Soldier and that his aspect was good , and found him not such an one as was represented ; and that , having judgment in faces , if he had observed him so well before , he should not have harbour'd that ill opinion of him , for oft times the spirit and disposition may be discerned in the countenance . That night the K. got to Farnham , where he was lodged in a private Gentleman's house in the town , ( the Castle there being then a Garrison for the Parliament ) and a little before supper his Majesty standing by the fire in a large wainscoted parlour , and in discourse with the Mistress of the House , the King , ( notwithstanding the room was pretty full of Army Officers and Country People that crowded in to have a sight of him ) did at length see the Major at the farther end of the Parlour talking with another Officer : Whereupon beckoning to him with his hand to come nearer , he did so accordingly with due reverence : And his Majesty taking him by the arm , drew him aside towards the window , where for half an hour or more they did discourse together . Among other things the King minded him of the information that he had received concerning the murder that he intended on him in the Isle of Wight ; which , if true , rendred him an enemy in the worst sense to his person . The Major , in his vindication , assured his Majesty that what was reported of him was not true , yet he might report that the Law was equally obliging to great and small , and that Justice had no respect to persons , or words to that purpose : which his Majesty finding affectedly spoken and to no good end , he left off farther communication with him , and went to supper , being all the time very pleasant , which was no small rejoycing to many there , to see him so cheerful in that company and in such a dolorous condition . Thirdly , that when his Majesty went thence to Bagshot and there dined in the Lord Newburgh's house , the said Major ordered Centries to be set at every door where he was ; and after dinner when he convey'd him to Windsore he appointed several of his Officers to ride close to the King , least he should make (*) an escape from them . Fourthly , that after the K. had continued at Winds . for some days keeping his last , but very sad , Christmas , he conveyed him in a Coach thence to S. James's , in order to his trial ; at which time Harrison was with him in the said Coach , with his (‖) head covered , talked with little or no reverence to him : And when the King proposed to him What do they intend to do with me ? whether to murther me or not ? the Major made answer (†) that there was no intention to kill him , me have no such thoughts , yet the Lord hath reserved you for a public example of justice , &c. Fifthly , That when the King was to be brought to his Trial , there was a Committee . sate in the Exchecquer Chamber , at which the Major being present , he used these (‡) expressions before them , Gentlemen it will be good for us to blaken him , ( meaning his Majesty ) what we can , pray let us blacken him , or words to that purpose . Sixthly , that he was one of the hellish crew that sate publickly in judgment on his Majesty , when he was by them tried for his life in Westm . Hall , was there when sentence passed for his decollation , and stood up , as the rest did , as consenting thereunto , and did afterwards set his hand to the bloody Warrant for his Execution , &c. For these his services he was soon after made a Colonel , and at length a Major General , and on the 24 of Nov. 1652 he was one of those that were elected to be members of the Council of State. While he was Major Gen. and in favour with Oliver , the Principality of Wales was appointed to be under his command , where , the then Laws appointed , were by him put in full force . No orthodox Minister could there be suffered , but whom he pleased to allow ; and with the assistance of his Chaplain Vav . Powell ( a giddy-headed person and second brother to Hugh Peters ) he endeavoured the modelling of that Country , so as that none but their own Proselytes should teach and instruct the people , &c. At length he perceiving full well that Cromwell gaped after the Government by a single person , he with great scorn and indignation left him , and became the Ring-leader of all the Schismaticks , especially of that dangerous party called the Fift-monarchy men , and great with Joh. Lilbourne as mad as he . Whereupon Cromwell to be quick with , committed , him to safe custody , and put him out of all commission . Afterwards he was set at liberty , but committed again and again upon every suspicious account , and in Feb. 1657 he was re-baptized purposely to gain the Anabaptists to his party . At length engaging himself with Maj. Gen. John Lambert newly escaped from his Prison in the Tower , to raise Forces against the King , who was then voiced in most parts of the Nation to be returning from his exile to take possession of his Kingdom , he was snapt in the very point of time , wherein he intended to have headed a party , and was conveyed Prisoner to the Tower of London for the same . After his Majesties restauration a greater matter being laid to his charge , viz. of having a very deep and signal hand in the murder of his Prince , his imprisonment was made more close . At length being conveyed thence to Newgate , and so to Hicks Hall , and afterwards to the Sessions house in the Old Bayly , was , after a long Trial , condemned to dye for the same 11 Octob. 1660 , and thereupon was sent to the said Prison of Newgate . On the 13 of the same month , he was conveyed thence on a Hurdle , guarded by a Troop of Horse and some of the Trained Bands to the rail'd place where Charing Cross stood ; within which railes a Gibbet was set up on purpose , whereon he was hanged , with his face towards the Banquetting house at Whitehall , where the pretious and innocent blood of K. Ch. 1. was spilt by the said Harrison and the rest of the bloody Regicides . When he was half hanged , he was cut down , his bowels burned , his head severed from his body , and his quarters carried back on the same Hurdle to Newgate , to be disposed at his Majesties pleasure . On the 16 of the same month his head was set on Westminster Hall , and his quarters exposed to public view on some of the Gates of the City of London . Soon after was published under his name , Some occasional Speeches and memorable Passages after his coming to Newgate ; with his Speech upon the Ladder . Printed at London in qu. With The Speeches and Prayers of other Regicides ; as also Observations upon the last actions and words of Maj. Gen. Harrison . Written by a Minister to a Country-Gentlewoman , who seemed to take some offence at the same . — Lond. 1660. in two sh . and an half in qu. May 19. Colonel Richard Ingoldesbie now Governour of the Garrison of Oxon , was also then presented Master by Proctor Zanchy , and by him conducted to the other Officers just before presented , sitting in the Doctors seats . — This person who was the second son of Sir Rich. Ingoldesbie of Lethenborough in Buckinghamshire Kt , by Elizabeth his wife , daughter of Sir Oliv. Cromwell of Hinchingbrook in Huntingtonshire , was born of a good family at Lethenborough , educated in the Free School at Thame , ( as the rest of his brethren were ) founded by Joh. Lord Williams , and being a stout young-man when the Civil War began , he betook himself , by the perswasions of his puritanical Parents , to the Parliament Cause , was a Captain in Col. Joh. Hamdens Regiment , when he first of all appeared in Arms against his Majesty , and in short time after he was made , by the endeavours of his Kinsman Ol. Cromwell ( afterwards Protector ) a Colonel of Horse , and at length by his allurements one of the Judges of the said King in that bloody Court called The High Court of Justice ; where he was present and stood up as consenting when Sentence passed for his decollation , and afterwards set his hand to the Warrant for his Execution . He was a Gentleman of courage and valour , and tho he could neither pray , preach or dissemble , being rather a boon companion , yet complying very kindly with Oliver's new Court , and being in his Principles for Kingship , he was reckoned fit to be taken out of the House of Commons ( having before been one of the Council of State ) and to be made a Member of the other House , that is House of Lords by his cosin the Protector ; who , about that time , committed him to the Tower ( but soon released him thence ) for beating the honest Inn-keeper of Ailesbury in Whitehall . In the beginning of the year ; 1660 , when Colonel , commonly called Maj. General , Joh. Lambert broke loose from his prison in the Tower , ( to which , he some time before had been committed by the restored Members of the Long Parliament , least he and his Party should hinder their intended settlement of the Nation ) and thereupon had got into the head of a considerable party of desperate Phanaticks near to Daventry in Northamptonshire , to hinder , if possibly it might be , not only the said Settlement but Restauration of the King , he the said Col. Ingoldesbie did , with his own Regiment and some other Troops , and Companies of Foot ( such as he could confide in ) draw towards him , and about the 23 of Apr. making an Onset , took Lambert with his own hands , while the other prime Officers were taken by others of Ingoldesbie's party , &c. Whereupon for this his good service , his Majesty did not only spare his life , ( as having been one of his fathers Judges ) but gave order that he should be made a Knight of the Bath at his Coronation , which accordingly was done . Afterwards he retired to Lethenborough , lived several years after in a quiet repose and died in the beginning of Sept. 1685. Before which time his Estate at Lethenborough was , as it was then reported , sold to Elianor Gwynn for the use of her natural son ( which she had by K. Ch. 2. ) called Sir Charles Beaucleer Earl of Burford and afterwards Duke of S. Albans . This Col. Ingoldesbie was elder brother to Henry Ingoldesbie a Colonel also in the Parliam . Army , and to Thomas a Captain , &c. May 19. Col. John Hewson a Colonel of Foot , was also presented by Proct. Zanchy and by him conducted to his place among the other Officers — He was sometimes an honest Shoomaker in Westminster , but getting little by that trade , he , in the beginning of the grand rebellion , went out a Captain upon the account of the blessed cause , was very zealous for it , fought on stoutly , and in time became a Colonel . When K. Ch. 1. was by the godly brethren brought to trial for his life , he sate as one of the Judges , consented to the sentence passed upon him and sealed and subscribed the warrant for his execution . Afterwards for his said service he became Governour of Dublin , one of the Council of State in July 1653 , a member of the Little or Barebones Parliament held the same year ( and of all the Parliaments since , before his Majesties restauration ) a Knight also of the new stamp , and at length one of Olivers Lords to have a negative voice in the Other House . Upon an infallible foresight of the turn of the times , he conveyed himself away into Holland , to save his neck , and soon after died , and was buried at Amsterdam , about 1662 , as the vulgar report went at that time . Colonel John Okey was another great Officer that was then also presented by Proct. Zanchy , May 19. and by him conducted to the rest — His parentage was as mean as his calling , having been originally as 't is supposed a Dray-man , afterwards a Stroaker in a Brew-house at Islington near London , and then a poor Chandler near Lyon-Key in Thamestreet in London . At length changing his Apron for a Buff-coat , he became , thro certain military degrees , a Col. of Dragoons , and by the artifice of Cromwell , had , unknowing to him , his name inserted among the Kings Judges , and so consequently was by him appointed to sit among that diabolical crew ; which if he refus'd to do , he knew full well it would displease Cromwell much , and in the end contract prejudice against him . This Fellow , who was of greater bulk than brains , and of more strength than wit or conscience , left Cromwell when he saw that he aimed at the office of a single person , sided with the Anab. and Fift-Monarchy-men , and thereupon was committed to custody for a time , and his Regiment taken from him and given to a great Creature of Ol. called Ch. L. Howard , afterwards E. of Carlile . At length upon a foresight of the return of Monarchy , he fled into Holland , and setling at Delf● in a very timorous condition under the name of Frederick Williamson , ( because his fathers name was William ) with Miles Corbet and John Barkstead two other Regicides ( the last of which went by the name of Joh. Harman ) they were all seized upon in the beginning of March 1661 , by the forward Endeavours of Sir George Downing his Majesties Envoy or Resident at the Hague , by order from the States , they being then in an Ale-house . Soon after they were sent to England in the Blackamore Frigot , and upon their arrival were committed Prisoners to the Tower of London . Afterwards being convey'd to the Kings-bench Bar at Westm . Hall to know what they could say for themselves why Execution should not pass upon them , they were returned to the Tower again ; and on the 19 of April 1662 were all convey'd thence , each in a Sledge , to Tybourn , and there hang'd , drawn and quarter'd . Afterwards Okey's quarters , were , instead of being hang'd on several gates of the City of London , permitted by his Majesty's order to be inter'd by his Relations , because he had behaved himself dutifully towards him in his last words at the Gallows . Soon after were publish'd their Speeches and Prayers , together with several passages at the time of their Execution at Tybourne , with some due and sober animadversions on the said Speeches . Lond. 1662. in 5 sh . in qu. and A letter from Col. Barkstead ▪ Col. Okey and Mil. Corbet to their friends in their congregational Churches in Lond. with the manner of their apprehension . Lond. 1662 , in 1 sh . in qu. But this last is a feigned thing , and reflects upon Sir Geor. Downing as a Revolter from their Cause , as indeed he was , which afterwards was his advancement . He was then a member of that Parl. which began at Westm . 8 of May 1661 , wherein acting much to the great dislike of those that took themselves to be the honest party of the House , had this (*) character given of him , Sir Geor. Downing a poor child , bred upon charity , like Judas betray'd his Master : What can his Country expect ? He drew , and advised the Oath of renouncing the Kings family , and took it first himself . For his honesty , fidelity , &c. he was rewarded by his Maj. with fourscore thousand pounds at least , and is a Commissioner of the Customes , the House-bell to call the Courtiers to vote at six of the clock at night , an Exchecquer teller , &c. May 19. Geor. Sedascue Adjutant General of the Parliament Army , was also then presented and took his place . — He had been a Cornet of Horse in the Expedition against the Rebels in Ireland 1641. 42. Col. Edward Grosvenour Quartermaster General of the said Army , was presented and created M. of A. the same day . — In 1656 he was chose Burgess for Westminster , to serve in that Parl. which began 17 of Sept. the same year , he being then a favourite of Oliver , and for the same place also to serve in Richards Parliament , &c. May 19. Owen Roe Scoutmaster General , was also then created and conducted by Proctor Zanchy to the rest of the Officers . — He was originally a Silk-man , and in the beginning of the Rebellion being a violent Covenantier , and afterwards an Independent , was by Oliver's interest made a prime Officer ( Lieut. Col. I think ) in the Militia of London , and became a firebrand in that City , and an enemy to its antient Civil Government . In 1648 he was nominated one of the Kings Judges , sate on the Bench when he was several times brought before them , stood up as consenting , when Sentence was passed for severing his head from his body , and at length set his hand and seal to the Warrant for his Execution . About that time he was made Keeper of the Magazines and Stores , received 5000 l. to buy Arms , which I think was never after accompted for . In 1659 Jul. 7. he was constituted Colonel of the Militia of the said City by the Rump Parliament , and was then in great favour with them ; but in the year after when his Maj. was restored and a Proclamation thereupon was issued out for all such persons that had sate in Judgment on K. Ch. 1. to come in , he surrendred himself ; so that after his Trial had passed in the Sessions house in the Old Bayly , he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment , and his Estate confiscated . What became of him afterwards I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that much about the time that he was created M. of Arts , he got his son named Sam. Roe to be made Fellow of All 's . Coll. by the Committee and Visitors . May 19. Colonel William Gough or Goffe was then also presented by Zanchy , and created M. A. — He was the son of Stephen Goffe Rector of Stanmore in Sussex , and younger brother to Joh. Goffe mention'd among the Writers , an . 1661 , p. 171. and to Steph. Goffe mention'd in the Fasti , an . 1636. p. 888. While this William was a Youth and averse to all kind of Learning , he was bound an Apprentice to one Vaughan a Salter in London , Brother to Col. Joseph Vaughan a Parliamentarian and a zealous Presbyterian ; whose time being near , or newly , out , he betook himself to be a Soldier for the righteous Cause instead of setting up his trade , went out a Quartermaster of Foot and continued in the Wars till he forgot what he had fought for . At length thro several military grades he became a Colonel , a frequent Prayer-maker , Preacher and Presser for Righteousness and Freedom , which in outward shew was expressed very zealously , and therefore in high esteem in the Parliament Army . In 1648 he was one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1 , sate in judgment when he was brought before the High Court of Justice , stood up as consenting when Sentence passed upon him for his decollation , and afterwards set his Hand and Seal to the Warrant for his Execution . Afterwards , having like his General ( Cromwell ) an evil tincture of that spirit that loved and sought after the favour and praise of man , more than that of God , as by woful experience in both of them it did afterwards appear , he could not further believe , or persevere upon that account , but by degrees fell off from the antimonarcal Principles of the chief part of the Army , and was the man , with Col. Will. White , who brought Musquetiers and turned out the Anabaptistical Members that were left behind of the Little or Barebones Parliament , out of the House , an . 1654. Complying thus kindly with the design and interest of the said General , he was by him , when made Protector , constituted Major General of Hampshire , Sussex and Berks , a place of great profit , and afterwards was of one , if not of two Parliaments , did advance his interest greatly , and was in so great esteem and favour in Oliver's Court that he was judged the only fit man to have Maj. Gen. John Lamberts place and command , as Maj. General of the Army of Foot , and by some to have the Protectorship setled on him in future time . He being thus made so considerable a person , he was taken out of the House to be a Lord , and to have a negative Voice in the Other House , and the rather for this reason , that he never in all his life ( as he used several times to say ) fought against any such thing as a single person , or a negative voice , but only to pull down Charles and set up Oliver , &c. in which he obtained his end . In 1660 , a little before the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he betook himself to his heels to save his neck , without any regard had to his Majesties Proclamation , wandred about , fearing every one that he met should slay him , and was living at Lausanna in 1664 with Edm. Ludlow , Edward Whaley , and other Regicides , when John L'isle , another of that number , was there by certain generous Royalists dispatch'd . He afterwards lived several years in Vagabondship , but when he died , or where his carcass was lodged , is as yet unknown to me . May 19. Major John Blackmore . — He was a Burgess for Tiverton to serve in that Parliament call'd by Oliver , which began at Westm . 3 Sept. 1654. Major ..... Browne was actually created the same day . — This is all that appears of him in the Register ; otherwise had his Christian Name been set down , I might have been more large upon him . The aforesaid eleven Officers , great favourites of Cromwell , were presented in Masters Gowns on one and the same day by Zanchy before mention'd , in a Convocation held by a Presbyterian Deputy Vicechancellour , Presbyterian Heads and mostly Presbyterian Masters , and all actually created Masters of Arts and seated in the Doctors seats . Francis Buller Gent. Bach. of Arts of Cambr. was also then actually created Master , but presented by an ordinary Master . — He was the same person , as I conceive , who was chose a Knight for the County of Cornwall to serve in Richards Parliament that began at Westm . 27 Jan. 1658. May 21. John Rushworth of Queens Coll , Secretary to Tho. Lord Fairfax , was then created M. of A. and admitted to suffragate in the House of Convoc . and Congreg . May 21. Edward Thelwall a Capt. of Foot. May 21. Hugh Courtney an Officer of note . Mar. 14. .... Humphreys Gent. of kin to the Earl of Lincolne , and the son of a Colonel , &c. In the conclusion of the aforesaid Creation , May 19 , were the Names of certain other Officers read , to be created Masters of Arts when they were pleased to come to Oxon to be entertained . Their Names were written in a paper subscribed by Fairfax and Cromwell , but whether the contents of that paper were registred , or that the said Officers were afterwards created , it appears not . Two of them who are noted to posterity for their great rudeness and impudence towards sacred Majesty , I shall here set down , but the others not , because of little or no Name . The first of these two that I shall speak of , is , George Joyce an Officer of note , a Captain as it seems . — It must be now observed that when the Commissioners appointed by Parliament to treat with the King for Peace , did go to him at Newcastle upon Tyne , to which place the Scots had conveyed him when he committed his person to their protection near Newark upon Trent , it was the pleasure of the Parl. that he and the Commissioners should be conveyed thence to his Palace at Holdenby in Northamptonshire , there to continue during the Treaty , because it was a more convenient place for his Majesty , and much more near to London than the former place . On the 3 of Feb. therefore , an . 1646 , he was conveyed thence by certain Forces appointed by Parliament , and on the 16 of the said month he arrived at Holdenby with the Commissioners , viz. Philip Earl of Pembroke , Basil Earl of Denbigh , Edward Lord Mountague of Boughton , with double their number of some eminent members of the H. of Commons , namely Sir Jam. Harrington , Sir John Holland , and Sir Joh. Coke Baronets , Sir Walter Earle Kt , Joh. Crew Esq . and Serg. Maj. Gen. Rich. Browne . Being all setled there , the Treaty went on , with fair hopes of a conclusion , but by the diabolical machinations of O. Cromwell and his confederates the Adjutators , it was after this manner dissolved , and the King by force taken thence . On the 3 of June 1647 , his Maj. being in the afternoon at Bowls in the Green at A●thorp near Holdenby , belonging to the Lord Spencer Earl of Sunderland , it was whisper'd among the Commissioners then there with him , that a party of Horse obscurely headed were marching towards Holdenby , and for no good it was presumed , in regard that neither the Commissioners nor Colonel Rich. Greaves ( a most confiding Presbyterian ) who kept the Guard at Holdenby and was an Officer in the Army , nor the Commissioners servants had the least notice of it from any Officer , or other correspondent in the Army , other than that the General had removed his Head-quarter from S. Edmunds Bury to Newmarket , when the Army entred into an Engagement not to suffer themselves to be disbanded , such a motion having been made by the Commons in Parliament . Whereupon his Majesty so soon as he was acquainted with it , he immediately left the Green and returned to Holdenby , where the Commissioners , after consultation had with Col. Greaves , resolved to stand upon their guard ; and accordingly they forthwith doubled their guards for the defence of his Majesties person ; and Serg. Maj. Gen. Browne calling all the Soldiers together , acquainted them with the occasion , who promised to stand by him , and not to suffer any attempt upon the Kings person , or affront on the Commissioners , as I have been informed by one then present on the place , whom I shall anon mention : But the difference is great 'twixt saying and doing , as soon appeared ; for about midnight came that party of Horse , which in good order drew up before the House or Pallace at Holdenby , and , at all avenews , placed guards . This done , the Officer that commanded the party alighted and demanded entrance : Whereupon Greaves and Browne asked him his name and business , he answer'd his name was Joyce a Cornet in Col. Edw. Whalleys Regiment , and his business was to speak with the King : From whom said they ? From my self said Joyce , at which they laughed ; and thereupon Joyce said 't was no laughing matter . They advised him to draw off his men , and in the morning he should speak with the Commissioners : I came not hither ( said he ) to be advised by you , nor have I any business with the Commissioners , my errand is to the King , and speak with him I must and will presently , &c. They then bad the Soldiers within stand to their Arms , and be ready to fire when ordered : But during this short Treaty between the Cornet and Greaves and Browne , the Soldiers on each side had conference together , and so soon as they understood that they were Fellow-Soldiers of one and the same Army , they quickly forgot what they had promised ; for they opened the gates and doors , shoke one another by the hand and bad them welcome , so little regard had they to their promises , either in reference to the Kings safety or the Commissioners that attended him . Entrance being made , strict search was made after Col. Greaves , who ( tho faultless , yet was it suggested that he would privately have conveyed away the King to London ) got happily out of their reach . Sentinels were ordered by Joyce to be set at the Commissioners chambers doors , that he might with less noise carry on his design , and find way to the Back-stairs where the Grooms of his Majesties Bedchamber attended . Cornet Joyce being come unto the door , he in rude manner knock'd : Those within asked who it was that in such an uncivil manner and unseasonable time came to disquiet the Kings rest ? The Cornet answer'd , My name is Joyce , an Officer of the Army , and sorry I am that I should disquiet the King , but I cannot help it , for speak with him I must , and that presently , &c This strange confidence of his , and the posture he was in , having a cock'd Pistol in his hand , amazed the four Grooms of the Bedchamber , Jam. Maxwell , Patr. Maule , Jam. Harrington and Thom. Herbert , ( from the last of which I had this story in writing ) whose duty it was and care to preserve his Majesties person , and were resolv'd to sacrifice their lives rather than give him admittance . They therefore in the first place ask'd Joyce if he had the Commissioners approbation for his intrusion ? he said no , for I have ordered a guard to be set at their doors , and have orders from those that feared them not . They then perswaded him to lay aside his arms and to forbear giving disturbance , the K. being then asleep , assuring him that in the morning he should have his Majesties answer to his errand . The Cornet refused to part with either Sword or Pistol , and yet insisted to have the Chamber door opened . But the Grooms of the Bedchamber keeping firm to their resolution that he should not enter , the noise was so loud , which in this contest could not be avoided , that it awakened his Majesty , who thereupon rung his silver bell : Upon which Maxwell went into the Bedchamber to know the Kings pleasure , the other three Grooms in the mean time securing the door . The K. being acquainted with the business , and uncivil carriage of the Cornet , he sent word he would not rise nor speak with him until morning : Which being told the Cornet , he huff'd , and seeing his design could not be effected in the night , he retired , so as for a few hours there was silence . Morning being come , the K. arose a little sooner than ordinary , and having performed his morning devotions , he sent for Joyce , who , with no less confidence than if he had been a supreme Officer , approached the King , and acquainted him with the commands he had concerning his removal . The K. desired that the Commissioners might be sent for , and his orders communicated to them , the Cornet made answer that they were to return back to the Parliament ; by whose appointment , said the King ? to which the Cornet made no answer . The K. then said , Let them have their liberty , and give me a sight of your instructions . That , said Cornet Joyce , you shall see presently : And forthwith drawing up the greatest and best part of his party into the inner Court , as near as he could unto the King , said These Sir are my instructions . The K. took a view of , and finding , them proper men , well mounted and armed , smilingly told the Cornet , His instructions were in fair characters , and legible without spelling . The Cornet then pressed the King to go along with him , no prejudice being intended , but rather satisfaction : The King told him he would not stir unless the Commissioners went along with him : The Cornet replyed that for his part he was indifferent . However the Commissioners in this interim , had , by an Express , acquainted the Parl. with this violence , and so soon as they perceived his Majesty was inclinable to go with Joyce , and that it was the Kings pleasure they should follow him they knew not whither , they immediately made themselves ready : And after that they had put several questions to the Cornet , whose answers were insignificant , and saw full well that reason was of no force to disswade , nor menaces to affright , they were willing to attend the K. at all adventures . This audacious attempt exceedingly troubled the Commissioners , and the more for that they knew not how to help it , as well appeared by their countenances , for indeed it sadned the hearts of many . The K. was the merriest in the company , having , it seems , some confidence in the Army , especially from some of the greatest there , as was imagined . The K. being in his coach call'd the Earls of Pembroke and Denbigh , as also the L. Mountague , into it . The other Commissioners , members of the H. of Commons , being well mounted , followed , leaving Holdenby languishing ; for that beautiful and stately structure was in two years after pulled down among other Royal Houses , whereby the splendor of the Kingdom was not a little ecclips'd , as it since appeared . His Majesty following his guide ( the confident Cornet ) he went that night to Hinchingbroke , where he lodged in the fair mansion house of Col. Edw. Mountague , ( made Earl of Sandwich after the restauration of K Ch. 2. ) whose Lady was daughter to Joh. Crew Esq . then one of the Commissioners , and afterwards created a Baron by K. Ch. 2. ; in which House his Maj. was treated with honour and welcome , as were also the Commissioners . From Hinchingbrooke the K. went next night to Childerley , a house of Sir Joh. Cutts , not far from Cambridge , to which , during his Majesties three days stay , many Doctors , Graduats , and Scholars of that University repaired . To most of whom the K. was pleased to give his hand to kiss , for which honour they returned their gratulatory and humble thanks with a V●vat Re● . Thither also came Fairfax the General of the Parl. Army , Lieut. Gen. Cromwell , Commissary Gen. Hen. Ireton , Maj. Gen. Philip Ski●pon , Lieut. Gen. of the Ordnance Tho. Hammond . Col. Joh Lambert , Col. Edw. Whalley , Col. Rich. Deane , Col. Charles Rich , and several other Field and Commission Officers ; some of which , as soon as they came into the presence , kist his Majesties hand , after the General , who had began the way . These things being done the K. took the General aside in the first place and discours'd with him , the General ( unask'd ) disavowed his Majesties seizure by Joyce at Holdenby , as done without his order and approbation , ( but probably by some other powerful Officer in the Army , seeing that Joyce was neither at a Council of War , or otherwise , called into question for it ) and by his Letter declared no less to the Parliament : Whereupon , as 't is farther reported , the K. made answer , that unless he would hang up Joyce he would not believe him , &c. From thence he went to Newmarket , where he made a considerable stay , and thence to Royston , where continuing two or three days , a certain Envoy from some German Prince ( whose dead father had been a Companion to the Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter ) made an Address to his Majesty , with a Letter and a return of the George and Garter ( richly set with Diamonds ) according to the usual custom , and to receive his Majesties direction with whom to be deposited . A military Officer , Whalley before mention'd ( afterwards one of the Kings Judges ) being in the room , was so malepert as to interpose , and would be privy to what the Envoy had to communicate to the King , who by his frown expressing his displeasure at so great rudeness towards him and incivility to a stranger , Mr. Babington the Kings Barber instructed the Officer better by a removal , which the King was pleased with , and the Officer had a reproof from the General for his disrespect to his Majesty . Afterwards his Majesty by easie journeys went to Hampton Court , where he continued in great splendour near a quarter of an year , in which time there were great hopes of an accommodation and conclusion of peace between him and his Parliament ; but being frighted thence by the endeavours of the Adjutators of the Army at Putney , he retired obscurely to the Isle of Wight , and how he was violently taken thence and hurried to Hurst Castle , you shall hear more anon . As for Joyce before mention'd , a pragmatical and busie person , who had been a godly Taylor in London , and perswaded and egg'd on by a godly Minister of that City to take up arms for the righteous Cause , had soon after the said audacious act was by him performed , his Arrears paid , and was made at least a Captain , and at length a Colonel : But after Oliver had advanc'd himself to the Protectorate , and thereupon had cashier'd and imprison'd divers prime Officers , who worse than malign'd him for so doing , an . 1654 , this Col. Joyce became a Malecontent at the change , and signified so much to Olivers face , whom he upbraided with his own service , and his faithfulness , but escaped any other censure than a bidding him be gone , Cromwell well knowing him to be one of those mad men that would say and do any thing they were bid . The next that I am to mention who had the degr . of M. of A. confer'd on him if he would please to accept of it , was Lieut. Colon. Ralph Cobbet an Officer in Col. Faithful Fortescue's Regiment . — The Reader may be pleased now to observe that the Treaty for Peace at Newport in the Isle of Wight between the Commissioners appointed by Parliament and his Majesty , being in a manner concluded , insomuch that it was voted by the members thereof that his Majesties answers and concessions were a ground sufficient and satisfactory to both Houses of Parliament to proceed upon in order to a settlement of a peace of the Kingdom , the Adjutators of the Army did thereupon conclude , that if a Peace was setled , the said Army should be disbanded and become useless , and therefore they framing Cases and a Remonstrance setting forth their grievances , and that the principal Actors of the Kings party in the late War should be proceeded against according to justice , his Majesty not being excepted , they ordered among themselves that the said Treaty should be broken off and the King's person secured for their own ends thus . In the latter end of Nov. 1648 a considerable party of Horse and Foot belonging to the Army landed in the Isle of Wight under the command of the said Lieut. Col. Cobbet , and coming unexpectedly to Newport , the Lieut. Col. did in the first place make enquiry for the quarter of the Governour of that Isle called Col. Rob. Hammond , ( for there , at Newprrt , he continued while his Majesty was present , albeit he was under no restraint ) to the end that he might secure him and put his Lieut. Col. Is . Ewre in his place of trust and government . The reason for this intended seizure was not then known , for Col. Hammond had all along managed his trust with sufficient circumspection and asperity ; so , as it continued him in the applause of most men in power , both in the two Houses of Parl. and the Army : insomuch , as 't was believed this alteration proceeded principally from the apprehension either the Adjutators , or some that influenc'd them , had ; and were not a little jealous that he was at length too much a Courtier , which they by no means approved of ; and from that supposition they thought it the safest way to remove him : yet he being premonish'd , he evaded Cobbet , and at his coming to Westminster had a fair reception by the members of Parliament . In this conjecture his Opposits in the Army were mistaken , for albeit by his constant attendance , most times walking and discoursing with the King whensoever he walk'd for refreshment about the out-works of Carisbrook Castle , before he went to Newport to treat with the Commissioners , ( there being none in the Garrison so fit , and forward as Hammond ) it gave him opportunity to ingratiate himself into his Majesties favour , yet it made the Army Officers jealous , he being solely intrusted with the Person of the King : And the truth is he did never forfeit the Kings good opinion of him , only when he peep'd into his Scrutore , for no good end as 't was supposed ; which , ( as I have been told by one then present ) with some aggravations from other hands , made the King to design an escape : For soon after , he made way for his descent out of his Chamber , as he farther told me , and Horses were provided and placed near the works , and a vessel ready for his imbarking , but by a corrupted Corporal of the Garrison it took no effect , &c. Now to return ; L. Col. Cobbet failing of his first enterprise , he made a higher flight , for in the morning of the 30. of Nov. 1648 ▪ ( being S. Andrews day ) he , just at break of day , did with other Officers in his Company come to the door of the Kings Dressing-room , with Anth. Mildmay the Kings Carver , ( Brother to Sir Henry a Parliamentarian ) and making a great knocking there , the King sent James Duke of Richmond , then in attendance as Gentleman of the Bedchamber , to know what it meant , and he enquiring who was there , was answer'd by Mildmay , that there were some Gentlemen from the Army that were desirous to speak with the King. The Duke returned and gave an account to the King , but the knocking increasing the King commanded the Duke to let them into his Dressing-room . No sooner was that done , but Cobbet in the head of them went into his Chamber , and made an abrupt and unexpected address to the King , letting him know that he had orders to remove him forthwith from Newport . The King beheld him with astonishment and interrogated him whether his orders were to remove him to his prison at Carisbroke ? the Lieut. Col. said no : whither then ? said the King , out of the Isle of Wight , replied the Lieut. Col , but the place he was to remove him to , he was not to communicate . Vnder favour , ( said the King ) let me see your orders , as to which the L. Col. desired to be excused , this business ( said he ) is of no ordinary concernment , I am not to satisfie any mans enquiry until a fitter season . Now was verified his Majesties Maxim , that such as will assume the boldness to adventure upon a King , must not be thought over modest , or timorous , to carry on his design . His Majesty being thus denied a sight and answer , demanded if his orders and instructions were from the Parliament , or General of the Army ? the Lieut. Col. answer was he had them from neither , said the King thereupon it may be so , seeing you are afraid to shew them : But that he had orders or secret instructions for this bold act , is not to be doubted ; for tho there was but one General , yet things were at that time so much out of frame , both in the Commons House and Army , that there were many Commanders . The Duke of Richmond , Mountague Earl of Lindsey , Thomas Earl of Southampton Gentlemen of the Bedchamber and other Nobility , several venerable Persons his Chaplains , and many of the Kings Houshold servants at that time attending , were in a manner confounded at this surprise and unexpected accident , yea not a little affrighted with idea's and apprehensions of danger to his Majesties person , and the more , for that Cobbet refused to satisfie any , to what place he would go , or what he intended to do with the King , other than that no harm or violence should be offer'd to him . The Lieut. Col. ( Cobbet ) did press the King to take Coach with what convenient speed he could : The Coach accordingly was made ready and brought to the door where the King lodged . Never at one time was beheld more grief in mens faces , or greater fears in their hearts , the King being at such a time and in such a manner hurried away they knew not whether . But no remedy appearing , the Noble men , venerable persons , and other his Majesties servants approached to kiss the Kings hand and to pour forth their supplications to Almighty God to safeguard and comfort his Majesty in that disconsolate condition . His Majesty , who at other times was cheerful , did , at this parting from his friends shew sorrow in his heart by the sadness of his countenance , ( a real sympathy ) and wrot unto the Lords in Parl. acquainting them with this fresh violence , and complaining of the Armies severity to his person . The King being now ready to take Coach , he asked Cobbet whether he was to have any servants with him ? To which he made answer only such as were most useful . The King then nominated James Harrington , and Tho. Herbert to attend him in his Bedchamber , and scarce a dozen more for other service : And at that time his Majesty taking notice that Herbert had for three days absented himself , Harrington told his Majesty that he was sick of an Ague . His Majesty then desir'd the Duke of Richmond to send one of his servants to see in what condition he then was , and , if any thing well , to come along with him . The Gent. that the Duke sent found him sweating , but as soon as he received the message , he arose , and came speedily to his Majesty , who presently took Coach and commanded Harrington , Herbert , and Mildmay his Carver to come into his Coach ; and L. Col. Cobbet offering to enter the Coach uninvited , his Majesty by opposing with his foot , made him sensible of his rudeness , so as with shame he mounted his horse , and followed the Coach with his party or guard , the Coachman driving as he directed , and Captain Merriman ( a name ill suting with the occasion ) with another party went foremost . The King in this passage shew'd no discomposure at all ( tho at parting he did ) and would be asking the Gentlemen in the Coach with him , Whether they thought he was travelling ? they made some simple replies , such that served to make his Majesty smile at their innocent conjectures : Otherwhile he would comfort himself with what he had granted at the late Treaty with the Commissioners , whom he highly praised for their ingenuity and fair deportment at Newport . The Coach by the L. Colonels direction went Westward towards Worsley's Tower in Fresh-water Isle , and a little beyond Yarmouth Haven . About that place his Majesty rested , until the Vessel was ready to take him aboard with those few his Attendants . The King after an hours stay went aboard , a sorrowful spectacle and great example of fortunes inconstancy . The wind and tyde favoured him and his company , and in less than three hours time they crost that narrow Sea , and landed at Hurst Castle , ( or Block-house rather ) erected by order of K. Hen. 8 , upon a spot of earth thrust by nature a good way into the Sea , and joyned to the firm land by a narrow neck of Sand , which is constantly covered over with loose stones and pebbles . Upon both sides of this passage the Sea beats , so as at spring tydes and in stormy weather it is formidable and hazardous . The Castle has very thick stone walls , and the platforms are regular , and both have Culverins and Sakers mounted . A dismal receptacle , it was for so great a Monarch , as this King was ; the greater part of whose life and reign had been prosperous and full of earthly glory : Nevertheless it was some satisfaction to his Majesty that his two Houses of Parliament abhor'd this force upon his person , having voted that the seizing of the Kings Person and carrying him Prisoner to Hurst Castle was without the privity and consent of either House of Parliament , &c. The Captain of this wretched place , was not unsutab●e to it . At the Kings going on Shoar in the Evening of the said 30 of Nov. he stood ready to receive him with small observance . His look was stern , his hair and large beard were black and bushy . He held a Partizan in his hand and Switz-like had a great Basket-hilt-sword by his side . Hardly could one see a man of more grim aspect , and no less robust and rude was his behaviour . Some of his Majesties servants were not a little fearful of him , and really thought that he was designed for mischief , especially when he vapoured as being elevated with his command , and puft up by having so royal a Prisoner ; so as probably he conceived he was nothing inferior to the Governour of the Castle at Millan . But being complained off to L. Col. Cobbet his superior Officer , he appeared a Bubble ; for being pretty sharply admonished , he quickly became mild and calm , whereby 't was visible that his humour ( or tumour rather ) was adulatory acted to curry favour ; wherein also he was much mistaken : For to give the L. Colonel his due , he was , after his Majesty came under his custody , very civil to him both in language and behaviour , and courteous to those that attended him , on all occasions : Also that his disposition was not rugged towards such as in loyalty and love came to see , and to pray for , him as sundry persons out of Hampshire and the neighbouring Counties did . His Majesty ( as it may be well granted ) was very slenderly accommodated at this place , for the Room he usually eat in , was neither large nor lightsome , insomuch that at noon day in that Winter season , candles were set up to give light ; and at night he had his wax Lamp set ( as formerly ) in a silver bason , which illuminated the Bedchamber , and Tho. Herbert then attending , being the sole person at that time left as Groom thereof , ( for Harrington was soon after dismist as I have elsewhere told you ) he could not otherwise but call to mind a relation well worth the observance which is this , as by Letters , with several other stories relating to the Kings last two years of his life , he very kindly imparted to me . When Mountague Earl of Lindsey , one of the Gentlemen of his Majesties Bedchamber , did lay one night on a Pallet by the Kings bed-side , a little before he left Oxon , in a disguise , to surrender his person up to the Protection of the Scots then laying seige to Newark upon Trent , was placed at the end of his Majesties Bed ( as was usually every night ) a Lamp or round cake of wax in a bason set on a stool . The Earl awaked in the night and observed the room to be perfectly dark , and thereupon raising himself up , he looked towards the Lamp and concluded that it might be extinguished by water got into the bason by some creek : But he not hearing the King stir , he forbore rising , or to call upon those in the next chamber to bring in another light . About half an hour after he fell asleep again and awaked not till morning , but when he did awake , he discerned the Lamp bright burning , which so astonish'd him , that taking the boldness to call to the King ( whom he heard by his stirring to be awake ) he told him what he had observed : whereupon the King replied , that he himself awaking also in the night , took notice that all was dark , and to be fully satisfied he put by the curtain to look on the Lamp , but concluded that the Earl had risen , and set it upon the bason lighted again . The Earl assured his Majesty he did not . The King then said he did consider it was a prognostick of Gods future favour and mercy towards him and his , that , tho he was at that time ecclipsed , yet either he or they may shine out bright again , &c. But to return , in this sad condition was the King at Hurst , the place and military persons duly considered : He was sequestred in a manner from the comfort that earth and air affordeth and the society of men . The earth confin'd him to that promontorie or gravel walk overspread with loose stones a good depth ; on which when he walked , as usually he did , was very uneasie and offensive to his feet , but endure it he did with his most admirable and accustom'd patience and serenity of spirit , and more alacrity , than they that followed him . The air was equally noxious , by reason of the marish grounds that were thereabouts , and the unwholsome vapours arising from the ●argosses and weeds which the salt water constantly at tydes and stormes cast upon the shoar , and by the foggs that those marine places are most subject to , so that the dwellers thereabouts find by experience how that the air is insalubrious and disposing to diseases , especially aguish distempers . Notwithstanding all these things the King was content in this most disconsolate and relegated place to walk two miles at least in length , containing but a few paces in breadth , either in the company of the Governour of the said Castle , or in that of Captain Reynolds an Officer therein ; beside Harrington ( while he was there ) and Herbert , who according to their duties did always attend him . That which made some amendments was a fair and uninterrupted prospect a good way into the Sea , a view into the Isle of Wight one way , and main Land the other , with the sight of Ships of all sizes , daily under sail , with which his Majesty was much delighted . In this Castle his Majesty continued from the evening of the 30 of Nov. till the 21. of Dec. following , an . 1648. and what hapned in that interval I have partly told you in Jam. Harrington among the Writers under the year 1677. p. 437.438 . About the 15 of the said month of Dec. Major Harrison came late at night with orders for the removal of his Majesty thence , lodged there two nights , and went away without seeing the King or speaking with any of his Attendants . Two days after L. Col. Cobbet before mention'd came and acquainted his Majesty with the orders he had received for his remove thence to Windsore Castle forthwith . The King told him he was more kind at that time , than he was at Newport , when he would not gratifie him or any other the knowledge of the place he was to go to . Windsore was the place he ever delighted in and 't would make amends for what at Hurst he had suffer'd . All things in short time being made ready , he bad solitary Hurst adieu ; and having pass'd the narrow passage before mention'd , which reaches well nigh from Hurst to Milford three long miles , there appeared a party of Horse belonging to the Army , who had then their Winter quarter at Lindhorsh , and were ordered to convoy the King to Winchester ; but going first to Ringwood , then through the New Forest to Rumsey went thence to the said City . At his entrance therein the Mayor and Aldermen of the City , did , notwithstanding the times , receive the King with dutiful respect , and the Clergy did the like . During his short stay there , the Gentry and others of inferiour rank flock'd thither in great numbers to welcome his Majesty , and out of zeal to pray for his enlargement and happiness ; with which the King was much satisfied and was pleased to give his hand to many of them to kiss . Thence his Majesty rode to Alton , and so to Alresford , while the Inhabitants round about made hast to see his Majesty pass by , and to pour forth their prayers for his preservation . From thence he went to Farnham , 'twixt which two Towns Major Harrison met him with a party of Horse to convey him to Windsore . See more before in Thomas Harrison among these creations . Bach of Phys . May 19. Thomas Trapham Chyrurgion to the General of the Parl. Army was then actually created Bach. of Physick , while the said General , Cromwell and the aforesaid Officers were seated in their Gowns in the Doctors seats . — This person who was Son of John Trapham of Maidstone in Kent , and had been licensed by the University to practice Chyrurgery , an . 1633 , did practice it in these parts for some time before the grand rebellion broke forth . Afterwards he turned tail for profit sake , practiced in the Parliament Army , and became a bitter enemy to his Majesty K. Ch. the first ; to whose body after his decollation in the latter end of Jan. 1648 he put his hand to open and embalm , and when that was done , he sewed his head to his body ; and that being done also , he said to the company then present , that he had sewed on the head of a Goose . Afterwards he was Chyrurgeon to Oliver Cromwell at the fight at Worcester against K. Ch. 2 , was a great man among his party and got what he pleased . After his Majesties return , he retired to the fanatical Town of Abendon in Berks , practiced there among the Brethren , and dying an absolute Bigot for the cause , in the latter end of Dec. 1683 was buried on the 29 of the same month in the presence of a great number of Dissenters in the Church yard of S. Helen there , close under one of the windows of that Church . One of both his names , and his Son , as it seems , I shall elsewhere mention . Nov. 14. James Ward was actually created by the favour of Fairfax the General — This person who was lately made Fellow of Magd. Coll. by the Visitors I have mentioned among the Incorporations , an . 1648. Jan. 14. Edm. Scrope eldest Son of Col. Adrian Scrope mention'd among the Creations of Bachelaurs of Arts this year , was created by order of the Delegates of this University — This ingenious and most comely Gentleman , who had , by the endeavours of his Father , been made Fellow of All 's . Coll. by the favour of the Committee and Visitors , was afterwards Keeper of the Privy Seal in the Kingdom of Scotland . He died much lamented by those that knew him in 1658 , or thereabouts , and was buried with solemnity by two or more Officers of Armes at Ch. Ch. alias the Grey-friers within Newgate in London . Bach. of Div. May 19. Matthew Barten sometimes Mast . of Arts of New Inn , now a sturdy , zealous and dayly Preacher up of the blessed cause in the Parliament Army , was actually created Bach. of Div , while the General , Lieut. General , and Officers were sitting in their respective stalls . It was the pleasure then of Fairfax and Cromwell that George Sikes , Jam. Baron , Joh. Dale and Josh . Cross , all zealous and doughty Brethren for the said cause , might be created Bachelaurs of Div. when they pleased . June 8. George Sikes was created in a Convocation then held . — This person , who was Son of George Sikes of Lutterworth in Leycestershire , was originally of S. Johns Coll , ( a Servitour I think ) and as a member of it he took the degrees in Arts. Afterwards siding with the faction , he became a Presbyterian , a Covenantier , an Independent , was made Fellow of Magd. Coll , by the Com. and Visitors , ( where he had his share of the old gold or spurroyals belonging to that house , went away with , and never restored , them again as others did and took the Engagement , became a great admirer and follower of Sir Hen. Vane junior , and therefore esteemed by the generality an Anabaptist , Fifth-monarchy man , and a Hodg-podge of religions . He hath written The life and death of Sir Hen. Vane Knight : or , a short narrative of the main passages of his earthly pilgrimage . Printed 1662 in qu. 'T is a most canting , and enthusiastical piece , and the effects rather of a craz'd than setled brain : And instead of giving the Reader an account of the birth , extract , breeding , actions , &c. of that Knight , usually called Sir Humerous Vanity , he puts the Reader off with his ( such as 't is ) Divinity . What else he hath written I know not , nor any thing besides of the person , only that he was a great encourager of Henry Stubbe in his proceedings . James Baron lately made Divinity Reader of Magd. Coll. by the Com. and Visitors , was created the same day — He was Son of George Baron of Plymouth in Devons , had been puritanically educated in Exeter Coll , and closing with the dominant party in the time of the rebellion , got besides his Readers place , to be Minister of one of the Hendreths in Berks , and by the name of Mr. James Baron of Hendreth , he was appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of that County for the ejection of such whom the Saints called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , that is Orthodox and Loyal Clergy . After his Majesties restauration he retired to London and lived a Nonconformist mostly at , or near , Bunhill . He hath published under the name of Jacobus Baronius a little thing printed on one side of a sheet , entit . Quaestiones Theologicae in usum Coll. Magd Oxon. Oxon. 1657 : And with Thankful Owen did gather and publish the works of Thom. Goodwin in two vol. in fol. and set before them a canting preface . He died in the beginning of the year 1683 and was buried , as I have been informed , near the graves of the Goodwin and Owen in the fanatical burial place near Bunhill-fields , and the New Artillery-yard . John Dale of Magd. Coll , was created the same day , June 8. As for Joshua Cross he was not created Bach. of Div. but Doct. of the Civil Law , as I shall anon tell you . Febr. 16. Sim. Ford of Ch. Ch. was created by dispensation of the Delegates — On the 12. of Jan. going before , the said Delegates decreed that the said Mr. Ford. sometimes of Magd. Hall , who had been expelled the Vniversity with great injury , ( as they said ) should be restored with all Academical honour imaginable , and that his Grace be proposed for Bach. of Divinity , &c. He proceeded Doct. of Div. in 1665. Mar. 14. Will. Durham sometimes of New Inn , now Chaplain to Will. Lenthall Master of the Rolls , was created in Convocation by dispensation of the Delegates . Doct. of Law. May 19. Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Camerone in Scotland , Generalissimo of all the Parliament Forces in England , and Constable of the Tower of London , was created Doctor of the Civil Law , being then in Oxford and entertained by the members thereof as Cromwell and divers prime Officers were . — The ceremony of the Creation was thus : After he had been adorned with a scarlet gown in the Apoditerium or Vestry belonging to the Convocation , but without hood or cap , the new Beadles , who had not yet got their silver staves from those that were lately ejected , conducted him with Cromwell towards the upper end of the Convocation House , the members thereof then standing up bare ; whereupon Hierom Zanchy one of the Proctors rising from his seat , which pro tempore was supplied by a Master , and going to , and standing on , his left side took him by the right hand and presented him in a most humble posture to the Vicechanc. and Proctors standing , with a short flattering Lat. speech , such as 't was : Which being done and he who then held the Chancellours Chair ( Dr. Chr. Rogers ) admitting him with another flattering speech , by his authority , or rather observance , Zanchy and the Beadles conducted him up to the next place on the right hand of the Chancellours Chair . This person who made a great noise in his time , not only in England , but throughout a great part of the world , was Son and Heir of Ferdinando Lord Fairfax a busie and forward man in Yorkshire in raising men and maintaining the Parliament cause against his Majesty , by the Lady Mary his Wife Daughter of Edmund Lord Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave ; which Ferdinando dying 13. March 1647 , aged 64 years , was buried in the Church of Bolton Percy in Yorkshire . As for his Son Thomas , whom we are farther to mention , he was born at Denton in the Parish of Otlay in the same County , in January , 1611 ( 9. Jac. 1. ) and was baptized at Denton on the 25 of the said month . After he had spent some time in S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , ( to which afterwards , in his latter days , he was a benefactor ) he went beyond the Seas , and spent the rest of his youth in martial discipline under the command of Horatio Lord Vere ; among whose forces he trailed a Pike in the Low Countries , was at the considerable action of the taking of Busse in Flanders , but had no command while he was there . Afterwards he retired to his Fathers house , and took to Wife Anne the Daughter and Coheir of the said Lord Vere , by whom he had issue Mary , born 3. July 1636 and Elizabeth . The first of which was married to George Villiers Duke of Buckingham , 19. Nov. 1657. In the beginning of the rebellion in 1642 , when his Majesty was forced to raise a Guard at York for the defence of his Person , this Sir Thomas Fairfax who was entrusted by his Country to prefer a petition to his Majesty , the scope whereof was to beseech him to hearken to his Parliament and not raise Forces , he did accordingly deliver it , but his Majesty refusing it , as a Parliamentarian (a) Writer tells us , he press'd it with that instance and intention , following the King so close therewith in the Field call'd Heyworth-moor in the presence of near a hundred thousand People of the County ( the like appearance was ever hardly seen in Yorkshire ) that he at last did tender the same upon the pomel of his saddle . But finding no propitiatory , as the said author tells us , and seeing a War could not be avoided , he early paid the vows of his martial education ; and as soon as the unhappy troubles brake forth , he took a Commission under his Father Ferdinando before mention'd , whose timely appearance and performances for the Rebels in the North , deserves a story of it self . He had not served the Parliament in lower commands long , but that the great Masters at Westminster did vote him their General , 31. Dec. 1644 , at which time they cashier'd Robert Earl of Essex of that high command , with whom they had sworn 12. July 1642 , to live and dye . This making of a new General was done when the Parliament ordered their Army to be new modell'd : So that victory in a manner being prepared to his hand , he vigorously proceeded , and what he did in a short time for the blessed cause , which is too much here to be set down , let the author (*) of Englands recovery , &c. tell you ; who , tho in the latter end of that book , p. 321. he doth highly characterize him , especially for his religion but little for policy , yet a severe Presbyterian (b) will tell you that he was a Gentleman of an irrational and brutish valour , fitter to follow another mans counsel than his own , and obnoxious to Cromwell and the Independent faction , ( upon whose bottom he stood for his preferment ) it having been no dishonour to him to become the property of another mans faction , &c. adding (c) these matters , but what will not a fool in authority do when he is possest by knaves ? Miserable man ! His foolery did so long wait upon Cromwells and Iretons knavery , that it was not safe for him then to see his folly and throw by his cap with a bell and his bable . Elsewhere (d) he speaks of his ill breeding and churlishness , of (e) his being a Cypher , or Prepositor in the Free-school called the Army , while Cromwell was Head-master , and Ireton Vsher , &c. that (f) he was a stalking horse , a Brute , &c. and indeed his Majesty K. Ch. 1. doth once , at least , in his works stile him the brutish General , as being a person not fit to hearken to reason . When the War was terminated , and no enemy either in Field or Garrison left , he went to London in Nov. 1646 where he was in a most high manner joyed and caressed by the Citizens of London and Parliament for the great service he had done for the Commonwealth , and nothing was thought too good or great for him . After his Majesty was taken away from Holdenby and conveyed to Childerley , Newmarket , &c. he expressed himself civil to him , as he did afterwards at Hampton-court , but then having no pious frauds in him , or dissimulation for a good end , he did not , or could not endeavour , as being no politician , to countermand the diabolical designs of Cromwell and the hellish crew . He did not endeavour to repell or hinder the Remonstrance of the Army , the purging of the House of Commons of its chief members , the Agreement of the People , &c. but was lull'd on in a kind of stupidity . 'T is true that before the King was beheaded ( in order to whose trial he was nominated the chief Judge but did not sit ) he did use his power and interest to have the execution defer'd for some days , forbearing his coming among the Officers , and did fully resolve with his own Regiment to prevent the execution , or have it defer'd till he could make a party in the Army to second his design : But behold his policy ! all the morning of that day on which the King was beheaded , and the time when he was beheaded , he was with certain Officers of the Army at Prayer or in discourse , or both , in Maj. Tho. Harrisons apartment in Whitehall , ( being a room at the hither end of that Gallery looking towards the Privy-garden ) and knew nothing of it ; as it doth appear by this passage . When his Majesty was beheaded on a Scaffold joyning to the Banquetting-house at Whitehall , and his Corps thereupon immediatly coffin'd and covered with a black velvet Pall , Bishop Juxon who attended him on the Scaffold , and Thomas Herbert the only Groom of his Bedchamber that was then left , did go with the said Corps to the Back-stairs to have it embalm'd , and Mr. Herbert , after the body had been deposited , meeting with Fairfax the General , Fairfax asked him how the King did ? whereupon Herbert looking very strangely upon him , he told him that the King was beheaded , at which he seem'd much surpriz'd . Afterwards Herbert walking farther in the Gallery with the said Bishop , they were met by another great Commander named Ol. Cromwell , who knew what had lately past , for he told them unasked , that they should have orders for the Kings burial speedily , as I have been informed by the Letters of the said Thomas Herbert . In little more than a fortnight after , viz. Feb. 14. an . 1648. General Fairfax was elected one of the Council of State , consisting of 30 persons , and soon after , when K. Ch. 2. ship'd himself near the Hague in Holland to go to Scotland there to be invested in his right , he laid down his Commission as General , being influenc'd thereunto by certain Presbyterian Ministers , because he would not engage against him ; whereupon Cromwell was made General in his place , and how he afterwards acted against that King , especially when he went into England to obtain his right , all Histories will tell you . Afterwards the Lord Fairfax retired to his Seat in Yorkshire , lived there mostly during the Reign of Oliver , was ready to rise with the people of his County , to assist Sir George Booth in Cheshire , if any ways successful , and soon after did not only appear in the head of a great party , when the forces belonging to Col. Jo. Lambert began to desert him , when they were about to fight Gen. Monke , at what time he was coming into Engl. from Scot. to restore the Rump , but declared with his party in Decemb. 1659 against illegal taxes and free-quarter , as also for the freedom of a Parliament ; as it was in the year 1648. On the 2. Jan. 1659 , the Rump Parliament then sitting , he was by them appointed one of the Council of State , and in Apr. following being elected the first Knight for the County of York to serve in that Parliament which began at Westminster on the 25 of the said month , he was by the members thereof appointed one of those 12 Commons , to go with those persons appointed by the House of Lords to attend on his Majesty in Holland , for the greater solemnity and luster of his Court there . On the 16 of May following they were there with his Majesty at the Hague , where Fairfax drew upon him the curiosity and eye● of all men , as known to them by name to have been Captain General of the Parliament Army . And when the first ceremony was past , he desired , as 't is said , to see the King in private and to ask him pardon for the past offences , which accordingly he did with all submission . After the said Parliament was dissolv'd , he retired to his seat , lived retiredly , and dying there , was buried in an Isle joyning on the south side to the Chancel of Bilborough or Bilburgh near York . Over his grave was soon after pur this Epitaph . Here lye the bodies of the right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax of Denton , Baron of Camerone , who died Novemb. the 12 , an . 1671 in the sixtieth year of his age . And of Anne his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Horatio Lord Vere Baron of Tilbury . He had Issue Mary Duchess of Buckingham and Elizabeth . Under this Lord Fairfax his name were published while he bore armes for the Parliament , especially when General , Many Letters , ( of which most were to the Speaker of the House of Commons ) some Relations concerning skirmishes , battles , taking of Castles , Towns , &c. As also Remonstrances , Declarations , Speeches , Messages , &c. He was a great lover of learning , religious in the way he professed , and when Oxford Garrison was surrendred for the use of the Parliament , he took great care for the preservation of the publick Library , which in several respects did suffer while the Garrison was possest by the Royal Party : And what he did for it at the time of his death I have elsewhere told you . May 19. Oliver Cromwell Lieutenant General of the Parliament Army was then also created Dr. of the Civ . Law — He was conducted with Fairfax by the Beadles towards the upper end of the Convocation , the members thereof then standing bare , and was presented by Zanchy with a flattering speech in a most humble posture ; which being done he that then held the Chancellours Chair , who all the time stood up bare , admitted him with another flattering speech , by his authority or rather observance . Which being done Zanchy and the Beadles conducted him to his place next on the left hand to the Chancellours Chair . This person also who had a greater name in his time than Fairfax had , not only in England but throughout the whole World , ( which he obtained more by policy , dissimulation under the cloak of religion , whether in prayer , preaching , discourse and action , rather than valour ) must according to method have something said of him , which shall with as much brevity as may be done , because all Histories ring of his fame as well as infamy . Born therefore he was in the Parish of S. John in the antient Borough of Huntingdon on the (a) 24 of Apr. 1599 ( 41. of Elizab. ) and was Christned (b) in that Church on the 29 of the same month , where Sir Oliver Cromwell his Uncle gave him his name . His Father , who lived in the same Town , was Rob. Cromwell , second Son of Sir Hen. Cromwell of Hinchingbrook in Huntingdonshire Kt. ( who died in 1603 ) His Mother was Elizabeth sister (c) to Sir Thomas , Son (d) of Sir Richard Steward Kts ; whence 't was that when Oliver gaped after the Protectorship , it was given out by those of his party , that he was descended of the Royal Blood , and had right to the Crown of England . His said Mother Elizabeth lived to See her Son Lord Protector , and dying in Whitehall 18. Nov. 1654 , was buried in K. Hen. 7. Chappel at Westm . where her body continuing till after his Majesties restoration , was removed from that place , 12. of Sept. 1661 , and buried with other Cromwellian bodies in a pit dug in S. Margarets Church-yard adjoyning , where it now resteth . Oliver her Son was educated in Grammar learning in the Free-school at Huntingdon under one Dr. Tho. Beard a Minister in that Town , and in Academical in Sidney Coll. in Cambridge , but his Father dying while he was there , he was taken home and sent to Lincolns Inn to study the Common Law , but making nothing of it , he was sent for home by his Mother , became a Debauchee and a boysterous and rude Fellow . At length being reformed , and pretending to Saintship , he married Elizabeth Daughter of Sir James Bouchier of Essex , became heir to his Uncle , his Mothers Brother , spent the estate which was considerable , took a Farm at S. Ives , thrived not and therefore had intentions to go to New England , a receptacle for Puritans and Nonconformists ; but that project taking not , he removed to the Isle of Ely , where he more frequently and publickly own'd himself a Teacher . In 1640 he , by the endeavours of one Rich. Tyms , ( afterwards Alderman of Cambridge ) who had several times heard him preach at Ely , was first made free of the Corporation of Cambridge , then a Burgess thereof to sit in that unhappy Parliament , which began at Westm . 3. Nov. 1640. Soon after , when the rebellion began , towards which he gave a considerable helping hand , he had a Commission given to him to be a Captain of Horse , which he soon raised in his native Country , and doing great service in those parts , he soon after was made a Colonel , and at length Lieutenant General to Edward Earl of Manchester , who had the separate command in a distinct supremacy of the associated Counties . Afterwards doing great service at Marston-moor near York , after Sir Tho. Fa●rfax and the Scots had been totally routed there , Cromwell and his party of Curassiers being then in the left wing , his atchievment was industriously cried up at Westminster and all the Grandees of Scriptural Ovation were fitted and accommodated thereunto . Within 4 months after , we find him in the second battle at Newbury in Be●ks , where the fates favoured him again , tho not with a complete victory , yet on that side where he fought , with a part of one ; and so much as endangered the Person of the King , if the noble and stout Earl of Cleveland had not hazardously interposed , and bore off the pursuit . Soon after the Army being new modell'd , Essex the General was laid aside as unfortunate , and Sir Thomas Fairfax being put into his place , Cromwell was made Lieutenant General of the same Army ; from which time he continued , as Fairfax did , victorious , and upon all occasions did lull , and bewitch , with the syrene charmes of his zealous insinuations , the said Fairfax to carry on his pernitious designs . Afterwards we find him the chief person , under the cloak of great dissimulation , of hurrying the King from place to place , of defaming him among the people , and bringing him to judgment : Which done he sat with the rest of the Judges on him , stood up when sentence was passed , and set his hand and seal to the warrant for his execution . Soon after , he being made one of the Council of State , he was ordained Commander in chief or Lord Governour of Ireland , in June 1649 , conquer'd there , returned and was made General of the Parliament Army upon Fairfax's laying down his Commission . Afterwards he went into Scotland , did some seats there against K. Ch. 2 , but that King giving him the go-by , he followed him into England , encountred him at Worcester conquer'd his party and put him to flight ▪ Thence he went to London , and was highly caressed by the Citizens and Parliament , and soon after dissolving the Parliament , he called another , but that being not suitable to his designs , he dissolv'd that , and took upon him the Protectorship ; which he enjoyed during his life time . Under his name were published Many Letters written to the Speaker of the House of Commons , to the House of Commons , Sir Thomas Fairfax , Committees , &c. containing relations of skirmishes , victories , taking of Castles , Towns , &c. as also some Speeches and Declarations , &c. By his Wife Elizabeth before mention'd , he had Sons and Daughters as ( 1 ) Rich. Cromwell , who being young when the War began did not bear arms , but several years after they were concluded , he was made Colonel and Privy-Counsellour in order to have the Protectorship confer'd on him . ( 2 ) Henry Cromwell , afterwards Commander of the Generals Life-guard , and at length on the 25 of Nov. 1657 , was constituted Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , upon the recalling of Charles Fleetwood . He married the Dau. of Sir Francis Russell of Cambridgshire Kt and Bt , first a Royallist afterwards a Parliament Colonel of Foot under the Earl of Manch●ster and Chamberlain of Chester . ( 3 ) Bridget the Wife of Hen. Ireton , of whom I have made mention among the Writers an . 1651. p. 81. After his death she was married to Charles Fleetwood before mention'd , a Gent. of Bucks . and a Recruiter of the Long Parliament , afterwards a Colonel in their service , a strong Anabaptist , Lord Deputy of Ireland , one of Olivers Lords and Lieutenant General of the Army , and Major General of several Counties in the time of Cromwells Protectorship . ( 4 ) Elizabeth the Wife of John Cleypole a Gent. of N●rthamptonshire , made by Oliver Master of the Horse , one of his House of Lords , and a Knight and Baronet 16. of July 1657 , he being then Clerk of the Hamper . The said Elizabeth died 7. Aug. 1658 , and was buried in Henry the Sevenths Chap. at Westm . in a Vault made on purpose . ( 5 ) Mary , the second Wife of Thom. Bellasyse Vicount Fauconberg or Fauconbridge , married to him with a great deal of state at Hampton-Court on the 18 of Nov. 1657 ; much about which time he was made one of Olivers Lords . Several years after his Majesties restauration he was made Captain of the Guard of Pensioners . ( 6 ) Frances the youngest Daughter was married to Mr. Rob. Rich the only Son of Robert Lord Rich , Son of Robert Earl of Warwick , on the 11 of Nov. 1657 , and about the same time was made one of Olivers Lords or of the Other House . This Mr. R. Rich died 16. of Feb. 1657 , his Father on the 29. of May 1659 , and his Grandfather on the 18 of Apr. 1658. Oliver Cromwell had also four Sisters ; one of which was married to John Desborow a Yeoman and a great lubberly Clown , who by Olivers interest became a Colonel , and if not of the Long , yet of the Little Parliament , which he helped to break . About that time he became one of the Generals at Sea , helped to set up his Brother in Law Protector , for which he was made one of his Council , Major General of divers Counties in the West , one of the Lords of the Cinque-ports , and of the other House , &c. Another Sister was married to Roger Whetstone an Officer in the Parliament Army , but he dying before Oliver came to his greatness , she was remarried to Joh. Jones a pretended Gent. of Wales , a Recruiter of the Long Parliament and a Colonel , afterwards one of the Kings Judges , Governour of the Isle of Anglesie , one of the Commissioners of Parliament for the government of Ireland ( in which office he acted tyrannically ) and one of the other House , that is H. of Lords belonging to Cromwell , &c. He was hang'd , drawn and quarter'd at Charing-cross for having had a hand in the murder of his Prince , on the 17. Oct. 1660. A third Sister was married to Valentine Walton of Stoughton in Huntingdonshire , afterwards a Colonel in the Parliament Army , and one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. After her death he married the Daughter of one Pimm of Brill in Bucks ( Widow of Austen of the same place ) but upon the foresight of the return of Monarchy he fled from Justice to save his neck , setled either in Flanders or the Low Countries , and lived unknown for some time in the condition of a Gardiner with a certain Gentleman . At length being sick , and foreseeing he should die , discovered himself to have been a man of fashion , and desir'd that after his death his near relations in England might be acquainted with it . His said second Wife retired after his Majesties restoration to Oxon , and living in an obscure condition in Cat-street , died meanly on the 14 Nov. 1662 , and was buried in S. M●ries Church . A fourth Sister named Robina was married to Peter French D. D. and after his death to Dr. John Wilkins as I have told you elsewhere , whereby she hung upon , and was maintained by the revenues of , the Church to her last . Oliver Cromwell had several Uncles , whose descendents taking not part with him , only one or two ; they were not prefer'd by him . He had also five Aunts , the eldest of which named Joane was married to Francis Barrington , whose Son Robert was countenanced by Oliver . The second named Elizabeth , was Wife of John Hamden of Hamden in Bucks , Father of John Hamden one of the 5. members of Parliament excepted against by K. Ch. 1 , and a Colonel for the Parliament in the beginning of the rebellion ; which John lost his life in their service in June 1643. By this match Oliver Cromwell came to be related to the Ingoldesbies and Goodwins of Bucks . The third named Frances was the second Wife of Rich. Whalley of Kirton in Nottinghamshire , Father to Edward Whalley a Colonel in the Parliament Army , one of the Kings Judges , Commissary General in Scotland , one of Olivers Lords and a Major General . He fled from justice upon the approach of the return of K. Ch. 2 , and lived and died in a strange Land. But now after these large digressions , let 's return to the rest of the Creations this year . Feb. 16. Joshua Cross lately of Linc. Coll , and sen . Proctor , now Fellow of that of Magd , and Natural Philosophy Reader of the University by the authority of the Committee and Visitors , was then actually created Doctor of the Civil Law by the favour of Fairfax and Cromwell lately in Oxon — Soon after he left his Fellowship , because he took to him a Wife , but keeping his Readers place till his Majesties return , was then discharg'd of it by the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty for the regulation of the University . He died in his house near Magd. Coll. 9. May 1676 aged 62 years , and was buried in the North Isle joyning to the Chancel of the Church of S. Peter in the East , within the City of Oxon. In a meeting of the Delegates of the University the same day , just before the Convocation began , wherein Cross was created , it was consulted among them , that some Academical honour should be confer'd on Hierome Zanchy the Proctor , then a Colonel in Ireland for the service of the Parliament . At length it was Concluded that he should be adorned with the degree of Doctor of Civil Law in the beginning of the next year , but whether it was done , o● that he was diplomated , it appears not . Doct. of Phys . June 13. Thomas Sclater M. A. of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge was created by vertue of the Commendatory Letters of the Chancellour of the University , which say , that he was put upon this recommendation by Sir Thom. Widdrington , &c. This Thomas Sclater was Burgess for the University of Cambridge to serve in Richards Parliament , an . 1658. Feb. 16. John Wilkinson sometimes of Magd. Hall , now one of the Visitors of the University of Oxon , was created by vertue of a dispensation from the Delegates — He was nephew to Dr. John Wilkinson President of Magd. Coll , and Brother to Dr. Henry Wilkinson Princ. of Magd. Hall , lived afterwards at Doncaster in Yorkshire , where he practiced among the Godly party , and dying in 1655 , was buried at Arksey near to that place . I have made mention of two of both his names that were Writers , in the Fasti of the first vol. pag. 816. 817 , but this John the Physitian was no Writer . Mar. 7. Will. Petty about this time Fellow of Brasn . Coll , was created by vertue of a dispensation from the Delegates of the University , who had received sufficient testimony of his rare qualities and gifts from L. Col. Kelsey the Deputy Governour of Oxford Garrison . Doct. of Div. July 24. Daniel Greenwood Bach. of Div. sometimes Fellow of Brasn . Coll , lately made Principal of the said Coll. by the Committee and Visitors , was then actually created Doct. of Div. — He was a severe and good Governour , as well in his Vicechancellourship as Principality , continued in his Coll. till the Kings return , and then being discharg'd by the Kings Commissioners to make room for Dr. Thom. Yate , he and his wife retired to Studley near Oxford and continued there in a private condition till her death . Afterwards he lived in the House of his Nephew Mr. Dan. Greenwood Rector of Steeple-Aston near Dedington in Oxfordshire , where dying 29. January 1673 was buried in the Chancel of the Church there ; and soon after had a Mon. put over his grave . July 24. Franc. Cheynell Presid . of S. Joh. Coll. July 24. Hen. Wilkinson Senior , Can. of Ch Ch. Dec. 18. John Wilkins Warden of Wadh. Coll. Henry Langley Master of Pembr . Coll , was created the same day . — This person , who was originally Fellow of the same Coll , was made Master thereof by order of Parliament , 26. Aug. 1647 , and established therein by the Visitors on the 8. of Octob. following , he being then one of the six Ministers appointed by Parliament , to preach at S. Maries and elsewhere in Oxon , to draw off the Scholars from their Orthodox Principles . In the beginning of the year following he was made Canon of Ch. Ch. in the place of Dr. G. Morley ejected by the Visitors ; but being forced to leave his two places after his Majesties restauration , he retired to Tubney near Besills-Lee and Abendon in Berks , where he instructed the sons of dissenting brethren in Academical Learning , as 't was usually reported , and oftentimes preached in Conventicles at Abendon , of which place his father Thomas Langley had been a Shoomaker . He died about the 10 of Sept. 1679 , and was buried in S. Helens Church in Abendon . One of both his names , Minister of Treswell in Nottinghamshire hath written and published The Chariot and Horsemen of Israel : A discourse of Prayer , &c. Lond. 1616. oct . and other things , but whether he was ever of Oxon , I cannot tell . About the same time when the two last persons were created , it was granted to Henry Cornish Bach. of Div. and Canon of Ch. Ch , that he , if he please , might be actually created Doct. of Div. but he refused it and was not . This person who was Son of Will. Cornish of Ditthet in Somersetshire , was originally a poor Scholar of New Inn and an Assistant to the Butler there to put on , ( or enter battles ) in the buttery book ; and as he had been puritannically educated at home , so more under Dr. Rogers Principal of the same Inn. Afterwards he took the degr . in Arts and became a puling Preacher , left Oxon when it was garrison'd for his Majesty , preached among the Godly party , and was appointed by the Parliament with Langley before mention'd , Corbet , Cheynell , &c. to preach the Scholars into obedience to the then Powers : For which his service he was made Canon of Ch. Ch. in the place of Dr. Rob. Sanderson ejected . After his Majesties restauration he was removed , and preached in these parts as a Nonconformist till the Five-mile-Act was made , and then retiring to Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire , where he was patroniz'd by Sir Philip Harcour● a favourer of such like persons , ( as having been educated in their Principles by one of the Parl. Generals named Sir Will. Waller , who had married his mother ) he lived and carried on the trade there for many years , and took all occasions to preach elsewhere when the Indulgences for tender Consciences were granted , and did sometimes ( after K. Will. 3. came to the Crown ) preach in an antiquated Dancing-School just without the north Gate of Oxon , to which place many people did usually resort . Afterwards this Meeting was translated to a house in S. Ebbes Parish , where it now ( 1691 ) continueth , and is chiefly carried on by a certain person who has received some education in Cambridge , &c. In the year 1690 Mr. Cornish left Stanton Harcourt , and translated himself to a market Town in Oxfordshire called Bister , where he now holds forth . So that he who had been a licensed Preacher by the Blessed Parliament , as it was by the Brethren so called , and had been Canon of Ch. Ch , and much respected by those of his perswasion while he lived in Oxon , for a godly man , doth now in his old age , being about 80 years old , preach in a Barn in the said Town of Bister for profit sake to silly women and other obstinate people , such is the poor spirit of the person . Feb. 16. Edward Hinton was then actually created Doctor of the said faculty by the favour of the Delegates of the University . — This person , who was son of a father of both his names of Marlborough in Wilts , Minister of Gods word , was elected Prob. Fellow of Mert. Coll. 1629 , ( having been before Post-master of that house ) took his Masters degree , became Vicar of Maldon in Surrey by the presentation of his Coll , an . 1639 , ran with the Presbyterians in the beginning of the Rebellion , and was a Preacher up of Sedition and Discontent among them . After the War was ceased , he became Rector of Islip in the County of Oxon , in the place , as I suppose , of a Loyalist ejected , which by conformity after his Majesties restauration , and the death of the former Incumbent , he kept to the day of his death . He hath published , The vanity of Self-boasters , Sermon at the funeral of Joh. Hamnet Gent. late of Maldon in Surrey , on Psal . 52.1 . Oxon. 1651. qu. He died 22 July 1678 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Islip : Whereupon Rob. South D. D. and Preb. of Westminster , succeeded him in that Rectory . In the month of January this year , the Delegates of the University gave leave to four persons thereof that they might supplicate the ven . Congr . or Convoc . for the degr . of Doctor of Div. viz. ( 1 ) Tho. Goodwin the new President of Magd. Coll. but he being not yet setled , did not . See more among the created Doctors of Div. 1653. ( 2 ) George Marshall the new Warden of New Coll , who refused it . ( 3 ) Edw. Pococke Canon of Ch. Ch , but he being soon after turned out for denying the Engagement , he did not then take that degree . ( 4 ) Ralph Button M. or A , Orator of the Univ. and Canon of Ch. Ch , who being newly married , or upon the point of Marriage , refused to be at the charge , and so continued in the degree of Master all his life time . — This person who was the son of Robert Button of Bishopston in Wiltshire , was originally of Exeter Coll. where , being put under the tuition of a puritannical Tutor , he made so great a progress in philosophical and other Literature , that when he was Bachelaur of Arts he was recommended by Dr. Prideaux his Rector to Sir Nath. Brent Warden of Merton Coll , to stand for a Fellowship there : Whereupon an Election being appointed in 1633 , very many stood , and twelve were chosen Probationer Fellows , whereof the said Ralph Button being one , Prideaux said after his joking way , that all the Election besides him was not worth a Button . Afterwards he became a noted Tutor in the House , and several of his Pupils became some of them famous and some infamous . When the Rebellion began , he left Oxon , being puritannically affected , and especially because he would not bear Arms for his Majesty while Oxford was a Garrison , or be any way contributary thereunto . When the War was ceased he returned , took Pupils again , became one of the Proctors ( tho out of course ) in 1648 , as I have before told you ; and while he bore that office he was , upon the refusal of Dr. E. Corbet , made Canon of Ch. Ch. and Orator of the University , in the place of the learned and religious Dr. H. Hammond . After his Majesties restauration he was discharg'd of his Canonry and Oratorship , and when he was in removing his goods from his lodgings in the Cloister at Ch. Ch , to make room for Mr. Joh. Fell , he would usually say , when he heard the two little bells ring to canonical Prayers , There now go the Mass-bells , and let those that are affected that way go to the Church , for be sure I shall not , or words to that effect . Afterwards retiring with his family to London , he setled at Islington near to that City , where he preached in Conventicles and taught youths to the time of his death ; which hapning in the latter end of Octob. 1680 , was buried in the Church there , with his son , who died at or near the same time of a Consumption . An. Dom. 1650. An. 2 Car. 2. Chanc. — The place of Chancellour being void by the death of Philip E. of Pembroke , the Visitors assumed the power thereof into their hands till the first of January this year : On which day a Convocation being assembled , the then members of the University did unanimously choose ( leave being first granted by the Committee to make choice of a fit person ) Oliver Cromwell Generalissimo of the Parliament Forces now on foot in England . Which office , ( after he had been acquainted what the Convocation had done by certain Doctors and Masters sent to him , then at Edinburgh in Scotland ) he kindly accepted , and forthwith promised to be a friend to the University , by his canting Letter sent thereunto dated at that place on the 4 of Feb. following , part of which runs thus , — But if these prevail not , ( meaning some Exceptions for the refusal of the Office ) and that I must continue this honour until I can personally serve you , you shall not want my prayers , that that seed and stock of Piety and Learning ( so marvelously springing up among you ) may be useful to that great and glorious Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ ; of the approach of which so plentiful an effusion of the spirit upon those hopeful plants is one of the best presages . And in all other things I shall by the divine assistance improve my poor abilities and interests in manifesting my self to the University and your selves , &c. Which Letter being read in Convocation , the members thereof made the House resound with their cheerful Acclamations . Vicechanc. Daniel Greenwod D. D. Principal of Brasn . Coll. 12. Oct , having been on the 12 of Sept. going before nominated and designed to that Office by the Committee for the reformation of the University , the Chancellourship being then void . Proct. Thankful Owen of Linc. Coll. Apr. 24. Philip Stephens of New Coll. Apr. 24. These Proctors were elected contrary to the Carolyne Cicle , which appointed Trin. and Wadh. Colleges to elect this year . So that the Cicle being interrupted ( for those Colleges did not choose till the year following ) it continued so till 1662 , as I shall tell you when I come to that year . Bach. of Arts. May 23. Hamlet Puleston of Jes . Coll. Nov. 17. Will. Masters of Mert. Coll. Dec. 16. Rob. Lovel of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards an excellent Botanist , wrot Enchiridion Botanicum , &c. and other things , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Writers , being , as I conceive , now living . Feb. 7. Thom. Ashton of Brasn . Coll. Feb. 7. Joh. Smith of Brasn . Coll. Of the first of these two , you may see more among the Masters 1653. 18. Will. Cole of Mert. Coll. Mar. 11. Joh. Hall of Pemb. Coll. The last of these two was afterwards Bishop of Bristow . 18. Christopher Wren of Wadh. Coll. — He was afterwards Fellow of All 's . Coll. and an eminent Mathematician . Adm. 96. This year Thom. Clifford of Exeter Coll. did supplicate for the degree of Bach. of Arts ; but whether he was admitted it appears not — This person who was son of Hugh Clifford of Vgbrook in the Parish of Chudleigh in Devonsh . Col. of a Regiment of Foot in the first Expedition against the Scots , by Mary his wife , dau . of George Chudleigh of Ashton in the said County Baronet , was born there ( at Vgbrook ) on the first of Aug. 1630 , became Commoner of Ex. Coll. 25 May 1647 , and afterwards went to one of the Inns of Court , or to travel , or both , being then accounted by his Contemporaries a young man of a very unsetled head , or of a roving shatter'd brain . In the beginning of Apr. 1660 he was elected one of the Burgesses for Totness in his own Country , to serve in that Parl. which began at Westm . on the 25 of the same month ; and after his Majesties restauration , he was chose Burgess again for the same place to serve in that Parl. which began 8 May 1661 : Wherein shewing himself a frequent and forward Speaker , especially in behalf of the Kings Prerogative , he was taken notice of by the great men at Court , and thereupon taken into favour , and had the honour of Knighthood confer'd upon him . Afterwards he attended James D. of York at sea , an . 1665 , in the battel fought against the Dutch in the beginning of June , continued at sea also the same year when the Fleet was commanded by Edward E. of Sandwich , and was in person at the Expedition at Bergen in Norway : Which attempt upon the Dutch in that Port , was made on the 2 of Aug. the same year . He was also in that year sent Envoy to the two northern Kings of Sweden and Denmark , with full power to conclude new Treaties and Alliances with them . In 1666 he attended his Highness Pr. Rupert and the Duke of Albemarle at sea against the Dutch , and was in that fight which continued on the 1.2.3 . and 4. days of June , being with the same Generals also upon the 25 of July following in another great fight with the Dutch. On the 8 Nov. following his Maj. gave him the White staff of Comptroller of his Houshold , in the place of Sir Hugh Pollard Kt. and Bt , who died the day before , and on the 5 of Decemb. following that , he was sworn one of his Maj. Privy Council , for his singular zeal , wherein he had , on all occasions , merited in his Maj. service , and more eminently in the honorable dangers in the then late War against the Dutch and French , where he had been all along a constant Actor , and , as 't was observed , had made it his choice to take his share in the warmest part of those services . On the 12 of June 1668 died Charles Visc . Fitzharding Treasurer of his Majesties Houshold , whereupon Sir Tho. Clifford changed his White staff , and was by his Maj. advanced to that place the day following ; and Francis Lord Newport succeeded Clifford as Comptroller : Much about which time his Maj. by Patent made him one of the Lords Commissioners of his Treasury . In 1671 his Maj. gave him a lease of 60 years of the Pastures of Creslow in Bucks , and in the same year he finished a new Chappel at Vgbrook , which was consecrated , and dedicated to S. Cyprian , by Anthony Bishop of Exeter . Upon the death of Sir Joh. Trevor , and in the absence of Henry Earl of Arlington , he executed the office of Secretary of State in the year 1672 , until the return of the said Earl from his Embassy into Holland , and Mr. Hen. Coventry from his Embassy into Sweden . On the 22 Apr. 1672 his Maj. by Patent created him Baron Clifford of Chudleigh in Devonsh , and in June following , he gave him and his heirs males the mannours of Cannington and Rodway Fitzpayne in Somersetshire . On the 28 of Nov. the same year , his Maj. valuing his many eminent services , and his great abilities in experience in the affairs of his Treasury , he was pleased to advance him to the place of L. High Treasurer of England , which had remained void since the death of Tho. late Earl of Southampton : At which time his Maj. confer'd the place of Treasurer of the Houshold on the L. Newport beforemention'd , and the place of Comptroller on Will. Lord Maynard . On the 29 Mar. 1673 an Act of Parl. pass'd for the entailing of Vgbrook , and the Rectory of Chudleigh on his Lordship and the heirs of his body , and on the 19 of June following he resigning into his Majesties hands his staff , as L. Treasurer , ( because he , as 't was said , refused the Test ) it was thereupon given by his Maj. to Sir Tho. Osborne Kt. and Bt. In the beginning of the Winter following the L. Clifford died , and was , as I suppose , buried at Chudleigh . ☞ Not one Bach. of Law was admitted , incorporated or created this year . Mast . of Arts. Jul. 27. Joh. Johnson of New Coll. — He afterwards lived a Nonconformist , and hath published a Serm. at the funeral of Steph. Charnock , mention'd among the Writers under the year 1680. p. 492. and perhaps others . Quaere . One John Johnson Gent. hath written The Academy of Love , describing the folly of Youngmen , and the fallacy of Women . Lond. 1641. qu. But whether he was of this , or of any other , University , I know not yet . Nov. 19. Zachary Bogan of C. C. Coll. 30. George Swinnock of Ball. Coll. Jan. 14. Tho. Neast of New Coll. — This person , who was originally of Jesus Coll. in Cambridge , was lately made Fellow of New Coll. by the Visitors , and afterwards by his Warden and Society presented to the Rectory of Hardwick in Bucks . Thence going to London , lived for some time after his Majesties Restauration a Nonconformist , and preached in Conventicles . Afterwards conforming , he became Minister of S. Martins Ch. in Ironmonger-lane , and a little before the grand Conflagration was presented to S. Stephens Church in Colemanstreet , London . He hath extant Serm. on Ephes . 6.24 , printed in The Morning exercise at Cripplegate , &c. Lond. 1661. qu , published by Sam. Annesley or Anely , and perhaps other things . Feb. 20. Tho. Jones of Vniv . Coll. Feb. 20. Joh. Barnard of Linc. Coll. ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . was admitted this year , only Benj. Wells M. A. and Fellow of All 's . Coll. was admitted to practise that faculty , 10 Dec. Bach. of Div. ..... George Kendall of Exeter Coll , was admitted to the reading of the Sentences this year , but the day or month when , it appears not . Doct. of Law. Oct. 19. John Wainwright of All 's . Coll , Chancellour of the Dioc ▪ of Chester . ☞ Not one Doctor of Phys . or Doctor of Div. was admitted this year . Incorporations . May .... Christoph . Tearne or Terne Doct. of Phys . of Leyden . — He was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians at London , hath published something of his faculty , and died about 1685. He was , as it seems , originally of Cambridge . May 11. Sam. Collins Doct. of Phys . of Cambridge . — This person , who was son of Dan. Collins sometimes Fellow of Kings Coll. in that University , was lately Fellow of that House also , but now of New Coll. in Oxon by the favour of the Visitors . Afterwards he travelled into remote parts of the World , resided at the Great Tzar's Court of Mosco for the space of nine years and wrot The History of the present state of Russia , in a letter written to a friend in London , Lond. 1671. oct , illustrated with many copper plates and published under the name of Dr. Sam. Collins of the Coll. of Physitians in London and Fellow of Kings Coll. I have made mention of another Sam. Collins in the first vol. of this work p. 538 , and shall make mention of another Samuel in these Fasti . July 6. Thom. Jeanes or Janes Bach. of Arts of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge . — This person , who took that degree in Camb. 1649 , was now , or soon after , Fellow of Magd. Coll. in this Univ. See more in the year 1652 and 59. 18. Joh. Baber Doct. of Phys of the Univ. of Anger 's in France . — This Gent. who had that degree confer'd on him in the said Univ. in Nov. 1648 , was son of Joh. Baber of the City of Wells , was educated in Westm . School , elected Student of Ch. Ch. 1642 , and travelled during the time of the War. Afterwards he practised his faculty in Covent Garden within the Liberty of Westminster , became Physitian in ord . to his Maj. K. Ch. 2. after his restauration , and on the 19 of March 1660 he received the honour of Knighthood from him . See in the Fasti of the first vol. p. 894. Nov. 29. George Swinnock Bach. of Arts of Cambr. — The next day he was admitted M. of A , as before I have told you . Dec. 16. Peter French Bach. of Div. of Eman. Coll. in Cambr. — He was about this time made Canon of Ch. Ch. by the favour of Ol. Cromwell , whose Sister he had married . See more among the created Doctors of Div. 1653. Feb. 4. Tho. Tanner lately Bach. of Arts of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge . — He was about this time made Fellow of New Coll. by the Visitors . Mar. 18. John Parry lately Bach. of Arts of Trin. Coll. near Dublin . — He was now , or soon after , made Fellow of Jesus Coll. in this Univ. Creations . Mar. 8. Cuthbert Sydenham lately of S. Alb. Hall , now a Presbyterian Preacher at Newcastle upon Tyne , was created Master of Arts. 12. John Waterhouse who had been a Student for 18 years in Trin. Coll. in Cambr. was then created Doctor of Phys . by vertue of the Letters of Ol. Cromwell Gen. of the Parl. Army and Chanc. of this Univ. which partly run thus — Mr. Waterhouse went over into Ireland as Physitian to the Army there , of whose diligence , fidelity and abilities I had much experience while I was there . — He constantly attended the Army , and had to my knowledge done very much good to the Officers and Soldiers by his skill and industry . Whether this Joh. Waterhouse hath published any-thing I know not , sure I am that Edw. Waterhouse Esq . of the same family hath ; in order to which he had spent some time as a Sojourner in Oxon , for the sake of the public Library in the time of Oliver . He hath written , A discourse and defence of Arms and Armory , shewing the natures and rises of Arms and Honour in England , from the Camp , the Court , the City , &c. Lond. 1660. oct : and wholly composed ( as Sir Will. Dugdale hath enformed me ) a book intit . The Sphere of Gentry : deduced from the principles of nature . An historical and genealogical work of Arms and Blazon , in 4 books . Lond. 1661. fol , published under the name of a busie and pragmatical person called Sylvanus Morgan an Arms-Painter living sometimes near the Old Exchange in London . 'T is a rapsodical , indigested and whimsical work , and not in the least to be taken into the hands of any sober Scholar , unless it be to make him either laugh or wonder at the simplicity of some people . This Edw. Waterhouse Esq . one of the Royal Society and a cock-brain'd man ( who hath published other things as the Bodleian Catalogue will tell you ) did afterwards , by the perswasion of the Archb. of Canterbury , take holy orders on him , and became a fantastical Preacher . He died near London an . 1671. An. Dom. 1651. An. 3 Car. 2. Chanc. Oliv. Cromwell Gen. of the Parliament Forces now on foot in England . Vicech . Dr. Greenwood again , Nov. 6 , nominated and recommended to his Office by the Chancellours Letters dat . 2. Octob. this year . Proct. Matth. Vnit . of Trin. Coll. Apr. 9. Sam. Lee of Wadh. Coll. Apr. 9. The junior Proctor being not of sufficient standing in the degr . of Master for the taking on him the Procuratorial Office , at which time he was elected by the Society of his Coll , the Visitors dispensed with it by their order dat . 22 Mar. 1650. Bach. of Arts. Oct. 16. Rowl . Stedman lately of Bal● . now of Vniv . Coll. Feb. 10. Benj. Parry of Jes . Coll. The last of these two was afterward● of C. C. Coll. and at l●●gth Bishop of Ossory . Feb. 13. Nathan . Hodges of Ch. Ch. Feb. 13. Hen. Thurman of Ch. Ch. Feb. 13. Edw. Veel of Ch. Ch. The first of these three was afterwards an eminent Physitian in London , and the last ( whom I shall mention among the Masters 1653 ) a Nonconformist , and both , as I presume , now living . Feb. 28. Joh. Cawley lately of Magd. Coll , now ( 1651 ) Fellow of that of All 's . — See among the Doctors of Div. in 1666. Mar. 2. Tho. Wo●lnough of Magd. Hall. 16. Thom. Vincent of Ch. Ch. Adm. 112. ☞ But one Bach. of Law was admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. May 29. Daniel Greenwood of Brasn . Coll. — This person who was son of Joh. Greenwood , was born at Sowerby in the Vicaridge of Halyfax in Yorksh , became Scholar of Christs Coll. in Cambr. an . 1645 , or thereabouts , where spending as much time as made him capable for the degree of Bach. of Arts , went to Oxon , and , by the endeavours of his Uncle Dr. Dan. Greenwood Principal of Brasn . Coll , was made Fellow of that House in 1648 , in which year several of the antient Fellows thereof were ejected for their Loyalty . In 1653 he became Rector of Steeple Aston near Dedington in Oxfordshire , by the presentation thereunto of the Princ. and Fellows of his Coll. and wrot and published ( 1 ) Sermon at Steeple-Aston in Oxfordshire at the funeral of Mr. Franc. Croke of that place , 2 Aug. 1672 , on Isay 57.1.2 . Oxon. 1680. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. at the funeral of Alex. Croke of Studley in Oxfordsh . Esq . buried at Chilton in Bucks , 24 Oct. 1672 , on 2 Cor. 6. ver . 7.8 . Oxon. 1680. qu. He the said Dan. Greenwood died suddenly of an apoplexy at Woodstock , an . 1679 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church of Steeple-Aston before mention'd , near to the body of his Uncle Dr. Dan. Greenwood . Over his grave is a table of marble fix'd to the north wall of the said Chancel containing an Epitaph for the said Doctor and another for this his Nephew : Which last runs thus . — Heic etiam deponuntur reliquiae rev . viri Danielis Greenwood hujus Ecclesiae per anno xxv . Rectoris , qui singulari erga Deum pietate ▪ pauperes munificentia , & omnibus quibus innotuit , humanitate , feliciter decurso hujus vitae stadio in caelest . Patriam festinans tristi sui desiderium moriens reliquit Octob. xiv , an . Dom. MDCLXXIX , aet . suae LI. May 29. Rich. Adams of Brasn . Coll. — He was a Ministers son in Worral in Chesh ▪ and originally of Cambridge , where he was examined and admitted in Arts , 26 Mar. 1644. Afterwards he went to Oxon , when the Garrison thereof was surrendred to the Parliament , was admitted a Student of Brasn Coll. 24 Mar. 1646 , aged 20 years , and soon after made Fellow thereof . In 1655 he left his Fellowship , being about that time beneficed in Breadstreet in London , and in 1662 he was removed for Nonconformity ; from which time to this he hath continued a Nonconformist Preacher , and now liveth , if I mistake not , in Southwark . Under his name hath been published several Sermons , as ( 1 ) The duties of Parents and Children , on Col. 3.20.21 . — 'T is in the Supplement to the Morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. and 76. qu. ( 2 ) Of Hell , on Mat. 24.41 . — 'T is in The Morning exercise methodized , &c. preached at S. Giles in the Fields in May 1659. Lond. 1676. qu. ( 3 ) The earthly and heavenly building , on 2 Cor. 5.1 . at the funeral of Hen. Hurst M. A. &c. Lond. 1690. qu. &c. He also , and Edw. Veel or Veale , did publish Steph. Charnock's book intit . A treatise of divine providence , &c. Before which they put an Epist . to the Reader giving a short ( but imperfect ) account of the said Charnock's life . See among the Writers in Steph. Charnock , an . 1680. p. 491. Jun. 18. Edw. Ba●shaw of Ch. Ch. Jun. 18. Hen. Eedes of Linc. Coll. Of the last of these two is large mention made among the Writers : The other was originally of Cambridge ▪ where he performed his exercise for Bach. of Arts. Afterwards going to Oxon he entred himself into Magd. Hall , where continuing till the ejection of loyal Fellows of Linc. Coll , was made by the Visitors in 1648 , he was by them put in Fellow there , where he behaved himself very factious and turbulent . On the first of May 1660 he resign'd his Fellowship , otherwise had he tarried there a little longer , he had been expell'd . About which time , by money and friends , he obtained one or two rich Parsonages , and in 1662 became Canon residentiary of Chichester , and afterwards Doctor of Div. at Cambridge . This is the person who shewed himself a zealous brother for the interest and Party of James Duke of Monmouth , for whose title to the Crown speaking certain matters at Ch●chester , he was on the 10 of Febr. 1685 tryed upon an information of high misdemeanour ; of which being found guilty , he was thereupon committed to the Kings Bench Prison . July 8. Dan. Capell of Magd. Coll. July 8. Tho. Cole of Ch. Ch. The first of these two is mention'd among the Writers ; the other , who was son of Will. Cole of London Gent , was educated in Westm . School , and thence elected Student of Ch. Ch. In 1656 he became Principal of S. Maries Hall , but being ejected thence by the Kings Commissioners in 1660 ▪ he lived afterwards a Nonconformist , kept a Boarding-school , and taught Youths of the Presb. and Indep . perswasion at , or near , N●ttlebed in Oxfordshire . Under his name hath been published ( 1 ) How we may steer an even course between presumption and despair , on Luke 3.5.6 . printed in the Supplement to the Morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. and 76. qu. ( 2 ) A discourse of regeneration , faith and repentance , preached at the Merchants Lecture in Broadureer in London . Lond. 1689. oct , and other things , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . Jul. 10. Josich Banger of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was son of Bern. Banger M A. and Rector of Yerlington in Somersetshire , became Fellow of Trin. Coll. this year . He hath written An alarm to secure sinners : or , God discovered to be as well a burning as shining light . Lond. 1676. oct . This is the same , I suppose , which was several years before printed under the title of A serious Item to secure sinners . What other things he hath written I know not , or whether he was a Nonconformist after his Majesties restauration . Jul. 10. Walt. Pope of Wadh. Coll. Jul. 10. Charles Potter of Ch ▪ Ch. Dec. 17. Sam. Thomas of S. Joh. Coll. — He was before incorporated B. of A. as I shall tell you in the Incorporations following . Admitted 54. Bach. of Phys . Three were admitted , who also were admitted Doctors this year , as I shall anon tell you . Bach. of Div. Oct. 10 ▪ Obadiah Grew of Balliol Coll. — See among the Doctors of Div. following . ☞ Not one admitted Doct. of Law , only created , as I shall tell you by and by . Doct. of Phys . June 14. Anth. Nourse of Wadh. Coll. Accumulators . Aug. 10. Tho. Arris of Brasn . Coll. Accumulators . Dec. 13. Alan Pennington of Qu. Coll. Accumulators . As for Arris he was licensed to proceed by vertue of an order from the Committee for the regulating of the University , which partly runs thus , — He is thirteen years standing in the Vniversity , and is well affected to the Parliament and present Government , &c. In 1661 he was chosen Burgess for S. Alban in Hertfordsh . to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 8 May the same year . Doct. of Div. Oct. 10. Obad. Grew of Ball. Coll. 16. Henr. Savage of Ball. Coll. The first accumulated the degrees in Divinity . Incorporations . Aug. 20. Sam. Thomas lately Bach. of Arts of 4 years standing of Peter House in Cambridge , was then incorporated Bach. of Arts. — After his Majesties restauration , at which time he was turn'd out of his Fellowship of S. Johns Coll , he became one of his Chaplains or Petty-Canons , and at length Chauntor of Ch. ch . He hath written and published several things , and therefore ought hereafter to be remembred among the Oxford Writers . Nov. 6. John Twisden a Kentish man born , who had taken the degree of Doctor of Phys . in the University of Anger 's , an . 1646 , was incorporated in the same degree . — He was afterwards a Physitian of note in the great City , a Mathematician , one of the Coll. of Physitians , and author of several books , among which are these ( 1 ) Medicina veterum vindicata : or , an answer to a book intit . Medela medicinae , &c. Lond. 1666. oct . ( 2 ) Answer to Medicina instaurata , &c. Lond. 1666. oct , written by Dr. Edw Bolnest Physitian in ord . to his Maj. ( 3 ) The use of the great Planisphere , called the Analemma , in the res●lution of some of the chief and most useful Problems of Astronomy . Lond. 1685. 86. qu. See more of the said Dr. Twisden's Works in Joh. Greaves among the Writers , p. 89. and in Hen. Yelverton , p , 341. Dec. 12. Joh. Rant L. L. Pac. of Cambr. — He was now Fellow of All 's . Coll. by the favour of the Committee and Visitors . Jan. 14. Jonathan ▪ Goddard Doctor of Phys . of Cambr. — He was now Warden of Mert. Coll. by the favour and power of Oliver Cromwell . 21. Rich. Gibbon Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — He had that degree confer'd upon him at Padua 1645. Mar. 11. Sam. Argall Doct. of Phys . of the said Univ. was also then incorporated . — He was an Essex man born , and took that degree at Padua in 1648. 24. Will. Aymes M. A. of Cambr. &c. Creations . Apr. 9. Will. Stephens a Parliament man and one of the Judges of the Admiralty , was openly declared in Convocation Doctor of the Civil Law by a Diploma then dated , by vertue of a Statute tit . x. § . 4. quo Magnates vel Nobiles honoris causa gradus academicos intra Vniversitatem dignentur ; as it is said in the publ . Reg. of this time . He died in 1658 , being then an Inhabitant of the Isle of Wigh● . Jul. 3. Edw. Wise of Exeter Coll. Esq , who had spent some terms in Cambr. was actually created Bach. of Arts. — On the 24 of July 1652 , it was granted by the Delegates of the Univ. that he the said Edw. Wise ( ex nobili stemmate ortus as they say ) might be admitted to the degree of Mast . of Arts in Congregation ; but whether he was really admitted it appears nor . Sept. 9. Sir Thom. Honywood of Essex Kt ▪ was actually created Doct. of the Civ . Law. — This person , who was brother in law to Sir Hen. Vane , ( the same who was beheaded in 1662 ) was a Committee man in the time of the Long Parliament that began 3 Nov. 1640 , was also a military man , and led , as a Colonel , a Regiment of Essex men to fight at Worcester against K. Ch. 2. an . 1651. To which place coming in good time , he endeavoured to shew his valour against Kingship and the House of Stuarts . In 1654 he was one of the Knights to serve for Essex in that Parliament began at Westm . 3 of Sept. the same year , and a Knight again for the same County in that Parl. which began at the same place 17 Sept. 1656 ; both which Parliaments were called by Oliver L. Protector : And being a man soft in spirit , and too easie , like a nose of wax , to be turn'd on that side where the greatest strength then was , was taken into Olivers Court , and by him made one of the Other House , that is House of Lords . One Sir Rob. Honywood his near Relation , was made one of the Council of State about the 16 of May 1659 , but had no degree confer'd on him in this University as I can yet find . Thom. Cooke a Colonel of the County of Essex , was created Doct. of the Civ . Law the same day . — I take this person to be the same with Thom. Coke of Pebmersh in Essex who was chosen one of the Knights for the said County to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 1654. Sept. 9. Joachim Matthews created Doct. of the Civ . Law. Sept. 9. Will. Herlakinden created Doct. of the Civ . Law. Sept. 9. Christop . Earle created Doct. of the Civ . Law. The first of these three was afterwards a Commissioner of the County of Essex for the ejecting of such whom the godly party then ( 1654 ) called scandalous and ignorant Minsters and Schoolmasters , and the same year he was chosen Burgess for Maldon ( of which he was Recorder ) in the same County to serve in Parliament , being then a Justice of Peace and an Inhabitant of Havering . In 1656 and 59 he was elected Burgess again for the same place , to serve in the two Parliaments called in those years by Oliver and Richard , being then a leading and forward man for the Cause then drove on and professed . He was father to Philip Matthews of Great Gobions within the Liberty of Havering in Essex , created Baronet 13 of June 1662. The second , Herlakinden , was a Commissioner or Committee man for the said County of Essex , a godly brother , and a leading man in the times of Usurpation as Earle was . Sept. 9. Joh. Langley of Essex . Sept. 9. Will. German . Sept. 9. John Guy . These three , who are said to be well deserving of the Commonwealth , were then actually created Masters of Arts. Feb. 27. Joh. Tickell of Ch. Ch. lately of New Inn , was actually created M. of A. by vertue of a dispensation from Oliver Cromwell Chanc. of this Univ. George Croke of All 's . Coll. was actually created Master the same day , by vertue of the said dispensation . — This person , who was made Fellow of the said Coll. by the Visitors , was son of Dr. Hen. Croke sometimes of Brasn . Coll , and heir to his Uncle Sir George Croke of Waterstoke near Oxon. After the return of his Maj. he was Knighted , and in 1664 became High Sheriff of Oxfordshire . At length , having run out of his estate , he died at London in 1680 ; whereupon his body being conveyed to Waterstock , was buried in the Chancel of the Church there near to that of Sir George , ( and that of his wife who died 4 years or more before him ) on the 21 of the said month . Mar. 1. Lewis Atterbury of Ch. Ch. was admitted or created in Convoc , by vertue of a dispensation from the Chanc. ; with liberty then allow'd to him to suffragate in Convoc . and Congreg . An. Dom. 1652. An. 4 Car. 2. Chanc. the same , viz. O. Cromwell , who being now in Scotland , and sensible how troublesome it was to the Academians to apply themselves to him about their concerns , he did , by an instrument dated 16 Octob. this year , commissionate , appoint and delegate Joh. Owen Dean of Ch. Ch. Dr. Joh. Wilkins Warden of Wadham Coll , Dr. Jonath . Goddard Warden of Mert. Coll , Thom. Goodwin President of Magd. Coll , and Pet. French Preb. of Ch. Ch , or any three or more of them to take into consideration all , and every matter of dispensation , grant or confirmation whatsoever , which required his assent as Chanc. of this University . At the same time he delegated his power of hearing and determining College differences to the Vicechancellour and Heads of Houses for six months . Vicechanc. Joh. Owen M. of A. Dean of Ch. Ch , admitted 26 Sept. having been nominated by the Chancellours Letters , dated 9. of the same month . Proct. Franc. Howell of Ex. Coll. Apr. 28. Pet. Jersey of Pemb. Coll. Apr. 28. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 1. Dan. Nichols of S. Joh. Coll. May 15. Zachary Mayne of Magd. Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1657 , and of the other ( originally of Ch. Ch. ) among the Masters 1654. Oct. 12. Will. Sprigge of Linc. Coll. Oct. 12. Franc. Cross of Wadh. Coll. The first of these two hath several things extant , but without his name set to them , and being now , or at least lately , living , he is hereafter to be remembred among the Writers . Of the other ( originally of S. Joh. Coll. ) you may see more among the Masters , an . 1655. Feb. 2. Tho. Lawrence lately of Mert. Coll , now of S. Alb. Hall. — See more among the Masters , an . 1655. Feb. 4. Gilb. Ironside of Wadh. Coll. Feb. 4. George Boraston of Wadh. Coll. The first of these two was afterwards successively Bishop of Bristow and Hereford . Of the other you may see more among the Masters 1655 , Feb. 3. Thom. Adams of Brasn . Coll. 8. Thom. Frankland of Brasn . Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Mast . an . 1655. The other , is mention'd among the Writers an . 1690. p. 648. Feb. 17. Rich. Lower of Ch. Ch. Feb. 17. Tho. Cartwright of Qu. Coll. The last was afterwards B of Chester . Rob. Harrison of Ch Ch. was adm . the same day . — See more among the Masters 1655 : Adm. 129. Bach. of Law. Nine were admitted this year , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer , Bishop , or man of note in the Church or State. Mast . of Arts. May 6. John Rotheram of Linc. Coll. — This person , who was a Bedfordshire man born and of kin to Archb. Rotheram the second Founder of Linc. Coll , was made Fellow thereof by the Visitors in 1648 , and afterwards became a Barrester of Greys Inn. In June 1688 he was , among other Counsellors , ( Dissenters from the Church of England ) called by the Writ of K. Jam. 2. to take upon them the state and degree of Serjeant at Law , and he being sworn at the Chancery Bar on the 18 of the same month , was in the beginning of July following made one of the Barons of the Exchecquer , and by the name of Baron Rotheram he went the Oxford Circuit in the latter end of the said month . June 18. Theoph. Gale of Magd. Coll. 25. Will. Carpender of Ch. Ch. — This person who was a Herefordshire man born was made Student of Ch. Ch. by the Visitors , an . 1648 , became Proctor of the University in 1656 , moral Philosophy Reader in the year following , and much about the restauration of K. Ch. 2. Minister of Staunton super Wye , or Waga in his native Country , and afterwards benefic'd in Bucks . He hath written — Jura Cleri : or , an Apology for the rights of the Clergy ; proving out of antient and modern Records that the conferring of Revenues , Honors , Titles , &c. upon Ecclesiasticks , is consistent to Scripture , &c. Oxon. 1661. qu. He was living in 1686 , as the Seniors of Ch. Ch. tell me , and perhaps may be so still . George Annesley of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day . — He was son of the Viscount of Mount Norris in Ireland , and had before obtained a Students place in the same House by the favour of the Visitors . Jul. 9. Joh. How of Magd. Coll. 31. Thom. Tanner of New Coll. Nov. 18. Hen. Hurst Coll. Nov. 18. Rob. Whitehall Coll. Nov. 18. Will. Crompton of Ch. Ch. 19. Will. Master of Mert. Coll. Feb. 17. Hen. Leigh of Magd. Hall. — See more of him in Edw. Leigh among the Writers , an . 1671. p. 352. Mar. 17. Josiah Lane of C. C. Coll. — In 1664 he took the degree of Doct. of Phys . at Leyden , and published his Disputatio med . inaug . de cholera morbo , the same year . Adm. 63. Bach. of Phys . Five were admitted this year , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or man of note . Bach. of Div. June .... Thom. Hall sometimes of Pembr . Coll. had liberty allow'd him by the Delegates of the University to take the degree of Bach. of Div. — See more among the Writers p. 234. But one besides him doth occurr really admitted . Doct. of Law. Jul. 6. Tobias Swinbourne of Linc. Coll. Dec. 6. Timothy Baldwin of All 's . Coll. The last of these two , who was a younger , son of Charles Baldwin of Burwarton in Shropshire Gent , became a Commoner of Ball. Coll. in 1634 , and Fellow of that of All 's . in 1640 , being then Bach. of Arts ; where continuing till the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he became Principal of Hart Hall , afterwards Chancellour of the diocesses of Hereford and Worcester , ( in which last he succeeded James Littleton ) one of the Masters of the Chancery , and a Knight in July 1670. ( being then of Stokecastle in Shropshire . ) He hath published The privileges of an Embassador , written by way of Letter to a Friend , who desired his opinion concerning the Portugal Embassador . — Printed in 1654 in one sh . and an half in qu. See more of Tim. Baldwin in Edward Lord Herbert among the Writers of this second vol. p. 62 ; and in Dr. Rich. Zouche p. 167. where you 'll find the matter about the Portugal Emb ▪ brother who was beheaded , and a book of Dr. Zouche which T. Baldwin published . He had an elder Brother named Sam. Baldwin , bred in Balliol Coll. also , afterwards a Common Lawyer , and by writ called to be Serjeant at Law an . 1669 , and in 1672. made the Kings Serjeant . Doct. of Phys . May 27. Henry Clerk of Magd. Coll , who accumulated the degrees in Physick by vertue of the Chancellours Letters — He was afterwards Fellow of the Coll of Physitians , succeeded Dr. Pierce in the Presidentship of Magd. Coll , and dying in the house of his Son-in-law ( Sir Rich. Shuttleworth ) called Gawthorp hall in Lancashire , 24. March 1686. was buried in the Church at Willoughby in Warwickshire , among the graves of his ancestors . In his Presidentship was elected ●ch . Hough Bach. of Div. 15. Apr. 1687. July 9. Pet●r E●io● of S. Maries Hall , sometimes Chapl. of C. C. Coll. and a Preacher — He afterwards practised his faculty many years in and near Oxon , and dying 5. Mar. 1681 , was buried in the North Isle joyning to the Chancel of S. Peter in the East in Oxon. 20. Tim. Clarke of Ball. Coll. Doct. of Div. July 31. Henry Wilkinson Principal of Magd. Hall , a Compounder — On the 28. of Oct. following , the Vicechancellour admitted him in Convocation as compleat Doctor , and on the 3. of May 1676 his degree was confirm'd by a Diploma . This person was usually called Deane Harry , as I have told you among the Writers , under the year 1690. p. 646. Incorporations . April 8. Samuel Collins Doct. of Phys . of Padua . April 8. George Mede Doct. of Phys . of Padua . These two had been Travellers together and took their degree of Doct. of Phys . in the said Univ. of Padua , in Aug. 1651. See in the year 1659. June 24. Henr. Saltonstal a Knights Son , Fellow of New Coll , by the favour of the Visitors , and Doct. of Physick of Padua , was then incorporated — The said degree he took at Padua in October 1649. 29. Tho. Janes or Jeanes Bach. of Arts of Cambr , now of Magd. Coll. in this Univ , was then incorporated . — He was adm . Mast . of that faculty 6. of Jul. this year . See among the Doctors of Physick an . 1659. Aug. 9. Thom. Horton D. of D. of Cambr. and Master of Queens Coll. therein , was then incorporated in Convocation — This person , who was Son of Laur. Horton Citizen of London , was born in that City , bred in Emanuel Coll , of which he became Fellow , and a noted Tutor to young Presbyterian Scholars , among , whom John Wallis was one . In 1637 he was constituted one of the publick Preachers of the Univ. of Cambr. and in 1638 , or thereabouts , he became Minister of S. Mary Cole church in the City of his nativity . Afterwards he was preacher to the Society of Greys Inn , Reader of Div. in Gresham Coll , a holder forth sometimes before the Long Parliament , Vicar of Great S. Helens in London , and one of the Triers or Commissioners appointed for the approbation of publick Preachers an . 1653. He was esteemed by those of the Presbyterian perswasion a sound and solid Divine , a good Textuary and well skill'd in the original Languages . Under his name hath been published ( 1 ) Forty six Sermons upon the whole eighth Chapter of the Epist . of the Apost . Paul to the Romans . Lond. 1674. fol. ( 2 ) Choice and practical exposition on four select Psalms , viz. the 4. Psalm , in 8 Sermons , the 42 Psal . in 10 Sermons , the 51. Psal in 20 Sermons , the 63 Psal . in 7 Sermons . Lond. 1675. fol. ( 3 ) One hundred select Sermons upon several Texts : fifty upon the Old Test . and fifty on the New. Lond. 1679. fol. He also , with William Dillingham D. D. and Master of Emanuel Coll. did publish A chain of principles : or an orderly concatenation of theological Aphorismes and Exercitations , wherein the chief Heads of Christian Religion are asserted and improved . Lond. 1660 , written by John Arrowsmith D. D. Master of S. Johns and Trin. Coll. successively , and the Kings Professor of Div. in the University of Cambridge : Published since his death according to his own Manuscript . This Dr. Horton died in 1673 , and was , I presume , buried in the Church of S. Helen before mention'd , leaving then behind him a relict called Dorothy , who administred 28. Aug. the same year . Nov. 19. Steph. Charnock M. A. of Eman. Coll. in Cambr. now Fellow of New Coll. by the favor of the Visitors . Dec. 6. Tho. Croyden Doct. of Phys . of Padua — The same degree he took at Pad . 30. Oct. 1648. Jan. 14. Will. Harrington Doct. of the Civ . Law of Cambr. 16. Will. Squire lately Bach. of Arts of Trin. Hall in Cambr. 27. Gabriel de Beauvoir of the Isle of Guernsey , Doct. of Physick of Padua — This person , who was the Son of Charles de Beauvoir , took the said degree at Pad . in the latter end of Octob. 1648. Creations . June 17. Jonathan Maud a Student in Phys . 17 years , was then actually created Doctor of that fac . by vertue first of an order from the Committee , and secondly by vertue of the Letters of the Chancellour of the Univ. dated 29. May 1650 ( rather 51 ) which say that his conversation is pious and sober , and that he hath been a constant friend to the Parliament , &c. July 9. Thomas Danson of Magd. Coll. was created M. of A. in Convocation , by vertue of a dispensation from the Delegates . 24. Samson Eyton of Vniv . Coll. ( lately made Fellow thereof by the Visitors ) who had spent 8 years in study in Harwarden Coll. at Cambridge in New England , was then actually created M. of A. by vertue of the Delegates order . Dec. 22. Joh. Boncle commonly called Bunkley , was actually created M. of A. by vertue of the Chancellours Letters ( O. Cromwell ) which speak very honorable in his behalf , as that his eminent learning and worth is such that I acco●●t that I may very freely commend him unto you — He is known to learned men — He is like to adorn that degree ( viz. of Mast . of Arts ) — a considerable ornament to the Vniversity , &c. The same day he was elected superior Beadle of Divinity ( in the place of John Blagrave deceased ) by vertue of the Letters from the said Chanc. also . But Boncle being soon after made Master of Charter house School near London in the place of Sampson Wilson removed to a Living in Peterborough , he resign'd his Beadleship in the year following . Afterwards he became Master of Eaton School and Fellow of the Coll. there : whence being remov'd after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he became Master of the School in Mercers Chappel in London , where he was living in 1673. In the latter end of July this year , Ralph Austen Deputy Registrary to the Visitor for Will. Woodhouse , and Registrary afterwards in his own right was entred a Student into the publick Library , to the end that he might find materials for the composition of a book which he was then meditating . The book afterwards he finish'd and entit . it A treatise of Fruit-trees , shewing the manner of grafting , planting , pruning and ordering of them in all respects , according to new and easie rules of experience , &c. Oxon. 1657. sec . edit . qu. Ded. to Sam. Hartlib Esq . This book was much commended for a good and rational piece by the honorable Mr. Rob. Boyle , who , if ● mistake not , did make use of it in a book or books which he afterwards published : And it is very probable that the said book might have been printed more than twice had not he , the author , added to , and bound with , it another treatise as big as the former entit . The spiritual use of an Orchard , or garden of Fruit-Trees , &c. Which being all divinity and nothing therein of the practick part of Gardening , many therefore did refuse to buy it . He hath also written A dialogue , or familiar discourse and conference between the Husbandman and Fruit-trees , in his nurseries , orchards and gardens : wherein are discovered many useful and profitable observations and experiments in nature in the ordering of Fruit-trees for temporal profit , &c. printed 1676. 76. in oct . Much of the former book , is , I presume , involv'd in this . This Mr. Austen who was either a Presbyterian or an Independent I know not whether , was a very useful man in his generation , and spent all his time in Oxon to his death , in planting gardens there and near it , in grafting , in oculating , raising Fruit-trees , &c. He was born in Staffordshire , and dying in his house in the Parish of S. Peter in the Baylie in Oxon , was buried in the Church belonging thereunto , in the Isle joyning on the S. side of the Chancel , on the 26. of Octob. 1676 , after he had been a practiser in gardening 50 years . An. Dom. 1653. An. 5. Car. 2. An. 0 / 1 ( Oliv. Protect . Chanc. Oliver Cromwell General of the Parliament Forces , sworn Protector of Engl. Scotl. and Irel. 16. Dec. this year , and soon after proclaimed . Vicechanc. John Owen again , 19. Oct. — He was created Doct. of Div. by a Diploma dated 23. of Dec. this year , as I shall tell you by and by among the Creations . Proct. Philip Ward of Ch. Ch. Apr. 20. Rob. Gorges of S. Joh. Coll. Apr. 20. Bach. of Arts. June 21. Thom. Wight of C. C. Coll. 30. Richard Lucy of Queens Coll. Of the first of these two , you may see more among the Masters , an . 1656. The other was made Chancellour of the Church of S. David by his Father Dr. Lucy Bishop thereof , and died in 1689. July 4. Henry Stubbe of Ch. Ch. — He was now a usual courser in the Greek tongue in the publick Schools . 6. Joseph Alleine of Corp. Ch. Coll. Oct. 17. Ezek. Hopkins of Magd. Coll. The last was afterwards successively Bishop of Raphoe and London-Derry . 18. Joh. Wagstaff of Oriel Coll. Dec. 23. Edw. Fowler of C. C. Coll. Jan. 25. Nich. Stratford of Trin. Coll. The second of these three , who was admitted in Convocation , was afterwards B. of Glocester and a Writer , and therefore to be remembred among the living Writers hereafter . The last was afterwards B. of Chester and a Writer also , and therefore to be remembred in future time . Feb. 2. Clement Ellis of Qu. Coll. Feb. 2. Joseph Williamson of Qu. Coll. Both these are living , the one a Writer , the other a man of note . See more of the last among the created Doctors of the Civil Law in 1674. Will. James of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day . Feb. 4. Tho. Duncombe of C. C. Coll. 23. John Nye of Magd. Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Doctor of Div. 1671. and of the other among the Writers in this Vol. under his Father Philip Nye , p. 370. Adm. 157. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Four were adm . but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 25. Hamlet Puleston of Jes . Coll. Apr. 25. Will. Squire of Brasn . Coll. June 10. Joh. Parry of Jes . Coll. 21. Rob. Lovel of Ch. Ch. 22. Joh. Hall of Pemb. Coll. 27. Joh. Smith of Brasn . Coll. 30. Charles Perot or Perrot of Oriel Coll. — This person was born at Radley near Abend●n in Berks , had spent some time in travel to learn the modern languages , returned a well bred Gentleman , wrot two or more political pamphlets in defence of the prerogative , without his name set to them , and therefore he would not publickly acknowledge , or communicate the titles of , them to me . See in March. Nedham among the Writers , an . 1678. p. 469. This Mr. Perot , who was Fellow of Oriel Coll , died on the 23 of April 1677 , aged 45 or thereabouts ; his Father being then living : Whereupon his body was buried near to that of his Grandfather Rob. Perot Gentleman , and by that of his Mother Elizabeth , daugh . of Sir Will. Stonehouse of Radley before mention'd , in the Chancel of the Church of North-Lee near to Witney in Oxfordshire . Oct. 11. Thom. Ashton of Brasn . Coll. — This forward and conceited Scholar , who was Son of a Father of both his names , was born at Tuerdley in Lancashire , admitted Servitour of the said Coll. 13. June 1647. aged 16 years , took a degree in Arts and then was made Fellow thereof . After he had proceeded in that faculty he became straightway a malepert preacher in and near Oxon : And at length having a turn to preach at S. Maries on Tuesday , a Lecture day , 25 July 1654 , he did then deliver a very offensive Sermon preached on Job 37.22 . With God is terrible Majesty . In which Sermon speaking of the attributes of God , particularly of that in the text , took a hint from the word terribilis , ( which might , as he said , signifie with some terrae bilis ) to say that God was a Melancholy God , &c. and in the conclusion to maintain that those that had no teeth to gnash , should gnash their gums , &c. For which Sermon he being call'd into question , was in a fair way of expulsion , but by the intercession of friends , the business was compromised ; yet two years after he was forced to leave his Fellowship upon some quarrel between him and Dr. Greenwood Principal of his House . Afterwards he was intrusted with a Commission from Oliver to be Chaplain to the English Forces in Jersey , an . 1656 , where continuing for some time in preaching , suffered soon after in his relations , reputation , salary , &c. by a new Governour placed there , who forced him , as it seems , thence . He hath published ( 1 ) Blood-thirsty Cyrus unsatisfied with blood . Or the boundless cruelty of an Anabaptists tyranny , manifested in a letter of Colonel John Mason Governour of Jersey , 3. Nov. 1659 , wherein he exhibits seven false ridiculous and scandalous articles against Quarter-Master Will. Swan , &c. Lond. 1659. in one sh . in qu. ( 2 ) Satan in Samuels mantle : or the cruelty of Germany acted in Jersey , containing the arbitrary , bloody and tyrannical proceedings of John Mason , of a baptized Church , commissionated to be a Colonel , and sent over into the Island of Jersey Governour , in July 1656 , against several Officers and Soldiers in that small place , &c. Lond. 1659 in 4. sh . in qu. After his Majesties restauration the author was beneficed near Hertford in Hertfordshire , where he soon after finished his restless course . Dec. 11. Christoph . Wren of Wadh. Coll. Feb. 21. Edward Veel or Veal of Ch. Ch. was admitted M. of A. in Convocation and at the same time was admitted ad regendum — This person , who had been elected Fellow of Trin. Coll. near Dublin between the time that he took the degree of Bach. and Master in this University , I take to be the same Ed. Veel , who is now , or at least was lately , a Nonconformist Minister in or near London , and author of ( 1 ) What spiritual knowledge they ought to seek for , that desire to be saved . Printed in the Supplement to the morning exercise at Cripplegate . Lond. 1674. 76. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon on Psalm . 62.12 . — 'T is the eleventh Serm. in The morning exercise against Popery , &c. preached in Southwerk . Lond. 1675. qu , and perhaps of other things , but such I have not yet seen . See in Joh. Davenport and Steph. Charnock among the Writers p. 335 and 491. Adm. 63 or thereabouts . ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys , or of Div , or Doct. of the Civil Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . July 4. Tho. Waldron of Ball. Coll. 6. Will. Page of S. Joh. Coll. 6. Will. Coniers of S. Joh. Coll. 6. Thom. Cummyns of Wad . Coll. The first of these four was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . and Physitian in Ord. to K. Ch. 2. 15. Martin Luellyn of Ch. Ch. Dec. 14. Rob. Fielding of Ball. Coll. — He was afterwards honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was adm . or licensed this year . Incorporations . May 14. Tho. Wolfius Doct. of Phys . of Padua . May 14. John Clerk Doct. of Phys . of Padua . 21. Thomas Pepys Doct. of Phys . of Padua . The first was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians , and the second is the same , I suppose , with him who published Disputatie medica de Ilio vero . I find one John Clark to have been Doct. of the Laws of Doctors Commons in Lond. who died in the latter end of the year 1672 , but whether ever of Oxon , I cannot yet tell . See another Joh. Clerk among the created Doctors of Phys . 1660. As for the third I know nothing of him . June 13. Walt. Mills Doct. of Phys . of Leyden — He was afterwards one of the Coll. of Physitians . 15. Will. Whitaker Doct. of the same faculty of Franaker in W●st Freisen — He was afterwards , as I conceive , one of the Coll. of Physitians , and lived several years in good repute for his learning in the Parish of S. Andrew in Ho●bourne near London , but died in the Parish of S. Clement Danes within the liberty of Westminster in the month of Dec. or beginning of January 1670. He hath written The tree of life , or blood of the grape , &c. pr. in oct . and perhaps other things . Qu. I have made mention of a learned Divine of both his names in the Fasti of the first Vol. p. 744 , and another ( a Nonconformist ) in this , in Tho. Jacombe under the year 1687. p. 607. July 12. John Sherman M. of A. of Cambridge — He was afterwards Archd. of Salisbury . See in Josh . Childrey among the Writers p. 339. Rob. Dixon M. A. of the same University , was incorporated on the said day — I take this person to be the same Rob. Dixon who was afterwards Doct. of Div. and Prebendary of Rochester , author of ( 1 ) The degrees of Consanguinity , and affinity described and delineated . Lond. 1675. oct . ( 2 ) The nature of the two Testaments , or the disposition of the Will and Estate of God to mankind ▪ &c. In two volumes : The first of the Will of God , the second of the Estate of God. Lond. 1676. 77. fol : and of other things , as 't is probable . Isaac Barrow M. A. of Trin. Coll. in the same University was incorporated on the said day . — In the next year he took a long journey into several forreign Countries , and returned a compleat Master of divers Languages . In 1660 he was chose Greek Professor of Cambridge , and two years after , on the death of Laur. Rooke , Geometry Lecturer in Gresham Coll. In 1672 he was elected Master of Trin. Coll , being then in great esteem for his learning and accomplishments : And dying on the fourth day of May 1677 aged 47 years , was buried in the South cross Isle of S. Peters , commonly called the Abbey , Church in the City of Westminster . His works were afterwards collected and published by Dr. Joh. Tillotson , an . 1683 ; before the first of which is a full account of the life of the said Is . Barrow , to which I refer the Reader . These three last , Sherman , Dixon and Barrow were of the number of 25 Cambridge Masters of Arts that were incorporated just after the Act this year . July 12. Edw. Spark Bach. of Div. of Cambr. — He was afterwards Doct. of that faculty , Chaplain to his Maj. Ch. 2 , and well beneficed if not dignified . He hath written and published ( 1 ) The Christians map of the world : drawn at the solemn funerals of Henry Chitting Esq . Chester-Herald at Armes , inter'd 11. January 1637. Lond. 1637. oct . 'T is a Sermon preached at the said Chittings funeral 11. Jan. 1636 on Heb. 13. ver . 14. ( 2 ) Scintilla Altaris : or a pious reflection on primitive devotion as to the Feasts and Fasts of the Christian Church orthodoxly revived . Lond. 165. .. oct . &c. In other editions this title is contracted . ( 3 ) Devotions on the 5. of Nov. 30. of Jan. and 29. of May &c. Lond. 1666. oct . These were afterwards added to some of the editions of Scintilla Altaris , and consist of prose , poems , sculptures , &c. He hath other things extant , as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . This person who was living at Totenham Highcross near Lond. in 1675 ( where I presume he was beneficed ) had a Son of both his names , Bachelaur of the Laws and Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in Oxon ; who dying on the last day of Nov. 1675 , was buried in the Chappel there and soon after had a comely mon. set over his grave by his Father . Henry Maisterson D. D. and Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in Cambr. was then ( Jul. 12. ) incorporated — He was afterwards beneficed at Namptwich in Cheshire , and died in 1671. These two last , were also incorporated just after the celebration of the Act. Feb. 9. Zurishaddeus Langius Doct. of Phys . of Padua — The said degree he took at Pad . in the beginning of Oct. 1649 , and was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians at London . Creations . Mar. 26. Edm. Lewis a Knights Son of Magd. Coll. was actually created Bach. of Arts , as also was Rob. Simons a Gent. Commoner of Trin. Coll. Oct. 19. Thure Thureson Sweeds . Oct. 19. Paul Kiefengeller Sweeds . Oct. 19. Joh. Widechennius Sweeds . These three , who were actually created Masters of Arts , were Retainers to the Embassador of Christina Queen of Sweedland to the Commonwealth of England . Dec. 23. John Owen M. A , Dean of Ch. Ch , and Vicechancellour of the University , was then ( he being at Lond. ) diplomated Doct. of Div. — He is said in his Diploma to be in Palaestra Theologica exercitatissimus , in concionando assiduus & potens , in disputando strenuus & acutus , &c. His Dipl . was dated 22. and read and sealed in Convocation 23 of Dec. this year . Thom. Goodwin President of Magd. Coll , and Bach. of Div. of several years standing , was then also , Dec. 23 , diplomated D. of D. — This person , who is said in the common Register to be in scriptis in re Theologicâ quamplurimis orbi notus , was born in the County of Norfolk , educated for a time in Christs Coll. in Cambridge , then in Catherine Hall , of which he was Fellow . Afterwards disliking conformity , he removed ( as others did ) beyond the Seas into Holland to avoid the censures of Episcopal consistories ; where remaining till the beginning of the Long Parliament , he returned , and became one of the Ass . of Divines at Westminster : but disliking their proceedings , he left them and about the same time had preferment confer'd upon him . At length upon the increasing of the Independents , he , being one himself , struck in with Ol. Cromwell , became his Favourite , and by his power President of Magd. Coll. about the beginning of January 1649 , purposely to promote the Independent cause in this University , which he afterwards did to the purpose by his constant preaching at S. Maries , by his sometimes preaching in his Coll. Chappel , and by his setting up and continuing a weekly meeting in his Lodgings in the said Coll , where all those that were to enter into that fraternity were openly to make a confession of their sins , &c. In 1653 he was one of the prime men appointed by ordinance to be a Trier or Commissioner for the approbation of publick preachers , and in the year following he was appointed one of the Assistants to the Commissioners of Oxfordshire for the ejection of such , whom the Saints of that time called scandalous , ignorant and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , that is Loyal and Orthodox Divines ; whom , especially such that had rich benefices or well endowed Schools , be sure they ejected , and either took their benefices themselves or confer'd them on their confiding brethren or those of their Church . In the beginning of the year 1660 he was removed from his Presidentship to make room for Dr. Joh. Oliver ; whereupon retiring to London , lived mostly in the Parish of Great S. Barthelmew , where dying 23 Feb. 1679 aged 80 years , was buried in a little vault towards the East end of the new burial place for Dissenters , joyning on the North side of the New Artillery-yard or Garden by Bunhill fields near London . Over the Vault was soon after erected an Altar-monument , with a large inscription thereon engraven , made by the common Epitaph-maker for Dissenters called Tho. Gilbert Bach. of Div. now a Nonconformist living in Oxon. After his death , his works consisting of Expositions , Sermons , Theological discourses , &c. were gathered together and published in two volumes in fol. ( with his picture before them much resembling the author while living ) by Thankful Owen and Jam. Baron — Lond. 1681 : Before which is a canting preface , written by the said two persons , wherein many things are said of the author and his learning . See in Phil. Nye among the Writers , under the Year 1672. p. 370. Dec. 23. Peter French Bach. of Div. and Canon of Ch. Ch. was then diplomated Doct. of Div. — He had before taken to Wife Robina , Sister of Oliver Cromwell , as I have before told you , and dying 17. of June 1655 , she was afterwards married to Dr. Joh. Wilkins Warden of Wadham Coll. Mar. 18. Gasparus Tizabetzi of Transylvania , was actually created Mast . of Arts — In the publick reg . he is said to be humanâ Literaturâ & bonarum Artium cognitione probe instructus . An. Dom. 1654. An. 6. Car. 2. An. 1 / 2 Oliv. Protect . Chanc. the same , viz. Ol. Cromwell L. Protect . Vicechanc. Dr. Owen again , Dec. 13. Proct. Tho. Cracroft of Magd. Coll. Ap. 5. Steph. Charnock of New Coll. Ap. 5. Bach. of Arts. June 17. Gabr. Towerson of Queens , afterwards of All 's . Coll. 27. Edw. Pearse of S. Johns Coll. Both these are now living as I conceive , and Writers : The first a Divine of note , the other a Luke-warm conformist . July 6. John Franklin of C. C. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. an . 1665. Oct. 12. Malachi Conant of Magd. Coll. Oct. 12. Rich. Berry of Brasn . Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1665 : of the other among the Masters , an . 1657. 18. George Castle of Balliol , afterwards of All 's . Coll. Jan. 25. Tho. Turnor of Ball. Coll. — This Gentleman who was Son of Sir Tim. Turnor of Shrewsbury Kt , Serjeant at Law , and one of the Kings Council in ord . for the Marches of Wales , went afterwards to Greys Inn where he became a Barrester , and wrot ( 1 ) The case of the Bankers and their Creditors stated and examined . Lond. 1674. in 5 sh . in qu. Printed there again in 1675 qu. with several additions , in all making up 8. sh . ( 2 ) The joyful news of opening the Exchecquer to the Goldsmiths of Lombard-street and their Creditors , &c. Lond. 1677. qu. Said in the title to be celebrated in a letter to the same friend in the Country , to whom the Bankers case was formerly sent . In 1680 was a book published entit ▪ The rights of the Bishops to judge in Capital cases in Parliament , cleared . Being a full answer to two books lately published : the first entit . A letter from a Gentleman to his friend , &c. The other , A discourse of the Peerage and jurisdiction of the Lords spiritual in Parliament endeavouring to shew the contrary . Lond. in oct . Tho no name is set to this book , yet it was commonly then reported to have been written by Thom. Turner , the same , I suppose , who was author of The Case , &c. Sir Tim. Turner before mention'd died very aged in 1676. and his Son Thom. the Writer about the beginning of the year 1680. Qu. Jan. 25. Lancel●t Addison of Qu. Coll. 29. Thomas Sprat of Wadh. Coll. Both these are Writers and now living , and therefore are to be remembred hereafter : The first is Dean of Lichfield , the other B. of Rochester . Feb. 13. Tho. Tomkins of Ball , afterwards of All 's . Coll. 24 Rob South of Ch. Ch. — He is also living and hath published several things , and therefore he is to be numbred hereafter among the Writers . Adm. 147. Bach. of Law. Oct. 12. Rob. Sharrock of New Coll. Dec. 14. Nath. Bond of All 's . Coll. Mar. 15. Joseph Keble of All 's . Coll. As for Nath. Bond , who was of the same family with Dennis Bond mention'd in the first vol. p. 323 , he was , as I conceive , Recorder afterward of Weymouth , being then a man of those times . In the latter end of Apr. 1689 he being by writ called to the degree of Serjeant at Law by K. Will. 3 , was sworn on the 2 of May at the Bar of the Common-pleas in Westm . Hall , with several others that had been with him called to that degree . Afterwards he was Knighted , made one of the Kings Serjeants , &c. The last of the said three ( Joseph Keble ) is living in Greys Inn and hath published several things , and therefore he ought hereafter to be mentioned among the Writers . Adm. 10. Mast . of Arts. May 30. Benj. Parry of Jesus Coll. 31. Nath. Hodges of Ch. Ch. June 1. Tho. Vincent of Ch. Ch. 13. John Cawley of All 's . Coll. July 6. Zachary Mayne of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was originally of Ch. Ch. and afterwards made by the Visitors first Demie of Magd. Coll , and then Fellow , took the degree of Bach. of Arts in 1652 , at which time he had the letters of the Chancellour ( O. Cromwell ) for the dispensation of the want of two or three terms ; in which letters he is stiled eminently godly and of able parts . Afterwards he was senior Collector of the Lent in 1652 , and when Master of Arts a godly preacher in these parts . After his Majesties restauration he conformed and wrot ( 1 ) Treatise of Justification , &c. Lond. 1662. oct . ( 2 ) S. Pauls travelling pangs , &c. Pr. 1662. oct . and perhaps other things . He is now living a School-master in or near Exeter , as I have lately been informed by one of his contemporaries in Magd. Coll. July 6. Hen. Thurman of Ch. Ch. Feb. 23. Seth Bushell of S. Maries Hall — He accumulated the degrees in Arts , and was admitted in Convocation . Adm. 65. Bach. of Phys . Apr. 11. Joh. Betts of C. C. Coll. June 21. Ralph Bathurst of Trin. Coll. These were both learned Physitians , the former of which hath published several things of his faculty , the other not , but left his profession for his original fac . of Div. as I am now about to tell you . Bach. of Div. Two were admitted this year , as Jam. Stopes of Magd. Hall , and Thomas Harward of Trin. Coll. but neither of them were Writers . ☞ Not one Doct. of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . Apr. 11. John Arnold of Mert. Coll. — He afterwards withdrew himself and stood not in the Act to compleat his degree , went to York and there practised his faculty to the time of his death . Joh. Betts of C C. Coll , was adm . the same day — He accumulated the degrees in Phys . June 21. Ralph Bathurst of Trin. Coll. — He accumulated , having before been employed in the service of the State as Physitian to the sick and wounded of the Navy : which work he managed with much diligence and success to the full satisfaction both of the Generals at Sea , and also of the Commissioners of the Admiralty , &c. After his Majesties restauration he reassumed his former fac . of Divinity , became one of the Royal Society , President of his Coll , one of his Majesties Chaplains , and on the 28. June 1670 was installed Dean of Wells upon the promotion of Dr. Rob. Creighton to the See of B. and Wells . In Apr. 1691 he was nominated by their Majesties Bishop of Bristow , with liberty to keep his Deanery in Commendam , but he refused it , because he was minded to carry on his benefaction to his Coll , being then about to reedifie the Chappel thereof , and to do good thereunto and his Church of Wells . He is accounted a most celebrated Latine Poet , as it appears by those many Copies of verses of his that are extant , some of which are made publick in a book lately printed at the Theater in Oxon , entit . Musarum Anglicanarum Analecta , &c. printed in oct . Doct. of Div. May 29. Joh. Conant M. A. Rector of Exeter Coll. was then admitted in Convocation — In 1662 he left his Rectory because he refused to subscribe to the Act of conformity , but afterwards , upon better thoughts , conforming , he became a Minister in Northampton , where he now continues an aged man. In 1676 June 8. he was installed Archdeacon of Norwich , ( in the place of Mr. John Reynolds deceased ) which Dignity was confer'd upon him by Dr. Edw. Reynolds B. thereof , whose Daughter he formerly had married ; and on the 3. of Dec. 1681 he was installed Preb. of Worcester in the place of Nath. Tomkins deceased . He is a learned , pious and meek Divine , but hath published nothing . Seth Ward of Wadham Coll , Savilian professor of Astron . was admitted in the same Convocation . May 31. Joh. Wallis of Exeter Coll. Sav. Prof. of Geom. — About this time arose a controversie between Dr. Wallis , and Dr. Ward before mention'd concerning seniority in Doctorship . Wallis he aver'd that he was incorporated Mast . of Arts of this University before Ward and therefore 't was his , but it appearing that Ward stood first in the Proctors book at Cambridge ( for they proceeded in Arts both in one year ) the Vicechancellour Dr. Owen decided the matter on Wards behalf : Whereupon Wallis went out Grand compounder , and so got seniority not only of Ward but of the rest that proceeded in Div. this year . Dr. Wallis was afterwards , against oath and statute elected Custos Archivorum in the place of Dr. Langbaine , at which time stood for that office one every way capable of it , viz. Dr. Rich. Zouche ; which being a most unjust act , as being carried on and done by the godly brethren , therefore did Hen. Stubbe write and publish The Savilian Professors case stated , &c. as I have told you in my discourse of him , p. 415. July 4. George Kendall B. D. of Exet. Coll. Incorporations . May 26. John Wyb●rd Doct. of Phys . of Franaker in West Friesen — He was the Son of Walt. Wyberd of Tackley in Essex , became a Commoner of Pemb. Coll. in the latter end of the year 1638 , aged 24. years , left it when the troubles began in England , travelled and took the degree of Doct. at Franaker before mention'd in July an . 1644 , and at length became well vers'd in some parts of Geometry . This person , who in his certificate for his degree at Franaker is stiled Trinobans Anglus hath written — Tactometria , or Tetagmenometria . Or the Geometry of Regulars practically proposed . Lond. 1650 oct . Steph. Skinner of Ch. Ch. Doct. of Phys . of Heidleberg was incorp . the same day . July 11. Joh. Mapletoft Bac. of Arts of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge — See among the Incorporations , an . 1669. Hezekiah Burton M. A. and Fellow of Magd. Coll. in the same University — He was afterwards D of D , Chaplain to Sir Orlando Bridgman Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , Rector of the Church of S. George in Southwark , Prebend of Norwich in the place of John Rhodes deceased , in Octob. 1667 , and at length Rector of Bernes or Barnes in Surrey . He died in Aug. or Sept. 1681 and afterwards had published under his name ( 1 ) Several discourses , viz. first of piety and chastity , secondly of repentance , thirdly of seeking first the Kingdom of Christ . Lond. 1684. oct . ( 2 ) A second vol. of discourses . Lond. 1685. oct ; the contents of which are in the next leaf following the title : Both published by Joh. Tillotson D. D. Dean of Canterbury and Residentiary of S. Pauls Cathedral , afterwards Dean of the said Church upon Dr. Stillingfleets promotion to the See of Worcester , in Sept. 1689 , Clerk of the royal Closet , and at length Archbishop of Canterbury ( to which See he was consecrated in the Church of S. Mary le Bow , 31. May 1691 ) upon the deprivation of that most conscientious and religious Archprelate Will Sancroft D. D. July 11. John Bodington M. A. of Sidney Coll. in Cambr. — He was afterwards Rector of Newton-Blossomvile in Bucks , and author of The Mystical Solomons coronation and espousals , on Cant. 5.11 . Lond. 1662 oct . and perhaps of other things . Qu. These three last Mapletoft , Burton and Bodington were of the number of 32 Cantabrigians who were incorporated just after the Act ; whereof two were Bach. and the rest Mast . of Arts. Among the Masters Samuel Clarke of Pemb. Hall was one , and John Smith of Qu. Coll. another ; several of both whose names have been Writers , and one Joh. Smith who writes himself M. of A. wrot — Grammatica quadrilinguis : or brief instructions for the French , Italian , Spanish and English tongues , with the Proverbs of each language , &c. Lond 1673 ▪ 74. oct ; and another who writes himself C. M. ( Coll. Med ) is author of several books ; among which is A compleat discourse of the nature , use and right managing of the wonderful instrument the Baroscope , &c. Lond. 1688. oct . See in p. 475. Creations . Apr. 5. Joh. Windebanke M. A. sometimes Fellow of New Coll , Son of Sir Franc. Windebanke formerly Secretary of State to K. Ch. 1 , was then actually created Doct. of Phys . by vertue of the Chancellours Letters ( Ol. Cromwell ) which say that since he hath left the Vniversity he hath spent some time in forraign parts in the study of Phy●ick , and hath been a practitioner in that faculty for some years with much credit and reputation , &c. He afterwards practised Physick at Guilford in Survey and became honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . Apr. 20. Thom. Manton sometimes of Wadh. Coll. was created Bach. of Div. by vertue of a dispensation from the Doctors delegated by the Chanc. of the Univ. June 5. It was ordered by the Delegates that Nich. Lokyer sometimes of New Inn might have the degree of Bach. of Div. confer'd on him , which was confirmed by the Doctors delegated by the Chancellour ; yet it doth not appear that he was created or diplomated . An. Dom. 1655. An. 7. Car. 2. An. 2 / 3 ( Ol. Protect . Chanc. the same , viz. Ol. Cromwell . Vicechanc. Dr. Owen , Sept. 18 , Proct. Sam. Bruen of Bras . Coll. Apr. 25. Edw. à Wood of Mert. Coll. Apr. 25. But the junior Proctor dying 22. May Mr. Richard Franklin of the same Coll. was admitted into his place on the first of June following . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 4. Job Roys of Mert. Coll. 7. Hen. Bagshaw of Ch. Ch. — He is living , and a Writer and therefore to be remembred hereafter . June 15. Tho. Branker of Ex. Coll. 28 Joh. Bridall of Queens Coll. 28 Rob. Southwell of Queens Coll. The first of these last two was afterwards a Common Lawyer , and hath published several things of his profession . The other was created Doctor of the Civ . Law in 1677 , under which year you may see more of him . July 5. Tho. Tregosse of Exet. Coll. Oct. 11. Joseph Glanvill of Exet. Coll. The first of these two who did not compleat his degree by Determination , was born of an antient and gentile family at S. Ives near to the Lands end in Cornwall , bred in the said Coll. in the condition of a sojourner under the tuition of Francis Howell , and after he had left the University , took orders according to the Presbyterian way and was a constant Preacher at the place of his nativity for two years . In Oct. 1659 he removed to the Vicaridge of Milar and Mabe in Cornwall , where continuing till 1662 , was silenc'd because he would not conform according to the Act of Uniformity then published . Afterwards preaching in private and in Conventicles , he was several times brought into trouble and imprison'd . At length giving way to fate at Penryn on the 18. of Jan. 1670 , was published the next year a little book entit . The life and death of Thomas Tregosse late Minister of the Gospel at Milar and Mabe in Cornwall , with his character . Lond. in oct , and at the end are The Letters of Thomas Tregosse : All written according to the Presbyterian mode . Oct. 11. Edw. West of Ch. Ch. afterwards of S. Maries Hall. 16. Edm. Elys of Ball. Coll. — This person who is now living at Totness in Devon , a Non-juror , is to be remembred hereafter as a Writer , because he hath written and published several books . Dec. 14. John Williams of Magd. Hall — He is now an eminent Minister in Lond. and a frequent Writer . Jan. 16. Nich. Lloyd of Wadh. Coll. 21. Nich. Horsman of C. C. Coll. Jan. 30. John Fitwilliams of Magd. Coll. Jan. 30. Joh. Price of Vniv . Coll. Jan. 30. Will. Annand of Vniv . Coll. Of the first of these three you may see more among the Doct. of Div. 1677 : Of the second among the Masters , an . 1658 ; and of the last among the Writers an . 1689. p. 632. Feb. 1. Nath. Crew of Linc. Coll. — He was afterwards successively Bish . of Oxon and Durham . 14. Joh. Lock of Ch. Ch. — He is now living in London , and being a Writer , he is to be remembred hereafter . Mar. 13. Nath. Vincent of Ch. Ch. 18. Rich. Stretton Chap. of New Coll. These two last are now Nonconformist Divines living in London : The first , who is a frequent Writer , is to be remembred among the Writers hereafter : Of the other you may see among the Masters 1658. Adm. 122. ☞ Not one Bach. of Law was admitted this year . Mast . of Arts. June 15. Will. Sprigge of Linc. Coll. 21. Thom. Cartwright of Qu. Coll. 22 Franc. Cross of Wadh. Coll. 22 Gilb. Ironside of Wadh. Coll. Franc. Cross who was of Stoke-Gomer in Somersetshire and had been Fellow of Wadh. Coll , went after his Maj. restauration to Leyden in Holland , where he had the degree of Doct. of Physick confer'd on him : And afterwards retiring to the City of Bristow , practised there with good success among the precise party . He hath written and published , Disputatio medica inauguralis de Febre intermittente , hab . in alm . Lugd. Bat. Academiâ pro grad . Doct. in Med. &c. 19 May 1664. Oxon. 1668. oct . He died in the Parish of S. Walburg in the said City of Bristow in the year 1675 , and was , I presume , buried in the Church belonging to that Parish . Jun. 28. Thom. Lawrence of S. Alb. Hall. — This person , who was an Apothecaries son of London , became a Student in Mert. Coll. in the beginning of the year 1649 , and did for some time participate of the Exhibition of Joh. Willyot there . But being forced to leave that House for some Extravagancies by him committed , he retired to the said Hall of S. Alban ; where he continued two or three years after he had compleated the degree of Master , and studied Physick . Afterwards he practised that faculty in Norfolk , and was of some eminence there , especially upon his writing and publishing — Mercurius Centralis ▪ Or , a discourse of subterraneal Cockle , Muscle and Oyster shells , found in the digging of a Well at Sir Will. D●ylies in Norfolk , many foot under ground , and at considerable distance from the sea ; sent in a Letter to Tho. Browne Doctor of Physick . Lond. 1664. in 5 sh . in oct . He died in Norfolk some years after . June 28. Rich. Lower of Ch. Ch. June 28. Tho. Frankland of Brasn . Coll. June 28. Tho. Adams of Brasn . Coll. The last of these three , who was younger brother to Rich. Adams mention'd among the Masters under the year 1651 , became a Student of the said Coll. of Brasn . in Jul. 1649 , and was made Fell. thereof on the 2 of June 1652. After he had taken the degree of Master he became a frequent Preacher in these parts , was removed from his Fellowship in 1662 for Nonconformity , went to London and carried on his Nonconformity by preaching in Conventicles . He hath written , The main principles of Christian Religion , in 107 short articles or aphorismes , generally received , as being proved from Scripture ; now further cleared and confirmed by the consonant Doctrine recorded in the articles and homilies of the Church of England , under four heads , viz. of things to be , 1. Believed , &c. Lond. 1675 and 77. oct . much about which time the author died . Jul. 4. Rob. Harrison of Ch. Ch. — This person , who was born at Doncaster in Yorkshire , and uterine brother to Dr. Hen. Wilkinson Princ. of Magd. Hall , was made Student of Ch. Ch. by the Visitors in 1648 , and being afterwards beneficed , published two Sermons , viz. one on Am. 5.23.24 . and another on Prov. 13.34 . &c. George Boraston of Wadh. Coll. was admitted the same day . — He hath published The royal Law , or the golden rule of justice and charity : Sermon at the Anniversary Meeting of the Gentlemen , Inhabitants of London , and others , born within the County of Worcester ; at S. Laurence Ch. 29 Nov. 1683. on Math. 7.12 . Lond. 1684. qu. and perhaps other things . His father was Minister of Beaudley in the same County , at which place the Author of the said Sermon was born ; and some years after he had left the University he was presented to the Rectory of Hever in Kent by Dr. Gunning , while he was B. of Chichester . Jul. 6. Henr. Hallywell of Brasn . Coll. — I set him down here not that he was a Writer , but to distinguish him from another of both his names who was one , Master of Arts and sometimes Fell. of Chr. Coll. in Cambr , and afterwards Minister of Ifeild in Sussex : who , among several things that he hath published , hath written ( 1 ) An account of Familisme , as it is revived and propagated by the Quakers , &c. Lond. 1673. oct . Answer'd by Will. P●nn a Quaker sometimes Gent. Com. of Ch. ●h . ( 2 ) A Vindication of the Account of Familisme , from the impertinent cavils of Will. Penn. Lond. in oct . ( 3 ) The sacred method of saving humane souls by Jesus Christ . Lond. 1677. oct . ( 4 ) Mel●mpronoea : or , a discourse of the policy and kingdom of darkness . Together , with a solution of the chiefest objections brought against the being of Witches . Lond. 1682. oct . He hath also collected and published The remaines of that rev . and learned Prelate Dr. George Rust late L. Bishop of Dromore in Ireland . Lond. 1686. qu. Mar. 22. Rowl . Stedman of Vniv . Coll. Admitted 8● . or thereabouts . ☞ Not one Bach. of Physick was admitted this year . Bach. of Div. Jul. 19. Ezrael Tongue of Vniv . Coll. — He was the only person that was admitted to the said degree this year . ☞ Not one Doct. of Law was adm . this year . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 19. Rich. Nayler of Magd. Hall. — This Gent. who accumulated the degrees in Phys . was originally of Caies Coll. in Cambridge , into which he was admitted an . 1639 , and afterwards studied Physick for 9 years together . Feb. 16. Philip Stephens Principal of Hart Hall. — This Physitian who was born at Devises in Wilts , was originally of S. Albans Hall , and afterwards made Fellow of New Coll. by the Visitors , and became half author ( William Browne being the other ) of a book of Simpling or Botany intit . Catalogus horti botanici Oxoniensis alphabeticè digestus , &c. cui accessere plantae minimum sexaginta suis nominibus insignitae , quae nullibi nisi in hoc opusculo memorantur . Oxon. 1658. oct . The foundation of the said book was taken from another intit . Catalogus plantarum horti medici Oxoniensis , scil Latino-Anglicus & Anglico-Latinus . Oxon. 1648. oct . Written by Jacob Bobart of Brounswick in Germany Keeper of the Physick Garden belonging to the University of Oxon. Dr. Stephens died at London after the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , and J. Bobart in his Garden-house on the 4 of Febr. 1679 , whereupon his body was buried in the Church of S. Peter in the East in Oxon. ☞ Not one was admitted or licensed to proceed in Divinity this year . Incorporations . Jul. 11. Gasper Needham M. of A. of Peter House in Cambr. — This person , who was at this time and the year before a Student in this Univ. for the sake of the public Library , was afterwards Doct. of Physick , one of the Coll. of Phys , and eminent for the practice of it in London . He paid his last debt to nature on the 31 of Oct. 1679 , aged 57 years : Whereupon his body was buried in the middle of the Church of S. Bride alias Bridget near Fleetstreet in the said City . There is a monument , not over his grave , but on the south wall at the upper end of the south alley or isle joyning to the said Church . One of his sirname and family called Walter Needham Doct. of Phys , honorary Fellow of the said Coll. of Physitians , and Physitian to Sutton's Hospital called the Charter house near Lond , did spend also some time in Oxon for the sake of the public Library ; but whether ever incorporated it appears not . He hath written Disquisitio Anatomica de formato Foetu . Lond. 1667. oct , with Sculptures . He died on the 16 of Apr. 1691 , and was buried obscurely in the Church of S. Giles in the Fields near Lond , having for several years before not lived in Sutton's Hospital for the relief of the poor Pensioners as he ought , according to the Founders will , to have done , but in Great Queenstreet within the Liberty of Westm . where he died as honest a man as Dr. Th. Cox and Dr. D. Whistler did elsewhere , and yet he ( as both the others ) had great practice . Executions were out against him to seize both body and goods , &c. Jul. 11. Rob. Sawyer M. A. of Magd. Coll. in Cambr. — He was a younger son of Sir Edm. Sawyer living sometimes near Windsore in Berks , and was now , or soon after , a Barrester of the Inner Temple , ( of which he at length became Treasurer ) grew eminent for his practice in Lond , and in Oxford Circuit which he frequented several years . Afterwards he was a Recruiter for Great Wycomb in Bucks , to serve in that Parl. which began at Westm . 8 May 1661 , was Knighted , and on the 14 of Feb. 1680 , was sworn Attorney Gen. in the place of Sir Creswell Levinz or Levens made one of the Judges of the Common Pleas in the room of Sir Will. Ellis deceased . In the beginning of Dec. 1687 he was removed from that honorable place of Attorney by K. James 2 , and Sir Tho. Powis was put in his room , and in his of Solicitor Gen. Will. Williams Esq ▪ on whom his Maj. at that time confer'd the honour of Knighthood . Under the name of this person ( Sir R. Sawyer ) and under those of Mr. Heneage Finch , Sir Geo. Treby and Mr. Hen. Polexfen , are extant Pleadings and Arguments with other Proceedings in the Court of Kings Bench upon the Quo Warranto touching the Charter of the City of London , with the Judgment entred thereupon , &c. Lond. 1690. fol. In the year following he built and finished the Church of High-Cleere in Hampshire , where he hath a plentiful Estate . Jul. 11. Hen. Paman M. A. and Fellow of S. Joh. Coll. in the said Univ. of Cambr. was then also incorporated . — See more among the Incorporations an . 1669. Thom. Viner M. A. of Catherine Hall in the same Univ. was incorporated on the said day . — This person , who was brother to Sir Rob. Viner of Lond. Goldsmith , was afterwards Rector of Bradwell in Essex , Bach. and Doct. of Div , Preb. of Gloc. in the place of Dr. Tho. Warmstry deceased , an . 1665 , Canon of Windsore in the room of Dr. Joh. Heaver sometimes of Clare Hall in Cambr. deceased , in Jul 1670 , and at length Dean of Glocester on the death of Dr. Will. Brough , an 1671. He died on the eleventh of Apr. 1673 , aged 44 years , and was buried in our Ladies Chap. at the east end of the Choir of the Cath. Ch. at Glocester , where there is a monument , with an inscription thereon , over his grave . In his Deanery succeeded Dr. Rob. Frampton , and in his Canonry of Windsore Dr. Isaac Vossius , &c. The said 4 Cambr. men who were incorporated , were of the number of 26 Masters of Arts of the said Univ. that were incorporated after the solemnity of the Act. Octob. 31. Abel Collier Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — He had that degree confer'd on him at Padua in Jan. 1654. Dec. 13. Lodovic de Lambermont of Sedan , a young man of great hopes and learning , son of Joh. Lambermont of the same place , and Doctor of Phys . of the Univ. of Valence , was then incorporated Doctor of that faculty . — His Diploma for the taking of that degree at Valence , bears date 8 Mar. 1651. Under the name of Lambermontius , is extant Anthologia Graec. Lat. Lond. 1654. oct . Whether published by the said Lod. Lamberm . I know not . Qu. Jan. 18. George Beare Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — The said degr . was confer'd upon him at Pad . in Octob. 1652. He was originally of Exeter Coll. Creations . Jul. 16. Steph. Budaeus a Transylvanian , who had spent some years in the Univ. of Groning , Vtrecht and Franaker , was actually created Master of Arts. At this time , and before , were several Hungarians that studied in Oxon , for the sake of the publ . Library : some of which being poor , had Commons daily allowed to them in Ch. Ch. Hall , by the favour of Dr. Joh. Owen the D●an and the then Canons of that House . Jul. 18. It was then granted by the Delegates of the University , and afterwards by the Convocation , that Sam. Smith late Fellow of S. Joh. Coll , who was admitted to the degree of Bach. of Arts 12 years before this time ( since which he was a constant Preacher , partly in Essex , but mostly in London ) might be actually created M. of A. in any Convoc . or Congreg . — This person is now , or at least was lately , Ordinary of the Prison in Lond. called Newgate , and hath published several things . Nov. 23. Sam. Birch of S. Maries Hall , who had been several years a Captain in the Parl. Army , was actually created M. of A. being then between 30 and 40 years of age . — He was about this time made one of the Chaplains of C. C. Coll , and afterwards being averse to Conformity , he taught a private School at Shilton in Berks , near Burford in Oxfordshire , where he had constantly under his tuition the sons of divers persons of quality , and those too who were good Loyalists . He died at that place 22 Jan. 1679 , leaving behind him the character of a good man among the precise people , but otherwise among the neighbouring Royalists , who esteem'd him an instiller of evil Principles into youth . Feb. 12. Gustavus Queckfeldt a noble Sweed of high birth and eminent for his learning , lately commended to the favour of the University by an Englishman called Sir George Fleetwood a Baron of Sweedland , was actually created Doct. of the Civ . Law. Benedict Queckfeldt brother to Gustavus , commended also by the said Sir Geo. Fleetwood , was at the same time created Doct. of the Civ . Law. These two persons , with Joh. Stuart another Sweed , were then Sojourners and Students in this University , as they had been about a year before , purposely to have the benefit of the publ . Library . The said two brothers , are now , or at least were lately , men of great name and place in Sweedland . The last , or the younger , who in his printed book , or books , writes himself Benedictus Gustavus Queckfeldt Sudremanius Suecus , that is , I suppose , of the Province of Sodermanland in Sweedland , did some exercise for the said degree which he printed with this title . Disputatio juridica inauguralis , de obligationibus ex contractibus qui re , verbis , literis & consensu perficiuntur , in illustriss . Anglorum Vniversitate quae Oxoniae est , &c. pro gradu Doctoratus ejusque privilegiis in Jure &c. ... Dec. 1655 modestè exhibita , Oxon. 1656. in 3 sh . in qu. This year Jacobus Oúzelius , who intitles himself Jurisconsultus Dantiscanus , was a Sojourner in Oxon , purposely to obtain the benefit of the public Library . He hath written De numismatibus , and is the same , as I conceive , who hath published Animadversiones in Minutii Felicis Octavium . An. Dom. 1656. An. 8 Car. 2. An. 3 / 4 Oliv. Prot. Chanc. the same , viz. Ol. Oromwell . Vicechanc. Dr. Owen , Oct. 7. Proct. Edw. Littleton of All 's . Coll. Apr. 16. Will. Carpender of Ch. C. Apr. 16. Bach. of Arts. Mar. 25. Will. Glynne Principal-Commoner of Jes . Coll. — In Jan. 1658 he was elected Knight for the County of Caernarvon to serve in Richard's Parliament , which began at Westm . on the 27 of the said month . On the 20 of May 1661 he was created a Baronet , and in 1668 he was elected High Sheriff of Oxfordshire . See in Joh. Glynne among the Writers , p. 270. Jun. 5. Thom. Pittys of Trin. Coll. Oct. 13. Sam. Austin of Wadh. Coll. Oct. 13. Joh. Dobson of Magd. Coll. Oct. 13. Tho. Traherne of Brasn . Coll. Oct. 13. Hen. Hesketh of Brasn . Coll. The last of which , who hath written and published several things , is , as I presume , living , and therefore to be remembred hereafter . Jan. 29. Tho. Hockin of Magd. Coll. Jan. 29. Will. Shippen of Vniv . Coll. Of both which you may see among the Masters , an . 1659. Jan. 30. Dav. Lloyd of Oriel Coll. Jan. 30. Rich. Morton of New Coll. Feb. 3. Hen. Foulis of Queens Coll. The two first of these three are now living , one at Northop in Flintshire , and the other in Grey-friers Court within Newgate in Lond , and have published several things . The first of History , which he will scarce acknowledge , and the other of Physick ; of which faculty he was created Doctor an . 1670 , as I shall tell you when I come to that year . Feb. 6. Sam. Woodford of Wadh. Coll. Feb. 6. Arth. Brett of Ch. Ch. The first of these two is now Preb. of Winchester , and is and hath been celebrated for his Poetry . The other was a pretender to it , but not to be nam'd or compared with the former . 19. Joh Paradise of Mert. Coll. — This person , who was a Wiltshire man born , bred up among Presbyterians , and so dexterous in short-hand writing that he would take a Sermon verbatim from the mouth of any Preacher , which he would repeat in the College Chappel on Sundays after supper , was soon after made Minister of Westbury in his own Country , left his Presbyterian Principles , and became a Tory-Preacher for the Royal Cause . He hath written and published , A Sermon on Davids humiliation for cutting off the royal robe , and detestation of cutting off the royal head of the Lords anointed , preached Januar. 30. an . 1660 ; being a solemn Fast for the horrid murther of K. Ch. 1. of glorious memory . Lond. 1661. Mar. 21. Hen. Denton of Qu. Coll. — See among the Masters of Arts , an . 1659. Adm. 142. Bach. of Law. Jul. ... Joh. Ailmer of New Coll. — He was now esteemed an excellent Greecian . Adm. 5. Mast . of Arts. May 6. Owen Price of Ch. Ch. lately of Jesus Coll. Jun. 5. Ezek. Hopkins of Magd. Coll. 20. Nich. Stratford of Trin. Coll. 30. Will. James of Ch. Ch. Jul. 9. Joh. Wagstaffe of Oriel Coll. Jul. 9. Clem. Ellis of Qu. Coll. Dec. 13. Hen. Stubbe of Ch. Ch. Mar. 17. Tho Wight of C. C. Coll. — This person , who was made Fellow of the said Coll , as born in the County Pal. of Durham , was afterwards Rector of West Hendreth in Berks , and wrot and published A discourse of Schisme , for the benefit of humble Christians . Lond. 1690. qu. He is living there , and may publish hereafter more things . Adm. 64. Bach. of Phys . Jul. 3. Edm. Dickenson of Mert. Coll. Besides him were four admitted , and Rob. Wood M. A. of Linc. Coll , who had studied Physick six years , was licensed to practise that faculty , by the decree of Convocation , Apr. 10. ☞ Not one Bach. of Div. was adm . this year , only created . ☞ Not one Doct. of Law was adm . this year . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 3. Franc. Hungerford of All 's . Coll. Jul. 3. Rich. Lydall of Mert. Coll. Jul. 3. Edm. Dickenson of Mert. Coll. These three accumulated the degrees in Physick . 7. Thom. Kinge of Brasn . Coll. Doct. of Div. Jul. 12. Ezrael Tongue of Vniv . Coll. He was the only person that was licensed to proceed this year . Incorporations . Mar. 27. James Windet Doct. of Phys . of Leyden . — The said degree was confer'd on him at Leyd . in July 1655. This person who was afterwards of the Coll. of Physitians at Lond. was a good Latin Poet , a most excellent Linguist , a great Rabbi , a curious Critick , and rather shap'd for Divinity than the faculty he profess'd . He hath extant under his name ( 1 ) Ad Majestatem Caroli II. sylvae duae . Printed in qu. ( 2 ) De vitâ functorum statu : ex Hebraeorum , atque Graecorum comparatis sententiis concinnatus : cum corollario de Tartaro Apost . Petri in quem praevaricatores Angelos dejectos memorat . Lond. 1663. qu. and other things which I have not yet seen , among which is the Epist . ded . to the most ingenious Joh. Hall of Durham set before an edition of Stierius's Philosophy , printed and published by Rog. Daniel Printer to the University of Cambridge ; who having a great respect for the said Mr. Hall , got Dr. Windet to write it ; which being done , Mr. Daniel set his own name to it , purposely to do honour to that young Gent. of great and wonderful hopes . This Dr. Windet left behind him at his death ( which , those of his profession say , hapned about 1680 ) a quarto Manuscript containing many of his Lat. Poems , which at this day go from hand to hand , having been expos'd to sale in one or more Auctions . Apr. 25. Huntingdon Plumtre Doct. of Phys . of Cambr. — This person was a Nottinghamshire man born , was descended from those of his name of Plumtre in that County , and when a young Master of Arts of Cambr. wrot Epigrammatum opusculum , duobus libellis distinctum . Lond. 1629. oct . and to it added Homeri Batrachomyomachia latino carmine reddita , variisque in locis aucta & illustrata . Jun. 3. Thom. Browne Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — This person , who had that degree confer'd on him at Pad . in Sept. 1654 , is different from the famous Sir Thom. Browne of Norwich , whom I have mention'd among the Writers , under the year 1682. p. 535. Jul. 5. Rich. Steel M. of A. of S. Johns Coll. in Cambr. — This person , who was living a Nonconformist Minister in 1684 , hath written several things , among which are ( 1 ) The Husbandmans calling , shewing the excellencies , temptations , graces , duties of the christian husbandman , in eleven Sermons . Lond. 1668. 72. &c. oct . ( 2 ) A plain discourse of uprighteousness , shewing the properties and privileges of an upright man. Lond. 1671. &c. oct . ( 3 ) An antidote against distractions ; or , an endeavour to serve the Church in the daily case of wandrings in the worship of God. Printed thrice at least in oct . The third edit . was printed in 1673. ( 4 ) The Tradesmans calling . Being a discourse concerning the nature , necessity , choice , &c. of a calling in general : and directions for the right managing of the Tradesmans calling in particular . Lond. 1684. oct . Jul. 5. Edw. Fowler now or lately Chapl. of C. C. Coll. in Oxon , was incorporated Mast . of Arts as a member of Trin. Coll , in Cambridge . — He is the same who took the degree of B. of A. an . 1653 , and the same who was afterwards B. of Gloc. He retired , as it seems , for a time to Cambr. and taking the degree of Master there , return'd to his Coll. again in Oxon. Oct. 10. Pet. du Moulin D. of D. of Leyden in Holland , ( afterwards confirmed or incorporated at Cambr , ) was then incorporated in this Univ. in the same degree . — He was the son of Pet. du Moulin the famous Protestant Writer of France , came into England in his elder years ; but whether he had preferment before the grand or Presbyterian Rebellion broke forth I know not . After Ireland was reduced by the Parl. Forces , he lived there , sometimes at Lismore , Yoghal , and Dublin , under the Patronage of Richard Earl of Cork . Afterwards going into England , he setled in Oxon ( where he was Tutor or Governour to Charles Visc . Dungarvan and Mr. Rich. Boyle his brother , Canon Commoners of Ch. Ch. ) lived there two or more years and preached constantly for a considerable time in the Church of S. Peter in the East . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he became Chaplain in ordinary to him and Prebendary of Canterb , where he spent the remaining part of his days . He hath written , ( 1 ) Regii sanguinis clamor ad coelum . Hag. Com. 1652. qu. See more in the Fasti of the first vol. p. 883. ( 2 ) Treatise of peace and contentment of mind . Lond. 1657. &c. in a thick oct . The third edition , of this book which came out in 1678 was revised and much amended by the author . ( 3 ) A week of Soliloquies and Prayers , with a preparation to the holy Communion . Printed there the same year , and again in 1678. 79. in tw . In which edition are added other Devotions , in two parts . ( 4 ) Vindication of the sincerity of the Protestant Religion in point of obedience to Soveraignes , &c. in answer to a Jesuitical libel intit . Philanax Anglicus . Lond. 1667. qu. and 1679 , which is the 4 edit . ( 5 ) Poematum Libelli tres . Cambr. 1670. oct . In which book , p. 128 , is an Epicedium on Dr. Will. Juxon Archb. of Cant. In another edition of these Poems in 1671 was added Mantissa aliquot poematum . ( 6 ) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Incrementum Psal . XCII . ver . 14. Lond. 1671. oct . ( 7 ) Serm. at the Funeral of Dr. Thomas Turner Dean of Canterb. 17 Oct. 1672 , on Philip. 1.21 . Lond. 1672. qu. ( 8 ) Addition to a book written by his father intit . The papal Tyranny as it was exercised over England for some ages . Lond. 1674. qu. ( 9 ) Papal Tyranny ; two Sermons on Rev. 18. 4.5 . Ibid. 1674. qu. ( 10 ) Reply to a person of honour his pretended answer to the Vindication of the Protestant Religion in point of obedience to Soveraignes , and to the book of Papal Tyranny . Lond. 1675. qu. ( 11 ) Ten Sermons preached on several occasions . Lond. 1684. oct . Among which are those , I presume , before mention'd . He hath written , as I conceive , other things , but such I have not yet seen , and also translated from French into English ( 1 ) Faith in the just , victorious over the World ; Serm. preached at the Savoy in the Fr. Church 10 Oct. 1669. Lond. 1670. qu. Which Serm. was preached by Dr. Franc. Durant de Brevall ( heretofore Preacher to Hen. Maria the Qu. Mother ) installed Preb. of Westminster in May 1671. ( 2 ) The ruin of Papacy : or , a clear display of the Simony of the Romish Clergy . With a circulatory Letter to the Fathers of those Virgins that desert their families to turn Nuns . Lond. 1679. oct . &c. This Dr. du Moulin , who was an honest and zealous Calvinist , died in the 84 year of his age , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. at Canterbury 10 Oct. 1684. The last words which he utter'd on his death-bed were , Since Calvinism is cried down , actum est de religione Christi apud Anglos , &c. In his Prebendship succeeded the learned and pious Will. Beveridge a Native of Leicestershire , D. of D. of Cambr. and Archdeacon of Colchester , installed therein 5 Nov. 1684. Feb. 16. Joseph Teate Mast . of Arts of Dublin . — He was originally Bach. of Arts of S. Johns Coll. in this Univ. Whence going into Ireland , he took the degree of Master at Dublin 17 Aug. 1655. I find A Sermon preached at the Cathedral Church of S. Canier Kilkenny , 27 Feb. 1669. Lond. 1670. qu , preached by Joseph Teat Dean thereof ; which Joseph is to be understood to be the same with the former . Feb. 19. Joh. Packer Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — He was afterwards one of the Coll. of Phys . at Lond. Mar. 10. The most famous and learned Theophilus de Garencieres of Paris , made Doct. of Phys . at Caen in Normandy 20 years before this time , was then ( Mar. 10. ) incorporated here in the same degree , not only upon sight of his testimonial Letters ( which abundantly speak of his worth ) subscrib'd by the K. of France his Embassador in Engl. ( to whom he was domestick Physitian ) but upon sufficient knowledge had of his great merits , his late relinquishing the Rom. Church , and zeal for that of the Reformed . — This person who was one of the Coll. of Phys . at Lond. hath written ( 1 ) Angliae flagellum , seu Tabes Anglica . Lond. 1647. in twenty fours . ( 2 ) The admirable vertues and wonderful effects of the true and genuine tincture of Coral in Physick , grounded by reason , established by experience , and confirmed by authentical authors in all ages . Lond. 1676. in oct , and other things as I conceive , but such I have not yet seen . He also translated into English The true prophecies or prognostications of Mich ▪ Nostradamus , Physitian to K. Hen. 2 , Francis 2 , and Charles 9. Kings of France , &c. Lond. 1672. fol. He died poor and in an obscure condition in Covent Garden within the Liberty of Westm , occasion'd by the unworthy dealings of a certain Knight , which in a manner broke his heart ; but the particular time when I cannot tell . 19. Walt. James Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — The said degree he took at Padua in October 1655. Creations . Apr. 10. Peter Vasson was created Bach. of Phys . by vertue of the Chancellours ( O. Cromwell ) Letters , dat . 25 Mar. this year , which say that he the said Chanc. had received very good satisfaction from several hands touching Mr. Vasson , as to his suffering for his Religion in his own Nation , his service in the late Wars to the Commonwealth , his skill in the faculty he professeth , and success ( through the blessing of God ) in the practice of it , together with the unblameableness of his conversation , &c. 25. Oliver Pocklington M. of A. of Cambr. now a practitioner of Physick at Nottingham , was created Doct. of Physick by vertue of the said Chancellours Letters written in his behalf . May 6. Thom. Tiszaebetsi or Tizabetsi a Transylvanian ( Hungario Transylvanus ) was created M. of A. Dec. 29. Faustus Morsteyn a Noble man of the Greater Poland was created M. of A. by vertue of a Dispens . from the Delegates . — He was a Student or Sojourner in the Univ. several years purposely to obtain learning from the publ . Libr. Jan. 29. Abrah . Conyard of Roan in Normandy , who had studied Divinity several years in Academies in France and Switzerland , was created Bach. of Div. by the decree of the Members of Convocation , who were well satisfied with his Letters testimonial under the hands of the Pastors of the reformed Church of Roan , written in his behalf . In the beginning of this year studied in Ox. in the condition of a Sojourner Henry Oldenburg who wrot himself sometimes Grubendole , and in the month of June he was entred a Student by the name and title of Henricus Oldenburg , Bremensis , nobilis Saxo ; at which time he was Tutor to a young Irish Noble man called Henry ô Bryen , then a Student also there . He had been Consul for his Country-men in the Duchy of Breme in Lower Saxony to reside in Lond in the time of the Long Parl. and Oliver , and acted for his Country men in that Office for some years . At length being quitted of that Employment , he continued in Engl , was Tutor to L. O Bryen before mention'd , and afterwards to Will. L. Cavendish , and at length upon the foundation of the Royal Society Fellow and Secretary thereof . He hath written , Philosophical Transactions ; commencing from 6 March 1664 , and carried on to Numb . 136 , dated 25 June 1677 ; all in qu. By which work he rendred himself a great benefactor to mankind , by his affectionate care and indefatigable diligence and endeavours , in the maintaining philosophical intelligence and promoting the designs and interests of profitable and general Philosophy : And translated into English ( 1 ) The prodromus to a dissertation concerning Solids naturally contained within Solids , &c. Lond 1671. oct . Written by Nich. S. Steno . ( 2 ) A genuine explication of the book of Revelation , full of sundry new christian considerations , &c. Lond. 1671. oct . Written by the learned and pious A. B. Peganius . ( 3 ) The life of the Duchess of Mazarine . Printed in oct , and other things which I have not yet seen . This Mr. Oldenburg died at Charlton near Greenwich in Kent in Aug. 1678 , and was buried there , leaving then behind him issue ( by his wife the dau . and only child of the learned Joh. Dury a Scot , by whom he had an Estate of 60 l. per an . in the Marshes of Kent ) a son named Rupert , God-son to Pr. Rupert and a daughter called Sophia . As for Henry Lord O Bryen before mention'd , he was the eldest son of Henry Earl of Thomond , and was afterwards one of his Majesties Privy Council in Irel. He died in Aug. 1678 , to the very great grief of his Relations : Whereupon his widow Catherine , Baroness Clifton , Sister and Heiress to Charles sometimes Duke of Richmond , was married to Sir Joseph Williamson , one of the principal Secretaries of State , in Decemb. following . By which match , tho he lost his place of Secretary , by the endeavours of Tho. Earl of Danby , who intended her for one of his sons , yet he obtained large possessions in Kent and elsewhere , and the hereditary High Stewardship of Gravesend in the said County . An. Dom. 1657. An. 9 Car. 2. An. 4 / 5 Oliv. Prot. Chanc. the same , viz. Oliver Cromwell , &c. but he resigning on the 3 of July , his eldest son commonly called Lord Rich. Cromwell was elected into his place on the 18 , and installed at Whitehall the 29 , of the said month . Vicechanc. Joh. Conant Doct. of Div. Rector of Exeter Coll. Oct. 9. Proct. Sam. Byfield of C. C. Coll. Apr. 8. Sam. Conant of Exet. Coll. Apr. 8. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 20. Dan. Whitby of Trin. Coll. May 28. Will. Durham of C. C. Coll. The first of these two was afterward a celebrated Writer , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred . Of the other you may see among the Bach. of Div. 1669. Jun. 8. Joseph Guillim of Brasn . Coll. 12. Jenkin Christopher of Jes . Coll. Of the first of these two , who was originally of Mert. Coll , you may see among the Bach. of Div. 1669 , and of the other among the Masters of Arts 1660. Jul. 7. Rich. Griffith of Vniv . Coll. — He was lately Censor of the Coll. of Phys , and hath published one or more things of his faculty . See among the Masters , an . 1660. Oct. 10. Joh. Quick of Exet. Coll. — This person , who was a Servitour of that House , and afterwards beneficed in the West parts of England , I take to be the same Joh. Quick who published The Test of true godliness : Sermon preached at the Funeral of Philip Harris late of Alston in the County of Devon. Esq . 10 Aug. 1681. Lond. 1681. 2. qu. Oct. 15. Tho. Jeamson of Wadh. Coll. Oct. 15. George Vernon of Brasn . Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more under the tit . of Doct. of Phys 1668. The other is now living in Glocestersh , and hath published several things . 24. Philip Marinel of Pemb. Coll. 24. Capell Wiseman of Qu. Coll. Of the first you may see more among the Masters 1660. The other , who was afterwards Fellow of All 's . Coll , is now Bishop of Dromore in Ireland . Dec. 17. Edm. Thorne of Or. Coll. Jan. 15. Tim. Hall of Pemb. Coll. Of the first of these two you may see among the Masters , an . 1661. The other , who took no higher degree in this Univ. was afterwards Bishop of Oxon. Jan. 28. Franc. Vernon of Ch. Ch. Feb. 4. Nath. Bisby of Ch. Ch. The last of these two did afterwards publish several Sermons , and is now , I suppose , living and beneficed near Sudbury in Suffolk . 9. Tho. Marsden of Brasn . Coll. — See among the Masters in 1661. 12. Paul Latham of Pemb. Coll. 12. Narcissus Marsh of Magd. Hall. The first hath published several things , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred . The last was afterwards Fellow of Exeter Coll , Principal of S. Alb. Hall , Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin , and at length Archb. of Cashells , in Ireland . He hath written and published certain matters , and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter among the Writers and Bishops . Feb. 19. Tim. Nourse of Vniv . Coll. 23. Joshua Stopford of Magd. Coll. The first of these two hath published several ingenious books , and is now living in Worcestershire . The other was esteemed a good Greecian , and would sometimes course in Greek in the publick Schools . Mar. 9. Robert Huntingdon of Mert. Coll. — In the beginning of the year 1692 he became Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland in the place of Dr. Will. Sherendon a Non-juror , who had been consecrated B. of that City on the 19 of Febr. 1681. Adm. 152. Bach. of Law. Jul. 4. Thomas Ireland of S. Maries Hall. — This ingenious person , who was son of Will. Ireland Vergerer of the Church of Westminster , was bred in the Coll. School there , and thence elected Student of Ch. Ch , but ejected in the time of Oliver by Dr. Owen his Dean : Whereupon retiring to S. Maries Hall , he entred upon the Law line and took a degree as a member of that house . After the restauration of his Maj. Ch. 2. he obtained his Students place again , but took no higher degree , yet in the vacancy of the See of Durham between the death of Dr. Joh. Cosin and the translation thereunto of Dr. Crew , he had confer'd on him the Chancellourship of the Dioc. of Durham . He hath extant , besides several copies of verses occasionally printed in books , Verses spoken at the appearance of the K. and Qu , Duke and Dutchess of York in Christ Church Hall , Oxford , 29 Sept. 1663. Oxon. 1663. qu. They were also about the same time printed at Lond. with this title , Speeches spoken to the K. and Qu , Duke and , &c. pr. in qu. After dinner of the same day his Majesty with his royal Consort and their royal Highnesses went from their Lodgings with their respective Retinews purposely to see that spatious Refectory which had been built by the great Cardinal Wolsey ; where the Dean , Canons and Students waiting their coming , Mr. Ireland spoke the said Verses ( in number 116 ) on his knees : Which being well done the K. thanked him for them , gave him his hand to kiss and commanded a copy of them . This Mr. Ireland , who might have done greater matters had not his mind been diverted by the frequent indulgences of Poets , died at or near the Golden Lyon in the Strand within the Liberty of Westm . during his attendance on his beloved Miss , in the middle of Decemb. 1676. Whereupon Dr. Rich. Lloyd of All 's . Coll. succeeded him in his Chancellourship . Dec. 15. Hugh Davis of New Coll. — He hath published an English book in fol intit . De jure Vniformitatis Ecclesiasticae , &c. and therefore larger mention is to be made of him hereafter . Adm. 5. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 9. Nath. Hodges of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards one of the Proctors of the Univ , and Chaplain to Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury , who , while he was L. Chancellour of Engl. procured for him a Prebendship in the Church of Nerwich and Glocester . Another of both his names is a Physitian now living , and therefore this Nath. Hodges ought to be mention'd for distinction sake . 21. Gabr. Towerson of Qu. afterwards of All 's . Coll. May 29. George Castle of All 's . Coll. June 11. Tho. Sprat of Wadh. Coll. June 11. Hen. Bagshaw of Ch. Ch. June 11. Nath. Vincent of Ch. Ch. 12. Rob. South 15. Edw. West of S. Maries Hall. 17. Thom. Owen of Mert. Coll. — He was afterwards Archdeacon of S. David . Jul. 4. Lancelot Addison of Qu. Coll. 20. Richard Berry of Brasn . Coll. The last of these two was afterwards made one of the Chaplains or Petty-Canons of Ch. Ch. purely upon the account of his Voice and good Singing , but being forced to leave that house , upon no good account , in the beginning of June 1670 he went into Ireland to seek his fortune ; but whether beneficed there I cannot tell . He hath published A Sermon upon the Epiphany , preached at Ch. Ch. in Dublin , 1672. — printed in qu. and perhaps other things . Qu. Dec. 15. Dan. Nicols of S. Joh. Coll. — This person , who had , by the Visitors , been made Scholar of his Coll , of which he was afterwards Fellow , conformed after his Majesties restauration , and at length became Rector of Scotton in Lincolnshire . He hath published A Sermon preached in the Cathedral of Lincolne 18 Jul. 1681 , being Assize-Munday , on 1 Sam. 12.14.15 . Lond. 1681. qu. and perhaps other things . Adm. 101. or thereabouts . ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . was adm . this year . Bach. of Div. Jun. 18. James Bedford of Queens Coll. — This person , ( a young forward Presbyterian ) who was one of the number of Cambridge men that came to Oxon in 1648 to obtain preferment from the Visitors , was by them made Fellow of Queens Coll , being then Bach of Arts. So that he and George Phillips another of the same gang ( afterwards Proctor of the Univ. ) being Juniors and wanting good chambers , they did on the 21 of May 1649 make a motion to the Society of that House that forasmuch as the younger Fellows had bad Chambers , they would allow that the outward Chappel ( which they said was useless ) might be converted into Chambers for them to lodge in , &c. Which motion being looked upon by the Seniors there ( men of the old stamp ) as a horrid and villanous thing , they did not dare to express it so , for fear of danger that might ensue , but passed it over as a slight matter . Afterwards this Mr. Bedford , who was a forward and conceited person , and presum'd to take his degree of Bac. of Div. before those who were much his Seniors in the House , became Pastor of Blunsham and Erith in Huntingdonshire before this year , and wrot and published The perusal of an old Statute concerning death and judgment , Sermon at the funeral of Mrs. Francis Bedford ( dau . of Sam. Bedford a member of Parliament and Justice of Peace for the County of Bedford ) who died 18 Jan. 1656 aged 12 years , on Heb. 9.27 . Lond. 1657. qu. The said Sam. was brother to James Bedford the author , who perhaps hath published other things . Qu. Jul. 23. Tho. Barlow of Qu. Coll. Jul. 23. Tho. Lamplugh of Qu. Coll. Jul. 23. Tho. Tully of Qu. Coll. Jul. 23. Rich. Rallingson of Qu. Coll. Doct. of Law. Jun. 27. Will. Offley of Vniv . Coll. He was the only person that was adm . this year . Doct. of Phys . Jun. 18. Pet. Fiott of Exet. Coll. 19. Edw. Stubbe of Pemb. Coll. 23. Will. Quaterman of Pemb. Coll. 30. Elisha Coysh of Pemb. Coll. The last was afterwards one of the Coll. of Physitians . ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was admitted this year . Incorporations . May 14. Joh. Collins M. A. of Cambr. — Whether he be the same Joh. Collins who was Doct. of Div. and author of Several discourses concerning the actual providence of God ; divided into three parts , &c. Lond. 1678. 79. qu. and of other things as 't is probable , I cannot yet tell . He is not to be taken to be the same with Joh. Collinges Bach. of Div. and sometimes Minister of S. Stephens Parish in Norwich , a frequent Writer before this time , because their names differ . See the titles of some of his works in Bodlies Catalogue and elsewhere in others . Now I am got into the name of Collins I cannot but let the Reader know something of John Collins the Accomptant , who , having been a person of extraordinary worth , considering his education , you may be pleased therefore to know that he was born at Wood-Eaton near to , and in the County of , Oxon , on Saturday 5 March 1624. His father was a Nonconformist Divine , and tho not suffer'd to preach in Churches , yet in Prisons to Malefactors , which , with the correcting of the Press , obtain'd him a subsistence . At 16 years of age Joh. Collins was put an Apprentice to a Bookseller ( one Tho. Allam ) living without the Turl-gate of Oxon , but Troubles soon after following , he left that Trade , and was employed in Clerkship under , and received some mathematical knowledge from , Mr. Joh. Marr one of the Clerks of the Kitchin to Pr. Charles , afterwards K. Ch. 2 , I mean the same Mr. Marr who was eminent for his mathematical knowledge , and noted for those his excellent Dyals , wherewith the Gardens of his Maj. K. Ch. 1. were adorned . But the intestine Wars and Troubles increasing , Collins lost that employment and went seven years to sea , most part of it in an English Merchant-man , that became a Man of War in the Venetian Service against the Turks : In which , having leisure , he applied part of his studies to Mathematicks , and Merchant-Accompts , and upon his return he fell to the practice thereof , and afterwards profess'd Writing , Merchant-Accompts , and some parts of Mathematicks : And having drawn up some books of Accompts , and divers loose questions , for the instructions of his Scholars in the year 1652 , he committed them to the press , under the title of An introduction to Merchants Accompts . They were reprinted in 1665 without alteration , and in 1666 the fire consumed the greatest part of the impression . At length it was reprinted with the addition of two more Accompts than were formerly extant . On the 12. of Oct. 1667 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society upon the publication in the Philos . Transact . of his Solution of a Problem concerning time , to wit , about the Julian Period , with divers Perpetual Almanacks in single verses ; a Chorographical Problem , and other things afterwards in the said Transact . concerning Merchants Accompts , Compound Interest , and Annuities , &c. While Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury was L. Chanc. he nominated him in divers references concerning suits depending in Chancery , about intricate Accompts , to assist in the stating thereof , which was some emolument to him , and to the shortning of the charge of the parties concern'd : From which time especially , his assistance was often used in other places and by other persons ; whereby he not only obtained some wealth but a great name , and became accounted in matters of that nature the most useful and necessary person of his time , and thereupon , towards his latter end , he was made Accomptant to the Royal Fishery Company . His works , besides those before mentioned , are among others ( 1 ) The Sector on a Quadrant : or , a treatise containing the description and use of four several Quadrants , &c. Lond. 1658. qu ; in which there are very curious prints of two great Quadrants , and of two small Quadrants , with particular projections on them , serving for the Latitude of London . See in the Astronomical Appendix to The Sphere of Marc. Manilius made an English Poem . Lond. 1675. fol. pag. 116 , written by Edw. Sherburne Esq , afterwards a Knight ( 2 ) Mariners plain Scale new plained . This is a treatise of Navigation and was print . in 1659. In which , besides projections of the Sphere , there are constructions for many Astronomical Problems and Spherical propositions . This book hath found good acceptance , and is now become a common Theme to the Scholars of Christ Ch. Hospital in London , whereof forty ( by his Majesties bounty and the establishing a Lecturer to instruct them ) are constantly taught Navigation . ( 3 ) Treatise of Geometrical dyalling . printed 1659. 'T is of good esteem , both for the newness and easiness of method in situating the Requisites , and drawing the Hour-lines . ( 4 ) The doctrine of Decimal Arithmetick , simple interest , &c. As also of compound Interest and Annuities ; generally performed for any time of payment , &c. Lond. 1664 in a quarter of a sheet , for portability in a Letter-case . It was published again by J. D. — Lond. 1685. ( 5 ) An introduction to Merchants accompts : containing seven distinct questions or Accompts . 1. An easie question to enter beginners , &c. Lond. 1674. fol. ( 6 ) A plea for bringing in of Irish Cattle and keeping out of fish caught by Forreigners , &c. Lond. 1680. qu. ( 7 ) Address to the members of Parl. of the Counties of Cornwall and Devon , about the advancement of Tin , Fishery and other Manufactures . Ibid. ( 8 ) Salt and Fishery : A discourse thereof insisting on the following heads . 1. The several ways of making salt in England , &c. Lond. 1682. qu. ( 9 ) Arithmetick in whole numbers and fractions , both vulgar and decimal : with Tables for the forbearance and rebate of money , &c. Lond. 1688. in tw , published by Tho. Plant Accomptant . What other things Mr. Collins hath written I know not ; and therefore I shall only say , that if we did not further enlarge by telling the World how much it is obliged for his pains in exciting the learned to publish their Works , and in acting the part of an ingenious Obstetrix at the Press , in correcting and in drawing of Schemes , we should be much injurious to his memory . After the Act at Oxon was finished , 1682 , he rode thence to Malmsbury in Wilts , in order to view the ground to be cut for a river between Isis and Avon : which journey being performed between twelve at noon and eleven at night in a hot day , he did , at his arrival in his Inn , drink more than he should at that time ( being very hot and his blood not setled ) of Red streak Cider ; which giving him an Astma , and that a consumption , he died thereof in his Lodging on Garlick-hill in London , on Saturday 10. of Nov. 1683 : whereupon his body was buried on Tuesday following in the Church of S. James Garlick-hythe in the South Isle just behind the Pulpit . June ... Tho. Margetson Doct. of Phys . of Aurange or Orange — This Physitian , who was Son of Jam. Margetson of Yorkshire , was admitted a Student of Trin. Coll. near Dublin , 5. May 1647 , retired to Oxon , in the latter of 1650 , entred himself a Student of S. Maries Hall , and as a member thereof he took the degrees in Arts : Afterwards applying his mind to the study of Phys . had the degree of Doctor of that faculty confer'd on him at Aurange before mention'd in the middle of March 1656. These Cambridge men following were incorporated after the solemnity of the Act , on the 14 of July . John Stillingfleet M. A. and Fellow of S. Johns Coll. in Cambr. — He became soon after Rector of Beckingham in Lincolnshire , and at length D. of Div. He hath published one or more books . Edw. Stillingfleet M. A. and Fellow of S. Joh. Coll. before mention'd was incorporated on the same day — This person , who was younger Brother to the said Joh. Still . was born near Shaftesbury in Dorsetshire , was first Rector of Sutton in Bedfordshire by the favour of Sir Rog. Burgoyne , then of S. Andrews Church in Holbourne near London , D. of D , Chaplain in Ord. to his Majesty , Prebendary of Canterbury , Can. resid . of S. Pauls Cathedral , Dean thereof upon the promotion of Dr. Will. Sancroft to the See of Canterbury , and at length Bishop of Worcester : to which See he was consecrated in the Bishop of Londons Chappel at Fulham on Sunday the 13 of Oct. 1689 , with Dr. Sim. Patrick to Chichester , and Dr. Gilbert Ironside to Bristow , by the Bishops of London , S. Asaph and Rochester , by vertue of a Commission directed to them in that behalf . He hath published divers books , too many to have their titles set down here , in defence of the Church of England , which shew him to be an orthodox and learned man. The first book which made him known to the world was his — Irenicum : A weapon salve for the Churches wounds . Lond. 1661. Tho. White of Peter House — I find one Thom. White a Minister of London ( of Allhallows the Great as it seems ) to be author of ( 1 ) Method , and instructions for the art of divine meditation , &c. Lond. 1655. &c. in tw . ( 2 ) Observations on the fourth , 5 and 6 Chapters of S. Matthew , &c. Lond. 1654. oct . ( 3 ) Treatise of the power of godliness , in three parts , &c. Lond. 1658 in tw . ( 4 ) A manual for Parents , wherein is set down very particular directions in reference to baptizing , correcting , &c. Lond. 1660. &c. and of other things . Whether this author who was dead before 1671 be the same with the former Tho. White of Peter House , I know not . Rich. Cumberland M. A. and Fellow of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Doct. of Div. and published ( 1 ) De Legibus naturae disquisitio Philosophica , in qua ●arum forma , summa capita , ordo , promulgatio , & obligatio è rerum natura investigantur ; quinetiam elementa Philosophiae Hobbianae , cum moralis tum civilis , considerantur & refutantur . Lond. 167● . qu. ( 2 ) An essay towards the recovery of the Jewish measures and weights , comprehending their moneys , by help of an antient standard compared with ours of England , useful also to state many of those of the Greeks and Romans , and Eastern Nations . Lond. 1686. oct . &c. This Dr. Cumberland was consecrated Bish . of Peterborough in the place of Dr. Tho. White ( deprived for not taking the Oathes to K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary ) in the Church of S. Mary Le Bow in London , on the 5 of July 1691 ; at which time other Bishops were consecrated . Mathew Pole or Poole M. of A. of Emanuel Coll. — He was Minister of S. Michaels in Le Querne in London , from whence being ejected for Nonconformity , an . 1662 , he set himself to the writing of those admirable and useful books entit . Synopsis Criticorum Bibliorum , &c. The two first Volumes of which were printed at Lond. 1669 , and three more afterwards , besides one in English ; all in fol. He hath also written , ( 1 ) The Blasphemer slain with the sword of the spirit : or , a plea for the Godhead of the Holy Ghost , wherein the Deity of the spirit is proved against the Cavils of Joh. Biddle . Lond. 1654. in tw . ( 2 ) A model for the maintaining of Students of choice abilities in the Vniversity , and principally in order to the Ministry , &c. Printed 1658 in 3. sh . and an half in qu. ( 3 ) Letter to the Lord Charles Fleetwood . Lond. 1659. in one sh . in qu. It was delivered to that person ( one of Olivers Lords ) 13. of Dec. the same Year , in reference to the then juncture of affairs . ( 4 ) Quo Warranto . A moderate debate about the preaching of unordained persons : election , ordination , and the extent of the Ministerial relation , in vindication of the Jus Divinum Ministerii , from the exceptions of that late piece entit . The Preacher sent . Lond. 1659. qu. Written by the appointment of the Provincial Assembly at London . ( 5 ) Evangelical Worship , serm . before the L. Mayor 26. Aug. 1660. &c. Lond. 1660. qu. ( 6 ) The nullity of the Romish faith , &c. Oxon. 1666. oct . ( 7 ) Dialogue between a Popish Priest and English Protestant , wherein the principal points and arguments of both religions are truly proposed and fully examined . Lond. 1667 and several times after in tw . ( 8 ) Seasonable Apologie for religion , on Matth. 11.19 . Lond. 1673. qu , besides other things , as 't is probable , which I have not yet seen . He died at Amsterdam in Holland , ( to which place he had retired for the free exercise of his religion ) in the middle of Octob. 1679 , leaving then behind him the character of Clarissimus Criticus & Casuista : whereupon his body was buried in a certain Vault under the Church which belongs to the English Merchants trading there . He left behind him certain English Annotations on the Holy Scripture , which being imperfect , were finished by other hands in two volumes in fol. an . 1685. See more among the Writers in Joh. Owen p. 564. Joh. Meriton M. A. of S. Johns Coll. — He was before his Majesties restauration the Sunday's Lecturer at S. Martin in the Fields in Westminster , afterward D. D. Rector of S. Michaels Church in Cornhill , Lecturer at ( S. Mary Hill ) &c. in London . He hath published several Sermons as ( 1 ) Curse not the King , preached at S. Mart. in the Fields , 30. Jan. 1660 , on Eccles . 10.20 . Lond. 1660. 61. qu. ( 2 ) Religio Militis , on Josh . 1.7 , preached to the Attillery Company 24. Oct. 1672 at S. Mich. in Cornhill , Lond. 1673 qu. &c. I find another Joh. Meriton who was M. of A , Vicar of S. Ives in Huntingdonshire , Rector of St. Mary Bothaw in London , &c. and Chaplain to Henry Earl of Arlington , a publisher also of several Sermons , as of ( 1 ) The obligation of a good conscience to civil obedience , preached before the Judges at an Assize held at Huntingdon 24. Aug. 1670 , on Rom. 13.5 . Lond. 1670. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon preached before the King at Whitehall , 30. July 1676. Lond. 1676 qu. &c. Will. Williams M. A. of Trin. Coll. — Several of both his names have been Writers , but whether this hath published any thing I know not . Anthony Walker M. A. of S. Johns Coll. — He was afterwards Doct. of Div , Rector of Fyfield in Essex , Chaplain to his Majesty , and a publisher of several Sermons , as ( 1 ) Planctus Unigeniti , & spes resuscitandi : Or the bitter sorrows for a first born , &c. funeral Serm. on Luke 7.12 . Lond. 1664. qu. ( 2 ) Leez lachrymans . sive Comitis Warwici justa . Serm. at the funeral of Charles Earl of Warwick , Baron Rich of Leez , who being the fourth Earl of the Family and last of the direct line , died at his house of Leez le Rich in the County of Essex , 24. August 1673 aged 55 , and was inter'd among his Ancestors in their Vault at Felsted adjacent 9 Sept. following , on Sam. 3.38 . Lond. 1673. qu. ( 3 ) The virtuous Woman found , her loss bewailed and character , preached at Felsted in Essex 30. Apr. 1678 at the funeral of Mary Countess-Dowager of Warwick , &c. with so large additions which may be stiled the life of that noble Lady . Lond. 1678. oct . To which are annexed some of her Pious and useful meditations . This book was afterwards reprinted twice at least in tw . ( 4 ) Say on : or , a seasonable plea for a full hearing between man and man , preached at Chelmsford in Essex , at the general Assize holden for that County , 8. July 1678. Lond. 1678. oct . ( 5 ) Serm. at the Black-fryers before the Company of Apothecaries 8. Sept. 1681. Lond. 1681. 82. qu. ( 6 ) The true interest of nations impartially stated , preached at the lent Assizes at Chelmsford in Essex 2. March 1690 proving , that the &c. Lond. 1691. qu. He hath also written and published The great evil of procrastination , or the sinfulness and danger of deferring repentance ; in several discourses . Lond. 1681 in tw . And was , as it seems , the author of The holy life of Mrs. Eliz. Walker late Wife of ( him ) A. W.D. D. &c. giving a modest and short account of her exemplary piety and charity , &c. Lond. 1680. oct . with some Vseful papers and letters written by her on several occasions . He hath other things extant which I have not seen , as Serm. on 2. Chron. 23.11 . — printed 1660. qu. &c. Joh. Dillingham Bach. of Div. of Sidney Coll. Joh. Browne Doct. of Phys . of Camb. .... Bernard D. of D. of the fame Univ. — The Christian name of this Doctor is not registred , and therefore I do not know to the contrary but that he may be Nich. Bernard , of whom I have spoken in the Fasti 1628. Qu. All which Cambridge men viz. Joh. and Edw. Stillingfleet Thomas White , R. Cumberland , M. Poole , J. Meriton , W. Williams , A. Walker , J. Diliingham , Jo. Browne and ... Bernard were incorporated on the 14. of July . There were 34 Masters of that University incorporated on the same day , among whom , besides those before mention'd , was Tho. Wilson of Clare Hall ; one of both whose names was Rector of Arrow in Warwickshire , after his Majesties restauration , a Writer against the Quakers , as Will. Pen , G. Fox , G. Whitehead , &c. an . 1678 and author of Sermons in 1679. 83 &c. whether the same I cannot tell . One Will. Johnson also of the said Hall of Clare , was then incorporated , but not to be taken with one of both his names , who was D. of D , Chaplain and Sub-Almoner to K. Ch. 2 , author of Deus nobiscum ; A narrative of a great deliverance at Sea. Lond. 1659 , &c. oct . and of other things . He died 4. March 1666 aged 54 years , and was buried in the north trancept , or isle joyning on the north side of the choire of S. Peters Ch. in Westminster . Creations . July 9. Edw. Davenport of Vniv . Coll. was created Bach. of Phys . by dispensation from the Delegates — I find this person to be admitted to the said degree 15 June 1661 , and the same day admitted to practice his faculty . July 29. Richard Cromwell Chanc. elected of the University of Oxon , was actually created Mast . of Arts in a Convocation of certain Doctors and Masters of the University held in Whitehall , within the liberty of Westm , and soon after , in the same Convocation , he was installed Chancellour of the said University , which was the first publick honour done unto him in the nation . — He was the eldest Son of Oliver L. Protector , and had no other breeding than in hawking , hunting , horse-racing , &c. He was a boon companion , and had done no service in the Parliament Army , unless it was the often drinking his Fathers Landlords ( K. Ch. 2. ) health . His abilities in praying and preaching and love to the Sectaries was much like those of his cousin Rich. Ingoldesby , mention'd among the Creations of M. of A. under the year 1649. However he being designed to be his Fathers successor in tne Protectorate , was , about the time that this honour was done to him , sworn a Privy Counsellour , made a Colonel in the Army , ( when fighting was over ) to the end that he might have an interest in parties and parts of the Body politique , and the first Lord of the Other House . About that time he was commonly called the most noble Lord Richard , and rife discourses there were of Richard the fourth , but they proved no more than the story of Queen Dick. On the 4 of Sept. 1658 , he was proclaimed Lord Protector ( his Father dying the day before ) at the usual places in London where Kings use to be , and soon after had addresses flew to him at Whitehall from all parts of the three Nations , to salute and magnifie his assumption to the Soveraignty , wherein he was celebrated for his excellency of his wisdom and nobleness of mind , for the lovely composition , of his body , &c. as if he had been another Titus , Deliciae Gentis & Dominii Britanici , &c. In the latter end of Apr. 1659 he was , as a pitiful thing , laid aside and deposed : Whereupon withdrawing to Hursley in Hampshire , absconded there for a time . He had before taken to Wife Dorothy Daughter and Coheir of Rich. Maijor or Mager of Hursley before mention'd , Son of Joh. Maijor sometimes Mayor and Alderman of Southampton , by whom he had issue Oliver Cromwell and other Children . The other Daughter and Coheir named Anne was married to John Dunch of Pusey in Berks , Son of Sam. Dunch of North Baddisley in Hampshire Esq , by whom he had a Son named Major or Maijor Dunch and other Children . This Rich. Cromwell , who was born in the antient Borough of Huntingdon , has gone through no death as yet , only a political one . His younger Brother formerly called Lord Harry L. Lieut. of Ireland , was born also at Hunt. and died , and was buried some years since at Wickhen in Cambridgshire . Sept. 5. Robert Whitehall M. of A. of Mert. Coll. was created Bac. of Phys . by vertue of the Letters of R. Cromwell Chanc. of the University . Nov. 11. Jos . Williamson of Qu. Coll , now in France , was diplomated M. of A. Dec. 2. Abraham Cowley the great ornament of our Nation , as well by the candor of his life , as the excellency of his writings was created Doctor of Phys . — This Gentleman , who is justly characterized to be Anglorum Pindarus , Flaccus , Maro , deliciae , decus , & desiderium aevi sui , was born in Fleetstreet near to the end of Chancery-lane in the Parish of S. Dunstan in the West in London , an . 1618. His Father , who was a Grocer , dying before the Son was born , the Mother , by her endeavours and friends , got him to be a Kings Scholar at Westminster , where in the year 1633 , being then going into the sixteenth year of his age , he composed a book called Poetical Blossomes ; whereby the great pregnancy of his parts was discovered . Soon after having obtained the Greek and Rom. Languages , he was removed to Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , of which he was elected Scholar an . 1636 : where by the progress and continuance of his wit , it appeared that two things were joyn'd in it , which seldom meet together , viz. that it was ripe and lasting . In the beginning of 1643 , he being then M. of A , was among many others ejected his Coll. and University : whereupon retiring to Oxon , he setled in S. Johns Coll , and under the name of a Scholar of Oxon he published the same year a Poem entit . A Satyre . The Puritan and the Papist . In that House he prosecuted his Academical Studies with the like success as before , and was not wanting in his duty in the War it self , whereby he became acquainted with the great men of the Court and the Gown . After he had left Oxon which was a little before the surrender thereof for the use of the Parliament , he went to Paris , where falling into the acquaintance of Dr. Stephen Goffe a Brother of the Oratory , he was by him prefer'd and plac'd in the family of the noble and munificent Henry Lord Jermyn , afterwards E. of S. Alban : who having a great and singular respect for him , he was by his most generous endeavours design'd to be Master of the Savoy Hospital ; which , tho granted to his high merit by both the Charles's , 1. and 2 , yet by certain persons , enemies to the Muses , he lost that place . He was absent from his native Country about 10 years , which were for the most part spent either in bearing a part in the distresses of the Regal family , or in labouring in the affairs thereof . In the year 1656 he returned into England , and was for a time brought into trouble , but afterwards complying with some of the men then in power , ( which was much taken notice of by the Royal party ) he obtained an order to be created Doctor of Physick : Which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill will of some of his friends ) he went into France again , ( having made a copy of verses on Olivers death ) where continuing till towards the time of the blessed restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he returned ; but then not finding that preferment confer'd on him which he expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retired discontented into Surrey , where he spent the remaining part of his days in a private and studious condition , mostly at Chertsie , where he had a lease of a Farm held of the Queen , procured for him by George Duke of Bucks , from the Earl of S. Alban before mention'd . The writings of this most eminent Poet are these ( 1 ) Poetical Blossomes . Lond. 1633. qu , which contain Antonius and Melida , and The tragical History of Piramus and Thisbe . The first is ded . to Dr. Williams Bishop of Line , and the other to his Master Mr. Lambert Osbaldeston . Before both is his picture , with his age set over it , viz. 13 ( but false ) an . 1633. There are also verses made by his School-fellows in commendation of them , one of which is Rob. Mead , who proved afterwards a most ingenious person , as I have elsewhere told you ; and at the end are two Elegies , one on Dudley Lord Carleton , and another on his kinsman Rich. Clerk of Linc. Inn Gent , and A dream of Elysium . I have seen a book entit . — Sylva : or , divers copies of verses made upon sundry occasions . Lond. 1636. oct , said in the title to be written by A. C. but whether by Abr. Cowley , I doubt it , because the said A. C. seems to be not of Cambr. ( 2 ) Loves riddle , a pastoral Comedy . Lond. 1638. oct , written while he was at Westminster School , and ded . to Sir Ken. Digby ( 3 ) Naufragium joculare , Comaedia . Lond. 1638. oct : Acted before the Academians of Cambr. in Trin. Coll. there , on the 4. of the nones of Feb. 1638. ( 3 ) A Satyre . The Puritan and the Papist . Pr. in 1643 in one sh . and an half in qu. This was published again at London in 1682 in qu. in a book entit . Wit and Loyalty revived in a collection of some smart Satyrs in verse and prose , on the late times . The prefacer to these Satyrs complains that this of Mr. Cowley was not set forth by the publisher of his first collection of pieces of Poetry , and gives two presumptive reasons thereof , and wonders that his Poem called Brutus , and that upon the B. of Lincolns enlargement from the Tower ( which he guesseth not to be his ) have met with so good fortune as to have place therein . See more in Joh. Birkenhead , among the Writers , an . 1679. p. 476. ( 4 ) The Mistress : or several copies of love verses . Lond. 1647. oct . ( 5 ) Guardian , Com. Lond. 1650. qu. Acted before Pr. Charles at Trin. Coll. in Cambr. 12. Mar. 1641. ( 6 ) Cutter of Colemanstreet Com. ( 7 ) Poems , viz. 1. Miscellanies . 2. The Mistriss or Love verses . 3. Pindariques , &c. with notes . Lond. 1656. fol. Before a copy of this book , which he gave to the publick Library at Oxon , he wrot with his own hand A Pindarique Ode , whereby the book presents it self to the Vniversity Library of Oxon. ( 8 ) Ode upon the happy restauration of K. Ch. 2. Lond. 1660. qu. ( 9 ) Poemata Latina , in quibus continentur sex libri Plantarum , cum notis . Lond. 1668 and 78. oct , with his picture before them , and a short account of his life written in Lat. by Dr. Tho. Sprat . Among these books , were reprinted Plantarum libri duo , which had been printed at Lond. 1662. oct . A translation of the sixth book of these Plants , was printed in 1680. qu. ( 10 ) Miscellan . lib. 1 , wherein is Opus imperfectum Davideios sacri Poematis . Pr. with Poem . Lat. ( 11 ) Poem on the late Civil War. Lond. 1679. qu. This was afterwards printed in the translation of the sixth book of Plants before mention'd . As for other of his writings which have escaped my sight , you may see more in the first part of his Works printed at least eight times in fol , in the second part of his Works , being what was written and published by himself in his younger years , pr. at least four times in fol , and in the third part of his works , containing his 6. books of Plants , made English by several hands . fol. &c. A little before his first return into England 1656 there was a book published under his name , entit . The iron age , which he disclaimed in the preface of his Poems which came out that year . He died at Chertsey in Surrey before mention'd , on the 28. of July 1667 aged 49 years : Whereupon his body being conveyed to the house of his great Patron George D of Bucks , called Wallingford house near to Whitehall , was conveyed thence to Westminster Abbey , on the 3 of Aug. following , accompanied by divers persons of eminent quality , and there , in the South cross isle , or large isle joyning to the South side of the Choire , was buried near to the place where the reliques of Jeffr. Chaucer had been lodged . About the middle of May 1675 , the said Duke of Bucks , did , at his own charge erect over his grave a curious Pedestal of white Marble , and a stately urn placed thereon . On the pedestal is a most elegant and befitting inscription engraven , made by his great admirer Dr. Tho. Sprat before mention'd , and all inviron'd with an iron grate , where we shall now leave him . Petrus Schumacherus a young Dane , was a sojournour this , and several years after in Oxon , purposely to obtain literature in the publick library , and was much favour'd and encouraged by Mr. Tho. Barlow the Keeper thereof — Afterwards he became a man of note in his own Country , and , tho the Son of a Vintner , Chancellour of Denmark , &c. He hath lately sent his picture to the University of Oxon , and it now hangs in the School-Gallery . An. Dom. 1658. An. 10. Car. 2. An. 5 / 1 Oliv. Protect . An. 5 / 1 Rich. Protect . Chanc. Rich. Cromwell , usually called Lord Rich. Cromwell , who , on the death of his Father Oliver , was proclaimed Protector of England , &c. 4. Sept. this year . Vicechanc. Joh. Conant D. D. Rector of Exeter Coll , Oct. 9. Proct. Sam. Byfield of C. C. Coll. Apr. 8. Sam. Conant of Exet Coll. Apr. 8. Bach. of Arts. Mar. 25. Nich. Billingsley of Mert. Coll. — He was a Ministers Son at , or near , Bristow , as I suppose , and having had a long sickness hanging upon him , was dispenced with by the Ven. Congreg . for the absence of eight Terms . In which time living in his Fathers house , he wrot in vers . — Hagio — Martyrologia : Or an exact epitome of all the persecutions which have befall'n the People of God in all ages . Lond. 1657. oct . Of which Poetry and its author you may take this character from a very conceited (*) Writer , who was his contemporary , thus . Stand off thou Poetaster from the press , Who pygni'st Martyrs with thy dwarf-like verse , Whose white long bearded flame of zeal aspires To Wrack their ashes , more than did their fiers . Jun. 11. Tho. Trapham of Magd. Coll. Jun. 11. John Cave of Magd. Coll. Of the first of these two ( who was senior collector of the determining Bachelaurs this year ) you may see more among the Masters , an . 1661. July 6. Sam. Jemmat of Vniv . Coll. — See among the Masters in 1661. Oct. 12. Rich. Burthogge of All 's . Coll. — He went afterwards to Linc. Coll , compleated his degree by Determination as a member thereof , and soon after left the University . Afterwards he was doctorated in Physick elsewhere , ( at Leyden I think ) lived at Bowden near Totness in Devonshire , wrot several books of Divinity , but nothing of his own faculty , is a sider at this time with the fanatical crew , and therefore he is hereafter to be number'd among Oxf. Writers . Feb. 12. Nathaniel Alsop of Brasn . Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1670. Joseph Constable of Magd. Hall. — He translated into English The Works of Jo. Bapt. Van Helmont — Lond. 1664. fol. Feb. 12. Edw. Bernard of S. Joh. Coll. Feb. 12. Joh. Troughton of S. Joh. Coll. The first of these last two was lately one of the Savilian Professors , and hath written and published several things , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among Oxford Writers . Adm. 137. Bach. of Law. Three were admitted this year , but not one of them was afterwards either a Writer or a Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Mar. 25. Joh. Franklin of C. C. Coll. Apr. 22. Tho. Branker of Exet. Coll. Jun. 11. Edm. Elys of Ball. Coll. Jun. 11. Joh. Williams of Magd. Hall. 29. Nath. Crew . of Linc. Coll. 29. Thom. Pittis of Linc. Coll. 29. Jos . Glanvill of Linc. Coll. July 6. Nich. Lloyd of Wadh. Coll. July 6. Will. Annand of Vniv . Coll. July 6. Tho. Tomkins of All 's . Coll. 9. Joh. Price of Vniv . Coll. — This person , who was a Ministers Son , became soon after Curate of S. Cross alias Ha●ywel in the Suburbs of Oxon , where preaching many Sermons , he published four of them , the titles of which follow ( 1 ) The Christians excellency , on Matth. 5.47 . ( 2 ) Truth begets Eternity , on Gal. 4.16 . ( 3 ) A Nations happiness in a good King , on Eccles . 10.17 . ( 4 ) The praise of charity , on Heb. 13.16 . These four Serm. were printed at Oxon. 1661. in oct , and by him dedic . to Dr. Hen. King Bishop of Chichester , who taking him into his patronage , confer'd a Cure on him near that City , where soon after he finished his course in a craz'd condition , occasion'd by a high conceit of his own worth and parts . July 9. Rich. Stretton of New Coll. — This person , who was Chaplain of the said House , was afterwards Chaplain to the L. Fairfax , a Nonconformist Divine and a Traveller . He hath written A true relation of the cruelties and barbarities of the French upon the Engl●sh Prisoners of War ; being a journal of their travels from Dinan in Britany to Thoulon and back again . With a description of the situation and fortifications of all the eminent Towns on the road , of their Prisons and Hospitals , the number and names of them that d●ed , with the charity and sufferings of the Protestants . Lond. 1690 qu. &c. published under the name of Rich. Strutton , an eye-witness of those things , who perhaps hath written other matters Quaere . This person who held forth among the godly for a time in an antiquated Dancing-school without the north gate of Oxon in the Winter season 1689 ( K. Will. 3. being then in the Throne ) lives now a Nonconformist-Preacher in Warwick lane in London . Mar. 17. Nich. Horsman of C. C. Coll. Adm. 81. Bach. of Phys . Three were admitted this year , and one to practice Chirurgery , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Man of note . Bach. of Div. May 29. Henry Hickman of Magd. Coll. Beside him were but two admitted , but neither of them was then or afterwards a Writer . ☞ Not one Doctor of Law was this year admitted , nor one of Phys . or of Divinity . Incorporations . These Cambridge men following were incorporated 13 July being the next day after the solemnity of the Act was finished . Benedict Rively M. A. of Eman. Coll. — He was afterwards Chaplain to Dr. Reynolds Bishop of Norwich and a Preacher in that City , and author of A Sermon preached in the Cath. Ch. of Norwich at the funeral of Dr. Edw. Reynolds Lord Bish . of Norw . on Job 30.23 . Lond. 1677. qu. Joh. Dowell M. A. of Christs Coll. — He was afterwards Vicar of Melton-Mowbray in Leicestershire and author of The Leviathan heretical : or , the charge exhibited in Parliament against Mr. Hobbes , justified by the refutation of his book , entit . The historical narration of heresie and the punishments thereof . Lond. 1683 in tw . See more in Tho. Hobbes among the Writers , an . 1679. p. 481. Robert Sprackling M. of A. of Peter House — This person , who was born of a gentile family living at S. Lawrence and Ramsgate in the Isle of Thanet in Kent , became afterwards Doctor of Physick at Anger 's in France , in which degree being incorporated in Cambridge , became one of the Coll. of Physitians and author of — Medela ignorantiae : or a just and plain vindication of Hypocrates and Galen from the groundless imputations of M. N : wherein the whole substance of his illiterate plea entit . Medela Medicinae is occasionally considered . Lond. 1665. See more in March. Nedham among the Writers p. 470. Afterwards , upon some controversie that hapned between his Father and Mother , ( the last of which was made away ) he became much discontented , turned Papist , went into Lancashire , setled at Preston in Amunderness , practised among the Roman Catholicks and by them cried up , tho , as 't is said there , he led a drunken and debauch'd life . Some time before his death he was reconciled to the Church of England , and dying at Preston , was buried there , but when , my author ( a Physitian of those parts ) tells me not , only that 't was after or about the year 1670. Rich. Kidder M. A. of Eman. Coll. — This learned person ( a Suffolk man born I think ) was afterwards Rector of S. Martins Outwich in London , installed Preb. of No●wich ( in the place of Hezek . Burton deceased ) on the 16 of Sept. 1681 , ( being then D. of D. ) Dean of Peterborough in the place of Dr. Sim. Patrick promoted to the See of Chichester , an . 1689 , and at length became Bish . of Bath and Wells upon the deprivation of the religious and conscientious Dr. Tho. Ken for not taking the usual Oaths to their Majesties K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary : He was nominated thereunto about the 14 of June 1691 , upon the refusal of it by Dr. William Beveridge , and on the 30 of Aug. following he was consecrated thereunto in the Church of S. Mary Le B●w in London by John Archb. of Cant , Gilbert B. of Sarum , Peter B. of W●nton , John B. of Norwich and Edward B. of Glocester : At which time were also consecrated Dr. Rob. Grove of Cambridge to the See of Chichester upon the translation thence of Dr. Patrick to Ely , and Dr. Joh. Hall Master of Pemb. Coll. in Oxon to the See of Bristow upon the translation thence of Dr. Gilb. Ironside to the See of Hereford . Dr. Kidder hath written ( 1 ) The young mans duty . A discourse shewing the necessity of seeking the Lord betimes , as also the danger and unreasonableness of trusting to a late or death-bed repentance . Designed especially for young persons before they are debauched by evil company and evil habits . Lond. 1663 and several times after in tw . The sixth edition was publish'd in 1690. ( 2 ) Convivium coeleste : A plain and familiar discourse concerning the Lords Suppor , shewing at once the nature of that Sacrament , as also the right way of preparing our selves for the receiving of it , &c. Lond. 1674. oct . and afterwards again with additions . ( 3 ) Charity directed : or , the way to give almes to the greatest advantage . In a Letter to a friend . Lond. 1677. qu. ( 4 ) The Christian sufferer supported : or , a discourse concerning the grounds of Christian fortitude , shewing at once that the sufferings of good men are not inconsistent with Gods special providence , &c. Ibid. 1680. oct . ( 5 ) Reflections on a French Testam , printed at Bourdeaux 1626 , pretended to be translated into the French , by the Divines of Lovain . Ibid. 1691. qu. He hath also published several Sermons as ( 1 ) A discourse concerning the education of youth on Ephes . 1.4 . Lond. 1673. ( 2 ) Serm. preached before the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen at Guild-hall Chap. 16. July 1682. Ibid. 1682. qu. ( 3 ) Serm. at the funeral of Mr. Will. Allen , 17. Aug. 1686. on Heb. 13.4 . Ibid. 1686. qu. This Will. Allen had been a Citizen and Trader of London and had written 10 books , chiefly for conformity , against Quakers , Anabaptists , &c. Dr. Kidder hath published several books against popery , during the reign of K. Jam. 2 , and other things , which for brevity sake I now pass by . James Arderne M. A. of Christs Coll. — See among the Incorporations an . 1673. All the said Cambridge men , viz. B. Rively , J. Dowell , R. Sprackling , R Kidder and J. Arderne were incorporated on the 13 of July ; at which time were incorporated 15 other Masters of the said University , among whom were Joh. Quarles and Joh. Gosling of Peter House . Jan. 2. Henry Yerbury Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — This person , who had been turn'd out of his Fellowship of Magd. Coll. in this University by the Visitors in 1648 , did afterwards travel and took the said degree at Pad . in the beginning of Apr. 1654. After his Majesties return he was restored by his Commissioners , an . 1660 , was a Candidate of the Coll. of Phys , and dying on the 25 of March 1686 , was buried in the Chappel belonging to Magd. Coll , near to the north door which leads from the cloister therein . I shall make farther mention of this person when I come to speak of Dr. Thomas Pierce . Creations . Apr. 16. Will. Burt M. of A. chief Master of Wykehams School near Winchester , was created Doct. of Div. by vertue of the Letters of Rich. Cromwell Chanc. of the Univ. — This person , who was Son of Will. Burt sometimes belonging to the Choire of the Cath. Ch. at Winchester , was born in the Parish of S. Laurence in that City , educated in Grammar learning in Wykehams School there , admitted perpetual Fellow of New Coll , in 1627 , took the degrees in Arts , and soon after became Master of the Free-school at Thame in Oxfordshire . In 1647 he was made Rector of Whitfield in the said County , and soon after became chief . Master of Wykehams School before mentioned in the place of Dr. Jo. Pottinger . On the 9. of Sept. 1658 he was admitted Warden of Wykehams Coll. near Winchester in the place of Dr. Joh. Harris deceased , and after his Majesties restauration was made Prebendary of the Cathedral there . He hath published Concio Oxoniae habita postridie Comitiorum 13 Julii 1678 pro gradu Doctoris , in Psal . 72.17 . Oxon. 1659 in tw . Dedic . to Rich. Cromwell Lord Protector of England , with whom , and the great men going before , in the interval , he kept pace . This being all the exercise that he performed for the degrees of Bach. and Doct. of Div , I do therefore put him under the Creations . He died at Winchester 3 July an . 1679 and was buried on the South side of the altar in the Chappel belonging to the said Coll. of Wykeham near Winchester . May 14. Rob. Woseley or Wolseley who had been a Student in this Univ. for 8 years time , and a Burgess , as 't is said in the register , in the late Parliament , was actually created Master of Arts — I cannot find his name in the Catalogues of Parliament men that sate in the three Parliaments going before this time , only Charles Wolseley Esq . who was one of Olivers Lords . July 7. Paul Hartman of the City of Thorne in Prussia , was actually created Mast . of Arts — He was afterwards one of the petty Canons of Ch. Ch , and is now , or else was lately , Rector of Shillingford in Berks This person , who is Brother to Ad. Sam. Hartman mentioned among the Incorporations , an . 1680 , hath written and published certain matters pertaining to Grammar , as I have heard . An. Dom. 1659. An. 11. Car. 2. An. 1 / ● ( Rich. Protect . Chanc. the same viz. Rich. Cromwell , depos'd from his Protectorship in the beginning of this year . Vicechanc. the same , viz. Dr. Conant , 8. Oct , Proct. George Philipps of Qu. Coll. Ap. 13. Thomas Wyatt of S. Joh. Coll. Ap. 13. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 14. Franc. Turner of New Coll. July 11. Charles Bridgman of Qu. Coll. Oct. 12. Joh. Lloyd of Mert. Coll. The first of these three was afterwards successively B. of Rochester and Ely , and having written and published several things he is hereafter to be remembred among the Writers and Bishops . The second was afterwards an Archdeacon , as I shall tell you among the Masters , an . 1662 ; and the last , who was afterwards of Jesus Coll , was at length B. of S. David . Oct. 12. Jam. Janeway of Ch. Ch. 14. Sam. Hardye of Wadham Coll. — He was the author of The Guide to Heaven , &c. printed at several times in two parts in oct : the last part of which was published 1687. 88. and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Oxford Writers . Nov. 1. Benj. Woodroff of Ch. Ch. — He hath published several things , and therefore he is also hereafter to be remembred . Jan. 16. Thom. Guidott of Wadh. Coll. Feb. 28. Sam. Parker of Wadh. Coll. The first of these two , who is now a Physitian of note , is hereafter to be remembred among the Writers : The other , who was afterwards of Trin. Coll. was at length B. of Oxon. I have mention'd him at large among the Writers in this vol. Feb. 28. Joh. Langford of Ch. Ch. — This person who was a Ruthyn man born in Denbighshire , did afterwards translate into good welsh The whole duty of man ; Lond. 1672. oct . He took no higher degree in this University , but elsewhere , and is now living and beneficed in Wales . Mar. 15. Sam Holding or Holden or Linc. Coll. — This person who hath published several things is hereafter to be remembred among the Writers . Adm. 148. Bach. of Law. May 18. Thomas Jones of Mert. Coll. Oct. 12. Will. Trumbull of All 's . Coll. Of the last you may see more among the Doct. of the Civil Law , 1667. Adm. 4. Mast . of Arts. June 2. Joh. Dobson of Magd. Coll. 4. Joh. Skelton of Queens Coll. The last was afterwards Chaplain to Dr. Tho. Barlow Bishop of Lincolne , who collating him to the Archdeaconry of ▪ Bedford , was installed therein 22. Mar. 1678 , and afterwards to the Prebendship of Biggleswade in the Church of Linc. was installed also therein 3. May 1684. June 21. Thomas Hockin of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was afterwards Fellow of All 's . Coll , hath written A discourse of the nature of Gods decrees : Being an answer to a Letter from a person of quality concerning them . Lond. 1684. oct . In the title of this book he writes himself Bach. of Div , sometimes Fellow of Allsouls Coll. and late Preacher at Great S. Barthelmews in London : But whether he took the said degree of B. of D ▪ in this University it appears not . June 21. Will. Shippen of Vniv . Coll. — He was afterwards Proctor of the University and at length Rector of Stockport in Cheshire and author of The Christians triumph over death , Sermon at the funeral of Rich. Legh of Lime in the County Pal ▪ of Chester Esq . at Winwick in Lancashire , 6. Sept. 1687 , on 1. Cor. 15.55 . Oxon. 1688. qu. He is Doct. of Divinity , not of this University , but by the Diploma , if I mistake not , of Dr. W. Sancroft Archbishop of Canturbury . June 25. Henry Foulis of Qu. Coll. June 25. Capel Wiseman of Qu. Coll. June 25. Henry Denton of Qu. Coll. The last of these three who was Son of Thomas Denton of the antient and gentile family of his name living at Warnel-Denton in Cumberland , travelled afterwards to Constantinople in the quality of a Chaplain to the English Embassador , and after his return did translate into English , A description of the present state of Samos , Nicaria , Patmos and Mount-Athos . Lond. 1678. oct . Which book was written by Joseph Georgirines Archbishop of Samos , living then ( 1678 ) in London ; who the year before had for some weeks been in Oxon , about the Act time to obtain money from the Academians towards the finishing the Greek Church in London . This Mr. Denton , who was Fellow of Queens Coll , and presented by the Provost and Fellows thereof to the Rectory of Blechingdon in Oxfordshire , ( on the death of Joh. Hook B. D. sometimes Fellow of Magd. Coll , which hapned 20. of Feb. 1673 , ) was buried in the Church there , 19 , Aug. 1681. July 2. Arthur Brett of Ch. Ch. 4. Dav. Lloyd of Oriel Coll. 8. Rich. Morton of New Coll. Adm. 78. Bach of Phys . June 4. Nath. Hodges of Ch Ch. July 9. Joh. Smith of Brasn . Coll. Adm. 6. Two also were licensed to practise Physick , of whom Hen. Brunsell M. A. of Magd. Hall was one . ☞ Not one Bach. of Div. was adm . this year . Doct. of Law. May 18. Nicholas Staughton of Exet. Coll. Esq . was adm . Doctor of the Civ . and Can. Law , being then dispensed with for certain Terms ; and on the 27 of June following , after he had spoken a formal Speech before the Members of the University ( for which he was laughed at , because not at all desired or required ) he was admitted ad suffragandum in domo Convocationis & Congreg . About a month or two after was printed a sharp Libel intit . Sundry things from several hands concerning the Vniversity of Oxford , &c. And at the end of it were printed 25 Queries : the last of which runs thus . Whether the Boy Dr. Staughton of Exeter Coll. did well to lye in his scarlet Gown that night he was made Doctor , since his degree was a thing he ought not to have dreamed of ? He was then Lord of the ancient Mannour of Staughton in Surrey , which unexpectedly fell to him after the death of divers persons of that name , and on the 29 of January 1660 he was created a Baronet . May 18. Tho. Jones of Mert. Coll , who accumulated the degrees of Law by vertue of the Chanc. Letters , was then adm . to proceed . Doct. of Phys . Jun. 2. Thom. Jeanes of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was originally of Trin. Coll. in Cambr. did , while he was a Junior there , with Joh. Fidoe and Will. Shaw his Contemporaries of the said House , write and publish , The Parliament justified in their late proceedings against Charles Stuart . Or a brief discourse concerning the nature and rise of Government , together with the abuse of it in Tyranny and the peoples reserve . To which is added An answer to a certain paper entit . The humble advice to the Lecturers of Banbury in Oxfordshire and of Brackley in Northamptonshire . Lond. 1648 , in 2 sh . and an half in qu. Afterwards Jeanes going to Oxon , was made Fellow of Magd. Coll. by the Visitors , and always after , during his stay there , he was esteem'd by all that knew him a good Scholar and a generous and stour man. But so it fell out , that after Dr. Tho. Pierce became President of the said Coll. he found means to expell him thence , an . 1662 , under pretence of having a hand in the said vile Pamphlet ; but those then of the House , who knew the proud and malicious humour of Peirce , have often told me that that was not the reason of his ejectment , but because Dr. Jeanes had found fault with his Concio Synodica ad Clerum Anglican , published that year ; wherein he said were several barbarisms and false Latins . Which report coming to ears of Dr. Pierce , his malice became so great against , that he never left , till he had outed him from the College . After his expulsion , which the generality of the Society were against and did lament , ( because they knew he was sorry for what he had done in his raw years ) he went to Peterborough , where he practised his Faculty with good success , but in his journey homeward from a certain noble Patient , in a dark night without a Companion , his horse floundred in a Gravel-pit , flung him off from his back , and was forthwith stifled , in the month of Nov. 1668. Jun. 4. Nath. Hodges of Ch. Ch. Accumulators . Jul. 2. Joh. Hill of All 's . Coll. Accumulators . 4. Peter Vasson or Vashon of Ball. Coll. 9. Thom. Millington of Allsoules Coll. The last did succeed Dr. Thom. Willis in Sedly's Lecture of Nat. Philosophy , an . 1675 , and had the honour or Knighthood confer'd on him in the latter end of 1679 , he being then Fell. of the Coll. of Phys . at Lond. Jul. 9. Rich. Higges of Hart Hall. Jul. 9. Joh. Smith of Brasn . Coll. Jan 19. Humph. Brooke of S. Johns Coll. — This person , who was son of Rob. Br. of Lond Gent , was bred in Merchant-Taylors School , and thence was elected Scholar , of S. Joh. Coll , of which he was afterwards Fellow . In 1646 he took the degree of Bach. of Physick . and thereupon soon after retiring to Lond. practised that Faculty there , and wrot and published A Conservatory of health , comprised in a plain and practical discourse upon the six particulars necessary for mans life . 1. Aire . 2. Meat and Drinke , &c. Lond. 1650. in tw . Compiled and published for the prevention of sickness and prolongation of life . After he had taken the degree of Doct. of his Faculty he became one of the Coll. of Phys , and is now , as I conceive , living in London . ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was admitted this year . Incorporations . May 5. Barnham Dobell Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — He had that degree confer'd on him at Padua in the beginning of the year 1654. Jun. 6. Will. Parker Doct of Phys . of Padua . 21. Tim. Hodson Doct of Phys . of Aurange . 24. Sam. Collins Doct of Phys . of Padua . The last of which was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians at London , was known by the name of Dr. Sam. Collins junior , and hath , if I mistake not , published one or more vol. in fol. of Anatomy . Quaere . Creations . Apr. 13. Thom. Hyde of Qu. Coll. was created Master of Arts by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that he is of full standing since his admission into the Vniv . of Cambridge for the degree of M. of A , that he hath given public testimony of his more than ordinary abilities and learning in the Oriental Languages , &c. The Delegates of the University ordered the day before that he should accumulate the degree of M. of A. by reading only a Lecture in one of the Oriental Languages , &c. which was afterwards accordingly done in the Persian Language in Schola Linguarum . Since that time he hath published several books , and being now living , he is hereafter to be remembred among the Writers of this University . An. Dom. 1660. An. 12 Car. 2. Chanc. the same , viz. Rich. Cromwell lately L. Protector ; but he upon a foresight of the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , resigning his Office by his Letter sent to the University , dated at Hursley in Hampshire . 8 May this year , ( read in Convocation 16 of the same month ) the most noble William Marquess of Hertford ▪ &c. was restored to his place of Chancellour by the House of Lords on the 26 following ▪ and on the 6 of June was confirmed by the Convocation . But the said Marquess dying in the night time of the 24 of Octob. ( being then Duke of Somerset ) Sir Edw. Hyde Kt. sometimes Bach. of Arts of Magd. Hall , now L. Chanc. of England and of the Privy Council to his Majesty , was elected into his place on the 27 of the same month , and installed at Westminster 15 Nov. following . Vicechanc. Paul Hood D. D. Rector of Linc. Coll. was admitted on the first of Aug. having before been nominated by our Chanc. the Duke of Somerset : At which time Dr. Conant was remov'd from his Office of Vicechanc. Proct. Tho. Tanner of New Coll. May 2. John Dod of Ch. Ch. May 2. The senior Proctor being Fellow of New College , was ejected thence in Aug. by his Majesties Commissioners to make room for those that had been turned out by the Visitors appointed by Parl. So that then he retiring to Hart Hall , he spent the remainder of his Proctorship there . The junior Proctor wanting time when he was elected , a Protestation was openly read in Convocation at the time of his admission by Mr. Will. Hawkins of Ch. Ch. a Candidate for the Procuratorial Office. The particulars of which being many and large , I shall now pass them by for brevity sake , and only say that Mr. Dod continued in his Office while Mr. Hawkins appealed to the Court of Chancery . The Scene of all things was now changed , and alterations made in the Countenances , Manners and Words of all men . Those that for 12 years last past had governed and carried all things in a manner at their pleasure , did now look discontented and were much perplex'd , foreseeing that their being in the University must inevitably vanish . Those that had laid under a cloud for several years behind , appear with cheerful looks , while others that had flourished , droop'd or withdrew themselves privately , they knowing very well that they had eaten the bread of other men , and that if they should continue in the University , should undergo a Visitation and Censure by those persons , whom they themselves had formerly visited and ejected . But Justice being to be done , Commissioners were appointed by his Majesty , after his restauration , to rectifie all things in the University , who sitting several weeks in Aug. Sept. &c. restored all such that were living unmarried to their respective places , and many that were peaceable and willing to conform and renounce their factious Principles they kept in , &c. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 3. Thom. Cawton of Mert. Coll. 5. Thomas Bevan of Jes . Coll. Of the last of which you may see more among the Doct. of Div. 1683. May 3. Will. Morehead of New Coll. Oct. 11. Franc. Carswell of Exet. Coll. 15. Moses Pengry of Brasn . Coll. Of the first of these three you may see more among the M. of A. 1663 , of the second among the Doct. of Div. 1681 , and of the last among the Bach. of D. an . 1672. Jan. 16. George Hooper of Ch. Ch. Jan. 16. Hen. Rose of Linc. Coll. The first of these two hath published several things , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred among the Oxford Writers . Of the other you may see among the Bach. of Div. 1672. Mar. 15. Thom. Smith of Queens Coll. — He was recommended to the Chanc. of the University by Dr. Barlow the Provost of his Coll , for his progress in learning far beyond his age and standing , and therefore would be capable of a place designed for him towards his subsistence , if he had taken the degree of Bach. of Arts , for which he wanted a little time . Whereupon the Chanc. desired that he might be dispensed with , for the defect of two Terms , which was accordingly done . This person Th. Smith was afterwards D. of D , and a Writer and Publisher of several books , whereby he hath obtained the character of a learned Gent. and therefore ought hereafter to be remembred among the famous Writers of this University . Adm. 125. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Two were admitted this year , but neither of them was afterwards a man of note . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 10. Dan. Whitby of Trinity Coll. May 3. Jenkin Christopher of New Coll. The last of these two , who was lately of Jesus , but now one of the Chaplains of New Coll , was afterwards a Minister in the dioc . of Landaff , and a Graduat in Div. ( at Sedan I think ) beyond the Seas . He hath published Theses Theologicae de natur● justificationis & constantiâ fidei . Sedan 1665. qu. May 3. Rich. Griffith of Vniv . Coll. — This person , who had been chosen into a Fellowship in Kings Coll. in Cambr , was entred as a new Comer and Fellow of Vniv . Coll. on one and the same day , in the place of Ezr. Tongue , an . 1634. Afterwards he took the degrees in Arts , and intended to be a Preacher , but being not minded to conform , he left the Coll , applied his mind to the study of Physick , and went to Leyden in Holland , where he took the degr . of Doct. of that faculty . Whence returning and setling at Richmond in Surrey , became at length Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . at Lond , of which he was lately Censor . He hath written and published A-la-mode Phlebotomy , no good fashion : or the copy of a Letter to Dr. Hungerford ( Dr. Franc. Hungerford of Reading ) complaining of , and instancing in , the phantastical behaviour and unfair dealings of some London Physitians , when they come to be consulted withal about sick persons living at a distance from them in the Country . Whereupon a fit occasion is taken to discourse of the profuse way of blood-letting formerly unheard of , tho now a days so mightily in request in England . Lond. 1681. oct . Jun. 21. Philip Marinel of Pemb. Coll. — This person , who was one of the Jersey or Guernsey Fellows of that House , did translate from French into English , The Hinge of Faith and Religion : or , a proof of the Deity against Atheists and profane persons by reason , and the testimony of the holy Scriptures . Lond. 1660. oct . Written , originally by Ludov. Cappel Doct. or Prof. of Div. of Samur . Mr. Marinel died soon after , and was buried in the yard of S. Aldates Church joyning to Pemb. College , near the south door leading into the Church , as the Parish Clerk of that place has told me . Jul. 3. Thom. Jeamson of Wadh. Coll. 5. George Vernon of Brasn . Coll. 13. Narcissus Marsh of Ex. Coll. 17. Franc. Vernon of Ch. Ch. 17. Nath. Bisbie of Ch. Ch. Dec. 17. Tim. Nourse of Vniv . Coll. Adm. 81. Bach. of Phys . In the Register it appears that only one person was admitted this year , namely George Constable of Qu. Coll , who had been a Tutor for three years in Harwarden Coll. at Cambridge in New England , which is all I know of him . Bach. of Div. Only two , or more were admitted , who having been neither Writers , Dignitaries or Bishops , their names are here omitted . Doct. of Law. Jul. 6. George Wake of Magd. Coll. Feb. 12. Henr. Beeston of New Coll , chief Master of Wykehams School near Winchester . — He was afterwards Prebendary of the Cathedral there , and Warden elected of New Coll. ( in the place of Dr. Joh. Nicholas ) 7 August 1679. ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was adm . this year , only created . Doct. of Div. Dec. 1. Lewis Atterbury M. A. of Ch. Ch. — This person , who had been lately Chaplain to Henry Duke of Glocester , was afterwards Rector of Milton in Bucks , and published several Sermons , as ( 1 ) A good Subject : or , the right Test of Religion and Loyalty , preached 17 Jul. the last Summer Assizes held at Buckingham , &c. on Prov. 24.21.22 . Lond. 1684. qu. ( 2 ) The ground of Christian Feasts , with the right way of keeping them , preached at a meeting of several Natives and Inhabitants of the County of Buckingham , in the Parish Church of S. Mary le Bow , 30 Nov. 1685. Lond. 1686. qu. ( 3 ) Babylons Downfall ; or , Englands happy deliverance from popery and slavery , preached at Guildhall Chappel before the L. Mayor and Aldernien , 9 Jan. 1691. &c. Lond. 1691. qu. &c. Incorporations . Mar. 27. Andrew Beech Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — This Gent. who was a Londoner born , and son of a father of both his names , took the said degree at Pad . in Dec. 1657. David Bruce a Scot of an honorable family , Doctor of Phys . of Valence , was incorporated the same day . — He was the son of Andr. Bruce the youngest of 10 sons of the Laird of Fingask , D. D. and Principal of S. Leonards Coll. in the University of S. Andrew , had been educated there in Humanity , and admitted M. of Arts , &c. Afterwards travelling into France , he studied Physick at Mount●●l●er and Paris several years , with a design to be doctorated in that faculty at Padua , but the Plague raging in Italy , he went to Lyons for a time , and afterwards going to Valence in Daupheny he took the degree of Doct. of Phys . there , an . 1657. After his return into Engl. he was incorporated as before I have told you , and soon after attended as Physitian on their Royal Highnesses James and Anne Duke and Dutchess of York with his great Uncle Sir Joh. Wedderbourne Doct. of Phys . But after some years of attendance being wearied by the Court toll , most of the service lying on him because of the said Sir Johns infirmity , he retired from that Employment , as the said Sir John had done a year before , and at length after many peregrinations he setled in his own Country , and is now living at Edenburgh in good repute for his practice . June 20. Andrew Bruce younger brother to David before mention'd , M. of A. of S. Leonards Coll. in the Univ. of S. Andrew . — He was lately Professor of Philosophy in the said Coll , was now conversant in Studies in Ch. Ch. in this University , and after his Incorporation in the degree of Master he returned to Scotland , and became Minister of Newtyle in the Shire of Angus , where he finished his course about 21 years since . Jul. 17. Patrick Sherenden M. of A. of Trin. Coll. near Dublin . — He was afterwards D. of D. and Bish . of Cloyne in Irel. 1679 , on the death of Dr. Edw. Singe , who being Bish . of Cloyne , Cork and Ross , the two last Sees were then , the same year , confer'd on Dr. Edw. W●tenhall sometimes of Linc. Coll. Aug. 4. Nich. Stanley Doct. of Phys . of Leyden . 7. Nich. Davies Doct. of Phys . of Leyden . The first of these two , who was son of Dr. Edw. Stanley mention'd among the Writers , p. 195 , was Fellow of New Coll , and afterwards honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . at London . Edmund Borlase Doct. of Phys . of Leyden , was incorporated the same day , Aug. 7. — This person , who was son of Sir Joh. Borlaso Kt , Master of the Ordnance and one of the Lords Justices of Irel. 1643 , ( Sir Hen. Tichborne being the other ) was educated in the Coll. near Dubl , and going afterwards to Leyden had the said degr . of Doct. of Phys . confer'd on him there 1650. Afterwards he setled in the City of Chester , where he practised his faculty with good success to his dying day . Among the several books which he hath written and published I find these , ( 1 ) Latham Spaw in Lancashire : with some remarkable Cases and Cures effected by it . Lond. 1670. oct . dedicated to Charles Earl of Derby . ( 2 ) The reduction of Ireland to the Crown of England . With the Governours since the Conquest by K. Hen. 2 , an . 1172 , with some passages in their Government . A brief account of the Rebellion an Dom. 1641. Also , the original of the Vniv . of Dublin , and the Coll. of Physitians . Lond. 1675. in a large oct . ( 3 ) The History of the execrable Irish Rebellion , traced from many preceeding Acts to the grand eruption 23 Oct. 1641. And thence pursued to the Act of Settlement 1672. Lond. 1680. fol. Much of this book is taken from another intit . The Irish Rebellion : or , the History of the beginnings and first progress of the general Rebellion raised within the Kingdom of Ireland , 23 Oct. 1641 , &c. Lond. 1646. qu. Written by Sir Joh. Temple Kt , Master of the Rolls , and one of his Majesties honorable privy Council in Irel. ( 4 ) Brief reflections on the Earl of Castlehavens Memoires of his engagement and carriage in the War of Ireland . By which the Government at that time and the Justice of the Crown since , are vindicated from aspersions cast on both . Lond. 1682. oct . In the third p. of the Epist . to the Reader before the book is a pretty severe reflection made on the design of the eighth Chapt. of Sir Will. Dugdale's book intit . A short view of the late Troubles in England , as was a little before by another person in A Letter in answer to a friend , upon notice of a book entit . A short view , &c. Wherein in the eigth Chapter the occasion of the execrable Irish Rebellion in 1641 is egregiously mistaken . This Letter , which is dated on the last of Apr. 1681 , was printed at Lond. in 1 sh . in fol. the same year . What other things Dr. Borlase hath written I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died and was buried at Chester , after the year 1682. Sept. 20. Joh. Bidgood Doct. of Phys . of Padua , was ●hen incorporated . — This person , who had been Fellow of Exeter Coll , was ejected thence in 1648 by the then Visitors appointed by Parl , first for Non-submission , and secondly for drinking of healths to the confusion of Reformers . This last reason was mention'd in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 1. p. 397. a. under the tenth head , next following the matter of Nich. Braine there mention'd , which is under the ninth . But the author communicating the copy of that book before it went to the Press to a certain Doctor in Oxon of Bidgood's faculty , he , upon the perusal of that passage , did falsly ( unknowing to the author ) acquaint , by another hand , the said Bidgood then living at Exeter of it . Whereupon Bidgood , a covetous person , fearing that such a passage as that might , when made public , hinder his practice among the godly party at Exeter and near it , he made application by letters to the said Doctor of Oxon , and to Dr. Fell the publisher of the History , to have it taken out : Whereupon Dr. Fell wondring that he should scruple at such a passage , which made much for his Loyalty , the sheet wherein it was , was reprinted , and the eleventh head in the said p. 397. a , was made the tenth in its place . This Health , tho said by his Contemporaries in Exeter Coll , to be a Cup of Devils to Reformers , yet the author of the aforesaid History , finding it not so in the Visitors Register of their actions , but as it is word by word before mention'd , therefore did he set it so down , without any invention of his own as some did surmise . This Dr. Bidgood , who was honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians at Lond , died very rich at Exeter on the 13 of Jan. 1690 , after he had cashier'd and disinherited his nat . son call'd Joh. Sommers sometimes M. A. of Trin. Coll. His Estate was computed to be worth between 25 and 30000 l ; the main bulk of which he left to one Humph. Bidgood his Kinsman , and some to pious uses : And having been a person of a surley and proud nature , and offensive in word and action , he did a little before his death desire pardon and forgiveness of all the world , especially of several persons with whom he had any animosities . Oct. 17. Robert Henchman Doct. of Phys . of Padua . Oct. 17. Christop . Bathurst Doct. of Phys . of Padua . The first of these two , who was son of Onuphrius Henchman , had the degree of Doct. confer'd on him at Pad . an . 1654 , the other in 1659 , and afterwards practised his fac . in Lincolnshire . Nov. 19. Franc. Giffard M. A. of Cambr : — One of both his names , and Mast . of Arts , hath written and published , The wicked Petition : or , Israels sinfulness in asking a King , explained in a Serm. at the Assizes held at Northampton , first of March 1680. Lond. 1681. qu. Whether the same I cannot tell . Sure I am that the Sermon was seasonably delivered , the K. being then tired our by factious people with Petitions relating to Parliaments . CREATIONS . After the restauration of his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , it was his and the pleasure of the Marquess of Hertford Chanc. of the Univ. of Ox , and of Sir E. Hyde , who succeeded him in that Office this year , that there should be a Creation in all faculties of such that had suffer'd for his Majesties Cause , and had been ejected from the University by the Visitors appointed by Parl. an . 1648. 49. &c. Mast . of Arts. Seventy and one Masters of Arts at least were actually created , among whom , some that had not been Sufferers , thrust themselves into the crowd for their money . Others , yet few , were Gentlemen , and were created by the favour of the Chancellours Letters only . Among the 70 and odd Masters which were created , I shall mention these following . Aug. 2. Charles Wren Sons of Matth. B. of Ely. Aug. 2. Will. Wren Sons of Matth. B. of Ely. Charles was afterwards Burgess for the Town of Cambridge to serve in that Parl. that began at Westm . 19 May 1685 , 1 Jac. 2. He and his brother at the time of their Creation and before , were Sojourners for a time in the Univ. of Oxon. Aug. 23. Joh. Drope of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was son of Tho. Drope Vicar of Cumnore near Abendon in Berks , was born in the Vicaridge-house there , became Demy of Magd. Coll , an . 1642 , aged 16 years or thereabouts , bore arms for the King soon after within the Garrison of Oxon , made true and perpetual Fellow of his Coll. in 1647 , and ejected thence in the year following . Afterwards he was made the first Master of the Free-School in Dorchester in Oxfordshire , founded by Sir Joh. Fetiplace , but leaving it soon after he was succeeded therein by Dav. Thomas Usher of Thame School . After his Majesties return he was restored to his Fellowship , studied Physick , and practised it afterwards in a Mercate Town in Lincolnshire called Burrough . He hath written ( 1 ) An Hymenaean Essay : or , an Epithalamy upon the royal Match of Ch. 2. and Katherine , Infanta of Portugal , 1662. Oxon. 1662. in one sh . and an half in qu. ( 2 ) A Poem upon the most hopeful and ever flourishing Sprouts of Valour , the indefatigable Centrys of the Physick Garden in Oxon. Oxon. 1664. on one side of a broad sh . of paper in two Columes . See more among the Works of Edm. Gayton his jocular friend and companion , p. 271. ( 3 ) Poems on several occasions . These I have seen ready written for the Press , and tho commended by several persons , yet they are not printed . He died in the beginning of Octob. 1670 , and was buried in the Church at Burrough before mention'd . Franc. Drope brother to John before mention'd , was created the same day , Aug. 23. — I have mention'd him already among the Writers , p. 357. Aug. 23. James Metford of C. C. Coll. — He was the son of Joh. Metford of Crookhorne in Somersetshire , was elected Scholar of the said Coll , from that of Merton , in Jan. 1647 , ejected soon after thence by the Parliamentarian Visitors , but being restored in 1660 , was , after he had been created M. of A , made Fellow of his house . Afterwards , by the presentation of the President and Society thereof , he became Rector of Bassingham in Lincolnshire , ( where he now lives ) and in Aug. 1687 he became Preb. of Bole in the Ch. of York ( by the resignation of Rob. Powell . He hath published A general discourse of Simony . Lond. 1682. oct , having been put upon the writing of it by Dr. Mich. Honywood Dean of Linc , who was pleased to inform the author with some resentment , of the too great progress of it in the Nation , bewailing the fatal consequence of it in the Church , and commanding him to say something ( if possible ) to stop its growth . Will. Fulman of C. C. Coll. was created the same day . — I have at large made mention of him among the Writers , under the year 1688. p. 624. Philip Fell of Trin. Coll. was created also the same day . — This person , tho he was no sufferer for the Kings Cause , or ever took the degree of B. of A , as having before left his Coll. abruptly , upon no good account , yet by the favour and interest of his elder Brother Dr. Joh. Fell he was not only created M. of A , but also sped Fellow of All 's . Coll , had the degree of Bach. of Div. confer'd upon him without any Exercise for it , as having been nominated by his said brother while he was Vicechancellour , to answer the Doctors in Comitiis when there was no Act , and at length to be Fell. of the Coll. at Eaton . He was always esteemed a most excellent Latin Poet , as his copies of Verses in several books occasionally published in the name of the University , and in others , do manifestly shew . He died at Hereford in the house of Dr. George Bens●n Dean of the Church there ( who had married his sister ) on the 26 of Febr. 1682 , aged 49 or thereabouts : Whereupon his body was conveyed to Worcester and buried in the Cath. Ch. there among the graves of his Mothers relations . Sept. 20. Joh. Speed of S. Joh. Coll. 28. Dennis Greenvill of Exet. Coll. The last , who had been no Sufferer for the Kings Cause , nor ejected his Coll , because entred therein after the Parl. Visitors had turn'd all the Royalists out thence , was created by the favour of his great Relations , and at length by their endeavours he became Dean of Durham . He hath published several things , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred . See among the created Doct. of Div. 1670. Nov. 29. George Brereton of Qu. Coll , a younger son of Will. Lord Brereton . — This person , who had been no Surferer or was expel'd , was not only created among the Sufferers , but also made soon after Fellow of All 's . Coll ; which place he being in a manner forced to leave , was by the favour of Dr. Cosin made Prebendary of Durham . He died in the beginning of March 1672. Dec. 15. Clem. Couteur a Jersey man born . of Ch. Ch. Jan. 14. Dav. Whitford of Ch. Ch. Jan. 14. Will. Godolphin of Ch. Ch. The last , which had not any way suffer'd , I shall ment●on hereafter . Feb. 14. Henry Hyde eldest son of Edward Lord Hyde of Hindon Chanc. of this Univ. ( afterwards Earl of Clarendon ) was diplomated M. of A. — This Henry , who was afterwards Lord Cornbury , and after his fathers death Earl of Clarendon , became L. Chamberlain to Q. Catherine , in which office I find him in 1665 , was sworn of his Majesties most honorable Privy Council and took his place at the board , 26 May 1680. In the middle of Febr. 1684 , he was made Lord Privy Seal in the place of George Marquess of Hallifax made L. President of the Privy Council , and about the beginning of Dec. 1685 ( K. James 2. being then in the throne ) he was constituted Lord Lieutenant of Ireland : which honorable office he keeping a full year , was recalled , and soon after the Privy Seal was taken from him , as being a person that answer'd not that Kings expectation , &c. About the time of his recalment , he was elected High Steward of this University , and after K. Will. 3. came to the Crown , he suffered in several respects , ( without offence let it be spoken ) because he was a Non-juror . He is a true son of the Ch. of Engl , a lover of the regular Clergy , &c. Laurence Hyde younger Brother to Henry before mentioned was also diplomated M. of A. the same day . — In Apr. 1661 he was elected one of the Burgesses for this University to serve in that Parl. which began at Westm . 8 of May the same year , and on the 30 of Oct. following , he with Will. Lord Croft and Sir Charles Berkley Groom of the Stole and Gent , of the Bedchamber to James Duke of York , began their Journey for France , the two former being sent by his Majesty , and the latter by the said Duke , to the K. of France , to congratulate the happy birth of the Dauphine , of whom the Qu. was delivered Nov. 1. stilo novo . About that time he the said Laurence Hyde was made , by the endeavours of his father , Master of the Robes to his Majesty , and in 1676 or thereabouts was sent Embassador to Poland . In Oct. 1679 he was elected one of the Burgesses for Wotton Basset in his own Country of Wilts , to serve in that Parl. which was to begin on the 17 of the said month , and on the 19 of Nov. following he became the first Commissioner of the Treasury , ( being the second of the four that were by his Majesty appointed on the 26 of March going before , upon the removal of Tho. Earl of Danby from the office of Lord Treasurer ) and being then sworn a Privy Counsellor , he took his place accordingly at the Board . This was done when his Majesty on the same day was pleased to declare in Council that he had given leave to Arthur Earl of Essex to resign his place of first Commissioner of the said Treasury , and that he intended his Lordship should continue of his Privy Council . In the month of Apr. 1681 his Maj. was pleased , in consideration of his faithful Services in that Office , and other Employments of eminent trust , to create him Viscount Hyde of Kenilworth in Warwickshire and Baron of Wotton Basset in Wilts , and soon after upon the death of Charles the young E. of Rochester , to make him an Earl by the title of Earl of that City in Nov. ( or thereabouts ) 1682. On the 24 of Aug. 1684 , his Maj being then at Windsore , did declare in Council the said Earl of Rochester Lord President of his Council in the place of John Earl of Radnor , whom his Majesty had given , in consideration of his great age ; leave to retire : Wnereupon Sidney Godolphin , Secretary of State , was made first Commissioner of the Treasury in his place , and Charles Earl of Middleton in Scotland Secretary in Godolphin's place . In Feb. following , K. Jam. 2 , who was then newly proclaimed King , did constitute him L. High Treasurer of England , and on the 16 of the said month his Majesty gave him the White Staff. On the 29 of June 1685 he was elected Kr. Companion of the most noble Order of the Garter , and was then invested with the George and Garter , having been first Knighted by the Soveraign , and on the 22 of July following he was installed in the Royal Chappel of S. George at Windsore ; at which time were also installed Henry Duke of N●rfolk Earl Marshal of England , and H●nry Earl of Peterborough Groom of the Stole to his Majesty . In the beginning of Jan. 1686 he was discharged of his place of Lord Treasurer , and soon after John Lord Bellasyse , Sidney Lord Godolphin , Henry Lord Dover , Sir John Ernle Chanc. of the Exchecquer , and Sir Steph. Fox were constituted Commissioners for executing the said Office. On the first of March 1691 he was , with Richard Earl of Ranelagh , Charles Lord Cornwallis and Sir Edw. Seymour Bt , sworn of their Majesties hon . Privy Council , &c. Bach. of Phys . Aug. 7. Will Cole of Gloc. Hall. Aug. 7. Will. Hawkins of Pemb. Coll. The first of these two hath published several things of his faculty , and therefore hereafter he is to be remembred among the Writers . The other had practised Phys . 20 years before this time , but whether he hath published any thing I cannot tell . Bach. of Div. Eighteen were created , of whom were these . Aug. 2. Thom. Smith M. of A. of Qu. Coll. — He is now B. of Carlile . 7. Henr. Pigot of Linc. Coll. — This person , who was a Staffordshire man born , was afterwards Minister of Rochdale in Lancashire , and published A Sermon preached at the Assizes at Lancaster , 19 Mar. 1675. Lond. 1676. qu. Sept. 20. Thom. Long of Exet. Coll. Doct. of Law. Aug. 2. Will. Fuller sometimes of S. Edm. Hall. — He was afterwards B. of Limerick and at length of Linc. 7. Will. Parsons of New Coll. — He had been a great Sufferer by the Presbyterians , and had been kept in Jayl at Cambridge 19 weeks for his Loyalty to K. Ch. 1. during the Rebellion . Afterwards retiring to his small Living at Birchanger in Essex , did usually read the Common Prayer there in the times of Usurpation , and therefore beloved of the loyal Gentry in those parts . After his Majesties restauration he became Prebendary of Chichester , Rector of Lambourne and Vicar of Great Dunmow in Essex . At the last of which places he dying of an Apoplexy , was buried there on the eleventh of July 1671 , aged 72 years . This person , tho said in the Register to be actually created Doct. of the Civil Law , yet in the Letters of the Chanc. of the University written in his behalf , it is said that when he was Subwarden of New Coll. and Bachelaur of Law , he read his Lectures for Doctorship according to the Statutes , an . 1635. Joh. Lowen of Ch. Ch. who had been ejected thence for his Loyalty by the Parl. Visitors in 1648 , was actually created the same day , Aug. 7. — He was afterwards of Doctors Commons , and usually lived at Rainham in Essex , where , I think he died , in the latter end of 1677. Dec. 6. Pet. Mews of S. Johns Coll. Feb. 16. Leolin Jenkyns of Jesus Coll. — This person , who was the son of a father of both his names living at Llanblethian in Glamorganshire , was born at Llanthrished in the same County , and at 16 years of age in 1641 he became a Student in Jesus Coll , but the Troubles in the Nation soon after following , he retired to his own Country , and afterwards became a Tutor to several Welsh Gentlemen of Quality in the house of Joh. Aubrey at Llantrithied in Glamorganshire Esq , which was then left void by Sequestration ; where continuing from 1648 to 1651 , he removed with his charge to Oxon , and there sojourned in an house opposite to Vniv . Coll , then possess'd by Sampson White a Mercer , afterwards Mayor of the City and a Knight , where he educated them , as in Glamorganshire before , according to the way of the Church of England . In 1655 they were dispersed , because they were obnoxious to the then schismatical Members of the University , and forthwith travelled beyond the seas for 2 or 3 years . After Mr. Jenkyns his return , and delivery up of his Pupils to their respective Parents and Relations , he was invited by the most loyal Sir Will. Whitmore of Apley in Shropshire to live with him , an . 1658 , the most ingenious Rob. Waring whom he had for some years kept in his Family being then dead ; where continuing till his Majesties restauration in 1660 , he then returned to Jesus Coll , of which he was first made Fellow , and soon after upon the resignation of Dr. Fr. Mansell , Principal , and Dr. of the Civ . Law , as before 't is told you . Afterwards he retired to London , and in the time of the Dutch War he executed the office of Judge of the Admiralty for Dr. Joh. Exton , which he managed with great dexterity and prudence , and at length was Judge in his own right , and when Dr. Will. Merick died , which hapned , as it seems , in Jan. 1668 , he became Judge of the Prerogative . In Nov. 1669 he was sent by his Majesty to the K. of France to claim the Jewels of Henrietta Maria the Qu. Mother of England , then lately dead there , and after his return he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty on the seventh of January the same year . About which time he was a Recruiter ( for Hyeth one of the Cinque-Ports ) in that Parl. that began at Westminster 8 May 1661 , wherein , as his Enemies (*) say , ( who tell (†) us that he was the son of a Taylour , and indefatigably industrious in promoting a peace for France , which has been our .... ) he affirmed , That upon necessity the King might raise monies without Act of Parliament . In the beginning of the year 1673 he resigned his Principality of Jes . Coll. being then about to go to Colen in Germany with Henry Earl of Arlington and Sir Joseph Williamson in the quality of Plenipotentiaries from his Maj. of Great Britaine to mediate for a Peace between the Emperour and K. of France . Afterwards ( being returned thence ) Sir Leolin was sent in the same quality by his Maj. to Neomagin in Dec. 1675 , and in 1677 when Dr. Sheldon Archb. of Canterb. di●d , all the report then was , that he was to succeed him in that See , being then esteemed eminent for his profession , for his great Loyalty to his Prince , love and care of the Church of England and its orthodox Clergy . In Aug. 1679 he was elected one of the Burgesses of this University to sit in that Parl. which was to meet at Westm . on the 17 of Octob. following , and on the eleventh of Feb. following that , he was sworn one of his Majesties Privy Council , being then appointed to succeed Mr. Hen. Coventry in the place of Secretary of State. On the 26 Apr. 1680 he was sworn Secretary , and received the Seals which the said Mr. Coventry then delivered up to his Maj. and in the beginning of Feb. following he was chose Burgess again by the Members of this Univ. to serve in that Parl. which was to begin at Oxon on the 21 of March the same year . But so it was that the Faction being then very high in their Proceedings and Designs , which they carried on under pretence of prosecuting the Popish Plot , Sir Leolin was so much oppressed with business , and the more because his brother Secretary did not understand it , that his body was in short time after so much broken , ( followed with great and dangerous indispositions ) that he with leave obtained from his Maj. did at length on the 14 of Apr. 1684 deliver up the Seals of his Office to his Majesty . Whereupon giving a farewell to all secular Employment , he retired to a House at Hamersmith near London which he had hired , and there spent the remainder of his days . In the middle of March 1684 ( K. Jam. 2. being then in the throne ) he was elected Burgess again by the Members of this University , to sit in that Parl. which began at Westm . on the 19 of May 1685 , but his body being then exceedingly out of order , he did not sit . He died on the first of Sept. 1685 aged 62 years ; whereupon his body being embalmed , it was conveyed from Hammersmith towards Oxon , being then attended by some of his friends and domestick servants . When it came near the City , several Doctors and principal Members of the University , as also the Mayor , Aldermen and Citizens , some in Coaches and others on Horseback met it , on the 15 of the same month , and being conducted to the public Schools , the Vicechanc , Bish . of the Diocese , and whole body of the University received and placed it in the Divinity School which was fitted for that purpose . On Thursday the 17 day , the Vicechancellour , Bishops , together with the Noblemen , Doctors , Proctors and Masters met there in the said School in their formalities ; and the memory of the deceased being solemniz'd in a Latin Speech by the University Orator , the Corps was removed to the Chappel of Jesus Coll , where the Vicechanc. Principal thereof , read the Offices of Burial , and a Latin Speech was also spoken by one of the Fellows , which was accompanied with Musick and Anthems suitable to the occasion . He was a great Benefactor to the new Buildings in the Quadrangle on the West side of the Refectory of the said Coll. in his life time , and when he died he gave to the said Coll. 700 l. per an . and the advowson of two Churches . There is a fair mon. over his grave in that Chappel with a large inscription thereon , the contents whereof shall now for brevity sake be omitted , while I tell you that under his name are printed Several Debates in the House of Commons at the Parl. held at Westm . 21 of Oct. 1680. Printed in a book intit . An exact Collection of the most considerable Debates in the honorable H. of Com. at the Parl. held at Westm . 21 Oct. 1680. &c. Lond. 1681. oct . As also A Letter to K. James 2 , to perswade him to embrace the Protestant Religion , printed with Dr. Sam. Parkers Discourse on the same subject . Jan. 16. Henr. Brunsell M. A. of Magd. Hall. — He had before been admitted to practise Physick , but after his Majesties restauration , laying aside that faculty , he betook himself to Divinity and became Rector of Chaworth in Nottinghamshire , Prebendary of Ely and of Southwell . I shall make mention of his brother Sam. Brunsell among the created Doctors of Div. this year . Mar. 9. Henr. Ailworth of New Coll. — He was about this time Chanc. of the Dioc. of Oxon , which Office he now enjoyeth . Doct. of Phys . Aug. 2. John Clerk of Trin. Coll. — I have mention'd another Joh. Clerk Dr. of Phys . of Padua among the Incorporations an . 1653. Which of these two was afterwards honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . I know not . Will. Durston of Magd. Coll. was created the same day by vertue of the Letters of the Chancellour of the University which say , that he appeared in Comitiis and performed his exercises for the degree of Dr. of Phys . in Vniv . of Dubl , and that from the beginning of the late unhappy wars ( and more particularly in the City of Oxon when it was a Garrison ) he faithfully served his Majesty , and afterwards for his loyalty was ejected out of Magd. Coll. for not submitting to the then Visitation . ( 1648 ) Aug. 2. Thom. Wren second Son of Matthew B. of Ely and sometimes a Student of Cambridge was created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that by force of the late unhappy times he was constrained to leave the Vniversity of Cambridge ( in divers Colleges whereof his Father was Visitor ) and for his proficiency in studies he was fain to settle himself in the verg of the Vnivers . of Oxon , that the pressures under which his Father lay for 17 years together , were such , that he could not ( his estate being taken away ) allow his Children bread , much less supply their expences for living in Colleges , and the taking of their degrees , only to have the benefit of the publick Library , &c. This person , who was much addicted to Musick while he studied in Oxon , which was about 8 years , was made Archdeacon of Ely by his Father after his Majesties restauration , had other spiritualities , as I conceive , confer'd upon him and became a member of the Royal Society . He died in 1679 , being then of Wilberton in the Isle of Ely , and whether he was Doctor of the Laws at Cambridge I cannot tell . Aug. 7. Daubigney Tarbervill of Oriel Coll. Aug. 7. Degorie Pollwhele of Exet. Coll. The first , who afterwards practised Phys . in the City of Salisbury , was created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , the other who had been ejected his Fellowship of Exeter Coll. by the Parliament Visitors in 1648 , was also created by vertue of the said Letters which say that he the said D. Pollwhele had from the beginning of the late unhappy troubles vigorously and faithfully served his Majesty under the command of Ralph Lord Hopton , then of Sir Jam. Smith in the quality of a Major of Horse , and continued in Armes until the surrender of Pendennis Castle , from whence he went to his late Majesty of blessed memory , and afterwards followed his now Majesty for some time in Holland and Flanders : And in or about the year 1650 he returned into Cornwall , his native Country , where he betook himself to the study and practice of Physick , &c. Aug. 10. Edw. Duke of Gloc. Hall. Aug. 10. Augustus or Augustine Caesar of the Univ. of Cambr. 16. Will. Jacob of Ch. Ch. — He was created by vertue of the Kings Letters which say — We have received good testimony of his abilities in the Theorie and practice of Physick — He hath been formerly a Graduate in Oxon , and hath studied in Foreign Countries , &c. This person , who was Son of John Jacob a Physitian of Canterbury , was bred in Ch. Ch , afterwards practised his faculty with good success for many years in the said City , and was , if I mistake not , a Burgess to serve in one of the Parliaments that began after the discovery of the Popish Plot. Oct. 17. Edw. Hawtaine M. A. of Magd. Coll. 30. John Lamphire M. A. of New Coll. and Camdens Professor of History — This person , who was Son of George Lamphire an Apothecary of the City of Winchester , was born in the Parish of S. Laurence in that City , educated in Wykehams School there , made perpetual Fellow of New Coll. in 1636 , entred on the Physick line when Master of Arts , ejected his Fellowship by the Parl. Visitors , and afterwards practised his faculty with good success in and near Oxford . After his Majesties return he was restored to his Fellowship , became Camdens Professor of History upon the ejection of Lewis du Moulin , Principal of New Inn in the place of Dr. Rogers ejected for Non-conformity and soon after Principal of Hart Hall. He hath published of other mens works , with Epistles before , corrections on , and sometimes additions to , them , these following ( 1 ) Phrases Elegantiores ex Caesaris commentariis , &c. and Dictata . Both written by Hugh Lloyd . See in the first Vol. of the Athenae Oxon. p. 269. ( 2 ) Monarchia Britannica , &c , Written by Tho. Master . See in this sec . Vol. of Athenae . pag. 19. ( 3 ) Rev. Patris Lanc. Andrews Episcopi Winton . preces privatae Graecè & Latinè . Oxon. 1675 in tw . Afterwards Dr. Lamphire obtained a more perfect copy of the said prayers , which he was about to publish , but hindred by other affairs . ( 4 ) Oratio coram Reg. Elizab. Oxoniae habita , 1592. 'T is the oration of Sir Hen. Savile , and 't was published by Dr. Lamphire with the sec . edit . of Monarchia Britannica . See in the first Vol. of Ath. Oxon. p. 397. ( 5 ) Questiones selectiores in Logica , Ethica , &c. See in Dr. Pink among the Writers of this Vol. p. 58. This Dr. Lamphire , who was Justice of the Peace for the County and City of Oxon , a good , generous and fatherly man , of a publick Spirit , and free from pharasaical leven , or the modish hypocrisie of the age he lived in , died in his Lodgings in Hart Hall on the 30 of March 1688 , aged 73 years , and was buried in the outer Chappel , near the W. door , belonging to New Coll. The next day Will. Thornton M. A. of Wadh. Coll. was admitted Principal of the said Hall in his place , and on the 2. of Apr. following the learned Hen. Dodwell M. of A. of Dublin was elected Camdens Professor of History to the great content of the generality of the members of the University . Oct. 30. Thom Willis of Ch. Ch. Nov. 29. Rich. Franklin of Qu Coll. — He was put in among the rest , tho no sufferer for the royal cause . Dec. 6. Henry Wyat of Pemb. Coll. — He was no sufferer but was made Fellow of the said Coll. by the Visitors in 1648 , and by vertue of the Letters sent to the Convocation by Lenthall the Speaker of the H. of Commons he was created M. of A. in 1649. Afterwards he went Physitian with the Lord Rutherford lately made Earl of Tiveot in Scotland to the Garrison of Tangier in the Kingdom of Fezz in Africa , and practised his faculty there with good success . At length he accompanying the said Count with a select party of horse out of that Garrison to view the Moors Country , on the 3. of May 1664 , were all , some very few excepted , cut off , ( after they had passed the Jews River some Miles distant from Tangier ) by Gayland the chief of the Moors and his party ; who having had notice , by the treachery of a certain person , that they would take a view of the Country , there was an Ambuscade planted to receive them by Gayland , and sheltred by a thick wood , and seconded , as 't was supposed , by his whole Army . March 12. Joh. Fisher M. A. of Cambridge . Steph. Bowden of Magd. Coll. was nominated by the Chancellors Letters dat . 1. Dec. this year to be created Doct. of Physick , but whether he was so it appears not . Doct. of Div. Aug. 1. Nich. Monke sometimes of Wadh. Coll , now Provost of Eaton , Brother to Gen. George Monke Duke of Albemarle ( at this time in high value by the King , Church , University and all British People ) was presented by Dr. Rob. Sanderson the Kings Professor of Div. to the degree of Doct. of that faculty , and actually created by the Vicechancellour in Convocation by vertue of the Kings Letters , which say that we are well satisfied of the full standing , sufficiency and merit of Nich , Monke M. of A , as duly qualified for the degree of D. of D , and also well assured of his particular and eminent sufferings and service for our self and the Church during the late distractions , &c. These persons following , till you come to Byrom Eaton , were actually created Doctors on the second day of Aug , tho several of them had not suffered for the Kings cause . Guy Carleton M. A. of Qu. Coll. Anth. Hawles M. A. of Qu. Coll. The last was Chaplain to his Majesty in his Exile , was collated to the Archdeaconry of Salisbury by Bishop Duppa in January 1657 , in the place of Will. Buckner deceased , and about the same time to a Prebendship in the same Church . After his Majesties restoration he was installed Canon of Windsore 18. July 1660 in the place of Joh. Hales , some years before dead , and had two good rectories bestowed on him in Wilts . He died on the 16 of Jan. 1663 and was buried in the Chappel of S. George at Windsore : whereupon his Archdeaconry was bestowed on Josh . Childrey and his Canonry on Joh. Durell . Joh. Lloyd M. A. of All 's . Coll. Chaplain also to his Majesty in his Exile , who on the 18 of July going before had been installed Canon of Wind. in the place of Hugh Cressey , who in the War time had changed his Religion . This Dr. Lloyd died on the 9 of April 1671 , and thereupon his Canonry was bestowed on Joh. Saumares M. A. of Pemb. Coll , and Dean of Guernsey . One Joh. Lloyd wrot A Treatise of Episcopacy , Liturgies , and Ecclesiastical Ceremonies . Pr. in 1660. qu. but whence he was I cannot yet tell : And Joh. Lloyd D. D. was of Hombleston in Kent , and died about the beginning of the year 1679. Joseph Crowther Bach. of Div. of S. Johns Coll , and Chaplain to James Duke of York — He was about this time Chantor and Preb. of S. Pauls Cathedral and Rector of the rich Church of Tredington in the diocese of Worcester . On the 7. of March 1661 he was installed Preb. of Worcester in the place of Dr. Herbert Croft promoted to the See of Hereford , and on the 26. of Dec. 1664 he was admitted Principal of S. Maries Hall. In his last days he was committed Prisoner to the Prison call'd the Fleet in London by the endeavours of Sir Tho. Draper , because he refused to renew a Corps belonging to S. Pauls Cath. then in the possession of Sir Thomas ; which the Doctor intended to wear out for the benefit of the said Cathedral . He died in the Fleet on the 16 of Dec. 1689 , and was buried in S. Pauls Cathedral . Whereupon his Chantorship was bestowed on Dr. Tho. Turner President of C. C. Coll , his Preb. of Worc. on Jonathan Blagrave of Magd. Hall , Sub-Almoner to the Queen , his rectory of Tredington on Tho. Kerry of Ch. Ch. and his principality on Will. Wyat M. A. of the same House . George Benson M. A. of Qu. Coll , and about this time Archdeacon of Hereford — On the 16. of June 1671 he was installed Preb. of Worcester in the place of Dr. Will. Dowdeswell deceased , and in the year following he became Dean of Hereford on the death of Tho. Hodges . Ralph Brideoake M. A. of New Coll. — He was afterwards B. of Chichester . Edw. Fulham Bach. of Div. of Ch. Ch. — This person who had been Rector of Hampton Poyle in Oxfordshire in the times of Usurpation , was installed Canon of Windsore on the 12 of July this year , in the place of Dr. Thomas Some , some years before deceased , ( who had been of Peter House in Cambridge and Preb. of S. Pauls Cathedral ) and about the same time he became Preb. of Chichester . George Hall of Exeter Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of Chester . Nath. Hardy of Hart ( sometimes of Magd. ) Hall. Joh. Townson of Magd. Coll. Joh. Lee M. A. sometimes Fellow of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was Son of Thom. Lee of London , by Anne his Wife , Daughter of Harman Warner and Sister and Heir of Dr. John Warner Bishop of Rochester , was now Preb. of Rochester , and Archdeacon thereof in the place of Elizeus Burges some years before deceased . He afterwards wrot himself Joh. Lee alias Warner , because he was heir to the said Bishop , hath published one or more Sermons , which I have not yet seen , and dying about the beginning of June 1679 ( at which time he left behind him a Son named Hen. Lee Esq . ) was succeeded in his Archdeaconry by Thom. Plume D. of D. of Cambr , installed therein on the 10 of the said month and in the same year . Henry Bridgman M. A. of Brasn . Coll , was created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that he hath done his Majesty faithful service , &c. — He was afterwards Bishop of the Isle of Man. Mich. Woodward B. D. Warden of New Coll. Tho. Barlow B. D. Provost of Qu. Coll. Rob. Say M. A. Provost of Oriel Coll. Walt. Blandford M. A. Warden of Wadham Coll. Thomas Yate B. D. Principal of Brasn . Coll. The first of these five dying on the 16 of June 1675 , was succeeded in his Wardenship by Joh. Nicholas M. A. and Fellow of Wykehams Coll. near Winchester . The second was afterwards B. of Linc , and was succeeded in his Provostship by Tim. Halton D. D. The third dying on the 24 of Oct. 1691 , was succeeded in his Provostship by George Royse D. D. The fourth was afterwards successively B. of Oxon and Worcester , and was succeeded ih his Wardenship by Gilbert Ironside Bach. of Div ; and the last dying on the 22 of Apr. 1681 , was succeeded in his principality by Joh. Meare M. A. But this the Reader is to know , that tho all five were created , as Loyalists , yet none of them suffered for their Loyalty in the times of Rebellion and Usurpation , only the last . Rob. Davenant of S. Johns Coll , Bach. of Div. of 28 years standing , and now Preb. elect of Salisbury , as 't is said in the publick register — He was Brother to Sir Will. D'avenant the Poet. Ralph Cooke of Magd. Coll. Bach. of Div. and Prebendary of Rochester . Rich. Harwood B. D. of Magd. Hall — This person , who was Son of a Father of both his names , was born in the City of Glocester , educated in Grammar learning there , became a Com. of the said Hall in Mich. term 1631. aged 18 years , took the degrees in Arts , entred into the sacred function , and being accounted a learned Preacher was appointed by the Delegacy of the Univ. to be one of those persons to preach before K. Ch. 1 ▪ at Ch. Ch. in the time of the rebellion . Afterwards , upon the death of that King , he suffer'd , as all Divines that adhered to him did , but upon his Sons restauration , he became Chaplain in Ord. to him , was created Doctor , as before 't is said , made Preb. of Glocest . and Rector of a Church near Stow on the Wold in Glocestershire . He hath written and published , ( 1 ) King Davids Sanctuary , Sermon before his Majesty at Ch. Ch. on Psal . 73.25 . Oxon. 1644. qu. ( 2 ) The Royal Subjects retiring-room , Serm. at S. Maries 13. July ( being Act Sunday ) on Esay 26.20.21 . Oxon. 1645. qu. and other things as 't is probable , but such I have not yet seen . He died in the year 1669 , and was succeeded in his Preb. by Will. Washbourne M. A. and Fellow of Oriel Coll. Rich. Hyde M. A. of S. Edm. Hall — He was sometimes a Chaplain in the Kings Army , was now Preb. of Warmister in the Church of Salisbury , afterwards Sub-dean of the said Church by the resignation of Dr. Alex. Hyde , in the beginning of Aug. 1661 , and at length Preb. of Winchester . Rich. Owen B. D. of Oriel Coll. Tho. Good B. D. of Ball. Coll. Thomas Powell M. A. of Jes . Coll. Will. Thomas M. A. of Jes . Coll. The first of these two had performed his exercise for Bach. of Div. 20 years before this time . The other was created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters which say thus of him — I have heard of the great worth and deserts of him , as well in respect of his learning and orthodox judgment , as of his most exemplary life and conversation — who for divers years together hath lived in S. Wales , &c. He was afterwards B. of St. Dav. and Worc. successively . These four last Doctors I have mention'd at large among the Writers in their respective places . Byrom Eaton of Brasn . Coll. — He was soon after Principal of Gloc. Hall , and when Dr. Barlow became Bish . of Linc. he gave him first the Archdeaconry of Stow , and afterwards that of Leycester , in which last he was installed 8. Sept. 1683. All the said Doctors before mention'd from Guy Carleton to Byr. Eaton were created on the 2. of Aug. At the same time were letters from the Chancellor read for George Jay of Ch. Ch. to be created D. of D , but being not present , he was to be admitted when he made his appearance . The said Letters speak thus of him — He continued a Student of Ch. Ch. for the space of 20 years and upwards , and in the year 1614 he proceeded M. of A , and was first made Grammar Reader , then Terrae filius at the publick Act , and afterwards was made Chaplain to the Earl of Anglesie and after to the Duke of Bucks , and then to Dr. White B. of Ely lately deceased . And now his Majesty taking special notice of Mr. Jayes worth and abilities , as also of his services done to him , and his sufferings for him , hath been graciously pleased , without any privity or seeking of his own , to give unto him an eminent preferment in the Church — By reason of the late troubles he was forced beyond the Seas to save his life , &c. This Mr. Jay who was born of gentile parents in Dorsetshire , but not admitted Doctor , hath several Sermons extant , which I have not yet seen . Aug. 7. Raphael Throckmorton of Ch. Ch. now Archdeacon of Linc. was created by vertue of the Kings Letters , which say that we are well assured of his particular and eminent sufferings for us and the Church , &c. He was installed Archdeacon of Linc. in the place of Morgan Wynne deceased , an . 1645 , and dying on the second day of Febr. 1666 , was buried in S. Andrews Church in Holbourne near London . Aug. 7. Tho. Pierce M. A. of Magd. Coll. Aug. 7. Will. Creed B. D. of S. Joh. Coll. Aug. 7. Will. Owen of Mert. Coll. Aug. 7. Joh. Priaulx of Mert. Coll. The former of these two last , was Treasurer of the Cathedral Ch. of S. David , afterwards Archdeacon of Cardigan , and died in 1680. The other , who was fourth Son of Peter Priaulx of Southampton , and born , and educated in Grammar , there , was admitted Probationer Fellow of the said Coll. of Merton , an . 1635 , proceeded in Arts , and soon after entred into the sacred function . In the time of the rebellion he left the College , sided with the men that were uppermost , became Rector of Fovant in Wilts , and afterwards Assistant to the Commissioners for the ejecting of such whom the Presbyterians and Independents called ignorant , scandalous and insufficient Ministers and Schoolmasters , an . 1654. After his Majesties restauration he became Preb. of Netherbury in terra in the Church of Salisbury , D. of D. as before 't is said , and being then esteem'd an excellent Theologist , the Kings Professorship of Divinity was offer'd to him upon Dr. Sandersons promotion to the See of Linc , but he modestly refusing it , it was confer'd on Dr. William Creed . In May 1671 he became Archdeacon of Salisbury in the place of Joh. Sherman deceased , and dying at Salisbury , on the second day of June 1674 , was buried in the Cathedral Church there ; whereupon his Archdeaconry was bestowed on Dr. Thomas Lambert on the 12 day of the said month of June . This Dr. Priaulx hath written Confirmation confirmed , and recommended from Scripture , antiquity and reason , in a Sermon preached in the Cathedral Ch. of S. Mary in Salisbury , at a solemn confirmation there administred by Humph. B. of Sarum , on Acts 8.17 . Lond. 1662 qu. Aug. 10. Jam. Lamb M. A. of S. Maries Hall. 16 : Thomas Washbourne Bac. of Div. of Ball. Coll. — He was created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that he is a learned , pious and orthodox person . Sept. 11. Matthew Smalwood B. D. of Brasn . Coll. 20 Edw. Pocock B. D. Can. of Ch. Ch. 20 Rob. Townsend M. A. of New Coll. The last was installed Preb. of Bedford Minor in the Church of Linc. 9. Nov. 1660. Oct. 3. Joh. Fell M. A. and Canon of Ch. Ch. Oct. 3. Rich. Allestry M. A. and Canon of Ch. Ch. Oct. 3. Joh. Dolben M. A. and Canon of Ch. Ch. 10. Joh. Arthur a noted Theologist was diplomated by vertue of the Kings Letters written to the University in his behalf and unknown to him — This Diploma was to pass because Mr. Arthurs great age would not permit him to take a journey to Oxon to be there presented in person . He was Son , if I mistake not , of Laur. Arthur of Springfield in Essex , and had been mostly educated in Eman. Coll. in Cambridge , but ejected from his living at Capham in Surrey for Nonconformity , an . 1662. 17. Mirth Waferer of S. Alb. Hall. Oct. 19. Joh. Doughtie B. D. of Mert. Coll. Preb. of Westm . Oct. 19. Walter Jones B. D. of Ch. Ch. Preb. of Westm . Oct. 19. Rich. Busby M. A. of Ch. Ch. Preb. of Westm . The last of these is now living in the Coll. at Westminster , and is an author , and therefore he is hereafter to have a place among the Oxford Writers . 30. Rich. Parr of Ex. Coll. In the month of Octob. were the Kings Letters , dated 27 of Sept , read in behalf of one Herbert Astley to be Doct. of Divinity , but whether he was admitted it appears not . — He was afterwards Dr. of Law of Cambridge , as it seems , Preb. and at length Dean of Norwich : in which last Dignity he was installed on the second day of Sept. 1670 in the place of Dr. Joh. Croft deceased . This person , who was Son of Herb. Astley , or Ashley rather , of Plymouth in Devonshire , was , upon his accidental coming into N●rfolk , taken into the patronage of Sir Jac. and Sir Isaac Astley , and by them , who took him to be their kinsman , was prefer'd to several Livings in those parts , and marrying with a Hobart , he was , by the endeavours of that family , promoted to the said Deanery . He died in the month of May , as it seems , in 1681 and was inter'd in the Cath Ch. at Norwych near to the monument of Sir Hen. Hobart . Nov. 9. Walter Dayrel or Darrell M. A. of Ch. Ch. and Preb. of Winchester . Nov. 9. Tho. Lamplugh B. D. of Qu. Coll. Nov. 9. Tho. Tully B. D. of Qu. Coll. The first of these three became Archdeacon of Winchester in the place of Dr. Tho. Gorges , deceased , and dying on the 29 of March 1684 , aged 74 years his Archdeaconry was bestowed on Dr. Rob. Sharrock . 19. Thom. Manton of Wadh. Coll. the noted Presbyterian . 29. Thom. Lockey B. D. and Student of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Canon of that House , and dying on the 29 of June 1679 aged 78 years , was buried in the second isle joyning on the north side to the Choire of Ch. Ch. where there is a neat monument over his grave . He was a retired and studious person , had been a great Tutor in his house in the time of Usurpation , a Collector of pictures , coines , medals , &c. All or most of which , with his choice Library , came into the hands of Dr. Hen. Killigrew Preb. of Westminster . Tho. Hacket M. A. of Trin. Coll. near Dublin was actually created the same day — He was Dean of Cork in Ireland , afterwards Vicar of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire , Chaplain in Ord. to his Majesty , and at length Bishop of Downe . He hath extant A Convocation Sermon at Dublin , on 1. Cor. 14.16 , printed 1662 in qu. and A Sermon preached at the Spittle upon Tuesday in Easter week , 1672 printed the same year at Lond. in qu , and perhaps other things . Dec. 1. Nich. Cordel of All 's , Fellow of Eaton Coll. Dec. 1. Joh. Gough commonly called Goffe M. A. of Magd. Coll. Dec. 1. Rich. West M. of A. of Ch. Ch. The last of these three , who was Son of Thomas West of the antient Borough of Northampton Priest , was elected Student of Ch. Ch. from Westm . School , an . 1632 , aged 18 years , took the degrees in Arts , that of Master being completed in 1639 , and afterwards suffer'd for the Royal cause . Much about the time of the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he became Rector of Shillingston in Dorsetshire and afterwards Preb. of Wells . He hath published , The profitableness of piety , opened in an Assize Sermon preached at Dorchester , 24 of March 167 0 / 1 before Sir Rich. Rainsford Kt , one of the Judges of the Kings Bench , on 1. Tim. 4. latter part of the 7. and 8 verses . Lond. 1671. qu. Dec. 1. Edw. Clerke M. A. of Hart Hall. Dec. 1. Edm. Morgan M. A. of Magd. Hall. Dec. 1. Edw. Hicks of Oriel Coll. The last of these three , who was Son of Joh. Hicks Minister of Barrington in Glocestershire , became a Student in the said Coll. of Oriel , in 1639 aged 15 years , left it when the War began without taking the degree of B. of A , sided with the predominant party , return'd to his house after the War was ended , submitted to the Visitors and then took the degree of Master . Afterwards he became Rector of Hartingfordbury in Hertfordshire , procured by his interest , ( as certain other Presbyterians did , ) to be created D. D. among the Royallists , and afterwards being ejected from his living for Nonconformity , ( as a printed Catalogue of the generality of Nonconformists in England informs me ) did afterwards conform and became Rector of S. Margaret Patens in the City of London . He hath published The righteous Judge , Sermon preached at Hertford Assize , 10. March 1681 / 2 on Gen. 18.25 , last part . Lond. 1682. qu. It is dedicated by the author to Sir Nich. Miller Kt , High Sherriff of Hertfordshire , by his Epist . dated at Buckland in the same County , 29 of March 1682 , of which place he was then , as I suppose Rector . What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him , only that he died in the latter end of the said year , 1682. Dec. 1. Gilb. Ironside the designed B. of Bristow B. of D. of Trin. Coll. Diplomated D. of D. Dec. 1. Will. Nicolson the desig . B. of Gloc. B. of D. of Magd. Coll. Diplomated D. of D. 11. Tho. Smith , afterwards Bishop . of Carlile . B. of D. of Queens Coll. Diplomated D. of D. 15. Joh. Gurgany of Mert. Coll. was created for his several laudable Sermons preached before the King and Parliament while Oxon was a Garrison for his Majesty . — This person , who had been outed of his Chaplainship of Merton Coll. by the Visitors in 1648 , suffered afterwards as other Loyallists did , but after his Majesties restauration he became Preb. of Winterbourne Earles in the Church of Salisbury , Preb. of Chichester , and Rector of Clapham in Surrey , at which place he died in Aug. or thereabouts , an . 1675. See more of him in Joh. Gregory , among the Writers p. 50. John Castillion M. A. of Ch. Ch. and Preb. of Canterbury was created the same day — On the 15 of Nov. 1676 he was installed Dean of Rochester in the place of Dr. Thom. Lamplugh promoted to the See of Exeter , and dying about the latter end of Octob. 1688 , his Majesty K. Jam. 2. nominated Mr. Sim. Lowth to succeed him , but he being not then D. D , and not in a possibility to obtain that degree before the said K. left the Nation , K. Will. 3. gave it to one Dr. ... Vllock . January 16. Sam. Brunsell of Magd. Hall. — This person , who was Son of Oliver Brunsell of Wroughton in Dorsetshire , became a Com. of the said Hall 1636 aged 16 years , took one degree in Arts 1641 , and then left the University because the rebellion soon after broke out . After his Majesties restauration , if not before , he became Rector of Bingham in Nottinghamshire , and at length Preb. of Southwell , &c. He hath published , Solomons blessed Land , Sermon before an extraordinary assembly at Newark upon Trent , on the 29 May 1660 on Ecclesiast . 10.17 . Lond. 1660. qu. and perhaps other things . Quaere . Jan. 24. Joshua Childrey of Magd. Coll. Mar. 1. Edw. Cotton M. A. of Ch. Ch. now Archdeacon of Cornwall in the place of Dr. Rob. Hall — I have made mention of his Father of both his names in the Fasti of the first Vol. p. 813. James Stermont a Dutch Divine was diplomated the same day , by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which partly run thus — While his Majesty was in the parts beyond the Sea , he had evidence of the affections of this Mr. James Stermont Minister of the Hague in Holland , who has a great repute for piety and learning with those among whom he lives : And by the affections he has declared to the Church and Crown of England , deserves the acknowledgment of all who wish well to either , &c. This person being a high Royalist for the cause of the King of England , 't was frequent with him to have several passages in his Sermons at the Hague , ( esteemed by those that were not lovers of his Majesty , to be extravagancies , invectives and strange digressions ) which being looked upon as much tending to the prejudice of peace and the intended treaties between England and Holland , he was forced to recant before the high and mighty States general , an . 1651. Mar. 12. William Holder of Cambridge — This worthy person , who is a Nottinghamshire man born , was educated in Pemb. Hall there , where he had a Greek Scholars place , commenced M. of A , entred into holy Orders , and in 1642 or thereabouts , he became Rector of Blechingdon in Oxfordshire , and in the year following was incorporated M. of A. in this University , as before I have told you . After his Majesties restauration he became Canon of Ely , Fellow of the Royal Society , Canon of S. Pauls , Subdean of his Majesties Chappel ( in the place of Dr. Walt. Jones deceased ) and Subalmoner to him . He is a great Virtuoso and a person of many accomplishments , and hath obtained a great name for his most wonderful art in making a young Gentleman named Alex. Popham , ( Son of Colonel Edw. Popham sometimes an Admiral at Sea for the Long Parliament ) who was born deaf and dumb , to speak ; and how soon , and by what method he did it , he tells you in an Appendix to his most rare and ingenious discourse of The Elements of speech , which I shall anon mention . This great cure was performed by him ( whereby he is the first that is remembred ever to have succeeded therein in England , or perhaps in the world ) in his house at Blechingdon an . 1659 : And because it was a wonderful matter many curious Scholars went from Oxon to see and to hear the person speak , but he being afterwards call'd home by his friends , he began to lose what he had been taught by Dr. Holder . Afterwards a great noise being made , that Dr. Joh. Wallis had , by his art , made another young Gentleman named Mr. Whalley , who had lost his speech ever since he was five years of age , to speak , the said Mr. Popham was by his Relations sent to the said Dr. Wallis to make him speak , which he effecting , he afterwards , very vainly assumed the glory of it to himself , without taking notice of what had been before done to him . This Dr. Holder hath written The Elements of Speech , an Essay of inquiry into the natural production of Letters ; with an Appendix concerning persons that are deaf and dumb . Lond. 1669. oct , as also A supplement to the Philosophical Transactions of July 1670 , with some reflections on Dr. Wallis his Letter there inserted . Lond. 1678 in two sh . in qu. This last was written by him to vindicate himself that he had taught Mr. Popham to speak , which Dr. Wallis in the said Letter did claim to himself . Whereupon , soon after , Dr. Wallis ( who , at any time , can make black white , and white black , for his own ends , and hath a ready knack of sophistical evasion , as the writer of these matters doth know full well ) did soon after publish an answer to that Supplement entit . A defence of the Royal Society and the Philosophical Transactions , particularly those of July , 1670 , in answer to the Cavils of Dr. Will. Holder . Lond. 1678 in 4. sh . in qu , written by way of Letter to Will. L. Visc . Brouncker . Dr. Holder also , who hath good skill in the Theoretick and practick parts of Musick , hath written in English A treatise of Musick , which is ready , as I have heard , for the press . Mar. 14. Anton. Elcocke M. A. of Brasn . Coll. — He was now Prebend of Donington in , and Subdean of , the Church of , York . 19. Francis Mundy of Ch. Ch. Bach. of Law and publick Actuary — He was Rector of Welford in Berks , Subdean of Wells and Treasurer of Landaff . He died 22. Nov. 1678 aged 65 years , and was buried in the Church of Welford : whereupon his Subdeanery was bestowed on Dr. Will. Levinz of S. Johns Coll. and his Treasurership on Dr. Joh. Lloyd of Jesus Coll. In the month of July this year Will. Wicherley became a sojourner in Oxon for the sake of the publick Library , and whether he had his lodging and diet in Qu. Coll. I know not . — He was afterwards numbred among the Poets of the first rank by his writing , and publishing four Comedies , which have been much taken into the hands of all ingenious men . In the month of Sept. became also a Sojourner in this Univ. for the sake of the said Library Francis Willoughby of Middleton in Warwickshire Esq , a person much celebrated to this day among the Virtuosi of great renown — He was the only Son of Sir Francis Willoughby Kt , descended (a) of two very antient families , both Willoughbys , the one honorable , viz. that of Eresby in Lincolnshire , by the Fathers side , the other Worshipful , viz. that of Willoughby on the Woulds in Nottinghamshire , by the Mothers . While he was young his relations discovered in him most excellent gifts and abilities both of body and mind , and therefore nothing was by them spared to promote and enlarge them , as being also blessed with a fair estate . Howbeit , when he grew elder , as he did duly prize these advantages of birth , estate , and parts , so did he not content himself therewith or value himself thereby , but laboured after what might render him more deservedly honourable , and more truly to be called his own , as being obtained by the concurrence at least of his endeavours . First then as God had given him a quick apprehension , piercing wit and sound judgment ; so by his great industry and constant use of these gifts he did highly improve and advance them . He was from his childhood addicted to study , and ever after when he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time , that he did not willingly lose or let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it , detesting no vice more than idleness , which he looked upon as the Parent and Nurse of almost all others : Nay , so excessive was he in the prosecution of his studies without any intermission or diversion that most of his friends were of opinion he did much weaken his body and impair his health by his uncessant labours and perpetual intention of mind upon business . Whence it came to pass that he obtained very great skill in all parts of learning , and particularly a deep insight into those sciences which are most abstruse and impervious to vulgar capacities ; I mean the most subtil parts of the Mathematicks . Of his skill in natural Philosophy , chiefly the History of Animals ( Birds , Beasts , Fishes and Insects ) I shall say no more at present , but that it hath not been my hap to meet with any man either in England or beyond the Seas of so general and comprehensive knowledg therein . To pass by his eminent virtues , as his humility , sobriety and temperance , exemplary chastity and purity , his justness , constancy , charity , &c. I shall give you the Catalogue of of his works , viz. ( 1 ) Ornithologiae libri tres : in quibus Aves omnes hactenus cognitae in methodum naturis suis convenientem redactae accurate describuntur , descriptiones iconibus elegantissimis , & vivarum Avium simillimis , aeri incisis illustrantur . Lond. 1676. fol. View'd , corrected and digested into Order by Joh. Ray Fellow of the Royal Society . Afterwards it was translated into English , with an Appendix added to it by the said Mr. Ray — Lond. 1678. fol. The author Mr. Willoughby observing in the busie and inquisitive age he lived in the Hist . of the Animals alone to have been in a great measure neglected by English men , he made the study thereof his province , applying himself with all diligence to the cultivating and illustrating of it . Which that he might the more effectually do , he not only read what had been written by others , but did himself accurately describe all the Animals he could find and procure either in England or beyond the Seas , making a voyage into foreign Countries , chiefly for that purpose , to search out , view and describe the several species of nature ; and tho he was not long abroad , yet travelled he over a great part of France , Spain , Italy , Germany and the Low Countries . In all which places he was so inquisitive and successful , that not many sorts of Animals , described by others , escaped his diligence . He drew them out or describ'd them with a pencil , which are with great curiosity engraven on copper plates , at the charge of his Relict Emm , and are printed in the Lat. and Engl. edition of the said Ornithologia . He hath also written ( 2 ) Historiae piscium libri quatuor , &c. Oxon. 1686. fol. Which work was with great pains , view'd , review'd , made fit for use , and the two first books entirely compleated by the said most eminent Virtuoso Mr. Ray. It is adorned with very many cuts of several sorts of Fishies , that were not ever before known in England . ( 3 ) Letter containing some considerable observations about that kind of wasps called Ichneumones , &c. — dat . 24. Aug. 1671. See in the Philos . Transact . num . 76. p. 2279. ( 4 ) Letter about the hatching a kind of Bee lodged in old Willows — dat . 10. July 1671. See in the said Transact . num . 74. p. 2221. At length this most worthy and learned person Mr. Willoughby dying to the great reluctancy of all curious and inquisitive persons , especially those of the Royal Society , ( of which he was an eminent member and ornament ) to his friends and all good men that knew him , and the great loss of the Commonwealth of learning , on the third day or July 1672 aged 37 years , was buried , as I presume , at Middleton among the graves of his Ancestors . An. Dom. 1661. An. 13. Car. 2. Chanc. Sir Edw. Hyde now Earl of Clarendon , Viscount Cornbury and Baron of Hindon . Vicechanc. Rich. Baylie D. D. President of S. Johns Coll. and Dean of Salisbury , 9. August . He had been Vicechancellour in 1636 and 37. Proct. Nich. Meese of Trin. Coll. Apr. 24. Henr. Hawley of Oriel Coll. Apr. 24. Bach. of Arts. May 3. Tho. Ken of New Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of B. and Wells , and is now living a Nonjurer and a sequestred person . He hath also published several things , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred in a double respect . June 14. Joh. March of S. Edm. Hall — He hath published several things , and therefore he ought to be hereafter remembred among the Writers . 21. Henry Dolling of Wadham Coll. — See among the Masters 1664. Oct. 15. Rob. Plot of Magd. Hall — He is an eminent Virtuoso , hath published several books , and being living , he is to be hereafter remembred among Oxford Writers . Matthew Hole of Exet. Coll. was admitted the same day — See more of him among the Bach. of Div. an . 1674. Nov. 14. Will. Clark of Or Coll. Mar. 22. Rich. Rhodes of Ch. Ch. Adm. 164. Bach. of Law. Four were admitted , and several created , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 30. Joh. Cave lately of Magd. now of Linc. Coll. Apr. 30. Sam Jemmat of Vniv . Coll. The last of these two , who was Son of John , Son of William Jemmat , mention'd among the Writers in this Vol. p. 449 , was at this time Fellow of the said Coll , and soon after taking holy Orders , he became a florid preacher in these parts . In 1665 he was the Repeater or Repetitioner in S. Maries Church on Low Sunday , of the four Easter Sermons , which being admirably well performed , all to a word memoriter , without any hesitation , he obtained a great esteem among the Academians ; and in the same year he became Rector of Somerton in the Dioc. of Oxon , and not long after Vicar of S. Nicholas Church in the Borough of Warwick , where he now lives . He hath published , A Sermon preached at the Assizes held in Warwick 19 March 1682 , on 2. Cor. 19.6 . Oxon. 1683. qu. and may hereafter other things . May 14. Tho. Trapham of Magd. Hall , lately of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was Son of Tho. Trapham sometimes a Chirurgion living in Oxon , and afterwards Bach. of Phys . by Creation , as I have told you under the year 1649 in these Fasti , was afterwards a Traveller and Doctorated in Phys . in another University , and after his return became one of the Fellows of the Coll. of Physitians and author of , A d●scourse of the state of health in the island of Jamaica , with a provision therefore calculated from the Air , the place and the water : The customs and manner of living , &c. Lond. 1679. oct . An account of which book is in the Philos . Transact . numb . 141. p. 1030. May 28 Joh. Whitehall sometimes of Merton , now of Oriel Coll. — He was afterwards Preb. of Peterborough and Dean of Oundle in Northamptonshire . He died in January , 1685. July 2. Edmund Thorne of Oriel Coll. — He hath published A funeral Sermon upon the much lamented death of Col. Edward Cook , who died at London , January 29 , and was buried in the Chappel at Highnam ( or Higham ) near Glocester , on the second of Feb. 1683 , on Rev. 14.13 . Lond 1684. qu. He is now living in those parts , and may publish other things hereafter . July 4. Thomas Marsden of Brasn . Coll. — He was afterwards Chaplain to the English Merchants trading at Lisbone in Portugal , and after his return became Vicar of Walton in his native Country of Lancashire . He hath written , Roman Catholicks uncertain , whether there be any true Priests , or Sacraments in the Church of Rome : evinced by an argument urg'd and maintain'd ( upon their own Principles ) against Mr. Edw. Goodal of Prescot in Lancashire , printed in the reign of K. Jam. 2. He is now living and able to publish other matters . July 10. Edward Wetenhall of Linc. Coll. — He was afterwards a Writer , and Bishop of Cork and Ross in Ireland , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Writers and Bishops of this Univ. of Oxon. Oct. 15. Joh. Ellis Chaplain of New Coll , lately a Student of Wadh. — He was afterwards D. D. elsewhere , and in 1678 was made Chantor of S. David in the place of Dr. Will. Thomas promoted to the See thereof . He is also now a Dignitary in the Church of S. Asaph . Adm. 68. Bach. of Phys . There was only one that was admitted this year , of whom I have made mention elsewhere . Bach. of Div. July 3. Joh. Good M. A. of Ball. Coll. — This person , who is mention'd in the , ●asti of the first Vol. p. 833.834 , died early in the morning of the 26. of Feb. 1675 aged 54 years , and was buried in Ball. Coll. Chappel . There was an epitaph made for him , but not put over his grave , part of which runs thus . Hic jacet Johannes Good ● . T B. Coll. Ball XXX plus minus annos socius meritissimus . omnigenâ o●natus eruditione neutiquam inflatus . Sic excultus ipse alios pariter excoluit sedulitate usus adeò indefessâ , ut celebriori Tutoris quam Johannis prenomine diu innotuerit , &c. Octob. 17. Thomas Ellis M. A. of Jesus Coll. — He is at large mention'd among the Writers in this Vol. p. 248. Adm. 4. Doct. of Law. May 14. Rob. Sharrock of New Coll. — He was then licensed to proceed , but did not stand in the Act following to complete that degree . ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was licensed this year only created . Doct. of Div. July 3. George Escourt of Trin. Coll. a Compounder . Incorporations . May 21. George Smith Doct. of Phys . of Padua — This person who was lately of Qu. Coll. in this Univ , took the said degree at Pad in Mar. 1651 / 8. He was afterwards of the Coll. of Phys . June 18. Edw. Wetenhall Bach. of Arts of Cambridge — In the next month he was admitted M. of A. as I have before told you . 25. Joh. Parry Fellow of Jesus Coll. and M. of A. of 8 years standing , who having performed all his exercise for Bach. of Div. in Trin. Coll. Chap. near Dublin on the 26. of January 1660 , and the same day declared Bach. of Div. there , was incorporated Bach. of Div. of this Univ. — He was afterwards B. of Ossory as I have among the Writers told you p. 448. Ralph Whitfield B. A. of Dublin was incorporated the same day — He took that degree at Dub. 7. Aug. 1655 , which is all I know of him . July 9. Tim. Puller M. A. and Fellow of Jes Coll. in Cambr. — He was afterwards Rector of Sawcombe in Hertfordshire , D. of D. of Cambr. an . 1675 , Rector of the Church of S. Mary de la Bow in London and author of , The moderation of the Church of England considered as useful for allaying the present distempers , which the indisposition of the time hath contracted . Lond , 1679 oct . &c. At the same time when this worthy person Mr. Puller was incorporated , ( which was just after the Act time ) nine Mast . of Cambr. were incorporated also ; among whom Joh. Ellis of Caies Coll. was one , Will. Williams of Emanuel another , ( of both whose names have been several Writers ) and Tho. Leigh of the said Coll , a third . One Thom. Leigh Bach. of Div. and Vicar of Bishops Stortford in Hertfordsh . hath published , The keeping of Holydays , Serm. preached at Hadham before Henry B. of London , at his Lordships conference with the Clergy there . Lond. 1684. 85. qu. Whether he be the same with the former Tho. Leigh , I know not . Quaere . Hamnet Ward Doctor of Physick of Anger 's in France was incorporated on the same day July 9. — This person , who was a Dorsetshire man born , had the said degree confer'd on him at Anger 's an . 1646 , and was now Vicar of Stourminster-Newton-Castle in his own Country , and one of the Minor Preb. of Wells . He hath published ( 1 ) The Protestant Soldier fighting under truths banner , printed 1642. ( 2 ) Sermon preached at Shaftesbury in the primary visitation of Guy B. of Bristow , on Ephes . 3.8 . Lond. 1674. qu , and other things which I have not yet seen . See more in Hen. Byam among the Writers , p. 307. July 9. Tobias Dickson Doct. of Phys . of Cambr. 11. Will. Bright Doct. of the same fac . at Padua — The same degree was confer'd on him at Pad . an . 1658. He was afterwards Hon. Fell. of the Coll. of Phys . Sept. 9. Rob. Wishart M. of A. of S. Andrew in Scotland — He was Son of the learned and famous George Wishart D. D , of whom the Reader may be pleased to know that he was a Scotch man born and a Minister in the Church of S. Andrew in the same University , that he had suffered in the time of the Covenant a long and tedious imprisonment in the nastiest part of the Tolbooth at Edinburgh called the Thiefs hole , and afterwards did accompany the most victorious and noble James Marquess of Montross in his conquest of Scotland : But upon the much lamented declension of that immortal person , he became Chaplain to the Sister of K. Ch. 1. called the Queen of Bohemia , and , about the time of his Majesties restauration , a Minister in Newcastle upon Tyne , where he was held in great veneration for his unspotted Loyalty . In 1662 , Jun. 1 , he was consecrated at S. Andrews Bishop of Edinburgh , with Dr. Dav. Michell to Aberdene , and dying at Edinburgh in Jul. or Aug. 1671 , was buried in the Abbey Church of Halyrood house . He was a person of great religion , and very charitable to the poor , and having been a Prisoner , he was always careful , at each dinner that he made , to send the first dish from his table to the Prisoners . He hath written The compleat Hist . of the Wars of Scotland , under the conduct of the illustrious and truly valiant James Marquess of Montross , &c. Printed several times in Lat. and English . The first edit . came out at the Hague in 1647. oct . See in Dav. Whitford among the Writers , pag. 389. Nov. 12. Rich. Trevor of Mert. Coll. Doct. of Phys . of Padua . — This well-bred Gent. who was son of Sir Joh. Trevor Kt , and younger brother to Sir Joh. Trevor who was made Secretary of State in the latter end of Oct. 1668 , after his return from his Embassy in France , died near the Temple Gate on the 17 of July 1676 , and was buried in the Church of S. Dunstan in the West in Fleetstreet , Lond. 21. Levin Fludd Doct. of Phys . of Padua . 21. Rob. Stap●ey Doct. of Phys . of Padua . The first of these two had that degree confer'd on him at Pad . in Aug. 1639 , and the other in May 1648. Dec. 7. John Downes Doct. of Phys . of Leyden . Mar. 4. Joh. Atfield Doct. of Phys . of Caen. 13. Thom. Bathurst Doct. of Phys . of Leyden . The first of these three was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . at Lond. The second who was a Londoner born , and had taken his degree at Caen in 1657 , was also afterwards Fellow of the said Coll ; and the third who took his degree at Leyden in 1659 , was afterwards a Knight , and I think Fell. also . CREATIONS . Creations were made in all Faculties , either by the favour of his Majesty , or of Clarendon the Chancellour of the University , when he was entertained by the Univ. in Sept. 1661. Bach. of Law. About five were created , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop : Among them were Tho. Wilkins of Jes . Coll , a Sufferer for his Majesties Cause , Sept. 12 , Edm. Arnold of Mert. Coll. belonging to the Court of Arches , Oct. 10. &c. Mast . of Arts. The Creations of Masters were mostly made in a Convocation held in the morn . of the 9 of Sept , at which time Edw. Earl of Clarendon Lord Chanc. of England and Chanc. of the Univ. was seated in the supreme Chair . Joh. Wilmot Earl of Rochester , of Wadh. Coll. Jam. Levingston Visc . of Kimardin ( as 't is said in the Reg. ) and Earl of Newburgh in Scotland , sometimes of Mert. Coll. Edw. M●ntague eldest son of Edw. L Montague of Boughton . Edw. Hyde of Ch. Ch. third son of Edw. Earl of Clarendon . — He died of the Small pox on the 10 of January an . 1664 , aged 19 years or thereabouts , and was buried in the Abbey Ch. at Westminster , leaving then this character behind him , that he was the most hopeful youth and the best natur'd Creature in the world . John Lovelace of Wadh. Coll. eldest son of John Lovelace . — He was after the death of his father Lord Lovelace , but obtaining no great matter during the reigns of K. Ch. 2. and K. Jam. 2 , which he expected , because his father had been a great sufferer for the cause of K. Ch. 1 , he was by the favour of K. Will. 3. ( to whom he adhered when he arrived in the West in the beginning of Nov. 1688 , and for his sake was for some time imprison'd at Glocester ) made Captain of his Band of Gentlemen Pensioners , in the beginning of March 1688. Edw Sebright of S. Joh. Coll. Baronets . John Williams of S. Joh. Coll. Baronets . The former was of Besford in Worcestershire , the other of Dorsetshire . Sir Alan Broderick Kt , His Majesties Surveyour General for the Kingdom of Ireland . — This person , who was endowed with a poetical wit , and hath several Specimens thereof extant , died at Wandesworth in Surrey , 25 Nov. 1680 , and was buried there 3 of Dec. following . John Bulteel Secretary to Edw. Earl of Clarendon . — This person , who was son of John Bulteel a Frenchman , sometimes living at Dover , died a Bachelaur in the Parish of S. Martin in the Fields in Westminster , an . 1669. One Joh. Bulteel Gent. translated from French into English A general chronological History of France before the raign of K. Pharamond , and ending with the raign of K. Hen. 4. &c. Lond. 1683. fol. Whether he be the same with the former who was created M. of A. I know not . I have made mention of another Joh. Bulteel in the Fasti of the first vol. p. 849. Matthew Wren or Wrenn Secretary to the said Edw. Earl of Clar. — This person , who was the eldest son of Dr. Matthew Wren Bish . of Ely , was originally a Student in Cambridge , and afterwards a Student for several years ( in the time of Usurpation ) in this University , not in a Coll. or Hall , but in a private House . After his Majesties restauration he was taken into the service of the Earl of Clarendon , was elected a Burgess for S. Michael in Cornwal to serve in that Parl. that began at Westm . 8 May 1661 , became a Member of the Royal Society and of the Council thereof , and after the fall of the said Clarendon , he became Secretary to James Duke of York , and continued in his service to the time of his death . At length giving way to fate on the 14 of June or thereabouts , an . 1672 , aged about 42 years , his body was conveyed to Cambridge , and there buried in Pemb. Hall Chappel , in the same Vault wherein his father was five years before buried . This ingenious person hath written ( 1 ) Considerations on Mr. Harrington's Commonwealth of Oceana ; restrained to the first part of the preliminaries . Lond. 1657. oct . Before these Considerations is a large Letter sent by the author to Dr. Joh. Wilkins Warden of Wadham Coll , by whom the said author was desired to give his judgment concerning the Commonwealth of Oceana . ( 2 ) Monarchy ass●rted : or the state of monarchical and popular Government , in vindication of the Considerations on Mr. Harrington's Oceana , Lond. 1659 and 1660. oct . See more in Jam. Harrington among the Writers , p. 440. Joh. Dugdale chief Gent. in the Chamber of the said Earl of Clarendon L. Chanc. of Engl. — This person , who was the son of Sir Will. Dugdale mentioned in these Fasti , an . 1642 , p. 643 , &c. was afterwards Windsore Herald upon the resignation of Elias Ashmole Esq , and at length Norroy King of Arms , ( upon the promotion of Sir Thom. St. George to the office of Garter , in the place of the said Sir William deceased ) in the beginning of March 1685 ; about which time he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty . This Sir Joh. Dugdale hath published A Catalogue of the Nobility of England , according to their respective precedencies , as it was presented to his Majesty on New-years day an . 1684. To which is added The Blazon of their paternal Coates of Arms , and a List of the present Bishops , by permission of the Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal . This was printed at Lond. on a broad side of a large sh . of paper , an . 1685 , and came out again with additions in 1690. Thom. Agar . Sam. Gabrie . All which persons from Joh. Earl of Rochester to the said Sam. Gabrie were created Masters of Arts on the 9 of Sept. Sept. 12. Rich. Newporn of Ch. Ch. eldest son of Francis Lord Newport of High Ercall . Sept. 12. Seymour Shirly of Ch. Ch. Baronets . Sept. 12. Edw. Stradling of Jes . Coll. Baronets . Sept. 12. Jam. Rushout of Ch. Ch. Baronets . Sept. 12. Edw. Stanley of Brasn . Coll. Baronets . All which were created by the favour of the said Chanc. Oct. 19. Paul Latham of Pemb. Coll. — He was afterwards Preb. of Salisbury , and a publisher of Several Sermons , and therefore he ought hereafter to be mention'd more at large . Nov. 6. Tho. Traherne of Brasn . Coll. Besides all these were several others created , among whom were Rich. Newborough of Ball. Coll , May 28 , who had served his Maj. in the late Wars , and was this year Preb. of Hereford . Bach. of Div. Thirteen Bach. of Div. were created by vertue of the Chancellours recommendations , among whom were these . Jul. 1. Thom. Marshall of Linc. Coll. Sept. 12. Will. Wyatt of S. Joh. Coll. Sept. 12. Will. Bell of S. Joh. Coll. Sept. 12. Rich. Samwaies of C. C. Coll. As for Wyatt who was born at Todenham in Glocestershire was not graduated in Arts , because before the time came when he should take the degree of Bach , the Civil War began . Afterwards he was Assistant to Dr. Jer. Taylor when he taught School in Caermerthenshire , and wrot , as 't was usually said , ( which he himself did also acknowledge ) A new and easie institution of Grammar , &c. which was published under Dr. Taylor 's name . See more in the life of the said Doctor among the Writers , p. 285. Afterwards Mr. Wyatt taught at Evesham in Worcestershire , and at length assisted Mr. Will. Fuller while he taught a private School at Twittenham in Middlesex . Afterwards when that person became Bishop of Linc , he made him not only his Chapl , but also Preb. and afterwards Chantor of the Church there . Which Dignities he resigning in 1681 , he retired to Nun-Eaton in Warwickshire , where he died in the house of Sir Ric. Newdigate , about 1686. What other things the said Mr. Wyatt , hath written I cannot tell . Doct. of Law. Apr. 6. Joh. Birkenhead or Berkenhead of All 's . Coll. Jul. 3. Thom. Croft of All 's . Coll. Sept. 12. Rob. Mathew of New Coll. Sept. 12. Christop . Wren of All 's . Coll. Sept. 12. Sam. Davies of Jes . Coll. As for Christop . Wren , who had been Astron . Prof. in Gresham Coll , was now Savilian Professor of Astronomy in this Univ , and a member of the Royal Society , &c. He is a most eminent Mathematician , and is hereafter to be mention'd with all honour for his curious discoveries in Philosophy and Mathematicks , as they stand recorded by the excellent pen of the ingenious author ( Dr. Thomas Sprat ) of The Hist . of the Royal Society , &c. Nov. 6. Rich. Baylie of S. Joh. Coll. — He was son of Dr. Rich. Baylie President of that Coll , and dying at London , ( where he was a Merchant ) in the latter end of 1675 , his body was conveyed to Oxon , and buried in a Vault under a little Chappel ( built by the said Doctor an . 1662 ) joyning to that of S. Joh. Coll , on the 15 of March the same year . Dec. 11. David Budd . — The Coll. or Hall of which he was a member ( if of any ) is not set down in the Register . Doct. of Phys . May 9. Will. Jackson of Vniv . Coll , was created by vertue of the Kings Letters , which tell us that his father was Doct. of Div. and sequestred in the late Rebellion from about 300 l. per an : Also that this William was in the old Kings Service at Colchester , and in the Service of this King ; That his near Kinsman Col. Rob. Levinz suffered and was executed by the bloody Rebels , &c. Jun. 18. Geffry Rishton M. A. of S. Maries Hall. — He was now a Parl. man for Preston in Lancashire . Jul. 11. George Neale M. of A. of Ch. Ch. Sept. 12. Joh. Metford of S. Edm. Hall. Sept. 12. Will. Bentley of Ball. Coll. Sept. 12. Freder . Sagittary of Qu. Coll. Sept. 12. Rob. Peirce of Linc. Coll. Sept. 12. Walt. Pope of Ball. Coll. Sept. 12. Tho. Bedingfield of Ch. Ch. These were created while the Chanc. of the University was near Oxon. Metford and Sagittary were afterwards honorary Fellows of the Coll. of Phys , and Dr. Pope who was uterine brother to Dr. Joh. Wilkins sometimes Bishop of Chester , is now Fellow of the Royal Society and Astron . Prof. of Gresham Coll , and hath spent much time in observing the motions and appearances of the Heavens ; the result of which he hath delivered (*) in his Astronomical Lectures there read , which 't is hoped he may be prevailed with to be made public hereafter , and not publish vain and trivial things , as he hath hitherto done : among which must not be forgotten , The Memoires of Mounsieur Du Vall ; containing the history of his life and death , as also his Speech and Epitaph , written out of a pique , and printed at Lond. 1670. qu. Oct. 10. Will. Sparke of Magd. Coll. — See in vol. 1. p. 740. at the bottom . Doct. of Div. Apr. 1. Tho. Triplet M. of A. was then diplomated . — He was born in , or near , Oxon , was educated a Student of Ch. Ch , where , and in the Univ , he was always esteemed a great Wit and a good Greecian and Poet. In Oct. 1645 he became Preb. of Preston in the Ch. of Sarum , at which time he was also beneficed , but soon after being sequestred , he taught School at Dublin in Ireland , was there when K. Ch. 1. was beheaded , and afterwards taught at Hayes in Middlesex . After K. Ch. 2. was restored , he was made Preb. of Westminster , and of Fenton in the Church of York ; and dying 18 Jul. 1670 , aged 70 years , his body was buried in the south Transcopt or large south Isle joyning to the Choir of S. Peter's Church in Westminster . Over his grave was , soon after , fastned to the west wall of the said Isle a fair monument , in the very place where the monument of Tho. May the Poet once stood . This worthy Doctor , of whom you may see more in the first vol. p. 502 , hath several Specimens of his Poetry extant in various books , and some that yet go from hand to hand in MS. May 21. Franc. Davies of Jes . Coll. — He was afterwards Bish . of Landaff . Jun. 7. Joh. Fairclough commonly called Featley of All 's . Coll. 12. Sam. Bolton of Linc. Coll. now one of the Kings Chaplains , was then created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that he is a man of extraordinary abilities and great integrity ; and one who by his preaching in this City ( London ) is very serviceable to the interest of the K. and Church , &c. On the 15 of Jan. 1661 he and Dr. Br. Ryves preached before the H. of Commons at S. Margarets in Westm . and were by them desired to print their Sermons ; but whether they were printed , I know not , for I have not yet seen either . See more of this Dr. Bolton in the first vol. p. 481. Jun. 7. Edw. Drope of Magd. Coll. Jun. 7. Edm. Diggle of Magd. Coll. The first of these two who was esteemed a good Preacher , and therefore put upon preaching before the K. and Parl. at Oxon in the time of the Rebellion , and upon that account had the degree of Doctor confer'd upon him , died in Magd. Coll. 13 Apr. 1683 , aged 84 or thereabouts , and was buried in the outer Chappel there . The other , who also had his degree confer'd upon him on the like account , was then Canon of Lichfield ( which they call the Golden Prebend ) by the favour of Dr. Frewen Bishop thereof ( to whom he was Chaplain ) and afterwards became Preb. of Hustwait in the Church of York and Archdeacon of York , or of the West Riding of Yorksh. in the place of Dr. Rich. Marsh deceased ; in which last dignity he was installed 19 Oct. 1663. He died at Slimbridge in Glocestershire ( of which he was Rector ) on the first of August , anno 1688. Jul. 3. Cornelius Trigland a learned Theologist , and Chapl. to the Prince of Aurange or Orange , was diplomated by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say , that he is one of the Ministers at the Hague , — was very kind to the King ( Ch. 2. ) and his friends , while they lived in those parts — shewed himself kind to the Church of England — entrusted by our King with a great share of the education of his Nephew the Prince of Orange , &c. There is mention made of this learned person in Dr. George Morley among the Writers , an . 1684. p. 585. Jul. 3. Rich. Mervin Bach of Div. of Exet. Coll. Jul. 3. Jam. Smith Bach of Div. of Linc. Coll. Jul. 3. Giles Thorne Bach of Div. of Ball. Coll. The first of these three was Chancellour of the Church of Exeter , in which Dignity he was succeeded , as it seems , by Dr. Tho. Tomkins . The second I have mention'd among the Writers p. 279 , and the third was now ( 1661 ) Archdeacon of Bucks in the place of Rob. Newell who died in the time of the Civ . War. Jul. 9. David Michell ( Sanctandrianus as in the reg . he is so called ) Preb. of Westminster , was created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that Mr. Dav. Michell of Aberdene is a person very learned and honest , and from the beginning of the Troubles has been a great Sufferer for the Cause of his Majesty and the Church , &c. This worthy person was born in the Shire of Merne , was Minister at Edinburgh and there challenged for Arminianisme in the time of the Covenant , and forced afterwards to fly into Engl , where he enjoyed some Benefice during his exile . After his Maj. restauration he was made Preb. of Westm . as before 't is told you , and on the first day of June 1662 he was consecrated Bishop of Aberdene at S. Andrews , with Dr. Wishart to Edinburgh , where sitting but one year , died of a Fever , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of S. Macchar at Old Aberdene among his Predecessors . Jul. 19. Tho. Gorges of All 's . Coll. — On the 23 Apr. 1643 he was collated to the Prebendship of Woodford and Willsford in the Ch. of Salisbury , and afterwards suffered much for the royal Cause . After the return of his Maj. he was restored to his Prebendship , was installed Archdeacon of Winchester on the death of Dr. George Roberts , 19 Mar. 1660 , and soon after became Preb. of Westminster . After his death his Archdeaconry was bestowed on Dr. Walt. Dayrel , and his Preb. of Salisbury on Dr. Will. Lloyd , to which he was collared in Dec. 1667 , but who succeeded him in Westm . I cannot yet tell . In 1629 the said Tho. Gorges was elected Fellow of All 's . Coll. with Gilbert Talbot a Native of Worcestershire , son of Sherington Talbot an Inhabitant then of Lacock in Wilts : Which Gilb. ( who was originally of Ch. Ch. ) was by his Majesty sent ordinary Agent to the Republic of Venice , about 1638 , was afterwards a Sufferer for his Cause in the time of the Rebellion , and having the honour of Knighthood confer'd on him , became Master of the Jewel house and one of the first 21 persons who were appointed by his Majesty to be of the Council of the Royal Society at its first institution , &c. Sept. 5. Will. Barker of New Coll , was created Doctor for his laudable Sermons preached before the King and Parl. at Oxon during the time of Rebellion . — He was now Preb. of Canterbury , and dying in his Rectory house at Hardwick in Bucks , 26 Mar. 1669 was buried in the Church there . I have seen his Epitaph , wherein 't is said that he was always noted for his orthodox Sermons and for his frequent and innocent Conceits and Jests . Sept. 9. Rich. Rallingson or Rawlinson of Queens Coll , Chaplain to the Duke of Newcastle , was created while the Chancellour held the Supreme Chair in Convocation . — He was an ingenious man , well skill'd in the Mathematicks , but had not preferment confer'd on him equal to his merits . He died in 1668 , being then , as I conceive , Rector of Pulborough in Sussex . Sept. 12. Sam. Cotton of Pemb. Coll. Sept. 12. Laur. Hungerford of Pemb. Coll. Sept. 12. Rob. Henderson of Mert. Coll. Sept. 12. Hen. Parkhurst of Magd. Coll. Sept. 12. Humph. Lloyd of Oriel Coll. Sept. 12. Jenkin Lloyd of Jesus Coll. The second of these four was beneficed at Norton in Kent , and died in 1669 or thereabouts . The third was afterwards Bish . of Bangor , and the last beneficed in his own Country ; of whom by the way I must let the Reader know these things ; viz. That he was a Cardiganshire man born , son of Joh. Lloyd of Varedreff in the same County Gent. That he became a Student in Jesus Coll. in Mich. term an . 1640 , but the Rebellion breaking out soon after , he left the University without a degree , and closed with the predominant party . That in 1648 or before he retired to the University again , submitted to the Visitors appointed by the Parl , and was actually created Mast . of Arts in the Pembrokian Creation . That about that time he was Rector of Llandishill in his own Country , and afterwards wrot and published , Christs Valedictions : or , sacred Observations on the last words of our Saviour delivered on the Cross . Lond. 1658. in tw . They are discourses , or at least the effect of certain Sermons on Luke 23. ver . 34.43.46 , and on Joh. 19. ver . 28.30 . &c. That he put in among the Royalists , and several Presbyterians , to be created D. of D. Sept. 12. Thom Ballow of Ch. Ch. Sept. 12. Nich. Searle of Cambridge . Sept. 12. Henry Beesley of S. Alb. Hall. Sept. 12. Sam. Rich of Hart Hall. Sept. 12. Tim. Dewell of Magd. Hall. Sept. 12. Joh. Jones of Hart Hall. Francis Gregory of S. Maries Hall , was created the same day . — This person , who was the son of Francis Gregory , was born at Wodstock in Oxfordshire , educated in Gram. Learning in the Coll. school at Westminster , in Academical at Cambr , whence he return'd to Westm . and was an Usher under Mr. Rich. Busby . Afterwards he became Master of the Free-school in the Town of his nativity ( founded by Rich. Cornwell Cit. and Skinner of Lond. 27 Eliz. dom . 1585. ) and at length the first Master of the Free-school founded at Witney in Oxfordshire by Hen. Box a Druggist of Lond , after his Majesties restauration : At both which places continuing several years , he did much good by his sedulous instruction . In 1672 , or thereabouts , he became Rector of Hambleton near Great Wycomb in Bucks , and about that time one of his Majesties Chaplains in ordinary . He hath written ( 1 ) Etymologicum parvum ex magno illo Sylburgii , Eustathio , Martinio aliisque magni nominis authoribus excerptum , digestum , explicatum , &c. in usum Schol. publ . Westmon . Lond. 1654. &c. oct . ( 2 ) Instructions concerning the art of Oratory , for the. use of Schools , more especially for the use of Westm School . Lond. 1659. &c. ( 3 ) Nomenclatura brevis Anglo-Latino-Graeca in usum Sch. pub . VVestm . ( 4 ) Examples of five declensions of Nounes . These last two have been several times printed , and with some impressions were added Centuriae duae proverbiorum Ang. -Lat.-Graecorum . ( 5 ) Vorivum Carolo : Or a welcome to his sacred Majesty Charles 2 , printed 1660 , in 3 sh . and a half in qu. This book consists of several copies of Verses , mostly made by Mr. Greg. and some by his Scholars at Wodstock . ( 6 ) The tryal of Religions , with cautions to the Members of the reformed Church against defection to the Roman . Lond. 1674. 75. qu. ( 7 ) The grand presumption of the Rom. Church , in equalling their Traditions to the written word ; and their jealousies of themselves , in refusing to admit the holy Scriptures as the rule for the tryal of their Religion : in two discourses . Lond. 1675. qu. ( 8 ) Discourse upon the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles , &c. Oxon. 1678. qu. He hath also several Sermons extant , as ( 1 ) Davids return from his Banishment , Thanksgiving sermon for the return of K. Ch. 2 , preached at S. Maries in Oxon , 27 May 1660 , on 2 Sam. 19.30 . Ox. 1660. qu. ( 2 ) The Gregorian Account : or the spiritual Watch , preached to the Society of the Gregories , dwelling in and about the City of London and assembled in the Church of S. Mich. Cornhill , 19 June 1673 , on Mark 13.37 . Lond. 1673. qu. ( 3 ) Three Sermons ; the first on Deut. 23.9 . the second on Mark 13.37 , and the third on 1 Tim. 4.16 . Lond. 1673. qu. ( 4 ) Serm. on Jude 12 , preached at the Oxfordshire Feast , Lond. 1676. qu. ( 5 ) The religious Villain , preached before Sir Rob. Clayton L. Mayor of London and the Court of Aldermen , 5 Nov. 1679 , at S. Mary le Bow , on 2 Sam. 19.3 . Lond. 1680. qu. This Dr. Gregory , who is now living at Hambleton free from the noise of a School , had a younger brother named John Gregory born at Wodst●ck , educated in Cambr , afterwards Master of the Coll. School in Glocester , Rector of Hemsted in Glocestershire by the favour of the Lord Scudamore , and at length Archdeacon of Glocester , on the death of Edward Pope , in the latter end of 1671. He hath written A discourse of the morality of the Sabbath , being an exposition of Exod. 20.8.9.10.11 , with prayers relating thereunto . Lond. 1681. oct . In which book the author shews a great deal of antient Learning , especially as to Criticism and the Languages . It is dedicated by his son Joh. Greg. M. A. of Magd. Hall to John Lord Visc . Scudamore his Patron , by whose grant he succeeded his father in the Rectory of Hemsted before mention'd . The said John the father hath also written Greek Scholia on the New Test , but whether yet printed , I know not . He died in the beginning of Dec. 1678 ; whereupon his Archdeaconry was bestowed on Thom. Hyde M. A. of Queens Coll. in Ox. There is another younger brother named Abrah . Gregory who is D. D. and Preb. of Glocester . Sept. 12. Joh. Newton of S. Edm. Hall. Sept. 12. Henry Eve of Cambr. Sept. 12. Tho. Cartwright of Qu. Coll. Oct. 10. Andr. Dominick of Pemb. Coll. Oct. 10. Tho. Greaves of Co. Chr. Coll. The first of these two , who was originally of Trin. Coll , where he had in a manner been drawn off from his Religion to that of Rome , but reclaimed by the endeavours of Dr. Christoph . Wren Minister of Bishopsknoyle or Knahill in Wilts , ( afterwards Dean of Windsore ) was now beneficed in that County , and afterwards published Dies nefastus , on Psal . 22.12 , printed 1662. qu. and perhaps other things . Oct. 17. Joh. Gandy of Oriel Coll. Oct. 17. Joh. Whitmore of Wadh. Coll. Nov. 6. George Stradling of All 's . Coll. In the Fasti of 1640 I have made a reference to this last person , with intentions when I wrot that part , to mention one Sermon that he had published , in this place ; but since that time several of his Sermons and Discourses being made extant , I have put him among the Writers , under the year 1688. p. 622. Nov. 16. Will. Piers of Ch. Ch. — He was son of Dr. W. Piers Bishop of Bathe and Wells , who confer'd on him , tho of little merit , the Archdeaconry of Bathe , with the Preb. or Rectory of Cudworth and the Chappel of Knowle annexed , on the death of Dr. Tim. Revett , in the beginning of Apr. 1638 , and in Dec. following had the Rectory of Buckland S. Mary given to him . In the latter end of March 1639 he was collated to the Preb. of Whitchurch in the said Ch. of Wells , and in the latter end of June following , he resigning Cudworth with Knowle , was succeeded therein by Rich. Busby M. A. of Ch. Ch. In 1643 he resign'd the Archdeaconry of Bathe to Will. Davis , having other preferments bestowed on him , and after his Majesties restauration he had setled on him the Archdeaconry of Taunton with a Prebendship in the Ch. of Wells of 10 l. per an . annex'd to it , the rich Rectory of Christian Malford in Wilts , and a resid . Canonship in the said Ch. of Wells . All which he enjoyed many years , gaining from them a good estate in Lands and Money . He died on the 4 of Apr. 1682 , and thereupon Dr. Mews Bish . of Bathe and Wells bestowed his Archdeaconry of Taunton on Edw. Waple B. D. of S. Joh. Coll , his Canonship on Dr. Will. Levinz President of that Coll , and Christ . Malford on Dr. Baptista Levinz of Magd. Coll. afterwards B. of the Isle of Man. Nov. 16. Will. Hodges of Exet. Coll. — In 1645 , May 30 , he was admitted Archdeacon of Worcester in the place of Dr. Edward Thornborough deceased , by the favour of Dr. Prideaux Bish . of Worc. whose dau . he before had married . Dr. Hodges was about that time , if not before , one of the Vicars of Bampton in Oxfordshire , and Rector of Ripple in Worcestersh , which last he kept in the times of Usurpation ; and dying about the latter end of Aug. 1676 , ( within few days after the death of his beloved son Thomas , M. A. lately of Ball. Coll. esteemed a florid Preacher during his stay in the University ) his Archdeaconry was confer'd by Dr. Fleetwood B. of Worcester on his son John Fleetwood , M. A. of Kings Coll. in Cambridge , and was admitted thereunto on the 4 of Sept. following . Dec. 7. Rich. Heylyn B. D. of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards made Canon of Ch. Ch. in the place of Dr. Wall deceased . 17. Henr. Sutton of Brasn . Coll. — I have made mention of this person in Dr. Prideaux p. 70. Feb. 27. Dan. Brevint M. A. of Jes . Coll. and a Student in Div. 20 years . — This person , is now Dean of Lincoln , hath written several things , and therefore he is to be numbred hereafter among the Oxford Writers . An. Dom. 1662. An. 14 Car. 2. Chanc. the same ; viz. Edw. Earl of Clarendon . Vicechanc. Walt. Blandford D. D. Warden of Wadham Coll , 18 Septemb. The Caroline Cycle being still kept back a year , Merton and Magd. Colleges did choose Proctors this year , according as the said Cycle was kept back , viz. Mr. Rob. Crippes for the first , and Mr. Joh. Hook for the other . But the Vicechanc. and Heads of Houses being then and before inclined to reform it and set it right , Ch. Ch. and Brasnose chose also according to the true tenor of the Cycle . So that from thence a Controversie arising , it was on the 22 of March last year , decided at Westminster in the Chancellours house , by him the said Chancellour and the Bishops of London and Worcester , viz. Sheldon and Morley , who ordered that the Proctors chosen by Ch. Ch. and Brasnose should stand and be admitted . Which being the result of the matter pronounced before certain members of the Unversity then present , of which the President of Magd. Coll. was one , and the Warden of Mert. should have been another , but withdrawn when he saw how the business was carried , these persons following were admitted Proctors in Convocation . Proct. Tho. Frankland of Brasn . Coll. Apr. 9. Henry Bold of Ch. Church Apr. 9. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 11. Will. Asshton of Brasn . Coll. May 5. George Howell of All 's . Coll. Of the last of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1666. Jun. 28. Nich. Adee of Magd. Hall. — This person , who took no higher degree in this University , was afterwards Vicar of Rodborne-Cheyney in Wilts , and published A plot for a Crown , in a Visitation Sermon at Cricklade 15 May 1682 , on Luke 20.14 , being a parallel between the Heir and the Husbandmen in the Parable , and the rightful Prince , and his Excluders in Parl. Lond. 1685. qu. in 5 sh : Before which is a large Preface by the Author , in vindication of himself for what he had preached in that nice time . Nov. 11. Tho Alvey of Mert. Coll. — See among the Doctors of Phys . in 1672. 22. Will. Wyat of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters an . 1665. Jan. 17. Edw. Hinton of S. Alb. Hall , lately of Mert. Coll. — See also among the said Masters an . 1663. Feb. 24. Will. Richards of Trinity Coll. Feb. 24. George Hickes of Magd , afterwards of Linc. Coll. As for Will. Asshton and George Hicks , they are hereafter to be mention'd at large , and perhaps too , Will. Richards with his Wallography and English Orator , &c. Adm. 120. ☞ Not one Bach. of Law was adm . this year . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 16. Edw. Bernard of S. Joh. Coll. May 5. Charles Bridgman of Qu. Coll. — He was Nephew to Sir Orlando Bridgman sometimes L. Keeper of the Gr. Seal , by whose endeavours he was promoted to the Archdeaconry of Richmond . His breeding in Grammar and trivial Learning , had been at Harlem beyond the Seas , where , under his name , was published in 1653 Carmen contra praecipua hujus saeculi vitia . Printed on one side of a broad sheet of paper . He died 26 Nov. 1678 , aged 40 or thereabouts , and was buried in the outer Chap. of Qu. Coll. Whereupon his Archdeaconry was bestowed on Hen. Dove B. D. of Cambr , as I shall tell you elsewhere . May 31. Joh. Lloyd of Jesus Coll. Jun. 17. Benj. Woodroffe of Ch. Ch. Oct. 16. Tho. Bevan of Jes . Coll. Oct. 16. Tho. Guidott of Wadh. Coll. 25. Sam Holding or Holden lately of Linc. now of New Coll. Jan. 14. Francis Turner of New Coll. 21. Rob. Huntingdon of Mert. Coll. Adm. 80. ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . was admitted this year . Bach. of Div. June 28. John Beeby of Qu. Coll. — He was afterwards Doctorated in Div. at Cambr , but was no Author ; and dying 19 Oct. 1672 , was buried in Qu. Coll. Chap. Jul. 12. Benj. Parry of C. C. Coll. 15. Joh. Smart of Trin. Coll. The last was an excellent Preacher , but no Author , was frequented much by precise people when he held forth ; and dying 26 March 1666 , was buried in Trin. Coll. Chap. Adm. 9. Doct. of Law. Jul. 16. John Allmer of New Coll. Dec. 2. Richard Lloyd of All 's . Coll. The last of these two was an Advocate in the Court of Arches , afterwards Chanc. of the Dioc. of Landaff , a Knight , Chanc. of the Dioc. of Durham in the place of Tho. I●e●and deceased , Dean of the Arches , and Judge of the Admiralty in the room of Sir Leol . Je●kins . He died in Doct. Com. on the 28 of June 1686 , and was buried on the first of July in the Yard belonging to the Church of S. Bennet near Paules Wharf in Lond. Soon after was a large monument of black marble , breast high , erected over his grave , joyning to the north wall of the said Church . ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted this year . ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was admitted this year . Incorporations . Jul. 19. Jam. Farewell an English man , D. of D. of Leyden . Nov. 4. Geor. Croyden of Ch. Ch. Doct. of the Laws at Padua . — Which degree was confer'd on him at Pad 1656. He was afterwards Canon of the said House , in the place of Dr. Joh Dolben promoted to the See of Rochester , and dying on the 14 of June 1678 aged 60 years , was buried in one of the north Isles joyning to the Choir of the Cath. of Ch. Ch. Nov. 11. Arthur Amherst a Gent. of antient and noble descent , sometimes a Student for 4 years together in this University , afterwards Doct. of Phys . of Bourges in France , and Practitioner of his Faculty at Hastings in Sussex , was then incorporated Doctor . — He afterwards practiced at Timbridge in Kent , where he died in 1680 or thereabouts . 17. Pet. Richierius of Maremne in the dioc . of Xantoigne in France , Doct. of Phys . of Bourdeaux . — Which degree he took at Bourd . 1634. Feb. 7. George Glen M. A. of Edinburgh . — This person , who had that degree confer'd on him there in 1624 , was installed Preb. of Worcester , 7 Sept. 1660 , in the place of Anth. Tyringham some years before dead , and dying in May 1669 , Dr. Tho. Lamplugh of Oxon succeeded him . Creations . The Creations this year were but in two Faculties , viz. Arts and Divinity , as they follow . Mast . of Arts. May 7. Sir Francis Popham of Ch. Ch. Knight of the Bath , was created by the decree of Convocation . Mar. 2. Godfrey Earl of Montgomery in the Province of Gwienne in France , Principal Commoner of Jesus Coll , now about to return to his County , was then created with liberty allowed him to suffragate in Congregat . and Convocat . — In the Matricula , under the title of Jesus Coll , he is thus entred . — Jan. 15. an . 1661. Godfredus de Duras an . natus 16 , filius Guy-aldenii Marchionis de Duras apud Aquitanos . Bach. of Div. May 7. Dan. Estcot of Wadh. Coll. — He was afterwards Prebendary and Archdeacon of Exeter . Doct. of Div. Apr. 9. Rich. Watson of Caies Coll. in Cambr. and Chaplain to James Duke of York , was declared Doctor in Convocation , he being then absent ; whereupon a Diploma for it being drawn up , it was sealed on the third of the Ides of the same month . — He had been Master of the Free-School in Cambr. while he was Fellow of the said Coll , and being a most zealous man for the Ch. of Engl. preached A Sermon touching Schisme in S. Maries Church there an . 1642 , which being highly offensive to the Presbyterians , he was ejected from his Fellowship and School . Afterwards , to avoid their barbarities , he fled into France , was patroniz'd at Paris by Sir Rich. Browne Clerk of his Majesties Council , officiated for some months in his Oratory or Chappel there , and was one of those English Divines who did many times argue with the contrary party concerning the visibility of their Church . The said Sir Richard also endeavoured to have such an establishment made for him , as thereby , in the most difficult of times , he might have had a comfortable subsistence and a safe protection under his sacred roof , besides the other graces and civilities received from him . Afterwards he became Chapl. to Ralph Lord Hopton , in whose service he continued till that Lords death , being then accounted one of the prime Sufferers of the English Clergy beyond the seas . After his Majesties restauration he did not return with him , but continued at Caen till 1661 , and then repairing to his native place became Chaplain to the Duke of York , Rector of Pewsie in Wiltshire in Septemb. 1662 , Preb. of Warmister in the Ch. of Sarum by the ceasing of Rich. Hyde in the latter end of March 1666 , Preb. of Bitton in the said Ch. in the place of Tho. Hill in Dec. 1671. &c. He hath published ( 1 ) Historical Collections of ecclesiastick Affairs in Scotland , and politick related to them . Lond. 1657. oct . ded . to Dr. Warner B. of Roch. ( 2 ) The Royal Votary laying down sword and shield to take up prayer and patience ; the devout practice of his sacred Majesty K. Ch. 1. in his solitudes and sufferings , in part metrically paraphrased . Lond. 1661. ( 3 ) Effata regalia : Aphorismes divine , moral , politick : scattered in the b●oks , speeches , letters , &c. of K. Ch. 1 , King of Great Britaine . ( 4 ) Three Treatises concerning the Scotch discipline . 1. A fair warning to take heed of the same , by Dr. Bramhall , &c. 2. A review of Dr. Bramhall his fair warning , &c. 3. A second fair warning , in vindication of the first against the seditious reviewer ; printed at Lond. ( 5 ) The right rev . Dr. Joh. Cosin late Lord Bish . of Durham his opinion ( when Dean of Peterb . and in exile ) for communicating rather with Geneva than Rome : Also what slender authority , if any , the English Psalmes , in rhyme and metre , have ever had for the public use they have obtained in our Churches , &c. in two letters with annotations on them &c. Lond. 1684. 85. oct . He hath also written Epistolaris Diatribe , &c. which I have mention'd before in these Fasti among the Incorporations , an . 1642 , p. 692. See in the first vol. in the Fasti p. 902.903 . and in Thom. Jones in this vol. among the Writers , p. 534. This person who was a good scholar , but vain and conceited , died on the 13 Jan. 1684 , whereupon his Prebend . of Bitton was bestowed on Benj. Johnson and his Rectory on Dr. Rob. Woodward Chanc. of the Dioc. of Salisbury . Apr. 19. Henry Carpenter sometimes of Exeter Coll , now Chapl. to the honorable the H. of Commons assembled in Parl , was declared D. D. by a Diploma then dated , upon the earnest request of his Nephew Sir Edw. Turnour Speaker of the said House of Com. made to the Chancellour of the University . — The Masters then murmured that they should be imposed upon to confer degrees on those they never saw , and great grumbling there was : with which the Chanc. being acquainted , he by his letters dated 30 of the said month doth in a manner excuse himself for what he had done for several reasons ; the contents of which being large , I shall now for brevity sake omit them . This Hen. Carpenter , who was son of Rich. Carpenter Minister of Culleton in Devonsh . became Preb. of Yatminster prima in the Church of Sarum , in Aug. 1660 , and on the 20 of May this year ( 1662 ) Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. George Hall promoted to the See of Chester , he being then Rector of S. Dionise Back-church in Lond. He hath written The Deputy-Divinity , or inferior Deity , and subordinate God in the world , Conscience ; in two Sermons . Lond. 1657. in tw . He died on the 14 of Oct. 1662 , after a short enjoyment of Windsore . Whereupon Dr. Pet. Mews of S. Johns Coll. succeeded him in the Canonry there . Apr. 22. Edw. Baynes of Exet. Coll , was created by the favour of the Chancellour and decree of Convocation . May 7. Charles Gibbes of Mert. Coll. This year , June 23 , the venerable Convocation did confirm the degree of D. of D. which John Wallis the Sav. Prof. of Geometry , took in the time of Oliver Cromwell , viz. an . 1654 : Whereupon a Diploma being drawn up for that purpose , it was sealed on the 25 of the said month . An. Dom. 1663. An. 15 Car. 2. Chanc. the same , viz. Edw. Earl of Clarendon . Vicechanc. Dr. Blandford again , Sept. 11. Proct. Nathan . Crew of Linc. Coll. Apr. 29. Thom. Tomkins of All 's . Coll. Apr. 29. Bach. of Arts. May 5. Jam. Fen of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters , anno 1666. 7. Steph. Penton of New Coll. 7. Joh. Rainstropp of S. Joh. Coll. Of the last of these two you may see more among the Mast . an . 1667. May 19. Tho. Staynoe of Trin. Coll. June 19. Jonas Proast of Qu. Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Bachelaurs of Divinity , an . 1677 , and of the other among the Masters of Arts , an . 1666. June 19. Josias Pleydell of New Inn , lately of Brasn . Coll. — This person , who was a Glocestershire man born and a Ministers , son , was afterwards Minister of S. Peters Church in Bristow , where being a great stickler against the Presbyterians , and a constant Adherer to Dr. Carlton Bishop of that place in his contentions with them and other factious people of that City , his Lordship , soon after his Translation to Chichester , bestowed on him the Archdeaconry of that place ( in which he was installed 3 Oct. 1679 ) and afterwards a minor Prebendary . He hath published ( 1 ) Loyalty and Conformity asserted , in two Sermons : the first on Rom. 13.4 . and the second on Eclesiast . 5.1 . Lond. 1681. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon at S. Peters Church in Bathe 9 Nov. 1680 , at the funeral of Mr. Jos . Glanvill lately Rector thereof . Lond. 1681. qu. Printed and bound with Some discourses , Sermons , and Remains , of the said Mr. Glanvill . Oct. 13. Thom. Pargiter of Linc. Coll. 17. Baptista Levinz of Magd. Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Doct. of Div. an . 1677. The other was afterwards Bishop of Sodor or of the Isle of Man. Feb. 19. Will. Moreton of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Bishop of Kildare in Ireland . Admitted 146. or thereabouts . Doct. of Mus . July 8. Will. Child Bach. of Musick , stiled in our publick reg . Chantor of the Kings Chappel , was then licensed to proceed Doct. of Musick : which degree he compleated in an Act celebrated in S. Maries Church on the 13 of the same month — This person , who was born in the City of B●istow , was educated in the Musical Praxis under one Elway Bevan the famous Composer , and Organist of the Cathedral Church there . Afterwards he succeeded Dr. Joh. Mundy in one of the Organists places belonging to his Majesties Chappel of S. George at Windsore , and at length became one of the Organists of his Majesties Chappel at Whitehall ( Ch. 1. and 2. &c. ) and at length of the private Musick to K. Ch. 2. He hath composed and published ( 1 ) The first set of Psalmes of three voices , &c. with a continual Bass either for the Organ or Theorbo , composed after the Italian way . Lond. 1639. oct . engraven on copper plates . ( 2 ) Catches , Rounds and Canons . Some of which were published by Joh. Hilton Bach. of Mus . ( 3 ) Divine Anthems , and vocal compositions to several pieces of poetry . Some of these Compositions I have seen , which were made to some of the Poetry of Dr. Tho. Pierce . This Dr. Child is now living at Windsore , aged 83 or more . Bach. of Law. Four were admitted , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or a Bishop . Mast . of Arts. July 9. Sam. Parker of Trin. Coll. a Compounder . Oct. 13. Tho. Smith of Qu. Coll. afterwards of that of Magd. Jan. 14 Will. Morehead of New Coll. — This person , before he was Bach. of Arts , wrot , Lachrymae , sive valedictio Scotiae sub discessum clariss . prudentiss . & pientiss . Gubernatoris Domini Georgii Monachi in Angliam revocati , &c. Lond. 1660 in 5. sh . and an half in qu. After he was Bach. he was sen . Collector of the determining Bachelaurs in Lent , and some years after he was Master , he became Rector of Bucknell in the Dioc. of Oxon , where he died about the 18 of Feb. 1691 , while I was writing these things of him . Adm. 66. or thereabouts . ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . was adm . this year . Bach. of Div. July 2. Tho. Frankland of Brasn . Coll. — His Grace was denied thrice , for that he in his speech at the laying down of the Fasces of his authority of Proctorship , did much reflect upon the ignorance of the Regent or examining Masters ; but by the Vicech , Proctors and major part of the Regents of the House , he was at length , upon consideration of his answer to the allegations made against him , forthwith admitted . Adm. 4. Doct. of Law. June 22. Edw. Master of New Coll. 30. Tho. Bouchier of All 's . Coll. The first of these two was afterwards Chanc. of the Diocess of Exeter , the other the Kings Professor of the Civil Law , Principal of S. Alb. Hall , ( to which he was admitted in the place of Dr. Narcissus Marsh , 14. Feb. 1678. ) and Commissary of the Diocess of Canterbury . ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted . Doct. of Div. July 2. Joseph Maynard Rector of Exeter Coll. — This person , who was the only Doctor that was licensed to proceed this year , was afterwards Preb. of Exeter and Vicar of Mayhenet in Cornwall , where he died in the year 1670. Incorporations . June 1. Rich. Read Doct. of Phys . of Leyden — He took that degree at Leyd . in July 1656. July 9. Will. Hawes Doct. of Phys . of Padua — He took that degree at Pad . in Jan. 164● . 19. Rob. Pory D. D. of Christs Coll. in Cambr. — This person , who had been Chaplain to Dr. Juxon Archb. of Canterbury , and while he was B. of London , did enjoy several Dignities by his favor , as the Archd. of Middlesex , a Residentiaryship of S. Paul , &c. besides several Churches . Which being look'd upon as too many for one person , was an Almanack published this year ( 1663 ) by Poor Robin , in the title of which was an imprimatur pretended to be set by Rob. Pory D. D , who dying in 1669 was succeeded in his Archdeaconry by Tho. Lamplugh D. D. of Oxon. July 10. Joh. Bargrave D. D. of Peter House in Cambr. — This Gentleman , who was of the Family of Bargrave in the Parish of Patringbourne in Kent , had been a great Traveller , was now , or soon after , Canon of Canterbury , and dying on the eleventh of Mar. 1680 aged 70 years , was buried in the passage from the corner of the Cloyster to the Choire of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury . 'T is said that he had an especial hand in An Itinerary containing a Voyage made through Italy in 1646 and 47 , &c. Lond. 1648. oct , published by Joh. Raymond Gent. Laurence Womack D. D. of Cambr. was incorporated the same day — On the 8 of Sept. 1660 he was installed Archdeacon of Suffolk , in the place of Rich ▪ Mileson , some years before that dead , and in 1683 being nominated Bishop of S. David in the place of Dr. W. Thomas translated to Worcester , he was consecrated thereunto in the Archb. Chap. at Lambeth ( with Dr. Francis Turner to Rochester ) on the eleventh of Nov. the same year . He died in the City of Westm . 12. March 1685 , but where buried , I cannot yet tell . He was a great Royallist and true Son of the Church of England , as by his published books is evident , among which , these are some ( 1 ) The examination of Tilenus before the Triers , &c. To which is annexed The tenents of the Remonstrants touching the 5 articles , voted , stated , &c. and An essay of annotations upon the fundamental Theses of Mr. Tho. Parker , &c. Lond. 1658. in tw . This book being reflected and animadverted upon by Rich. Baxter in his preface to his Discovery of the Grotian Religion , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . as also by Henry Hickman in his Justification of the Fathers , &c. Oxon. 1659. 2d edit , in oct , Dr. Womack came out with ( 2 ) Arcana Dogmatum Anti-Remonstrantium . Or the Calvinists Cabinet unclosed : In an Apology for Tilenus against a pretended Vindication of the Synod of Dort , at the provocation of Mr. Richard Baxter held forth in the preface to the Grotian Religion ; together with a few drops on the papers of Mr. Hickman Lond 1659. in tw . ( 3 ) The result of false principles : or , error convinc'd by its own evidence ; managed in several dialogues : whereunto is added A learned disputation by Dr. Tho. Goad Rector of Hadley in Suffolk , sent by K. James to the Synod of Dort. Lond. 1661. qu. ( 4 ) The solemn league and covenant arraigned and condemned , by the sentence of the Divines of London and Cheshire , &c. Lond. 1662. qu. ( 5 ) Go shew thy self to the Priests : safe advice for a sound Protestant . Lond. 1679. qu. ( 6 ) Verdict upon Melius inquirendum , &c. Lond. 1682. oct . ( 7 ) Letter containing a farther justification of the Church of England Lond. 1682. With it is pr. another letter written by one of the rev . Commissioners of the Savoy 1681. ( 8 ) Suffragium Protestantium . Wherein our Governours are justified in their proceedings against Dissenters ; Meisner also and the verdict rescued from the cavils and seditious sophistry of The Protestant reconciler . Lond. 1683. oct . He hath also one or more Sermons extant , as The harmless Traytor self-condemned , preached in the Cath. Ch. of Ely Jan. 30. Lond. 1676. qu. &c. July 14. Joh. Hales Doct. of Phys . of Cambr. — He was of Eman. Coll. in the same University . Sir Peter Wyche Kt. M. A. of Cambr. was incorporated the same day — He was originally of Exeter Coll. in this University , afterwards of Trin. Hall in that of Cambridge , hath written and translated several things , and therefore he ought to be remembred hereafter among the Oxf. Writers . Edw. Gelsthorpe M. A. of Gonv. and Caies Coll. Sen. Proctor . of the Univ. of Cambr. Rob. Pepper M. A. of Chr. Coll. jun. Proct. of the Univ. of Cambr. The junior was afterwards Chancellour of the Diocese of Norwich . Sam. Fuller M. A. of the said University , was incorporated the same day — He was of S. Johns Coll. in that University afterwards Chancellour of the Cath. Ch. of Lincolne and a publisher of one or more Sermons . Tho. Davison M. A. of Cambr. — He was of S. Johns Coll. in that University ; and I know not yet to the contrary , but that he may be the same Tho. Davison M. A. who published The fall of Angels laid open . 1. In the greatness of the sin that caused it . 2. In the &c. Sermon before the Mayor , Recorder and Sherriffs of Newcastle upon Tyne . Lond. 1685. qu. Franc. Fuller M. A. of the said Univ. — He was of Qu. Coll. there , and I know not yet to the contrary , but that he may be the same Franc. Fuller M. A. who published ( 1 ) A treatise of faith and repentance . Lond 1684. 85. oct . ( 2 ) Words to give to the young man knowledg and discretion : or the law of kindness in the tongue of a Father to his Son. Lond. 1685. oct . &c. These six last Masters were of the number of 31 Masters of Cambr. who were incorporated the next day after the conclusion of the Act , July 14. Sept. 28. James Fitz-Roy Duke of Monmouth Visc . Doncaster , &c. was incorporated M. A. as he had stood at Cambridge , at which time the King , Queen , and their respective Courts were in Oxon — He was presented by the University Orator with a flattering speech , and in the plague year 1665 , when the said King and Queen were at Oxon , he was entred as a member in C. C. Coll. there . This person who was the eldest natural Son of K. Ch. 2 , was begotten on the body Mrs. Lucy Walters alias Barlow of Pembrokeshire , as I have heard , who , as a spy , was by Oliver imprisoned in the Tower of London , in the beginning of 1656 , but released thence in July the same year . He was born at Roterdam in 1649 , and for some time nurs'd there , but when his Father K. Ch. 2. went into Scotland to be there crown'd by the Presbyterians , he was ( being then known by the name of James Crofts ) committed to the care of his Grandmother Hen. Maria the Queen Mother of England , then in France . And what became of him afterwards , a book written by S. T. a Novice , and an unskilful author , will tell you in his book entit . An Historical Account of the heroick life and magnanimous actions of James Duke of Monmouth , &c. Lond. 1683. oct : Which book c●ming out in his life time , I shall only add this , that for raising a rebellion in the West parts of England in the beginning of K. Jam. 2 , ( against whom he had acted several times very unworthily while he was Duke of York in order to the disinheriting him of the imperial Crown ) was taken , carried to London , committed to the Tower , and at length on the 15 of July 1685 was beheaded on Tower-hill ; whereupon his body was buried in the Church or Chappel there , dedicated to S. Peter ad vincula . Having now this just opportunity laid before me , I shall give you the names of all or most of the natural Children of the said K. ( Ch. 2. ) but before I begin with them you are to know that the said Mrs. Walters gave out that the said King did beget on her body a Daughter , but because he would not own her , I shall not number her among the Children . She was first married to a Gentleman of Ireland , and afterwards to Will. Fanshaw one of the Masters of the Requests . The second was Charlott begotten on the body of ... Boyle Vicountess Shannon , Sister to Tho. Killigrew Groom of the Bedchamber to K. Ch. 2 , who was first married to .... Howard the only Son of Tho. Howard a younger Brother to the Earl of Suffolk , and after his death to Will. Paston Son and Heir to Robert Vicount Yarmouth . She died in her house in the Pall-Mall within the liberty of Westm . 28. July 1684 , and was buried without any Armes of her own ( because the King had not assign'd her any ) in the Abbey Church at Westminster . ( 3 ) Charles Fitz-Charles , commonly called Don Carlos , Earl of Plymouth , begotten on the body of Mrs. Catherine Pegge of Leycestershire , afterwards the Wife of Sir Edw. Green of Essex Bt. This Ch. Fitz-Ch . who had married one of the Daughters of Tho. Earl of Danby , died of a Bloody-flux at Tangier , ( a City in the Kingdom of Fezz in Africa , which had been given to K. Ch. 2. when he took to Wife Catherine the Infanta of Portugal ) on the 17 of Octob. 1680 ; whereupon his body was conveyed into England and buried , as I presume , in the Abbey Ch. of Westminster . Qu. ( 4 ) Charles Fitz-Roy Duke of Southampton , begotten on the body of Barbara , Wife of Roger Palmer Esq . ( afterwards Earl of Castlemaine ) and Daughter of Will. Villiers Lord Grandison ; which Lord dying of his wounds received at Edghill Battle in 1642 , was buried in the Cathedral of Ch. Ch. in Oxon ; over whose grave a stately monument was erected some years after his Majesties restauration by his said Daughter Barbara . This Charles Fitz-Roy , who was born in Kingstreet in Westm . and was for some time a Nobleman or Canon Commoner of Ch. Ch , married the Daughter and Heir of Sir Henry Wood sometimes one of the Clerks of the Spicery in the Reign of K. Ch. 1. and afterwards one of the Clerks of the Green-Cloth , by his second Wife , the Daughter of Sir Tho. Gardiner sometimes Recorder of London . This Dutchess of Southampton died without Issue near Whitehall in Nov. or Dec. 1680 , and was buried in the Abbey Ch. at Westminster . ( 5 ) Henry Fitz-Roy Earl of Ewsion and Duke of Grafton , begotten on the body of the said Barbara Wife of Rog. Palmer . This Henry , ( whom the K. for a considerable time would not own to be his Son , and therefore the titles of Charles Fitz-Roy , were , in case he die without heirs male of his body , to descend to George Fitz Roy , whom I shall anon mention ) married Isabel the only Child of Henry Earl of Arlington . He died at Cork in Ireland of a wound received while that place was besieged by the Forces of K. Will. 3 , on the ninth of Octob. 1690 : whereupon his body was conveyed into England , and buried at Ewston in Suffolk near the body of the said Earl of Arlington . ( 6 ) Geor. Fitz-Roy Earl of Northumberland , begotten on the body of the said Barbara . He was born in a Fellows Chamber in Merton Coll , 28. Decemb. 1665 , at which time the Queen and her Court lodged in that Coll , as the King did at Ch. Ch , to avoid the plague then raging in Lond. and Westm . In the latter end of the year ( in Jan. or Feb. ) 1685 there was committed a clandestine marriage between him and a Woman of ordinary extract , Widow of one Captain Lucy of Charlecot in Warwickshire , a Captain in the Earl of Oxfords Regiment , but were , as it seems , soon after parted . ( 7 ) Charles begotten on the body of Eleanor Quinn or Gwinn a Comedian in the Kings Play-house , &c. was born in Lincolns-Inn-Fields about the 14 or 15 of May 1670 , had the Sirname of Beauclere given to him 27. of Dec. 28 of K. Ch. 2 , being then created Earl of Burford , &c. He is now Duke of S. Albans . ( 8 ) Charles Lenos Duke of Richmond , begotten on the body of Lovisa de Querovall a Lady of French extraction , and an attendant on Henrietta Dutchess of Orleans when she came into England to give a visit to the K. her Brother , an . 1670. She was afterwards made Duchess of Portsmouth . ( 9 ) Charlot a Daughter begotten on the body of Barbara before mention'd , then Countess of Castlemaine , afterwards Duchess of Cleveland . The said Charlot was married to Sir Edw. Henry Lee of Ditchley in Oxfordsh . Bt , afterwards Earl of Lichfield . ( 10 ) Mary begotten on the body of Mary Davies a Comedian in the Duke of Yorks Play-house . She had afterwards the Sirname of Tuder given to her , and on the 18 of Aug. or thereabouts , an . 1687 , she was married to the Son of Sir Francis Radcliffe , afterwards Earl of Derentwater . ( 11 ) James begotten on the body of the said Eleanor Quinn , was born in the Pall-Mall within the liberty of Westminster on Christmas day or thereabouts an . 1671 , and died in France of a sore leg about Michaelmas in 1680. Here are eleven natural Children set down , but whether in order according to Birth , I cannot justly tell you . There was another Daughter begotten on the body of the said Barbara Duchess of Cleveland which the King would not own , because supposed to be begotten by another , and whether he own'd it before his death I cannot tell . He also adopted for his Daughter , the Daughter of the said Rog. Palmer E. of Castlemaine , which was born of Barbara his Wife before she had knowledge of his Majesty . After her adoption she was married to Thomas Lennard Lord Dacres , Earl of Sussex . But now after this digression le ts proceed to the rest of the incorporations . Feb. 13. Joh. Heaver D. D. of Cambr. — He had been Fellow of Clare Hall in that University , was now Canon of Windsore and Fellow of Eaton Coll , and dying 23 of June 1670 , was succeeded in his Canonry by Tho. Viner Bach , ( afterwards Doct. ) of Div. Mar. 15. Anthony Horneck a German of Qu. Coll , Mast . of Arts of Wittemberg — He is now an eminent Minister in Lond , hath published several books of Divinity and Sermons , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred among the Oxford Writers . CREATIONS . By the command of the Chancellour of the University were Creations made in all faculties in the latter end of Sept. at which time the King and Queen were in Oxon. Bach. of Law. Sept. 28. Joh. Baylie of S. Johns Coll. — This Gentleman , who was a younger Son of Dr. Rich. Baylie President of that Coll , was afterwards Chancellour of the Dioc. of B. and Wells . — He died at or near Wells , about the 20. of Jan. 1688. Mast . of Arts. These following persons were created on the 28 of Sept. in a full Convocation then celebrated . James Howard Earl of Suffolk . John Greenvill Earl of Bathe , chief Gentleman of his Majesties Royal Bedchamber — He was before the Wars began a Gent. Com. of Gloc. Hall , and after they began a Commander of note in his Majesties Army against the Rebels , and at length entrusted by his Maj. K. Ch. 2. in the great affair of his restauration , &c. John Middleton Earl of Middleton in Scotland , and L. High Commissioner thereof . Henry Hamilton a young Nobleman of Ch. Ch , E. of Clanbrazill , Son of James sometimes E. of Clanbrazill . Henry Somerset Lord Herbert of Ragland — He was afterwards Marq. of Worcester and Duke of Beaufort . Charles Berkley Visc . Fitz-Harding . — He was now Treasurer of his Majesties Houshold , and one of the Lords of the Privy Council , and dying in Whitehall of a short apoplectical distemper on the 12 of June 1668 , Sir Thomas Clifford succeeded him in his Treasurership . William Lord Cavendish Son of the Earl of Devonshire — He was afterwards Earl of Devonshire . Joh. Hales of Ch. Ch. Bts. Franc. Hen. Lee of Ditchley Bts. Sir Allen Apsley Kt. — He was originally , as 't is said , of Trinity Coll. in this University , and afterwards a faithful adherer to his Majesties cause in the worst of times . After the restauration of K. Ch. 2. he was made Captain Lieutenant in the Regiment of James Duke of York , Falconer to his Majesty , and Treasurer of the Houshold and Receiver general to the said Duke . This person who died in S. James Square near London about the 15 of Octob. 1683 , hath written and published a Poem entit . Order and disorder : or , the world made and undone . Being meditations upon the Creation and the Fall , as it is recorded in the beginning of Genesis . Lond. 1679. in five Cantoes . He was a Burgess for Thetford in Norfolk to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 8. May 1661. Henry Guy Esq . sometimes of Ch. Ch. now Cup-bearer to the Qu. — He was afterwards an Officer of the Excise in the North , was a Recruiter for Headon in Yorkshire to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 8. May 1661 , became Secretary to the Commissioners of his Majesties Treasury 26. Mar. 1679 , and in the same year , one of the Gromes of his Majesties Bedchamber , upon the resignation of Col. Silas Titus . Afterwards he was made a Commissioner of the Custom-house , &c. Sidney Godolphin Esq . — This person , who is of the antient family of Godolphin in Cornwall , was afterwards a Recruiter for Helston in Cornwall to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 8. May 1661 , one of the Gromes of his Majesties Bedchamber , and the last of the four Commissioners of his Majesties Treasury on the 26. Mar. 1679 , about which time Thomas Earl of Danby was discharg'd of his place of Lord Treasurer . In the middle of Apr. 1684 he succeeded Sir Leol . Jenkyns in the place of Secretary of State , and on the 17 of that month he was sworn to that office at a Council held at Hampton Court. On the 24 of Aug. following , he was by his Majesty declared the first Commissioner of the Treasury , and thereupon Char. Earl of Middleton succeeded him in his Secretaryship , and in the beginning of Sept. following he was by his Majesty created a Baron by the title of Lord Godolphin of Rialton in Cornwall . About the 16 of Feb. 1684 his Majesty K. Ch. 2. being then newly dead , he was by K. Jam. 2. made Lord Chamberlain to his Queen , and about the 5 of Jan. 1686 , he with John Lord Bellasyse , Henry Lord Dover , Sir Joh. Ernle Chanc. of the Exchecquer and Sir Steph. Fox were appointed Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of England , Laurence Earl of Rochester being about that time removed from that great office . On the 15 of Nov. or thereabouts , an . 1690 his Majesty K. Will. 3. was pleased to order a new Commission to pass the Great Seal , constituting the said Sidney Lord Godolphin the first Commissioner of the Treasury : The other Commissioners then appointed were Sir Joh. Lowther of Lowther Bt. Vice-Chamberlain of his Majesties houshold , Richard Hamden Esq . Chanc. of the Exchecquer , Sir Steph. Fox Kt. and Tho. Pelham . Esq . Sir Franc. Drake of Exeter Coll. Bts. Tho. Cobbe of Adderbury in Oxfordshire Bts. Charles Berkley Knight of the Bath , a Noble man of Ch. Ch. and eldest Son to George Lord Berkley . Grevill Verney of Compton Murdack in Warwickshire Knight of the Bath — He died at Lond. 23. July 1668. Bernard Greenvill Esq . — He was afterwards a Recruiter for Leskard in Cornwall to serve in that Parliament which began at Westm . 8. May 1661 , and one of the Groomes of his Majesties Bedchamber . Sir Rob. Atkyns — Tho the title of Knight of the Bath be not added to his name in the publick register , yet I take him to be the same Sir Rob. Atkyns Knight of the Bath , who became Serjeant at Law , an . 1671 , one of the Justices of the Common-pleas in the year following , and at length , when the Prince of Aurange came to the Crown , Lord Chief Baron of the Exchecquer , and Speaker of the House of Lords , &c. He hath written ( 1 ) An inquiry into the power of dispensing with penal Statutes : together with some animadversions upon a book written by Sir Edw. Herbert L. Ch. Justice of the Court of Com. pleas , entit . A short account &c. Lond. 1689. See more in these Fasti , an . 1669. in Edw. Herbert . ( 2 ) The power , jurisdiction and privilege of Parliament ; and the antiquity of the H. of Com. asserted : occasion'd by an information in the Kings Bench , by the Attorney gen . against the Speaker of the H. of Com. Lond. 1689 , with which is printed , A discourse concerning the ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Realm of England , occasion'd by the late Commission in ecclesiastical causes . This Sir Rob. Atkyns was Son of Sir Edw. Atkyns one of the Justices of the Kings Bench in the troublesome times , and is Father to that worthy Gentleman Sir Rob. Atkyns of Saperton in Glocestershire . Edm. Warcup — See among the created Doctors of Law , an . 1670. James Tyrrell Esq . of Qu. Coll. — This Gentleman hath published four or more books , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Oxford Writers . Thomas Ross Esq . — This person , who was nearly related to Alex. Ross as I have heard , adhered to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. in his Exile , and was Tutor for a time to James Crofts afterwards Duke of Monmouth . Upon his Majesties return he became Keeper of his Libraries and Groom of his Privy Chamber , and author of a translation from Latin into English Poetry of the whole 17 books of The second punick War between Hannibal and the Romans : written originally by Silius Italicus , with a Continuation from the triumph of Scipio to the death of Hannibal . Lond. 1661. fol. Ded. to the King , and printed on large paper and adorned with choice Cuts . Besides these , who were created on the 28 Sept , were about 30 more ( some of quality ) that had the said degree of Master confer'd upon them . It was also granted at that time to nine other persons to be created when they were pleased to require admission , among whom Mr. Rob. Hook sometimes of Ch. Ch. ( now of the Royal Society ) was one , but whether he or they were admitted it appears not . Doct. of Law. Four were actually created on the 28 of Sept. the names of which follow . Sir Henry Benet Knight one of the Secretaries of State to his Majesty . — This Gentleman , who was second Son of Sir Joh. Benet of Arlington commonly called Harlington in Middlesex , by Dorothy his Wife , Daughter of Sir Joh. Croft of Saxham in Suffolk , was educated in the condition of a Student in Ch. Ch , took the degrees in Arts , and had the reputation of a Poet among his contemporaries , which was evidenc'd by certain copies of his composition , occasionally printed in books of verses published under the name of the University , and in others , in his time . In the beginning of the Civ . War , when his Majesty fix'd his chief residence in Oxon , he became Under Secretary to George L. Digby Secretary of State , and afterwards a Gentleman Volunteer for the royal cause , in which condition he did his Majesty good service , especially at the sharp encounter near Andover in Hampshire , &c. When the Wars were ended , he left not his Majesty when success did , but attended his interest in Foreign parts , and , the better to fit himself for his Majesties service , he travelled into Italy and made his remarks and observations of all the parts and States of Christendom . Afterwards he was made Secretary to James Duke of York , received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty at Bruges , in March ( Stil . nov . ) 1658 , and then was sent Leiger to the Crown of Spain ; in which negotiation with that wary Court , he carried things with so much prudence , circumspection and success , that his Majesty , upon his happy return for England , soon called him home , and made him Keeper of his privy Purse . In the month of Octob. 1662 , he was made Principal Secretary of State on the resignation of Sir Edward Nicholas , whereupon the place of Keeper of the privy Purse was confer'd on the Son of Charles Visc . Fitz Harding , called Sir Charles Berkley Captain of the Guards to James Duke of York and Governour ( under his Highness ) of the Town and Garrison of Portsmouth , &c. In the latter end of the year 1663 he was made a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex , and in Apr. 1672 he was made Earl of Arlington . On the 15 of June following , he was elected one of the Knights companions of the most noble order of the Garter , and on the 22 of the same month he , with George Duke of Buckingham , began their Journey towards Holland , as Embassadors extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries to treat and settle affairs between the most Christian King and the States . In Apr. 1673 he was appointed one of the three Plenipotentiaries to go from his Majesty of Great Britaine to Colen , to mediate for a peace between the Emperor and the said Christian King , and on the eleventh of Sept. 1674 he was , upon the resignation of Henry Earl of S. Alban , made Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold : In which honorable office he was confirmed by K. Jam. 2. when he came to the Crown . He died early in the morning of the 28 of July 1685 , aged 67 years : whereupon his body was conveyed to his Seat at Ewston in Suffolk , and there buried in a vault under the Church of that place . Two days after his death his Majesty K. Jam. 2. gave the white staff of Lord Chamberlain to Robert Earl of Aylesbury , who , after a short enjoyment of it , died much lamented in his house at Ampthil in Bedfordshire , on Tuesday the 20 of Octob. the same year . See more of him in the Fasti of the first vol. p. 886.887 . The eldest Brother of the said Henry Earl of Arlington was named John , Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of K. Ch. 2. created a Baron of this Kingdom by that King , under the stile and title of John Lord Ossulston , in Novemb. an . 1682. He was originally a Gent. Com. of Pembroke Coll , to which he was not only a Benefactor by contributing largely towards the buildings thereof , but by giving a Fellowship thereunto . Will. Coventrie sometimes of Qu. Coll , Son of Thom. Lord Coventrie — I have made large mention of him among the Writers under the year 1686. p. 601. Richard Nicolls one of the Groomes of the Bedchamber to James D. of York . Will. Godolphin M. A. of Ch. Ch. and under Secretary to Sir Hen. Benet before mention'd — This person , who was descended from the antient family of his name in Cornwall , was elected Student of Ch. Ch. from Westm . School an . 1651 , where he continued till his Majesties restauration under Presbyterian and Independ . discipline : Afterwards getting into the service of the said Sir Henry , he was chose a Recruiter for Camelford in Cornwall to serve in that Parliament that began at Westm . 8. May 1661 , wherein shewing himself zealous for the prerogative had several Boons bestowed on him . On the 28. of Aug. 1668 , his Majesty confer'd on him the honour of Knighthood , he being then about to send him to the Catholick King and Qu. Regent of Spain , to reside as his Embassador in that Court , upon the return thence of Edward Earl of Sandwich his Maj. late Embassador extraordinary there . So that going , and continuing there several years , he changed his Religion for that of Rome . Doct. of Phys . Mar. 26. Rich. Keurden sometimes known by the name of Jackson , M. A. of S. Maries Hall , was then actually created Doctor of Phys . — He was the Son of Gilbert Keurden , ( who died in 1662 ) Son of Rich. Keurden , ( who died 1630 ) Son of Gilb. Jackson of Keurden near to Preston in Lancashire , and was at this time and several years after a practitioner of his faculty at Preston and in the Country adjacent . But his genie being more adaquat to antiquities than his proper profession , he neglected his practice and wrot in honor of his Country — Brigantia Lancastriensis restaurata . Or History of the honorable Dukedom , or County Palatine of Lancaster , in 5. vol. in fol. The method of which he printed in certain proposals by him scattered among his friends , in July and Aug. 1688 ; wherein it appears that he had then obtained several sums of money from some of the Gentry of Lancashire , and elsewhere to print that work . Sir Hen. de Vic of the Isle of Guernsey Bt. — He had been Resident at Bruxells for K. Ch. 1. near 20 years , and after that , he was made Chancellour of the noble order of the Garter . He died 20. of Nov. 1672 , and was buried in the north cross Isle of the Abbey Church dedicated to St. Peter in Westminster . About that time his Chancellourship went to Seth B. of Sarum and his Successors in that See. Doct. of Div. Oct. 1. Rob. Powell M. A. of All 's . Coll. was then created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters . — This person who had been made Fellow of the said Coll. by the Parliamentarian Visitors an . 1648 was now Archdeacon of Shrewsbury , and afterwards Chancellour of S. Asaph , and took all advantages to thrust himself into other places , tho he himself had been no sufferer for the Kings cause , but rather an enemy to him and his friends . After the Letters of the Chancellor had been read for his creation , the generality of the members of Convocation cried non , and protested with great clamours against his creation : whereupon a scrutiny being made , he was by the falseness of one of the Proctors pronounced passed . Afterwards Dr. Joh. Wallis presenting him to the Vicechancellour , he was admitted Bach. of Div. and after another presentation by the said person , Doct. of that faculty . Rob. South M. of A. of Ch. Ch. of six years standing , was created at the same time — This Gent. who had been bred in the said House during the times of Usurpation , was now Orator of the University and Chaplain to the Chanc. thereof . After the Letters of the said Chanc. had been read for his creation , the Bachelaurs of Divinity and Masters of Arts were against it , ( as they were against that of Powell ) but at length after a scrutiny , the said Proctor pronounced him virtute juramenti●●ui ( as he had done Powell ) passed by the Major part of the House . Whereupon , by the double presentation of Dr. Joh. Wallis , he was first admitted Bachelaur , then Doct. of Divinity . James Sessions Bach. of Div. of Magd. Hall , was also then ( Oct. 1. ) created , but not at all denied . At the same time the Chancellour commended to the members of Convocation one Mr. Joh. Clegge of S. Alb ▪ Hall , a person of good affections to the King and Church , to be also created D. D , but he did not then appear . Mar. 21. Thomas Barton of Magd. Hall was then created by vertue of the Chancellours Letters then read , which say that he is Master of Arts and hath been throughout the War Chaplain to Prince Rupert in the Army , &c. This year became a Sojourner in the University to improve himself in Literature one Laurence Son of Nich. Fessius a Dane , born in the City of Schaane sometimes belonging to the K. of Sweedland afterwards to the K. of Denmark ; which Laurence , after his return to his own Country , wrot several Panegyricks on the K. of Denmark and other things . An. Dom. 1664. An. 16. Car. 2. Chanc. the same , viz. Edw. Earl of Clarendon . Vicechanc. Rob. Say D. D. Provost of Oriel Coll. Sept. 1. Proct. Joh. Hearne of Exet. Coll. Apr. 20. Will. Shippen of Vniv . Coll. Apr. 20. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 23. John Prince of Brasn . Coll. — This person , who was afterwards Mast . of Arts of Caies Coll. in Cambridge , is now Vicar of Berry-Pomery near Totness in Devonsh . and having published a Serm. and two other things , ( as he may more hereafter ) he is therefore in future time to be remembred among the Writers of Oxon. Apr. 30. Will. Basset of Magd. Coll. — He hath published four Sermons at least , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred . June 14. Nathan . Wilson of Magd. Hall — He was afterwards B. of Limerick in Ireland . 16. Will. Jane of Ch. Ch. — He has several things extant , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred . Octob. 15. Thom. Wagstaff of New Inn — He hath four Sermons at least extant , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Writers . 20. Sam. Dugard of Trin. Coll. 22. Joh. Hinton of Ch. Ch. Feb. 3. Edw. Pocock of Ch. Ch. Of these two you may see more among the Masters an . 1667. 23. Tho. Laurence of S. Johns , afterwards of Vniv , Coll. — See among the Masters 1668. Mar. 16. Morgan Godwin of Ch. Ch. — Several things are extant under his name , and therefore he ought hereafter to be remembred among Oxford Writers . Adm. 165. Doct. of Musick . July 7. Christoph . Gibbons one of the Organists of his Majesties Chap. was then licensed to proceed Doctor of Musick : which degree was compleated in an Act celebrated in S. Maries Church on the eleventh of the said month , with very great honour to himself and his faculty . He was licensed by vertue of his Majesties Letters , written in his behalf , which say that the bearer Christopher Gibbons one of our Organists of our Chap. royal , hath from his youth served our Royal Father and our self , and hath so well improved himself in Musick , as well in our own judgment , as the judgment of all men well skill'd in that science , as that he may worthily receive the honour and degree of Doctor therein , &c. This person , who was Son of Orl. Gibbons mention'd in the Fasti of the first vol. p. 842. was bred up from a Child to MusicK under his Uncle Ellis Gibbons Organist of Bristow ( mention'd in the said Fasti p. 768 ) and for his great merits in that faculty , had a place confer'd on him in his Majesties Chappel before the Civil War. After the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , he was Principal Organist of his Chappel , his Principal Organist in private , Master of the singing boys belonging thereunto , Organist of Westminster , and one of his Majesties private Musick . He had a principal hand in a book entit . — Cantica Sacra . Containing Hymns and Anthems for two voices to the Organ both Latin and English . Lond. 1674. in fol. See before in the said Fasti p. 808. The other hands in the same work besides those of Gibbons , were those of Rich. Deering , Benj. Rogers of Windsore and Matthew Lock . This Doctor Gibbons died in the Parish of S. Margaret within the City of Westminster , an . 1676. Bach. of Law. Two were admitted , of whom Will. Carr of All 's . Coll. of Scotch extract , was one , but not to be understood to be the same with Wil. Carr Gent. sometimes Consul for the English Nation at Amsterdam , author of Remarks of the Government of several parts of Germany , Denmark , Sweedland , Hamburg , Lubeck , and hansiatick Towns , but more particularly of the Vnited Provinces , &c. Amsterd . 1688. in tw . I find another Will. Carr who translated from Latin into English The Vniversal body of Physick in 5. books , &c. Written by Dr. Laz. Riverius — Pr. at Lond. 1657 but of him I know no more . Mast . of Arts. May 26. Joh. March of S. Edm. Hall. June 14. Rob. Plot of Magd. Hall June 28. Henry Dolling of Wadham Coll. — He was afterwards Master of the School at Dorchester in Dorsetshire , and translated into Latine The whole duty of man : fairly transcribed for the Press , and licensed by Dr. William Jane in 1678 , but whether yet published I cannot tell . Jan. 14. Edw. Spencer of New Coll. 18. Will. Asshton of Brasn . Coll. 21. Thom. Ken of New. Coll. The first of these three was afterwards Master of an Hospital ( St. Nich. Hospital ) in , and Chancellour of the Dioc. of Salisbury . Adm. 86. Bach. of Phys . Oct. 12. Thom. Jeamson of Wadh. Coll. — He was the only Bach. that was admitted . Bach. of Div. July 5. Henry Bold of Ch. Ch. — He was at this time Chaplain to Henry Lord Arlington , by whose endeavours he became not only Fellow of Eaton Coll , but Chantor of the Church at Exeter . He died in France ( at Mountpe●i●r as 't was reported ) either in the latter end of Sept. or beginning of Oct. 1677. Oct. 12. Gilbert Ironside of Wadh. Coll. Nov. 29. Nich. Stratford of Trin. Coll. Adm. 3. Doct. of Law. July 2. Nathaniel Crew of Linc. Coll. Mar. 18. Joh. Elliot of New. Coll. The last , who was a Compounder , became Chancellour of the Dioc. of Salisbury in the year following . ☞ Not one Doct. of Phys . was admitted this year . ☞ Not one Doct. of Divinity was admitted this year . Incorporations . Mar. 31. Charles Willoughby of Mert. Coll. Doct. of Physick of Padua . May 26. Luke Glen M. A. of Edinburgh . June 13. Joh. Rogers Doct. of Phys . of Vtrecht . — This person , who was Son of Nehemiah Rogers of Duddinghurst in Essex , hath published Analecta inauguralia , sive disceptationes medic●e : Necnon Diatribae discussoriae de quinque corporis humani concoctionibus , potissimumque de pneumatosi ac spermatosi . Lond. 1664. oct . He then lived at S. Mary Magd. Bermondsey in Surrey , where he practised his faculty . On the 12. of July , being the next day after the conclusion of the Act , were 28. Masters of Arts of the Univ. of Cambridge incorporated ; among whom were these . Miles Barne M. A. and Fellow of Peter House — He was afterwards D. of D , and Chaplain in ord . to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. In the beginning of March 1686 he with others were put into the Commission of peace by K. Jam. 2. for the County of Cambridge , and , what became of him afterwards let others speak . He hath three or more Sermons extant , and other things as it seems . Thom. Tenison M. of A. and Fellow of C. C. Coll. — He was about this time Chaplain to Edward Earl of Manchester , and afterwards to his Son Robert , Doct. of Divinity , Chaplain to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. Vicar of S. Martin in the Fields within the liberty of Westminster , in the place of Dr. Lloyd promoted to the See of S. Asaph , Archdeacon of London , and at length worthily promoted to the See of Lincoln , on the death of Dr. Thomas Barlow , in the Winter time 1691. He hath published several Sermons , and other matters of Divinity , as also several things against Popery in the Reign of K. Jam 2 , which shew him to be a learned man ; besides his book called The Creed of Tho. Hobbs of Malmsbury . See in Vitae Hobbianae Auctarium , published 1681. p. 199. See also in what I have said of Sir Thom. Browne the Physitian , among the Writers of this Vol. p. 536. Joh. Templer M. A. of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards D. of D , published one or more Sermons , and Idea Theologiae Leviathanis , &c. Cantab. 1673 against Thom. Hobbes . See there in the said Auctarium . p. 199.200 . Besides the said Masters , were also then incorporated two Bachelaurs of Divinity , one of which was named Thom. Longland of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , author of — Quatuor Novissima . Or meditations on the four last things , &c. printed 1657 in tw . &c. Among several Forreigners that became Sojourners and Students in the University this year , to improve themselves in Literature by the use of the publick Library were ( 1 ) Joh. Christop . Becmannus a Saxon , who , after his departure , published several things in his own Country , whereby he obtained the name of a learn'd-man ( 2 ) Christop . Sandius , who sojourned in an house near Qu. Coll , and gave his mind up for the most part to the perusal of Socinian books , not only in the publick Library , but in others belonging to Colleges and in Booksellers shops . He was born at Konigsberg in Prussia 12 of Oct. 1644 , and afterwards being instructed by his Father of both his names ( the most noted Socinian in the Country wherein he lived , and therefore depriv'd of those places of trust which he enjoyed , about 1668 ) in the Socinian Tenets , was sent by him to Oxon to improve them by reading and studying . Afterwards retiring to his Country he wrot and published several books , and after his death ( which hapned at Amsterdam on the last of Nov. 1680 ) was published of his composition Bibliotheca Anti-Trinitariorum , &c. Freistad . 1684. oct . in which , p. 169.170 , &c. you may see a Catalogue of his works , some of which are Socinian . ( 3 ) Joh. Michael Benson a Dane , who afterwards became Doctor of the Civil Law in another University , Counsellour to the King of Denmark , and a publisher of several things of his faculty , &c. An. Dom. 1665. An. 17 Car. 2. Chanc. Edw. Earl of Clarendon . Vicechanc. Dr. Say again Aug. 23. Proct. Phineas Bury of Wadh. Coll. Apr. 6. David Thomas of New Coll. Apr. 6. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 10. Will. Beach of Trin. Coll , afterwards of that of Ball. Jun. 10. Will. Hopins of Trin. Coll. 14. Edm. Sermon of Ball. lately of Trin. Coll. Of the last of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1676. 27. Jam. Scudamore of Ch. Ch. Nov. 11. John Brandon of Oriel Coll. — He hath two or more things of Divinity extant , is now living , and therefore is to be hereafter numbred among the Oxford Writers . Dec. 18. John Wolley of Trin. Coll. Dec. 18. Rich. Reeve of Trin. Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1668. The other , who was afterwards Master of the Free-School joyning to Magd. Coll. is now of the Order of S. Benedict , hath published several things , and therefore to be hereafter recorded among Oxford Writers . Feb. 15. James Bristow of C. C. Coll. — This person , who was son of a father of both his names of Ribly in Lincolnshire Gent , was bred in Eaton School , and in the year following this , he was elected from being Scholar of C. C. Coll. to be prob . Fell , of All 's . where he ended his days to the great reluctancy of all those that were inwardly acquainted with his most admirable parts . He had began to translate into Latine some of the Philosophy of Margaret Dutchess of Newcastle , upon the desire of those whom she had appointed to enquire out a fit person for such a matter , but he finding great difficulties therein , through the confusedness of the subject , gave over , as being a matter not to be well performed by any . He died on the 16 of Dec. 1667 aged 21 years or thereabouts , and was inter'd in the outer Chap. of All 's . Coll. Soon after came out an Elegy on his death , as having been a person that deserved , ( considering his age ) the best copy of verses that could be made by any Academian , as I shall tell you under the year 1668. Mar. 16. Tho. Turner of C. C. C. — See among the Doctors of Div. 1683. Adm. 127. Bach. of Law. Apr. 15. Ralph Bohun of New Coll. — See among the Doctors an . 1685. May 30. Joh. Mayow of All 's . Coll. Oct. 10. Joh. Harrison of New Coll. The last of which having published several books , he is therefore to be remembred hereafter . Adm. 10. Mast . of Arts. Jun. 21. Spencer Lucy of Queens Coll. — He was afterwards Canon and Treasurer of the Cath. Ch. of S. David , by the favour of his father Bishop of that place ; and dying at Brecknock 9 Feb. 1690 , was buried in the collegiate Church there . Jun. 28. Will. Wyat of Ch. Ch. — This person , who was educated in S. Pauls School , was for some time Deputy-Orator of the University for Dr. South , afterwards Orator in his own right on the death of Thom. Cradock of Magd. Coll , 26 of March 1679 , and at length Principal of S. Maries Hall : to which office he was admitted on the death of Dr. Crowther , 20 January 1689. He hath published , Sermon preached to those , who had been Scholars of S. Pauls School , in Guildhall Chappel , London , at their anniversary meeting on S. Pauls day , 1678. on 1 Cor. 8.1 . Lond. 1679. qu. Oct. 12. Edwin Sandys of Magd. Coll. — On the 14 of Nov. 1683 he was installed Archdeacon of Wells with the Prebend . of Huish and Brent annex'd . 14. Edw. Hinton of S. Alb. Hall lately of Mert. Coll. — This person , who was son of Edw. Hinton mention'd among the created Doctors of Div. 1649 , was afterwards Master of the Free-School at Witney in Oxfordshire founded by Hen. Box ; afterwards he taught at Kilkenny in Ireland , where , at Dublin , he had the degree of D. of D. confer'd on him . He hath translated from Greek into English , The Apothegms or remarkable Sayings of Kings and great Commanders , &c. Lond. 1684 , in the first vol. of Plutarchs Morals . In the same year Mr. Hinton left Witney to go to Ireland . Dec. 8. George Hickes of Linc. Coll. Adm. 44. Bach. of Phys . Jun. 21. George Castle of All 's . Coll. 28. Rich. Lower of Ch. Ch. Adm. 4. Bach. of Div. Jun. 10. Tho. Pittis of Linc. Coll. Jun. 10. Seth Bushell of S. Maries Hall. 27. Hen. Glover of C. C. Coll. — This person ( born at Mere in Wilts ) who had been ejected his house by the Parl. Visitors in 1648 , was now Rector of Shroton in Dorsetshire , and published Cain and Abel paralel'd with K. Charles and his Murderers , Sermon at S. Thomas Church in Salisbury 30 Jan. 1663 , on Gen. 4.10.11 . Lond. 1664. qu. Jul. 8. Will. Browne of Magd. Coll. — This Divine , who was an Oxford man born , was one of the best Botanists of his time , and had the chief hand in the composure of a book intit . Catalogus Hor●● Botanici Oxoniensis alphabetice digestus , &c. Oxon. 1658. oct . See more in Philip Stephens among the Doctors of Phys . an . 1655. This Mr. Browne died suddenly on the 25 of Mar. 1678 , aged 50 or thereabouts , and was buried in the outer Chappel of Magd. Coll , of which he was a senior Fellow . Dec. 18. Malachi Conant of Magd. Coll. — This Theologist , who was a Somersetshire man born , became , by the presentation of the Pres . and Society of his Coll , Minister of Beding alias Seale , where and in the neighbourhood he was esteem'd a good and godly Preacher . He hath written and published , Vrim and Thummim : or , the Clergy's dignity and duty , recommended in a Visitation sermon preached at Lewes in Sussex 27 Apr. 1669 , on Math. 5.16 . Oxon 1669. qu. He died and was buried at Beding before mentioned in the beginning of the year 1680. Feb. 15. Joh. Franklin of C. C. Coll. — This person , who was a Wilts . man born and esteem'd a good Philosopher and Disputant while he was living in his House , was by the President and Fell. thereof presented to the Rectory of Heyford Purcells or Heyford ad pontem near Bister in Oxfordshire , an . 1670 , where by the loneness of the place and his retired condition , his excellent and profound parts were in a manner buried . He hath published A resolution of two cases of Conscience , in two discourses . The first , of the lawfulness of compliance with all the Ceremonies of the Church of England . The second , of the necessity of the use of Common Prayer in public . Lond. 1683 in 5 sh . in qu. He died on the 7 of Decemb. 1689 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Heyford before mentioned . Adm. 17. Doct. of Law. Jun. 10. Joseph Harvey of Mert. Coll. 14. Kenelm Digby of All 's . Coll. 27. Hen. Deane of New Coll. The last of which was at the time of his admission Chancellour of the Dioc. of Wells , where he died about the beginning of Decemb. 1672. Doct. of Phys . Jun. 21. George Castle of All 's . Coll. Accumulators . 28. Edm. Davys of Exet. Coll. Accumulators . 28. Rich. Lower of Ch. Ch. Accumulators . Doct. of Div. Jun. 21. Simon Ford of Ch. Ch. Jul. 5. Edward Rogers of Magd. Coll. The first of these two , a most celebrated Lat. Poet of his time , hath published several things of his profession , and therefore he ought to be numbred hereafter among the Oxford Writers . Incorporations . Jul. 5. John Boord Doct. of the Laws of Cambr. — He was of Trin. Hall in that University . Sept. 8. Edward Montague Earl of Mancester , Baron of Kimbolton &c. Master of Arts and Chancellour of the Univ. of Cambridge , ( which University he had ruin'd in the time of the grand and unparallel'd Rebellion ) was incorporated in the same degree as he had stood at Cambridge . — After he had been conducted into the House of Convocation in his Masters Gown and Hood by the Beadles , and seated on the right hand of the Vicechancellour , the Orator of the University who then stood on the other side , near and above the Registraries desk did then speak ( directing his voice to him ) an eloquent Oration : which being done , the said Orato● went from his place , and going to , he took , him by the hand , and led him to the middle of the Area , where he presented him to the Vicechancellour and ven . Convocation ; which being done , and he incorporated by the Vicechancellours Sentence , he re-took his place . This is that Kimbolton , who with 5 members of the House of Commons were demanded by his Majesty on the 4 of Jan. 1641 for endeavouring to subvert the fundamental Laws and Government , and to deprive the King of his legal power , &c. and the same , who after he had sedulously endeavoured to promote , did carry on , a Rebellion , and continued his course till the Wars were ceased . Afterwards striking in with Oliver , he became one of his Lords , that is , one of the Lords of the other house , and was a great man , a thorough-pac'd Dissembler , &c. and never a looser for his high actings against the Royal Family . After his Majesties restauration , towards which he pretended to be a great helper , when it could not otherwise be avoided , he was made L. Chamberlain of his Majesties houshold , and in that quality did he , with Edw. Earl of Clarendon Chanc. of the Univ , come this year to Oxon from Salisbury , ( where they left their Majesties ) in order to have Lodgings provided for them , about to come hither to take up their Winter-Quarters to avoid the Plague then raging in Lond. and Westminster . This Edw. Earl of Manchester had a younger brother named Walter Montague born in the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate in London , educated in Sidney Coll. in Cambr , afterwards travelled beyond the Seas , and returning with an unsetled mind , did , at length , ( after he had been sent once or more into France about public concerns ) give a farewel to his own Country , and Religion wherein he had been born and baptized , and going beyond the Sea he setled himself in a Monastery for a time , and wrot A Letter in justification of his change , which was afterwards answer'd by Lucius Lord Falkland . Afterwards being received with great love into the favour of the Qu. Mother of France , she made him Abbat of Nantveil of the Benedictine order in the dioc . of Mets , and afterwards Abbat of the Benedictines of S. Martins Abbey near Pontois in the dioc . of Roan , in the place of Job . Franc. de G●ndy deceased . He was also one of her Cabinet Council , and a promoter of Mazarine into her favour , who , when fix'd , shew'd himself in many respects ungrateful to Montague and his friends : And whereas Mazarine made it one of his chief endeavours to raise a family and to do such things that might perpetuate his name , so Montague , who was of a most generous and noble spirit , and a person of great piety , did act to the contrary by spending all that he could obtain for public and pious uses . In his younger years before he left the Ch. of England he wrot The Sheppards paradise . Com. Lond. 1629. oct : And after he had left it — Miscellanea spiritualia . Or devout Essayes , in two parts : The first was printed at Lond. 1648 , the other at the same place in 1654 , and both in qu. I have seen a book intit . Manchester al Mundo : Contemplations on death and immortality . Lond. 1635. oct . and several times after ; the fifteenth impression of which was made at Lond. in 1690. in tw . Which book was written by one of the family of the Earl of Manchester , but whether by this Walter Montague , who was a younger son to Henry Montague the first Earl of Manchester of his name , I cannot tell , because his name is not set to it . This person , who was commonly called Abbat Montague and sometimes Lord Abbat of Pontois , died after Henrietta Maria the Queen Mother of England , who concluding her last day on the last of Aug. 1669 , he soon after followed , as I have been informed by one of his domestick Servants , who told me further , that he was buried in the Chappel or Church belonging to the Hospital of Incurables at Paris . You may read much of him in a book called Legenda lignea , &c. Lond. 1653. oct . p. 137.138 . &c. but that book being full of Satyr , persons of moderate Principles believe little or nothing therein . As for the other persons who were incorporated besides the said Earl of Manchester , were these . Dec. 8. Joh. Logan M. A. of Glascow , with liberty to suffragate in Convoc . and Congreg . which is all I know of him . Mar. 8. Henr. Montague M. A. of Cambridge , a younger son to the said Edward Earl of Manchester , and others . CREATIONS . The Creations this year were mostly made on the 8 of Septemb. when the said Edward Earl of Manchester was incorporated M. A. at which time the Chancellour of the University was then in Oxon. Mast . of Arts. Rob. Montague Visc . Mandevile eldest son to Edw. Earl of Manchester . — He was presented by the Orator of the University with a little Speech , and afterwards was seated on the left hand of the Vicechancellour . After his fathers death in 1671 he became Earl of Manchester , and died at Paris about the latter end of Decemb , according to the English Accompt , an . 1682. Charles Dormer Visc . Ascot of Mert. Coll , eldest son of Charles Earl of Caernarvan . Edward Capell of Wadh. Coll. a younger son of Arthur Lord Capell . Vere Bertie a younger son of Montague Earl of Lindsey . — He was made Serjeant at Law in 1675 , and afterwards one of the Barons of the Exchecquer . Charles Bertie his brother . — He is now Treasurer of the Ordnance . Nich. Pelham Bt. of Ch. Ch. Scrope How Kt. of Ch. Ch. Will. Dolben a Counsellor of the Inner Temple , and brother to Dr. John Dolben . — He was afterwards Recorder of London , a Kt , Serjeant at Law , and one of the Justices of the Kings Bench. Rich. Cooling or Coling Secretary to Edw. Earl of Manchester . — He was afterwards Secretary to Hen. Earl of Arlington while he was L. Chamberlain , and on the 21 of Feb. 1688 he was sworn one of the Clerks of his Maj. Privy Council in ordinary : at which time were sworn with him Sir John Nicholas Kt. of the Bath , Will. Blathwait and Charles Montague Esquires . This Rich. Cooling was originally , as it seems , of All 's . Coll. The said nine persons were actually created on the 8 of Sept. Doct. of Law. Sept. 8. Sir Cyrill Wyche Kt , ( son of Sir Pet. Wyche sometimes Controller of his Majesties Houshold , ) now a Burgess in Parliament for Kellington in Cornwall . — He was M. of A. of Ch. Ch. in the times of Usurpation , was afterwards Secretary to the Lieutenancy in Ireland , one of the Royal Society , and a Burgess in other Parliaments . Nov. 7. Sir Henneage Finch Kt , Sollicitor General , and one of the Burgesses of the Univ. to sit in Parliament . Col. Giles Strangwaies sometimes of Wadh. Coll. now a Knight for the County of Dorset to serve in Parl , was created the same day . — This most loyal and worthy Gent. who was of Melbury Samford in the said County , died 1675. The said two persons were created Doctors of the Civil Law in a Convocation held on that day , ( Nov. 7. ) after they had communicated the thanks of the honorable House of Commons , lately sitting in the said Convocation-house , to the members of the University for their Reasons concerning the solemn League and Covenant , negative Oath , &c. made 1647. Laurence Hyde Esq , another Burgess for the University , and Sir Joh. Birkenhead were the other two that were , besides the two former , appointed to return thanks , and were then present in Convocation ; but the first of these last two was not created Doctor of the Civ . Law , because he had before been diplomated M. A , which he then thought was sufficient , and the other created Doctor , as I have before told you . Doct. of Phys . Sept. 8. Robert Boyle Esq . was created after Edw. E. of Manchester had been incorporated . — This honorable person , who was the fourth son of Richard the first Earl of Cork , was born at Lismore in Ireland , whence , after he had been well grounded in juvenile Learning , he went to the Univ. of Leyden , and spent some time there in good Letters . Afterwards he travelled into France , Switzerland , Italy , &c. and spending some time in Rome , he was so much satisfied with the curiosities there , that afterwards he never had any desire to see or view the Curiosities or Antiquities of other places . After his return into England , being then accounted a well bred Gentleman , he setled in Oxon , in the time of Oliver , about 1657 , where he carried on his great delight in several studies , especially in experimental Philosophy and Chimistry , spent much money , entertained Operators to work in his Elabratory which he had built for his own use , and often did repair to the Club of Virtuosi in the Lodgings of Dr. Wilkins Warden of Wadh. Coll , and they to him , in his joyning to Vniv . Coll. and opposite to that of Allsoules . After his Majesties restauration , when the Royal Society was erected , he was made one of the first members thereof , was one of the Council belonging thereunto , and the greatest promoter of new Philosophy of any among them . After he had left Oxon for London , he setled in the house of his sister Catherine Lady Ranelaugh , where he erected an Elaboratory , kept men at work , and carried on Chimistry to the last . The books that he hath written are many , some of which are printed beyond the Seas , and are there highly valued : In all which he hath done such things for the benefit of the world and increase of knowledge , that none hath yet equall'd , much less gone beyond him . In them you 'll find the greatest strength and the gentilest smoothness , the most generous knowledge and the sweetest modesty , the noblest discoveries and the sincerest relations , the greatest Self-denial and the greatest love of men , the profoundest insight into philosophy and nature , and the most devout , affectionate sense of God and of Religion , as in any Works whatsoever written by other men , &c. This worthy person died 30 of Decemb. 1691 , aged 64 years or thereabouts , and was buried on the 7 of Jan. following at the upper end , on the south side , of the Chancel of the Church of S. Martin in the Fields in Westminster near to the body of his sister the Lady Ranelaugh before mention'd , who dying about a week before him , the grief for her death put him in convulsion fits which carried him off . Soon after were Elegies and Epitaphs on him made public , as also the Sermon at his funeral , preached by Dr. Gilb. Burnet Bish . of Sarum ; in all which you 'll find just Encomiums of him , as no doubt you will in the life of him the said Mr. Boyle about to be published by the said Doctor . The eldest brother of this Mr. Rob. Boyle was Richard Earl of Burlington and Cork . The next was Roger Earl of Orery a great Poet , Statesman , Soldier , and great every thing which merits the name of great and good . He hath published four Plays in heroick verse highly valued and commended by ingenious men , and died in Octob. 1679. The third was Francis Viscount Shannon , whose Pocket Pistol , as he stiled his book , may make (*) as wide breaches in the walls of the Capitol , as many Canons . These were his elder brothers , and besides them he had seven Sister all married to noble persons . This year in the month of Septemb. Andr. Marvel a Burgess for Kingston upon Hull to serve in that Parl. which began at Westm . 8. May 1661 , became a Sojourner in Oxford for the sake of the public Library , and continued there , I presume , some months . See in Sam. Parker among the Writers an . 1687 , p. 619 , where you 'll find an account of him and his Works . In the beginning of Dec. following was entred into the said Library Arthur Trevor an eminent and famous common Lawyer , &c. In January following Francis Sandford an Officer of Arms attending the King now in Oxon , was entred also in the said Library , with the liberty then allowed to him of a Student . This person having published several books , I must , according to the method that I have hitherto followed , let the Reader know , that tho he was descended from the antient and gentile Family of the Sandfords of Sandford in Shropshire , yet he was born in the Castle of Carnow in the County of Wicklow in Ireland and half Barony of Shelelak ; which half Barony was purchased of K. Jam. 1. by his mothers father called Calcot Chambre . When the Rebellion broke out in Ireland , Francis being then about eleven years of age , his Relations carried him thence into England , setled themselves at Sandford with intentions to breed him a Scholar , but then the Rebellion breaking out there , and his family afterwards Sufferers for the Royal Cause , he had no other education than what Grammar Schools afforded . On the 6 of June 13 Car. 2. he was by Letters Patent created Pursuivant at Arms by the name and title of Rouge Dragon , and afterwards on the 16 of Nov. in the 27 of the said Kings Reign he was created Lancaster Herald of Arms : Which office he held till 1689 , and then surrendred it up . He hath written and published ( 1 ) A genealogical History of the Kings of Portugal . &c. Lond. 1664. fol. 'T is partly a Translation . ( 2 ) The Order and Ceremonies used at the funeral of his Grace , George Duke of Albemarle , &c. with the manner of his Effigies lying in state in Somerset house , the whole proceeding to the Abbey of Westminster , the figure of his hearse in the said Abbey , &c. Printed in the Savoy near Lond●n 1670 , in a thin fol , all exactly represented in Sculpture , with the form of the offering performed at Westm . ( 3 ) A genealogical history of the Kings of England and Monarchs of great Britain &c. from the Norm . Conq. an . 1066 to the year 1677 , in seven parts or books , with their effigies , seals , tombs , cenotaphs , devises , arms , &c. Pr. in the Savoy 1677. in fol. ( 4 ) The History of the Coronation of K. Jam. 2. and Qu. Mary , solemnized in the collegiate Church of S. Peter in the City of Westminster on Thursday 23 of Apr. 1685 , with an exact account of the several preparations in order thereunto , &c. the whole work illustrated with sculptures . Pr. in the Savoy 1687 in a large fol. What other things he hath published I know not , nor any thing else of him besides , only that he now lives in , or near , Bloomsbury in Middlesex . An. Dom. 1666. An. 18 Car. 2. Chanc. the same , viz. Edw. Earl of Clarendon . Vicechanc. John Fell D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch , Aug. 3. Proct. Nathan . Hodges of Ch. Ch. Apr. 26. Walt. Baylie of Magd. Coll. Apr. 26. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 3. Jam. Fen of Ch. Ch. — He hath extant A Sermon preached before the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen at Guildhall Chap. 18 Jul. 1686. Lond. 1686 , at which time the author was Vicar of Goudhurst in Kent . Apr. 5. Joh. Jones of Jesus Coll. May 3. John Miln or Mill of Queens Coll. 8. Abraham Markland of S. Johns Coll. Of Joh. Mill you may see among the Doct. of Div. 1681. 31. Tho. Bennet of Ch. Ch. 31. Hen. Aldrich of Ch. Ch. 31. Joh Lloyd of Wadh. Coll. Of the first of these last three ( who were afterwards Writers ) you may see among the Masters , an . 1669. Jul. 14 Sam. Master of Ex. Coll. — He hath published several Sermons , and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter among the Oxford Writers . Oct. 20. Joh. Cook of Ch. Ch. 27. John Inett of Vniv . Coll. Of these two last you may see more among the Masters in 1669. Dec. 13. Charles Powell of Ch. Ch. — This person , who was son of Edw. Pow. of the Burrough of Stafford Minister , became Student of the said House under the tuition of Mr. Benj. Woodroff in 1662 , aged 17 years or thereabouts , and after he had taken one degree in Arts , became Curat of South Marston in Wilts , and afterwards Chapl. to John Earl of Bridgwater , who prefer'd him to the Rectory of Cheddington near Aylesbury in Bucks . He hath published A sermon preached at South Marston near Hyworth in Wilts , 9 Sept. 1683 , being the day appointed for a Thanksgiving from the horrid plot of the Presbyterians , on Psal . 10.10 . Lond. 1683. qu. This being all that he hath published , I can only say that he died at Cheddington in the latter end of 1684. Jan 26. Hugh Barrow of C. C. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1681. Feb. 12. Joh. Willes of Trin. Coll. — He hath published several things , and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter among the Oxford Writers . 14. William Williams of Jesus Coll. — See among the Masters , an . 1669. In a Convocation held 31 of Octob. were the Chancellours Letters read in behalf of Will. Gould formerly of Oriel Coll. that he might accumulate the degree of Bach. of Arts , that so he might be enabled to take the degree of Master , &c. but whether he was admitted to either I find not . Adm. 170. Bach. of Law. Seven were admitted , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Mast of Arts. Mar. 29. Will. Richards of Trin. Coll. Apr. 7. George Howell of All 's . Coll. The last of these two , who was son of Dr. Tho. Howell sometimes Bishop of Bristow , was afterwards Rector of Buckland in Surrey and Author of A sermon preached July the first 1683 , on Matth. 10.33 . Lond. 1684. qu. May 3 ●● Jonas Proast lately of Qu. Coll. now ( 1666 ) of Gloc. Hall. — This person , who is a Ministers son and a Colchester man born , was afterwards one of the Chaplains of All 's . Coll , and Author of ( 1 ) The argument of the Letter concerning Toleration briefly consider'd and answer'd . Oxon at the Theat . in 3 sh . and an half in qu. an . 1690 , published in Apr. that year . Afterwards was written and published by the same hand who wrot the said Letter , a Pamphlet intit . A second Letter concerning Toleration . London 1690 , in 9 sh . and an half in qu. This second Letter which is dated 27 of May 1690 , doth reflect much upon The argument , &c. before mention'd : Whereupon our Author Proast came out with ( 2 ) A third Letter concerning Toleration : In defence of the argument of the Letter concerning Toleration briefly considered and answered . Oxon 1691. in 11 sh . in qu. Jun. 27. Bapt. Levinz of Magd. Coll. 30. Will. Richardes of Allsoules Coll. The last of these two , who was Chapl. of his Coll , became Archdeacon of Berkshire in the place of Dr. John Sharp when he was translated from the Deanery of Norwych to that of Canterbury , 1689. Jan. 17. Steph. Penton of New Coll. Feb. 12. Thom. Staynce of Trin. Coll. The first of these two , who hath published several books , was admitted Principal of S. Edm. Hall in the place of Dr. Tully deceased , 15 Feb. 1675 : Which place he at length resigning , was succeeded therein by Thom. Crosthwait . See among the Doct. of Div. 1684. Mar. 7. Will. Basset of Magd. Coll. 21. Will. Moreton of Ch. Ch. Adm. 70. Bach. of Phys . Jul. 14. Tho. Guidott of Wadh. Coll. Adm. 8. Bach. of Div. J●n . 22. Arth. Bury of Exet. Coll. Jul. 6. Will. Beaw of New Coll. Oct. 16. Joh. Hall of Pemb. Coll. Adm. 12. Doct. of Law. Jun. 19. Thom. Sargeant of All 's . Coll. Jul. 6. Thom. Style of Ch. Ch. Doct. of Phys . Jun. 19. Will. Levinz of S. Joh. Coll. Jun. 19. Edw. Exton of Magd. Coll. Jun. 19. Joh. Speed of S. Joh. Coll. The first of these three ( who hath written Appendicula de rebus Britannicis , plac'd at the end of a book intit . Flosculi historici delibati , nunc delibatiores facti , &c. Oxon 1663 in tw . fift edit . ) was afterwards President of his College , Subdean , and at length Can. resid . of Wells : And the last , Practitioner of his faculty at Southampton and a publisher of one or two trivial things of Poetry . Jun. 19. Henr. Danvers of Trin. Coll. Jun. 19. Rich. Torless of S. Joh. Coll. Jul. 3. Joh. Parys of C. C. Coll. 5. Will. Cole of Glocest . Hall. Doct. of Div. May 31. Rich. Clayton Master of Vniv . Coll. — He died at Salisbury ( where he was Can. resid . ) on the 10 of June 1676 , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. there : Whereupon Obadiah Walker M. A. was elected Master of the said Coll. on the 22 of the said month of June . Jun. 15. Thom. James Warden of All 's . Coll. — He became Treasurer of the Cath. Ch. of Salisbury , in the place of Dr. Edw. Davenant ( who died at Gillingham in Dorsetsh . 12 March 1679 ; ) and dying on the 5 of January 1686 , was buried in the outer Chap. of All 's . Coll. In his Treasurership succeeded Seth Ward M. A. 23. Tho. Lambert of Trin. Coll. a Compounder . — He was now Can. resid . of Salisbury , one of his Majesties Chaplains and Rector of Boyton in Wilts . On the 12 of June 1674 he was collated to the Archdeaconry of Salisbury on the death of Dr. Joh. Priaulx . Jun. 23. Tho. Wyat of S. Joh. Coll. Jun. 23. Jam. Longman of New Coll. The former was now Vicar of Melksham in Wilts , the other Rector of Aynoe in Northamptonshire . 27. Arth. Bury of Exet. Coll. 30. Gilb. Ironside of Wadh. Coll. The former , who accumulated , was Preb. of the Cath. Ch. of Exeter and Chapl. to his Majesty ; the other was now Warden of Wadh. Coll. Jul. 3. Joh Heywood of C. C. Coll. a Compounder . — He was now Rector of Walton in Lancashire . Sim. Patrick of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day . — He had been sometimes Fellow of Queens Coll. in Cambridge , was elected Master thereof by the major part of the Fellows against a Mandamus for the admitting of Dr. Anth. Sparrow Master of the same : For which opposition , some , if not all , of the Fellows that sided with him , were ejected . Afterwards , if not at that time , he was Minister of Battersea in Surrey , then of the Church of S. Paul in Covent Garden within the Liberty of Westminster , Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty , Subdean of Westminster , and in the year 1680 Dean of Peterborough in the place of Dr. James Duport , who had succeeded in that Dignity Dr. Edw. Rainbow , an . 1664. On the 13 of Oct. 1689 he was consecrated Bishop of Chichester in the Bishop of Lond. Chappel at Fulham , in the place of Dr. Joh. Lake deceased , and in the Month of June 1691 he was translated to Ely in the place of Dr. Franc. Turner , deprived of his Bishoprick for not taking the Oathes to their Majesties K Will. 3. and Qu. Marie . This Dr. Patrick hath many Sermons , Theological discourses , and other things , relating to the supreme faculty , extant , which shew him to be a learned Divine , and an Orthodox Son of the Church of England . July 5. Joh. Cawley of All 's . Coll. — This person , who was Son of Will. Cawley of the City of Chichester , was , by the endeavours of his Father , made Fellow of the said Coll. by the Visitors appointed by Parliament , an . 1649 , where he continued several years . Some time after his Majesties restauration he became Rector of Henley in Oxfordshire , and upon the death of Dr. Raphael Trockmorton , Archdeacon of Lincoln ; in which Dignity he was installed on the second of March or thereabouts an . 1666. He hath written The nature and kinds of Simony . Wherein is argued , whether letting an ecclesiastical jurisdiction to a Lay-surrogate under a yearly pension reserved out of the profits , be reducible to that head . And a sentence , in a cause depending about it near six years in the Court of Arches , is examined . Lond. 1689 in 5. sh . in qu. July 6. Will. Beaw of New Coll. — He was now Vicar of Adderbury in Oxfordshire , and afterward B. of Landaff . Incorporations . Apr. 7. Henry Compton M. of A. of Cambr. youngest Son of Spencer Earl of Northampton , was then incorporated M. of A , with liberty allowed him to enter into and suffragate in the House of Congregation and Convocation . — This Gent. was originally of Queens Coll. in this University , and afterwards , through several preferments , he became B. of London . June 19. Edward Browne Bach. of Phys . of Cambridge — I shall mention him among the Doctors of that faculty in the next year . 27. Sim. Patrick Bach. of Div. of Cambridge — I have made mention of him among the Doct. of Div. of this year . CREATIONS . Those that were created this year were mostly by such that were created when Thom. Earl of Ossory had the degree of Doctor of the Civil Law confer'd on him . Mast . of Arts. Mar. 27. Sam. Bowater of Pemb. Coll. lately Bach. of Arts of Cambridge , was created Mast . of that faculty ; and the same day was admitted Bach. of Div. conditionally that he preach a Latin Sermon . The other persons following were created on the 4. of Feb. after the Earl of Ossory and two of his retinue had been created Doctors of the Civil Law. James Russell of Magd. Coll. George Russell of Magd. Coll. They were younger Sons of William Earl of Bedford . Thom. Leigh a Nobleman of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Lord Leigh of Stoneley . Anthony Ashley Cooper of Trin. Coll. Son of Anthony Lord Ashley — He was after his Fathers death Earl of Shaftesbury , an . 1682. Sir Rich. Graham of Ch. Ch. Bt. — This Gentleman , who was usually called Sir Rich. Grimes , was the Son of Sir George Graham of Netherby in Cumberland Bt , and afterwards at riper years a Burgess for Cockermouth in Cumberl . to serve in several Parliaments , particularly for that which began at Westm . 26. of Jan. 1679 , and for that which began at Oxon , 21. of March 1680. Afterwards he was created by his Majesty K. Ch. 2. Viscount Preston in Scotland , and by K. Jam. 2. was sent Embassador into France upon the recalling thence of Sir Will. Trumbull . Some time after his return , he became so great in the favour of that King that on the 28. of Octob. or thereabouts , an . 1688 he was made one of the Secretaries of State upon the removal of Robert E. of Sunderland , who seemed very willing to be discharged of that office , because , that having then lately changed his religion for that of Rome , he thought it very requisite to make provision for a safe retirement to avoid the danger that might come upon him , if the enterprize of the Prince of Orange should succeed , as it did . In the said station of Secretary the Lord Preston continued till K. Jam. 2. left the Nation in Dec. following , who then would have made him Viscount Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire , but the sudden change of affairs being then made , to the great wonder of all People , there was no Seal pass'd in order to it . In the beginning of Jan. 1690 he was taken , with others , in a certain Yatcht going to France to K. Jam. 2 , upon some dangerous design , as 't was said , and thereupon being committed Prisoner to the Tower , was in danger of his life , and endured a long and tedious imprisonment , &c. He is a Gent. of many accomplishments , and a zealous lover of the Church of England . &c. Sir Carr Scrope of Wadh. Coll. Bt. — This person , who was Son of Sir Adrian Scrope of Cockrington in Lincolnshire Kt , became a Gent. Com. of Wadh. Coll. in 1664 and on the 16 of January 1666 he was created a Baronet . He hath translated into English The Epistle of Sapho to Phaon , which is in a book entit . Ovids Epistles , translated by several hands , &c. Lond. 1681. sec . edit . in oct : And in another book called Miscellany Poems , containing a new translation of Virgils Eclogues , Ovids love Elegies , Odes of Horace , &c. by the most eminent hands . Lond. 1684 oct , Sir Carr hath translated The fourth Elegy of Ovids first book of Elegies , which is in the 110 page of the said Miscellany Poems : as also The parling of Sireno and Diana , out of the 3 book of Ovids Elegies , which is in the 173 page of that Miscellany . He wrot also the Prologue to The Rival Queens , or the death of Alexander : Trag. Lond. 1677 qu. made by Nath. Lee : And as divers Satyrical copies of verses were made on him by other persons , so he hath divers made by himself on them , which to this day go from hand to hand . He died in the Parish of S. Martin in the Fields in Westminster in Nov , or thereabouts , 1680. All which persons from Jam. Russell to Sir Carr Scrope were created on the fourth of Feb. Feb. 5. John Scudamore a Nobleman of Ch. Ch. Grandson and Heir of Visc . Scudamore of Slego in Ireland . — He was to be created the day before with the rest , but was absent . Doct. of Law. Feb. 4. Thom. Boteler Earl of Ossory in Ireland and Lord Roteler of More-Park in England , the eldest Son of James Duke of Ormonde , and General of all the Forces in Ireland under his Father now Lord Lieutenant of that Kingdom , was created Doct. of the Civil Law with more than ordinary solemnity . — He was afterwards made Knight of the most noble order of the Garter , and in 1673 May 17 he was made Reer-Admiral of the Blew-Squadron of his Majesties Fleet , in order to the great Sea-fight against the Dutch , which shortly after hapned : In which fight , as also in others , he gallantly acted beyond the fiction of a Romance . Afterwards he was made Lord Chamberlain to the Queen , and on the 16 of Apr. 1680 he was sworn of his Majesties most honorable Council . At length this brave Gent , of whom enough can never be spoken , died of a violent Feaver in Whitehall on Friday 30. July 1680 : whereupon his body was in the next evening carried privately and deposited in a vault in the Chap. of Hen. 7 , joyning to the Abbey Church at Westminster , there to remain till his Father the Duke of Ormonde should order the farther disposal of it . Afterwards it was conveyed to Kilkenny in Ireland ( as I have been informed ) and there laid in the Vault belonging to the Ormondian Family under part of the Cath. Church . His eminent Loyalty and forward zeal on all occasions to serve his Majesty and Country , were manifested by many brave and generous actions ; which , as they made him to be honoured and esteemed by all when living , made him also when dead generally lamented . There were several Elegies made on his death , deploring much the untimely loss of so great and valiant a Commander as he was , the chiefest and best of which was made by Thomas Flatman , which being his Master-piece , he was nobly rewarded for his pains , as I have told you among the Writers under the year 1688. p. 626. George Douglas Son of the Marquess of Douglas in Scotland , lately an Officer of note in the Army under the K. of France , now an Officer or Captain under the K. of Poland was created next after the Earl of Ossory . Sir Nich. Armorer Kt , Governour of Duncannon Castle , with the territory adjoyning , in Ireland . The said three persons were presented by Dr. Hen. Deane of New Coll , and created by the Vicechanc. with a little complemental Speech : which being done and they conducted to their respective Seats among the Doctors , Mr. George Hooper of Ch. Ch. the Dep. Orator did congratulate them with an accurate Speech in the name of the University . Afterwards were created Masters of Arts certain Noblemen and persons of quality of this University , as I have before told you among these Creations . In the latter end of this year , Joh. Jacob. Buxtorfius Professor of the Hebrew tongue in the University of Basil became a Sojournour in this University for the sake of the Bodleian Vatican , and continued there some months . He was a learned man , as by the things that he hath published appears . An. Dom. 1667. An. 19. Car. 2. Chanc. the same viz. Edw. E. of Clar , &c. but he being accused of divers crimes in Parl , which made him withdraw beyond the Seas , he resigned his Chancellourship of the University by his Letter bearing date at Calis , Dec. 7. Which being read in Convocation on the 20 of the same month , the right reverend Father on God Dr. Gilbert Sheldon Archbishop of Canterbury was then elected into his place . Vicechanc. the same viz. Joh. Fell D. D. Aug. 16. by the nomination of the E. of Clar. Proct. George Roberts of Mert. Coll. Apr. 17. Edw. Bernard of S. Johns Coll. Apr. 17. Bach. of Arts. May 21. Corbet Owen of Ch. Ch. May 21. George Walls of Ch. Ch. Of the last of these two , you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1682. Jun. 27. Rob. Parsons of Vniv . Coll. Jun. 27. Sam. Russell of Magd. Coll. Of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1670. July 4. Joh. Cudworth of Trin. Coll. July 4. Thom. Jekyll of Trin. Coll. Oct. 17. Tho. Crane of Brasn . Coll. Of the first and last of these three , you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1684 , and among the Masters , 1670. As for Thomas Jekyll , he hath published several Sermons and other things , and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter among the Oxford Writers . Oct. 17. Maurice Wheeler of New Inn , afterwards Chaplain or Petty Canon of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters , an . 1670. Oct. 17. William Pindar of Vniv . Coll. Oct. 17. Rich. Thompson of Vniv . Coll. The first of these two I shall mention among the Masters an . 1670. The other who took no higher degree in this Univ , I must mention here . He was the Son of Rob. Thomps . of Wakefield in Yorkshire , was bred in Grammar learning there , and thence sent to Vniv . Coll. where he became a Scholar of the old foundation , took one degree in Arts , left it upon pretence of being unjustly put aside from a Fellowship there , went to Cambridge , took the degree of Master of Arts , had Deacons orders confer'd on him , and afterwards those of Priest : which last he received from Dr. Fuller B. of Linc. in Hen. 7. Chap. at Westm . 14 of March 1670. Being thus qualified , he became Curat of Brington in Northamptonshire for Dr. Thomas Pierce , who , when made Dean of Salisbury , an . 1675 , left that Living and took his Curat with him to that City , and in 1676 he gave him a Prebend there , and afterwards a Presentation to S. Maries in Marlborough in Wilts . In 1677 he travelled with Joh. Norbourne of Caln in the same County Gent ; but before he had spent 12 months in France with him , he was recalled and had the Church of Bedminster near Bristow confer'd on him , and afterwards the Vicaridge of St. Mary Radcliff : At both which places expressing himself a most zealous and orthodox man for the Church of England , especially when the Popish Plot broke out , the Faction aspers'd him with the name of Papist , and more particularly for this reason , when he said in his Prayer or Sermon in the Church of S. Thomas in Sa●isbury , 30. of Jan. 1679 , that there was no Popish Plot but a Presbyterian Plot. About which time shewing himself a great stickler against petitions to his Majesty for the sitting of a Parliament , which the Faction with all their might drove on , he was brought into trouble for so doing , and when the Parliament sate , he was , among those many that were against petitioning , brought on his knees in the H. of Commons and blasted for a Papist : whereupon to free himself from that imputation , he wrot and published The Visor pluckt off from Rich. Thompson of of Bristol Clerk , in a plain and true character of him . Printed in one sh . in fol. in 1681 , wherein he takes occasion to shew , that while he was in his travels , he did not study at S. Omers or Doway as the Faction gave out , but sojourned in Protestant Houses in Paris , Glen , Blois , and frequented Protestant Chappels , Company , &c. Afterwards , in consideration of these his sufferings , his Majesty gave him the Deanery of Bristow , void by the death of Mr. Sam. Crossman ; in which being installed on Trinity Sunday 1684 , had the degree of Doct. of Div. confer'd on him about that time at Cambridge . He hath published besides the Visor before mention'd . A Sermon in the Cath. Ch. of Bristow before Henry Duke of Beaufort L. Lieutenant of Glocestershire , &c. on Titus 3.1 . Lond. 1685. qu. He died on the 29 of Nov. 1685 , and was buried in the South Isle joyning to the said Cath. Ch : whereupon Dr. Will. Levett of Oxon succeeded him in his Deanery . Jan. 28. Henry Maurice of Jes . Coll. Jan. 28. Joh. Garbrand of New Inn. Jan. 28. Joh. Graile of Exet. Coll. Jan. 28. Thom. Salmon of Trin. Coll. The first of these four was afterwards an author of note , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred . The others are Writers also , have published several things , and , if living , may more hereafter . Adm. 193. Bach. of Law. Five were admitted this year , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. May 2. Nathan . Wilson of Magd. Hall. May 2. Will. Harrison of Wadh. Coll. The first of these two , was afterwards B. of Limerick in Ireland , as I have before told you . The other Master of the Hospital of S. Cross near Winchester , and Preb. of Winchester and well beneficed by the favour of B. Morley , whose near Kinswoman he had married . He is called Doctor , but took no higher degree than Master of Arts in this University . 7. Joh. Rainstropp of S. Joh. Coll. — This person , who was a Ministers Son , was afterwards Master of the City Free-school in Bristow and published Loyalty recommended ; in a Sermon preached before the Merchant Adventures at S. Stephens Ch. in Bristol , 10. Nov. 1683 , on 2. Sam. 15.21 . Lond. 1684. qu. June 20. Tho. Wagstaff of New Inn. 27. Joh. Hinton of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Rector of Newbury and Preb. of Sarum , and published A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Newbury in Berks 26. July 1685 , being a day of Thanksgiving for his Majesties late victory over the Rebels . on 2. Sam. 18.28 . Lond. 1685. qu. Oct. 31. Sam. Dugard of Trin. Coll. Mar. 10. Will. Beach of Ball. Coll. Mar. 14. Edw. Pocock of Ch. Ch — He was Son of Dr. Edward Pocock Canon of Ch. Ch. and published Philosophus Autodidactus ; seu Epistola Abi Giaaphar fil . Tophail , de Hai fil . Jokdhan , Arab. Lat. Oxon 1671. qu. Adm. 89. ☞ Not one Each . of Physick was admitted this year . Bach. of Div. July 2. Will. Lloyd of Jes . Coll. Oct. 21. Joh. Rosewell of C. C. C. Oct. 21. Nich. Horsman of C. C. C. The first or these two , who was at this time , and after , in great esteem for his Greek and Latin learning , was afterwards made Master of Eaton School , and continued there in a sedulous instruction of the youth for several years . In 1678 , Oct. 26 he was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. R Brideoake deceased , and in Aug. or Sept. 1683. he became Fellow of Eaton Coll. on the death of Dr. Nathan . Ingelo . He died at Eaton 30. Oct. 1684 , and was buried in the Chap. or Collegiat Church there , leaving then most of his choice Library to C. C. Coll. Nov. 7. Hen. Foulis of Linc. Coll. Dec. 12. Franc. Drope of Magd. Coll. Dec. 12. Joh. Dobson . of Magd. Coll. Dec. 12. Narciss . Marsh of Ex. Coll. Adm. 11. Doct. of Law. Jun. 27. Edw. Low of New Coll. Jun. 27. Will. Oldys of New Coll. July 4. Tho. Musprat of New Coll. The first of these three was afterwards one of the Masters in Chancery and a Knight , and Chanc. of the Dioc. of Sali●bury , in the place of Dr. Joh. Elliot deceased , an . 1671. He died in the latter end of May 1684. The second ( Dr. Oldys ) was afterwards Advocate for the office of Lord high Admiral of England , and to the Lords of the Prizes , his Majesties Advocate in the Court Martial , and Chanc. of the Dioc. of Lincolne ; and of the third I know nothing . July 6. Will. Trumbull of All 's . Coll. — This person , who was originally of that S. Johns Coll. was afterwards an Advocate in Doctors Commons , Chancellour of the Dioc. of Rochester and one of the Clerks of the Signet . On the 21. Nov. 1684 he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty , and in Nov. in the year following , he was sent Envoy extraordinary into France . In the beginning of 1687 he was sent Embassador to the Ottoman Port in the place of James L. Shandois ; where he continued till 1691. &c. Doct. of Phys . July 4. Edward Browne of Mert. Coll. — This Gent , who was Son of Sir Tho. Browne the famous Physitian of Norwych was afterwards a great Traveller , and after his return became Fellow of the Royal Society , Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians ( of which he was censor 1683 ) and Physitian in ord . to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. He hath written and published ( 1 ) A brief account of some travels in Hungaria , Servia , Bulgaria , Macedonia , Thessaly , Austria , Styria , Carinthia , Carniola and Friuli . As also some observations on the gold , silver , &c. Mines , Baths and Mineral waters in those parts , &c. Lond. 1673. qu , afterwards with additions in fol. An account of which is in the Phil. Transactions nu . 95. ( 2 ) An account of several travels through a great part of Germany , in four journeys . 1. From Norwich to Colen . 2. From Colen to Vienna , with a particular description of that Imperial City . 3. From Vienna to Hamburg . 4. From Colen to London . Wherein the Mines , Bathes , &c. Lond. 1679. qu. An account of which also is in the Royal or Phil. Transact . nu . 130. He hath also several Discourses printed in the said Phil. Trans . and in the Phil. Collections , hath translated into English The life of Themistocles , which is in Plutarchs lives , translated from the Greek by several hands Lond. 1683. oct . and The life of Sertorius in the Third vol. of Plutarchs lives . Lond. 1684. oct . &c. Doct. of Div. July 2. Gilb. Coles of New Coll. July 2. Will. Lloyd of Jesus Coll. The last accumulated the degrees in Div. and was afterwards B. of S. Asaph . Creations . Mar. 28. Sir Joh. Huband of Qu. Coll. Bt. Apr. 17. William Julius Coyett Son of the Lord Peter Julius Coyett Lord of Lynbygord and Bengsboda , Counsellour of the State and Chancellourship of Sweden , now Embassador extraordinary ( with the Lord Baron Flemming ) from his Majesty of Sweden to the King of Great Britain , was presented with a little Speech by Mr. George Hooper of Ch. Ch. Deputy-Orator , and actually created and admitted Master of Arts by the Vicechancellour . The said Pet. Jul. Coyett had been Resident for the K. of Sweden in the Court of Ol. Cromwell , who confer'd on him the honour of Knighthood , 3. May 1656 : And afterwards , before the return of his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , he was Envoy extraordinary from the said King to the States of Holland and West-Friesland . Peter Trotzigh a young Nobleman , companion to the former , Son of the most noble John Trotzigh , chief Governour or Master ( while he lived ) of the Copper Mines in Coperberg for his sacred Majesty of Sweden , was also presented by the said Dep. Or. and actually created M. of A. on the said day . Sir Will. Farmor of Magd. Coll. Bt. was also created M. of A. in the same convocation . Apr. 23. Sir Edw. Acton of Qu. Coll. Bt , was created M. A. July 4. Lewis Reness Pastor of the Church at Breda and the Professor of Div. in the Aurangian Coll. there , was declared Doct. of Div. in a Convocation then held , by vertue of the Chancellours Letters written in his behalf : whereupon he was diplomated the day following . July 4. Franc. Plant another Pastor of the said Church and Profess . of the Heb. tongue in the said Coll. July 4. Anton. Hulsius Pastor of the Church belonging to the Low Countries at Breda . Both which being then declared Doctors of Div , were diplomated the next day . An. Dom. 1668. An. 20. Car. 2. Chanc. Dr. Gilb. Sheldon Archb. of Canterbury . Vicechanc. Dr. Fell again , continued in his office by the decree of the Delegates of Convocation , Octob. 5 , without any nomination thereunto by the Chancellour , he being , as yet , not sworn or installed : so that thereby all the Chancellours power rested in the Deputy . Proct. Rich. White of S. Maries Hall Apr. 1. Will. Durham of C. C. Coll. Apr. 1. Balliol Coll. having not a statutable Master to undergo the procuratorial office this year , which the Carolyne Cycle did appoint , Mr. Benj. Woodroffe a Student of Ch. Ch. entred himself a Commoner in the said Coll. a day or two before the time of election . And being elected by the Master and Masters of the said College , he stirred so much in the matter for admission thereunto in Convocation , as to have a hearing before the King and his Council . But they finding it a litigious thing , refer'd it to the University : Wherefore the Doctors and Masters assembled in Convocation for the admission of the Proctors , they did ( after Mr. Woodroffe had made an eloquent Speech before them in his own defence and for the obtaining of the office ) adjudg the matter to the Halls ; so that Mr. White , who had been chosen before , was then admitted . Bach. of Arts. Apr. 16. Joh. Floyr of Qu. Coll. May 5. Rich. Peers of Ch. Ch. Octob. 22. Rich. Lucas of Jes . Coll. Feb. 11. Jerem. Wells of S. Joh. Coll. 18 Joh. Shirley of Trin. Coll. 18 Rich. Banke of Linc. Coll. Of the last of these four you may see more among the Masters , an . 1671. Feb. ... Edward Palmer of Qu ▪ Coll. — This Gent , who was a younger Son of Sir Will. Palmer of Werdon in Bedfordshire , wrot An Elegy on the death of Mr. James Bristow late Fellow of All 's . Coll. Oxon. 1667 in one sh . in qu. Adm. 171. Bach. of Law. Apr. 1. Edward Yonge of New Coll. — He hath published several things , and therefore he is to be remembred hereafter . Adm. 5. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 8. Will. Hopkins of S. Maries Hall lately of Trin. Coll. June 5. Thom. Laurence of Vniv . Coll. — This person , who was lately a Gent. Com. of S. Johns Coll , but now Fellow of that of Vniv . was eldest Son of Sir Joh. Laurence of Chelsey in Midd●esex Bt , and being esteemed an ingenious person , he was elected Musick reader for the Act an . 1671. While he was of S. Johns Coll , he was appointed to speak a Speech in verse before the King , Queen , and Duchess of York , when they in the afternoon of the 29 of Sept. 1663 , went to visit that Coll : which being well performed , they were printed with this title , Verses spoken to the King , Queen and Duchess of York in S. Johns Library in Oxon , printed at the end of Verses spoken , &c. by Thom. Ireland , mention'd in these Fasti , an . 1657. July 9. Richard Reeve of Trin. Coll. Dec. 12. Joh. Wolley of Trin. Coll. The last of these two who was a Ministers Son of Oxfordsh , was afterwards Rector of S. Mich. Church in Crooked-lane London , and at length Rector of Monks-Risborow near Aylesbury in Bucks . He hath published A Sermon preached at Oxfordshire Feast in Lond. 25. Nov. 1674 , on Gen. 13.18 . Lond. 1675. qu. He died at Monks-Risborow before mention'd on the 5. Jan. 1675 and was buried in the Church there . Feb. 11. Abrah . Markland of S. Joh. Coll. 18. John Lloyd of Wadh. Coll. Adm. 63. Bach. of Phys . Only one was adm . and another to practice that fac . Bach. of Div. June 9. Edw. Bernard of S. Johns Coll. July 7. Hen. Bagshaw of Ch. Ch. July 7. N●than . Bi●bie of Ch. Ch. Adm 3. ☞ Not one Doct. of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . July 9. Thom. Jeamson of Wadh. Coll. — This Physitian , who was Son of a Father of both his names Rector of Shabbington in Bucks , was born at Ricot in Oxfordshire , and after he had been some years Scholar , was made Fellow of his House . He hath written Artificial Embellishments : or Arts best directions how to preserve beauty or procure it . Oxon. 1665 oct . His name is not set to the book , neither did he ( being then Bach. of Phys . ) desire to be known to be the author of it . But having taken vent by the pratling of the Bookseller , the author was laugh'd at and commonly called Artificial Embellishments . Afterwards the book sold well , and I think it was printed a second time . The author died in the great City of Paris in July 1674 , and was there , in some yard or burial place , committed to the earth . Doct. of Div. June 23. Will. Bell of S. Joh. Coll. July 7. Nathan . Bisbie of Ch Ch. The last accumulated the degrees in Divinity . Incorporations . June 5. Sir Theodore de Vaux Kt. Doct. of Phys . of Padua — He was sometimes Physitian to Hen. Duke of Glocester , afterwards Fellow of the Royal Society , Physitian to the Queen Consort , and honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians . Creations . June 5. Henry Howard Heir to the Duke of Norfolk , and a munificent Benefactor to this University , by bestowing thereon Marmora Arundelliana , or the marbles which for several years before had stood in the Garden of Arundel-house in the Strand near London , was actually created with solemnity Doctor of the Civil Law — He was afterwards made Earl of Norwich and Lord Marshall of England , an . 1672 , and at length succeeded his Brother Thomas ( who died distracted at Padua ) in the Dukedom of Norfolk . This Henry Duke of Norfolk died on the eleventh of January , 1683 , and was buried among his Ancestors at Arundel in Sussex . He then left behind him a Widow ( which was his second Wife ) named Jane Daughter of Rob. Bickerton Gent. Son of James Bickerton Lord of Cash in the Kingdom of Scotland , who afterwards took to her second Husband Tho. Maxwell a Scot of an antient family and Colonel of a Regiment of Dragoons . Under this Duke of Norfolks name was published History and relation of a journey from Lond. to Vienna , and from thence to Constantinople , in the company of his Excellency Count Lesley Knight of the order of the Golden Fleece counsellour of State to his Imperial Majesty , &c. Lond. 1671. in tw . Henry Howard of Magd. Coll. Son and Heir of Henry Howard before mention'd , was , after his Father had been created Doct. of the Civ . Law , created Master of Arts. — On the 28 of January 1677 , he being then commonly called Earl of Arundel , his Father being at that time Duke of Norfolk , he was by writ called to the House of Lords by the name of the Lord Mowbray ; at which time Sir Robert Shirley was brought into the Lords House , and seated next before Will. Lord Stourton , by the name of Lord Ferrers of Chartley. This Hen. Howard was after his Fathers death Duke of Norfolk , and on the 22 of July 1685 he was installed Knight of the most noble order of the Garter , &c. See in the creations , an . 1684. After these two Henry Howards were created and seated , one on the right , and the other on the left , hand of the Vicechancellour , the publick Orator of the University stood up , and in an excellent speech congratulated them , especially the Father , in the name of the University . June 16. Thom. Howard of Magd. Coll. younger Brother to Henry before mention'd , was then actually created Master of Arts — This Thomas Howard , who had the said degree given to him when the former two were created , but was then absent , was , with his said Brother Henry , Students in the said Coll. for a time under the inspection of Dr. Hen. Yerbury , but they did not wear Gowns , because both were then Rom. Catholicks . The said Thomas , afterwards called Lord Thomas Howard continuing in the Religion in which he was born and baptized , became great in favour with K. James 2. who made him Master of his Robes in the place of Arthur Herbert Esq , about the 12 of Mar. 1686 , and afterwards , upon the recalling of Roger Earl of Castlemaine , was sent Embassadour to Rome , where he continued till about the time that that King left England upon the coming in of William . Prince of Orange . Afterwards this Lord Howard adhered to K. Jam. 2. when in France , and followed him into Ireland when he endeavoured to keep possession of that Kingdom against the Forces of the said Prince William then King of England ; but going thence about publick concerns to France in behalf of his Master , the Ship wherein he was , was cast away and he himself drowned , about the beginning of the year 1690. June 23. Thom. Grey Lord Groby of Ch. Ch , was created Mast . of Arts — He was Son of Thomas Lord Grey of Groby one of the Judges of K. Ch. 1. of blessed memory , and is now Earl of Stamford , &c. Thomas Lord Dacre of Dacre Castle in the North , of Magd. Coll. was created M. of A. the same day . July 2. Thom. Paybody of Oriel Coll , of 20 years standing , was created M. of A. — One of both his names of Merton Coll. was a Writer in the Reign of K. Ch. 1. as I have told you in the Fasti of the first vol. p. 847 , but whether this was , I cannot yet tell . Quaere . In the beginning of this year Mich. Etmuller of Leipsick in Germany became a Student in the Bodleian Library , where improving himself much in Literature , he afterwards became famous in his Country for the several books of Medicine or Physick which he published . An. Dom. 1669. An. 21. Car. 2. Chanc. Dr. Gilbert Sheldon Archb. of Canterbury , who resigning all interest in the Chancellourship of the University ( being never sworn thereunto or installed ) by his Letter dated at Lambeth 31. of July , the most high , mighty and most noble Prince James Duke of Ormonde , Earl of Ossory and Brecknock , L. Steward of his Majesties Houshold , &c. was unanimously elected Chancellour on the 4. of Aug , ( having on the 15 of July going before been created Doctor of the Civ . Law ) and installed at Worcester-house within the liberty of Westminster , on the 26 of the same month with very great solemnity and feasting . Vicechanc. Peter Mews Doct. of the Civ . Law and President of S. Johns Coll , Sept. 23. Proct. Nathan . Alsop of Brasn . Coll. Apr. 21. Jam. Davenant of Oriel Coll. Apr. 21. Bach. of Arts. April 21. Edward Herbert of New Coll. — This Gentleman , who was a younger Son of Sir Edw. Herbert of London Kt , was educated in Wykehams School near Winchester , and thence elected Prob. Fellow of New Coll , but before he took the degree of Master , he went to the Middle Temple , and when Barrister he became successively Attorney Gen. in Ireland , Chief Justice of Chester in the place of Sir George Jeffries made L. Ch. Justice of the Kings Bench a Knight 19 Feb. 1683 , and upon Sir John Churchills promotion to be Mast . of the Rolls in the place of Sir Harbottle Grimston deceased , he was made Attorney to the Duke of York . On the 16 of Oct. 1685 , he was sworn L. Ch. Just . of the Kings Bench , and one of his Majesties ( K. Jam. 2. ) most honourable Privy Council ; whereupon Sir Edward Lutwich Serjeant at Law was made Chief Justice of Chester : And about the 22 Apr. 1687 he was removed to the Common Pleas. He hath written in vindication of himself A short account of the authorities in Law , upon which judgment was given in Sir Edward Hales his case . Lond. 1689. qu. This was examined and answer'd by W. Atwood Barrester , and animadverted upon by Sir Rob. Atk●ns Kt. of the Bath , then late one of the Judges of the Common Pleas. Afterwards Sir Edw. was one of those many persons that were excepted out of the Act of indempnity or pardon of their Majesties K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary , dated 23. May 1690. May 6. Thomas Adderley of S. Johns Coll. — This person , who was a Warwickshire man born , was a Servitour of the said Coll , and after he had taken one degree in Arts , he left it and became Chaplains , as it seems , to Sir Edw. Boughton of Warwickshire Bt. He hath written and published The care of the peace of the Church , the duty of every Christian . In a discourse on Psal . 122.6 . Lond. 1679. qu. To which is added , A Letter shewing the great danger and sinfulness of popery , written to a young Gentleman ( a Roman Cath. ) in Warwickshire . May 27. Rich Roderick of Ch. Ch. May 27. Joh. Walker of Ch. Ch. Jun. 15. Will. Cade of Ch. Ch. Of the first of these three , you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1682 , of the second among the Masters 1672 , and of the third among the Bach. of Div. 1681. June 19. Rich. Leigh of Qu. Coll. — This Gent , who was a younger Son of Edw. Leigh mention'd among the Writers in this Vol. p. 351. hath Poetry and other things extant , and therefore he is to crave a place hereafter among the Writers . Oct. 19. Humph. Humphreys of Jes . Coll. — He was afterwards B. of Bangor . 26. Sam. Barton of C. C. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1681. Dec. 11. Richard Forster of Brasn . Coll. — See among the Masters in 1673. Feb. 1. Joh. Clerk of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Fellow of All 's . Coll. See among the Mast . an . 1673. Mar. 15. Joh. Rogers of S. Joh. Coll. — See among the Mast . an . 1672. Admitted 208 , or thereabouts . Doct. of Mus . July 8. Benj. Rogers Organist of Magd. Coll , was then admitted Doctor of Musick ; which degree he compleated in that great and solemn Act celebrated in Sheldons Theater , on the 12 of the same month , being the third day after the opening and dedication of the said Theater for a learned use . — This person , who was Son of Peter Rogers belonging to his Majesties Chap. of S. George at Windsore in Berks , was born at Windsore , was , when a boy , a Choirester , and when a Man , Clerk or Singing-man of the said Chap. at Windsore . Afterwards he became Organist of Ch Ch. in Dublin , where continuing till the rebellion broke out in 1641 he was forced thence , and going to Windsore , he obtained a Singing mans place there . But being soon after silenced , by the great troubles occasion'd by the Civil Wars in England , he taught his profession at Windsore and in the neighbourhood , and , by the favour of the men then in power , got some annual allowance in consideration of his lost place . In 1653 or thereabouts , he being then famed for a most admirable Composer , did , at the request of great personages , compose several sets of Airs of four parts to be performed by Violins and an Organ : which being esteem'd the best of their kind that could be then composed , were sent , as great rarities , into Germany to the Court of Archduke Leopold , ( now Emperour ) and were tried and often played by his own Musitians to his very great content , he himself being then a Composer and a great Admirer of Musick . In 1658 his great favourer and encourager of his profession Dr. Nathaniel Ingelo Fellow of Eaton , conducted him to Cambridge , got the degree of Bach. of Mus . to be confer'd on him , as a member of Qu. Coll , ( that Doctor having been sometimes Fellow thereof , and at that time a Proceeder in Div. ) and giving great content by his song of several parts , ( which was his exercise ) performed in the Commencement that year by several voices , he gained the reputation there of a most admirable Musitian , and had the greater part of his fees and entertainment defray'd by that noble and generous Doctor . After his Majesties restauration , the Lord Mayor , Aldermen and chief Citizens of London being unanimously dispos'd to entertain the King , the two Dukes , and both Houses of Parliament with a sumptuous Feast , it was ordered among them that there should be added to it the best Musick they could obtain : And B. Rogers being then esteemed the prime Composer of the Nation , he was desir'd of them to compose a song of several parts to be performed while the King and company were at dinner . Whereupon , in order to it , Dr. Ingelo made Hymnus Eucharisticus ; the beginning of the prelude to which is Exultate Justi in Domino , &c. This also he translated into English , and both were printed in single papers . These things being done , B. Rogers composed a song of four parts to that Hymne , which was more than once tried in private . At length on the 12. of July ( Thursday ) 1660 , being the day that his Majesty , James Duke of York , Henry Duke of Glocester , and both Houses of Parliament were at Dinner in the Guild-hall of the City of London , the said printed papers in Latin and English being delivered to the King , the two Dukes , and dispersed among the Nobility , &c. purposely that they might look on them while the performance was in doing , the song was began and carried on in Latin by twelve Voices , twelve Instruments and an Organ , mostly performed by his Majesties Servants . Which being admirably well done , it gave very great content , and Mr. Rogers the author being present , he obtained a great name for his composition and a plentiful reward . Much about that time he became Organist of Eaton Coll , where continuing till Theodore Colby a German was prefer'd to be Organist of Exeter Cathedral , Dr. Thomas Pierce who had a great value for the man ( he himself being a Musitian ) invited him to Magd. Coll. and gave him the Organists place there , and there he continued in good esteem till 1685 , and then being ejected , ( the reason why let others tell you ) the Society of that house allow'd him an yearly pension to keep him from the contempt of the world : In which condition he now lives , in his old age , in a skirt of the City of Oxon unregarded . He hath extant certain compositions in a book entit . — Cantica Sacra : Containing Hymns and Anthems for two voices to the Organ , both Latin and English . Lond. 1674. fol. As also in The Latine Psalmes and Hymns of four parts , published by Joh. Playford . His compositions for instrumental Musick , whether in two , three , or four parts have been highly valued , and were always , 30 years ago or more , first called for , taken out and played as well in the publick Musick school as in private Chambers : and Dr. Wilson the Professor , the greatest and most curious Judge of Musick that ever was , usually wept when he heard them well perform'd , as being wrapt up in an extasie , or , if you will , melted down , while others smil'd or had their hands and eyes lifted up , at the excellency of them , &c. But now le ts go on with the admissions . Bach. of Law. Five were admitted , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 3. Thom. Bennet of Ch. Ch. — He was born at Windsore in Berks , elected Student of the said House from Westminster School , an . 1663 , and when Master , he became corrector of the Press at the Theater , and after Vicar of Steventon near Ab●nd●n and Minister of Hungerford , in Berks. He hath written Many useful observations by way of Comment out of antient and learned Grammarians , on Lillyes Grammar . Oxon. 1673 &c. oct . This Grammar is , in some Auction Catalogues , called Dr. Fells Grammar , and Oxford Grammar , and the Observator elsewhere is called the Oxford Grammarian , by which name he and his Oxford Grammar were afterwards answer'd or animadverted upon by John Twells Schoolmaster of Newark upon Trent in his — Grammatica reformata . or a general examination of the Art of Grammar , &c. Lond. 1683 in oct . Mr. Bennet died and was buried at Hungerford in the month of Aug. 1681. Apr. 3. Hen. Aldrich of Ch. Ch. Apr. 3. Will. Clement of Ch. Ch. The last of which , was afterwards Rector of Bathe , Master of an Hospital there , and Archdeacon of Bathe in the place of John Selleck deceased , in Sept. 1690. Apr. 27. Sam. Master of Exet. Coll. June 15. Joh. Cook of Ch Ch. — This Divine , who was Son of Thom. Cook of Bromsgrave in Worcestershire , became , after he was Master , one of the Chaplains or Petty-Canons of his House , and afterwards Rector of Kuckstone and of Mersham in Kent . He hath published ( 1 ) A Sermon on Joh. 8.34 , preached Dec. 19. an . 1675 in Bow Church before the L. Mayor and Alderman of the City of London . Lond. 1676. qu. ( 2 ) Serm. preached 13. May 1683 at the Guildhall Chappel before the Lord Mayor , &c. on Rom. 12.18 . Lond. 1683. qu. July 8. Joh. Inett of Vniv . Coll. — This worthy Divine , who was Son of Rich. Inett of Beawdley in Worcestershire , became a Leycester exhibitioner of the said Coll , an . 1663 , and , after he had taken the degree of Master , was made Rector of S. Ebbes Church in Oxon : which place he keeping about 3 or 4 years , became Vicar of Nun-Eaton in Warwickshire , where he continued in good repute for some time . At length , upon the resignation of Will. Wyat , he was installed Chantor of the Cath. Ch. of Lincoln 27. Feb. 1681 , and became Residentiary thereof . He hath published ( 1 ) Sermon preached at the Assizes held in Warwick , 1. Aug. 1681 , on Prov. 14. part of the 34. vers . Lond. 1681. qu. ( 2 ) A guide to a devout Christian ; in three parts . The first containing meditations and prayers , &c. Lond. 1688. oct . & e. Nov. 9. Joh. Mill of Qu. Coll. 16 Joh. Willes of Trin. Coll. 16 Will. Williams of Jes . Coll. The last was afterwards Vicar of Haverford west in Pembrokeshire and author of The necessity and extent of the obligation , with the manner and measures of restitution , in a Sermon preached 9 of Octob. 1681 , before the corporation of Haverford-west at S. Maries in Haverford , on Luke 19.8 . Lond. 1682. qu. What other things he hath published I know not . Mar. 23. Corbet Owen of Ch. Ch. Adm. 110. Bach. of Phys . Four were admitted whereof Thomas Alvey of Mert. Coll. was one . Bach. of Div. May 26. Hen. Compton of Ch. Ch. May 26. Edw. Wetenhall of Linc. Coll. These two were afterwards Bishops , and are now living . July 3. Thomas Sprat of Wadh. Coll. 6. Franc. Turner of New Coll. 6. Joh. Barnard of Linc. Coll. The two first of these three , were afterwards Bishops and are now living . Oct. 26. Will. Durham of C. C. Coll. — This Divine , who was Son of a Father of both his names , mention'd among the Writers an . 1684. p. 580 was born in Glocestershire , educated in Charter-house School , was afterwards Scholar and Fellow of his House , Proctor of the University , Rector of Letcombe Basset in Berks , and Chaplain to James Duke of Monmouth Chancellour of the University of Cambridge ; by whose recommendations , he was actually created D. of D. of that University , an . 1676. He hath published Encouragement to Charity , Sermon preached at the Charter-house Chappel , 12. Dec. 1678 , at an anniversary meeting in commemoration of the Founder , on Heb. 13.16 . Lond. 1679. qu. He died of an Apoplexy in his Rectory House at Letcombe Basset before mention'd , on the 18 of June , an . 1686 , and was buried in the Church there . Dec. 11. Joseph Guillim of Brasn . Coll. Dec. 11. Tho. Traherne of Brasn . Coll. The first of these two , was a Herefordshire man born , became a poor Scholar of Mert. Coll. in 1653 , and thence elected Fellow of that of Brasnose in the place of Joh. Carpender deceased , an . 1655. He hath written The dreadful burning of London described in a Poem . Lond. 1667 in two sh . and an half in qu. He died in Greys-Inn-Lane in Holbourne near London , on the 10. of Sept. 1670 , but where buried unless in the Yard or Church of S. Andrew , or at Highgate , where his constant place of residence was , I know not . Mar. 15. Joh. Lloyd of Jes . Coll. — He was afterwards Bishop of S. David . Adm. 26. Doct. of Law. Jun. 22. Joseph Taylor of S. Joh. C. Jun. 22. Charles Perott of S. Joh. C. The first was a Compounder : The other was several times a Burgess for this University to serve in several Parliaments , and dying in S. Joh. Coll. on the 10. of June 1686 , aged 45 or thereabouts was buried in the Church at Fyfield near Abendon in Berks , where there is Land belonging to his name and Family . Jan. 28. Richard Osgood of New Coll. Jan. 28. Gabr. Thistlethwayte of New Coll. The last of these two was now Preb. of Teynton Regis with Yalm●ton in the Church of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Tho. Hyde deceased , and Fellow of Wykehams Coll. near Winchester . Doct. of Phys . July 7. Edward Jones of Mert. Coll. July 7. Nich. He le of Exet. Coll. July 7. Tho. Hayes of Brasn . Coll. July 7. Pet. Gerard of Brasn . Coll. Doct. of Div. June 26. Joh. Price of New Coll. Accum . and Compounders . 28. Henry Compton of Ch. Ch. Accum . and Compounders . 28. Will. Bethel of S. Alb. Hall. Accum . and Compounders . 28. Thom. Marshall of Linc. Coll. 28. Joh. Hall of Pembr . Coll. 28. Joh. Darby of Vniv . Coll. July . 3. Tho. Sprat . Accumulator of Wadh. Coll. 6. Franc. Turner Compounder of New Coll. 6. Joh. Barnard Accum . of Linc. Coll. Four of these Doctors were afterwards Bishops , viz. Compton , Hall ( who succeeded Dr. Barlow in the Margaret Professorship 24. of May 1676 ) Sprat and Turner . Incorporations . May 4. Joh. Bapt. Gornia Doct. of Phys . of Bononia , publick prof . at Pisa and Physitian to Cosmo de Medicis Prince of Tuscany , was incorp . Doct. of Phys . — In a Convocation held in the afternoon of that day , the said Prince , who was entertained by the University , was then sitting , when the ceremony of Incorp . was performed , in a chair of state on the right hand of the Vicechancellour . The said Prince is now the Great Duke of Tuscany . May 6. Hen. Dove M. A. of Cambr. — He was of Trin. Coll. in that University , was afterwards D. of D , Chaplain to Dr. Pearson B. of Chester , Archdeacon of Richmond ( in the place of Charles Bridgman mentioned under the year 1662 , ) Minister of S. Brides Ch. in London , and Chapl. in Ord. to K. Ch. 2. Jam. 2. K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary . He hath published five or more Sermons . May 6. Rich. Wro● M. A. of Camb. — He was of Jesus Coll. in that University was afterwards Chaplain to the said Dr. Pearson B. of Chester , Warden of the College at Manchester in the place of Dr. Nich. Stratford , in the beginning of the year 1684 , and Doct. of Div. He hath three or more Sermons extant . May. 11. Joh. Beveridge M. A. of Cambr. — He was of S. Johns Coll. in that University , and I know not yet to the contrary but that the publick Registrary might mistake him for Wi●l . Beveridge M. A. of the said Coll , afterwards D. of D , Archdeacon of Colchester , Rector of S. Peters Cornhill in Lond. Canon of Canterbury and Chaplain to their Majesties K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary . This Dr. W. Beveridge , who denied the Bishoprick of B. and Wells in the beginning of the year 1691 ( of which Dr. Ken had then lately been deprived for not taking the Oathes to the said K. W. 3. and Queen Mary ) is a right learned man and hath published several books and sermons , which shew him so to be . June 15. Joh. North M. A. of Cambr. — This Gentleman , who was Fellow of Jesus Coll. in the said University , but now of Trinity Coll. in this , ( where he continued for some time ) was a younger Son of Dudley Lord North of Kirtlyng , was afterwards Master of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , D. of D , Clerk of the Closet and Preb. of Westminster . He hath published one Sermon , and made a strict review of Platoes select Dialogues De rebus divinis in Greek and Latin , purged many superfluous and cabalistical things thence ; ( about the fourth part of them ) which being done he published them in 1673. He died at Cambridge in the month of April ( about the 12 day ) an . 1683 , being then esteemed a good Grecian . July 8. Theoph. Howerth Doct. of Phys . of Cambr. — He was of Magd. Coll. in that University , and , of the Coll. of Phys . at London . This year Sheldons Theater being opened and dedicated for a learned use , was a most splendid Act celebrated therein on the 12 of July ; and very many Cambridge men coming to the solemnity , were 84 Masters of Arts of that Univ. incorporated in a Congregation held in the House of Convocation the next day . The names of some of which follow . Will. Saywell Fellow of S. Joh. Coll. — He was afterwards Chaplain to Dr. Peter Gunning B. of Chichester and afterwards of Ely , was installed Chancellour of the Church of Chichester , 5. Dec. 1672 , became Master of Jesus Coll. in the said University , D. of D , and Archdeacon of Ely in the place of Barnab . Oley deceased . He hath written several things , among which are Evangelical and Cath. unity maintained in the Church of England : or an apology for her government , liturgy , subscriptions , &c. with answers to the objections of Mr. Baxter , Dr. Owen and others against conformity . Also the L. Bishop of Ely's ( Gunning ) Vindication , shewing his way of true and christian concord . And a Postscript in answer to Mr. Baxters late objections against my self concerning general Councils , &c. Lond. 1682. oct . The book of Mr. Baxter which he answers , is his Apology for the Non-conformist Ministry , &c. Lond. 1681. qu. and that or Dr. Owen , is An enquiry into the Original of Evangelical Churches , &c. He hath also written The reformation of the Church of England justified , according to the Canons of the Council of Nice , &c. being an answer to a paper reprinted at Oxford , entit . The Schism of the Church of England demonstrated , &c. — Printed in the Reign of K. Jam. 2. &c. Samuel Scattergood Fell. of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards Vicar of Blockley in Warwickshire , an . 1678 , and is author of two or more Sermons . Tho. Gale Fell. of the said Coll. of the holy Trinity — In 1672 he became chief Master of S. Pauls School in London , was afterwards D. of D , Prebendary of Pauls , Fellow of the Royal Society , and much celebrated for his admirable knowledge in the Greek tongue , for his great labour and industry in publishing Greek authors as well Mss as printed exemplars , as also certain books of English antiquities . He hath written Philosophia Generalis in duas partes disterminata , &c. Joh. Sharp of Christs Coll. — He was made Archdeacon of Berks in the place of Dr. Peter Mews promoted to the See of B. and Wells , an . 1672 , was afterwards Chaplain to Heneage Lord Finch Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England , Preb. of Norwich , Rector of S. Giles in the Fields near London , Dean of Norwich , ( in which Dignity he was installed 8. June 1681 in the place of Herb. Astley deceased ) afterwards of Canterbury , upon Dr. Jo. Tillotson's translation thence to that of S. Paul in London , in Sept. 1689 , and at length , upon the death of Dr. Thom. Lamplugh , Archbishop of York ; to which he was consecrated in the Church of S. Mary le Bow in London , on Sunday the 5. of July 1691. He hath 10 Sermons or more extant . Hen. Jenks Fellow of Gonvile and Caies Coll. — He was afterwards Fellow of the Royal Society and author of The Christian Tutor ; or a free and rational discourse of the Sovereign good and happiness of man , &c. in a Letter of advice to Mr. James King in the East-Indies . Lond. 1683. oct . Rob. Wensley of Sydney Coll. — He was afterwards Vicar of Chesthunt in Hertfordshire , Chaplain to James Earl of Salisbury , and author of two or more Sermons , and of The forme of sound words : or the Catechisme of the Ch. of Engl. proved to be most Apostolical , &c. Lond. 1679. in tw . Joh. Newton Fellow of Clare Hall — He hath one or more Sermons extant . See in Joh. Newton among the Writers in this Vol. p. 472. Jam. Lowde Fell. of Clare Hall — He was afterwards Rector of Esington in Yorkshire , Chaplain to John Earl of Bridgwater and author of one or more Sermons . He hath also translated from French into English A discourse concerning divine dreams mention'd in Scripture : together with the marks and characters by which they might be distinguished from vain elusions . Lond. 1676. oct . Written originally in a Letter by Moses Amyraldus to Monsieur Gaches . Thom. Bambridge of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards a Doctor , and author of An answer to a book entit . Reason and authority , or the motives of a late Protestants reconciliation to the Cath. Church : With a brief account of Augustine the Monk and conversion of England . Printed in the Reign of K. Jam. 2. Henry Anderson of Magd. Coll. — He is the same , I suppose , who was afterwards Vicar of King sumburne in Hampshire , and author of three or more Sermons . All which Masters , viz. Saywell , Scattergood , Gale , Sharp , Jenks , Wensley , Newton , L●wde , Bambridge and Anderson were incorporated on the 13 of July . At the same time were five Bach. of Div. incorporated , among whom were these . Bryan Turner late Fellow of S. Joh. Coll. — He was first Rector of S. Faiths Church under Pauls , where he continued till the great fire in Lond. 1666 , and in the year after he succeeded Mr. Will. Twyne deceased , in the Rectory of Sculderne near Dedington in Oxfordshire . He hath two Sermons extant , and a small Tract entit . De primi peccati introitu : sive de lapsu Angelorum & Hominum tentamen , quo ratio reddatur amico postulanti . Lond. 1691. qu. John Standish Fellow of Peter House — He was afterwards Rector of Conington in Cambridgshire , D. of D , Master of Peter House , Chaplain in ord . to his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , and author of five or more Sermons , which shew him to be no ordinary Calvinist . He was second Son of David Standish one of the Vicars Choral of Peterborough , and died in , or near , London about the last day of December an . 1686 aged 51 years or thereabouts . At the same time also July 13 , were several Doctors of the same Univ. incorporated , as Will. Fairbrether Doct. of the Laws of Qu. Coll. Joh. Browne Doct. of Phys . of Jes . Coll. Griffith Hatley Doct. of Phys . of Pemb. Hall. Clem. Townsend Doct. of Phys . of Cath. Hall. Joh. Mapletoft Dr. of Phys . of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards Professor of Phys . in Gresham Coll. and Fellow of the Royal Society . Henry Paman Doct. of Phys . of S. Johns Coll. — He was about this time Orator of Cambridge and Fellow of the Royal Society , afterwards Honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians , and Professor of Phys . in Gresham Coll. in London . He hath written Epistola brevicula ad Tho. Sydenham M. D. See in Tho. Sydenh . among the Writers under the year 1689. p. 639. Abrah . Allen of Trin. Coll. D. D. Anth. Scattergood of Trin. Coll. D. D. Malach. Harrys of Eman. Coll. D. D. The said Doctor Scattergood , who was Preb. of Linc. and Lichfield and Rector of Winwick and Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire and sometimes Chaplain to Dr. Joh. Williams Archb. of York , was eldest Son of Joh. Scattergood of Ellaston in Staffordshire , was a learned man and hath extant several Sermons and other things . He was living in 1681 aged 70 years or more . All which Doctors from Will. Fairbrother to Mal. Harrys were incorporated on the 13. of July . Dec. 1. Thom. Waterhouse Doct. of Phys . of Leyden — He was a Londoner born , and had the degree of Dr. of the said fac . confer'd on him at Leyd . 1655. Dec. 17. Rob. Morison of Vniv . Coll , Dr. of Phys . of Anger 's in France — This eminent Botanist was born at , and educated in Acad. learning in , Aberdene in Scotland : From which place he was forced to fly after the battle at Brigg of Dee near Aberdene , wherein Middleton the General of the Covenantiers was conquerour . Afterwards going to Paris , he was employed in the education of a young Gent. called Monsieur Bizet the Son of a Counsellour , and addicted his mind then to the study of Medicine ; for the obtaining of which faculty he began to learn the art of simpling or knowledge of plants and herbs under one Monsieur Roobin : And in short time making a great progress therein to the wonder of all , he was , upon Roobins recommendations , taken into the service of the D. of Orleans , with whom he continued till that D. died , and in the year 1648 he took the degree of Doct. of Phys . at Anger 's . At length upon the return of his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , an . 1660 , he came with him into England , was made his Botanick Professor and Overseer of all his Gardens , and had a garden and a house allowed him , and an ample Salary , but enjoyed it , with his appartment , but for a short time , While he was in that capacity , he was chosen Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . at London , and became highly valued and esteemed for his most admirable skill in Botany . At length coming to the knowledge and acquaintance of Mr. Obad. Walker Sen. Fel. Master of Vniv . Coll , he recommended him to the Dean of Ch. Ch. and other leading men of the University , to be chosen Botanick Professor : Whereupon , by the great testimonies and recommendations of his worth , he was elected on the 16 of Dec. and incorporated Doctor on the day . following , an . 1669 as I have before told you . He made his first entrance on the Botanick lecture in the Medicine School , on the 2. of Sept. 1670 , and on the 5 of the same month he translated himself to the Physick Garden , where he read in the middle of it ( with a table before him ) on herbs and plants thrice in a week for 5 weeks space , not without a considerable auditory . In the month of May 1673 he read again , and so likewise in the Autumn following : which course , spring and fall , he proposed always to follow , but was diverted several years by prosecuting his large design of publishing the Universal knowledge of Simples . He hath written ( 1 ) Praeludiorum Botanicorum pars prior , seu Hortus Regius Blaesensis auctus , &c. Lond. 1669. oct . ( 2 ) Praelud . Botan . pars secunda , in qua Hallucinationes Casp . Bauhini , & dialogus cum socio Regalis Societati● . Ibid. eod . an . ( 3 ) Plantarum umbelliferarum distributio nova per tabulas cognationis & affinitatis , ex libro naturae observata & detecta . Oxon. 1672 fol. A laudable account of this book is in the Philos . Transact . num . 81. ( 4 ) Plantarum Historiae Vniversalis Oxoniensis pars secunda . Se● Herbarum distributio nova , per tabulas cognationis & affinit●tis ex libro naturae observata & detecta . Oxon. 1681 fol , adorned with many cuts . The author designed to go forward , with one or more volumes , but being suddenly cut off , the work ceased . However there is now in the press at Oxford a Vol. in fol. in continuance or pursuit of the said last Vol. of Dr. Moryson , written by Jacob Bobart keeper of the Phys . Garden in Oxon , with Annotations thereunto of the Eastern names by Dr. Tho. Hyde chief keeper of the Bodleian Library . After which is done , there will come out another Vol. of Trees by the same hand . This Dr. Morison , who was esteemed the best in the world for his profession , taking a journey from Oxon to Lond. and Westm . in order for the carrying on his great designs of publishing one or more Volumes of Plants , did , when in Westminster , receive ● bruise on his breast by the pole of a Coach , as he was crossing the street between the end of S. Martins-lane and Northumberland house near Charing cross , on the ninth day of Novemb. 1683 : whereupon being soon after carried to his house in Green-street in Leycester fields , died the next day to the great reluctancy of all those that were lovers and admirers of his faculty . Afterwards he was buried in the Church of S. Martin in the Fields within the liberty of Westminster . Creations . The Creations this year were in all the four faculties , occasion'd mostly by the dedication of the Theater , and the coming to the University of the Duke of Ormonde . Mast . of Arts. On the 9 of July , in a Convocation held in the Sheldonian Theater betwixt the hours of 8 and 10 in the morn . ( at which time it was dedicated to a learned use ) were these seven persons following actually created Masters of Arts there . George Berkley of Ch. Ch. a younger Son of George Lord ( afterwards Earl of ) Berkley — He was afterwards benenced in Leycestershire , at Segrave I think , and published A Sermon at the Assizes held at Leycester 22. July 1686 , on Matth. 7.12 . Lond. 1686. qu. &c. Blewet Stonehouse of Ch. Ch. Baronets . Tho. Middleton of Ch. Ch. Baronets . Joh. Bowyer of Ch. Ch. Baronets . Ralph Ashton of Brasn . Coll. Baronets . Joh. Lloyd of Jesus Coll. Baronets . Charles Keymish of Wadh. Coll. Baronets . Afterwards were these two persons following created in the Convocation house , at what time the most noble Duke of Ormonde was created Doct. of Law. Jul. 15. Rob. Shirley of Ch. Ch. Baronets . Jul. 15. Will. Drake of S. Joh. Coll. Baronets . Sir Rob. Shirley , Son of Sir Rob. Shirley who died in the Tower of London , was brought into the Lords house , and seated next above the Lord Stourton by the name of the Lord Ferrers of Chartley , 28. Jan. 1677 , as I have before told you . Jul. 17. Franc. Cholmondeley Esq . Jul. 17. George Bruc● . These two were to have been created on the 15 of Jul. when the Duke of Orm. honored the degree of Doct. of Law , had they been present . The first was of the antient family of his name in Cheshire , and was a Burgess , as it seems , to serve in Parl. after the Prince of Orange came to the Crown . The other was a Scot of an antient and noble race . Doct. of Law. July 15. The most illustrious Prince James Boteler , Duke , Marquess and Earl of Ormonde , Earl of Oss●ry and Brecknock , Viscount Thorles , Baron of Lanthony , and Arclo , chief Butler of Ireland , Lord of the Royalties and Franchises of the County of Tipperary , Chanc. of the Univ. of Dublin , Lord Lieutenant General , and General Governour of his Majesties Kingdom of Ireland , one of the Lords of his most honourable Privy Council in all his Majesties Kingdoms of England , Scotland and Ireland , Lord Steward of his Majesties Houshold , L. Lieutenant of the County of Somerset , Gentleman of his Majesties Bedchamber , and Knight of the most noble order of the Garter , was with great solemnity actually created Doctor of the Civil Law in the House of Convocation , in order to his election of Chancellour of this University , which was accordingly made on the 4 of Aug. following . He was paternally descended (*) from Harvey Walter a great Baron of this Realm in the time of K. Hen. 2 ; whose posterity , afterwards , became Earls of Ormonde ; whereof another James , surnamed Boteler , ( who married Elizabeth the Dau. of Humph. de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex , Lord of Brecknock and Constable of England , by Elizabeth his Wife , one of the Daughters of K. Edw. 3. ) was the first so created by K. Edw. 3. This James Duke of Ormonde was L. Lieutenant of Ireland in the time of K. Ch. 1. of blessed memory , where he performed great things for his cause , and afterwards did constantly adhere to K Ch. 2. in the tedious time of his calamitous exile . Afterwards , for these his loyal actings and sufferings , he was by his Majesty , after his restauration , made L. Lieutenant of Ireland , and advanced to honours and places in England , as before 't is told you . At length in the latter end of Nov. 1682 his Majesty K. Ch 2. was graciously pleased to create him a Duke of this Kingdom of England , by the name and title of James Duke of Ormonde . This most noble person , who was a true Son of the Church of England , a zealous adherer to the Royal cause , and a great lover of the regular Clergy , Universities and Scholars , hath going under his name several Declarations , Letters , &c. while he was L. Lieutenant of Ireland , and in other capacities engaged there for the cause of K. Ch. 1 , as also A Letter in answer to Arthur Earl of Anglesey his Observations and reflections on the E. of Castlehavens Memoirs concerning the rebellion of Ireland . Lond. 1682 in 3 sh . in fol. See in Arth. Annesley E. of Angl. among the Writers in this Vol. an . 1686. p. 598.599 . He died much lamented at Kingston Hall in Dorsetshire , on Saturday 21. of July 1688 aged 79 years : whereupon succeeded him in his honours his Grandson James Earl of Ossory , Son of his eldest Son Thom. late Earl of Ossory . Afterwards his body was conveyed to Kilkenny in Ireland , and there depo●ted in a vault under part of the Cath. Ch. among his Ancestors . Philip Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield was created the same day , Jul. 15. — He had before taken for his second Wife Elizabeth Daughter of the said James Duke of Ormonde . Rob. Spencer Esq . Joh. Evelyn Esq . The last of these two , who was originally of Ball. Coll , hath written many things of great curiosity , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among Oxford Writers with honor . It was then also , ( July 15. ) granted that Charles Earl of Dunfermling in Scotland and Theobald Earl of Carlingford in Ireland , who accompanied the Duke of Ormonde in these parts , might be created Doctors of Law , but whether they were so , it appears not . Doct. of Phys . Nov. 2. Elias Ashmole Esq . sometimes of Brasn . Coll , now ( 1669 ) chief controller of his Majesties excise in England and Wales was diplomated Doct. of Phys . — ab eruditione reconditâ & benevolentia in Academ . propensa nobis charissimus , as it is said in the pub . reg . of the University . He hath written several things , and therefore he is with due respect to be numbred hereafter ( as he is partly already ) among the Oxford Writers . Doct. of Div. Feb. 28. Joh. Durell of Merton Coll. the judicious and laborious Advocate for the Church of England both in word and deed , was then created . On the 15 of July when the D. of Orm. was created , it was unanimously granted by the members of Convocation that Rich. Lingard Dean of Lismore in Ireland , might be admitted to the degree of Doct. of Div , but whether he was so , it appears not . He was now publick Professor of Div. of the University of Dublin , of which he was D. D. and dying at Dublin , was buried in the Chap. of Trinity Coll. there , on the 13 of Nov. 1670. Soon after were published An Elegy and funeral Oration on his death : In both which , the last being in Lat. and spoken in the Hall of the said Coll. just before he was inter'd , may be seen a just character of his great learning and worth . He was originally of the University of Cambridge , and hath written among other things , A Letter of advice to a young Gentleman , leaving the Vniversity , concerning his behaviour and conversation in the world . Printed in tw . 1670 , &c. The said letter was written to James Lane of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. eldest Son of Geor. Visc . Lanesborough . Peter Worm a Dane , son of the great Antiquary Olaus Worm , was a Student this year and after in Oxon , where obtaining several accomplishments , became , after his return to his Country , Secretary to the K. of Denmarke , &c. In the beginning of July , Joh. Rodolph . Westenius and Sebastianus Feschius , both of Basil in Germany , were entred Students in the publick library and continued in Oxon about two years . The first was afterwards Professor of the Greek tongue at Basil , and a publisher of several noted books , the other also a publisher of certain curious and critical matters , which are now highly valued by Scholars o● his Country , &c. An. Dom. 1670. An. 22 Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , &c. Vicechanc. Dr. Mews now Dean of Rochester , Sept. 16. Proct. Alex. Pudsey of Magd Coll. Apr. 13. Henry Smith of Ch. Ch. Apr. 13. Bach. of Arts. June 18. Benj. Hoffman of S. Edm. Hall , afterwards of Ball. Coll. — See among the Masters 1673. Oct. 10. Walt. Harrys of New Coll. 20. Robert Cooper of Pemb. Coll. 31. Gilbert Budgell of Trinity Coll. Of the last of these three you may see more among the Masters an . 1673. Jan. 18. Austin Freezer of S. Edm. Hall. Feb. 8. Edward Tyson of Magd. Hall. Of A. Freezer you may see more among the Masters an . 1879. Mar. 4. John Hughes of Ball. Coll. — See among the Bach. of Div. 1684. W. Harrys , R. Cooper and Edw. Tyson have published several things , and therefore they are to be remembred hereafter . Admitted 240. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Six were admitted , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 22. Sam. Russell of Magd. Coll. — This ingenious person hath translated from English into Latin a book written by the honorable Rob. Boyle Esq . entit . The Origine of formes and qualities . See more of him the said Mr. Russell in William Russell among the Writers , p. 150. Apr. 22. Rob. Parsons of Vniv . Coll. — He was afterwards Chaplain to Anne the Countess Dowager of H●nry Earl of Rochester , and Curat of Adderbury in Oxfordshire for Dr. B●aw Bishop of Landaff , ( who gave him a Preb. in that Church ) Rector of Shabington , and at length one of the Vicars of Waddesdon in Bucks , on the death of Joh. Ellis . He hath published A Sermon preached at the funeral of John Earl of Rochester , 9. Aug. 1680. on Luke 15.7 . Oxon. 1680 qu. A discourse it is so excellent , that it hath given great and general satisfaction to all good and judicious readers . May 11. Joh. Jones of Jesus Coll. May 11. Tho. Jekyll of Trin. Coll. June 8. Will. Pindar of Vniv . Coll. — This person , who was son of Nich. Pindar , was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire , bred in Grammar learning there , and for a time was an Apprentice to an Oil-drawer in that Town , as Rich. Thompson ( mention'd under the year 1667 ) was . Afterwards , entring into Holy Orders , he succeeded Joh. Inett in the Rectory of S. Ebbes Church in Oxon : which place he keeping but for a little time , was made Chaplain to Ford Lord Grey of Werke , in whose service he died . He was a very ready Disputant and a noted preacher , and might , if life had been spared , been very serviceable to the Church of England . He hath published ( 1 ) A Sermon preached before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London at Guildhall Chappel , on Prov. 17.27 . Lond. 1677. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon of divine providence in the special preservation of government and Kingdoms , on Psalm 127.1 . — This Sermon being prophetically delivered a little before his death , concerning some change that would follow , was , upon the discovery of the Popish Plot in the latter end of Sept. 1678 , published in the beginning of Nov. following , in qu. with the date at the bottom of the title of 1679. He died 23 Sept. 1678 and was buried , as I have heard , at Gosfield in Essex , where the Lord Grey hath a Seat. June 8. Jam. Lane of Ch. Ch. — He was the eldest son of Sir Geor. Lane Bt , Visc . Lanesborough in Ireland . 28. Thomas Crane of Brasn . Coll. — This Divine , who was son of a Father of both his names of Lathom in Lancashire , was afterwards Curat at Winwick in his own Country for Dr. Sherlock , and published Job's assurance of the resurrection , Sermon at Winwick in Lancashire 25. June 1689 at the funeral of Rich. Sherlock D. D. late Rector there , on Job . 19.25.26.27 . Lond. 1690. qu. He is now living in Lancashire a Non-juror . July 5. Maurice Wheeler of Ch. Ch. — He afterwards had a hand in translating from Greek The second Vol. of Plutarch's Morals . Lond. 1684. oct . That part which he performed bears this title , Of curiosity ; or an overbusie inquisitiveness into things impertinent . He is now Master of the College School in Glocester , and is in a capacity of doing greater matters . July 7. Edward Drew of Or. Coll. July 7. Tho. Salmon of Trinity Coll. The first of these two , who was originally of Exeter Coll. was afterwards Can. resid . of the Church of Exeter and Archdeacon of Cornwall . Oct. 20. Joh. Grayle of Exet. Coll. Mar. 1. Joh. Floyr of Queens Coll. Adm. 81. or thereabouts . ☞ But one Bach. of Phys . was admitted this year . Bach. of Div. Apr. 16. Nathan . Alsop of Brasn . Coll. — This Divine , who had been Proctor of the Univ. was afterwards Rector of Church-Laugton in his native Country of Leycestershire and published A Sermon at the Assizes held at Leycester for that County 23. Mar. 1681. Lond. 1682. qu. May 11. Joshua Stopford of Brasn . Coll. July 12. Adam Littleton of Ch. Ch. Adm. 10. Doct. of Law. July 5. John Mayow of All 's . Coll. — He was now and after a profess'd Physitian . Doct. of Phys . Dec. 17. David Thomas of New Coll. Doct. of Div. June 25. Thomas Pit●is of Linc. Coll. July 2. Giles Hinton of Mert. Coll. 9. Benj. Parry of C. C. Coll. The second was an Accumulator , and the last a Compounder . 12. Adam Littleton of Ch. Ch. Accumulator — His Letters Test . under the hand of Humphrey B. of London , which he brought with him when he was to take his degree , partly run thus — Vir egregiè doctus , multiplici literatura excultus , eoque doctis bonisque plurimi factus est & adamatus , tum ob singularem eruditionem , humanitatem , morumque suavitatem , tum ob vitam inculpatam & pie institutam , in concionando facultatem promptam & exquisitum ingenium — His nominibus apud nos claret , &c. Incorporations . July 12. Joh. Bonwick Bach. of Div. of Cambr. — He was of Christs Coll. in that University . Octob. 26. Will. Briggs M. A. of C. C. Coll. in Cambr. — He was afterwards Doct. of Phys , Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians , Physitian to the Hospital of St. Thomas in Southwark and author of Opthalmographia , sive oculi ejusque partium descriptio Anatomica . Cui accessit nova visionis Theoria . Camb. 1676 in tw . &c. An account of this book is in the Philos . Transact . nu . 129.147 ; in which the author hath one or more Discourses . Dec. 20. John Vlacq Doct. of the Civil Law of Orange was incorporated in a Convocation held in the Theater while the Prince of Orange was entertain'd with the delights of the Muses there . — He was the Son of Cornelius Vlacq chief Amanuensis or Scribe or Secretary to the said Pr. of Orange . Edw. Halsius Doct. of Phys . of Leyden and Physitian in the Court of the said Prince , was then and there also incorporated . Sam. Morrys Doct. of Physick of the said University was also then and there incorporated — He was Bach. of Arts of Magd. Hall , an . 1662. These three last were nominated by the Pr. of Orange to be incorporated . CREATIONS . The Creations this year were in all the four faculties , occasion'd mostly by the coming to the University of the Prince of Aurange or Orange . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 22. Joshua Stopford of Brasnose , lately of Magd. Coll. — He was soon after admitted Bach. of Div. as I have before told you . Dec. 20. Rich. Lauder of S. Johns Coll , was actually created in a Convocation held in the Theater , while the Prince of Orange sate in a chair of State on the right hand of the Vicechancellour — This noble person was son of Charles Maitland Baron of Haltown in Scotland ( by his Wife the Daughter and Heir of Lauder ) younger Brother to John Maitland Duke of Lauderdale , and was afterwards Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland , where he was called Lord Maitland so long as his Father Charles was Earl of Lauderdale ( for by that title he was known after the said Joh. Maitland Duke of Lauderdale died , which was at Tunbridge in Kent on S. Barthelmews day 1682 ) and after the said Charles his death , which hapned about the ninth day of May an . 1691 , the said Richard Lauder became Earl of Lauderdale , and is now living in Scotland . After him were these persons following created in the said Convocation . Will. Scharp of Ch. Ch , who was allowed to wear the gown of a Noble man during his stay in the University , was next , after Lauder , created . — He was the eldest Son of Dr. James Scharp sometimes Professor of Divinity , and Rector of the University of S. Andrew , afterwards consecrated Archbishop of S. Andrew in S. Peters Church , commonly called the Abbey Church in Westminster , 15 of Decemb. 1661 , at which time were also consecrated Andr. Fairfo●d Minister of D●nce to the Archiepiscopal See of Glascow , James Hamilton late Minister of Cambusnethum to the See of Ga●loway , and Rob. Leighton Dean of his Majesties Chappel Royal in Scotland , and late Principal of the Coll. at Edinburgh , to the See of D●mblayne . This most worthy Archbishop Scharp , who is justly characterized to have been Pietatis exemplum , pacis Angelus , sapientiae oraculum , gravitatis imago , &c. was most barbarously murdered , for his function sake , near the City of S. Andrew , by a pack of Hell-hounds , enemies to God , Man and all kind of Religion , to the great horror and amazement of all the christian world , on the 3 of May 1679 aged 61 years : whereupon his body was buried in the Cath. Church of S. Andrew , and had soon after put over it a stately monument , with a most noble inscription thereon ; the contents of which being now too large for this place , they shall for brevity sake be omitted . George Sheild a Scot , Governour to the before mention'd John Lauder . Andrew Bruce a Scot of an antient family — I have made mention of another Andr●w Bruce among the Incorporations , an . 1660. Joh. Trevor Gent. Com. of Mert. Coll. Son of Sir Joh. Trevor one of his Majesties Principal Secretaries of State , and of his most honorable Privy Council — The said Sir Joh. Trevor died on the 28 of June 1672 aged 47 years , and was buried in the Church of S. Barthelmew in Smithfield London : whereupon Hen. Coventrie Esq . was sworn Principal Secretary in his place on the 3. of July following . The said Sir Joh. Trev●r was Son of another Sir John Trevor of the City of Westminster Kt , who , after he had kept pace with the dominant party in the times of Usurpation , as his said Son had done , ( for they were both halters in the Presbyterian Rebellion and adherers to the Usurper ) died full of years in the said City , in the Winter time , before the month of Dec. an . 1673. Besides the aforesaid persons , were then actually created William Tayler , Joh. Dan , Franc. Anshenhurst , Jam Innys , Clem. Dolby , Joh. Mathew and James Waddyng ; of all whom I know nothing . Febr. 1. Altham Annesley of Magd. Coll. Febr. 1. Rich. Annesley of Magd. Coll. These were the Sons of Arthur Earl of Anglesey , and were to have been created , had they not been absent , in the Orangian Creation . I shall make mention of the said Rich. Annesley among the Doct. of Div. an . 1689. Mar. 21. Sir Will. Ellis of Linc. Coll. Bt. — He was also nominated to be created when the Pr. of Orange honored the degree of Doct. of the Civil , but was then absent . Bach. of Div. Jan. 13. Joseph Sayer of Wadh. Coll. — This Divine , who was Son of Franc. Sayer sometimes Minister of Yattenden in Berks , became Servitour of Wadh. Coll. in 1647 , left it without a degree , took holy Orders , but from whom I know not , succeeded his Father in Yattenden , an . 1656 , resign'd it to his Brother Francis sometimes of Mert. Coll. an . 1665 , at which time Joseph Sayer became Minister of Newbury and of Sulham in his own Country of Berks. In the month of May 1670 he became Preb. of Bishopston in the Church of Salisbury , by the death of one Will. Hobbes , and under pretence of being ejected for his loyalty from his Coll , ( which is false ) he got himself to be put in the roll of those which the Prince of Orange desired to be created , while he was entertain'd at Oxon. About which time , he , by the endeavours of one Say●r his Majesties chief Cook , procured the rich Rectory of North-Church in Hertfordshire . He hath published , A Sermon preached at Reading , 25 Feb. 1672 at the Assizes there holden for the County of Berks , &c. on Rom. 13. part of the 5 vers . Lond. 1673. qu. On the 8 of Decemb. 1681 he was installed Archdeacon of Lewes in Sussex , which is all that I hitherto know of him . Doct. of Law. Sept. 16. Isaac Vossius Son of the famous Joh. Gerard V●ssius , was then actually created Doct. of the Civil Law , after he had been with great humanity and friendship entertained by some of the chief Heads of Colleges , as his Father had been before , in 1629 ; much about which time he was installed Canon of Canterbury — This Dr. Vossius was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. Tho. Viner deceased , 12 May 1673 , and dying in his Lodgings in Windsore Castle on the 10 of Feb. 1688 , was buried there , leaving then behind him the best private library , as it was then supposed , in the whole world . He hath published several books , the titles of some of which you may see in the Bod●eian catalogue . Several also he wrot while he was at Windsore , among which is his book De Sibyllinis aliisque quae Christi natalem praecessere oraculis : Accedit ejusdem responsio ad objectiones nuperae Criticae sacrae , &c. Oxon. 1680. oct . Decemb. 20. The most illustrious Prince William Henry Nassau Prince of Orange and Nassau , was actually created Doctor of the Civil Law in a Convocation held in the Theater — The rest of his titles you shall have as they stand in the publick register , given into the hands of the Registrary by one of his chief Attendants , thus . Comes Cattimelibocii , Viendae , Dietziae , Lingae , Moersiae , Bureniae , Leerdamiae , & Marchio Verae & F●issingiae , Dynasta Dominus ac Baro Bredae , Vrbis , Graviae & d●tionis Cuychiae , Diestae , Grimbergae , Herstalliae , Cronendonchiae , Warnestonii , Arlaii , Noseretti , Sancti Viti , Daesbergae , Aggeris , Sancti Martini , Geertrudenbergae , utriusque Swaluwe , Naelwici , &c. Vicecomes haereditarius Antwerpiae & Vezantionis , Marescallus haereditarius Hollandiae , Regii ordinis Pariscelidis Eques . — This most noble Prince was conducted in his Doctors robes , with a velvet round cap , from the Apodeterium ( or Vestry of Convoc . ) by the Beadles with their silver staves erected , and chains about their necks , in the company of the Reg. Prof. of the Civil Law : And when he came near to the grades leading up to the Vicechancellours Seat in the Theater , the said Professor , in an humble posture , presented him with a short speech , the Pr. having his cap on ; which being done , the Vicechancellour created him with another , and then descending from his place , he took the Prince by the arme and conducted him up to his chair of state , standing on the right hand of that of the Vicech . at some distance above it . The said Pr. is now King of Engl. by the name of Will. 3. A little before his entrance into the Theater , the Vicechancellour read the names of certain persons that were then to be created in the four faculties of Arts , Law , Physick and Divinity , which were all or mostly nominated by the Prince and given into the hands of Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies , who gave it into those of the Vicechancellour . The paper or roll contained the names of fifteen to be created Masters of Arts , one to be Bach. of Divinity , eighteen to be Doctors of the Civil Law , ( whereof one was incorporated ) six to be Doctors of Physick and seven to be Doct. of Divinity . After the names were read by the Vicechancellour , and proposed to the Ven. Convocation for their consents , there was a general murmuring among the Masters , not against the Strangers to be created , but some of their own Body . This Creation was called by some the Orangian Creation , tho not so pleasing to the generality , as might be wished for . After the Prince was seated , these persons following were created Doct. of the Civ . Law. Jacobus Liber Baro ac Dominus Wassenariae , Obdami , Hensbrokii , &c. Praefectus equestris necnon Legionis Equitum Major , Gubernator urbium Willemstadii , ●landriaeque , ut & propugnaculorum adjacentium confaederati Belgii Servitio . William Albert Earl or Count of Dona , who was now , or at least was lately Embassador from the King of Sweedland to his Majesty the King of Great Britaine — He was here in England in the same quality , an . 1667 , as I have told you in p. 543. Henry de Nassau , Lord in Ouwerkerk &c. — One of both his names and title became Master of the Horse after K. Will. 3. came to the Crown , and Capt. of the fourth Troop of his Majesties Horse-Guards . Will. de Nassau , Lord in Leersum , in Faederato Belgio Turmae peditum Praefectus , &c. — This person and H. de Nassau were related in blood to the Prince . William Benting or Bentink — After the Prince of Orange came to the Crown of England , he was made Groom of the Stole and Privy purse , and in the beginning of Apr. 1689 , he was made Baron of Cirencester , Viscount Woodstock and Earl of Portland . John de Bye Lord in Albranswert — His other titles stand thus in the register — Celsissimi Principis Auriaci Aulae Magister primarius , Canonicus Vltrajectensis , Turmae Peditum in Faederato Belgio Praefectus & Vice Colonellus . James de Steenhuys free Lord in Heumen , Malden , Oploo and Floresteyn . Herman Scaep Lord of Beerse , was , being absent , diplomated . Sir Charles Cotterel Kt Master of the Ceremonies and Master of the Requests . — This Gent. who was of Wylsford in Lincolnshire , succeeded Sir Joh. Finet in the Mastership of the Ceremonies , an . 1641 , and became so great a Master of some of the modern Languages , that he translated from Spanish into English A relation of the defeating of Card. Mazarini and Ol. Cromwells design to have taken Ostend by treachery , in the year 1658. Lond. 1660. 66. in tw : And from French into English The famed Romance called Cassandra . Lond. 1661. fol. See more of him in Will. Aylesbury among the Writers , p. 138. and in G. Morley p. 582. In the beginning of Decemb. 1686 , he having petitioned his Majesty K. Jam. 2. for leave , by reason of his age , to resign his office of Master of the Ceremonies , his Majesty was graciously pleased in consideration of his faithful services to his Royal Father , Brother ( to whom he adhered in his exile ) and himself , to receive his Son Charles Lodowick Cotterel Esq , sometimes Gent. Com. of Mert. Coll , into the said office , and to constitute his Grandson ( by his Daughter ) Joh. Dormer Esq , Assistant Master of the Ceremonies in his place . On the 18 of Feb. following his Majesty confer'd the honor of Knighthood on the said Ch. Lod. Cotterel , and at the same time did put about his neck a gold chain and medal , the mark of his office . Sir Walt. Vane Kt. — Of the family of the Vanes of Kent . Henr. Cocceius . John Wooldridge or Wolveridge Esq . — He was of Dedmaston in Shropshire , had been educated in Cambridge , and afterwards became Barrester of Greys Inn , &c. Thomas Duppa Esq . — He was Nephew to Brian sometimes B. of Winchester was afterwards eldest Gentleman Usher and dayly waiter to his Majesty ; and , upon the death of Sir Edw. Carteret , Usher of the Black rod , about the middle of March , 1682. Soon after he was made a Knight . Edm. Warcup Esq . — This person , who is a Cadet of an antient family of his name at English near Henley in Oxfordshire , became a Commoner of S. Alb. Hall a little before the grand rebellion broke out , afterwards a Traveller ; and at length a Captain in the Parliament Army , by the favour of his Uncle Will. Lenthall Speaker of the Long Parliament ; and a Captain he was in the regiment of Sir Anth. Ashley Cooper , in the latter end of 1659. After the Kings return he was made a Justice of Peace of Middlesex , of which , as also of his Commission in the Lieutenancy and Service of the Duke of York , he was deprived for a time and committed to the Fleet for abusing the name of Hen. Earl of Arlington . But being soon after restored , upon his submission to the said Count , he became very active in that office , especially against the Priests and Papists , when the Popish Plot was discovered , an . 1678. In 1663 he was created Master of Arts , in 1670 , Doct. of the Civ . Law , as 't is here told you , and on the 15 of Dec. 1684 being then of North More in Oxfordshire , he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty at Whitehall . He hath translated out of the originals An exact survey of the whole Geography and History of Italy , with the adjacent Isles of Sicily , Malta , &c. and whatever is remarkable in Rome . Lond. 1660. fol. Edm. Jeffryes . Joh. Alleyn Warden of the Coll. or Hospital at Dulwich — He was then , being absent , diplomated . Joh. Moore . All which Doctors of the Civil Law , from the Prince of Orange to this Joh. Moore , were created on the 20 of Dec ; the Prince being then seated in his chair of State. Dec. 20. Thom. Hayes was created Dr. of the same faculty , in the said Convocation , by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that he had served his Majesty as Chaplain to Sir Thom. Allyn ( Vice-Admiral ) as well in all the Turkish Wars as before . &c. Doct. of Phys . Abraham Clifford an English man , Secundarius à secretis to the Prince of Aurange — This person , who was a Presbyterian , hath written — Methodus Evangelica : or the Gospel method of Gods saving sinners by Jesus Christ , practically explained in 12 positions . Lond. 1676. oct . To which is prefix'd a preface by Dr. Tho. Manton and Mr. Rich. Baxter . This Dr. Clifford died in the Parish of S. Sepulcher in London , in the beginning of the year 1675. Will. Brian one of the Princes Court. Richard Morton — This Physitian , who was a Ministers Son , was originally of Magd. Hall , afterwards one of the Chaplains of New Coll , took the degrees in Arts , and about the time , that he took that of Master , became Chaplain in the family of Foley of Worcestershire . Afterwards shewing himself a Nonconformist when the Act of Uniformity was published , he studied Physick , and after he had the degree of Doctor of that faculty bestowed on him by the Prince of Orange , he became Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians in London , and at length author of Phthisiologia , seu exercitationes de Phthisi tribus libris comprehensae . Totumque opus variis historiis illustratum . Lond. 1689 in a large oct . Edm. Grey . Edw Crump Esq . Theodor. Calladonius Esq . — He , being absent , was diplomated . All which Doct. of Phys . were created on the 20. of Dec. Feb. 28. In a Convocation then held , James Alban Ghibbes or Gibbes ( or Ghibbesius as he writes himself ) Poet Laureat to Leopold the Emperour of Germany , was declared Doctor of Physick by vertue of the Chancellours Letters written to the Vicechanc , which partly run thus — Understanding that you have received a present of a gold chain and meddal from Mr. Gibbes Poet Laureat to his Imperial Majesty , I think it will become you to make him some handsome return by sending him a degree of Doctor of Laws or Physick , by a Diploma , or else a letter of thanks , or both , &c. After the letter was read , and the Vicechancellour had proposed the matter to the Convocation , he was declared Doctor of Physick : yet his Diploma was not sealed till the 10. of Aug. 1673. See more among the Creations of that year . Doct. of Div. Dennis Greenvill of Exet. Coll. — He was afterwards Dean of Durham , and when the Prince of Orange came to the Crown , a Non-juror . Joh. Davys . Thom. Willis — This person , who was sometimes of S. Joh. Coll , as I have told you among the Creations in 1646 , was now Minister of Kingston upon Thames in Surrey and Chaplain in Ord. to his Majesty . He hath published The excellency of Wisdome , disclosing it self in the virtues of a good life , recommended to the Natives of Warwickshire , in a Sermon on Prov. 4.7.8.9 . preached to them on their anniversary feast day , in Lond. 30. Nov. 1675. Lond. 1676. qu. He hath written and published other things , and therefore he may be remembred hereafter among the Oxford Writers . He afterwards resigned Kingston to his Son , and removed to a Living near Buckingham . James Bateman — Of him I know nothing . Joh. Sculer Philosophy Prof. at Breda . Diplomated . Theod. Winkelman Pastor of Osterhuse in the Province of Breda . Diplomated . Lew. Herald Pastor of the French Church at London . Diplomated . All which Doctors of Divinity were created on the 20 of December . Jacobus Gronovius of Deventer or Deventre in the Province of Overissel , Son of the famous Joh. Fred. Gronovius was a Student this year in the University , and after ; where being a sedulous Student in the publick Library and a great companion of learned men while he continued in Oxon , became afterwards a learned man himself , a Professor of Leyden and author of several excellent books , &c. Dethlevus Cluverus also , of Sliswick in Holland , was a close Student there in the same Libr , for two years at least , and after his return to his Country wrot and published Astronomical Tables and Mathematical books , &c. An. Dom. 1671. An. 23. Car. 3. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Dr. Pet. Mews , ult . Aug. Proct. Joh. Hersent of New Coll. May 3. Alan Carr of All 's . Coll. May 3. The junior of these Proctors being found uncapable , as to standing in the degree of Master , according to Caroline Cycle or Statutes , the Aularians put in a protestation against his admission , to the Vicechancellour , to be registred , to the end that posterity might know that they were not backward in vindicating their right . Bach. of Arts. May 6. Joh. Okes of Oriel Coll , afterwards of S. Maries Hall. — See among the Masters , an . 1673. 11. Jonathan Kimberley of Pemb. Coll. — See among the Mast . an . 1673. 18. Matthew Morgan of S. Johns Coll. — He hath published several things of Poetry , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Oxford Writers . 24. Thom. Stripling of Trin. Coll. — See among the Masters an . 1673. June 7. Charles Hickman of Ch. Ch. — He hath several Sermons extant , and therefore he is to be numbred among the Writers hereafter . Oct. 16. Aaron Baker of Wadh. Coll. — See among the Masters 1674. Nov. 9. Joshua Richardson of S. Edm. Hall — This person , who was Son of Joh. Richards . of Whitchurch in Shropshire Minister , left this University without taking any other degree there , went to London and became Lecturer of S. Mary hill , and preacher of another place there , as also Chaplain to Sir Joh. More L. Mayor of London during his Mayoralty , an . 1681. 82. He hath published A Sermon preached before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London , at the Guild-hall Chappel , 17 Sept. 1682 , on Prov. 14.34 . Lond. 1682. qu. Jan. 23. Joh. Barrow of S. Edm. Hall. Feb. 17. Joh. Bennion of S. Edm. Hall. Of these two , you may see among the Masters , an . 1674. 29. Will. Bolton of S. Joh. Coll. — This person , who was Son of a Father of both his names of Lond. was afterwards one of the Schoolmasters of the Charterhouse there , and author of ( 1 ) A Serm. preached at Ch. Ch. Tabernacle on Sunday 9. Sept. 1683 , being a day of Thanksgiving for the deliverance of his Maj. sacred Person and Government from the late fanatick conspiracy . Lond. 1684. qu. ( 2 ) Josephs entertainment of his Brethren , Sermon at the Herefordshire feast at S. Mary Le Bow 25 Jun. 1684. Lond. 1684. qu. Adm. 194. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. June 8. Rob. Plot of Magd. Hall. Besides him were 8 more admitted , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 12. Sam. B●nson of Ch. Ch. Apr. 12. Rich. Peers of Ch. Ch. The first of these two was afterwards Archdeacon of Hereford . July 5. Henry Maurice of Jesus Coll. Nov. 28. Joh. Shirley of Trin. Coll. Jan. 18. Rich. Banke of Linc. Coll. — He was the Son of a Father of both his names of Ilkley in Yorkshire , and translated from French into English , A discourse of Women shewing their imperfections alphabetically . Lond. 1673. oct . Mar. 21. Seth Ward of New Coll. — This person , who was Nephew to Seth Bishop of Salisbury , became Fellow of Wykehams Coll. near Winchester in the place of Henry Bankes deceased , in Octob. 1672 , and Archdeacon of Wilts in the room of Tho. Henchman deceased , in the beginning of Feb. 1674 , being about that time Prebendary of Winchester . In the beginning of Nov. 1681 he was made Chanc. of the Church of Salisbury on the death of Rich. Drake and Can. resid . thereof : whereupon he resigned his Archdeaconry , and was succeeded therein by Rob. Woodward Bach. of Law of New Coll. as also his Prebendship of Winton , which was bestowed on Will. Harrison sometimes M. of A. of Wadh. Coll. and about that time Master of the Hospital of S. Cross . In the latter end of 1686 , he being then Rector of Brightwell near Wallingford in Berks. ( as he had been some years before ) he was made Treasurer of the Chur. of Salisbury in the place of Dr. Tho. James deceased , and dying in the month of May , 1690 , was buried in the Cath. Church of Salisbury near the body of his Uncle , where there is a comly monument over their graves . In his Treasurership succeeded a French man named Pet. Alex D. D. author of several English books pertaining to Divinity . Adm. 102. ☞ Not one Bach. of Phys . was adm . this year . Bach. of Div. Seven Bach. of Divinity were admitted , but not one of them was a Writer or Bishop . Doct. of Law. June 8. Rob. Plot of Magd. Hall — He accumulated . July 4. John Harrison of New Coll. Bach of Phys . July 1. Thom. Alvey of Mert. College — He was afterwards Fellow of the College of Physitians at London , and author of Dissertatiuncula Epistolaris , unde pateat urinae materiam potiùs è sero sanguinis , quàm è sero ad renes transmitti . Lond. 1680 in two sheets and a half in qu. Doct. of Div. June 23. Narcissus Marsh of Exet. Coll. 28. Thom. Duncombe of Corp. Ch. Coll. The last of these two , who went out Compounder , was a Surrey man born , and at this time Rector of Shere in that County . He hath published The great efficacy and necessity of good example , especially in the Clergy ; recommended in a Visitation Serm. at Guildford , on 1. Tim. 4.12 . Lond. 1671. qu. Nov. 28. Henry Bagshaw of Ch. Ch. Incorporations . June 11. Henry James M. A. of Cambr. — This person , who was Fellow of Qu. Coll. in that University , was about this time domestick Chapl. to Rob. Earl of Aylesbury , afterwards Chaplain in Ord. to his Majesty , Master of his College , Vicechancellour of Cambridge 1684 , &c. He hath one or more Sermons extant . After the conclusion of the Act , were 20 Masters of Arts of Cambridge incorporated , among which were these . Jul. 11. Joh. Stripe of Cath. Hall. — This person , who is a Londoner born of German Extraction , was afterwards Vicar of Low-Leyton in Essex , and published A Sermon preached at the Assizes at Hertford , 8 Jul. 1689 , on 1 of Sam. 12.7 . Lond. 1689. qu. It must be now known that George Bright D. D. Rector of Loughborough in Leicestershire , sometimes Fellow of Eman. Coll. in Cambridge , afterwards Chaplain to Mary Princess of Orange , and now Dean of S. Asaph in the place of Dr. N. Stratford promoted to the See of Chester , did collect and publish the first vol. of Dr. Joh. Lightfoot's Works , containing all those English Books which had been put out by the said Lightfoot in his life time . — Lond. 1684. fol. At the same time Mr. Stripe collected and published the second vol. of the said Works , several of which having been written in Latin by the Author , were translated into English by Stripe , who also collected from Dr. Lightfoot's Papers several of his Sermons and made them fit for the Press , which are the second part of the second vol : Before which sec . vol. is a Preface written by Mr. Stripe , who also wrot the Appendix to the Life of Dr. Lightfoot written by Dr. Bright ; which Append. is larger than the Life it self . Drue Cressener of Pembr . Hall. — He was afterwards D. of D. and author of ( 1 ) The judgments of God upon the R. Cath. Ch. from its first rigid Laws for Vniversal Conformity to it , unto its last end , &c. Lond. 1689. qu. ( 2 ) A demonstration of the first Principles of the Protestant applications of the Apocalypse ; together with the consent of the Ancients concerning the fourth beast in the seventh of Daniel and the beast in the Rev. Lond. 1690. qu. and other things which I have not yet seen . Rich. Carr of Christs Coll. Besides the said Masters , were also incorporated the same day ( July 11. ) two Bachelaurs of Div , of whom Joh. Bradshaw of Eman. Coll. was one , and , as I conceive , an Author . See in the Bodleian Cat. Jul. 11. Mich. Geddes M A. of Edinburgh in Scotland . Jul. 11. Will. Falconer M A. of Aberdene in Scotland . Jul. 11. George Monypenny M A. of S. Andrew in Scotland . Jul. 11. Stafford Wallys M A. of S. Andrew in Scotland . These were the four first Scotchmen that did partake of the exhibition of Dr. Joh. Warner mention'd among the Writers in this Vol. p. 258. They lived first in Gloc. Hall , and afterwards in Ball. Coll , where their successors do yet remain . Mr. Geddes was afterwards the only Writer of the said four persons , and therefore he , ( being now Chanc. of the Church of Salisbury ) ought to be remembred hereafter among the Oxford Writers . Creations . Jun. 7. Joh. Saumers of Pemb. Coll. was created D. of D. by vertue of the Letters of the Chanc. of the University which say that Mr. Joh. Saumers Dean of Guernsey is a person that hath done his Maj. and the Church very good and acceptable Service , particularly in his prudent and successful endeavours in bringing the misled Subjects of that Island to be conformable to the Liturgy of the Church of Engl. during the space of 10 years , &c. On the 19 of Apr. going before , he was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. Joh. Lloyd ( sometimes of All 's Coll. ) deceased , and was about that time Rector of Hartley Westpoll in Hampshire . 27. Sam. Jackson . M. A. of Ch. Ch. and a Practitioner in Physick for several years in this University and near it , was created Doct. of that faculty by vertue of the Kings Letters . — This person , who had been an Officer in the Kings Army during the grand Rebellion , died 3 of March 1674 , and was buried in the body of S. Maries Church in Oxon , near that of his Father , sometimes an Apothecary of that City . Joh. Henr. Otho of Berne in Switzerland became a Sojournour in the University in the latter end of this year , where improving himself much in Literature by the use of the public Libr. did afterwards write a Talmudical Lexicon , and a book De autoribus Mishnae , that is of the Talm. Text , or of those old Jewish Doctors who wrot the parts of the Mishna , which is the Text of the Talmud , and other things . An. Dom. 1672. An. 24 Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , &c. Vicechanc. Dr. Mews made this year Bish . of Bathe and Wells . Proct. George Verman of Ex. Coll. Apr. 19. Tho. Crosthwaite of Qu. Coll. Apr. 19. Which Proctors were not admitted till the third day of Easter term , because on the first was observed a public Fast for a prosperous War against our Enemies the Dutch , and on the second was preached a Lat. Sermon , and other Preparations made for the beginning of the Term. Bach. of Arts. May 14. Rob. Burscough of Qu. Coll. — See among the Masters , an . 1682. Jun. 22. Jonath . Trelawny of Ch. Ch. Jun. 22. Humph. Prideaux of Ch. Ch. The first of these two was afterwards successively Bishop of Bristow and Exeter ; the other hath published several books , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Writers . Adm. 213. Bach. of Law. Eight were admitted , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . Among them Rob. Rigby of Ch. Ch. was one , a person of good rank and a Traveller , as the Chancellors Letters , written in his behalf , tell us . Mast . of Arts. Mar. 28. Rich. Lucas of Jesus Coll. Jun. 12. Joh. Williams of Jesus Coll. Jun. 12. Humph. Humphreys of Jesus Coll. The second of these three was afterwards Archdeacon of Cardigan . 19. Joh. Walker of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Curate for Dr. George Hooper at Woodhay in Hampshire , and Author of The Antidote : or a seasonable discourse on Rom. 13.1 . shewing the necessity and reasonableness of subjection to the higher Powers : with an account of the divine right or original of Government . Lond. 1684. oct . Mar. 22. Joh. Rogers of S. Johns Coll. — He was afterwards Chaplain to George Earl of Berkley , and published A Sermon preached before the Corporation of Trinity-House in Deptford Strand at the election of their Master , 30 May 1681 , on Jonah 1.6 . Lond. 1681. quart . Adm. 120. Bach. of Phys . Two were admitted this year , but neither of them was afterwards a Writer . Bach. of Div. Jul. 1. Henr. Rose of Linc. Coll. — He was about this time Minister of Allhallowes Church in Oxon , and afterwards wrot A philosophical Essay for the re-union of the Languages , or the art of knowing all by the Mastery of one . Oxon. 1675 , in about 5 sheets in oct . He afterwards went into Ireland , and whether he be there now living , I cannot tell . Jul. 10. Moses Pengry of Brasn . Coll. — He was about this time Chaplain to Will. Earl of Devonshire , to whose son Will. Lord Ca●endish he dedicated his Translation into excellent Latin Verse of Sir John Denham's English Poem called Coopers hill , which Mr. Pengry intituled Coopers hill latine redditum , &c. Oxon 1676. in 3 sh . 〈…〉 This Mr. Pengry , who was born in the City of Glocester , was an ingenious man , well read in the Poets and humane Literature : And had not death untimely snatch'd him away , he might have given us larger Specimens of his curious fancy . He died on the fourth day of Octob. an . 1678 , ( being then Minister of Gillingham in Kent ) and was buried in the Cath. Church of Rochester . Jul. 10. Will. Ashton of Brasn . Coll. Sept. 13. Dan. Whitby of Trin. Coll. Jan. 14. Benj. Woodroffe of Ch. Ch. Adm. 8. This year , Oct. 22 , Anth. Saunders M. A. of Ch. Ch. was created Bach. of Div. by the Diploma of Gilbert Archb. of Canterbury . — See among the Doct. of Div. 1677. Doct. of Law. May 11. Hugh Wynne of All 's . Coll. — He was afterwards Chanc. of the dioc . of S. Asaph , and is now a Non-juror . 14. Hen. Jones of Magd. Coll. — He was now Chanc. of the dioc . of Bristow . Jun. 7. Franc. Lennard of All 's . Coll. 12. Joh. Edisbury of Brasn . Coll. The last of these two was chose a Burgess for the University of Oxon to serve in that Parl. which began at Westm . 6 Mar. 1678 , and was afterwards one of the Masters in Chancery . Doct. of Phys . Jul. 4. Joh. Master of Ch. Ch. — He accumulated the degrees in Physick , and was afterwards honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . at Lond. Doct. of Div. Jun. 27. Seth Bushell of S. Maries Hall. Sept. 13. Dan. Whitby of Trin. Coll. Jan. 14. Benj. Woodroffe of Ch. Ch. The two last were Accumulators . Incorporations . Jun. 22. Edward Chamberlayne Doctor of the Laws of Trin. Coll. in Cambridge , was then incorporated as he had stood at Cambridge . — This person who was originally of S. Edm. Hall , and M. of A. of this University , hath written several things , among which is Angliae Notitia , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred among the Oxford Writers . In the month of July were 15 Masters of Arts of Cambr. incorporated , among which were , Nathan . Bacon of Qu. Coll. Joh. Gregory of Pemb. Hall. The first of which was a Writer , as it seems , for one of both his names hath published several things . The other is the same , I presume , with Joh. Gregory mention'd among the Creations of D. of D. in Franc. Gregory . an . 1661. Besides them was one Bach. of Phys , and two Bach. of Div. of the same University incorporated also . Creations . Jul. 17. Thom. Skynner of S. Johns Coll. in Oxon , was actually created Doct. of Phys . by vertue of the Letters of the Chanc. of the University , which say that he was for some time bred in Cambridge , but was forced to leave that Vniversity in the times of Vsurpation by reason of the illegal Oaths and other impositions offer'd to him , whereby he was prevented the taking his degree , &c. — This Doctor hath added a third Lat. part to Dr. G. Bate his Elenchus motuum , &c. Lond. 1676. oct . which he calls Motus compositi ; afterwards translated into English by another hand , with a Preface to it by a person of quality . — Lond. 1685. oct . See in George Bate among the Writers in this vol. p. 304. Mar. 19. Edmund Webbe of Ball. Coll. was actually created Doct. of Div. by vertue of the Chancellors Letters , which say that he is Master of Arts , and now Chaplain in ord . to his Majesty — recommended to me by the L. Chief Just . Hale as a person that hath been always truly loyal , and was by reason thereof deprived of the Vicaridge of Kings Cleere in the usurped times , &c. One Hadrian Beverland who entitles himself Dominus Zelandiae , became a Sojourner in Oxon this year for the sake of the public Library . He was afterwards Doctor of the Law , and a Publisher of prohibited , obscene and profane books . In the same year , and before , was a Student in Divinity in the said Library , one Andreas Fredericus Forneretus of Lausanna in Switzerland , who wrot and published Dissertatio Theologica de persona & officio Christi mediatorio . Oxon. 1673. qu. dedicated to Peter Bish . of Bathe and Wells , who was an encourager of his Studies . An. Dom. 1673. An. 25 Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , &c. Vicechanc. Ralph Bathurst Doct. of Phys . and Priest , President of Trin. Coll. and Dean of Wells , Oct. 3. Proct. Abrah . Campion of Trin. Coll. Apr. 9. Nathaniel Salter of Wadh. Coll. Apr. 9. The senior of these two Proctors was elected and admitted ( while Proctor ) Moral Philos . Professor in the place of Mr. Nath. Hodges , 21 Nov. 1673. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 9. Thom. Mannyngham of New Coll. 10. John Hough of Magdalen Coll. The last of these two was afterwards Bishop of Oxon. 30. Daniel Pratt of S. Joh. Coll. — See among the Masters 1677. Jun. 28. Joh. Knight of New Inn. — See among the Masters in 1675. Jul. 9. Charles Hutton of Trin. Coll. — See also among the Masters in 1676. Jan. 17. Will. Howell of New Inn , sometimes of Wadh. Coll. Mar. 23. Pet. Birch of Ch. Ch. — See among the Doctors of Div. 1688. As for Mannyngham and Howell they have written and published several things , and therefore they are to be remembred hereafter among the Writers . Adm. 211. Bach. of Law. Jul. 9. Joh. Jones of Jes . Coll. Besides him were 9 more admitted , of whom Charles Hales of Vniv . Coll. was one , son of Sir Edw. Hales of Kent . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 9. Tho. Cradock of Magd. Coll. — He was elected Orator of the University on the resignation of Dr. Rob. South , 10 of Nov. 1677 , and dying 22 of March 1678 , Will. Wyat of Ch. Ch. was elected into his place 26 March 1679. This I set down to carry on the Succession of Orators from Dr. South , who is the last Orator mention'd in the printed Cat. of them in the 2 book of Hist . & Antiq . Vniv . Oxon. May 31. Rob. Cooper of Pemb. Coll. Jul. 1. Benj. Hoffman of Ball. Coll. The last of these two , who was son of John Hoffman a German , Rector of Wotton near Woodstock in Oxfordshire , was afterwards Lecturer of S. George's Church in Botolph lane London , and at length , by the favour of Nottingham L. Chanc. of Engl , he became Rector of a Church in Sussex . He hath published Some considerations of present use ; wherein is shewn that the strong ought to bear with the weak , and the weak not clamour against or censure the strong , &c. Delivered in a Sermon at S. George Botolph lane , on Rom. 15.5.6.7 . Lond. 1683. qu. Jul. 9. Rich. Forster of Brasn . Coll. — This Divine , who was son of Clem. Forster of the City of Chester , was afterwards Rector of Beckley in Sussex , and author of Prerogative and Priviledge , represented in a Sermon in the Cath. Church of Rochester in Kent , 18 March 1683 , at the Assizes holden there , &c. on Prov. 17.26 . Lond. 1684. qu ; preached and published at the request of Archibald Clinkard Esq . in the third year of his Shrievalty of Kent . Oct. 15. Joh. Clerke of All 's . Coll. — This Gent , who was son of Sir Franc. Clerke of Rochester , and had been Proctor of the Univ. was afterwards Rector of Vlcomb and Haristsham in Kent , and Author of A Sermon preached in the Cath. Ch. of Rochester , on the 29 of May 1684 , on 1 Cor. 10.10 . Lond. 1684. qu. He died about 3 years after . Nov. 4. Edw. Tyson of Magd. Hall. Nov. 4. Gilb. Budgell of Trin. Coll. The last of these two was afterwards Rector of Simondsbury in Dorsetshire , and Author of A Discourse of Prayer , Sermon at S. Clem. Danes , Lond. 28 July 1689 , on Jam. 4.3 . Lond. 1690. qu. Jan. 29. Jonathan Kimberley of Pemb. Coll. — He was in the year following Junior of the Act , and soon after a famed Preacher in the University , which carried him to the Vicaridge of Trinity Church in the City of Coventry . He hath published Of Obedience for conscience sake , Sermon preached at the Assizes held at Warwick 7 Aug. 1633 , on Rom. 13.5 . Lond 1683. qu. Feb. 19. Tho. Stripling of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards one of the Chaplains of New Coll. and author of A Sermon preached before the Vniversity of Oxford on S. Andrews day . Lond. 1681. qu. He died on the 6 of Mar. 1678 , aged 27 years , and was buried near the north end of the west Cloister of that Coll. Feb. 26. Joh. Okes of S. Maries Hall. — He was before of Oriel Coll , and after this time became Vicar of Shinfield in Berks and Author of An Assize Sermon at Reading , on Mark 12.19 . Lond. 1681. qu. Adm. 117. Bach. of Div. Jul. 9. Rob. Feild of Trin. Coll. a Comp. Jul. 9. George Hooper of Ch. Ch. Of the first of these two you may see among the D. of D. following . Mar. 23. Joh. March of S. Edm. Hall. Adm. 5. Doct. of Law. Apr. 19. Rob. Holte of Allsoules , sometimes of Brasnose , Coll. Doct. of Phys . Jul. 11. Joh. Luffe of S. Maries Hall , sometimes of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards the Kings Professor of Physick of this Univ. On the 3 of Oct. were the Chancellours Letters read in Convocation in behalf of Joh. Harford M. A. of S. Johns Coll , that he might accumulate the degrees in Physick , but whether he did so , it appears not . Doct. of Div. May 15. Thom. Tomkins of All 's . Coll. a Comp. Jul. 8. Rob. Frampton of Ch. Ch. Dean of Gloc. 9. Nich. Stratford of Trin. Coll. Compounders . 9. Rob. Feild of Trin. Coll. Compounders . The first of these two was now Warden of the Coll. at Manchester , and soon after Dean of S. Asaph ; and at length B. of Chester . The other was Sub-dean of York , to which he had been collated on the 3 of Sept. 1670 , on the death of Dr. Anth. Elcocke . and on the 27 of Apr. 1675 he was collated to the Archdeaconry of Clievland , on the death of Joh. Neile D. D. who was also Dean of Rippon and Preb. of York . He died on the 9 of Sept. 1680 , aged 42 years , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of York , in that Chap. wherein his Patron and Benefactor Dr. Rich. Sterne Archb. of that place , was afterwards buried . In his Subdeanery succeeded George Tully M. A. of Qu. Coll. in this University , and in his Archdeaconry Joh. Lake D. D. of Cambridge , afterwards B. of the isse of Man , &c. Jan. 23. Will. Assht●n of Brasn . Coll — He had 9 Terms granted to him by vertue of the Letters of the Chanc. of the Univ. to whom he was Chaplain . Incorporations . From the 5 of May to the 26 of Feb. was one Bach. of Laws and 19 Masters of Arts of Cambridge incorporated . The Bach. of Laws was , Jul. 14. George Oxinden of Trin. Hall in the said Univ. — He was afterwards Doct. of his Faculty , Dean of the Arches , Vicar-General to the Archb. of Canterbury , and Chanc. to the Bishop of London . Among the Masters that were incorporated were these following . May 5. Matthew Smallwood of Qu. Coll , senior Proctor of the Univ. of Cambridge . Jul. 15. Nathan Resbury of Eman. Coll. — He was afterwards Minister of Wandsworth and Putney in Surrey , Chaplain to Arthur Earl of Anglesey , and after his death to James his son , and at length Chapl. in ord . to their Majesties K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary , &c. He hath published 4 or more Sermons , and two little things against Popery in the Reign of K. Jam. 2. Jul. 15. Rich. Pearson of Eman. Coll. — He was afterwards Rector of S. Michaels Crooked-lane in Lond. and author of three or more Sermons . Steph. Vpman of Kings Coll , was incorporated the same day . — He was afterwards Secretary to Rob. Earl of Aylesbury , Fellow of Eaton Coll. an . 1677 , Preb. of Westminster , &c. Joh. Moore of Catherine Hall , was incorporated also the same day . — He was afterwards Chaplain to Heneage E. of Nottingham Lord Chanc. of England , D. D , Minister of S. Ann's Church built in , and taken from , the Parish of S. Giles in the Fields near Lond , afterwards Rector of S. Andrews Church in Holbourne , and Chapl. in ord . to their Majesties K. Will. 3. and Q. Mary . He hath 4 or more Sermons extant , and perhaps other things . Quaere . On the 5 of Jul. 1691 he was consecrated Bishop of Norwich in the Church of S. Mary le Bow in Lond , ( with other-Bishops ) in the place of Dr. Will. Lloyd deprived for not taking the Oaths to King Will. 3. and Qu. Mary . Besides the said Masters , were two Bach. of Div. of the said Univ. of Cambr. incorporated , of which one was , Richard Richardson of Eman. Coll , Jul. 15. — I have made mention of him and his Translation of A Treatise of Bees , which he intit . Caroli Butleri foeminia Monarchia , sive Apum Historia , &c. in Ch. Butler among the Writers of this vol. p. 51. The other Bach. of Div. who was incorp . was John Balderston of the said Coll. of Eman. There were also two Doctors of the Laws of the said Univ. incorporated , viz. May 5. Jonas Docwra of Christs Coll , and July 15. Rob. Thompson of Trin. Hall. — This last , who was , if I mistake not , Secretary to the Archb. of Canterb , wrot and published — Sponsa nondum uxor : Or , the marriage between the Lady Kath. Fitz-Gerald and Edw. Villiers Esq ; asserted . Being an answer to Dr. Dudl . Loftus his book intit . ΔΙΓΑΜΙΑΣ ΑΔΙΚΙΑ , &c. Lond. 1678. in 5 sh . and half in qu. July 15. Henr. Atherton Doct. of Phys . of Cambridge . — He was of Christs Coll. in that Univ. and afterwards Author of The christian Physitian . Lond. 1683. oct . and perhaps of other books . Qu. July 15. James Arderne D. D. of Cambr. — This person , who was a Cheshire man born , was educated in Christs Coll. in that University , and this year 1673 and in the year after , he was Fellow Commoner of Brasn . Coll , partly for the sake of the public Library , and partly for the conversation of the Divines and others in this University . He was also about that time Minister of S. Botolph Aldgate in Lond , afterwards Chapl. in ord . to his Maj. K. Ch. 2 , who bestowing on him the Deanery of Chester upon the death of Dr. Hen. Bridgman B. of the Isle of Man , ( who had kept it in commendam with his Bishoprick ) was installed therein in July 1682. He hath written ( 1 ) Directions concerning matter and stile of Sermons . Printed 1671. in tw . ( 2 ) Conjectura circa 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 D. Clementis Romani . Cui subjiciuntur castigationes in Epiphantum & Petavium de Eucharistia , de Coelibatu Clericorum & de orationibus pro vitâ functis . Lond. 1683. in 4 sh . in qu. In the title of this book he writes himself Jacobus de Ardenna . He hath also published two or more Sermons , as The true Christians character and crown , &c. on Rev. 1.10 . Lond. 1671. qu. As also A Sermon at the Visitation of John Bishop of Chester , at Chester , on 2 Tim. 4. ver . 5. latter part . Lond. 1677. qu. &c. At length , after this Doctor had run with the humour of K. Jam. 2 , and therefore did suffer several Indignities and Affronts from the Vulgar of and near Chester , when that King withdrew himself into France in Decemb. 1688 , he gave way to fate on the 18 of Sept. 1691 ; whereupon his body was buried in the Cath. Church of Chester on the 22 of the said month . By his Will he bequeathed his books , and chief part of his estate to provide and maintain a publick Library in the Cath. Church of Chester for the use of the City and Clergy . Creations . Aug. 10. James Alban Ghibbes or Gibbes , or as he writes himself in his books Ghibbesius , Poet Laureat to the Emperor , was diplomated Doct. of Physick . — This most celebrated Poet , who was too well known in Rome , had to his Father Will. Gibbes a Native of the City of Bristow , sometimes educated in Brasn . Coll , and afterwards taking to wife a zealous Catholick named Mary Stoner of the Family of Stoner near Watlington in Oxfordsh , was , by her endeavours , as I have heard , drawn over to her Religion . Soon after they setled in London , but finding not that quiet enjoyment relating to their opinion , which they expected , they went to the City of Roan in Normandy , where this our Poet Laureat was born , an . 1616 or thereabouts , and had the Christian name , at the Font , given him of James Alban , in memory of the great Protomartyr of Engl. S. Alban . Thence , at 9 years of age , he was conveyed into Engl , and spent some time in trivial Literature there , his Father being then Physitian to Hen. Maria Queen of Engl. Afterwards he was sent to the English Coll. at S. Omer , where he spent some years , with great advantage , in Academical Learning : And after he had laid a good Foundation there , he travelled thro several parts of the Low Countries , Germany , Spain , Italy , &c. and spent some time at Padua under the famous Anatomist Joh. Veslingius . In the latter end of 1644 he setled in Rome , in which year Pope Vrban 8. died , and was there received , especially among the English , with great humanity . Soon after , upon the discovery of the worth of the person , he was entertained by Franc. Atestinus Duke of Modena , to be Tutor to Almeric his son ; with whom continuing about two years , ( in which time he was mostly at Modena ) he was taken into the Patronage and Family of Bernardin Cardinal Spada Bishop of Fraschatie , called by some Tusculan , with whom living in the quality of Physitian till that Cardinal died , he was taken into the Protection of Prince Justinian , in whose Pallace he continued till the time of that Prince's death . In 1657 Pope Alexander 7 , an encourager of all good Arts , advanced him to the Lecturership of Rhetorick , in the School called Sapienza at Rome , in the place of Hen. Chifillius ( a person of great name and learning ) deceased ; Which being worth about 60 l. per an . was a great help to his poetical Muse . About that time he had also a Canonry of S. Celsus bestowed upon him by the said Pope , who having published a book of Verses , our Poet Ghibbesius had a copy commendatory set before them . In the year 1667 Leopold the Emperor of Germany , did , by his Diploma dat . 2 of May , constitute and create him his Poet Laureat , and at the same time gave him a gold Chain with a Medal hanging thereunto , to be always worn by him , especially at public and solemn times and in public places . Which great honour being made known to Pope Clement 9 , he was admitted into his presence , kissed his Foot , and was congratulated by him . In 1668 he published his Carminum pars Lyrica ad exemplum Q. Horatii Flacci quamproxime concinnata , printed at Rome in 4 books in oct . They are dedicated to the said Pope Clement 9 , and have before them the Author's picture , ( shewing him to be a handsome person , as indeed he was ) which is supported by the Roman Eagle , with a Laurel in its beak hanging over the Author's head , and under it two verses , made by the famous Athanas . Kircherus ( who well knew the vain humour of the Poet ) running thus : Tot pro Ghibbesio certabunt regna , quot urbes Civem Moeoniden asseruêre suum . At the end of the said four books , is one of Epods dedicated to his dear Mother the English Coll. at S. Omer , and at the end of that is Symphonia Clarorum Virorum ad Ghibbesii Lyram , wherein his humour , which was much addicted to Flattery and inane Applause , is exactly hit by the Pens of Cardinal Spada , Thom. Farnabie of England , ( mention'd among the Writers , p. 53. ) Joseph Maria Suares Bishop of Vaison in France , Leo Allatius the famous Jesuit , Claudius Grattus , Thomas the son of Casper Bartolin , Joh , Veslingius a Physitian of Padua , Franc. Angelus Cardinal of Rapacciol , &c. In the year 1670 he being minded to make a present of his gold Chain and Medal to the famous University of Oxon , he wrot a Letter to Dr. Pet. Mews the Vicechancellour thereof , dated at Rome 5 of Apr. the same year , which verbatim runs thus . ' Right rev . Sir , Having received sundry literary honors from Princes abroad in the space of these last 30 years of my being out of England , but especially from his sacred Imperial Majesty a glorious Diploma , characterizing me his Poet Laureat , sent me to Rome with a rich Chain and Medal of gold , I have thought to make a solemn consecration of this Cesarean present to the altar of memory and posterity , in the worthiest Temple I could in any place think upon . In this resolution I was not long to make a choice , where the head-stone of gratitude like the Chrysomagenes Naturalists speak of , draw to it self , and fix my Golden Fleece . In Brittain's Athena●●m then , Oxford , that general Mart of Sciences , as in a Treasury or Cabinet of Fame , I desire to deposite with an eternal do , dico , dedico , this dear pledge with all my hopes of future renown . What I said of gratitude I would have understood doubly , for my fathers concern of good memory , and mine own particular interest . He having received , being a Student , his vertuous education in Brasen-nose College , and transfus'd part of it into me , it would seem an act of omission unpardonable , did I not profess openly , and correspond in some measure to the great obligations I owe in both our names to such an Alma Mater , that famous University , from whose abundant streams I had the good fortune to draw some milk . I have been of late in a strange anxiety how to bring my purpose happily to effect . I consulted finally with some Gentlemen , Oxford Scholars , that now are in this City , who unanimously speak your worth and great learning , congratulating with me the good luck I have now to send the present , in your time of Vicechancellour , under whose conduct the matter might find its wished issue . Wherefore , most rev . Doctor , be pleased to think upon a way to inform us particularly , how I am to consign and convey a Donative I so much esteem . I hear there is a fair large Gallery , wherein are kept rarities of Antiquity , Medals and things of that nature . I shall be ambitious of a corner among them . — Mr. Scamen (*) my Lord of Northumberland's Secretary hath been pleased to take upon him the conveyance of these lines , who will likewise accompany them with his Letter to you . When you shall honour me with an Answer , I shall send joyntly my book of Lyricks newly printed here , and make an oblation of it to the Library . Now I begin henceforth to wait your commands , accordingly to govern my self , which I doubt not with your best convenience shortly to receive . In the mean while with low veneration due unto your grand deserts , I kiss your hands , as most reverend and learned Sir , Your , &c. This Letter being received by the Vicechanc. a return of thanks for the present time was made soon after , with direction how to send his present . Afterwards the gold Chain , Medal , Diploma ( whereby he was created Poet Laureat ) were conveyed by the hands of the Steward belonging to Josselin Earl of Northumberland , ( I mean that Earl who died in his Travels at Turin in Savoy , in May an . 1670 ) who , when he came to London , sending them to Dr. H. Compton Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , he thereupon presented them to the Vicechancellour : At which time the most noble James D. of Ormonde Chanc. of the University , having received an account of this generous gift , he thereupon sent his Letters to the Vicechancellour to make some handsome return for it . Whereupon a Convocation being called , he was declared by a Diploma Doctor of Physick , in the latter end of Febr. 1670. See more among the Creations in these Fasti under that year . But so it was , that the Poet having received little or no notice , especially by writing , how , and with what honour his gift was received , which did much perplex him , ( for tho the Diploma then passed , yet it was not sealed , much less sent to Rome ) he thereupon wrot a Letter to the said Dr. Compton to know the full proceeding of the matter , and what he was to trust to : Whereupon that worthy person , did by his Letter dated 17 Sept. 1672 tell him that The whole University in Convocation , nemine contradicente , in answer to your noble Present , but more to your worth , did vote a Diploma under the University Seal to confer the degree of Doctor of this place upon you , and there is order taken that the best Poets we have , shall endeavour to shew how much right they would do you , had they your pen. These things with the Vicechancellours Letter of thanks to you , have been all ( except the Verses which were lately finished ) about these six months ready to send you* We expect daily from London to have some Ships , &c. But notwithstanding all this , the Letter , and Diploma for his Creation of Doct. of Phys . being very slow in coming , he wrot another Letter to the truly noble and generous Ralph Sheldon of Beoley Esq . ( with whom he had been well acquainted when at Rome , and had received of his benevolence ) dat . 12 of Aug. 1673 , which partly runs thus — Be pleased to consider what perplexity I am now in , attending this glory from that famous University of Oxford . For now I am setting out a new book , the second part of my Verses , which I dedicate to the Emperour : and had I that Diploma and Verses promised me , I would insert them conveniently in the Cesarean volume , to be seen and read by the Emperors Majesty , as I have put his Diploma in my book of Lyricks , which I hope makes you sometimes (†) think of your humbly obliged Servant . The title of the book is to be this , Carminum Jacobi Albani Ghibbesii Poet. Laur. Caes . altera pars : exhibens , post Lyram Horatii jam vulgatam , cothurnum & Soccum aliorum Poetarum in utraque lingua . When this book is printed with all my honors , then will I send it away with my Lyricks to the University , and accompany it with my picture in a frame , by the hand of the late great Master Pietro di Cortono for a perpetual monument of my observancy to the place . — You see now , Sir , in what a posture I stand , ready to fall , unless you 'll vouchsafe me with your propping hand , as you have already lent it me with all benignity before , &c. I have had lately another thwart from my Lady Fortune that doth not a little trouble me . I have made an heroick Poem of some 1000 Verses for an Epithalamium upon his Royal Highness James Duke of York , his Marriage with the Dutchess of Inspruck , with a large Comment , and you see what it is come to . I will print it for all that , and dedicate it to an eminent person . Mean time be pleased to receive this inclosed Epigram I last made upon the valiant James D. of Monmouth under Mastricht , &c. But by that time Mr. Sheldon had received the said Letter , the Poet received his Diploma and verses , which , as I conceive , were printed with his Altera pars Carminum , &c. In the Diploma he is stiled Natione noster , magnum plane Britanniarum suarum & ornamentum & desiderium , Europaeiorum Principum deliciae , &c. He hath written besides those things before mention'd , these following in prose ( 1 ) Orationes & praefationes , &c. ( 2 ) Epistolarum selectarum tres centuriae . ( 3 ) De Medico libri 3 , in imitation of Cicero de Oratore , &c. ( 4 ) Pinacocheca Spadia , sive Pontificum Romanorum series ; besides Miscellanies and other things , as I have been informed by those that knew the author well , who have farther told me that he was as esurient after fame as Tom. Coryate , was a very conceited man , a most compact body of vanity , so great a lover of flatteries ( tho he himself flatter'd none ) that he took all whatsoever was said of him to be real , and a great lover of those that sought after , or courted , him ; to which I may add that he was the greatest Mimick of his time , which made therefore his company acceptable among many . He was buried in the Pantheon at Rome , now called S. Maria Rotundo , and by some Allsaints , and soon after was his Bust or Effigies or proportion to the middle , set over his grave , with this inscription following . D. O. M. Jacobus Albanus Ghibbesius Doctor Oxoniensis , Mirum ! & unà Catholicus Poeta Laureatus Caesareus pontificius eloquentiae professor emeritus . Anglus origine , natione Gallus , in Vrbe omnium Patria mori , in omnium Sanctorum aede condi voluit , expectans cum eis non tam memoriae quam vitae perennitatem . Obiit sexto Cal. Julii An. Dom. MDCLXXVII , aetatis suae LXVI . Benedictus Ghibbesius Haeres moestissimus posuit . Marmora nil signant , monstrat minus oris imago , Extinctum Latiâ vivere cerne Lyrâ . In the month of June this year came to the University of Oxon from London an Irish man called Anthony Egan a Franciscan Frier , and in the beginning of July following he was entred a Student in the publick Library — This person had lately left the R. Catholick Religion wherein he had been educated and profess'd , and under pretence of suffering for what he had done relating thereunto , came to the University more for the sake of relief than study . And after he had continued there about 4 months , in which time he obtained the charity of 60 l. or more from several Colleges and private persons , he went to Cambridge thinking to obtain there the like sum , and when that was done , to return , as 't was commonly then reported , to his former religion . Among several things that he hath published are these ( 1 ) The Franciscan convert , or a recantation Sermon at S. Maudlins in Old Fish-street Lond. 6. Apr. 1673 , on Luke 22.32 . Lond. 1673. qu. In the title of this Sermon he writes himself Confessor general of the Kingdom of Ireland and Guardian of the Friory of Monasterioris in the Province of Lemster , and Chaplain to several persons of quality of the Popish Religion there . To which Sermon is added A narrative of the behaviour and speeches of the Papists in Ireland since his Majesties declaration of indulgence , &c. ( 2 ) The book of rates , now used in the sin custom-house of the Church and Court of Rome ; containing the Bulls , Dispensations and Pardons for all manner of villanies and wickednesses , &c. Lond. 1675. &c. qu. In the title of this book he stiles himself Bach. of Div. ( 3 ) The Romanists designs detected , and the Jesuits subtile practises discovered and laid open , &c. Lond. 1675. qu. An. Dom. 1674. An. 26. Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , &c. but he being about to go into Ireland about weighty affairs , he did by his Instrument dated 18 of May declare these persons following to manage and execute in his absence the powers and jurisdiction belonging to him in the University , viz. Ralph Bathurst Dr. of Phys . Vicechanc , Joh. Fell D. D. Dean of Ch. Ch , Tho. Yate D. D. Princ. of Brasn . Coll , Thom. James D. D. Warden of All 's . Coll. and Rich. Allestree D. D. Can. of Ch. Ch. Vicechanc. Dr. Bathurst , nominated by the delegated power of the Chancellour , confirmed by Convocation 7. Octob. Proct. Will. Frampton of Pemb. Coll. Apr. 29. Tho. Huxley of Jesus Coll. Apr. 29. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 4. Will. Guise of All 's , lately of Oriel , Coll. 6. James Parkinson of Gloc. Hall , lately of Corp. Ch. afterwards of Hart Hall , and at length Fellow of Linc. Coll. May 30. Joh. Oldham of S. Edm. Hall. June 2. Thom. Baker of Magd. Hall. The first of these two who was the celebrated Poet of his time , I have mention'd among the Writers ; the other , who was afterwards of All 's . Coll. I shall mention among the Masters , an . 1677. 25. Joh. Kettlewell of S. Edm. Hall , afterwards of Linc. Coll. Nov. 3. Charles Allestree of Ch. Ch. Nov. 3. Joh. Caswell of Wadh. Coll. afterwards of Hart Hall. Of these two , you may see more among the Masters , 1677. Jan. 19. Andr. Allam of S. Edm. Hall. Feb. 6. George Tully of Qu. Coll. 13. Humph. Smith of Qu. Coll. Mar. 1. George Royse of S. Edm. Hall , afterwards of Oriel Coll. These three last Bachelaurs , with J. Parkinson J. Kettlewell , &c. having since published several things , ought therefore to be remembred at large hereafter . Adm. 244. or thereabouts . Bach. of Law. Six were admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer or Bishop . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 7. Charles Hickman of Ch. Ch. May 16. Joh. Barrow of S. Edm. Hall. — He was admitted Master two terms sooner than he ought to have been , by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , because he was to go Chaplain to Sir Will. Temple of Shene in Surrey Bt , his Maj. Embassador to Holland . After his return he became Lecturer of S. Mich. Cornhill in Lond. and Curat to Dr. George Hooper at Lambeth during the said Dottors attendance on Mary Princess of Orange in Holland . Afterwards he became Vicar of New Windsore in Berks , and on the 26. of Aug. 1682 he was installed Canon of Windsore in the place of Dr. Joh. Butler deceased . He hath published A Sermon preached at the triennial Visitation of Seth L. Bish . of Sarum held at Reading 6. Sept. 1683 , on Philip , 1.15.16.17.18 . Lond. 1683 qu. This person , who was a Northamptonshire man born , was esteemed , while he continued in the University , a man of polite parts , a good Poet and Orator . He died in 1684 or thereabouts . June 26. Aaron Baker of Wadh. Coll. — He was afterwards a Preacher at , or near , Putney in Surrey , and at length beneficed in his own Country of Devonshire . He hath published Achitophel befool'd , Sermon preached 5. Nov. 1678 at S. Sepulchres in Lond. on 2. Sam. 15.31 . Lond. 1678-79 . qu. July 4. Francis Lloyd of Oriel Coll. 9. Matthew Morgan of S. Joh. Coll. The first of these two was afterwards Archdeacon of Merioneth . July 9. Jonath . Blagrave of Magd. Hall — He was afterwards Sub-Almoner to Qu. Mary , Preb. of Worcester , &c. Oct. 24. Joh. Bennion of Hart , lately of S. Edmunds , Hall — He was afterwards Vicar of Malmsbury in Wilts . and author of Moses's charge to Israels Judges , opened in an Assize Sermon at Salisbury 27. Feb. 1680 , on Deut. 1.16 . and part of the 17 vers , Oxon. 1681. qu. Adm. 129. Bach. of Phys . June 27. Joh. Floyer of Qu. Coll. Feb. 6. Joh. Locke of Ch. Ch. Adm. 5. Bach. of Div. July 9. Obad. Howe of Magd. Hall. Oct. 13. Matthew Hole of Exet. Coll. — This Divine , who is now Vicar of Stogursey in Somersetshire , hath two Sermons extant viz. ( 1 ) Our Saviours passion , in a Serm. on Good Friday 1. Apr. 1670 in S. Peters Cath. Ch. Exon , on Acts 2.23 . Lond. 1670. qu. ( 2 ) Sermon preached at Taunton on the Feast of Epiphany before the Forces of the Militia of the County of Somerset , met there for the preservation of the peace of the town , on Luke 2.17 . Lond. 1689. qu. Oct. 29. Thom. Smith of Magd. Coll. Nov. 3. Will. Moreton of Ch. Ch. 11 William Jane of Ch. Ch. 11 Joh. Morton of Linc. Coll. The last , who was afterwards Preb. of Durham , was collated to the Archdeaconry of Northumberland on the death of Dr. William Turner sometimes of Trin. Coll , on the 5 of Octob. 1685. The degree of Doct. of Div. was granted to him on the 6. of Apr. 1692. Mar. 24. Nathan . Sterry of Mert. Coll. — In the month of Sept. going before , he was made Dean and Rector of Bocking in Essex . Adm. 19. Doct. of Law. May 30. Thom. Taylor of Magd. Hall. Doct. of Phys . June 25. Joh. Jacobeus a Dane Accumulators . July 4. Franc. Eedes of Ch. Ch. Accumulators . The first of these two had spent 14 years in study in several Universities , and more than the last five in Oxon , where he wholly addicted himself to the study of Physick . He did not stand in the Act to compleat his degree , neither was he licensed to practice his faculty , tho sometimes he did it privately in these parts : whereupon he returned to his Country of Denmark and practised there . &c. Doct. of Div. Apr. 6. Thomas Ryves of New Coll. June 4. Joh. Lloyd of Jesus Coll. 17. Henry Smith of Ch. Ch. a Compounder . — In the month of Feb. 1675 he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. upon the translation of Dr. Henry Compton from the See of Oxon to that of London ; who while he was B. of Oxon , held his Canonry in Commendam with it . 17. Timothy Halton of Queens Coll. a Comp. Archdeacon of Brecknock and Canon of S. David — In 1675 he became Archdeacon of Oxford , on the promotion of Dr. Thom. Barlow to the See of Linc , and on the 7 of Apr. 1677 he was elected Provost of Queens Coll ; which place Dr. Barlow had kept in Commendam with his Bishoprick two years . July 9. Obad. Howe of Magd. Hall — He accumulated the degrees ●n Div. Incorporations . From the 5. of May to the 14. of July , were 12 Cambridge Masters of Arts incorporated , whereof 9 of them were received into the bosom of this University on the said 14. of July , being the next day after Act Munday , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer or Bishop . July 18. Michael Ward Doct. of Div. of Dublin and Cambridge , was incorp . in the said degree , with liberty given him to suffragate in Congreg . and Convoc . — He was afterwards Provost of Trinity Coll. near to , and the Kings Professor of the Univ. of , Dublin , afterwards B. of Ossory , and at length of London-Derry , in which last he was succeeded by Ezek. Hopkins , an . 1681. CREATIONS . In the month of June , the Sweedish Embassador with other Forreigners , accompanied by some English men , coming to the University were Creations made in the two faculties of Arts and Civil Law. Mast . of Arts. June 27. David Macklier Captain of a prefectorian company belonging to the King of Sweedland . Sam. Monsson Agriconius , Secretary to the extraordinary Embassie from the K. of Sweedland , was created the same day . Christianus Fredericus , Secretary to the Embassador or Envoy extraord . from the Elector of Brandeburg was also created at the same time . Doct. of Law. June 27. The most illustrious and excellent Lord Peter Sparre free Baron in Croneberge , Lord of Nynas , Peuteberg and Tulgarne , General of the Army of Foot belonging to the King of Sweedland , Governour of Elfborglhen and Daal , and extraordinary Embassador to the King of Gr. Britaine from the said King of Sweedland , was with solemnity actually created Doct. of the Civil Law. The illustrious Lord Otto free Baron of Schwerin , Counsellour of the State of the Elector of Brandeburg , as also of the Hall and Judicial Chamber , Chamberlain and Chieftain of the Province or County of Ruppin , Knight of the order of Johamites and Envoy extraordinary to the King of Gr. Britaine from the said Elector of Brandeburg , was created the same day . Sir Joseph Williamson Kt , Mast . of Arts and Fellow of Qu. Coll. — This person , who was a Ministers Son of the County of Cumberland , had been Secretary under Sir Edw. Nicholas , and afterwards under Hen. Earl of Arlington while they were Principal Secretaries of State , and on the 24 Jan. 1671 he was sworn one of the Clerks of the Council in Ordinary and Knighted . About that time he was Clerk of the papers , or Keeper of the Paper Office at Whitehall and a Recruiter for Thetford in Norfolk to sit in that Parliament which began at Westm . 8. May 1661. Afterwards he was sent twice in the quality of a Plenipotentiary , once to Holland , and another time to Colen in Germany and after his return , he was sworn Principal Secretary of State ( upon the promotion of Henry Earl of Arlington to be Lord Chambe●lain of his Majesties Houshold ) and a Privy Counsellour , on the eleventh of Sept. 1674. Both which offices he keeping till Feb. 1678 , did , on the 9 of the same month , resign the seals of his Secretaryship into the hands of his Majesty , who forthwith giving them to Rob. Earl of Sunderland , he was sworn the next day Secretary and Privy Counsellour . This Sir Jos . Williamson ( who was then President of the Royal Society ) hath been a great Benefactor to his Coll. and may be greater hereafter , if he think fit . The illustrious Lord Ignatius Vitus Baron ot Vicque , a Colonel of a Regiment of Horse under his Catholick Majesty in Flanders , was created the same day , June 27. — One Ignatius Vitus alias White , second Son of Sir Dominick White of Limerick in Ireland , was created a Baronet on the 29 of June 1677 , and , for want of issue male , that title was to descend to his Nephew Ignatius Maximilian Vitus and to the heirs male of his body . This Sir Ignat. White is the same , as I conceive , with him that was Baron of Vicque . D. Car. Gabr. de la Salle Eq. Grome of the Chamber to the King of Sweedland , was also then created . In a Convocation held 30 of May this year , were the Chancellours Letters read in behalf of Sam. Speed formerly a Student , now Canon , of Ch. Ch. to have the degree of Doct. of Div. confer'd on him ; but whether he was created or admitted , notwithstanding he had formerly suffer'd for his loyalty , it appears not . On the sixth of the said month of May , this year , he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. in the place of Dr. Seb. Smith deceased , and dying at Godalming in Surrey , of which he was Vicar , about the 22 of January 1681 , Henry Aldrich M. A. and Student of Ch. Ch. was installed Canon in his place , on the 15. of Febr. following . One Sam. Speed a pretender to Poetry , hath written Prison-piety : or meditations divine and moral , &c. Lond. 1677. in tw . and other trivial things , but he is not to be understood to be the same with the former . In the month of January this year , came to this University , J. Secbaldus Frabricius an old Professor of Heidelberg , who was forced to leave his Country because of the Wars between the Emperour and the King of France . He lived for some time here in a studious condition , had a collection of moneys made throughout the University to relieve his wants : And while he continued among us , he published De unitate Eccles . Britannicae Meditationes Sacrae . Oxon. 1676 oct , and wrot and drew up another book entit . Dissertatio Historica Dionis Cassii Scriptoris Graec. Selectiora Commata . &c. Lond. 1678. oct . An. Dom. 1675. An. 27. Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . &c. Vicechanc. Dr. Ralph Bathurst , Oct. 7. Proct. Joh. Jones of Ch. Ch. Apr. 14. Edw. Waple of S. Joh. Coll. Apr. 14. Bach. of Arts. June 8. Thom. Tully of S. Edm. Hall. — See among the Masters an . 1678. 10. Will. Gough commonly called Goff of S. Alb. Hall , lately of Exeter Coll. Oct. 26. Will. Hallifax of Corp. Ch. Coll. Jan. 18. Tho. Pigott of Wad . Coll. 29. Joh. Bagley of Ball. Coll. Of the first of these three , you may see more among the Bach. of Div. 1687 , and of the other two , among the Masters 1678. Feb. 23. Will. Nicholson of Qu. Coll. — He hath written and published several things , and therefore he ought at large to be remerabred among the Oxford Writers hereafter . Adm. 149. Bach. of Law. Four were only admitted , of whom Charles Hedges of Magd. Coll. was one . See among the Doct. of Law following . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 29. Jonathan Trelawny of Ch. Ch. Apr. 29. Humph. Prideaux of Ch. Ch. June 8. Joh. Knight of New Inn — He afterwards was made Vicar of Banbury in Oxfordshire , upon the removal thence of Richard Knight sometimes Proctor of the University of Oxon to a good Parsonage in Worcestershire , and was author of The Samaritan Rebels perjur'd by a Covenant of Association , in a Sermon at the Assizes held at Northampton , 30 March 1682 , on Hosea 10 , the former part of the 4th . vers . Lond. 1682 qu. He is a good Scholar , very loyal and of good name and esteem where he lives , and might have been Preb. of Linc. which he much deserves , had not Dr. B. Bish . thereof shew'd him a Dog-trick . Nov. 23. Jam. Parkinson of Linc. Coll. Jan. 19. Joh. Massey or Measey of Mert. Coll. — This person , who was originally of Vniv . Coll , was one of the Proctors of the University in 1684 , and then , and after , did not look for , or expect , preferment . At length , after K. Jam. 2. came to the Crown , he was , by the endeavours of Mr. Obad. Walker Master of Vniv . Coll , advanced by his Majesty ( on the death of Dr. Fell ) to the Deanery of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , about the middle of Octob. 1686. Whereupon renouncing his religion for that of Rome ( which he was so to do , before he could be setled in it ) he received the Patent for it on his bended knees from his Majesty on the 19 of Decemb. and on the 29 of the same month 1686 , he was installed in that Dignity in his own person . Afterwards he set up and furnished a Chappel for the R. Cath. use in Canterbury Quadrangle within the Precincts of Ch. Ch , and was put into the Commission of Peace for the County of Oxford . At length upon the arrival of the Prince of Orange in the West parts of England , and the committing thereupon by the Mobile great outrages in several parts of the Nation on R. Catholicks and their Houses , the said Mr. Massey did , to avoid them , ( together with Mr. Thom. Deane a R. C. Fellow of Vniv . Coll. ) withdraw himself privately , before break of day , on the 30 of Nov. 1688 , went to London , and there continued privately till an opportunity carried him over the Sea to France , where , I think , we may now leave him . Adm. 129. Bach. of Physick . But two were admitted , of whom Joh. Radcliff of Linc. Coll. was one , July 1. Bach. of Div. May 14. George Hickes of Linc. Coll. June 26. Will. Hopkins of S. Maries Hall. July 6. Lanc. Addison of Qu. Coll. Adm. 7. Doct. of Law. May 18. Rowl . Townshend of All 's . Coll. Jun. 26. Steph. Brice . of Magd. Coll. Compounders and Accumulators . Jun. 26. Charles Hedges of Magd. Coll. Compounders and Accumulators . The last of these two , who was originally of Magd. Hall , became Chancellour of Rochester in the place of Dr. Will. Trumbull , afterwards Judge of the Admiralty , a Knight , Master of the Faculties &c. June 26. Roger Stanley of New Coll. — He died at Ham in Wilts . 17 Sept. 1678 and was buried there . Doct. of Phys . July 6. Sam. Izacke of Exet. Coll. 8. Christop . Dominick of Wadh. Coll. The first did accumulate the degrees in Physick . Doct. of Div. July 6. Lancelot Addison of Qu. Coll. 8. Joh. Nicholas of New Coll. The last , who was a Compounder , was now Warden of his Coll , to which he was elected ( on the death of Dr. Mich. Woodward ) 30. of June 1675 , being then Fellow of Wykehams Coll. near Winchester and Master of S. Nich. Hospital in Salisbury . On the 17 of July 1679 , he was elected Warden of the said Coll. of Wykeham , on the death of Dr. Will. Burt , and on the second of Apr. 1684 he was installed Preb. of Winchester . Incorporations . On the 13 of July , just after the finishing of the Act , were seven Bach. of Arts , one Bach. of Law , 24 Masters of Arts , one Bach. of Div. and one Doct. of Physick of Cambridge incorporated , but not one of them can I yet find to be a Writer , only . Joh. Turner M. A. and Fellow of Christs Coll , who was afterwards Hospitaller of S. Thomas in Southwark and author of several Sermons and discourses ; which being too many to be here set down , shall for brevity sake be omitted . Thomas Allen Doct. of Physick of Gonvill and Caies Coll , was also then ( July 13 ) incorporated — He was one of the Coll. of Phys . at London , and lived to the year 1685 , but hath written nothing . Quaere . Besides the said Cambridge men , was one John Ouchterlon M. A. of S. Salvators Coll. in the University of S. Andrew in Scotland incorporated , which is all I know of him . CREATIONS . June 2. The most illustrious Pr. John William Prince of Neoburg ( Son of the Duke of Neoburg ) Count Palatine of the Rhine , Duke of Bavaria , Giuliers , Cleve and of Mons , Count or Earl of Valdentia , Spinhim la Mark , Ravensberg and Moers , Lord in Ravenstein , &c. was actually created Doctor of the Civil Law — He was conducted bare-headed in his Doctors robes , from the Apodyterium into the Convocation House , with the Beadles marching before , and the Kings Professor of Law with , him , the Vicechanc. then , with the Doctors and Masters standing bare : And being come to the middle of the Area , the said Professor presented him with a short speech , which being done , the Vicech . created him with another . Afterwards he was conducted to his seat of State on the right hand of the Vicechancellour , and then the Dep. Orator , who stood on the other side near to the Registraries desk , complemented him with another speech in the name of the University . All which being done he was conducted by the Vicechanc. Doctors and Masters to the Theater , where being placed in another seat of state on the right hand of the Vicechancellours chair , he was entertained by the Musick professor with vocal and instrumental Musick , from the Musick gallery . This Prince was then about 18 years of age , and had taken a journey into England purposely to pay his respects to the Lady Mary , the eldest Daughter of James Duke of York : And after he had seen most of the rarities in the publick Library , several of the Colleges , Physick Garden , &c. the Vicechancellour Dr. Bathurst , Dr. Fell , and other Doctors , made a present to him at his departure of Hist . & Antiquitates Univ. Oxon , with Cuts , in two Volumes , very fairly bound . June 23. Henry Justell Secret , and Counsellour to the most Christian King , was diplomated Doctor of the Civil Law — He was a most noted and learned man , and as the publick regist . saith non modo omni scientiarum & virtutum genere per se excelluit , verum etiam Parentis optimi & eruditissimi Christop . Justelli doctrinam & merita , ornando atque excolando , sua fecit . He had given several choice Mss . to the publick Library , and had sent by Mr. George Hicks of Linc. Coll. ( who became acquainted with him at Paris ) the Original Ms . in Greek of the Canones Ecclesia Vniversalis , put out by his Father Christopher , which is at this time in the publick Library . What this eminent author Hen. Justell hath written and published the printed Cat. belonging to that Library , commonly called Oxford Catalogue , will tell you . Nov. 10. Thaddeus Lantman diplomated Doct. of Div. Nov. 10. Joh. Woolnove diplomated Doct. of Div. These two persons were Ministers at the Hague , and having been represented by the Prince of Orange to be persons of good esteem in Holland , for their preaching , learning and prudence , and for the great veneration they had , and have , for the Church of England , were upon those accounts recommended to the Chanc. of the University , and by Henry Earl of Arlington ( lately in Holland ) to the Vicechanc. and Convocation for their degrees . Jan. 26. Hippolytus du Chastlet de Luzancy of Ch. Ch. was actually created Master of Arts — This Divine , who made a great noise in his time , was the Son (a) of a famous common Woman named Beauchasteau a Player belonging to the Hostel de Burgoyn at Pa●is , and educated in the University there , as I shall tell you by and by . Afterwards he became (b) Usher , or Regent of the fifth form among the Fathers of the Christian Doctrine at Vitry , then lived among the Monks at Vendosme , and a little after in the service of a Bishop , then in the Abbey of Trape , next with another Prelate , and at length a Preacher errant , here and there , but chiefly at Montdidier in Picardy , where counterfeiting the name of Luzancy , by a bill signed with that name , he cheated the Damoizele Carti●r of a piece of money . So that by that and other pranks , which expos'd him to the pursuit of Justice , he left France , went into England by the (c) name of De la March ( which he quitted about a month after his arrival ) and at length to London without (d) clothes , without shoes , without money , and without any recommendation from France . Soon after upon his own word , and at the instance of some who solicited in his behalf , he was permitted to get into the Pulpit at the Savoy within the liberty of Westminster , not only to declare the motives of his conversion , but his abjuration from , and abhorrency of , the Roman Catholick Faith , which was solemnly done on the eleventh of July an . 1675. The discourse he made , and which he delivered with much boldness , gained him the esteem of his Auditors , who for the most part charm'd with his eloquence , and full of compassion for his misery , soon cast about to put him into a condition of appearing in a decent habit and subsisting . After this he was much favoured by some , and as much hated by the Roman Catholicks , particularly by St. Germaine a Jesuit in London , who pretending to assassinate him , as Luzancy gave out , was a Proclamation issued forth for his protection , and the taking of S. Germaine to bring him to condign punishment , After this , Luzancy's advancement being powerfully carried on , the B. of London took care to have him ordained , with a design of putting him in a condition of becoming one day a great Defender of the Church of England : All which being done in a hurry , 't was to little purpose for the Pastors and several Masters of Families of the Church at the Savoy to cry out against . But while these things were in doing , a Minister of the Church of England belonging to the French Church at the Sav●y named Rich. du Marescq , full of zeal to the truth , printed a Sermon which he had preached during these bustles , and in the preface to it doth give a true and just character of Luzancy , not for his goodness , but baseness , lying , dissimulation , &c. Which Serm. and Pref. as soon as they appeared in publick , the B. of London caused all the copies to be seized , and the author to be cited to the Bish . Court , interdicted the function of his charge , because he refused to ask God forgiveness , his neighbour , the Church , his Superior , and to sign and seal a Declaration , and at length openly suspended him for reasons reserved to the Bishop and his Officers . After he had continued in that condition for some time , he was at the intreaties of Dr. Jo. Durell and Monsieur Ruvigny ( who had a mind to oblige the Bishop ) restored to the exercise of his charge upon a bare acknowledgment that he was in the wrong to print his preface without license from his Superior , or any else in authority , &c. After the following Christmas , our author Luzancy went , to Oxford ; where , by vertue of several Letters of commendation , he was received into Ch. Ch. by the Dean there , had a Chamber allowed to him , and such diet that belongs to Master-students , at the charge , I think , of the Bishop of London . On the 26 of Jan. following , there was a Convocation of Doctors and Masters celebrated , wherein the Letters of the Duke of Ormonde Chanc. of the University ( dat . 2. Dec. ) were publickly read in his behalf , which partly run thus — This Gentleman Monsieur Luzancy was bred in the University of Paris in the Romish religion , but having lately professed himself a member of the Church of England , and given some testimonies of his adherence thereunto , has made it his humble request for his encouragement , to be recommended to the University for their favour in conferring upon him the degree of Master of Arts — He has not his Testimonials from the University of Paris of the degree he took there , but I doubt not , when you shall discourse with him , you 'll find him a person meriting that favour , &c. After the reading of that Letter , Luzancy by the consent of the House was then actually created M. of A , as I have before told you . About the time of Easter , in the beginning of Apr. 1676 , was spread abroad by certain R. Catholicks a Pamphlet entit . A Letter from a Gentleman at Lond. to his friend in the Country , &c. Printed at Lond , in two sheets and an half in qu : wherein are some of Luzancy's actions represented while he was in France , but more while he was in England , the Bishop of London and Dr. Franc. Durant de Brevall Preb. of Westm . and Rochester , ( sometimes a Capuchin Fryer . ) reflected on severely , and many things said , which doth invalidate the K. Proclamation before mention'd . At length some of the dispersers of that Pamph. it being discovered , particularly Will. Rogers of Linc. Inn a zealous Proselyte for the R. Cath. cause , he was seized on by a Messenger and brought before the Kings Council in Aug. following ; from whom receiving several checks and threatnings was at length released . In the latter end of 1679 , Luzancy left the University , having before borrowed a considerable sum of money of one of the Chapl. of Ch. Ch. ( P. B. ) for whom he pretended kindness , but he minding not the payment of , he was sued for , it by Law. At the same time he became , by the favour of the Bishop of London , Vicar of Dover-Court in Essex , to the Church of which place the Town of Harwich belongs ; so that he was Vicar of that also , as well as of Dover-Court . Soon after , to prevent an unchast life , he married a Gentlewoman in those parts , where he was lately ( perhaps still ) living . He hath written and pub . ( 1 ) Serm. on the day of his abjuration at the Savoy , 11. July 1675 , on Joh. 8.32 . Lond. 1675 qu. in French. Translated into English — Lond. 1676. qu. ( 2 ) Reflections on the Council of Trent . Oxon. 1677. oct . ( 3 ) Treatise against irreligion . Lond. 1678. oct . Justus Christop . Schomerus and M. Meno Reich . both of Lubeck in Saxony were Sojournours and Students this year in the University , and afterwards learned men in their own Country . The first , who was Professor and Superintendent at Lubeck , wrot one or more books against the Socinians and other things Besides them were also Sojournours Paul Bauldrey a Frenchman of note , and Joh. Wandalinus of Copenhagen in Denmark , both learned men : the first of which hath written notes on Lanctantius de morte Persecutorum , and the other ( who was afterwards Professor of Div. at Copenhagen ) De esu sanguinis , &c. An. Dom. 1676. An. 28. Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , &c. Vicechanc. Henry Clerk Doct. of Physick and Priest , President of Magd. Coll. Oct. 9. Proct. Baptista Levinz of Magd. Coll. Apr. 5. Nathan . Pelham of New Coll. Apr. 5. The Senior of these two Proctors was ( while Proctor ) elected and admitted moral Phil. Professor in the place of Mr. Abr. Campion , 27. Mar. 1677 , who enjoying it till the beginning of the year 1682 Will. Halton M. A. of Qu. Coll. was elected thereunto , about the 7 of April the same year . After his time was expir'd ( for he that is Professor enjoyeth the Lecture but for 5 years ) Joh. Barnard M.A. of Brasn . Coll. was elected thereunto , 28. Mar. 1687 , by vertue of the Mandamus of K. Jam. 2 , dated on the first of January going before . After his removal thence for being a Papist , ( tho since return'd to his former opinion ) which was after the said King left England , Will. Christmas M. A. of New Coll. succeeded him in the latter end of Dec. 1688. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 6. Tho. Lyndesay of Wadh. Coll. — See among the Masters in 1678. 29. Thom. Spark of Ch. Ch. — He hath published two or more books . May 27. Nathaniel Williams of Jes . Coll. — He was the Son of Thomas Williams of Swansey in Glamorganshire , went away without compleating his degree by Determination , and was author of ( 1 ) A pindarick Elegy on the famous Physitian Dr. Willis . Oxon. 1675 in one sh . in fol. ( 2 ) Imago saeculi : or the image of the age represented in four characters , viz. the ambitious Statesman , insatiable Miser , atheistical Gallant and factious Schismatick . Oxon. 1676. oct . The Pindarick Elegy is printed with , and added to , this last book . He died in his own Country about 1679. June 13. Sam. Derham of Magd. Hall. Oct. 17. Theoph. Downes of Ball. Coll. 26. Will. Haylie of All 's . Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1679 , and of the other in 1680. Will. Wake of Ch. Ch. was adm . the same day — He hath written and published many things relating to Divinity , and therefore he is to have a place hereafter among the Oxf. Writers . Feb. 6. Rob. Brograve of Magd. Hall — See among the Masters 1679. Adm. 188. Bach. of Law. Apr. 6. James Bampton of New Coll. — This person , who took no higher degree , entred afterwards into holy Orders and published a Sermon , but the title of it I know not , only the text , which is Suffer the little children to come , &c. Mark 10.14 . He also had provided another thing for the press , which , I think is not yet published , or ever will. He died of a consumption , 9. May 1683 aged 37 , and was buried in the west Cloyster belonging to that Coll. Adm. 11. Mast . of Arts. June 8. Joh. Hough of Magd. Coll. July 3. Edm. Sermon of S. Maries Hall — This person , who was the Son of a Father of both his names of Naunton Beauchamp in Worcestershire , was originally of Trin , and afterwards of Ball. Coll , and as a member of the last he took the degree of Bach. of Arts , an . 1665 , but left the University without compleating it by Determination . Afterwards he took upon him a spiritual cure , and the education of a youth of noble extraction , but instead of taking the degree of Bach. of Div , ( in order to which he had the Chancellours Letters ) he with much ado obtained that of Master . He hath published The wisdom of publick piety , discoursed in a Sermon at Guild-hall Chap. on Jam. 3.13 . Lond. 1679. qu. He died about 1680. Nearly related to him was that forward , vain and conceited person named Will. Sermon , who wrot himself Doctor of Physick and Physitian in ord . to his Maj. K. Ch. 2 , author of ( 1 ) The Ladies companion or English Midwife , &c. Lond. 1671. oct . ( 2 ) A friend to the sick , or the honest English mans preservation , &c. Lond. 1673. 4. oct . and of other things , but whether he was of this , or of any University , I know not . He died in his house in the Parish of St. Bride alias St. Bridget in Lond. in Winter time , an . 1679. Oct. 17. Will. Howell of New Inn. Nov. 23. Charles Hutton of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards Rector of Vplime in his native Country of Devonshire , and author of The Rebels text opened and their solemn appeal answered ; Thanksgiving Sermon 26. July 1685 on Josh . 22. ver . 22. Lond. 1686. qu. Jan. 15. Tho. Mannyngham of New Coll. Adm. 130. Bach. of Phys . Two were admitted , but neither of them is yet a Writer . Bach. of Div. Six were admitted , of whom Tho. Snell Can. resid . of Exeter was one . Three others I shall make mention among the Doct. of Div. in their respective places . Doct. of Law. July 6. Rich. Warren of S. Joh. Coll. Doct. of Phys . July 4. Joh. Ludwell of Wadh. Coll. 6. William Warner of S. Joh. Coll. 7. Ralph Harrison of New Coll. a Compounder — He had been of Eman. Coll. in Cambridge , of which Univ. he was Bach. of Phys , and coming to Oxon , he was incorporated in that degree on the 26 of June this year . Doct. of Div. July 6. Edward Reynolds of Magd. Coll. July 6. Will. Hawkins of Magd. Coll. These were both Compounders , as being dignified in the Church . On the 20 of Sept , 1660 , the first was installed Preb. of Worcester , and on the 15 of Apr. 1661 , Archdeacon of Norfolk on the death of Philip Tenison : which last Dignity was confer'd upon him by his Father Dr. Edw. Reyn. Bish . of Norwich . The other was Preb. of Norwich and had some other preferment in the Church . July 6. George Owen of All 's . Coll. July 6. Tho. Pargiter of Linc. Coll. The first of these two , who was originally of Mert. Coll , was now Canon of S. David . The other was Rector of Greetworth in his native Country of Northamptonshire , and published A Serm. preached before the Lord Mayor of Lond , 23. July 1682 , on 1. Thess . 4.6 . Lond. 1682. qu. Incorporations . July 6. Will. Howell , or as he writes himself Hoëlus , Doct. of the Civil Law of Cambridge — He was educated in Magd. Coll. in the said University , of which he was Fellow , was afterwards Tutor to John Earl of Mulgrave , and at length Chancellour of the Diocess of Lincolne . He hath written ( 1 ) An institution of general History from the beginning of the world to the monarchy of Constantine the Great . Printed 1661. oct . In this work the Reader may , without any intervening matters impertinent to his present purpose , read the History of any Empire or Kingdom contemporary to it , by it self . The principal passages in all of them are linked together by Synchronisms , not only placed in the Margin , but in the beginning or end of every occurrence . This book , which was afterwards put into latine by the author , for the use of the said Earl , entit . Elementa Historiae ab orbe condito usque ad Monarchiam Constantini magni , &c. Lond. 1671. in a thick tw . was increased to two folio's — Lond. 1680. and afterwards had three remaining parts of it published in 1685. 6. ( 2 ) Medulla Historiae Anglicanae . Being a comprehensive History of the lives and raigns of the Monarchs of England . From the time of the invasion thereof by Julius Caesar , to the death of K. Ch. 2 , with an abstract of the lives of the Rom. Emperours commanding in Britain . There have been several editions of this book to the great benefit of the Bookseller that printed it . One came out in 1679 , with the addition of A list of the names of the H. of Com. then sitting , and a list of his Majesties Privy Council , &c : And in 1687 the third edit . of it was published in oct . with a continuation from the year 1678 to 1684 by a great favourer of the Roman Catholicks . There is no name set to this Medulla Hist . Angl. only report makes Dr. W. Howell the author , and upon that report , I presume here to set it down under his name . He hath without doubt other things extant , but such I have not yet seen , and therefore I can only now say that he died in the beginning of the year 1683. One William Howell Minister of Tuttleworth in Sussex hath published A Sermon at the Bishop of Chichesters first Visitation . Lond. 1675. 6. qu. but whether he was of this , or of the University of Cambridge , I cannot yet tell . This year were 28 Masters of Arts of Cambridge incorporated after the Act , on the 11 of July , among whom were Thom. Lynford of Christs Coll. — He had been lately the ingenious Prevaricator of Cambridge , was afterwards Rector of S. Edm. Lumbardstreet in London , D. of D , Chapl. in ord . to their Majesties K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary , &c. author of three or more Sermons , and of four discourses against Popery in the time of K. Jam. 2. &c. As for the rest that were then incorporated , I cannot yet find one of them to be a Writer or Bishop . Sim. Digby M. A. of Trin. Coll. near Dublin was incorporated the same day , Jul. 11. — He was son of Essex Digby Bish . of Dromore . See in the Creations under the year 1677. Besides these , were two Bach. of Div. of Cambr. incorporated , but neither of them was then or afterwards a Writer , or afterwards a Bishop . Creations . Apr. 5. Steph. Le Moine one of the ordinary Preachers to the reformed Congregation of Roan in Normandy , lately advanced by the Prince of Orange to the supreme Chair of the Theological Faculty in the Univ. of Leyden , was declared in Convocation Doct. of Div , by vertue of the Letters of the Chanc. of the University , and on the eleventh of the same month he was diplomated , he being then in the University , and well known to be one who had upon all occasions testified his great affections and zeal for the Ch. of England . He hath written some things , which I have not yet seen . Jun. 22. Andrew Sall lately a Jesuit , was actually created Doct. of Div. — He was born in the County of Tipperary in Ireland , educated from his Childhood in the Roman Faith ; and when he was in his riper years , he entred into the Society of Jesus . Afterwards he became Professor of Divinity in the Colleges of Pamplona , Polencia , and Tudela in Spain , Rector and Professor of Controversies in the Irish Coll. of the University of Salamanca , Professor of Moral Theology in the Coll. of the Soc. of Jesus in the same University . At length he being sent on the Mission into Ireland , he was in his elder years , by the unspeakable Constancy and indefatigable Charity , as also solid Doctrine and Example of the pious and upright Life of Dr. Tho. Price Archb. of Cashells or Cashiels gained to the Church of England . In testimony of which he made a public declaration on the 17 of May 1674 , before the said Archbishop , Hugh Bishop of Waterford , and others , in the Church of S. John in the City of Cashel . On the 5 of Jul. following , he preach'd a Sermon in Ch. Ch. in Dublin before Arthur Earl of Essex L. Lieutenant of Ireland and the Council there , in detestation of the Church of Rome and its Doctrine , and about the same time he became Chaplain to the said L. Lieut , and had preferment there bestowed on him . In the latter end of July or thereabouts , an . 1675 , he came to Oxon , and , by Letters of Commendation , was not only received into Wadh. Coll , where he continued for some months , but afterwards actually created ( not incorporated ) D. of D. as before I have told you , and in the Act following ( as in that in 1677 ) he shew'd himself a smart Disputant in the Theological Vespers , being then domestick Chaplain to his Majesty and dignified in Wales . After he had remained in the said Coll. and in an House in Halywell adjoyning , for some time , in a weak and sickly condition , he , by the favour of Dr. Fell , removed to convenient Lodgings in the Cloyster at Ch. Ch. near the Chaplains Quadrangle , where he remained about two years . In 1680 he went into Ireland to live upon his Preferments there , which were a Prebendary of Swords , the Rectory of Ard-Mulchan , and the Chantorship of Cashels , where he continued in a weak condition till the time of his death . He hath writen and published ( 1 ) Declaration for the Church of England . ( 2 ) Sermon preached at Ch. Ch. in Dubl . before the L. Lieu , and Council 5 Jul. 1674 , on Matth. 24.15.16.17.18 . Dubl . 1674 — . oct . After these two things were published , came out The doleful fall of Andr. Sall , a Jesuit of the fourth vow , print . in oct . 1674 , and The un-erring and un-errable Church , in answer to the said Sermon . — Pr. 1675. oct . &c. ( 3 ) The Catholic and Apostolic Faith maintained in the Church of England ; being a Reply to several books published under the names of J. E. N. N. and J. S. against his Declaration for the Church of England , and against the Motives for the Separation from the Rom. Church , declared in a printed Sermon which he preached in Dublin . Oxon. 1676. oct . &c. ( 4 ) Votum pro pace Christianâ , quâ exponuntur & amoventur praecipua obstacula pacis per Romanae Ecclesiae Ministros objecta , & ostenditur quam immerito pacem respiciant cum reliquis Christianis Ecclesiis , praecipue vero cum Anglicanâ . Oxon 1678. qu. ( 5 ) Ethica , sive moralis Philosophia ex veterum & recentiorum sententiis ad disputationem juxta ac concionem totiusque vitae humanae usum congruo ordine & rerum apparatu concinnata . Oxon. 1680. oct . He paid his last debt to nature on the sixth day of Apr. an . 1682 , aged 70 years or thereabouts , and was buried in the Cath. Ch. of S. Patrick near Dublin ; leaving then behind him A body of Philosophy , which he designed , if he had lived , to publish . July 11. Rob. Digby Baron of Geashill in Ireland , lately of Magd. Coll , now of Coleshull in Warwicksh , was actually created M. of A. The Reader may be pleased now to know that whereas Francis Junius had spent much time in Oxon in his younger years for the sake of study , Libraries and Conversation of learned men , as also in his elderly years in 1658 and 59 ; he did retire to Oxon in the month of Octob. this year , purposely to dye there , give his MSS. and Collections to the publ Libr. where he had spent much time , and to have his bones laid in some Church or Chappel in Oxon. He came for the sake of Dr. Thom. Marshall Rector of Linc. Coll. a great Critick in the Gothick and Saxon Languages , as Junius was , from whom Marshall had formerly received instruction as to those studies , and taking up his Lodging against the said Coll. he began to put his Collections in order ; but being troubled by often Visits , he removed his Quarters to an obscure house in Beefhall lane in S. Ebbes Parish , where he digested some notes for the Press , and made a deed of gift of his MSS. and Collections to the publ . Libr. He continued there till Aug. 1677 , at which time he went , upon the earnest invitation of his Nephew Dr. Is . Vossius , to Windsore , and continued for a time in good health and cheerfulness there and near it . At length being overtaken with a Fever , died of it in his said Nephews house near Windsore , on Munday the 19 of Novemb. 1677 ; whereupon his body was conveyed to Windsore and buried in the Chap. or Church of S. George within the Castle there . In the year following was a table of white marble fix'd to the wall near his grave , with this inscription thereon . M. S. Francisco Junio , Francisci Junii Biturig is filio , nobilitate generis , integritate morum & omnigenâ doctrina , conspicuo viro ; nato Heidelbergae anno salutis MDLXXXIX , qui per omnem aetatem , sine quaerelâ aut injuriâ cujusquam Musis tantum & sibi vacavit . Vniversitas Oxoniensis , cui scripta & monumenta laboris sui moriens pene nonagenarius commisit , in grati animi significationem lubens meritoque titulum posuit , an . MDCLXXVIII . The titles of some of the books that he published you may see in the Bodleian or Oxf. Catalogue . To this learned person I must add another of less name ( much noted in his time , but since not , for the art and fac . of Poetry ) who had spent about eight years in Oxen , partly in custody , but mostly in liberty and freedom in the public Library , and conversation with ingenious Scholars . The Anagram of his sirname is Benevolus , given to him by Flatterers and Pretenders to Poetry for his Benevolence to them . His Christian Name was Edward , Son and heir of Andr. Bendlowes Esq , Son of W●ll . Bendlowes Esq , Son and heir of Andrew Bendlowes Serjeant at Law , &c. all Lords of Brent Hall and of other Lands in Essex , but descended from those of their name of Bendlowes in Yorkshire . When he was young he was very carefully educated in Grammar learning , and when at about 16 years of age he became a Gent. Com. of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , to which he was afterwards a Benefactor . Thence he was sent to travel with a Tutor or Guide , and having rambled thro several Countries and had visited seven Courts of Princes , he returned a most accomplished person as to behaviour and discourse , yet ring'd with Romanism : But being a very imprudent man in matters of worldly concern , and ignorant as to the value or want of money , he did , after he was invested in his Estate at Brent hall and elsewhere , which amounted to seven hundred , some say a thousand , pounds per an . make a shift , tho never married , to squander it mostly away on Poets , Flatterers , ( which he loved ) in buying of Curiosities ( which some call'd Baubles ) on Musitians , Buffoones , &c. He also gave from his said Estate a large Portion with a Neice who was married to one Blount of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire Esq , supposing thereby that so long as they lived he should not want , but the case being otherwise , he lived afterwards in a mean condition . He also very imprudently entred himself into Bonds for the payment of other mens debts ; which he being not able to do , he was committed to prison in Oxford , which was the matter that first brought him thither ; but being soon after released , he spent the remainder of his days there in studies , till the time of his death . This person , who was esteemed in his younger days a great Patron of Poers , especially of Franc. Quarles , Will. D'avenant , Payne Fisher , &c. who had either dedicated books , or had written Epigrams and Poems on him , hath several things ( whereby he hath obtained the name of a Divine Author ) extant ; among which are these ( 1 ) Sphinx Theologica , seu Musica Templi , ubi discordia concors . Camb. 1626. oct . ( 2 ) Theophila , or Loves Sacrifice . A divine Poem . Lond. 1652. fol. with his picture before it . Several parts thereof had Aires set to them , or were fitted for Aires by the incomparable Musitian Job . Jenkyns , who had been favoured much and patronized by Benevolus . A whole Canto of this Theophila , consisting of above 300 verses , was turn'd into elegant Latin Verse in the space of one day by that great prodigy of early parts John Hall of Durham ( mentioned in the first vol. p. 455. ) having had his tender affections ravish'd with that divine piece . ( 3 ) Summary of divine Wisdome . Lond. 1657. qu. ( 4 ) A glance at the glories of sacred friendship . Lond. 1657 , printed on one side of a large sheet of paper . ( 5 ) De sacra Amicitia . Printed with the former in Lat. verse and prose . ( 6 ) Threnothriambeuticon . Or Latine Poems on K. Ch. 2. his restauration . Lond. 1660 , pr. on a side of a large sheet of paper . Some he caused to be printed on white Sattin , a copy of which , in a frame sutable to it , he gave to the public Library at Oxon. ( 7 ) Oxonii Encomium . Ox. 1672. in 4 sh . in fol. It is mostly in Lat. verse . ( 8 ) Oxonii Elogia . Oxon 1673. on one side of a large sh . of paper . They consist of 12 Stanzaes , and afterwards follow 1. Oxonii Elegia . 2. Academicis serenitas . 3. Academ . temperantia . 4. Studiosis cautela , and other things . ( 9 ) Magia Coelestis . Oxon 1673. 'T is a Lat. Poem pr. on one side of a large sh . of paper . These three last , under the 7.8 . and 9 heads , were , with other things , composed at Oxon , while he was conversant there . He hath also a Mantissa to Rich. Fenns Panegyricon inaugurale , intit . De celeberrima & florentiss . Trinobantiados Augustae civ . Praetori reg . senatui populoque . Lond. 1637 qu. In the title of which Mr. Bendl. stiles himself Turmae equestris in Com. Essex praefectus . He hath other things extant , which I have not yet seen , and therefore I shall only tell you , that after he had been courted and admired for his antient Extraction , Education and Parts by great men of this Nation , and had been a Patron to several ingenious men in their necessities , and by his generous mind , void of a prudential foresight , had spent a very fair Estate without keeping little or any thing to support him , did spend his last days at Oxon , but little better than in obscure condition : in which , for want of conveniencies required fit for old age , as Clothes , Fewel , and warm things to refresh the body , he marched off in a cold season , on the 18 of Decemb. at eight of the clock at night , an . 1676 , aged 73 years or more : Whereupon , by a collection of money among certain Scholars , who knew what he had been , he was decently buried with Escocheons in the north isle or alley joyning to the body of S. Maries Ch. in Oxon , near to the door that leads thence into Adam Brome's Chappel . In his younger years he was esteemed a Papist , or at least Popishly affected ; but being drawn off from that Opinion in his elderly years , he would take occasion oftentimes to dispute against Papists and their Opinions , ( which was not at all acceptable to his Nephew and Neice Blount before mentioned , which was the cause that his room , rather than company , was desired by them ) and could not endure any person that seemed to favour the Opinions of Arminius or Socinus . His picture now hangs in the Gallery belonging to the public Library at Oxon. This year one Joh. Wulferus of Nuremberg became a Sojourner in Oxon for the sake of the public Library , went to his own Country , became a Professor , and published Secalim and other Talmudical Authors in Hebrew and Latin. An. Dom. 1677. An. 29 Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , but he being made L. Lieut. of Ireland , he did by his instrument dated 20 of Aug. delegate the Vicechanc. for the time being , and certain Doctors , to manage and execute in his absence the Powers and Jurisdiction belonging to him in the University . Vicechanc. Joh. Nicholas D. D. Warden of New Coll , nominated by the Vicechancellors Letters dated at Chester 16 Aug. confirmed by Convocation 8 Octob. Proct. Nathan . Wight of Mert. Coll. Apr. 25. Rich. Warburton of Brasn . Coll. Apr. 25. Bach. of Arts. May 3. Jo. Webb of Wadh. Coll. 10. Nich. Kendall of Exet. Coll. Of these two you may see more among the Masters , an . 1679. Jun. 26. Will. Coward of Wadh , afterwards of Mert. Coll. — See among the Doctors of Phys . 1687. Jul. 4. Hugh Todd of Qu. Coll. Jul. 4. Francis Digby of Qu. Coll. The first of these two was afterwards of Vniv . Coll. and a Writer . The other a Translator from the original Greek into English of the first four books of The Institution and Life of Cyrus the Great . Lond. 1685. oct , written originally by that famous Philosopher Xenophon of Athens . The other four books were translated by Joh. Norris M. A. and Fellow of All 's . Coll. Jul. 19. Will. Davenant of Magd. Hall. Oct. 16. Joh. Gilbert of Hart Hall. Of both these you may see among the Masters , an . 1680. Oct. 16. Will. Talbot of Oriel Coll. Nov. 20. Thom. Williams of Jes . Coll. 27. Thom. Walter of Jes . Coll. Of these three you may see more among the Mast . an . 1680. Jan. 29. John Howell of Trin. Coll. Feb. 14. Obad. Dana of Trin. Coll. The first of these two I shall mention among the Masters an . 1680. The other was afterwards a Monk among the English Benedictines at Doway . Adm. 211. Bach. of Law. Jun. 30. Rob. Woodward of New Coll. Jun. 30. Charles Morley of All 's . Coll. Of the first of these two you may see more among the Doctors of Law , an . 1685. The other was afterwards Vicar General of the Spiritualities , or Chancellour to the Bish . of Winton , by the favour of his great Uncle Dr. Morley Bishop thereof , &c. Aug. 2. James Astrey of Brasn . Coll a Compounder . — In 1682 he became High Sheriff of his native County of Bedford , ( where he enjoyeth Lands of antient Inheritance ) and in the beginning of 1683 one of the Masters in Chancery , and in Nov. the same year a Knight . This person , who is now one of the Gent. of the Privy Chamber in ord . to his Maj. K. Will. 3 , hath augmented and corrected the third Edition of Glossarium Archaiologicum of Sir Henry Spelman , and before it hath put a large Epistle of the Life , Manners and Writings of the said Sir Henry . Adm. 6. Mast . of Arts. Apr. 7. Daniel Pratt of S. Joh. Coll. — This person , who was son of a father of both his names of London , wrot , as 't was generally reported , The Life of the blessed S. Agnes Virgin and Martyr , in Prose , and Verse . Lond. 1677. oct , published under the name of L. Sherling . He died in 1679 , or thereabouts . May 3. Joh. Kettlewell of Linc. Coll. 14. John Hutton of Queens Coll. The last of these two was installed Archdeacon of Stow 21 Feb. 1684 , in the place of Byrom Eaton translated to the Archdeaconry of Leycester . Jun. 16. Charles Allestree of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards Vicar of Cassington in Oxfordsh , and Author of A Sermon at Oxon before Sir Will. Walker Mayor of the said City 26 Jul. 1685 , being the day of Thanksgiving for the defeat of the Rebels in Monmouths Rebellion , on Judges the 5.51 . Oxon. 1685. qu. Soon after he became Vicar of Great Budworth in Cheshire , where he now lives . He hath also made a Translation of one of the Lives ( Eumenes ) in Corn. Nepos . — Oxon. 1684. oct . Jun. 26. Joh. Caswell of Wadh. Coll. afterwards of Hart Hall. — He hath written A brief ( but full ) account of the doctrine of Trigonometry both plain and spherical Lond. 1689. in 4 sh . in fol , at the end of Dr. Jo. Wallis his Treatise of Algebra . Jul. 3. Sam. Synge of Ch. Ch. a Compounder . — He was eldest son of Dr. Edw. Synge Bishop of Cloyne , Cork , and Ross , and in the year 1681 he was Dean of Kildare . Oct. 16. Will. Guise of All 's . Coll. Oct. 16. Andrew Allam of S. Edm. Hall. Dec. 13. Villiers Bathurst of Trin. Coll. — He was afterwards Judge Advocate of the Navy . Jan. 17. Thom. Baker of All 's . Coll , lately of Magd. Hall — He was Author of The head of Nile : or the turnings and windings of the Factious since sixty , in a Dialogue between Whigg and Barnaby . Lond. 1681. in 6 sh . in qu. He is now Rector of Haritsham in Kent , in the place of Mr. Joh. Clerke deceased , whom I have mentioned among the Masters in these Fasti , an . 1673. Adm. 134. Bach. of Phys . But two were admitted , one of which was Ch. Twysden , as I shall tell you among the Doct. of Phys . this year . Bach. of Div. May 22. Bapt. Levinz of Magd. Coll. Jun. 22. Edw. Waple of S. Joh. Coll. The last of these two became , by the favour of Dr. Mews Bish . of B. and Wells , Prebendary ( a golden Preb. ) of the Church of Wells on the death of Dr Grindal Sheaf in May 1680 , and Archdeacon of Taunton with the Preb. of Kilverton prima in the said Ch. of Wells annexed to it on the death of Dr. Will. Piers : In which Archdeaconry he was installed 22 Apr. 1682. Soon after he was made Vicar of S. Sepulchers Church in London on the death of Dr. Will. Bell. Jul. 3. Thom. Staynoe of Trin. Coll. Jul. 3. Thom. Sykes of Trin. Coll. The first of these two is now a Minister in London , hath published two Sermons , and may hereafter publish more , or at least other things . The other was elected Margaret Professor of the Univ. of Oxon , 6 Nov. 1691 , on the sudden death of Dr. Hen. Maurice of Jesus Coll , who had been elected thereunto , upon the promotion of Dr. Joh. Hall to the See of Bristow , on the 18 of July the same year . He the said Mr. Sykes was admitted Doctor of his faculty 12 May 1692. Doct. of Law. Jul. 21. Joh. Jones of Jesus Coll. — On the 13 June 1678 he was licensed to practice Physick , which afterwards he did at Windsore , and hath since published one or more books of that faculty , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Oxf. Writers . Nov. 20. Joh. Irish of All 's . Coll. 27. Charles Trumbull of All 's . Coll. Jan. 17. Joh. Clotterbuck of All 's . Coll. Doct. of Phys . May 22. Charles Twysden of Ch. Ch. an Accumulator and Compounder . — This person , who had spent several years in foreign parts , was son of Sir Rog. Twysden of Kent , and Nephew to Judge Tho. Twysden . Jan. 17. Will. Coker of All 's . Coll. Doct. of Div. Jun. 30. Steph. Philipps of Brasn . Coll. a Compounder . — He was now one of the Vicars of Bampton in Oxfordshire , Archdeacon of that part of Shropshire which is in Hereford Diocess ( obtained on the death of Mr. Tho. Cook the father of his wife , an . 1669. ) and Can. resid . of Hereford . He died 20 Aug. 1684 , and was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Bampton . In his Archdeaconry succeeded one .... Wheeler and him .... Oatley . Jul. 3. George Hooper of Ch. Ch. Jul. 3. Ant. Saunders of Ch. Ch. The first of these two is a Writer , and therefore he is hereafter to be remembred . The other , who was Chapl. to the Archb. of Cant , was now ( 1677 ) Chanc. of S. Paul in Lond. and Rector of Acton in Middlesex . John Fitzwilliams of Magd. Coll. was adm . the same day . — He was afterwards Chaplain to James Duke of York , Rector of Cotenham near Cambridge and Preb. of Windsore . He hath published A Sermon preached at Cotenham near Cambridge on the 9 of Sept. 1683 being the day set apart for publick Thanksgiving for the deliverance of his sacred Majesty and the Government from the late treasonable Conspiracy , on Prov. 24.21.22 . Lond. 1683. qu. He is now a Non-juror , and therefore hath lost his Spiritualities . Incorporations . May 14. Walt. Leightonhouse Bac. of Art of Magd. Coll. in Cambr. — He was soon after elected Fellow of Linc. Coll. See among the Masters in 1679. After the conclusion of the Act , were 23 Mast . of Arts of Cambr. incorporated Jul. 10 , among which was Aylett Sams of Christs Coll. — This person published under his own name — Britannia antiqua illustrata : or the Antiquities of antient Britaine , deriv●d from the Phoenicians : Wherein the original trade of this Island is discovered , the names of Places , Offices , Dignities , as likewise the Idolatry , &c. are clearly demonstrated from that Nation , many old monuments illustrated , &c. Together with a chronological History of this Kingdom , from the first traditional beginning , until the year of our Lord 800 , when the name of Britaine was changed into England , &c. Lond. 1676. vol. 1. fol. An account of this book is in the Philosophical Transactions , num . 124. p. 596 , wherein tho the Author of them Mr. Oldenburg doth stile Mr. Sams the learned and curious Vndertaker of that great work , yet the common report then was , that not he , but his quondam Uncle was the Author ; and to confirm it , was his great ignorance in matters and books of Antiquity . I was several times in his company when he spent some weeks this year in Oxon , and found him to be an impertinent , girning and pedantical Coxcomb , and so ignorant of Authors , that he never heard of , before I mention'd it to him , of the great Antiquary Joh. Leland , or of his printed or manuscript Works , nor any thing of Baleus , nor could he give any account of Authors that are quoted in the said Britannia antiqua illustrata , &c. He died in the year 1679 or thereabouts , perhaps in the Inner Temple where he had a Chamber , but where buried I know not , nor is it material to be informed , I find one Rob. Aylett Mast . of Arts of Cambridge to be incorporated at Oxon , an . 1608. Quaere whether he was his Uncle . Jul. 10. Will. Birstall D. D. of Kings Coll. in Cambr. Feb. 19. Patrick Dunn Physitian in ord . to James Duke of Ormonde L. Lieut. of Ireland , Doct. of Phys . of Aberdene in Scotland , Valentia in Dauphiny , and of Dublin in Ireland , was declared , ( he being then absent ) incorporated Doctor of the said faculty of this Univ. of Oxon , and on the 23 of March following , a Diploma of his Incorporation was sealed and sent to him . Creations . The most noble James Duke of Ormonde Chancellor of the University coming to Oxon in the beginning of Aug. this year , where he was splendidly entertained by the Academians with Treats in several Colleges and Speeches in the Theater , it was his desire that there should be a Creation of Doctors of the Civil Law , and a Creation of two persons in Divinity . Those that were created in the former faeulty , which was on the sixth day of Aug. in the Theater , were these . Doct. of Law. Richard Boteler Earl of Arran in Ireland and Baron Boteler of Weston in Huntingdonshire in England , second son of James Duke of Ormonde . — This noble and courageous person , who had done good service against the Rebels at Carickfergus in Ireland , and in that perilous Sea-sight against the Dutch , when James D. of York , was General at Sea ( for which and other Services he was made Baron of Weston ) died on the 26 of Jan. 1685. Whereupon his body was deposited in the same Vault in the Abbey Church at Westminster , where that of his elder brother Thom. E of Ossory , and their mother Elizab. Dutchess of Ormonde had been laid : which Dutchess died in her house in S. James's Square within the Liberty of Westminster , on the 21 of July 1684. But whether their bodies were afterwards removed to Kilkenny in Ireland , there to be deposited in the Vault among the bodies of the Ormondian family , I know not as yet . Pierce Boteler Visc . Galmoy in Irel. of the Ormondian family . Francis Aungier Viscount , afterwards Earl , of Longford in the same Kingdom . Robert Fitz-Gerald son of the Earl of Kildare . Sir Kingsmill Lucy Bt. Sir Thom. Erscott Kt. Sir James Boteler Kt. — He was natural son of James Duke of Ormonde , by Isabel daugh . of Henry Earl of Holland , and wife of Sir James Thynne of Langleate in Wilts . This person , who was bred up to the Common Law in Linc. Inn , succeeded Will. Lord Brouncker in the Mastership of S. Catherines Hospital near the Tower of London , &c. Sir Edw. Scott Kt. Sir Rob. Southwell Kt. — This most worthy and accomplish'd person , who was son of Rob. Southwell of Kinsale in the County of Cork in Irel. Esq , Vice-Admiral of Mounster and of the Privy Council there , ( descended from the antient family of his name in Norfolk ) was born in Kinsale , educated in Queens Coll. in this University ( where he was Bach. of Arts ) and afterwards became a Barrister of Linc. Inn On the 27 of Sept. 1664 he was sworn one of the Clerks of his Majesties Privy Council , and on the 20 of Nov. 1665 he received the honour of Knighthood from his Majesty , being then accounted a Gent. of known worth and abilities , and fitted every way for the Service of his Majesty , who then thought good to give him the character of his Envoy extraordinary to the King of Portugal , whether he was to go in few days after . In the latter end of Octob. 1671 he was sent Envoy extraordinary to Count de Monterey Governour or Vice-Roy for his Catholick Maj. of the Spanish Netherlands , and in the beginning of Decemb. 1679 , ( the Presbyterians and Fanaticks being then rampant upon the account of the Popish Plot ) he resigned his Clerkship of the Council . In Feb. following he was sent Envoy extraordinary to the Elector of Brandeberg , and after his return he was much respected for the Services he had done for the Crown . Afterwards he was one of the Commissioners of the Customs for England , Secretary of State for Ireland , and one of the Privy Council for that Realm , and in the latter end of Nov. 1691 he was chosen President of the Royal Society in the room of Dr. Walt. Charlton , having been Fellow thereof several years before , &c. He hath a very hopeful son named Edward Southwell lately a Gent. Com. of Merton Coll , who hath translated into English An account of Virtue : or , Dr. Henr. Mores Abridgment of Morals Lond. 1690. oct . It is done so well and the style is so masculine and noble , that I know not as yet any book written in better English . John Fitz-Patrick Colonels . Edw. Vernon of N. Aston in Oxfordsh . Colonels . Garret Moore Colonels . Thom. Fairfax , a Major . Gustavus Hamilton , a Capt. &c. And among the Gentlemen that were created , was James Thynne of Buckland in Glocestershire son of Sir Hen. Frederick Thynne of Kempsford in the said County Bt : Which James was younger Brother to Thom. Visc . Weymouth , and elder to Henr. Frederick Thynne Keeper of his Majesties . Library at S. James's , in the place of Thom. Rosse deceased , and afterwards Treasurer and Receiver general to Catherine the Qu. Dowager . Doct. of Div. Dec. 12. Will. Moreton of Ch. Ch. domestick Chaplain to James Duke of Ormonde was then declared Doct. of Div , and on the 29 of Jan. following was diplomated . — He was afterwards Bishop of Kildare . Sim. Digby another domestick Chaplain to the said Duke , was declared D. of D. the same day , and afterwards diplomated with Moreton . The said two Doctors were nominated by the Chancellor of the University , who then thought it not fit to have them created when he was in Oxon , least a gap thereby should be made for others . As for Dr. Digby ( son of Essex Digby B. of Dromore ) who had been incorp . M. of A. in 1676 , he became Bish . of Limerick an . 1681 , where , sitting till 1691 , was , in Dec. the same year , nominated by his Maj. King Will. 3. Bishop of Elphine , to which soon after he was translated . This year was a Sojourner in Oxon for the sake of the publick Library Theod. Dassovius of Hamburgh , who was afterwards Professor of Poetry and of the Heb. Tongue in the Univ. of Wittemberg and a Publisher of certain Talmudical matters . An. Dom. 1678. An. 30 Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Dr. Nicholas Warden of New Coll , nominated by the delegated power of the Chancellour , confirmed by Convocation and thereupon re-admitted 26 Aug. He continued in his Office till after he was elected Warden of Wykeham's Coll. near Winchester , ( an account of which I have given you among the Doct. of Div. an . 1675. ) otherwise , 't is very probable , he would have served a third year , rather than be out of authority , which he loVed . Proct. James Hulet of Ch. Ch. Apr. 10. Joh. Clerke of All 's . Coll. Apr. 10. Bach. of Arts. May 2. Jo. Hammatt of S. Ed. Hall. — This Bach , who was the son of a fath . of both his names of Taunton in Som. became afterwards the snivling , non-conforming , conforming Vicar of Stanton-Bury in Bucks , and Author of A burning and a shining Light , Sermon preached at the funeral of the late rev . Mr. James Wrexham Minister of Haversham in Bucks , on Joh. 5.35 . Lond. 1685. qu. In the title of this Sermon ( a pitiful , canting and silly discourse ) the Author entitles himself Mast . of Arts ; which degree , I presume ( if he speaks truth ) was taken at Cambridge , for I am sure he did not take it here . Jun. 25. Thom. Sawyer of Magd. Coll. Oct. 15. Thom. Bent of Linc. Coll. Of the first of these two you may see among the Masters 1680 , and of the other among those in 1681. Adm. 212. Bach. of Law. Five were admitted this year , but not one of them is a Writer . Mast . of Arts. May 12. George Royse of Or. Coll. Jun. 4. Thom. Tully of S. Edm. Hall. — He was afterwards Chaplain to Dr. Edw. Rainbow Bishop of Carlile , Chancellor of the dioc . of Carlile in the place of Rowl . Nicols Bach. of Div , and Author of A sermon preached at the funeral of Dr. Ed. Rainbow late B. of Carlile , on Rev. 14.13 . Lond. 1688. oct . It is added to the Life of the said Bishop , written by another person , as I have told you among the Bishops in Edw. Rainbow . Jul. 1. George Tully of Qu. Coll. Oct. 15. Joh Bagley of Ball. Coll. The last of these two did afterwards take the degree of Doct. of Phys . at Vtrecht , and published his Theses after he had taken it , intit . Disputatio medica inauguralis continens considerationes quasdam Theoretico-practicas circa Foetum humanum , &c. 27 Jul. 1682. ultr . 1682. qu. Oct. 17. Thom. Pigott of Wadham Coll. — This person , who was son of Hen. Pigott mention'd among the created Bachelaurs of Div. in these Fasti , an . 1660 , was born at Brindle in Lancashire , became Vicar of Yarnton near Oxon 1679 , which he kept with his Fellowship of Wadh. Coll , and afterwards Chaplain to James Earl of Ossory . He hath written , An account of the Earthquake that hapned at Oxford , and the parts adjacent , 17 Sept. 1683. Printed in one sheet and a half in the Philosophical Transactions , numb . 151. He also made a new discovery or certain Phoenonema's in Musick ; an account of which was drawn up in a Letter by Dr. Wallis dat . Mar. 14. an . 1676 , which was remitted into the said Phil. Trans . numb . 134. p. 839. But before that time , viz , an . 1673. the very same discovery was made by Will. Noble M. A. of Mert. Coll , very well skill'd in the practick part of Musick , far beyond Pigott , which he keeping to himself , only imparting it to one or more friends , Pigott being a more forward and mercurial man got the glory of it among most Scholars . See in Dr. Wallys his Letter before mention'd , and in Dr. R. Plot 's book intit . The natural History of Oxfordshire cap. 9. par . 199.200 . Mr. Pigott died in the Earl of Ossory's house in S. James's Square , within the Liberty of Westm . on the 14 of Aug. 1686 , being then Fellow of the Royal Society , and was buried in the Chancel of the new Church of S. James near the said Square . As for Mr. Noble , who had proceeded in Arts 1673 , he died in Ch. Ch. on the 4 of Sept. 1681 , being then one of the Chapl. of that house , and was buried in the Cathedral there . Feb. 22. Nathan . Ellison of C. C. Coll. — He was afterwards Chapl. to Thomas B. of Lichfield , who gave him the Archdeaconry of Stafford , installed therein 14 Jul. 1682. Mar. 13. Thom. Lindesay of Wadh. Coll. — He was afterwards Chapl. to the Earl of Essex , Minister of Woolwich in Kent and Author of A Sermon preached at the Anniversary meeting of the Dorsetshire Gentlemen in the Church of S. Mary le Bow 1. Dec. 1691. on Gal. 6.10 . Lond. 1692. quart . Adm. 103. Bach. of Phys . Four were admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer . In a Convocation held on the 10 of Apr. was a Letter read from the delegated power of the Chanc. of the Univesity in behalf of Henr. Fowler formerly of Oriel Coll , who , after he had been a Graduat , served very faithfully in his Majesties Army during the grand Rebellion began by the Godly Party ; and afterwards having not an opportunity of returning to the University to prosecute his studies and take his Degrees in the usual way , he chiefly betook himself to the study of Physick , wherein he made so laudable a progress that he was well qualified to be a Licentiat in the said faculty , &c. This Order being read , and thereupon proposed to the house , whether he should be licensed to practice , or not , the Nons made so much noise that the Proctors were put to the trouble of taking Suffrages in the crowd ; ( which might have disordered a man to speak a Speech presently after , I mean Mr. Wight the sen . Proct. who was then to surrender up the badges of his Authority , but he came off well enough notwithstanding ) At length it was carried by 145 , against 63 , Votes ; whereupon Mr. Fowler was licensed to practice Phys . on the 2. of May following , which afterwards he did with good success in his own Country , but hath not published any thing that I know . Bach. of Div. Jul. 6. Thom. Ken of New Coll. Adm. 7. Doct. of Law. Jan. 13. Fisher Littleton of All 's . Coll. Jan. 13. Thom. Stafford of Magd. Coll. 27. Henr. Newton of Mert. Coll. lately of S. Maries Hall. — He was afterwards Chanc. of the dioc . of London and principal Official to the Archd. of Essex . Doct. of Phys . May 10. Thom. Mayow of Ch. Ch. ☞ Not one Doct. of Div. was admitted this year . Incorporations . Jun. 25. Rich. Smith who had taken the degree of Doct. of Phys . at Vtrecht in January 1675 , was incorporated in this Univ. — He was M. of A. of this Univ. and Gent. Com. of Mert. Coll ▪ and is now of the Coll. of Phys . at Lond. A little before the Act time and after , were several Cambridge Masters of Arts incorporated , but not one of them was afterwards a Writer , as I can yet find . Oct. 10. Thom. Lane Bach. of Arts of Cambridge . — He had been of S. Johns Coll. there , was now of Ch. Ch , and afterwards Fellow of Mert. Coll. He hath written certain matters , but whether he 'll own them you may enquire of him . Henr. s●ve of Camb. who was created D. of D. 12 Sept. 1661 , as I have before told you , had Letters rest . of it dated 21 Jan. this year . Creations . May 28. Charles Fitz-Roy of Ch. Ch. Duke of Southampton and one of the nat . sons of K. Ch. 2 , was actually created Mast . of Arts. — See more of him in these Fasti among the Incorpor . anno . 1663. Dec. 3. Edmund Halley of Queens Coll. was actually created M. A. by vertue of the Kings Letters dat . 18 Nov. going before , which say that he had received a good account of his learning as to the Mathematicks and Astronomy , whereof he hath gotten a good testimony by the Observations he hath made during his abode in the Island of S. Helena , &c. — This person hath written and published divers things of great curiosity , and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Oxford Writers . This year was a Sojourner in the Univ. and a Student in the publick Library Paul. Vindigius son of Erasm . Vind. of Copenhagen in Denmark . — He was afterwards a Professor in the said Univ. of Copenhagen , and Author of several Theol. and Philosoph . Books . Thom. Bartholin a Dane , son of a Father of both his names was also this year a Student in the same Libr. and afterwards Author of several Medicinal and Theological Books , &c. An. Dom. 1679. An. 31 Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , Vicechanc. Timothy Halton D. D. Provost of Queens Coll , who being nominated by the Chancellours Letter dated from Dublin Castle 19 Jul. was admitted in Convoc . 5 Aug. Proct. Sam. Norris of Exet. Coll. Apr. 30. Hugh Barrow of C. C. Coll. Apr. 30. Bach. of Arts. Jun. 27. Rawlins Dring of Wadh. Coll. Oct. 23. Thom. Rogers of Hart Hall , lately of Trin. Coll. Humph. Hody of Wadh. Coll. was admitted the same day . Jan. 29. Miles Stapylton of Vniv , afterwards of All 's . Coll. — See among the Masters 1683. Adm. 175. Bach. of Law. Seven were adm , but not one of them , that I can yet learn , is a Writer . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 8. Thom. Spark of Ch. Ch. May 3. Sam. Derham of Magd. Hall. Jun. 27. Will. Wake of Ch. Ch. Jul. 2. Hugh Tod of Vniv . Coll. 3. Will. Nicholson of Qu. Coll. Jul. 10. Theoph. Downes of Ball. Coll. — He was afterwards author of An answer to A call to humiliation , &c. Or a Vindication of the Church of England from the Reproaches and Objections of Will. Woodward , in two Fast Sermons preached in his Conventicle at Lemster in the County of Hereford , and afterwards published by him . Lond. 1690. qu. and two other things relating to the Case of Allegiance , &c. Jul. 10. Aug. or Austin Freezer of S. Edm. Hall. — This person , who was a Native of Newcastle upon Tyne , was afterwards Preacher to the Merchant Adventurers of England residing at Dort and author of The divine original and the supreme dignity of Kings no defensative against death ; Sermon preached 22 Feb. 1684 / 5. stil . vet . before the Fellowship of Merchant Adventurers of England resid . at Dort , upon occasion of the decease of K. Ch. 2 , on Psal . 82.6.7.8 . Rotterdam 1685. qu. Dec. 17. Robert Brograve of Magd. Hall. — This Divine , who was son of Rowl . Brog . of Wappenham in Northamptonshire Gent. was afterwards Lecturer of S. Mich. Basingshaw in Lond , Chapl●in ord . to their Majesties K. Will. 3. and Qu. Mary , Rector of Gates-side in the Bishoprick of Darham and Author of A Sermon preached before the K. and Q. at Hampton Court 12 May 1689 , on Math. 5.16 . Lond. 1689. qu. He died at Gateside about the beginning of 1691. Jan. 22. Nich. Kendall of Ex. Coll. — He was afterwards Rector of Sheviock in Cornwall , and author of A Serm. preached at the Assizes held for the Count. of Cornw. 18. Mar. 1685. Lond. 1686. qu. &c. 29. Joanna Webb of Wadh. Coll. — This person , who was about this time Chapl. of the said Coll , was afterwards Master of the Free-school at Bruton in his nat . Count. of Som. and author of Perjury the crying sin of the Nation , &c. Pr. 1691. qu. &c. Feb. 5. Walt. Leightonhouse of Linc. Coll. — He was afterwards Chapl. to the Earl of Huntingdon , Rector of Washingbourgh near to , and in his native County of , Lincoln , and author of The duty and benefit of frequent Communion , Sermon preached in S. Peters Church in Lincoln upon Passion Sunday 1688 , on Luke 22.19 . Lond. 1689. qu. As also of A Sermon preached at the Assizes on the 6 of Mar. last before Sir Joh. Holt Kt , L. Ch. Just . of England . Adm. 102. Bach. of Phys . Four were admitted , but not one a Writer as yet ▪ Bach. of Div. May 22. Humph. Humphreys of Jes . Coll. Jul. 9. Joh. Hinckley of S. Alb. Hall. Nov. 29. Henr. Maurice of Jes . Coll. Adm. 12. Doct. of Law. July 2. Rich. Jones of Jes . Coll. Dec. 17. Hen. Davies of S. Joh. Coll. Both these were Compounders . Doct. of Phys . July 10. Edw. Wrigglesworth of S. Joh. Coll. Dec. 17. Joshua Lasher of S. Joh. Coll. Doct. of Div. June 30. Thom. Ken of New Coll. July 4. Will. Jane Can. of Ch. Ch. Compounder — On the 19 of May 1680 he was admitted in Convocation the Kings Professor of Div. upon the resignation of Dr. Allestree . 9. Joh. Hinckley of S. Albans Hall — He accumulated the degrees in Divinity . Incorporations . After the conclusion of the Act were 17 Mast . of Arts of Cambr. incorporated , among whom were Rich. Holland of Eman. College , mentioned as a Writer of both his names , among the Writers in this vol. p. 433. and Tho. Wright another , one of both whose names of S. Peters Coll. in Cambr. hath published The glory of Gods revenge against the bloody and detestable sin of murder and adultery , &c. print . in 1685 and other things . Creations . Dec. 17. George Hickes Bach. of Div. of Linc. Coll. was created Doct. of Div. by vertue of the Letters of the delegated power of the Chanc , which say that he hath been several years attendant upon the Duke of Lauderdale in his Majesties service in the Kingdom of Scotland , as well as in England — that he hath done remarkable service to the Church of England during his abode in that other Kingdom , and hath received several marks of honour from the late Archb. of S. Andrew and the Clergy of Scotland , &c. Joh. Snell born at Comonell in Carrick in the Sherriffdome of Ayre in Scotland , bred in the University of Glascow under Jam. Darumpley Prof. of Philosophy , of which he was afterwards diplomated Mast . of Arts , died in the house of Mr. Benj. Cooper in Halywell in the suburb of Oxon on the sixth day of Aug. this year , aged 50 years ( after he had spent some time there ) and was buried at the upper end of the Chancel ( under the north wall ) of the Chap. or Church of S. Cross of Halywell . This I mention because that in his last Will and Testament he bequeathed the Mannour of Vffeton alias Olufeton alias Vlveton in the County of Warwick , worth about 450 l. per an . to be employed ( after certain years spent , and moneys rais'd and paid thence ) for the maintenance of certain Scotch Scholars in such Coll. or Hall in Oxon , that the Vicechancellour of the Univ. of Oxon , Provost of Qu. Coll , Master of Ball. Coll. and President of S. Johns Coll , for the time being , shall think fit . Their number is not to be above twelve , or under five , to be chosen from Glascow Coll. from the number of such that had spent 3 years , or two at the least , there , or one or two in some other Coll. in Scotland , &c. They are to enjoy the said exhibition about ten or eleven years , and then they are to return into their own Country to get preferment there , &c. This estate Mr. Snell got by being , first a Clerk under Sir Orlando Bridgman while he had Chamber-practice in the time of Usurpation . Secondly by being Cryer of the Court of Exchecquer while the said Sir Orl. was L. Chief Baron thereof , and of the Common-pleas when Sir Orl. was Ch. Justice of that Court , and lastly by being Seal-bearer when he was Lord Keeper . Afterwards , being much esteemed for his great diligence and understanding , he was employed sometimes into Scotland for James Duke of Monmouth , and bore the Seal again when Anth. E. of Shaftesbury was L. Chancellour of England , &c. An. Dom. 1680. An. 32. Car. 2. Chanc. James D. of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Dr. Tim. Halton , nominated by the Chancellours Letters dat . at Kilkenny 19. Aug , confirmed by Convoc . 2. Oct. Proct. Charles Hawles of Magd. Coll. Apr. 21. Robert Balche of Wadh. Coll. Apr. 21. Bach. of Arts. May 12. Thomas Hoy of S. Joh. Coll. 12. Henry Hellier of C. C. Coll. June 15. Joh. Norris of Exeter Coll. The last of these three was afterwards of All 's . Coll. Joh. Barnard or Bernard of Linc , afterwards of Brasn . Coll. — He hath published several things , but such is his modesty that he 'll acknowledge none . June 15. Joh. Bennet of Ch. Ch. Oct. 27. Thom. Creech of Wadh. afterwards of All 's . Coll. &c. Adm. 224. Bach. of Law. Four were admitted , whereof one was a Compounder . Mast . of Arts. June 23. Will. Talbot of Oriel Coll. — This Divine , who is Son of Will. Talbot of the City of Lichfield Gent , became Dean of Worcester in the place of the most worthy and learned Dr. G. Hickes , deprived for not taking the Oathes of Alleg. and Supremacy to King W. 3. and Qu. Mary , in Apr. 1691. and was afterwards author of ( 1 ) A Serm. in the Cathedral Ch. of Worcester upon the monthly fast day , 16. Sept. 1691 , on Amos 4.21 . Lond. 1691. qu. ( 2 ) A Serm. pr. before the Qu. at Whitehall 26. Feb. 1691. on . Haback . 1.13 . Lond. 1692. qu. &c. June 23. Will. Hayley or Healey of All 's . Coll. — He was afterward Chaplain to Sir Will. Trumbull Embass . to Constantinople or to the Ottoman Port and author of A Serm. preached before the right hon . George E. of Berkley Governour of the Company of Merchants trading to the Levant Seas , at S. Peters Ch. in B●oadstreet , Lond. Jan. 30. 1686. on Prov. 8.18 . Lond. 1687. qu. June 25. Joh. Gilbert of Hart Hall — He was afterwards Minister of Peterborough , and author of An answer to the Bishop of Condom ( now of Meaux ) his Exposition of the Cath. Faith , &c. Wherein the doctrine of the Church of Rome is detected and that of the Church of England expressed , &c. Lond. 1686. qu. To which are added Reflections on his pastoral Letter . Both these are contained in 17. printed sheets . July 5. Will. Davenant of Magd. Hall — This Gent. was the fourth Son of Sir Will. D'avenant the Poet , and taking holy Orders about the time he was Master , was presented to a Living in Surrey by Rob. Wymondsold of Putney Esq , with whom travelling into France , in the quality of a Tutor , was drown'd in the Summer time in the presence of his Pupil , as he was recreating himself by swimming in a River near the City of Paris , an . 1681. He translated from French into English with some additions — Notitia Historicorum selectorum : Or animadversions upon the famous Greek and Latine Historians , &c. Oxon. 1678. oct . Written by Franc. La Mothe Le Vayer , Counsellour of State to the present King of France . The eldest Brother of this Will. Davenant is Charles , who , became a Gent. Com. of Ball. Coll. in 1671 , but receding without the taking a degree here , had the degree of Doct. of the Civ . Law confer'd upon him elsewhere . He is author of Circe a Tragedy . Lond. 1677. qu. The Prologue to it was written by Mr. Jo. Dryden , and the Epilogue by John late Earl of Rochester . The Songs in this Trag. were printed by themselves in two sh . in qu. In 1685 he was elected Burgess for S. Ives in Cornwall to sit in that Parl. that met at Westm . 19. May the same year , being the first of K. Jam. 2. &c. July 5. Thom. Williams of Jes . Coll. July 5. Thom. Walter of Jes . Coll. The former of these two , who is Son of Will. Williams who was adm . M. of A. 1676 , hath translated into the Welsh tongue Dr. W. Sherlocks book entit . A practical discourse of death Oxon. 1691. oct . The other , who was Son of Joh. Walter of Percefield in Monmouthshire wrot The excommunicated Prince , or the false Relique ; a Tragedy , &c. Lond. 1679 in a thin fol. To which Trag. tho the name of Capt. Will. Bedloe is put , as author , yet this Mr. Walter wrot all , or the most part of it . See more in a book entit . An Account of the English Dramatick Poets , &c. Oxon. 1691. oct . Written by Gerard Langbaine ( Son of the learned Dr. Ger. Langbaine sometimes Provost of Qu. Coll. ) lately a Com. of Vniv . Coll. now superior Beadle of Law in the Univ. of Oxon , wherein p. 15. he ascribes it to the said Captain , without any notice at all of Tho. Walter . Oct. 27. Joh Howell of Trin. Coll. — He hath written and published A discourse of persecution , or , suffering for Christs sake , &c. Lond. 1685. qu. and may other things hereafter . Mar. 11. Thom. Sawyer of Magd. Coll. — This person , who was Nephew to Sir Rob. Sawyer Attorney General , was Musick Reader in the Act , 1681 , and author of a Poem called — Antigamus . Or a Satyr against Marriage . Oxon. 1681. in one sh . in qu. Written upon the denial of a certain Gentlewoman , to whom he was a suiter for Marriage , &c. Adm. 127. Bach of Phys . Three were admitted , of whom Francis Smith M. A. and Fellow of Magd. Coll. was one — I set him down here , not that he was a Writer , but upon this account following , viz. that after the death of Dr. James Hyde Principal of Magd. Hall , which hapned on the 7 of May 1681 , the Fellows of Magd. Coll. calling into question the power of the Chanc. of the University of putting in a Principal of the said Hall , did thereupon ( the President . being then absent ) elect to be principal the said Francis Smith , 21 May 1681 , and did intend to seal up the Hall gates against the Vicechancellour , in case he should come to admit a Principal of the Chancellours nomination . But the President in the mean time returning , and the Fellows desir'd by the B. of Winchester to desist from these their proceedings , the matter came to nothing . So that the Vicechancellour finding no opposition , he did forthwith admit Dr. Will. Levet of the Chancellours nomination , as I shall tell you among the D. of D. following . This Mr. Smith was afterwards Dr. of his faculty and Physitian in the Army of K. Will. 3. in Ireland , where he died about the beginning of June 1691. Bach. of Div. May 8. Sam. Master of Exeter Coll. July 8. Joh. Mill of Qu. Coll. Feb. 1. Joh. Willes of Trin. Coll. Adm. 12. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . July 8. Joh. Floyer of Queens Coll. a Compounder — He was afterwards a Knight and a publisher of certain matters in fol. and other vol. of his faculty , and therefore he is to be hereafter numbred among the Oxford Writers . Doct. of Div. May 8. Joh. Hammond of Ch. Ch. a Compounder — On the 2 of May 1673 he was installed Preb. of Brampton in the Ch. of Lincolne , and on the 23 of Sept. the same year , Archdeacon of Huntingdon on the death of Dr. Rich. Perincheif , ( both which he obtained by the favour of Dr. Will. Fuller Bish . of Linc. to whom he was Chaplain ) and on the 8. July 1679 he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon , on the death of Dr. Thom. Lockey . The said Dr. Perincheif , who had been Minister of S. Mary Colechurch in London , Preb. of Westminster and Subalmoner to his Majesty K. Ch. 2. was installed in the said Archdeaconry of Huntingdon on the death of Dr. Henry Downhall , 2 Apr. 1670. and died at Westminster on the 3. of Sept. 1673. See more of him in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , lib. 2. p. 243. b , and in Will. Fulman among the Writers in this vol. June 25. Will. Levett of Ch. Ch. a Comp. — On the first of June 1681 , he was admitted Principal of Magd. Hall after the death of Dr. James Hyde , and on the 10 of January 1685 he was installed Dean of Bristow upon the death of Dr. Rich. Thompson . Mar. 10. Alex. Pudsey a Comp. of Magd. Coll. Mar. 10. Hen. Fairfax of Magd. Coll. Mar. 10. Joh. Younger of Magd. Coll. Mar. 10. Joh. Smith of Magd. Coll. In the middle of Sept. 1689 Dr. Fairfax had the Deanery of Norwich confer'd on him , ( by the promotion of Dr. Joh. Sharp to the Deanery of Canterb. ) upon the account of his sufferings in the raign of K. Jam. 2 , whereupon he was installed in that Dignity on S. Andrews day , 30. of Nov. following . As for Dr. Younger he was afterwards Preb. of Canterbury , as I have told you in Sam. Parker among the Writers , p. 617. March 10. George Reynell of C. C. Coll. Incorporations . On the 13 of July being the next day after the solemnity of the Act , were 23. Masters , one Bach. of Div. one Doct. of Law and one Doct. of Physick , of the University of Cambridge incorporated . Among the Masters I find only one , as yet , a Writer , viz. Steph. Kay of Magd. Coll. — He was afterwards Rector of Manton in Lincolnsh . and author of A discourse teaching the excellency and usefulness of Christian Religion , both in principles and practices chiefly designed by the author for the benefit of his Parishioners . Printed at York 1686. qu. It is dedicated to Sir Joh. Kay of Woodsome Bt , one of the Dep. Lieutenants of the West-Riding in Yorkshire , who , as it seems , was a favourer of his studies . The Bach. of Div. and Doctors were these following . Nathan . Shute Bach. of Div. of Kings Coll. — He hath one or more Serm. extant . Henry Hitch Doct. of Law of Jes . Coll. Rob. Wittie Doct. of Phys . of Kings Coll. — This learned person hath written ( 1 ) Scarborough Spaw : or a description of the nature and vertue of the Spaw at Scarborough in Yorkshire . ( 2 ) Treatise of the nature and use of Water in general , and the several sorts thereof , as sea , rain , snow , pond , &c. with their original causes and qualities &c. ( 3 ) A short discourse concerning mineral waters , especially that of the Spaw . These three which go and are bound together , were several times printed in oct . and all , or most , of them ( which go under the general name of Scarborough Spaw ) were put into latine by the author , with this tit . Fons Scarburgensis : sive tractatus de omnis aquarum generis origine & usu , &c. Lond. 1678 oct . Dedic . to Sir Joh. Micklethwait President of the Coll. of Physitians , a Yorkshire man born , and bred in the same School with Dr. Wittie . ( 4 ) Pyrologia Mimica : or an answer to Hydrologia Chymica of Will. Sympson in defence of Scarborough Spaw : Wherein the five mineral principles of the said Spaw are defended against all his objections , &c. Lond. 1669. oct : with which is printed ( 5 ) A vindication of the rational method and practice of Physick called Galenical , and a reconciliation between that and Chimical : As also ( 6 ) A further discourse about the original of Springs . Besides the answer of Dr. Will. Sympson , made to the aforesaid book called Scarborough Spaw , came out another answer entit . Scarborough Spaw spagirically anatomized : together with a New years-gift for Dr. Wittie . Lond. 1672. oct , written by George Tonstall Doct. of Phys . sometimes Bach. of Phys . of Magd. Hall. in Oxon as I have told you in these Fasti , p. 741. Dr. Wittie hath also written ( 7 ) Gout raptures : or an historical fiction of a War among the stars ; wherein are mention'd the 7 planets , the 12 signs of the Zodiack and the 50 constellations of Heaven mention'd by the Antients , &c. Lond. 1677 oct . written in vers . ( 8 ) A survey of the Heavens : a plain description of the admirable fabrick and motions of heavenly bodies , as they are discovered to the eye , by the Telescope , and several eminent consequences illustrated thereby . 1. The infinite wisdom , &c. of God in the Creation . 2. The verifying , &c. Lond. 1680. 81. oct . To which is added the Gout raptures in English , Latine and Greek Lyrick verse by the author Dr. Wittie , who hath also done another work mention'd in the first vol. of this book in the Fasti , an . 1628. p. 864. This Dr. Wittie , who was always esteemed an ingenious and learned man , was Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . at London , had practised Physick for 18 years together with Dr. James Primerose at Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire , and after the said Primerose's death , carried on his practice there , and in the neighbourhood for several years after with good success . At length retiring to Lond●n in his old age , died in Basingshaw-street about the latter end of Nov. 1684. The before mention'd Cambridge men , viz. Steph. Kay , N. Shute , H. Hitch and R. Wittie were incorporated on the 13. of July . Oct. 2. Adam Samuel Hartman Doct. of Div. of the University of Francfurt upon Oder , Bishop of the reformed Churches through Great Poland and Prussia . Oct. 19. Joh. Price Doct. of Div. of Cambr. — This worthy Doctor was born in the Isle of Wight in Hampshire , educated in Eaton School , elected thence into Kings Coll. in Cambr. 1645 , ( of which he was afterwards Fellow ) left it when he was Master of Arts and became Chaplain to George Monk when he was chief Governour or General of Scotland , and afterwards was privy to all the secret passages and particularities in order to the restauration of K. Ch. 2 , made by the said most noble and generous Monk : At which time he came with him into England when he effected that matter , and as a reward for his services done in that affair , he had first confer'd upon him , by the intercession of James Earl of Northampton , a Fellowship in Eaton Coll. in the place of the learned Joh. Hales some years before dead , a Prebendship in the Church of Salisbury and the rich Rectory of Petworth in Sussex . He hath published ( 1 ) A Serm. preached before the H. of Com. at S. Margarets in Westm . 10. May 1660 on 1. Sam. 2. ver . 9. Lond. 1660. qu. ( 2 ) The mystery and method of his Majesties happy restauration , &c , Lond. 1680. oct . and died in the beginning of the year , in the month of May , as it seems , 1691. CREATIONS . The Creations this year were in all faculties , occasion'd mostly by the coming to the University of certain noble Forreigners . Bach. of Arts. May 21. Rich. Bulkley of Ch. Ch. Son of Sir Rich. Bulkley of the Kingdom of Ireland , four years standing in the condition of Fellow Com. of Trin. Coll. near Dublin , &c. was actually created Bach. of Arts. Mast . of Arts. Sept. 6. James Boteler Earl of Ossory of Ch. Ch. Son of Thom. late Earl of Ossory , and Grandson to James Duke of Ormonde , was presented by the Orator with a little speech to the Vicechancellour , which done he was created M. A. — He became , after the death of his Grandfather , Duke of Ormonde and Chancellour of this University . Bach. of Div. June 14. Rich. Bravell of Exet. Coll , Chaplain to the Garrison of Tangier within the Kingdom of Fezz in Africa ( where he had shew'd himself so useful to the publick , that upon his desire of return , the Bishop of Lond. and other eminent persons required his continuance there ) was diplomated Bach. of Div. Doct. of Law. Charles the Electoral Prince Palatine being entertained at Oxon in Septemb. this year , some of his retinue were created Doctors of Law , viz. Sept. 9. Johan . Philippus ab Adelsheim , France-Germanus , Master of the Horse to the Electoral Prince . Fredericus Adolphus Hansen , Lord in Grumbuy and Beulshubygard . Gustavus Georgius D' Haleke of Brandeberg in Germany . Paulus Hackenbergh of Westphalia in Germany , Professor of Eloquence and Histories in the Univ. of Heidelberg . The said four persons were created on the 9. of Sept. Feb. 25. George Lewes Duke of Brunswick and Lunenberg , was then created with solemnity — This person , who was now commonly called Prince of Hannover , and had come to Whitehall on the 16 of Decemb. going before , purposely to pay his respects to the Lady Anne Daughter of James Duke of York , was , the day before he was created , received in the University with solemnity at his coming thereunto , and being lodg'd in Ch. Ch , he with his retinue , were conducted the next day by the Bishop Dr. Fell to the publick Schools , and being habited in scarlet in the Apodyterium was thence conducted by three of the Beadles with the Kings professor of Law to the Theater , ( where the Convocation was then held ) and coming near to the Vicechancellours seat , the Professor presented him , ( the Prince being then bare ) which done , the Vicechancellour then standing bare , as the Doctors and Masters did , he created him Doctor of Law. That also being done , he went up to his chair of state provided for him on the right hand of the Vicechancellours seat , and when three of his retinue were created Doctors , ( as I am now about to tell you ) the Orator complemented him in a speech in the name of the University . The next day he left the University , at which time was presented to him , in the name thereof , Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , with the cuts belonging thereto . The noble John free Baron of Reek of the retinue of the said Pr. of Hannover , was created at the same time . Doct. of Phys . Sept. 9. The Electoral Prince Charles Count Palatine of the Rhine , was with solemnity created Doctor of Phys . — This most noble person , who was Son of Charles Lovys Count Pal. of the Rhine and Prince Elector of the Empire ( elder Brother to Pr. Rupert ) and he the Son of Frederick Co. Pal. of the Rhine , Pr. Elect. of the Empire and King of Bohemia by Princess Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of King Jam. 1. of England , was received with solemnity the day before in the University , and took up his Lodgings in the Deans apartment in Ch. Ch. The next day being conducted to the publick Schools by the Bishop and others , and thence to the Apodyterium , he was there habited in scarlet with some of his retinue : Thence he was conducted by the Beadles and Dr. Morison the Botanick Professor ( who at that time executed the office of the Kings Professor of Phys . then absent ) to the Theater where the Convocation was solemnized : And coming near to the Vicech . Seat , the said Doctor presented him with a little Speech ; which being done the Vicech . created him with another , and then was conducted to his seat of state on the right hand of the Vicechancellour . All which , with the Creation of some of his retinue being finish'd , the Orator complemented him with another Speech in the name of the University . The next day his Highness left Oxon , went to Hampton Court , and just at his arrival there ( Sept. 12 ) news was brought him that his Father died suddenly at Edingen between Manheim and Frankendale on the 7 of the said month according to the account there followed . Philip Christopher de Koningsmarck Count or Earl of Westerwick and Stegholme , Lord in Rotenburg and New-house , was created Doct. of Physick the same day ( Sept. 9. ) as one of the retinue of the aforesaid Electoral Pr. — He was Brother , if I mistake not , to Charles John Count of Koningsmarck , who in the latter end of 1681 was committed to Newgate , and brought to a publick trial of his life for a deep suspicion of having a signal hand in the murder of Tho. Thynne of Longleat in Wilts . Esq . in revenge , as 't was then said , for depriving him of his Mistress called Elizabeth Countess of Ogle , dau . and heir of the antient and illustrious family of Piercy Earl of Northumberland . William Dutton Colt an Engl. man , Master of the Horse to Prince Rupert , Uncle to the Elect. Pr. — He is now , or else was lately , his Majesties Resident at Lunenberg and Brunswick . Eberhardus Frederic . à Venningen of Alsatia in Germany , Master of the Game or Hunting to the Elect. Prince . Abraham Dorr a German of Hanaw . Joh. Bernhardus Ferber a Saxon. These four last were of the retinue of his Electoral Highness . Feb. 25. Andr. de Mellevil a Knight and Colonel . Feb. 25. Anton. de Saictot . These last two , who were of the retinue of the Prince of Hannover , were created Doct. of Phys . after the said Prince had been created Doct. of the Civil Law. Doct. of Div. Sept. 9. Fred. Christian . Wincherus Professor of Medicine in Heidelberg ( as in the pub . reg . 't is said ) was created in the same Convocation wherein the Electoral Prince was created , being one of his retinue . Oct. 21. Thom. Hinde Bach. of Div. of Brasn . Coll. and Chaplain to James Duke of Ormonde — He succeeded in the Deanery of Limerick in Ireland one Dr. Will. Smith promoted to the See of Killala , and died in his house in Limerick in the month of Nov. 1689. An. Dom. 1681. An. 33. Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , who being as yet in Ireland , did , on the 2 of June this year , upon notice received that some of the delegated power were dead , appoint new Delegates to manage and execute in his absence all powers and jurisdiction belonging to him in the University . Vicechanc. Dr. Tim. Halton again , nominated by the Chanc. Letters dat . at Kilkenny 27. Sept. confirmed by Convocation , 2. Oct. Proct. Joh. Halton of Qu. Coll. Apr. 13. Rich. Oliver of S. Jo. Coll. Apr. 13. Bach. of Arts. July 4. Joh. Hudson of Qu. Coll. — See among the Masters 1684. 5. Will. Digby of Magd. Coll. — He succeeded his Brother Simon ( sometimes of Magd. Coll. ) in the honour of Baron of Geashill in Ireland : which Simon , who had succeeded in the said Barony his elder Brother Robert ( mention'd in these Fasti , an . 1676 ) died on the 19 of January 1685 and was buried in the Church of Coleshull in Warwickshire among the graves of his Ancestors . Oct. 27. Rich. Stafford of Magd. Hall — Soon after he went to one of the Temples to study the Law , and is now a frequent Writer . See in the Fasti of the first Vol. p. 829. Dec. 1. Joh. Jones of Trin. Coll , lately of New Inn. 17. Leopold William Finch of Ch. Ch. a younger Son of Heneage Earl of Winchelsey . Adm. 177. Bach. of Law. June 6. Joh. Northleigh of Exet. Coll. — He was afterwards Fellow of Magd. Coll. in Cambr. and a publisher of certain books . Adm. 7. Mast . of Arts. June 10. Tho. Bent of Linc. Coll. — This Gentleman , who was Son of a Father of both his names , was born in , or near , Friday-street in London , bred in the quality of a Com. in the said Coll , and afterwards travelled , but died before he had consummated his intended journey . He hath translated from French into English An historical defence of the Reformation : in answer to a book entit . Just prejudices against the Calvinists . Lond. 1683 in a pretty large qu , originally written by Monsieur Claud , Minister of the reformed Church at Charenton . The Translator hath a preface to this book , wherein he saith that the Romanists caused the said book of Claud to be burned in France . This Mr. Bent died at Geneva , 21. of May , 1683 aged 23 years , and was buried in the Cemitery or Yard on the south side of the Church of S. Gervaice there . Soon after was a monument fixed on the wall of that Church near his grave , with an Epitaph thereon made by Richard Blackmore M. A. of S. Edm. Hal● , which being too large for this place , shall be now omitted . Adm. 95. Bach. of Phys . Feb. 9. Samuel Derham of Magd. Hall. Adm. 4. Bach. of Div. June 10. Edw. Fowler of Corp. Ch. Coll. Oct. 27. Hugh Barrow of Corp. Ch. Coll. Oct. 27. Will. Cade of Ch. Ch. March 2. Hen. Aldrich of Ch. Ch. Mr. Barrow , who is now Rector of Heyford Purcells or Heyford ad Pontem near Bister in Oxfordshire , hath written , A brief account of the Nullity of K. James's title and of the obligation of the present Oathes of Allegiance . Lond. 1689. qu. He is a learned man and able to write other things , which would , without doubt , be more pleasing to the sober part of Scholars . As for Mr. Cade , who was now , or about this time , Rector of Allington and Vicar of Smeeth in Kent , hath published The foundation of Popery shaken , or the Bishop of Romes Supremacy opposed , in a Sermon on Matth. 16.18.19 . Lond. 1678. qu. Mar. 2. Sam. Barton of C. C. Coll. — He was afterwards Chaplain of S. Saviours ( in Southwark ) and author of A Sermon preached before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Lond. in Guild-hall Chappel , on Sunday 20. Jan. 1688. Lond. 1689. qu. Adm. 8. Doct. of Law. July 27. Edward Filmer of All 's . Coll. Doct. of Phys . July 7. Thomas Rose of Ex. Coll. Feb. 16. Rob. Pitt of Wadh. Coll. The last of these two was afterwards Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . Doct. of Div. June 10. Edw. Fowler of C. C. Coll. — He accumulated the degrees in Div. and is now Bishop of Gloc. 20. Franc. Carswell of Exet. Coll. — This Divine , who is now Vicar of Bray in Berks , and had been Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , hath published ( 1 ) The State-informer enquired into , Sermon before the Judges at Aylesbury Assizes in Bucks 3. Mar. 1683 , on 2. Sam. 15 , part of the 3. and 4. verses . Lond. 16●4 . qu. ( 2 ) Englands restauration parallel'd in Judges : or the Primitive Judge and Counsellour , Sermon at Abendon Assizes for Berks 6. Aug. 1689 , on Isay 1.26.27 . Lond. 1689. qu. July 8. Anth. Radcliffe of Ch. Ch. — He had been Chapl. to Hen. Earl of Arlington , and , after the death of Dr. Rich. Allestree , he was installed Canon of Ch. Ch. on the eleventh of Feb. 1680. Dec. 8. Joh. Mill of Qu. Coll. — This learned Divine , who is now Principal of S. Edm. Hall , hath in the Press at Oxon the New Testam . in a Greek fol , according to Rob Stephens his fair fol. Edition , an . 1550 , wherein he gives an account of the various lections of all the Mss that could be met with , both at home and abroad : Also the Readings of the Fathers Greek and Latine , with a judgment upon such Lections , as are more considerable , with large annotations upon them ; together with a very full collection of parallel places of holy Scripture , and other places illustrative of particular words , or passages in each verse , placed at the foot of the Greek Text in each page , with distinct Asteristiques and marks of reference ; by which , in every verse , may be seen what part of each verse , the said places of Scripture do refer to . This most elaborate work was began above 15 years since , and without intermission carried on with great industry and care . He hath consulted all the antient Mss of the whole , or any part of the New Test . now reposited in England and has procured a collation of the most authentick Ms copies at Rome , Paris and Vienna . The work was attempted by the advice and countenance of Dr. Joh. Fell Bishop of Oxon , and the impression began at his charge in his Lordships Printing-house near the Theater . After the said Bishops death , his Executors being not willing to carry on the undertaking , the author ( Dr. Mill ) refunded the prime costs , and took the impression on himself , and at his proper expence it is now so near finish'd , that the publication is expected within an year , with very learned Prolegomena , that will give an historical account of the tradition or conveyance of the New Test . and other most early records of the Church . Mar. 2. Henry Aldrich Can. of Ch. Ch. — He accumulated the degrees in Divinity , and on the 17 of June 1689 he was installed Dean of Ch. Ch. in the place of Mr. Joh. Massey , who withdrew himself from that office in the latter end of Nov. going before . In a Convocation held in the beginning of July this year , were Letters of the delegated power of the Chanc. of the University read in behalf of Will. Hore M. A. of Exet. Coll , Chapl. in ord . to his Majesty and Preb. of Worcester , that he might accumulate the degrees of Bach. and Doct. of Div. but whether he did so , it appears not . Incorporations . Thirteen Masters of Arts of Cambr. were incorporated this year , ( mostly after the Act ) but not one of them is yet a Writer , as I can yet find . Among them was Byron Needham , Brother to Tho. Visc . Kilmurrey in Ireland . July 12. William Cave D. D. of S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge — This person , who was now Rector of Great Allhallows in London , and in 1684 had succeeded Mr. Joh. Rosewell in his Canonry of Windsore , ( about which time he became Rector of Haseley in Oxfordsh . as it seems ) is a learned man , as divers books published by him in English and Lat. shew , the titles of which are now too many to be here set down . See before , in p. 286. Liveley Mody or Moody D. D. of the said Coll. of St. Joh. was also incorporated this year , May 2 , he being then a Master Com. of S. Alb. Hall and beneficed in Northamptonshire . Creations . Feb. 18. George Compton Earl of Northampton , of Ch. Ch , being about to leave the University , was actually created Mast . of Arts. Charles Somerset Lord Herbert of Ragland , of Ch. Ch , the eldest Son of Henry Marquess and Earl of Worcester , was then also actually created M. of A. The said Marquess is now Duke of Beaufort . These two young Noblemen were presented by the publick Orator , each , with a little speech . This year was a Sojournour in the University and a student in the publick Library , one Andreas Arnoldus of Nuremberg , who published the Sermon of Athanasius to the Monks and other things ; and afterwards became Professor of Div. in the University of Altorf , Rector of a Church in Nuremberg , &c. An. Dom. 1682. An. 34. Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Joh. Lloyd D. D. Principal of Jesus Coll , Oct. 6. Proct. Roger Altham of Ch. Ch. Apr. 26. Will. Dingley of New Coll. Apr. 26. Bach. of Arts. May 2. White Kennet of S. Edm. Hall. Oct. 24. Joh. Glanvill of Trin. Coll. Dec. 15. Rich. Simpson of Qu. Coll. Dec. 15. Rob. Harrison of Qu. Coll. The first of these two , who was Son of Jam. Simpson Senior Alderman of the Corporation of Kendal in Westmorl . was born , and bred in the Free-school , there , and being put aside from being Tabarder of his Coll , when Bach. of Arts , he retired to his native place in discontent and there concluded his last day . He hath written Moral considerations touching the duty of contentedness under afflictions . Oxon. 1686 in 6. sh . in oct . Written by way of Letter to the most affectionate and best of Fathers Mr. Jam. Simpson . To this Letter are added Two Prayers , one for the submission to the divine Will , another for contentment . This ingenious and religious young man died in his Fathers house , 20. Decemb. 1684 , and was buried the day following in the middle Isle of the Parish Church of Kendal before mention'd , on the W. side of the Pulpit . The other , Rob. Harrison , who was Son of Joh. Har. of the said Corporation of Kendal , and who became a Student of Queens Coll. 1678. aged 15 years , hath written A strange relation of the sudden and violent tempest , which hapned at Oxford May 31. an . 1682. Together with an enquiry into the probable cause and usual consequents of such like tempests and storms . Oxon 1682 in two sheets in qu. He hath also written another book , which is not yet extant , entit . Mercurius Oxonio-Academicus , &c. taken mostly from Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. and said to be written by a well-wisher to Astron . and Astrology . He is now Schoolmaster of Carlile . Adm. 266. Bach. of Law. Four were admitted this year , of whom Wilhelm Musgrave of New Coll. was one , June 14. He was afterwards Secretary to the Royal Society for a time , and wrot the Philosophical Transact . from numb . 167. to num . 178 inclusive , at which time followed Mr. Ed. Halley who began with nu . 179. This Mr. Musgrave was afterwards Doctor of Physick . Mast . of Arts. May 24. Rawlins Dring of Wadh. Coll. June 19. Humph. Hody of Wadh. Coll. July 5. Thomas Rogers of Hart Hall — Author of a Poem called Lux occidentalis , &c. 6. Rob. Burscough of Qu. Coll. 6. Humph. Smith of Qu. Coll. The first of these two is Vicar of Totness , the other of Dartmouth , in Devonshire , and both authors and writers , and persons of good repute in that Country for their learning , and zeal for the Ch. of England . Mar. 6. Hen. Hellier of C. C. Coll. Adm. 101. Bach. of Phys . Five were admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer . Bach. of Div. Apr. 3. Tho. Hyde of Qu. Coll. Compounder . July 18. George Walls of Ch. Ch. — He hath published A Sermon preached to the Natives of the City and County of Worcester in the Church of S. Lawrence Jewry at their solemn meeting , 28 June 1681. on Nehem. 8.10 . Lond. 1681. qu. He was afterwards , or about that time , Chaplain to the Company of English Merchants trading at Hamborough . Nov. 15. Humph. Prideaux of Ch. Ch. Mar. 12. Rich. Roderick of Ch. Ch. The last of these two , who was Vicar of Blandford forum in Dorsetshire published A Serm. preached 19 of Aug. 1684 at the consecration of the Lord Weymouths Chappel in Longleat , on 2. Chron. 7.16 . Lond. 1684 qu. Dedicated to Thom. L. Thynne , Baron of Warmister , Viscount Weymouth , &c. Adm. 16. Doct. of Law. Apr. 26. Thomas Wainewright of All 's . Coll. July 21. Rich. Maris of S. Johns Coll. The first of these two is Chancellour of the Diocess of Chester . Doct. of Phys . May 24. Joh. Bateman of Mert. Coll. — He was afterwards Fellow and Censor of the Coll. of Phys . July 5. Joh. Radcliff of Linc. Coll. July 5. Charles Lybbe of Magd. Hall. The first of these two is now Fellow of the said Coll. of Physitians . Dec. 1. Phineas Ellwood of C. C. Coll. Doct. of Div. Apr. 3. Thom. Hyde of Queens Coll , an Accumulator and Compounder . July 5. Humph. Humphreys of Jesus Coll. 7. Thom. Seddon alias Sidney of All 's . Coll. The first of these two is now the worthy Bishop of Bangor . Incorporations . Three and twenty Masters of Arts of Cambridge were incorporated this year , ( mostly after the Act ) among whom I find these . July 11. Charles Mountague of Trin. Coll , a younger Son of Edward Earl of Sandwich — He was this year Gent. Com. for a time of Linc. Coll , afterwards Chancellour of the Dioc. of Durham in the place of Sir R. Lloyd deceased , and is now High Sherriff of Durham . Michael Altham of Christs Coll. was incorporated the same day — He was afterwards Vicar of Latton in Essex and author of A dialogue between a Pastor and Parishioner touching the Lords Supper , &c. printed several times in tw : As also of 3. or more Discourses against Popery in the raign of K. Jam. 2. Tho. Browne of S. Johns Coll , was incorporated also the same day — He was afterwards Bach. of Div. and published Concio ad clerum habita coram Acad. Cantab. 11. Junii 1687 pro gradu Bach. in S. Theol. ubi vindicatur vera & valida Cleri Anglicani ineunte reformatione , ordinatio Lond. 1688. qu. To which is added an English Sermon of the same author turn'd by him into Lat. intit . Concio habita 3 Julii 1687 de Canonica Cleri Anglicani Ordinatione , as also the Instruments of the consecration of Matthew Parker Archbishop of Canterbury . Besides the said Masters were also incorporated these persons following . Jul. 11. James Fulwood Doctor of the Laws of Queens Coll. in Cambridge . John Worth Doct. of Div. of Dublin and Dean of the Cath. Ch. of S. Patrick there , was incorporated the same day , &c. Creations . Jul. 11. John Pooley M. of A. Chapl. to James Duke of Ormonde , and Dean of the Cath. Ch. of Kilkenny in Ireland , was actually created Doct. of Div. by vertue of the Letters of the said Duke , Chanc. of this Univ. Hugh Drysdale of the Univ. of Dublin , Preacher in the Cath. Ch. at Kilkenny , Chapl. to the said Duke and Archdeacon of Ossory , was actually created Doct. of Div. on the same day by vertue of the Letters of the said Duke . Feb. 12. Samuel De Langle or Del ' Angle was actually created D. of Div. without paying any fees , by vertue of Chancellours Letters written in his behalf , which partly runs thus , — Mr. Sam. De Langle Minister of the reformed Church at Paris is retired into England with his whole family , with intentions to live here the remainder of his time . — He hath exercised his function 35 years , partly at Roven and partly at Paris . — He is only Mast . of Arts , which the Protestant Divines usually take and no farther , &c. When he was conducted into the house of Convoc . by a Beadle and the Kings Professor of Div , all the Masters stood up in reverence to him , and when the Professor presented him , he did it with an harangue : Which being done , and Mr. De Langle had taken his place among the Doctors , he spoke a polite Oration containing thanks for the honour that the most famous University of Oxon had done unto him , &c. He had been Preacher of the chief Church of the reformed Religion in France called Charenton near Paris , and was afterwards made Prebendary of Canterbury , &c. This year was a Sojourner in the University and a Student in the public Library , Fredericus Deatsch of Conigsberg in Prussia , who is now , or at least was lately , Professor of Divinity and of the Tongues at Conigsberg , and there held in great esteem for his learning , &c. An. Dom. 1683. An. 35 Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Dr. Jo. Lloyd Princ. of Jes . Coll. Proct. Henr. Gandy of Oriel Coll. Apr. 18. Arthur Charlet of Trin. Coll. Apr. 18. Bach. of Arts. May 9. Francis Lee of S. Joh. Coll. Jun. 20. Thom. Sowtherne of Pemb. Coll. Joh. Smith of Magd. Coll. 26. Thom. Armestead of Ch. Ch. — See among the Masters in 1686. Nov. 27. Will. Nicholls of Wadham , afterwards of Merton , Coll. Adm. 161. Bach. of Law. Five were admitted , of whom Charles Finch of All 's . Coll. was one , a younger son of Heneage late Earl of Nottingham . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 24. Joh. Bennet of Ch. Ch. Apr. 24. Joh. Barnard or Bernard of Brasnose Coll. Jun. 13. Thom. Creech of Wadh , afterwards of All 's . Coll. Oct. 10. Miles Stapylton of All 's . Coll. The last of these two hath translated into English The Life of Caius Marius . Printed in the Third vol. of Plutarch's Lives . Lond. 1684. oct . Dec. 13. Tho. Lane of Mert. Coll. Mar. 22. Tho. Hoy of S. Joh. Coll. Adm. 132. Bach. of Phys . Five Bachelaurs of Physick were admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer . Bach. of Div. June 15. Rob. Huntingdom of Mert. Coll. 22. Rog. Altham of Ch. Ch. — On the 24 of Nov. 1691 he was installed Canon of his house , in the place of Dr. Edw. Pococke deceased . Jul. 4. Tho. Sayer of S. Joh. Coll. — He was afterwards Archd. of Surrey . Adm. 11. Doct. of Law. Jun. 22. John Conant of Mert. Coll. — He is now an Advocate in Doctors Commons , &c. Doct. of Phys . May 9. Will. Gibbons of S. Joh. Coll. Jul. 4. David Williams of Oriel Coll. The last of these two accumulated the degrees in Physick . Doct. of Div. Jun. 15. Abrah . Campion of Trin. Coll. Jun. 15. Rob. Huntingdon of Mert. Coll. The first of these two was a Compounder , the other who was an Accumulator , was lately made Provost of Trin. Coll. near Dublin , and on the 31 of March 1692 was nominated Bish . of Kilmore . 22. Tho. Smith of Magd. Coll. 22. Bapt. Levinz of Magd. Coll. The last was soon after made Bishop of the Isle of Man. Jul. 2. Tho. Turner of C. C. Coll. Comp. Jul. 2. Will. Turner of Trin. Coll. Comp. The first of these two ( who were brothers , and both the sons of Dr. Tho. Turner sometimes Dean of Canterbury ) was installed Archd. of Essex in the place of Dr. Edward Layfield deceased , in January 1680 , was elected President of C. C. Coll. on the death of Dr. Neulin , 13 March 1687 , and after the death of Dr. Crowther he became Chantor of S. Pauls Cath. in London , &c. He hath published A sermon preached in the Kings Chap. at Whitehall , 29 May 1685 , on Isay 1.26 . Lond. 1685. qu. At which time he was Chap. in ord . to his Maj. The other , Dr. Will. Turner , had been collated to the Archdeaconry of Northumberland , on the death of Dr. Is . Basire , 30 Oct. 1676 , and dying in Oxon , 20 Apr. 1685 , aged 45 or thereabouts , was buried in the Church of S. Giles there , near to the monument of Alderman Henr. Bosworth , father to Elizabeth , mother to the wife of the said Dr. W. Turner . Jul. 2. Tho. Beale of C. C. Coll. Jul. 2. Tho. Bevan of Jes . Coll. The last of these two , who is now beneficed in his native Country of Wales , hath written , The Prayer of Prayers , or the Lords Prayer expounded . Lond. 1673. oct , dedicated to Nich. Lloyd M. A. and Tho. Guidott Bach. of Physick , of Wadh. Coll. 5. Henr. Maurice of Jes . Coll. 5. Jam. Jeffryes of Jes . Coll. The first was a Compounder , the other had been installed Canon of Canterbury 8 Nov. 1682 , by the endeavours of his brother Sir George Jeffryes , and died in few years after . 6. Nich. Hall of Wadh. Coll. a Compounder . — He was now Treasurer and Can. resid . of the Cath. Ch. of Exeter , which he obtained by the favour of Dr. A. Sparrow Bishop thereof , whose da● . or else near Kinswoman he had married . Incorporations . Eighteen Masters of Arts of Cambr. were incorporated after the Act , Jul. 10 , among whom were Adam Oatley of Trin. Hall , as also one John Lowthorpe of S. Johns Coll. in that University , afterwards Author of A Letter to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury ( Dr. Burnet ) in answer to his Lordships pastoral Letter , printed in 5 sh . and an half in qu. in July 1690 : Which being esteemed a pernitious , scandalous , seditious and notorious Libel against the K. and Government , &c. he the said Mr. Lowthorpe was indicted for high misdemeanour in Sept. following , at the Sessions in the Old Bayly in London : And the matter being fully proved against him , he was fined 500 Marks , and condemned to be degraded of his Ministerial Function ; the 400 Copies also of the said Letter to the L. B. of Salisbury , &c. that were found in his custody , were then ordered to be burnt by the common Hangman in the Pallace yard at Westminster , at Charing Cross , and without Temple Barr. Jul. 11. Joh. Eliot Doct. of Phys . of Cath. Hall in Cambr. Mar. 4. Edw. Gee M. A. of S. Johns Coll. in the said Univ , was then incorporated . — This learned Divine , who is of the Gees of Manchester in Lancash . is now Rector of S. Benedicts Church near Pauls Wharf in London , and Chapl. in ord . to their Majesties King Will. ● . and Q. Mary . He hath written and published several books , mostly against Popery , which came out in the Reign of K. Jam. 2 , the titles of which , I shall now for brevity sake omit . CREATIONS . Mar. 26. Sir George Wheeler Kt , sometimes Gent. Com. of Linc. Coll , was actually created Mast . of Arts. — He had been before recommended to the Members of the ven . Convocation for that degree by the delegated power of the Chanc. of the University , who by their Letters told them that He is a person of great integrity and affection to the interests of Learning and the Church , — that he had spent several years in travel in the eastern parts , and had brought back with him divers pieces of Antiquity , and as a testimony of his respects and kindness to his Mother the University , hath deposited them in this place , &c. This Gent. who about the same time took holy Orders , was in the month of Dec 1684 installed Preb. of Durham upon the promotion of Dr. Dennis Greenvill to the Deanery thereof , and is hereafter to be numbred among the Oxford Writers . In the month of May his Royal Highness James Duke of York with his Royal Consort Josepha Maria or Beatricia Maria , with the Lady Anne his daughter , were entertain'd by the University of Oxon ; and it being the Duke's pleasure that some of his retinew should be created Doctors of the Civil Law , there was a Convocation celebrated in the morning of that day ( May 22 ) of his departure , wherein these following persons were created Doctors of that faculty , viz. Doct. of Law. John Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare and Baron of Ophalia in Ireland . Christopher Lord Hatton , Visc . Gretton , Governour of Garnsey or Guernsey . — I have made mention of his father in these Fasti among the created Doctors of Law in 1642. Heneage Finch eldest son of Heneage Earl of Winchelsea , Captain of the Kings Halbadiers and one of the Gent. of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York . Joh. Werden Bt , Secretary to the said Duke . Joh. Conway Bt. Hugh Grosvener Esq . Tho. Cholmondeley Esq . Joh. Egerton Esq . The second of these last three , was afterwards a Knight for Cheshire to serve in that Parl. that began at Westm . 19 May 1685. 1 Jac. 2. May 23. Rob. Bulkley second son of Rob. Lord Bulkley Visc . Cashels in Ireland . — He was nominated the day before to be created , but did not then appear , as others then nominated , did not at that time or afterwards : Among such were Henry M●rdant Earl of Peterborough , and Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon ; which last , who was son of James Earl of Roscommon , was educated from his youth in all kind of polite Learning ; but whether he had spent any time in this University , unless in the condition of a Sojourner , I cannot tell . Much about the time that James Duke of York was married to Josepha Maria the Princess of Modena , he became , by his endeavours , Captain of the Band of Pensioners belonging to his Majesty K. Ch. 2 , and afterwards Master of the Horse to the said Jos . Maria Dutchess of York ; both which places he quitted some time before his death . This worthy person , who was accounted most excellent in the Art of Poetry , hath written and published ( 1 ) An Essay on translated Verse . Lond. 1680. 1684 , &c. in 4 sheets in qu. Before which , John Dryden the Poet Laureat hath a copy of Verses in praise of it , as also Charles Dryden his son of Trin. Coll. in Cambr. and others . The second edit . of this Essay was published two years after the Pamphlet intit . An Essay upon Poetry , written by John Earl of Mulgrave Kt. of the most noble Order of the Garter . To one of the Editions of the said Essay on translated Verse , is added by the said Earl of Roscommon , A specimen of blank Verse , being the fight between the Angels , taken out of Joh. Milton's book call'd Paradise lost . ( 2 ) Several Prologues and Epilogues to Plays , as also Divers Copies of Verses and Translations ; which are publish'd with the respective Plays themselves , and in the Miscellany Poems , &c. printed at London by Jacob Tonson 1684. He hath also translated into English , Horace's Art of Poetry . Lond. 1680. qu. Before which Edm. Wa●ler Esq . hath a Copy of Verses on that Translation and of the use of Poetry : As also into French The case of resistance of Supreme Powers , &c. Lond. in oct , written by Dr. Will. Sherlock . At length this most noble and ingenious Count paying his last debt to nature in his house near that of S. James , within the Liberty of Westminster on the 17 of January ▪ or thereabouts , an . 1684 , was buried in the Church of S. Peter , commonly called the Abbey Church within the said City of Westm . He was succeeded in his honours by his Uncle Cary Dillon a Colonel of a Regiment in Ireland in the War between K. Jam. 2. and K. Will. 3 ; from which place going into England , was overtaken by a violent Disease which brought him to his grave in the City of Chester , in the month of Novemb. 1689. James Earl of Roscommon before mention'd , father to Wentworth the Poet , was , when young , reclaim'd from the Superstition of the Romish Church by the learned and religious Dr. Vsher Primate of Ireland , and thereupon was sent by him into England , as a Jewel of Price , to be committed to the care and trust of Dr. George Hakewill , who finding him to be a young man of pregnant parts , placed him in Exeter Coll. under the tuition of Laurence Bodley Bach. of Div. Nephew to the great Sir Tho. Bodley , in the beginning of the year 1628 ; in which Coll. continuing some years , became a person of several Accomplishments and afterwards Earl of Roscommon in his own Country of Ireland . The next persons who were nominated to be created Doctors of the Civil Law , but were not , were James Boteler Earl of Ossory , Franc. Visc . Newport George Savile Lord Elande , eldest son of George Marquess of Halyfax , Robert Lord Lexinton , ( who with Anth. Visc . Falkland were sworn of their Majesties Privy Council 17 Mar. 169● ) Col. Rob. Worden one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to the Duke , who afterwards did good service for his Master when he was King , being then a Major General . He died in Red-lyon-Square near London . on S. James day or thereabouts , 1690. The next who was in Oxon , but not created , was Major Rich. Bagot a Retainer to the said Duke , and after him James Graham Esq . younger brother to Rich. Visc . Preston ; which James was afterwards Privy Purse to , and a Colonel under , K. Jam 2 , to whom afterwards he closely adhered when he fled , to avoid imminent danger in England , into France , &c. In the afternoon of that day wherein the aforesaid Creation was made , the said Duke , Dutchess and Lady Anne being about to leave Oxon , the Vicechancellour with other Doctors went to , to take their leave of , them , at which time the Vicechancellour did in the name of the University present to the Duke the Hist . and Antiq. of the Vniv . of Oxon , with the Cuts belonging thereunto , to the Dutchess the said Cuts by themselves , and the Natural History of Oxfordshire , written by Dr. Plot ; and a fair English Bible to the Lady Anne . All which books were richly bound . On the 13 of June Adolphus Johannes Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Bavaria , aged 20 years or thereabouts ( son to Prince Adolphus Uncle to the present K. of Sweedland ) came to Oxon under the conduct of Sir Charles Cotterel Mast . of the Ceremonies and lodged that night in the apartment belonging to the Dean of Ch. Ch. The next day , after he had viewed most places in the University , and the Theater , he went thence to the Apodyterium , where he with such of his retinew that were to be created Doctors , being habited in Scarlet , were conducted into the Convocation house , and created , as now I am about to tell you . Jun. 14. The most illustrious Prince Adolphus Johan . Count Pal. of the Rhine , Duke of Bavaria , &c. was presented with an encomiastical Speech by the Deputy Orator : Which being done , the Vicechancellour created him with another , Doct. of the Civ . Law , and then was conducted to his chair of State on the right hand of the Vicechancellour . Afterwards were these following presented . D. Rudolphus Counts of Lipstat Created Doctors of the Civ . Law. D. Otto Counts of Lipstat Created Doctors of the Civ . Law. D. Fred. Harder a Noble German Created Doctors of the Civ . Law. Andr. Fleman Secret. to Pr. Adolph . Created Doctors of the Civ . Law. It was then the common report that the said Prince came into England with his Uncle to break off the Match to be between Pr. George of Denmark and the Lady Anne . Doct. of Phys . Jun. 14. Laurence Cronyng Tutor to Prince Adolphus before mentioned , was created Doctor , while the said Prince sate in his chair of State. Mar. 5. Martin Lister Esq . was declared Doctor of Phys . by vertue of the Chancellours Letters sent to the members of the ven . Convocation then assembled , partly running thus — He was lately a Practitioner of Physick , at York , now here in London , a person of exemplary Loyalty , and of high esteem amongst the most eminent of his Profession for his excellent skill and success therein , and hath given farther proof of his worth and knowledge by several learned books by him published . — He hath entertained so great an affection for the University of Oxon , that he hath lately presented the Library with divers valuable books both manuscript and printed , and enriched the new Musaeum with several Altars , Coins , and other Antiquities , together with a great number of Curiosities of nature , whereof several cannot be matched for any price ; which yet he declares to be but an earnest of what he farther intends , &c. On the eleventh of the said month of March the Diploma for his Creation was sealed , &c. This learned Doctor who is a Yorkshire man born , and had been bred up under Sir Matthew Lister ( mentioned in the Fasti of the first vol. of this Work , p. 793. ) was educated in S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , was afterwards of the Royal Society , and after , when Doctor , Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . Among several things that he hath written , are ( 1 ) Historiae Animalium Angliae tres tractatus , &c. Lond. 1678. qu. An account of which is in the Philos . Transactions , numb . 139. pag. ( 2 ) De Fontibus medicatis Angliae , exercitat . nov . & prior . Ebor. 1682. &c. oct . An account of which is also in the said Phil. Trans . nu . 144. This was reprinted at Lond. with additions 1684 , oct , and to it was added De Fontibus medicatis Angliae exercitatio altera , dedicated to the Univ. of Oxon , ( 3 ) Historiae Conchyliorum liber primus , qui est de cochleis terrestibus . Lond. 1685. fol. All represented in cuts , &c. There be also several of his Letters , Enquiries , &c. in the said Transactions , nu . 70.72.73.75.76.77.79.83 . &c. 87.89.95.105.117.144.145.147.149 . &c. Also in Philosophical Collections , numb . 4. &c. Doct. of Div. June 4. Thom. White Mast . of Arts and Chapl. to James Duke of York ( or rather to the Lady Anne ) was declared Doct. of Div. and two days after was diplomated . — On the 13 of Aug. following , he was installed Archdeacon of Nottingham in the place of Vere Harcourt deceased ( who had succeeded in that Dignity Dr. Will. Robinson , in Sept. 1660 ) and being nominated Bishop of Peterborough upon the promotion of Dr. Will. Lloyd to the See of Norwych , in the latter end of July 1685 was consecrated thereunto in the Archb. Chappel at Lambeth on the 25 of Oct. following , at which time Rich. Blechynden Bach. of Div. of S. Johns Coll. in Oxon preached the Consecration Sermon . This worthy person , who was born in Kent and educated in S. Johns Coll. in Cambridge , was one of the six Bishops , that were ( with the most religious and conscientious William Archb. of Canterbury ) committed Prisoners to the Tower of London on the 8 of June 1688 for subscribing and delivering a Petition to his Maj. King James 2 , wherein they shewed their great aversness they found in themselves to the distributing and publishing in all their Churches his Majesties then late Declaration for Liberty of Conscience , &c. which was then esteemed libellous and seditious . Afterwards coming to their Trial in Westminster Hall on the 25 of the same month they were quitted , to the great rejoycing of the generality of people . After the Prince of Orange came to the Crown and setled , he was one of those Bishops , together with the said Archb , that were deprived of their respective Sees for not taking the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy to him and the Qu : Whereupon Dr. Rich. Cumberland of Cambridge being nominated to the said See of Peterborough by their Majesties , he was consecrated thereunto in the Church of S. Mary le Bow in London on the 5 of July 1691. An. Dom. 1684. An. 36 Car. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Dr. Joh. Lloyd again , Sept. 1. Proct. Joh. Massey of Mert. Coll. Apr. 9. Philip Clerk of Magd. Coll. Apr. 9. Bach. of Arts. May 15. Peter Lancaster of Ball. Coll. — See among the Masters , an . 1686. Jun. 13. Francis Atterbury of Ch. Ch. Jun. 13. Joh. Cave of Linc. Coll. See more of the last of these two among the Masters 1687. Adm. 153. Bach. of Law. Five were admitted , but not one yet is a Writer . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 22. Joh. Norris of All 's . Coll. Jun. 13. Rob. Boothe of Ch. Ch. a younger son of George Lord Delamere , and brother to the Earl of Warrington . Feb. 12. Joh. Hudson of Qu. afterwards of Vniv . Coll. The last of these three is Author of Introductio ad Chronologiam : sive Art Chronologica in Epitome redacta . Oxon. 1691. oct . &c. Adm. 100. Bach. of Phys . Only three were admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer . Bach. of Div. Jul. 3. Charles Hickman of Ch. Ch. Nov. 17. Joh. Hughes of Ball. Coll. — While he was Master of Arts he published A Sermon on Psal . 107.23.24 . preached before George Earl of Berkley Governour and the company of Merchants of England trading in the Levant Seas , &c. It was preached in S. Peters Ch. in Broadstreet , 18 Nov. 1683 , the author being then Fellow of Ball. Coll. and Chapl. to James Lord Chandois Ambassador at Constantinople . Dec. 17. Joh. Cudworth of Trin. Coll. — This Divine , who is now Rector of Kiddington near Wodstock in Oxfordshire hath published Fides Ecclesiae Anglicanae vindicata ab incertitudine . Sive concio coram Academia Oxoniensi habita ineunte Termino , Octob. 9. an . 1688 , in S. Matth. 6.23 . Oxon. 1688. quart . Adm. 17. Doct. of Phys . Jul. 1● Rob. Smith of Wadh. Coll. 9. Richard Adams of All 's . Coll. The first of these two was a Compounder . Doct. of Div. May 6. Barnab . Long of Magd. Coll. a Compounder . — On the 6 of Feb. 1681 , he was installed Prebend of Boterant in the Church of York , and on the 24 of May 1682 , of Stillington in the said Church , on the death of Dr. Hen. Bridgman , who had kept it in commendam with the See of Man. On the 10 of Jan. 1682 , he was installed Archdeacon of Clievland in the place of Dr. Joh. Lake , and dying in the house of Dr. Will. Beaw B. of Landaff at Adderbury in Oxfordshire , ( he being then dignified in the Church of Landaff ) about the eleventh of Apr. 1685 was buried in the Church there . In his Archdeaconry was installed Joh. Burton M. A. 29 Jul. 1685. Jul. 3. Charles James of Ch. Ch. — He accumulated the degrees in Divinity . 9. Thom. Bayley of Magd. Coll. Oct. 21. Joh. Meare of Brasn . Coll. — This person , who accumulated the degrees in Div , was elected Principal of his Coll. on the death of Dr. Thom. Yate , 7 May 1681. 30. Edw. Bernard of S. Johns Coll. — On the ninth of Apr. 1673 he was admitted Savilian Professor of Astronomy , on the resignation of Sir Christoph . Wren : which place he leaving for the Rectory of Brightwell near Wallingford in Berks , David Gregory M. A. of the Univ. of Edenburgh was admitted to it , after he had been incorporated in the same degree , 6 Feb. 1691. On the 18 of the said month , and in the same year , he accumulated the degrees in Physick , and is now a Master Com. of Ball. Coll. This Gent , who was born at Aberdene and mostly educated there , hath extant Exercitatio Geometrica de dimensione Figurarum . Sive specimen methodi generalis dimetiendi quasdam figuras . Edenb . 1684. qu , at which time he was Mathematick Professor there . Dec. 2. Thom. Crosthwait of Qu. Coll. Dec. 2. Beaumont Percival of New Coll. The first of these two was elected Principal of S. Edm. Hall on the resignation of Mr. Steph. Penton , 15 Mar. 1683 , and admitted thereunto on the 4 of Apr. following , but he being outed thence for several reasons , notwithstanding he had been re-elected by the majority of the Fellows of his Coll , Dr. John Mill of the said Coll. was elected and adm . in his place 5 May 1685. These things I set down , purposely to carry on the succession of the Principals of S. Edm. Hall ; a printed Cat. of which , to Dr. Thom. Tully , you may see in Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 2. Feb. 6. Rob. Harsnett of Ch. Ch. Feb. 6. Charl. Hickman of Ch. Ch. 23. John Willes of Trin. Coll. Incorporations . Thirteen Masters of the University of Cambridge were incorporated after the Act time , but not one of them is a Writer , as I can yet find . Jun. 9. Joh. Chrysostom du Charoll M. A. of Avignion ( who had taken that degree there in 1669 ) was incorporated by vertue of the Chancellours Letters , which say that he had served in his Maj. Chap. royal as one of the daily Chaplains for 7 or eight years past , &c. Jul. 9. Bartholdus Holtzfus a Native of Pomerania , and a Master of Arts of Frankfurt upon the Order in the Marquisate of Brandeburg , was incorporated also by vertue of the said Letters , which tell us that he was sent to the Vniversity of Oxon to study by his Electoral Highness the Duke of Brandeburg , &c. 14. Thom. Fryer Doct. of Phys . of Pemb. Hall in Cambr. was incorporated as he had stood there , after the Act time . He was , as it seems , honorary Fellow of the Coll. of Phys . Creations . Sept. 1. Henry Howard Duke of Norfolk , Earl Marshal of Engl. &c. was with solemnity created Doctor of the Civil Law , after he had been presented with an encomiastical Speech by Dr. Rob. Plot Professor of Nat. History and Chymistry . — This person , who was afterwards Knight of the most honorable Order of the Garter , and L. Lieutenant of Berks , Norfolk , Surrey and the City of Norwich , I have mentioned among the Creations under the year 1668. An. Dom. 1685. An. 1 Jac. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Dr. Timothy Halton Provost of Queens Coll. Oct. 6. Proct. Will. Breach of Ch. Ch. Apr. 29. Tho. Smith of Brasn . Coll. Apr. 29. Bach. of Arts. Jun. 17. Francis Willis of New Coll. Jul. 9. Franc. Hickman of Ch. Ch. a Compounder . Oct. 27. Philip Bertie of Trin. Coll. Oct. 27. Dav. Jones of Ch. Ch. The first of these two last , is a younger son to Robert E. of Lindsey L. High Chamberlaine of England , &c. The other is a frequent Preacher in London and a Publisher of several Sermons . Dec. 8. Will. King of Ch. Ch. a Comp. Adm. 167. Bach. of Law. Five were admitted , of whom Matthew Bryan of Magd. Hall was one Jul. 10. — See among the Doctors of Law following . Mast . of Arts. Novemb. 24. John Glanvill of Trin. Coll. Dec. 17. Leop. William Finch of All 's . Coll. The last of these two was elected Warden of his Coll. in the place of Dr. Tho. James deceased , by vertue of a Mandamus from King Jam. 2 , on the 21 of January 1686. Adm. 90. Bach. of Phys . Six were admitted , of whom Wilhelm Musgrave of New Coll. was one , Dec. 8. lately admitted Bach. of the Civil Law. Bach. of Div. July 7. Luke Beaulieu of Ch. Ch. — This Divine was born in France , educated for a time in the Univ. of Samur there , came into England upon account of Religion 18 years or more before this time , exercised his ministerial function , was naturaliz'd , made Divinity Reader in the Chappel of S. George at Windsore , was a Student in this University for the sake of the public Library 1680 and after , became Chaplain to Sir George Jeffreys L. Ch. Justice of England , Rector of Whitchurch in the dioc . of Oxon , an . 1685 , and by his published Writings did usefully assert the Rights of his Majesty and Church of England . This person , who is called by some Dean Beaulieu , who hath written several things in French and English , ( chiefly against Popery ) is hereafter to be numbred among the Oxford Writers . July 9. John Scot of New Inn. — This learned Divine , who is not yet mentioned in these Fasti , because he took no degree in Arts , or in any other faculty , hath published divers books of Divinity ( some of which were against Popery in the Reign of K. Jam. 2. ) and therefore he is hereafter to crave a place among the Oxford Writers . 11. Will. Beach of Ball. Coll. a Comp. Adm. 12. Doct. of Law. May 5. John Rudston of S. Joh. Coll. a Comp. Jul. 7. Rob. Woodward of New Coll. Jul. 7. Rich. Traffles of New Coll. The first of these two who was a Compounder , became Archdeacon of Wilts . upon the resignation of Mr. Seth Ward , in Nov. 1681 , Chanc. of the Dioc. of Salisbury upon the death of Sir Edw. Low in June 1684 , Rector of Pewsie in Wilts , on the death of Dr. Rich. Watson in Jan. the same year , Chancellour of the Church of Salisbury on the resignation of the said Mr. S. Ward , in Jan. 1686 , Dean of Salisbury on the death of Dr. Tho. Pierce , in Apr. 1691. &c. July 7. Joh. Gibbs of All 's . Coll. July 7. Steph. Waller of New Coll. July 7. Matth. Tindall of All 's . Coll. July 7. Matth. Morgan of S. Joh. Coll. 10 Edm. Evans of Jes . Coll. 10 Matth. Bryan of Magd. Hall. The last of these two is a Divine and Non-Juror , hath one or more Sermons and A perswasive to the stricter observance of the Lords day , &c. extant . See in the first vol. of Athenae Oxon. p. 513. July 11. Ralph Bohun of New Coll. — He hath written A discourse concerning the origine and properties of wind , &c. and may hereafter publish other books . Doct. of Phys . July 7. Steph. Fry of Trin. Coll. 9. Robert Conny of Magd. Coll. 10. Sam. Kimberley of Pemb. Coll. The last accumulated the degrees in Phys . Doct. of Div. Jun. 26. Joh. Venn of Ball. Coll. Jun. 26. Thom. Dixon of Qu. Coll. The first of these two had been elected Master of his Coll , on the death of Dr. Tho. Good , 24 Apr. 1678. July 3. Fitzherbert Adams of Linc. Coll. July 3. Will. Johnson of Queens Coll. The first of these two was elected Rector of his Coll. in the place of Dr. Thom. Marshall deceased , May 2. this year , and was afterwards Prebendary of Durham . July 4. Constant Jessop of Magd. Coll. a Comp. 9. Joh. Scott of New Inn — He accumulated the degrees in Div. 11 Will. Beach of Ball. Coll. Comp. 11 Henry Godolphin of All 's . Coll. Comp. The first of these two , who hath published one or more books , is now a Non-Juror . The other Fell. of Eaton and can resid . of S. Pauls , &c. Nov. 3. Will. Bernard of Merton Coll. Incorporations . The Act being put off this year , no Cambridge Masters , or others , were incorporated , only one in the degree of Master , July 9. Creations . Apr. 29. Michael Morstin a Polonian , Son of John Andr. Morstin Treasurer to the King of Poland , by his Wife Catherine Gordon Daughter of the Marquess of Huntley in Scotland , was then actually created Doctor of the Civil Law — This noble person was entit . in his presentation thus , Illustriss . Dom. Michael Morstin Comes Castrovillanus , Tucoliensis Radziminensis , Marchio Aquensis , Baro Giensis , Orgensis , Curcelotensis , Dominus Montis rubri & aliorum Locorum . He was now Envoy from Poland to the Crown of England . Sept. 9. James Le Prez lately one of the Professors of Divinity in the University of Samur and Warden of the Coll. there before it was suppress'd , was actually created Doct. of Div. by vertue of the Chancellours Letters sent in his behalf — This learned Theologist was one of those eminent Divines that were forced to leave their native Country upon account of religion by the present King of France : And his worth and eminence being well known to the Marquess of Ruvigney , he was by that most noble person recommended to the Chancellour of this University to have the degree of Doctor confer'd on him . Oct. 10. Thom. Musgrave of Qu. Coll. was actually created Doct. of Div. — This Divine , who was Son of Sir Philip Musgrave of Hartley Castle in Westmorland Bt , a person of known Loyalty to K. Ch. 1. the Martyr , became Archdeacon of Carlile in the place of Dr. Tho. Peachell of Cambridge resigning , an . 1669 , was installed Prebendary of Durham , 12 of July 1675 , Preb. of Chichester , 10. Nov. 1681 , and at length Dean of Carlile upon the promotion of Dr. Tho. Smith to the Episcopal See thereof , in July an . 1684. He died in the beginning of Apr. 1686 and was succeeded in his Deanery by Will. Graham M. A. of Ch. Ch. as I shall tell you among the Creations , an . 1686. Oct. 26. Sir Jonathan Trelawny Bt , M. of A. of Ch. Ch. the nominated Bishop of Bristow , was diplomated Doct. of Div. — He was consecrated B. of Bristow on the 8 of Nov. following . Philip Bennet of Exet. Coll. was diplomated Bach. of Div. the same day , being then in his Majesties Service at Jamaica . Dec. 29 Joh. Haslewood M. A. of Oriel Coll. Chapl. to Henry Earl of Clarendon L. Lieutenant of Ireland , was diplomated , or , as 't is said in the register , created Simpliciter Doct. of Div. Mar. 9. Nathan . Wilson M. A. of Magd. Hall , Chapl. to James Duke of Ormonde and Dean of Raphoe in Ireland , was diplomated or , as 't is said in the reg , created Simpliciter Doct. of Div. — He was afterwards Bish . of Limerick , &c. An. Dom. 1686. An. 2. Jac. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. John Venn D. D. Master of Ball. Coll. Sept. 30. Proct. Edw. Hopkins of Linc. Coll. Apr. 14. Joh. Walrond of All 's . Coll. Apr. 14. Bach. of Arts. Jun. 15. George Smalridge of Ch. Ch. Jun. 15. Edw. Hannes of Ch. Ch. Adm. 178. Bach. of Law. Eight were admitted , among whom Will. Beaw of Magd. Coll. was one , Oct. 20 , who , a little before was made Chanc. of the Dioc. of Landaff by his Father the Bishop thereof , on the death of Sir Rich. Lloyd . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 28. Thom. Armestead of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards author of A Dialogue between two Friends wherein the Church of England is vindicated in joyning with the Prince of Orange in his descent into England . Printed in A ninth collection of Papers relating to the present juncture of affairs in England , &c. published in the beginning of March at Lond. 1688 , with the date at the bottom of the title of 1689. June 15. Joh. Smyth of Magd. Coll. — He hath written and published a Comedy called Win her and take her , &c. Lond. 1691. qu. Dedic . by the author to Peregrine Earl of Danby , under the name of Cave Vnderhill an Actor of playes . Mr. Smyth hath published one or more things besides , and therefore he is her easter to be remembred among the Oxford Writers . July 7. Peter Lancaster of Ball. Coll. — He hath translated from Greek into English A discourse of envy and hatred , in the first vol. of Plutarchs Morals — Lond. 1684. oct . As also How a man may praise himself without envy , which is in the second vol. of the said Morals . Mar. 19. Francis Lee of S. Joh. Coll. — He is author of Horologium Christianum and other things . Adm. 96. Bach. of Phys . Apr. 27. Thom. Hoy of S. Joh. Coll. Beside him were four more admitted . Bach. of Div. Mar. 10. Joh. Hough of Magd. Coll. Chapl. to James Duke of Ormonde and Preb. of Worcester . Besides him were six more admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer or Bishop . Doct. of Law. July 8. Thomas Lane of Mert. Coll. 12. Charles Aldworth of Magd. Coll. Both these were Accumulators , and the last was elected Camdens Professor of History in the place of the learned Mr. Henry Dodwell a Non-Juror , on the 19 of Nov. 1691. Oct. 29. Brian Broughton of All 's . Coll. Nov. 23. Laurence Smith of S. Joh. Coll. Doct. of Phys . Jan. 18. Samuel Derham of Magd. Hall. Doct. of Div. June 8. Humph. Prideaux of Ch. Ch. July 7. Ralph Tayler of Trin. Coll. 10. George Bull of Exeter . Coll. — This learned Divine , who is not yet mention'd in these Fasti , because he took no degree in Arts , or in any other faculty , hath published several books of Div. and therefore he is hereafter to be numbred among the Oxford Writers . Dec. 1. Jonathan Edwards of Jesus Coll. — On the 2 of Nov. going before , he was elected Principal of his Coll. upon the promotion of Dr. Joh. Lloyd to the See of S. David . Mar. 4. Joh. Hearne of Exet. Coll. Incorporations . The Act being put off this year , no Cambridge Masters , or others , were incorporated , only one in the degree of Bac. of Arts , Jul. 5. Creations . June 14. William Graham M. A. of Ch. Ch. and Chaplain to her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Denmark was diplomated Doct. of Div. or as 't is said in the reg . was created Simpliciter — This Divine , who is younger Brother to Richard Visc . Preston was installed Preb. of Durham , 26. Aug. 1684 , and Dean of Carlile on the death of Dr. Tho. Musgrave , in Apr. or May 1686. Nov. 18. Rene Bertheau late Minister of the reformed Church in the University of Montpelier in France was actually created Doct. of Div. by vertue of the Letters of the Chancellour of the University , who had a little before received Letters of recommendation in his behalf from the L. High Treasurer of England , as a man of great reputation in his own Country and very eminent both for learning and piety , &c. Mar. 8. James D' Allemagne a French Minister of the Protestant Church lately retired into England upon account of religion was actually created D. of D. without the paying of fees . An. Dom. 1687. An. 3. Jac. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Gilbert Ironside D. D. Warden of Wadham Coll. Aug. 16. Proct. Tho. Benet of Vniv . Coll. Apr. 6. Joh. Harris of Exet. Coll. Apr. 6. Bach. of Arts. May 28. Jam. Harrington of Ch. Ch. May 28. Joh. Meddens of Wadh. Coll. Dec. 9. Will. Watson of S. Maries Hall , lately of Trin. Coll. — See among the Masters in 1690. Adm. 143. Bach. of Law. Apr. 6. Thom. Wood of New Coll. Besides him were five more admitted . Mast . of Arts. Apr. 11. Joh. Cave of Linc. Coll. — This Gentleman , who is Son of a Father of both his names mention'd among the Writers p. 648 , hath written and published , Daphnis . A pastoral Elegy on the death of that hopeful Gent Mr. Franc. Wollaston . Oxon. 1685. &c. Apr. 20. Franc. Atterbury of Ch. Ch. Adm. 84. Bach. of Phys . Six were admitted , but not one is yet a Writer . Bach. of Div. Nov. 24. Will. Hallifax of C. C. C. — He hath translated from French into English , The Elements of Euclid explain'd , in a new , but most easie method . Oxon. 1685. oct . Written by F. Claud. Francis Milliet de Chales of the Society of Jesus . Feb. 18. Thom. Spark of Ch. Ch. Adm. 12. Doct. of Law. June 25. Rich. Parsons . of New Coll. 30. Will. Rimes of New Coll. The first of these two is now Chanc. of the Dioc. of Glocester . June 30. Joseph Woodward of Or. Coll. July 2. George Gardiner of All 's . Coll. The first of these two accumulated . July 7. Rich. Aldworth of S. Joh. Coll. 8. Philip Forster of Oriel Coll. 8. Lew. Atterbury of Ch. Ch. The first of these last three was a Compounder , and the last an Accumulator . Doct. of Phys . June 30. Daniel Greenwood of Brasn . Coll. July 2. Will. Gould of Wadh. Coll. July 2. Will. Coward of Mert. Coll. The last of these two translated into Lat. heroick verse the English Poem called Absalom and Achitophel — Oxon. 1682 in 5. sh . in qu. Written by Joh. Driden Esq . Poet Laureat to K. Ch. 2. It was also about the same time translated by Franc. Atterbury and Franc. Hickman of Ch. Ch. July 8. Will. Breach of Ch. Ch. July 8. Joh. Foley of Pemb. Coll. The last of these two was incorporated Bach. of Phys . of this University , as he before had stood at Dublin , 20 of April this year . Doct. of Div. June 22. Joh. Hough of Magd. Coll. — On the 15 of Apr. 1687 he was elected President of his Coll , in the place of Dr. Hen. Clerk deceased , and on the 22 of June following ( being the day of his admission to the degree of D. D. ) he was removed thence by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners sitting at Westm . to make room for Dr. Parker Bishop of Oxon , whom the K. had nominated , appointed and commanded to succeed Dr. Clerk upon the laying aside of Anth. Farmer . See more in Sam. Parker among the Writers , p 617. At length the Prince of Orange being about to come into England to take upon him the government thereof , he was restored to his Presidentship by the Bishop of Winch. ( commission'd for that purpose by his Maj. K. Jam. 2 ) on the 25 of Octob. 1688 , after Dr. Parker had enjoyed it during his natural life , and after the removal thence of his Successor Bonaventure Gifford , by his Majesties command . Afterwards Dr. Hough succeeded Tim. Hall in the See of Oxon , with liberty allowed him to keep the Presidentship of Magd. Coll. in Commendam with it . July 2. Edward Winford of All 's . Coll. 8. Thom. Bayley of New Inn. 8. Sam. Eyre of Linc. Coll. The first of these two was admitted Principal of his Inn or Hall , on the resignation of Mr. Will. Stone , 12 of Aug. 1684. The other was afterwards Preb. of Durham . Incorporations . The Act being put off again , no Cambridge Masters , or others , were incorporated , only a Bach. of Law from Dublin , July 6. Creations . In a Convocation held 15 Dec. were Letters read from the Chanc. of the University in behalf of one Elias Boherel ( born a● Rochelle , partly bred under his Father an eminent Physitian , and two years or more in the University of Samur ) to be created Bach. of the Civ . Law , but whether he was created or admitted it appears not . He and his Father were French Protestants and were lately come into England , to enjoy the liberty of their religion , which they could not do in France , because of their expulsion thence by the King of that Country . Tho his Maj. K. Jam. 2. was entertained by the University in the beginning of Sept. this year , yet there was no creation made in any faculty , which was expected and gaped after by many . An. Dom. 1688. An. 4. Jac. 2. Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde , but he dying at Kingston Hall in Dorsetshire on the 21. of July his Grandson James ( lately a Noble man of Ch. Ch. ) Son of his eldest Son Thom. Earl of Ossory , was unanimously elected into his place in a Convocation held at 10. in the morning of the 23 of the same month . The next day came a Mandat from his Majesty for George Lord Jeffreys L. Chanc. of England to be elected Chanc. of the University , but the former election being not in a possibility to be revoked , there were Letters sent to satisfie his Majesty concerning that matter . The said James Duke of Ormonde was installed in his house in S. James's Square within the liberty of Westminster on the 23 of Aug. following : which being concluded , followed an entertainment for his noble Friends , acquaintance and the Academians , equal to , if not beyond any , that had been made by the present King or his Predecessor . Vicechanc. Gilb. Ironside D. D. Sept. 19. Proct. Thom. Dunster of Wadh. Coll. Apr. 26. Will. Christmas of New Coll. Apr. 26. The 25 of Apr. being S. Marks day , and the first day of the Term , their admission was not till the next . Bach. of Arts. June 19. Samuel Westley of Exeter Coll. — This person hath written and published Maggots : or Poems on several subjects never before handled . Lond. 1685. oct . Adm. 152. Bach. of Law. Four were admitted , but not one is yet a Writer . Mast . of Arts. June 19. Will. Nicholls of Mert. Coll. — He hath written An answer to an heretical book called The naked Gospel , &c. July 6. Francis Hickman of Ch. Ch. Comp. July 6. William King of Ch. Ch. Comp. Adm. 89. Bach. of Physick . Six were admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer . Bach. of Div. Five were admitted , but not one as yet a Writer or Dignitary . Doct. of Law. Mar. 23. Charles Finch of All 's . Coll , a younger Son of Heneage late Earl of Nottingham . Doct. of Phys . Dec. 7. Joh. Ballard of New Coll. Doct. of Div. July 6. Henry Hill of C. C. Coll. 7. Thom. Houghton of New Coll. The last of which was an Accumulator and Compounder . 7. Roger Mander of Ball. Coll. 7. Peter Birch of Ch. Ch. The first of these last two was elected Master of his Coll. in the place of Dr. Joh. Venn deceased , 23 Oct. 1687. The other who is now Preb. of Westminster hath published A Sermon before the H. of Commons , on John 26.3 . Printed at the Savoy 1689 qu. Incorporations . The Act being now the fourth time put off , not one Cambridge Master was incorporated . May 14. Jacob. Sartreus Mast . of Arts of the Univ. of Puy-Laurence in Languedock . — He is now Prebendary of Westminster ; in which Dignity he succeeded , if I mistake not , Dr. George Stradling . 21. Henry Dodwell M. of Arts of the Univ. of Dublin , who had been generously elected by the University of Oxford Camden's Professor of History , in his absence and without his privity , ( after the death of Dr. Joh. Lamphire ) on the 2 Apr. this year , was then ( May 21. ) incorporated in the same degree — This learned person , who was the Son of Will. Dodwell of Ireland , Son of Hen. Dodwell of the City of Oxon , Son of William , supposed to be Brother to Alderman Hen. Dodwell Mayor of the said City in the 34. of Q. Eliz. dom . 1592 , was born in the Parish of S. Warburgh commonly called S. Warborough within the City of Dublin , in the beginning of the grand rebellion that broke out in that Kingdom in Octob. 1641 , educated in Grammar learning under Christopher Wallis in the Free-school , situated in the Bederew , within the City of York , from 1649 to 1654 , and afterwards for a years time in Dublin , entred a Student in Trin. Coll. there , an . 1656 , and when Bach. of Arts , was made Fellow thereof . After he had proceeded in that faculty , he left his Fellowship to avoid entring into holy Orders , and in 1666 I find him a Sojournour in Oxon , purposely to advance himself in learning by the use of the publick Library . Thence he return'd to his native Country for a time and published a posthumous book ent . De obstinatione , Opus posth . pietatem Christiano-stoicam , Scholastico more suadens . Dubl . 1672 oct . Before which book , ( written by his sometimes Tutor named Joh. Stearne M. D. and publ . Professor in the University of Dublin ) Mr. Dodwell put of his own composition Prolegomena Apolegetica , de usu Dogmatum Philosophicorum , &c. In the beginning of this book is Dr. Stearne's Epitaph without date , insculp'd on a marble , on the north side of the Altar in Trin. Coll. Chappel near Dublin , part of which is this — Philosophus , Medicus , summusque Theologus idem Sternius hic , &c. Afterwards Mr. Dodwell returned into England , spent his time there in divers places in a most studious and retired condition , and wrot and published these books following ( 1 ) Two letters of advice . 1. For the susception of holy orders . 2. For studies Theological , &c. Printed at Dubl . first , and afterwards twice at Lond. in oct . At the end of the first letter is added A Catalogue of Christian Writers , and genuine works that are extant , of the first three Centuries : And to both in the 2d and 3d edit , is added A discourse concerning Sanchoniathans Phoenician History . ( 2 ) Considerations of present concern , how far the Romanists may be trusted by Princes of another Communion . Lond. in oct . ( 3 ) Two short discourses against the Romanists . 1. An account of the fundamental principles of Popery , and of the insufficiency of the proofs which they have for it . 2. An answer to 6 Queries proposed to a Gentlewoman of the Ch. of England by an Emissary of the Church of Rome . Lond. 1676. oct . To another edition of this , which came out at Lond. in 1689 in qu. was added by the author A preface relating to the Bishop of Meaux and other modern complaints of misrepresentation . ( 4 ) Separation of Churches from Episcopal government , as practiced by the present Non-conformists , proved Schismatical from such principles as are least controverted , and do withal most popularly explain the sinfulness and mischief of Schisme . Lond. 1679. qu. In this Treatise , the sin against the Holy Ghost , the sin unto death , and other difficult Scriptures are occasionally discoursed of , and some useful rules are given for explication of Scripture . ( 5 ) A reply to Mr. Baxters pretended confutation of a book , entit , Separation of Churches from Episcopal government , &c. Lond. 1681. oct . To which are added Three Letters , written to him in the year 1673 , Concerning the possibility of discipline under a diocesan government ; which , tho relating to the subject of most of his late books , have never yet been answered . ( 6 ) A discourse concerning the one Altar and the one Priesthood , insisted on by the Ancients in their disputes against Schisme , &c. Being a just account concerning the true nature and principles of Schisme , according to the Ancients . Lond. 1682. 3. oct . ( 7 ) Dissertationes Cypriniac●e . There were two editions of these , viz. one in fol. at the end of S. Cyprians works published by Dr. Joh. Fell B. of Oxon , an . 1682 ; and another in oct . printed in Sheldons Theater 1684 , purposely for the sake of such Scholars who could not spare money to buy those in fol. which were to go , and were always bound , with S. Cyprians works before mention'd . ( 8 ) Dissertatio de Ripa Striga ad Lanctant de morte Persecutorum . Printed at the end of Lanctantius Firm. his works , with commentaries on them made by Thomas Spark M. A. of Ch. Ch. — Oxon. 1684. oct . ( 9 ) De jure Laicorum sacerdotali , &c. This book , which is written against Hug. Grotius , was printed at Lond. in oct . at the end of a piece of that author entit . De Caenae administratione ubi Pastores non sunt , &c. Much about which time was published Antidodwellisme ; being two curious tracts formerly written by Hug. Grotius , concerning a solution of these two questions . 1. Whether the Eucharist may be administred in the absence of , or want of Pastors , &c. Made English by one who calls himself Philaratus . ( 10 ) Additiones , & dissertatio singularis , in the Opera posthuma chronologica of the famous Dr. Jo Pearson , sometimes Bish . of Chester . — Lond. 1687-8 . in qu. ( 11 ) Dissertationes in Irenaeum . Oxon. è Theat . Sheldon . 1689. oct . To which is added a Fragment of Phil. Sideta de Catechistatum Alexandrinorum successione , with notes . Besides these books , the author , now in the prime of his years , designs others , which in good time may be made extant for the benefit of the Church of Engl. ( for which he hath a zealous respect ) and commonwealth of learning . His universal knowledge and profound judgment in all sciences and books has rendred him famous amongst all the learned men of France and Italy , and the great sanctity and severity of his life has gain'd him a veneration very peculiar and distinguishing among all sorts of people . His greatest study has been to assert the honour and interest of religion and the Clergy ; and his writings in defence of the Church of England against Papists and Presbyterians have been esteemed perfect pieces in their kind . But notwithstanding all this , the Reader may be pleased to know , that whereas he suffered much in his Estate in his native Country , for not coming in , and taking part with the Forces of K. Jam. 2 , when they endeavoured to keep possession of Ireland against K. Will. 3. and his Forces , an . 1689 &c. for which he was proclaimed Rebel : Or had he been there , as he was not , they would have imprison'd him , if not worse ; so soon after did he suffer in England ( where he then was ) for keeping close and adhering to the oathes of allegiance which he had taken to the said K. Jam. 2 , by being deprived of the Professorship of History ( founded by the learned Camden ) to the great prejudice of learning . He lives now obscurely , ( mostly in his Cell in the north suburb of Oxon ) and is preparing his learned Lectures and several useful discourses for the press . An. Dom. 1689. An. 1. Will. 3. An. 1. Qu. Mary . Chanc. The most Illustrious Prince James Boteler Duke , Marquess and Earl of Ormonde , Earl of Brecknock and Ossory , Viscount Thorles , Baron of Lanthony , and Arclo , chief Butler of Ireland , Lord of the Royalties and Franchises of the County of Tipperary , Gent. of the Bedchamber to his Majesty , Chancellour of the University of Dublin , and Knight of the most noble order of the Garter . Vicechanc. Jonathan Edwards D. D. Principal of Jesus Coll , Sept. 25. Proct. Will. Cradocke of Magd. Coll. Ap. 10. Thom. Newey of Ch. Church Ap. 10. Bach. of Arts. Apr. 10. Thom. Fletcher of New Coll. — He hath lately published Poems on several occasions and Translations , &c. 20. Albemarle Bertie of Vniv . Coll. a younger Son of Robert Earl of Lindsey , &c. Adm. 145. Bach. of Law. Two were admitted , but not one yet a Writer . Mast . of Arts. May 30. Francis Willis of New Coll. June 6. Edw. Hannes of Ch. Ch. July 4. Geo. Smalridge of Ch. Ch. Adm. 77. Bach. of Phys . Five were admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer . Bach. of Div. July 5. Will. Wake of Ch. Ch. July 5. Tho. Benet of Vniv . Coll. The last was 〈…〉 Master of his Coll , upon the death of Dr. Edw. Ferrar 〈…〉 , and died there 12 of May 1692. Oct. 31. 〈…〉 Wadham Coll. Adm. 10. ☞ Not on● 〈…〉 was admitted this year . 〈◊〉 . of Phys . July 3. 〈…〉 Joh. Coll. July 3. 〈…〉 Mert. Coll. 5. Francis 〈…〉 Coll. 6. Wilhelm 〈…〉 Coll. Doct. of Div. July 4. Will. Harris of New Coll. — He accumulated the degrees in Div. 5. Rich. Annesley of Magd. Coll. a Comp. — This person , who was a younger Son of Arthur Earl of Anglesie , was now Preb. of Westminster and Dean of Exeter , which last Dignity he obtained on the death of Dr. George Cary in the beginning of Febr. 1680 , and Cary on the promotion of Dr. Seth Ward to the Episc . See of Exeter . July 5. Zacheus Isham of Ch. Ch. Compound . July 5. William Wake of Ch. Ch. Compound . The first of these two is now Canon of Canterbury , and the last , who accumulated the degrees in Div , was installed Canon of his house in the place of Dr. Hen. Aldrich promoted to the Deanery thereof , 20. June 1689. July 5. Joh. James of Ch. Ch. July 5. Edw. Ferrar of Vniv . Coll. The first of these two became Chanc. of the Church of Exeter , in the place of Dr. Joh. Copleston deceased , an . 1689 : The other was elected Master of his Coll. upon the removal of Mr. Obadiah Walker for being a Roman Catholick , on the 15 of Feb. 1688. He died suddenly in his Lodgings in Vniv . Coll. 13. Feb. 1690 , whereupon Mr. Tho. Benet Rector of Winwick in Lanc. was elected into his place , as I have before told you among the Bach. of Div. Incorporations . The Act being now the fifth time put off , not one Cambr. Master was incorporated at that time . June 21. Joh. Deffray a French Protestant , M. of A. of Samur — He was lately forced out of his Country upon account of Religion . July 4. Rich. Bentley M. A. of Cambr. — This Divine , who was of S. Johns Coll. in that University , was now and after a Master-Com . of Wadham Coll , and afterwards domestick Chaplain to Edward L. Bishop of Worcester , and author of ( 1 ) The folly of Atheisme and ( what is now called ) Deism ; even with respect to the present life , Sermon preached in the Church of S. Martin in the Fields 7. March 1691 , on Psal . 14.1 . being the first lecture founded by the honorable Rob. Boyle Esq . Lond. 1692. qu. ( 2 ) Matter and motion cannot think : or a confutation of Atheism from the faculties of the Soul , Serm. preached at S. Mary-le-Bow 4. Apr. 1692 being the second Lecture founded by the hon . Rob. Boyle Esq . on Acts 17.27 . Lond. 1692. qu. He hath also extant a Latin Epist . to John Mill D.D. containing some Critical observations relating to Johan . Malala a Greek Historiographer , published at the end of that author at Oxon. 1691. in a large oct . The said Mr. Bentley , who is a Yorkshire man born , designs to publish other things . Creations . June 15. Joh. Mesnard was actually created Doct. of Div. by vertue of the Chancellours Letters ; which say that he had been 16 years Minister of the reformed Church of Paris at Charenton , and afterwards Chaplain to his Majesty ( K. Will. 3. ) when he was Prince of Orange for some years , in which quality he came with him into England — that he has his Majesties warrant to succeed Dr. Is Vossius in his Prebendary of Windsore , &c. Feb. 26. George Walker an Irish Minister lately Governor of London-Derry , and the stout Defender of it against the Forces under the command of K. Jam. 2. when they besieged it in Apr. May. &c. this year , was , after he had been presented by the Kings Professor of Divinity , actually created Doct. of that faculty — He was born of English Parents in the County of Tyrone , as 't is said , educated in the University of Glascow , and afterwards beneficed at Dungannon , many miles distant from the City London-Derry : To which place retiring when the Protestants therein , and in those parts , were resolv'd to keep and defend it against Richard Earl of Tirconnel Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and the Forces under K. Jam. 2 , he became a Defendant therein , and at length Governour of it , which he managed with great prudence and valour . After the siege was raised and that part of the Country secured from the incursions of the said Forces , he went into England to pay his respects to K. Will. 3 , who receiving him graciously , was highly caress'd by the Courtiers , and afterwards by the Citizens of London ; at which time the common discourse was that Dr. Hopkins Bishop of London-Derry should be translated to Chichester , and Mr. Walker succeed him in Derry . He hath published A true account of the siege and famous defence made at London-Derry . Lond. 1689. qu. &c. ( 2 ) Vindication of the true account , &c. Ibid. 1689. qu. &c. Afterwards being about to return to Ireland to do further service therein for his Majesty , he obtained the Letters of the Chancellour of the University to have the degree of Doct. of Div. confer'd on him : so that taking Oxford in his way , in the company of Dr. Joseph Veasey Archb. of Tuam , he was created as before I have told you . Thence he went into Ireland , where having a command confer'd on him in the English Army , he received his deaths wound in the very beginning of July an . 1690 , at what time the said Army passed over the River of Boyne in the County of Lowth to fight the Forces belonging to K. James 2 , and soon after he expir'd , at or near Tredagh . An. Dom. 1690. An. 2. Will. 3. An. 2. Qu. Mary . Chanc. James Duke of Ormonde . Vicechanc. Dr. Edwards again , Oct. 6. Proct. Franc. Browne of Mert. Coll. Apr. 30. Franc. Bernard of S. Joh. Coll. Apr. 30. Bach. of Arts. July 10. Edward Wells of Ch. Ch. — He hath published Two Geographical Tables containing the principal Countries , Kingdoms , Provinces , Islands , &c. of the now known world , &c. one in English and another in Latine , and both printed at Oxon. 1690. Adm. 156. Bach. of Law. Four were admitted , but not one of them is yet a Writer , or person of note . Mast . of Arts. May 5. Joh. Meddens of Wadh. Coll. — He is author of Tabellae Dialectorum in Graecis Declinationibus &c. Lond. 1691. oct . &c. 8. James Harrington of Ch. Ch. — He is now a Barrister of the Inner Temple , and hath written and published several books . July 8. Will. Watson of S. Maries Hall — He was afterwards author of An amical call to repentance , and the practical belief of Gospel , as being the only way to have peace and content here , &c. Lond. 1691. 2. in tw . &c. Adm. 71. Bach. of Phys . Eight were admitted , but not one is yet a Writer . Bach. of Div. Seven were admitted , of whom Rob. Wynn of Jesus Coll , a Compounder , and Chancellour of the Diocese of S. Asaph , was one , June 26. ☞ Not one Doctor of Law was admitted this year . Doct. of Phys . June 28. Nich. Stanley of All 's . Coll. — He compounded and accumulated . July 10. Will. Boyse of C. C. Coll. — He accum . Doct. of Div. May 31. Tho. Dunster of Wadh. Coll. — He was elected Warden of his Coll , upon the promotion of Dr. Gilb. Ironside to the See of Bristow , on the 21 of Octob. 1689. June 21. Matthew Hutton of Brasn . Coll. Comp. July 8. Joh. Price of Ch. Ch. July 8. Franc. Morley of Ch. Ch. July 8. Thom. Burton of Ch. Ch. The two first of these three were Compounders and Accumulators . Incorporations . The Act being the sixth time put off , not one Cambr. Master was incorporated , only one , which was before the time of Act. Two also were incorporated from Dublin . Creations . May 22. George Royse of Oriel Coll , was actually created Doct. of Div. — On the first of Dec. 1691 he was elected Provost of his Coll. in the place of Dr. Rob. Say deceased . Dec. 11. Francis Lord North Baron of Guilford , a Nobleman of Trin. Coll , was , after he had been presented by the Dep. Orator , actually created Master of Arts , being then about to leave the University — His Father Sir Francis North , second Son of Dud●ey Lord North , was , from being L. Ch. Just . of the Common-pleas , advanced to the honorable office of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England , on the 20 of Dec. 1682 , and in Sept. 1683 he was , for his great and faithful services that he had rendred the Crown , created a Baron of this Kingdom by the name and stile of Baron of Guilford in Surrey . He died at Wroxton near Banbury in Oxfordshire on the 5 of Sept. 1685 , and was privately buried in a vault under part of the Church there , among the ancestors of his Wife named Frances the second daughter and coheir of Thomas Pope Earl of Downe in Ireland , uncle to Thomas the last Earl of Downe of the straight or linial descent of that family , who died at Oxon , in the year 1660 as I have told you in the 397 page of this book : But whereas 't is said there that he married the eldest daughter and coheir is an errour , for it was the second , the first named Beata having been married to Will. Some of Suffolk Esquire , and the youngest named Finetta , to Robert Hyde Esq . Son of Alexander sometimes Bishop of Salisbury . Sir George Makenzie of Rosehaugh ) ( de Valle Rosarum ) in the County of Rosse in Scotland having left that Country upon the change of the Government there , and violent proceedings of the K●rk party , an . 1689 , he retired to Oxon in the month of Sept. that year , became a Sojournour there for a time , a frequenter of the publick Library , and on the second day of June 1690 he was by the favour of the Ven. Congregation of Regents admitted a Student therein , where he continued all that Summer . — This most worthy and loyal Gentleman , Son of Simon Makenzie ( Brother to the Earl of Seaforth ) by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of a Gentleman of an antient and heroick Extraction named Dr. And. Bruce Rector of the University of S. Andrew , was born at Dundee in the County of Angus an . 1636 , and having an ardent desire from his Childhood for the obtaining of good Letters , he was , at about 10 years of age , ( at which time he had conquered his Grammar and the best classical authors ) sent to the University of Aberdene , where , and afterwards in that of S. Andrew , he ran through the Classes of Logick and Philosophy under the tuition of several eminent Masters before he was scarce 16 years of age . Afterwards applying his studies ; with great zeal , to the Civil Law , he travelled into France , and in the University of Bourges he continued in an eager pursuit of that faculty for about three years time . After his return to his native Country , he became an Advocate in the Courts at Edenburgh , being then scarce 20 years of age , and in 1661 he was made choice of to be an Advocate for pleading the causes of the Marquess of Argyle ; and afterwards became a Judge in the criminal Court , which office he performed with great faith , justice and integrity . In 1674 , or thereabouts , he was made the Kings Lord Advocate and one of his Privy Council ; and notwithstanding the great troubles and molestations that arose from the fanatical party , yet he continued in those places , and stood steady , faithful and just in the opinion of all good and loyal men till the beginning of the raign of K. James 7 , at which time , being averse in lending his assistance to the taking away of the penal laws , he was removed and Sir Joh. Dalrimple now Secretary of State in Scotland under K. Will. 3. was put into his place . Some time after his removal , he was restored and continued L. Advocate and Privy Counsellour till K. Will. 3. made a revolution in Scotland , and then he went into England , as I have before told you . He was a Gentleman well acquainted with the best authors , whether antient or modern , of indefatigable industry in his studies , great abilities and integrity in his profession , powerful at the Bar , just on the Bench , an able Statesman , a faithful Friend , a loyal Subject , a constant Advocate for the Clergy and Universities , of strict honour in all his actions and a zealous Defender of piety and religion in all places and companies . His conversation was pleasant and useful , severe against vice and loose principles without regard to quality or authority , a great lover of the Laws and Customs of his Country , a contemner of popularity and riches , frugal in his expences , abstemious in his diet , &c. His works , as to learning are these ( 1 ) Aretina , a Romance — printed in oct . ( 2 ) Religio Stoici . Edenb . 1663 &c. in oct . The running title at the top of the pages is The Virtuoso or Stoick . ( 3 ) Solitude prefer'd to publick employment , printed at Edenb . in oct . ( 4 ) Moral Gallantry , printed several times in oct . It is a discourse wherein the author endeavours to prove that point of honour ( abstracting from all other ties ) obliges men to be virtuous , and that there is nothing so mean ( or unworthy of a Gent. ) as vice . ( 5 ) A moral Paradox , maintaining that it is easier to be virtuous than vitious , printed with Moral Gall. ( 6 ) Pleadings in some remarkable cases before the supreme Courts of Scotland since 1661 , printed in qu. ( 7 ) Observations upon the 28 Act of the 23 Parl. of K. Jam. 6. against Dispositions made in defraud of Creditors . Printed at Edenburg in oct . ( 8 ) Of the laws and customs of Scotland in matters criminal . Edenb . 1678. qu. ( 9 ) Observations on the laws and customs of nations as to precedency , with the science of Heraldry , treated as a part of the Civil Law of Nations ; wherein reasons are given for its principles , and etymologies for its harder terms . Edenb . 1680. fol. ( 10 ) Idea eloquentiae forensis hodie●nae : una cum Actione forensi ex unaquaque juris parte . Ed. 1681. oct ▪ ( 11 ) Jus Regium : or , the just and solid foundations of Monarchy 〈◊〉 general ; and more especially of the Monarchy of Scotland : ma●●tained against Buchanan , Napthali , Dolman , Milton , &c. Lo●● 1684 &c. in oct . This book being dedicated and presented by 〈◊〉 author to the University of Oxon , the Members thereof assemb●● in Convocation 9 June 1684 , ordered a Letter of thanks to be 〈◊〉 to him for the said book and his worthy pains therein , &c. 〈◊〉 The discovery of the Fanatick plot . Printed 1684. fol ( 13 ) Ins●●tutions of the Laws of Scotland , printed in 1684. oct . ( 14 ) 〈◊〉 against Bayly of Jerviswood . ( 15 ) A defence of the antiquity of 〈◊〉 Royal line of Scotland . With a true account when the Scots were ●●verned by Kings in the Isle of Britaine . Lond. 1685 oct . Writte● 〈◊〉 answer to An historical account of Church government , &c. published by Dr. William Lloyd Bish . of S. Asaph . This Defence of Sir G. Makenzie was published in the latter end of June an . 1685 ; but before it was extant , it was animadverted upon by Dr. Edw. Stillingster ( who had before seen the Ms of it ) in his preface to his book 〈◊〉 Origines Britannicae , published in fol. at Lond. in the beginning 〈◊〉 June 1685. ( 16 ) The antiquity of the Royal Line of Scotland 〈◊〉 cleared and defended against the exceptions lately offer'd by Dr. Si●●lingfleet in his Vindication of the Bishop of S. Asaph . Lond. 16●● oct . ( 17 ) Observations upon Acts of Parliament . Edenb . 1686. 〈◊〉 ( 18 ) Oratio inauguralis habita Edenburgi id . Mar. 1689 de struct●●● Bibliothecae pure juridicae , & hinc de vario in jure scribendi 〈◊〉 Printed 1690 in oct . ( 19 ) Moral History of Frugality , with 〈◊〉 opposite vices , covetousness and prodigality , niggardliness and 〈◊〉 Lond. 1691. oct . Dedic . to the Univ. of Oxon. ( 20 ) 〈◊〉 humanae rationis , in oct , printed also in English at Lond. 1690 〈◊〉 ( 21 ) Vindication of the government of Scotland during the 〈◊〉 K. Ch. 2 , against the misrepresentations made in several 〈◊〉 Pamphlets . Lond. 1691. qu. ( 22 ) The method of proceeding 〈◊〉 Criminals , as also some of the fanatical Covenants , as they were 〈◊〉 and published by themselves in that ( K. Ch. 2. ) raign , printed 〈◊〉 the Vindication . ( 23 ) Answer to the Scotch Ministers : Being a Vindication of the proceedings against Argyle . Pr. at Edenb . ( 24 ) Defence of the proceedings of the Privy Council in Scotland . ( 25 ) Memorial about the Bishops to the Prince of Orange , &c. The said Sir George Makenzie hath also left behind him about 14 Mss of his composition , which in good time may see light . At length this good Gentleman dying much lamented by all the friends of the Church , Monarchy , learning and religion , in S. James's - street near S. James's House within the liberty of Westminster , on the eighth day of May , an . 1691 his body was thereupon conveyed by Land to Scotland , and being lodged for a time in the Abbey Church of Halyrood house at Edenburgh , was on the 26 of June following , buried in great state and pomp ( being attended by all the Council , Nobility , Colleges of Justice , University , Gentry and Clergy ; and so great a concourse of people that hath not yet been seen on such an occasion ) in a Vault , made some time before by himself , with a Cupulo of free-stone over it , in the yard of the Franciscan or Grey-fryers Church in the said City . At the same time was fastned to his Coffin a large inscription in Latin for him the said Sir George ; part of which runs thus — Patriae decus , religionis vindex , justitiae propugnator , juris Regii Assertor strenuus & indefessus . Collegii Juridici , sive Jurisprudentiam summam , sive eloquentiam eximimu , sive in instruenda Jurisconsultorum Bibliotheca curam , & locupletanda munificentiam , Spectes , ornamentum imprimis illustre . Comitatis exemplar , eruditorum Mecaenas eruditissimus , omnibus charus , si perduellium colluviem excipias . A quorum violentia , patriam patriaeque patrem , cum ore , tum calamo acerrimè vindicavit , virulentiam jure & justitia temperavit , ferociam rationis viribus retudit ac tantum non domuit . Monarchiae Genius tutelaris , fama , eloquio , morum integritate , factis & scriptis clarus , Ecclesiae , Regi , Reipublicae , Literis & amicis vixit , Maii die octavo an . 1691 in Dom. obiit desideratissimus . TABLE or INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME OF Athenae and Fasti Oxonienses . A. ACton Edw. 844. Adams Fitzherb . 593.897 . Rich. 491.775 . Adderley Thom. 847. Will. 377. Adee Nich. 824. Adelsheim Jo. Phil. 886. Addison Lanc. 784. Adolph . Joh. Co. Pal. of the Rhine 893.894 . Agas Dan. 151. Agriconius Sam. Mon. 869. Ahier Josh . 735. Ailmer Jo. 365. Airay Christop . 341. Akroid Ambr. 515. S. Alban Cha. Duke of 829. Albiis de Tho. 161.240.480.497 . Aldrich Hen. 457.869.889 . Aldworth Char. 898. Alfred King 228. Allam Andr. 594. Allason Edw. 743. Allein Jo. 858. Jos . 299.300 . Rich. 513.301 . Theodosia 301. Allen Franc. 745. Rich. 68. Tho. 871. Allestree Char. 878. Rich. 505. Aleyn Cha. 702. Allibond Joh. 723. Allington Lord 622. Allured Tho. 66. Alix Pet. 860. Allmagne Jam. 899. Alonso 487. Alsop Ben. 561.563.564.620 . Nath. 855. Altham Mich. 890. Rog. 891. Alvey Tho. 860. Ambrose Is . 225.226.152 . Amherst Arth. 825. Amidei Alex. 232. Amyraldus Mos . 550. Anderson Hen. 851. Andrew Geo. 657. Andrews Lanc. 215 . 216.5●5 . Nich. 730. Aneley Sam. 335.514.747 . Angell Joh. 118. Angier Joh. 226. Anglesey Arth. Earl of 597.401.542 . See Annesley . Annand Will. 632. Annesley Altham 856. Geor. 778. Rich. 856.903 . See Anglesey and Aneley . Anselme St. 316. Apsley Allen 830. Archer Sim. 693. Archytopographus 331. Arderne Jam. 439.631.864 . Argall Sam. 776. Arlington Hen. Earl of 831 Aristotle 254.479.496.497.569 . Armachanus Rad. 366. Armestead Tho. 898. Armourer Nich. 842. Arnway Jo. 84.377 . Arnold Andr. 889. Joh. 753.784 . Arran Rich. Earl of 879. Arris Tho. 776. Arrowsmith Joh. 371. Arthur Joh. 814. Ascham Ant. 268. Ash Sim. 376. Ashbournham Joh. 59.515 . Ashford Dan. 532. Ashmole Elias 492.853 . Ashton Tho. 781. Will. 215.824 . Ashurst Will. 81. Astley Herb. 814.851 . Aston Arth. 727. Jam. 736. Astrey Jam. 877. Astrop Well 651. Atherton Hen. 864. Atterbury Franc. 458.899 . Lew. 777.805 . Atfield Joh. 819. Atkins Jam. 685. Atkinson Edw. 735. Tho. 183. Atkyns Rich. 442.443 . Rob. 831. Atwood A. 847. Aubrey Joh. 439.483 . Audley Hugh 655. Aungier Franc. 879. Austen Joh. 34.488 . Ralph 780. Austin Sam. 232. Aylesbury Rob. E. of 832. Aylesbury Will. 138. Aylet Rob. 879. Aylmer Edw. 733. Joh. 734. B. BAber Jo. 735.774 . Bacon Franc. 134. Nath. 862. Nich. 173. Bagley Jo. 881. Bagshaw Edw. 211.359.360 . &c. 345.347.439 . Hen. 211. Bainbridge Jo. 17. Baker Aust . 387.388 . Aron . 868. Rich. 33. Tho , 867.878 . Balcanquall Walt. 309. Bale Jo. 135. Baldwin Joh. 718. Sam. 779. Tim· 62.778 . Ball Pet. 721. Bambridge Tho. 851. Bampfield Franc. 571. Bampton Jam. 873. Banger Jos . 776. Banke Rich. 859. Bankes Hen. 859. Joh. 683.710 . Barbon Joh. 623. Praisgod 439.469 . Barcham Jo. 9.10 . Bard Hen. 722. Bardsey Geo. 730. Bargrave Is . 288. Barker Mat. 377. Will. 822. Barksdale Clem. 613.614 . Fr. 752. Barkstead Jo. 758. Barlow Tho. 18.19.141.398.407.409.413.486.555.558.724.812 . Barnard Jo. 555.190.833.873 . Barne Mil. 834. Barnes Josh . 638. Baron Jam. 766. Barret Dav. 49. Joh. 563. Barrington Franc. 770. Barrow Hugh 888. Joh. 868. Is . 426.577.658.670.671.724.737.782.868 . Barten Mat. 765. Bartholin Tho. 882. Barton Sam. 888. Tho. 833. Will. 149. Barwick Joh. 577.732 . Basire Is . 739. Basset Will. 833. Bastwick Joh. 192.313.317 . Bate Geor. 303.305 . Hen. 725. Bateman . 506. Bates Will. 125.377.447.564 . Bathurst Christop . 807. Joh. 691. Ra. 616.713.784 . Tho. 819. Vil. 878. Battle Ra. 500. Battleley Jo. 621. Bauldrey Paul 873. Bayley Tho. 900. Baylie Jo. 830. Rich. 31.663.664.817.820 . Tho. 217.712 . Bayly Tho. 673. VVill. 666.716 . Baxter Rich. 62.80.226.300.301.331.360.361.377.383.385.402.406.409.410.411.426.427.433.440.453.497.534.555.563.564.579.584.585.587.618.664.901 . Beach Will. 897. Beale Will. 729. Beare Geo. 788. Beauclere Cha. 829. Beaufort Duke of 830. Beaulieu Luke 896. Beaumont Geo. 581. Beauvoir Gab. 779. Beaw VVill. 743.841.898 . Beck Cave 718. Becman Jo. Chr. 834. Bedford Jam. 752.794 . Bedwell VVill. 89. Beeby Jo. 825. Beech Andr. 805. Beecher VVill. 109. Beesley Hen. 396. Beeston Hen. 805. Bell VVill. 554.555 . Bellasyse Joh. 808. Tho. 769. Ben VVill. 506. Bendlowes Edw. 876. Benet Hen. 831. Tho. 634.902 . See Arlington . Bennet Chr. 117. Jo. 606. Phil. 897. Tho. 330.331.848 . Bennion Joh. 868. Benson Geo. 710.714.812 . Jo. Mich. 834. Sam. 859. Bent Tho. 888. Bentick or Benting VVill. 622.857 . Bentley Rich. 903. Berkley Cha. 808 830.831 . Geor. 852. Joh. 434. VVill. 434. Bernard Edw. 565.779.895 . Nich. 188.189.654.797 . Bery see Bury . Berry Rich. 793 . 79● . Bertheau Ren. 899. Bertie Alb. 902. Cha. 837. Phil 896. Vere 837. Best VVill. 334. Bevan Tho. 892. Beveridge VVill. 791.800.850 . Beverland Hadr. 862. Biddle Joh. 197.198 . &c. Bidgood Joh. 806. Bignall Rich. 188. Biggs Noah 736. Billingsley Joh. 751.752 . Nich. 779. Birch Joh. 464. Pet. 901. Sam. 789. Birchley VVill. 488. Birckbeck Sim. 128. Birkenhead Joh. 475.143.183.222.838 . Birkhead Hen. 90.725 . Bird Tho. 720. Birstall VVill. 879. Biscoe Joh. 474. Bispham Tho. 705. Blackbourne Tho. 483. Blackmore Jo. 760. Rich. 888. Blackwell Franc. 755. Sam. 512. Tho. 725. Blagrave Jo. 868.812 . Blaiklock Laur. 252. Blake Tho. 133. Blandford VValt . 677.812 . Blane or Blaney Al. 132. Blathwait VVill. 837. Blechynden Rich. 894. Blome Jo. 34. Blood its circulation 454. Blount Cha. 481.535 . Hen. 534.525 . Tho. Pope 535. Tho. 34. Blow Jo. 568. Bobart Jac. 787.852 . Bochart Sam. 550.582 . Bodington Joh. 785. Bodley Laur. 893. Bodvill Jo. 721. Bogan Zach. 151. Boherel Elias 900. Bohun Edm. 55. Ra. 897. Bold Hen. 565.834 . Tho. 209. VVill. 565. Bolnest Ed. 470. Bolton Sam. 376.822 . VVill. 859. Boncle Geo. 725. Jo. 780. Bond Nath. 784. Bonner Rich. 741. Bonwick Jo. 855. Booker Jo. 34.510 . Boord Geo. 541. Joh. 836. Rob. 895. Boraston Geo. 787. Boreman Rob. ●16 . Borlase Edm. 599.806 . Borough Jo. 719. Boston Paul 704. Bosvile Tho. 693. Boswell Tho. 693. Boteler Jam. 879. Pierce 879. Rich. ibid. See Arran , Galmoy , Ormonde and Ossory . Bourne Im. 374. Bowater Sam. 841. Bowden Steph. 811 Bowes Paul 111 Boughen Edw. 115 Boulton Edm. 10 Boyle Franc. 838. Rog. 228.417.838 . Rob. 838.854 Bradford Joh. 617 Bradshaw Jo. 82.445.466.470.520.521.564 . Rich. 289 Brady Rob. 639 Bragge Rob. 377 Bramball Jo. 115.677 Brandon Joh. 835 Branker Tho. 422 Brathwayte Rich. 378.467 Bravell Rich. 886 Brent Nath. 92. VVill. 92.168 Brereton Geo. 808 Brett Arth. 448 Brevall Fr. Dur. 791.872 Brevint Dan. 550.824 Brian VVill. 858 Brice .... 395 Bridall Tho. 786 Bridge VVill. 250.370.576 Bridges Br. 755. Noah 736. VVill. 169.250 Brideoake Ra. 58.205.680.681 Bridgman Cha. 824. Hen. 10.682.812 Briggs VVill. 855 Bright Geo. 860. VVill. 818. Brigstock Ow. 363 Bristoll Jo. 3 Bristow Jam. 835 Broderick or Broderwick Al. 294.819 Brograve Rob. 882. Brook Fulk 228.292 . Humph. 641.735.803 Brough VVill. 731 Brounker Hen. 739. Will. 612.709.738 Browne 384.760 . Edw. 841.844 . Rich. 95.202.238.281.376.430.550.755.760.761.825 . Tho. 383.384.515.790.890 . VVill. 787.836 Bruce And. 806.856.905 . Dav. 805. Geo. 852. Rob. 832 Bruen Sam. 741 Brunsell Hen. 804. Sam. 741.815 Brunswick Geo. Lew. Duke of 886 Bryan Math. 897 Bryen Hen. 792 Buckingham Geo. Duke of 293.543.544 Buckner Will. 812 Buckoake Edw. 733 Budaeus Steph. 788 Budgell Gilb. 863 Bull Geo. 4●6 . 898 Buller Fr. 760 Bulkley Lanc. 657. Rob. 893. Rich. 886 Bulteel Jo. 819 Bunbury Tho. 728 Burby Joh. 713 Burges Anth. 134. Corn. 235.236 . &c. 209.366 . Eliz. 812. Jo. 290. Burhill Rob. 4.5 Burnet Gilb. 189.424.489.625.635.686.721.754 Burrough Jer. 235.250.370 Burscough Rob. 890 Burt Will. 801 Burthogg Rich. 779 Burton Cassib . 36. Hen. 8.31.186.313.460 . Hez . 785. Joh. 895. VVill. 36.137.138.693 . Bury Arth. 840. Joh. 279.723 . B●●by Rich. 359.360.412.814 . Bushell Seth 588 Bushmell Walt. 273 Butler Cha. 51. Joh. 110.724 . Sam. 326 Button Ral. 771.772.743.748 Buxtorfius Jo. Jac. 842 Byam Hen. 306.307 Bye Jo. 857 Byfield Adon. 207.229.415 . Nich. 229. Rich 229. Sam. 415. Byrd VVill. 4.492 Byron Jo. 707. Nich. 709. Rich. 701. Tho. 709 Bysshe Edw. 483.50.51.100.389 . C. CAde Will. 888 Caldicot Dr. 749 Caernarvan Char. Earl of 745. Rob. 707 Caesar Aug. 811. Hen. 729. Calamy Edm. 76.235.377.385.522 C●●idonius Theod. 858 Campion Abr. 862 Can Jo. 469 Cane Jo. Vinc. 561 Canon Nath. 235 Capell Dan. 485. Edw. 837. Rich. 128.129 Care Hen. 471.599 Careles Tho. 751 Carleton Geo. 684. Guy 683.684 Carney Rich. 722 Carpender VVill. 778 Carpenter Hen. 826 Carr Alan 859. Rich. 860. Tho. 458. VVill. 567.833 Carswell Franc. 395.888 Carteret Phil. 439. Cartwright Chr. 352.406 . Tho. 629.685 . VVill. 18.143 . Cary or Carew 470 Cary Hen. 167.168 . Luc. 22. See Falkland . Rob. 625 Carwell Tho. 31 Caryl Jos . 375.376 . &c. 46.112.369 385.522.556 Cas●ubon Jam. 689. Is . 355. Mer. 353.354.31 Case Tho. 529.17.377 Castell Edm. 330.730 Castilion Joh. 815 Castle Edm. 730. Geo. 381.232 Castlemaine Rog. Earl of 846 Caswell Joh. 433.878 Cave Jo. 648.899 . VVill. 286.889 Cavendish Gilb. 474. VVill. 830. See Newcastle . Cawdrey Dan. 161.421 Cawley Jo. 775.841 Cawton Tho. 432.76 Chabraeus Ged . 752 Chadwell VVill. 709 Chalk Franc. 704 Chaloner Ja. 162. Tho. 295.494 . Chamberlayne Edtv. 862 Chambers Humph. 105. Rob. 112 Chapman Geo. 262. Hen. 751 Charles the first , King of Engl. 25.59.77.81.179.213.314.215.264.336.375.436.437.438.515.516.517.518.519.520 . 521. & c. 662.686.703.713.724.755.756.760.761.762.763 . His Prophecy 764 Ch. 2. King 77.478.479.522.582.668.691 . His nat . Issue 828.829 Charles Count Pal. of the Rhine 887 Charlet Fr. 710 Charlot the nat . dau . of K. Ch. 2.829 . Charlton Fr. 535. Walt. 586.880 Charnock Steph. 491.779 . Thom. 492 Charrol . Jo. Chrysost . 896 Chesterfield Phil. Earl of 853 Chetwind Joh. 290. Walt. 36 Cheynell Franc. 245.23.746 Childrey Josh . 339.812 Chillingworth VVill. 20. &c. 45.124.126.246.714 Cholmondeley Franc. 852. Hugh 622. Tho. 893 Christina Q of Swed . 400 Christmas VVill. 872 Christopher Jenk . 805 Church French at Lond. 550.551 Churchill Jo. 622. Winston 621 Churchman Theoph. 186 Clagett Nich. 220. VVill. 220.562 Clara Franc. 485.486 . &c. Clarendon Edw. Earl of 389.390.303.842 . Hen. 726.808 . See Hyde . Clark Joh. 782. Sam. 330.409.730.785 . VVill. 574.668 . Sim. 693 Clarkson Dav. 568 Claub●●gh Joh. 452 Clayton Rich. 840 Cleavland Joh. 144 Clegge Joh. 832 Clement VVill. 848.500 Clerk Hen. 779. Jo. 810.863 . VVill. 452 Cleypole Joh. 769 Clifford Abr. 858. Mart. 381. Tho. 542.543.772.773 Cloppenburch Joh. 198. Clutterbook Tho. 735. Cluver Deth . 859 Cobbet Ral. 762.763.764.765 . Cocceius Hen. 857 Codrington Rob. 243 Cock Ch. Geor. 425.452.453 Cockaine Ast . 705. Geor. 377. Tho. 377 Coffey and its use 657 Coke Rog. 439.645 Colchester Rich. 718 Cole VVill. 212.186.226.639.809 . Tho. 775. Coleman Edw. 566. Tho. 52.53 Coles Elish . 745. Gilb. 412 Colf Is . 115 Colledge Steph. 502 Collier Ab. 788. Gilb. 462. Jer. 55. Tho. 234 Collings Joh. 132.564.794 Collins Joh. 794.795 . Sam. 774.779.803 Colomesius P. 384 Colt VVill. Dutt . 887 Comber Tho. 684 Commonwealths men 439 Compton Hen. 535.841.866 . Jam. 707. See Northampton Con Geo. 114 Conant Jo. 785.891 . Malac. 836 Coniard Abr. 792 Coniers VVill. 781 Conold Rob. 126 Conopius Nath. 657.706 Constable George 805. Jos . 779 Conway Jo. 893 Cook Geo. 661. Ja. 419. Joh. 227.520.521.849 . Tho. 177 Cooling or Coling Rich. 837 Cooper Ant. Ash . 540.541.841 . See Shaftsbury Coppe Abiezer 367.450 Coppin Rich. 149 Copleston Jo. 402 Corbet Edw. 739.749 . Joh. 503.504 . Mil. 758. Rich. 170 Cordel Nich. 814 Cornish Hen. 771.212.511.747 Cornubia de Steph. 366 Cornwell Rich. 118 Coryate Tho. 232.348 Cosine Jo. 11.317 . Rich. 595 Cotterel Ch. 138.582.857 . Ch. Lod. 857 Cottington Fr. 178 Cotton Ch. 479. Edw. 815. Jo. 334 Covenant or Sol. League 369.539 Coventry Fr. 488. Hen. 543.810 . Will. 601 Coursing in Schooles 603 Couteur 550.551 . Clem. 808 Coward VVill. 899 Cowley Abr. 797.798.19.284.294.302.303.476 Cox Tho. 575 , 638.736.788 Coyette VVill. Jul. 844 Cradock . Fr. 439. Sam. 752. Tho. 835.863 . Zach. 506 Crandon Joh. 406 Crane Tho. 634.854 Cranford Jam. 133 Crashaw Rich. 688 Crawley Fr. 710 Creed VVill. 218 Creighton Rob. 692 Cressener Drue 860 Cressey Hugh 385.386.486 Crew Jo. 761. Nath. 593.623.786 Crisp Tob. 12.13 Crispin Tho. 281 Croft Herb. 714. Joh. 739. VVill. 302.739.808 Crofton Zach. 208.209 Croke Ch. 755. Geo. 777. Rich. 119. Rob. 728. Sam. 404. Vnt . 119.755 Crompton Will. 751 Cromwell Hen. 336.358.769.797 . Rich. 769.797.804 . Oliv. 78.82.201.208.303.354.376.442.468.476.494.521.541.654.728.760.761.767.768.769.772 . Wingf . 709 Cronyng Laur. 894 Croon Hen. 439 Cross Fr. 786. Josh . 302.743.770 . Lat. 745. Rob. 569 Crossing Hugh 217 Crossman Sam. 549.843 Crosthwait Tho. 840.895 Crowe Will. 233.532 Crowther Jos . 580.812.835 Croyden Geo. 825 , Tho. 779 Cudworth Joh. 895 Culpeper Nich. 305. Tho. 175.455.718 . Nich. 305 Cumberland Rich. 796.894 Culverwell Rich. 531 Currer VVill. 736 Curwyn Pet. 126 Cycle Carol. 824 D. DAcre Tho. Lord 846 Daille Joh. 22 Dale Joh. 588 Dana Ob. 877 Danby Tho. E. of 830 Danson Tho. 244.245.561.750.780 Darby Ch. 53 Darrel or Dayrel Walt. 580.814.822 Darton Nich. 68 Dassovius Theod. 880 Davenant Cha. 884. Edw. 840. Rob. 813. VVill. 884 D'avenant VVill. 292 &c. 263.264 Davenport Chr. 485. &c. Edw. 797. Joh. 333.334 Davies Franc. 676. Nich. 691 Davis Edw. 188. Hugh 793. VVill. 823 Davison Tho. 828 Davy Jo. 247 Davys Rob. 362 Dawes Lanc. 98 Dawson Jo. 3.4 . Rob. 666 Day Joh. 488. Rich. 186. Tho. 349 Deane Hen. 836. Tho. 870 Deatsch Fred. 891 Dee Franc. 79 Deffray Jo. 903 Delamaine Rich. 525 De Langle Sam. 891 Dell VVill. 377.522.739 Denham Joh. 301.302.303.274.293.294 Denne Hen. 579 Denton Hen. 802 Derham Sam. 635 Desborough Jo. 769 D'ewes Sim. 109.110 Dickinson Edm. 151.741 Digby Ess . 287.880 . Ever . 241. Franc. 877. Geor. 428.429 . Joh. 93.94.95.241 . Ken. 238.239 , &c. 430.535 . Rob. 875. Sim. 686.875.880.887 . VVill. 887 Digges Dudl . 16 143 Diggle Edm. 821 Dillon Cary 893. Went. ibid. Dingley Rob. 155 Dixon Rob. 782 Dobell Barn. 803 Dobson Joh. 507 Dod Jo. 804. Tho. 371 Dodsworth Rog. 694.696.699 Dodwell Hen. 901.407.558.811 Dolben Joh. 684.600.505.825 . Will. 837. Dolgarno Geor. 372 Dolling Hen. 833 Dominick Andr. 823 Domville Sil. 464 Dona Will. Alb. Count of 857 Dopping Ant. 631 Dorchester Marq. of . See Pierpont Dorislaus Is . 228 Dormer Cha. 837. Pet. 747. Rob. 707. Dorr Abr. 887. Dorvilius Jac. 70 Douch Joh. 716 Dove Hen. 824.850 Dover Hen. Lord 808 Dover Rob. 614 Doughtie Jo. 373 Douglas Geor. 482 Dow Chr. 8 Dowdeswell Will. 709 Dowell Jo. 800 Downe Hen. 742. Joh. 66. Downes Joh. 47.819 . Theoph. 882 Downyng Cal. 26.235 . Geor. 27.758.759 Drake Rich. 76.859 . Rog. 74.76 . Draper Tho. 812 Drew Edw. 855 Drope Edw. 821. Franc. 357.807 Dryden Cha. 893. Joh. 295.544.884.893 Drysdale Hu. 891 Ducke Arth. 67 Dugdale Jam. 728. Jo , 820. VVill. 693.694.110.516.517 Dugres Gab. 46 Dukeson Rich. 731 Du Moulin , see Moulin Dunn Pat. 879 Duncomb Joh. 513.542 . Tho. 860. Du Perron , see Perron Duport Ja. 840 Duppa Br. 176.177.661 Durell Jo. 550.551 . &c. 754 Durham Jam. 564. Will. 580.748.766.849 Duns Jo. Scot. 366 Dunster Tho. 904 Durell Joh. 853 Durston Will. 810 Dury Gil. 468 Dutton Hen. 297. Jo. 709 Dyer Alex. 736 Dyke Dan. 643 : Dynham Edw. 688 E. EArl Joh. 251.23.582.583 . 600.667 Eaton Byr. 813. Joh. 5.6 . Nath. 232. Sam. 231 Edgar K. and his grant 465 Edgley Geor. 723 Edisbury Joh. 862 Edmondson Hen. 150 Edwards Jonath . 706.898 . Tho. 192.723 Eedes Hen. 775. Joh. 291 Egan Anth. 867 Egborough 60 Egerton Joh. 893 Eland Geor. 665 Elcocke Ant. 816.864 Elderfield Chr. 92.93 Eliot Joh. 892. Pet. 728.779 Elliot Joh. 834.844 Ellis Clem. 99. Jo. 248.249.366 . 818. Phil. 249. The. 248. VVill. 856 Ellison Nath. 881 Elizabeth Princes 524 Elmer Edw. 733 Elsynge Hen. 105 Elys Edm. 786 Emilie Edw. 736 Enderbie Per. 248 Ent Geor. 19 Erbury VVill. 103.104.739 . Dorc. 105 Ernle Sir Joh. 808 Erscott Tho. 879 Erskyne VVill. 382 Etkins Jam. 685 Evans Rich. 718 Eve Hen. 823.881 Ewre Samp. 711 Exton Joh. 809 Eyre Sam. 649.900 . Will. 331.332.406.587 Eyton Samp. 780 F. FAbricius Secb . 870 Fairclough Dan. 37.61.257 . Joh. 257. Rich. 258.301.404.556 Fairfax Ferd. 766. Hen. 885. N. 616. Tho. 766.767.70.81.526 . 576.699.762.769.880 Falkland Anth. Lord 893. Hen. 204. Luc. 22.159.203.386.387 Fanshaw Rich. 726. The. 694.726 Farabosco Alph. 725 Farewell Jam. 825 Faringdon Ant. 144 Farrington Joh. 202 in marg . Farmer Ant. 617. Will. 844 Farnabie Tho. 53.54.865 Fauconberg Tho. Lord 622.769 Feake Chr. 442 Featley see Fairclough Feild Rob. 448.864 . Theoph. 659 Fell Joh. 602.603 . &c. 141.159.330.331.402.403.414.481.505.570.685 . Phil. 807. Sam. 63.740 Felton Nich. 653 Fen Jam. 839 Ferber Jo. Bern. 887 Ferguson Rob. 545.546.560.618 Ferne Hen. 717.729 Ferr and Jam. 99 Fessius Laur. 833 Fidoe Jo. 803 Fielding Rob. 782 Fiennes Joh. 329. Nath. 327.78.409.576 . Will. 178.179.429.542 Filmer Rob. 532 Finch Cha. 900. Dan. 540. Fr. 740. Heneage 538.540.837.893 . Joh. 740. Leop. Will. 888.896 Finmore Will. 751 Fisher Edw. 132. Joh. 8.20.38.61 . Pain 155.268.471.732 . Sam. 243.244.288 Fitton 239 Fitzcharles Cha. 829 Fitzgerald Jo. 892. Rob. 879. Will. 686 Fitzharding Cha. Visc . 773 Fitzpatrick Jo. 880 Fitzroy Cha. 829.882 . Geo. 829. Hen. 829. Jam. 828 Fitzsimon Hen. 24 Fitzwilliams Joh. 878 Flatman Tho. 626.232.284.706.842 Fleman Andr. 894 Fleetwood Cha. 542.769 . Geor. 789. Jam. 713.714 . Joh. 824. Will. 489 Fletcher Tho. 718.902 Floyer Joh. 885 Floyd Joh. 114.154 Flower Joh. 746 Fludd Lev. 819 Foley Jo. 899 Ford Edw. 340. Sim. 450.744.766.836 Forneretus And. Fred. 862 Forster Rich. 863 Rob. 710. Will. 96 Foster Sam. 96 Fou'is Hen. 329.616 Fountaine Joh. 80.425 Fowler Chr. 449.450 . Edw. 780.790.888 . Hen. 881. Mat. 715 Fox Geo. 156 , 290.560.634 . Rich. 625. Steph. 808 Frampton Rob. 593.681.682 Frankland Tho. 648 Franklin Jo. 836. Rich. 811 Fredericus Chr. 869 Freezer Aug. 882 French Joh. 136.743.747 . Pet. 770.774.783 . Will. 136 Frewen Accept . 663.664 . Joh. 664 Fry Joh. 246.247 Fryer Tho. 896 Fulham Edw. 395.812 Fuller Fra. 828. Sam. 828. Tho. 38.189.192.226.295.729 . Will. 45.676.729 Fulman Will. 624.163.353 Fulwood Franc. 196. Jam. 891. G. GAdbury Jo. 511 Gale Theoph. 451.750 . Tho. 850 Galmoy Visc . of 879 Gataker Tho. 192 Garamon Han. 26. Garbrand Jo. 843. Tob. 747. Gardiner Rich. 349 Garenciers Theoph. 791 Gascoigne Bern. 740. Rich. 694. Tho. 366.567 Gauden Jo. 207.208 . &c. 10.662 Gawen Tho. 572 Gayton Edm. 271 Geddes Mich. 860 Gee Edw. 163.152.892 Gell Joh. 186.187 . Rob. 187 Gelsthorp Edw. 828 Gentilis Rob. 116 George Pr. of Den. 623 Georgirines Jos . 802 Geree Jo. 64. Steph. 132 S. Germaine 872 Gery Jo. 691 Getsius Jo. Dan. 416 Ghibbesius Jac. Alb see Gibbes Gibbes Cha. 513. Jac. Alb. 858.865 Gibbons Chr. 833. Rich. 776 Gibbs Rich. 35 Gibson Edm. 726 Giffard Fra. 807 Gifford Bonav . 621.900 . Mat. 30. Pet. 34. Tho. 691 Gill Alex. 12 Gilbert Jo. 884. Tho. 512.747.783 Gillespie G●o . 52.53 Gisbie Geo 737 Glanvi . ●●anc . 721. Joh. 720.721 . Jos . 4 Ri. & 419.569.570 . Will. 722 Glemham Hen. 670.733 . Tho. 733 Glen Geo. 825 Glendall Jo. 596 Glisson Franc. 304 Glocester Duke of 524 Glover Hen. 835.836 Glynn Chr. 466 Glynne Jo. 269. Will. 270 789 Goad Jo. 638 Goddard Jonath . 392.776 Godden Tho. 553 Godolphin Hen. 897. Joh. 452. Syd . 808.830 . Will. 832 Godwin Fr. 318. Morg. 692.833 . Tho. 13 Goff or Gough Jo. 171. Steph. 340.573.798 . Will. 171.759 . See Gough Goldsmith Fr. 119 Good Jo. 817. Tho. 453.250 Goodman Godf. 66. Joh. 620. Goodwin Joh. 65.85.168.219.288.334.469.538 . Tho. 783.370.556.564 Gore Tho. 573.406 Gorges Lord 679. Rob. 746. Tho. 713.814.822 Goring Geo. 428 Gornia Jo. Bap. 850 Gove Rich. 301 Goughe Jo. 171. Tho. 554. Will. 537.759 . See Goffe Gould Will. 606.839 Goulson Jos . 723. Will 682.684 . Gower Humph. 579 Grafton Hen. Duke of 829 Graham Jam. 893. Rich. 841. Will. 898 Grand Ant. 620 Grandison Will. Lord 829 Graunt Jo. 612 Grayle Jo. 105.176 Greatrakes Val. 416 Greaves Edw. 500. Joh. 87.88.17.627 . Nich. 500. Rich. 760.761 . Tho. 408.430 . Greenfield Tho. 687 Greenvill Bern. 851. Den. 808.858 . Joh. 661.830 Greenwood Dan. 596.770.772.775 Greisley Hen. 460 Gregory Abr. 823. Dav. 895. Fran. 822.823 . Joh. 50.143.823.862 Grevil Fulk 519 Grew Obad. 636. Neh. 636 Grey Nich. 163.164 . Will. Lord 516. Tho. 521.846 Griffin Joh. 200 Griffith 572.489 . Alex. 116. Evan 427. Geor. 270.346.667.690 . Mat. 249. Rich. 792.805 . Will. 143 Grobie Tho. Lord 521.846 Gronovius Jac. 859 Gross Alex. 103 Grosvenour Ed. 759. Hugh 893 Grove Rob. 998.801 Guidott Tho. 802 Guilford Lord 904 Guillim Jos . 849 Guise Will. 564 Gumbleton Joh. 135 Gunning Pet. 577.199.683 Gunter Edm. 129. Joh. 751 Gurgany Joh. 50.815 Guy Hen. 830 H. HAak Theod. 642 Hackenberg Paul 886 Hacker Fr. 520.522.523.525.526 Hacket Andr. 666. Joh. 664.665.237.685 . Tho. 814 Hakewill Geor. 65.66.185.186 . Will. 65 Hale Mat. 424.75.618 Haleke Gust . Geo. 886 Hales Jo. 123.124 . &c. 22.145.284.625.828 Haley Will. 884 Hall Edm. 609. Geor. 297.670 . Hen. 663. Joh. 419.790.801.850.876 . Jos . 585.753 . Nich. 892. Rob. 186.723.815 . Tim. 685.686 Halley Edm. 882 Hallifax Will. 899 Halsius Edw. 855 Halton Tim. 812.869 . Will. 873 Halyfax Geo. Earl of 544.546.599 Hallywell Hen. 787 Hamden Jo. 178.770 Hamilton Gust . 880. Hen. 830. Jam. 71. Will. 366.744 Hammat Jo. 880 Hammond Hen. 158.159.337.386.525.560.605.624.772 . Joh. 885. Rob. 162.762 . Tho. 162.762 Hanks Hen. 722 Hanmer Franc. 119 Hanmore Tho. 707 Hannover Prince of 886 Hanson Fred. Ad. 886 Harcourt Phil. 609.771 . Vere 894 Hardcastle J. 347 Harder Fred. 894 Hardy Nath. 336.337 . Sam. 802 Harding 749 Harford Jo. 863 Harlow Pedael 194 Harley Rob. 435 Harmar Jo. 347 Harrison Jo. 835. Ra. 874. Rob ▪ 787.889 . Tho. 438.518.521.523.756.765 . Will. 843 Harrington Ja. 436.437.141.189.458.904 . Jo. 336 Hart Jo. 85 Hart Prior of Langthony 381 Hartlib Sam. 370 Hartman Ad. Sam. 886. Geor. 240. Paul 801 Harvey Christ . 175. Fr. 119. Will. 691 Harwood Rich. 813 Haslewood Jo. 897 Hastings Hen. 707 Hatton Cha. 701. Chr. 694.695.708.893 . Hausted Pet. 713 Hawkins Jo. 171.623 . Tho. 170.171 . Will. 804.874 Hawles Ant. 339.812 Hawley Fr. 704 Hayes Tho. 858 Hayne Tho. 42 Haywood Jo. 218. Will. 218.739 Healey Will. 884 Heath Ja. 226. Rob. 710 Heaver Jo. 830 Hedges Ch. 871 Heighmore Nath. 590 Hele Tho. 709 Helm Joh. 614 Hemmings Will. 73 Henchman Humph. 162.668.679.723 . Rob. 807. Tho. 219.859 . Herald Lew. 858 Henderson Alex. 380 Henrietta Maria Qu. of Engl. 311 Henshaw Jos . 473 . 6●1 Tho. 287 Herbert Lord , of Ragl. 889 Herbert Edw. 62.63.19.20 831.847 . Hen. 62.524 . Tho. 514.515.162.436.437.438.519.520.521.522.523 . &c. 525. &c. 763.767 . See Pembroke Herlakinden Will. 777 Herle Cha. 151.152 Herring Franc. 86 Hertford Will. Marq. of 522.527.716.804 Hesenthalerus Magn. 570 Hewit Joh. 723 Hewson Joh. 758 Heydon Joh. 710 Heylyn Pet. 181.182.183 . &c. 8.170.311.428.476 . Rich. 824 Heyrick Rich. 281.77 Heywood Joh. 840 Hickman Cha. 859. Franc. 899. Hen. 189.345.552.553.561 Hicks Edw. 751.814 . Gasp . 431. Geor. 548.599.871.883.884 . Joh. 228. Will. 157 Higford Will. 132.133 Higham Jo. 368 Higgons Theoph. 154 Higgs Griff. 152.153.635 Hill Will. 290.291 Hillersden Jo. 691 Hilton Walt. 459 Hinde Tho. 887 Hine Rich. 407 Hinkley Jo. 585 Hinton Edw. 771.835 . Joh. 843. Laur. 716 Hitch Hen. 885 Hoard Sam. 141.142 Hobbes Tho. 477.478 . &c. 293.294.373.497 . Hoby Edw. 154.155 Hockin Tho. 802 Hodges Ant. 738. Nath. 775.793.862 . Tho. 714.824 . Will. 823 Hody Humph. 51.99 Hoffman Ben. 863 Holbourne Rob. 711 Holbroke Hen. 100. Holden Sam. 361.802 Holder Will. 815 Holdesworth Rich. 45 Holding Sam. 361.802 Hole Math. 868 Holland Rich. 433.883 Hollingworth Rich. 508 Hollis Denz . 542. Gerv. 702 Holloway Rich. 692 Holme Rand. 699 Holmes Nath. 460.461 . &c. Holyday Bart. 169.170.708 Holyoke or Holyoake Ch. 398. Fr. 97. Tho. 398 Holtzfus Barthold . 896 Honywood Tho. 776 Hood Paul 804 Hook Rob. 831. Will. 334. Hooker Rich. 179.209.210.215.252.525 Hoole Ch. 272.273 Hooper Geo. 402.804.842.844.878 Hopkins Ezec. 647.686 . Georg. 255 Horne Th. 106.107 Horneck Ant. 499.830 Horsman Nich. 55 Horton Tho. 779 Hoskyns Joh. 439 Hotchkis Tho. 512.562.563 Hough Jo. 617.779.898.899 Howard Cha. 758. Jam. 830. Tho. 846. See Norfolk How Joh. 281.505.564.750 . Jos . 737. Obad. 538. Will. 127.538 Howell Franc. 627.745 . Geor. 839. Jam. 265. &c. 96. Joh. 884. Tho. 656. Will. 863.874 Howerth Theoph. 850 Howson Joh. 191 Hoyle Josh . 113. Nath. 753 Huard Abr. 748 Huband Jo. 844 Hubberthorne Rich. 534 Hudibras 326.476 Hudson Joh. 895. Mich. 59.60 Hungerford Walt. 723 Hughes Geo. 280. Joh. 895 Huish Alex. 296.730 Hulett Joh. 223 Hulsius Ant. 845 Humphrey Jo. 495.558.562 Humphreys 760 Humphreys Hump. 847.890 Hunks Herc. 520.521 Hunt Franc. 488. Tho. 547.548 Huntingdon Rob. 76.686.793.892 Hunton Phil. 532 Hurst Castle 764 Hurst Hen. 639 Hutchins Geor. 650 Hutton Cha. 874.877.878 Hyde Alex. 668. Edw. 389.190.194.212.303.391.423.557.669.715.804.819 . Exed . 669. Hen. 668.669.808 . Jam. 669.735 . Laur. 668.808.838 . Rich. 813.826 . Rob. 668. Tho. 259.669.723.804.423 . See Clarendon and Rochester . Hyfield Joh. 641 I. JAckson Arth. 75.77 . Hen. 194.195 . Rich. 736. Sam. 861. Tho. 680. Will. 821 Jackson alias Keurden Ric. 736.832 Jacob Hen. 89.90.19 . Will. 91.811 Jacobeus Joh 868 Jacomb Sam. 607. Tho. 606.377.564 James Abr. 512. Hen. 683. Joh. 903. Tho. 840.860 . Walt. 791. Will. 217 James 2. King. 686.900.892 Jane VVill. 833.883 Janeway Jam. 385.377 . Joh. 385 Jay Geor. 813 Jeamson Tho. 846 Jeanes Hen. 195. Tho. 774.779.803 Jeffryes Edm. 858. Geor. 847. Jam. 892. Jekyll Tho. 842 Jellinger Chr. 129 Jemmat Sam. 817. VVill. 449 Jenkin Hen. 862 Jenkins Rich. 496.514 . Will. 74.76.77.222.377.552 . Jenks Hen. 851 Jenkyns Dav. 220.221 . &c. Joh. 725.876 . Leol . 809. Jermin Hen. 150 Jeruvorthus Sam. 73 Jessey Hen. 377 Jessop Constant 175 Ince Pet. 207 Inett Joh. 848 Ingelo Nath 570.844.848 Ingoldesbie Rich. 757.758 St. Johns Coll. its Christmas Prince 153 Johnson Benj. 239.826 . Cath. 206 in marg . Joh. 492.752.773 . Rich. 112. Sam. 548. Tho. 226.722 . VVill. 797 Johnston Nath. 687 Jolliff Geor. 100 Jones Dav. 896. Jenk . 345. Inig . 294. Joh. 606.769.878 . Lew. 656. Rich. 96. Rob. 173. Tho. 532.533 . VValt . 814.815 Joyce Geor. 760.761 . Joyner Joh. 519. Rob. 19.706 . VVill. 717 Ireland Tho. 793 Ireton Hen. 81.767.769 Ironside Gilb. 357.675.685.795.812.840 Ives Jer. 201 Junius Franc. 875. Pat. 387 Justell Hen. 871 Juxon VVill. 662.520.521.522.523.524 . &c. 659 K. KAye Steph. 885. VVill. 100 Keble Jos . 784 Keck Anth. 640 Keeling Joh. 425 Kellam Geor. 746 Kelsey Tho. 745 Keme or Kem Sam. 341.342 Kendall Geor. 219.233 . Nich. 882 Ken Tho. 800.817 Kennerslie Clem. 519 Kennet Bas . 289 Kerry Tho. 812 Kersye Joh. 130 Kettle Ralph 735 Kettlewell Jo. 867.868 Keurden Rich. 736.832 Keyns Joh. 561 Kidder Rich. 800 Kildare Jo. E. of 892 Killigrew VVill. 708 Killingtree VVill. 718 Kimberley Jon. 863 Kinaston Franc. 11 King Benj. 641. Dan. 163. Hen. 308.309.177.670.755 . Joh. 309.742 . Phil. 309.603.734 Rob. 755. The. 728. VVill. 686 Kingstone E. of , see Pierpont . Kirton Edw. 704. Joh. 171 L. LAcey Joh. 380. VVill. 379.22 Ladyman Sam. 751 Lake Joh. 682.684.640 Lakenby Joh. 716 Lamb Jam. 228.229 . Jo. 717 Lambermont Lod. 788 Lambert Jo. 81.757.758 . Tho. 840 Lamphire Jo. 19.373.811 Lamplugh Tho. 338.600.815.825.684 Lancaster Pet. 898. Rob. 5 Lane Ed. 754. Jam. 853. Jos . 778. Rich. 720. Tho. 881 Laney Ben. 337.579.676 Langbaine Ger. 140.67.91.112.884 Laniere Nich. 724.725 Langford Joh. 802 Langius Zur . 782 Langley Hen. 511.747 770.771 . Joh. 135 Lantman Thad . 871 Latch Joh. 119 Latham Paul 793.820 Laud VVill. Archb. 30. &c. 11.28.109.124.183.185.211.224.311.312.326.384.399.486.487.525.603.604.655.656.657.662.672.687 Lauder Rich 855 Lauderdale Joh. Duke of 389 Lauderdale Rich Earl of 855 Laurence Geor. 75. Tho. 136.169.737.845 Lawes Hen. 19.25.36.95.476.741 . VVill. 25 Lawson Geor. 406 Lee Franc. 898. Joh. 812. Nath. 841. Sam. 745.774 Legg Geor. 622. VVill. 515.733 Leigh Edw. 351. Hen. 352. Rich. 847. Tho. 698.818.841 Leighton Hen. 702. VVill. 733 Leightonhouse VValt . 879.882 Le Neve VVill. 707 Lennard Samps . 267 Lenos Ch. 829 Lenthall Joh. 206. VVill. 203.204 . &c. 680 Leo VVill. 46 Lesley Cha. 673. Hen. 286. Joh. 673.674 Lestrange Ham. 188. Rog. 249.267.361.447.468.535.546.548.585 L●vett VVill. 843.884.885 Levingslon Jam. 515.819 Levinz Bapt. 686.823.828.873.892 . Rob. 711. VVill. 663.751.816.823.840 Llewellin Mart. 528 Lewgar Joh. 241.242 Lewis Edm. 782 Lewknore Chr. 707 Lexinton Rob. Lord 893 Ley Jo. 190.191 . &c. VVill. 744 Leycester Pet. 463.635 Lichfield Cath. Ch. 666 Lightfoot Joh. 860 Lilbourne Joh. 100.101 . Rob. 102 Lilly VVill. 509.510.511.693 Linch Aylm . 706 Lindesay Tho. 881 Lindsell Aug. 183.486 Lindsey Mount. Earl of 522.525.527.764 Lineall Jo. 270 Linford Tho. 875 Linguard Rich. 853 Lisle Al. 228. Geor. 733.227.228 Lister Mart. 894 Littleton Ad. 108.359.744 . Edward 43 Lock Joh. 786. Mat. 833 Lockey Tho. 814 Lockyer Nich. 589.556.786 Loftus Dud. 730 Logan Joh. 837 Loe VVill. 45 Long Barn. 895. Thom. 126.548 Longford Fr. E. of 879 Longland Tho. 834 Longman Ja. 840 Lords Prayer despised 557 Lorkin 342 Love Chr. 73.74 . &c. 530. Rich. 729 Lovelace Dud. 146.147 . Joh. 677.819 . Rich. 146.147 Lovel A. 304. Rob. 77● Low Edw. 844 Lowde Jo. 851 Lowen Jo. 809 Lower Rich. 651.403.454 . Tho. 704 VVill. 15 Lowick Tho. 185 Lowth Sim. 815 Lowthorpe Joh. 892 Lloyd 725 Lloyd Dav. 418.710.789 . Franc. 685.868 . Hug. 92.669.767 . Jenk . 822. Joh. 685.802.812.816.861 . Nich. 501.349 . Rich. 685.686.793.825 . VVill. 670.676.822.844.864.894 Lucas Ch. 733 Lucy 534 Lucy Kingsm . 879. Rich. 780. Spencer 722.835 . VVill. 443 Ludlow Edm. 82.760 Luffe Jo. 863 Lufton Jo. 709 Lumley Lord 622 Lushington Tho. 171.172 Luzancy Hip. 871 Lydall Joh. 741 Lydyat Tho. 46 Lye Tho. 575.377 Lyford VVill. 96 M. MAbbe Jam. 14 Macklier Dav. 869 Maden Rich. 744 Maisterston Hen. 782 Maistre N. 114 Mattland Joh. D. of Lauderd . 389 Makensie Geor. 905.906 Malden Dan. 752 Mallet Mich. 439 Malone VVill. 113 Man whole duty of 605 Manaton Ambr. 721 Manchester Ed. E. of 836.476.542.827 Mander Rog. 901 Mannyngham Tho. 863 Mansel Rich. 737 Manton Tho. 446. &c. 112.139.786 Manwaring Hen. 712. Reg. 658.659 . Tho. 635.463.710 Mapletoft Jo. 851 March Joh. 817 Marescq Rich. 872 Maresius Sam. 198.199.201 Margetson Jam. 657. Tho. 795 Maria Hen. Queen 311 Marinel Phil. 805 Marmion Shak. 9 Marryot Tho. 439 Marsden Tho. 817 Marsh Narc . 689.793 . Rich. 821 Marshall Geo. 747. Hen. 737. Steph. 235.269.375 : 376.410.715 . Tho. 592.593.875.876 . VVill. 736 Marsham Joh. 593.594 . Rob. ibid. Marten Hen. 4.493.494 . &c. 173.212.271 Martin Tho. 280 Marvell Andr. 126.619.838 Massey Joh. 870.889 Mason Cha. 713.714 . Hen. 56 Massonet Pet. 738 Master Joh. 862. Sam. 839. Tho. 19. VVill. 581 Mather Cot. 306. Eleaz. ibid. Incr. 306.385 . Nath. 306. Rich. 305. Sam. 357 Mathew Tob. 120 Mathews Joac . 777. Sim. 189 Maton Rob. 123 Maule Pat. 436.515 Maurice Hen. 843.878 Maxwell Jo. 504.515 . Jam. 436 Maynard Joh. 335.641.651 . Jos . 827. Will. 773 Mayne Jas● . 372.127.128 . Zach. 784 Mayow Jo. 474.475 . Rich. 353 Meara Ed● . 403 Mead Rob ▪ 95 Meade Ma. 377 Meare Jo. 812.895 Meddens ●o . 904 Mede Geo. 779 Meggot R●ch . 668 Mellevil ●nd . 887 Meredith Jo. 713 Merick W●ll . 809 Meriton Jo. 796 Merriot Tho. 195 Mennes J. 350.193.474 . Mat. 351. Tho. ibid. Merryma● Capt. 763 Merton ●oll . it s Christmas Lord 153 Mervin ●ich . 822 Merywea●er Jo. 535 Mesnard ●o . 903 Metcalf ●dr . 733 Metford Jam. 807. Joh. 821 Mews P● . 338.660.809.675.865 Michell ●av . 819.822 Micklethiait Jo. 745 Middleto Cha. E. of 808.830 . Jo. 83 Middleto Jo. 117 Mildmay Ant. 519.527.763 . Hen. 521 Mill Jo. 895.888 Millingm Tho. 803 Mills Jo 746.747 Milton J● . 249.441.582 Milwar● Jo. 746. Rich. 111 Mody or Moody Hen. 710. Liv. 889 Moine Seph . 875 Molins ●ill . 738 Mompes● Tho. 498 Monke ●●ch . 660.661.811 Monmou● Jam. Duke of 828 Monro Ax. 633 Monson J. 708. Will. 521 Monsson ●m . 869 Montagu● Cha. 837. Edw. 836. Hen. 8● . Joh. 554. Rob. 837. Walt. 86.837 . See Mountague , see Ma●●hester . Montgome Godf. Earl of 825 Moore Gar 880. Joh. 864 Moray He. 515. R. 503. See Murrey Mordant C● 622 More Geo. 299. Hen. 253 . 254.425.42● 498.499.500.577 Morehouse ●mb . 455 Moreton Jo Card. 367. Will. 880 Morgan Dr 533 Morgan An 743. Mat. 859. Will. 264 Morice VVi 422. &c. Morison Rol 851.852 Morley Cha● 77. Franc. 581. Geor. 581.582 &c. 535.602.683 Morrys Sam ●55 Moryson Fr●c . 434 Morsteyn F●st . 792 Morstin Mi● . 897 Morton Jo. 88. Rich. 858. Tho. 668 Morwent Ch 568 Mosson Rob. 53.448.667 Moulin Lew 753.552.553.554 . Pet. 791 Mountague ha . 890. Ra. 622. Rich. 39.59 . Sidn . 304. See Montague Muddiman ●n . 468.469 Mulcaster R● . 108 Mulgrave J● E. of 893 Mundy Fra ●16 . Hen. 532 Murcot Jo. 112 Murrey Ro● 253.255 . Tho. 65. See Mora Musgrave T● . 897. Will. 890.896 Musick unk●●wne 658 Musket Gr● 38 Myriel Hen. 706 N. NAlson Jh. 645 Napie Rich. 712 Nassau Will. Hen. 856.857 . Hen. 857. Will. ibid. Naylor Rich. 787 Neale Will. 338 Neast Tho. 773 Nedham Byr. 889. Gasp . 788. Marchim . 465.466 . &c. 316.328.476.545 Needler Ben. 531 Neile Joh. 405.864 . Will. 338 Nelme Jo. 690 Neoburg Prince of 871 Nethersole Sir Franc. 440 Neve Sir Will. 707 Nevill Hen. 438.439.534 Newborough Rich. 820 Newcastle Will. Duke of 262. Marg. Duchess 835 Newell Rob. 822 Newport Franc. Lord 773 Newton Geor. 508.299.301 . Hen. 881. Humph. 472 Joh. 471.472.851 Nicolls Dan. 794. Ferd. 150.447 . Rich. 822. Rowl . 737. Will. 682.900 Nicholas Joh. 812.837.871.880 . Math. 670.732 Nicholson Will. 870 Nicolson VVill. 362.675 Nisbett Hen. 722 Noble VVill. 881 Noel E. of Gainsborough 622 Norfolke Hen. Duke of 698.808.846.896 Norgate Tho. 737 Norris Joh. 144.877 . VVill. 692 North Francis 397.904 . Joh. 850. Northampton Geor. Earl of 889. Jam. 707. Spencer 695 Northleigh Jo. 888 Northumberland Geor. Duke of 829. Joss . Earl of 866 Norton Joh. 334 Nottingham Earl of , see Finch Nourse Joh. 688. Tim. 793. Tho. 688 Noy VVill. 312.317.424 Nye Hen. 370. Joh. ibid. Phil. 368.369 . &c. 376 O. OAtley 878. Ad. 892 O Bryen Hen. 792 Ogilby Joh. 262.263.264 Okes Joh. 863 Okey Joh. 758 Oldenburgh Hen. 792 Oldham Hugh 680. Joh. 567.490 Oldis VVill. 715.844 Oldisworth Giles 737 Oley Barn. 850 Oliver Joh. 250 Olor Isc . 254 Onslow Rich. 228.277 Oratorship of the Vniv . 35 Orery Rog. Earl of , see Boyle Ormonde Jam. Duke of , 546.598.599.853.879.900.902.886 Osborne Joh. 232·333 Osbourne Sir Tho. E. of Danby 430 470 Ossory Jam. Earl of 886. Tho. 626.842 Otho Jo. Hen. 861 Otto Lord 869. Count of Lipstat 894 Otway Tho. 591 Ouchterlon Jo. 871 Ouzelius Jac. 789 Oughtred VVill. 627.628 Owen Corb. 350. Dav. 667. Geor. 874. Joh. 555.556 . &c. 82.126.201.347.355.362.376.452.464.618.667.782.783 . Morg. 655. Rich. 548. Thankf . 734. Tho. 793 Oxenbridge Joh. 391 Oxford Garrison surrendred 739 , its Loyalty 740 Oxfordshire High Sher. 601 Oxinden Geor. 864 P. PAcker Jo. 791 Page Tho. 714. VVill. 223.224 Paget Jo. 334 Pagit Ephr. 51.52 Palmer Ant. 472. Edw. 845. Jeffr. 718. Jo. 678.747 . Sam. 581. Tho. 473 Palmes Br. 708 Paman Hen. 639.788.851 Panzani Greg. 114 Paradise Jo. 789 Pargiter Tho. 874 Parker Hen. 142.143 . Joh. 616.660.682 . Rob. 586. Sam. 616.617 . &c. 686.899 Parkhurst Hen. 822 Parkinson Ja. 867.868 . Noah 331 Parliam . Long 367 Parr Elnath . 96. Rich. 48.96.593.658 Parry Ben. 462.177.680 . Edw. 657. Jo. 448.680.818 Parsons Rich. 899. Rob. 548.854 . VVill. 809 Pask Tho. 600 Pates Rich. 12 Patrick Sim. 840.841.49.685.754.795 Paul VVill. 666 Paybody Tho. 846 Peachel Tho. 897 Pearse Edw. 783 Pearson Jo. 67.237.366.579.605.675 . Rich. 675.864 Peirce Rob. 158 Pelling Edw. 548 Pemberton Franc. 566 Pembroke Phil. Herbert E. of 179.364.399.510.515.522.687.716.740.745.749 . Pendarves Jo. 127 Pengry Mos . 91.861 Penruddock Jo. 269.701.711.755 Penton Steph. 407.840 Pepper Rob. 826 Percival Ant. 289 Percy Hen. 293 Perinchief Rich. 625.885 Perron Jam. 183 Perot or Perrot Ch. 469.781.849 Peterborough Hen. Earl of 698.808 Peters Hu. 369.376.425.494.739 Peto Edw. 695 Petre Edm. 618. VVill. 448 Petrie Alex. 123 Pett Pet. 744 Pettie Max. 439 Petty VVill 609.610 . &c. 439.750.770 Peyton Edw. 87 Philagathus 562 Philalethes Eiren. 255. Eugen. 253.255 Philipot Jo. 719. Tho. 25 Philipps Cath. 284.347 . Edw. 33.34.742 . Fath. 88.380 . Geor. 794. Jo. 226.621 . Steph. 878 Philpot Tho. 739 Pierce Tho. 117.162.288.360.507.629.719.803.843.848.897 Piers Jo. 672. VVill. 671.823 Pierpont Hen. E. of Kingston 706.708 . Rob. 706. VVill. 568 Pigott Hen. 809. Tho. 881 Pindar VVill. 854 Pink Rob. 57.577.658.690 Pittis Tho. 613 Plant Fr. 845 Pleydell Jos . 500.826 . VVill. 725 Plot Rob. 339.817.893 Pocklington Oliv. 792 Pocock Edw. 91.110.565.730.747.771.843 Pointz Jo. 251. Rob. ibid. Polexfen Hen. 788 Polhill Ed. 561 Pollard Hug. 773 Pooley Jo. 891 Pole or Pool Math. 198.451.562.564.796 Pollwhele Deg. 811 Pope Edw. 117. Tho. Earl of Downe 397 Pordage Jo. 450. Jam. 451 Porter Endim. 1.614 . Rich. 172 Potter Barn. 6.653 . Cha. 222. Christop . 44.6 . Fran. 454. Han. 628. Rich. 455 Pottinger Joh. 739 Poultney VVill. 439 Powell Cha. 839. Joh. 405. Rob. 832. Tho. 165. Vav . 343.344 . &c. 270.116.757 Powis Tho. 539 Pratt Dan. 877 Presbyterians 210.379.414.740.749 Preston Rich. Visc . See Graham Prez Ja. 897 Priaulx Joh. 813.840 Price Jo. 430.431.800 . Owen 358. Rob. 667. Tho. 875 Prichard Rees 29. Tho. 676 Prichett Joh. 681 Prideaux Edm. 721. Humph. 48 108.861 . Joh. 68.69 . ●2 . 50 182.183.657.687.690 . Mat. 50 Primerose Archb. 686. Dav. 14.15 Prince Jo. 833 Proast Jonas 839.840 Progulbicki Jo. 747 Prynne VVill. 311.312 . &c. 30.31 32.78.99.101.120.183.224.328.671.672 Pugh Rob. 304 Puleston Ham. 177 Puller Tim. 818 Pulleyne Jos . 215 Puntaeus Jo. 751 Pym Jo. 178.659 Pyperd 203 Q. QVarles Jo. 242.243 . Queckfeldt Ben. 789. Gustav . ibid. Quick Jo. 792 R. RAdcliff Alex. 489. Ant. 752.888 . Geor. 80.720 . Joh. 652. Tho. 455 Rainbow Edw. 683.840 Rainstropp Jo. 843 Raleigh VValt . 48.49.513 Rallingson Rich. 704.718.822 Rastall Tho. 742 Rawlingson VVill. 650 Ray Jo. 816 Read Tho. 115 Reading 697. Jo. 287.288 &c. Tho. 742 Reck Jo. Bar. of 887 Reeve Rich. 91.835 Regemorter Ahas . 304 Reich Men. 873 Reness Lew. 844.845 . Resbury Nath. 864 Reynell Edw. 225. Geor. ib. and 457 Reynolds 572. Edw. 420.63.182.376.383.413.677.743.748.755 . Joh. 438.750 Rhine Char. Count. Pal. of 887. Adolph . Jo. 893.894 Rhodes Rich. 299 Rich R●● . 769 Richard Lew. 294 Richardes VVill. 840 Richards VVill. 638.824 Richardson Gabr. 10. Joh. 308. Josh . 859. Rich. 51.864 . VVill. 738. Richierius Pet. 825 Richmond Cha. Duke of 829. Jam. 522.527 Ricraft Jos . 298 Rider VVill. 84 Rigby Rob. 861 Riland Joh. 377 Ripley Geor. 492 Rishton Jeffr. 821 Ritschel Geo. 570 Riva Jo. Bapt. 268 Riveley Bened. 800 Roberts Franc. 404. Geor. 713. John Lord 597.542.543.647 . Mich. 752. VVill. 722 Robinson Hug. 117. Joh. 655. Ral. 77. VVill. 894 Roborough H. 110 Rochester Cha. Earl of 491. Hen. 490. Joh. 488.489 . &c. 568.591.854.884 . Laur. 830. Roderick Rich. 890 Roe Owen 759 Roet Is . 273 Rogers Ben. 847.848 . Christop . 740. Geor. 745. Hen. 8. Humph. 162. Joh. 323.324.441.442.834.861 . Tho. 890. VVill. 872 Roll Sam. 561. Rook Laur. 627.628 Roos Joh. Lord 706 Roper Sam. 693.694 Rose Hen. 861 Rosewell Jo. 844 Ross Alex. 240.535.536 . Tho. 831 Roscommon Wentw. Earl of 893 Rotheram Jo. 778. Rich. 366 Rous Franc. 147.148 Rowe Jo. 444.445.744 Rowland Will. 155.223 Rowlands Joh. 209 Royse Geor. 812.868.904 Roys Job 210 Rudolph Count of Lipstat 894 Rudyard Benj. 179. Jam. 537 Rumsey Edw. 166. Walt. ibid. Rushworth Joh. 643.644.425.760 Russell Geor. 841. Jam. 841.854 . Joh. 209. Rich. 150. Sam. 854. Will. Lord 544 Rust Geor. 285.287.499 Rutherford Sam. 152.284 Ryther Joh. 385 Ryves Brun. 433.144 . Tho. 83 S. SA Pantal. 167.534 Sadler Ant. 505 Sagittary Fred. 821 Saicton Ant. 887 Saint George Hen. 707.722 . Rich. 712.719.722 . Tho. 722 St. Germaine 872 St. Giles 844 Salesbury Tho. 15 Salisbury Jam. E. of 543 Salkeld Joh. 156 Sall Andr. 875 Salle Car. Gabr. 869 Salmasius Cl. 582 Saltonstall Hen. 779 Salusbury Tho. 15 Sams Ayl . 879 Samwaies Pet. 308. Rich. ibid. Sancroft Will. Archb. of Cant. 617.635.679.692.894 Sandbrooke Will. 149 Sanderson Rob. 213.214 . &c. 210.662 . Will. 188.189 Sandford Fr. 838.839 Sandius Chr. 834. Sandwich Edw. E. of 832 Saravia Adr. 216 Sargeant Jo. 34.160.161.285.356.488.561 Sarson Laur. 118 Sartreus Ja. 901 Savage Hen. 365.366.237 Savile Geor. Lord 893. See Halyfax Saumers Jo. 861 Saunders Ant. 862.878 Savoy conference 447. Papers 584 Say Lord. See Fiennes Say Rob. 812 Sayer Jos . 856. Tho. 891 Saywell Will. 850 Sawyer Rob. 788. Tho. 884 Scaep Hen. 857 Scarborough Char. 627.738 Scattergood Ant. 851. Sam. 850 Scavenius P. L. 743 Schermarius Jo. 70 Schomerus Just . Chr. 873 Schumacherus Pet. 799 Sclater Edw. 723. Sam. 464. Tho. 770. Will. 58 Scot Edw. 879. Joh. 141.896 . Phil. 126. Will. 743 Scrope Adr. 542.711 . Carr 841. Edm. 765. Joh. 382. Rob. 754 Scroggs Will. 565.566 . Scudamore Jam. 256. Joh. 842 Scudder Hen. 564.643 Sculer Joh. 858 Scager Jo. 73 Seaman Laz. 440 Sebright Edw. 819 Sedascue Geor. 759 Sedgwick Joh. 16. Obad. 138. Will. 335. Seekers 743 Seignior Geor. 253 Segary Will. 412 Selden Jo. 107.108.90.424.470 Selleck Jo. 848 Senhouse Rich. 660.665 Sermon Edm. 873. Will. 874 Severne Tho. 223 Seymour Hen. 523.704.733 . Rob. ibid. Shadwell Tho. 548 Shannon Visc . See Boyle Sharp Jo. 126.851 Sharrock Rob. 580.814 Shaw Joh. 631.632 . Will. 803 Shaftsbury Ant. E. of 540.541 . &c. 841 Sheild Geor. 856 Sheldon 608. Edw. ibid. Gilb. 678.679.842.847 . Jos . 679. Lion. 608. Raph. 449.608.866 Sherbourne Will. 716 Sherburne Hen. 704. Edw. 702.703 Sherenden Pat. 806. Will. 793 Sherley Tho. 544 Sherlock Rich. 633. Will. 464.560.561.563.620.893 Sherman Joh. 339.340.782.813 Shippen Will. 802 Shipton Jam. 393.305 Shirley Hen. 262. Jam. 260.261 . Joh. 483. Rob. 578.846.852 Short Tho. 652 Shurley Jo. 485 Shute Nath. 885 Sibbs Rich. 334.447 Sibthorpe Rob. 180.181.739 Sictor Joh. 92 Sikes Geor. 687.765 . See Sykes Silvester Josh . 62. See Sylvester . Simpson Edw. 501.502 . Nath. 10. Rich 889. Sidr . 370. Will. 885 Singe Edw. 98.806 . Geor. 97.659 Singleton Is . 362 Skelton Jo. 802 Skynner Cyr. 439. Mat. 692. Rob. 672.673 . Steph. 287. Tho. 304.862 Slatyer Will. 58 Smalwood Mat. 546.864 Smart Jo. 825. Pet. 11 Smectymnus 447 Smith Franc. 884. Geor. 818. Hen. 683.868 . Humph. 868.890 . Jam. 279. Joh. 475.197.785 . Miles 736. Nich. 114. Rich. 114 393.161.660.881 . Sam. 224.225.690.788 . Tho. 126.161.804.809.815 . Will. 163.637.710.887 . Zeph. 6 Smyth Joh. 898 Snell Joh. 883. Tho. 874 Some Tho. 729.812 Sommers Joh. 806 Sommerset Ch. 889. Hen. 830 Somnore Will. 697 Sorbiere Sam. 478 South Rob. 349.373.771.784.832 Southampton Cha. Duke of 829. Tho. E. of 522 Southwell Edw. 880. Rob. 879 Spalato Archb. of 37 Spark Edw. 782. Tho. 873.901 . Will. 268 Sparre Pet. 869 Sparrow Ant. 422.677.678.840 Speed Jo. 840. Sam. 869 Spelman Clem. 510.511 . Hen. 230.693.697 Spencer Edw. 834. Rob. 841 Spinks 60 Spotswood 389. Joh. 71. Rob. 71 Sprackling Rob. 470.800 Sprat 342. Tho. 232.600 784.798.799 Sprigge Josh . 576. Will. 577 Squibb Arch. 483 Squire Will. 436.694 Stafford 439. Ant. 8. Hen. 9 Stampe Will. 98 Standish Jo. 598.851 Stanh●pe Ferd. 709. Phil. 853 Stanley Edw. 195.806 . Hen. 688.704 . Rog. 871. Tho. 703 Stanton Edm. 352 Stanwix Rich. 131 Stapley Rob. 819 Stapylton Bened. Greg. 708. Mil. 891. Rob. 707 Staughton Nich. 803 Stawell Joh. 712. Ralph ibid. Staynoe Tho. 878 Stearne Jo. 901 Stedman Rowl . 381 Steel Rich. 790. Will. 4●5 . Steenhuys Jam. 857 Stephens Jer. 230.231 . Nath. 451 Phil. 787. Will. 776 Stephenson Tho. 728 Stermont Jam. 815 Sterne Rich. 600.864 Sterry Pet. 461 Stewart Rich. 79.581 Stillingfleet Jo. 795. Edw. 795.31.126.456.457.553.558.561.565.620.685 Stoakes Gilb. 735 Stokes Dav. 392.729.730 Stone Will. 686 Stopford Josh . 403.404.793 Strachan Joh. 633 Stradling Geor. 620.621.823 Strafford Tho. E. of 428 Strangwaies Gil. 837 Stratford Nich. 631.780.864 Streat Will. 256 Stretton Rich. 800 Strickland Jo. 342.343 Stringer Hen. 713 Stripe Joh. 860 Stripling Tho. 863 Strode Tho. 455. Will. 35.178.179 Strong Will. 139.444.447.452 Stubbe Hen. 412.413 . &c. 420.570.780 Stuckey Nath. 202 Stutevile Will. 739 Suckling Jo. 168.292.293 Sudbury Joh. 732 Sugge Tristr . 739 Sunderland Rob. E. of 841 Swadlin Tho. 332 Sweet Joh. 38 Sweit Gil. 687 Swinnock Geor. 382.235 Sydenham Cuthb . 100. Humph. 72. Tho. 638. Will. 639. Sydney Hen. 622 Sydserf Tho. 686 Sykes Tho. 878. See Sikes Sylvester Edw. 20.705 Synge Sam. 878. See Singe T. TAlbot Gilb. 822. Tho. 487. Will. 884 Tanner Tho. 536 Tany Jo. Tho. 200 Tate Zouch 384 Taverner Phil. 157.158 . Taylor Cha. 623. Jer. 282.283 , &c. 288.289.669 . Joh. 275.315 . Silas 464. Silv. 232.465 . Tim. 508. Tho. 449. Will. 168 Teate Jos . 791 Temple Joh. 806 Templer Joh. 834 Tenison Tho. 536.687.726.834 . Terne Cbr. 773 Terry Edw. 165.166 Terryngham Joh. 712 Theyer Jo. 380.718 Thirlby Cha. 500 Thistlethwayte Gab. 849 Thomas Sam. 290.401.504.776 Thompson Aub. 755. Rich. 843.854 . Rob. 864. Sam. 747 Thorne Gil. 691.822 Thornborough Ed. 3. Gil. 3.668 . Joh. 1.2.653 Thorndyke Herb. 730 Thorne Edm. 817 Thornton Tho. 349. Will. 811 Thorold Tho. 31 Throckmorton Ralp . 813.841 Thurman Hen. 349 Thynne Hen. Fred. 880. Jam. ibid. Tho. 138.622.711 Tickell Jo. 368.750.777 Tillotson Joh. 371.372.488.554.561.851 Tinker alias Littleton W. 406 Tipping Will. 63.64 Tiszabetsi or Tizabetzi Gasp . 783. Tho. 792 Tiveot Earl of 811 Todd Hug. 877 Tollet Geo. 591 Tolson Jo. 690 Tombes Joh. 409.410.451 Tomkins Tho. 401 Tomlinson Math. 523.526 Tomson Will. 305 Tonstall Cuth . 367. Geor. 885 Tongue Ezr. 501.502 Toogood Rich. 549 Toppe Hen. 168 Touchet Jam. Earl of Castlehaven 599 Towers Will. 260 Towerson Gabr. 783 Townsend Lord 622 Townson Rob. 814 Toy Joh. 223 Tozer Hen. 71.72.739 Traherne Tho. 388 Trapp Jo. 310 Trapham Tho. 765.817 Tra●ers Walt. 156 Treby Geor. 788 Tregoss Tho. 786 Trelawny Jonath . 862 . 8● Trelenie Phil. 187 Trench Edm. 745 Trevor Jo. 423 . 650.8● . Rich. ●19 Trigland Corn. 821 Triplet Tho. 821 Trotzigh Pet. 844 Troughton Joh. 511.512 . Will. 513. Trumbull Will. 844 Tuckney Ant. 578 Tuder Mary 8●9 Tuke Sam. 608 Tully Geor. 868. Tho. 05.99.629.880 Turbervill Daub . 811. Tryl . 711 Turner Bri. 851. Franc. 54.579.600.620.802 . Jer. 21. Joh. 871. Pet. 83.28.91.53 . Tho. 892. Will. 534.892 . Turnor Tim. 784. Tho. 78 Turnour Edw. 407.408 Tuscany Cosmo Pr. of 478.850 Twells Jo. 848 Twiss Rob. 42. Will. 40.14 Twisden Jo. 89.776 . See ●wysden Twyne Bri. 27.28 Twysden Cha. 878. Joh. 31.470 . Tyringham Ant. 825 Tyrrell Jam. 284.831 V. VAne Hen. 412 . 413.4●.415.416.440.766 Vasson Pet. 791 Vaughan Edm. 332. Edw. 31. Hen. 173.254 . Joh. 391.44 . Rob. 257. Tho. 253.254 Veal Ed. 335.491.775.81 Venn Joh. 236.897 Venner Tob. 158.439 Venning Ralph 377.385 Venningen Eber. Fred. 87 Verneuil Joh. 57 Verney Grev. 831 Vernon Franc. 445. Geor ▪ 89.190.555.793 Vic Hen. 832 Vicars Joh. 85.86.315 . Tho. 85 Vigures 686 Villiers VVill. 829 Vilvaine Rob. 216 Vincent Aug. 700. Joh. 100. Tho. 463.737 . Nath. 786 Vindigius Paul 882 Viner Tho. 788 Vines Rich. 134.159 . ●2 . 437 Vink Pet. 564 Vitus Ign. 869 Vivian Dan. 709. Fra. 721 Vlacq Joh. 855 Vllock 815 Vossius Is . 384.856 Vpman Steph. 864 Vpton Ambr. 746 Vsher Jam. 24.197.20.215.585.592.653.893 W. WAdsworth Jam. 46 Waferer Mirth ●00 Wagstaff Joh. 435. Th 833 Wainwright Joh. 773. T●o . 890 Waite Joh. 226. Tho. 6.745 Wake Will. 457.873 Wakeman Geor. 566 Wall Jo. 259 . 260.3●● Waldrond Am. 742 Walker 60. Ant. 796 . ●em . 77.78.328 . Edw. 701. Ge● 686.903 . Joh. 861. Nich. 665 Obad. 456.457.458.738.840.870 . Will. 122.123 Waller Edm. 294.893 . Hardr. 755.756 . Will. 297 . 29● 299.756.771 Wallis Joh. 338 . 406.415.480.627.7●5.779.785.715.816.826.881 Walls G●o . 890 Walsal Franc. 692 Walter Tho. 884. Will. 708.727 Walton Br. 561. Val. 156.769 . Walwyn Will. 742 Wandelnus Joh. 873 Waple Idw . 823.878 Warburon Geo. 664 Warcup Edm. 470.546.857 Ward Himn . 307.818 . Jam. 744.765 . Mich. 869. Sam. 627.629 . Seth 627.480.577.686.785.859 . ●97 Ware Jan. 448.725 Waring Rob. 148.740 . Walt. 144 Warmstiey Ger● . 1. Tho. 250.635 Warner 572. Joh. 142.258.259.577.600.667.812 Warren Alb. 382. Joh. 406. Tho. 587.588 Warwick Rob. Earl of 769 Wase Christop . 164.331.595 Washbo●rne Tho. 608. Will. 813 Wassen●r Jac. 857 Waterh●use Edw. 774. Joh. 774. Rich. 741. Tho. 851 Watkin● Rich. 741 Wats Gilb. 134 Watson Rich. 207.534.825.826 . Tho. 77.377.383.491.685 . Will 904 Weave● Tho. 212 Webb Edm. 862. Geor. 7.654 . Jo. 362.882 . Theoph. 7. Will. 163.267 Webster Jo. 234.498.499.628.651 Wedderbourne Jam. 736. Joh. 735.806 Weeks Jo. 723 Weem● Lod. 729 Welde● Jo. 103 Weldo● Rob. 65 Wells Benj. 454.773 . Edw. 904. Jer. 474. Joh. 614.454 Wensley Rob. 851 Wentworih Geo. 702. Pet. 419 Werge Rich. 649.746 West Edw. 407. Rich. 814 Westcot Redm . 108 Westenius Jo. Rod. 854 Westfield Tho. 656.724 Westley Sam. 900 Wetenhall Edw. 647.806.817 Whaley or Whalley Ed. 760.762.770 Wharton Geor. 509. Phil. 179.543 . Tho. 382.743 Wheare Deg. 54.55 Wheeler Geor. 892.878 . Maur. 843.855 Whelock Abr. 730 Whetstone Rog. 769 Whistler Dan. 574.788 Whitaker Cha. 705. Jer. 376 Whitby Dan. 792 Whitchcot Chr. 517.528 White Franc. 6. Ign. 869. Joh. 60.358.61.211.236.507 . Math. 317. Tho. 796.894 . Will. 459. See Albiis Whitfield Ral. 818. Tho. 421 Whitford Dav. 388.389.484 Whitgift Dr. 210 Whitehall Rob. 595.490.596 Whitlock Bulstr . 399.179 . Jam. 401.645.720 Whitmore Humph. 747 Whitterne Comv . 692 Whorwood Bro. 709 Wicherley Will. 816 Wickham Tho. 436 Widdowes Giles 44.227.317 . Tho. 118 Wight Tho. 790 Wiggins Will. 617 Wild Rob. 76.196.705.742 Wild Geor. 252 Wildman Joh. 102.439 Wilkins Joh. 370.371.440.628.746.820.838.675 . Tho. 819 Wilkinson Hen. 59.397.646.640.748.779 . Joh. 770 Willes Joh. 839 William 3. King of Engl. 856.857 Williams Griff. 363.364.675 . Joh. 182.183.185.213.363.364.593.684.687.786.819.861 . Nath. 873. Tho. 884. Wa. 548. Will. 796.849 Williamson Caes . 705. Jos . 99.469.797.809.869 Willis Tho. 122.402.602.737.858 Willisford Edw. 718 Willoughby Cha. 834. Fr. 816 Wilmot Joh. 488. See Rochester . Wilson Arth. 86. Edm. 736. Joh. 724.848 . Nath. 686.833.897 . Rowl . 139. Tho. 729.797 Wincher Fred. Chr. 887 Winchester Marq. of 622 Windebank Jo. 785 Windet Jam. 789 Windham Ann. 34 Windsore Tho. Lord 622 Wingate Edm. 129 Winkleman Theod. 858 Winniffe Tho. 659 Winnington Franc. 540 Winter Sam. 112 Wise Edw. 776 Wiseman Cap. 793 Wishart Geor. 818. Rob. ibid. Wither Geor. 274.275.279.315.493 Withers Rob. 89 Wittie Rob. 885 Wolfius Tho. 782 Wolley Edw. 715. Joh. 402.845 Wolseley Cha. 228.301 Wolsey Card. 517 Wolveridge Jo. 857 Wood Hen. 829. Jam. 589. Rob. 590.439.790 . S. 435. Tho. 550 Wood or à Wood Ant. 481.700 . Edw. 117. Tho. 692.742.899 . Woodcock Fra. 82.83 Woodbridge Ben. 586 Woodford Sam. 232.789 Woodhead Abra. 455 Woodroff Ben. 802.845 . Tim. 434.435 Woodward Hez . 394.395 . Mich. 811. Rob. 859.896.897 Wooldridge Joh. 857 Woolnough Tho. 398 Woolnove Joh. 871 Werden Jo. 893 Workman Gil. 122. Joh. ibid. Worme Pet. 854 Worsley Edw. 285 Worth Edw. 657. Joh. 891 Worthington Joh. 753 Wotton Hen. 33 Wrench Elias 5 Wrenn Cha. 807. Chr. 669.772.820 . Math. 312.440.676.819 . Tho. 810 Wright Abr. 640.641 . Calv. 655. Jam. 638.642 . Rob. 654. Tho. 883 Wroe Rich. 850 Wulferus Jo. 877 Wyat Tho. 840. Will. 835 Wyatt Hen. 8●1 . Rich. 734. VVill. 812.820.849 Wyberd Joh. 785 Wyche Cyr. 837. Pet. 828 Wylton Tho. 366 Wynne Hug. 862. Morg. 813. Rob. 904 Y. YAte Tho. 770.812 Ye●verton Cha. 340. Hen. ib. Yerbury Hen. 507.801 Yerworth Sam. 73 York Jam. Duke of 302.419.693.829 . Ann Dutchess of 586. See Jam. 2. Young Edw. 845. Jam. 713. Joh. 668. Patr. 137. Pet. 722 Younger Jo. 617.885 Z. ZAnchy Hier. 611.750.766.768.770 . 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(c) pag. 123.124 . (d) p. 51.54 . Clar. 1641. Clar 1641. (e) By Anon. in a book intit . The surfeit to A. B. C. Lond. 1656. in tw . p , 22. (*) Id. Anon. (f) Ms . in bib . Cottoniana , sub Tito . A. 13. 1642. 1642. 1642. (a) Sir Joh. Borough in his book in t . Impetus juveniles , & epistolae p. 136. 1642. 1642. 1642 / 3. 1642 / 3. (a) George Kendal in Tuissii Vita & Victoria , &c. and Sam. Clarke in his Lives of Eminent persons , &c. printed 1683. fol. p. 16. 1642 / 3 ▪ Clar. 1642. Clar. 1642. 1643. 1643. (a) Reg. congreg . Univ. Ox. notat . in dors . cum litera O , fol. 3. a. (b) Sober sadness , or , historical observations &c. of a prevailing party in both Houses of Parl. Lond. 1643. in qu. p. 33. (c) The Author of Merc. Aulicus , in the fortieth week , an . 1643. p. 576. 1643. (d) Idem ibid p. 640. (e) The other two brothers were Obadiah and Joseph . (f) Robert Earl of Essex . 1643. (*) See in a book intit . Ayres and Dialogues for one , two , and three Voices . Lond. 1653. fol. composed by the said Hen. Lawes ; and in another intit . Select Ayres and Dialogues to sing to the Theorbo-Lute and Bass Viol. Lond. 1669. fol. composed also by the said Hen. Lawes . 1643. 1643. (a) Edw. Knott in his Direction to be observed by N. N. &c. Lond. in oct . p. 37. &c. (b) Ibid. p. 40. (c) In the preface to the author of Charity maintain'd , &c. sect . 43. (d) sect . 42. (e) sect . 44. (f) sect . 29. & 40. (g) Franc. Cheynell in his book intit . A discussion of Mr. Joh. Fry's tenents lately condemned in Parliam . &c. p. 33. (h) Hug. Cressy in his Exomologesis , chap. 22. (i) In his Epistle Apologetical to a person of honour , sect . 7. p. 82. (k) Tho. Long in his pref . before Mr. Hales his treatise of schisme examined . Lond. 1678. (l) See sect . 28. of the aforesaid Preface . (m) Gesta Cancellariatus Laud , MS. pag. 149. 1643 / 4. (*) In the Will-Office near S. Pauls Cath. Ch. in Lond. in reg . Twysse , qu. 140. (a) Reg. Matric . P. pag. 555. (b) Reg. prim . Act. & electionum Aed . Chr. sub an . 1583. (c) Nich. Bernard in The life and death of Dr. Jam. Vsher — Lond. 1656. oct . p. 32. 1643 / 4. 1643 / 4. Clari. 1643. (*) See a Letter from Merc. Civicus to Merc. Rusticus . printed 1643. qu. p. 8. (†) Tho. Edwards , in his Third part of Gangraena 1 p. 81 , 82. 1644. 1644. 1644. (*) Bulstr . Whitlock in his Memorials of the English Affairs , &c. p. 32 (a) Lewis du Moulin in his Patron . bonae fidei , &c. Lond. 1672. in cap. vel lib. de specim contra Durellum , p. 62 , 63 , &c. (b) Relation of the death and sufferings of the Archb. of Canterb. Oxon. 1644. p. 2. (c) Ham. L'Estrange in his Reign of K. Charles . printed 1656. p. 187. an . 1639. (d) Collection of Parliam , Speeches , p. 5. 1644 / 5. (*) The Wife of .... Bury a Seeds-man , living at the Frying-pan in Newgate Market in Lond. (a) See more of his family in the third impression of Hen. Peachams Compleat Gentleman , &c. Lond. 1661. p. 230.231 . Which discourse there of Blounts family , was drawn up by this Tho. Blount , and put into the hands of the Publisher of the said third impression of Peacham . 1644 / 5. (b) In his discourse of the natural issue of K. Hen. 1. 1644 / 5. (b) Reg. Matric . Univ. Oxon. P. pag. 321. (c) In bib . Cotton sub effig . Julii , c. 3. (d) In bib . Rad. Sheldon de Beoly Arm. nunc in Heteria Fecialium Londini . (e) Will. Burton in his Commentary on Antoninus his Itinerary , &c. Lond. 1658. fol. p. 214. 1645. (f) Sir Aston Cockaine Bt. in his Choice Poems of several sorts , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . lib. 2. nu . 102. (*) By Dr. Pet. Heylyn . (†) See in a book call'd Sacra Nemesis . §. 3.4.5 . &c. (a) See in Canterburies Doome , p. 108.254.258.269 . alias 279.284.293 527. &c. 1645. (*) See in Dr. Pet. Heylyn , an . 1662. (†) The said Rob. Twisse was Author of Englands breath stop'd , being the counter part of Judahs miseries , lamented publickly in the new Church at Westm . 30. Jan. being the Anniversary of King Charles I. on Lament . 4.20 . — Lond. 1665. qu. 1645. 1645. (a) Baronage of England . Tom. 3. p. 465. b. 1645. 164● . (b) See Canterburies Doome , p. 251.252 . 1645 / 6. (*) In The life and death of Dr. Dan. Featley , printed 1660. p. 75.80.81 . Clar. 1645. Clar. 1645. 1646. (a) Pref. to Reliq . Raliegh . by Sim. Patrick D. D. 1646. (b) Merc. Rusti●rs , or Englands ruin , &c. printed 1647 , at the end . 1646. 1646. 1647. (a) Reg. Matric . P. pag. 29. 1647. (b) In the third part printed 1672 p. 386. in marg . 1647. (c) Joh. Owen in append . epigram . nu . 10. 1647. (d) In Epigram . cent . b. edit . Lond. 1616. in cent . sext . nu . 74. (e) In lib. suo cui tit . est Epigrammatum Hecatontades duae . Lond. 1627. in Hec. altera , nu . 17. 1647. 1647. 1647. 1647. 1647. 1647 / 8. (a) Reg. Matric . Univ. Oxon. P. P. fol. 87. b. (b) In the Memorials of English affairs , p. 237. 1648. (a) Fred. Lossius Hidelbergensis Palatin . in Observationibus Medicinal . Lond. 1672. oct . lib. 1. observat . 15. p. 35. (b) Reg. Fairfax in Offic. Prerog . qu. 105. (c) Merc. Ant. in the 34 week , p. 468. 1648. (d) In reg . Parker in Offic. Prerog . Qu. 17. (e) Camden in Annal. R. Jac. 1. an . 1621. (f) Baronag . of England , Tom. 2. p. 261. a. 1648. (h) Printed at Lond. 1670. p. 14. 1648 / 9. (*) In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 1. sub an . 1647. & 48. 164● . 1648 / 9. (†) See Mr. Rich. Baxter in his Plea for the Nonconformists Ministry , Lond. 1681. p. 145. Clar. 1648. (d) Camden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1621. (e) Sir Ant. Weldon in his Observations on K. Charles p. 217.218 . at the end of his Court and Char. of K. James , printed 1651. oct . 1649. 1649. Clar. 1649. Clar. 1649. (*) Dr. Jo. Gauden in his book intit . A pillar of gratitude , p. 13. (f) Nath. Carpenter in his Geography delineated , &c. lib. 2. cap. 15. (*) Wife of Will. Hodges D. D. Archd. of Worcester . 1650. (g) In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 99. 1650. 1650. Clar. 1650. Clar. 1650. (*) See An account of the English Dramatick Poets , &c. Oxon. 1691. oct . p. 247. written by Gerard Langbaine . Clar. 1650. (a) In his Trial in Westm . hall , printed in Aug. 1651. (b) Ibid. (c) Merc. Aulicus Feb. 10. an . 1644. p. 1378. In his Trial beforementioned , and in his Speech on the Scaffold . (d) See The Beacons quenched , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. p. 14. (e) See The Beacon flaming with a non obstante . Lond. 1652. qu. p. 2. 1651. (a) In The two state Martyrs ; or the murther of Mr. R. Yeomans and Mr. G. Bowcher , &c. printed 1643 in qu. p. 11. See also in M●r. Rusticus , nu . 19. (b) In the first part of The History of Independency , §. 49. (c) He was accused for setting on the Apprentices to force the H. of Commons . 1651. (*) See in Tho. Pierce his Appendix to the New discoverer discovered , &c. §. 44. 1651. (*) Bulstrode Whitlock in his Memorials of Engl. affaires , in Jan. 1648. p. 364. b. 1651. 1651. 1651 / 2. (a) Vide Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 1. p. 355. (b) Vide ibid. p. 338.339 . 1651 / 2. Clar. 1651. (c) In his Epist . ded . to the reader , before his book entit . Rerum Britannicarum libri 7. &c. 1652. 1652. (d) See in Will. Sandersons Proem to The reign and death of K. James . printed 1656. fol. (e) A Scot by birth , and by order an Oratorian (f) Rather Veatt a French man. 1652. (a) Nich. Fuller in Append. ad 5. & 6. lib. Miscellan . p. 183. (b) In reg . Convoc . R. fol. 4. a. (*) In Vindic. Maris clausi . Lond. 1653. p. 53. 1652. 1652. (*) Rich. Baxter in his First part of the Nonconformists Plea for Peace , &c. Lond. 1679. in oct . p. 205. 1652. (a) Camden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1616. (b) Ibid. (c) Baronage of England , tom . 3. p. 437. a. (d) In the hands of Hastang Ingram of Little Wolford in Warwicksh . Gent. sometimes Servant to the said Earl of Bristow . 1652 / 3. (e) March. Nedham in his Merc. politic . numb . 137. p. 2180. (*) Gerard Langbaine , in his Account of the Engl. Dramatick Poets , p. 366. 1652 / 3. Clar. 1652. Clar. 1652. 1653. 1653. (*) Jac. Waraeus in Com. de Praesul . Hibern . p. 219. 1653. (a) In Reg. Convoc . S. p. 35. 1653. 1653 / 4. 165● / 4. Clar. 1653. (*) In reg . Convoc . T. p. 131. 1654. (*) 'T was divided in two parts , the first was published in 1648 , and the other which contains but one sheet , in 1648. 1654. (a) Tho. Edwards in his Gangraena . (b) Ibid. in Gangr . edit . 1646. p. 78. (c) Vide Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 1. sub an . 1646. 1654. 1654. (a) Reg. Matric . Univ. Ox. PP . fol. 22. b. (b) Memorials of Engl. Affaires , under the 1648. p. 359. a. 1654 ▪ 1654. (a) Sir Joh. Suckling in his Fragmenta aurea , or Poems Lond. 1648. in oct . p. 7. (b) See in Pet. Heylyns book intit . The History of the life and death of Dr. Will. Laud Archb. of Canterbury , lib. 4. sub an . 1636. (c) Ibid. (d) In Aist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon. lib. 1. p. 30.31 . 1654. (a) See Mr. R. Baxter's book intit . Additional notes on the life and death of Sir Math. Hale . — Lond. 1682. in oct . p. 40. 1654. 1654. (*) Edw. Knott Jesuit , went sometimes by the name of Nich-Smith . Quaere . Clar. 1654 Clar. 1654. Clar. 1654. Clar. 1654. (*) Vide in Append. illustrium Angliae scriptorum per Jo. Pitseum , cent . 4. nu . 9. (*) The Wife of Sir Will. Bourman Clerk of the Greencloth to K. Ch. 2. 1655. 1655. 1655. (a) T. B. in the pref . to The right Government of the thoughts , &c. (b) Tho. Case in his pref . to The morning exercise ; or , some short notes , &c. 1655. 1655. 1655. 1655. (a) Camd. in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub an . 1622. (b) See in Romes Master-peece , &c. publish'd by W. Prynne , 1643. p. 19.20 . (c) 'T was the word that he often used in company . (d) 'T was his custome always to be whispering in company . (e) Joh. Gee , in a Cat. of Popish Books , at the end of his Book called The foot out of the snare . 1655. (f) Pastor vigilantiss . doctrina & pietate insignis , &c. So Fred. Lossius a Physician of Dorchester in his Observationes Medicinales . Lond. 1672. oct . lib. 2. observat . 7. p. 121. 1655. 1655. Clar ▪ 1655. Clar. 1655. (a) See in the Rehearsal transpros'd , written by Andr. Marvell , pr. 1672. p. 175. (b) Dr. Jo. Pearson B. of Chester in his Preface to Jo. Hales his Remaines . (c) Pet. Heylyn in his Life and death of Dr. W. Laud Archb. of Cant. under the year 1638. (d) Sir Joh. Suckling in his Fragm . aurea , or Poems . Lond. 1648. p. 10. (e) Lucius Lord Falkland . (f) Sam. Parker in his Reproof to the Rehearsal transpros'd , p. 135. (g) Pet. Heylyn , as before , an . 1638. (h) Printed at Lond. 1677. oct . 1656 ▪ 1656. 1656. 1656. 1656. (*) This Rule of Proportion in Arithm. and Geometry was rectified by Mr ..... Browne and Mr. Jam. Atkinson Teachers of the Mathematicks . — pr. at Lond. 1683. in tw . 1656. 1656. Clar. 1656. Clar. 1656. 1657. 1657. 1657. (*) See Baconica : or the Lord Bacons Remaines . Lond. 1679. in oct . p. 26.27 . 1657. (†) In Canterburies Doome , p. 75. &c. 1657. 1657. 1657. (*) Reg. Visit . p. 182.194 . 1657. (*) Appollonia the Wife of one Calverley of Pewter-street in Westminster . 1657. 1657. (*) Br. Ryves in his Merc. Rusticus , printed 1647. p. 212. 1657 / 8. 1657 / 8. (a) Th. Fuller in his Worthies of England in Cumberland , followed without acknowledgment by his Plagiary David Lloyd in his Memoires , &c. p. 518. (b) See his Divine purity defended , chap. 6. p. 53. (c) ibid p. 54. 1657 / 8. Clar. 1657. Clar. 1657. (*) Reg. Matric . P. P. fol. 24. b. 1658. 1658. 1658. 1658. 1658. (*) Second Narrative of the late Parliament so called , &c. printed 1658. p. 17. 1658 / 9. (a) In lib. 2. Asfaniarum . (b) Vide Hist . & antiq . Vniv . Oxon. lib. 2. p. 334. 1658 / 9. 1659. 1659. 1659. 1659. 1659. (*) Rome is a piece of Land so called near to the end of the walk called Non ultra on the north side of Oxon. 1659. 1659. 1659. 1659 / 60. 1659 / 60. 1659 / 60. Clar. 1659. 1660. 1660. 1660. 1660. 1660. 1660. 1660. 1660 ▪ 1661. 1661. 1661. 1661. 1661. (*) Serenus Cressy in his Fanaticism fanatically imputed to the Cath. Ch. by Dr. Stillingfleet , printed 1672 p. 13. 1661. 1661. (*) Reg. Matric . P. pag. 436. 1661. 1661 / 2. Clar. 1661. (*) Ben. Woodbridge in his Pref. to his Justification by Faith. Clar. 1661. Clar. 1661. (†) Pat. 14. Car. 1. p. 19. 1662. 1662. (†) Persecutio undecima . Printed 1648. p. 103. (*) Bulstr . Whitlock in his Memorials of English Affairs , an . 1642. p. 60. b. (a) Arth. Wilson in his Hist . of Great Britain , &c. an . 1621. p. 162. 1662. (b) Andr. Marvell in his Rehearsal transpros'd , &c. Lond. 1672. pag. 299. (c) Will. Prynne in Canterburies Doom , p. 245. 1662. (d) In lib. 3. sub an . 1627. (e) See more in Canterburies Doom . written by Will. Prynne p. 386. Also in Dr. Heylyns Life of Archb. Laud. lib. 3. p. 210. (*) See a book intit . Several conferences between a Rom. Priest , a Fanatick Chaplain , and a Divine of the Church of England , &c. in answer to Th. Goddens Dialogues — Lond. 1679. oct . written by Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet . (†) See in Will. Sandersons book , entit . Post-hast . A reply to Peters ( Dr. Heylyns ) appendix to his treatise entit . Respondet Petrus , &c. Lond. 1658 ▪ qu p. 13. (a) See Dr. Pet. Heylyns Life written by Joh. Barnard D. D. — Lond. 1683. p. 224.225 . (b) See in the pref . to the reader before a book entit . A justification of the Fathers and Schoolmen , &c. written by Hen. Hickman , also in the said life written by Dr. Barnard , p. 237. (c) The Author here means the Appendix to Resp . Petrus . (d) This hath no Appendix , and therefore the Author ( Sanderson ) is mistaken , being it self an Append. to Examen Historicum , or advertisements on three Histories . 1660. (a) Rich. Moore a Nonconformist Minister living at Wetherock hill in Worcestershire . (b) Tho. Fuller in his Worthies of England , in Yorksh. 1662. 1662. 1662. 1662. 1662. (*) Printed at Gronning . an . 1651. qu. (*) Tho. Tany Goldsmith , who , by the Lords voice that he heard , changed his name from Thomas , to Theauraw John , Tany on the 23. of Nov. 1649 living then at the Three Golden Keys without Temple-bar , London . He was then and before a blasphemous Jew . (a) Edit . Groning , an . 1654. in qu. (b) Edit . Amstel . 1654 in qu. 1662. (c) Joannis Biddelli ( Angli ) Acad. Oxoniensis quondam Artium Magistri celeberrimi vita . Lond. 1682. in 3. sh . and an half in oct . The Author of which , was , as I have been informed , ( for there is no name set to it ) one Joh. Farrington J C T. of the Inner Temple . (d) Jam. Heath in his Brief Chron. of the late intestine war , &c. in the latter end of the year 1654. (e) The said Will. Lenthall died on the 28. June 1497. ( 12. Hen. 7. ) and was buried in the South Isle joyning to the body of the Church of Great Haseley in Com. Oxon. (f) So John Leland in his Second Vol. of Itineraries p. 8. but in a Visitation book of Oxfordshire made by one of the Heralds , I find that Will. Lenthall of Lachford married Catherine Dau. of John Badby by Jane his Wife Daugh. and Heir of Rich. Pyperd . (g) Ibid. in 2. Vol. Lel. p. 8. (h) Ibid. p. 7. (i) Ib. p. 8. (*) Printed at Lond. in oct . an . 1660. p 17 (*) It is to be observed that when , with some difficulty , he obtained leave to kiss the Kings hand , after his return from exile , he , out of guilt fell backward , as he was kneeling . 1662. (*) 'T is said that one Mrs. Catherine Johnson , a pretender to Prophecy , did some time before , tell Will. Lenthall that the Oath of Abjuration against the Royal Family should be endeavoured to pass in Parliament : which if he would deny , he should afterwards be forgiven for what he had done against the King. So that upon her warning , he , ( upon the proposal of that Oath ) absented himself from the House for about ten days , under pretence of the Gout . See more in a book intit . The mystery and method of his Majesties happy Restauration , &c. by Joh. Price D. D. — Lond. 1680. oct . p. 40. 1662. (a) In his Anti-Baal-Berith , p. 275.276 . (b) Farther continuation of the Friendly Debate . Lond. 1670. in oct . p. 147.148 . (c) The Author of The fourth Plea of the Conformists for the Non-Conformists . Lond. 1683. qu. in a Postscript at the end . (d) In Mr. Hooker's life written by Isaac Walton . (e) In a book intit . — Mirabilis annus secundus : or , the second year of prodigies . Being a true and partial Collection of many strange signes , &c. printed 1662. num . 21. p. 86.87 . (f) Tim. Rogers . (g) Wethersfield in Essex . 1662. (a) The Author of The Nonconformists vindicated from the abuses put upon them by Durell and Scrivner , &c. Lond. 1679. p. 70. (b) See the Life of Archb. Laud , written by P. Heylyn , part 2. an . 1639 1662. 1662. (*) Dr. Joh. Williams . 166● / 3. (a) Reg Matric . P. pag. 395 , (*) Will. Assheton in his Epistle before Bish . Sandersons Discourse of the Church , &c. before mention'd . 1662 / 3. 166● / 3. 1663. 1663. (*) See in a book intit . Canterburies Doome , &c. published by Will. Prynne . (†) The said Articles were answer'd by R. M. 1663. 1663. (*) Joh. Horne . 1663. 1663. 1663. 1663. 1663. 1663. 1663. (a) In Gestis Cancellariatus Vniv . Oxon. Gul. Laud , MS. p. 28. (b) Ibid. p. 27. 1663 / 4. Clar. 1663. Clar. 1663. Clar. 1663. 1664. (a) See the Acts in the book called The Looking-glass , pag. 43.44 . 1664. 1664. 1664. 1664 / 5. 1664 / 5. 1664 / 5. Clar. 1664. Clar. 1664. Clar. 1664. (a) See in a book entit . A Pearl in an Oyster-shel : or pretious treasure put in perishing vessels , &c. Lond. 1675. oct . pen'd by Richard Moore sometimes Rector of Aldchurch in Worcestersh . ejected thence for Nonconformity , and now ( 1682 ) lives at Wetherock-hill near Kings Norton in the said County . 1665. (*) Pet. Heylyn in his letter Combate — Lond. 1659. p. 82. (a) Sober sadness : or , historical observations upon the proceedings , &c. Oxon. 1643. p. 32. (b) See Canterb. Doome p. 173. (c) Letter from Mer. Civic . to Mer , Rustic . printed 1643. p. 9. (*) In Dr. Jo. Hinkley's Fascic . literarum . Lond. 1680. oct . pag. 34. (†) See in Is . Basire in his Sacriledge arraigned . Lond. 1668. sec . Edit . in the Preface . 1665. (a) It should be 2 Ed. 6. Dom. 1649. (b) 'T is in oct . H. 138. Th. in bib . Bod. pr. at Lond. 1663. (c) The book is interleaved , and therein , as in the Margin , he hath noted many things with his own hand . (d) Edw. Leigh in his Treatise of Religion and Learning , &c. lib. 3. cap. 15. (e) As in the book of Nativities collected by Dr. Rich. Napier of Buckinghams . MS. in the hands of Elias Ashmole Esq . and in an Almanack for 1673 published by Joh. Gadbury . (f) In his Vnderwoods , pag. 243. (g) So in Sir Ken. Digby's Epitaph made by R. Ferrar. (h) Hen. Stubbe in his Animadversions upon the Plus Ultra of Mr. Glanvill , p. 161. 1665. (†) Franc. Lord Bacon . 1665. 1665. 1665. 1665. (a) In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , lib. 1. p. 367. b. 368. b. 369. a. b. 370. a. 386. a. 389. a. 391. a. b. 394. a. 398. b. 400. a. b. 402. a. b. 403. b. 404. a. 405. a. 407. a. 408. a. 410. b. 411. a. b. 413. b. — lib. 2. p. 34. b. 305. a. (b) Reg. Convocat . Univ. Oxon. T. p. 97. 1665. 1665. (*) In the Memoires of noble and reverend Personages , written by Dav. Lloyd — Lond. 1668. fol. p. 521. 1665. 1665. 1665. (a) Ser. Cressy in his Epist . Apologetical , p. 46.47 . (b) See in The life of Mr. Rich. Hooker — Lond. 1670. p. 95. written by Is . Walton . 1665. 1665. (c) In Anthropos . Theomag . p. 53.54 . (d) Ibid. p. 63. (e) In his Man-Mouse , p. 114. 1665 / 6. 1666. 1666. 1666. (a) In the Collection of Letters at the end of Archb. Vsher's Life fol. p. 261.270 , &c. 1666. (b) In Offic. Armorum , H. 8. fol. 32. b. 1666. 1666. 1666. (c) Sebast . Smith D. D. Canon of Ch. Ch. and Rich. Croke Recorder of the City of Oxon. 1666. (*) So I have been informed by his Son , the Butler of Furnivals inn in Holbourn , near London . 1666. (a) Lib. matric . P. pag. 473. (b) In his Epist . or familiar Letters , vol. 1. §. 6. nu . 60. 1666. (a) See in the Mysterie of the good old Cause , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . p. 11. 1666. (*) D. Lloyd in his Memoires , &c. p. 600. 1666. 1666. 1666 / 7. Clar. 1666. 1667. (a) See in the beginning of our Authors book intit . Abuses whipt and stript , and there you 'll find an account of himself while he studied in the Univ. of Oxon. 1667. 1667. 1667. (a) Lib. matric . PP . fol. 78. b. (b) Dr. Lazarus Seaman . 1667. 1667. (a) See Dr. Geo. Rusts Sermon at Bish . Taylors funeral . (b) Hen. Jeanes in his Epist . to the reader before Certain letters between him and Jer. Taylor . Lond. 1660. (c) G. Rust ut sup . (*) Ibid. (d) Tho. Long in his Preface to the book entit . Mr. Hales his Treatise of Schisme , &c. (e) Ibid. See also in Responsio Roberti Grovii ad lib. qui inscrib . Celeusma , &c. Lond. 1680. qu. p. 80. 1667. 1667. 1667. 1667. 1667. 1667. (a) In his Poems called Fragmenta aurea . Lond. 1648. oct . p. 8. (†) The said Sir Joh. Suckling was made one of the principal Secretaries of State , 30 of March 1622. So Camden in his Annals of K. James 1. an . 1622. (†) Thomas Walkley in his New Catalogue of the Dukes , Marques . Earls , Viscounts , Barons of England , &c. also Baronets , Kts , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . p. 163. 1668. 1668. 1668. 1668. 1668. (a) The marriage was consummated 4. Oct. 1655. So Theodosia his Widow in The narrative of his life from his silencing to his death , p. 91. (b) In the Introduction before Jos . Alleines life , p. 17. 1668. (c) Printed at Lond. 1672 and 1677 , in a large octavo . 1668. (a) So have I been informed by the Letters of James Webb of Butleigh in Somersetsh . Gent. Son of John Webb who married the Cosin German of the said Inigo Jones . 166● . (b) John Durell in his S. Ecclesiae Anglicanae , &c. Vindiciae . Lond. 1669. cap. 28. p. 332. (c) Qui scripsit Historiam motuum nuperorum in Scotia . (d) Qui Gallicè scripsit De rebus Anglicis . (e) Lib. 2. p. 354. 1669. 1669. 1669. 1669. (a) In reg . Pile , in the Will. Office near S. Pauls Cath. Lond Qu. 52. (b) Francis Rous , or Will. Barton . (c) See in the Collection of Letters , at the end of Archb. Vshers life , printed 1686. nu . 265. 1669. 1669. (a) In his Life of William Archb. of Cant. part . 1. lib. 3. an . 1632. (b) Bulst . Whit●ock in his Memorials of English Affairs , under the year 1632. (c) In the Life of William , &c. as before part . 1. lib. 4. (d) See Prynne's book intit . A new discovery of the Prelates Tyranny , p. 141. and elsewhere . (*) Will. Noy of Linc. Inn Attorn . Gen. (a) In Merc. Pol. nu . 7. (b) Ser. Cressy in his Church Hist . of Britanny , book 14. chap. 4. p. 321. (c) See also in Prynne's Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy , &c. part 1. p. 10. (d) Th●m . Fuller in his Ch. Hist . lib. 3. sect . 40. (e) In A new discovery of the Prelates Tyranny . p. 1. (*) George Gillespie , as it seems . 1669. (a) Clem. Walker , in his Hist . of Independency , pr. 1649. sect . 12. p. 32. 1669. (b) Lud. Molinaeus , in Patron . bonae fidei , in cap. cui tit . est Specimen contra Durelium , p. 19. & alii . 1669. (c) Reg. Convoc . T. ad finem , p. 7. 1669. 166● / 70. 1669 / 70. 1669 / 70. Clar. 1669. (*) See in the second part of Hudibras . — Lond. 1674. Cant. 3. p. 352. and in the annotations at the end . p. 408. Clar. 1669. (a) Lewis Burnet a Scot , M. A. of Aberdene , lately a Reader in S. Mart. Ch. in the Fields , within the liberty of Westm . 1670. 1670. (*) In a Journal-book of the Royal Society , MS. 1670. 1670. 1670. 1670. (a) Lib. vel reg . Matric . PP . fol. 295. a. (b) Merc. Aul. in the 33 week , an . 1644. p. 1123. (c) The same author in the thirtieth week , ending July 27. an . 1644. p. 1095. 1670. (*) See in a book intit . A short view of the late troubles in England . Oxon. 1681. fol. Written by Sir Will. Dugdale , p. 567. (†) Fred. Lossius Medic. Dorchest . in Observat . medicinalib . Lond. 1672 oct . lib. 1. observat . 8. 1670. (a) Edw. Bagshaw , as 't is reported , pag. 106. (b) Alex. Griffith , p. 1.2 . (c) Ib. in E. Bagshaw . (d) pag. 2. (d) In the Account of his Conversion and Ministry , p. 11. (e) Strena Vav . p. 3. (f) Ibid. See also in Merc. Cambro-Britannus : or , News from Wales , touching the miraculous propagation of the Gospel there , &c. Lond. 1652. (g) So in his Life before quoted p. 107. (h) Strena , p. 5. (i) Hen. Jessey in his book intit . The Lords loud Call to England , &c. printed 1660. p. 13. 1670. 1670. 1670. 1670. 1671. 167● . 1671. 1671. (a) Tho. Fuller in his Church Hist . Lib. 10. Sect. 17.18 . &c. (b) See in Dr. Jo. Durells book , entit . Vindiciae Eccles . Angl. Cap. 3. p. 33. 1671. 1671. 1671. 1671. 1671 1671. (a) Rich. Baxter in his Apology for Nonconformist Ministers , p. 162. (b) In his Second admonition to Mr. Bagshaw , Printed 1671. in oct . p. 151. (c) See Mr. Baxters pref . to his Second admonition to Mr. Edw. Bagshaw . Pr. 1671. oct . p. 11. 1671. 1671 / 2. 1671 / 2. 1672. (a) In Dr. Jo. Hinkley's book entit . Fasciculus , Literarum , &c. Lond. 1680. oct . p. 34. 1672. 1672. 1672. (b) Merc. Aul. in Oct. 1643. p. 610. 1672. (a) See in The Hist . of the Royal Society , &c. Lond. 1667. qu. Written by Tho. Sprat , part 2. (b) In The life and death of Sir Mat. Hale Knight , &c. Lond. 1682. in a large oct . p. 69. 1672. 1672. (a) In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , lib. 1. p. 335. 1672. 1672. 1672 / 3. 167● / 3. 1673. (a) James Wadsworth in his book called The English Spanish Pilgr●m : printed at Lond. the sec . time , 1630 , qu. p. 13. (b) In his Pref. to Infidelity unmask'd . 1673. (c) Reg. Convoc . Un. Ox. S. p. 33. 1673. 1673. 1673. (d) Dr. Charles Goodall in his second pref . in his Historical account of the Colleges proceeding against Empricks ▪ added to The Royal Coll. of Physitians of London founded and established by Law , &c. Lond. 1684. qu. (e) Ibid. 1673. 1673. (f) Mirabilis annus secundus : or , the second part of the second years p●●digies , &c. Printed 1662. in qu. pag. 49. 1673 1673 / 4. (a) Pref. to his Exomologesis . (b) Edw. E. of Clar. in his book entit . Animadversions on a book entit . Fanaticisme fanatically imputed , &c. (c) The author of Legenda Lignea , with an answer to the Moderator , chap. 36. (d) Ser. Cressy in his Epistle Apologet. to a person of honour , &c. Sect. 5. p. 47. (e) Dan. Whitby in his Pref. to A reply to what S.C. hath returned to Dr. Pierces Sermon . Lond. 1664. (*) The Christian Moderator . Lond. 1652. sec . edit . pen'd by John Austen sometimes of Cambr. 1674. 1674. 1674. (a) Bulst . Whitlock in his Memorials of English affairs , in the month of June 1650 , p. 444. a. (b) Ibid. p. 442. b. in June 1650. (c) Wiltshire Visitation book in the Heralds Office , fol. 118. 1674. 1674. (*) Gesta cancellariatus Un. Ox. Gul. Laud , p. 76. 1674. (a) Hen. Stubbe in his Campanella revived , p. 21. 1674 / 5. (b) Edit . Oxon. 1653. qu. (c) Ed. Ox. 1655. oct . (d) See in the Epist . to the reader set before Bibliotheca Smithiana , &c. Pr. at Lond. 1682. qu. 1675. 1675. 1675. 1675. 1675. 1675. 1675. 1675. 1675. 1675. (a) Reg. Matric . PP . fol. 127. a. 1675. (a) Edit . Lond. 1655. qu. (b) Ibid. 1658. qu. (*) Lew. du Moul●n in his Account of several advances the Ch. of Engl. hath made towards Rome , p. 31. 1675 / 6. 1675 / 6. (c) Reg. Matric . P P. fol. 93. a. (d) See in a book entit . Mirabilis annus secundus , &c. the first part . Printed 1662. qu. p. 7. 167● / 6. 1676. (*) In his Epist . ded . before Animadversiones in librum Georgii Bulli , de Harm . Apost . 1676. 1676. (a) So have I been enformed by letters from his Mother . (b) Mercurius pragmaticus , numb . 1. Dec. 19. an . 1659. (c) Praef. of Hen. Stubbe to his Epistolary discourse concerning Phlebotomy , pag. 8. (d) Ibid. (e) Ibid. (f) In the Pref. beforemention'd , p. 12. (g) Jos . Glanvill , in his pref . to his Prefatory answer . (h) In his pref . to Legends no Histories . (i) In his pref . to his Epist . discourse concerning Phlebotomy , p. 8. (k) Pref. to Legends , &c. as before . (m) In the said Severe Enquiry , pag. 7. (n) In his Prefatory answer before mention'd . (o) Printed the second time at Lond. 1630. qu. (p) Will. Sanderson in The reign and death of King James . Lond. 1655. fol. under the year 1620. p. 491. (q) In the Brief account of Mr. Val. Greatrakes and divers of the strange cures by him lately performed . Lond. 1666. quart . pag. 17. 1676. (a) Dr. Tho. Pierce in his Introduction to his Divine purity defended . (*) Sir Th. Browne Doct. of Phys . in his Repertorium of the Cath. Ch. of Norwych , MS. (b) Mary the daughter of Dr. Joh. Hardyng somtimes President of Madg. Coll. Oxon. (c) Rob. Wilde in his Iter Bor. and Poems , printed 1670. oct . 1676. 1676. (d) Mystery and Method of his Majesties restauration . Lond. 1680. p. 118. written by Joh. Price , D. D. (e) Ibid. 1676. (a) Gilb. Burnet D. D. in The life and death of Sir Matth. Hale Kt. &c. Printed at Lond. in a large octav . 1682. p. 10. (b) Ibid. p. 19. (c) Ib. p. 28. (d) Ib. p. 46. (e) Rich. Baxter in his Additional notes on the life and death of Sir Matth. Hale , &c. Lond. 1682. oct . p. 43.44 . (f) In The life and death of Sir Matth. Hale before mention'd , written by Dr. Gi●b . Burnet p. 191.192 . 1676. (g) p 13.14.25.35.36.37.38.39.44 . (a) In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Ox. lib. 1. pag. 334.335 . &c. 1676. 1676 / 7. (b) Tho. Lockey D. D. Canon of Ch. Ch. 1676. 1677. (c) Reg. Convoc . un . Ox. quod incipit 1659. p. 9. 1677. 1677. (*) In his Additional notes on the life and death of Sir Matt. Hale &c. Lond. 1682. oct . pag. 25. 1677. 1677. 1677. 1677. 1677. (*) So have I been informed by Letters from Mr. Tho. Herbert made a Baronet by K. Ch. 2. (a) In his pref . to The Good Old Cause . (b) Printed at London 1659. oct . 1677. 1677. 1677. 1677. 1677. (a) Reg. Matric . Univ. Oxon. P P. fol. 258. b. (b) In A Letter to a friend concerning some of Dr. Joh. Owens principles and practices . Lond. 1670. p. 36.37 . 1677. 1677. 1677. 1677 / 8. 1677 / 8. 1677 / 8. 1677 / 8. 1677 / 8. 1678. (†) Rich. Baxter in his Apol. for the Nonconformists Minist . p. 27. &c. Lond. 1681. qu. p. 146. 1678. 1678. (*) Joseph Mede of Cambr. 1678. (*) Dan. Whitby in his Epist . before his Appendix following The absurdity and idolatry of Host-worship . 1678. 1678. 1678. (a) Lib. Matric . PP . fol. 293. b. (b) Merc. Aul. in the fifteenth week , an . 1643. p. 184. 1678. 1678. 1678. 1678. 1678. (*) Publ. at London 1679. qu. 1678. (a) Mercurius Anti-Britanicus , part 2. p. 25. And in The Hue and Cry after Britanicus , by one who calls himself Aulicus , printed 1645. p. 1. (b) Diego Tornis , edit . Venet. 1604. See the character of Britanicus at large in Sacra Nemesis , written by Dan. Featly . (c) Jam. Heath , under the year 1647. (d) Printed at Lond. in one sh . in qu. 1647. (e) Jam. Heath , as before , in his Chron. under the year 1650. (f) Triumviri : Or the Genius , Spirit and Deportment of three men , Mr. Rich. Resbury , John Pawson and George Kendall , in their late writings &c. Lond. 1658. in the pref . (g) Philip Nye one of the chief Triers . (g) In his Pref. to Fr. de le Boe his New idea of the practice of physick — Printed 1675. (h) The Hole in the Wall is a noted Ale-house in Baldwins Gardens in Holbourne . (i) See the third part of No Protestant Plot , p. 58.59 . (k) Fr. de le Boe , died at Leyden in Holl. 1665. 1678. 1678. (*) Pag. 79. nu . 22. 1678 / 9. 167● / ● . 1679. 1679. 1679. 1679. (a) The author of A Seasonable argument to perswade all the grand Juries to petition for a new Parliament , &c. Printed 1677. qu p. 19. (b) In Merc. Britan. nu . 16. 1679. (a) Printed at Paris in French , 1664. p. 65. &c. (b) E●w . Hyde Earl of Clarendon in his Brief view and survey of Mr. Hobbes's L●viathan , p. 2.3 . (c) The said Edw. Earl of Clar. in the same Brief view , &c. p. 317. (d) March. Nedham in Merc. Pol. nu . 84 , from Jan. 8. to Jan. 15. an . 1651. - 2. (e) Edw. E. of Clar. in his Survey of the Leviathan , p. 2. See more in p. 5.6 , 8.306.319 . See also in the Epistle ded . to the King. 1679. (a) Bulst ▪ Whitlock in his Memorials of English affairs , an . 1646. p. 229. b. (b) Mystery of the good old cause , printed at Lond. 1660 , 〈…〉 p. 11. (c) Seasonable argument to perswade all the Grand ▪ Juries in England to petition for a new Parliament , &c. printed 1677. p. 17. 1679 ▪ 1679. 1679. (a) Vide Hist . Min. Provinc . Angl. sect . 26. (b) Canterburïes Doome , p. 34. (c) Ibid. p. 427. (d) In his Letter dated 6 Apr. 1672. (e) Ibid. in Cant. Doome , p. 423. and in his Introduction to Archb. Lauds Trial , p. 143. (f) Ib. ●n Cant. Doome , p. 424. and 560. (g) Ibid. 429. (i) The author of The Beacon flaming with a Non obstante — Lond. 1652. qu. p. 7. (k) So I have been informed by Joh. Smith alias Sargeant a sec . Priest , sometimes contemporary with J. Austen in S. Joh. Coll. in Cambr. 1680. (†) Printed at Lond. 1680. in the Pref. and in page 133. 1680. 1680. (a) P. Heylyn in his Hist . of the Presbyterians , printed 1672. p 452. (b) See in the S●cond part of The Hist . of Independency p. 149. §. 134. 1680. (a) In his Epistolary discourse concerning Phlebotomy , printed 1671. p. 14.15 . (b) Ibid. p. 22. (c) Ib. p. 25. (d) Ib. p. 26. (e) Ib. p. 27. (f) Ib. p. 25.26 . (g) Ib. p. 16. (h) Ib. p. 6.7 . (a) In Mr. Baxters Second true defence of the meer Nonconformists , &c. Lond. 1681. cap. 14. p. 179. (b) Ibid. p. 175. (c) Ib. p. 174. (d) In Epist . ded . junioribus Britanic . Scholarum Academicis , ad libr. cui tit . est Sciri . (*) Meaning Rich. Baxter . 1680. (a) John Nalson in his Impartial collection , &c. Lond. 1682. fol. p. 660. see also p. 693. 1680. 1680. 1680. 1680. (a) Merc. Aul. in July an . 1644. p. 1081. (b) Rich. Baxter in his Sermon at the funeral of John Corbet . Lond. 1681. p. 28. (c) Ib. in Baxters Serm. p. 31. 1680. 1680. 1680 / 1 ▪ 1680 / 1 1681. 1681. 1681. 1681. 1681. 1681. 1681 : 1681 / 2. (a) Iter Carolinum : Being a succinct relation of the necessitated Marches , retreats and sufferings of his Majesty Charles the l. from January 10. an . 1641 to the time of his death 1648. Lond. 1660. qu. Collected by a daily Attendant upon his sacred Majesty during all the said time . 1681 / 2. (a) So in A Letter from Merc. Civicus to Merc. Rusticus : or Londons Confession , &c. Printed 1643. p. 26. See also in Merc. Aul. 19 Feb. 1642. (b) Memorials of Engl. Affaires , an . 1651. 1682. (c) Reg. Matric . Un. Ox. PP . fol. 113. a. 1682. 1682. 1682. (a) In his book call'd Elymas the Sorcerer , p. 25. (b) Ib. in Elym . the Sorc . (c) Printed in French in the beginning of the year 1682. 1682. 1682. See in the Observator , num . 290. (*) See a Discourse by way of Introduction to Baconiana ; or certaine genuine Remaines of Franc. Visc . S. Alban Lond. 1679. oct . p. 76.77 . Written by Tho. Tenison D. D. 1682. 1682. 1682. (a) Lib. Matric . Univ. Oxon. P. P. fol. 26. a. 1682. (b) In his preface to his Triumviri , &c. Lond. 1658 qu. §. 65. &c. 1682. (d) Reg. Matric . Univ. Oxon. P.P. fol. 29. a. (e) Dr. Gilb. Burnet in his pref . to the sec . Vol. of the Hist . of the reformation of the Church of England . 1682. (*) The author of the First pacquet of Advices and Animad . to the men of Shaftesbury , &c. p. 19. (†) In the Exact and most impartial accompt of the indictment , arraignment , &c. of 29. Regicides , the murtherers of K. Ch. 1. &c. Lond. 1660. qu. p. 69. (a) In his Memoires and just vindication of the Earl of Shaftesbury , &c. printed at Lond. in 8. sheets in fol. p. 8. (b) The author of The th●rd part of 〈◊〉 Protestant Plot. p. 56. (c) See The Proceedings at the Sessions-house in the Old Baylie , &c. upon the indictment for high treason against Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury . Lond. 1681. in 13. sheets in fol. (d) Lond. 1681. in 13. sh . in fol. (e) See pag. 58.503 . (f) See the first part , p. 21.22 . (g) So the Seasonable Address to both Houses of Parliament . Lond. 1681. qu. p 13. 1682 / 3. (h) John Dryden in his Poem called Absalom and Achitophel . Lond. 1682 5. edit , p. 5. 1682 / 3. (f) Joh. Dryden in The vindication or parallel of the French holy League and Covenant , &c. against Mr. Tho. Hunt's Defence of the Charter , and the Authors of the Reflections — Lond. 1683. quart . pag. 39. (g) Printed at Lond. 1683. (h) Joh. Dryden before quoted in his Vind. of the Parallell , p. 40. 1682 / 3. 83 168● . (a) Anon. in a book intit . The Nonconformists Vindication , &c. Lond. 1672. in oct . p. 133. (b) In his Patronus bonae fidei , p. 1. (*) In the Engl. translation from the French of the Critical History of the Old Test . Lond. 1682. quart . (c) Matth. Scrivner in the beginning of his Actio in Schismaticos Anglicanos . Lond. 1672. qu. p. 4.5 . (d) In his Preface to the Divines of all the reformed Churches , before his S. Eccl. Angl. Vind. (f) In his Epist . p. 56. (g) Printed at Lond. 1679. oct . p. 208.209 . and p. 222.223 . &c. (h) Printed 1682. in qu. from p. 92. to p. 95. (i) Pr. at Lond. 1680. qu. from p. 9. to p. 17. (k) In Patron . bonae fidei , p. 1.2 . 1683. 1683. 1683. (a) Letter to a friend concerning some of Dr. Owens principles and practices . Lond. 1670. qu. (b) Sam. Parker , in his Defence and continuation of Eccles . Polycy , &c. after p. 588. (c) Letter to a friend , as before , p. 28. (d) Ibid. (e) Ib. p. 39.40 . (f) J. H. in his Authority of the Magistrate about religion discussed , &c. Lond. 1672. oct . p. 6. (g) The author of A Letter to a friend , as before . (h) Sam. Parker in his Defence and Continuance of Ecclesiast . Policy , &c p. 610. (i) Printed at Lond. 1673. oct . sec ▪ ed●t . (*) In A Letter to a friend , as before , p. 34. (a) Printed at Lond. 1680. qu. (b) Lond. 1680. qu. (c) Ib. 1680. qu. (d) Ib. 1681. qu. sec . edit . 1683. 1683. 1683. (†) In his Remarks of the government of several parts of Germany , Denmark , Sweedland , &c. Printed at Amsterd . 1688. in tw . p. 143. 1683. 1683. (a) Jos . Glanvill in his Plus ultra , &c. Lond. 1668. oct . pag. 2. (b) Ibid. p. 118. (c) Ibid. (d) In his Prefatory answer , p. 2. (e) Ibid. p. 187.188 . (f) Ib. pag. 211. 1683. 1683. (a) Reg. Matric . Un. Ox. PP . fol. 257. b. (b) See The fourth Plea of Conformists for Nonconformists , p. 44.45 . (c) Fred. Lossius Medic. Dorchest . in Observat . Medicinal . Lond. 1672. oct . lib. 1. Observ . 5. p. 9. (d) In All in one , &c. p. 3. 1683 / 4. 1683 / 4. 1684 1684. 1684. 1684. (a) The Beacons quenched , &c. Lond. 1652. qu. p. 13. And The Beacons flaming , &c. Lond. 1652. p. 20.21 . (b) Georg. Hornius in Epist . ad Lectorem ante librum cui tit . est Rerum Britannicarum lib. 7. &c. Lugd. Bat. 1648. oct . (c) Clem. Walker in his Hist . of Independency — Printed 1649. § 12. p. 32. 1684. 1684. (*) The same , as it seems , who was afterwards Bishop of Chester . 1684. 1684. 1684. 1684. 1684. (a) In his preface to his Admonition to Mr. W. Eyre , and in his Epist . before his Directions for comfort . (b) In the commendatory Epist . to Mr. Woodbridge's Sermon . (c) See more in his Confession of faith , &c. printed at Lond. 1655. p. 6. 1684. 1684. 1684. 1684 / ● . (*) Reg. Schol. & Soc. Coll. Trin. su● an . 1632. 1684 / 5. (g) In his pref . to the Reader before his Clavis Mathemat . &c. Oxon. 1652. e●it . tert . 1685. (†) Ger. Lang●a●ne in his Account of the English Dramatick Poets , &c. Oxon. 169● . p. 396. (a) In the Poems of Joh. Earl of Rochester , printed 1680. p. 113. (b) Tho. Shadwell a Dram. Poet , afterwards Poet Laureat to K. Will. and Qu. Mary . (c) He returned from Flanders scabbed and lowsie , as 't was reported . 1685. 1685. 1685. 1685. 1685. 1685. (a) List of the names of the Long Parliament , an . 1640. likewise of the Parliam . holden at Oxon 1643. Lond. 1659. oct . (b) True account of the proceedings betwixt James Duke of Orm●nde and Arth. Earl of Anglesey , &c. p. 9. (c) Printed at Lond. 1681 , in octav . 1686. 1686. 1686 : (a) See Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , lib. 2. p. 285. a. 1686. 1686. 1686. 1686. (a) Sam. Rolle a Nonconformist in his Prodromus , or the Character of Mr. Will. Sherl●cks book called A discourse of the knowledge of Jes . Chr. &c. Lond. 1674. oct . p. 15. (b) W●ll . She●●●ck D. D. (c) Ib. in Prodrom . p. 15. 1687. 1687. 1687. 1687. (a) Tho. Spra● in The Hist . of the Royal Society , &c. Lond. 1667. qu. part . 2. p. 240. 1687. 1687. 1687 / 8 ▪ (a) Andr. Marvell in his Rehearsal transpros'd , second part — Lond. 1673. p. 74. (b) So Lew. du Moulin in his book entit . Patronus bonae fidei , &c. Lond. 1672. p. 18. (c) See Sam. Parkers epist . dedic . before his Free and impartial censure , &c. (d) Lew ▪ du Moul. before mentioned in his Specim . Contra Durellum , in Patron . bon . fid . p. 19. (e) In the Third Collection of Papers relating to the present juncture of affairs in England , &c. published at Lond. in Dec. 1688. p. 11. (f) Ibid. (g) Ib. p. 17.18 . (h) Andr. Marvell in Rehears . transp . Sec. qart . p. 323. (i) In his Second defence of the Nonconformists , &c. Lond. 1681. p. 187. (k) Printed at Lond. 1680 qu. fourth edit . (l) Pr. at Lond. 1680. qu. sec : edit . (m) In his sec . part of The rehearsal transpros'd , p. 121. 168● / 8. (*) Author of A seasonable Argument to perswade all the grand Juries of England to petition for a new Parliament , &c. pr. in qu. 1677. p. 7. 1688. 1688. 1688. 1688. 1688. 1688. 1688. 1688 / 9. 1689. 1689. 1689. (a) Camden in his Britannia in Lanc. 1689. 1689. 1689. 1689. 1689. 1689. 1689. (*) Mystery of the Good Old Cause briefly unfolded , &c. Lond. 1660. oct . p. 30.31 . 1690. 1690. 1690. 1690 : 1690. 1690. 1690. 1690. (*) See also in An impartial Collection of the great affairs of S●ate , &c. published by Jio. Nalson LL. D. (a) In The Ghost of the la●e House of Commons , to the new one appointed to meet at ; published about the 19. of March 1680. 1690. (b) See more in a book entit . The Lawes subversion : or , Sir Jo. Maynards case truly stated , &c. Lond. 1648. qu. written by Joh. Howldin Gent. 169● / 1. Notes for div A71277-e401690 1641. 1641 / 2. 1641 / 2 (a) Pat. 21. Jac. 1. p. 27. (b) Pat. 8. Car. 1. p. 12. 1643. 1644 / 5. (c) Pat. 15. Car. 1. p. 15. (d) Pat. 16. Car. 1. p. 19. 1644 / 5. (e) Reg. Matriculat . Univ. Oxon. P. p. 473. 1646. (f) Jac. Waraeus in Comment . de Praesulibus Hiberniae , edit . 1665. p. 232. (g) Ibid. p. 138. 1648. (h) Ib. p. 121. 1650. 1650. Clar. 1651. (i) See in Balliofergus or a Commentary upon the foundation , &c. of Ball. Coll. &c. Oxon. 1668. p. 121. Clar. 1652. 1653. 1653. (*) Jac. War. ut supr . p. 219. (a) Gul. Camden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS sub an . 1622. (b) Dr. John Gauden in his Suspiria Eccles . Anglicanae , &c. Lond. 1659. fol. p. 614. 1654 1654 / 5. (c) Jac. War. ut supra , p. 260. 1655. (d) Mystery and method of his Majesties happy restauration . Lond. 1680. oct . p. 20. Written by John Price D. D. 1661. 1662. 1662. 1662 / 3. (f) Dr. Laud in the Breviat of his life or Diary , sub an . 1632. p 17. (g) Ibid. p. 20. 1663. (h) In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , lib. 2. p. 304. b. (i) Jac. War. ut supra in Com. de Praes . Heb. p. 273. 1663. (k) Reg. Electionum soc . & semicom . Coll. Magd. 1664. (l) Ibid in Jac. War. p. 268. 1664. 1665. (*) Ibid. p 138. 1665. 1665. 1665. (m) Pat. 13. Car. 1. p. 15. 1666. 1666. (n) Wiltshire visitation book in the Heralds Office an . 1623. fol. 118. 1667. 1667. 1667. 1668. 1669. (a) Reg. Matric . Univ. Oxon. P. fol. 124. b. 1669. (b) Pat. 6. Car. 1. p. 24. (c) Pat. 8. Car. 1. p. 14. (d) In his book called Canterburies Doome . (e) In his book entit . A new discovery of some Romish Emissaries , Quakers , &c. Lond. 1656. qu. p. 32. 1670. (f) Pat. 12. Car. 1. p. 5. 1670. (g) Jac. War. in Com. de Praesul . Hibern . p. 273.279 . 1671. 1671. (*) Edit . Dubl . 1665. p. 77. 1671. 1671 / 2. 1671 / 2. 1672. 1674 / 5. (*) Jac. War. ut supra p. 190. (†) Hen. Coventry Esq . originally of Qu. Coll , afterwards Fell. of All 's . and Sir Jos . VVilliamson . (a) Reg. Matric . PP . fol. 28. b. 1675. 1676. 1677. 1677. 1677. 1678. 1678. 1678 / 9. 168● / ● . (*) Jac. Waraeus , in Com. de Praesuiib . Hibern . p. 260. 1681 / 2. 1682. 1684 ▪ 1684. 1684. 1685. 1686. 1686. 1666 / 7. 1687. 1687 / 8. 168● / 9. 1688 / 9. 1689. 1689. 1690. 1690. Notes for div A71277-e428710 (a) Hen. K●epe in his Monum . Westmonast . p. 361. (b) So 't is said among the names of the English Popish Converts set before Dr. Ben. Cariers M●ssive to his Majesty of Gr Britaine K. Jam. 1. &c. printed 1640 ▪ oct . (c) In the preface to Steps to the Temple , Lond. 164● . oct . second edit . (a) Tho. H●bbes in praefat . ad Element . Philos . sect . 1. de corpo●e . (*) Englands Recovery , &c. written by Josh . Sprigg — Lond. 1647. p. 45. (a) Joh. W●e●er in his Ancient funeral Monuments , &c. Lond. 1631. p. 678. (*) Sir Robert Byron was Master of the Ordnance of the Kingdom of Ireland , 1664 — 65. (a) Will. Dugd. in Chron. Scrii , an . 1640. (b) Ibid. (*) So in the Baronage of England , tom . 3. p. 419. b. (†) Jac. Waraus in Com. de Prasul . Hi. Dab . 1665. p. 26● . (a) Reg. Convoc . S. p. 40. (b) Ibid. (*) Reg. Convoc . S. p. 33. (*) At the end of a book of his entit . Rationes sereniss . Caroli contra effectatam curiae 〈◊〉 dicibatur ) Justitia jurisdictionem , &c. Printed in qu. about 1674. (a) Mystery of the good old cause , printed 1660. p. 33. (b) James Hea●h in his Brief Chron. of the late intestine War in the three Kingdoms of England , Scotland and Ireland ▪ &c. ●r●n●ed at Lond. 1663 in a thick octavo , under the year 1650 ▪ p. 496. (c) In the Book o● Register of Administrations in the Will Office near S. Pauls C ▪ h. Ch. in London , beginning in Jan. 1650. fol. 54. ● . (*) Book of Certificates in the Coll. of Arms indorsed J. 30. pag. 53. 54. &c. (†) Ibid. (*) In The Walkley's New Cat. of Du●kes , Marquesses , Earles , Visc . &c. Printed at Lond. 16●● . in oct . p. 167. (a) Dr. Charles Goodall in his Royal Coll. of Physitians at London , &c. with a brief Hist . of the lives and works of several of the Members of that Royal foundation , &c. Lond. 1684. qu. (b) In his pr●f . to Clavis Mathemat . Oxon. 1652. third edit . in oct . (*) In Hist . & Antiq. Vniv . Oxon , lib. 1. sub an . 1647. (*) See in Will. Prynn's book entit . Canterburies Doome , &c. printed at Lond. 1646. p. 73. &c. (a) Reg. Convoc . T. p. 43. (b) Ibid. p. 26. (*) An exact and impartial Account of the Indictment , Arraignment , Tryal and Iudg●●●● of 29 R●g●e●des , &c. Lond. 1660. qu. p. 46. (‖) Jam. Heath in his Brief 〈…〉 pr. a● Lond. 1663. under the year 1648. p. 355. (†) Exact and impartial 〈…〉 as before , p. 44. (‡) Ibid. (*) In A seasonable Argument to perswade all the Grand Juries in England to petition for a Parliament , &c. Printed 1677. qu. (a) Josh . Sprigge in his Englands recovery ; being the Hist . of the mo●ions , actions , &c. of Sir T●● . Fairfax Kt. &c. Lond. 1647. fol. pag. 8. (*) Idem . (b) Clem. Walker in his Hist . of Independency , &c. part . 1. §. 3. (c) Ibid. §. 34. (d) Ib. part . 2. §. 22. (e) Ib. §. 23. (f) Ib. §. 146. 162. &c. (a) Collection of Nativities by Sir Rich. Napiers MS. in the hands of El. Ashmole Esq . (b) Flagellum : or the life , death , &c. of Ol. Cromwell &c. Lond. 1665. third Edit . in oct . p. 4. (c) Collect. Joh. Vincent , MS. nuper in bib . R●d . Sheld . nunc in Coll●●trm . (d) Ibid. (*) Sam. Austin in his Naps upon pernastus , &c. Lond. 1658. oct . (*) See in A seasonable Argument to perswade all the Grand Juries in England to petiti●● 〈◊〉 a new Parliament . Or , a list of the principal Labourers in the great design of Popery and 〈…〉 , &c. Pr●nted 1677 qu , p. 22. (†) Ibid. (a) So in . the Preface of Joh. Ray Esq . to The Ornithology of Franc. Willoughly Esq . — Lond. 1678. fol. (*) Edw. Sherburne Esq . in his Astronomical Appendix to The Sphere of M. Manilius made an English Poem . Lond. 675. p. 113. (*) Anth. Walker in his Virtuous Woman found , Fun Serm. of Mary Countess Dow●ger of Warwick , &c. Lond. 1678. oct . (*) Baronage of England . Tom. 3. p. 1●8 . (*) Joh. Seawen ( as it seems ) M. A. of Ch. Ch. (†) He presented a copy of the said Lyricks to Mr. Sheldon when he was at Rome , an . 1669. (a) Letter from a Gent. in London to his friend in the Country , Printed at Lond. in the beginning of Apr. 1676 in two sh● and a half in qu. pag. 3. (b) Ibid. p. 13. (c) Ibid. (d) Ibid. p. 1.